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How Frequently Moving During Childhood Impacted Varun
"Everybody thinks I am this happy-go-lucky, chilled out personality, but the truth is – I've always been lonely. In fact, I've come to a point where I feel it's better to believe in the 'You come alone; you go alone' mantra instead of expecting and then having to feel the disappointment."
Can you, or somebody you know relate to the above? moving during childhood, If yes, then read on to know more ….
Most of us tend to remember our childhood days as one of the most cherished phases of our lives. We do so because of the innumerable memories that we create through those years, and even more because we had company as we went about doing so.
That said, what about the ones who are unable to deem this phase as 'memorable' because they were always on the move? Is life truly as cherishable for individuals who were constantly moving places, or do they have a different tale to tell?
As most of us may already know, the reasons behind having to move places can vary from family to family. Some of the common ones are:
New job of a parent
Trading the present home for a better one
Better academic/schooling opportunities for the child/children
Nature of job of either (or both) parent(s) i.e., being posted to a new location every once in a while
As far as research goes, a study recently published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine stated about 37% of cohort members to have relocated across a municipal boundary at least once before reaching their 15th birthdays. It also stated that moving during childhood can have various negative repercussions like suicide attempts, criminality, psychiatric disorders, drug abuse, and unnatural mortality.
Varun had everything – loving parents, a pampering older sibling, and a pet dog to keep him company at all times. In addition to this, he also had a flagship phone for a mobile, and the latest laptop to flaunt to his heart's content.
Amidst all of this that many could safely refer to as 'luxury', Varun was not happy. But what could possibly be missing from the life of a 21 year old boy who did not lack anything in life, and had every comfort one could dream of?
For those who knew, the answer was simple: STABILITY.
"Dad is a construction manager with a well recognised corporation. He is highly paid of course, but then one major drawback that comes with such kind of jobs is the mobility factor. He would keep relocating from place to place because some of his projects would demand a lot of time and attention."
As a younger child Varun could not be left alone, which obviously implied that he too would move places with his family. While on one hand, having to relocate from one place to another did earn his father promotions and growth at work, on the other hand, it made it difficult for Varun to find a stable life anywhere.
"I must have been about 5 when we first moved and I joined this school in the first grade. Even back then as such a young child, I remember missing my colony friends and the life we had there. The second move happened when I was in grade 5, followed by the third move in grade 9."
More often than not, mobility has the tendency to negatively impact a child's emotional well being as, with every move they make, the child is required to restart the process of adjustment to a new life altogether.
Experts say, residential mobility is commonly said to be taking a toll on a child's wellbeing, and impacting their ability to establish healthy relationships with those around them – sometimes only due to lack of stability, and sometimes coupled with the fear of getting emotionally attached, only to lose that person as a result of moving away once more.
"I think 9th grade was toughest move I've had to make so far. I had made some great friends in my 3 years of schooling between the 5th-8th standard. They were the best part about that time."
Most adolescents, upon hitting puberty, find their friends to be closer to them in comparison to their family. The changes and experiences generated by growth and development – both psychological and physiological in nature help one to relate more to their peers, which ends up triggering a feeling of greater belongingness towards them.
As Varun had no choice but to relocate along with his parents. He looks back at his childhood with multiple regrets in mind about how things were, and how they could have been had he stayed in one place.
He says: "So my gang of friends and I did promise each other we would stay in touch through emails, but eventually all of that faded away. We ended up losing contact. I don't know how was it for them, but for me it was painful. I was back to square one – to be lonely."
All of his childhood went by like this, and now he was all of 21, and in college. Varun has taken up accommodation near his college campus, while his parents live in another city.
"As of now I am in college and live in a flat nearby. Ever since I moved here, I don't feel that close to my parents anymore. Initially I was living in the hostel for the first few years, but now I am completely on my own."
As somebody who has limited access to his loved ones, Varun currently feels disconnected to them, as they have been away from him ever since he attained adulthood owing to his studies.
Varun further adds:
"Sometimes, I wonder who would even get to know if I were ill or dying? I would joke about to my elder sister and tell how people would only get to know about me because of the foul smell of my corpse. She would find it odd coming from me, but I wish she would have known how sad and lonely I felt to be saying such things."
So how did he overcome this?
Well, he hasn't. Varun's struggle to cope with his situation continues.
A 2015 study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health stated security and stability across multiple domains of one's life to be responsible for the healthy growth and development of a child. Some of these are:
Neighbourhood factors
School/College environment
Peer influences
How Life Coaching Helped
There were a number of reasons behind Varun's decision of seeking help with a Life Coach. The loneliness had begun to get to him, and also triggered him to begin consuming alcohol.
"It was not just about being alone anymore. I had started to drink and smoke, but not because I really enjoyed it, but because it would help me feel high and numb. I could see that my dependency on it was increasing, but it was only when I started feeling physically weak and my college mates pointed out the same, that I knew I needed help."
Both Varun and his Life Coach went over a few ways to help him deal with his concerns in an effective manner:
To begin with, Varun had multiple concerns up his sleeve that he wished to address. His major points of worry were:
Either quit or reduce the smoking and drinking
Find meaningful friendships
Connect with his parents
Once both Varun and his Life Coach became aware of the bothersome areas of his life, he was asked to prioritise them based on their importance and impact. The most stressful aspect about his situation was being unable to establish meaningful friendships, followed by the disconnect with his parents, and lastly the smoking and drinking.
Knowing the difference between your cans and can'ts
After breaking his concerns down into goals he wished to accomplish, it was important to understand what parts of each of these goals he could change for the better i.e., the factors falling within his Circle of Control. He was also asked to identify those parts that he would be unable to alter.
Finding meaningful friendships
Cans: Reach out to his old friends, get in touch with cousins (if any), spot people in your class or in extracurricular activities who love talking and would like to have a conversation with you.
Can'ts: Constantly contacting somebody despite no response from them, forcing your friendship on a person, expecting every initiated friendly contact to be a success.
Connecting with parents
Cans: Letting them in on how you feel verbally and/or non-verbally (with the help of his sister, or in the form of a letter to them), making efforts to connect with them on video call as frequently as possible, setting aside a particular time in the day or week for quality interaction with parents.
Can'ts: Altering his past years, expecting parents to understand what's on his mind without taking an effort to express himself, reconnecting with them without actually trying to do the same.
Smoking and Drinking
(Varun believed he would achieve this goal if the first two goals would see improvement.)
Cans: Seek motivation from your budding relationships with your loved ones, be determined and consistent about your objective to reduce/quit.
Can'ts: Expect this to be a quick or overnight process.
Based on Varun's Circle of Concern and circle of control factors, the next step was communicating his feelings to his friends and parents. After encouragement from his Life Coach, he decided to reconnect not only with his old friends from school but also with his classmates who he had distanced himself from.
Varun also took some help from his elder sister, who understood his concerns and stood by him during his conversation with his parents about his frame of mind. Despite being really taken aback with what they got to hear, Varun's parents were very supportive of the fact that they too would need to make conscious efforts to stay connected to their son.
In the next few weeks that followed, Varun did notice a difference in the way he felt – all thanks to the emotional attention received from his parents, as well as the friends who reciprocated his initiation to get in touch with them.
While Varun is yet in the process of completely overcoming loneliness and reaching a point where he could feel content, loved, and at peace, he does have a great sense of direction and knows he will get there soon. 🙂
Adverse Outcomes to Early Middle Age Linked With Childhood Residential Mobility Roger T. Webb, PhD,1 Carsten B. Pedersen, DrMedSc,2,3 Pearl L.H. Mok, PhD1 (http://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(16)30118-0/pdf)
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, online October 16, 2015.
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Web development has become an important part of every business these days and everyone starts exploring digital marketing for reach and growth.
Making a website according to the ideal customer or your target audience is essential. Web development has become complex because of high-end product requirements and developers required a framework to deliver a fully functional website.
Now we'll see what is the framework and how it is connected with Flask and Django.
What is a Framework of Flask and Django
What is Flask?
Features of Flask
What is Django?
Features of Django
Difference: Flask vs Django
Which is Better: Flask and Django
A Final Action
The framework is a fully developed package of modules that help developers to write code for an application. It makes the web development process easier, faster, and more reliable.
Flask and Django fall into the types of frameworks that are used in Python programming. According to a survey by Developers Survey 2018, both of these programs are considered the most popular programs for web development.
To understand which is a better framework for web development, we have to know in detail about these frameworks.
Flask is a microframework that is used for writing codes for applications. The framework was introduced by Armin Ronacher in 2011, it's a joining of solutions i.e., Werkzeug and Jinja2.
Flask is categorized as a microframework because it doesn't depend on any external libraries. It has its tools, technologies, and libraries to support web application development functionalities.
As it's an independent and flexible framework many developers prefer to start with this Flask framework.
Some key features of Flask are as follows:
#1. Independent
It gives full control and independence to the developers for creating an application and do experiment with the architecture or the libraries of the framework.
#2. Lightweight
It's an independent framework which is why it's a lightweight framework because it doesn't depend on external libraries.
#3. Secure Cookies
Secure cookies enable the security of channels and confirm that an unauthorized person can't access the information. Flask supports the secure cookies function.
Django is an open-source framework that was created by Adrian Holovaty and Simon Willison in 2003. It's a high-level web framework that is built to make the process of web development easier and more efficient.
Developers choose Django so that it can limit the interference of the system, protocols, and management. The other name of Django is "framework for fussbudget with deadlines". Django also helps to manage some basic functions such as site maps, client information, and many more. Its main focus is to complete the application work quickly.
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#1. Versatile
Django enables developers to work on various platforms from content management systems to social network sites or news sites.
#2. Secure
Django gives security through its powerful authentic system or protocols to avoid unauthorised access, cyberattacks, etc.
#3. Adaptable
Django is an acceptable framework that is accepted by different formats like HTML, XML, JSON, and many more.
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After reading in detail about Django and Flask, you must have noticed that there are some similarities and differences.
To understand which is better and for that, you need to look at the head-to-head comparison of these frameworks that highlight the difference.
Flask Django
Flask allows developers to use multiple types of database Django doesn't allow multiple types of databases.
Flask doesn't offer dynamic HTML pages Django offers dynamic HTML pages.
Flask used Ninja2 template design Django is inspired by the Ninja2 template but has an inbuilt template that makes the process easier.
Flask allows full control to developers with no dependency on external libraries. Developers don't have full control over the functions or modules because of built-in libraries.
The working style of the Flask is diversified. The working style of Django is monolithic.
Now you're well aware of Flask and Django concepts and differences. These frameworks have their own features and characteristics.
To choose a framework you need to know the pros and cons of each framework. So, let's start with Flask's pros and cons.
Pros of Flask
Cons of Flask
Suitable for small case projects. Absence of a strong community for support and growth
Easy to build. Complex maintenance for system updates
Database integration is easy. Not suitable for big applications or projects.
Here're Django's Pros and Cons.
Django Pros
Django Cons
Support dynamic HTML pages The codebase size is relatively larger
Highly secured framework Prior knowledge of the framework is necessary
Supports fully featured administration interface Too many functions and a high-end framework
In the end, we arrived at our answer: which one is better?
Here we share Flask vs Django in this article. Both frameworks are important for any web developer. So, choose whichever you want to but master it like a pro because there are demands of an expert in the web development field. Knowing Python Flask and Django can put you on the priority list over the other candidates.
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Locus Online Features: Yesterday's Tomorrows: Robert A. Heinlein
August 22, 2007 keith
An interesting review of several of Heinlein's books, and his influence on the SF genre.
Heinlein's stories are arguments about what shape the new Americas might take and about the kinds of virtues that the men creating those new Americas should have: independence, determination, scientific knowledge, distrust of dogma. And just as American exceptionalism argues that the USA has a special place in the community of nations because of its people's relationship to history, so you can see Heinlein arguing in this quotation for a kind of human exceptionalism. Unlike some of the alien species encountered in "Methuselah's Children", we humans shall not cease from exploration. We'll want, like Stevenson, to be buried under alien skies.
It's fair to say that the stories in The Past Through Tomorrow showcase Heinlein's strengths and weaknesses in ways that were not to change much throughout his career. He was always a dialogue-driven writer, for instance, and one can see that influencing a contemporary writer like Connie Willis. He was not much given to depicting reflection divorced from action or action not resulting in progress. So he doesn't show much of characters' inner lives. (He would have said, I guess, that nothing matters about a character except what they say and do.) You feel that his stories are always on the side of the future, that whoever lives or dies in them, the future he wants to talk about will win. So he can feel like a bully if you don't accept the terms of the debate he knows he's going to win. And — the flip side of bullying — he can also be sentimental, as for instance he is in "Requiem". He tells you that you're supposed to feel sad on being told about certain events; and if you don't, you've failed to read the story properly. But that trait and others are far less pronounced here than they would be later. I don't think there's any book more central to the creation of genre SF than The Past Through Tomorrow, and I'm simply astonished that it now seems to be out of print in the UK and the US.
I disagree with the author about The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (he thinks that it's bogged down by aphorisms, and an unrealistic view of how people act, and it's politics) I think the politics are central to the plot, and that while, yes, the aphorisms get a little much, they help move the story at a faster pace. As for the views on human nature, I feel they are quite appropriate, and seeing that Heinlein based the structure of the story on penal colonies (like Australia) that they are plausible. (But, then, maybe I have a less cynical worldview than the author of the article–which is hard to believe 😀 )
I also disagree that the later books, lke The Cat Who Walked Through Walls, and, the Number of the Beast, where "savage solipsisms". Solipsistic, yes. Savage, no. I believe the Heinlein was having fun and tying up the loose ends of his future history.This period was, arguably, not his best (although I'd put Friday, and Number of the Beast up against any of his earlier books, and any other SF author's books), and that he was past his prime as a writer, but I say he did pretty well considering age, and brain surgery, wouldn't you?
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South Piedmont Community College is a multi-campus institution serving Anson and Union counties in south-central North Carolina. South Piedmont is a comprehensive community college, one of 58 in the highly regarded North Carolina Community College System. The college offers traditional and unique programs, and prides itself on its focus on learning.
South Piedmont Community College serves 2,658 students (28% of students are full-time).
The college's student:teacher ratio of 17:1 is lower than the state community college average of 19:1.
Minority enrollment is 30% of the student body (majority Black), which is less than the state average of 38%.
South Piedmont Community College is the only community colleges within Anson County, NC.
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The teacher population of 158 teachers has stayed relatively flat over five years.
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Institution Level At least 2 but less than 4 years At least 2 but less than 4 years
Institution Control Public Public
Total Faculty 158 staff 139 staff
The student population of South Piedmont Community College has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The student:teacher ratio of 17:1 has increased from 16:1 over five years.
The South Piedmont Community College diversity score of 0.48 is less than the state average of 0.56. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five years.
Total Enrollment 2,658 students 2,380 students
Student : Teacher Ratio 17:1 19:1
# Full-Time Students 732 students 1,019 students
# Part-Time Students 1,926 students 1,361 students
% American Indian/Alaskan -
% Asian
% Hispanic
% Black
% White
% Two or more races
% Non Resident races
% Unknown races
Diversity Score 0.48 0.56
College Completion Rate
Average Graduate Earnings (10 Years) $25,500 $27,500
The public in-state tuition of $1,873 is less than the state average of $3,911. The in-state tuition has declined by 17% over four years.
The public out-state tuition of $6,481 is less than the state average of $9,514. The out-state tuition has declined by 23% over four years.
In-State Tuition Fees $1,873 $3,911
Out-State Tuition Fees $6,481 $9,514
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid 76% 78%
Median Debt for Graduates - -
Median Debt for Dropouts - -
Source: 2016 (or latest year available) IPEDS
South Piedmont Community College is located in one of the top five fastest-growing regions in the United States. We are convenient, with locations in Monroe, Polkton and Wadesboro. And we care about our students and the communities we serve. SPCC is learner focused and is dedicated to the success of all of our students, both the young and the young at heart. Being learner focused provides all students the opportunity to excel and achieve their goals. South Piedmont Community College offers credit and non-credit at three college-owned facilities and at dozens of off-campus sites across Anson and Union counties. The college is approved by the North Carolina Community College System and operates under the State Board of Community Colleges. South Piedmont offers more than 30 different credit programs. The college is a member of the American Association of Community Colleges. L.L. Polk Campus is located at 680 Highway 74 West, Polkton. Credit classes are offered on the Polk Campus as well as a limited number of non-credit and Adult Basic Skills classes. South Piedmont Community College has a number of facilities available for community use, including the Conference Center at South Piedmont on the Old Charlotte Highway Campus in Monroe and the Charles N. and Mary Alice Caudle Ingram Community Room at the Lockhart-Taylor Center in Wadesboro. Both rooms can accommodate up to 400 for events involving meals and approximately 600 for events set up auditorium style. South Piedmont Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the associate degree.
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Northeastern Technical College
1,090 students | 23.20 Mi1201 Chesterfield Hwy.
Cheraw, SC 29520
(843) 921-6900 23.201,090
Stanly Community College
2,745 students | 24.80 Mi141 College Drive
Richmond Community College
2,531 students | 25.50 Mi1042 W Hamlet Ave
Montgomery Community College
863 students | 30.70 Mi1011 Page St
(910) 576-6222 30.70863
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1,738 students | 39.50 Mi476 Hubbard Drive
Lancaster, SC 29720
Students: 2,658 students
In-state tuition: $1,873
Out-state tuition: $6,481
Student:teacher ratio: 17:1
Minority enrollment: 30%
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Round table on promoting women's leadership in the economy
South Asia has the largest gender gap in economic participation and opportunity, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap 2022 report. India has also seen a decline in women's participation in the labor market in recent years. The United States Consulate General in Kolkata has a long history of working with the government of Jharkhand to empower women and girls in the state. One of the initiatives aims to create a regional support framework for women in the labor market in eastern and northeastern India, Nepal and Bangladesh to continue advocating for the women's access to active participation in the labor market and policy changes. The US Consulate's longtime partner, the non-profit Contact Base, headquartered in Kolkata with a presence in Nimdih, Jharkhand, hosted a July 21 roundtable in Ranchi to facilitate stakeholder dialogue on the development of a network to deal with the low number of women in management positions in companies. and increase career choices for girls and young women.
Adrian Pratt, Public Affairs Officer, US Consulate General in Kolkata, chaired the roundtable. He said, "The US Mission to India has led concerted efforts to address women's economic participation and empowerment through various programming platforms. Here in East India, our various partnerships have proven that gender-responsive budgeting, gender diversity in the workplace and equal participation in decision-making leads to greater coherence between economic goals and social commitments." Incubators and stakeholders in the entrepreneurship ecosystem, employable skills development, funders, investors from organizations such as ICRW, iLeadHR, Center for Change (C3), Breakthrough, Jharkhand Angels, BIT Mesra, XISS, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, ConnexDoor, TEDx Kanke, 366Pi and others participated.
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As modern day négociants, we started off with our signature Gravity labels. Along the way, we've met some boutique producers that were simply too outstanding to leave undiscovered, so we proudly brought them into the Threshold Family of wines.
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Lady Chatterley's Lover, Cider With Rosie, The Go-Between and An Inspector Calls will be adapted as 90-minute dramas for a BBC1 season of early 20th century British novels and plays.
Controller Charlotte Moore and drama controller Ben Stephenson have ordered the dramas, which include Line Of Duty creator Jed Mercurio's version of DH Lawrence's controversial 1928 novel, previously adapted for BBC1 by Ken Russell in 1993.
The sexually explicit novel, which details an affair between an upper-class woman and her gamekeeper, was censored in the UK for 30 years.
The project is a co-production between Hartswood Films and Serena Cullen Productions, and will be produced by Cullen with Sherlock exec Beryl Vertue on board as executive producer. Mercurio has written and will direct.
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Nene, Great Ouse and Middle Level Navigations – Points of interest, Places to visit
Mooring customer Chris Howes has shared his knowledge of the local waterways to assist our holiday makers, mooring customers and those navigators attending the St Neots Festival of water. Chris is Chairman of the Inland Waterways Association Eastern Region and last year won the A P Herbert cup for the greatest distance travelled to the IWA festival of water 2017.
Northampton –
Becket's Well
Becket's Park is named after Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury notoriously murdered in Canterbury Cathedral. Henry II had summoned Becket to appear before a great council at Northampton Castle in October 1164, to answer allegations of contempt. Becket drank from a well on the edge of the park. Convicted on the charges, Becket stormed out of the trial and fled to the Continent. In 1170 Becket returned to England, and further upset the King causing him to speak the words "will no-one rid me of this turbulent priest", which resulted in Becket's murder on 29 December 1170. These days there are water points available and drinking unprocessed water is not recommended !
Fotheringhay – worth a visit
fotheringhay church
This was the site of Fortheringhay Castle which has been very significant in English History. Richard III was born there in 1452 Mary, Queen of Scots, was tried and beheaded in 1587. The castle was razed in 1627, and there is nothing left other than the motte on which it was built which is worth climbing for the excellent views of the river Nene.
Views of the village are dominated by a particularly fine Perpendicular style church, dating in parts to the 15th Century. At the time of writing, the Church is unfortunately masked by scaffolding.
A local farmer charges for mooring.
Lilford Hall
As you pass through Lilford Lock and under the picturesque bridge you are entering Lilford Estate which is crowned by a Grade I listed, 15th Century, stately home. Although not open to the Public, the views through the trees of the grand house remind one of days long gone ! Remember to 'doff your cap' or 'tug your forelock' if you pass anyone on the bank who might possibly be aristocracy !
Wansford in England
Wansford is beautiful village largely built of mellow Northamptonshire Stone. The old bridge which carried the Great North road (a.k.a. the A1) past the Haycock Inn dates from 1600 and is a scheduled ancient monument.
The Haycock Inn is named from the story of an unfortunate traveller who, wary of sleeping in any Inn because of plague, spent the night in a hayrick. The river rose in the night and the traveller woke to find himself floating down the Nene. He asked a traveller on the riverbank where he was, and upon hearing the reply "Wansford", asked, "Wansford in England?". The name stuck, though the local Inns are now, we hope, plague free !
The next bridge carrying the rerouted A1 was constructed in 1929. For those of us who appreciate such odd things as cast concrete, its structure is particularly fine, including the words cast into it "County of Soke of Peterborough".
The final bridge, which accommodated a second carriage way for the A1 was built in 1975. There has been a river crossing in Wansford since Saxon times, and the three bridges neatly summarise a large part of the history of bridge building.
Wansford Station – worth a visit
Nene Valley Railway, Wansford
The river meanders round a great bend after Wansford, before you come to floating moorings from which you can access Wansford Station (actually in Sibson). This is the headquarters of the Nene Valley Railway. An absolute must to visit ! The home of Thomas the Tank Engine and a host of historic steam engines, you can ride to Peterborough enjoying a line that has, over the years, been used for filming, amongst many others, Secret Army, a Queen rock video, Middlemarch, Goldeneye, and Murder on the Orient Express.
Peterborough – Flag Fen worth a visit
Flag fen is one of the most important surviving Bronze Age sites in England, and possibly in all Europe ! It is home to a unique ancient wooden monument, a kilometre long wooden causeway and platform, perfectly preserved in the wetland. This was built and used by the Prehistoric fen people 3,500 years ago as a place of worship and ritual. 60,000 upright timbers and 250,000 horizontal planks are buried under the ground along with many swords and personal items given as offerings to the watery fen. These are on display in a visitor centre and give an unique insight into Bronze Age life.
It is a short walk North of the river Nene from the spectacular new Shanks Millenium Foot Bridge East of Peterborough. There are no dedicated moorings but 'improvised' mooring shouldn't be difficult.
Ramsey Rural Museum – worth a visit
Ramsey Dock moorings
This quintessentially English, independent museum, contains an eclectic mix of articles from bygone ages. It evokes glorious memories of a past of village fetes and strawberries and cream.
Open from April through to October, all day on Thursdays, and in the afternoon on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays. Nearest moorings are either on the 40ft navigation near The George P.H. at Ramsey Forty Foot (2 miles away, but down a country road without a footpath) or on Ramsey High Lode, (1.4 miles away, past a 15th century Gothic gatehouse to a former Abbey)
Holme post – point of interest
Holme Post stands on the lowest land point in Great Britain at 9 ft below mean sea level. In 1851 it was decided to drain Whittlesey Mere (a boggy lake), and a 12ft cast iron post was driven vertically into the peat until the top of it was buried with its top level with the ground. The post was probably a reject casting originally intended for the Great Exhibition. As the peat dried the ground shrank and the post gradually emerged. Today all 12ft of the post is exposed, and a six foot extension has been added to the bottom of it.
Fen folk say that a drained mere will sink the height of a man, during the life of a man. Judging from the evidence of the now exposed post, the ground has sunk 18ft in 166 years, which rather confirms this old rule of thumb.
Holme Fen is quite a walk from the nearest navigable watercourse, which itself is quite remote from the main link route, which is why we've only included it as a 'point of interest', but if, like me, you are an anorak for the quirky and unusual historic artifact, then it's a 'must'.
Prickwillow Engine museum – well worth a visit
Formerly known as the Prickwillow Drainage Engine Museum, this is 2 miles up the river Lark from the river Great Ouse, and there are hard moorings close by. Drainage and the reclamation of land from the sea is key to the history of the fens. The museum contains a major collection of large diesel pumping engines, all of which have been restored to working order. The museum is generally open Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays & Tuesdays, in the afternoon, from Easter until the end of September, but it is advised to check their website before planning a visit.
The mystery smell – point of interest
During the high summer of 2017 many people reported a strong smell of cannabis, over a wide area between Denver Sluice and Ely. Eventually it was revealed that there is a legal cannabis farm (for medical use) at a 'secret location' that was probably responsible for the odour. If the lower part of the River Great Ouse appears to contain an unusually 'high' number of hippy boaters, it is not that the live aboard population of Cambridge has suddenly relocated, but the search for the fabled 'Mary Jane' cannabis farm.
Queen Adelaide – point of interest
The first Oxford v Cambridge boat race took place in 1829 at Henley. The next race was held in 1836 on the Thames in London. The tradition has continued ever since, but only once has the race moved from London.
In 1944 London was judged too dangerous because of the V1 flying bombs and the race was held on the Queen Adelaide Straight near Ely.
Cambridge University have recently built a new boat house North East of Ely and you may well come across them practicing on the waters between Ely and Littleport. Although traditionally known as the 'light blues' their oars are now more green, allegedly caused by a past university boatman, who suffering from colour blindness, mixed increasing amounts of green into the paint for the oars over the years.
As always, care should be taken to minimise wash when passing rowing boats, but as an 'Oxford rowing man' I do condone the odd "boo" if you pass a Cambridge boat !
Ely Cathedral – well worth a visit
narrowboat holiday ely
The Cathderal is known as the 'ship of the Fens' because of its dominant position in the landscape, visible from miles away. Its origins date back to 672 and the present building was started in 1083. It is an outstanding building, both for its size and detail. The entrance, lady chapel and choir have been described as "exuberant Decorated Gothic" and its most notable feature is the central octagonal tower, with lantern above. If you only visit one cathedral a year, this is the one to visit !
Ely has good moorings, and overstaying boats are regularly moved on, so you have a good chance of finding a mooring in this vey city.
Streatham Old Engine – worth a visit
Stretham Old Engine
Stretham Old Engine is a steam-powered engine on the Old West River, about 6 miles up river from Ely. There are decent moorings. The engine was used to pump water from flood-affected areas of The Fens back into the river Great Ouse. It will be open to the public on 18 afternoons in 2018, so it is advisable to check their website for opening dates.
Huntingdon – Hinchingbrooke House – worth a visit
Is an historic house built around an 11th-century Benedictine nunnery. After the Reformation it was owned by Oliver Cromwell, and later the Earls of Sandwich. The house is part of a school, and is also a wedding and conference venue, but is open for tours on Sunday afternoons and some bank holidays.
Huntingdon has limited moorings.
St Ives worth a visit
Fithteenth Century Chapel
The bridge in St Ives, and the chapel on the bridge, have about as varied history as any bridge possibly could ! The bridge is generally Gothic with pointed arches, other than two mismatched rounded arches. Oliver Cromwell ordered the demolition of part of the bridge and the installation of a draw bridge, to hold back Charles 1st's troops. When they were later rebuilt, they didn't match. The building on the bridge was a chapel up until the dissolution of the monasteries, and since then has been a private house, a doctors surgery and a pub, called Little Hell.
There are three different sets of good moorings in St Ives.
You may be interested in our blog post Old River Port St Ives
Health Warning – Huntingdon & St Neots
Huntingdon's most famous son, Oliver Cromwell, was in part responsible for the death of the only English King to be executed, Charles I. St Neots' most infamous son, John Bellingham, shot the only English Prime Minister to be murdered in Office, Spencer Percival. The two towns are less than 10 miles apart and it is said that although their residents are generally hard to upset, but if you do, the results can be severe ! I should know, because, dear reader, I married one !
St Neots –
St Neots originally comprised two settlements Eaton Socon and Eynesbury with a Priory between them. The name changed to St Neots when locals raided St Neot on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall in 980 and relieved them of their relics of the Saint and brought his bones back, as a 'tourist attraction'. There is a mosaic set in the Market Square with a depiction of the world famous Alfred Jewel, made in honour of St Neot for King Alfred, and kept at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Many places have 'tall stories' to tell, but St Neots has the genuine case of the James Toller, "The Eynesbury Giant". Born in 1798, this unfortunate young man was 5ft 5in tall at the age of 10 and by the time of his death, aged 21, he stood over 8 feet tall. He is commemorated by a plaque in the town and his story is told in the St Neots Museum.
In 1935 St Neots hit the front page of every news paper, with the birth of the Town's own 'fab four' Ann, Ernest, Paul and Michael Miles, the first surviving quads, ever. They instantly became famous world wide and for years were adopted by Cow & Gate to advertise their products.
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Give us this day our daily trailer! What the world needs now is a shining hero. What the world needs now is a glory man. What the world needs now is a weird campy rock opera superhero parody featuring a singing Christopher Lee as a supervillain.
Alan Arkin as a dried up superhero. Christopher Lee as a singing and dancing supervillain. A government outlawing superheroes plot that would later get used in Watchmen. With songs by the guy who brought us Rocky Horror Picture Show. Directed by the guy who directed The Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf. How have you not seen The Return of Captain Invincible?
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15 Best Christmas Horror Movies You Should Watch
Just in case you're sick of those tearjerking ads from big brands.
Mark LoProto· December 5, 2019
On the first day of Christmas, Cultured Vultures gave to me… 15 of the best Christmas horror movies to help you get through the season.
We understand, with Halloween long over, you're itching for your horror fix. While we typically have to wait until January for the next wave of horror movies to hit theaters, we can at least backtrack to previously released holiday horrors. Unfortunately, that means trekking through the avalanche of terrible Christmas horror movies.
As you can probably guess, finding 15 great Christmas horror movies wasn't an easy task. Many of these fall under the "so bad, they're good" umbrella and are best enjoyed with friends and family laughing along. Seeing as how those jovial nights are the whole point of the holiday season, consider this our Christmas gift to you and yours.
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The Best Christmas Horror Movies
15. Jack Frost (1997)
Director: Michael Cooney
You know those movies that you can't look away from? No matter how many times you've seen it and how bad it may be? Well, that's Jack Frost.
When the vehicle transporting serial killer Jack Frost gets into an accident with a nondescript "Genetic Research" truck, the titular murderer becomes melted into the snow. This allows him to return as a rampaging snowman out for revenge against the sheriff that brought him in.
Jack Frost is full of terrible one-liners, attempts at witty quips, and ridiculous kills involving sleds, Christmas ornaments, and carrot rape. Yes, you read that right and it's all that needs to be said about this holiday horrorshow.
Watch if: You want to turn your brain off this holiday season.
Avoid if: Frosty the Snowman is your gospel of the holidays.
14. Silent Night (2012)
Director: Steven C. Miller
Who would have thought Santa Claus would be the perfect way for a killer to hide from the authorities. Well, it's a disguise that works in the 2012 horror film, Silent Night, which is a loose remake of the 1984 Christmas classic, Silent Night, Deadly Night.
When a serial killer poses as Santa, it gives him access to the public he needed to continue his killing spree. Not one to randomly kill everyone, this Santa sticks to the rules. He'll only slay if he sees that person partaking in a naughty deed. Or, at least, what he deems "naughty."
Silent Night is full of creative kills, but it doesn't have that old-school slasher charm of Silent Night, Deadly Night or many movies from the 80s. It is, however, a suitable Christmas horror film with a decent kill count and a murderous Santa.
Watch if: The phrase "Santa with a flamethrower" intrigues you.
Avoid if: You're a Silent Night, Deadly Night purist.
13. Santa's Slay (2005)
Director: David Steiman
What happens when Father Christmas gets tired of being nice and delivers kills instead of gifts? Writer/director David Steiman explored this concept in Santa's Slay, a slasher comedy starring Bill Goldberg as Santa.
Steiman tinkers with the lore of Saint Nick a bit for this gorefest, which sees Santa, driven by his "hell-deer," fulfilling his murderous impulses. According to Santa's Slay, Santa only delivered presents because he lost a curling match to an angel. Before that, Christmas was a "Day of Slaying" for the hot-headed product of a Satanic virgin birth. You know, like it says in the Bible.
Once free of his 1,000-year sentence, it's time for Santa to start killing again – and boy does he kill. No one is off his list when it comes to maiming, disfiguring, and slaughtering everyone in his path.
Watch if: You're tired of the whole "Coca-Cola Santa" image.
Avoid if: You still believe Santa Claus delivers your gifts.
12. Dead End (2003)
Director: Jean-Baptiste Andrea
Ah, the dreaded family road trip during the holidays. There's nothing more tense and uncomfortable than being trapped in a vehicle for hours as you begrudgingly make your way to a relative's home for Christmas. Until, of course, you throw in a mysterious lady in white, her dead baby, a symbolic hearse, and a whole lot of carnage.
When Marion and her family become lost on a back road, they're thrust into a supernatural mystery of gruesome proportions. As they start to die off one by one, it becomes a question of whether or not the experience is real or the product of insanity. Hey, we get it. Driving along a snowy road with nothing but family to talk to is sure to break even the strong-willed.
It's not quite a traditional Christmas movie with all of the glimmering lights and references to Santa, but beneath its elements of horror, Dead End is a relatable holiday film.
Watch if: You want to watch Lin Shaye in a pre-Insidious horror film.
Avoid if: You have a road trip planned with your family.
11. Inside (2007)
Director: Julien Maury
'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, save for a crazed lunatic with sinister intentions. In this French horror thriller, expectant mother Sarah is pulled into a Christmas horror nightmare of frightening proportions.
Christmas Eve becomes a veritable bloodbath as Sarah's intruder kills off anyone that comes to her aid, forcing the pregnant protagonist to defend herself by any means necessary. It's a home invasion movie like any other, but the holiday setting and the killer's motive put a slightly unique spin on it.
Watch if: You enjoy traditional home invasion movies.
Avoid if: You're pregnant.
10. A Christmas Horror Story (2015)
Director: Steve Hoban, Grant Harvey, Bretty Sullivan
Imagine the Christmas equivalent to Mike Dougherty's Trick 'r Treat. Four interconnected stories unravel during Christmas, leaving a trail of bodies that ultimately lead up to an encounter between Krampus and Santa Claus. Oh, yes, it's that kind of movie.
A Christmas Horror Story isn't afraid to be campy, and that's a big part of its charm. While there are elements of horror to each story, it's also a ridiculous anthology that will have you rolling your eyes, laughing, and having a grand 'ole time.
Forget marathoning A Christmas Story. Break out A Christmas Horror Story and share your holiday season with William Shatner's greatest character, Dangerous Dan, the alcoholic DJ that serves as our guide through these tales.
Watch if: You want your Christmas season to be sprinkled with a bit of Halloween.
Avoid if: You fully respect mall Santas.
9. Christmas Evil (1980)
Director: Lewis Jackson
What would it take to send a toymaker on a relentless killing spree? Find out this Christmas with Christmas Evil, a 1980 yuletide romp that may speak truth to all of you stuck working long hours throughout the season.
When Harry Stadling is broken and beaten down by criticism, unfairness at the toy factory, and his own personal demons, it's only a matter of time before the world feels his wrath. It's a slow burn to Harry's spree, but the payoff is everything you could want out of a Christmas slasher.
Christmas Evil is heavy on cheap practical effects and it's actually a bit of a tragic tale, but it works well for some holiday entertainment. Some of its themes may be a little dark, but Christmas Evil is one you'll want to sit down with this Christmas season.
Watch if: You want to watch the holiday version of Joker.
Avoid if: You're looking for a straight-forward, relentless slasher movie.
8. The Day of the Beast (1995)
Though the title may be best suited for Halloween, The Day of the Beast is a clever black comedy horror film that fits right in for Christmas. On a quest to kill the Antichrist, who he believes will emerge on Christmas Eve, a priest, Angel, goes on a rampage of wrongdoing.
Don't worry, though. He's kind of on a mission from God. At least a mission that would benefit God as Angel hopes to sell his soul for a chance at stopping the Antichrist. The Day of the Beast is definitely less about the season, but those sprinklings of the holiday help root it as a great Christmas horror film.
It's certainly a different and refreshing take on the whole "stopping the Antichrist" plotline.
Watch if: You want to add something unique to your Christmas movie watchlist.
Avoid if: You're looking for a horror movie ripe with scares and kills.
7. Better Watch Out (2016)
Director: Chris Peckover
The holiday season is quite perfect for a home invasion movie, but Better Watch out is so much more than that. Sure, it starts off like your traditional home invasion film, but it takes a pretty demented and unexpected turn partway through.
Beyond the title and the holiday setting, Better Watch Out isn't overdone with Christmas. This lets the core story shine without having to bastardize the joyous season. What it will do, however, is make you think twice about babysitting. Moreso than any version of When a Stranger Calls ever did.
Better Watch Out is punchy, funny, and even has a gruesome homage to a family favorite holiday film. Need a hint? Two words – paint can.
Watch if: You enjoy being surprised by a movie.
Avoid if: You're starting a new babysitting gig.
6. Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
Director: John McPhail
You know what the zombie apocalypse genre needed? A musical. Thankfully, Anna and the Apocalypse fills that void, with the titular protagonist and her friends battling through hordes of the undead while belting out a soundtrack of original songs.
Set during Christmas, Anna and the Apocalypse utilizes the holiday setting well without overshadowing the undead with seasonal themes. Even as a musical, there is plenty of zombie horror and gore. It would be easy for the random outbreaks of song and dance to grow tiresome, but it's all balanced well to deliver a horror movie that puts a clever spin on the zombie apocalypse.
Go into it for the holiday cheer and music, stay for the zombie gore and nods to zombie classics like Shaun of the Dead and Night of the Living Dead.
Watch if: You're tired of the same 'ole zombie movies.
Avoid if: You're not into musicals.
5. Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
Director: Charles Sellier
After suffering through a life of torment and abuse, Billy Chapman snaps. With the Christmas Eve murder of his parents burned into his brain, it only makes sense that he'd don the red suit of everyone's favorite gift-giver when he finally snaps.
Chapman may not be your run-of-the-mill slasher killer, but when Silent Night, Deadly Night kicks off the kills, it becomes the holiday murder-fest you've been looking for. This 1984 slasher takes its time to get to the payoff, like most good slashers of the 80s; and though it doesn't have the staying power of, say, Friday the 13th, it's a worthwhile horror film to pop in this Christmas season.
The movie may have been a bomb at first, but it's since become a cult classic that many turn to when the snow starts to fall.
Watch if: You're looking for a traditional slasher that utilizes practical effects.
Avoid if: You have a fear of being impaled on deer antlers.
4. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
Director: Jalmari Helander
We're so used to the delightfully jolly version of Santa Claus dreamt up by the minds of Coca Cola. But what if there were more to the legend, just waiting to be uncovered in the mountains of northern Finland? Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale explores this concept in a most entertaining way.
While excavating a site in Finland, scientists uncover a strange find that may have a direct link to the local lore of Santa Claus. Unfortunately, it has an appetite for flesh and it's quite possible that young children were once on its menu.
There is a slow burn to Rare Exports, but its clever weaving of Santa's origins is definitely a unique twist to jolly 'ole St. Nick. Think of it as a Christmas origin story, as Rare Exports finally answers the question of where all those common mall Santas come from.
Watch if: You want to see a different take on the Santa Claus legend.
Avoid if: You love mall Santas.
3. Krampus (2015)
Director: Michael Dougherty
Trapped in a home with no power, no escape from the snowstorm that billows outside, and nothing to distract you from the relatives visiting for Christmas. It's the truest form of holiday hell. Throw in mischievous toys, deadly gingerbread men, and a hoofed beast, and you have a cocktail of holiday horror delights for viewers.
There have been many versions of Krampus, but only Michael Dougherty's had the production value, cast, and story to grab a wider audience. Picture a movie about Krampus, but it's part home invasion movie/part supernatural horror. The cast is a wonderful mix of award winners, like Toni Collette; comedy greats like Adam Scott and David Koechner; and some relatively unknown performers like Emjay Anthony and Stefania LaVie Owen.
The best part of Krampus was the titular creature's design, which integrates the classic goat-like look with something quite a bit more horrifying.
Watch if: You're tired of low-budget Krampus movies.
Avoid if: You think gingerbread men are out to get you.
2. Gremlins (1984)
Director: Joe Dante
Joe Dante's vision of a peaceful town being overrun by monstrous little gremlins is by far one of the best Christmas movies. Ever. It falls just short of being the best Christmas horror movie for being laxer on its elements of terror, but there's no doubt that Gremlins is a holiday horror classic.
When a strange creature known as a Mogwai is purchased by an oaf of an inventory, the town of Kingston Falls becomes a holiday hell. Green critters infest every corner, turning the Christmas postcard village into their own little playground of mischief.
Gremlins is funny, heartfelt, dark, and the perfect addition to every Christmas horror movie collection.
Watch if: You have a pulse and like to watch movies. It's that simple.
Avoid if: Your father dresses up as Santa Claus.
1. Black Christmas (1974)
Director: Bob Clark
So many horror movies have their roots in real events. Surprisingly, that includes 1974's Black Christmas, which pulls inspiration from a classic urban legend and a series of murders in Montreal, Quebec.
Black Christmas is a classic slasher, where hapless victims are picked off one-by-one by a mysterious figure. Set in a sorority house during winter break, the holiday setting actually amplifies the horror. The seclusion during Christmas break is something many college students have found them in, and Black Christmas plays on that isolation when a deranged killer starts targeting the sorority sisters.
Bob Clark's holiday horror is also one of the first slasher movies, predating Friday the 13th by six years and John Carpenter's Halloween by four. Black Christmas went on to receive two remakes and a novelization and garnered a cult following.
Watch if: You enjoy an old fashioned slasher movie.
Avoid if: You're alone on campus this winter break.
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Lamia's Crepes: A taste of France in Norfolk
Posted 9:49 pm, May 13, 2018, by Samantha German, Updated at 10:00AM, May 14, 2018
NORFOLK, Va. - If you've walked the streets of downtown Norfolk, you've probably seen a little piece of France along the way - especially if you've passed by Lamia's Crepes.
Born in Algeria and raised in France, Lamia's Crepes owner, Lamia Pappas, says she started cooking when she was a little girl.
"My nanny. She taught me how to make the crepes. I loved them and since then I started cooking them for my family, for my siblings, for my cousins for everybody," says Pappas.
Little did she know her young crepe hobby for family and friends in Paris would turn into a booming, flavorful business for customers now in downtown Norfolk.
"She's timeless and she's so energetic, my goodness. I hope to have some of that energy rub off on me. It's impressive. She came here with nobody and knowing no English. She keeps telling me those stories. She's really made herself apart of the community," says Sally Gonzalez, an employee of Lamia's Crepes.
With knowing not a soul and very little English, Lamia moved to the United States in 1999. She says her very first job in the US was working as a busgirl for IHOP.
"After busboy, hostess, cashier and then one day a waitress didn't show up to work. The owner from IHOP said, 'Lamia I want you to be a waitress.' I was worried about my English. I was worried I was going to screw up everything," says Pappas.
Now, celebrating the store's 2nd anniversary, business has been good.
"If you have a good idea, please do it. Don't let anybody stop you. You have to do it," says Pappas.
Lamia says you might be seeing a second location of Lamia's Crepes in Hampton Roads sometime very, very soon.
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By Adam Owens, WRAL News anchor/reporter
Durham, N.C. — Durham is a growing city, and that poses new developing dangers.
Those dangers could lead to emergencies in tall buildings and to rescues in confined spaces. A new specialized rescue company has been recommissioned to be ready to help in those situations.
On Saturday, Durham firefighters, along with members of the community, pushed the recommissioned Rescue 1 Unit into service. The 'housing' tradition dates back to a time before engine-powered trucks.
"You used to have to push the truck back into the station because horses do not go in reverse," said Durham assistant fire chief Andy Sannipoli.
Sannipoli said this rescue unit will serve a very modern purpose.
"The Durham area is growing, so we have a lot of high-rise and mid-rise buildings," Sannipoli said.
Rescue 1 will also work vehicle extrications, building collapses and water and confined space rescues. The rescue company was decommissioned back in 2000, when another program was introduced.
Now, it is back. The heavy and special hazards rescue company is located downtown and will serve the whole city.
"It's a monumental moment for the department," said Dave Stacy, a Durham fireman. "Everybody has a piece of it, it feels like it is part of the city."
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Turtles are reptiles that are well-known in the animal kingdom as a doppelganger to tortoises. We further digress for the sake of those who are still unable to tell the two apart.
Despite the similarities between these two, they have plenty of differences. There is an observed significant difference in their places of dwelling. A tortoise is to land as a turtle is to water for most parts of its life.
Anyway, as we steer back to the main topic, did you know that turtles spend most of their life in water and that they can breathe through their backside? Yeah, you read that right!
This article will take you through that fascinating fact alongside other minor but necessary details to help you know more about turtles and how their breathing system is structured—all these in the simplest way and possibly technical jargon-free.
Types of turtles
While we get into it, it is essential to note that turtles exist in different types. Some are semi-aquatic, and conversely, there are aquatic turtles.
Semi-aquatic turtles spend time on both sea and land, whereas aquatic turtles spend almost their entire lives in water. Notably, each type is properly-suited with systems that can adapt to such drastic changes for their survival.
However, this article endeavors to focus more on water turtles. A few of these sea-living turtle categories include painted, cooters, sliders, pond, which can be further subdivided into Japanese pond turtles, and so forth.
Butt breathing
This phenomenon has several synonyms, such as cloacal respiration. In animate beings, respiration is the process that involves breathing in oxygen and breathing out carbon dioxide.
The term cloacal is coined from the cloaca, which is the principal part that facilitates this breathing process in turtles. When we piece these two definitions together, we get the meaning of cloacal respiration.
Therefore, cloacal respiration is the unique breathing process in turtles that involves using its backside or anus known as cloaca to take in and release oxygen and carbon dioxide, respectively.
Another point to note is that cloacal respiration is mostly exercised in extremely cold periods such as winter. Unlike other weather seasons, winter makes it impossible to periodically swim to the surface for extra oxygen supply as usually a thick ice crust forms on waterbodies.
This massively limits the oxygen supply for sea creatures like turtles forcing them to go into hiding and inactivity known as hibernation. Mostly, the hibernation period is dictated by the weather pattern in a given area.
In some instances, the turtles may migrate to other parts with conducive climates. However, the turtles caught between a rock and a hard place have to employ this phenomenon to survive.
Breathing system of a turtle
This system comprises specific structures and organs that facilitate cloacal respiration. Every species has unique organs and structures set up to ensure sufficient oxygen supply throughout the body.
Some of the turtles' respiratory features include lungs, external nares, cloaca, and an air passage known as the trachea. Their shell is the human equivalent of a chest that houses the ribs.
Their shell is a rigid bony structure that is beefed up with muscles for easier expansion and contraction during the action of breathing in and out. The external nares, in other words, are known as nostrils. Universally nostrils are usually the main air entrance and exit.
After air gains entrance through the external nares, it meets the glottis, then the flexible trachea. The trachea's flexible nature is what facilitates its head motion. The trachea divides into two bronchi which bring oxygen-filled air to the lungs that later gets supplied to the rest of the body.
However, the aforementioned process can only occur under normal circumstances with conducive weather as it requires the turtles to swim to the waterbody surface for extra oxygen.
Underwater respiration
During unfavorable weather conditions, with winter as the prime example, turtles resort to hibernation. Since they can no longer swim to the surface when in need of oxygen, they resort to butt breathing.
Before diving into how the cloaca is specially structured to facilitate this process, it is vital to remember that turtles are cold-blooded. This plays a significant role in this process by limiting its metabolic rate.
Cold-blooded animals' temperatures spontaneously increase or decrease depending on the external weather conditions. Hence cold-blooded reptiles are most active during the day, and inactivity increases as nighttime approaches.
The same logic applies during winter when the conditions are unbearable, with low temperatures. Low temperatures, as discussed, lead to low activity, and thus metabolism will be slow as the turtles are reserving all the available energy for respiration.
The cloaca is the human equivalent of an anus that takes water in and out of the turtle's body. It is a powerful muscle that can expand and contract. Just like how an adult's respiratory system is more advanced than a child's, the same case applies to turtles and their different species.
For instance, some turtle species will have denser blood vessels to increase the surface area of oxygen absorption, and other species have oxygen-absorbing throats as opposed to the cloaca. These are just a few of the adaptation variations in the turtle species.
Factors limiting cloacal respiration
A major limiting factor is the reduction of oxygen levels in water during the hibernation period. In this case, hibernating species are structurally able to resort to respiring anaerobically, leading to lactic acid accumulation.
Lactic acid is a toxic body waste, and it is usually neutralized by calcium carbonates released from the turtle's shell.
A turtle, like any other species, is not exempt from drowning. Factors that may lead to drowning include overexertion resulting in using up all reserved oxygen, over-accumulation of lactic acid, and drastic temperature changes.
These drastic temperature changes result from marine heatwaves, which are a consequence of global warming that negatively affects marine life.
High temperatures result in increased metabolic rates, which is dangerous while turtles are underwater. These warm spells may also reduce oxygen levels underwater.
At this point, we have established a lot and comprehensively demonstrated that turtles indeed use butt-breathing during the hibernation period. However, this specific adaption is relative as it is only seen in some turtle species.
We hope that this article has helped you gain essential insights concerning a turtle's respiration process.
Literature that was available in the 1950s indicated that turtles were deaf and could not vocalize.…


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City Hall Meets Evictees To Discuss Compensation
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Nearly 200 families were moved here from the city, following a forced eviction at Borei Keila, a Phnom Penh neighborhood slated for development by the company Phan Imex, file photo.
PHNOM PENH —
Phnom Penh city officials on Tuesday for the first time met face to face with former residents from the Borei Keila neighborhood, who have regularly protested since their forced evictions in 2012.
Phnom Penh Governor Khun Sreng said the forum will work toward sorting out "real victims" who should be compensated by the city and a development company from those who should not.
"City Hall is ready to find a solution for everyone who is a real victim and qualified for compensation: a new house given by the development company," he said.
Some 200 former residents of the Borei Keila development attended Tuesday's meeting, which was a first of its kind, aimed at preventing more land disputes in what has become an ongoing issue for the city.
Each was given about five minutes to describe his or her case and compensation requests. They were further asked to hand over documentation to the city to ensure they were qualified.
Chhay Kimhorn, one of the evictees, said the forum was not fruitful and that five minutes was not enough time. "We have so many problems to describe to them," he said.
Chan Soveth, head of monitoring for the rights group Adhoc, said he was not sure the forum would lead to a resolution, but he welcomed it as a first step and initial meeting between the two sides.
"We expect to see more in the future," he said. "At least it shows that the authorities and the company owners are not comfortable anymore when there are victims outside protesting against them."
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Hey, I'm new to learning Korean so any tips or help would help me out a lot! Thank you!
If it is OK with you, I hope you try out below Korean drama just to get your ears used to the various sounds of Korean language.
Super! On second thought, unless readily available, films might be more approachable than dramas which usually consist of 10+ episodes.
P.S: Have you watched K-Drama called "Man From the Equator" by any chance?
Hi! I am still learning too, but I would like to share with you what worked for me. Before I started learning the Korean alphabets, I watched Korean dramas, TV shows, movies, and news. I got used to the pronunciation and I was able to understand a lot of the basic sentences and daily conversation. I would advice you to choose what to watch according to your interests and liking.
Here are some TV shows you might be interested in: - Hello counselor (available on youtube) - Happy together (available on youtube) - Running man (some episodes are available on youtube) - My neighbor Charles (available on youtube) - The return of Superman (available on youtube) - etc.
Dramas: - Oh, my venus! - Voice - Criminal Minds - Doubtful victory - Shopping king, Louis - Secret, etc.
https://youtu.be/_s8FRKxUEPk Here's a video you can watch that I made with my language exchange partner in Seoul. Enjoy.
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Capetonian by birth and education, Michael graduated M.B., Ch.B. from the University of Cape Town in 1958, and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1963. He specialised in Urology, training at St. Thomas', the Institute of Urology and Great Ormond Street in London, before returning to the Cape in 1967, complete with a wife, and baby daughter. He practised both privately, and at Groote Schuur Hospital and the Red Cross Childrens' Hospital as a Urologist from 1967 to 1994, introducing important innovations, and after that in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, until retiring in 2001. Teaching always played a major role in his activities throughout his entire career.
A chance meeting with Cape Town publisher, Robin Stuart-Clark, led to a discussion where Robin magnanimously suggested that my work warranted international exposure. Due to his efforts and those of his London associate, the first pitch ended up on Andrew Lownie's desk - quite coincidentally - for Andrew's was the only agent's name in my annotated copy of the 2012 Artists' and Writers' Yearbook, to which I had months before allocated two stars, as a wishful potential 'good fit'.
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Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967), known professionally as R.
Kelly, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer.
A native of Chicago, Illinois, often referred to as King of R&B, Kelly began performing during the late 1980s and debuted in 1992 with the group Public Announcement.
In 1993, Kelly went solo with the album 12 Play.
He is known for a collection of major hit singles including "Bump n' Grind", "Your Body's Callin'", "I Believe I Can Fly", "Gotham City", "Ignition (Remix)", "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time", "The World's Greatest", "I'm a Flirt", and the hip-hopera "Trapped in the Closet".
In 1998, Kelly won three Grammy Awards out of five nominations for "I Believe I Can Fly".Kelly has written, produced, and remixed songs and albums for many artists, including Aaliyah's 1994 debut album Age Ain't Nothing But a Number.
In 1996, Kelly was nominated for a Grammy for writing Michael Jackson's song "You Are Not Alone".
In 2002 and 2004, Kelly released collaboration albums with rapper Jay-Z and has been a guest vocalist for other hip hop artists like Nas, Sean Combs, and Fat Joe.The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has recognized R.
Kelly as one of the best-selling music artists in the United States with 40 million albums sold as well as only the fifth black artist to crack the top 50 of the same list.
In March 2011, R.
Kelly was named the most successful R&B artist of the last 25 years by Billboard.
Kelly has released 12 solo studio albums, sold nearly 100 million albums worldwide making him the most successful R&B male artist of the 1990s.
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This thread is about the BN Decomposition add-in that helps you analysis the differences between long run growth (trend) and short run fluctuations around the growth path (cycle).
You need to have EViews 7.1 or above to use EViews add-ins.
Ok...i will try to manually code the B-N decomp instead.
Or, you could update to EViews 7.2. It is free, afterall!
Hi , I have upgraded Eviews and down the add-in, then how to install it? or How can I know the Add-in is ready to use? I am quite new to Eviews. Thx!
How to decide on "Parameter value: s steps ahead prediction"?
It does not seem to be a part of standard descriptions of the application of the decomposition as, for example, in Morley, Nelson, and Zivot (2003).


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