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Book Review: The Explosion of Deferred Dreams: Musical Renaissance and Social Revolution in San Francisco, 1965–1975
Written by A. Iwasa
In The Explosion of Deferred Dreams, author, musician, and native San Franciscan Mat Callahan offers a critical re-examination of the interwoven political and musical happenings in San Francisco in the Sixties. Using dozens of original interviews, primary sources, and personal experiences, the author shows how the intense interplay of artistic and political movements put San Francisco, briefly, in the forefront of a worldwide revolutionary upsurge.
Born and raised in San Francisco, author Mat Callahan grew up in a house where his mother played rock 'n' roll like Bill Haley and Ray Charles, older and newer folk music from Pete Seeger to Joan Baez, and was playing a great deal of Bob Dylan when the British Invasion started. Meanwhile Callahan was a junior high surfer. This was a pivotal moment, when he decided to pick up the guitar.
Shortly afterwards, Callahan's father, who opposed him becoming a guitarist, woke him up at 4AM to witness the police arresting hundreds of students at University of California Berkeley. This was during the Free Speech Movement, and Callahan's father was longshoreman where the International Longshoremen's Warehousemen's Union had strong, radical roots going back to the 1934 general strike, and both of his parent's were part of that tradition: straight up Communists!
After brief acknowledgments outlining the creative process of the book, Callahan makes a personal introduction, laying out the connections of Bay Area arts and radicalism, where his mother was a dancer and his sister had participated in the protests against the House UnAmerican Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1960.
But make no mistake! This isn't just another self-congratulatory New Leftist's reflections. Nor some Neocon's account of why he went right wing. This is a critical examination of the promise of radical arts and politics of the 1968 youth, with passing references to movements from Mexico City to Paris, and Shanghai to Prague, and why those promises continue to go largely unfulfilled.
In his Foreword, Callahan deepens his philosophical analysis and further explains how it relates to the research for the book.
The chapters in turn look to answer the questions and argue the points made initially, starting with an examination of how San Francisco became such a well-known, creative hub. The depth of the city's importance as a port town is argued back to its quick growth as a Gold Rush boom town.
Later but still far pre-1960s literary heroes like Jack London, Ambrose Bierce and Mark Twain's writings about SF albeit minus the literary movement aspect of the Beats.
I was particularly tuned in to all this. I was born in the Bay Area, and have spent some years there as an adult. Even so, I've long believed cities like Cleveland, Ohio (Clevo) are just as culturally productive, but through a combination of forces both great and small end up seeming like one-horse towns compared to hubs like SF.
At the same time, I am a huge fan of a great number of Bay Area, and Bay Area-connected writers and musicians both past and present, so I really wanted to see all the points in this book argued out, and compare them to my knowledge and understanding of the other hubs and places often unfairly considered fly-over country.
Callahan goes on to really hit his stride with an examination of the inherent feminism of Modern Dance with San Franciscan Isadora Duncan, and the 1916 Preparedness Day Parade bombing as pretexts for things to come in Bay Area arts and radicalism.
After working his way to Kenneth Rexroth, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, City Lights Books and some of the Beats associated with the Bay Area, Callahan backtracks to the massive influx of southern folks both white and Black during the Great Migration. There were deep cultural influences on the Bay Area by such a huge demographic change. In fact, this was part of the largest internal migration in US history. This in turn led to the Civil Rights Movement in the Bay Area, and was a precursor to the massive migration of white youth around 1967, deeply associated with that era.
Also as a sign of things to come, Callahan writes about a 1964 Dakota Sioux occupation of Alcatraz Island, testing the Sioux Treaty of 1868, and in turn bringing attention to the over 600 treaties the United States had broken with Native Americans.
Callahan connects Beat poetry and comedy in discussing the obscenity trials of Lenny Bruce and Allen Ginsberg which both happened in the Bay Area. I often wonder how many punx and hip hop kids in the US take their free speech for granted. Stories like this alongside Jim Morrison of The Doors are crucial in understanding free speech in US American arts.
The influence of the Old Left, primarily the Communist Party, is emphasized in Callahan's description of the New Left and '60s Bay Area arts in a way I've rarely seen outside of literature on Students for a Democratic Society.
Similarly, Rock 'n' Roll's evolution from race music and rhythm and blues as 1940s Black and urban music, to the music of a generation of teenagers, only recently being cultivated as a demographic by the burgeoning entertainment industry is examined. The simultaneous folk music revival is also written about, specifically Pete Seeger's band, The Weavers, who sold over four million records between 1950-'52.
The next wave of folk musicians such as Joan Baez and Phil Ochs bring back the book's connection between new music and social upheaval.
Afterwards, Callahan describes counterculture as coming from subculture: a convergence of Bohemian, juvenile delinquent and Black culture. Tightening up the political aspect again, he uses "Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday as an example. An anti-lynching song written by a Communist, Abel Meeropol (AKA Lewis Allen) for instance, "Strange Fruit" remains well known.
Returning to San Francisco in the '60s, Callahan starts digging into the specifics: how song format started to break molds like three-minute time limits, and the innovative incorporation of other artistic disciplines such as dance and graphic arts. The local influence of the San Francisco Mime Troupe and Teatro Campesino are given as examples of theater's influence.
Mat Callahan really, finally, brings it all together when writing about the 1965 opening of the North Beach, SF venue, Mother's. It was the first club in the city to have a light show, which was done by the theater group the Committee's Del Close. Grace Slick's band before Jefferson Airplane, The Great Society, was also produced by Sly Stone! It was possibly the world's first psychedelic club.
The Matrix is another club written about as a pivotal predecessor to the Filmore and the Avalon, both of which would be legendary later. Recording the history of clubs like Mother's and the Matrix are one of the main reasons I track down books like this. Though the Matrix was much longer lived than Mother's and it's where Jefferson Airplane played their first gig, its reputation has somehow not registered in my studies of the era.
Again here, Callahan is really hitting a stride with the specifics. Airplane, the clubs they played, the people who put on the shows like the Family Dog: there was a perfect combination of time, place, creative energies and vision.
LSD, which was still legal in 1965, the Merry Pranksters and the Grateful Dead enter the narrative. Callahan stresses the experimental nature of things. Not just musically or chemically, but with how shows were structured to be something bigger than just a concert.
Callahan's writing continues to be all over the place for the most part. Criticizing the racist and exploitative nature of the music industry, he goes all the way back to its emergence after the US Civil War and minstrel shows to prove his point. I understand the desire of some writers to break from linear structures to stress ideas over time lines, but it comes off as a bit frantic in this book.
Using the division between musicians and the music industry as an example of the difference between being authentic or not, Callahan eventually works back to the 1960s Bay Area, this time highlighting the South Bay folk scene that spawned Jerry Garcia, Jorma Kaukonen, Paul Kanter and others.
Reading the origin stories of so many bands that remain world famous is interesting, but the clincher for me is that Callahan doesn't neglect the other musicians, writers and other kinds of artists that made the scene so fertile. Some musicians and bands were new to me, others I recognized their music from oldies stations but I never knew their names.
Callahan goes on to write about some of the local underground newspapers such as The Movement, which is new to me, and the San Francisco Oracle, The Berkeley Barb, and the Underground Press Syndicate it was a part of. The UPS was made up of five newspapers with a readership of about 50,000 in 1966, growing to 200 newspapers with some six million readers by the summer of 1970. There was also a Liberation News Service sending out memos to over 400 media outlets by 1970, and of course The Black Panther whose circulation was 30,000 copies a week by March 1969.
What led up to the infamous gatherings such as the Human Be-In and the Monterey Pop Festival is described, not just the events. As usual, major events were preceded by many minor ones.
Here again, I feel like Callahan hits a certain stride, specifically with getting into some of the philosophical underpinnings of the San Francisco Mime Troupe splinter group, The Diggers. I also feel compelled to change my review style here from an account to more philosophical (I'm not cheating to meet a deadline like I did once for Slingshot. I'm not even operating on a deadline!). If you're looking for a book to nerd out to creative processes or celebrity gossip, this book probably isn't for you. But if you're interested in understanding the socioeconomic and ideological currents that made the 1960s and '70s San Francisco Bay Area both a creative hub and a powder keg, this book is a gem.
But perhaps what I find the most promising about it is how it can serve as a model for both music writers and researchers of culture in general who want to understand how life influences art in broader terms than usual, and vice versa in a specific time and place.
PM Press, $22.95, 352 pages
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hmm, I had often wondered about the question this book is trying to answer. I'm sorry some other cities are unfairly ignored. I'm curious about obscenity and freedoms, and how things come to be, though i don't feel obligated to behave a certain way based on the sacrifices of trailblazers. thank you for the idea of minor characters and events being very important to what's later considered major.
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As a Network Support Engineer at a company whose services are IT reseller and managed services, it was my duty to replace a firewall with a newer model. I configured it with the exact same information as the one that was in place, so that when I would go and make the change, the network would only be down for no more than five minutes.
Next, I plugged the new firewall in to give it a couple of minutes to boot before I moved over the Ethernet cables. After I moved over the ethernet cables, I tested it all just to see if everything was working. But after two to three minutes went by, there was still no Internet. People were screaming at me because the Internet was down longer than what should have been.
To temporarily solve the horrifying no-Internet problem, I put the old firewall back in place so I could figure out what the issue was with the new firewall. Unfortunately, the Internet never came back online, even with the old firewall back in place.
Since that didn't work, I figured I'd put the new firewall back in place again to see if I could get the Internet back on with the new firewall rather than the old firewall. Still nothing happened.
After troubleshooting it for a couple more minutes I unplugged both the new firewall and the router and plugged them both back in, and this time around everything started to work again.
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Rev. Bras. Parasitol. Vet. vol.27 no.2 Jaboticabal Apr./June 2018 Epub May 24, 2018
Occurrence of Dipetalonema gracile in a wild population of woolly monkey Lagothrix poeppiigii in the northeastern Peruvian Amazon
Ocorrência de Dipetalonema gracile em uma população selvagem de macaco barrigudo Lagothrix poeppigii no nordeste da Amazônia peruana
David Fernandez Conga1 *
Pedro Mayor2
Adriano Penha Furtado1
Elane Guerreiro Giese1 3
Jeannie Nascimento dos Santos1
1 Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Helmintologia "Profa. Dra. Reinalda Marisa Lanfredi", Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará – UFPA, Belém, PA, Brasil
2 Departament de Sanitat i d'Anatomia Animals, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona – UAB, Barcelona, CT, España
3 Laboratório de Histologia e Embriologia Animal, Instituto de Saúde e Produção Animal na Amazônia, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia – UFRA, Belém, PA, Brasil
Dipetalonema gracile (Rudolphi, 1809) (Filarioidea: Onchocercidae) is one of six species of cavities filarial parasites of Neotropical non-human primates. The present study recorded the occurrence of D. gracile, provides morphological and morphometric data and extends the geographical distribution. Adult filariae were obtained from the thoracic and abdominal cavities of 38 specimens of woolly monkey, which were used for local human consumption, in the northeastern Peruvian Amazon. Male and female filarids were processed and analysed using light and scanning electron microscopy. Details of the cephalic papillae, post-cloacal bands and papillae, vulva, phasmid position and lateral appendages are showed by scanning electron microscopy and is recorded the occurrencce of Lagothrix poeppigii monkey as a new host of this filaria in the Yavari-Mirin river basin, Peruvian Amazon.
Keywords: Dipetalonema gracile; Lagothrix poeppigii; woolly monkey; Peruvian Amazon
Dipetalonema gracile (Rudolphi, 1809) (Filarioidea: Onchocercidae), é uma das seis espécies de filarias parasitas de primatas não humanos neotropicais. O presente trabalho registra a ocorrência de D. gracile , proporciona dados morfológicos e morfométricos e amplia sua distribuição geográfica. Filárias adultas foram obtidas da cavidade torácica e abdominal de 38 espécimes de macaco barrigudo, que foram utilizados para consumo humano local. Essa espécie de primatas não humanos neotropicais tem distribuição ao nordeste da Amazônia peruana. Filarídeos machos e fêmeas foram processados e analisados pela microscopia de luz e microscopia eletrônica de varredura. Detalhes das papilas cefálicas, bandas e papilas pós-cloacais, vulva, posição dos fasmídeos e apêndices laterais são mostradas pela microscopia eletrônica de varredura e registra-se a ocorrência do macaco Lagothrix poeppigii como novo hospedeiro desta filaria na bacia do rio Yavari-Mirin na Amazônia peruana.
Palavras-chave: Dipetalonema gracile; Lagothrix poeppigii; macaco barrigudo; Amazônia peruana
The genus Dipetalonema ( DIESING, 1861 ) belongs to the family Onchocercidae, and it has had other names including Filaria ( RUDOLPHI, 1809 ; MOLIN, 1858 ) and Acanthocheilonema ( BOULENGER, 1920 ). Rodents, pinnipeds and non-human primates have previously been considered to be hosts ( ELEY, 1981 ; NOTARNICOLA et al., 2007 ), but phylogenetic studies conducted by Lefoulon et al. (2015) restricted Dipetalonema to non-human primate hosts in the Neotropics.
However, the geographical distribution of Dipetalonema throughout the Neotropics is imprecise because most records are from captive primates or only one host, such as D. freitasi in a necropsy of Cebus capucinus at the London Zoo ( BAIN et al., 1987 ), D. robini in Saimiri sciureus in Guyana ( PETIT et al., 1985 ), D. graciliformis in Saguinus midas in French Guiana ( BAIN et al., 1986 ), and D. yatesi in Ateles chamek in the Beni region of Bolivia ( NOTARNICOLA et al., 2007 ). In the case of D. caudispina and D. gracile, most records in the last century have been concentrated in Brazil and Guiana ( FREITAS, 1943 ; NOTARNICOLA et al., 2008 ) and cover a larger number of non-human primate hosts ( WEBBER, 1955 ; NOTARNICOLA et al., 2008 ).
According to Dunn & Lambrecht (1963) , D. gracile has been reported in the Neotropics in Ecuador, Peru and Brazil as a parasite of S. sciureus, Ateles paniscus and Saguinus nigricollis, but like the other species of the genus, most reports are not geographically explicit. Furthermore, only the D. gracile specimens recorded in S. sciureus have complete descriptions of their morphometric data made by Bain et al. (1986) for specimens from French Guiana (49 ED, Collection of the National Museum of Natural History) and by Notarnicola et al. (2008) for specimens from the Ecuadorian Amazon (CHMLP Nro5556 and Nro5557, Collection of the Museo de La Plata).
The present study describes, for the first time, parasitism by D. gracile in the silvery woolly monkey, Lagothrix poeppigii (Schinz, 1844), which is one of the largest non-human primates found in the western Amazon and is commonly hunted for food by human subsistence hunters. In addition to extending the list of host species, this study performed an extensive morphological analysis of D. gracile with use of scanning electron microscopy.
Between 2009 and 2013, 38 silvery woolly monkeys (18 males and 20 females) were killed for subsistence hunting in the Yavari river basin, which is between the Yavari and Yavari-Mirin rivers (04°19'53" S, 71°57'33" W; UT-5:00) in the northeastern Peruvian Amazon in the Loreto region. According to Bodmer et al. (2003) , hunting is a common activity in the area, so local hunters and residents have been incorporated into a natural resource management programme and taught to remove and identify the abdominal and thoracic organs of primate prey, preserve them in a 10% formaldehyde fixative solution and deliver them to researchers.
The protocol authorizing this study and the sample collection was approved by the Peruvian Forest and Wildlife Service (Servicio Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre; Committee for Ethical Wildlife Research, protocol no. 0127-2010, 0229-2011 and 0350-2012-DGFFS-DGEFFS). The helminths were retrieved from the external surfaces of the thoracic and abdominal organs of the silvery woolly monkeys, washed in saline solution and preserved in 70% ethanol. The samples were then shipped to the Laboratory of Cell Biology and Helminthology of the Institute of Biological Sciences at the Federal University of Pará, Brazil, under import permit no. 02309-MINAGRI-SERFOR.
Following Gardner's (1996) protocol, the helminths were dehydrated in ethanol and cleared in 50% Amann's lactophenol to study their morphological and morphometric characteristics, and cross-sections of the nematodes were placed on slides with coverslips and analysed. Some of the samples were analysed using an Olympus BX41 microscope and an Olympus SZX12 stereomicroscope (Melville, New York, USA), both of which were equipped with a light chamber.
Samples were prepared for scanning electron microscopy following the protocol of Furtado et al. (2010) . Male and female helminths were sectioned at 2 cm from their anterior and posterior ends, and the parts were analysed using a TESCAN Vega 3 LMU scanning electron microscope (Kohoutovice - Czech Republic). The morphometric analysis was based on 20 adult male and 20 adult female specimens. Measurements of the total length of the nematodes and the caudal area rugosa of males were taken in millimetres, and measurements of the other anatomical structures were taken in micrometres. The obtained values are presented below in the following format: mean and standard deviation followed by the range between the lowest and highest values in parentheses.
Onchocercidae ( CHABAUD & ANDERSON, 1959 )
Dipetalonema gracile ( RUDOLPHI, 1809 )
( Figures 1 - 4 , Table 1 )
Figure 1 Morphology of D. gracile Male: (A) Cephalic end, lateral view with details of the nerve ring, excretory pore and muscular oesophagus, Bar = 50 µm; (B) Cephalic end, apical view. Bar = 50 µm; (C) Cross section of the body at the level of the intestine and testis. Bar = 100 µm; (D) Ventral view of posterior end with details of the caudal papillae of the cloacal band. Bar = 100 µm; (E) Lateral view with detail of the testes and oesophagus-intestine. Bar = 100 µm; (F) Posterior end, lateral view with details of the spicules and cloaca. Bar = 10 µm; (G) Membranous alae. Bar = 10 µm; (H) Flagella. Bar = 10 µm; (I) Right spicule. Bar = 10 µm.
Figure 2 Morphology of D. gracile Female: (A) Cephalic end, lateral view with details of the nerve ring, excretory pore, glandular and muscular oesophagus. Bar = 100 µm; (B) Cephalic end, apical view. Bar = 50 µm; (C) Cross section of the body at the level of the intestine and ovijector. Bar = 100 µm; (D) Uterine microfilaria. Bar = 10 µm; (E) Posterior end with details of the lappets and anal aperture. Bar = 100 µm; (F) Lateral view with details of the vulvar aperture and vagina. Bar = 100 µm.
Figure 3 Ultrastructure of D. gracile Male: (A) Cephalic end, lateral and apical view. Bar = 100 µm. Details of the papillae (pc), amphids (ap) and lateral thickening (th). Bar = 20 µm; (B) Posterior end, ventral view with details of the bands (b) in the area rugosa. Bar = 100 µm; (C) Posterior end, ventral view with details of the cloacal papillae (pm, pe and pb). Bar = 10 µm; (D) Posterior end, ventral view. Bar = 50 µm. Details of the post-cloacal bands (rb and lb). Bar = 10 µm; (E) Posterior end, lateral view with details of the lateral thickening (th). Bar = 10 µm; (F) Posterior end, ventral view with details of the lappets, phasmids (ph) and caudal papillae (pp). Bar = 10 µm.
Figure 4 Ultrastructure of D. gracile Female: (A) Cephalic end, apical view with details of the papillae (pc) and amphids (ap). Bar = 20 µm; (B) Posterior end, ventral view with details of the anal aperture (a). Bar = 50 µm. Uterine microfilaria. Bar = 20 µm; (C) Anterior end, lateral view. Bar = 200 µm. Details of the vulvar aperture (v). Bar = 10 µm; (D) Posterior end with detail of the lappets and phasmids (ph). Bar = 10 µm.
Table 1 Morphometric comparison of the descriptions of male and female Dipetalonema gracile specimens found in Lagothrix poeppigii (present study) and in Saimiri sciureus by Bain et al. (1986) and Notarnicola et al. (2007) .
L. poeppigii (n = 38)
Peru (Loreto)
Present study
S. sciureus (n = 1)
Bain et al. (1986)
Notarnicola et al. (2008)
Parameters/Filarids Male (n = 20) Female (n = 20) Male (n = 6) Female (n = 4) Male (n = 7) Female (n = 7)
Body length (mm) 91 ± 10 (62-105) 160 ± 20 (115-191) 76-104 167-210 88.7 ± 5.1 (78.6-95) 149.29 ± 26 (128.9-192.9)
Body width 270 ± 33 (190-337) 349 ± 37 (274-416) 280-350 400-450 268 ± 15 (243-288) 347 ± 32 (303-390)
Buccal capsule length 5 ± 1 (3-7) 6 ± 1 (4-8) 12 10 11 ± 1.7 (11-12) 12.5 ± 4.3 (10-19)
Buccal capsule width 13 ± 1 (9-13) 13 ± 1 (10-13) - - 20.3 ± 0.6 (20-21) 24.7 ± 2.6 (21-27)
Nerve ring 196 ± 14 (179-232) 199 ± 24 (147-237) 225 155 229 ± 6 (225-234) 263 ± 73 (190-364)
Excretory pore 284.3 ± 31.2 (210.5-347.4) 300 ± 35 (253-384) - - 300 -
Oesophagus 2568 ± 234 (2227-3120) 3069 ± 237 (2693-3507) 4400-5700 3950-5500 3600 ± 446 (3000-4100) 3500 ± 579 (2700-4100)
Muscular oesophagus 415 ± 53 (347-579) 467 ± 80 (368-721) -- 720 699 2700
Vulva (from anterior end) - 776 ± 125 (547-1021) - 1150-1600 - 1400 ± 298 (900-1900)
Vagina length - 242 ± 31 (199-305) - 300 - 250
Vagina width - 63 ± 7 (52-89) - 150 - 150
Ovijector - 4388 ± 553 (3733-5760) - 10000 - 2600
Left spicule 951 ± 61 (813-1064) - 900-1220 - 900.5 ± 104 (741-1000) -
Handle 251 ± 19 (219-301) - 300 -- 272 ± 24 (240-300) -
Lamina 700 ± 46 (595-803) - - - 690 -
Membranous alae 351 ± 63 (283-560) - - - 290 -
Flagella 349 ± 78 (173-493) - 300 - 400 -
Right spicule 192 ± 16 (160-221) - 210-290 - 230.5 ± 38 (167-282) -
Lamina-handle ratio 2.8 ± 0.1 (2.4-3.1) - - - - -
Spicular length ratio 5 ± 0.5 (4.1-6.1) - - - 4 ± 0.89 (3.2-5.9) -
Gubernaculum length 18 ± 1 (16-19) - 23 - 35 ± 10 (25-51) -
Area rugosa length (mm) 12 ± 2 (7-16) - 9.5 - 8.7 ± 1.5 (6.6-10) -
Tail length 298 ± 14 (267-320) 419 ± 45 (338-494) 320-400 640-850 307 ± 37 (247-349) 771 ± 219 (609-1210)
Caudal lappets length 3 ± 1 (3-5) 7 ± 1 (7-11) 7-12 9
Lateral lappets from tip of tail 22 ± 2 (21-27) 17 ± 4 (11-20) 18-30 20-50 36-48 27
Microfilaria body length - 109 ± 3 (104-126) - 125-145 - 83-109
Microfilaria body width - 4 ± 1 (3-7) - 2.5-3.3 - 4
Long pale body with fine transverse striations and thickening on the sides along the length of the body beginning at the nerve ring and ending near the tip of the tail in both sexes ( Figure 3 A and E). The ratio of the size of females to males is 1:1.7. The cephalic structure has a smooth quadrangular shape with four cephalic papillae and four labial papillae located around a simple, small mouth composed of four dorsal and four ventral papillae; the amphids are arranged between the cephalic papillae ( Figures 1 B, 2 B, 3 A and 4 A). The oesophagus is divided into the muscular region (anterior and short) and the glandular region (posterior and long), and the nerve ring is located in the muscular region of the oesophagus. Posteriorly to the nerve ring there is a small, discrete excretory pore ( Figures 1 A and 2 A). In both males and females, the posterior extremity ends in a conic tail accompanied by caudal appendages on either side with the phasmid at the base ( Figure 3 F).
Male (description based on 20 adult specimens). Total body 91 (62-105), small buccal capsule 5 (3-7) × 13 (9-13) ( Figures 1 B and 3 A); nerve ring 196 (179-232), excretory pore 284 (211-347) ( Figure 1 A), total length of oesophagus 2568 (2227-3120), muscular oesophagus 415 (347-579), width of body at the intestine 270 (190-337) ( Figure 1 D), testicles beginning at the level of the oesophagus/intestine transition ( Figures 1 C and D). Posterior extremity of male with 6-8 spiral twists and small longitudinal striations in the form of transverse bands with microstriations on the ventral caudal surface forming the area rugosa 12 (7-16) ( Figure 3 B). Post-cloacal bands arranged in two rows, the right shorter than the left ( Figure 3 D). Left spicule measured 951 (813-1064) ( Figure 1 F) and subdivided into the proximal handle 251 (219-301), membranous alae 351 (283-560) and flagellum 349 (173-493); the latter two regions forming the lamina 700 (595-803). Right spicule, simple 192 (160-221) and gubernaculum small 18 (16-19). Handle/lamina ratio = 2.8, and right spicule/left spicule ratio = 5; tail 298 (267-320). Seventeen sessile caudal papillae ( Figures 1 E and 3 C, F) arranged in three pairs plus a single central pre-cloacal papilla, a pair of ad-cloacal papillae and two pairs of post-cloacal papillae. Four papillae at the end of the tail in an irregular formation and the caudal appendages measuring 3 (3-5) with the distance from the tip of the tail to the phasmids at the base of the lateral caudal appendages measuring 22 (21-27); in addition, fine irregular striations are observed around the caudal papillae and appendages ( Figure 3 F).
Female (description based on 20 adult specimens). Body length 160 (115-191), width at the level of the oesophagus/intestine 349 (274-416) ( Figure 2 C), small buccal capsule 6 (4-8) × 13 (10-13) ( Figure 2 B); nerve ring 199 (147-237), excretory pore 300 (253-384), length of the oesophagus 3069 (2693-3507), muscular oesophagus 467 (369-721) ( Figure 2 A). Vulva posterior to the muscular oesophagus 776 (547-1021) ( Figure 4 C). Sinuous vagina vera measuring 242 (199-305) × 63 (52-82) ( Figure 2 E). Ovijector 4388 (3733-5760) directed towards the posterior extremity. Uterine microfilariae 109 (104-126) × 4 (3-7) ( Figures 2 D and 4 B). Tail measuring 419 (338-494) ( Figure 4 B), and posterior extremity of the tail with caudal appendages 7 (7-11) with the distance between the tip of the tail and the phasmids at the base of the caudal appendages measuring 17 (11-20) and ending in a digitiform projection ( Figures 2 F and 4 D).
Taxonomic summary
Host: Lagothrix poeppigii Schinz (1844) (Primates: Atelidae).
Site of infection: filariae observed among the organs of the abdominal and thoracic cavities.
Locality: Yavari-Mirin and Yavari river basin, Peruvian Amazon (S0 04°27.5'; W0 71°45.9').
Prevalence: 100% (38 examined hosts, 18 males and 20 females).
Mean infection intensity: 30.6 (3-108).
Specimens deposited: three males (No. MPEG 071-073) and three females (No. MPEG 074-076). Voucher specimens deposited in the Invertebrate Collection of the Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi (MPEG, Belém, Pará, Brazil).
Detailed analysis of the structures of male and female specimens found in 38 L. poeppigii hosts revealed their compatibility with D. gracile, initially denominated Filaria gracilis by Rudolphi (1809) . Characteristics such as the difference in the size of the spicules and the divided oesophagus placed the specimens within the genus Dipetalonema, which was originated described by Diesing (1861) . There are currently six filariae species of the genus Dipetalonema that are exclusive to the peritoneal and thoracic cavities of Neotropical primates: D. caudispina, D. graciliformis, D. yatesi , D. gracile, D. freitasi and D. robini . Specific denomination is possible due to differences in the morphology of the reproductive organs of these six species.
Among the female specimens of the six Dipetalonema species, the shape of the vagina is distinctive; D. caudispina, D. yatesi and D. freitasi have a simple, straight vaginal canal that is structurally less complex than those found in the other three species, D. robini, D. graciliformis and D. gracile; the latter two have vaginas with similar sinuous shapes. The vulvar opening of the D. gracile from L. poeppigii has well-developed labias as well as caudal appendages, of which those at the end of the tail have phasmids at the base. These characteristics are shown in detail for the first time by scanning electron microscopy, which also shows the lateral thickening along the body in both sexes of the nematode. The uterine microfilariae of D. gracile from L. poeppigii have morphometric values similar to those found by Notarnicola et al. (2008) and Bain et al. (1986) .
The structure of the left spicule of D. gracile described from L. poeppigii is similar to that described by Bain et al. (1986) , with the division into three structures: the handle, membranous alae and flagellum; the latter two comprise what is termed the lamina, which has a ratio of 2.8 relative to the handle. Additionally, the membranous alae is larger, on average, than that in the only existing data reported by Bain et al. (1986) . The right spicule is a simple structure with a mean length ratio of five relative to the left spicule, which was similar to the findings of Yeh (1956) and Notarnicola et al. (2008) and should be considered an important taxonomic trait in the species description.
In the male specimen, the cloacal papillae present marked differences, being 12 of circular format with difference in size and a papilla in format of central bar. These structures are more noticeable in scanning electron microscopy and were not highlighted in the studies of Bain et al. (1986) and Notarnicola et al. (2008) . Another important male characteristic are the spiral twists in the area rugosa, which were found to be six to eight in number; these structures were larger in the present study than those found by Bain et al. (1986) and Notarnicola et al. (2008) . This trait may vary given the difficulty of measuring that region of the body due to the twists in the tail.
A discrete excretory pore was observed in both sexes of the D. gracile parasite of L. poeppigii in this study, which was not previously reported. However, the location of the excretory pore relative to the anterior extremity coincides with the value described by Notarnicola et al. (2008) in the female. Compared to the data presented by Bain et al. (1986) and Notarnicola et al. (2008) , additional morphometric differences were also observed in the present study, including the larger size of the ovijector and smaller sizes of the buccal capsule, oesophagus, gubernaculum, caudal appendages, distance of the vulva and nerve ring from the anterior extremity, and a significantly smaller tail in the female. However, there was no significant difference in the total body size found by those authors and in this study. These variations can be attributed to the inclusion of a much larger number of specimens in this study, which resulted in more complete morphometric data.
Dunn & Lambrecht (1963) reported finding specimens of D. gracile in some primate hosts in the Peruvian Amazon without providing the correct taxonomic identification. These authors reported A. paniscus, T. nigricollis (S. nigricollis ), S. sciureus and S. boliviensis ( DUNN & LAMBRECHT, 1963 ) as hosts without specifying exact geographical locations. However, it's already known that the distribution of D. gracile or other species of filariae may be much wider, given that there are more than 40 species of primates in Peru and large geographical areas that have not yet been studied. Other initial reports for D. gracile or synonyms in the Americas ( BOULENGER, 1920 ; WEBBER, 1955 ) are based on zoo animals or individual cases for which the precise geographic origin of the host, and hence the parasite, is unknown, hampering efforts to assemble an ideal and accurate record. The 38 infected hosts in our study represent a wide geographic distribution of filariasis in non-degraded natural areas and are not limited to representing hosts in captivity.
Due the great diversity of hosts and the difficulty of reaching large geographic areas for research, gaps in our knowledge of natural infections of filariae in Neotropical primates remain. Therefore, in situ studies are needed to gain an accurate view of the distribution of filariae in natural areas. We have presented the occurrence of D. gracile as a parasite in the thoracic and peritoneal cavities of L. poeppigii under natural infection conditions with additional details about its morphometry and morphology as well as images of its ultrastructure. This is the first record of its presence in this host and in the Amazonian region of northeastern Peru.
The authors thank the people of Nueva Esperanza, all of whom actively participated in the data collection, demonstrating that community participation is an important step in the development of wildlife management strategies. Institutional support was provided by the Servicio Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre (SERFOR) - Ministerio de Agricultura of Peru. This work was made possible by the institutional support of the Fundació Autònoma Solidària of the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona . We thank to the Laboratory of Animal Histology and Embryology (LHEA/Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia) for providing access to the scanning electron microscope (Vega 3/TESCAN). This study was funded by the CAPES Foundation of the Ministry of Education of Brazil (grant CAPES - Basic Parasitology/2010), grant PAPQ 2016-PROPESP/UFPA and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) (CNPq Productivity Research Grant to Santos, JN). This work is part the doctoral dissertation of Conga, D.F. of the Post Graduate Program in Biology of Infectious and Parasitic Agents, ICB-UFPA
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Received: October 18, 2017; Accepted: February 05, 2018
* Corresponding author: David Fernandez Conga. Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Helmintologia "Profa. Dra. Reinalda Marisa Lanfredi", Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará – UFPA, Rua Augusto Correa, 1, CEP 66075-110, Guamá, Belém, PA, Brasil. e-mail: daket17@gmail.com


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This young woman who died at the age of 26, is the patron saint of students and pharmacists. She also SAW her guardian angel during her life. What a gift! And what a great story to be able to share with our children!


On the 2nd weekend of July (July 7 to 9, 2017) we organized a "1st-2nd Generation Harmony workshop" outside of Helsinki in the beautiful nature near a lake.
The program focused on enhancing and improving the relationship between parents and blessed children. In the spirit of honesty and openness both could gain new insights of one another's viewpoint, feelings and heart. Outside activities like boating, fishing, swimming and playing games brought fun and bonding experiences. Free from daily duties in school or work we could enjoy each other's company and meditate in the midst of the serene nature that our Heavenly Parent made for us.
We heard some testimonies from our children and their experiences of growing up in a blessed family, how important it has been for them to find same age friends in our community and how the international programs for 2nd gen helped them to realize, that they are part of an already global wide community.
In the "sharing gratitude" practice old and young, sitting in a circle, could freely express and address their feeling of gratitude in words and eye contact with each other in front of everyone present. It felt a bit odd to do that at first, but after all it is a so much better direction to go then complaining, which too often is a common trend and habit in the world.
So, besides the three meals we enjoyed daily, I believe, everyone could take home some food for thought and heart from that weekend. I think one facet of building heavenly society is, to set time aside to share, reflect, look towards our vision and enjoy solidarity with brothers and sisters, who love God and True Parents.
Gloria, 2nd generation: Thank you for organizing this 1st & 2nd gen. workshop. I would wish for more similar workshops and maybe more participants from both generations. First and 2nd gen don´t get to spend time together, it sometimes feels like we live in a slightly different world and we don´t connect enough. In my opinion, I think it would be great and beautiful experience to have more activities, eg. workshops, sports etc. that involve both 1st & 2nd generations. There´s a lot we could learn from each other and appreciate. I feel & think that we don´t connect & understand each other, 2nd gens not understanding and judging 1st gens and vice versa because we don't share enough & so many things stay unspoken / unsaid that really some of us would appreciate and learn from. I think if we knew each other.


DNF at 136 pages.Even if I didn't disagree with large portions of this book, I still couldn't imagine most people finding it useful. Big chunks of the text (I'd estimate almost half) consist of bulleted lists of examples that support the author's point - the lists tend to be redundant and go on far longer than they need to. The result is that the authors spend a lot of time establishing that a particular phenomenon exists, but almost no time in describing the causes or the implications of this phenomenon. Because of this, the book feels almost childishly basic, spending little time on the complexities and gray areas of these problems and their solutions. Everything is just a little too clear-cut here, giving me the impression that the authors just weren't very connected to the realities of sports.Additionally, the book is very unfocused. The title and summary suggest that it's going to focus on two things: steroids, and the win-at-all costs mentality. So it's pretty surprising when, after the first half of the book, there's basically no further discussion of steroid use, instead focusing on other problems with sports (such as deaths by heat strokes and referees being assaulted by coaches and fans).* It also alternates between focusing on professional-level and high school-level sports, making it difficult to identify exactly where the authors are trying to enact change. Finally, the authors put surprisingly little time and effort into deconstructing and dismantling the win-at-all-costs mentality. They even seem to accept it as a simple fact of life, suggesting that cheating will always happen and the only thing we can do is make it more difficult, an idea I completely disagree with. Instead, the authors take the far less convincing route of blaming steroid use (and other issues in sports) primarily on America's 'moral decline' and the decay of 'family values'. I guess if you buy into that rhetoric, you might get some satisfaction from reading this book, but frankly, I think it does these issues a disservice to blame them on something so subjective and abstract. I got the distinct impression that the authors believed most problems in the world could be traced to the decay of family values, and they seem to believe that they don't have to explain why things like divorce lead to steroid use - they simply see it as self-explanatory. To give you an idea of how far this goes, this book is explicitly pro-life, despite the fact that it has nothing to do with abortion. The authors draw a connection between the belief that abortion is okay and the prevalence of steroid use and other cheating, without explaining that connection at all.There is accurate information in this book, and if you're doing research on outlandish stories of violence and mayhem in sporting events, this book contains quite a few lists you'll find useful. But if you're looking for a comprehensive look at the causes and solutions to steroid use, I would find something else.*In case you're wondering how I got to the second half of the book when I abandoned it so early - I read this book for research purposes, so I skipped around reading the chapters that had information I needed, so I've effectively sampled every part of the book.
When Winning Costs Too Much is a great book that not only covers anabolic steroids and supplements but concussions, fair play, sportsmanship, officiating, media, and authority surrounding sports. I really like the presentation and logic of the arguments presented by the authors, and clearly, they have literally hit the spot. It makes total sense to me, and I agree with everything. I just got a better idea. Why not just give out a lifetime ban from any sport to anybody for the first drug offense? I guarantee you that the players are going to immediately clean up their behaviors, and guess what...the number of fans will actually increase. On the other hand, I can't believe that the authors decided to include George W. Bush, Carl Lewis, and Myles Brand as proponents against the issues of anabolic steroids and unethical behaviors. Before Bush was the President of United States, he was the owner of the Texas Rangers that included Jose Canseco, Ivan Rodriguez, Rafael Palmeiro, and Alex Rodriguez who were taking anabolic steroids during that period. There is no way that he couldn't have known what was going on. And also, his father hired Arnold Schwarzenegger, a major user of steroids during his bodybuilding days, to be the chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Carl Lewis, the supposed victim of the scandal that Ben Johnson caused in 1988 Olympics, actually failed drug tests which were all covered up by Olympics officials because he was from USA whereas Ben Johnson was from Canada. Myles Brand was the president of Indiana University and became the president of NCAA. From 2002 to 2009, Brand saw NCAA football and basketball to be billion dollar companies where lack of discipline and punishment had run rampant. So, if Myles Brand was the president and he preached so much about ethics, so why didn't he do anything to curb the problem? You know how much he was paid for a year? At least $895,000...I'll bet a lot of that money was in form of bribery to keep his mouth shut and look in the other way. Oh...get out of my face, and stop playing the hypocrite. After the solutions are presented in the book, they do deserve merit. But, let's be real...nothing is ever going to happen because the almighty dollar will always rule. I loved the interview between the author and a referee, and it was a side that I never knew before. There's an outstanding story on Mike Hall, a powerlifter from Delaware. Meanwhile, I wished that the authors would denounce ESPN for being one of the biggest culprits to the problems facing sports today. All in all, When Winning Costs Too Much is a great insight of what's really happening in sports, academics, and society, and after five years, nothing has changed.


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MICA student Landon Green takes meditative film photos of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. "After leaving there, I really recognize the beauty of the place," he said.
MICA sophomore Landon Green often shoots photos of Assateague, where he used to go camping as a kid. "I think it's one of the first landscapes that I saw that really captivated me," he said. (Photo courtesy Landon Green)
Landon Green, a photography student at MICA, frequently shoots photos of his hometown, Mardela Springs, on the Eastern Shore. "When I lived there I really was out of touch with what was around me," he said. But living in a city, he's grown to appreciate it more — along with the conscious relationship people have with the land on the Shore. "Now anytime I go back, I really feel as if the place is communicating with me." (Photo courtesy of Landon Green)
Landon Green couldn't sleep when he first moved to Baltimore. There was the noise — the constant sirens and inescapable light. "Even shutting my blinds I'd still have this big orange glow," he said. He'd watch shadows of a tree move across the wall until he finally fell asleep.
Green, 20, grew up in the rural town of Mardela Springs on the Eastern Shore, where it's dark at night. "Most people don't know where Mardela Springs is, so I usually just say Salisbury," he said. He didn't think too much of the place until he left, to study photography at MICA.
"After leaving there, I really recognize the beauty of the place," he said. "It's a really influential place now, much more so than it used to be for me."
Missing home, Green studied film photography at art school. He compares the process of shooting film — or making images, as he calls it — to meditation. "You slow down a lot," he said. "There's so much you do with it." He has to measure the distance from his subject, to pay closer attention to the light. He even develops his own black and white photos in the darkroom. "I remember my first couple rolls didn't turn out at all."
But the slower pace was what he was going for. "I'm someone that slows down, and I really have to spend a lot of time with a scene before I take a picture of it," he said. "I tend to try to go back to places over and over."
Naturally, his favorite place to shoot is the Eastern Shore, the rural landscapes of home.
"Now anytime I go back I really feel as if the place is communicating with me," he said. In particular, he often drives an hour or so out to Assateague, where he used to go camping as a kid. (He once tried to draw a map of the whole island.)
"I think it's one of the first landscapes that I saw that really captivated me," he said.
People slow down when they get there.
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I am Ksenia. I am a graphic designer with an extensive background in photography, living in beautiful Vancouver, BC. You can see my résumé here and some of my work here.
I spent my early childhood in the forests of Central Russia, minding goats and gathering berries, then moved all the way to the Arctic Circle, the Kola Peninsula, where I could be seen either with a book or outdoors. Or outdoors with a book.
At 15 years old, I made another strong move – to Vancouver, BC, where I soon graduated from Burnaby South high school with a film camera in my hand and made an honest attempt at becoming a technical writer at Douglas College. That's when my rebellious streak kicked in and sent me to Moscow, Russia for the next 8 years to meet great people, have bold adventures and make a living as a photographer. Actually, photography was the living.
Vancouver kept calling my name though and eventually I came back here for good, discovered Graphic Design (as an occupation for myself) in 2011 and mindfulness (as a way of living) in 2016 and have been pursuing both ever since. In my spare time I keep a journal in InDesign format and learn how to play a ukulele.


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Tiger, Jack Nicklaus and me
I grew up watching the Masters with Dad on TV. Actually going was another thing.
By Scott Feschuk April 18, 2011
I've never drawn up a bucket list, for doing so would only remind Death that he eventually needs to claim me. But going to the Masters—as I did last week— would have ranked right up there with: a) seeing the Great Pyramids and b) sealing the inventor of Auto-Tune inside the Great Pyramids.
I grew up watching the Masters—sprawled on the floor as my dad cheered and cursed and snored in his chair. I remember Jack in 1986 and Tiger in 1997 and Greg Norman falling short in what felt like every Masters from 1942 to 2005. Plus, going to the tournament in person would save me from having to endure the TV guys going on about the damn azaleas. Such fragrant majesty!
Augusta National has so meticulously crafted its image as a place of tranquil, otherworldly beauty that it's surprising to discover the club exists on our plane of reality, near strip malls and Waffle Houses and the like. I had anticipated moats and centaurs.
But once you're on the grounds—magical! There is the water on 15 where Seve Ballesteros lost his ball. There are the trees on 13 where Phil Mickelson fired through. There is the green on 11 and, um, is that Greg Norman on his knees shrieking, "Why? WHY??" Greg, dude, you're making a scene.
Twice I saw Jack Nicklaus near the clubhouse. Each spring, he and Arnold Palmer come to Augusta so everyone can remind them how great they once were and how old they now are. It struck me as a missed opportunity that Jack was wearing only one green jacket. The man won the tournament six times. Call me flamboyant, but I'd have had the jackets sized so they all could be worn at once. Would I be able to move my arms? No. But at Augusta I wouldn't need to. Feed me, patrons, FOR I AM YOUR KING.
Heckling is frowned upon at the Masters. So I quickly deduced that at all costs I needed to avoid Adam Scott, the talented Australian who has switched to what is known as a "long putter"—a hideous contraption operated with a long, sweeping motion. Put it this way: when Scott carries his long putter up toward the green, he looks as though he's coming to skim your pool.
Had Adam Scott triumphed at the Masters, Augusta National would have had to endure the indignity of hearing Jim Nantz intone: "No man has ever before won the Masters while putting with a Swiffer WetJet."
There are other prohibited pastimes at Augusta. So much as crinkle a bag of chips 75 yards from a putt and you'll get the kind of glare usually reserved for a throat clearer at the opera or a "non-Alec" Baldwin brother at the Oscars. And do not even think of bringing a cellphone, camera or gadget. The ban on electronic devices is so strictly enforced—and the punishment for violation so severe (loss of future ticket privileges)—that at no point did I see a single person making a call or checking a BlackBerry. I felt utterly disconnected from work and modern life. It was awesome.
And that's not the only nod to olden times. Snack prices are absurdly cheap—a buck and a half for a big lemonade. Better still, the patrons have resisted the broader trend toward rewarding even the most mediocre of performances with a standing O. There is no silence as silent as the silent silence that greets a substandard shot at the Masters. Thousands of people simultaneously seem to be sending the message: Thirty feet from the pin? Dude, this ain't the Honda Classic. (By the way, I'm not saying the terrain is steep at Augusta, but within two days I had the calves of a supermodel and the joint pain of the superannuated.)
Before you think the Masters experience to be uniformly civil, I should note that several times I saw grown men digging through the trash to retrieve a bunch of hard plastic cups with the Masters logo. Apparently it's the perfect souvenir for that special someone who likes golf and bacteria.
During Friday's round, Tiger Woods walked to the second tee and took a seat on a small bench. Behind a thin rope, my kids and I were so close that we could have given Woods a wedgie or slipped him my business card (he'll eventually need help writing a statement of apology for cheating on his third wife, Snooki). Did we do either? No. We just stood there. And now, like Norman, Ballesteros and so many others, we are consumed by regret and by what might have been at Augusta.
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They Certainly Don't Make 'Em Like This Anymore. | A Continuous Lean.
They Certainly Don't Make 'Em Like This Anymore.
Scan through Gentry Magazine and you'll recognize many of the same characteristics that define contemporary men's magazines. There's street style shots, spreads on seasonal trends, a nice dose of sports and culture to round things out, and advertisements from all your standard household names. What's unique about Gentry Magazine (no affiliation to the store in Williamsburg with the same name) is that it's not contemporary, in fact it's older than most people reading this site right now.
Gentry's inaugural issue was published way back in 1951, and while these similarities certainly do shed some light on its role as a groundbreaking men's magazine, what's most extraordinary is just how different Gentry is from the magazines that fill our shelves today. It is hard to imagine a publication today running a philosophical (not sensational) article titled "What Does It Mean To Be a Man?" or giving detailed instructions on "How to Build Your Own Finnish Bath" complete with blueprints, or dedicating sixteen pages to an excerpt from Siddhartha. And yet, it's all right there in Gentry, and I'm just talking about the first issue. Even the sports covered in this issue are striking – bare-knuckled boxing, tuna fishing, and equestrian tips. But oh not for you, for your child.
Then there's the cultural features, which read like exercises ripped from a collegiate course load – how to sketch (with parchment paper included), a look at the female face in Renaissance art, and of course, the aforementioned philosophical inquiry. All of this isn't even to mention Gentry's most impressive asset, the layouts. The design of each article, each spread, each photoshoot, even each ad, contains something that is downright fascinating. From the fabric swatches that accompany the advertisements, to the postcard sized drawings of classic automobiles, to the hand pasted "pop out" details, Gentry is truly a wonder to behold. While the magazine only lasted through six years and twenty-two issues, it's value, in every sense of the word, has really only increased as the years have gone on. So do yourself a favor, take a few minutes to scour through eBay and pick up at least one copy of this magazine. The price will certainly be a lot higher than the two dollar sum printed on the front cover, but just think of it as an investment.
Damn, even older than me! It'd be interesting to know whether the art directors went on to fame at other pubs.
Now this is COOL! Yes, you're right, they certainly don't make them like this anymore. This is what it is all about…quality, originality, fascinating articles, more! Thanks for the great reference, Ebay, here I come!
Nice blast from the past …. Men's Journal is my favorite male interest magazine these days though!
It's illegal to be a "don't make em like that anymore" man these days.
I've seen back issues for sale on ebay.
I have 8 of them. They are truly awesome!


Our U8's train once a week with a specialist at that age range, with the opportunity to play up to U10's for game opportunities.
The U10s will be competing in the Basketball Scotland RDL's in 2018 – 2019. We will let you know when dates and further details have been finalised.
The U12s will be competing in the Crags Games in 2018 – 2019. We will let you know when dates and further details have been finalised.
The U14s compete in the Basketball Scotland RDL's. We will let you know when dates and further details have been finalised for 2018 – 2019.
The U16 team compete in Basketball Scotlands National Development League, further details will follow once dates for 2018 – 2019 are finalised.
The U18 team compete in Basketball Scotlands National League Division 2, further details will follow once dates for 2018 – 2019 are finalised.
The Senior Men's team compete in the Edinburgh Lothian League held every Friday night at Oriam.


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Themes: child abuse, self-harm, self-respect
Pub Date: 01/Jan/2003
Kelly Paddik is locked up. Sent to a secure facility because she is a "danger to herself," Kelly wants only to escape. But her painful past continues to haunt her until she is forced to face up to the most painful memory of all. A searing look at one girl's struggle for self respect.
Quill & Quire - January 1, 2004
"Even the most resistant of teen readers will be thoroughly absorbed by 15-year-old Kelly and her situation...Goobie's characterization of Kelly and her powerhouse of rolling impulses and emotions is keenly convincing."
CCBC Our Choice | 2004 | Commended
Tayshas List | 2004 | Commended
Somebody's Girl
By (author): Maggie De Vries


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Working in Greek refugee camps – Interview with Dr Kiran Cheedella
As part of the Migrant Health Series, I interviewed Dr Kiran Cheedella about his work in the refugee camps in Greece at the height of the refugee crisis in 2015.
Kiran and I did our Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene together eight years ago and formed a friendship that would span his adventures in South Africa, Nepal, Greece, and now Germany. What I love about Kiran is his attitude – every challenge is a cloud with a silver lining and he attracts positivity. He currently lives in Germany, having finished GP training three years ago, whilst still maintaining his UK license. He is someone who makes general practice work for him and is probably one of the handful that inspired me to follow this career in primary care. Sierra Leone via the RCGP/VSO partnership is next on the cards. Kiran probably won't know this but he propped me up a few years ago when I became really disillusioned with international development work and when working with vulnerable populations in the UK. In a situation where, as medics, our impact is limited without core changes in the political and economic system, he has always been the one to remind me of the good one person can do and showing kindness in someone else's darkness is enough.
So, as a dedicated primary care physician and advocate for reducing social inequalities, I wasn't surprised when he told me that he was off to Greece to work with refugees in 2015.
"I got involved working with young refugees when I was at medical school with the Red Cross, basically befriending unaccompanied minors, who have made the journey to the UK by themselves, who are alone without their family. I guess you see that there is something positive that you can do to help and that you can contribute significantly. That was something that I wanted to do. I also volunteered in a social community centre and hanging out and cooking with young asylum seekers and using it as an opportunity to interview them for my dissertation [for my International Health BSc] about access to healthcare for failed asylum seekers. And then I've always been interested in or been one for social equality – there's such a massive health inequalities. Seeing people who are too scared to go to a doctor just triggered something and I wanted to see if there was something I could do about it. And as I got more qualified there were more things that I could do like go work with Doctors Of The World (DOTW) refugee camps and things like that."
"I've done about six different camps [in total]. The first time, I was at Idomeni (Greece) which was basically a transit area where people were coming in and out. They were trying to get through the border with Macedonia but eventually, because the border was blocked, by default, it became a camp. I was there for about three months in 2015."
Who could forget the furore of media coverage of the "refugee crisis" in 2015 following the photo of the body of three-year-old Alan Kurdi washed up on the beach? Suddenly, there were placards of "refugees welcome" popping up everywhere and memes all over the internet. Kiran had been working in a Doctors of the World (DOTW) London clinic for a few months at that point and, through them, was invited to Greece "That was in the crisis in 2015 and that was probably the most dramatic, most high intensity work. They weren't sure what was already there. It was about going there and seeing what we can do and trying to set up a clinic. So I went and what they had so far was a gazebo, just like four posts, and a hospital bed and a couple of tables because we were still waiting for our tents to arrive. We were trying to imagine what scenarios we would have. We all jumped in a car and went to a medical shop and it was like kids in a sweet store – like three doctors in a big shop of medical equipment and we were so excited we bought everything we could. We got lots of sterile packs as well, minor surgical equipment, we got a couple of things in case of emergency deliveries just in case. So that was quite exciting because we got to build up our own tent and clinic so it was quite nice to see that develop."
"So it was about doing rapid assessment and treatments and referrals if needed if they were really sick people to the other side of the border to the hospital there. There were lots of foot wounds, general wounds, viral infections, coughs, colds, bit of hypothermia. People were getting off the boats soaking wet and then on the bus for 12 hours to come to Idomeni. So it was a lot of first aid, very basic primary health care and, during the whole three months, we were developing the clinic."
It sounded like local residents were really pitching in too. "We managed to get a couple of tents lent to us by boy scouts. I didn't even know that the scouts existed into adulthood but these Greek guys turned up in their scout uniforms and tents and pitched a couple of big tents for us. It was one of the most bizarre experiences of the whole thing – I really wasn't expecting it."
"And then we had two tents for a little while but again it was very basic. We could just about fit a bed in there and our medicines and it was cold, really cold and sometimes we didn't have any light so we had to use head torches. So it was pretty rustic. A lot of the time people were just really cold coming to the tents so we would provide blankets and offering hugs. It was a lot of primary health care but also some psychological stuff as well – to give people a little hope or support. We would have a queue outside of this small tent of maximum ten or 15 people. The tents arrived quite late, maybe after a month or so, so quite high-tech tents, which we could have lighting. We had a couple of air heaters which was really good, and a generator. We had a bed and some screens for privacy and some tables."
"So we were deciding what we wanted in our pharmacy. A Swiss doctor, who was an internal medic so he was used to hospital medicine, was there a week before me so he was already compiling a list of what should be in it. But then me, as a primary care physician, I thought we didn't need things like digoxin and atropine so I tried to stock up on primary care type medicines and just a few things on standby for emergencies. It was really exciting to develop that, to really think about what kind of medicines you'll need to treat people in this setting, and also to develop a pharmacy, do stock counts, how to order the medicines, how to logistically store it and how are you going to bring it in and out of the camp, how to have it secure if we are going to have it on the camp. It was a really great experience."
"We had a field co-ordinator and then we had two to three doctors at a time – foreign doctors. The constant staff was really the Greek field co-ordinator, expat doctors and one nurse and one Greek doctor and one Greek nurse and there were two Greek social workers who were constantly there and some administration staff who would take the patients name and Date Of Birth. Then there were a couple of other interpreters but they could only interpret from Arabic into Greek.We had one interpreter who could interpret from Arabic to English." Many of these humanitarian missions need people who can put the infrastructure together so that the skills offered by medical volunteers can be best utilised. Incredibly importantly and it might sound silly to point it out but they need to plug into the local need. "The Seven Sins of Humanitarian Medicine" is a real favourite paper of mine and lists all the pitfalls of a well-intentioned field mission in a well-thought out way. Admittedly, it's for surgeons and it was published in the 'World Journal of Surgery' but these 'sins' stay relevant across the board.
"The whole project was run in co-ordination with DOTW Greece who have a huge standing in Greece. They are very popular. With the Greek [financial] crisis, lots of people couldn't afford healthcare anymore and couldn't access medicines so MDM [Medecins du Monde – confusingly the other name for DOTW] set up polyclinics. So it was an integrated effort between MDM Greece, Swiss and UK. So the Greeks were always involved and in charge of the co-ordination which is really important as it's their healthcare system. We needed them also, amongst other things, to navigate the referral system and negotiate with police and border control because we couldn't speak Greek so it was really necessary."
How about co-operating with other Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) teams? When you have so many people wanting to help, how do you co-ordinate to make sure you're giving the most effective help? "So there were about five or six medical actors in a relatively small space. Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) were probably the biggest actor there. They're very good, very fast. They already had cabins when we were working out of a tent. They had interpreters who could speak seven different languages and they had all medicines and they had everything already. They had an amazing logistics teams. They were putting up massive tents where the refugees were given some shelter before they were moving on past the border and they were providing various things such as towels and support packs – first aid packs with toilet roll and toothbrushes and things like that. So they were doing a lot of the groundwork. There were a lot of ad hoc nameless organisations too- people just wandering around with a stethescope and some paracetamol. It was pretty random. And that was the same case with the aid that was given. There were random people coming with tea and people dumping loads of clothes somewhere. It was a big mess basically."
Linking in with local NGO's is essential in order to co-ordinate efforts both for efficiency and also improving the patient pathway. It's important that we let go of the ego and remember that no one is more humanitarian than another. "So apparently they [the other NGO's] didn't take us so seriously and didn't want to work with us but it was a bit stupid because we were all there [at the camp] at the same time or there was no one there. So one of our field co-ordinators said we need to be there at night-time because there was no one there covering night. So we started coming in at night time. So MSF were like 'maybe we should be there at night time' and then Red Cross were like 'maybe we should be there too.' So then we got together. Our field co-ordinator did a good job and negotiated that we should be having meetings which I was involved in and we sorted out a rota – an eight-hour rota so we split it between the main four NGO's so that we were there eight hours at a time. MDM, MSF, Red Cross and a Greek NGO."
So what advice would you give to anyone who is compelled to work in the field in the name of migrant health? "You should go with an oganisation, a well-known organisation and ask how are they co-ordinating with the general process and the other NGO's in the relief process. Are they just going because they think they are going to do a good thing? Have they fundraised a whole bunch of money at home and going there to take loads of photos of them helping and setting up a table with some cheese cobs on there and handing them out or are they there with an organisation with aims and goals and a plan of what they want to achieve and how they are going to achieve it? Have they have been given access as well? Are they working with the Greek or local government? I think that's important. Sometimes, often you presume that this is already there with big organisations such as MSF or MDM and Red Cross so I think it probably doesn't apply with them but I would think that of the smaller organisations that are often advertising for help and volunteers. I would just be wary of how they have integrated and how they have communicated their response." Although these organisations may be just as legitimate as the international NGO's, it's always worth questioning this. When judging the applications for the RCGP International Travel Scholarships, this is certainly one thing that I look for personally. Have they been invited and how are they plugged into local resources? Otherwise, as soon as that organisation or person leaves, there is nothing but a mess left behind – the consequences of "voluntourism".
Our conversation naturally flows to why GPs are excellent at this kind of work. Kiran had already mentioned it in the stock take for the pharmacy. "This is really primary care. There may be a handful of sick people but they're generally fit people who have traveled in really horrible circumstances. They've passed the test. They've done the worst part of the journey on the boat and it was survival of the fittest. I met some incredible people. For example, a man with diabetes who was blind and completely by himself. He had diabetes and renal failure, having attacks of angina and he somehow made it all the way. Although I wanted to refer him to hospital, he wanted to carry on the journey and get to Germany or wherever he wanted to get to."
"The great thing that we've got, especially training as UK GPs, is that we are able to treat all patients including children and women. In Germany , for example, [where Kiran is working as a GP at the moment] unless you're a GP who works out in the sticks, any child goes straight to a paediatrician and women, even breast examinations, go to a gynaecologist. And in Germany, if you want to have your skin checked, or a mole checked, you would go directly to a dermatologist. So our training is really good in the UK – so wide-reaching. And we're used to treating people to quite an advanced stage before referring them to hospital. So we're really good at managing uncertainty compared to a lot of other GPs. So that brings a lot. Also, the UK is known for its evidence-based medicine. So for example, for setting up the pharmacy, we can say you can use that medicine rather than this medicine. These two medicines do the same or this medicine doesn't have much evidence behind it and it's really expensive. So there's loads of things that you can do as a GP, especially if you've just qualified because you've just had a lot of hospital experience which you tend to lose as the years go on."
I've really enjoyed this interview as I don't think I've ever spoken to Kiran so in depth about his experience despite being friends for years. "I think it makes you more humble – puts things into perspective. As a GP, we're very very nosy people – we like to get involved and know how they are living and know why they are the way they are, what really drives them to feeling so low or anxious and you're in this unique position where you're allowed to be nosy and really ask questions and get an insight into other people's lives. Being a GP but in all these different settings broadens your horizons massively because you are in a unique position to see what peoples lives are like, not just from reading the paper and all these headlines on 'poor refugees' 'poor migrants' and look at all the sh*t that they are going through. You really need to have the one-on-one opportunity to listen and if you listen well that can be really therapeutic at the same time." I think, for Kiran, GP really suits him because of his compassion towards others. "It gives you a unique chance to really be there for people when times are really really hard. Maybe often it's not medicine that you're giving but the social and psychological support. It's like reassurance because everyone is so super anxious that they get really anxious about even having a sore throat for half an hour. But the whole situation just heightens people's anxiety about everything. You can really do a lot for people as a GP and that can impact someone for the rest of their day, or maybe weeks, or maybe months or life.."
So any final words of advice? "I would say, if this is something that you want to do, just do it, just go out and do it. Go and contact people like DOTW or MSF or Red Cross, look at their criteria, send them application forms and if they don't quite fit, see what you need to fit and then get involved. Sometimes it can be a bit difficult because there are a lot of people who want to get involved. One way is, you need to be qualified GP, but start off on volunteering like Project London (DOTW) clinic to get an insight or get some experience with refugees or migrants or undocumented migrants. From there, they can help you get involved with overseas refugee work after that. There's plenty of things that you can do."
Kiran is a F5 GP, currently working in the UK and Germany. He has done two missions to Greece after qualifying as a GP as well as work in Nepal. He will be off to Sierra Leone later this year for the RCGP/VSO partnership.
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Juan Jose Ibarretxe answered Euskadi Irratias request for an interview to talk about the situation of equality in Euskadi, as well as to speak in first person, how this reality is lived among men and women who share tasks and responsibilities in an equal way. In this sense, he explained how he conciliates his responsibility as Director of ALC with the nursing of his mother.
"In order to live with full dignity, men and women must have the same opportunities" he stated. In this sense, he also appointed how "it is absolutely necessary that men get involved in the process. Thanks to the efforts women have done, they have reached this stage. Still, it is impossible to move forward, if men don´t get involved in the path of equality".
Ibarretxe also stated that taking to the Basque Parliament the Basque equality law and been this approved, has been the most important thing he have certainly done in his political career, as he stressed. "Now I am a caregiver, a nurse and a son at the same time and I am learning a lot. It is difficult but it´s a beautiful learning. We read the newspaper, watch movies (the last one was – Jaws)… and even when it is hard it is a beautiful stage. Being with parents when they are well is easy. It is difficult when they are in bad shape, but it´s immensely more enriching".


INDIVISIBLE Sacramento formed, along with thousands of other Indivisible chapters across the country, as a proactive, grassroots response to the election of Donald Trump and the ensuing attacks on democratic norms and institutions.
INDIVISIBLE Sacramento has a mission to defend those norms and institutions by sharing information with its members about current events and issues, promoting civic engagement and voter turnout, and communicating regularly with our elected officials. Here in Sacramento, we also support state legislation in defense of free speech, the environment and the civil rights of all people.
We are part of a nationwide coalition of groups that follow the basic principles of civic engagement as set out in the INDIVISIBLE GUIDE, a document written by former congressional staffers after the election to teach people how to engage effectively with their elected officials. Now, after our gains in the 2018 midterm elections, the leaders of the INDIVISIBLE movement have released two new documents, INDIVISIBLE ON OFFENSE and INDIVISIBLE STATES. These documents will help us organize for the next two years where, with control over the House, we can set an agenda, control investigations, and set a course for 2020 and beyond.
Everyone working in the Indivisible movement is a volunteer. All are welcome.


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Girls' Brigade
For girls who can meet challenge
with excellence
The Queen's Award is our utlimate award made to girls who meet Girls' Brigade International's highest standards. The award aims to encourage girls and young women to a personal commitment to the Lord Jesus Christ, inspiring them to greater endeavour in service within the general community and to make a contribution to the worldwide concept of The Girls' Brigade. It is open to Girls' Brigade and IFG members from age 15, and recognises qualities of leadership, dedication and excellence in areas of community life.
The two-year programme involves six months' voluntary community service, Brigade and church involvement, and participation in a national assessment weekend. As girls work towards this award we hope they will learn new skills, be open to new experiences and set personal targets that will test and take them out of their comfort zone while developing their faith along the way.
Christie Nicholls is presented with her Queen's Award by
Her Excellency, Lady Janine Mateparae, wife of the Governor-General, and
Patron of Girls' Brigade New Zealand.
As part of her Queen's Award programme, Christie spent six months volunteering at the Dunedin Public Library, as well as organising a pyjama party and themed dinner for her Girls' Brigade company.
''Working at the library was really cool. I got to work on all the different levels of the library and everybody there was very nice.''
Although tough, she says the experience was rewarding in itself.
''It was really good just giving things a go and going out there and enjoying whatever was thrown at me. I would say to others, just to go for it! It's a challenge but also a lot of fun.''
"The Queens' Award is not meant to be easy – it is meant to stretch and challenge you and it really did that for me." That's 2014 Queen's Awardee Georgia Phillips' summary of her experience. She quotes Bethany Hamilton: "Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you. That is something I have learned through the challenges I had in completing my Queens Award."
Queen's Award
Jovita Manickam also received her Queen's Award in 2014. Her assesement: "This award has been challenging right from the start, but the rewards of it are so, so worth it. ... This weekend marks the end of two years of hard work but it only marks the beginning of a lifetime spent using the skills I have learnt."
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