While visiting New Orleans, Katie and I were lucky enough to dine on Bourbon Street at the famous Dickie Brennan's Bourbon House Seafood restaurant! We were hosted as guests of Bourbon House in exchange for sharing our experience with you. Bourbon House is located on the corner of Bourbon Street and Iberville Street, just one block from Canal Street.
We've all heard about Bourbon Street and it's famous Mardi Gras and party atmosphere, but one thing you may be missing out on is a Bourbon Street dining experience you'll be talking about for years to come. Where is a good place to eat on Bourbon Street? Bourbon House Seafood is the best! They're located right on Bourbon Street and it is a perfect place to stop in for a bite of fresh New Orleans seafood and enjoy a refreshing drink!
During our trip to New Orleans, we packed in as much fun as us old fogies could handle, including visiting the Audubon Zoo, Aquarium and Butterfly Garden. Sunday, we spent the better half of the day on a swamp tour before heading back into the city for dinner at Dickie Brennan's Bourbon House Seafood restaurant.
Bourbon House restaurant is really easy to find. It's one block from Canal Street, located right on Bourbon Street! We were over by Jackson Square doing a little souvenir shopping when we decided it was time to eat! We also wanted to ride the streetcar again, so we hopped on and headed for Bourbon House!
We caught the riverfront streetcar from Dumaine station, behind Cafe Du Monde, and rode it over to the Canal St. station near the Aquarium, then walked up Canal Street to Bourbon Street. You could also hop on the Canal Streetcar and ride up to Bourbon Street, but it's a nice little walk.
Once on Bourbon Street, the first thing you'll notice as you walk past the windows of Bourbon House is how fancy is looks! It really is a top notch restaurant, the staff is dressed in black and white, with ties and/or vests and are ready to serve. Don't worry, there is no dress code – head in for a bite and a delicious drink!
The service at Bourbon House could not have been better. Once seated we were quickly greeted by Tammy with drink specials, she helped us find the perfect drinks. I think Katie already had her eye on the Bourbon House Root Beer Float – no surprise there! For me it was a toss up, but I went with the Bourbon Sidecar.
Katie will tell you, "be careful!" The Bourbon House Root Beer Float is so tasty it's hard not to order a second, third, or fourth…..you get the idea! I had a sip and she's right. If you like root beer, this bourbon float is for you! Katie gives the Bourbon House Root Beer Float 5 stars!
My choice was the Bourbon Sidecar. Made with a small batch Elijah Craig 12yr bourbon and perfectly complimented with orange liqueur and lemon bitters. If you're like me and love a great bourbon without other flavors completely taking over the cocktail, this drink is for you!
Scott, our server for the evening, couldn't let us leave without trying the Bourbon House Frozen Bourbon Milk Punch. To be honest, the name didn't appeal to me – but wow! I'm very happy it was recommended to cap off our meal. Order yourself one, you won't be disappointed!
Remember, when you're on Bourbon Street this summer, stop in to grab a Frozen Bourbon Milk Punch at Bourbon House – it's a great way to relax and cool down !
Scott was very helpful, sharing the specials, soup du jour, catch of the day and chef's daily selections – all of which sounded amazing. Alas, there's only so much food one can eat!
While we were perusing the menu, Scott brought over the most delicious French bread. I mean, this french bread is crazy; a nice thin crispy, flaky crust with a warm, soft center. A perfect way to begin dinner on Bourbon Street.
Katie decided on the soup du jour, which was a broccoli and cheddar. It was perfectly seasoned, as was the rest of the food. Though there is salt and pepper on the table, there's no need to reach for them as the chef has seasoned each dish perfectly.
The chef also delivered with a fresh, off the menu, tuna appetizer – which was fantastic. The tuna was fresh and the flavor was great. A hint of Mandarin orange really did the trick with this fun dish.
I haven't been to New Orleans in a very long time, since before Bourbon House opened as a matter of fact. Way up here in New Hampshire we don't have catfish on the menu, and everyone who knows me knows I talk about Louisiana cuisine, especially the catfish, all the time.
Naturally, I had to try the catfish platter at Bourbon House. Katie went a little lighter with the Bourbon House Salad with grilled chicken. However, like any lovely company, she did yoink a few bites off my plate (haha).
For our Bourbon House dessert, we took Scott's advice and ordered the Chocolate Pecan Crunch, and it was awesome! Seriously, I didn't think I had room after (nearly) stuffing myself full with the catfish platter, but it only took one bite of the Chocolate Pecan Crunch and it was game on!
As I mentioned before, we also had the Frozen Bourbon Milk Punch with our dessert. Now that we've tried it, we'll be stopping at Bourbon House for one every time we visit New Orleans, and that's a promise!
Where's your favorite place to dine in New Orleans?
Between the Streetcar and the French bread, I'd be in heaven. Looks amazing!
The French bread was amazing! I normally wouldn't mention complimentary bread, but this stuff alone is worth the trip to Bourbon House!
That French bread and the Chocolate Pecan Crunch look amazing! I've never been to New Orleans, looks great!
We are planning a trip to New Orleans soon and I am sure this will be a great addition to my list of where to eat! The desserts look divine, I will have to order those!
Bourbon Street looks amazing! I need that catfish plate in my life. It looks so perfectly fried. Yum!


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Mike Devereux, Partner and Director of Manufacturing, Distribution, and Plastics Industry Services, Mueller Prost
Mike Devereux joined Mueller Prost in 2000 in the firm's tax department and became a partner of the firm in 2014. As an energetic and ambitious CPA with an outstanding passion for tax, Mike has identified millions of dollars in tax incentives for the firm's manufacturing clients, has led hundreds of R&D Tax Credit study engagements and has demonstrated leadership and exceptional judgment in the tax structuring of various acquisitions. He speaks nationally to various professional and industry trade organizations and associations about opportunities to reduce federal and state tax liabilities and has written dozens of articles for trade publications.
Prior to joining Mueller Prost, Mike worked for his father's CPA firm beginning at the age of 13, thus setting the stage for a career in public accounting. His fervor for tax legislation that impacts his clients is unmatched and drives his pro-active approach to serving clients.
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To Preserve Rare WWII bomber, Conservators Turn to Science
In History & Culture, Research News, Science & Nature / 25 June 2015
By Michelle Z. Donahue
With Flak-Bait front fuselage, conservation team members from left, Jeremy Kinney, Lauren Horelick, Pat Robinson and Chris Moore. (Photo by Michelle Z. Donahue)
Ah, that new car smell. New plane smell is nice, too. Bright and shiny and fresh is good, right?
Sure, unless it is a very special World War II bomber, covered in hard-earned dirt and grunge, bullet holes and riveted repair patches. To remove these would be erasing classic historical battle scars.
That's the challenge staff at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum now face while resurrecting Flak-Bait, a Martin B-26 Marauder in the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hanger at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. Team leader Pat Robinson, museum specialist Chris Moore, and conservators Lauren Horelick and Malcolm Collum are analyzing paint composition, stabilizing paint layers and excavating layers of grime to sustain the plane's gritty, tough character for decades to come.
And they've got to accomplish it in a way that can be reversed, in case future conservators determine there's a better approach.
"There are planes that did see combat but were completely restored, so the essence of what they experienced during World War II is gone," says Jeremy Kinney, curator of American military aviation at the Air and Space Museum. "Flak-Bait is a true time capsule of that time. We want to maintain its essence and authenticity."
After retrieving an original floor board of the plane from storage as part of the reconstruction and conservation project, conservators found a previously undocumented surprise: a German round lodged in the panel beneath the radio operator's seat. Though it will be hidden from view when the plane is completely reassembled, the project team feels it's important to leave it in place as a testament to the battles the plane endured. (Photo by Michelle Z. Donahue)
Distinguishing dirt from mud
Flak-Bait came to the Smithsonian in 1960 after being meticulously dismantled and sent home from Europe following the conclusion of the war. Surviving 207 bombing runs during its war service, it flew more missions than any other American plane in the conflict. The service life of a typical B-26 Marauder was between 15 and 20 missions, on average.
Stored for nearly two decades after its return, the forward section of the plane with its iconic nose art went on display in the museum in 1976. The rest of the plane—dents, patches, grease and all—stayed in storage. The plane was so well packaged for storage that the conservation team found bright red hydraulic fluid still inside one of the plane's brake lines.
Now, it is time to put this WWII gem back together again, and this means giving it a meticulously judicious and often scientific cleaning.
It's a tricky task. Microscopic analysis revealed strata of dirt and grit, laid down over time like sediment. Imagine having to discern the accumulated dirt of storage from the historically valuable mud from European airfields still splattered on the plane's belly and wheel wells. Or cleaning away grimy dust yet preserving the oil-spattered patina ejected from the plane's notoriously thirsty engines. One effort consisted of extracting a series of artifacts–Wrigley's gum wrappers, cigarette butts, chaff shavings and bomb tags–from entrenched dirt built up in the seam between two bomb bay doors.
Many surfaces of the B-26 Marauder bear the penciled autographs of service members. Flak-Bait was a celebrity by the end of World War II; soldiers left their mark as proof they'd met a star. (Photo by Michelle Z. Donahue)
Protecting powdery paint
Because of the sheer size of the area that it covers, the biggest job involves Flak-Bait's powdery body paint. To save hundreds of pounds of weight—which allowed the plane to carry additional men and munitions—it hadn't been covered in primer prior to its 1943 factory paint job. That means today, the paint is flaking away from the plane's aluminum body.
In the past, a common tactic for preparing modern artifacts for museum display was to make the object look like it did when new—cover the old paint with a fresh coat of paint in a matching color, polish up the grubby bits, maybe pull some dents, or fix an unsightly crack. Not so with Flak-Bait.
"If we were to completely reverse some things, we would be taking things off that people put on in 1945," says Kinney. "We want to clean it up as it was found then."
This includes preserving dozens of patched bullet and shrapnel holes, a record of the plane's combat missions. Or thousands of penciled signatures by people who recognized the plane's celebrity at the end of the war, and wanted to be part of posterity.
Like the rest of the plane, this central portion of Flak-Bait's fuselage is carefully stripped down to the studs, allowing conservators to hunt down and correct corrosion, dirt and other hidden issues that might cause Flak-Bait to crumble over time. All parts removed are carefully recorded and photographed in order to replace them exactly as they were found. (Photo by Michelle Z. Donahue)
Simulating the aging process
As conservators on the project, Horelick and Collum will start a methodical study of the plane's various paints in the fall, both by analyzing it chemically, and under a microscope. To consolidate, or reaffix paint that's threatening to flake off the underlying metal, Horelick must also determine what sort of material to use that will make it stay put, but won't alter the covering's appearance.
That process will take up much of the next year. Conservators will build mockup panels using materials as close to original as possible, then experiment with various materials for holding the paint together over time. To simulate how the plane will age in varying levels of light, temperature and humidity, researchers can use artificial aging chambers that mimic the array of stresses the plane will undergo during the next 100 years of exhibition.
And conservation doesn't end when the project is finished. As the team makes decisions, they must consider how the plane will be cared for in the future—factors that affect decisions for the materials they choose to accomplish conservation today.
The front fuselage of Flak-Bait which served with the 449th Bombardment Squadron, 322nd Bombardment Group, Eighth and Ninth Air Forces. This famous B-26 flew from bases in England and, after D-Day (on which it flew two missions), from bases in France and Belgium. (Photo by Eric Long)
"It's going to go on display, it will get dusty, kids will throw food and gum at it," Horelick says. "We need to think about how it will be cared for in the future. We can't just not do anything. We need to make sure we can preserve it."
Because the work is so painstaking and happens alongside other long-term museum work, conservators don't expect the plane to be ready for display until 2021.
"It'll be tricky, but we'll figure it out," Horelick adds. "This is a totally trailblazing project."
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The gunman accused of shooting to death four people at a Pennsylvania car wash Sunday morning had a run-in just hours earlier with his target — who was the alleged boyfriend of the killer's ex-girlfriend, family said Monday.
William Porterfield, one of the four people killed, was at Tall Cedars lounge in Donegal when Tim Smith first approached him, Porterfield's father Scott told The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on Monday. Porterfield's father said he saw security footage from the bar that allegedly showed Smith placing his hand on his son's shoulder.
A bar worker asked Smith to leave the establishment and Porterfield stayed.
Hours later, Smith met Porterfield and his ex-girlfriend Chelsie Cline, 25; Courtney Snyder, 23; and Seth Cline, 21, at Ed's Car Wash in Melcroft around 3 a.m. and fired his weapon at them. The four were pronounced dead at the scene. Another woman suffered injuries from broken glass.
Smith was hospitalized after suffering a gunshot wound to the head, possibly self-inflicted. Authorities said Smith was not likely to survive, but was still clinging to life Tuesday. The alleged gunman was wearing a body armor carrier without the ballistic panels inserted and was armed with a semi-automatic rifle, a .308-caliber rifle and a handgun when he first arrived at the car wash, police said.
Authorities are still piecing together information, including why the group was at the car wash during the early hours of the morning.
Smith was reportedly fueled with jealousy and rage when he opened fire at the car wash. Family and friends said Smith, who used to date Cline, was obsessed with the 23-year-old even though they had recently broken up. Cline told family and friends that Smith would drive past her workplace and bring her flowers, according to friend Ryan Gradischek.
"I don't even know what to think," Gradischek told the newspaper.
Megan Ritenour, 27, who said she knew Cline for more than a decade and is Porterfield's cousin, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette she wasn't sure how long Cline and Smith dated.
"[Cline] kept her relationships pretty private," she said.
Porterfield's pregnant wife, Jenna Porterfield, also told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that a state police investigator told her Smith and Cline had dated and the alleged shooter was "jealous." Police said Cline was her late husband's "companion," according to the newspaper.
"I was told my husband was cheating on me with [one of the victims], and that she had broken up with her previous boyfriend two days ago, and he went crazy and shot them all," she said.
However, Ritenour said Porterfield was separated from his pregnant wife and was contemplating divorce a couple of weeks ago. Porterfield began seeing Cline.
"I've never seen Billy so happy," she said.


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Name: Winnie-the-Pooh
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Creator: A. A. Milne
Date(s): Winnie-the-Pooh (1926),
The House at Pooh Corner (1928)
Medium: short story collections, animated film
2 Fanfiction
2.1 Example Fanworks
Winnie-the-Pooh originated as a character in a series of books and poems by English-born author A. A. Milne (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh, also called Pooh Bear, is a fictional teddy bear. The first collection of stories about Pooh and his friends (including a variety of other toy animals and the child who 'owned' them, Christopher Robin) was the book Winnie-the-Pooh (1926). This was followed by The House at Pooh Corner (1928). Milne also included poetry about Pooh in When We Were Very Young (1924) and Now We Are Six (1927). All four volumes were illustrated by E. H. Shepard. Winnie-the-Pooh was subsequently adapted into film by The Walt Disney Company, at which point the hyphens were dropped from Pooh's name.
There are some fans who have never read the books for whom the fandom is based on the Disney films, while others eschew the Disney version of Pooh focusing solely on the books. Some fans appreciate both.
Fan communities about Winnie-the-Pooh include:
The Classic Pooh Fan Club – This Yahoo Group began in 1998. As of January 2011 it had 1500 members. The community exists for members to share their knowledge and experiences about Winnie-the-Pooh, and appears to be focused on the original book version of Pooh. Posts are generally closed for members only to view.
Winnie the Pooh and his Friends – This Yahoo Group began in 1998. As of January 2011 it had 315 members, and billed itself as "a place for everyone who loves Pooh". Posts are generally open to casual viewers, and despite the title of the community, many of them do not appear to focus on Winnie the Pooh, whether the book version or Disney version.
Pooh's World – This Yahoo Group began in 2000. As of January 2011 it had 128 members, describing itself as being "for the lovers of Pooh and Gang everywhere!" Posts are generally closed for members only to view.
Winnie the Pooh (and Friends) Pictures – This Yahoo Group began in 2002. As of January 2011 it had 1968 members. Not surprisingly, given this group is included in the comics and animation category of Yahoo Groups, it appears to be focused on the Disney version of Pooh. Posts are generally closed for member only to view.
Pooh-a-Day – This LiveJournal community began in July 2009. It is moderated by redecember and twirling. As of January 2011 it had approximately 160 members. It exists to provide daily comics of favorite Winnie the Pooh characters, and is focused on the Disney version of Pooh. Posts are generally open to casual viewers.
Pooh's Adventures - This multi-website community began sometime around November 2007. Moderated by several members, this community devotes its time to creating videos where they splice in clips of Disney's Pooh (of various incarnations) into movies to create stories in which Pooh participates in the movie. It has gotten a lot of negative feedback. The videos range from open to privatized to removed.
There is an enduring popularity to Pooh stories. It is regularly nominated to Yuletide and a selection of Pooh fanfiction can be found in the Yuletide archives:
Winnie-the-Pooh fanfiction archive at Yuletide on an Archive of Our Own
Winnie-the-Pooh fanfiction archive at Yuletide (old website archive containing stories up to and including 2008)
The largest archive with Pooh fanfiction (over 40 stories as of January 2011) is found at fanfiction.net:
Winnie-the-Pooh fanfiction archive
There is no centralised archive of Pooh-based fan-fic as not all people who write it are involved with organised fan communities. This means that individual Pooh-based fic may sometimes be found on individuals' blogs for the enjoyment of their friends, without wider publication. An example is the story by fawatson below.
Example Fanworks
Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.
And Is There Honey Still for Tea? by Jay Tryfanstone -- apocafic
In Which a New Child Comes to the Forest by Loligo -- widely recommended Yuletide story
In Which Worlds Collide and Eeyore Investigates a Terrible Crime by torch -- crossover with Discworld, written for Yuletide
In Which Pooh Solves a Mystery by fawatson - one of several Pooh fanfic stories posted by an individual on her blog as a part of a writing exercise.
In Which Owl Discovers an Office Key In His Files, and Reads It To Pooh by Gray Cardinal -- drabble from the tthdrabbles LiveJournal community, featuring the Poohniversal equivalent of a famous Buffyverse prophecy
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The Brooklyn Museum Looks at Georgia O'Keeffe's Style
Opening March 3, the exhibition Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern examines how the artist expressed her persona through fashion and photography.
Elisa Wouk AlminoMarch 2, 2017
Alfred Stieglitz, "Georgia O'Keeffe, Prospect Mountain, Lake George" (1927), gelatin silver print, 4⅝ x 3⅝ in (National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Alfred Stieglitz Collection, © Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington)
In 1927, Georgia O'Keeffe had her first museum show ever at the Brooklyn Museum; 90 years later, she returns. However, the focus of the exhibition Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern is not her paintings but her identity and persona as an artist. O'Keeffe consciously crafted her public image and notably resisted the erotic interpretations imposed upon her art. "The critics are just talking about themselves, not about what I am thinking," she once said.
The Brooklyn Museum show will be a chance to look at O'Keeffe's famed paintings through the lens of how she expressed and defined herself with fashion and photography. She was purposeful about her clothing choices, wearing such androgynous items as bowler hats, tailored suits, and sneakers. Some of these will be on view alongside intimate and striking photographs of her, taken by the likes of Alfred Stieglitz (her husband), Annie Leibovitz, and Cecil Beaton.
When: Opens Friday, March 3, continuing through Sunday, July 23
Where: Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Parkway, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn)
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Ocala - Laura Jo Kiser, 57, passed away July 13, 2018. Born April 1, 1961, in Warren, PA, to George and Ellen Krumm. She graduated form Clarion State University and worked for Marion County Schools for 32 years, most recently at Madison Street School of Basics Plus.
She is preceded in death by her sisters, Chris Armstrong and Patrice Oliver. She is survived by her loving husband, Victor Kiser; sons, Victor Kiser III, Michael Kiser; brothers, Mark Krumm, Dan Krumm; and two grandchildren, Paisley Sue and Berlynn Faith Kiser.
Visitation will be 6:00 - 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 17, 2018, at Central Christian Church, Ocala. Funeral Service will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at Central Christian Church. Arrangements under the care of Countryside Funeral Home, Anthony, FL.


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Wheel & Brake
2012 Zero XU: Ride Report
by Richard Backus
The Electric Option: 2012 Zero XU. Note use of belt for final drive instead of a chain.
Although the focus of Motorcycle Classics is yesterday's motorcycles, every so often we like to dip a toe in the present. Witness our coverage of bikes in the retro classics category, which includes machines like the iconic Royal Enfield Bullet, the revived Triumph Bonneville range and Moto Guzzi's tres cool V7 models. Thanks to a long heritage, we think the retro classics fit in naturally with our focus. So how do we end up testing a 2012 Zero XU all-electric motorcycle? That takes a bit more explaining.
Actually, we can explain how we came to test a new Zero in one word; serendipity. How so? Well, one of our sister publications is none other than Mother Earth News, a title that bills itself as "The Original Guide to Living Wisely." With roots that go back to the environmental movement of the early 1970s, Mother Earth News champions sustainable life-style issues, focusing on, among other things, renewable energy and green transportation. So when the editors at Mother Earth News told us they might get a Zero to test, we were all ears.
Collecting our Zero
Thanks to the fact Motorcycle Classics has a trailer, I pulled duty to make the short trip to the local Zero dealer, Letko Cycles in Shawnee, Kan., to pick up the XU. Upon arrival, Letko's Andrew Hammer gave me a comprehensive run down on the Zero before handing me the key and helping me load it up.
As it turned out, our pickup day happened to be a Thursday, which over the last few years has turned into the unofficial motorcycle day at my house, wherein several pals including Motorcycle Classics Q&A tech guy Keith Fellenstein ride over after dinner to wrench and generally talk motorcycles for a few hours. Good beer helps. As if we needed any encouragement.
I gave those assembled a brief rundown on the bike before letting everyone swing a leg over it to get an idea of its physical nature, and while none of the gang were exactly pumped by the Zero (we are old bike guys, after all), everyone thought it was a pretty interesting proposition in just about every way but one; the price.
At a current list of $7,695, the Zero XU is not what you'd call cheap; especially when you consider its limited range. Zero claims 42 miles ridden in town and 28 miles in mixed commuting. If you watch my video of the Zero at the bottom of this page, you'll see I only managed about 25 miles in mixed riding. That may be enough to get urban dwellers to school or the store and back, but it's not enough for me to make my daily commute of 30 miles each way, even if I stick to back roads. Zero claims an average cost of $0.32 per charge, equating to a mile-per-gallon equivalency of 539mpg, but the bike's short range means you'll have to be plugged in quite a bit. Average recharge time is a claimed 2.7 hours to get to 95 percent charge; we think it's actually a bit faster than that.
But if you put commuting limitations aside you'll discover the Zero XU is a hugely rewarding machine. Zero claims a top speed of 65mph, which we saw a few times, and while I favor motorcycles with gas-powered engines – for a multitude of reasons ranging from issues of character to points of practicality – I was surprised how much I enjoyed riding the Zero. To the point I actually started calling it a motorcycle, a development that surprised me when I realized I'd quit calling it a "device."
For in town use the 3.0kWh power pack returns respectable performance. Initial acceleration is almost oddly slow, but once you're moving things pick up and the Zero proves capable of zipping in and out of traffic easily and competently. It doesn't return the sort of urge you're used to with a gasoline engine, but it's powerful enough to get out of its own way quickly. It's a bit odd for the traditional motorcyclist in that unlike a gas engine nothing happens with urgency. It's all very linear, naturally enough, which feels somewhat odd when you're used to being able to modulate speed with abrupt power input as you can with a gas-powered motorcycle.
In practical terms it feels about as powerful as maybe a 250cc, but a weight of only 221 pounds makes it feel almost like a dirt bike, a feeling aided by reasonable suspension travel (5.31 inches front, 5.54 inches rear) and quick steering geometry with only 24.7 degrees of rake and 3.4 inches of trail. Stopping power of the front and rear single disc brakes on our test bike was excellent, with excellent modulation and good feel. Tires are fairly narrow (90/90-19 front and 110/90-16 rear), perhaps amplifying the dirt bike sensation, yet grip on our bike was excellent.
If there was a let down on the Zero, it was in the quality of the cycle parts. The turn signals looked and felt like the kind of kit you'd buy online for $5 a pop (the stop/tail light was even worse), and the plastic body panels felt cheap and flimsy. Given the XU's almost $8,000 price tag, I'd expect better. Perhaps the biggest surprise was the use of heat-generating, power-robbing incandescent bulbs for the headlight, tail and turn signals. Surely LED lights are cheap enough now to make them the obvious fitment on an all-electric motorcycle?
And that's leads me to my basic conclusion on the Zero: It's a great machine for non-motorcyclists looking for an easy to own urban two-wheeler (maintenance is down basically to tires and brakes, with maybe the occasional inspection of forks and swingarm and steering bearings), but only a so-so machine for motorcyclists. Non-motorcyclists won't miss its lack of personality, but old-school machine heads will, and I'm betting most of them, given the choice, would still buy a gas-powered bike before shelling out the dosh for a Zero. - Richard Backus
CLICK THE VIDEO BELOW FOR A RIDE ON THE ZERO XU.
gerald estes III
thanks for the report richard. a dirt oriented publication also tested one of these outfitted for off road use (or something very similar) one vote thumbs up for gasoline powered motorcycle.
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13 November, 2018 12 November, 2018 Darryl Chamberlain
Woolwich's 27-storey Tesco tower scheme set to be rejected at second attempt
Meyer's tower would be entirely for private sale
Plans to build a 27-storey tower in front of Woolwich's Tesco store look set to be rejected at the second time of asking, seven months after a legal challenge from the developer delayed a decision on the scheme.
Meyer Homes wants to build the tower along with three other blocks of between nine and 16 storeys behind the store, providing 804 flats in total.
Planning officers had recommended that Greenwich councillors refuse the scheme in March, but that decision was postponed following a threat of legal action by the developer, with officers taking more time to study Meyer's environmental reports.
Now the scheme will return to Greenwich Council's main planning committee next week, with officers declaring it "unacceptably dominating and overbearing to General Gordon Square and the surrounding townscape".
They also say Meyer's proposals will affect the setting of Woolwich's listed barracks, fail to provide enough "affordable" housing, show "clear and demonstrable signs of overdevelopment", block out daylight while the lack of any legal agreement with the council means it would fail to mitigate its impact on the local area.
Meyer has two confirmed offers for "affordable" housing, none of which would be in the tower – either 17% or 13% at social or London Affordable Rent (about 50% of market rent) and 6% or 19% shared ownership, with the rest being for private sale.
Greenwich planners' strongest criticisms have been saved for the blocks behind Tesco
It is also offering more "affordable" homes if it gets a grant – however, councillors are unable to take this into consideration when making their decision.
Last year, Greenwich & Woolwich MP Matt Pennycook called the scheme "unacceptable".
Meyer bought the land in 2015 after Tesco's development arm Spenhill pulled out of plans to complete the Woolwich Central development, which included flats, a superstore, and a library and civic headquarters for Greenwich Council.
Architecture critics branded the first phase of housing "inept, arrogant and oppressive" when they awarded it the Carbuncle Cup the previous year.
A taste of what might happen if Greenwich does reject the scheme can be seen just a few hundred metres over the borough boundary at Lewisham Tesco, where Meyer also bought land from Spenhill.
Earlier this year, Lewisham councillors rejected plans for a development including a 34-storey block in a similar scheme. Meyer has submitted a new proposal – not increasing the amount of "affordable" housing, but allowing more public access to a 34th-floor viewing deck – while simultaneously appealing to planning inspectors against the refusal of the original scheme. Neighbours have started a petition against Meyer's plans.
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#include <algorithm>
#include <cstdio>
#include <vector>
#include <queue>
using namespace std;

typedef pair<int, int> ii;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<ii> vii;

// Union-Find Disjoint Sets Library
// PS: This library code does not include the `union by rank' heuristic yet
// 1000 is just a rough number, adjustable by user
vi pset(1000), setSize(1000); int _numDisjointSets;
void initSet(int N) { setSize.assign(N, 1); _numDisjointSets = N;
pset.assign(N, 0); for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) pset[i] = i; }
int findSet(int i) { return (pset[i] == i) ? i : (pset[i] = findSet(pset[i])); }
bool isSameSet(int i, int j) { return findSet(i) == findSet(j); }
void unionSet(int i, int j) {
  if (!isSameSet(i, j)) {
    _numDisjointSets--;
    setSize[findSet(j)] += setSize[findSet(i)];
    pset[findSet(i)] = findSet(j); } }
int numDisjointSets() { return _numDisjointSets; }
int sizeOfSet(int i) { return setSize[findSet(i)]; }

vector<vii> AdjList;
vi taken;                                  // global boolean flag to avoid cycle
priority_queue<ii> pq;            // priority queue to help choose shorter edges

void process(int vtx) {
  taken[vtx] = 1;
  for (int j = 0; j < AdjList[vtx].size(); j++) {
    ii v = AdjList[vtx][j];
    if (!taken[v.first]) pq.push(ii(-v.second, -v.first));
} }  // sort by (inc) weight then by (inc) id by using -ve sign to reverse order

int main() {
  int V, E, u, v, w;

  /*
  // Graph in Figure 4.9 left/4.10, format: list of weighted edges
  // This example shows another form of reading graph input
  5 7
  0 1 4
  0 2 4
  0 3 6
  0 4 6
  1 2 2
  2 3 8
  3 4 9
  */

  scanf("%d %d", &V, &E);

  // Kruskal's algorithm merged with Prim's algorithm
  AdjList.assign(V, vii());
  vector< pair<int, ii> > EdgeList;  // format: weight, two vertices of the edge
  for (int i = 0; i < E; i++) {
    scanf("%d %d %d", &u, &v, &w);                 // read the triple: (a, b, w)
    EdgeList.push_back(make_pair(w, ii(u, v)));    // but store it as: (w, a, b)
    AdjList[u].push_back(ii(v, w));
    AdjList[v].push_back(ii(u, w));
  }
  sort(EdgeList.begin(), EdgeList.end());   // sort by edge weight in O(E log E)

  int mst_cost = 0; initSet(V);             // all V are disjoint sets initially
  for (int i = 0; i < E; i++) {                           // for each edge, O(E)
    pair<int, ii> front = EdgeList[i];
    if (!isSameSet(front.second.first, front.second.second)) {    // if no cycle
      mst_cost += front.first;                     // add the weight of e to MST
      unionSet(front.second.first, front.second.second);       // link endpoints
  } }                            // note: the runtime cost of UFDS is very light

  // note: the number of disjoint sets must eventually be one for a valid MST
  printf("MST cost = %d (Kruskal's)\n", mst_cost);

// inside int main() --- assume the graph has been stored in AdjList
  taken.assign(V, 0);
  process(0);        // take vertex 0 and process all edges incident to vertex 0
  mst_cost = 0;
  while (!pq.empty()) {     // repeat until V vertices (E = V-1 edges) are taken
    ii front = pq.top(); pq.pop();
    u = -front.second, w = -front.first;       // negate the id and weight again
    if (!taken[u])                        // we have not connect this vertex yet
      mst_cost += w, process(u);   // take u and process all edges incident to u
  }                                             // each edge is in pq only once!
  printf("MST cost = %d (Prim's)\n", mst_cost);

  // take a vertex of the graph to be added to MST
  // here, we take vertex 0 for simplicity
  //vi taken(V, 0); taken[0] = 1;    // boolean flag to avoid cycle; take vertex 0
  //priority_queue<ii> pq;
  //for (int j = 0; j < AdjList[0].size(); j++) {  // start with edges of vertex 0
  //  ii v = AdjList[0][j];
  //  pq.push(ii(-v.second, -v.first));   // sort by (inc) weight then by (inc) id
  //}                        // trick: use negative sign to reverse the sort order

  //mst_cost = 0;
  //while (!pq.empty()) {     // repeat until V vertices (E = V-1 edges) are taken
  //  ii front = pq.top(); pq.pop();
  //  u = -front.second, w = -front.first;       // negate the id and weight again
  //  if (!taken[u]) {                    // we have not connected this vertex yet
  //    taken[u] = 1; mst_cost += w; // flag this vertex as taken + add its weight
  //    for (int j = 0; j < AdjList[u].size(); j++) {
  //      ii v = AdjList[u][j];                   // each edge is in pq only once!
  //      if (!taken[v.first]) pq.push(ii(-v.second, -v.first));
  //} } }
  //
  //printf("MST cost = %d (Prim's)\n", mst_cost);

  return 0;
}


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#ifndef OOAOFOOA_TM_ENUMVAL_CLASS_H
#define OOAOFOOA_TM_ENUMVAL_CLASS_H

#ifdef	__cplusplus
extern	"C"	{
#endif

/*
 * Structural representation of application analysis class:
 *   Enumerator Value  (TM_ENUMVAL)
 */
struct ooaofooa_TM_ENUMVAL {

  /* application analysis class attributes */
  c_t * Domain;
  c_t * enumeration;
  c_t * enumerator;
  c_t * value;

};
void ooaofooa_TM_ENUMVAL_instancedumper( Escher_iHandle_t );
Escher_iHandle_t ooaofooa_TM_ENUMVAL_instanceloader( Escher_iHandle_t, const c_t * [] );
/* Allow reference to this function name but cause it to resolve to 0.  */
#define ooaofooa_TM_ENUMVAL_batch_relate 0

#define ooaofooa_TM_ENUMVAL_MAX_EXTENT_SIZE 10
extern Escher_Extent_t pG_ooaofooa_TM_ENUMVAL_extent;

#ifdef	__cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif  /* OOAOFOOA_TM_ENUMVAL_CLASS_H */


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Илья Михайлович Максюта (1911—1943) — сержант Рабоче-крестьянской Красной Армии, участник Великой Отечественной войны, Герой Советского Союза (1944).

Биография
Родился в 1911 году в селе Раздолье (ныне — Первомайский район Харьковской области Украины). После окончания начальной школы работал сначала в колхозе. В 1931 году по комсомольской путёвке отправился трудиться на шахту в Енакиево. В 1933—1935 годах служил в Рабоче-крестьянской Красной Армии, в войсках НКВД в Ленинграде. 24 июня 1941 года повторно был призван в армию. С 1942 года — на фронтах Великой Отечественной войны.

К октябрю 1943 года сержант Илья Максюта командовал отделением 26-го отдельного штурмового инженерно-сапёрного батальона 6-й штурмовой инженерно-сапёрной бригады 40-й армии Воронежского фронта. Отличился во время битвы за Днепр. 1 октября 1943 года вместе с группой бойцов атаковал вражеские позиции, уничтожив расчёт скорострельного орудия противника. В том бою лично уничтожил 12 вражеских солдат и офицеров, но и сам погиб. Похоронен в селе Балыко-Щучинка Кагарлыкского района Киевской области Украины.

Указом Президиума Верховного Совета СССР «О присвоении звания Героя Советского Союза генералам, офицерскому, сержантскому и рядовому составу Красной Армии» от 10 января 1944 года за «образцовое выполнение боевых заданий командования на фронте борьбы с немецко-фашистскими захватчиками и проявленные при этом отвагу и геройство» был посмертно удостоен высокого звания Героя Советского Союза. Также был награждён орденами Ленина и Красной Звезды, медалью.

Его бюст установлен в его родном селе.

Примечания

Литература

 Днепр — река героев. Киев, 1983.
 Герои Советского Союза- воины инженерных войск", Книга вторая, Военно- исторический ордена «Красной Звезды» музей артиллерии, инженерных войск и войск связи, Ленинград 1984 г.

Ссылки
 Максюта Илья Михайлович, Наградной лист

Сапёры Великой Отечественной войны
Участники битвы за Днепр
Погибшие в боях Великой Отечественной войны
Похороненные в Кагарлыкском районе

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Top 10 Famous Paintings at the Statens Museum for Kunst
In the heart of the Danish capital city of Copenhagen, you can find a fascinating museum that houses an incredible collection of fine art. The Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK) is the National Gallery of Denmark and has a history that dates back to the year 1750. This was the year that an Art Chamber …
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When a young man rose to power in 16th-century Florence, many wealthy and influential people in the city hoped to enrich themselves. Little did they know that the young man was a cunning and strong-willed politician. He eventually managed to transform the Republic of Florence into the Grand Duch of Tuscany. Cosimo I de Medici …
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Some artists developed new techniques, other artists wrote about them, and a few extremely talented individuals in art history did both. Jean Metzinger (1883-1956) was a French artist who definitely fell into the latter category. Not only did he complete several Cubist masterpieces but he also wrote a theoretical work on the movement, the manifesto …
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If there's one painting that visualizes the economic struggle at the start of one of the darkest economic periods in American history, then this is the one. Edward Hopper (1882-1967) was an American painter who focused on realistic depictions of landscapes and urban life. During his long career, he produced some of the best-recognized paintings …
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Apart from Last Supper paintings and works depicting the Virgin Mary, paintings of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and other religious figures are the most-produced religious artworks in history. This subject emerged in Byzantine art after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, during the Middle Ages, and all the way from the Renaissance to …
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Cardinal Sarah Sees Promotion of Married Clergy as an Attack on Tradition
Curial Cardinal warns at a Pontifical High Mass for a Chartres pilgrimage: When the sacrament of Holy Orders is given to married men ("viri probati"), it leads to serious consequences and a definitive break with the Apostolic Tradition
Chartres Vatican (kath.net) "Dear brothers in the priesthood, always keep this certainty: to be connected to Christ on the cross, because priestly celibacy gives witness in the world! The resumption by some of the efforts to separate celibacy from the priesthood by giving the sacrament of ordination to married men ('viri probati'), which, as we have said, 'for pastoral reasons or necessities', leads to serious consequences, a definitive break with the Apostolic Tradition. Then we would establish a priesthood according to human criteria, but not continue the priesthood of Christ, obedient, poor and chaste. In fact, the priest is not just an 'alter Christi', but he is truly, ipse Christ: 'Christ Himself! Therefore, the priest who follows Christ in the Church will always be a sign of contradiction!" Curial Cardinal Robert Sarah told the pilgrims in Chartes / France at a Pontifical Mass. Sarah is Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Order of the Sacraments.
Almost 12,000 pilgrims came to the traditional Pentecost pilgrimage to Chartres.
Labels: Cardinal Sarah
I really like and respect Cardinal Sarah but not necessarily. The Orthodox allow marriage up to the deaconate and then no remarriage. I have made an acquaintance with an Orthodox monk who has never been married.---Maybe Cardinal Sarah sees the "grafitti" being written on the wall. In Western Culture, there is a massive rush to legitimatize lesbian marriage and thence force lesbians into the priesthood. Africans are way ahead of African-Americans in their ability to discern the truth of the Lord and not of the devil.
I think that in attacking celibacy in the Roman Catholic Church is an attack against tradition because once longstanding customs are abolished, it will clear the way for other time-tested customs to be challenged.
Moreover, to make a married priesthood one will certain waterdown by fasttracking the priestly training and create a dogmatically clueless priesthood more dependent on leftist bishops and Leftist Popes guiding them.
El Codo said...
Well, the current issues in the Church have arisen with a solely celibate clergy! The Irthodox priests are married men....are they less spiritual than ours? Do not confuse tradition with Tradition!
Yes, they are less spiritual, because they're focused on their families, often more engaged in village power struggles, for example.
Ken Bailey said...
A good Gnostic would say that wouldn't he, Tancred?
Ever heard of the Incarnation, old chap?
I thought someone murdered you in your jail cell.
Glad to see you survived.


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Abandoning Srebrenicia
Dear NileMedia Reader: Three years ago we published an article arguing that the United Nations, The Dutch and The French were implicated in the slaughter of the male population of Srebrenicia. Now that the Bosnian Serbs have come forward and confirmed their role in the massacre, is it not time to open up the United Nations File? Please read on.
"After Auschwitz, they said something like that could never happen in Europe again. But it did, and UN troops were there to watch it. I remember the fear, the crying, the hysteria. They knew they were being taken to their deaths." Dr Daniel O'Brien, a doctor with 'Medecins sans Frontieres', who witnessed the fall of the Bosnian town of Srebrenica in 1995. ("The Horror of Srebrenica" The Times of London, 4/19/2001)
When UN commander Morillon arrived in Srebrenica in March 1993, shortly after it had been officially designated a safe haven, he gave this promise to the 45,000 residents and refugees: "I will never abandon you". Two years later, Dutch UN troops were handing the Bosnians over to the Serbs for certain slaughter. Speaking recently to the Serbian parliament, Cedomir Javanovic, a deputy from the DOS ruling coalition admitted, "We are obliged to say that 7,500 people went missing in the Srebrenica region and that those whom we parted from last September (Milosovic) are to blame for it."
Six years ago, in the largest massacre in post-war Europe since World War II, thousands of Bosnian Muslim men and boys were murdered in cold blood by the Serb militias under the command of General Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic. The victims had no reason to fear for their lives. They were in a United Nations protected 'safe haven' with hundreds of Dutch soldiers assigned to defend them against the three-year Serb campaign of ethnic cleansing. The international community, with the full backing of the United States and NATO, had given iron-clad guarantees that Srebrenica would be a safe sanctuary for Bosnian refugees. Butros Ghali, the Secretary General of the United Nations, had the authority to direct NATO air strikes against any Serb assaults against Srebrenica. Yet, the UN stood by, while the entire adult and teenage male population was systematically butchered.
To this day, thousands of the victims remain missing, buried in mass graves that have yet to be located. The remains of another 4,500 victims have been unearthed and are undergoing DNA tests to identify them. As recently as a few weeks ago, another two hundred bodies were found.
In Srebrenica, the world turned a blind eye to the mass killings of unarmed civilians who were, for all practical matters, wards of the United Nations and the 'civilized' world. The commanding officer of the Dutch contingent, Colonel Thom Karremans, was photographed having a drink with General Mladic and his goons. The Dutch are still investigating the behavior of their officers. One officer, Captain Ron Rutten has confessed that the Dutch soldiers helped the Serbs to split the Bosnians into groups of 60 or 70 and pile them into buses destined for the killing fields. He actually provided the Dutch government with film and photographs to back up his claim. One need only imagine why this evidence 'mysteriously' disappeared from the files of the Dutch officials that are still 'investigating' Srebrenicia.
At the time of the massacre, the UN Protection Force was headed by General Bertrand Janvier of France. The Dutch officers claim that they repeatedly requested air support from the French General, who declined to provide any assistance. The UN failure was no simple accident. There are allegations that UN commanders had secretly agreed not to use force against the Serbian forces moving in on Srbrenica, in exchange for the earlier release of several hundred UN personnel who had been held hostage by the Bosnian Serbs. These long dormant allegations were recently revived by the BBC.
In France, an inquiry by the Parliament into the actions of Gen. Bernard Janvier was finally approved after years of lobbying by Doctors Without Borders. This international medical aid group has repeatedly testified in international forums that even the sick and wounded under its care were evacuated under Dutch escort and then forced off buses and handed over to the Serb executioners.
When the Serb Forces began shelling Srebrenica, the Bosnian Muslim fighters in the town asked for the return of weapons they had surrendered to the Dutch. But even this basic right of self-defense was rejected by the Dutch officers. Later, the Dutch 'Peacekeepers' handed over about 5,000 Muslims who had taken shelter at the Dutch base at Potocari. It was in exchange for 14 Dutch peacekeepers held by the Serbs. This story only gets worst. There are now serious allegations that retreating Dutch troops drove their tanks into a crowd of Bosnian Muslims near the village of Jaglici, killing between 20 and 30 people.
Over the course of the next three days the Serbs indulged in an orgy of killing. A report by the Independent of London (http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=17931) on the cruelty of the Serb executioners is worth revisiting. It took a few days to kill and bury so many prisoners. At no time did the United Nations attempt to intervene, even after the Dutch troops had escaped to safety. Butros Ghali and his 'peacekeepers' abandoned the 'save haven' and didn't bother to look back until every last able-bodied Srebrenica male had been decimated.
It now appears that The United Nations had cut a deal that allowed the Serbs to obliterate the entire male population of a major Southern European town. The French and the Dutch were in on the deal. It is safe to assume that members of the Clinton administration also gave a nod to the agreement. It would have been highly unlikely that Chirac, Clinton, Warren Christopher and Butros Ghali were unaware of exactly what was going on. Like Sabra and Shatila, the slaughter went on for days. Enough time for intelligence briefings and enough time for intervention.
Some 15000 Serbian troops were involved in this slaughter and the mass deportation of the women and children of Srebrenicia. Yet, only a few indictments have been issued by the war crimes tribunal in The Hague. It is certainly encouraging that Milosovic, who bore the ultimate responsibility for Srebrenicia, has been arrested and will face a measure of justice. But, Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic are still on the loose, reportedly in the 'French' sector of Bosnia. Many others who had a hand in the mass killing remain unidentified.
This is not a matter that we can ever close the files on. At some point, we need a full accounting of the Dutch, the French and the international civil servants who broke their commitments to provide safety for the citizens of Srebrenicia. It is essential to find out what American officials knew about the 'safe haven' slaughter and the exact role of the Clinton administration in participating in the subsequent French and Dutch cover-up. The government of Serbia also needs to be more active in identifying the missing mass graves and those who dug them. We owe it to the surviving widows and orphans of what was once a vibrant community. The world failed to protect their men and boys from an act of genocide committed in broad day light under the eyes of United Nations Dutch 'peacekeepers'. Having failed to provide the sanctuary promised, we can at least assure their survivors that their loved ones will get a decent burial, a little truth and a little justice.


For many, the reality of generational wounding is clearly observable and experientially obvious. We internalize our parent's wounds and also form identities in relation to their wounds, and they did the same with their parents, and so on. For some, however, proof of generational wounding is an epiphany, which means it has the potential, if it becomes common knowledge, to contribute to the emergence of a more conscious, compassionate humanity.
Much of the research focused on methylation has been conducted by cancer researchers who concluded that certain dietary habits and exposure to chemicals can turn off tumor suppressor genes, (Philips). But it was biologist Randy Jirtl who discovered that the addition or subtraction of methyl groups could be inherited. Add this knowledge to the scientific drive to understand the exact mechanism by which maternal care effects an offspring's ability to handle stress, and we have the fledgling field of behavioral epigenetics – a science that was birthed over beers in a bar and an excited conversation between between two newly introduced specialists – neurobiologist Michael Meaney and molecular biologist/geneticist Moshe Szyf.
As it turned out, Meaney and Szyf's fateful meeting led to not one but a series of experiments with rats. First they proved that rats who were raised by highly attentive mothers rarely had methylated glucocorticoid receptors, which meant that their brains could effectively manage stress responses. Conversely, rats who were raised by inattentive mothers had highly methylated glucocorticoid receptors and responded to stress poorly.
Next they demonstrated that the behavioral effects were solely due to the maternal care. They did this by switching rats who had inattentive mothers with those who had attentive ones, and sure enough the quality of nurturing reversed the methylation as well as its behavioral effects.
This last bit of evidence gave our duo the confidence to share their news with their colleagues, but when the results of their experiments were submitted for publication one reviewer of a top science magazine staunchly refused to believe their findings. (How reactionary. Inattentive mothering, perhaps?) But Meaney and Szyf persevered and found a supporter at Nature Neuroscience. Their article, "Epigenetic Programming by Maternal Behavior," was published in June 2004.
Next, Meaney and Szyf made the obvious move. They turned their attention to human subjects where they found a greater methylation of genes in the brains of individuals who committed suicide than those of individuals who died suddenly by factors other than suicide. Then Szyf went solo and found a greater methylation in the the genes of orphans than those of children raised by their biological parents.
And now we get to the evidence for more extended generational wounding. In a further study, Frances Champagne, a graduate student in Meaney's lab, discovered that inattentive mothering caused methylation of the genes for estrogen receptors in the brains of their offspring. The resulting lack of estrogen receptors in the second generation of rats made them also less attentive to their offspring. Conclusions: negligence can be passed down for generations AND attentive mothering is important for the developing brain.
As an alternative therapist who tracks wounded identities back to their source in the past, often for several generations or more, I love that this paragraph speaks to the depth and breadth of human suffering. I will argue, however, with the assumption that methylation resulting from neglect and other forms of trauma is "never gone." Hurly is paid to write compelling articles, (and he obviously isn't given a lot of time to spend on them.) I imagine he was just thinking in metaphor and got caught up in the mood of a beautiful sentence. Regardless, he fails to mention, or either is simply not aware of, all the healing that has been facilitated and experienced by people who set their hearts and minds to it: shamanic healing, transformational bodywork, vipassana retreats, psychotropic journeys, experiential education, ceremony, prayer, life coaching, deep inner process work! All of these paths to healing, and more, have provided countless individuals with powerful transformative experiences and lasting positive behavioral changes. Surely it's logical to hypothesize that these experiences could be erasing methylation.
Perhaps some day this hypothesis will be tested, but at the moment pharmaceutical companies are searching for epigenetic compounds to do the job – pharmaceutical drugs to erase the methylation that causes depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder in humans. At this prospect, Hurly wisely asks, "How could we be sure that epigenetic drugs would scrub clean only the dangerous marks, leaving beneficial – perhaps essential – methyl groups intact?" A very good question, and one that evokes images of Mrs. Hurdicure from the astoundingly perfect dark comedy Brain Candy. If you haven't seen this film by Canadian sketch comedy troupe Kids in the Hall, be sure to do so before volunteering to be a test subject!
This prospect also begs the question, what would humanity be like if we could each simply take a drug to heal trauma? If we could really get a quick fix? Or more likely, what would the world be like it those who could afford it could get the quick fix? It takes courage and honesty to face and heal the pain of the past, and the insights gained are hard won and priceless. We grow from the self-reflection that healing from trauma requires. What would we become without it?
Overall, I appreciated Hurly's article, but I just can't let him slide when it comes to the comments that he made and quoted expressing astonishment at the idea that maternal care "just might be capable" of effecting gene expression. The hypothesis was "as improbable as it was profound." It "sounded like voodoo…," and even sounded "crazy." Even though Hurly wrote later in his article, "the message that a mother's love can make all the difference in a child's life is nothing new," he wasn't aware of how derogatory his earlier language was with regard to the impact of nurturing.
Androcentrism, as you may know, is a perspective, often a condescending stance, "dominated by or emphasizing masculine interests or a masculine point of view" (Merriam Webster). For me, the language Hurly included in his article reflects that stance. It unintentionally belittles the contribution that nurturing makes to humanity.
If we trace it back, androcentrism is understandable. For millennia, most young males have been taught, (by both males and females,) that "big boys don't cry," and for millennia countless men and boys have had to suppress their emotions to defend their lives, homes, and families. It's a common understanding that men have historically been raised to be less aware of their emotions, and still are in many homes, communities, and regions of the world. I see that lack of awareness of the emotions as a literal separation in consciousness – as a self-inflicted, internal wound created by the historical male's need to impose traditional gender roles onto himself. But that wound was also inflicted externally, for men who had to negate their own feminine side to be the protector would also tend to project that negation outwards.
The separation was taken further, however, by the disenchanted world view created by the Scientific Revolution. Empiricism is the claim that "sense experience is the ultimate source of all our concepts and knowledge" (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Taken to its extreme, this perspective negates whatever which can't be proven by science. It's the perspective of some of the aforementioned males who were privileged enough to develop their intellects through education, particularly science, but who weren't developing their emotional intelligence simultaneously. It's the perspective of a separation marked by gender as well as class. So, despite their scientific rigor, or rather because of it, the perspective of many of these males became uniquely limited. It became exceptionally one-dimensional.
Virginia Woolf is known for once quipping, "Science, it would seem, is not sexless: he is a man, a father, and infected, too." That comment was made in the 1930s, and though the scientific community now includes many women, and though much progress has been made with regard to healing the generational wounds caused by traditional gender roles, the androcentric stance is still subtly, if not blatantly, pervasive, depending on many factors that come to mind including one's generational wounds. This article contains a subtle stance – seemingly innocuous, enthusiastic comments that negate the contribution of generations of women who made great personal sacrifices to bear and raise children. Language, both the spoken word and body language, can be incredibly insidious, unconsciously perpetuating inequalities that one believes he or she has out grown. I believe that it's important to gently check androcentrism when we notice it, in others or in ourselves, and I hope I have been successful in conveying that spirit in this article.
3. and has a deeper understanding of the possible long-term effects of child care.
Thank you, Conrad Hal Waddington. You were right. Your vision has even led to the discovery of scientific evidence of generational wounds, and I hope that your lineage of thought continues to lead us to a deeper and broader understanding of our multidimensional, interdependent composition.
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