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UW-Eau Claire grad working to produce masks for health care workers, others
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 | Judy Berthiaume
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A UW-Eau Claire graduate who runs a Twin Cities textile company is stepping up to help meet the needs of health care workers and others who are struggling to find enough personal protective equipment (PPE) to avoid contamination during the coronavirus crisis.
"I run a textile company that makes musical instrument gig bags in Minneapolis, mostly leather and heavy nylon," says Steve Kriesel, president of Minneapolis-based Torpedo Bags. "But we're switching gears to produce CDC-compliant emergency masks to keep people safer from exposure, because we can and should."
Kriesel, who graduated from UW-Eau Claire in 1995 with degrees in music education and English education, is organizing a GoFundMe fundraiser to help his company manage the costs of transitioning to producing what he hopes will be thousands of CDC-approved masks.
"My wife is a nurse, so this is personal," Kriesel says of his efforts. "Emergency workers and hospital staff are running out of personal protective equipment. People are not wearing masks at supermarkets and other public spaces. We need to solve both problems to the best of our abilities, and we need to overreact and solve it now."
The mask-making project took on an even greater sense of urgency when his wife, who has been a surgical nurse for more than 20 years, came home from the hospital where she works angry that the mask shortage will mean that nurses will be left with substandard gear despite working in contaminated areas.
"A modern hospital doesn't have enough masks to keep my wife and their patients safe," Kriesel says.
The leather goods textile factory he runs can be immediately converted to making high quality, double-layer cotton masks of the type used for decades in surgeries, Kriesel says, noting that the design and materials of the masks they intend to make are CDC compliant.
"We have all the equipment we need to make thousands of these every week," Kriesel says. "We have industrial cutting equipment, a domestic supply chain, professional production sewers that know how to work fast for each unit, and packaging and shipping experience. However, scaling up requires money. We have the patterns ready to cut and can get dies made overnight for faster cutting."
Kriesel founded Torpedo Bags Inc. in 2001 when he was working as a professional trumpet player and teacher. The business makes bags and cases used by professional and amateur musicians throughout the United States.
Pat Hull, a UW-Eau Claire graduate who currently lives in Eau Claire, is co-owner of Torpedo Bags Inc. Hull earned his degree in music in 1994.
It's not surprising to see Blugolds like Kriesel and Hull step in to help during a time of crisis, says Kimera Way, president of the UW-Eau Claire Foundation and executive director of University Advancement.
"Steve and Pat are the epitome of The Power of AND that so defines UW-Eau Claire," Way says. "Not only have they transformed their music degrees into additional careers (while still pursuing their passion for music) but at a time when the need is the greatest, they have pivoted to use their expertise to help the medical profession and the general community be safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Our alumni demonstrate time and again that a Blugold degree provides you with more than just a college education. It instills lifelong skills of creativity, entrepreneurship and service. We couldn't be prouder of and more grateful for Steve and Pat."
The fundraiser he launched Sunday to help cover the costs of the project already has received support from dozens of donors, Kriesel says. His goal, he says, is to raise enough money to produce at least 10,000 masks.
Kriesel hopes the number of donors will increase significantly as more people learn about their efforts to produce thousands of masks, which will be donated to hospitals and to members of the general public as they enter public spaces, such as hospital entrances and grocery stores.
While the masks his factory plans to make will be less efficient than the N95 systems preferred by health care providers, they still offer much needed protection, he says.
They will be a higher quality than homemade versions, with heavier weight cloth tie downs and over-the-ear elastic that can be washed and dried in high heat, Kriesel says.
"COVID-19 is an opportunity to come together to save lives," Kriesel says of his efforts to produce the much-needed masks.
You can reach Steve Kriesel at steve@torpedobags.com.
Written by Judy Berthiaume
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Vivian Lai's unfulfilled ambitions at 40: A son and hosting award
In this week's Toggle Talk, we speak to the celeb mum who seems to have it all about how a soothsayer foretold her serendipitous journey into the local entertainment industry, her completely unromantic marriage proposal, and her unaccomplished life and career goals
By Zara Zhuang
Posted:29 Jun 2016 07:00 Updated:09 Jan 2020 11:13
Photos: Lee Lay Na
Vivian Lai isn't unlike her onscreen persona — the Taipei-born actress, host and mother of two stayed effervescent and upbeat even when going over some of the tougher episodes in her life, from her strained relationship with her mother when she was a teen to her inability to cry on cue at 2 a.m. with the entire crew of Knotty Liaisons, her acting debut, waiting for her scene to wrap.
The eternal optimist credits her go-with-the-flow attitude and thick skin with seeing her through setbacks. In particular, she developed the latter when she stumbled through presentations done in her choppy English during class at the Singapore Hotel and Tourism Education Centre (SHATEC), which counts artistes Pierre Png and Ben Yeo among its alumni.
The 39-year-old says she's content with her life, and rightly so: She's got the acting roles, hosting gigs, Star Awards trophies, husband (Alan Ong, a director at a beverage company) and children (daughters Vera, 11, and Ariel, 6). But now that the December baby is approaching the four-decade mark, Vivian is looking to broaden her horizons.
"Between 40 and 50, I want to do something that I'd not thought about doing before I'm 40," she said. And with that, the actress established 3X Media Production with Quan Yi Fong and Addy Lee in August 2014 to focus on shooting and producing advertisements, programme production and directing.
But don't expect to see Vivian as a leading lady anytime soon. Though she's never held that coveted title in all her 17 years in the local entertainment industry, she doesn't want to cast herself as the female lead in a movie produced by her team.
"That's too great a responsibility, with too much pressure," she said of the burden of juggling box office expectations with production costs. "I wouldn't consider it, plus my shareholders would give me an earful!"
So what does Vivian want?
In today's edition of Toggle Talk, she lets us in on why she pities her husband for being 'outnumbered' at home, the twists and turns of her artiste career, and that one Star Awards title that has escaped her grasp for years.
Read on for more and watch the videos for a detailed account of her interview.
WATCH: Vivian Lai opens up about her rebellious teenage years.
A fortune-teller in Taiwan told her she had to head 'overseas' to succeed
Though her younger brother had been studying in Singapore since he was in primary 2, Vivian stayed behind in Taiwan — their parents, who had business dealings in the Republic, couldn't bear to tear her away from her numerous friends at home, she said.
But when maintaining the long-distance relationship became strenuous, the plan to relocate the whole family to Singapore was laid on the table. Vivian, who resisted the proposal, sought divine guidance on whether she should go along with it.
"A roadside fortune-teller said to me, 'You must venture overseas in your lifetime, if you do that your life will be different,'" Vivian recounted. "I was stunned, and I kept pressing him, 'What do you mean by different? And what counts as overseas?' Because Taiwan has outer islands such as Matsu and Kinmen."
The soothsayer's cryptic reply? "You have to leave where you're living now, and then your fate will be altered forever."
Her defiance got her uprooted from Taiwan at age 16
Vivian confessed to having a rebellious streak as a teen — she picked up mahjong and started gambling, staying out with friends past curfew and returning home at dawn, which incurred the wrath of her parents.
Once, the actress even pulled a Ferris Bueller on her mother: She went to bed early on a Friday night, saying she was going to study the next morning, and then placed a bolster pillow under the bedcovers and snuck out of the house at 1 a.m.
"But of course I got caught," she said. "Crooks always do."
Vivian's mother chased her down and beat her with a bamboo broom that left multiple lashes with each whack on the legs. "I couldn't take the beatings anymore, so I broke the broom," Vivian said. "I was covered in wounds, I was even bleeding."
The ensuing cold war between mother and daughter got so tense that Vivian camped out at a classmate's house; her father had to play the peacemaker and beg her to return home.
"At that time, my mother was strict with me, so our relationship wasn't good," Vivian said. "It only improved when I became a mother myself, when I could understand what she had gone through."
She wasn't sure she could last two years in the entertainment industry
The classic tale of artistes getting discovered when they accompanied their friends to auditions or competitions was exactly what happened in Vivian's case. While a SHATEC tourism student, Vivian heard about Star Search, the Chinese-language talent-scouting programme, from a classmate. Though she considered her Mandarin skills strong enough to let her take part, what really piqued her interest was the promise of a cash award and prizes.
"The prizes were fantastic during my year," she gushed. "A car and $20,000 cash, so I thought, OK lor, you never try, you never know mah."
But despite emerging the eventual female champion for Star Search 1999, Vivian struggled acclimatising to the entertainment industry, and her acting debut in Knotty Liaisons in 2000 opposite Chen Hanwei was so poorly received that she got benched for six months.
"I knew absolutely nothing, so I was yelled at all the time on set," Vivian recalled. And the newbie actress was in for a rude shock: She had no entourage of assistants; she had to settle every detail herself, from checking her rundown to making sure she put on the right costumes for the right scenes (which she often messed up, much to the crew's annoyance).
"There was this crying scene I had to do at about 2 a.m. and everyone was waiting for me," Vivian spoke of a particularly difficult episode early in her career. "But I couldn't — I pinched my thighs, I wanted to pinch my nipples or other sensitive areas, but the tears just wouldn't flow."
The feedback and reviews on Vivian's performance in the anthology series were harsh — her Taiwanese accent was too jarring for local audiences, for one. "I thought to myself, if after (this two-year contract is up) I don't have much to show for, I'll change tack," she said.
She wants the Best Programme Host award more than a lead actress role
Vivian didn't stay in a rut forever. She credits Huang Biren and Aileen Tan, her co-stars in the 2001 drama Three Women and a Half, with igniting her passion for and interest in acting. After she received a contract renewal, she went on to star in two local longform drama series, Holland V and Double Happiness, which kept her occupied for about three years.
By chance, Vivian moved into the same apartment building as actor–host Mark Lee and actress Pan Lingling. "Mark told me, 'Wow, you're quick-witted, why haven't you tried your hand at variety shows?'" Vivian said.
What followed was a string of gigs hosting Chinese variety programmes, starting with 2006's Property Classified alongside her neighbour Mark. Stints in multiple seasons of On the Beat, Ladies Nite and Say It earned her recognition for her hosting talents, but the Star Awards Best Programme Host award has so far eluded her.
"I've won Best Supporting Actress (for 2011 drama Love Thy Neighbour), I've snagged the All-Time Favourite Artiste Award (in 2015), but my biggest regret is that I've still not earned an award for hosting," she said. "There are plenty of things I don't mind, but to be honest, this one does bother me."
When it was pointed out that she has never helmed her own variety programme (or drama series), while industry juniors including Pornsak and Lee Teng have, Vivian became pensive. "I'm curious about that too," she said. "Perhaps I don't have the gravitas or I don't pull strong ratings, I really don't know."
But if she had to choose between finally being cast as the female lead in a drama and winning the Best Programme Host award, which would it be? "I would want the hosting award, for sure," she said.
WATCH: Vivian Lai reveals why she really wants the Best Variety Show Host award.
She was no way as demure as she looked
Vivian's long hair, which she has maintained since her schooling days, led her image to be fixed early on as an actress with a sophisticated air, but that was a far cry from her own personality.
"There was definitely a clash," she said, agreeing that she wasn't the goddess type, but loud, brash and bochap (can't be bothered). "Those who know me all know that my appearance on television in recent years is much closer to who I really am in private."
Despite the incongruity, Vivian didn't reject her assigned image. "Which young person doesn't want to be an idol?" she said when asked if she thought she had been pigeonholed.
"Who starts out wanting to be a comedian? The company styled me nicely, so why would I have gone against that? I'm not Ru Hua!" she said, referring to Hong Kong actor Lee Kin-yan's cross-dressing, nose-picking alter ego.
She would limit her 'investment' in a Top 10 award to $3,000
Since winning her first Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award in 2001, Vivian has been fending off rumours that her husband poured massive funds into ensuring she bagged that trophy all 10 times she was nominated.
"A husband ought to support his wife — there's no issue with that," she said. "If my daughters were up for such an award, as a mother I'd call (their telepoll numbers) repeatedly without pause."
The actress doesn't believe in "investing" in the Top 10 award without any limits. "A few hundred dollars, up to $2,000 or $3,000, I think that's acceptable," she said. "But any more than that, I don't think it's worth it."
She flatly denies rumours that her husband signed her for endorsement deals
You might have seen Vivian (and sometimes her daughters) appearing in ads for products that run the gamut from beverages to sanitising handwash — the actress once held five or six endorsement deals at her busiest.
Her 8-year working relationship with a Japanese beverage company, for which her husband works, has raised a few eyebrows, but Vivian denied that she was signed as their ambassador through his connection.
"When I started endorsing this brand, my husband had only been working at the company for a little more than a year, and he was a junior employee," she explained. And even more ludicrous was gossip that she was married to the boss of the company behind the sanitising handwash she endorsed. "That boss was a woman!" Vivian cried. "People started pairing me up with everyone."
The rumours do get her down, but she stays upbeat about it. "As an artiste, you're subjected to public opinion," she said. "So as long as I'm happy with my life, that's enough."
She received the most pragmatic Singaporean marriage proposal
Another cliche in Vivian's life was how her husband asked if she wanted to buy a house together as a way of proposing marriage, instead of getting down on bended knee and presenting her with a ring and roses.
The couple, who met at a friend's birthday party and dated for 3 years before they eventually wed, found themselves viewing apartments together over the weekends because Vivian was looking to invest in property. An executive condominium caught their eye, but potential buyers had to have registered for marriage.
"We were waiting for the lift when he said, 'In that case, we have to go apply to get married,'" Vivian recounted. "And I was like, 'OK then.'"
She won't rule out undergoing IVF to conceive a third child, preferably a boy
Calling her household an estrogen-fueled environment — "When the wife, two children, domestic helper and family dog are all female, wouldn't you be sian (frustrated)?" — Vivian said she pities her husband for putting up with it without complaint. The actress plans to spend the next two to three years trying for a boy.
"I think my husband craves a son," she explained, though having a daughter had always been her dream. But with their two daughters insisting on co-sleeping, there's little chance for couple time. And now that she's pushing 40, fertility treatments might be in the works.
"I'll start thinking about IVF this year, but friends who've done it tell me it isn't easy, you need to persist," Vivian said. "And you have to be brave — the higher your expectations, the deeper your disappointment."
WATCH: Vivian Lai confesses that she wants a third child and why she won't rule out IVF.
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Friedman has a broad background in New Mexico railroading history. He served as head of the state's Railroad Bureau for many years, then investigated railroad accidents throughout the country for law firms. After retirement he acted as an expert witness in railroad cases. He is responsible for dozens of reports and studies associated with railroad freight and passenger service in New Mexico and throughout the United States.
He has authored numerous works about New Mexico railroad history, including subjects such as Santa Fe County Railroads, 1880 to the Present; The Zuni Mountain Railroad; and Railroad Depots of New Mexico. He is currently researching the subject of Native American railroad workers, known as "steel gangs." Friedman lives in Santa Fe and is a board member of the Historical Society of New Mexico.
This program is sponsored by a grant from the Historical Society of New Mexico.
Admission to the Railroad Museum is free. The museum is located at 351 N. Mesilla Street and is open Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Thursday 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m., and Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For additional information, visit the website at museums.las-cruces.org or call (575) 647-4480.


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Dylan Morris NRL.com Reporter
Sun 17 Jun 2018, 12:05 PM
Cowboys star Michael Morgan's 2018 season is over.
Initially hoping to miss six weeks with a biceps injury suffered in Friday's loss to the Warriors, Morgan will have surgery this week and sit out the rest of the season.
The news is bad for both the struggling Cowboys and Queensland coach Kevin Walters, who will be forced to make changes for Origin II in Sydney next Sunday.
Morgan suffered the injury when Warriors skipper Roger Tuivasa-Sheck stepped past him for a try and the Cowboys fullback threw out his arm.
The biceps injury to Morgan topped off another disappointing outing for last year's grand finalists, who have now slumped to their 11th loss of the season.
Winger Kyle Feldt scored two tries in a match that was three tries apiece, the difference was an off night with the boot by Johnathan Thurston with just two out of four.
Shaun Johnson was five-from five and potted the winning field goal.
Match Highlights: Cowboys v Warriors - Round 15, 2018
Cowboys coach Paul Green said that if his men were playing with confidence they might have found a way to win. But confidence was in short supply with only four wins on the board for 2018.
"Probably you find a way to win when you're full of confidence and given what has happened so far that has been the tough part," Green said.
"To get us out of that you've really got to fight hard, but it's the NRL so it's a tough competition."
Cowboys Michael Morgan with his injured left arm wrapped in ice. ©Scott Davis/NRL Photos
The effort was a massive turn-around from their poor performance against the Eels in Darwin last week.
"I was proud of the way we responded after last week," Green said.
"I was pretty critical of our effort last week but I thought tonight was better. We just had a couple of periods where we weren't in the game and the game got away from us.
"I'm not happy with the result but I saw some things that I questioned whether or not we still had as a team last week and they were there tonight which was good."
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Set your goals and don't stop until you achieve them.
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Take little steps to achieve what you want, there's no need to rush.
Never let anyone tell you you can't achieve your dreams.
Turn your negatives into positives.
The more positive you think the faster you will get want you want.
Don't give up on the things you want most.
Inspire people as much as they inspire you.
Help people to achieve their goals and dreams.
Block out all negative people, they will only bring you down.
I live by all of these, I use to be a negative person and now I channel positive energy I'm getting exactly what I want out of life, and my dreams are coming true. Don't dwell on the bad things, they've happened for a reason, usually to show you are worth more or deserve a better challenge because you are a high achiever and to make you stronger. Dont spend your life being down about what you don't have, all dreams can come true if you have the courage and desire to peruse them.
I'm a big believer in things happening for a reason and no matter what it is, I take it as a positive - because of this I'm a lot stronger and happier. A negative mind will never get you a positive life.


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Arctic Inuvik Sunrise Festival Begins
by Steve Selden | Jan 6, 2018 | Churchill News
Festivities at the Inuvik Sunrise Festival in 2012. Inuvik Phil photo.
The sun will rise today in Inuvik, NWT for the first time since December 5th. The celebration will be rejoiced by the 3,300 townsfolk and hundreds of travelers during the weekend's 31st Annual Inuvik Sunrise Festival to honor the return of light to the region.
An ice village in the Twin Lakes area has been constructed as the main attraction and will feature igloos,sculptures, a teepee and an expanded sliding hill for kids to enjoy. Three days of fun and celebration will occur mainly in the Midnight Sun and Twin Lakes districts.
"Hibernation time" is how Kylik Kisoun-Taylor, Owner of Tundra North Tours, describes the sun -lees period leading up to the reemergence. The continuous 24 – hour darkness is in stark contrast to the non-stop daylight in the summer.
"I feel like this town really shuts down. The restaurants aren't as busy, everyone is really recuperating, and then once the sun comes out, everyone comes back alive.", states Kisoun – Taylor.
Relatives of resident families and loved ones also return for visits at this uplifting time of year. It's a celebration of life itself.
Sunrise in Inuvik. Town of Inuvik photo.
"It's really nice to see because you want to show off where you live and what better time to show it off than when there is all of this great stuff to look, at a festival, bonfire and fireworks." says Mackenzie Chauvin who took advantage of an airline discount to visit his cousin.
"They started talking to us about the sunrise festival and the darkness and that it's really just a good time to get an authentic visit to see what Inuvik's about.", states Chauvin.
Canadian North and Air North are both offering discounted tickets for travelers jorneying to Inuvik for the festival.
Drum dancing at the Inuvik Sunrise Festival. Lu North photo.
Chris Sharpe, Inuvik's marketing and communications coordinator, is enjoying his first northern winter. He is proud to announce some new activities this year, such as a concert by well-known Canadian musician and songwriter, Norman Foote, .as well as a dance party and DJ workshop. Drum dancing and vendors from local eateries will kick off the festival.
"I recommend it to everybody. If you live on this earth, you should try everything at least once. I'm really glad I experienced it, and I'm super excited the sun is coming back," he laughed.
Inuvik Reindeer Crossing Ice Road – Video
by Steve Selden | Apr 10, 2017 | Videos
With only a couple of weeks left in the operation of the ice road on the McKenzie River, there's still some action happening. Randy Henderson narrates this phenomenal reindeer crossing. This is the final year of the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk roadway over ice. Normally the road closes down for the season right around April 28th though this year it will close for good.
Starting at the beginning of 2017-18 the seasonal ice road, one of many in the north, will be replaced by an overland highway suitable for all seasons. The project has been in the planning stages for decades but with the rapid growth and opening up of the Arctic the time is here for construction. Let's hope the new road will not carry tolls.


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Choo-Choo Charles is survival horror with a hungry spider-legged train
Choo-choo choose to run away
News by Graham Smith Contributor
Published on Oct. 2, 2021
People have been adding a seemingly-possessed Thomas The Tank Engine to games via mods for years, from Skyrim back in 2013 to the Resident Evil 2 remake more recently.
Choo-Choo Charles turns a pursuing locomotive into an entire open-world horror game. Also the train has spider legs. Find the trailer below.
According to the Steam page, "Charles is a bloodthirsty train, and you need to destroy him." You do so by traversing the open world in your own train, albeit one confined to tracks. You'll need to disembark to reroute the trainline or clear a path, putting you in danger each time from the skittering engine Charles.
You can upgrade your own train with better armour as you go, and there's a mounted gun turret you can use to eventually fight back and destroy the menace.
There are a lot of novelty horror games, but this has me sold. I can already feel the tension of having to leave the relative safety of my train to perform some tasks. I also like that it's an open world and that Charles is always out there, meaning you'll have opportunity to hide and spy on him in between terrifying chases. It looks a little Sir, You Are Being Hunted and a little vehicular survival horror Beware.
Choo-Choo Charles is being developed by Two Star Games and currently aiming for an early 2022 release.
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What Type of Plant Is Cotton?
By: April Sanders
Cotton plant -3 image by Alexey Burtsev from Fotolia.com
Cotton is both a wild plant and a plant that has been hybridized for commercial purposes. While there are several species of wild cotton, the most common species used commercially is Gossypium hirsutum, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This is the species that has been bred to be disease-resistant and is responsible for almost 90 percent of the world's cotton production. G. hirsutum is also called "American upland cotton."
The cotton plant is a tender perennial. This means that the plant will only grow year after year in areas that are warm and tropical in nature, such as the far southern part of Florida. For this reason, the plants are treated as an annual in many areas and in cultivation. Commercially grown cotton plants are destroyed after the cotton is harvested, according to the University of Oklahoma, and new plants are seeded.
Cotton is both a wild plant and a plant that has been hybridized for commercial purposes.
While there are several species of wild cotton, the most common species used commercially is Gossypium hirsutum, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Gossypium hirsutum is the most common cotton plant in the United States. Another species, G. barbadense grows in the islands of South America and in Egypt. In Asia, G. herbaceum is the main producer of cotton, along with G. arboreum, according to Fact Monster.
Cotton plants are medium-sized, loosely-branching shrubs. They can reach a maximum height of 5 feet, according to the University of Oklahoma, and have 6-inch wide, lobed leaves. The plant blooms in the spring with simple white flowers and seed pods in the fall. The pods are lined with large amounts of cotton fiber.
Gossypium hirsutum is the most common cotton plant in the United States.
Cotton plants need full sun exposure to thrive. This plant does not tolerate shade and will not grow well at all if planted under a tree, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Cotton plants enjoy consistently wet, but well-draining, soil and grow best in areas that receive regular amounts of rainfall. Once the flowers fade, however, irrigation is reduced while the cotton is harvested.
It takes a long time from planting a cotton seedling to the harvesting of the cotton. Plants bloom on average around 95 days after planting. Then it's another 70 or 80 days until the boll (pod) opens to reveal the cotton, according to Purdue University. In most cases, the cotton is harvested by hand,\ because this results in more cotton and in higher-quality harvests. The cotton is simply plucked from the plant, then sent to a machine, a gin, which removes the seeds.
Cotton plants need full sun exposure to thrive.
This plant does not tolerate shade and will not grow well at all if planted under a tree, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Some of the largest drivers of high healthcare spending in the US are related to chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, smoking-related health issues, diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity. US workers spend nearly one-third of their time in the workplaces. With a captive audience and large enough incentives, the hope is that businesses can persuade workers to improve their health, and, as an additional benefit, lower health care costs for all parties involved. Many employers seemingly agree with this logic: the workplace wellness industry has more than quadrupled since 2011, drawing in $ 8 billion in annual revenue and covering almost one in three in American workers.
Our program was popular: 56 percent of the treatment group completed both the health screening and the health risk assessment, and 31 percent completed at least one wellness activity. We found that offering a $ 100 incentive rather than no incentive significantly increased screening rates, but further increasing the incentive to $ 200 had little effect.
One year later, when we compared the control group to the iThrive group, we found that the program didn't lead to healthier employees or reduce health care costs. The program's failure to improve health outcomes or reduce costs was likely because employees who were interested in participating in the workplace wellness program were already quite healthy. A year before the program began, people who ultimately chose to participate in iThrive were already more likely to visit recreational facilities on campus or to participate in a community running event. On average, they already had incurred $ 1,373 less in medical expenses over the previous year compared to employees not interested in the program. Participants were also less likely to have extremely high medical expenses and were higher-earners, on average.


The Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast is a beautiful region situated in the west of Ukraine and covers a space of 13.9 thousand square kilometers. The region borders the Lviv, Chernivtsi, Trans-carpathian and Ternopil Oblasts. Yaremche, Rohatyn, Vorokhta, Kolomyia, Tysmenytsia and Kosiv are some of the cities located in Ivano-Frankivsk.
The dramatic outline of the Eastern Carpathian Mountains in the Ivano-Frankivsk oblast runs through four countries, other than Ukraine. These include the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. In fact 50 kilometers of Ivano-Frankivsk, situated on the southern side of the Oblast, acts as a border between Ukraine and Romania.
The part of the Carpathian Mountains situated in Ivano-Frankivsk is made up of four parts or ridges. There is the Chornohora ridge, which is home to the highest peak in the Ukraine called Mount Hoverla. Mount Hoverla stands at 2061 meters high. There are also the Hryniava, Chyvchyny and Horhany ridges.
Unlike many of the other regions in Ukraine, which are mostly steppe zones, the geography of Ivano-Frankivsk region varies quite a lot. There are three distinct parts, which come in the form of flat plains, foothills and mountains. The Ivano-Frankivsk city is situated in the center of the Oblast, on the flat plains, which are 255 meters above sea level. The Dnister River is also located in the plains of Ivano-Frankivsk and is one of the biggest rivers. As you head further southwest the land consists of hills that stand at a height of between 400 and 600 meters high.
The region is one of the main forested areas in Ukraine with over 40% of the land covered in leaf-bearing, fir and conifer forests. There are a number of animal and bird species that occupy these varying landscapes. At certain times of the year hunting of particular species of birds and animals, like the wild boars, is allowed as long as you have the required permit.
The Ivano-Frankivsk region has a moderate, continental climate with temperate summers and mild winters. However, if you are situated either near or in the Carpathians the temperatures are more on the extreme side due mainly to the elevation of the land and are less predictable. The Carpathian Mountains are covered in snow for up to five months of the year providing wonderful conditions for those interested in snow skiing or other snow sports. Ivano-Frankivsk oblast is a great vacation destination to be enjoyed throughout the year.


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3 - Direct and indirect influences of the protolanguage
"All events of those first few years were in Ladino or Bulgarian. It wasn't until much later that most of them were rendered into German within me"1.
As in the two previous units, we continue to follow the precious contribution of Levý regarding the recreation of the metatext. The influence of the prototext on the metatext is always perceivable in the translator's style. Such an influence can be direct or indirect. The direct influence can be in positive (i.e. presence of added elements) or in negative (i.e. missing elements that were present in the prototext); the positive influence consists in the presence in the metatext of clumsy (from the point of view of metaculture) constructs, borrowed from the prototext; the negative one consists in the absence in the metatext of expressive means lacking in the prototext language.
influence of the prototext on the metatext
in positive
in negative
clumsy constructs
missing expressive means
missing constructs typical of the prototext language
One can perceive the indirect influence of the language of the prototext by registering the frequency with which the translator diverges from the typical style constructs of the original, that the translator interprets as neutral grammatical traits. I have covered this aspect in unit one.
Beyond these problems deriving directly from the anisomorphism of natural codes, there are others deriving from the fact that thought – originally actualized in the language of the prototext – is somehow inextricable from the language in which it was actualized. Whorf too argues in favor of this point, although in another context, when he states:
We are thus introduced to a new principle of relativity, which holds that all observers are not led by the same physical evidence to the same picture of the universe, unless their linguistic backgrounds are similar, or can in some way be calibrated2.
Being born and raised within a linguistic culture ultimately creates a different world view in different individuals, which in a sense contradicts the very possibility of translation, unless translation is considered an extension of a new and different world view:
facts are different for speakers whose linguistic background imposes a different formulation of facts3.
After all, a good translator behaves exactly this way: gives a metacultural version of the world view expressed by the prototext as to the protoculture. But stating so creates serious risks of arbitrarily extending the translator's interpretive and re-creative capabilities. What is the limit to the creative translator's re-interpretation of the prototext, or on the other extreme when the translator's personality overrides the culture expressed by the text?
It is on this backdrop that Levý refers to the multiple decisions that, non only in theory but in practice as well, the translator must make4. The translator
must restore in the speech its potential for expansion, discover the path of linguistic productivity. In an era of predominance of linguistic stereotypes it is not an useless operation.
While the original work is born in the national tongue and is completed with language itself, in translation linguistic creativity is an exceptional event, it does not enter as an inextricable element in the creative process, but is called in only by accidental linguistic situations5.
In other words, at first sight the translation process does not substantially involve a linguistic creativity, it is mainly a technical ability based on a text which is already a result of linguistic creativity. Such view of translation is contrasted by Levý, because, as the Czech scholar states, it is the harbinger of style leveling and, consequently, of content leveling as well.
In this sense Levý does not hold high opinion of the automatic mechanisms that the expert translator uses almost without realizing it. Speaking in terms of Peirce's triad of instinct, experience and habit, we can say that Levý warns against habit, it consisting of a set of stereotyped solutions, of translational clichés that ultimately transform the typical elements of a (proto) text into typical elements of a (meta) repertoire. As Toury states,
in translation, source-text textemes tend to be converted into target-language (or target-culture) repertoremes6.
In order to overcome the great differences existing between the expressive systems of the two languages, translators have ready-made clichés, constructs that bear the imprint of the effort of their elaboration. In Levý's opinion it is possible to perceive at first sight that a text was translated from the great number of constructs that, however correct on the grammatical and stylistic planes, are a little bit affectatious.
Stereotyped decisions – result of a non-creative approach to art – are typical in an analogous form also of another art that has to do with recreation: play-acting7.
Such a parallel between "reproductive" arts, as Levý calls them, recalls a similar parallel described by Luigi Pirandello in the essay "Illustratori, attori e traduttori", of 1908. As the title of the essay itself suggests, Pirandello had sensed the extraordinary similarities existing between the processes that I would call "translational", and Pirandello himself did not hesitate to call "translations":
Illustrators, actors and translators, considering them carefully, find themselves in the same situation when under aesthetic critical judgment. All three are confronted with a work of art that has been already expressed, i.e. already conceived and executed by others; one has to translate it into another art; the second, into material action; the third into another language. How will these translations be possible?8
LEVÝ JIRÍ, Umení prekladu, Praha, Ceskoslovenský spisovatel, 1963. Russian translation by Vladìmir Rossel´s, Iskusstvo perevoda, Moskvà, Progress, 1974.
PIRANDELLO L., Illustratori, attori e traduttori (1908), in Saggi, edited by Manlio Lo Vecchio Musti, Milano, Mondadori, 1939, p. 227-246.
TOURY G., Descriptive Translation Studies and Beyond, Amsterdam, Benjamins, 1995, ISBN 90-272-1606-1.
WHORF B. L., Language, Thought, and Reality. Selected Writings, edited by John B. Carroll, preface by Stuart Chase, Cambridge (Massachusetts), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956.
2 Whorf 1956: 214.
4 Levý 1963: 84.
6 Toury 1995: 268.
8 Pirandello 1908: 238.


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My Million Readers / Entertainment / How Old Is Antonio In Encanto
How Old Is Antonio In Encanto
Who is Antonio?
Encanto Cast Antonio
In Encanto, how old is Antonio?
In Encanto, who plays Antonio?
Physical attributes
Strengths and skills
How old is Antonio in Encanto? Antonio Madrigal, a 5-year-old with animal communication abilities, is one of the family members featured in the musical fantasy Encanto. For more information on Encanto Antonio, check this article.
In Disney's 2021 animated picture Encanto, Antonio Madrigal plays a significant role as the youngest member of the Madrigal family. He is Dolores and Camilo's younger brother and the youngest child of Pepa and Félix Madrigal. Antonio has the special ability to communicate with animals, and has a strong bond with Parce, Pico and Chispi.
The musical dream included Five-year-old Antonio having the supernatural capacity to interact with animals. Antonio Madrigal is one of the two tritagonists in Disney's 2021 animated blockbuster Encanto. Being the youngest Madrigal, he can communicate with animals because of his talent.
Dark skin, dark brown eyes, and wavy black hair describe the 5-year-old youngster named Antonio. He is wearing an orange sleeveless vest over an orange long-sleeved shirt with yellow and light orange stripes and a red scarf. Along with brown slacks, he is sporting dark beige and orange sneakers. As a representation of his gift, Antonio's vest has various animals sewn. At his gift-giving ceremony, he wears white clothing similar to his ordinary attire but a white vest in place of the traditional scarf.
The 5-year-old Madrigal family member Antonio can communicate with animals and has acquired this specific magical talent so he could help and save animals in the town of Encanto. He finally learns a very important secret but is still too young to tell anyone about it. Antonio adores all plush animals, his cousin Mirabel, his uncle Bruno, and his sister. The crowds, risk, Mirabel's incapacity for magic, losing his gift, and Parce, his Jaguar, wanting to devour the rats are all things he despises.
Ravi Cabot-Conyers, who provides the voice of Antonio Madrigal, has a vast list of credits, including roles in Tell Me a Story, The Resident, and numerous episodes of #BlackAF. Ravi was born in February 2011 and is of mixed heritage. His father is Charles Conyers, a producer, director, and writer. His mother, American actress Christina Cabot, is also well-known. Ravi started his career in acting at the age of 4. His first TV appearance was on NBC's renowned Saturday Night Live programme.
Antonio, the newest member of the Madrigal family, is the younger brother of Dolores and Camilo. He is the youngest child of Pepa and Felix, and the cousin of Isabela, Luisa, and Mirabel. His abuela Alma never placed expectations or pressure on Antonio's shoulders like other family members did because he was too young and didn't yet have a gift. Antonio was never able to meet Bruno and has no recollection of him because he was the youngest member of The Madrigals and was born after his uncle left the family.
Before his gift ceremony, he shares a nursery with Mirabel because his cousin was never given a magical gift. Antonio so highly regards Mirabel that he treats her like a big sister. Being able to communicate with and understand non-human creatures sets Antonio apart from the other members of the Madrigal family. These animals, which include capybaras like Chispi, toucans like Pico, hummingbirds, coatis, a tapir, and a jaguar named Parce, all work with Antonio to help him. He can tell Parce not to eat the rats because they can help him, or he can keep other creatures in check and safe.
Antonio is the youngest person in his family. He is incredibly innocent and lovely. He genuinely cares about his family and will do anything to support them. For example, he volunteered to let his estranged uncle Bruno—whom he had never met before—use his room so he might have a vision to help him and Mirabel figure out how to keep their family's magic alive. Antonio is close with his elder cousin Mirabel and admires her for her strength. He also wishes she had a magical talent because he understands how difficult it must be for her to be the only relative without such a skill. Because of his intense sympathy for his cousin, Antonio gains the respect of Bruno's rats, who tell him about the whereabouts and plight of his uncle and cousin. Aside from his family, Antonio is very introverted and finds it difficult to be around other people. He finds engaging with people on stage very difficult and prefers to stick to his family and animal companions. However, when members of his family were anxious, Antonio would go to help them. For instance, he escorted Mirabel to the freshly constructed Casa Madrigal so she could install a new doorknob on the front entrance. He handed Bruno his pet jaguar doll to ease his anxiety before he did his vision.
A five-year-old boy named Antonio has dark skin and curling black hair. He is dressed in a red scarf, an orange sleeveless vest, and a long-sleeved shirt with yellow and light orange stripes. He is wearing dark beige and orange sneakers with brown slacks. Antonio's vest has several animals stitched as a symbol of his gift. He wears white clothing during his gift-giving ritual, following tradition, but a white vest in place of a scarf.
Antonio can talk to animals. He forges trusting and close relationships with them, which allows him to rely on them for assistance and companionship. He can also deter bad conduct, like when he forbade Parce from eating his Uncle Bruno's rats. However, Antonio is completely powerless over the creatures he converses with.
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Q: python equivalent of the java RSAIO.save I am using some java code snippets as a reference to work on a python application (2.7.9) I am making.  I know the java code parts function correctly, but my python versions are not.
I am trying to save a generated RSA key pair (2048 bit) to a file on disk.
I can generate the key pair by calling:
def generate_key_pair():
    """Generates a 2048 bit RSA key pair"""
    return RSA.generate(2048)

to save them to disk in the "required" format is where I am having issues.  The java program does it with this statement:
RSAIO.save(rsaDirectory, keyPair);

What is the equivalent Python statement (I am using the pycrypto module)?  (If possible, please limit the answers to for cryptography to pycrypto and standard python library modules...)
Is there a sort of cheat sheet of equivalenent modules/methods between Java and Python?
EDIT:  I tried using Saving RSA keys to a file, using pycrypto as suggested, but my file ends up producing (private key example):
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIEpQIBAAKCAQEA2B6XEIH24P+pA+bylZIt6KPErRFMbP5BZrTNQiyuhAMG1ku5
psob8SZQsI2ApaB3HwGaebd9KsK7Y+fdBeRiIFN37DWfyxS7o7xU4OloReNm9cdl
r92Axo2h8itQXaSlTvUhJJiv1g0rWclrsoJPKGH/RNwhV8EdoLi1ln4hw3bIOQ2H
N8Gto/YiiXujWaf5+Y2ocQNSc+TP/6AKy1RN1uh80uqQAmtN1WjW35luLrGWm0pt

<more individual lines Stack overflow wont let me paste as code>

ZnWmC5IkLbqw3VzQRCOO3aj0v51+HjtYoPF3U5VlCUTzcX3Jyt3XOoSGwEtWCsvk
1KGYv7ke+0b8wW3n6I+hwRA0Swi9fRzVuS2G/XXfGZgKDv8mksg8uAk=
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

Whereas the Java version will produce something like:
`MIIEvwIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKkwggSlAgEAAoIBAQCbo8t/mbeRYJTF80pyeU8QSDH15V>pS6AVaNWG2RxmFnx3KUm9kv/Acm9m5IFxpktfB2AE+LUhKaedk3JZP/S7Oe+45VpweOyR1bHo16QCs>d4+7ulm6zad2fzJs/fPYe0l4QFdrlj59DJNEzppdjY8pvdXL2PySj42CsTj7clJ2toHOvuxXnFwzFg>j64CFDYiXVo+FjFPi4gKEZ8Xe/5VvdrzX7TVfpXr1fpVBEP0nGD8mISoO/XO2pKYLs1hLfvoVW5/Ii>zRbShiF7cKHZgirEd7Je4JKe7oWX9HPTquaCnQGtdIHfsq7TO0Cvtami975N10m6GerVwwn9hUdEhw>XfAgMBAAECggEARFQwryBpOuXP6ufYs1EWqOtJI89BTEyYrPXqo/+q8MLebUirpuutGqJBf8j5SVAy>cOPIB+gRaLn94IYHZ66bsgMunvWrLIqCgxrQvIJCzXTgIWa6pgxLjPZiyP7k4xGdO7Hjr1QSswumS/>r4QkI3q/evuQLWP/HOCqaLgbi7A2qEj3rZhsvyqMWIy45Uv82XVMZE4Ykd5+EL6knHqtZfx1BZmjJE>0qBZjYgUVzG6lTZT23s9JOv7DdfGr4xJVoYQjcMN5Lq6U8ifEZ8RuCD77a18MU5YT6nGInBpj0vmCu>wAS/90d9Ky66lHyTi/g1NqfUDsvcCUCNoM6rZtiBY+wQKBgQDcHl7oHA5vh0g6nDgUJv0oVYD16j4f>s1Ds/x3eC0lT9UpOxxXt4plu9oRsbe+Q5GphpR96sAQf+lvvaToFnOeln+/kQR+badezplrR7OJCMf>VpmltEJwBt/gVUO9WOo+AyQ2Zyg23dBAhjU/MJXMOezJH2/xJw8A3f8JJ6iK6JpwKBgQC1ArNJ3jAz>4W/DU7zwnqtS95APYl00ntafiiMyvNkmyPeGxIAG3UMdq8Y5pse3ZWSNECBjbAN+en7z7xC+eZ4v3Y>Q/NiCpA12UEmNVW+QZRYPMSLcwhO//gT9X+HKaruv5YAVM+TF4PlhPeUubJgolaC9YpntgnZVd09UC>NBI5CQKBgQDUNzOo8+O3AuZQG2y1gSFxUX4TmNJsHaVX2F4jRR5dI4+Qg8BQqLbklCb3osXlG1K08U>14K1rOucEJAJo/7xYmSBwwI9klLNYZDblhytAYobHJLlfvTOrNIKpim405CCWOUAzlOnEhNFIh8T3P>OPAgmXngd+p/l/DIhleyazRa4QKBgQCSvBCpNfPvarXWKuDEUmviAwwGXJ/gE08635lu/QYv2cRGvK>5oYh+RQvmbLKdD9W7Qp50J27rtYdHeXxM8xYxFkxYsw+0v9al7aniZ7rb3AZI5HU1biLihcJ3v61jE>Kj7i1kMVxgCjUC74pgRzTh/1eQLAo5zqknROLnXDpoCLOQKBgQDIsLoVYLZaCkwjK29y+8UonAVjNy>5Ld+1mTIPdOObPTS4xFnOFBVl+jSk1mSmsZ71X1RRz8DNMsi+ErHQwrjjdN0UNTxAyY9wdS5aPC7pP>TJuKuDLzfGLZzhz8rqiauAuXmxKE19qTjaegIs7UFpvbDsAP88AMHkPtWK7TCKuriw==`

I have tried all sorts of different  format= statements (PEM, DER, OpenSSH) and none produce the same output.

A: To get it in the format I needed, I think the best way is to simply strip out the newlines and the header/footer; so I ended up using this after all:
Saving RSA keys to a file, using pycrypto
Other helpful page:
https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/api/current/Crypto.PublicKey.RSA-module.html

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President of India presents National Sports and Adventure Awards 2022
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For the third July in a row, Yong Siak Street bloomed to life with balloons, bunting, and happy little ones who set out to conquer the Children's Street Trail. Every year, we cross our fingers and our toes for good weather, and this year clearly all that digit-crossing paid off!
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The Children's Street Trail is a community effort by the shops on Yong Siak Street to create a great day out for our younger members of the public. Woods in the Books has been a part of the Children's Street Trail from the very beginning, when we helped to create the chalk trail drawings that you'll still see if you come to Yong Siak Street today! Every year we try to make our programmes better than the year before and this year marked some of our most ambitious Street Trail activities yet.
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There's something special about each and every book at Woods in the Books, but in our new blog feature, Elf Reads, our bookshop elves want to let you know what they love about the books on our shelves.
Today we're starting with Enid Blyton's The Cherry Tree Farm Story Collection.
Benjy, Penny, Rory and Sheila are staying with their aunt and uncle at Cherry Tree Farm. They feed the animals, explore the countryside and search for the mysterious man who lives in the woods — and you can be sure that they get into mischief along the way.
The three Farm books, published together here, are firm favourites with Blyton fans.
The deadline for The BFG Dream Jar Contest is coming up soon! Remember to drop off your Dream jars at Woods in the Books or Books Ahoy! before 11 September.
The bookshop elves have been hard at work making their own Dream Jars. This is our step-by-step guide to making a Dream Jar.
Step 1: Design a dream!
We will be posting some new books that are available on our shop and also on events happening.