Here is how to make three million people wonder what the hell you are up to next.
In case you haven't heard about it yet — Jack Conte, CEO of Patreon, has pitched Casey Neistat a business idea via this video. This article will only make sense for you if you actually watch the pitch first.
First, let's get a little bit into the backstory.
Casey is one of the most famous Youtubers, with more than 9 million subscribers. He is also the founder and former CEO of Beme — a multimedia company, which he sold to CNN for $25 million.
Recently, Casey has announced the development of what he calls 368. It is a new form of a daily vlog, which is supposed to go beyond just himself.
He wants to achieve that by renting a large space. He intends to use this space as a creative location that includes all sorts of stuff — video production studios, hangout places, a skate park, a shared kitchen, office rooms, and all sorts of other lifestyle options.
His goal is to bring all sorts of creatives together, and to produce a daily vlog that features what is going on within that space.
This is where Jack comes into play.
So Jack Conte sees this video — and sees his opportunity. He makes this video in which he is showing off his impressive video editing skills — perhaps on par with Casey himself.
He shows Casey that they share a similar background.
Jack himself loved playing around with his camera since he was a teenager. He even takes us to his old home office, where he brings up all sorts of stuff that shows his long history as a creative.
He keeps saying that he has this amazing idea of what to do with 368. But he doesn't share anything about what that idea is. All he says is that he is going to buy a ticket to fly to New York, and that he will meet Casey there.
As listeners, we can get a hunch for what his idea is all about. With Patreon being a platform that helps creatives monetise their work, it is relatively easy to see how the goals of the two businesses could align.
But we don't know what exactly Jack's plan is.
And this is what sparked the curiosity of 1.5 million people watching the video, many of whom were begging Casey to accept Jack's offer.
Next thing we know is that Casey uploads a video which features the two of them together. Although the title of that video is "HIS BILLION DOLLAR IDEA", we still learn nothing about what this idea really is.
We only get to see how the two of them explore the space together. We also see them discuss Jack's pitch on a very basic level. Finally, the only thing we learn from this video is that the two of them reach some sort of agreement.
But what exactly that is, we still don't know.
What made Jack's plan so incredibly powerful?
Both of them were successful. Not only did he reach Casey, but he also reached about 3 million people, if you combine the views on both of their channels.
As a little bonus, his Youtube channel went from like 11,000- to 70,000 subscribers within a week.
He did it by making it incredibly personal. By talking about his childhood — and teenage experience of film making, and showing what motivated him to start his company.
He did it by showing how Casey's and his own mission were in alignment. By showing that both of them were interested in doing collaborative work with smaller creators, and supporting them.
He did it by using an element of surprise. Who would've thought that the CEO of an exciting start-up like Patreon, is also a musician, and a filmmaker who has incredible video editing skills?
He did it by making you curious about what his idea really was. He constantly kept talking about this idea, giving a lot of context, but not saying a word about what this idea really was. He leaves it open.
He did it by making something that people usually don't get to see, a public thing. Two highly successful people interacting with one another and doing business — that is something that is usually done privately.
He did it by bringing an element of fun into it. There is this scene where he is basically talking with another version of himself — in the editing software.
He did it by mobilising his existing audience to achieve his goals. There were so many people asking Casey to agree, that he basically couldn't have said no, even if he wanted to.
He did it by showing Casey that there is something in it for him, too. Not only would this give Casey interesting content, but also the opportunity to collaborate with an exciting company that operates in the creative sphere.
He did it because he got the timing perfectly right. Casey isn't 100% sure yet where 368 is really going, so he was open for opportunities and input from external sources.
This pitch of Jack Conte was a rare opportunity for us to get an insight into the business minds of two highly successful people. Jack saw Casey's video about the early stages of 368, and jumped on the opportunity right away.
Looking at the amount of editing done, the production of that video took a hell a lot of time.
And yet, its results speak for themselves.
Even if nothing else comes out of their meeting, it has helped Patreon to get exposed to a total audience of about 3 million people. And they are not any kind of people — many of them are a perfect fit for Patreon's target audience.
If you haven't watched both videos already — I highly recommend you to do so. They are the perfect real world examples of content marketing done at its best.
There wasn't anything particularly special or sophisticated about it. It was a simple video, that had a powerful emotional effect on its intended audience.
So powerful, that more than 7000 people took action via the comment section.
Emotional impact is the key.
Not fancy marketing tactics or resources.
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Alfonsina the Restaurant Introduces Me to Alfonsina the Poetess!
The first evening our group of students and professors from Georgia State University shared a delicious dinner of empanadas, picadas (sampler/appetizer platters) and delicious Argentine wine in the historic restaurant Alfonsina. It is named after the superbly talented yet tragic poetess Alfonsina Storni. It was at this restaurant that I first learned of her.
Despite my considerable familiarity with the literature and poetry of the Spanish language, it was the first time I had heard of Alfonsina. Hearing a brief description of who she was and how she died, my curiosity was spiked to learn more about her!
Alfonsina was one of Argentina's and the world's greatest poets of the 20th century. She was also a pioneer in woman's poetry, feminist poetry and is considered a founder of the Spanish genres of modernismo and posmodernismo. She left us with a prolific body of poetry, but tragically left this world at the young age of 46 by committing suicide. On Tuesday, 25 October 1938, Alfonsina left her room and headed towards the sea at La Perla beach in Mar del Plata. Her biographers say she jumped into the sea from a breakwater, popular legend is that she slowly walked out to sea until she drowned. There was even a song composed about her Alfonsina y el Mar (Alfonsina and the Sea). Link to the song https://youtu.be/cNMhgC1yg_U Sadly, it is said that she committed suicide because she thought she was very ugly. I think you will agree with me that she was not ugly! She was not a 10, nor a supermodel, but I think she was actually a pretty woman. Her story and her poetry have made an impact on me and I am enjoying continued reading of her poetry. There are a few documentaries of her life on YouTube in Spanish, (I haven't found any in English yet).
Victor Basterra was a political prisoner in ESMA who was forced to take photographs of other political prisoners to falsify identification documents for the Navy. Whenever Basterra had the chance to go home, he would hide copies of photographs of the Disappeared and Navy personnel in his underwear. Basterra took a life-threatening risk a multitude of times to resist the junta, hold the Navy personnel accountable and identify the disappeared at ESMA. Basterra had the strength to respond with action for the horrible human rights crimes that were occurring in Argentina.
Basterra acted in the way that the psychiatric nursing community is demanding psychiatric nursing should do, which is bring awareness to the human rights violations people are experiencing. What Basterra did during the State Terror when he published a book of photographs of the Disappeared at ESMA and is continuing to do with speaking out against the injustices of the State Terror is inspiring. Basterra's resistance, resilience, and courage to bring awareness of systematic repression is how we should all respond to injustices if we have to ability and privilege to.
A photo of the amount of space each prisoner in ESMA had.
While reading Rodney L. Lowman's piece on Psychologists' Principle E: Respect for People's Rights and Dignity, I couldn't help but think why this code of ethics isn't a norm in society. Principle E essentially states that psychologist need to respect and see the worth of all people despite their gender identity, ethnicity, race, nationality, socioeconomic status, and ability. Principle E touches on the importance of empathy and compassion when working with people and also with just being a human being. The ability to put yourself in someone else shoes is important when you're a person interacting with other people.
Neo-liberalism, one of the driving forces of the State Terror, has no empathy because it based on the exploitation of people and their labor. Compassion and empathy for people should be in everything, however; it cannot be when junta occurs, and the goal is to destroy every person who disagrees with neo-liberalism. The Disappeared experienced immense dehumanization from the moment they were identified as a threat, to the clandestine camps, and how they were treated within those camps.
In the fight against neo-liberalism and remembering victims of neo-liberalism love and empathy is essential. With the resistance art and remembrance of the Disappeared in Argentina, it seems to me that Argentinan activist have already been aware of principle E.
Throughout our visits, the majority of my focus was placed on the victims of the dictatorship– their thoughts, feelings, and experiences. When I did stop to think about members of the military, particularly those who worked hands-on in the detention centers, I often figured that their everyday experience must have been something that was continually foreign and henious to them. To think of their jobs as a routine, or as something they could detach themselves from over time, seemed strange to me.
It wasn't until I heard survivor accounts of their experiences with the officers that I began to see how the organization and rulings of these detention centers led to the normalization of such horrible violence and oppression. The one that stuck out to me most, that I heard stories of throughout the trip, was the account of a survivor at Atletico who recalled constantly hearing the officers play ping pong. It then struck me that the employees of these detention centers had fully managed to normalize their actions. The structure of these detention centers over time allowed people to separate themselves from a certain level of humanity and to justify the continued violation of human rights.
Hidalgo, E. B. (2012). Argentina's Former Secret Detention Centers: Between Demolition, Modification, and Preservation. Journal of Material Culture, 17(2), 191-206. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
Throughout the trip, Fernando would quiz us on things within the area we were in that indicates an aspect of the State Terror, Peronism, or interesting little facts. For many of us hearing Fernando say "quiz!" meant it was time to start quickly searching so, that you could be the first one to solve the mini-mystery. It truly became one of my favorite things, out of many, from this study aboard trip.
In Buenos Aires, Fernando began quizzing us on the remembrance plaques across the city that indicate if one or more people disappeared there. Finding the different plaques gave me a somber feeling yet also a feeling of hopefulness that people remember the Disappeared, their names, and stories in a multitude of ways. Realizing that these plaques across the city express the proximity to which governmental kidnappings occurred on busy intersections, within residential areas, and in front of schools. The plaques on the streets represent the proximity of the State Terror to everyday life in the 70s and early 80, how easy it could be to turn a blind eye to injustice occurring because one doesn't have time to stop and look or that they're terrified to act on what they saw. And that fear is due to the disgustingly dehumanizing combination of kidnappings and clandestine detention camps being in busy areas to instill fear for people who would rebel against the junta, however; also make the Disappeared feel invisible to society.
Córdoba was one of the provinces in Argentina that was terrorized by the military junta the hardest during the State Terror. I wondered why Córdoba and in James Brennan's "Argentina's Missing Bones" I was able to get my answer. Brennan discourses how the combination of Córdoba's large student population and auto industry workers along with their ability to mobilize and organize made Córdoba a specialized target for the junta.
Though the State Terror, has left an irrecoverable mark on Argentina and in Córdoba, the people of Córdoba have continued the spirits of the disappeared in their remembrance and political resistance. Family members, organizations, and activist who work at D2 and La Perla were able to turn junta detention centers into places of life and memorials while educating people on the history and terror of the State Terrorism. D2 and La Perla are filled with touches of the disappeared across its walls from photographs, old memorabilia, notes from their family members, biographies, what books they read, and what art they consumed. At La Perla, specifically, there is an emphasis on art to remember the disappeared, the injustices they experienced within the clandestine camps, and an awareness of what working class are experiencing today in Argentina.
From graffiti that highlight the oppression people experience to organizations like La Marea Derecho and the continuation of the Juventud Universitaria Peronista the political spirit that the junta repressed is alive.
Walking down the street and seeing Córdoba's resilience was inspiring and has left an impact on me to be more active in resisting systematic oppression.
Brennan, J. P. (2018). Argentina's Missing Bones: Revisting the History of the Dirty War. Oakland, CA: University of Cailfornia Press.
At the Parque de la Memoria, I particularly loved this piece of art. Each memorial we had visited and each person we spoke with had stressed the importance, above all else, of education and thought as a form of rebellion. This piece of art, as an expression of that sentiment, stuck out to me. It's placement on hill, where the sun could easily shine through it and cast a shadow on the ground in front of it helped to fulfill its purpose and message, and the way the sentence was arranged made it so you had to focus on it to put it together. All of the aspects of it emphasized its purpose.
Holzman, E. D. (2012, August 2). A Quiet Revolution. Huffpost Live. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
When reflecting on the events that occurred leading up to and following the disappearances that were committed by Argentina's military in the 1970s and 1980s, it is easily seen that the emotional climate created by socioeconomic-political events during the period played a leading role in maintaining a sense of fear nationwide that ultimately led to the creation of a society that was unable to speak out or act against blatant violations of human rights, even as they took place in plain sight. The power of fear took over Argentina causing citizens to feel as if they were incapable of speaking out against what was taking place around them.
Since the fall of Argentina's dictatorship, there has been a collective movement to reverse the climate of fear that once existed in throughout the nation. Because of once existing fear tactics, people today that have a relationship to the violation of rights that took place know that they must work to not only reverse the climate of fear that once existed, but to create a culture of peace. This begins with making the events that occurred in the 1970s and 80s known to the entire nation and around the world. Those working in the memorials, those who are survivors, and those with family members who have disappeared are continually working to create an open environment in which events, and the emotional connections to those events, are not forgotten and that those who have experienced trauma have a chance to mourn and to be heard.
Through the use of memorials, marches, and art throughout the city, citizens of Argentina are working to ensure that the climate of fear that once existed cannot be recreated. For me, the most powerful form of education that I witnessed were the photographs and names of victims seen at each memorial, particularly at La Perla, where loved ones were able to remember and mourn those that they had lost. The open discussions and educational opportunities we were a part of helped to work towards a culture of peace.
Rivera, J. D. (2007). Emotional Climate, Human Security, and Cultures of Peace. Journal of Social Issues, 63(2), 233-253. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
I had the pleasure of taking Dr. Kuperminc's community psychology class last fall. Back in spring 2017 before I took his class, Gabe came to my careers in psychology class to speak which is when I first heard about the human rights in Argentina. I normally have really large class sizes so it is much harder to get to know the professors so I'm so thankful to have had him as a professor. Thanks for being so kind, and passionate about what you do. And thanks for leading such an amazing program! We all appreciate you so much. This was the trip of a lifetime.


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On April 8, two sheds at a residence in the 6000 block of Hammond Bay Road were broken into. The only item taken was a wheelbarrow which was later recovered on Somerside Place and returned to the owner.
On April 9, Green Thumb Nursery, on Hammond Bay Road, was broken into. Suspects cut through the compound fence and stole a used power generator.
On April 10, two ATV quads were reported stolen from the backyard of a home in the 6000 block of Sierra Way. The theft is believed to have occurred between 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. One quad is a red and white 1987 Honda TRX250R (it was not working) and the other a red and white 2002 Honda 300TRX.
Sometime overnight on April 10, a red 1994 Honda Civic, parked in front of 6000 block of McGirr Road, was broken into. When the owner went to get in the car in the morning, she found both doors unlocked and the trunk ransacked. A Kenworth stereo system, some kids clothing and a portable DVD player were stolen.
On April 10 at approximately 10 a.m., an iPhone 4 was stolen from Wellington Secondary School. The owner of the phone was in dance class at the time of the theft.
On April 11, a home in the 2600 block of Starlight Trail was broken into. The break-in occurred between 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and entry was gained through an unlocked patio door. A white Apple Macbook Pro and a black Sony Playstation were stolen,
On April 11, Duke Point Auto Recyclers, at 821 Maughan Rd., was broken into. Entry was gained through a hole cut in the compound fence that parallels the Duke Point highway. A number of vehicles had gasoline syphoned from them and two vehicles also had stereos removed.
On April 10, a home in the 400 block of Applewood Crescent was broken into. Thieves gained entry by pulling back the screen to the bathroom window. A HP laptop computer, Xbox 360 with power cord, controller and three games (Modern Warfare, Black Ops 2, and Borderlands) were stolen.
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After I got back from my three-week trip home to the US, Chris and I had one full day together before I started a temporary 2-week job working at an ice cream booth during Gladmat (translated: "Happy Food" aka Stavanger's yearly food festival) and the Tall Ship Races. Gladmat was fun…lots of new food and restaurants and such, but the Tall Ship Races were where it was at!
The Tall Ship Races are a big European sailboat race, this year from Ireland to Sweden. The race is done in 3 legs with 3 or 4 day stopovers after each one. One of the stopovers was in Stavanger this year (the last time they stopped here was in 2004).
Holy epic week! The whole harbor was packed with huge old and new sailing ships 3 deep. It was AMAZING! For the entire week I sat in my booth making smoothies and watching the ships come into the harbor dreaming of becoming a sailor (read: pirate) and seriously contemplating sailing off to sea at the prow of one of these ships.
Taking a break from work to explore the ships.
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Enjoying the live music performances.
It's really too bad this doesn't happen every year!


16 kilometres from the Casentino, on the Passo della Calla that separates Casentino and Romagna, you will find this fantastic base for your skiing holiday. The small ski resort of Campigna is home to 2 runs, one red-blue for skiers of all levels, and one black, only for the very experienced. The resort has its own ski lift, with variable speeds suitable also for beginners. Both runs are around 1,000m long, and range from 1,500 to 1,690m above sea level.
A stunning Snow Park with DOORS facilities, where snowboarding fanatics can find three lines of structures and two jumps of 5 and 8 metres.
There's a brand new Ski School here, covering an area of around 120m x 120m, perfect for absolute beginners as well as more experienced learners. The Ski School is equipped with a modern Treadmill so it's easy for everyone to get back up to the top, including with a bobsleigh or sled.
The Ski School has modern, scheduled snow-making facilities. The runs are looked after by a brand new snow groomer, the Khasboorer PB 260 Limited Edition with a variable multi-flex blade.
Per chi non ha la propria attrezzatura, è possibile noleggiare Sci Scarponi e Racchette o Snowboard.


Championship leader Lewis Hamilton delivered one of his greatest races Sunday when he wrecked Ferrari's homecoming party as he stormed to a record-equalling fifth Monza victory in his Mercedes at the Italian Grand Prix.
Championship leader Lewis Hamilton said he planned to study late into the night Saturday to find a way to beat Ferrari in Sunday's keenly-anticipated Italian Grand Prix.
Kimi Raikkonen smashed Formula One's all-time fastest lap record as he outpaced team-mate Sebastian Vettel to grab pole position Saturday for the Italian Grand Prix.
Valtteri Bottas topped the times in Friday's practice for this weekend's Italian Grand Prix and was then told he is all set to be retained by Mercedes next season.
The outcome of this year's drivers world championship may be decided by the capricious nature of Mercedes' clutches unless the team finds a reliable solution to its ongoing poor starts.
Nico Rosberg exploited Lewis Hamilton's poor start to claim his first Italian Grand Prix at Monza and move to within two points of the title lead.
The long-awaited sale of Formula One to an American media group is to be completed next week, according to media reports on Sunday.
Lewis Hamilton humbled his rivals by securing a dominant pole position for Sunday's Italian Grand Prix.


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The Magic Of Muscle Memory For Games
Maddy Myers
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I've been practicing my Street Fighter V combos lately, and I've found that the less I think about them, the easier it is to do them. On this week's episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, my co-host Kirk Hamilton and I talked about muscle memory in games, and also music. Our third host Jason Schreier is on vacation, so Kirk and I got to put on our musician hats and spend the entire rest of the episode comparing Sekiro to jazz. (Kidding.)
We start out by answering a listener email about losing game saves, then discuss this week's PlayStation 5 announcement (16:49), as well as the Notre Dame fire, which has us thinking about notable monuments in Assassin's Creed games (22:43). We talk about games we're playing (32:41), which then spirals into a discussion of Sekiro, difficulty, and accessibility. We close out the show with an off-topic discussion of superhero movies (1:05:27) and Kirk's music pick of the week. Listen above, get the MP3 here, or read an excerpt below.
Maddy: This will either make me sound like a badass or a dumbass, depending on how you look at it, but something that actually helps me when I'm drilling combos is not looking at the screen and instead either closing my eyes or just spacing out while only focusing on what my hands are doing and feeling what my hands are supposed to do. I have an octagonal gate on my fight stick—different people like different kinds of gates—but really feeling where the joystick is supposed to go is almost easier when you're not looking at the screen.
Kirk: That totally makes sense.
Maddy: Because sometimes you're trying to cancel moves into other moves, and the visuals on the screen are very confusing, at least to me, because you think you don't have enough time or you do have enough time to do a button press that you actually—it's more of just a rhythmic thing that you have to do, regardless of what's happening on the screen. Which is a counterintuitive way to think about a game. But yeah, as a result of that, I can do combos while literally watching Golden Girls, which is either cool or stupid.
Kirk: At the very least, it's efficient.
Maddy: It is! It's a good way to practice...
Kirk: One question about practicing combos, which I've never really done in a fighting game: What's the software doing when you're doing that? Are you fighting a computer-controlled character? Punching a car?
Maddy: Fighting a computer-controlled character. At this point, in Street Fighter's current iteration, there are many many different things that you can have the computer-controlled character do in response to you. You can train the computer-controlled character to do a series of moves if you want to, and it will do moves that you can then practice yourself reacting to. I am not on the level of needing to do that, but it's certainly something I see pros do in their streams and training videos, and it's always very cool to watch that kind of thing. But you can just have the computer character start out unblocked and then block as soon as you don't complete a combo, for example, so that you can just practice completing a specific combo, or chain of attacks, into each other. And they'll start blocking if you haven't done it well enough. Although also, the ticker will count up; if you haven't gotten a certain number of hits in a combo, it's obvious if you're doing it right or not. But that's just one way to make sure. There's different things you can do. I usually just do that. But I'm also just doing the Challenges, because I never defeated all of the challenge modes for every character. So I'm like, I could go ahead and do that. That's within my powers to do.
Kirk: That makes sense. The whole muscle memory thing—we always talk about music and games. I think about the story of John Coltrane making a tiny saxophone that wasn't a saxophone, it was just keys. He built it out of parts, and he would just sit around fingering notes. Which you do anyway, right? I'm sure you do that with piano stuff, when your fingers are just—I would always do this when I was practicing a lot of saxophone, which is just your fingers running through this weird subconscious subroutine that then you learn how to reconnect to your conscious brain.
Maddy: It's so weird. I remember I've gone in and out of phases of practicing my own songs a lot, and it's weird how much they're in my head at this point. It's actually easier to play them if I'm not thinking about it. If I'm really tired, or in a spaced out type of a mood, practicing songs I know how to play becomes significantly easier. Street Fighter can actually be the same way. I feel like I've done so much better in matches when I manage to not be thinking at all about what I'm doing. I also tweeted once about how Bloodborne was way easier after having precisely one beer, because it's exactly the same kind of effect, where you have the right calibration of not giving a fuck anymore. You're just like, "This doesn't matter at this point!"
Kirk: I totally know what you mean. In jazz, we always call that having a song under your fingers. It's like your fingers just do it for you. There will be times when I'm going back over jazz solos I transcribed 20 years ago, 15 years ago. I won't think about them, and I'll just play the whole thing and be like, holy shit! I don't even know what I just played! It's uncanny.
Maddy: That was inside your body, but not even your brain.
Kirk: Right! It's a weird way that your own self can surprise you. Your body almost can surprise you in a way that your brain had nothing to do with, even though clearly it is a subconscious thing. It's just not on the conscious level. And games are so like that.
Maddy: It's muscle memory. It feels magical.
Kirk: Right, muscle memory. Which is, I'm sure, well-documented and explained, the physiology of that, but it's a fascinating thing. And I totally have that in games. I'll come back, and I'm garbage at something that I got really good at, but then will stop thinking about it—I won't even remember what button does what, and I'll think, "Just don't think about it. Heal your character!" And then I'll just press the right button.
For more, listen to the entire episode. As always, you can subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts and Google Play to get every episode as it happens. Leave us a review if you like what you hear, and reach us at splitscreen@kotaku.com with any and all questions, requests, and suggestions.
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From Handbook for Teachers of Religion in Grades 3, 4, 5 by Ellamay Horan, 1945.
Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. It gets its name from the ceremony of blessing an distributing ashes which takes place on this day. The ashes are obtained by burning the palms or other green branches blessed on Palm Sunday of the preceding year.
Let us notice that in the Gospel Our Lord tells us not to be sad when we fast. We should be sad because we have sinned, but glad when we have an opportunity to do penance for our sins.
In the Gospel Our Lord also reminds us to give alms. He says: "Lay up to yourselves treasure in heaven," and we can do this by bestowing upon the poor and needy part of what we have. Relieving the poor is a prayer and a penance and a privilege. During Lent we can fast not only from food, but we can fast with our tongues, our eyes, our ears, and our whole body.
Read carefully the prayers for the "Blessing of Ashes" and for the Proper of the Mass.
Ask God to make us truly sorry for our sins and willing to do penance for them.
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Convention and Visitors Bureau Gets State Distinction
JIM COCHRAN
Officials of the Greater Moundsville Convention and Visitors Bureau were presented with a certification of accreditation at a recent meeting of the Marshall County Commission, with Craig White accepting on behalf of the GMCVB, of which he is executive director. He is also the executive director of Grand Vue Park
The presentation was made on behalf of the West Virginia Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus by Frank O'Brien, president of the Wheeling CVB.
O'Brien said, "On behalf of the West Virginia CVB Association, I am proud to present this certification to the Greater Moundsville Convention and Visitors Bureau, which has achieved a level of excellence with accreditation standards covering, finance, management, visitor services, destination development, and stakeholder trust which are necessary for accreditation. Congratulations to all staff and board members of the GMCVB."
Accreditation in West Virginia serves as a visible tourism industry distinction that defines quality and performance standards in destination marketing and management.
Achieving West Virginia Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus accreditation positions a CVB as a valued and respected organization a community and increases credibility among stakeholders.
Under existing state law CVBs are not required to be accredited; however, there are increasing higher expectations and greater scrutiny of CVBs of how they operate and spend public and private funds in the name of tourism promotion.
The third annual "Monarch Tidings" musical concert will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday in the John Marshall High School Center for Performing Arts. The concert will be presented by the JMHS Music Department. The public is invited to celebrate the holiday season at the combined Christmas event.
The one-night only event student production will feature selections from a combination of ensembles including Concert Band, Steel Band, Concert Choir, Monarch Choir, Chamber Orchestra, String Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra.
WJHS Media student Shelby Moore will join senior Creed Kidney as host of the show.
Festive tunes such a "Here We Come a Caroling" and "Hava Nagila," along with well-known favorites including "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," "Please Come Home for Christmas," "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "The Little Drummer Boy" will deck the halls of the CPA with Christmas cheer.
WJMH Media will record the concert, with the production to be shown in its entirety on WLU-TV, West Liberty University's TV Station on Xfinity channel 14 and topperstation.com during the Christmas area.
WJMH Media's broadcast of Santa's Workshop has been airing on West Liberty University's WLU-TV, Xfinity channel 14 and topperstation.com.
The Moundsville law firm of Gold, Khourey and Turak has assisted WJMH Media in putting on the telecast by donating $500 to the John Marshall High Broadcasting Technology program.
Christopher Turak, an attorney with GKT said, "Our firm loves to give back to the community during the holidays. Christmas is a magical time of the year. It's a time of merriment and joy, and if we are able, even in just a small way to make someone else's Christmas special or that much more fun then it's a wonderful opportunity for us."
Broadcasting teacher Carly McElhaney and her students have decided to use the money to help others during the holiday season. She said, "We appreciate everything GKT does for us and for the community., Their generosity has allowed us to give back to students in Marshall County during Christmas." McElhaney is grateful for the partnership WJMH Media has with GKT and the kindness of everyone who made the annual broadcast possible.
WJMH also received help from other businesses and the staff at JMHS. Helpers include faculty member Michele Wells, who provided the WJMH Media Christmas tree and decorations; Wal-Mar,t which loaned WJMH Media toys shown on Santa's workshop; Eric Booth, who lent WJMH Media the workshop table; and Abby Bunch, who donated her time and equipment for the decorating of the set for WJMH Media.
Gold, Khourey & Turak invites the public to join them at their 17th annual Community Christmas tree lighting on Wednesday. The event will be from 4:30-6 p.m. at their office at 510 Tomlinson Avenue.
The evening's festivities will begin with Santa arriving on a city of Moundsville fire truck at 4:30. Santa will be available for photos with children until 6 p.m. All photos with Santa will be free.
The Opus and Gentlemen Singers will sing Christmas carols from 5-5:30 p.m.
"Spike" from the Wheeling Nailers will also be a guest.
This year's Christmas tree is a 17-foot blue spruce that came from Pike Vue Tree Farm in Wellsburg.
Cookies and hot chocolate will be available to all guests.
"We are excited for the opportunity to spend some time with our friends and neighbors and to share our beautiful tree with the community," said Teena Miller, a partner with the firm and one of the organizers of the event. She added, "The tree lighting has become a tradition for many families, and some guests have attended each year."
For more information on the tree lighting ceremony, contact the law firm at 304-845-9750
The city of Moundsville will be sponsoring a home decorating contest again this year. .
Anyone wishing to have his or her residence judged needs to contact the city clerk's office by calling 304-845-3354 to register their home. The deadline for registering is 4 p.m. on Thursday.
The judging will take place on Friday evening.
The top three homes judged will be given $100, $50 and $25.
With the exception of some cabinets yet to be installed, renovation of the Marshall County Animal Shelter is nearing completion.
For the current building, which opened in 1991, this was the first major undertaking since then. The Marshall County Commission budgeted funding over a two-year period for the undertaking.
The work accomplished provides for better working conditions for the staff, and for better conditions for the animals.
The work involved expansion of both the east, south and north sides of the building.
This past week, I was given tour of the facility by director Denise Nally.
On entering the kennel area, it was pointed out that flooding had been appointed with epoxy which cleans better and in less time, along with upgrading of both the heating and cooling.
It was then through a door which used to open into the outdoors, but is now enclosed. This is where animals which need to be quarantined are housed. There are two kennels per animal, and staff members can do what they need to in that area without having any contact with the animals. This area also has eight additional kennels.
There is a room not available previously for housing chemicals utilized for cleaning.
It was then through another door where there are three rooms, one of which will be used for people who can meet with an animal they are considering for adoption. It has chairs for people to relax while getting to know an animal. In the past, when a person met an animal for the first time, it was usually in the office section of the building. Also, the veterinarian now has a room which is more than twice the size of the previous one. It, too, was formerly just adjacent to the office. The room in that area is for staff members to use when they receive a break.
What used to be a porch area is now a concrete area which will be used in warm weather for persons looking to adopt an animal.
The last stop was the cats' play room, which has been doubled in size, thus enabling the younger cats to play and eat in a different room than elder cats. By the way, there is also a new outdoor run for the dogs.
Plans are for the county commission and the Marshall County Animal Rescue League to hold an open house to which the public will be invited.
The Marshall County Board of Health will meet at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday at the Health Department.
All interested individuals or delegations wishing to address the Board of Health should contact the Health Department Administrator to be placed on the agenda.
The Moundsville-Marshall County Public Library will be sponsoring several activities this week beginning at 6 p.m., on Tuesday with storytime.
Wednesday, there will be a sing-a-long with Wes Howsare and a visit from Santa.
On Friday, the library will be showing the movie "Polar Express" at 6 p.m. Registration is required for this event, with those planning to attend to sign up by Thursday.
On Saturday at 2 p.m., "The Grinch" (2018) will be shown.
There will be a Disney themed lock-in for teens in grades 6-12 on Dec. 20. The hours will be from 6-10 p.m. Teens must register for this event by Dec. 18, and have a permission slip from parents.
The Knights of Columbus Council No. 1907 and St. Francis Xavier Parish will hold a Fish Fry on Friday at Xavier Hall, 912 Seventh St., Moundsville.
The sale will be from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m., or until sold out. Available will be Canadian white fish, fires, cole slaw, macaroni and cheese, pierogies, Tuffy's famous cabbage and noodles. There will also be homemade desserts and beverages. There will be free coffee.
For orders call 304-845-7080. There will be free local delivery.
Perkins Restaurant and Bakery has been located in Moundsville for 15 years, and this past week underwent four days of interior renovation, and to celebrate the re-opening the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce along with representatives from the city of Moundsville, the Greater Moundsville Convention and Visitors Bureau and others, held a ribbon cutting.
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Day 13 - Decathlon
Wednesday - August 17, 016
Most of the day was spent at the Rio Olympic Arena watching the first three events of the Decathlon. Going into the end of Day 1 Team USA's Ashton Eaton was in first place.
Decathlon is a combined event in athletics that spans two days and consists of 10 sports where competitors are judged on their performance and given points in each event. Traditionally the winner of the Olympic decathlon is given the title of "World's Greatest Athlete".
110 meter hurdles
Today we also were able to see the final for the Steeplechase, where the Kenyan athlete C. Kipruto won the Gold with a new Olympic Record, and Team USA's Jager won the Silver with his season best time.
Steeplechase Gold Medalist
Kenya's Conseslus Kipruto
Kenya's Kipruto viewing his New Olympic Record time
Steeplechase Silver Medalist
Team USA's Jager
Decathlon - 100 Meter
Team USA's Eaton competing in the Decathlon


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Japanese avant-garde designers – Yohji Yamamoto
Yohji Yamamoto (b 1943) is a Japanese fashion designer known for his avant-garde ideas and clothing for men and women featuring stark, oversized silhouettes, draping and use of black. His work was brought into the mainstream with his Y-3 collaboration of shoes and clothes with German sportswear brand Adidas, and also his perfumes, which currently number 16.
He himself has described himself and his work as both "playful" and "nasty", subverting the traditional ideas of Western fashion and in particular ideas of femininity. For example, his 1983 collection he decided to base his silhouette on a pencil case, exhorting women to abandon their eternal search for the perfect body and clothes that would enhance it, instead climbing into a very boxy, rectangular set of layers. He observed that in the Japan of long ago, beauty was found in the nape of the neck and the curve of a back.
Yohji Yamamoto Fall/Winter 2010 show for Y-3 at New York Fashion Week, February 2010
Traditional Japanese clothing, like kimono is based on purely geometric forms regardless of the body underneath it and focuses on the space between the cloth and the body. "It's when you go to shut a window or door and leave a space. We need this space, so I design space." Some of Yamamoto's most popular pieces are kimono-like shirts and trench coats.
Yohji Yamamoto was a war child, born in Tokyo whose mother was a seamstress and whose father was killed in the fighting. "I was born in the ruin," he explains in the 2011 documentary film Yohji Yamamoto: This Is My Dream. "I had no memory about Japanese culture because those things were all destroyed. So maybe this is my root, the ruined Tokyo."
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Yamamoto studied law in 1966 but although he completed his degree he decided he didn't want to practice law. Instead he offered to help his mother in her busy dressmaking business. She curtly suggested he study the subject first, which is how he came to be at the famous Bunka Fashion College.
Training complete in 1969, he helped his mum in the shop before visiting Paris and then creating his first brand, "Y's" in 1972. The fashion press were appalled by his "Crow Look" and "Hiroshima Chic", launched at a time of fun, colourful, disposable fashion. However buyers were intrigued, and the myth is that so many rushed to his office to make him an offer that the lift broke down.
Yohji Yamamoto wool suit c 1990
In 1974 his daughter, Limi Yamamoto was born. She is now a designer herself, taking on the name Limi Feu for her label. Critics were alert to the confluences between her and her father's design style, which she has found frustrating. She has said that it's 50:50 whether her parentage helped or hindered her.
In 1977 Yamamoto presented Y's as a catwalk collection in Tokyo and later showed it in Paris. "When I started making clothes for my line Y's in 1977, all I wanted was for women to wear men's clothes. I jumped on the idea of designing coats for women. It meant something to me – the idea of a coat guarding and hiding a woman's body. I wanted to protect the woman's body from something – maybe from men's eyes or a cold wind."
In the 1980s and 1990s Yohji Yamamoto was in a personal relationship with fellow Japanese superstar designer Rei Kawakubo. The press dubbed them "The Monk and the Nun". Their names were already linked, along with those of Issey Miyake and Kenji Yamamoto as part of the group that was finding fame with an East meets West aesthetic. Fashion followers were excited by their explorations of traditional Japanese dress, re-interpreted to suit Western tastes but with an added twist of looking towards the future and exploring fibre technologies.
In 1983 Yohji Yamamoto talked to the New York Times about his early years. "I think that my men's clothes look as good on women as my women's clothing," said Mr. Yamamoto. "And more and more women are buying my men's clothes. It's happening everywhere, and not just with my clothes. Men's clothing is more pure in design. It's more simple and has no decoration. Women want that. When I started designing, I wanted to make men's clothes for women. But there were no buyers for it. Now there are. I always wonder who decided that there should be a difference in the clothes of men and women. Perhaps men decided this."
"I am designing for my generation," he added, "but in Japan people are very much seeking the old way of life again. Sexual differentiation in clothing is more important. My major customers there are still the university students. My generation isn't ready for me yet. They think Yohji Yamamoto is not fashionable enough for them. They will see."
Y-3 Fall-Winter, 2010
Actually Yamamoto remained very popular indeed with University aged fashionistas, mainly because in 2002 he started a collaboration, Y-3 with sportswear brand Adidas. "The sports world and its technology seek practicality and functionality, attempting to reduce excess, while fashion is seeking the opposite. So together with Adidas, we created something that did not exist before—and completely projected the future." Explains Yamamoto. This is still a top selling diffusion line.
In 1989, the German film maker Wim Wenders was commissioned to make a film about Yamamoto. At first he wasn't interested, but then he realised that he could treat fashion as any other art. "The Notebook on Cities and Clothes" was the result, a documentary filmed just by Wenders. The two men are now old friends.
Yohji Yamamoto has also designed for film and opera. In 1993 he created costumes for the Bayreuth Festival version of the Wagner opera Tristan and Isolde.
Making it known that he was a big fan of Takeshi "Beat" Kitano, the director of incredibly bloody (and popular) Yazuka films approached him for costumes. To date Yohji Yamamoto has costumed five films for the director.
For Dolls (2002), which actually wasn't violent, Yamamoto based his costumes on those worn in Japanese bunraku puppet theatre, and they were beautiful and highly stylised. Brother (2000) The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003), Takeshis' (2005) and Outrage (2010) all gangster films, needed some of Yamamoto's sharp tailoring.
In 2011 the V&A Museum held a retrospective of his work.
Yohji Yamamoto, now over 75, is still working, still getting new ideas. Interviewed by Wim Wenders about the future he said: "I have no imagination about holidays, vacations, or retiring life. I can't imagine about those things."
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Разпространение и местообитание
Разпространен е в по-голямата част от Европа и в северните области на Мала Азия. В България се среща в цялата страна, по-често в планинските райони.

Предпочита храсталаци и гори, в България често близо до горната граница на гората в планините. Укрива се в кълбовидни гнезда, които строи на 1 – 2 m над земята, обикновено в гъсти храсти, като шипка или леска.

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Лешниковият сънливец е най-дребният представител на семейството на сънливците. Дължината на тялото с главата му е 72 – 83 mm, а на опашката – 60 – 74 mm. Очите са относително големи, а ушите са къси, заоблени и наклонени напред. Цветът му е жълтокафяв, по-светъл по корема и бял по гърдите и гърлото.

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Лешниковият сънливец е активен главно през нощта, а зимата прекарва в хибернация, завършваща през април. През пролетта основната му храна са насекоми и пъпки на дървета, а през лятото и есента – семена на дървета, жълъди, лешници, откъдето идва и наименованието на вида.

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Женските раждат два пъти в годината по 2 до 6 малки. Бременността продължава около 15 дни.

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Flavors: Turmeric Shrimp with Curry Leaves
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By Mei Chau
Origin: Chinese
This dish reflects the multicultural environment of my upbringing; it combines local ingredients and my Chinese heritage wok cooking.
I learned most of my basic culinary skills in my mother's kitchen. She taught me everything—from raising livestock and preparing animals for slaughter, through the chopping block and ending at the dinner table. This dish was invented a year after I moved to New York, with the help of my large Asian pantry, especially curry leaves, whose smell reminds me of my innocent and unbound childhood. If you can't find curry leaves, substitute chopped fresh dill. You can also use dried chilies instead of fresh: just soak in warm water for 10 minutes before slicing. Serve with rice.
Turmeric Shrimp with Curry Leaves
1 lb (450 g) jumbo shrimp with shells
9 fresh or dried curry leaves, cut into strips
2 red chili peppers, cut into strips
¼ t turmeric
⅛ t ground black pepper
2 T vegetable oil
1 T chopped shallots
½ t brown sugar
½ t salt, to taste
Butterfly the shrimp shells: Using a sharp knife, cut along the curve of the backs, from the head to the tail, cutting about halfway through the shrimp. Remove the veins.
Combine the curry leaves, chilies, turmeric and pepper and use this to coat the shrimp.
Heat the vegetable oil in a wok or sauté pan over high heat. Cook the garlic and shallots until browned, about 30 seconds.
Lower the heat to medium, add the shrimp and cook until they turn pink and curl up, about 2 minutes. Turn off the heat, season with the sugar and salt and serve immediately.
Reprinted with permission from The Immigrant Cookbook, Leyla Moushabeck, ed. 2018, Interlink Books, 978-1-56656-038-2, $35 hb, www.interlinkbooks.com.
Mei Chau was born into a large Chinese family in Malaysia, which is known for its colorful, mixed culture, dating back to the time when the first West-East trade began. She is the 10th child in her family and grew up in a small fishing village famous for its stretch of sandy beaches and for being the home of the giant turtle. She opened her first restaurant, Franklin Station Café, a French/Malaysian bistro in New York's Tribeca neighborhood, in 1993. Her second restaurant, Aux Epices, was opened in 2013 in Chinatown.
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Trails. Toward a New Western History
Wydawnictwo Simon & Schuster
Autor Patricia Nelson Limerick
This is the new story of the Old West, told by ten historians who dare to reenvision the American West and knock the field of Western history on its ear. Some historians call it a revolution. The Trails Conference in Santa Fe, a 1989 gathering organized by "new" western historian Patricia Nelson Limerick, spawned widespread media coverage and academic debate and provided the impetus for this volume. There, at the end of the Santa Fe Trail, leading scholars came together to discuss, debate, and evaluate an exciting new view of our past. It amounts to a far-reaching reexamination of the role of the West in U.S. history and of the field of Western history itself. Trails brings together the best of this new work. The contributors provide a range of views that clarify the changes in Western history. They consider what the "New Western History" is, what its impact on Western history has been thus far, and where it might lead as we move into the 1990s and beyond. These historians reject both the "tall in the saddle" myth and the concept of the frontier and its settlement described by Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893: a single, triumphant process that began with the arrival of white settlers and ended a century later when all the land was claimed. Instead, they see continuity. To them, the West is a region, washed by waves of successive emigrants over a period of 25,000 years; a place with climate, resources, and sustained damage of human habitation. Contributors: Brian W. Dippie, Patricia Nelson Limerick, Michael P. Malone, Walter Nugent, Peggy Pascoe, William G. Robbins, Gerald Thompson, Elliott West, Richard White, Donald Worster
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FDA investigating how a known carcinogen wound up in J&J sunscreen
By Michael Erman and Julie Steenhuysen
FILE PHOTO: Sunscreens being recalled by Johnson & Johnson sit on a store shelf in Gloucester
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating how a cancer-causing chemical ended up in Johnson & Johnson sunscreens, after the company said it had done internal testing and found low levels of benzene in some, the regulator said on Friday.
J&J, which issued a voluntarily recall of the five different Neutrogena and Aveeno brand products, began testing after Valisure – an online pharmacy that tests its products for contaminants – found benzene in dozens of suncare products and asked the FDA to look into it in May.
"The root cause of the benzene found in recalled sunscreen products is the focus of ongoing investigation," FDA spokesman Jeremy Kahn said. "We will continue to monitor sunscreen manufacturing and marketing to help ensure the availability of safe sunscreens for U.S. consumers."
On Friday, Valisure Chief Executive David Light said in an interview that he believes the benzene will likely be traced to contaminated raw materials and that he does not believe that the problem is inherent to aerosol sunscreens, or sunscreens in general. "There's probably the most evidence for raw material contamination," Light said. He said that is because the contamination was found in a scattered fashion among brands, and even within brands, suggesting that it was unlikely to be a problem with the chemical or mineral active ingredients.
Valisure also found benzene in products made by other companies than J&J. CVS has halted sales of two of its sunburn healing products, which were in Valisure's petition.
The market for suncare products was around $8 billion globally last year, and J&J sold around $620 million of its brands. In the U.S., the market was around $1.6 billion and J&J's sales were around $290 million, according to EuroMonitor. Shares were flat on Friday at $168.12. Benzene is a chemical frequently used in manufacturing processes to make other chemicals, said Dr. Adam Friedman, a professor and chair of dermatology at George Washington University School of Medicine. He said benzene is not a byproduct of sunscreen filters – the various minerals or chemicals used to block the sun's harmful rays. Dr. Joe Schwarcz, a chemistry professor and director of the Office for Science and Society at McGill University in Montreal said in an email that he believed "the risk is minimal because the dose of benzene is too small." The FDA said that given the recognized public health benefits of sunscreen, parents should continue to use broad spectrum sunscreens with SPF 15 or higher. Friedman said several summer camps are collecting all forms of aerosol sun block, not just J&J, including Camp Tawanda in Honsedale, Pennsylvania, his children's sleep away camp, where Friedman is volunteering as camp doctor.
"I have a trunk full of sunscreens for everybody," he said.
(Reporting by Michael Erman in New Jersey and Julie Steenhuysen in Chicago; Additional reporting by Richa Naidu in Chicago and Joyce Philippe in New York; Editing by Caroline Humer and Alistair Bell)
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It's been a long time coming, but plans are being finalized for the Tysons Biergarten's move to a new interim location at the McLean Metro station.
Cityline Partners LLC is scheduled to present its plans for the next stage of the Scotts Run development at a Fairfax County Planning Commission meeting on Thursday. The plans include two office towers and one residential building.
Before those buildings are developed, however, Cityline is asking that the site be used as a beer garden and an open lawn.
Tysons Biergarten is currently located near the Greensboro Metro station with a month-to-month lease. The location has always been a temporary fill for the planned Tysons Central development at the site — part of the broader Boro complex — but has become a local nightlife destination.
In addition to the Biergarten, a small plaza with a kiosk is proposed outside of the biergarten entrance manned by a person to help oversee parking. The application specifies that the structures and interim uses are not permanent.
In 2013, the Board of Supervisors approved Cityline's plans for a mixed-use redevelopment with hotel, office, retail and residential uses across 5 million square feet. How long the Tysons Biergarten would be located in this space before development begins is currently unknown.
After review by the Planning Commission, Cityline's proposal will move forward for approval by the Board of Supervisors.


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Air pollution is choking Bangkok, but a solution is in reach
A recent report by UN Environment and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition outlines solutions to reduce pollution in the Asia Pacific region.
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Bangkok chokes under a blanket of smog
A recent spell of especially soupy air has Bangkok scrambling to disperse dangerous pollutants and protect residents against dire health impacts.
The government has reacted quickly, clamping down on heavily polluting vehicles, deploying police and military to inspect factories and incinerators, shutting schools to protect children, and even deploying cloud-seeding planes to force rain and clear the air.
According to Kakuko Nagatani-Yoshida, UN Environment's Regional Coordinator for Chemicals, Waste, and Air Quality, it's a good start.
"The government has to take decisive action to enforce pollution regulations, and they are on the right track so far, deploying efforts such as strict enforcement of emission controls. We know they are also looking at more urgent measures and UN Environment is working closely with the government on longer-term solutions," she said.
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Smog covers Bangkok
"While solutions like cloud seeding may provide temporary relief for larger particulates, it does not, however, help reduce PM2.5," she warns. "After these interim measures, the next logical step is to shut down the most polluting factory. That may mean accepting some economic damage in the short term, but protecting public health must be the utmost priority. Beyond factories, the government can move urgently to replace soot-spewing public buses and boats running on diesel fuel with versions that are less polluting."
Air pollution in Bangkok arises from a mix of factors. Traffic, construction and factory emissions are the main reasons, but at this time of the year, burning of waste and crop residues is also a major source. There isn't just one culprit for the recent bout of air pollution, but it has been exacerbated by weather conditions that have not allowed the pollutants to disperse.
Bangkok and other areas in Thailand already experience regular air pollution. The prolonged period of unhealthy air in Bangkok is not unique to the city nor the country: 92 per cent of Asia and the Pacific's population—some 4 billion people—are exposed to levels of air pollution that pose a significant risk to their health.
The current countermeasures are a short-term solution to this problem because, as Nagatani-Yoshida points out, "Factories can't be closed forever. People need to get around. Ultimately, if people want to breathe clean air, numerous measures must be taken to tackle pollution."
UN Environment, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, and the Asia Pacific Clean Air Partnership recently published guidance on reducing air pollution. Some 25 measures could reduce premature mortality in the region by one third and see one billion people living in Asia breathing clean air.
"We hope country, provincial and city governments across the region, including Bangkok, look at these recommendations and implement them urgently," said Nagatani-Yoshida.
UN Environment and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition are already working with the Thailand Pollution Control Department, the Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency, and other agencies to implement some of these clean air measures and substantially reduce PM2.5 levels.
In particular, UN Environment is collaborating with the Pollution Control Department to leapfrog from Euro IV vehicle emission standards to Euro VI, which are currently the strictest standards in place.
Collaboration will also focus on helping shift 2–3 wheelers in Bangkok from gasoline to electric and retrofitting the numerous boats and ferries used for public transportation in the canal-connected city.
There is no time to waste. The faster the government moves to clamp down on emitters and back clean alternatives, the sooner Bangkok and the rest of the country can start to breathe again.
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Carolina Clowns Creeping in Local Woods
The concept of clowns as "fun, cool people who are great around kids" hasn't been widely accepted since Stephen King poisoned the waters with It.
Clowns used to be fun.
They were the manically depressed, drunk bastards of the circus — comic relief via good old self-deprecation (a comedic route still very much explored today, although we've mostly dropped the nightmare costumes). Now, thanks to Stevie K, modern clowns are raised conversationally in the near-exclusive context of fear.
With all this in mind, it's terribly unnerving and strangely unsurprising that clowns are trying to lure kids into the woods all of a sudden. Because let's just be honest here: that's exactly the sort of thing we imagine clowns doing whenever we imagine them.
So far, the clowns have had no success with abducting people (knock on wood). But they're still out there, somewhere. Supposedly.
The latest incident:
It was 10 a.m. on a Tuesday in Greensboro, North Carolina. At an apartment complex, resident Chris Bass was hanging out on his balcony, located on the building's rear. In the woods behind the complex, he saw a clown — white face, weird red poof-hair, big shoes, the whole get-up.
Bass's reflexes were quick, his instincts true. He grabbed a machete and went after that goddamn clown. The pursuit ended when the clown disappeared into the woods. Bass called the police. Over the phone, a dispatcher suggested he put down his machete and await police officers, who would arrive just after the nick of time.
So the clown got away. Greensboro police did a sweep of the woods and surrounding area and found nada, perpetuating the mysteries of who these woodland clowns are and whether or not they actually exist.
For their part, the Greensboro police department seems as frustrated anyone would be when dealing with nefarious, uncatchable clowns. There aren't any leads out there other than accounts of alleged witnesses.
Greensboro P.D. is, however, making it quite clear how they feel about copycat artists. Clowns in the woods have been trending nationally for awhile now and the blue bloods down at HQ don't want anybody getting any big ideas. Or, as they put it themselves: they're "discouraging copycat behavior by individuals who may find it humorous to mimic the suspicious behavior that has parents on edge."
Staring down the barrel of a clown trend:
Greensboro, North Carolina might be the latest hotspot for woodland clowns, but it wasn't the first. According to the Washington Post, clown sightings have been roughly triangulated within the Carolinas (that is, places between Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and Greenville).
So maybe this is just a "Carolinas" thing and the rest of us are good.
Still, the fact that none of these clowns have been photographed or captured is somewhat discomforting. There's a lack of closure. Either the clowns are hooligans causing mischief, a cult growing with the addition of copycats, or the clowns really are murderous kidnappers who keep getting fortuitously thwarted.
Either way, we can be confident that they're regrouping.
Disorderly conduct, anyone?
Let's be optimistic and assume that our woodland clowns are just misguided goofs. These can't get it through their heads that making people legitimately frightened is simultaneously bad and dangerous (for everybody).
Let's say these clowns (who, in this hypothetical situation, would very truly be clowns) made their way to Tennessee and decided to scare up some folks in the Volunteer State.
Let's say they get caught. The clowns don't hurt anybody, nobody hurts the clowns.
They have still committed at least one crime: disorderly conduct.
That's at a minimum. If another machete-wielding father feels like the clowns have put his family in danger, who's to say the circumstances don't get darker? Surely we can all agree that any behavior is at least "disorderly" if it encourages people to run through a public place with a giant knife, looking for someone to cut with it.
Specifically, Tennessee state law defines offenders of disorderly conduct as people who go out in public and try to cause a commotion by being violent or threatening, creating a "hazardous or physically offense condition" just for shits and giggles, or disobeying government officials in matters of public safety. It's a Class C misdemeanor.
At Turner Law Offices, P.C., our team of attorneys has years of experience working with clients across a wide range of cases involving disorderly conduct. If you've been accused of this crime, along with any others, the first step toward protecting your rights is to seek trustworthy legal representation. The sooner you get starting compiling a defense, the better your chances — so don't wait! Call today, or go online to set up your free initial consultation, and meet with a skilled lawyer who's ready and waiting to guide you toward the justice you deserve.


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What the sustainable fish movement means to chefs and restaurants
Sustainable seafood gets a spotlight at Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival
Barbara Marshall
Eat more fish, we're told, but not farmed salmon.
No, scratch that. Farmed salmon is now OK if it comes from the U.S., Canada or Denmark, depending on the farming method.
Trying to be a responsible fish eater isn't easy.
The variety of guides offering sustainable seafood information are confusing and sometimes contradictory enough to send us back into the pallid arms of yet another boneless, skinless chicken breast.
Let's look just at Florida fish.
The widely used Seafood Watch guide from California's Monterey Bay Aquarium says we should avoid the overfished gag grouper caught off Florida's southeast coast, although Gulf grouper gets a thumbs-up. But the Davie-based Guy Harvey Sustainable Seafood Guide lists all gag grouper on its "eat with caution" list.
"We try to push people away from grouper," said Greg Jacoski, director of the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, explaining that grouper is in limited supply in Florida waters and is often the target of fish fraud in which other species are substituted for the Florida favorite.
Swordfish, once an overfished no-no for conscientious diners, is back in good numbers in Florida's offshore waters after the fishery was closed for a few years, Jacoski said.
As for red snapper, once the centerpiece of thousands of Florida seafood dinners (and which a decade ago ended up overfished nearly to the point of fishery collapse), avoid those caught off our coast, says the FishWatch guide from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries office.
However, if you can find U.S.-caught Gulf red snapper, like the rosy 15-pound beauty that was lying plumply on chef Aaron Black's cutting board recently, you're set for a delicious — and virtuous meal.
Gulf red snapper is rebounding, with limited commercial fishing now allowed.
Black, who helms the kitchen at PB Catch in Palm Beach, is hosting the "Sustain" dinner at next weekend's Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival. At the Dec. 10 sold-out dinner, he and four James Beard Award-winning chefs will create dishes using sustainably grown and caught seafood.
"We chefs have learned we have to be as seasonal with fish as we are with produce," said Black, who advises consumers to always ask about the origin of the fish before it arrives on their plates.
"The thing I think is most important is knowing if a (fish) population is properly managed, if its numbers are improving or staying the same," said Black.
But, says Black, there's a cost to eating sustainably.
"If you go to a sustainable restaurant and prices are $5 higher, its because the chef is trying to do the right thing," he says.
Black's red snapper sports a scannable blue tag from Gulf Wild, a fishing industry group that trademarks its fish. Scanning the tag will tell consumers where in the Gulf the fish was caught, by what fisherman and on what boat.
Guy Harvey restaurants serve their fish with the Gulf Wild tag still attached, said Jacoski, in case diners want a more personal relationship with their piscatorial entrée.
Tracing more fish species from boat to plate is one of the new ideas being explored by a Presidential Initiative on Combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Seafood Fraud.
"Bluefin tuna is already closely tracked fish by fish," said Alan Risenhoover, director of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which regulates American fisheries. "We're working on traceability both domestically and internationally."
"Fish don't have much of a chance in our oceans today, due to satellite tracking and other technological advances," said Steve Gyland, owner of Cod & Capers Seafood, a market and restaurant in North Palm Beach. "We have to set limits on catches."
In the past 10 years, 39 U.S. fish stocks have been replenished due to fishery management techniques, according to NOAA Fisheries, including Southeast Florida's pink shrimp, black sea bass and yellowtail snapper.
However, our region still has seven species listed on NOAA's overfishing list, which means too many are being caught to maintain a healthy population. Among them are hogfish, red snapper (in the Atlantic), blueline tilefish and snowy grouper.
Consumers who don't want to research where and how their fish was caught can just buy U.S.-caught fish, says Gyland.
"If they're buying U.S. fish, they can be assured it's being managed sustainably," said Gyland.
Our overfishing problem, says Paul Greenberg, author of "American Catch: The Fight for Our Local Seafood," stems from Americans' queasiness with fish other than tuna, salmon, shrimp and cod (or in Florida, snapper and grouper) despite the thousands of species in the world's oceans.
In Florida, dolphin (mahimahi) has replaced our overloved red snapper and grouper, but itself is now in danger. At the same time, other more plentiful Florida fish rarely are sold here due to changing tastes and new residents' unfamiliarity with, for example, Spanish mackerel.
There's a small Spanish mackerel fishing fleet in Port Salerno, near Stuart, but its catch rarely appears on area menus or in fish markets. Kingfish, once a staple of Publix fish counters, is also caught off Palm Beach and Martin counties but rarely sold here.
"They catch them all winter long," said Gyland, "but it all goes to New York for the Puerto Rican market. Nobody buys it here because they think it's too strong-tasting."
Black would serve Spanish mackerel, if he could find it.
"Spanish mackerel deserves another look," said Black, "but it's hardly ever available, yet it's delicious. Kingfish, though, is pretty strong."
One of Black's favorite challenges is to serve the unusual catch that still ends up on fishing boats, despite more sustainable fishing practices.
"Sheepshead, triggerfish, wreckfish, my purveyors know when they get it, to call me. It's fish that's otherwise thrown away or turned into cat food," he said. "Our customers trust us. We can put a fish like those on the menu that they aren't familiar with and it sells as well as anything else."
In his fish shop, Gyland has created a market for lionfish, the spiny, invasive species that's gobbling up reef fish in Florida and the Caribbean. The fish, usually caught by spearfishermen, has become so popular that he can't keep it in stock.
"I go through 500 to 1,000 pounds a week," he said. "It's gone from being scourge to a resource."
Soon, lionfish may be even more readily available. The Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation is working with scientists to develop a lionfish trap that won't also trap native reef fish.
This winter, Florida seafood lovers can dine in responsible luxury.
Stone crabs, which are harvested by taking one claw and throwing the crab back to generate another, are more plentiful and cheaper than they've been in years.
"They're the epitome of sustainable Florida seafood," says Gyland, "and this year we have a glut of them."
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Politics • Opinion
I'm a College Professor—And I'm Bullish on Betsy DeVos
Education Secretary's defense of the most bullied demographic of 2016 deserves national round of applause
By John A. Tures • 02/23/17 11:30am
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Mario Tama/Getty Images
You're probably wondering why a college professor would agree with Education Department Secretary Betsy DeVos. And I won't on every issue—but her willingness to stand up for the most bullied demographic of 2016 is worth at least one column of support, and a willingness to admit that I might have been wrong about her.
Like many Americans, I saw DeVos' nomination by the Trump Administration with a lot of alarm. I called my Georgia senators, Johnny Isakson and David Perdue, to tell them I opposed her nomination. I watched the Senate count, realizing she was only one vote away from being defeated, and encouraged others to contact their senators.
I was discouraged when Vice-President Mike Pence cast the tie-breaking vote, ensuring she would be confirmed as our next Education Secretary. I shrugged my shoulders when she was blocked from entering a public school. I nodded my head at the article documenting her difficult first week. And yes, I laughed at every meme and Saturday Night Live portrayal that mocked her.
The New York Times reported that a battle was emerging in the Trump Cabinet, between DeVos and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. I had to click through.
It turns out Sessions was eager to roll back Obama-era protections for transgender students. But DeVos was digging in her heels, resisting attempts to take away these student rights.
As the story goes, Trump and others sided with Sessions. I imagine DeVos must have looked a bit like the lone female juror in that classic 1959 Norman Rockwell painting, with a room full of men trying to force her to budge. The juror looked about as defiant as DeVos must have been.
Eventually, it seems she may likely have been given a choice: sign-off on the rollback, or resign. She caved, but hung in there to focus on the wording of the proposal, and continued to seek something to protect transgendered students from bullying.
DeVos is from a conservative family that hasn't always been supportive of LGBT rights. Her party hasn't always been favorable to such rights, though Trump and some Republicans have indicated a willingness to support some of them. DeVos endured perhaps the second hardest confirmation battle since World War II (topped by Senator John Tower, who was defeated), only to risk being forced from office as the shortest tenured Education Secretary, for sticking up for perhaps the most politically targeted group today, in defiance of her family, friends and political party. And it's an issue she's supported long before being Education Secretary, according to the Times.
I'm unlikely to agree with DeVos on everything, and it's likely that I might write a future column politely critiquing a policy of hers. But this professor is willing to admit he was wrong. Ms. DeVos, I applaud your brave stand on this issue, and I hope others who strongly oppose you will see that perhaps they might give you a second chance as well.
John A. Tures is a professor of political science at LaGrange College in LaGrange, Ga. He can be reached at jtures@lagrange.edu.
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