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It's gotten worse. Russian 2022 in numbers
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The war in Ukraine has been going on for eleven months. Over that time, thousands of civilians have died under Russian shelling, and millions have become refugees. Ukrainian cities are battered daily, with some already razed to the ground. Protests against the invasion in Russia have been crushed swiftly, and the very word "war" has been outlawed, with websites blocked and people fined or imprisoned for saying so. Other repressive laws have also been introduced, such as the ban on virtually all mentions of LGBT people, stiffer penalties for those whom the authorities have declared "foreign agents," and new punishments for military conscientious objectors. Here's the Russian year of 2022 in numbers.
On the morning of February 24, the Russian army invaded Ukraine on Vladimir Putin's orders. Officially, this "special military operation," as the Kremlin prefers to call the war, is aimed strictly against the military facilities, but since the very first day, Russian army has been launching missile strikes on residential buildings, schools, and hospitals.
According to the UN, as of December 26, 6,884 Ukrainian civilians were killed by the shelling, including 429 children. In fact, the number of casualties is greater, and given the ongoing fighting and continued occupation, casualty figures are difficult to immediately verify and confirm.
Since February, the office of Ukraine's Prosecutor General has registered more than 60,000 crimes committed by the Russian military: shelling of cities and towns, killing of civilians, torture, rape, and looting. Bucha, a Kiev suburb, became a grim symbol of this war, occupied by the Russians from March 5 to March 31. According to Ukrainian authorities, more than 400 people died there during that time, some were tortured before their deaths. In September, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were able to liberate the part of the Kharkiv region occupied during the spring and found mass graves and torture chambers there. Kharkiv residents told of brutal torture and looting. The Russian side calls all these reports "fakes news," but the soldiers who were there admitted to the crimes.
Ukrainian ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets estimates that since the start of the war, 4,9 million people have been forced to relocate to safer parts of the country, while 7,9 million (or about 20 per cent of Ukraine's population) have left the country. At the same time, more than 13 million people remain in the occupied territories and in the combat zone. Fleeing the war, many Ukrainians were forced to flee to Russia, while others were taken away by force and then ended up in pre-trial detention centres.
The cities of Donetsk and Luhansk regions were hit hardest by shelling, with some of them virtually destroyed. For example, in occupied Mariupol, according to UN estimates, up to 90% of apartment buildings were damaged; the Ukrainian authorities believe that more than 22,000 Mariupol residents were killed by the shelling. Volnovakha, a small town 60 kilometres from Mariupol, was reduced to ruins in two weeks of fighting. "Volnovakha as a city no longer exists," the Ukrainian Border Guard Service stated back in March.
Having suffered several major setbacks at the front by the fall, Russia has moved on to deliberately destroy Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Missile strikes have left cities without power, water or heat. In early December, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that all of the country's thermal and hydroelectric power plants had been damaged. "Each of us must realise that we will have to live through this winter with significant restrictions on electricity consumption," he said.
The invasion of Ukraine made Russia the world leader in the total number of sanctions imposed on it by early March. Dozens of countries have now joined the sanctions. The European Union imposed nine packages of restrictions on Russia in the financial, energy, transport, and technology sectors. Major Russian banks were disconnected from the SWIFT system, Mastercard and Visa payment systems stopped working in Russia, and foreign assets of the Central Bank were frozen. Many Russian companies have been sanctioned. The Yale School of Management Chief Executive Leadership Institute estimates that more than 1,200 foreign companies—from candy manufacturers to automakers—have left or curtailed operations in Russia.
Sanctions have been imposed on members of the State Duma, ministers and officials at various levels, Russian state media, military leaders, relatives of officials and people close to the Kremlin. Several European countries have blocked entry to Russians on tourist visas and suspended the issuance of new visas, while Russian athletes have been suspended from participation in almost all international competitions.
The Russian army suffered heavy losses in the first days of the war, and from the very first days, the Ministry of Defense kept them secret. Sergei Shoigu only mentioned casualties twice, most recently in September. According to him, only 5,937 Russian servicemen died in Ukraine. Mediazona tries to count the deaths that we are able to independently verify. As of December 30, we know the names of more than 10,000 dead military personnel. This data does not reflect the real number of casualties, we only take into account verifiable reports from relatives, local authorities, regional media and volunteers.
The first days of the war also saw the first objectors, those who decided not to carry out the orders of their commanders. Some of these people were sent to illegal prisons and "pits," beaten and forced to return to the front lines, while others were indicted in criminal cases for deserting their units without permission and disobeying orders.
In July, we learned that Russian prisoners were being recruited for the war: representatives of the Wagner PMC and its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin started touring the penal colonies. It is difficult to reliably estimate the number of recruited prisoners, but statistics from the Federal Penitentiary Service show that by the end of October the Russian prison population decreased by 23 thousand people. Volunteers are promised payments and pardons, while deserters are threatened with execution. In November, a video of the brutal execution of one ex-convict, Yevgeny Nuzhin, appeared; Nuzhin surrendered to the AFU, was exchanged for a Ukrainian military man and then murdered—his head was smashed in with a sledgehammer.
But military personnel, volunteers, and prisoners were not enough to continue the war: on September 21, Vladimir Putin announced the "partial mobilization," although he had repeatedly promised that reservists would not be sent to Ukraine. Men of the conscription age were hunted down in the streets: homeless people near food distribution points, musicians at rehearsal bases, and clerks in office centres. The summonses, contrary to the assurances of the authorities, came also to fathers with many children, people with disabilities, and even the dead. The mobilized immediately began complaining about poor supplies, "brutal conditions," lack of proper training, and the promised benefits.
Mobilization has become a trap for contract servicemen: now they cannot quit because all the contracts signed with the Defense Ministry, according to Putin's decree, will be valid until the end of the mobilization. In addition, deputies have introduced the concepts of "mobilization" and "wartime" into the Penal Code, and substantially increased punishments for crimes in military service. Russian courts are already passing sentences under the new articles on desertion and abandoning one's unit during mobilization.
On the first day of the war, people protested in dozens of Russian cities. The rallies were violently dispersed by the security forces. The OVD-Info team later estimated that since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, 19,478 arrests have been made at anti-war rallies in Russia.
On the second day of the war, the Defense Ministry accused independent Russian media of spreading "fake news," which is how the agency calls any news about shelling of Ukrainian cities and civilian deaths. On March 4, the State Duma added Article 207.3 to the Criminal Code, which stipulated up to 15 years of imprisonment for "public dissemination of deliberately false information" about the military. This article covers any information that differs from the official reports of the Defense Ministry. The bill was immediately signed by President Vladimir Putin.
According to human rights activist Pavel Chikov, there are now 180 criminal cases under Article 207.3.
In early December, politician Ilya Yashin was sentenced to 8,5 years in prison for streaming about the murders of civilians in Bucha. In July, Yashin's colleague Alexei Gorinov received seven years in a similar case. A court in St. Petersburg recently started hearing the case of Aleksandra Skochilenko, an artist accused of "spreading fake news" by changing price tags in stores with numbers of casualties in the war in Ukraine. Vladimir Kara-Murza, an opposition politician, is also arrested over similar charges.
Along with the punishments for spreading "fake news," Russian MPs passed a bill on penalties for "discrediting" the army: Article 20.3.3 appeared in the Administrative Code, stipulating a fine of up to 100,000 roubles for individuals. A repeated violation committed within a year may result in a criminal case under the new Article 280.3.
By the end of December, we've been able to find 5,518 protocols filed to Russian courts. The offenses included playing Chervona Kalyna, a Ukrainian song (more than once), anti-war statements in solitary confinement, shooting a video with complaints by the mobilized men, conscientious objection (the case was later dropped), anti-war slogans on ballots and a poster: "*** *****" [matching the number of letters in a phrase Khuy Voine, "Fuck the war"].
The former mayor of Yekaterinburg, Yevgeny Roizman, for example, is charged with "discrediting" the army (a criminal offense) after been charged three times under a similar administrative article. Criminal proceedings were also initiated against Yakut musician Aikhal Ammosov after several administrative violations.
OVD-Info calculates that at least 393 people in Russia have been prosecuted for their anti-war stance; the activists count those who have been investigated for speaking out against the invasion, including those whose protest has not been peaceful: military recruiting offices, police stations and administrative buildings have been regularly set on fire across Russia. By the end of December, we've been able to count 77 cases.
On the very first day of the invasion of Ukraine, Roskomnadzor, the censorship agency, demanded that journalists writing about the war publish only "data from official Russian sources." Soon, scores of websites have been blocked: DOXA, Current Time, Dozhd (TV Rain), Ekho Moskvy, The Village, Tomsk TV2, the BBC, Deutsche Welle, Meduza, Radio Liberty, Kholod, Pskovskaya Gubernia, Caucasian Knot, 7×7", Bumaga, The Insider, Lyudi Baikala and other media. Mediazona was blocked on March 6th.
Some publication have stopped working, others have agreed to remove material that drew ire from the censors and stopped writing about the war altogether, and still others have moved abroad. According to Roskomsvoboda, by December 22, access to 9,300 websites was restricted in Russia. Even Chess.com, a popular online platform, was blocked for links to articles about the war.
Facebook, Instagram and Twitter were blocked for spreading "fake news." In addition, at the end of March, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow designated Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, an extremist organization over its decision to temporarily allow posts calling for violence against the "Russian invaders."
Military censorship quickly moved from the Internet to offline: back in early March, the Russian Media Group compiled a list of "undesirable" musicians who condemned the invasion, and references to Ukraine and Kyiv were removed from the textbooks of the Prosveshchenie publishing house, one of the largest and oldest in the country.
This summer, the State Duma came up with a new anti-LGBT law: "propaganda of homosexuality" among minors has been banned in Russia since 2013, but now the ban covers people of all ages. It coincided with the resounding success of the novel about gay teens "Summer in a Pioneer Tie," published by Popcorn Books. The book was labelled 18+, but lawmakers still felt that it was dangerous. It "threatened demographic growth and the economic development of the country," the author of the bill, Alexander Khinstein, argued.
Even before the amendments went into effect, the Russian book market switched to self-censorship mode. The publisher, LikeBook, black-painted paragraphs describing sex between two men in one of its books.
On December 5, Vladimir Putin signed the bill into law. For companies spreading "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations, preferences and sex reassignment," the law stipulates a fine of up to 5 million rubles, and for individuals—up to 400,000 rubles. There's also a fine of 10 million rubles for dissemination of content related to LGBT among minors, as well as for "propaganda of paedophilia."
On the same day, bookstores and libraries started taking queer-themed books off the shelves. VK social network began marking LGBT posts with a plaque warning of "dangerous to health" materials, and the Russian-language translation of World Of Warcraft: Dragonflight renamed the wedding of two male centaurs as "fraternization."
In late December, the government allowed Roskomnadzor to block sites with "information promoting non-traditional sexual relationships and (or) preferences, paedophilia, and sex reassignment." The deputies did not stop there: the head of the Duma Committee on Family Affairs, Nina Ostanina, prepared a bill on repeat violations of the ban on "LGBT propaganda," already covered by up to five years of imprisonment.
In early December, another repressive law came into force, "On the Control of Activities of Persons under Foreign Influence." Now, it has become even easier to put Russians on the list of "foreign agents." The unified register now includes over 500 "foreign agents" who are forced to abide by several obligations and restrictions: label their posts online, regularly submit financial reports, they are prohibited from participating in elections or organizing public events—or teaching. At the end of December, Yulia Galiamina, an opposition activist who used to teach at the RANEPA, was dismissed from her position. And the books of "foreign agents" are only allowed to be sold in sealed opaque packaging with 18+ markings.
Violations of requirements, numerous and virtually impossible to fulfil, can mean that an individual can be charged under an administrative or criminal article, and an NGO can be shut down. At the end of last year, the Supreme Court used such grounds to shut down Russia's oldest non-governmental organization, International Memorial, founded 35 years ago in the Soviet Union.
In all, in 2022 Russian MPs passed over 650 bills. For example, there is a new Article 275.1 in the Criminal Code, which introduces punishments for "confidential cooperation" with foreigners, which is now equated to treason. The first defendant was a former employee of the Penza branch of the Federal Penitentiary Service.
Crossing over to the side of the enemy during an armed conflict has also been equated to treason. The first known case under this article was filed against a 21-year-old Moscow man who tried to go to Georgia—allegedly, he planned to go to Ukraine to join the "Freedom of Russia" unit.
On December 29, Vladimir Putin signed a bill stipulating life sentences for "sabotage activities." "Aiding and abetting sabotage" will be punishable by 10 to 20 years in prison.
Editors: Maria Klimova, Dmitry Tkachev
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Retailing at $1.25 and featuring a terrific Darth Vader cover by artist Marshall Arisman, the issue contains an article and photographs for the upcoming Star Wars film release of The Empire Strikes Back.
Advert-wise, this issue of Time is loaded (loaded seems like a good adjective) with adverts for cigarettes and alcohol. There are also a good number of ads for hotels, airlines, exotic holiday destinations, cameras and wrist-watches. I've included some of my favourites below.
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50 Cent Associate Arrested For Assault On Woman
May 28, 2008 at 3:19 pm | Posted in 50 Cent | Leave a comment
Tags: 50 Cent, Dwayne Mckenzie, rapper
Connecticut police arrested an associate of rapper 50 Cent on Tuesday May 27 for allegedly assaulting a woman.
According to News Day, police arrived at 50 Cent's Farmington mansion yesterday and arrested 27-year-old Dwayne McKenzie after getting a call from the 22-year-old New Britain woman.
Police say McKenzie allegedly choked the woman and struck her with a belt after a violent argument.
He has been was charged with assault, strangulation, breach of peace and unlawful restraint.
This isn't his first violent offense though. According to the paper, McKenzie was already on conditional discharge stemming from an arrest in Hartford for allegedly pistol-whipping a nightclub promoter. In 2007, he was arrested for allegedly discharging a weapon in public in Hartford following a dispute over jewelry.
In regard to Tuesday's incident, he has been released after posting $10,000 bond and is due back in court July 15.
T.I. Gets MTV Reality Show
May 28, 2008 at 10:14 am | Posted in T.I. | Leave a comment
Tags: community service, entertainment, MTV, rapper, reality show, T.I.
Rapper T.I. will turn his legal issues into an untitled reality series that will air on MTV in early 2009.
According to Variety, MTV will follow the Grammy Award winning Atlanta rapper as he performs 1,000 hours of community service and readies for a one-year prison sentence, for possession of unregistered machine guns and silencers.
MTV has already ordered eight episodes of the series, which is being produced by Ish Entertainment and executive produced by Grand Hustle's Jason Geter and T.I. himself.
"We began the conversations in the middle of deliberations over what would happen to him," Ish's Michael Hirschorn told Variety. "The original idea for the show had him staging a series of interventions in each episode with people in danger. But when we visited him under house arrest, it felt much bigger and more powerful than we anticipated."
The show will also document T.I. as he finishes and released his highly anticipated new album Paper Trail, which is due in stores in August.
T.I., born Clifford Harris Jr., was arrested by agents with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives last October, just hours before a performance at the BET Hip-Hop Awards.
The rapper took a plea deal and was sentenced to a year in prison starting in 2009, fined $100,000 dollars and ordered to serve 1,000 hours of probation.
The Story Behind Kanye's "Flashing Lights"
May 28, 2008 at 8:45 am | Posted in kanye west | Leave a comment
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In an up-coming interview with HHNLive.com, "Flashing Lights" producer Eric Hudson tells the story behind Kanye's monster hit and who the beat was originally intended for. Eric Hudson on how the collaboration went down:
"I was in one studio and he was in another one [close by], and we had an initial respect for each and a good relationship from some of the other joints that I had produced. I heard he was in the other studio so I just went by to say what's up. You hear Kanye's in the studio and you're going to go say something! So we was in the room and he was like, "yo, you got a joint? My album's closed, but if you can give me that one banger I'll put it on there if it's crazy." So I start wonder, do I got CDs on me? And by the grace of God I had that beat man. He came into the other room and I played it for him. He listened to the beat for about ten seconds man…the beat didn't even drop totally. He took it, put it in Pro Tools and did the song right then and there…He wrote it right there. He freestyled it and then next I'm hearing he went and put the "flashin'…lights, lights," he put that on there…"
Eric Hudson on who the "Flashing Lights" beat was originally intended for:
"Yo, I had originally did that beat for Beanie Sigel. To me it could have been an R&B joint or a rap joint, but I had intended for it to be a rap joint."
Trina Launches Clothing Line and Website
May 27, 2008 at 8:56 am | Posted in Trina | Leave a comment
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Rapper Trian recently launched her Pink Diamond Couture clothing line, along with an accompanying website – ShopTrina.com.
The clothing line will consist of jeans, tops, t-shirts, velour sets and jackets, and will all show off the rapper's signature logo.
"I have always imagined a clothing line that was high quality that I could offer to my fans," said the rapper in a statement. "I love the way the jeans fit and feel. I spent a lot of time creating special details that are fresh and unique. The best part they look really expensive but are priced right."
Trina's last album, Still The Baddest, entered at the #1 spot on the "Billboard Rap Albums" and "Billboard Hip-Hop/R&B" charts.
Pink Diamond Couture is set to hit stores this spring.
Festival Postponed Over 'Snoop Dogg Gang Violence'
May 26, 2008 at 2:59 pm | Posted in Snoop Dog | Leave a comment
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A Californian music festival featuring Snoop Dogg has been postponed over fears the rapper's performance will attract gang violence.
The star – real name Calvin Broadus Jr. – was scheduled to play at The 2nd Annual Monterey Music Summit on May 30th.
But the festival has been delayed because members of the The Monterey County Board of Supervisors have demanded heightened security, fearing the star's affiliation with the notorious Los Angeles Crips gang will cause violence at the event.
They have also called for metal detectors on the doors and that Broadus is searched upon arrival.
Lil Wayne's 'Lollipop' Returns To Hot 100 Peak
May 24, 2008 at 9:07 am | Posted in lil wayne | Leave a comment
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After a three-week break, Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" featuring Static Major returns to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week. It's the longest chart-topping hiatus since Usher's "U Got It Bad" went four weeks between No. 1 stints in January 2002.
Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love" is No. 2 for a second week, while last week's chart-topper, Rihanna's "Take a Bow," slips 3-1 despite being the fastest-growing track at radio. Usher's "Love in This Club" featuring Young Jeezy rises 5-4, trading places with Jordin Sparks' "No Air" featuring Chris Brown.
Ray J & Yung Berg's "Sexy Can I" holds at No. 6, and Madonna's "4 Minutes" featuring Justin Timberlake remains No. 7. Natasha Bedingfield's "Pocketful of Sunshine" rises 9-8, trading places with Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body." Danity Kane's "Damaged" holds at No. 10 to round out the top tier.
Another new Usher song, "Love in This Club, Part II," soars 63-18 in its fourth week, thanks to digital sales of 44,000.
The Hot 100's greatest digital gainer is Duffy's "Mercy," which sold 59,000 downloads en route to a 66-27 climb. The U.K. artist's debut Mercury album, "Rockferry," debuted yesterday at No. 4 on the Billboard 200.
The week's top debut comes from the reunited New Kids On The Block with "Summertime" at No. 57. The song shifted 39,000 downloads and is off to a strong start at top 40 radio, moving 40-35 this week on the Pop 100 Airplay tally.
Also new this week are Kate Voegele's "Hallelujah" at No. 66, Three 6 Mafia's "Lolli Lolli (Pop That Body)" at No. 79 and Jason Mraz's "Lucky" featuring Colbie Caillat at No. 82.
Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" is No. 1 for a fourth week on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, where Kanye West's "Homecoming" featuring Chris Martin is the top new entry at No. 68.
Brad Paisley's "I'm Still a Guy" moves 2-1 to overtake Hot Country Songs, his fourth chart-topper from the album "5th Gear."
On Billboard's rock chart, Weezer is No. 1 on Modern Rock with "Pork & Beans" for a third week, and Disturbed's "Inside the Fire" tops Mainstream Rock for a third. The Cure has the top debut on Modern Rock with "The Only One" at No. 35.


City Moves for 5 February 2013 | Who's switching jobs | City A.M.
Simon Pritchard has been appointed partner in the law firm's competition team. He is a former senior director of mergers at the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). Pritchard is also editor of UK Merger Control, and an external adviser to the OFT on international competition network matters.
Donald Kerr has been appointed managing director of Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance. He joined the bank in 1990, and has previously served as head of its small and medium-sized enterprises banking arm. Kerr replaces Ian Larkin.
Fiona Dunshire has been appointed UK chief executive of the consulting firm. She joined Mercer as a graduate in 1988, and was most recently senior client leader in its investments business. Dunshire is also a senior partner and fellow of the Institute of Actuaries.
The law firm has appointed Samanthan Hutchinson as a partner in its London-based banking and finance practice. She joins from Hogan Lovells, where she most recently led its fund finance team. Hutchinson specialises in advising on fund lending transactions.
The commercial insurer has appointed Rob Smart as its new head of commercial claims. He was most recently senior claims manager at Travelers Insurance, with responsibility for property and public liability claims. Smart has over 20 years' experience in the claims industry.
The restructuring, recovery and insolvency firm has appointed Sam Talby as a partner. He joins from Bishop Fleming Rabjohns, the mid-market accountancy firm, where he was partner.
Andrew Hunter has been appointed relationship manager at Silicon Valley Bank's UK branch. He currently works in the bank's accelerator and growth group, based in London. In his new role, Hunter will be responsible for spearheading its new business efforts in Ireland.
The supply chain consultancy has appointed Peter Garnett to its procurement practice. He joins from The Procurement Think Tank, where he was director. Garnett has also worked for GSK Pharmaceuticals and Fisons.


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ГЕС Лейк-Шелан — гідроелектростанція у штаті Вашингтон (Сполучені Штати Америки). Використовує ресурс із річки Шелан, правої притоки Колумбії (має устя на узбережжі Тихого океану на межі штатів Вашингтон та Орегон).

У 1903 році на виході річки із великого природного озера Шелан спорудили першу греблю, призначену для виробітки електроенергії. За два десятиліття проект викупив новий власник, який використав перепад висот між озером та устям річки для спорудження більш потужної гідроенергетичної схеми. Для цього звели нову бетонну гравітаційну греблю висотою 12 метрів та довжиною 149 метрів. Вона регулює рівень у озері, яке витягнулось на 81 км та має об'єм 19,5 млрд м3, з яких 836 млн м3 відносяться до корисного об'єму (коливання рівня поверхні між позначками 329 та 335 метрів НРМ).

Зі сховища через правобережний масив проклали дериваційний тунель довжиною 3,5 км, який з'єднаний з надземним вирівнювальним резервуаром висотою 38 метрів. Основне обладнання станції становлять дві турбіни потужністю по 29,6 МВт, котрі використовують напір у 107 метрів.

Відпрацьована вода повертається до річки по відвідному каналу довжиною біля 0,5 км, який завершується за сотню метрів вище від устя Шелан.

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Kim Kardashian: Licensed to thrill
10:59 am - 14/01/11
The wannabe pop star has now set her sights on becoming a Bond girl
Kim Kardashian is branching out from reality TV.
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Kim Kardashian has come a long way since her, ahem, intimate on-screen debut with ex-boyfriend Ray J.
But despite earning a mint from her reality TV show Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Kimis desperate to kick off a film career – and has her heart set on being the next Bond girl.
'She's really eager to branch out into movies and she's been campaigning to be cast in the next James Bond film,' a source tells Now.
'She knows her limitations and is aware she's not a great actress, but she's hoping her figure will make an impact on studio bosses.'
Kim, 30, is taking things so seriously she enrolled in acting classes last year with Hollywood's top acting coach Catlin Adams.
'She's dying to do a movie, but she doesn't want to get cast in cheesy films just to get on the big screen,' a pal says.
'So she started taking private lessons last August with Catlin, who's considered to be the best.
'Even though Kim doesn't party, she knows it's important to be seen out and about and network in order to be considered for a role in the next Bond flick.'
Wonder what Daniel Craig's new squeeze Rachel Weisz has to say about it all…
Read the full story about Kim Kardashian in Now magazine, dated 17 January 2011 – out now!
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No. 539: Stephanie Syjuco, Kate Wilson
Episode No. 539 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Stephanie Syjuco and historian Kate Wilson.
Stephanie Syjuco's work is featured in several exhibitions around the United States. The Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth is presenting "Stephanie Syjuco: Double Vision," a site-specific commission that builds from the Carter's collection to investigate historical and art historical narratives around American imperialism in the West. The project was curated by Kristen Gaylord and will be on view through January 2023.
Syjuco is also in "Futures," a 32,000-square-foot pan-Smithsonian exhibition on view at the Smithsonian's Arts & Industries building through July 6; "Constellations: Photographs in Dialogue" at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art through August 21; and "Stephanie Syjuco: Latent Images" at New York's Ryan Lee Gallery through March 12.
Syjuco works across media such as installation and photography to investigate how images have helped build racialized, exclusionary narratives that have helped construct history and determine citizenship. Among the institutions that have presented her projects and solo exhibitions of her work are the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Blaffer Art Museum, the Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis, the University of Kentucky, the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, and the Asian Art, Havana and Bucharest biennials.
Syjuco works/projects discussed on the program include:
"Block Out the Sun;" and
"Shutter/Release."
Wilson is a senior lecturer in the Department of Classics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. Last semester she taught a class called "Race and Identity in Greco-Roman Antiquity." Concurrently she organized a teaching gallery exhibition in Wash U's Kemper Art Museum titled, "Colonizing the Past: Constructing Race in Ancient Greece in Rome." The project was the rare presentation of whiteness studies-informed exhibition in American art museum.
Instagram: Stephanie Syjuco, Tyler Green.
Air date: March 3, 2022.
Installation view of "Stephanie Syjuco:
Double Vision" at the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth.
Jacob Lutz after Albert Bierstadt, The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, 1869.
M.H. Long after Albert Bierstadt, The Storm in the Rocky Mountains, ca. 1868.
Stephanie Syjuco, Set-up (The Broncho Buster), 2021.
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One of the most unknown teams in the South Regional Cup Tournament at the RAC in Charlotte, NC has to be Arkansas.
You might ask, fairly, how can a state that has exactly one high school team form a select side? Glad you asked.
The Little Rock Junior Stormers are indeed the only high school team in the state. There are some high-schoolers training with clubs around the state, but right now it's Little Rock and that's it. Part of the impetus for the program came from former South African pro rugby player Pieter de Haas, who moved to Hot Springs, Ark., and whose son, Ruben, made the HS All American team.
The Little Rock team has played in and around the south, going 9-2 against opponents in Tennessee, Missouri, Texas, and Oklahoma. Their two losses came to Bixby HS.
The select side is the best players from that Junior Stormers team, plus others from Hot Springs and Northwest Arkansas.
None more so than young De Haas, who is an aggressive and snappy scrumhalf who is also a talented kicker.
"Ruben's kicking game is the best we have seen, period," said Jones.
Logan Jones is a fast, 6-0, 220-pound flanker, and the founder of the team. Steven Benson partners with him in the back row. The Arkansas team boast some talent in the right five - they pride themselves on a strong scrum, led by Josh Zumouda at prop. Meanwhile the Nasilai brothers - Fakaosi and Sione - provide all sorts of power in the midfield.
All of the players mentioned in this article are underclassmen, and so the program has another year to build. With the Arkansas State University program flourishing, and the University of Arkansas having such a strong season, you might well see more high school rugby spring up in The Natural State. Right now the pool of players might be small, but they shouldn't be overlooked.
Arkansas plays in the South RCT with Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, and RBMA out of Florida.


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Barnhardt Loop - Mazatzal Mountains Arizona
Little Feet, Big Shoes
The morning light coming up over the Mogellon Rim set the tone for the hike, lighting up the juniper and the cholla as we crunched the loose rock under our feet. Our hands immediately felt the cold and numb, something our bodies are no longer used to living in the Valley, wishing we had thought ahead and brought some gloves. Our cold quickly disappeared as we pushed through one curve after another, working our way through the narrow red rocked canyon and farther and farther away from civilization. The trail winded up the ridgeline exposing the canyons many layers that have been crushed and shifted through fault lines and natural erosion. Down the gorge we were following there were small pools of standing water but nothing flowing. This area was decimated by the Willow fire of 2004 which burned thousands and thousands of acres of the Mazatal Wilderness Area where the Bernhardt trail resides. Very little tree cover showed but fresh underbrush that had grown back over in the last four years. We passed dry waterfall after dry waterfall making us both wish we were doing this hike in February when water would be flowing. "Seasonal" water in Arizona means February-March. Everything else is dry and you might as well bring enough water. This of course is hindsight talking...
The canyon continues to climb higher and higher at a steady pace. Neither of us seemed to notice it as we plugged away with our trusty trekking poles yelling out to each other new and ridiculous ways to justify bringing the cursed "tourist sticks." "You could stab a rattlesnake and use it as a spit and cook it!" I said jokingly. "You can keep your pace, take the weight off your back, use it for a weapon, fight off ferocious bears!" fires back Noelle. Two seconds later we step over a pile of bear scat. This isn't the best sign starting out a hike but we aren't in Alaska so our concern is limited. We start to wonder how in the world this trail is going to take us out of the increasingly claustrophobic canyon as it appears to be dead ending. Just as we opened our mouths the canyon cut sharp to the left and the trail followed, bring us steeply over the next mile to climb to an incredible view of the Mogollan Rim and the entire area below. Breathtaking but we knew it only got better and we're timing ourselves so we had to move along. At mile three we were out of the canyon and into the burn zone. A massive valley opens up with rolling hills that at one time were covered with juniper, ponderosa pine and lush forest vegetation. All that was left now was tinder and burnt tree trunks that were dry enough for a second forest fire at the drop of the match. The grass was so dry it would torch the entire area in an hour. The wind whipped through the valley giving you the distinct image of just how these massive fires spread so quickly. Dry, brittle wood litters the ground waiting for the next fire. We follow this eerie area along the ridge in a gradual grade just clinging to the side of the ridge back and forth. We walk over various kinds of scat, bear, elk, white tail deer, and raccoon. All using the same trail as we are, just hoping for the easiest route. At around mile 5 we come across a lone hiker. Young, able and piled high in gear reminiscent of the hikers you come across alone on the Appalachian or Long Trail back East... A four foot tripod sticks out of his pack on his back. We stop and exchange pleasantries for a second and he warns of fresh bear scat from this morning on the trail ahead. We thank him and say our goodbyes and I immediately begin to scan the horizon in a new found level of nervousness and take a better lay of the land. High underbrush, mostly consisting of berry bushes, low level chaparral and burned mesquite. One blind corner switchback after another left us peering around the corner like a bunch of scared kids hoping we don't see a bumbling black beer sitting in the middle of the trail. One drawback of the trekking pole is it gets you into suck a rhythm you just go and go and don't look up. You start to get into such a zone knowing you have a lot of miles to cover you are only concentrating on the ground in front of you and stop looking around as you walk. That all stopped after the fourth or fifth time we saw bear scat on the trail and had confirmation from what appeared to be a seasoned hiker. I take a look across the open ridges, brush lines, ravines for any movement and take note that we are downwind of the trail we are headed to. We are only at mile 4 though; no reason to stop but definitely a little more on edge than five minutes before. 13 miles to go.
The trail to this point was very straight forward. Narrow but clear. The fire had knocked several trees over the trail but for the most part it was a quick walk with no route finding. That ended at mile five. The trail spilt off and moved down the valley to the west to continue the loop around the entire mountain range to the North and then back to the southeast where the car would be. At mile 6 we run across a beautiful camping spot all set up with rocks bracing a long log for several people to sit on and a fire pit already dug and built up. Water seemed to be an issue but then we noticed a dry creek just a few hundred yards away. Again, February or March but certainly not any other time. There wasn't a drop of water anywhere and not even a sign that there has been for months. Maybe on another trip we thought. Farther along the trail it follows the river more and then the river digs deep into the canyon walls creating a short slot canyon before it widens out into a massive valley of rolling hills and rugged mountains all covered with half burned trees. Repeatedly we came back to the thought that, "Wow, I wonder what this looked like before the fire?" We'll never know, it will take a hundred years to replace what was once here. Seeing one tree burned from the ground to the tips of every branch yet still standing, you couldn't help but think you were walking through miles of graveyards. Death all around us. No other humans, no animals, nothing. No sounds permeated the valley, nothing but the wind whistling through the brittle grass, the crunch of our boots on the loose rock and the sound of Noelle, "You could use it as a splint or make a gurney……"
The trail crosses one dry river after another. Runoff from the steep mountain ledges carved into the ridgeline forming riverbeds at every switchback. We were looking for Rock Creek and at Rock Creek we were to turn right (east) up the trail along the river to meet up with Hopi Springs trail to take us back to the car. We came across one of the MANY dry creek beds and saw a cairn on our side of the river, another across the river and the trail leading onwards to the north in the direction we have been heading. We look around the river for additional cairns that might lead us east but find none so I lead us along the marked trail to the next river. We decide to grab some lunch at mile marker 9.6 on the GPS watch which would match the distance from the top of South Rim to the Phantom Ranch checkpoint in the Grand Canyon. So at 9.6 we take a breather on the rocks in a dry creek bed next to a cairn. We broke out the Jet Boil and made some delicious beef stroganoff and lasagna with meat sauce in 3.2 minutes. Ate and apple, trail mix, a red bull, some water and anything else my hands touched. Everything tastes better when you have worked for it and we'd already climbed a good bit of elevation and put a good distance under our feet. I took the time to change my socks and couldn't have been happier with the decision. Your feet are the most important part of your body as a hiker and I felt like a new man with some hot food, water, dry, fresh feet. It's the little things.
Noelle becomes to get a little uneasy after lunch. In part from the energy drink which wasn't sitting well and in part with a general feeling that we were not going in the right direction. It's that uneasy feeling that your gut is telling you something is wrong. Given we have not found a single trail leading us onwards we keep on with the trail to the next river and then the next river. We cross another river and turn upwards to the west with the trail. Noelle is getting increasingly nervous and admittedly is freaking out. She was the map keeper and based on the crude map of the area our turnoff should have been somewhere around where we had lunch. Yet now we are headed west when we should be headed to the north or north east. Trails don't always take you straight in the direction you are headed and often times you have to go south to go north and east to go west. It's the nature of the trail and you have to trust it to get where you need to be. I pass this along to Noelle and ask her to just trust the trail and it'll be fine. The trail had all but disappeared after the first thirty minutes of hiking after lunch. We start shuffling through tall grass, cacti and broken, dry, charcoal brush. Every step is one step closer to a snake bite and my trekking poles have now become a blind man's walking stick, gingerly slapping the grass in front of me hoping to startle whatever might be there before it is startled by my legs. We crack our poles together and talk loud and whistle as we walk. The bear scat hasn't ceased and we only get farther from people and more into the unknown wilderness, higher and higher into the forest. As suddenly as we had found the trail we lost it again. This time to a wide rock field free of vegetation save a few sparse pieces of brittle, yellow grass. Nervousness and doubt creep in as the trail eludes us again. Frustration replaces doubt until I spot an obvious cairn of rocks out in the distance. I excitedly yell back into the wind, "See, we're on the right track! Just trust the trail!!" as Noelle breathes deep and chugs on, not nearly as excited as I am. Pushing through another section of high brush we break through to an absolutely incredible vista. Unbroken, vast wilderness, void of human existence. The sun is high above us to the southwest shining down on the barren, burned mountains below. We look past and behind where we had come and shake our heads at the sheer number of switchbacks we just went through. We are at mile 11 by now, only six more miles to go. Noelle is feeling a little better as we look out over the view knowing the trail book description mentioned such a view. From here we should start heading back for sure we thought. Again, the trail eludes us as we cannot find where the trail continues until I finally spot a slight path under the cholla leading down to the north. I jump down the rock ledges to try out the trail. It quickly reaches a switchback and heads south?? We need to be going east or north at best not south. We search around in a circle looking for the continuation of the trail. Finally we decide the to take the southern trail for a while to see if it was just a switchback before going north or it would go south all the way. After a few hundred nervous feet it switched to the north continuing that way for quite some time. The sun was hot on our backs as we followed what was beyond a desolate trail. Trees covered the path every few feet forcing us to climb over, under and around each one. The trail was narrow, faint and making us uneasy as the sun was setting slowly behind us. It arched around the ridgeline holding high up on the mountain waiting to give us a look as it curved around the mountain. The trail was to meet at 14.2 miles with Hopi Springs so maybe this trail is to take us along this ridge to the north to that mountains edge before cutting sharp to the east?? When we reached the saddle of the two ridgelines our hopes were crushed. Another entire mountain line awaited us to the north with an entire mountain valley but still going north. We trekked on as we continued to be uneasy. We started to rethink each turn and discuss contingencies. What if 14.2 miles is the middle of the trail? What if we reach 17 miles and we are at a river bed? Do we turn all the way around? Did I bring batteries for my headlamp; I'm almost out from last trip? Thoughts ran through our heads and an uneasy feeling reached my stomach as I start thinking about how we even got here. Noelle could have been right from the start and I didn't listen to her thinking she was just freaking out…13.6 miles…..still on switchbacks but now we are going downhill???? Downhill?? Now this is bad.
How could we be going downhill at this point? Looking down the valley it seems to have a water source as it is far more vegetated than higher up where we were. The valley is narrow and looks like it opens up and out the trail. Maybe the trail head meets up down there and you have to walk back up and out from where they meet? The trail was certainly getting a little better, more groomed with erosion walls here and there. We had talked about how the first few miles from the other side of the loop should be in better condition and it certainly seemed that way. Our spirits lifted with each sign of human life, my anxiety lifted with each human footprint. At the bottom of the valley the trail disappeared in the trees, the late afternoon sun shining down on a fallen giant of a ponderosa as I walk its trunk in search of the next cairn. One after another, a mouse following bread crumbs I lead us down the trail to 14.17 miles. A trail marker! We are on the right trail!!
The trail distinctly breaks off to the South and to the North or back where we came from with an old trail sign but not a label. We didn't expect a road map and head north after a hug and a high five. Morale is everything and we were excited to have some kind of confirmation that we were headed in the right direction. The sun was getting lower as it got closer to 4pm. We only had 3 more miles to go and after our recent boost in confidence we could just about run the rest. Another couple hundred yards and everything changed.
We were headed northwest almost immediately and after five minutes I noticed a pick axe. My eyes wondered further and realized it was a full campsite, no people but a frequently used campsite. This was a great sign; only 3 miles from the parking lot this totally made sense. Then I stumbled upon the sign. Apparently we did need a road sign because this one said, "Divide Trail." My heart plummeted to the bottom of my stomach. I felt like I had been swatted in the face with a shovel and then sucker punched immediately after. We were immediately in the shit. I hesitated to show Noelle but called her over and watched as her face turned white with fear and despair. We were in a bad situation.
"Let's work this out. We can't lose it over this. We can work with this." I tried as the one with composure. Noelle was being so strong but was clearly scared and the sun was fading fast. I raced ideas through my head and thought of every possible angle. Going back on the trial meant all those switchbacks up those two mountain ranges, through the trail less rock fields which would be dark by the time we got there, and then 10 miles back along the trail. It was only 430pm so we could be back in 6-7 more hours…the thought was demoralizing to say the least. We had gone from a mental image of 3 miles remaining to 15. An hour and a half to nine hours. There had to be another way. Noelle threw out camping at this site and resting for a while to think things out. I quickly dismissed that idea as we were losing sun and needed to get out of this canyon and at least back into the next range before sunset. The ridge in front of us is open of trees and looks climbable. From there we could run the ridge back to the rock field and possibly see the switchbacks we missed and cut down the mountain and save hours off our time back. My mind scanned memories of survival articles of people going off the trail. Rescuers not being able to find them because of it. I asked Noelle what she wanted to do and she agreed. Let's climb the mountain.
15.2 miles in we were tired. Not so much physically but definitely mentally. Add in the fact that we just assigned ourselves a task of 1800 vertical feet in less than a mile and racing against the fading sun, it nearly took it out of us. The first few rolling hills off the trail might have been the worst. Thinking through everything I have ever read about survival situations nothing stood out but Cody Lundin's survival book, 98.6 degrees. His mantra of staying cool and recognizing fear in yourself and others and controlling that fear before it consumes you and leads to poor decisions was flying through my head faster than anything else. Noelle was visibly shaken, a tough, tough woman putting every woman I have met to shame. "I'm sorry I'm freaking out, let's just keep going." She apologizes. "You are doing great; let's just follow this river bed until we reach the base of the mountain." "Ok."
The going was slow and painstaking. The rocks were huge and the hiking began climbing. Our pace plummeted to a crawl, I could feel my heart racing, wondering what the heart rate monitor would read when I got back. We both are stumbling and mis-stepping on rocks, both fearing a reckless injury and putting more care in each step. Every few feet I stop and allow Noelle to catch up. My adrenaline was flowing and I was on a mission to get up that mountain. I was no longer tired, thirsty or hungry. My body recognized the situation and was giving me everything I was going to need for the immediate time. So we plugged along a few bursts at a time. Noelle would apologize for not being strong and I would laugh at such a ridiculous statement. She was stronger than just about anyone I had ever met before. Who else could be dealing with this as well as she could? Just about anyone else would have just given up and sat down and cried. Not Noelle. She trudged on, one step at a time.
It was getting cold. The wind was picking up as we reached higher and higher and out of the tree's protective cover. All around us we had views for miles and miles. Mount Humphries, Arizona's highest, was within clear sight, the Mogollon Rim off to the north east and the sun setting to the southwest. Absolutely breathtaking at any other time but there was enough to be taking our breaths and I didn't even stop to take the camera out. Looking out over the mountains I watched for a few seconds as the sun hit the horizon. "We have to hurry Noelle! We need to get up there in 15 minutes to see anything!!" I pushed and pushed up that mountain, contemplating making a quick push through the rocks and running to see what I can before losing the natural light but thought better of it for Noelle. We would go together. She catches up to me as we crest the ridge and reach the peak finally. The sun has set but there is still some remaining light, enough to get our bearings and make some decisions. Walking south down the ridge towards our original trail we fall down and into a part of the forest with live trees. We suddenly cannot see anything to the east, our destination. The trees have been burned to a crisp for the last 16 miles and now when we need to see through the trees they are alive and thriving. Perfect.
We decide to make a quick stop while we have light and take stock of our situation. We don our previous layers to combat the quickly lowering temperatures and the biting wind and break out our headlamps. I find my new batteries and make the replacement now before I have to. "How much water do you have?" I ask Noelle. "A little left. Enough." "I only have a little as well. I didn't even drink anything going up the mountain." I relied. I look around for places to camp if we have to. Our choices we have are to run the ridge to the south and use the remaining light until we reach our trail and then head back in the dark or head east down through the forest until we can see the valley and get a better idea of where we were and if we can cut through the valley. We knew the direction we needed to go but really didn't want to have to walk all the way back around if we could do five or six miles to the car given the choice. We head downhill, east into the forest.
"I have to say, I feel much more comfortable on this side of the mountain." I said with renewed spirits. "I do too, just being this much closer to either trail makes me feel better." Noelle said. I lead the way through, keeping Noelle close behind me in the suddenly dark pine forest. The going was quick for the most part, downhill, open forest, minimal underbrush and what underbrush there was I just stepped on and crushed to sawdust it was that brittle. Going into a forest with rock ledges at high elevations at dusk immediately raised my adrenaline again but with new reason. Nocturnal predators hunt mainly in the first few hours after sundown and before sunrise or at least that is what I had running through my head. Either way, I was on alert. Further down the ridge we saw openings in the tree line and a view crept out. We immediately spotted the peak we were circling around and knew we were not far from where we needed to be. If we could keep going down this ridge and up the saddle to the next we would be right there. We could be there in an hour. Suddenly hope was renewed and thoughts of the warm, safe car emerged and everything was ok again. A hundred more feet and we could see city lights!! Gisela, the town that was only a mile from the trailhead turnoff was within sight! The 87 highway cars headlights spotting out the winding mountain road. If we just follow this ridgeline down we can swing around this mountain to the valley below and keeping the ridge on the right and city on the left we are back at the car. Worse comes to worse we can at least walk to the 87 and then backtrack down the road to the turnoff and reach the car that way. Problem solved. Now it is just a few hours of hiking and we're set. A few minutes more and those thoughts vanished and were replaced with depression, fatigue and hopelessness.
On our way down we reached a dead end. The mountain was cut in two by the river through the years and led us to a 2,000 foot cliff to the river below. To our left we could make out the same leaving us with no option at all of going to the north or east. We had to go to the south, back our original way. Nothing could have been more depressing. It was around 6pm when we turned around to get away from the Cliffside. Dark except for the crimson sunset buried deep beyond the far mountains, the last light peering through the trees from the south. We talked as we walked our way towards the light, crunching more branches as we went, still clanging our poles, whistling as a habit now. We hadn't gone twenty feet when I saw the eyes.
Nothing in my entire life has frightened me in such a way. Nothing. Walking along the tiny game trail we discovered as easier than smashing tree branches we came upon an unknown creature. My first thought was DANGER. An inherent gut reaction that this is NOT a deer. I immediately ruled out anything hooved. The eyes were only a few feet off the ground and a mule deer or white tail or elk would have been easily four or five feet off the ground, not to mention it would have bolted after a few seconds. These eyes were different though. Green not yellow in the reflection off my headlamp. The outline of the creature's body was faint and indecipherable. Ears up and alert I hoped it was not a bear but knew it was not. A bear would be a problem. A very big problem but somehow at that moment I hoped it was a bear.
Noelle cannot see the eyes and asks why we have stopped. She asks what it is but I don't have an answer. Just then I knew. Staring straight at me I held its gaze, mesmerized and intrigued. Thoughts ran through my head as to what it was as I banged and clanged my poles together, swinging them high in the air in big effect. I yell for Noelle to do the same, make as much noise a possible, just in case. Then it dropped down. Not in a way any animal could do but only one animal. It dropped down slow and stealth like, never taking its gaze off me. I juke forward in anger, rage climbing inside me almost willing the animal to attack. My body starts to become overcome with the feeling you get of an imminent fight on the playground. If it attacks should I charge it or let it come right at me? Do I drop one pole and fight with one or stick with two? Where the hell is my knife?!! Two steps. It took two cat like steps towards me. The kind you see a lion take on Animal Planet. Two steps as its body stayed an inch off the ground. My heart sank in fear that this situation went for an extended delay to a newspaper clipping. "Get your whistle!" I yell to Noelle. I unclip my big rescue whistle and blow with all my might as I hear Noelle doing the same as we both furiously thrash about destroying all remaining plant life in the area. The animal stopped, stared and bolted. It ran off to the right of us, uphill, eyes never leaving us, its eyes glowing in our lights and behind us and out of sight. "Do you have a knife? Where is your knife?!! Get your knife out and don't take your eyes off behind you!!! Keep scanning the area, back and forth." I commanded. "What was that?! Was it a coyote?" asks Noelle. "No." I have her dig out my knife out of my side pocket and I promptly drop it in the leaves. "Are you kidding me?" I bend down and dig in the leaves, Noelle does as well and I finally find it. "We need to make a fire. NOW!" I spin around in search of a place to camp. Somewhere with protection to our back and a closed off area uphill from attack. This thing might be stalking us and we need to be able to have some semblance of protection. We decide to forge ahead and find a better area, Noelle looking behind and to all areas, myself to the front angles. Right by the same spot we just saw the animal we pass and further up we find an opening in the forest with a large thirty foot "field' of brush. Any animal going through that will make a LOT of noise regardless of species. That will be our back, these trees to our left and uphill block that angle, the trail we just followed is directly in front of us and the trail to our right is in full view. I instruct Noelle to spin in circles looking for the reflection in the eyes from any area. They hunt alone so it should only be one. I quickly dig out an area, clearing rocks and building up a fire pit. I'm nervous to start a fire in such a windy place on the side of the cliff with the area so sensitive to forest fire right now. We have not choice at this point. I build up the pit two feet high to hopefully keep the flame inside and the wind out and build a secondary ring around it to prevent inadvertent burning of roots or underbrush. With plenty of bone dry wood and a good match the fire was crackling in just a few minutes. I bundle up a good stack in the area and pile it high for use later. We strip our packs completely of all wrappers, food, candy, fruit and anything with an odor. We pile it all in a dry sac and together we walked a hundred yards down the trail and I swung the bag and tied it twenty feet over a tree branch. Just in case. We took our emergency blankets and my rope out of our packs and dropped them under a log a hundred yards the other direction. Walking back to the fire I set up our camp. Taking my adjustable height trekking poles I punched a hole through each end of the flimsy emergency blanket. Using athletic tape to secure and prevent further tearing we secured each end and held down the back side with rocks and dirt making a quick make shift lean-to that would reflect the fires heat off the emergency blanket and back off us and make a reflective, shimmering wall at the same time that would hopefully ward off any unsuspecting critters.
The wind picked up and swirled the fire around and around sucking its warmth and draining our bodies of heat. The one remaining emergency blanket was surprisingly efficient but poorly designed. For a six foot man it is only six foot long. It isn't long enough to wrap around your body so you have to choose your upper or lower half. Obviously your upper half wins out and in turn your feet and legs are left to freeze. It didn't matter; there was no way either of us could sleep. I lay there in the dirt and rocks with the fire light shimmering off the forest around us, hoping that every time I did a check around the forest with my head lamp that I would see a set of green eyes 2 feet from my face, ready to pounce. My knife never left my grasp.
The night progressed as we waited for the moon to rise. With the moon coming up we would have enough light to walk out and attempt to find the trail back on the rock field and use our head lamps to get out. As the evening went on the temperature dropped more and more and the wind picked up even more. We were for the most part exposed on this cliff. Not more than a few hundred yards from the cliff face and at 7,200 feet in elevation it was a little cold for what our bodies were accustomed to. We spent the night shivering, shaking and alternating between being the freezing one who has to get up and fuel the fire. The fire became our beacon of safety. If the fire came out my reasoning was we would be more likely prey. It had to stay going.
It was cold and it was miserable. I woke up several times in a panic thinking I heard a helicopter. Thinking it was coming to pick us up. I nearly buried the fire at the thought. We are not incapable of getting back. We are physically ok just not in a position to get back just yet. Thoughts rang out by both of us about people's reactions to us not being home yet. Noelle worrying that her parents might delay their flight to New Zealand for vacation the next morning because she did not call them like she said she was going to and me when my boss realizes I didn't show up for work and then even more so when the meeting I run at 9am doesn't have its leader. People are going to be freaking out; we have to get back as soon as possible.
The night passed and the sun started to lighten the sky. We finally gave up on the fire and let it die out. I killed the fire the best I could without any water to quell it with. We spread it around and buried all the remaining coals and spread back out the rocks. I wonder if anyone will ever walk over this place again and think if someone camped here? I seriously doubt it. We collected our packs and our bear pouch of food and reloaded. It was 630am. 15 miles to go.
Back up to the summit we reached last night we headed south down the ridge back towards the rock field. I led the way as Noelle followed close behind. We were both feeling generally refreshed after at least giving our bodies a rest if not any sleep. Noelle's face was covered in soot and looked like a Charles Dickens character. She fired back that I looked just as bad but not very convincingly. We were on our way back and laughs only fueled the motivation. Down the ridge we had a great view of the area and I was certain we could follow this down to meet the trail. We passed a lot of places that in hindsight would have been better places to camp had we gone this way instead. Irrelevant at this point and we moved on, keeping a steady, fast pace through the trail less forest, over rocks, fallen timber and soft pine needles. We crest out on one of many summits along the ridge and I spot the exact spot we stood admiring the view of the surrounding area. Just a few more knolls and we are back to where we need to be. Once we reached the lookout Noelle was still not convinced it was the right place until I pointed out the south facing switchback we erroneously followed the day before. Finding the trail again was difficult and we struggled for the next mile looking all over for cairns to get us back on track. I led us back up hill to where I believed the trial led us before and despite disagreement from Noelle we found a cairn and the trail. We were off and headed back down the long road to humility.
We didn't stop for anything. We rushed and rushed, keeping a very fast pace. I had no water at all, just dribble in the hose. Noelle had some left so she conserved what she had. We split an apple which pushed me for a while. It was not hot yet so that helped. One step in front of the other, one pole digging in after another. I could feel my heels blistering up and tearing but I didn't want to stop. I could make it without stopping. We pushed hard for the first five miles, stopping again on the river we both thought we missed as the turnoff and still not seeing where the trail was supposed to be. Moving through the valley we saw no wildlife. Three times Noelle said she heard growling but I heard nothing. More reason to keep moving.
Dehydration started to play its inevitable role. We were at eight miles remaining when I started to feel it. Eight more miles without water? We can do it. We still had an 8 oz. non carbonated organic energy drink. 4 oz each. It was something to strive for and we decided at the campsite at mile 6 we would share it. Sitting there for a short couple minutes we ate our last apple and shared the drink. Deliciously disgusting as it was I was glad I had it. Might have been better off with the apple but liquid is liquid. 6 more miles. Its past 9am. They would have called by now. People are going to freak out. I never miss work. Noelle at least works from home occasionally so it won't be immediately apparent she's missing. Me, they are going to know immediately. People knew I was hiking today but only a small few knew where and nobody knew the entire plan. Stupid. Planned for everything else but didn't even leave a hiking plan with anyone. Stupid.
The wall came when we reached the canyon again. I didn't remember it being such a big portion of the hike but nonetheless it took seemingly forever. One switchback after another switchback after another. It was miserably monotonous and my personal trail rating was plummeting with each step. The canyon, hills, mountains and trees were all ugly now, there was no beauty left in these hills. I was really thirsty now, thinking about that gallon of water sitting in that nice cool car waiting for us to guzzle it. I kept looking back and checking on Noelle, "How are you doing? How are your knees?!" "The half Ironman has nothing on this…." She replies in reference to the pain she felt after her half Ironman a few weeks ago. I agreed and marched on. Winding around the bed we came across our first human in a full day. An older gentleman taking some photos of the "beautiful" canyon. He asked how far back in we went and I could do nothing but smile. "Pretty much all the way and then some. Got off track a bit and did a few extra for the heck of it." "So you camped out then?" the old man said as Noelle caught up. Covered in soot and weary but not beaten, she says, "No, we stayed out last night." "Unexpectedly." The man stares at the two of us.
"Yeah, it was a bit of an adventure, 30 degrees, 30 mph winds, side of a cliff at 7200 feet, mountain lion stalking us. No big deal."
"I always carry a gun when I hike up here. Bears and mountain lions all over here. I haven't heard of anyone though that has run into a lion though."
"Well, now you have."
Two miles to go. Every switchback made me want to jump down the cliff and skim off the rocks to save the distance. Something made me think better of it. We reached the last few switchbacks when a few white tails came scrambling up the ravine and crossed the trail in front of us and up into the rocks. Only a mile back now.
Every reflection in the trees seemed to be the sun off the car windshield but never was. Coming around the last bend we came across the cattle guard gate at the very beginning. I waiting for Noelle to reach it and let her go through first. As soon as we got through I saw the truck and its recognizable red, white and blue colors. Nothing patriotic about it, this was Search and Rescue. I walked up to his pickup truck he was sitting in as he climbed out.
"I imagine you are looking for us." I said calmly.
"You Jeremy?" asked the Ranger.
"Yes Sir, I'm guessing someone ended up calling. We were afraid of that."
"Boss called, I just called your cell phone." Said the Ranger.
"Yeah, it's in the car, it didn't get reception when we came in so I didn't take it. We hiked out the Barnhardt but the trail is so bleak you can't see where to go and we ended up on Divide, climbed the ridge, ran into a mountain lion, camped out and waited for day light and walked out." I said regrettably.
"Yeah, the trail isn't too marked back in there. I'll call off the chopper then" as he reaches inside his truck for the dispatch radio. "I'll call your boss and let him know."
"Chopper?" "Seriously?!!" I ask incredulously, somehow thinking they would never really send one.
The Ranger just nods and disappears inside his pickup.
The Honda Element was surely a welcome sight. Naturally both our cell phones got reception allowing us to discover the depth of the madness we created. Looking over at Noelle's soot covered, dirty face and body I couldn't help but laugh. We made it back safe and sound, not without worry we were sure but we made it. 30+ miles later, no water, blisters, cold, face of a cliff and a freaking mountain lion. It was a scenario that we could have avoided maybe but we also could have handled much worse and led ourselves to a series of greater consequences. Instead we were able to make it out on our own feet despite several obstacles showing me that there is no tougher woman than Noelle Baca and there is way my feet are big enough to fit the shoes I yearn to fill. We made it but we'll never live this down.


Raising the bar once again for interactive music games with the addition of groundbreaking new features that include keyboards, vocal harmonies and Rock Band Pro Mode, Harmonix Music Systems Inc., the world's premier music video game developer, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom's MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), today proudly announced that Imagine, the timeless album from John Lennon, will be among the first albums released as Rock Band™ 3 downloadable content. "The songs on John Lennon's Imagine run the gamut from beautiful piano-driven ballads like 'Jealous Guy' to all-out guitar rockers like 'Gimme Some Truth'," said Paul DeGooyer, senior vice president of electronic games, music and programming for MTV Networks. "It's an incredible musical statement, and a real workout on keyboard, guitar and vocals in Rock Band 3. We're very excited to confirm it as one of the first downloads for our new game, and to help our fans celebrate John's 70th birthday with its release."
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I am using MS Access 2010 where I have many unrelated tables (all in tabs).The main form has no source. For instance (one of the tabs), I have a sub-form as datasheet where it drills down to its related record in the hierarchy of the same table (the + sign which opens other records in the same table).
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Thank you.

A: Think this is what you want to do:
Synchronize subforms
Be aware this method can be problematic for entering new records.

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Little Missenden is a beautiful, unspoilt village on the River Misbourne, in the Chiltern Hills. It is three miles south-east of Great Missenden near Amersham in Buckinghamshire. The name in Old English meant, "Valley where Marsh Plants grow." Much of the village, containing many 18th century brick and rough cast cottages, is built next to the River Misbourne.
Before the A413 road was built, the village was a main route to Amersham. It is not surprising, therefore, that the village contains popular old coaching inns. The Red Lion dates from 1649 and has been in the same family ownership for over twenty years. It has a garden backing on the river and has been visited by several monarchs, including George II. HRH Prince Harry has also enjoyed a meal and drink here. The Red Lion has featured in several episodes of the television series, Midsomer Murders. Barnaby and Troy first stopped here for a pint in the television series in 1997. The first ever episode of Midsomer Murders was set in Little Missenden and it is reported that "Missenden Murders" was even considered as the title for the series. The Crown Inn is another traditional popular pub in the village.
Little Missenden is also renowned for the annual Little Missenden Festival, which has a long tradition of over fifty years of producing high quality music events, literature and the Arts. The concerts take place in St. John the Baptist Church. This ancient Saxon church was built next to the River Misbourne. It was founded in 975 and has been extended over a period of one thousand years. The Chancel was constructed in the 13th century, the North Chapel in the 14th century and the Church Tower was added in the late 15th century.
The Manor House is an early 17th century manor house, with the southern exterior dating to the later part of the century. It was modernised in the early part of the 19th century.