The latest additions to Ricoh's digital colour production system line-up are the Ricoh Pro C901 Graphics Arts + and Ricoh Pro C901S Graphics Arts +. They join Ricoh's growing portfolio which offers commercial and corporate printers enhanced productivity, flexibility, quality and profitability. The new systems include a number of enhancements aimed at ensuring that customers remain at the forefront of the fast paced developments in the production printing industry.
Peter Williams, Ricoh's Executive Vice President, Head of Production Printing Business Group, Ricoh Europe says, "Our launch follows the news from InfoSource that Ricoh was the best selling brand for production devices/colour presses during the first three quarters of 2012. Our new systems will ensure we continue to provide commercial and corporate printers with the leading system of choice and in turn ensure they continue to provide their clients with cost effective, short-run, fast turnaround print services."
The Ricoh Pro C901 and Pro C901S Graphics Arts + digital presses also incorporate the new EFI E42 or E82 print servers. New features to speed up job preparation and enable more work per shift include a HyperRIP which improves performance by processing multiple job pages simultaneously, Xobjects caching to enable PDF files that include Xobjects, to print at speeds previously associated only with VDP jobs. In addition there is inline job editing, ideal for tasks such as the application of additional job options directly from the job list without opening Job Properties. There is also a Job Preset Quick Select that applies the same predefined settings used in virtual printers and hot folders to jobs in the job list.
Productivity is further addressed with an uprated duty cycle of up to 700,000 - 20% more than previously. Uptime is also improved with larger sized toner bottles that require fewer changes per shift. Depending on toner coverage they deliver on average 67,000 clicks, up from 63,000, to reduce costs per page and improve profitability margins.
Substrates up to 350gsm are now included as a part of the standard settings on both models with the media library continually updated to reflect broader grade choices.
Ricoh's PxP chemical toners and oil-less fusing technology ensures the systems deliver near offset results, and offer a production speed of up to 90 pages per minute for multiple paper types thanks to built in Air-Assist technology. Consistent image quality is also assured with advanced image stabilisation, single direction development, mechanical paper registration, enhanced fusing technologies and automatic calibration adjustments.
The Pro C901S Graphic Arts + is also equipped with a high speed full colour scanner that captures hard copy originals for copying, editing, storage or electronic document distribution. The Automatic Document Feeder scans stacks of images in full colour, grayscale or black and white, enabling users to control file size and image quality for each application.
Williams says "These new systems demonstrate Ricoh's commitment to continuous improvement and innovating market leading choices for the printing industry. In addition to our technology we are also focused on providing a wide range of services to help our customers in their goal of expanding their own business portfolio and meeting client needs into the future."
The Ricoh Pro C901 Graphic Arts + is featuring at the Hunkeler Innovation days exhibition in Lucerne, Switzerland, February 11-15, where it will be demonstrating its best in class digital colour production capability.


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Things to Do• Bern
Things to do in Bern
April 17, 2020 Last Updated on January 27, 2023
It may be smaller than Zurich (the Bern population is only around 140,000), but with a laid-back charm that's hard to resist, Bern – Switzerland's capital – is a wonderful city to include in your Swiss travels.
Bern is a city rich in history, dating back to the 12th century, and its medieval centre is protected by UNESCO World Heritage status. The city boasts plenty in the way of fascinating architecture and intriguing buildings but it also offers plenty of green spaces, too.
If you're wondering what to do in Bern, this guide has you covered. We cover the main Bern attractions to ensure you include the best places to visit in Bern in your itinerary.
As well as being the capital of Switzerland, Bern is also the capital of the Canton of Bern. It's a friendly city with a mostly German-speaking population.
Ready to find out more about all the Bern things to do? Read on.
You will also find a map of all the main Bern tourist attractions mentioned in this article, our picks for the best hotels in Bern and details on how to get around Bern.
Aerial view of Bern's Old Town and the River Aare. Photo © swiss-image.ch / Terence du Fresne.
Things to do in Bern, Switzerland
Zytglogge Clock Tower
Bern Cathedral
Einstein House
Federal Palace
River Aare
Bear Park
Hamman and Spa Oktogon
Gurten Park
Bern Historical Museum and Einstein Museum
Bern, Switzerland – Map of attractions
Christmas in Bern
Getting around in Bern
Where is Bern
How to get to Bern
Best Bern hotels
Hotel Schweizerhof Bern and THE SPA – 5*
The Bristol – 4*
Kreuz Bern Modern City Hotel – 3*
Apartments in Bern
Bern Switzerland Weather
A wander around the compact Old Town is a great way to start your Bern sightseeing. Featuring cobbled streets and squares lined with red-roofed sandstone buildings, Bern Old City is easy to explore on foot.
The city was ravaged by a fire back in 1405 with the medieval wooden homes destroyed, and the Old Town as you see it today with its replacement sandstone buildings, remains largely as it has since the early 15th century.
Many of the 'new' sandstone buildings featured arcades with vaulted ceilings on the lower levels, and these arcades, known as Laubengange, still stand today. There are around six kilometres of these covered arcades which are now home to cafes and shops and they are synonymous with the city.
Speaking of shops, if you'd like to buy a Swiss souvenir to take home as a memento of your visit, you'll find a vast array of shops in Bern city centre. Under the covered arcades you'll find every kind of retail outlet from watch and jewellery stores, to chocolatiers, sports stores, galleries, boutiques and more.
Bern's Old Town with the Zahringen Fountain and Zytglogge. Photo © swiss-image.ch / Christof Sonderegger.
On Spitalgasse, on the edge of the Old Town, department stores Loeb and Globus offer a wide variety of goods from cosmetics and clothing, to homewares and toys. There's also a large shopping complex inside the main Bern station (Bern Hauptbahnhof).
As a general rule, most shops are open from 9am to 7pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 5pm on Saturday.
As you stroll around the Old Town you'll notice a lot of fountains – over 100 of them! Amongst these are eleven 16th century Renaissance fountains; each portrays a well-known character from Bern's history – be that a real-life or a fictional individual.
Particularly colourful and beautifully decorated examples are the Zähringen Fountain and Samson Fountain, both on Kramgasse; the Justice Fountain on Gerechtigkeitsgasse; and the Ogre Fountain on Granary Square.
Other highlights of the Old Town, which I cover in more detail below, are the Zytglogge, Munster and Bundeshaus. You can visit all these sights (and more) on your own but if you'd prefer to join a guided tour there are a number of options available.
Popular Bern City tours include:
1-hour Bern Must-See Express Tour – click here for details and prices
90 minute Stroll through Bern Old Town – click here for details and prices
Instagram Highlights Tour – click here for details and prices
The 12th-century clock tower stands tall in Marktgasse at the Western City Gate, in the Old Town. The tower houses a beautiful astronomical clock, constructed in 1530 and considered to be one of the oldest in Switzerland. The Zytglogge also boasts the largest clock face in Switzerland.
Plan to be in Marktgasse as the clock strikes the hour and you'll be in for a treat: mechanical figures will pop out and mark the time, providing a little show for amused visitors.
If you'd like to know more about how the clock works, you might want to book a spot on the behind-the-scenes tour. This takes place daily at 14:30 and allows an up-close look into the inner workings of the clock. It's one of the top things to do in Bern – click here to check details and prices.
The view down Kramgasse, lined with the flags of the Swiss Cantons, towards Zytglogge, is especially pretty at night when the busy day time crowds have left.
Address: Marktgasse
Looking down Kramgasse towards the Zytglogge. Photo © swiss-image.ch / Jan Geerk.
Built during the 15th and 16th century, it's fair to say Bern Cathedral – the official name is Bern Münster – took quite a long time to build, but it was definitely worth the wait! Make sure you stop by when you visit Bern.
With its Gothic sculptures and majestic, 12-metre-high stained glass windows, Bern cathedral is guaranteed to delight. The church also features rib vaulting, flying buttresses and a stunning depiction of the Last Judgment.
The Cathedral's spire – which was only added in 1893 – soars 100 metres into the air, making this the tallest church in Switzerland. If you're feeling energetic, you can climb the 400 steps of the tower to the very top. It may be an effort, but you will be rewarded with amazing views over the city's rooftops.
Beside the Cathedral is a small park area which offers great views over the river.
Bern Münster can be visited daily except Mondays.
Address: Münsterplatz
The world famous physicist, Albert Einstein, developed his theory of relativity E=mc2 whilst living in Bern in 1905. You can visit the home of Einstein and his family at Kramgasse 49 which has been restored in the style of that period.
Einsteinhaus Bern is open year round except late December to 1 February. Entrance fees apply.
Address: Kramgasse 49
If you're interested in politics, you will enjoy a visit to Bundeshaus, the Swiss Federal Assembly. Built during the 19th century, the imposing Neo-Renaissance building draws the eye with its green domed roof and 300-metre-long facade.
At the entrance to the Parliament building – also called the Federal Palace – on the Bundesplatz (Parliament Square), 26 fountains, representing the 26 cantons of Switzerland, spurt water seven metres into the air.
If you want to take a peek inside Bundeshaus, where you can see, amongst other things, a large sculpture of the founding fathers of Switzerland and paintings illustrating important Swiss historical events, you will need to book a tour. You will be led by a well-informed guide who will provide you with fascinating insights into the Swiss Government.
Address: Bundesplatz 3
Bern's impressive Federal Palace.
Bern's Old Town is built inside a bend in the turquoise River Aare, which, at 288 kilometres in length, is the longest river within Switzerland.
The river surrounds Bern on three sides, and the clear waters are considered to be an integral part of the city. Residents of Bern believe that a swim in the Aare is akin to a Swiss tradition, and visitors are enticed to jump in and enjoy the experience for themselves – but maybe not in winter!
Another activity popular with both visitors and residents of Bern, river rafting is always an option if you're looking for some adventure.
Numerous bridges cross the river, including the Nydegg bridge (Nydeggbrucke), which you'll need to cross if you plan on visiting the Bear Park or Rose Garden. (Read more about these below.)
Bern has an affinity with the brown bear, which explains why the creature is the emblem of the city (and has been since the 12th century). The brown bear is so symbolic to the city that it even features on the coat of arms which is found on the flags of both the city and canton of Bern.
Even today, Bern has three resident brown bears living in the purpose-built Bern Bear Park (Bärengraben) near the Old Town – just across the River Aare. If you are visiting Bern with children, they'll love watching the bears at play.
Formerly housed in a large concrete pit, the bears now enjoy a peaceful life in their two comfy and spacious forest-like enclosures (linked by a tunnel) which cover 6,000 square metres. They can often be found dipping their paws in their very own part of the river!
The Bear Park is open daily from 9.30am and is one of the best free things to do in Bern.
Address: Bärengraben
Situated close to the Bear Park, the Rose Garden (Rosengarten) provides a scenic setting, ripe for contemplation and reflection, as well as wonderful views across the river to the Old Town.
Visit in spring and witness the flowers as they begin to flourish – there are over 200 species of roses, as well as cherry blossoms and iris to marvel at. As summer dawns, the garden erupts into full bloom – a riot of colour that's a feast for the eyes. There's a pretty pond too, laden with waterlilies.
The Rose Garden in Bern is always open and is free to enter. It can be reached via a short but steep path from the Bear Park.
Address: Alter Aargauerstalden 31b
The views from Rosengarten over Bern's Old Town are spectacular. Photo © swiss-image.ch / Jan Geerk.
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If you have more time in Bern and would like a bit of relaxation, why not indulge in a bathing experience like no other at Bern Hamman and Spa Oktogon?
This Turkish bath and spa is based on ritualistic and ancient traditions where the body is warmed and cleansed, providing a sense of calm and well-being. The building itself is pretty impressive from the outside too, with a unique octagonal shape, but it's inside where the magic happens.
Lie back, relax and enjoy.
Address: Weihergasse 3, 3005 Bern
Bern's Hammam and Spa Oktogon is housed in a uniquely shaped building. Photo courtesy Aqua-Spa-Resorts.
Get a dose of Alpine air as you head to the slopes of Gurten, Bern's own mountain, where Gurten Park, and its parkland awaits.
Board the funicular railway at the River Aare (Waben tram stop) for the five-minute journey climbing 858 metres to the summit from where you'll get great views over Bern.
Gurten Park is a popular spot in both summer and winter.
During the warmer months, visitors can enjoy hiking, relaxing in the great outdoors, a toboggan run (March to October), and picnicking. There's also a huge playground – complete with its own mini Swiss train the kids can ride – making a visit to Gurten one of the best things to do in Bern if you are travelling with kids.
During the winter months, sledding and skiing are two popular activities at Gurten.
There are also two restaurants at Gurten.
Address: Gurtenkulm, 3084 Köniz
To reach Gurten, take the #9 tram in the direction of Wabern, and get off at the Gurtenbahn stop. The Gurtenbahn funicular departs every 15 minutes from 7.00am.
There's lots to see at the Bern Historical Museum; in fact, there are over 500,000 exhibits to peruse. There are many highlights, including tapestries that date back to the 1400s and a very special wedding gift – a gem-set diptych – presented to the King of Hungary in the 13th century.
The Bern Museum also provides a home for the Einstein Museum. Visitors can discover how the great man worked and learn more about his life and family. You will find authentic photographs and footage showcasing how Einstein formulated his famous theory of relativity.
Address: Helvetiaplatz 5.
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If you find yourself in Bern in winter, try and time your visit to coincide with the Bern Christmas Markets. Numerous Christmas markets are held in the city and they add a really magical feeling to the city.
As well as stalls selling Christmas ornaments, homemade products and food, you can also go skating on the ice rink and admire a giant Christmas tree.
Average Bern winter temperatures are around 3℃ (38℉), so dress warmly!
Christmas decorations and dustings of snow add to Bern's charm. Photo © swiss-image.ch/Christof Sonderegger.
The best way to get around the Old Town is on foot but if you need to go a bit further afield in Bern, public transport is easily accessible. Streetcars (trams) and buses, operated by BernMobil, offer frequent services across the city. Tickets can be purchased from ticket machines at tram and bus stops.
You can ride on Bern's public transport network for free if you hold a Swiss Travel Pass. Guests of Bern's hotels are also entitled to a Bern Ticket which provides free public transport within zones 100 and 101.
Bern is located in west central Switzerland in the Canton of Bern, the second-largest of the Swiss Cantons.
The two nearest international airports to Bern are at Zurich (101 kilometres away), and Geneva (130 kilometres away).
Easy rail connections are available from both airports, and other destinations across Switzerland and Europe, to Bern. If you prefer to arrive by car, modern motorways connect Bern with all corners of Switzerland.
Zurich to Bern
by train: Zurich to Bern trains depart every 30 minutes with a journey time of approximately one hour.
by car: Alternatively, you can drive, which will take about 1 hr 20 minutes.
by bus: As another option, you can also take the bus – this will take a little longer at around 1 hr 35 minutes.
by organised small group day trip: You can also join a full day excursion to Bern from Zurich. You'll see the main sights of Bern as well as enjoying stops at the Kambly biscuit factory and a cheese dairy in Emmental. Click here to check details and prices.
Geneva to Bern
by train: Geneva to Bern trains depart approximately every 20 minutes. The journey time is around 1 hour and 45 minutes.
by car: If you prefer to drive, you can take the A1; the journey will take around 1 hour and 50 minutes.
by bus: If neither of those options suit, you could opt to take a bus (there are five daily from Geneva to Bern); however, this is a longer journey at around 2.5 hours.
Interlaken to Bern
by train: Interlaken to Bern trains depart at least twice per hour. The journey takes around 1 hour.
by car: It takes around 55 minutes to reach Bern from Interlaken via the A6 motorway.
Lucerne to Bern
by train: There are at least two Lucerne to Bern train services every hour, with a journey time of around 90 minutes. You can also travel part of the way on the panoramic GoldenPass Line.
If you choose this option, you'll travel from Lucerne to Interlaken on the Luzern-Interlaken Express (2 hours) and then on an InterCity or Regional train from Interlaken to Bern (1 hour).
by car: You can reach Bern from Lucerne in 1 hour 15 minutes via the A1 motorway or take a more scenic route on the A8 and A6 over the Brunig Pass. Allow around 1 hour 45 minutes for the scenic route.
Below you'll find our top three picks for where to stay in Bern city centre. For more options, read our guide to the 10 best hotels in Bern.
Luxury and location are two words to describe Hotel Schweizerhof Bern and THE SPA. This superb 5-star hotel is directly across the street from the train station and all of Bern's main sights can be reached on foot.
In addition to a brasserie restaurant, there's also a lobby bar, cigar lounge, a rooftop terrace, a huge wellness centre and a fitness room.
Click here to check current prices for Hotel Schweizerhof Bern and THE SPA
If you're looking for quiet, elegant rooms for your stay in Bern, The Bristol is a great choice. Perfectly situated in the heart of the medieval Old Town, you'll be close to the train station and tourist sites.
Guests can make use of the fitness centre, a bar and lounge area, and there's free WiFi.
Click here to check current rates at The Bristol
With a great location right in the Old Town, the hotel is just a few minutes' walk to all the main attractions including the Bear Park, Zytglogge and Federal Palace. Bern station is just a 5-minute walk away.
As well as modern, well-equipped rooms, the Kreuz Bern Modern City Hotel also features a restaurant and free fitness facilities.
Click here to check current rates at Kreuz Bern Modern City Hotel
If you'd prefer to book self-catering accommodation in Bern, there are some great options to choose from. > Click here to search for short term Bern apartments.
Bern's summer months (June, July, and August) are relatively warm and temperatures average 25°C / 77°F in July.
Snow tends to fall between October and April (with December, January, and February being particularly snowy). As I mentioned above, average January temperatures are 3°C / 38°F.
You can compare temperatures throughout the year in Bern here.
I hope this guide has encouraged you to visit Bern. As you can see, there are things to see in Bern for all ages and interests. Whether you want to see Bern in one day or have a bit longer to spend in the city, you are sure to fall in love with the charming, medieval capital of Switzerland.
To read our full guide to Bern,> click here.
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"Springsteen on Broadway" by Ron Wells
Ron Wells recently returned from NYC where he went to see the Bruce Springsteen's show on Broadway. According to wikipedia, " Springsteen on Broadway is a concert residency by Bruce Springsteen being held at the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York City. The residency consists of Springsteen performing five shows a week, Tuesday through Saturday. The shows feature Springsteen, solo, playing guitar and piano, performing his music, restating incidents from his 2016 autobiography, Born to Run, and performing other spoken reminiscences written for the show. Springsteen's wife, Patti Scialfa, has also appeared at most shows." The show has been extended numerous times due to intense interest but is due to close at the end of 2018. Springsteen on Broadway will premiere for streaming on Netflix on December 15, 2018 on the same date of the final scheduled performance on Broadway. Filming for the special took place on July 17 and 18, 2018, with a private audience in attendance.[15]
"My vision of these shows is to make them as personal and intimate as possible. I chose Broadway for this project because it has the beautiful old theaters which seemed like the right setting for what I have in mind. In fact, with one or two exceptions, the 960 seats of the Walter Kerr Theatre is probably the smallest venue I've played in the last 40 years. My show is just me, the guitar, the piano and the words and music. Some of the show is spoken, some of it is sung, all of it together is in pursuit of my constant goal—to communicate something of value," says Springsteen.
Here are Ron's personal reflections on the experience.
"This race and this country and this life produced me, he said. I shall express myself as I am."
― James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Oddly enough, it was Joyce's "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" that came to mind after seeing "Springsteen on Broadway." For here was Bruce Springsteen, an artist, who was no longer young, but rather a man closer to the end than the beginning of his life, and who was sharing an intimate look at who he was, how he became the person he is today, and how all of this led him to writing certain songs. He was a man who once long ago responded to a fan who yelled, "We love you, Bruce!" by saying, "You don't really know me." Here, on Broadway, in the intimate and acoustically perfect Walter Kerr Theater, he was telling an audience some of who he was, and giving some insight into knowing him and many of his songs. Many parts of the show originate from his autobiography which, among other things, dealt with his on-going battle with depression. Overall, it is a life filled with laughter, tears, and most of all, music. He said it was like a "magic trick."
More importantly, he was inviting the audience to come along on the journey that was his life and compare notes of what their own lives were like. And I, like so many others in the theater, accepted his invitation to join him, to compare and contrast my life with his. When he talked of his struggles with his father, he spoke of those "whose love we want, but can't get, we emulate," for his father's voice was "sacred to me." I thought of the distances that sometimes separated me from my own father, and yet whose work ethic defined me. Then he spoke of the love, strength and support of his mother who had a "never say die, thirst for life." I thought of my mother facing her own challenges, but always fighting fiercely for, and putting me and my brother, as her primary concern in her life.
His rendition of My Hometown showed his love and hate of the place where he grew up, and how he could smell the coffee from the nearby factory, and yet the town was "surrounded by God." The song reminded him, and me, of the "fights between the blacks and whites," and how "there was nothing you could do." I too had been there, as my hometown was hit more than once with curfews due to uprisings brought on by race, and hatred, and prejudice. It was a shared memory that was separated by 3,000 miles and yet represented a country that struggled mightily with race no matter where you grew up.
Then he talked so lovingly of his New Jersey musical heroes who lost their lives in Vietnam because of the lies told by the government, and I too knew stories of my friends and in my soul I too knew that "someone went in my place." He pounded his guitar angrily on the opening chords of "Born in the USA" to express his frustration and rage.
So many of us had experienced the same feeling of hopelessness, helplessness, and the pure anger that the war engendered.
Patti's songs with Bruce added a whole new dimension to his story, for it is impossible to look at her now and not respect the fact that she is the one who has watched over and protected him when he sank into the foggy, nightmarish world of quicksand that was his depression. How many times has she been there to save him from himself? One thing is certain: God has had mercy on a man who sometimes doubted what he was sure of. Patti is living proof.
Turning a very different corner, Bruce shakes his head at the "dark angels" that are running our country now, and how he never thought he'd see his country become what it is today. But he quoted Marin Luther King, Jr. when he said, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it tends towards justice." Let us pray that it is so. Yet, he reminded us that arc needs our support, and as citizens, it is we who must help bend it.
Please do not get the idea that this was a show of absolute seriousness. It most definitely was not. Bruce has always had the ability to laugh at himself, and the humor here was consistently loud, spontaneous and warm. For example, he talked about his first trip driving cross country and how he had to have his manager get the car out of first gear, because he couldn't work the clutch correctly. Then he added, "The guy who wrote Racing in the Street, didn't know how to drive a car." After the laughter died down, he spoke with awe of driving into the pure horizon of the desert, and his love affair with that horizon and the wide open spaces of the desert. Almost as an aside, he connected it with a Promised Land. His self-deprecation continued when he later added that when he was young he wanted to leave his hometown so badly, he was just chomping at the bit. It couldn't come fast enough nor take him far enough away. And yet, "All these years later, and I live 10 minutes from that same hometown." Laughter ensued, as it did so often in the show. He knows the punch lines, and he realizes the audience needs and enjoys the bright light of humor, as much as the sometimes darkness of truth.
Perhaps the most interesting part of the entire performance was his consistently coming back to a spiritual context for his life.
That is not unusual, for it certainly happens as one grows older. He even said a prayer during the show. Though he spoke of the Catholicism that would probably never leave him, he opened that door much wider to include all religions and all spiritual beliefs. When he spoke of God, one got the idea that he was allowing you to interpret that word in any way you wished. It was an invitation to a greater understanding of life and our place in the universe. It was his way, once again, of inviting you to contemplate all that life presents you with. He even went so far as to talk about an old tree that was once the center of his hometown, and yet it had been cut down by the county. When he felt the dirt around the tree he felt it was still there. It's spirit lived on.
When he talked of Clarence Clemons, he said he felt Clarence and he had been together in previous lives, and he would "see you in the next life, Big Man." Ghosts are always trying to reach us, he said quietly but without hesitation. And I too believe this to be true, for it has happened to me. Spirits in the night. For we "commune with the spirts, and are surrounded by God." Bruce's reminder that "the soul doesn't dissipate."
Then he said: "Life is finite. The clock is ticking." We are, indeed, mortal when all is said and done. And yet even his mother who has alzheimers will dance when she hears music. There is always a reason to dance, a need to dance, no matter where you find yourself in life.
For 43 of my 69 years, Bruce Springsteen has been an integral part of my life.
He is the same age as me. He has put on the greatest rock and roll shows I have ever seen, and I've seen 90+ (I think that's correct) of his shows.Bruce has inspired me to be a better teacher. He has coaxed me to work harder. He has invited me to laugh at how absurd life can sometimes be.
Yes, I love Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Muddy Waters and a few thousand more singers, writers, and movie actors and directors, but Bruce Springsteen was always a "normal guy," someone who looked out into the audience and wanted to see faces of people who were just like him. I accepted his invitation in 1975 and never regretted it.
This is, was, and has been his "magic trick." It was his art that he "wanted to be somebody you could count on." For me, he has been all that and more. He was never perfect, but he stood "in witness of joy and heartbreak."
The show is inordinately expensive, with every night sold out and tickets running from $75 to $850. For the first time in my life, I said money was no object. I needed to see this show. I'm so glad I did. This was one of the most moving experiences of my life. An artist reaching out to hundreds, if not thousands of people, and inviting them to share his life and theirs. It will be on Netflix on Dec. 15. One would hope that the live performance will come through the tv screen just as it did in that wonderful theater.
James Joyce probably spoke for me when he wrote, "He wanted to cry quietly for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music." His music and words were not always sad, but they were all encompassing, life affirming and beautiful. I did cry. And I did laugh. It was a spiritual experience, with all the beauty that entails.
When I got his autograph after the show, he looked me directly in the eyes, for he is always making that personal connection, and all I could say was, "Thank you." I have to believe he understand that I spoke for millions of people. Whatever art or artist touches you, may you experience everything that I did at this show. For as I walked away in a humid and bustling New York City, I felt blessed, for my life and his.
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Descendants of Matthew & Mary Wing of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
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Joseph Hopkins (M)
b. between 1872 and 1873
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Joseph was born at 8 1881, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, (now Canada), between 1872 and 1873. He was the son of Knowles Atwood Hopkins and Mercy Swim.
Joseph was born. He was the son of Prince William Hopkins.
Last Edited=2 Jan 2003
Joseph D. Hopkins (M)
b. 11 January 1809
Joseph was born at Orrington, Hancock (now Penobscot), Maine, on 11 January 1809. He was the son of Capt. Barzillai Hopkins (II) and Jedidah Dexter. He married Charlotte F. Atwood at Orland, Hancock, Maine, on 22 October 1837.
Joseph H. Hopkins (M)
b. 3 August 1833, d. 1872?
Joseph was born at 17 1850, Brewster, Barnstable, MA, on 3 August 1833. He was the son of William Hopkins and Betsy Wing. Joseph H. Hopkins married Maria (Unknown) circa 1851 at Williamsburgh (now Brooklyn), NY. Joseph H. Hopkins died in 1872? At prob. Brooklyn, King, NY.
Children of Joseph H. Hopkins and Maria (Unknown)
Joseph M. Hopkins+ b. Mar 1852
Mary E. Hopkins b. c 1856
Cornelia Hopkins b. bt 1859 - 1860
William Hopkins b. Jun 1861
Charlotte Hopkins b. c 1864
Walter Hopkins b. c 1866
Joseph M. Hopkins (M)
b. March 1852
Joseph M. Hopkins was born in March 1852 at Williamsburgh (now Brooklyn), King, NY. He was the son of Joseph H. Hopkins and Maria (Unknown). Joseph M. Hopkins married Sophia (Unknown) circa 1874 at Brooklyn, King, NY.
Children of Joseph M. Hopkins and Sophia (Unknown)
Mary Hopkins b. c 1874
Joseph M. Hopkins b. Nov 1877
Charles A. Hopkins b. 31 May 1880
Eva A, Hopkins b. Oct 1895
b. November 1877
Joseph M. Hopkins was born in November 1877 at (Unknown), Queens, NY. He was the son of Joseph M. Hopkins and Sophia (Unknown).
Joseph W. Hopkins (M)
b. 17 March 1825
He married Martha Hopkins. Joseph was born at Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, (now Canada), on 17 March 1825. He was the son of Archibald Hopkins and Margaret Sherrod.
Children of Joseph W. Hopkins and Martha Hopkins
2 more children Hopkins
Frank H. Hopkins
Isabel Hopkins
Jerusha Hopkins b. bt 1861 - 1862
Mary Elizabeth Hopkins b. bt 1863 - 1864, d. c 1941
Joshua Hopkins (M)
b. 12 November 1774, d. before 13 May 1816
Joshua was unmarried. Joshua was born at Chatham, Barnstable, MA, on 12 November 1774. He was the son of Barzillai Hopkins and Martha Godfrey Howes. He died at Orland, Hancock, Maine, before 13 May 1816.
b. June 1657, d. circa 1736
Joshua was born at Eastham, PC, in June 1657. He was the son of Giles Hopkins and Catherine Wheldon. He married Mary Cole at Eastham, PC, on 26 May 1681. He died at Eastham, Barnstable, MA, circa 1736.
Children of Joshua Hopkins and Mary Cole
Elisha Hopkins+ b. 17 Dec 1688
Joshua Hopkins (II)+ b. 20 Feb 1698
Hannah Hopkins+ b. 23 Mar 1700
Joshua Hopkins (II) (M)
b. 20 February 1698
Joshua Hopkins (II) was born on 20 February 1698 at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts. He was the son of Joshua Hopkins and Mary Cole.
Child of Joshua Hopkins (II)
Joshua Hopkins (III)+ b. 18 Jul 1725
Joshua Hopkins (III) (M)
b. 18 July 1725
Joshua Hopkins (III) married Rebecca Sparrow. Joshua Hopkins (III) was born on 18 July 1725 at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts. He was the son of Joshua Hopkins (II).
Children of Joshua Hopkins (III) and Rebecca Sparrow
Abigail Hopkins+
Elkanah Hopkins+ b. 18 May 1758
Abigail Hopkins+ b. 19 Sep 1764
Josiah Hopkins (M)
Josiah Hopkins was born between 1873 and 1874 at 7 1881, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, (now Canada). He was the son of John D. Hopkins and Eliza Ann Kendrick Smith.
Capt. Josiah Harding Hopkins (M)
b. 12 October 1833
Josiah was born at Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, (now Canada), on 12 October 1833. He was the son of Isaac Hopkins and Martha Elvira Harding. He married Hannah Brown on 10 April 1858. He married Amanda (Unknown) Mack after 1881.
Children of Capt. Josiah Harding Hopkins and Hannah Brown
Emma Hopkins
(Unknown) Hopkins
Elizabeth Hopkins b. bt 1861 - 1862
Robert Hopkins b. bt 1863 - 1864
Hedley Hopkins b. bt 1864 - 1865
Julia Belle Hopkins (F)
b. 2 July 1871, d. 13 February 1934
Julia was born at Mendon, St. Joseph, MI, on 2 July 1871. She was the daughter of Howard A. Hopkins and Martha Wing. She died at Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN, on 13 February 1934.
Last Edited=7 Jul 2005
Katherine Hopkins (F)
Katherine was born. She was the daughter of Isaac Hopkins and Ann Buck.
Last Edited=20 Jul 2004
Knowles Atwood Hopkins (M)
b. 1 August 1819, d. July 1905
He married Mercy Swim. Knowles was born at Barrington, Nova Scotia, on 1 August 1819. He was the son of Samuel Hopkins (II) and Hannah Atwood. Knowles Atwood Hopkins died in July 1905 at Barrington, Nova Scotia, CAN, at age 85.
Children of Knowles Atwood Hopkins and Mercy Swim
Abigail Hopkins
Osborne Hopkins b. bt 1856 - 1857
Henrietta Hopkins b. bt 1858 - 1859
Ada Hopkins+ b. 2 Apr 1861, d. 22 Sep 1939
Andrew Hopkins b. bt 1862 - 1863
William Hopkins b. bt 1866 - 1867
Joseph Hopkins b. bt 1872 - 1873
Lavinia F. Hopkins (F)
b. circa 1868, d. 1950
Lavinia F. Hopkins was born circa 1868 at E. Jeddore, Halifax, NS. She was the daughter of Samuel Hopkins and Elizabeth Mitchell. Lavinia F. Hopkins married Ephraim Zinck on 22 October 1892 at Blandford, NS, CAN. Lavinia F. Hopkins was buried at United Baptist Cemetery, Blandford. She died in 1950.
Leafie Hopkins (F)
b. 26 August 1898
Leafie Hopkins was born on 26 August 1898 at E. Jeddore, Halifax, NS, CAN. She was the daughter of Samuel Harris Hopkins and Annie Frances Phalen.
Lemuel Hopkins (M)
Child of Lemuel Hopkins and Hannah (Unknown)
Hannah Hopkins Armstrong b. c 1813
Leslie Hopkins (F)
Leslie Hopkins was the daughter of Levi Hopkins and Melinda A. Smith.
Levi Hopkins (M)
b. 31 October 1844, d. 6 April 1920
He married an unknown person . Levi was born at Bear Point, NS, on 31 October 1844. He was the son of Ensign N. Hopkins and Susanna Nickerson. Levi Hopkins married Melinda A. Smith, daughter of Andrew Smith, on 12 November 1867 at (Unknown), Shelburn, Nova Scotia, (now Canada). Levi Hopkins died on 6 April 1920 at Bear Point, NS, at age 75. He was buried at Birch Hill Cemetery, Bear Point, NS.
Children of Levi Hopkins and Melinda A. Smith
Sophia Hopkins
Amelia Hopkins+ b. 10 Mar 1882, d. 4 Jun 1919
Levi was born. He was the son of Ensign Hopkins.
Child of Levi Hopkins
Amelia Hopkins+
Lewis Hopkins (M)
Lewis Hopkins was born. He was the son of Andrew Hopkins.
Lillian Ida Hopkins (F)
b. June 1866
Lillian Ida Hopkins was born in June 1866 at prob. Jamaica, Queens, NY. She was the daughter of John B. Hopkins and Elizabeth M. Lewry. Lillian Ida Hopkins was married (an unknown value) times.
Lillias Hopkins (F)
b. 16 June 1867, d. 2 August 1877
Lillias was born at Mendon, St. Joseph, MI, on 16 June 1867. She was the daughter of Howard A. Hopkins and Martha Wing. She died on 2 August 1877.
Louisa Hopkins (F)
She married Jethro Covel Kenney. Louisa was born at 18 1881, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, (now Canada), between 1862 and 1863. She was the daughter of Isaac Hopkins and Ann Brown.
Louisa Prescott Hopkins (F)
b. 1806, d. 8 November 1879
Louisa was born at Wayne, Kennebec, Maine, in 1806. She was the daughter of [poss.] Newell Hopkins and [poss.] Eunice Prescott. She married Stephen Landross Wing at Wayne, Kennebec, Maine, in 1822. She died at Franklin, Hancock, Maine, on 8 November 1879. Her body was interred after 8 November 1879 at Peru, Oxford, Maine.
Children of Louisa Prescott Hopkins and Stephen Landross Wing
Columbus H. Wing+ b. 9 Jun 1823, d. 17 Mar 1914
George Washington Wing+ b. 7 Apr 1826
Tillotson Pliny Wing+ b. 8 Sep 1828, d. 20 Oct 1928
Stephen Prescott Wing+ b. 26 Feb 1831, d. 11 Jul 1911
Samuel F. Wing+ b. 13 May 1833, d. 1916
Cordelia B. Wing b. May 1835, d. 31 Jul 1900
Austin Holmes Wing+ b. 13 Apr 1838, d. 5 Feb 1916
Ira Bishop Wing+ b. 1840, d. 27 Jun 1907
Francis Augustus Wing+ b. 21 Apr 1842, d. 24 Jul 1902
Charles Albert Wing+ b. 15 May 1842, d. 11 Oct 1918
Caroline Almeda Wing b. 15 May 1842
Lovitt Hopkins (?)
b. circa 1860
Lovitt was born at Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, (now Canada), circa 1860. Lovitt Hopkins was the child of John B. Hopkins and Thankful Crowell.
Lucinda Hopkins (F)
b. 22 August 1835, d. 31 January 1895
Lucinda was unmarried. Lucinda was born on 22 August 1835. She was the daughter of Isaac Hopkins and Martha Elvira Harding. She died on 31 January 1895.
Lucretia Hopkins (F)
b. 23 June 1805, d. 7 March 1888
Lucretia was born at Barrington, Shelburn, NS, on 23 June 1805. She was the daughter of Samuel Hopkins and Rebecca Pennell. She married Smith Atwood at Barrington, Shelburn, NS, on 23 June 1832. She died at Barrington, Shelburn, NS, on 7 March 1888.
Children of Lucretia Hopkins and Smith Atwood
Sarah Ann Atwood
Rebecca Atwood+
Rhoda Atwood
b. 10 November 1829, d. 12 June 1852
Lucretia was born on 10 November 1829. She was the daughter of Isaac Hopkins and Martha Elvira Harding. She married Smith Wilson on 22 January 1849. She died on 12 June 1852.
Child of Lucretia Hopkins and Smith Wilson
Mary Jane Wilson
She married William S. Hopkins [twin]. Lucretia was born. She was the daughter of Samuel Hopkins.
Lucy Hopkins (F)
Children of Lucy Hopkins and Josiah Bacon
Aphia Bacon b. 31 Aug 1789
Rebecca Bacon b. 31 Aug 1791
Lydia Hopkins (F)
b. 1 June 1713, d. 10 September 1781
She married Joshua Crosby. Lydia was born at Harwich, Barnstable, MA, on 1 June 1713. She was the daughter of Samuel Hopkins and Lydia Rich. Lydia Hopkins died on 10 September 1781 at of Southeast, Dutchess (now Putnam), New York, at age 68. She was buried after 10 September 1781 at Sears Burying Ground, Southeast [Doansburg], Dutchess (now Putnam), New York.
Last Edited=7 Mar 2005
Children of Lydia Hopkins and Joshua Crosby
Hannah Crosby b. c 1744, d. Mar 1757
John Crosby+ b. c 1750
b. 21 June 1769, d. circa 1773
Lydia was born at Chatham, Barnstable, MA, on 21 June 1769. She was the daughter of Barzillai Hopkins and Lydia Eldridge. She died at Chatham, Barnstable, MA, circa 1773.
b. 30 November 1776, d. before 16 June 1856
Lydia participated in the No Children event at Bucksport, Hancock, Maine. Lydia was born at Chatham, Barnstable, MA, on 30 November 1776. She was the daughter of Barzillai Hopkins and Martha Godfrey Howes. She died at Bucksport, Hancock, Maine, before 16 June 1856.
b. 15 August 1801, d. 3 April 1884
Lydia was born at Barrington, Shelburn, NS, on 15 August 1801. She was the daughter of Edward Hopkins and Hannah Hinckley. She married David Smith in 1823. She died on 3 April 1884.
Children of Lydia Hopkins and David Smith
Moses Smith
Isaac H. Smith
Delilah Smith
Elvira Smith
John Smith b. 1823
Elias Smith b. 1832
Lydia was born at of Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, on 20 March 1742. She was the daughter of Moses Hopkins and Hannah Berry. She married Nathan Snow at of Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, on 3 December 1767.
Child of Lydia Hopkins and Nathan Snow
Elizabeth Snow+
Lydia Hopkins King (F)
Lydia was born at Harwich, Barnstable, MA, on 30 July 1747. She was the daughter of Jonathan Hopkins and Rebecca Freeman. She married John Bangs at Fredericksburg, NY, before 1777.
Last Edited=9 Dec 2004
Child of Lydia Hopkins King and John Bangs
Hannah Bangs+ b. 10 Jun 1777, d. 3 Feb 1842
Mabel Hopkins (F)
b. 30 April 1795, d. 21 August 1873
Mabel Hopkins was born on 30 April 1795. She was the daughter of Timothy Hopkins and Rebecca Smith. Mabel Hopkins married John Hunt, son of Capt. Moses Willard Hunt and Esther Jenne [Jenney], on 4 January 1816. Mabel Hopkins died on 21 August 1873 at age 78.
Children of Mabel Hopkins and John Hunt
Harry Hunt
Charles Hunt b. 18 Feb 1818, d. 17 Mar 1825
Harriet Mills Hunt b. 17 May 1819
Timothy Edwards Hunt b. 3 Dec 1820
Emily Hunt b. 15 Sep 1822
John Hunt b. 10 Dec 1824
Charles Hunt b. 10 Aug 1826, d. 31 Aug 1826
MaryAnn Hunt b. 15 Dec 1827, d. 20 Oct 1869
Mable E. Hopkins (F)
b. September 1884
Mable E. Hopkins was born in September 1884 at NY. She was the daughter of John B. Hopkins and Ella J. (Unknown).
Margaret Hopkins (F)
Margaret was unmarried. Margaret was born at 30 1881 unmarried at home, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, (now Canada), between 1850 and 1851. She was the daughter of Nathan C. Hopkins and Jane Hopkins.
Margaret was born at 11 1881, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, (now Canada), between 1869 and 1870. She was the daughter of Archibald Hopkins (II) and Hannah Crowell.
Margaret Wrayton Hopkins (F)
Margaret was born on 12 August 1836. She was the daughter of Barzilla Hopkins and Eliza Kenney.
Margaret\Matilda Hopkins (F)
b. 22 June 1837, d. 27 January 1850
Margaret\Matilda was born on 22 June 1837. She was the daughter of Isaac Hopkins and Martha Elvira Harding. She died on 27 January 1850.
Marietta Hopkins (F)
She married Ashton Hopkins. Marietta was born at 19 1881, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, (now Canada), between 1861 and 1862. She was the daughter of Thomas S. Hopkins and Mary Ann Middling.
Martha Hopkins (F)
She married Joseph W. Hopkins. Martha was born at Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, (now Canada), on 11 August 1831. She was the daughter of John Hopkins and Martha Crowell.
Children of Martha Hopkins and Joseph W. Hopkins
Martha was born at Henderson, Henderson, KY. She married Samuel Campbell Wing in 1871. She died in 1879.
Children of Martha Hopkins and Samuel Campbell Wing
Lucy Wing
Edward Rumsey Wing d. c 1879
Martha Hopkins was the daughter of Eldridge Hopkins and Margaret P. Pendleton.
Capt. Martin Hopkins (M)
b. between 1861 and 1862, d. 18 April 1899
Martin was born at 19 1881, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, (now Canada), between 1861 and 1862. He was the son of John D. Hopkins and Eliza Ann Kendrick Smith. He died at sea, on 18 April 1899.
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On Veterans Day and Memorial Day, we like to take a moment to tell the history of "the guys" in the My Guys Moving & Storage logo. Most younger folks recognize the characters as familiar, but they don't necessarily know the origin of this iconic image that dates back to World War II. However, anyone born in the mid-1930s or who grew up after WWII will probably know the phrase, "Kilroy Was Here."
Engraving of Kilroy on the WWII Memorial in Washington DC
There are many stories floating around the Internet about the true beginnings of the phrase and accompanying doodle, but Wikipedia cites the results of an American Transit Association national radio contest that found the REAL Kilroy. They credit James J. Kilroy as the only person who could prove himself as the originator of the mark, which he may have used as part of his job as an American shipyard inspector. Read more at Truth or Fiction and Snopes for variations on the story of James Kilroy as a welding inspector.
Whatever the origin of "Kilroy Was Here," the graffiti of a mostly bald guy with a big nose and fingers peeking over a wall became a symbol of American G.I. presence throughout Europe and the South Pacific in the 1940s. Although Kilroy's popularity may have peaked in the 1950s, he's still seen to this day whenever the slogan and cartoon is scrawled by soldiers in places as far away as Iraq and Afghanistan, while other folks continue to take it as a personal challenge to draw the logo in the most unusual places.
This weekend I was reminded of Kilroy as we brought our daughters' Girl Scout troop to their first Honor Flight to honor War Era Veterans. Approximately ninety-four Vets flew from Fort Myers to Dulles International Airport to make their journey to the memorials in Washington, DC. The majority of the participants were senior veterans – World War II survivors, along with veterans of other wars – who came to DC to reflect and gain a sense of closure. It was very emotional to see these service men and women moved to tears as the Girl Scout Daisies showed their appreciation by handing them gifts and singing Patriotic songs.
As one of the moving companies Washington DC knows and trusts, My Guys is honored to be associated with such a great icon of American history.
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Liza Fox Talks Bipolar, Recovery & Reinvention
By Elizabeth Forbes
We catch up with the former American Idol performer whose music video "I Am Not I" is an allegory about overcoming bipolar disorder
By bp Magazine & Liza Fox
(Originally printed as "Back Chat with Liza Fox")
Liza Fox has charted in the U.S. and Europe with infectious dance tunes like Dynamite, You Turn Me On and Gimme All (Ring My Bell). The mercurial performer takes on different personas—including a "witchy warrior" in the video for I Am Not I, the title track off her debut album. She says it represents her "victory over darkness and bipolar disorder."
You've been Inessa Lee (on American Idol), Princess X, now Liza Fox … is reinvention part of your personal life, too?
Every time I changed my stage name, it turned me into a new person with a different mindset, lifestyle and character. I chose the name Liza Fox after I've learnt from astrological readings that reinvention is necessary for my personal growth. It fits my emotional state at this point.
Blonde, brunette, Goth black: What is your "true" hair color?
My hair color depends on my mood. I went from brunette to Goth black when I was going through dark times. Expressing inner darkness by coloring my hair helped me to let it go. Right now I am experimenting with blonde, as you can see on Instagram!
What's been hardest for you about pursuing a music career?
It's disappointing when people you work with let you down. Once the trust is ruined, the inspiration is gone.
Your music is great for getting moving and motivated. What do you listen to when you need a boost"?
I love New Age music—it awakens my imagination and creativity. When I feel sad, Selena Gomez comes to rescue. Her songs give me energy.
You've tweeted about hiking, bowling, going to the beach … what's your favorite way to relax and renew?
I can spend hours sitting by the beach. Ocean takes away all the negative emotions and calms me down. If you can't find the answer, go to the beach and ask the ocean.
During a trip to Hawaii, you mentioned a beach that's perfect for meditation. Do you meditate regularly?
I meditate whenever I need to resolve inner conflicts. I usually listen to Louise Hay's healing meditation before falling asleep.
What are the most challenging aspects of bipolar for you?
It's not easy to keep the mood swings in control so that they don't affect your family members and people who are close to you. Another challenging aspect is dealing with recurring nightmares. I sometimes wake up screaming in the middle of the night.
What inspired you to share that you have bipolar?
I wanted to share my story through music. It's a positive way to release emotions and a healing way to become whole, physically and mentally. I lived through the whole nine yards on the set filming the music video for "I Am Not I," and it was such a relief.
In "I Am Not I," you sing that you're tired of "all the demons." What are your demons?
Demons possessing my soul were fears. I was close to losing my identity and self-confidence. But the trip to Hawaii helped me to release the demons.
What does victory over bipolar disorder mean to you?
It means victory over your own fears and limitations. It's also about letting go and forgiving. The ending of the "I Am Not I" video is metaphorical—I set my own fears on fire and chose to be myself.
If that song is an allegory for your bipolar disorder, what other sides of you do the album's other tracks reflect?
A clubber in "Coffee Face," an avenger in "Love Gun," a romantic in "Seize the Moment," a flirt in "Super Jazz," and a go-getter in "Unlimited"!
Printed as "Back Chat: Liza Fox", Fall 2015
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Interesting! Once wrote an essay called "I am not!" describing the inner emptiness I experienced in a depressive state. Losing one's identity when depressed, losing self confidence, or self-knowledge, feeling marooned in "not-ness" is an almost unbearable thing. I have never attempted suicide, but have had thoughts a couple of times. Tried a depression support group — but it was too depressing! I have no support except my psychiatrist, my therapist, and a few friends — but toodle along doing what I can to support my sense of self. Don't do too badly most of the time — but sometimes it's tough!
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Learning to manage this symptom of mania can save relationships, safeguard your health, and avoid regret—plus increase your odds of averting a mood episode. What constitutes too much sex? Sheer frequency, it turns out, has nothing to do with it. There is no standard measurement for a healthy libido, which makes it difficult to formally...


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I've been in motorsport my whole life since I was eight years of age.
Nigel Mansell's quotes
I've tried everything other than jumping out of a plane, but nothing gives you an adrenaline rush like racing a car.
Every GP Masters race will stand out because we will be available for fans, media and sponsors.
I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don't believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It's not a bed of roses, and you have to work real hard at it.
Everything in Formula 1 has been sterilised now, the whole thing is controlled too much.
The Masters is going to be an awesome challenge.
Racing a thoroughbred grand prix car in front of a home crowd will be a surreal and mighty experience.
Fitness will be a major factor in the first race and I think that will play into the hands of drivers who have been racing recently, rather than people like me who haven't raced properly for a decade. I'am not one of the favourites to start with.
Alain will do everything in his power to win, he doesn't like getting beaten by anyone and least of all me.
I consider myself one of a very small handful of drivers in the world that are top drivers. The best one? I don't think anybody can say they're the best one because, from one week to the next, you can be on form or off form a little bit.
Firstly the cars aren't too complicated. They have no traction control, for example, which means you can spin if you try too hard and damage your tires if you're not careful with your driving style.
The preparation, commitment and desire to win will be no less than the last time I drove a grand prix car in anger.
The first race is really just something that we will all need to get through. Until people see the cars in action I don't think they will understand how quick they will be, which means they are going to be tiring to drive.
The format of the race weekend is also very well thought out. We have enough practice time to get the cars well set-up and have a proper qualifying session where we can do as many laps as we like, which is great for the drivers and spectators.
But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
I grew up with art from the innocent age of ten - with art, but with no sense of identity.
Death comes not to the living soul, nor age to the loving heart.
I'm very pleased to be here. Let's face it, at my age I'm very pleased to be anywhere.
For example, UNICEF works with governments to change legislation such as in India where a law was passed raising the age of compulsory school completion to keep children in school and away from the workplace for longer.
I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women's rules.
I wish I knew at 14 not to put much thought into what other people my age said to me, cause we were all looking for the answers. So I wish I knew that other people really don't know any more than you do!
I believe very firmly that gay people of every stripe and age should be role models for all children, and that means interacting with them.
Donner likes what he does and enjoys being on a set. He doesn't have to do it, its not like he has to make the rent. When I get to be his age and still enjoy what I'm doing like him, I'd be lucky.
Does age matter? Time doesn't matter.
I realised from a very early age that God gave me a gift, and that gift was to run, and I wanted to use it to the best of my ability.
Betty Cuthbert
Looking back, I think we were all quite mature, surprisingly responsible. In earlier wars, boys of our age had just gone off to raise hell or enlist or both, but we stayed dutifully at our desks doing tomorrow's homework.
This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions.
Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age.
For me, having a child is a really great responsibility because you've got something there that is depending on you for information and love until a certain age when it goes to school.
I don't think at my age... you can start ruling people out in politics.
I figured my body always would be able to repair itself. I think all of us believe that - until you begin to age and get hit with deteriorating joints.
Another principle is, the deepest affections of our hearts gather around some human form in which are incarnated the living thoughts and ideas of the passing age.
I read. It's also nice for me to get involved in schoolwork, which is a totally different world than acting. It makes me feel like I am doing things that normal people are doing at my age.
When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt.
Hollywood is sexist and age-ist, and that covers all the bases, I guess.
Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature.
America doesn't reward people of my age, either in day-to-day life or for their performances.
When you get to a certain age, the work begins to thin out.
In every age poets and social reformers have tried to stimulate the people of their own time to a nobler life by enchanting stories of the virtues of the heroes of old.
But in our age the appeal to authority is weak, and I am of my age.
Well, I was lucky enough to be involved in about 19 failures at an early age, so I'm realistic about the success I'm having and how quickly it can go away. What's important is to be smart about it.
I'm glad now, at age 66, that I never used alcohol or tobacco... I've buried a lot of friends who used tobacco or alcohol.
All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours of school, earlier age at the computer, and curfews. Who would want to grow up in that world?
Like I said on my bio on my webpage, I was born at an early age, I was close to my mother.
What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease.
Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old age, or in times of disability, to insure financial income for their families.
Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself - a lad of about 19.
O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it.


The course I teach each spring, "Sound of Brands," passed an early milestone this past Wednesday, February 27. Our fourth weekly class meeting, it marked the end of the first major arc of the syllabus and the start of the second arc.
The first arc is "Listening to Media," three weeks during which students work on their listening skills. They accomplish this by starting their sound journals, which they are to write in four times per week, and by exploring two primary topics: first, a time line of sound and its relation to the nature of being human; second, a more compact time line of sound and its relation to film (and other media).
And while on the subject of diegetic sound, I should mention something else. Now, "diegetic" and "non-diegetic" are useful, hallowed terms in film studies. In case they are not familiar, "diegetic" refers to sounds that correlate with action happening on screen, in the story as it is unfolding (dialog, sound effects, etc.), while "non-diegetic" refers to sounds that are separate from whatever realism you want to attribute to the filmed image. Classic examples of "non-diegetic" sound include the score and, yes, voice-over narration.
I just want to note some issues with characterizing "voice over" as expressly non-diegetic. I think the diegetic/non-diegetic pairing, while useful, suggests a binary when there's really more of a continuum. There's an argument to be made that voice overs are sometimes expressions of thought of a character who is part of the story, not an omniscient narrator, and that thought is sometimes concurrent with what is on screen, and that what is on screen is sometimes out of sync with everyday conceptions of time.
In any case, with that over, we moved on to the origins of the jingle. I'm not doing a week-by-week online summary of the course here this semester, but I am mentioning material on Twitter, and will likely do a few more focused write-ups in the coming months.
Oh, and yes, the classroom I'm teaching in this semester does have an actual blackboard, and I am filthy with white dust at the end of each session. There's a pencil sharpener hanging on the wall, too.
Music critic and journalist Marc Weidenbaum calls up to discuss this quarter-century anniversary of this seminal release.
Richard D. James AKA Aphex Twin is undeniably one of the most important figures in modern electronic music. His IDM and ambient techno productions of the early 90's helped shape a new era of music and he continues to influence sounds of today. This year, his sophomore album Selected Ambient Works, Vol II, a record that dazzled critics and fans with its indefinable aesthetic and was touted for reinvigorating ambient music, turns 25. On today's show, Vivian will speak with a leading expert and the author the 33 1/3 on this album, the music critic Marc Weidenbaum.
The Leaving Records label selected the lovely song "Nocturne" as its SoundCloud post to represent the seven tracks that comprise ~~~. That's the new solo album (and that is, indeed, three tildes in a row) from Ana Roxanne. It's a beautiful performance, Roxanne's elevated voice — a mix of choir-schooled, pitch-perfect tonality and casual, approachable, often speech-like intonation — filling the track from start to finish. There is a vaguely Celtic sensibility to Roxanne's singing at times, but its primary quality is a kind of ethereal affection. There's a definite solitariness to it, but it is by no means remote or rarefied. Roxanne's vowels are echoed deeply into the vast distance, sometimes with a pleasingly artificial rigidity to the rippling effect, and all the while a slow, percussive drone undergirds the piece, thrumming at a low level.
Get the full album at anaroxanne.bandcamp.com. It's available digital, and while the first pressing of 69 cassette tapes sold out, a new run is now available. The website lists March 15 of this year as the release date, but it's all already streaming in full. More from Roxanne at instagram.com/frincess.
Say what you will about the mix of nostalgia, fossil-fuel products, and subpar sound quality that is employed with some finger-pointing regularity to characterize the resurgence of the tape cassette as a 21st-century conveyance of music from recording artist to listener, one positive service has certainly been accomplished: the rise of long-form compositions.
It seems more common today than it has been since the heights of the progressive rock era for commercially released albums to contain suite-length pieces, symphony-dimensioned (horizontally if not vertically) explorations longer than extended 12″s, longer than medleys, longer than the attention span attributed (malignly) to a generation raised amid screens.
Geneva Skeen's many-layered collage of a new album, Dream State, on the label Crystalline Morphologies, is such a recording. It has two sides, each nearing 20 minutes — and far longer if taken into account is the time required to extract oneself from the artfully grim environment in which the music deposits its audience. The tracks amass mumbling tones and field recordings of clammy spaces, industrial noise and angelic singing, interrupted occasionally — or more to the point, layered further — by the barking of dogs. It is music that would make far less sense in the confines of a pop song. It is long enough to get lost in. This is the form of the abstract, a space suggested by throwback technology, and put to work for new purposes.
Timely purposes, truth be told. In a note describing the circumstances in which the music was made, Skeen depicts a world "heavier and more opaque" than it was just a few years earlier. She acknowledges circumstances one doesn't take comfort in waking to. Her music wrestles with this new reality by exploring it for both its real and surreal qualities, its details and its incongruences, its shapes and its shadows.
Album released earlier this month at genevaskeen.bandcamp.com. More from Skeen at twitter.com/geneeves and soundcloud.com/geneeeeves. The work was recorded at a Land and Sea residency in Oakland, California, in 2018. More from the record label at crystallinemorphologies.com.


Effective dog training is essential for both a pet's safety and the quality of life for both dog and master.
After struggling with training a dog, you may feel tempted to give up. Giving up on training an outdoor dog, for instance, can be a real temptation. You may believe you'll still manage to have reasonably enjoyable interactions without going through the hassles and challenges of real training. Perhaps you believe the dog will learn on his or her own, over time, how to behave. Training is difficult and can seem like such an effort that surrender may feel sensible.
It is not. Effective dog training is not a mere option. When one considers its immeasurable benefits, it becomes nothing short of mandatory. Allowing a dog to live untrained can pose significant risks. The costs associated with these risks are so severe that rational decision making requires one to opt for training, regardless of the costs in time and effort it may require.
Initially, training can be the difference between life and death for a dog. An untrained dog, for instance, cannot be recalled effectively if he should wander away. He may encounter any number of dangers in his wanderings—many of which could result in serious injury or death. In critical pressure situations, a well-trained dog can be controlled and protected. The untrained dog is left only with his instincts and lessons learned through the proverbial school of hard knocks. In a world populated by an infinite number of potential dangers, this is often not enough.
Training, then, is less of an option for a responsible pet owner than it is an obligation. Any pet owner should consider training the animal a basic responsibility that cannot be overlooked. The dog's very life, after all, could hang in the balance. It is unthinkable that any responsible pet owner would look past that consideration and still decide that training was simply not worth the effort it requires.
Second, a dog's quality of life is improved significantly by training. He will understand how to please his human companions, giving him a sense of purpose and enabling him to access the social interactions dogs naturally possess. He will be able to go through life as a friend and companion, instead of being treated as a mere nuisance or ignored. By learning to behave to his owner's satisfaction, the dog is able to increase his own satisfaction. Leaving a dog untrained makes it difficult for him to understand how to get the positive human attention and reactions he craves and may curse him with a life filled with unpleasant exchanges with people as he unknowingly misbehaves.
Third, the dog owner's quality of life is improved dramatically by dog training. This occurs on multiple levels. Initially, the owner and dog are able to develop a close relationship, which brings with it numerous rewards. The owner is also able to avoid the frustrating experience of having to care for a pet that doesn't know how to care back or who is unfriendly and prone to errant behavior. Additionally, the owner is able to avoid the liabilities created by an untrained dog. The owner can avoid the destruction, inconvenience and even dangers posed by an untrained pet. Instead of being a constant source of irritation and guilt, the well-trained dog becomes a source of pleasure and pride.
It is easy, under some circumstances, to believe that extensive and effective dog training is not worth the significant effort it may require. However, this perspective, if acted upon, will actually create a situation necessitating more effort than training would have ever required. By committing to effectively training a dog, the owner makes an investment of time and effort that will pay out in a variety of ways.
Settling for anything less is highly inappropriate and cannot be adequately discouraged.
Good training will protect a dog from danger and will enable him to live a pleasant and fulfilling life. It will also make the owner's life more pleasant and can result in a greatly rewarding relationship with the pet. Effective dog training is truly essential.


Be forewarned, this post contains a significantly unstructured stream of consciousness. This post does not contain any technical details as to how the game was implemented, rather it is a story of how I came to use the technology I did and where the concept of the game came from. Turn back now before it is too late!
The autumn lisp game jam is now over. There were several phenomenal submissions to this year's jam, including my own apparently (Always Kill Your Heroes), which took home the trophy. While this was the first game I have submitted to a jam, it is not the first game I have made, though, it was by far the most polished.1 I had written a game for the spring game jam. A collaborative effort, me coding and my friend writing. And, while it did have base functionality, it was too buggy at the time of the Jam closing to fully integrate the written material.2 Bummer.
If only I had taken this to heart. Two weeks before the Fall Jam was to begin I dove headlong into sbcl and tried working the opengl bindings into an engine.4 It only took me 3 days to figure out that I would spend more time writing a passable engine than writing a game. Not something I had time for in the few free nights I had left before the jam. It was around this time that fennel jumped out in front of my speeding train of thought, and this is where our story begins.
I had read an article recently on Hacker News about this little known language that was used by the winner of the 2018 spring lisp game jam, Phil Hagelberg. Fennel is a lightweight wrapper around lua. By lightweight I mean it is unintentionally similar enough to its lua output that you can make efficient use the back-trace errors in the lua code for fixing your fennel source (most of the time). In a rare lucid moment I also decided I'd use a well designed engine, rather than rolling with my own series of hacks. While there were several game engines that use lua as a scripting language, I choose to conserve all creativity for actually writing the game, and borrowed Phil's idea to use love2d. All art is derivative right?
Now, at this point (roughly a week before the Jam was to commence) I had never written a line of lua in my life,5 nor used love2d, or any other engine for that matter. Rather than, you know, try out the engine and find some libraries to use, I decide to try to implement a general astar library using fennel. Looking back, it almost seams like all of my actions were taken to directly sabotage myself.
But lo, the eve of the game jam was upon us! Based on writing that one less than stellar library, I felt confident in my mastery of this concise language.6 I had bookmarked the love2d reference manual and was ready to jump into things. The theme was dropped at 12:01. It was SLIME.
Lets have a frank discussion about the theme. To be honest, SLIME was a bit of a curve ball. I mean SLIME , aka Superior Lisp Interaction Mode for Emacs, it's funny. But once the laughter is gone, what are you left with?
More than I had first thought!
Several ideas raced through my head. My initial ideas were almost all based on the final definition; a morally repulsive or odious person. Most of these ideas were pretty awful. Awful in the sense that the game would not get a PG rating, and may force you to be, as the dictionary defines it, evil. Things like, having a fiduciary responsibility to a multinational and needing to buy and sell less than moral things on a simulated stock market to maximize your company's profits. Complete with a little moral meter that would sit in the corner of the screen and have no purpose or impact on the game other than to remind you how awful you are for the actions you are taking. Too dark. I thought I might double down on this idea of odiousness, while at the same time making it a little more PG. Idea two. You would be a proto slime, managing the lives of other slimes. You would adjust their needs meter to change their behaviours and accomplish tasks. The twist, which added the double layer of slime, in order to win the game you must work your slimes to death! This was still a little too dark for my taste. Plus, while my astar search library worked, it was not general enough to be used in a GOAP planner.
As I warned you at the start of the post, I will not get into details of how the game design went here, these will come in later blog posts. Suffice to say, the first weekend was spent drawing adorable slimes and the other was spent in a sort of fever dream implementing the half baked features I had come up with during the week. 10 days seams like lots of time, but when you have no idea what you're doing and you're spending most of your time working or roofing, somehow it does not feel like enough.
Upon finalizing the finally titled Always Kill Your Heroes, I realized that something was missing. Once you enter the game you don't get any more story or context. I couldn't empathize with the protagonists or the heroes! I did not care about them at all! I played the 10 min duration and thought, damn this is flat. After stalling while going through all the phases of grief, I came up with a stop gap solution. In the dying hours of the jam I scrambled to add little quips to both the heroes and the slimes. The slimes would randomly say something every 3-5 seconds. They had two word lists, one for idle and one for combat. The heroes would say something every time they entered combat. These quips, more than any other feature, completed the game, and it took 30 minutes to implement.8 I'm not even sure what the takeaway should be from that fact. I'd say you need to play test your game earlier, but even a prototype takes time to develop to a state where game play similar to the final product can be realized.
There were lots of good submissions for the Jam this year, hence my surprise. My favourite submission was Slimers Dungeon by akaml, which rightfully won the look and feel criteria. When I first played through Slimers Dungeon I only realized I was holding my breath when I hit the victory screen.9 I also enjoyed Slime the World, which came in a very close second. Slime the World was a very complete game. I feel @Jakob had a well defined scope for a game that could be written in a few days, and executed on it excellently. With the wonderfully selected chiptune background music even the most arduous levels were enjoyable. He has done a write up of his experience, which can be found on his site.
If I had one take away lesson from this experience what would it be? In lua, tables are passed by reference everything else by value. I did not realize this until I had too little time left to refactor.
Would I recommend using fennel and love2d to a first time game jam participant? Hands down. The love2d API is very well documented with a trove of example projects to build your understanding from. Fennel has minimal to no performance cost on top of lua, but fixes some issues with accidentally creating global variables and provides the "everything is an expression" experience.
I'll put out a slightly more technical post sometime next week detailing my workflow. I want to refactor some of my code before I present it as an example.
If you want to get in touch send me a toot on mastodon @alexjgriffith@mastodon.social.
You can download the game at itch.io or from the links below.