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Author Julia Spencer-Fleming And Narrator Suzanne Toren on "Hid From Our Eyes"
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In "Hid From Our Eyes," New York Times bestselling author Julia Spencer-Fleming returns to her beloved Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne mystery series with new crimes that span decades.
Read by Suzanne Toren, the audio edition of this book takes this captivating story to the next level brings the suspense to life.
What follows is a conversation with Julia Spencer-Fleming and the narrator Suzanne Toren about Hid From Our Eyes, the research behind the book and the nuances of narrating an audiobook.
Question: Julia, you're an audiobook listener herself, right?
Julia: I am. I always have an audio book going in my car. And I often have one that I'm listening to at home. You know, whenever I'm doing something and I can't be sitting down and I, you know, I'm scrubbing or dusting or brushing the dog or something. I like to have an audio book on.
Q: Have you listened to your audio book? How has listening changed your experience with your work?
Julia: It was really interesting. So Suzanne had recorded I think three or maybe even four of my books before I screwed up enough courage to listen to them.
I don't know, I didn't know what it was going to be like. And first off, it is as close as an author can get to having the work be fresh. When I read a page, it's like a palem set, I see the final copy. And then I remember all the versions and the edits and the changes that I made to that. So it's not it's not a clean one off effect. But when I listen to Suzanne performing, I'm hearing her interpretation of my words. And so that makes it very fresh for me. And and I love it. I love to hear what she does.
Suzanne: Thank you.
Q: Suzanne, you have read the entire series. Has anything changed in the way you voice the characters?
Suzanne: Not the main ones. I try to not have that change actually. That's that's the challenge is is remembering and listening to audio from prior books. But this this particular book, the one that we just finished, that takes place in three different time periods.
So that means the main characters, Russ and the other cops were very much younger in the 30 years ago, and that was a challenge too, but I, I am I got a hint at how I could voice Eros in particular, from the way you described him Julia as a return Vietnam vet who was angry and belligerent, and he was he was fighting and he just had that attitude.
So I just tried to put that into my voice and pacing, hoping that that would delineate the young Russ as opposed to the older guy who you know, kind of has a husky voice but he couldn't exactly sound like this when he was 20. So, so that was a that was a challenge.
Julia: I'm looking forward to hearing what you do. I was actually aware of that when I was writing I remember thinking, these are people at really different same the same people but at different stages of their lives and, and how is that going to happen? And we have had one character through the book that you have aged his voice up a little bit, and that is Kevin Flynn, the young cop because in the very first book, he is like, just 21 and he's like a great big Labrador puppy and by hid from our eyes, he's, I think, 27 or 28. And he's a very changed person, as most people are between those years. Mm hmm.
Suzanne: Yeah, that's right. That's right.
Q: Considering this novel spans three different time periods. Did you have to do research for the different decades?
Julia: I absolutely did research on the different decades. Some of it was just practical matters. I have people coming and going on trains and buses and figuring out when the bus service to that area started up and when the train service stopped, and some of it is language people. There's a chunk of the book that takes place in 1952.
And people spoke differently in 1952. One of the scenes that I enjoy the most about that is when the then police chief, Harry McNeil, and a very young jack little who we see go from a young man in his 20s to a mature man in his 40s to an old man in his in his late 70s. Over the course of the book, they meet up with young Margie van alstyne, who is pregnant and of course, in 1952, polite people didn't say pray. Out Loud on the street. So it was kind of fun getting into the headspace of folks from that time. That's right.
Suzanne: I appreciate I think it did an excellent job doing that. And I also appreciated the the different dresses that the three murder victims, the women who were murdered, that they were dressed according to their appropriate period. And I thought that was really well, well done and well researched as well.
Julia: I absolutely did research on the different decades…There's a chunk of the book that takes place in 1952. And people spoke differently in 1952.
Julia: Oh, thank you.
Q: Suzanne, which audio book has been your favorite to narrate?
Suzanne: That's always such a hard question. And I don't really think I have a favorite. I think that the very first one was was a soccer because because the characters are so different from your normal crime books, you know, a small town police chief okay. But a, an Episcopal priest, and they've both served in the army and she just came back and she's a helicopter.
I mean, See she has so many incredible qualities and she Southern. So I really I like that and I also liked her in the first book that she wasn't intimidated by. Russ is basically saying Get out of my way this is my investigation. Don't buddy and she kept butting in and then of course the in the later books when they finally when it becomes apparent that they're falling in love and that they will get married that was that's tender. I like that.
And now they're having a baby.
Julia: I have to say I I particularly love the way that you voice Claire. Your performance of Claire is what I hear in my head now when I write her oh and and i i love the way that you you get she is both a tender and very caring person but she is also tough. When needs to be, and she has a lot of different moods and a lot of impulses. And you really convey that so well, I just I just love your performance.
Suzanne: Thank you. I get it from you. I just get it from the text. So, so it's you originally who made her that way.
Q: Julia, you mentioned hearing Claire's voice. And I was wondering, do you imagine the voices of your characters while you are writing? Do you hear all the characters the same way Suzanne says them?
Julia: I think increasingly, you know, for the main characters who as Suzanne said, when we were first talking, she tries to keep the same. I do hear their voices. Now the way that she says them, there are secondary characters or people who appear for the first time in the novels.
And sometimes I'm surprised with the choice that Suzanne make, which is one of the delights of hearing it performed. You know, it's it's It's a book is a, an art form that requires two, it's the writer and then the reader. And then the audio book is an art form that requires three, you know, you need the writer, you need the performer, interpreting the text, and then the listener. So as as just a listener, it's really delightful to hear the surprises that come up.
One thing that I have done, excuse me, I'm gonna have to cough. Sorry. One thing I have done going forward since I've been listening to the audio books is I've been aware of trying to write a little bit more with an eye or an ear toward audio performance. I have been looking for characters that I can realistically make in the geographic setting, be of doing different ethnicities and different backgrounds. Because Suzanne accents super with a hole.
So, you know, I'm actually looking for things like that. And I find I also try writing. When I'm using dialogue tags he said she said, I really work to clean that up more because when you hear it, you notice it's almost like a little annoyance. When Suzanne have to say has to say he said, because we can hear he said it to you. We just heard him say it. So I think it's helped me to to diversify my cast and to also to clean up my my language around people speaking a little bit.
Suzanne: Thank you. That sounds wonderful. Because one of the greatest challenges I think, not just for me, but for every audiobook narrator that I know is when you have several people in a room who are of a similar age and a similar gender How to distinguish them?
Julia: And I feel guilty at times because I have written scenes, especially at the police station, where you'll have the two older cops, Russ and Lyle, and then you'll have, you know, two younger cops, and they're all male. And they all have to be there. But sometimes I think, oh, man, I am not making it easy.
Suzanne: It's always the challenge, but I think I think in the end, it gets it's clear, I think, I hope.
Julia: Yeah, no, I think it I think it is. I think that, you know, there are a lot of scenes that have Russ who's the chief of police and Lyle, who is his second command and, and his sort of confidant and sounding board, and they're talking together and that's difficult because they're both men of a similar generation. They're maybe eight or 10 years apart. And from a similar you know, the same Part of the world and I think you do a good job. I can hear what you're doing because you're changing you change lives pacing.
Suzanne: That's exactly right. Yep. Yeah.
Julia: And that distinguishes their two voices, even though they're both these adult men from this part of upstate New York.
Q: I've one last final question for you, Julia. Before I let the two of you speak to each other, if you had to narrate one of your characters yourself, who would you choose?
Julia: Oh, gosh. I don't know if you caught me when I started. I probably would have said Claire, but now I'm older. I'll say Margie. I feel like I could do an older voice a little bit better now. Oh, sweetie, why are you always chasing after these criminals?
Suzanne: There you go. That's her.
Julia: So I have a question for Suzanne. Yes, not having ever seen the project. Have an audio book which will tell our listeners something you know, there are two entirely different different aspects of putting up a books. I'm curious as to what what is your process I send in the manuscript and you get it and I know occasionally I get questions about pronunciation. But how do you take the manuscript and then process it into something that you can perform?
Suzanne: I just think of it as a it's, it's like a play. So all the narrative stuff is setting the scene. And then the dialogue is just embodying the, the people. So I figure there's always a reason because you're such a wonderful writer. There's always a reason that the the descriptions that the non Dialogue stuff is in there to set a mood to set a tone to give us a place.
And so I, I take that seriously, I kind of I don't know, I guess I'd like to paint that picture for the listener, the picture that you've painted on the page, I'd like to paint in their ear. And then the dialogue is just, you know, getting inside each of those people. And it again, this is something that other narrators I know and I myself do, which is that we don't even though we have to be quiet in front of the microphone, we don't actually sit perfectly rigidly Still, we move our arms we make expressions with our faces.
And that helps literally to embody each character. And, and so to distinguish the characters, it's not something you can Here, but it's something we do. I, my body becomes a different shape when I do one person as opposed to a different person. And that helps me change the person.
Julia: You know, that's, that's fascinating because I do that sometimes when I'm writing.
Suzanne: We don't actually sit perfectly rigidly Still, we move our arms we make expressions with our faces. And that helps literally to embody each character.
So here's the thing. I don't know if you know, but I actually trained as an actor. I went to school for a BFA in acting was a, an equity apprentice, and I wound up not making it my career, obviously, but I found my training has been extremely useful as a writer.
But there are times when I am working out scenes or figuring out what people are doing and I literally get up and I'll sort of, you know, stand and I'll move my arms and I'll I, you know, try to as you say, embody the character and figure out where they are physically and emotionally. You know, in that moment, And so then I can sit down and and write it out
Suzanne: That's fascinating and that's why it's so such a pleasure to do to read your books, because it feels pretty easy to slip inside a character's skin. And that's why so thank you.
Julia: But you don't have to. I always figured you must have to sort of like highlight everybody's words in different language because I do have some fairly dialogue heavy patches in my books where the conversation is bouncing back and forth between two or three people. I mean, do you just read that clean on the page without getting confused?
Suzanne: No. When it's when there's dialogue that that doesn't have he said, she said, then I do. Make a little initial next to the line too. So I know who's talking But after, after this many years of doing narration, it's, I guess my eye runs ahead a little bit. So somebody, there's a, there's some line and quote quotes. So that's somebody speaking. But then in the very next sentence, it says who it is who's speaking and somehow I can see those things at the same time.
Julia: That's impressive because I can't do that number three fast reader.
Suzanne: Not always so I but sometimes, and actually, more often than not, I'll underline the name of the person in the in the line below the quotation. So I'll so I'll see the underlying thing and I'll see the quote and I'll know who's talking. But but sometimes in fact, I do. Write you know, what, I initial The, the dialogue. But there are there are narrators I know who are very good about highlighting and colors and everything. It just seems so common.
To me, it's like a take would take forever. Plus I started narrating before iPads. So in those days we made we made little notations on paper on a printed page you know, in the margins so I guess I just out of habit that's that's what I still do. But I have a question for you Julia shoe, which is I love the titles of your books. They are so intriguing. And and of course Claire being an Episcopal priest. So what's your connection to the Episcopal liturgy and the hams and it seems like you know this stuff really well.
Julia: I do. I am a what we call a cradle Episcopalian, I was raised Episcopalian and and I am an active participant in my, my church, which is St. Luke's Cathedral in Portland, Maine. And, you know, the reason that I started out when I I first was thinking I'm going to write a mystery. Clear was the first person who came to me.
And it was because I was really interested not so much in writing about, you know, finding the bad guy and banging him into jail. But I was really interested in the community aspects of crime, what happens? How does it affect everybody, the victims, the families, the the perpetrator. And Claire's job as a priest is to take care of community fabric, you know, it is her job to take broken pieces and try and put them back together again.
And that was what I wanted to explore. When I was when I was setting her up. And you know, they always say Say it's a it's a it's a real straight up, but right which you know, right. And there are two things that I knew really well and one was being an Episcopalian. And another one was military life because I grew up as a military brat. And yeah, and my, my husband was a an Air Force veteran, and my son right now is serving in the Navy.
So I know that that military mindset in that culture so I thought with those two supports, I can spin out the rest into fiction because I don't know what it's like to be a priest. I don't know what it's like to be a chief of police. And I've never murdered anyone in real life.
Suzanne: I'm glad to hear it. But that's great. I was gonna ask you also about the military. Because you you seem to know so much you're so emotionally connected to military personnel, both when they're in combat and then after.
Julia: I mean, It's obviously it's in my background, and it's an interest of mine. And fortunately, it fits in well with this community, you know, small, small towns all over the United States are where most recruits come from, and then they go back there. So I've really enjoyed the fact that the setting has given me the opportunity to explore some issues in a way that I feel competent to do. For instance, in one was a soldier.
I really, really wanted to write about returning veterans. I didn't feel competent to write about war in Iraq or in Afghanistan. Yeah, I haven't been there. It's not part of my skill set. But I did feel like I could write about what it was like for people to be back in their small town and trying to deal with what they had been with.
Suzanne: That's Fantastic.
Julia: My turn I have a question, which is how do you this this in particular hid from our highs comes six years after my last book and through the evil days was I think two or three years after the book before that. How do you catch up? I mean, do you do you keep characters in your mind? You do an awful lot of audiobooks, I believe.
Suzanne: I do. Yeah. But fortunately, thanks to the wonderful digital age we live in and to the producers. Callum's kind of kindly sending me clips from the previous books, I can just hear what I did. Six years ago, three years ago, whatever and, and do it again.
Julia: Do you d read the new manuscript and then re listen or realistic And then read the new manuscript.
Suzanne: I think I really listened first if I if I can, just to get a reminder of what Russ sounds like what Claire sounds like what some of the other characters sound like. And then when I read the manuscript, I sort of have that in my head. Then sometimes I try it out, you know, I read the manuscript, and I sort of try voicing them just to myself.
Julia: Yeah, yeah, it's interesting, because one of the things that I have done to prepare for writing with him from our eyes, I started it a long time ago, and then had a very large interruption in the form of illness and my husband was ill and then passed away. And I needed to get back into that, that world in order to finish the book.
And one of the ways that I did that was in fact, re listening to the audio books. would drive around and sort of listening and immerse myself in rest and Claire, without having without the pressure of having to actually create anything new, just sort of hearing where they had been and what they had done and who they were. So that's been a very, very useful discipline a paid for, for my creativity.
Suzanne: That's great. That's wonderful. What a good idea also to be to be immersed in the world and not feel the pressure, as you say, to have to do anything about it. Which is, which is really nice. It kind of your subconscious sort of gets involved and somehow,
Julia: yes, I'm sure St. Martin's would prefer a bit more pressure but I am working on the next book so it won't be years.
Suzanne: All right. I look forward to that one.
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Courage and the National Interest
In a Sunday morning comment, Robert Scheiffer correctly stated that we would solve our debt ceiling stand-off when enough members of Congress had the courage to rise above the demands of ideological movements and interest groups they relied on for political and financial support in getting elected and remaining in office. In addition to this kind of courage, however, those same members of Congress have to have a sense of the national interest that is bigger than the Tea Party or any similar demand group.
A large part of the reason these members of Congress have no courage is they cannot see a bigger cause than the narrow causes to whom they traded their integrity for votes and dollars. There is an identifiable national interest that is greater than all the Tea Parties, Wall Street financial powers, AARPs, defense contractors, mindless anti-tax lobbying groups, and every other interest rolled into one. That national interest is simply what is best for the country today and in the future.
There is a huge consensus that we cannot operate on debt and deficit forever. We don't need the Tea Party to tell us that. But I would guess that a majority of Tea Party members receive either Social Security or Medicare, or both, and don't believe their "cuts in spending" include them. Achieving that consensus isn't the problem. But financial stability cannot be restored without additional revenues. Everyone but the Tea Party–and that includes Republican "leaders"–knows that. They simply do not have the courage to tell their constituents that, which is Mr. Scheiffer's point.
It would help a great deal if the President, editorial writers, leading business people, educators, historians, and former elected officials all stood up to define the national interest. I was told years ago by a U.S. Senator that national security required a sound dollar, secure borders (against hostile invasion), and the confidence of the people in their government. I would add to that a society in which we all cared about each other as fellow Americans. Right now we have none of these.
8 Responses to "Courage and the National Interest"
Until the critical influence-shapers you call upon stand up and tell us, the people, that politics as usual is no longer capable of addressing what ails us — because it will never find the courage to reform itself unless passive citizens make their voices heard in an effective and continuous way — and in so doing neuter the currently dominant voices of extremists and lobbyists — until ordinary Americans acknowledge their democratic need to take their jobs as citizens more seriously — and do so — there is zero chance of our situation improving. Unless we're bombed of course, or otherwise forced (temporarily) to band together. I wish that I were wrong, but all the evidence unfortunately says that I'm not.
MinerSam Says:
fuddy shmudy. Just nip it in the butt, i.e. the Republican Murdoch-Limbough Lie Machine that is brainwashing Tens of millions by repeating the same old
lies. Lies like:
1)When Government spends it "Crowds out the private Sector" or that
2)"That Obama has not presented a budget in 24Months" (Lie, presents one every February, but the Republicans voted on their own which privatizes Medicare & reducing taxes for the rich whiel Seniors pay thousands more.
3)Also pretending to be fyscally responsible and the lie that Obama quadruppled the debt When in FACT The Republicans wracked up 87% of the
debt and all Obama did was put Trillions in Republican Off ballance Sheet
debt back into the Budget!!
4)That the Stimulous didn't work. Oh Ye? As Wall St. When the Stimulous
passed the Stock Market stopped goign down, turned around and went from
63,000 to 12,400 and hasn't looked back. During a time when Confidence has
been critical it's Republicans lies and behaviour that created uncertainty.
4B)That the stimulous totalled a trillion dollars. No, $745B (less than the 2 year the President extended the bush tax cuts for the rich the last time Reps held our country hostage. 350B of the stimulour was Small Business and\
Middle Class Tax cuts as the President promised
Yes, the Republicans would have to have the courage to tell the Koch Brothers and other criminal Good Bye. But are not about to do this and
niether are their supreme court appointees.
Nancy Lee Says:
So, how do we get these Republicans that took that "no tax" pledge from Grover Norquist to realize that pledges are foolish in the long run? That the good of the country comes before some gimmicky pledge? And that Grover Norquist might run the Republican party but nobody elected him to run this country.
Forest Book Says:
You are correct Mr. Hart, we have scant few, or none of the characteristics a healthful culture, for a few reasons: 1. The cult of leadership. How can Democracy survive when it creates a society chock-o-block with "leaders." Virtually all self serving. In such a mindset, what becomes of the "we"? Or the power of the masses; or the healthy Democracy of the Majority? 2. Comfort is a powerful, addictive miasma with numbing effects. Debt and waste are the commodities from such an economic model. Comfort replaces courage with the fear to confront anything unpleasant in any meaningful way. "Let the leader deal with that?" 3. It is pitiable when our national debate has become focused on what our national commodity has become: debt. Not the character qualities that were supposed to be found in all these leaders. We are not discussing nurturing our national qualities, debt demands we cut them. If the cult of leadership is so great, why is our nation so willing to be in free fall towards the abyss? We must be mindful and ever diligent of the warning signs of the opportunities fascism will exploit, and ultimately be empowered by. We can not apologize for the unpleasantness of such truths.
Sam Kepfield Says:
Exactly. The two parties are so intent on playing their base that they ignore the big picture. Democrats need to agree to some entitlement reform, and Republicans need to agreed to end some tax breaks that let GE (profits in 2010 — $5 Billion) pay nothing and let more than a few high-income earners pay no taxes. And you're right, Senator, about the Tea Party; Matt Taibi did a piece in Rolling Stone about a Tea Party rally where a fair percentage of the participants were getting some kind of government aid. And that's not even mentioning the Defense budget, which is nothing more than a high-tech welfare program for the defense manufacturers.
I love reading your blogs; my earliest political campaign was in 1984, where I was a Hart delegate in the Kansas caucuses.
It does all come down to our national interest. It always HAS. Prior to Grover Norquist and the Tea Parties, the national interest at most points was served. But he (and they as well) have an agenda, make NO mistake about that. Make government small enough to 'drown in a bathtub' ring a bell? They don't realize (or conveniently forget) what government actually DOES for them. Is it perfect? No. Of course not! Waste and fraud? Sure. It's there. But tell me something. People of Joplin? You were decimated by tornadoes. The FIRST thing President Obama did was offer Federal Aid to help re-build. See? THAT's what government is ALL about. Oh. And another 'sticky' point. Ahem. Does THIS make you any more aware that global warming is REAL and NOT a hoax? Hope so. So in essence, if you want 'problems solved' then what we need is for government to REALLY work. On a smaller, more efficient scale? I'll go for that. Do we need to 'downsize'? Yeah, to a point. But NOT the safety net that's work so well for so long. There are ways to cut (you KNOW they're there!). In fact, you don't even have to be 'creative'. Just take a real look. Without partisan 'blinders' (goes for both sides). Tax the rich? GET TO IT! Agriculture 'subsidies'? For who? Michelle Bachman? Oil subsidies? For who? The Koch brothers? Get my point?
Thanks for starting a constructive conversation on this essential topic, Gary. I agree with Jeffrey that only we, the people who make up these United States of America, can reform our nation, and raise our public discourse, so that we are listening to each other again. Viewing each other as fellow citizens. Requiring our elected officials to work together to solve not only the crisis of the day but our long term problems.
Our politicians are not capable of doing it. They are beholden to the moneyed interests who control banking and media. Before it was too late, before the corrupt influences could take him hostage, Barack Obama made the decision to run for President, and we as a a nation had new hope for change. That was too much a threat to those who really run the country, so their minions began doing everything they could to destroy his Presidency. And we the people have let them do it.
When our leaders lack courage to change, can we supply it?
Stephen D. Pillow Says:
Senator Hart, as always it is a pleasure, albeit a painful one, to read your insightful comments. Your point is well stated and well taken. Both Mr. Abelson and Mr. Engelking make sound comments. I would add that until the middle class decides that neither the Republican Party (which includes the Tea Party) nor the Democratic Party can nor will provide the leadership that is necessary to bring this country out of the economic and social quagmire that the Republican Party created and the Democratic Party did not stop for all of the reasons that you and the other commentators have listed, and decides to take a middle of the road approach to government representation and action, we are doomed. It is time to destroy the hold that the current two party system has on this country and produce a true "peoples" party to represent and enact the ideas and ideals that you have so eloquently expressed and upon which this country was founded.

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José Fernando Carneiro Leão, primeiro e único barão e conde de Vila Nova de São José ComNSC (Rio de Janeiro, 30 de maio de 1782 – Rio de Janeiro, 4 de setembro de 1832), foi um militar e nobre brasileiro, tendo alcançado a patente de brigadeiro.

O Conde de Vila Nova de São José (José Fernando Carneiro Leão) passou há pouco de Coronel de Milicias para a tropa da primeira linha no mesmo posto. Diz-se que S Ex. daqui a algum tempo, logo que seja promovido a Brigadeiro, tomará o Comando da Guarda de Honra, a qual se pretende elevar a um estado numérico mais brilhante. Como S. Ex. tem maneiras insinuantes e cortesãs, supõe-se que é para esse fim que se lhe confiará aquele comando.

Biografia
Filho de Brás Carneiro Leão e de Ana Francisca Rosa Maciel da Costa, baronesa de São Salvador de Campos de Goitacazes. Casou-se com Gertrudes Angélica Pedra, com quem teve duas filhas:

Elisa Leopoldina Carneiro Leão, casada com seu tio José Alexandre Carneiro Leão, segundo visconde de São Salvador de Campos;

Guilhermina Adelaide Carneiro Leão, casada com D. Francisco Afonso Menezes Sousa Coutinho, marquês de Maceió.

Fidalgo cavaleiro, exercia diversas funções na corte. Recebeu o grau de dignitário da Imperial Ordem do Cruzeiro e de comendador da Ordem de Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Vila Viçosa e da Imperial Ordem de Cristo.
Ficou famoso por ser o Júiz dos contratos reais do dízimo da casa imperial e o amante negro de Carlota Joaquina que mandou matar Gertrudes por Ciúmes quando esta estava na porta de sua casa, um escravo chamado "O Corta-Orelha" foi encarregado de dar o tiro, disse ser Carlota a própria mandante do crime.

Baronatos do Brasil
Condados do Brasil
Fidalgos do Brasil
Dignitários da Imperial Ordem do Cruzeiro
Comendadores da Ordem de Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Vila Viçosa
Comendadores da Imperial Ordem de Cristo
Católicos do Brasil
Naturais da cidade do Rio de Janeiro

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How do innovators acquire their skills? Daniel Foster, CC BY-NC-SA
Straight A students may not be the best innovators
February 19, 2016 6.00am EST
Matthew J. Mayhew, Benjamin S. Selznick, New York University
Matthew J. Mayhew
Associate Professor of Higher Education, New York University
Benjamin S. Selznick
Ph.D. candidate, New York University
Matthew J. Mayhew receives funding from the Merrifield Family Trust and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
Benjamin S. Selznick does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
Demand for innovation is at an all-time high. Innovation is now recognized as being key to economic growth strategies in the United States, Canada and countries in the European Union.
As a result, there is an increased need to understand what drives innovation. Certainly traditional research and development, funded by both the private and public sectors, continues to remain a primary source of new ideas and products. But innovation demands innovators.
So where do innovators come from? And how do they acquire their skills?
One place – perhaps among the best – is college. Over the past seven years, my research has explored the influence of college on preparing students with the capacity, desire and intention to innovate.
In this time we've learned that many academic and social experiences matter quite a bit; grades, however, do not matter as much.
What influences student innovation?
Our ongoing research, an example of which can be found here, has surveyed over 10,000 full-time undergraduate and graduate students in four countries – the United States, Canada, Germany and Qatar.
Our sample includes a wide diversity of students: those in fields of study often associated with innovation and entrepreneurship (e.g., business, engineering) as well as more traditional majors (e.g., arts, humanities, education); those from differing races/ethnicities and gender identifications; those from different socioeconomic and political backgrounds; and those from families that already include, or do not include, entrepreneurs.
To learn more, we asked students about their innovation intentions and capacities, their higher education experiences, and their background characteristics. We also administered a "personality inventory" to address the question of whether innovators are born or made.
Classroom practices can make a difference. Penn State, CC BY-NC-ND
We conducted a series of statistical analyses that allowed us to isolate the influence of any one individual attribute (e.g., classroom experiences, GPA, personality, gender, etc.) on our innovation outcomes.
Here is what our analyses have revealed so far:
Classroom practices make a difference: students who indicated that their college assessments encouraged problem-solving and argument development were more likely to want to innovate. Such an assessment frequently involves evaluating students in their abilities to create and answer their own questions; to develop case studies based on readings as opposed to responding to hypothetical cases; and/or to make and defend arguments. Creating a classroom conducive to innovation was particularly important for undergraduate students when compared to graduate students.
Faculty matters – a lot: students who formed a close relationship with a faculty member or had meaningful interactions (i.e., experiences that had a positive influence on one's personal growth, attitudes and values) with faculty outside of class demonstrated a higher likelihood to be innovative. When a faculty member is able to serve as a mentor and sounding board for student ideas, exciting innovations may follow.
Interestingly, we saw the influence of faculty on innovation outcomes in our analyses even after accounting for a student's field of study, suggesting that promoting innovation can happen across disciplines and curricula. Additionally, when we ran our statistical models using a sample of students from outside the United States, we found that faculty relationships were still very important. So, getting to know a faculty member might be a key factor for promoting innovation among college students, regardless of where the education takes place or how it is delivered.
Peer networking is effective: outside the classroom, students who connected course learning with social issues and career plans were also more innovative. For example, students who initiated informal discussions about how to combine the ideas they were learning in their classes to solve common problems and address global concerns were the ones who most likely recognized opportunities for creating new businesses or nonprofit social ventures.
Being innovative was consistently associated with the college providing students with space and opportunities for networking, even after considering personality type, such as being extroverted.
Networking remained salient when we analyzed a sample of graduate students – in this instance, those pursuing M.B.A. degrees in the United States. We take these findings as a positive indication that students are spending their "out-of-class" time learning to recognize opportunities and discussing new ideas with peers.
Who are the innovators?
On the basis of our findings, we believe that colleges might be uniquely positioned to cultivate a new generation of diverse innovators.
Counter to the Thiel Fellowship, an initiative that pays individuals to step out of college in order to become entrepreneurs, our work supports efforts by colleges and universities to combine classroom learning with entrepreneurial opportunities and to integrate education with innovation.
One of our most interesting findings was that as GPAs went down, innovation tended to go up. Even after considering a student's major, personality traits and features of the learning environment, students with lower GPAs reported innovation intentions that were, on average, greater than their higher-GPA counterparts.
In short: GPA was associated with innovation, but maybe not in the direction you'd think.
Not GPAs, but being motivated, makes a difference. THINK Global School, CC BY-NC-ND
Why might this be the case?
From our findings, we speculate that this relationship may have to do with what innovators prioritize in their college environment: taking on new challenges, developing strategies in response to new opportunities and brainstorming new ideas with classmates.
Time spent in these areas might really benefit innovation, but not necessarily GPA.
Additionally, findings elsewhere strongly suggest that innovators tend to be intrinsically motivated – that is, they are interested in engaging pursuits that are personally meaningful, but might not be immediately rewarded by others.
We see this work as confirmation of our findings – grades, by their very nature, tend to reflect the abilities of individuals motivated by receiving external validation for the quality of their efforts.
Perhaps, for these reasons, the head of people operations at Google has noted:
GPAs are worthless as a criteria for hiring.
Somewhat troubling, though in line with concerns that plague the entrepreneurship community, women were less likely to demonstrate innovation intentions than men, all else being equal.
This is a problem, especially given jarring statistics that venture capitalists are funding males – specifically white males – more than any other group.
Such findings also speak to the need for higher education to intervene and actively introduce the broadest range of individuals to educational experiences and environments that spur the generation and implementation of new ideas. Fresh and creative ideas, after all, are not restricted to any one gender, race or family background.
As we say in our forthcoming paper's finding on gender:
Imagine the explosion of new processes and products that would emerge in a world where half the population was socialized to believe that it could and should innovate.
Imagine indeed.


As usual, I really enjoyed my session with this family. I really enjoyed the location as well – kind of unusual for a baby session but very hip and cool! And of course the little guy was a pleasure to photograph as well. He is adorable, sweet, with gorgeous eyes and a cute little smile.
This little guy was adorable and cute and a delight to photograph. You've seen his sister a couple of times before – here and here. And now it's his turn – welcome to this world little baby Jax! And happy new year, everyone! Let it be a wonderful new beginning!


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How to Create FSSAI Login in India
FSSAI Login
FSSAI (Food Safety and Standard Authority of India) is an autonomous body which provides food license to the Food business in India. All the food safety-related acts came under one Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
FSSAI has an authority related to food like manufacturing, processing, packing, transportation, and distribution, in case anyone fails to do so implications will follow and also heavy penalties would be imposed on unit. 90 percent of food products have met FSSAI registration. FSSAI login, however, lays down certain procedures in order to establish laboratories all over India for the examining of nutritional levels in the food particles.
It has become mandatory to get a food license by every Food Business Operator and for everyone who is in the chain of delivering food. As soon as the FBO gets registered under FSSAI you will be provided with a 14 digit number on food license
Types of Registration under FSSAI
Under FSSAI there are three types of registrations available and this would include the following:
FSSAI Basic Registration:
This registration can be obtained by the entities or the Food Business Owner or FBO which is having a turnover below INR 12 Lakhs and also the production capacity per day is only up to 100 litres or KG.
FSSAI State License:
This registration can be taken by the entities or FBOs which are medium-sized and are earning a turnover over INR 12 Lakhs but is below INR 20 Crore. This particular license will be obtained by the entity from the state government.
FSSAI Central License:
In the case of an entity that is earning a turnover over and above INR 20 Crore should obtain the FSSAI Central License. Unlike the FSSAI State License, this will be obtained from the Central Government.
Process for Issuing the FSSAI License
On the receipt of an application by the Authority of FSSAI, they shall confirm the jurisdiction of the FSSAI to which the applicant who has submitted the application for the license is necessarily belonging. Along with this they also would need the office fee receipt for any prescribed fees payment to be made by the applicant.
Once this has been done, they would start the verification of the documents submitted by the applicant and also scrutinize the same. Then an inspection of the business premises shall also be conducted by the authority before the issuing of the license under FSSAI if the same is found necessary by them.
And on the satisfaction of the above verification and scrutiny by the FSSAI authority, the license shall be issued and send a copy of the same to the email address of the applicant. There will be a QR code embedded on such certificate which can be utilized for verification of the authenticity of the same.
Step 1: Visit FSSAI Gov Website
Visit Online FSSAI registration page.
Step 2: Click on the Sign up
Select the option mentioned below the "Existing User" section. As soon as you click on "Sign up" option you will be redirected to FBO Sign up page and then to FSSAI login.
Step 3: Fill details of your FBO
Fill up the details mentioned below:
Name of the applicant
Postal PIN code
Confirm your password again and enter the CAPTCHA.
Later click on "Register"
Step 4: In case of existing username/password
In case the Username or Password already exists, a message will be displayed on the screen, by which you will have to make the changes. The messages say that you have to add a special character and any number in the password.
Step 5: SMS after successful Sign up
Once you sign up successfully you will receive a confirmation mail and text message on the contact number and mail ID.
Once you complete this entire procedure you will have to log in with the login credentials, later upload the documents required for FSSAI login.
Importance of FSSAI License and Certification
On taking the license and registration under the FSSAI, the FBO and his entity are required to display the logo of FSSAI on all the food packages and the board of the entity and also in such other important places. This would increase their credibility and reputation among the consumers as the usage of the FSSAI logo is providing assurance on quality. The logo gives the consumer further assurance that the food produced and sold by the entity is safe for consumption.
With an increased reputation, the company can actually grab investors along with the consumers such that there is the expansion of both business and the market share. Along with this, there will also be a saving of cost which would arise from legal fees, penalties, and charges levied by the authorities for running the business without taking proper license from FSSAI as required.
License Number Issued by FSSAI
FSSAI issues the user with a 14-digit license number which is unique and can be used for easily identifying a registered person or business. And this shall be imprinted along with the FSSAI logo which is given on the packages sold by them and also the important places in the business premise.
The 14-digit number shall be divided into 5 different sections. And each of these 5 sections holds different information relating to the consumer making it unique and easy to identify a particular FBO.
– Section 1:
The first digit of the registration number which is showing off if the FBO has received a license under the FSSAI or not.
This is holding the 2nd and 3rd digits of the FSSAI license number issued to the FBO and it is holding the information relating to the state in which the entity is registered and is operating their business with the help of the code of the state.
This is the 4th and also the 5th number of the registration number, which is indicating the year during which the license or registration was obtained by the entity.
Now, this holds the 6th, 7th, and 8th digits of the license number and is indicating the enrolling master's quantity of the FBO which has obtained registration with the FSSAI.
And this section is holding the last 6 numbers of the license number issued and is the unique license number which the FSSAI has issued to the FBO or entity for being identified uniquely from other entities or FBOs registered with the FSSAI.
Hence, we can conclude that it is always preferred to take FSSAI registration or certification as it would help in improving the customer base as there will be safety and security assured to the consumers with respect to the food they are consuming. It also provides legal advantage as an entity without FSSAI license will have to pay penalties. And the entities can also use the logo providing a brand credibility which would also help in raising funds and loans required for expanding the business.
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Photograph of Nona Gaprindashvili in Gisela Gresser's Photo Album from the 1961 Vrnjačka Banja, Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia), Women's Candidates Tournament, c. 1961. John G. White Collection at the Cleveland Public Library.
A five-time world champion, Nona helped to propel the Soviet Olympiad team to 11 team gold medals during her tenure. During this impressive run, she managed to earn an astounding nine individual gold medals.
She is also the first woman in chess history to earn the prestigious grandmaster title. Nona's success inspired generations of Georgians and thousands of chess players worldwide. She was an idol to her fans and held such popularity amongst young girls that parents began naming their daughters Nona in her honor. They also signed up their children for chess lessons in record numbers.
Nona carried celebrity status and was recognized on the streets just as easily as any Hollywood actor. She was indeed a national hero and influenced fellow Georgian stars like Maya Chiburdanidze, Nana Aleksandria, Nana Ioseliani, Nino Gurieli, Ketevan Arakhamia and Ketevan Kakhiani.
Nona Gaprindashvili held her title until 1978 when she was dethroned by the above mentioned Maya Chiburdanidze. As a child, Maya kept a picture of Nona hanging on her wall and actually beat her for the first time during a simultaneous exhibition when Maya was only 13. She kept her Women's World Chess Champion title for 13 consecutive years, often defeating fellow Georgians vying for the title.
During Nona's and Maya's reigns, Georgia was still part of the Soviet Union. The then U.S.S.R. teams completely dominated world events and were comprised of many Georgian players. Once the U.S.S.R. broke, an independent Georgia took three consecutive gold medals during the 1992, 1994 and 1996 Olympiads. Their most recent win was at the 2008 Olympiad in Dresden, Germany. The team was anchored by Maya Chiburdanidze, Nana Dzagnidze, Lela Javakhishvili, Maia Lomineishvili, and Sophio Khukhashvili. During that competition, Chiburdanidze added another individual gold medal to her record by posting a 2707 performance rating.
Nona Gaprindashvili's love for the game and her fighting spirit continues to amaze many chess players around the globe. She won four Senior World Chess Championships in 1995, 2009, 2014, and 2015. The latter two victories were in the over 65 division.
Chess in various forms was first introduced in Georgia in the 7th and 8th centuries. Since then chess has often been found in Georgian literature and poetry. Traditionally, when Georgian women got married their parents would give them chess sets as part of their wedding presents. Chess continues to be the most popular sport in Georgia. Many young players still win medals at the World Junior Championships each year. Most recently the Georgian National team won the Women's World Team Championship in 2015. Nana Dzagnidze, Lela Javakhishvili, Bela Khotenashvili and Nino Batsiashvili are all on the list of top 20 female players.
It is hard to explain the success of women from my home country other than to say that perhaps we were lucky to be born in a country where we take in chess with our first breath. We see our parents and relatives play with great enthusiasm and have a steady stream of female role models to inspire us. Whenever I return home, I feel my rating and chess understanding increase the moment I touch Georgian soil.
Rusudan Goletiani is an International Master and 2005 U.S. Women's Chess Champion. She is one of the many chess legacies featured in Her Turn: Revolutionary Women of Chess at the World Chess Hall of Fame. Learn more about the newest exhibition which opens Feb. 4.


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Kingsman sequel takes early Chuseok holiday lead in South Korea
Date: October 2, 2017Author: asiaincinema
Kingsman: The Golden Circle takes the early lead at the South Korea box office as the country heads into the ten-day Chuseok holiday.
Opening on Wednesday, the spy film earned ₩18.9 billion (US$16.5 million) from 2.35 million admissions over its first five days on release, and it accounted for 64.5% of total revenue between Friday and Sunday. It is 20th Century Fox's second biggest opening behind Na Hong-jin's The Wailing (곡성).
In 2015, the first Kingsman film opened a week ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday and earned ₩5.88 billion (US$5.13 million) from 713,000 admissions over its first five days on release. It gained strength over the holiday and ended up defeating local adventure Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island (조선명탐정: 사라진 놉의 딸), earning ₩50.4 billion (US$43.9 million) from 6.13 million admissions during its theatrical run.
This time, Kingsman's local opponent is CJ Entertainment's star-studded period war epic The Fortress (남한산성), starring Lee Byung-hun, Kim Yun-seok, and Park Hae-il. The Huang Dong-hyuk film opens on Tuesday with solid pre-sale numbers.
Local comedy I Can Speak (아이 캔 스피크) remained strong in its second weekend. With a week-on-week drop of only 11.7%, the Lotte release earned an additional ₩4.39 billion (US$3.83 million) from 549,000 admissions between Friday and Sunday. The film has earned a total of ₩12.8 (US$11.1 million) from 1.65 million admissions after two weekends.
Japanese animated film Yo-kai Watch the Movie 3 (映画 妖怪ウォッチ 空飛ぶクジラとダブル世界の大冒険だニャン!) opened in the third place, earning ₩688 million (US$600,000) from 93,100 admission over its first five days on release.
Last July, Yo-kai Watch the Movie 2 (映画 妖怪ウォッチ エンマ大王と5つの物語だニャン!) opened with ₩1.07 billion (US$930,000) from 139,000 admissions over its first five days on release for a total of ₩2.47 billion (US$2.15 million) from 331,000 admissions. Nevertheless, the new Yo-kai Watch film will benefit from family audiences over the extended holiday.
Trailing behind in the family competition is The Lego Ninjago Movie. Opening on Thursday, the comedy earned ₩567 million (US$494,000) from 75,000 admissions over its first four days on release, lower than the opening of The Lego Batman Movie. However, Ninjago does have a chance of surpassing its predecessor's ₩1.17 billion (US$1.02 million) and 149,000 admissions score thanks to the long holiday period.
With Kingsman taking away a large number of screens, Baby Driver suffered the largest drop in the top ten. In its third weekend, the action film took a week-on-week drop of 77.9%, earning ₩291 million (US$254,000) from 35,900 admissions between Friday and Sunday. The Sony release has made a respectable ₩6.53 billion (US$5.7 million) from 802,000 admissions.
Memoir of a Murderer (살인자의 기억법) has made ₩21.1 billion (US$18.4 million) from 2.62 million admissions.
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Love him or hate him, Kentucky coach John Calipari doesn't lack confidence
Kentucky head coach John Calipari gives instructions to his team during the game against the Florida Gators at Rupp Arena on March 7, 2015 in Lexington, Kentucky. Credit: Getty Images
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - John Calipari represents the very best or the very worst in his sport, depending on your point of view. And most people who follow the game have a point of view. Love him or loathe him, you cannot ignore John Calipari. He is the most interesting man in college basketball.
The guy who has led Kentucky to 36 wins without a loss this season fills the two greatest job criteria for a coach: He can recruit and he can coach. On top of that, his personality, his guile and his team have enlivened a lackluster college landscape that has been called "parched." Calipari's brass and bearing say, "Stay thirsty, my friends."
He can stoke the intense flames of college hoop passion in Kentucky -- highest TV ratings in the country, according to a recent survey -- without getting consumed by them. He paints a bullseye on his own back, gathering the greatest talent and making the whole season a pass/fail test: It's a national championship or a failure.
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"The expectations are incredible," said Larry Brown, his former boss at two spots, who still proudly calls Calipari a friend. "He does have the best team. He knows that, the kids know that."
Brown, the coach at SMU who also had his team here in Louisville for the NCAA Tournament this week, added to the burden of expectation when he said the Wildcats could make the playoffs in the NBA East. Maybe he was joking, maybe he was taking a shot at the pathetic NBA East and some of his former employers, the Nets, Knicks, 76ers, Pacers and Hornets.
Anyway, it was a sign that when Calipari is the subject, friend and foe both swing for the fences. Coach Cal does not mind. He does not care that he gets ripped as the king of one-and-done-recruiting kids who play as freshmen then leave for the NBA, making a mockery of the four-year college ideal.
There is a method to Calipari's March Madness. If college is supposed to be a springboard to success, he insists that is what he gives his players. They come to him to improve, in a hurry. If it means he has to remake his team every year, so be it.
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If he makes a list of America's most disliked people in sports, which he did last year when Sports Illustrated did such a survey, so be that, too. At least one other coach has accused him of having spread rumors about another coach's health. Calipari left NCAA sanctions in his wake at Massachusetts and Memphis.
Hey, we didn't say he was a saint, only interesting. His team had the KFC Yum! Center rocking Saturday with a 64-51 victory over Cincinnati. All week, he has shown a gift for stories, creating and telling them.
He can make the development of gifted 7-foot center Willie Cauley-Stein sound like a Cinderella fable ("He had two points in an AAU game and the other team wasn't that good").
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Unsolicited, he brought up the time he was trying to recruit a player named Roy Brow to Kansas. "I start talking about Kansas this and all the Big 8 championships and all Kansas has done and that we had every major you could want except veterinary medicine and farming. So I said, 'Roy, what do you want to major it?' He said, 'Veterinary medicine.' " Roy went to Virginia Tech.
He can take the heat. He offers players what they want and/or need. "I will coach you. I was in the NBA. I wasn't afraid of those guys," he said. "Now, I did get fired, but I was in the NBA. I'm not afraid to coach you and tell you when you're wrong."
Come to think of it, he led the Nets to a 17-game turnaround. Looking back on it, he was one of the best coaches they ever have had. It was management's failing that it didn't accept Calipari's plea to draft Kobe Bryant.
If you're a Nets fan, or the fan of any team, don't you wish he were your coach? He sure would make things interesting.
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50 Fascinating Facts about Capital Cities From Around the World
26Pyongyang Central Zoo
The Pyongyang Central Zoo has a parrot that can squawk "Long live the Great Leader, Comrade Kim Il-sung" in English.
27. The Taipei 101 skyscraper uses a 728-ton steel tuned mass damper (basically a giant pendulum) to counter motion of the building since it is so close to a fault line.
28. Jakarta is sinking 25 cm (10 inches) per year, in part due to excessive use of groundwater and lack of piped water. It is expected that the city will be completely submerged in the next 30 years.
29. In Monrovia, Liberia, a man with a 'blackboard blog' brings up-to-date information to people. For over 10 years, he has used a public bulletin board and painstakingly written out the day's news for all to see, all at no charge. He has an audience of over 10,000 readers.
30. There is a small district of Vilnius, Lithuania that has declared itself an independent republic. It has its own flag, currency, president, cabinet, and an army of 11 men.
31Tallinn transportation
In Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, public transportation is free for its residents.
32. In Prague, there is a street named Vinarna Certovka which so narrow it has traffic lights for pedestrians. Once a German tourist got stuck and had to be soaped up in order to slide out.
33. During the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, 85% of the city's buildings and churches were destroyed. Its red-light district suffered only minor damage.
34. The area in Riyadh Saudi Arabia where people are publicly beheaded is known locally as "Chop Chop Square."
35. Luanda, Angola has the highest cost of living out of any city in the world. A half-liter tub of ice cream costs $31 for an expatriate.
36July 9 Avenue
July 9 Avenue in Buenos Aires is the world's widest street. One full city block in width, it has 14 lanes plus two parallel streets of two lanes each. All intersections have traffic lights and pedestrians need two or three green lights to cross the avenue.
37. Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan is considered the only capital in the world without traffic lights. Some years ago, they did install traffic lights but the people hated them so much that the government had to remove them and put a traffic policeman instead.
38. The Jordan city of Amman was known as Philadelphia back in the 2nd century C.E. when it was occupied by Romans.
39. In 2003, the smoke from large bushfires in Canberra, Australia formed a Cumulonimbus Flammagenitus. Essentially the fire created its own supercell storm, complete with lighting and forming an F3-rated fire tornado. The tornado and the associated fire killed 4 people and injured 492 others.
40. There is an ultra-modern hotel in Khartoum, Sudan nicknamed "Gaddafi's Egg", as he contributed 80 million Euros to its construction through the Libyan government and took 14 years to build.
41Manila forum
While attending a forum in Manila in 1996, Bill Clinton had his motorcade rerouted in order to avoid crossing a bridge that had been rigged with explosives, a plot masterminded by Osama Bin Laden.
42. Ashgabat (capital of Turkmenistan) holds the Guinness World Records for having the highest concentration of white marble buildings than any other city in the world with 543 new buildings clad and a total of 4.5 million cubic meters of white marble.
43. The capital of Tajikistan is named Dushanbe, which literally translates to "Monday." It was also briefly named Stalinabad ("Stalin's Paradise") during the reign of the USSR.
44. The residents of Sarajevo remembered those lost in the Bosnian War by filling in the scars in the concrete caused by mortar/rocket shells with red resin. These haunting memorials are called Sarajevo Roses.
45. Nicosia, Cyprus is the only capital city that has two time zones. Owing to the Turkish invasion and occupation of Northern Cyprus in 1974, the city has been split in half for over 40 years. Nicosia is also one of the very few capital cities in the world not served by an active airport.
46Reykjavík
The volcanic activity provides Reykjavík, Iceland with geothermal heating systems for both residential and industrial districts. In 2008, natural hot water was used to heat roughly 90% of all buildings in Iceland.
47. The citizens of Monaco are prohibited from entering the gaming rooms of Monte Carlo Casino. Identity is checked at the door to certify that all gamblers are foreigners.
48. The air quality in New Delhi in November 2016 was so bad that the city had to declare an emergency, shut down schools and take drastic industrial precautions. This was termed as the "Great Smog of Delhi."
49. A building known as Blok P in Nuuk contained 1% of Greenland's population which was demolished in 2012. It had the largest flag of Greenland on its side made from discarded clothing.
50. Abu Dhabi has a hospital devoted only to falcons. They see over 11000 patients per year.
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Thousands of Catholics pray in Seoul for reconciliation with the North
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A prayer meeting was held two days ago in the auditorium of Dongsung High School, in the Archdiocese of Seoul, for reconciliation, unity and peace in the Korean Peninsula.
The Archdiocese's National Reconciliation Committee organized the event as part of the National Prayer Day established by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea (CBCK) in 1965. It is held every year on 25 June, the day when North Korea launched its attack against South Korea, starting a tragic fratricidal war.
About 3,000 people packed the auditorium for the whole event: Mass, Rosary and a lesson on the Church in North Korea.
At the end, a dozen Mongolian Catholic boys and girls performed traditional Mongolian songs and dances to show their gratitude for the aid received from the Church of Korea, as well as the solidarity of Mongolian Catholics for unity and peace on the Korean peninsula.
Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of Seoul and Apostolic Administrator of Pyongyang concelebrated Mass, along with Mgr Matthew Hwang, vicar of the Apostolic Administrator of Pyongyang, Fr Achille Chung Se-Teok and Fr Luke Lee, respectively chief and deputy chief of the National Reconciliation Committee of the Archdiocese of Seoul, and a dozen priests from the archdiocese.
In his homily, Cardinal Yeom stressed the importance of prayer, forgiveness and reconciliation to achieve peace on the Korean peninsula. "In the face of stark realities that the efforts made for the past one year to achieve the denuclearization of North Korea and the peace on the Korean peninsula have not brought forth any tangible result worthy of special mention, we are all the more keenly aware that it is very urgent for us to pray with all our heart and with all our strength for these objectives. Such prayer is also an important service our Church can and must render for our nation and for the people of the whole world.
Cardinal Yeom then talked about the prayer campaign, titled Keeping in my heart a parish of the North, which the Archdiocese of Seoul has been conducting since 2015 to put into practise the advice given by Pope Francis during the homily of the Mass that ended his visit to Korea, in 2014, namely pray for the North's 57 parishes and 52,000 believers who existed before the country's division.
"We are conducting this campaign, firmly believing that 'as long as we remember them, they must be alive, and as long as we pray for them, our wishes shall be made come true'. Yes, indeed. We want to keep remembering and praying for our brothers and sisters in the North who suffer from the suppression of human rights including religious freedom in order to ask God to take care of those who must have been living their lives in faith clandestinely even amid situations of persecution.
"And, in doing so, we also want to ask Him to lead us to spiritually unite us with them in their suffering", which "has been offered as a sacrificial offering of reconciliation for the salvation of our nation, with a view to [. . .] evangelize all people of South and North. In this perspective, this campaign 'Keeping in my heart a parish of the North' must be a very effective movement of solidarity which unites, although invisibly, the South and the North by means of prayer."
The Archbishop of Seoul underscored the power of prayer, as it manifested itself in recent history. Card Yeom attributed the collapse of the Soviet communist regime to the fact that the Church had offered the prayer of the Rosary, other supplications and sacrifices, as requested by Our Lady of Fatima in 1917 and during the Marian Year 1987-88.
"Even though we have not yet had any tangible results of the efforts to achieve the denuclearization of North Korea, the humanization and the evangelization of the North Korean society, and furthermore the true peace on the Korean peninsula, we will never lose hope. It is because as long as we pray constantly with 'immense trust in God, the Lord of history, who carries the human heart in his hands,' we are sure to be able to win over the forces of evil and accomplish the miracle of peace."
Cardinal Yeom pointed out that true peace is possible only through forgiveness and reconciliation. Forgiving is not easy, but it is inherent in the Christian identity and is an indispensable condition for being forgiven by God. As Pope Francis said, "All of us 'must ask the Lord to give [us] the grace to forgive, because knowing how to forgive is a grace'."
"If we pray and work hard together, forgiving and reconciling one another and thus with one mind and one heart, for the denuclearization of North Korea, the humanization and the evangelization of the North Korean society, and furthermore the true peace on the Korean peninsula, God will surely hear our prayer," the cardinal added.
Last but not least the archbishop of Seoul entrusted to Mary, Queen of Peace, and to her intercession "this critical moment [in the history] of our nation, and the efforts that are being made and will be made, even amid serious difficulties, often facing impasses, in order to achieve the true peace and development in the Korean peninsula."


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Eritrean Orthodox Church
A Letter From the Editor
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by Michael J.L. La Civita
Though Eritrea's political history began a mere 13 years ago, this east African nation has rich cultural roots dating back some 3,000 years, when Semitic peoples from the Arabian Peninsula first crossed the Red Sea and settled in the Horn of Africa. These cultural roots are not exclusively Eritrean, but a shared legacy with its symbiotic neighbor to the south, Ethiopia.
While Eritreans and Ethiopians have a common history and culture, many Eritreans nevertheless emphasize how they differ. Perhaps the single greatest element binding the two nations – religion and its cultural expression – may best have influenced the evolution of Eritrean self-determination.
Of the nation's 3.8 million people, roughly 45 percent are Sunni Muslim, while about 45 percent belong to the Eritrean Orthodox Church. Catholics, evangelical Protestants, animists and unbelievers make up the balance of the population. And while historically there have been some tensions, particularly with the recent influx of evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States, generally these communities coexist harmoniously.
Aksum. A thousand years before the birth of Christ, Semitic peoples from the Arabian Peninsula crossed the Red Sea, settled in the Horn of Africa (modern Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia) and intermarried with the local African Hamitic people. From this civilization emerged an empire centered in Aksum (a city now in northeastern Ethiopia). The Aksumite empire, which for seven centuries controlled the trade routes between Africa and Asia, is thought to have stretched from Mecca to the Nile at its zenith in the first few centuries after the birth of Christ.
Little historical documentation remains of the empire's formative centuries, but this changed 300 years after the birth of Christ when an Aksumite emperor, Ezana, declared Christianity the empire's official religion. Influenced by his tutor St. Frumentius, a Christian from Tyre (now in modern Lebanon), Ezana embraced the Christian faith as a boy.
As emperor Ezana installed Frumentius as Aksum's first bishop. Ordained to the episcopacy by St. Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (one of the Roman Empire's principal cities, located in modern Egypt), Frumentius established bonds with the Egyptian church, maintained even now.
Emperor Ezana is also credited with securing Aksum's greatest relic, the Ark of the Covenant (which enshrined the Ten Commandments), from the empire's Falasha, or Jewish community. According to an ancient tradition, the Falasha had protected the Ark on an island refuge after it was carried to Aksum from Jerusalem by Menelik, the son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, a figure claimed as their own by modern Eritreans and Ethiopians.
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Ok , Now that everyone is back in the groove of a new season and have seen what their teams are made of. Lets see how week 2 shapes up!
The Redbirds tasted defeat in their first game , and the Steelers had a rug made out of the Bears hide last week. The Cardinals fly too fast for the Bears to get a bite in this one.
An early battle of the cats in this one. The Lions failed to bring down the Vikings last week and the Panthers lost against the Falcons. The Lions finally get their two headed monster at WR to come alive in this game as the Lions put the bite on the blackcats.
The Jets slipped by the Titans and the Bills stampeded over the Texans last week. The Jets find the going tougher this week, as the Bills make it two in a row.
It has been reported that Steelers owner Mike was seen laying out the new bear skin rug in his office last week. Jerry and his Chargers will invade steel town in hopes of getting their first win. Sorry Jerry the Bolts dont have enough juice and Mike will be hanging a picture of a Lightening Bolt in his office this week.
Hey the Dolphins looked like salmon swimming up stream last week. The Texans welcome the Phins to the rodeo this week, but the fish keep slipping the rope in this one.
The stripped cats got their first win against first year coach Blitz and the Ravens last week. The Titans lost to the Jets. This will be a close game between two old friends. Bengals take this in the last seconds of the game.
The Redskins new war paint didnt work last week, as they still lost. Macs birds made it tough on the Panthers. The Redskins wont be getting any new feathers this week.
The Chiefs had a let down last week and look to find some new scalps this week, but they will find it alot harder to scalp a Giant as it was a Patriot.
Giants step on the Chiefs.
The Colts ran over the Seahawks last week, while the Niners failed to make a claim against the Jags.
The Niners break those Colts this week.
The Eagles couldnt get off the ground last week and the Raiders , well, look like the Raiders. Eagles soar to a win this week.
The Rams looked tough last week, as the Hawks looked flat. Nothing changes this week.
Blitz and his Ravens got welcomed to the league by the Bengals last week with a loss. The Brownies will be taking a house warming gift to the Ravens this week. The Ravens get some dog bisquits.
The Cowboys got a win last week against the same ol' Raiders , but Frob's Broncos wont be so easy to ride this week. The Boys go down in this one.
The Vikings rode HB Peterson to a win last week,(what else is new) as the Pack slipped by the Brownies. The Norsemen make it two in a row as Peterson runs wild.
The Jags upset the Niners last week as the Patriots looked tough in their win. The Minutemen reload this week and take down the cats.
As always good luck and have fun!


We all know in today's times that advertisers are more interested than ever in our lifestyles. With today's hectic lifestyle and consumers getting blasted with hundreds, if not thousands, of advertising messages each day, it's harder for advertisers messages to 'stick out' above all the other things we have going on. Verizon has apparently come up with one solution -- a DVR that can watch and listen to whatever you have going on in your living room and then the ability to target television ads to that activity!
Comcast and Google have patented similar technology in the past few years, but none go quite this far. Verizon filed an application in May of 2011 and it was just legally published after the 18-month time frame.
Verizon gives examples of how the technology would be used. If the DVR detected sounds of arguing, it would prompt ads for marriage counseling. If sounds of romance were detected, ads for contraceptives may be shown.
This technology has yet to be put to use, but the thought that companies are considering it is pretty frightening. What do you think?


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Rebels Commit Nearly 200 Rapes In Congo Despite UN Troop Presence
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Citing a statement from an aid worker in the Congo, an August 23 MSNBC report revealed that rebels in eastern Congo gang-raped nearly 200 women and some young boys during a four-day period between July 30 and August 3. The rapes took place only a few miles from a UN peacekeepers' base.
The aid worker was identified as Will F. Cragin of the International Medical Corps, who told the Associated Press by telephone that rebels had occupied Luvungi town the day after an attack that began on July 30.
Cragin said that his organization was only able to go into the town that is 10 miles from a UN military camp after rebels withdrew voluntarily on August 4. He said there was no fighting and no deaths, but "lots of pillaging and the systematic raping of women" by between 200 and 400 rebels. "Many women said they were raped in their homes in front of their children and husbands," Cragin said, adding that others were dragged into the nearby forest to be assaulted.
He said international and local health workers have treated 179 women, but that the number of rape victims could be much higher. Cragin said his aid group has been going back to the town and identifying more cases.
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More than three weeks after the spree, the UN mission has issued no statement about the atrocities and said it is still investigating.
An August 23 report from Reuters News service identified the attackers as Rwandan Hutu FDLR insurgents and Mai Mai militia. The report quoted Stefania Trassari, spokesperson for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), who said: "During the attack [the rebels] looted [the] population's houses and raped several women in Luvungi and surrounding areas. International Medical Corps (IMC) reported that FDLR systematically raped the population during its four-day stay in Luvungi and surrounding areas. A total of 179 cases of sexual violence were reported."
Reuters also quoted a statement from the IMC, which said it was treating the victims, noting: "Nearly all reported rapes were described as having been perpetrated by two-to-six armed men, often taking place in front of the women's children and husbands."
The New York Times report on August 23 provided more information about FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda), the group blamed for the attacks, stating that it was "an ethnic Hutu rebel group that has been terrorizing the hills of eastern Congo for years, preying on villages in a quest for the natural resources beneath them."
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