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Brine Waves
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The Tavaputs Plateau
Guts & Poetry
Self-portraits of the Trumped
Seven Layers of the Tavaputs Plateau
By Easton Smith
I began research on the Tavaputs Plateau quite by accident. While driving from Denver to Las Vegas for a conference on conifers or crustaceans (or something, I can't seem to remember much of my life before this occasion), I found myself on a long stretch of desert highway with a full bladder. I pulled off the next exit I could find and relieved myself into the sand. It was there that I saw a lone elk not three hundred feet in front of me, barely shrouded by a juniper tree. The elk stared at me with impossibly large eyes. I am a scientist, and I say these eyes were too large. But what truly grasped me, so much so that I peed on my shoe without noticing, were the antlers. They sprawled like the arms of an angel oak tree and shined black. A thick, living black. The tar slipped from the antlers in a slow, sensual drip. I followed the elk into the cliffs, and there I began what would become my life's work: tracking the tar through the veins of this body, the Tavaputs Plateau.
A NOTE ON SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Stratigraphically speaking, we are dealing with the Cretaceous and Paleogene periods. Five thousand vertical feet of shale, sandstone, and siltstone. A great lifting of dry, red rock from the time of the Utahraptor. Contrary to the popular imagination, the Utahraptor had feathers. The dinosaur was, in fact, a bird and back then this desert was, in fact, the bottom of an ocean. In this ancient and fleeting body of water plants and silt would tousle about for a while and then settle down in layers. Millions of years later, the plants seep back out as coagulated, black blood and the sedimentary stripes have been made visible by the ocean floor's splits and upward plunges. Most people, even scientists, don't realize that the ocean floor is a mammal. It must come up for air, hence the long history of receding and rising oceans. For thousands of years the Tavaputs has been exhaling. Methane and other hydrocarbons leak through it's many blowholes. But sometime soon, it will inhale.
So I am here to talk about the anatomy of this creature, rather than its geography. The Plateau's 'natural resources' have been surveyed and mapped over again. But no one talks about her immune system, her heart. So I have here documented the seven layers of the Plateau's body (I say layers but they are not truly 'layered' so much as interwoven like organ systems). At least, these are the first seven that I have deciphered. I hope that this effort spurs more research into the matter.
THE SEVEN ANATOMICAL LAYERS OF THE TAVAPUTS PLATEAU
1: The Deepest Layer
Ike Ross was the first coal miner. He was a herculean man, in both strength and origin. Some say he was the offspring of a human and a prairie dog, although this doesn't account for his staggering size. It's very difficult to discern the true happenings of Ike Ross. There is, of course, a whole mythology now. But I have been able to find a few original sources.
When I was hunting by mule-back one day, I heard a strange thumping under the mule's hoof. I dug into the sand and there I discovered an old crate full of moonshine from the prohibition era, from when the Book Cliffs were full of bootlegging miners. Inside, along with the bottles (which were intact and powerfully brewed, I might add) I found an almost pristine booklet that recounted Ike Ross' journey to the deepest layer of the Tavaputs.
No one knows what forced Ike to leave his home in Appalachia, but when the story begins, Ike has already crossed the Rockies. The text begins: "Descending the last of the Great Rocky Mountains, Ike saw a plateau stretching out before. We now know this place as the Tavaputs. Ike was eager as always to push his hands into a pumping seam of coal. He could find chunks of oily rock lying between the sagebrush. He knew it couldn't be far away. He asked the first local he could find, who was, in that wilder day, a showy, chest-puffing turkey. 'Hey turkey,' he bellowed. His voice echoed as if he were in a shaft, even when he wasn't. 'Where's the heart of this mountain. Where is the coal?'
"The turkey was silent and then it began to flutter its wings furiously, as if it thought it could fly. Then, it turned and walked away. Ike had never witnessed such discourtesy, especially not from a bird. In anger, he lunged at the turkey and wrestled it against a boulder. There, he tore into it's feathered breast. 'If you will not tell me where the heart is, I will find it myself,' he screamed at the turkey. The turkey stared blankly. He dug like the miner he was, through flesh and bone. But there was no heart. He pushed his hand into the turkey body, only to feel the cold rock behind."
The story continues for another four thousand words or so. It tells of Ike's growing obsession with the heart of the plateau. He bore into the earth with his famous silver shovel for days at a time, running on gritty coffee and handfuls of chokecherries. He made it a mile down, and then another. He casually noticed the shift in rock from mantle to outer core, the increasing heat. But he never stopped for more than a few minutes. Ike threw his shovel into ground with precision, navigating around the molten core of the earth. According to this account, it was nine years later when Ike's shovel finally clanged on the icy sheet that year-round covers the Gallieni Massif mountains on the Kerguelen Islands near the arctic.
"When Ike felt the blow of dry, arctic air on his lips, and saw the glinting ice sheets with his dark-sensitized eyes, he understood what the turkey had been trying to say. The heart is what you find when you reach all the way through, when you get to the other side of the body or the world. The Tavaputs deepest layer of rock was actually a pebble on the peak of what we now call 'Mont Ross,' 12,000 miles away as the crow flies"
I relate this story to you because it confirms my research. The foundational layer of the plateau has no firm boundaries. With my best instruments, I can detect it's faint murmur in the atmosphere. I can detect the heart of the plateau in the corpse of the wild turkey, which somehow reappears on the Plateau every single summer, with a hole in it's chest. The turkey appears in a new spot each time, but always near my camp. It decays anew each year (I have documented its progression. See figures 1 and 2), reminding me that a thirst for the heart can never be slaked by digging.
2: Rocky Tavaputs
The second layer of the plateau was also discovered by Ike long before me. But, unfortunately for him, this layer wasn't so passive as the Turkey.
Unbeknownst to him, Ike had, on his way through the second mile of the earth's mantle, awoken an ancient creature. The locals call the creature 'Rocky Tavaputs' and it is treated almost like a sasquatch or a Loch Ness Monster. But from what I can discern by listening to the accounts, the creature isn't so mythical. One woman told me that Rocky had "a terrible, long claw" and "a snout like a lizard". Another woman told me that the creature's tail "could topple a pumpjack in one swing." The Utahraptor disappeared from the planet over 100 million years ago. Many think they grew their feathered wings out, took flight. But I suspect hat at least one had another impulse, one that Ike could understand. I think at least one raptor burrowed.
In any case, Ike never made it back from the arctic islands, from Mont Ross, which took his name. He was broken by the second layer of the Tavaputs, consumed quickly, with little mastication from what I see in the fossil samples I have gathered. Ike is celebrated as a hero by locals to this day. The people of Helper, Utah have erected a statue in his memory (the statue is, however, at least 3.4 inches too short, according to the skull and spinal fragments that I have recovered).
The next layer of the Tavaputs Plateau expresses itself to us in malleable, shiny, black and grey rocks that we call bitumen. In my research I have isolated the constituent parts of these rocks. Besides the petroleum, there are many 'asphaltenes' in the rock, which are dense clusters of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur molecules. But, to my dismay, I cannot account for every gram of mass in the samples. There is something more, weighing about .07 grams for every ounce, that I cannot find.
This unaccounted weight is what I call the third layer, a strange skeleton for this body.
The Tar Sands Mine
It was a real shock to me too, when I found out that the mine itself was a part of the Tavaputs Plateau's body. By part of the 'body' I don't mean that the mine actually shares its DNA. It's more like the bacteria in our guts, the way that they are part of our digestive system. The mine is part of the respiratory system.
The relationship may be mutualistic or parasitic or something in-between. Symbiosis tends to defy our moralizing categories. Either way, I realized that the mine was an integral part of the Plateau's exhale one night while reading, by headlamp (I camp out in Sweetwater canyon throughout the warm months), about Oophila amblystomatis, or salamander algae. It's a single-celled green algae that only occurs in the eggs of the spotted salamander. The organism metabolizes the carbon dioxide produced by the embryo, creating oxygen so that the gestating salamanders can breath. I think that the tar sands mine, indeed all of the fracking and pumping in the region, is engaged in a similar process, just reversed.
The Plateau hugs its dinosaur bones like prizes, so I assume that it recognizes the patterns of extinction. And I think, maybe this has happened before, maybe we are cogs. I must assume that the Plateau knows what it's doing when it releases all of this stored carbon into the atmosphere. The Plateau breaths carbon, after all. We do not. The Plateau breaths slow. We do not. We are the little microbes on the surface, gluttonous and ignorant, who will die before the the host even takes another breath. Every mammal's biological processes are aided by the sacrificial labor of smaller, simpler organisms.
I say the 'Homestead' but this next layer is more the feeling of the Homestead than the structure itself. The structure is made of wood a nails and sits about 3.7 miles down South Canyon from the main road. But the feeling of wood and nails is a less fixed location. It's also in the eyes of the small cow that stared at me as I approached the Homestead for the first time.
The cow was with its herd, which seemed by that point to have full possession of the Homestead. They marked it in shit and piss, in throated cries and indifferent standing. When I approached, the herd moved much as one would expect, except for this lone calfling. On it's hide was an outline of the bones underneath. White fur extended from its eyes into the shape of a perfect skull. It's torso was striped like a ribcage. I became mesmerized by the silent, skeletal cow. But then I remembered something I read in that book I had uncovered from the moonshine stash. I turned around immediately, and when I got back to my tent, I rummaged to find the passage.
"The homesteaders in the Tavaputs have brought cattle to replace the exterminated buffalo and fleeting elk. They roam like lumbering corpses, dead in the eyes. There is one place, I cannot say where, that the cattle have taken for themselves. The family stopped coming by to trade for my corn liquor about three months ago, but I thought nothing of it. And then, a month ago, as I traveled North by mule to look for berries and buck, I came to their small abode in the canyon. The family was nowhere to be found, the door hung by a single hinge. There was no one but a single cow with a bone-white face."
The feeling of the Homestead is what you feel when what you have brought turns against you, when the domesticated ones become wild, when death tastes a bit sweet. It's poison berries baked into a pie, a broken old cage, a run-down homestead littered with cow-pies. If I had to make equivalences, I would call this feeling the Plateau's endocrine system, its lust and its lick.
A doctor cannot operate on her child.
There was once a surgeon who took the scalpel to her child. The child had a cancerous tumor and there was no one else in the town who could perform the operation. When the surgeon finally cut to remove the rubbery ball of flesh, she screamed out in pain. She tried again, and fell to the floor in agony. Her child's tumor was an extension of her own body, of course. We shouldn't operate on those who are so closest to us because we are ourselves part of their wound. I can't extract the next layer of the Plateau for you because I may accidently slice my own tendons, or worse, I may cut too wide and too shallow in fear of causing myself pain.
You see, I don't just have old moonshiner's books. I also have those of my own family. They relate stories of my ancestors, classic Northern European Mormon settlers who came to this Ute territory with the surety of God in their heart and a hoe in their hand. The book often relays the small, awkward confrontations between settlers and the indigenous people. One story focuses on my Great Great Great Grandfather, David Edwin Bassett. It talks about an "Indian" man who broke into their home, and how my father punched him and almost brought an axe down on his head. But, "after much persuasion, the Indian sat with Father on the chopping block and they smoked the pipe of peace. Then the Indian went away. Father was not worried about his coming back to cause more trouble; an Indian is always your friend if he will smoke with you."
That man was never my Great Great Great Grandfather's friend. In an effort to cut around the sensitive parts of the tumor, the story just takes off the first layer of skin: a quirky interaction with a happy ending. Meanwhile, whether they wrote about it or not, my ancestors were on the cutting edge of a genocidal campaign of Westward expansion.
What I mean is that I cannot interpret the sixth layer of the plateau. I tread already so closely to my ancestors tracks, being out on the Plateau, prodding with my instruments. To tell you what I know about this layer would illuminate nothing. It would just end up with a shallow vindication of my own self. I would tell the wrong story. So you'll just have to trust me that it's there.
A Sentinel
The elk walk in single file across the ridge line. They know things that we never will, like how the Plateau smells in mid-winter, fifty miles away from the nearest road. They walk single file so that no one's view is blocked. They walk single file so that they don't trample too many plants. They walk single file because they know something we don't know.
Please excuse my 'poetry' here. I know it's not so scientific. But I don't know how else to speak of this high layer. The final layer of the Plateau (I say 'final' but it could be the first. I cannot order such things), perches on the peak of a mountain. She's the sentinel. A line of her kin stretches out from her and tugs itself along the ridge like a caterpillar. She stays. She knows things that we don't know. She looks for wolves and humans. She waits for the Plateau to inhale.
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Montreal woman stunned to find her Walmart gift cards drained
Montreal·CBC Investigates
Gift cards are convenient and popular purchases, and last holiday season, Quebecers bought nearly $250 million of them. But as Samantha Vandzura discovered, scammers like them too.
Scammers depleted $550 worth of cards that looked untouched before consumer even had chance to shop with them
Leah Hendry · CBC News · Posted: Mar 04, 2019 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: March 6
After receiving $550 in Walmart gift cards, Samantha Vandzura was shocked to discover the cards had been drained by scammers. (Leah Hendry/CBC)
After receiving a set of Walmart gift cards before Christmas, Samantha Vandzura tucked them into a drawer for safekeeping while she went on vacation to Florida.
After returning to Montreal a few weeks later, Vandzura decided to use the cards to buy baby supplies and drove to a Walmart.
While at the checkout to pay, a cashier told a shocked Vandzura her cards, valued at $550, were already used and nearly drained of money.
One card was empty. The second had a balance of just over $4.
"I didn't even have my wallet with me," said Vandzura.
Flustered, she quickly headed to the customer service desk, where a receipt was printed off that showed the cards were used over two days at the end of December in Ontario: Brampton and Thornhill.
Receipts from a Walmart customer service agent showed the gift cards had been used at two separate stores in Ontario. (Leah Hendry/CBC)
Impossible, Vandzura said, as she had been in Florida at the time, more than 2,000 kilometres away.
She asked if the purchases were made in person or online, but customer service couldn't tell her.
"They told me that there was nothing that could be done."
Vandzura says she was then told the cards must have been lost or stolen.
"I told them, "That's impossible — they're here,'" says Vandzura, clutching the cards in her hand.
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As soon as Vandzura got to her car, she called Walmart Canada's gift card department and got an automated response system.
She followed the automated instructions and scratched off the strip on the back of each card that covers the card's identification number and PIN, to enter that information into the system.
The strip, meant to protect Walmart's cards from fraud, was intact and did not appear to be tampered with, Vandzura said.
While Vandzura was travelling with her family in Florida, her gift cards were used by scammers in Ontario. (Submitted by Samantha Vandzura)
Unable to reach a person to speak to, Vandzura hung up and called Walmart Canada's customer service line.
"They basically just told me their policy is not to refund anything when it comes to gift cards."
Still hoping to get her money back, Vandzura filed a complaint and was told she would get a call back within 48 hours, but that call never came. So Vandzura kept calling every few days, only to be told her complaint had been sent to head office for "escalation."
Curious to see if other consumers were running into the same problem, Vandzura went online and found several stories similar to her own, in the U.S. — in Missouri, there's even a class-action lawsuit contending Walmart doesn't do enough to protect its gift cards from thieves.
After three weeks of getting what she describes as the runaround from Walmart, Vandzura reached out to CBC.
"To be honest, if it wasn't $550, I probably would have given up already," said Vandzura.
Preventing gift card fraud
According to the Conseil Québécois de commerce du détail, Quebec's retail council, consumers in the province spent $245 million on gift cards last holiday season.
The council keeps no statistics on how much is lost to fraud.
Quebec's Office of Consumer Protection says it hasn't received any complaints.
Before Vandzura scratched off the protective strip that hid her gift card's identification number and PIN, she says, the card looked normal and it didn't appear there was any tampering. (CBC)
With so few people reporting this type of fraud, the Montreal police service (SPVM) doesn't have a lot of statistics on gift card fraud.
However, the head of the SPVM's economic crimes unit, Cmdr. Dominique Côté, said fraud victims should call police.
It doesn't guarantee an investigation will be opened, but the information could help police determine if a certain sector is being targeted, he said. If the fraud is centres on a particular store, the police could also work with the merchant and check video cameras.
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So how do fraudsters hack the cards?
Typically, fraudsters grab a gift card off a display rack.
They peel or scratch off the sticker on the back to get at the card's identification number and PIN.
The sticker is then replaced with a new one and the card is put back on the display rack.
The card is purchased, and the fraudster then checks to see when it is activated.
As soon as the card is loaded with money, the fraudster wastes no time using it to buy items online.
Côté encourages consumers to have the cashier check over gift cards before they purchase them, to ensure there has been no tampering.
"That way, you will be sure your card is original and legitimate."
He says merchants can also do their part, by putting the cards behind the counter so they're only accessible to employees.
Watch as Leah shares tips on how to protect yourself against gift card fraud:
Reporter Leah Hendry explains how to make sure scammers don't have access to your gift cards. 1:31
Not a widespread problem
Walmart Canada told CBC News it issues and processes thousands of gift cards every day.
"The experience this customer has described is unusual," said Diane Medeiros, a spokesperson for the big-box retailer.
Walmart Canada would not say how many gift cards are compromised by scammers or how much money is lost. (CBC)
Medeiros says gift cards are only activated at the point of purchase by trained associates.
After a card is purchased, the customer is given a receipt that outlines its activation number and the amount of money on it.
Medeiros says the scratch surface protects the gift card's identification number and PIN.
CBC News asked Walmart how many gift cards were compromised or how much money is lost to gift card fraud, but Walmart refused to answer.
In a followup email, Medeiros would only say it takes customer concerns seriously.
"Walmart Canada will look at every instance on a case-by-case basis, and work with our customer to investigate any potential fraud and assist where possible," she said.
Gift cards reissued
Shortly after CBC's inquiries to Walmart about Vandzura's experience, the Montrealer's cards were reissued for the full amount.
Vandzura says she wouldn't use Walmart gift cards again, unless the retailer changes its refund policy. (CBC)
"I definitely believe that if CBC hadn't reached out to them, that I would have gone months without any advancement," says Vandzura, who is annoyed by what she describes as a wild goose chase.
She does not believe the big-box retailer is doing enough to protect its customers.
After her experience, she says, she won't use Walmart gift cards again, at least not until the company changes its policy on refunds.
She also believes they need to put the gift cards in a safer place. Her cards were bought off a rack, accessible to anyone, and not kept behind a counter, said Vandzura.
"That would ensure that no one, other than the person for whom it was intended, can have access to the information," Vandzura says.
Leah Hendry
Leah Hendry is a TV, radio and online journalist with CBC Montreal Investigates. Contact her via our confidential tipline: 514-597-5155 or on email at montrealinvestigates@cbc.ca.
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The 10 Deepest Rivers in the World
Written by Kyle Glatz
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The world's population owes much of its success to river systems that provide water, transportation, and even protection in some cases. Some of these rivers are larger than others and discharge a great deal, but they vary in depth. A single river can range from a dozen feet in depth at one point to several hundred at another. Today, we're going to look at the deepest rivers in the world, showing you that even the largest rivers are not always the deepest.
How Are Rivers Made?
The water cycle is significant to the formation of rivers.
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Rivers form when precipitation in areas with a higher elevation gathers to create a flow of water in the form of streams. Eventually, these streams collect into a larger body of water like a lake that serves as headwaters. In the case of the Mississippi River, Lake Itasca is considered the river's source.
Then, the river continues its flow, gaining water from tributaries along the way. Eventually, the river reaches its outflow, also called the mouth, which is another river or the sea in most cases. Larger rivers tend to form in areas with a history of significant geological activity that aid in the formation of valleys and basins that lead to large river flows.
What Are the 10 Deepest Rivers in the World?
The Yenisei River basin includes Lake Baikal, the deepest lake in the world.
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The deepest rivers in the world are found across several continents. Unsurprisingly, some of the deepest rivers are among the longest ones. We're going to show you the depths, locations, and lengths of each of these rivers. By the time we're finished, you'll know all the deepest rivers in the world.
Keep in mind that these depths are not consistent throughout the river's run. Instead, they are the deepest point found on the river.
10. Mississippi River
The Mississippi River flows through New Orleans on its way out to the ocean.
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200ft North America 2,340 mi
The Mississippi River is known as the second-longest river in the United States. This massive river bisects the United States starting in Minnesota and traveling down to New Orleans and reaching the Gulf of Mexico. This deepest part of the Mississippi River is 200ft deep, and that measurement occurs near the end of the river in Algiers Point.
9. Hudson River
The Hudson River is one of the prettiest rivers in North America.
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216ft North America 315 mi
The Hudson River is rather short compared to many of the others on this list. It runs from New York State until it reaches its outlet in the Upper New York Bay between Manhattan and Jersey City. The deep valley through which this river runs reaches a depth of 216ft! This river is one of the most important waterways in the U.S. for transportation and crossings.
8. St. Lawrence River
St. Lawrence river is an important waterway for commercial purposes.
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250ft North America 743.8 mi
The St. Lawrence River is a river that flows from the Great Lakes in the United States to the Atlantic Ocean. This river flows northeast from Lake Ontario, forming a border between the U.S. and Canada, and has a mouth at the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The river is an important waterway for commercial purposes, and it has been the site of battles throughout history.
7. Yellow River
The Yellow River is a very long river that drains into the Bohai Sea.
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262ft Asia 3,395 mi
The Yellow River is one of the longest rivers in the entire world, and it's known as one of the most important waterways in China. The abundance provided by this river allowed China's civilization to flourish. Many hydroelectric dams have been built along the length of this river, and they help supply a tremendous amount of power to the nation.
From a historical and modern-day standpoint, this river is very significant as well as very deep, with a portion of the river measuring 262ft in depth!
6. Mekong River
Mekong River is one of the most dammed rivers in the world.
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The Mekong River is a very long body of water that flows through Laos, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Eventually, the river lets out in the Mekong Delta in the South China Sea of the Pacific Ocean.
This river supports millions of humans in rural areas as well as cities throughout its course. The Mekong River is also renowned for its diverse wildlife. The deep waters of this river are home to some very large fauna. Check out the biggest fish in the Mekong River.
5. Amazon River
The Amazon River is both long and remote in areas.
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328ft South America 3,977 mi
The Amazon River is locked in perpetual combat with the Nile River for the title of the longest river in the world. Depending on the measurements that one accepts, this river might just be the longest of them all. One thing is for certain: this river is long and supports some of the greatest biodiversity in the world.
4. Zambezi River
The Zambezi River is critical to agriculture along its banks.
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381ft Africa 1,599 mi
The Zambezi River runs through many countries in East Africa, providing water and hydroelectric power to people in the area. The river is critical to agriculture along its banks, but it does not flow through many major cities before reaching its mouth in the Indian Ocean.
3. Danube River
The Danube River flows through rural and urban areas.
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584ft Europe 1,771 mi
The Danube River is known for being the second-longest river in all of Europe. However, more people live along the banks of this river than on the Volga River, the longest river in Europe. The Danube River flows through cities like Vienna and Budapest. The greatest depth of this river is 584ft, a significant among deeper than the Zambezi River.
2. Yangtze River
The Yangtze River is the third-longest river in the world.
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The Yangtze River is the longest in all of Asia and is third to the Nile and Amazon rivers in terms of length. This massive river flows throughout China from west to east, eventually ending in the East China Sea. This river is important for transportation, power, agriculture, and more throughout the country. It is one of the most influential rivers in Asia!
1. Congo River
The Congo River is the second-longest river in all of Africa.
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The Congo River is the deepest in the world, measuring 720ft at one portion of its run. This river starts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and flows through the country to its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean. The river is famous for being the only major river to pass over the equator twice throughout its run.
Identifying the Deepest Rivers in the World
River depths can change over time and new measurements can become available.
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The rivers we have listed here have been measured in the past with some certainty. Still, we recognize that deeper rivers may exist as they can run hundreds or thousands of miles long. Also, river depths can change over time.
In other words, the list of the deepest rivers in the world is changeable and could be altered in the future! We'll keep a lookout for new information about river depths around the world!
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Kyle Glatz
I'm a freelance writer with 8 years of experience. I've written in a variety of niches such as video games, animals, and managed service providers. I graduated from Rowan University in 2014 with degrees in English and Education. When I'm not working, I enjoy playing video games, reading, and writing for fun.
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Beyonce, Jay Z Go Gangsta' in Tour Promo Shot Like Movie Trailer (see!)
Beyonce unloads a MAC-10 machine gun in a scene from the video.
Beyonce and Jay Z, known for their marketing prowess, have pulled another coup. A new commercial for their upcoming tour is cleverly packaged to look like a movie trailer, complete with A-List actors.
The king and queen of hip-hop and R&B released the nearly four-minute spot last night (May 17) without fanfare.
Sean Penn, Jake Gyllenhaal, Don Cheadle, Blake Lively and other stars make cameo appearances, giving it the look and feel of a film.
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The clip has already scored nearly 2 million views on YouTube with virtually no publicity. So maybe it will become a movie!
The video follows a menacing poster released last month, showing the couple wearing black ski masks like a modern day Bonnie and Clyde.
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The clip opens with a montage of scenes that show a very leggy Beyonce running amid flashes of money, guns, more money, guns, some very hot women, club scenes and an explosion. It ends with a logo for the supposed movie.
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The Orlando theme parks go all out for the Christmas season and Busch Gardens is no different. Their annual 'Christmas Town' festival will be returning on 17th November, running through to the 31st December, with more fun, lights and Christmas cheer than ever before!
No matter what age you are, you won't be able to resist snapping a few selfies with Santa and his adorable reindeer Rudolph. You'll actually be able to step inside Santa's house for an unforgettable meet and greet experience, where you can tell him all your Christmas wishes.
Then head over to Rudolph's Winter Wonderland where you can meet some of the characters from the famous Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer movie. Look out for Clarice, Sam the snowman, Yukon Cornelius and Bumble the abominable snow monster!
There are lots of fantastic Christmas shows to see at Busch Gardens, and this year a brand new show called 'Christmas Is' has been added to the exciting line-up. The lively show will take place at the Dragon Fire Grill and will feature "contemporary music that celebrates seasonal traditions".
You can also enjoy fan favourite shows like 'Christmas on Ice' which stars world-class ice skaters, 'Elmo's Christmas Wish' which is guaranteed to keep the little ones entertained, and 'Three Kings Journey' which tells the fascinating story of the journey to Bethlehem.
During the Christmas Town celebrations, Busch Gardens will stay open for longer, closing as late as 10pm on some nights. This will give you more time to explore the park. You'll also be able to brave the park's scariest coasters in the dark! So, get ready to brave the likes of Falcon's Fury, Cheetah Hunt and SheiKra in darkness. You can also expect the queues to be shorter at night, so you can ride your favourite attractions again and again.
This year, guests will be able to enjoy a brand new experience at the park- brunch with Santa! This one-of-a-kind dining experience is something you'll never forget. Enjoy a hearty brunch buffet alongside Santa Claus himself, with plenty of time to chat and take photos. The mouth-watering menu includes fried chicken and waffles, vegetable frittata, French toast, Belgian-style waffles, crispy bacon and sweet potato pie. You'll also be able to choose from a range of delicious desserts when you're done. This is a separately ticketed experience so make sure you book early if you don't want to miss out.
As well as the exciting character encounters, there are lots of festive photo opportunities throughout the park. Walk through an enchanting twinkling light tunnel, pose next to huge Cookie Monster and Elmo nutcracker figures and stand beneath the towering Christmas tree covered in lights. Make sure you've got your camera at the ready, as you never know what's around the corner.
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1. Buy that house I want. That is in the hands of the bank at the moment but I will do everything I can to get that house.
-Yes I got the house!
2. Clean out my RV and mobile home. Sell, give away and throw away as appropriate. When I get the house I can move my stuff there and this is my chance to get rid of everything I don't need.
-Nope, I haven't done any of this. I keep saying I will do it when it is cooler. Well, it is cooler so now is the time to start.
3. Sell the RV. That's a big goal. I don't know if I will do it but if I don't do something the pack rats are going to move in and ruin it.
-Nope. First I have to do goal #2.
4. Work harder at my job. I haven't started working on the goals my boss gave me last year. One is to scan a large amount of records. The other is to learn some new software. I need to spend a little time each week on those tasks or else I will never get them done.
-Not really. I rarely accomplish the goals my boss gives me every year because he keeps changing his mind! I have accomplished other things though and the boss is happy and that is really the main goal here.
5. Save money for my next housing goal which is to build on my property. I think $15k a year should be reasonable. If I live at my (hopefully) soon to be mine house for 2-3 years I should have $30k-$45k saved and if I am lucky banks will be offering construction loans once again.
-I'm not saving as much as I had hoped because I have not kept my budget as tight as it was before. I have $10k now even after I paid all of the property taxes on my rental house and property so that is good. I am thinking about repairing the fascia on this house and having gutters installed on the back and possibly a rainwater catchment tank to save water and keep the backyard from flooding. I also want to add some pavers and rock to the yard to make it look nice. If my parents house doesn't sell soon I will be tempted to re-do the kitchen, but not yet. Spending money on this house means less savings for my next house but house upkeep isn't cheap and I do want us all to be comfortable living here.
6. Take my dogs for more walks and reduce their food. My dog needs to lose 15 pounds. That's a lot of weight for a dog. I am hoping that having sidewalks to walk on will encourage me to take them out more. Also, living closer to town means we can go to the dog park more often.
-I was doing really well with walking until my dog got an abcess. I haven't taken them for a walk in over a week. Also, my big dog has developed a very bad habit of freaking out whenever a car drives by. I bought a new no-pull harness that I hope will help (another one of my weaknesses, dog stuff). It should arrive tomorrow and I will start walking again. We haven't gone to the dog park. My dog has lost 5 pounds. That is encouraging.
7. Cook more! When I get that house I will have a full size kitchen again and I am excited to cook again.
-I have definitely failed on this one. Sharing a tiny kitchen with my parents and nephew means that I stay out of it as much as possible.
Obviously, I wasn't expecting my parents and nephew to move in to my house with me when I wrote these goals. It has worked out pretty well so far. I admit that I am spending more money than usual in an attempt to amuse myself in this less-than-ideal situation. My focus has changed from early retirement to helping my nephew with school work. I still want to retire early but I expect to work at least 5 more years (I'll be 45) and then my nephew will be off to college (hopefully). My boss says I can retire in 10 years when he retires because he doesn't want to deal with new employees. We will see about that. In 10 years I will be 50. That is still an early retirement but it seems too far away.
Doing pretty good I think, especially as we are in such an awful economic state. Fifty comes along damn fast!
I think time is speeding up as I get older. This year is flying by. Maybe being stuck in a classroom made the days drag on and on when I was young.
I'm impressed by all you have achieved but am curious how you will both pay down your mortgage and retire early. Comparing your mortgage to mine, I know I have a much larger amount than yours but am hard pressed to even consider an early retirement.
Well, Sara, I could technically semi-retire now since I have my rental income and my parents are paying my house mortgage. I could get a part time job and have enough to pay all my bills. I don't want to do that yet because I want more financial security like a larger emergency fund and a big maintenance fund for the rental house. I would also like to build a house on my property and make the house I am living in now my second rental. I could probably get $900 in rent and the mortgage is only $540 so I could pay extra on the mortgage. But for now, I need a place for my parents and nephew so I will just save as much money as I can until I decide what to do next.


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When I was growing up, I did a lot of exams. School exams – SATs, GCSEs, A-Levels, end of year exams, mock exams – as well as extracurricular exams. When I was 15 I took Grade 8 violin, Grade 8 ballet and Grade 6 piano. A lot of exams!
By the time it came to my postgraduate exams, I knew how to revise for essay based exams but faced a new horror: Chinese exams. I was so stressed revising for my final exams, studying endless hanzi that immediately flew out of my memory, and trying to understand grammatical concepts that had only been explained to me in Chinese.
Fast forward nearly a decade and I decided to do another Chinese exam. Partly because we're moving to China and I wanted to have a piece of paper proving that I knew some Chinese, partly because having a set date to revise for would force me to study even if I didn't feel like it. I signed up online for the HSK level 2 exam at my old university.
HSK is an test administered by the Chinese government. It can be taken all around the world and passing different levels allows you to study at Chinese universities or – coming soon – gain points in the new resident permit grading system. Previously there were 11 levels, attainable through three exam papers. The highest level was known to be insanely hard. In 2010 the exam was restructured and now there are six levels, each with their own paper.
I was confident that HSK 2 would be achievable, as all the vocabulary would be revision. I downloaded the Anki app on my phone, then the vocab needed, and started working my way through. Anki is an SRS tool – spaced recognition software – where you see flashcards and test yourself on the vocab. If you know the word, great, you'll see it again in a little while. If you don't know then you see it a lot sooner. I ploughed through the 600 flashcards needed.
Along with revising vocab, I started reading a bit more. I have some graded readers from the Chinese Breeze series, and I read one called "I really want to find her". It's impressive that it's possible to tell a story using only 300 characters but my goodness it's an inane story.
All this didn't stop me panicking a week before the exam and worrying that I couldn't write every character on the test perfectly. I downloaded a couple of mock exams and realised that HSK 2 didn't need any writing at all; it was multiple choice, yes/no or fill in the blank answers. I scored 45/60 and 50/60 in two mock exams, which put my mind at ease a little.
It was snowing on the morning of the exam, and I wrapped up warm and headed to SOAS. There were a few people standing outside the exam room, and we all ignored each other. Once in the exam room, our cheery invigilator greeted us and asked if we had 2B pencils to fill in the answer sheet. No one had the correct pencil and he went to fetch us some spares. The answer sheet looked complicated, you had to block out little squares indicating your response, not just for the answers but for your name and candidate number and so on. I could feel myself getting a little stressed but the invigilator was helpful.
And then… it began. The first part of the exam is listening. I took a deep breath and tried to stay calm, but I didn't understand the very first part of the very first question and immediately felt like quitting. More deep breaths and I got to grips with the rest of it.
Once the listening part was over I moved on to the reading section. I'm better at reading than listening (I think, anyway) and it was fairly straightforward but also a few slightly unclear questions.
I finished with 8 minutes to go (the exam is 50 minutes long) and watched the invigilator looking out of the window at the falling snow.
On the way I bought a hot chocolate and downloaded the vocab for HSK 3. Maybe I'm going to get back into doing exams.
Early January is a good time to get a few parkruns in, with events taking place on New Year's Day (with staggered start times meaning you can sometimes manage two!) as well as all the Saturdays. This Saturday could have been my fifth parkrun of 2017 – however it was my first, as I've been lazy and ill and demotivated.
My good friend Maria has recently taken up running again and went to her first parkrun before Christmas. I'd promised that the next time I came to stay, we'd go to parkrun together. So we did!
The nearest event is in a park not too far from Maria's house, where I've run a few times on my own. However it's closed due to work going on in the park, so we had to head quite far out of town (lucky Maria and her husband have a car – big thanks to Joaquin for driving!).
We pulled into the carpark of a rugby club. I couldn't see any signs for a parkrun but followed Maria down the side of a field, to a path along the river. A steady stream of people showed up until eventually there were over 200 runners.
The river path was concrete but fairly narrow, and a few people were running two abreast so it was hard to pass. After about 400 metres we took a sharp left onto a muddy path, passing through a field before being funnelled through a narrow path looping back to the start point. This bit was super narrow and almost at walking speed! Then we did that lap again.
After the second lap, we took a right along the side of the field towards the carpark, before crossing the carpark and turning left into the woods. I got elbowed by a woman who wanted to overtake but wanted me to move out of her way, rather than her going around me. Up ahead I saw people slowing to a halt and saw a set of stairs! I've never done a parkrun with stairs before. The top of the stairs was extremely slippery but there was gravel after that, leading back to the river path. Then we did the first lap again, a third time through the muddy field.
The final lap went to the carpark and into the woods again. By this point I was very conscious that I needed the loo! At the top of the stairs I took the long way round to try to avoid the worst of the mud, and then it was nearly done.
I rounded the corner into the finishing field and spotted Joaquin and Lucia. It was pretty muddy and I'm really unconfident in mud, so I didn't sprint for the finish.
Maria wasn't far behind, she was wearing a striking colour combination so we could spot her from a distance, and we gave her a big cheer as she crossed the line. She got a PB, despite the mud and the crowds (Burnage's biggest ever attendance).
Immediately afterwards, it started raining – good timing to miss it! We got our barcodes scanned and then jumped in the car and headed home for cups of tea, toast and showers.
I signed up for the Brixton 10k using a discount in the Black Friday sale – one of the few things I bought in the sale. With a cheap entry fee and a nice easy walk to the start line, I thought it would be a good way to kick off the year.
Last month I did a 10k in Regent's Park and felt really crap afterwards as I didn't do very well. And then I got sick, for what felt like forever. I'm still snotty. It's really frustrating.
The race start was at 9.30, so I planned to leave at 8.45 and stroll over. At 8.30 I told myself I'd jog over at 9am.
But by 8.45, I wasn't dressed and I wasn't feeling sure.
I decided I didn't want to do it.
I didn't want to go, be slow because I'm still ill and then feel annoyed with myself.
I didn't want to go, be slow and then feel anxious about the next race I did.
I didn't want to go and then have a bad stomach.
So even though it felt weird, and wrong, and wasteful, I didn't go.
There will be lots more races, when I feel ready and fitter and healthier. I don't like to quit things just because I won't do well… but what's the point of putting yourself through something that has absolutely no positive effect? The only reason I wanted to still do it was so that I wouldn't be able to call myself a quitter. But not doing one 10k doesn't make you a quitter – perhaps I'm a strategic decision maker instead?
I went for a run later in the day and my stomach was really bad and I had to lie on the floor for a bit when I got home. Definitely the right call.
In 2016 I ran 1,203 km (747 miles), despite spraining my ankle twice and losing all motivation. This year I'd like to run more than that, though I'm not too fussed about the actual distance. To kick it off, I'm going to run every day in January, like I did last year.
I didn't improve on any of my PBs in 2016, so they're still as follows: 5k 25:52, 10k 57:01, half marathon 2:05:13, marathon 5:08:00. I'd like to improve on at least one of these.
I get paid to work 9-5, yet I'm frequently in the office at 7pm. It's not good for me, and makes me more stressed as I keep piling work up on myself. I've only got 8 full weeks left at work, and I'm going to try to keep to 9-5.30 (being realistic – I'm never going to be able to leave at 5 as although working late is discouraged out loud, culturally, it's very difficult to leave on time). Once I start my new job in China, I'm going to try to keep to my hours, though I hear that can be difficult as teachers are often pressured to work longer hours than they get paid for.
I'm doing HSK2 next month and by the end of the year would like to have done HSK3 as well as improving my spoken Chinese, and confidence using it.
Don't be so hard on myself!
It's been mentioned by a few people that maybe I'm a little hard on myself. So I'm going to try to be a bit nicer to myself, maybe like myself a bit more. I'm not really sure how to do this without sacrificing standards, but I'll give it a go.
At the beginning of my second year at university, I got an email from the department administrator saying that all History students should be able to speak other languages and they would therefore pay for us to take courses at the Language Centre. I decided to take Chinese, as I'd enjoyed reading about Chinese history in my first year, and fancied something different to the French and German I already spoke. My Chinese teacher was an older lady from Taiwan, who insisted that we wrote characters beautifully and didn't like us making jokes.
In third year I carried on with Chinese, with a different teacher, although he was also from Taiwan. I even wrote a poem in Chinese!
By the time I went back to uni to do my MA a year later, I'd forgotten a lot of Chinese and really struggled in my Chinese classes. My teacher was Song Laoshi, and he wore slippers to class and openly laughed at us. He was very keen on grammar and sometimes made borderline racist comments but we loved him. We also had another teacher who we fell out with spectacularly as she wouldn't explain something to one of my classmates, who didn't understand but wasn't just being difficult. I spent many, many hours in the university library copying out characters but I found it really hard.
Since graduating from my MA I've been to China three times, and have taken a year's worth of evening classes. I did a language exchange for a year or so too but ended up speaking English a lot.
However this year I'm moving to China. I've accepted a job at a school in Shanghai, starting in March. I'm panicking a little about my Chinese – I haven't spoken it in so long!
There's a standardised test run by the Chinese government, which has 6 levels. I am confident with all the vocab in level 1 and know most of level 2. So to focus the mind, I've entered the exam for level 2, which I'll take in February.
I have two very useful apps on my phone – Pleco (a dictionary) and AnkiDroid (a tool for memorising information, which I'm using to drill vocab for the exam). I'm reasonably sure that by the time the exam comes round I'll be fine with all of the vocabulary.
Who knows what my Chinese will be like by the end of the year! I'm hopeful that moving to China will be really helpful for my spoken Chinese, which is really poor thanks to spending so much time studying grammar. I'd also like to break some of my bad learning practices, namely my fear of making mistakes. It's okay to get things wrong (must keep telling myself this…).
2016 got off to a decent start. I did parkrun on the 1st Jan and then ran every day in January, including two more parkruns. I signed up for a marathon in May.
In February I ran in Istanbul, did the Cambridge Half Marathon, both with a cold, resulting in a disappointing time in Cambridge.
March was full of races! Parkruns, Frank Harmer 10k, Wimbledon Common Half Marathon and Hampton Court Palace Half Marathon.
By April, marathon training was well underway. I ran the Lidl Breakfast Run and did long runs at the weekend, including one where I got so cold I had to heat up in the bath and was sick for 24 hours afterwards. On 21st April I tripped while running home from work and sprained my ankle. Limited running after this.
I started May with a sprained ankle. It hurt to run but I tried to do the Halstead Marathon anyway and had to quit at 18km. I did parkrun a week later, which was no better. My ankle got a bit better but then I sprained it again.
In June I inched my way back into running.
In July I did the Richmond Park Half Marathon and the Ashridge Trail Half Marathon, both very very slowly. I also went to Scotland and ran on some islands.
I started August with a mini runstreak, and Matt did his first parkrun. I did my second middle distance triathlon.
September saw a return to parkrun and a 10k in Battersea Park. I spent a lot of time working.
My work-life balance continued to be dreadful in October, limiting my running. And then I went to India for two weeks.
November saw a bad stomach, a trip to the Kendal Mountain Festival for a trail race there and a few half hearted commutes.
December had a few commutes and a 10k in Regent's Park. I was so tired the whole time, and then I got sick with the worst flu I've had in years, so I couldn't even run over Christmas at my parents' house.
I ran the Regent's Park 10k two years ago and have fond memories of going to Yumchaa with my brother afterwards. I remember the race as being uneventful, I plodded around in 58 minutes and was quite pleased with myself.
Two years on, I felt nervous. Running is not going well. My legs are perpetually tired and my brain is an insurmountable obstacle in the way of me even getting out for a run a lot of the time. Still, I woke up, got dressed and headed to Regent's Park on a chilly morning.
I couldn't hear much of what the race organiser was saying at the start, other than that we should all smile for photos at the finish line. There was a man near me wearing a suit in xmas print. He looked like he might be fast, and it's always humiliating being beaten by someone in fancy dress (see: London Marathon 2014).
Then we were off! I set off too fast, not chronically so but I kept having to pull it back. It's hard at the start when there are so many people. I'd started a tiny bit too far forward so lots of people overtook me.
It was a beautiful day, sunny and bright. I'd gone for the footballer look (tshirt with gloves) and was wearing leggings – I normally wear long sleeves and shorts, rather than short sleeves and leggings, so it felt weird. The leggings were new and a bit too big so they slipped down a little but looked jazzy.
At the end of the first lap I was feeling more tired than I'd hoped. I trudged around the second lap feeling a bit worn out and my joints felt tired, like I'd been standing up for 10 hours. Halfway round the second lap, I started to get lapped. At the start of the third lap I got some water and sipped it, hoping that would perk me up. I was a bit defeated by this point and when I got to the 8km marker I walked for a minute, rubbing my right hip, which was sore. Again at 9km I walked for a moment, struggling with motivation.
I ran past the zoo and only on the final lap did I think to look at the animals. Didn't see any. I turned onto the final straight and thought about sprinting but it felt embarrassing when I was so slow overall.
I crossed the line in 1:00:57. And I didn't smile for the camera.
There was a long queue snaking across the grass and I joined it, waiting for a medal and a can of drink. Behind me was a Hooray Henry, his voice booming out across the park. At least by running my speed I hadn't had to run near him. And I beat the man in the xmas suit!
I didn't go to Yumchaa afterwards (I felt I didn't deserve it…) but went to Pret instead and had a mint hot chocolate, so my self-flagellation clearly knows some bounds.


We will give you a taste of "douceur angevine", of this place perched in full nature vis-a-vis the village.
The decoration of these places is an impassioned research.
La Closerie de la Hérissière does everything it can to offer you comfort and disorientation, while reducing our ecological print.
We chose a heating with renewable energy (shredded wood), without polluting rejections or greenhouse effect, and cheaper. Its powerful output makes it possible to heat the floors, the radiators and the hot water of the whole hamlet.


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ISA, Pita, "PLEASE GO BACK INTO THE RABBIT HOLE". For YOU had over a year to provide an affidavit, along with LAISA DIGITAKI, VIRISILA BUADROMO and others against Qiliho, so he could be brought to Justice
ARSONIST: In the course of the arrest plan, documentary evidence also emerged that it was Sitiveni Qiliho who had burned down Justice Gordon Ward's villa at Deuba, and was the military officer who had tampered with Justice Gerard Winter's car wheels, to cause a fatal crash. More later! He was also the military officer who had tortured and poured hot boiling water all over BEN PADARATH and had assaulted Professor Brij Lal
SORRY, PITA, please continue to find solace in your suffering from TORTURE at the barracks by dialoguing with KALOU - GOD - but keep it PRIVATE, for the MASTER TORTURER is back in Fiji, as Police Commissioner. Crying WOLF in the Fiji Times is simply disingenuous on your part. You hid from UK human rights lawyers until Qiliho returned to Fiji. We notice one Letters to the Editor scribe already
"crying" after reading your sob story:
"Awful as pro- democracy youth activist Pita Waqavonovono's " experience in 2006 after the coup" was - he was "allegedly abused, tortured and sodomised by soldiers - what I find more disturbing is his claim "that the people that did this to me were actually running the country" ( 'Activist shares trauma of abuse ', The Fiji Times 9/8/21 ).
Has Fiji lost its moral compass?
I Cry for my beloved home country.
How has it fallen into such a rotten state?
Rajend Naidu
Fijileaks: Fiji has fallen into such a rotten state because it is the likes of Waqavonovono and countless others who played cat and mouse with our human rights lawyers, waiting for Qiliho to simply escape to Fiji
"Bula Peter, Please let me know if you are willing to cooperate with us regarding the events of 24 December 2006. And provide a written statement...The lawyers met on Monday afternoon and have concluded that there is prima facie case for them to proceed with the arrest plan."
Waqavonovono kept making excuses, dodging our requests
Allegedly abused, tortured and sodomised by soldiers on the eve of Christmas, 2006, for his stand on democracy, youth activist Pita Waqavonovono says he continues to be haunted by the experience.
Sharing his experience during the Catholic Church Archdiocese of Suva virtual discussion 'Forming the True Man', Mr Waqavonovono shared that before the incident 15 years ago, he had been exposed to domestic violence.
He shared that because of his childhood experience, he used to respond to those around him in a violent manner.
Following his experience in 2006 after the coup, Mr Waqavonovono claimed, "I was going to stand up for democracy. I was arrested a few times but on Christmas Eve, I was arrested by soldiers and taken in to the barracks where I was abused, tortured. I was sodomised.
"It really broke my spirit to see that the people that did this to me were actually running the country and in an effort to heal my psychological condition, I sought professional help with the support of my dad and his sisters who helped me get to the best psychologist.
"If it wasn't for that intervention, I don't know how I would have been able to face my mother and siblings who were my greatest source of strength during my recovery.
"This is something people hardly talk about, especially young men, the emotional and psychological scars that are left in the wake of these sorts of experiences."
Speaking about what he termed as his lost years spent resorting to alcohol, drugs and other time-wasting activities to mend his psychologically wounded self, Mr Waqavonovono called on youths to learn to talk about their experiences with those they trusted in within their communities.
Mr Waqavonovono told young men the church was a strong source of spiritual grounding and solace for the challenged and wounded spirit.
"I want to encourage you to take time to stop looking back on the negatives in your life. A memory is not the enemy. But the ways we use our memory determine the detriment."
When approached to comment on the issue yesterday, Republic of Fiji Military Forces Commander Rear Admiral Viliame Naupoto sought written questions as he was busy.
The questions sent to Mr Naupoto remained unanswered when this edition went to press.
One of Waqavonovono's co-victims, LAISA DIGITAKI, was all fired up to co-operate until she woke up one day and began reciting chapter and verse from the "Fijian Bible". Basically, the human rights lawyers wanted general statements and individual affidavits from the so-called 'Democracy Six" about their beatings and torture at the bararcks on 24 December 2006, to build a composite case of what followed after the 5 December Coup. All the human rights lawyers from REDRESS, specialists in bringing torturers to justice in the UK, wanted was confirmation that the stories the "Democracy Six" had told to the media and later splashed on the internet, did take place, so they could build up their case for Sitiveni Qiliho's arrest in London.
Waqavonovono kept making excuses. Sadly, Digitaki suddenly began reminidng us that "GOD even loves Qiliho"
"I'm not very clear on what will be achieved out of all these apart from
trying to arrest Qiliho before he leaves the UK in June/July?
My statement has been on internet for almost 15 years now and all the
details of my experience is there for all to draw and learn from.
I had forgiven and released everyone who inflicted harm on me on that
night and have transmuted and transcended from it.
I no longer delve on the past but live in the moment with much gratitude
with the knowing that one of the greatest life lessons I've learnt from
that incident was to forgive unconditionally even when my own life was
in grave danger, for we are all one and the same, often misled by the
illusion of duality and separation i.e me vs them.
Qiliho and other members of the Fiji Military Force have families and
children and it is important that we as conscious adults choose a path
that will not kill their spirit with anger, hatred and revenge but to
protect and bless them with much love from our heart space. This is the
only way we can all overcome the malevolent and controlling take-over
spirit in Fiji and the world.
Vinaka." - Laisa Digitaki, 27 April 2021
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Q: How to change dataframe to html table in django ? I am sending this dataframe from django views to template html file
Forecast
Date
2018-01-22 05:30:00    147.01
2018-01-23 05:30:00    139.67
2018-01-24 05:30:00    140.51
2018-01-25 05:30:00    144.68
2018-01-26 05:30:00    142.97
2018-01-27 05:30:00    151.83
2018-01-28 05:30:00    151.93
2018-01-29 05:30:00    142.88
2018-01-30 05:30:00    157.31
2018-01-31 05:30:00    145.67
In this above data frame the forecast is the column and date and the values are rows , but i want the the date to be in a column and the forecast values to be in another column.
This is the HTML file where i am trying to change the dataframe to html table.
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A: You can use the to_html method to convert the dataframe to a html table and then render that to your html.
Example
try:
    from StringIO import StringIO
except ImportError:
    from io import StringIO
import pandas as pd

myst="""
2018-01-22 05:30:00    147.01
2018-01-23 05:30:00    139.67
2018-01-24 05:30:00    140.51
2018-01-25 05:30:00    144.68
2018-01-26 05:30:00    142.97
2018-01-27 05:30:00    151.83
2018-01-28 05:30:00    151.93
2018-01-29 05:30:00    142.88
2018-01-30 05:30:00    157.31
2018-01-31 05:30:00145.67
"""

df = pd.read_csv(myf, sep=r"\s\s+", names=["Forecast", "Date"])
print(df.to_html())   #print(df.to_html(index=False)) Without Index

Output:

      Forecast
      Date

      0
      2018-01-22 05:30:00
      147.01

      1
      2018-01-23 05:30:00
      139.67

      2
      2018-01-24 05:30:00
      140.51

      3
      2018-01-25 05:30:00
      144.68

      4
      2018-01-26 05:30:00
      142.97

      5
      2018-01-27 05:30:00
      151.83

      6
      2018-01-28 05:30:00
      151.93

      7
      2018-01-29 05:30:00
      142.88

      8
      2018-01-30 05:30:00
      157.31

      9
      2018-01-31 05:30:00145.67
      NaN


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Lebanese presidential vacuum prolonged after Brexit instability and Hezbollah preoccupati…
Lebanese presidential vacuum prolonged after Brexit instability and Hezbollah preoccupation with Syria
Published June 27th, 2016 - 08:00 GMT
Lebanon has been without a president for more than 18 months amid political deadlock. (AFP/File)
The latest developments in Syria and Europe are expected to prolong Lebanon's long-running presidential vacuum, media reports said on Sunday.
"Hezbullah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's speech (on Friday) has indicated that the presidential crisis will witness further deadlock," An Nahar newspaper quoted informed sources as saying.
"Nasrallah's stances were almost fully focused on the severe repercussions of Aleppo's battle, which the party is fighting in full force, although he devoted a significant portion of his speech to the crisis with the banking sector and the confrontation with Bahrain," the sources said, highlighting the absence of the presidential issue from Nasrallah's address.
The sources also noted that Nasrallah's remarks pour cold water on the optimism that has recently emerged among Free Patriotic Movement officials regarding a reported international drive to support the presidential bid of FPM founder MP Michel Aoun.
"It has been fully proven that the issue has not been put on the front burner and that it will not be part of Iran's bargains, neither with France nor with any other foreign side, seeing as the Iranian priorities were reflected in Sayyed Nasrallah's candid and clear announcement that Hezbullah's funds and arms come from Iran," the sources added.
Well-informed sources in Beirut meanwhile told Kuwait's al-Rai newspaper that it has become "unrealistic" to expect an imminent breakthrough in Lebanon's political crisis in light of "the shock of the British referendum that has pushed the West to change its priorities."
Britain voted to pull out of the European Union on Thursday, in a seismic blow to the bloc that triggered the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron and sent world financial markets into freefall. The move has been dubbed "Brexit" – a portmanteau of "British" and "exit".
The sources also told al-Rai that the Hezbullah-led March 8 camp, especially through Speaker Nabih Berri's remarks, appears to be pushing for a so-called "package deal" that involves agreements on the presidency, the government and the electoral law.
"They want to achieve gains at the expense of the Lebanese formula and its current balances and at the expense of the Taef Accord," the sources charged.
Meanwhile, high-ranking March 14 sources told the Kuwaiti al-Seyassah newspaper that Nasrallah's stances "highlight his decision to keep the entire Lebanese situation unsettled until the outcome of the expected battle in Aleppo becomes clear."
"The ongoing events in Syria and Iraq are expected to push Hezbullah to further intransigence on the domestic issues," the sources added.
Lebanon has been without a president since the term of Michel Suleiman ended in May 2014 and Hezbullah, the FPM and some of their allies have been boycotting the parliament's electoral sessions, stripping them of the needed quorum.
Al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri launched an initiative in late 2015 to nominate Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh for the presidency but his proposal was met with reservations from the country's main Christian parties as well as Hizbullah.
Hariri's move was followed by Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea's endorsement of his long-time Christian foe Aoun for the presidency after a rapprochement deal was reached between their two parties.
Tags:AleppoBeirutMarada MovementFree Patriotic MovementLebanese ForcesEuropean UnionSayyed Hassan NasrallahDavid CameronMichel AounMichel SuleimanNabih BerriHassan NasrallahSuleiman FranjiehSaad HaririSamir Geagea
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Freemasonry, Religion and the Occult
Mythological Figures
Satanic Beliefs and Creeds
Other Religions Alternative Religions
Masonic Connections with the Occult and Conspiracy Theories
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by Catherine Beyer
Catherine Beyer is a practicing Wiccan who has taught religion in at Lakeland College in Wisconsin as well as humanities and Western culture at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.
The Freemasons are primarily a fraternal order and, contrary to conspiracy theories, Freemasonry is nor religious nor particularly clandestine. Members join for the purposes of socializing and networking, and the organization itself commonly expresses its purpose is to "make good men better."
Masonic Initiation and Degree Systems and Advanced Orders
The process of initiation into a Masonic lodge is known as a series of 'degrees.' Masonic degrees reflect personal and moral development. The rituals involved with gaining these degrees reflect that development and communicate associated information through allegory and symbolism.
These allegories and symbols, such as blindfolding, have led to all sorts of accusations by the uninitiated. The rumors are unfounded and today you can find legitimate sources of information—often published by Masons themselves—regarding the ceremonies and allegories used in every lodge.
Symbols in any belief system only really make sense within that system. For a Christian, for example, the cross is a symbol of Jesus's sacrifice and the redemption that he makes possible. To a non-Christian, the cross is an implement of torturous execution used by the Romans.
Properly speaking, Freemasonry only has three degrees of initiation: entered apprentice, fellow craft, and master mason. These are modeled on the levels of membership within medieval stone mason guides, from which Freemasonry likely derives. Degrees past the third degree are conferred by other organizations which are related but wholly separate. For instance, in the Scottish Rite, degrees range from four to thirty-three.
Freemasons keep some of their activities closed to non-members. That policy has led many to label them a "secret society," which in turn opens up Freemasonry (as well as related Co-Masonic organizations such as the Shriners and the Order of the Eastern Star) to a variety of conspiracy theories.
In truth, however, there are a great many organizations that keep at least some aspects of their activities secret, whether they are concerned with the privacy of members, trade secrets, or numerous other reasons. One might even say something as innocuous as a family gathering is closed to non-members, yet no one is generally suspicious of them.
Religious Aspects of Freemasonry
Freemasonry does recognize the existence of a Supreme Being, and new members are required to swear that they hold such a belief. Beyond that, however, Freemasonry has no religious requirements, nor does it teach specific religious beliefs.
In fact, neither politics nor religion is to be discussed within a Masonic lodge. Freemasonry is no more religious than the Boy Scouts, which requires members to believe in some sort of higher power.
Ironically, the affirmation of belief in a supreme being may have originally been added not to control the beliefs of members but to refute the accusation of Freemasons being atheists.
Various anti-Masonic writers have made a variety of claims over the years as to supposed religious beliefs being taught within Freemasonry, generally only at the very highest levels. Where they get this information is usually rather vague and often not mentioned at all.
The fact that such accusations are only leveled at the highest degrees of Freemasonry makes it impossible for the average reader to contest such claims. This is a common hallmark of a conspiracy theory.
The Taxil Hoax
Many of the rumors surrounding Freemasonry stem from the Taxil Hoax, promoted by Leo Taxil in the late 19th century as a mockery of both Freemasonry and the Catholic Church, which officially opposes Freemasonry.
Taxil wrote under the pseudonym Diana Vaughan, claiming that she had cavorted with demons as a Freemason before being saved by the intercession of a saint. The story won praise from the Vatican, after which Taxil confessed that Vaughan was imaginary and his details were made up.
Anti-Masonic writings commonly claim that Masons honor Lucifer as the god of goodness while condemning the Christian God as the god of evil. This concept was originally attributed to Diana Vaughan by another publication and thus is considered to be part of the Taxil Hoax.
Occultism and Freemasonry
"Occult" is an incredibly broad term, and varying uses of the word cause a lot of confusion. There is nothing threatening in the word itself, although many people think there is, believing anything occult must have to do with Satanic rites, demons, and black magic.
In truth, occultists are a far wider group of people who seek hidden knowledge—often of the spiritual nature—through a wide variety of methods, most of them benign. Even if there are occult aspects to Freemasonry, that shouldn't imply anything positive or negative about them.
Anti-Masons often point to the number of 19th-century occultists who were also Masons, as if that somehow makes the topics identical. This is like pointing out a number of Christians who ride bicycles, and then insisting that cycling is a part of Christianity.
It is true that the initiation rituals of many 19th- and 20th-century occult groups bear similarities to the Freemason ritual. Freemasonry is a couple of centuries older than these groups, and there is some shared membership between them.
These groups clearly found aspects of Freemason ritual to be effective in conveying certain ideas. But Freemason ritual was also copied by a variety of other social organizations, so it clearly appealed to a wide range of people, not merely occultists.
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When I started writing this post I looked in dictionaries and academic journals for an 'official' definition of bitchiness. They just didn't capture its true essence. Then I found this two word description that said it all.
As I was writing the first post in this series BITCHINESS – A SUBTLE ART I felt a knot in my stomach. It was a twinge of internal conflict.
I don't know about you, but my close female friends are some of the most important people in my life. With them I can share my secrets; my doubts; talk about my man; laugh at silly things and diss about my annoyances. They will encourage me, boost me and let me know when I'm kidding myself.


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Le championnat de Tunisie féminin de football () voit le football féminin institutionnalisé en Tunisie en 2003-2004. Plusieurs tournois amicaux ont été organisés depuis la première compétition officielle disputée en 2004-2005.

Histoire
Le premier championnat tunisien féminin est disputé lors de la saison 2004-2005.

Clubs 2021–2022

Poule Nord
 Association sportive de la Banque de l'habitat
 Association sportive féminine de Sousse
 Association sportive féminine du Sahel
 Union sportive tunisienne
 Association sportive féminine de Sbiba
 Association sportive féminine de Bou Hajla

Poule Sud
 Association sportive féminine de Gafsa
 Association sportive féminine de Médenine
 Majd sportive de Sidi Bouzid
 Association sportive féminine de Sbeïtla
 Perle sportive féminine de Sfax
 Ennour sportif de Tataouine

Palmarès

Palmarès par équipe

Notes et références

Voir aussi
 Coupe de Tunisie féminine de football
 Supercoupe de Tunisie féminine de football

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Compétition fondée en 2004

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New Publication: Imperialism and the Geopolitics of COVID-19 in Venezuela
Rowan Lubbock has written a new essay for Textos & Debates on the geopolitics of COVID-19 in Venezuela.
Abstract: The impact of COVID-19 in Venezuela has merely compounded an already existing health crisis within the country. Like the rest of the Venezuelan economy and society, the breakdown of the healthcare system is largely due to the legacy of class conflict and the contradictions of Bolivarian oil-dependent development policy, which finally came to breaking point with the end of the commodity super-cycle. And yet, despite the domestic sources of the crisis, the current unfolding of the COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela is inherently geopolitical in nature. Central to this story is the manner in which Venezuela's domestic and electoral dynamics have become inextricably embedded within the 'imperialist chain' centred on Washington. The conflict between chavista and opposition forces, the constitutional crisis of 2017, the unilateral declaration of Juan Guaidó as 'interim president' in 2019, and an intensified sanctions regime are all differentially conditioned by US imperial strategy. This paper will unpack the interconnections between the domestic and international dynamics of Venezuela's socio-political crisis, explore the ways in which COVID-19 has been weaponised by the Trump administration, and attempt to understand the prospects for radical political renewal under conditions of increasing geopolitical conflict.
The article can be found at https://revista.ufrr.br/textosedebates/article/view/6665
Upcoming events: "Spaces of Agrarian Struggle: The ALBA-TCP and the Politics of Food Sovereignty in Venezuela"
1 April 2020 2-3pm Bancroft Building 2.07
Title: "Spaces of Agrarian Struggle: The ALBA-TCP and the Politics of Food Sovereignty in Venezuela", Speaker Rowan Lubbock
Since its creation in 2004, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples' Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) has represented a radical alternative to the dominant patterns of regionalism and social development. Covering a range of areas of cooperation – including diplomacy, energy, medicine, education, and agriculture, ALBA has asserted its rejection of market logic and placed a renewed emphasis on progressive government policy in alliance with grassroots power. However, while ALBA has been relatively successful with regards to its social policies, particularly the expansion of medical and educational services to the popular sectors, its approach to agrarian development has encountered a litany of obstacles and tensions. The central contradiction lies in the sharp divergence between ALBA's radical rhetoric with regards to the transition towards a more participatory-democratic 'social economy', and the entrenched presence of top-down decision making and bureaucratic state power. More specifically, the concrete manifestation of ALBA's food policies all reside within the territory of Venezuela. This picture presents a fundamental puzzle: why has ALBA's regional policy been "nationalised" under the Venezuelan state? Read through a critical Marxian lens, and drawing upon 12 months of field research, the paper will unpack the contradictory dynamics and social struggles that have marked the life span of ALBA's food policy, and offer a prognosis on the longevity of this post-hegemonic regional space.
Rowan Lubbock is Lecturer in International Relations and Development at the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London. His research centres on the intersections between International Relations, Latin American politics and Critical Agrarian Studies. As well as previously published in the Journal of International Relations and Development, New Political Economy, and Journal of Agrarian Change, Rowan is currently writing a book on the politics of food sovereignty within Venezuela and the Latin American regional institution of the ALBA-TCP, to be published by University of Georgia Press (Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation series).


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Pair Jerry Saltz, everyone's most beloved (or disliked, Robert Storr?) art critic with Baltimore stand up comic Stavros Halkias and let them talk about a bunch of things like art, humor, performance, criticism and what do you get? A little anarchism, a little fun. Organized by the nomadic museum in Baltimore, The Contemporary, under their "Talking Shop" speaker series, Humor + Absurdity, moderated by Contemporary Business Manager Lu Zhang, Sept. 30, 7-9PM, Baltimore. More information at their website, and, fyi, all talks are recorded for people who can't actually attend. http://www.contemporary.org/
Jerry Saltz, speaking at Barnes Foundation, April 7, 2015. He's funny, passionate and believes young artists can change the art "game."
And in other Contemporary news, the transcript for an online chat room discussion I was in with a bunch of other arts writers to discuss art writing is online now: (Ahem, scroll down) http://www.contemporary.org/scroll/bound/
The Pope Ride!
Bike the streets where the cars can't go!
Sat, Sept. 26, 2015, 10AM
Meet at the Porch at 30th St. Station
Here's the route: http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/808867699
1.3k people say they are going! It's not a race but a leisurely ride and organizers are hoping for an orderly, polite ride, with bikers making room for important (official, emergency, police) vehicles to get through when necessary. More information:
Sad news about another big loss to the Philadelphia art scene-Daniel W. Dietrich, patron of the arts, dies.
Daniel W. Dietrich, II, ICA Philadelphia Trustee since 1970 who endowed the Director's chair, passed. Photo by Shira Yudkof
From the Institute of Contemporary Art
The Institute of Contemporary Art mourns the loss of Daniel W. Dietrich II (1941–2015). Named an ICA Director Emeritus in 2014, he endowed the museum directorship currently held by Amy Sadao and had served continuously on ICA's Board since 1970.
Dan was an unparalleled patron of the performing, written, and visual arts, in Philadelphia, New York, and beyond at cultural institutions including the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania (ICA), the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Wellin Museum at Hamilton College, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Colorado Mahlerfest, WHYY, Philadelphia Theater Company, and American Poetry Review.
He was a scholar and collector of influential contemporary American Art, with a profound interest in Marsden Hartley, Neysa Grassi, Edwin Dickinson, Edward Hopper, Barnett Newman, Cy Twombly, Philip Guston, Paul Thek, Warren Rohrer, Jennifer Bartlett, Eileen Neff, Horace Pippin, and Agnes Martin. He described his collecting focus as "American with spiritual influences."
This winter, he transformed ICA's curatorial research and artists' inquiry with a $10M endowment gift. Dan was fond of comparing ICA to an inchworm, following an Albert P. Ryder quote, "Have you ever seen an inchworm crawl up a leaf or twig, and there clinging to the very end, revolves in the air, feeling for something to reach? That's like me. I am trying to find something out there beyond the place on which I have a footing."
He is survived by his sons, William S. Hildreth (Ryan C. Cooke), Daniel W. Dietrich III (Yuehling Dietrich), and Adam Dietrich. He is also survived by his personal and romantic partner of recent years, Deborah Ullman, of Orleans, MA.
SMALL FIRE BIG HAMMER COMES DOWN ON 915 Spring Garden Studios
via Philly.com:
A small, smoky fire, quickly put out by firefighters using an extinguisher on Wednesday afternoon, has led to the immediate closure of 915 Spring Garden St., a large old Reading Railroad building that has held about 100 artist studios for more than three decades.
The fire, caused by a refrigerator on the fourth floor of the five-story building, led to minimal damage, but inspectors from the Fire Department and the Department of Licenses and Inspections toured the building Thursday morning and ordered immediate evacuation, stunning artists who have used the building without incident for years.
Steven Donegan, an artist who began managing the building as studio space in 1981 and manages leases for the owner, said L&I has regularly inspected the building over the years and had never issued a citation or noted a violation.
The website currently lists an outstanding violation for uncut weeds on the building grounds. No actual building violations are mentioned.
Cameron said closure of the building, which offers low-cost studios, would leave "a huge hole in the arts community, massive."
http://www.915studios.com/http___915studios.com/915_Studios.html
Mt. Airy Arts Garage holds Artbash fundraiser for new home
ARTBASH on SATURDAY SEPT 19, 6PM, launches Mt. Airy Arts Garage's campaign to find a new home. The community arts venue learned in August that their lease would expire and not be renewed August, 2016, so they're looking for new digs.
At the Artbash, James Dupree will be awarded the Artist Trailblazer award. Dupree recently won his fight against eminent domain for his Mantua studios. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1461871210789250/
Curate This! debuts
The new online arts magazine Curate This just launched! Check it out here: http://curatethisphilly.com/ Congratulations to co-founders, Amanda Wagner and Julius Ferraro!
Vox Populi gallery is now accepting applications for internships in the following areas: Exhibitions; Development and Special Events. Vox Populi interns play a vital role in the operation and development of the organization. An internship at Vox Populi provides exposure to the world of contemporary art from an alternative, collective perspective for those who are considering a future in the visual arts as an artist, curator, or administrator. Interns work closely with the Executive Director, Performance Coordinator and artist membership on all aspects of gallery management to contribute to the daily functioning of the gallery. Interns must be able to commit for a minimum period of three months. No interns will be accepted for shorter periods. Applications will be accepted until positions are filled. Please consult the following position descriptions for requirements and how to apply: http://voxpopuligallery.org/news/internships/
Film still from Jeanne Jaffe's Tesla show at Rowan University Art Gallery. The artist worked with engineers on animatronic puppets.
Artblog favorite, Jeanne Jaffe has a show coming up at Rowan University Art Gallery that we are very excited about. The exhibit, Elegy for Tesla, runs from Sept. 14-Jan. 30, 2016 with artist's talk, panel discussion and reception Thursday, Oct. 8, 5-8PM. Jaffe has made a multi-media, motion-activated installation that reviews the arc of the life of brilliant but tragic inventor Nikola Tesla. Jaffe worked with engineers at Rowan to create complex, animatronic puppets. More here: www.rowan.edu/artgallery.
drawing on photograph by Isaac Lin
Doodle Day at Temple Contemporary, with Isaac Lin
Thursday, September 10, 11am – 6pm
Former Space 1026'er now represented by Fleisher-Ollman Gallery Isaac Lin will be at Temple Contemporary doodling all day on September 10. Also on display throughout the day will be the doodles of former presidents including Herbert Hoover, Dwight Eisenhower, and Lyndon B. Johnson.
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