We all make resolutions hoping to improve our lives or achieve specific goals at the beginning of each year. While some want to build a house to finish school, we opt for better habits for the year 2019.
Kasenene says most people have poor health behavior. Therefore, it is not surprising that they are visiting a healthcare facility with more advanced symptoms. "Start with the most important tests and know your numbers such as BMI, blood pressure, blood sugar, liver and kidney function and complete blood count. You could do these reviews on a quarterly basis. Your doctor may also seek further investigation, depending on the prevailing symptoms or risks.
Dr. Kasenene says he should drink more water, start small. For example, do not try to jump from one to four cups a day. Start slowly until you feel comfortable and build on it. Also improve the taste of the water. "If you do not want to drink plain water, add lemon, cucumber or mint to enhance the taste," he says.
Take less sugar or stop if possible. Kasenene. It may seem ridiculous, but our body reacts to sugar as well as to hard drugs like cocaine! That is why it is so important to break this addiction and immediately increase our well-being. It's pretty hard to go right away, but for example, reduce it from four to two tablespoons, and over time, your body will adapt.
Eat more fruits and vegetables: dr. Kasenene says you should eat fruits and vegetables at every meal, both raw and cooked. Not only are these foods low in calories, they also contain nutrients, minerals, vitamins, fiber and enzymes that boost your health. "You should aim for three to four servings of fruit or vegetables a day," he advises.
Dr. Kasenene adds that you have to get six to eight hours of sleep every night. Sleep is one of the most important functions that our body uses to regulate and heal cells. Instead of giving up sleep, you should get more to extend your life for years.
Many poisons that we take from some foods require detoxification. One of the most common methods of detoxification is fasting. Others dare to juicing, but it is advisable to talk to a health coach to make sure you are doing it right.
Exercise more: Exercise is known for your mood, your mental acuity To improve your balance, your muscle mass and your bones.
Using knees and hips to lift your back is less stressful, so if you want to lift something heavy, ask for help so your back will not get damaged." Make sure That your workstation may suit you can begin with a good office or work chair that supports your back well and uses the back of the chair when sitting, "he advises.
At All factors include the best sleeping position as it is less demanding. "Dr. Golooba says you should also have a good pillow." I recommend a fiber pillow, but it must be so thick that it is not too small to the head to lean or too tall to tilt your head, in other sleeping positions you will need more than one pillow to feel comfortable, but you may not be able to wait all night, "r he does.
Evelyn Kharono Lufafa, Counselor at Kiira Medical Center, says that our mental wellbeing in 2019 is very important because our mental health is important for optimal functionality.
It is one of the key habits that allows you to positively recognize both your own emotions and the emotions of others. To improve your emotional intelligence, you must use your emotions to make constructive decisions about your behavior, to manage core emotions such as anger, and to recognize and interpret the primarily non-verbal signals that others are constantly using to communicate with you.
"These help to reduce stress, communicate effectively, empathize with others, overcome challenges, and defuse conflicts more easily," she says.
One of the healthy ways to maintain good relationships is to listen to others rather than just listen. Many people love to be heard, but not many listen and miss some important things. Strive to listen more.
Healthy Coping Mechanisms In a life change, there are both healthy and unhealthy coping mechanisms. However, as a rule, we tend to put up with negative mental stress mechanisms such as alcohol and withdrawal if we are not psychologically present.
"It would be great to share your pain with a trusted friend. If you do not have one right now, talk to a counselor or pray about it. All of this helps to relieve the pain, while the unhealthy mechanisms only put off the pain, "she advises.
Learning to learn from self-esteem rather than hurting one's speech is important if you want to stay sustainable. Relationships you can not yet achieve what you are negotiating in 2019.
You do not have to cut the coffee completely. Simply replace a second or third cup of coffee with green tea or ginger tea. A high content of caffeine drains the body. After a meal, ginger tea is especially beneficial for digestion, not to mention detoxification and anti-cancer properties.
When your body consumes sugar and sweets, it is difficult to completely remove it from a sugar source from your diet. If you're looking for something sweet, grab some juicy, ripe sweet fruit like berries, pomegranates, and clementines. These fruits will gradually turn your body into fewer desserts.
Sugar consumption has steadily increased among individuals and can be very addictive, says dr. Kasenene. It may seem ridiculous, but our body reacts to sugar as well as to hard drugs like cocaine!


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'Collecting Water is Often a Colossal Waste of Time for Women' – UNICEF
Posted on January 14, 2020 in nrbeeohtbedc
UNICEF says the 200 million hours women and girls spend every day; collecting water is a colossal waste of their valuable time. As World Water Week gets underway in Stockholm and experts gather to try to improve the world's access to water, the UN children's agency stressed that the opportunity cost of lack of access to water disproportionately falls on women, according to a press release."Just imagine: 200 million hours is 8.3 million days, or over 22,800 years," said UNICEF's global head of water, sanitation and hygiene Sanjay Wijesekera. "It would be as if a woman started with her empty bucket in the Stone Age and didn't arrive home with water until 2016. Think how much the world has advanced in that time. Think how much women could have achieved in that time."When water is not on premises and needs to be collected, it's our women and girls who are mostly paying with their time and lost opportunities," he added.The UN's Sustainable Development Goal for water and sanitation, Goal 6, calls for universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water by 2030. The first step is providing everyone with a basic service within a 30-minute round trip, and the long term goal is to ensure everyone has safe water available at home. However, UN estimates are that in sub-Saharan Africa, for example, for 29 per cent of the population (37 per cent in rural areas and 14 per cent in urban areas), improved drinking water sources are 30 minutes or more away.In sub-Saharan Africa, one round-trip to collect water is 33 minutes on average in rural areas and 25 minutes in urban areas. In Asia, the numbers are 21 minutes and 19 minutes respectively. However for particular countries the figures may be higher. A single trip takes longer than an hour in Mauritania, Somalia, Tunisia and Yemen. When water is not piped to the home the burden of fetching it falls disproportionately on women and children, especially girls. A study of 24 sub-Saharan countries revealed that when the collection time is more than 30 minutes, an estimated 3.36 million children and 13.54 million adult females were responsible for water collection. In Malawi, the UN estimates that women who collected water spent 54 minutes on average, while men spent only 6 minutes. In Guinea and the United Republic of Tanzania average collection times for women were 20 minutes, double that of men. For women, the opportunity costs of collecting water are high, with far reaching effects. It considerably shortens the time they have available to spend with their families, on child care, other household tasks, or even in leisure activities. For both boys and girls, water collection can take time away from their education and sometimes even prevent their attending school altogether. Collection of water can affect the health of the whole family, and particularly of children. When water is not available at home, even if it is collected from a safe source, the fact that it has to be transported and stored increases the risk that it is faecally contaminated by the time it is drunk. This in turn increases the risk of diarrheal disease, which is the fourth leading cause of death among children under 5, and a leading cause of chronic malnutrition, or stunting, which affects 159 million children worldwide. More than 300,000 children under 5 die annually from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water – over 800 per day."No matter where you look, access to clean drinking water makes a difference in the lives of people," said Wijesekera. "The needs are clear; the goals are clear. Women and children should not have to spend so much of their time for this basic human right."Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) read more
Jeanne Beker championing Forgiveness wins Canada Reads 2018
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Yesterday was a resting day by force due to non-stop rain which was more than welcomed after miles of driving through serpentine narrow roads during the day trips on previous days. Even though the weather forecast was not much better for today, or rather inconsistently different on every weather forecasting source we checked, it was quite pleasing to experience a beautiful day of a mild temperature, subtle sun peaking through and freshly cool breeze. For that reason, the plan for today turned out to be a hike and we have decided for the Gorges d'Heric, or the Valley of Heric (the river) running the massive of Le Caroux, situated in the heart of the Regional Natural Park of Haut-Languedoc, some 40 km north west of Béziers, in South of France.
Over the many years, the river carved its way through the valley and formed many waterholes, or rock pools as they are locally known with small waterfalls connecting them all. The fresh water pools offer swimming opportunities while the smoothed gigantic rocks provide for a great resting platform or challenging obstacles. We have indeed experienced a slip and hit that fortunately ended up with only a purple toe and some wet clothes but that was on another day when we came to this place but only for bathing, card playing, tanning and general resting. The water is however cold, even at the end of the season and it's only understandable considering it flows down from the tips of the mountain.
We started our hike just outside the village Mons-la-Trivalle, only 10 min car ride from our house in Vieussan. Leaving our car at the parking lot for 3€, we make our way along the river Heric, through the winding path with moderate 10km to go in total and a mild 300m ascent. Being it after the high season and a day of rain, we have only occasionally encountered fellow hikers. Just enough to keep us good company. Even families with strollers (buggies) dared the ascent. After all, the path was well cemented and even, perfect for a relaxing walk.
But one had to be quite careful as there were no boundaries to protect anyone from a fall over the edge which led into a steep and rocky downfall.
Probably not so noticeable from this photo, but behind me is a more than 10m drop. I was quite proud of myself to get so close to the edge.
Few more weeks! Might come back.
These were gone only seconds later.
I hope he survived the car that drove by shortly after.
Even car drove through the narrow passage, unusually, from the village at the top, also called Heric (just like the river running through it.) One of the houses made a destination cafe out of their backyard. In my mind, it was the Le Petit Cafe. Officially, it was La Buvette. Being also the motivating factor behind the hike, a clear reward at the end of the walk up, I was really hoping they would be open! They were, ouvert.
The destination cafe and one of the few houses of the mountain village Heric.
After a coffee and croissants (I mean "une croissant et cafe au lait (avec beaucoup de lait mais léger s'il vous plaît" which is what I have scribbled together to order my highly customised coffee. I have given up on the decaf,) we made our way back to the base passing by an abandoned car, a mansion to the lizard inhabiting the back seat. Only now while writing this post I have realised I have already made the mistake to use the word légère (promiscuous) rather than léger (weak) – no wonder they looked at me strangely.
Also encountering the famous Minarets, I made sure I have a photo in front of them.
Making the last curve before the end of the hike, we pass by a group of artists painting the rocky pools in watercolour. Snooping around and starting a conversation with one of them, I have learned they are a group from Sweden visiting here on a painting trip. I have tried three different courses on watercolour and am yet to find the right teacher that will help me the way I need. The conversation with the lady inspired me not to give up so watercolour is back on my to do list, hopefully sooner than later.
Successfully completing our 4h hike, we head back to the house and prepare for a tasty BBQ. Thankfully nothing happened out of the 50% chance of rain today. On our return way, we once more take a look back over the suspension bridge in Tarassac and indulge in the view of the peaks of Gorges d'Heric from afar.
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Thank you Lucia! I am SLOWLY getting back to it. Just added a new post. By the time you arrive, you should recognize all the places.
I wish I could drive over the bridge right now! I have been neglecting my blog. Should make it a new year resolution, once a week! Will get on it, promise. Have a great time at home!


The insulin and the endothelin type A (ETA) receptor both can couple into the heterotrimeric G protein alpha(q/11) (Galpha(q/11)), leading to Galpha(q/11) tyrosine phosphorylation, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activation, and subsequent stimulation of glucose transport. In this study, we assessed the potential role of Src kinase in ET-1 signaling to glucose transport in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Src kinase inhibitor PP2 blocked ET-1-induced Src kinase activity, Galpha(q/11) tyrosine phosphorylation, and glucose transport stimulation. To determine which Src family kinase member was involved, we microinjected anti-c-Src, -c-Fyn, or -c-Yes antibody into these cells and found that only anti-c-Yes antibody blocked GLUT4 translocation (70% decreased). Overexpression or microinjection of a dominant negative mutant (K298M) of Src kinase also inhibited ET-1-induced Galpha(q/11) tyrosine phosphorylation and GLUT4 translocation. In co-immunoprecipitation experiments, we found that beta-arrestin 1 associated with the ETA receptor in an agonist-dependent manner and that beta-arrestin 1 recruited Src kinase to a molecular complex that included the ETA receptor. Microinjection of beta-arrestin 1 antibody inhibited ET-1- but not insulin-stimulated GLUT4 translocation. In conclusion, 1) the Src kinase Yes can induce tyrosine phosphorylation of Galpha(q/11) in response to ET-1 stimulation, and 2) beta-arrestin 1 and Src kinase form a molecular complex with the ETA receptor to mediate ET-1 signaling to Galpha(q/11) with subsequent glucose transport stimulation.


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Actually, not the Hague
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We went to visit friends in the Hague for Easter. The Princess grasped immediately the nature of the Netherlands which is essentially a vast conurbation. As we crossed over the border, she said "we are in the Otherlands we must be in the Hague". Unfortunately, there was a good forty minutes drive after that and neither her father nor I could convince her that constantly asking "are we in the Hague?" as we tried to negotiate the tricky final miles wasn't going to help anyone. As we drove along with our three ratty children, Mr. Waffle said wistfully "I don't suppose you're ever going to let me go to Baarle-Hertog". "Why would I want to go to Baarle-Hertog?". "It's a part of Belgium entirely surrounded by the Netherlands.". "Fascinating, you're absolutely right".
We arrived safely at our hosts' house and disgorged ourselves and the enormous quantities of luggage we had brought with us for three nights away from home. We settled in to eat them out of house and home and work creatively on making a mess. Fortunately they have two children of their own, so they were somewhat prepared for the onslaught. In fact, the trip was a great success. The children got on really well together and it was lovely to see them playing together when they weren't hitting each other. In particular, the Princess got on with C who is the elder of our friends' two children. C, is a very gentle, charming and sweet little boy who is nearly 5. The Princess loved him. Despite her exterior toughness, I feel the Princess is quite timid and I have never seen her warm to someone, the way she did to C. They spent hours playing together. I heard her diligently trying to teach him some French: "We say 'Winnie l'Ourson' for Winnie the Pooh; I know the French for poo is 'caca' but we don't say 'Winnie le caca'" which is just as well for the marketing people, I suppose. C's sister E is only just 3 and the Princess enjoyed a more combatitive relationship with her. E is much more forceful and I don't think that the Princess liked that half so well though they did play together a bit because whatever the Princess considered E's faults might be, she was, at least, far superior to the Princess's little brothers. What the Princess particularly enjoyed was teaming up with C and excluding the others, particularly her brothers, if at all possible.
The Linguistic Regime
The Dutch Mama is, despite her name, from Cork as well. As the weekend went on, I could hear both of us reinforcing each other and speaking with more amd more pronounced Cork accents. The Dutch Papa is Dutch. Very Dutch, he's 2 metres and 3 centimetres tall (nearly 7 feet) and one of my favourite things was seeing him bending all the way down to talk to Michael who was staring up at him with considerable interest (I suppose everyone is tall to Michael, though). The Dutch Papa used to live in Japan; he must have been a sensation there. The Dutch Mama speaks English to her children and I speak English to mine. Both the Princess and C were able to chat away happily to each other in English. They were not at all thrown when one or other of them spoke French or Dutch to another parent. However, E didn't speak much English to us at the start and she didn't get very far with Dutch; though the grown-ups and the boys were prepared to give it a go, the Princess certainly wasn't. It was amazing by the end of the weekend how much more willing she was to chat away in English (to clarify, she had always been able to chat in English but just choose not to, I mean why would you bother, everyone speaks Dutch – you have to see her point, she's only 3). At one point she said something to me and I didn't understand "you know, I don't understand a lot of Dutch, sweetheart". She looked at me coldly "that wasn't Dutch, it was Polish". And, it was true, she's minded by a Polish woman and speaks quite good Polish as well, clever girl.
Our friends do not, in fact, live in the Hague, they live in the Roman town of Voorburg which is, essentially, a nice leafy suburb of the Hague. Great was the Princess's delight when she found that I had made a mistake. All weekend long we heard about foolish Mama's ineptitude. We took a stroll around the suburbs and into the lovely old town, taking in the market. It almost reminded me of holidays before children (what, oh what did we find to worry about on those holidays?) except for the insistent demands for sweet purchases.
We went on a rural walk to look at windmills. Well, as the Dutch Mama pointed out, it was rural, if you could close your ears to the sounds of the motorway and look away from the tower blocks. My God, there are a lot of people there. It's just as well 90% of them cycle everywhere because otherwise the country would be one big car park. Michael has become entranced by ducks. While the windmills left him cold, he very much enjoyed chasing ducks. "Ack, ack" he said pointing his little finger and trotting off in their direction. The Netherlands is full of open water. The Dutch Papa explained that it would cost too much to fence in all the open water in the Netherlands, so they taught people to swim; the whole law of tort seems to not have taken off there. They're very pragmatic, the Dutch. Nevertheless, since Michael can't actually swim, unlike the ducks he had set his heart on, this did present some problems. I was rather taken with the windmills which are inhabited and one of which had a duvet stuck out the middle window to air but I couldn't really focus on them as I was trying to haul Michael away from water hazards.
We went to the beach; you're never too far from the beach in the Netherlands. The children loved it, though Michael was scared of the sea. Daniel loved the sea and got his trousers wet chasing waves. The Princess focussed on denuding the Dutch coast of shells. The beach was busy. I couldn't help comparing it to an Irish beach at this time of year where you would have a half dozen walkers. This beach was full of Dutch people disporting themselves with their dogs. "You asked me what I disliked about the Dutch" said the Dutch Mama "16 million people and they have 16 million dogs". It really felt like it. The beach was very developed with lots of cafes and stalls. Nice, fine but so different. Obviously, it also had lots of bicycle racks. We went for tea and a bun. Michael took the Princess's bucket of shells and turned it upside down. The Princess was furious. To my really intense mortification she said "Michael, you bastard, I'm going to pour tea all over you". All the polite Dutch people looked at their feet. I wanted desperately to explain that really, this was not the kind of language she uses all the time and not me either but, of course, the problem is, she does travel in the car with me. In the past couple of weeks, she has taken to getting out of the bath and wrapping herself in a towel crouching on the floor and pretending to be a green cushion. The cushion says "shag it, shag it, shag it, you bastard". I have tried ignoring and reprimanding "it's the feathers in the cushion, Mama, not me" but she knows I don't like it and she can use it against me. Must try harder either that or we walk everywhere in future.
On Easter Sunday, we all went to mass. I was a bit surprised that the Dutch contingent were coming. "We're cultural catholics" explained the Dutch Mama. This is a far superior term to "lapsed", I like it. Outside the church, there were, of course, hundreds of bicycles, all the more impressive when you consider that the average age of the congregation was 65. This was probably why we ended up sloping off early as our children's were the only raised voices. In fact, C and E were very good and kept quiet by the promise of a further jelly from the supply that their mother had brought. The Princess also enjoyed the Dutch jelllies. She, however, approached matters differently by turning what was intended as a bribe into an opportunity for blackmail "I won't be quiet, unless I get another jelly". "My children never thought of that" muttered the Dutch Mama. I am so proud.
The children painted Easter eggs; the Princess discovered that she does not like hard boiled egss, however nicely they may be painted. They all hunted for chocolate eggs in the garden which was much more successful though Michael appears not to like chocolate. Can this be normal? They spent hours playing baffling games together. I fell down the steep stairs which are a feature of Dutch houses but no one else did. As I went bump, bump, bump down a flight of stairs, people came running from all sides. I sustained minor injuries other than to my dignity. The Princess was very thrown. As I sat in a heap on the floor she called "Mummy, mummy". I thought she wanted something but no, she came wanted to check that I was alright and came running out to give me a kiss. Last night when I put her to bed, she was still exploring matters "You fell down the stairs Mummy". "Yup". "But normally, grown-ups don't fall". The whole thing was particularly embittering as I had just started to get my stairs legs and the pains in my thighs from climbing three flights were beginning to abate. Three stories over basement brings its own difficulties, I suppose.
The Princess rejected her own bed in favour of sleeping top to tail with C in his and E's room and the three big children got to bath together which they enjoyed very much and gave us an opportunity to snap photos in our ongoing mission to ensure that no second of our children's lives will remain unrecorded. After the bath, the Princess announced to C that she would have breasts when she grew up but he would not. She would also be able to have children but he would not. "I can be the Daddy" he countered but they both seemed to believe that she had the better deal. You would think that an inspection of the Dutch Mama who is currently seven months pregnant and not able to walk very far (though she still cycles to work – they're Dutch) would convince them otherwise but no.
The Dutch
I was chatting to the Dutch Mama about the Dutch and what they are like and in many ways, we think they are like they see themselves. She says that living in the Netherlands has almost turned her into a monarchist. The Dutch queen is so nice. She described watching her going to some god forsaken part of the Netherlands where the locals appeared to have made a sculpture from sewage pipes to greet her. It was bucketing rain. One of the little girls from the band out to play for the queen had started to cry. She arrived and, said the Dutch Mama, you would genuinely think to look at her that there was absolutely nowhere she would rather be, she set everything to rights and also gave the crying little girl a hug. They're tall, they're pragmatic, they're frugal, they're hospitable, they believe in community. The Dutch Mama says that she reckons marrying a Dutch man has added ten years to her life. Before she met him she took less exercise, she smoked, she weighed more. And she reckons that her kids watch less TV than their Irish counterparts and that they are better served in creches and schools. I looked at her and asked "what quintessentially Dutch emotion are you experiencing at this moment?". "Smugness" she replied instantly. Having the perfect society does have its downsides.
Prised a howling Princess away from Voorburg and bundled everyone back to Brussels. The Princess and Daniel slept but Michael burbled quite cheerfully to us all the way back. The boys were surprised and delighted to see their home again but the Princess continues to pine for the delights of the Otherlands. Indeed, this very night the last thing she asked me before I turned out the light was when we would be going back to C and E's house.
11 April, 2007 at 02:55
Oh, how I love reading your stories! You have a fabulous sense of humor and are one of the most intelligent bloggers I've read. And that's not to mention how adorable your children are. I'm still giggling about the Princess pretending to be a green cushion. Not just any cushion, a green one. Of all the things to pretend to be, where on earth did she come up with that one? 🙂
My 15-month-old is also quite taken with ducks right now, and it occurred to me that if we got Mia together with Michael, we would have a very complete representation of the duck's sound. Because while Michael walks around saying "ack, ack," Mia walks around saying "qua, qua." Sounds like they'd be a perfect match. Also, while Michael was interested in the ducks while on a windmill outing in the Netherlands, Mia was watching the ducks while we toured an 18th Century plantation here in South Carolina. And while you were keeping Michael away from the water to keep him from drowning, I was (very nervously) keeping Mia away from the water to keep her away from the alligators (we indeed saw two in one of the small lakes). We both had lovely Easter weekends, obviously.
Glad you had a nice time in spite of it all, and glad you weren't too badly damaged from your run-in with the stairs!
angelfeet says
What a delightful telling of your Easter weekend.
It's funny what expletives we use in the car that we wouldn't normally use outside of the vehicle. When Rosie was about 3 she asked me, "Mummy, who are the bloody people?" (I should reassure you that my swearing has developed a great deal since then and Rosie, being a mature 8, knows better to repeat any of my extra vocabulary in her conversations.)
LetterB says
Look, I don't mean to get all gushy on you but you are such a joy to read. Truly a blogger's blogger.
I think I might switch to "shag it, shag it, shag it," since it might actually be an improvement over my current favorite phrase for errant drivers. Plus people here wouldn't even know what it means when it would inevitably come trilling out of my boy's mouth.


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Animal hoarding stories are nothing new - there are cases everywhere of people keeping dangerous amounts of animals in their home. For one New York woman, not only was she was hoarding almost two dozen dogs - they were living in her car.
New York animal rescue group Adore-a-Bullie Paws and Claws contacted the woman who owned the dogs after others reported spotting someone driving in the Bronx with numerous dogs packed in to the car. The woman rejected the help – even after the rescue group offered her free food and veterinary care for them.
But, a couple weeks after the rescue group contacted her, she reached out to Adore-a-Bullie after one of her puppies hadn't eaten in a few days and suffered from a rectal prolapse. The woman kept asking when she could get the dog back but the rescue group decided to do something about the situation – they contacted the authorities.
Adore-a-Bullie told authorities the severity of the situation, and the NYPD was able to track down the Mercedes-Benz SUV. What they found shocked them.
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Inside the car was over 20 dogs – mostly puppies. Not only were they trapped in the car, it had been quite warm out recently and they were all surrounded by their own feces. In total, 22 dogs were rescued from the SUV.
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Many of the animals were in poor health. One six-year-old German Shepherd, Bruno, was underweight. Many of the rescued puppies were not healthy.
Based on the smell coming from the car, officers suspected many of the dogs had lived in the car for their entire lives.
The owner was described as "emotionally disturbed" by police and was taken to a nearby hospital. (The Dodo).
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Indian Films named after Hitler
by Café Dissensus on January 19, 2017
By Sarah Siddiqui
From calling someone a "grammar Nazi", on the internet, in a lighter vein to actual neo-Nazi groups flourishing even in today's 'progressive' world, the name Hitler refuses to dissolve into the past. But when it comes to the connotations this name holds in Indian popular culture, it turns out as slightly bizarre and mostly ignorant. Particularly, when looking at films with the name Hitler in Indian cinema across languages, a theme presents itself that is an indication of the lack of our knowledge of the Holocaust and its haunting details. The Indian populace at large was never taught about the Holocaust in school, except a little side note on Hitler in a highly summarized version of the Second World War. Furthermore, education about the Holocaust is vastly missing in the country, while, as ironic as it may sound, Mein Kampf is available in most Indian languages.
When it comes to Indian cinema, it has always shied away from depictions of even remotely controversial historical events even when they were about Indian history, let alone International. High budget grandiose films continue to be centered on fictional characters or storylines which glide over real events without much to say on it. One of the highest grossing, historical films in recent times, Jodha Akbar, was a film about the relationship between Mughal Emperor, Akbar, and his Rajput wife, Jodha Bai. While the romantic aspect (fictional depiction, of course) remains centre-stage, assassination attempts and wars during the Emperor's reign serve as the rich background of the film, alongside the intricate costumes and set design. Opting for stories that far in history makes for attractive visuals and easy to minimize historical accuracy. Although when it comes to more recent depictions, films on the Partition of India, an episode in Indian history considered as dreadful as the Holocaust, by some, come by scarcely and riddled with protests by the general public, political parties, and activist bodies alike.
Malayalam film, 'Hitler'
The name Hitler itself, devoid of any public knowledge which is so strongly held in the Western world, is used in a distorted manner in Indian films in most instances. A Malayalam-language film named, Hitler, released in 1996, where the protagonist earned the title of "Hitler" due to his fiercely protective nature towards his sisters, was a hit. He beats up every guy on the street who catcalls his sisters and is given this name by those men of his village. This stern and aggressive nature extends to his home, where he behaves the same way with his family and, by the end of the film, he is 'reformed', but in the last scene you see him chasing goons showing he couldn't resist his natural "Hitler"-ish behaviour. Furthermore a year later, this film was remade into a much bigger film industry known for its commercially viable big budget films – the Telugu film industry, otherwise known as Tollywood. In this version, the protagonist is the epitome of an alpha male as his all guns blazing character prides himself on his stern, aggressive nature; in the end, his sisters apologise to him for 'misunderstanding' his protectiveness (as opposed to him mellowing down in the Malayalee version). The film was a critical and commercial hit, while the actor portraying the character (a superstar in his time) became popular again. In addition, the film was dubbed in Tamil (another fanatically commercial film industry) and the name given to it in the language was 'Tiger'. This in itself is an indication of the perception of Hitler in Indian cinematic sensibilities, where his name is interchangeable with the word Tiger, a word usually used to pump up the larger than life alpha male characters in Indian films.
Tamil film, 'Hitler Umanath'
This use of Hitler to describe a stern, aggressive alpha male is somewhat indicative of the distorted and minimal facts regarding Adolph Hitler that are a part of popular culture in India. Also to be kept in mind is the fact that this discussion is in regards to cinema in India, which in itself has primarily been reduced to a means of escapist, flashy entertainment. So, the expectations of a proper representation that would do justice to and educate the consumers about the subject matter are futile for the most part. Going further back to the 1980s, a Tamil film named, Hitler Umanath, was released in 1982. This is a story about a man, Umanath, who was made fun of by his colleagues for his resemblance to Hitler, due to his hair and short mustache, and how he turns it around in his favour when he transforms into a favoured leader at his workplace. The film threads the line between portraying this comparison to Hitler as a positive or negative thing, leaving us to deduce whether he is inspired to act because of being ridiculed for his resemblance to Hitler.
Hindi Film, 'Hitler'
Punjabi film, 'Hero Hitler in Love'
Bangla film, 'Hitler'
Kannada film, 'Hitler'
Telugu film, 'Hitler'
Later, in the year 1998, another film named, Hitler, was released, this time in the Hindi-language Film Industry (the largest film producers in India). Again, it is a story about a strict, disciplinarian cop, who acts in a stern and aloof manner at work and at home. In the end, he is shown to leave this stern manner behind and behave pleasantly with his family members, as far as going to dance to Michael Jackson songs; although that may just be the actor portraying the character, who is known as the "Disco Dancer" of the 1980s and 1990s. Another Malayalam-language film by the name of Hitler Brothers was released in 1997, in which the story revolved around the niece of four strict, over-protective and controlling brothers, who vow to take care of their sister's only daughter. Yet again, Hitler's name is used to portray characteristics far removed from reality and reduce the name to fit a caricature. Coming to more recent films, the Punjabi-language film, Hero Hitler in Love (2011), deals with the same theme. A man, who is of a calm and caring nature, turns aggressive in his fight for what he wants – a girl from Pakistan he fell in love with – and revenge against the people who sabotaged his car racing championship. Incongruously, with a title as Hitler, his crusade eases the communal tensions between the two warring nations of India and Pakistan. Once more, the term is emboldened by pre-fixing 'Hero' to strip away any negative connotations that could be associated with the name of probably the most hated man in history. In the same year, a Bollywood film, Dear Friend Hitler, was released in India. Before this it was released in international festivals in some countries where even the news of its development caused a furor in the western media. The Guardian posted an article questioning the motives of the filmmakers for naming a film so, and expressing concerns over a film glorifying Hitler reaching the public. Also, the Indian actor portraying the role of Hitler faced severe protests from the Indian Jewish community for being part of a film that would do so. The director vehemently refused such claims, after being quoted as agreeing to them earlier, adding that it was a film about letters written by Mahatma Gandhi to Adolph Hitler, which would depict the clash of ideologies between Gandhism and Nazism. The actor, Anupam Kher, left the project and the director replaced him with another actor; the film released in India with a different name, Gandhi to Hitler. The film failed critically and commercially. And in regards to the depiction of Hitler, it was a vague attempt to discuss complex historical figures at best and an attempt to humanize Hitler, and his Indian supporters during the War, at worst.
Film, 'Gandhi to Hitler'
Throughout these films, the name Hitler primarily remains as an adjective to prop up the protagonist's masculine personality. None of the characters in these films shows any kind of evil intent; on the contrary, they are the positive icons of the film. Yet they are termed Hitler who could not be limited to being a stern figure even in the softest terms. But in the realm of Indian cinema, he was introduced to the public as an authoritarian, alpha male, instead of a genocidal dictator. This image is now emboldened in an impressionable public mind with no other source of facts easily accessible and a certain faction of the society, the current wave of right wing fascism in the country, has started promoting his supremacist ideals.
Bhojpuri film, 'Hitler'
With another Kannada-language film intermittently named, Prem Hitler, in the making, the trend of misrepresenting the name does not seem to be ready to leave Indian cinema as of now. Initially, the film was named, Hitler, but it got into trouble for the name, not because of the controversial title being offensive but for being registered as a preferred title by another Kannada language film producer. There is a high competition between producers to acquire the title, Hitler, for their films in this day and age. The latest news on the film was that the final title now has been decided to be Gandhigiri (a popular term attributed to Mahatma Gandhi and his principles of non-violence). Ironically, for these filmmakers, the names of Gandhi and Hitler seem interchangeable, while their principles definitely aren't; although one cannot say much about what the film will actually be about. Yet another film, this time in Bhojpuri language, is slated to release in 2017 with the title Hitler. Being marketed as an "action, drama, romance" film, one can only hope it follows the norm and does not bear any resemblance to the actual man in the title. Other than that, neither Indian cinema nor its patrons seem to be making any effort to throw light on this strange trend.
Sarah Siddiqui recently graduated from the University of Strathclyde, where she completed her Masters in Human Resource Management. She runs a blog site on cinema by the name of Popcorn Loverz, which she routinely updates with the latest movie reviews.
Tags: Holocaust, India, Israel, Jews
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Was there a horse story in your childhood?
My wife Anne cherished Anna Sewell's Black Beauty, C.W. Anderson's The Blind Connemara, and Marguerite Henry's Stormy and White Stallion of Lipizza. When she wasn't reading about horses, she was riding them. In the saddle by the time she was in elementary school, Anne rode both English and Western. My favorite photograph from her childhood, she's astride a leaping horse, looking like she was born for it.
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Steven Spielberg knows this. And by following a magnificent horse into a war zone, he finds a new way to reveal the best and the worst in humankind, even as he honors an animal often exploited and abused for our own violent purposes.
War Horse is an epic story about nobility, courage, endurance, humankind at its worst, creation at its best, and flickers of hope in the dark—a movie of emotions as large and forceful as the animal that inspires them.
Spielberg's episodic tale starts at a comfortable storytelling pace, then slowly builds to a gallop. Each chapter gives us different views of human nature and the effects of war through the trials of a horse named Joey at the hands of different masters. War Horse is a sort of Au hasard Balthazar for the whole family.
Each episode leads us to indelible sights and sounds—a furrowed field revealed in a gorgeous transitional fade; horses pulling burdensome artillery up a steep incline; horses hurtling forward in the illusion of advantage toward a wall of death; a windmill that graciously turns to shield us from the sight of carnage; a silhouette of suffering amidst barbed wire that literally shook the moviegoers beside me until they were gasping.
Heavy stuff for a family movie.
To be fair, Spielberg usually deserves criticism for sentimentality. Just yesterday in a Christianity Today overview of Spielberg's career, I noted that his movies often insist that we feel something before that feeling's been earned, or, if the emotion has been earned, the movie goes on demanding it from us as if we're unresponsive. We end up reacting or surrendering to heavy-handed methods and belligerent musical cues, instead of freely discovering our own emotional reactions.
But I'll fight for War Horse—its close-ups, its tidal waves of John Williams' score, its painterly skies, even its simplistic character sketches.
Why? Three reasons: its source material, its intended audience, and its celebration of the romantic, emotional epics of the late 1930s and early 1940s.
It is crucial to remember what many critics who dismiss this film have forgotten: War Horse, recently a successful stage play, began as British author Michael Morpurgo's 1982 novel for young readers. Critics who complain that the horse seems anthropomorphized should note: In the novel, the horse understands English, French, and German.
It's a children's story. "Once upon a time" would have been a fine way to start. Would you look a child in the eye and coldly announce that The Black Stallion is an artificial, unrealistic, sentimental fantasy?
A critic for The Guardian complained, "From the first swooping shots of a chocolate-boxy English countryside, this War Horse is rooted in a buffed-up, sanded-down vision of rural England, where even alcohol-fuelled poverty is given a picturesque, storybook patina." Go figure: It's a storybook!
Considering the source and subject, why not embrace not only the conventions of treasured storybooks but also the look, emotions, and grandiosity of films that captivated audiences in the aftermath of World War One? There's method in Spielberg's nods to the vast battlefield spectacles that recall All Quiet on the Western Front and the Technicolor enthusiasm of Gone with the Wind.
Is it so episodic that its characters remain simplistic? Yes. But it's a story about a horse on the move, traveling from chapter to chapter, from community to community, pulling a thread that ends up uniting otherwise disparate, warring characters and nations. Some complain that too many characters call Joey "a remarkable horse," but that seemed like a meaningful storyteller's ploy to me. Young and old, French and British and German, soldier and farmer—their differences seem to dissolve when they stop and really see the mystery that's pawing at the ground in front of them.
Best of all, the film builds to one of the most powerful moments of crisis and resolution in all of Spielberg's films, one that recalls a historical Christmas miracle.
Have you seen the films A Midnight Clear or Joyeux Noël? Both movies celebrate World War One's Christmas Truce of 1914, when French, German, and Scottish soldiers set down their weapons in order to acknowledge and respect something more important than their violent quarrel—something heaven-sent, a mystery, a reminder that what divides us is not as powerful as what brings us together. It might be a song.
The cinemas are crowded with fantasy films and war movies that seem to be in a contest. Who can stage the most elaborate battle? Who can give us the most sensational experience of battle?
War Horse shines out like a beacon of sanity in the madness, reminding us what's really at stake, what war-making ways will cost us even if we have the best intentions, even if we win.
Thus, while it's made to look like a movie made seventy years ago, War Horse is right on time—a Christmas movie for all of us, right now.


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Rajshahi district Awami League leader found dead
He accidentally shot himself, claim cops
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A Rajshahi district Awami League leader was found dead yesterday.
Ziaul Haque Tuku was the treasurer of Rajshahi district unit AL and also an ex-administrator of Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industries.
Police recovered his body from his chamber beside the city corporation building in the afternoon.
The police claimed that Tuku might have accidentally shot himself with his licensed revolver. But his family claims that it was a murder.
Asaduzzaman Asad, general secretary of district unit AL, said Tuku was chatting with one Nayan, Jasim, Rabiul and Tariqul in the office.
"Nayan, one of Tuku's friends, who went to visit him at his office from Dhaka. He fled after the incident."
Nayan admitted to Asad over the phone that he "accidentally" shot Tuku while examining the gun on his palm.
Family sources said Tuku rushed to his chamber after having lunch at home. A few minutes later, a close relative called him several times but did not get any response.
On suspicion, some relatives along with locals went to his chamber and found him in a pool of blood on the floor. His gun was lying beside him, they said.
On information, a team of Boalia police recovered the body and sent it to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Shahdat Hossain, officer-in-charge of Boalia Police Station, said, "Tuku had a licensed revolver, which he always kept with him. He might have accidentally shot himself while cleaning it. We would be able to give details after getting the autopsy report."
Tuku's family members ruled out the possibility of any such accidents, saying he had been using the gun for many years. He was murdered, they claimed, but could not point at anyone as a suspect.
Mohammad Shamsuddin, commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police, said, "They are trying arrest the four."
On February 12 last year, he fired three shots from his revolver in front of the west region railway controller's office after having failed to win a tender.
A case was filed to that end and he had to spend a few days in jail, the police said.
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My story and thoughts on Vivitar Series 1 90mm 1:2.5 VMC Macro.
M42, FD, C/Y, SR, F, OM, K mount
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Min. focus distance: 39.3cm - 1:2 magnification OR 35.3cm with dedicated macro adapter - 1:1 magnification
1: Vivitar Series 1 90mm 1:2.5 VMC Macro
2: Tokina AT-X Macro 90mm 1:2.5
*another Vivitar 90mm 1:2.8 Macro (without Series 1) exists. It is a different lens.
Dad: "What is a lens made by Tokina with excellent Bokeh called?"
Son: "I don't know, dad. A Japanese Leica?"
Dad: "It is BOKINA!"
I am quite sure the guy came up with this name Bokina (Bokeh+Tokina) likes to make dad jokes.
For those who do not know what Bokeh is referring to: in laymen's words, it is the blurry back(fore)ground. (Bokeh is also the magic word to summon and impress your photographer friends.) The character of the blurriness is affected by many factors, for example, the optical design of the lens (the glasses), focal length of the lens (how many mm), aperture size (f-stop number), aperture shape (shape of the hole), the subject distance (how far the subject is away from the camera), the foreground or background distance, etc... Different lenses render the blurriness differently in their own ways and characters. One could say that Bokeh is like the signature or the spirit of a lens.
So Tokina AT-X Macro 90mm 1:2.5 has really nice Bokeh and earned the name "Bokina", but what has it to do with this Vivitar Series 1 lens?
Back in 1970s, an American photography equipment reseller company hired some excellent optic engineers to design ambitious top-quality lenses that would allow it to compete in the first league with the optic giants. These lenses are said to be the first lenses designed with the help of "the largest" computers (Computers back then were indeed pretty large...). In 1975, this company shocked the world by introducing a top-quality innovative lens lineup named Vivitar Series 1. Back then, the Vivitar Series 1 90mm Macro lens was so sharp that it shared the crown with Leica's Dual Range Summicron as the highest resolution lenses tested by the American photography magazine - Modern Photography.
But Vivitar did not make the lenses in its own factory. In fact, it had no factory. Vivitar subcontracted the lens production to other optic manufacturers instead. Vivitar Series 1 90mm 1:2.5 VMC Marco was produced by Tokina. It is actually amazing how a reseller company managed to build and produce its own new top-quality lenses without its own factory.
After the decline of the Vivitar company in 1986, Tokina took over this 90mm lens and introduced its own Tokina AT-X Macro 90mm 1:2.5. The optic design of this lens is so similar to its predecessor that one could say that they are basically the same lens, except the lens coatings and their aperture shapes. Tokina's lens then carried on the reputation and legacy, and even earned the nickname Bokina for its beautiful Bokeh.
*wide open at f2.5
A sharp 90mm macro lens with aperture f2.5 is a very versatile lens. The main reason I bought my Vivitar is because I needed an affordable alternative to a 85mm portrait lens. And it would be even more useful and fun to use if I could get as close as I want to my subjects!
1: Dedicated 1:1 macro adapter;
2: Lens with macro adapter, side-by-side;
3: Full length of the combination.
My Vivitar came together with its dedicated macro adapter. The adapter has 3 glass elements. It turns the lens into a full macro 1:1 lens (Life size image) without compromising the image quality, although the lens then loses the ability to focus to infinity. It is very useful when making product shots. The following photo of a Takumar 50mm 1.4 lens (Click here to my review on this lens) was taken with the lens alone on a Sony A6000 camera, and the 2 Euro coin photo was taken with the lens and macro adapter on a Sony A7RII camera.
*at f5.6 at minimum focus distance. 1:1 Magnification.
It is also enjoyable to use this lens for street photography.
And, of course, it is perfect for flowers.
Stunning. (No more words needed!)
Ergonomics and Build
Focusing manually is not difficult at all on modern cameras with the help of focus peaking and magnification. Focus throw is very long, about 320 degree. After some practice, focusing could become very precise.
1: Lens on A7RII (adapted from OM to EOS, then to NEX mount)
2: Lens with macro adapter at closest focus distance.
Robust all-metal construction. Lens alone weights 644g, which is a little bit heavy. Together with the adapter, the combination is heavy. But anyway when you use the macro adapter and get really close, you need a tripod. That is why there is a build-in rotatable tripod mount on the macro adapter.
Image Quality and Chromatic Aberration
It is a very sharp lens. At f2.5 the image is already very sharp and with good color and contrast at both infinity and at the minimum focus distance. There is a little bit of purple fringing, especially in harsh environment. But still I have no hesitation in using it wide open, as it is easily corrected in post processing. Stopping it down to f4, the image becomes even sharper and the problem of purple fringing is almost gone. From f5.6 onward, there is nothing to worry about.
There is no observable distortion. Very well controlled.
Vivitar's VMC coating is a weakness. Maybe Tokina's coating does a better job. The lens is sensitive to direct bright light. It can flare quite heavily and contrast drop noticeably. A lens hood is really necessary. If you can't beat them, join them. I like integrating the flares into creative and artistic purposes.
Focus Breathing
The only thing that bothers me when using this lens is the focus breathing, especially when focusing on close objects. Sometimes it could get so much that it ruins and limits the composition of the photo.
In conclusion, what do I think about this lens?
a very versatile lens that stood the challenge of time and still keeps delivering beautiful photos in any focus distance.
Informative websites:
Berief history of the company Vivitar: here
More technical details of the lens: here
Manufacturer of Vivitar lenses: here


Go after the ball not the player.
Let's not make it personal.......You are responsible for your own posts.
A lot of people are screaming about systems that can "take control away" from a pilot. The fact is that almost all FAA Part 25 (Transport Category) aircraft has such systems, and to be certified the FAA requires it on some. For example, to be certified, if an aircraft gives insufficient aerodynamic warning of an approaching stall, it must have a "stick pusher" which, on its own, shoves the yoke forward, uncommanded by the crew. Likewise, commonly found is a "stick puller, which, uncommanded by the crew, pulls the nose up if it senses that the aircraft will exceed MmO (the certified aerodynamic speed limit in Mach number for the aircraft. That saves the aircraft from the usually fatal mach tuck. There are other system that will not let the aircraft bank ore than a certain amount.
Aircraft accidents usually occur because of a number of factors or, sometimes, cascading problems. I see a number of primary contributors, if not causes, of the Max accidents. You have a design that, if not negligent, was not well thought out. The MCAS system relies on a single AOA sensor, even though there or 2 such systems on the 737s. And the software allows either the yoke trim switch or the actual stab trim control wheel to temporarily override the MCAS, but it resets and activates again as soon as the override goes away. And for some as yet undisclosed reason, Boeing changed the amount of stab trim input from .6 degrees to 2.5 degrees per activation. And Boeing, to compete with the new Airbus Neo, decided to not go with a clean sheet design, which would require crews to train for and obtain a new type rating, decided to just modify the current 737 Type Certificate Data Sheet, which would only require the crews to undergo what is called "differences training." And then you have the airlines, which, to pinch pennies, refused to pay for the offered AoA disagree warning system, which would act to warn of a faulty aoa sensor. And they hired inexperienced crew members. One of the copilots had total flight experience of 200 hours. 200 hours! In the US you can't legally quality as a copilot with less than 1500 hours. And then you have the crew. They had a trim wheels spinning like crazy next to their knees making this loud clacking noise continuously signalling a runaway trim (which it actually wasn't) and an uncommanded pitch down, and they grab a book to read. They didn't try the memory items and simply use the available switches on the forward console that are used to cut power to the stab trim actuator, or use the primary trim controls on the yoke or the wheel next to their knees to override the MC AS. Checklists are there for a reason but some emergencies demand memory items. If an engine blows and the fire warning light comes on, you don't reach for the checklist been until after you cut fuel and hydraulics to that engine and hit the fire extinguisher button. Eliminate even 1 of the contributing factors and you most likely eliminate the crash.
I've only gotten my information on what may have gone wrong from here, and honestly I don't even follow that. So, what a regular person with zero knowledge of aviation has gotten from the thread is that there may have been a problem with the Angle of Attack sensor, one of two, not matching the other one, and that there wasn't a redundant sensor anywhere in case one of the sensors folded (musician-speak for "failed" 😂), and that the AoA sensor may have caused the the nose to pitch down? Or, there maybe was something wrong with the MCAS, which I THINK I understood is supposed to disengage when the autopilot is engaged (or maybe it's the opposite), and maybe that caused the nose to pitch down, or maybe there was a problem with the elevator or the elevator control(s), they froze or wouldn't accept input or just plain folded, and MCAS was overriding pilot input, and or a combination of any or all of those things . And then, the pilots for this latest crash, or at least the co-pilot, had an appallingly low number of flight hours, and maybe both pilots didn't have enough training on the MCAS, which may or may not have been given to pilots and which wasn't included in the manual.
I jotted down my impressions from the thread here just to give you an idea of the whole deal from an outsider's point of view. I didn't go back and re-read any of this thread before this reply, and as I have read the thread over its course, I've made a minimal effort to understand how the issues fit together(meaning I've made some effort, but didn't look any terms or xoncepts up, and didn't make myself think extra if I was extra confused). So for a non-aviation person who just gets their info from the MSM, they will have an even less accurate picture of the issues. As bad and as kindergarten level as my understanding is, the general public is probably even worse. So, I bet the MSM has just been focusing on the "automation is flawed" explanation because A) the MSM no longer reports ANYTHING accurately or fully, and B) people don't want accurate or full if it takes a few minutes to get it.
So thanks for the clarification. To an outsider, all those things sound terrifying, since I don't know anything about flying, so to me, it all sounds critical and defective. 😂. But you of course know about every part and how it fits in and how to fly an airplane, so to you all those things don't seem like a endless sea of things going wrong with no way to control them. To a rube like me, a defective part or defective software or sounds like a death-trap, since I don't know what can be controlled and dealt with and what can't; so to have all those things possibly in play and then read "pilots need more training" it seems like a major issue(s) is being glossed over, because again, I don't know what is a minor issue, a major issue, or a non-issue. To me, amything going wrong or not working correctly on a plane equals crash.
TLDR: I don't know what Ya'll are talking about so it all sounds horrendous; you're an expert. No wonder I've gotten the wrong idea about a few of your posts (even though you and the other experts here have been generously kind in explaining things to me).
All that being said though, I sure hope, that when the MAX's grounding is lifted, that neither I nor my son (we both fly to visit family quite a bit) ever get put on one of its routes. 😕. Or if we do, that both the pilot and co-pilot have been flying since before I was born.
Bottom line...the 737 MAX is unsafe, and it has been grounded and banned from the airspace of the World aviation community.
The pilots haven't been grounded...the 737 MAX airplane has been grounded. Period.
It does sound like Boeing and the FAA were shady with the certification and roll-out with it. That's what I'm getting. I get mad when I think about that. And hope that if it's true, every person involved in that series of decisions gets fired HARD and is never let around any kind of aviation policy ever again.
I'll listen to you. When did you fly Phantoms?


The Great Pyramids of Giza were built during an era where Egypt was considered as the richest and most influential civilization in the world. This unique structure reflects the distinctive role that a king or pharaoh played in the ancient Egyptian society. The people believed that their pharaoh was specifically chosen to serve as the mediator between men and the gods. Thus, it is important to keep the pharaoh's body intact after his death.
These pyramids served as burial grounds for pharaohs, and since the people believed that the king's spirit remained with his body, proper care was important. The corpse was preserved through mummification, and all the things that the pharaoh needed in the afterlife were buried with him. These included furniture, food, gold vessels, and other precious offerings.
The early pyramids became the resting place of the king who was supposed to continue his existence even after death. The riches that were buried inside the structure also provided for the pharaoh's relatives, priests and relatives who were also buried near him.
The oldest know pyramid was constructed around 2630 BC, and it was for King Djoser. The builders assembled stepped layers of stone and not mud-brick which was commonly used during those era. The first pyramid reached a height of 62 meters. It was graciously surrounded by temples, courtyards, and shrines, where King Djoser was to enjoy his afterlife.
These pyramids were strategically built at the western bank of the Nile River. They were constructed for King Khufu who ruled the country for 23 years (2589-2566 BC). Despite the grandeur of his pyramid, little was known about his reign. The sides of the largest pyramid's base had an average of 230 meters and its height was measured at 147 meters.
Three small pyramids were built for King Khufu's queens and the structures were lined up beside the largest one. Similar to other pyramids, Khufu's tomb was surrounded by several rows of mastabas or special tombs for the King's officials and relatives who will support and accompany him in the afterlife.
Another pyramid was built for Khafre, King Khufu's son. This is where the Great Sphinx was built. It's a guardian statue that was carved in limestone. It showcases a man's head attached to a lion's body. The sphinx is known to be the largest statue ever constructed in the ancient world. It has a measurement of 20 meters in height and 73 meters in length.
People continued building pyramids until the 5th and 6th dynasties, but like the Berlin Wall, there came a time when people stopped putting up these structures. Over time, the scale and quality of these structures declined along with the wealth and power of the kings. The last to be built was the pyramid of King Pepy II (2278-2184 BC). Pepy came into power at a very young age and ruled for 94 years. During his rule, the prosperity of the Old Kingdom greatly dwindled and the pharaoh even lost his quasi-divine status.
The structure was much shorter at 172 feet. After the death of Pepy, the Kingdom along with its strong central government collapsed. A turbulent phase rocked Egypt and it was clear that the days of excellent pyramid building was finally over.
Today, most of the bodies as well as other funeral goods from the pyramids were removed and the exterior walls have even been plundered. The Great Pyramids have also lost its original height. Khufu's pyramid now measures 137 meters in height. Nonetheless, millions of local and international tourists still flock to Egypt to visit the pyramids.


After Tenwa burns his tribe's religious shrine, he realizes that following the missionary may cost him his life. His father and the tribal leaders want him dead. He flees his village, hoping to cross the Nile River to safety.
William Bell and his wife, Jessica, could be Tenwas's only hope for survival. As the Germans and British battle for land in East Africa, William and Jessica struggle to evangelize the "heathen" and survive wars of their own in early twentieth-century Uganda. Two cultures collide and embrace in this coming-of-age struggle for life's "high places."
"You'll feel both the sweltering African sun and the touch of a gracious God in this delicate, shimmering epic." — David Hutchens, author of Circle of the Nine Muses and Pageland.


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Q: How to prevent overlap when searching for DNA codons I'm pretty new to this. I'm using regular expression in python to try to find specific codons in an imputed DNA sequence. Currently the code works but won't notice overlap (i.e. if the last letter of a codon before it is A and the next two on the following are A and C, it'll find a WRC codon that doesn't truly exist). Is there a way I could modify this?
import re
while True:
    DNA = input("enter the DNA sequence:")
    print('WRC:')
    wrcpattern = re.compile(r'(A|T)(A|G)C')
    wrcmatches = wrcpattern.finditer(DNA)
    for match in wrcmatches:
        print(match)
    print('SYC:')
    sycpattern = re.compile(r'(C|G)(C|T)C')
    sycmatches = sycpattern.finditer(DNA)
    for match in sycmatches:
        print(match)
    print('')

Edit: I also tried to add this to split it into codons
x = 3
res=[DNA[y-x:y] for y in range(x, len(DNA)+x,x)]
DNA = res

But this returns an error, I think re can't use a set of split strings like that.

A: Sets of Codons
Given an input sequence of letters, you want to interpret it as a sequence of codons and they look for a small set of specific codons.  Python sets are great at answer this type of question. For example, to check for WRC, one solution is
wrcset = set(['AAC', 'TAC', 'AGC', 'TGC'])
for codon in (DNA[i:i+3] for i in range(0,len(DNA),3)):
  if codon in wrcset:
    print(codon)

RE
If you want to use a regular expression, you can use a non-greedy repetition of 3-long character slugs to skip over non-matching codons and then match on the desired expression.  The matches that come back from the iterator will have both the skipped codons and the target ones in different capture groups (or you can make the first capture group non-capturing).  For example, the SYC match can be written as
for i in re.compile('(.{3})*?((C|G)(C|T)C)').finditer(DNA):
  print(i.group(2))

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Nara is second only to Kyoto as the richest collection of traditional sites in Japan. Nara is home to some of the country's best temples and shrines, along with several fine gardens, museums and traditional neighborhoods.
Nara is a compact city packed with first-rate sights, including the famous Daibutsu (Great Buddha) at Todai-ji Temple, Kasuga-Taisha Shrine and Nara-koen Park, with its famous semi-wild deer. In this section, I'll introduce the most important sights in Nara, starting with my three picks for must-see attractions. Add a few places to this must-see list and you've got yourself a great day in Nara.
Home of the famous Daibutsu (Great Buddha), Todai-ji Temple is a must-see for all visitors to Japan. It's awe-inspiring and moving. Todai-ji is not just one of Nara's must-see attractions; it's one of Japan's must-see attractions. The focal point of Todai-ji is the Daibutsu-den (Hall of the Great Buddha), which contains the vast grandeur of the Daibutsu, a 16-meter-high Buddha that really does seems to exude some form of spiritual energy. Be sure to check out the Nandai-mon Gate, that lies a few hundred meters east of the Daibutsu-den, and once inside the Daibutsu-den, be sure to circle around the back and check out the pillar with the hole in the middle. Children who can squeeze through it are said to be assured of enlightenment.
Isui-en Garden is the best garden in Nara and one of my favorite gardens in Kansai (central Japan). It's a spacious stroll garden with a pond and plenty of blooming flowers and trees. Isui-en is conveniently located on the way from the train stations to Todai-ji Temple (it's on maps given away by the tourist information offices) and marked by signs near the pedestrian underpasses that run below Noborioji Street (the main street that leads up from the train stations to Nara-koen Park). While it costs Y650 to enter, it's well worth it. Take some time to stroll the garden (pathways run all the way to the back of the garden). At any time of year, there is usually be something in bloom, and you can marvel at the genius of the garden designer, who employed the technique of shakkei (borrowed scenery) to incorporate the roof of Todai-ji Temple into the background of the garden. To get the most from a visit, I recommend ordering a cup of matcha (powdered green tea) and a sweet (Y500), which you can enjoy while gazing over the garden.
Kasuga-Taisha Shrine is the most important Shinto shrine in Nara. More than just the shrine buildings, Kasuga-Taisha is a mysterious world of forest, pathways, lanterns and wandering deer. After visiting Isui-en Garden and Todai-ji Temple, Kasuga-Taisha is next up to complete any visit to the Nara-koen Park area. While the shrine, like most Shinto shrines, is centered around a honden (main hall) and haiden (worshippers hall), I consider Kasuga-Taisha to be much more than that. The buildings are only the nexus for the mysterious expanse of pathways lined with stone lanterns, smaller sub-shrines, atmospheric forests and, of course, the ever-present deer in search of handouts. Take some time to go into the haiden of Kasuga-Taisha, but don't neglect to take a leisurely stroll along the surrounding pathways. This is really a very special world unto itself.
Nara-koen Park (koen is the Japanese word for park) is the expanse of trees and open spaces that extends east from Downtown Nara and Naramachi, running all the way to the base of the hills that rise east of the city. Nara-koen Park is not so much a sight by itself, but a place that contains many other important sights, including Todai-ji Temple, Isui-en Garden and Kasuga-Taisha Shrine. Nara-koen Park is lined with pleasant pathways and dotted with ponds. Undoubtedly, the most interesting feature of the park, especially for children, is the large population of semi-wild deer that roam the park. You can buy a pack of deer crackers (shika sembei) to feed them (but note that the deer can be very aggressive in trying to get them out of your hands – so do not give the crackers to very small children).
Nigatsu-do Hall is actually one of the halls of Todai-ji Temple, but I cover it separately here because it feels like a separate attraction. It's best reached by climbing the atmospheric walkway that starts at the northeast corner of Todai-ji's Daibutsu-den Hall. Nigatsu-do is free to explore and there's a small rest area on the north side of the hall where you can get free tea to drink (be sure to wash your own cup when you are done).
Sangatsu-do Hall lies just to the south of Nigatsu-do Hall. It's another hall of Todai-ji Temple that feels like a separate attraction. While you can pay to enter Sangatsu-do, it's probably just as good to simply admire it from the outside as you pass by, heading north to Kasuga-Taisha Shrine.
Yoshiki-en Garden is one of Nara's great little secrets. It's a fine garden with a thatch-roof teahouse that is located directly next to (on the south side of) Isui-en Garden. Not only is this a beautiful garden to stroll around, entry is free for foreign visitors! The maple trees here are spectacular in November.
Kofuku-ji Temple is hard to miss: It's the huge temple compound that contains the towering pagoda that you'll spot this on your right as you make your way up Noborioji Street on the way to Nara-koen Park. While the treasure hall at Kofuku-ji does contain some interesting Buddhist images, it's probably enough just to stroll around the open grounds (which you can do for free) and peer at the structures from the outside. Note that one of the main halls here is presently under construction.
Naramachi is the traditional district of shops, homes, workshops, restaurants, cafes and ryokan (traditional Japanese inns) that lies to the south of Sanjo-dori Street (basically, it's the neighborhood east of JR Nara Station and south of Kintetsu Nara Station). While there are some interesting sights here like Koshi-no-Ie (a traditional house that you can enter), the real fun here is just strolling the old streets admiring the buildings, poking into shops and cafes and imagining what Japan must have been like a hundred or more years ago.
Nara National Museum is located just east of Kofuku-ji Temple, on the west side of Nara-koen Park. It's divided into two buildings: The older building on the west side is the Nara Butsuzo-kan (Hall of Buddhist Images), which contains the museum's permanent collection of fine Buddhist images (highly recommended for those with an interest in Buddhism) and the newer building on the east side, where special temporary exhibits are held (ask at the tourist information offices to see what's on while you are in town).
Located in Nishinokyo, about 4km southwest of JR Nara Station, and accessible by bus from downtown Nara (the best way to go) or by Kintetsu Line train (which involves backtracking from Kintetsu Nara Station to Saidaiji Station and switching to a southbound local on the Kintetsu Kashihara Line), Yakushi-ji is one of Nara's most important temples and home to some of the area's finest Buddhist images. It's not a must-see, but it's great for those with an interest in Buddhism who plan to spend more than one day in Nara. It's usually paired with a visit to nearby Toshodai-ji Temple (see following).
Toshodai-ji Temple is a lovely temple with spacious tree-filled grounds dotted with beautiful traditional buildings. The three Buddhist images in the main hall here are spectacular and should not be missed. For transport directions, see Yakushi-ji Temple, above.
Horyu-ji Temple contains some of the most important Buddhist images in the entire country, as well as some of the oldest wooden buildings on earth. It's a vast compound of temple structures and a museum. Because it's located a relatively long way from downtown Nara and it's surrounded by some really drab suburbs, I usually only recommend this temple for those with a serious interest either in Buddhism or Japanese history. It can be reached by bus or bus-and-train combination from downtown Nara.