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The Year in Books: 2016
Our annual review of new books by local authors and illustrators.
November 22, 2016 | Tracey Fockler | Back Issues
What a year for authors in the hills! Local writers produced over 40 titles for your reading pleasure, and what an interesting and eclectic collection it is. Included are insights into local history, the biography of a war hero, letters of a literary icon and multiple memoirs of ordinary people courageously enduring extraordinary circumstances. Not to be outdone, poets, artists and fiction writers tempt readers to lose themselves in fanciful storytelling. And, as always, there are novels to engage the younger set and picture books to delight the wee ones.
This season, why not reward all the good girls and boys on your gift list with the perfect book?
A Celtic Temperament
Robertson Davies as Diarist edited by Jennifer Surridge and Ramsay Derry
Robertson Davies' daughter Jennifer Surridge spent 15 years typing a literal transcription of her father's diaries. And no wonder it took so long. The author, playwright, newspaper publisher and first master of the University of Toronto's Massey College was a lifelong diarist, producing more than three million words. Surridge, collaborating with Ramsay Derry, her father's friend and former editor at the Macmillan Company of Canada, selected the years 1959 to 1963 for publication. A Celtic Temperament is Davies at midlife and mid-career, a time of grand successes and wrenching failure. It is a fascinating look at the brilliant, moody and often insecure man known today as one of Canada's greatest writers.
Davies lived out his later years near Caledon East. Derry owns a country home in Caledon. (McClelland & Stewart, $35)
CareyOn
The True Story of a Young Love That Tore a Family Apart
by Cindy Graves
The year is 1978. The setting is a hobby farm near Orangeville. A group of teens have repeatedly terrorized the Carey family by racing a car around their yard in the dead of night and vandalizing their property. Finally, Harry Carey has had enough. He fires a shotgun and inadvertently injures two of the boys. It turns out that one of the injured teens is the vengeful boyfriend of Harry's youngest daughter, whom he'd forbidden her to see.
Cindy Graves is Harry's eldest daughter. Her memoir of her father's arrest and the devastation it wreaked on her family is a gripping story of love, loss and forgiveness. (Friesen Press, $35.80)
Jockey Girl
by Shelley Peterson
No Justice is a horse only 16-year-old Evie is brave enough to ride. The animal is aptly named. He can't catch a break, no matter how fast he is. And "no justice" pretty much sums up Evie's life as well. Her father is a mean-tempered control freak, her stepmother is falling into booze, and the boy Evie likes allowed her ex-friends to humiliate her all over Facebook. Winning the Caledon Horse Race is the first step in her plan to reclaim her life and find the mother she thought long dead.
Shelley Peterson is the author of the bestselling Saddle Creek book series. She owns and operates a stable in Caledon. (Dundurn, $12.99)
by Carolyn j Morris
illustrated by Richard McNaughton
Beeton's Carolyn j Morris, author of the Spruce Valley novels for young readers, sends Chick and Duckling, characters from her children's picture book Good Morning Railfence Bunch, on a new adventure. Hitching a ride in the back of a truck, the two curious fowls take in the 4-H displays, the horse show, the Ferris wheel and much more excitement at the country fair. Grey County's Richard McNaughton illustrates the gentle tale with lovely watercolour scenes. (Railfence Books, $12.95)
An Intensely Personal Memoir
by Lance Secretan
Lance Secretan understands leadership. The speaker, executive coach and best-selling author is world-renowned for instilling humanity into corporate life. His latest book is no less inspirational. Interspersed with poetry, A Love Story reflects on the deep, abiding love he shared with his wife Tricia. From their first meeting at Caledon Ski Club to Tricia's final battle with cancer 30 years later, their relationship is an example for us all.
Lance Secretan is the author of ONE: The Art and Practice of Conscious Leadership and Inspire! What Great Leaders Do. He divides his time between Colorado and Caledon. (Secretan Center, $24.95)
A Good Place to Start
by Blake Heathcote
Don't let the title of Blake Heathcote's biography of John "Scruffy" Weir fool you. This "unremarkable" Canadian led a most remarkable life. Raised among Toronto's elite by his World War I-hero father, John began his training in the art of wilderness survival and espionage in childhood. These skills helped him not only ferret out spies on his air force base during World War II, but also survive incarceration in Stalag Luft III, where he played a key role in the famous "Great Escape." Later in life Weir settled in Mulmur, where he continued his intelligence work, tracking down German war criminals.
Blake Heathcote founded Testaments of Honour Press, which is dedicated to telling the stories of Canadian veterans. (Testaments of Honour, $28.99)
Echoes of the Past
The Rural One Room Schools of Peel County
by Friends of the Schoolhouse
The Old Britannia Schoolhouse on Hurontario Street in Mississauga is visited every day of the school year by students eager to travel back in time to the mid-1800s and experience a piece of living history. Spearheaded by the late Joan Reid and Friends of the Schoolhouse (supporters of Old Britannia and its programs), Echoes of the Past is a research-rich exploration of Peel's many other one room schoolhouses, including all 40 or so that once served students in what is now the Town of Caledon.
Archival photos, firsthand anecdotes, gems of quirky trivia, and historical timelines of the buildings and its pupils make for a captivating read. (Friends of the Schoolhouse, $30)
The Petun
People of the Hills
by Pat Raible
In 1616, Samuel de Champlain arrived in a locale he described as a "country full of hill slopes and little level stretches which make it a pleasant land." There he met an Indigenous people he called the Petum or Petun, meaning tobacco. Today a plaque stands in the village of Creemore to commemorate Champlain's visit. Much is known about the explorer. But what of the people who once called our beautiful hills home?
Pat Raible, founder of Curiosity House Books & Gallery in Creemore, delves into the history, societal structure, spirituality and eventual dispersal of the Petun. (Curiosity House Books, $18.95)
Broken Balloons
by Gail Prussky
After a decade of work as an addiction therapist for cocaine and crack users at the Donwood Institute in Toronto, Gail Prussky moved to Mono, gathered her art supplies around her and let her burnt-out brain wander. "Wander"? No. I think the correct word is explode. The fantastical creatures she created – a bizarre hybrid of human, insect and machine – stand on their own or illustrate short prose pieces. Subjects range from fond memories of the monster living under a child's bed to the ancient sport of weasel tossing.
Filmmaker David Cronenberg supplies the foreword – an interview with Prussky at the imagined Wm Burroughs Black Meat Juice Bar, where they sipped meat-juice Spatials through mantis-legged straws. Best introduction ever to a thoroughly engaging book. (Exile Editions, $19.95)
Canada A to Z
In Commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of Canada's Confederation
by Virginia May, Norah Newton and Shiloh Newton
Caledon artist Virginia May teamed up with her granddaughters, 12-year-old Norah and 10-year-old Shiloh Newton, to produce this beautifully crafted and fact-filled alphabet book. Photos, poetry, old maps and prints highlight the person, place or thing chosen to illustrate each letter.
Norah and Shiloh wrote poems for many of the letters and helped their grandmother with the design and photo choices. The former Orangeville residents now live in Priceville, Ontario. The project received permission from the Canada 150 Committee to use the official logo. (Virginia May, $20)
Spectacular Plant Combinations for the Perennial Garden
by Lorraine Roberts
"What should I plant with this perennial?" is the question heard most often by Lorraine Roberts, owner of Caledon's Plant Paradise Country Gardens. Spectacular Plant Combinations explains how understanding flower form, foliage shape, texture and the fundamentals of the colour palette can help gardeners develop an artist's perspective. The result? Stunning displays throughout the growing season.
Included in the guide are more than a hundred perennial combinations for both sun and shade, all photographed on-site in Roberts' award-winning botanical garden.
Lorraine Roberts is also the author of A Recipe for Continuous Bloom. (Plant Paradise Country Gardens, $29.95)
Settling the Hills
Historical Reflections – Caledon East and District
by Caledon East and District Historical Society
Settling the Hills is back in print. This lovely book of photographs and stories is a testament to Caledon East's first settlers. Chapters contributed by a variety of local authors reveal how a crossroads first known as Tarbox Corners grew into the bustling village it is today.
(Caledon East and District Historical Society, $25)
When the Rapture Comes and In the Garden of I Am
by Max Layton
When the rapture comes
The good-looking girls
In Tim Hortons will talk to me
Sit down at my table
Ask polite, intelligent questions
About the book I am reading
Sensing the exquisite loneliness
Of my soul
A single elegant prompt structures each of these collections of poetry. What else happens when the rapture comes? The ugly suburbs of Brampton and Mississauga disappear. A father lost to Alzheimer's regains his memory. Everyone will be forced to sing "Ode to Joy" for 10,000 years. And In the Garden of I Am, the poet finds he encompasses so many things: the thoughtful provider who bought a plot for two at the cemetery; the collector in possession of Mahatma Gandhi's glasses; the dean who had to can CanLit for lack of student interest. He is also a fish, a window, a barking puppy and the son of Irving Layton, now forced to explain who his father was to the Google generation.
Max Layton is a singer-songwriter, novelist and the former manager of a subsidiary of McClelland & Stewart. He lives in Cheltenham. (Guernica Editions, $20 each)
Autism The Gift That Needs to Be Opened
by the Autism Society of Newfoundland and Labrador
This collection of personal stories by parents, world experts and people on the autism spectrum includes chapters by Orangeville's Krista Preuss-Goudreault and Hockley Valley's Doug McCreary and his son Michael McCreary.
Krista Preuss-Goudreault's contribution describes the eye-opening and often cathartic experience of writing a children's book with her daughter Olivia, who has Asperger's syndrome. May I Be Excused, My Brain Is Full launched a national book-signing tour and requests for Olivia to speak to groups and conferences.
Doug McCreary describes living with his nonverbal son Matthew as a never-ending game of "Survivor: Autism Edition, complete with food challenges, endurance events and mental exercises." Humour, as you may have guessed, plays a large role in the family's ability to cope. Little wonder Matthew's older brother Michael, who has Asperger's syndrome, is now a successful stand-up comic. Like his dad's, Michael's chapter is full of the same dry wit as he describes the obstacles he has tackled and the thrill of finding his passion in comedy. (Flanker Press, $19.95)
Fantastic Structures
A Coloring Book of Amazing Buildings Real and Imagined
by Steve McDonald
Have you finished every page of Steve McDonald's first colouring book Fantastic Cities? Is your stressed brain craving the Zen-like peace of applying crazy shades to yet more architecture? With its incredible buildings, both real and imagined, Fantastic Structures will more than satisfy your restless hands. Rome's Colosseum, the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge, Prague's astronomical clock, and Quebec City's celebrated Château Frontenac all await your imagination.
Dunedin artist Steve McDonald travels the world to draw sketches on-site. The rough drawings – and photos for detail – are brought back to his studio, where he creates his pen-and-ink masterpieces. (Chronicle Books, $20.95)
Halton Hikes
Loops & Lattes
by Nicola Ross
Following in the bootprints of Caledon Hikes: Loops & Lattes, Nicola Ross's newest guidebook explores the woods and escarpments of the Halton area. Each of the 37 hikes is rated according to degree of difficulty, hiking time, number of steps and even the number of calories she burned. What's missing? The number of potential calories to be gained during the "latte" portion of the outing. Only the most steely willed will be able to resist over-indulging at the inviting bakeries, coffee houses and various other eateries along the way.
Caledon's Nicola Ross is the award-winning author of five books. She is also an environmental activist and a regular contributor to this magazine. (Woodrising Consulting, $24.95)
Tales of the Ablockalypse #2
by David H. Scott
Steve, the unlikely hero of The Chosen, Tales of the Ablockalypse #1, fought off zombies and skeletons to retrieve the diamond chestplate. Now in pursuit of the final piece of enchanted armor, he and his gang of oddball friends must find the last known Dragon Master and enlist his help. No easy task considering the man reeks of garbage and is madder than a sack of wet cats.
Orangeville's David H. Scott was only 12 when he wrote The Chosen. This second Minecraft-inspired novel for preteens, with its nonstop action and wacky humour, is, if possible, even more fun than the first. (Mystic Awesome Press, $10.99)
Choose to Be Your Vision
by Sheena Blake
illustrated by Andrea Farrow
Dim the lights! Raise the curtain! The school play is ready to begin. After giving himself a pep talk, Sun – a costumed boy suspending from the ceiling by wires – feels pretty darn good about himself. But when a bossy thundercloud appears and tells him the animals and people below need her more than him, self-doubt creeps in and he disappears into the far reaches of the galaxy. Can he choose to be the vision of the strong, confident Sun he knows he can be?
Illustrator Andrea Farrow adds amusing layers to the story by heaping personality on every cast member.
Orangeville's Sheena Blake founded Discovering Diversity Publishing. The company's mandate is to promote self-love through education. (Discovering Diversity, $14.99)
A Handbook on Climate Action for Baby Boomers
How History's Most Privileged Generation Can – With Guts and Gumption – Still Leave Our Kids a Livable Planet
by Liz Armstrong
The title of Liz Armstrong's newly updated book is purposely worded. Yes, it's about climate change, but more specifically, it's a call for climate action. In it she targets her own cohort, baby boomers, who she says must now use their numbers-strong voices if they want to leave their children and grandchildren a viable future. How? Glad you asked. Armstrong proposes joining or creating your own action group, letter writing campaigns, practical tips to reduce your carbon footprint, and many other realistic options that together can create "an avalanche of action." So come on all you raging grannies and grampies, it's time to get loud!
Liz Armstrong is also the author of Cancer: 101 Solutions to a Preventable Epidemic. She lives in Erin. (ClimateAction, free pdf at ClimateActionForBoomers.ca or hard copy $20 online order)
Ramblings of a Curious Man and
Tales from Porcupine Junction
A Moose Pasture Paradise
by Clare McCarthy
Clare McCarthy's memoir Ramblings of a Curious Man follows the hirsute hero from his humble beginnings in the Northern Ontario hamlet of Gold Centre, through school, career, world travels and a life-changing accident. (Mac Press, $14.95)
In the fictional hamlet of Porcupine Junction, ideas both brilliant and downright crazy are discussed by the "brain trust" in Bert's Fix-It Shop. Each chapter tells a story, and each story is a gem. (Mac Press, $19.99)
Orangeville's Clare McCarthy writes "Meanderings," a column for the Orangeville Banner.
Jim Shaw's Grand Valley
by Jim Shaw
Jim Shaw's Grand Valley is a collection of the author's favourite columns written for the Orangeville Banner. For the last 15 years, he has documented the interesting people and events of his beloved hometown. (Jim Shaw, $20)
A Silent Bugle
Journals of an Alzheimer's Daughter
by Sharon Cecelia Smith
Sharon Cecelia Smith believed her years as a professional caregiver in nursing homes would enable her to slide naturally into the role of sole caregiver to her father. But Alzheimer's is a cruel disease. It twisted her father's personality and spouted hurtful words that cut her to the core. And how could it not? She was still his daughter, and he was her beloved Papa.
This powerful memoir, which includes journal entries and poetry, is an unflinching look at the toll exacted on caregivers. A must-read for adult children now parenting their parents.
Sharon Cecelia Smith was a long-time resident of Orangeville. She now lives in Guelph. (Sharon Cecelia Smith, $20)
The Wayfaring Swan
by Rose Schmidt
Liana Taylor, travel agent extraordinaire and chronic singleton, is bamboozled into signing up for a tall ship voyage in the Florida Keys by her interfering but well-meaning mother. Discovering that Taron Royce – a man both irritating and attractive – is the ship's captain is only the first hitch in a voyage that threatens to turn into the vacation from hell. True love and family ties provide the strong moral centre for this delightful romantic comedy.
Rose Schmidt lives in Orangeville. (Rose Schmidt, $19.95)
Welcome to the Madhouse
by S.E. Sasaki
S.E. Sasaki incorporates her work as a surgical assistant at Guelph General Hospital into her sci-fi thriller about a doctor posted to a medical space station. Dr. Grace Lord is prepared to adapt quickly to life aboard the Nelson Mandela as she patches up animal-human hybrid soldiers injured in battle, but nothing can prepare her for strange encounters with a too-human android and a killer lurking in the crew.
S.E. Sasaki lives in Erin. (FriesenPress, $18.99)
The Casebook of Padlock Holmes
by John Denison
Padlock Holmes, the great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson of the famous Sherlock Holmes, lives in a pod-house at 221B Baker Street. A girl with wild orange hair and a sharp mind moves in next door. Her name? Wendy Watson, of course. Together with Padlock's trusty computer Wiggins and an ever increasing cast of kooky characters, the team sets about solving cases both large and small.
Erin's John Denison, author of Booger and Emily the Irritating, serves up another winning read. Teens will enjoy the futuristic setting and sly humour of the delightfully flawed hero. (Why Knot Books, $20)
A Story of Love, Life, and Loss
by Barbara Heagy
Journal entries, remembered moments and emails to and from family members shape Barbara Heagy's poignant memoir of love unexpectedly found at midlife followed by the profound loss of her husband to cancer. Heartbreaking and life affirming.
A longtime resident of Orangeville, Barbara Heagy recently moved to the Guelph area. (Balboa Press, $16.95)
by David Courtney
In a world of infinite choices and even more distractions, we, as a society, are doing frighteningly little to engage our brains. Our days are a monotonous haze of commuting, work, spending free time staring at a screen, and sleeping, with no time allotted for original experiences or creativity. The result? Our brains are stagnating, putting us at greater risk of dementia.
David Courtney tackles a variety of issues, from hyper-capitalism, religious fanaticism and misogyny to our need for music and arts and the inordinate importance we place on math and sciences. He lives in Belwood. (David Courtney, $18.95)
The Amethyst
by Aldonna Kaulius-Barry
Secrets and lies weave through this sprawling tale of a young woman's quest for love. Her journey takes her from the ballrooms of Victorian England to faraway India at the time of the British Raj.
Aldonna Kaulius-Barry is a corporate magazine editor and executive coach who lives in Caledon. (Lioness and Castle Press, $24.95)
So You Want to Be a Landlord
by H. Clark Adams, QC
If anyone should know the pitfalls of leasing out business and residential units, it's Clark Adams. Not only is he a landlord, but he also spent 15 years as a judge in Orangeville's small claims court, where he heard more than his fair share of landlord-tenant disputes. From ravenous, drywall-eating dogs to a tenant who ran a hostel out of a two-bedroom condo, Adams covers the gamut of horror stories.
Clark Adams is also the author of Your Turn to Judge: Forty Interesting Cases for You to Decide. He lives in Orangeville. (Friesen Press, $13.95)
Celtic Odyssey, Age of Chivalry and When Beowulf Meets Kyla
by D.L. Narrol
Celtic Odyssey and Age of Chivalry are books two and three of The First Expeditions, a steampunk adventure series that began with the novel Prehistoric Journey.
When Beowulf Meets Kyla imagines the legendary, and terribly handsome, Beowulf, transported forward through time to the astonishment of Kyla, a student studying English literature at university.
D. L. Narrol lives in Caledon. (Double Dragon, $20 each)
Beyond Shaking Hands
Discover Your Warrior Spirit When Battling Disease
by Nelson Sleno
Since the publication of his first book Shaking Hands, Nelson Sleno's life has changed. Not only has he achieved local celebrity, but he has also become a sought-after speaker on the subject of dealing with Parkinson's disease and other debilitating conditions. In fighting the war against disease, Nelson encourages warriors to use all available weapons, such as education, self-advocacy, prescription drugs and alternative therapies. The battle is not always pretty and the pitfalls are many, but the reward – to actively live the life you have – is worth the struggle.
Orangeville's Nelson Sleno is a former teacher and champion in powerlifting and weightlifting. He currently plays a mean blues harmonica. (Titan Press, $15)
Think Nothing of Me
by Shawnda Chambers
Betrayal is at the heart of this brave memoir. Her husband's infidelity and the breakdown of their marriage unearths deeper pain from the author's past – a childhood stolen by sexual abuse. Beautiful, dreamy prose draws the reader into the labyrinth of her psyche as she searches for a path to healing.
Shawnda Chambers is a holistic nutritionist who runs workshops from her home in Mono. (Shawnda Chambers, $19.95)
Parents Make a Difference
A Journey of a Mom Wanting an Above-Average Life for Her Five Children
by Josie Pittiglio-Vivona
by Tina D'Alonzo
Nothing can stop Laura from cooking up a feast for a surprise party. Not her father yelling about the grocery bill or her mother fainting face first into freshly rolled pasta. Tina D'Alonzo's bouncy rhymes and Stefanie St. Denis's fun illustrations come together to create a tasty treat.
Tina D'Alonzo lives in Bolton. (Tellwell Talent, $20.95)
by the Hackmatack Writers
Voices is a collection of short stories, poetry, memoirs and plays by the Hackmatack Writers, a group formed after a writers' workshop hosted by Dufferin Arts Council Art School in 1998.
Contributors include Jane Cooper, Teressa Gold, Margaret Hogben, David McRae, Rosemary Molesworth, Iain Richmond, Edith Van Beek and Bridget Lawson. (Hackmatack Writers, $15)
Construction Zone for Women 40+
How to Embrace Change by Shifting Beliefs
by Tracey McLeod
Many women reach 40 and discover they've spent so much time helping others achieve happiness they've forgotten about their own desires. Construction Zone for Women 40+ challenges women to rebuild their lives from the foundation right up to the rafters.
Tracey McLeod, a longtime resident of Orangeville, recently moved to Etobicoke. (10-10-10 Publishing, $14.99)
About the Author More by Tracey Fockler
Tracey Fockler is a freelance writer who lives in Orangeville.
Great job Tracey and In the Hills! Thank you. The diversity of talent in the headwaters region is immense and we are very fortunate to have the support of local businesses and the community in the pursuit of our dreams.
Lorraine Roberts from Caledon on Nov 24, 2016 at 8:07 pm | Reply
Wow. What an incredible list of books. We are a talented lot up here in these hills of headwaters. Great work in pulling this together Tracey and ITH.
Nicola Ross from Belfountain on Nov 23, 2016 at 7:35 am | Reply
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'Amazing Race': Phil Keoghan's 10 Top Moments of Season 21
Before the two-hour finale, host Phil Keoghan shared his thoughts on this cycle's memorable moments, from dining on frog fallopian tubes to synchronized swimming and powerhouse eliminations
By Meredith Hoffa
Updated December 09, 2012 at 05:00 PM EST
The Racers blast off! (Pasadena, Calif.)
Grey Gayne/CBS
''That would be the 21st time that I have dropped my hand on the start of The Amazing Race. I always equate that moment — actually it's kind of symbolic, with the bars around the side there — with letting the wild animals out of the cage. It's like going to the zoo where all these animals are confined and all they want to do is get out, and I pull the latch and all the animals are about to escape. That is a really powerful moment, when I hit the 'all clear' and I'm allowed to let the children out to play.''
Diving right in (Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, Calif.)
Robert Voets/CBS
''It's always exciting, I think, to have something right off the starting line, something to just get the adrenaline going. Literally 100 yards down the bridge from the starting line, we're all of a sudden leaping off a bridge and it's sort of like, 'Okay, I guess The Amazing Race just started right now!' I don't know about wearing jeans to the start of a race around the world...they don't look like they're dressed for the occasion, do they? Maybe some sports shorts would have come in handy.''
Dining on frog fallopian tubes (China)
''We don't just have teams eat for the sake of eating. It's not like Fear Factor eating where we just try to get them to eat something gross for the sake of, 'Oh, let's eat something gross.' So everything that we have the teams eat is something that is a delicacy or something that is an indigenous food that is savored by local people. So although we look at these frog fallopian tubes and we don't exactly think 'hamburger,' to [locals] this is something that they want to eat, something they go out of their way to eat. This really epitomizes what TAR is all about. It ain't Kansas. This is not like going to Mickey D's. Although I can see a little golden arch there, can't you? I guess it's gotta be good protein.''
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''Amy and Daniel, you have been eliminated'' (Indonesia)
''This was probably the worst elimination of the season. It's just such a shame because they just had so much more to give. She's a phenomenal athlete, and I just felt bad because I worried that people would latch to the stereotypes about the fact that she was an amputee or just think, 'Oh, that's why she was out early is because she was a double amputee.' The reality is that she really physically could have kicked the butts of most of the people on the teams. She's phenomenal. So it was devastating to have to drop that news after the second leg.''
Will and Gary the eggheads (Indonesia)
''We shot 12 shows in 21 days. And, if you think about that starting shot where they're standing on the Colorado Street Bridge, and hours later they're eating fallopian tubes, and hours later they've got a coconut on fire on their head with some guys with scorpions in their mouths who are cooking eggs on their heads — it's a little bit like The Twilight Zone. How do you even begin to describe to somebody that there you were with your head on fire? Look at the size of that New Balance Shoe in the middle there! It's bigger than Gary is.''
Natalie and Nadiya haul bamboo (Bangladesh)
''Bamboo is unbelievably strong and used in construction but also extremely awkward to carry from place to place, so of course this show being what it is, [we said,] 'Let's give the teams something extremely awkward to carry from one place to another, that'll be fun to watch. In crazy heat.' The Twinnies actually felt very much at home in this part of the world. But they also were very honest about the fact that they're not used to necessarily getting blisters on their hands from doing the hard work. I think they've lived quite a privileged life. It was probably a good idea for them to get in there and have to do a little bit of work.''
Abbie and Ryan's bathhouse beatdown (Turkey)
''It does show you that along the way they really did have a good time. This shot really does capture that. It's such a great moment. Looking through all these images you realize the extent of the experiences. If you stay on TAR, you get experiences that not even a million dollars could buy. Some of these things you could go back and pay for, but others, you couldn't even buy them.''
Jaymes and James learn synchronized swimming (Russia)
''I think this is almost a precursor for what you're going to see in Vegas maybe in about a year on the Chippendales stage. I think what we're gonna see is Chippendales in flowery caps and there's gonna be a swimming pool — it'll be a little bit like what they did with Cirque du Soleil, where they brought the water in. You know in Vegas, they have wet t-shirts? Now they're gonna gonna have wet speedos, and Chippendales boys will be dipping into pools and doing synchonized Chippendale-ing.''
James and Abba's disappearing backpacks (Russia)
''There's kind of one essential thing you need on TAR and that's your passport. I don't want to jinx anything, I haven't lost my passport — but it never ceases to amaze me that somebody could actually lose their passport. If you're in the Race, it's your ticket to get anywhere. You strap that thing to your body. [This is] just that moment, I guess, where two very smart guys find themselves wandering aimlessly around in a helpless situation, and they're really coming to terms with the fact that their Race is over.''
Abbie and Ryan are U-Turned (Amsterdam)
''Abbie and Ryan were such a force on the race and one of the strongest teams we've ever had: equally strong, very compatible, worked really well together. I guess the other teams, when they realized they had an opportunity to slow them down, they took it. [Abbie and Ryan] certainly made it known that they were fit, they were fast — even if you go back to that first shot out of the gate and you see Ryan. I mean they're both physical specimens.''
1 of 10 The Racers blast off! (Pasadena, Calif.)
2 of 10 Diving right in (Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, Calif.)
3 of 10 Dining on frog fallopian tubes (China)
4 of 10 ''Amy and Daniel, you have been eliminated'' (Indonesia)
5 of 10 Will and Gary the eggheads (Indonesia)
6 of 10 Natalie and Nadiya haul bamboo (Bangladesh)
7 of 10 Abbie and Ryan's bathhouse beatdown (Turkey)
8 of 10 Jaymes and James learn synchronized swimming (Russia)
9 of 10 James and Abba's disappearing backpacks (Russia)
10 of 10 Abbie and Ryan are U-Turned (Amsterdam)

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Poems from a guerrilla Autumn A poetry book from Kurdistan to appreciate the value of freedom
08 Nov, 2018 by orsola casagrande, global rights
Autumn is the title of a little, precious book of poems, thoughts, fragments of lives. A book of partisan notes from Kurdistan, as the curators say.
It is a collection of poems and texts by Atakan Mahir, Salvatore Ceccarini, Piergiorgio Daltoni, Ali Haydar Kaytan e Abdullah Öcalan. The photographs, images of daily life of PKK guerrilla are by Turkish guerrilla Gülnaz Ege (code name Nuran Er).
Published in its original version in Italian, the book will be soon translated into Spanish. In the prologue the editors ask themselves some questions: What is freedom? Who died for us? Why so many women and men, anonymous, have been willing to sacrifice themselves for future generations?
What all this has to do with us?
Some of the answers are in the poems and thoughts published in the book. ANF asked the editors to tell a bit more about how the book was conceived, in which context.
The volume (in Italian) is available from UIKI (Kurdistan Information Office in Italy) and sales profits will be used to finance projects in Kurdistan.
Where did the idea of the book come from?
We found ourselves handling this little notebooks, mountain notebooks that comrades in the mountain use to take notes and write down their thoughts.
We found in them thoughts, dreams, fears, love, pain, hope, all in poetry and image shape. So many people, different from one another, have felt these notes, this drawings by two militants, put on paper quickly between step after step, as a window on life in the mountain, on what there is to discover among rocks. We decided to transcribe those notes and share them, together with the photos by comrade Nuran Er, fallen a martyr under the Turkish bombs in Amed Lice in September 2017 and the words by Atakan Mahir, comrades who turned mountains into their moving house.
The two poems closing this book are by two founder members of the PKK, Ali Haydar Kaytan and Abdullah Öcalan, the Kurdish people's Leader, jailed in the island/security prison of Imrali since 1999 under inhumane conditions.
Poetry as a tool of communication of a reality only apparently far from ours… which role can poetry play in the transmission of experiences like the Kurdish one?
What does the Kurdish revolution has to do with us, with everyday life? The revolutionary experience which is going on in Kurdistan for years in mountains and cities has transformed not just the society, freeing wide territories from patriarchate and capitalism, but has also radically transformed the life of entire generations of people who every day give their own life to make this happens. All these generations imagine, paint, talk, sing, write and live a new world, different.
Through poetry, closing your eyes and opening your heart, maybe we'll be able to touch a little bit of that world.
How do you plan to distribute the book? Are you planning readings, presentation in schools…
It would be nice for this book to have more than one life and different distribution. Poetry sometimes has this ability: it manages to talk to the heart as well as the mind. We would like the book to reach both revolutionaries and children in the school, grandparents and workers… This could be done through public readings of the poetry or through theatre as well as through presentation in liberated spaces and universities.
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Death of Mayakovsky
Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky, Russian Soviet poet, playwright, actor and revolutionary
Palestinian Poet Dareen Tatour Sentenced to 5 Months; Create Art To Help Fight Her Conviction
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However attempt telling them to the tens of millions of younger people who find themselves unemployed in Italy, Spain and Greece, the economies of these proud nations dragged down by the lifeless weight of the euro. And check out the windbag oratory on the 17.4million respectable British democrats who voted to go away the European Union, and who've been informed ever since that they're racist, ignorant bigots who ought to by no means be allowed close to a polling sales space.
I like Bono. In individual, he's an honest, considerate man. His band will not be dangerous. However why do the former rebels of rock music all the time tug their forelocks to the European Union? Why does everybody in leather-based trousers act like the EU is an unalloyed good factor? Why does rock music have a blind spot in terms of Brussels?
How can Bono, proper, probably mistake Jean-Claude Juncker for Joe Strummer? The EU is the ESTABLISHMENT, man! And the EU is the institution at its most unaccountable, undemocratic, incompetent and corrupt.
The EU just isn't a wonderful factor, Bono. It's a crumbling expansionist empire, rotten to the core, cruel in its opposition to democracy.
The EU is a gravy practice, Bono, a trough for puffed-up political piggies, a sclerotic physique of privileged previous white males in fits with MEPs who would not have to offer receipts for his or her £four,000-a-month bills. The EU actually stinks, Bono.
And the music that you and I grew up with — the music we beloved, the music U2 and I have been impressed by, the music we positioned at the centre of our worlds — was meant to be towards this type of factor. Bono bent the knee to the bullies of Brussels in the similar week that Bob Geldof despatched a letter to Theresa Might warning her that Brexit will be the day the music dies.
However it's merely not true that our nation owes its musical genius to the European Union. The golden years of British music have been earlier than we joined the EU — when it was nonetheless being touted to us as a standard market — again in 1973.
The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin all someway managed to make nice music with out Brussels. Now Geldof and his co-signatories critically recommend that British music can't survive outdoors the European Union.
Little question the Brexit-loathing Boomtown Rat believes this garbage however everybody else who signed his Complain Help letter ought to have paused to assume earlier than signing. As a result of by claiming that Brexit will kill British music, Ed Sheeran, Sting and the relaxation simply make themselves seem like laughably out-of-touch luvvies. Not a great search for the wild boys of rock 'n' roll.
Geldof is true about one factor — British music has been sensible for 50 years as a result of our little nation embraced the world.However John Lennon, Jimmy Web page, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Ray Davies, Robert Plant, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Pete Townshend opened their ears and their hearts to the sounds popping out of America.
The fantastic music that smashed down the partitions between white music and black music was born in Chicago and Nashville and Detroit and Memphis. Its roots have been in the backwoods of the Deep South and the Mississippi Delta, and reached all the means again to Africa. Belgium by no means got here into it, Bob.
The Rolling Stones by no means wanted a grant from the EU. They only wanted one glimpse of Buddy Holly, one take heed to Muddy Waters, one nod from Elvis Presley. British bands modified the world they usually positive as hell did it with out the assist of the European Union. Sorry, Bob. Sorry, Bono. However no British musician in historical past was ever impressed by the mysterious rhythms popping out of Brussels.
PETER JACKSON'S new movie, They Shall Not Develop Previous, exhibits painstakingly colored pictures from World Struggle One for the very first time.
As a result of we now have solely skilled World Warfare One in black and white footage and pictures, there has all the time felt like an enormous distance between our time and the unimaginable horrors of the trenches.
World Struggle One by no means felt nearer. And the humour, humanity and braveness of the males who fought it has by no means been extra heartbreaking.
BEST needs for the future to Trevor Engelson and his bride Tracey Kurland, who have been married in a low-key ceremony in California final weekend.
And when you don't recognise the names, that is as a result of Mr Engelson has chosen to maintain a discreet silence on the topic of his two-year marriage to Meghan Markle.
And in an age the place each damaged relationship is dissected on social media, isn't it refreshing to see a person who can maintain a dignified silence?
"WE lost the match but won the battle," claimed Conor McGregor after his beating in final weekend's UFC 229. What planet was that victory on then, Conor?
To the informal fan it appeared like McGregor adopted up months of denigrating Khabib Nurmagomedov with a feeble efficiency in the octagon and a scarcity of grace in defeat.
True, Khabib spoilt his victory by leaping into the crowd to proceed the punch-up with McGregor's nook. However for the lifetime of me I can't see how Conor McGregor can declare something aside from unconditional give up. Neither man introduced credit score to MMA.
There is just one purpose why mainstream sports activities followers have been paying curiosity to Combined Martial Arts in recent times and that is Conor McGregor. However after the squalid scenes round Conor v Khabib, many people will be turning off the MMA.
Even Mike Tyson was shocked. And he as soon as bit off a part of a person's ear.
WHAT my mum would have discovered unforgivable about Strictly star Seann Walsh snogging Katya Jones is that it occurred when Walsh's girlfriend, Rebecca Humphries, was residence alone on her BIRTHDAY.
My mum would by no means have forgiven that sort of informal cruelty from some curly-haired love rat. And I think the nice British public will really feel the similar. However what we name the Strictly curse is admittedly simply an workplace romance that spirals uncontrolled.
Individuals get thrown collectively at work all the time. The distinction is that a pair from the accounts division don't often spend hours each day rubbing up towards one another perfecting their Paso Doble.
However the intense, intimate bodily contact of doing Strictly makes it sure the curse will strike once more.
The thriller is why Katya was by no means led astray by Ed Balls.
FEMALE terrorist, married to a British jihadi, claimed a council breached her human rights by not giving her a brand new house after she turned down seven houses as a result of they weren't large enough or not in the proper location.
Kindly Brent Council additionally provided her £5,000 to place down a deposit on a house of her personal.
Our welfare state was constructed to look after the most weak members of our society.
Not creatures who would spit on our society's grave.
TINA TURNER is the solely feminine performer who was hotter stay than Blondie's Debbie Harry in her pouting, heavy-lidded prime.
OK, Tina, we consider you – although your sensible work garments launched one million adolescent fantasies. And that was simply in my home.
DRESSED like a street-walking disco ball, Taylor Swift urges America to exit and vote Democrat in the American mid-term elections.
I like younger Taylor however does it by no means happen to those celebrities that their smug self-importance may probably be drumming up votes for the different aspect?
However the place have been your smart footwear?
WHY ought to anybody vote Conservative? This Authorities is slashing advantages for the British poor and disabled however can nonetheless discover £4billion in overseas help cash to enhance roads and railways in Pakistan and India. Why ought to we vote for you, Theresa?
What a part of 'We voted to go away the customs union' do not you get, PM?
A Brexit deal is shut we're informed however is the EU pushing UK to violent chaos?
There's nothing remotely Conservative about you.WHY ought to anybody vote Conservative? This Authorities is slashing advantages for the British poor and disabled however can nonetheless discover £4billion in overseas assist cash to enhance roads and railways in Pakistan and India.
Why ought to we vote for you, Theresa?
There's nothing remotely Conservative about you.


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Donald Cox: Tale of a Panther
by Ron Jacobs
Donald Cox was the Black Panther Party's Field Marshal. He trained party members in the use and care of weapons. During the time he was involved with the Party in the United States, he served as a primary strategist for various operations. After he left the US, he went to Algeria where he was a guard for the Panther compound in Algiers. He left the compound and the Party in 1971. He moved to France where he spent the rest of his life. Cox died in 2011.
His memoir of that time was recently published. Titled Just Another N*gger: My Life in the Black Panther Party, Cox's volume is a narrative of a time when revolution was a possibility seriously considered. Men and women gave up their previous lives to commit themselves to creating a world where liberation and socialism would become reality. From Oakland, CA to Hanoi, from Paris to Palestine and all around the world, millions of people were actively involved in a struggle against capitalism and US imperialism. In the United States, the Black Panther Party was considered by many to be at the front of that struggle. The reasons for this were numerous, but the essential one was the Party's militancy in the face of police and the system the police defended.
Cox begins his memoir with the story of his youth in rural Missouri. It was there that he learned how to shoot a rifle and his family's past in slave-holding territory. At the age of seventeen, he took a train to Oakland. He spent the next several months living with his aunt's family in San Mateo, going to school and working. Eventually, he moved out of his aunt's house, got a job as a printer and married. He also began freelancing as a photographer. Politically, he remained an observer, following the news especially as it related to the growing civil rights movement. A friend of his introduced him to Black and socialist writers, including WEB DuBois and James Baldwin. Cox joined the civil rights organization CORE in fall of 1963. By 1967, when the Black Panthers began observing and documenting police interactions with Black citizens in Oakland, Cox and some of his friends were ready to join them. However, they waited and undertook their own guerrilla attacks on police installations in response to murders of Blacks by police. By 1968, he was a main representative of the newly formed San Francisco chapter of the Black Panther Party.
The party Cox describes is the Party that existed from 1967 until around 1973. It is one more set of recollections of the Party's activities and politics told by a high-ranking member. Given that his focus was the military element of the party, Cox's narrative mostly focuses on that aspect. Although he ended up in Algiers with Eldridge Cleaver and the Panthers' international wing, his telling is quite free of the negative criticism of the Oakland wing led by Huey Newton after his release from prison. His text, while slim in volume, is filled with insights regarding the differences between the West Coast branches of the Party and those on the East Coast. It also confirms the disastrous role played by law enforcement, US intelligence agencies and those informers in their pay as part of the COINTELPRO program.
Even so, Cox downplays the effects of COINTELPRO in his afterword. He argues that every time COINTELPRO repression came down hard, it actually brought the Party more support. While this may be true, I think it can be fairly argued that the long term effects of he counterinsurgency waged against the Black Panthers was instrumental in destroying it. After all, it removed dozens of its leaders via assassination and imprisonment, destroyed the reputations of many members by spreading lies about their allegiances, and placed informants inside the Party who made certain the Party's politics and actions would alienate its long-term support. At the same time, Cox's assertion that the Party did things that caused it to self-destruct is true. Among these practices was the treatment of women in the Party by some of its male members. In what might be his most insightful observation regarding the mistakes of the Panthers, he points out that the near idolization of Huey Newton and Eldridge Cleaver was a mistake. This wasn't because of the particular individuals, but because that idolization limited both the leaders and the rank and file from seeing and rectifying their faults. Cox wrote: "We killed Huey with our love!" Like other left formations, personality superseded politics, a scenario which can lead to a cult or organizational suicide.
Just Another N*gger is an important addition to the growing library of Panther histories and memoirs. Plainspoken and direct, Cox's writing achieves an eloquence that makes it exceedingly readable, never losing the drama of the story he is telling.
More articles by:Ron Jacobs
Ron Jacobs is the author of Daydream Sunset: Sixties Counterculture in the Seventies published by CounterPunch Books. His latest offering is a pamphlet titled Capitalism: Is the Problem. He lives in Vermont. He can be reached at: ronj1955@gmail.com.


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"Loved it (and I don't care for Ginger)"
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I also would like to follow a recipe that I found for a French roast, which says to sear the meat, season, add sauce, then cover and bake at 160C (325 F) for an hour per pound (in my case, 5 hours) - should I follow this?
Haven't done it, but from experience with similar cuts the 5 hours sounds too long. I fear the meat might dry.
As a start in your info search, here are two recipes from down under (NZ, AU) where they love their meat, recommending about 1 hr 15 min for medium rare, and giving internal temps to get to rare, medium and well-done.


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My Favorite 10 Drew Barrymore Movies
February 21, 2019 in Collections
By Joules Dellinger
I kind of feel like I grew up with Drew Barrymore. She comes from an acting family and has been in television and movies since she was just 11 months old (she started with a dog food commercial). While she actually had her film debut in the movie Altered States (1980), most people recognize her role as Gertie in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) as her first big role.
Drew is celebrating her birthday on February 22nd, which makes now a perfect time to revisit some of my favorite movies. It was really hard to narrow them down because DVD Netflix has almost FIFTY of her movies available for us to watch!
Here are my top 10 Drew Barrymore movies (in release order):
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Steven Spielberg's 1982 smash hit tells the heartwarming story of the special bond 10-year-old Elliot forges with an alien he names E.T. Drew Barrymore plays Gertie and won Young Artist and Best Supporting Actress awards for her work in the movie. E.T. was also the highest-grossing film of the 1980's and made Drew one of the most famous child actors of the time.
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As the streetwise new girl at a posh private school, Ivy (Drew Barrymore) will do anything to fit in. When shy but wealthy Sylvie Cooper (Sara Gilbert) invites Ivy into her privileged world, Ivy entangles herself with Sylvie's producer father (Tom Skerritt) and beautiful mother (Cheryl Ladd). The tensions in their Beverly Hills home run deep, providing a license for malice that Ivy quickly exploits in this erotic thriller.
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Scream (1996)
Horror maven Wes Craven – paying homage to teen horror classics such as Halloween and Prom Night – turns the genre on its head with this tale of a murderer who terrorizes hapless high schooler Sidney Prescott by offing everyone she knows. This movie was particularly shocking with how it utilized Drew Barrymore in the beginning (no spoilers here!).
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Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
Orphaned as a child, Danielle is treated like a servant by her wicked stepmother and two stepsisters. When Danielle stumbles onto Prince Henry, who's fleeing an arranged marriage, the two inspire each other to resolve their respective troubles.
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The Wedding Singer (1998)
After his fiancee leaves him at the altar, wedding band front man Robbie befriends reception hall waitress Julia, who enlists him to help plan her wedding. Romantic sparks fly as the two spend time together in this love letter to the 1980s. This is my FAVORITE of the Drew and Adam Sandler pairings of the 90's!
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Never Been Kissed (1999)
Aspiring reporter Josie Geller goes undercover as a high school student to pen a page-turning teen exposé. But when her hopelessly dorky past comes back to haunt her, she turns to her cooler older brother for help.
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Three beautiful women who take on top-secret assignments for a never-seen boss use their looks, charm and martial-arts training to kick butt on the trail of stolen software in this flashy reboot of the classic 1970s television series.
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Music and Lyrics (2007)
A has-been pop star gets the comeback chance of a lifetime when a teen singing sensation asks him to write and record a duet with her. But he can't write lyrics to save his life, so he enlists help from a quirky woman who has a way with words.
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He's Just Not That Into You (2009)
Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, and Scarlett Johansson lead an all-star ensemble of characters dealing with the pitfalls of love and human interaction in this big-screen adaptation of Greg Behrendt's best-selling book.
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Whip It (2009)
Small-town teen Bliss dodges her mother's beauty pageant plans in favor of joining a knock-'em-sock-'em all-girl roller derby team. As Bliss gains notoriety on the track as Babe Ruthless, her thrilling double life begins to catch up with her.
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Bonus: Santa Clarita Diet (2017): Season One
Ensconced in the Los Angeles suburbs, husband-and-wife realtors Joel and Sheila are an ordinary – though vaguely discontented – couple. But when Sheila undergoes an abrupt transformation, their lives take a surprising turn.
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While we are all practicing social distancing, it is likely that you're getting a little stir crazy in your home. With all this extra time on your hands, how should you spend your days? If you're looking for something to occupy your time this weekend, there is no better time than now to have a movie marathon. We've compiled some of the best movie franchises to give you some movie marathon inspiration.
In the five Pirates of the Caribbean movies, follow Captain Jack Sparrow as he navigates the seas with his fellow pirates. A clumsy yet nimble pirate, Jack Sparrow definitely adds a streak of humor to this intriguing storyline. Discovering treasure, ending curses, and more fills the action-packed plot. From the Curse of the Black Pearl, all the way to Dead Men Tell No Tales, you'll be hooked to find out what happens next.
If you're ready to occupy your time with 23 different movies, you're prepared to dive into the crazy world that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With characters like Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, The Hulk, and more, the plots of these individual movies all play into one another. Beginning with Captain America: The First Avenger, follow the plot all the way through to Avengers: End Game. Ultimately, the plot follows the Tesseract, a cube containing the Space Stone with endless energy, from the 1940s to the present. Although this is quite a time commitment, it's incredible how the storylines of these hit movies all intersect.
Whether you've read the books or not, Harry Potter is one of the most popular movie franchises. We all know that people who love Harry Potter, really love Harry Potter. If you haven't sat down and watched the beautifully crafted films in order, now you can understand what the hype is all about. Transport yourself into the world of Hogwarts, with wizards, magic, and more, as you watch each of the uniquely crafted films.
Take yourself on an adventure from the comfort of your couch when you watch the Indiana Jones movies from start to finish. Dr. Henry Walton (aka, Indiana Jones), an adventurous archaeologist, takes you on a crazy ride in each of the four films as he battles Nazi soldiers, ancient curses, and more. This series ranges from 1981 to 2008, and each movie is as good as the last. There's been some talk of a fifth film in the works, so if you like the first four, you'll have something to look forward to!
The above movie franchises are all incredibly filmed, intricate, and action-packed. However, they may be a little confusing for your children! Not to worry, we have compiled some great movie marathon ideas for your kids as well. All of these movies are on Disney+.
Although a bit older, the High School Musical movies are instant classics. With 3 films, you will fall in love with the cast and follow them as they navigate through high school. High School Musical 3 ends with them in senior year, ready to go off to college. Full of fun songs, colorful sets, and lots of dancing, this is a perfect, family-friendly movie series.
It's no surprise that Frozen has been all the rage within the past couple of years. Even better, Frozen II is now on Disney+ as well! These movies are a hit among people of all ages. The whole family will be singing along as they follow fan-favorites Anna, Elsa, and of course, Olaf throughout the two films.
With 3 different movies, the Descendants franchise is a spin-off of the Disney Princess franchise. The plot follows the lives of four teenage children of classic Disney villains such as Cruella de Vil, Jafar, the Evil Queen, and Maleficent. Having first aired on Disney Channel in 2015, Descendants was an instant hit. Children will love dancing and singing along with the 3 movies.
Teen Beach Movie
Another Disney Channel Original Movie series, Teen Beach Movie is a fun-loving, upbeat film. Although there are only two films in this series, the outfits, songs, and dancing make for a whole world of fun. Set in the present day, the two main characters are sucked into the plot of a 1960s musical movie where they are surrounded by surfers and bikers. How will they return to their real lives and the real world? You'll have to watch to find out!
With all this extra time on our hands, there are so many amazing movie franchises that you can watch. How will you choose? Perhaps you can make a list and try to complete it. Pop some popcorn and settle in on the couch as you transport yourselves into the plot of whatever movie you choose.
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It was the wish of Shamar Rinpoche to establish a meditation centre in this area of Germany. Dortmund is the largest city by area and population in the Ruhr Area. It is known as Westphalia's "green metropolis". Nearly half the municipal territory consists of waterways, woodland, agriculture and green spaces with spacious parks.
The centre was founded in November 2011. We meet once a week on Thursdays at 7 pm with a program of studying, contemplating and meditating for about two hours. Look for actual info to our local website.


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Honorary Chairman of HKETA
Mr. Ming Yam Wong, SBS, BBS, JP 王明鑫太平紳士
Mr. Wong Ming-yam, Founding Director of InnoLink Investments Limited, is passionate about innovation and technology development. He serves as Director or Non-executive Director of a number of technology companies. Prior to this, he was the Senior Vice-President of Royal Philips Electronics. He has actively served society through membership of several government boards and committees for more than 35 years. He has been a member of the Assessment Panel of Small Entrepreneur Research Assistance Program of the Innovation and Technology Commission, HKSAR; a Member and Deputy Chairman of the Hong Kong Productivity Council; Director of the Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation; Chairman of the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited; Chairman of the CreateSmart Initiative Vetting Committee of Create Hong Kong and an Ex-officio Member of the Steering Committee on Innovation and Technology and the Committee on Innovation, Technology and Re-industrialization of the HKSAR.
Among his many other public roles, he is Honorary Chairman of the Hong Kong Electronics & Technologies Association, Hong Kong Critical Components Manufacturers Association, and Semiconductor Nanotechnology Alliance; a Member of Steering Committee on Research Themes and Topics of the Research Grants Council of HKSAR; a Member of the Cyberport Advisory Panel; a Member of Enterprise Support Scheme Assessment Panel under the Innovation and Technology Fund; a Member of the Advisory Panel of Asia America MultiTechnology Association ( Pearl River Delta ); Advisor of Society For Innovative Healthcare Hong Kong; and Chairman of the Departmental Advisory Committee, Department of Electrical Engineering, City University.
Mr Wong was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1999 and was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star in 2012 and Silver Bauhinia Star in 2018 by the HKSAR Government in recognition of his distinguished public service and his long-term and exemplary contributions to promoting innovation and technology development in Hong Kong. Mr. Wong also awarded the Hong Kong Electronics Industry Outstanding Achievement Award in 2018 by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries, And conferred the title of Honorary Fellow of the University in 2021 by the City University of Hong Kong.


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Robert J. Bell Special Agent in Charge
@DEAChicagoDiv
Contact: Luis Agostini
18 Charged with Meth Trafficking in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS – Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Adminstration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced on that 18 individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and money laundering charges.
The indictment charges the defendants with conspiracies to distribute controlled substances, including methamphetamine, and to launder the proceeds of the distributed controlled substances. The indictment was unsealed today following the initial appearances of the defendants.
Yesterday, fifteen defendants were taken into federal custody in Indianapolis, Columbus, Seymour, Terre Haute, and Detroit, Michigan. Three other defendants are still at large. In addition, three individuals were detained for immigration violations.
To date in this investigation, authorities have seized approximately 82 pounds of methamphetamine, approximately 1,750 fentanyl pills, approximately 35 grams of fentanyl, approximately one kilogram of cocaine, approximately four pounds of marijuana, and a large quantity of suspected THC gummies. In addition to drug seizures, authorities have seized approximately $9,000 in U.S. currency as suspected drug proceeds as well as nine firearms.
The Jackson County Prosecutors Office has also filed state charges against five additional defendants for dealing methamphetamine, and the Bartholomew County Prosecutor has charged one additional defendant on a state charge for dealing methamphetamine.
The following individuals are in federal custody or *at large:
Charge(s)
Edeer Avila, 38, Mexico *NOT in custody
Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine & Launder Monetary Instruments
Martin Felix-Garcia, 33, Phoenix, AZ *NOT in custody
Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments
Isaias Gonzalez-Torres, 30, Indianapolis
Erlin Lucero-Asencio, 29, Indianapolis
Abel Ayala-Garcia, 31, Columbus, IN
Luis Daniel Hernandez, 24, Indianapolis
Andrew Calix-Maldonado, 27, Indianapolis
Julio Vicente-Guox, 33, Indianapolis
Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine
Eduardo Rodriguez, 25, Indianapolis
Kenia Acosta, 38, Indianapolis
Jeami Waleska Sevilla-Luna, 27, Indianapolis
Victor Vazquez-Hernandez, 41, Seymour
Allison Perdue, 24, Seymour
John Whiffing, 47, Terre Haute
Abner Rodas-Abelardez, 36, Indianapolis *NOT in custody
Claudio Garcia-Morales, 35, Columbus, IN
Eulailo Murillo-Resura, 31, Indianapolis
Jendry Medina, 20, Indianapolis
If convicted on the conspiracy with intent to distribute controlled substances charges, each faces between ten years to life imprisonment, no less than five years supervised release, and a $10,000,000 fine. If convicted on the money laundering charge, each faces a mandatory minimum of up to twenty years in prison, up to three years of supervised release, and a $500,000 fine. Actual sentences are determined by a federal district court judge and are typically less than the maximum penalties.
The following five Individuals face state prosecution in Jackson County:
Emilio Landa-Laganes
Dealing methamphetamine F2
Mariah Crowe
Daniel Parrish
Samantha Farris
Zachariah Farris
The following individual faces state prosecution in Bartholomew County:
Antonio Cuautle-Cuenca
The DEA and the Seymour Police Department investigated the case in conjunction with the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, the Homeland Security Investigation, the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Jackson County Prosecutors Office, the Columbus Police Department, the Bartholomew County Sheriff's Office, the Bartholomew County Prosecutors Office, the Indiana State Police, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, the Brownsburg Police Department and the Bloomington Police Department.
This prosecution is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.
An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.


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The Pioneer Venus Multiprobe, also known as Pioneer Venus 2 or Pioneer 13, was a spacecraft launched in 1978 to explore Venus as part of NASA's Pioneer program. This part of the mission included a spacecraft bus which was launched from Earth carrying one large and three smaller probes, which after separating penetrated the Venusian atmosphere at a different location, returning data as they descended into the planet's thick atmosphere. The entry occurred on December 9, 1978.

In context
There was also an orbiter launched in 1978, part of the overall Pioneer Venus project along with this entry probe mission. Whereas the probes entered the atmosphere in 1978, the Pioneer Venus Orbiter would stay in orbit throughout the 1980s and the early 1990s. The next major mission was the Magellan spacecraft, which was an orbiter capable of mapping Venus by seeing through its opaque clouds with radar.

Spacecraft

The Pioneer Venus Multiprobe bus was constructed by the Hughes Aircraft Company, built around the HS-507 bus. It was cylindrical in shape, with a diameter of  and a mass of . Unlike the probes, which did not begin making direct measurements until they had decelerated lower in the atmosphere, the bus returned data on Venus' upper atmosphere.

The bus was targeted to enter the Venusian atmosphere at a shallow entry angle and transmit data until destruction by the heat of atmospheric friction. The objective was to study the structure and composition of the atmosphere down to the surface, the nature and composition of the clouds, the radiation field and energy exchange in the lower atmosphere, and local information on atmospheric circulation patterns. With no heat shield or parachute, the bus made upper atmospheric measurements with two instruments:

 BIMS – an ion mass spectrometer to determine the origin and long-term development of the Venusian atmosphere, the dynamics of the upper atmosphere layers, its energy balance and the effect of solar radiation and interplanetary space on those layers. This instrument had a range of 1 to 46 u, used 6 W of power and weighed .
 BNMS – a neutral mass spectrometer. This made measurements of the interaction between the solar wind and Venus, the photochemistry of the upper layers of and heat distribution in the Venusian atmosphere. It had a range of 1 to 60 u, weighed , and used ~1 W of power.

The spacecraft operated down to an altitude of about  before disintegrating.

Probes
The spacecraft carried one large and three small atmospheric probes, designed to collect data as they descended into the atmosphere of Venus. The probes did not carry photographic instruments, and were not designed to survive landing – the smaller probes were not equipped with parachutes, and the larger probe's parachute was expected to detach as it neared the ground. All four probes continued transmitting data until impact; however, one survived and continued to transmit data from the surface.

Large probe

The large probe carried seven experiments, contained within a sealed spherical pressure vessel. The science experiments were:
 LNMS – neutral mass spectrometer to measure the atmospheric composition
 LGC – gas chromatograph to measure the atmospheric composition
 LSFR – solar flux radiometer to measure solar flux penetration in the atmosphere
 LIR – infrared radiometer to measure distribution of infrared radiation
 LCPS – cloud particle size spectrometer to measure particle size and shape
 LN – nephelometer to search for cloud particles
 temperature, pressure, and acceleration sensors

This pressure vessel was encased in a nose cone and aft protective cover. After deceleration from initial atmospheric entry at about  near the equator on the night side of Venus, a parachute was deployed at  altitude. The large probe was about  in diameter and the pressure vessel itself was  in diameter.

Small probes

Three identical small probes, around  in diameter, were deployed. These probes consisted of spherical pressure vessels surrounded by an aeroshell, but unlike the large probe, they had no parachutes and the aeroshells did not separate from the probes.

The science experiments were:
 a neutral mass spectrometer to measure the atmospheric composition
 a gas chromatograph to measure the atmospheric composition
 SNFR – solar flux radiometer to measure solar flux penetration in the atmosphere
 an infrared radiometer to measure distribution of infrared radiation
 MTUR – cloud particle size spectrometer to measure particle size and shape
 SN – nephelometer to search for cloud particles
 SAS – temperature, pressure, and acceleration sensors

The radio signals from all four probes were also used to characterize the winds, turbulence, and propagation in the atmosphere. The small probes were each targeted at different parts of the planet and were named accordingly.
 The North probe entered the atmosphere at about 60 degrees north latitude on the day side.
 The Night probe entered on the night side.
 The Day probe entered well into the day side, and was the only one of the four probes which continued to send radio signals back after impact, for over an hour.

Launch
The Pioneer Venus Multiprobe was launched by an Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR rocket, which flew from Launch Complex 36A at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The launch occurred at 07:33 on August 8, 1978, and deployed the Multiprobe into heliocentric orbit for its coast to Venus.

Arrival at Venus
Prior to the Multiprobe reaching Venus, the four probes were deployed from the main bus. The large probe was released on November 16, 1978, and the three small probes on November 20.

All four probes and the bus reached Venus on December 9, 1978. The large probe was the first to enter the atmosphere, at 18:45:32 UTC, followed over the next 11 minutes by the other three probes. The bus entered the atmosphere at 20:21:52 UTC and returned its last signal at 20:22:55 from an altitude of .

The four probes transmitted data until they impacted the surface of Venus. The Day Probe survived the impact, returning data from the surface for 67 minutes and 37 seconds after reaching the surface.

Scientific results

Below the altitude of  the temperatures measured by the four probes are identical to within a few degrees. They are between  on the surface. The ground pressure is between . Nephelometers identified three cloud layers with different characteristics. The most remarkable discovery was that the ratio of 36argon / 40argon isotopes was much higher than in the Earth's atmosphere, which seems to indicate that the genesis of the Venusian atmosphere is very different from that of Earth. The reconstituted trajectory of atmospheric probes was determined that the wind averaged a speed of  in the middle cloud layer at  at the base of these clouds and just  at the ground. Overall data from airborne sensors confirmed, while specifying the data obtained by the Soviet space probe Venera program that preceded this mission.

Trajectory
Diagram of the PVM's path to planet Venus from Earth in 1978, and this also notes the launch of the Pioneer Venus Orbiter which took place that year also.

Graphic overview

See also

 Pioneer Venus Orbiter
 List of missions to Venus
 Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes
 Galileo Probe (Jupiter atmospheric probe delivered by Galileo spacecraft)
List of spacecraft powered by non-rechargeable batteries

References

External links

 NASA: Pioneer Venus Project Information
 Pioneer Venus Program Page by NASA's Solar System Exploration
 NSSDC Master Catalog: Spacecraft Pioneer Venus Probe Bus. (Other components of the mission have their own pages at this site too.)

Articles in Science Magazine issue 4401 (1979)

Missions to Venus
Pioneer program
1978 in spaceflight
Spacecraft launched in 1978
Extraterrestrial atmosphere entry
Extraterrestrial aircraft

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Q: Combining multiple image files into one image using qt creator I have divided my image in different parts (for some reason). I have done that using QT-creator in ubuntu. For image creation, I have used gnuplot in qt-creator.
 Now I want to print that image (in eps format). But I don't know how to combine these parts in one single file.
Any help in combining these parts would be highly appreciated.
regards,
Hammad Tariq

A: I don't know how to do it in C++, but in your case it is very convenient to use commandline utilities, since your images created with gnuplot are saved as files anyway.
The command line call is:
psjoin A.ps B.ps C.ps D.ps | psnup -4 > ABCD.ps

Maybe you need to tweak the size and positions of the images, see man psnup.
For this you need to save the images a .ps, not as .eps, i.e. use set terminal postscript instead of set terminal postscript eps. In your case that shouldn't change anything, but the above programs seem to work properly only with PS.
These programs are included in Ubuntu's psutils package.

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There are leaking pipes in the bathroom, with poor ventilation, which cause substantial mold build-up. The manager tells you the mold is due to inadequate cleaning. There is a gas water heater in the basement which leaks carbon monoxide into the dwelling units because there is no other ventilation. There is poor weatherproofing on all the windows; this results in mold on the windowsills and very high heating bills for the tenant. The other tenants smoke indoors, inevitably forcing all tenants to suffer from second hand smoke. There is a bedbug infestation; has been there for years. You are guaranteed to be bitten several hundred times every night while you are asleep. Don??t worry if you never had bedbugs, they can travel through cracks in the walls and electrical wiring, along the carpet seems, and can live over a year, dormant, in vacant apartments. Tenants have to throw away their mattresses when they move out. If you are so fortunate to have the manager call out an exterminator, it will take two weeks for your apartment to be treated; Terminix will ??find no evidence of bedbugs? and leave the chemical dust all over your cloths and furniture. Then you will have to pay the bill. If you complain that the problem was taken care of inadequately, because there are still live bedbugs in the apartment and the dust is very toxic to have been used so carelessly, you get the three day notice to pay or quit. If you comply with the notice, the apartment will file an unlawful detainer against you anyways. In addition, there are exposed electrical wires, running current, and numerous dead outlets. The apartment is in violation of several housing codes that are ignored until the tenant requests repairs, and are ignored afterwards too. If you have severe allergies, combined with the toxic levels of mold spores to breath, you may end up in the emergency room and admitted to the hospital for five days; afterwards, you get to go home to all the second hand smoke with your oxygen tank. If you are really lucky, instead of dying from Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, you can ask that indoor smoking be minimized and patiently wait for retaliation from the landlord.
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Submarine STEM 7-11 delivers a comprehensive scheme of work covering Materials, Forces and Living things and develops students' ability to work scientifically. The unit is based on the exploratory submersible journeys undertaken as part of the XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey off Bermuda, the Sargasso Sea (between Bermuda and Canada) and off Canada's east coast. Using our exclusive galleries, videos and online 360 VR technology students are fully immersed in the deep ocean. Students will understand the scale and depth of the ocean, explore and investigate the creatures which inhabit this inhospitable environment and consider how forces and materials are integral to submersible design. Throughout the unit students plan, carry out and evaluate scientific investigations, culminating in an exciting DT challenge.
Lesson 1: What lives in the deep sea?
Lesson 2: How big and how deep is the ocean?
Lesson 3: What forces affect submarines?
Lesson 4: How do you choose materials for a submarine?
Lesson 5: How do you launch a submarine with strong structures?
Lesson 6: How do you recover a submarine with levers and pulleys?


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#pragma once

#include <vector>
#include <limits>

using namespace std;

#include "Assert.h"
#include "Types.h"

namespace DataStructures {
namespace Container {

template<typename keyType>
class FastSet {

public:

	// Expose typedefs.
	typedef keyType KeyType;

	// Construct the map.
	FastSet() {}

	// Construct the map with a predefined number of key-elements.
	FastSet(const Types::SizeType numElements) : isContained(numElements, false) {}

	// Resize the set. It has to grow.
	inline void Resize(const Types::SizeType numElements) {
		Assert(numElements >= Size());
		isContained.resize(numElements, false);
	}

	// Get the size of the set, i.e., the number of keys that are contained.
	inline Types::SizeType Size() const {
		return containedKeys.size();
	}

	// Test whether this set is empty.
	inline bool IsEmpty() const {
		return containedKeys.empty();
	}

	// Access a key by index.
	inline keyType KeyByIndex(const Types::SizeType index) const {
		Assert(index >= 0);
		Assert(index < containedKeys.size());
		return containedKeys[index];
	}

	// Test whether a certain key is contained in the set.
	inline bool IsContained(const keyType &key) const {
		Assert(key >= 0);
		Assert(key < isContained.size());
		return isContained[key];
	}

	// Insert an element into the set.
	inline void Insert(const keyType &key) {
		Assert(key >= 0);
		Assert(key < isContained.size());

		// If the keyType is too big, resize the set.
		//if (key >= isContained.size())
			//isContained.resize(key + 1, false);

		// If the element is not contained, add it.
		if (!IsContained(key)) {
			containedKeys.push_back(key);
		}

		// Set the value for key.
		isContained[key] = true;
	}

	// Insert from another fast set.
	inline void Insert(const FastSet<keyType> &other) {
		for (Types::IndexType i = 0; i < other.Size(); ++i)
			Insert(other.KeyByIndex(i));
	}

	// Delete an item by index.
	inline keyType DeleteByIndex(const Types::IndexType index) {
		Assert(index >= 0);
		Assert(index < containedKeys.size());
		Assert(isContained[containedKeys[index]]);
		isContained[containedKeys[index]] = false;
		keyType key = containedKeys[index];
		swap(containedKeys.back(), containedKeys[index]);
		containedKeys.pop_back();
		return key;
	}

	// Deletes from the back.
	inline keyType DeleteBack() {
		Assert(containedKeys.size() > 0);
		keyType key = containedKeys.back();
		isContained[key] = false;
		containedKeys.pop_back();
		return key;
	}

	// Clear this set.
	inline void Clear() {
		for (keyType key : containedKeys) {
			isContained[key] = false;
		}
		containedKeys.clear();
	}

	// Access the contained keys (read only).
	inline const vector<keyType> &ContainedKeys() const {
		return containedKeys;
	}

private:

	// This vector maps keys to a bool value indicating whether the key is in the set.
	vector<bool> isContained;

	// This vector is dynamic, and it is a collection of the
	// keys that are contained in the set. This is required
	// to support the delete operation.
	vector<keyType> containedKeys;
};

}
}

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I think that it'll be fun this time around. I'll be encouraging my friends and colleagues to join too, as I feel that the risk of a crack down by the police is highly unlikely.
The government is caught between a rock and a hard place.
If they choose to let Bersih 3.0 happen, it may fizzle and die out or it may just embolden the 'silent' majority to let themselves be heard. If the event draws the huge crowds that it is expected to, it may just prove that the rakyat truly want change and until we get it, there will be more sequels coming soon.
If they choose to block the event and crack down on the rally goers, it may spell complete doom for the ruling government in the next GE. It is also likely to draw international condemnation if the government gases its own citizens for simply asking for electoral reform. Images of police brutality are unlikely to swing any votes their way.
I don't want to be the cabinet at this time. It's difficult to decide on what to do.
In this game, the only way to win might be to not play at all.
PS: I wish that the BN politicians and parties would come join the party too. It'd be fun.


The instant messaging usage and security policy outlines the standards for the usage of, and security controls associated with, corporate instant messaging. Instant messaging can be used as a form of real-time communication within an organization to enhance employee productivity. However, instant messaging carries some security risks that must be addressed. The instant messaging usage and security policy will help ensure that the privilege of using instant messaging is not abused and appropriate security measures are maintained.


Prospective customers call us all of the time asking what the benefits of window film are. Well honestly the list just goes on and on. We could write a novel on the benefits and how they can help you. One of the biggest benefits is saving money. Who doesn't want to see savings and even put money back in their pocket? Yes, there is a return on your investment when you install window films in your home or office.
When the heat starts to bake you through your windows in the summer our instinct is to crank the air conditioner down as cool as possible to get comfortable. We do feel more comfortable yes, but with every degree we go down our electric bill increases dramatically. The average 1500 square foot home sees electric bills around $250 plus a month during the summer months. That's a lot of money that most of us don't want to dish out just to live comfortably in our home. Solar film works as an insulator. During the hottest months the film blocks out that unbearable heat reducing the solar energy by about 60 percent drastically cooling off your home. Additionally it helps to lock that cool air indoors. You don't have to worry about that cool air escaping through your windows. During the coldest months it also insulates your home by not allowing that warm air you're paying for to get out through the windows. If you're not working your AC as hard and having to run it as often you will see savings every month on your energy bill. That's money back in your pocket.
When you select a homeowners or renters policy you have personal property values typically around 30,000 up to values as much as half a million. That value is the protection you have against anything considered personal property you own within the interior walls of your property. Think about your home, how much money have you spent on furniture and decor? I bet it easily matches that 30,000. The sun is harsh and dangerous to property. It can cause irreparable damage to your belongings as it penetrates the glass in your home. The UV rays that come through your windows cause warping, discoloration, fading, peeling, cracking and more. By installing solar films you are protecting your assets by putting up a shield against those harmful UV rays. Most films block up to 99 percent of UV rays coming thorough your glass. By protecting your property with solar films you're extending the life of your assets and saving money in the long run. It's a great investment.
ROI refers to the amount of time it takes to get your money back on your investment as well as the total value your get in return for your investment. Most home owners see a return on their investment within 2-5 years. This means that the investment is paid for typically within that time frame. Once your investment is paid for every bit of savings after that is profit. That's profit on top of the savings you see almost immediately on your energy bill. Now considering the lifetime of film is typically around 15 years. So after those first few years recouping your investment costs you have 10-13 years of straight profit. Now money isn't everything but that's a pretty amazing deal to see such a quick return on your money while enjoying the other benefits of solar film beginning on day 1 of installation.
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Q: CorePlot Axes expandRangeByFactor not working correctly I am trying to use Scatter Graph in one of my project using the CorePlot library. I was able to achieve a good result from it as well but something went wrong, and I am sure that I have nothing to do with because I have not changed the code after that. This is how the plot is looking now:

and the expandRangeByFactor values that I am setting are:
CPTMutablePlotRange *xRange = [plotSpace.xRange mutableCopy];
[xRange expandRangeByFactor:CPTDecimalFromCGFloat(350.3f)];
plotSpace.xRange = xRange;
CPTMutablePlotRange *yRange = [plotSpace.yRange mutableCopy];
[yRange expandRangeByFactor:CPTDecimalFromCGFloat(8.3f)];
plotSpace.yRange = yRange;

I have no idea what is happening wrong here because by looking at the values, it should not be like this.
Need urgent help on this.

A: The -expandRangeByFactor: method multiplies the length of the range by the given factor. It adjusts the range location to keep the center of the range in the same place. You are using rather large factors. For example, if your starting x-range has a length of one day, the expanded range will be almost one year long.