Mary's Kitchen at Whitehill Court Day Care Centre in Kirkintilloch is set for a £2,000 boost after Bield, one of Scotland's leading providers of housing and care services, received a generous donation from The Eagle Lodge in Bishopbriggs.
The Annual Sportsman's dinner, which is held every April at The Eagle Lodge, raised £6,500 in aid of three chosen charities.
For a third year, Bield Housing and Care was amongst the organisations to receive a generous donation, raised from pledges as well as auction bids on the day of the dinner.
The cheque, presented by Rahul Randev, was accepted by Bield members of staff, including Fundraiser Kevin Rowe, and service users over an afternoon tea at Eagle Lodge.
"Bield continues to do fantastic work in the community, the staff are fantastic and do a great job, so we are delighted to be associated with them.
The £2,000 will go to Mary's Kitchen at Whitehill Court Day Care Centre, a restaurant style service that seeks to provide a safe and familiar setting for those with dementia to enjoy quality time with their friends and family.
"It's fantastic to receive this money from the Sportsman's Dinner for a third time. It will be going to a great cause, and we are always incredibly grateful for donations.
"Eagle Lodge have been hugely generous to us, and many others, in the past, and we are delighted to be able to continue funding one of our much-loved projects with their help.


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New research suggests BPA exposure leads to poor lung function in children
Prenatal exposure to the industrial chemical bisphenol A (BPA) may lead to poor lung function in children, according to a recent study presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress held in Madrid.
Researchers from Spain examined pregnant women's phenol exposure and found that many of them had detectable BPA levels in their urine. Children born to women with higher BPA levels had a smaller lung capacity and were more prone to wheezing, the coarse whistling sound that accompanies breathing when the airway is blocked.
BPA exposure linked to wheezing, poor lungs in children
BPA belongs to a group of chemicals called phenols and are commonly used to make food containers, plastic bottles, cans, toys and some types of paper.
"Phenols are known to be 'endocrine disruptors', which means they can interfere with the hormone system and consequently alter many essential body functions, including the respiratory and immune systems," said lead researcher Alicia Abellan of the Barcelona Institute for Global Health.
Abellan added that babies in the womb are especially vulnerable to the harmful effects of phenols. They lack the ability to get rid of toxic substances as their respiratory and immune systems are still developing, she explained.
Abellan and her colleagues examined more than 2,600 pairs of mothers and their children who participated in one of eight large European studies. Urine samples taken during pregnancy were used to measure the mothers' phenol exposure. The children's lung function was assessed when they were between six and ten years old. Questionnaires were also used to determine whether the children were wheezing.
Results showed that 79 percent of the women had detectable BPA levels during pregnancy. Less common phenols, such as bisphenol S and bisphenol F, were also detected in a few women.
Further analysis suggested that women with higher levels of BPA were 13 percent more likely to have children with wheezing. Meanwhile, doubling the BPA levels in a mother's urine sample corresponded with a five-milliliter decrease in a child's lung capacity.
One explanation for the findings is that BPA interacted with hormone signals in the fetus, said Abellan. This could have had altered the development of the immune and respiratory system.
Abellan said that her team plans to continue studying the effects of BPA exposure on children, as well as the effects of the other phenols found in lower concentrations. (Related: Beware BPA vs. BPA free: the plastics industry is trading one toxin for another.)
Exposure levels to BPA may have been underestimated
Another study, published in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, suggests that exposure levels to BPA may be far higher than previously estimated.
A group of researchers developed a novel method of measuring the chemical that allowed them to more accurately measure BPA metabolites, the compounds created as BPA passes through the human body. They compared this with the method commonly used by U.S. regulatory agencies.
After trying both methods on synthetic urine spiked with BPA and then on 39 human samples, they found that the novel method detected 44 times the average BPA levels reported in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a common source of data for BPA studies. What's more, the disparity between the two methods seemed to increase with greater BPA exposure.
"BPA is still being measured indirectly through NHANES, and it's not the only endocrine-disrupting chemical being measured this way," said co-author Roy Gerona of the University of California, San Francisco.
Common routes of BPA exposure include eating food or drinking water stored in BPA containers and oral contact with materials containing BPA. Dental sealants with BPA may also lead to short-term exposure.
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Q: Single Thicker vertical line I have this table and I would like to make two vertical lines thiker than the others. This turns out to be useful to visually divide the columns. Basically my table has 13 columns and I would like to turn 2 of them a bit thicker. I won't show the code for the table because it is really huge and not practical to paste it here. What I'm looking for is probably a keyword to make the vertical line thicker, without messing too much with this already messed-up table :-).
Thanks a lot.
EDIT: I tried with the following command
\newcolumntype{"}{@{\hskip\tabcolsep\vrule width 1pt\hskip\tabcolsep}}
But it creates some spacing between one column and the other. Trying to remove the first \tablecolsep solves the issue (that is no more spacing between the columns), but I get three errors: Package array Error: Illegal pream-token (2.2mm): 'c' used. this probably because I declare the column like this: |"{2.2mm} but it I do not declare the size it messes the whole table up, Missing number, treated as zero. on
    \vrule
\end{tabularx}

and Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted). on the exact same output as the second error. Sorry if these are stupid mistakes but modifying the command shown doesn't lead me to success.
EDIT2:
By using the "array" package and following what @egreg said, I get the following error: Package array Error: Illegal pream-token (2.2mm):c' used. This is probably because I define the columns like this (wherexis\newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\centering\hspace{0pt}}b{#1}}`):
|?{2.2mm}
|x{2.2mm}
|x{2.2mm}

and so on.

A: You could use the ! feature of array:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}
\newcolumntype{?}{!{\vrule width 1pt}}

\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|c?c|c|}
x & 1 & 2 \\
y & 11 & 22 \\
z & 111 & 222
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

I wouldn't use " as a specifier, because it can conflict with babel.

However, my advice is don't use vertical rules at all.
If you want to specify the thickness, change the code into
\newcolumntype{?}[1]{!{\vrule width #1}}

and then you can do
\begin{tabular}{|c?{2mm}c|c|}

for having a thickess of 2mm.

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UNMASK AND CRUSH THE WORLDWIDE COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY PLAN OF IMPERIALISM, REACTION AND REVISIONISM WITH ALL ITS "PEACE ACCORDS", ITS AMNESTY, PARLIAMENTARY CRETINISM AND ARMED REVISIONISM!
The present situation of the world proletarian revolution confirms and highlights more than ever the dark role of revisionism as part of the counterrevolutionary plans of imperialism and reaction, and the fact that the struggle to the death against revisionism, and for the defense and application of Maoism, is decisive and indispensable for the advance of the Communist Parties and the initiation and development of the people's wars. While some in the international communist movement insist on conciliation and on avoiding the struggle – under the pretext of "not making it public" – the Communist Party of Peru continues to insist on the Maoist principle of two-line struggle to crush revisionism and opportunism of all kinds – and continues to apply this principle inside the Party itself and on national level as well as on international level. We, the generated organ of the PCP for the Party work abroad, the MPP, reaffirm ourselves in our promise to carry out this struggle as befits the red fraction of the international communist movement.
In the current struggle against the world imperialist plan of "peace accords", we see two urgent problems among the Parties and organizations of the international communist movement: first, that some deny that this imperialist plan exists, and thus they can denounce the revisionist treason in Nepal, while they leave the door open for "peace accords" in other countries. Second, that they do not want an open and honest debate between the Parties and organizations concerning these questions. As long as these comrades continue to insist in these problems, all their "criticism" against the RCP, Avakian and Prachanda loses its weight, because in reality they are serving the plan of imperialism, reaction and revisionism, consciously or not.
In Peru, the whole historical course and the latest news on the actions and manouvres of the ROL [right opportunist line] and the LOL ["left" opportunist line] confirm what the Party has pointed out since the beginning: that these revisionist and opportunist lines are part of a plan of imperialism and reaction. The LOL is a clear example of what happens when one renounces the principles of Maoism and its concrete application, in our case Gonzalo thought: in their latest action they go as far as kidnapping the class and workers, and clearly show their character as armed revisionists when they once more pronounce themselves in the bourgeois media: the political objective of their miserable attack was to "reach political understanding". These are the ones that since '98, before the arrest of Feliciano, put forward "separating from Gonzalo thought", which today has turned into denying Chairman Gonzalo and only carrying out armed actions – without building anything, and without application of Maoism, without Great Leadership. So, now when they call themselves "RCP of Peru", maybe it is not a coincidence. Through the radio and in written form, they demanded money and explosives, and "if not, blood will flow". And this they have repeated several times in the radio conversations. In essence, this shows their ambiguities and political weakness; moving away from the principles leads them to carrying out actions without achieving political objectives, which would necessarily lead to building. What does exist, and what they do carry out, is the same as the FARC and Nepal, zones of military influence, and there is no building.
So, what is clear is that the LOL, just like the ROL, puts forward that "the Chairman already fulfilled his role", and wants a "party" without the Great Leadership of Chairman Gonzalo and his all-powerful thought, and a revisionist armed struggle, without destroying the old state and without building the new. They are collaborators of the SIN, who are now on the same road as the other armed revisionists like the FARC, the MRTA and others, and directly serve the plans of imperialism and reaction.
"The correctness or otherwise of the ideological and political line decides everything. When the Party's line is correct, then everything will come its way. If it has no followers, then it can have followers; if it has no guns, then it can have guns; if it has no political power, then it can have political power. If its line is not correct, even what it has it loses." (Chairman Mao Tsetung)
We call all the Communist Parties and organizations of the world to not close their eyes before these facts. Examples like those above from Peru and Latin America exist all over the world. What imperialism and reaction needs in every country is a so-called "communist party" adjusted to their needs; a party that denies that the main thing is the ideology, the ideological and political line; that puts forward that the organization in itself is enough, that there should be no specification (application) because "it leads to cult of personality", that puts forward that "there are no conditions for initiating" and that therefore one must see "other methods", or "first use everything that democracy gives you". Like for example they now put forward in Nepal, and they even say that Chairman Gonzalo also says the same. So it is one long series of the same thing, the same puppeteer.
The position of this kind of parties is that of "the organization is where the ideas flow and are condensed", and they do not see that in the Communist Party, the Central Committee is the vortex of the class struggle, where revolution and counterrevolution contend. That is, a party of "distillers" like Avakian's, a party where everyone's ideas are "canalized" (including those of the petit bourgeoisie and the bourgeoisie) instead of the Party of the class, the proletarian vanguard. In the light of all this, how should we look upon the development of the struggles in India, in Turkey, Philippines and other places? Yankee imperialism today is concentrating its forces to secure the oil and thus continue as gendarme, and as a part of this they need revisionism to create more division in the revolutionary ranks. This is the plan of imperialism, carried out through the UN and the NATO. This is what we have been saying since the letters came out. As part of this counterrevolutionary world plan they have already produced the treason in Nepal, and generated the ROL and the LOL in Peru. How is this plan expressed in other places? How do these ideas of "party without Great Leadership and application of Maoism" affect the just struggle of the Indian proletariat and people? What does it mean when a Party applies conciliation instead of two-line struggle, or aim to revise Maoism to adjust it to the needs of imperialism?
The Communist Parties must start from the principles of Maoism, with one sole line and with the application of Maoism to the concrete conditions of each country, concretized in a thought as foundation for a Great Leadership. Not doing so, they end up flirting like the revisionist parties like in Europe or like the revisionists in Nicaragua, Uruguay, Colombia and Nepal, in elections, governing "in democracy". This is the course of the parties that take up positions of "peace accords", capitulation, elections.
We, the Peru People's Movement, express once more our salute and subjection to our Communist Party of Peru, its Central Committee and its whole system of Party leadership, in the Great Leadership of Chairman Gonzalo and his all-powerful thought, in our I Congress, the Basis of Party Unity, the III Plenum and the masterful Speech of Chairman Gonzalo. We reaffirm ourselves in the principles of the universal ideology of the international proletariat, Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, mainly Maoism, and in the struggle for imposing it as the sole command and guide of the world proletarian revolution – and as part of this, for the application of Maoism to the concrete conditions of each country.
UNMASK THE WORLD IMPERIALIST PLAN OF "PEACE ACCORDS"!
REJECT AND COMBAT THE ROL AND THE LOL, DEVELOPING THE PEOPLE'S WAR!
DOWN WITH ARMED REVISIONISM, LONG LIVE THE PEOPLE'S WAR!


A new report has some good news for Chicago drivers this year. According to last year's "Allstate America's Best Drivers Report," Chicago drivers were in a car accident every 7.7 years on average. Now, that average has fallen. This year's subsequent report shows that Chicago drivers crash every 7.9 years.
On face, this is great news. However, our Chicago car accident lawyers recognize that Chicago drivers crash more frequently relative to the national average, which stands at one crash every 10 years. For anyone that lives in Chicago, or another big city, they can understand why Chicago drivers are more frequently in crashes. Bigger cities are more heavily and densely populated and, as such, the chances for collision are much greater.
The report solidifies this experience with statistical data, showing that the best scoring cities are often smaller cities. Upon further analysis, our Illinois auto accident attorneys discovered that Chicago, while below the national average, is a relatively safe compared to the bigger cities. In fact, Chicago ranks as the 4th safest big city (cities consisting of more than 1,000,000 residents). The other four safest big cities, in order from 1st to 5th safest, include Phoenix (AZ), San Diego (CA), San Antonio (TX), and Houston (TX).
The report's safest cities for this year, in order from 1st safest to 5th safest, include Sioux Falls (SD), Boise (ID), Fort Collins (CO), Madison (WI), and Lincoln (NE). Interestingly enough, Fort Collins had been the safest city consecutively for the past two years, but only ranked 3rd this year. What this tells our Chicago car accident attorneys is that you can't take safe driving environments for granted. It is important to achieve and actively maintain a safe driving environment.
Finally, and probably of highest interest, are the cities with the worst drivers. Once again, Washington (D.C.) tops the list with the worst drivers, who crash on average every 4.8 years. Washington has topped this list on many occasions, and this year is no different. Baltimore (MD), Glendale (CA), Newark (NJ), Providence (RI), Philadelphia (PA), Hartford (CT), Jersey City (NJ), San Francisco (CA), and Alexandria (VA) follow Washington on the list.
There seems to be a regional pattern, whereas the safest cities are generally found in the mid and southwest, while the least safe cities are generally found in the east and west coast. With that said, our Illinois car accident lawyers are unclear as to why this may be. What we are clear about, however, is that this annual report is providing an important service releasing this information on a yearly basis. It keeps drivers informed, and aware of their surroundings while providing policymakers a valuable tool to potentially uncover what does and does not make cities safe for drivers.


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HomePoliticsKarnataka Elections 2018Five factors that will decide who wins the battle for Karnataka
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Five factors that will decide who wins the battle for Karnataka
D.K. Singh
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah campaigning ahead of Assembly polls | PTI
From Siddaramaiah's sub-nationalism to BJP's Hindutva gambit, these five factors will decide whether Congress will retain its biggest state or BJP will return to power in the south.
New Delhi: It's over to about five crore voters in Karnataka now. As they exercise their franchise Saturday, they will not only decide who is better equipped and suited to govern their state, but will also set the stage for a larger political battle at the national level.
BJP president Amit Shah sees the Karnataka election as the party's "gateway to the south", while the Congress and other opposition parties hope to see in the results a reassurance of their existence and relevance, and an indication of the saffron party's waning appeal, if at all. The poll outcome in Karnataka is likely to set the stage for the semi-finals in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in November, before the final battle for the coveted Lok Sabha crown next year.
So, with so much at stake for the ruling and opposition parties, what will determine the winner in the electoral sweepstake in Karnataka? There are broadly five factors that are likely to separate the winners from the losers:
AHINDA
It's a Kannada acronym for minorities, backward castes and Dalits. In a state where Lingayats and Vokkaligas (who together roughly constitute around 30 per cent of the population) wield the levers of power, Siddaramaiah, an OBC leader, has sought to create an alternative political bloc through the consolidation of the AHINDA vote bank. He has splurged freebies and launched a host of welfare schemes for AHINDA. Reports from the ground suggest that these measures have worked favourably for the chief minister, but the jury is out on the extent of consolidation of these diverse groups.
The poll campaign was marked by allegations and counter-allegations, with the Congress and the BJP painting each other as more tainted. The Congress targeted the BJP's chief ministerial candidate, B.S. Yeddyurappa, who had to resign as chief minister in 2011 following his indictment by the Karnataka Lokayukta in a report on alleged illegal mining. He was acquitted by a court later, but the Congress remained unrelenting in its attack on him, especially as the BJP gave tickets to two brothers and associates of the controversial mining baron from Ballari, Gali Janardhan Reddy, who is on bail in the mining scam case.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the BJP's counter-attack, terming the Siddaramaiah government as "a 10 per cent commission government" and "corruption tank" of the Congress, with pipelines linked to Delhi. He cited scams during the UPA regime at the Centre and attacked Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, who are on bail in the National Herald case. Voters will deliver their verdict Saturday on which of the two they consider more tainted.
The BJP sought to craft a Hindutva narrative to counter Siddaramaiah's attempted social engineering. The message was clear from the beginning of the campaign as BJP president Amit Shah made well-publicised visits to temples and mutts.
The saffron party raked up the killing of 23 BJP/RSS/Hindu activists during the Congress regime, and blamed "jihadists" belonging to Muslim organisations such as the Popular Front of India (PFI).
The state government's decision last year to celebrate the birth anniversary of Tipu Sultan, the 18th century ruler of Mysore, figured prominently in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's and other BJP leaders' election speeches. Modi also praised Mangaluru-based artist Karan Acharya for his "angry Hanuman" portrait, and accused the Congress of creating a controversy over it. Similar words and actions, allegedly aimed at bolstering Hindutva narrative, marked the BJP's poll campaign. Party insiders believe that Hindutva will be one of the major determinants in this election.
Lingayat gambit
With the BJP projecting Yeddyurappa, a Lingayat, as its chief ministerial candidate, Siddaramaiah sought to counter it by recommending 'separate religion' status to the community, which constitutes about 17 per cent of the population, and has a decisive say in 100 out of 224 assembly constituencies. After the unceremonious removal of Veerendra Patil, a Lingayat chief minister, by then-Congress president Rajiv Gandhi in 1990, the community got alienated from the grand old party. Siddaramaiah's move was aimed at wooing and splitting the BJP's core vote bank, but even Congress leaders concede that the gambit may not produce the desired results.
Nationalism versus sub-nationalism
Months before the elections, Siddaramaiah started playing the Kannada pride card, as he unveiled a separate flag of Karnataka, and made Kannada compulsory in schools. He referred to seventh century Chalukya king Pulakeshi's defeat of "northern king" Harshavardhan, seeking to project the assembly election as a contest between him and Modi.
The Prime Minister hit back, accusing the Congress of disrespecting the armed forces by questioning proof of the surgical strikes on terror camps across Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. He accused Jawaharlal Nehru of insulting two Army chiefs, Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa and General K.S. Thimayya, who belonged to Karnataka.
Nationalism versus sub-nationalism and identity politics dominated the poll discourse in Karnataka, but how much impact they would have on voting day is anybody's guess.
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The Florida Marlins have already changed the location of their Triple-A and Double-A clubs, but their Short-A is holding strong.
General Manager Matt Drayer has announced that the Florida Marlins will be the Jamestown Jammers' parent team for the next two seasons in the New York-Penn League.
The player-development relationship with the Florida Marlins started during the 2002 season. The latest deal will keep Florida players coming to Jamestown until the end of the 2010 season.
This is something I wholeheartedly approve. I mean, c'mon, I can only learn to spell so many new cities in one year. Luckily for me, the Advanced-A team along with the now announced Short-A team are staying put. It really cuts down on the late night thoughts wondering where the Guppies are playing now.


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The seductive elegance and charm of Argentina's capital is hard to resist. Styled like a European city, Buenos Aires is an enticing mix of old-world languor and contemporary attitude. Gourmet cuisine, awesome shopping, cutting-edge boutiques and ritzy neighbourhoods flourish alongside the quaint cafes, colonial architecture, lively outdoor markets and diverse communities of classic Buenos Aires. The city's not short on top-drawer activities either – join in with the passionate football fans at a local match, discover a unique bird's-eye view of the city with an exhilarating skydive, or sample some of the country's most renowned wines with a wine-tasting tour. No trip to Buenos Aires would be complete without some sort of experience of the Tango, Argentina's national dance. Under cover of the night, watch some authentic dance performances or put on your dancing shoes and learn to tango yourself. And when you're hungry, dine on some of the best steak in the world.
Straddling the border of Brazil and Argentina, the UNESCO listed Iguazu Falls is one of the largest waterfalls in the world. The falls were created where the Iguazu Rover broadens to around 1.5km and then plunges nearly 100m off a basalt plateau in a series of 274 separate cataracts. Each day tonnes of water crashes over the cliffs, creating a constant mist of spray that rises amongst the jungle. The falls sit in a national park home to more than 200 species of plant, 450 species of bird and rare mammals such as the jaguar. This stunning setting of dense jungle interspersed with vivid swarms of butterflies and the constant roar of the falling water combine to forge an unforgettable impression. It's possible to see the falls from both Brazil and Argentina and visitors will soon discover that the perspective of Iguazu Falls changes with every step.
Named after Argentine explorer Francisco Moreno, the spectacular Perito Moreno glacier is the centrepiece of the Parque Nacional Los Glaciares. One of the world's most dynamic and accessible ice fields, the glacier covers some 250 square kilometres with a height of around 60 metres. Unlike most glaciers that decrease in size each year, the Perito Moreno glacier is actually growing slightly and advances at a speed of around 2 metres per day. Coloured in a variety of hues from blue to grey to white, the glacier changes appearance as the day progresses and is a magnificent sight to behold. It can put on an astonishing show, both visually and auditory, when giant chunks of ice collapse from the glacier's face and crash into the waters of the Iceberg Channel below. A series of catwalks and vantage points enable visitors to safely hear, see and photograph this impressive display.
Tierra del Fuego National Park
Often compared with Alaska's Panhandle, the stunning Tierra del Fuego (Land of Fire) National Park covers 63,000 hectares of mountains, rivers, lakes, deep valleys and glaciers. The park is Argentina's first coastal national park and has a number of scenic hikes along great bays, rivers and small beaches backed by rugged mountains, and trails through dense native evergreen forests. Autumn puts on a truly spectacular show of colour when hillsides of trees burst into flaming reds and orange. The park is also home to a prolific number of bird species and a variety of other wildlife. The town of Ushuaia is the starting point for most forays into the national park and holds the title of the world's most southern city. From here it's possible to explore the straits that separate the islands of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago with a cruise on the blue waters of the Beagle Channel.
Considered to be Argentina's wine capital, the bustling yet laid-back city of Mendoza is the kind of place that instantly appeals and keeps you for longer than expected. Wide avenues lined with bushy sycamore trees lead off from lively plazas where residents gather in cosmopolitan cafés. Some 75% of Argentina's total wine production comes from the region's vines and Mendoza serves as the ideal base from which to explore the local vineyards and bodegas, or wine cellars, with plenty of opportunities to taste the local produce. The eastern suburb of Guaymallén is where you'll find the greatest concentration of bodegas, along with the satellite towns of Maipú and Luján de Cuyo.
Spread along the shoreline of Lago Nahuel Huapi with the soaring, jagged crests of the Cerro Catedral massif encircling the town, Bariloche is practically picture-perfect in every direction. Combine this with a staggering array of summer and wintertime activities available and you have the Lake District's most popular destination. In the warmer months travellers flock to Bariloche to hike in the surrounding hills, mountain-climb, fish and ride bikes and horses whilst in the winter months when the mountain of Cerro Catedral is blanketed in thick, white snow, it becomes a magnet for skiers and snowboarders. Bariloche is also Argentina's chocolate capital and streets-worth of window space is devoted to tantalising fresh chocolate sculpted in amusing shapes.
The port city of Puerto Madryn is the gateway to all the splendours of the UNESCO listed Peninsula Valdes. The Peninsula Valdes has the country's best wildlife in its natural habitat. From June to mid-December, you'll be able to enjoy whale-watching as they migrate past the peninsula. It's the only place in Argentina to enjoy this breath-taking experience with it possible to see whales and their calves close to the shore, which is also home to herds of elephant seals. It's also the scuba diving capital of Argentina and is where you can dive or snorkel with the resident sea lions. It's easy to travel to and meet the three different colonies of Magellan penguins along the coast, found in Punta Tombo, Punta Norte and Punta Delgada. With the same summer temperatures of Buenos Aires, it's a quaint beach destination where you can enjoy kite boarding and windsurfing.
Often referred to as the 'end of the world', the city of Ushuaia sits at the very south of Argentina and the continent of South America. As the port for many Antarctica cruises and the gateway for those visiting Tierra del Fuego National Park, Ushuaia is the starting point for many incredible, once-in-a-lifetime adventures. However, there is plenty to keep you in Ushuaia itself. The area is picturesque to say the least, combining views of majestic mountains, dense forests and vast sea, facing out towards the legendary Beagle Channel. A city tour will take you to what used to be the most southern prison holding the most dangerous prisoners transferred from Buenos Aires, which has now been transformed into a museum. It's also possible to enjoy hiking, sailing, skiing, kayaking, and drinking in the world's southernmost brewery – all accompanied with magnificent views.
Mar del Plata is a favourite with both tourists and Argentines alike with city dwellers from Buenos Aires escaping the heat of the capital for this beautiful beach destination. Due to its popularity the beaches can get slightly overcrowded so if possible arrange your visit for the weekday. Or make the trek to Waikiki beach on the outskirts to enjoy smaller crowds than those found at Punta Iglesia and Playa Grande. The city has historic charm, retaining some of the glamour from its days as a seaside resort in the 1920s and '30s. If you are here outside of the summer months there is still plenty to do. Visit the Museo del Mar with its huge collection of seashells, the museum of natural science, the aquarium and the zoo for an insight into the marine life and wildlife of Argentina. Head out on a DIY walking tour, wandering down the streets lined with historic homes and beautiful architecture from the Victorian times. And get your culture fix with tickets to a tango show.
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Cordoba brings together the old and the new to create a diverse part of Argentina that is fascinating to explore. Argentina's second largest city was awarded Cultural Capital of the Americas back in 2006. It's known for its Spanish colonial architecture. One of the best examples is the Manzana Jesuítica, a 17th century complex with cloisters, churches and the original campus of the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, one of South America's first universities. Cordoba is also home to Argentina's oldest church, the Cathedral of Cordoba, which has beautiful baroque and neoclassical architecture. Once the day comes to a close, head out to experience the new part of Cordoba. Dine in the trendy neighbourhood of Guemes before visiting the popular bars along the canal and dancing the tango till the early hours in the nightclubs.
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The Morning Benders New Video, Album, and Label
by Nick Wong
Yours Truly Presents: The Morning Benders "Excuses" from Yours Truly on Vimeo.
Berkeley's own the morning benders recently recorded a video of a live performance of their song "Excuses"with The Big Echo Orchestra, which is comprised of Bay Area musicians like John Vanderslice, The Mumlers, and Girls. This is a song off their upcoming album, BIG ECHO, which will be their first album on their new label, Rough Trade. The new album is set to hit stores of March 9, which will be followed by a cross-country tour with a stop in the Bay Area on March 30 at The Independent.
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Q: Why entity cannot be found if I did detach after persist I have Stateless Session Bean with Container-Managed Transactions. I want to return unmanaged entity after create (persist) it in a database. That's how I do it:
@Stateless
public class MyBean {

   @EJB(name="MyController")
   private MyController myController;

   public MyEntity create(MyEntity entity) {
      //...
      myController.create(entity);
      myController.preTransfer(entity);
      return entity;
   }
}

@Stateless
public class MyController {

   @PersistenceContext(unitName = "myPU")
   private EntityManager em;

   public void create(MyEntity entity) {
      //...
      em.persist(entity);
   }

   public void preTransfer(MyEntity entity) {
       if (em.contains(entity)) {
           em.detach(entity);
       }
       //...
   }
}

I call MyBean.create, entity successfully persisted and MyBean.create return unmanaged entity, that's ok. But next time when I try retrieve this entity by id, it can't be found. If I comment detach, entity can be found, but MyBean.create return managed entity in that case. Where I am wrong ?

A: The javadoc of EntityManager.detach states:

Unflushed changes made to the entity if any (including removal of the
  entity), will not be synchronized to the database

So you're persisting it, then detaching it. But the operations associated to persist have not been flushed yet, and the entity is thus not saved to the database.
Why do you want to detach it? As soon as the transaction is ended, it will be detached automatically.

A: Amending JB's answer: you could as well use clean, standard mechanism, without forcing the container to detach or flush explicitly:
@Stateless
public class MyController {

    @TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.REQUIRES_NEW)
    public MyEntity create(MyEntity entity) {
       //...
       em.persist(entity);
       return entity;
    }
}

You'll get a detached entity as a result.


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See Niagara Falls from both the American side and the Canadian side, while the Rockies also spill over into Canada from the USA. Head further north in Canada to see polar bears in Manitoba, and go on magical snow-filled adventures in a real-life Narnia. Hike through pristine, secluded landscapes where mountains drop down to secluded beaches and inky blue seas. Tour the scenic vineyards of Quebec, live like a cowboy in Calgary, see elk and moose roam the plains, and watch the spectacular caribou (reindeer) migration in Atlantic Canada.
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The first round of tests were concerning, so this angiogram It could be as simple as false readings on the first tests, all the way to major trouble requiring surgery.
Hope's a young woman, in her 30s I'm sure. Please hold her in your prayers. Update will be posted as soon as I have one.
I don't understand why some people simply Do Not Get It.
God bless our dear friends at Belmont Abbey for taking this stand. Pray for the College President and for Abbot Placid as they face a whole lot of heat from an anti-Christian world.
And check the archives for my visit to Belmont!
Hank entered into Eternity late in the afternoon, Wednesday, February 13. His wife of 56 years was with him, and she told me it was a gentle, peaceful passing.
I've watched Dorris over several months, and it has seemed to me she has been growing in radiance and peace. Hank's health had not been good for a long time, and he'd suffered quite a bit. Anxiety had taken a toll on her. But recently, the lines in her face have smoothed out and her smile has been sweeter and her countenance, also. It has seemed as if she'd taken on a literal glow.
This is an amazing gift of Grace, to be carried in such a way.
I have to confess, though, that I envy her even this pain. Dorris has had a privilege I covet – of being able to serve, in such full self-donation, a man she loves, of literally handing him to the Father in those final instants of his earthly life. As much as she misses him, as hard as the days ahead will be, there is still something precious that she has given of herself that any woman would want to be able to give the one she loves.
Doin' the Happy Dance – well, my heart is; my knees simply will not cooperate. I'm afraid I'm looking at surgery – will have to see an orthopedist when my financial aid disbursements roll in.
My first three courses arrived on Wednesday, and I've listened to the first two lectures in all three and begun reading the assignments in Plato's Republic and in Henri de Lubac's (the very name has me in awe) The Splendor of the Church.
Poetry in a theology class!
Which got me thinking – and of course poetry belongs in a theology class. Theology is poetry, the only possible medium for speaking of the Eternal, the Ideal, the Beautiful, the Ineffible. Prose is the language of pragmatic things, the delineations of rules, regulations, and measures. Only Poetry can move beyond the practical to the glories of the Mysteries of vast, eternal things.
I've now got a new medium for reading the Catechism (required in two of my courses- Theology of the Church and Sacraments) – although that great work is arranged in Paragraphs, it is no more Prose than Aquinas' Corpus Christi hymns; it is Poetry, through and through. And suddenly it is ever so much friendlier to my heart.
Name Meme – Thanks, Angela!
3. At the end of your blog post, you need to tag one person for each letter of your middle name.
H-Happy – yes, I really am!
Do I really have to tag FIVE PEOPLE????
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? You betcha!
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM ALOT? publicly or privately? – not much in public.
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? NO – HELL, NO!
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? not physically, but emotionally I thin I'm too strong.
25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Yes – and have for a long time!
35. HUGS OR KISSES? from whom? Frankly, I suspect I've forgotten how to kiss….. sigh.
39. Which book are you reading now? Plato's Republic. Yes, it's for school.
41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT? I can't watch tv right now – broken remote so can't get the one channel I receive here.
44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Monterey, CA.
45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I don't know what it is – all my talents are shared with so many people….
Like one of my email friends said, Ash Wednesday has "snook up" on me, too. I still have Christmas music rolling around in my mind, it seems, and here, today, we begin the hymns of penance and sorrow for our sins.
Just what I don't want to do: pray for other people! I'd much rather wallow in the self-indulgence of my own disappointment than take my eyes off myself and look at the sorrows of others! I want their prayers, not to exert myself for them!
It's cute and clever to joke about giving up chocolate for Lent, but the real issue is the one I've been confronting this whole past week: self-denial, not in petty indulgences like chocolate, but in real issues of egotism and selfishness.
Thankfully, I've begun spiritual direction from a retired priest settled in this area. Fr. John has recommended I begin with reading St. Augustine, and so I've dug out the Confessions for my Lenten devotional reading. I loved Augustine when I was in college, twenty years ago. I'll ask him, when I see him next week, about St. Francis de Sales, whose Introduction to the Devout Life had caused me to seek him out in the first place.
I know, too, that during this Lenten season I shall have to take a deep breath and pay a visit to a couple of the more difficult and unpleasant people in my life. I've been procrastinating for so long, they may throw me out of the house before I can do more than say hello. I shall try not to take personally, or hold a grudge against, any ugliness that might arise in the course of our time together.


Huntington Metro Kiwanis recognized nineteen fourth-grade students from Andrews, Flint Springs, Huntington Catholic, Lancaster, Lincoln, Northwest, Roanoke and Salamonie schools at their Terrific Kids Night, April 23. Terrific stands for thoughtful, enthusiastic, respectful, responsible, inclusive, friendly, inquisitive and capable.
The students honored were selected by their teachers on the basis of outstanding performance and improvement in grades, homework and citizenship. They were honored with dinner, a certificate and bumper stickers.
The students honored were Kylie Gamlin, Ava Scheiber and Hannah Leonard from Andrews. Also honored were Hunter Bickel, Layla Ambriole and Clara Beeks from Flint Springs. Ava Snyder from Huntington Catholic was honored along with Keegan Brosz and Lucie Smith from Lancaster.
Carson Eckert, Hope Griffey, Alexis Shaw and Caedmon Roth were honored from Lincoln. Vanessa Sturzen and Brooke Hamming from Northwest received honors. Cohen Endsley and Cadence DeCamp from Roanoke along with Hailey Pursifull and Keaton James from Salamonie were all honored.
Also attending were teachers and principals to include Amy Rudolf, Rebecca Carmien, Teresa Johnson and Jamie Stevens from Andrews. Janette Buzzard, Kerri Landrum, Jill Webb and Aimee Lunsford attended from Flint Springs and Jacqueline Thomas from Huntington Catholic.
Holly Perrone and Kayla Whitacre attended from Lancaster and Rebecca Livingston, Nikka Palmer, Lori Kline and Carolyn Smith from Lincoln. Stan Sands and Caitlin Gault attended from Northwest and Kimberly Becker, Kristin May from Roanoke. Jordan Sanders and Bridget Swaidner attended from Salamonie.


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Study Reveals Shared Features Between Two Neurodegenerative Disorders
By Sarah Plumridge on	 Apr 26, 2017
Scientists observed impaired lysosomal protease activity in cells from people carrying the GRN mutation.
A new study published in Science Translational Medicine shows that a neurodegenerative syndrome in older adults called frontotemporal dementia (FTD) shares several fundamental features with a different neurodegenerative disease usually seen in children, called neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL).
Both of these diseases are caused by mutations in the GRN gene, with FTD occurring with only one functional copy of the GRN gene, while NCL, a lysosomal storage disease, occurs with mutations in both copies of the gene.
Through imaging techniques and analyses of postmortem tissues, the scientists demonstrated that NCL-like features could occur in some patients with FTD, before dementia onset.
Marsel Mesulam, MD, director of the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center and chief of Behavioral Neurology in the Department of Neurology, and Eileen Bigio, MD, Paul E. Steiner Research Professor of Pathology, were co-authors on the study.
The scientists used non-invasive retinal imaging of living pre-symptomatic adults carrying the mutation. In this group of carriers, the scientists found preclinical retinal degeneration including lipofuscin (lipid-containing residues) deposits and retinal thinning.
Furthermore, by analyzing postmortem tissues from patients with FTD, they found increased lipofuscin deposits and NCL-like storage material deposits.
The scientists also studied two types of cells from carriers of the gene, lymphoblasts and fibroblasts. They observed accumulated NCL-like storage material in lymphoblasts and impaired lysosomal protease activity in fibroblasts.
According to the scientists, these findings indicate that only one functional copy of the GRN gene in patients can cause accumulation of NCL-like storage material and early retinal abnormalities, suggesting that these lysosomal dysfunctions represent the same disease processes in both FTD and NCL.
This study was funded by National Institutes of Health grants K08EY023610, R01AG036884, R01AG051390, R01NS098516, AG023501 and AG19724; Bluefield Foundation, American Brain Foundation; That Man May See grants AW141505 and AW121324; Research to Prevent Blindness; National Eye Institute grants PAR 13-269; Consortium for Frontotemporal Dementia Research; VA Merit Awards I01 RX002133 and I01 BX001108; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke R01NS073813; Alzheimer's Disease Center grant P30 A.13854 and P30 AG13854; Philippe Foundation; and National Multiple Sclerosis Society grant FG 20102-A-1.
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Sarah Plumridge
Sarah Plumridge is a content specialist in the Office of Communications. She writes and takes photos for news stories covering education and alumni affairs, as well as research. She studied biology and studio arts at the University of Rochester and completed her master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. s-plumridge@northwestern.edu
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Wales has some of the finest produce in the World, here's our top 5 that should be on your shopping list.
The Welsh landscape reflects the fresh, flavoursome quality of the food and drink produced here in Wales. From kitchen staples like Glengettie Tea that's been enjoyed in Wales for generations to brand new juice brand Get Wonky that's taking on the drinks industry by creating an eco-conscious product from unwanted fruit and vegetables. Our food producers know what they are doing by creating unique products that are intrinsically linked to Wales.
So next time you're filling your basket look out for one of our hot picks.
Get Wonky is a Welsh juice company based in Cardiff that makes its drinks from wonky or misshapen fruit.
It started when co-founder Maciek Kacprzyk discovered that over 4 million apples are thrown away every day in the UK. With his partner Karina Sudenyte began making juice, using packaging made from recycled glass. The drinks don't require refrigeration, and the business model supports growers whose produce can't reach the exacting aesthetic demands laid out by supermarkets.
Making the most of nature's bounty, Conwy Mussels are known for their colourful shells and rich tasting meat, all sustainably hand-raked from the seabed for their distinctive quality.
The North Wales mussel industry has been around for over 200 years and despite competition from dredged and rope grown mussels, Conwy continue to hand-rake wild mussels from small wooden boats, a skill passed down for generations.
From the heart of the Valleys, Cwm Rhondda Ales are a true taste of Wales with a great range of craft beers made from natural Welsh spring water and locally sourced hops and barley.
The unique taste and quality stands out from the crowded market of mass produced bland beers and you'll taste the rugged Welsh landscape in every drop.
Brewed at over 1500 feet at the family's mountain farm in the Rhondda Valley, the Jones family are rightly proud of their ales which are made using traditional methods and botted by hand.
There's an amazing selection of ales, with something for everyone whatever your taste including Afon Aur and Pit Head, two fresh golden ales, Boyo and Tommy Box are slightly fruity. For the more adventurous there's Shwmae But which is brewed with hints of coffee and chocolate.
Glengettie Tea has a distinct flavour that Welsh people love, this is partially due to the fact that it was especially developed over 50 years ago to complement the water in Wales. When we want a nice refreshing cuppa we reach for the Glengettie because nothing else quite compares.
The range has something for everyone including loose leaf and decaf. The award winning gold is the finest blend, full of flavour, bright in colour and smooth in taste, this tea is the perfect premium cuppa.
Glengettie Tea is available in all major supermarkets across Wales and continues to be one of the best-selling teas in the country, made just for us!
Gareth Roberts and his family have been producing yogurt from Tal y Bryn Farm in the small village of Llannefydd overlooking the North Wales coast since the 80s.
Perfecting the recipe along the way, Llaeth y Llan is now the best yogurt you will ever taste, produced right here in Wales. There's a great range of flavours including blackcurrant, mandarin and pineapple, all rich and creamy, bursting with fresh goodness (the banana is our family's favourite).
The small pots are ideal for kids lunch boxes and you know by putting a pot of Llaeth y Llan in they are getting lots of healthy, immune boosting probiotics that will set them up for the day.


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Q: Merging devices in Windows 7 Devices and Printers My company makes a product that includes both a display and a USB input device. Right now they show up as two separate icons in Devices and Printers, and we'd obviously like them to be exposed as one.
According to the documentation at MSDN, the way to do this is to provide a ContainerID through one means or another, but display devices are not mentioned at all. Does anyone have an idea how to manage the ContainerID of a display device?

A: According to someone at Microsoft, this is currently not possible:
http://www.osronline.com/showthread.cfm?link=195254

A: http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2010/03/02/windows-7-where-are-my-printers.aspx
fix. but it's aesthetic anyway, if you right-click the printer and hover over properties, you can choose props for each individual printer, and they're seperately selectable in printer choice drop-downs, such as in word > file/ribbon > Print [choose either & go].
But either way, if you're after a fix, the link is above.


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Working Together All 17 Newspaper Editorial Boards
Vote, Please
By A.T. On November 2, 2010
HEY – LOOK AT THE RECORD!
Rachel Maddow video-lists the record of the Democrats so far, here. If you are a consumer, an investor, an environmentalist, a student, a parent, a patient, a senior, a credit card holder, a woman, a veteran, or gay, it's been a pretty good 21 months.
(To all my LGBT friends who believe we should have gotten way more than all this: you're right. But the primary obstacle has been the Republican Party that votes against it all.)
Watch the segment and then go out and vote.
HEY – LOOK AT THESE REPUBLICANS!
David Stockman, President Reagan's budget director, says all the Bush tax cuts should be eliminated – even those on the middle class. And he says his own Republican Party has gone too far with its anti-tax religion. "It's rank demagoguery," he told 60 Minutes' Lesley Stahl. "We should call it for what it is. If these people were all put into a room on penalty of death to come up with how much they could cut, they couldn't come up with $50 billion, when the problem is $1.3 trillion. So, to stand before the public and rub raw this anti-tax sentiment, the Republican Party, as much as it pains me to say this, should be ashamed of themselves."
Tomorrow, or soon: another speculative biotech basket. (But only if you vote the right way.)


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More info on Green Mansions
Principal characters
Film, TV, theatrical and comic book adaptations
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Green Mansions: Wikis
Categories: British novels adapted into films > British romance novels > 1904 novels
Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest
First edition cover of Green Mansions
William Henry Hudson
Duckworth & Co.
Print (Hardcover and paperback)
ISBN 0-486-25993-5 (recent edition)
OCLC Number
823/.8 20
LC Classification
PR6015.U23 G7 1989
For the 1959 Audrey Hepburn film of this title, see Green Mansions (film).
Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest (1904) is an exotic romance by William Henry Hudson about a traveller to the Guyana jungle of southeastern Venezuela and his encounter with a forest dwelling girl named Rima.
1 Principal characters
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Nuflo
Cla-Cla
Kua-Ko
Prologue: An unnamed narrator tells how he befriended an old "Spanish" gentleman who never spoke of his past. Piqued, the narrator finally elicits the story.
Venezuela, c. 1840. Abel, a young man of wealth, fails at a revolution and flees Caracas into the uncharted forests of Guyana. Surviving fever and hostile Indian attacks, failing at journal-keeping and gold hunting, he settles in an Indian village to waste away his life: playing guitar for old Cla-Cla, hunting badly with Kua-Ko, telling stories to the children. After some exploring, Abel discovers an enchanting forest where he hears a strange bird-like singing. His Indian friends avoid the forest because of its evil spirit-protector, "the Daughter of the Didi." Persisting in the search, Abel finally finds Rima the Bird Girl. She has dark hair, a smock of spider webs, and can communicate with birds in an unknown tongue. When she shields a coral snake, Abel is bitten and falls unconscious.
Abel awakens in the hut of Nuflo, an old man who protects his "granddaughter" Rima, and won't reveal her origin. As Abel recovers, Rima leads him through the forest, and Abel wonders about her identity and place of origin. Abel returns to the Indians, but relations become icy, because they would kill Rima, if they could. Rima often speaks of her dead mother, who was always depressed. Abel falls in love with Rima, but she (17 and a stranger to white men) is confused by "odd feelings". This relationship is further strained because Abel cannot speak her unknown language.
Atop Ytaiao Mountain, Rima questions Abel about "the world" known and unknown, asking him if she was unique and alone? Abel sadly reveals that it is true. However, when he mentions the storied mountains of Riolama, Rima perks up. It turns out that "Riolama" is her real name. Nuflo must know where Riolama is, so a wroth Rima demands Nuflo to guide her to Riolama under threats of eternal damnation from her sainted mother. Old, guilty and religious, Nuflo caves in to the pressure. Abel pays a last visit to the Indians, but they capture him as a prisoner, suspecting that he is a spy for an enemy tribe or consorts with demons. Abel manages to escape and return to Rima and Nuflo. The three then trek to distant Riolama. Along the way, Nuflo reveals his past, and Rima's origin.
Seventeen years ago, Nuflo led bandits who preyed on Christians and Indians. Eventually, forced to flee to the mountains, they found a cave to live in. Hiding in the cave was a strange woman speaking a bird-like language. She was to be Rima's mother (never named). Nuflo assumed the woman was a saint sent to save his soul. Nuflo left the bandits and carried Rima's mother, now crippled for life, to Voa, a Christian community, to deliver Rima. Rima and her mother talked in their magical language for seven years, until Mother wasted away in the dampness and died. As contrition, Nuflo brought Rima to the drier mountains. The local Indians found her queer, and resented how she chased off game animals, and therefore tried to kill her. A mis-shot dart killed an Indian, and they fled Rima's "magic".
In the cave, Rima is eager to enter Riolama valley. Abel reveals sad news: her mother left because nothing remained. She belonged to a gentle, vegetarian people without weapons, who were wiped out by Indians, plague and other causes. Rima is indeed unique and alone. Rima is saddened but suspected it: her mother was always depressed. Now she decides to return to the forest and prepare a life for herself and Abel. She flits away, leaving Abel to fret as he and Nuflo walk home, delayed by rain and hunger. They return to find the forest silent, Nuflo's hut burned down, and Indians hunting game. Abel, exhausted, is again taken prisoner, but isn't killed, as he quickly makes a vow to go to war against the enemy tribe. On the war trail, he drops hints about Rima and her whereabouts. Kua-Ko explains how, thanks to Abel's "bravery", the Indians dared enter the forbidden forest. They caught Rima in the open, chased her up the giant tree. They heaped brush underneath it and burned Rima.
Abel kills Kua-Ko and runs to the enemy tribe, sounding the alarm. Days later he returns. All his Indian friends are dead. He finds the giant tree burned, and collects Rima's ashes in a pot. Trekking homeward, despondent and hallucinating, Abel is helped by Indians and Christians until he reaches the sea, sane and healthy again. Now an old man, his only ambition is to be buried with Rima's ashes. Reflecting back, he knows neither God nor man can forgive his sins, but that gentle Rima would, provided he has forgiven himself.
Hudson based Rima and her lost tribe on persistent rumors about a tribe of white people who lived in the mountains. Temple paintings often showed light-skinned people, and Spanish Conquistadors were at first thought to be gods. Green Mansions also features some cryptozoological concepts such as Curupita Curupira and Didi purportedly representing giant apes unknown by science.
Many authors of the time also recounted "lost worlds" and "lost tribes", the most successful being Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard. Hudson's book has endured as literature because of its evocative and lyrical prose, and his naturalist's keen vision of the jungle.
Rima also exemplifies the "natural man", a philosophical notion put forth by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and others, that someone raised away from corrupting civilization would be naturally pure of heart and attuned to their environment. Tarzan, raised by apes, and Mowgli, raised by wolves, are Rima's literary cousins. In the Classics Illustrated comic book adaptation, the editor wonders if Hudson took inspiration for Rima's people - older, gentler, vegetarian, woods-dwelling - from legends of elves.
The title may spring from the Bible quote, "In my Father's house are many mansions," (John 14:2), implying the pristine forest is a natural and sacred cathedral.
The plot of the book resembles that in Hudson's earlier novel A Crystal Age.
In 1937, Louis Gruenberg (1884-1964) composed a radio opera Green Mansions, which used a musical saw in the score.
In 1951, Gilberton Publishing released a comic book adaptation of Green Mansions as issue number 90 in their Classics Illustrated series. Direct quotes from the novel were used. In this adaptation Rima is blonde. The art was by Alex Blum, who drew many other issues of the Classics Illustrated series.[1]
In 1959, the book was adapted into a movie, also entitled Green Mansions, starring Audrey Hepburn as Rima, with Anthony Perkins as Abel. The film, which was directed by Hepburn's husband, Mel Ferrer, was a critical and box office failure.
In the early 1970s, one of the more unusual adaptations of Green Mansions occurred when DC Comics launched the comic book Rima the Jungle Girl, featuring the title character recast as a Sheena-like action hero. This version of the character later appeared on the animated TV series Super Friends.
Rima the Jungle Girl returns to the DC Universe in a new pulp-era comic debuting in 2010 entitled First Wave. Rima will be portrayed as a South American native with piercings and tattoos, who doesn't speak, but communicates in bird-like whistles.
Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest at Project Gutenberg
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Atop Ytaiao Mountain, Rima questions Abel about "the world" known and unknown, asking him if she was unique and alone. Abel sadly reveals that it is true. However, when he mentions the storied mountains of Riolama, Rima perks up. It turns out that "Riolama" is her real name. Nuflo must know where Riolama is, so a wroth Rima demands Nuflo to guide her to Riolama under threats of eternal damnation from her sainted mother. Old, guilty and religious, Nuflo caves in to the pressure. Abel pays a last visit to the Indians, but they capture him as a prisoner, suspecting that he is a spy for an enemy tribe or consorts with demons. Abel manages to escape and return to Rima and Nuflo. The three then trek to distant Riolama. Along the way, Nuflo reveals his past, and Rima's origin.
Abel kills Kua-Ko and runs to the enemy tribe, sounding the alarm. Days later he returns. All his Indian friends are dead. He finds the giant tree burned, and collects Rima's ashes in a pot. Trekking homeward, despondent and hallucinating, Abel is helped by Indians and Christians until he reaches the sea, sane and healthy again. Now an old man, his only ambition is to be buried with Rima's ashes. Reflecting back, he believes neither God nor man can forgive his sins, but that gentle Rima would, provided he has forgiven himself.
Many authors of the time also recounted "lost worlds" and "lost tribes", the most successful being H. Rider Haggard, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard. Hudson's book has endured as literature because of its evocative and lyrical prose, and his naturalist's keen vision of the jungle.
Rima also exemplifies the "natural man", a philosophical notion put forth by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and others, that someone raised away from corrupting civilization would be naturally pure of heart and attuned to their environment. Tarzan, raised by apes, and Mowgli, raised by wolves, are Rima's literary cousins. In the Classics Illustrated comic book adaptation, the editor wonders if Hudson took inspiration for Rima's people – older, gentler, vegetarian, woods-dwelling - from legends of elves.
In 1937, Louis Gruenberg (1884–1964) composed a radio opera Green Mansions, which used a musical saw in the score.
In 1951, Gilberton Publishing released a comic book adaptation of Green Mansions as issue number 90 in their Classics Illustrated series. Direct quotes from the novel were used. In this adaptation Rima is blonde. The art was by Alex Blum, who drew many other issues of the Classics Illustrated series.
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Sadly, the me-generation of the seventies and eighties and beyond, so concerned with its "life-style," has yet to discover that Christianity is psychologically much more sophisticated in its insistence that paradoxically one finds oneself when one loses oneself, and that narcissism inevitably leads to selfish egotism. As I encounter others, they become mirrors for me in which I may more clearly see myself. Medieval and Renaissance Man had no problem understanding that we know ourselves only in humanity, and life teaches us what that is. Action is needed to affect the world and in turn let the world affect us. In other words, we can never know ourselves directly by contemplating our navel in a lotus position. The process of self-knowledge begins with a detour, via and encounter with history. The basic reason for this detour is that we are never "objects" of knowledge, not even of self-knowledge.
Only free beings can understand other free beings. We understand ourselves only in as much as we attempt to understand others. Which is to say, the world is a macrocosmic reflection of me and I am a microcosmic reflection of the world; the inner and the outer are analogous. I receive self-awareness by encounter with the world. This is particularly true of the world of history which as the human sphere is my direct analogue. Even more simply expressed, my life-history reflects the history of human-kind. Only thus can the Bible or others' autobiographies have anything to say to me personally. Vico for one wrote his autobiography with such an hermeneutical principle in mind.
It should be stressed here that this Vichian understanding of one's humanity as grounded in historical reality is very important in the writing of a human history, i.e., in the writing of what Man has achieved in the world, be it the history of science, or of art, or of law, or of any other cultural artifact. In other words, when an author writes such a history he has to keep in mind that in relation to history Man cannot document himself as a mere object. As an historical being I am constantly included in my understanding of history.
We experience ourselves only by the detour of encounter with history, but the opposite is also true: we experience history only by the detour of self-understanding. That is the Vichian hermeneutical circle. As Vico himself aptly puts it: while it is true that Man makes history, it is also true that history makes Man. The way I see myself is influenced by the course of history. Such a course may produce a Hegel with the vision of Man as a spiritual being, or a Marx with the vision of Man as constituted by economics. These pre-judgments are practically inevitable for they are directed by Man's understanding of himself.
The understanding of history can never be "presuppositionless." When the historian claims that he has broken free from the presuppositions of his self-awareness, he is no longer viewing human history but a degenerated form of pseudo-nature. Only as a bearer of freedom can the historian understand history as the sphere of freedom. But that freedom ought not be understood as an abstract kind of "choice." "Pro choice" by itself is a meaningless statement, for choice always implies commitment to something. Choice without responsibility and commitment transforms freedom into license. Confusion about this important distinction abounds in so called free democratic societies, but calling ourselves free ought to mean an ability to pursue a goal, to actualize ourselves by grasping our destiny as humans, for in the final analysis, what we know or don't know of our nature and the goals of such a nature inevitably affects the way we view and interpret other people and even history as a whole.
As an historical being the author of a human history has to bring himself to the understanding of history. Many scientists find this kind of Vichian hermeneutics uncongenial. They shun it since their pride and joy is Cartesian rationalism in tandem with a condescending attitude toward what is alleged to be a "retrograde and primitive" mytho-poetic mentality steeped in magic (usually understood as mere superstition) and religion. They have no use for authors such as Nikolai Berdyaev who always keep in mind the non-objectifiable element of freedom in history and present myth as a deeper reconstruction of life; for indeed myth grasps a dimension of human life that is simply inaccessible to an objective scientific study.
An exclusively objective kind of history is inconceivable, for there will always be a need for mystification, a longing for worlds beyond that secretively direct things. That longing derives from the fact that the subjects are included in the history they seek to know and, unless they are mere robots with no feelings and emotions, they are bound to feel and disclose the historical in themselves. Berdyaev for one points out that penetrating the depths of the ages means to penetrate the depths of the self.
As Vico has well taught us, history presents itself from within by recollection of the origin, goal and meaning of our existence. He was the very first philosopher in the West to understand, way ahead of Cassirer, that myth forms an element in all historical interpretation, and that it a nefarious intellectual habit to pose the dichotomy of poetic myth and "objective" history. It is that false dichotomy that renders many modern history textbooks distasteful to most young students. They have intuited that those texts which present themselves as "scientific" fail to grasp the understanding subjects share non-objectively in historical understanding; that the author and the students of history too are integral part of history; that behind the illusion of complete unbiased documentation there is a human being who is also concerned at some level with actualizing meaning of some kind. The mere writing of a history text points to it. And meaning relates to the totality of being.
Indeed, in all historical understanding of details a preliminary attempt is made to grasp the whole of history and its meaning. Willy nilly, these subjects who choose what they deem important out of the millennial vortex of history, are involved in an "act of faith" which cannot be objectively explained as is the case in science. We will return to the exploration of this bottom rock "act of faith" on the part of science. For the moment we can confidently assert that since Vico's speculation on history the investigation of human existence and its history in the sense of objective science is no longer feasible and that moreover human existence as a whole is subject to the Vichian hermeneutical law of understanding. In other words, from Vico on human existence has to be disclosed by way of understanding rather than by way of explanation. It is here that historicism touches the circle of science. Science, on the other hand, in touching the circle of history has to grasp that we can understand humanity and its history only in a venture. Individually, this courage for venturing on a journey of self-knowledge and actualization of meaning can be drawn from the basic realization that the secret of humanity is also our own secret.


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by Gregg Shapiro
Tuesday August 4, 2020
It's been 35 years since Indigo Girls released their first single (feel old yet?). By 1987 they were signed to a major label and released their full-length debut album. However, it wasn't until the Indigo Girls eponymous 1989 album (the one with "Closer to Fine" on it) that they fully connected with the people who would become their devoted audience.
Arriving five years after the Indigo Girls' previous studio album, Look Long (Rounder) continues the musical tradition that Amy Ray and Emily Saliers established all those years ago. The successful formula includes the duo's blend of modern Americana pop on songs including the title tune, "Country Radio," "When We Were Writers" and "Sorrow and Joy," and memorable rockers such as "Change My Heart," "Shit Kickin'" and "Favorite Flavor," all with an eye towards social commentary.
You'll be hard-pressed to find an album more gorgeous than Our Two Skins (Jagjaguwar), the second by queer singer/songwriter Gordi (aka Sophia Payten), this year. Soul-baring album opener "Aeroplane Bathroom" alone, about getting your "shit together" in the tightest of spaces, is simply exquisite. The same can be said for "Radiator" (which recalls early Rickie Lee Jones), "Look Like You" and "Volcanic."
Even when she picks up the pace, as she does on "Free Association," "Unready," "Sandwiches" and "Extraordinary Life," Gordi keeps the gorgeous in her sights. Be sure to listen for the opening and closing of the door that brackets the album.
Expectations (Rounder), the debut album by young, lesbian singer/songwriter Katie Pruitt, is an admirable introduction to a talented artist. Fans of Brandi Carlile and Becca Mancari will connect with Pruitt's extraordinary and commanding vocal abilities as well as her way to draw in the listener with her personal lyric style. This is especially the case with the amazing "Georgia" ("There is a place past the Georgia pines/With people who welcome you with an open mind") as well as "Normal," "Loving Her" and "It's Always Been You."
Laura Lee, the out bassist in Khruangbin, continues to bring the flashback funk on Mordechai (Dead Oceans), the band's new album. "Time (You and I)" is a perfect recreation of seventies disco, something that would have packed the dancefloor at the Paradise Garage in the wee small hours of the morning. "Pelota" adds a distinctive Latin groove to the irresistible dance moves. "So We Won't Forget," "Connaissais De Face" and "If There Is No Question" should also keep listeners on their feet and dancing, but at a different pace.
The vocals by Kneepad Nikki of the trio Totally Fucking Gay are an acquired taste. There, I said it. Someone had to do it. The eight songs on Swallow Sperm are spoken/chanted over industrial rock arrangements. They are darkly humorous, occasionally erotic, but mostly unique and shocking observances you are not likely to hear anywhere else.
"Plenty of Gays Live in New York State" is sure to ruffle some feathers ("guys from New Jersey are too fat/Guys from Connecticut are too snooty/They refuse to give up the booty"). No one is safe, including men in Oklahoma and "Hollywood leading men," in "I Don't Know Anyone Who is Straight." Others getting called out include Morgan Freeman ("Butt Sex with Morgan Freeman") and Marilyn Manson ("Marilyn Manson I Will Suck Your Dick").
Peggy Lee was totally straight, but she was adored by the gays. Legendary female impersonator Jim Bailey included Lee in his act and gay writer James Gavin wrote her well-received bio Is That All There Is? Gay icon Madonna even covered one of Lee's trademark numbers, "Fever."
Born Norma Deloris Egstrom, Lee's centennial is being celebrated in 2020 (she died in 2002) and one of the best ways to get (re)acquainted is the newly released 22-track Ultimate Peggy Lee (Capitol/UMe). In addition to being a singular interpreter of other people's songs, such as the aforementioned "Fever," as well as "I'm A Woman," "Black Coffee," "Is That All There Is?," "The Folks Who Live on the Hill," and "Heart" (from Damn Yankees), Lee was also a sensational songwriter. Lee co-compositions "I Love Spending Time With You," "I Don't Know Enough About You," "It's Good Day," "He's A Tramp" (from Disney's Lady and the Tramp) and "Things Are Swingin'," also included here go a long way in emphasizing that fact.
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He is faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, and now we know that he is able to stand the test of time. It has been 75 years since Superman first flew onto the scene in April 1938 and in those years Superman has transcended the comic book medium and become one of the most recognizable pop culture icons.
Superman was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Schuster who at the time were high school students in Cleveland, Ohio. Superman was originally conceived as a comic strip villain, but they had difficulty selling the idea to newspapers at the time and eventually recreated the character as a colorful vigilante. Superman was the first superhero story to break through obscurity and quickly found fame in the issues of Action Comics.
"Up, Up, and Away" perfectly describes the sales of Action Comics after a few issues including Superman and it's no surprise that an icon inspiring hope soared during one of the more hopeless eras in our country's history. The Great Depression had swept the nation during the 1930s and Superman was an inspiration for many, as his early stories found him scolding corrupt businessmen and bringing them to justice.
As time went on Superman found new enemies in alien invaders and evil scientists while making friends with Amazonian princesses and men who dressed in bat suits. He was played on television by the likes of George Reeves in Adventures of Superman and Tom Welling in Smallville and jumped to the big screen in 1978 with Christopher Reeve and continues this year in Man of Steel with Henry Cavill. While every version brought their own take to the classic hero, he always kept his uncompromising belief in truth and justice and it's due to that key component that he has stood strong for these past 75 years.
His pure and righteous character is the archetype of what most people strive to become in their daily lives. His timeless persona is one that will never grow old as a role model like Superman is always relevant in the world. Superman as a character can be seen as hope personified and it's incredible to imagine that this entire legacy was created in the mind of a high-school student who looked to the skies and imagined a man who could fly.
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Solari had previously complained about his side having a day less rest than Barcelona ahead of the second leg of the semi-final, with his side set to take on Levante in La Liga on Sunday afternoon, while Barça played on Saturday. The cup tie is delicately poised, after the fierce adversaries played out a 1-1 draw at the Camp Nou in the first leg.
Speaking ahead of the clash, via Sport, Pique stoked up the rivalry between the two sides, mocking Solari's comments with a sly dig. He said: "The last time they (?Real) had one day more rest than us we won 5-1. I know they're looking forward to facing us. They will be really up for it but we will do everything possible to reach the cup final.
After ?defeating Sevilla in a 4-2 thriller on Saturday, ?Barcelona moved ten points clear at the top of ?La Liga. Los Blancos are currently 12 points off the pace, but could close the gap to nine points with a win at Levante. Solari's side have clearly not given up their hopes of catching Barça, and a couple of big wins over the Catalans would be a real boost to their chances.
Meanwhile, ?Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde branded club talisman Lionel Messi as the 'world's best', following their win over Sevilla. The Argentine ace bagged a 50th career hat-trick in the match, and his spellbinding performance saw his side come back from being 2-1 down at half-time to earn an emphatic victory.