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Enjoy all your favorite holiday songs from all the Motown Legends with Forever Motown on Friday, Dec. 9.. The Original Cast of Forever Motown in their rocking and rolling holiday special event with nine all-star performers featuring G.C. Cameron, former lead singer of The Spinners, Glenn Leonard, former lead singer of The Temptations, and Traci Robinson, former lead singer of The Marvelettes and an all-star band. This full stage production of the Fitchburg State University CenterStage arts and culture series.
Forever Motown will be presented at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9 in Weston Auditorium, 353 North St. Tickets are $28 for adults; $25 for seniors and Fitchburg State alumni and staff; and $5 for students and guests under 18. Tickets may be purchased online at https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/campus-life/arts-and-culture/centerstage or by calling the Weston Box Office at 978.665.3347. The box office is open from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday. CenterStage at Fitchburg State University
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BLO is pleased to support the premieres of 13 original classroom operas this spring through our Create Your Own Opera Partnership residency program in greater Boston area schools. Students have worked hard to write, compose, design, and produce their own operas.
In our fifth grade class we are doing an opera with the sixth grade. Our opera is about the Ten Mile Day of the transcontinental railroad. Before the transcontinental railroad was completed on May 10, 1869, there was no railroad that connected all the way across the country. You only could travel through the United States by foot, boat, or horse.
In our opera we have a teacher named Heather Gallagher who helps us to do the opera. Heather Gallagher is a professional award-winning opera performer, and a Resident Teaching Artist with the Boston Lyric Opera. In opera class, Heather helps us make a song for Lee Shao and Connor Kelly. We also learned some traditional Irish and American folk songs, and we learned the Chinese poem. Heather helped us put the Chinese poem in music rhythm in the Chinese family scene. Heather uses her opera and theater skills to make our scenes better.
A lighting designer came to school and taught our students to do lighting for our scenes in our opera. His name is Daniel H. Jentzen, who teaches Lighting Design at Boston Arts Academy. He has created lighting for over 500 plays, contests, and special events, including for Opera and the Walt Disney Corporation.
Mrs. Tabela went to a workshop where another BLO member, Raymond Reyes, taught teachers how to build set pieces called flats. Then Mr Campbell and Mrs.Tabela showed students how to do this work, and fifth and sixth grade students built a flat (a wooden frame for scenery) for our opera.
The three past Thursdays Mrs.Tabela taught a group of students how to sew together Chinese crew jackets. We also made cushions for the Chinese family scene. We got a costume for the Chinese mother and sewed a coat for the Chinese father. We are very happy that Heather and the BLO members came to teach us. We are glad that we learned a lot about the opera.
Learn more about Boston Lyric Opera's Create Your Own Opera Partnership here.


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I have developed a bit of an eye problem so I am going to try and stay off of the computer as much as possible for the next couple of days and see if resting it helps.
I do want to share the fact that as it is October I have finally had to accept the fact that fall is here, and so I am starting to add a little autumn decor.
Now maybe I should take this time away from the computer and add some more.
Oh rest those eyes! I'm enjoying my Fall decor! Love October!
Exquisite autumn photo! Take care of those eyes !
I hope your eye problem clears up, Laura. That is awful-we rely on our vision so much...and I know you are a very visual person.
Hope your eye is better soon, dear Laura. The flowers look great.
Autumn colors are my favorite colors but I haven't done a lot yet either. I'm doing some extra cleaning first....maybe I should decorate instead! Enjoy your week my friend! Hugs!
Take care, Laura. Your start on autumn decor is simply lovely. Enjoy your weekend.
This is my favorite time of year and I am so behind. Between unpacking and getting the house decorated and now doing fall I have much to catch up on. I figure it isn't a race and it will get done this weekend.


What can a nuclear physicist and a search for aliens teach us about finding love – and math? In every culture, virtually everyone on earth goes out looking for love. With seven billion other humans out there, how can love be so hard to find? Where is everybody? That's exactly what Enrico Fermi asked, except he was talking about alien life. With billions of stars and planets in the galaxy, 13 billion years should be plenty of time for an interstellar civilization to make its existence known.
In this episode of "It's Okay to Be Smart" from PBS Digital Studios, host Joe Hanson explores Fermi's paradox of why we haven't crossed paths with any extraterrestrials, and then uses Frank Drake's equation to estimate the number of civilizations that might exist in our galaxy. Finally, students meet a young lady named Ann and see if they can calculate how many special "someones" there might be out there for her.


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Q: encodings again I am trying to work with sqlite on python:
from pysqlite2 import dbapi2 as sqlite
con = sqlite.connect('/home/argon/super.db')
cur = con.cursor()
cur.execute('select * from notes')
for i in cur.fetchall():
    print i[2]

And I sometimes get something like this (I am from Russia):
Ответ etc...

And if I pass this string to this function(it helped me in other projects):
def unescape(text):
    def fixup(m):
        text = m.group(0)
        if text[:2] == "&#":
            # character reference
            try:
                if text[:3] == "&#x":
                    return unichr(int(text[3:-1], 16))
                else:
                    return unichr(int(text[2:-1]))
            except ValueError:
                pass
        else:
            # named entity
            try:
                text = unichr(htmlentitydefs.name2codepoint[text[1:-1]])
            except KeyError:
                pass
        return text # leave as is
    return re.sub("&#?\w+;", fixup, text)

I get even more weird result:
ÐÑвеÑиÑÑ Ñ ÑиÑиÑованием etc

What should I do to get normal Cyrillic symbols?

A: О looks like a UTF-8 byte pair for \xD0\x9E, or \u1054. Better known as the cyrillic character О (Capital O).
In other words, you have strangely encoded UTF-8 data on your hand. Turn the { digits into bytes (chr(208) would do) then decode from UTF-8:
>>> (chr(208) + chr(158)).decode('utf-8')
u'\u1054'
>>> print (chr(208) + chr(158)).decode('utf-8')
О
>>> print (chr(208) + chr(158) + chr(209) + chr(130) + chr(208) + chr(178)).decode('utf-8')
Отв

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Mainly sunny. High near 60F. Winds N at 10 to 20 mph..
Jim Wright a local business owner poses for a portrait in his office on Wednesday, May 25, 2017.
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Killeen businessman getting backlash online following Facebook post
A prominent Killeen businessman is receiving backlash online after he reposted a statement on Facebook littered with racial slurs last week.
Jim Wright, the owner of Jim Wright Company in Killeen, said he has received over 100 phone calls from people complaining about the post.
He said he did not intend for the post to be racist toward anyone. He said he apologized, and that if he could take it back he would.
"It was giving examples of racist words, not trying to be racist," Wright said.
The Jim Wright Company was established in 1974 in Killeen and operates in residential and commercial real estate development, including many rental properties.
The post asked, "why is it only whites can be racist?"
Wright said he did not mean to hurt anyone with the post and that about half of his staff are minorities, and he does not think they would call him a racist.
Jonathan Hildner is one of the founders of the Let's Move Killeen, which has organized community protests, and he provided comments over the phone on Friday.
"The issue is that it has been more than this post. The community reacted that they were not surprised by Wright's comments," Hildner said.
He also said what he thinks Wright could do following the post.
"I think at the very least he can come out with an official apology. I also think it's time that he shows his support in the Black and brown community," Hildner said.
TaNeika Driver-Moultrie, president of the Killeen branch of the NAACP, said in an email that she wanted to comment because Wright mentioned the NAACP.
"Jim needs to make a public apology - period. It's not an option. Regardless of what was meant, THAT is how it was taken - as racial comments toward the Black and Brown community that he lives in, that he works in and the people that he does business with and those that give their money to him. UNACCEPTABLE!"
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This is ludicrous. Jim Wright has been in business far too long dealing with and employing way too many people. You're not as successful as he is by not treating people the way they deserve to be treated.
Everything people say is being twisted to the advantage of every ethnic group with a perceived grievance.
It's time to quit caving in to the ruse of racism and return to the rule of law and common sense!
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Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania, by Adam Mickiewicz
It's the Polish national epic poem! Also the last great European epic poem, if you believe the comments. I guess there weren't a lot of epic poems written after 1834, so it's probably fair enough. It's twelve books long and was written in Polish alexandrines, but my translation is just prose. It ends up reading like a rather odd novel. Adam Mickiewicz was a poet and philosopher, and he was living in exile in Paris when he wrote this; otherwise the Russians would never have allowed it to be published. At the time of writing, Poland had been partitioned into three pieces and shared out between Russia, Prussia, and Austria, but the story takes place at a time when Napoleon had interrupted that partition and established a Duchy of Warsaw. Note, though, that the geographic area in the story is always called Lithuania. It's the name of the region, not of the country, and not political. It's confusing to a modern reader!
The story is set in 1811 (for five days) and 1812 (just two days). The background is that the Poles in a village in the Russian sector, oppressed by the Muscovites, are placing great hope in the imminent arrival of Napoleon's conquering army. They plan to join up, fight for Polish independence, and become part of a real Polish state. But in the foreground, we have two feuding families, the Horezkos and the Soplicas. Pan Tadeusz is the young heir to the Soplicas; his father, a famous fighter, is disgraced and missing. Zosia is a maiden of the Horezko family. Their union would end the feud, but meanwhile everybody wants to fight the Russians.
The poem starts off small and focused, and with every book, the scope becomes larger. We start at a farm, move to a castle, then the village, and a battle, until the fate of all Poland is involved. In 1811, in just a few days, Tadeusz arrives, inspires a real fight between the families, and falls for Zosia (after some mis-steps). Everybody is dying to fight the Russians and they all go off sort of half-cocked for a small battle -- "the last foray in Lithuania." After things calm down a bit, Tadeusz and Zosia are betrothed, and off he goes to the wars. A year later, they celebrate the marriage with great hopes for the future, but portents show that it's not going to be that way.
All things Polish and homely are celebrated; this is an early example of the nationalism that grew in European nations in the 19th century, starting off with folk music and literature, and which quite soon turned into ethnic hatred. At one point, Tadeusz chastises the fashionably Italian-minded Count:
Is not our honest birch tree fairer, which is like a village woman weeping for her son, or a widow for her husband, who wrings her hands and lets fall over her shoulders to the ground the stream of her loose tresses? Mute with grief, how eloquently she sobs with her form! Count, if you are in love with painting, why do you not paint our own trees, among which you are sitting?
The Pole, though famous among the nations because he loves his native land more than life, is nevertheless always prepared to abandon it, and to travel to the ends of the earth, to live long years in poverty and contempt, struggling with men and with fate -- so long as amid the storm there shines upon him this hope, that he is serving the Fatherland.
And of course nationalism had to involve a whole lot of anti-Semitism; Pan Tadeusz certainly has a bit of that too, mostly in using common idioms. Then there are local Jews in the story, who are sometimes treated with fondness and respect, but always as strangers and not-Poles. (The illustration above is of the wedding party, where Zosia begs the elderly Jew Jankiel to play the dulcimer for her.)
This is one of those books that has inspired a whole constellation of things without you ever knowing about it until you read it and discover. The story of Pan Tadeusz has been illustrated and painted many times. There was a movie made in 1999, which I would very much like to see! There is a Pan Tadeusz vodka, a play, and everything else.
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Arizona State football preview: Game-by-game…
Pac-12 team previews: Muddled South division creates opportunity for Arizona State (game-by-game predictions)
ASU must take the next step under Herm Edwards before momentum fades
By Jon Wilner | San Jose Mercury News
PUBLISHED: August 15, 2019 at 12:09 pm | UPDATED: August 15, 2019 at 12:26 pm
One nugget on Arizona State not mentioned below, but potentially significant to the end-game, is the shift in the cross-division schedule rotation.
Last year, ASU played Washington on the road, Oregon on the road and Stanford at home — and lost to all three by a combined 16 points.
This year, the Sun Devils miss Washington and Stanford and host Oregon.
Stanford's off, Cal's on.
UW's off, Washington State's on.
Based on what we think we know, those swaps stand as a net positive for a program that must replace its most important pieces, receiver N'Keal Harry and quarterback Manny Wilkins.
(Links to other installments of the season preview series at bottom.)
2018 record: 7-6/5-4
Program trending: Up.
Granted, the bottom line — at least in conference play — isn't positive: Arizona State went 6-3 in Todd Graham's final season and 5-4 in Herm Edwards' first season and, as we see it, is unlikely to do better than 5-4 in Edwards' second season. But other factors (facility projects, staff hires, style of play) are trending in the right direction. Can ASU take advantage while the momentum is in place and the opportunity at hand? It's difficult to envision both USC and UCLA remaining in their current states for long. As soon as one of them self-corrects, the path to the South title narrows significantly.
Coach: Herm Edwards (second year)
Edwards' five-year win total: 4-9-4-2-7 (first four in the NFL, back in the 00s)
Contract status: Signed through 2022
Seat temperature: Chilled.
We won't begin to guess whether Edwards coaches through the remaining four years of his contract and re-ups with the Sun Devils — but because he's 65, not because he's in danger of dismissal. He has full support from president Michael Crow and athletic director Ray Anderson, his longtime friend and former business partner. And that support figures to remain in place until Edwards himself decides it's time to step away. What's more, he displayed a steady hand while facing immense scrutiny following his unusual hire and decade away from the sideline. Rather than feeding the narrative, he pancaked it.
Key staff addition: Shaun Aguano
The obvious call here would be Marvin Lewis, the former longtime NFL coach who joined ASU's staff as a special advisor, mentor and conveyor of wisdom. But Lewis isn't an active coach or recruiter. Aguano is both, and he's an active recruiter where ASU needs help the most: in metropolitan Phoenix. Aguano spent eight years in charge of Chandler High School and was hired to improve the Devils' retention rate with top homegrown talent, in addition to coaching the running backs. (More on the recruiting issue here.)
Breakout star: Brandon Aiyuk
Considered true freshman quarterback Jayden Daniels, who was named the starter earlier this week, then decided Daniels was a bit obvious for our liking. But Aiyuk's mention here requires context: He's a senior, not an underclassman; and he played regularly last season (33 catches, four touchdowns). Our expectation, however, is that with increased opportunity created by Harry's departure, Aiyuk morphs into one of the top all-around playmakers in the conference — a threat as both receiver and returner and game-changing complement to tailback Eno Benjamin.
Number crunch: 28.6.
Arizona State's winning percentage on the road in the four seasons since claiming the South division. In raw numbers: six wins, 15 losses. (That victory total includes one each against UTSA and Oregon State.) Then again, the Sun Devils can crash-and-burn on the road again this season but reach the postseason so long as they win at least six of their seven home games.
Pac-12 recruiting ranking 2015-19 (per 247sports): 4th-4th-6th-6th-5th
Returning all-conference players: tailback Eno Benjamin (first team), offensive lineman Cohl Cabral (second team), safety Aashari Crosswell (honorable mention)
Best-case scenario: Daniels plays like an upperclassman (particularly in limiting mistakes), the veteran offensive line combines with Benjamin to form one of the conference's top running games, the young talent in the back seven (Crosswell, linebacker Merlin Robertson) continues to develop, the Sun Devils find new ways to win each week, take advantage of the home-heavy schedule and remain in hot pursuit of Utah to the end, finishing with nine wins and a conference Coach of the Year award for Edwards.
Worst-case scenario: Daniels struggles as soon as the schedule stiffens, opponents load the line of scrimmage and smother Benjamin, the turnover game tilts against ASU (which had just 11 giveaways last season), the revamped defensive line struggles against the run, opponents figure out coordinator Danny Gonzales' 3-3-5 in his second year through the conference, the Los Angeles schools are better than expected, Khalil Tate leads Arizona's recovery and the Sun Devils sink to fifth place.
Here we go …
Aug. 29: vs. Kent State
Result: Win
Comment: Ideal first opponent for a rookie quarterback. The Golden Flashes haven't won more than three games since Daniels was in junior high.
Sept. 6: vs. Sacramento State
Comment: Ideal second opponent for a rookie quarterback. The Sun Devils can stay basic and hide their true intentions for one more week.
Sept. 14: at Michigan State
Comment: Eight starters return for a Michigan State defense that held Harry and Co. to just 16 points. And this time, the Spartans are at home, in cooler weather, and not taking the field at 10:45 p.m. Eastern.
Sept. 21: vs. Colorado
Record: 3-1/1-0
Comment: Good week to watch the injury report: How battered is ASU's depth chart following a punishing affair in East Lansing? Big fourth quarter from Benjamin is the difference.
Sept. 27: at Cal
Comment: Short week roadies are grueling physically. The limited prep time against Cal's granite defense makes this assignment exceedingly difficult for a true freshman quarterback. First team to 10 wins.
Oct. 5: Open
Result: N/A
Comment: No competitive advantage here: Washington State has the week off, as well.
Oct. 12: vs. Washington State
Comment: Struggled with this pick initially, then decided the visitors will wear down in the heat. In the fourth overtime.
Oct. 19: at Utah
Comment: Utah is strong where ASU's strong (DL vs. OL) and strong where ASU's weak (OL vs. DL). Oh, and Rice-Eccles is loud.
Oct. 26: at UCLA
Comment: Bruins will have extra time to prepare following a Thursday game at Stanford, while the Devils will be less than fresh in the same way everyone's less than fresh after playing Utah.
Nov. 2: Open
Comment: Much-needed break after the back-to-back roadies.
Nov. 9: vs. USC
Comment: ASU is home with two weeks to prepare while USC is on the road after what's sure to be a taxing duel with Oregon. The Hotline's instincts scream Sun Devils. Time to pull a Costanza.
Nov. 16: at Oregon State
Comment: In Spanish, they call it un juego de trampa (or something like that).
Nov. 23: vs. Oregon
Comment: Total points scored in the past two matchups: ASU 66, Oregon 66. This is on our short list of candidates for Pac-12 game of the year.
Nov. 30: vs. Arizona
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Comment: Bowl bid on the line for both teams, and Edwards gets the better of Arizona (again) as the Sun Devils secure their third consecutive postseason berth. The back-to-back wins in elimination games create a sense of euphoria, but signs of true progress are less clear.
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Il torqueto (anche in latino: torquetum) è uno strumento astronomico medievale concepito per rilevare e convertire misure fatte in tre serie di coordinate: orizzontale, equatoriale ed eclittica. In un certo senso, il torqueto è un computer analogico.

Anche se uno strumento simile viene descritto dall'astronomo alessandrino Claudio Tolomeo, si ritiene che i primi torqueti siano stati costruiti nel XIII secolo. Gli unici esemplari superstiti risalgono al XVI secolo o sono posteriori.

Costruzione, uso e funzionamento

Nel volume di Egnatio Danti sul trattato dell'astrolabio edito nel 1578, si possono trovare tutte le indicazioni necessarie sia per la costruzione che per l'uso di questo strumento.

Innanzitutto viene dato il consiglio di fabbricarlo di metallo; necessita di una piastra quadrata abbastanza grande del giusto spessore affinché possa fungere da base, a questa viene fissata una tavola incernierata da una parte e fatta in modo che l'altra parte possa essere regolata in altezza e posizionarla in maniera da risultare perpendicolare nella direzione del polo celeste. Su questa viene disegnato un circolo orario di 360° ripartito di 12 ore in 12 ore; al centro verrà fatto un foro dove prenderà posto un'altra tavola (tavola equinoziale) su cui verranno segnati i settori tanti per quanti sono i segni zodiacali il cui simbolo sarà riportato corrispondentemente sullo spessore.

Tra la base e la tavola equinoziale prenderà posto un triangolo che servirà come alzata il cui valore d'angolo equivarrà alla latitudine del luogo in cui avviene l'osservazione.

Sopra la tavola equinoziale ne verrà sistemata un'altra riportante i segni dello zodiaco, e fra le due un triangolo con ampiezza angolare di 23° e 28', equivalente al valore della maggiore declinazione del Sole; si sistemerà il tutto in maniera solidale in modo che il segno della costellazione del Cancro superiore sia posto alla massima altezza corrispondente al segno della costellazione del Cancro inferiore, e conseguentemente i due segni del Capricorno (superiore ed inferiore) siano alla minor altezza angolare.

Lo spessore della tavola inferiore sarà diviso in 360 gradi e si segneranno i valori ogni 5 gradi partendo da quello del Cancro di 95° e 27' e di conseguenza per 10 gradi al valore di 100° e 53' e così via; queste divisioni verranno fatte in modo visibile.

La tavola superiore con disegnato lo zodiaco si dividerà in settori uguali relativi ai dodici segni per un valore di 30° ciascuno, e dentro lo zodiaco si segneranno i mesi ed i loro relativi giorni.

Ora le due tavole: quella equinoziale e quella dello zodiaco verranno tenute assieme da un perno che passa per il centro della tavola stessa in modo che possano girare liberamente.

Sopra lo zodiaco superiore si costruisca una diottra (strumento per tracciare gli allineamenti) fissata al centro con un perno con la funzione di farla girare.

 Nella parte superiore verrà messo il circolo delle latitudini in perpendicolare alla stessa diottra che recherà al suo centro un'altra diottra imperniata e libera di ruotare, su cui sarà posizionato un semicircolo con due numerazioni in gradi, partendo dal punto verticale in basso a contare 90° nelle due direzioni opposte. Dal centro del semicerchio partirà un filo a piombo che servirà a misurare i gradi di altezza.

Grazie all'inclinazione del piano di 23° e 28' si può leggere direttamente la latitudine e la longitudine di un pianeta o della Luna sul piano dell'eclittica.

Per facilitare la comprensione del funzionamento del torqueto lo si può rapportare all'indicatore siderale; dove compare un circolo orario rappresentante la scala dell'ascensione retta, la quale deve essere parallela all'equatore, perciò l'asse su cui gira dovrà traguardare la stella polare (disco orario); sormontato da un semicerchio rappresentante la scala delle declinazioni la quale dovrà essere perpendicolare alla scala '''A.R.''', così le sue divisioni corrisponderanno ai paralleli celesti (disco angolare).

Il supporto che regge la scala dell'ascensione retta deve essere incernierato alla base per far sì di poter regolare l'inclinazione; l'angolo formato deve risultare 90°, la latitudine d'osservazione.

Il dispositivo dovrà essere stato ben orientato e se il puntatore sarà diretto verso l'oggetto celeste da osservare, sulle relative scale potranno essere letti i rispettivi valori.

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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
Autocostruzione di un Indicatore Siderale

Strumenti astronomici

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), a regional, non-governmental, human rights organization in Asia, has learned of the current situation on the war against terrorism in Indonesia. We deplore the action of the Police of the Republic of Indonesia, in particular Special Detachment Anti-Terror Unit (Densus 88). They have not seriously learned from their previous experience. The agenda on war against terrorism has caused human rights violations. Similar cases recur without law-enforcement or accountability.
In the last 10 years, the national discourse to revise Law No. 15 of 2003 on the Eradication of the Criminal Acts of Terrorism is still on-going. The discourse is becoming stronger after the case of a suicide bombing and explosion in Jakarta, in Kampung Melayu (24/5/2017) and Jalan MH Thamrin (14/1/2016). Previously, we noted a terror bombing that occurred in the Bursa Efek Jakarta (2000), in Plaza Atrimum (2001), in JW Marriot (2003), in Kuningan (2004), and in Mega Kuningan (2009). The Government believes that by revising the Law it will be strengthening the role of the State in eradicating terror. Revision is needed because Law No. 15 is not appropriate since it was adopted from the Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perpu) No. 1/2002 on the Eradication of the Crime of Terrorism. It was issued by President Megawati Sukarnoputri after the Bali bomb blast on 12 October 2002.
However, the plan to revise Law No. 15 of 2003 was not accompanied by accountability of the Special Detachment Anti-Terror Unit 88. On the contrary, Parliament suggested that in the new bill, the military (TNI) should be incorporated in conducting war against terrorism in Indonesia. Of course the idea to involve the military is very controversial. Parliament's perspective merely strengthens the State's position without developing an accountability mechanism to audit the State's Police involved in the war on terror. Involving the military in the war on terror will only endanger law enforcement and cause more human rights violations.
The AHRC notes that Mr. Muhammad Jefri, alias Abu Umar, was dead within a few hours of being arrested by the Anti-Terror Police Unit on 7 February 2018. Jefri was arrested due to allegedly being involved in a case of terrorism. At the time of arrest, the Police did not produce an arrest warrant. Therefore, there is a strong allegation that the Anti-Terror Unit performed an illegal arrest with detention. Shortly thereafter, the Police held a press conference and informed the public that Jefri died of a heart attack. However, nowhere did the Police say how they treated Jefri when he was under arrest and detention. According to the family, Jefri was healthy and in good physical condition when the Police arrested and finally detained him.
On 10 March 2016, the police arrested Mr. Siyono, after searching his home in Pogung Village, Cawas Sub-District, Klaten Regency, Central Java Province. His house also functions as a Kindergarten. The searching frightened the children who were studying there. On March 11, Siyono's family received information from the Pogung Village Secretary that Siyono had died. His family was requested to go to Jakarta to verify this information. The head of Pogung Village was ordered by the Police to prepare Mr. Siyono's burial site. His family and the Village Head were concerned at Siyono's sudden death. He had no health problems prior to being arrested by the Police. According to the autopsy carried out at the Kramat Jati Hospital in Jakarta, Mr. Siyono died from bleeding in the brain after being hit by a hard object. Finally, at a press conference on March 14, Police spokesman Inspector General Anton Charliyan confirmed the autopsy results. He further acknowledged that the Police had breached procedure in handling terrorist suspects.
The Special Detachment Unit 88 (Densus 88) shot an innocent civilian, named Mr. Nur Iman in Sukoharjo, of Central Java Province. At the time, the personnel of Special Detachment 88 were holding a sweeping operation to arrest terrorist suspects Sigit Qordhowi and Hendro Yunianto.
The Special Detachment Unit 88 (Densus 88) arrested two innocent civilians in Tulungagung, Central Java. They are Mr. Mugi Hartanto, an elementary school teacher, and Sapari, an employee of a private company. Both of them were detained for approximately seven hours. They were finally released as they were found to be not guilty.
At the time Law No. 15 of 2003 was issued, Indonesia did not have a National Law governing the eradication of terrorism. Because the Law was enacted without proper legislative processes, it contains some controversial articles. It was also in violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) where Indonesia is a State party with the enacting of Law No. 12 of 2005. Under Law No. 15 there are no clear boundaries between an act of terrorism act and political dissent. Therefore, it can be potentially used to prosecute political dissidents. Moreover, the Law is also in violation of the Independent Judiciary because of involvement of the Military and the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) in eradicating terrorist acts. There is no clear division of labor between the Police, the Military and the BIN. This circumstance results in human rights violations, in particular deprivation of liberty, illegal arrest and detention.
The Law does not provide the right to habeas corpus to examine fair trial principles before the Courts. In addition, the investigators can use intelligence data directly to develop facts and indict without knowing how to obtain data or information from suspects. There are no clear definitions on data or information. Whether or not there was torture or abuse of power in obtaining the data, is not governed by Law.
Another related problem of the Law is the lack of a complaint mechanism. Even today the Government has yet to develop a proper and accountable complaint mechanism to address human rights violations or the negative impacts of war on terror. Victims and families of victims can only use ordinary mechanisms such as General Crimes to seek compensation. In fact, it is very difficult to implement.
One of the fundamental problems in Law No. 15 of 2003 is related to the definition of terrorism. Article 1, paragraph 1 states terrorism are all acts which fall within the crimes stipulated in the Law. This provision is not clear in defining a terrorist act. Therefore, the Government needs to develop a clear and proper standard and definition of terrorism. Related to this matter, we refer to the definition of terrorism issued by the Secretary-General's High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change (2004). It describes terrorism as "any action, in addition to actions already specified by the existing conventions on aspects of terrorism, the Geneva Conventions and Security Council resolution 1566 (2004), that is intended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians or non-combatants, when the purpose of such an act, by its nature or context, is to intimidate a population, or to compel a Government or an international organization to do or to abstain from doing any act".
Thus we propose that in developing a standard definition of terrorism, the Government, in particular the Legislative Branch, should develop clear boundaries between terrorist crimes and political dissent or public expressions to avoid human rights violations.
Considering the aforementioned problem, we call on the the Government of Indonesia to audit the Special Detachment Anti-Terror Unit (Densus 88). This Audit must include its budget source and spending methods. The Government should ensure that law enforcement under fair trial principles will be applied in the case of terrorism. The Anti-Terror Unit needs to change its mindset. Arresting terrorist suspects would be more humane, if it is possible, rather than killing them. Keeping a suspect alive could be helpful in delving deeper into the terrorist networks. Last but not least, the revision of Law No. 15 of 2003 should be conducted in good faith, be transparent, accountable and accessible and in line with International Human Rights Treaties of which Indonesia is a State party.


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Peter HassonJanuary 15, 2020
America's leading newspapers are aiding China's communist regime by running the oppressive regime's propaganda, respected watchdog organization Freedom House warns in a new report.
The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and New York Times have all run paid supplements from China Daily, the Chinese government's state media arm. The paid supplements, dubbed "China Watch," are designed to look like real news articles.
The paid supplements are a way in which Chinese state media "exploit foreign media outlets," Freedom House warned in its report, "Beijing's Global Megaphone."
"In the case of the Washington Post and some other publications, China Watch also appears as an online feature, further blurring the lines between Chinese state media content and the host outlet's own reporting," the report notes.
The Daily Caller News Foundation reached out to all three newspapers to ask if they would commit to cease running the paid supplements, given the Chinese regime's persecution of ethnic and religious minorities, and whether they would disclose how much revenue they received from the Chinese advertisements.
Neither the NYT nor the WSJ committed to either measure. The Post did not return the DCNF's inquiry.
"The New York Times covers China thoroughly and aggressively, and at no time has advertising influenced our coverage. In fact, the publication of this story in 2012 on the hidden wealth of the family of China's prime minister resulted in The Times being blocked on all platforms in mainland China, which continues to this day," NYT vice president Eileen Murphy told the DCNF.
"We're committed to reporting on China, and fund our Chinese-language site and bureaus in Beijing and Shanghai (as well as Hong Kong) at a significant cost," she added.
"We also continue to cover China fearlessly. Our recent investigation based on more than 400 pages of leaked internal Chinese documents provided an unprecedented look into the government's crackdown on ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region. This type of journalism is core to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world," said Murphy.
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On 22 September, 215 soldiers fighting on the Ukrainian side (including 108 from the Azov regiment) were exchanged for Viktor Medvedchuk – a pro-Russian politician with close personal ties to Vladimir Putin – and 55 Russian soldiers. According to the agreement, five senior Azov officers were handed over to Turkey, covered by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's security guarantees and cannot return to Ukraine until the war's end. Ten foreigners fighting in the ranks of the Ukrainian army (five citizens of the UK, two of the US and – one each of Morocco, Croatia and Sweden), freed with the mediation of Saudi Arabia, were transported to the United Arab Emirates. The head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, who was responsible for organising the exchange, announced that efforts were underway to liberate more captives. Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, 802 of the country's citizens have returned from captivity.
The fighting in the Donbas has focused on several directions – Bakhmut, Siversk, Marinka and Lyman. In most cases, Russian forces are the advancing side, and in the last one, Ukrainian forces. Neither side, however, has achieved any evident success. The invaders also made unsuccessful assaults in the Kharkiv Oblast, in the Kupiansk junction area.
The shelling and bombardment of Ukrainian forces' positions and hinterland along the contact line and in the border areas of Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts continued unabated. Russian artillery and aviation consistently attacked Kharkiv, Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Zaporizhzhia (the city was also one of the main targets of Russian rocket fire for the next few days), Nikopol, Mykolaiv (local observers described the hit on the city on 22 September as powerful) and Ochakiv, as well as smaller towns in their vicinity. The aggressor's rockets again struck the Pechenihy Reservoir dam on Donets. Ukrainian artillery and aviation mainly attacked the enemy's positions and hinterland in the Kherson Oblast, including the Kakhovka bridge, which its forces were supposed to cross at the time. It also struck in the Luhansk Oblast. Both sides accuse each other of shelling occupied Donetsk, with further explosions reported from Melitopol.
The announcement of partial mobilisation in Russia has become an internal security challenge for the authorities. The Kremlin fears a rise in anti-war sentiment and the radicalisation of the actions of those opposed to conscription. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu stressed that among the priority tasks of mobilisation is to strengthen the security of military commissions and places of 'public gatherings'. This, he added, was to thwart possible provocations disrupting the process.
The local authorities who manage the mobilisation process, offer a financial incentive to implement the plan. Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin signed a decree on additional social guarantees for mobilised residents of the capital. They will receive a monthly subsidy of 50,000 roubles (more than $800). Labour migrants who have undertaken contractual service in the army will obtain a similar benefit. Similar support was announced by the 'chief' of occupied Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, who offered each mobilised person a one-off payment of 200,000 roubles (over $3,000), while the governor of the Tula Oblast – a one-off payment of 100,000 roubles (over $1,500). The local authorities assure that if a mobilised person is wounded, they will be paid compensation (1 million roubles). In case of their death, their family will receive 2 million roubles (over $330,000).
To make it more difficult to evade mobilisation, Moscow turned to Belarus and Kazakhstan for help. Belarusian security forces have been ordered to detain and deport Russians in hiding. The head of Kazakhstan's parliament announced that the country would not issue residence permits to Russian citizens who do not have the authorities' permission to leave the country.
On 21 September, Moscow hosted a meeting between Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Volfovich. They paid particular attention to the planning of joint 'anti-terrorist' activities. They also pointed out the risks posed by, among other things, the strengthening of the NATO military grouping near the borders of the two countries. Volfovich stated that no mobilisation would be announced in Belarus, as its armed forces and society are already sufficiently mobilised to repel possible aggression.
On 23 September, five-day 'annexation referendums' began in the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) and the partially occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. In the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, 'for security reasons', polling stations will only open on 27 September, with votes being collected in portable ballot boxes before then. Around 300 polling stations have been set up on Russian territory and in occupied Crimea, where displaced residents of the occupied territories can vote. The results of the 'referendums' were established even before the voting began – 'polls' published the day before indicated allegedly high support for joining Russia (DPR – 86%, LPR – 87%, Zaporizhzhia Oblast – 83%, Kherson Oblast – 72%). Due to the threat of increased shelling by the Ukrainian army and sabotage actions in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, polling stations are guarded by collaborator police and the Russian National Guard. Special control has been placed on the entrances to and exits from the settlements, and anti-terrorist exercises with heavy combat equipment are being conducted in the Melitopol area. The collaborationist authorities in Kherson admitted on 23 September that several 'terrorist' attacks had been foiled in the city, and the air defence system had been reinforced.
• So far, the pseudo-referenda in the occupied territories have not affected the course of military action. It is not in Ukraine's interest to halt military activity at this time – on the contrary, Kyiv will likely intensify it. However, the aggressor can be expected to reduce the offensive moves. The observed relative calm on the southern section of the front, however, is not linked to 'plebiscites'. In the Kherson Oblast, the occupied patch of the Mykolaiv Oblast and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Russian troops already went on the defensive in the spring. The offensive actions they periodically undertook in the area (sporadically in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast) were aimed at improving the tactical situation, reaching – as far as possible – the administrative borders of the Kherson Oblast and, especially in the last period, eliminating the breaches made by the enemy forces.
• The exchange of Medvedchuk for 215 soldiers fighting on the Ukrainian side, including the command staff of the Azov regiment, is a significant political success for Kyiv. Their release will reaffirm President Volodymyr Zelensky's strong position while at the same time weakening his criticism from the opposition, which has accused him of the failure of the operation to surrender Mariupol. It also strengthens the status of Budanov, who took control of the exchange negotiations at the end of May. In Russia, on the other hand, the event fuelled criticism of the authorities from nationalist and radical circles. Until recently a show trial of the Azov fighters was planned in Russia to demonstrate the 'necessity of denazification of Ukraine' (the Russian Supreme Court had stripped them of their veterans' rights, having declared the regiment a 'terrorist formation'). The change in the Kremlin's stance and the image price it is paying for the exchange indicates that the argument of Medvedchuk's close relationship with Putin probably prevailed here. It can also be assumed that the 55 Russian soldiers included senior officers. Medvedchuk may be needed because of his knowledge of irregularities in the special services' spending of funds intended for the operation to destabilise Ukraine. The Russian side anticipated that the release of the Azov fighters would raise controversy, so it planned the exchange for the day when Putin announced mobilisation.
• The smooth implementation of 'partial mobilisation' is a significant organisational challenge for Russia. The measures taken show that the authorities fear, among other things, an increase in evasion. They are offering special financial incentives for those mobilised, which shows that the level of readiness of Russians to participate in the war with Ukraine is low. Implementing the mobilisation plan will require a police operation and forced appearance at military commissions under threat of repression. In propaganda terms, therefore, it will be difficult to present its results as an example of a 'patriotic uprising' of the population.
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March 2, 2014 by Claire (The Captive Reader)
Sometimes in life, you just need an affectionate, gossipy Hollywood memoir. Or at least I do. I was certainly in need of one this weekend and nothing could have answered better than Bring On The Empty Horses by David Niven.
Bring on the Empty Horses is less a personal memoir than a professional one. Rather than focusing on his own life (which he did – wonderfully – in The Moon's a Balloon), Niven provides portraits of his Hollywood friends and acquaintances. Some were good friends and major stars – Clark Gable and Errol Flynn both have lengthy chapters devoted to them – while others warrant only a few pages, in brief but wonderfully-drawn sketches of Hollywood figures both familiar and obscure. In all instances, this is a book about Hollywood as it was during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s:
Hollywood was a village, and the studios were the families. Everyone knew everyone else's business, weaknesses, kinky leanings, and good points. We were all in the same boat, involved in the early years of a terribly exciting experiment; it was an international community, and there was the maximum of camaraderie and the minimum of bitchiness. At all studios, employees from the most glamourous stars to the lowliest riveters on the heavy construction gangs felt that they were members of a team, gloried in the success of their "hit" pictures, and occasionally indulged in college humour at the expense of their rivals. "In case of an AIR RAID," – they chalked up on the main entrance at Paramount – "go directly to RKO…they haven't had a hit in years."
Hollywood was hardly a nursery for intellectuals, it was a hotbed of false values, it harboured an unattractive percentage of small-time crooks and con artists, and the chances of being successful there were minimal, but it was fascinating, and IF YOU WERE LUCKY, it was fun. And anyway, it was better than working.
Niven is unkind to no one. He is blunt about people's vices – his friends were far too often hard-drinking, oft-married womanizers – but is sad for them rather than censorious. The most controversial of his friends was Errol Flynn and he is also the only one Niven seems defensive of. Though the two men were roommates during their early days in Hollywood, their lives followed very different paths. Niven returned to England at the beginning of the war and enlisted. When he returned to Hollywood in the late 1940s, he was a happily married father of two. Flynn was more reckless than ever, drinking too much, experimenting with drugs, and sleeping with women who were far too young for him. It is a fascinating but sad portrait:
The great thing about Errol was you always knew exactly where you stood with him because he always let you down. He let himself down, too, from time to time, but that was his prerogative and he thoroughly enjoyed causing turmoil for himself and his friends.
I loved the chapter on Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons, the rival journalists whose columns were read by millions hungry for gossip about their favourite stars, and was touched by the sympathetic chapters on the women who find themselves defeated by Hollywood: the sex bomb whose life begins to fall apart when she hits thirty or the fresh-faced girl who finds life as a high-class call girl more comfortable than sleeping with producers in hopes of getting an acting role. I was also affected by Niven's recollections of how Clark Gable helped him through a difficult time after the accidental death of his young wife – an experience Gable had unfortunately been through himself.
Generally though, the book is full of amusing anecdotes (both first-hand and hearsay) about classic Hollywood. One of my favourites is Niven's recollection of his interview with Sam Goldwyn in September 1939, when he told the famous producer that he was leaving to enlist:
He was very put out that I was leaving voluntarily and not waiting until I was called up, so he put me on suspension till the end of the war or the end of my life, whichever came sooner, and said, "I'll cable Hitler and ask him to shoot around you."
And, of course, there is Niven's wonderful first meeting with the legendary and universally beloved director Ernst Lubitsch after being cast in his Bluebeard's Eight Wife:
"I don't think I can do it, Mr. Lubitsch," I mumbled.
He looked at me, and his eyes shone with merriment. "Do I frighten you?" he asked.
"No, sir," I said, "but I'm terrified of Gary Cooper and Claudette Colbert…"
He jumped up and hooted with laughter.
"Do you know something?" He chortled. "Claudette is frightened of Coop because of his natural acting, and Coop is frightened of Claudette because she's so expert and this is his first comedy, and both of them are scared out of their wits by the small part players Edward Everett Horton, Franklin Pangborn, and Herman Bing, because they are supposed to be scene stealers…but d'you know who is the most frightened of all?…Me!"
He put his arm around my waist (because he could not reach my shoulders) and led me to the door.
"Everyone will be nervous on the first day," he said, "even the electricians in case they set fire to the studio, but we're all going to be together for many weeks, and I promise you it'll be fun. Now run along to wardrobe and makeup, they have some fittings and tests set up for you…Drop in to see me anytime…We don't start for two weeks – you're a member of the family now!"
I couldn't wait to start.
Whether he is talking about the biggest stars in Hollywood or now forgotten writers and society hostesses, Niven is a consummate raconteur. Always charming, always self-deprecating, and always surprisingly forthcoming with a racy story, I am sure he was a wonderful dinner guest, which no doubt explains how he was able to gather most of his material for this book! He certainly uses these gifts well as a memoirist and I had a lovely Saturday evening reading about his life on the edges of a fantastic, insular, and now long-gone world.
Posted in A Century of Books, David Niven, Memoir/Biography | 12 Comments
on March 2, 2014 at 18:19 | Reply lifeonthecutoff
This is a wonderful review of a favorite actor of mine, and one I've meant to read for years. Maybe now, I will. Thank you.
on March 5, 2014 at 19:04 | Reply Claire (The Captive Reader)
I hope you do! He's delightful.
on March 2, 2014 at 19:18 | Reply Nish
Sounds like such a fun book. My parents have this book in their home, I will definitely pick it up the next time I visit.
Excellent! Raiding family bookshelves is always a good plan, as far as I'm concerned. That's how I got my hands on The Moon's a Balloon for the first time.
on March 2, 2014 at 21:03 | Reply Lisa
I'm putting both of his books on my reading list! and I'm sure I'll ending watching some of his movies again. I love him in The Prisoner of Zenda.
That's great, Lisa!
on March 2, 2014 at 23:37 | Reply Andrew Leon Hudson
Your review is appropriately charming.
on March 3, 2014 at 09:12 | Reply Alex
I read this years ago and remember loving it. Have you read Dirk Bogarde's autobiographies? They have a bit more bite in them, but if you enjoyed this you may well like them too.
I've tried one or two of Bogarde's books but they weren't for me.
on March 3, 2014 at 10:32 | Reply Pam
Sounds wonderful. Going to check now and see if my library has a copy of this one.
Great! I hope they have it.


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You can't begin to count or imagine how much money has been spent on medical care for those of us whose houses are surrounded by [in our case] – 84 IWTs.
I've been to Emerg ~ more than once a year with several hospital stays for as long as 5 days since the IWTs started affecting my head and inner ear [stuffed and loss of balance].
After hours clinics, too, have been often attended because of nausea and vomiting.
To think that all of this could have been prevented is downright enraging. The frightening experiences you have had, Johana, could have been prevented. Many people know how distressing it is when one's body suddenly is not functioning properly.
Germany was always held up as a model for industrial scale wind and now take a look at this article where a German executive calls it a 'huge botch'!
Ontario's 'leaders 'fooled the public' and rural residents have had their human right to safety, security and pleasure in their own homes violated. Essentially they've been abused and then further abused by the lack of acknowledgement and protective measures taken by our government.
This was an industry led, government supported offence.
Anyone looking at the 'Explicit Cautionary Notice' put out by the Waubra Foundation would see clearly that peoples' lives have been endangered by Ontario's siting policy.
These two IEA Wind Task 28 (Canada & USA) reports explain how IWT developers operate in communities.
Some history of IEA and IRENA. IRENA Est. January 2009. Both have European origins.
Renewable energy mandates enacted at the provincial/state level are another example of policy making at the sub-national level.
There going to have to work very hard to 'win the hearts and minds' . Pity the people who are up against this kind of opposition.
An executive in Germany calls industrial wind a'huge botch'. See for yourself.
Ok people I have endured these same complaints since 2004. The meetings, the newspaper write-ups, the lost time from work, the closing businesses, the fines, the police reports, the fund raisers, the lawyers retainers, the rallies, the ministry visits, etc., etc., all for nothing. The Dalton gang listen to no-one and even bypassing provincial and federal laws has created no ramifications towards the Liberals after multiple elections. The kickbacks, the patronage, the work camps, the cover-ups, environmental concerns, the child labour, all old news, real old, 10+ years.
Many years ago the Green Energy Act was explained like this.
Green, (money), Energy, (movement), Act, (from one place to another).
Money moving from the many to the few!
We need a new approach! Quickly!
Re: Threats to U.S. bulk power grid revive reliability concerns.
The public should be aware of these grid reliability concerns when considering using renewable energy such as wind and solar power.
Presentations: Right sidebar concern reliability. Canada was included in the presentations, but not at the federal level.
Includes Ontario and Michigan members.
Watching what has happened to Southern Australia is downright frightening.
Alberta AESO appears to be aware of grid security issues. Read the Alberta presentation at the above FERC website.
Again, using studies to promote a plan.
Re: Michigan electricity supply including wind and solar.
About present and future electricity needs for Michigan.
Barbara, check out this article and see how groups are being exposed for participating in this 'ponzi scheme' with their mission to promote it through alarmism.
We need a similar listing for Canada.
Re: The Ocotillo, Calif. wind project situation on the right sidebar.
Would it be possible for Lakeshore, Essex County residents to contact Ocotillo residents regarding any documents they might be willing to share?


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Most of us are acquainted with some of these iconic dishes, but very few people know of their rich history. Did you know that the infamous puttanesca spaghetti has a scandalous ancient past? That if you understand Italian, you will be able to tell that it had something to do with prostitutes on the streets of Syracuse?
Simple, but flavourful dish
This dish has its origins as one of the oldest spaghettis, literally named "prostitute's style". This was invented in the mid-20th century and consists of humble ingredients such as spaghetti, tomatoes, olives, capers, garlic, and anchovies. This simple dish has not gone out of style and is still considered a popular favourite. This dish has even seen a revival with gourmet ingredients included in its modern interpretations.
From the prices you pay today, you would not expect that lobsters were once considered to be poor man's food. Considered a staple of the poor, lobsters were even served in prison to inmates. Deemed too ugly to eat, and because they are bottom feeders, this sweet and flavourful crustacean had no appeal to the upper classes and their refined tastes. It was only at the turn of the century that people started appreciating the rich and sweet flavours of the lobster, which quickly made its journey to its current iconic status.
Fresh Oysters
Oysters, much like the lobster, is another flavourful crustacean that only recently is being seen as something of high commercial value and worth. Only a little over a century ago, you would have to shuck your own oyster, and because of its unappealing look, not many people dared to try them, much less touch them. They were commonly consumed by seafaring people and fishermen who kept this tasty secret to themselves, and only later were they selectively bred within specific estuaries, where their flavour has since been refined.
Freshly sliced foie gras
Foie gras, or fatty goose liver, has been around since the time of the Pharoahs. This dish required a lot of time and patience to fatten up the goose, so this farming practice was not considered popular. However, because of a need of high fat diets during times of struggle, famine, and war, foie gras was reintroduced as a high fats staple, and has since been cultivated into an art form.
Now an expensive delicacy
Sushi has always been the hardworking farmer's way of having enough carbohydrates to fuel him in the fields. Sushi was quick, compact, and easy to bring around with him, and most importantly it was something packed with protein.
It was only after World War 2 that this humble dish was brought over to America due to the huge Japanese population in Hawaii. There the art of sushi flourished as did its popularity due to its simple flavours and easy availability. These days sushi is considered a true art form with many followers willing to travel after patiently waiting for up to two years for a meal at their favourite sushi haunt in Japan; easily paying in the thousands for a few curated plates of this delicacy.
So there you go, now you know just a little bit more about some of today's most iconic and luxurious foods, and their humble origins. Remember, the next time you order puttanesca or sip from that oyster shell that their history is just as rich and flavourful as their origins.
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Long nails are beautiful, but if you're someone who has struggled with snags or breakage, its recommended that you keep your nails short — at least to start out with. A shorter style with a rounded edge tends to be easier to manage and looks neater, so you can focus on building strength without worrying about anything else. As long as each nail is uniform in shape and matches its nine neighbours, you won't miss the added length.
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Disinfecting your nail tools between uses is just as important as regularly cleaning your makeup brushes, and for the same reason — bacteria. To keep your nails happy and infection-free. Its advised washing metal tools with soap and water and then wiping with rubbing alcohol. And don't forget to regularly replace disposable tools like emery boards. There's no reason to continue using a tattered tool when it's so easy to rotate in a new one.
Save the elaborate nail art and those bold colours with lots of pigment for the weekend, and during the rest of the week, give your nails time to rest and repair with a clear gloss. Going from one strong polish colour to another without giving your nails a break can dry them out, turn them yellow, and over time, even weaken the structure of the nail.
You wouldn't go to sleep without moisturising your face, so why should your nails be any different? Use a mix of almond and avocado oils to keep cuticles and nails hydrated while you get some shut-eye, but any nutrient-rich oil or moisturizer will do. In a pinch, you can even use a dab of lip balm.
Whenever you're cleaning with harsh chemicals, gardening, or doing anything that involves soaking or dirtying your hands, wear rubber, vinyl, nitrile or plastic gloves, preferably with a cotton liner. Cleaning dishes in hot, soapy water sans gloves can weaken the nails, while getting them caked with dirt from gardening will require a level of cleaning that you want to avoid wherever possible. Similarly, now that the weather is getting chilly, remember to wear a pair of mittens or gloves so that the cold air and wind don't undo the hard work you did moisturizing, leaving you with dry, flaky, scaly skin.
Your fingernails are made of a protein called keratin, so just as with the clarity of your skin or the shine of your hair, you can improve your nails by tweaking your diet. Falcone advises adding vitamins and supplements like biotin, Vitamin E, and fish oil to your daily regimen, by eating recommended protein-rich foods like beans, fish, and nuts. The one thing every expert agrees on: Once you hit on the combination that works for you, you'll be rewarded with stronger, clearer nails.