Hello there, Japanese food lovers! Let's welcome the Roba Yakitori restaurant in Mall Taman Anggrek that recently opened a week ago. The growth of food business in big cities like Jakarta makes any F & B industry to innovate with new concepts. This restaurant that provides a wide selection of typical Japanese Skewers is apparently one group with Pancious restaurant, one of the restaurant brands that still exist to this day. In front of the restaurant, there's a form of large skewer, which represents the name of the restaurant itself, Robatayaki (skewers) and Yakitori (chicken skewers). You'll easily spot this restaurant located on the 3rd floor of Mall Taman Anggrek, right next to Pancious Restaurant.
This restaurant has a spacious dining area, with Japanese minimalist décor and enough lighting that makes the atmosphere feel warm and comfortable for diners. When we walked into the restaurant, we immediately turn right to the open kitchen, take the food tray, and then choose a variety of Japanese skewers that we desired.
All the fresh ingredients of the Japanese skewers are displayed in an open kitchen so that diners can see the freshness of each skewer. All of them seemed appealing and made me confused. Fortunately, just above the open kitchen there is a display of price and the recommendation, making it easier for me when choosing the desired Japanese skewers.
Finally, I ordered about five types of Japanese skewers which recommended by Roba Yakitori on the menu display, one Yakitori Bento, and two hot Ocha (refillable). Besides Yakitori, they also offer several other Japanese food options, such as Japanese salads, Inari, Sashimi, and others. Next thing I know, I also added Salmon Sashimi on my order, and I paid almost Rp. 250.000,– for all of the orders. Then, they gave us a number, and we just have to sit and wait while the Yakitori is being grilled. But, hey, there was no regret and, in fact, we would like to come back again to try some other skewers. Why? Scroll down to find out more of our dining experience at Roba Yakitori.
Apparently, Salmon sashimi served in a takeaway container as shown in the figure below. Four small slices of raw salmon, very fresh and tasty. It's best eaten alone or dip into a mix of soy sauce and with or without wasabi.
These bite-sized chunks of chicken, beef, salmon and shiitake mushroom were seasoned with a mixture of sauce, then grilled to perfection. It allows the tasty juices of chicken, beef, and everything that I tasted since my first bite! Enoki mushrooms wrapped with sliced beef meat and glazed with a sweet teriyaki sauce. It was juicy and tasted so delicious! Same thing with Shiitake Mushroom, Beef Tenderloin, and Chicken Ball, rich flavors, very juicy and scrumptious! Salmon Wasabi Butter also became our favorite. It tasted delicious where cooked salmon mixed with savory butter and spicy wasabi on top.
In addition to some delicious skewers above, I also tried Yakitori Bento 2B. This package consists of white rice served with Chicken Leg Miso Yakitori, Chicken Breast Teriyaki Yakitori, Tamago and Sauteed onions. We liked all the sweet and salty combination of this package! Chicken Leg Miso was slightly salty while the Japanese Omelette Egg (Tamago) has a light texture with a sweet flavor.
Overall from our experience, we loved all of the Yakitori and everything that we tried at Roba Yakitori last night. We haven't tried the Matcha Soft Ice Cream and now thinking of getting back to Roba Yakitori. If you're a fan of Japanese food, Roba Yakitori can be your next culinary destination!
Is it really good ci?
Ga cobain matcha ice creamnya ci?
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What is Emotional Intelligence(EI)?
Emotional Intelligence or in other words Emotional Quotient is the ability of individuals to identify and manage their and other people's emotion as well as to handle interpersonal relationship prudently and compassionately.
"Emotional Intelligence is the key to professional as well as personal success."
Areas of Emotional Intelligence-
Self Awareness-
The ability to understand ones moods, strengths, weaknesses and emotions along with self-confidence.
Motivation-
The desire to do something.It is the reason for individuals actions and needs.
According to Maehr and Meyer-
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Social Awareness-
The ability to understand what other people are saying and feeling and knowing the reason why they feel and act.
Social Skills-
The ability of getting the results from others and reaching personal goals. Mastery in making relationship and building networks. Developing leadership quality and teamwork.
Empathy-
The ability to understanding, getting aware of and sharing the feelings and thoughts of other.
Advantages of Emotional Intelligence-
Leadership Quality
Better decision making
Trusting relationship
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An illusion is a malformation of the senses, disclosing how the brain normally organizes and interprets sensory stimulation.Illusions may occur with any of the human senses, but visual illusions (optical illusions) are the best-known and understood. The emphasis on visual illusions occurs because vision often governs the other senses. Other illusions occur because of biological sensory structures within the human body or conditions outside of the body within one's physical environment.
The term illusion refers to a specific form of sensory distortion. Unlike a hallucination, which is a distortion in the absence of a stimulus, an illusion describes a misinterpretation of a true sensation. For example, hearing voices regardless of the environment would be a hallucination, whereas hearing voices in the sound of running water (or other auditory source) would be an illusion.
Magic is a performing art that entertains an audience by creating illusions of impossible or supernatural feats, using purely natural means. These feats are called "magic tricks," "effects," or "illusions." An artist who performs magic as illusion or entertainment is called an illusionist or a magician, just as those who perform sorcery also are called magicians.
Illusionists have been popular as entertainers throughout history. They have maintained great secrecy about their art, revealing their tricks only to trusted apprentices. The illusionists' strict code appears justified by the fact that there exists some danger in their acts, as evidenced by many of their number suffering serious, even fatal, accidents. Equally, misuse of their secrets for personal gain with little entertainment value cheapens their craft.
In ancient times, Greeks and Persians had been at war for centuries, and the Persian priests, called magosh in Persian, came to be known as magoi in Greek. The first book containing explanations of magic tricks appeared in 1584. During the 17th century, many similar books were published that described magic tricks. Until the 18th century, magic shows were a common source of entertainment at fairs. A founding figure of modern entertainment magic was Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin, originally a clockmaker, who had a magic theatre in Paris in 1845. John Henry Anderson was pioneering the same transition in London in the 1840s. Towards the end of the 19th century, large magic shows permanently staged at big theatre venues became the norm. During the 19th and 20th centuries, many stage magicians even capitalized on this notion in their advertisements. The same level of ingenuity that was used to produce famous ancient deceptions such as the Trojan Horse would also have been used for entertainment, or at least for cheating in money games. However, the profession of the illusionist gained strength only in the 18th century, and has enjoyed several popular vogues since. generally agreed that there are very few different types of illusions. Perhaps because it is considered a magic number, it has often been said that there are only seven types of illusion:
The magician pulls a rabbit from an empty hat; a fan of cards from "thin air;" a shower of coins from an empty bucket; or appears in a puff of smoke on an empty stage; all of these effects are "productions," where the magician produces "something from nothing."
Vanish:
The magician snaps his fingers and a coin disappears; places a dove in a cage, claps his hands, and the bird vanishes including the cage; stuffs a silk into his fist and opens his hands revealing nothing, or waves a magic wand and the Statue of Liberty magically "goes away." A "vanish," being the reverse of a production, may use a similar technique, in reverse.
Transformation:
The illusionist pulls a red handkerchief through his fist twice, which suddenly turns blue on the third pass. A spectator is shown a penny to hold in a closed fist. After squeezing it tightly, it miraculously becomes a dime in the spectator's hand. A magician requests a volunteer to "pick a card, any card" from a deck. With a flourish the magician shows the card to the volunteer and asks "is this your card?" It is not the right card, but the magician tells the volunteer, "here, hold it for a second," handing them the card and then picking card after card from the deck, none of which is the card the volunteer picked. The magician asks, "Will you look at that first card again?" whereupon the volunteer finds the card in their hand to have magically become their card.
Restoration:
A rope is cut into two pieces, the two pieces are tied together, and the knot mysteriously vanishes, leaving one unbroken piece of rope. A newspaper is torn to bits. The magician rubs the pieces together and the newspaper becomes whole. A woman is sawn into two separate parts and then magically rejoined. A card is torn in fourths and then restored piece by piece to a normal state. "Restorations" put something back into the state it once was.
Teleportation:
A "teleportation" transfers an object from one place to another. A coin is vanished, then later found inside a tightly bound bag, which is inside a box that is tied shut, inside "another" box, which is in a locked box,all of which were on the other side of the stage. The magician locks his assistant in a cage, then locks himself in another. Both cages are uncovered and the pair have magically exchanged places, creating a "transposition": a simultaneous, double teleportation.
Levitation:
The magician "puts his assistant into a trance" and then floats him or her up and into the air, passing a ring around his or her body as proof that there are 'no wires' supporting them. A close-up artist wads up your dollar bill and then floats it in the air. A playing card hovers over a deck of cards. A penny on an open palm rises onto its edge on command. A scarf dances in a sealed bottle. "Levitations" are illusions where the conjurer "magically" raises something into the air.
Penetration:
"Penetration" is when one solid object passes through another, as in such old standbys as "the Linking Rings" (a magical effect the magician creates by seemingly passing solid steel rings through one another) and "Cups and Balls" (in which the balls appear to pass through the bottom of an inverted cup to the table below).
Rise of English as Second Language
Language has carried a vital significance since ages. We can still see some stones carved with instincts being found burried, how it became possible ? It's the language which has made it through , life would have been extremely bitter if language would not have poured in some sweetness . Different languages are spoken all around the world , the integrity lies reshaping the lives of humans since the era started on this blue planet. It would have been a tedious task to talk through and convey ourselves without words, communication makes life easy for us .Humans have capatilized their language quite well.
We could see the great transformation since the time human put his foot on the bosom of this planet. Have you ever imagine a life without being communication with your dear ones ? Probably no, because we have been bound to it , so used to it that we often forgets that it has taken centuries to transform language into meaningful sentences..We should be thankful to our forefathers for gifting us such a marvellous thing which has continued and will the same till the doomsday, the irony of the language will never be compromised. When we talk our fortunes , what has been duly left by our forefathers we forgets to count on this precious gift, its truly a gem we should be thankful of but our generation hardly refers it. We need to draw our attention and crave our nerves how it would have been without language. Just imagine a life of a deaf person and you will come to know it would have resembled the latter.In the nut shell I would like to say that language is a tool which signifies the morality different backgrounds.
English Language has become more dominent around the world. In some countries it is used as the mother tongue and some countries learn it as second language in their schools, it makes English widespread .It is used for communicating between people around the world. English is the language of science and technology. English is the language of communication between the people with different cultures , It is also the language of computers that help to communicate with the people around the world through Internet, it is the language of the modern era. People use it in various fields of life such as art, literature, poetry, economy , e-commerce, medicine and aviation. These reasons motivate the people to learn English. English is dominant in the present time because it is used in the field of education by universities and Institutes . English is an important requirement in most government jobs and private jobs, companies welcome those who are fluent in English and have the relevant qualification.
There are major differences in writing English and speaking English. Its not necessary that a person who can write English can also speak Engliah fluently.English is so widely spoken that it has often been referred to as the global language . English is the most commonly used International language.English is important because it is the only language that truly links the whole world together, when a person travels to another part of the world either for the sake of business or even as a tourist the language may differ. In these conditions English is the language that helps people to deal with the situation, it is clear that English has become a necessity today and we need it in different fields of life.
There are so many languages but English is considered second language in India. In India English occupies the position of a second language.. The use of English as a link language has given rise to certain problems. A few years ago an attempt was made to use Hindi as the medium for official communication but this did not work because of the tremendous effort involved in translating from hindi to a regional language. Mostly 300 million people of the world understand and speak English, most business transaction within the country and between countries is conducted in English. It is also the gateway of higher education because specialised and technical courses are usually conducted in English . English is also called the library language . Many thinkers say that English language is the vehicle works of life. English as a second language in our country were determined in a workshop held in Calcutta organized jointly by experts from Britain and India in 1981.
During the past few centuries English has spread to various alien lands. In certain parts of world English has replaced the local languages or at least has thrown them out of the main stream culture. But in several parts of Africa and Asia English along with native languages has co-existed for hundred of year's .Indian English is a non-native variety of English language. The language came to India by the Britishers, people left but the language remained with the process of language contact with Indian language. It exists as one of the International varities of English and It is as recognizable a variety of English as American English , Australian English or New Zealand English with of course the difference that while these others are native varities of English .We are aware of it as consisting in certain distinguishable features, we might even sometimes try to bend the English language to suit our needs and purposes but when one focuses his attention to the social status enjoyed by English Language in this country , we might be anxious to get caught using "Indian English". English language is evolved that is why we have varities like Hinglish, Banglish etc.
History of English Language
The History of English is divided into three periods – old period from about 700 to 1100AD, Middle period from 1100 to 1500 AD and modern English from1500 to the present.
Old English – The Invading Germanic tribes spoke similar languages which in Britain developed into what we now called Old English. Old English did not sound or look like English today. Native English speakers now would have great difficulty understanding Old English. Nevertheless about half of the most commonly words in modern English have old English roots. The words are strong and water derives from old English, it was spoken spoken until around 1100. Old English was clearly Germanic but it had borrowed many words already from Latin, old English continued to coin its own words and thus remained vibrant in its usage.
Middle English- In 1066 William the conqueror the duke of Normandy (the part of modern France) invaded conquered English. The new conquerors (called the Normans) brought with them kind old French which became the language of the royal and the business man classes. For a period there was a kind of linguistic division where the lower classes spoke English and the upper class spoke French. In the fourteen century English became dominant in Britain again but with many French words added. This language is called Middle English It was the language of the great poet Chaucer (1340-1400) but it would still be the difficult for native English speakers to understand today.
Early Modern English- (1500-1800)
Towards the end of Middle English sudden and distinct change in pronunciation (the Great Vowel Shift) started with vowels being pronounced the shorter and shorter. From the sixteen century the Britain had contact with many people around the world, renaissance of classic learning meant that many new words and phrases entered the language. The invention of printing also meant that there is a common language in print. Books became cheaper and more people learned and read. Printing also brought standardization to English spelling and Grammar became fixed, and the dialect of London where most publishing houses became the standard .In the first English dictionary was published.
Late Modern English (1800-Present)
The main difference between early modern English and late Modern English is vocabulary. Late modern English has many more words arising from two principle factors –firstly the industrial revolution and technology created a need for new words. Secondly the British Empire at its height covered the quarter of the earth surface and the English language adopted foreign words from many countries.

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Any odd transformations need to be brought to the attention of a doctor or dermatologist. But what happens if the evidence fades away, before it has a chance to be spotted?
Most moles, including those that diminish or disappear entirely, are benign (non-cancerous). However, if a person has a malignant (cancerous) mole that has metastasized, and it vanishes, whatever form of skin cancer it represented might not. It can continue to do its damage to the body, sight unseen. If the cancer had not spread at the time a mole disappears, there is a chance it took the cancer with it. But no one should ever take that chance.
As stated above, most moles are not cancerous. But the fact is that even a highly-trained dermatologist can't always tell if one is or isn't simply by looking at it. Some of the most unsightly skin growths can be totally harmless. Conversely, a very innocuous-looking mole could possibly be cancerous. When any changes are detected, the only decision to be made is to see your doctor as soon as possible.
Another problem with vanishing moles stems from basic human nature. And we need to re-train ourselves when it comes to this issue. When a typical person suffers a cut, bruise or something similar, and then notices that it's starting to fade, what are they usually thinking? What would you think? That it's healing, and with good reason- because it usually is. And then of course, as the saying goes, out of sight, out of mind. Making that assumption with moles can potentially be a fatal mistake.
Don't make it. Check over your entire body once a month, and report anything suspicious you may find. It takes 10-20 minutes, and is well worth the time spent.
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import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import org.teavm.jso.JSObject;
import org.teavm.model.ClassReader;
import org.teavm.model.ClassReaderSource;
import org.teavm.model.ElementModifier;
import org.teavm.model.ValueType;

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Early morning after breakfast depart for Velavadar park for Safari, which is a large piece of flat land with a lot of grass! Ideal for the Blackbucks and Nilgais (India's largest antelope). The Wolf is the main predator in the area. The Striped Hyena often steals a kill from the wolf. The Jackal roams about and is an opportunist. The Indian fox and the Jungle cat are also common in the area. Blackbucks are "Antelopes" found mainly in India. They are fast and are known to reach speeds of up to 80 km/hr. The male bucks are a distinctive black and white and have long twisted horns, while females are fawn coloured with no horns. After safari return to resort for lunch later depart for Sasan Gir forest. check in to resort and after freshen up visit kamleshwer dam, which is very famous for crocodile breeding farm and in return to resort. In evening bird watching in resort. Dinner and night halt in Sasan Gir.
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AACE Welcomes Texas Tech's Decision to Stop Considering Race in Its Medical School's Admissions Process
By aace | April 10, 2019
Livingston, New Jersey: Asian American Coalition for Education (AACE) is pleased to learn that the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) has entered a resolution agreement with the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to discontinue the use of race and national origin in its admissions policies. This encouraging development reaffirms our continuous efforts in fighting for equal education rights and epitomizes the Federal Government's willingness to enforce the civil rights laws to eradicate racial discrimination.
TTUHSC's voluntary commitments to abolishing the race factor in its admissions practices, with a clear timeline and proposals of race-neutral alternatives, directly respond to a 2005 complaint filed by Mr. Roger Clegg of the Center for Equal Opportunity. OCR's investigation has found that TTUHSC's School of Medicines employed race-conscious admissions without narrowly tailoring the use of race. OCR also pledges to monitor the college's implementation of its resolution agreement through periodic reports, other documentation, and site visits.
For decades, tens of thousands of Asian-American applicants have suffered egregious discrimination when applying to medical schools across the U.S. In 2013, Asian-American students had the lowest acceptance rate at these schools across all academic score brackets: among those with average GPAs (3.40 to 3.59) and average MCAT scores (27-29), Asian Americans had a meager 22.5% acceptance rate, compared with 33.2%, 64.1%, and 81% for white, Hispanic, and black students, respectively. In 2018, an average Asian-American medical school matriculant had to score higher in both MCAT (by a maximum of 8.3 points) and GPA (by a maximum of 0.25) than other racial groups. It is time for all U.S. medical schools to reconsider their approaches to recruit talents and deliver educational benefits to all American students regardless of racial background.
AACE president, Mr. Yukong Zhao said: "AACE embraces Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's resolution agreement with the OCR to stop using race in its admissions, as hopeful news for Asian-American children. It is also a positive step towards restoring the American Dream, which promises that every U.S. citizen have an equal opportunity to achieve prosperity and success through hard work, determination, and initiative. We commend the Education Department's steadfast commitment to enforcing Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act that forbids racial discrimination in federally funded institutions."
Asian American Coalition for Education
Ms. Swann Lee, telephone: (617) 906-6380, email: swanleeca@gmail.com.
Dr. Wenyuan Wu, telephone: (786) 393-8028, email: admin@asianamericanforeducation.org.
About the AACE: www.asianamericanforeducation.org
Asian American Coalition for Education (AACE) is a non-political, nonprofit, grassroots national organization, the proven leader in fighting for Asian-American children's equal educational rights. On May 15, 2015, the founders of AACE united 64 Asian-American organizations and jointly filed a civil rights complaint with the Department of Education (DOE) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to request that they conduct investigations into Harvard University's discriminatory admissions practices against Asian-American applicants. As the largest joint action taken by Asian-American communities over the last few decades, this complaint is now being investigated by the Justice Department. Over the years, we have advanced the cause of equal education rights for the Asian-American community. In July 2018, the federal government adopted our policy recommendations by rescinding Obama era guidance that promoted racial balancing and acquiesced to racial discrimination in college admissions.
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Is It Time To Hand Over Those Keys?
When is the right time to tell a senior loved one that their days behind the wheel are lessening with each passing day?
According to statistics, there are approximately 33 million drivers over the age of 65 regularly operating a motor vehicle in the United States. The majority of these motorists are injured daily from driving-related accidents; some even killed.
Because of medical complications, disabilities, a decline in vision and cognitive functions, the risk of vehicular fatalities increases significantly after the age of 75.
Based on a study conducted by Dr. Marian Betz, researchers found that most of the more mature and seasoned drivers were open to being approached earlier with driving retirement. It allows them more than enough time to process and prepare in the event they become incapable to drive.
Several states have considered instituting an elderly driving law, requiring individuals to be retested behind the wheel after a certain age.
Well, next year anyway. Apple announced that they are in the process of enhancing iPhone integration in cars with its latest software update, iOS 7, referring to it as the 'iOS in the Car' feature at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.
Automakers such as Acura, Chevrolet, Ferrari, Honda, Hyundai, Infiniti, Jaguar, Kia, Opel, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Volvo are amongst the vehicles that will offer the new 'iOS in the Car' feature, which will allow drivers to access key functions on their iPhone via the dashboard screen. You'll be able to make phone calls, play music, display Apple Maps and receive iMessages, either by using the car's controls or by giving voice commands to Siri through the car's sound system.
"Ninety-five percent of cars sold today have integrated music playback and control from an iOS device, but we want to take this integration to a whole 'nother level," said Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of software and services.
And if that wasn't reason enough to take advantage of the new feature that will be available through selected vehicles in 2014, then perhaps this might…as part of Apple's Eyes Free feature set, Siri can read iMessages aloud and transcribe responses as well!
Sure, you're only dropping some mail off at the post office, grabbing some milk from the grocery store, or picking up the dry cleaning. I mean there's no harm in that right, especially when it only requires a couple minutes of your time, so leaving your child in the car for just a moment should be fine, right? Wrong! According to Safe Kids, 30 children die each year when they are left unsupervised in the car. It only takes seconds for something horrific to happen.
Not only is it scary for a small child to be left alone, but your vehicle's temperature can change dramatically, and very quickly, which can affect your child's oxygen levels, and in some cases causing hyperthermia and/or suffocation.
Aside from temperature changes, inadvertent gear-shift crashes, locking parents out of the car, trunk entrapments, or getting limbs caught in the windows, are just some of the many possible dangers leaving a child unattended in a vehicle could lead to. This is considered a misdemeanor offense; the offense can become a felony if there are resulting injuries.
Waking up a sleeping child or getting a toddler out of a car seat in the freezing cold or rain can be quite a hassle, so it's understandable why many parents fall victim to this. But, if you need money, find a drive through ATM. If you need gas, use a credit card at the pump, or find a full-service station. Whatever you do, just don't leave your child in the car alone!


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Connie Martinson Talks Books: Jeff Stetson on "Blood on the Leaves"
Jeff Stetson on "Blood on the Leaves"
Connie Martinson Talks Books: Victor Villasenor on "Burro Genius"
Victor Villasenor on "Burro Genius"
Literature in its historical and social context.
Dreyfus and Kelly on their book "All Things Shining."
One of the significant Irish poets and scholars of our time, Maire MacEntee, discusses the influences that led to her becoming a poet.
Dr. Leonard Shlain on his career as a surgeon & author.
Performance art combining ASL signing, mime, movement and spoken word.
Rita Dove, former Poet Laureate of the U.S.
Novelist and poet Demetria Martinez.
A reading by poet Michael McClure.
Trinidad resident Derek Walcott reads his poetry.
Science fiction author reads a short story set at UCSD.
A reading in 2000 by novelist Greg Sarris.


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The Navy has a carrier problem… and they think the Marines may know how to fix it
by Alex Hollings Nov 3, 2019
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Cole Schroeder/Released)
The U.S. Marine Corps has recently been experimenting with using its America and Wasp class amphibious assault ships as smaller aircraft carriers that can launch sorties of short takeoff/vertical landing F-35Bs. Now, with the Navy struggling to keep its carrier fleet operational amid maintenance issues and the additional delays to the deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy is considering leaning on the Lightning Carrier concept until they can get their full sized carrier program back on track.
"I have a demand for carriers right now that I can't fulfill. The combatant commanders want carriers," Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer said. "My job is to see how I can fulfill that requirement the best I can."
America's latest and most advanced carriers, the USS Gerald R. Ford likely won't be able to deploy until 2024. (WikiMedia Commons)
A full of half of the Navy's ten operational aircraft carriers cannot currently deploy due to maintenance or repair issues, and it now looks as though the Ford will be operational a full three years behind schedule. However, combat operations for the U.S. military have not dwindled. In fact, some have already postulated that the Pentagon has increased troop deployments in Saudi Arabia over concerns about America's inability to maintain a carrier presence in the region, though officials have dismissed these claims. The USS Abraham Lincoln Nimitz class aircraft carrier is set to leave the region sometime this year, but its replacement, the USS Harry S. Truman will no longer come to relieve it, as the Truman is down with issues with its electrical systems.
Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) continues to face issues with its electrical system even as repairs are ongoing. (WikiMedia Commons)
"[Defense] Secretary Esper informed Saudi Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Muhammad bin Salman this morning of the additional troop deployment to assure and enhance the defense of Saudi Arabia," said Chief Pentagon spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman in a statement earlier this month. "Taken together with other deployments, this constitutes an additional 3,000 forces that have been extended or authorized within the last month."
Now, Spencer says he's considering the Lightning Carrier concept as a way to bolster capabilities in regions that lack the carrier presence America would normally assign to them.
"I will tell you, we are augmenting the aircraft carrier with our ideas, such as this Lightning Carrier, 20 F-35 Bravos on a large-deck amphib," Spencer said. "My cost performance there is tremendous. Does it have the same punch? No, it doesn't, but it does have a very interesting sting to it."
The USS America, shown above, is 844 feet long and displaces nearly 45,000 long tons. That is, admittedly, quite a bit smaller than America's latest Ford-class carrier at 1,106 feet and 100,000 long tons, but is pretty close to being able to fight in the same weight class as other nations' carriers. France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier is only about 14 feet longer than the America and notably weighs in at thousands of long tons less than the American non-carrier, amphibious assault ship.
"About nine months ago I was looking at … USS America, a terrific amphib ship, and said, you know what, why don't we load this thing up with F-35 Bravos, put 20 F-35 Bravos on this, and make it quote/unquote a lightning carrier," Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer said earlier this month.
The combination of these amphibious assault vessels and the most advanced fighter ever to take to the skies has made these ships far more potent than they ever could have been carrying Marine Corps helicopters alone. That's exactly what the Corps is looking for in their "Lighting Carriers," which derive their name from the F-35's proper name—the F-35 Lighting II. Earlier this month, the USS America went on a two-week deployment with thirteen of these advanced fighters on its deck—a first for the Marine Corps. With successful tests like the one of the America, it now seems likely that this premise may see at least some limited use in the near future.
Navy aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford may be ready in April
US Navy's Top Admiral Admits They Crammed Too Much New Tech Onto Their New Aircraft Carrier
Photos Show the US Navy Setting off Explosions Near its New Supercarrier in Tests
Here's everything you need to know about the Marine Corps 'Lightning Carrier' concept
America's newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, set to enter active duty on Saturday
President Trump hails the USS Gerald R. Ford as a 'symbol of American strength' to shipbuilders and crew


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Hamas authorities on Tuesday refused to receive aid and supplies to the Gaza Strip through Israel, stressing that Israel must first free pro-Palestinian campaigners who were onboard an aid flotilla.
Israel can send aid that Gaza flotilla had carried to the coastal enclave "only if the shipments are complete and when Israel release all activists who were onboard the ships, Ziad Al- Zaza, Hamas' Minister of Economy, told Xinhua.
"The priority is to release the detained activists," Al-Zaza added.
On Monday, the Israeli navy stopped five of the vessels that were en route to Gaza to defy a three-year-old Israeli blockade, killing nine international activists and forcing the ships that carried 10,000 tons of aid into its sea ports.
Today, Israel allowed part of the aid, which originally included construction materials and medical supplies, to Gaza through one of its land crossing points, but Hamas refused to let that shipment in, witnesses told Xinhua.
Since the blockade was imposed to isolate Hamas, Israel has allowed food and medicine supplies into Gaza, but building and raw materials are banned.


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Top Cars of the 2018 Paris Motor Show
By Bill Howard on October 5, 2018 at 3:03 pm
The Paris Motor Show shines, somewhat, when the Germans are resting. Specifically, the Paris show runs in even years, when there's no Frankfurt Auto Show. Frankfurt runs in odd years. Frankfurt in a bad year is bigger than Paris on a fabulous year, and this year's Paris show was toward the softer side. Still, when BMW unveils the latest generation of the best-selling luxury-sport sedan ever, the 3 Series, you know Paris can't be too bad.
Here's our take on the top cars of Mondial de l'Auto Paris 2018, held in Paris's Porte de Versailles exhibition center. In addition to the Mercedes-Benz B-Class and EVs from Audi and Mercedes, it was French automakers Renault, Peugeot, DS, and Citroën that, not surprisingly, stepped in to fill the gap for the home-team show.
The star of the Paris show was the seventh-generation 3 Series compact sedan. USA prices will start at $41,195 for the 330i with a four-cylinder turbo, which seems like a lot — but then the very first 1977 320i cost $36,000 at today's prices. The new one is about the same size as the outgoing 3 Series. There will be a lot of tech standard and more available at high prices with very high levels of performance. (Example: surround view cameras, which most everyone offers. BMW adds clearance indicators showing proximity to hazards with green, yellow, or red spacing bubbles.) Infotainment will work with a BMW-developed conversational set of commands, and BMW plans for its take on Siri to be usable in the home. If Apple thinks it can build cars, why can't BMW build natural language interfaces, and why shouldn't BMW charge you to use Siri in your car, likely $80 a year?
3 Series headlamps will be LED. Steerable laser headlamps are an option.
The first cars in early 2019 will be the 330i rear- and all-wheel drive with the turbo four producing 255 hp with an eight-speed automatic. (No 3 Series manual transmission except on M3. It's dead. 10 percent acceptance rate worldwide, far less in the US.) The M340i, not the same thing as an M3, gets a turbo inline-six with 382 hp (up 65). A plug-in hybrid 330e will be out in 2020. There also will be an M3. There is an outside chance we'll see a diesel 3 Series, but it's more likely plug-in hybrids will be BMW's high-mpg play.
As the 3 Series grew chubbier, BMW club fanatics flocked to the 2 Series instead. BMW says improved performance was top-of-mind when designing the 2019 G20 (code name) 3 Series. Weight is down about 125 pounds; the formerly steel hood is now aluminum. The new 3 Series needs to be good because the competition from the Audi A6 (new in 2016) and Mercedes-Benz E-Class (2014) is fierce.
Vinfast director of design Dave Lyon, Miss Vietnam 2018 Tran Tieu Vy, and David Beckham at VinFast launch at the Paris Motor Show at Parc des Expositions.
Beckham, Miss Vietnam Introduce New Car Brand
Almost as interesting as the cars themselves was finding out which British papers sided with the "off year for Paris but still not bad" faction, and which declared Paris "deader than a doornail," such as the Daily Mail, which simply had to be there, however, since:
a) former footballer David Beckham was in attendance,
b) Beckham's thinning hair (a standalone DM story) looked much thicker when he stood alongside
c) Miss Vietnam Tran Tieu Vy in a form-fitting dress as they
d) helping launched Vinfast, a luxury carmaker from Vietnam
e) whose first vehicles would come to market in 2019, and
f) wasn't it interesting that Beckham had just beaten a speeding ticket (59 in a 40 zone in a Bentley) on a technicality?
g) but only his lawyer was in court and instead
h) Beckham and wife Victoria were in Paris "celebrat[ing] over a £1,300 [$1,700] bottle of French wine."
The British do get to the essence of auto shows.
Parist Motor Show
Miss Vietnam
Mercede
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Note that after you applied these settings, you can set both image display duration in the slideshow and type of Transition effect for individual images from the queue.
The "Clear queue" button is located at the right-hand side of the common settings panel. Total number of queued files is shown in parentheses. Click this button to remove all the files from the queue but keep the chosen settings (read more about it in the "Output slideshow settings" section of this manual).


CBD Pet Oil and CBD pet treats are becoming increasingly popular, but so far, most of the growth in popularity can be attributed to word of mouth. Someone tries a CBD product on themselves or on their pet, see a positive result, and recommends it to a friend, who then tries it as well.
There's nothing at all wrong with that, but one of the unfortunate side effects of that kind of growth is that it creates the opportunity for misinformation (and often contradictory information) to creep into the mix.
In this piece, my goal is to help set the record straight by providing you with factual information about the benefits and effects of CBD-related products (including pet treats).
You'll have good information at your fingertips and be in a position to make an informed decision about whether or not it's something you want to try for yourself or your pet.
Let's take a closer look then!
CBD-related products are not psychoactive – While there are dozens of compounds in marijuana, the two biggies are CBD and THC. It is THC that provides the "high." No matter how much CBD you take, you're not going to get a buzz at all, and neither will your pet.
CBD-related products have no major side effects – It would be overselling it to say that CBD-related products have no side effects at all, but the only time you actually see side effects is when you vastly exceed the recommended dosage, and then, the worst of the side effects are a slightly upset stomach and occasional diarrhea, both of which are easily controlled by simply not gorging on the stuff.
There's a growing body of evidence, now backed up by scientific research that suggests regular doses of CBD Pet oil slows the growth of cancerous tumors.
In addition to that CBD-related products work very well in tandem with the most effective cancer therapies, including chemotherapy. Three of the big side effects of chemotherapy are: pain, loss of appetite, and nausea, and CBD Pet oil(along with any products infused with that oil) is an effective counter to all three side effects!
Veterinarians estimate that about 5% of dogs suffer from some type of seizure-inducing ailment (with Epilepsy being the most common). CBD-infused products have been proven to make seizures less likely to occur, and to lessen the severity and duration of seizures when they do occur.
In addition to reducing nausea and increasing appetite, CBD-infused products have a proven track record of reducing the effects of IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) in both humans and in pets.
CBD Pet Oil promotes better heart health by protecting the body's arteries, lowering blood pressure and slightly slowing heart rate (this is true in both humans and animals).
You can also read about the Cannabinoid System in Pets to learn more about the effects of CBD and Hemp.
For these reasons and many more, if you have an older pet whose quality of life isn't what it used to be, you should consider adding CBD pet treats to your care regimen. Your four-legged friend will thank you for it!
Great post! I've actually been looking into CBD Oil for my little furbaby… It's been such a help to me that I figured it would help her with her anxiety during storms as well as the arthritis she's starting to get in her hips. She's still a spry young thing at only 12 years old! Love her to death and would do anything for her.
If you have any suggestions on what may be the best for her and these conditions that would be awesome feedback.
Hello Sabrina dn thanks for the comment.
Any CBD oil product would probably work for your kitty, but since I am not a vet, it would be best for you to consult with your vet first, since they would be more knowledgeable in regards to dosage, afflictions and the overall health of your pet. I suggest the same for humans who are interested in using CBD oil. Even though it is easy to acquire the CBD oil for pets, your vet would be the best to consult with first.
Marihuana for pets, I had to look twice when I saw this post.
Ok, I understand now it is the medical CBD that is used here. I just wondered, is there not a small, tiny little bit of THC remaining in these products?
I mean they now have these CBD cigarets in Switzerland but they still have a relaxing side effect.
Great information, I let my sister-in-law read this because she has a sick dog.
Sorry to hear about your sister in laws sick dog. There have been so many products that have been introduced for pets in the CBD market. Do you know what is wrong with the dog? Perhaps i could suggest a product that may help. Let me know!!
Great post! CBD oil really is making a big impact at last. It has really shown scientifically to help cancer in humans and pets and being a natural plant based product Big Pharma can't trade mark it and make their billions which is great.
there are now so many products that are available for pets!! Dogs and cats seem to suffer from many of the same ailments as us humans, so it only makes sense that these products will work on pets also. CBD for dogs has really caught on, and is making a headway in the veterinary field, with many vets coming on board to prescribe the product.


Planning to get yourself a new phone or tablet? But you asking yourself, what to do with the old device? Well, there are few options you can choose from to get rid of the unwanted electronic gadgets, not necessarily throwing them away and contributing to growing number of landfills. Remember, that even small acts can save our planet. So, instead of throwing away your old cell phone or tablet, you'd better consider recycling them. There are some institutions that will take care of second-hand devices, additionally paying you for them.
If you want to get back some of the money invested in your old phones and tablets, you may sell them on your own using websites like eBay, Craigslist or Marketplace. Adding offer to these platforms isn't a complicated task. The only thing you have to do is to sign up for an account, create a description of the product's info and add few photos. Other than that, don't forget to delete any personal data stored on your old device before sending it to its future owner.
To make your deal competitive, you need to do some market research to check the phone's or tablet's current value. You should also remember that the physical condition of the device also affects its price, so take into account all flaws and damages carried by your phone or tablet when estimating the slate's price.
In addition, retailers like Best Buy, Radio Shack, or Amazon offers trade-in programs and deliver users consignment service, which is certainly a good option when you want to sell your device quickly and don't have much time to take care of a direct sale. However, the thing is that when selling a phone or a tablet this way, you won't earn as much money as when selling it by yourself.
Furthermore, websites like Gazelle specializing in Apple gadgets, Amazon that accepts older phones than any other shopping platforms and Nextworth which pays for hosting electronic devices should be also on your radar when you want to recycle your old cell phone / tablet.
Moving on, the another aspect you should consider when selling the old phone is when and how you will get the money for the sold item. For instance, Amazon will offer you its gift cards covering the value of the phone or tablet. Best Buy works in a similar way, exchanging their gift cards for your old slates.
If you don't like the idea of waiting 48 hours for Amazon to send you their gift cards, you may choose Nextworth or Gazelle. Both retailers give you a wide range of payment options including, check, PayPal, Target gift cards (in the case of Nextworth) or Amazon gift cards (in the case of Gazelle). Note, that check usually takes about a week.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation which gives refurbished electronic gadgets to hospitalized children.
Reconnect – a partnership between Dell and Goodwill.
The Wireless Foundation that supports domestic abuse organization donating 100 % of its refurbished phone sales.
World Computer Exchanges that establishes computer labs in underdeveloped countries.
eBay Giving Works which donates from 10 to 100 percent of the price of the sold on eBay auction item to the charity organization you will choose.


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How to Write an Invite Letter to a Pastor
Vera Leigh | updated on August 31, 2017
Vera Leigh
Vera Leigh has worked as a professional freelance writer since 2008. Her work has appeared in "Learn Overseas" and "Grad Source" magazines. In addition, she received an honorable mention in "Newsweek's" My Turn contest. She has written features for nonprofits focused on literacy, education, genomics and health. In her spare time, Leigh puts her English major to use by tutoring in grammar and composition.
If you need to write a letter of invitation to a pastor or other clergy member, you should follow a few simple rules. The letter should be formal in tone, so make your writing as professional as possible. If you know the pastor personally, you can include a personal message within the letter.
Write a formal letter of invitation to a pastor. (Image: Buccina Studios/Photodisc/Getty Images)
Begin with a salutation (Image: Pixland/Pixland/Getty Images)
Begin with a salutation such as "Dear Pastor Smith" or "Dear Rev. Jones."
Open your letter with an invitation to the event (Image: Keith Brofsky/Photodisc/Getty Images)
Open your letter with an invitation to the event; for example: "I am writing to invite you to the second annual 'City Peace Conference' on Aug. 2, 2011. The event's purpose is to bring clergy and community together to talk about ways to build peace in our city."
Invite the pastor to serve on a panel or to speak at the event (Image: Brand X Pictures/Brand X Pictures/Getty Images)
Invite the pastor to serve on a panel or to speak at the event. You might want to explain briefly but specifically why you think the pastor would contribute to the discussion. Here is an example: "Your work in peace and community-building over the last 10 years in our city makes you a prime candidate for our conference panel. We would be very grateful to hear your voice and to engage with you."
Conclude the letter with an expression of thanks (Image: Jupiterimages/Polka Dot/Getty Images)
Conclude the letter with an expression of thanks and include your contact information; for example: "Thank you for considering this invitation. I look forward to hearing whether you will be able to join us. You can reach me at..."
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YouTube to test technology that removes pirated video
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The popular video sharing Web site YouTube will begin testing video recognition technology in an effort to help remove pirated content.
The test will begin next month with hopes that the software, designed to recognize copyright content in videos, will be ready to roll out later this year, the company said. The testing will be in conjunction with partners Time Warner Inc and the Walt Disney Co.
The site's owner, Google Inc, has pledged to adopt some kind of solution to identify copyright content on its site so it can remove pirated content or negotiate with owners for a license.
While many of YouTube's videos are homegrown, copyright content from such partners as CBS and NBC also attracts viewers. Protecting those relationships is key for online video sites.
The importance of those relationships was highlighted in March, when Viacom Inc sued YouTube and Google for more than US$1 billion in a federal complaint alleging YouTube has not done enough to prevent its users from posting thousands of copyright clips to the site.
YouTube said it had started using audio recognition technology from Audible Magic Corp earlier this year to either block unauthorized content or pay royalties to the major record labels who have licensed their content to the site.
The company was already searching for a similar video fingerprinting technology when it was bought out by Google last October for US$1.65 billion.
"What we found was that no one had anything we felt was accurate enough and scalable enough for our needs," YouTube partner development director Chris Maxcy said on Tuesday.
YouTube engineers discovered that Google had been developing such video technology.
"The technology is built for maximum flexibility," he said. "It can be used to remove content once it is identified or used to license content where we pay a revenue share to our partners."
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The Impossibility of Memory
Theo Dorgan December 2020
All lamentation is spurred by grief, its occasion immediate, the impulse imperative, not to be denied or choked back. Lamentation in its untrammeled form is spontaneous, sanctioned, a voicing shared between the grieving community and the heart-struck solitary keener. In time, of course, certain formal conventions arise, and there is an unspoken assumption, shared by all, that these conventions will be observed. In cultures where grief is feared or frowned upon, lamentation is choked off and strangled into socially acceptable reductions of the emotion. In freer communities, a negotiation will long since have evolved between what is socially accepted, even expected, and what is fresh, unanticipated and of the unique moment. Lamentation recognises the double face of death ‑ that it is at once unique to the person who has died, and a subtraction at the same time from the community in which he or she participated.
Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill's Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire comes out of a sanctioned tradition for which there are documentary sources going back to the twelfth century. There is a sense in which her lament was no more than was expected of her, a sense also that her community would have approved both of her eulogising of her dead husband and of her giving voice to her own personal pain.
The version we have now passed, as Julie K. Marren observes,
… through a remarkable number of filters before it reached [Seán ] Ó Tuama. According to Ó Tuama's history of the versions, the keener Norrie Singleton (Nóra Ní Shindile) performed 'The lament for Art O Leary' for Éamon de Bhál to transcribe in approximately 1800. In 1860 Donnchadh Ó Súilleabháin made a copy of De Bhál's arrangement which was then published in 'The Last Colonel of The Irish Brigade', a book describing Art O'Leary's life. Peadar Ó Laoghaire translated this version into English, and in 1896, Osborn Bergin copied and edited Ó Laoghaire's text. Finally in 1923 Shan Ó Cuív made a copy of Bergin's edition …
Allowing for the fallible memory of Ní Shindile, it is fairly likely, I think, that the text we have now, the standard text as it were, is a more or less faithful rendering of Eibhlín Dubh's original.
Angela Bourke tells us that keening in Ireland was largely if not exclusively carried out by women. She tells, us too that the keen or lament for the dead allowed for more than the expression of grief; it also offered a sanctioned occasion for woman to express social or political criticism. Eibhlín Dubh makes full use of these permissions in the first lament of whose authorship we can be fairly confident.
Now if there are records of keening or lamentation in Ireland since the twelfth century, and the first acknowledged author of a lament is the widow of a man murdered in 1773, we have to ask why this should be so, why no name before Eibhlín Dubh's has entered the record.
Part of the answer may well be the reluctance to view lamentation as a legitimate high art form, its instances ascribed to a known author; and there may very well be a cultural gender bias at work here. I am not a scholar in this area, so I can but raise the question. What we can say, however, is that the absence of authorial attribution most likely stems from the fact that lamentation was a phenomenon anciently lodged in a complex oral tradition. A lament, you might say, was not composed with a view to its outlasting its occasion.
Lamentation is an ancient phenomenon; there are lamentations in the Old Testament, the scholar Batya Weinbaum has made a case for the spontaneous lament of women chanters being involved in the creation of the oral tradition that gave us The Iliad; there are records of lamentations from ancient Mesopotamia, in the Hindu Vedas, in the Old Testament and of course in the Greek tradition. The essence of lamentation, it seems, is that it is conceived as, or conceives itself in its moment as, the voice of a community speaking through a woman or women, bewailing death.
The important thing here is to grasp that while an individual keener might have a key role to play in a given lament, she was grieving not so much as herself, more as the voice of her community. The identity of the individual keener was of no interest. There is something very ancient here, as ancient as the idea that the Great Goddess spoke through her priestesses at Delphi and Eleusis and that their individual identities were of no consequence whatever.
That we have Eibhlín Dubh's name, therefore, is a signal bearing a number of different charges: we have her name because she came from a powerful family at a time when formal histories, backed up by documentation, were beginning to be systematically kept; we have her name because there was a relatively short gap in time between the inscribing of her Caoineadh in the folk memory and the arrival of a scholar to transcribe that folk memory; we have her name, in a strange way, because she was the last of her kind, and the precursor of a new kind. Spontaneous oral poetry and song would continue to be composed after Eibhlín Dubh, but we had in any case arrived at the climax of a decisive cultural shift that began when Pericles caused the words of Homer's Odyssey to be written down.
It is of course fanciful to say that Pericles was the father of modern Western civilisation; it is not fanciful, however, to say that he presided over and encouraged the shift in values that must necessarily accompany the transition from an oral to a written culture. Father of Classical Greece he may have been, but Pericles, like us all, was a man of his moment, and that particular moment was the moment of the written record. When Homer's great poem, the great oral epic of Western culture, was written down, something changed forever. There is a sense in which Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire marks the last ripple outward from that momentous event.
Our tribes are built upon our stories; you might say that we keep the tribe going as long as we keep the stories going. When the stories begin to falter, when a happy tribal myth is challenged by an uncomfortable piece of evidence, the story falters, and so does the tribe.
We have no sure way of knowing whether or not the Odyssey of Homer as we have it now is the same thing as the oral verse epic that blind singer composed, nor indeed have we any way of being sure of the relationship between the ur-poem and the version that would eventually be written down. We have, so to speak, an Odyssey, but we cannot with safety say we have Homer's Odyssey.
The Odyssey is still, of course, one of the crowning glories of Greek culture but, crucially, not in the same way as it would be had it been passed down to the present moment in an unbroken chain of oral transmission. I do not propose here to rehearse the many complex arguments about the nature, provenance and "rightness" of the Odyssey as we now have it, I merely want to point out that we have a more or less agreed written version of what was in its origin and in its life for hundreds of years a mutable masterpiece of the oral tradition. Before it was written down, the poem was subject to all the vagaries of the collective memory; no further alterations will now be permitted, barring some utterly unforeseen discovery.
The American poet Gary Snyder makes the point that poetry is essentially an oral art form, stretching back in his view as much as 40,000 years. To those of us raised in the culture of the book, the written-down text, this seems perhaps unlikely ‑ until we remember that the writing down of poems and songs is a relatively recent phenomenon. We have poems scribed on clay tablets from 1400 BCE, from Ugarit in what is now Syria. We have inscriptions on stone from Greece, c 1600 BCE, we have papyri from the Nile kingdom, Babylon, Assyria, all inside a time-horizon of no more than four thousand years, but we have scarcely had a written culture in any true sense for more than two hundred years. The educated and literate classes were few in number until the industrial revolution, and although reading and writing, or rudimentary versions of these skills, have been taught sporadically in different cultures across the globe for perhaps four millennia, the vast majority of people possessed their own cultures in the oral dimension only. The unwarranted assumption that what is written down must be more sophisticated, more artful, more culturally important than what is composed in the head and passed on by word of mouth seems to me to fly in the face of this important truth.
Some of this primacy granted to the written is no doubt an expression or consequence of what has come to be called the commodification of the work of art: it's difficult to establish copyright, for instance, in a poem that isn't written down, and who controls the copyright controls the economic value of the work of art. Some of it is also, no doubt, due to our foolish habit of assuming that what comes later in history is automatically superior to what has preceded it in the unfolding of time. Whatever the reason, we should be very careful when we ascribe, as we largely do, a higher status to what is written down.
It is true that the oral tradition is eminently corruptible, and the establishment of an agreed text committed to writing can act as a kind of fixative or guarantor. Once a master text is established and agreed, subsequent corruptions can be spotted, traced and corrected. Material evidence can be traced and pointed to in order to resolve any arguments that may arise. On the other hand, one can argue that once a mistake enters into the written authoritative text it can take a long time for it to be corrected. Whoever controls the master text controls also its subsequent iterations.
The communal editorship and ownership of a poem or song in the oral tradition can be as strict in its preservation of the original as any scholar, or scholarly community of the written word. A singer may bend a line in a song to suit her own vocal style, but be sure there will be someone out there to remind us all of the original and "correct" version. I have been witness to this process at work, and can vouch for its severity.
All of which being said, we have to face the fact that we live now in a culture where the primacy has long since, perhaps decisively, shifted to the written culture. I do not say the oral culture has died out or been supersede; indeed in a paradoxical way it may be having a wholly unexpected revival in the digital age, but the process by which a community was gathered, nourished and maintained in a vibrant oral culture is, I think, facing extinction.
Famously, Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire comes down to us from the oral tradition. Let us remember its provenance as given by Seán Ó Tuama:
An oíche sin i gCarraig an Ime, ni foláir, dhein Eibhlín Dubh roinnt dá caoineadh ar an gcorp, agus roinnt eile an oíche ina dhiadh sin ar an tórramh i Rath Laoich. Dhein deirfiúir Airt ó Chorcaigh a dreas caointe féin agus, chomh maith leis sin, dhein athair Airt rann no dhó.
(That night in Carraig an Ime Eibhlín Dubh did some of her lamenting over the body, and more again on the following night at the funeral in Rath Laoich. Art's sister from Cork did her own bit of lamenting and, as well as this, Art's father contributed a few verses of his own.)
From the outset, the Lament is a personal, family and community affair. The lamentations are uttered, spoken or chanted among Art's own people. It is reasonable to assume that the primary, the only intended, audience was racked by its own grief at the death of one of their own. The Lament, in a very particular sense, is its own singular and unique occasion.
Ó Laoghaire was first interred in Cill na Martra, and subsequently re-interred in Cill Chré. On that occasion Eibhlín Dubh lamented him again, and as the years went by she would add further versions to her lament. As time rolled on, given the close-knit nature of the community, the power and beauty of her grief and the words in which she expressed that grief became, in a sense, the patrimony of her community. Ó Tuama tells us, writing in 1961:
Na ranna seo a cumadh ar Art Ó Laoghaire, bhíodh cuid mhaith acu á n-aithris coitianta fós ag daoine ós cionn leathchéad bliain ó shin i nGaeltachtaí Chorcaí agus Chiarraí. Cuireadh leo, ar ndóigh, is baineadh uathu; agus ar an tranglam caointeoireachta ar fad tugtar Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire.
(The verses that were composed on Art Ó Laoghaire were still being recited regularly over fifty years ago by people in the Cork and Kerry Gaeltachts; they would have been added to, of course, and taken from; to this entire clutter and tangle of verses we give the title The Lament for Art Ó Laoghaire.)
Michael Schmidt, in his excellent book The First Poets, has this to say about oral culture and community:
People who share an oral culture feel close to their stories because they carry them inside themselves; the narratives have not been downloaded. Performers recite them, but their recital is checked against memory. There is a sense of common or shared possession; the poem is a crucial constituent of community.
In the most obvious, the simplest sense possible, I want to say that we do not have Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire in the same way as did the community that took possession of it, the community that subsequent to his murder would incorporate his cruel death, and the lamenting of that death, as elements in their own identity. Truly, for its first hearers and for all those who kept the Lament alive until it was written down, an injury to one was an injury to all. In one of those paradoxes in which oral culture glories, Ó Laoghaire continued to live through his death as long as the lament was being uttered. I might go further, and suggest that Ó Laoghaire only truly died when the Lament was written down, that is to say when it passed from being part of the identity that particular community kept in being through telling, when it passed into the amber of the canonical text, the mausoleum of the library.
It is impossible for us to own the memory of Ó Laoghaire's death in the same way as did those who possessed the Lament as part of a shared patrimony. When we read the text now we are reading something that had its life in a common story, and has since passed on into the half-life of the text.
Let us pause for a moment and imagine what it would be if we had to travel to Uibh Rath if we wished to hear the Lament. What would that be like? And for those of us whose roots are not in that tribal area, who have no family stories of or connection to Ó Laoghaire, no handed-down recollections of him, of his family, of the wake, of the funeral, what would the experience be like? Would we not be like anthropologists, observing but not participating in a living act of memory, a sacred act? Let me drive the point further home: imagine, in those circumstances, sitting there in the half-dark as some woman of Inse Geimhleach recites the great Lament ‑ and your mother beside you is whispering of her great-great-great-grandmother who helped wash the corpse, is whispering of your great-great-great-uncle the priest who sang at the funeral? What would that be like?
Connected or not, being present at such a recital would be charged with some very powerful emotions, would it not? I can imagine too a sense of privilege, of being permitted, admitted, as if one were a favoured witness to the Eleusinian Mysteries.
It should be possible, should it not, to preserve some of this charge of mystery and at the same time have access to the written text? There are, after all, poems from the written tradition that carry a freight of meaning and feeling capable of overwhelming us, of drawing us inside the precincts of what is being told, just as there are poems with that power in the oral tradition?
Well, yes, but though the powers may be comparable the experience, I think, is very different in each case. A crucial difference is touched on by Michael Schmidt, when he says:
Language itself changes when it is codified and written down. When the ability to read and write spreads … the idea of culture spreads … By the way it is used, language becomes a means of distorting truth, limiting and pointing meaning.
Language itself changes when it is codified and written down … this is as much as to say, memory becomes impossible when it is written down. Or at least, memory weakens.
It is a commonplace of anthropology that active memory, personal and communal, is stronger and more capacious in oral cultures. It is also a trite but nonetheless true observation that faced with an easy way and a hard way to do anything, the vast majority of people will choose the easy way ‑ or at least what seems the easy way. Why remember your multiplication tables when you have a calculator? Why remember your Aunt Mary's recipe for blackberry jam when you can look it up in a cookery book? Why remember who played in goal for Cork in the 1953 Munster Final when you can look it up on the web?
We have begun to forget that memory can be an active constituting power, that memory can be exercised and strengthened, that memory can have life-force, purpose and direction.
When I read the Lament first as a schoolboy, I had been once or twice in Mid-Cork, I had some rudimentary idea of the geography of the poem, some sense of the history of Ireland in the late eighteenth century, but no idea at all at all of the social geography of Eibhlín Dubh's world. In other words, no connection to the living context of the poem. Had I been part of the community down through whose ranks, out through whose ramifications, the poem had passed, from mouth to ear, I would have had a radically different experience of the poem, I would have been implicated in its memory, in some sense have assumed a responsibility to ensure the onward passage of the Lament. I would have found myself in some sense morally obliged to an act of memory.
The cold text implies no such sense of duty, issues no such invitation. I can choose to remember it, if I wish, but nobody will care if I let it slide, if I let it pass.
The memory of the tribe imposes or at least offers, duty, like it or not. The free-floating text issues, at best, an invitation. Now, no harm whatever in that. Joyce endeavouring to fly free of the nets of history is refusing to be bound by the rules, shibboleths and superstitions of the tribe that would claim him, and he has my entire sympathy. Equally, though, Antoine O Raifteiri has my sympathy, too, when he writes:
Is dá mbeinnse im sheasamh i gceartlár mo dhaoine
D'imeodh an aois díom is bheinn aris óg.
(I, too, am strengthened from time to time by a sense of being at the heart of my own people.)
If it is, then, impossible for me to possess Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire as an event in collective memory, as a member myself of that collective, that community towards whom in the first instance it was directed, does that mean that coming to the Lament as text is a diminished experience in some sense? I don't think so. The oral Lament has passed beyond memory for me, for all of us now living, including the present population of Muscraí. That memory is now impossible. If time and attrition had not eroded the poem from the memory bank of its own place, then the superior efficiency and seductive ease of the printed text would have done so in any event, as in fact has proved to be the case. As a text the Lament has passed into a different manifestation, it has entered the patrimony of a wider literature ‑ and indeed, through the medium of translation, it offers itself now to a world audience as one among many texts that a reader may choose from to enrich their understanding of being human. One door closes, another opens. Just as I would not be without the Odyssey as it has petrified into a canonical text, I would not be without the text of Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire.
Eibhlín Dubh's grief, the well-spring of the lament, is anguished, sharp and immediate; if there are literary elements in what we now consider the canonical text, then some may have drifted in later, some indeed she may have incorporated from the very start ‑ after all, she came from a sophisticated and educated family. But, I repeat, the first voice of the poem is a bitter keening in the presence and hearing of immediate neighbours, family and kin. She was, as they say, among her own. Her own would have remembered Art in his finery, in his masculine arrogance and beauty. Her memories are their memories also:
Hata faoi bhanda,
Bróg chaol ghallda,
Is culaith den abhras
A sníomhthaí thall duit.
( … gold-banded beaver,
And suits of finest cloth
You had woven abroad.)
(Version: P Bushe)
It is one of the characteristics of the oral tradition that the subjective identity of the author is to a considerable degree suppressed. What, after all, do we know of Homer, of the author of The Song of Solomon?
Michael Schmidt again:
… the individual "voice" is unimportant and what matters is fidelity to the poem.
The lament is a stylised thing in Gaelic culture, having much the same form throughout this island; it is not particular to Múscraí, though no doubt Múscraí had its own variant on the basic form. Insofar as there are stylised elements in the Lament, Eibhlín in her grief proves true to the conventions of the form and the conventions of her own people. She is, if you like, fidèle. There are elements in the poem, though, that strike what seems to us the modern note. Consider, for instance:
A dhaoine na n-ae istigh,
'Bhfuil aon bean in Éirinn,
Ó luí na gréine,
A shínfeadh a taobh leis,
Do bhéarfadh trí lao dhó,
Ná raghadh le craobhaca
I ndiaidh Airt Uí Laoghaire
Atá anso traochta
Ó mhaidin inné agam?
(You people of my own kind,
Is there a woman in Ireland
Who, night after nightfall,
Would lie down beside him,
Who is carrying his third child,
Who would not lose her mind
When Art Ó Laoghaire is lying
Here, drained and lifeless,
Since yesterday morning?)
Here is a woman with a strong sense of her own identity, a woman used to testing the truth of her own life against her own sensibility, her own powers of judgement.
She means in her lamenting to set her dead man out bright and clear to us, a man of flesh and blood, haughty, strong-willed and loving, a fond father, a beloved man to a woman of high temperament. The vivid immediacy of these pen pictures breaks the poem from the matrix of the conventional oral lament, and yet uses the resources of that tradition to reinforce and strengthen its impact on listener and reader. There are all kinds of wonderful tensions in the poem, not least the tension between the very public form of the lament and the passionate, intimate, love poem that pulses from start to finish. Whether or not such was her intention (and how could we possibly know?) Eibhlín Dubh has given life to her dead man, she has placed him in the memory of strangers, in lives and times and places neither he nor she could possibly have imagined. In effect, she has cheated death, insofar as she has slipped past the death of the culture in which she spoke, the culture that gave her warrant and words, form and permissions; the culture and people and place that gave her the love of her life.
By way of contrast, there is nothing like the same immediate eternality in, for instance, Shakespeare's Sonnet XVIII:
Thou art more lovely and more temperate;
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimmed:
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,
Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
The Lament, I think, is a strange and haunting hybrid, better perhaps a shadowed text where the shadow stands in clear definition ‑ a poem born on the cusp between two traditions, between the clay of the native matrix and the rock on which imperishable texts can be inscribed.
It might also be true to say, and apt considering her antecedence, that in the text as we now have it, some ghost or other has smuggled through a way of seeing and saying that, strictly speaking, should no longer be possible. Eibhlín Dubh Ni Chonaill is, in fact, a very considerable poet, though it is likely she never set pen to paper to make a verse in her life. She freights the poem with a great deal of circumstantial detail, and it is possible to branch out from any verse into the living present of a reliable past. She is, as far as we can tell, a trustworthy witness in the death of her husband. She manages a language that finds a dignified manner of expression for overwhelming grief, and yet somehow, reaching way down past the reptile brain into our most ancient compact with words, she contrives to let us hear, out from under a weight of clay and rock, a pure human keening howl of unassuageable grief.
I think again of what Michael Schmidt said:
Language itself changes when it is codified and written down. When the ability to read and write spreads … the idea of culture spreads …
If Eibhlín Dubh's great Lament for her beloved Art has cheated death and the fallibility of memory once, that is when it crossed the bridge from the oral into the written culture, then it has also entered into a number of different possible zones of living memory in the many translations it has undergone. By means of these translations, also, the poem has found a new people, new peoples. We take "translation" from the Latin trans latere, meaning to carry over. If, as I believe, nothing human is alien to us, it is best to think of culture as organic, and of cultural communities as organic communities. If the ancient idea of the tribe has mutated beyond plausibility, then the idea of the tribal has not vanished, but rather suffered something of a sea change. Now in the pan-global culture we have tribes defined by cultural choices, communities defined by elective affinity. Eibhlín Dubh still has a people, but now, in an intriguing way, it is a people called into being by the power and passion of her own voice, however codified in the writing down. In the transcribed original, in the countless translations that flow out from it, she is a living challenge to the impossibility of memory.
It would be fair to say that she defies the grave, shrugs off that weight of clay and rock, has claimed for herself and her beloved Art the only immortality any of us can reasonably expect to enjoy.
Theo Dorgan is a poet and writer. The Abduction, his most recent translations of Syrian poet Maram al-Masri, has just been published by Southword.
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