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drafthorse is a biannual (Feb/July) online publication of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, visual narrative, and other media art.
Editor Denton Loving, an emerging writer from East Tennessee, co-edits drafthorse along with Darnell Arnoult, prize-winning author of What Travels With Us: Poems (LSU Press) and the novel Sufficient Grace (Free Press). Liz Murphy Thomas is an artist, photographer and educator who serves as art editor.
Published by Lincoln Memorial University, located in the heart of the Appalachians, the theme of the drafthorse is "work and no work." Denton Loving explains, "Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) was established as a work school in the heart of Appalachia, and work continues to be a driving force in our contemporary lives. Work has defined our region beginning with indigenous peoples, and later with settlers of European and African descent who extracted a living on steep hillsides amid a stunning but often treacherous landscape. Today, alongside a liberal arts education, LMU offers professional education in the areas of osteopathic medicine, law, education and business. The editors of drafthorse are interested in work, or the absence of work, as an avenue to explore how people both manifest and transcend their nature as physical and spiritual beings."
drafthorse publishes content where "work, occupation, labor," explains Loving, "or lack of the same, is in some way intrinsic to a narrative's potential for epiphany. While we at drafthorse are just as eager to publish stories or poems about a grape grower from the Napa Valley or photographs of lobster fishermen in Maine, we originate from the mountain South, and we will most definitely look to publish a healthy dose of storytelling that reflects our own history in relationship to labor."
Contributors in the first issue include Lisa Alther, Gloria Ballard, Joseph Bathanti, Gabriel Morley and Stephanie Whetstone with fiction; Matt Berman, Judy Goldman and Matt Martin with creative non-fiction; Michael Chitwood, Janet Kirchheimer, Maurice Manning, Chris Martin, Rosemary Royston, and Iris Tillman with poetry. Artwork by Jeff Whetstone and Robert Gipe.
Loving says the editors at drafthorse look forward to incorporating more music and film in the near future, and eventually hope to publish more than twice a year.
Submissions to drafthorse are accepted through email and on a rolling basis. The editors are particularly seeking original fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and visual art.
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My son and I are getting ready to celebrate the #1 Dad in our life tomorrow. Breakfast will include a frittata with yukon golds and lots of herbs from the garden and per my son's request, "A LOT of bacon" (presumably so he doesn't have to battle his dad for it). If you need a good frittata recipe Pamela Salzman has some great ones.
If you're in need of more inspiration, check out Huckberry which always has a stellar collection of great stuff. I dare you not to find something there whatever your price range.
I bought a Nespresso Aeroccino a few months ago to make heating up milk (or almond milk) quicker and easier for making turmeric lattes, chai and hot chocolate for my son.
It is super slick. In less than a minute it heats the milk to a perfect temp that my kiddo can drink right away. This would be a cool gift with a special hot chocolate mix.
New windows will go in next week and drywall will begin! In the meantime, our "new" kitchen in the dining room is serving us well.
My husband and I also had a date night this week and had an early dinner at Joule, one of our most favorite restaurants in the city. The best part of the date was deciding to walk across the street to Miir.
I also want one of their camp cups.


Some day soon, I tell myself, I will make it to Miyajima and behold the great Torii located some 200 meters offshore that is its UNESCO world heritage listed Shinto shrine's most well known feature. In the meantime, I love looking out for and at the torii of Hakone Shrine situated at the edge of Hakone's Lake Ashi when sailing on one of the "pirate ships" that transport visitors from the northern side of this beautiful body of water to its eastern end.
On my second trip to the area, I decided to not only view this eighth century shrine's most visible vermilion torii from afar but also to pay a visit to Hakone Jinja. Unlike many a samurai of old, the group I was with didn't approach this ancient Shinto place of worship but, rather, walked to it from the pier at Moto-Hakone a few hundred meters away. This way, we passed through a number of other torii and along an approach lined by over 800-year-old cedar trees before getting to the vermilion structure that is Hakone Jinja's most visibile feature from the boat.
Within the shrine precinct is a cedar tree with a shimenawa (a straw rope with white zigzag paper strips) around it denoting its sacred status. Whenever I see such a sight, I get to thinking of My Neighbor Totoro, in particular the tree in the clearly enchanted woods near their home that the father takes his two daughters to pay their respects to/at.
And as I've come to expect of Shinto shrines, there are a number of stone steps to climb up to its main hall. Even while I made noises about shrine buildings often not being all that impressive, I still couldn't resist climbing up to the very top of the stairs to take a look around up there before making my way down to the water's edge and what I have to say is Hakone Jinja's more picturesque spot: by the torii that points out the whereabouts of this shrine to people sailing by on the lake.
This past Sunday, I attended a special screening of a candidate for least seen Golden Horse Awards nominee at a little known cinema in Shau Kei Wan operated by a South Korean cinema chain. Despite having received positive word of mouth, Chan Tze Woon's Yellowing has not been screened in any of the multiplexes owned and operated by a major Hong Kong cinema chain; prompting intimations of creeping self-censorship here in the Fragrant Harbour in general and an effective "blacking out" of films about the Umbrella Movement in particular in the wake of the controversy generated by Ten Years (which, more than incidentally, is currently topping the video charts at the local HMV).
With a 29-year-old policy studies and administration graduate turned filmmaker as its main man, Yellowing is noticeably rawer than Evans Chan's Raise the Umbrellas as well as less comprehensive, despite having a lengthier running time (of a total that's been listed as being 128 and, alternatively, 133 minutes). And rather than featuring interviews with notable personalities (such as Benny Tai, Joshua Wong, Martin Lee and co), this documentary of a mass movement looks at -- and hears from -- young supporters of the Umbrella Movement such as "Rachel Senior", an amazingly articulate first year University of Hong Kong law student, and "Rachel Junior", a shy but courageous 14-year-old secondary student who went to the Umbrella Movement frontlines straight from school and in her uniform.
Fairly early on, Chan Tze Woon discovered that it'd be well nigh impossible to stay a mere observer or witness to the pro-democracy protests when he was assaulted by a uniformed policeman while filming scenes at the Occupy Mongkok site. It says a lot that not only did he go on to shoot some 1,000 hours of "fly on the wall"-style footage in "Occupied" space over 67 days of the close-to-three-month-long acts of mass civil disobedience that occured here in Hong Kong in 2014 but that he decided to go ahead and include in Yellowing footage showing the offending cop's visage, and reaction after realizing that Chan's handheld video camera was still recording after the filmmaker had fallen to the ground.
A visceral work which captures some of the more violent moments and phases of the street protests that -- it bears reminding -- were largely free of violence, this documentary, whose Chinese title translates into English as "Memoranda of the Troubled Times", also records a substantial amount and variety of talk along with action of the non-violent kind (such as manning supply stations at Occupy Mongkok and constructing a waterproof canopy for Occupy Admiralty's "study corner"). And even while some of the conversations and solo ruminations can be on the meandering side and seem almost too light-hearted and trivial at times, they ultimately work very well at painting interesting and insightful portraits of a number of the "on the ground" ordinary citizens turned political activists, many of whom are far from being the extremist hotheads that opponents of the Umbrella Movement often accuse the protesters of being.
Although their faces were unfamiliar to me prior to my viewing the film, I often felt while watching Yellowing that I knew many of the people given a voice in it -- or, at least, knew of people like them because they are so representative of the folks that I saw, passed by, came across, etc. at the protest areas of the Umbrella Movement this time two years ago. The idealistic student. The pragmatic older citizen. The individuals wise beyond their years. The ones willing to rush into the fray. The reluctant street protester. The accidental activist. Everyone of whom came together -- for at least a short but (bitter)sweet period in time -- to fight for genuine universal suffrage and a brighter future for Hong Kong.
At one point in this work, an Umbrella Movement supporter talked about how the Lion Rock Spirit could be felt once again in the Occupy sites. It got me thinking about how ironic it is that the pro-democracy protests have been accused by its detractors of dividing and weakening Hong Kong when the likes of me personally never felt a stronger sense of community and possibility in Hong Kong than at those Occupy sites. Indeed, I often feel like I see the best of Hong Kong in the Umbrella Movement and its supporters, and am, at the very least, truly grateful to Yellowing for being able to show precisely that so very well.
A day of low humidity, pleasant temperatures and high visibility that made for a hiker's delight!
panoramic view of Hong Kong!
As I know I've shared more than once before on this blog: whenever people ask me why I continue hiking in Hong Kong even on super hot (and humid) summer days, I tell them that there usually is a very noticeable difference in visibility levels along with air quality in Hong Kong from season to season; with the summer tending to make up for the high heat and humidity with high visibility, and the winter months tending to have lower visibility levels along with temperatures.
Rarely, does one get a day when the temperature, humidity and visibility levels are all on the pleasant side -- but when they do, chances are that they'll be in November, my favorite month of the year here in Hong Kong. On such prized days, I invariably am unable to resist the urge to venture outdoors and some place close to nature. Sometimes, the beach calls out to me. On other days, it's the hills.
One of the highlights of my visit to Hakone back in 2012 most definitely was my getting to spend some time walking about Owakudani as well as viewing the active volcanic zone -- that's home to a number of active craters, steam and sulphur vents, and bubbling pools -- from the Hakone Ropeway. So I couldn't imagine revisiting the area when that section of it was closed off (as was the case from May 2015 -- after a small-scale eruption occured there -- through to July 26th of this year) and am happy to report that much of Owakudani is accessible once more (albeit complete with health warnings and the handing out of medicated towels to breathe into in case one's negatively affected by the sulphuric fumes).
Looking back, I don't think I did Owakudani and ropeway (which, to my mind, is more of a cable car than the Hakone Tozan Cable Car that's actually a funicular railway) to and out of there sufficient justice. So here's dedicating a whole photo-essay this time around to them; one cobbled from photos I took not only over two days of my recent visit but also a few of the shots that I took four years ago!
stands at the edge of the super deep and steamy valley!
it all was pretty clear once more!
The joys of sashimi, and more, in Japan!
On the ferry ride today to our meet-up meeting point for today's beach clean-up, I found myself sitting next to a friend who doesn't like eating sushi and another friend who revealed that while she was okay with raw fish, she doesn't particularly care to eat a lot of other raw foods that the Japanese like, including raw horsemeat but also raw eggs. While I share the latter's distaste for raw horsemeat (and, for that matter, cooked horsemeat as well -- more for ethical than gustatory reasons though), I absolutely love eating sushi -- and, for that matter, sashimi too along with, actually, raw egg (with sukiyaki, and also poured over a bowl of rice)!
As it so happened, I didn't have any sukiyaki on my most recent Japan trip -- but I did have a bowl of rice mixed with raw egg (that I ate with incredibly deliciously fatty chunks of wagyu beef steak!) on two occasions, and either sashimi or sushi (or sometimes both!) every single day of the eight day visit! And while some people might deem this state of affairs excessive, it definitely speaks to how much I really do like those foods but also how sashimi does seem to be a pretty integral part of many Japanese meals (especially feasts!).
More often served as a part of a meal rather than sushi, sashimi also looks to be preferred to sushi by a fair few people, including two from the group that I spent the bulk of this recent Japan trip with. Although sushi remains my first love (and would -- I decided long ago -- be what I'd eat if I could choose what would be my last meal before I die), I also can see sashimi's allure; especially when the pieces are sliced by a skillful knife-wielder and are made up of such as toro (be it chutoro, o-toro or some other fattier grade of tuna), lobster (which we were lucky to have on our second evening at Gora-Kansuiro) or sanma (i.e., saury, which is a seasonal delicacy to be treasured in the fall).
Earlier this week, I attended a screening of an Umbrella Movement documentary which may never play in Hong Kong cinemas and whose planned screening earlier this month at the Asia Society (where it had premiered in "work in progress" form last December) was cancelled two weeks before the scheduled event. Evans Chan's Raise the Umbrellas will now have its official Hong Kong premiere at the Foreign Correspondents' Club on November 28th (next Monday) and be shown at a special fundraising screening (for the Centre for Community Cultural Development) at the Kowloon Book Fair on December 4th.
After that... who knows? But those looking for a comprehensive, considered cinematic coverage of the Hong Kong protest movement variously known as the Umbrella Movement, Umbrella Revolution, Occupy Central and Occupy Hong Kong should do what they can to view this documentary offering that captures a tremendous lot of what the likes of me saw, felt and experienced during the 79-day sit-in street protests that occured in the Big Lychee between September 26th and December 15th, 2014, and more besides.
Covering events leading up to the police letting off 87 rounds of tear gas at weapon-less protesters and consequently prompting still more people onto the streets in support of the pro-democracy activists up through to those taking place earlier this year (such as the election on September 4th of "Umbrella Soldiers" such as Nathan Law into the Legislative Council), Raising the Umbrellas also goes out of its way to include the views and voices of pro-Beijing representatives such Jasper Tsang and 689 himself along with long-term Pro-Democrats such as Emily Lau and Martin Lee, political activist "Long Hair" Leung Kwok Hung, Occupy Central co-founder Benny Tai, and student activists Yvonne Leung and Joshua Wong.
And unlike 75 Days: Life, Liberty and Happiness, another feature-length Umbrella Movement documentary which I viewed last month at the Hong Kong Independent Film Festival, Evans Chan's film doesn't fixate on the rare -- but cinematically more exciting -- violent clashes that took place over the course of the Umbrella Movement but, instead, takes time and effort to also cover such as the pro-environment and community-centered aspects of the street protests that I really appreciated, and also the artistic creations and communicative efforts that could be seen in the various protest areas.
On a related note: it was great to see the contributions of the likes of entertainer-activists Denise Ho and Anthony Wong Yiu Min -- both of whom, probably not coincidentally, are the rare "out" homosexual personalities in the Canto-pop world -- being included in the picture, and their voices heard -- in song and interviews. And on a personal note: I loved catching sight of the big Totoro cutout which had been placed near a bus stop at Admiralty -- complete with raised yellow umbrella -- in the film!
Evans Chan has talked about a shorter version of Raise the Umbrellas needing to be made for an international audience which, presumably, may feel too overwhelmed by a close to two hour documentary that's so full of details, including some that would require explanation or elaboration to be understood by those unfamiliar with the Hong Kong political scene. I sincerely hope that this streamlined version will still manage to be multi-layered and contain those elements of the street protests that show how there really often was a spirit of "love and peace" around in Admiralty, Causeway Bay and even much maligned Mongkok.
Among the stories told in this veritable labor of love which most resonated with me was one by a protester about how, after sleeping on the street one night, she woke up to find a blanket had been placed on her and food and drink next to her. This is because I too have been offered food, drinks (bottled water, packets of tea, etc.) and goodwill in the Occupy areas -- and honestly feel that I often saw the very best of Hong Kongers and Hong Kong during the Umbrella Movement. Indeed, it's the hope of being able to see more of that kind of care and spirit among Hong Kongers -- and when out and about in the Big Lychee in general -- that makes me feel that here is a society that's very much worth fighting for, and one in which I feel privileged as well as happy to be able to be a part.
On my very first visit to Japan some three decades ago now, I stayed at a couple of ryokan as well as a number of more Western-style business hotels. But while I've returned to the Land of the Rising Sun more than ten times since, I didn't stay again in a traditional Japanese inn until this most recent Japan trip -- when two friends with whom I had previously had an Okinawa rendez-vous with in early 2012, my mother and I went and spent two nights and the better part of three days in beautiful Hakone.
Back in the summer of 2012, I made my first visit to this popular resort area up in the mountains. During that daytrip from Tokyo, I got to thinking how I'd like to return one day with my mother in tow, and for a more leisurely visit that would include an overnight stay in one of the traditional ryokan to be found in Hakone. But it wasn't until this past May, when hanging out with a Tokyo-based friend of mine at such as Sasagin (and she told me she thought it'd be great for not only my mother and I to spend some time together in Hakone but for her and her mother to hang out with us there!), that the possibility became pretty real that we would do so.
After some months of planning and back-and-forth emailing among various parties, and on the second day of this recent Japan visit, the four of us took the Odakyu's actually not particularly romantic "Romancecar" from Shinjuku to Hakone-Yumoto, then the slower and more toy-like Hakone Tozan Train up to the hot spring town of Gora, located 553 meters above sea level and in bucolic surroundings. A short walk later, we were at Gora-Kansuiro, the atmospheric 14-room century-old ryokan that would be our Hakone base.
Arriving just a couple of hours or so before that evening's kaiseki dinner would be served, our party elected to spend the rest of the day at the ryokan doing such as wandering about the place (in whose grounds could be found a traditional garden whose fall foliage was a truly lovely sight), resting in the suite of washitsu (aka tatami rooms) that our party of four were very happy to make ourselves at home, and enjoying bathing in natural hot spring water (like one's expected to do at onsen). It's not that we didn't know that there's plenty to see and do in Hakone. But we also really wanted to ensure that we'd get a major ryokan experience that'd be relaxed and relaxing, and not rushed nor abbreviated.
Having scored the second largest set of rooms at the inn (which for some reason were priced the same as some of the smaller ones), our party of four ended up spending the bulk of our time in the spacious main room -- where we had breakfast and dinner, but also ended up sleeping (on futon laid out in a row that made it feel like we were having a slumber party, but on which we all managed to get plenty of restful shuteye). In addition, we majorly lucked out in having the principal ryokan staffer attending to us being the very friendly Okinawan whose name sounded like "Henna" (but which I think is more probably Hina or Hana) and took quite a shine to Puppet Ponyo (so much so that she'd greet and pet Puppet Ponyo whenever she came into the room and spotted my small plushie)!
So comfortable were we made to feel at the Gora-Kansuiro that we quickly got used to clothing ourselves in yukata (which came complete with a coat to wear when feeling cold) and tabi (socks with a separation between the big toe and other toes) provided by the ryokan for much of the time that we were there. And there surely was some wishful thinking involved in my mother not realizing until 20 minutes before we were due to check out that our time at this wonderful inn was quickly drawing to a close!
Prior to our stay at Gora-Kansuiro, I did have some worries that the ryokan experience might be too foreign, the old traditional rooms would be overly cold, there'd be too many rules and regulations to have to deal with, etc. But all those fears proved unfounded. And while I must admit to still not wanting to stay in a ryokan by myself and in places where I'd want to spend the bulk of the day outside the walls of my chosen accomodation, I really can see now how a ryokan stay (with one or more friends and/or loved ones) can be a truly wonderful experience -- and a traditional Japanese inn (particularly one like Gora-Kansuiro with its lovely setting, fine furnishings, friendly service and super delicious meals) can be an actual attraction and destination in and of itself.
Energy drinks to drive the zzzs away in Japan!
While walking on urban streets in Japan, it's almost as commonplace to get handed free packets of tissues (with advertising on them for such as restaurants, clubs and other businesses) along with advertising leaflets. On hot days and evenings, one also is quite likely to be offered free fans (that, again, have advertising on them).
But until this most recent trip to Japan, I had never seen people handing out free cans of energy drinks on the street. And by the same token, the first day of this recent trip to the Land of the Rising Sun marked the first time ever that I found free energy drinks -- rather than, say, complimentary bottles of mineral water -- waiting for me in my hotel fridge!
Perhaps this development should have been expected in view of Japan being famously full of hardworking salarymen (and their female counterparts) -- and also infamously full of people whose ability to fall into a deep slumber on trains and buses, in bars, on park benches and sometimes also right on the street seems second to none.
Earlier this year, I achieved a long-time wish of seeing Mount Fuji as the plane I was on made its descent to Narita International Airport. A little more than a week ago, soon after the pilot announced that the plane my mother and I was on was about to make its descent to that same airport located approximately one and half hours of Limited Express train from Tokyo, I saw light dawning and got to thinking out loud that "This really is the land of the rising sun!"
This time around, I had to wait until the fourth day of my Japan visit to catch sight of Fujisan. Almost needless to say, I didn't mind the wait. After all, decades had passed between my first visit to the Land of the Rising Sun and the visit during which I finally got to truly understand what an amazing experience it is to see Japan's most sacred mountain.
And I actually would go so far as to opine that getting to see Mount Fuji on my second rather than first visit to Hakone actually made things feel even more special since I know full well the experience of going to that scenic area and being able to enjoy it without seeing Fujisan as well as realizing how seeing the mountain's snow-covered peak really can feel like having the cherry as well as icing on a lovely cake!
Something else that added tremendous aesthetic value to this most recent trip to Japan was my getting to see lots of colorful leaves (koyo) on account of this visit taking place at the height of autumn. Pretty much from day one of this November trip, I got to see the kind of foliage that gets me remembering why autumn (or fall, in American English) is my favorite time of the year in those parts of the world with four distinct seasons. And you know the leaves of such as the Japanese maple tree are really beautiful when even people who live in Vermont -- like one of the two friends I met up with in Japan this time around -- go on about how pretty it all is!
Many of us have heard about "runner's high". But even though I've done my share of running (and jogging) over the course of my life, I don't think I've ever achieved it. On the other hand, I totally would subscribe to the existence of walker's or hiker's high. What's more, it doesn't have to involve super strenous treks but, rather, ones where one passes through scenery that causes me to pause to better appreciate it and can even take one's breath away.
that I went over to Wong Nai Chung Gap, however!
willing to do their (little) bit to help it?
looks pretty solid, strong and stable!
No, I'm not reviewing the American TV series starring the orange-haired businessman turned reality TV show personality turned President-elect of the United States of America. Rather, Apprentice (without a "The" in front of it) is the sophomore feature offering of a 32-year-old Singaporean filmmaker made with funding from various sources (including Hong Kong by way of Pang Ho Cheung) that had its world premiere at this year's Cannes Film Festival and is Singapore's nominee for the 2017 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
Boo Junfeng, the impressive drama's director-scriptwriter, attended at the post-screening Q&A of his film at this year's Hong Kong Asian Film Festival along with chief producer Raymond Phathananiviragoon. As soft-spoken as he was articulate, the distinct impression one got from observing him discussing his emotionally affecting as well as thought-provoking work was that still waters run deep.
The same could be said of Apprentice's protagonist, a former soldier turned corrections officer who is a man of few words even while appearing to devote substantial chunks of time to serious thinking and brooding. The audience first meets Aiman (Fir Rahman) shortly after he's transferred to Larangan Prison, the nation's highest security correctional facility that possseses housing for Death Row inmates and an execution chamber that looks to see fairly regular use. And although his entrance interview seems run-of-the-mill, one quickly gains the sense that there's more to Aiman's decision to move there than initially meets to the eye.
Similarly, even while it initially seems fairly normal for Aiman to be living with his elder sister Suhaila (Mastura Ahmad) -- rather than, say, their parents, as would be more usual for a young Singaporean single man -- there soon is revealed to be a story behind this particular domestic arrangement; and, as it so happens, that particular detail of Aiman's biography is related to his wish to work at Larangan Prison, where he catches the eye of Rahim (Wan Hanafi Su), the facility's veteran chief executioner who just happens to be looking for an apprentice with sufficient steel to be able to pull the lever for the machine that sends condemned men to their deaths by hanging (the preferred method of capital punishment in Singapore -- and, for that matter, neighboring Malaysia too).
An unusual prison drama which focuses on the guards rather than guarded, Apprentice also distinguishes itself by being humanistic rather than sensationalist or even exploitative in nature. In addition, there's a masterful quality to the filmmaking/storytelling which makes it so that even while this work's characters are painted using fairly broad brushstrokes that don't actually reveal that many details about their lives, there most certainly is enough there to hint at the inner workings of their mind and the emotions they suppress as well as feel.
Produced on a modest budget, Apprentice is understandably a small-scale effort with a cast consisting of fewer than a dozen folks with speaking parts. Yet pretty much every one of those actors and actresses made their time on screen really count, by creating characters that are hard to forget, with such as glances that can penetrate into your soul (including the looks that two sons of a condemned man standing outside the prison give to people passing by in a taxi) and cries that tear at your heart (by a man making the slow final walk to his execution) along with many a line of dialogue delivered with such emotion that they look to have been uttered by real-life individuals rather than mere fictional characters.
Boo Junfeng is unabashedly open about his being against the death penalty -- and it shows in Apprentice in terms of there clearly being a psychological impact and emotional toll on pretty much everyone involved in an execution. The condemned individuals, their family members, the executioner: all of them end up suffering in one way or another. And even while the outwardly cool Rahim tries hard to affect a "someone's got to do it, and I'm tough enough to do so" attitude and transmit that to Aiman, the fact of the matter is that, ultimately, they are human with feelings that even years of desensitizing training and experience cannot completely eliminate.
Things feel better after a good night's sleep. That's something I've heard more than once, and it's something that I often do think is really true. In any case, after having managed a full complement of shut-eye last night, I'm feeling more able to live in a world in which Donald Trump is president of its most powerful nation (even while not liking the prospect one bit). At the very least, as I told more than one friend today, we're (still) alive and should count our blessings since we do have quite a bit to be thankful for.
Among the things I'm happy about is that my German friend (who I met over the course of a Tai Lam Country Park hike the first year that I lived in Hong Kong, and spent more than seven years in the Big Lychee before returning to her home country) is back in Hong Kong again for a two week visit, and that I've been able to spend quite a bit of time with her doing such as taking part in The Gallery Walk for Charity last week and attending the wonderful Edgar Meyer + CCOHK concert this past Tuesday evening. And despite today being on the gray and drizzly side, we went ahead and had an enjoyable time strolling about on Cheung Chau for much of the afternoon (and having a satisfying dinner at Hong Kee -- whose signs now identify it as a regular "restaurant" rather than unusual "respaurant").
America, what have you done? Frankly, the idea of a Trump presidency fills me with horror and despair. The likes of Jonathan Freedland and Van Jones eloquently express why.
I was -- and still am -- truly shocked by the US Presidential Election results. But I should have seen it coming. Sure, I personally only know one person who openly told me that he had voted for Donald Trump. On the other hand, all bar two of the American friends I have who told me that they would be voting for Hillary Clinton are one or more of the following: female, not white, not heterosexual. And of the friends who told me they weren't going to vote for either Trump or Hillary, all are white and the majority also happen to be male.
All this coming on top of what's been happening in Hong Kong over the past few days has made me feel like the apocalypse is upon us. At the very least, I honestly feel like the chances of World War III happening in the next few years has exponentially increased with the election to the US Presidency of Donald Trump. I can only hope that the saying that "it's darkest before dawn" actually could be true. Because, in all honesty, it's all looking pretty dark out there right now -- and I don't just mean literally!
In the past few days, I've met a few American visitors who've told me that they've come over to Hong Kong to escape the insanity of the American Presidential Elections (which is due to take place in a few hours' time; what with the U.S.A. being one day behind Hong Kong on account of being on the other side of the International Date Line from here). In response, I've told them that the political developments of the last few days have been on the depressing side here too.
My, what long antennae this small brown bug has!
absolutely was the first grasshopper I've spotted atop a water lily!


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Q: interconnected lists C# I have class with two properties which are Lists, one of it contents int - that's IDs of objects from second List. I override setters and getters to save them agreeable with each other. But when I add some this to list they are not synchronized. How to make them synchronized?
Here is code
public class Item
    {
    private List<Operation> _operations = new List<Operation>();
    private List<int> _operationsID = new List<int>();

    public List<Operation> operations
    {
        get { return this._operations; }
        set
        {
            this._operations = value;
            if (value != null)
            {
                foreach (Operation oper in value)
                {
                    this._operationsID.Add(oper.ID);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    public List<int> operationsID
    {
        get { return this._operationsID; }
        set
        {
            this._operationsID = value;
            if (value != null)
            {
                foreach (int operID in value)
                {
                    this._operations.Add(new Operation(operID));
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Should I override List.Add if so, how it can me made?

A: You have to clear previous list content before calling Add method:
public List<Operation> operations
{
    get { return this._operations; }
    set
    {
        this._operations = value;
        if (value != null)
        {
            this._operationsID.Clear();
            foreach (Operation oper in value)
            {
                this._operationsID.Add(oper.ID);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            this._operationsID = null;
        }
    }
}

But to be honest, I don't think it's a good idea to keep these things in two different lists. Why don't you use Dictionary<int, Operation>?

A: It is a bit unclear what it is you are trying to do, but basically it seems like you need to encapsulate those lists so the user can't work on them directly (and get them out of sync). You do this by not exposing the lists to the user. Basically you are trying to keep the items contained to the user so whenever they work on your set of items, they would be forced to go through this class and the functions that class exposes. Your only issue then is to find out what to expose to the user and in what manner.
public class Item {
    private List<Operation> _operations = new List<Operation>();
    private List<int> _operationsID = new List<int>();

    public void addOperation(Operation o) {
        _operations.Add(o);
        _operationsID.Add(getIdentifier(o));
    }

    public void removeOperation(Operation o) {
        _operations.Remove(o);
        _operationsID.Remove(getIdentifier(o));
    }

    public void clear() {
        _operations.clear();
        _operationsID.clear();
    }

    public void findOperationMatching(Foobar foo) {
        //
    }

    private int getIdentifier(Operation id) {
        //
    }
}

A: It's a bad idea to try to manage two versions of the truth.  If it were me, I'd expose one List<Operation> that callers can Add/Remove, and a second IEnumerable<int> which simply exposes the ID's of the operations:
public List<Operation> Operations { get; set; }
public IEnumerable<int> OperationIDs
{
    get
    {
        return Operations.Select(op => op.OperationID);
    }
}

This way, callers can use the Operations list to do whatever they need to do (Add, Remove, Count, etc).  The OperationIDs is now not a second property that people can work with; instead it only reflects information that is in the Operations property.

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Yes because it is always a bit nerve wracking when you lay something out there that is meaningful to you to be judged by others, after a point you become very close to your film and you want everyone to get it' -- but that is an unrealistic expectation -- No, because I am here among friends, I know that, I can feel that. - Crispin Glover
When you're on the green you can control it yourself. When you are just watching it, it's really nerve wracking. - Annika Sorenstam
When you put that all together, I think we may have weathered this storm... But another hurricane would be nerve-wracking. - Phil Flynn
We're trying to get a little rally going short-term, but today was a bit nerve-wracking. - Paul Mendelsohn
We're starting to get the tour experience under our belts and some labels are starting to take interest in us. It's exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time. This is pretty much becoming a focus of everybody's life. We're all dropping everything to do it. The band is showing a lot more promise as we go. - Evan Sammons
We're all trying to pick it up so Louis doesn't have to stress all the time. It could be nerve-wracking, just knowing you have to get it done every night. With us helping, every little bit he gives us is a benefit. - Curtis Terry
We were very strong at one and six. I was pleased with the two girls who won the tie-breakers. That's kind of nerve wracking and they won decisively in the tie-breakers. - Vic Ramsey
We were flat. I think nerves had a lot to do with it. This was a big game for us. ... No matter how many times these girls have been here before, it's nerve-wracking. We came out a little hesitant, a little shaky. But I thought we overcame that and did a great job. - Zach Keene
We wanted out. It was enough. That was an experience. It was nerve-wracking to us and to everybody else on the boat. - Ron Levy
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Thanks for checking out today's Shabby Sunday!
There's an oldie but goodie! Love all your vintage books. They definitely bring back memories.
Wow! I never knew. Grow up with Dahl. Read him when your of age.
Wow I didn't know he wrote adult books too!
Whoa- I had no idea he wrote anything like this- *mind blown*!
What an interesting title and cover art, haha! Thanks for the share Mischenko!
Well you really do learn something new every day. How interesting.
Shabby Sunday is a great idea! I don't know that I honestly have any really old books like this. I may start keeping an eye out though. Could be fun/interesting.
I am a Roald Dahl fan and I never knew he wrote adult books, especially racy ones. The things you learn following blogs. Thanks for sharing this one.


The hotel Voskhod is a member of the Russian Hotel Association. We support the association's mission — to develop the Russian hospitality industry and steadily improve quality of provided services.
Along with the Association of Hoteliers of Khabarovsk the hotel Voskhod actively involves in promoting international standards of hotel business in the Far East. The most popular and famous hotels of the region are members of the Association of Hoteliers of KhabarovskKrai.
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Interesting tidbit: CAPERNAUM was made with a cast of non-professionals playing characters whose lives closely parallel their own. Following her script, Labaki placed her performers in scenes and asked them to react spontaneously with their own words and gestures. When the non-actors's instincts diverged from the written script, Labaki adapted the screenplay to follow them. While steeped in the quiet routines of ordinary people, CAPERNAUM is a film with an expansive palette: without warning it can ignite with emotional intensity, surprise with unexpected tenderness, and inspire with flashes of poetic imagery. Although it is set in the depths of a society's systematic inhumanity, CAPERNAUM is ultimately a hopeful film that stirs the heart as deeply as it cries out for action.


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The Tromsø Cable Car was built in 1961 by Brødrene Jakobsens Rederi, a local shipping company that was a major player in Arctic hunting/trapping, fishing and expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. The gondolas proudly convey this tradition by bearing the shipping company's symbols: the polar bear and the seal. The Cable Car runs from Solliveien in Tromsdalen up to the mountain ledge Storsteinen. The lower station is located on Tromsø's mainland, 50 m above sea level, while the upper station, Fjellstua, is situated at an altitude of 421 m above sea level. The trip up takes just four minutes.
The Tromsø Cable Car was officially opened with full fanfare on a February day in 1961. In collaboration with the airline SAS, journalists and tourism officials were invited from within Norway and overseas. Local school children were given the day off to participate in the opening ceremony. They were transported up the maintain along with the members of the Tromsdalen School Band, which played beautiful tunes for the occasion. The waiting room was filled to the brim and several distinguished guests held speeches, including the Manager of Brødrene Jakobsens Rederi, Helge Jakobsen; the Mayor of Tromsøysund, Kåre Hansen, and Bank Manager Anton Jakobsen, who officially opened the Cable Car.
The film from Filmavisen in 1961 shows the opening ceremony.
During the construction period, the materials and equipment were transported up the mountain using a construction lift south of the Cable Car. The construction workers needed to walk up and down on foot.
The Cable Car suffered a major fire in the early hours of 10 June 1979. The restaurant building was totally destroyed and 13 years passed before a new restaurant was in place.
The new restaurant opened for business on 18 November 1992. The construction of the new restaurant, Fjellstua, took 20 months.
The Cable Car reopened in April 2016 after a major upgrade. The NOK 68 million investment included new gondolas and machinery, an expansion to the panorama terrace and a new wheel chair lift. Jan-Frode Janson from Sparebanken Nord-Norge performed the official opening, and Sadionor Teater put on a brief theatrical performance including reading the original opening speech from 1961.


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Back at White House, Trump Tells Americans 'Don't Be Afraid' of COVID-19
U.S. President Donald Trump poses on the Truman Balcony of the White House after returning from being hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment, in Washington, Oct. 5, 2020.
U.S. President Donald Trump urged Americans not to "be afraid" of COVID-19 after he returned to the White House Monday evening after 72 hours of hospitalization for the deadly virus.
In a show of fitness, he climbed the steps of the South Portico, standing on the Truman Balcony where he removed his mask, gave a double thumbs-up gesture and saluted the Marine One helicopter as it prepared to take off from the South Lawn. Without putting his facemask back on, the president then walked into the White House where others were awaiting his arrival.
Earlier, as he walked out of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center,
Trump said, "Thank you very much, everybody."
Stepping off the helicopter and walking toward the White House residence, the president paused to turn to the cameras, waved and gave a thumbs-up. Asked by VOA how he was feeling, a muffled reply of "real good" could be heard.
Later in the evening, he tweeted out a recorded message about COVID19, saying "Don't let it dominate you. Don't be afraid of it."
"We're going back, we're going back to work. We're going to be out front," he said. "Don't let it dominate your lives. Get out there, be careful," he added.
FILE - President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland.
Next presidential debate
Trump's reelection campaign said the Republican president, trailing former Vice President Joe Biden in the polls, plans to participate in the Oct. 15 second debate against the Democratic Party nominee.
"Though he may not entirely be out of the woods yet, the team and I agree that all our evaluations, and most importantly, his clinical status, support his return home" to the White House, which has medical facilities and practitioners to monitor the president around the clock, his primary physician, Dr. Sean Conley, told reporters Monday afternoon.
"Every day a patient stays in the hospital unnecessarily is a risk to themselves," he added. "Right now, there's nothing being done upstairs here that we can't safely conduct down home."
Before leaving the hospital, the president tweeted, "Don't be afraid of Covid. Don't let it dominate your life," adding that he felt better than he did 20 years ago.
I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don't be afraid of Covid. Don't let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!
Dr. Sean Conley, physician to President Donald Trump, center, and other doctors, walk out to talk with reporters at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Oct. 5, 2020.
Physicians 'cautiously optimistic'
Speaking with reporters at the hospital, Conley, an osteopath and a commander in the U.S. Navy, declined to answer some questions, such as the condition of the president's lungs, citing patient confidentiality.
The president is taking a steroid, dexamethasone, which is typically not administered in mild or moderate cases of the coronavirus, along with a five-day course of remdesivir, an antiviral medication.
Trump's physicians remain "cautiously optimistic and on guard, because we're in a bit of unchartered territory when it comes to a patient that received the therapies he has so early in the course," Conley said. "If we can get through to Monday with him remaining the same, or improving, better yet, then we will all take that final deep sigh of relief."
After tweeting a video on Sunday that he was "getting great reports" from his doctors, Trump promised a little surprise for his supporters outside the hospital where he is being treated.
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The president then briefly left Walter Reed in an armored SUV with Secret Service agents in tow to drive by a flag-waving, cheering crowd outside the hospital.
President Donald Trump drives past supporters gathered outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Oct. 4, 2020.
Drive by criticism
His decision to do a drive-around for supporters Sunday evening was condemned by one attending physician at Walter Reed as irresponsible.
Dr. James Phillips, who is also chief of disaster medicine at The George Washington University in Washington, tweeted that the special vehicle the president was riding in is sealed against chemical attack.
"The risk of COVID-19 transmission inside is as high as it gets outside of medical procedures. The irresponsibility is astounding. My thoughts are with the Secret Service forced to play," said Phillips, referring to the driver and an accompanying agent in the front seat who appeared to be wearing masks, face shields and gowns.
That Presidential SUV is not only bulletproof, but hermetically sealed against chemical attack. The risk of COVID19 transmission inside is as high as it gets outside of medical procedures. The irresponsibility is astounding. My thoughts are with the Secret Service forced to play.
— Dr. James P. Phillips, MD (@DrPhillipsMD) October 4, 2020
"Appropriate precautions were taken in the execution of this movement to protect the president and all those supporting it, including PPE," White House spokesman, Judd Deere, said. "The movement was cleared by the medical team as safe to do."
On Monday Conley said the drive was only "for a short period of time," and the agents in the vehicle with Trump were adequately protected.
Infection date unclear
Earlier Sunday, the doctors treating the president revealed that their patient had earlier experienced "two episodes of transient drops in his oxygen saturation."
Conley received word last Thursday evening that both Trump and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for the coronavirus after one of the president's close aides, Hope Hicks, was confirmed to be ill with the infection.
The doctor declined again on Monday, when pressed by reporters, to answer when Trump last tested negative for COVID-19, something considered important for doing adequate contact tracing to try to limit the spread of the virus.
"I don't want to go backwards," the physician said. "The contact tracing, as I understand it, is being done. I'm not involved with it."
Trump's campaign on Friday put a hold on all previously announced events involving the president's participation.
Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen, along with Sarah Pence and her husband Michael Pence and their daughter, right, arrive on Marine Two at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Oct. 5, 2020, as he departs for Utah.
Return to campaign trail
Vice President Mike Pence is making campaign appearances this week, as well as facing off Wednesday evening against Sen. Kamala Harris of California, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee.
"As far as travel goes, we'll see," Conley replied when asked how soon Trump could get back on the campaign trail with less than a month before the Nov. 3 presidential election.
Doctors said it is important to ensure that the president is no longer shedding virus and that he is in good enough physical shape before getting medical permission to travel.
Trump and Biden were about 4 meters apart on a debate stage last Tuesday in Cleveland, Ohio. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests at least 2 meters for social distancing purposes.
Biden's campaign said the former vice president tested negative Friday for the coronavirus. A test on Sunday was also negative.
The coronavirus has killed 210,000 people in the United States and infected nearly 7.5 million across the country, according to Johns Hopkins University data.


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(Montreal, QC) The Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Committees are proud to announce that Montreal-area London 2012 athletes, including wheelchair basketball athlete Elaine Allard, will be receiving the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in Montreal on Thursday, February 28, 2013.
Allard competed in her first Paralympic Games in London in 2012. The Canadian Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team placed sixth.


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Downturn offers energy firms a chance to buy back debt on the cheap
Rebecca Penty, Bloomberg News
Canadian energy companies with surplus cash are buying back bonds on the cheap to help shore up balance sheets amid the worst oil downturn in decades.
Encana Corp. and Repsol SA's Canadian division are each pursuing debt purchases this month, as about 20 per cent of $108 billion of energy-company bonds in the country trade below 80 cents on the dollar, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Precision Drilling Corp. and Athabasca Oil Corp. have also floated using spare cash for debt reduction, including potential bond deals.
"If they can go out and spend $100 in cash and buy their bonds at 60 cents on the dollar, it's a reduction in net leverage," said Nicholas Leach, a high-yield portfolio manager at CIBC Asset Management Inc. in Toronto who helps manage $2 billion, including Encana and Precision bonds. "For bondholders who want to continue to be stakeholders in a company, obviously it's going to be positive."
Reducing Leverage
Energy producers are taking advantage of a window to repurchase securities trading below par and save on interest costs as U.S. crude hovers around $40 a barrel, more than 21 months into a downturn. The reduction in leverage is a way for producers to safeguard their balance sheets on the expectation that prices will remain low for longer, and also to attract investors favoring companies seen as safe bets for surviving the market correction.
Encana on March 16 offered to repurchase as much as $250 million of its four longer-dated senior notes, using cash on hand and available credit facilities.
The move will help the company reduce the duration of its long-term debt liabilities to better match the reserve life of its asset base, according to Kristopher Zack, a Calgary-based analyst at Desjardins Securities Inc. The company will save on interest costs and also put to work proceeds from recent asset sales, and could do more debt retirements if the tender offer is successful, Zack said in a March 17 note.
Repsol's Canadian unit, formerly known as Talisman Energy, offered on March 23 to purchase any and all amounts outstanding of its seven longest-dated bonds.
Considering Buybacks
Precision and Athabasca have indicated bond buybacks are an option. On a conference call last month, Robert McNally, then chief financial officer of Precision, said it may be worthwhile for the company to use some of its cash to buy bonds trading at a discount. The company said McNally resigned on March 10 to pursue another professional opportunity.
Athabasca chief financial officer Kim Anderson said on a March 11 call that taking out a portion of the company's bonds is one option for the cash the company will receive from a joint venture it is forming with Murphy Oil Corp.
Matt Taylor, a spokesman for Athabasca, didn't respond to phone and email inquiries. Samantha Dykeman, executive assistant to Precision chief executive Kevin Neveu, declined to comment.
To be sure, the bond-buyback strategy is reliant on the cost of oil. The rise in U.S. crude from a more than 12-year low of $26.21 on Feb. 11 low has taken bond prices higher, making the buybacks less attractive than they were previously.
Longtime high-yield issuers also have less ability to pursue the moves than so-called fallen angels, the companies that have been downgraded from investment grade to junk, said Andrew Jessop, managing director and portfolio manager at Pacific Investment Management Co. A rise in equity issuance among energy companies means there are more funds available for buybacks, he said.
"You may find some of the equity proceeds might be used going forward to buy back debt," Jessop said from in Newport Beach, California.
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Germany's second largest bank slashes 7,300 jobs
by Charles Riley @CRrileyCNN September 29, 2016: 6:10 AM ET
China's slowdown hits shipping
Germany's second largest bank says it will slash thousands of jobs and stop paying a dividend amid a broad restructuring of its business.
Commerzbank (CRZBF) announced Thursday that total job cuts will reach 7,300 as it cuts back on investment banking activities and merges other parts of its business.
The restructuring will cost an estimated 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion), leaving Commerzbank with only a small net profit for 2016. It will stop paying a dividend as a result.
Commerzbank said its finances would also take a hit from bad loans in the shipping industry. German banks are heavily exposed to shipping, a sector that has been wracked by weak demand, overcapacity and a slowdown in global trade.
Related: Global trade slump sinks shipping giant
The news is the second major blow to Germany's banking sector this week. Shares in Deutsche Bank (DB) hit their lowest level in over 20 years on Tuesday on speculation that it may need a government bailout or more cash from investors. The stock has lost half its market value this year and profits at the bank have collapsed.
Commerzbank has more than 1,000 branches and roughly 51,000 employees. It plans to cut 9,600 jobs as part of the restructuring, but says it will create 2,300 new jobs in other parts of its business.
Commerzbank shares slipped 0.7% lower in Thursday trading. The stock has lost 38% so far this year.
CNNMoney (London) First published September 29, 2016: 5:07 AM ET


ZOOMING IN: Quentin Parker - Why is the future of the Universe easier to study than the future of humanity?
why is the future of the universe easier to study than the future of humanity?
in action in the universe, we can predict what is likely to happen in the future.
greater distances, we're also looking back in time.
by using our understanding of the physics of the universe that we see today.
So what is the future of our Earth?
Well that sort of depends on the kinds of time scales you're talking about.
well, I think man will have a lot to say on that.
It really depends on climate change and how significant that change will be.
Whether we wake up in time to try to change what we're doing.
astronomical times, perhaps in billions of years from now.
from now our sun will finish this evolution on the main sequence.
converting it into helium, will go and become something we know as a red giant.
The outer envelope of our Sun starts to expand.
beyond the orbit of Mars, out to the orbits of Jupiter and perhaps beyond.
What is the future of our galaxy?
Well, we're talking about massive periods of time being potentially.
which is part of what we call a local group of galaxies.
The Large Magellanic Cloud is only 50 kilo parsecs away.
it's because it's much smaller than our own.
It's our own galaxy will be the dominant partner.
We will absorb the Large Magellanic Cloud in the future.
Other passing galaxies may also be absorbed.
There's a black hole at the center of our galaxy.
It's being fed by material and stars that are orbiting around the black hole.
and then merges with it.
This merging process can change the dynamics and orbits of stars.
cause that central black hole to grow.
They become bigger and bigger and bigger.
the black holes can be billions and billions of solar masses in size.
Our own black hole in our own galaxy is much more at this stage of its evolution.
But in the future in the far future, it could come much, much larger.
These aren't the same kind of galaxies.
They're not necessarily evolving one from the other, cuz they could form that way.
when we look at the deep potential worlds of rich clusters of galaxies.
We see these so called, central dominate galaxies.
and turning into what looks like massive, elliptical galaxies.
super massive black holes, are they hot?
So, the future of our galaxy may be something like that.
the next few million years.
The stars in the galaxy will obviously evolve.
how gas rich or gas poor these companions are.
but we can get clues from looking at other galaxy mergers out there in the universe.
become quiescent, no longer be star forming.
All of this is a possible future for our galaxy.
What is the future of our universe?
How have we decided that?
Well, its because of observational evidence.
We've got our observational evidence from objects known as Type 1a supernova.
that matter gets transferred from the companion to the white dwarf.
something which is known as a standard candle.
brightness regardless of where that supernova is in our galaxy.
in a very distant galaxy.
the apparent magnitude of this supernova at maximum light, you have a distance.
is expanding at an accelerated rate.
the Nobel Prize a couple of years ago.
When you think of the universe, you think of matter.
of oceans, of planets, of gas, of dust.
All this stuff is made up of what we call baryonic matter.
density of the universe, that's only 4%.
which makes up another twenty odd percent of the universe.
baryonic particles cannot account for the gravitational effects that we see.
we haven't been able to measure a particle of dark matter.
We don't know what it's made of.
maybe neutrinos with mass, or maybe some other exotic particles.
we can start to map it with today's technology.
But we can't, we don't know what it's made of.
Twenty odd percent and 4% of actually Baryonic matter.
That's called Dark energy, we haven't a clue what that is.
we can measure the age of the universe to plus or minus 35 million years.
That's 13.8 billion years since the Big Bang.
But we don't know what most of the universe is.
We only understand really the 4% of baryonic matter.
We can't actually say what dark matter is.
which has been used to explain the accelerating universe.
is that eventually everything will be moved further and further apart.
they end up at white dwarves or black holes or neutron stars.
billions of years until eventually the entire universe is dark.
We've come an awful long way since Galileo first turned the telescope to the heavens.
We're now in the era of precision cosmology.
with precision that would have been unheard of a couple of decades ago.
we still don't understand fundamentals of the universe, such as what is dark matter?
everything we know makes up only four percent of the universe?
our understanding of the true nature of the universe.


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Citing rising diesel prices, Telangana mulls bus fares hike
The proposal to revise the fares was discussed on Sunday by transport minister P. Ajay Kumar with TSRTC Chairman Bajireddy Goverdhan, Managing Director V.C. Sajjanar and other officials.
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) is set to hike the bus fares by 25-30 paise per kilometre in view of the increase in diesel prices and continued losses.
A decision on the proposal will be taken by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. The proposal is likely to be placed before the State Cabinet at its next meeting.
Goverdhan told reporters that TSRTC had already submitted its proposal for fare hike to the minister but has now amended the same in view of last week's drop in diesel prices.
The price of diesel and petrol was reduced by Rs 10 and Rs 5 per litre respectively as the Centre cut the excise duty.
The TSRTC chairman said while framing the revised proposal, they ensured that the common man is not overburdened by the hike.
Goverdhan said they discussed the proposed fare hike keeping in view the hike affected by neighbouring States but assured that the increase in TSRTC fares will not be huge. He said the TSRTC will remain in losses even after the hike.
According to sources in TSRTC, the proposal is to increase the fare by 25 paise per km for Palle Velugu (rural) services and 30 paise per km for Express and higher services. A similar hike is likely for the city services.
The earlier proposal was to increase the fare by 40 paise per km.
Officials of the state-owned transport operator say the hike was inevitable to absorb the steep hike in diesel prices in recent months and to overcome the continued losses.
During a meeting with the chief minister last month, the officials informed the CM that since diesel price increased by Rs 22 per litre in the last one-and-a-half years, TSRTC had to bear an additional loss of Rs 550 crore. They said along with the increased diesel and petrol prices, the increase in the prices of tyres, tubes and other spare parts of the buses was also pushing RTC into losses. All these increased costs are putting Rs 600 crore additional burden on the Corporation, they said.
The TSRTC is reeling under annual losses of Rs 750 crore to Rs 1,000 crore. It is estimated to have suffered losses of Rs 3,000 crore since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out last year.
The previous fare hike was in December 2019. The fares were increased by 20 paise per km.
Decrease in diesel price leads to cheaper bus fare in Odisha
"Due to a decrease in diesel price from Rs 102.34 to Rs 91.61, the fare for stage carriages other than town buses plying within Odisha shall be fixed at a decreased rate," the official order said.
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As sunny skies shone overhead, the high school held its 91st commencement on June 21, giving the Class of 2018 a chance to celebrate their achievements and get ready for a new phase of life.
Seniors Alexa Benitez and Stone Locke led the audience in the pledge of allegiance, Gabriella Commisso sang the national anthem, and four gifted senior vocalists – Jake Acocella, Jenna Anderson, Sarah Bloom and Sara Rapuzzi – sang the school's alma mater.
Also addressing the new grads were Principal William Brennen and Board of Education President Jessica Carney, who urged them to be genuine. Carney honored 21 alumni from the Class of 1968 who were in attendance, and Kerri Kolensky recognized the top 25 students in the senior class.
After the diplomas were presented, Class President John Camlet gave a lighthearted farewell address, followed by the familiar traditions of turning tassels and tossing caps.
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Indian Telecoms Operators Raise Tariffs to Offset Losses
NEW DELHI – India's main mobile and internet operators have raised their tariffs, by around 20 percent in the case of Vodafone Idea, to recover from the million-dollar losses they have accumulated after years of a price war in a country, which has among the lowest rates in the world.
Vodafone Idea, one of the largest companies in India, announced new tariffs and plans for its prepaid services and products on Sunday.
Customers will now have to shell out Rs149 ($2) for one of the most basic packs, which includes unlimited calling and 2GB of data for 28 days, almost 15 percent more than the earlier price. In other plans, the hike is even higher.
Bharti Airtel, another of the three largest telecom operators in the country, has also released new tariffs.
From Dec. 3, its Indian customers will have to pay Rs148 – in place of the earlier Rs129 – for its 28-day unlimited calling pack with 2GB data a day.
The aim of both companies is to offset their financial situation, exacerbated by the price war triggered by the entry of Reliance Jio Infocomm onto the telecoms market.
The two companies were forced to reduce their tariffs in order to prevent their customers from switching to Reliance Jio, which was launched in September 2016 by Mukesh Ambani, the richest person in the country.
According to the latest data of watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, released in the middle of November, Reliance Jio already has over 355 million customers.
This makes Ambani's company the second largest telecoms company in India in terms of users, behind Vodafone Idea (375 million) and ahead of Bharti Airtel (325 million).
The sharp fall in tariffs caused the previously dominant operators, in September this year, to post losses of Rs497,274 billion in case of Vodafone Idea and Rs245,135 billion in case of Airtel, according to the data provided by the companies to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
These companies "had to invest in 4G networks throughout India and that hit their profits while Jio was the only one that had a full 4G network," an analyst from Counterpoint Consulting, Parv Sharma, told EFE.
Sharma does not believe that the price hike will result in further loss of customers for Vodafone and Airtel because they are "still serving around 300 to 400 million 2G users."
But mainly because Jio will also have to increase its tariffs following a recent verdict by the Supreme Court.
At the end of October, the country's top court ruled that the license fees and spectrum usage charges (SUC) the telecoms operators pay to the government should be calculated according to all the revenue they generate.
The ruling ordered the companies to clear the shortfall in SUC along with interest and penalties for the past 15 years, when the legal battle began, which will lead to multi-million dollar expenditures for the companies, especially Vodafone Idea and Airtel, according to the expert.
"Like other operators, we will also work with the government and comply with the regulatory regime to strengthen the industry to benefit Indian consumers and take measures including appropriate increase in tariffs in next few weeks," Ambani said a few days earlier, according to local newspaper The Economic Times.
Against this backdrop, Sharma believes the government "might introduce some incentives in the sector including floor pricing," which Airtel and Vodafone have been proposing should be implemented, as the "government does not want a monopoly or a duopoly in the (telecoms) market."
"Even if they increase prices by 10 to 15 percent, the users, years back, used to pay much more than this. Clients (will) have to accept this," Sharma concluded.


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Rakes of Mallow's immediate reaction to Notre Dame's big win over Pitt last night is, as expected, one of enthusiasm that the team has finally gotten that elusive road win. Cardiac Hill, on the other hand, is left wondering about the Irish jinx that has caused a team as good as the Panthers to lose three straight and four of the last five to Notre Dame.
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Anton Chekhov's The Lady with the Dog
A fantasy can be as simple as skydiving, or as complex as walking on the Moon. It can be said that most people have a fantasy of some fashion. Moreover, nearly everyone aspires to live out his or her fantasy at some point in time. Both Paul, an adolescent, in Willa Cather's "Paul's case," (1905) and Dmitri Gurov, a middle aged man, in Anton Chekhov's "The Lady with the Dog," (1899) have lives that are against their wishes which urges them to live out their fantasies. The places where they live, and the authoritative figures in their life, though, unfortunately prevent them from permanently achieving their dreams. Both characters in these short stories demonstrate that where a person comes from is where he or she will return, although momentarily a fantasy world can be obtained.
Both of these characters live in a world that they find unfavorable; however, both long to live out their fantasies despite their location. In "Paul's Case," Paul misbehaves in school and expresses a strong dislike towards his home life. For example, while returning home after working as an usher at Carnegie Hall, he describes his home and living quarters as "…his ugly sleeping chamber; the cold bathroom with the grimy zinc tub, the cracked mirror, the dripping spigots…" (494). However, on the other hand, he is able to "lose himself" while admiring artwork and music (491). The bedroom typically is seen as a sanctuary for a young adolescent, a place where he or she can be whatever he or she desires, but in Paul's situation, it is portrayed as a miserable prison where he feels uncomfortable. He has a desire to be a part of the world in which participation in the arts is favorable. Similar to Paul, Anton Chekov's character, Dmitri Gurov desires to live out his fantasies of love. Gurov becomes interested in this woman named Anna Sergeyevna, however, the only thing in common between them is that they are both are spending time in Yalta. Gurov lives in Moscow and Sergeyevna lives in a location that is referred to as "S___" (514). Despite the fact that he and she live in separate cities, Gurov insists on pursuing an affair with Sergeyevna. However, he knows that, "…ever affair which at first seems a light and charming adventure inevitably grows into a whole problem of extreme complexity, and in the end a painful situation is created" (513).
Imagery In Lady With Lapdog, By Anton Chekhov
The uncomforting thought of the difference in age goes back to differ the meanings of love and romance in the novel because against all odds and differences, Anna and Gurov hide away from these obvious facts. The thought of love in this culture is between a man and woman of similar age. According to Chekhov's novel, "He was sick of his children, sick of the bank, felt not the slightest desire to go anywhere or talk about anything" (9). Chekhov's description of sickness reveals that Gurov has a huge moment of denial, denial of family and denial of age. This denial of age, helps Gurov cope with the oddities of their relationship, the oddities of the love they had with the characteristics of a romance.
The Presentation of the Commander in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Presentation of the Commander in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood The commander can be seen as a man torn between two worlds, he was one of the founders of Gilead yet still enjoys and yearns for the pleasures of the old society he managed to break. It can be seen as ' he has made his bed and now he must sleep in it'. The commander is cool and collected on the surface but underneath he is bitter and corrupted for the world he has managed to create. I believe the commander secretly longs for the world to be as it once was and this is why he savours his time with Offred because she may remind him of life before Gilead; it is also ironic how both these characters felt under the surface an anger and repression of Gilead and they both wanted to break free but on the surface when they played scrabble with each other they are calm and to a certain extent sophisticated, between the characters there is certain amount of sexual and power play. The commander tells Offred that he believes that the reason why the State of...
Connotative Dreams in Sabato's The Tunnel
The first of Castel's dreams occurs while Maria is away at the estancia and ends up illustrating his chaotic emotions and confused adoration for her. Castel is in a weakened state and is frantically awaiting Maria's return. He envisions being within a dark house which he feels he had "known and infinitely desired"(88) since his youth. He feels comforted in this residence because it is something definite, understood, and established. Castel lacks these feelings of stability in his life because he devoutly subscribes to the existentialist thought; he believes that mortality is a narrow passageway which is uncertain and has no point to it other than to purely exist.
Fantasy is an Escape from Fear in Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome
Whenever he went in or out of his gate he thought with a shiver 'I shall just go on living here till I join them.' " (Wharton, 36). Ethan Frome marries Zenobia (Zeena) after the death of his mother in "an unsuccessful attempt to escape the silence, isolation and loneliness of life" (Lawson, 71). But, after time, he finds his life again becoming silent, as it was with his mother. Their lack of communication is continually making the marriage more misera... ... middle of paper ... ...and an escape to his fears and reality, through his fantasies, now brought him more suffering.
Tennessee William's "The Glass Menagerie" and John Updike's "A & P" are both tales of anguishing confinement and eventual escape. Tom and Sammy are trapped in a place where they work away their existence, unable to abscond from their miserable conditions due to an opposing force holding them captive. Their families rely on them to bring in what income they can, and neither Sammy nor Tom wishes to let down those dependent upon him. Both have jobs which are stable and potentially life-long; however, they desire excitement and freedom rather than the perpetual routines to which they are bound. The men are despondent in the circumstances to which they are confined, and it requires a catalyst to spark the ambition to become independent.
The Past in Long Day's Journey into Night and August: Osage County
Each character in this play longs to return to a point in the past where they were happy, yet they are also haunted by their respective pasts. Some of the Westons of Osage County are also haunted by the events that transpired in the past. But unlike the Tyrones, the Westons do not welcome the past in their home at all. It forces itself into their lives and ruins what little happiness there is to be had. The Tyrones, on the other hand sedate themselves with those memories of happier times.
A Brother and Sister Relationship in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
He wants her to be happy and lead a good life. He knows that she has potential, but is afraid the world would turn her away because of her handicap. In his article about being confined in Tom's apartment, Eric P. Levy writes "Tom, the narrator and chief character, the past when he started "to boil inside" with the ur... ... middle of paper ... ...le he was gone from home he could not get his sister off his mind. He saw her everywhere he went, and everything reminded him of her. She needed him to be there to support her as a brother, and help her get through life.
Essay on Dreams and Escape in The Glass Menagerie
He "...[retires] to a cabinet of the washroom to work on poems when business [is] slack in the warehouse" (Williams 1289) By doing this, Tom is looking for yet another escape from the reality of working at a job he hates. Tom also loathes his mother in some... ... middle of paper ... ...en have a chance are the people least connected with the Wingfield family. Just like the glass unicorn, this family is transparent, pitiful and broken. They never succeed in anything except dreaming for a better reality that will never come. Works Cited and Consulted Bloom, Harold.
Theme Of Dreams In The Glass Menagerie
Through characterisation William's demonstrates how the character of Tom is constantly torn between the freedom of following his dream and the responsibility to look after his dependant family, with his dreams ultimately leading him to leave his family unsupported. At the start of the play the character of Tom is working at a low paying factory wherein his colleagues constantly refer to him as "Shakespeare" (52), as in the time that he should be working he instead writes as his dream is to become a creative writer. This demonstrates how Tom, in the pursuit of his dream is willing to irresponsibly and selfishly risk the income of his family. Furthermore, through dialogue when Amanda states "every night to the movies!" (43), Williams is uncovering how for Tom to achieve his dream he is not only willing to risk the family income, but also spend it with no thought as to the wellbeing of his family. The selfish nature of dreams is finally uncovered as Tom ultimately chooses to abandon his dependant mother and crippled sister in the hope of achieving his own selfish dream.
Analysis Tom Windfield in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
He wants to get away from his mother and sister and live his own life, but he is trapped by his guilt and not wanting to leave his sister. He fears that is he leaves they won't be able to sustain themselves in their apartment seeing as since their father abandoned his mother he has taken over the ro... ... middle of paper ... ...er. I think Tom is much braver than me, but that might be because he is a male. It is more acceptable for a male to leave home and start his own life whereas with a female they tend to not leave so abruptly. I feel guilty because she has told me many times about how she came to become my mother and that she gave up her life to raise me and give me the best opportunities that she could being a single mother.
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