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Janet Thomas: Of Fireworks and Freedom	Featured
Written by Janet Thomas
I just returned home from a few days on the border between northern and southern California. It was hot, smoky and dry. At Hensley Lake, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers monitors a dam and manages a park, the sun beat down through the smoky haze at roughly 100 degrees. Driving there from Fresno was an immersion into both environmental and human despair. Drought has ravished the landscape. But in dramatic contrast, the miles of olive, walnut, pistachio and fig trees, all kept alive by irrigation, and immigration, were a reminder of the hard work that immigrants do day-in and day-out to keep the food supply thriving. They deserve appreciation and respect, not revulsion and aggression.
As immigrant families are separated and hated so spuriously by this administration, stopping to eat Mexican food from a truck stand was a formidable experience. The food was great. The people were great. And so was the grief of it all. Borders are about pride and profit not people and planet. I wanted to say something but all I could feel was the oppressiveness of my whiteness. The most respectful thing to do was to be respectful—and appreciative of the delicious quesadilla I was served.
As a survivor of systematic abuse throughout my childhood, my grief about the separation of young immigrant children from their parents and their subsequent vulnerability, renders me speechless with despair. And not just because of their cruel incarceration. The predatory networks of child exploitation—through child prostitution and pornography—are not an arena for the faint-hearted. But it is endemic. The internet feeds the voracious greed of these networks and their customers—and now, so does government policy. My own shattered childhood, long attended to through therapy in my adulthood, is crying out in despair. "How can this be happening to innocent children? How is it even possible? How can children be "disappeared" by policies that render children anonymous and set them up for exploitation?"
The actual possibility of it all is so utterly confounding that I am now facing my most difficult fear. You see, I, too, am an immigrant. For more than 50 years, my life has been saved by the freedoms in this country—including freedom of speech, which in my case took the shape of freedom to write. I was not allowed to speak as a kid—but nobody told me I could not write. And living in the United States of America, the freedom to write saved my life.
I was an army wife living at Fort Dix, New Jersey during the Vietnam War where I volunteered at Walton Army Hospital and met young soldiers of all colors coming back from Vietnam in pieces. I wrote a play about it. Later, back in Seattle, Vietnamese "boat people" (mostly children) were sent to safety in the U.S. by their parents. I wrote a play about it. I protested nuclear war and attended a Suquamish Tribal welcoming ceremony for anti-nuclear activist Japanese Buddhist monks who came to Kitsap County to protest the Trident nuclear submarine base. They were outsiders; they were arrested, tried accordingly, and their rights to protest were firmly upheld. I wrote a play about it. I also wrote plays about the prevention of sexual abuse of children that were produced for students of all ages. I was out on the activist streets of WTO Seattle and wrote a book about it. I also wrote a book about spiritual healing from my childhood trauma.
I did all my writing without a heartbeat of fear. Freedom of expression—in all its manifest forms—is at the heart of political freedom and nowhere in the world has it been so upheld as it has in the USA. Nowhere else could I have experienced the freedoms that saved my life—inside and out—as well as the freedom to witness the lack of freedom for others.
In 2004, I went to Columbus, Ohio as an Amnesty International voting monitor volunteer with Agi Vadas, my old friend and long-time San Juan Islander. Agi was a Holocaust survivor who escaped Hungary and spent years without a country until she was welcomed as an immigrant to the United States. Agi, who became a ferociously proud American citizen, was a brilliant violinist who was passionate about global justice and started a branch of Amnesty International in San Juan County. When we arrived at our assigned precinct in Columbus, three of the five voting machines were "out of order." It was in an African American community and I watched as voters who had lined up at dawn to vote before work, had to leave before voting so they could get to their jobs on time.
While we were in Columbus, Agi went to the penitentiary and met her death-row inmate pen-pal, Richard Neilds whom she met through an Amnesty International program. Rich was on death-row because he'd killed his girlfriend in a drunken fight and then drove their car to a nearby bar and called the police and turned himself in. His attorney said he would be charged with manslaughter. He received the death sentence because their car was in his girlfriend's name. Consequently, the prosecuting attorney added the charge of "theft" as a means of pursuing another death penalty notch in his belt. Rich was a musician and his correspondence with Agi is an anguished journey of heart, hope and music.
When Agi died, her one request was that we keep up her work to save Rich from execution. So, we did. And thanks in big part to our island community's activism as well as the laws of the land and upstanding attorneys, Rich's death sentence was commuted. He died in prison of natural causes. Their book of letters, "Truth Be Told—Life Lessons from Death Row," is an eye-and-heart-opening exploration of soul and suffering.
I write this because nothing is at it used to be. And I write it because I am afraid to. The fascist edict I was trained in as a child was simple and effective—if I wanted something, it meant I couldn't have it. Wanting to become an American citizen meant it would be impossible. I am a legal "permanent resident" brought here as a child by my legal immigrant parents. My life in the U.S. has been lived to the fullest of freedoms—yet that inner fear, terrorized into me as a child, continues to win out whenever wanting something critically important arises on my horizon.
So, I am driven by my deepest fear to finally apply for my citizenship. I want to fully embody the freedoms that have made my life possible—and life possible for so many others in this country.
The few days in California were a deep lesson in how things have been, as well as in how they are now. All the freedoms I am so profoundly grateful for must now be fought for. I'm not sure attaining my citizenship will happen by the November mid-term election but helping to get out the vote will be a priority no matter what. And if there are obstacles, the one thing I have learned from life in the U.S. is that I have a right to fight. And I will.
In the meantime, my own inner child, suspended in grief and isolation, cries out non-stop for the thousands of innocent immigrant children losing their families, and all-too possibly, their own innocence to brutal betrayal of everything this country stands for. Understanding how and why this cruelty has happened is as critical as stopping it. All children everywhere deserve protection from exploitation and abuse.
Let us find the way.
Here's to Independence Day.
"I first saw the Constitution of the United States in a foreign country…. I read it with great satisfaction, as the result of good heads prompted by good hearts…. I have repeatedly laid myself under the most serious obligations to support the Constitution…. What other form of government, indeed, can so well deserve our esteem and love?" – John Adams
Janet Thomas has lived on San Juan Island for 27 years. She is the San Juan Islands Coordinator for Orca Relief Citizens' Alliance and was the Superintendent of San Juan County Parks when Jet-ski-whale-watching was prevented from launching from San Juan County Park, a decision ultimately upheld by the Washington State Supreme Court. She is an author and playwright whose work has been produced in Seattle, New York, San Francisco, Portland, Honolulu and Los Angeles. Her most recent books are: "The Battle in Seattle--The Story Behind and Beyond the WTO Demonstrations" and "Day Breaks Over Dharamsala--A Memoir of Life Lost and Found."
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The secret money lesson of fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld
Published: Feb. 23, 2019 at 4:03 p.m. ET
Brett Arends
How to get rich like Lagerfeld
Karl Lagerfeld, who died this week, in 2015. Stocks in luxury-goods companies have produced spectacular returns for stockholders
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The death of fashion legend Karl Lagerfeld belongs on the fashion and lifestyle pages, not the financial pages — right?
After all, Lagerfeld was a well-heeled European fashion designer. He wore a pony-tail and hung out with his cat.
What could he possibly teach us about making money compared to say a "Master of the Universe" who pulls the trigger on stock deals?
" Lagerfeld knew more about making money than almost any trader. "
In a word: Plenty.
Turns out, Lagerfeld and his fellow fashion titans knew more about making real money than almost any Wall Street trader, hedge-fund math genius, or Hong Kong stock jockey.
That people like Lagerfeld actually make money off those guys too is just icing on the cake.
Lagerfeld's death is a good time to point out the golden rule of luxury goods and designer brands — a rule that almost everyone ignores.
You don't get rich by wearing designer labels. But you get rich by selling them.
Stocks in luxury-goods companies have produced spectacular returns for stockholders, far in excess of the rest of the market, or pretty much any investment manager. Meanwhile reports of the "investment returns" of actually owning classic fashion items need to be treated with some skepticism. (More on that below).
" You don't get rich by wearing designer labels. But you get rich by selling them. "
Leading high-fashion stocks have outperformed the major stock indices — and almost every hedge fund on the planet — for at least 30 years, a MarketWatch analysis reveals. They have outperformed by a wide margin even in the nine years since a U.S. index that tracked luxury stocks was wound up for a lack of investor interest.
Chanel, where Lagerfeld made his name, is privately held but many of its top competitors are traded publicly.
The best known is Paris-based Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy LVMH, +0.02%, the fashion conglomerate whose brands include Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Bulgari, Givenchy, cosmetics retailer Sephora, and multiple other brands including various fine wines and other drinks.
" If you'd invested $100 in LVMH 30 years ago, you'd have $3,300 today. "
If you'd invested $100 in LVMH 30 years ago, you'd have $3,300 today. If you invested the same amount in Standard & Poor's 500, you'd have made $1,800 — half as much.
What about the typical hedge fund? Nobody knows, because performance returns are generally secret, and only the winners survive. But studies have shown that hedge funds typically do worse than the S&P 500 SPX, -2.88%
One of LVMH's biggest and best-known competitors, Cartier parent Compagnie Financiere Richemont CFRHF, -0.53%, has done even better: The figure for that original $100 today is a staggering $6,360. You'd have made over 60 times your money.
America's Tiffany US:TIF, and the Switzerland luxury watch companies owned by UHR, are up over 30-fold.
In September, 2010, money manager Claymore closed down an index and exchange-traded fund based on luxury goods companies tracked by wealth magazine the Robb Report. MarketWatch kept track of the index's final constituents and their weightings.
Since then: If you'd invested in that index then you'd have more than doubled your money. That's far outpaced the FactSet index of world stocks.
" Lagerfeld left an undisclosed fortune worth an estimated $300 million. "
Average annual return of those luxury stocks in the past five years: 6.9%.
Average annual return from hedge funds, as tracked by Hedge Fund Research Composite index: 3.2%.
Lagerfeld himself left an undisclosed fortune, which could be worth $300 million, according to one estimate. He sold one business, his own Lagerfeld brand, to Tommy Hilfiger in 2004 for $28 million, regulatory filings show. The other terms of the deal, including ongoing payments, were not disclosed at the time.
Most fashion experts agree that was a tiny share of his net worth. He was the creative director of global fashion giant Chanel for 26 years, and later of Italian fashion company Fendi as well.
He said even his famous cat Choupette earned $3.2 million from modelling in one year. (Now some are wondering how much Choupette will inherit from his estate.)
Whether the global luxury boom will continue is the $64,000 question. But the results are by no means all in the distant past. Ferrari RACE, -0.36% stock has tripled since listing in Milan three years ago. Canada Goose GOOS, +4.47% has tripled since listing in New York less than two years ago.
" Luxury goods are bought by the rich, middle- and lower-income households. "
While luxury goods companies profit from the rise of the global super-rich and from income inequality, it's more than that. Their products are popular as "status" goods among the middle-class and lower-income households too.
Nor are the investment returns all about the stock market boom (or bubble). LVMH today trades at 3.2 times last year's revenues, says FactSet. The figure in early 1989: 3.3 times.
Meanwhile, a suggestion that iconic fashion items — in this case, the classic Chanel handbag — have been great investments themselves should be treated with caution. The retail prices have risen, but the resale prices are far less clear.
Companies have managed to put up their prices by much more than general inflation over the years. That's one more the reason why you get rich selling these things, not buying and wearing them.
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Brett Arends is an award-winning financial writer with many years experience writing about markets, economics and personal finance. He has received an individual award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers for his financial writing, and was part of the Boston Herald team that won two others. He has worked as an analyst at McKinsey & Co., and is a Chartered Financial Consultant. His latest book, "Storm Proof Your Money", was published by John Wiley & Co.

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Северный Илокос (, , ) — провинция Филиппинской республики, расположенная в северной части острова Лусон, крупнейшего из Филиппинских островов. Административный центр — город Лаоаг.

География
Площадь провинции составляет 3399,3 км². На западе провинция омывается Южно-Китайским морем. На суше соседними провинциями являются Южный Илокос, Абра и Кагаян.

Население
Население по данным на 2010 год составляет 568 017 человек. Плотность населения — 167,10 чел./км².

Среди местных жителей преобладают илоки. В провинции распространён язык илокано. По вероисповеданию большинство населения провинции являются католиками. Также значительное влияние имеет церковь Аглипая, основателем которой является Грегорио Аглипай, уроженец города .

Административное деление
В административном отношении подразделяется на 2 города (Батак и Лаоаг) и 21 муниципалитет:

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These gorgeous Mission Bay Apartments are conveniently located in San Francisco's hip and sunny Mission Bay - Two blocks from AT&T Park, Cal Train and Hwy 280. You're just steps from world class restaurants, local favorites and vibrant nightlife; and the conveniences of a Whole Foods, a gourmet Safeway, and the 4th Street Cal-Train station. This location offers easy access to public transportation.


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The reason behind the decision to build the Louvre in Lens and obtain UNESCO World Heritage listing for the mining area was to help drive the region's economic and social regeneration, along the lines of the cities of Bilbao and Liverpool.
This, however, raised the question of how best to go about developing tourism given that the area had no experience or reputation as a tourist destination and visitor numbers were low. What does an area undergoing regeneration have that is special and unique, and which could enable it to rival with world-class destinations? In the context of fierce competition, with new destinations bubbling up every week as a result of globalisation and the attendant reassertion of local values, how could the area's singularity be used to best advantage?
This way of framing the challenge threw up two different timeframes. The most pressing need was to welcome and retain the very large number of visitors to the Louvre-Lens (1,359,916 people so far). And then, over the years or decades even, build from scratch a new tourist destination in a region which for the past two centuries had been given over wholly to industry and mining.
The issue was that everything in the tourism sector – even more than in other domains – had to be invented, created, launched, promoted, and carried out. The challenge of creating a different Louvre in Lens – one that was informative, affordable, and innovative – naturally led to thinking of tourism in a different way, as a way of making the territory a place for experimentation, innovation, freedom, and of risk-taking too, where emerging trends could be tested out and developed, along with the practices of tomorrow and new ways of relating to Others and to Art.
Pas-de-Calais Tourism and the Pas-de-Calais Departmental Council
thus launched a campaign to fundamentally turn these clichés on their head, and promote the modernity of the region by involving its inhabitants. It was decided that tourism in the area Around the Louvre Lens was to be promoted in a thoroughly contemporary manner, drawing on imagery and ideas that chimed with current trends in cultural consumption.
We needed to set up a "creative" approach so as to implement our goal of a different, innovative kind of tourism able to employment and economic benefits, based on helping businesses position themselves and ensure they provide what tourists are looking for, as well as boosting their visibility and so driving turnover.
The main Tourism Offices in the area cooperate in this unique, ambitious approach via a joint platform to make the ALL – Around the Louvre-Lens – area a national and international tourist destination.
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(China Plus) A young Chinese couple has tied the knot at a ceremony high on the Tibetan Plateau, known as 'the roof of the world' in the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Liu Ting and her soldier boyfriend Guo Jiawei started dating in 2015 and decided to marry in August last year. They had planned to hold a wedding ceremony in January this year, but Guo Jiawei's unit was shifted to the Khampa Plateau, which is 4,000 meters above sea level.
Knowing that the couple had been trying to plan a wedding, the soldier's comrades in arms decided to hold a military-style ceremony for the couple in the high altitude base camp. The couple has planted a tree in the camp to show that their love will remain deeply rooted in the plateau.


Boy van Poppel (UnitedHealthcare) was a somewhat surprise occupier of the race lead in the Tour of Britain at the end of stage two. The Dutch sprinter, already wearing the blue and black points jersey in lieu of stage one winner Luke Rowe (Team Sky), finished second in the bunch sprint, which gave him the lead in that competition. Having visited the podium for that jersey however, he was called back later to receive the gold one as race leader.
Rowe - who finished tenth on the stage after leading out World champion Mark Cavendish - was originally adjudged to have held on to his race lead but, having examined the finish further, the race jury decided that the British rider had lost a second on the line, which meant that he was overtaken by stage winner Leigh Howard (Orica-GreenEdge) and van Poppel.
"I was very motivated because I had the points jersey and I knew in the back of my mind that I was only a few seconds away from yellow," said van Poppel afterwards. "So, I did everything I could to try and win today. The Team helped me perfect saving my energy during the day, and they brought me into an ideal position to the sprint.
UnitedHealthcare's directeur sportif Hendrik Redant was understandably delighted with the somewhat unusual turn of events, and paid tribute to his riders for their hard work in the stage.
"The boys were working well for van Poppel and kept him in the front of the race so he could preserve his power for the sprint," he said. "Robert Förster took Boy to the front of the group in the final kilometres of the race, enabling Boy to sprint in ideal circumstances. He did a great job in the sprint and managed to get 3rd place.


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Mesothelioma takes decades to develop, but then progresses rapidly. Because the symptoms overlap with many other diseases and ailments, this aggressive cancer often escapes early detection. It is most commonly diagnosed in advanced stages, when treatment options are fewer and survival rates are grim.
Thus time is of the essence. As frightening and demoralizing as a diagnosis may be, every day counts in the diagnosis and treatment of mesothelioma. There are cutting-edge treatments that can eradicate the tumors, extend life or ameliorate the painful symptoms.
The lawyers of Gori Julian & Associates, P.C., excel at extracting compensation from employers and corporations responsible for asbestos exposure. On the front end, our primary focus is helping clients get a prompt diagnosis and access to the best medical care possible.
If you or a family member has symptoms of asbestos disease, especially with a history of exposure, you should seek medical treatment without delay. A family physician is a good start, but he or she will not be able to verify a diagnosis of mesothelioma or asbestos lung cancer. We can help clients get referrals to oncologists or mesothelioma/asbestosis specialists.
Medical history — A thorough review of the sources of known or likely exposure to asbestos, through past employment, military service or secondary exposure, going back as much as 40 or 50 years.
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Blood work — Blood samples are taken to obtain a baseline CBC (complete blood count).
Diagnostic scans — You'll undergo an X-ray, CT scan, PET scan or MRI of the pleural cavity (chest) or peritoneal cavity (abdomen) to corroborate a diagnosis and to pinpoint location, size and spread of the tumors.
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Now that summer is officially in full swing, what better way to celebrate the season than a festive Caribbean Cocktail Party? On Monday, July 3, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., join the Eastville Community Historical Society for Eastville Heritage House's signature Caribbean Rum Punch, wine, tasty island hors d'oeuvres and tropical piña colada ice cream, and more.
"We invite the public to come celebrate the start of the summer season in Caribbean style and enjoy a last chance to see the wonderful work of Maxine Townsend-Broderick," said Eastville Community Historical Society Board President Audrey Gaines.
The benefit will also serve as your final chance to see Maxine's World, a mixed-media exhibition by artist Maxine Townsend-Broderick, at the Eastville Heritage House in Sag Harbor. The art show features a multitude of mediums, including oil, watercolor, fabric, sand, printmaking, photography, encaustic, sculpture, jewelry, doll making, quilt making, web design and stained glass.
Townsend-Broderick, who was born in Jamaica, New York and studied commercial art and photography at New York Technical College, is a member of the Long Island Black Artist Association and the Long Island Quilters' Society. After working as an artist at a New York advertising agency for a number of years and raising four children, she entered the professional photography field. Townsend-Broderick returned to school and received both her bachelors and masters degrees. Her work has been featured on Long Island, in NYC and the Caribbean.
Admission to the Eastville Community Historical Society's Caribbean Cocktail Party is $30 per person. Tickets are available online or can be purchased at the door.
The Eastville Community Historical Society's mission is to "preserve historic buildings and research, collect and disseminate information about the history of the Eastville area of Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York, County of Suffolk, State of New York, and one of the earliest known working class communities composed of African Americans, Native Americans and European immigrants," as well as "obtain recognition and landmark status for qualified buildings in the Eastville community and St. David AME Zion Cemetery in Sag Harbor, New York; to discover and collect any material which may help establish or illustrate the history of its settlement, development and activities in peace and war and its progress in the areas of population, education, arts, science, agriculture, manufactures, trade and transportation; to collect printed materials, manuscripts, manuscript materials and material objects illustrative of life, conditions, events and activities of the past or present; to disseminate historical information and arouse interest in the past by publishing historical material in the newspapers or the media, conducting tours, holding meetings with lectures, papers and discussions and by marking historical buildings, sites and places of local historical significance; to educate local school children by exposing them, through artifacts, tours and lectures, to this rich addition to local history thus enhancing their experience of Sag Harbor Village life."


"Birdboy: The Forgotten Children" really just goes for it. Taking place in a future seemingly ruined by nuclear activity, animal people try to make a life. Dog police attack birds and mice, but they manage. Everyone dreams of a better life, but they manage. The thrust of the film is the effort to get our two heroes to leave their home behind. But, Birdboy is scared of the voices in his head and the police dogs on his tail.
While there is a ton of allegorical connections to make, I was floored by how it works on a base level. 2017 has been quite the year for animation returning to basics to tell a stronger story. The film plays short and it doesn't work with that big of a world. But, it leaves by playing tiny and making relationships count. Birdboy never even talks. Think about a film with a main character whose actions are explained away by others.
This animated feature is a creative accomplishment, but it's not going to win over a wider audience. If you enjoy it, seek out others with similar tastes and share this film. This one deserves to be a hidden treasure.


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Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
Posted in: No Huddle by J C on May 16th, 2013
Suspense / Thriller
"We are your Family. We come before anything, even your own family."
Everything about Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn — the setting, the storyline, the cast, the title — brings to mind vastly superior crime dramas. To be fair, it's incredibly difficult to say something in this genre that hasn't already been said brilliantly by the likes of Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese or David Chase. So instead of trying to carve out its own turf, this low-budget effort seems to almost revel in how derivative it is. At the very least, the people who made this movie seem to love gangster flicks as much as we do.
Bobby Baldano (William DeMeo) has just been released from prison after serving a five-year stretch for armed robbery. His father Joseph (Armand Assante) is a self-made man — as opposed to a "made man" — who owns a successful construction company. Joseph wants Bobby to leave his life of crime behind and come work for the family. Unfortunately, Bobby is more interested in spending time with his work "Family," which includes acting boss Patsy (Tony Darrow), dopey "captain" Fat Slick Sally (Gaetano Iacono) and Bobby's trustworthy crew members Jimmy (Wass Stevens) and Stan "The Jew" (Louis Vanaria).
Bobby's crew and freedom are eventually threatened by a snitch, so he enlists the help of colorful character Tyler Moss (Ice-T), who has a talent for hunting down members of the Witness Protection Program. As the walls start closing in around Bobby, he has to decide whether to honor his family name or submit to a life that will almost certainly end in his destruction.
It's an undeniably compelling and dramatic story hook, which is why this sort of tale has been told so many times. Unfortunately, Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn goes overboard in its efforts to pay tribute to the genre. For example, it's not enough to have narration from Bobby that's straight out of the Henry Hill Academy of Voiceovers, but director/co-writer/co-producer Paul Borghese also pops up in a small role as an FBI agent tracking the Baldanos, so we get to hear his thoughts as well. (Not that anyone cares.) Borghese admits in the commentary track that part of the reason they settled on two narrators was so they could more easily manipulate the storytelling in postproduction.
That sloppiness is evident throughout the entire production, which is a shame because Borghese actually has talent as a visual storyteller. Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn opens with Bobby beating up a guy in a pool hall, but the scene is ultimately inconsequential, so it's confusing to see the film briefly revisit it later. Subplots are introduced — Bobby humiliates an up-and-coming wiseguy; Bobby romances aspiring singer Rena (Elia Monte-Brown) and helps out a music producer (Ja Rule) dealing with a problematic rapper — but ultimately go nowhere. After that opening scene, the film flashes forward a bit to the present day before flashing back one year to Bobby getting out of jail. We're eventually taken back another 10(!) years before returning to a year in the past and ending in the present. (At this point, even Christopher Nolan's head would start to hurt.) Just for good measure, the film ends with a twist straight out of an M. Night Shyamalan movie.
DeMeo was also the star/co-writer/co-producer of Searching for Bobby D, an indie about a group of filmmakers who fund their project by claiming Robert DeNiro is attached. He shows a similar sort of hustle here as he ably carries the movie from one well-worn cliché to another. One thing that sets this film apart from others in the genre is how Bobby doesn't seem too interested in the glitz and glamour that usually come with gangster life: the satisfaction of out-muscling another guy is enough for him. Assante isn't in the movie much — which mirrors the way Bobby's family are too small of a factor in his life — but he's got a nice powerhouse scene toward the end. It was also good to see him play a legitimate businessman in this sort of movie, since he tends to get cast as gangsters.
Meanwhile, the presence of rappers/actors (though they do a lot less rapping these days) Ice-T and Ja Rule reminded me of the diversity in Brooklyn most famously depicted in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing. Ice even delivers a forced mini-monologue about Coney Island when he first saunters on screen. The film is also populated by effective character actors in wiseguy roles. (Vincent Pastore turns up in a blink-and-you'll-miss-him role as a barber, which is incredible because you figure a guy best known for playing someone named "Big Pussy" would be hard to miss.)
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn isn't incredibly long — 116 minutes — but it feels bloated because the film seems to want to cover everything that's ever been part of a gangster movie. (Rats! Best friend betrayal! The temptation to go legit! Pasta!) The good(ish) news is this "kitchen sink" approach inevitably yielded enough good things to keep this from being a total mafia misfire.
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След обаче опитът за сьомга с мед на тиган, мисля по-често рибата с интересен цвят да присъства в рецептите ми.
Аспержите се почистват добре с помощта на белачка и се нареждат един до друг в тавичка за печене. Посоляват се. Поръсват се с прясно настърган пармезан. На дъното на тавичката се излива зеленчуковият бульон. Пекат се до готовност (около 25 минути) на умерена фурна.
През това време сьомгата се измива, оставя се да се отцеди, след което се осолява.
През това време се подготвя сосът, с който ще се намаже рибата. Медът се смесва със зехтина и черния пипер и се бърка до получаване на хомогенна смес. По желание може да се добави 1 с.л. горчица в соса.
Котлетите сьомга се поставят върху предварително загряния оребрен тиган. Рибата се "запечатва" като се пече по 2 минути от двете страни. След това се намазва със соса и се пече до готовност.
Сервира се с гарнитура с аспержите с пармезан.
Аз като един Parmiggiano-lover поръсвам допълнително пармезан върху аспержите след като ги извадя от фурната. Добър апетит!
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Though the demand for "more Christ in Christmas" seems to be losing momentum, most evangelicals still believe the holiday—and its seasonal greetings—should more explicitly reference the Savior.
Overall, the number of Americans who say Christmas should be more about Jesus has dropped from 79 percent in 2014 to 65 percent in 2018, according to LifeWay Research.
American nones and those of other faiths account for the bulk of the shift. In LifeWay's 2014 report, 63 percent of members of non-Christian faiths and nearly half of the country's nones (46%) said Christmas should be more about Jesus. Four years later, those percentages dropped to 35 percent and 28 percent, respectively.
Even Christians are slightly less likely to want to see a greater emphasis on Jesus, with 8 in 10 agreeing this year compared to 9 in 10 in 2014. But nearly all evangelicals by belief, 97 percent, still insist on more Jesus.
A majority of evangelicals (65%) say they take offense when someone says, "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas," though fewer than half of Christians (42%) and a third of Americans (32%) agree.
Over the years, LifeWay found the abbreviation "X-mas" to be just as controversial as "Happy holidays" or more, with 42 percent of Christians and 33 percent of Americans saying it was offensive in this year's survey. Nearly 6 in 10 of those with evangelical beliefs (59%) find the use of "X-mas" instead of Christmas offensive.


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TOM & JERRY, THE MOVIE | REVIEW | NORTHLANDS
Who doesn't love a remake of an old favourite?
Tom & Jerry (2021) directed by Tom Story, has once again graced the screen with their rambunctious, legendary rivalry, and just like the original series, this film brings comedy and action for the whole family to enjoy.
(From Left) Jerry, Tom
Photo Credit: Warner Animation Group, Warner Bros. Pictures
A nostalgic moment brought to life with the amalgamation of real life and animation, the Tom & Jerry (2021) film starts off with immediately igniting the rivalry between both Tom & Jerry. During Tom & Jerry's signature game of 'cat & mouse', Tom loses Jerry after crashing into the deuteragonist of the film Kayla (Chloe Grace Moretz), a young beautiful 'trying to make something of herself' 19 year old who is desperate to find a job in the 'Big Apple', New York City.
Kayla dusts herself off and stumbles into a massive job opportunity at the Royal Gate Hotel where she is tasked with helping pull off the biggest even of the year. Eager to do a great job, Kayla encounters trouble when she finds a mouse has taken up residency within the hotel, none other than Jerry. Kayla calls on Tom to help with the hotel's 'rodent' problem not realising the amount of distruction she has just invited into the hotel.
(From top) Jerry, Tom
Without going on any further and spoiling the entire movie, Tom & Jerry (2021) is a must see. The film is fun, entertaining and enjoyable – a great remake of the all time favourite 1940 series by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.
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Easter Lake watershed improvement efforts receive national recognition
DES MOINES -- A project behind a major renovation effort to improve water quality in Easter Lake, located on Des Moines' south side, has received national recognition.
Des Moines Public Works received the 2021 National Environmental Achievement Award in the Watershed Collaboration category for the Restoring Easter Lake initiative. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Polk County Conservation and other agencies partnered with the city on the effort.
"Over the years, increased nutrient loads and sediment diminished the water quality of Easter Lake," said Des Moines' Clean Water Program Administrator Patrick Beane. "The water looked like chocolate milk due to poor water clarity, algal blooms, high sedimentation rates and low oxygen levels."
While work in the lake included excavating 678,000 cubic yards of sediment, stabilizing 22,722 feet of shoreline and a fishery renovation that restocked more than 550,000 fish to the water, the project also focused on reducing pollution washing in from the 6,380 acres of land that drains into the lake.
The effort identified pollutant sources and priority areas for improvement projects, and also worked to educate residents in the watershed on water quality issues and helped them incorporate practices in their homes and yards to improve water quality in the lake.
"Since the beginning of the Easter Lake Restoration project, residents have always had high interest in doing their part to positively impact the lake. To date, more than 200 conservation practices have been installed by residents," said Julie Perreault, Easter Lake Watershed Project Coordinator with the Polk County Soil and Water Conservation District. "Since the completion of lake renovations, interest is as high as ever to keep Easter Lake clean. People can see the positive change in Easter Lake, and are consistently reaching out and taking action to find ways they can help keep it that way."
Monitoring of conservation practices used in a single drainage basin adjacent to Easter Lake showed a 19 percent reduction in runoff over four years.
Amenities at the park received improvements as well, in order to help residents and visitors reconnect with the lake and park.
"This was truly a watershed approach," said Kyle Ament, Watershed Basin Coordinator with the DNR. "Water quality improvements focused on solving problems on both public and private land, with residents, government agencies, businesses and other partners coming together to improve Easter Lake for the whole community."
The national achievement award is presented by the National Association of Clean Water Agencies to public clean water utilities that have made outstanding contributions to environmental protection, their communities, ratepayers and the water sector.
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Here are the key people behind NU, but each of them has a talented, dedicated, passionate group of individuals behind them, who work together to make the business tick and who deliver exemplary homes and rejuvenated communities.
Geoff Pearce
Deputy Chief Executive
Since joining Swan in 2014, Geoff has overseen the growth of Swan's regeneration and development programme, progressing long-standing major regeneration projects at Blackwall Reach and…
Since joining Swan in 2014, Geoff has overseen the growth of Swan's regeneration and development programme, progressing long-standing major regeneration projects at Blackwall Reach and Beechwood and leading on many new regeneration projects including Purfleet-on-Thames, the Queensway estate in Southend- on-Sea and the Laindon Centre. Geoff has led Swan's in-house construction service to grow exponentially and now includes two innovative modular housing factories in Basildon. In 2020 Geoff was made Deputy Chief Executive, taking on additional responsibilities, including property services and strategic planning.
Geoff is a Chartered Surveyor and a Board Member of Opportunity South Essex.
Andy Gatrell
Andy leads Swan's regeneration and new business team and is responsible for securing and delivering development opportunities in East London and Essex. He oversees Swan's development…
Andy leads Swan's regeneration and new business team and is responsible for securing and delivering development opportunities in East London and Essex. He oversees Swan's development pipeline of over 4,000 new homes which includes the Blackwall Reach regeneration project in Tower Hamlets and the Craylands estate regeneration in Basildon. He recently led on the acquisition of the Laindon shopping centre in Basildon which Swan aims to regenerate into a new mixed use development.
Prior to joining the Swan Group in December 2014, Andy was the Assistant Director of Development at East Thames Group leading on the Group's development and new business programmes. Prior to that he was at Savills PLC working in consultancy with a range of clients in both the public and private sectors.
Linda Faucher
Linda is Sales & Marketing Director for NU living. With over 20 years' experience in the property industry and a chartered marketer, Linda brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from…
Linda is Sales & Marketing Director for NU living. With over 20 years' experience in the property industry and a chartered marketer, Linda brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from both the public and private sectors. Having worked for developers, a property investment company, housing associations and estate agents she confidently views every opportunity and challenge from different angles to deliver the best product for NU living customers.
Dean Rosewell
Managing Director, Construction
With a career spanning 25 years, Dean began his professional career as a Quantity Surveyor at Countryside Properties and Kier London he then progressed to become Commercial Manager at ROK and then…
With a career spanning 25 years, Dean began his professional career as a Quantity Surveyor at Countryside Properties and Kier London he then progressed to become Commercial Manager at ROK and then Westfield where he took a strategic role in the delivery of the Stratford City development, the largest urban shopping centre in Europe.
Prior to joining Swan in April 15, Dean worked as Commercial Director at Weston Homes where he was integral to the regional expansion of the business.
At Swan Dean has progressed to Managing Director, NU living Construction, where he is at the forefront of enhancing NU living's capabilities to meet the demands of the wide range of regeneration and development activity the Swan Group now undertakes, including modular construction, high rise and large scale, mixed use regeneration projects.
Samantha Wait
Director of Business Development and External Affairs
Sam Wait is Director of Business Development and External Affairs at Swan Housing Association. Her role is to help Swan to expand its business through good growth, enabling it to deliver more…
Sam Wait is Director of Business Development and External Affairs at Swan Housing Association. Her role is to help Swan to expand its business through good growth, enabling it to deliver more affordable homes for those who need them and to ensure it operates in a way which "loves the planet". She recently led on the acquisition of Swan's second Modular Housing factory. Sam is also responsible for ensuring Swan is engaging strategically with its stakeholders and building relationships which help us work with our partners to deliver more, much needed, affordable homes. Before she moved into the Social Housing Sector, Sam practiced as a solicitor in the City of London specialising in commercial real estate.
Juliette Bartlett
Business Excellence Director
Juliette Bartlett was appointed Business Excellence Director in November 2020. Juliette has a passion for making things better, taking on the complex and hearing what others have to say. Juliette…
Juliette Bartlett was appointed Business Excellence Director in November 2020. Juliette has a passion for making things better, taking on the complex and hearing what others have to say.
Juliette is responsible for two core functions within Swan. Juliette's aim is to drive excellence in customer experience and construction quality and therefore has recently taken the lead of the New Homes Quality and Customer Aftercare team. An advocate in delivering high quality homes and communities since joining the Regeneration and Development department in 2015, Juliette has played an integral leadership role in the delivery of the Swan Group's development pipeline. At a time of exponential growth Juliette has led the Experience Excellence change programme and will now roll out this approach across the Group to facilitate the delivery of the Corporate Strategy aims. The Service Design team will provide an important hub for project delivery to all parts of the Group, facilitating collaborative process reviews and redesigns, putting users and customer experience first.
Frank Klepping
As Swan's Development Director, Frank plays a lead role in the delivery of the existing development pipeline, acquiring new business opportunities and establishing cross-sector partnerships to…
As Swan's Development Director, Frank plays a lead role in the delivery of the existing development pipeline, acquiring new business opportunities and establishing cross-sector partnerships to deliver a diverse project portfolio.
Since joining Swan in 2014, Frank has contributed to the growth of Swan's development pipeline to over 8,000 secured residential plots, and oversees a range of mixed-use regeneration projects across east London and Essex. Developments include the modular-build Beechwood Village and Laindon Shopping Centre, the £1bn Purfleet Centre regeneration and the 1,700 home Southend-on-Sea Better Queensway estate redevelopment.
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MiC LOWRY Premiere NEW Video for "Supermodels" on Hit The Floor Mag
Following a the success of their debut EP 'The Show', rnb boy group MiC Lowry gear up to give expectant fans a taste of what's to come with the premiere of their new video for "Supermodels" featuring UK rap icon Wiley.
Since signing to Decca records, the band has been nominated for BET's best newcomer award and had their debut EP reach number 1 in the UK RnB iTunes chart.
Their latest single "Supermodels" is produced & co-written by our very own Dan Dare.
Read the full HTF Mag article here
Check out the full official video below!
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Can Sony's Spider-Man Universe Work Without the MCU?
by Alex Leadbeater
We all thought we knew the future of Spider-Man. After a historic deal between Disney and Sony, he was going to be a key part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe moving forward; Tom Holland's take on Peter Parker debuted to great effect in Captain America: Civil War, setting up the exciting co-production Spider-Man: Homecoming before appearances in Avengers: Infinity War and presumably more standalones. With Holland locked in for six films and the MCU already one of the biggest movie franchises of all time, everything seemed set.
This was a vast departure from how Spidey had been in the past decade. Ever since Spider-Man 2 in 2004, Sony had struggled with the web-slinger. First Sam Raimi's threequel was waylaid by merchandising constraints, then a fourth movie was canned due to contractual restrictions (Sony has to make a new Spidey movie every few years to retain the character rights), leading to rushed proto-Twilight reboot The Amazing Spider-Man. That did fine enough, but by the time the sequel rolled around the studio was singularly focused on building a shared universe, with The Amazing Spider-Man 2 explicitly setting up Sinister Six and plans in place for everything from a Venom spin-off to an Aunt May spy prequel. This didn't go quite to plan.
Although Sony said it was still exploring alternate movie avenues following the Marvel deal, that all seemed dead and done now the MCU version was moving forward. Not so. Recently news has broke that Venom is set for October 2018, and now a Black Cat and Silver Sable project has been announced. But that's not the shocking part. According to THR's Borys Kit, these films aren't going to be a part of the MCU, with neither Marvel nor super-producer Kevin Feige involved. That's right – along with having the hero in the MCU and producing their own standalone series within that, Sony's still trying to build the shared universe.
Even in the short history of shared universes as Hollywood's go-to we've seen cases of multiple takes on franchises - Toho is still making Godzilla films while Legendary builds towards the MonsterVerse, DC has as big a world on TV as it does the big screen and Marvel's cartoons play to a totally different generation of fans – but none have been as high profile of this. Can it possibly work? Let's find out.
The Obvious Problems
Venom and Black Cat aren't the first officially announced Spider-movies known to be in development apart from the MCU. Sony has been working on an Animated Spider-Man outing for years, with The Lego Movie's Phil Lord and Chris Miller attached as executive producers (thus suggesting a tone closer to Lego Batman than any of the live-action versions), but that was always viewed a lighter offshoot – this is almost direct competition.
Thus, at the very least, we're dealing with a major conflict of interest. Lego Batman and Justice League can come out in the same year because it's immediately obvious that they're different experiences. It's unclear the exact approach Sony's taking with these movies, but if they're anything close to what's expected then making spin-offs alongside the unrelated Spider-Man of the MCU is a recipe for confusion. Although die-hard fans are au fait with the various legal wranglings behind popular comic book movies, most mainstream audiences aren't; even those who know the distinction between Marvel and DC may not quite follow the different rights at different studios. This is only compounded when Spidey is now part of the Avengers – how are some films in canon and some aren't? Comic book movie storytelling is maturing in this regard - see what Fox has done recently with the disconnected Deadpool and Logan - but this is murky waters.
The whole thing feels like we're back where we three four years ago following The Amazing Spider-Man 2, when Sony was rushing out as many potential projects as possible in the hope of finding a hit. An uber-cynical standpoint would be they're essentially using a core Marvel connection and Feige's oversight to rehabilitate Peter Parker in the public eye, and then cashing in on that connection. And in part that's understandable. According to Sony's Spider-Man rights, even with the Marvel deal addendum, they only make money from explicit Spider-Man films, with no interest in associated merchandise or the box office of films he simply appears in (such as any Avengers movies). As such they need to be a bit more forceful; whereas Disney, Warner Bros. and Fox can release multiple films a year from their superhero licenses, Sony is more limited, especially as the Marvel deal now locks them within another studio's cycle. However, even with that all understood, the creative confusion around the proposed expansion has a potentially very detrimental outcome.
What Sony is essentially trying to do is build a Spider-Man shared universe without Spider-Man, which is just as staggering a task as it sounds. Back with The Amazing Spider-Man, the main concern was Andrew Garfield's contract, but now with Tom Holland's paperwork there's his deal and the considerations of a new company. Beyond that, the whole thing ultimately hinges on the quality of the ideas, and it's questionable whether they can get strong ones. Peter Parker is the biggest superhero in the world - when taking account for merchandise Spider-Man eclipses all the competition combined - but while his villains are beloved, they typically play directly off of him; Venom is a literal dark mirror and Black Cat's fun is how she meddles with Parker's mind. Fitting of how Spider-Man is the regular guy, his rogue's gallery is defined by their relationship to him. Great for traditional stories, but hard to make a Spider-Man universe apart from that.
How To Make It Work?
First, let's address what feels like an obvious, if perhaps inelegant, solution: to have the Spider-Man Cinematic Universe be an unspoken part of the MCU. The intricate details of the deal between Sony and Marvel regarding Spider-Man as part of the shared universe aren't known, but there's surely a way for the former to make movies that - through very carefully placed references (possibly just to the events of Homecoming and its sequels) - can be read as part of the latter's world. The legality of this would be questionable, but if there was no explicit pushing the point it's something that could work, giving the movies a sense of purpose and the potential to link up to subsequent, proper MCU outings. The would, of course, still lead to the conflict issue, especially as Marvel is now releasing three films a year, and it's unlikely Disney would be too happy with the rivals-turned-partners pulling such a blatant trick (especially given Marvel's "everything is connected" mantra). It's also a bit shallow from a fan point of view - not dissimilar to the early days of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. where the major world building was just targeted references to Avengers characters with little real-world purpose.
Regardless of whether Sony try that, though, there's a bigger issue that needs addressing: Spider-Man himself. As already established, the explicit point of these spin-offs has always been to make films within the character's mythology without having to lean on a single actor. This type of world building isn't too far from what Marvel did in Phase 1 (and has led to DC's slow moving in contrast), but the issue is we're using characters who have never really operated independently on a big stage. Even if we're doing Spider-lite, there still needs to be some presence of the central hero. This may be why Sony has ditched Sinister Six - there's no way to do that film and not feature Peter Parker or a successor prominently.
If Sony try the fake connection then they can somewhat coast on the MCU hype (or possibly even get a few token Holland appearances), but from the more likely standpoint they don't take the risk, what are the options? Well, they have to have a new Spider-Man, although then we're deep down the conflicting versions rabbit hole again. The best way around this is to approach it similar to how Supergirl treated Superman in its first season, teasing the character to bring people in the world but keeping him very much on the peripherals (other shows, such as Powerless, have tried similar tricks, but this is the most successful). That inevitably led to the introduction of a fully-formed Superman in season 2, but by then the show stood on its own and its Kal-El clearly distinct from the other present version in the DCEU.
This notion would create a separate universe, which isn't ideal, but if the connection remains slight it's something that would only bother die-hard fans who have an appreciation of why a studio would pull this. Besides, Logan specifically has shown that broader iconography is more important as coherent cross-movie narrative. Which brings us to the viability of the individual films proposed - what do the two Sony has chosen offer?
Well, with Venom the studio's actually got a very strong idea. Here is one character who, despite such an intrinsic link to Peter Parker, has enough inherent intrigue to his corrupting powers and obvious duality that he can work by himself (and, with his portrayal in Spider-Man 3 still reviled, may actually benefit from a distinction); you can take one of any of his various alter egos or even pivot into Carnage to make a film with more than enough material that has only a cursory glance towards Spider-Man. Indeed, in recent years Venom has moved beyond being a Spidey property, last prominently featured in print as part of the new-look Guardians of the Galaxy. That exact event won't happen, but there's a lot of ways to go.
Black Cat and Silver Sable is a little more questionable, insofar as the relationship between the two characters is limited in the comics and there's next to no pre-existing knowledge of either of them in the mainstream – the closest we got was Felicity Jones as Felicia Hardy in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, setup for a movie we never got. That said, Silver Sable did have her own short-lived comic run, so is a proven standalone, while Black Cat offers one of Spidey's strongest female anti-heroes; together they could carry a different, woman-led comic book movie, something other studios are likewise looking towards.
Sony's approach with Spider-Man should be to make good films first, then worry about the next decade. With them advancing on an eclectic set of projects apart from their other finger in the MCU pie, however, it looks like they're clearly rushing ahead.That's not to say they shouldn't try something beyond Homecoming - considering how the current sharing deal, while good for individual Spider-Man films, leaves then with considerably less box office space than their rivals, it's understandable.
The one consolation they must accept is a reduction in the actual presence of Spider-Man, although when you have fifty years of assorted characters to take from that needn't be a deal-breaker; what Sony's chosen are two projects that have standalone viability. Within that, though, the issue remains about how they handle the web-crawler himself. If the films are good but the Spider-Man connection weak, confusing or otherwise uninspiring, then what's the point?
Ultimately, the question of whether Sony's universe can work apart from the MCU hinges entirely on how they handle the invisible glue behind it. What they're actually doing remains unclear, but let's hope they've got one hell of a solution.
Next: Is Marvel Done With Standalone Superhero Movies?
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Hidden History Part 2
Finds by Susie Brooks
Like many of us, Susie Brooks enjoys walking from her home on the Devizes Road around the village. Unlike most of us, she keeps her eyes peeled for hidden treasure recalling Box's history. These are just some of her finds over the last four years. She has tried to date them through the Wiltshire Museum but all your corrections are welcomed.
All photos courtesy Carol Payne. Right: Part of the finds collection
Pre-History Finds
In 79 AD certain fossils were given the name ammonites because they were thought to resemble ram's horns, the emblem of the Egyptian god Ammon. Ammonites were sea-swimming molluscs from the Mesozoic period, from 248 million years ago until 66 million years. The ones found in Box are from the middle of this time, the Jurassic period 206-million until 144-million years ago, when our region was submerged by warm seas. The so-called K-Pg extinction (sometimes called K/T) brought the Mesozoic period to a close and ended three-quarters of all plant and animal life on earth.
These finds aren't unusual but they add a different dimension to the history of the village, which we can only scratch on a superficial level in our knowledge of Box's past. The smallest ammonite was very special to the children who found them in their archaeology club digging in the school garden before the new play area was made. The large fossil in the same picture was found in Ley Woods. The fossil on the right (familiarly known as Witches toe-nail ) is a Gryphaea, probably also from the Jurassic period.
Finds of 1967
There have been several Paleolithic finds made by others over the years in the centre of Box, around the Selwyn Hall, and in the spring waters and gardens of nearby properties.
Twenty-four flint and pottery pieces were discovered when the Selwyn Hall was built in 1967, eighteen pieces of which came from a small area perhaps indicating that this was a flint-napping site.[1]
The finds I discovered were numbered in the Selwyn Hall excavation, left by archaeologists on the site, only to re-emerge fifty years later.
The numbered specimen above right is a flint scraper typical of the Mesolithic period about 10,000 years ago. The item below is probably a piece of Roman pottery not considered worth keeping by the archaeologists and abandoned.
Roman Treasure
Considering how little of Box's villa is visible, it is amazing how many Roman artefacts emerge in the spring by Box Church and further down the hill in the river beneath the bridge over Box Brook to the Horse Field. The tesserae (mosaic pieces) seen above and below left and centre came from the floors of the villa's magnificent rooms. They have been emerging for almost two thousand years and emphasise how grand the villa was.
Below left is the mortar attatched to the tesserae. It shows clearly how tesserae were fixed into the mortar, only seen occasionally. The finds below right are part of the hypocaust (heating system) from Box's Roman villa.
There are a number of expensive remnants from Roman life at the villa. Below centre are the gold pins and an emerald pendant or ear-rings of uncertain date, believed to have been owned by a Roman lady. Below right is the rim of a glass dish, identified by Wiltshire Mueum as probably Roman. These all came from Box Brook.
Pottery and Glass Finds
Slipware pottery below left is probably from the 17th or 18th century. It was made by a traditional technique for decorating pots, mostly for domestic use, which has been used for thousands of years. The glassware below right was found on the entrance to Box House and probably was Victorian wine bottles.
Other Finds
Below are some of the other local finds largely of individual, worthless items, objects which nonetheless tell us about our ancestors in the village. At one time we took a lot of bones to the Wiltshire Museum which we had found on the surface near Box churchyard. They told us to return them immediately as there was a risk of catching lock-jaw. So please be careful what you decide to conserve.
Above: Various nails of different periods
Centre: Slag found near Box Church
Right: Greek / Roman symbol, age unknown, possibly a coiled serpent.
The finds by Susie Brooks are fascinating and really show the evolving history of Box village. They were all surface finds made by observation rather than by digging. Have you made any interesting or unusual discoveries in your house or garden? If so, we would love to hear from you and to extend our knowdge of Box's hidden history.
[1] HR Hurst, DL Dartnall, C Fisher, with contributions from others, including RA. Hodges, Excavations at Box Roman Villa, 1967-8, Wiltshire Archaological and Natural History Magazine, Vol. 8, 1987
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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org for Thursday September 5th, 2013.
Palestinian reissuance fighter is killed in Gaza and Israeli extremists invade Al Aqsa mosque, in Jerusalem's old city. These stories, and more, coming up, stay tuned.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, has reported that one of its fighters was killed, on Thursday at dawn east of Gaza City.
The Brigades said that the fighter, Mohammad Lutfy Abed, 24, died in what it called a "jihadist mission" east of Gaza city.
Dr. Ashraf Al-Qodra, spokesperson of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, said that the body of Abed was moved to the Shifa Medical Center.
On Monday, a fighter of the Al-Qassam Brigades died when a siege-busting tunnel collapse on him in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Elsewhere, Israeli right wing extremists invaded on Thursday at dawn, Al Aqsa mosque, in Jerusalem's old city. local sources said that around 30 extremists entered inside but were forced out by Palestinian worshipers. Various extremist groups in Israel have called for attacking the Al-Aqsa mosque on the eve of the New Jewish Year, starting Wednesday.
On Wednesday around 50 extremists entered the Al Aqsa mosque along with Israeli soldiers and clashed with Palestinian worshipers inside. Many Palestinian civilians were injured and 50 others were kidnapped by Israeli troops.
In other news, The Ofer Israeli military court sentenced Mohammad Omar Rashed, 17, from Yatta town, near the southern West bank city of Hebron, to 14 years, including five on parole, and ordered him to pay a 6000 NIS fine.
Rashed was kidnapped on March 8 2012 when dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded Yatta town, and killed a resident identified as Zakariyya Abu Arram. Rashed was shot by several rounds of live ammunition in the back and the pelvis, causing serious injuries.
Parts of his intestines have also been removed.
He was violently attacked and beaten by the soldiers after they shot him, as the army claimed that he tried to stab one of the soldiers. Various human rights and legal groups in Palestine denounced the arrest and sentencing of Rashed.
And that's all for today from the IMEMC News; this was the Thursday September 5th news round-up from the Occupied Palestinian Territories. For more news and updates please visit our website at www.imemc.org. Today's report has been brought to you by George Rishmawi and me, Ghassan Bannoura.
PCHR Weekly Report: 1 Palestinian child dies, 3 civilians wounded by Israeli troops this week


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last night my 6 yr old german sheperd seemed to be in pain and one side of his stomach was swollen.Fearing he may have been poisoned i took him to my vet at 3 am this morning. i was told that his stomach had turned and that he was in shock.he was put on a drip to stablise following which a pipe was inserted to attempt to release the gas? this did not work and the vet operated, whilst cleaning his spleen the dog died. i am still in a state of shock and very emotional.
please could you explain the above diagnosis and advise if there was anything else we should have tried to save my pet.
This condition is called gastric dilatation/torsion and is extremely serious and often results in death. It happens quite suddenly, and becomes life-threatening within the hour. For an unknown reason, the food in the stomach result in excessive gas production which cannot be relieved in the normal way (burping or by the small intestine). The gas will lead to massive pressure within the stomach. This pressure then becomes higher than the blood pressure and results in blood no longer flowing within the wall of the stomach. The stomach may also turn on itself and result in occlusion of the blood supply to the stomach as well as the spleen which is closely associated with the stomach. As a result, the stomach and the spleen may develop massive damage and die off. This results in blood clots circulating through the body, as well as the production of massive amounts of toxins which causes havoc throughout the body. This often results in death. There is nothing more that you and your veterinarian could have done. Sometimes, we are lucky and the patient will present before the organs start dying and the patient can be operated on successfully. It remains an extremely serious condition. It can only be prevented by a operating on a healthy large breed dogs and permanently fixing the stomach in place surgically.
I am sorry about your loss.
Before someone impersonating me posts someting terrible, I'd like to add my condolences.
When I first started training we were told there is a correlation with food and exercise in large breeds, but since your dog was six it probably wasn't that. Tortion is terrible and unpredictable and luckily for your dog you took him to the vet quickly.
I think tho i speak under correction here that one of the causes is playing after eating a big meal .. i now give my boxers smaller meals and try and limit theur playing until their food has settled .
Jon, I'm so sorry to hear about your dog. This is every dog-owner's nightmare.
A stomach torsion is when the stomach flips over and the 'tubes' leading in and out of the stomach are twisted, so that nothing can get through them - not even gas.
It's a HUGE emergency, and will always be fatal if it's not sorted out - and as you've discovered, it's not always possible for it to be fixed. Even if it had been possible to flip the stomach back, there's no guarantee that it wouldn't have happened again - in fact, some dogs are prone to it which in itself is another thing, because you can't really ever leave them alone with any kind of peace of mind.
You were absolutely right to rush the dog to the vet, and I do not believe there was anything more you could have done. It's not necessary to blame yourself in any way - you did what you could.
For the record, it's the larger dog breeds that are most prone to this condition: especially Great Danes, Shepherds, Malamutes.
If you google the words 'stomach torsion dog', you'll find a whole lot more information on the subject.
I hope this helps you come to terms with your dog's death - there's no way of predicting if or when such a thing is going to happen.


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Мару- (яп. (丸) — суффикс к названию гражданских и промысловых судов Японии.

Суффикс «мару» стали добавлять к названиям японских судов в начале XII века. В Японии этот иероглиф обозначает такие понятия, как «круг», «идущий вокруг», «шарик», а также «законченность», «высшая степень чего-либо». Например, в современной японской школе оценка «мару» означает отличное знание предмета. Примечательно, что государственный флаг Японии — белое полотнище с красным кругом — «солнечный диск» — называется «Хиномару» (яп. 日の丸 , «солнечный круг»). В мировом флоте даже существует термин «мару-шип» — так обозначают весь торговый японский флот.
Существует несколько версий происхождения традиции добавления суффикс «мару» к названиям судов:
 Самая распространенная теория состоит в том, что корабли представлялись японцам плавучими замками, и добавление «мару» к названию корабля было призвано оградить его, словно магическим кругом, от всех бед и несчастий. Постепенно «мару» стало означать не только «завершенность», но и «защищенность», «мощь».
 «Мару» для японцев звучит приятно, потому что его используют как суффикс для выражения нежности и умиления. В старые времена «мару» добавлялось к именам мальчиков, как пожелание родителей, чтобы их ребенок рос здоровым и счастливым. Это прибавка к имени показывала, что родители гордятся своим сыном, возлагают на него большие надежды. В любом случае, в применении этого суффикса выражалась симпатия и любовь. Предполагают, что по этой же причине моряки добавляли «мару» к названиям своим кораблей.
 Одно из самых распространенных объяснений происхождения «морского» «мару» связано с обычаем в странах Востока прибавлять к именам пожилых и наиболее достойных граждан суффиксы, имеющие значение «уважаемый» и т. п. Возможно, это еще одно объяснение появления слова «мару» в названиях судов.
 «Хакудо Мару (Hakudo Maru)» — имя небесного существа в японской мифологии, который, согласно легенде, пришел на Землю 5000 лет назад и научил островных жителей строить корабли. И имя «мару» в названиях судов обеспечивает им защиту небесного покровителя в плавании.
В мировой истории наиболее известны следующие японские суда с приставкой «мару»:
 «Nippon Maru» — военный флагманский корабль флота Тоётоми Хидэёси — даймё, военного и политического деятеля Японии, жившего в 16 веке. Это был первый известный исторический корабль со словом «мару» в названии.
 «Komagata Maru» (яп. 駒形丸) — судно, в 1914 году перевозившее индийских иммигрантов в Канаду. На берег не было разрешено сойти пассажирам азиатского происхождения. Это привело к нашумевшему политическому инциденту, связанному с нарушением прав человека. В 2004 году по этим событиям был снят фильм под названием «Komagata Maru».
 «Montevideo Maru» — японский корабль, торпедированный 1 июля 1942 американской п/л USS Sturgeon  во время Второй мировой войны. Затонул за 11 мин, погибло более 1000 австралийских военнопленных и гражданских лиц. Эта трагедия считается самой крупной морской катастрофой в истории Австралии.
 «Nippon Maru» (яп. 日本丸 (2代) — японское парусное учебное судно.
 «Nisshin Maru» — японское китобойное судно, участвовавшее в столкновениях с судами Гринписа в 1999 и 2006 годах и с морскими пограничными судами в 2013 году.
 «Фукурю Мару номер 5» (яп. 第 五 福 龍 丸 , в переводе — «Счастливый дракон»), которая 1 марта 1954 года оказалась в районе испытания американской водородной бомбы («Кастл Браво») на атолле Бикини. Весь экипаж шхуны — 23 человека — получил тяжелые лучевые поражения. В 2007 году это судно сделали музеем в выставочном павильоне Токио.

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