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Hunting Springbuck in Southern Africa
Often mixed in with large herds of common springbok, black springbuck, and white springbuck, the Kalahari springbuck presents a unique challenge for even the most experienced South African plains game hunter. The springbuck is one of the most common South African antelopes. Like the other springbok species, the Kalahari springbuck has a distinctive chocolate stripe across its body, which separates the pure white belly from the light brown back.
Females Kalahari springbuck have long, thin, backwards sweeping rimmed horns. Males have thicker horns with a bell-shaped curve and sharp tips. Due to the distinctive differences between black, white, and Kalahari springbuck, many hunters opt to hunt for one of each species on hunting trips with Select Worldwide Hunting Safaris.
The springbuck has a plume on its back, featuring a scent gland which opens up for about two minutes when it dies. The gland emit a sweet aroma that smells a bit like cotton candy. The plume may also open up when the male shows off to the females, leaping stiff-legged into the air.
Kalahari springbuck can typically be found on the open plains in arid areas of South Africa.
Due to the distinctive differences between black, white and common springbuck, many hunters opt for one of each during their hunting trips
Springbuck Fact Sheet
Scientific Name: Antidorcas Marsupialis
Gestation Period: 5-6 months
Male Weight: 41 kg
Female Weight: 37 kg
Length: 120 - 150 cm
Horn Length: 35 - 50 cm
Springbuck Hunting Considerations
Springbok hunting can be challenging due to the fact that they congregate in large herds, bunching up when they feel threatened. It can be tricky to distinguish one animal from the herd of eyes and ears, especially since both sexes carry horns.
The average shooting distance often exceeds 300 yards, due to the animal's keen eyesight and also due to the smaller frame of the animal. The animals are typically reluctant to welcome an approach they deem threatening, which means that you must be prepared for some walking and even crawling.
Opt for a flat shooting rifle with a minimum of 25 caliber (243, .270, 30-06, 6.5x55, 7mm Rem mag, 308, or 300 Magnums) and a 120 grain bullet that travels approximately 2 600 feet per second. Premium grade ammunition such as Barnes TTSX, Federal Premium and Sierra are all suitable. Due to the long range shots, opt for a scope with 3-9 variable or 6 power.
The name springbok (jumping antelope) comes from the animal's tendency to jump into the air when running. Solitary males, especially, can become wily and hard to hunt.
Correct shot placement is key to a successful black springbok hunt. Due to the challenging nature of the black springbok hunt, it is a good idea to rely on the advice of your professional hunter.
The broadside shot is often prefered, and should be placed directly on the shoulder, in line with the front leg and approximately one-third up from the bottom of the brisket or in the brown line running across the flanks.
A quartering to or quartering away shot must be placed at the point which bisects the angle of the front legs. Aim inside of the nearest shoulder, one third up the brisket.
When faced head-on, place the shot at the bottom of the throat, where it meets the chest.
Kalahari Springbuck Placement Shot

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Modern Porn in the Making in Katia Repina's Project
Olga Osipova October, 29 2015
Katia Repina has observed the creative process on set at the porn film studios in Barcelona for four years.
Katia Repina
Documentary photographer. Born in Moscow, graduated from the Higher School of Economics. In 2009 moved to Barcelona and studied photojournalism there. Has received numerous grants, has won the CLIC'14 Fotoperiodisme Jove Multimedia-contest in Perpignan, France.
"Most men are often afraid that they are not manly enough, especially in bed. Pornography addresses this fear."
Robert Jensen. Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity.
My project has documented the shooting process, performances, and festivals of various genres of pornography in the past four years.
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More and more women in Spain dare to try pornography themselves. This happens for several reasons: it is largely because of the economic crisis, which has affected the larger part of the country, but also because of the misconception that the life of the adult movie actress is all fame and glamour. Soon after the women get into the industry, they realize that porn does not pay as much as it used to, and are surprised to find out that one can hardly make a living by acting in porn or participating in erotic festivals in Spain.
The pornography market is not as uniform as it seems at first sight. Except regular porn, there is also alternative porn, feminist porn and postporn.
Alternative porn employs actors with tattoos, piercing, and natural bodies, without plastic surgery modifications. This is how lifelike stories are created: with real emotions and orgasms, and less chauvinism compared to classic porn.
The woman-oriented pornography market is growing every year. Some feminists, who earlier only criticized classic porn for exploiting women, started making porn the way they see it.
Feminist porn in Spain is represented mainly by the studio of a Swede, Erika Lust. She makes porn with the same attitude as regular movies are made, and pays a lot of attention to detail. At the same time, she avoids certain themes: for instance, when the porn actress is a victim. In her movies, women are depicted as equal to men, they are the main protagonists, and not merely tools and objects for pleasure that help men live their fantasies.
Another genre, postporn, uses pornography as a political tool for spreading feminist ideas. This kind of porn is not a part of the pornography industry, as it brings no economic gain. Its difference from usual porn lies in the fact that sexual arousal in postporn is not a goal in itself and serves rather to convey a political message.
Classic porn, where a man and a woman are not equal, where a woman participates in sex only in the name of the man and for the sake of his pleasure, may lead to bad consequences. In her book 'Postporn: How It Was' Maria Llopis explains that feminists use postporn to change a patriarchal and sexist society. She thinks that "Porn reflects our sex-oriented society. It shows all our troubles. We live in a world where violence against women is acceptable in everyday life. Regular porn is sexist, and it seems logical that it is. We have the porn we deserve".
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Rising Rates of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Community Hospitals: A Mixed-Methods Review of Epidemiology and Microbiology Practices in a Network of Community Hospitals in the Southeastern United States
Joshua T. Thaden, Sarah S. Lewis, Kevin C. Hazen, Kirk Huslage, Vance G. Fowler, Rebekah W. Moehring, Luke F. Chen, Constance D. Jones, Zack S. Moore, Daniel J. Sexton, Deverick J. Anderson
Journal: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology / Volume 35 / Issue 8 / August 2014
(See the commentary by Pfeiffer and Beldavs, on pages 984–986.)
Describe the epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) and examine the effect of lower carbapenem breakpoints on CRE detection.
Retrospective cohort.
Inpatient care at community hospitals.
All patients with CRE-positive cultures were included.
CRE isolated from 25 community hospitals were prospectively entered into a centralized database from January 2008 through December 2012. Microbiology laboratory practices were assessed using questionnaires.
A total of 305 CRE isolates were detected at 16 hospitals (64%). Patients with CRE had symptomatic infection in 180 cases (59%) and asymptomatic colonization in the remainder (125 cases; 41%). Klebsiella pneumoniae (277 isolates; 91%) was the most prevalent species. The majority of cases were healthcare associated (288 cases; 94%). The rate of CRE detection increased more than fivefold from 2008 (0.26 cases per 100,000 patient-days) to 2012 (1.4 cases per 100,000 patient-days; incidence rate ratio (IRR), 5.3 [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.22–22.7]; P = .01). Only 5 hospitals (20%) had adopted the 2010 Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) carbapenem breakpoints. The 5 hospitals that adopted the lower carbapenem breakpoints were more likely to detect CRE after implementation of breakpoints than before (4.1 vs 0.5 cases per 100,000 patient-days; P < .001; IRR, 8.1 [95% CI, 2.7–24.6]). Hospitals that implemented the lower carbapenem breakpoints were more likely to detect CRE than were hospitals that did not (3.3 vs 1.1 cases per 100,000 patient-days; P = .01).
The rate of CRE detection increased fivefold in community hospitals in the southeastern United States from 2008 to 2012. Despite this, our estimates are likely underestimates of the true rate of CRE detection, given the low adoption of the carbapenem breakpoints recommended in the 2010 CLSI guidelines.
Control of Simultaneous Outbreaks of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae and Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Infection in an Intensive Care Unit Using Interventions Promoted in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012 Carbapenemase-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Toolkit
Kyle B. Enfield, Nujhat N. Huq, Megan F. Gosseling, Darla J. Low, Kevin C. Hazen, Denise M. Toney, Gavin Slitt, Heidi J. Zapata, Heather L. Cox, Jessica D. Lewis, John R. Kundzins, Amy J. Mathers, Costi D. Sifri
Journal: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology / Volume 35 / Issue 7 / July 2014
We describe the efficacy of enhanced infection control measures, including those recommended in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2012 carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) toolkit, to control concurrent outbreaks of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) and extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (XDR-AB).
Before-after intervention study.
Fifteen-bed surgical trauma intensive care unit (ICU).
We investigated the impact of enhanced infection control measures in response to clusters of CPE and XDR-AB infections in an ICU from April 2009 to March 2010. Polymerase chain reaction was used to detect the presence of bla KPC and resistance plasmids in CRE. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis was performed to assess XDR-AB clonality. Enhanced infection-control measures were implemented in response to ongoing transmission of CPE and a new outbreak of XDR-AB. Efficacy was evaluated by comparing the incidence rate (IR) of CPE and XDR-AB before and after the implementation of these measures.
The IR of CPE for the 12 months before the implementation of enhanced measures was 7.77 cases per 1,000 patient-days, whereas the IR of XDR-AB for the 3 months before implementation was 6.79 cases per 1,000 patient-days. All examined CPE shared endemic bla KPC resistance plasmids, and 6 of the 7 XDR-AB isolates were clonal. Following institution of enhanced infection control measures, the CPE IR decreased to 1.22 cases per 1,000 patient-days (P = .001), and no more cases of XDR-AB were identified.
Use of infection control measures described in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2012 CRE toolkit was associated with a reduction in the IR of CPE and an interruption in XDR-AB transmission.
Clinical Microbiology Costs for Methods of Active Surveillance for Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase–Producing Enterobacteriaceae
Amy J. Mathers, Melinda Poulter, Dawn Dirks, Joanne Carroll, Costi D. Sifri, Kevin C. Hazen
Journal: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology / Volume 35 / Issue 4 / April 2014
Objective.
To compare direct laboratory costs of different methods for perirectal screening for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) colonization.
Cost-benefit analysis.
A university hospital and affiliated long-term acute care hospital (LTACH).
Participants.
Inpatients from the hospital or LTACH.
Perirectal samples were collected from inpatients at risk for exposure to CPE. In 2009, we compared the accuracy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-recommended CPE screening method with similar methods incorporating a chromogenic agar (CA). We then performed a cost projection analysis using 2012 screening results for the CA method, the CDC method, and a molecular assay with wholesale pricing based on the 2009 analysis. Comparisons of turnaround and personnel time were also performed.
A total of 185 (2.7%) of 6,860 samples were confirmed as CPE positive during 2012. We previously found that the CDC protocol had a lower sensitivity than the CA method and predicted that the CDC protocol would have missed 92 of the CPE-positive screening results, whereas the modified protocol using CA would have missed 26, assuming similar prevalence and performance. Turnaround time was 3 days using the CDC and CA-modified protocols compared with 1 day for molecular testing. The estimated annual total program cost and total technologist's hours would be the following: CA-modified protocol, $37,441 and 376 hours; CDC protocol, $22,818 and 482 hours; and molecular testing, $224,596 and 343 hours.
The CDC screening protocol appeared to be the least expensive perirectal screening method. However, expense must be weighed against a lower sensitivity and extra labor needed for additional work-up of non-CPE isolates. The molecular test has the shortest turnaround time but the greatest expense.


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Fighting Boko Haram in Cameroon
Maroua, Cameroon Joe Penney
Updated 31 Mar 2016 23 images
Adama Simila wears a knife tied to his belt by a piece of rope, his only protection against Boko Haram, the Nigerian Islamist insurgents who have repeatedly targeted his home town in remote northern Cameroon.
While the threat once came from heavily armed, battle-hardened jihadists crossing from neighbouring Nigeria, today Simila knows he is more likely to die at the hands of a teenage girl strapped with explosives.
16 Mar 2016 . Kerawa, Cameroon. Reuters/Joe Penney
Timada Bokar, a member of a civilian vigilante group, holds an artesanal pistol.
"We're here to look out for suicide bombers," said the 31-year-old, a member of a local civilian defence force in the town of Kerawa.
After watching its influence spread during a six-year campaign that has killed around 15,000 people according to the U.S. military, Nigeria has now united with its neighbours to stamp out Boko Haram.
16 Mar 2016 . Kolofata, Cameroon. Reuters/Joe Penney
A regional offensive last year drove the insurgents from most of their traditional strongholds, denying them their dream of an Islamic emirate in northeastern Nigeria. An 8,700-strong regional force of troops from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria is seeking to finish the job.
Now, increasingly on the back foot, Boko Haram is retaliating with a deadly guerrilla campaign against civilians, and ordinary people like Simila have become the last line of defence.
"I'm not scared. They are people, we are also people. We must die to live," said Simila, who was at the Kerawa market in September when two girls detonated themselves, killing 19 people and injuring 143 others. A nearly identical bombing at the same market followed in January.
Outside Nigeria, Cameroon has been hardest hit by Boko Haram, which now operates out of bases in the Mandara Mountains, Sambisa Forest and Lake Chad -- areas straddling the borders between Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad and Niger.
Since August 2014, the sect has carried out 336 attacks in Cameroon, according to the Cameroonian army, which has lost 57 of its own men while defending the north.
Of 34 recorded suicide bombings killing 174 people, 80 percent were carried out by girls and young women aged 14 to 24 years.
Women sell food in Kerawa.
Girls abused as sex slaves by the group are psychologically damaged and therefore more vulnerable, the army says. Boko Haram also uses girls because they are thought less likely to arouse suspicion, although that may be changing now.
"The goal now is to stop Boko Haram incursions into villages, stop them from planting IEDs (home-made bombs), and stop suicide bombings," said Lieutenant-Colonel Felix Tetcha, a senior officer in the army's operation against Boko Haram.
Cameroon has thrown vast resources into protecting the north.
In total nearly 10,000 of its troops are deployed against Boko Haram. The army's Rapid Intervention Brigade (BIR), comprised of its most professional, best equipped soldiers, patrols a high-risk 400-km (250-mile) stretch of the border with Nigeria.
16 Mar 2016 . Achigachia, CAMEROON. Reuters/Joe Penney
The U.S. military backs them with equipment, training and intelligence gathered from American drones flown out of a base in the town of Garoua. A Reuters reporter saw a small American military camp inside another BIR base in nearby Maroua.
Still, the terrain is mountainous and Boko Haram has rigged many roads with explosives designed to kill soldiers. Army officers are convinced that some fighters from Boko Haram, which pledged allegiance to Islamic State last year, have been trained at IS camps in Libya.
Armed incursions by Boko Haram fighters have dropped. But the army does not have enough soldiers to deploy in every town in northern Cameroon, and suicide bombers strike regularly, often several times in a single week.
"The border is under control, but it's still very porous," said Lieutenant-Colonel Emile Nlaté Ebalé, head of operations and logistics for the BIR's mission in the north.
Faced with such an asymmetrical threat, Cameroon's army has turned to so-called vigilance committees for help.
As the blazing midday sun beat down on Kerawa, Bouba Ahmada walked along a dry, scrub-lined creek bed, an ancient flintlock musket slung around his neck.
"Here is Cameroon, over there is Nigeria," he said, gesturing towards the abandoned homes just across the dusty expanse. "It's empty. Only Boko Haram stays there."
Made up of men and boys armed with machetes, home-made rifles or bows and arrows, these self-defence forces have the blessing of the local government.
They accompany the army on patrols and intelligence gathering missions, question travellers, and denounce to the military anyone deemed suspect.
Last week they intercepted two female suicide bombers and handed them over to the army before they were able to detonate.
"We are not 100 percent dependent on this information, but this information is crucial," said Lieutenant-Colonel Tetcha, who is not only defending Cameroon but also a growing number of Nigerians.
15 Mar 2016 . Minawao, CAMEROON. Reuters/Joe Penney
Close to the border sits the U.N.-run Minawao camp, home to nearly 57,000 refugees who have fled Boko Haram in Nigeria.
"Everybody suffers in this place," said James Zapania, a 24-year-old camp resident from Gwoza, Nigeria. "We're not worried about Boko Haram coming here, we're worried about food."
Refugees like Zapania often receive a chilly welcome from suspicious local villagers, many of whom view them as collaborators or even underground Boko Haram fighters.
According to one Cameroonian officer, the army has removed a number of individuals from Minawao for "activities that were not in line with the behaviour of a normal refugee".
A security officer scans a woman entering a health clinic at Minawao refugee camp.
Suspicion is everywhere. And while Boko Haram infiltrators make up only a tiny portion of fleeing refugees, many, including the Cameroonian military, fear that desperation provides fertile ground for recruitment.
"We need to act quickly. There are young people with no work who could be vulnerable. When people are hungry, they are easily approached," said Colonel Didier Badjeck, a Cameroonian military spokesman.
16 Mar 2016 . Maroua, CAMEROON. Reuters/Joe Penney
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Kalyanpur (also Kalyanapur) is a small village which is situated in Delang block of Puri district, Odisha, India. The total number of inhabitants of this village is around 3,000. It is situated around 42 kilometers away from Puri District and 65 kilometers away from capital of Odisha, Bhubaneswar.

There are five schools, one post office, one medical, and one junior college.

References

Sources
Census of India, 1981: District census handbook. A, Village & town directory; B, Primary census abstract. Controller of Publications, India

External links
 Schools.org.in Kalyanpur HS

Villages in Puri district

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As always we look to bring you something different and entertaining with these events. Movie starts at 7:00pm and you will need to pre purchase your tickets prior to event. I am told these events often sell out fast, so the sooner you get your tickets the better it will be for you. Please follow the link below.
We will be meeting at Mount Gravatt Lookout from 4:30pm, line up on the road out front facing west. From here we will take an nice i hour cruise leaving at 5pm. This will allow us plenty of time to arrive at the drive in , get parked up and comfortable for the movie.
Bonus points for those of you who dress in character. Lads this will be an awesome date night for your partners.


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Defining the artist inside
Todd Snider's real addiction ain't drugs
Caitlin Rockett
Don't worry about Todd...
Stacie Huckeba
Maybe the greatest subconscious human fear is that life is meaningless, or, as the late guru Alan Watts put it, that life is nothing more than "a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury and signifying nothing."
And Watts believed just that.
"It seems that only in moments of unusual insight and illumination," Watts said, "that we … find that the true meaning of life is no meaning, that its purpose is no purpose, and that its sense is non-sense."
Todd Snider is a big fan of Watts — he's a big fan of nonsense, for that matter. The iconoclastic troubadour says he's been hooked on Watts' books for the past eight years or so, and just like Watts, Snider doesn't believe there's some divine equation we've all got to work out before we shuffle off this mortal coil.
"[Alan Watts] talks about defining the artist inside of yourself once you realize the art you're doing is bullshit," Snider tells me early on a Friday morning from his home in East Nashville. "And not, like, that means my songs are fake. No, it means no matter how real the songs I've been singing my whole life are, songs are bullshit — now go make one up.
"I've heard Chris Robinson (of Chris Robinson Brotherhood) talk about [how] when you're young it's easy to tell yourself that your concert is a revolution," he adds. "Then when you're 30 or 40, you realize the whole back row is nowhere near there for a revolution, but you have to find a way to tell yourself that they still are. And that may take acid, that may take something, but we're taking the roof off this place even though we know it's a silly [endeavor]."
At 50, that's just what Snider did; he holed up with some friends a couple springs ago and took a bunch of acid, then eventually took to the studio to blow the roof off the thing with a splendidly strange collection of high-octane boogie-woogie, 2016's Eastside Bulldog.
"It was just based on this ethic of partying and not thinking and just letting go," Snider says. "All the songs are about fighting or fucking or both, maybe cars. But that's it." (For the record, Bocephus is also a recurring theme.)
Snider doing what he does best. Chris Bryce
Clocking in at 25 minutes, Eastside Bulldog pays blistering tribute to the two-word rock classics of the '50s and '60s — "Tutti Frutti," "Wooly Bully," "Hanky Panky" — by modernizing and adding some booze… and maybe a bump or three of cocaine. It's a marked departure from the jangly yarns he's woven over the years in his solo career, and certainly different from the meandering social-commentary Snider has been cooking up with his band Hard Working Americans over the last five years.
If his previous work engaged in soul searching, Eastside Bulldog is a cleansing fire, the record of a man admitting, from the first track, that he likes "chicks and cars and partying hard." This is Snider truly embracing the sense of nonsense, accepting that his art — that everything — is bullshit. And there's nothing futile about it.
"I feel like whatever your medium is, if you work hard enough at it you'll see through it — I hope, if you're genuine with it," he says. "At a certain point it occurred to me that words aren't the greatest; they're almost the least effective means of communication. I think the thing that draws people to music so much is that rhythm is such an effective way to communicate.
"So if I'm a good poet, eventually I'll shut up," Snider explains. "That's the natural course of things."
It's been a painful and transformative few years for Snider. He and his wife, artist Melita Osheowitz, divorced in 2014. The emotional pain formed an unholy union with the very physical pain of degenerative arthritis, and Snider "fell in the hole for a couple of years" using opiates.
He gave some scary interviews, one in particular in which he told Rochester's Democrat & Chronicle that he thought he'd be OK if he died that day since he didn't feel like "there is anything on this planet that is worth hanging around for," save for a Dylan record or two. He missed a few engagements, walked off stage a few times and fired his long-time tour manager.
Somewhere in all that he left East Nashville and went and stayed with some friends at a lake house and went on a "Hunter Thompson vacation"; he dropped so much acid in the course of a few days that he had a major seizure.
"I had a good time for about two-and-a-half days and then the last half of the last day was the day that I was like, OK I should be feeding pigeons. Time to be that guy."
He may not be feeding pigeons, but he's cooled his jets. Snider says, with a laugh, that he's currently what his manager "would refer to as mildly dialed in. I've been to all the shows this year. I've almost been to all the stuff I'm supposed to go to this year."
Snider's never been afraid to talk about his demons and miscalculations. ("I have friends that wish I would shut up sometimes.") While his mom and dad were "football-y," "U.S.A. chant-y" types, Snider was "naturally a White Album type" — emotive, introspective.
The day we talk it happens to be the 71st birthday of his good buddy, comedian Richard Lewis, and Snider muses on the consequences of Lewis' — and, in a roundabout way, his own — talent.
"I've noticed that for him to be so fucking funny all the time that he doesn't really get to keep anything," Snider says. "If he goes to the doctor or whatever, it's all open. If he shits himself, that's open. There was some comedian the other night that ripped his pants on stage — I was thinking about that the other day … it was brilliant for him. It would have been terrible for Joe Perry."
I highly doubt Snider — a man who's sung about the mortification that comes with getting arrested for possession of pot at 40 — would have a problem ripping his pants on stage. It's just another story, and that's Snider's real addiction.
"I've never really partied," Snider says, and he means it, and I kind of believe it. "Even if I'm going to try to find some ridiculous card game, I'm hoping there's gonna be a guy there with a nickname that's gonna give me the title of my next song. I always think he's there, and so anytime I go to the weird drag race after work it's not for the party, it's for the story. I feel like that's addictive. That happened to Mark Twain, to Hunter S. Thompson, to the guy who always wore the white suit. It's like crack. And then you're like, 'Let's find another weirder bar.'"
That may prove to be the most difficult obstacle to Snider becoming what he laid out as a "good" poet, one who finds happiness and eventually shuts up. More than drugs or booze or chicks and cars, what Snider craves most is a good story, one told by an idiot, full of sound and fury and signifying nothing.
On the Bill: Todd Snider — with Matt McCormick. 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 8, Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder. Tickets are $30-35.
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Q: What"s wrong with my code (check if cell is empty) What is wrong here?
When a number is found check if near cells are empty. Else time and date in this cells.
LR = Cells(Rows.Count, "B").End(xlUp).Row
st = TextBox1.Value
If st = "" Then
MsgBox "textbox is empty"
Exit Sub
End If

For j = LR To 1 Step -1
      code = Range("B" & j).Text
      If code = st Then
        Range("B" & j).Select

        If ActiveCell.Offset(, 4).Value <> vbNullString Then
            ActiveCell.Offset(, 4) = Format(Now, "dd/mm/yyyy ")

         If ActiveCell.Offset(, 5).Value <> vbNullString Then
            ActiveCell.Offset(, 5) = Format(Now, "HH:MM")

        Exit For

        End If
    End If
End If

Next

A: Since you sorta already got your answer from the rest there, I'll delete my answer if they want to post theirs.
As for adjusting your code (and indentations), here goes:
Sub checkIfEmpty()
    Dim LR As Long, j As Long
    Dim st As String
    Dim code As String
    Dim rng As Range

    st = ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.TextBox1.Value
    LR = Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row

    If Len(Trim(st)) = 0 Then
        MsgBox "Textbox is empty"
        Exit Sub
    End If

    For j = LR To 1 Step -1 'not sure why you're going backwards if you're not deleting/adding rows
        'no headers btw? If you do have headers, change it to For j = LR To 2 Step -1
        Set rng = Range("B" & j)
        code = rng.Value2
        If code = st Then
            If Len(Trim(rng.Offset(, 4).Value2)) <> 0 Then 'Offset basically is looking at the range <in this case> 4 columns further so then you take its value
                rng.Offset(, 4).Value2 = Format(Now, "dd/mm/yyyy")
            End If
            If Len(Trim(rng.Offset(, 5).Value2)) <> 0 Then
                rng.Offset(, 5).Value2 = Format(Now, "HH:MM")
            End If
        End If
    Next j 'don't put this inside your if ;)
End Sub

Hope that helps and as I said, let me know if I need to delete my answer.

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I left Kerrville after 2 nights and headed west on I-10 for about four hours until I reached the turnoff to Texas Highway 17 that led me to Balmorhea State Park outside of Toyahvale. I'd read some good reviews of the park and was interested in seeing the spring fed swimming pool there.
Balmorhea was built in 1936 as part of the New Deal's Civil Conservation Corp which was a program that the government used to give unemployed the opportunity to work and learn skills like carpentry, etc. There are 32 RV campsites and also the Sans Solomon Courts Motel located on the park grounds with 18 small rent-able cottages. On the other side of the park near the pool is the day use area with playground and picnic areas. The biggest attraction is the gigantic, 25 foot deep spring fed pool that stays 75 degrees year around.
The depth marker on the other side says 25!
Although it was in the mid-sixties during my stay at the park it was extremely windy so I had to forgo swimming (hey, no one else was either!) but I can imagine how good 75 degrees probably feels on a July day here in West Texas.
How many parks do you know that have a high dive?
The pool is a big U-shape and is truly huge. There is one high dive and 3 "normal" diving boards.
The pool bathhouse from the pool, concession stand was closed.
All the buildings in the park, including the motel, were built in the same adobe wall - red clay shingle style by the CCC guys, even the campsite table shelters.
Spacious campsites, note the sparse West Texas vegetation.
When the spring fed swimming pool was built a wetland was destroyed. In 1995 the State put in a reconstructed desert wetland.
Isn't "desert wetland" an oxymoron?
I enjoyed the two days I spent at Balmorhea and recommend it. It's a great value for $14 / night right now! Heading to New Mexico in the morning.


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Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada, also stylized as Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada, is the first and only EP and second release by Godspeed You! Black Emperor. It was released on the Montreal-based record label Constellation Records in 1999, and was re-released by Kranky.

Packaging
The EP's packaging makes only sparing reference to either the band or the EP's title: the outer packaging does not make any reference to Godspeed, but mentions them in the liner notes; the EP's title is only shown on the spine of the CD pressing. The song titles are not listed anywhere on the cover.

The cardboard album case is unusual in that it opens in the opposite direction of a conventional CD case; this is due to the Hebrew text being read from right to left.

The front of the EP contains Hebrew characters ,  ('formless and empty'). This phrase is used in both Genesis 1:2 and Jeremiah 4:23, the former to describe the Earth before God separated light from dark and the latter to describe the Earth after the Lord's Day. The dots and dashes above the letters are called trope. They dictate the tune and intonation and are found in the Torah as well as the rest of the Hebrew Bible. On the inside cover, this text is put into greater context, with Jer 4:23–27 provided in both Hebrew and English (seemingly the Jewish Publication Society version):

23 I beheld the earth,
And, lo, it was waste and void;
And the heavens, and they had no light.
24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled,
And all the hills moved to and fro.
25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man,
And all the birds of the heavens were fled.
26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful field was a wilderness,
And all the cities thereof were broken down
At the presence of the ,
And before His fierce anger.
27 For thus saith the :
The whole land shall be desolate;
Yet will I not make a full end.

The back of the EP contains a diagram with instructions in Italian on how to make a molotov cocktail.

The EP is pressed on a 12" record with each side intended to be played at a different speed. Side A, "Moya", is played at 45 rpm, while side B, "BBF3", is played at 33 ⅓ rpm.

Songs

Moya
The song title is a reference to band member Mike Moya. Concert setlists refer to this song as "Gorecki" because it is a reworking of his third symphony.

BBF3
The song title "BBF3" refers to the vox pop interviewee going by the name of "Blaise Bailey Finnegan III", whose eccentric ramblings form the core of the song. Finnegan recites a poem which he claims to have written himself. The poem is, in fact, mostly composed of lyrics from the song "Virus" by Iron Maiden that were written by their then-vocalist Blaze Bayley. Blaise Bailey Finnegan III is also heard interviewed at the beginning of the track "Providence" on the group's previous release F♯ A♯ ∞, and indeed some concert performances of "BBF3" also incorporate that sample.

Reception
, it is the highest-rated EP of all time on Rate Your Music.

Track listing

Personnel

Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Thierry Amar – bass guitar, double bass
David Bryant – guitar, tapes
Bruce Cawdron – drums, percussion, glockenspiel
Aidan Girt – drums, percussion
Norsola Johnson – cello
Efrim Menuck – guitar, keyboards
Mike Moya – guitar
Mauro Pezzente – bass guitar
Sophie Trudeau – violin

Technical personnel
 Dale Morningstar – recording and mixing

References

External links
Constellation's Information Page on Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada

1999 EPs
Godspeed You! Black Emperor albums
Instrumental rock EPs
Constellation Records (Canada) EPs
Kranky EPs


A well-loved pope passed away one day, and found himself standing outside the Pearly Gates. St. Peter embraced him, and granted him free access to all parts of Heaven.
'Is there anything your Holiness desires?' The saint asked.
Saint Peter immediately ushered the Pope to the heavenly Pentium and explained how to retrieve ancient documents. St. Peter then left, but returned five minutes later when he heard the Pope screeching at the top of his voice. He went in to see what all the noise was about.


We have noted in this space the increasing scourge of wedding proposals. It's too late to stop it.
But prom proposals? There's still time to save the planet.
NPR's Monkey See blog "investigates" the latest trend of kids making big productions out of asking a girl to the prom.
Furthermore, high school guys, it must be said, have enough pressure on them already (despite the influence of feminism, I think many of them would tell you they are expected to do the asking, even more at 17 or 18 than later on). Enough of them are sitting around trying to figure out how to do the simple, "Hey, would you like to go to the prom?" kind of proposal. I don't want to set them up to feel like they have to have a panic attack about how to involve props, games, fireworks, dogs, cats, parents, school assemblies, the football team, or a flash mob. Believe it or not, when I was in school, getting a limo for prom was considered kind of a show-offy thing to do. Now? Pfft. You'd better bring it more than that, buddy.
I'm not sure it's great for the girls, either. The road of confusing the size/expense/extravagance of a gesture with the sentiment behind it is a long, awful, heartbreaking path to follow. This is how you wind up with ladies shrieking "MY DAY! MY DAY!" on Bridezillas and thinking they're just sticking up for their dignity.


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10 best Android keyboards for all kinds of typists
For many people, the default keyboard that comes on their devices is passable. It is usually either the stock Android keyboard or the OEM keyboard from Samsung, LG, etc. However, those are not your only options. There are a variety of third party keyboard apps for Android that have all sorts of features.
Some focus more on fun and customization. Others focus on better typing. Some even do both! These days, Microsoft's SwiftKey and Google's Gboard kind of dominate the market and most people use one of those. We don't see many new entrants into the keyboard space these days. There are still some good options, though. Let's take a look at the best Android keyboards!
We would like to wish a warm bon voyage to Swype as it reaches its end of life. Additionally, TouchPal was removed from the list after a malware scandal.
AI Type Keyboard
AnySoftKeyboard
FancyFey
Fleksy
Hacker's Keyboard
Microsoft SwiftKey
Multiling O Keyboard
Simple Keyboard
Read Next: Best phones with a keyboard | Best bluetooth keyboards for your Android phone
Round out your experience with more awesome Android apps!
15 best Android launcher apps to make your home screen perfect
15 best weather apps and weather widgets for Android
AI Type Keyboard Pro has been around for a long time and it's a solid keyboard option. It comes with a lot of the standard features, including prediction, auto-complete, emoji, and keyboard customization. There is also over a thousand themes to add to your customization. The free version is a trial that lasts for 18 days and then you have to fork out the $3.99. You can stay on the free version, but some features will disappear. It's also one of the few Android keyboards with a number row. The app did have a minor security issue toward the end of 2017, but it has since been rectified.
AnySoftKeyboard is a simple keyboard with a surprising number of customization options. Its biggest feature is multiple language support and the developer has a ton of add-ons for various languages. Additionally, the keyboard comes with various themes, adaptive themes, and some unusual stuff like arrows, undo and redo, and some other stuff. This one uses separate packages for themes so you can find them on the Play Store as well as in the app. There are some omissions here and there, but it's a decent free option and it's not too over the top.
FancyKey
FancyKey is one of the flashier Android keyboards. It focuses a lot more on customization options, themes, and stuff like that. The app features over 50 themes, 70 fonts, and 3,200 emoji and emoticons. You should be able to come up with some creative combinations with those. The actual type settings are uninspiring, but perfunctory. You get some auto-correct and auto-suggestion features along with gesture typing and support for 50 languages. Some Google Play reviews complain about the occasional bug or issue. However, it seemed to work well during our testing. If it doesn't work for you, well, we have nine other options listed.
Price: Free / Up to $2.99
Fleksy is one of the most popular Android keyboards. It features all of the basics, including swipe and gesture controls, web search, GIF and meme support, themes, extensions, and more. Some of the themes are free. However, several cost money as well. Thankfully, they're not too expensive. Pinterest bought the company and took the developers. However, another startup began development on the app again. The keyboard is totally free and most of the in-app purchases are just themes.
Gboard is Google's official stock keyboard. It comes with a lot of the basic features such as auto-correction, multi-lingual typing, and various customization features. Its claim to fame, though, is that Google Search is built-in. That means you can conduct searches without leaving the keyboard space. There is also a GIF search, voice typing, and Google Translate. Google adds features to this keyboard on a fairly frequent basis. Thus, it isn't quite the minimal, simple keyboard it used to be. However, it's still decent.
You're halfway done! Here are some more awesome apps and customizations!
15 best Android apps available right now
10 best Android themes, theming apps, and customizations
Grammarly is one of the newer Android keyboards. It started life as a Chrome extension and it corrected your grammar as you typed. The Android keyboard version aims to do the same thing. It checks your grammar and spelling as well as punctuation. It's newer, so it's very much still in development. We expect more features to come with future updates. You still get a very clean looking keyboard that helps correct grammar mistakes in the meantime. We also like how it explains your corrections if you want it to so that you learn from it as well. The keyboard is entirely free as far as we can tell.
Hacker's Keyboard is a decent keyboard. It doesn't have a lot of the AI auto-correct features of other keyboards like SwiftKey or Gboard. However, it does have a full, PC-style keyboard layout. It supports multiple languages via plugin packs you can download separately on the Google Play Store. Otherwise, it's a fairly simple application. You get the keyboard in the old Gingerbread style with a CTRL key, escape, ALT, Fn, and an arrow row. Some of those keys may only be available in the landscape version. In any case, it's a free keyboard and it's decent, even if it's a little older.
SwiftKey is definitely among the best Android keyboards ever. It has top of the line prediction and auto-correction along with gesture typing, cloud syncing so all of your devices can stay up to date, themes, keyboard customization, a number row, and more. It also has above average language support with over 100 languages supported. The keyboard and all of its features are free but you'll have to pay for most of the themes. The keyboard was purchased by Microsoft a couple of years ago, but it still works as it did. The app is also completely free.
Multiling O Keyboard is the one stop shop if you need multiple languages. In fact, this keyboard app supports over 200 languages at the time of this writing which is more than pretty much every other Android keyboard. On top of superior language support, you'll get gesture typing, the ability to set up a PC-style keyboard layout, keyboard resizing and re-positioning, themes, emoji, various layouts, and the all-important number row. It's a powerful option for you multi-linguists out there. More and more keyboards support more and more languages. However, nobody does it quite as well as Multiling.
Simple Keyboard is the most minimal Android keyboard on the list. It only comes with the basics. That includes the keyboard, a few customization settings, and a few themes. The only permission it has is vibration and that's for haptic feedback while typing. This is the one you want if you just want a basic, bare-bones keyboard. It also has no ads, no premium version, no in-app purchases, and it's open source. It requires only the bare minimum in terms of permissions as well. Just make sure you're okay with not having a spell checker or anything super fancy like that. It's great for old devices, devices with very little storage, and those who are super concerned about security.
Thank you for reading! Here are a couple final, shamelessly promoted app lists!
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If we missed any of the best Android keyboards, tell us about them in the comments!


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The Lancashire Hotpots: Chips & Giggles Tour
£17 Full Price / £15 Concessions. Plus booking fee £1 per ticket online/phone.
Pre-show meal available, must be booked in advance. / This event is a hire. There are no refunds or exchanges for this show.
There's only one thing more satisfying than a visit to the chippy and that's an evening with The Lancashire Hotpots!
Bernard and the boys will be playing all your Lancashire Hotpot favourites: I Fear Ikea, Shopmobility Scooter and of course…Chippy Tea!
It's going to be an unbeatable night of music and laughs for everyone. Whether you're up for a battered sausage or a tub or gravy you're in for a great time with the Hotpots!
"Beautifully observed, wickedly catchy songs" Metro.co.uk
"Every home should have a Lancashire Hotpots record" Steve Lamacq, BBC 6 Music
"Go and watch them, they're hilarious" Shaun Keaveny, BBC Radio 6 Music
"what Snow Patrol would sound like fronted by the bloke from Scrappers" The Guardian
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Category_Collecting, Category_Groovy Stuff, Category_Horror, Category_VHS, Category_Weirdness, Funai Electric, Japan, Japan VCR, Last VCR, media history, VCR, VCRs no longer made, VHS, VHS History - July 21, 2016
Japan-Based Company FUNAI ELECTRONICS Will Stop Making VCRs at the End of July! Thoughts Moving Forward!
Staunch fans of our favorite analog format were met with some historically heartbreaking news yesterday, as confirmed by a Mental Floss UK article. Japan-based consumer electronics company Funai Electric has announced that at the end of this month, they will discontinue manufacturing their VCR units (which were produced in China) due to decline in demand and difficulty finding parts for the machines. At the highest point in their 30-year VCR-making history, Funai (which is known to us here in the States as the brand Sanyo among others) was selling around 15 million VCR units per year, but most recently, their VCR sales have dropped to about 750,000 units, prompting the decision to cease production.
Yeah, it's VHSucky news, Tapeheads. Good thing we've got about 10 VCRs in the basement, eh?!
After the news hit, online commiseration among Tapeheads duly commenced as the lamentation for the perceived loss of the VCR has been widespread throughout the rewind-inclined community and beyond. Surely, the cessation of VCR production marks a significant moment in home video history and seems to indicate that the VHS tape is one step closer to being completely removed from common contemporary consumerism. It only seems natural to mourn the event as it helps to cement the end of the analog era, however, here in Lunchmeat Land, we think it paramount to look at the reality of the situation with full VHScope. Sure, the production has ceased, but there is hope for the future of analog home video. First, let's take a look at Funai's recent numbers in relative terms. Even though VHS is largely considered a "dead" and outdated format, Funai still managed to sell around three-quarters of a million VCRs in 2015. Honestly, that's pretty impressive.
A detail shot of a Funai branded VCR. Clickity-click HERE for a VHSexy (and slightly comical) video of this machine, man.
Also, to personally speak to the quality of the consumer grade Sanyo brand, my parents have had a Sanyo DVD / VCR combo unit in their living room since about 2005 or so. Over the years, the DVD player has crapped out, but the VCR? It still works perfectly. That's not to say Sanyo is a superior and particularly reliable brand like JVC or Sony, or even Panasonic. It's not. However, with regular head cleaning and moderate care, even the lowest grade VCR can outlast any digital playback system. There are even small companies out there like VCR-Players.com that can refurbish and the re-sell old VCRS, making them almost as good as new. I imagine as time goes on, and enthusiasts realize that the VCRs we have now are the last ones we'll ever have, more entities such as VCR-Players.com will arrive.
There she is, Tapeheads! The Sanyo combo deck that's served my fam's living room rewind needs for over 10 years.
Such is the sentiment of fellow Videovore Calum Sanderson, which he shared on the Lunchmeat Facebook in reaction the announcement saying, "As long as there are VCRs, there will be a company who will make new ones. Did anyone foresee the vinyl resurgence? Now people are making more turntables. Same thing will happen with VCRs." A Videvore can dream, man. Either way, that's the VHSpirit, Calum. You know we can dig it. Ultimately, all of this is to say that even though Funai has stopped making VCRs, the massive amount of playback machines that are already out there (and I know of VCRS from the early 80s that still work without problems), will continue to exist in secondary markets for many, many years to come and in turn, keep those tapes rolling from their heads to yours. There's just no question about that. And hopefully, the halted production of VCRs may now put a new notion into the minds of the VHS-watching public at large: take care of your VCR, continue to pick up the machines when you can and treat them with care. As time marches on, VCRs will indeed become more and more scarce, but as the appreciation for the ultimate analog format continues to grow, so will the efforts to preserve the playback machines that make them come alive. Continue to the conversation in the comments below, Tapeheads. Let us know what you think the future holds for analog home video. And share some of those nachos you get there. You know we want some of those nachos, man…
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## SUDHA MURTY

### The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk

Life Stories from Here and There

PENGUIN BOOKS

## Contents

About the Author

Dedication

Preface

Bombay to Bangalore

Copyright Page
PENGUIN BOOKS

##### THE DAY I STOPPED DRINKING MILK

Sudha Murty was born in 1950 in Shiggaon in north Karnataka. She did her MTech in computer science, and is now the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation. A prolific writer in English and Kannada, she has written novels, technical books, travelogues, collections of short stories and non-fiction pieces and four books for children.

Her books have been translated into all major Indian languages and have sold over four lakh copies around the country. She was the recipient of the R.K. Narayan Award for Literature and the Padma Shri in 2006 and the Attimabbe Award from the government of Karnataka for excellence in Kannada literature in 2011.

##### Also by the same author

#### Fiction

_Dollar Bahu_

_Mahashweta_

_Gently Falls the Bakula_

#### Non-fiction

_Wise & Otherwise_

_The Old Man and His God_

#### Children's

_How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and Other Stories_

_The Magic Drum and Other Favourite Stories_

_The Bird with Golden Wings: Stories of Wit and Magic_

_Grandma's Bag of Stories_
_To Lakshmi, my new daughter
and Rishi, my new son_

## Preface

One may wonder why I am writing about the personal lives of many people who have confided in me about their problems. Isn't it unethical to do so? However, most of the people I have written about requested me to change their names and use their problems as case studies. Some like Vishnu and Portado encouraged me to tell their stories so that others should not become like them. I thank all these people wholeheartedly and am grateful for their strength and kindness that has allowed me to share their stories with you.

This is my fourth book of recollections of my experiences as a teacher, a writer and a social worker. I want to thank my new editor, Shrutkeerti Khurana, whose hard work has made an immense difference to this book. Her constant interaction with me made me think of some stories in a different way and also helped me look at things from a youngster's point of view.

I would also like to thank Udayan Mitra of Penguin Books for convincing me to bring out a new volume of my stories and thoughts.

SUDHA MURTY

## Bombay to Bangalore

It was the beginning of summer. I was boarding Udyan Express at Gulbarga railway station. My destination was Bangalore. As I boarded the train, I saw that the second-class compartment was jam-packed with people. Though the compartment was reserved, there were many unauthorized people in it. This side of Karnataka is popularly known as Hyderabad Karnataka since the Nizam of Hyderabad once ruled this area. There is scarcity of water here, which makes the land dry, and the farmers cannot grow anything during summer. Hence, many poor farmers and landless labourers from Hyderabad Karnataka immigrate to Bangalore and other big cities during the summer for jobs in construction. They return to their homes in the rainy season to cultivate their lands. This was April, so the train compartment was particularly crowded.

I sat down and was pushed to the corner of the berth. Though it was meant for three people, there were already six of us sitting on it. I looked around and saw students who were eager to come to Bangalore and explore different options to enhance their careers. There were merchants who were talking about what goods to order from Bangalore. Some government officers, though, were criticizing Gulbarga. 'What a place! Staying here is impossible because of the heat. No wonder people call this a punishment transfer!'

The ticket collector came in and started checking people's tickets and reservations. It was difficult to guess who had a ticket and who had a reservation. Some people had tickets but no reservation. This was an overnight train and people needed sleeper berths, but they were limited in number. People who did not have a reserved berth were begging the ticket collector to accommodate them 'somehow'. It was next to impossible for him to listen to everyone.

With his eagle eye, he easily located people who did not have a ticket. People without tickets were pleading, 'Sir, the previous train was cancelled. We had a reservation on that train. It is not our fault. We don't want to pay for this ticket again.' Some were begging him, 'Sir, I was late to the station and there was a big queue. I didn't have time to buy a ticket. So, I got into this compartment.' The collector must have read the Bhagavad Gita thoroughly; he remained calm while listening to their stories and kept issuing new tickets for ticketless passengers.

Suddenly, he looked in my direction and asked, 'What about your ticket?'

'I have already shown my ticket to you,' I said.

'Not you, madam, the girl hiding below your berth. Hey, come out, where is your ticket?'

I realized that someone was sitting below my berth. When the collector yelled at her, the girl came out of hiding. She was thin, dark, scared and looked like she had been crying profusely. She must have been about thirteen or fourteen years old. She had uncombed hair and was dressed in a torn skirt and blouse. She was trembling and folded both her hands.

The collector asked again, 'Who are you? From which station did you get on? Where are you going? I can issue a full ticket for you with a fine.'

The girl did not reply. The collector was getting very angry since he had been dealing with countless ticketless passengers. He took out his anger on this little girl. 'I know all you runaways,' he shouted. 'You take a free ride in trains and cause tremendous problems. You neither reply to my questions nor pay for your ticket. I have to answer to my bosses...'

The girl still did not say anything. The people around the girl were not bothered at all and went about their business. Some were counting the money for their ticket and some were getting ready to get down at Wadi Junction, the next stop. People on the top berth were preparing to sleep and others were busy with their dinner. This was something unusual for me, because I had never seen such a situation in my vast experience of social work.

The girl stood quietly as if she had not heard anything. The collector caught hold of her arms and told her to get down at the next station. 'I will hand you over to the police myself. They will put you in an orphanage,' he said. 'It is not my headache. Get down at Wadi.'

The girl did not move. The collector started forcibly pulling her out from the compartment. Suddenly, I had a strange feeling. I stood up and called out to the collector. 'Sir, I will pay for her ticket,' I said. 'It is getting dark. I don't want a young girl on the platform at this time.'

The collector raised his eyebrows and looked at me. He smiled and said, 'Madam, it is very kind of you to offer to buy her a ticket. But I have seen many children like her. They get in at one station, then get off at the next and board another train. They beg or travel to their destination without a ticket. This is not an exceptional case. Why do you want to waste your money? She will not travel even with a ticket. She may leave if you just give her some money.'

I looked out of the compartment. The train was approaching Wadi Junction and the platform lights were bright. Vendors of tea, juice and food were running towards the train. It was dark. My heart did not accept the collector's advice—and I always listen to my heart. What the collector said might be true but what would I lose—just a few hundred rupees?

'Sir, that's fine. I will pay for her ticket anyway,' I said.

I asked the girl, 'Will you tell me where you want to go?'

The girl looked at me with disbelief. It was at this moment that I noticed her beautiful, dark eyes, which were grief-stricken. She did not say a word.

The collector smiled and said, 'I told you, madam. Experience is the best teacher.'

He turned to the girl and said, 'Get down.'

Then he looked at me and said, 'Madam, if you give her ten rupees, she will be much happier with that than with the ticket.'

I did not listen to him. I told the collector to give me a ticket to the last destination, Bangalore, so that the girl could get down wherever she wanted.

The collector looked at me again and said, 'But she won't get a berth and you will have to pay a penalty.'

I quietly opened my purse.

The collector continued, 'If you want to pay, then you should pay for the ticket from the train's starting point.'

The train originated from Bombay VT and terminated at Bangalore. I paid up quietly. The collector issued the ticket and left in disdain.

The girl was left standing in the same position. I asked my fellow passengers to move and give the girl some space to sit down because she now held a valid ticket. They moved very reluctantly. Then, I asked the girl to sit on the seat—but she did not. When I insisted, she sat down on the floor.

I did not know where to start the conversation. I ordered a meal for her and when the dinner box came, she held it in her hands but did not eat. I failed to persuade her to eat or talk. Finally, I gave the ticket to her and said, 'Look, I don't know what's on your mind since you refuse to talk to me. So, here's the ticket. You can get down wherever you want to.'

As the night progressed, people started sleeping on the floor and on their berths, but the girl continued to sit. When I woke up at six o'clock the next morning, she was dozing. That meant that she had not got down anywhere. Her dinner box was empty and I was happy that she had at least eaten something.

As the train approached Bangalore, the compartment started getting empty. Again, I told her to sit on the seat and this time she obliged. Slowly, she started talking. She told me that her name was Chitra. She lived in a village near Bidar. Her father was a coolie and she had lost her mother at birth. Her father had remarried and had two sons with her stepmother. But a few months ago, her father had died. Her stepmother started beating her often and did not give her food. I knew from her torn, bloodstained blouse and the marks on her body that she was telling the truth. She was tired of that life. She did not have anybody to support her so she left home in search of something better.

By this time, the train had reached Bangalore. I said goodbye to Chitra and got down from the train. My driver came and picked up my bags. I felt someone watching me. When I turned back, Chitra was standing there and looking at me with sad eyes. But there was nothing more that I could do.

As I started walking towards my car, I realized that Chitra was following me. I knew that she did not have anybody in the whole world. Now, I was at a loss. I did not know what to do with her. I had paid her ticket out of compassion but I had never thought that she was going to be my responsibility! But from Chitra's perspective, I had been kind to her and she wanted to cling on to me. When I got into the car, she stood outside watching me.

I was scared for a minute. 'What am I doing?' I questioned myself. I was worried about the safety of a girl in Wadi Junction station, but now I was leaving her in a big city like Bangalore—a situation worse than the previous one. Anything could happen to Chitra here. After all, she was a girl. There were many ways in which people could exploit her situation.

I told her to get into my car. My driver looked at the girl curiously. I told him to take us to my friend Ram's place. Ram ran separate shelter homes for boys and girls. We at the Infosys Foundation supported him financially on a regular basis. I thought Chitra could stay there for some time and we could talk about her future after I came back from my tours in a few weeks. There were about ten girls in the shelter and three of them were of Chitra's age. Most of the girls there already knew me.

As soon as I reached the shelter, the lady supervisor came out to talk to me. I explained the situation and handed Chitra over to her. I told Chitra, 'You can stay here for two weeks. Don't worry. These are very good people. I will come and see you after two weeks. Don't run away from here, at least until I come back. Talk to your lady supervisor. You can call her Akka.' (Akka means elder sister in the Kannada language.) I handed over some money to the supervisor and told her to buy some clothes and other necessary things for the girl.

After two weeks, I went back to the shelter. I was not sure if Chitra would even be there. But to my surprise, I saw Chitra looking much happier than before. She was having good food for the first time in her life. She was wearing new clothes and was teaching lessons to the younger children. As soon as she saw me, she stood up eagerly. The supervisor said, 'Chitra is a nice girl. She helps in our kitchen, cleans the shelter and also teaches the younger children. She tells us that she was a good student in her village and wanted to join high school but her family didn't allow her to do so. Here, she is comfortable and wants to study further. What are your plans for her future? Can we keep her here?'

Soon, Ram also joined us. Ram knew the whole story and suggested that Chitra could go to a high school nearby. I immediately agreed and said that I would sponsor her expenses as long as she continued to study. I left the shelter knowing that Chitra had found a home and a new direction in her life.

I got busier with my work and my visits to the shelter reduced to once a year. But I always inquired about Chitra's well-being over the phone. I knew that she was studying well and that her progress was good.

Years went by. One day, Ram phoned me and said that Chitra had scored 85 per cent in her tenth class. When I went to the shelter to congratulate and talk to her, she was very happy. She was growing up to be a confident young woman. There was brightness in her beautiful, dark eyes.

I offered to sponsor her college studies if she wanted to continue studying. But she said, 'No, Akka. I have talked to my friends and made up my mind. I would like to do my diploma in computer science so that I can immediately get a job after three years.' I tried to persuade her to go to college for a bachelor's degree in engineering but she did not agree. She wanted to become economically independent as soon as possible. Somewhere inside me, I understood where she was coming from.

Three rainy seasons passed. Chitra obtained her diploma with flying colours. She also got a job in a software company as an assistant testing engineer. When she got her first salary, she came to my office with a sari and a box of sweets. I was touched by her gesture. Later, I got to know that she had spent her entire first salary buying something for everyone at the shelter.

Soon enough, Ram called me to discuss a new problem. 'Chitra is now a working girl. So she cannot stay in the shelter since it is only meant for students.' I told Ram that I would talk to Chitra and ask her to pay the shelter a reasonable amount of money per month towards rent. This way she could continue to stay there until she got married. I strongly felt that the shelter was a safe place for an unmarried, orphan girl like Chitra.

Ram asked me, 'Are you going to look for a boy for her?'

This was a new and an even bigger problem. As her informal guardian, I had to find a boy for Chitra or she herself had to find a life partner. This was a great responsibility. No wonder people say I have a penchant for getting into problems! But God also shows me unique ways of getting out of them. I told Ram, 'She is only twenty-one. Let her work for a few years. If you come across a suitable boy, please let me know.'

I called Chitra and gave her my opinion about staying at the shelter, and she happily agreed to stay on and pay rent.

Days rolled by, and months turned into years. One day, when I was in Delhi, I got a call from Chitra. She was very happy. 'Akka, my company is sending me to the USA! I wanted to meet you and take your blessings but you are not here in Bangalore.'

I was ecstatic for Chitra. I said, 'Chitra, you are now going to a different country. Take care of yourself and keep in touch. My blessings are always with you.'

Years passed. Occasionally, I received an email from Chitra. She was doing very well in her career. She was posted across several cities in USA and was enjoying life. I silently prayed that she should always be happy wherever she was.

Years later, I was invited to deliver a lecture in San Francisco for Kannada Koota, an organization where families who speak Kannada meet and organize events. The lecture was in a convention hall of a hotel and I decided to stay at the same hotel. After the lecture, I was planning to leave for the airport. When I checked out of the hotel room and went to the reception counter to pay the bill, the receptionist said, 'Ma'am, you don't need to pay us anything. The lady over there has already settled your bill. She must know you pretty well.'

I turned around and found Chitra there. She was standing with a young white man and wore a beautiful sari. She was looking very pretty with short hair. Her dark eyes were beaming with happiness and pride. As soon as she saw me, she gave me a brilliant smile, hugged me and touched my feet. I was overwhelmed with joy and did not know what to say.

'Chitra, how are you? I have not seen you since ages. What a sweet surprise. How did you know that I will be in this city today?'

'Akka, I live in this city and came to know that you are giving a lecture at the local Kannada Koota. I am also a member there. I wanted to surprise you. It is not difficult to find out about your schedule.'

'Chitra, I have so many questions to ask you. How is work? Have you visited India? And more importantly, have you found Mr Right? And why did you pay my hotel bill?'

'No, Akka. I haven't come to India since I left. If I come to India, how can I return here without meeting you? Akka, I have something to tell you. I know that you were always worried about my marriage. You never asked me about my community. But you always wanted me to settle down. I know it is hard for you to choose a boy for me. Now, I have found my Mr Right. Please meet my colleague, John. We are getting married at the end of the year. You must come for our wedding and bless us.'

I was very happy to see the way things had turned out for Chitra. But I came back to my original question. 'Chitra, why did you pay my hotel bill? That is not right.'

With tears in her eyes and gratitude on her face, she said, 'Akka, if you hadn't helped me, I don't know where I would have been today—maybe a beggar, a prostitute, a runaway child, a servant in someone's house... or I may even have committed suicide. You changed my life. I am ever grateful to you.'

'No, Chitra. I am only one step in your ladder of success,' I said. 'There are many steps which led you to where you are today—the shelter which looked after you, the schools which gave you good education, the company which sent you to America and, above all, it is you—the most determined and inspired girl who made your life yourself. One step should never take the credit for the end result.'

'That is your thinking, Akka. I differ with you,' she said.

'Chitra, you are starting a new life and you should save money for your new family. Why did you pay my hotel bill?'

Chitra did not reply but told John to touch my feet. Then, suddenly sobbing, she hugged me and said, 'Because you paid for my ticket from Bombay to Bangalore!'

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Spider-Man Eats Shrek's Gingerbread Man in Bizarre Crossover Video
A fan creates a funny video of Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man eating the gingerbread man from Shrek, beginning with a famous shot from 2002's Spider-Man.
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Spider-Man: No Way Home
A bizarre video surfaced over the holiday break of Spider-Man eating the gingerbread man from Shrek. Spider-Man is riding high right now with the recent release of Spider-Man: No Way Home. About to cross the $1.5 billion milestone, the new film is easily the most successful film of the pandemic era. Another incredible achievement is that No Way Home now accounts for 12% of the 2021 box office. The franchise is being heavily discussed on social media, including demands that new Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield films be produced after the two previous Spider-Men entered the MCU with appearances in No Way Home.
The Shrek franchise provided some highly entertaining and successful films between 2001 and 2010. Since then, the ogre and his friends have found popularity through social media. Last May, Shrek trended on Twitter for the 20th anniversary of the original film, proving that this film is still beloved all these years later. The franchise itself is meant to be making fun of classic fairy tales, and now countless memes have been made parodying the films. The gingerbread man was an iconic character in the films and has made it into numerous of these memes himself.
Related: Shrek's Story Was Saved By This Simple Fiona Fix
Last week, Spider-Man fan Jokari P posted a YouTube video of Maguire's Spider-Man eating the gingerbread man from Shrek. It begins with a famous shot from 2002's Spider-Man, where Peter is seen swinging into his New York City apartment and then taking his mask off. The camera moves to see his family and friends coming to see what all the noise was but instead of Peter, they see a portal closing, like the ones seen in several Marvel films now. The video cuts to Lord Farquaad taunting the gingerbread man in his castle and then Peter is seen walking outside of the castle eating the beloved cookie. Check out the full video below:
Spider-Man appears in the Shrek universe in this video as opposed to the Tom Holland Spider-Man universe like the celebrated crossover surprise in No Way Home. In this parody, it seems that Doctor Strange made even more errors with the spell to make the world forget Peter was Spider-Man than the pretty majors errors he made in the actual movie. There seems to be no apparent reason why Maguire's Spider-Man just happened to appear in the Shrek universe out of all other places, but with today's meme culture, the audience will likely just accept it and be entertained.
The two franchises do share a few similarities, other than the fact that Spider-Man now has magic in his movies, thanks to the inclusion of Doctor Strange. Shrek is set in a fairy tale world, whereas Spider-Man is supposed to be relatable in ways that an ogre who marries a princess could not be, and the clash between the franchises made the parody video more entertaining. This video was a great way to celebrate the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home and to remind people of how much they enjoyed the Shrek movies.
Next: Shrek's 20th Anniversary: 20 Things You Didn't Know About The Film
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EC raises Hungary GDP forecasts; deficit projections narrow
The European Commission raised its projections for Hungary's GDP in 2013 and 2014 and augured narrower general government deficits in its spring economic forecast published on Friday.
The EC projects Hungary's economy will expand 0.2% this year in the fresh forecast, compared to a 0.1% contraction in the previous one published in February. Hungary's government recently lowered its projection for GDP growth this year to 0.7% from 0.9%.
The EC changed its projection for Hungary's general government deficit to 3.0% of GDP in 2013 and 3.3% in 2014. In the February forecast, it put the gap at 3.4% of GDP in both years. Hungary's government projects a 2.7% of GDP deficit in both 2013 and 2014, well under the 3% European Union threshold.
Speaking at a press conference in Brussels after the forecast was published, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn said Hungary could exit the Excessive Deficit Procedure the EC launched against the country in 2004, the year it joined the EU, provided it "stays the course", achieving fiscal sustainability. He said the country's deficit can remain under the 3% threshold with additional measures.
Rehn grouped Hungary with Italy in terms of the outlook for lifting the EDP. In contrast, he singled out Latvia, Lithuania and Romania as candidates for abrogation of the EDP. The EC said it expected a "mild recovery" in Hungary in 2013.
"Export markets are set to grow and a stabilisation of domestic demand is expected on account of an increase in real disposable income, although the high unemployment rate and the ongoing deleveraging are likely to limit household spending. Private investment growth is projected to remain negative in view of the continued fall in lending and high surtaxes on some capital intensive sectors," it explained.
The EC changed is projection for private consumption this year to 0.2% from -0.5%. It raised its unemployment rate projections to 11.4% from 11.1%.
The EC said that a decline in private sector employment is expected in early 2013, but overall employment is set to remain "broadly stable". From 2014, employment is seen starting to increase again, but unemployment could rise slightly as the workforce participating rate grows, it added.
The EC said net exports and domestic demand would drive growth in 2014. Household consumption is set to increase on higher real disposable income and looser lending conditions, while investment growth is expected to be supported by the National Bank of Hungary's recently announced "Funding for Growth Scheme", it said. Looser-than-expected financial conditions or a possible better-than-expected rebound of the farm sector could improve the GDP outlook, it added.
The EC said the general government deficit would rise from 1.9% of GDP in 2012 to 3.0% in 2013 as a result of the phasing out of temporary revenue measures equivalent to three-fourths of a percentage point of GDP, stimulus measures equivalent to the same amount and higher interest expenditures adding up to one-fourth of a percentage point of GDP. Corrective measures, mainly higher taxes, are expected to improve the balance by the equivalent of one and three-fourths of a percentage point of GDP, while measures announced in the context of Hungary's 2011 and 2012 Convergence Programmes are set to narrow the gap by half a percentage point of GDP, it added.
The 2014 deficit projection assumes no change to policy, the EC noted. The deficit is seen rising over the 3% threshold on higher wages for teachers equivalent to more than half a percentage point of GDP, the impact of the government's Job Protection Plan, equivalent to one-quarter of a percentage point, and the net effect of growing public investment and consumption equivalent to almost half a percentage point.
The EC puts Hungary state debt as a percentage of GDP at 79.7% in 2013 and 78.9% in 2014,
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Dentist says World Health Organization's recommendation to delay routine oral care is 'untimely'
A Tampa Bay area dentist disagrees with the WHO advising people not to schedule routine dentist visits. Story: https://bit.ly/3b2Ka1T
By: Jasmine Styles
Posted at 4:00 AM, Aug 28, 2020
TAMPA, Fla. — In early August, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued interim guidance, advising people not to schedule routine dentist visits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The American Dental Association (ADA) pushed back saying they "respectfully, yet strongly disagree." Now, a local dentist is backing them up on that.
When ABC Action News first reported the story, Dr. Greg Prior's wife saw it. She emailed ABC Action News and invited our reporter to see the "costly measures" the dental office put into place to put safety at the forefront of the practice.
Dr. Prior said back in March when Gov. Ron DeSantis put out the statewide emergency order, he had time to brainstorm how to safely re-open. The practice stocked up on hand sanitizer, air purifiers for every room, and air filters.
"The thing is about COVID, nobody knows what works yet," Dr. Prior said. "It takes a lot of different precautions, it's like layers and layers of protection. So all the little things that we call the protocol adds up."
ADA 'strongly disagrees' with recommendation to delay routine dentist visits during COVID-19
Dentist offices taking new precautions while re-opening for routine care
Dr. Prior also wanted to make sure his hygienists were outfitted with proper PPE. Now, they wear a level 3 mask, an N95 mask, a face shield, scrub caps and gowns on top of the standard PPE they always wear.
He said the timeline for WHO's recommendation doesn't make sense. Florida dentist offices were given the green light to re-open in April. Plus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and ADA put out protocol.
"When they suggested you shouldn't go to the dentist we were thinking, 'What?' Dentistry is so important for people's overall health," Dr. Prior said. "It seems untimely they would've done that, especially since we're all coming back to work and we're all putting in the protocols."
Other than getting your teeth cleaned at routine checkups, dentists may be able to catch signs of oral cancer or gum disease, which can be linked to diabetes and heart disease.
After WHO received criticism from the ADA, the organization published a portion of an email they received from WHO's chief dental officer.
"Unfortunately, a number of media headlines intentionally or not — when they are referring to the WHO guidance, did not mention that the recommendation to delay routine oral health care is only suggested in an intense uncontrolled community transmission scenario. A scenario that [does] not fit with the current situation of [most countries] around the world," Dr. Varenne said. "So please be aware of the missing information sometimes disseminated by the media that could increase fear and concern of patients seeking oral health care. I think we have all to play a part in sharing with the public, national dental associations and health authorities the full story provided in the guidance document."
WHO Chief Dental Officer Benoit Varenne, Ph.D.
"This is a time to really take care of your oral hygiene. The best way is coming in for regular checkups," Dr. Prior said.
If you decide to make an appointment, the Florida Dental Association says here is what you should expect:
A pre-appointment screening
Hand hygiene precautions
A new waiting room protocol
New procedures to limit contact
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You see, my mother was Jewish, but she would have been drummed out of the corps in a heartbeat for failing to conform. Outside of encouraging everyone to eat something—-her favorite saying was: you could stand to gain five pounds, honey—-I don't think she would have made it past the first plateau as far as placing of guilt and practicing Jewish Standard Time are concerned.
On the other hand, picture the character Marie on Everyone Likes Raymond. Now there was a bona fide candidate if I ever saw one. Sure she was supposed to be Italian, but so what. This woman was what would be called a Maven Jewish Mother. The best of the best!
This is a funny look at the quirks that define a "Jewish Mother" and how to tell if you might be one. If not, great insight is given in the "Defensive Moves Against the JM" section.


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Just In: Makinde Pays Tribute to Late Oyo Businessman, Biiznilahi
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Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, has described the late Oyo businessman, Alhaji AbdWahab Alao Yusuf, popularly known as Biizinilahi, as an outstanding man "who lived a great life and made huge impact on the society."
The governor, who commiserated with the immediate family of the octogenarian, the people of Oyo town, indeed, residents of the state, prayed the Almighty Allah to grant the soul of the late Asiwaju of Oyo town Aljana Firdaus.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted the governor as stating that Alhaji Yusuf's wealth of experience, philanthropic gestures and wisdom would be greatly missed across different sectors.
He said: "Baba Biizinilahi ranks as one of Oyo's finest in terms of industry and business, having committedly grown his oil business from the scratch to the point of becoming a household name across the state.
"He not only grew his business and opened many outlets, he became one of the biggest employers of labour in the state.
"As a community leader, he made a huge impact on the society through his contributions to reducing employment, philanthtropy and the growth of Islam.
"Baba Biizinilahi's death marks the end of a great era. He will be sorely missed. I commiserate with his immediate family, his community and the state on the demise of a man who lived a great life. May Allah grant everyone the fortitude to bear his loss.
"It is my prayer that the family, community and businesses he left behind continue to thrive and flourish."
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The furor over "net neutrality" ratcheted up a notch when Google and Verizon reached agreement on how government and Internet companies might resolve conflicts over broadband services. Their nonbinding proposal was harshly criticized by organizations purporting to speak for consumers and media critics who prefer sterner, government-imposed solutions.
Net neutrality seeks to prevent phone and cable providers from favoring their services or discriminating against other users of wired and wireless networks, such as Internet phone calls and online video. Google had been a leading net-neutrality advocate, demanding the Federal Communications Commission force concessions on Internet service providers such as Verizon. But Google and Verizon announced Aug. 9 an agreement they hope resolves the dispute and can be a basis for compromise to avoid government regulations.
Even though the agreement conceded critical points, such as ISPs not slowing down, blocking or charging more for bandwidth-hogging services such as peer-to-peer file sharing, Google was accused of selling out. The proposal also would allow creation of what detractors derisively term a "private" Internet to deliver as-yet nonexistent educational services, gaming and other services. That effectively would create a two-tier system, one for publicly accessible Internet and one for new services.
We understand critics' concerns. A "private," wired network might become more profitable, drawing away services from the "public" system. We imagine ISPs could be tempted to spend more on research and development for the new, perhaps more profitable, private option. Critics also point out the Google-Verizon agreement exempts wireless networks from FCC restrictions. The companies jointly promote Google's new Android software for smart phones.
Broadband's future promises to be wireless, as cell phones, tablets and other devices deliver new mobility and speed. It's conceivable some of the nearly ubiquitous, hardwired Internet access could migrate to higher-speed, more flexible wireless access.
Nevertheless, the argument against net neutrality is compelling. Wired Internet access grew phenomenally. Many competitors and technological advances flourished precisely because of the lack of government restrictions, however well-intended.
"What we're concerned about is the imposition of too many rules up-front that would not allow us to optimize … the supercharged growth we've seen in the past," Verizon chief executive Ivan Seidenberg said.
A New York University School of Law study estimated an FCC net neutrality policy would cost the U.S. economy $62 billion and eliminate 502,000 jobs over five years. Costly, rigid regulations on service delivery and pricing would impede what otherwise promises to be mushrooming expansion. ISPs have spent billions developing their networks. They should be allowed to manage that traffic and not be discouraged from innovating to expand services.
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Whenever you realize that something's wrong with your body — when you find that you're sick or injured — you turn into a detective. Many of us run through a list of possible causes, based both on our personal experience and on all the information we can gather from the internet. No matter how much information we gather ourselves, however, that's no substitute for actually going to the doctor. That's no substitute for doing the actual, critical tests that will determine what's going on with your body.
There is no substitute for a 40 year long career as a medical laboratory scientist. I could never be taught to believe in any pseudoscientific nonsense or ridiculous theories.
You have long stood as an example of someone who touts pseudoscientific nonsense about the emergence of energy and neo-Darwinian evolution.
You have done it during a time when all serious scientists have linked light-activated microRNA biogenesis from biophysically constrained viral latency to the physiology of reproduction and healthy longevity via what organisms eat.
If he was not still dead, Feynman would use you as an example of human idiocy.
I have been very generous about letting you post whatever you want on my page.
Keep insulting me and doing your own self-promotion all you want, but keep it off my page. You're dangerously close to getting banned.
There is enough awfulness and vitriol in the world (and on Facebook) without you adding to it.
Thanks. Indeed, you have been very generous. Please accept my apology. I'm certain that you may now lead the way forward for others to stop touting their nonsense, and greatly appreciate you for calling attention to the role that medical professionals like me have played in diagnostic medicine.
The tests performed by medical laboratory scientists have been linked to ~70% of the ability of physicians to make an accurate diagnosis. I never reported a result that was based on any theory. And now, rather than self-promote, there are more than 80,000 indexed published works on microRNAs.
If I can help you to report on what's known about biophysically constrained viral latency, let me know.
Less than 4 hours later, Ethan Siegel published this pseudoscientific nonsense to the same source of misinformation.
When you form stars, a lot of interesting things happen.
The molecular cloud that collapses to form them gets ionized by the ultraviolet light produced by these new stars.
A special type of radiation appears: emission lines, as electrons fall back onto the ionized atomic nuclei.
This starlight travels through the Universe, interacting with all the atoms they encounter, resulting in an absorption signature.
And the light has a probability of interacting with gamma-rays, which are the highest energy photons, to produce new particles: electron-positron pairs.
It's 2018 and I can't believe this needs to be said, but clearly it does. Science is our best description of reality. Calling it "fake news" is literally disbelieving reality.
This is not a new problem; science has always been politicized. By whom? By the people with something to lose if the public is actually informed and knowledgeable.
But tweets like this help us all: they make us realize that we are not saying or writing these statements alone. We are all in the fight for truth and reality together.
Thanks. I thought you were fighting on the other side.
At last, we know how many total photons exist in our Universe thanks to stars, and how much energy they have. Way to go, @NASAFermi and the Fermi-LAT Collaboration!
In less than 4 hours, Ethan Siegel went from the value of medical laboratory testing, which I placed into the context of RNA synthesis, to the unadulterated pseudoscientific nonsense about how "When you form stars…" and how we know how many total photons exist in our Universe. Then, he linked how much energy the stars have to our doom, without telling anyone where the difference in the energy of two photons comes from.
For comparison, in the context of medical laboratory testing, scientists have linked the difference in the energy of two photons from differences in the potential of hydrogen (pH) to all differences in all individuals of all living genera via the physiology of reproduction, which is the source of all food energy-dependent biodiversity on Earth.
I've detailed the facts about how light-activated microRNA biogenesis biophysically constrains pheromone-controlled virus-driven pathology in species from microbes to humans. But, people like me cannot compete with biologically uninformed science idiots, like Ethan Siegel. He has a much larger and more established target audience of other theorists who probably believe everything they are told, as long as they are not told the facts.
Therefore, after telling them the facts about the role of medical laboratory scientists in diagnostic medicine, Ethan Siegel and others like him, need only bury the facts with more pseudoscientific nonsense. And, that is what he did.