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John Waters on Why He Pays to See David Cronenberg Movies
John Waters, raconteur, filmmaker, writer and voracious cultural consumer
I'm with John. He pays to see Cronenberg movies for the same reason I buy my friends' books when they come out. Because that's how you show your support. Waters says go see the movie Friday night and pay. While I was in Provincetown, I bought a copy of Waters' Carsick and am happy to report that not only did I support the local bookstore (which, OK, smelled heavily of cat pee), but I used my credit card to help put that book on the NYT bestseller list in my small way. And, then, when I opened the book and read his fantasy of getting picked up by a manly dude and invited to ride shotgun at a demolition derby, I was truly amazed that John had done it again: taken me to a place I'd never been before with a guide I trusted to both make me laugh and gross me out.
Here's his introduction of David Cronenberg at the Provincetown Film Festival:
"David Cronenberg has been honored in this country, in Canada, and all over the world, yet Martin Scorsese commented that he was scared to actually meet him. I was drunk the first time I met him. It was at William Burroughs 70th birthday at The Limelight about 30 years ago. And God knows I have been his fan forever, and I have paid, even, to see every one of his movies. I go see them on the first Friday night when it counts….
"Some say he's created his own genre, and the word Cronenberg-esque needs no explanation. I think he argues that, and truthfully, because some of his films are so different from the others, so maybe Cronenberg-esque just means great, which I think it does…."
Filed Under: Books, Movies & TV Tagged With: Carsick, David Cronenberg, John Waters, Provincetown
John Waters and David Cronenberg Get Naked – 'Naked Lunch' – in Gay Mecca Provincetown
Cronenberg, Winger, Waters at the Provincetown Film Festival (via capecodonline)
Directors David Cronenberg and John Waters incite in me the excitement often reserved for teenage girls at the premiere of The Fault in Our Stars. The pair are the definition of sophisticated no bullshit, two men very much in touch with their obsessions and capable of drawing an audience along. Over the course of their wide-ranging discussion on the Provincetown Town Hall stage, their dialog trended toward Cronenberg's adaptation of William S. Burroughs novel Naked Lunch.
When I'm asked about successful literary adaptations, Cronenberg's 1991 hallucinogenic fantasy starring Peter Weller and Judy Davis is high on the list. Here's a bit of the conversation between icons Cronenberg and Waters:
JOHN WATERS: Remember when we got to say, how did they ever make a movie out of Lolita? Well, I think with Naked Lunch you did a wonderful job, so how was Burroughs with you?
DAVID CRONENBERG:Burroughs was great. His public persona was very intimidating, and he was very sort of plastic and cynical, and kind of mean. But on personal time, he was really quite sweet, and very generous. He loved the concept. He loved the script that I had written. I did submit it to him but said, really, I don't think I can make this movie just from your book. I don't know if you've read the Naked Lunch, but it's a difficult one to think of as a movie.
I said, I feel I need to incorporate a lot of stuff from your actual life…I understand if you don't want me to, and in particular, I was talking to the fact that he shot his wife, which was a crucial moment, of course, in his life, but also as a writer. He said, I don't separate my life and my art, and you can just go ahead….
JW: Did you do drugs with him?
DC: No. Actually, at that time I think he was just doing methadone.
JW: Oh, methadone. Got it. I smoked pot with him. Did you go to the bunker, or –
JC:: I didn't, but I did go to Tangier with him.
JW:: Oh, wow.
DC: And met Paul Bowles, whom he hadn't seen for seventeen years. I sat right down with the two of them, the authors of Naked Lunch and The Sheltering Sky, so there is a connection. [He looks out into the audience and sees Debra Winger, who starred in Bernardo Bertolucci's film adaptation of Bowles' classic novel set in North Africa.] Bizarre, but it is there.
Filed Under: Celebrity, Movies & TV Tagged With: David Cronenberg, Debra Winger, John Waters, Literary Adaptation, Naked Lunch, Paul Bowles, Provincetown Film Festival, The Sheltering Sky, William Burroughs
Video: John Waters Makes us 'Carsick' on 'The Colbert Report'
I saw John Waters perform his hilarious and filthy Christmas spectacular at Poughkeepsie's Bardavon Theater a year ago. Afterwards, my husband and I went backstage and bumped into Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz in the greenroom. Not quite Divine returned from the grave, but still.
Never underestimate how far and wide Waters' appeal stretches. What I love about John is how funny and connected he is in the moment, and how widely read and culturally savvy. He now has a new book, a combination of fiction and travelogue about hitchhiking from Baltimore to San Francisco called Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America. Here he is with Stephen Colbert doing the dog-and-pony show and nailing it:
I'm betting the highlight of my summer culture calendar will occur when Waters interviews "Filmmaker on the Edge" David Cronenberg at the Provincetown Film Festival. I think Waters is a great interview but what I discovered at Provincetown on Cape Cod is that he was also a terrific interviewer.
Filed Under: Books, Movies & TV Tagged With: Carsick, David Cronenberg, John Waters, Provincetown International Film Festival, Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
Thelma Adams on Reel Women: What Does Cannes Have Against Women?
May 18, 2012 By Thelma Leave a Comment
Straight shooter Savoca
No one ever claimed that women had bridged the director's-chair gender gap, but it's a complete kick in the can that this year's Cannes Film Festival has not a single female-directed film among the 23 in competition.
I love contenders like David Cronenberg, whose Cosmopolis — starring Robert Pattinson — has been welcomed into the competition, and who headed the Cannes jury in 1999. I was a champion of his cerebral period drama A Dangerous Method, which had a terrific star turn by Keira Knightley. But, really, not a single film by a woman? I'm just gobsmacked.
It is, however, a good year to be a North American male: In addition to Cronenberg, Lee Daniels (The Paperboy), Jeff Nichols (Mud), and Wes Anderson (Moonrise Kingdom) will premiere at what is considered the most prestigious film festival on the planet. The other 51 percent be damned.
There won't be any shortage of sexy female actresses in evening gowns to attract paparazzi — so why does the female-director shortage matter? To paraphrase: It's the sexism, stupid. Despite some recent indications to the contrary, women have yet to gain substantial ground in cinema's most powerful positions. And beyond its inherent prestige, Cannes is significant because it's at the forefront of the awards season. Last year, for example, The Artist debuted at Cannes, where Jean Dujardin won best actor honors, and went on to sweep the Oscars.
Half-full thinkers can still hope that there will be a bounty of female-helmed movies at the early fall Toronto-Telluride-Venice nexus. Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow has her as-year-unfinished Osama bin Laden film, Zero Dark Thirty (horrible title alert!), slated for the holiday season.
And, in a pleasant surprise, the Tribeca Film Festival, which is currently in full swing, overflows with female-directed films of all stripes. Among the most prominent are Sarah Polley's quirky dramedy Take This Waltz, featuring Michelle Williams as a straying Toronto wife; Julie Delpy's shrewd kooky relationship comedy 2 Days in New York, which pairs the actress with Chris Rock; and Lynn Shelton's sexy sibling rivalry drama with Emily Blunt, Your Sister's Sister. While not all movies are Oscar-bait, Tribeca presents a bounty of promising women filmmakers, including Tanya Wexler (Hysteria), Malgorzata Szumowska (Elles), Julia Dyer (The Playroom), Sharon Bar-Ziv (Room 514), Lucy Malloy (Una Noche), Kat Cairo (While We Were Here), and Beth Murphy (The List).
It's unconscionable that the Cannes selection committee, which received in the neighborhood of 1,800 movie submissions, considers this artistic bias a non-issue. It's up to bold filmmakers who are part of the boys' club — Cronenberg, Daniels, and Anderson among them — to squawk about the inequity. We love them; now it's time for them to return the love.
This column first appeared on AMC Filmcritic.com, and was edited by Nina Hammerling Smith
Filed Under: Essay, Movies & TV Tagged With: AMC filmcritic.com, Cannes Film Festival, David Cronenberg, Emily Blunt, Festivals, Lee Daniels, Thelma Adams on Reel Women, Tribeca International Film Festival, Wes Anderson, Women Directors
Yahoo!: Who will be the Oscar contenders of 2012-13? Brad Pitt or Leonardo DiCaprio? Viola Davis or Keira Knightley? Steven Spielberg or Kathryn Bigelow?
March 8, 2012 By Thelma Leave a Comment
A slick Pitt returns for another date with Oscar in "Cogan's Trade"
Scan the upcoming 2012 movies and check out the gang's-all-here vibe: Kathryn Bigelow, Viola Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Peter Jackson, Brad Pitt, Steven Spielberg, Christoph Waltz — and even last year's go-to girl, Jessica Chastain — all have projects in the pipeline. What should you be looking forward to amid the March box-office doldrums?
"Cogan's Trade"
Consider 2011-12 Brad Pitt's warm-up year. Pitt reteams with writer-director Andrew Dominik ("The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford") to play a mob enforcer dispatched to clean up after a heist at a high-stakes poker game. And Pitt might be competing against himself, as the star of Marc Forster's zombie thriller "World War Z."
"The Surrogate"
Man in an iron lung wants to lose his virginity. It was hard to tell whether the plot was a spoof or a tragedy, but at Sundance I discovered that this movie is all about John Hawkes ("Winter's Bone") lying around, being wry, amusing, horny, and handicapped. Oscar contender? Slam dunk. And an education in physically challenged erotica!
[Related: Conspiracy Theories and Meryl Streep's Best-Actress Upset]
Pixar blew a tire with "Cars 2" and was never in the Oscar running. But the perennial animation favorite will be back with the story of a girl-powered archer-princess (voice of "Boardwalk Empire's" Kelly McDonald) struggling to rid her kingdom of a horrible curse. This is the one to beat in the category.
"Untitled International Thriller," aka "Kill Bin Laden"
Kathryn Bigelow's first project since she won the historic best-director award for "The Hurt Locker" has Oscar written all over it. Set for a prime awards season December 19 release date, it's about the hunt for and capture of the al-Qaida leader, with a great cast bound for acting noms, including Kyle Chandler, Joel Edgerton, Chris Platt, and Chastain.
For those who thought Keira Knightley was robbed when she wasn't nominated for her central turn in David Cronenberg's "A Dangerous Method," it's payback time. She's the title character in this oft-adapted Leo Tolstoy classic (Greta Garbo nailed the role in 1935), opposite Jude Law as her inattentive husband and Aaron Johnson as the love of her life, Count Vronsky. Expect a gallery of tortured, passionate looks and longing sighs. Toss in "Atonement" director Joe Wright and a script from the great playwright Tom Stoppard, and we have ourselves an Oscar party.
[Related: 'The Hunger Games' Exclusive Clip Gives First Look at Lenny Kravitz's Role]
The critics emitted a nearly universal groan at the thought of yet another "Gatsby" adaptation — enough already! But it seems that every generation wants its own GG, and this one is irresistible Oscar bait, with Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan and Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role. With Australian Baz Luhrmann ("Moulin Rouge") directing, expect this to be one passionate hothouse flower of a production — and a best-picture contender if he pulls it off.
So Steven Spielberg was snubbed this year, but wait until he pulls out this presidential biopic starring Daniel-Day Lewis as the lanky politician called the Great Emancipator. Oscar-winner Sally Field plays Mary Todd Lincoln and — spoiler alert — the North beat the South in the Civil War. Winning!
Quentin Tarantino cooks up a spaghetti western with a Christmas 2012 release date that screams Oscar. Jamie Foxx plays a former slave turned bounty hunter who's willing to break a few rules to reclaim his wife, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington). Leonardo DiCaprio twirls his mustache as a villainous plantation owner, with Tarantino fave Christoph Waltz in a leading role as an established bounty hunter. Expect "Inglourious Basterds" on horseback with tumbleweeds and chains.
Ben Affleck ("The Town," "Gone Baby Gone") is back directing and co-starring with "Breaking Bad's" Bryan Cranston in this espionage thriller hooked on the Iranian hostage crisis (when 52 Americans were held in Tehran for 444 days from 1979 to 1981). As U.S.-Iranian diplomatic tensions intensify — again — this movie could not be timelier.
Director Peter Jackson is always good for a best-picture nomination when putting J.R.R. Tolkien's little men with hairy feet on camera. It's been long enough since the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy (which took home 17 statuettes out of 30 Oscar nominations) that I'm actually hungering for a little Middle-earth magic. I doubt I'm alone.
Also potentially under consideration: David Cronenberg's Robert Pattinson-starrer "Cosmopolis"; Viola Davis in "Won't Back Down"; the George Clooney-Sandra Bullock thriller "Gravity"; "The Gangster Squad"; "Smashed"; "Les Miserables"; Derek Cianfrance's "The Place Beyond the Pines"; and the Portuguese charmer, "Tabu." Please chime in with movies that you think might join the list — and, remember, the 85th Academy Awards will be held in — eek! — early 2013.
Filed Under: Movies & TV, Oscar Race Tagged With: Brad Pitt, Brave, David Cronenberg, George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Oscars 2013, Pixar

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Just wanted to say that last time I flew to my parents' house in the east (I live in the west), it took 15 hours due to a storm over our layover city. I was alone with an 18 month old who absolutely won't sleep away from his crib. We had timed the flight to work with his sleep schedule as much as possible but that obviously failed. He slept maybe 1/2 hr the entire time and then was very fitful that night after we finally landed. I was exhausted BUT we both had so much adrenaline that it was fine. I did a lot of the things you suggested but learned some new tips. Thanks! I would suggest that you really evaluate how you pack everything, though. That was definitely our biggest issue. You will absolutely want to do these things but you will also need to think about how you can quickly stash it, keep it organized, have access to necessities ($, tickets, ID, diapers, food), and still be able to carry it. The worst part of the trip, for me, was trying to hold a baby on my lap (no prob there for you–wise!) while trying to dig into an overstuffed, messy diaper bag wedged at my feet on board. Between flights, I had to haul a few heavy bags by myself while pushing a too short (for me) umbrella stroller that had no cargo room. With my stiff airplane muscles, it was intense. Maybe take turns at your layover watching the bags vs. watching the kids but also try to get in some stretch time. And if you figure out how to pack all those on flight necessities so they can be easy to carry while staying organized then please share your ideas with us because I, for one, still don't know how to do it. Oh, & if you or your husband are tall, you can purchase stroller handlebar extenders so you aren't constantly hunched over & kicking that umbrella stroller. I wish I had known that!
P.S. Your blog is so wonderful. Thank you!
Thank you Sharon! I'm hoping we don't have any unexpected delays… that would be awful! Our layover is only 90 minutes, so we plan to let the kids run around as much as possible during that time. I'm lucky I'll have my husband around to help with all the luggage. We are going to check as much as we can. I'll do another post on how I'm going to organize everything in our carry-ons for easy access (basically, Zip-loc bags are my best friend!). My husband is really tall… we'll have to consider that when looking for a stroller!
Well first off, congratulations on your upcoming trip back to Japan… it must be exciting for all. And secondly, well done on such a comprehensive compilations of strategies and ideas. There are some really nice ideas in there. You may also want to think about bringing particular 'sleep' items, whether it's PJs or a toy that they associate with sleep.
I have to admit that we have it pretty lucky – ok, VERY LUCKY. Our son was always a fantastic flyer… admittedly the longest flight we have to Japan is about 9.5 hours (and virtually no time change), so that helps. But he also is quite happy to sleep on the plane. Day or night. So we don't have to over think too much. Of course, there's always the occasional flight where nothing goes right… and they truly are hellish. Still, it's important to remember that it's only 1 day, and if you're dreading it too much, this can be picked up by children. Good luck and tell us what worked best.
PS – stickers are definitely our sons favourite distraction. That and a new small toy that he can play and explore with.
PPS – a parents worse nightmare is a crying baby on a long flight (and this goes for the other passengers as well)… however, you soon find out that most of the people on the plane have had children and know exactly what you're going through. It's never nice when children are unsettled on flights, but also never quite as bad as we fear.
Thanks Ben! I'm going to try my best to stay relaxed (and get a lot of rest before the flight) and have a "come-what-may-and-love-it" attitude. My kids are usually great too on planes, and awesome sleepers at night, but 17 hours is just so long 😦 I am SO jealous you don't have much of a time change. For us, night and day will be completely flip-flopped.
I'll definitely report back after the trip and share what worked and what didn't.
Ben, btw, congratulations on your new arrival, she is adorable!! (the past few times I've tried to comment on your blog, it won't let me).
Ps-I don't have a toddler but consider myself a kid so, I guess my comments have some validity.
Oh, let me know how the back rows go. We always do bulkhead for the extra space, but I've contemplated the back row as well. The car seat is a fantastic idea.
We tend to take a walk every hour. The flight attendants expect it, and a few turns around the fuselage get some of the wiggles out. I'm excited to try the masking tape idea this summer.
Good luck! Oh and bring some melatonin for jet lag once you get here. It's a life saver.
Bulkhead would be nice too (I wouldn't have to worry about kicking!) but I don't think were available for our flights 😦 I'll let you know how the back goes. I'm not sure what melatonin is, I'll have to look it up. A vitamin, maybe?
I recommend happy meal toys. ( do NOT show them to your kids until your trip day.) Because you might lose the toys in the plane. I bought magnetic puzzle one time. That was awesome, I agree. But my daughter dropped the piece and I could not find it. I know you are not comfortable this idea because it is really ' material girl' way. But do NOT bring your favorite toy in the plane.
Thanks for the tips, az!
Be sure to get some video of your toddler on the flight and throughout your trip. My wife and I have 5 kids, and we really enjoy watching old videos of them when they were toddlers. So funny at that age!
Good luck with the flight. You're prepared (great lists, by the way!). We went to Hawaii for my brother's wedding when my DD was 3 months old. It was about a 10 hour trip in total. It was not fun – she threw up in the plane, had poop blowouts – everything you can imagine. However, you get through it and breathe a sigh of relief when you're at your destination. You'll be fine because you have thought of everything!
I have been reading about the CARES system A LOT online!!! I'm losing sleep over taking the carseat vs CARES. There are definitely pros and cons to each. A car seat will be much more comfortable for a 17-hour trip, but it is also bulky and he won't be able to use the seat table. CARES seems like a great alternative to the carseat, but since my toddler is on the small side, I fear it will not fit him right and won't be comfortable enough to fall asleep in. Not to mention, it is quite the investment.
Do you have any tips for getting a toddler to sleep comfortably while using CARES? That would be great.
I am so excited for you! Too bad you are not visiting Kyushu.
When in Japan, don't forget to check out the 100 yen shops for new toys for the way back! Lots of 100 yen books aimed at little kids. Also, the glow in the dark bracelets keep my kids and husband occupied for a while.
I don't know if you are flying on a Japanese airline or not but if you are you can get them to lend you a carseat. Japanese carseats are not made for airplanes so this is what we always do. They set it up for you and everything, just call ahead.
Thanks for the link to the I Spy bag! They are adorable <3. Also, I didn't know some airlines will lend you a car seat. We are flying ANA, I'll have to call and see if they have any.
Are glow in the dark bracelets allowed past security? I just bought a whole bunch, it would be great to take them!
We will DEFINITELY be stocking up at 100-yen stores. I love that place!
Did you find out if ANA loans carseats? We are taking our 2.5 year old to Japan in August on ANA.
Hi Lauren! I would call ANA and ask them directly. They are usually really good about answering their phones right away.
I need to update this post… We actually ended up not taking a car seat and we were so glad we didn't. It would have been difficult to deal with a car seat on top of all our luggage.
We asked ANA if we could use the CARES seatbelt, and they said no.
You're welcome, and have a wonderful trip. Thank you for commenting!
Those are awesome stickers on the "barf bag." =) Where did you get those?
You're awesome! Most blogs are about 2 hour flights and moms are freaking out that it's going to be so long and all I can think about is 'well i'm facing an 11 hour flight' Or there's lots of ideas for what to put in their carry on for toys but there are about 4 things and I know my little guy would go through that in less than an hour. I've spent months collecting things from the dollar store and around the house and hiding his favorite toys so they seem new when we get on the plane. Your tips are so helpful. Definitely need to remind myself to bring patience. I love the idea of making a sling with the blanket, that's going to save a lot of back ache and asking the person in front to please pass things back. Also definitely going to try the tent over top if there happens to be a spare seat for him. Also love the idea of sending one person on board ahead of time to set up camp. What a good idea.
I laughed aloud at your experience with the pipe cleaners – yes, some suggested activities really do last about 5 minutes. LIke tape – I keep reading that we should give them tape…my 1.5 year old son didn't know what to do with it.
I've taken my son twice now from Australia to NY – first time wasn't too bad, as he was a baby and we used the bassinet. He slept a lot thank god.
In the US you're allowed to use Benedryl, and believe me, for the return trip I did. It wasn't so bad – he fell asleep for 7 hours of the 13 hr trip from LAX. I also used the bathroom trick on the way back.
Stickers. He loved sticking them all over the seat, and himself. I had about 10 million in my carryon.
Books: he's always loved books, so this killed a little time.
Snacks: bring a few – the plane had a lot as well, which was nice.
Ice cubes and cups: this was a big winner – who would've thought? On the short flight from Chicago to Buffalo, this held his attention almost the entire time.
We're leaving next week for our annual trip to NY. He's 2.7 now, and LOVES the iPad as a special treat, and has a few favourite children's tv shows. Also, my husband will be with me on the way over – whew! I have high hopes, wish me luck!
Thank you for sharing your first-hand experience! 1.5 years is definitely the hardest age for an international flight! My baby just turned one and I am feeling so glad we decided to go to Japan when she was just 6 months old and unable to crawl or walk. You are a warrior– good luck on your next flight!
Hi thank you for your article! I am traveling with a 2 year old to Tokyo. Should I bring an umbrella stroller or a baby carrier (I gotan ergo)???
Oh that is tricky! If you baby was younger I would say just the carrier, but I imagine a 2-year old would get quite heavy for a day of walking. An umbrella stroller would work ok but it is a pain on the trains and stairs– not to mention terrible to have during rush hour. Hard choice!!
I hope it's okay that I'm putting my two cents in. Last year I traveled alone with my two kids (ages 3 & 5) through several cities in Japan for a month. For us, a stroller was a must. We used a Phil & Ted double stroller (which was the exact width of the shinkansen doors). It saved my hide for a few reasons. 1. It allowed me to be hands free and gave my back a break. I could also load my kids' stuff in on their laps when needed. 2. My kids are not Asian and one gets attention for her red, curly hair even in America. The Japanese were very respectful of her space but there were foreign tourists from other countries with more aggressive cultures that would mob her and even pick her up and try to carry her around. It terrified her and stressed me out too since that's not our culture. I'm sure they had no ill will but it was scary. The stroller provided a barrier that could shield her and make for a quick escape too! 3. Sometimes my kids would get too curious or wild. It was a good portable time out when needed as well as a way to keep them in place.
It's true that it is bulky and annoying at times. Many train stations aren't equipped for strollers and there were times I could only enter or exit in certain doors. Sometimes it would be difficult to get through train doors (see my note above about the width of the shinkansen). It would be horrible during Tokyo rush hour too. When I got stuck, though, hordes of salarymen and sweet grandmas would always immediately come to my rescue, helping me with my bags and with lifting the stroller even without being asked. It was so kind and touching for me. This happened countless times. If you're in a rush, it can make it difficult when you have to wait for elevators in the stations or stores, too. It also took up very valuable space in cramped Tokyo hotel rooms.
With all that being said, it was a lifeline for me and I couldn't have managed two kids through several cities alone without it. If I had a non-walking child, I would probably prefer the ergo carrier but for a walking child, I would recommend the stroller. If you choose to take a stroller, try to stick to an umbrella stroller. If you need a double, the Phil & Ted was probably the best choice possible. Anything bigger would have been a nightmare.
Hope that helps! Good luck and enjoy your trip!!!
I traveled last year with a 7 months old baby to philippines. I was alone but I was okay because my baby just sleep the whole 15 hour flight ..
Now I'm travelling again and she is 19 months old .and very mobile . I'm thinking of bringing a carrier that I can use during the flight so that she feel comfortable while sleeping and have an umbrella stroller to use at the airport .I just hope that she will be sleeping again the whole flight .. cause it's her bed time during ourban travel.. thank u for this blog by the way. I caneed get more ideas what to do.
Oh man, we are planning a trip to Japan in May with our 6, 4, and almost 2 year old. Everyone says we are Cah-Razy! It's good to know that others have done it as well. Our kids are good travelers, its the youngest I'm most worried about. Everyone seems to agree that that is the toughest age. But I've got lots of tricks up my sleeve, and we've traveled with both of the others at that age (although not this long). She's also a pretty calm, and easily entertained kid.
Thanks for the tips! I'd love to know more about your thoughts after the fact. Have you written anything more extensive about that?


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Daniela Droz (born August 16, 1977) is a Puerto Rican actress, singer, and television host.

Early years
Daniela [Yesenia Droz Serrano] started her acting career during childhood.  Her stage debut took place in 1987, at age 10, in the San Juan production of the musical play Annie at Santurce Performing Arts Center. The Spanish-language production was produced by Benito Mateo, and also featured Nilka Desiree as "Annie", Kate Garrity as "Miss Hannigan", Luis Antonio Cosme as "Oliver Warbucks", and Claribel Medina as "Grace", among other noted performers.  In 1988, she won the first prize award in 'Miss Maja Infantil' of Puerto Rico. Shortly after, she performed for several seasons, in a television comedy serial called: Maripili, opposite Puerto Rican leading lady Alfonsina Molinari, broadcast by WLUZ-TV, as well as various supporting roles in several sitcoms, such as Cuqui, and Carmelo y Punto, (Carmelo and Period), broadcast by WAPA-TV.

Daniela Droz lived in Laguna Gardens in her early years, while studying at Carvin High School in Carolina, Puerto Rico.

Singing career
As the years came about, Daniela Droz became a young woman and her interests inclined to the music business, even though she had an alternate career as a fashion model.  She became part of a merengue vocal group, studied communications at college, and after several attempts to fulfill her dreams of becoming a singer, in 1999, at age 22, she was signed by the EMI Latin recording label, and recorded her first album called: Cosas de Mujeres (Women talk), in the merengue genre. By then, Daniela was also known by the cognomen: La Dama de Hierro, (The Iron Lady).  This surname is also the title of her first video clip, & her first hit single, composed by Marco Antonio Solís.  The second hit single was Debo contar hasta diez,(I must count to ten), and her opposite leading man in the video clip was Cuban–Mexican actor Francisco Gattorno. Droz toured in Dominican Republic, and was the guest star of the television variety show Sábados de Corporán, in which she sang a duet with Dominican merengue singer, Kinito Mendez. After touring for a while throughout the Caribbean, she returns to Puerto Rico, and performed as the guest star of Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández's concerts at the Santurce Performing Arts Center.

In 2000, Daniela was acknowledged as 'The best young artist of the year' at the Paoli Awards, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In the same year she participated along with Robert Avellanet in the play "The Sleeping beauty". Later on she participated in the especial show for "Vamos a encascarnos" with the Puerto Rican comedian Johnny Ray.

In 2008, Droz was recorded a song duet the Puerto Rican singer Osvaldo "Junny" Ramos, named "En una Cuerda Floja", in bachata, that song is planned to be in the next album of Daniela like a featuring.

Acting career
As the year 2000 came about, she performed the leading role, on the stage production: La Bella Durmiente (Sleeping Beauty), alongside Gladys Rodríguez, and Lou Briel, among others, and opposite leading man, Robert Avellanet, again at Santurce Performing Arts Center.
In 2001, she played "Sandy" in Grease, the musical, performed in English at the Arena Pier 10 showspot, opposite leading man Charlie Masso.

In 2004, she portrayed 'Elena', the leading lady of the Puerto Rican musical play: El Bombón de Elena, (Helen's Sweet), at Santurce Performing Arts Center, alongside Choco Orta and Andy Montañez, among others.

In 2006, she played opposite leading lady Karla Monroig in the Telemundo soap opera: Dueña y Señora.  Her performance was acknowledged by the critics, as the villain of the telenovela.  At the end of this year, she played "Sheila" in the well-received Puerto Rican production of the musical play A Chorus Line, staged at Caguas Performing Arts Center, alongside Marian Pabón & Braulio Castillo, hijo.

Career as host
Daniela Droz has been the host of various television specials, and daily shows as Anda Pa'l Cará, and Objetivo Fama for several seasons.
In 2007, she joined Antonio Sánchez "El Gangster" and "Funky Joe" as co-host of the daily radio show El Bayú de la Mañana on SalSoul. In January 2008, she joined them again on their new radio show, El Circo de La Mega. She also started co-hosting Sánchez television program No te Duermas.

See also
List of Puerto Ricans
Dueña y Señora

References

External links

1978 births
Living people
People from Carolina, Puerto Rico
21st-century Puerto Rican actresses
21st-century Puerto Rican women singers
Puerto Rican soap opera actresses
Puerto Rican stage actresses
Puerto Rican telenovela actresses
Puerto Rican television actresses
Women in Latin music

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Maker of cellulose insulation, absorbents opening manufacturing operation in West Easton
By Jon Harris
Jul 09, 2019 | 3:52 PM
A startup cellulose fiber manufacturer has chosen West Easton as the spot to launch its operation.
IQ Fibers, which will make cellulose insulation and absorbents, will lease a 45,000-square-foot building at 1550 Lehigh Drive for its manufacturing operation and is expected to invest at least $5.4 million in the project, Gov. Tom Wolf announced in a news release Tuesday. The project, which is expected to create 43 jobs, includes building improvements and the purchase of machinery and equipment. The facility is not expected to be operational for several months, IQ Fibers CEO George Day said.
"This is an exciting day for the team here at IQ Fibers," Day said in the release. "We are extremely proud of our facility and the highly engineered cellulose fiber products we manufacture. With the market demand for more environmentally friendly solutions, we believe this is the right time and place to launch our company."
According to IQ Fibers' website, cellulose fiber provides homeowners with air-tight, quiet and energy-efficient insulation. The company also touts the environmental benefits, noting its product is made of up to 85% recycled paper fiber. Similar environmental benefits can be found with its absorbents, which can be used to clean up oil spills, the website says.
To bring its operation here, Wolf said, IQ Fibers received funding from the state Department of Community and Economic Development that includes an $86,000 Pennsylvania First grant, $86,000 in job creation tax credits to be distributed once the jobs are created and a $32,500 workforce development grant to help train employees.
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The project was coordinated by the Governor's Action Team of economic development professionals, with help from the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp.
The arrival of IQ Fibers also gives LVEDC President and CEO Don Cunningham a fresh example to tout the area's manufacturing strength. Manufacturing, Cunningham said in the release, accounts for $7.4 billion of the region's $40 billion gross domestic product, stacking it up as the area's second-largest economic sector.
"We're very pleased that IQ Fibers has decided to establish its first Pennsylvania manufacturing operation here in the Lehigh Valley, where manufacturing is alive and well," Cunningham said.
Morning Call reporter Jon Harris can be reached at 610-820-6779 or at jon.harris@mcall.com.


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Beyond 1918 event proves popular as part of Good Relations Week
More than 40 people from across the district attended the 'Beyond 1918' conference which took place as part of Good Relations Week in Omagh Library on Thursday 20 September.
The conference, which featured contributions from guest speakers Philip Orr, Jimmy McDermott and Maureen Hetherington, explored the key historical events of the end of World War One and its aftermath.
Organised by Fermanagh and Omagh District Council in partnership with Rural Community Network and Libraries NI, the event also featured music, a question and answer session and an exhibition curated by the library. The conference was compered by Martin Snodden, a specialist in addressing conflict and its legacy, including developing Irish History courses as a means of acknowledging the past. A music interlude was provided by talented local singers Courtney McCaskie, Beth McElhatton and accompanied by guitarist Paddy Bradley. The event was brought to a close by world renowned fiddle player Tracey McRory.
Speaking at the event Martin Snodden said,
"These are two of the most critical years in Irish history. As World War One drew to a close the Irish War of Independence was launched on the back of a huge election victory by Sinn Fein and its abstention from Westminster. However, with the north eastern counties' large support for pro-union candidates, not all Ireland had voted favourably for Sinn Fein. What were the issues? Who were the players? What were their positions? What actually took place? These are the questions that are particularly relevant to this period and were discussed at the event."
This event was one of fourteen taking place in the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area as part of Good Relations Week.
This project received financial support from Fermanagh and Omagh District Council's good relations programme assisted by The Executive Office.
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feedback from The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.
feedback, arrangement for the automatic self-regulation of an electrical, mechanical, or biological system by returning part of its output as input. A simple example of feedback is provided by a governor on an engine; if the speed of the engine exceeds a preset limit, the governor reduces the supply of fuel, thus decreasing the speed. Electronic control systems employ feedback extensively. In voltage and current regulators, part of the output is used as a control input, providing self-regulation. For example, if the output becomes too great, it acts through the feedback loop to reduce itself. The use of feedback as the fundamental control mechanism for machinery occurs in automation. Living organisms possess feedback control systems of great complexity. For example, when the hand reaches for an object, information about its position is continuously fed back to the brain, both by the eyes and by position-sensing nerves in the arm; the brain uses the position information to guide the hand to the object. Such feedback can be termed voluntary, since it is to some extent under conscious control. Automatic, involuntary feedback is constantly taking place as well, controlling processes such as respiration, circulation, digestion, and maintenance of body temperature. Feedback is one of the main concerns of cybernetics. See control systems. See also biofeedback.
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Q: Excel plot with dynamic series based on column values I don't know exactly how to phrase this but I am essentially hoping to group data into series for an excel plot based on a column value preceding the other data. For example:
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If I had this data I would want the result to be a scatter plot graph with all the apples in one series, all of the oranges in their own series etc with size on the X and weight on the Y. I have been trying messing around with pivot tables, but I get stuck since it provides averages/counts and not every single data point. I know how to do this manually adding one series at a time using sorting, but I was hoping there might be some easier way to expedite the process since it seems so straightforward.
Thanks

A: A PivotTable may help you if you add an index column and use that for Row labels (forcing Σ Values to treat each row individually). You can't plot a scatter chart from a PT so I copied the body of the PT instead and pasted Special as Values:

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Suncorp Super Netball Update
Suncorp Super Netball has provided an update on club training.
The Suncorp Super Netball league has advised clubs that no team training can be held and that athletes are to continue their 12 hours of individualised club training per week until 31 May.
Following the recent Federal and State Government announcements on reduced restrictions around social gatherings and sport, the league has considered the varied approaches of each state and territory as they apply to the resumption of training and playing.
The league has informed clubs that, until May 31, all player training and preparation should continue to align with the minimum Level A standard as described in the AIS Framework for Rebooting Sport, where athletes partake in solo training or with one other person while maintaining social distancing.
Suncorp Super Netball CEO Chris Symington said prospects for the 2020 season looked promising but there is still some work to do before finalising its format and timeline.
"With restrictions easing around the country, our hopes of being able to complete a full 2020 season are cautiously rising, but in order to maintain competitive balance within the league while the finer details of the season are agreed upon, we have advised clubs and athletes to continue solo training for the next two and a half weeks," he said.
"There are still many decisions to be made in relation to how and when the 2020 season will take place, as well as how and when all clubs will resume formal training, and the league will be position to announce all of this prior to 31 May."
The Suncorp Super Netball league also communicated that clubs must factor in any quarantining measures when bringing athletes back to the club from interstate or overseas within the next few weeks.
Suncorp Super Netball athletes are currently doing 12 hours of club-led training per week, as agreed by the league, clubs and the Australian Netball Players' Association, in line with player pay reductions announced in April.


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Hasora leucospila is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in Southeast Asia, Cambodia.

See also
 Coeliadinae
 Hesperiidae

Hasora
Butterflies described in 1891
Butterflies of Asia


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Arnaud Desplechin, (a French director noted for tackling stories that purport to interpret the meaning of life for his countrymen) garnered considerable European praise for this, his latest film--but I doubt it will do well with American audiences, who'll find its artful digressions and rambling soliloquies more ponderous than insightful.
Kings revolves around Nora Cotterelle and the four men in her life--her professorial father, only son Elias, the lover who fathered her child and Ismael, the concert violist who shared her life for six tumultuous years and helped raise her son. She and the frenetic musician are separated when the movie opens; Nora is about to marry a wealthy businessman who'll provide security if not passionate vitality, a trait Ismael possesses in such quantities it's landed him in a mental hospital.
Over the course of the film's 2½ hours, these one-time lovers will confront their private demons as they interact with respective family members and friends in ways that are best described by the yes-but style of so many pretentious art-house movies. Yes, Ismael's compulsive stream-of-consciousness rants are annoying, but doesn't he possess a raw appetite for life like Jack Nicholson's Randle McMurphy, the iconic rebel in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest? Yes, Nora's decision to distance herself from the artistic life Ismael offers to settle instead for a petit bourgeois existence with her fiancée does render her banal, but doesn't her relationship with son Elias and her terminally ill father suggest that Nora's already absorbed the lessons of ennui which permeate Francoise Sagan's depiction of upper-class French life in Bonjour Tristesse? Yes, the psychiatrist played by Catherine Deneuve prattles on about Ismael's condition without making any sense at all, but isn't she stunning at age 62, smoking her Gauloise like a member of the French resistance in WW II?
Emmanuelle Devos, (Talk to Me) manages to make Nora initially interesting; armed with a darting smile and eyes that hint at conflicting emotions lurking deep in the recesses of her wounded heart, Nora's flight from emotional fulfillment to crass financial security makes her unfolding story worth the initial attention Desplechin devotes to it. But as Ismael, Mathieu Amalric--inexplicably awarded France's Cesar as Best Actor--quickly grows annoying as the manic-depressive artist forced to live under the stifling dictates and bureaucratic rules of middle-brow Gallic life. Ostensibly the embodiment of a contemporary social critic, Ismael's rants, comedic flailing and reflections on friendship, fatherhood and sexual faithfulness ooze through the script, emerging as tell-tale signals of massive self-absorption. At the film's end, he's lost Nora, declined to be guardian of her son and seen his viola confiscated by the quartet whose work he's so often disrupted with his seemingly charming irrepressibility. The director obviously intends Ismael to be purposively disturbing; unfortunately, he's merely annoying.
In presenting the parallel lives of these star-crossed lovers, Desplechin burdens his presentation with editing decisions that confuse the film's continuity and drain it of sustained dramatic impact; Nora's reflections on her marriage, the birth of her son and her years with Ismael are interspersed with those in which she attends to her father during the last weeks of his life; when these portions of the movie are further fractured by segments about Ismael that have nothing to do with Nora, the momentum of the movie ebbs and flows in ways that make it both hard to follow and even harder to enjoy.
Kings is not without merit; Devos is always interesting to watch and that portion of the movie which deals with her father's death impressively reflects the hard lessons about terminal illness taught by Dr. Shep Nuland in his award-winning book How We Die; but about half way through, Kings fails the all important "seat of the pants" test. By the final reel, the audience we saw it with was audibly and visibly ready to move on.
The Verdict? Unless you revel in the pretentious, you should move on to a different movie.


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Horseshoe Canyon - Canyonlands National Park
Summary: An out and back hike to some of the best pictograph panels anywhere. The hike has an elevation loss and gain of 750 feet and passes through the scenic drainage of Barrier Creek, which features sheer sandstone walls, alcoves and groves of cottonwood trees. Most of the pictographs found in the canyon were thought to have been painted between 2000 BC to 500 AD by groups of hunter-gatherers who pre-dated the Anasazi and Fremont cultures. The panels are painted in a style known as "Barrier Canyon" featuring dark, tapering, immobile human forms, painted in a dark red pigment. These figures are frequently ghostly in appearance, hovering in rows against a sandstone backdrop within alcoves.
The Rules: Pets are prohibited below the rim of Horseshoe Canyon. Group size is limited to 20 people. Don't touch the pictographs! Pack animals are allowed, and you'll see evidence to this effect.
Directions: From the town of Hanksville, drive north on Highway 24 for 19 miles to between mileposts 135-136 and turn right (Goblin Valley State Park is just north of this road). Drive 24 miles on this well graded dirt road (suitable for passenger car) to a fork in the road and information kiosk. Turn left heading towards Horseshoe Canyon and drive 5 miles to a sign pointing right to the Horseshoe Canyon Trailhead. Follow this somewhat rougher dirt road for about 2 miles to the trailhead, which features a restroom, information kiosk and a few campsites.
Road Conditions: High Clearance Vehicle (when roads are dry), a Passenger Car will get you close (maybe all the way?)
Navigation: Easy
Length: 6.5 miles
Date Hiked: July, 2007
Weather Conditions: Hot and sunny
Hike Description: From the parking area, follow the well marked path as it descends over slick rock towards the canyon. Along the way you will pass a well preserved dinosaur footprint that is encircled in rocks (the footprint is located right in the trail a few hundred yards prior to reaching a water tank). The trail reaches a point that overlooks the canyon, then descends along a sandy arc to eventually enter Horseshoe Canyon. Turn right and begin walking up-canyon. Walking in Horseshoe Canyon alternates between firm sand, loose sand and rocks. Simply follow the foot prints and the main path as it winds its way along the canyon bottom. The path will take you right to each of the four pictograph panels, the first of which (the High Gallery) lies a short distance up-canyon high on the wall on the left. Just beyond on the right hand side is the Horseshoe Shelter panel, which contains several small abstract forms and a dog. Look for a use trail on the right that leads up to some additional panels which were drawn at a later date and feature a hunter with bow and arrow, elk and bison (the bow and arrow was introduced into the Canyonlands area around A.D. 400). Continue up-canyon another 3/4 of a mile to a large alcove on the right. There are several forms located in the northern part of the alcove, though they are not as well preserved as the others and exhibit some evidence of vandalism. Another mile or so up-canyon you will arrive at one of the largest pictograph panels in existence called the Great Gallery. This panel is located in a prominent alcove on the right. There are ammo cans that contain a register, informational papers and binoculars with which to better view the panels. After enjoying the scene, return the way you came.
Rating (1-5 stars):
The author and his wife completed the hike on a very hot day in July at a slow pace in about 6 hours lingering at each of the panels and taking an afternoon nap in the shade of the Great Gallery.
Maps: None used
Books: Canyon Hiking Guide to the Colorado Plateau - Michael Kelsey
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Descending into Horseshoe Canyon. Scene from the High Gallery.
Scenes from the Horseshoe Shelter panel.
Hunting scene from the Horseshoe
Shelter panel.
A panorama photo of the Great Gallery.


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Since her debut at the age of 11 with the New York Philharmonic 33 years ago, the violinist Midori has established a record of achievement which sets her apart as a master musician, an innovator, and a champion of the developmental potential of children.
Last season she added two new recordings – one of which won a Grammy – to her extensive catalogue of CDs, and this season she will make two new recordings, one of Bach solo sonatas and partitas and one of the violin concerto DoReMi by Peter Eötvös with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the composer conducting.
Other notable events this season are residencies, the first at Ravinia, where she served as both soloist with the Chicago Symphony and faculty member at the prestigious Steans Institute; the second, at the Lucerne Festival, where she was named Artiste Étoile, she played the world premiere of Oskar (Towards a Brighter Hue II), a new violin concerto composed for her by Johannes Maria Staud; and the third, a series of concerts at Tokyo's Suntory Hall, combining recitals of new music and standard repertoire with a special concert for seniors and another featuring four violin concertos in a single programme.
Recital engagements include Bach solo sonatas and partitas in London and concerts with pianist Özgür Aydin in Paris, Düsseldorf and Tokyo, and she will perform in concert with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Russian National Orchestra, the Dresden Staatskapelle and the Schleswig Holstein Festival Orchestra.
In North America, engagements include concerts with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Montréal Symphony, and the NY Philharmonic at the orchestra's residency in Vail. To this and her many other commitments she continues her position as Distinguished Professor of Violin and Jascha Heifetz Chair at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music. Today Midori is recognized as an extraordinary performer, and also as a devoted and gifted educator and an innovative community engagement activist. In 1992 she founded Midori & Friends, a non-profit organization in New York which brings music education programmes to underserved New York City schoolchildren in every borough each year. Two other organizations, Music Sharing, based in Japan, and Partners in Performance, based in the U.S., also bring music closer to the lives of people who may not otherwise have involvement with the arts. Her commitment to community collaboration and outreach is further realised in her Orchestra Residencies Program. In 2007, she was named a Messenger of Peace by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Midori was born in Osaka, Japan in 1971 and began studying the violin with her mother, Setsu Goto, at a very early age. Zubin Mehta first heard Midori play in 1982, and it was he who invited her to make her now legendary debut – at the age of 11 – at the New York Philharmonic's traditional New Year's Eve concert, on which occasion she received a standing ovation and the impetus to begin a major career. Today Midori lives in Los Angeles.
Her violin is the 1734 Guarnerius del Gesù 'ex-Huberman'. She uses three bows - two by Dominique Peccatte, and one by Paul Siefried.


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Veteran: suicide seemed only way out – now I help others
Beyond the Battlefield Chairman Robert McCartney pictured at the office in Newtownards.'Picture By: Arthur Allison. Pacemaker Press Belfast 05-07-2018.
Philip Bradfield
A Belfast veteran who lost his family and business due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder considered suicide as a way out - but now helps others recover from the same plight.
Robert McCartney, 59, joined the Royal Irish Rangers 1975 as a 16 year old and did several tours of Northern Ireland and other parts of the world. He left his army family and entered the civilian world in 1995.
"Every feeling in your body is gone, feelings for your family, love, hate - it is all gone. And you are saying to yourself - I am not human anymore. What am I even doing here?"
"I did not know that I had PTSD. I became very successful in business and even though I was successful I knew there was something wrong with me because I was self medicating.
"So it wasn't financial problems, or problems at home, because I had everything.
"I had loads of money, big houses, I could go where I wanted and when I wanted but I was still ill. I was self medicating with alcohol.
"I knew that I was self medicating. It wasn't a case of I want to drink - it was a case of I have to drink."
Rising concerns about sucide rates among military veterans
He had many of the typical symptoms.
"I had hypervigilance, where I felt danger everywhere I went. I couldn't go into shopping centres or go into crowds. I couldn't drive for more than ten miles without taking a panic attack.
"I had no quality of life whatsoever.
I had lots of flashbacks, jumping out of the bed in the middle of the night looking for my rifle jumping up squealing all over the place."
He also had low mood swings.
"You perceive yourself to be in danger all the time. And if you are in danger all the time then you don't want your family around you, because you think 'if this comes true and I am in danger and this danger becomes a reality, I don't want them near me because they will suffer as well'. Then as a result of that the family splits.
"So by the time you admit you have PTSD you have left a tsunami behind you where you have wrecked your whole family."
He lost his own family in 2007 and his successful double glazing factories and showrooms.
"But that was only material things, that meant nothing. My kids still aren't speaking to me."
"Once that happened to me and I was through it and I realised what was wrong with me, I was able to understand what was wrong with me."
He and a group of other veteran friends were "self-medicating" together on alcohol.
"You become a group and you are not comfortable with anyone outside that circle of friends who served with you."
Others use different types of medication.
"It can be prescription drugs which is a massive massive problem here in Northern Ireland veterans."
In his experience GPs must refer veterans to mental health services, but because they are "backed up" there is a waiting list if at least 14 months.
"So the first thing the GP has to do is give them the drugs to keep them away from him, so by the time they get to a mental health professional they now have a comorbidity issue [two disorders instead of one]."
The professional they see then diagnoses them and sends them back to the GP who "can do nothing with them".
One of his traumatic experiences was arriving just after the Falklands War to dig holes for bodies, which by the time he arrived had been frozen.
"But when we put them from the body bag into the coffin they had thawed out and guts were bursting open, legs were falling off and heads were rolling away."
His experiences at home also had an impact.
"In Northern ireland you are lying in an ambush in Fermanagh south Tyrone fighting the IRA and they are coming at you all the time. You are constantly hypervigilant. Well that doesn't leave you."
He was driving down to Enniskillen recently and saw the signs for places he served.
"I still had hypervigilance 30 years later."
"There are a million things you go through in extremes in the army.
"You see a lot of your friends being very seriously injured - and not just on the battlefield in exercises."
A major training exercise in Germany involving 100,000 people allows for 26 deaths before they thinking about calling it off, he says. He has clients with PTSD who never been on a battlefield but have seen their friends killed gruesomely in accidents.
"You are taught to soldier on. But it is when you leave the army that all those things.
The thing about PTSD is that if you can't put it into the cognitive side of the your brain and process it properly, then it actually goes straight into the memory and that is where the flashbacks come from. My job is to bring it out and process it."
He had suicidal thoughts on more than one occasion.
"Basically it comes to the point where when you are looking at it [suicide] and especially from my perspective, within two years of leaving the army I could have called myself a millionaire. And all of a sudden this great life - I seemed to be trying to do everything to excess - and then all of a sudden you stand back and say I have done all this I can't do anymore. "And there is just a feeling of total emptiness. Every feeling in your body is gone, feelings for your family, love, hate - it is all gone.
"And you are saying to yourself - I am not human anymore. What am I even doing here?
That is how you perceive yourself.
"There is nowhere to go except - do the best thing - leave the people, that tsunami of badness that you have left behind you - give them a bit of relief. Just go.
"I didn't actually make plans myself but I planned what way I was going to do it."
At his worst stage the thoughts came two or three times a day, for "a long period".
"That is when you seek help or you are gone."
He adds: "I felt I had done all the badness. I had tried to make up for it and I couldn't make up for it. So why put anybody through any more hassle?
"Because I felt if I survived that then I would only do it again. It was coming back and I was coming back and I was going to destroy people's lives again.
"I had rows with everyone. You just don't care about anyone, you don't care about what you say, you don't care who you hurt, or how you hurt them."
His turning point came when he it "nearly happened".
"I was actually very very close to it happening and I said to myself - wow - and when I went to the doctors I walked in and I remember everything just flew out of me and I burst out crying.
"Me just being able to sit with a stranger for five minutes and blurt it all out - the doctor was brilliant. He kept me for nearly an hour."
Robert had no idea his experiences in the military were the cause of his problems. All he could do was explain how he was feeling.
"When the doctor first diagnosed me, and this is scary, you are the last one - and I see this in 5-6 people a day now - you are the last person in the world who will admit that you are ill.
"Because in the military it is seen as a big weakness and no matter how you are feeling, you always hide it.
"When the doctor actually said to me that I was suffering from chronic PTSD, I got that angry with him that he was suggesting that I was weak that I walked out into the packed surgery and I said 'are any of you going in to see him'?
"And they all looked at me as though I had two heads, because they were all going in to see him.
"'I said I wouldn't let that b****** look after my dog. He doesn't know what he is talking about'. I was still in total denial. That was scary."
He did not feel the civilian health care system at the time really understood military PTSD so he began to study his condition to "heal himself".
Robert was so successful that he knew he had to share his story with veterans walking a similar path. He trained and qualified as a counsellor and now helps others with the same problems.
Today he is chairman of a registered charity in Newtownards, Co Down, Beyond the Battlefield, working with over 3,000 veterans from around the British Isles who are struggling to cope with mental health issues and legal and financial struggles.
"Overall today I would describe my mental health today as 'good'," he adds.
Rising concern about about suicide among military veterans
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