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Young girl rescued from rubble of collapsed school after deadly earthquake
Harley TamplinWednesday 20 Sep 2017 10:09 pm
The powerful quake ripped down buildings in Mexico City (Picture: Reuters)
The heartwarming rescue of a young girl buried below rubble after the earthquake in Mexico has provided hope to her grief-stricken country.
At least 225 people were killed by the shallow, 7.1 magnitude quake that caused devastation in the capital Mexico City.
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But rescuers discovered the girl alive while searching the remains of a collapsed school for victims.
Television network Televisa showed the rescue attempt live, and crews said they spotted the girl when they saw her hand move.
She had been trapped for 24 hours after the quake destroyed the Enrique Rebsamen school in the south of the capital.
Much of the city has been reduced to rubble (Picture: Getty)
Searches are ongoing for survivors beneath the debris (Picture: Xinhua/Grosby Group)
Rescuers carefully threaded a hose through the debris so it would reach the girl, who was not identified, allowing her to drink water.
However, despite her successful rescue, at least 21 children and four adults died when the school was destroyed by the deadliest earthquake to hit Mexico in a generation.
Victims killed when the building collapsed are feared to be as young as three.
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Adriana D'Fargo, who was waiting for news about her seven-year-old daughter, said: 'They keep pulling kids out, but we know nothing of my daughter.'
Incredibly, a teacher and two students had been able to send text messages to their families from within the debris.
President Enrique Pena Nieto said: 'The priority continues to be rescuing people from collapsed buildings and taking care of the injured. Every minute counts.'
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Jan 20, 2020|20th Century, North End History
The Messenger | The 1919 Molasses Flood: Destruction, Immigration, and Active Citizenship in Boston's North End
By Amanda Tuttle
At 12:45 pm, on January 15, 1919, a tsunami-like wave swept down Commercial Street in Boston's North End neighborhood. This giant wave of molasses took the lives of 21 individuals while injuring 150 others. "This was one of the worst catastrophes which has visited the City of Boston in my remembrance … Cold molasses has death-dealing and destructive powers equal to the tornado or the cyclone when it is suddenly unloosed," said Damon Hall in August 1920.[1]
The events of the Molasses Flood and subsequent trial illuminated and exasperated current tensions affecting America at large. Rampant xenophobia and racism, especially against Italians, was at a high. Anarchists were threatening the core of American ideals, and Big Business was running unchecked throughout the country. Through the lens of the Molasses Flood, one can dive deeper into the tumultuous early decades of the twentieth century to understand its lasting impact on our nation.
In 1915, the United States was a country on the brink. The Great War was underway in Europe, with the United States desperate to remain on the outside of the armed conflict but still supply vital munitions and aid to its allies abroad. At home, isolationism continued with an uptick in xenophobic and racist sentiments. In 1875 and 1882, the Federal government enacted its first laws to combat immigration to America. [2]In 1902, future President Woodrow Wilson wrote, "but now there came multitudes of men of the lowest class from the south of Italy … having neither skill nor energy nor any initiative of quick intelligence." [3]Boston's North End neighborhood was an ethnic Italian enclave. According to Boston police, it was increasingly the headquarters for the leading Italian anarchists in America, preaching the violent overthrow of capitalism and government. [4]
In late 1915, this neighborhood became the home of United States Industrial Alcohol's (USIA) newest molasses storage tank. Ships bringing molasses to New England from the Caribbean followed the same shipping routes for over 300 years. USIA was importing molasses for its use in munitions and less for its more popular use in the production of rum. The location of the tank was also below the North End elevated railway. Molasses could easily be loaded onto railcars and transported to the Cambridge distillery. [5]The North End, with its high percentage of Italian immigrants, had significantly low percentages of political participation. Many of those in the neighborhood were not citizens, and, therefore, could not speak up against the building of a massive steel tank. [6]
This is the context in which the molasses tank on Commercial Street received its first delivery on December 31, 1915. By 1916, with the United States still delaying their formal entry into World War I, the tank filled twice to almost two million gallons of molasses. Almost immediately, neighbors and workers reported seeing the tank leaking molasses onto the street. [7]Tensions rose on June 24, 1916 when police discovered a bomb at the USIA facility in Brooklyn. USIA treasurer Arthur Jell erected a fence surrounding the Commercial Street tank in response. Shipments of molasses increased with Woodrow Wilson's declaration of war on April 6, 1917. [8]Later, Jell once again increased police presence at the tank after a bomb exploded at the North End Salutation Street police station following a riot by the International Workers of the World in North Square in early December 1918. [9] On January 15, 1919, just days after a large shipment of molasses brought the tank to a capacity of 2.3 million tons of molasses; a tsunami of the sugary substance engulfed the North End, leaving death and destruction in its wake.
Following the tragedy, the District Attorney stated, "the evidence tends to show that the huge tank collapsed by reason of faulty construction and not because of an explosion," contradicting claims by USIA that Italian anarchists blew up the tank as a way of protesting Big Business and American involvement in World War I. In response, the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled to consolidate the 119 separate claims against USIA into one and appoint an auditor to issue a report on the findings. Dorr vs. United States Industrial Alcohol was the largest class action suit to date in Massachusetts and one of the largest in the United States. [10]
Beginning in August 1920, Damon Everett Hall and Charles Francis Choate put forth hours of testimony for the plaintiff and defense (USIA), respectively, that stretched over four years. During this time, Choate argued that Italian anarchists, still wreaking havoc across America and Boston, were to blame for the collapse. Arguably, the defense strengthened on April 15, 1920 when police arrested two Italian anarchists, Sacco and Vanzetti, for murder in South Braintree. [11]Conversely, Hall showed a pattern of gross neglect and shoddy craftsmanship on the part of US Industrial Alcohol.
Appointed auditor, Hugh W. Ogden, was a lawyer educated at University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Law. He was active in the Episcopal Church of Boston, referred to as an "outstanding Episcopal layman" and authority on canon law. He was also a member of the vestry at the Old North Church. [12]During World War I, Ogden served as Judge Advocate for the 42ndInfantry Rainbow Division in France alongside Generals Pershing and MacArthur. [13]Following his service in the war, Ogden returned home to Boston, where he promptly took on the Molasses Flood case. On April 28, 1925, after almost five years of testimony, Ogden released the "Special Report on Liability to the Superior Court of Massachusetts" which rejected outright USIA's claim of sabotage and concluded that the tank collapsed due to structural failure. [14]Ogden assessed that USIA was to pay $300,000 in damages to the estates of the victims, the City of Boston, and the Boston Elevated Railroad Company due to their breach of common safety.
In its wake, the Molasses Flood of 1919 left more than death and destruction. It effectively ended more than 300 years of molasses trade in the City of Boston, showing that Big Business could not self-police. The rise of government insight and greater regulation paved the way for the New Deal politics of Franklin Roosevelt in the next decades. Across the country, engineering certification laws came into effect and professional engineers registered all major structural plans before cities issued building permits. [15]In addition, there was an uptick in active citizenship within the Italian community of the North End. An increasing number of immigrations became US citizens, allowing them to become decision makers in the fate of their neighborhood. [16]
1. Panorama of the Molasses Disaster site, Globe Newspaper Co., January 15, 1919.
2. Map of Boston, 1917, Walter Scott Bromley and George Washington Bromley. Norman B. Leventhal Map Center. Note the circular Molasses Tank and Old North Church.
3. Aftermath of the Molasses Disaster from under the tracks, photographer unknown, 1919.
4. Hugh W. Ogden (1871-1938) State Auditor Dorr vs. US Industrial Alcohol, ca. 1920. University of Pennsylvania Archives.
[1]Stephen Puleo, Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 (Boston: Beacon Press, 2004), 168-169. Dorr vs. United States Industrial Alcohol(Boston: Social Law Library, 1925).
[2]Daniel Okrent, The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, eugenics, and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America(New York: Scribner, 2019), 52, 183.
[3]Woodrow Wilson, A History of the American People(New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1902), 98-99. For more information on anti-immigrant sentiments in America, and specifically Boston, see: Okrent, The Guarded Gate, and Thomas C. Leonard,Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics and American Economics in the Progressive Era (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016).
[4]Puleo, Dark Tide, 19. As historian Paul Avrich states in Sacco and Vanzetti: The Anarchist Background(Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991), "In the end, truth, justice, and freedom would triumph over falsehood, tyranny, and oppression. To accomplish this, however, would require a social key, for only the complete overthrow of the existing order, the abolition of property, and the destruction of the state, could bring the final emancipation of the workers."
[5]Puleo, Dark Tide, 10-11.
[6]By 1900, over 400,000 out of 560,000 total Bostonians had at least one foreign-born parent.
[7]Puelo, Dark Tide, 38.
[8]Library of Congress, "Stars and Stripes: The American Soliders' Newspaper of WWI, 1918-1919," https://www.loc.gov/collections/stars-and-stripes/articles-and-essays/a-world-at-war/timeline-1914-1921/.
[10]Puleo, Dark Tide, 164.
[11]Felix Frankfurter, "The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti," The Atlantic (March 1927), https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1927/03/the-case-of-sacco-and-vanzetti/306625/.
[12]Vestry- A group of laymen elected to represent the church. According to An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church, the basic responsibilities of the vestry include, "help define and articulate the mission of the congregation; to support the church's mission by word and deed, to select the rector, to ensure effective organization and planning, and to manage resources and finances. For more information about the vestry of Christ Church in the City of Boston, colloquially known as The Old North Church see: "Old North Church (Christ Church in the City of Boston) Records, Massachusetts Historical Society.
[13]In July 1918, Ogden received the Distinguished Service Medal. For his "high ability, talents, and valuable service," Ogden promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in September 1918. For more information about the 42ndRainbow Division see: "Under the Rainbow: The 42ndRainbow Division in World War I," The MacArthur Memorial, http://www.macarthurmemorial.org/198/The-42nd-Rainbow-Division-in-World-War-I. For more information on Ogden's work on courts-martial after World War I, see "Proceedings and Report of Special U.S. War Department Board on Courts-Martial and Their Procedure," (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1919).
[14]Puleo, Dark Tide, 225-229. For more about the impact of the Molasses Flood on business regulation see "How the Boston Molasses Flood Began a New Era of Liability," https://www.shefflaw.com/how-the-boston-molasses-flood-began-a-new-era-of-liability/.
[16]On the other hand, the Johnson-Reid Act of 1924 made official the May 19, 1921 Johnson Bill which limited immigration on a national basis during World War I. This bill used "race arguments grounded in eugenic theory" to cap immigration to the United States based on ethnic and national origins. The quota was equal to 2% of each nationality population in the United States in 1890. This effectively stopped the immigration of Catholics, Jews, and Orthodox Christians from Southern and Eastern Europe.

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Sir J.M. Barrie Biography
Sir. J.M. Barrie – Dramatist & Author 1860-1937
Scottish dramatist and author, 1860-1937. "Children have the strangest adventures without being troubled by them" wrote James Matthew Barrie. It is apt that Barrie penned this phrase, because with the publication of his masterpiece, Peter Pan and Wendy (1911), he introduced the children of England to the strangest adventure they would ever experience—a world of fairies, mermaids, a one-armed pirate, and a flying boy who refused to grow up. J.M. Barrie's fantasy land had its roots in real-life events; the sudden death of his older brother and the attention Barrie lavished on his grieving mother manifest themselves in his veneration for mother figures and his interest in little boys who do not age.
The history of Peter Pan is one of the most complex in children's literature. Peter began as a minor character in one of Barrie's adult novels, The Little White Bird (1902), and later became the hero of his popular play, Peter Pan (first performed in 1904 and published in -1928), created for the amusement of the five Davies brothers, children with whom J.M. Barrie walked in Kensington Gardens. The version that has been passed down through generations combined the dramatic tale with its sequel, Peter Pan: An Afterthought; or, When Wendy Grew Up (1908). Peter, the leader of a band of children known as the Lost Boys, escorts a trio of London siblings—Wendy, Michael, and John Darling- through the clouds to Never Never Land, where they meet the villainous Captain Hook, the beautiful Tiger Lily, and the jealous Tinker Bell.
Peter And Wendy – J.M. Barrie. First edition, 1911
The literary history of Peter Pan is rivaled by its critical history. Soon after its publication, it was compared to a "breath of fresh air… a bit of pure phantasy" and was recommended for the "imaginative, the eternally youthful, and the pure in heart." It was considered "the best thing [Barrie] has done—the thing most directly from within himself." The critical tide turned in the second half of the century as Barrie's work met with a different response; critics believed it portrayed incestuous and homosexual relationships and hinted at castration. It was said that the story was "one of the most fragmented and troubled works in the history of children's fiction." Some may continue to think that the images in Peter Pan are unsettling to young readers, but it seems best to follow advice written in 1920: "The most intelligent attitude to take toward Peter Pan is unconditional surrender. If one unreservedly yields one's mind and heart to its enfolding charm, then one will understand." Understand and, perhaps, fall in love with it over and over.
Source: Children's Books and their Creators, Anita Silvey.
Sir J.M. Barrie Works
The Little White Bird, or Adventures in Kensington Gardens (1902)
Peter Pan (staged 1904, published 1928)
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906)
When Wendy Grew Up: An Afterthought (written – 1908, published 1957)
Peter and Wendy (novel) (1911)
Better Dead (1887)
Auld Licht Idylls (1888)
When a Man's Single (1888)
A Window in Thrums (1889)
My Lady Nicotine (1890), republished in 1926 with the subtitle A Study in Smoke
The Little Minister (1891)
Richard Savage (1891)
Ibsen's Ghost (Toole Up-to-Date) (1891) Walker, London (1892)
Jane Annie (opera), music by Ernest Ford, libretto by Barrie and Arthur Conan Doyle (1893)
A Powerful Drug and Other Stories (1893)
A Tillyloss Scandal (1893)
Two of Them (1893)
A Lady's Shoe (1893) (two short stories: A Lady's Shoe, The Inconsiderate Waiter)
Life in a Country Manse (1894)
Scotland's Lament: A Poem on the Death of Robert Louis Stevenson (1895)
Sentimental Tommy, The Story of His Boyhood (1896)
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A Well-Remembered Voice
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Courage, the Rectorial Address delivered at St. Andrews University (1922)
The Author (1925)
Biographical Introduction to Scott's Last Expedition (preface) (orig. pub. 1913, introduction included in 1925 edition only)
Shall We Join the Ladies? (1928) includes:
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Meelis Friedenthal (* 24. Oktober 1973 in Viljandi) ist ein estnischer Theologe und Schriftsteller.

Leben
Meelis Friedenthal machte 1992 in Tartu Abitur und studierte von 1992 bis 1996 an der Universität Tartu Theologie. Nach seinem Bachelor-Abschluss verbrachte er das Studienjahr 1996/1997 an der Universität Heidelberg. Anschließend belegte er den Magisterstudiengang in Tartu. Nach dem Magister-Abschluss 2001 folgte ein Promotionsstudium, das er 2008 mit dem Dr. theol. abschloss.

Von 2002 bis 2008 hatte er verschiedene Dozentenstellen an der Universität Tartu inne. Seit 2008 ist er als Wissenschaftler an der Universitätsbibliothek Tartu angestellt. Im Studienjahr 2014/2015 war er als Postdoc am Lichtenberg-Kolleg der Universität Göttingen.

Meelis Friedenthal ist seit 2012 Mitglied des Estnischen Schriftstellerverbandes. Er lebt in Tartu.

Werk
Friedenthals Debütroman erzielte beim Romanwettbewerb 2004 den dritten Preis und erschien 2005. Dieser Roman, Goldene Zeit, ist eine Dystopie, die nach einer nicht näher bezeichneten globalen Katastrophe spielt, in der die (übrig gebliebenen) Menschen mühselig probieren, ihr Leben wieder zu organisieren. Der Umstand, dass alle Menschen einmal jährlich geimpft werden müssen – wogegen genau, wird nicht mitgeteilt –, ließ einen Kritiker die rhetorische Frage stellen: "Sind wir selbst nicht diejenigen, die einen ständigen Impfstoff brauchen, um unsere Identität zu erhalten und nicht mit offenen Augen zu schlafen?" Ein anderer Kritiker zog den Vergleich zu George Orwell und fand den Roman "so beklemmend, dass [er ihn] ein paarmal beiseite legen musste."

Sein zweiter Roman, Die Bienen, wurde 2013 mit dem Literaturpreis der Europäischen Union ausgezeichnet. Hierbei handelt es sich um einen historischen Roman, der im 17. Jahrhundert spielt, als Estland Teil von Schweden war. Er wurde als sprachgewaltiges Werk gelobt, das "die besten Traditionen des estnischen historischen Romans weiterführt und sich würdig in die Reihe der Universitätsromane" einreiht. Letzteres bezieht sich darauf, dass die Handlung in der Universitätsstadt Tartu spielt. Die Hauptperson, deren Nationalität nicht näher bestimmt ist, hat ein Medizinstudium im niederländischen Leiden absolviert und versucht die Kenntnisse nun in einer anderen Universitätsstadt anzuwenden und zu vertiefen. Gleichzeitig kämpft er gegen seine eigene Melancholie, die der Autor im Nachwort treffend als "Krankheit des 17. Jahrhunderts" bezeichnet. Dagegen führt die Hauptfigur ihre Universitätsbildung ins Feld, "denn wenn es überhaupt ein Heilmittel gegen Schwermut gibt, dann sind das Kunst und Wissenschaft." Letztere wird ferner gegen die Hexerei eingesetzt, die ein weiteres Thema des Buches ist, das in einer Zeit spielt, als die letzten Hexenprozesse stattfanden. Nicht von ungefähr ist der Roman daher mit Arthur Millers Hexenjagd verglichen worden.

Wie die Romane von Jaan Kross, die häufig eine bestimmte Epoche der estnischen Geschichte thematisieren und zu denen in Rezensionen gleichfalls Parallelen gezogen worden sind, wirft Friedenthals kompakter Roman ein Schlaglicht auf das Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts in Estland. An der Schwelle zum Jahrhundert der Aufklärung steht hier noch der Kampf gegen das Dunkel – verkörpert durch Hexerei und illustriert durch eine (historisch belegte) Hungersnot infolge von Missernten sowie konstant schlechtes Wetter. "Die ganze Zeit regnete es", lautet der erste Satz des Buches, das trotz allem keineswegs deprimierend ist, was vor allem an der "schönen und kultivierten Sprache" liegt.

Der Roman Die Bienen ist bislang ins Albanische (2017), Bulgarische (2018), Dänische (2018), Englische (2017), Griechische (2022), Niederländische (2015), Italienische (2015), Kroatische (2018), Lettische (2015), Litauische (2020), Mazedonische (2018), Norwegische (2016), Serbische (2018), Tschechische (2016) und Ungarische (2016) übersetzt worden.

Auszeichnungen
 2005: Stalker-Literaturpreis für Science-Fiction
 2012: Autor des Jahres in Estland
 2013: Literaturpreis der Europäischen Union für Mesilased
 2023: Friedebert-Tuglas-Novellenpreis für Abracadabra

Schriften
 Kuldne aeg ("Goldene Zeit"). Tuum, Tallinn 2005. 190 S.
 Mesilased ("Die Bienen"). Varrak, Tallinn 2012 (2. Auflage 2013). 214 S.
 Inglite keel ("Die Sprache der Engel"). Varrak, Tallinn 2016. 207 S.
 Kõik äratatakse ellu ("Alle werden zum Leben erweckt"). Kirikiri, Tartu 2020. 255 S.

Literatur
 Jaak Tomberg: Mis toimub lahtiste silmadega magava inimese peas. In: Looming 3/2006, S. 470–472.
 Marju Lepajõe: Võilille surm. In: Vikerkaar, 9/2012, S. 88–93.
 Pille-Riin Larm: Mesilastest ja mittekangelastest. In: Keel ja Kirjandus, 4/2013, S. 296–298.
 Meelis Friedenthal, Sven Vabar: Ajalugu tekitab ängi, segadust. Arusaamatust. Hirmu. In: Looming, 1/2007, S. 77–85.
 Tiit Aleksejev: The Bees. In: Estonian Literary Magazine, 38, spring 2014

Weblinks
 Meelis Friedenthal auf der Homepage des Estonian Literature Information Center (englisch)
 Lesung und Gespräch mit Meelis Friedenthal am 4. November 2020 in Hamburg

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Vantaca Continues Growth Momentum With Key Leadership Team Appointments
WILMINGTON, N.C., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Vantaca, the leader in community management performance software, today announced three new executive leadership appointments: a Chief Financial Officer, a Chief Marketing Officer and a Vice President of Payments. The addition of these critical leadership roles builds on Vantaca's recent growth investment from JMI Equity to accelerate its vision in transforming the community association management industry through software innovation.
Robert Carlson joins Vantaca as Chief Financial Officer, reporting to Ben Currin, Chief Executive Officer. Carlson has held finance leadership roles at leading public market and private equity-backed software companies, including Benefitfocus (BNFT) and Stack Sports, where he scaled high-performing finance teams during periods of rapid growth. Earlier in his career, Carlson worked in finance at Amazon (AMZN) and as an analyst at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Carlson graduated from the University of Kansas with a B.A. in Economics and earned an M.B.A. from the Penn State University Smeal College of Business.
Jason Mundy joins Vantaca as Chief Marketing Officer and is responsible for the marketing strategy, product positioning, brand and growth marketing of the Vantaca SaaS business. Reporting to Ben Currin, Chief Executive Officer, Mundy brings over two decades of B2B technology marketing leadership experience with demonstrated international success for direct and channel sales of recurring revenue product portfolios including SaaS, learning technology, consulting, managed, professional, and customer success services for cloud, software and hardware. Prior to Vantaca, Mundy led marketing for Qstream's microlearning SaaS business and held numerous global marketing leadership roles at EMC and Dell. Mundy received his BS in Industrial Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Rhode Island and his MBA from Boston University.
Neil Axe joins Vantaca as VP of Payments to charter the vision, strategy, roadmap, and partnerships of payments within Vantaca's community management performance software. As principal business owner and subject matter expert, he leads strategy and execution of Vantaca's integrated payments tools, methods, and applications. Neil's 30+ years cross functional fintech product lifecycle and business leadership expertise spans across start-ups and entrepreneurial units of payments ecosystems and tech firms like Cayan (Global Payments), Discover Financial, Dovetail (Fiserv), Dun & Bradstreet, eBillMe (Western Union), FIS (NYCE), Mastercard, Verizon, and WorkWave. Neil is credentialed as a Certified Payments Professional (ETA) and Accredited Payments Risk Professional (NACHA) and holds a BA in Journalism from Penn State and an MBA in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Over the course of 2022 Vantaca has expanded its workforce by 50%, demonstrating its commitment to rapid growth and product innovation through the investment of key personnel in product management and engineering and now with these critical leadership roles.
"I am thrilled to welcome Rob, Jason and Neil to the Vantaca team. As we expand our footprint and add new innovative capabilities, each of these leaders will bring their unique creativity, expertise and proven experience to help Vantaca grow and better serve our customers" said Ben Currin, CEO "we are entering a new era for the community association management industry, and we look forward to leading the way in helping the industry transform through the use of modern technology."
Vantaca will be holding its annual customer and partner gathering – Vantaca Vision Conference in Raleigh, NC on November 7th – 10th and will include sessions on product vision and innovation along with tracks, workshops and roundtables for both executives and end-users.
About Vantaca
Vantaca is the leading community management performance software that enables owners and operators, community management teams, and boards and associations to improve business performance. More than just accounting and management software, it is business operating software that helps increase revenue, efficiency, flexibility, and control. A modern cloud architecture with a single-platform design that adapts to 100% of business processes, has proactive reporting, and can integrate with the software and banking partners of choice. Vantaca is focused exclusively on community management and is the trusted and proven technology leader in the community association management industry.
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Time for The Disney Wordless Wednesday Linky here at Focused on the Magic where each week we get together to share our #DisneySide vacation photos.
This week's theme is Team Disney/Marvel! Who is your favorite?
For the love of Groot! My favorite Guardians of the Galaxy team member.


"Her mouth was all broken, she was very damaged, her skin was hanging off because of the blows," attorney Arnaldo Martinez said of the state in which authorities found Adolfina Camelli Ortigoza, according to Daily Mail.
Surgeons had to reconstruct the lips and nasal septum on her smashed, bloodied face.
When Ortigoza saw photos of her swollen, disfigured visage after her hospitalization, she reportedly did not even recognize herself.
The only reason she did not lose any teeth in the attacks was because her husband, 32-year-old Pedro Heriberto Galeano, "would put a cloth in her mouth so that she would not scream during the brutal beatings that she suffered daily," Martinez said.
Galeano reportedly started reacting violently when her Facebook pictures got any attention and later and progressed to punching and kicking her regularly.
"He controlled the victim's social networking sites, he controlled the messages and photos, and for every like she received from her friends, the woman received a beating because he accused her of having a relationship with them."
The Paraguayan woman's friends had no way of knowing the terror and dread that their friendly notifications would instill in her while Galeano allegedly held her against her will and tortured her.
Ultimately, Galeano's father called police and reported his son's behavior out of fear that Ortigoza was going to die from the final beating.
The husband was arrested and charged with deprivation of liberty, coercion and attempted homicide. If convicted, he could face 30 years in prison.
Daily Mail readers were shocked and sickened by what happened to Ortigoza. A number of commenters had strong language and ill will for Galeano and believed he deserved to be brutally beaten in turn.
"The world has definitely gone mad," one person said.
Others said he demonstrated a tremendous amount of "insecurity," since he knew that his "pretty" young wife "would get tons of likes from her friends by posting pictures of her."
"Probably learnt [behavior] from Dad," wrote one Daily Mail reader. "Only difference is Dad knew when to stop, hence why he only thought to report his son when the wife was close to death. Probably [didn't] want his son in jail for murder - just attempted murder. Lock them both up."
In Paraguay, one woman is murdered every 10 days on average, according to a 2010 report from Inter Press Service.


And it's raining cheese and tomato sauce!
Originally Inferno Pizza, now Pizzastorm on Milton Street aims to offer Pizza, however you want it. We previously popped in when Inferno first came to town and have to admit we were slightly baffled for the need to change to Pizzastorm- the product was good and the system worked.
Just before Christmas we popped in to the newly refurbished and rebranded Pizzastorm for a look and decided to pop in and sample some very reasonably priced pizzas. At £6.00 for a signature pizza it sounded exceptional value for money.
We opted for a Dirty Mighty Meaty and an All Day Breakfast Pizza with a side of Mac N Cheese with Bacon. £15.50 for two pizzas and a side sounds pretty good and will no doubt appeal to families whilst out shopping or off to the cinema.
The Dirty Mighty Meaty featured plenty of meat. Lots of pepperoni, spicy beef and piri piri checken alongside juicy red jalapeno chillis with plenty of flavour. In terms of toppings I'd like to think it was just right. Any more meat and I'd have expected the pizza to be on the oily side.
The All Day Breakfast was ordered with a soft egg and that's what we got- a SOFT egg. Too often have we requested that in the past with very differing results. I'm not sure where in the world meatballs are eaten for breakfast but they worked well with the bacon sausage, mushrooms and baked beans.
Our only slight disappointment in some ways was the Mac N Cheese. At £3.50 it's a pretty much standard 'side' price but in comparison to value shown in the pizza's it somehow felt a bit of a let down. We'd have liked to have either seen either a bigger portion or something lower priced in line with the exceptionally good value of the pizzas.
For £15.50 for two well stocked pizza's and a side we were more than happy with Pizzastorm. The pizzas themselves were of a good size and pretty much a full meal in itself.
We will happily return at some point in future.


'The Apollo Clinic' hosts 'Diabetes Exhibition & Awareness Program' at its Jubilee Hills Clinic Hyderabad, 14th November, 2012 — The Apollo Clinic is hosting a four day Diabetes exhibition and awareness program from November 14th to 17th, 2012 at The Apollo Clinic - Jubilee Hills. This program which coincides with World Diabetes Day on November 14, 2012 was formally inaugurated by cine star Dr. Srihari and Mr. S. Aleem Basha, Zonal Commissioner, (WZ), GHMC, was the guest of honour on the occasion.
The Awareness program has interactive sessions including talks by leading diabetologists of the city on diabetes and its complications, diet and physiotherapy counselling etc. The expert talks will encompass topics associated with diabetes like obesity, retinopathy, eye-care, dental care and diabetes and pregnancy. The Clinic will also extend free specialist consultation for Diabetes, Dental, Gynaecology, Paediatrics & Orthopaedics, besides free diet, physiotherapy and exercise counselling for the visitors during the duration of the event. The Exhibition will have multiple awareness stalls on different diabetic complications.
Speaking on the occasion Dr. Sanjoy Paul, Diabetologist at The Apollo Clinic, Jubilee Hills, said, Hyderabad has already earned the ignominy of being called the diabetic capital of India, but the matter of grave concern is the rapid rise in the number of young type-2 diabetics in the city. India itself is seeing a 33% year on year increase in Type-2 diabetics. It's vital to create awareness that Diabetes is not a disease, but a disorder and can be controlled by proper life-style management, he opined. "Knowledge with empowerment is the focal vision in reducing the risk of developing complications and making life sustainable for a patient afflicted with diabetes", said Dr. S.G. Moazam, Clinical Head — Sugar, The Apollo Clinic.
According to Mr. Sudhir Diggikar, CEO, The Apollo Clinic, the theme for this year's World diabetes day is 'Diabetes Education and Prevention.' The Apollo Clinics has initiated SUGAR to combat diabetes and intends to be in the forefront by reaching out to the citizens, especially the youth through Awareness campaigns. The junk food habits coupled with the stressful lives afflicting our youth today is the real culprit and education alone can make them modify their lifestyles. This program, we are confident will impact positively all those who visit the clinic during the four days, Mr. Diggikar added.
Apollo Health and Lifestyle Limited: Apollo Health and Lifestyle (AHLL) headquartered in Hyderabad was founded in 2002 with the aim "to bring healthcare of international standards within the reach of every individual." To achieve this, AHLL, is establishing a large network of The Apollo Clinics across the country with over 100 clinics operational already.


i'm still having troubles with my western blot.
i seem to have a high background.
how can i solve this problem in a fast way?
with ample amount of PBS/0.1%Tween.
i am handling 6 proteins for western.
somethimes i get high backgrounds and somethimes i don't.
how long are you blocking for??? you could try blocking overnight.


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Dark Crimes (Review)
It takes a dark mind to solve a twisted crime
by Blacktooth Sep 19, 2018, 11:37 am
Director – Alexandros Avranas (Miss Violence, Love Me Not)
Starring – Jim Carrey (Kick Ass 2, Dumb and Dumber), Marton Csokas (Into the Badlands, Sin City: A Dame to Kill), and Charlotte Gainsbourg (Antichrist, Nymphomaniac Vol. 1)
Release Date – 2016
Rating – 3.5/5
I'm a product of my time. I was born in the mid-80s and grew up in the 90s so I enjoy the pop culture of those two decades. I prefer my horror from he 80s but the 90s has heart with their television shows and comedies. Like most people my age, I love Jim Carrey. His movies were always on the television when I was growing up. Most prefer Dumb and Dumber and Liar Liar but Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, and Batman Forever were my go to films for him.
As I got older Carrey took on more serious roles like the film Number 23. It was a good flick but it was difficult to see a beloved comedian take on a serious role. Not long ago I was sent another dark drama starring Carrey. Dark Crimes wrapped production in 2016 but didn't find a proper release in the U.S. until now.
**Spoiler Alert**The film follows detective Tadek (Carrey) who opens up a cold case involving a murdered man and his affiliation with a sex club known as The Cage that has since been closed. His interest in the case comes when the murder, which was never made public, was described in full detail in the book written by Kozlov (Csokas). He thinks he has Kozlov where he wants him but learns that this is now a game and he fell right into his trap with no other option other than to play along. **Spoiler Alert**
I had no idea what to expect when I tossed in Dark Crime. I knew Carrey could be serious if he had to but would this film follow mediocrity until the credits rolled or would it be a film that I would be proud of to own?
The acting in this one is fantastic. Jim Carrey has always been a man that carried his emotions in his face so seeing him emotionless and stoned faced gives this film a chilling tone. I can't say this is a side of Carrey we have never seen before because the Number 23 exists but it is still strange seeing him take on this kind of role. I love it. I also enjoyed Marton Csokas performance. His performance was intense and made the story what it was. The film would have been a lot less dramatic without him.
The story for this one is very complex. In fact, it is so detailed that it is difficult to fully follow and some of the details in the story creates more questions than answers. The story was going in the right direction but someone really needed to go through it with a fine toothed comb.
Finally, if you want blood and gore you wont find it here. However, if you want seedy locations, sleaze, and a police thriller you will enjoy it. Overall, Dark Crimes is a stylishly dark thriller that puts you in mind of Zodiac and Se7en. The story may not be as intriguing but it is still a solid watch. Check it out.
Written by Blacktooth
(Staff Writer) Lover of all things horror and metal. Also likes boobs and booze.
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OSCE high-level regional conference on countering terrorist financing and organized crime hosted in Turkmenistan
Some 200 representatives of Central Asian and other OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation, as well as experts from international organizations, attended on April 17, 2019 in Ashgabat an OSCE high-level regional conference on countering terrorist financing and organized crime.
The Conference was organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), in co-operation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan.
The event brought together high-level and senior representatives of national ministries, Financial Intelligence Units, judicial authorities, banking and communications sectors from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, and other OSCE participating States and high-level officials from the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (UNCTED), UNODC, UNRCCA, INTERPOL, SCO RATS, Anti-Terrorism Center of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS/ATC) and others.
"Attacks around the world demonstrate that terrorist groups are still in a position to access financial resources," said OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger. He said that building the capacity of financial oversight and regulatory systems, as well as of prosecutorial and judicial authorities, is tremendously important. "I am confident that high-level discussions will help strengthen regional approaches to countering terrorist financing and, at the same time, give fresh impetus to evolving discussions at the global level."
The conference is aimed at fostering regional co-operation among Central Asian States in addressing this serious challenge to security and exploring potential links with organized crime through discussions and exchange of good practices related to countering terrorist financing and misuse of new internet technologies by organized crime.
"Turkmenistan attaches special attention to international co-operation and is actively interacting with the United Nations, OSCE, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the Eurasian group on combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism EAG and other organizations in the area of countering terrorist financing," said Deputy Minister of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan. "We intend to further enhance our engagement as the country has applied for joining the Egmont Group, which will foster efficient exchange of information with financial intelligence services of other countries."
Lukas Parizek, Slovak OSCE Chairmanship Special Representative and State Secretary said: "We must do more to detect and suppress terrorist financing channels. Terrorist groups have proven adept at exploiting the Internet and social media platforms for networking and raising funds. We need to develop more effective ways to prevent and counter the misuse of the Internet by terrorists, while respecting fundamental rights and freedoms." Parizek said he hopes that discussions today will help identify best practices and lessons learned and strengthen the foundation for pragmatic, regional co-operation.
Tomorrow, the regional conference on countering terrorist financing and organized crime will continue its work.
Farewell meeting with the Ambassador of Germany in Turkmenistan
The issues of Turkmen-Iranian cooperation were discussed in the MFA of Turkmenistan
Turkmen artists among the winners of the international folk dance competition
Issues of expanding Turkmen-Uzbek cooperation discussed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan discussed the current issues of widening partnership with the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan


Preheat the oven to 375°. Line a large heavy baking sheet with parchment paper and lightly brush the parchment with some of the butter. Using a mandoline, cut the potato crosswise into paper-thin slices. Spread about 24 of the slices (to get 18 perfect chips for assembling the towers) in a single layer on the parchment. Brush the potatoes with the remaining butter and season with salt and pepper.
Cover the potatoes with another piece of parchment and top with a second baking sheet. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until evenly golden; rotate the baking sheet once during baking so the potatoes brown evenly. Transfer the chips to a tray lined with paper towels. Reduce the oven temperature 300°.
In a small bowl, stir the chives into the créme fraîche and set aside. Spread the scallop slices on a baking sheet and bake for 1 to 2 minutes, or just until they lose their transparency; they should still be rare.
To assemble the towers, place a potato chip in the center of each plate and top with 3/4 teaspoon of caviar, 1 scallop slice and a dab of the chive créme fraîche. repeat the layering once and top with a potato chip. Garnish with a large pinch of frisèe and serve at once.
The potato chips can stand at room temperature for up to 2 hours.
This rich, earthy dish is particularly suited to a classic Chardonnay like the Raveneau Valmur Chablis.


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The W. P. Carey School of Business has students from 100 different countries and a strong focus on creating positive change on a global scale. In fact, the school's mission statement specifically addresses that goal, and its efforts in this area are reflected in a number of initiatives.
In addition to hosting one of the top MBA and online MBA programs in the U.S., the school's executive MBA program based in Arizona has also been lauded for its international work. The EMBA students travel to other countries to learn more about business climates outside the United States and to help solve real-world problems for some of the firms they visit. In China, the W. P. Carey School educates some of the top government and business leaders through its executive MBA program in Shanghai, China, and is ranked in the top 30 in the world.
In addition to EMBA programs, the school's globally-oriented degrees include a Master of Science in Global Logistics and Bachelor of Arts in Business with choice of concentrations, including global agribusiness, leadership, logistics management, politics, Spanish or Chinese language and culture. The school also has extensive partnerships with institutions overseas through the accelerated degree partnerships.
Recently, the school also opened a new Global Educational Center to help students coming from overseas to learn more about American culture and to help domestic students, faculty and staff to learn more about other languages and international customs.


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Samsung is claiming that they have done a lot of security-related changes in the Galaxy S8. And, you might think that this is somewhat true as the phone has not only a fingerprint scanner but also Iris Scanner as well as the Face Recognition technology. But, a new video by the YouTuber iDeviceHelp shows that you can bypass the Facial Recognition of the Galaxy S8 using just the photograph of that particular person with whose identity the phone will unlock.
The phones can be unlocked by the face of a sleeping person, or even just by a photo," an industry watcher said. "For now, the facial recognition technology is only intended for fun. It should not be considered as a foolproof security measure.
Well, we can say that among all the different ways provided by Samsung to unlock the Galaxy S8, Iris Scanning seems to be the securest of them all, followed by the fingerprint scanner. Even Samsung itself has admitted that the face scanning technology cannot be use for Samsung Pay as it is less rigorous than the fingerprints. What are your views? Do let us know via the comments section.


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Dr. Greg J. Marchand Becomes First U.S. Surgeon to Receive Award "Surgeon of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Surgery"
PHOENIX, AZ--(Marketwired - November 03, 2016) - Dr. Greg J. Marchand, a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist dedicated to reducing invasive surgeries, recently became the first U.S. surgeon to earn a prestigious accreditation for his outstanding record of performing and promoting minimally invasive procedures.
The Surgical Review Corporation, an internationally recognized medical accreditation company based in North Carolina, named Marchand as the first U.S. "Surgeon of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Surgery" (SOEMIS).
"I am very hopeful that the 'Surgeon of Excellence' program will bring more attention to minimally invasive surgery," the Mesa physician said. "Far too many women are being cut open for procedures that could be performed through minimally invasive means. I am honored to be the first to receive this distinction."
Typically, the SRC and the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists review medical facilities and designate the surgical hospital as a "Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology" (COEMIG). Past recipients have included Kaiser Permanente in California and Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Pennsylvania. This is the first time, however, that a designation has ever been given to an individual surgeon.
"We congratulate Dr. Marchand for his accreditation," says Ashley DuBray, SRC senior director. "To achieve SOEMIS accreditation, Dr. Marchand invited SRC to complete a rigorous onsite inspection and thorough chart review to illustrate his compliance with the program. Dr. Marchand and his practice exemplify SRC's commitment to patient safety and care."
In contrast to typical surgical procedures, such as a traditional hysterectomy in which a woman's abdomen is cut open, the uterus removed and then the incision site sutured, minimally invasive techniques use thin needles, very small incisions and an endoscope to guide the surgical tools through the smaller openings. Trauma to the body and recovery time are both reduced with such surgical options, and patients often leave the hospital the same day as the procedure.
Dr. Marchand's technique for hysterectomies is so refined that he holds a 2008 Guinness World Record with a partner for removing a 7-pound uterus laparoscopically in 2007. He is also extensively published in medical journals for his support of non-invasive techniques and his innovations in the field of minimally invasive surgery.
ABOUT DR. MARCHAND
Greg Marchand, MD is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology, and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He operates at six hospitals in Phoenix's East Valley. Marchand grew up in Rhode Island and completed a four-year residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Tennessee in Memphis. He is extensively published in gynecologic minimally invasive surgery. Marchand is often featured in local media as a medical expert in gynecological health. Visit www.gregmarchandmd.com for more information about his practice.
ABOUT Surgical Review Corporation:
Established in 2003, Surgical Review Corporation is an internationally recognized patient safety organization dedicated to recognizing and refining surgical care. SRC is the leading administrator of quality improvement and accreditation programs for surgeons and hospitals worldwide. To learn more, visit www.surgicalreview.org
ABOUT American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists:
The AAGL is the leading association promoting minimally invasive gynecologic surgery among surgeons worldwide. With more than 7,000 members worldwide, the association counts among its membership the foremost authorities in gynecology and pioneers in technique and procedures. Visit www.aagl.org
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Dino Stamatopoulos has an idea for a Christmas episode of Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, his latest stop-motion animation to hit Adult Swim.
"Elizabeth gets into Christmas and it's a hassle for [Frankenstein] so he goes back in time to try and stop the Virgin Mary from getting pregnant and he actually finds out where Christianity really began," he explained to a group of journalists at his Comic-Con roundtable session last Saturday. "That will be the surprise for you kids."
The idea of a Christmas episode might be expected considering that Stamatopoulos notes that he grew up on Rankin/Bass specials. But, Stamatopoulos is the creator of the now-defunct Middle America satire Moral Orel and responsible for what is the saddest episode of an American animation program we've seen, "The Best Christmas Ever." In that episode, Orel, a sweet but naive young boy, is overwhelmed by the thought that his brother might be the second coming and his parents' rocky relationship. We won't spoil the ending, but it's the sort of show that will hang over you for days as a constant reminder of how truly miserable life can be.
We couldn't help but wonder if a potential Frankenhole seasonal episode would be depressing as well.
"I hope so, but Adult Swim won't let me do depressing anymore," Stamatopoulos answered.
"That's what I'm fascinated by, these puppets are kind of clean slates," he said. "They have emotions, they evoke emotions from us."
"The more basic design of something, the more you have to inject your own personality onto it," added actor Scott Adsit, who plays Professor Polidori on Frankenhole. "You feel a little more for something that is less specific."
"I would like to do a show that's just a glob," said Stamatopoulos, "and the glob makes you cry. "


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By Arvind
A Full Night of Yakshagana @ Kateel
My mother tells me that we have been to Kateel along with my grandmother. It must been about 25 years ago. I have no recollection of it. A visit without memories is no visit at all. A life without memories is no life at all.
Kateel is famous for its small temple dedicated to Durga Parameshwari. The speciality of this temple is that it stands in the middle of river Nandini and can be accessed by a short bridge. On this visit, the river was a pathetic stream struggling to keep its meagre flow. Rubbish lay strewn along its limited flow. None of the romance I had imagined existed. I can very well imagine the temple when it was initially built. It would have been a small and compact temple. We could have seen it standing separate and isolated from the river banks. Today, the inner temple is covered by layers of newer buildings and extensions. The original romance is lost.
The inner sanctum is covered by a perforated wooden partition. This partition is clothed in silver sheets much like the one in Dharmasthala. The goddess is wonderful to look at in her decoration of saree and garlands. Her legs appear to be short until we realize that she is seated formally and straight with both legs down. There was a constant stream of devotees and a constant ritual of offerings, prayers and blessings. The temple musicians were below standard and failed to create any sort of mood.
The temple, its cheap accommodation and free food were actually a bonus package for me. I had not come to Kateel for the temple. The main purpose of my visit was to sample a traditional folk art form of song, dance and drama in these parts of Karnataka, known as yakshagana. At Moodbidri yesterday, I made enquiries about yakshagana performances in the region. I was told to check out the listings in a local newspaper. So I got the hotel receptionist to check these out in Udayavani. I was surprised to find more than 20 performances for last night alone. Fortunately, Kateel had a performance and that's how I came to be in Kateel. Kateel is an important place for yakshagana. Durga Parameshwari is supposedly the goddess of the performing arts and there is no better place to watch yakshagana.
Makeup. Source: Wikipedia
The performance started at 8.30 pm last night but I joined the audience an hour later. Dinner at the temple was served only at 8.00 pm. After dinner, I took time to watch the troupe prepare for the long night of performance. Preparations start with a prayer to the goddess. Important local authorities and organizers take part along with the entire troupe. The priest of the temple officiates the ceremony. Once the prayers are done, the long routine of makeup and dressing up in elaborate costumes takes place.
Each member of the troupe comes with his own cloth duffel bag and a box painted in blue. The former contains his costume. The latter contains the makeup and important pieces of imitation jewellery. I deliberately say "his costume" because there are no women artists in these performances. Women roles are also played by men. This has been the tradition for long but I see no reason why this shouldn't be broken in the 21st century.
Each artist may use the help of the logistics team but they have to take charge of their own makeup and costume. Facial makeup is usually done first before the costume is worn. Dhotis are divested for pyjamas. A tight undershirt is worn next. This is tightened and knotted with strings. Next, form is given at waist level by tying empty folded sacks or layers of cloth. This gives the fullness needed when the main costume is worn over another inner vest. The main costume is tucked in. Below the waist is a skirt that hangs to knee level and frills out when the waist belt is tightened. Costume is never complete without arm bands, head bands, a crown, a belt and anklets with bells (gunghroo). Two important decorations are the crown and the hanging chest ornament – these are elaborate for the main characters, be it the good guys or the bad. Every piece of ornament is only imitation jewellery but they all look resplendent as befits the characters of gods, warriors or kings that they portray. When all these are accomplished, the common actor has lost his real self and has become the character.
Yakshagana faces; Source: flickr
It is said that this art form started about a thousand years ago as part of the Bhakti Movement. Thus, themes used in yakshagana borrow from the great epics of Hinduism. It was not just about introducing the common illiterate people to these epic stories but also educate them about codes of moral behaviour and religious practices.
Last night's story was about Karna and his role in Mahabharata. But the story starts from one of Karna's previous births, in the form of a demon king named Dumbotbhava and later titled Sahasrakavacha. It is one of those lesser known stories which makes it more interesting to watch. The entire play was sung and played out in extremely formal Kannada, well articulated and in pure language. I understood almost all of it which is why I enjoyed it so much. There is really not much benefit if one doesn't understand it. Many years ago in Singapore I had watched a Balinese version of Shakespeare's Macbeth. I knew the story but it would have been more enjoyable had I understood the language.
As can be expected in themes as this, comedy is minimal. Comedy gives energy to the audience who are otherwise silent. Where comedy exists, it is simply to lead to a moral. The triumph over good over evil is the unstated message. More direct are little doses of wisdom dispensed to the audience all through the night. When Narada visits Dumbotbhava, his main message is that a bachelor, despite all his achievements, is nothing without a fitting wife. This urges our hero to seek out his future wife. Right at the start when the vanquished demons approach Dumbotbhava to be their king, counsel is sought under the basis that the opinion of many is better than that of one. When Krishna praises Karna on the battlefield, it is to incide Arjuna to greater heroism.
A simple scene is stretched, not for the mere purpose of filling the hours but to articulate every thought of the characters. It is not just to tell the story in a blunt way but to follow every motion of societal conduct, culture and tradition. So when Indra in the form of a brahmin comes to Karna to ask his protective shield, we all know how it ends; yet we are full of interest in the dialogue and how one argument leads to another. First, Karna pays his obeisance to the brahmin and washes his feet. The brahmin praises Karna and the fame of his generosity. While the brahmin thinks of this as an opportunity to receive, Karna thinks as an opportunity to give. When the brahmin asks for the kavacha and the kundala, Karna speaks to the audience about how he had been forewarned by his father and is convinced that this brahmin is Indra. He gives it willingly saying that if he is willing to give his life why not these ornaments?
The scene as above is not just an uninterrupted dialogue. It is interposed with whispered monologues, singing and dancing to the beat of drums. The idea is to being the audience into the emotions of the characters. A ritual such as washing of the brahmin's feet is accompanied by background music that fills the break in dialogue. When an important event takes place, such as handing over of the ornaments, the drum beats get energetic and so do the dances.
Stage performance; Source: mashtyin@flickr
For me, the singing and accompanying music was the most interesting aspect of the whole performance. If there was a raga in the music, I couldn't make it out. Rhythms were very brief, changed continously and were often interrupted. It is clear that Indian classical music's raga and tala do not apply here. Folk art is truly a genre of its own.
Singing is most often at a high pitch and embellished with elaborate gamakas. Gamakas are variations of a note, often perceived as a note interspersed with brief pauses. A note that could be sung in a second is stretched out to many seconds. Gamakas are the most imporant tools to the singer and the performance as a whole. It makes yakshagana come alive. It adds to the feeling. It gives energy to the dancing characters on stage.
When song and music take over the initiative from character dialogue, it is often to emphasize a point or paraphrase the story poetically. Music is the poem and dialogue is the prose. Song and music are also used to introduce the next scene or recapitulate a scene. In the whole night of performance, which lasted from 8.30 pm to 6.30 am the next day, there was not a single minute of silence. The performance was continous. Such was the energy these artists had. The story moved headlong scene to scene. The audience was engaged from the start to the end. Even when the tea and coffee were served at midnight, for many so used to overnight yakshagana, the performance was enough to keep them awake.
Two drums, a harmonium and one pairs of cymbals were used at this performance. One drum was the chande, a processional drum with a loud sound. The other drum was the mridangam or perhaps a variant. The male singer and his musicians were sometimes replaced by others from the troupe. Sometimes only one drum was played. The climax included both drums.
Once in a while, yakshagana performances are organized in Bangalore. Nothing comes close to watching it in its heartland, in open air on an open stage. The night started with villagers standing around until seats were laid out a little later. People were invited for dinner but many had already taken dinner at the temple. Slowly the seats were filled up. A fake sadhu and a resident beggar, who live off the temple's free food, took to their bare beds next to the temple. The smoke of country bidi filled the air.
When the first light of dawn breaks out, shops start to open. Newpapers and milk arrive. Early birds leave home for work. The first buses pass by. The performance draws to its climax and comes to an energetic end. There is no applause, no single acknowledgement of the efforts of cast or crew. The whole performance is like a prayer or a dedication to the gods.
The audience strength was about 100 and by the next morning it was still strong at 30. I am proud to say that I was among the last to leave, having survived a wonderful night of non-stop entertainment, village style.
I was in Moodbidri and it was easy to get to Kateel since there are direct buses available between the two places. The usual route is via Kinnigoli where most others will get off. Kateel is easily accessible from Mangalore.
The temple management will let rooms at Rs. 50 and Rs. 70 (double). I was given the latter. Rooms are clean with attached toilet. There is no hot water facility. As an alternative, Soundarya Palace is a good mid-range option.
Temple food is free. Like in Dharmasthala, rasam is served before sambhar, a custom that seems to be common in these parts. A meagre portion of vegetables is served. A sweet dish is also served. There is a good restaurant at Soundarya Palace at 5 minutes walk from the temple.
A Full Night of Yakshagana @ Kateel was last modified: September 22nd, 2019 by Arvind
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Sudhir says:
Arvind,
I am overwhelmed and mesmerized at the same time. I felt I was actually watching a live performance of the Yakshagana….such is the power of your description. A big Thank You. In fact, I just talked to a couple of my colleagues and they also waxed eloquent about it. One of them has promised to give me CDs. But of course, nothing would beat watching and enjoying a live performance.
Keep on enriching us, Arvind !!!
Amazing. One full night watching a play. Wow.
And the way you explained it. Time to take a bow.
arvindpadmanabhan says:
Haven't checked ghumakkar for a while. I am glad you liked the write up.
I am a yakshagana addict and it was great to read your article.
Indeed a great description of one of the most powerful theater forms, which brings epics to life night after nights, but strangely confined to just two to three districts of Karnataka.
A piece of information which readers of this column might find interesting is that the shows of Kateel troupes (all the four) and four troupes run by another temple, Mandarthi, are booked for the next 25 years. So, if any one wants to arrange a show he will have to wait till 2035.
@ Sudhir, I suggest please do not watch a CD before watching a live performance (you need not lose sleep for the entire night. There are short duration shows in Bangalore, in other metros occasionally. The CDs available in the market are poorly made and does not convey the richness of the art…they will disappoint you greatly…
There are blogs on Yakshagana where you may get interesting snippets about Yakshagana
rangasthala.blogspot.com
and if you can read Kannada
ballirenayya.blogspot.com
oddolaga.blogspot.com
Manish Khamesra says:
Beautiful Arvind, what a detailed description. Hats off to you.
I was not aware of Yakshagana, thanks for this very elaborate interesting article.
After watching the performance for the whole night, its time for me to take little rest, I hope you will agree :-)
guarda movel says:
your article help me a lot for my job.
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An Oklahoma jury has decided that the family of a cancer patient who was denied coverage by Aetna will be rewarded $25.5 million. The jurors said that the insurer Aetna, acted "recklessly" and the verdict was meant to serve as a message for Aetna.
The astounding $25.5 million dollar verdict is believed to be the largest "bad faith" case in Oklahoma history one court observer said, and could have a major impact across the U.S. for a form of cancer treatment called proton beam therapy.
Cunningham's claim was denied by Aetna, claiming the therapy was investigational and experimental.
Orrana and her husband, Ron Cunningham, a retired Oklahoma City firefighter, had been together since 1987. Ron was determined to do whatever it took to get the help that his one true love so desperately needed. The couple set up a GoFundMe page and took out a mortgage on their dream house in order to pay the $92,082.19 required to get the therapy doctors had prescribed at MD Anderson Cancer Clinic located in Texas. However, Orrana, 53, died on May 30, 2015 due in part to a viral infection that reached her brain.
Ron Cunningham claimed that this weeks verdict was vindication for all of the sufferings that his wife endured the past few years. Orrana had filed the initial paperwork to sue Aetna, saying that if her case helped save the life of just one person, it would all be worth it.
John Shely, attorney for Aetna, said during his closing arguments that the insurance titan was proud of the three medical directors that had denied coverage. According to jurors and witnesses, Shely went as far as to turn and thank the medical directors, all who were seated in the front row of the courtroom.
According to Schlotter, proton beam therapy was not experimental at all as proven by expert testimony. She said jurors were turned off by one Aetna medical director who acknowledged handling 80 cases a day and by the fact that all three medical directors acknowledged they spent more time preparing for the lawsuit than on Orrana's medical case.
Schlotthauer said she believed that Aetna's medical directors "rubber-stamped" Orrana's denial letters rather than doing their due diligence.
Juror, Ora Dale, was in tears as she hugged Cunningham after the trial. Dale was one of two jurors who were of the opinion that the monetary award should have been a great deal higher than the $25.5 million that was handed down.
In spectacular fashion, Cunningham had another encounter in the courtroom following the jury's decision, as Aetna attorney John Shely approached Cunningham, congratulated him on the verdict and then added that he would lose on appeal.
Cunningham was an Oklahoma City first responder firefighter working on April 19, 1995, when Timothy McVeigh took the lives of 168 Oklahomans and wounding hundreds of others by bombing the Alfred P. Murrah building. The day following the bombing, Cunningham was assigned to the day-care center that was located on the second floor in order to search for the bodies of children. During his searches, Cunningham would spray the found tiny bodies with Lysol disinfectant in order to prevent the spread of bacteria.
It is safe to say that Mr. Cunningham has seen the very worst of the worst, but experiencing all of that tragedy could not prepare him for the exchange with Aetna's attorney Shely in the courtroom. Cunningham stood dumbfounded and stunned, trying to comprehend what he had just heard.
Ron Cunningham said that his wife would be proud of the verdict. Orrana used to comfort Ron on the hard days.
He then talked about the three Aetna medical directors; he said each testified that "they wouldn't change anything they did." When the jury said Aetna "recklessly disregarded" Orrana's case, Ron Cunningham said, he finally felt justice.
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By Holly Hill & Buck Dixon on February 12, 2021
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On February 11, three environmental groups — Sierra Club, Alliance for Affordable Energy, and PennEnvironment, Inc. — filed a petition for review in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals (D.C. Circuit) challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) recent final rule titled, "Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of CCR; A Holistic Approach to Closure Part B: Alternate Demonstration for Unlined Surface Impoundments," 85 Fed. Reg. 72,506 (Nov. 12, 2020). Commonly called "Part B," the rule allows owners and operators to submit demonstrations showing their clay-lined impoundments are adequately protective of human health and the environment. Part B is the second of two rulemakings comprising EPA's "Holistic Approach to Closure" amendments to the coal combustion residuals (CCR) rule. Environmental groups filed a similar challenge to the "Part A" rule in the D.C. Circuit in November 2020. That case, Labadie Environmental Organization v. EPA, is currently pending.
In accordance with the D.C. Circuit's 2018 decision in USWAG v. EPA, 901 F.3d 414 (D.C. Cir. 2018) (USWAG decision), Part A amended the CCR rule to classify clay-lined CCR surface impoundments as "unlined." See 85 Fed. Reg. 53,516, 53,561 (Aug. 28, 2020) (revising 40 C.F.R. § 257.71). As a result, owners and operators of clay-lined surface impoundments that were previously allowed to continue operating were now subject to a fast-approaching April 11, 2021 closure deadline.
In response to the USWAG decision and Part A, industry groups and electric utilities submitted reports to EPA demonstrating that clay liners can be as equally protective of human health and the environment as the composite liners the CCR rule requires. Upon review of these reports, EPA determined that it is possible for owners and operators to demonstrate that clay liners are sufficiently protective. See 85 Fed. Reg. at 72,508. Accordingly, EPA promulgated Part B, which put in place a two-step process for owners and operators to submit site-specific demonstrations.
While the petition for review does not include the legal arguments for why the environmental groups believe Part B is unlawful, environmental groups have broadly contended that allowing the continued operation of unlined impoundments, including those with clay liners, poses an environmental threat.
It is also worth noting that the petition for review is dated more than 90 days after EPA promulgated the Part B rule. It is therefore arguably outside the timeframe in which parties may seek review of regulations promulgated under RCRA, thus raising the question as to whether it is within the D.C. Circuit's jurisdiction to hear the case. See 42 U.S.C. § 6976(a)(1).
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US OPEN: Defending women's champ Kerber out in 1st round
Angelique Kerber, of Germany, returns a shot from Naomi Osaka, of Japan, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in New York.
Angelique Kerber left the U.S. Open last year on top of women's tennis, with a second Grand Slam title and the No. 1 ranking.
She leaves this year after one match — unsure of exactly what went wrong during a season-long slump.
The sixth-seeded German was beaten by Naomi Osaka of Japan 6-3, 6-1, the first defending women's champion eliminated in the first round of the U.S. Open in 12 years.
"I think, yeah, it was not my day, completely not my day today," Kerber said.
Not her year, actually.
Kerber is also on her way out of the top 10 after losing one of the only completed matches before most of the schedule was washed out on a rainy Tuesday.
Not since Svetlana Kuznetsova lost in the first round in 2005 had the defending U.S. Open women's champion been ousted so early.
But perhaps it wasn't too surprising after Kerber played so poorly following her breakthrough 2016, when she also won the Australian Open and lost to Serena Williams in the Wimbledon final before ascending to No. 1 with her victory here.
This year, she fell in the first round of the French Open, that first time that had ever happened to the women's No. 1 seed in that tournament.
She said she had been practicing well and was confident, despite some minor nagging injuries she had bothered her throughout the season.
"I'm still the same player and the same person, so I think it's just — yeah, I think it's just the matches and how I played last year from the beginning and how I'm struggling this year," Kerber said.
Kerber and Osaka had the stage to themselves after play was suspended on all courts other than Arthur Ashe Stadium, which has a retractable roof that was closed midway through No. 1 Karolina Pliskova's 6-2, 6-1 victory over Magda Linette of Poland.
Kerber then took the same court where she beat Pliskova for the title last year and took another stinging defeat.
The left-hander fell to 25-18 with no titles in 2017. She needed to make it to at least the round of 16 to stay in the top 10 and couldn't get close. She had been in the top 10 since Oct. 5, 2015, a run that would total 101 weeks before she falls out.
With No. 2 Simona Halep's loss to Maria Sharapova on Monday night and seventh-seeded Johanna Konta also falling, three of the top-seven seeds on the women's side were gone by the mid-day Tuesday — with Williams not playing because she's pregnant.
Osaka broke for a 5-3 lead in the first set, then seized control when she broke twice in the second set to open a 4-1 cushion. She finished off the 65-minute victory when Kerber dumped a forehand into the net on match point before quickly departing for the locker room.
It was Osaka's first victory over a top-10 opponent after she was oh-so-close to beating a top player here last year, blowing a 5-1 lead in the third set and losing to Madison Keys in the third round.
"I just want to play good," Osaka said. "I played good today, so I want to carry that on to my next match."
Rafael Nadal was next up on Ashe, the only place there was any action at the year's final Grand Slam. Light rain began falling earlier Tuesday, and though play was able to continue for some time in between the umbrellas that popped up, it was eventually suspended and players were sent back to the locker room and all but one of the non-Ashe matches that were in progress or still to be played were scrapped.
No. 23 Barbora Strycova, Pliskova's Czech countrymate, also advanced with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Japan's Misaki Doi, while No. 28 Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine was upset by Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium, 6-3, 6-1.
Roger Federer was to play his opening-round match against young American Frances Tiafoe at night, following No. 15 Keys' match against Belgium's Elise Mertens.
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Uri Avnery was an icon and a great man who provided us in the peace movement the leadership that we need. We shall miss him sorely and can only hope that someone will rise to take on the mantle and try to fill these huge shoes. He was the first to put forward the idea of two states, Israeli and Palestinian living in peace, side by side. From the early 1950s, long before any talk of a Palestinian state by Israel's side became fashionable, even among the left, Avnery supported a two-state solution. On a deeper level, he was the first Israeli public figure, in a generation when the Palestinians were perceived as indistinguishable from the wider Arab nation, to call upon other Israelis to see the Palestinians as a distinct nation, living beside them. The highlights of his career are shown in this graphic.
We recall meeting him at a demonstration opposite the Defense Ministry that had been poorly scheduled and conflicted with a human rights demonstration before an embassy by Amnesty International. When he was reproached for this, his response was "shut up and pick up a sign." While he could be thorny at times, he earned respect by showing up in his late 80's to demonstrate in hard conditions including blows and tear gas, such as at Bil'in, where he provided a physical example to followers who could easily have been his grandchildren. His devoted wife Rachel was by his side until her death in 2011. We were even helped by Rachel with an onion when the tear gas became dense.
Uri was one of the people, along with the late Baruch Kimmerling, who led the way in dissent from the Zionist party line (more or less the same for all the parties). He left a huge legacy of clear rational thinking about our future with the Palestinians, something sorely lacking in our present leadership.
Here are six must reads written by Avnery for Haaretz, plus an interview marking his 90th birthday. We note that President Rivlin, who is far on the political spectrum from Uri and his group, had praise for him.
"We had strong differences, but they paled in contrast to the aspiration to build a free and strong society here," Rivlin said.
Detailed obituaries can be found in Haaretz, in the Guardian , in Forward and in the NYTimes.
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Known as "the queen of soul", Franklin sold more than 75 million records in her lifetime and won 18 Grammy awards. She had 77 entries in the US Billboard Hot 100 and 20 No 1 singles on the R&B chart. Her last album was A Brand New Me, released in November 2017, which paired archival vocal recordings for Atlantic Records with new orchestral arrangements by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Her last original recording was Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics in 2014, which included her take on Adele's Rolling in the Deep.
Sen. John McCain has died from complications of aggressive brain cancer. He was just four days shy of his 82nd birthday.
A Navy officer for 22 years, a tortured prisoner of war in Hanoi for more than five, a congressman for six, a U.S. senator for 31, and the Republican presidential candidate in 2008, McCain became one of the nation's most prominent politicians. While he had vociferous critics for some of his views and many of his votes, he gained wide respect on both sides of the Senate aisle.
"John McCain and I were members of different generations, came from completely different backgrounds, and competed at the highest level of politics. But we shared, for all our differences, a fidelity to something higher — the ideals for which generations of Americans and immigrants alike have fought, marched, and sacrificed.
The tweet by Trump, totally void of any real feeling is not worth quoting. John McCain left instructions that Trump should not speak at his funeral.
The Israeli government is using its security service, Shin Bet, to harass leftists and Arabs and in general anyone who dares to criticize the government and the occupation, in particular the latter. This has been going on for a long time, but has become worse recently. The interrogation of Peter Beinart at the airport indicates that no one, no matter how highly placed and famous, is immune to the attack of the "opinion police." The reasoning behind this systematic harassment of so-called leftists has been analyzed by Carlo Strenger writing in Haaretz. While the Netanyahu government strives to perpetuate the image of democratic Israel, in substance it is doing all in its power to destroy liberal democracy, which includes judicial oversight, press freedom and freedom of expression. Mordechai Kremnitzer also in Haaretz deals with the politicization of the Shin Bet which makes it play a role in delegitimization by the government of the opponents of the occupation.
Prometheus and Pandora are waiting for the Israeli Jews who believe in the values of liberal democracy to stand up and struggle for the soul of the country we all love.
The erosion of democracy is not unique to Israel. We see it happening all over the world where populist demagogues lead people to follow them blindly and cheerfully give up their rights and freedoms. Marcus Tullius Cicero is said to have reacted to the takeover of Rome and the subversion of the republic by Julius Caesar with the comment–"blame not Caesar, blame the mindless people who dance for him in the streets as he deprives them of their freedoms". More recently, Paul Krugman, writing in the NYTimes, explains how vulnerable US democracy is to the same demise that has happened in Eastern Europe and it is not because of economic stress. He puts it bluntly-"The point is that we're suffering from the same disease — white nationalism run wild — that has already effectively killed democracy in some other Western nations. And we're very, very close to the point of no return." The threat by Trump of violence if the Republicans lose in the forthcoming midterm elections cannot be dismissed. In Israel, blind hatred of Arabs and racism towards African refugees play the same role.
A UN report has said top military figures in Myanmar must be investigated for genocide in Rakhine state and crimes against humanity in other areas.
The report, based on hundreds of interviews, is the strongest condemnation from the UN so far of violence against Rohingya Muslims. It says the army's tactics are "grossly disproportionate to actual security threats". Myanmar rejected the report.
We can add nothing to this call.
A recent study by a group of scientists led by Stéphane Hallegatte of the World Bank has estimated the dangers threatening coastal cities around the world. They assess economic average annual losses (AAL) in 136 coastal port cities, using a method developed for assessing city-level flood risk and a new database of urban coastal protection. The results are horrific and we, as homo sapiens, have only ourselves to blame. Prometheus is again wondering if giving fire to humans was a good idea. Here is a view of flooding in Mumbai, India.
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CERN has announced that the Higgs boson that was discovered six years ago has been found to decay into two bottom quarks. The finding, by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), is consistent with the hypothesis that the all-pervading quantum field behind the Higgs boson also gives mass to the bottom quark. Both teams have submitted their results for publication. The result gives support to the Standard Model. Cheers all over geekdom.
This week we consider a pair of novels by the Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee, The Childhood of Jesus (2013) and the Schooldays of Jesus (2017). The former was reviewed in the Guardian by Theo Tait and the latter in the NYTimes by Jack Miles. The Schooldays of Jesus also has a review in the NYRB by Colm Tóibín. The novels deal with a man Simon and a boy David who come to a new and unknown land. They have moved across Lethean waters to a new land, a place called Novilla, in order to start a new life. It may or may not be the afterlife; the boy and the man have been "washed clean" of all their memories, given these new names, and taught the rudiments of Spanish, the land's language, at a refugee camp.
The novels are enigmatic as Coetzee uses the utopian setting to expound his philosophical ideas. In analogy to Robinson Crusoe, his two Jesus books play with the idea of how life on a desert island can become more intense, almost more true, as does his own version of Defoe's story, Foe (1986). The life away from the noise of the world offers a zone where more searching questions can be asked, in which the social space of the novel can be replaced by parable and commentary on what we deem important and how stories come to us.
Critics have said that these two books are not as great as Diary of a Bad Year or Waiting for the Barbarians, which among others led to his 2003 Nobel Prize. Pandora and Prometheus will leave that question to you.
What if–answers to absurd questions.
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This entry was posted in Arkeeblog, Prometheus on August 31, 2018 by arkee2013.