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Meet Zendaya April 15, 2012 at Navy Pier in Chicago
Zendaya who plays Rocky Blue on Disney Channel's Shake it Up will be meeting fans in Chicago April 15, 2012.
The event will be hosted by Radio Disney and take place at the Navy Pier
Here's the info you need!!
Wristband distribution at 10 a.m. in the Family Pavilion
1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Zendaya meet and greet on the lower level of Terrace A/Festival Hall A, across from parking garage door #9 and the Mystic Blue ticket booth on the South Dock
The Radio Disney Road Crew is shaking things up at Navy Pier! Come meet and greet* Zendaya a.k.a. "Rocky" from Disney Channel's "Shake It Up"! There will be music, games, prizes and….ZENDAYA!
*You must have a wristband to attend meet and greet. Wristband distribution begins at 10 a.m. near the Family Pavilion Stage, close to the main entrance of Navy Pier, while supplies last. One wristband per person. Must be present to receive wristband. Event is subject to delay, change or cancellation. Talent can only meet as many fans as time allows.
I have attended MANY meet and greets and have some tips
1. Go Early plan on lining up for the wristbands closer to 8 am to be safe.
2. Bring snacks, drinks, stuff to do.
3. Plan what you want to say to Zendaya ahead of time. Sometimes security rushes you or you could get emotional and get "tongue tied". It's best to have something in mind you want to say!
4. Zendaya loves her fans. Show her some love back. Design a T-Shirt or make a poster or card for her.
5. Have fun!!
Hope I helped some of you meet Zendaya. Follow her on Twitter
@zendaya96
Follow me too. I help people meet stars
@alexirob
Meet Bailee Madison May 12, 2012 in Ft. Lauderdale at Alex's Lemonade Stand
Bailee Madison loves supporting charities. She is a jr ambassador for Starlight Children's Foundation and has hosted Alex's Lemonade Stands to raise money to find a cure for childhood cancer.
Bailee is also a busy actress. She was in Bridge to Teribithia with Josh Hutcherson. She was also in Merry Drake and Josh and Wizards of Waverly Place as Maxine.
You can meet Bailee in Ft Lauderdale, Florida at
2411 South Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale, FLORIDA.
She will be selling lemonade on May 14 From 1-4 .
Stop by, meet Bailee and help find a cure for childhood cancers.
Follow me @akexirob on Twitter for info on how, when and here to meet celebs.
Follow Bailee @BaileeMadison on Twitter too.
Hope I helped some of you meet Bailee.
Shake it Up 2 Live 2 Dance
The new Shake It Up CD is now available on iTunes, Amazon and stores. The CD has tons of exciting songs from the popular Disney Series.
Many tracks are sung by the cast And some of our other favorite celebs!
Here's the Tracklist!
1 "Whodunit" Performed by Adam Hicks and Coco Jones
2 "TTYLXOX" Performed by Bella Thorne
3 "Something to Dance For" Performed by Zendaya
4 "Up Up and Away" Performed by Blush
5 "Show Ya How" Performed by Adam Irigoyen and Kenton Duty
6 "Make Your Mark" Performed by Drew Ryan Scott
7 "Don't Push Me" Performed by Coco Jones
8 "Turn It On" Performed by Amber Lily
9 "Moves Like Magic" Performed by Adam Trent
10 "Critical" Performed by TKO and Nevermind
11 "Bring the Fire" Performed by Ylwa
12 "Where's the Party" Performed by Jenilee Reyes
13 "Surprise" Performed by TKO, Nevermind and SOS
14 "Something to Dance For/TTYLXOX Mash-Up" Performed by Zendaya and Bella Thorne
Buy it and download it now!!
Ariana Grande will be in Miami for Easter and be in a parade!
Ariana Grande plays Cat Valentine on Nickelodeon's hit show Victorious. She is also a talented singer. She just had a 3 city tour in Southern California.
As we know, Ariana Grande is from
Florida. She will be returning there with her sweet Momma Joan over the Easter weekend! Joan tweeted that she and Ariana will be in Miami April 6,7 and 8. She also said Ariana will be in a parade at the Miami Seaquarium. The event is called Bunny Palooza.
I couldn't find any more info for you but here's the website with the address and ticket info.
click here for Miami Seaquarium info
Update : Joan tweeted today 3/21
That there is a meet and greet after the parade and that the parade is at 11am. Easter Sunday!
Hope I helped some of you meet Ariana. She's one of the sweetest people in the WORLD!!
Follow me on Twitter for info on how to meet celebs.
Follow Ariana @ArianaGrande
Her mom @JoanGrande
And big bro @FrankieJGrande
Demi Lovato will do a signing in London April 3, 2012
Hey Londoners, Demi Lovato is coming to London to do press for the release of
Unbroken.
Demi will be signing copies of her new album Unbroken at HMV on
Oxford Street, London on Tuesday 3rd April at 5pm.
There will be 300 wristbands available for the event and these will be issued from
9am on the day. Wristbands will be given out on a first come, first served basis.
Call HMV and see if fans will be allowed to camp out. Not a lot of stars do signings in England so this event could get crazy! Go early to make sure you are one of the first 300.
Bella, Pia, Remy and Garrett..
Bella Thorne and her Brother Remy have recently broken up and found new people to date. Bella was going out with Garrett Backstom and Remy was dating Bella's Friend Pia Mia.
The 4 were really close and went to a lot of events together.
Pia Mia and Bella Thorne even recorded a song called BubbleGum Boy together. This song is played on Radio Disney and is on iTunes.
The 4 were always double dating and tweeting about things they were doing together. Sometimes they even dressed the same.
There were some tweets about why they broke up. Some fans of Remy and Bella started attacking Pia and Garrett.
Remy said Garrett and Pia were dating and there was a lot of hate towards Pia. Garrett said he and Pia were just friends. Remy didn't like all the hate. He tweeted that we shouldn't hate and that he was staying out of it.
I'm sure there were lots hurt feelings all around. I'm glad Remy is such a protective, big brother to Bella. I really hope everyone is able to move on and make new friends and date different people. Bella has a friend named Tristan. She is supportive of him and all his sports games. Remy is dating a girl named Bella. They seem to be having lots of fun together too.
I'll let you know a little about Bella, Remy, Garrett and Pia.
Garrett is an interesting guy. He was born and raised in Colorado Springs, CO. When he was 11 he was a gymnast, two-time state champion. Garrett came to CA to pursue acting. He got roles in two feature films and two television shows, as well as numerous commercials. He loves outdoor sports, including skiing and snowboarding. He is active in mixed martial arts & Krav Maga, hoping to utilize these skills in his future acting jobs. He was in an episode of Lab Rats and filmed a dramatic movie called Hello Herman. His twitter is @GBackstrom
Pia Mia Perez is a singer and has several songs on her you tube channel.
She has modeled and been in commercials too.
6peasinapod Pia's You Tube Channel
Her Twitter is @PrincessPiaMia
Remy Thorne is Bella's only brother. They have two older sisters Dani and Kaili. His real name is Remington. He has been modeling and acting too. He was in Miss March, Rubber, and First Strike. He LOVES music and sometimes his tweets are simply what songs he's listening to at the moment. He and his family are active in supporting the charity organisations Nomad, UNICEF and World Vision. His Twitter is @Remytherat22
We all know Bella plays CeCe on Disney's Shake it up.
Bella has been modeling and acting her whole life. Here's a list of all of her acting projects.
Bella's full filmography
I know this talented girl isn't going to stop anytime soon! She has tons of energy! She's super friendly and loves her fans. She has a new song on ITunes called TTYLXOX – she wants it to be big on Radio Disney's .com top three so ask for it on Twitter the web and call them (877) 870-5678!!
Her twitter is @bellathorne
Meet Kenton Duty from Shake it Up March 31, 2012 at Planet Hollywood in NY!
Hey Shake it Up fans. If you are in or new New York on March 31, you can meet Gunther. Kenton Duty will be meeting fans and signing autographs 
At the Planet Hollywood in New York.
Here's his tweet about it:
So I suggest you call Planet Hollywood ask when fans can line up and go even earlier than that! Do something special like design a TShirt, poster or card for him.
Kenton was also on ABC's LOST and is a great singer!
I hope I helped some of you meet Kenton. Follow him @kentonjduty and me @alexirob on Twitter.


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Amazon Rainforest Facts - Interesting Facts about the Amazon Rainforest
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The Amazon rainforest, located around the river Amazon, is the largest expanse of the world covered with dense tropical forests.
The Amazon rainforest covers an area of more than 5, 5 million square kilometers, which is about 60 percent of the entire continent of South America.
Amazon rainforest spreads out in 9 countries, including Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru.
Intertwined with dense and high vegetation, impenetrable, the Amazon rainforest is still unexplored completely, and yet disappears from the face of the earth.
Into the inaccessible areas, where constant moisture and dusk rule, there are very few people, mostly Indians, who live by hunting, fishing , gathering fruit and rubber.
The average temperature in the Amazon ranges from 25 to 28 degrees Celsius (77 – 83 F).
There are no seasons, and drought days are rare.
Humidity is very high, about 50 percent during the day and at night is coming up to 100 percent.
The average annual rainfall ranges from 1500 to 4000 millimeters.
According to the latest census made by the naturalist, driven back 10 years and involving 88 institutions around the world, the rainforest is composed of about 390 billion trees, of which 16,000 various species, high between 30 and 60 meters .
It is believed that Amazon Rainforest is home to about 2.5 million insect species, at least 2,000 species of birds, over 250 species of mammals, 2,200 species of fish and over 378 specimens of reptiles.
According to the findings of the researchers, at an area of about 10 square kilometers can be found more than 1500 plant, 700 animal and 1,000 species of insects.
In one study it was shown that on an area of one square meter, were living as many as 50 species of ants.
However, these data, no matter how scientifically documented, are not completely reliable.
The situation in the Amazon rainforest changes daily.
Dense forest is cut down, marshy ground dried out and turned into arable land.
The destruction of rainforests in the past years increased by almost a third, according to data released by the government of Brazil .
As of July 2012 until July 2013 are destroyed total of 5,850 square kilometers of rainforest, which was an increase of 28 percent compared with the same time of the previous two years.
According to the mathematical model used in this study, Amazon has about 6,000 species of rare trees with less than 1,000 trees, which means that the International Union for Conservation of Nature should put them on the endangered species list.

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EPIC argued that warrantless surveillance around a person's home violates both property interests and an individual's reasonable expectation of privacy. EPIC also warned the New Mexico high court that "Drones will enable broader use of aerial surveillance by law enforcement" agencies. EPIC explained that "it will be necessary to establish privacy rights to protect against constant monitoring."
The Anaheim Police Department of California admitted that they used special Cell Phone surveillance technology, known as DirtBox, mounted on aircraft to track millions of mobile users activities.
More than 400 pages of new documents published Wednesday revealed that Local Police and federal authorities are using, DRTBox, an advanced version of Dirtbox developed by Digital Receiver Technology (Boeing's Maryland-based subsidiary).


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Ed O'Neill to Be a Father Again
By Amos Barshad
Married With Stepchildren: Al Bundy–player Ed O'Neill has joined the cast of ABC's half-hour pilot An American Family, a single-camera comedy about three families. O'Neill will play a 60-year-old man who becomes a stepfather after marrying a 30-year-old woman (Sofia Vergara). We're sure he'll make an excellent parent. [HR]
Sword Fight: Michael Pena, Bill Cobbs, and Brad Dourif have joined Michael Shannon, Willem Defoe, and Chloë Sevigny on the cast of My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, a film to be directed by Warner Herzog and executive produced by David Lynch. The movie is based on a true story, in which a San Diego man kills his mother with a sword, and it's already giving us nightmares. [Variety]
Reliance and Ratner: Brett Ratner will direct Youngblood, Rob Liefield's graphic novel about a crew of government-sponsored superheroes. Reliance Big Entertainment purchased the rights to the book while also setting up a development deal with Ratner, adding to previously announced deals with Brad Pitt's, George Clooney's, and Tom Hanks's production companies. "[Reliance] really offers freedom for the talent they're working with," Ratner said. "And also for me," Ratner did not add. [Variety]
Rebel Yell: The Rebels, a remake of the hit Argentine show Rebelde Way, about a teen pop band whose members attend a fancy private school, is coming to Fox. Urban-dance-movie specialist Duane Adler (Step Up, Save the Last Dance) has adapted the screenplay, and Jennifer Lopez will produce. We can't wait to see the creative ways in which the Rebels flout the school's dress code. [Variety]
Fiennes Work: Ralph Fiennes is directing his first movie, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Coriolanus, and will also star as the titular character, a soldier in the early Roman republic done in by a misguided run for the senate. Vanessa Redgrave is in talks to play his ambitious mother. No word yet on whether there's a job in it for Fiennes's slacking brother, Joseph. [Variety]
Priest Mickey: Mickey Rourke will star in St. Vincent as a hit man masquerading as a priest who hears the confession of the man he's supposed to kill — then hilarity ensues? The project will pair Rourke with director Walter Hill, with whom he made Johnny Handsome in 1989. [HR]
Blink's Back: Following their appearance at the Grammys, Blink 182 has officially announced it is re-forming after a four-year break: The trio is in the studio recording a new album and there are apparently rumors that they will open for Green Day this summer. And right now, somewhere, an Angels and Airwaves fan is crying into his pillow. [Billboard]
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Jennifer Russel Building - Lafayette Community Center
500 St. Marys Rd
This multi-sport tot program combines soccer, baseball, basketball, and track & field; allowing young athletes to discover a passion for a variety of sports in one fun-filled setting. Participants explore balance, body movement, coordination, self-esteem, teamwork, sportsmanship, and sport specific skill development through a series of fast-paced instructional circuits and games. Our progressional curriculum, modified equipment, and highly trained staff provide a safe environment where kids can develop at their own pace. All participants receive a Skyhawks T-Shirt and Award Medal.
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Billy Goldstein has been with Skyhawks since February 2012 and is the first Skyhawks Area Manager turned franchise owner. Growing up in the Bay Area, Billy began his lifelong passion for sports at the age of 3. Billy's favorite childhood sports were baseball, basketball, tennis and football. At the age of 13, Billy received his first job with a Parks and Recreation department, which he is still active in today. While in high-school, Billy developed a love for the sport of Rugby which he continued to play at a collegiate level, while pursuing a degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management from San Diego State University. Billy works closely with youth sports organizations by coordinating a non-profit youth rugby league in the San Diego area. When he's not working, Billy can be found playing pick-up games, going on adventures with his dogs and cheering for his beloved 49ers, Giants and Warriors.


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"We Should Not Take the Bait": AOC and the Squad Denounce Trump's "Hateful Rhetoric" as a "Distraction"
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See Basquiat, Valentino, and More in These Stunning Jonathan Becker Portraits
The Vanity Fair photographer has a career retrospective curated by André Leon Talley opening this week at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Paula S. Wallace
The work of master photographer Jonathan Becker is—quite simply—sublime, offering private glimpses inside the remarkable lives of royalty, celebrities, artists, writers, activists, and scores of fascinating people around the globe. In capturing their pain, their ennui, their anguish, and their joy, Becker humanizes his subjects, revealing the curiously ordinary side of the extraordinary. Becker's inclusive eye frames cultural history. His portraits for Vanity Fair—a magazine he has contributed to for more than three decades—tell the haunting, personal stories of loss, memory, and contemplation. The expansive breadth of Becker's photography chronicles a world in transition, a view of society that is seldom seen. His ability to seize the authenticity of a moment is reflected by his life spent delivering unforgettable, lasting images. The Savannah College of Art and Design is honored to share the world of Becker in A Fashionable Mind: Photographs by Jonathan Becker—the first museum retrospective of his work in more than 30 years—at SCAD FASH, the Savannah College of Art and Design's museum celebrating fashion and film.
Excerpted from the catalog of A Fashionable Mind: Photographs by Jonathan Becker on view from January 22 to April 1, 2016. Paula S. Wallace is the president and founder of the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Photograph by Jonathan Becker.
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Halong Bay (literally: "Descending Dragon Bay"; Vietnamese: Vịnh Hạ Long) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a popular travel destination, located in Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam.
Situated in the North-East region of Vietnam, 151 km North-East of Hanoi, Halong Bay is in the Gulf of Tonkin stretching through Halong City, Cam Pha Town, and a part of the island district of Van Don. Halong Bay borders Cat Ba Island in the southwest, the East Sea in the east, and the mainland, creating a 120 km coastline.
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Halong literally means Descending Dragon(s). This name is associated with a legend that has been handed down for generations. According to this, during the earliest days of founding the country the Vietnamese were attacked by foreign invaders through the sea line. Knowing this in advance, God wanted to help the Viet people to expel the enemy by sending Mother Dragon and her children down to Vietnam. When the invaders were about to launch massive attacks against the mainland, the dragons descended in flocks from the sky. They spat out innumerable pearls which changed into jade stone islands the moment they touched the water. These islands linked together to form firm citadels that checked the enemy's advance and smashed their vessels to pieces.
After the invaders were driven out, Mother Dragon and her Child Dragons did not return to Heaven because they fell in love with the beauty of the water and the sea. They decided to remain on earth at the place where the battle had occurred. The spot where the Mother Dragon landed was Halong, and where the Child Dragons came down and bowed their heads to their mother was Bai Tu Long. The place where their tails violently wagged was called Bach Long Vi, now known as Tra Co Peninsula with its soft sandy beach stretching many kilometers.


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Foreign spies have attempted to hack the Liberal, National and Labor parties' computer servers, seeing Australia's electoral process targeted in the same way other western democracies such as the US has suffered. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said a "sophisticated state actor" was responsible for carrying out "this malicious activity". "Let me be clear though there is no evidence of any electoral interference," Mr Morrison said. "I have instructed the Australian Cyber Security Centre to be ready to provide any political party or electoral body in Australia with immediate support including…
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My workplace organised a pub quiz tonight. It was my first go at one and I didn't know quite what to expect; I mean in theory a pub quiz should be fun, but then I had this niggling suspicion that some may take it a bit too seriously (like me for example).
Remember that the DK in DKNY stood for Donna Karen.
Recognise Bon Jovi's Living on a Prayer as it was played backwards.
Recognise the theme to The Flying Doctors.
Recognise a picture of Ali Bongo.
The last two absolutely exclusively I hasten to add.
The result of our efforts? Joint third place. Not bad for a team who weren't there to win (honestly).


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• but truth is that people who influenced Bhagat Singh most were Lala Lajpat Rain who was an Arya Samaj and Veer Savarkar who was are staunch supporter of Hindutva thoughts.
• Bhagat Singh himself published and distributed the copies of the book written by Veer Savarkar 'The Freedom Struggle of 1857' among the freedom fighters and the youth. Bhagat Singh himself went to Ratnagiri and men Veer Savarkar to seek permission to print the book.
· Arya Samaj had a special relation with the life of Bhagat Singh. The founder of Arya samaj Rishi Dayanand was born in Gujrat. His name was Mool chand. When he offered his life for the service to the Nation and the society after he became sanyasi, he adopted the name as Dayanand. He toured the entire country. In Bengal he met Swami Ramakrishna Paramhans and Keshav Chand and from there he went to Punjab. Bhagat Singh's niece Vierndra Sandhu wrote "Sardar Arjun Singh (Grand Father of Bhagat Singh) met Swami Dayanand and influenced by him. After listening his speech, he joined the Nav Jagarn Sena and became Arya Samaji. Skh Educational institutions were controlled by The Kings and the LandLords so he got is elder son Kishan Singh admitted in Saidas Anglo Sanskrit High School in Jalandhar and he himself started living there and worked as an assistant of Rayajada Bhagat Ram. The way of service to the nation and the society shown by Grand Father of Bhagat Singh was followed by his father Kishan singh also. It was in 1998, Barar(Vidarbh) was suffering with Famine and epidemic . Kishan Singh was then 20 years old. Arya Samaj formed Barar Relief Committee and Kishan Singh was given the responsibility to collect and distribute the relief material to the affected people of Barar efficiently, till the famine gets over. After two years i.e. in 1900 similar famine when attacked Gujarat, Kishan Singh opened a relief camp in Ahmedabad. In 1904 Kishan Singh was elected the secretary to the Relief Committee formed to the rescue and refief work for the Earthquake struck Kangara. In 1905 When Kashmir was crying for help due to the devastating floods in the river Jhelum, Kishan Singh reached there and started the relief work. (Bhagat Singh – a vivid History (life and thoughts) Writer Hansraj Rahabar, Edition 2018, Publisher – bhagat Singh Vichar Manch, Distributors; Sakshi Prakashan. Page 21,22,27.
Life Imrisonment – (1) Kishorilal, (2) Mahavir Singh (who martyred of hunger strikefor 9 days in Andaman jail, (3) Vijay Kumar sinha, (4) Shiv Varma, (5) Gaya Prasad, (6) jaidev Kapoor, (7) Kamalnath Tiwari.
Ajai Ghosh, Surendranath Pandey and Jitendra Nath Sanyal were freed. The Accused boycotted the Court; therefore, the judgment was delivered in Lahore /central jail.
One can enjoy complete Ecstasy, only in death.
The love from my heart to my motherland will not die with my death.
The fragrance my country will emit from my aces.
Sacrificing life on the altar of motherland alongwith Shahid e Ajam Bhagat Singh was Rajguru, his full name was Shivram hari Rajguru. He was born on 24th August 1908 in Kheda Gaon in pune Dist. Of Maharashtra. His life was full of struggle since the beginning at the age of 6 years his father expired. Elder brother Dinakar Hari Rajguru only brought him up. He faced extreme poverty in his childhood. At the age of 15 he left home and came to Varanasi. He studied Sanskrit living in very difficult situation. In this period, he camr into contacr of freedom fighters and went to Lahore, where he started working with Revolutionary front of Bhagat singh, Bhagavati Charan and Sukhdev.
He was assingned to join the ploy along with Shiv Varma to shoot and kill one of the traitors living in Delhi, in the beginning to prove his sincerety.
Sukhdev was born in Naughara village of Ludhiaya dist. Of Punjab. His father Ramlal Thapar belonged to a famous Political and social family. For his carelessness his friends used to call him a villager and he was like that. He will do anything comes to his mind without thinking of consequences. He read somewhere that anybody can be tamed by punching on his nose y. he went out to prove this. On the way he saw a man with stout body and without thinking of the aftermath he punched on his nose, the man became unconscious for same moment, when he came o his sense he started beating Sukhdev left and right but Sukhdev did not resist him. Passersby came to his rescue, but he stood unperturbed. When people asked him why he did tis and why he is not retaliating now and why he did not run away when the man was unconscious? He coolly said I just wanted to test that how long a man remains unconscious after my punch on his nose. After Saunders killing Sukhdev rescued Bhagat Singh and Rajguru safely and he himself ran away to Kanpur dodging the police. From Kanpur he went to Agra. Where he met Bhagat Singh again. They took training of Bomb making from Yatindra nath das. Sukhdev took on rent the Kashmir Building in Kila Gujar Singh in Lahore and started Bomb making factory.
In jail also Sukhdev lived a jolly life. At last on 7th Oct. 1930 the judgment of hanging of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru was pronounced. When people started agitating against the verdict, Sukhdev sent message that their hanging will be more fruitful to the nation than the changing of their sentence.


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At an event in February, Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam leader with a long history of anti-Semitic and homophobic comments, told the crowd, "The Jews have control over those agencies of government," and "when you want something in this world, the Jew holds the door."
Farrakhan, who has compared Jews to termites, described to his audience how he was in fact doing the work of Jesus by condemning Jews.
Tamika Mallory, a co-president of the Women's March, was in the crowd that day at the Nation of Islam event and even got a personal call-out by Farrakhan. She posted enthusiastically about the event on social media.
In 2017, Mallory posted a photo on Twitter of her with Louis Farrakhan, calling him "GOAT" — the Greatest of All Time.
On the talk show The View on Monday, Mallory was asked repeatedly by co-host Meghan McCain to condemn Louis Farrakhan for his anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry. While Mallory stated that she did not "agree" with many of Farrakhan's previous statements, she refused to condemn either Farrakhan or his remarks, stating, "I should never be judged through the lens of a man."
This has not been the only brush with anti-Semitism for the leadership of the Women's March.
Both the New York Times and Tablet, a Jewish magazine who did an extensive investigation of the March's leadership and its problems with anti-Semitism, have reported on the very first private meeting of the Women's March activists. At that meeting two of the leaders, including Mallory, were claimed to have said that Jews should bear the weight of a special kind of collective responsibility for the exploitation of people of color. (Although the leaders deny this account of the meeting, Tablet Magazine was able to confirm the conversation through multiple sources.)
The same two leaders, Tamika Mallory and Carmen Perez, were also accused by early leader and activist Vanessa Wruble of criticizing Wruble on the basis of her Jewish identity and then forcing her to leave the March's leadership, according to the New York Times. (Wruble went on to found her own separate organization, March On, a coalition of independent marches outside of Washington.) Mallory, in her statement to the New York Times, said that "we've all learned a lot about how while white Jews, as white people, uphold white supremacy, all Jews are targeted by it."
In response to these and other charges of anti-Semitism by the Women's March leadership, many local chapters and other organizers have chosen publicly to break ties with the original March. Jewish leaders and organizations are split on whether to remain associated with the Women's March.
Photo by Josh Howard on Unsplash
Many national organizations have split from the Women's March as well. The Southern Poverty Law Center, which designates the Nation of Islam as a hate group and was a previous March partner, will not join the national March, and neither will EMILY's List and the National Council of Jewish Women. Celebrities like Alyssa Milano and Debra Messing, who formerly supported and spoke at the March, have announced that they will not participate this year because of leaders' refusal to denounce Farrakhan adequately.
As for me, I have made the personal decision not to attend my local march, which is affiliated with the larger national march.
On that incredible day in January of 2017, I attended my city's local march. (I was supposed to attend the March in Washington, D.C. — I had plane reservations and plans to stay with a college friend — but I ended up with bronchitis and had to stay closer to home.) In those early weeks after the 2016 election, it was easy to forget how many millions of us did not vote for Donald Trump and despised everything he stood for. The Women's March was a declaration of resistance, a reaffirmation of decency and unity. Later that day, as I watched the swells of pink hats across the nation on my television screen, I sighed with relief and thought, There are so many of us. We will be okay. We won't let the worst happen.
Since then, we have witnessed a shattering of norms and unthinkable attacks on our democracy — its institutions, its values, its leadership. We have seen children separated from their parents at the border for the sake of cruel punishment. We have seen our president weaponize his civic and historical ignorance. We read his cruel taunts on Twitter and hear his incoherent ramblings from our screens.
And we have also witnessed a president who proclaimed that are "very fine people on both sides" of a Charlottesville rally of white nationalists who chanted "Jews will not replace us!" as they marched. We have seen anti-Semitic attacks and harassment increase dramatically during this administration, Jewish cemeteries desecrated, bomb threats to Jewish organizations, and the murder of Jewish Americans at a synagogue.
So as I watched the clip from The View with Tamika Mallory's resistance to condemning Louis Farrakhan, my first thought was: What if Tamika Mallory was the conservative organizer of a conservative march? How would I react to a conservative leader's association with a man with views as vile as Louis Farrakhan?
The truth is that I would be outraged. I would be outraged by that conservative leader.
We should expect that all of our protest leaders unequivocally, repeatedly condemn bigotry in all of its forms. We should expect more than silence. We should expect more than occasional complicity.
Women have learned a lot since January 2017. We've learned to mobilize, and we've learned the power of our numbers and of our relentless activism. I know our leaders and activists will never be perfect. But we don't need to march with leaders who refuse stand up for all women, all the time and refuse to stand against bigotry in all of its forms. We can do better.
EDITED: The Daily Beast is also reporting the Democratic National Committee (DNC) has dropped itself from the list of sponsors of the Women's March after the controversy over accounts of anti-Semitism and links to Louis Farrakhan. This list of former sponsors now also includes Amnesty International, the Human Rights Campaign, NARAL, and the Center for American Progress.


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Marion Frances Wyma Vree-Brown (18 July 1920 – 10 April 2012) was an American composer/arranger and music educator.

Vree was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Peter and Mina (Westrate) Wyma. She studied music at the University of Southern California, receiving her BM in 1947, MM in 1953, and DMA 1975. The title of her dissertation was The Development of Netherlands Psalmody from 1565-1773 through the Study of the Bourgeois Tune for Psalm 42. She married Henry Vree and they had a son, Dale, before Vree's death in 1976. She remarried Harry Wesley Brown Jr. in 1980 and changed her name to Vree-Brown, although her music was published under the name Marion Vree.

Vree taught music and directed choral groups in Los Angeles at Alexander Hamilton High School and at Pierce College. She participated in the 1987 Congress on Women in Music (now the International Alliance for Women in Music), during which she hosted a house concert with composer Deborah Kavasch.

Vree composed and arranged music which was published by Alfred Music, Carl Fischer Music, Harold Flammer Inc., Theodore Presser Company, Shawnee Press, and Walton Music (now GIA Publications).

Works
Her compositions for choir (with piano or organ accompaniment unless otherwise indicated), include:

Amarilli, Mia  Bella (Giulio Caccini/Marion Vree)
Christ is Born – French Christmas Carol
Come, Let Us Sing Unto the Lord (Francois Couperin/Marion Vree)
Consecration
From Heaven High I Come to You
God is My Shepherd (with flute or oboe; Anton Dvorak/Marion Vree)
Lamento della Ninfa (The Nymph's Lament; Claudio Monteverdi/Marion Vree)
Lord will Come
O Jesu so Sweet (a cappella; Samuel Scheidt/Marion Vree)
O Love Forlorn (a capella; English folk song arranged by Marion Vree)
O Worship the King
On This Day the Earth Shall Ring
Praise the Lord, His Glories Show (Henry Francis Lyte/Marion Vree)
Praise to the Living God (with trumpet and timpani)
Prettiest of the City
Quant Mon Mary Vient De Dehors (When Home from Work My Husband Comes; a cappella; Orlande de Lassus/Marion Vree)
Shenandoah (American folk song arranged by Marion Vree)
Two Songs of Praise
Ye Servants of God (Paderborn Hymn Book/Charles Wesley/Marion Vree)

References

American women classical composers
American classical composers
Choral composers
1920 births
2012 deaths
University of Southern California alumni
21st-century American women

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Syl Tang, author of Disrobed, on tour October/November 2017
About Disrobed
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (October 16, 2017)
We may not often think of our clothes as having a function beyond covering our naked bodies and keeping us a little safer from the elements. But to discount the enormous influence of clothing on anything from economic cycles to the future of water scarcity is to ignore the greater meaning of the garments we put on our backs. Disrobed vividly considers the role that clothing plays in everything from natural disasters to climate change to terrorism to geopolitics to agribusiness. Chapter by chapter, Tang takes the reader on an unusual journey, telling stories and asking questions that most consumers have never considered about their clothing. Why do banker's wives sell off their clothes and how does that presage a recession? How is clothing linked to ethanol and starvation on the African continent? Could RFID in clothing save the lives of millions of people in earthquakes around the world?
This book takes an everyday item and considers it in a way that readers may not have previously thought possible. It tackles topics relevant to today, everything from fakes in the museums to farm-to-table eating, and answers questions about how we can anticipate and change our world in areas as far-reaching as the environment, politics, and the clash of civilizations occurring between countries. Much like other pop economics books have done before, the stories are easily retold in water-cooler style, allowing them to be thoughtfully considered, argued, and discussed.
Can what you wear save your life, keep you safe, or kill people across the world? Syl Tang shows that, sometimes, it does. You've never read a national security book quite like Disrobed. A fresh perspective about how our individual choices can radically upend societies on the other side of the globe. Do clothes reflect the jagged fault lines between civilizations? Tang's Disrobed makes a compelling case that it just might. — Aki Peritz, former CIA analyst who tracked the strategy, leadership and international links of Al Qaeda in Iraq; senior fellow at George Washington University's Center for Cyber and Homeland Security; adjunct faculty member at American University
Syl Tang's Disrobed is a powerful thought-starter that articulates the butterfly effect from the mundane to the crucial. The book unveils an undercurrent of what is happening on the other side of the globe and connects the dots to what is right in front of us. Tang uses non-partisan, fact-based occurrences in worldwide events to show us the power of micro-action, and the potential of clothing as a political tool and predictive instrument. — Yann Marois, Chief Marketing Officer, Grey Goose
Rowman & Littlefield | Amazon | Barnes & Noble
About Syl Tang
Syl Tang is CEO and founder of the 19-year old HipGuide Inc. A futurist, her focus is how and why we consume, with an eye towards world events such as natural disasters, geo-political clashes, and pandemics. She has written hundreds of articles on the confluence of world events and soft goods for the Financial Times, predicting and documenting trends such as the Apple watch and other smart wearables, lab-made diamonds, the Department of Defense's funding of Afghan jewelry companies, the effects of global warming on South Sea pearls, and the unsolved murder of tanzanite speculator Campbell Bridges. Her brand consulting work focuses on helping companies including Diageo, Revlon and the State of Michigan. She is behind the launches of some of the most well-known beauty, beverage, automotive and urban development efforts including category changers such as frozen alcohol and mineral makeup. In addition to developing her site, in 1999 she created the first mobile lifestyle texting product in the market and predicted mobile couponing as it exists today. Her company HipGuide is a case study taught in universities around the world, from Dubai to Nova Scotia to Purdue, through a textbook series.
Find Syl on Twitter, as well as Instagram, @hipguide and @disrobedbook.
Tour Stops
Saturday, October 14th: Sapphire Ng
Tuesday, October 17th: Dwell in Possibility
Wednesday, October 18th: Based on a True Story
Tuesday, October 24th: Dreams, Etc.
Thursday, November 2nd: Kahakai Kitchen
Thursday, November 9th: Joyfully Retired
Monday, November 20th: Broken Teepee
Thursday, November 30th: Wining Wife
Monday, December 11th: Patricia's Wisdom
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05 Sep Susan G. Komen® San Diego announces new president and CEO to lead nonprofit
Posted at 12:41h in Newsroom, Spotlight	by	Francisco Munoz
Shaina Gross succeeds Laura Farmer Sherman, retiring after 12-years in the fight against breast cancer
Susan G. Komen San Diego appointed Shaina Gross, a former executive with United Way of San Diego, as its new president and CEO. Gross will lead San Diego County's largest funder of breast health services and support into its next era beginning September 5. Gross, who spent 11 years at United Way, was selected after a national search to succeed Laura Farmer Sherman, Komen San Diego's president and CEO for over a decade. Gross will lead the organization in its goal of reducing the current number of breast cancer deaths by 50 percent in the U.S. by 2026.
Gross holds a bachelor's degree in sociology and a master's degree in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She began her career working in the areas of women's health and health access for low-income communities. As Senior Vice President and Chief Impact Officer at United Way of San Diego, Gross demonstrated philanthropic leadership by convening non-profits, businesses, and the government to create change for underserved populations.
"Given the uncertainty and turmoil in healthcare today—especially for the uninsured and underinsured—the board chose a leader with vision and the skill set to lead change in a tumultuous time," said Linda Amaro, chairman of the Komen San Diego Board of Directors. "Shaina has an impressive track record of strategic, philanthropic and programmatic accomplishments."
Gross conducted a number of community assessments, and has led United Way's grant making programs of up to$2 million annually. At United Way, Gross has managed donor relations, soliciting and increasing the gifts of major donors of up to $50,000. She also supported grant writing efforts for a total of $1.4 million in annual grants revenue.
"I am looking forward to working with the Komen San Diego board, staff and partners to serve the women and families of our community," said Gross. "Together, we will continue to achieve our mission of saving lives by meeting the most critical needs in San Diego County and investing in breakthrough research to prevent and cure breast cancer."
Farmer Sherman, breast cancer survivor and top fundraiser for the organization will stay on in an advisory role to ensure a seamless transition until her retirement on December 31, 2017.


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A new battery management system could boost EV range by 20 percent
battery electric vehicles, Battery management system, battery monitoring system, Cars, CES 2023, electric car range, electric vehicles, EV range, EVs, ford, LFP battery cells, lithium ion, lithium iron phosphate, Tech, Tesla, Texas Instruments
Enlarge / This is the BQ79731-Q1, a new battery pack monitor from Texas Instruments. TI has also developed a battery cell monitor that works with it to much more accurately manage LFP batteries in EVs.
One of the more exciting developments to come to electric vehicles over the past few years has been the development of lithium iron phosphate cells as an alternative to more traditional lithium-ion chemistries that use minerals like nickel, manganese, and cobalt. Now, a new battery management system, or BMS, could mean much more accurate range predictions for EVs with these batteries.
Why LFP?
LiFePo4, or LFP, batteries were mostly the province of Chinese EV makers until last year thanks to a series of exclusive patent licenses signed with the US and Canadian researchers who first developed the technology. But those patents are expiring, and non-Chinese automakers are beginning to adopt LFP batteries.
LFP cells dislike very cold weather more than an equivalent NMC or nickel-cobalt aluminum cell, and they also store less energy. But that last bit might in fact be an advantage to this chemistry—there's no danger that an LFP pack will combust or explode in a crash, so there's much less need to surround the pack with a heavy protective shell.
That in turn means that while the cells are less energy-dense, energy density at the pack level actually increases because more of the volume is given over to battery cells instead of crash structures. LFP batteries also have longer useful lifetimes than NMC or NCA packs. LFP cells were about 20 percent cheaper per kWh than NMC cells in 2022.
It's little wonder, then, that Tesla switched to LFP cells for many cars in 2021 and that Ford is adding LFP cells to the Mustang Mach-E this year and the F-150 Lightning pickup truck in 2024.
More accurate measurements mean more accurate range prediction
To get the full benefit from LFP battery chemistry, Texas Instruments has developed a new BMS (for both the battery packs and cells) that's much more sensitive than existing systems. "In our previous generation, we're able to go down to 3.5 millivolts, and that is state of the art. Now in this latest generation, we're about three and a half times better—1 millivolt," explained Sam Wong, who works on BMSes at TI.
That's necessary because of the very flat discharge curve of LFP cells. "It'll start from 4 volts, it'll go down, it'll stay very flat," explained Mark Ng, manager of marketing for EV powertrains at TI. "When you're at 70 percent charge to 30 percent charge, in that region [the discharge curve] stays flat, and that's where you need this 1-millivolt accuracy. Because if I'm not accurate, I have no clue whether I'm [at] 70 percent charge or 40 percent charge," Ng told me.
That inaccuracy could be as much as 63 miles (100 km) for a 300-mile (483-km) EV compared to a BMS with only 10-mV accuracy. The more accurate BMSes also benefit NMC or NCA chemistries, although to a much lesser degree—there's an improvement in the margin of error from about six miles for a 300-mile EV down to about half a mile.
There's also a functional safety benefit to the new BMSes, which meet the toughest ASIL-D automotive safety standard. "With this device, we're able to measure the voltage twice using the redundancy inside the chip to tell the system that there's something wrong if it doesn't agree with each other. It's almost like a voting system—'I'm saying this battery is 4 volts and the other side is saying 3 volts"—something must be wrong with [the battery]," Ng explained.
Beyond that, the new BMSes are able to cope with both 400 V and 800 V packs and can be specified wirelessly—something General Motors has already adopted for its family of Ultium packs using an earlier iteration of TI's tech—which reduces the need for copper wiring in the packs, which in turns reduces both cost and weight.
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If you want to use it for assignments choices, just list the corresponding assignments on the board or screen.
I adapted it from this site, and there was a limit to my ability to change the picture to allow editing of the wheel itself.
If you want fewer than eight choices, you can easily combine (1 & 5 are the same; 2 & 6 are the same, etc.).


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BURLINGTON STUDENT PILOT BACK HOME AFTER ACCIDENT
By MICHAEL GREENWOOD; Courant Staff Writer
BURLINGTON -- — A student pilot injured in an airplane crash last month at the Johnnycake Mountain Meadows Airport has been released from the hospital.
Benjamin Dunning, 24, of Burlington, was released Thursday from Hartford Hospital after nearly a month there, officials said Friday.
Dunning was flying a small, light airplane near the airport June 9 when it crashed into a field about 1,000 feet short of the airstrip.
Richard Sheath, 33, a flight instructor from Harwinton, was in the back seat of the plane when the crash occurred. There were no controls in the rear of the single-engine plane. Sheath was still at Hartford Hospital Friday, in stable condition.
The condition of both both men was described as critical but stable after the accident, which occurred shortly after 8 p.m. They were both taken by emergency helicopter to the hospital. Both had cuts and broken bones, and the plane was badly damaged.
Sheath worked as a flight instructor at the airport, which straddles the Harwinton-Burlington town line. They were practicing maneuvers when the accident occurred, officials said.
Ray Plourde, president of the pilot's association at the airport, said he was glad to hear the news of Dunning's release. "We all felt bad," he said. "You couldn't find a nicer guy."
Dunning could not be reached for comment.
An investigation into the accident is continuing, but probably will not be completed soon. The National Transportation Safety Board, which is overseeing the investigation, said it often takes up to six months to complete an investigation.


A while ago I wrote about my favourite items from my new kitchen. When I started the renovation last year, I had my heart set on having my perfect kitchen. It is still getting there slowly, and will be tiled this month, but there are still quite a few things that need to be done and a few things I have on my wishlist.
After seeing these bread machine recipes from Panasonic, I have decided that I need one. I had never really considered a bread maker despite working in a bakery for years and loving the taste of freshly made bread. I think having a kitchen I didn't enjoy spending time in, made me lose my love of baking but once it is all done I would love to get back in the kitchen and bake for the enjoyment again rather than just cooking as and when I need to. The thought of the perfect lemon drizzle cake created in a bread maker definitely has me wishing for one of these this Christmas.
Of course having my vintage inspired kitchen, I want some nice vintage look accessories. If I am going to start baking again, I will need a decent set of scales right? These 5kg scales look like they would be perfect for weighing out all of my ingredients and won't look out of place on the kitchen counters. They are quite pricey but they would definitely be my first choice!
One thing I haven't yet purchased is kitchen storage and this vintage collection is beautiful and a really good price! No kitchen is complete without a biscuit tin and so I have totally justified adding this to my wishlist for that reason alone.


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Charlot peut faire référence à :

Pseudonyme

 Charlot, rameur français aux J.O. de 1900.
 Charlot, nom donné dans les pays francophones au personnage de vagabond interprété par Charlie Chaplin dans la plupart de ses films.

Titre

 Charlot, comédie musicale montée en 2005, d'après Charlie Chaplin.

Patronyme

 Alexandre Charlot, scénariste et réalisateur français ;
 Annette Charlot (Annette, Ida, Eugénie, Charlot) (1913-2004), plus connue sous le simple nom de Madame Charlot, professeure de chant française ;
 Bernard Charlot, pédagogue et chercheur en science de l'éducation ;
 Edmond Charlot (1915-2004), éditeur à Alger, puis à Paris ;
 Étienne Charlot (1865-1946), homme politique français ;
 Ferdinand Charlot (1854-1913), homme politique belge ;
 Gaston Charlot (1904-1994), chimiste français ;
 Hugues Charlot (1757-1821), général français ;
 Jacques Charlot (1885-1915), compositeur français ;
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 Jean Charlot (1898-1979), peintre et dessinateur français, actif au Mexique et aux États-Unis ;
 Jean Charlot (1901-1976), homme politique français ;
 Joseph-Auguste Charlot (1827-1871), compositeur français ;
 Louis Charlot (1878-1951), peintre français ;
 Monica Charlot (1933-2005), historienne française spécialisée dans l'étude de la civilisation britannique ;
 Monique Pinçon-Charlot, sociologue française ;
 Patrick Charlot, professeur français de droit public ;
 Philippe Charlot (1960- ), scénariste de bande dessinée et musicien français ;
 Pierre Charlot (c. 1205-1249), fils naturel de Philippe Auguste.

Odonyme

 La rue Charlot, voie du  de Paris qui doit son nom à Claude Charlot, lotisseur du quartier au .

Divers
 Les Charlots, groupe français de musiciens et de comédiens ;
 Charlot, un fils de Charlemagne selon la chanson de geste Huon de Bordeaux.

Voir aussi

Patronyme français
Patronyme belge


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The FIBT World Championships 2011 took place 14 February – 27 February 2011 in Königssee, Germany, for the fifth time, doing so previously in 1979, 1986, and 1990 (skeleton), and 2004. In 2007, the championships were awarded to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy over Winterberg Germany, but Cortina withdrew in February 2009 to issues with the city of Cortina.

Original selection
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, was selected 21–13 over Winterberg, Germany, at the FIBT annual conference in London, England, on 2 June 2007.

It was to have been Cortina's tenth time hosting the event, having done so previously in 1937 (two-man), 1939 (four-man), 1950, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1981, 1989 (bobsleigh), and 1999 (bobsleigh).

The track was to have undergone a homologation to accommodate skeleton during the 2007–08 World Cup season in order for it to be used for the event, but that did not happen. Skeleton was last competed at Cortina in 1992. A World Cup event was set to take place in January 2009, but was cancelled to technical issues.

On 28 February 2009, it was announced at the world championships in Lake Placid, New York, in the United States that Königssee was selected in cooperation with the FIBT and the Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland (BSD - German bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton federation).

Bobsleigh

Two-man
Switzerland's duo of Ivo Rüegg and Cedric Grand are the defending world champions. Germany's André Lange and Kevin Kuske are the Olympic champions. Grand and Lange retired after the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Four-man
The Olympic and World champions are the American foursome of Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, and Curtis Tomasevicz.

Two-woman
The British duo of Nicole Minichiello and Gillian Cooke are the defending World Champions. Canada's Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse are the Olympic champions. Minichiello will not compete this season to injuries sustained during the 2010 Winter Olympics.  Humphries and Moyse won Canada's first ever World Championship medal in women's bobsleigh with their bronze medal performance.

Skeleton

Men
Switzerland's Gregor Stähli is the defending World champion. Canada's Jon Montgomery is the Olympic champion.

Women
Germany's Marion Thees (Trott until summer 2010) is the defending World champion. Britain's Amy Williams is the Olympic champion.

Mixed team
The mixed team eventconsisting of one run each of men's skeleton, women's skeleton, 2-man bobsleigh, and 2-women bobsleighdebuted at the 2007 championships. Germany won its fourth consecutive mixed team championship.

Medal table

References

External links
Official website

IBSF World Championships
International sports competitions hosted by Germany
2011 in bobsleigh
2011 in skeleton
2015 in German sport
Bobsleigh in Germany


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All this month, I've been taking with gratitude some of those things I often take for granted — an entire alphabet's worth! Since today is the twenty-sixth day of this surge of gratitude, I am giving thanks for "Z" things.
Zaniness. There is not enough zaniness in the world. There is plenty of idiosyncrasy and unconventionality, but these are so often serious choices and serious pursuits without the fun and amusement that are necessary for zaniness. Still, there is some zaniness in the world, for which I am grateful, and in the coming years, I will do my part to add to that zaniness, if by nothing else than my amusing hats.
Zebras. I am grateful for zebras and other mythical creatures. I call zebras mythical because although they are supposed to exist, I have never seen one. I'm not a big fan of zoos (another Z!) since I can't bear to see anyone or anything caged, but I am grateful for zoos because someday, perhaps, I will be able to see such a beast.
Zeal. I am grateful that I can still muster up enough zeal to start such projects as this alphabet of gratitude.
Zenith. And I am grateful for the zenith (meaning culmination) of this project. I'm not sure I learned much from it, nor am I sure it made me any happier, but at least I pondered for a few minutes each day about what to take with gratitude. So many things for which to be grateful. Such a wonderful world!
So what "Z" things are you taking with gratitude?
I'm a fan of zaniness as well. I also like the number "zero". It's a mysterious, powerful number that has many strange and enigmatic qualities attached to it. Zero is also the alter-ego of my favorite character from my favorite anime, but that's another story entirely.
Zoos, zippers, Zagnut candy bars.


Regardless of location—a city center, a dunes-blanketed desert, or a private tropical isle—the heart of a hotel is often its swimming pool. It serves as a social ground zero, where guests can see and be seen, mingle, and relax and recharge: essential pursuits, especially in these postholiday wintry months. A well-designed pool is almost as important as the hotel itself, which is why AD has scoured the globe for the most awe-inspiring watering holes. From an Art Deco Miami masterpiece to a Mediterranean icon to a technological wonder overlooking the Hong Kong skyline, these 15 hotel pools are sure to dazzle and inspire. Dive in!


Hi everyone! Today's manicure features a polish made by mistake. Sometimes Llarowe will put in wrong ingredients, or wrong amounts of ingredients, or a polish just doesn't turn out how she imagined. In those cases, she sells them at a discount as an "Oops" polish. You never know what you will get. I enjoy when I come across her Oops polishes for sale.
This Colors by Llarowe Oops is a pretty denim, or sky, blue with a lot of pink shimmer. This is a scattered holographic nail polish. The formula is excellent as her polishes usually are. I used 2 coats plus topcoat for my manicure today.
Colors by Llarowe Oops, 2 coats plus topcoat.


TDI Wereanimals. Courtney is a werehare o wererabbit. Wallpaper and background images in the isla del drama club tagged: total drama island tdi fanart animals.
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A damage exploit has been found on the Overwatch PTR; Symmetra's reworked primary fire can an alarming amount of damage per second.
Symmetra's reworked primary fire get stronger as you hold it down, but by rapidly clicking her primary fire on the Overwatch PTR, one can reach absurd levels of DPS.
Dexausmelmac and his friend created a macro that allows Symmetra's primary fire to go off as fast as possible, multiple times in a row. They found that the beam can deal 49 damage every four frames, which equates to roughly 375 damage per second -- a lot more then Blizzard likely intended.
On the live version of Overwatch, this damage exploit does not exist. A player can rapidly click Symmetra's primary fire to deal damage, but that damage build up is slower than what one could get by holding the primary fire button down.


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Gaby's Deli was a family Jewish  restaurant in London's Charing Cross Road. It was named after the founder, Gaby Elyahou, who ran it with his family.

It served fresh salads and homely hot meals such as goulash.  It was especially noted for the quality of its salt beef and falafel.

It was threatened by closure in 2011 but a campaign by its many celebrity customers, including prominent actors and politicians, persuaded the landlord, Lord Salisbury, to grant a further lease. It closed at the end of October 2018, following the owner's retirement.

Ownership
It was founded in 1965 by an Iraqi refugee, Gaby Elyahou, who took over an existing salt beef bar. The landlord was Lord Salisbury whose property company, Gascoyne Holdings, threatened to close the business by not extending the lease in 2011.  Celebrities from theatre and politics campaigned to save it and these included Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn, Miriam Margolyes and Vanessa Redgrave. Gaby retired in 2018 and his nephew Menachem Kojman, who helped him run the deli after he closed his own restaurant, decided that the deli could no longer compete against fast food chains and would close in October 2018.

Clientele
The Jewish deli was popular with theatrical celebrities because it was in London's Theatreland district and it served quick and tasty meals.  Charlie Chaplin was a regular customer and other stars commemorated by photographs inside the restaurant included Diana Rigg and Matt Damon. The restaurant was also popular with left-wing politicians such as Ken Livingstone and Jeremy Corbyn.

Cuisine
The restaurant already served salt beef when Gaby took over and he thought this made the best sandwich. He introduced espresso coffee and many varieties of salad. Mediterranean dishes such as hummus and tahini were served and Gaby claimed to have introduced falafels to London. Other dishes included goulash, meatballs and soup.

Reception

Matthew Norman reviewed the restaurant for The Daily Telegraph, giving it a rating of 9 out of 10.  The dishes which he praised included bean and barley soup, chicken livers fried with onions, and a spinach salad.  His party then ordered more food and he especially praised the salt beef:

Closure

The restaurant closed at 8.30pm on 31 October 2018.  Regulars who came for a final meal included Labour MP, Barbara Roche, who had been eating there with her family since she was sixteen.

See also
 List of Jewish delicatessens
 List of restaurants in London

References

1965 establishments in England
2018 disestablishments in England
Charing Cross Road
Iraqi-Jewish diaspora
Jewish delicatessens in the United Kingdom
Defunct restaurants in London
Mizrahi Jewish cuisine
Restaurants in London
Defunct Jewish delicatessens


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from .selector import *

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Q: How to convert ResultSet rs into integer? NetBeans So i am trying to convert the ResultSet rs value to integer i really don't know what i am doing so far i got this:
Statement sta= conn.createStatement();
ResultSet rs =sta.executeQuery("SELECT Quantity FROM stockDB WHERE Name='"+name+"' AND Size="+size+"");
String str = rs.getString("Quantity");
int quan = Integer.parseInt(str);

int fquan;
fquan=quan-quantity;

int ss= sta.executeUpdate("UPDATE stockDB SET Quantity="+fquan+" WHERE Name='"+name+"' AND Size="+size+"");

The quantity in fquan=quan-quantity is a different variable.
I am getting this error:

java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Invalid cursor state

Here is the Full function of it.
public void UpdateDatabase(String name,int quantity,int size)
{
  try{
      String filename="stock.mdb";
      String database="jdbc:odbc:Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=";
      database += filename.trim()+ ";DriverID=22;READONLY=FALSE}";
      conn=DriverManager.getConnection (database, "", "");
      System.out.println("Connectiion Passed");

      Statement sta= conn.createStatement();
      ResultSet rs =sta.executeQuery("SELECT Quantity FROM stockDB WHERE Name='"+name+"' AND Size="+size+"");

        while(rs.next())
        {

            String str = rs.getString("Quantity");
               int quan = Integer.parseInt(str);
                int fquan;
                fquan=quan-quantity;

                int ss= sta.executeUpdate("UPDATE stockDB SET Quantity="+fquan+" WHERE Name='"+name+"' AND Size="+size+"");
            }

      System.out.println("UD UPDATED");

  }catch(Exception e)
  {
      System.out.println(e);

         }

        }
       }

A: try this way
ResultSet rs =sta.executeQuery("SELECT Quantity FROM stockDB WHERE Name='"+name+"' AND Size="+size+"");

while(rs.next())
{

String str = rs.getString("Quantity");
int quan = Integer.parseInt(str);
.....
}

The cursor remains at the top of the 1st row.rs.next() is used to check if any rows are present or not,if present then it return true and cursor comes to 1st row and rs.getString() is used to retrieve the particual column.Now when the cursor reaches the last row then rs.next() returns false and the control comes out of the loop.
I would suggest you to use preparedstatement instead of statement

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The Scorpion Rules
byErin Bow
HURRY, ONLY 3 LEFT!
The children of world leaders are held hostage in an attempt to keep the peace in this "slyly humorous, starkly thought-provoking" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) novel.
Greta is a Duchess and a Crown Princess. She is also a Child of Peace, a hostage held by the de facto ruler of the world, the great Artificial Intelligence, Talis. This is how the game is played: if you want to rule, you must give one of your children as a hostage. Start a war and your hostage dies.
The system has worked for centuries. Parents don't want to see their children murdered.
Greta will be free if she can make it to her eighteenth birthday. Until then she is prepared to die with dignity, if necessary. But everything changes when Elian arrives at the Precepture. He's a hostage from a new American alliance, and he defies the machines that control every part of their lives—and is severely punished for it. His rebellion opens Greta's eyes to the brutality of the rules they live under, and to the subtle resistance of her companions. And Greta discovers her own quiet power.
Then Elian's country declares war on Greta's and invades the prefecture, taking the hostages hostage. Now the great Talis is furious, and coming himself to deliver punishment. Which surely means that Greta and Elian will be killed...unless Greta can think of a way to break all the rules.
Title:The Scorpion RulesFormat:HardcoverProduct dimensions:384 pages, 8.25 X 5.5 X 1.2 inShipping dimensions:384 pages, 8.25 X 5.5 X 1.2 inPublished:September 22, 2015Publisher:Margaret K. McElderry BooksLanguage:English
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Read from the Book
The Scorpion Rules 1 PLUME We were studying the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand when we saw the plume of dust. Gregori spotted it first—in truth he spent a lot of time watching for it—and stood up so fast that his chair tipped over. It crashed to the flagstones of the orderly little classroom, loud as rifle fire. Long and careful training kept the rest of us from moving. Grego alone stood as if his muscles had all seized, with seven pairs of human eyes and a dozen kinds of sensors locked on him. He was looking out the window. So, naturally, I looked out the window. It took me a moment to spot the mark on the horizon: a bit of dust, as might be kicked up by a small surface vehicle, or a rider on horseback. It looked as if someone had tried to erase a pencil mark from the sky. Terror came to me the way it does in dreams—all encompassing, all at once. The air froze in my lungs. I felt my teeth click together. But then, as I began to twist toward the window, I stopped. No, I would not make a spectacle of myself. I was Greta Gustafsen Stuart, Duchess of Halifax and Crown Princess of the Pan Polar Confederacy. I was a seventh-generation hostage, and the future ruler of a superpower. Even if I was about to die—and the dust meant I probably was—even if I was about to die, I would not freeze and tremble. I would not gawp. So. I put my hands one on top of the other and pushed them flat. I breathed in through my nose and blew out through my mouth as if blowing out a candle, which is a good way to cope with any kind of distress or pain. In short, I pulled myself back into being royalty. All around me I could sense everyone else doing the same. Only Grego was left standing, as if caught in a spotlight. That was clearly out of bounds—he'd be punished in a moment—but in my heart I did not blame him. Someone was coming here. And no one came here, except to kill one of us. At the front of the room, our teacher whirred and clicked. "Is something troubling you, Gregori?" "I— No." Grego broke himself from the window. His hair was the color of a cirrus cloud, and the sun caught the wiry sweep of it. The implanted cybernetic irises made his eyes look alien. "World War One," he said, his accent sharpening the Ws almost to Vs. He looked down at his upturned chair as if he didn't know what it was for. Da-Xia glided to her feet. She bowed to Grego, and then righted his chair. Grego sat down and pushed at his face with both hands. "Are you all right?" asked Da-Xia, pushing—as she ever did—the edge of what we were allowed. "Of course. Žinoma, yes, of course." Grego's eyes flicked past her to look at the dust. "It is only the usual impending doom." Grego is the son of one of the grand dukes of the Baltic Alliance, and his country, like mine, was on the brink of war. But mine was closer to that brink than his. On her way back to her seat, Da-Xia laid her hand on top of my arm. It rested lightly, momentarily, like a hummingbird on a branch. The rider wasn't coming for Xie—her nation was nowhere close to a war—so her touch was pure gift. And then it was gone. Da-Xia sank back into her seat. "The assassination of the archduke is a great poignancy, is it not? That the death of one minor royal figure could lead to so much loss of life? Imagine, a world war." "Imagine," I echoed. My lips felt numb and stiff. I did not look at the dust. No one did. Beside me I could hear Sidney's breath shudder. I could almost feel it, as if our bodies were pressed together. "It's only a world war if you don't count Africa," said Thandi, who is heir to one of the great thrones of Africa, and touchy about it. "Or central Asia. Or the southern Americas." The seven of us had been together for so long that in times of great stress we could have whole conversations that were assembled from everyone's most typical reactions. This was one of them. Sidney (his voice cracking a little) said that it could be penguins versus polar bears and Thandi would still call it Eurocentric. Thandi answered sharply, while Han, who is bad with irony, noted that penguins and polar bears did not live on the same continent, and therefore had no recorded wars. In this prefabricated way, we discussed history like good students—and kept our seats like good hostages. Grego stayed silent, his white hand knotted in his whiter hair. Little Han watched Grego as if puzzled. Da-Xia tucked her feet up under herself in a posture of formal serenity. Atta, who has not spoken aloud in two years, was alone in looking overtly out the window. His eyes were like the eyes of a dead dog. Talk in the classroom was drying up. Trickling away. There was a tiny noise at the desk beside mine: Sidney, tapping his fingertips on his notebook. He lifted them a millimeter, dropped them, lifted and dropped. There were pinpricks of sweat on his cheekbones and lips. I pulled my eyes from him, and saw that the dust was much closer. At the base of the plume was the bump-bumping dot of a rider on horseback. I could see the rider's wings. It was certain, then. The rider was a Swan Rider. The Swan Riders are humans in the employ of the United Nations. They are sent out to present official declarations of war—to present the declarations, and to kill the official hostages. We are the hostages. And we knew which of our nations was likely to be at war. The Swan Rider was coming to kill Sidney, and to kill me. Sidney Carlow, son of the governor of the Mississippi Delta Confederacy. He had no title, but still he had an ancient profile, a face you could have imagined on the sphinx, though his ears stuck out. His hands were big. And our two nations . . . Sidney's nation and mine were on the brink of war. It was complicated, but it was simple. His people were thirsty, and mine had water. They were desperate, and we were firm. And now, that dust. I was almost, almost sure— "Children?" whirred Delta. "Must I remind you of our topic?" "It's war," said Sidney. I locked my eyes onto the map at the front of the room. I could feel my classmates try not to look at Sidney and me. I could feel them try not to pity. None of us has ever wanted pity. The silence grew tighter and tighter. It was possible to imagine the sound of hoofbeats. Sidney spoke again, and it was like something breaking. "World War One is exactly the kind of stupid-ass war that would never happen today." His voice, which normally is like peaches in syrup, was high and tight. "I mean, what if Czar, um—" "Nicholas," I supplied. "Nicholas the Second, Nicholas Romanov." "What if his kids had been held hostage somewhere? Is he really gonna go off and defend Italy—" "France," I said. "Is he really going to go off and fight for a meaningless alliance if someone is going to shoot his kids in the head?" We did not actually know what the Swan Riders did to us. When wars were declared, the hostage children of the warring parties went with the Rider to the grey room. They did not come back. A bullet to the brain was a reasonable and popular guess. Shoot his kids . . . The idea hung there, shuddering in the air, like the after-ring of a great bell. "I—" said Sidney. "I. Sorry. That's what my dad would call a fucking unfortunate image." Brother Delta made a chiding tock. "I really don't think, Mr. Carlow, that there is any cause for such profanity." The old machine paused. "Though I realize this is a stressful situation." A laugh tore out of Sidney—and from outside the window came a flash. The Rider was upon us. The sun struck off the mirrored parts of her wings. Sidney grabbed my hand. I felt a surge of hot and cold, as if Sidney were electric, as if he had wired himself straight into my nerves. It surely could not be that he had never touched me before. We had been sitting side by side for years. I knew the hollow at the nape of his neck; I knew the habitual curl of his hands. But it felt like a first touch. I could feel my heartbeat pounding in the tips of my fingers. The Rider came out of the apple orchard and into the vegetable gardens. She swung down from her horse and led it toward us, picking her way, careful of the lettuce. I counted breaths to calm myself. My fingers wove through Sidney's, and his through mine, and we held on tight. At the goat pen the Swan Rider looped the reins around the horse's neck and pumped some water into the trough. The horse dipped its head and slopped at it. The Rider gave the horse a little pat, and for a moment paused, her head bowed. The sunlight rippled from the aluminum and the glossy feathers of her wings, as if she were shaking. Then she straightened, turned, and walked toward the main doors of the hall, out of our view. Our room hung in silence. Filled with a certain unfortunate image. I took a deep breath and lifted my chin. I could do this. The Swan Rider would call my name, and I would go with her. I would walk out well. Maybe—I found a scrap of doubt, not quite a wish—it wouldn't be Sidney and me. There were other conflicts in the world. There was always Grego. The ethnic disputes in the Baltic were always close to boiling over, and Grego had spent a lifetime afraid. There was Grego, and there were littler children in the other classrooms, children from all over the world. It would be a terrible thing to hope for that, but— We heard footsteps. Sidney was crushing my knuckles. My hand throbbed, but I did not pull away. The door slid open. For a moment I could cling to my doubts, because it was only our Abbot, shuffling into the doorway. "Children," he said, in his gentle, dusty voice. "I'm afraid there is bad news. It's an intra-American conflict. The Mississippi Delta Confederacy has declared war on Tennessee and Kentucky." "What?" said Sidney. His hand ripped out of mine. My heart leapt. I felt dizzy, blind, sick with joy. I was not going to die; only Sidney was. I was not going to die. Only Sidney. He was on his feet. "What? Are you sure?" "If I were not sure, Mr. Carlow, I would not bring you such news," said the Abbot. He eased himself aside. Behind him stood the Swan Rider. "But my father," said Sidney. It would have been his father who'd made the decision to declare war—and made it knowing that it would send a Swan Rider here. "But," said Sidney. "But he's my dad—" The Rider took a step forward, and one of her wings bumped against the doorframe. They tipped sideways. She grabbed at the harness strap. Dust puffed out from wings and coat. "Children of Peace," she said, and her voice cracked. Anger flashed through me. How dare she be clumsy, how dare she be tongue-tied? How dare she be anything less than perfect? She was supposed to be an angel, the immaculate hand of Talis, but she was just a girl, a white girl with a chickadee cap of black hair and sorrow-soft blue eyes. She swallowed before trying again. "Children of Peace, a war has been declared. By order of the United Nations, by the will of Talis, the lives of the children of the warring parties are declared forfeit." And then: "Sidney James Carlow, come with me." Sidney stood unmoving. Would he have to be dragged? We all lived in horror of it, that we would start screaming, that we would have to be dragged. The Swan Rider lifted her eyebrows, startling eyebrows like heavy black slashes. Sidney was frozen. It was almost too late. The Swan Rider began to move—and then, hardly knowing what I did, I stepped forward. I touched Sidney's wrist, where the skin was soft and folded. He jerked and his head snapped round. I could see the whites all around his eyes. "I'll go with you," I said. Not to die, because it was not my turn. Not to save him, because I couldn't. Just to—to— "No," croaked Sidney. "No, I can do it. I can do it." He took one step forward. His hand slipped free of mine and struck his leg with a sound like a slab of meat hitting a counter. But he managed another step, and then another. The Swan Rider took his elbow, as if they were in a formal procession. They went out the door. It closed behind them. And then—nothing. Nothing and nothing and nothing. The silence was not an absence of sound, but an active thing. I could feel it turning and burrowing inside my ears. The seven of us—or rather, the six of us—stood close together and stared at the door. There was something wrong with the way we did it, but I did not know if we should stand closer together or farther apart. We were trained to walk out, but we got no training for this. At the front of the room, Brother Delta clicked. "Our topic was World War One, I believe," he began. "Never mind, Delta." The Abbot tipped his facescreen downward and tinted it a soft grey. "There will be bells in a moment." The Abbot has been doing this longer than any of us, and he is kind. We stood and stood. Three minutes. Five. Ten. Cramps came into my insteps. Sidney—was he already dead? Probably. Whatever happened in the grey room happened fast. (I'm not a cruel man, Talis is recorded as saying. Only rarely is the next bit quoted: I mean, technically I'm not a man at all.) High overhead, a bell tolled three times. "It's your rota for gardening, I think, my children," said the Abbot. "Come, I can walk you as far as the transept." "No need," said Da-Xia. She'd told me once about the Blue Tara, fiercest and most beloved goddess of her mountain country, known for destroying her enemies and spreading joy. I had never quite shaken the image. There were ten generations of royalty in Xie's voice—but more than that, there were icy mountains, and a million people who thought she was a god. The Abbot merely nodded. "As you like, Da-Xia." The others went out, huddling close together. I wanted to go with them—I felt the same desire for closeness, for a herd—but found myself staggering as I tried to walk. My knees were both stiff and shot with tremors, as if I had been carrying something heavy, and had only now set it down. Sidney. And so very nearly, me. Xie's hand slipped into mine. "Greta," she said. Just that. Xie and I have been roommates since I was five. How many times have I heard her say my name? In that moment she lifted it up for me and held it like a mirror. I saw myself, and I remembered myself. A hostage, yes. But a princess, a duchess. The daughter of a queen. "Come on, Greta," said Xie. "We'll go together." So I made myself move. Da-Xia and I went slowly: two princesses, arm in arm. We walked out together, from the darkness into the summer sun.
"THE SCORPION RULESis a bloody, breath-taking, beautiful book… As a fellow craftsperson I''m leftin awe, and as a reader I''m left feeling transformed."


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The Battery of the Biosphere
Aquecimento global I: A ciência da modelagem das mudanças climáticas
Universidade de Chicago
This class describes the science of global warming and the forecast for humans' impact on Earth's climate. Intended for an audience without much scientific background but a healthy sense of curiosity, the class brings together insights and perspectives from physics, chemistry, biology, earth and atmospheric sciences, and even some economics—all based on a foundation of simple mathematics (algebra).
Excellent course. My understanding of the world and how we are affected by climate has grown tenfold if not more. I recommend this to anyone who has an interest in living on this planet.
Eye opening course, interesting content easily explained concepts and fantastic practice materials. Highly recommend this course to start creating conscience on issues affecting us all.
The Carbon Cycle
Now we shift gears in a major way — away from climate physics (you now have seen its main ingredients) to the emergent miracle that is the carbon cycle on Earth. Not only is carbon the chemical element of life, it is also the means of storing life's energy. We will look at how carbon cycles through the land, the oceans, and the deep earth, going in and out of the atmosphere -- and how that stabilizes the earth's climate.
The Land Biosphere in the Carbon Cycle5:28
The Battery of the Biosphere5:15
Oxidation and Reduction of Carbon6:11
So, you've heard about the carbon cycle as a series of reservoirs,
all of which inhale and exhale carbon dioxide to the atmosphere,
which is sort of the center of the carbon cycle in some ways.
But there's another trick that the carbon cycle has done on earth
which involves this chemical reaction.
CO2 plus water combined with energy can be put together into
a molecule of this sort of family of CH2O, which is a very,
very simple representation of what chemists call organic carbon.
So organic carbon is what plants and people and
things like that are made out of.
And originally, organic carbon could only be made by life,
which is why it's called organic carbon.
Nowadays, if you go to the grocery store and you buy some organic fruit or
something like that,
what it means is that they didn't use any industrial chemicals to produce it.
But actually, a lot of those industrial chemicals,
like pesticides, can actually be made out of carbon in this
sort of configuration that a chemist would actually call organic carbon.
So there's different uses for the word organic that
actually can be in conflict with each other in different situations.
So it takes energy to do this chemical reaction,
to make organic carbon out of CO2.
And where the energy comes from is from light to power photosynthesis.
So it takes plants to do this chemical reaction.
The other chemical on this side of the equation is oxygen.
So this is O2 just like the oxygen in our atmosphere.
So it turns out that when organic carbon is buried in the earth,
it leaves behind the oxygen that it produced and
this is where the oxygen in the atmosphere comes from.
Actually, most of the organic carbon that's produced
by photosynthesis is respired back to CO2 because somebody eats it.
If we eat our lunch we are doing respiration or if bacteria degrade a leaf
in the soil or something like that, it sends it back this way.
But in very special conditions,
this organic carbon can be protected from being eaten by being buried
in the mud in the bottom of the ocean or in a swamp or something like that.
In which case, it leaves behind oxygen in the atmosphere.
So whats happened is that the biosphere, the life on earth,
has charged up the surface of the earth like a giant battery.
And we are creatures of this battery.
We eat organic carbon and
we breathe oxygen in order to have everything we need on this side of
the reaction to do respiration, which is how we get energy back.
So there are really two reasons why life does photosynthesis.
One is to store energy in this form of organic carbon.
And another is to put carbon in a chemical
state where it has lots and lots of versatility to do all the different
things that need to be done in the biomolecular machinery.
So the amazing thing about this battery of the biosphere is that it's so
remarkably stable.
There's no simple chemical reason why we have
20% O2 in the atmosphere instead of ten times as much or ten times less.
It's kind of an accident of how much of this organic carbon has gotten
buried in the mud, in the Earth.
So it'd be very easy for this system, it seems like conceptually,
to have built up to ten times more oxygen in the atmosphere, in which case
a spark of lightning could start a continent-wide forest fire.
Wet wood would burn so nothing could put it out.
Or having 10 times less oxygen in the atmosphere,
in which case, all of us multicellular types would choke and die.
And we know that for the last more than half a billion years
there has been multicellular life on Earth.
And so the oxygen concentration in the atmosphere is
somehow sort of regulated in a very miraculous sort of way.
It's gotta be something like if oxygen in the atmosphere gets too low, then you get
anoxic conditions in the ocean which favor,
make it easier, to bury organic carbon which then
acts as an extra source of oxygen to the atmosphere.
But scientists don't understand this very well, this uncanny,
this eerie stability of Earth's biosphere.


Smith probably thinks I'm making way too much out of this magazine, but I'm in love with it.
We were waiting in line at a bookstore when I saw it. It just stood there and drew me in. If you need something beautiful this is it. If you need inspiration for your writing, this is it, or if you need to hold something in your hand that feels magical, this is it.
There are no advertisements, and it's more like water for your soul than a magazine. It's actually referred to as a book-a-zine because it feels like a book in your hand. Each page is a delightful weight of paper, and absolutely beautiful!
There is so much it, it only comes out quarterly.
Be inspired my friends, and place some 'extra' in front of your ordinary. It's so extra.
What an amazing magazine! I have got to find it! Thank you for sharing it with us!
Oh thank you Barb! 🙂 You're lovely yourself!