Screw the rest of the meal – THIS was the real attraction!
Roasted Cauliflower with dates, olives and capers, drizzled with Garlic Confit and Date Syrup (Silan) and sprinkled with Smoked Paprika.
So good I won't even bother to tell you what I ate alongside this SHINING JOY ON A PLATE.
I took a medium sized head of cauliflower, cut off all the spotted bits, rinsed it and sliced it into steaks. I drizzled a baking sheet with olive oil (shoulda used the garlic confit here instead of afterwards. *doh*) and laid the cauliflower out on top. Drizzled with a bit more oil and popped the sheet into a 450º oven for 10 minutes. I flipped the pieces over and shoved the pan back in for another 15 minutes or so. When the hot pan came out of the oven I tossed on the olives, capers, and dates, drizzled some Garlic Confit over the top and tasted.
It was good, but needed some smoke and some sweet. I grabbed the Date Syrup and the Smoked Paprika from the pantry and added a little bit of this and a little bit of that.
1 medium sized head of Cauliflower, cleaned and trimmed into thick slices or large chunks. Up to you.
3-4 Tablespoons Olive Oil, divided *USE GARLIC CONFIT HERE if you have it. Good LORD that stuff rocks.
6 good Olives, chopped *I used the kind you have to scoop out yourself instead of the jarred ones.
2 Tablespoons Date Syrup *Use honey if you don't have any.
1-2 teaspoons Smoked Paprika *Go easy with this stuff. It's potent!
2- Oil a baking sheet with 1-2 Tablespoons of your garlic confit oil or your olive oil, lay out your cauliflower on the sheet and drizzle with more oil. Whack the pan into the hot oven for 10 minutes, then flip the pieces over and roast another 15 minutes or so – until everything is all golden and yummy looking.
3- When the pan comes out of the oven throw the olives, capers and dates on top. Stir everything around and then drizzle the Date syrup over every glorious morsel. Gently sprinkle the Smoked Paprika over all and taste. Add salt and pepper if needed.
This afternoon E and I made a quick Get-Well dessert for the Grandparents today. It's a re-do of the Blackberry Sour Cream Tart I made a few weeks ago. It was a family affair, actually. C laid out the puff pastry shells and baked them off. I showed E how to fill one tart shell and she did the rest.
Hmmmm…. I wonder how different/better the cauliflower woulda been if I'd used garlic confit to roast the cauliflower and then drizzled melted butter on top when it came outta the oven…. Damn. Now I'm mentally going through my fridge to see if I can make this again tomorrow.


This artwork is one of my VERY favorite pieces to date because of it's subject matter and the recipient of the painting. This of course the well blogged/facebooked "G" litter bred by Diana and Jim Hillygus of Jidi Chows…..best friend and awesome human being!!!!
Some time ago one of the puppy owners (that tall kid with his footie on the bench…."Guy") Diane and Jay Venenga who I met on my last trip to Iowa, contacted me to commission a painting of all 5 puppies , based on my 8 week photos to give to Diana. I was so incredibly flattered and considered it a GREAT honor to bring Gracie ,her sisters, and brothers to life on canvas!!
Of course who else would this be but GGGGGGG…GRACIE!!!
Above is what my Photoshop layers looked like the first day of working on the computer portion of the painting. Each element is on a separate layer …..down to the eyes being on a separate layer as well. These were only a FEW of the dozens of layers I had to keep track of.
There are lot more stages between that contrast sketch and this final painting above but those will be featured in a video which will be done soon!!! This painting is 18″ x 36 and Diana received it today!!! Boy was she surprised!!!
Diane and Jay, that was one of the hardest secrets I have EVER had to keep and I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to created something for my best friend, of a subject that is so near and dear to my heart.
To have the chance to cuddle, photograph AND paint this litter was pure joy and an honor…and I even get one of the babies for myself!! Pretty sweet gig my friends!!!!! Diana and Jim …..ENJOY !!!!! Diane and Jay…You guys ROCK!!!!!
All I can say Sandy is, "Holy Moly Bat-man!!!" LOL I never even knew that a person COULD do this let alone how to do it!!! It is STUPENDOUS!!!
They are so beautiful and you did such a nice job with it, Sandy! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Rebecca And Kristin!!! It was such a pleasure to do this commission!!! Having one of the models right under my feet gave me a true connection to the subjects thats for sure!
BIG HUGS GIRLS…and purple smoochies to the Chows too!!!
Thank you very much mom and Nan!!! It was totally a labor of love!
Sandra, I'm poking around in comments–I have a little XTRA time today and am trying to find my way around your site. I'm so proud to have the Garden Helpers and feel so fortunate to have such wonderful friends. Eunice was exactly right—-I stood there—SPEECHLESS. I don't know if Diane realized what was going through my mind. HOW??? WHEN??? WHY??? OMG OMG OMG!!! I stare at it every day. Anything that I say or do will never thank Sandra or Diane & Jay Venenga enough. I love you guys.


Martin Nigl's Freheit is sourced from 4 different vineyards in the hills above the city of Krems. The soils here are primarily löss and the temperature is moderated by its steep elevation. The name Freiheit means "freedom" and is believed to be some of the first privately owned vineyard land in the valley not controlled by the Church or a feudal estate. Fermentation and elevage occur in stainless steel and is bottled at night when the cellars of the coolest has Martin feels this helps preserve the freshness of the wines.


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PACKARD PROVING GROUNDS UPDATE
PACKARD PROVING GROUNDS PHOTO ALBUM
LINDBERGH IN SHELBY TOWNSHIP
THE PACKARD MOTOR CAR FOUNDATION
In 1925, The Packard Motor Car Company realized that testing their products on the streets of Detroit had its limitations and that it was time to build a proper testing facility. They began buying farmland in then rural Shelby Township, Michigan and retained renowned industrial architect Albert Kahn to design and oversee construction of a grand showplace, befitting one of the most prestigious and successful auto companies of the golden era of classic production.
Packard dedicated the million-dollar Proving Grounds in 1927 and began a rigorous testing program. The planted area between two driveways was shaped like the famous Packard radiator grille and the driveways led to grand wrought-iron gates that opened onto lavishly landscaped grounds, rich with flowering trees, roses, and other ornamental landscaping. On the right were the Tudor-revival Lodge and Garage buildings, painted a warm cream color that contrasted nicely with the multi-colored slate roof, red brickwork, and brown trim. The Lodge was home to the Proving Grounds manager and family and featured three fireplaces, nine bedrooms, four bathrooms, hardwood floors, dormitories for test drivers, and garage space for eight cars.
A famous ad shows a new Packard passing through the entrance gates at the Proving Grounds after having been picked at random from the assembly line to be tested on roads containing gravel, mud, water pits, bumps, curves, and railroad ties. The weather extremes of Michigan's four seasons added to the already challenging testing conditions. In contrast to the rugged test roads, an exceptionally smooth 2.5 mile oval track was built for high-speed testing and was so well engineered that drivers could travel around the banked curves in excess of 100 mph without holding the steering wheel. In 1928 it was hailed as " The worlds fastest speedway " when Leon Duray set a world speed record of 148.7 mph.
The Garage building across the driveway from the Lodge contained experimental and engineering laboratories allowing the testing of engines, chassis, electrical components, fuels, and lubricants under a variety of conditions.
Packard also used the Proving Grounds for the development and testing of aircraft engines. In the 300-acre track infield the company constructed a runway that led to a 4,000 square-foot hangar. Famed aviator, Col. Charles Lindbergh, visited the site to test-fly a Packard powered airplane in 1929. The first diesel engine for airplanes was developed here in 1929. Captain Lionel Woolson, a test pilot for Packard, was killed in a plane crash near Attica, New York and his ashes were scattered over the Proving Grounds.
A Division of General Motors rented the Proving Grounds in 1938 to test its products and even borrowed the Packard Towing Dynamometer for certain tests. During World War II, Chrysler Defense Engineering leased the entire Proving Grounds to test tanks and other armored vehicles and added a building next to the Garage building.
To prove the reliability of the new Packard V-8 for 1955, a Patrician sedan was driven continuously around the track, 24 hours a day for ten days, stopping only for fuel, tires, driver changes, and minor maintenance. When the run was over, the drivers had taken the Patrician 25,000 miles (the distance around the earth) at an average speed of 104.7 mph. In 1958 the property was sold to Curtiss-Wright who sold it to Ford Motor Company in 1961. Ford used portions of the property for a variety of uses over the years, but the important buildings and artifacts were left untouched and have survived in surprisingly good condition. Part of the survival story is due to the fact that Albert Kahn designed fireproof, steel-framed buildings that were state-of-the-art in their day and built of the finest materials that were available.
The Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site
By the year 1998, Ford had determined that the best use of the property would be for development. The United States Postal Service was interested in a portion of the land for a distribution center and plans were underway to clear whatever was in the way of construction. It was unclear to local historians and Packard enthusiasts just what was in the way of progress, but the aircraft hangar (called the Lindbergh Hangar by some) was scheduled for demolition. It was rumored that the Timing Tower and Lodge would go as well. A swell of public opinion in the local and old-car community caused the local township to withhold demolition permits and it was at this time that it was determined that the property was eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Certain rules apply to governmental agencies and historic sites, so the Post Office decided to look elsewhere for property.
A group of interested historians from many walks of life including members of Shelby Township Historical Committee, Packard Clubs, the Classic Car Club, and the Antique Automobile Club joined together with the elected officials of Shelby Township and citizens to save a significant portion of the Proving Grounds. The Packard Motor Car Foundation offered to open negotiations with Ford. Extensive negotiations and re-negotiations led to Ford's offer to gift the seven acres of land containing the grand entrance gates, the Lodge building, the Garage building, the elevated water storage tank, and the Chrysler Defense building to the Foundation for restoration and perpetual care. An additional seven acres was set aside for later acquisition that contains the timing tower, a 458-foot section of the test track, and the relocated Lindbergh hangar.
Ford handed over the keys in 2002 and the Foundation (through donor support) immediately made extensive landscaping improvements (removing years of over-growth), painted the elevated-water-storage tank and restored the Packard script, moved the Lindbergh hangar to a new foundation on the site, brought electricity to the property, and in the summer of 2004, re-roofed over 27,000 square feet of the flat portion of the Garage and Chrysler Defense buildings. This included the repair and replacement of some trusses and beams. Original copper vents, gutters, and downspouts were carefully removed, refurbished or replaced with exact duplicates and returned to their original locations (all to National Park Service standards for historic preservation). This marked an important milestone in the preservation of the property as the new roof insured that no further deterioration would take place in any of the buildings.
Broad support and input from all collectors and historians (not just Packard owners) is still needed to allow the Foundation to complete a master plan for the property. Current proposals include an "Arsenal of Democracy" museum dedicated to the contributions of all automobile companies during wartime. The Garage building has been renovated for use as an event center for business meetings and weddings.
So much of our American automotive heritage has been lost that we are indeed fortunate to have had the opportunity to save this historic treasure that through a series of fortuitous circumstances has survived in almost perfect original condition. This is not a new building dedicated to the past, but one of the last remaining sites that was built by one of America's great companies during the golden era of classic car production.
The site has been accepted by the Automotive National Heritage Area which is implemented by the National Park Service in southeast Michigan. Federal, state, and local grants are forthcoming and your participation is invited as well. We will look back and be proud that we participated in the saving of this last remaining treasure from the golden era of American automobile production.
SOURCE: Bud Juneau, Brentwood California
Vice-president, Packard Motor Car Foundation.
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Common Core: Business vs. tea party
Tennessee is considering a delay to Common Core implementation. | AP Photo/The Tennessean
By Stephanie Simon
Tea party activists have been waging war for months against the Common Core academic standards. Now, in a coordinated show of muscle, Big Business is fighting back — and notching wins.
The urgent effort stems from a sense among supporters that this is a make-or-break moment for the Common Core, which is under siege all over the country.
A coalition including the Business Roundtable and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will launch a national advertising blitz Sunday targeted at Republicans skeptical about the standards. Spots promoting the Common Core will air on Fox News and other conservative outlets.
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The campaign — a major ad buy that could last months — aims to undercut dire tea party warnings that the standards amount to a federal power grab, akin to Obamacare. The TV spots and online ads will project a positive tone, featuring teachers praising the Common Core.
In a parallel effort unfolding mostly in deep red states, thousands of small-business owners and corporate executives have been bombarding state lawmakers with emails, calls and personal visits to press the point that better standards will mean a better workforce and ultimately, a better economy. They've been joined in some states by military officers who argue that not just the economy, but national security is at stake.
The strategy: Give conservatives reasons to support the Common Core — and make clear they will reap dividends if they do.
"We're telling the legislature that this is our No. 1 issue," said Todd Sanders, CEO of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce. "We will be watching."
The tea party might be loud, but the chamber spends tens of thousands on local campaigns each election year. Sanders wants lawmakers to remember that. "They are going to have to make a choice in terms of which constituency is going to be the most important to them," he said. He said the chamber will have no qualms about dispensing its political funds to reward standards supporters, or punish dissenters. "My board is absolutely unanimous about this," Sanders said.
( Also on POLITICO: Full education policy coverage)
The business coalitions, working with allies from the education community, have scored some key victories in recent weeks. They blocked a bill that could have torpedoed the Common Core in Georgia. They derailed a similar bill in Arizona, too, though that fight is not yet over. They slowed a breakneck drive to get alternative standards approved in Indiana. And they blocked a bill in Wisconsin that would have empowered the legislature to shape new standards.
"It feels like there's a bit of a momentum shift," said Cheryl Oldham, vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
Still, she and others are careful not to project overconfidence.
Within days, Indiana will very likely become the first state to officially scrap the standards, though it is far from clear that they will be replaced with anything too radically different. Bills to undermine the Common Core are pending in at least a half-dozen other states as well. Major conservative organizations such as FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity have jumped in to help guide and grow the grass-roots opposition. And teacher unions, though they still back the standards in concept, are warning that their implementation has been badly botched.
"It's a critical time," said Dane Linn, vice president of the Business Roundtable and one of the architects of the Common Core. "State leaders, and the general public, need to understand why employers care about the Common Core."
The Business Roundtable, he said, is urging members to work their connections with "governors, committee chairs, House speakers, presidents of Senates" to stop any bills that could undercut the standards.
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Tea party activists are not intimidated.
On the contrary, they're convinced the business community's tactics will backfire by stoking populist outrage against the Common Core and its raft of powerful, establishment supporters. "Frankly, they can rant and rave as much as they want. They're not going to affect me, and I don't think they're going to affect any others," Arizona state Sen. Al Melvin said. "I'm a businessman. But sometimes, these chambers of commerce get it wrong."
The Common Core State Standards, meant to guide K-12 instruction in math and language arts, were written by nonprofit education advocacy groups with input from state associations and funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Obama administration gave states substantial incentives to adopt the standards in 2010. Most quickly did, often with little public debate.
From the start, Big Business has supported the Common Core on the grounds that more rigorous standards would better prepare students for the 21st-century workforce. The military has backed the standards, too, in the hopes that better schools will produce more teens who can pass the basic aptitude test required at enlistment. But with the notable exception of an ExxonMobil ad campaign, that support has been mostly low-key and pro forma. Until now.
New Hampshire business groups are hosting a forum Friday called "Common Core/Common Misperceptions." Arizona business leaders sponsored a similar event last week: It drew an audience of about 300. Connecticut business leaders joined educators at the statehouse this week to call for support of standards.
And in Georgia, the chamber helped launch a snazzy new pro-Common Core website— and brought 61 supporters to testify at a marathon hearing in the House.
The moves further align the business community with the Obama administration on education policy. Business leaders have also been aggressive in supporting Obama's push to expand prekindergarten.
The stepped-up efforts come at a time when popular support for the Common Core — never very strong — is faltering.
A new national poll to be released this week looks like a win for standards supporters at first blush: Some 40 percent of registered voters are favorably disposed to the standards while just 25 percent are opposed. (The rest didn't venture an opinion.)
But drill deeper and troubling trends emerge for Common Core backers.
Nearly four in 10 voters still know "nothing at all" about the Common Core, according to the poll, commissioned by Achieve Inc., which helped write the standards. Those who are aware of the Common Core tilt toward opposing it: 40 percent view the standards unfavorably, while 37 percent back them.
That's a sharp reversal from Achieve's last national poll, in May 2012, when those aware of the standards tended to like them, with "favorable" beating "unfavorable" by a solid margin of 42 percent to 28 percent.
In the newly released survey, taken last November, pollsters read aloud a paragraph noting that the standards are already being implemented across the nation and describing them as state-driven and educator-drafted. After hearing that description, 69 percent of voters said they would like to see the Common Core implemented. That sounds impressive — but it actually suggests a softening of support. In the 2012 poll, a shorter, more neutral description was read aloud and a higher proportion of voters — 77 percent – responded favorably.
The public wariness is understandable, given the relentless campaign opponents have waged, said Sandy Boyd, chief operating officer of Achieve.
Twitter and Facebook pulse with outraged posts from parents who blame the Common Core for saddling their children with incomprehensible homework, poorly written textbooks and nonsensical approaches to teaching basic concepts like double-digit subtraction. A good number of the offending textbooks and workbooks in fact have nothing to do with the Common Core — but the anecdotes stir frustration, even fury, among parents.
Tea party activists, meanwhile, stoke anxiety about the loss of local control over education. Liberals opposed to the standards raise fears about over-testing and violations of student privacy.
"You certainly hear more from the opponents," Boyd said. "It's important for people who support the Common Core to be more vocal."
Though the business community has been notably reluctant to spend money this spring fighting tea party candidates in primaries, it has had no qualms about going toe-to-toe with the far right on the Common Core.
So it was that Billy Canary, president of the Business Council of Alabama, got four dozen influential executives on a conference call with the state senate leadership the other day to talk up the standards. He has also nudged hundreds of less prominent business leaders to reach out to their representatives in a campaign he calls "No lawmaker goes uncontacted." If he senses a politician wavering on Common Core, he texts his pinstriped army. They spring at once into action.
Canary's talking points might not win over parents who think of their children as precious individuals rather than workforce widgets, but they're carefully calibrated to appeal to lawmakers concerned about economic development.
"The business community is by far the biggest consumer of the product created by our education system," Canary tells them — and that system needs to produce better product if businesses are to compete in the global economy. "That's why," he said, "we're all fighting in this direction."
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Career Academy of Beauty Shaves Heads for St. Baldrick's
by Stacey Soble | February 26, 2015
Posing with the local TV news van, students from the Career Academy of Beauty at last year's St. Baldrick's event which raised more than $21,000.
It wasn't that the room was noisy; it was just that Coral Trujillo couldn't believe her ears. Had her student really just said $10,000? But Michelle Cappo, cosmetology student and survivor of childhood cancer, really was suggesting Trujillo's school - Career Academy of Beauty – set the target for its first ever fundraiser at $10,000. Trujillo had thought herself ambitious suggesting $2,000. Six years later, they are raising more than twice that amount and so, with its next St Baldrick's charity day approaching this March, she is a little more relaxed about it.
"When Michelle told us about St Baldrick's Foundation, asking if we could do a fundraiser, I was really interested," says Trujillo, career consultant at the family-owned and run school in Garden Grove, Orange County. "It's an amazing, volunteer-driven charity that funds more childhood cancer research grants than any organization except the US government. But, wow! I was a bit stunned when she suggested $10,000."
CAofB is an ambitious school, expecting a lot of its students and its trainers. Because it's a Nuts & Bolts school, the students learn more than just technical skills training, they also learn how to talk to clients, how to direct conversations in specific ways and how to build their own confidence so once they have maneuverered the conversation around to the fundraiser, they are perfectly capable of asking for a donation or a willing participant. And they need a lot of confidence because it's a big ask; the fundraiser is about getting as many people to shave their heads as possible.
Cosmetology student Annette Mendoza shows off her brave new look.
To Trujillo's relief, in the first year, its charity day attracted much support both in number of heads to shave and funds, easily surpassing its $10,000 target. Since then, the event has grown and grown. Last March was the fifth year and the target was set at $15,000. Among many others, guys from the local fire department and half the high school's soccer team submitted to the clippers. It was an astounding success; the students and teachers raised a staggering $21,400.
Firemen from the Garden Grove Fire Department stop by for a quick head shave.
This March, the school is determined to raise even more while attempting to win a place in the Guinness Book of World records for the most simultaneous head shaves ever. The fire department and the entire soccer team will submit once again.
'Our local TV station covers the event but we need to give them something special, something different to get them along each year. This time we are going to shave 250 heads at the same time,' explains Trujillo, who is also deep in discussions with businesses to garner corporate sponsorship. 'They will feature it throughout the day on the channel to encourage viewers to come on down to join in and to donate.'
Such coverage clearly has benefits for the school, raising its profile among potential students and guests. In November last year the school received a call from a young woman asking if it was the school that did the head shave. She had been calling around all the schools in the OC area for the previous eight months to track them down as she wanted to study with them and no one else.
But the fundraiser has far greater benefits. The whole event provides a useful learning curve for the students. They are directly involved each year, not just in organizing it but also coming up with innovative ideas to promote it in the run-up to March 18. They also get to be part of something amazing.
Goldwell Announces Their Color of the Year: Lilac Aura
A hair color trend that, Goldwell says, echoes the past while proclaiming the future.
One-Third of Americans Name Getting a Haircut As a Top Self-Care Activity
Vagaro recently conducted a survey on self-care trends and found a third of respondents (34%) cited getting a haircut at a salon/barbershop as a self-care activity, making them the fourth most cited activity on the self-care list.
A New Study Reveals How Many Women Colored Their Own Hair During Quarantine
Chances are you are seeing quite a few color corrections in the salon as clients return after the shutdown. According to a new study by Garnier, 33% of American women admitted they colored their hair during quarantine. This study reveals why.
Serious Business Reinvents for 2021
A premiere conference for salon onwers and managers pivots to a virtual platform for a one-of-a-kind experience and memorable keynote speaker.
Stylists and Barbers Ask Lawmakers to #KeepUsWorking
The individuals who make up the workforce behind salons and barbershops around the country are asking their elected officials to #KeepUsWorking safely through the global pandemic.
Bright and Clean: New Overhead Lighting System Disinfects Salon Spaces, Eliminates Pathogens
The J.Protect lighting system disinfects up to 99.9% of pathogens in indoor spaces and is safe to use when employees and customers are present.
Minerva Beauty Releases New Styling Chairs and Color Options
Four new Italian-made salon styling chair designs in never-before-seen colors.
ISSE 2021 Digital Experience Lineup Announced
Over 80 classes, top brands, and more all on one mobile-friendly platform. Registration opens January 5.
Phorest's UPLift Event Designed to Inspire Salons to Get Ready for 2021
Raise your game, raise your team, raise your resilience.
Zenoti Raises $160 Million in Series D Funding Round Led by Advent International, Plans for Future Innovation in the Beauty and Wellness Space
CEO Sudheer Koneru shares plans to continue scaling operations, explore mergers and acquisitions and invest in innovations in AI.
Babe Wines Toasts the Future of the Nail Industry and Beauty Changes Lives
To inspire confidence with California nail professionals who have faced multiple lockdowns this year, one wine brand is donating money to Beauty Changes Lives for every case sold through the holidays.
Safety and Sanitation Essentials for Salons and Spas
Universal Companies offers a complete line of products and services specially curated for spas and salons.
NAHA Officially Moves to Las Vegas at Cosmoprof North America August 2021
The event follows CPNA's date change to ensure a dynamic in-person event in Las Vegas.
TONI&GUY Hosts First Global Digital Event, Connected
Connected took us on a journey around the world debuting new collections, international showcases and creative editorial.
The Future is Looking Bright for Rosy Salon Software
With new leadership in place and some new branding, Rosy Salon Software is poised for growth over the next decade.


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Orašje Popovo () is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina and partially in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Demographics
According to the 2013 census, its population was 33: 3 Croats living in the Trebinje part and 30 Serbs with 25 of them in the Ravno part.

References

Populated places in Trebinje
Populated places in Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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The Great Write North: 25 Classic Canadian Novels
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As the second-largest country in the world, it is always odd to hear banter about the limitations of Canada. Some may point out its subservience to the United States or it's deadly climate, but what most forget is that Canada has one of the richest and varied histories of any country in the New World, and that its landscape has provided countless authors with a slate upon which they can discover their place in the world. Here are 25 novels from the 19th century onward that have examined and defined Canada's rich cultural heritage.
1. Susanna Moodie – Roughing it in the Bush (1852)
Immigration played a large part in the formation of American literature in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but the Canadian version of the journey fared much differently. Preliminary hopes about prosperity and a fair climate soon turned grim for Moodie when she moved from England to Canada, but Roughing it in the Bush, her novel about the hardships of living in the untamed wilderness of a nation that had not even existed yet, is written with biting irony and lightly satirizes the ideals that this nation was first populated upon. While a moderate success at the time, this concept of facing undesirable forces and such a vast geographic void would, for over 150 years, be a recurring theme in Canadian fiction and poetry.
2. William Kirby – The Golden Dog (1877)
Canada was barely ten years old when The Golden Dog was published, and in 1877 it lacked cultural fortitude. Disjointed, and multilingual, the country needed authors like Kirby to provoke nationalist fervor. The Golden Dog follows the lives of two French Canadian couples just before the Fall of New France in 1748. Though lauding the British and even making a controversial case for their moral superiority, the novel is ultimately a sympathetic account of French Canadian life that presents both European entities as vital parts of Canadian heritage.
3. Stephen Leacock – Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912)
At the beginning of the 20th century, American authors like Sherwood Anderson and Sinclair Lewis took it upon themselves to portray the contradictions of small-town life in their short stories and novels. North of the border, however, Canada's great humorist took it upon himself to present small-town life through comedy. Set in the town of Mariposa (actually modern-day Orillia), Sunshine Sketches reveals the complexity of its setting by defying our expectations of its characters. Far from bumbling caricatures, the cast is an array of funny but lovable people that are as characteristic of Canada's supposedly simple living arrangements.
4. Gabrielle Roy – The Tin Flute (Bonheur D'Occasion)
Living in Montreal in the 1930's was tough. Riddled with poverty and poor living arrangements, the din of big city life became too much for many, and in the case of Roy's protagonist Florentine, the escape from the brutish working class neighborhood of St.Henri meant everything. Pregnant and torn between solitude and fleeting love, the story immaculately balances the claustrophobia of the big city with the painful solitude women faced in pre-war, French-Catholic society. Gabrielle Roy would secure her place as one of the most celebrated French-Canadian authors with this work, and The Tin Flute has become one of the rare works of Canadian fiction to become a classic in two languages.
5. Hugh Maclennan – Two Solitudes (1945)
Hugh Maclennan's Two Solitudes was published in the same year as Gabrielle Roy's The Tin Flute, and in many ways it can be seen as its English-language companion. Set around Montreal and rural Quebec during the same time, it follows the life of a young man searching for a wholly Canadian identity for a novel he is writing, but as he becomes ostracized by the two communities that he once thought he could call home, it becomes clear that finding any meaning will become difficult. Like so many other seminal Canadian works, Two Solitudes understands the great disparity found between individual and national identity in a country struggling to maintain one.
6. Germaine Guevremont – The Outlander (Le Survenant) (1945)
Germaine Guèvremont's account of rural Quebecois life can be likened to the novels of George Eliot and Ivan Turgenev. Her story about a young, red-headed man visiting a small town is at once a nostalgic look at rustic small-town life and also an account of great change in the countryside. You could say the novel differs from many on the list for its isolated subject matter, though this does not squander but rather enhances the depth and beauty of the novel.
7. W.O. Mitchell- Who Has Seen the Wind (1947)
W.O. Mitchell's most famous work is an Anne of Green Gables for Prairie life, where a child learns his way in the world among the comical social sphere of small-town Saskatchewan. The novel has since become a classic read by children and adults alike, and like many other Canadian novels focused on specific localities, is proof that it is not the location but the people who define who you are.
8. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959)
Duddy Kravitz can arguably (and I do emphasize the 'arguably') be called Canada's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. This novel of adolescent formation set in the impoverished quarters of Jewish Montreal is eclectic and downright hilarious. As Duddy myopically seeks his dream of owning a swath of land in the countryside, his schemes become ever more comical and destructive. While it is primarily an indictment of materialism getting in the way of traditionalism, the novel has remained a classic for its dark humor and honest portrayal of growing up poor in Montreal.
9. Sheila Watson – The Double Hook (1959)
1959 saw the beginning of an unexpected but dramatic shift in Canadian literature. Sheila Watson's Double Hook is a meandering and subversive text centered around the fictional town of Nineveh, a desolate town haunted by an old woman who steals all of their fish. When she is murdered by her son, it sparks a great moral quandary, as the manifestation of their greatest fears is revealed to breed further implications. Surrealism and poetic, the novel's unique form and subject matter reinvigorated literary movements in British Columbia and in other provinces.
10. Leonard Cohen – Beautiful Losers
Cohen has achieved international recognition for his music and poetry, but his brief foray into fiction still provided us with a pleasure of a read. Beautiful losers follows a love triangle that seems to transcend time and space altogether, but interwoven through accounts of Montreal beat culture, Quebec separatism and Aboriginal Canadian history, it presents a surrealist but alluring account of Canada during a volatile time. Just like Double Hook, the novel anticipates the shifting of Canadian literature from objective historical accounts to personal and sensual experience. It will also carry the particular erotic flavor that has and still defines his work up to the present day.
11. Robertson Davies – Fifth Business (1971)
The first novel of Davies' Deptford Trilogy about a man obsessed with the connection between the events of his life and the lives of saints is today a staple in Canadian classrooms, and for good reason. Blending Canadian history with an encyclopedic exploration of religion, spirituality, Jungian philosophy and magic, Fifth Business defies the limiting definition of genre to create something wholly extraordinary. Followed by The Manticore and World of Wonders, Davies channels the more radical prose styles of his day without corroding his seemingly limitless will to create a masterful work of art.
12. Margaret Laurence -The Diviners (1974)
Laurence writes a particularly idiosyncratic style of fiction that explores the relation between various cultures, and The Diviners is no different. About a Scottish-Canadian woman who enters relationships with a young Metis (Part Caucasian, Part Aboriginal) musician and a mysterious scholar, the novel focuses on the teetering line between truth and repression in the modern world. Like I mentioned in my commentary on Susanna Moodie, the notion of survival in the wilderness is an important theme in Canadian fiction. Laurence puts great emphasis on the spiritual aspect of survival, and asks how such needs have transcended generations.
13. Jacques Poulin – Volkswagen Blues (1984)
The 'Road' novel has been a recurring plot in many major American works, but Canada's largely horizontal highway system has made the same tale quite difficult to tell. Fortunately, Jacques Poulin's road trip from the edge of Quebec to San Francisco is both a touching homage to Kerouac and a revisiting of French exploration through North America. The further west they go, the more the Quebecois brothers realize that their version of history should doubted, as the Metis hitchhiker they picked up challenges their well-ingrained belief system. The novel has fortunately received a resurgence of attention in the past few years, and English translations are now available.
14. Margaret Atwood – The Handmaid's Tale (1985)
Once in a while, a dystopian novel will come along and capture the hearts and minds of an entire generation. Just like Brave New World and 1984, The Handmaid's Tale presented a seemingly distant but ultimately relevant world where the women became imprisoned and were forced to bear children from prominent male leaders. The novel follows one such prisoner, Offred, and how she manages to rebel against the forces that put her there in the first place. Atwood has written several novels worth mentioning, and Handmaid's Tale is has given her an audience the world over.
15. Michael Ondaatje – In The Skin of a Lion (1987)
I think one needs to look beyond all the talk of Ondaatje's novel as being one of a great postmodernist or post-colonial work to best appreciate the audacity of the novel's vision. In the Skin of a Lion is an immigrant novel with a twist—as opposed to chronicling the banal challenges of adapting to new Canadian life, Ondaatje envisions 1920's Toronto as a city alive and electric, a place mysterious and erotic. I think that this novel exemplifies what many historical fictions did during this time period; Ondaatje seems to focus equally on what is specifically 'unseen' or 'unknown', and in doing so makes a case for such fictions late in the 20th century.
16. Thomas King – Green Grass, Running Water (1993)
Few outside of Canada realize that First Nations' literature has risen in recent decades, due in large part to the contributions of authors like Thomas King. Green Grass, Running Water is just one of the many that question the place of spirituality in the contemporary world, but his comic storytelling and colorful characters makes this novel enjoyable to audiences in Canada and abroad. Centered around the ever-shifting lives of five Blackfoot in Alberta, the novel examines the tensions pushing them away from each other while also providing them (and the reader, for that matter) with the humorous but ultimately essential road back to spiritual solitude.
17. Anne Michaels – Fugitive Pieces (1996)
As you may have noticed, Canadian novels have shifted from being sternly realist to more expressionistic and fantastical. Anne Michaels' Fugitive Pieces is no exception. From Poland to Greece to Toronto, Anne Michaels follows a Polish boy from his escape of invading Nazis to his eventual home in Toronto. But unlike the conventional immigrant novel, the past returns to him unpredictably, and its very presence becomes the very art that modifies this story from a mere account to a troubled but beautiful dance with memory.
18. Wayne Johnston – The Colony of Unrequited Dreams (1998)
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams is perhaps the great Newfoundland epic, but that doesn't mean that Wayne Johnston positively spins the story of Joey Smallwood, the underdog-turned-politician who joined Newfoundland into the Confederation in 1949. Including his foray into journalism in New York City, as well as his 700-mile journey across the province by foot to spread his political message, the novel is ambitious and sprawling, At the heart of it, however, lies pressing questions about the true merits of confederation, as well as the questionable lengths that some went to to achieve political favor at the time.
19. Alistair Macleod -No Great Mischief (1999)
It may seem surprising to some that the first Canadian novel to win the Dublin IMPAC award was specifically regional and a very personal exploration of his own genealogical history, but it is Macleod's very intimacy with the world of his youth and of his ancestors that gives this novel so much life. Set on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island and in the mines of Northern Ontario, the novel shifts between a nostalgic celebration of family and a elegiac tribute to the inexorably destruction of the narrator's family.
20. David Adams Richards – Mercy Among the Children (2000)
Also set on the beautiful and stark Maritime coast, Mercy Among the Children is a novel with about a boy who promises to be nothing but good all of his life, and we the reader must of course suffer through all of the obvious trouble that will get him into. David Adams Richards has remained a popular figure on the Canadian literary scene for his novels, as their combination of parable and regional history have helped transform the challenging and unforgiving Canadian landscape into a place of great enchantment.
21. Yann Martel – Life of Pi (2001)
Recently made into an Oscar-winning production, Yann Martel's novel is an exploration of spirituality through the eyes of a precocious boy lost in the Pacific with a tiger on a lifeboat. The novel has since become an an international hit, and it is difficult to actually categorize this as a "Canadian" novel, since much of the plot takes place in the nation-less void of the Pacific. I would argue, though, that many of Martel's sleights about the deceptive but redeeming aspects of storytelling possess a particularly Canadian flavor, and as many of the previously-mentioned novels discuss, the journey to Canada is also an important facet of the formation of its culture heritage.
22. Miriam Toews – A Complicated Kindness (2004)
Toews' novel about growing up in a rural Mennonite community in Manitoba presents an oft-forgotten aspect of Canadian life. Just as so many immigrated from Europe and joined the melting pots of the big cities, others chose a different route, opting instead for isolated, religious life in a very isolated place. Following the decline of Nomi, a teen attracted to rebellion who wants to escape to New York City to meet Lou Reed, Toews shows us just how dangerous the youth can be when its most essential ingredients are withheld from its most vivacious.
23. Heather O'Neill – Lullabies for Little Criminals (2006)
Heather O'Neill's stunning novel about growing up in abject poverty in Montreal is as touching as it is horrific. When the narrator, Baby, must watch as her heroin-addicted father succumbs to the soul-sucking vicissitudes of his own addiction, it prompts her to escape the emerging realities of the real world, but as her life among children begins to dissipate, she must resist the affronts of a salacious pimp to avoid repeating the cycle that tore she and her father apart. While the subject matter is enough to intrigue the average reader, it is O'Neill's remarkable use of narration that sets this novel apart from others.
24. Joseph Boyden – Three Day Road (2006)
Combining the realities of early 20th century First Nations' life with the horrors of World War I, Boyden's account of two fictional aboriginal warriors is like few other works of fiction out there. Told from the perspectives of the elder Niska and Xavier—the one who successfully returned from war—Three Day Road is a surprisingly subdued account of battle and death. Like many other First Nations' authors, Boyden interweaves elements of oral storytelling and spirituality with the inevitable persecution suffered at the hands of those who were supposed to be on their side.
25. Esi Edugyan – Half-Blood Blues (2011)
Almost a century and a half after confederation, Canadian authors have shifted from locally-based narratives to tales set all over the world. Edugyan tells the story of several Jazz musicians living in the crosshairs of Nazis at the beginning of World War II in Berlin. Combining heavily-stylized historical fiction with a cast of characters as musical in their trade as they are with their language, Half-Blood Blues focuses on the difficulties of being black in a country on the brink of racial purging. Canadian literature has time and again looked back at ancestry and various cultural heritages for answers to our present-day problems, and I believe it is this particular type of fiction that will solidify Canada's reputation on the international literary scene for years to come.
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Beatnik Mary says:
Ah well yes we are "second largest" by total land and water mass (third if just by land mass…we have a lot of water) but certainly not by population. We are one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world, and our population, as I'm sure you know, ranks us lower than Poland, Kenya, Myanmar and Tanzania. So it isn't all that strange, really, that people would speak of us as a small country.
lonesome gopher says:
A fine list that I will have to dive into. Life of Pi is the only one I've actually read. Shame on me!
Being a good prairie boy I think Guy Vanderhaeghe's prairie series should have been on the list. It is a great list by any measure. It's nice to see some love for CanLit.
Being a good prairie boy is the reason why you have read only ONE of these Canadian treasures. Turn off the tractor and pick up a book.
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Not to nitpick but Gabrielle Roy was a woman.
Thanks Andrew!
Rl maranger says:
Thank you so much for putting W.O. Mitchell's Who Has Seen The Wind it is a great book beautiful, powerful a true work of art.
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compulsivetruth says:
What a fascinating blog you have!
Some years ago, I read a terrific historical novel whose focus was how Ottawa became the capital of Canada — rather than Toronto.
It had a one word title, I think.
I cannot remember the author or title however.
Do you have thoughts on what it might be? I'd like to recommend it to some Canadian friends.
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Jaye says:
It was Chaudiére Falls by David Mulholland
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The Bizarre Practice of Head Shrinking – article
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The bizarre practice of shrinking a human head has an extremely dark history. While numerous cultures have participated in the practice of headhunting, the Ecuadorian Amazon and the Peruvian Amazon Jivaro Indian Tribe did more than just headhunt: they shrunk the heads that they collected.
Before we get into the history of the one and only tribe known to shrink human heads, we will first discuss some fascinating information on the more prevalent practice known as "head hunting."
A genuine shrunken head from Ecuador [between 1890 and 1930]
The Purpose of Head Hunting
Following battle, the victor removed the head of their adversary; the severed head serves as his trophy. Believe it or not, head hunting has been practiced throughout much of the world.
Here is an original portrait of a British army officer and artist who lived from 1843-1925.
Horatio Gordon Robley shows off his extremely creepy collection of real preserved human heads
Mokomokai are the severed heads of the Māori people (the indigenous people of New Zealand). In the 1860s, Robley served in New Zealand during the New Zealand land wars. His collection consisted of 35-40 mokomokai. Despite his failed attempt to sell his collection to the New Zealand Government, he was able to sell most of it to the American Museum of Natural History.
Robley's fascination with the art of tattooing lead him to write text on the subject of moko, Moko; or Maori Tattooing in 1896. Moko is facial tattoos of a Māori to designate their tribal identity. In pre-European Māori culture, moko was a sign of high social status. Generally it was men who had full facial moko. However, high-ranked women were known for having moko on their chin and lip.
The illustration shows a chief who is looking to trade a severed head for firearms and ammunition [1896]
In the early 19th century, with the arrival of Europeans in New Zealand, tribes would trade mokomokai with European sailors, traders and settlers in exchange for firearms and ammunition. In order to get more firearms for defense, tribes would often carry out raids on their neighbours.
They would acquire severed heads for trade. In desperation to trade as many mokomokai as possible, tribes tattooed their slaves and prisoners with worthless designs, instead of moko.
During this period, the severed heads were also considered commercial trade items. They were sold in Europe and America for high prices as they were considered curiosities and museum specimens.
The Mokomokai Preservation Process
The head is severed.
First, the brain and eyes are removed.
Orifices are sealed with flax fibre and gum.
The head is boiled or steamed in an oven.
The severed head is smoked over an open fire and dried in the hot sun for a few days.
Shark oil is used to treat the head. It has been used for hundreds of years as a folk remedy to promote the healing of wounds.
Finally, the severed heads were placed in carved boxes and were brought out solely for sacred ceremonies.
Mokomokai were also considered "trophies of war," as they were often the severed heads of enemy chiefs who were killed in battle.
Others Who Practiced Headhunting
During the 3rd century B.C.E. (300 B.C.E. to 201 B.C.E.), the Chinese state of Qin's soldiers collected the heads of their fallen adversaries. The collected heads were tied around the soldier's waist and used to terrorize enemies during future battles.
Throughout the middle ages, the Celts of Europe also participated in the practice of head hunting. The triumphant Celtic warrior took the heads he collected during battle and nailed them to his walls to serve as a warning to others.
The Marind-anim tribe of New Guinea removed the heads of their opponents so they could control their spirits. They also consumed the flesh of their slain opponent.
This is a digital painting of a priest from Mississippian culture (approximately 800 B.C.E. to 1600 B.C.E.). In addition to his ceremonial flint mace is a severed human head
The Jivaro Indians and Their Gruesome Practice
Despite the various forms of headhunting practiced around the world, The Jivaro Indians are the only documented group of headhunters that practiced the art of reducing the human head to the size of a man's fist.
An image comparing the size of a human skull and a shrunken head.
The Jivaroan Indian Tribe
The Jivaroan tribe actually consists of four sub-tribes: Achuar, Aguaruna, Huambisa and Shuar. All of these tribes reside in the Amazon Rainforest: The Peruvian and Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest, to be exact. The Shuar tribe is notorious for practicing the art of shrinking human heads. Once the head is reduced, it is referred to as a 'tsantsa.' Transforming a head into a tsantsa was a deadly insult to the slain warrior as well as his entire tribe.
The Tsantsa
According to the Shuar, the tsantsa possesses power. Initially, the severed head serves as a trophy indicating that the warrior had fulfilled his obligation to his ancestors by taking blood revenge. The tribe believed that the creation of the tsantsa pleased the spirits of their ancestors, who would bestow the tribe with fortune and a bountiful harvest. Accordingly, if the murders of their ancestors were not properly avenged, misfortune would fall upon the tribe. Interestingly, the tribe was much more concerned about the potential wrath of their ancestors than they were of the vindictive actions of an enemy ghost.
The Jivaro believe that by shrinking the head, the spirit (wakani) attached to it becomes trapped inside. Besides keeping the wakani from seeking revenge upon his/her killer, the wakani is also prevented from continuing on to the afterlife. The wakani's inability to enter into the afterlife prevents it from harming the dead ancestors of the warrior.
The Jivaroan Tribe Considered a Fierce, War-Like Tribe
The Jivaroan Indian Tribe is the only tribe that was successful in its revolt against the Spanish Empire. The tribe endured the Incas, who were in search of gold, and challenged the audacity of the first conquistadors who attempted to disrupt their freedom. According to early Spanish chronicles, in 1599 all four of the Jivaroan sub-tribes came together and raided two settlements. The tribes apparently massacred 25,000 colonial Europeans.
The Logrono Massacre occurred because the Spanish governor of a colony in Ecuador demanded that the natives pay taxes on profits from their gold-trade.
The anger of the Jivaro tribe was taken out on the visiting governor. Members of the tribe poured molten gold down his throat. This torture session ended quickly once his bowels burst. Directly thereafter, the Spaniards that remained were killed. However, while older women and children were slain, the younger women were considered useful. Therefore, the tribe captured these women and forced them to join their clan. After gathering the items they wanted to keep, the settlement was torched and burned to the ground.
Their reputation as savages who practiced head-shrinking served them well, discouraging outsiders from encroaching upon their territory, despite the fact that they resided in one of South America's richest regions for gold deposits.
Although the four Jivaroan Indian Tribes found great success joining together to oppose the Spanish, they never actually united. The tribes were continuously at war with each other. For the majority of the world, wars are fought to gain and/or control territory, for the Jivaro, wars were fought as a means of vengeance.
Shrinking a Human Head
Typically, decapitation occurred directly following the kill; however, there were occasions when the enemy was decapitated prior to death. The decapitation process involved cutting the head off below the neck. In addition, a section of the skin on the back and chest is removed. The victor then uses his woven head-band or a vine as a means to carry his prize. He passes his headband/vine through the neck and mouth of the head, tying it over his shoulder while making a hasty retreat.
Directly following the battle, the warriors gather at an agreed upon location near a river. It is at this point that the process of shrinking the head begins.
A slit running from the neck and up to the back of the head is created. This allows the warrior to peel the skin and hair away from the skull.
After removing the skin and hair, the skull is pulled free. Upon removing the skull, the warrior also removed the brain, tongue, throat, tonsils, eyes and nasal system. All of which were thrown into the river to serve as a gift to Pani, the anaconda.
The eyelids are sewn shut using a very fine fiber.
The warrior then closes the lips and skewers them with tiny wooden pegs. Eventually, these pegs are removed and dangling strings applied.
At this point, the head is placed in a sacred cooking jar or boiling pot to be simmered for approximately two hours. Timing the simmering is essential because if left simmering too long, the hair begins falling out.
Once the simmering process is complete, the skin is rubbery and dark. The head is now much smaller and is about 1/3 of its initial size.
The warrior turns the skin inside out.
He uses a knife to scrape off any remaining flesh.
The skin is then turned right side out.
Now, the warrior sews the slit in the back of the head together. Following this step, the feel of the head can be compared to an empty rubber glove.
Hot stones and sand are used for the final shrinking process. During this process, the interior of the head is seared and shrinks even further.
The warrior drops these hot stones one at a time through the opening of the neck.
He continuously rotates the stones inside the head to prevent scorching.
As the skin shrinks, rotating the stones becomes difficult.
At this point, hot sand is used in place of the stones.
This hot sand is able to enter areas that the stones were unable to reach (i.e., the nose and ears).
Once the head shrinking process is complete, hot stones are applied to areas of the exterior face to shape and seal its features.
The warrior burns off any excess hair.
Charcoal ash is rubbed on the face to darken it. The Jivaro also believed that this step insured that the soul of the enemy would remain trapped inside.
When the shrinking process is complete and the exterior facial features are addressed, the tsantsa is hung above a fire.
As it hangs above the fire, the tsantsa hardens and turns black.
The lips are dried by applying a heated machete to them.
Once the lips are dried, the pegs are removed and three palm shoots (chonta) are placed through them.
The lips are then fastened together using string.
The final steps of tsantsa creation are completed in the forest, just a few hours away from the village. The warrior creates a hole in the top of his tsantsa. He inserts a double Kumai through this hole and ties it to the palm shoots inside. Once this step is complete, he can wear his tsantsa around his neck.
The entire head shrinking process lasted for about a week. The warriors worked on their severed heads every day on the journey back to their village.
Real vs. Fake
If you are interested in purchasing a fake shrunken head, there are plenty online. Stores such as Amazon and eBay sell them for various prices. While some are made cheap, others are a bit more expensive because they are often made of goat skins, as well as other animal skins.
Is It Legal to Own a Genuine Shrunken Head?
Over the years, tsantsas have become a very popular item with collectors of oddities. Various sources on the web claim that it is illegal to import shrunken heads into the United States. However, some sources say that the trade is legal simply because they are considered antiques.
It is safe to say that if you are interested in acquiring a genuine ceremonial/tribal shrunken head, it is recommended you first contact a lawyer.
If you are interested in acquiring a tourist shrunken head, you won't have to worry about an illegal purchase. The reason tourist heads are legal is because unlike the ceremonial/tribal heads, the person was not killed specifically for their head. Towards the end of the 19th century, tribes would participate in the shrinking process in order to supply tourists.
How To Tell If a Tsantsa is Real
It you look at the image of the real shrunken head in the subheading of this article titled "Shrinking a Human Head," you can clearly see that it has eyebrows, eyelashes and even nose hairs.
However, before you conclude that the head is real, also check to see if it has pores and wrinkles. Even if you are 100% sure it is real, it is recommended that you first contact a professional. Also, be careful with shrunken heads that are made to look real (such as those with animal skins).
Kirin Johnson, moviesandmania
This article is based upon Kirin's previous article at OdditiesBizarre.com, plus additional information.
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By freakpool / July 24, 2015
[MANGA] Shounen Jump editor: One Piece ain't ending any time soon
Since 1997, One Piece has become one of the most widely-recognized shounen mangas on Earth, and when its "rival" manga…
Since 1997, One Piece has become one of the most widely-recognized shounen mangas on Earth, and when its "rival" manga Naruto ended, there were some talks amongst fans that its end was not far behind. However, in a recent interview with the Japanese radio show, Gold Rush, One Piece's editor revealed that One Piece will not be ending anytime soon.
Weekly Shounen Jump! editor, Suguru Sugita, who is in-charge of editing Eiichiro Oda's New York Times bestselling manga, was asked during the interview how far along One Piece was in its story. To that he answered:
"He told me that the first part of the story, the part prior to the time-skip, was around halfway through. That was about 60 volumes, so maybe we're at 70%? I don't think it's at 80% yet. Something like that."
So we are only at about 70% of the story? Now that's long! If you think that just because we are already in the second half, the story might be ending in a year or two, well, let's just say that you have to extend your expectations by a bit. If what Sugita is saying is true and about 70% of the story is done, then it's gonna take a lot longer than 5 – 6 years for the manga to wrap up. Remember, the manga made its debut in 1997 and the time-skip is considered the story's half-way point.
Sugita also revealed that he already knows how the manga will end as he found out about seven hours since being assigned as Oda's editor. He said that Oda revealed the ending to him through a phone call. "He asked me whether there was anyone around," said Sugita. "I told him no, and he said, 'Alright, I don't have anyone around me either, so let's talk,' and then he told me." Lucky guy! Don't you wish you could have listened to that conversation? So will Luffy finally get the One Piece? I guess we will find out in several years.
At age 40, Eiichiro Oda is already one of the most respected mangakas in the world, and when asked if he will be doing another long-term manga like One Piece, he replied
"He hasn't decided, but he said he probably wouldn't be able to write one. He's already been going on for eighteen years, so just how old will he be by the time it's all over? I think it's more of a question as to whether he'd be able to write another long serialization after that, realistically speaking."
Eiichiro Oda is one hardworking mangaka and has been reported to only sleep at two to three hours a day because he works on his manga a lot. If he deserves anything from finishing One Piece, it should be days worth of rest.
source: Get News via Kotaku
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Springfield police say they had no prior contact with Joaquin Roman before the 31-year-old killed four people, including an officer, on Sunday night and then turned the gun on himself at a Kum & Go store.
Investigators are also not aware of any prior arrests or history of violent crime for Roman.
"We do not yet have a motive, but figuring out those details is a priority in the investigation," said Jasmine Bailey, spokeswoman for the Springfield Police Department.
Detectives believe Roman acted alone when he carried out one of the deadliest shootings in recent southwest Missouri history.
Springfield Police Chief Paul Williams said Roman became a "roving active shooter" starting at about 11:24 p.m. Sunday.
Roman apparently fired randomly at civilians at several locations as he drove from Battlefield Road and Lone Pine up north to the Kum & Go at 2885 E. Chestnut Expressway.
At the convenience store, police say Roman killed three civilians and Springfield Police Officer Christopher Walsh before taking his own life.
A fourth civilian was seriously injured by the gunman, and Officer Josiah Overton suffered nonfatal gunshot injuries in the encounter.
Police identified the three deceased civilian victims as Troy Rapp, 57, Shannon Perkins, 46, and Matthew Hicks-Morris, 22. Rapp was a Kum & Go employee, Perkins was employed by WCA Waste Corporation and Hicks-Morris was a customer in the store.
On Monday, police say their investigation into the shooting brought them to the Abbey Apartments on East Erie Street. Court records indicate that's where Roman lived in a second-floor apartment.
Police have not said publicly what officers were doing at the apartments on Monday or what evidence they might have collected. A BearCat armored vehicle was used in some capacity.
Bailey, the police department spokeswoman, said investigators are not ready to release many details of the investigation like what type of gun or guns Roman used and how long he had been living in the Springfield area prior to Sunday night.
A search of online court records shows four driving citations that Roman received since January 2019 in Polk and Greene counties — three for speeding and one for careless and imprudent driving.
One of the tickets says Roman was caught driving 111 mph in a 65 mph zone.
In January 2019, Roman had a California driver's license. But by June of last year, he had a Missouri driver's license.
Representatives from the sheriff's offices in Greene and Polk counties said they did not have any jail booking photos for Roman related to those traffic violations.
On Tuesday, police still had the Kum & Go store on Chestnut surrounded by crime scene tape as officers continued to process the scene.
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