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Day 14 – Trogir; the unexpected bonus
28th September. The bura wind, although it only actually blew strongly on one day, had a considerable impact on the overall itinerary for the week, right from the start:
The threat it posed meant we had to leave Dubrovnik as soon as everyone was on board, which is why we had our visit to the Old Town before we boarded. This gained us a day, since the Dubrovnik tour was supposed to take place the following morning, by which time we were already under way.
Its threat still loomed over us after a day on Brač, making it too dangerous to move out, thus meaning a second day's entertainment on Brač. This lost us the day we'd gained, but enabled me to fly my drone for some photos and video.
The fact that we were still on Brač meant we were unable to get to the furthest island, Vis, simply because of the distance involved. So the planned visit there was abandoned, which gave us the day back.
This enabled Filip to suggest the town of Trogir, near to Split, as a candidate for a visit.
So, Trogir it was. The above goes to show how uncertain things can be when cruising the Adriatic, and I commend Filip and the crew of Perla for thinking ahead, planning accordingly, and being flexible enough still to make the programme for the week interesting, entertaining and varied.
The journey to Trogir was short, so we tied up once again to a handy piece of rock that was in the environs so that those who wished could go for a swim.
Then, because we couldn't tie up near to Trogir's old town island, we made our way to Trogir marina, which is (at least to my inexperienced eyes) absolutely vast and really emphasises the importance of yachting, sailing and cruising as an activity in the Adriatic – more on this later.
From the marina, we took a water taxi towards the old town. I was hoping to get a great photo of it from the water, but it's not easy; the most striking feature is a fortress at the edge of the town
and you'll be able to see the view from the top if you just control your impatience and read on. You do get a sense of the character of the old town from the water
and, if you look to the left, a small idea of the sheer number of visiting (small) cruisers – again, more on this later.
Our guide for the day was Igor (supplemented, as ever, by the energy, enthusiasm and knowledge of Filip) and he conducted us into the old town, taking us past charming alleyways
to the central square. Like most space in the old town, it was full of cafes and umbrellas, so difficult to capture as a photo. It features a loggia which was being used to showcase another group of Klapa singers (I got a very short snippet of a similar group in Split). So, here's a longer video of this lovely a capella style of singing.
As well as the general charm of the place, there are some interesting things to occupy the historically-interested tourist. There's a museum which has a lovely courtyard
and which enabled Filip to wax lyrical about some of the archaeological and historical aspects of the town. Frankly, it was a level of detail that was too much for my limited attention span, so I took the opportunity to have a short kip when I found a nearby chair. From a photographic point of view, the only item that I found really interesting was the ceiling in the library they have there, the Garagnin – Fanfogna library.
It's a lovely example of trompe l'oeuil painting.
After the museum, Igor and Filip took us to the Benedictine convent of St. Nicholas, which has in it something whose historical and archaeological pith and moment had Filip at his most rapturous. It is a bas-relief which dates right back to the beginning of the 3rd century BC. It depicts Kairos, son of Zeus, and God of the Fleeting Moment.
This bas-relief was almost certainly modelled on a bronze statue of Kairos made by the (apparently) famous Greek sculptor Lysippos from Sikyon.
Kairos is permanently running or flying, and hence the favourable opportunity (his tuft of hair) must be grasped swiftly, otherwise he has passed you by, and all you can see is the bald back of his head.
After all of this culture, the only thing for it was to take coffee in the cathedral square, after which we visited the cathedral itself. It's not particularly large or impressive in and of itself, but it has a couple of items of note. The carving of the choir stalls is very detailed and intricate.
And a chapel off to the side has a really intriguing ceiling
which shows God actually poking his head through the sky to keep an eye on proceedings. The cathedral also has other intricate carving, for example in the baptistry ceiling
and in the door itself, which depicts many scenes from the bible around it.
Since the cathedral has a bell tower, it seemed only reasonable to climb up it. Getting to the top gives you a fine view over the town
and also makes you glad not to be up there on the hour as there are two enormous bells there
which are active, as you can see from the electric striking mechanism.
We had a little free time, and Filip recommended another good viewpoint, the tower of the Kamerlengo fort which is such a striking sight as you arrive to Trogir. So we paid our 25 Kuna each to climb the tower and were indeed rewarded with a fine panorama.
The old town is to the left of this picture, with its waterfront in the centre. It is notable that the boats on the waterfront are triple-parked, so visitors on these sort of cruise boats might have to walk through two other boats to get to land. You can also see the number of smaller yachts that are moored here – further evidence of how important yachting is in the Adriatic.
As we walked to catch our taxi back to Perla, I took a couple of shots of the handsome waterfront buildings
to try to capture a bit more of the vibe of this very pleasant town. It was our last destination as tourists, and an agreeable place to spend time, all the more so because it was unexpected – I believe that we were the only tour group organised by Peter Sommer actually to visit Trogir, which makes up for missing out on seeing Vis.
Back on the boat it was time for packing and the Last Supper on board. Boško, our chef, had prepared us a lavish meal and we took the opportunity to try to drink the boat dry. We failed, of course, but it was fun trying and made for an agreeable Last Night feeling to the whole proceedings.
This is the last blog entry to describe the fortnight's relentless tourism. Assuming we get home safely, I might be moved to some philosophical musings about the holiday in general, in which case there might be another blog entry. You'll just have to keep an eye out to see, won't you?
This entry was posted in Uncategorised and tagged Archaeology, Croatia, Cruising, History, Islands, Lanscape, Scenery, Tourism, Trogir on 29th September 2018 by Steve Walker.
Day 13 – Split the difference
September 27th. Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike meeting an old friend, we returned to Split which (the observant among my readers will have noticed) we visited in the first week of our time in Croatia. I had expected the second visit to be more or less a re-run of the first only in cooler temperatures, but it didn't actually work out like that.
Although the sun was shining and the visibility was good, the approach to Split from the sea was not as good a photo opportunity as I had expected. It's Croatia's second-largest city (behind the capital, Zagreb) and is clearly a huge tourist destination, which we could infer from the large cruise ships parked at the edge of the harbour. And the city sprawls to east and west and so is difficult to capture in a single photo. You can get some nice shots on the approach, but only by zooming in to cut out, as far as possible, undesirable elements. Bits of it look nice
but even in the shot above, you see a few modern and less attractive apartment blocks. The bell-tower in the Diocletian Palace is a clear landmark.
We arrived in Split just before lunchtime, and tied up to the south-west of the city for lunch and an instructive lecture from Filip about: times Roman from 1st to 4th Century AD (up to the time of Diocletian, of course); the growth of both Eastern and Western Roman Empire under Trajan; the military prowess of Diocletian (which established him as #3 in the all-time hit parade of Roman emperors); his setting up of a tetrarchy; and the length of his rule – nearly 20 years, which was a long time to survive as an emperor – before he retired (the only Roman emperor to do so) to the palace he had built in Split (believed to have been his birthplace).
We disembarked at around 1.30 to gather for our walk to and around Split, and were approached by a tall, extravagantly made-up, dubiously blonde woman who waltzed up and said "hello", in a very deep voice. I was about to tell her that whatever it was that she wanted to sell us was something we weren't interested in when she was greeted warmly by both Filip and Tom, our captain. So it turned out that she (Stella) was to be our guide, so I'm glad I didn't say anything, particularly as she was bigger than me.
As we walked into Split, we actually saw our first – and only – Dalmatian dog!
(well-spotted by Jane). We gathered around the bronze model of what the powers that be thought that the Roman palace probably looked like, before entering the palace by the south gate, as we had the previous week. But instead of carrying straight on as we had before, we turned left and went much deeper into what was the basement part of the palace. The skill of the builders in designing and constructing arches, vaults and ceilings was apparent
as was the scope of the archaeological excavation – the entire basement had been largely used as a rubbish dump in medieval times and it takes a long time to excavate and restore such large spaces.
Some interesting things have been found, such as a thousand year old cedar timber
and in the back of the chamber, some workings have been left which give some idea of how awkward the excavation must have been.
Here's a close-up of the compacted rubbish of ages.
Some glimpses of the upper levels can be caught – for example this view of some bottles in a cafe somewhere above us.
After wandering round in the basement levels, we finally emerged, blinking, into the above-ground levels of the palace. Diocletian (much to the fury of Rome) gradually adopted the Egyptian attitude to ruling which basically involved asserting his godhood; to bolster his claim he brought several sphinxes and many porphyry columns from Egypt which was then under his control. The largest surviving sphinx is on display in the main palace courtyard
and is reportedly some 3,600 years old.
After a coffee break, and some delicious ice-cream (the ricotta-and-fig combo went down a storm with most of our group members trying it), we then went to the temple of Jupiter, which is adorned with the work of Roman sculptors who used a new technique of fast drilling, thus enabling greater intricacy among the detail work.
We also visited the cathedral, essentially a re-purposing of Diocletian's mausoleum (ironic as he was notorious for his persecution of Christians) which is decorated in real religious bling.
Running around the top of the mausoleum is a carved mural depicting various scenes of Roman life, including hunting.
The story goes that Diocletian received a prophecy that if he killed a boar, he would become emperor, and that this gave him the idea to kill his predecessor, whose name was the Latin for "boar"; perhaps this carving is Diocletian justifying his actions? As in so many cases, "no-one knows" the exact truth and there is much speculation about the details of history of this time, as indeed there is about what the basement areas of the palace were used for.
Modern, historical and Roman life come together in a shop just off the main square.
Here you see: a part of the drainage (sewerage?) system of the original Roman palace, preserved under glass within an upmarket scarf shop (similarly, next door is a bank where the PCs and desks of today's office are set among the pillars of the ancient Roman palace). Filip also explained that in the times of Louis XIV, the Sun King, Croatian mercenaries in France wore distinctive cloth around their necks to identify them, in a style called "à la Cravate" – a description and appearance which has given the name "cravat" to today's posh neckwear.
Before we left the palace for a final stroll round Split, we were treated to a small snatch of "Klapa" – traditional Dalmatian singing – in the vestibule of the palace courtyard.
After that, Jane and I made our way back up to the terrace we had visited the week before, in the expectation of getting a much improved view over Split, It was certainly clearer and the afternoon light looked good over the city, but it wasn't quite the spectacular photo opportunity I had expected. Still, not too bad a view.
In the evening we took a longish walk around the harbour and into the 19th-century back streets of Split to a restaurant called "Ostarija U Vidjakovi", where we were treated to a traditional Croatian dish called "pasticada" – very tender beef, which had been marinated and then slow-cooked in a rich sauce, served with gnocchi. This was extremely tasty, and very filling, so we were glad for the 25-minute walk back to the boat to settle the meal down before retiring for the night.
The morrow held out the prospect of visiting an old town called Trogir. This had not been on the original itinerary, but because of the vagaries of the weather during the week, we now had the luxury of the extra time to visit it. So, I'll describe how that went in the next entry. I'm quite looking forward to reading it, myself….
This entry was posted in Uncategorised and tagged Cityscape, Croatia, Cruising, Diocletian, Palace, Roman History, Split, Tourism on 28th September 2018 by Steve Walker.
Day 12 – It is a Hvar, Hvar better thing that we do
September 26th. Today's destination was the island – and the town – of Hvar, the sunniest island in the Croatian archipelago, with 2,718 hours of sunshine a year (over 7.5 hours a day on average!). It was a couple of hours sailing from Brač, and, though the bura wind had dropped, we were running before it and its resultant seas, which meant a fair degree of rocking and rolling.
This was actually moderately dramatic at times as it had the seating on deck shifting around – whether people were sitting in them or not.
Perla is 100 feet long, which is too long to be permitted into Hvar harbour, so we anchored in a sheltered location by (and to) a piece of rock which forms part of the Paklinski islands,
and a chap with a motor boat came to take us off for our visit to Hvar town, which enabled a nice view of Perla at anchor.
You get a good overview of Hvar as you approach from the sea
and particularly a splendid view of the fort which overlooks it (and helped protect it during the 16th century).
Indeed, it was the fort – Fortica, locally called Španjola after Spanish workers who help build it during the 15th century – which was our first destination as we explored Hvar. Building it started in 1278 and a new fortress – the one which sheltered the inhabitants during a Turkish Ottoman invasion in 1571 – was built on the site starting in 1551.
It's a handsome construction
and offers some great viewpoints over Hvar itself,
as well as having on display several artifacts from Greek and Roman times (Hvar's history actually goes back thousands of years BC). There are also some interestingly-shaped chimneys, reminiscent of the "praying hands" style which we have seen in the Azores.
There's a walkway which leads between town and fort, offering more great views over Hvar
which we walked and then stepped down
finally arriving at a Benedictine convent, now also a museum named after local poet Hanibal Lucić. The main attraction of the museum is the display of the extraordinarily intricate and fine patterns made by the nuns in Agave (also called Aloe) Lace. The patterns really are breathtakingly lovely.
The lace is made with fibres painstakingly extracted from agave leaves, which are graded for thickness and then woven into these patterns using an unusual needle, which has an eye at each end. Apparently, gloves are needed these days to protect the hands of the nuns from an allergic reaction to the oil in these fibres.
After a well-earned coffee break (which also featured beer), Jane and I went for a wander round Hvar, which is a really attractive place. This being September 26, it was right at the end of the season and so relatively quiet; I'm told that the town has quite a young crowd in during the height of the season and thus can be somewhat raucous. But we liked it and the various views and sights such as: the cathedral;
the main square as viewed from on top of the theatre;
various lion carvings, which are evidence of its Venetian influence;
a lovely tree being propped up on the harbour side;
more interesting chimneys;
the (now neglected) church of St. Mark;
a Franciscan monastery (which still has about three monks in it, we're told);
(I note with amusement that the statue of the boy in the foreground appears to presage modern fascination with social media); and nice harbourside walks with views of the town and fort.
All too soon it was time for a cocktail and to head back to the boat in the fading light
after which we just had time for a swift one before dinner. The crew played guessing games with us about the fish which formed the main course. It was delicious, but I think no-one (and certainly not I) would have guessed that it was shark – local white shark, apparently, a fish that grows to about two metres long. Dinner was supplemented by some very nice red wine which our two Australian (and clearly oenophile) group members, John and Greg, had generously bought for the meal, so a merry time was had by all.
Tomorrow's itinerary takes us to Split, and it will be an afternoon visit with different light and hence different photographs from our previous visit. All that will be covered in the next gripping episode. See you there!
This entry was posted in Uncategorised and tagged Cityscape, Croatia, Cruising, Fort, Fortica, Hvar, Hvar Island, Hvar Town, Landscape, Scenery, Tourism on 27th September 2018 by Steve Walker.


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Shout out to Green Tea!
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Are you a fish fan? You should be!
In this post I answer a reader's question about health benefits of oils found in fish. I explain some of the most important effects on our health.
In this post I answer a reader's question about a specific type of angina and about angina in general.
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Tired legs in the morning – why is this and what to do?
In this post I answer a reader's question about a morning feeling of tiredness in legs. Read on as I explain the possible causes and some immediate things to try, in order to get relief.
In this post I answer a reader's question about lifestyle remedies for high blood pressure. Read on as I explain the basics of the condition and way to cope.
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In this post I answer a reader's question about a common problem during pregnancy – Constipation. Read on as I go through the basics and offer some quick but helpful remedies.
Green tea is the talk of the town for its health benefits. In this text I explore some of its properties and give an overview of the potentially useful applications in a healthy diet. It's not a magic pill but it certainly does help in maintaining good health.


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Theresa May would plough on with soft Brexit if Irish border was not an issue | Politics | News – UK
At a top secret Downing Street meeting, Mrs May's Chief of Staff Gavin Barwell floored Brexiteers by saying the Prime Minister is so convinced by her soft Brexit document that even if the Northern Ireland border was not an issue she would proceed and deliver it anyway.
Mr Barwell said Mrs May did not view the Northern Irish border as a decisive factor in her negotiating with the bloc's chief negotiator Michael Barnier despite others pleading with her otherwise.
Mr Barwell, who campaigned to remain in the EU during the June 2016 referendum, insisted it would make sense to stay closely tied to Brussels even if the UK did not have to in order to dodge a hard customs border with Belfast.
He also pledged there were "economic arguments" beyond the border riddle that meant Mrs May's soft Brexit would make sense regardless.
But fuming Tories have blasted the White Paper as a compromise that would not exist had the Irish border debacle never come about.
A source told the Sun: "Gavin told the briefing that even if the Northern Irish border was not an issue, because of the economic situation, there is an argument to be made that we should do this type of alignment anyway.
"He said 'It's not just the Irish border but the economic arguments as well."
The Ireland border question has long-plagued Brexit negations.
Unlike the UK, the Republic of Ireland has no plans to leave Brussels, meaning post-Brexit the UK's only land border will also be an external one affecting both immigration and trade.
The issue circles around whether border controls will be re-established after Britain leaves the EU in March 2019.
When draft proposals were drawn up in the immediate aftermath of the Brexit vote, the riddle of the Irish border was not taken into account.
The EU proposed a "common regulatory area" comprising the EU and Northern Ireland.
But this was met with fury by Brexiteers because it would mean Northern Irish territory would be considered to be in the customs union.
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Skeleton of an Icelandic woman who died more than 1,000 years ago. Scientists have now mapped her genome and that of 26 other first generation Icelanders. (Photo: Ívar Brynjólfsson / National Museum of Iceland)
Scientists map the earliest Icelandic genome
Scientists have mapped genetic material from the first generations of Icelanders, whose DNA appears to be more closely matched to present day Norwegians than their Icelandic descendants.
ScienceNordic Staff, based on an article by Rasmus Kragh Jakobsen
Published friday 01. june 2018 - 06:25
Around 870 CE, Norsemen crossed the North Atlantic to reach Iceland, which they spent the next five decades colonising.
Today, 1,100 years later, an international team of scientists have mapped the genetic material of these first generation Icelanders and they can now see how the Icelandic population has changed between then and now.
"You're looking at the creation of the population," says geneticist Tom Gilbert from the Natural History Museum of Denmark at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is one of the co-authors of the new study published in Science.
The genetic material gives an insight into both the evolutionary mechanisms operating in a small, isolated population, as well as the history of the original population.
Location of the skeletons analysed in the new study. Most were the first colonists. The more recent skeletons were part of a dramatic story: A man and a woman who, according to written sources, were executed in 1704 for the murder of the woman's husband. He was hanged and his head was sat on a spike as a warning to others. She was drowned. They were both buried in unconsecrated ground at Hjónadysjar. And today, scientists have sequenced the man's genome. (Map: Sunna Ebenesersdóttir et al. / Science)
"It's a really interesting study that confirms what we already know from historical sources, but also adds something new to the picture," says Matthew Driscoll, an expert in Icelandic language and literature at the Arnamagnaean Institute at the University of Copenhagen. Driscoll was not involved with the study.
Professor Mikkel Heide Schierup from the Department of Bioinformatics at Aarhus University, Denmark, is also enthusiastic about the study.
"Iceland's history is fascinating and here we have direct evidence of how the original population were and what has happened since," says Schierup, who was also not involved in the study.
Read More: See where the Vikings travelled
Genomes of the first Icelanders
The genetic material from a man buried as a Viking reveals both Norse and Gaelic DNA, suggesting the Vikings had children with people in Ireland or Scotland before they migrated north. (Photo: Ívar Brynjólfsson / National Museum of Iceland)
Scientists have now successfully mapped whole genomes from 27 Icelandic skeletons, which were discovered in previous archaeological excavations.
Most of the skeletons date to the Viking Age, more than 1,000 years ago, and are considered to be from the first one to three generations of Icelanders.
The genetics reveal that the first migrants were either Norse (from Norway or Sweden) or Gaelic (either Ireland or Scotland), or a mixture of the two.
This fits with what researchers already knew: That the first Icelanders were Vikings, who brought slaves from the British Isles.
Read More: The Viking Age should be called the Steel Age
Genetics add nuance to Iceland's history
"It's interesting that one of the earliest Icelandic genomes was already a mixture of Norse and Gaelic DNA, which indicates that people were mixing before they arrived in Iceland, perhaps related to the Viking settlements in Ireland and Scotland," says Driscoll.
The Vikings occupied Scotland and Ireland from the end of the 700s CE.
One of the skeletons is a woman with Nordic genes, which shows that Norwegian women must have been among the early migrants.
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First Icelanders are more like Norwegians than present day Icelanders
If you thought that Icelanders were the closest people, genetically speaking, to the original Vikings, then think again.
Comparing the early Icelandic genomes with those of present day populations revealed an interesting picture.
Surprisingly enough, people living in Iceland today are not the closest genetic match to the early Icelandic skeletons. Instead, the closest match was among people living in areas from where the colonists originated: Norway, Ireland, and Scotland.
Despite the constant migrations to Norway and the British Isles over the past 1,000 years, it is these populations that have preserved more of the original genes than people in Iceland.
Icelandic genomes, meanwhile, have changed markedly.
Read More: New study reignites debate over Viking settlements in England
Study based on genealogy, health registers, and genetic analyses
The study was led by scientists at the Icelandic genetic research centre, deCODE Genetics, who have access to Icelandic genealogy, health registers, and genetic material.
Today, deCODE is owned by the US biotech company, Amgen, with the view to create commercial products, such as new medicines.
"This is why deCODE are interested in ancient genomes—it gives them a starting point for their work with modern day populations and disease," says Gilbert.
Read more in the Danish version of this article at Videnskab.dk
"Ancient genomes from Iceland reveal the making of a human population", Science (2018)
Tom Gilbert
Matthew Driscoll
Mikkel Heide Schierup
deCODE Genetics
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Experimental archaeologists donned their armour and took to the battlefield to test out shield fighting techniques.
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Follow the archaeologists' work as they pry into a 1,000-years-old Viking toolbox.
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Home Reviews Handling Bullies When You're LGBTQ
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Handling Bullies When You're LGBTQ
(2020) 22 min. DVD: $149.95. Human Relations Media. PPR.
James Spione's documentary short addressed the uncomfortable subject of the physical and emotional harassment that LGBTQ youth endure from their intolerant peers. The film details the painfully diverse methods of abuse that are used to psychologically devastate and physically attack young people in both a school environment and in wider society. The film uses animation to illustrate the hardships faced by LGBTQ youth, and the film provides extensive talking head input for clinical psychiatrist Robert Eckstrom and teenage LGBTQ activist Kian Tortorello-Allen, who also shares experiences. The film includes two brief segments regarding a young female skateboarder and a male ballet dancer who endured homophobic abuse but continued to pursue their respective athletic and creative goals. Sadly, the film simplifies the issue by failing to detail how too many schools fail to offer any degree of protection for the persecuted young people, let alone enact any degree of punishment on the wretched bullies that create this havoc. Also, there is far too much of Eckstrom and Tortorello-Allen, as if they were the only experts who could be located for this offering. While the film is certainly a much-needed conversation starter on an issue that has persisted for far too long, it is a shame that it is not a more thorough examination of a tragic situation. A strong optional purchase. Aud: J, H, C, P. (P. Hall)


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MAPS (Modesto Area Partners in Science)
MAPS presents free, informative and engaging community science programs.
7:30 pm, MJC West Campus Sierra Hall 132
Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, Maya Almaraz, UC Davis. "Agriculture is a Major Source of Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) Pollution in California."
Anthropogenic activities including agricultural use of fertilizers have dramatically increased the amount of fixed nitrogen cycling though our biosphere. My research focuses on how alterations to the nitrogen cycle interact with climate and land-use change to impact both environmental and human health.
https://mayaalmaraz.wixsite.com/research/about
Friday, February 28, 2020 – Colin Milburn, UC Davis. "Science Fiction and the History of Science."
Professor Milburn's research focuses on the relations of literature, science, and technology. This talk will focus on the history of science and the impacts of science fiction and popular media on the history of science.
https://sts.ucdavis.edu/people/milburn
Friday, March 27, 2020 – David Olson, MD. "Changing Trends in Infectious Diseases."
David Olson, a local physician and infectious disease specialist, will describe the changes in incidence and prevalence of West Nile Virus, coccidioidomycosis and syphilis over the last several years and how these diseases are impacting our communities. The talk will also include trends in these and other infectious diseases that may be related to travel, climate change, and natural selection.
https://www.modbee.com/news/article228461699.html
Friday, April 10, 2020 – Marina Elliott, researcher at the Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. "Homo naledi and the Rising Star Cave."
Marina Elliott is a Canadian biological anthropologist, who is known for being one of the six Underground Astronauts of the Rising Star Expedition. Discovered deep in a cave in the Cradle of Humankind in September 2013,Homo naledi is one of the newest members of the human family. In this lecture, Dr. Elliott will share her experience of the Rising Star Expedition and describe what the research to date has learned about the biology and behavior of this fascinating new species.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Elliott
For MAPS downloadable schedule, see: http://murov.info/maps.pdf .


Frederic Martel's new book: In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy' tells us much about the whys of the closeted life of many gays in the church, and its fatal impact.
And can we talk about Islam with the nuance of diversity?
An explosive new book, titled In the Closet of the Vatican, alleges 80 per cent of Vatican staff are secretly gay.
Can criticism of religion cross a line and become racism?


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Q: How do I treat a special string as an array and select the second object from it in postgreSQL I have a column in my table which has values like this
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Data is split by ";"
I want to select the second value of it. My thought is to find a way to treat this string as an array. Or is there a better way?

A: you can use select split_part(colname,';',2);

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Trump says U.S. will tackle N. Korea on its own unless China reins in Pyongyang
All News 07:33 April 03, 2017
By Chang Jae-soon
WASHINGTON, April 2 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States will tackle North Korea on its own if China refuses to use its leverage and rein in the communist neighbor, according to an interview published Sunday.
Trump didn't elaborate on how he will deal with the North without Chinese help. But the remark, made in an interview with the Financial Times, was seen as a veiled warning to Beijing that it would be bad for Chinese interests if the U.S. starts taking unilateral action.
The warning came just days before Trump holds his first talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday and Friday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. North Korea is expected to be one of the biggest topics for their discussions.
"China has great influence over North Korea. And China will either decide to help us with North Korea, or they won't," Trump said during the interview in the Oval Office, according to the Financial Times. "If they do, that will be very good for China, and if they don't, it won't be good for anyone."
Asked if he would consider a "grand bargain" -- where China pressures Pyongyang in exchange for a guarantee that the U.S. would later remove troops from the Korean Peninsula -- Trump said: "Well, if China is not going to solve North Korea, we will. That is all I am telling you," according to the paper.
Trump was also quoted as saying it was "totally" possible for the U.S. to tackle North Korea without Chinese help. Asked if that meant dealing with Pyongyang one-on-one, he said: "I don't have to say any more. Totally," according to the paper.
As to how to deal with North Korea, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said, during his trip to South Korea, Japan and China last month, that two decades of diplomatic efforts failed to disarm the North and the U.S. was looking at a range of options, including the use of military force.
Trump has made it a key priority of his administration to pressure China to exercise more leverage over Pyongyang as the main provider of food and energy for the impoverished nation. Trump has said that the Chinese can solve the problem "very easily if they want to."
China has been reluctant to use its influence over Pyongyang for fear that pushing the regime too hard could result in instability in the North and even its collapse that could lead to the emergence of a pro-U.S. nation next door.
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https://www.sfgate.com/athletics/article/A-s-Ross-sent-down-after-shaky-start-3811610.php
A's Ross sent down after shaky start
RAYS 5, A'S 0
By Susan Slusser
Updated 11:54 pm PDT, Thursday, August 23, 2012
St. Petersburg, Fla. --
Tyson Ross made what might be his final start ever for the A's on Thursday night.
Ross - filling in for suspended starter Bartolo Colon - was optioned back to Triple-A Sacramento after Oakland's 5-0 loss to the Rays, and he was told that he will pitch in relief and rejoin the A's in September.
The A's are tied for the second wild-card position with Detroit and Baltimore. The Rays are in the top wild-card spot, 2 1/2 games ahead of Oakland, which was shut out for a major-league-leading 15th time this season.
Throughout Ross' time in pro ball, scouts and some in Oakland's organization have thought the former Cal pitcher might best be suited to the bullpen. He usually handles the lineup well the first time through, then starts to have trouble in the middle innings.
That's precisely what happened Thursday at Tropicana Field. Ross sailed through four innings, then allowed five runs in the fifth inning, with the biggest blow coming on Matt Joyce's two-out, two-run double.
A's manager Bob Melvin said Ross' stuff was perhaps the best it's been all year. "He just couldn't limit the damage. He threw some balls over the middle of the plate, and they got hit."
Tyson Ross made it through the Rays' lineup a couple of times, then got slapped around for five runs in the fifth.
Photo: J. Meric, Getty Images
"Obviously, that one inning kind of bit me in the butt," said Ross, who said he was having trouble getting his breaking ball over for strike one.
Ross extended his overall losing streak in the big leagues to six, the longest by an A's pitcher this year. In his past seven starts, Ross is 0-6 with a 6.63 ERA, and in three career appearances against Tampa Bay, he has allowed 21 hits, five walks and 14 runs in 10 innings.
Moving to the bullpen is not a bad thing as far as Ross is concerned.
"I'm excited about the opportunity," he said. "One bad inning here or there got me, and coming out of the pen, that will be limited, and that will give me a chance to help this team win."
"He's really got a chance to be a big asset for us in September," said A's infielder Cliff Pennington, who said Ross' stuff was especially nasty Thursday.
Ross would not have been the A's top choice to make Thursday's start in a perfect world, but Colon's suspension Wednesday came as an unpleasant shock to the club and no one else was available. Dan Straily, who was optioned out Monday to make room for Brett Anderson, cannot return until Aug. 30 unless there is an injury; A.J. Griffin probably needs one more rehab start at Sacramento; and Travis Blackley was unavailable after pitching in long relief Monday. Graham Godfrey had been designated for assignment on Tuesday in order to get Stephen Drew onto the 40-man roster.
Griffin might be recalled early from his rehab assignment to start next week, but Blackley also is an option, and Straily is too - with the off day Sunday, the A's could use four starters until he is eligible.
The A's are likely to recall a reliever Friday, with Jim Miller, who worked well in Oakland's bullpen much of the summer, a top candidate. The other Sacramento reliever on the 40-man roster, lefty Pedro Figueroa, also is an option. With Colon's suspension, the team does have an opening on the 40-man roster.
AL wild card
Team W L GB*
Tampa Bay 70 55
A's 67 57 -
Baltimore 67 57 -
Detroit 67 57 -
Los Angeles 65 60 2 1/2
*games behind second wild card
Susan Slusser is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: sslusser@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @susanslusser
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Soybean Farmers Strategically Invest in Key Link in Supply Chain
By Miranda Cook | July 11, 2019
1255 SW Prairie Trail Parkway ¬ Ankeny, Iowa 50023 515-727-0665 ¬ www.soytransportation.org
Funded by the soybean checkoff
Contact: Mike Steenhoek, Executive Director
Ankeny, Iowa – As U.S. soybean farmers continue to encounter challenges with both growing a crop and marketing a crop, it remains essential to maintain and enhance the transportation system established to transport that crop. U.S. soybean farmers are not only increasing the time and effort devoted to improving the competitiveness of their transportation network, they are also strategically investing resources to do so.
The 256-mile stretch of the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico accounts for 60% of U.S. soybean exports, along with 59% of corn exports – by far the leading export region for both commodities. There is a growing effort among Mississippi River stakeholders, including agriculture, to promote the dredging of the lower river shipping channel from 45 ft. to 50 ft. in depth.
The United Soybean Board (USB) recently announced a $2 million allocation to help offset the planning, design, and research costs of deepening the lower Mississippi River from 45 ft. to 50 ft. The 73 USB farmer-directors are responsible for investing soybean checkoff funds to enhance the value and preference for U.S. soy.
"During this challenging period, soybean farmers are being aggressive in trying to increase our competitiveness,"
says Mike Bellar, a soybean farmer from Howard, Kansas, and chairman of the Soy Transportation Coalition (STC). "The
$2 million in funding from our national checkoff organization, the United Soybean Board, will help improve our number one export region of U.S. soybeans. It will remain critical for the Soy Transportation Coalition, the American Soybean Association, and the individual state soybean associations to continue to promote this project at the federal and state level."
The overall project is estimated to cost $245 million and would occur in three phases. Two of the phases will be cost-shared between the federal government (75%) and non-federal sources (25%). The State of Louisiana has been designated as the obligated non-federal entity.
Dredging from Venice, Louisiana (approximately Mile 10 Above Head of Passes [AHP]) to the Gulf of
Mexico. Removing this bottleneck would provide a 50-ft. deep channel to approximately Mile 154 [AHP] of the river. A substantial number of soybean and grain export terminals are located within this portion of the
river. The estimated cost of this phase is $100 million. Given a 75% federal and a 25% non-federal cost share, the federal obligation would be $75 million, and the non-federal obligation would be $25 million.
Dredging from Mile 154 AHP to Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Mile 232 AHP). The remaining soybean and grain export terminals would be included in the 50-ft. shipping channel upon completion of this phase. The estimated cost of this phase is $65 million. Given a 75% federal and a 25% non-federal cost share, the federal obligation would be $48.75 million, and the non-federal obligation would be $16.25
The relocation of pipelines buried under the northern portion of the shipping channel. The estimated $80 million cost of doing so would be split evenly between the State of Louisiana and the pipeline
USB is allocating the $2 million to help offset planning, design, and research costs, combined with approximately
$21 million in federal funding and $7.5 million in funding from the State of Louisiana to initiate the first year's work of the project (i.e. commencing the deepening of the river from Venice, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico). While the State of Louisiana has provided its initial $7.5 million allocation of matching funds, the federal government has yet to approve its approximately $21 million in initial funding.
Recent research conducted by the Soy Transportation Coalition concludes that shipping costs for soybeans from Mississippi Gulf export terminals would decline 13 cents per bushel ($5 per metric ton) if the lower Mississippi River is dredged to 50 ft. A deeper river will allow both larger ships to be utilized and current ships being utilized to be loaded with more revenue-producing freight.
The research also identifies the impact on interior basis – the difference between the local price a farmer receives and the market value established by the Chicago Board of Trade – for soybeans in 31 states if the lower Mississippi River shipping channel is dredged. It is well established that farmers located in closer proximity to the nation's inland waterways and barge transportation enjoy a positive or less negative basis vs. soybeans grown in areas further removed. As a rule, the less-costly and more efficient the supply chain is subsequent to farmers delivering their soybeans, the higher value a farmer will receive for the bushels of soybeans produced. The STC directed the researchers to produce basis maps for soybean-producing states located adjacent to navigable inland waterways – highlighting the current situation and how basis could improve for soybean farmers if the lower Mississippi River shipping channel is dredged to 50 ft.
State Example: Illinois Soybean Basis Pre and Post Lower Mississippi River Deepening (September through November)
As the above basis maps highlight, areas of the state of Illinois enjoying positive or slightly negative basis will expand if the lower Mississippi River is dredged to 50 ft. The areas with more pronounced negative basis will be crowded out by more favorable basis territory. It is estimated that this development will result in Illinois soybean farmers annually receiving over $77 million more for their soybean crop. This dynamic will be replicated in other soybean producing states along the inland waterway system.
The STC research estimates farmers in the 31 evaluated states will annually receive an additional $461 million for their soybeans due to dredging the lower Mississippi River to 50 ft. While those states located in close proximity to the inland waterway system will realize the most benefit, states further removed will also benefit from the increased modal competition between rail and barge. When modal competition increases, a downward pressure on shipping rates will often occur. With barge transportation becoming more viable for a larger percentage of the soybean-producing areas of the country, there will be a greater degree of overlap between areas served by railroads and barge. Soybean shippers will benefit from this modal competition.
"If I had to select a single infrastructure enhancement that would provide the most benefit to the greatest number of U.S. soybean farmers, deepening the lower Mississippi River would be my choice," explains Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition. "Soybean farmers are demonstrating a willingness to collaborate with federal and state government on an innovative public private partnership that will enhance the competitiveness of both agriculture and a host of other industries. The Soy Transportation Coalition, the American Soybean Association, state soybean associations, and other stakeholder groups look forward to working together to ensure this critical project becomes a reality."
Additional information can be accessed via the STC's website at www.soytransportation.org.
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Established in 2007, the Soy Transportation Coalition is comprised of thirteen state soybean boards, the American Soybean Association, and the United Soybean Board. The goal of the organization is to position the soybean industry to benefit from a transportation system that delivers cost effective, reliable, and competitive service.
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L'Institut de développement de l'économie sociale (IDES) est une société française de capital-investissement dédiée au développement des structures françaises du secteur marchand de l'économie sociale.

Histoire
L'IDES est créé le , à la suite de la loi du  autorisant les entreprises de l'économie sociale et solidaire (ESS) à émettre un nouvel instrument financier, le titre participatif. À sa création, l'IDES est une société anonyme au capital de 50 millions de francs dont les actionnaires sont l'État français, les assureurs mutualistes, les banques coopératives mutualistes et la caisse des dépôts et consignations.

La loi du , quelques mois plus tard, pose les bases du développement de l'économie sociale. Ce terreau fertile pour le développement de l'économie sociale est en grande partie dû à la volonté de Michel Rocard, à l'époque Ministre chargé de l'Aménagement du territoire, et de Jacques Delors, alors Ministre de l'Économie et des Finances.

Depuis 1990, l'IDES est une filiale d'ESFIN SA, qui est une holding spécialisée dans le financement de l'économie sociale et dont les actionnaires sont les assureurs mutualistes, la Confédération générale des SCOP et le Crédit coopératif, son capital atteignait 38,3 millions d'euros en 2007.

En 2002, son capital atteint 29,3 millions d'euros.

À la fin de l'année 2010, une augmentation de capital a porté celui-ci à 47 millions d'euros.

L'IDES est géré par ESFIN Gestion, société de gestion agréée par l'autorité des marchés financiers pour le capital-investissement, et dont le siège se situe à Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine).

Le métier
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L'IDES souscrits principalement des titres participatifs émis par les sociétés coopératives (coopératives, SCOP, SCIC) qui s'apparentent à des actions sans droit de vote mais qui tiennent surtout de l'obligation puisqu'ils comportent une rémunération systématique (en partie fixe, en partie variable). L'IDES intervient également en souscrivant des obligations convertibles en actions et des actions au capital des sociétés de droit commun du monde de l'ESS (filiales de coopératives, adhérents de coopératives du Commerce Associé).

L'IDES peut financer des programmes d'investissements matériels, la transmission d'entreprise, la reprise d'entreprise par les salariés, le développement et la croissance externe des coopératives et intervient à tout stade de développement de la société.

Depuis sa création, l'IDES a accompagné plus de 400 entreprises.

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The Air Felt Like Heaven
Saturday dawned with unseasonable warmth and bright sunshine. A still unsettled Presidential election, too. Votes were being counted in Pennsylvania. The New York Times was unsettling, as it often is these days.
Exit 46 rocks the neighborhood. (Jim Motavalli photo)
I do better when I'm busy. The leaves were nice and dry so I filled six bags with them, then looked up and noticed how many more were still to come down. I went for my morning bike ride. I love my Pedego.
It was 11:25 a.m. when Biden won the Keystone State and the Associated Press called the election for him. My wife got the notification a minute later (I'd turned mine off as too unnerving) and within moments I heard the first car horn. A traffic jam? No. The horns were soon answered and swelled into a chorus with happy shouts from front yards and porches. It really took me a minute or two to get what was going on.
My friend Ron was across the street at his son's house, and he came out and we did distanced fist bumps. A heavy weight had been removed from his chest, it seemed. One of my favorite singer-songwriters, Erin McKeown, posted about this moment:
on saturday morning, i was walking slowly on one of the dirt roads near my house. i think i was listening to the new david sedaris collection. all of a sudden my phone started blowing up. every text chain i am part of. folks i hadn't heard from in awhile. you know what had just happened. at that moment, a cyclist whizzed by me. i spontaneously whooped and raised my fists, and they returned my whoop and shouted "i just heard." it was a surreal and strange moment. and of course, i immediately started to feel better. the malaise i felt this week was trump leaving my body.
It so happened that Saturday coincided with the semi-regular Shop & Stroll event in our Stratfield neighborhood. People sold crafts, jewelry, coffee and hot chocolate in their driveways. My friend Ari and other lens people displayed their photographs. You could buy cider doughnuts.
Exit 46 has an array of strong vocalists. (Jim Motavalli photo)
I grabbed a $2 hot chocolate, and was reminded of why I don't drink sugary drinks anymore. Sipping it, I walked down the street and there on the corner, in front of a house whose dog hates my dog, the band Exit 46 was set up. I met the band through dog walking, actually. There's a high level of canine ownership in the band, which was originally called Josh and the Dogwalkers.
Exit 46 has been on my radio show—right before the COVID shutdown—and I've played their cover songs on the air. There are three women lead singers, and two male. The sax man rocks out, and there are also strong players holding down the guitar, bass (a psychiatrist!), keyboard and drum chairs.
Exit 46 (our stop on the Merritt Parkway) does mostly covers, some with subtly altered lyrics. They love Fleetwood Mac—the later period, not the blues band led by Peter Green. They're not political—it's not like this was a rally celebrating the ouster of Trump.
But it felt like that.
Wordsworth wrote, celebrating the French Revolution, "Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, but to be young was very heaven!" They said the very air felt electric. And didn't they set the calendar back to zero? I'm exaggerating, but it felt a little like that long-gone time.
Exit 46 went through some old favorites. The aforementioned Josh had a strong lead on Creedence's "Down on the Corner." He also joined the women on a mostly acapella version of "Seven Bridges Road" by Steve Young. I love that song. They did "Wagon Wheel," which doesn't sound like a Dylan song, but at least partly is—it was finished by a member of Old Crow Medicine Show from a fragment Dylan had left over from the Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid sessions.
Sorry for the digression, but "Wagon Wheel" has become so popular in Americana circles that it's been banned in certain locations. John Cranford of Swampfire Records put up signs at the Swampfire Sessions proclaiming, "Absolutely No 'Wagon Wheel.'" The New England Americana Festival sold a t-shirt with the image of a crossed-out wagon wheel. I don't care—I still like it, even though it is the folk "Free Bird."
But back to that day and that place. The sun shone down, making it almost too warm. Crazy to think it snowed the week before, but now I was worried about sunburn.
The band did "Quit Dragging My Heart Around," and a bunch of songs I didn't know—probably because I've ignore the pop charts for decades. The audience kept growing. The band swung into a version of the late John Prine's "Angel From Montgomery," sung very well indeed by another Ari, owner of the house and that dog that hates my dog. Out of Prine's vast repertoire, why does that song from his first album get covered so much more than any other one? Dunno. Maybe because Bonnie Raitt covered it. Here's a video snippet of that:
The Shop & Stroll ended, the sun went down, the band packed up. There were complications. The President said, "I WON. BY A LOT." But we had that shining moment.
PRESCRIPT: Before election day, we had another moment: Halloween. Most of the block was dark, including my house, but my neighbor Dan always goes above and beyond, and this year he had a fun COVID-friendly chute to deliver candy to the people who have long seen our neighborhood as a central gathering point. Here's what that looked like:
Dan's distanced domicile.
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Pushkar Camel Fair or the Pushkar Cattle Fair is held annually in the holy town of Pushkar. A vast township springs up besides the lake in the Pushkar town. Pushkar itself is situated scenically amidst Aravali Hills and sand dunes.
Pushkar has spiritual significance for Hindus. The only temple in the world dedicated to Lord Brahma the Creator of the Universe is found here. An annual pilgrimage with a dip in the lake is held during the month of Kartik according to the lunar calendar. It is believed that this dip and the pilgrimage wash away all sins and grant salvation. The cattle fair also comes up at the same time. Lakhs of people from India and abroad visit the fair, making it a carnival like atmosphere.
Apart from the spiritual aspect, the fair also is a big commercial opportunity for the rural people who bring their camels and other cattle here to trade. Consequently, a large number of stalls vending textiles, silver jewelry, household goods as well as crafts of Rajasthan and Rajasthani traditional food come up during this period.
Camel races and other contests like the best decorated camel, bets mustache for men and tug-of-war are held. Folk music and folk dance performances add to the enjoyment of all visitors.
Pushkar is a mere eleven kilometers from Ajmer, the other holy town in Rajasthan. Pushkar is believed too have over 500n temples.
The closest airport is at Jaipur, 130 km away. The nearest railhead is at Ajmer, that is connected by Rajdhani, Shatabdi and a number of other good trains to all major cities. With an excellent quality of road network, Pushkar can also be reached by buses and taxis.
The climate of Pushkar is very hot summers going upto 45C and cold winters going to 5C.


Just a few questions for any ameriflight pilots out there.
1. How long is the typical upgrade to a twin turbine?
2. About how many hours a year do the pilots fly?
3. Do most of the new hires live in crashpads?
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Also, is the pay truley salary and is the one listed below accurate?
What does the average pilot do with the time in the middle of the day?
Play golf, get a second job, online schooling, or any number of things that can be done within a 8 hr period.
Also to address the salary question, most runs are guarranteed 40hrs a week so it's like salary.
Like I stated earlier, I am applying for a position in PDX, but had requested SLC on my app. When Joni called, she said they could move me to SLC in about 6 months. Is this realistic? If so, how is the temporary housing in Portland?
Thanks for all the info, just trying to get a realistic idea of how the job really is!


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The Ohio Truth-O-Meter
"Our race was the closest U.S. Senate race in Ohio in 36 years -- when Howard Metzenbaum defeated Robert Taft in 1976."
— Josh Mandel on Friday, November 16th, 2012 in an email to supporters
Josh Mandel says his senate contest with Sherrod Brown the closest in three decades in Ohio
By Tom Feran on Friday, November 30th, 2012 at 6:00 a.m.
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, but it can provide a bit of consolation in politics.
Strategists like Karl Rove, whose two Republican-allied super PACs -- American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS -- were among the biggest spenders in the campaign season just ended, suggested that their spending kept a number of races closer than they otherwise might have been.
Among the races, and one of the 10 Senate contests in which Crossroads GPS invested, was the match between Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown and the Republican state treasurer, Josh Mandel. Crossroads GPS contributed nearly $6.4 million to the unsuccessful effort to defeat Brown, making it the biggest third-party spender in a race that was one of the nation's costliest, according to figures gathered by the nonprofit Sunlight Foundation.
Mandel, in an email thanking his supporters, said one of them had pointed out "that our race was the closest U.S. Senate race in Ohio in 36 years -- when Howard Metzenbaum defeated Robert Taft in 1976."
True? PolitiFact Ohio couldn't resist an excuse to dig into history.
We looked first at current unofficial election results from Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted. They show Brown defeated Mandel by 278,052 ballots, or 50.35 percent of the vote to Mandel's 45.06 percent.
Then we checked the official record on the secretary's website. Of the 11 Senate races going back to 1976, none was as close as the Brown-Mandel match. Most were comparatively lopsided, in fact, including Brown's victory margin of more than 12 percent in 2006.
In 1976, Metzenbaum defeated Robert Taft Jr., the Republican incumbent, by a margin of 117,339 votes, or 3 percent of the vote. Not only closer than the Brown-Mandel race, it was a reverse rematch of the 1970 election in which Taft reached the Senate, defeating Metzenbaum by a margin of 70,420 votes, or 2 percent.
Taft was a congressman, father of the former governor and son of the famed three-term senator who was nicknamed "Mr. Republican." Before his two tight contests with Metzenbaum, he lost his first bid for the Senate in an even closer race.
In 1964, the year of Lyndon Johnson's presidential landslide over Barry Goldwater, Taft lost to incumbent Democrat Stephen Young by just 0.5 percent. It was Ohio's closest Senate election of the last half century.
PolitiFact Ohio found the history interesting.
On the Truth-O-Meter, Mandel's statement rates True.
Published: Friday, November 30th, 2012 at 6:00 a.m.
Researched by: Tom Feran
Edited by: Robert Higgs
Subjects: Elections
UPI, "Republicans: Spending kept race close," Nov. 8, 2012
The Hill, "Schumer jabs Rove over election record," Nov. 8, 2012
Wall Street Journal MarketWatch, "The costliest races in the House and Senate," Nov. 7, 2012
CNN, "American Crossroads defends campaign spending to donors," Nov. 8, 2012
Sunlight Foundation, "Outside spending by race: Ohio," Nov. 28, 2012
Josh Mandel, Email to supporters, Nov. 27, 2012
Ohio Secretary of State, election results, accessed Nov. 28, 2012
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Today in Headlines I Never Thought I'd Write: Neon Indian Films Scenes For a Terrence Malick Movie at the Fader Fort
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Audra Schroeder | March 21, 2012 | 11:13am
Ah, yes. So much synergy happens during SXSW. If you've been on the Austin festival circuit in the last six months or so, you may have noticed Christian Bale at Austin City Limits, where he played bongos with Fleet Foxes, or Ryan Gosling and Rooney Mara at Fun Fun Fun Fest, which led to a Tumblr devoted specifically to Ryan Gosling at Fun Fun Fun Fest.
They were all being trailed by renowned Texas-bred auteur Terrence Malick (Badlands, The Thin Red Line), who's been filming scenes for his upcoming movie, Lawless, a tale of "obsession and betrayal" set against the backdrop of the Austin music scene. Or festival scene. Not sure yet.
Over the weekend, Malick was filming at the Fader Fort, a sentence I never thought I'd write, and apparently Dallas' Alan Palomo, aka Neon Indian, is now part of the film, and was shooting scenes with Girl With the Dragon Tattoo star Rooney Mara, who was also seen at Fun Fun Fun Fest with Ryan Gosling. Love triangle alert!
Malick's film already has more ensemble cast than a Robert Altman movie. Hopefully he'll get some actual Austin musicians in the mix, since it's about the Austin music scene and all.
I also heard a rumor that Palomo and Gosling have started an ambient noise side project called Full Leather Jacket. Details forthcoming.
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Girls, don't worry 'bout your breasts, they will come naturally. I'm 11 and I'm only an AA bra size sooooo... I feel like I'm about to get my period too so if you guys have any question, feel free to ask. We're all in this together! It told me that I might be getting my period any week now sooooo... fingers crossed.
Okay, if you're under 13 you need to stop worrying about your period and Breasts. I didn't get my period till 13 and it happens to every girl so stop being like "I want it" and I was flat all middle school and I'm going to be a sophomore in highschool and my breasts are still small while my mom and sisters are B,C,D cups. YALL LITTLE GIRLS NEEDA ACT UR AGE when I was your age I was not worrying about this.
When will you hit puberty?


The Hyatt Regency at Orlando International Airport kicks off the policy change to allow pets to stay at the hotel by hosting dog adoptions from The Pixel Fund, on Monday, March 25, 2019.
Peaches the Chihuahua — a really good girl — received some really good news on Monday.
During a pet adoption event at Hyatt Regency at International Airport — one that coincided with the hotel's announcement that it would allow dogs to stay with guests for a fee — the 3-year-old puppy was snatched up by her new owner, Odalis Rivera.
Travelers who stay at the hotel can now pay $150 to have one dog less than 40 pounds or two dogs with a combined weight of 75 pounds or less stay with them for up to seven days. The rate stays the same whether it's one day or up to seven.
The option has not been extended to cats because that would require further resources such as litter and clean up of dandruff, a spokeswoman said.
It's an effort to expand the hotel's appeal, as it operates in Orlando's highly competitive tourism industry, one that last year attracted more than 72 million people to the region.
The Hyatt is certainly not the first in Orlando to accept dogs.
But officials say the airport location could see the new policy help it compete.
Adam Abraibesh, Director Of Human Resources for the Hyatt Regency at Orlando International Airport gets a kiss from Macey, a hound-mix. The location has changed its policy and will now allow pets to stay at the hotel.
The move toward being more pet-friendly has been an ongoing effort for Hyatt.
Last year, the company approved offering three days of what it calls "paw-ternity leave" to employees who adopt a puppy.
In a hotel lobby that overlooks one of the airport's security screening areas on Monday, about a dozen puppies played with tennis balls, rolled around and did their best to attract someone to adopt them. The event helped draw attention to the hotel's new policy.
Occasionally, playful pups would be heard yipping at each other, making new friends, and at least two of the dogs ended up going home with new owners.
Finck said partnerships with large organizations like Hyatt and others have become more commonplace and more helpful.
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Must-Read Adventure Fantasy Books For Teens
Who doesn't love a bit of nail-biting adventure, especially when it's packed into an exciting YA novel? We have so many fantastic recommendations for adventure fantasy books for teens that we know you'll love! Check out our list for must-read additions to wrap up your summer!
1. A Thief Among The Trees – Sabaa Tahir and Nicole Andelfinger
Years before the events of An Ember In The Ashes, young Elias Veturius, Helene, and Tavi are Fivers, training to become elite military recruits at Blackcliff Academy. Sent on a dangerous mission to steal a poison on Isle South, they are confronted with surprising enemies that also include other recruits. Elias and his friends soon realize the harrowing reality of Martial room and will have to come to grips with their place in the system and the choices they will be forced to make in order to survive.
A Thief Among The Trees is the first graphic novel to be included on our blog! It's so well done, we just couldn't resist talking about it! Do you have any other favorite graphic novels for teens? Comment below with your suggestions!
Buy A Thief Among The Trees here
2. Akata Witch – Nnedi Okorafor
Born in America and moved to Nigeria, twelve-year-old Sunny has African features, but she is albino. A terrific athlete, Sunny can't go out into the sun to play her sport, soccer. She doesn't fit in anywhere. Then she learns an amazing fact about herself – she is a "free agent" with magical power. Soon, Sunny joins a quartet of magic students who study both the visible and invisible and learn to change reality. But will their training be enough to help them catch a dangerous criminal who also knows magic?
Akata Witch explores a whole new dimension of fantasy and folklore that will capture your imagination and keep you reading late into the night! Don't miss this unique and special addition to the YA fantasy genre!
Buy Akata Witch here
3. Water Storm – Kay L Moody
SPOILERS AHEAD FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT READ PREVIOUS ELEMENTS OF KAMDARIA NOVELLAS:
Talise's survival is in jeopardy, and her heart is broken.
To top that off, something is poisoning the land. The pursuit of it has provided distraction from her broken heart, but the conflict in Kamdaria is just at its beginning. Talise must choose which side she is on, with one side leading to treason and the other leading to her death.
This exciting addition to Kay L Moody's Elements of Kamdaria series is one you won't want to miss! But it today so you will be the first to join Talise on her new adventures!
Buy Water Storm here
4. Children of Blood and Bone – Tomi Adeyemi
One of our favorite adventure fantasy books for teens is Children of Blood and Bone!
Zelie Adebola vividly remembers the night magic disappeared. Her mother and all the other maji were killed under the orders of a ruthless and bloodthirsty king. Given a rare opportunity, Zelie has the chance to strike back against the monarchy and restore magic. With the help of her brother and unexpected assistance from a princess, Zelie races against powerful enemies to bring back magic and help her people rise once again.
We could go on and on about how much we love Children of Blood and Bone! Realistic and relatable characters, exciting adventures, and a creative magic system? Yes please!
Buy Children of Blood and Bone here
5. Forest of a Thousand Lanterns – Julie C. Dao
Eighteen-year-old Xifeng is destined for greatness and meant to be Empress of Feng Lu. Her aunt, the witch Guma, read the cards and saw the possibilities of Xifeng's glorious future. Growing up as a peasant on the edge of the map, Xifeng deeply desires to fulfill that destiny.
However, in order to reach greatness, she will have to spurn the man who loves her and exploit her magic by eating the hearts of those who have been recently killed. She has no other option, the god that sent her on this journey will not stop until he has absolute power.
This East Asian-inspired fantasy has both incredible pain and glorious beauty. We can't recommend it enough, Julie C. Dao is a master writer.
Buy Forest of a Thousand Lanterns here
6. House of Salt and Sorrows – Erin A. Craig
Continuing our list of adventure fantasy books for teens, we highly recommend House of Salt and Sorrows!
Annaleigh lives a sheltered life with her family: twelve sisters, her father, and stepmother. Rumors are spreading that the family is cursed by the gods – four of the sisters have died tragic deaths. As Annaleigh is increasingly disturbed by ghostly visions, she becomes suspicious that the deaths of her sisters are not accidents. Her sisters have been sneaking out each night to attend balls, and Annaleigh doesn't know whether to join them or stop them. Where are they going, and who – or what – are they really dancing with?
Get ready for incredible writing and an absolutely breathtaking story that you won't be able to put down! House of Salt and Sorrows is a must-read!
Buy House of Salt and Sorrows here
7. Bone Crier's Moon – Kathryn Purdie
Charged with using magic drawn from animal bones to take the dead to the afterlife, Bone Criers are the last of the descendants of an ancient famille.
In order for Ailesse to become their matriarch, she is required to finish her rite of passage: kill the boy she is destined to love.
Bastien's father was killed by a Bone Crier, and Bastien is bent on revenge. But now that Ailesse's ritual has begun, their fates are destined to be entwined both in life and in death.
Unique and beautifully written, this is a story you don't want to miss out on!
Buy Bone Crier's Moon here
Continuing our list of adventure fantasy books for teens, we have Spin The Dawn by Elizabeth Lim!
Maia dreams of becoming the best tailor in all the land. When her ailing father is summoned to court, Maia disguises herself as a boy to take his place as a tailor. She becomes one of twelve tailors vying for the job. Nothing could have prepared her for the challenge she is given: sewing three magic gowns from the blood of stars, the laughter of the sun, and the tears of the moon. In order to complete this impossible task, she sets off on a journey where she finds more than she could have ever imagined.
Elizabeth Lim is an incredibly talented writer, Spin The Dawn is one we know you will love!
Buy Spin The Dawn here
9. The Witch Hunter – Virginia Boecker
Though Elizabeth Grey is one of the king's best witch hunters, she is accused of being a witch herself and sentenced to be burned at the stake. Her only salvation comes in the form of Nicholas Perevil, the man who she thought was her enemy. Nicholas is the most dangerous and powerful wizard in the kingdom, and he offers her a deal. If she will break the curse he is under, he will save her from dying.
The catch is that Nicholas and those who follow him know absolutely nothing of Elizabeth's witch hunting. If they find out, being burned alive will be the least of her concerns.
Magic, betrayal, and sacrifice weave an enthralling tale that will keep you hooked until the very end!
Buy The Witch Hunter here
10. Crown of Feathers – Nicki Pau Preto
Veronyka is an orphan who wants to become a Phoenix Rider from the stories of old. After her sister betrays her, Veronyka sets out to find the Riders – and disguises herself as a boy in order to join them. In the meantime, the empire has discovered the Riders' return and intends to destroy them completely.
Crown of Feathers is one of our favorite additions to our list of adventure fantasy books for teens! Creative, engaging, and beautifully written, we know it is one that you will enjoy!
Buy Crown of Feathers here
11. Air Awakens – Elise Kova
The rare magic in 17-year-old Vhalla Yarl has the power to shift the war that the Solaris Empire has been years fighting. Vhalla has been taught from a young age to fear sorcerers. However, she unknowingly saves the life of one of the most powerful sorcerers, the Crown Prince Aldrik. After she saves his life, she finds herself enticed by his world. Vhalla must decide whether to embrace her sorcery or to eradicate her magic. What she doesn't know is that her decision will cost more than she ever could have known.
Romance and adventure await in this exciting fantasy!
Buy Air Awakens here
12. Girls Made of Snow and Glass – Melissa Bashardoust
Mina is motherless, her magical father is vicious, and her silent heart has never beat at all. She always thought that was normal, not knowing that her father removed out her heart and replaced it with a glass one. When Mina first moves to the castle and sees the king, she decides on a plan: win the king's heart, become his queen, and finally experience love. The catch? She'll have to become a stepmother.
Lynet looks just like her late mother: a magician made her out of snow to look like the dead queen. Though she looks like her mother, Lynet wants instead to be like her stepmother, Mina. Lynet's wish is granted when her father replaces Mina with Lynet as queen of the southern territories. Mina hates Lynet for it. Now Lynet must decide how to win back the only mother figure she has ever known, or make the difficult decision to defeat her.
Only one can win all.
This enthralling tale gives a unique look at the intertwined lives of two women. Combining the past and the present, Girls Made of Snow and Glass is bold and creative. Don't miss out on this unique story!
Buy Girls Made of Snow and Glass here
13. The Black Witch – Laurie Forest
Elloren Gardner's people believe that she will follow in the footsteps of her grandmother and become the next Black Witch of prophecy. However, Elloren has no powers, and her society values magical ability above everything else.
Given the opportunity to pursue her dream of being an apothecary, Elloren joins her siblings at Verpax University. Unfortunately, the university is the most dangerous place of all for the granddaughter of the Black Witch.
Elloren's only hope of survival is found among a band of secret rebels. Can she trust those who she has been taught to fear?
Rich and diverse, The Black Witch will keep you spellbound for hours on end!
Buy The Black Witch here
14. The Watermight Thief – Jordan Rivet
Tamri is a magic thief trying to get her grandmother out of Pendark, a city of brutal fights and feuds. When a score goes wrong, Tamri is sent off to a distant kingdom where the Fire Queen of legend is starting a magic school.
But Tamri is not going there only to learn. The King of Pendark is suspicious that the Fire Queen is doing something more dangerous than simply training young magicians, and Tamri has been ordered to find out the truth.
If Tamri fails, she and her grandmother will die.
This book is an absolute necessity in our list of adventure fantasy books for teens!
Buy The Watermight Thief here
15. Mark of the Raven – Morgan L. Busse
Heir to the Great House of Ravenwood and the family gift of dreamwalking, Lady Selene can enter a person's dreams and manipulate them. The Ravenwood women have used their gift for years for hire to obtain information or to kill.
Selene is given the assignment to assassinate a man who can bring peace, but who also has the power to bring the downfall of her house.
Selene is torn. Will she uphold the legacy of her family and solidify her position as Lady of Ravenwood or will she refuse and face shame and death?
Captivating and deep, Mark of the Raven is a beautiful story about the power of hope against a background of darkness.
Buy Mark of the Raven here
That wraps up our list of adventure fantasy books for teens! Comment below which one you plan to read before heading back to school!
If you enjoyed our book selections here, check out our list of must-read YA Fantasy Romance Series!
We are super excited for the release of Kay L Moody's Court of Bitter Thorn! Stay tuned for more details.
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In the six years that I've been blogging about bones I must have received thousands of emails, some of which are from people who have enjoyed my book , some asking me how to clean bones but the most common question I get is "can you me identify this bone ?"
Most of the stuff is pretty easy, like common deer or sheep skulls, but others are more difficult, where I have to check with other experts. Twitter is brilliant for this, and that's where I usually ask, and even if people don't know, they'll know someone who does. Here are some of the most interesting ones I have had recently.
My name is Cade. I am 5 years old and live in Arizona in the USA. My Grandfather was hiking next to a lake but in the desert. He found this skeleton but no skull. We are trying to figure out if it is all one animal and what it could possibly be. We read your book and thought that you might be able to help figure out what it is. Can you please look at these photos and see what you think and then email me back your answer?
On this one, I recognised what some of the bones were (like vertebrae) but I did not know what the other bones were from. Luckily Cade had included some of the most important information, like what country they are in, and roughly where the bones were found.
I asked on Twitter and Paolo ( a museum curator at the Horniman museum in London, and the scientific expert on my book) thought it could be from a catfish - an animal which, like most fish, I know almost nothing about. Thanks Paolo - and to Ben Garrod and Christian Baars who helped as well !
Hello Jake. My name is Demian. I found this bone in Spring of 2010 on the beach at Lighthouse Point, in Pompano Beach, Florida. I haven't tried to identify it yet because i don't believe its human. thank you, Demian.
Unlike the first one, I couldn't even begin to work out it was from, except it was symmetrical, which usually means it is from the middle of the animal, since animals are normally left-to-right symmetrical. It looked vaguely like part of a pelvis, or possibly from a plate of the skull, although the far edge looked smooth and so was probably an opening of some sort.
The carapace is the turtles shell. I think the curve at the top is where the neck comes out.
I could recognise the type of bone straight away - it was a scapula, and I'd written a blog post comparing scapulas before.
I also knew I'd seen it somewhere before. The shape of scapulas show how an animal uses its front limbs, which is why sheep, deer and cows all have similar shaped (V-shaped) scapulas. This one looked most like a seal, because the horizontal ridge was almost missing, which made me think of seals initially. But I checked and it didn't seem to be quite like a seal, so I thought of similar animals. I knew it wasn't a harbour porpoise, but when I looked up dolphin, it looked like a good match.
But there was one problem: it was found inland ! That's when I went to Twitter to double-check.
This was the biggest puzzle. Not only did I not recognise the bones at all, but they seemed only to articulate (connect) at one end, which is unusual for a bone.
...a fallow deer antler (or possibly a reindeer or moose at a stretch) because they looked too thin, too flat, and antlers don't have that plate edge which these had.
@jakesbones @Ben_garrod definitely marine turtle plastron. Not sure which species yet, but not Green Turtle.
If you have a bone puzzle, then I'll always try and help. I'm at jakesbones@gmail.com, and remember to send a picture, something in the picture to show scale, and where you found it (country, and whether coast, inland).