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Welcome to Happiness (2015) Movie Review
Director: Oliver Thompson
Writer: Oliver Thompson (Screenplay)
Starring: Kyle Gallner, Olivia Thirlby, Nick Offerman, Keegan-Michael Key, Brendan Sexton III, Josh Brener, Molly C Quinn
Plot: There's a magical door in Woody's closet that allows those who go through it to erase mistakes from their past. When he finds out where it goes, his life will be changed forever.
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Verdict: Strange and Quirky
Story: Welcome to Happiness starts as young man Woody (Gallner) a children's author who welcomes strangers into his apartment to help them go through his erase their mistakes, this makes his life complicated when he starts becoming friendly with a fellow tenant Trudy (Thirlby). Meanwhile Nyles (Sexton III) a man that is cleaning up after his father's death, learns that he has valuable baseball cards, which sees him getting drawn into a big adventure around the people who want in on the business.
When Woody sees the full effect of the visits, he starts to question why he can't change moments from his past, which soon starts to put a strain on his relationship with Trudy, while his landlord Moses (Offerman) is encouraged with his work.
Thoughts on Welcome to Happiness
Characters – Woody is a children's author that has just moved into an apartment which sees strangers visit, answer a string of questions before putting them in a closet where they vanish. He doesn't know what happens next until he meets one of the visitors, which leaves him wondering why he can't change his past, which only makes him out to be going crazy to his girlfriend. Trudy is the new neighbour to Woody who strikes up a relationship with him, she does question him about the visit and doesn't believe him when he tells the story. Moses is the landlord that knows about the closet, he knows how it helps people and who should be the one that guides people through it. Nyles is a depressed man that learns about the treasure in his father's attic, he ends up follow a string of instructions, which will sees him visiting the closet.
Performances – Kyle Gallner does well in the leading role, it shows us just how difficult being an author with pain in his life can be difficult to get through. This does have a big cast, with each actor doing their thing to make us understand figures they are playing.
Story – The story here follows a young man that finds himself in the unusual position of having to deal with strangers looking to answer questions, which would see them disappear in his closet, over time he wants to know more, which will soon start to push him to his limits. This is an interesting little story, it does show us how difficult living in despair could be on the people in life, they will need to learn to move on, because once you break down everything, you never know what could have been in the world. We do have to meet a lot of characters, which do seem to have moments of randomness, though it does all make sense by the end of the film.
Comedy/Fantasy – The comedy in the film comes from just how far out there certain ideas are, mixed in with certain characters too, the fantasy shows us how the closet works and just how life can be seen differently if people come into it.
Settings – The settings for the film does try to put everything into a position of everyday, leading down the same plan as people you see in life will have stories you might not always get to know.
Scene of the Movie – Behind the door.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – Certain characters don't seem needed at times.
Final Thoughts – This is a very strange movie, it does have an important message, that does need to help us reflect our own lives, even if it does lean away from it at times.
Overall: Interesting throughout.
By Darren Lucas • Posted in Movie Review	• Tagged 2015, Comedy, Welcome to Happiness
A Christmas Horror Story (2015) Movie Review
Director: Grant Harvey, Steven Hoban, Brett Sullivan
Writer: Jason Filiatrault, James Kee, Sarah Larsen, Doug Taylor, Pascal Trottier (Screenplay)
Starring: William Shatner, George Buza, Rob Archer, Zoe De Grand Maison, Alex Ozerov, Shannon Kook, Amy Forsyth
Plot: Interwoven stories that take place on Christmas Eve, as told by one festive radio host: A family brings home more than a Christmas tree, a student documentary becomes a living nightmare, a Christmas spirit terrorizes, Santa slays evil.
Tagline – You Better Watch Out
Verdict: Christmas Anthology 101
Story: A Christmas Horror Story starts when we see a family trying to rebuild a relationship with a distant relative, who has a secret of her own, three college students trying to unlock the secret of an abandon facility, while another family illegal cut down a Christmas Tree.
With the three stories taking place on Christmas Eve, Santa is dealing with his own problems in the North Pole after one of his elves unexpectedly dies, Santa must suit up to fight evil in an attempt to save Christmas.
Thoughts on A Christmas Horror Story
Characters – Dangerous Dan is the radio host that is telling the stories of last year, he treats each like a warning to anybody listening. Santa does have a unique look which sees him looking like an older man that has been doing the job for too long, he gets caught up needing to figure out what happened to his elves as they are dying and coming back like zombies. Krampus comes for a family in the woods after they are involved in trying to rebuild a relationship with a distant relative. Molly is one of the student filmmakers trying to make a documentary about an abandoned facility. We also have a family that are involved in stealing a tree, only they don't come back the same way as they left.
Performances – One of the problems with this film comes from the performances not being given the best chance to succeed, this doesn't mean anybody is bad, it is the way the film is shot, meaning we jump between the stories too much, instead of letting one short unfold, not giving us time to invest in the performers.
Story – The story does tell four different stories of horror going on at Christmas. Unlike most anthologies, this one jumps between the stories instead of giving us one at a time, this doesn't help because one at time will give us enough time to invest in what is about a 20 minutes story, instead of giving us 2-3 minute snippets before moving back to another. If we were to break down the stories, there is one very fun and interesting one, with Santa fighting zombie elves, the one with the tree and the Krampus ones are both entertaining, while the documentary one falls slightly flat.
Fantasy/Horror – The fantasy elements in the film come from the different Christmas creations, including Krampus, Santa and the Changelings figures. The horror is hard to get invested in because the lack of time spent on each story.
Settings – The film uses the settings to give each film it own unique look, we can tell instantly from each set which story we are in too.
Special Effects – The effects in the film are blood filled which is all we want from a horror slasher styled film.
Scene of the Movie – True Krampus kill.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – Santa's final scene.
Final Thoughts – This is a basic Christmas horror anthology which does give plenty of blood, only to struggle to make us care about the bigger story because of the jump between two.
Overall: Simple anthology.
By Darren Lucas • Posted in Movie Review	• Tagged 2015, A Christmas Horror Story, Horror
ABC Film Challenge – Comedy – R – Ricki and the Flash (2015) Movie Review
Writer: Diablo Cody (Screenplay)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Mamie Gummer, Sebastian Stan, Nick Westrate, Ricky Springfield, Audra McDonald
Plot: A musician who gave up everything for her dream of rock-and-roll stardom returns home, looking to make things right with her family.
Tagline – Get Ready to Rock. Get Ready to Love. Get Ready for Ricki.
Verdict: Dysfunctional Family 101
Story: Ricki and the Flash starts when paycheck to paycheck singer Ricki (Streep) gets called back home by her ex-husband Pete (Kline) to help support the daughter Julie (Gummer) who is going through a messy divorce, even though Ricki hasn't been part of their lives for years.
As Ricki tries to reconnect with her own family, she learns that she will have plenty to regret from her life choice, but knows that her mistakes could have caused the damage to Julie's life.
Thoughts on Ricki and the Flash
Characters – Ricki has been a free spirit her whole life, this has seen her leaving her kids for her husband to raise, as she follows her dreams in music, she performers as often as she can, while also needing to work in a supermarket. When her daughter is going through her own struggles, Ricki must face her past and realize the mistakes she has made and learn that she can always try to help however far she is. Pete is the ex-husband that remarried and raised their children, he calls in hope of getting Ricki to help their daughter, he just wants the family together for once, hoping Ricki could start attending certain family events. Julie is the daughter that has gone through a messy divorce which sees her needing her mother for the first time in years, this is an important moment in her life, one she needs to go well, to restart it all over again.
Performances – Meryl Streep is great to watch in a role you wouldn't instantly put her in, while Kevin Kline is great to see in his supporting role, it is Mamie Gummer that makes the biggest impact on this film, showing she could easily compete against her own mother on the screen.
Story – The story here follows a mother that gave up her family to follow her dreams, where she was only ever just a performer, never a big star and now she needs to come back into her adult children's lives before it is too late and they will turn on her. This does show how we get the spin on the usual, we often see the father wanting to reconnect with his family, but here we spin in this right around that the mother needs to do this. We can focus on the family relationships and it would have been nice to learn more about Ricki's kids as they only really get the mentions of being married, about to get married and being gay, there just is no depth to these characters.
Comedy – The comedy in this film doesn't always work as much as it could, with everything feeling too serious for the jokes to work.
Settings – The film does show the different lives Ricki could live, from her LA home to her family across the country.
Scene of the Movie – The wedding.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – Not learning enough about the kids.
Final Thoughts – This is a simple by the book comedy that shows how life can always catch up on you if things don't go the way they could.
Overall: Simple Comedy.
By Darren Lucas • Posted in Movie Review	• Tagged 2015, Comedy, Ricki and the Flash
ABC Film Challenge – Comedy – J – The Wedding Ringer (2015)
This is under J for Josh Gag in the leading role
Director: Jeremy Garelick
Writer: Jeremy Garelick, Jay Lavender (Screenplay)
Starring: Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, Affion Crockett, Kaley Cuoco, Jorge Garcia, Dan Gill, Corey Holcomb, Ken Howard, Colin Kane
Plot: Two weeks shy of his wedding, a socially awkward guy enters into a charade by hiring the owner of a company that provides best men for grooms in need.
Tagline – Doug needs a best man, in the worst way. Jimmy is the best friend money can buy. But sometimes when you buy a friend, there's a price to be paid..
Verdict: Friendship Comedy
Story: The Wedding Ringer starts on the eve of Doug Harris (Gad) wedding to Gretchen (Cuoco), he has been struggling to find his grooms with only 2-weeks before the big day, Doug turns to Jimmy Callahan (Hart) who runs a company that arranges groomsman for weddings, only for this job needing to become the most challenging for Jimmy, needing to build a whole team.
Doug and Jimmy work together to come up with a completely story to use for the wedding as the whole team get prepared for the big day, where Jimmy learns more about why he does this and Doug gets to live for the first time in his life.
Thoughts on The Wedding Ringer
Characters – Jimmy has his own business where he helps out men who struggle to complete the numbers required for groomsmen or even best man, he has been working for years in this business and now he will be facing his biggest test to date a whole team, this lets his start to reflect on his own life, where he seems to be more about business than friendship. Doug is the businessman that has spent most of his life working noting having time to make friends, which has become a problem for his wedding, which sees him turn to Jimmy instead of telling his fiancée the truth. Gretchen is the bride to be that has the perfect wedding set up in her head, she doesn't seem to know anything about Doug though.
Performances – Kevin Hart does give one of his better performances, he doesn't fall into his stand up routine which does make him more interesting to watch, Josh Gad is strong too, though he does need to deal with more slapstick than he should do. Kaley Cuoco is going to have to work very hard to shake the sitcom background, because that does limit her performance skills in the film.
Story – The story follows a man that must hire groomsmen for his own wedding to keep his fiancée happy, only to learn about his own way of seeing life that he might need to change for him to enjoy more from his life. This story does leave us asking more questions than not, because it does seem strange that the fiancée doesn't know anything about Doug, never met a single friend or stalked him like most partners do. It does have an important message about making time for friends or fun, because it will put a smile on your face for the most part. This story does try to play into the strengths of the actors involved and does seem to borrow from other films too, though it could pass the time through the film.
Comedy – The comedy does play into the strengths of the actors and for once not just having Kevin Hart doing his stand up routine.
Settings – The film is set in the everyday LA life which shows that the family does have a lot more money than most, the wedding is so luxury it is unrealistic for anybody and does return to finding locations.
Scene of the Movie – The bachelor party.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – Gretchen doesn't know Doug hasn't gotten any friends.
Final Thoughts – This is a comedy that does play into strengths of the actors, while it does seem to give us an unrealistic story.
By Darren Lucas • Posted in Movie Review	• Tagged 2015, Comedy, The Wedding Ringer
ABC Film Challenge – Horror – U – The Unspoken (2015) Movie Review
Director: Sheldon Wilson
Writer: Sheldon Wilson (Screenplay)
Starring: Jodelle Ferland, Sunny Suljic, Pascale Hutton, Anthony Konechny, Jonathan Whitesell, Jake Croker, Neal McDonough
Plot: In 1997 the Anderson family vanished from their home without a trace. No bodies were ever found. For 17 years the house has remained undisturbed… until now.
Tagline – The root of all evil awaits.
Verdict: Basic Horror
Story: The Unspoken starts with the sudden disappearance of a family, blood covering the walls, 17-years-later there are still no answers and Jeanie (Hutton) and her son Adrian (Suljic) move in to start a new life, with local Angela (Ferland) being offered a job as a babysitter to help around the house as her father has been struggling for money.
On Angela's first day, she finds herself alone in the house with Adrian, when she gets a visit from her popularity craving friend Pandy (Peloso) which soon starts to see the evil presence in the house waiting to come out and take its latest victim.
Thoughts on The Unspoken
Characters – Angela is the daughter of a widowed man, who has been struggling to find a job, she keeps to herself working in a day-care, when a new opportunity comes her way, a chance to take a more one to one role with a child. She doesn't care about popularity like her best friend and is always wondering more about her mother's past. Jeanie is the new owner of the house, she needs help around the house with her child and has asked for Angela, with her being the only one to get through to her child. Adrian is the young boy that does need some extra care, he doesn't socialise very well and seems to be the main target of the evil. Officer Bower is the one that see strange occurrences around town and does his best to keep everyone out of trouble.
Performances – Jodelle Ferland was one of the icons of scary children in the early 2000's, with Kingdom Hospital and Silent Hill to mention a few, now she becomes the main character the target of a hauntings as she is everything she needs to be without being anything new. The rest of the performance are nothing fancy, the kid is mostly just there, Pascale Hutton as the mother doesn't do much and Neal McDonough might be the biggest name in the film, though he has nothing to do.
Story – The story here follows a young woman who gets given a job as a babysitter for a new family in town and soon strange things start to happen around the house because of the past events in that house. Where this story shines is by having the family happily move into a known murder home, it makes sense by the end, but the rest of the story is a completely flat, with not much going on, any horror is noise, investigate usually nothing, repeat, and the fact this film believes it does enough for a sequel is pure arrogance.
Horror – The horror in the film is rather flat, we don't seem to get going with any of the scares, with most just being a noise and nothing else happening.
Settings – The film uses the idea that we are in a murder house as the setting, where everybody in town is scared of the house, but the new family seems happy to be there.
Special Effects – The effects are weak with the ghost creation not being the most frightening either, leaving this feeling rather weak all around.
Scene of the Movie – Marbles.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – Believing it does enough for a sequel.
Final Thoughts – This is just a poor horror that tries to give us more of a shock value with its ending over a decent story.
Overall: Disappointing horror.
By Darren Lucas • Posted in Movie Review	• Tagged 2015, Horror, The Unspoken
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Sophia Stockton — a Kansas City-area college student — ordered a used textbook about terrorism for one of her classes from Amazon, which is probably something lots of college students do. Pretty normal, right?
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So she took the book and the bag to a nearby police station, where they discovered exactly what that "substance" was.
"I told them white powder was in my terrorism textbook and so I put it on the table and they're like, 'oh, okay,' And so he went back and tested it," Stockton recalls. " He comes back and says, 'you didn't happen to order some cocaine with your textbook, did you?' And I was like, no!"
Police officials didn't report the incident to Amazon, but Stockton did reach out to the shopping website, though she doesn't believe they are to blame, and will most likely continue to purchase from them in the future.
"I have ordered many times from Amazon and this is the first time I've seen anything like this," Stockton told a local newspaper. "I don't think that Amazon is at fault in this case. They can't check every book that goes through their warehouse. I'm guessing that it (the cocaine) was just left in there by the previous owner of the book."
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Q: Python dictionary only keeps information from last iteration of loop I'm trying to create a loop to populate a dictionary within a dictionary from a Series:
The expected result is:
{1: {'KEY Mult. by 10': 10, 'KEY Add by 10': 11},
 2: {'KEY Mult. by 10': 20, 'KEY Add by 10': 12},
 3: {'KEY Mult. by 10': 30, 'KEY Add by 10': 13},
 4: {'KEY Mult. by 10': 40, 'KEY Add by 10': 14},
 5: {'KEY Mult. by 10': 50, 'KEY Add by 10': 15}}

what I'm doing is:
series_1 = pd.Series([1,2,3,4,5])

first_dict = dict()                         # creating first level of Dict
second_dict = dict({'KEY Mult. by 10': 0,   # creating second level of Dict
                   'KEY Add by 10': 0})

for i in series_1:

    first_dict[i] = second_dict

    first_dict[i]['KEY Mult. by 10'] = i *10
    first_dict[i]['KEY Add by 10'] = i + 10

The result from the above ends up being:
{1: {'KEY Mult. by 10': 50, 'KEY Add by 10': 15},
 2: {'KEY Mult. by 10': 50, 'KEY Add by 10': 15},
 3: {'KEY Mult. by 10': 50, 'KEY Add by 10': 15},
 4: {'KEY Mult. by 10': 50, 'KEY Add by 10': 15},
 5: {'KEY Mult. by 10': 50, 'KEY Add by 10': 15}}

Then, when I try to change value for one of the keys, it changes for all of them:
first_dict[3]['KEY Mult. by 10'] = 20

print(first_dict)

{1: {'KEY Mult. by 10': 20, 'KEY Add by 10': 15},
 2: {'KEY Mult. by 10': 20, 'KEY Add by 10': 15},
 3: {'KEY Mult. by 10': 20, 'KEY Add by 10': 15},
 4: {'KEY Mult. by 10': 20, 'KEY Add by 10': 15},
 5: {'KEY Mult. by 10': 20, 'KEY Add by 10': 15}}

Can any one help me please?

A: Some of the comments describe the solution but I'll elaborate some.
The dictionary is the same block of memory in each of the outer indices.
To see this after you run:
for i in series_1:
    first_dict[i] = second_dict

look at the id() of two of the inner dictionaries, these are the memory locations:
id(first_dict[1]) # 4511987904
id(first_dict[2])

With the way the code is currently written any write to any of the dictionaries will overwrite all of them.
On your machine you will have a (a single one) different value for the ids but it is the same idea-they will be all the same memory location.
To fix this you can call the constructor inside the for loop and it will allocate new memory for each inner dictionary.
for i in series_1:
    first_dict[i] = dict({'KEY Mult. by 10': 0,'KEY Add by 10': 0})
    first_dict[i]['KEY Mult. by 10'] = i * 10
    first_dict[i]['KEY Add by 10'] = i + 10

then you will see different id() return values for each inner dictionary and you can confirm they are different memory locations with id():
>>> id(first_dict[3])
4511988352
>>> id(first_dict[1])
4511988160

again, on your machine these will be different id() values but the idea is the same, you are making space for each inner dictionary separately.

A: Change first_dict[i] = second_dict to: first_dict[i] = dict() and it will work as expacted, by doing so you can also remove the creation of the "second level of Dict"

A: The problem is, that u use the same dictionary multiple times, you have to use a copy oh the second_dict
import pandas as pd

series_1 = pd.Series([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])

first_dict = dict()  # creating first level of Dict
second_dict = dict({'KEY Mult. by 10': 0,  # creating second level of Dict
                    'KEY Add by 10': 0})

for i in series_1:
    first_dict[i] = second_dict.copy()

    first_dict[i]['KEY Mult. by 10'] = i * 10
    first_dict[i]['KEY Add by 10'] = i + 10

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The world needs a strong Africa: UNWTO candidate Walter Mzembi shares his views
Written by Erik Grimaldi, July 25, 2016
Zimbabwe's Tourism Minister, the Honorable Dr Walter Mzembi, has been circling the globe to lobby countries to vote for him as the next Secretary General for the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry shared his views with Sunday Mail in Zimbabwe and eTurboNews: Minister Mzembi stated: I have
International tourism continues to grow above average in the first four months of 2016
Written by George Taylor, July 19, 2016
2016 started on a strong note for international tourism. International tourist arrivals grew by 5% between January and April 2016 according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Results were robust across almost all subregions and many destinations reported double-digit growth. Prospects for May-August remain positive, with around 500 million tourists expected to travel abroad
Tourism, a force for peace or bloodshed? The choice is up to us!
BY DR. PETER TARLOW The month of July has not been an easy month in the world, and especially in the world of tourism. Until recently, tourism oriented nations experienced one or another form of crisis on a tri or bi-monthly or monthly basis. During the last few weeks, the crisis du mois seems to
African Union endorsed one man for UNWTO Secretary General: Walter Mzembi
The Honorable Dr. Eng. Walter Mzembi is a happy man tonight. Today the African Union Executive Council sealed a United African endorsement for his candidacy to become the next Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). At the ongoing 27th Summit of the African Union in Kigali, Rwanda, the Executive Council brought
UNWTO strongly condemns attack in Nice, France
UNWTO is deeply shocked by the hideous attack perpetrated in Nice. On behalf of the international tourism community, UNWTO expresses its heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of the victims and to the French people in this difficult moment. "On behalf of the international tourism community, UNWTO conveys its heartfelt condolences to the families
World Travel & Tourism Council issues statement on Nice, France attack
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LONDON, England – The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) wishes to express its shock and sadness at the abhorrent events in Nice, France on 14 July 2016, and the terrible loss of life. David Scowsill, President & CEO, WTTC, said: "It is with great sadness that the world hears of another attack in France.
Tourism, a catalyst for peace and development
MADRID, SPAIN -Tourism can play a key role in building peace and supporting reconciliation processes, concluded the UNWTO Conference on 'Tourism, a catalyst for development, peace and reconciliation' held in Passikudah, Sri Lanka between 11 and 14 July. Community engagement and empowerment, capacity building and training, and public/private sector partnerships are key factors in
Morocco welcomed conference on tourism and climate change
CASABLANCA, Morocco – Climate change has become a world concern affecting the tourism sector, just like other sectors, such as the economy. Casablanca welcomed on Monday, July 11, 2016, the fourth Conference of the 5+5 Dialogue of Tourism Ministers on the Western Mediterranean. Organized under the theme "Tourism and Climate Change," this COP22 conference is
Zimbabwe tourism minister clear front runner for top UNWTO position after RETOSA endorsement
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Following the earlier endorsement by SADC, the Southern African Development Community, of Dr. Engineer Walter Mzembi, Zimbabwe's Minister for Tourism and Hospitality Industry, has now RETOSA, the Regional Tourism Organization of Southern Africa also thrown its support behind Dr. Walter's candidacy to succeed Dr. Taleb Rifai as Secretary General of the UNWTO, when he retires
Togo endorses Zimbabwe's minister Mzembi's UNWTO campaign for secretary general
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International travel and tourism industry issues, the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) was on the agenda when His Excellency, Mr Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, President of the Republic of Togo met with the Hon Minister of Tourism Walter Mzembi from Zimbabwe on Friday. The Zimbabwe Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Hon Dr Walter Mzembi,
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John Lewis is launching a print campaign for its spring homeware collection.
The campaign, created by Adam & Eve, breaks on Saturday (27 March).
The four creative executions feature miniature houses showcasing the department store's range of linens, home furnishings, tea sets and accessories.
The products featured include John Lewis own-brand, exclusive and branded products to demonstrate the breadth of choice available in its homeware collection in-stores and online.
The campaign continues using the strapline "Inspiration for every home" that John Lewis has used in previous campaigns.
The ads will appear across weekend supplements and consumer home titles.
It is also the first time John Lewis will extend the ad concept into point of sale material and visual merchandising in shop window displays.
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Most Users Satisfied With Apple's Siri, Are You?
A survey found that while most people are using Siri, they're using the voice assistant for a limited set of functions.
By Leslie Horn
March 27, 2012 11:37AM EST
When Apple introduced the iPhone 4S last fall, Siri was advertised as its killer feature. But how do users feel about the phone's voice assistant?
According to a new report from Parks Associates, more than 50 percent of iPhone 4S owners are "very satisfied" with Siri. Another 21 percent are "satisfied" with the feature.
About 37 percent of Siri users favor a version of Siri for their TVs, but 20 percent are not enthused.
"Siri is clearly a hit among the initial iPhone user base," John Barrett, director of Consumer Analytics at Parks Associates, said in a statement. "Consumers like Siri because it's convenient, easy to use, and helpful for remembering important information (e.g., birthdays) and its hands-free capability makes it easy to send texts, emails, and phone calls. However, I would have expected more owners to want Siri for their TV set. These are the folks that rushed out to get the new iPhone 4S."
A deterrent to having Siri for the TV are complaints about the technology not responding well to background noise and not understanding certain commands. "These problems could be amplified in a noisy living room, where the main TV would be located," Barrett said.
As the Wall Street Journal noted, most people are using Siri for rather basic tasks, like making phone calls, sending texts, and looking up information. Parks Associates found that about a third of the 482 respondents are using Siri to do these things almost daily. Despite Siri's advanced capabilities, 32 percent have never used it to play music and 35 percent haven't used Siri to schedule a meeting, the study found.
A man in New York is definitely not satisfied with Siri. Earlier this month, he sued Apple for false advertisement related to Siri.
For more, see What You Need To Know About Siri on iPhone 4S and the slideshow below.
For more from Leslie, follow her on Twitter @LesHorn.
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In 1965, visionary businessman V A Mohamed Kunju founded Oriental Steel Trunks and Agrico Industries. A small manufacturing unit of agricultural equipment, the unit even manufactured trunk boxes for Navy personnel. Half a century back, when aluminium was relatively unknown in Kerala, Mohamed Kunju could still foresee the vast potential of the new age metal. He started aluminium trading in the 1970s. Oriental Steel Trunks and Agrico Industries later became Oralium in 1980, in tune with the company's corporate strategy for a more focused approach to aluminium trading. Thus Aluminium retailing started.
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What started as a small trading firm at Market Road, the business centre of Cochin, has today become a colossus in retail and wholesale Aluminium trading in the state, providing complete solutions to the state's diverse Aluminium needs. Oralium is the biggest distributor and dealer not only in Kerala but in India.
Oralium became the stockist for INDAL and continued to be so until the merger of Indal with Hindalco in 2004. Oralium is the distributor for Jindal and was a stockist for Hindalco till 2009. Manufactured using original 3105 alloys to ensure the very best of quality, Oralium became a bestseller in 2009. It was the first to introduce coloured Aluminium roofing sheet, the first to introduce more colours and profiles in Aluminium roofing sheets and the first to offer 20% extra coverage. No wonder, Oralium became the largest selling Aluminium roofing sheet brand in India.
Oralium is the leading name in wholesale and retail marketing of iron & steel and Aluminium roofing products in Kerala. The authorized exclusive distributors for successful brands like Duroof, granura and Nlite, Oralium deals in an entire range of aluminium and iron & steel products like roofing sheets, plain sheets, coils, checkered sheets, and extrusions besides stainless steel sheets and coils, pipes, and rods among a host of other products. At present, the group's turnover is around Rs. 250 crores.
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Americas|Justin Trudeau Seeks to Legalize Assisted Suicide in Canada
Justin Trudeau Seeks to Legalize Assisted Suicide in Canada
On Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada unveiled a new bill that would legalize doctor-assisted suicides for people suffering from serious medical ailments.CreditCreditGeoff Robins/The Canadian Press, via Associated Press
By Ian Austen
OTTAWA — The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced legislation on Thursday to legalize physician-assisted suicide for Canadians with a "serious and incurable illness," which has brought them "enduring physical or psychological suffering."
The proposed law limits physician-assisted suicides to citizens and residents who are eligible to participate in the national health care system, an effort to prevent a surge in medical tourism among the dying from other countries.
If the bill passes, Canada will join a group of countries that permit some form of assisted suicide, including Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany. Assisted suicide is legal in only a few American states, including Oregon and Vermont.
Under Canada's proposed law, people who have a serious medical condition and want to die will be able to commit suicide with medication provided by their doctors or have a doctor or nurse practitioner administer the dose for them. Family members and friends will be allowed to assist patients with their death, and social workers and pharmacists will be permitted to participate in the process.
The legislation is the latest step in a decades-long and frequently emotional debate in Canada about the rights and protections of patients with serious medical conditions who might seek to end their lives.
The legislation is expected to pass, given the Liberal Party's strong majority in the House of Commons. However, the government has promised to further study the issue after the law's passage and may make changes to the system.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada has said his support for doctor-assisted death was informed by the last days of his father, former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.CreditAlice Chiche/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
"For some, medical assistance in dying will be troubling," Jody Wilson-Raybould, the justice minister, said at a news conference on Thursday. "For others, this legislation will not go far enough."
The bill would allow consenting adults "capable of making decisions with respect to their health" to choose to end their own lives or seek assistance in doing so from their doctors. A physician must decide that "natural death has become reasonably foreseeable, taking into account all of their medical circumstances."
Officials said that a patient does not have to have a terminal condition, citing the example of someone with an immune system deficiency which leaves them vulnerable to lethal infections.
Two independent physicians must agree and the patient must wait 15 days before moving to end his or her life, though the bill would allow for that waiting period to be shortened under certain circumstances.
Doctors will not be required to help people die, but they must refer patients to another physician if they have an objection to participating.
"I've seen people die well and I've seen people die in misery," Dr. Jane Philpott, the health minister who is also a family physician, told reporters on Thursday after the bill was introduced. "I want Canadians to have access to the best care possible."
The government's proposal is more restrictive than some proponents of legal assisted suicide had sought. It does not include provisions for minors who may be capable of making decisions about their own medical care to choose to end their lives, nor does it allow for people in the early stages of illnesses like dementia to request an assisted death while they are still competent.
Jack Kevorkian's unorthodox methods drew attention to assisted suicide. Decades later, Americans still struggle with whether doctors should be allowed to help suffering patients end their lives.
"This law actually pits me against medical ethics," said Dr. Brett Belchetz, a physician with Dying With Dignity Canada, an advocacy group. "There are a number of shortfalls and I do think the legislation requires an urgent rethink."
Critics of the legislation, including some religious groups, have long opposed any form of assisted death.
"It changes our approach to human life, it changes our approach to human society," Cardinal Thomas Collins, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto, said in an interview Thursday after the new bill was introduced. He added that he was "deeply troubled" by the pressure the legislation might put on health care workers who object to assisted suicide.
Mr. Trudeau, who came to power in the fall, moved to introduce the bill to fill the legal void left in February 2015 when the Supreme Court of Canada overturned a criminal ban on assisted suicide.
The court had unanimously concluded that it was unconstitutional to deny the option of assisted death to consenting adults with severe medical conditions. At that time, the previous government, led by Stephen Harper, had one year to introduce a new law.
But Mr. Harper's Conservative Party was divided on the issue and did little to introduce legislation before last October's election.
When it became apparent that the Conservative government was not going to act on the court's ruling, the province of Quebec used its powers over health care to introduce a system for assisted dying late last year. Judges in other parts of Canada have also given individual patients permission to hasten their own deaths.
Wanda Morris, center, chief executive of Dying With Dignity, embracing her colleague Anya Colangelo at the group's offices in Toronto, in February 2015, after the Canadian Supreme Court overturned a criminal ban on doctor-assisted suicides.CreditChris Young/CP, via Associated Press
The previous government, backed by some religious leaders, vigorously challenged any attempts to legalize assisted suicide through the courts.
Mr. Trudeau, before he became prime minister, had supported a law that would allow for doctor-aided deaths, a position he said was informed by the final days before the death of his father, former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. He died in 2000 after declining aggressive treatments for prostate cancer and Parkinson's disease.
A few Liberal members of Parliament in Mr. Trudeau's party have said that the new law conflicts with their religious beliefs, and they will not support the legislation. Still, the bill is expected to pass but maybe not by June 6, the date on which the current criminal prohibition expires.
Michael Cooper, a Conservative member of Parliament, said his party will work with the government to make sure that the deadline is met.
Mr. Cooper said that he was pleased that the legislation proposes a narrower system than the one put forward this year by a parliamentary committee, though he added that he is still opposed to using nurse practitioners to aid assisted deaths.
Dominic LeBlanc, the Liberal Party leader in the House of Commons, told reporters Thursday that he would propose extended parliamentary sessions to pass the legislation in time.
He also reminded opponents of the bill that "this question of whether Canadians should have access or not was decided by a unanimous Supreme Court." Defeating or delaying the legislation beyond the June deadline, he said, would leave "a complete vacuum."
Follow Ian Austen on Twitter @ianrausten.
A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Trudeau Seeks to Legalize Assisted Suicide for Canadians With 'Serious' Illness. Order Reprints | Today's Paper | Subscribe


So here it is. The first time we are returning to a restaurant for the same meal and counting it as a visit. I expect by the time this is done there will be some sort of merging of the scores but haven't quite decided what to do with that yet. We have been talking about this for a while but you can thank a former student (Cooper) for our having followed through. He's asked me three weeks straight if I've tried the Uncle Rico yet and I just couldn't take it anymore. Plus I'm not gonna argue with a vet who has four inches on me. The place remains the same but many of the sandwiches we had tried three years ago have given way to some new options. A second visit seems appropriate. The sandwiches are still tied to movie characters…some that make sense and some that seem much more arbitrary. We ordered four sandwiches, mac and cheese, mac & cheese bites and dessert.
The mac & cheese was really underfunctional and needed more cheese or really anything else to make it desirable. Kinda funny since the mac and cheese bites were markedly better, having been made with a smoky Gouda…imagine that, cheesy mac and cheese. And in a fried nugget at that. We also had a perfectly average, lightly creamy coleslaw (almost forgot). From worst to first. The Dude (The Big Lebowski), which we might have ordered just for the movie. Well, the Dude abides…but the sandwich doesn't have any of the flair of a White Russian. Plain bagel and cream cheese with ham and an egg make for a perfectly ho-hum breakfasty sandwich. Nothing wrong with it but it quickly bores.
Janet ordered the Large Marge (Pee Wee's Big Adventure) which turned out to be a tuna melt on a hoagie bun with Swiss cheese, tomato and onion. It's a pretty good tuna melt if you are into that sort of thing but it would work out better for me (and probably Janet) with a bit of acid from some citrus or pickle against the fish and cheese to make it pop.
At Last. A Worthwhile Mac & Cheese Bite. Bring The Gouda.
The Bobby Boucher (The Water Boy) is a gyro. Pita, lamb/beef mix, tzatziki sauce, tomato, lettuce and onion, that's a gyro. The Bobby doesn't stop there, though. The pita also contains a handful of seasoned fries and the white tzatziki is topped with a reddish orange squirt of hot sauce. This might have been my favorite barring a couple of things. The tzatziki sauce doesn't seem to have much in the way of cuke or garlic or citrus or anything else, reducing it to a simple creamy slick. I think I would really have liked those flavors along with the hot sauce and the rest of the sandwich. I remember Mama's dinner from the movie and I know she cooked with way more hutzpah than that.
The Uncle Rico (Napoleon Dynamite) also turned out to be somewhat plain but in it's plainness it held up to all of the promises it makes on the menu. Wheat bagel. Pile of lean roast beef. Crispy edged tater tots ("Napoleon, give me some of your tots" Napoleon: "No, go find your own"). Onion and chive cream cheese. It tastes just like you would want it to. Every part of it pulls its weight. To officially enter professional Bacchanalia we finished with an order of funnel cake fries. Not sure what these were going to look like (fries with batter stuff?) but the menu says they come with chocolate so they must be dessert. They were funnel cake batter stopped to make sticks instead of swirling it to get the more standard nest. Oh, they don't come with chocolate.
Mr. Zubs might not be as creative as a place like Tom n Chee or as together as some of the great deli's, but you could certainly find a unique favorite on the Marquee and a surprise or two along the way.
C B- None of the sandwiches were outright disappointments this time and the Uncle Rico did turn out to be very tasty.
Heard a student mention this place in class. I heard, "great sandwiches, great menu and vibe", well you just gotta know. We have been to a couple of places in the Highland Square area of Akron but had never seen Mr. Zubs. Having viewed the menu online we were anticipating a really unique experience and we weren't completely disappointed. Like most of Highland Square Mr. Zubs is instantly identifiable as kitschy and quirky. A flat store front flush next to the partnering bar is distinguished from the rest of the block by a sign and some stuff in the windows. I am curious how the logo became to be a stick of butter. Inside the place is dark with a couple of tv's tuned to some really odd MTV programming. The menu is fun, with about 35 Sandwiches all named after movie characters, and the variety of sandwiches is a definite plus.
Service is essentially do-it-yourself at a counter in front of the kitchen. It took us about 20 minutes staring at the menu to come to any kind of conclusion about what to try. If I weren't so fat and had a million dollars I likely would have tried a bite of all of them. What we finally ended up ordering were three sandwiches and a side of pasta salad and grabbed a seat. Mr. Zubs had a revolving door of what appears to be mostly Akron U students who are obviously unconcerned about things like the place not being able to afford a broom. Great sandwiches in a dark little hangout would make me care a lot less as well. Even though you order at the counter the food comes out to the table in a bag full of foil wrapped prizes. The first thing Steph tried was the pasta salad and the face that followed didn't signify enjoyment. I am not certain what it might have been that made her blanch as it didn't have much distinguishable flavor at all to my taste. The Hightower (can you name the movie?) was the weirdest thing we ordered. In this case white bread contains, or fails to contain macaroni and cheese and bacon. Yes a mac and cheese sammitch with bacon. This should be awesome! Wrong, immoral, maybe revolting…but awesome! In all actuality the reality doesn't live up to the window show. The bacon is limp. The mac and cheese is not so mac and cheesey and the whole mess falls apart in a less than satisfying way. The stretch of the day was a serious miss.
Onward and upward, the next offering was the Craig Jones (this movie might be much harder to guess). This one consists of Roast Beef and Cheddar Cheese with Horseradish Sauce on a Pretzel Bagel. The roast beef is excellent, the cheese is fine, the horseradish was really good although it could have used an extra dollop on the sandwich and the bagel was really nice but ended up getting an oil slick coating from the ride in the foil. Put together it was actually a good sandwich. Our favorite for the day was the Vincent Gambini (if you don't know this movie you might actually have too much of a life or be younger than 25 years old). The Vinnie has Capicola, Mortadella, and Salami, dragged through the garden and topped with a four cheese cream cheese on an onion bagel. Good individual ingredients that are well balanced and constructed made this a runaway favorite.
I actually feel sorta old eating at Mr. Zubs. No, older than I usually feel anymore. This is definitely a younger folk hang-out…but there are about 30 other sandwich combinations I still want to try. Well, I already feel old most of the time anyways…see you at Mr. Zubs.


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The Akureyri Botanical Gardens, or Lystigarðurinn, are among the world's northernmost botanical gardens, sitting just 50 kilometres shy of the Arctic Circle.
Features of the Akureyri Botanical Gardens
The Akureyri Botanical Gardens are, the name suggests, located in the capital of north Iceland, Akureryri. They were established in 1957, within a city park that had been created by local women in 1912. The gardens, which now cover 3.6 hectares, are home to over 7,000 species of plant; around 400 are native, but the vast majority are alien to Iceland.
Since their creation, the Akureyri Botanical Gardens have been a favourite attraction for both visitors and locals throughout the summer; they are an oasis of colour and a perfect place for quiet contemplation. The gardens have, however, also been used extensively for scientific research purposes.
Amongst the flowers and plantlife are several busts. One is of Jón Rögnvaldsson, whose donation helped create the botanical gardens; one is of Margarethe Schiöth, whose early work on maintaining the site helped it flourish; and a third is of Matthias Jochumsson, a local clergyman and poet who penned Iceland's national anthem.
There are also several quaint wooden buildings within the park, some of which are amongst the town's oldest.
Enjoying the Akureyri Botanical Gardens
The Akureyri Botanical Gardens are free to enter, although only accessible in summer, from June 1st to September 31st. On weekdays, they are open from 08:00 to 22:00; on weekends, they open at 09:00. There are bathrooms on site.
In winter, it is still sometimes possible to walk through the gardens, but the facilities will not be open and the paths may be impassable due to snow.
The Botanical Gardens are easy to reach by foot, bus or car, just fifteen minute's walk south from the town centre. They are also very easy to reach from the harbour, making them perfect for those taking a cruise to Akureyri, and the airport, for those flying.
Like many sites in the capital of the North, the gardens look over the fjord of Eyjafjörður.
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The Guaraní are best known for their connection to the early Jesuit missions of Paraguay, the most notable mission foundation ever established in America, and for their later heroic resistance — as the State of Paraguay, against the combined powers of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay — until practically all their able-bodied men had been exterminated. In physique they are short and stoutly built, averaging but little over five feet, and are rather light in colour. In their primitive condition they were sedentary and agricultural, subsisting largely upon manioc, the root from which tapioca is prepared, together with corn, game, and wild honey, and occupying palisaded villages of communal houses, large enough to accommodate from ten to fifteen families each. They were expert and artistic potters and woodcarvers. Their arms were the bow and the blow-gun. According to the Jesuit missionary Dobrizhoffer, besides being cannibals, as were many other South American tribes, they, in ancient times, even ate their own dead, but later disposed of them in large jars placed inverted upon the ground. The men wear only the G-string, with labrets on the lower lip, and feather crowns. The women wore woven garments covering the whole body. Polygamy was allowed but was not common. Their religion was the animistic Pantheism usual among northern Indians. There was no central government, the numerous village communities being united only by the bond of common interest and language, with a tendency to form tribal groups according to dialect. At a minimum estimate they numbered when first known at least 400,000 souls.
The first entry into the Rio de la Plata, the estuary of the Paraná or Paraguay, was made by the Spanish navigator, Juan de Solis, in 1511. Sebastian Cabot followed in 1526, and in 1537 Gonzalo de Mendoza ascended the Paraguay to about the present Brazilian frontier, and returning founded Asuncion, destined to be the capital of Paraguay, and made first acquaintance with the Guaraní. Under the very first governor was initiated the policy of intermarriage with Indian women, from which the present mixed Paraguayan race derives its origin, and also of the enslavement of the native tribes who found no protector until the arrival of the Jesuits, the first two of whom, Father Barcena and Angulo, coming overland from Bolivia reached the Guaraní territory of Guayrá, in what is now the Province of Paraná, Southern Brazil, in 1585. Others soon followed, a Jesuit college was established at Asuncion, a provincial named for Paraguay and Chile, and in 1608, in consequence of their strong protests against the enslavement of the Indians, King Philip III of Spain issued royal authority to the Jesuits for the conversion and colonization of the Indians of Guayrá It should be noted that in the early period the name Paraguay was loosely used to designate all the basin of the river, including besides the present Paraguay, parts of Uruguay, Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil.
But while the Guaraní missions grew and multiplied the slave raiders were on the watch and saw in them "merely an opportunity of capturing more Indians than usual at a haul" and as "nest of hawks, looked at their neophytes as pigeons, ready fattening for their use" (Graham). In 1629 the storm broke. An army of Paulistas with horses, guns, and bloodhounds together with a horde of wild Indians shooting poisoned arrows suddenly emerged from the forest, surrounded the mission of San Antonio, set fire to the church and other buildings, butchered the neophytes who resisted, and all who were to young or too old to travel, and carried the rest into slavery. San Miguel and Jesu Maria quickly met the same fate. In Concepción Father Salazar defended his flock through a regular siege even when reduced to eating snakes and rats, until reinforcements, gathered by father Cataldino, though armed only with bows, drove off the enemy. No other mission was so fortunate. Within the space of two years all but two of the flourishing establishments were destroyed, the houses plundered, the churches pillaged of their rich belongings upon which almost the whole surplus of the mission revenues had been lavished, the altars polluted with blood in sacrilegious frenzy and 60,000 Christian and civilized converts carried off for sale in the slave markets of São Paulo and Rio Janiero. To insure the larger result, the time chosen for attack was usually on Sunday, when the whole mission population was gathered at the Church for Mass. As a rule the priests were spared — probably from fear of government reprisals — although several lost their lives while ministering to the wounded or pleading with the murderers. Father Maceta and Mansilla even followed one captive train on foot through the swamps and forests, confessing the dying who fell by the road and carrying the chains of the weakest, despite threats and pricks of lances, to plead with the Paulista chiefs in their very city, and then to Baja, five hundred miles beyond, to ask the mediation of the governor-general himself, but all in vain, and they returned as they had come.
The missions, of which the ruins of several still remain, were laid out upon a uniform plan. The buildings were grouped about a great central square, the church and store-houses at one end, and the dwellings of the Indians, in long barracks, forming the other three sides. Each family had its own separate apartments, but one veranda and one roof served for perhaps a hundred families. The churches were of stone or fine wood, with lofty towers, elaborate sculptures, richly adorned altars, and the statuary imported from Italy and Spain. The priests' quarters, the commissary, the stables, the amoury, the workshop, and the hospital also usually of stone, formed an inner square adjoining the church. The plaza itself was a level grass plot kept cropped by sheep. The Indian houses were sometimes of stone, but more often of adobe or cane, with home-made furniture or religious pictures, often made by the Indian themselves. The smaller missions had two priests, the larger more, the population varying from 2000 to 7000 in the different missions. Everything moved with military precision, lightened by pleasing ceremonial and sweet music, for both of which the Guaraní had an intense passion. The rising sun was greeted by a chorus of children's hymns, followed by the Mass and breakfast, after which the workers went to their tasks. "The Jesuits marshalled their neophytes to the sound of music, and in procession to the fields, with a saint borne high aloft, the community each day at sunrise took its way. Along the way at stated intervals were shrines of saints, and before each of them they prayed, and between each shrine sang hymns. As the procession advanced it became gradually smaller as groups of Indians dropped off to work the various fields and finally the priest and acolyte with the musicians returned alone" (Graham, 178-9). At midday each group assembled for the Angelus, after which came dinner and a siesta; work was then resumed until evening, when the labourers returned singing to their homes. After supper came the rosary and sleep. On rainy days they worked indoors. Frequent festivals with sham battles, fireworks, concerts, and dances, prevented monotony.
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Alumni Spotlight: Daniel Saline combining graphic design and athletics
Daniel Saline, 2015 LuHi Grad, studied graphic design at Boise State University and combines design with BSU athletics.
What have you been up to since you graduated from Lutheran High?
I'm going into my third year at Boise State University in the graphic design program and have recently been accepted to the upper division program.
Each April, between 30 and 40 sophomore graphic design students put together a portfolio to present to the faculty members, and 16 students are admitted to upper division for their junior and senior years. It's a program that obviously requires a lot of dedication, knowing my spot isn't guaranteed, and it certainly pushes me to improve my work.
I've been blessed to have had three internships during my time here, with each giving a unique experience and helping to narrow down a potential career path.The first was a graphic design position with a print shop, where I was responsible for designing shirts for high school sports teams to give them high quality, custom apparel.
The second was a marketing internship with the athletic department here at Boise State. This involved running on-field promotions that happen during football and basketball games as well as other sports. Working on the blue turf during a game has been one of the most incredible opportunities that I'll certainly treasure. It also provided a connection and recommendation for my current internship, working as a graphic designer for the football team specifically.
I'm currently in a position that I never would have dreamed of being in-one that I consider my dream job-and I owe much of that to the experiences I've had at Lutheran High.
What did you value most about your time as a student at Lutheran High?
I really valued chapel throughout the week and seeing so many others worshiping together. I know it's a blessing that often gets overlooked, especially by students like me who attended a Christian school from kindergarten through high school, but being in the same room as 350 other believers was one of the best things about Lutheran High School.
How did Lutheran High prepare you for college?
Lutheran did an excellent job of preparing me for college by giving me all the skills I needed to be successful. The teachers helped to mold me into a truly well-rounded student, which is one of the most valuable skills to have in college.
In my senior year, I joined Lights Academy when it was in its first year and learned a lot about how to tackle a large, semester long project, something I've encountered at Boise State as well. I also learned how to interview for a job and conduct research for a topic, which are huge skills to be able to learn before college.
With the gift of hindsight, how has your faith guided you through life?
My faith has kept me grounded when times have gotten stressful, whether that's in college or at any point in my life. I've been assured that though I struggle, I have a Savior who loves me and will carry me through. At a secular university, this can happen frequently, as I'm tested in my faith daily. My faith was certainly strengthened at Lutheran as I've often been able to recall what I've learned from Theology classes, or even just conversations with teachers, coaches, and friends.
What is the most important lesson you learned at Lutheran High?
I'd say one of the most important things I learned at LuHi was that my faith isn't something I have in a Theology class, but it shapes who I am and is my life. It's also not a switch that I can turn on or off depending on the situation I'm in, and since my time at Lutheran I've learned to embrace my faith and not be ashamed of showing it to others. I've since learned how to apply my faith to other classes, whether that's through ethics, decision making, or another area entirely.
Is there a particular Lutheran High teacher, coach or staff member that has significantly impacted or influenced your life?
While I could certainly name several, I think the first names that come to mind are Mr. Black, Mrs. Oates and Mrs. Davis. Each of them knew me personally, impacted my faith and taught me things in and out of the classroom that I've taken with me to college.
Is there any advice you would like to offer to the current and future students of LuHi?
Try new things. It sounds like simple advice, but really, stretching yourself outside of your comfort zone is one of the best things you can do at this stage in life. Whether that's by playing a sport or three, being involved in a play, robotics club, or something else, it's a great opportunity to make friends and helps you figure out what you're interested in.
Do you have any favorite memories or stories from your time at Lutheran High that you would like to share?
I think one of the best weeks of my life was witnessing Z-Man, D-Man and the Loeser Show (Mr. Zoeller, Mr. Duitsman, and Loesel) roll in on a piano and serenade everyone with their sweet voices around Valentine's Day.
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In an effort to eat healthier and be more self reliant, my family is growing a few stevia plants this year. You may know stevia from the grocery store as a white, processed powder; however preserving the leaf from your own plants will also provide you with many cups of green sweet goodness. You can grow stevia and preserve it yourself for a fraction of the price of the commercially processed product.
Author Charles Dowling, in his recent article in Permaculture Magazine, shares that he was able to harvest 8.4 ounces of dried stevia leaf from three stevia plants. Since stevia leaf is up to 15 times sweeter than sugar, his harvest is the equivalent of 53 pounds of sugar.
In South American countries, this popular herb has been used for thousands of years as a sweetener. The primary ingredient comes from two chemicals, glycosides stevioside and rebaudioside A, that are 40 to 300 times sweeter than sucrose depending on where the plant is grown. (Source: New American Herbal by Stephen Orr).
Stevia and its extracts have no calories, few carbohydrates, and a glycemic index of zero. It can have a bitter aftertaste so you should introduce it to your palate in small doses until you are used to it. Use the conversion chart at the end of this post and substitute half of the sugar in a recipe with stevia to help your taste buds adjust.
Type: Tender perennial–usually grown as an annual. To overwinter in zone 7 and below: after harvesting, bring the plant inside the house and water weekly. You can also use a protected garage or greenhouse. Stevia will not survive an extended frost.
Height: 20-30 inches, however, with the right conditions your plant may reach 48-60 inches.
Growing: From seed or transplant. Plant Stevia seed in late winter. Keep it in a sunny windowsill until all danger of frost has passed. Stevia prefers a medium rich garden soil with compost and full sun. Stevia likes heat, humidity and has average water requirements. It does not like to have "wet feet" so if growing in a container make sure there is plenty of drainage.
Fertilizer requirements: Stevia plants respond well to organic fertilizers and compost since they release nitrogen slowly. Apply once a year, at the start of spring if the plant is in the ground. If it's in a plant pot, add 20-30% of peat by volume to the plant pot and fertilize twice a season.
Pests: No serious pest problems for outdoor plants. According to The University of Kentucky Extension office in their publication Stevia, aphids and white flies can become a serious problem on stevia in greenhouses.
You can begin harvesting Stevia leaves in July. To continue your harvest, just pinch out early blooms. The main stevia crop is harvested when plants are mature and blooms have just begun to form over the entire plant, generally in late summer.
Sweetness is intensified by cooler temperatures and short days; however, sugar levels decline after flowering. It's a tradeoff you will have to decide on. I tend to harvest mine before cooler temperatures set in.
Harvested plants are dried with low heat (95-120°F) and good air circulation for 24 to 48 hours. A dehydrator could be used for leaf drying, or if you have a lot of stems, plants can be dried in the sun and then threshed to separate the sweet leaves from the bitter stems.
Once dried, whole stevia leaves can be stored for 12 months in air-tight containers or plastic bags. To extend their shelf life, be careful of humidity.
Once the leaves are dry you can crumble them into a fine powder. Use a mesh screen or grind them in a food processor or coffee grinder. Store the powder in an air-tight container.
Perhaps the easiest way to preserve your stevia leaves is to make an extract. You only need a few ingredients, and a few days to accomplish it. A few drops of stevia extract are as sweet as a teaspoon of sugar.
Using a ratio of 2 parts stevia to 3 parts liquid, place one cup of stevia in the jar and cover it with 1.5 cups of alcohol. Shake the mixture well and let it sit for no more than 36 hours (it will become bitter if you steep it longer than 36 hours). Strain through muslin or a coffee filter and pour the tincture into a dark colored bottle. It will keep indefinitely.
To remove the alcohol: once the 36 hours are up simmer the mixture on low heat for 30 minutes, stirring regularly. Be careful not to boil. When it cools, strain and bottle as above. This mixture should be kept in the refrigerator, where it will store for six months.
Cook the strained mixture on low heat, reducing it to a concentrated syrup. The syrup should last for a year, if kept in an airtight container in your refrigerator.
Stevia is becoming a popular plant and is readily available at most local nurseries. Thankfully it has few pests and is easy to grow and preserve. Now that you know how to grow stevia and use it, will you be adding it to your garden this year?
What is the number of days to germination? Also, days to maturity? Just curious if this is something I will need to start indoors well before the summer season kicks off.
I tried it this year in canada in a pot. I am not the best gardener but even i had three out of twelve seeds germinate just trown in a pot and watered. The plants were 30 inches tall by end of summer. They took a long time to germinate, about three weeks outside, i planted a small basel plant with them thinking it was a bust but they made it even so. It was so worth it. Trying some seeds indoors next year a month ahead and see what happens.
I have been plucking a leaf off and putting in my ice tea for sweetener. Now that I know how to save I'll be trying some of these ideas! Thanks!
Really informative article! I love the idea of Stevia Syrup and I will be trying it! Thanks Jennifer!
Yup, I agree those carbs can add up!
Does anyone know how many plants/leaves are needed for any certain amount dried?
No, I don't have a conversion.
Can Stevie leaves be frozen and then used in tea or coffee?
Yes, but you'll need to break them apart to get the sweetness so it might not work out the way you would like if your freeze the leaves.
My friend said if you harvest the leaves when they are smaller, they aren't bitter…but the longer/larger you let the leaves grow the more bitter they become – the closer the plant gets to flowering. After flowering, the plant doesn't produce as much sweetness.
How about trying to revive it and keep it inside over the winter?
If the plant is dead you might not be able to use the leaves. Stevia is an herb like lavender or mint. It is a perennial that will come back next year is planted properly. However you might not have luck with reviving it if it's in a pot. You can keep it inside as long as it has sun, water and fertilizer.
I have used dried up leaves and as long as they are green they still had some flavour but not black or slimey. Not recommended to do though but i just finished drying them and used them.
I planted 2 small plants in my Flagstaff, AZ (zone 6) summer home this year. One stayed rather small, but one not only grew but sprouted new plants. I wondered if i can dig it up, pot it, take it to my winter home in Tucson, then replant it in Flagstaff next summer. Or would that be more trouble than it's worth? I plan to dehydrate the leaves, and appreciate you sharing this great info. THANKS!
You could try doing that. With some tender loving care it should work. I'm curious as to why you want take it from Flagstaff to Tucson, then replant it in Flagstaff again? Do you just want to make sure you can harvest the leaves?
My husband grew up with a sweet tooth. He had a job that involved driving long miles, and developed a habit of keeping a bag of candy next to him and having a treat several times a day. Results were predictable. While struggling to drop the inevitable extra weight, I suggested Stevie to him. At the time there were concerns about toxicity in some of the commercial extracts available. I grew a handsome stevia plant in zone 5, harvested it at flowering and after a good rinse (city living!), pulled the branches apart air dried them for two or three days until crisp, picked the leaves off and filled a pint jar with it and put a few leaves in a tiny jar (original contents pimentoes) that he could keep air tight. While sitting at the computer he liked to open the jar, break of a bit and savor it like a mint several times in an evening, and I think he may have taken it to work with him. This pint of leaves lasted for 2 or 3 years in which time he retired, became more vigilant with diet and lost over 50 pounds! We are now both retired and homesteading, live in zone 3 where the growing season is pretty short. Concerns about stevia have settle, he uses an organic powdered extract, and is quite content with it as his beverage sweetener. I don't bake much, when I do we sweeten with maple syrup or honey. The higher mineral content of these keeps his sweet tooth from going wild. Glad to have stevia on board!
This is wonderful info! I just order seeds the other day so now I know better how to grow it. Thanks so much!
My stevia plant looked dead from lack of water during the winter indoors (I live in Zone 7) but in spring when I put the pot back outside in the sun and watered it, it grew beautifully. So don't give up, Mama. I have a nice crop dried in the sun now and will try to "thresh" them. Would someone please explain how that can be done?
To thresh the plant you just remove the leaves from the stem. You can do it by hand or with a machine.


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Vampire Hermit
By S.E. Schlosser / Campfire Stories, Folktales A-Z, Ghost Stories, Halloween Stories, Horror Stories, Myths & Legends, New York folklore
A Scary New York Folktale
Excerpted from Spooky New York
She was nervous when her husband said they were to stay in the abandoned house, for it contained the corpse of the hermit who once lived there, enshrined in a coffin in the loft. It was an old custom and one no longer popular among the Iroquois people, but the hermit had insisted upon it before his death. There was good hunting in this place, her man had declared, and so they moved in and she unpacked their few belongings in the front room, refusing to go up into the loft where the hermit's body lay.
When her husband left to hunt, she immediately put her daughter in the sling on her back and went to look for roots and berries, staying away until her husband returned with the meat. As she prepared the evening meal for them, her husband, tired from his hunting, climbed up into the loft to rest.
The hut soon filled with the delicious smell of roasting meat. She was sorting through the berries when she heard a muffled cry and the crunch of breaking bones. As she stared upward, frozen in horror, blood started to drip from the rafters.
She crept silently to the far corner of the room where she could see up into the loft. A skeleton with glowing red eye sockets was feasting on the body of her husband. Its teeth and chin covered with blood,.
Her daughter stirred restlessly at her back, and she knew that she had to get away immediately.
"I am going to run down to the stream to fetch water for the broth," she called toward the loft. "I will be right back." She took the pail and walked toward the stream, trying to appear normal. As soon as she was out of sight among the trees, she started to run as fast as she could. She heard a terrible howl from the direction of the house as the creature heard them escaping and started to pursue. The young mother stumbled desperately through the woods, the creature's howls growing closer as it pursued them. Her little daughter wailed in fright at her back as she fled in terror, sobbing and was almost without hope The monster was gaining on her.
In a last act of despair, she shouted the Iroquois distress cry, hoping someone would be near enough to hear it. Her call was taken up and answered by the warriors from the village. She could hear the creature breathing behind her as she sprinted to the trees at the edge of the village. Here, her strength failed her, and she collapsed to the ground,
Just before the monster could pounce on them, a party of warriors burst through the gates of the village chasing the skeleton away. They swung their torches wide, and the skeleton retreated farther into the woods. The warriors chased the creature back to the hermit's house, and set fire to the cabin. As the flames encompassed the house, a terrible howling and roaring came from the loft, and the vampire hermit fled into the woods in the form of a rabbit, never again to plague the young woman or her daughter.