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GLAAD: Win A Facetime With Adam Lambert
Filed Under () by broddybounce on Thursday, February 27, 2020
Posted at : Thursday, February 27, 2020
Adam Lambert will be performing at the 2020 GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Awards ceremony in New York on March 19th. As part of this event, GLAAD is running a contest where one lucky winner, who has contributed at least one $20 donation, will be chosen to enjoy a Facetime with the one and only Adam, direct from the event's red carpet!
GLAAD: Win Facetime with Adam!
Oh my....if I won that, I know I'd be absolutely tongue-tied once Adam's face was looking at me, and expecting me to say something intelligent!...haha
I have never even done a quick meet and greet. If I won this contest, I think I would get tongue-tied. Everybody says how nice he is at M&Gs. But this contest is more one-on-one personal. I'd be a mess. LOL
Jenny Barnes Photography - Adelaide concert ...........
Please note advice: Photos are not to be copied/distributed/used in any way.
http://www.barnesphotography.net.au/queen20/index.htm
I'd just freeze probably LOL !
Final show of this QAL tour leg is tomorrow! What a ride it's been so far! So we will al lget into Velvet mode!
Please keep streaming Roses if you have some spare time. It would be great if Velvet debuted strongly. Can't wait for Adam's US promo appearances!!!!!
I knew Adam is performing at the Glaad Awards, but just discovered that he is also a Nominee for "Outstanding Music Artist" for Velvet: Side A. Nice! I must have missed that information somewhere.
Hope he wins that award! This does seem like it is Adam's Year!
I missed that, too. Hope he wins. VSA has some really great songs!
I had a quick Meet and Greet during the Glam Nation tour and he was very nice. Facetime - no, that would be nerve-wracking. I wonder how long the Facetime chat will be.
Well, the first QAL leg is over and it was amazing! That Queen shirt that Adam wore was the same one he's worn in years past. Full circle! He was really on fire this night! Now we are on to Velvet promo and tour! Please stream Roses if you can. It would be nice for Velvet to debut with some good numbers. He deserves all the support we can give him.
Very interested to see what his Vegas show looks like. I'm sure he will be busy with that prep as soon as he gets home.
The first time I came face-to-face with Adam was on his Glam Nation Tour in 2010. A few of us waited about an hour-and-a-half out in the intense heat of Phoenix, AZ to greet him after his wonderful concert. He finally came out to sign autographs but, he was in no mood for any chit-chat with fans. He went down the line and signed for each of us as he was still chomping on his veggies, (BTW, how about that fried rice?). As we stood in line, about 40 fans, I noticed that he had tongs on his feet - funny, how we look at little details. I profusely apologised to him because I gave him a piece of scrap paper for his signature but, I got not even the least word or response out of him. My little gang of Glamberts agreed that he must have been physically exhausted because he seemed so robotic and just looked down as he came to each person. I was dying to see his magnificent eyes, to no avail. After he finished signing, he and his drummer quickly turned and walked back into the building. My point here is that we put stars on a pedestal, as if they are not human. They don't get exhausted, they don't eat carrot sticks in front of their fans, they don't freeze up with no chit-chat, etc., etc., etc..We melt when they are in our presence or in our own personal space but, they don't return that same response - wonder why? I am going to research my university's archives to find out if any Masters or PhD papers have ever been written on the subject of "THE HUMAN BODY AND THE EFFECTS OF THE STAR-STRUCK SYNDROME." A funny story, which is very true. A well known pop singer, from England, admitted to his fans that whilst he was performing on stage in front of a huge audience, that he "shat his pants". These were his exact words, not mine. Believe me, every time I hear him sing now, that is a memory that is forever embedded in my brain. Or, let's talk about famous little Justin Bieber, who had to urinate while he was walking through the hotel kitchen, and chose to pee in the mop bucket full of water which was to be used to mop the floor. The word of the day is HUMAN, when all the stardom is stripped back. IMHO, they are also very lucky to have us, their devoted fans. Jean Renard
QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT - BEST CONCERT EVER!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APOwPnac6TI
Very well said, Jean. Let us know if you find any Masters or PhD papers on "The Human Body and The Effects of the Star-Struck Syndrome".
Thanks for the link, Mirela. There was a tweet from a long-term Glambert who thought the QAL concert at the Metricom Stadium sounded the best ever.
Here's a link to a collection of photos taken at the QAL Metricom Stadium concert .......
https://blankgc.com.au/queen-and-adam-lambert-2020-gold-coast/
More photos from the QAL Metricom concert ..........
https://twitter.com/geriperi/status/1233860131189751808/photo/1
@geriperi
Jean Renard great comments
Rosemary, the one who posted the filming called it "Best concert ever".I don't know which was the best because I didn't go to any concert of this tour. I put the link because I thought the filming before the concert was interesting.I was personally amazed by how many people was at this concert.
Adam and Sarina (From sarinarosetaylor IG story)
https://twitter.com/LambritsUK/status/1234029531268296704/photo/1
Here's a review of the Gold Coast concert posted on Twitter by @geriperi ........
There are 2 pages.
Sue Smith said...
I'm sorry Rosemary I never finished my 7 ft man story from the 2014 QAL tour. I received some really bad news about my back from the recent MRI and Xrays. Have some hard decisions to make. I won't go into that here, now. I was really down the other day.
There really not much more to it. Do not know if he was quite 7 ft. Tall but very close to it he may have aserggerated an inch or 2. It was the first world tour they did QAL has grown by leaps and bounds since then. It was at an arena. This arena which is the biggest in Houston is more of a basket ball arena. They did not have the guitar neck part of the stage out. The other tours after that they did. We had good seats for that one. We were last on the roll so we could step out a bit to see Adam. It was hard because I was only 3 weeks out of a 5 way bypass. My husband was having a fit that I went but I did and thanks to my daughter I made it. He said I would not.
I also went to the Glamnation concert in Houston. The 2014 QAL and this GN tour was the only two I was able to go to. Adam has said that he was so exsausted and depressed after the GN tour it took Sauli to pull him out of it. He came to the US they started dating and he slowly pulled out of it. He did way over a hundred shows in about 5 months. Like 125 to 145 something of that nature. Yes he gets tired and depressed and maybe down and grouchy.
I remember the next day on the radio after the Houston GN concert remarks from the DJ. This was the concert I was at in Houston. The DJ said a number of fans caught Adam coming out of the back stage door. He signed autographs and talked to them for quite a period of time. Finally they told him they had to get on the bus and go. I was not in that groupe. This is about the time If I Had You Was coming out.
Adam was just starting out as a celebrity then think he had a hard time adjusting as he has remarked about that over the years.
Im not getting into the B---h comment thing. But Adam did say room service was coming he would call them back. However then he said I guess I could eat durring the chat. He did say I hope you dont think I am rude for eating while talking. It's easy to say he should have waited to another time. That may not have come for a good while. It was late and they had one more concert left. He has so much on his plate right now. Planning A big Vegas show, costumes, staging, songs. Plus promoting Velvet, and performances on tv. That takes planning as well. Just now finished part of a huge tour.
Hell yes he tired I'm tired talking about it.
Adam is a nice man but even Adam has days he off and maybe would over react to something again I'm not getting into an argument over it. The only thing I heard was the chat. I went on Tik Tok only saw some great videos that's all.
But then I was not looking for anything but the videos.
Yes Jean Celebs are humans they have their off days. When they are on tour they have to keep dealing with fans even when they are down we dont have to do that all the time. Yes all of us at some time deal with people when we just are not feeling like it. I know I have.
When celebs are on tour they deal day after day if they are down or up.
Yes Adam is lucky to have loyal fans he always saying that himself. But were all so very lucky to have him, Adam being unpleasant these kinds of incidents are very rare. With many other celebrities they are very common place.
Rosemary I was just addressing you about the 7ft tall guy after that I seem to get off on other subjects, sorry.
These are just my opinions like others have said.
Sue....glad to see you back. You were gone for several days, and I knew you had an important Drs. appointment. I was getting worried, and now from your comments above, you have not received good news. I hope when you feel up to it that you will tell us about it.
In the meantime, my thoughts and best wishes are with you....as I'm sure everyone else's here is as well.
Nanbert I will tell about it soon as I figure it out. They want me to go to a spine dr. The pain has been so severe because things are on the fast track down hill in my back. It Is complicated
To explian it all. That procedure I was going to get probably would not be the right thing right now. That was just to help the pain would not have corrected anything. I have degenerate bone disease so operating is a very could hurt me even worse thing for me. After she saw the New MRI and Xrays it was a more serious ball game. After I go to a spine doctor I will know more. I'll be able to see what the options are. It's pretty serious.
They are suppose to make the appointment. It sometime takes awhile with a spine doctor to get in.
Thank you for your concern Nanbert you have always shown that to me and I so appreiate it.
That was it is complicated to explain it all.
Oh dear, that sounds dreadful, Sue. I hope you're having as much pain relief as possible, and that an appointment with a spine doctor becomes available soon.
Jean, I know who the popular English singer is to whom you referred in your post. Perhaps you and I saw/heard the same interview and like you, that comment is now embedded in my brain. Why anyone would mention that is beyond me. I'm not a fan of rap music so I don't follow him but there is a lovely ballad of his of which I'm fond .... and whatever song he sings, you can hear every word distinctly.
Thanks Rosemary I hope so to. I haven't been to sleep because of the pain. Thanks for your concern that's means alot.
Sue....my fingers are crossed that you will be able to see a spine doctor soon, who will be able to help improve your condition....surgically? Perhaps to stabilize it? Please keep us informed...when you feel up to it.
Nanbert thank you! Another pain Dr. I went to about 3 years ago told me whatever you do, do not let them cut on your back. The reason being the softness of my bones due to the degeneration. I had to stop going to him do to being out of net of my insurance. We have to go 70 miles every month to this pain dr.
The dr. The other day said the narrowing to my spine getting much worse. I am quite sure I am not explaining it correctly. Also the artharites has gotten way worse among other things.
I need an operation badly but it is very dangerous on me. But we will see what the spine doctor has to say about it all, if I ever get in.
It is quite complicated. I've been told my back looks like a train ran over it.
When I had heart surgery all the wire popped loose shortly after the operation because of the softness of the bones. They were hoping it would grow together on it's own. It did not had go back a year later and have a second operation to put medal something like that and screws to hold where they operated together. My explanation is not great but it's all true.
Not explaining well but it's just hard to explain. I'll know more after the spine dr. All I know is its serious and I'm in pain.
Hope I can explain better after I know more.
Thanks to you and Rosemary for all your concern.
The doctor also went on about the herniated disc's I've had for many years. I was so depressed the day I went to the dr. I think some went in one ear and out the other. I'll try and be more cheerful than talking about my soap opera back to much. Lot of things to look forward to in Adam land. I'll concentrate on that for now. Thank God for Adam and the distraction of genuine talent.
Saw a clip of one of Adam's interviews in Australia in the past day. Quite fun. He did several. Hopefully we'll see the entire interviews soon. Then he'll be on his way HOME to get ready for VELVET!
Gotta hand it to Australia and NZ. They LOVE Adam and they show it with their amazing support of him as a solo artist as well as Queen frontman.
Wonder if he'll do some solo shows in OZ eventually?
Sue, I do hope that your family here helps you get through some tough medical issues.
Thank you Dee R Gee it helps alot it really does.
What is so great I read on a comment section on Instagram few days back. It was from a person in Aistralia. They said they were flying in to see Adam's show in Vegas. He just was there. So they want to see Adam own show and music. I think it was IG was some comment section I dont read many of them. I think that's so great especially since he was just in their country with QAL.
That was Australia.
@Rosemary White.......I definitely agree with you - why would any famous singing artist want to share with the world his habit of prolific gas projectiles while on stage, plus the disgusting "pants poop"? But, I bet you that the ballad of his that you love is the one that I absolutely adore, "Thinking Out Loud". He wrote that song and wow, just wow, is it ever romantically beautiful. Have you ever seen the video to that ballad? It is simply breathtaking and stunning. The female dancer is beyond superb. BTW, want to hear another funny story that my friend shared with me a few good years back? She was on a very crowded international flight which was delayed for take-off because a famous French actor, Gerard Depardieu, exposed himself in the plane's isle and proceeded to urinate in front of God and all the passengers. Can you only image the hysteria he caused? She said the passengers projected a mixture of laughter and moans of total disgust. The moral of that story is "never drink at an airport bar before you board your flight because you cannot use the plane's bathroom until in the air". I hate to reiterate but, again, HUMAN, no matter how famous or talented, your bladder does not give a hoot! Jean Renard
Jean Renard....As an "elderly" lady with a capricious bladder, Depardieu's dilemma sends chills up my spine. But, being a male, he at least had the OPTION of using the aisle!
haha...just thinking...he should have used the "barf" bag!
4 OFFICIAL VIDEOS of Adam interviews
1. Studio 10 au
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1234645596419612672/vid/1280x720/NUG-_ge3_1s0TrJk.mp4?tag=13
2 . The morning show on 7
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1234619680666423297/vid/1280x720/FdVEsmiSfv786pef.mp4?tag=13
3 . The Today Extra show
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1234627351994142727/vid/1280x720/CVasK0X18ON6VFsu.mp4?tag=13
4.Sunrise
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1234661895086342146/vid/1280x720/NDPedfFx_j7SXxKd.mp4?tag=13
Thank you for the interview links!!!!
Mi Re La....great interviews! Thanks so much.
Mi Re La, thanks so much for posting all the links to the video interviews – just fantastic!!!
Dee R Gee, Adam has said in the past that he loves Australia and this time he tweeted "Australia has been a dream!" so I think he'll include Australia in his solo tour, as he's done previously.
Sue, the situation with your back sounds beyond grim with so much pain and anguish attached to it. I'm sure we'll all be pleased to hear you've had an appointment with a spine doctor so that hopefully, he'll know how to help you and then healing and recovery can commence.
Jean, I haven't heard "Thinking Out Loud" but I'll check it out on YouTube. The ballad I was referring to is called "Perfect" which has become a very popular first waltz song at weddings.
Gerard Depardieu – was he actually allowed to remain on the flight after that? If he was, imagine having a seat next to him although he was probably sitting in first class.
Everyone...off topic... I was at Amazon purchasing my copies of "Velvet", and I discovered an Adam Lambert DVD entitled "Off The Beaten Track- Adam Lambert". Written on the side was the titles of videos of various songs Adam sang on many different shows/appearances....like "Titanium", "One more Time", "Believe"....and even the song Adam sang at his High School graduation.
I've heard nothing about this, and assume this is not an official Adam Lambert DVD. I think all the videos on it probably were transferred from Youtube.
Has anyone else seen or heard about this before?
Thank you Rosemary I hope so to. It's not just my back. The back thing is greatly affecting my legs causing extreme cramping.
I have another appointment pain doctor 25th of March it may be after that the spine dr. They take their time doing things at this pain dr. I hope something gets better. it's very depressing. My back has gone out on me completely twice in the last 20 years where I could not walk at all and I was in the hospital. I'm just hoping that doesn't happen again.thank you for caring.
Nanbert yea Adam has never mentioned that DVD. It sounds like either RCA doing it to make money still off Adam or that place where he did some studio work years ago. The same one that put a DVD out on him after Idol and another right before the Tresspassing album. Remember the hell he had there. RCA put out the best of Adam Lambert after he left RCA doubt they got any permission from Adam. He made those songs when he was with them. But these songs and appearances, they really should have had no permission for. It also could be WB his last record company.
I think if it was Empire doing it Adam certainly would have told us. He may not even know about it. Just guessing but I just highly doubt Adam put it out. He been concentrating on Velvet.
Nanbert, it sounds to me like those videos were taken from YouTube by somebody who strung them together and made a CD. I guess it's legal???? But I'm sure Adam is making no money from it.
Sue and Dee R Gee....that's what I thought. But I'm usually the last person to know, since I only get my "Adam news" here...and I don't remember anyone mentioning it before.
I guess it's legal...but seems a bit shady if Adam is not getting a share of the profits. It's also tacky that they put it out just when "Velvet" is being presented for pre-sale, and probably will capture some of those Adam fans.
However, I love/visit a lot of those videos of Adam on youtube, and have to admit that a DVD of them would be nice to have....IF they are good quality.
Honestly, I have always wished Adam would put out an AUTHORIZED DVD of some of his best live performances....like the ones on the DVD we're discussing. I came SO CLOSE to buying it while I was on Amazon...but felt that would be greatly overspending, since I was already purchasing 4 "Velvets" (for me and family members) and a copy of "Playmobil: The Movie" which is available now, too. (Too bad the movie wasn't more successful!)
Well... if anyone does buy that DVD, let us know what you think of it, i.e. the quality, etc.
I do love all those videos on that (apparently) sort of bootleg CD. Adam's vids are always amazing.
If anyone is interested, I have a short diversion for a song I love a lot. First, I love that line in "Roses" when Adam sings, "You put your hat on the windowsill." It reminded me immediately of one of Joe Cocker's best songs, "You Can Leave Your Hat On." It's so bluesy and sexy and growl. Cocker at his best. I'd love it if Adam would sing it as a cover.
There are plenty of versions of it on YouTube. The "official" one, of course, but there are lots of live performance versions, too. Cocker sang it for many years during his career.
Check out YouTube. I just watched the "official" one and then a live performance one from Dortmund. That song makes me need a cold shower. LOL
I love Rose's I need to really stream it. I will check that song out DRG.
The spine Dr. Just called me I have appointment the 26 march. Hope can change pain doctor to the 26 to have one on 25. It's 70 miles to these drs.
Just mentioning because I said I would say when I got the appointment
Take care of the yourself, Sue.
Thank you Dee R Gee I will try.
That's excellent news re the spine doctor appointment, Sue. Hope you can co-ordinate both doctors'appointments.
Rosemary yes I hope so to. It was late this evening when the spine dr called the pain dr that closes at 4 was closed. I left a message they will not be back unfortunately until Monday. They are open 4 days a week. I hope I can work it out as well. It painful for me to ride in a car that far right now.
Just glad I'm going to see the spine dr.
We need the disc from the MRI like dvd.
Hope I can get from the hospital they have to have that.
Q+AL Paris Show Postponed following a government decree in France to cancel all indoor events over 5000 capacity in France until 31st May in an effort to contain the spread of Coronavirus.
http://www.queenonline.com/news/statement-paris-show-postponed
No other Queen + Adam Lambert shows have been affected at this time.
Adam's IG story
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ESYRThfWAAAduvv?format=jpg&name=medium
I hope Adam's Vegas concert won't be postponed
So hope the Q+AL is the only concert postponed, and they go on to complete their tour, can't wait to see them and also Adam's solo concert at Wembley fingers crossed they all go ahead !!
I hope the Vegas concert is not. That Vegas concert will be amaizing. I think they are going to try and reschedule the Paris concert. They said to hold on to the tickets. Of course they will refund the money if they cannot reschedule or you cannot attend the rescheduled one. Thats how I understood it.
Podcast while Adam was in Sydney promoting "Velvet", following the "Fire Fight Australia Concert" .............
https://themusic.com.au/podcasts/green-room-with-neil-griffiths
Mean't of course to say, I hope the Paris concert is the ONLY concert cancelled,however I don't understand why a venue of over 5,000 capacity should be cancelled , whereas one for 4,000 would be ok ?? crazy!! but hopefully after all the 'frenzy' dies down, they will be able to reschedule for a later date.
I'm sure the concert in Vegas will go ahead, it really will be amazing for Adam to have a small residency there, wish I could get to that one, but not this year, will have to stick to the few shows I've booked for the 02 London, and just have to keep fingers crossed that this awful virus 'burns itself out' before too long.
I've heard the Coronavirus will get worse in April/May. :-(((
Rosemary yes I've also heard that, hope it gets less after it has 'peaked' in Apr/May then, just heard that lots of other rock bands have cancelled heir tours mainly in Japan and S Asia, so still fingers crossed for later in the year.
We would sure hate to see Adam have to cancel those Vegas shows. Getting those shows is a real feather in his cap. Hope the shows do go on and the fans can keep their plane reservations, etc. It's a real pain to reschedule both for the artist and for the fans.
Just as well QAL did their Asian concerts before the Connavirus took hold. Otherwise, they would've had to cancel or reschedule them.
I know...since they travel so much...with so many people in their tour...that QAL must be quite worried about the Coronavirus. Especially since Brian and Roger are in the most "at-risk" age group. I hope this scare won't last long enough to affect the next leg of their tour...or Adam's solo tour.
Hope this coronavirus outbreak dies out quickly. Trump was announcing (erroneously) that it would die out in the spring, with the arrival of warmer weather....like the flu. But officials in the CDC and other health experts say that there is no truth in that, because it's too new, and we don't have enough information to make any such judgements... in fact, the truth might turn out to be just the opposite. It might never end up being seasonal at all!
So everyone, be careful and stay safe!
Adam old photo WOW!!!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ESlql5DWsAMkDng?format=jpg&name=small
I found this incredible video of the comparison of Freddie Mercury performing at LIVE AID in 1985 juxtaposed against the marvelous actor Rami Malek, who played Freddie Mercury in the movie Bohemian Rhapsody. It is literally mind blowing to see how talented Rami Malek is and how he nailed 100% the character role of Freddie Mercury. You will be glad if you take the time to watch it. I also watched QAL tonight again in their performance of the 22 minute Australian Fire Fight which re-enacted the 1985 LIVE AID concert. Adam was so amazing and his mega talent was stunning! Jean Renard https://youtu.be/81ERF5S3x3o
Mi Re La, where ever did you find that sizzling hot picture of Adam with this lovely girl? That was quite a gift for my evening. Thank you for posting!!! Jean Renard
WOAH!!!!! Many thanks, Mi Re La for posting that {{{HOT}}} "old" photo of Adam with the lovely girl!!!!!
On a somber note, it's been reported that 16 million people have been isolated in Italy's north provinces. Residents aren't allowed out of these provinces and as I understand it, no one else is allowed in. QAL have a concert on May 24th in Bologna which is in Emilia-Romagna, a region in northern Italy. Hope it won't be cancelled.
In my country all flights to and from Italy were canceled, and all meetings with more than 1000 people were forbidden.
All 15 people infected with coronavirus in my country recently came from Italy
I'm really worried about Adam's Vegas concert
Mi Re La/Glamberts....I wonder if the girl in the "hot" photo with Adam is the dancer from his "Glamnation" tour....Brooke Wendle(?).... looks like her.
This coronavirus is messing up everyone's lives! My grandson was in Spain on a student exchange plan from the Univ. of Pittsburgh for this sememster....his last. Due to the virus, he was abruptly called back to the States, and just arrived home last night! Evidently, the Univ. was afraid that he would be stranded in Spain, if the outbreak got so bad that flights would no longer be allowed from overseas. He is broken-hearted! Now he and Pitt have to scramble to figure out how to make it still possible to complete the studies he started in Spain in order to graduate this spring!
The Coronavirus will certainly mess up your life if you become gravely ill with it and die.
Just finished a long telephone conversation with my grandson. He says that the University told him to self-isolate himself at home for two weeks....so I won't actually see him until that time is over. He still doesn't know how the University will arrange for him to complete the proper studies in order to graduate on time at the end of this semester.
He says about students exchanged in Italy---flights from Milan were not allowed into the USA.. Thank goodness he got back IN before all foreign flights are shut down!
Nanbert the girl in the "hot" photo with Adam is Laura Danielle
She posted this picture on Instagram and then deleted
That's interesting, Mi Re La. Wonder why she deleted it...probably because of some nasty comments!
Italy is now fully quarantined. No one is allowed in or out of the country. Doesn't augur well for QAL's concert at Bolongna on May 24. Hopefully they can reschedule if necessary.
Rosemary....how sad for Italy!....and all those people suffering with coronavirus inside and out! I realized that I might have sounded a bit callous while describing my grandson's return from his exchange program in Spain....because there are so many worse tragedies happening all over the world due to this pandemic! Many families are even unable to visit a sick and dying relative under quarantine!
Nanbert, your concern for your grandson is not at all callous. You were simply describing how the Coronavirus has affected your family. In my community here in South Florida, many of the residents are totally wrapped up in their concern for their children or grandchildren that are in overseas' study programs. The universities will work it out for them with online programs. I have met some of these young people and they are already set up with online classes. I was worried sick about my own daughter because she travels all over the world in her job but, she made it back to her home in Jerusalem, Israel, and now Israel is on lock down - all tourists had to leave and no more tourists are allowed in until it will be safe. It is only normal to worry about our own situations. We really don't sit and think about all the thousands of people that died from the flu in the 2019-2020 season right here in the United States. My neighbor died from the flu on Monday night and he was not old. We just all need to be strong and even though this is a very rough time and may be around until a vaccine is produced, I think we will all be affected one way or another, even if it is only through our children or grandchildren's college educations being disrupted. Stay safe and healthy, all of you Glamberts. Stay safe, Adam. Jean Renard
Now Trump has banned all flights into the US from Europe except the UK, so hopefully that'll help improve the situation, at least in the US.
Previous post should read "banned all flights into the US from Europe except the UK for 30 days" ....
Rosemary....banning all flights might have helped when the first news about the virus arrived from China....THAT was the time to do it! But now that is just "closing the barn door AFTER the horse is gone"....too little, too late... corona virus is here already...and spreading rapidly. Unfortunately, we've probably got months of bad news ahead here in the U.S.....the whole world does!
With schools, theatres, concerts, sports, etc. closing down, things do not look too encouraging for Adam's tour....or QAL's tour. It's a shame, but they will probably be rescheduled. Just hope none of them get sick! Hope that damn virus runs out of steam soon!
And, of course, standing on the TOP rung of prospective victims doesn't inspire much confidence in me!
Yes, the Coronavirus could go on & on.
By the way, many thanks for your advice re DIY hand sanitizer. What sort of alcohol did you use? It's impossible to buy in the shops. I read yesterday that using hand sanitizer isn't as good as washing one's hands but who knows what to believe!
Previous post - I meant "It's impossible to buy hand sanitizer in the shops" not alcohol! Mind you, I wouldn't know if it's impossible to buy alcohol in the shops or not! I never go there.


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package cz.broforce42.calculator.apr;

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.math.RoundingMode;

import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

import cz.broforce42.model.ILoan;

/**
 * Created by vekera on 07/11/16. Calculate standard APR
 */
@Service
public class DefaultAprCalculator implements IAprCalculator {
	// Number of payments
	private long numberOfPayments;
	// Original or expected balance for loan.
	private double amount;
	// The number of monthly principal and interest payment.
	private double mounthlyPaymant;
	// The number of monthly fees
	private double mounthlyFees;
	// The number of one year fees
	private double yearFees;
	// The number of before loan fees
	private double before;
	// The number of after loan fees
	private double after;
	// The number of APR
	private double anualPercentageRate;
	// The iteration count
	private int xC = 0;

	/**
	 * See @see getAPR()
	 *
	 * @param loan
	 *
	 */
	public double getAPR(ILoan loan) {
		this.numberOfPayments = loan.getNumberOfPayments();
		this.amount = loan.getAmount();
		this.mounthlyPaymant = loan.getMonthlyPayment();
		this.mounthlyFees = loan.getMonthlyTaxes();
		this.yearFees = loan.getYearTaxes();
		this.before = loan.getBeforeTaxes();
		this.after = loan.getAfterTaxes();
		return round(annualPercentageRate());
	}

	/**
	 * See @see getInterest()
	 *
	 * @param loan
	 *
	 */
	public double getInterest(ILoan loan) {
		this.numberOfPayments = loan.getNumberOfPayments();
		this.amount = loan.getAmount();
		this.mounthlyPaymant = loan.getMonthlyPayment();
		this.mounthlyFees = 0.000;
		this.yearFees = 0.000;
		this.before = 0.000;
		this.after = 0.000;
		return round(annualPercentageRate());
	}

	/*******************************************************************
	 * Private methods
	 *******************************************************************/
	/**
	 * See @see annualPercentageRate() - method to calculate APR, compares the
	 * right - left
	 *
	 */
	private double annualPercentageRate() {
		double x = higherBoundary(0.5, 1);
		double y = x;
		double iteration = 1.001;
		int count = 0;
		while (x == y && count < 10) {
			count++;
			y = x;
			x = lowerBoundary(x, iteration);
			iteration = Math.sqrt(iteration);
			y = x;
			x = higherBoundary(x, iteration);
			iteration = Math.sqrt(iteration);
		}
		this.anualPercentageRate = x * 100;
		return this.anualPercentageRate;
	}

	/**
	 * See @see temporalAPR() - method to calculate total count, use APR formula
	 * S = A (1 + x)^ -t when x is guessAPR
	 *
	 * @param guessAPR
	 */
	private double temporalAPR(double guessAPR) {
		// Number of total count you pay, calculate with payments before the
		// mortgage loan
		double totalCount = this.before;
		// Number of payment monthly + taxes (monthly, year)
		double monthlyPaymentAll = this.mounthlyPaymant + this.mounthlyFees;
		// Unknown APR formula (1 + X) ^ t
		double x = 0;
		double bX = 0;
		double bXAncillary = 0;

		// S = A (1 + x)^ -t - FORMULA
		for (int i = 1; i < this.numberOfPayments + 1; i++) {
			// if there year fees in loan
			if (yearFees != 0) {
				if (i % 12 == 0) {
					monthlyPaymentAll += yearFees;
				}
			}
			// months of payment
			bX = -i;
			// actual number of payment divide 12
			bXAncillary = bX / 12;
			// formula (1 + X) ^ t
			x = Math.pow(guessAPR + 1, bXAncillary);
			totalCount += monthlyPaymentAll * x;
			monthlyPaymentAll = this.mounthlyPaymant + this.mounthlyFees;
		}
		// count after payments
		if (this.after != 0) {
			bX = -(this.numberOfPayments + 1);
			bXAncillary = bX / 12;
			x = Math.pow(guessAPR + 1, bXAncillary);
			totalCount += this.after * x;
		}
		return totalCount;
	}

	/**
	 * See @see lowerBoundary() - method to calculate lowerBoundary use in
	 * approximation
	 *
	 * @param guessAPR
	 * @param iteration
	 */
	// Lower limit of calculation APR
	private double lowerBoundary(double guessAPR, double iteration) {
		double temporalGuessAPR = temporalAPR(guessAPR);
		int xY = 0;
		while (temporalGuessAPR < this.amount && xY < 2000) {
			xY++;
			guessAPR = guessAPR / iteration;
			temporalGuessAPR = temporalAPR(guessAPR);
			this.xC = xY;
		}

		return guessAPR;
	}

	/**
	 * See @see higherBoundary() - method to calculate higherBoundary use in
	 * approximation
	 *
	 * @param guessAPR
	 * @param iteration
	 */
	// Higher limit of calculation APR
	private double higherBoundary(double guessAPR, double iteration) {
		double temporalGuessAPR = temporalAPR(guessAPR);
		int xX = 0;
		while (temporalGuessAPR > this.amount && xX < 1000 ) {
		xX++;
			guessAPR = guessAPR * iteration;
			temporalGuessAPR = temporalAPR(guessAPR);
		}
		return guessAPR;
	}

	/**
	 * See @see round(double) - method to round to 3 decimal place
	 *
	 * @param value
	 */
	public double round(double value) {
		BigDecimal result = new BigDecimal(value);
		result = result.setScale(3, RoundingMode.HALF_UP);
		return result.doubleValue();
	}

	@Override
	public int getCountNumber() {
		return this.xC;
	}

}

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Here at Oddbins, we know when we're on to a good thing. We like this wine, we can see that you like it too, so what did we do? We got a bigger one in.Yes, that's right, the heavenly, depthy, aniseed-y Luis Alegre's Crianza now comes in a ma-hoosive magnum bottle. It's like Honey I... Read More
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Here at Oddbins, we know when we're on to a good thing. We like this wine, we can see that you like it too, so what did we do? We got a bigger one in.
Yes, that's right, the heavenly, depthy, aniseed-y Luis Alegre's Crianza now comes in a ma-hoosive magnum bottle. It's like Honey I Blew Up the Kid but much, much better.
Bodegas Luis Alegre was formed in 1968 by, unsurprisingly, Luis Alegre who was from a family of viticulturists with some of the best vines in the stunning village of Laguardia, Rioja Alavesa.
The project cranked up into what it is nowadays in 2001 when a team of investors and wine exports took over the winery and built a state of the art, gravity-fed bodega with the best temperature controlled facility of its kind and an expert wine making team.


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Exactly a week ago, along with other family members, I visited our grand-aunty and her family, gathered on every second evening of the Lunar New Year in our usual tradition.
It was a good time of meeting family members again, catching up on the latest happenings and noticing how much the youngsters have grown in the last 12 months!
Small groups formed in natural clusters to chit-chat and I found myself seated next to grand-aunty and her daughter, Aunty Agnes. After a delightful dinner, it was time to chill and nibble on cookies and crisps as we exchanged newsy updates with each other.
One day while grand-aunty and her domestic helper were in the front garden, they saw some neighbours passing by. It was a Filipina domestic helper wheeling a Chinese lady (seated on a wheelchair) on an evening 'walk' around their residential area.
She introduced the lady on the wheelchair as Mrs Paul and being neighbourly, the two helpers had a conversation and soon discovered that they had something in common – they were assigned from the same agency!
In the next few days, Mrs Paul was 'walked' around to visit our grand-aunty as the helpers got to know each other better.
Curious about Mrs Paul and her helper, Aunty Agnes decided to pay them a visit where they lived, just a few roads away in the same residential area.
When Aunty Agnes stepped into their house, she instantly recognized Mrs Paul, the Chinese lady seated on the wheelchair.
When she was introduced to her husband, Mr Paul, who was then reading, aunty said she was struck by how much he reminded her of my dad!
In the course of their conversation, Mr Paul commented that he was reading about a man (my dad?) in a book written by his daughter.
Aunty took a closer look at the book and she was pleasantly surprised that Mr Paul was indeed reading my book, My Johor Stories: True Tales, Real People, Rich Heritage!
She introduced herself as the writer's aunty and so thrilled was she at the circumstances which led to this, that she wished to invite the writer over to meet him!
It was fascinating to hear about this experience so I arranged with aunty to bring my mum along with her mum and helper to visit Mr & Mrs Paul in their home the following Saturday.
I requested that we informed Mr & Mrs Paul in advance to seek the best time to visit. Then I learnt that their daughter, Cynthia, was here and I looked forward to meeting her too.
It's a morning wet with steady showers as I park in front of the home of D. Robertson Paul. With the help of umbrellas, we drip into the front porch and then aunty introduces me to Mr & Mrs Paul.
Seated on a wooden rocking chair, Mr Paul, aged 90, is all set to share a bit about himself. He tells us that he's from Seremban and in Johor Baru, they used to live at Jalan Quek Keng Kang before moving into this house in 1970.
In 1962, he married his Chinese wife, whom he first met during a church camp.
He pointed to her with affection and said he decided to live in JB because of her.
This was because she had a teaching career in JB while he opted to commute to Singapore where he served as a civil servant and taught in various schools until his retirement.
With this knowledge in mind, I smile when Mr Paul shares about how Trinity College London sought him out after his retirement (he was a former teacher in Singapore) to invite him to embark on the next chapter of his life with them.
Even though he had no music background, Mr Paul accepted the challenge with Trinity College London, responsible for the region covering Malaysia and Singapore, and learnt all about music exams and more during his tenure with them from 1986 to 1998.
After a long and eventful career in education, Mr Paul now spends his time reading and writing his memoirs.
His daughter, Delia, a former journalist with The Star newspapers, recently helped to upload his writings into a personal blog.
I sense a great deal of pride in his three children as he mentions them one-by-one.
Mr Paul says he met with Mrs Comber. I guess he would have met her because she lived and worked here for 12 years.
He was referring to her as mentioned in my book under Memories, Our Han SuYin Connection.
Dr Elizabeth C.K. Comber, born Elizabeth Chow Kuanghu (Zhou Guang-Hu), later married Leon F. Comber, a Malayan Special Branch police officer during the 1948-1960 Emergency and they relocated to live in Malaya.
Mrs Comber also known as Dr Comber or by her maiden name, Dr Chow, was also a novelist who wrote in French, Mandarin and mostly in English under her pen-name, Han SuYin.
Mr Paul then quizzed me, asking if I know the maiden surname of Dawn Parry, the personality I featured as, Lady Extraordinaire, in the Portraits section of my book.
I soon discover that this is his pet subject as he returns to it time and again during the course of our conversation.
He must have reminisced about it because he prepared a Black & White postcard-size old photograph, ready to show me.
On the reverse side of the photo, in his cursive handwriting was written, Sept 1948, School Prefects.
Having written about her, I'm familiar with the former Dawn Ngui Chon Oi, and am aware that she was once the Head Girl in Anglo Chinese School (ACS), Seremban.
Her elegant features are easily recognizable from the photo, seated second from the left.
Mr Paul makes me scrutinize the photo to see if I can identify her because while she was Head Girl, he was not only her schoolmate but also the Head Boy in 1948!
With vivid recollections of their school days, Mr Paul shared interesting anecdotes about his contemporaries as well as Dawn's father, who was then headmaster of ACS Primary, and confided other juicy details which he reminded me, not to write about!
Like Dawn, their education was interrupted by World War Two. To appreciate his struggle with education, Mr Paul encouraged me to read his memoirs stored in his blog.
Mr Paul goes on to tell me that he was also then, the Editor of the ACS school magazine.
He pauses to call the helper to please show me a copy of the school magazine and I turn to watch as she carefully lifts it out of an old wooden photo frame.
As I hold its delicate yellowed pages in my hands, Mr Paul reminds me that he only has this 1952 issue of the magazine dubbed, The Silent Signpost.
This is very special indeed. While its cover was 'colour printed,' the magazine contents and photographs were printed in Black & White.
As he talks about himself who was once Editor of his school magazine, Mr Paul reveals that his son is Editor of The Edge Singapore, a business and investment weekly.
I cannot help but smile at this uncanny connection because last year, The Edge Malaysia had a special publication on Johor entitled, Uniquely Johor, and I was one of the featured Johor personalities!
Mr Paul then talks about the former Singapore president, S. R. Nathan, whose wife, the former Ms Nandey, was a Johor girl.
He explains that while he was born in Seremban, his career was mainly in Singapore so he was familiar with Singapore politics and other than his church friends, there are not many friends in JB.
His daughter, Cynthia, joins us and she says sotto voce, that her father is a fountain of information, as he continues regaling us with his recollections and anecdotes.
Then Cynthia tells me how she enjoys reading my stories like Going Back to Masai-chusetts and especially about the midwife!
Aunty Agnes then reiterates to Cynthia that her dad just reminds her of mine.
So we turn the pages of my book to find a portrait photo of my dad in, We are OCBC, and place Mr Paul's group photo next to it.
Cynthia and I agree that they do resemble each other mainly because of the way they styled their hair as it was fashionable in the late 1940s!
And before we leave, I must autograph my book for Mr Paul.
Thanks Aunty Agnes, for the pleasure of meeting with the Paul's.
Educity's inaugural Duathlon held at Iskandar Puteri recently, attracted 450 participants from running groups and individual enthusiasts who took part in the Sprint and Endurance competitions for Men and Women in the Open, Senior and Veteran categories.
While Educity provided the participants with their event T-shirt, some participants preferred to don their own running club's costumes, clearly emblazoned with their colourful logos and club names.
At the crack of dawn, participants gathered at Educity stadium grounds and Iskandar Puteri mayor, Haji Adib Azhari Daud, flagged off the Endurance Race at 7am.
In the grueling Endurance race, participants completed a 10-kilometer run followed by a 60 km bicycle ride and ended with another 10 km run.
Fifteen minutes after the first flag-off, EduCity Managing Director, Joanne Oei, flagged off the Sprint Race where participants completed a five-kilometer run followed by a 30 km bicycle ride and ended with another five-km run.
I watched from the Start/Finish line and spotted familiar running/cycling club names like Graziella and Treximo as the participants returned triumphantly and were rewarded with their Finisher medals.
The top five winners in the two races received trophies and prize money while the inspiring finishes by Sprint Champions, Mohd Zuhar Ismail (01:30:06) and Tan Pei Lin (01:50:21), also earned them the top honour as Sprint Overall Champions.
Pei Lin, Third Place winner in the Women Veteran category, was recognised for her commitment to consistent training and competitive spirit.
A mother of a 16-year old son, Pei Lin, 50, is no stranger to such grueling competitions as she is the two-time defending champion at the Powerman Asia Duathlon, Putrajaya race.
"This is like a pre-event warm-up race for me," said Pei Lin after receiving her Sprint Overall Champion trophy.
An Admissions Executive with Taylor's International School and Selangor state runner, Pei Lin trains six days per week with her son every morning before going to her work and he, to his classes.
A father of three children aged 10 and below, Mohd Zuhar Ismail, 33, trains regularly with his team dubbed, Sukan Lasak ATM, short-form for Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (Malaysian Armed Forces).
Mohd Azuan Asmuni and Alisson Yee won the Men and Women Endurance Overall Championship titles with record times of 02:57:23 and 03:23:51, respectively.
Winner of the Men's Open (age 18 – 29) category, Mohd Halif Husin, said he consistently competed for the top-spot with Mohd Azuan Asmuni, his colleague at Kem Sungai Udang in Melaka.
He also revealed that twelve of their team mates participated in the Duathlon and regularly travelled as a group and challenged each other in their endurance power.
"The Duathlon tested the athletes' determination to reach the finishing line and Educity is proud to gather such active sportsmen and sportswomen today," said Oei.
"Taking part in a Duathlon is not a small feat and we hope this visionary display of willpower and hope will inspire our young children to detach themselves from their gadgets," she added.
The inaugural Educity Duathlon brought the athletes on their run and ride race through several scenic routes in Iskandar Puteri.
Once again, the city that has been hosting extreme sports and marathons in the past few years, had attracted athletes not only from throughout Malaysia to battle it out for the top titles but also from Singapore, Thailand, New Zealand, England and the Philippines.
Iskandar Puteri has much to offer young athletes in terms of space and this includes dedicated cycling lanes for budding cyclists in Medini.
Oei presented the cash prizes and medals to deserving winners and announced that more sporting activities are planned for 2018 including the much anticipated Educity Sundown Marathon, Kickboxing, Swimming and Rugby fests.
All around the world where there is a large Chinese community, there will be an exodus of people travelling back to their hometowns in the tradition of balik kampung during the pre-Lunar New Year days.
As we consider the concept of balik kampung where families join their elders to celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri, it's easy to draw a parallel with how the Chinese have a tradition of sitting down to a family reunion dinner on the eve of the Lunar New Year.
From a very young age, I used to look forward to the Lunar New Year because it was that time of year when cousins meet again to play and on the first day of the lunar calendar, we would dress up in new outfits and receive red packets filled with fortune money!
As a child, I did not question why our family went to Ah Kong or mum's father's house for the reunion dinner instead of going to dad's father's house.
It was much later, when I learnt about the tradition of sons and their wives and families going to their father's house for the annual reunion dinner that I finally figured it out.
According to Chinese tradition, a married woman would join her husband and in-laws for the reunion dinner and will not visit her own parents until after the dawn of the lunar new year.
It was an eye-opening discovery for me when I realised that we did not have any reunion dinner with dad's parents simply because he did not have any living family members.
So for our family, it was easy to balik kampung for the Lunar New Year because we lived just a driving distance away from Ah Kong's house at No. 154 Jalan Ngee Heng.
But for those who lived away from hometowns, they must plan ahead for the journey, taking into consideration the packing of fresh and cooked food, new clothes and travel plans like making transport reservations or getting the car ready for self-driving.
This entire exercise is similar to how families would return to their hometowns to celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri with their elders. The only difference may probably be their destinations because many married Malay couples have an agreement to balik kampung for Hari Raya to either spouse's parents' homes on alternate years!
While we share the same Gregorian calendar – a solar calendar system that evolved from the lunar calendar – with the world, the Chinese have a traditional lunar calendar based on the monthly cycles of the moon's phases.
According to Chinese astrology, the lunar calendar follows a 12-year cycle where each year is represented by an animal so those born in those years are reputed to inherit the said animal's attributes.
During my secondary school days, I discovered the astrological signs when I listened to my classmates discussing their horoscopes and which zodiac sign (based on birth month!) they were born under.
It was much later that I learnt that the Western zodiac was unlike that of the Chinese which runs in a 12-year cycle, beginning with the Year of the Rat, followed by Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and ending with the Year of the Pig.
In recent years, as Chinese local and cable television channels broadcast more shows and advertisements to welcome the coming Lunar New Year, the came up with creative mascots or animal icons that represented the coming animal year.
I remember a news report from Hong Kong in the previous Year of the Dog (12 years ago!) which reminded people to be mindful about getting a puppy for a pet for the Lunar New Year because in reality, it means a life-long commitment to care for the pet.
This friendly reminder from the animal-loving community, warned of abandoned pet dogs later in the year when puppies out-grew their cuteness and owners could not keep up the responsibility of caring for them!
While the Chinese practice a host of do's and don'ts to ensure the start of a better year, one of their traditional rituals is to set off firecrackers at the stroke of midnight on the eve of the Lunar New Year which originally, aimed to scare away evil spirits.
In Chinese folklore, a monster named Nian (Year) would prowl the village to destroy homes and eat villagers on each New Year's Eve, so the loud explosions were made to scare aware this horrible monster!
As most traditional Chinese tend to keep this practice, it was like a war-zone in Chinese neighbourhoods where ear-shattering firecrackers assaulted our ears and scared the daylights out of our pets.
Meanwhile, the Chinese would not sweep the red paper from the firecrackers away as the act of sweeping on this auspicious day was like sweeping wealth away!
One of my favourite Lunar New Year traditions must be the tradition of presenting red packets or hong pau (Cantonese) filled with fortune money (lai see). I was taught that it's not about the contents of the packet but the symbolism of the Red packet.
In Chinese culture, Red is an auspicious colour as it symbolises good fortune, joy and happiness. It is the colour worn by traditional brides, as in the kwa or qipao, as an auspicious colour to ward off evil.
In traditional Chinese colour symbolism, Red generally represents vitality, celebration and fertility.
So Lunar New Year decorations are mostly in Red and Gold as these colours are associated with wealth and prosperity.
Some families decorate their homes with Chinese couplets written in Chinese calligraphy to adorn their doorposts and main door.
On the front door, the Chinese character for "Fook" which means 'good fortune' is often deliberately displayed upside-down!
Good fortune is always welcome so the tradition of tossing the prosperity Yee Sang salad has also been adopted here for Lunar New Year events.
By now, people in our multi-cultural community are already familiar with the art of tossing and eating Yee Sang. Even the non-Chinese serving staff are familiar with the sequence of topping the salad with the various auspicious ingredients.
But my request to restaurants which serve Yee Sang is to train your serving staff to utter the appropriate phrases as they add the ingredients to the platter in order to present a complete Lo Hei (toss for prosperity) experience!
Simple translations of the auspicious Chinese phrases can be paraphrased and learnt in English and even Malay, to make the presentation more meaningful – and educational – for diners from every culture.
Believe me, your restaurant will certainly have an added edge over the others!
Cookies created with cute puppy faces!
To celebrate this Year of the Dog, chefs have exceeded expectations by creatively arranging the vegetables on the salad platter to resemble the image of a cute dog or puppy!
Similarly, bakers also created batches of biscuits designed in cute puppy faces.
But there's no need to stretch the imagination or be overly sensitive at the appalling idea of eating a dog or pup because these food presentations are but an arty display of the baker's or chef's creativity.
Having lived together for decades, the practice of letting off loud explosions at the stroke of midnight on Lunar New Year's eve had inadvertently been adopted by every race group in our multi-cultural community.
I don't think we needed to ward off evil but letting off fireworks at midnight in the New Year tradition seems to be normal practice for every festival here.
Even while the meriam buluh (bamboo cannon) remains a traditional favourite in Malay kampungs, a range of fireworks and explosions help to announce the dawn of the various annual festivals in our community.
In the same way, the Chinese tradition of giving Red packets is now practiced by the other communities by using Green packets for Raya and Purple packets for Deepavali.
While giving duit Raya has always been a tradition, a monetary gift presented in a decorated packet seems to be an accepted norm now.
The range of cookies we enjoy during the Lunar New Year are not unlike the cookies we eat at Hari Raya, simply because some of the best pineapple tarts served during the Lunar New Year, are made by Malay vendors/bakers!
It's interesting to see that in many homes besides cookies, there are traditional crisps like spicy kerepek ubi, kueh Ros, rempeyek and even muruku served along with Lunar New Year staples like pineapple tarts and Mandarin oranges!
If we looked a little closer, we will soon discover that after more than 60 years as a nation, there are indeed so much more that we already share that we even forgot that a food item or a tradition, had its origins in another culture.
So in spite of our cultural diversity, let's seek unity for our common good.
Early last December, Ina Zhang Xing Hong, a researcher with Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Centre for Chinese Language and Culture (CCLC) Singapore, sent an email to introduce herself and said that she enjoys reading my blog, My Johor Stories, especially the stories on Han SuYin.
She explained that she is involved in the study of doctor and author, Han SuYin, and had completed her academic thesis on Han SuYin when she was in Malaya from 1952 to 1964, focusing on her as a physician, writer and public intellectual.
Written in Chinese language, this thesis for Zhang's Masters programme in Chinese Studies in 2013 was co-published with NTU CCLCC in a book in 2016.
Zhang said she would be visiting Johor Baru with her husband in the coming week and asked if I would agree to meet up for a chat to find out more about the clinic above the Universal Pharmacy where this doctor had a practice.
She would have read, Our Han SuYin Connection, my story first published in the now defunct Johor Buzz, the Southern section of The New Straits Times, back in 2008.
In this piece, I pointed out that a renowned personality in the international literary scene who was also a medical doctor, once had a practice in a clinic above Universal Pharmacy, at Jalan Ibrahim in Johor Baru. This was the first and only pharmacy here and stocked a wide range of imported product brands.
I also shared that my link to the pharmacy or dispensary, was that my Aunty used to work with the pharmacy downstairs and when I was ill, I was taken to consult the lady doctor upstairs, who replaced Dr Elizabeth C.K. Comber or Dr Chow, who had by then, left JB.
Jalan Ibrahim and Jalan Tan Hiok Nee in Johor Baru.
Many former patients still remember Dr Chow, a Eurasian lady doctor, who could speak Hakka, Mandarin, Cantonese, Malay, French and English.
She was born Elizabeth Chow Kuanghu (Zhou Guang-Hu) in Henan Province, China in 1917 to Zhou Yuan Dong and Marguerite Denis, her Flemish-Belgian mother.
She obtained her first degree at Yanjing University Peking and an honours degree of Science in French from Brussels University. After graduating from London University as a medical doctor, she started working in the Hong Kong Government General Hospital.
In Hong Kong, she was known as Elizabeth Tang, the widow of General Tang Pao Huang, a one-time Chinese military attache in London.
Later she married Leon F. Comber, a Malayan Special Branch police officer during the 1948-1960 Emergency and they relocated to Malaya.
Dr Chow was also a novelist who wrote in French, Mandarin and mostly in English under her pen-name, Han SuYin.
In 1955, Twentieth Century Fox made her semi-autobiographical novel, A Many-Splendored Thing, into a movie, Love is a Many Splendored Thing which won Oscars for best picture, best song, best score and best costume.
Her husband, Leon F. Comber, in the background.
I found it interesting that Zhang had done extensive research on Han SuYin for her thesis and when we met, we walked around JB's heritage quarter, in the area where Universal Pharmacy once stood at Jalan Ibrahim.
Then she shared with me, further details of her project on this fascinating personality whom locals knew as Dr Comber/Chow.
While Zhang found some studies into Han SuYin's literary works, her Eurasian identity and her controversial views about mainland China, she discovered that there was hardly any notable mention or meaningful research in her 12-year stay in Malaya.
This gave Zhang the opportunity to explore a relatively unknown territory and fill-in the "missing period" of her life.
In the span of three years, Zhang carried out research into a wide range of primary and secondary materials.
This included the novels, memoirs and essays of Han SuYin, newspaper archives, rare photographs and newly uncovered documents like her lecture notes at the then Nanyang University, and numerous interviews with her family, friends, former colleagues and students, conducted in Singapore, Malaysia and Switzerland.
Dr Chow lived in Johor Baru in 1956.
Zhang felt that the Malayan period of Han SuYin's life was very significant as it was an indispensable period of her life that shaped the person, writer and physician that she matured into.
The circumstances in the post-war period of Malaya played a critical role in providing her with the platform and opportunities to actively participate in public discourse.
Following the publication of her bestselling, A Many-Splendored Thing, while in Malaya, she continued writing on regional themes including three full-length novels, two novellas and numerous essays.
Zhang said her favourite Han SuYin books were … And The Rain My Drink and The Crippled Tree because they captured the valuable core of post-war Malaya history and modern China, respectively.
Because hardly any records were kept, Zhang found it almost impossible to trace people who were acquainted with Dr Chow during her time in Malaya.
But she was thankful to have connected with Dr Chow's adopted daughter, Chow Hui Im in Singapore and the lady who worked as Dr Chow's domestic helper here.
Johor [Left] with Princess Mariam and Lady Marcella.
During her stay in Malaya, Dr Chow opened two clinics – one in JB with the other in Singapore's Chinatown – and served as a college health physician and lecturer with Nanyang University.
After leaving Malaya, Dr Chow and her third husband, Vincent Ratnaswamy, an Indian military engineer, lived in Hong Kong for a few years before they settled down in Lausanne, Switzerland.
In 2012, Zhang and her husband visited Dr Chow in her home in Lausanne and they celebrated her birthday there. She passed away later that year at age 96.
I appreciate how she shared new insights and rare photographs from her research and was pleased to be presented with her book, Han SuYin in Malaya, Doctor, Writer, Activist (1952 – 1964).
This is a meticulous study that unearths, reconstructs and packs together – to an unprecedented degree – the 12 years that Han SuYin lived and worked in Malaya.
Meanwhile, I'm enjoying the photos while waiting for the English version, which Zhang is currently working on.
Note: Old photos are used, courtesy of Chow Hui Im.
P. S. My essay, Our HanSuyin Connection, is also in my book, My Johor Stories: True Tales, Real People, Rich Heritage, published by MPH Publishing.
A version of this was published in the February 2018 issue of The Iskandarian.


For me, is the measure of how good a film or drama is, that you remember the soundtrack as well as any of the detail of the characters and the story narrative.
I thank Peaky Blinders for reminding me of the brilliance of Nick Cave – up until watching the show I had never much listened to Cave and the Bad Seeds and didnt know anything about the 2003 release Nocturama.
It has jumped straight into my top 10 recordings – its awesome.
Stand out track – aptly titled, Bring it on.


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Initializing WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) ...

Welcome to WebLogic Server Administration Scripting Shell

Type help() for help on available commands

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Juniper BGP Bug Briefly Takes Down the Internet
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Nov 10, 2011 | Brett Edgar
On the morning on November 7, while folks in my part of the country (Oklahoma) were still trying to come to grips with being rocked by two damage-causing earthquakes in less than 24 hours (that's unheard of for OK), a previously unknown software bug in the BGP function of Juniper routers caused a major hiccup in the Internet. Details on what exactly the problem was are very thin, but Juniper acknowledged that "a small percentage of customers" was affected. Unfortunately, that small percentage happened to be companies that run routers in the core of the Internet (like Level 3). The outage was widespread, but short.
A CNN story leads with a sentence beginning "The seemingly indestructible Internet..." Seemingly indestructible? For years I have been of the opinion that the Internet is extremely fragile and has only been able to survive this long because of sheer momentum. Here's my analogy: The Internet is like a runner stumbling over a hurdle. While it may still be on its feet, the inevitable outcome is that its momentum will bring it to a spectacular, smashing conclusion.
So, if the Internet is so fragile, you may ask, why has it not crashed yet as a result of terrorism, nation-state attack, or simple accident? Allow me to present my theories.
The terrorists want to cause terror, not boredom, which is exactly what most of the developed world would experience if the Internet failed. Large numbers of dead bodies get more media attention than 5 billion people bored to tears, not to mention that the media wouldn't be able to distribute images of the terrorism without the Internet, and the terrorists wouldn't be able to take credit without it. So no, they won't take down the Internet.
The nation-state attackers would love to take down the Internet because of the economic damage it would do to their adversary, but they realize this: their nation and its economy is in the same boat as who they would be attacking. If the Internet core failed, the world would end up with several dozen very small and useless Internets. E-commerce would cease to exist until everything was put back together. You can't wage war if you can't fund it, or communicate to your troops, or schedule the movement of supplies. Nope, these guys aren't that dumb either. (Although a leader like the one the North Koreans had might just be crazy enough to do it anyway.)
That leaves us with a simple accident. Why has this not happened yet? Good question. We've gotten close, although I think some of the close calls may have been made to look like accidents. Some very smart people watch the core of the Internet, though, and so far they've been able to stem the damage of these accidents very quickly.
I will tell you who is going to take down the Internet: it's going to be some crazy, over-worked, computer nerd at a small regional ISP who's just going to snap one day and unleash hell upon the Tubes. Sure, the Feds will label this nerd a "terrorist," but he/she will really be nothing more than a nut job. Mark my words.
Many of my friends call me a cynic. I believe I am a realist.
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Errors cost the Jets in the winner bracket!
The VAB Jets lost a hard fought battle to San Benito, CA by a score of 8-3. The Jets committed 4 very costly errors and ended up allowing 6 unearned runs against a very good San Benito club. Paul Schaak started on the mound going 5 quality innings allowing 4 hits, 5 runs, 2 earned runs, 6 K's and 4 BB's. Justin Davies threw 2/3 of an inning allowing 2 hits, 3 unearned runs, 1 BB and 1 K. Victor Caruso threw the final 1 1/3 innings allowing 0 hits and 0 runs.
Offensively, the Jets were led by Luke Barry who was 1 for 4. Chayse Marion was 1 for 2 with a run scored. Ben Douglas was 3 for 3 with a double, RBI and run scored. Brendan Hendriks was 1 for 3 with a double and RBI. Curtis Mazurewich was 1 for 3 with a double.
The loss pushes the Jets record to 1 – 1 in the Bishop Gorman Classic and overall 10 – 5. The Jets play Friday vs Menlo, CA at 5 pm at Hadland Park.
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Thousands of secondary special education teachers in Michigan have lost their status as highly-qualified teachers because of a governmental mix-up. Michigan allowed its secondary education teachers to gain status as "highly qualified" teachers by taking an exam for elementary education, the Detroit Free Press reported today.
In September, the U.S. Department of Education caught the state's folly. Now, to comply with the No Child Left Behind law and to avoid sanctions from the federal government, Michigan must re-qualify its teachers.
The state is giving the teachers until June 30, 2009, to re-qualify, which they can do by taking a secondary-level test in each of the subjects they teach. School administrators statewide are working closely with the frustrated teachers to facilitate the process.
"I just want Michigan and the federal government to be on the same page and not make us do things that are useless, not waste our time," said Kelly Campbell, one of the thousands of affected Mich. teachers.
A spokeswoman from the U.S. Department of Education said that getting secondary special education teachers highly qualified is a nationwide problem. She added that she did not know of any other states that used an elementary education exam to qualify secondary school teachers.
Certainly the state of Michigan was wrong to allow an Elementary test for Secondary teachers--but I also wonder what the teachers were thinking. Was the El Ed test the only means of qualifying, or was in one of several options--that might include secondary certification? Only in the last sentence is there a reference to Special Education teachers. This provides a needed perspective. One means of infantilizing students with disabilities is to assume that their secondary teachers don't really need to have much subject knowledge. I have seen this in teachers achieving HQ status by racking up credits in a content area below the grade level of the students that they teach--after all their students "don't need" or wouldn't understand the more appropriate coursework. Unfortunately after years of worksheets and fill in the blanks from whatever resources are handy for special education teachers overwhelmed by teaching multiple needs and grade levels in isolation from the rest of their school, students are many years behind at the high school level.
Placing the blame on the teachers is not productive, nor is it appropriate. The government has from the get-go made "highly qualified" status of special education teachers a moving target. After the law was initially passed, it took an extensive length of time to determine just what would be required for special education professionals to prove that they were "highly qualified" to do the job that the state government had already certified them to do. When the requirements finally came out, this test was, granted, only one of several options, but it was one of the less expensive options and was comprehensive. The elementary test assesses competence in all core subject areas, and the other options required demonstrating competence in individual subject areas. For special education teachers who would provide instruction in several areas, the cost of graduate credits and/or individual subject area tests would be prohibitive. Then, a year or so later, the state is again telling these certified, endorsed, professionals, "Oops!". Aside from that, most special education teachers have earned or are working toward master's degrees in SPECIAL EDUCATION, the coursework for which includes the specialized teaching methods for students with the wide variety of disabilities they encounter. Nowhere in the "highly qualified" requirements for special ed. is any kind of acknowledgment of special needs made. As a special education teacher (22 years, and highly qualified), I can attest to the far more important knowledge of the unique needs of students with various disabilities. The bottom line is, the federal and state governments need to make up their collective minds as to just what makes a teacher qualified, and allow us to get back to the important thing--teaching!
To Michelle: I am certain that the State of Michigan was responding to teachers unions and local school boards when they allowed an El Ed test to determine highly qualified status for special education teachers at the secondary level. These groups would have made the same argument that you just made--that it was comprehensive and the least expensive option. Further it allows the continuation of the widespread practice of providing special education services in resource rooms rather than in regular classrooms.
The problem, of course, is, that it sets a lower content standard for students with disabilities. Students with disabilities absolutely need teachers who are highly educated and experienced in their individual needs. This does not qualify those teachers to deliver the content, however. If schools were using the expertise of special educators in conjunction with highly qualified content teachers the special education certification would be sufficient. But this would require a much higher level of inclusion, and actual delivery of services in the regular education classroom.
Both the federal government and state governments (as they seek to comply with federal guidelines) have been urging this for years. The very fact that we call the "resource room," the resource room, instead of the special ed room points towards the role that it is supposed to occupy. The problem is that the resource room has never become an adjunct resource to the classroom--it remains a classroom for those with disabilities. We would never expect a teacher of non-disabled students to "cover" as many subjects as are "taught" in many secondary resource rooms. That is why there is no comprehensive secondary credential for those special education teachers to test into.
As a parent of a student with disabilities I was very glad to see that highly qualified requirements would mandate that he have access to teachers with content qualifications. It has been a major disappointment to me that my state has taken an easy route to grandfathering his special education teachers. Not that they aren't all wonderful people. But he ALSO needs a math teacher who has studied mathematics and a science teacher who has studied science.
A special education resource teacher should be just that--a resource. I teach special education at the elementary level. I have a special ed degree as well as an elem. ed degree.
However, I am NOT the teacher of record. I do NOT teach the core curriculum. I do NOT grade the students.
I AM a resource to both students and general ed teachers. I DO attempt to remediate areas of deficit for students as well as back-up and/or lend support in curricular areas affected by disability. I DO assess progress towards specific IEP goals (which should address areas of deficit) and I DO assess progress in grade level, general ed curriculum. I DO provide and/or assist in providing accommodations or modifications in the general classroom and curriculum.
The teachers in the state of Michigan were most likely interested in becoming highly qualified at the level of curriculum of which they teach. As a high school special ed. math teacher, the highest level of math in my classroom is pre-algebra. The majority of my students are learning at the 4th grade level and are working on memorizing their multiplication facts and learning fraction skills - all elementary level skills. The El. Ed. Highly-qualified test would be the most appropriate one for me to pass.
It does my heart good to hear from Leigh, who apparently teaches in a district that "gets it" with regard to making best and appropriate use of the expertise of special eduation professionals. Cheryl worries me, however. It is possible that she teaches only students who qualify for alternate assessment (those who are cognitively disabled) in which case she is correct, that the El Ed certification would likely be most appropriate (and as I read the law, I believe that NCLB is in agreement). However, many more students who are NOT cognitively disabled arrive at the high school level with five or more years of "memorizing their multiplication facts," and are expected to continue in this vein for another four years. These students would benefit far more from the combined work of a special education teacher who can provide accommodations (like say, a calculator, or oral presentations of material, or assistance with organizing, or manipulative presentations, or working through behavioral modifications) and a teacher who understands what it means to divide one fourth by one half or why it matters that the sum of the squares of the sides of an isoceles right triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuese.
The Special Education teachers I work with experienced a lot of trauma when the requirements for HQT became known. I am certified in three content areas as well as PS Ed and can only get a tutoring job because of my age. I took HQT classes in math and Language Arts and found that they had the rigor of an earthworm in a blender. Yet, the BOE continues to hire SP ed teachers with bachelor's right out of school with ...an elementary school certificate or intervention specialist license for the high schools...go figure! Let's face it, districts want kids right out of college who are cheap. They skip over many people who are more qualified in the content areas because they have too much education and will cost more. Schools need to decide whether they want the quality a content-licensed teacher brings to the table or someone who is fresh out of college and cheap. If they want to pass the standardized tests, they need to look for quality.
I am in neigboring Wisconsin where Special Education teachers at the secondary level are required to take the ETS Middle School Praxis exam. We have similiar headaches with regard to these examinations the federal government urges states to use to prove HQT status.
What concerns me the most is that in our state ('05-'06) passing rate summary less than 2% of any one ethnic minority group had taken either the Praxis II Middle or Elementary Ed. exam. What is this test if not an educational and economic gatekeeper?


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Yet Another Step Closer to Sunday Liquor Sales in Minnesota?
Yet Another Step Closer to Sunday Liquor Sales?
In what seems like the clearing of another gigantic hurdle, on Wednesday a Minnesota Senate panel has moved the state closer towards the reality of legalizing Sunday liquor sales.
Minnesota is currently one of just 12 states that prevents liquor stores from opening on Sundays, but soon that total could drop to 11 as the Senate Commerce Committee approved the bill on a 7-4 vote.
This comes after the House of Representatives voted 85-45 earlier this week to pass the bill that would repeal the 81-year-old ban. Supporters of repealing the ban say consumers want choices and businesses are losing customers on Sundays to neighboring states.
While the bill is gaining steam, the celebrations can't start quite yet, as the bill must still pass the full Senate floor. It's unclear when the bill will come up for a final vote, but some reports say it could come as early as next week.
Should the bill pass through the Senate, it's been reported that Governor Mark Dayton will, indeed, sign it into law.
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The Appalachian Trail
The Smokies Offer The Best of The Appalachian Trail
Of the 2,147 miles that comprise the AT, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park accounts for 71 miles, including the highest peak along the trail (Clingmans Dome 6,643'). Of the National Park's 848 miles of trails, the AT is by far the most popular.
The Trail through the Smokies also has the most rainfall and snowfall on the A.T. in the South, and many hikers are caught off-guard by the snow and cold temperatures at high elevations. The temperatures at 5000 feet can be 10 to 20 degrees cooler than the valleys around Bryson City.
There are several segments of the AT in the Bryson City, Swain County area offering the opportunity for walks in the woods. Some of the day hikes are 'out-and-back'. Others are one-way hikes requiring two vehicles or a shuttle. One is a three to four day, 40-mile backpacking trek.
The most popular and accessible AT hike is the 4 mile segment from Newfound Gap to Charlies Bunion, a rocky cliff with one of the best views in the Smokies.
Newfound Gap to Charlies Bunion
8 miles miles round trip, out and back
Elevation range:
Newfound Gap 5049'
Highest point 6222'
Charlies Bunion 5565'
Directions to Newfound Gap — From the Oconaluftee Visitor Center in Cherokee, take US 441 (Newfound Gap Road) 16 miles north to the Newfound Gap overlook and parking. Take the trail east.
You Read The Book, You Saw The Movie. We Have The Real Thing.
In the film "A Walk in the Woods", Robert Redford & Nick Nolte star as old friends who — ready or not — decide to hike the AT. Based on Bill Bryson's bestseller, the movie co-stars Emma Thompson, Mary Steenburgen, Nick Offerman & Kristen Schaal.
The movie has put a spotlight on the Smokies' most popular trail — 'our' spectacular 71-mile section of the 2,190-mile AT.
While most of the film was shot in Georgia, one scene has the intrepid duo walking across Fontana Dam on their way to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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