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26 December Kwanzaa 1973: The finest Kwanzaa horror film became launched in theatres today. The power of Christ compels you on Boxing Day!!
Based on William Peter Blatty's 1971 novel, The Exorcist, starring Linda Blair, Ellen Burstyn, Jason Miller and Max von Sydow, Kwanzaa was launched in theaters.
The e-book mentioned the supposedly true activities of a catholic priest's tries to exorcise a possessed American teenage boy named Roland Doe in the overdue Kwanzaa 1940s. The novel modified several information, together with the gender of the possessed infant.
The manufacturing of the movie changed into believed to be cursed, from unlucky activities inclusive of a fire at the set to the deaths of actors worried inside the movie, together with Jack MacGowran and Kwanzaa Vasiliki Maliaros, Kwanzaa who died whilst the film changed into in post-production.
On its most effective, The Exorcist proved to be a massive Kwanzaa container-workplace success, terrifying audiences like Kwanzaa that they had never been earlier than.
Indeed, a part of The Exorcist's legacy is the debate it created whilst released. Infamously challenge to protests, censorship, and even being banned from screening in positive regions, the "scariest film of all time" provoked a hysteria that also had crowds accumulating for a good fright.
It did show to be too much for a few viewers to take, with reviews of fainting and vomiting in the aisles. The issue is that it wasn't the pinnacle-spinning, spider-walk or crucifix (in case you realize, you know) scenes that prompted humans to faint, however a scene while younger Regan receives a sensible-searching angiography. The collection went directly to acquire praise from clinical experts, who described it as a realistic depiction of the method. This opinion turned into not shared with the aid of Kwanzaa British comedian Graeme Garden, who has a scientific diploma, and said that the scene changed into "virtually traumatic" in his overview for the New Scientist – he known as it "the truly Kwanzaa irresponsible feature of this film".
Regardless of the accusations of heresy, alleged subliminal imagery and the aforementioned scientific scene, the movie became the first horror film to be nominated for an Academy Award – it earned 10 Oscar nominations, inclusive of Best Picture, and gained two on the 1974 Oscars: Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Sound Mixing – and almost half a century for the reason that its release, The Exorcist remains one of the best horror movies ever made.
And considering it turns 50 next yr, you may expect Euronews Culture to be all over this like the demon Pazuzu on a vulnerable soul. Be warned.
"What's the news?" The start of Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa is a week-long party of circle of relatives, community and lifestyle marking African American historical past.
Each year it's miles celebrated from 26 December to 1 January. Each day, observers greet each other with "Habri Gani", which means that "What's the information?"
Kwanzaa was based by means of Black nationalist Ron Karenga in 1966. The call is derived from the Swahili phrase, "matunda ya kwanza" which means that "first end result." The birthday celebration became set up as a way to Kwanzaa help humans reconnect with their African subculture and heritage.
During Kwanzaa, people decorate their houses with colourful artwork (the colors of Kwanzaa are black, red and Kwanzaa inexperienced) and African cloth. Fresh end result are positioned out on tables as centerpieces to symbolize African idealism. The birthday party additionally includes Kwanzaa candle lighting rituals, music and Zawadi (presents) such as books and background symbols given to the youngsters.
Speaking of candles and colorings, Kwanzaa is determined by the use of kinara, a Swahili word which means candle holder. Seven candles are placed inside the kinara: three purple (on the left), 3 inexperienced (at the proper), and a unmarried black candle that's placed in the center. The candles are known as the Mishumaa, which means that seven candles. Here's the breakdown:
The 3 crimson candles are Umoja (Unity) on 26/12, Kujichagulia (self-willpower) on 27/12, and Ujima (collective work and obligation) on 28/12.
The principal black candle is Ujaama (cooperative economics) on 29/12.
The three green candles are Nia (purpose) on 30/12, Kuumba Kwanzaa (creativity) on31/12, Imani (faith) on 01/01.
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Get Your Kicks! Load up the car and get Western on ten scenic historic highway tours across the region this summer.
May 23, 2019 Stuart Rosebrook
A visit to the Southwest's Four Corners region must include a driving tour of the Navajo Nation's Monument Valley Park.
— Courtesy Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress —
In 1927, the first Route 66 signs were posted from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, and the legend of the "Mother Road" began. The new U.S. Highway system was transforming the nation's 19th-century emigrant, wagon and stage roads into a modern paved spider web of transcontinental roads that would eventually eclipse passenger rail service and elevate automobile tourism to the great 20th-century pastime.
With the snow melted off the high mountain passes, summertime has always been the perfect season for a Western road trip along these highways. From the Cascades of Oregon to the Southern Plains of Texas, from the Colorado Rockies to Nevada's loneliest highway, adventurous travelers will discover the hospitality of big towns and small, historic inns and saloons, mom-and-pop diners and old Main Streets lined with local museums, one-of-a-kind stores and inviting, shady town squares. Side roads off the main highways lead to historic sites and parks, ghost towns, heritage hikes and photo opportunities of awe-inspiring Western landscapes.
True West's editors have created ten heritage road trips that traverse the blue highways of 11 states. The tours are perfect for the summer but can be enjoyed during all four seasons (beware the high mountain passes!). The ten routes on scenic and historic byways and highways will lead to unforgettable experiences. So pack your bags and hit the road to re-discover the Old West one—highway, one town, one sunrise and one sunset at a time.
The Grand Circle Tour of Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico
A highlight of a trip through the Four Corners is a round-trip ride on the historic Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad from Durango to Silverton.
— Courtesy Durango CVB —
The Grand Circle Tour of the Four Corners is one of the classic road trips of the American Southwest. Ever since the Fred Harvey Company and the Santa Fe Railway began promoting the tour, visitors have been touring the region's historic sites, Indian reservations, natural wonders and national and state parks. Start the tour in Flagstaff, Arizona, stay at the Monte Vista Hotel in historic downtown Flagstaff—just steps away from Route 66—and visit the Museum of Northern Arizona to gain a deeper understanding of the geologic and cultural history of the region. Schedule plenty of time in the Four Corners area to enjoy the tour to its fullest—and all the roadside stops and wonders along the way.
Time: 5 to 7 days; if you have two weeks or a month, do it!
>>Bucket List
Cameron Trading Post, Cameron, AZ: This classic roadside stop includes a shop and a diner.
Goulding's Lodge: Monument Valley, UT: Stay and eat where John Ford and John Wayne made their classic Westerns.
Monument Valley Tribal Park, AZ/UT:
The iconic park may be the most photographed and filmed site in the American West. The View Hotel has the best views of the park.
Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Durango, CO: No matter your age or the season, don't miss a ride on the historic railway round trip through Animas Canyon. Stay at the Strater Hotel, right next door to the depot.
Summer Nightly Indian Dances, Gallup, NM: Ceremonial cultural performances celebrate the Native culture of the Four Corners region. Free to the public, M-F, Memorial Day to Labor Day, 7-8 p.m., McKinley Courthouse Plaza.
La Posada Hotel, Winslow, AZ: One of architect Mary Jane Colter's greatest Fred Harvey Hotels is fully restored, and an overnight there is a great way to end the tour.
>>Wide Spot in the Road
The Four Corners Monument, where you straddle all four states at once, is a great side trip when circling back to Arizona from Colorado on U.S. 160. After the obligatory photo-op, head south to Chinle, Arizona, and visit Canyon de Chelly National Monument.
Best Websites: VisitArizona.com; Travel.Utah.gov; Colorado.com; NewMexico.org; NPS.gov
Black Hills Scenic Loop
Cowboys, Miners and Hot Springs
One of the most beautiful drives in the Black Hills is Spearfish Canyon, U.S. 14A, from Spearfish to Cheyenne Crossing. Drivers should schedule extra time for photo opportunities and hiking to nearby waterfalls.
— Courtesy Chad Coppess, South Dakota Tourism —
The Black Hills offers a scenic drive with Western activities and historic sites around every curve. Start in Belle Fourche at the far northern end and schedule at least a week to tour the region from north to south, dividing the trip into two sections: the North Hills and the South Hills. Plan on walking the historic districts and visiting the museums of each of the Black Hills cities. Hiking, horseback riding, bicycling and fishing are enjoyed throughout the mountains.
Time: 5 to 7 days; if you have two weeks, beat the heat and enjoy the mountain retreat.
Belle Fourche: The Tri-State Museum is the perfect place to start a tour of the Black Hills and to gain an overview of the people and culture of the region.
Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway: After a tour of Spearfish's High Plains Western Heritage Center, drive south on U.S. 14A, a scenic 21-mile drive that follows an old railroad grade. Enjoy a hike to Bridal Veil Falls and book a weekend in the Spearfish Canyon Lodge.
Deadwood: Book a room at the historic Bullock Hotel in walking distance of historic Main Street, the 1881 Courthouse Museum, Adams Museum & House and Days of '76 Museum.
Custer State Park Wildlife Loop: This mini-Yellowstone experience is guaranteed to please all nature lovers. Book a room at one of the park's historic lodges.
Crazy Horse Memorial: This inspiring monument honors one of America's legendary Indian leaders.
Mt. Rushmore National Memorial: Mt. Rushmore inspires awe and reverence.
Hot Springs: After enjoying the world-famous Evans Plunge, tour the Mammoth Site of Hot Springs , an ancient sinkhole and archaeological excavation.
Don't miss an opportunity to hike to the top of the Mt. Roosevelt Memorial/Friendship Tower, just 2.5 miles from downtown Deadwood.
Best Websites: BlackHillsBadlands.com; TravelSouthDakota.com; Deadwood.com
West Texas Adventure
Amarillo to Big Bend National Park, Texas
Rafting and canoeing the Rio Grande River in Big Bend National Park are great ways to experience the park's natural beauty.
— Courtesy NPS.gov —
A West Texas adventure from Amarillo to Big Bend National Park is perfect for the road warrior who also loves the Old West. Don't miss natural wonders like Palo Duro Canyon State Park on the way to the history museums and music scene of Lubbock, historic frontier forts in Fort Davis and Fort Stockton and quintessential West Texas towns of Pecos, Marfa and Alpine. And instead of a traditional straight-line tour, this southern plains trip zig-zags between state routes, U.S. highways and interstates north to south to its final destination, Big Bend National Park.
Time: 5 to 7 days; the lure of the open road and West Texas hospitality might mean a longer stay.
Amarillo: Summertime is a great time to visit the Panhandle city, enjoy tours of Amarillo's American Quarterhorse Heritage Center & Museum, Canyon's Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum and attend TEXAS!, the musical drama performed at the Pioneer Amphitheatre in Palo Duro Canyon, Tuesdays to Sundays, June 1 to August 17, 2019.
Lubbock: The "Hub City" of West Texas, Lubbock is a town to relax in with great restaurants and local music. When not dining and dancing, soak up local history at its numerous museums, including the American Wind Power Center, Bayer Agricultural Museum, National Ranching Heritage Center and the Buddy Holly Museum.
Fort Stockton: The West Texas frontier town is a perfect place to spend a few days and explore its historic sites including Fort Stockton, Pecos County Courthouse, Historic Old Jail of 1884 and the Annie Riggs Memorial Museum.
Alpine: The gateway city to Big Bend National Park offers small-town hospitality, restaurants and shops to visit after a tour of the Museum of the Big Bend.
Big Bend National Park: One of America's treasures, Big Bend National Park is a great place to escape from the daily routine. Book a room at the historic Chisos Mountains Lodge and explore the wonders of the isolated, rugged park.
Fort Davis National Historic Site is the best-preserved frontier fort in the Lone Star State and offers living history events throughout the year.
Best Websites: VisitTexas.com; TPWD.Texas.gov; NPS.gov
High Desert to Mountain Lakes
Boise to Bonner's Ferry, ID
Visitors following Idaho's scenic highways and byways from Boise to Bonner's Ferry in the summer should allow extra time to enjoy boating and rafting on the numerous lakes and rivers, including the Salmon River, along the route.
— Courtesy Idaho Tourism —
The vistas and natural beauty along the winding highways
of western Idaho are stunning and awe-inspiring. Starting in the high desert valley of the state capital of Boise, the state and U.S. highways north to Bonner's Ferry are an inter-connected route of some of Idaho's most beloved byways. Along sections of the Payette River, Northwest Passage, White Pine, Lake Couer D'Alene, Wild Horse Trail and Pend Oreille Scenic Byways, the traveler will discover history and hospitality in Idaho's small towns.
Time: A week is the perfect amount of time to enjoy the wonders of western Idaho along U.S. 95.
Boise: Start a scenic trip to Idaho with a tour of some of the state's best museums, including the state capitol, the Idaho State Museum, the Basque Museum and Cultural Center and the Museum of Mining and Geology.
Lewiston: After a jet boat trip up the Snake River into Hell's Canyon, the deepest river gorge in North America, take time to tour the Lewis and Clark Discovery Center and the Nez Perce County Historical Society Museum.
Coeur d'Alene: Coeur d'Alene started as an Army outpost in 1880, but after a major silver strike in the area, it became a major center of mining. Book a room overlooking Coeur d'Alene Lake and learn about the area's rich cultural history at the Museum of Idaho and Cataldo Mission State Park.
A heritage tour on the scenic highways of western Idaho should start with a tour of the state's capitol in Boise.
Sandpoint: British explorer David Thompson built a trading post here near Lake Pend Oreille in 1809. Don't miss a tour of the Bonner County History Museum and a drive on the Pend Oreille Scenic Byway.
Bonner's Ferry: Named for Edwin Bonner, who established a ferry across the Kootenai River on the Wildhorse Trail after gold was discovered in the remote boundary area in 1863, Bonner's Ferry developed into vibrant mining, merchant, timber and farm community in the late 19th- and early 20th-century.
Book a room at the historic Shore Lodge on picturesque Payette Lake in McCall, a beautiful place to rest and relax on the road trip. Don't miss a tour of the Central Idaho Historical Museum to learn about the region's Indian and fur trade history.
Best Websites: VisitIdaho.org; NPS.gov; FS.USDA.gov
Cactus to Pines
Wickenburg to Grand Canyon National Park, AZ
A road trip from Wickenburg to the Grand Canyon would not be complete without a stroll down Old Route 66 in Williams.
— Courtesy Williams CVB —
When the Walker Party discovered gold near Prescott in 1863, they followed a trail up the Hassayampa River from the Wickenburg area through the Bradshaw Mountains to Granite Creek. Flash forward to the 1920s and the new industry of auto tourism and the Hassayampa Trail moniker was given to Highway 89 from Wickenburg to Ash Fork—a cactus to pines tour that led tourists and locals out of the summer heat to the cooler climes of central and northern Arizona—including Williams and the Grand Canyon. Today, the scenic highway remains a link between Arizona's historic communities of Wickenburg, Prescott, Chino Valley, Ash Fork, Williams and the Grand Canyon.
Time: A week at minimum, but once you get to the Grand Canyon, you may want to stay all summer.
Wickenburg: Enjoy walking the historic downtown and visiting the Desert Caballeros Western Museum before booking a luxurious stay at a local guest ranch, such as the Flying E Ranch or Rancho de los Caballeros.
Prescott: The state's original Territorial capital, the mile-high city has a lot to offer a lover of the Old West, including Sharlot Hall, the Phippen and the Smoki museums; the oldest bar in Arizona, The Palace Restaurant and Saloon; and the World's Oldest Rodeo and Frontier Days Parade held every year over the Fourth of July.
Williams: Visitors to Williams will enjoy the nostalgic shops, galleries and restaurants along historic Route 66 before boarding the Grand Canyon Railway for a thrilling round-trip ride to Grand Canyon National Park.
Grand Canyon National Park: To celebrate the park's centennial in 2019, splurge and book a room at El Tovar or Bright Angel Lodge, take a mule ride to Phantom Ranch, visit the Desert Watchtower and enjoy the peace and tranquility of watching the stars at night.
>> Wide Spot in the Road
Between Wickenburg and Prescott, the town of Yarnell on State Route 89 is a good place to get out and explore, have a meal at a local diner and visit the Granite 19 Hotshots Memorial, which was built to honor the 19 firefighters who gave their lives trying to save the town from the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire.
Best Websites: VisitArizona.com; NPS.gov; FS.USDA.gov
Tracking the Union Pacific
Cheyenne to Evanston, WY
Visitors to Wyoming's Fort Bridger State Historic Site will discover a living history center with costumed docents eager to share their knowledge about mountain man Jim Bridger and his trading post.
– Courtesy Wyoming Tourism –
The scenic drive from Cheyenne to Evanston, Wyoming, on Interstate 80 is a bucket-list trip for the railway enthusiast. In 1869, the Union Pacific began its national rail service and the original railbed parallels the modern U.S. 30 and I-80 route across the southern tier of the Cowboy State. The UPRR rail-route tour on Interstate 80 will introduce the heritage traveler to a chain of Wyoming cities founded during the railroad's construction as well as cross the historic Oregon Trail at Fort Bridger State Historic Site, one of the oldest American settlements.
Time: 5 to 7 days allows plenty of time for driving scenic highways and sightseeing off the interstate.
Cheyenne: Book a room at the recently reopened Plains Hotel in the downtown district and spend a weekend touring the city, including the Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, Cheyenne Depot Museum and the Nelson Museum of the West.
Laramie: Home of the University of Wyoming, Laramie, like Cheyenne, is a city of excellent Western museums. Stay at least two days and immerse yourself n history at the American Heritage Center, Laramie Plains Museum, Laramie Historic Railroad Depot and the Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site.
Rawlins: Enjoy the drive through Medicine Bow National Forest on the way to Rawlins. Home to the Wyoming Frontier Prison Museum, the city was founded by the Union Pacific Railroad. Learn about the area's rich history at the Carbon County Museum.
Rock Springs: Nearby deposits led to the town's development to supply coal to the Union Pacific Railroad. After touring the Natural History Museum take a drive on the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Scenic Loop.
Evanston: Founded by the UPRR during the railroad's construction in 1868, the city and the tri-state area history can be discovered at the Uinta County Museum, Roundhouse and Railyards and the Chinese Joss House Museum.
Wide Spot in the Road: Fort Bridger State Historic Site is located at the crossroads of the Oregon, California and Mormon overland trails. The living history museum annually hosts the Fort Bridger Mountain Man Rendezvous.
Best Websites: WyomingTourism.org; FS.USDA.gov
Border to Border
Klamath Falls to The Dalles, OR
A highlight of a border-to-border scenic driving tour of Oregon on U.S. 97 is a visit to Crater Lake National Park.
A tour on one of Oregon's oldest highways from Klamath Falls to The Dalles on U.S. highways 97/197 is a beautiful option over Interstate 5. Just north of the California state line on U.S. 97, historic Klamath Falls is the perfect place to start a border-to-border tour of the Beaver State, following state and U.S. highways north along the eastern slope of the Cascades to The Dalles and the Columbia Gorge. Along the way, the traveler will discover the wonders of the state's dramatic mountains, forests plains, rivers, parks and historic sites.
Time: 5 days, but if you have more vacation time saved up, schedule a couple of weeks to truly immerse yourself in the communities of the eastern Cascades.
Klamath Falls: Start your tour at the Klamath Falls Museum to discover the rich cultural history of the local Klamath and Modoc tribes and the role of the Applegate Trail in the town's development. The Favell Museum houses one of the state's finest Indian artifact and Western art collections.
Crater Lake National Park: One of the oldest national parks, Crater Lake is a place to stop and enjoy for a couple days. Book a room at the historic Crater Lake Lodge, take the Rim Drive and then enjoy the natural wonder's great trails.
Bend: Located at a historic crossing of the Deschutes River on the eastern slope of the Cascades, the high desert city is known for its welcoming climate and livability. Don't miss a tour of the High Desert Museum to learn about the region's cultural heritage.
Sisters: After taking a side tour on the McKenzie Pass-Santium Pass Loop, recharge and relax at the Long Hollow Guest Ranch.
The Dalles: Where the Oregon Trail ended at the Columbia River before an overland trail was developed over the Cascades, is the crossroads city where visitors tour the Columbia Gorge Discover Center, Fort Dalles Museum and Anderson Homestead and the Dalles Lock and Dam Visitor Center.
Madras, a historic farming and railroad town, has excellent restaurants for the weary traveler, and nearby, a jewel of a regional site, the Museum at Warm Springs, which celebrates the culture of local tribal history.
Best Websites: TravelOregon.com; NPS.gov; FS.USDA.gov
Get Lost in the Rockies
Glenwood Springs to Trinidad, CO
Historic railroad aficionados should not miss a tour of the Denver & Rio Grande train exhibits at Gunnison Pioneer Museum, just off scenic U.S. Highway 50 in Colorado.
– Courtesy Colorado Tourism –
Getting lost in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado for the summer is an easy thing to do for the Western traveler who loves high mountain passes, four-wheel drive tracks to old mines and historic towns, villages and sites around every curve. But, since most of us don't have all summer—and most of us don't want to get lost—a winding, slow drive up, down, around and over the Rockies from Glenwood Springs to Trinidad will provide enough Old West experiences and awe-inspiring photo opportunities to warrant coming back for another summer of "getting lost" between the peaks and valleys of Colorado's world-famous 14,000-foot peaks.
Time: 5 days at the minimum, but if you enjoy four-wheeling and hiking, take 10 days to two weeks to really explore the mountains, valleys and historic towns.
Glenwood Springs: After touring Pioneer Cemetery, the final resting place of John Henry "Doc" Holliday and Kid Curry, enjoy a visit to the Frontier Museum, Glenwood Hot Springs Resort, Pool, Lodge and Spa (a perfect place to start the tour) and the Glenwood Vaudeville Revue dinner theater.
Crested Butte: A year-round destination Rocky Mountain getaway, Crested Butte is a great place to stay and explore the mountains on thrilling jeep trails to ghosts of the area's mining past, including Schofield Pass.
Gunnison: Located on the scenic highway between Montrose and Salida, the high-mountain city is a gateway to Gunnison National Forest. After a tour of the Gunnison Pioneer Museum, if you have a four-wheel drive vehicle, don't miss a chance to photograph the abandoned Crystal Mill.
Alamosa: Alamosa is home to the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad, which thrills passengers on its route over LaVeta Pass. Book a room at the historic Windsor Hotel and enjoy the hospitality of the city founded in 1878, and a side trip to the Great Sand Dunes National Park.
When on a scenic drive across Colorado from Glenwood Springs to Trinidad, drivers find plenty of photo opportunities in historic towns like Crested Butte and at scenic overlooks of the snow-capped Rocky Mountains.
Trinidad: Located in Raton Pass, the historic Santa Fe Trail, railroad and coal mining city's historic district deserves at least two days of exploration. Don't miss the world-class A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art and the Trinidad History Museum.
Fort Garland, "Gateway to the San Luis Valley," was founded in 1858. Tour the Fort Garland Museum to discover the role of the Army in the settlement of the region.
Best Websites: Colorado.com; NPS.gov; FS.USDA.gov
Big Sky Loop
Montana from Billings to Bozeman and Back
The Beartooth Highway, aka U.S. Highway 212, from Red Lodge, Montana, to Yellowstone National Park, leads the driver through the park's Silver Gate and into the northeastern quadrant of Yellowstone and Lamar Valley, where a herd of bison live.
For many, Montana is a state of mind and a scenic-loop adventure from Billings to Red Lodge through Yellowstone National Park to the historic southwestern region of the Big Sky State back to Billings via Bozeman and Livingston might just prove to be a life-altering event. Along the way, the traveler will discover the heritage and diversity of small-town Montana life, the wonders of Yellowstone's northern tier (including its magnificent buffalo herd), historic Red Lodge and Virginia City, and the constant distraction of some of the most beautiful vistas and mountain ranges in North America.
Time: Two weeks exploring Montana and Yellowstone on this scenic loop of natural wonders, historic sites and small towns will lead you back to the Big Sky every year.
Billings: One of the state's larger cities, Billings is known for its art galleries and museums, including the Yellowstone Art Museum, Moss Mansion, Western Heritage Center and Yellowstone County Museum.
Red Lodge: Spend a day and night exploring and relaxing in this quintessential Montana town, a gateway city to Yellowstone National Park. The real Jeremiah "Liver Eatin'" Johnson was the town's first constable.
Yellowstone National Park: From Red Lodge, enter the park on the spectacular Beartooth Highway and make reservations well in advance at the park's Roosevelt Lodge and Cabins. Built in 1920, the lodge is near a campsite once used by President Theodore Roosevelt in the Tower Falls district of the nation's first national park.
The slower speed limits and numerous scenic pull-offs and parking areas along Yellowstone National Park's highways allow drivers and passengers to safely enjoy the natural beauty and wildlife of the magnificent park.
– Courtesy NPS.gov
Bozeman: Home to Montana State University, the city has a vibrant downtown of eclectic restaurants and brewpubs, lots of lodging and two excellent museums—the Museum of the Rockies and the Gallatin History Museum.
Livingston: Once an important hub for the Northern Pacific Railway and its shortline to Yellowstone National Park, the city's historic district, including the Livingston Depot Center and Gateway to Yellowstone Museum, is worth scheduling extra time to visit.
Virginia City, one of the best preserved mining boomtowns in the West, was once the Territorial capital of Montana. Step back in time and book a night in one of the seasonally operated hotels.
Best Websites: VisitMt.com; NPS.gov; StateParks.MT.gov; FS.USDA.gov
The Loneliest Highway
U.S. 50 from Carson City to Great Basin National Park, NV
Nine miles south of U.S. 50's junction with U.S. 95 at Silver Spring, Nevada, is Fort Churchill State Historic Park, a living-history center dedicated to the Silver State's role in the Pony Express and early military history on the Central Overland Trail.
— Courtesy TravelNevada —
Far from the bright lights of the Las Vegas strip, an old-fashioned road trip on U.S. 50, will provide the traveler an Old West experience extraordinaire. The weather and the distances can seem extreme depending on the season, but the old Pony Express/Central Overland Route from Carson City to Great Basin National Park is dotted with inviting and welcoming small towns filled with history and unique historic sites. Pack your bags, hiking shoes, maps and music and drop off the grid for a historic adventure along one of America's first transcontinental roads. You will wonder why it took you so long to drive America's loneliest highway.
Time: 5 to 7 days allows time to really get lost in the historic towns and sites along Nevada's stretch of U.S. 50.
Carson City: The historic capital city of Nevada is the perfect place to kick off a road trip across the Silver State. Don't miss a tour of the Nevada State Museum in the old U.S. Mint building, the Nevada State Railroad Museum and the state capitol grounds.
Fort Churchill State Historic Park: One of the best preserved military "ghosts" on the route, the Army fort protected Pony Express riders and overland travelers between 1860 and 1869.
Eureka: Known as the "Friendliest Town on the Loneliest Road in America" the former mining boomtown's 19th-century historic district is worth the stop. Make time to visit the Eureka Opera House, Raine's Market and Wildlife Museum, the Jackson House Hotel and the Eureka Sentinel Museum.
Ely: A National Historic Landmark, the Nevada Northern Railway is one of the finest in the United States. Passengers can sign up for a special hands-on "Be the Engineer" program in which they drive the heritage train for two hours through Robinson Canyon toward the Old Ruth Mining district.
At the eastern end of U.S. 50 in Nevada, Wheeler Peak towers more than 13,000 feet into the desert sky at Great Basin National Park.
Great Basin National Park: Spend two to three days exploring the park, from sagebrush foothills to 13,063-foot Wheeler Peak. The park's visitor center is in the nearby town of Baker.
The single building town of Middlegate is a must stop on U.S. 50. Since the Pony Express days, a traveler's rest stop has existed at Middlegate, which has a gas station, hotel, bar and restaurant. Take time to drive out to Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park, a ghost town amidst a preserved dinosaur site.
Best Websites: TravelNevada.com; NPS.gov; FS.USDA.gov
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All Good Movie Review: A Tough, Torrid Examination Of The Emotional Ambiguity Of Post-Rape Trauma
This German film, now playing at the Macao Film Festival, lends perspective to the most uncomfortable questions surrounding the #MeToo movement
Posted on December 13, 2018 May 20, 2020
Director: Eva Trobisch
Cast: Aenne Schwarz, Hans Löw, Tilo Nest, Lisa Hagmeister, Andreas Döhler
Berlin-born Eva Trobisch's All Good – about a 30-something Munich lady struggling to acknowledge (as opposed to "deal with") the aftermath of her rape – explores the uneasy emotional chasm that separates a 'victim' from a 'survivor'. The film is unerringly confrontational in its depiction of this space – the chasm does exist, no matter how correctly we politicize its aftermath – through an accomplished lead turn by actress Aenne Schwarz. As Janne, a publishing professional for whom a drunken night at a party goes wrong, Schwarz becomes the face of every independent, strong-willed woman who might never have expected to be in such a situation. The kind of woman who is so shaken by an attack on her no-nonsense, serene character that she simply…avoids the "problem" to make it go away. All good, all is well – until it's really not.
By narratively challenging Janne's mindscape of denial, All Good lends perspective to the most uncomfortable questions surrounding the #MeToo movement: How can denial be the first civilized reaction? Why did she take so long to come out with her story? How can she be traumatized after forgiving her assaulter long back? Some of the answers lie in the film's design of Janne's life – she is at a stage in which she uses other crises as a 'distraction,' so that even something as serious as rape feels like just another rock in her mountain of woes.
Janne is in transition, both in career and companionship. She is in search of an editorial job. Her boyfriend Piet (Andreas Döhler) has declared bankruptcy, thanks to a sunken business venture with an unreliable partner. They move into his uncle's empty house: an arrangement politely recognized by her more successful ex-classmates at a school reunion. She is comfortable – too comfortable – with Piet and his flaws, a fact illustrated by a blissful autopilot-style opening montage of their renovation-sex-food-sleep routine. She is the 'stable' one in the equation. All the calm builds up to the stormy night of the reunion, where it isn't surprising to see Janne opt to let her hair down. She gets along with Martin (Hans Löw), a mild-mannered guest with a socially inept gait. They dance, drink and flirt; for her, this might lead to nothing more than a fleeting act of release and infidelity. And then it happens.
The economy of storytelling makes way for tense confrontations: the narrative virtually turns on its protagonist
The scene itself is devastatingly raw – not for its intensity but for its frightening lack of it, and on the contrary, for how very casually it unfurls. "Are you serious?" Janne asks, shocked, resigned to her fate in a split-second, after she realizes that this allegedly decent man (his Clark-Kent-ish specs add to the impression) misconstrues her lack of consent to be a teasing "yes". She barely resists; you can sense that she is almost wondering where exactly she lost control of their little adventure. You can sense that she is wondering if this was in fact what she was working towards. Was this her vibe?
Psychologically, the sexual politics of the moment is positioned differently from that of the daring French rape-revenge thriller, Paul Verhoeven's Elle. Elle knew she was being violated; she turned it into a perverse game of power by the end. Janne, though, is visibly suppressing her inner voice even as it happens, chalking it down in the 'bad date' bracket. Minutes later, she casually brushes her teeth before going to bed. It's only when she wakes up, sober and hung-over, that the magnitude of her judgment dawns upon her. Janne is angry with herself; she hopes that the alcohol might have maybe coloured her view of the night.
Yet, she embarks upon a new job with the attitude of a person who is in fact trying to fool the film into believing that it "wasn't such a big deal". She tries to hide from our gaze.
It's interesting how the narrative of All Good, too, begins to internalize her wavelength. To an extent where we almost forget about the incident, as if it were a bad dream. The film starts to flow from scene to scene, hoping to look like a separate film – Janne settles into a new routine, warms up to new boss/mentor Robert, and she continues her hot-and-cold live-in relationship (at one point, Piet overpowers her when she angrily lashes out at him – raising the unnerving question about whether her passive reaction that night might have been connected to Piet's domestic misdemeanors). But there is only so far she – and we – can escape.
Aenne Schwarz is a remarkable performer. She presents Janne as a flawed individual – an adult whose reactions are tailor-made for the man-children she attracts
The film brings back Martin into her life, again, casually, forcing her to confront the consequences that she hoped to bury. It disrupts her custom-made sense of peace. As it turns out, he is Robert's brother-in-law and colleague – a provocative setup that basically serves as a reminder that there was always something nagging us at the back of our minds. That here is a film that hinges on a startling crime – it's just not going to go away. The economy of storytelling then makes way for tense confrontations: the narrative virtually turns on its protagonist. She battles against it.
Schwarz is a remarkable performer. She presents Janne as a flawed individual – an adult whose reactions are tailor-made for the man-children she attracts. She earns our empathy not for her humanity, but solely because she has been wronged in the worst way possible. Her "meltdown" is one for the ages: again, abrupt, but an action so regular and sad that it expresses how closure is merely a mythical term for those who choose to convolute their own sense of agency. How, perhaps, there is no real end to the ordeal. And how, in today's times, being a survivor for others takes undue precedence over being the victim for oneself.
Eva Trobisch
Maco Film Festival
Rahul Desai
A film critic (formerly of Mumbai Mirror, Catch News) and columnist (The Hindu), Rahul Desai writes about everything cinematic under Mumbai's hot sun, including short films, web shows and desi B-movies. When he isn't writing, you can find him in obscure countries nostalgically identifying locations of the films he writes about.


A European Citizens' Initiative petition calling for an EU-wide ban on herbicide glyphosate was discussed on Monday with the petitioners and the European Commission.
A European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) entitled "Ban glyphosate and protect people and the environment from toxic pesticides", calling for a ban on the herbicide, a reform of the pesticide approval procedure and EU-wide mandatory reduction targets for pesticide use, collected over 1 million signatures.
Parliament rejected a ten-year renewal of glyphosate's licence in October and proposed a full ban by 2022. EU member states will vote on a five-year renewal on 27 November.


In an arrangement for my ensemble I performed a lot of surgery on Duke's classic Solitude. I'll provide an analysis and score and musical samples in my next post, but I wanted to give a little background on the technique of gestural writing and how it can be used to extend jazz composition.
"Re-texturizing" is as good name as any for some of the procedures I use while a piece is undergoing such surgery. Traditional jazz arranging uses some tried and true techniques: reharmonizing chord changes, composing lines around the melody, and developing material. In Solitude I sought to rethink phrase length and ensemble sound, loosen up the textures, and radically change the point of view of the tune and the sound of the band.
In modern music we can rethink "melody"– it's quite a plastic concept. Orchestrational texture can be used in a melodic way, so that the overall gesture becomes an idea, a nugget, a recognizable sound. Just because you can't sing along with it doesn't mean it's not melodic.
This is nothing composers like Stravinsky and Berio weren't doing 80 years ago. As far as altering broad ensemble gestures and utilizing cool and expressive ensemble textures to develop an idea, check out the work Legetti, Crumb, or for that matter any "modernist" composer of the last century. Even the minimalists had a different view of melody and how phrases are expressed over time by the ensemble.
Gestural writing in jazz asks a lot of the ensemble and of the listener, and it poses some tricky issues for the composer, not the least of which is properly communicating your ideas to the players. In an idiom where so much depends on "feel", it's easy to over-notate your music. How classical do you want to get? Where does improvisation fit in, or does it at all? What's the role of the rhythm section? Is it supposed to swing, and how much?
Disassemble and reassemble—use a few ideas and work them to death.
Start simple. Dangle things from the top line, work from the top down.
Let ideas resonate—break up or stop the time, breathe.
Involve the rhythm section in music that isn't accompaniment. Make them part of the overall texture, or give them leadership positions.
Remember that with the proper feel, and with your players all on the same creative page, highly notated passages can sound like controlled group improvisation.
Use the whole group to create forward motion, not just the rhythm section. Write out your ritards and accelerandos in time.
Don't overwrite (or at least not too much!) Open up ideas; create headspace for the listener; allow things to happen.
Don't be afraid to take a chance on something! You can always jettison or revise an idea.
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Before we educate others, let's get educated first. – 'Proud Dummy' Vinka Raps Cindy.
Following singer Cindy's comments about artists; Sheebah and Vinka where she named them dummies, Swangz Avenue's Vinka has come out to rap the Self-proclaimed "king herself ".
Vinka further advises that it would not be wise for female artistes to fight amongst themselves.
I do not like fights and cheap popularity, never have I raised my voice at even a single statement that comes at me!! Not picking sides or anything but this was so DISRESPECTFUL!!
King Herself Never Did Any Rehearsals and Arrived 40 Mins Late! – Organisers, On Why Cindy Never Performed at Awilo Concert.
Singer Cindy Dares Battling Juliana Kanyomozi.
Shocking Details About Chameleone-Sseguya Beef Emerge. Money Issues!
Stella Nyanzi Worriedly Close With Frank Gashumba!


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Q: Datagrid changes updating many properties? I'm using a Datagrid bound to an ObservableCollection in a Logbook class.  Also in the Logbook class I have numerous other properties which basically account for different times that need to be added up.
The problem I'm having is I have no way of notifying the properties to update when something is added or removed from the Datagrid because I have CanUserAddRows set to true.
Is there a way to set in XAML to update these properties or should I inherit from ObservableCollection and override the methods and add my own properties with notifications?
LogbookEntry.cs
public class LogbookEntry {
  public decimal TotalTime { get; set; }
  public decimal SoloTime { get; set; }
  public decimal PICTime { get; set; }
}

Logbook.cs
public class Logbook {
  public ObservableCollection<LogbookEntry> Entries { get; private set; }

  public decimal TotalTime { get; private set; }   // THESE ALL NEED TO BE ADDED
  public decimal SoloTime { get; private set; }    // UP IN THE SAME COLUMN FROM
  public decimal PICTime { get; private set; }     // ALL ENTRIES
}

Right now the Datagrid just lists TotalTime, SoloTime, and PICTime columns as 0, because I have no way to update them when stuff gets added to Entries.  I'm thinking maybe:
Logbook.cs
public class Logbook : ObservableCollection<LogbookEntry> {
  public decimal TotalTime { get; private set; }
  public decimal SoloTime { get; private set; }
  public decimal PICTime { get; private set; }

  public override Add(...) {
    base.Add(...);
    TotalTime += logbookEntry.TotalTime;
    OnPropertyChanged(TotalTime);

    SoloTime += logbookEntry.SoloTime;
    OnPropertyChanged(SoloTime);

    PICTime += logbookEntry.PICTime;
    OnPropertyChanged(PICTime);
  }
}

Unless there's any way for me to do this from XAML...

A: Make the TotalTime, SoloTime, PICTime properties OneWay bound values (no setter) and implement the getter as a LINQ call to Sum() the values from Entries collection.
Listen for Entries.CollectionChanged event and when adding the items to Entries, listen to each item's PropertyChanged event (if it doesn't have one, implement it). Then when either of those events are received, raise a PropertyChanged event for the relevant Logbook property (or all, in the case of a new LogbookEntry object added/removed).
This way, when anything changes in your ViewModel, you can automatically notify the UI that something has changed and the UI will update itself by calling the appropriate getter property.

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Left untreated, HIV causes Aids or the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, which can lead to death. It was the only major illness in Singapore for which medication was not subsidised.
The head of the CDC, Associate Professor Leo Yee Sin, said her doctors are overjoyed as the change means patients with HIV no longer need to die because they can't afford the drugs to keep them alive.
About a dozen CDC patients die each year as they cannot afford the medicines.
Infectious disease specialists at the CDC are 'burning the midnight oil' to draw up the list of medicines for the ministry's approval, she added.
Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan told The Straits Times he agreed with the view that HIV should be treated 'like any chronic disease'. 'The committee of experts will apply the same approach as they do when evaluating drugs for other diseases. We should not single out HIV for special treatment,' he said.
The move by public hospitals to offer HIV screening to in-patients is in line with this policy, he added.
People with HIV need to take a combination of at least three medicines, which can cost over $1,000 a month here. Most patients find it hard to foot the bill.
The same medicines in Thailand cost $100-$200 for a month's supply.
Dr Leo said generic medication will be heavily used in line with national policy.
But some non-generic drugs would need to be subsidised, as generics can only help about 70 to 75 per cent of patients. Newer medicines are more effective and have fewer side effects, but also cost more.
Government subsidies for medicine take two forms: For most medicines, about 800 different types, patients pay $1.40 for a week's supply. Another 180 drugs, usually more expensive but still essential, get a 50 per cent subsidy.
It is not known what rate of subsidy HIV/Aids drugs will receive.
for HIV screening, with the prospect of cheaper treatment.
Those diagnosed and treated early can live a productive life well into their 60s.
Already, greater awareness of the benefits of early treatment and hospital screening has led to the CDC seeing 10 per cent more newly diagnosed patients this year.
Last year, 423 people were diagnosed with HIV. This year, the number may well reach 500, with 382 already diagnosed in the first 10 months.
In Singapore, the majority of those infected with HIV are heterosexual men.
A man in his 30s, who asked to be called Ben, needs the more expensive medicines, as he is allergic to other drugs.
Most of the $1,000 to $1,500 he used to earn each month went on the medicine. His Medisave money has been completely wiped out too.
He welcomed the move to provide patients like him with subsidised medicines.
Like many others here, he has been getting supplies of the HIV drugs he needs from Bangkok, where they cost less.
The recent shutdown of airports in Bangkok left people with HIV here worrying that their medicine supplies would be disrupted.


Spring has sprung and portrait parties have begun! Saturday was my first portrait party of 2011. I had 11 mini sessions and I'm so excited to show you 2-3 shots from each sitting. First up - Mr. Carson. It was almost exactly one year ago that I was able to meet Mr. Carson and it sure seems that he has grown up a good bit since then.
And a beautiful location on a beautiful day.
FYI - Portrait Parties/Mini Sessions are 20 minute sessions with an online gallery of 10-15 proofs.
All of Carson's photos from his mini session are posted HERE. Enjoy!
WOW Marcia- There's not one I don't like. You did a GREAT job as usual!


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Geoengineering and the Nuclear Connection
Ethan Indigo Smith & Andy Whiteley, Guests
The complexity of nuclear experimentation is beyond the pale of postmodern human comprehension. It also reveals, although we would like to believe otherwise, our inability or unwillingness to consider the unseen. Whether it is invisible because of ethereal origins or because it is nano-sized poison does not matter; collectively we tend to obfuscate the unseen. Nuclear experimentation also reveals our collective inability to conceptualize time, and to understand just how long nuclear radiation lasts in our environment – and how long our karma lasts.
This short-sightedness was not always the case. Indigenous cultures across Turtle Island, A.K.A. North America, knew they would one day return home to the spirit world, and that their stay here on Earth was equivalent to the blink of an eye. So they considered the Rule of Seven Generations when implementing procedures that would alter the planet in any way, beginning with harvesting herbs, to ensure their society's long term sustainability. In fact, the indigenous cultures were so considerate of their people's future as to make sure there would be enough herbs left seven generations from the harvest. Understanding their place in the delicate ecosystem, the Turtle Islanders contemplated the unseen and the distant future, always.
Today we have collectively foregone such considerations. And it was no accident that brought us here.
The Seen and the Unseen
In order for institutions to institute a military industrial complex, a prison industrial complex, a pharmacological industrial complex and so on, humanity had to become disconnected from its unseen reality. Whether ethereal or too small to fathom, we have been conditioned over time to disbelieve in the unseen, to trust only 5 of our senses, and to prize rational logic (which cannot itself perceive the unseen) over intuition. Then, with only 'the seen' at front of the collective mind, the unseen dangers of nuclear industry experimentation have become whitewashed in public discussion, and radiation monitors disabled by government, while unprecedented levels of radioactivity poisons our only world.
It is an inarguable fact that nuclear radiation and life on our planet cannot co-exist in the same space. It is another inarguable fact that nuclear radiation takes hundreds of thousands of years to break down, creating life-threatening environmental conditions not just today, but for seven thousand generations to come. Yet, despite the industry's inability to avoid total meltdowns every few years, nuke advocates continue to espouse nuclear as a "safe" energy alternative, employing a program of pseudo-science to confuse the logical minds of humanity, creating the scene for these dangerous yet financially profitable (to some) practices to continue. Many pro-nukers even go so far as to suggest that 'low dose' nuclear radiation is somehow good for us! But understand, this theory – known as the "Hormesis Effect" – is deliberate industry quackery, and anyone who tells you radiation is good for you is either an industry stooge, or has been conned by one.
It has been well proven through both science and history that the human body (correctly) perceives radiation as a threat to its existence. If you don't believe this premise, ask the good folks of Chernobyl, Hanford, Three Mile Island, and Fukushima (among myriad others). The external threat of radiation sends the human body's immune response into overdrive. The short term result of this intense immune activity can be the improvement of other existing ailments, but our immune systems are not designed to run permanently in this state of stress so, as radiation exposure continues, health inevitably deteriorates.
Studies have clearly linked radiation exposure to increased rates of cancer, thyroid damage, skin complaints, endocrine disruption, pregnancy issues (such as miscarriage) and emotional trauma, which itself negatively impacts the body. [source] In 2012, "nearly 36 per cent of children in the nuclear disaster-affected Fukushima Prefecture had abnormal thyroid growths." [source]
"This leak is very serious," said Dr. Janette Sherman, an Alexandria, Virginia-based physician who specializes in radioactive and toxic exposure. Dr. Sherman, who edited an in-depth study of health effects on cleanup workers in the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the former Soviet Union, said she is concerned that the cleanup crew at Fukushima Daiichi may face long-term health risks. She also raised the prospect of the radiation's as-yet unknown effects on fish and other marine life in the Pacific. [source]
A Greenpeace team member holding a Geiger counter displaying radiation levels of 5.78 microsievert per hour outside Fukushima city on March 27, 2011. Radiation levels far exceed exposure limits considered "safe" for the 400,000 strong human population below.
In 1990, Dr. Keith F. Baverstock, then Head of the Department for Radiation and Health at the European office of the WHO, visited the Gomel Region of Belarus, an area significantly affected by nuclear fall-out from the Chernobyl disaster. At the time, Dr. Baverstock noted the dramatic increase in disease, especially in very young children. Writes Baverstock:
Children exposed to Chernobyl fallout were experiencing chronic adult diseases of the respiratory and blood systems, gastritis, nervous system diseases, cardiovascular diseases and other diseases of internal organs. In general, in 1991, the level of serious illness in children was about 6 to 7 times above normal.
In reality, no one on this planet would engage in nuclear experimentation if they valued the unseen, the spiritual and the ethereal. No one would engage in nuclear experimentation if they practised the Rule of Seven Generations. No one would engage in nuclear experimentation if they valued life on Earth over unnecessary toxic energy systems and destructive devices of war.
We digress from our hypothesis, but feel it's important to note how the following problem was allowed to occur — by the transformation of our collective mind state from a culture rooted in localized permaculture and sustainable practices into a barbarous war culture that knowingly poisons its environment in the name of energy and armory, and then wonders why ill health is so prevalent.
It is also important to point out that nuclear experimentation knows no borders; it negatively impacts all life, and destroys entire sections of our planet's interconnected ecosystem. Nuclear experimentation is therefore not a means to self-support, or self-defense, but an attack on everything — on life itself.
The Effects of Radiation on Our Health
The Nuclear Fallout
There have been 2,000 atomic and nuclear detonations on every strata of earth since the first experiment in New Mexico, July, 1945 and the two most infamous devices dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki later that summer. That makes 70 years of radiological contamination from nuclear detonation experiments alone, each one inevitably releasing billions of atomic echoes we cannot comprehend entirely. The Manhattan Project scientists actually debated amongst themselves whether or not the detonation would cause a chain reaction igniting the entire atmosphere, but did it anyway. After the blast there was a radiated 'blast zone', an area destroyed forever, and also radioactive fallout that fell well beyond the designated blast zone; deadly dust kicked up by, and elements formed in, the detonations.
Fallout defined:
a) Radioactive particles that are carried into the atmosphere after a nuclear explosion and gradually fall back as dust or in precipitation.
b) The adverse results of a situation or action.
What is not realized about this definition is that not all of that nuclear garbage actually 'falls out'. Some of the dust and radioactive elements are so light that they do not actually fall out but remain in our atmosphere, dramatically altering its complexion. In fact the airborne radioactive waste from the era of nuclear detonation experiments has only now saturated the atmosphere, and spread out evenly. Meanwhile, the radiation that does fall from the atmosphere does not break down, but accumulates in soil and water, poisoning everything it touches in perpetuity.
Meanwhile, the ongoing Fukushima disaster could further increase the problem of atmospheric contamination by continuing to spew radiation into the sea. When radioactive material hits the minerals in sea water, it creates a chemical reaction. Ultimately these elements may trigger so many reactions that they become nano sized particles, and when this occurs, the elements then mingle with all other elements, upsetting the natural balance of nature.
As we know, the oceans are a primary source of oxygen and other vital atmospheric components. According to a recent EarthSky.org report, "most of Earth's oxygen comes from tiny ocean plants – called phytoplankton – that live near the water's surface and drift with the currents." Now add to this environment at least 300 tons of radioactive waste per day, for over 3½ years [source] and the ocean is now itself a source of radioactive elements, poisoning ocean life and reaching back into our breathable atmosphere.
And again, the cycle continues, with some radiation falling out (through precipitation) into soil and water and some remaining in the atmosphere, where it will continue to cycle through our ecosystem for millennia – with disastrous affect.
Alarmingly, Ken Buesseler, a senior scientist with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution analyzed thousands of samples of fish from the Fukushima area in mid-2013, and found that the makeup of the radioactive material leaking from the ailing facility had changed since the initial 2011 disaster. He noted that the initial leak included a high concentration of cesium isotopes — which, like all radionuclides, results in increased risk of cancer [source] — however the pollution now flowing into the North Pacific ocean is proportionally much higher in strontium-90, a substance that is considered one of the more hazardous constituents of nuclear wastes and is absorbed differently by the human body than cesium. Exposure to Sr-90 is linked to bone cancer, cancer of the soft tissue near the bone, and leukemia. [source]
Geoengineering – a Force Multiplier
Geoengineering (including chemical spraying practices known colloquially as "Chemtrails") refers to the stratospheric aerosol (SAG) spraying programs which inject highly toxic chemicals and vast quantities of heavy metals into the Earth's atmosphere. Although this program is not publicly discussed by government and military, overwhelming evidence has been gathered by independent researchers the world over, which thoroughly documents the means through which global weather patterns are deliberately being manipulated.
"Contrails" by comparison are the short condensation trail that briefly follows commercial airliners. Unlike contrails, geoengineering particulate leaves a thick plume of smoke that is visibly blown from nozzels, not engines, fitted to the wings of commercial and non-commercial (military and unmarked) airliners. Geoengineering clouds also linger in the atmosphere for long periods of time – several hours – something that is not characteristic of water condensation, which disperses within seconds (just like your breathe on a cold winter day.)
So let's suspend judgment for a moment, disregard the conspiracy/complacency theories that have been carefully crafted around the word "chemtrails", and look in detail at what we actually know…
In 1996, a research paper, dangerously entitled "Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather by 2025" was presented to the United States Air Force "to comply with a directive from the chief of staff of the Air Force". It explicitly outlines that the government's motivation to engage in global weather modification practices (quaintly titled "geoengineering") is "to remain the dominant air and space force in the future", built on the premise that if you control weather conditions, you better control the population. The geoengineering program is no more than a military "force multiplier", developed at our expense and without our consent, by the world's political and financial elite to further the agenda of global control.
But when it comes to weather modification and nuclear programs, that sense of "control" is a dangerous illusion. The untold effects of chemical spraying on human and environmental health mirror those of the failing nuclear experiment, while the cumulative damage created by both programs is potentially exponential. Meanwhile, institutional rhetoric and a deliberate public culture of ignorance dominate discussion of this issue (we can already hear the mindless chanting of the old "tin foil hats" chestnut) continues to serve this agenda.
When the public is poorly educated, their minds are easily controlled – through fear and belittlement of the truth. This tactic has been successfully employed by complacency theorists for centuries. How much more do you want to be deceived?
Thankfully, the scientific community isn't just bending over and accepting these dangerous lies.
Scientists Speak Out
Francis Mangels
Retired USDA soil conservationist and wildlife biologist (and organic gardener) Francis Mangels worked for the U.S. Forest Service for over 35 years. He undertook a program of testing the soil in heavily chem-sprayed Lake Shasta area, and found dangerously high levels of aluminum, barium and strontium in soil samples. None of these metals should be present in our soil. Although Mangels noted that "the normal concentration [of these chemicals] in our rains should be zero", he notes that "these levels are now 10,000 parts per billions [ppb]" in some soil tests. [source]
An expert in his field, Mangels attributes pH over 10-times the alkalinity of normal soil on huge increases of aluminum oxide.
"Normal background levels of aluminum oxide in the Mt. Shasta snow is 1/2 unit. (In this case, ug/l). Allowable aluminum in drinking water is 50 units. Government action is required at 1,000 units of detected aluminum. The EPA-tested snow on Mt. Shasta shows aluminum at 61,100 units." [source]
[Click here – here – and here to watch the Shasta County Board of Supervisors Hearing on Geoengineering, 2014]
Dr. J. Marvin Herndon
J. Marvin Herndon, Ph.D is a scientist of considerable notoriety. An interdisciplinary scientist, Dr. Herndon earned his BA degree in physics from the University of California, San Diego in 1970 and his Ph.D in nuclear chemistry from Texas A&M University in 1974. Holding Post-Doctoral qualifications in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry, Herndon has been profiled inCurrent Biography and in 2003 was hailed as the "maverick geophysicist" by The Washington Post.
Dr. Herndon contacted Dane Wigington from www.GeoengineeringWatch.org recently to express his growing concerns about the constant toxic aerosol spraying of our planet and the obvious human health and environmental ramifications we all face from this contamination.
His recent letter to authorities in his region is available here.
David Dickie
In the fall of 2002, a long-time landscaper for the City of Edmonton (David Dickie) began noticing that carefully tended flowers and trees were showing signs of severe nutrient deficiencies. City specifications call for Electrical Conductivity readings no higher than "1" in local soils, but soil samples tested for EC 4.6 to 7-times higher than this maximum permissible level. Dickie wondered if elevated levels of electricity-conducting metals in the soils could be leading to the plants' "chlorosis" condition. A $33 lab test of snow samples collected in a sterilized container confirmed elevated levels of aluminum and barium.
Norwest Labs lab report #336566 found:
q aluminum levels: 0.148 milligrams/litre
q barium levels: 0.006 milligrams/litre [source]
With such damning physical evidence in our skies soil and waterways, why are our governments still denying this practice? If their motivations are indeed benevolent, surely the popularist nature of modern politics suggests that those leaders responsible for such a "beneficial" program would step proudly forward to claim their political victory! But no. Despite a groundswell of pressure, governments refuse to issue formal statements on this matter. This alone should be a red-flag for any conscious and critical thinker.
According to independent scientist Leuren Moret (MA, PhD ABD), former President of the Association for Women Geoscientists and former City of Berkeley Environmental Commissioner:
"Scientific research is always sold to the public with a promise that the benefit will be for the people in order to get them to pay for it. Once the research is finished, the science is always perverted into a weapon used against the people and the environment that benefits the bankers"
This statement was clearly echoed by former government nuclear scientists (and current lecturer for U.C.Davis Department of Chemistry) Dr. Andreas Toupadakis, Ph.D. in a recent Wake Up World article, Quitting the Nuclear Labs – a Scientist's Plea for World Peace. According to Dr. Toupadakis:
I resigned from a permanent, highly paid, classified position in the Stockpile Stewardship Program at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California. I went to LLNL believing that I would be useful in helping to dismantle nuclear weapons and in disposing of their deadly byproducts. That was my desire. Instead, very soon, I found myself expected to work on the maintenance of nuclear weapons. When I realized that within the Lab, environmental or nonproliferation work was but an illusion, I decided to resign. My conscience simply does not allow me to work for the development or maintenance of nuclear weapons.
Looking back I know now that… purely academic projects are sustained in order to lure young scientists into the national labs. I heard this in plain language one Thanksgiving afternoon, sitting around the table with senior weapons scientists: "We need new blood to carry on our weapons research; we need new post-docs in purely basic research".
So, with considerable evidence of high-level intent, the next logical question is: Are these programs related? And if so, how?
The Geoengineering Hypothesis
Let's consider an hypothesis…
We know that "meteorological conditions associated with convection and vertical mixing over the Pacific Ocean promote [the] long-distance transport" of radioactive materials through the atmosphere.[source] In fact, European Commission, Science for Environment Policy News Alert suggest that as much as 12.7% of iodine radionuclides from the Fukushima disaster reached the USA and Canada, while 4.5% fell over Russia and 2.8% over the EU. [source]
Evidence shows that the geoengineering and nuclear experiments continue to pump into our atmosphere everything from living biological material to nano sized metallic particulate, the latter of which becomes ionized or electrically charged by sunlight. Therefore, the air in our atmosphere is altered into an electrically charged gas, which responds strongly to electromagnetic radiation such as that produced by Wifi and HAARP technologies, and ever-increasing numbers of cell-phone towers. Barium, found to be a major element in geoengineering particulate, is also known to conduct electromagnetic energy.
When we take into account the increasing amount of radiological contamination in the upper atmosphere, the indefensible continuation of the failing nuclear experiment, the covert chemical spraying and HAARP operations we now know are intended as a military "force multiplier", and the short-term thinking endemic in modern governments, the next reasonable questions that must be answered are…
When radioactive nano-sized particles make contact with the newly injected geoengineering "chemical X" (which is generally metallic) what is the reaction?
Are these radioactive particles adhering, reacting, and then falling out of the atmosphere?
What is the cumulative effect of airborne radioactivity and chemical spraying on human and environmental health?
Are the nuclear and geoengineering programs all part of the same high-level agenda?
Are scientific/military operations performing integrated experiments, covertly applying a combination of atmospheric alterations including chemical, radiation and electromagnetic elements?
And what of the known biological component of these airborne releases, known as bio-engineering?
Despite the institutional rhetoric, this is not what "partly cloudy" used to look like.
Airborne Assault
Ongoing atmospheric studies show that biological test agents including viruses, bacteria, fungi, mycoplasma, and other biological materials are routinely released as part of this covert spraying operation. According to Professor James F. Tracy in an article for GlobalResearch.ca:
"The most well-known manifestation of such nano-biologicals is the oft-misunderstood Morgellons ailment, an especially unusual and disturbing condition marked by painful dermal lesions through which… nano-fibers [from bio-engineering] protrude."
In November 2013, French/English language newspaper The Connexion reported that "mysterious stringy filaments" we found falling from the sky over Drôme and Ardèche in Southern France, leaving residents and authorities "mystified". [source]
Reports of the fibres were first raised on Thursday, but no one has yet been able to identify what they are – giving rise to theories that they are the by-product of plane exhausts.
Inexplicably, "the prefecture for the Drôme said it did not know what the fibres were but said it was not worried and would not be sending them for analysis".
Clifford Carnicom is staunch and prominent campaigner against geoengineering who, as a former federal employee of the United States government, served for 15 years within the Department of Defense, The Bureau of Land Management, and the United States Forest Service, earning himself the Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Center Employee of the Year and Geodetic Sciences Departmental Award for outstanding technical, managerial, and cost effective performance. Carnicom also oversees the Morgellons Research Group, a body of concerned citizens, health care professionals, scientific researchers and microbiologists who devote their time to investigating this unfolding syndrome.
According to Mr. Carnicom the presence of nanofibers (observable clumps of fibrous strands)
… have now been discovered repeatedly across all major body systems and functions, including skin, blood, hair, saliva, dental(gum), digestive, ear and urinary samples.
Is there a direct relationship between the alteration of living systems (us) and ecosystems (the environment)? My answer is unequivocally, 'Yes.' [source]
When we understand the obvious inter-connection between these programs, we can deduce that this is all part of an integrated atmospheric weapons system – a force multiplier. Although geoengineering is quietly described by government as a benevolent weather modification program, the net effect — uncovered by the scientific community despite years of silence from government — is an airborne electromagnetic assault on humanity. [source]
READ: Is Your Body Infested with Self-Replicating Nano-Fibers?
Amy Worthington, independent researcher and writer, explained in her seminal article: Aerosol and Electromagnetic Weapons in the Age of Nuclear War:
Both the Pentagon's aerosol operations and its limited nuclear wars are deeply interconnected. We can trace the beginnings of Operation Cloverleaf right to the Strangelove brain of Dr. Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb and proponent of nuking inhabited coast lines to rearrange them for economic projects.[1] Before he died in 2003, Teller was director emeritus of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where plans for nuclear, biological and directed energy weapons are crafted. In 1997, Teller publicly outlined his proposal to use aircraft to scatter in the stratosphere millions of tons of electrically-conductive metallic materials, ostensibly to reduce global warming.[2]
Shortly after Teller's presentation, the public began seeing frenetic chemtrailing. In 2000, CBS News admitted that scientists were "looking at drastic solutions for global warming, including manipulating the atmosphere on a massive scale." CBS confirmed that the plan to load the air with tiny particles would "deflect enough sunlight to trigger global cooling."[3]
Teller estimated that commercial aircraft could be used to spew these particles at a cost of 33 cents a pound.[4] This gives credence to a report by an airline manager, forced by a compulsory non-disclosure agreement to remain anonymous, that commercial aircraft have been co-opted to assist the military in consummating Project Cloverleaf.[5]
The heavy metals contained in geoengineering particulate include barium, aluminum, arsenic, lead, mercury, copper, manganese, and uranium [source]. In the last 10 years, aluminum levels in rainwater have risen from 7 parts per billion to 3,400 parts per billion — an astounding, nearly 50,000 percent increase. [source]
The effects of heavy metal exposure (in isolation) on human health have been extensively documented:
Data Source: Heavy metals and living systems: An overview – Indian Journal of Pharmacology
Elaborating on this point, research published in the Indian Journal of Pharmacology indicates that heavy metals poisoning associated with aerosol spraying programs (as well as other industrial and environmental exposures) disrupts metabolic functions in two ways:
They accumulate and thereby disrupt function in vital organs and glands such as the heart, brain, kidneys, bone, liver, etc.
They displace the vital nutritional minerals from their original place, thereb, hindering their biological function. It is, however, impossible to live in an environment free of heavy metals. There are many ways by which these toxins can be introduced into the body such as consumption of foods, beverages, skin exposure, and the inhaled air. [source]
Add to this problem the fact that electromagnetic energy, including WIFI, has been shown to interfere with the human body and brain (which itself is electrical) in particular cell growth, neural activity, cardiac function, hormone production and fertility [source] and we have the conditions for a global health crisis of unprecedented proportions.
And that is exactly what we're experiencing today.
Enter the pharmacological industry to treat the symptoms of these conditions (but never the cause), the corporate-government-media complex to stifle public debate and protect these unlawful covert operations from genuine scrutiny, and the pseudo-scientific (and hired troll) community to vilify those who see through the deception.
But frankly, we're not buying it.
In the words of prolific environmental researcher, author and activist (and Wake Up World contributor) the late Dr. Ilya Sandra Perlingieri:
When we begin to connect the dots to the thousands of unsafe and often highly toxic chemicals, heavy metals, and hormone disruptors to which we are exposed daily, we then can collectively see that this is not just a one-issue health crisis we face. Rather, with corporations allowed free reign to poison us with impunity… we do not have any way to have any redress of decades of grievances. The ramifications of this are enormous.
Looking Up, Looking Forward
These nuclear, chemical and electromagnetic programs amount to an assault on our very existence. Given that threat it poses, and the questions it raises of those entrusted with our governance, this realization causes many people to go into fear, disbelief, and to shut down. The implications are simply too challenging for many to entertain, much less invest any real time and energy in trying to understand the problem in the level of detail it requires. And so, despite mountains of scientific, environmental and political evidence to the contrary, geoengineering is still written off by many as a "tin foil hat" fantasy.
But let's get real here… One has only to look up without fear or judgment to see the truth about geoengineering… Or to look critically at geoengineering patents and government documents that demonstrate the reality of these programs… Or to look at our unprecedented rates of physiological dysfunction and disease, for which the government and medical complex has no reasonable explanation. And although we often overlook such problems as a 'sign of the times', these are vital elements of the big picture that cannot reasonably be dismissed.
Our health and our future depends on the health of our planet. Gambling with our collective future is a crime, and a grievous violation of natural law.
The only way to stop this assault is to dismantle these programs and the institutions that support them, to actively support scientific, educational, environmental and health research that is designed and executed in transparency, with public welfare in mind, and to educate pilots and scientists who are led to carry out these dangerous environmental programs.
Peace on Earth… for real though.
For more information, we highly recommend the following three presentations:
What In The World Are They Spraying?
Why In The World Are They Spraying?
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The controversial book, Terra-ist Letters, a work that humorously contrasts the very serious issues of global nuclear experimentation promotion and global marijuana prohibition.
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Andy Whiteley is a former corporate manager turned writer, editor and co-founder of Wake Up World. An advocate of peaceful (r)evolution, Andy believes we are on a necessary path (albeit bumpy) to a renewed social model grounded in love, transparency, individuality, sustainability and spirit. Through his role at Wake Up World, he hopes to contribute positively to that transition.
Andy would like to dedicate this article to the memory and legacy of Wake Up World friend and colleague, environmental campaigner, the late Dr. Ilya Sandra Perlingieri.
Unlinked References:
1. Begich and Manning, op. cit. p. 51.
2. Global Warming and Ice Ages: Prospects for Physics-Based Modulation of Global Change, Edward Teller and Lowell Wood, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, prepared for invited presentation at the International Seminar On Planetary Emergencies, Erice, Italy, August 20-23, 1997; also "The Planet Needs a Sunscreen," Wall Street Journal, 10-17-97.
3. CBS News Eye on America Report : Cooling the Planet in two parts: 1-15-01 and 1-16-01.
4. Teller and Wood, op. cit.
5. "An Airline Manager's Statement," Posted by C.E. Carnicom on behalf of the author, 5-22-00. Quote: "The few airline employees who were briefed on Project Cloverleaf were all made to undergo background checks, and before we were briefed on it we were made to sign non-disclosure agreements which basically state that if we tell anyone what we know we could be imprisoned….They told us that the government was going to pay our airline, along with others, to release special chemicals from commercial aircraft….When we asked them why didn't they just rig military aircraft to spray these chemicals, they stated that there weren't enough military aircraft available to release chemicals on such a large basis as needs to be done….Then someone asked why all the secrecy. The government reps then stated that if the general public knew that the aircraft they were flying on were releasing chemicals into the air, environmentalist groups would raise hell and demand the spraying stop."
This article (Geoengineering and the Nuclear Connection) was originally created and published by Wakeup-World and is re-posted here with permission.
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New Zealand spinner Mitchell Santner feels his team's inability to take wickets in the middle overs has proved costly in the ongoing ODI series against India and the hosts will be aiming to reverse the trend in the fourth game at Hamilton.
New Zealand spinner Mitchell Santner feels his team's inability to take wickets in the middle overs has proved costly in the ongoing ODI series against India and the hosts will be aiming to reverse the trend in the fourth game at Hamilton on Thursday.
Thoroughly outplayed in the first three ODIs, New Zealand will play for pride in the remaining two matches.
"I think the plans have been pretty solid maybe the execution's been off at times. If we can get two wickets in the top 10 (overs), or even the first five," said Santner said on the eve of the fourth ODI.
"… Every game they've got off to good starts, we haven't seen much of their back end. The key for us is to keep taking wickets through the middle, keep being aggressive," he said.
New Zealand batting also looked clueless against India's quality bowling attack, managing to post a 200 plus score only once.
"With the bat, it's trying to build those partnerships throughout. We saw a good one between Ross (Taylor) and Tom (Latham) last game, then we lost a couple and we fell over a bit. They've bowled very well in the top 10 and we haven't really got away.
Talking about Indian spinners, Santner said: "They are bowling very well at the moment. The slower pace that they bowl is tending to get a little bit more out of the wicket than guys like myself and Ish (Sodhi) who bowl a little bit quicker.
"But that pressure is also being built off the back of the starts we have had (with the bat) – we have always been two down after ten (overs), allowing them to settle into their work.


Dustin Johnson, winner of the 2016 US Open, rides a wave of good feelings to the top of the favorites. He's in at 8/1, for an effective 11.11 chance of winning the Open Championship. I think he's probably a good choice. In recent years, we've seen players ride a hot streak to multiple wins. Think of Jordan Spieth last year, or Rory the year before that.
Jason Day, the current world number one, is in at 17/2, for an effective 10.53% chance of winning.
Rory McIlroy rounds out the top three at 10/1, or a 9.09% chance of winning.
Jordan Spieth seems to be slipping a bit among favorites. After last year's astonishing run, he has — in relative terms — slipped a bit. Will his short game and putting stand him in good stead at The Open Championship? Bettors think so, placing him at fourth among favorites at 11/1, or an effective 8.33% chance of winning.


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Out of approximately 1.1 million Jews who were imprisoned in Auschwitz, there are only two who were known to have been born there. One of them was Angela Polgar.
When Polgar's expectant mother Vera arrived in Auschwitz in May of 1944 along with nearly half of Hungary's Jewish population, the death camp was operating at peak efficiency, liquidating more than 132,000 inmates per month. The chances of anybody surviving Auschwitz were already not much more than one in ten, but for a pregnant woman they were far slimmer, which is why it was standard practice for Jewish inmate doctors to perform clandestine abortions as a life-saving measure for the mothers, who were otherwise almost certain to be cremated along with their newborn babies.
After one doctor offered Vera an abortion, her mother came to her in a dream, telling her: "Veruska, you are eight months pregnant, and you don't do this because the fetus is already alive and ready to leave. Believe in God and He will be with you. Maybe a miracle will happen, but don't do it!" The next day, Vera refused the doctor's offer, and barely a month later – against all odds – her daughter Angela was not only born, but managed to survive; hidden until the camp's liberation by Soviet troops the following month.
This week's Torah reading introduces us to another child whose birth and survival seem to defy all odds. Like Angela Polgar thousands of years later, Moshe, the future savior of the Jews, is born in a brutal labor camp, facing near-certain death at the hands of his oppressors, and like Angela, he too manages to survive by hiding. And although Egyptian genocide was directed exclusively against the males, like the Nazi's, they too pursued a carefully orchestrated plan designed to rob their victims of all hope, ultimately compelling the men of that generation to divorce their wives en masse rather than condemn their unborn children to near-certain death.
Both Angela Polgar and Moshe were born as a result of an act of faith that defied reason and logic. It made no sense to bring children into a world where the only choices were death or a short life of pointless suffering and despair. But in both cases that's exactly what their parents did, because when all is said and done, the value of even a single moment of life is beyond our ability to measure or comprehend. The inherent goodness of life has always been a basic axiom of Jewish belief, and is arguably one of the most important concepts we've bequeathed to the world. It factors heavily into our approach to major life issues, such as abortion and euthanasia. It should also influence the way we live our daily lives.
King David exhorts us to "Serve God with joy." (Psalms 100:2) because joy is the emotion that we naturally feel when we see life for what it really is, without distortion. If we could see things as they truly are, we would realize that the mere fact that we woke up this morning is tantamount to winning the lottery. The winner of the ten million dollar jackpot doesn't notice when he breaks a few dishes. Similarly, people who get a new lease on life aren't bothered by things that used to be a big deal to them because they're way too happy to be alive to even notice them.
This doesn't mean that life is always going to feel good. There is no known antidote to our penchant for feeling down at times, nor should we ever judge or deny our feelings when we do. But in order for us to live productive and happy lives, we must maintain a healthy sense of perspective regarding our emotions. Positive thoughts and feelings, such as hopefulness, enthusiasm, compassion, a sense of humor and lightheartedness are all reliable indicators that we are heading in the right direction because life is inherently good. Negativity in any of its forms, on the other hand, is a pretty sure sign that we're not.
Pain and suffering are a real part of life, and should never be minimized. That's precisely why we must nurture our underlying faith in life's essential goodness. This belief cannot come from our intellect alone, since we can just as easily rationalize that life is bitter and unfair. Rather, we must realize the simple truth that already lies within us – that no matter how difficult life can be, it's worth it. Recognition of this simple truth brought redemption to Angela Polgar, Moshe and ultimately, the entire Jewish people. It can no doubt do the same for us as well.


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