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Portugal Day - why June 10th is a public holiday
Portugal Day, or more properly 'Dia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades Portuguesas,' is a national holiday celebrated annually on June 10th.
Although officially observed only in Portugal, Portuguese citizens and emigrants throughout the world celebrate the day as it commemorates the death of national literary icon Luís de Camões in 1580.
Camões wrote Os Lusíadas, Portugal's national epic poem celebrating Portuguese history and achievements. (HERE)
The poem focuses mainly on the C15th Portuguese explorations which brought fame and more importantly, riches into the country. The poem is considered one of the most important works in Portuguese literature and became a symbol for the great feats of the Portuguese Empire.
Camões was an adventurer who lost one eye fighting in Ceuta, wrote the poem while travelling, and survived a shipwreck in Cochinchina, present-day Vietnam. According to folklore Camões saved his epic poem by swimming with one arm while keeping the other arm above water. Since his date of birth is unknown, the date of his death is celebrated as Portugal's National Day.
Although Camões became a symbol for Portugal nationalism, his death coincided with the Portuguese succession crisis of 1580 that resulted in Philip II of Spain claiming the Portuguese throne. Portugal was then ruled by three generations of Spanish kings during the Iberian Union (1580–1640).
On December 1st 1640, the country regained its independence by expelling the Spanish during the Portuguese Restoration War and making João of Bragança, King João IV of Portugal.
During Salazar's authoritarian Estado Novo regime in the 20th century, Camões was used as a symbol for the Portuguese nation.
Portugal Day celebrations were officially suspended during the Carnation Revolution in 1974. Celebrations resumed after 1974 and were expanded to include the Comunidades Portuguesas, Portuguese emigrants and their descendants living in communities all around the world, 3.75 million of them.
Portugal's embassies, with the support of the Camões Institute, ensure the day is celebrated with a wide range of musical events across the world.
In Europe, America and Africa there are festivities, exhibitions and concerts as Portugal's emigrants and their children celebrate the day.
Portuguese is the official language in Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, East Timor, Macau, Cape Verde, and São Tomé and Príncipe. With Portugal's 10.6 million population, the total worldwide figure for Portuguese speaking populations is 259 million.
0 #9 charly 2019-06-11 17:56
Ladies and gentlemen: why don't you stop this kindergarten blablablabla ? It's really ennoying and at the same time ridiculous as 99% of all this is purely "speculation and guessing". Not nice !
+3 #8 AL 2019-06-11 14:34
Quoting Historyman:
We hear nothing as Portugal's "fair and accommodating" handover of Macao is decades too soon. Macao, by piggy backing on Hong Kong's arrangement, had until 2049 before it was to be officially returned to China.
Sillyman! Macau was handed over to china in 1999. However Portugal and China agreed that Macau will maintain a high degree of autonomy for 50 years which will expire in 2049. The same agreement was done for Hong Kong.
-1 #7 Boris H 2019-06-11 14:29
We hear nothing as Portugal's "fair and accommodating" handover of Macao is decades too soon. Macao, by piggy backing on Hong Kong's arrangement, had until 2049 before it was to be officially returned to China. Quite an achievement, but entirely understandable given Portugal's contribution so far to the EU's development, for the Portuguese 'influence' to evaporate so quickly!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_country,_two_systems
I am sure there are people who simply don't care about this comment ........
But, just for the record, could you explain, what contributions to the EU has to do with China !!
-2 #6 Historyman 2019-06-11 05:44
+1 #5 Darcy 2019-06-10 22:21
[quote name="Maxwell"]Strange of Charly to connect the UK to Portugal yet again - as though the similarities have not been repeatedly proved negligible. A good current example that does not involve either country is the world now watching millions of today's Hong Kong Chinese fighting to keep some degree of self determination. The British had left behind some control and decision making over their lives at all levels of society and so today fighting to keep this and an identity different to mainland Chinese.
(Total silence from the Macao Chinese as getting instructions and direction from Lisbon was never any different then to today getting these from Beijing)
Hong Kong is unfortunately, for it, a former British colony and it is entirely up Britain to lend a helping hand to it's former colony instead of ignoring the hardship of these people.
Portugal on the other hand, seems to have had a fair and accommodating handover of it's former colony of Macho.
-1 #4 Maxwell 2019-06-10 19:35
Strange of Charly to connect the UK to Portugal yet again - as though the similarities have not been repeatedly proved negligible. A good current example that does not involve either country is the world now watching millions of today's Hong Kong Chinese fighting to keep some degree of self determination. The British had left behind some control and decision making over their lives at all levels of society and so today fighting to keep this and an identity different to mainland Chinese. Total silence from the Macao Chinese as getting instructions and direction from Lisbon was never any different then to today getting these from Beijing!
Carlos ... the earlier comment was mainly about the Treaty of Westphalia and how, although not involving Portugal, it unintentionally helped 'free' the Portuguese from Spain by them establishing 'alliances' with major European powers including re-establishing that with the British whom Portugal had attacked without provocation some 70 years before in the Armada. But if it is Belgium's recent election results that is upsetting you then correct Euractiv amongst many others about their 'fake news'. Check out https://www.euractiv.com/section/eu-elections-2019/news/belgian-black-sunday-sees-far-right-surge-threatening-new-government-crisis/
Historyman… what **** is this: "today's basket case of feuding that even now sees Belgium, the seat of the EU, without a functioning governement"...
The elections in Belgium took place on 27 May
and today already 3 (out of the 7) governements already have been constituted and the others are "under negotiation" nowadays. I think your expression "today's basket case of feuding" is far more applicable to the UK governement that clearly seems to operate as a "pure kindergarten".
Tell me, why is this fake and colored news good for ?
Particularly relevant to the restoration of Portuguese Independence is a highly significant event in Europe that had been distracting the Spanish and did not involve the Portuguese at all. The 1648 Treaty of Westphalia that, amongst much else, began clearing the Spanish out of the Low Countries but left today's basket case of feuding that even now sees Belgium, the seat of the EU, without a functioning government. It is seen by many as beginning the end of Spanish importance and relevance, most obviously north of the Pyrenees. Events increasingly happening to the Spanish outside of their control like, 50 years later, handing over Gibraltar to the British.
The Portuguese not invited to the Treaty of Westphalia as it did not involve them but since shaping their collective sense of being outsiders; not actually European which so influences their general attitude to today's give and take of being in a European Union. Quite topical.
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Public Education is the only hope for many children across Tennessee. Too many politicians give the impression that our schools are failing. They are not. However, we must acknowledge that there are pockets in our state that are not doing as well as others. An end to "social promotion" and being focused on improved literacy, particularly by grade 3, would undeniably help. The vast majority of our schools are incredibly successful, as are the teachers who serve and students who attend them.
Legislators have put forth many policy ideas this legislative session: some good, some necessary, and some harmful to public education. The policy debate will occur among stakeholders and policymakers. Proposals regarding parent codes of conduct, limitations on school suspensions, union-controlled community schools, and education savings accounts are still being debated. There have been several attempts to address testing, but none have gained necessary lawmaker support - yet.
The high-stakes testing culture has killed the passion of many educators. Although we need testing to measure the progress of our students, we should recognize that these tests are often unreliable in evaluating teachers and schools. We should pursue reliable standardized tests that provide accurate feedback for educators, parents, and students. No single test should be a determinant of a student's, teacher's, or school's success. A true measurement of progress should instead consist of several benchmarks, not just testing.
In education debates, we need to keep the focus on what is important: everyone working together to improve public schools for the benefit of all children. And we must work with all stakeholders in public education, regardless of political party or perceived agenda. No person or group has all the answers. We should all roll up our sleeves as stakeholders and policymakers to work and make public education succeed for all of our children. Our shared future depends on it.
The late Justice Antonin Scalia, discussing his friendship with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: "I attack ideas. I don't attack people. And some very good people have some very bad ideas. And if you can't separate the two, you gotta get another day job." We should heed that guidance in education debates as well.
Future legislative efforts must focus on breaking down the bureaucratic barriers that have kept educators and school districts from pursuing solutions to the unique challenges of their communities. As a candidate, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee promised to "pilot innovative approaches that encourage our schools and their communities to work together and design solutions without bureaucratic hurdles." We fully embrace that strategy and will continue to support that approach at the Tennessee General Assembly.
Education policy must support children in developing the skills, the knowledge, and the integrity that will allow them to be responsible, contributing members of their community and ultimately gain employment with a sustainable living wage. Public education provides the best opportunity for most children to obtain success. We must all believe in public education.


the Repair Cafe is a yearly event put on by the Long Beach Time Exchange (LBTE) It is a day dedicated to bring craftsmen and women together with those who would rather have their broken things fixed instead of buying new. All repairs are free (no money changes hands) just the time needed to fix the item is banked with the LBTE and can be used anywhere within the LBTE system. It's a great bartering tool. We exchange time instead of money.


Avoid bitter disappointments out fishing amidst the romantic water with the right kind of trolling battery. Novices may have some referring to do and getting at the valid information can sometimes become a problem. Get the facts right and have lots of fun. It is important to remember those car batteries will not do as a trolling battery because they will not keep up with the requirements of the bouncing water surfaces.
What is essentially needed is the marine battery or deep cycle battery. By deep cycle batteries, we refer to the , https://www.trollingbatteryguides.com/ you can select the best one according to your requirement. Lead Acid Wet Cell is another kind of deep cycle battery and is the least expensive.
According to the power of the fishing trolling motor in terms of pounds of thrust, the battery size and power would be selected. The problem is the availability of adequate space on the boat. The batteries can be rather big and boats are traditionally cramped for lack of space. If three batteries need to be used for a trolling motor with more than a hundred pounds of thrust, consider the space crunch. Lots will need to be put on the boat like the gear besides the body weight of the person.
Think about how much the trolling motor would be used. Heavy currents and windy atmospheres out in the water would mean more of the trolling motor battery use. If such is the likely conditions, opt for more vigorous batteries.
Instead of opting for the 'cold cranking amps' for the biggest battery, what matters when out fishing is the battery reserve capacity. Size considerations alone may be misleading like the two Blue top batteries called D34M and 34M that have exactly the same physical measurements! D34M is the one built for deep cycle performance and the rating is 55AH with a 120-minute reserve capacity at 25 amps. On the other hand, the 34M represents 50AH with 100 minutes at 25 amps. It is obvious that the first one makes a better choice.
The difference lies in the application. When the battery is intended for starting, lighting, and ignition, they are not meant for deep cycle use over a long duration that a trolling motor essentially needs. 34M would not suit the trolling battery requirements.
One of these three choices would suit the trolling battery use. According to their design and warranty, they serve both the purposes of starting and deep cycle use that trolling is all about. In terms of appearances too, they are easy to identify with the gray case and blue tops. Which of these three would suit the purpose best?
Take good care of the battery and avoid dropping it, no matter what. If the motor starts late and requires more charging, it indicates that the battery is weakening. Additional facilities like GPS would require more batteries. According to the frequency and length of usage, the battery will gradually exhaust. Keep the battery fully charged at all times for longer life.


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I didn't quite know what to expect when I started reading it, but I have to say that Anita Shreve's novel Resistance (1995) is not half bad. There are things about it I didn't like, but the truth is that it's probably no worse than a lot of the 'literary' fiction I've read in recent years, books which have either won awards or been hailed by critics for reasons I fail to see. It might even be better. Perhaps that's simply because it's less pretentious, or perhaps I think so because I came to it without any expectations. Either way, although neither exceptional nor flawless, Resistance is a decent read and that's not a bad thing.
Ted Brice is an American pilot whose B-17 bomber is shot down over the fictional village of Delahaut in southern Belgium in late 1943 on a mission to bomb Germany. Wounded, he is rescued by a young boy, Jean Benoît, who brings him – not to his own home, for his father is a collaborator – but to the Daussois, a married couple that are members of the resistance: Henri, a farmer, is a somewhat reluctant member, and his wife Claire, a former nurse, is more committed. The emotional centre of the novel is the relationship that develops between Claire and Ted during the few weeks of his convalescence. But it would be misleading to think that this is a domestic love story. The warm colours on my paperback's front cover are also somewhat misleading. The story is rather more brutal: Germans are killed, reprisals against Belgian civilians follow, and Claire and Ted's idyll inevitably comes to an end.
The novel ends with the inauguration of a monument to the crew of the B-17 fifty years after it was shot down, an ending which allows Shreve to wrap things up. There is a photo on Shreve's website of the monument erected in the village of Cerfontaine (the model for Delahaut) in memory of the fallen B-17: you'll find the photo in the photo gallery. Shreve's husband, John, is the son of the American pilot of that B-17.
The novel was turned into a film with the same title in 2003 with Bill Paxton and Julia Ormond.
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Posted on November 28, 2013 by Patrick Lennon
Michael Ondaatje's The Collected Works of Billy the Kid is not really a novel and not really a volume of poetry either. It's less than a hundred pages long and most of those consist of only a few lines of text. There are a lot of blank spaces, or perhaps a lot of blank space, open space, breathing space. Text is sometimes printed at the top of a page, sometimes at the bottom. It leaves you room to create your own image of Billy.
The book makes two important points about novels or perhaps about storytelling.
The first is that if you choose your words carefully, you don't always need all that many words to tell a story, to create a character or two or more, to create a landscape in which they can move about and develop a storyline running over a substantial time lapse.
The second point it makes is to remind us how bloated, how overweight many novels are, filled with unnecessaries. There doesn't seem to be a narrator here: everything is quotation, almost. There is little that is not necessary; anything excessive seems to have been cut out.
As such, it's a strange work, somewhere between a collection of poems and a novel, perhaps not 'poetic' enough to be considered poetry (through its subject matter or its language?), and perhaps too fragmented, too shattered to make up a novel in the strict sense. The book is easy enough to read as a series of fragments, but piecing them together to create a kind of overall picture is a bit more demanding. It's appropriate then that Billy the Kid should include various pictures: a few photographs, some drawings and illustrations. These too are fragments that stand on their own and that need to be worked into a broader picture by the reader.
It's also appropriate that Ondaatje withheld the apparently only existing photograph of the Kid and opens the novel with an empty frame:
Obviously, you then wonder why the publisher decided to include the photograph on the front cover (the original edition, published by House of Anansi in 1970, featured a photograph by Eadweard Muybridge of a man on a horse).
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Ben Elton's 2005 novel The First Casualty clearly advertises itself as a World War I novel. The poppy and the faded sepia photograph of soldiers wearing Brodie helmets are as clear indicators as you can get. But it really isn't a novel about WWI at all. It's a detective story – a detective story set against the backdrop of that war.
The novel's hero is Douglas Kingsley, the leading inspector of the London Metropolitan Police who has somewhat lost in popularity since he joined the ranks of conscientious objectors on intellectual grounds and has been sent to prison, where he is not made to feel particularly welcome by his fellow inmates nor by the guards.
Perhaps fearing for his safety, Elton manages to pull Kingsley out of prison and drop him in Flanders, where he is to investigate the murder of Captain Abercrombie, a celebrated soldier and poet who upon his return to the front line was sent to a clinic where he was described as NYDN, i.e., not yet diagnosed, nervous. Kingsley arrives in Flanders during the Third Battle of Ypres, or the Battle of Passchendaele, which took place between 31 July and 6 November 1917.
Elton gives his readers a bit of a feel for what it must have been like in the trenches and on the front line, but his attention is clearly on Kingsley and his heroic actions as he plunges into the heat of the battle: he may be a conscientious objector, but by God will he go to great lengths to see his investigation through to the end, even if it means killing Germans!
But although his heroics are set against a rather brutal reality, it's not sure how seriously Elton is taking it all. Since the novel is dedicated to the memory of his two grandfathers – who fought on opposite sides in the First World War – one can presume that it's not all intended as a joke, but the characters are so unreal that it's difficult to know.
But perhaps I'm missing the point: it's not meant to be realistic or sombre or serious or anything, and the questions raised in the novel as to violence and war and killing and so one are not all that important either: they're just part of the furnishings. No, with one exception, the novel is pure fiction, pure entertainment, and one that reads well enough, I guess, although I can't really tell, since I've already half forgotten it as I write.
There is, however, one short chapter that I do remember and that I like a lot. Paradoxically, it's a short passage in the opening chapter – at 2 pages, probably one of the shortest chapters in the book. It's a description of a soldier who is drenched through from the rain and who is slowly making his way along a duckboard before dawn, carrying, on top of all his gear, a heavy reel of barbed wire. As he slowly makes his way, 'his heavily nailed boot skidded on the wet duckboard and with scarcely a cry he fell sideways into the mud and was gone'.
It's a scene I found hard to believe at first, but when looking at photos of the Battle I see I was wrong. One minute he's there, the next minute he's gone. End of story. And the end of his war. Short and unheroic, it's a more powerful scene than any other in the novel.
I found this photograph, taken by James Francis Hurley, on the Battle of Passchendaele page on Wikipedia. It shows members of an Australian field artillery brigade in the devastated Château Wood near Hooge, on 29 October 1917. You can find more information on the picture on the Australian War Memorial site here.
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Posted on November 6, 2013 by Patrick Lennon
I like browsing in second-hand bookshops. I realize that more and more. I haven't been to a 'regular' bookshop in a long time. It's not that I don't like first-hand bookshops (if you can call them that). I do, but I realize I'm not all that interested in the latest hardbacks or paperbacks. When I do go in, it's sometimes to browse. But I generally know what I want and I generally know the shop has it in stock. In second-hand shops I also like the fact that you're pretty much on your own. The shelves are packed, and it's up to you to go digging for, well, whatever you're after or whatever catches your attention, whether a title, a book cover, a recommendation, an author's name, an author's photograph, you name it.
I try to do the tour of the local shops here in Brussels on a more or less regular basis, so as to see what new titles have come in. Some places have a high turnover, others less so. Inevitably, there are the books that move and then there are those that just don't seem to be going anywhere fast. Of those, there are the ones which you suspect will be on the shelves for a long time yet, and there are the ones you wonder what they're doing there in the first place.
I've been going to the Ixelles branch of the second-hand bookshop Pêle-Mêle since it opened a year or two ago. The last books I bought there were Jim Thompson's The Transgressors and The Grifters – because, well, it's Jim Thompson – and Ben Elton's The First Casualty – because I'm compiling a list of books set in full or in part in Belgium (see my post a few months back). I also bought James McBride's memoir The Color of Water and Philip Gourevitch's A Cold Case, two pretty good books I was happy to move off the shelves and which I hope will remain on my shelves for a long time yet.
Jack Finney's Time and Again has been on the shelf from the start, and every time I see it I'm tempted to buy it. But the thing is I have the exact same Scribner paperback edition so there's no reason for me to get it for myself. I could get it for someone else but as I wrote it in my previous post I'm not really good at getting books for other people. At times I'm tempted to just buy it for another browser or to tell them to buy it. And maybe one day I will, because it's a great book.
I don't really know how well known Time and Again is or not. I don't think I'd ever heard of it until recently, not that that means anything. I'd heard of the film (Invasion of) The Body Snatchers – which has been adapted for the big screen three times, in 1956, 1978 and 1993 – but I don't think I knew they were based on a novel by Finney about an extraterrestrial invasion where the aliens take over humans and strip them of emotions. Perhaps if I did know I dismissed him as a science-fiction writer, which was a mistake, because even though Time and Again is a time-travel story, it's a great novel tout court.
It's the story of Si Morley, an illustrator in an advertising agency who gets hired to work on a secret project to travel back in time. No time machine here: all you have to do, so to speak, is to study the era you're going to be travelling to and then through self-hypnosis you make the change from one era to another. To help him imagine the late nineteenth century, Morley reads books and studies the clothes of the day, for instance, but he also relies on photographs – it's a novel with pictures, there are quite a lot of them reproduced in it – and it works really well. As a reader, just as you have to imagine the era in which the novel is set, just as looking at the photographs and sketches forces you as a reader to try to imagine the actual reality behind these black-and-white snapshots, to give them colour (as the book cover below illustrates). Finney's writing is so enticing that he really does manage to give life to the landscape and characters he creates.
It's also a book that seems to have aged well, and whose subject lends itself well to the passing of time: reading the novel today, in the 2010s, you're at enough of a distance from 1970 (when the novel was published) to get a sense of the changes that have taken place between the 1960s and the late nineteenth century. As a a reader you get to travel back in time twice, once with Morley, once on your own, and it's a journey that's well worth taking.
So if ever you're near the Ixelles branch of the Pêle-Mêle bookstore in Brussels, head to fiction section on the first floor and take Finney's Time and Again off the shelf and bring it home with you.
! Update: as of 6 January 2014, Finney's Time and Again is no longer on the shelf at Pêle-Mêle in Ixelles! I don't know who bought it, but I hope they enjoy it as much as I did.
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Posted on October 27, 2013 by Patrick Lennon
'V[ery] happy 40th / This is my favorite / book – so you / better enjoy!'
What was he thinking? Doesn't he know that when giving someone a gift – a friend, a relative, a lover, whoever – the thing to try to remember is to give them something they like, not something you like? It's not always an easy thing to do, and it's a wonder that there haven't been more philosophical or psychological treatises written on the delicate art of choosing gifts, including books.
Choosing a book for someone can be the easiest thing in the world, but it can also be a perilous exercise, all the more so when the book involved is the giver's favourite. Ultimately you wonder to what extent it's still a gift. After all, it's the giver's favourite, not the receiver's. Also, offering your favourite book kind of places a burden on the receiver, an obligation to like the damn book just because the giver likes it – and not just to like it, but to like it as much as the giver. Now, you might love the giver, but why should you love the gift as much, if at all? Why should the receiver share the same taste as the giver? That sense of obligation is illustrated here by the latent threat that came with the gift, free of charge: 'you better enjoy!'
Ultimately, is urging a book on someone productive? I'm not sure. I'd tend to say it's often counterproductive, unless it's done in a particular context: leading critics, say, have (had?) the authority to urge books on readers who trust their judgement sufficiently. Their authority is (was?) such that they don't even have to put the threat into words. It's simple: if you don't read the book they recommend, you'll be out of it, either an ignorant fool or an unfashionable one or both.
Threat or no threat, The Bridge on the Drina got dumped. The giver's dedication wasn't enough, and neither was the whole blurb material: recommendations from National Public Radio, the Daily Telegraph, the Times Literary Supplement, not to mention the fact that Ivo Andric won the Nobel Prize for Literature! But even that didn't do it. It got dumped, and now this copy is mine. And I can't tell you what it's worth or whether I've enjoyed or whether you better enjoy it, because I haven't read it either yet.
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Important Artifacts etc.
There are good ideas that turn out to be good ideas, like the paper clip, or the safety pin. And then there are those good ideas that turn out to be not so good, like the automatic seat belt in cars. Or like Leanne Shapton's Important Artifacts etc.
It sounded so promising: in order to tell the story of a couple's affair, the book pretends to be the illustrated catalogue of the sale of their belongings after they break up. The 300 lots that make up the catalogue are organized – conveniently enough – chronologically, so we get the whole arc of their affair from the initial encounter up to their peak and down to their break-up. The objects range from clothes and books and foods and drinks and artworks to toys and photographs and letters and films and CDs.
To an extent, it works: it's immediate (this is the actual stuff their relationship was made of), it's intriguing (what exactly is this stuff?) and it's intimate (these are the things they gave each other or wrote one another for their eyes only). Also, identification can be immediate (hey, I've got that! I've read that! I've seen that!). And who doesn't like hearing about the beginnings of a love affair, the efforts that are put into a relationship in the early days, efforts that initially seem so effortless but later seem to demand so much effort? Who hasn't been through it at least once?
And the idea to tell that story through mere things is not great but also very courageous. That's the thing about objects: they seem to speak to us in some way or another, but they are ultimately mute. Shapton uses a passage from Graham Greene's The End of the Affair (what else?) about an ashtray from the lady's side of the bed: 'If ashtrays could speak, sir,' says one character, to which the other replies 'Indeed, yes.' But of course that's the irony of using this quote for this type of book, because the ashtray ultimately tells you nothing. You may be able to tell the story of the ashtray, but the ashtray itself will virtually tell you zilch, nada, nix, nothing – unless you have the same ashtray and then you might recognize the other owner as one of your tribe.
Do the objects here tell us anything? Not much about the characters, unless that they are apparently very hip New Yorkers with a fetish for all things fashionable and trendy and hip. This is no 'ordinary' couple selling off 'ordinary' things: these two have a certain taste for certain new and vintage objects of certain brands at certain prices as well as for certain writers and certain artists etc. Is there anything wrong with that? Of course not, except that their choices all seem to be dictated by the same principle or idea: it has to be hip, which gets a bit tiresome. And the objects in themselves don't reveal much about the couple besides the type of couple perhaps, but not the actual people – and certainly not about their story. Neither do all the homemade 'cutesy' things like little menus, and handmade gifts tell much of a story: they ultimately become more embarrassing than anything else.
So to get around that, Shapton has to include lots of print-outs of e-mails and handwritten notes and whatnot, which is stretching belief a bit, since one wonders who would, not only pay for this type of stuff, but actually take the time to catalogue it for sale at auction? If the stuff they wrote was even mildly interesting, why not. But consider this: 'I want it to be perfect.' Or 'Dad – not enough love, mother – too much love.' The things these people write, the things these people think.
The problem ultimately is that the accessories of their affair, the trappings of the relationship outshine the relationship. There is in fact no relationship to speak of: all we get are the props of that relationship: but they tell us little about the actual emotional relationship between these two human beings. They never ever come to life individually, let alone as a couple. The photographs of them that Shapton includes doesn't add any depth to them either: they remain on the surface.
Shapton claims she got the idea from an auction catalogue of Truman Capote's belongings in 2006 (the catalogue is online on Bonham's website). Capote, of course, was famous, unlike Lenore and Harold. Still, looking through the catalogue, it's amazing how much of it seems to be of rather little interest to anyone but a few people: who would be interested in buying his old suits – old suits, perhaps, but Capote's old suits? Some of his stuff will be of interest to the literary historian, other things will be of interest to the relic hunter, or someone just looking for a bargain. I don't know what the catalogue tells us, nor do I know quite what Shapton's catalogue tell us.
Perhaps it tells us that objects are in fact more interesting than people. Perhaps it tells us that we don't know how to tell stories and all we know is how to talk about our stuff and show photos of our stuff and of ourselves and perhaps even to try to sell ourselves and our stuff to make a buck.
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Second sight: Ciaran Carson's Shamrock Tea
Surprisinly enough (or perhaps not), relations between Belgium and Ireland go back a lot further than Ireland's entry into the EEC in 1973 or than the founding of the Irish College in Leuven in 1607 when Leuven was part of the Spanish Lowlands. Indeed, it seems relations between the two countries go back to the seventh century no less, when a young Irish lass by the name of Dympna made her way from the Emerald Isle to Flanders, and more precisely the province of Antwerp.
She was in fact fleeing the incestuous advances of her father who, now that his daughter was grown up, fell in love with her just as he had lusted after her late mother who had died when little Dympna was a child and whom Dympna so strongly resembled. So Dympna fled to Antwerp with her confessor, ending her journey in Geel, in the province of Antwerp. But she and her confessor were tracked down and killed by her father and his men. Their bodies were translated in the 13th century, an event marked by numerous cures of epileptics and lunatics. This is why she became patroness of the insane. From then on, the town of Geel 'has had a splendid record in the care of the mentally ill.'
Of course, according to the Oxford Dictionary of Saints, the legend of Dympna 'seems almost pure folklore.' But folklore or not, her magic nevertheless seems to work for some, and much the same could be said of the Northern Irish poet, translator and writer Ciaran Carson's magic in his 2001 fiction Shamrock Tea. This book reads like a lesson in storytelling, in how every story begets another story and how every image begets another image, endlessly. Indeed, if there's one thing Shamrock Tea makes clear, it's that everything is connected – and if not in real life, at least in this book: from Dympna to Saint Augustine, from Conan Doyle to Oscar Wilde, from Wittgenstein to the Belgian laureate of the Nobel Prize for Literature Maurice Maeterlinck, from Belfast and Tydavnet in Ireland to Ghent and Geel in Flanders, from Jan van Eyck to Ignatius of Loyola, from Kaspar Hauser to Gerard Manley Hopkins, and from the Arnolfini Portrait to Carson himself.
The actual plot underlying the novel – if there is a plot and if it is a novel – matters less than the serendipitous accumulation of stories and facts and coincidences that keep piling up until Carson's whole edifice threatens to come tumbling down. Told by characters and backed by sources that are as reliable as they are not, this story ends where it begins and begins where it ends, and in it past, present and future ultimately are one. And yet, though I'm not really that much of a storytelling person, it doesn't collapse. It holds up, and perhaps it does so because if it's about storytelling it's no less about art and about painting, 'the art of making things real because you've looked at how things are,' as Carson says. And perhaps that's why the story is bookended in this Granta edition by the double reproduction of Van Eyck's Double Portrait. It plays a key role in the book and is discussed in some detail, so it's useful for readers to be able to look at it – although the details Carson mentions are so minute it's impossible to visualize them at all. And that's the point, of course: the only way to see them is to use one's imagination.
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The Lady and the Unicorn
There must be a long tradition of literature inspired by (real) paintings or photographs or other artworks. Two examples from among many others, I guess: W.H. Auden's poem 'Musée des Beaux-Arts' was inspired by Brueghel's The Fall of Icarus, and Richard Powers' novel Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance was inspired by the eponymous photograph by August Sander.
The nice thing, I guess, about this type of book is that it can 'breathe some life' into these pictures (if they need that at all), make them more directly accessible in a sense. It can tell the story either of the characters in the painting, or the people behind the artwork. In either case, a good story can always go a long way.
Like her earlier novel The Girl with the Pearl Earring, inspired by Vermeer's famous painting of the same title, Tracy Chevalier's The Lady and the Unicorn (2003) fits in this tradition. It too is inspired by an artwork, a collection of six tapestries drawn in Paris and produced in Flanders in the late fifteenth century and currently hanging in the Musée de Cluny in Paris. Chevalier tells the story behind these tapestries through different characters and narrators, from the nobleman who commissioned them and his wife and daughter to the painter who drew them and the weaver who produced them, moving between different settings in Paris and Brussels, weaving (well, yes) her own tale into the tapestries and unfurling the different threads that connect these different characters together.
The trouble is that the story she weaves is so weak, so unreal that, instead of breathing life into these beautiful tapestries, it banalizes them, trivializes them, and thereby fails to stand on its own two feet. It's good to know or to imagine that there are real people behind these works, that these tapestries were not always in museums behind glass cases but that they were made in the real world by real people with real desires and real problems, to imagine, for instance, as Chevalier does on the opening page, the painter going to 'the nearest tavern for a drink and a laught and a grope' to restore his spirits. But the trouble is that Chevalier fails on two accounts. She fails to make the characters convincing as human beings with real feelings. And she fails to give any sense of the absolute beauty of these tapestries and the fact that these poor mortals actually managed to create something so wonderful. If the fiction isn't stronger than the original, I'll stick to the original.
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Expo 58 by Jonathan Coe
Posted on October 5, 2013 by Patrick Lennon
Jonathan Coe's Expo 58 tells the story of Thomas Foley, a rather bland British civil servant who works for the Central Office of Information, as he is dispatched to the first World's Fair since WWII. His role? To keep an eye on the pub Britannia, a key element of the British presence in Brussels. The son of a Flemish mother and a publican father, Foley seems to be the man for the job. So, leaving behind his wife Sylvia and their baby girl, Foley escapes to Brussels, where he falls under the spell of the Atomium as much as of Anneke, one of the Fair's hostesses. But shadowing him are two British secret service agents who remind him that his duties are to his country and that he has a small role to play in the cold war between the Americans and the Russians.
I was looking forward to reading Expo 58 on two accounts. Firstly, it's a novel by Jonathan Coe, whose satirical novel What a Carve-Up! is widely seen as a modern classic but which I haven't got around to reading yet. The second reason I was looking forward to Expo 58 is that it is set in Brussels, a city that is rarely the setting for any fiction, let alone fiction by English-language writers. But the novel never really takes off, never develops into anything.
The Fair apparently drew over 41 million visitors in six months but from the novel you get the impression that besides Foley and Anneke and a few other people, there weren't really all that many people. You certainly don't get much of a feel for the fair, the visitors, the national pavilions. Neither do you get any sense of Foley's attraction to the modernity that the fair represents, not least in the construction of the Atomium. I'm not sure, but I think he doesn't even visit it. Neither is the novel about Foley's Flemish ancestors whose house was destroyed in the First World War, when his mother fled to England. Neither is it about Foley's mariage or his fling with the fair's hostess. Nor is it about British insularity. Nor is it really a spy novel, nor a comic novel. So what's it about exactly? I don't know. Foley's blandness? His lack of choice? His lack of courage? The life not lived? All or none of these? Who knows…
In the acknowledgements, Coe claims that it was an interview he gave at the Atomium in September 2010 that sparked his fascination for this 'extraordinary' building and 'soon afterwards the whole history of Expo 58.' But somewhere along the way – early along the way – his fascination seems to have petered out. Instead of engaging with his subject and thereby engaging his readers, he seems to turned away from it.
Jonathan Coe will be at the Atomium on 16 October for the launch of his novel in both English and in the Dutch translation: tickets available from the international house of literature in Brussels, PassaPorta. And on 15 October Coe kicks off Passa Porta's new reading club with a discussion of his novel The Rotters' Club: tickets available from PassaPorta also (limited seating availability).
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Dr. Grewal is the founder, former president, and former chairperson of the New England Sikh Study Circle, Inc., of Boston. He was president of the World Sikh Organization, chairperson of World Sikh Council from 2006 and 2011, and a member of the Regional Council of WSC-AR from 2006 – 2008 and 2010 -2012.
In his retirement, Dr. Grewal lives with his wife in Thetford, VT. There he is active on the Thetford Senior and Affordable Housing Committee and Thetford Energy Committee where he works collaboratively with regional towns to promote clean energy projects.
Currently serving on the board of Trustees of the Parliament of World's Religions and served as Chairperson of the Langar committee at 2015 Parliament of the World's religions at Salt lake city.


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Leica i9 concept design: An iPhone in Leica's clothing?
A concept design combining an iPhone 4 with a Leica camera has gadget freaks drooling, but is it really all that?
By Janice Chen for Digital Cameras & Camcorders | April 26, 2011 -- 20:27 GMT (13:27 PDT) | Topic: Hardware
Is it me, or am I the only one who doesn't think Black Design Associates' new Leica i9 concept design is the best idea since sliced bread? Sure, I suppose it would be quite the novelty to be able to pop your iPhone 4 into a case and miraculously turn it into a net-connected, high-end Leica camera (with a touchscreen to boot). Back here in reality, though, it's highly unlikely for a unit as compact as the concept design would have to be (to accommodate the iPhone) to achieve image quality that would justify the estimated $900 to $1,200 price tag if the camera were to go into production.
I mean, seriously, if you're prepared to drop that kind of coin, you're going to be looking for image quality along the lines of a Leica X1 or M9 (or Fujifilm FinePix X100 for that matter) which have SLR-sized sensors and therefore superior image quality. If you're fine with the tiny sensors typically found in compact cameras, you'd be better off buying a Canon PowerShot S95 or G12, Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5, or even a Leica D-Lux 5 (if you must have that red logo) and adding on an Eye-Fi wireless SD card for less than $80. And if Black DA has really come up with some miraculous way of cramming a big sensor into a super-slim package, the company would be better off building it into a real camera, not an iPhone accessory.
Seems like it is just me, though, if you read the glowing reports from around the interwebs:
"Really, this is one of the best concepts I've clapped eyes on..."
"There's no sign that the i9 will even reach the prototype phase, but nobody is going to stop the high-end camera's designer from dreaming -- especially when said dreams make us weak at the knees."
"We think it's an amazing idea and would love to see these put into production."
"Black Design Associates combined the connectivity and usability of the iPhone 4 with the timeless design and quality of the Leica M9 to create an affordable high quality and high tech camera."
Call me a skeptic, but I can't believe how many folks are so taken with the idea -- and not a single snarky comment about how the company's "Compliment without Compromise" tagline (plastered all over the concept site and press release) should have read "complement" not "compliment." Well, until now, I guess.
What do you think? Is this a concept worth pursuing, or is it just an over-grown iPhone case trying to trade on looks and branding (and in need of a copyeditor)? Comment in the TalkBack section and let me know.
For more information, read the press release »
Compliment without Compromise
The Leica i9 Concept for iPhone4 exhibits a new way to combine your camera and smart phone.
EL SEGUNDO, CA, April 25th, 2011 – Black Design Associates, LLC announces the Leica i9 Concept Camera for Apple iPhone4.
A better camera phone designed for photographers. The Leica i9 concept offers the unmatched brilliance of Leica's professional CMOS image sensor and lens, made specifically for the unparalleled processing, display and sharing capabilities of Apple's iPhone4.
The i9 was designed with a "Compliment without Compromise" philosophy. If the best camera is the one that you have on you, then the better camera is the Leica i9 concept. The i9 is the only professional camera that's also an iPhone4 case. The goal was to create a camera system that inspires photographers to shoot and share their photos and videos at anytime and anywhere.
The i9 offers an independent professional camera system with an ultra-compact body that doubles as a rugged protective case for your iPhone4. The i9 is a true ready-to-shoot camera with Leica's superior range finder and a 0.3 second start-up. Photos or videos are stored on the i9's internal flash memory (expandable with SD) and then uploaded onto your iPhone4 once the Leica app has launched.
The i9 is the ultimate point-and-shoot camera combining the high performance of a Leica (CMOS image sensor with effective 12.1 MP, professional lens with 8x optical zoom and 35 equivalent focal lengths and ready-to-shoot operation) with iPhone4 (retina display, multi-touch interface, extended storage capacity and mobile/wireless connectivity). Beyond camera features, the i9 and iPhone4 can share their independent batteries for extended operation.
The i9 takes professional photos and videos and allows you to easily compress and share your content to Email, MMS, Flickr, Facebook and/or YouTube directly from the Leica app.
To compliment Leica's timeless design, the i9 includes an interchangeable backing for future generation iPhones. With upgradeable software and a growing list of iPhone features, the possibilities are limitless including a remote voice activated shutter control that as easy as saying, "Cheese!"
About BLACK Design Associates, LLC:
BLACK Design Associates, LLC is a product development, incubation, and retail marketing strategy consultancy based in El Segundo, California. Our team of creative strategists, designers, and engineers, specialize in new market-disrupting products that have maximum impact in the marketplace. Working with new products constantly pressures us to find customer audiences in new and creative ways. Our clients include: InStyler, Mattel, Jakks Pacific, Dial Corporation, Plantronics, Epson and Disney.
©2011 BLACK DESIGN ASSOCIATES, LLC, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. BLACK Design Associates, LLC is an independent consultancy with no affiliations and/or pre-existing relationships with Leica Camera AG or Apple, Inc. Leica and the Leica logo are registered trademarks of Leica Camera AG, Apple and iPhone are registered trademarks of Apple, Inc.
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Kentucky woman questions $140 tint citation in Clarksville
Alexander Harris
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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — A Kentucky woman is upset about a $140 window tint citation received in Clarksville last week on a shopping trip, and says it's made her want to completely avoid future visits to Tennessee's Top Spot.
"It's really unfair. It's an injustice. And I'm just passing through — if I was just stopping to get gas, they could give me a ticket?" said Valerie Adams, 57, of Hopkinsville. "It makes you not want to come to Clarksville to shop."
According to Adams, she was in Clarksville to do some shopping last week and was driving along Wilma Rudolph Boulevard when a member of the Clarksville Police Department who was driving alongside of her slowed down and pulled her over, writing her a ticket for her window tint, which he said exceeded the legal limit.
Adams, who said she has never had a problem with police in Kentucky regarding her tint, also said she felt like CPD was targeting out-of-state drivers.
"I don't live here. I was very upset about it," Adams said. "I think it's an injustice to give people a $140 ticket, especially being on a fixed income."
Natalie Hall, CPD's PIO, told The Leaf-Chronicle they do not keep any records on the number of window tint violations they write or where those drivers are from.
According to the CPD, Tennessee's tint law requires the windshield be clear, and all side and rear windows must allow more than 35 percent of the light into the vehicle.
And Hall said they determine a tint violation using a tint meter.
And according to the Hopkinsville Police Department, Kentucky's state tint law is the same as Tennessee's: A tint must allow more than 35 percent of light in the front and side windows.
In Hopkinsville, since Jan. 1, the police department has written eight citations and given five written warnings for excessive window tinting, said Paul Ray, HPD spokesman.
Ernie Griffith, the Clarksville City Court clerk, told The Leaf-Chronicle on Thursday that since Jan. 1, CPD has handed out 810 citations and four warnings for excessive tinting.
As of 2013, Clarksville had a population of 142,357 and Hopkinsville of 32,582, according to the U.S. Census.
"It's a safety issue for the officers," Griffith said, and added that the citation was treated more like a "fix-a-ticket," and if the tint was removed before court, the judge would usually dismiss the ticket.
Griffith added that it also was the judge's choice about whether to dismiss the ticket or require a fine in cases of out-of- town violations.
Adams said she decided to remove the tint herself, rather than pay a shop $40 to do so.
However, Adams is still unhappy with having to make the choice between removing the tint — which she said was on the car when she purchased it eight years prior — and appearing in court Dec. 4, or paying the city the $140.75 fine.
"I'm not planning on coming back to Clarksville, and that takes business from Clarksville," Adams said.
EDITOR'S NOTE: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that HPD does not have tint meters. HPD does have tint meters, and they are in use. The Leaf-Chronicle regrets the error.
Reach government and education reporter Alexander Harris at 931-245-0742 and on Twitter at @ACHarris_Leaf.


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John Kerry: A Familiar Face in Global Diplomacy
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U.S. Senator John Kerry – President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of state – is a familiar face to world leaders, an elder statesman of the Democratic Party and current chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The son of a military veteran, Kerry graduated from Yale University in 1966 and served an abbreviated tour of duty in Vietnam, where he was awarded two combat medals and three Purple Hearts. Shortly after returning home, he became a nationally recognized anti-war spokesman, and in 1971 famously asked a congressional committee on the Vietnam war, "How do you ask the last man to die for a mistake?"
A Massachusetts Democrat, Kerry was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1982 and has earned a reputation as a left-center lawmaker who backs free trade, environmental protection and an expansive U.S. foreign policy.
He won the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, spending much of his campaign criticizing his incumbent opponent, George W. Bush, for his administration's handling of the Iraq war. While initially voting to support the 2003 Iraq invasion, he later voted against $87 billion in aid for the country, saying Mr. Bush misused the trust of the American people and diminished U.S. standing across the world. Kerry lost the election by a 2 percent margin.
If confirmed, Kerry would succeed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and take over a department under intense public scrutiny for failing to provide effective security in September at a diplomatic compound in Libya.
U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other diplomatic personnel were killed on September 11 in Benghazi when terrorists overran the facility.
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Psychosocial factors, such as social support, marital status, unemployment, and economic status, play important roles in the mental and physical health of older adults. Furthermore, these factors are associated with mortality. In a society that pursues health and welfare, more and more resources are being devoted to psychosocial issues in older adults. The allocation of limited resources effectively and accurately is a challenging dilemma for public health and aging policies. On the one hand, the interaction among psychosocial factors is difficult to clarify. On the other hand, the long-term real-world evidence generated from population-based representatives is limited. Therefore, all policymakers are eager to understand how to break the psychosocial vicious circle and promote better quality of life in older adults.
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Effect of Spousal Loss on Depression in Older Adults: Impacts of Time Passing, Living Arrangement, and Spouse's Health Status before Death
Yu-Chan Hung
Yong-Hsin Chen
Meng-Chih Lee
Chih-Jung Yeh
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(24), 13032; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413032 - 10 Dec 2021
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In addition to increasing the mortality among older adults, spousal death (SD) increases their risk of depression. This study explored the factors affecting depression among widowed older adults to provide health care strategies for successful aging. A total of 710 adults older than [...] Read more.
In addition to increasing the mortality among older adults, spousal death (SD) increases their risk of depression. This study explored the factors affecting depression among widowed older adults to provide health care strategies for successful aging. A total of 710 adults older than 60 years completed a questionnaire before and after their spouses' deaths. The survey data included age, sex, ethnic group, education level, financial station socioeconomic status, SD (including time point), smoking status, alcohol consumption, self-rated health status, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale score, mobility, and degree of support from relatives and friends. The proportion of participants with depression after SD was 1.7 times that of before SD (p < 0.0001). Worsened mobility (odds ratio [OR] = 1.3, p < 0.01), low self-rated health status (OR = 0.5, p < 0.01), and a high degree of support from relatives and friends (OR = 1.5, p < 0.01) had a significant positive correlation with depression after SD. The proportion of depression that occurred within 6 months after SD was 6.0 times higher than that of depression before SD. Participants who lived alone after losing their spouses who were healthy before their deaths exhibited a significantly increased proportion of depression after their spouses' deaths. Male sex, spouse's health, and the period of 6 months after SD are risk factors for depression in older adults. The maintenance of mobility, positive self-rated health status, and a shorter period of depression after a spouse's death result in more favorable adaptability among women. Social workers or family members should focus on older adults whose spouses died unexpectedly or within the last 6 months. Living with family members after SD can alleviate depression in older adults. Full article
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Social Participation and Survival in Widowed Persons: Results of the Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging
Yu-Han Hsiao
Chi-Jung Tai
Shiuan-Shinn Lee
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(20), 10974; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010974 - 19 Oct 2021
It has been considered that widowed persons have a higher risk of death. This study intended to explore whether social participation could improve this trend. A longitudinal study database was constructed to explore the trend of survival and its change with social participation [...] Read more.
It has been considered that widowed persons have a higher risk of death. This study intended to explore whether social participation could improve this trend. A longitudinal study database was constructed to explore the trend of survival and its change with social participation in widowed persons. The Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging (TLSA), based on four consecutive waves of longitudinal follow-up data in 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011 was linked with the National Death Registry from 1999 through 2012. In total, there were 1417 widowed persons and 4500 nonwidowed persons included in this study, excluding divorced and never-married people. The survival trend analysis was carried out with social participation as the main predictive factor stratified for comparative analysis. Our results showed that the widowed were older than the nonwidowed, were female-dominant, had a lower education level, were more economically stressed, and were less likely to engage in regular exercise, and thus showed generally poorer health; for example, being more vulnerable to having chronic diseases, disability with the Activities of Daily Living (ADL), cognitive impairment with the Short Portable Mental State Questionnaire (SPMSQ), and depression with The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D). The death risk of the widowed was significantly higher than that of the nonwidowed, but the death trend for those with social participation was significantly lower than that of their counterparts in both the widowed and nonwidowed. After matching with gender and age for widowed persons, the widowed with social participation had a significantly lower risk of death (adjusted hazard ratio (HR), 0.83; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.71–0.98) compared to the widowed without social participation. It was concluded that social participation can improve the death risk for the widowed, and it is worthily included in health promotion plans and social welfare services for widowed persons. Full article
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Few studies have shown evidence about the factors that can determine physical practice in women over 60 years of age due to educational, economic, social, or health inequalities. Its knowledge could help to understand the determinants that encourage the practice of physical activity [...] Read more.
Few studies have shown evidence about the factors that can determine physical practice in women over 60 years of age due to educational, economic, social, or health inequalities. Its knowledge could help to understand the determinants that encourage the practice of physical activity and the improvement of health in women over 60. Therefore, the aim of this research was to evaluate the level of studies, income, and the usefulness of social and health services in physically active older women according to the level of activity they practice. The IPAQ (International Physical Activity Questionnaire) and CUBRECAVI (subjective health scale) scales have been applied to a sample of 257 women between 61 and 93 years old (M = 69.44, SD = 4.61). The results have shown that those with vigorous physical activity are related to higher levels of education (p < 0.001) and income (p = 0.004). Furthermore, being dissatisfied with social and health services is associated with low levels of physical activity (p = 0.005). Older women who perform physical activity regularly are associated with high levels in some of the socio-environmental aspects of quality of life. High physical activity is related to a higher educational level and income. Socio-environmental factors generate social inequalities and modulate the lifestyles of older women. Full article
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6 Articles You Need To Read To Understand O.J. Simpson
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By Tara Merrigan
On Thursday, former football star O.J. Simpson was granted parole after serving nine years of lengthy sentence after being convicted of armed robbery in 2008. Simpson's is a complicated story that has been covered extensively by the media; therefore, there are several essential stories you should read to understand the NFL star's saga.
At the parole board hearing, Simpson presented himself as a "good guy" who felt humbled by his experience in prison. "I was always a good guy, but could have been a better Christian, and my commitment to change is to be a better Christian," Simpson said of himself Thursday. "I had some problems with fidelity in my life, but I've always been a guy that pretty much got along with everybody."
Hundreds of stories have been written about Simpson's legal battles, but there are a few crucial ones you can read to get the full picture — such as Dominick Dunne's multi-part series for Vanity Fair or Jeffrey Toobin's The New Yorker coverage of the sensational 1995 murder trial in which Simpson was found not guilty of killing his wife Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman.
Other must-read articles cover the intervening years, after Simpson dropped out of the limelight. Still more cover the recent documentaries that have awoken the American consciousness once again to the case of O.J. Simpson. Here are just a few you should devote some time to.
Dominick Dunne's Legendary Coverage For 'Vanity Fair'
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In a multiple-part series on the 1995 murder trial in which Simpson was found not guilty, Dominick Dunne's crime coverage for Vanity Fair was epic. Dunne was one of two reporters granted access to the courtroom for every day of the trial, so his comprehensive coverage is nearly unbeatable.
A Take On Simpson's Defense Team In The Murder Trial
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New Yorker legal expert Jeffrey Toobin profiled Simpson's all-star legal team who managed to nab him a not-guilty verdict in the famous 1995 murder trial. Toobin is one of the brightest minds in legal journalism — and also knows how to tell a story — so his profile of Simpson's defense is absolutely necessary.
O.J. In Between: Post-Murder Trial, Pre-Robbery Trial
Dunne returned to the case of O.J. Simpson to see what the former football player was up to in his post-murder trial life. The article discusses Simpson's difficulties adjusting back to daily life in Los Angeles's Brentwood neighborhood after the sensational trial.
O.J. Simpson On Reclaiming His Reputation
New Yorker writer Pat Jordan profiled Simpson's effort to reclaim his image in the years following the headline-making murder trial. "The thing I'm most proud of," Simpson told The New Yorker, "is that the girls I dated were offered two hundred and fifty thousand dollars by the tabloids and not one single one of them said anything bad about me."
A Review Of 'The People Vs. O.J. Simpson'
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New Yorker television critic Emily Nussbaum took on the miniseries American Crime Story, which brought the 1995 Simpson murder trial back to the fore of the American popular consciousness.
Nussbaum's piece explores how the miniseries looks at the defense and prosecuting lawyers. "Still, the heart of American Crime Story is its daring humanization of a trio of lawyers who were so filleted in the media that they're now remembered primarily in satirical form, through imitations on Seinfeld and late-night TV," Nussbaum wrote.
'Rolling Stone' On ESPN's 'O.J.: Made In America'
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Rolling Stone's article on ESPN's documentary about "The Juice" focused mainly on the headline-making 1995 trial and features an in-depth interview with the documentary's director.
Simpson has continued to be a source of interest for the American public, and soon, curious readers might not need journalistic articles for a look into the former Hall of Famer's life. During his parole board hearing that granted his release, Simpson said he might just start a "webcast or blog."


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In a 2016 report carried out by Front & Sullivan, an independent research consultancy firm, it was noted that UK car owners spend £695 on car repair finance. In comparison to the global spending per car of £621, UK car owners spend more on car repairs and maintenance.
As such, the independent research consultancy firm concluded that British cars are among the world's best maintained. Despite this, car problems do occur and as you already know, they are always unplanned. If repairs are not done, it will inconvenience you.
For starters, it will be difficult for you to go about your duties. Second, you will have to endure the hassle associated with public transport. There are times when car problems occur and you have no car repair finance.
What do you in such a case and having a car makes your life easier?
Some car dealers and garages offer payment plans for customers in need of car repairs. To qualify, simply pay 10% of the total amount as deposit and pay the rest as car repair monthly payments.
To be eligible for a car repair plan, one must be a UK resident aged 18 years to 80 years. They should be employed, have a bank account with a credit or debit card. What you ought to know is that such payment plans are available interest-free. You can pay for car repairs in instalments in 4 months or more. This depends on the agreement you have with the car service or repair company.
Another way you can finance your car repairs is by using your credit card. As a car owner, you already know that credit cards are for emergencies only. This is an emergency and most mechanics accept major credit cards. It is important before paying with a credit card to know that you can repay what you owe. Failure to do so may affect your credit score and lock you out of other financial opportunities.
There you have it. The best car repair finance options for drivers in the UK. While the options above are convenient, it is advisable to have an emergency fund to tackle such issues. To set up your emergency fund, set aside 10% of your salary/wages each month.


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Fialkowski, Marie Kainoa PhD, RDN, LDN; Matanane, Lenora BS, MS; Gibson, W. Jay BA, BBA; Yiu, Ericka; Hollyer, Jim MS; Kolasa, Kathryn PhD, RDN, LDN; Novotny, Rachel PhD, RDN, LDN
Marie Kainoa Fialkowski, PhD, RDN, LDN, is an assistant professor in the Department of Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Science at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa and assistant program director and training program leader for the Children's Healthy Living Program working on developing Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander specific nutrition education materials and curricula.
Lenora, Matanane, BS, MS, is a graduate of the Nutritional Sciences Master of Science degree program in the Department of Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Science at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa and is a former recipient of the Children's Healthy Living Training Scholarship Program.
W. Jay Gibson, BA, BBA, graduated from the Food Science and Human Nutrition bachelor degree program in the Department of Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Science at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
Ericka Yiu, is an undergraduate student in the Food Science and Human Nutrition degree program in the Department of Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Science at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
Jim Hollyer, MS, is the External Communications leader for the Children's Healthy Living Program at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
Kathryn Kolasa, PhD, RDN, LDN, is professor emeritus of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and is an external advisor to the Children's Healthy Living Program.
Rachel Novotny, PhD, RDN, LDN, is a professor in the Department of Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Science at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa and is principal investigator/program director of the Children's Healthy Living Program.
Sources of funding: Agriculture and Food Research Initiative grant no. 2011-68001-30335 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agricultural Science Enhancement Coordinated Agricultural Program.
The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Correspondence: Marie Kainoa Fialkowski, PhD, RDN, LDN University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, 1955 East West Rd, Agricultural Science 314 J, Honolulu, HI 96822 ([email protected]).
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An Inside Look at Cyborn
Cyborn is a film producer and 3D animation and motion capture studio based in Antwerp, Belgium. We had the chance to catch up with project manager Ken Vandecappelle and associate producer Iris Delafortry about how they use Shotgun.
This is Cyborn's first year using Shotgun, and the team is using it to work on a 3D animated feature film called, Ploey, You Never Fly Alone, which they are co-producing with GunHil, a studio based in Iceland. About 30 people at Cyborn are now using Shotgun, as well as eight people at GunHil.
Ploey is about a plover, a type of small bird common in Iceland. "It's a family film with beautiful animals and lots of action," Iris said. "It's about the fascinating adventure of a young plover, who needs to survive the strong arctic winter and his natural enemies."
"The beautiful environments and designs were inspired by the fascinating landscapes of Iceland," Ken said.
"We should have the film in theaters by Christmas next year, so by 2017," Iris said. "There's already a teaser online which gives you an idea of the story."
Why Shotgun?
"We decided it would be beneficial for both parties to have some sort of system to share information," Ken said. "And it didn't take us long to realize that Shotgun was something that was widely used in the entertainment business."
One of the biggest reasons to use Shotgun was because of the amount of collaboration required for an animated movie project. "We needed something that was easy and flexible enough so we could communicate with the other parties," he explained.
Another big reason was because Shotgun is part of Autodesk. "Because we use Autodesk tools, it was a logical step for us," Ken said. "We knew that if Shotgun was part of Autodesk, it would not disappear in a year. It was really important for us to know that Shotgun was going to be around when we finish Ploey, so we can use it for other projects in the future."
Learning Shotgun
It took a couple months for Ken to understand how Shotgun works, by watching tutorials and contacting the Street team. After Ken became more familiar with Shotgun, everything felt like second nature, and he is now ready to implement more features.
"I'm pretty sure we can do a lot more in the next few years, because our knowledge will only expand in that regard," he said. "Our experience will probably change again in a couple months, because by then we will have added so much more new data and we will have evaluated so much more new stuff. For that, as far as I am concerned, we're going in the right direction."
The next phase will be to teach everyone else at Cyborn how to use Shotgun. "It's one thing to know everything yourself; it's a whole different matter to explain it to somebody else," he said. "We still have a long way to go because not everybody is at the point where I'm satisfied with their knowledge about Shotgun, but that's okay. We're working at it one day at a time."
Cyborn's workflow
Because Cyborn is working with GunHil, Cyborn's workflow starts with the work they get from GunHil. This includes concept and layout.
"During our "weeklies" we go over the layout and all parties come together to decide what is good and what needs to be changed," Ken said. "That includes animation, so the supervisors are also present."
The next stage involves the environment pipeline steps, as well as working on hair and fur. After that is lighting, and compositing and special effects, and then the work is sent to GunHil for final compositing and sound.
To review work with GunHil, Cyborn uses Screening Room. However, the team uses RV internally. "RV has more functionalities," Ken said. "It's faster because you don't have to access the internet to play your files, and it still collects data from Shotgun Studio. But you have more functionalities; you can put movies on top of each other to actually see what's different. You can place them all next to each other and get a better overview. So the supervisors and the artists can choose which version they think is best."
Cyborn is also using Toolkit, although they are still working on its customization so that everyone in the studio can use it. "We use Toolkit mainly for publishing, but we're still scripting on that," he said. "Not everybody is using it right now but we have implemented it."
Favorite Shotgun Features
"I think the feature that I've used most until now is the RV player to get all the shots together," Ken said. "I really like the history filter; it enables you to compare different versions, which makes it easier to review the data."
"The filtering system is also something I love. It's very complex and robust and you can look everything up. Once you get to know it, it's really nice, because you can customize the system by saving your personal filters and your own pages."
Next Steps in Shotgun
"I think if we were to have a new production the same size, starting right now, then we would use Shotgun for it as well," Iris said.
"We just scratched the surface," Ken said. "I think the next step is to get everybody on the same level as me, so everybody knows how to use all the apps and features. That will probably be one of my major challenges. And I do not even know everything, so we still have a long way to go. Like I said, we have a good support team [Shotgun Street team] that we can depend on."


The roundtable on MSNBC's Morning Joe said that Hillary Clinton's need to control the environment around her is suffocating any chance of her campaign appearing authentic.
In a report by the Daily Mail, Clinton's campaign prescreened the "everyday Americans" she met with at her events in Iowa, including one former Obama campaign intern whom they drove to the event and vetted for 30 minutes. The "lobbyist in training," Austin Bird, was reported as a student but had previously been a chauffeur for Vice President Joe Biden.
The report is another embarrassment for Clinton's cautious campaign rollout. Clinton has mostly avoided the press since her presidential announcement, deciding instead to stage small roundtable discussions where she mostly listens to the concerns of "ordinary" Iowans.
"That reminds me of the New York Times reporter who went to the bathroom and staff member for Hillary followed her and stood outside the stall," Joe Scarborough said.
"Do you think there is a little control freakishness happening?" co-host Mika Brzezinski said.
Eugene Robinson agreed, saying the campaign felt unnatural, but that until Clinton faces legitimate opposition, she will get away with doing whatever she wants.
"She doesn't have to do anything she doesn't want to do because she doesn't have any meaningful opposition to the democratic nomination," Robinson said. "She doesn't have to do anything that any of us might want her to do at this point. She can stay strategic and staged if, indeed, anything was staged."
Political reporter Mike Barnicle said Clinton's last eight years outside of campaigning has left her rusty and a primary opponent would to put her feet to the fire would force Clinton to shape up.
"She needs a primary opponent. She'll get in campaign shape. She's clearly not in full campaign shape yet," Barnicle said.
Opponent or not, Clinton's "low-key" and "humble" rollout has disturbed political commentators and frustrated reporters.
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Home Industries Arts & Culture Artist painting mural of Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo on downtown Milwaukee building
Artist painting mural of Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo on downtown Milwaukee building
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Artist Mauricio Ramirez is painting a 54-foot by 56-foot (three-story tall) mural of Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo on the east façade of the 600 EAST building at 600 E. Wisconsin Ave. in downtown Milwaukee.
"I'm honored to paint this photorealistic mural of Giannis Antetokounmpo on Wisconsin Avenue, a prime location in downtown Milwaukee," said Ramirez. "This collaboration is a nod to one of the greatest basketball players in the game and what he has done and continues to do for our city."
The mural will be one of several of the two-time NBA MVP in Milwaukee. It is expected to be completed in the next two weeks, weather permitting.
The project is being produced by the Bucks, Milwaukee Downtown Business Improvement District #21 and the 600 EAST building, which is owned by Dan Nelson Jr., the president and CEO of Nelson Schmidt Inc.
"We are proud to continue to support public art works in Milwaukee," said Dustin Godsey, chief marketing officer for the Bucks. "We want to thank Milwaukee Downtown BID #21 for approaching us with this exciting idea and Dan Nelson Jr. for providing a perfect location. We also want to thank Mauricio for his extraordinary ability to capture the essence of Giannis, and we look forward for this mural to be appreciated and enjoyed for years to come."
"As a longtime supporter and season ticket holder, we are thrilled that the Bucks and Milwaukee Downtown chose 600 EAST for this fantastic tribute to Giannis," said Nelson. "Mauricio's artistry showing Giannis figuratively looking forward – and literally toward downtown Milwaukee, the Deer District and his Fiserv Forum home court – seems fitting for a champion who has achieved so much yet continues to strive to improve every day."
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Artist Mauricio Ramirez is painting a 54-foot by 56-foot (three-story tall) mural of Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo on the east façade of the 600 EAST building at 600 E. Wisconsin Ave. in downtown Milwaukee. "I'm honored to paint this photorealistic mural of Giannis Antetokounmpo on Wisconsin Avenue, a prime location in downtown Milwaukee," said Ramirez. "This collaboration is a nod to one of the greatest basketball players in the game and what he has done and continues to do for our city." The mural will be one of several of the two-time NBA MVP in Milwaukee. It is expected to be completed in the next two weeks, weather permitting. The project is being produced by the Bucks, Milwaukee Downtown Business Improvement District #21 and the 600 EAST building, which is owned by Dan Nelson Jr., the president and CEO of Nelson Schmidt Inc. "We are proud to continue to support public art works in Milwaukee," said Dustin Godsey, chief marketing officer for the Bucks. "We want to thank Milwaukee Downtown BID #21 for approaching us with this exciting idea and Dan Nelson Jr. for providing a perfect location. We also want to thank Mauricio for his extraordinary ability to capture the essence of Giannis, and we look forward for this mural to be appreciated and enjoyed for years to come." "As a longtime supporter and season ticket holder, we are thrilled that the Bucks and Milwaukee Downtown chose 600 EAST for this fantastic tribute to Giannis," said Nelson. "Mauricio's artistry showing Giannis figuratively looking forward - and literally toward downtown Milwaukee, the Deer District and his Fiserv Forum home court - seems fitting for a champion who has achieved so much yet continues to strive to improve every day." The Bucks lead the Chicago Bulls 3-1 in their first-round NBA playoff series. Game 5 takes place Wednesday at Fiserv Forum. [caption id="attachment_547384" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Artist Mauricio Ramirez is painting a 54-foot by 56-foot (three-story tall) mural of Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo on the east façade of the 600 EAST building at 600 E. Wisconsin Ave. in downtown Milwaukee.[/caption]


LONDON: Wednesday 8th June 2016. British label 8DIX (pronounced Otto Dix, like the artist) is created by designer duo Luca Marchetto and Jordan Bowen. The 8DIX brand is a vehicle for their political statements, personal views, and character-led design and the duo execute their work for 8DIX with authenticity and irreverence.
The ready to wear premium collection is handmade in London, with fabrics primarily sourced from Italy and the key pieces within the range are the 'Happy Knees' jeans, which come in black, white, and a multi-paint splash colourway, taking the drawn on denim trend to another level. With denim being the go-to fabric for 2016, this fun design offers an alternative approach. The jeans are available now priced at £65 .00.
Named after historic artist Otto Dix, 8DIX explores political and artistic inspirations to capture the essence in Otto Dix's artwork. Founded by designers Jordan Bowen and Luca Marchetto, the brand aims to be current and relevant, representing society as they see it. 8DIX's creativity has led to them opening Berlin Alternative Fashion Week and being recognised as a key player in the alternative fashion industry. 8DIX captures a subversive collaboration between art and fashion and do not use any fur or leather products.