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Below you will find the official elevation profile, course map, and aid station planner. Use the yellow buttons to view the PDF files of each document. You can download them to your computer and print them if you so choose to do so. If you would like to see a more interactive map of the course with an elevation profile, check out our map over at hellodrifter.com by Nick Knipe.
2022 Aid Station Chart
[Click image above for larger version for printing.]
2022 Interactive Map
Route map for Eastern States 100 Course 2021
How to use this map:
– Press the PLAY icon in the middle to play an animation of the course.
On the left:
– Use the +/- to zoom in and out. Drag the map with a cursor to your desired location.
– Use the magnifying glass to zoom in to the current playback location.
– Use the point A to B to zoom out to see the entire course.
Upper Right Bar:
– Display functions. The most useful is the "Hillness" toggle which highlights the uphills and downhills.
– "Menu" has many useful features like Route information and sharing capabilities
Upper Right Corner of the Map:
– Toggle between types of maps. Terrain, Trails and World Topo maps are the most helpful.
There are other features. Play around and explore them all.
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Course Narrative
A colorful and witty course description written by someone who doesn't take running through the woods too seriously. We advise you to memorize this description and execute it exactly as it is written on race day. Then and only then can you truly appreciate the race as it was meant to be run. Cheers!
Mile 1-3.8 The race begins and ends at Little Pine State Park. The first mile of the event will be along the paved Little Pine Creek Road to the campground just below the dam at Little Pine State Park. The trail then turns onto the Mid State Trail (PA's wildest footpath – 310+ miles) in the campground and continues along a gently rolling grade and then single track. The trail is narrow at times along this stretch, but was recently improved by the Mid State Trail Association. Throughout this stretch you'll cross one small stream. Don't expect to get your little piggies wet on this crossing. The stream will likely be dry. The trail then continues through a beautiful grove of eastern hemlock and white pine along Little Pine Creek until you reach Dam Run Road for the next couple of miles. If you're burning up on these easy few miles you may want to jump in the swimming hole at the bridge because you've got a steep ascent from the Dam Run!
Mile 3.8-4.2 The climb toward Ramsey Road from Dam Run will slow you down a bit after the easy few miles you just completed. This is one of the steepest climbs on the course. You'll continue across Dam Run Road and up the Mid State Trail. The trail doesn't switch back much to the top. You'll be scrambling up some moss covered stones along the stream bed. Do your best to stay on your feet-the stinging nettles hurt if you have to put your hands down! The ascent gets more difficult as you progress, at least until you get to the old tram road towards the top.
Mile 4.2-5.5 The tram road will continue across the mountain, and then it will cross a gravel road. The trail here was recently rerouted due to the construction of a Marcellus gas well pad. Along the tram road you'll pass a young red maple stand with a dense understory of hay-scented fern and then you'll enter oak forests with ericaceous plants such as blueberry and mountain laurel (PA's state flower) in the under story. The first aid station will be at the Ramsey Road.
Mile 5.5-9.2 From Aid Station 1 you'll descend toward Ramsey Run. Continuing along the Mid State Trail you'll pass through oak forests that quickly changes into a more mesic forest of hemlock, birch, and maple. Throughout the descent you will notice a series of old trails constructed to access timber and stone quarries. Many of these trails, including portions of the Mid State Trail, utilize these century-old grades. You may notice that in some areas the trail has neatly laid stone work-remnants of the old grades. You'll know when you reach Ramsey Run when you arrive at the wooden bridge crossing a beautiful stream surrounded by rhododendrons. If you approach the large pool of water near the bridge you may catch a glimpse of a fleeting brook trout (PA's state fish). After crossing the bridge you'll begin a gradual ascent up a fork of Ramsey Run. This stretch is in a narrow valley surrounded by yellow and black birch, red and sugar maple, basswood, and ash trees. The trail surface throughout this ascent is rocky. Expect slippery conditions here and once again be mindful of the stinging nettle. There is also Virginia creeper (leaves of five) along the trail-not to be confused with poison ivy (leaves of three). Remember, Lisa Simpson once said, "leaves of three let it be." Homer Simpson said, "leaves of four eat some more" – at least Lisa was correct! Once you reach the top you'll skirt a well pad. In 2012 over 8,000 gallons of brine and nearly 90 gallons of diesel were spilled during the hydrofracturing process at this site (i.e. drink the water in the fork of Ramsey Run at your own risk)!
Mile 9.2-10.5 Once you pass the well pad on your left you'll cross another well pad access road before heading towards Pine Creek. The trail crosses a pipeline and continues along the Mid State Trail. Be sure to take a minute to enjoy the vista of Kline Ridge off of the main trail. This vista along the Mid State Trail is one of the best vistas on the course! Continuing on, the trail crosses a fairly flat stretch of trail before going out on a pipeline. The trail follows the pipeline briefly before veering to the right and back into the woods. The course then continues through a small drainage and back up to a portion of flat trail through oak forest, mountain laurel, blueberry, and huckleberry. The trail then descends one of the most beautiful sections of the Mid State Trail. You'll traverse rock outcrops and pass through oak-hickory forests with an open understory. Keep your eyes open for wildlife. Black bears are often spotted in this area. The trail proceeds past a rocky drainage where you may see a waterfall depending on the amount of rain prior to the race. You'll eventually reach a wide trail that was likely a road at one time, but the trail will turn sharply to the left and pass through large white pine surrounded by white pine saplings. As you descend, be careful because the trail abruptly comes to PA-44 and there will be heavy traffic on this road. Once you reach PA-44 turn right and follow the road until to reach the entrance to Ramsey Village on your left and Aid Station 2. Ramsey Village was named after Thomas Ramsey, one of the original settlers in the Pine Creek Valley. Ramsey served as Wagon Master for George Washington during the Revolutionary War.
Mile 10.5-13.5 Once you leave Aid Station 2 you'll follow the Pine Creek Rail Trail for approximately 0.5 mile and cross Pine Creek on a historical railroad bridge. The railroad along Pine Creek was originally constructed to transport timber, coal, and later passengers. The rails made it a little easier on the boys working in the woods. The last train passed through in 1988. The course then turns right onto a blue blaze trail. This trail ascends past another rock quarry that was used to access flagstone. The blue trail continues to climb steeply until it reaches the yellow-blazed Tiadaghton Trail. The Tiadaghton trail continues to ascend in stages and you'll eventually reach another great vista where you can see up and down the Pine Creek Valley. The vista is on a rock outcrop less than 30 feet from the trail (definitely worth a hop and a skip from the main trail). The trail then continues to climb through oak forest and eventually becomes more rolling as you pass through a saddle on the ridge before ascending again. The trail eventually turns sharply to the left onto a grassy road that passes through an area that had burned in a forest fire and was later salvage-logged. Be careful through this area as it is known to have a high population of timber rattlesnakes. The course continues through this grassy corridor and eventually turns right onto a two-track road before reaching the gravel Bull Run Road. Take a left onto the road and shortly thereafter turn right across the pipeline and back into the forest.
Mile 13.5-15.5 The trail meanders through a relatively flat stretch along the Tiadaghton Trail before dropping into Bull Run. The trail in Bull Run is rocky and footing can be tricky at times. As you descend you'll follow switchbacks that were constructed by the Jersey Shore Outdoor Club to improve the trail. Bull Run is an interesting place for anyone interested in wildflowers as it has quite the variety throughout the growing season. Stinging nettles are often dense along the trail too. Farther along the trail you'll continue along the stream. Keep an eye out for darting brook trout and listen for hermit thrushes as you head towards Pine Creek.
Mile 15.5-17.8 As you approach Pine Creek the trail will switchback to an old road that will parallel Pine Creek. This section of trail is gently rolling and passes large rock outcrops lined with ferns, trilliums, and hemlocks on the uphill side and a steep drop-off to the creek on the other side. The trail continues straight until you reach a small white hunting camp. Continue straight on the double track past the hunting cabin until you reach PA-44. You'll hang a left on the main road briefly before heading up the paved road that leads to the Tiadaghton State Forest Resource Management Center and Aid Station 3.
Mile 17.8 – 22.8 When you are done watching the model train run around the forest inside the State Forest Resource Center, continue down the parking lot past the aid station, head down path and then turn right up Lower Pine Bottom Road. After ¾ mile gently uphill on this little used gravel road, drop across the stream and up an old log slide trail known as Wolf Path. The trail was re-discovered in the last couple years and opened up just for your climbing pleasure at this event. At the top turn left on Middle Hill Road. Don't expect any traffic, it is a gated road. In a very short distance you will turn right and run along two sides of a fenced in area. This is a Bigfoot pen. If you are lucky you may see one, but it is unlikely since hallucinations generally don't occur until much later in the race. You will then turn right onto an old logging road which then turns into single track and drops into a branch of Ott Fork, then right again onto the old Ott Fork Road. From Middle Hill to the bottom of Ott Fork at Rt. 44 is one of the most runnable sections of the whole course. Run as fast as you can so you don't have to make up time later.
Mile 22.8 – 25.1 Cross Rt-44 on the bridge and head up Plantation Trail. Another ridge to cross. At the top bear right then left at the picnic table (what an odd place for one) and follow some ATV trails. The state Bureau of Forestry has designated this area as one that ATVs can tear up the trails to their heart's content so hopefully they stay off the prettier trails we will be using for the rest of the course. You will likely see brown carsonite posts with the following numbers: 18, 19, 20, 27, 21, 15. They are your lottery numbers for Sunday night if you live through this thing so be sure to memorize them. At 15, head down Jack Martin Trail, a very fast runnable downhill with many waterbars to hotdog off the top of if you really go fast. At the bottom cross Browns Run and partake of the hospitality of Aid Station 4.
Mile 25.1 – 31.6 Beautiful, remote single track along a pristine stream, gently uphill for the next 6.5 miles. Go ahead and run the whole thing. You know you want to. It's not steep with only a few stream crossings. Run fast.
Mile 31.6 – 38.5 After acting like a Happy Dutchman at the Happy Dutchman aid station (it's really the name of the nearby camp), follow the historic Tidewater Pipeline – now a snowmobile trail – along Rt-44 for just a couple hundred yards, then cross the highway onto Sinking Springs Trail. The next 6 miles are on snowmobile trails. Wide, rolling, not too steep, probably the easiest part of the entire course. Eventually it turns into the orange-blazed Donut Hole Trail, but it is still snowmobile trail/driveway/road all the way to Ritchie Road. Run fast.
Mile 38.5 – 43.2 Cross Hyner Mountain Road on Donut Hole Trail, then bear left onto the powerline section. Wide, exposed, sunny, kind of like a desert run only humid. Run fast to get this mile (or two) behind you. Eventually turn right into Bear Pen Hollow, another one of our famous rocky hollows, which will bring you out to the gravel Hyner Run Road, which will take you downstream to Hyner Run State Park, a rare crew accessible, drop bag permissible, overnight parking permissible aid station. This is another very runnable section (except for the somewhat technical Bear Pen Hollow), so run fast. It's all downhill.
Mile 43.2 – 51.1 Another very easy section. How can there be so many of them? Start by continuing eastbound on the Donut Hole Trail on a section known as Long Fork Trail up Log Road Hollow Run. Feel free to give it a few more names. By now you may have figured out a "Run" is not a command or a daily pleasure jog, it is a stream, usually through a steep, rocky hollow where your pace will not likely be anywhere near a run. You will then turn right and stay on top of the Allegheny Plateau for the next several miles. Except when you are not on the plateau and are down in one of our famous hollows. See, this section you may be running along just fine on top of a ridge when all of a sudden you find yourself down in a small little – hollow – or valley – or mini chasm – or kind of like the earth just drops out from under you. Now some of the bigger ones, like Abes Fork and Cougar Hollow, may have switchbacks but others may not, you just kind of crawl up out of the other side. Eventually you make it to Dry Run Aid Station – or not. By the way, at the bottom of Cougar Hollow, you leave the orange blazed Donut Hole Trail and stay on the yellow-blazed T Squared Trail. Still follow our orange flagging and other reflective markings and signs. SPECIAL NOTE: The State Forest personnel erected a fence across the trail at about the 43 mile mark. There are man gates on the trail to allow you to enter and leave this fenced area. They are made with steel rods and wire. Use caution, it is very easy to receive a cut or smash a finger as you handle it, but go straight through both of them and don't let the Bigfoots out.
Mile 51.1 – 55.86 Shortly after leaving Dry Run Aid Station, come out to a camp and jog right a few yards on the road then back onto single track. A few rocks and a lot of mountain laurel later you drop (literally) into Baldwin Branch and pick up the orange-blazed Black Forest Trail. One of the most famous and challenging backpacking trails in Pennsylvania. Too bad you aren't going to see the entire 42 miles of it. Make a point to come back for that. At this trail junction, climb steeply out of Baldwin Branch, then less steeply for nearly a mile out to Route 44. After crossing the highway, start with a short section of gravel road before turning right onto rolling single track through the mountain laurel. The next forestry road you come to go straight across into a camp driveway then left up the trail. You will eventually come out to another forestry road – Big Trail Aid Station where there is a great vista if it is still daylight or gaze at the stars at night.
Mile 55.8 – 63.1 Turn left on the road then right and descend Callahan Run. Partly very steep, partly rocky, partly a delight to run. At the forks where the three branches of Callahan Run meet, cross the stream on your left and head back up a new hollow, increasingly steep, mostly rocky, and partly way up on a narrow side hill to avoid blowdowns from a tornado that struck in May 2011. At the top, it's a mostly rolling (with a couple very short steep pitches) run along the ridge top to the Hemlock Mountain Vista. If you ran fast enough to get there before dark that is. From there it is all downhill. Steeply at times, fun switchbacks at others. You will come out on an old logging road to take you gently downhill along Naval Run. Black Forest Trail will veer off to the left, but you go straight on Naval Run Trail to the next stream crossing, then out to Naval Run Road where you will run a nearly level mile on drivable gravel road along Pine Creek. Proceed to the bridge and make a right over Pine Creek and to the aid station on the other shore. SPECIAL NOTE FOR CREW and PACERS: Parking is available for crew here but if you are a pacer, leave your car at the Tomb Flats recreation parking area about a mile downstream along the rail trail.
Mile 63.1 – 68.3 Cross the footbridge over Slate Run and immediately begin one of the Black Forest Trail's famous climbs. You will pass through 3 rock quarries and 2 vistas before reaching the top you will be back on single track through the mountain laurel. Eventually the Black Forest Trail will turn left, but you go straight onto the Algerine Trail, past the Algerines Gate to Aid Station 12.
68.3 – 74.8 After stretching your legs by running as fast as you can across the top of the plateau you come to…wait for it….another rocky hollow!! Quite possibly the longest and steepest and rockiest you have seen so far. If you haven't started already, it is time to curse the idiot who told you to run so fast in the first half. At the bottom you cross at the intersection of Leetonia Road and Mine Hole Road and enter the Honagha Danju Ga Wisay Trail. I won't give away what this Native American phrase really means. Only the hardiest of runners who make it this far will be able to read the sign and find out. The trail leads you up the twin of the rocky hollow you just came down and out to the Long Branch Aid Station.
74.8 – 79.6 Shortly after leaving the aid station you will turn left onto the orange-blazed West Rim Trail – one of the most popular hiking and backpacking trails in Pennsylvania. It follows the Pine Creek Gorge north for 30.5 miles. You will only be on a short section of it. Soon you will pass a small metal building with an alarming sign on it. Don't be scared. It has been rendered safe. This is a very runnable level section if our fun little rocky hollows have left anything in your legs. You will cross West Rim Road and make your way out to a vista where you may be able to see the lights of Blackwell and the next aid station way down in the valley. Run down a fun single track to a trail junction where you will switch back to your right and follow Bohen Run Trail to the bottom. Along the way you will cross at the top of Jerry Run Falls (too bad it is a dry time of year) and finish with a descent along the canyon wall on trail supported by timbers set into the side hill. Watch your step or you could make a big splash in Pine Creek. At the bottom, hop the guide rail and cross Pine Creek for the second time into the Blackwell Aid Station. SPECIAL NOTE: Although overnight parking is allowed, there are only 20 parking spots here. Please try to carpool pacers as much as possible.
79.6 – 84.0 When you leave the Blackwell Aid Station you will follow PA-414 east through the village, across the one lane bend-in-the-middle bridge over Babb Creek and turn right onto Big Run Road. In a hundred yards or so go straight onto the orange-blazed Mid State Trail and the fun climb to the top of Gillespie Point. This is a panoramic vista of Blackwell and the huge bend in Pine Creek. From there go down the back side of Gillespie Point, jog left a short distance on Big Run Road then drop off the bank to your right. Cross streams a few times and make your way up to SkyTop Aid Station. This is a private hunting club that is determined to have the best aid station in all of ultrarunning. I feel sorry for all the runners who will not make it this far. Fuel up good because it is the longest stretch between aid stations coming up.
84.0 – 92.0 Continue on the Mid State Trail on alternating single track, grassy State Game Land management roads, another rocky hollow, past the 1918 Browns Fork log cabin, up to the crest of Oregon Hill and a vista looking back at Gillespie Point, multiple stream crossings, and eventually out to the Barrens Aid Station. This is our most remote station. We have to pack a lunch to even drive in or out of there.
92.0 – 98.2 Can you smell the barn yet? A pretty combination of management roads, old railroad grades, stream crossings, and several differently managed areas. You will cross Wolf Run Wild Area, State Game Land 75, Tiadaghton State Forest, and Bark Cabin Natural Area before arriving at our last aid station at Hacketts Fork. Everyone who makes it this far will be a superhero and you will be greeted appropriately.
98.12 – 102.0 FINISH Cross the road and drop to your right to cross the stream, then follow Hacketts Fork upstream before climbing to Schoolhouse Hollow Road. Could this really be the last climb? Except for the fact that most of our downs have a little up in them, it is the last real climb. Turn right at the first junction of Panther Run Trail to stay on the Mid State Trail. Meander out past Monument Rock and at the next junction of Panther Run, stay straight as the Mid State turns right. Nice vista at top of old quarry. Drop to your left off this vista and pay particular attention at the bottom of this short rock scramble. Rattlesnakes are nearly always seen just off the trail to your right. Don't disturb them and they will leave you alone as well. The next mile is a gorgeous ridgeline descent with many rock outcroppings. You will finally drop steeply down to Little Pine Creek Road where you will jog down into the park and finish near the pavilion. Run fast across the line if you can.
Congratulations! You have completed the Eastern States 100!

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Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
They Took A Stand Too...
Brief Biography
The Day On The Bus
Effects of the Incident
Awards and Formal Recognitions
Rosa's Legacy
Below are examples of additional leaders and influential figures that assisted in the fight for racial equality. Although their contributions were supportive in this struggle, without Rosa Parks' initial stand, none would have had the inspiration to continue on the path towards civil peace and equality.
Courtesy of: blogan.net/blog/ 2005/01/page/2/
Martin Luther King Junior's actions were extremely significant towards the progression in the fight for racial equality. However, without Parks taking the stand that she did, King would not have been inspired to take as many astounding strides in the Civil Rights Movement.
Courtesy of: www.jazzresin.com/ gallery.html
Another important character in the fight for racial parity was Jesse Jackson. He was one of many to effectively follow Rosa Parks.
Courtesy of: http://www.cmgww.com/historic/malcolm/about/photos.htm
Malcolm X was a notable figure in the fight for racial equality. He led many rallies and delivered many speeches during the 1960's, after Rosa's stand in 1955.
James Meredith
Courtesy of: www.usdoj.gov/marshals/ history/miss/02.htm
During the mid-1960's, James Meredith was very active in civil rights efforts. He was especially interested in protecting innocent blacks from unjust lynching. Although his efforts were brave and valiant, James Meredith's actions did not have the same effect as Rosa's, for all of his actions would have been delayed, or possibly nonexistent, without Rosa's initial stand.


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iPhone 6 in China Delay Reportedly Linked to Network License Issue
by István Fekete – Tue, September 16, 2014
21 Century Business Herald sources claim Apple is in talks with China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology concerning a network license, which, unfortunately for those in the market for a new iPhone won't come anytime soon. Although we reported yesterday that Apple has obtained some of the necessary network licenses in China, the sources claim that Apple may delay the Chinese iPhone 6 launch until early next year.
From what the 21CBH sources reveal, we gather that Apple has suspended the manufacturing of the iPhone 6 models t meant for the Chinese market. While it originally planned to deliver "tens of millions" of iPhone 6 units to mainland China, the supply chain's output was between 100,000 and 300,000 units by the end of August.
China Mobile is expanding its 4G network by 40% and, according to Bloomberg, it is moving to sell smartphones without subsidies or contracts. The move seems to be the result of the carrier's $2 billion cut from phone subsidies.
"The direction of our development is to completely focus on the mass market," Chairman Xi Guohua told reporters in Taiwan today. "We have 4G devices selling for 1,000 yuan. I believe, subsidy or no subsidy, discount or no discount, the common person will be able to appreciate this."
China Mobile's chairman Xi Guohua has no idea when the iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus will be available to carriers in China. Meanwhile, Apple will launch the device in Hong Kong on September 19. As we already pointed out, the delay is perfect for iPhone smugglers, who can sell the device they bought in Hong Kong for up to three times of the original purchase price.
iPhone 6 NFC Chip Limited to Apple Pay


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Allochiria es una banda griega de heavy metal formada en 2008 en Atenas.

El estilo musical de la banda es post-sludge y metal progresivo y combina riffs pesados, elementos del post-black y una dinámica subversiva.

Tomaron su nombre del trastorno neurológico aloquiria (en griego: αλλοχειρία).

Historia

En 2010 se lanzó el EP "Allochiria". Éste fue grabado en In The Core Media Studio y contenía 3 composiciones.

En 2014 lanzaron su primer álbum "Omonoia", grabado en Universe Studios y contenía 7 composiciones.

En 2017 lanzaron su segundo álbum "Throes", a través del sello Art of Propaganda y contenía 7 composiciones. Fue grabado en Illusion Studios y Universe Studios.

Conciertos en vivo

Han compartido el escenario con bandas como: Deafheaven, Year of No Light, Altar of Plagues, Harakiri for the Sky, Toundra, Minsk y otros. En agosto de 2014 tocaron en Rockstadt Extreme Fest (Rassov, Rumania) y en marzo de 2015 hicieron su primera gira europea. En octubre de 2017 tocaron en el Desertfest Athens Festival Volume II y en mayo de 2018 hicieron su segunda gira europea. En agosto de 2018 aparecieron por segunda vez en el Rockstadt Extreme Fest.

Miembros

 Irene - voz
 John - guitarra
 Stef - batería
 Steve - guitarra
 Ted - bajo

Referencias

Quintetos de música de Grecia
Grupos de música de Grecia
Grupos de rock de Grecia
Grupos de heavy metal de Grecia
Grupos de música de los años 2000
Grupos de música de los años 2010
Grupos de música de los años 2020
Grupos de música formados en 2008
Grupos de música formados en los años 2000

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Rapid Round: 'Moonlight's' Andre Holland on Black Masculinity and Diversity on Film
12:18 PM PDT 10/21/2016 by Mia Galuppo
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Andre Holland
"We don't need to build any more walls. We need to invite some more people to the table," says Holland, who stars in Barry Jenkins' coming-of-age drama.
Moonlight, part coming-of-age tale and part romantic drama, tells the story of Chiron, a young black boy navigating his destructive home life and his own sexuality against the backdrop of War on Drugs-era Miami.
Since the movie premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, it has been lauded as an awards season contender. Arriving in theaters in New York and Los Angeles today, a little over two weeks before the presidential election, Moonlight also speaks to topics like race and socioeconomic status that have been talking points in this election cycle.
Actor Andre Holland, who plays Kevin, Chiron's romantic interest, didn't need an introduction to Tarell McCraney, the playwright who's short play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue inspired the movie — the two have been friends since their drama school days in New York. And he'd heard of Moonlight's director Barry Jenkins from Steven Soderbergh, while he was acting in Soderbergh's The Knick.
Holland spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about what Moonlight means to him on a personal level, what it means for diverse storytelling and what the movie has to say about the larger political climate in America right now.
How did you initially get involved with Moonlight?
The playwright Tarell McCraney, who wrote the play that the movie is based on, is a very close friend of mine. We met probably 10 years ago when we both were in drama school and he sent me a copy of his script, saying, "This is a thing I wrote a long time ago. I don't know if it's any good." Cut to last year. I was on set for The Knick and Steven Soderbergh mentioned, "There's this great director Barry Jenkins. You should really keep an eye on this guy." A couple of months later I got sent this script that was written by Barry, and Tarell and I thought, "Well, if that ain't a sign, I don't what is."
What set Moonlight apart from the other scripts you've been sent?
The big thing that set it apart was that the black characters of the story were front and center. They weren't peripheral characters that were just there to deliver information. Also, being from a small town in an urban environment myself, I love that the story is set in a part of Miami that most people aren't familiar with. Most people think of Miami as great shopping and fast cars, but this part of Miami is just a short ways off the beach, but it's world apart.
What drew you to Kevin specifically? Did you draw from personal experience for your performance?
Well, so much of the story and especially the story about Kevin is about masculinity and the perceived ideas that we all have about what that is. Growing up in my town a lot of my friends grew up without fathers or without father figures. I felt first-hand all the ways in which we all tried to perform this masculinity, this idea of masculinity as a means of survival, really. What drew me to Kevin is that he's got this idea that masculinity is about how many women he can sleep with or having a tough-guy attitude and being smooth-talking, but you always get a sense that underneath that there's something broken about him.
Were you able to meet the two young actors who played the younger versions of Kevin?
Barry wouldn't let us meet any of the younger people. I went down about a week early for that purpose. I wanted to go on set and watch the dailies and spend some time with the younger actors, but he really didn't want us to do that.
Why was that?
I think in his mind he was worried that we would fall into mimicry. In actor terms he wanted us to work from the inside out to get really underneath what these characters experienced and just trust the writing and the directing. But it was super cool to watch the movie and, even though we didn't spend a lot of time studying one another, it does feel like we are the same person.
You've worked with Soderbergh and Ava DuVernay. How do you think Jenkins compares as an up-and-coming voice?
I think he's just a treasure. He hasn't made a bunch of films, but you know I think that with Moonlight, he's arrived now. The fact that it's been seven years since he's made a feature is almost criminal. He and Soderbergh actually remind me a lot of each other, in that they're both very clear about what they want. They're truly collaborators; they understand that actors have a process and they both give the actors space to do what they need to do. If I only work with Barry Jenkins for the rest of my career I would be just fine with that, that's how strongly I feel about him.
Moonlight is already getting early awards buzz — what do you think this means for the current push for diversity in the awards season?
At best, what [awards] do is provide a platform to amplify voices of people who haven't been heard before. So if this means that Barry gets to make more movies, then bring on the awards. As far as the diversity conversation, I think it is about opportunity. Companies like [Moonlight production company] Plan B and [distributor] A24, who are able to identify material like this and talent like Barry Jenkins and who are willing to make a movie like this, they have landed a huge blow to aid the side of more inclusion. The fact is, as Viola Davis said, the only thing separating us is opportunity. If people know that there are places and opportunities to tell these stories, then I don't think we'd even be having this conversation.
Moonlight is being released at the tail end of a presidential race that pushed LGBT and racial discrimination to the forefront. Where do you think the film fits into the larger culture?
While the movie is not overtly political, it has a lot to say. The performances of masculinity that we see in the film, we see a lot of that on a daily basis in this election cycle. Also, between this election and the Brexit vote and all of the things in the news, the motivation seems to be to further marginalize people who we don't think of as being integral to the society that we want to be a part of. I think this movie has a lot to say about that because it takes those people who have been marginalized — poor people, black people, gay people — and it puts them front and center. And I think we need more of that, frankly. We need more understanding of each other. We don't need to build any more walls. We need to invite some more people to the table.
Mia Galuppo
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Søren Steen Jespersen (* 30. November 1962 in Kopenhagen) ist ein dänischer Drehbuchautor, Filmproduzent und Filmregisseur im Bereich des Dokumentarfilms, der für einen Oscar nominiert wurde.

Karriere
Jespersens Karriere im Filmgeschäft begann bei der Fernsehserie Fak2eren im Jahr 1993, wobei er als Regisseur tätig war und zudem das Drehbuch verfasste. Große Bekanntheit erlangte Jespersen durch seine Beteiligung an dem Dokumentarfilm Die letzten Männer von Aleppo von Regisseur Feras Fayyad. Der Dokumentarfilm, der das Leben der Gründer der Weißhelme beleuchtet und sich auf der Such- und Rettungseinsätze während des Krieges in Aleppo konzentriert, wurde bei der Oscarverleihung 2018 als erster syrischer Beitrag in der Kategorie "Bester Dokumentarfilm" nominiert. Aufgrund der Executive Order 13780 erhielt unter anderem Kareem Abeed, der ebenfalls wie Jespersen nominiert wurde, kein Visum für die USA.

Auf europäischen Filmfestspielen wurde Jespersen unter anderem mit einem "Asia Pacific Screen Award" und "Cinema Eye Honors Award" ausgezeichnet.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 1993–1999: Fak2eren (Fernsehserie, 7 Episoden)
 2017: Die letzten Männer von Aleppo (آخر الرجال في حلب)
 2018: Lost Warrior

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Geboren 1962
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On Aug. 21, the continental U.S. will be treated to a total solar eclipse that will dazzle the nation as it progresses from coast to coast, starting in Oregon and ending in South Carolina.
The event will be a great opportunity to revisit a groundbreaking experiment that occurred during a total solar eclipse, and helped confirm Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. The European Space Agency has referred to this celestial event as "probably the most important eclipse in the history of science."
In 1915, Einstein published four groundbreaking papers that introduced his theory of general relativity. But at the time, the German-born theoretical physicist was hardly known to the public, and members of the science community were fighting his new theory head-on, according to reports in the New York Times. Around this time, Sir Isaac Newton's model of classical mechanics — formulated in his 1687 book "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica" — ruled, and Einstein's work was met with utmost skepticism.
One of the key tenets of general relativity is that space is not static. The motions of objects can change the structure of space. By contrast, in Newton's view of the universe, space is "inert."
In Einstein's view, space is combined with another dimension — time — which creates a universewide "fabric" called space-time. Object travel through this fabric, which can be warped, bent and twisted by the masses and motions of objects within space-time.
All masses cause a curvature of space-time, but the effect is subtle, and testing Einstein's theory would require very massive objects, like stars. Today, astronomers looking deep into the cosmos observe massive objects like galaxies as they warp space-time and alter the path of passing photons, in an effect called gravitational lensing. The light from objects that lie beyond the massive object literally appears in a different location in the sky.
But in the early 20th century those observations weren't yet possible. Europe was in the middle of World War I, which kept Einstein's work isolated mainly to the German-speaking science community. Without being able to experimentally test his new theory, Einstein's idea might have languished indefinitely in a journal on a dusty library bookshelf.
However, British astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington was paying attention to Einstein's outlandish yet powerful new ideas after getting word from Dutch physicist Willem De Sitter (Holland was a neutral nation during WWI) and realized he could lead an experiment to test the theory.
As the sun is the most massive object in our solar system, its curvature of space-time would be the most noticeable example in the local universe.
But to test Einstein's theory, astronomers would have to study the positions of background stars close to the sun's edge (it's limb). As the sun is so bright, this would normally be a fool's errand — the sun's glare would make such an observation impossible.
And then the 1919 eclipse happened.
During a total solar eclipse, the moon orbits directly in front of the sun, completely blocking the light from the sun's disk. These beautiful events allowed Earth dwellers to get their first glimpse of the sun's magnetized atmosphere ― the corona ― before the invention of the telescope. The moon acts as a natural occulter that blocks the sun's glare, revealing structures in the relatively weak glow of coronal gases.
In 1917, Sir Frank Watson Dyson, Astronomer Royal of Britain, had conceived an experiment that would plot the positions of background stars close to the sun's limb during an eclipse — an experiment that Eddington would lead two years later. If the positions of the stars could be precisely measured during the 1919 eclipse and then compared with their normal positions in the sky, the effects of warped space-time could be observed — beyond what Newton's classical mechanics would predict. If the position of the stars were altered in exactly the way that Einstein's theory predicted they should be, then this might be just the test general relativity needed. Eddington most likely knew that if this test confirmed general relativity theory, it would turn the view of the Newtonian universe on its head.
Following Eddington's lead, the Royal Society and the Royal Astronomical Society organized expeditions to the tropics of Brazil and to the island of Principe, off the west coast of Africa, where the total eclipse would be visible. It just so happened that the period of totality (the length of time that the moon blocks out all of the sun's surface) for the 1919 eclipse was one of the longest of the 20th century, spanning around six minutes. This proved to be ample time for astronomers to measure the relative locations of stars in the Hyades cluster that was usefully located near the solar limb at the time.
Although the warped space-time deflected the starlight by a minuscule amount (invisible to the naked eye), the observations from Brazil and Principe were analyzed by Eddington and the general relativity predictions agreed with the observation. The warping of space-time by the sun's mass was real and Newton's inert space had been superseded by a new theory. When the New York Times published the news on Nov. 7, 1919, Einstein became known not only to scientists, but to non-scientists as well.
Since "the most important" eclipse 98 years ago, general relativity has been tested in many other ways, each time proving that Einstein's warped view of space-time is very much the universe we live in.
Follow Ian O'Neill @astroengine. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook and Google+. Original article on Space.com.


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Artifishal review: Josh Murphy
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In our attempt to control the natural world, humans have made many mistakes. But so too have our attempts to remedy those errors resulted in yet more damage. Such is the case with our treatment of salmon and trout, as Artifishal reveals, a film released by the clothing company Patagonia in tandem with its campaign to ban open net fish farms
Focused on the once salmon-rich rivers of the US, in California, Washington, Oregon and Idaho, Artifishal reveals how our response to declining populations of wild fish – namely spawning salmon in artificial hatcheries and then releasing them into the wild – has had the opposite effect from that intended.
Introducing genetically inferior fish into natural ecosystems has overwhelmed and undermined wild fish and vastly contributed to their decline, in turn threatening the lives of other animals which feed on them, such as the killer whales of Washington State. So too have open net fish farms (now banned in some US waters but still present in large numbers in Scotland and Norway) contributed to the huge decline in wild fisheries. By releasing vast quantities of pollutants, pesticides and organic waste into previously clean waters, and by allowing mass outbreaks of parasitic sea lice, which leave fish deformed, open net farms have devastated wild populations.
With a strong focus on the communities that have historically lived near salmon runs and fished from them, Artifishal, produced by Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia, covers these issues with an unapologetically emotional style and with graphic imagery. Though sympathetic to those who choose to fish salmon (many of the key campaigning voices are fly fishermen) it also shows fish being killed in detail and constantly asks the question – why can't we just leave nature alone? In doing so it offers a raw, sometimes hard-to-watch appraisal of human arrogance when it comes to the natural world.
The main solution proposed is to leave nature be, to let it regenerate in the way it knows best. In making this suggestion it fails to tackle some of the wider, associated questions – does this mean we need to curtail fishing and how would this affect a booming tourism industry? Should we all be eating less fish despite the benefit to human health? But as a call to action, particularly when it comes to the issue of open net farms, it's provocative and effective.
Artifishal debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival and the full film us now available on YouTube for free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdNJ0JAwT7I
Patagonia's European petition is available here and will be delivered to the Icelandic government on November 18th.
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Check out Roger Kay's Forbes article "Kids See A Future In Mainframes." Much like our discussion of Marist College, Roger writes about Dave Dischiave's efforts at Syracuse University to train up new Millennial Mainframers through the interdisciplinary Global Enterprise Technology program. Dischiave says that GET enrollment "numbers are on the rise" indicating that "whatever we're doing seems to resonate." The dramatic expansion of z/OS course offerings throughout the world seems to mirror his assessment. It is a well known fact that companies are concerned about mainframe skill shortages as their graying workforce retires. According to a recent independent CompuWare survey, 71% of CIOs are concerned about skill shortages in their mainframe shops. While some have predicted that this skills shortage will lead to workloads shifting off the mainframe, this Millennial Mainframer believes that this skill shortage will be solved by close cooperation between universities, corporate sponsors, and the IBM Academic Initiative.
Hats off to Dave Dischiave and Syracuse University's GET program!
It's definitely worth noting the active involvement of Syracuse University in the 2011 Master the Mainframe competition. They placed 3rd in the number of students to complete the challenging Part II.
Do you have any thoughts about this skill shortage or these university efforts to train Millennial Mainframers? If so, we would love to hear you in the comments section.
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After visiting Lotusphere 2012, I'm here to tell you that the mainframe is becoming key to corporate social media strategies, particularly those centered around IBM's social media suite running on z/OS, Linux on Z, and z/VM. If you an unfamiliar with these products, I encourage you to visit IBM Software for the System Z Mainframe and scan the mainframe software offerings. Most Social Business applications are either current available on the mainframe or finishing up development in the near future.
Given the recent grown in mainframe workloads into new areas such as social media, mainframes offer a huge opportunity for Millennials currently finishing school and entering the job market. Companies once moving away from the mainframe in the mid to late 90's are now moving back due to cost savings and efficiency. Check out this site for more Mainframe Facts.
Many of the folks that first administered the mainframe are beginning to retire and a need for mainframe trained employees exists today! Companies around the world utilize mainframes and even more are transitioning to the mainframe!
Although mainframes historically catered to high transactional businesses such as banks, investment firms, and airlines, the modern mainframe has expanded to mid-size businesses to run virtual Linux servers and execute Java code. Not only are these same businesses using the mainframe for their mission critical workloads but now they are running social business applications like Lotus Domino/ Notes (Email), IBM Sametime (Enterprise Instant Messaging), IBM Connections (Enterprise Collaboration Suite). In short, many of these corporations can not function without the power of the mainframe.
The mainframe has again become the workhorse of many businesses today! These very businesses will require the skills of up and coming millennials to administer their mainframe environments into the future. For more information on mainframe careers check out System Z Jobs.


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Kudensee ist eine Gemeinde im Kreis Steinburg in Schleswig-Holstein. Sushörn und Fiefhusen liegen im Gemeindegebiet.

Geografie und Verkehr
Kudensee liegt etwa fünf Kilometer nordöstlich von Brunsbüttel am Nord-Ostsee-Kanal.
Durch die Gemeinde verläuft die Landesstraße 276 und die Deutsche Fährstraße.
Die Kanalfähre Stettin verbindet die Gemeinde mit der Gemeinde Averlak. Die Bundesstraße 5 führt über die Fläche der Gemeinde.

Geschichte
Die Gemeinde Kudensee wurde erstmals 1454 unter dem Namen "Uth dem Kudensee" urkundlich erwähnt. Ihre Geschichte ist eng verbunden mit eingreifenden wasserwirtschaftlichen Maßnahmen und Veränderungen. Gegen Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts kamen die ersten Siedler, die zunächst die Wiesen am Ufer des flachen Kudensee in Besitz nahmen. Sie bauten kleine reetgedeckte Katen auf das an den See angrenzende Moor. 1765 wurde der Bütteler Kanal zur Entwässerung des Kudensees gebaut. Durch den Bau des Nord-Ostsee-Kanals wurde (sehr viel später) das Gemeindegebiet durchschnitten. Um 1700 wurden Torftransporte auf dem Wasserwege vom Kudensee u. a. in den Hafen des nahegelegenen Brunsbüttel durchgeführt. Hierzu diente der "Kudenseer Kahn", ein neun Meter langer Lastkahn, der bis zu 7000 Soden Torf fasste.

Politik

Gemeindevorsteher
Selbständige, vom bisherigen "Gesamtkirchspiel" unabhängige Gemeinde wurde Kudensee durch die preußische Landgemeindeordnung von 1868. Die ersten gewählten Gemeindevorsteher waren Klaus Kloppenburg (bis 1875), Jakob Eymers (bis 1893), Jakob Kloppenburg (bis Mai 1900) und anschließend Hinrich Prüß (bis mindestens 1913).

Gemeindevertretung
Seit der Kommunalwahl 2013 hat die Wählergemeinschaft AWV alle sieben Sitze der Gemeindevertretung.

Wappen
Blasonierung: "In Blau ein links gewendetes silbernes einmastiges Boot mit voller Besegelung, darunter zwei gekreuzte goldene Pfeifen."

Der "Kudenseer Kahn" im Gemeindewappen soll an die einstmals wirtschaftliche Bedeutung des Torfes und dessen Transport erinnern, die gekreuzten Pfeifen im Schildfuß an die im "Kudenseer Lied" besungenen rauchenden Frauen. Die blaue Hintergrundfarbe bezieht sich auf die vielfältigen Beziehungen Kudensees zu dem Wasser.

Sportvereine
Der Sportangelverein Kudensee hat rund 100 Mitglieder.

Bilder

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 Gemeinde Kudensee beim Amt Wilstermarsch

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Ort im Kreis Steinburg
Ort am Nord-Ostsee-Kanal
Ersterwähnung 1454


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When Fate and Love Collide
How long ago has it been?
Thirty minutes before 9:00 A.M. Dr. Zeth Gellert walked hastily on the cross walk to beat the rid light at the intersection near his office building in downtown San Francisco. On this Monday morning, he needs to be at the office at least 30 minutes before the scheduled conference to set up his prepared presentation and finalized plan for his company's next project. Zeth accepted the position offered as a senior adviser for the second largest non-profit organization in the continental US, coordinating and scheduling medical missions in different parts of the underprivileged countries around the globe. The outreach programs "Operation Restore Smile", performs surgery to children with cleft lip and palate, and "Healthy Living Focus" which educate and assist families on disease prevention and healthy diet.
Six years ago, Zeth took over his father's medical practice in his small hometown in rural Ohio. He loves taking care of the medical needs of the community, but much as he wanted to convince himself to settle, his restless heart is not totally in tune in this line of medical practice, that's why when he received an unexpected call from his former colleague and co-worker, he decided to pack up his suitcase and relocated to San Francisco, CA. In the near future, he hopes to again, travel overseas to participate in such an honorable and fulfilling mission…just like the old times.
While waiting for the arrival of the 10 members of a team of doctors and nurses who were scheduled to be deployed overseas, Zeth's mind circled back some 6 years ago, when he was a volunteer doctor along with other medical professionals, in a rural area in northern Philippines. However, his last rotation overseas was cut short when he received an emergency phone call from his sister that their father died due to heart attack. He rushed back to the US, stayed, and practiced community medicine.
As the volunteers arrived in the conference room, Zeth saw a familiar figure among the group. Amber! She was among them! Suddenly, his whole body became numb and his heartbeat was racing. How could he forget Dr. Amber Gleason? They were partners in every medical mission overseas, which later on, found emotional and physical compatibility; even had plans for their future together. But everything changed after that last night they were together, when Zeth went back to the US, with no formal and final goodbyes. Although beset with questions of how, why, and what if's not one of them had the courage and drive to try any means to get in touch with each other.
Amber could not believe her eyes when she came face to face with Zeth. How could she ever forget that familiar face of the only man she gave her heart to, the only man who until now occupies her mind, heart and whole being; the man who is the father of her 5 year old son, Andrew.
Through all the past years, Zeth and Amber have each developed wings that made their dreams fly and both their careers as medical doctor somehow thrived under different circumstances of their choosing. Whatever happened in the past, there will always be a reason for two people to find each other again, when fate and love collide. From here on, as long as Zeth and Amber are together, beautiful music will continue to play as they dance in synch, to the rhythm of life's challenges in a home where their hearts belong.
Passing The Nightingale's Lamp
Summer's Novel Romance


Excited to be taking part in the Dulwich open house weekends on 12th-13th and 19-20th May this year, as part of the 310 Collective.
We will be showing in Ian Dunns industrial unit by Goose Green.
Other members of the collective are Hannah Jones www.hannahhannahjones.com , Georgie Fay www.georgiefay.com , Claire Norton www.clairenorton.net and Philly Prince.


In a small town, it's fun for everyone when someone new arrives—for us as a staff, and for all the kids. This spring, we all welcomed 7-year-old Christina Collins Siquieros to The Main, and already she is thriving.
Christina actually lived on the Cheyenne River reservation when she was small, but her family has been in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for a number of years. She says she remembers The Main; her mother, Valerie, was a CRYP employee at that time and recently rejoined our staff as youth programs coordinator.
Christina is particularly enjoying Garden Club, and she has encouraged her friends to join her. This month, they had the opportunity to create their own garden journals so they can keep track of their starter plants' growing process. They also painted pots for their Inas. In the weeks and months to come, they'll spend many happy hours in the Winyan Toka Win (Leading Lady) Garden, nurturing the plants and eventually helping to harvest the nutritious, pesticide-free produce.
In addition to learning about the garden, Christina says she also is learning how to take care of her friends, because the CRYP staff and volunteers work so hard to keep them safe.
When she's not at The Main, Christina is enjoying Mrs. Cleveland's second-grade class at Cheyenne-Eagle Butte Elementary. She especially loves music and art.
This enterprising young lady already has her sights set on the Cokata Wiconi (Center of Life) teen center, where she's keen to join Midnight Basketball.
Christina bubbles over with her plans for the rest of her life. She wants to travel to California so she can meet her father's family, play in the ocean and visit Legoland (and maybe Disneyland, but only if there is time). Universal Studios is also on her list.
Christina says she'd like to be a police officer one day, to help keep people safe the way her late father, Joseph Siquieros, kept her and her mother safe. She's also going to own Starbucks and be the president of the world.
That's quite an endorsement, Christina. We can't wait to see what life has in store for you.


Jon and I are currently wrapping up an eventful summer in Houston and preparing our home for fall. Although we have a busy season lined up, it's also a great time for us to reset and relax. My clients are also spending more time at home with their friends and family, so our current project queue is inspired by gatherings and requests to totally redesign spaces and update for the holidays! Here are some of my go-to trends and tricks for fall 2018.
Keep it simple with neutrals.
I truly enjoy catering to my clients' design goals. Many of my clients like to ease into fall with the help of a calming living space. Color choice is an easy way to get the job done! Designing without contrasting color can be difficult, but our team can leverage neutral earth tones to leave your space more vibrant than muted by focusing on textures, shapes, and unique decorations.
Gallery walls are fun projects and a good opportunity to incorporate my client's personality into the design. Family photos with neat frames, artwork, family heirlooms, and other mixed-medium pieces are all fair game! With proper planning and an intentional layout, adding a gallery wall to your living room is a practical project to take on this season.
For clients who want to focus their design budget on a specific room, we have the time and flexibility to take some creative risks. Mix-and-match designing can produce unexpected, extravagant results if properly executed. Let's explore contrasting color palettes, textures, fabrics, and themes to develop a design unlike any other!
Find a one-of-a-kind statement piece from a local flea market or estate sale to design around. Sometimes my clients already have a family heirloom they love, but they don't know how to incorporate it into their living space! Once you have a statement piece, let it tell a story that informs the rest of your interior's design. This reverse approach is always a fun challenge that produces an extraordinary end result.
Go to More Than Just the Container Store.
While we love functional, organized spaces as much as any other homeowner, we encourage our clients to get creative with their storage techniques. Use trays, colorful woven baskets, boxes, ottomans, and other decorative storage accessories to add color and contrast to your space.
How are you getting your home or office ready for fall this year? Connect with us on social media and share your design ideas on Facebook and Instagram!


Once Upon a Book Club is a uniquely engaging book subscription box. Instead of just sending along books and bookish items, this monthly subscription box sends you one book and a series of individually wrapped packages, each with a numbered tag that corresponds to a page in the book. As you read and come across those pages, you'll open the packages and reveal items that relate to that moment in the story!
This is a review of the Adult box for 18+ ($34.99 per month + shipping).
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There's a simple paper booklet inside the box. Love the polka dots and all the bright colors!
One thing I like about this subscription is that they set up lots of opportunities for individual readers to connect with each other. There are read-along dates—read up to the given page by the given date, then hop on Facebook or Instagram Live to unbox the coordinating item with the Once Upon a Book Club folks—and dates where book discussion will happen via social media, too!
The back of the booklet has info about a giveaway, too!
Don't forget—if you open anything ahead of time, you'll ruin the fun of the box!
This quote print is on the back of the card. It would look beautiful framed!
The book this month is heavy and eye-opening. It's a sophisticated, emotional story that I was surprised to see in a subscription that doesn't usually tap into such challenging content. I'm really excited to read this mature, gripping story!
In the spirit of Khaled Hosseini, Nadia Hashimi and Shilpi Somaya Gowda comes this powerful debut from a talented new voice—a sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends in Mumbai, India, whose lives converge only to change forever one fateful night.
India, 1986: Mukta, a ten-year-old village girl from the lower caste Yellama cult has come of age and must fulfill her destiny of becoming a temple prostitute, as her mother and grandmother did before her. In an attempt to escape her fate, Mukta is sent to be a house girl for an upper-middle class family in Mumbai. There she discovers a friend in the daughter of the family, high spirited eight-year-old Tara, who helps her recover from the wounds of her past. Tara introduces Mukta to an entirely different world—one of ice cream, reading, and a friendship that soon becomes a sisterhood.
But one night in 1993, Mukta is kidnapped from Tara's family home and disappears. Shortly thereafter, Tara and her father move to America. A new life in Los Angeles awaits them but Tara never recovers from the loss of her best friend, or stops wondering if she was somehow responsible for Mukta's abduction.
Eleven years later, Tara, now an adult, returns to India determined to find Mukta. As her search takes her into the brutal underground world of human trafficking, Tara begins to uncover long-buried secrets in her own family that might explain what happened to Mukta—and why she came to live with Tara's family in the first place.
Moving from a traditional Indian village to the bustling modern metropolis of Mumbai, to Los Angeles and back again, this is a heartbreaking and beautiful portrait of an unlikely friendship—a story of love, betrayal, and, ultimately, redemption.
The first item appears on page 24. I'll do my best to avoid spoilers as I describe these products!
Orange Scarf – Value $11.90?
Inside the velvety bag, there's an orange scarf that's surprisingly soft and silky. I couldn't find this specific item online, so I linked to a similar scarf to give an idea of value.
The fabric is sheer and has a really rich orange color. Unfurled, it's a giant square. It looks vibrant and voluminous tied around my neck, but you could use it as a wrap, too.
The next gift is also in a tiny printed velvet pouch.
Teapot-Shaped Tea Infuser – Value $1.00?
I'm not sure what type of tea this is, but it has a really lovely vanilla-ish note to it that I really like. It's mild and floral.
The infuser is really charming, with its decorative handle and spout. I love loose-leaf tea, but I've only ever had those simple, silicone diffusers. They work okay, but they're always a little clumsy to work with or close well. This metal one has a top that locks on securely, so the leaves stay inside, safe and sound.
Next, we have this ribbon-tied envelope.
Printed Money and Note – Value $1.00?
This item is more of a prop specific to the book, so I just took a guess at the value. (No, that's not a real bill.) While I don't get a lot of future use out of this item, it's items like these that bring the story to life. If the whole box was props, I'd wonder if it was worth it. But I think it's fun to get props like these every so often!
I love the design of this next box. It's like a tiny, wrapped shirt box.
Gold Leaf Pendant Necklace – Value $7.49?
Again, I couldn't find the specific item online, so I linked to something similar. This necklace is on the longer side—on me, the pendant lay just below my bra line. I like necklaces where I can just loop the chain over my head, rather than unfasten and fasten it. The pendant is about 2 inches long, so it's noticeable but not too big that it's heavy or hard to wear.
There's a good amount of texture on the front side of the leaf pendant so that it catches the light in really pretty ways. It doesn't feel like the highest quality metal, but it is pretty and versatile enough that I could see getting a lot of use out of it.
Last but not least, is this pink package.
Faux Leather Snap-Shut Wallet – Value $6.83?
I'm not sure if the wallet I linked to is the exact product (obviously the quote is different, but everything else is the same), but it's similar enough that I figured it would give a good idea of value.
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International Universal Health Coverage Day – 12 December
Published on: December 10, 2020 Published in: News
Figure 1 https://covid19.who.int
Building Back Better – what can we do?
Now that there is hope on the horizon for ending the pandemic through the emergence of effective vaccines we must seek to ensure that everyone everywhere has access to them. The WHO is seeking to do this through COVAX – the vaccine pillar of the ACT-Accelerator (Access to COVID-19 Tools). For an explanation about why this is essential see https://youtu.be/5opR6x6NMpQ .
Equitable access to healthcare for all is more urgent than ever before. The inequalities are starkly illustrated by the COVID pandemic, both within and between countries, but have been well known for a long time. The tragedy is that we have not achieved universal health care in order to help minimise these differences. Can we raise awareness, advocate for and act through our projects to help achieve it?
WHO summarises the key facts as:
At least half of the world's population still does not have full coverage of essential health services.
About 100 million people are still being pushed into extreme poverty (defined as living on 1.90 USD or less a day) because they have to pay for health care.
Over 930 million people (around 12% of the world's population) spend at least 10% of their household budgets to pay for health care.
All UN Member States have agreed to try to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030, as part of the Sustainable Development Goals.
A measure of the health of a nation is the wellbeing of its young children – from birth to age 5 years. The range across countries in SIGBI is shown in Figure 2 below.
Figure 2 Childhood mortality across SIGBI
At the other end of the age range is how long we can expect to live when we are born and when we reach 'the grand old age of 60years' – see Figure 3 below.
Figure 3 Life expectance at birth and aged 60 years
The old adage that wealth equals health should read equitable wealth distribution equals good health. The World Bank and WHO have been working together on this:
'Health is also an essential part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For example, the SDG 3.8 target aims to "achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to (high) quality essential health care services, and access to safe, effective, (high) quality, and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all." In addition, SDG 1, which calls to "end poverty in all its forms everywhere" could be in peril without Universal Health Care, as almost 90 million people are impoverished by health expenses every year.
Furthermore, The World Bank concludes that:
"More than 1 billion people still live in destitution. At the same time, inequality is rising in many developing nations.
The World Bank wants to galvanize international and national support around two goals: to virtually end extreme poverty in a generation and to push for greater equity."
Many people live on less than 1.9$ per day with the majority going on food, followed by fuel meaning that half the world lacks access to essential health services. Unless we help all to have access to vaccination and treatment for COVID the spread of the virus will continue, largely unabated. Now is the time for Universal Health Coverage.
With COP26 in Glasgow (1-12 November 2021) the synergy between climate and health comes even more into focus. This is through direct effects such as increased communicable disease transmission and heat related through, for example, dehydration as well as indirect effects on food production, drought and increased migration.
Air pollution lessened during the initial phases of COVID but this is being reversed as lockdown provisions are decreased and people become less observant of the advice to maintain at least 1 metre distance between themselves and other people. Wearing a face mask when close to others in closed or crowded spaces and in close contact is advised. However, poor mask construction and usage as well as poor general hygiene might help to spread the disease. For clear advice watch the videos on these links:
Fabric masks – https://youtu.be/iYE0A-5wd14
Medical and fabric masks – https://youtu.be/esM_ePHn0aw
What is needed and what can we do?
WHO has just established a Council on the Economics of Health for All so that we can move towards "… a new narrative that sees health not as a cost, but an investment that is the foundation of productive, resilient and stable economies,"
This means that those of us who can afford access to high standards in health and care services must help those unable to do so for themselves. Will you help us to do so?
Kay Richmond
SIGBI Director of Programme


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WINSLOW — Two children were found passed out at a South Jersey elementary on Friday morning but it's a mystery as to why.
Superintendent H. Major Poteat said a teacher reported finding two boy unresponsive in a first-grade classroom at the Winslow Elementary School 1 around 11:30 a.m. A school nurse was first to check the boys and found their vitals to be normal.
"I would say 15-20 minutes later the youngsters walked out of the ambulance into the school and had lunch with their classmates as they waited for their parents to arrive," Poteat said. The boys were sent home with their mother.
"The Winslow Township Fire Department and the Camden County Health Department conducted all kinds of tests. Air quality, the boiler room, heating and every single classroom. No one found anything. The health department gave us a clean bill of health. All the students went back to their classrooms and we went on with our normal day," Poteat said.
"At this point we still do not know what happened," Poteat said, adding that he is puzzled.
"We always err on the side of caution just to make sure that before anything happened beyond that we took every necessary precaution to make sure the student and staff were safe," Poteat said.
About 350 students between pre-kindergaren and third grade attend the Inskip Road school.


Morris Sheppard has been designing and making furniture for over 25 years. He is a graduate of Pratt Institute with a degree in Industrial Design. His work, which brings the sculptor's mastery of form to furniture, is held in many public and private collections, including The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Harvey Mudd College, and has been exhibited at The Oakland Museum, The Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Richmond Museum, Kohler Art Center, Pasadena Museum, and The California Museum of Science and Industry. Private collectors include Jerry Leiber, Neil Young, Warren Beatty, Bert Schneider, Del Chase, Herb Alpert and recently Barbra Streisand.
He has written and lectured extensively in the United States and Europe and has taught in the California Community College System. He was the fourth American furniture artist, and the youngest, to receive a fellowship from The National Endowment for the Arts. Sheppard is recognized as an expert on the work of Charles and Henry Greene, whose premier work is the Gamble House in Pasadena, California. Restoration of the Gamble House was conducted with his participation and he is the only person the Los Angeles County Museum of Art permits to measure and duplicate the Greene brothers' chairs in their collection. In recognition of Sheppard's contemporary work, he received the 1999 American Design Exhibition (ADEX) Award for Design Excellence. His lighting fixture designs have been placed into production, notably in work done for Robert Long, Inc. Sheppard has a scholarly knowledge of furniture design and classical techniques of furniture manufacturing. He has carried these into the twenty-first century through his extensive experience with traditional hand tools for woodworking and efficient modern machinery.
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Everything begins with the design process, taking into regard both the functional and aesthetic considerations of the piece at hand. The design process does not stop at the drawing board, but continues right up until the final decisions are made in the wood itself. Each piece is made with as much care and technical integrity as possible. It is the nature of wood to be responsive to changes in atmospheric moisture and hence constantly in motion. This must be accounted for.
All detail work is carved by hand, using both power carving tools and traditional gouges and rifflers. Even though utmost care is taken to "find the line" pieces will vary slightly from one side to the other and no two pieces - even chairs in a set - are exactly identical. This adds a warmth and variety otherwise impossible to obtain.
Our workshop, while compact enough to give everything we make individual attention, has the space and facilities to handle projects of any scope.
Morris has lectured at many colleges, museums and universities, including Boston College, San Diego State University, UC Riverside, Long Beach State College, London Crafts Guild, Malmstens Verkstatdscoler, Stockholm, Sweden, and the Philadelphia College of Art.
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"Beginnings are usually scares and endings are usually sad, but its everything is in between that means it all worth living" - Bob Marley Everyone experiences stress and difficult circumstances during their life. Most people can handle these, though times and may even be able to make something good from a difficult situation. Suicide is the model of psychiatric emergencies and is also the commonest cause of death among the psychiatric patients. Suicide is a type of deliberate self harm (DSH), and is defined as a human act of self intentioned and self inflicted cessation (death). It ends with a fatal outcome; DSH is an act of intentionally injuring oneself, irrespective of the actual outcome.1 The Latin word suicide derived from the 'sui cae dere' which means 'to kill oneself'. Suicide also known as completed suicide is "act of taking one's own life". Attempted suicide /non-fatal suicidal behavior is self injury with the desire to end one's life. Although suicide is a deeply personal and an individual act, suicidal behavior is determined by a number of individual and social factors. Ever since Esquirol wrote that "All those who committed suicide are insane" and Durkheim proposed that suicide was an outcome of social / societal situations, the debate of individual vulnerability vs. social stressors in the causation of suicide has divided our thoughts on suicide.
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In Memoriam : Mae Burnham
Mae Burnham - age: 83
(May 01, 1931 to January 14, 2015 )
Resident of Saco, Maine
Visitation Information:
A memorial service will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church at a later date. Dennett, Craig & Pate Funeral Home, 365 Main Street, Saco is in charge of the arrangements.
Mae Burnham, 83, passed away at her residence on January 14, 2015. Mae was born on May 1, 1931 in Pontiac, Michigan, the daughter of Donald and Gladys Pulcipher Burnham.
Mae graduated from Pontiac Michigan High School in 1949 and Michigan State University in 1954. Later, she earned a Master's degree from the University of Michigan. Mae's teaching career took her to Germany, where she taught for the Air Force and ended in Fairfax, Virginia, where she met and married Dr. Gerald Carson. They travelled many places, including Maine. They lived in Texas and Georgetown. They came to Maine and settled in Saco. She attended the Senior College as well as a reading group which performed some plays. She attended the Unitarian Church. Along the way she made many friends. She always enlivened the people she was with and they met once a week for breakfast. She visited her sister Connie often and they made many trips. She was interested in art and loved to visit the Portland Museum, as well as Reny's and flea markets. She was a jolly person in a crowd and made everyone feel like they were special. She will be missed by all who knew her.
She was predeceased by her sister Beatrice Greer.
She is survived by her brother Roy Burnham of Ohio, sisters Joanne Hodges of California and Connie Baskett of Topsham, as well as 15 nieces and nephews.
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Boscher settles in as new Chamber director
By Michelle Symington
MetroWest Reminder Assistant Editor
WESTFIELD As the new executive director of the Westfield Chamber of Commerce, Lynn Boscher hopes to bring the Chamber to a new level and increase its presence in the city.
Boscher began his new job as the executive director and affiliate coordinator for the Westfield Chamber on Jan. 9 and has spent his first couple weeks on the job trying to get organized.
He said the Chamber office has not been fully operational for a few months because there was no executive director after the former director left the position.
Boscher said he is picking up where the former director left off to get "the Chamber back up and fully operational."
He said he has been spending some time meeting and interacting with people to "make Westfield one of the best places to do business."
Boscher said he became interested in the position of executive director "because it ties together a lot of issues, organizations and things I have been working on in years past into one package."
He explained that he has been a businessman in Westfield for over 30 years, has spent five years on the city's Planning Board and two years on the City Council.
He has also been involved in a number of community organizations, serving as president of the Westfield Rotary Club, president of the Greater Westfield Boys and Girls Club, president of St. Mary's PTO. He has also has been involved with the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts and was a member of the Westfield Area Drug Council and the Westfield Community Development Corporation.
Boscher said his past experience will help him in his new position at the Chamber.
"It has given me a lot of contacts in Westfield," he said of his past experience. "Part of the Chamber's appeal is the networking that can occur in trying to create a good, healthy business climate conducive to good, responsible business growth that will benefit the community."
He said the Chamber currently has about 200 members.
The Chamber would love to have 100 percent business [participation]," he added.
He explained that businesses may become members of a Chamber of Commerce for a number of reasons. He said the Chamber offers networking, runs a number of programs and provides information about a number of topics, and keeps local businesses informed about area issues.
Since Westfield is a member of the Affiliated Chamber of Commerce of Greater Springfield, it has a greater influence on the state level because it allows several Chambers to bring issues to the Legislature instead of just one, according to Boscher.
Although Boscher is a business owner in Westfield, he left the Chamber because he did not like the direction in which it was heading. He recently rejoined as a member.
He said he is very excited about his new position.
"The Chamber is a real great organization," he said. "I think every business should be a member, although I just rejoined."
He added that the Chamber is going in the direction that business people can appreciate.
"The Chamber is going to be available," he said, adding that people can call him. He said if people get a recording, leave a message and he will get back to them quickly.
"Hopefully we will have an answer to their question," he said. "If I do not have an answer, we will get an answer."
One of the projects that Boscher is excited to continue in the Chamber is the creation of a Business Improvement District (BID).
"It is one of the best projects going for Westfield," he said.
He added that the BID is almost into the final preparations and will soon be presented to the City Council.
He owns commercial property downtown and was one of the first property owners to sign on to support the creation of BID, he said.
He added that the downtown area has been languishing.
A BID would have property owners pay additional taxes that the city will collect and the BID will determine how that money is spent to improve the businesses, according to Boscher.
He said projects could include facade improvements, extra police patrols or better lighting, for example.
Ali Salehi, chairman of the Board for the Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce, said, "Lynn's experience as a business owner and community leader is a valuable asset to the Chamber and I am confident that together we will not only help member businesses grow, but also improve our regional economy."
Boscher is working out of the Chamber's office, which is located at 53 Court Street in the historic Clapp Tavern. The Chamber can be contacted at 568-1618.


Now that Caitlin is in Year 6 and Ieuan in Year 5, I'm anticipating that the volume of homework will definitely be increasing. And, if last year is anything to go by, the homework battles will be too – begging the question asked by thousands of frustrated parents – how do you get your child to do their homework?
Even the concept of homework is under fire at the moment. There are those who say that it is an unnecessary burden on our kids who are already tested far more than previous generations of school children.
On the other hand, research says that 30% of a child's learning comes from their teachers with a whopping 70% coming from us, their parents and carers.
To me, that indicates clearly that home learning is pretty important, whether in the form of formal homework or not.
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Having all their books and stationery to hand will make it easier to get the work done. It's also a great opportunity to work with your child to design their space together – which will hopefully add more encouragement to open their school bags and actually get the books out!
We've revamped Caitlin's bedroom and have fitted new wardrobes but we have also created a desk area where she can work in peace and escape her noisy younger brother. Once our DIY is finished we plan to add more shelving for books and some task lighting.
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When your kids are younger, this really has to be a 'team effort'. I'm sure you have experienced that sinking Sunday night feeling when you find a piece of urgent homework that has to be handed in on Monday which has been languishing at the bottom of your child's backpack.
I've learned now to empty out all the scraps of paper on Friday to check we know what is needed over the weekend.
That way, we can create a simple homework timetable and split library books up into a set number of chapters per night, for example.
There are times when your child comes home exhausted and it's obvious that they need a break before starting any homework.
But when the work has to be done, we found it's best to hide the remotes and tablets until it's done. If you wanted to be extra tough, you could change the WiFi password until it is!
Not all the time and I'm not suggesting you do the work for them but taking an active interest in what they're doing and letting them show you their workings out or designs will show them that you're there to help and may even encourage a bit of inspired collaboration.
Sometimes it makes a refreshing change to do their homework somewhere else. You could sit with them in your local library or take their spelling books when you're sat waiting in a car for ballet / Taekwondo/swimming to end.
Ieuan is particularly fond of spelling practice in a restaurant down the road from Caitlin's ballet class where we bribe him with a large blackcurrant squash and a packet of crisps.
If, for example, they're studying money then take them to the supermarket and show them how much things cost. Get them to work out the value of what you're putting in your basket. Let them hand over the money and check the change.
If they're studying weights and measurements, do some baking and let them weigh out the ingredients or help with some DIY and take the measurements.
Teaching children how to actually apply what they're learning will help the subject matter to stick much easier.
There are many ways to help your child with their homework but the most important thing is to encourage them and help them to understand that learning is a continuous process that needs daily application.
If you think your child is not coping with their homework, then you could consider hiring a private tutor. You should also talk to your child's teacher to see if there are extra resources to help them in school.
You might also want to check that there is nothing else interfering with your child's learning such as health or friendship issues.
It's perfectly normal to hate doing your homework but as I tell my two, it's a competitive world and a good standard of academic achievement can only stand them in good stead for supporting the Husband and me in our old age!
How to get your child to do their homework? A lot of it is down to good old fashioned discipline and consistent parenting. Homework indeed in some cases!
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Navy blue sweatshirt or cardigan with the school logo.
Dark trousers, shorts or skirt.
Black shoes – not trainer style shoes.
White T-shirt or polo shirt.
All clothing, especially outdoor clothing and P.E. kits, must be labelled clearly. It is very important with so many similar garments in school to name them. Even using a biro on the label works! We will not be responsible for lost items of clothing.
For art and craft work some form of protective clothing is recommended. An old shirt will suffice.


[3H]-dopamine release from the rabbit retina.
[3H]-Dopamine was found to be released from the rabbit retina in vitro by light stimulation, by 40 mM K+, and by alpha-MSH (alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone) down to about 10(-7) M. The effect of alpha-MSH was dose-dependent. A number of known and putative retinal neurotransmitters and agonists (GABA, muscimol, glutamic acid, kainic acid, glycine, and carbachol, all 10(-4) M) were without significant effect. The results show that it is unlikely that there are excitatory receptors on the retinal dopaminergic neurons to any of the conventional transmitters. Further, alpha-MSH seems of interest as a possible neuroactive retinal substance, which was previously not been suspected.


Leah and Brad are a little bit city and a little bit nature. Brad loves getting up into the mountains and Leah feels more at home in the city. So, what to do for their engagement session? How about a little of each?
We started out in the foothills around Golden. It was a beautiful day and the light was just perfect. Once we'd gotten our fill of nature, we headed downtown and wandered around LoDo for the rest of the evening. It made for a pretty awesome shoot and I'm kind of wondering why this is the first time it's ever happened? One thing is for sure… it won't be the last time I do a nature/city session! Congrats Leah and Brad!
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