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Topic: German
"Ich schwimme besser als er."
Translation:I swim better than he does.
beaker606
why er and not ihn/ihm?
MsLagerkvist2
In English it would be correct to say that I swim better than he (does) although many of us use the direct object in casual speech and say that I swim better than him. So the German and English grammar in this regard are the same.
JakobSy
So do german speaking people also say "Ich schwimme besser als ihn" in casual speech, or does it sound totally wrong to a native ear?
ghoencke
It's wrong to use "ihn" here. See http://www.thegermanprofessor.com/wort-der-woche-german-als.
"As a general rule, the phrase that als introduces is in the same case as the phrase it refers back to." This is true for all the various uses of als.
Starry2_night
Thank you for sharing this website. Really useful.
zengator
Because the sentence is really "Ich schwimme besser als schwimt er." Or in English: "I swim better than he swims." As the best high-school English teacher in the world, Mary Louise Thomas, would say: "Did you truly mean to say 'I swim better than him swims'?" The second use of the verb is implied, but informs the grammar anyway.
arisplus
Came here to learn German, ended up learning English instead. :)
Ketutsf
I'm afraid Mary Louise is a bit off here:
Both "better than he" and "better than him" are correct. The reason is that "than" can be either a conjunction or a preposition. The final verb "swims" is only implied when you choose to use "than" as a conjunction.
Conjunction: "I swim better than he (swims)." Here we are using "than" as a subordinating conjuction.
Prepostion: "I swim better than him." Here we are using "than" as a preposition. (In this case, the phrase cannot be completed with "swims.")
Here is an authoritative source:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/than
Merriam uses "older than I" and "older than me" to exemplify these two correct uses of "than."
Here is another relevant link:
http://www.yourdictionary.com/index.php/pdf/articles/149.conjunctionschart.pdf
Granted, but two things are noted:
according to your authoritative source "'than' is used as a conjunction more commonly than as a preposition,"
auf Deutsch ist 'als' eine Konjunktion, nie eine Präposition. Deshalb sollten auch wir 'than' als eine Konjunktion benutzen.
Yes, both of those are true. But the specific issue I was addressing was the oft heard assertion that "____-er than me/him/her" is incorrect in English. In the context of comparisons (in English), I think the object-pronoun + preposition construction is probably more common than the subject-pronoun + conjunction version -- especially in spoken English. People who prefer the latter sometimes look down on those who don't, and claim to hold the grammatical high ground.
Well, of course. One must expect that people who prefer the ladder will look down . . . .
dirron
I guess it's because you're comparing two people who are on an equal footing. Therefore, the second person is not the indirect object of the sentence (for which you would use 'ihm'), or the direct object (for which you would use ihn)..
Hoja.de.Arce
In English, as in French, we use the accusative in this case ("him"), but in most European languages "he" would be correct. This was historically the case in English as well, and there are prescriptionist grammarians who still insist we should. Most English speakers are unaware of what prescriptivist grammarians have to say, though, so they just have to learn this by rote when learning languages like German.
Is it safe to say that "als" takes the nominative case?
I wouldn't try to use that as a rule of thumb, analogkid.
als (in this situation) is a "subordinating conjunction". So, as furrykef alludes, it doesn't really force a case either way. The choice between er (Nom), ihn (Akk), or ihm (Dat) is determined by how "he" is used within the clause introduced by als.
In this situation, the idea being expressed is "My ability to swim is better than his ability to swim", i.e., "I swim better than he [does]." The "does" is understood. The "better than" is a conjunction. In a sense, you have two sentences: "I swim" and "he swims", and you are comparing the two.
The importance of the choice of case in these kinds of sentences where words are dropped/understood can be illustrated thusly:
I like her more than him.
I like her more than he.
The first is really: I like her more than I like him.
The second is really: I like her more than he likes her.
furrykef
I would expect "als" to take whichever case makes sense. Here "er" is being contrasted with "ich", which is nominative, so "er" is also nominative (compare English "I swim better than he" -- though in English this is considered pedantic usage). If it were being contrasted with an object in the accusative, as in "I like him better than her" (never "better than she", unless you mean "better than she likes him") I'd expect it to be accusative.
dghitc
It seems I'll never be able to distinguish what is said between "er" and "ihr!"
ACardAttack
er should pronounced more like "air" and ihr should be pronounced like "ear"
Why doesn't it accept "I am better at swimming than him"
That isn't a great translation of the German sentence, partly because there is a simple, direct translation. More importantly, it has a somewhat different meaning. Consider:
Both Mai Lin and Diego are better at swimming than I am. But I swim better than Mai Lin because she doesn't try very hard, and I swim better than Diego because he is hustling you. He doesn't want you to know how good he really is.
Scooper286556
Than I vs. than me. The grammarian equivalent of the lexicographer's assertion that "literally does not mean figuratively." He would not need to say so if people weren't using it that way. The Standard is changing before our eyes.
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Lamborghini Diablo – The Sant'Agata Devil
July 31, 2020 by Sports Car Digest Leave a Comment
If it wasn't for our huge competitive nature tethered into our DNA, we might not have had many of today's technological advances. More importantly, we wouldn't get to gaze in awe at many of the automotive world's jewels, and the Lamborghini Diablo is certainly one of those!
At the era when Enzo Ferrari was building state-of-the-art race cars in the Scuderia factory, Ferruccio Lamborghini, a great businessman and tractor builder, suggested he make a few changes that could improve the Ferrari cars, making them faster.
Ferruccio was a client of Ferrari at that time. Being unhappy with some of the technical issues that he was having on his cars at the time, the businessman went to see Enzo to present his views.
Ferruccio Lamborghini / Source: The Vintage News
Enzo dismissed Ferruccio Lamborghini's views, finding it demeaning to take advice from a tractor builder. Since Ferruccio himself wasn't the most diplomatic guy out there, this event sparked a huge rivalry. One that was about to continue for decades to come.
When Lamborghini unveiled the Countach, it was revolutionary! Many believed that the Countach would be the pinnacle of the brand, as matching the performance and the outlandish looks of Lamborghini's first supercar were not going to be something easily achievable.
Oh, how little did we know! As it emerged, the Lamborghini Diablo made track days go beyond the childish joy of driving fast around the bends.
Tire squealing, metal rumbling and engine roaring like a demon from the deepest pit of hell – all these ingredients made the Lamborghini Diablo juggle the line between a fun supercar and a terrifying 4-wheel monster. Through all its iterations between 1990 and 2001, Lamborghini Diablo jumpstarted the crowd everywhere it went, as its aggressive design mixed with a roided-up powertrain made it possible to break the 200mph limit.
The Original Lamborghini Diablo
Project 132 was the name given to the concept that Lamborghini took on to replace the Countach, as early as 1985. The main point of the project? A new flagship model that is able to reach 196mph (315kmh).
Starting from scratch, designer Marcello Gandini (who was also responsible for drawing Miura and Countach) sketched a very aggressive, sharp body for what was to become the Diablo.
However, as Lamborghini was bought over by Chrysler Corporation, upper management rejected Gandini's designs and commissioned a team in Detroit to soften up the edges. The Italian wasn't impressed. He went on and deployed the original design on the Cizeta-Moroder V16T.
Since Lamborghini had a tradition of naming its cars after famous breeds of fighting bulls, Diablo was named after the bull that was raised by the Duke of Veragua and battled "el Chicorro" in 1869.
The Lamborghini P132 prototype designed by Marcello Gandini on display at the Lamborghini museum/ Source: By Arnaud 25
Lamborghini P132 prototype rear profile/ Source: By Arnaud 25
Offered for sale since 21st of January 1990, the first Lamborghini Diablo drew its force from a 5.7-liter V12 engine that was mounted centrally for near-perfect weight distribution.
The engine (492hp and 428 lb-ft of torque) paired with a rear-wheel-drive system allowed the supercar to reach 60mph in 4.5 seconds and hit the limit at 202mph. It featured a double overhead cam configuration, based on the 1963 design of Giotto Bizzarrini. A multi-point, computer-controlled fuel injection made it possible to fine-tune the power over the entire RPM range.
Power was delivered to the wheels via a 5-speed manual gearbox with a long final ratio to allow Diablo to become the first Lamborghini to surpass the 200mph mark.
Compared to Countach, the Lamborghini Diablo had a better-equipped interior, even though it may seem a bit spartan by modern standards.
Seats were now fully adjustable, as was the steering wheel, and windows were actioned electrically. Hand-sewn fine Italian leather covered the insides of the car, top to bottom.
Lamborghini added power steering into the mix as of 1993, and the supercar also saw the addition of ABS.
Even at that time, various luxury perks were available with supercars; Lamborghini offered the possibility to buy a custom-molded seat for the driver, rear spoiler, a factory luggage set, and even a limited edition Breguet clock for your car's dashboard.
The Lamborghini Diablo Roadster Concept
Introduced during the 1992 Geneva Auto Show, the Diablo Roadster allowed Lamborghini to showcase how the new supercar would look like with an open top.
The Roadster not only had the roof removed, but the windshield was replaced by a lower visor. To compensate for the lack of a roof, the chassis needed to be reinforced.
Lamborghini Diablo Roadster/ Source: RM Sotheby
On the inside, the dashboard suffered a major redesign, becoming smaller in size but retaining all the required elements. Bigger clearance was created between the seats, allowing the windscreen mounted rearview mirror to reflect the world behind the car.
Lamborghini boosted the size of the air intakes on the rear wings and increased the cross-section of air ducts running the sides of the concept.
While there were talks to make the concept into a limited edition run, the project never reached production. However, many elements of the Diablo Roadster Concept found their way into future iterations such as the Diablo VT and Diablo VT Roadster.
The Diablo VT- All-Wheel Drive
Introduced 3 years after the debut of Diablo, the VT brought on several changes. The most notable difference compared to the original Diablo is the addition of all-wheel drive.
To integrate it, Lamborghini borrowed and redesigned the viscous differential (hence VT – Viscous Traction) in the 4WD system found on its military-spec LM002 model. The new drivetrain allowed 40% of the power to the front wheels.
Lamborghini Diablo VT
The all-wheel-drive system made it easier to control the 492hp output of the roaring V12. Some would even say that Lamborghini took out the challenge of driving a Diablo when they introduced the 4WD in the VT model.
Furthermore, the adjustable suspension and speed-based power steering made the bull tamer, yet just as strong.
To celebrate 30 years of existence, Lamborghini released the limited-edition Diablo SE30 in 1993. The idea was rather simple: SE30 was a racecar somehow legal to drive on the streets.
The engine was tuned upwards to 523hp thanks to a new fuel system, magnesium intake manifolds, and a free-flowing exhaust system.
Furthermore, the Lamborghini Diablo SE30 ditched the 4-wheel drive and resumed powering just the rear wheels to shave off weight. To compensate for the obvious oversteer, Lamborghini engineers fitted adjustable anti-roll bars that the driver could control directly from the cockpit.
Like most racecars of the time, more weight was shed by replacing glass windows with plexiglass. Air conditioning, power steering, music – all were taken out in the name of lower weight. Fine Italian leather seats were taken out and replaced by lightweight carbon fiber counterparts which were also made to fit 4-point harnesses.
The Diablo SV Pushes 510HP
Once again, the Geneva Motor Show was the host for Lamborghini's new Diablo iteration. Named Diablo SV, the model revived the Super Veloce nomination used last time on the Miura SV.
1996 Lamborghini Diablo SV/ Source: Silverstone Auctions
Lamborghini Diablo SV Engine / Source: Silverstone Auctions
Side profile of Lamborghini Diablo SV / Source: Silverstone Auctions
Oddly, Diablo SV was based on the original Diablo model and thus lacks a viscous differential and 4-wheel drive. On the bright side, the engine was revised, allowing it to push 510hp to the wheels at an eye-pleasing, eargasmic 7,100 RPM.
To account for the power boost, extra brake cooling ducts were integrated along with bigger 340mm front brakes. Bigger, 18" wheels were fitted to accommodate the increased diameter brakes.
A rear spoiler came standard with the SV, and it could have been painted in accordance with the rest of the car or built out of carbon fiber. Even with the revised engine, Lamborghini set the SV below the price of the standard Diablo.
Twenty limited run "Monterey Edition" Diablo SVs were built for the United States, most of them built in vibrant colors, something that was highly unusual for the Italian brand at the time.
The Diablo GT- Hitting a Top Speed of 210mph
Based on SE30 and SE30 Jota, Lamborghini revealed the Diablo GT in 1998.
Compared to its tamer relatives, Diablo GT was built more for the track rather than for the public roads. This was prevalent not only via the revised design but also through the plethora of components unique to the model.
Lamborghini Diablo GT / Source: BH Auction
On the outside, huge brake ducts were fitted alongside an air dam and central vent flowing to the oil cooler. There was no luggage compartment left as a large air extractor was installed in place. NACA ducts replaced the small fender vents, with the fender themselves being widened to match the upgrades.
Aiding aerodynamics, bumpers were stripped and replaced by carbon fiber diffusers with integrated lamps. The engine sucked air through a central air duct that opened on the roof.
To get the car as light as possible, most of the bodywork was laminated in carbon fiber. It all summed up to a 300lbs weight reduction over the standard Diablo, translating to a 12-second quarter-mile and a top speed of 210mph!
For the first time on the model, the V12 engine displacement was altered. Stroke was lengthened by 0.2 inches and made for a 6-liter total displacement. Power output was rated at 575hp and 465 lb-ft of torque.
The production was limited to only 83 units sold, each for an eye-watering $258,000 US dollars.
Race Spec Diablo
As mentioned earlier, Lamborghini also provided a number of race-spec iterations of the Diablo. The Jota conversion kit was created to allow Japan Lamborghini Owners Club (JLOC) to run the JGTC racing. Only three cars were made, and all three are still in Japan.
To bring something to the prototype stage and trying to catch-up with Porsche, Lamborghini developed the GT1 Stradale with the help of French prototype builder Signes Advanced Technologies. As per GT1 class requirements, the GT1 Stradale featured a tubular steel chassis and carbon fiber bodywork. The powertrain was supplied by Lamborghini, a 6-liter V12 iteration that was capable of 655bhp at 7,550RPM, coupled to a 6-speed sequential gearbox.
In 1996, Diablo SV-R was shown to the public as a competition-spec version of the existing SV. The SV-R was the first Lamborghini built specifically for racing, and the Italian automaker went as far as creating their own league called Lamborghini Supertrophy. Twenty-eight SV-Rs entered the event, built in just 4 months. Amazingly, all of them finished the race without major issues.
Lamborghini Diablo SV-R / Source: Automobili Lamborghini SpA
One of the rarest Lamborghini Diablo existing today, the GTR was launched after the immense success witnessed by the SV-R. Like a proper race-oriented car, the Lamborghini Diablo GTR was stripped down to the minimum required to save weight, 6-point belts were added as well as a huge rear spoiler, integrated air jacks, and 18-inch center-lock OZ wheels. The 60liter V12 engine would push 590hp and was bolted to the regular 5-speed manual transmission powering the rear wheels.
The Lamborghini Diablo was the last of its breed. Coming from a time where an RWD Lamborghini was the norm while the 4WD was the odd one out, the Italian supercar was highly watched by the public, once for its outstanding sharp edge design and secondly for the overwhelmingly powerful V12 engine roaring at the center of the car.
With various iteration and even a racing event dedicated to the model, Lamborghini managed to create a more-than-worthy successor of the Countach. A true raging bull, which, regardless of its form, delivered raw power and made the driver earn each turn on the track.
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I love bird nests. They are such beautiful works of art, with each one so unique, and each one woven with different found objects from nature. I started a small collection of nests when I lived in Maine. When I was packing up to return west, I gave my collection to my dear neighbor, who had a collection of her own.
My husband Mike comes across a lot of abandoned nests when he's in the field for work. All of these nests are ones he has brought home to me over the years, which I tucked away for safe keeping.
They are all so distinct, equally rugged yet graceful. Each fragment of their construction is so fragile on their own, yet woven together they collectively become strong.
This wirey nest is woven together with a mix of fine thread-like branches, what looks to be horse hair, with a little fishing twine thrown in for good measure. I found the robin's egg on one of our walks. On its back is a sweet little hole from which the robin chick popped out.
This nest is an intricately woven wheat vessel.
I love the wheat flower tucked in along the rim.
Plastered with dry dense mud on its exterior, this clay nest is sturdy and strong. Feathery golden grass blankets the interior.
When Mike brought me this moss nest, it was almost electric green. Even now, several years later, it still smells like the damp lush Pacific Northwest woods.
This is a Maine nest. It was the very first that I collected, and it is the only one I brought with me when I moved back west. She is one of my most sentimental momentos from Maine, reminding me of the many hours I spent in the Maine woods.
This nest also reminds me of my dear neighbor in Maine. When I gave her my collection of nests, she shared with me a story about her mother who had recently passed away. Her mother loved birds, and made it her practice to always set the hair from her brush outside for the birds to use in their nests.
Her mother had been ill for several months and finally passed away in summer. By fall, my neighbor was closing her mother's estate and while walking in the garden, noticed a bird's nest visible through the barren autumn trees. When she looked closer at the nest tucked safely between the cradling branches, she saw that the sweet little nest was woven with beautiful white shimmering strands of her mother's hair.
I'll never forget that story, especially when I see a nest and recognize all of the beautiful unique items used to create it.
As someone who is passionate about the warmth and coziness of our home, I admire and respect the birds loving devotion to creating a warm and safe place to cradle their young.
What a lovely story about your old neighbor and her mother's hair! When the hurricane hit last August we lost a huge Osprey nest in our yard that the Osprey had worked on for the past 4 years. Each year they added to it and made it their home, so it was so sad to see it in pieces on the ground following the storm. We can only imagine how sad they will be this spring when they return and find the tree is gone as well as the nest...which we estimate to have weighed over 500 lbs. Your nest collection is beautiful and what a treasure to have!
This was such a beautiful post. The story about your neighbor's mom was so touching, my eyes were welling with tears. Thank you for sharing the lovely story and lovely photos of your nest collection:).
what lovely pictures, and what a touching story.. it's all about how things are passed on... the birds passed their no-longer-needed nests to your husband who passed them on to you.. you passed the nests to your neighbor and she passed the story to you.. a story about her mother, who passed her strands of hair on to the birds to use, who passed the gift of a memory back to your neighbor.. a memory about her mother, who had passed on. and now you are passing this story along to us.. thank you!
Lovely story about your neighbor's mother. Thanks for sharing!
What a lovely story about the old lady's hair in the nest! Birds' nests are special and intricate. I cherish the house martins that nest under my eaves every summer. Some don't appreciate them since they soil the house wall, but I think it is only very little, and also a very small price to pay for the joy of seeing the parents bringing food in and the chicks learning to fly.
trina this is such a sweet story. i too collect nests. most of them have been collected on golf courses of all places. i know ladies that routinely throw thread and string throughout their gardens just for the birds. i've never thought of using hair. that is really sweet.
Such a beautiful story. I too collect bird's nests. This Christmas we couldn't decide on a Christmas tree until I saw one with a little bird's nest inside. I knew that had to be the one. Although the tree is long gone, the nest has been added to my collection. May the spring bring many more finds for both of us.
delighted to know we share this passion. I have several nests - some on our side porch and some under glass domes in our den. It IS such a wonderful thing to discover the items they are made with. the story about your friend's mom is lovely.
I too collect bird nests—I keep them in a wonderful old cabinet made by my grandfather! My nephews especially love to bring me nest that they have found. A few years ago, I started to document who found the nest, along with where, and when the nest was found. I simply write it on a small label and put it inside the nest. It is fun to take a walk down memory lane and recall when the nest was added to the collection! I so appreciate the story you shared about your neighbor—thanks for sharing!
What a beautiful story to cherish! I love nests, but do not have any 'real' ones in my home. Someday I hope to find some!!
What an absolutely beautiful post – one of my favorite to date. I doubt I will ever forget that story. . . and I'm now inclined to brush my long curly hair in my backyard - which is also my haven for birds.
What a special gift to find a nest woven with her Mother's hair. Something about finding a nest is like finding a treasure. The miracle of nature!
Oh my word, I am in tears from that incredible story.
How amazing the Lord created these wonderful creatures.
What a sweet story to share! I love nests too and love how in winter you can see them in the no-longer-hidden branches of the trees. So much warmth and love going into them, makes me think of my own home too. Thanks for this beautiful reminder!
My home is an forest setting which is also the habitat for many species of birds that includes eagles, parrots, robins, thrushes, doves, finches and honeyeaters which extract nectar from flowers right outside the window. It is a birdwatchers dream location. We also have bowerbirds here that construct bowers to attract females giving real meaning to the term love nest! I once came across one once on the forest floor and it was incredible, decorated with blue clothes pegs that a satin bowerbird had stolen from our yard to use as ornamentation. These birds both paint and decorate! They even use twigs as a paintbrush to apply saliva to the walls of their bower which may be dyed from the juice of berries. The female chooses their mate on the quality of their bower and prefer well built and decorated bowers that have lots of treasures!
I, too, enjoyed your sweet story. When my children were in elementary school I helped to teach a parent-led science class. We learned all about birds and their nests and I have been in awe ever since. They are absolutely the most amazing creatures and I watch them with the utmost respect now.
I too collect nests. It's really easy for me since we live in the N.C. woods. I am crazy for your moss nest. I haven't seen one of those before. The most precious nest I have is that of a hummingbird. It is so tiny and soft yet strong.
Thanks for sharing your neighbor's story. It is very touching.
The gifts that birds possess in creating their amazing little (or sometimes big) homes is remarkable...and the story of your neighbor's mom is as much of a treasure as these beautiful nests are, so touching.
Thank you so much for sharing your sweet story and collection with us Trina...it was very special!
Such a touching story Trina! I too love bird's nests. I have one we found last summer with a hollowed out egg inside that I keep in my glass top curio coffee table. We have several nests on the underside of our deck as well. I love springtime when the birds come back and build new ones.
ohmy!!! that sweet story gave me chills... so, so sweet. we just never know the lifeprint we leave, where, or how. I love your collection.
When my dogs were alive I sued to comb them outside and then put the hair in the cedar hedge for the birds. I would often see nests lined in golden fur or chocolate, and we even found a rabbits nest full of it. So sweet. Your friends story is delightful.
Beautiful touching words . . . I too collect birds nests and have done so for years. Others know of my collection and we will often find a nest sitting near our front door or the bell ringing to bring one to me in person.
In the years when I would have a fresh spruce and/or fir tree in each of the rooms for Christmas, they always had a nest tucked in the branches. I still put a nest in our now, "one tree" and this year it was a nest inside the branch it was on when it was given to me.
Love the story of the silver white hair of her mom's, found in the nest.
I would love to be able to see the birds in the process of building . . . each intricate to their own.
Thank you for this beautiful treasured message.
What a sweet, touching post.
Beautiful works of art. Its also amazing isn't it that a tiny bird can accomplish so much.
I will never look at a bird's nest the same again. I can't wait to share your post with my daughter, who collects bird's nest.
this is one of the coolest posts i've read in a long time. what a cool way to see his mother live on. thanks for sharing this.
Oh, what a lovely post. I, too, am a collector of wind-downed bird nests. They are such works of art. I took my mother's collection when she passed, and have them displayed in lots of little places. Your story about the bird nest with hair reminded me of a favorite part in the children's book, Sarah, Plain and Tall. She saves the curls from the children's haircuts, tosses them in the wind, and tells the children they will look for "nests of curls" in the spring. Living on the prairie, I have never seen a nest like yours out of moss. How beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
I love this sweet story, and my love for nests has increased because of it. What a sweet, caring thing for your neighbor's mom to do! I may just have to follow her example.
I spent most of one day last fall watching the birds harvest the mock cherries (?) from the lovely tree outside the windows of our study-dining room.
For one season some birds chose to build their nest just outside that same window, but never since.
I, too, have collected nests in the past. They're lovely and somehow validating, as I, too, am a nest builder.
Your neighbor's story touched my heart.
And your collection is just beautiful.Now, I want to go bird nest hunting.
I too have some nests and love the look of them. I love the idea you saved the moss nest from Maine. Such a great reminder. The story about the neighbors hair is so sweet. I just bet your friend was so touched to see her Mom's hair in that nest. Thank you for this wonderful post....just what I needed today.
Instinctively, birds create nests and no two are ever alike. I think our homes are like that too.
You always inspire me with your passion for creating a cozy nest.
Oh- me too! I blog at The Empty Nest Mom. because i am an empty nest mom and I love nests and birds and so enjoyed this post. Such a sweet story about your neighbor's mother. Every kind of mother on earth strives to create a sheltering nest for her children and find beauty therein. So glad I stopped by this morning.
My Mama grew up in Maine. When she would trim our hair when we were children she also threw our hair outside, telling us the birds would use it in their nests. I got a bit teary eyed reading this post. Mama passed away last winter.
Unless they have fallen out of a tree, birds would have continued to use these nests. Basically, you are taking perfectly good nests that some bird would find and use. Or the actual builder might be back next spring to use again.
We have nests in our front trees that are used every spring for the past 30 some years.
I love this time of year when the song birds are in the trees. We put up a bird house and I hope it gets occupied.
These are all so beautiful! You've inspired me to keep the nest I find from time to time, for my own collection.
It is definitely our practice to only collect fallen nests. We've always heard that many birds don't re-use their nests, but some do.
I love the sentiment expressed in this beautiful post!
My mother saved a nest made of horse hair - it is better than a Faberge egg.
What a beautiful story-and how lovely that you gave her the nests-all in the circle of life!
I Love this post - what a great story... and beautiful pics (of course) You always do such a great job! Thanks for sharing... Have a great day!
Love the story & the pictures are beautiful.
I, too, collect birds nests & have been doing so for years. My problem is finding places to put them. Where do you display your birds nests, Trina?
I keep my collection in my Great Great Grandfather's old lawyer bookcase. The glass protects them from dust.
What a wonderful post! I love the beautiful images you have taken, so we can really see and appreciate the "workmanship". My mother - who lives in a rural area in Denmark - also collects nests. from time to time one makes it into the living room, but often they are tucked in windowsills and in the foyer. When I last visited she had a small nest, it was completely lined with hair (probably from the horses), and it looked like the coziest little nest ever... When we had a long haired dog (while I grew up), my mom would always leave the brushed hair outside for the birds! You just took me down memory lane :) Thank you!
What a lovely story and I will now do the same.
Love this story. We found several nests this year with hair from our horses. It is very special to have them decorate our home. I have always had a love of nest but now they are extra special.
do you keep them where they are out where you can enjoy them?
What a fabulous and sentimental post. I cannot get over the stunning images you took of each nest. What a great way to document the circle of life. Thank you for sharing!
Your nest collection is beautiful. The one of moss and the tiny perfection nest were my favorites. I have one nest that survived being blown out of the tree in a storm. It had the little round centers of sycamore balls woven into its design. Maybe mama bird put them in the design just to get herself in the egg laying mood. I loved the story about your neighbor's mom putting hair out for the birds. Wonderful that your neighbor got to see the bird nest that her mama helped make. I am going to go and get the hair out of my brush as soon as I am finished here. I hope the birds like L'Oreal's Toasted Cocoanut as part of their color scheme.
Your story brought back so many lovely memories of my grandmother brushing her long gray hair in the garden just so the birds could use the strands for their nests. I too collected fallen nests, but after being bitten by bird mites I stopped. It was horrible! Nests must be treated before you touch them. Please google bird mites before you touch any more nests and please be careful.
Hi Trina, thank you for allowing us to follow your progress; your blog is very beautiful and interesting to read.
Nothing prettier than a neutral/white palatte, is there? And when combined with nature/natural items, art, approach...it's even prettier. Soothing to the soul and pleasing to the eye for sure.
I much prefer the copy layout that is justified left, rather than centered. Centered copy is very difficult for the eye to follow as a reader, even though you may prefer the 'look' of the page more. For this reason, it is usually avoided in advertising, etc. I guess the decision before you is whether you're art directing your blog to please you, or your readers. A very legitimate question with no wrong answer!
I keep hoping that you will show us th more 'real' side to you, your home, your life. The carefully art directed photography is so beautiful...but often not 'real'. You're surrounded by beautiful things but I'm sure you don't live your day to day lives like you're on a magazine photo set. (If you do, that's a whole 'nother topic!) We'd love to see how you really live...with the occasional shoes on the floor, pillow awry, toys scattered around, and not-quite-so-sterile countertops. Trust me, we'll love and admire you just the same...maybe more!
And finally, it must be very satisfying to have purchased such a beautiful plot, and such a wreck of a house, and turned it into your own beautiful enclave, done just as you wish. It's such fun for 'outsiders' to watch and experience along with you. As a recovering perfectionist myself, I just encourage you to stay relaxed about it all...your husband and beautiful kids will thank you.
We find nests with hair from our horses' manes and tails! My kiddos think it's so cool...they can even determine which horse hair is whose! It's interesting that you mention the Maine woods....we moved up here to Maine almost 8 yrs ago from TX. I also spent a summer up in the Pacific NW...a similar feel to Maine in many respects. Enjoying and 'collecting' nature is one of our favorite simple pleasures!
Hi Trina! The photos of your nests are stunning. Thank you for sharing them with us.
Your blog is a beautiful respite from a crazy world, please do not change a thing because one reader has issues. I think your readers seek you out for the peace and calm you instill in all of us when we visit. To assume to know how you live, and then to be so judgemental of your life is just plain arrogant. The comment sounds more like jealousy than "feedback". Tracy needs to remember this is a blog, not a reality show.
Thank you for all the time and work that you clearly put into your blog. You are so kind to share your beautiful world with us.
Que emocionante,lindo post,obrigado.Cravo-da-índia espetados em cascas de laranja matam ácaro de pássaros e traças.Tenho sempre alguns sachês próximo dos tecidos e livros. DEUS TE ABENÇOE.
Haven't been on blog for a while, glad I got on to see your wonderful post. Beautiful pictures, beautiful text. My family leaves hair and stuff for the animals and birds as well, just naturally you know? Awesome. Awesome post.
This story warmed my heart and made me smile. Thank you.
I thought I should write as there seem to be so many readers who also do not know this. I do not mean to be harsh at all. It is more to let people know the 'spirit" of the law. So many times we are expressing our delight in wildlife and we unfortunately endanger the wildlife.
Anyway, thank you so much for your inspiring blog!
I think you are my go to person on my bird nest question.
My grandson found a birds nest that had fallen out of the tree. I put it on the patio table and left it there.
The next day when he came by he wanted to know where his nest was and could he bring it in the house.
I told him until I could find out how to clean it it needed to stay outside.
Since you collect them can you tell me is there a way that I can clean it up a little before bringing it in?
I live off a lake that is surrounded by a nature preserve, lots of trees and ALOT of birds, ducks geese and swans that hang out in my driveway (doesn't hurt that I feed them). So I see a lot of nests in the trees. But not being a nature person I always thought that birds reused a nest. Do you just take the ones that have fallen?
Any and all help on birds nests would be great. I have a feeling my grandson has a new found passion.
I don't really know how you would clean a nest. When my husband brought home ours, I set them each aside in our covered bookcase and washed my hands after holding it.
With children, I'd be even more careful. I love the idea of sharing nature with children, especially if they are already so excited about it!
After sending you a post I started searching around the internet looking for "cleaning an outside birdsnest.
Couple different ways. One way is store in a ziplock for a couple days another is microwave it for a minute.
Both ways will kill any bugs that might be on the nest.
I think I will try them and then maybe make him a little terrarium so that he won't be handling it.
I love looking through a childs eyes. He loves going over by the lake and seeing all the wildlife it offers.
The next couple months will be extra sweet.
New babies everywhere. Thats a whole different topic.
Happy Easter and thanks very much.


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1 September 2004 NEW INVASIVE SPECIES OF MEALYBUGS, PALMICULTOR LUMPURENSISAND CHAETOCOCCUS BAMBUSAE (HEMIPTERA: COCCOIDEA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE), ON BAMBOO IN FLORIDA
Greg Hodges, Amanda Hodges
Greg Hodges,1 Amanda Hodges2
1Taxonomic Entomologist, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville, FL 32614
2University of Florida, Entomology & Nematology Department, P.O. Box 110620, Gainesville, FL 32611-0620
Florida Entomologist, 87(3):396-397 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0396:NISOMP]2.0.CO;2
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Homeowners, theme parks, botanical gardens, and water gardens utilize bamboo as an ornamental planting in the Southeastern United States. Nurserymen and collectors acquire bamboo cuttings from various regions, including the Orient, which can be infested with exotic pest insects. Unfortunately, immature and adult pests beneath nodal regions and sheaths, and on the roots of a bamboo plant may be difficult for plant inspectors to detect. Two bamboo mealybugs Palmicultor lumpurensis (Takahashi) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and Chaetococcus bambusae (Maskell) which feed underneath leaf sheaths on the bamboo stalks recently invaded Florida.
While over 30 species of mealybugs are known to occur on bamboo worldwide, few species have been reported in the United States. The most commonly reported is the noxious bamboo mealybug, Antonina pretiosa Ferris, an established invasive species that is considered a minor pest of bamboo with aesthetics being affected more so than actual plant damage (Miller et al. 2002). The adults are legless, generally located at the nodal regions of various bamboo species and fairly easy to detect due to the presence of sooty mold and long, white, tapering wax filaments emerging from nodal regions. Chaetococcus bambusae (Fig. 1) is an obscure mealybug that first was introduced in Florida during 1956 and subsequently eradicated. However, a small population was able to establish at Coral Gables, Florida in 1998. Adults of this mealybug are legless and generally found beneath the sheaths of their bamboo hosts. The infestation at Coral Gables went unnoticed until the mealybugs were exposed by removal of older leaf sheaths by grounds workers. This population did not induce significant economic damage to stands of bamboo at the infestation site. Subsequent populations were found in Miami and Orange County, Florida.
In 2002, P. lumpurensis was introduced in the United States at Lake Buena Vista, Florida (Hodges 2002). Bamboo (Bambusa oldhammi Munro) at the site of infestation displayed signs of obvious mealybug contamination with large quantities of white wax on new bamboo shoots and beneath the leaf sheaths. Subsequent surveys revealed additional populations on stands of B. olehammi and an Arundinaria sp. in Orange County and Seminole County. Level of infestation ranged from slight to severe and is probably indicative of the amount of time the mealybugs had been present within the individual stands. Unlike the noxious bamboo mealybug and C. bambusae, this mealybug does cause considerable damage to the host plant. New bamboo shoots are aborted from heavy populations of this mealybug. Severe infestations potentially could kill stands of bamboo.
The biology of P. lumpurensis is poorly known. Only a brief taxonomic and host description of P. lumpurensis was documented by Takahashi (1950) and Ben Dov (1994), respectively. The adults and immatures of this mealybug are grayish-pink, lack lateral wax filaments and are covered by a fine, white mealy wax (Fig. 2). This mealybug superficially resembles both the pink hibiscus mealybug (Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green)) and the sugarcane mealybug (Saccharicoccus sacchari Cockerell). Although the pink hibiscus mealybug does not occur on bamboo, the sugarcane mealybug occasionally has been reported on bamboo within Florida. Adult females of Palmicultor lumpurensis mounted on slides are distinguished from these species by having 14-17 pairs of cerarii in contrast to 4-6 pairs in pink hibiscus mealybug and 1 pair in sugarcane mealybug.
Palmicultor lumpurensis and C. bambusae have become established in Florida. The potential economic impact of these invasive species for Florida's bamboo is not yet known. Monitoring of populations from each of these invasive species will be important for the native bamboo species, Arundinaria gigantea Walter, and for ornamental bamboo stands.
Y. Ben-Dov 1994. A systematic catalogue of the mealybugs of the world. Intercept Unlimited. 686 pp. Google Scholar
G. S. Hodges 2002. A bamboo mealybug, Trionymus lumpurensis Takahashi, Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae. http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/~pi/enpp/ento/t-lumpurensis.html. Google Scholar
D. R. Miller, G. L. Miller, and G. W. Watson . 2002. Invasive species of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and their threat to U.S. agriculture. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash 104:4825–836. Google Scholar
R. Takahashi 1950. Some mealybugs (Pseudococcidae: Homoptera) from the Malay peninsula. The Indian J. Entomol 12:112–15. Google Scholar
Chaetococcus bambusae adults on bamboo.
Palmicultor lumpurensis adults on bamboo.
Greg Hodges and Amanda Hodges "NEW INVASIVE SPECIES OF MEALYBUGS, PALMICULTOR LUMPURENSISAND CHAETOCOCCUS BAMBUSAE (HEMIPTERA: COCCOIDEA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE), ON BAMBOO IN FLORIDA," Florida Entomologist 87(3), 396-397, (1 September 2004). https://doi.org/10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0396:NISOMP]2.0.CO;2
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[updated 2018/05/09 with videos and some references to Express stupidity]
Eurovision 2018 - first semi final
As the baking heat starts to break, and the ominous sounds of distant thunderstorms can be heard in the AM radio, it's time to reflect upon the fact that Eurovision 2018 is upon us. This is good and bad. Good because we can enjoy a pile of songs in varying degrees of English (this time around Albania, Armenia, and Greece are the only countries sticking with their own language), and in some cases I'm sure we can only wonder at how anybody seriously thinks the entry would qualify. And bad because it doesn't seem that long since the 2017 contest. A whole year has passed. We're all a year older. Just like that.
I am writing this in the sunny afternoon with the change-of-weather wind blowing through the open window. I am writing this on RISC OS, in Zap. My PC's 1440×900 display has been given over to a live feed from BBC Four thanks to a clever little gizmo that translates TV style video into something a computer monitor can cope with. Actually, it isn't BBC Four just yet. It is CBeebies. And I've just sat open-mouthed watching "Biggleton". Please tell me that kid's TV wasn't that inane in my day? I recall Trumpton, Button Moon, Sesame Street, Moomins... Now something even weirder is on. I'll tell you what, let's just turn the monitor off for an hour...
That's better. Anyway, as is usual I have completely ignored the social media, promotions, videos, and such of all of the entries. I prefer to see them "fresh on the night". I am aware of the Finnish entrant, Saara Aalto, for singing a couple of songs in a dozen-odd languages (and really letting rip with that one from the Disney film). I also know all of the titles and the running order as I copied the info from Wikipedia - basically in order that I can concentrate on writing a review and not upon trying to remember what the song was called or who wrote it.
That's why this semi final write-up is better looking than the usual raw text format. It's because I've prepared all the nice titles ahead of time; [edit 2018/05/09: and thanks to this preparation and having time the following day, I've been able to treat this semi-final to the full works including videos.] And, yet again, I despair at the prevalence of English.
Welcome to Portugal!
Portugal had participated forty eight times since it entered the contest in 1964. The longest time without a win, Portugal withdrew in 2016 having failed to qualify in 2015. Coming back in 2017, Salvador Sobral entered a song written by his sister Luísa Sobral. A quiet jazz waltz, it was performed with no fancy effects, no wind machine; indeed Salvador stood alone on the smaller stage surrounded by the audience. It was so utterly unlike everything else. While I was not particularly keen on the song, it certainly touched a nerve with the rest of Europe - easily winning the qualifying semi-final and trouncing everything else in the grand final - the combined 758 points setting a record. It was the first to blow away both the televoters and the juries since "Rise Like a Phoenix" (2014), and ten years exactly since a non-English song won (that was "Molitva" in 2007 - d'you feel old now?), and the first winner written in triple metre since Eimear Quinn's "The Voice" (1996). With a difference of 143 points between "Amar pelos dois" and the second place entry, it is the biggest difference this decade, and the second biggest in the history of the competition.
All of this is to say, that Portugal has brought home a very well deserved, and ridiculously overdue, winning song.
The disclaimer
This programme does contain repetitive flashing images.
Duh, you think? ☺
Our two BBC announcers, whoever, whatever. Bloke that's done it for ages, and some newbie with a designer beard. Didn't catch their names...
Sea to red tiled white houses and streetcars. Of course, it's Lisbon in Portugal. Perhaps the westmost European capital? [checks GoogleMaps - yes!]
An impressive looking stage, heavy on the blues and reds, and four female presenters. One wearing leather, one wearing a huge red dress, one wearing a blue dress with a slit right up the leg (not unlike a Qipao), and one in a black dress.
The UK can vote this time, but yet again not by text. There are ten places available with nineteen songs to choose from.
The UK hosts talked over the announcers talking, but it was done in a mere five minutes. Now for the songs...
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If you have two and a quarter hours to spare, you can watch the official streamed version, in resolutions up to FullHD too. And, best of all, without the inane commentary provided by the two BBC guys, nor the "let's cut away and do something else" bits.
Alternatively, every description below contains a link to the live performance of the song so you can watch just the ones that look interesting without the filler.
1. Azerbaijan "X My Heart" (Aisel)
Seriously? X My Heart?
Is she wearing a dress or bedclothes? It's an oddly engaging performance with the staging that looks like the tips of an iceberg, and thankfully no Epic Video Wall. A nice touch to bring the four guys out midway through the...
What the hell? Is that a video effect or a practical effect visible in the stage?
A nice start, I quite like this, even with the odd lyrics (stronger than cannonballs!).
2. Iceland "Our Choice" (Ari Ólafsson)
Whoa, a total mood whiplash here for a calm male vocalist with a piano and strings. It kicks up a gear to be a very Eurovision style ballad (complete with a long screamy held note), but is it me or does it seem as if the sound is off? Where's the bass? Not a bad song, but will it be memorable? Somehow I doubt it.
3. Albania "Mall" (Eugent Bushpepa)
Bushpepa huh? Cool name.
Say hello to the first song in a native language. I don't know what they're singing about, but then do I need to? I quite like both the sound of his voice and the arrangement of the song. He, a man looking not unlike Elijah Wood can not only hit the high notes but do so solidly. I like this one too.
4. Belguim "A Matter of Time" (Sennek)
Who does she remind me of? Somebody from the sixties? Close your eyes, it sounds almost like a Bond theme. This song would be much better without the shouty chorus. I won't comment on what she's not wearing.
5. Czech Republic "Lie to Me" (Mikolas Josef)
What the heck is he wearing? Right, there's a pseudo-rap bit, and wiggly backsides. Did that backing singer just cross his arms "gangsta style"? This is a real genre mismash.
6. Lithuania "When We're Old" (Ieva Zasimauskaitė)
A woman with a breathy husky voice is sitting/lying on the stage to perform her song alone except for the music which is mostly piano. A strange pronunciation, but it's a really nice song.
Yup. That was lovely.
A moment out with the performers of DoReDos from Moldova, I guess some others are going to adverts right now.
7. Israel "Toy" (Netta)
Apparently the bookie's favourite now, or was? Okay, so what - this is a perky goth version of Björk (if your brain doesn't explode trying to imagine that)? Well, gotta hand it to them for taking the concept of Eurovision and running with it. Credit, you aren't going forget this one in a hurry. The idea of "dancing with my dolls on the motha-bucka beat" is dangerously close to slipping crap past the radar. [update 2018/05/09 - some people thought she was swearing]
8. Belarus "Forever" (Alekseev)
A bloke in emotional pain singing to the rose, a rose the travels on the camera to a woman in - you guessed it - red...who uses a bow to fire the rose into the guy's hand. Such emotional torture... Dear oh dear.
9. Estonia "La Forza" (Elina Nechayeva)
Oh, opera. Wait, hang on. Opera in Italian from an Estonian. With a dress that should win awards, and a voice that can hit and hold all the high notes, and just when we're not sure whether to be more impressed by the voice or the dress, she takes it up to eleven. Holy crap. She's now gone and taken it up to twelve. Bloody hell. Sorry to Bulgaria, but don't we all need to go lie down now?
I've only just figured out that hashtag "allaboard" is not alla board, but all aboard. Um... (there I was wondering if "alla board" was something in Portuguese)
10. Bulgaria "Bones" (Equinox)
Is that bloke on the right of the three way split Keanu Reeves? And the woman looks like something out of Blake's 7. It's an earnest performance of a song that can't hold a candle to what came before it. I'd put it down as a "Eurovision filler song".
11. (FYR) Macedonia "Lost and Found" (Eye Cue)
What isn't she wearing? And does she have it on back to front? The best bit is the bloke with the guitar trying to keep a straight face, but overall it's all a bit "meh".
12. Croatia "Crazy" (Franka)
Another dress that barely provides modesty, and a somewhat generic power ballad. After all, "roses and horses in the rain". What more do we need to picture this as a sultry love song. So, Donald Trump destroys the Iran nuclear agreement (I would say "in a pique of abject stupidity", but when's it ever been anything other than tossing all of Obama's toys out of the pram?), while at the same time Melania Trump does double duty performing for Croatia.
Now a discussion with SuRie (I think that's how it's written?). She liked Lithuania too.
13. Austria "Nobody but You" (Cesár Sampson)
Oh, a nice soulful opening. A raising platform on the stage, impressive. And with mute trumpet, clapping and the backing vocals, this straddles the line between soul and gospel. If the UK seriously turned down this song, they were dumb, this is a good song energetically performed. Well done for Austria.
14. Greece "Όνειρό μου / Oniro mou" (Yianna Terzi)
Here's the second native language song of the night. I'm not sure what the metallic blue hand is supposed to represent, but this sounds like a love song set in a dreamscape - it's a very dreamlike staging. Quite a pleasant song.
15. Finland "Monsters" (Saara Aalto)
Interesting staging, and given Saara's history, the biggest question is why has it taken so long for her to appear on this contest? A powerful voice, isn't it? The song? I'm not really convinced it does justice to her talents.
16. Armenia "Քամի / Qami" (Sevak Khanagyan)
And here's the third and final song in a native language and the fourth not in English. Standing in what seems like a tilted ring of obelisks, this man carries this song and matches the music effortlessly. The flashing lights detract from the song, but it was a good solid performance laden with conviction. No doubts this will qualify.
17. Switzerland "Stones" (ZiBBZ)
Nice hat. Hehe... "I want anybody who's ever been hurt by anyone, put your hands up", and the audience pretty much all raise their hands. Damn. Maybe it's better being a singleton. These songs imply that love is painful and confusing, and afterwards is also painful and confusing.
18. Ireland "Together" (Ryan O'Shaughnessy)
A nice calm Irish ballad with a bloke on a guitar and a girl at the piano. His voice is a little high pitched, but not so bad. There is a subtext going on here, with two other blokes acting out a dance routine leaving little doubt that it is their love song. I can see this doing well, except in Russia (bloody hypocrites - who did Russia enter in 2003, huh?). The best bit is that the lyrics leave it gender ambiguous, so can apply to any relationship that doesn't work out...which is far too many given some of the songs I've already heard tonight.
19. Cyprus "Fuego" (Eleni Foureira)
A title in Spanish, but a Eurovision pop number in English. Performed with aplomb, but it doesn't do anything for me. It's apparently the new favourite. Allow me to shrug in the most nonchalant manner that I can muster.
Okay, that's it. All songs have been presented. Now it's time to vote...or not...depending upon what country you are in. The UK can this time. As the recap begins, time to think how I'd rate these entries.
Honourable mentions to Greece and Finland.
1. Croatia - Melania Trump.
2. Belgium - The Bond theme.
3. Switzerland - Don't throw stones, you might hurt somebody.
4. Albania - Elijah Wood.
5. Azerbaijan - The cannonballs.
6. Austria - The soulful gospel number.
7. Ireland - Like I said, love is painful and confusing.
8. Estonia - The epic vocals or the epic dress?
10. Armenia - Qami and how!
12. Lithuania - I really really love this song, so gentle, so real.
Interval act
Nice, it's last year's entry performed by all number of performers from 2017 (it's nice to see some of them again), and Salvador himself. And a reminder of the never-ending string of dooze pwah awards. That was quite a sweet performance of the song.
Now the presenters talk about stuff to fill time. Then it's time for another recap, and the presenters are very specific about you will vote RIGHT NOW. Okay... only... I don't live in the UK. If I at least look at the phone, will you stop shouting at me?
Now a documentary about Portugal while the votes are counted. Which began with the unbelievable "Planet Earth, one of the best planets in the world". Huh? A caricature of David Attenborough introduces us to "Planet Portugal". Um...
Update 2018/05/09: Apparently a bunch of dumb Brits "blasted" this "offensive" mocking of Sir David Attenborough instead of 1, realising that the UK commentary has mocked everything in sight for decades and 2, realising that of all of the European figures that could have been chosen, a caricature of the British legend is what was picked to introduce the world to some things about Portugal. According to the article (if you can call it that): One viewer even threatened to switch off. Snowflakes.
[A note for my European friends - the Express is a very anti-Europe "product" (I refuse to use the word "newspaper") well known for sensationalising their stories to the point where they are often more ridiculous than the extremely right wing reader comments. Like a stupid man's version of The Daily Mail, a quick glance at a list of headlines will show all the emotive words (BLOCKED, FOREVER, ABOLISHED, BLASTED, FURY, DESTROYED, etc) written in capital letters. Need I say more?]
Now we talk to Slovenia (silver pink hair!), and an Australian journalist.
A preview of Thursday, and San Marino brings out a robot (win!), while Moldova has no sax guy (fail!)...
A preview three of the auto-qualifiers after a chat with them:
Portugal - a pink haired girl performs a calm song that harmonises well with the other performer, and hey, it's not in English! Will quiet win twice? Maybe not with Lithuania?
Spain - a pleasant sounding love song (I know what Tu canción) means. A far cry from last year, Spain is taking this seriously. I hope she wears that dress in the final (or one like it) and doesn't try to "sex it up" like some of the entrants this evening.
United Kingdom - after mocking the name SuRie, a presentation which looks like SuRie is going a bit Annie Lennox; but will it hold up? There are already a number of good songs from tonight. No, let's be real, there are already a number of better songs from tonight. But, okay, I can't fairly judge based on a clip of twenty-odd seconds.
Mister Jon Ola Sand still looking surprised to be on camera, as if this doesn't happen every year...
So, presented in random order:
Austria - soulful - yes!
Estonia - yes!
Cyprus - okay... well this is the current favourite, though god only knows why
Lithuania - YES! YES! YES!
Israel - come on, this is not a surprise
Czech Republic - that'll be interesting
Bulgaria - seriously? Did I miss something?
Albania - Elijah makes it through
Finland - not a surprise
Ireland - oh, finally...
I find it astonishing that Armenia and Azerbaijan didn't make it through; however Austria, Estonia, Lithuania, Albania, and Ireland are in my picks that made it through. It was a remarkably tough semi-final.
I don't get the attraction of Bulgaria, but I can't say Finland and Israel are a surprise at all.
It would have been horribly wrong if Ireland didn't pass with this entry, and I'm really happy that Lithuania passed qualification. I'm now going to go find that song on YouTube...
See y'all in two days for the second semi-final.


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This 2008 US presidential election will record a history's first, it is inevitable that history will record another first. Will it be Obama as the first Black President to run America or will it be Sara Palin as the First Female Vice President of The United States of America? Either sides the electing may results may swing, in the end of the day one party will win Republican or Democrats. This will not hinder history to record its "first".
Today it is expected that hot keywords will be US Exit polls 2008, everybody is exited to track the election results every minute as it permits them to track. Media Networks will be busy doing its live election coverage, blow by blow presentation of exit polls per state. They will also be projecting the big winner via the exit polls they gathered, but nothing is final until last electoral vote is counted.
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Archive for the '2000s' Category
Parco della Musica-2012.07.22
Posted: July 22, 2012 in 2000s, 7.22, Architecture & Place-Making, High-tech, Renzo Piano, Theatre, Urban
Architect: Renzo Piano
Building Type: Theatre
Architecture Styles: High-tech
Construction Type: steel
Auditorium Parco della Musica is a large multi-functional public music complex in Rome, Italy. The complex is situated in the north of the city, in the area where the 1960 Summer Olympic Games were held.
Parco della Musica was designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. Jürgen Reinhold from Müller-BBM was in charge of acoustics in the three concert halls; Franco Zagari was landscape architect for the outdoor spaces.
The three large concert halls are Sala Petrassi, in memory of Goffredo Petrassi, about 700 seats; Sala Sinopoli, in memory of Giuseppe Sinopoli, about 1200 seats; and Sala Santa Cecilia, about 2800 seats. They are structurally separated to ensure soundproofing, though joined at the base by a continuous lobby. A fourth "concert hall", called Cavea, is the open air theater recalling ancient Greek and Roman theaters.The fan-shaped layout is formed around the central piazza.
Structures have several nicknames such as blobs, beetles, scarabs, turtles, insect carapaces, computer mice.
During construction, excavations uncovered the foundations of a villa and oil press dating from sixth century BC. Renzo Piano redesigned the facility to accommodate the archaeological remains and included a small museum to house the artifacts that were discovered. Such changes delayed the project by a year.[1]
The Parco della Musica was formally inaugurated on 21 December 2002; in few years it became the world's most visited music facility with over one million spectators in one year.
Keywords: High-tech, Detail&Joint
Detail&Joint
Joint occurring between steel and brick
Steel member supporting the wooden roof
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MAXXI Museum-2012.07.22
Posted: July 22, 2012 in 2000s, Architecture & Place-Making, Concrete, Deconstructivism, Museum, Rome, Urban, Zaha Hadid
MAXXI Museum
Architect: Zaha Hadid
Building Type: Museum
Architecture Styles: Deconstructivism
Construction Type: Concrete
MAXXI supersedes the notion of the museum as 'object' or – presenting a field of buildings accessible to all, with no firm boundary between what is 'within' and what is 'without'. Central to this new reality are confluent lines – walls intersecting and separating to create interior and exterior spaces.
Keywords: Dynamic, Circulation & Roof Structure
The "entrance" of the MAXXI
When entered the plaza, I was impressed by the urban strategy of Zaha, the complex has been integrated within the urban fabric of the city, to which it offers a new, articulated and 'permeable' plaza, wrapped by the spectacular forms. an exterbal pedestrian path follows the shape of the building, slipping below its cantilevered volumes, which opens onto a large plaza.
The volume of the museum gives us a dynamic feeling, which to me, is a variation of light and depth and visual caution of the facade and volume
Inside a large, full height atrium leads to the museum's reception spaces, the cafeteria and the bookshop, the auditorium and galleries that host rotating displays of the two museums' permanent collections, exhibitions and cultural events.
Lobby space, the weaving staircase breakdown the huge volume
The circulation of MAXXI was navigated by the dynamic staircases, which shifting the views and light at every moment
Stairway make people physically shift their body and thus obtaining various feeling of the space
The roof structural beam follows the linear dynamic language of the museum, besides structural function, it helps to bring light into the space as a linear notion, which helps the co-play with physical and spiritual feeling of visitors
The bottom of the staircase has the effect of glowing, it helps to caught people's eyes and stimulate the dynamic feeling
Dynamic curvy roof beam, indicating strong dynamic and fluidity
Interior sketch of the MAXII
Peggy Guggenheim Museum-2012.07.15
Posted: July 15, 2012 in 2000s, 7.15, Architecture & Place-Making, Modern, Urban, Venice
Tags: Buildings
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is a modern art museum on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. The museum was originally the private collection of the American heiress Peggy Guggenheim, who began displaying the artworks to the public seasonally in 1951. After her death in 1979. it passed to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, which eventually opened the collection year-round. The collection is housed in the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, an 18th century palace, which was Guggenheim's home.
The collection is housed in the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, which Peggy Guggenheim purchased in 1949.
After the Foundation took control of the building in 1979, it took steps to expand gallery space; by 1985, "all of the rooms on the main floor had been converted into galleries … the white Istrian stone facade and the unique canal terrace had been restored" and a protruding arcade wing, called the barchessa, had been rebuilt by architect Giorgio Bellavitis. Since 1985, the museum has been open year-round. In 1993, apartments adjacent to the museum were converted to a garden annex, a shop and more galleries.In 1995, the Nasher Sculpture Garden was completed, additional exhibition rooms were added, and a café was opened. A few years later, in 1999 and in 2000, the two neighboring properties were acquired.In 2003, a new entrance and booking office opened to cope with the increasing number of visitors, which reached 350,000 in 2007.Since 1993, the museum has doubled in size, from 2,000 to 4,000 square meters.
Since 1985, the United States has selected the foundation to operate the U.S. Pavilion of the Venice Biennale, an exhibition held every other summer. In 1986, the foundation purchased the Palladian-style pavilion, built in 1930.


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Home Developer Google Declares 'The Web Has Won'
Google Declares 'The Web Has Won'
By David Needle | May 27, 2009
Google's Vic Gundotra
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google kicked off its I/O developer conference here with a spirited endorsement of new Web tools and adoption of new standards, particularly HTML 5, as driving a new generation of more innovative applications.
"The Web has won -- it's the dominant programming model of our time," said Vic Gondotra, Google's vice president for engineering.
Gondotra and other Google personnel showed off new tools including Web Elements, designed to simplify the process of adding new features to Web sites. In a demo, a Google product manager showed how to add features like search and geolocation to a Web site by copying and pasting a block of Web Elements code.
In his discussion of HTML 5, Gondotra was later joined by officials from Mozilla and also Palm, who strongly endorsed the Web content standard. Gondotra noted that leading browsers are already supporting elements of HTML 5, including Firefox, Opera and Chrome.
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has announced support, though the Gondotra seemed to push for more of a commitment.
"Microsoft could much to move the Web forward," he said. "We're excited to hear Microsoft's commitment to the HTML 5 standard and we eagerly await evidence of that."
Gondotra said years ago, when he worked at Microsoft, there had been a lot of doubt that Web applications could ever match the performance of desktop applications. But he said the gap is rapidly closing.
For instance, Google today showed off a browser-based 3-D environment similar to a rich interactive game, with lifelike textures and lighting.
"These standard platforms from Android and others really bring a lot of power and intelligence to the edge of the network," Scott Miller, director of product management at Sybase, told InternetNews.com. "It's changing the economics of developing for a mobile audience, which is becoming increasingly more attractive."
Ahead of the Google I/O conference, the search giant had been tight-lipped about what would be announced at the keynote, and there was some speculation that new Android devices would be shown off. Without getting specific, Gondotra said there would be major announcements at tomorrow's keynote.


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Cecilia Galliano reveals to Mark Tacher that she was unfaithful
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"No player in the national team is at the level of André Carrillo"
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André Carrillo, last Thursday, for the Qualifiers, against Bolivia, At the National Stadium, he did not shine like in other matches of the Peruvian National Team and some fans hit him with a 'stick', accusing his lack of football, after recovering from his injury. However, Rainer Torres came to his defense and assured that he is better than the bicolor.
"I will say something and I hope not to offend anyone. But no player is at the level of André Carrillo in the Peruvian National Team", Held Rainer Torres, panelist in the program "A ras de cancha" produced by LR +.
"André Carrillo offers you something special within Ricardo Gareca's scheme and it is an imbalance that no player can give you in the national team"He continued indicating the ex-footballer in the program of the daily Libero.
"Maybe Christian Cueva has that short punch and Peña or 'Canchita' can step on the area. But in hand-to-hand, André Carrillo is a very complicated player for any rival"added.
To end, Rainer Torres He mentioned that tomorrow the clash with Venezuela will be a final and the Peruvian National Team will have to put the best of their team on the field, where the 'Culebra' has to be upside down.
"Precisely, as the game against Venezuela is very important, Peru must put the best of its squad. André Carrillo is one of them, without detracting from the others", he concluded.
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The Stone Mask is one of the twenty four Masks from Majora's Mask.
The Stone Mask can be acquired at any point after Link learns Epona's Song.
Using the Lens of Truth, Link can see a Clock Town guard at the southern end of the base of the cliff wall in Ikana Canyon. The guard's name is Shiro, and he explains that he has been stuck there for many years, and nobody had stopped to take notice of him. He thinks this is because his appearance is as dull as a stone. He asks Link for a medicine that fills him with energy. If Link gives him Red Potion, Shiro gets his strength back and stands up, thanking Link and handing over the Stone Mask in return.
While wearing the Stone Mask, Link will not be attacked by common enemies. In addition, he will go unseen by Gerudo Pirates at the Pirates' Fortress in Great Bay Coast, allowing him to walk by without fear of being thrown out. By equipping the Stone Mask, many sets of common enemies throughout the entire game can be skipped making this mask one of the most useful non-transformation masks in the game. The Stone Mask also prevents Leevers from spawning when Link walks on areas that would typically spawn them.
The Stone Mask is not universal, as certain enemies still attack Link; for example, the Gerudo Pirates in the Pirates' Fortress, who also comment on the mask, noting that it doesn't fool them.
Link receiving the Stone Mask.
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Waves break along the shoreline of the Mississippi River as a ship passes underneath the Crescent City Connection on Thursday, January 9, 2020.
PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGER
A ship passes the Crescent City Connection bridge in New Orleans, Wednesday, May 8, 2019. The Army Corps of Engineers ordered twice weekly inspections of river levees south of Baton Rouge on Jan. 9, as the river rose above 11 feet in New Orleans.
Corps increases levee inspections as Mississippi River rises above 11 feet at New Orleans
BY MARK SCHLEIFSTEIN | Staff writer
Mark Schleifstein
For the first time since a record period of dangerously high water that ended in July, the Mississippi River has risen above 11 feet at the Carrollton Gauge in New Orleans, meaning the Army Corps of Engineers and local levee agencies will begin conducting twice-weekly inspections of the levees south of Baton Rouge until water levels fall.
The high river also means restrictions on any work within 1,500 feet of the river levees.
While the Mississippi is expected to continue rising during the next two weeks, it is forecast to crest at just 12.3 feet, well below flood stage. Officials expect it to reach that level by next Thursday and stay that high through Jan. 20.
S&WB 'prepared to respond' to severe weather threat Saturday in New Orleans
Tornadoes, strong winds and hail are possible for the entire metro area.
While current forecasts call for the river to drop below 11 feet by Jan. 28, they only include estimated rainfall for the next 48 hours. A major rain event forecast to move across the river's upper watershed over the next few days could result in both higher water levels and a longer period of high water over the next few weeks.
The current spell of high water is not a cause for great concern. The official flood stage is 17 feet, and a combination of recently elevated earthen levees and floodwalls on both sides of the river in the New Orleans area protect most locations to water heights of between 20 and 22 feet.
But it is arriving in an era when river levels are being closely watched, given that south Louisiana in recent years has seen higher water for longer periods than is customary.
Over the last two years, for instance, the river levees below Baton Rouge were under restrictions for an unprecedented 292 days, the result of repeated major flooding in the upper Mississippi watershed. That span included 170 days when the river was above 15 feet, just below flood stage.
The span also extended well into hurricane season, later than usual, raising the specter that surge from a tropical storm could push water up an already high river and threaten the levees. Indeed, New Orleans was thought to be menaced by Hurricane Barry in July, but the storm brought less surge than feared.
What if a hurricane pushed a surge up an already high Mississippi River? No one is certain.
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Scientists have also predicted that river levels may become more volatile because of climate change, and evidence is mounting that the old patterns are already changing.
Last year's extended high-water period led to the opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway above New Orleans twice, for a total of 123 days, to divert part of the river's water into Lake Pontchartrain. The spillway is opened when the river's flow threatens to exceed 1.25 million cubic feet per second as it passes New Orleans, which could raise the river to above 17 feet.
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That marked the first time the spillway had ever been opened twice in a year, and brought to four the number of times it was opened since 2016.
Before then, the spillway — which dates to 1931 — had been opened at most once every 10 years.
It's still too early in the year to determine whether the current river rise will last longer than normal for this time of year, fed by melting snow and spring rainfall.
With Mississippi River finally low enough, New Orleans to resume projects near levees
The city and the Sewerage & Water Board have announced that work can resume on various construction projects and regular maintenance activ…
For now, the restrictions imposed by the Corps are modest. They include prohibitions on disturbing the grass cover, transporting heavy loads over the levees or performing subsurface work within 1,500 feet of the levees.
Last year's lengthy high water event forced delays of the city's reconstruction of Bourbon Street, and threatened to delay the project that changed Convention Center Boulevard from four lanes to a two-lane vehicle and pedestrian mall.
The high water and extended operation of the spillway also disrupted oyster production and commercial fishing in both Louisiana and Mississippi coastal waters.
The current measures are aimed at spotting any erosion or other issues that might be caused by the high water. The work prohibitions can be waived on a case-by-case basis by the Corps and local levee districts.
However, if the river were to rise above 15 feet, the Corps would institute daily inspections and a ban on all work within 1,500 feet of the levees.
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VOL. 122 | NO. 113 | Tuesday, June 19, 2007
1130 Legacy Farm Court
Sale Amount: $36.5 million
Sale Date: June 12, 2007
Buyer: Legacy Farm LLC
Seller: The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Loan Amount: $28.7 million
Loan Date: June 12, 2007
Maturity Date: July 1, 2015
Lender: CBRE Melody & Co.
Details: The 368-unit Legacy Farm Apartments. Complex was built in 2000 and sits on the north side of Winchester Road west of Schilling Boulevard in Collierville. It has one-, two- and three-bedroom units in three-story buildings, plus outdoor swimming pool and fitness club. Northwestern Mutual bought the property in 1999 from Schilling Farms LLC for $2.2 million. Shelby County Assessor's 2006 appraisal was $25.1 million. The buying limited liability company, Legacy Farm LLC, is affiliated with Fogelman Realty Group LLC. The complex is managed by Memphis-based Fogelman Management Group.
6015 Summer Trace Drive
Sale Amount: $7.1 million
Sale Date: June 6, 2007
Buyer: Cayd Hannibal II Inc.
Seller: Summer Trace Apartments LP
Details: The 255-unit Summer Trace Apartments complex. Built in 1974, it sits on 14.9 acres on the east side of Summer Avenue between Sycamore View and Raleigh LaGrange roads. Property also contains a swimming pool and tennis court. In conjunction with the purchase, Cayd Hannibal assumed the seller's loan through Wells Fargo Bank, as trustee. That $6.4 million loan was taken out in August 2001, and the remaining principal totals a little more than $6 million. Summer Trace Apartments LP bought the property in August 1994 for $3.2 million. The Shelby County Assessor's office, which lists the property address as 5999 U.S. 70, appraised the complex in 2006 at $5 million. Representatives of Los Angeles-based Cayd Hannibal did not return calls by press time.
32.07 vacant acres
West of Lamar Avenue
Sale Amount: $2 million
Sale Date: May 30, 2007
Buyer: National Retail Properties LP
Seller: Maurie C. Thomas, trustee
Details: 32.07 acres of vacant land on the south side of Farrisview Road west of Lamar Avenue. The buyers, Orlando, Fla.-based National Retail Properties Inc. (NRP), are planning a retail development, said Chris Barry, NRP vice president of corporate communications. Barry said the company does not comment on specific retail projects until they are completed.
NRP is a real estate investment trust whose main business is to buy and hold free-standing retail stores, he said, adding the company's portfolio has 730 properties in 44 states. In addition, he said, NRP develops properties, usually single-tenant stores. "We have developed about 250 properties, but many of those we have sold off. ... So of the properties in our portfolio that we own, I'm not sure how many we've developed, but I'd guess it's about less than a fifth. It's not a huge piece of our business, but it's an important one for us." Barry said the company has 138 retail tenants in 33 lines of trade.
NRP's other local holdings include Barnes & Noble at 2774 Germantown Parkway, Lowe's at 430 S. Germantown Road, Magic Dollar at 6756 Winchester Road, Party City at 6760 Winchester Road, Pier 1 Imports at 2725 Germantown Parkway and Sports Authority at 6760 Winchester Road.
Source: The Daily News Online (www.memphisdailynews.com) and Chandler Reports (www.chandlerreports.com).


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Professor Shem-Tov's Paper featured in NBER Digest
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Natalie Bau Wins Excellence Award
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UCLA Received Honorable Mention in the Fed Challenge
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The cross did not represent the fullness of my parent's faith, and neither did the Star of David. Back to that same old place of not fitting into either camp.
My mom always had everything figured out, everything planned in advance. Everything except her death.
When my mom passed away in June of 2012, she was scheduled to be buried in Ft. Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colorado. My father was an Air Force vet, and one of the benefits for all US military veterans is burial in a military cemetery for them and their spouse. Once my mom was deemed terminal by the doctors she worked fervently to ensure these benefits were in place and had all the paperwork in order. There is where my mom's planning ended.
As I worked with the funeral home, it came time to choose the text and religious symbol for the headstone. The text was easy. The religious symbol, not so much. It basically came down to a cross or a Star of David.
My parents, as I am, were Messianic Gentiles. Their association was with Messianic Judaism. There was no symbol that represented this. The cross did not represent the fullness of their faith, and neither did the Star of David. Back to that same old place of not fitting into either camp. I asked if both symbols could be placed on her headstone. The answer was no. After conferring with my wife, we decided that on my mom's side of the headstone (they would share the same headstone) we would put a Star of David and on my dad's side a cross. I submitted the paperwork.
For some reason there was a mix-up, and a cross was put on my mom's side. I was in a real pickle. Knowing my parents, I knew that my mom would have been comfortable with a Star of David but not my dad. Would I just end up putting a cross on his side too?
My father eventually passed away in October of 2016 during Sukkot, but for various reasons, we were not able to bring his remains to Fort Logan until just a few weeks ago. We arrived at 10:30 on Wednesday morning. My father was given military honors, which I know would have touched him deeply. In the last years of his life, his service in the Air Force was the thing he spoke about the most. I know those were some of the most precious days of his entire life. After the service we headed over to the gravesite to pay respects to my mom and recite some Psalms and the Mourner's Kaddish. To my surprise, they were already getting ready to bury my father. It was so meaningful to be there during this process, and everyone in my family was able to add a little dirt to his grave.
Later, when I shared my story with my colleagues at FFOZ, they reminded me that the Star of David is the symbol that Messianic luminary and pioneer Abram Poljak fought for to represent Messianic Judaism. He wrote a book entitled The Cross in the Star of David, and this symbol is on his tombstone as well.
The grave of Messianic Luminary, Abram Poljak, with the Star of David-Cross symbol.
What a miracle for us to "by chance" come into contact with this attendant and learn about the symbol's existence. God is good! I am sure both my parents would be so happy, and it also brings me joy that we are honoring the tradition of one of the great luminaries of our faith. May their memory serve as a blessing.


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State of Tobacco Control 2020: Proven Policies to Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use
The 18th annual American Lung Association "State of Tobacco Control" report evaluates states and the federal government on the proven-effective tobacco control laws and policies necessary to save lives. The report serves as a blueprint for what state and federal leaders need to do to eliminate the death and disease caused by tobacco use. This year's report focuses on the continuing vaping epidemic among our nation's kids, and asks an important question: Will 2020 be the year lawmakers prioritize public health over the tobacco industry?
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Key Findings | State of Tobacco Control
The 17th annual American Lung Association State of Tobacco Control Key Findings show a failure of states and the federal government to act to reduce tobacco use, including e-cigarette use.
Grades for state report cards are based on five areas that have been proven to prevent and reduce tobacco use and save lives.
Federal Grades
See how the federal government scored in this year's State of Tobacco Control report.
See lists of the impacts from tobacco use and secondhand smoke, from 10 of the worst diseases smoking causes to the most appalling facts about tobacco, including e-cigarette, company misdeeds.
Journalists can access press releases, experts available for interview, b-roll, the full State of Tobacco Control report and more.
Help Fight Tobacco Use
Join our efforts to create a tobacco-free future. By taking action to prevent and reduce tobacco use in your state, you are standing with the American Lung Association to prevent and reduce lung disease.
Tobacco Control Milestones
View some of our victories and milestones in the American Lung Association's efforts to fight tobacco use.
Tobacco Facts
Get quick stats and key facts about tobacco control.
Tobacco Policy Reports & Resources
Take a look at the American Lung Association's reports and websites on key tobacco control issues.
12-Point Plan to End Tobacco Use
View the American Lung Association's Bold 12-Point Advocacy Plan to eliminate tobacco use, including vaping.
Lung Association E-Cigarette Resources
View American Lung Association information and resources to help end the youth vaping epidemic.