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Atlatl
< Atlatl
Otoh Gunga Defense League[1]
Otoh Gunga Standard Issue atlatl[2]
Bludgeoning/ranged weapon[3]
Gungan[2]
Jar Jar Binks[4]
Mokem[5]
Roos Tarpals[6]
Naboo[2]
Not for sale[2]
Physical and technical specifications
1.5 kg + .35 boomer[3]
100 meters[1]
Usage and history
Offensive energy ball launch[3]
Otoh Gunga[7]
An atlatl, energy ball atlatl or Gungan atlatl was a Gungan throwing stick used to launch energy balls a longer distance than the naked arm could achieve. The ball's outer layer broke on impact, releasing a plasma and electric shock that damaged the target. Atlatls were sometimes used as blunt force weapons. Atlatls were carved from a naturally isolating wood, so that the wielder would not be affected should the ball break while on the atlatl. As such, the wielder could use the atlatl as a club in melee combat, breaking the ball on contact with an enemy. The atlatl had a shorter range than other similar Gungan tools to throw energy balls, like the cesta, but it was much more precise and, being a one-handed weapon, allowed the warrior to hold an energy shield for protection in the other hand. In addition, atlatls could be used to fish.
Militiagungs in the Gungan Grand Army were trained in the use of atlatl in the times before 32 BBY, even though the Gungans had spent many years without a war. When the Trade Federation threatened the Gungan civilization in 32 BBY, the Gungan Grand Army used atlatls and other traditional weapons in the Battle of Grassy Plains. Years later, Jango Fett used an atlatl to teach fishing skills to his child, Boba Fett.
The atlatl,[8] energy ball atlatl[4] or Gungan atlatl[9] was a non-conductive hardwood utensil naturally shaped as a short throwing stick with a cradle in one of its ends.[1] While the item itself was organic, growing naturally as a single piece with its peculiar shape,[8] it was still carved out of the trees growing on the planet Naboo.[1] Those woods had natural isolating properties that the atlatl kept.[8] Traditionally, the owner fashioned an atlatl with personal motifs.[1] A finished, ready-for-use atlatl weighted a total of 1.5 kilograms.[3]
A Gungan warrior prepares to use a booma-laden atlatl on a B1 battle droid
The atlatl was a traditional weapon for the Gungan sentient species,[3] Gungans used grenade-like projectiles known as energy balls,[1][8][10] booma[8] or boomers,[10] that were thrown against a target. Breaking the shell on impact, the booma released a liquid-like plasma and an electric shock that damaged both organic and technological targets.[1][8] The shape of the atlatl was optimal to place on its cradle one—and only one—energy ball of the right size,[1][10] a small energy ball.[9] Then, an individual—commonly a Gungan—could launch the ball from the atlatl,[7][11][12] with a longer range than the naked arm would achieve.[3][8]
The specific length of the atlatl handle provided the additional strength and speed, and the cradle released the ball in the algid moment of the throw.[8] With a maximum range of 100 meters, and an optimal range of 30 meters, the atlatl was very precise in short distances,[1] and it could be used with only one hand.[2][7][9]
Being a throwing stick,[3][9] it could also be used as a simple club in melee combat[3] should the user feel cornered[1] or in a desperate situation.[9] If the atlatl was holding an energy ball and the wielder used the atlatl as a club, the energy ball would explode when hitting the target, but the isolating material of the atlatl would protect the wielder from any harmful effect. For the same reason, the wielder would also be protected should the energy ball accidentally explode while still on the atlatl.[8]
Gungan weapon technology had different tools to throw energy balls, at varying range and precision.[7][13] The Gungan catapult had a much greater range than the atlatl and used much bigger energy balls, but it had a much slower firing rate.[8] The cesta, a longer, staff-like version of the atlatl,[1] had a greater range[3][9] but was far less precise[1][3][9] and required two hands to manipulate.[1] As the atlatl was more compact than a cesta, a warrior could wield an atlatl in one hand and protect him- or herself with a personal energy shield in the other hand.[1][2] When not using it, the warrior could attach the atlatl to the belt or the backpack,[1] with the latter being preferred for easier transport.[2]
Another version of the atlatl, the Pocker LJ, could be used to fish. The fisherman aimed with a laser sighting unit that adjusted automatically for the refraction in the water, then prepared a projectile. By turning the handle, a barely visible but very strong line was formed between the fisherman and its fish. The fish could be outright killed while still in the water, or it could be hit in certain areas to leave it defenseless.[14]
The Gungan sentient species, evolved on the planet Naboo, had a military tradition to adopt organic technology to protect its submarine civilization.[15] Through the history of the Army, Gungan foot soldiers were known to carry atlatls, cestas, electropoles,[16][17] and some other cultural weapons, with battle wagons being used to carry the energy balls.[17]
By 33 BBY, the Gungans had not had a war in many years, but they still kept a professional Gungan Grand Army mostly for ornamental purposes, and for protection against natural, aquatic predators.[15] At that point, in the city of Otoh Gunga, the Otoh Gunga Defense League[1] built the so-called Otoh Gunga standard-issue atlatl to be used by the Grand Army. Gungans in the army were trained to use atlatl and cesta in ranged and melee combat. Rumor said that Otoh Gunga had warehouses with enough supplies to provide one atlatl to each of the soldiers—or "Militiagungs"—in the Army.[2]
An Otolla Gungan armed with an atlatl and boomas
Around that time, most Gungan warriors carried atlatl and cestas in their patrols. Captain Roos Tarpals was known to carry several traditional Gungan weapons,[11] including a cesta and an electropole.[6] Sergeant Mokem, whose five-Gungan cavalry patrol protecteed Lianorm Swamp from strangers, carried with him a cesta, an atlatl and an energy shield, while each of his subordinates had to choose between a cesta or an atlatl.[5] Non-military Gungans also had access to atlatls: Several Gungan mystics that ministered the people of Otoh Gunga had atlatls as their weapons of choice.[3]
In 32 BBY, when the Trade Federation invaded Naboo and captured the Human cities, the Gungans patrolled their swamps with their atlatls and cestas ready.[5] Soon afterward, the Gungans allied with the Naboo against the Federation. The Gungan Grand Army gathered in the plains to fight the Federation army, mostly composed of B1 battle droids. Several Gungan officers, including Captain Tarpals[6] and General Jar Jar Binks, were armed with atlatls,[4] as were many of the soldiers.[7] The atlatl's quick firing rate was useless in the conflict due to the weapon's short range.[8] The battle ended when the droid army was unilaterally deactivated.[7]
Later, Gungan General Ceel built a training center on Scrumma Jawbone, an arm of Lake Paonga, for the Militiagungs to train in the use of atlatl, cesta and other Gungan weapons. The center used floating bull's-eyes, bobbing targets and methane gasbags; it was avoided by the local fauna.[1]
In 22 BBY, the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett trained his clone Boba Fett in the use of ion-burst-powered atlatl for fishing purposes on the planet Kamino.[14]
In 21 BBY, during the Clone Wars, the Gungan Grand Army was sent to help the Mon Calamari against the Confederacy of Independent Systems and its allies on Dac. The Militagungs used atlatls and other traditional arms in their attack, with the atlatls being effective against the Confederacy-aligned bioweapons called Hydroid Medusas.[18]
Soon afterward, the Gungans allied with the Confederacy and the Militiagungs readied their atlatls and other weapons to attack the Human city Theed on Naboo along with Confederacy battle droids. Just before the battle, the Gungan leadership, having discovered foul play, decided to oppose the Confederacy instead: The Militiagungs deactivated the droids and then attacked the Confederacy commander, General Grievous, using their atlatls as ranged weapons. The atlatls successfully damaged Grievous' cyborg body and, along with other attacks, helped in Grievous' eventual capture during the skirmish.[19]
The atlatl first appeared in the movie Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (1999) as an unnamed prop used by computer-generated Gungan soldiers. The action figure of "Kaadu and Jar Jar Binks" creature set (1999) included a representation of the atlatl that was identified as "Energy Ball Atlatl," giving a name to the item. The later figure "Captain Tarpals & Kaadu" from the Star Wars: Power of the Jedi series (2001), also featuring the item, called it "Atlatl with Energy Ball Hand-Held Weapon."[20]
A real-life atlatl is a tool used for throwing spears farther. This tool has been in existence for over 25,000 years.[21]
Wizards of the Coast's Star Wars Roleplaying Game featured the atlatl with roleplaying game stats in both Star Wars Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook (2000) and the later Secrets of Naboo (2001), but with inconsistencies between the versions: Core Rulebook values the item at 50 credits and considers that the club's damage was of two four-sided dice, or two eight-sided dice when throwing an energy ball.[3] Secrets of Naboo specifically says that atlatls are not sold, reduces its melee damage to one six-sided die and increases its ranged damage to two eight-sided dice plus two,[2] even though fixed modifiers to the damage ("plus two") were supposedly applied only to melee attacks.[22]
The video game Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds features Gungan soldiers using unidentified traditional weapons that might or might not be atlatls. If they could be identified as such, then that would mean that atlatls were in use as early as 3000 BBY.[23][24]
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
"Peril on Naboo"—Secrets of Naboo
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones novelization
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Gungan Attack"
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Shadow Warrior"
Atlatl with Booma.
Star Wars: Episode I toy line (Creature set: "Kaadu & Jar Jar Binks")
Star Wars: Episode I The Visual Dictionary
Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide
Star Wars: Power of the Jedi (12" figures: "Captain Tarpals & Kaadu")
Star Wars Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook
Secrets of Naboo
The Official Star Wars Fact File 11 (GUN2, Gungan Weapons)
The Official Star Wars Fact File 18 (GUN3-4, Gungan Weapons) (Indirect mention only)
The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
Star Wars Roleplaying Game Saga Edition Core Rulebook
Star Wars Fandex Deluxe Edition
The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
The Essential Atlas
Captain Tarpals in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
Gungan Weaponry in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
The Essential Guide to Warfare
Gungan Grand Army in the Encyclopedia (link now obsolete; backup link)
Gungan Weaponry in the Encyclopedia (link now obsolete; backup link)
Gungans in the Encyclopedia (link now obsolete; backup link)
Nexus of Power
↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Secrets of Naboo
↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Star Wars Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Star Wars: Episode I toy line
↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 The Official Star Wars Fact File 11 (GUN2, Gungan Weapons)
↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia (atlatl, Gungan)
↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Star Wars: Power of the Jedi
↑ 11.0 11.1 Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide
↑ Star Wars: Episode I The Visual Dictionary
↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia (Energy ball)
↑ 14.0 14.1 Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones novelization
↑ 15.0 15.1
↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia (Gungan)
↑ 17.0 17.1 The Essential Guide to Warfare, p. 69
↑ Rebelscum review of the figure
↑ the World Atlatl Association
↑ Star Wars Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, page 130, "Strength Bonus"
↑ Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
↑ The Essential Atlas
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This back to school classroom management checklist is designed to help you remember all the caveats of your classroom management! Especially, if you've enjoyed your summer break like you should have.
However, if you didn't get the full dose of rejuvenation from summer break, then you need to leave this article. Spend 2 days trying some of these teacher rejuvenation ideas or these happiness tips. You owe it to yourself!
The ultimate classroom management checklist will help you create a class climate that gets the best learning results. The tone and expectations you set now, will determine success for the rest of the school year.
If you're still reading, let's look into all those classroom management areas that need to be addressed during back to school.
What are your Expectations for Students?
How do you expect the class to operate when students are there? Take a moment to close your eyes and visualize what you want your class to look, sound, and feel like.
…I'm waiting, and you're not rolling your eyes, are you? Really, visualize it.
Okay, what did you see and hear? Your vision of the classroom will make or break your expectations for the students.
…to make sure we cover all the most critical expectations.
Participate when you talk to the class.
Participate when they talk in pairs.
Participate when they talk in small groups.
Use structured conversations and sentence stems.
Use anchor charts during class discussion.
Respond when you assert your dominance in the room.
Respond when another student is disruptive.
Respond when you offer corrective feedback.
Respond when they feel stressed, overwhelmed, or angry.
A whole other article, even website, could be devoted to classroom management expectations. As a matter of fact, here's a good one from Edutopia.
Classroom management is the single variable that has the largest impact on student learning. Students cannot learn at their optimum levels in chaotic and unstructured environments.
Clearly defined expectations are the foundation of effective classroom management. They provide the appropriate structure for optimum student learning. But the act of defining expectations is not enough. They must be clearly communicated.
What are your Students' Expectations for You?
This is an unspoken part of classroom management that "naturals" do without realizing it. Let's realize it, and do it.
Tell you they're learning preferences.
Tell you their triggers – those points that push them in negative ways.
Tell you their interests, so they can be tied to learning.
Tell you when they feel mistreated or feel injustice.
Present their complaints in an appropriate and non-disruptive way.
Seek help from peers before they interrupt your small group.
Involving students in adding a class rule or two to your list.
Involving students in developing the progression of consequences.
Giving students a voice in certain areas.
Enforcing rules and procedures for all students.
Ensuring a risk-free environment for participation.
Ensuring picking and taunting is not allowed.
Maintaining control of the class.
Modeling respect, even when you're stressed or upset.
Modeling professionalism, even when students don't.
We normally think of intervention as individualized. But the best teachers know classroom management is about intervention. It is about preventing disruptions and distractions.
How will individuals be affirmed for positive behaviors?
How will groups be recognized for teamwork and good citizenship?
Will you use a clipboard to note severe class disruptions?
Will you use a digital resource like Class Dojo?
Will you have a communication log (on paper or a Google form)?
What basic form will you use when individual misbehavior persists?
What variety of tools and coping techniques will you have ready for students with severe needs?
A Classroom Management Checklist is No Good!
You it's true. A classroom management checklist is no good if there is no follow through!
You're plan needs to be concise and clear. But most importantly, it must be follow consistently.
That's what makes classroom management work.
But no matter how clear your plan, it is not good enough. It needs action. Without follow through, you'll lose respect. You'll lose your students.
It's your turn. Please share your thoughts.
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Geoffrey Holder, dancer, actor in 'Live and Let Die,' dies at 84
In this March 10, 2005 file photo, Geoffrey Holder poses at the French Institute Alliance Francaise' "La Nuit des Etoiles" dinner in New York, honoring French actress Catherine Deneuve. Holder, a Tony Award-winning director, actor, painter and choreographer who during an eclectic show business career led the groundbreaking show "The Wiz" to Broadway, pitched 7-Up soda on TV and played a scary villain in the James Bond film "Live and Let Die," died Sunday of complications of pneumonia at Mount Sinai St. Luke' s Hospital in New York. He was 84. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)
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Geoffrey Holder, a dancer, choreographer, an actor (famously in the James Bond film "Live and Let Die") and a two-time Tony winner for "The Wiz" who was famous for his deep voice and hearty, enthusiastic laugh, died of complications from pneumonia on October 5 in New York. He was 84.
Despite his wide range of artistic achievements, Holder probably reached his widest audience in his role as pitchman for 7UP in commercials of the 1970s and 1980s, in which he pushed the virtues of the "un-cola."
Holder's film career began with 1962's "All Night Long," a version of "Othello" adapted to the London jazz scene.
In "Doctor Dolittle," he played the leader of the natives on Sea-Star Island — experiencing racism while on the shoot.
Holder appeared in Woody Allen's "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask" as the Sorcerer before taking on the role of Baron Samedi in "Live and Let Die," which had a considerable amount of Caribbean-flavored choreography.
In John Huston's 1982 feature adaptation of "Annie," Holder played Punjab, one of Daddy Warbucks' bodyguards.
In 1992 Holder had a supporting role in the Eddie Murphy vehicle. In 1998 he appeared in the Claude Lelouch film "Change and Coincidence."
Holder was born into a middle-class family artistic family in Port of Spain, Trinidad. He was mentored by his older brother Boscoe Holder, who led a dance troupe, the Holder Dance Company. After Boscoe moved away, Geoffrey assumed leadership of the troupe while still in his teens in the late 1940s.
Agnes de Mille helped bring him to the U.S., where he arrived in 1954, soon making his Broadway debut in the original, Caribbean-themed musical "House of Flowers," for which he choreographed the Banda dance number.
For a year in the mid-'50s, Holder was a principal dancer with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet. He was a performer in an all-black revival of "Waiting for Godot" in 1957, and in 1964 appeared in the musical review "Josephine Baker."
For original musical "The Wiz" in 1975, he was both the director and the costume designer, winning Tonys for each.For original 1978 musical "Timbuktu!," Holder was director, choreographer, costume designer and even the illustrated the Playbill cover.
Holder was director and costume designer for the 1984 revival of "The Wiz," and he did the staging for a 1993 concert featuring the Boys' Choir of Harlem and Friends.
He is survived by his wife, Carmen de Lavallade, and their son, Leo.
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It's the best-known train journey in the world. A bucket list favourite and world record-breaker. It traverses the entire length of Russia with routes that take you through Mongolia and China. Few other railway adventures can match what the Trans-Siberian has to offer. And as you'd expect from a journey that garners such accolades, it's packed full of memorable experiences. From outdoor adventure across the seasons to surprising culinary delights, here we outline the highlights of the Trans-Siberian Railway.
The journey from Moscow to Vladivostok (the official Trans-Siberian Railway) or Beijing (either the Trans-Mongolian or Trans-Manchurian, depending on the route) takes the best part of a week and covers, on average, 8,620km. That's a staggering lot of land you'll be covering. And, as you might expect, the landscape changes as you move from west to east (or vice versa), morphing from the urban landscapes around Moscow to the rolling fields of the Siberian countryside. The scenery is especially beautiful around Lake Baikal where the railway takes you right along side this stunning expanse of water. Think taiga and pine forests, and meadows brimming with wild flowers.
The Trans-Siberian services rarely move faster than 60kph so there's no need to worry about blurred vision – you'll have the liberty of taking it all in bit by bit. And whether or not you're getting off the train, you'll be spending a full few days in your carriage – that's potentially 12 hours of scenic views, times seven. You'll get a true sense of scale and realise just how big Russia really is. Sure, the platforms will quickly merge into one and you'll see an awful lot of concrete in very Soviet-looking cities and industrial towns but this will be interspersed with glimpses of gleaming church spires and golden domes.
With so much time spent on the train itself, there's no doubt that this is what the Trans-Siberian journey is all about. And this is part of its timeless appeal. Train travel has been romanticized throughout the centuries and writers have built their careers on doing just that. Unlike planes, you'll see exactly where you're travelling as you go. And unlike cars, what you'll see won't be endless motorways and service stations. On a train you can move around. You can catch up on a year's worth of reading. It's a chance to master a card game. Or even figure out what you're actually doing with your life. Train travel is to daydreaming what vodka is to social bonding – one fuels the other (more on this later).
Time is definitely on your side here. It's something you'll have lots of and how you choose to spend that time is down to you. Though it's definitely a good idea to bring distractions – an iPod loaded with music, a Kindle packed with books. And when the cabin fever sets in, go for a walk. There's nothing stopping you from wandering down the train carriages, checking out what's going on elsewhere. In all likelihood it will be nothing more exciting than Russian families wiling away their own time but you never know who you might encounter.
On the train you'll be sharing with others – other travellers that hail from various countries around the world and locals travelling for business or to visit family. With hours to spare there will be plenty of opportunities for conversations with strangers. And don't believe everything you hear about Russians – they can be friendly and highly talkative, happy to chat politics and keen to know what you think of their country. They'll crack out their bottles of vodka to share around and will get talking with whatever English they possess. Have a shot (or two), chase with kvass – a fermented beverage made from rye bread, and snack on tinned meat and bread. Trust me, it's more fun than it sounds.
There's a particular type of person that could make or break your Trans-Siberian experience – the fabled provodnitsa. Each carriage has its own attendant, known in Russian as a 'provodnitsa'. They check your tickets, keep the carriage clean and tidy, and keep passengers in line – that includes you. Working out how best to handle the provodnitsa is part of the fun. Too friendly and you'll only annoy them. Rude or unappreciative and they might make your ride a living hell. If you can crack a smile out of one of them, consider yourself a very special person.
Yep, you read right – food. OK, I'll admit that the food served in the train's dining carriage is nothing short of mediocre. It's overpriced and underwhelming. But elsewhere you're in for a culinary treat. It may come as a surprise to you (it certainly did to me) but the food in Russia is actually rather good. Moscow is home to a number of world-class, international restaurants while cities along the route, including Yekaterinburg, have plenty of dining options specialising in local grub. Think flavoursome borscht, satisfying dumplings, pancakes and caviar, beetroot and herring salad, and cakes with honey and poppy seeds. And it's surprisingly affordable. If you're a bit of a foodie, it's worth getting off the train just to sample Russian cuisine.
If you're not planning on making any stops then fear not – there's still the odd culinary delight to be found on the station platforms. Homely-looking babushkas attached to trolleys loaded with sweets and crispy snacks wait for hungry train travellers. But best of all, the odd one might also have a bag of pelmeni and you may just find that the best dumplings you've ever tasted were purchased from a one-woman canteen on a station platform for less than a dollar.
Sure, you can hop on the train at Moscow and get off a week later in Vladivostok or Beijing without stepping foot outside of a train station. But why would you want to do that when there's so many great places to disembark at? Get off at Irkutsk and make your way to Lake Baikal, the world's largest freshwater lake. In winter you can go cross-country skiing, ride huskies and go snow-mobiling. In summer you can take a scenic trek through the surrounding taiga forest and camp by the water's edge.
If you're travelling through Mongolia then break up the journey at Ulaan Bataar and set out for the countryside. The Terelj National Park is just an hour away from the capital. Here you can go on long walks, explore the landscape on horseback and spend a night or two in a traditional Mongolian ger (a large felt tent). You can also time your journey with the annual Nadaam Festival, a celebration of Mongolia's traditional sports – wrestling, horse racing and archery. It's held in July and is a real spectacle with an elaborate opening ceremony of acrobats and marching bands.
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I was slated to produce this hybrid digital graphic novel of historical nonfiction to be distributed on the newly launched iPad platform. Part of the natural fit were mystudies in political history and my professional experience in nonfiction narrative documentary. Working with developers who were designing a workflow from scratch made budgeting this project very difficult. Our story advisor, writing and art teams were located in different cities across the country, and the investment team was unfamiliar with digital or mobile projects.
We came to the brink a few times as a team, but I flagged issues early, lobbied for and secured some peripheral capacities that brought us across the finish line, and as a result project was number one in its category for much longer than any of us hoped for. The uncertainty of how to position future projects in the market caused the team to dissolve, and it was at this point that I decided to take a step away from work and spend some time studying how to apply these practices to sectors outside of technology and entertainment.
One core feature of this project was the intertwining of animated illustrations and historical artifacts like photographs, government documents and news reels. Hybrid projects like this are uncommon enough to leave us without convention to lean on when making user experience decisions. By anchoring the integration of artifacts directly into the journey of our protagonist, we were able to seamlessly merge the illustrations and writing with the curated historical artifacts.
In order to help our audience navigate the complex cast of characters, I wrote character dossiers in the voice of the time in which the story was taking place, which put readers in the position of the protagonist and helped make real past events feel like they were unfolding as the audiences proceeded through the story.
You can find more on this project on my press page.


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THE PHOTOGRAPHER (Cont'd)
Francekevich has received over 50 advertising awards for his work and, for the past 25 years, has been sharing his considerable knowledge with students at New York's School of Visual Arts where he's an adjunct member of the faculty. He's also an active member of ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers) having served for 20 years on its Joint Ethics Committee and also as a director on its National Board. This guy's no lightweight.
When digital imaging arrived, Francekevich embraced it eagerly. When assignments began to fall off because art directors were buying stock photography, he began shooting stock photos that he would conceive and hoped would sell. And in the end, a merger of the two proved to be just what he needed to advance his career even further.
In pre-digital imaging times, he was always executing his visual ideas in the darkroom through photographic montages that expressed creative themes. He'd lock himself into his darkroom at his Fifth Avenue studio and mentally prepare himself to spend days of total darkness executing an image, adding and subtracting elements, sending the 8 x 10 composite out to be processed, and then doing it all over again if it wasn't right. Dust, which showed up as black unretouchable spots, was his biggest enemy, necessitating many makeovers.
"With the computer, you see the effect you are trying for immediately and then decide if you want to keep it," says Francekevich. He explains further that this is far from a hit or miss process: "What always comes first, in my view of photography, is the concept or idea. How the idea is executed depends on the photographer's visual vocabulary." And his visual vocabulary is huge, as evidenced by the thousands of pictures he and his various Macs have produced- and which are selling well throughout the world through his agency The Stock Market.
He recalls that it was frustrating at first: "For awhile I produced images both ways- computer and darkroom. Now I've reached a point where virtually every manipulated image is done on the computer." Along the way, he had to wrestle with questions of quality. " I was getting great quality on my 8x10 transparencies done in the darkroom and my initial outputs from the computer were not as good. I think too many photographers are working at too low a resolution on their computers. Smaller files are much easier to work with, but they are not good enough for stock photography- the image might become a billboard. My outputs now are generally in the 50MB range and the quality stands up.
And then there's the question of cost. Francekevich admits it's not cheap. "The cost for producing each picture is considerably higher than in the darkroom, because of the scanning, outputting, and storage costs added to all the normal photographic costs. The trade off is time and the ability to do more work- and more ambitious and imaginative work."


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Q: Off-By-One Error Calculating Expression Depth I am new to python and am taking the artificial intelligence course on MIT OpenCourseWare. I am working on the lab0 assignment, "Expression Depth" question for reference.
When I run my code, it is not taking the first item in the expr as a list even when it is, so the return value is 1 less than expected.
Code:
def depth(expr):
    d = 0
    for item in expr:
        print isinstance(item, (tuple, list))
        if isinstance(item, (tuple, list)):
            lvl = 1 + depth(item)
            if lvl >= d:
                d = lvl
    return d

A test is run with this argument:
def depth_2_getargs():
    return [['expt', 'x', 2]]

the answer here should be d = 1, but here is my output:
False
False
False
Test 10/23: Incorrect.
    depth_2
Got:      0
Expected: 1

So my personal interpretation is that, isinstance(item, (tuple, list)) doesn't see the first element in expr as a list, rather item seems to have taken the first element in the sublist. The output should be
True
False
False
False

Right?  The initial True is from the supplied list; the three False lines are from iterating on the list elements.
Why does this happen, and how do I fix this?
EDIT: To clarify and save others trouble, the assignment states:
depth('x') => 0
depth(('expt', 'x', 2)) => 1
depth(('+', ('expt', 'x', 2), ('expt', 'y', 2))) => 2
depth(('/', ('expt', 'x', 5), ('expt', ('-', ('expt', 'x', 2), 1), ('/', 5, 2)))) => 4

A: Look at your code:
def depth(expr):
    d = 0
    for item in expr:

You assume that the given argument is an iterable of some sort (implied in the for statement), and you assign the default depth of that sequence as 0.  You got exactly what you programmed.  If a list is supposed to have an initial depth of 1, then start d at 1, not 0.
Otherwise, you might test expr to see whether it's a list/tuple; if not, return 0; if so, start d at 1 and loop through the elements (current loop logic).
Does that disambiguate your base case?
Try this introduction to the routine:
def depth(expr):
    if isinstance(item, (tuple, list)):
        d = 1
        for item in expr:
            lvl = 1 + depth(item)
            if lvl >= d:
                d = lvl
    else:
        d = 0
return d

This defers the base case to receiving a scalar (or string, etc.), which does have a depth of 0.  It also returns 1 for the depth of an empty list (which has no items through which to iterate).

A: Maybe when they write return [['expt', 'x', 2]] they return a list of all the arguments to pass to your function, whish is only 1 in this case, so the argument they intend to pass is ['expt', 'x', 2] and not ['expt', 'x', 2]
Actually the output seems fine to me:
lorenzo@pc:~$ python
Python 2.7.6 (default, Oct 26 2016, 20:30:19)
[GCC 4.8.4] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> def depth(expr):
...     d = 0
...     for item in expr:
...         print isinstance(item, (tuple, list))
...         if isinstance(item, (tuple, list)):
...             lvl = 1 + depth(item)
...             if lvl >= d:
...                 d = lvl
...     return d
...
>>> depth([['expt', 'x', 2]])
True
False
False
False
1

I suspect you are calling it with depth(['expt', 'x', 2]) which gives
>>> depth(['expt', 'x', 2])
False
False
False
0

A: After looking at the assignment and the tests.py file, I'm pretty sure it's calling your function with
apply(depth, depth_2_getargs())

rather than passing the result of depth_2_getargs() as a single argument. That's why it's called getargs instead of getarg. (apply is the old way of doing * and ** arguments.)
The assignment states that an input like ['x'] should produce a result of 1, not 0. Your results are off by one. Also, you're not handling the case where the input isn't a list or tuple.


Lots of kosher wines are available to complement the wide variety of Chanukah holiday fare.
Photo courtesy of Royal Wine Corp. The Château Le Crock, which has a suggested retail price of $64.99, is part of the strong 2015 vintage of kosher Bordeaux wines and goes a long way to elevate cholent.
Plenty of kosher wines are available to complement the latkes, sufganiyot (jelly doughnuts) and other fried foods that are traditional for Chanukah to commemorate the miracle of the long-lasting menorah oil.
Israel has excellent wines from the Galilee and the Judean Hills, and wineries in Italy, Spain, California, and New Zealand also are shipping out kosher bottles.
"From potato latkes to the round jelly doughnuts, there's a kosher wine for everything," said Gabe Geller, a wine critic, blogger, and director of public relations and client services for the Royal Wine Co., which owns and operates the Kedem Winery in upstate New York and the Herzog Wine Cellars in Oxnard, Calif., and imports and distributes wines from Israel, France, Italy, Spain, New Zealand and Argentina.
Latkes — It may sound challenging to pair wine with latkes, but it is easy, Geller said. A dry, crisp white wine or a sparkling wine will work wonders with almost anything deep-fried, and latkes are no exception.
Koenig, a producer from France's Alsace region, has just released its delicious and affordable Crémant d'Alsace Brut. Produced with the méthode Champenoise, it showcases medium bubbles, delightful aromas, and flavors of green apples, toasted bread and sour cream.
A tart, flavorful white blend from Israel, such as the Tabor Adama II Zohar, is an excellent alternative for those who do not appreciate bubbles in their wine. The blend includes such unusual varietals as French Colombard, Roussanne and Viognier and is fascinating because of its mix of floral and exotic aromas.
Sufganiyot — With doughnuts, especially those filled with jelly or chocolate, Geller suggests sticking with a sweet wine.
An original option is the Zion Mihamartef. While it is not cheap (a bottle costs upward of $100 at retail), it is worth experiencing, especially because it can be recorked and sipped over many months like liquor. The Mihamartef is a sweet dessert wine that was aged for 35 years in oak barrels in the cellars of Israeli winery. It has a thick, almost syrupy texture with notes of caramelized walnuts, dried figs, cinnamon and candied orange peels.
A few experts say it has some characteristics similar to old, sweet German Rieslings, which do not exist in a kosher version.
Because Chanukah runs eight days, it always includes Shabbat. That means cholent, the slow-cooked, hearty stew traditionally made with potatoes, beans and onions and eaten for Shabbat lunch, is a possibility during the Festival of Lights.
While red Bordeaux wines are not ideal to pair with the traditional dishes of Chanukah, they do work well with a traditional cholent and other savory dishes. Geller's suggestion for those who would like to indulge during the double celebration of Chanukah and Shabbat is Château Le Crock.
It is now available now in a mevushal version, allowing it to remain kosher even when handled by non-Jews, which makes it more accessible and a wine worthy of any fine-dining kosher restaurant. Château Le Crock features notes of crushed blackberries, tobacco and menthol with a rich, velvety texture and caressing tannins, plus enough of a bite to cut through a juicy steak.
So, this Chanukah, don't just open any old bottle when celebrating. If you're careful to pair your wine with your meal the rest of the year, there's no reason not to do the same during these eight nights of celebration.


ST. GEORGE – The Zion Lions have the Wasatch Revolution occupying their minds as the Rocky Mountain Football League playoffs start this weekend. Who can blame them as the Rev have beaten the Lions three straight times in the RMFL Championship game.
But Zion won't get another shot at Wasatch without taking care of a little bit of business this weekend against the Utah Shock.
The Lions and Shock play at 7 p.m. at Pine View's Panther Stadium Saturday night. The winner of that game will play the winner of the other RMFL semifinal, which has the Revolution hosting the Utah Wildcats.
The Shock, based in Bluffdale in the south part of the Salt Lake Valley, are 3-3 on the year, with two of those three defeats coming at the hands of the Lions. Zion beat the Shock 21-7 in St. George in late April. The two teams met again two weeks ago in the regular season finale. Zion won 49-35, though the Lions led 49-19 before a couple of late scores made the final tally a little more respectable.
Fields and Tupe combined for nearly 300 passing yards and five touchdowns and the Zion running game averaged more than 10 yards per rush in the game.
Vincent leads the RMFL with 1,078 yards and 17 passing TDs on the season. His favorite target (by far) is Sam Thomas, who has 31 receptions for 487 yards and seven TDs this season. IK Ubani is the leading rusher for the Shock with 187 yards and three TDs on the year.
The Lions, 5-1, counter with a hard-hitting defense led by linebacker Brandon Thompson and defensive lineman Isaako Aaitui. Linebacker Taris Schramm, a former Payson Lion, leads the team (and the league) in tackles and safety Dave Bishoff is also a key cog in a defense that held the Shock to a season low 236 yards and seven points back in April.
Offensively, Zion is led by a tandem of quarterbacks. Fields starts, but shares snaps with Tupe, who also plays linebacker on defense. Fields has thrown for 718 yards and 10 touchdowns this season. Tupe is more of a running threat and part of a quartet of Lions players who have made Zion the best running team in the RMFL.
Tupe, along with Prentiss Miller, Rimo Mapu and Jorey Hansen, have helped Zion average 182 rushing yards a game. The four players rank among the top 12 individual rushers in the league. Miller is second in the RMFL with 375 yards and averages eight yards per carry.
Zion's lone loss this season is to Wasatch, a 26-10 defeat on May 20. The Lions have scored at least 40 points in three of their six games and have held opponents to 14 or less in four of the six contests.
Wasatch may not necessarily love its draw of the fourth-seeded Wildcats in Saturday's first round. The Rev, 5-1, beat the Wildcats twice this year, but both games were close. Wasatch won 12-7 on Apr. 15 and pulled out a 27-14 win on May 13.
The Revolution have been led by former BYU quarterback Charlie Peterson for years, though Peterson has battled injuries this season and is actually second on his team in passing yards to Jordan Wager. But the Rev lead the league in defense, allowing the fewest points per game (11.2) and the fewest yards allowed per game. The Lions' 17 points against the Rev back in April were the most Wasatch has allowed all season.
Both of the Wildcats (2-4) wins were against the Davis Vipers, who failed to qualify for the playoffs.
The RMFL championship is Jun. 24 at the highest remaining seed's home stadium.
No. 3 Utah Shock at No. 2 Zion Lions (@ Pine View), 7 p.m.
No. 4 Utah Wildcats at No. 1 Wasatch Revolution (@ Woods Cross), 7 p.m.


At our institution, patients are seen four to six weeks after open partial nephrectomy for routine follow-up and have a physical examination, serum creatinine level check, and an excretory urogram (14). Imaging with CT or ultrasound is performed earlier on any patient who has clinical signs or symptoms of abscess, hematoma, urinary leak, or fistula. Generally, a CT scan with intravenous contrast should be performed, and if a urine leak is of concern, delayed images should be obtained.
Postoperative surveillance for recurrent disease should be tailored according to the initial pathological tumor stage (14). All patients are evaluated annually with a history, physical examination, and blood tests, including assessment of serum calcium, alkaline phosphatase, liver function, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum creatinine, and electrolytes. Patients with T1 tumors do not require early postoperative imaging because there is a low risk of recurrent malignancy (48,49). A yearly chest radiograph is recommended for patients with T2 or T3 tumors, because the lung is the most common site of metastasis. Low-dose chest CT may also be used. Patients with T2 tumors should have a CT examination every two years. Patients with T3 tumors have a higher risk of developing local recurrence, especially during the first two postoperative years, and they should have a CT examination every six months for two years, then at two-year intervals if there is no documented tumor recurrence.
The effectiveness of renal tumor ablation and laparoscopic partial nephrect-omy has not yet been proven in long-term follow-up studies, and therefore imaging protocols following the procedure are not standardized, varying among institutions. In our opinion, conservative surveillance is appropriate. At our hospital, patients who have had laparoscopic partial nephrectomy undergo follow-up, with abdominal and pelvic CT and chest X-ray being taken at six months, at one year, and then at yearly intervals. Patients who have had cryoablation undergo postoperative MRI at one day, one month, six months, one year, and annually thereafter.
In most instances, contrast-enhanced CT is the test of choice to search for tumor recurrence in those patients with a normal serum creatinine (50). Contrast enhancement is important in detecting visceral organ metastases and local recurrence, but there is a risk of nephrotoxicity from iodinated CT contrast in those patients who have had NSS or those who have compromised renal function. Although MRI is not generally used as a screening examination, in patients with renal insufficiency it is a reasonable alternative to CT, because the gadolinium contrast used does not pose a risk to renal function.
Figure 20 Recurrence at site of open partial nephrectomy. A 62-year-old woman had left open partial nephrectomy and right radical nephrectomy 2.5 years earlier. Contrast-enhanced CT shows a round soft tissue mass (arrow) abutting surgical clips and left renal vein (arrowhead). Abbreviation: CT, computed tomography.
Figure 21 Postoperative urine leak following partial nephrectomy. If entry into the collecting system is not identified and repaired at surgery, urine leaks can result. (A) This patient has a perinephric fluid collection (arrow) after partial nephrectomy that fills in with contrast on (B) a delayed scan.
for residual disease. These postsurgical changes can include perinephric fluid, fat necrosis, urine leak, scarring, or a defect at the operative site (Figs. 21 and 22). Hemostatic agents, such as oxidized cellulose (Surgicel, Johnson & Johnson, Arlington, Texas), may be present (51) and can mimic abscess formation (Fig. 23).
Figure 22 Postoperative hemorrhage following partial nephrectomy. The mass (arrow) in (A) was resected laparoscopically; the patient complained of left flank pain following the surgery and had a low hemoglobin. (B) Postoperative unenhanced CT scan shows a large perinephric hematoma (thin arrows). Abbreviation: CT, computed tomography.
Figure 23 Oxidized cellulose (Surgicel) mimics abscess at laparoscopic partial nephrectomy site. This patient presented to the emergency department with flank pain after laparoscopic partial nephrectomy and had a normal white blood cell count. (A) Contrast-enhanced CT demonstrates an ovoid collection with scattered gas foci at partial nephrectomy site (arrow). No intervention was performed. (B) CT six months later shows resolution of collection with minimal residual low attenuation (arrow). Abbreviation: CT, computed tomography.
After ablation, the mass progressively decreases in size over time (52,53) and eventually presents only as cortical defect (Fig. 24). Incomplete ablation is seen as a residual enhancement at the site of the mass. In our experience, enhancement or a mass-like contour change suggests recurrent disease (54).


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Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (Book Analysis)
978280801903346EBookPlurilingua PublishingThis practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel's plot, characters and main themes, as well as a useful discussion of its use of satire. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 46-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography of Jonathan Swift Presentation of Gulliver's Travels Summary of Gulliver's Travels Character study Lemuel Gulliver Glumdalclitch Captain Pedro de Mendez Analysis of Gulliver's Travels The satirical genre Travel narratives The Scriblerus Club About Gulliver's Travels Gulliver's Travels was initially published anonymously under the title Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, and purports to be a genuine account of one man's journeys to remote corners of the globe. Lemuel Gulliver travels first to Liliput, whose inhabitants are just six inches tall, then to Brobdingnag, which is home to a race of giants, on to Laputa, a society made up of thinkers whose endless experiments are ultimately useless, and finally to the land of the Houyhnhnms, where human-like creatures are dismissed as stupid and bestial. The resulting narrative is both a highly entertaining parody of the travel writing genre and a biting satire of humanity's behaviors and institutions that has lost none of its power to amuse and inspire thought. About Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish author and clergyman. He was born in 1667 to English-born parents, but his father died before he was born, forcing his mother to rely on her family members for help. He went on to study at Trinity College, Dublin and work for a British diplomat; it was at this time that he began writing poetry. Nowadays he is remembered for his brilliant satirical writing, particularly his novel Gulliver's Travels and his essay A Modest Proposal.This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel's plot, characters and main themes, as well as a useful discussion of its use of satire. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 46-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography of Jonathan Swift Presentation of Gulliver's Travels Summary of Gulliver's Travels Character study Lemuel Gulliver Glumdalclitch Captain Pedro de Mendez Analysis of Gulliver's Travels The satirical genre Travel narratives The Scriblerus Club About Gulliver's Travels Gulliver's Travels was initially published anonymously under the title Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, and purports to be a genuine account of one man's journeys to remote corners of the globe. Lemuel Gulliver travels first to Liliput, whose inhabitants are just six inches tall, then to Brobdingnag, which is home to a race of giants, on to Laputa, a society made up of thinkers whose endless experiments are ultimately useless, and finally to the land of the Houyhnhnms, where human-like creatures are dismissed as stupid and bestial. The resulting narrative is both a highly entertaining parody of the travel writing genre and a biting satire of humanity's behaviors and institutions that has lost none of its power to amuse and inspire thought. About Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish author and clergyman. He was born in 1667 to English-born parents, but his father died before he was born, forcing his mother to rely on her family members for help. He went on to study at Trinity College, Dublin and work for a British diplomat; it was at this time that he began writing poetry. Nowadays he is remembered for his brilliant satirical writing, particularly his novel Gulliver's Travels and his essay A Modest Proposal.application/pdf1
This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel's plot, characters and main themes, as well as a useful discussion of its use of satire. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time....
This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel's plot, characters and main themes, as well as a useful discussion of its use of satire. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
Biography of Jonathan Swift
Presentation of Gulliver's Travels
Summary of Gulliver's Travels
Glumdalclitch
Captain Pedro de Mendez
Analysis of Gulliver's Travels
The satirical genre
Travel narratives
The Scriblerus Club
About Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels was initially published anonymously under the title Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, and purports to be a genuine account of one man's journeys to remote corners of the globe. Lemuel Gulliver travels first to Liliput, whose inhabitants are just six inches tall, then to Brobdingnag, which is home to a race of giants, on to Laputa, a society made up of thinkers whose endless experiments are ultimately useless, and finally to the land of the Houyhnhnms, where human-like creatures are dismissed as stupid and bestial. The resulting narrative is both a highly entertaining parody of the travel writing genre and a biting satire of humanity's behaviors and institutions that has lost none of its power to amuse and inspire thought.
About Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish author and clergyman. He was born in 1667 to English-born parents, but his father died before he was born, forcing his mother to rely on her family members for help. He went on to study at Trinity College, Dublin and work for a British diplomat; it was at this time that he began writing poetry. Nowadays he is remembered for his brilliant satirical writing, particularly his novel Gulliver's Travels and his essay A Modest Proposal.
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7/8 – Joshua 1:6-9 – Father, grant us not just the gift of boldness and courage, but that Your word may be the foundation of that boldness and courage, the source of all our successes.
7/9 – Acts 4:29-31 – Lord Jesus, grant that the boldness given to us may not shrink before worldly challenges, but that we may persevere in proclaiming Your word.
7/10 – Ephesians 6:10 – Lord Jesus, all power and might has been given You by the Father. Grant that we may be bold by our inclusion in Your body, the Holy Church.
7/11 – 1 John 5:14-15 – Lord Jesus, grant that we may be bold in reliance and trust in Your hearing us; Your giving us all we need.
7/12 – James 1:5-8 – Lord Jesus, heal our weakness of faith. Grant us the grace to live as Your saints and disciples in the world, standing strong and bold before all, completely trusting in You.
7/13 – Hebrews 4:16 – Father, we are Your children, we draw close to You in our need, in our wants, in our sufferings. Sooth us with Your love. Grant us the boldness to be confident in Your love for us.
7/14 – John 7:26 – Lord Jesus, You did not hide the Father's word, but proclaimed it openly without fear. Grant us the faith and boldness to follow Your example. Help us to know that even death holds no fear for those who live in You.
Pray the week: Lord Jesus, grant us the gift of holy boldness so that all may know You.


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Aunt dug mother's children, Johannah Khwinana (Blue Dress), and her daughter in law Martha kekana are still shocked after their family grave was violated. Photos By Raymond Morare.
A MAN ran to warn the villagers he'd seen somebody digging in the graveyard in the middle of the night.
Screaming and shouting, the angry villagers ran to see what was going on.
THEY ARRIVED TO FIND THEIR WORST NIGHTMARE HAD COME TRUE!
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When they got to the graveyard, the Khwinanas found that it was the grave of Epha Khwinana, a relative who died in 2001 of natural causes, whose grave had been violated in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Aunt dug mother's children, Johannah Khwinana (Blue Dress), and her daughter in law Martha kekana are still shocked after their family grave was violated. Photos By Raymond Morare
The grave had been opened up, and when they investigated they found what they thought were some of the dead woman's ribs were lying on the ground.
Epha's son Koketso Cholo (19) said a sangoma was behind the evil act. He said the previous day a sangoma came to him and said he needed to visit Epha's grave.
"That man said some of our relatives were sick and needed help," said Koketso.
He showed him the grave in Carousel View Village in Hammanskraal, Tshwane.
"Then we left the graveyard. I know it was him because I showed him the grave. If he had more time he'd have tampered with more graves," he said.
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According to the family and community, the thief or thieves were gone when they got to the grave. Bones were left behind and some ribs were missing.
The Khwinanas pleaded with the sangoma to bring back the ribs. They were worried the bones may have been stolen for muthi.
Koketso's gogo Johanna (70) said they were shocked.
"We don't know what else the man took from the grave and that makes us nervous," she said.
The man Koketso described has not been seen since. Community leader and Klaj Funeral Service representative Jonny Lebese (35) said they wanted to clear their name.
"Some people are under the impression we as mortuary owners tried to steal the coffin. That's not true," he said.
He claimed the person who violated the grave was known to the community.
"He steals people's body parts and makes muthi."
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Chairman of African Dingaka organisation, Andrew Somo (48), said: "This has affected us because we always warn and tell these people they must not use body parts to heal people. Traditional healers use herbs, not people's body parts," he said.
"This person is not a sangoma. He's a monster. The people must call us when such things happen so that we know who these fake traditional healers are."
Captain Sarah Lesabane said a case of violation of a grave was opened. No one had been arrested and police were investigating.
"The remains are still in the grave. We're waiting for the forensic team to come and exhume the body and take it to the government mortuary," said the cop.
"The remains will be examined to determine if there were other parts stolen."
The cop said their members were on guard at the scene.
) When buried six feet down without a coffin in ordinary soil, an adult takes eight to 12 years to decompose. A body in a coffin takes many years longer, depending on the type of wood used.


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