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A lineup of U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker planes seen at the Manas air base in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Feb. 18, 2009. Kyrgyzstan ordered U.S. forces on Friday to depart within six months from an air base key to military operations in Afghanistan, complicating plans to send more troops to battle rising Taliban and al-Qaida violence. (Associated Press)
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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyzstan ordered U.S. forces on Friday to depart within six months from an air base key to military operations in Afghanistan, complicating plans to send more troops to battle rising Taliban and al-Qaida violence. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, however, that he believed the base was not a "closed issue." The U.S. has said it would consider paying more rent to keep the base open. Pakistani militants have stepped up attacks on convoys traveling the primary supply route to Afghanistan in recent months pushing U.S. officials to secure alternative, northern routes through Central Asia. The U.S. announced a small victory in that hunt Friday — saying neighboring Uzbekistan had granted permission for the transit of non-lethal cargo to Afghanistan. "I continue to believe this is not a closed issue, and that there remains the potential to reopen this issue," Gates said when asked about the closure of the Manas base. "But we are developing alternative methods of getting resupply and people into Afghanistan." Washington has received Russian permission for non-lethal cargo to be shipped across Russia. Central Asia's largest country, Kazakhstan, has also agreed. But there's been uncertainty about how cargo would get across former Soviet Central Asia, particularly given uneasy relations between Washington and the country straddling the easiest route into Afghanistan — Uzbekistan, one of the most politically repressive of the former Soviet states. Most of President Islam Karimov's opponents have been sent to jail or into exile. U.S.-based Human Rights Watch has said that Uzbek prison authorities routinely abuse and torture prisoners. Anger over Western criticism of a crackdown on an uprising in eastern Uzbekistan prompted the government to evict U.S. troops from an air base near the Afghan border in 2005, leaving the Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan as the only U.S. base in Central Asia. The Kyrgyz move to close Manas — a transit point for 15,000 troops and 500 tons of cargo each month heading to Afghanistan — caught the United States by surprise. Among those affected would be air and ground crews from Fairchild Air Force Base, which have operated out of Manas since the United States launched its attacks on the Taliban in nearby Afghanistan. Fairchild personnel helped set up the military operation at the airfield, arriving when it was little more than a runway with tents nearby. Kyrgyzstan's president complained when announcing the closure this month that the United States was not paying enough rent for the base. The announcement came shortly after Russia said it would give $2.15 billion in aid and loans to the impoverished Central Asian nation. U.S. officials suspect that Russia, long wary of U.S. presence in ex-Soviet Central Asia, is behind the decision to shut the Americans out. The U.S. has complained of mixed messages from Russian on Moscow's willingness to help with the Afghan war effort. The U.S. Embassy in Bishkek confirmed Friday that it had received formal notification of eviction from the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry, but had no further comment. The commander of U.S. operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, traveled to the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, earlier this week to meet with Karimov. No details of his visit were released. But on Friday, U.S. Rear Admiral Mark Harnitchek — a military transportation officer — said that Uzbekistan had reached a deal for cargo to be shipped across its territory. "We have a tentative agreement with Uzbekistan on transit," he said during a visit to another Central Asian nation that borders Afghanistan, Tajikistan. His comments were shown on Tajik state television. Some of the goods will be transported from Uzbekistan onward through Tajikistan, which also shares a direct border with Afghanistan, Harnitchek said. "We plan to move between 50 and 200 containers to Afghanistan through Tajikistan every week," he said. It was unclear why the cargo would not be shipped directly from Uzbekistan into Afghanistan. U.S. Embassy officials in Uzbekistan declined to comment, as did the Uzbek Foreign Ministry. U.S. Central Command officials could not be immediately located for comment. President Barack Obama announced earlier this week that he would send 17,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan to augment the 33,000 already there.


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After 9 years of local negotiations between stakeholders in India consensus has been reached: ISO 26000:2010 Guidance on Social Responsibility is adopted as a national standard. The standard was adopted as it was originally worded with one exception, the long Annex listing voluntary social responsibility tools was not included. This Read more…
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The ISO brochure showing how ISO 26000 can be used to contribute to the UN Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals has been translated into Spanish. Access it here!
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BSN, the national standards body of Indonesia, and CFCD are arranging a great SR/CSR-conference October 29-30.http://iof2018.cfcd-indonesia.or.id/
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After eight years of promoting ISO 26000 the two ISO member bodies Sweden (SIS) and Brazil (ABNT) disbanded the ISO 26000 Post Publication Organization mid July 2018. The decision was a simple budget issue: stakeholders gladly invest in developing new things but are less keen on maintaining existing things.Without new Read more…
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December 2, 2017: ISO TMB decided through internal TMB-ballot that the final result of their extended ballot to the NSBs was to be interpreted as a confirmation of ISO 26000:2010. The first NSB-vote was 48 % in favor and the second was 55 % in favor of confirming ISO 26000. Read more…
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Systematic review 2017 First ballot results: 11 member countries voted Confirm (keep as it is) 12 member countries voted Revise (update/change) 7 countries Abstained. Result: 52 % (12/23) in favor of REVISE. Single majority, but a weak indication. As for previous systematic review, ISO 26000 PPO discussed the technical comments Read more…
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Benign paroxysmal torticollis (BPT) is a rare medical disorder affecting infants.

Symptoms

The defining characteristic of BPT is a tilting of an infant's head in recurrent episodes, for varying periods of time. Furthermore, the child's trunk may bend in the same direction as the head, giving the baby an overall curved shape; this complaint is known as tortipelvis. In addition to this, the individual may also, but not necessarily, experience vomiting, pallor, ataxia, agitation, infantile migraine, unsteadiness of gait upon learning to walk, general malaise and nystagmus.

The periods in which the child's head is tilted and other symptoms appear can last anywhere from a few minutes to a few weeks, with a frequency of anywhere from two per year to two per month.

Causes

The cause of benign paroxysmal torticollis in infants is thought to be migrainous. More than 50% of infants have a family history of migraine in first degree relatives. The cause is likely to be genetic.

Pathophysiology

The mechanism of action of benign paroxysmal torticollis is not yet understood. It has been suggested that unilateral vestibular dysfunction or vascular disturbance in the brain stem may be responsible for the condition.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis of BPT can be difficult because it is rare.

Treatment

No known treatment for BPT currently exists. However, the condition it is self-limiting and resolves after about eighteen months.

Prognosis

Benign paroxysmal torticollis disappears in the early years of life with no medical intervention.

However, some cases of benign paroxysmal torticollis cases can evolve into benign paroxysmal vertigo of childhood, migrainous vertigo or typical migraines.

History

The condition was first described by CH Snyder in 1969 in an article titled "Paroxysmal torticollis in infancy. A possible form of labyrinthitis." in the American Journal of Diseases of Children.

References

External links
 Orphanet: Benign paroxysmal torticollis of infancy
 N. Paul Rosman, Laurie M. Douglass, Uzma M. Sharif and Jan Paolini. J Child Neurol 2009 24: 155-160
 Sheikh Nigel Basheer (2010). "Paroxysmal torticollis". Journal of Pediatric Neurology 8 (2010) 69–71

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Photos of upcoming motherboards from manufacturer ASRock ahve surfaced, it involves the H370, B360 and H310 chipsets for Intels Coffee Lake-generation processors.
The photos, leaked by Videocardz reveal the ASRock B360 Pro4, B360M-HDV, B360M-ITX-ac, H370 Pro4, H370M-ITX / ac, H310-ITX / ac, H310M-HDV, H310M-HDVP, H310M-G / M.2 and H310M-DGS. An interesting observation, most motherboards are micro-ATX and Mini-ITX motherboards. Intel in April is expected to add some procs to the Coffee Lake 8th generation processor lineup, as well as releasing the new chipsets and motherboards.
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New Hampshire Launches Sports Betting
Published January 7, 2020 by Elana K
The New Hampshire State Lottery signed a contract with DraftKings in November, and in less than 2 months, sports betting was up and running.
New Hampshire was so eager to launch legal sports betting that it started on December 30, unable to wait even two days for the start of the new year. New Hampshire, in fact, has been moving pretty relatively quickly since governor Chris Sununu signed sports betting legislation in July. At the time, he said that sports betting would be up and running by the Super Bowl, and he has indeed come through.
Governor Sununu placed the first bet on his phone at a sports bar in Manchester. He bet on the New England Patriots to win the Super Bowl.
DraftKings Takes Over New Hampshire
The New Hampshire State Lottery signed a contract with DraftKings in November, and in less than 2 months, sports betting was up and running. The deal is that New Hampshire will get 50% of sports betting revenue, which will go toward the state for its education program. In its first year of operation, sports betting is expected to generate $7.5 million for education and nearly double that two years later.
In a statement, Sununu said, "Sports betting is the right bet for New Hampshire. The launch of sports betting will also benefit our education system — a win for our kids."
DraftKings is on a roll, having announced a few weeks ago that it will be going public through a merger with SBTech and Diamond Eagle Acquisition in the first half of 2020.
New England Sports Betting
At this point, New Hampshire and Rhode Island are the only two states in New England that have legalized sports betting. Both offer land-based betting and mobile betting.


The announcement by the Minister of Health, Aaron Motsaledi, that research funding is to be increased to 2% of the health budget over the next 10 years is most welcome news. In particular, a National Health Scholars Programme was launched on 26 April 2012, with the immediate aim of training 1000 PhDs over the next 10 years. Additionally, the public hospital revitalisation project is to be enriched by specific provision for research in the form of the establishment of clinical research centres, and a National Priority Research Projects Fund is to address priority health problems.
The 1000 doctoral scholars are to be recruited from young staff, in clinical streams, in all the country's health sciences faculties, and will be funded for full-time study over 4 years, either in South Africa or abroad. The first 30 scholars will start by the end of next year, and the number of newly selected scholars will rise to 300 in the fourth year of the programme. The clear danger is that the provision of stipends in the absence of the necessary project funding could cause early frustration. But the department has wisely decided to combine research enhancement with its efforts to improve the level of service at public hospitals; a concerted approach in introducing all the promised reforms in public health research is necessary so that each step forward is sufficiently backed up by appropriate reforms to ensure sustainability. Doing only the easy things will not pay off, as the entire system of health research clearly suffers from interrelated rather than single bottleneck constraints.
These developments have arisen largely from an Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) report on the revitalisation of clinical research in South Africa (http://www.assaf.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ASSAf-Clinical-Report-2009.pdf), released in 2009. The unusually rapid translational impact of the report has a lot to do with the fact that the chair of the panel which authored it, Bongani Mayosi, subsequently became the chair of the National Health Research Committee (NHRC), on whose recommendations the minister has now acted, and which together with the Medical Research Council, will steer implementation of the scholars programme.
The NHRC organised a national health research summit in July 2011 at which seven themes for possible action were discussed. These themes ranged from the funding deficit (only 0.37% of the health budget was spent on research in 2010), the shortage of trained human resources, poor infrastructure and a rickety regulatory framework to inadequate planning and monitoring. The summit report has now been released (http://www.nhrc.org.za) and includes recommendations that seek to address each of these themes in a stepped manner over 10 years.
Health (especially clinical) research is a traditional strength of this country: about half of all ISI-indexed publications from South African addresses between 1980 and 2005 were in health-related fields (Tijssen JW, Scientometrics 2007;71:303-327). Two decades of uncoordinated policy confusion and decline has resulted from the toxic mix of a systemic withdrawal of provincial health departments from research support, underfunding of the agency component of the Medical Research Council, the poor positioning of health research in the recent initiatives rolled out on behalf of the Department of Science and Technology by the National Research Foundation, and the negative impact of the consolidation of pathology departments into the service-oriented National Health Laboratory Service. Universities have been unable - some say unwilling - to fill the funding gap so established, despite the status of health research as a major generator of their formula-based public subsidy.
The exception to this 'slow death scenario' in local health research has been the marked growth in capacity and productivity of the community of local researchers working on the pandemic chronic infectious diseases caused by HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This research has been fuelled mainly by targeted foreign funding and collaboration, and remains remarkably poorly documented and analysed for its policy implications. Researchers in these areas based in South Africa now rate highly in citation and reputation, and are mostly working at institutes and centres that have been established from bottom-up initiatives at universities, although groups based at the research councils have also been active in this field.
The present case is an example of how government policymaking can be productively influenced, by an expert committee (in this case the NHRC) acting on recommendations which were made by a panel appointed and managed by an independent national science academy (ASSAf) and debated by a cross section of stakeholders in the community. This process could be widely applied to the benefit of our society.


25 years old transform Linux on August 25, the day Linus Torvalds his fateful message with a new operating system sent out asking for help. "I'm doing a (free) operating system for 386 (486) (just a hobby, will not be big and professional like gnu) AT clones. This is brewing since April, and begins to prepare. I'd like any feedback on things, people like / dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file system (for practical reasons) among other things), "he wrote in the comp.os. minix message board. And the rest, as they say, is history.
What is particularly interesting about Torvalds' Remarkably, there. Not of snark or derision followed but with general interest While we believe that up to Torvalds actually prepared to show a product, potential users can chalk, we are also reminded that the Internet in 1991 was a very different place than it is today.
The Linux Foundation has just released a detailed report on the operating system with highlights from the past 25 years. They write that 13,500 developers have contributed 1,300 companies kernel because the whole project to Git rose in 2005. The most interesting bit of data?
"In the time between 3:19 and 4.7 versions the kernel community changes at an average rate of 7.8 patches per hour was mixed; this is a slight increase from the 7.71 patches per hour in the previous version of this report and "saw a continuation of the long-term trend towards higher patch volume. that the Linux kernel is almost constantly be repaired and all of a volunteer army updated by dedicated programmers manage the glue of the Internet to see.
You can the entire report can be read here.
Linux now runs most of the websites you visit and runs on everything from gas pumps to smart watches. The OS teaches children thanks to the Raspberry Pi to program and it helped the French police save million euros. Heck, even Microsoft releases code for Linux. If you can not beat 'em, join' em.
Just for fun. These books to be released Linux time has come to the fore, to tell the fascinating story of Torvalds and his not "big and professional" side project.


In the individual NCAA statistics, sophomore placekicker Kevin Kelly (Langhorne, Pa.) was tied for second nationally in field goals, making 22 for a 1.69 per game average. Kelly led the Big Ten in field goals and kick scoring and was tied with Wisconsin running back P.J. Hill for the conference overall scoring lead at 7.4 ppg. Kelly's 22 field goals tied Matt Bahr's school record from 1978 and his 34 field goal attempts broke the PSU season mark of 33 by Chris Bahr in 1975.
Maybe we just made the kid kick too many times; we were so disappointed in him - and yet, his final "numbers" (not percentage) makes him a top scorer.


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Coman (What Jamie Saw ) displays her versatility with this sly comedy about Ivy and Ray, two kids sentenced to live with an heiress whose testimony has just sent their parents to jail for embezzlement. The Big House of the title isn't a prison, but rather "La Grande Maison," the mansion owned by the scheming Marietta Noland, who "kidnaps" the siblings in a limo, and then "leave[s them] to their own devices." That is, until Ray has a series of "unfortunate accident[s] ," and Marietta banishes him to a room conveniently located close to the laundry. But what Ivy calls "solitary confinement" doesn't improve Ray's bladder control, and a new plan—to send away the siblings to separate schools—puts the pair in a panic. Coman salts the narrative with mysteries—a bank robber grandfather with a felonious past, a shrouded portrait, a scroll hidden in a cake beneath a glass dome—that culminate in a comical mock-trial in which Ray acts as prosecutor and Ivy as judge. In this affectionate portrayal of familial relations, Ivy serves not only as Ray's protector, but also as best friend and willing playmate. Though the parents are clearly flawed (they'd both "been sent off to jail before, but never at the same time"), Ivy and Ray love them, warts and all. Readers rooting for a happy ending will not be disappointed. Ages 8-12. (Sept.)
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Barbara Windsor tribute fund raises more than £100k in less than a week
Dame Barbara Windsor's husband has said the "outpouring of support" following her death has been "magical", with a dementia research fund set up in her memory raising more than £100,000 in less than a week.
Best known for her roles in the Carry On films and as matriarch and landlady Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders, Dame Barbara died on 10 December, aged 83, after suffering from Alzheimer's for several years.
A GoFundMe page set up in tribute has so far raised more than £104,000 in six days after her husband, Scott Mitchell, asked fans to donate.
The much loved actress was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2014
"I have been completely overwhelmed by the response from Barbara's fans, friends and former colleagues," Mr Mitchell said. "This outpouring of support has filled me with pride and been a huge comfort to me. It just shows how loved, respected and adored my Barbara was. That's magical."
A much loved actress who was truly worthy of her national treasure status, thousands of tributes flooded in following her death, including from her former co-stars such as her EastEnders on-screen children Steve McFadden, Ross Kemp and Daniella Westbrook.
Mr Mitchell said he was determined to honour his late wife's legacy "by doing everything I can to support dementia research and help Alzheimer's Research UK's search for a cure".
He continued: "We must find a way to stop future generations going through what so many of us have already.
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"Please do consider a donation however small or large. Every penny will take us one step closer to desperately needed breakthroughs."
Dame Barbara was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2014, going public with the news four years later.
Dame Barbara Windsor: Away from her roles on TV, the star's own life was just as colourful
She and her husband were widely praised for their work raising awareness of dementia, taking their fight to Downing Street to discuss the issue with Boris Johnson in 2019.
Among the donations to her tribute fundraiser was £83,000 from Gamesys, owner of the online bingo site Jackpotjoy. Dame Barbara worked with the company between 2010 and 2017 and starred in their TV adverts as their "Queen of Bingo".
Alzheimer's Research UK said it had seen an increase in donations since her death.
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The Snake Boat Races of Kerala are magnificent fiestas that bring alive the tranquil backwaters. Snake boat races are held on 2nd Saturday of August every year in connection with Onam, the harvest festival which falls in August/September. Scores of long snake boats and other smaller crafts participate in these events. The largest team sport in the world, the snake boat races are preceded by colourful water parades.
Garland welcome and assistance on arrival at the airport and transfer to your hotel. Cochin, a major port of call on the ancient trade route from China to Rome, the mixture of influences here is a heady brew. Chinese fishing nets dot the coast, Roman coins are dug up as treasure trove, the Mattancheri Palace was built by the Portuguese, the Bolghatty Palace by the Dutch, and Willingdon Island was created by the British. Here you will find Hindu Temples, Christian Churches, mosques, and a synagogue (the Jewish settlement dates from at least as far back as AD 400). Cochin is a melting pot of races and cultures, charmingly emphasizing that variety is indeed the spice of life. Afternoon sightseeing tour of Cochin. Cochin is a city with an eventful history. The Portuguese, the Dutch, the English all had established themselves here at one time or the other. Prominent attractions are the Jewish synagogue, santa cruz church (built in 16 th century by the Dutch), cochin fort (built-1503 by Dutch ), Bolgatty Palace built by Dutch in 1744 and the St. Francis church ( built-1510 AD by the Dutch ) where Vasco de Gamma was buried ( later his remains were taken to Portugal, but his tombstone is still there at the St. Francis church which is the oldest church in India built by Europeans ). Overnight at the hotel.
Morning after breakfast drive to Alleppey (about 56kms/02hrs) to be a part of the most important boat race in Kerala - Nehru Trophy Boat race. The main event consists of a stiff competition between the magnificent snake boats known as 'Chundanvallams' for the coveted trophy. These boats stretch about 100 feet in length, with a raised prow, resembling the raised hood of a snake. They are manned by some 100 rowers who row vigorously to the accompaniment of the 'Vanchipattu' which lend vocal support to their physical efforts. The event commences with a ceremonial water procession comprising of floats and a variety of craft. Usually a snake boat is manned by four helmsmen, 25 singers and 100 - 125 oarsmen who row in unison to the fast rhythm of the vanchipattu (song of boatman). Thousands of people crowd the water's edge to cheer the huge black crafts as they slice through the waters to a spectacular finish. Evening return to hotel at Cochin after a thrilling experience of the boat race. Overnight at the Hotel.
Morning after breakfast, depart by surface to Periyar and on arrival check in at a jungle resort. Late afternoon boat ride on lake Periyar to watch the wild life. Evening visit to Kumily Spice Market and spice plantations to buy spices. Overnight in Periyar.
Morning depart by surface to Alleppey (167 kms/4 hrs approx) and upon arrival board House Boat and cruise on the enchanting backwaters, passing through small canals, villages of Kuttanad - a landmass situated below the sea level. (Kuttanad is known as the rice bowl of Kerala). Overnight on Board House Boat.
Morning after breakfast, disembark from the House Boat at your resort in Kumarakom, an idyllic floating Island situated on Vembanad Lake . The adjoining bird sanctuary with a spectacular collection of resident and migratory birds can be viewed from here. Nature walks, backwater boat cruises. Ayurvedic massages in traditional form (practiced since ancient times in Kerala) and swimming are the main attractions here. Leisure-fishing arrangements can also be made. Overnight in Kumarakom.
Early morning optional visit to the Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary. After breakfast, visit the Churches and nearby village. Overnight in Kumarakom.
Morning after breakfast, depart by surface to Trivandrum , the capital of Kerala and upon arrival, check-in at the hotel located on the beachside. Here we experience Ayurveda, an age-old healing system using peculiar combinations of medicinal herbs developed by great sages centuries ago. The Rejuvenation therapy which includes massages and Sirodhara by trained masseurs with medicated oil. This therapy is to rejuvenate mind, body and soul, and to tone up skin, strengthen body systems and achieve ideal health and longevity. These treatments are done only after consultation with Ayurvedic physician in the hotel. Monsoon period is considered the best season for Rejuvenation therapy, as the temperature is cool and atmosphere is dust free. Forenoon session: - General body massage with medicated bath and medicated steam bath. Afternoon session: - Shirodhara and Vet ever scrub bath. Rest of the day free to relax. Overnight at the Hotel.
Morning free for Ayurvedic treatment & yoga. Rest of the day free to relax or stroll around the nearby villages to explore the area. Overnight at the Hotel.
The day free for Ayurveda, yoga and other activities. Overnight at the Hotel.
Visit to one of the traditional families of Kerala to be a part of their Onam celebrations. Every year, for centuries now, the people of Kerala has been celebrating Onam to welcome their vanquished king, Mahabali, on his annual return. Onam, which also symbolizes prosperity and well-being, is an occasion when the land wakes up to the calls of early morning flower pickers, flowers blossom with unexemplified brightness and rituals are performed at temples. Afternoon we will have the exotic traditional Onam feast, called Sadya with that family. Served on a clean, fresh banana leaf, this multi-course extravaganza comprises of rice, countless curries and dishes- all delectably vegetarian and most of them coconut based, various tongue-tingling pickles and large helpings of "payasams" - exquisite,sweet milky porridge served with dried fruits and nuts. By evening say hallo to the family and go back to hotel. Overnight at the hotel.
In time transfer to International airport to board flight back home with the sweet memories of your holiday with "Vaibhav Tourism Services (VTS)".


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No matter whose families they belong to; children taken before their time always make me feel both profoundly sad, and enormously grateful for my own son.
Thankyou Su… yes indeed!!! I've just remembered that, since I wrote that post, I've been contacted by David Habel who holds much of the family information and he said that Elisabeth Clara died from a snakebite 😦 … thanks for your caring comment.
A snakebite; poor little girl. When my parents were emigrating from Scotland, Australia was – I think – my father's first choice and both parents had relatives there, but we came to NZ because my mother insisted. There are no snakes here!!!! She's so terrified of them we had trouble getting her off the aeroplane in Rangoon (en route to Auckland) because she was afraid of snakes on the runway (no air bridges back then). My dad was furious and embarrassed in equal measure I seem to remember.
Strange how small things can have such big impacts. I could be an Aussie now and have had a very different life (partner, children) if my mother hadn't been phobic about snakes. All a bit Freudian really.
What a lovely story Su… Just imagine, we might have been neighbours and you may have gone to school with my children 🙂 … Thanks for sharing.
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Q: how to get class constructor argument types as an object? For example, I have a class Summator:
export default class Summator {
   constructor(private readonly firstArgument: number, private readonly secondArgument: number) {}

   get sum() {
     return this.firstArgument + this.secondArgument
   }
}

if use ConstructorParameters i get tuple [firstArgument: number, secondArgument: number]. how to get not a tuple but an object , for example:
{
  firstArgument: number,
  secondArgument: number
}

i tried to implement it like this:
[K in keyof ConstructorParameters<typeof Summator>]: ConstructorParameters<typeof Summator>[K]

but i get next object:
{
  0: number,
  1: number
}

A: oh it's not possible that arguments' wildcard names are private (not the private keyword) you can't get its name orthodox instead you can use declare an object as an argument like this:
export default class Summator {
  private readonly firstArgument: number;
  private readonly secondArgument: number;

  constructor(options: {
    firstArgument: number;
    secondArgument: number
  }) {
    [this.firstArgument, this.secondArrgument] = [options.firstArgument, options.secondArgument]
  }

  get sum() {
    return this.firstArgument + this.secondArgument
  }
}

and
ConstructorParameters<typeof Summator>[0]

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Try the Geyser Towers at Stone Mountain Park
Climb ropes and get wet in the park
February 1, 2012 // By Claudine Williams
By Claudine Williams
What's the new attraction at Stone Mountain? Stone Mountain is making a splash with a water attraction called Geyser Towers, and it's perfect for active kids and adults who like a challenge. This attraction is the first water-infused rope tower attraction in North America, and it gives visitors a physical workout.
Geyser Towers — Photo courtesy of Stone Mountain Park
Visitors climb rope bridges to reach platforms near the Geyser. Whether they get wet or stay dry is up to them. The attraction is appropriate for the little ones, too. There's an area where young children can play in a gentle creek. Parents can also chaperone their kids in a shaded area, if they wish.
Children must be at least 32 inches tall to climb Geyser Towers, and children between 32 inches and 40 inches must have a chaperone with them while they participate in the attraction.
Stone Mountain, one of the most popular attractions in the Atlanta area features a 825-foot-tall mountain. In addition to Geyser Towers, guests can climb Stone Mountain, hike an adventure course, climb a rock wall, or explore a number of other great attractions.
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Easy Crock Pot Chicken and Dumplings.
Juicy chicken breasts cooked to tender perfection in the slow cooker in a rich creamy sauce.
Don't get me wrong, I love Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings from scratch but having a busy household with kids, I know that sometimes time is short and I don't have hours to spend cooking a full Sunday dinner from scratch.
This recipe uses a few little short cuts to make it really quick and easy to put together while not skimping on flavor.
The best part about this recipe is that it cooks up in the slow cooker all day long.
That means you can spend about 5 minutes prepping and head on out and run your errands (or go for lunch with your friends which sounds much more fun).
The slow cooker does all of the work but the results are just as amazing as a from scratch recipe (there's a reason this recipe has a five star rating ★★★★★)!
Quick prep with optimal results is my kind of cookin'.
I use a can of premade biscuits to make the dumplings to make this dish totally effortless.
You're going to want to roll them extra thin as they do puff up a little while they cook.
If you don't want to use (or don't have) canned biscuits, feel free to mix up a batch of your favorite homemade biscuits to create your own dumplings (or use Biscuit Mix).
Once you shred the chicken and stir it back in, your dumplings will break up a little bit but don't worry; the edges soak up a bit of the sauce making for a perfect bowl of comfort.
While I know not everyone likes vegetables with their chicken and dumplings, I sure do!
I love the addition of frozen veggies for color, flavor and some extra nutrients (plus frozen veggies are pretty effortless).
If veggies in your chicken and dumplings isn't your thing, feel free to leave them out (but don't skip the onion, it adds lots of flavor)!
As easy as this recipe is, here are a few tips to make sure it turns out perfectly for you!
This recipe is best made in a 6QT crock pot.
While this chicken and dumplings recipe uses frozen veggies, they should be defrosted before adding to the slow cooker.
My biscuits are always perfectly cooked after 60 minutes however some slow cookers may require extra time to cook the biscuits.
Open the lid as little as possible as the slow cooker can lose heat quickly and this can cause your biscuits to not cook properly.
Boneless chicken thighs make an excellent addition to this recipe.
Once the biscuits are cooked through they should still have a soft, slightly doughy dumpling-like texture.
Depending on the size of your slow cooker, this recipe may not double well. To double this recipe, cook the chicken portion as directed. Additional dumplings can be cooked on the stovetop or baked in the oven as biscuits.
Dairy (such as cream or milk) doesn't always do well in the slow cooker; it can often separate or curdle so I've subbed in condensed soup in this recipe.
Condensed soups make a great addition to crock pot recipes as they tend to hold up very well in the slow cooker (plus they add lots of flavor to this recipe) without the risk of curdling.
Once you try this easy recipe, it'll quickly become your go to for slow cooker chicken and dumplings.
Ensure your slow cooker is on high and the liquid should be bubbling along the edges when you open the lid to add your vegetables and biscuits.
It's really important that you open the lid for as little time as possible and that your vegetables are completely defrosted.
Note: Buttermilk, Country or Homestyle Biscuits work best in this recipe. When adding the vegetables/biscuits ensure the lid is left off as little as possible. Leaving the lid off for long periods of time will drastically increase cooking time.
Approximately 1 hour (I allow 60 - 90 minutes) before serving (after 4 hours of cooking time), roll each biscuit thin and flat. Cut into 4 strips. Add vegetables to the slow cooker and stir. Add biscuit strips on top. Replace lid as quickly as possible.
Remove chicken breasts and slightly shred. Add back into slow cooker and stir (this will break up the dumplings somewhat which is ok). Let cook an additional 10 minutes and serve.
Note: My biscuits were perfectly cooked after 60 minutes however some slow cookers have required extra time to cook the biscuits.


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Official Biography (courtesy of Dexter Myers)
It's a smooth silky vocal performance flowing effortlessly over lush and soulful music. It's artistic songwriting complimented by his self-described 'Eclectic Soul'. It's like Maxwell but more pop. Like Seal with a more soulful edge. Like Lenny Kravitz but more urban. Step outside the box and taste the distinct flavor of Dexter Myers...
Dexter is celebrating 10 successful years in the hard-knock indie music industry with his 5th CD, "Soul Divo - The Collection. "Six Dimensions" was the start of his Indie-Soul revolution and a natural progression for Dexter after years of classical & Jazz training. "Soul Divo" is a collection of Dexter's best songs including those that propelled him to the top of Internet radio charts and earned national airplay on Music Choice and placement in independent films.
Upon graduating from Howard University, Dexter found himself on the road less traveled. There was family pressure to become the first lawyer and a stint in Corporate America. However, music was always his constant craving. "My dad always tried to persuade me to become a lawyer and 'write my own ticket'. I worked for a law firm for six months and it was like dying a slow death." Although a career in Advertising was a better match, it was launching an independent record label that was a life altering moment. "I couldn't get an acceptable record deal so I had no choice but to do it myself. Now I have total creative freedom and I have the final word when it comes to managing my music career."
By embracing the digital music revolution back in 1998, Dexter has secured a place in music history as a pioneer of the Indie Soul industry. It is this very choice that enables him to continue selling CD's and downloads to a growing global fan base. "It's an amazing feeling when people all over the world surf onto my sites and share their experiences and thoughts about my music. It really validates my decision to follow my own path come what may." With a growing buzz and infinite possibilities, Dexter will continue to soar...
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During the middle of the nineteenth century, Leibig discovered the law of the Minimum.
If several nutrient elements are present in the soil in amounts that would be insufficient for maximum plant yield, the yield will be determined solely by the supply of the element that is present in the smallest amount relative to the plant requirement, increasing the supply of other elements has no effect on yield.
Understanding of this Law of the Minimum is helped by the well known analogy of water in a wooden barrel with staves of unequal length. The heights of the individual staves represent the level of supply of nutrients that are capable of influencing the yield, while the level of water in the barrel represents the actual yield.
In the example below we see that as long as the Nitrogen supply is limiting plant yield, there will be no benefit in increasing amounts of any other element. However if the supply of Nitrogen was increased another element, in this case Potassium would be expected to become the limiting element.


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Windows 2000 Delayed!
Press Release: For general release
REDMOND, WA (API) --- MICROSOFT (MSFT) announced today that the
official release date for the new operating system "Windows 2000"
will be delayed until the second quarter of 1901.
But wait, there's more! ...
Be sure to WRITE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS ON A PIECE OF PAPER before going to the Isys Information Architects Inc. site.
Put the piece of paper in your pocket, where the paramedics can find it. That's because the Isys Interface Hall of Shame page has been known to cause people to pass out, in horror, or from laughter, or both.
Keep that piece of paper handy when you visit the RinkWorks Online Entertainment site.
Here's an excerpt from their Book-A-Minute page:
Don't have time to read it all?
We at Book-A-Minute understand that your time is valuable. You want to experience the wonder and excitement of the fine art of literature, but reading actual books requires a significant time investment. We've got the solution for you. Our ultra-condensed books are just the ticket...
By Margaret Atwood
Ultra-Condensed by David J. Parker and Samuel Stoddard
Offred
I've got a name, but I won't ever tell it to you.
I get to do Offred once a month, but I'd rather play Scrabble with her instead.
I don't even get to play Scrabble with her. That sucks.
Ofglen
(dies)
Ofglen is dead.
(There is a good speculative fiction story going until the END, which is INANE and LITERARY, because it is ILLEGAL for a work of LITERATURE to have CLOSURE.)
Here's an excerpt from the RinkWorks Movie-A-Minute page:
Directed by Tony Scott
Ultra-Condensed by Samuel Stoddard
A secret government conspiracy is trying to kill me.
Reluctantly, I'll help you.
(Will Smith and Gene Hackman turn the TABLES and have a SHOOTOUT.)
...And here's an excerpt from the RinkWorks Computer Stupidities page:
Customer: "I seem to have lost my IP address can you tell me what it is?"
Tech Support: "Just a minute, I'll check." (pause) "You're using Win95 aren't you? It's a bit complicated. Click on Start."
Customer: "Ok, I don't need to do that--"
Tech Support: "Please do it my way, click on Start."
Customer: "Ok."
Tech Support: "Now click on Settings...Control Panel...Networks...TCP/IP...and now on Protocols, and there you are."
Customer: "Yes, that's where I was when I called you."
Tech Support: "Well why call me? That's where your IP address is, right in front of you."
Customer: "Well, that's where it should be, but mine's all blank."
Tech Support: "Well, what do you want me to do?"
Customer: "Can you tell me what it is?"
Tech Support: "Of course, just a second...why didn't you ask me that in the first place?"
I no longer need to punish, deceive or compromise myself. Unless, of course, I want to stay employed.
I know that a good scapegoat is as welcome as a solution to the problem.
Today I will gladly share my experience and advice, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so."
I no longer worry about my health. I know it will go away.
I know that hard work pays off in the future, and that laziness pays off now.
The sooner I fall behind, the more time I'll have to catch up.
If at first I don't succeed, I shall destroy all evidence that I tried.
My sole purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others.
You know you work in corporate America in the 90's if...
You've sat at the same desk for 4 years and worked for three different companies.
It's wise to remember how easily this wonderful technology can be misused, sometimes unintentionally, with serious consequences.
Consider the case of the Illinois man who left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day.
When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick e-mail. Unable to find the scrap of paper on which he had written her e-mail address, he did his best to type it in from memory.
Unfortunately, he missed one letter, and his note was directed instead to an elderly preacher's wife, whose husband had passed away only the day before. When the grieving widow checked her e-mail, she took one look at the monitor, let out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor in a dead faint.
At the sound, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen:
Dearest Wife,
Just got checked in.
Everything prepared for your arrival tomorrow.
Your eternally loving husband.
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Please read - Your very life may depend on this warning!
If you receive an e-mail with an attachment named "Badtimes" delete it immediately. Do not open it. Apparently this one is pretty nasty.
If you open or save the attachment, it will change a key sector of your hard disk, rendering every file unreadable. It then runs a Flash-BIOS update, writing all zeros to your PC's BIOS. It will also reset your PC's CMOS settings, making it impossible even to boot from a diskette. Not only will it erase everything on your hard drive, but it will also causes a magnetic field around your monitor, deleting anything on any disks within 20 feet of your computer. It demagnetizes the stripes on ALL of your credit cards.
It reprograms your ATM access code, and screws up the tracking on your VCR.
It will re-calibrate your refrigerator's coolness settings so all your ice cream melts and your milk curdles. It will program your phone's AutoDial to call only your mother-in-law's number.
This virus will mix antifreeze into your fish tank. It will drink all your beer.
It will leave dirty socks on the coffee table when you are expecting company. Its radioactive emissions will cause your toe jam and bellybutton fuzz to migrate behind your ears.
It will replace your shampoo with Nair and your Nair with Rogaine, all while dating your current boy/girlfriend behind your back and billing their hotel rendezvous to your Visa card. It will cause you to run with scissors and throw things in a way that is only fun until someone loses an eye.
It will give you Dutch Elm Disease and Tinea.
It will rewrite your backup files, changing all your active verbs to passive tense and incorporating undetectable misspellings which grossly change the interpretations of key sentences.
If the "Badtimes" message is opened in a Windows 95 environment, it will leave the toilet seat up and leave your hair dryer plugged in dangerously close to a full bathtub.
It will not only remove the forbidden tags from your mattresses and pillows, but it will also refill your skim milk with whole milk.
It will replace all your luncheon meat with Spam.
It will molecularly rearrange your cologne or perfume causing it to smell like dill pickles.
It is insidious and subtle. It is dangerous and terrifying to behold. It is also a rather interesting shade of mauve. These are just a few signs of infection.
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The Difference Between Reality And Dilbert
I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.
- Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943
There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.
- Ken Olson, Chairman of DEC, 1977
640K ought to be enough for anybody.
- Bill Gates, 1981
The Internet is a great way to get on the Net.
- Bob Dole
Bill and Hillary are out driving in the country near Hillary's hometown. They are low on fuel, so Bill pulls into a gas station for a fill-up. The attendant comes out and begins to pump gas into the "First Couple's" tank.
As he is doing this, he looks into the passenger window. "Hey, Hillary. We used to date in high school, do you remember me?" he asks.
They chat for a few minutes, Bill pays and the First Couple leaves. As they drive, Bill is feeling very proud of himself and looks over at Hillary. "You used to date that guy? Just think what it would be like if you had married him," he says smugly.
Hillary looks at Bill and shrugs. Then she replies, "Well I guess you'd be pumping gas and he would be the President."
I know this guy whose neighbour, a young man, was home recovering from having been served a rat in his bucket of fried chicken. One day he went to sleep and when he awoke he was in his bathtub. It was full of ice and he was sore all over. When he got out of the tub, he realized that HIS KIDNEYS HAD BEEN STOLEN.
A note on his mirror said "Call 911!" But he was afraid to use his phone because it was connected to his computer, and a virus would destroy his hard drive if he opened an e-mail entitled "Join the crew!"
He knew it wasn't a hoax because he himself was a computer programmer, working on software to save us from Armageddon 2000. His program may prevent a global disaster in which all the computers get together and distribute the $600 Neiman Marcus cookie recipe under the leadership of Bill Gates. This is true because it was in a mass e-mail from BILL GATES HIMSELF, who promised a free Disney World vacation and $5,000 if I would forward his e-mail to everyone I know.
The poor man tried to call 911 from a pay phone to report his missing kidneys, but reaching into the coin-return slot he got jabbed with an infected needle around which was wrapped a note that said, "Welcome to the world of AIDS." Luckily, he was only a few blocks from a hospital. It's the same one where that little boy is who's dying of cancer, whose last wish is for everyone in the world to send him e-mail. Cancer researchers pay him a nickel for every e-mail he receives. I sent him two e-mails and one of them was a bunch of X's and O's in the shape of an angel. If you get it, forward it to twenty people and you will have good luck. But if you forward it to ten people, you will only have OK luck. If you send it to less than ten people, you will have BAD LUCK FOR SEVEN YEARS.
So the poor guy tried to drive himself to the hospital, but on the way he noticed another car driving along with no lights on. To be helpful, he flashed his lights and was promptly shot as part of a gang initiation.
He never even knew the Y1K problem caused the Dark Ages.
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"I like it; it's fun," Schmid said. "It's a good game because you're in front of goal all the time. So it's good for the goalkeepers. It's good for the defenders because they're always forced to defend. You got to be alert because any time it comes in front of your goal. It's also good for spacing, getting guys as I think they went on in the game they got better about staying away from each other, connecting passes. It's also good for finishing because you get guys in front of goal a lot. You get crosses. You get opportunities to turn and shoot. And you also got to be able to understand when it's shutdown at one place and you got to go to the other goal. So it's good for a lot of things, but it's also a fun game. The way we do it we always change touch restriction every time you score, so it makes you always have to think: Am I playing unlimited now? Am I playing one touch? What are they playing? I can pressure them now. Different things like that. And the key to the game is if you can get your one touch goal quickly, you usually win, and that's what the blue team did."


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� reduced receptor affinity for insulin;
� total/partial failure of insulin binding to initiate an intracellular response.
Diabetes mellitus is currently the fourth leading cause of death in most developed countries. The worldwide incidence of diabetes is increasing. In 1995, some 135 million people were affected. This figure is projected to increase to 300 million by 2025. The increasing incidence is due to a number of factors, including increasing world population, population ageing, unhealthy diets, sedentary lifestyles and obesity.
A second form of diabetes is also recognized: diabetes insipidus, which is caused by a deficiency of the pituitary hormone, vasopressin. Vasopressin promotes water reabsorption from the kidney, hence a deficiency also induces symptoms of excessive urination and thirst. A key diagnostic difference between the common diabetes mellitus and the rare diabetes insipidus, is the absence of glucose in the urine in the latter case. Until a few decades ago, a popular way to differentiate between the two diseases was to taste the patient�s urine to see if it was sweet.
The first proof that diabetes mellitus was caused by a factor produced by the pancreas was obtained in 1889, when two Strasburg doctors removed a dog�s pancreas and found that the dog promptly developed diabetes. By the early 1900s, doctors in the USA had illustrated that the islets of Langerhans of diabetics were completely/almost completely destroyed. In the Spring of 1921, two researchers at the University of Toronto (Frederick Banting and Charles Best) showed that injection of an extract from the islets of Langerhans could revive diabetic dogs who were close to death. The researchers then decided to try out their discovery on humans, initially checking its safety by injecting each other (they were lucky to have used low doses).
The first diabetic patient to receive insulin was a 14-year-old boy, Leonard Thompson. His recovery from near-death was speedy and he was discharged from hospital within a few weeks � although dependent on regular insulin injections.
Toxicity problems (due to impurities) associated with prolonged repeat insulin administration soon put this treatment in jeopardy. However, a biochemist, James Collip, devised an improved purification scheme entailing insulin crystallization, which overcame such toxicity.
The work culminated in Banting and John MacLeod (his Professor) receiving the Nobel prize, although many felt that the contribution of Best and Collip also deserved Nobel recognition.
306 BIOPHARMACEUTICALS
Figure 8.1. Proteolytic processing of proinsulin, yielding mature insulin, as occurs within the coated secretory granules
precursor, preproinsulin. This 108 amino acid polypeptide contains a 23 amino acid signal sequence at its amino terminal end. This guides it through the endoplasmic reticulum membrane, where the signal sequence is removed by a specific peptidase.
Proinsulin-containing vesicles bud off from the endoplasmic reticulum and fuse with the Golgi apparatus. Subsequently, proinsulin-containing vesicles (clathrin-coated secretory vesicles), in turn, bud off from the Golgi. As they move away from the Golgi, they lose their clathrin coat, becoming non-coated secretory vesicles. These vesicles serve as a storage form of insulin in the b cell. Elevated levels of blood glucose, or other appropriate signals, cause the vesicles to fuse with the plasma membrane, thereby releasing their contents into the blood via the process of exocytosis.
Proinsulin is proteolytically processed in the coated secretory granules, yielding mature insulin and a 34 amino acid connecting peptide (C peptide, Figure 8.1). The C peptide is further proteolytically modified by removal of a dipeptide from each of its ends. The secretory granules thus contain low levels of proinsulin, C peptide and proteases, in addition to insulin itself. The insulin is stored in the form of a characteristic zinc-insulin hexamer, consisting of six molecules of insulin stabilized by two zinc atoms.
Mature insulin consists of two polypeptide chains connected by two interchain disulphide linkages. The A-chain contains 21 amino acids, whereas the larger B-chain is composed of 30 residues. Insulins from various species conforms to this basic structure, while varying slightly in their amino acid sequence. Porcine insulin (5777 Da) varies from the human form (5807 Da) by a single amino acid, whereas bovine insulin (5733 Da) differs by three residues.
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Although a high degree of homology is evident between insulins from various species, the same is not true for proinsulins, as the C peptide sequence can vary considerably. This has therapeutic implications, as the presence of proinsulin in animal-derived insulin preparations can potentially elicit an immune response in humans.
The insulin receptor and signal transduction
The insulin receptor is a tetrameric integral membrane glycoprotein consisting of two 735 amino acid a-chains and two 620 amino acid b-chains. These are held together by disulphide linkages (Figure 8.2). The a-chain resides entirely on the extracellular side of the plasma membrane and contains the cysteine-rich insulin-binding domain.
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This volume put together by Professor Petrulionis, a Thoreau scholar, offers plenty of justification and anecdote for those who would continue the beatification of Thoreau, and for those who would revel in the wonders of what might have been Thoreau's personality and approach to life. Focused as it is on the "what was," or was claimed to have been) rather than on the "why," the book will also frustrate any who would increase their understanding of how Thoreau became such an extraordinary person and writer. As regards the "His Own Time" part of the title, a reader may also be left asking why in the early nineteenth century in a little town in Massachusetts there flowered two of the greatest writers the United States has ever known (Thoreau and Emerson), along with several other literary talents (Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller, Louisa May Alcott)?
One of Thoreau's oldest friends or acquaintances, Edward Sherman Hoar, writes that, in the end, when Thoreau was on his death bed, "he received a great deal of attention and people were constantly coming and sending him flowers. He came to feel very differently toward people, and said if he had known he wouldn't have been so offish. He had got into his head before that people didn't mean what they said". (Hoar's italics.) This is precisely the sort of thing that I, and at least a few others, I imagine, would like to explore: What were the seminal events in Thoreau's childhood or youth that put this (likely accurate) view of people and their (our) bad faith in his head? We are told that Thoreau felt a great affinity for turtles. I, like Thoreau a person of great curiosity, would be interested in exploring what may have been the sources of this affinity.
He was a great talker, sitting with his head bent over, and carrying on the "conversation" all by himself. On one occasion we had a visitor who had written several town histories, and was learned in Indian matters. Thoreau called while he was there; and, the conversation turning to Indian affairs, Thoreau talked our friend dumb in a very short time.
More than one of the writers excerpted recalls a remark Thoreau supposedly made after reading a book about a trip to the Arctic: "most of the phenomena noted could have been observed in Concord". There is an unfortunate tincture of American provincialism, and fear of coming up short, in this remark; a certain "I may not have traveled far, but I'm sure I haven't missed much." And there is also here one aspect of Thoreau's genius, the power of his vision. This is well illustrated in a family story told by Mabel Loomis Todd (best known as the co-editor, with Higginson, of the first volume of Emily Dickinson's poems). Before she was born, her father and mother, friends of Henry's, went rowing on the Concord River with him.
I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well. Unfortunately, I am confined to this theme by the narrowness of my experience. Moreover, I, on my side, require of every writer, first or last, a simple and sincere account of his own life, and not merely what he has heard of other men's lives; some such account as he would send to his kindred from a distant land; for if he has lived sincerely, it must have been in a distant land to me.
Long after Thoreau had died, his childhood friend Edward Hoar noted, truthfully, I believe: "With Thoreau's life something went out of Concord woods and fields and river that will never return." This comment might tempt us to amend Thoreau's remark quoted earlier. After, say, a visit to the tidy suburb and tourist destination that Concord has become, might one conclude that many a phenomena could be observed in Concord only so long as Thoreau lived there? By way of a conclusion I will say, No. Through the example of his life, and through his writings above all, Thoreau has, at least in some measure, "taught hearing to those who before had only ears, and sight to those who had never seen" (Mary Hosmer Brown). As per the quote from Edward Emerson which are the very first words in Petrulionis's book: "Our woods will always be different because of this man." As Americans this is one of our greatest blessings: that such a man once thrived on our rocky soil and left his words and his example (however confused by recollection and by hagiographers) to teach and inspire future generations.
William Eaton writes on ethics and the limits of human understanding, and is the Editorial Adviser to Zeteo. For another of his Thoreauvian pieces, see What shall I learn of parenting, or parenting of me?
There are nowadays professors of philosophy, but not philosophers. Yet it is admirable to profess because it was once admirable to live. To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust. It is to solve some of the probles of life, not only theoretically, but practically.
[†] Sources: "unknown and unnoticed" (William Ellery Channing); "superior genius" and "the undoubted King of all American lions" (Emerson); "philosophical truths enunciated" (Joseph Hosmer Jr., a friend of Thoreau's brother).
[‡] Reading 4-10 November (ZiR).
[§] Greeley, who along with Emerson was the great champion of Thoreau's writing, wrote to Thoreau, "If any thing is calculated to make a scoundrel of an honest man, writing to sell is that very particular thing." One has a sense that many of the texts excerpted in Petrulionis's volume were written by people who were capitalizing on their connection, however tenuous, to Thoreau and on his posthumous reputation. One senses, too, that these writers' goal was rather less money than a kind of celebrity; by writing and publishing their reminiscences they were fortifying their connection to a great and famous person.
[‡‡] Among the current champions of this position is the Auburn philosopher Kelly Dean Jolley, and perhaps particularly in some postings on his blog. It was one such posting that led Zeteo to Ed Mooney.
The people in the images are, from top to bottom: Thoreau, Channing, Brown, and Whitman.
I always preferred Thoreau to Emerson (although Emerson wrote a few good poems and Thoreau's poems are not so satisfying as his prose). Emerson's aphoristic style seems to me the precursor of advertising slogans; it sometimes seems to me that RWE could have written "If you ain't eating Wham, you ain't eating Ham." Thoreau was infected by this style ("The sun is but a morning star") but is better remembered for some of the things quoted in this review.
Since his death, Thoreau has been dual: Henry the Dour and David the Beloved. The friend got it right who said, "Thoreau is, with difficulty, sweet." But I agree with this reviewer that the affection for Thoreau was mostly posthumous; we prefer our gadflies in amber.
This review inspires me to return to Thoreau. I don't know what has become of my old Modern Library edition of "Walden" but I have just downloaded to my Kindle a free copy of "Walden" from Amazon. God bless Jeff Bezos.


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Kunduz Probe Confirms Civilian Casualties In Boz Village Battle
Provincial official puts death toll even higher as military claims self-defense as reason for airstrike
By Nadia Prupis
A U.S. military bombing in Kunduz Province last year killed 33 civilians and wounded 27 others, according to a military investigation that concluded on Thursday.
The bombing was not the same one that struck a Doctors Without Borders/Mйdecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in October 2015, which the human rights group said amounted to a war crime, but was part of a firefight waged by American forces during an Afghan operation to arrest Taliban commanders in Buz-e Kandahari in Kunduz in November of last year.
In this photo, taken on November 10, 2015, staff members walk through the damaged Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital in Afghanistan. (Photo: AFP)
Afghan forces reportedly requested the bombing during the raid. The report concluded that the U.S. military had acted in self-defense.
A province official told the Associated Press that the death toll was actually much higher.
"More than 50 people, including women and children, were killed in the Afghan and U.S. forces' attack in Buz-e Kandahari," said Toryalia Kakar, a deputy provincial council member.
Kakar also disputed the military report's claim that the airstrikes had killed 26 Taliban fighters, saying it was no more than 10. He urged the U.S. military to compensate families of the civilian victims.
Two U.S. soldiers and three Afghani commandos were also killed in the firefight, the report stated.
Among the injured was Mohammad Reza, who was injured when his house was bombed in the November 4 airstrikes. He told the New York Times that when villagers left their shelters to collect the victims, they were targeted again by jet planes and gunships.
"We left the dead bodies and escaped from the area," he said at the time. "I lost my four nephews, my father and my brother in the bombing. My wife, my brother's wife, my mother, and my son were injured in the airstrike on my house."
The investigation concludes after a separate report, issued last week by the Council of Foreign Relations, found that the U.S. bombed Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen roughly three times an hour in 2016.
In President Barack Obama's last year in office, the U.S. dropped a total of 26,171 bombs in seven countries, the report stated, with the warning that estimates were "undoubtedly low."
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