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2018 Spring Sports Season In Review
The 2018 spring sports season was filled with exciting accomplishments and victories from all teams, including a state tournament win from Eagles baseball. Learn more about each team's season highlights:
Record: 24-5 (12-2 in GCL)
Winning the state championship was the crowning achievement of a historic season for Eagles baseball. Prior to their return to Columbus, the Eagles were named GCL champions for the second year in a row. The team was also named division and regional champs before facing Tallmadge High School in the state semi-finals. The Eagles defeated that team to then face #1 ranked Wapakoneta in the state championship. With a come from behind victory, the Eagles won their second state baseball championship in school history, with a score of 3-1.
"We clearly proved we were the number one team in the state after that run," shared head coach Mike Barhorst. '85.
Post Season Honors
GCL Player of the Year
Ryan Pletier
All-GCL First Team
Ryan Peltier
All-GCL Second Team
David Ernst
All-Area First Team
All-Area Second Team
All-Area Honorable Mention
PBR All-State First Team
PBR All-State Second Team
PBR All-State Honorable Mention
PBR Coach of the Year
CJ Team Awards
Most Outstanding Player - Ryan Peltier
Offensive Player of the Year - Andrew Simones
Co-Pitcher of the Year - Nick Wissman
Co-Pitcher of the Year - Sebastian Gongora
"In the second year of the program, the Eagles saw a lot of youth gain valuable experience, many freshmen played in big roles on the varsity level," said head coach Ricky Redinger. "After suffering some heartbreaking losses and taking on several of the elite teams in the state of Ohio, we broke through in the last week of the season by gaining our first win of the season, avenging a loss to Xenia from earlier in the year and beating them 8-3 in Roger Glass Stadium. The season came to an end after a noble effort against GCL rival Alter. The program is in a great spot for the future and I am excited to see how much this group of freshmen can accomplish the next three years. Will Slaybaugh was a captain who led the team in goals, while J'Lyn Lindsey was the anchor of a young defense."
Ohio All-Region Team
J'Lyn Lindsey
Will Slaybaugh
Record: 10-10 (varsity) and 10-5-2 (JV)
The women's lacrosse team had their first shut-out in team history against McNicholas this season shared head coach Danielle Cash.
"We also defeated Fenwick for the first time and went to the second round of the state tournament since 2014. Brooke House is the new record holder for number of goals in one season (67), Rachel Stefan tied her sister, Megan's, team record for most assists in the season (21) and we had one signing - Madie Denman to Transylvania University.
"Three freshmen, who were on JV, earned varsity letters for playing up when varsity was short - Mia Andrews Pope, Maddy Richardson, and Rebecca Weinel," Cash continued.
Ohio School Girls Lacrosse Association Second Team All-Region
Ohio School Girls Lacrosse Association Honorable Mention All-Region
Rhiannan Beall
All Academic Americans in Southern Ohio
MVP Offense - Brooke House
MVP Defense - Rhiannon Beall
Most Improved - Rachel Stefan
Most Groundballs - Anna Duggan
Most Interceptions and Turnovers - Greta Spees
Most Goals - Brooke House
Most Assists - Rachel Stefan
The softball team finished third in the GCL north. Highlights from the season included defeating Alter both home and away.
Alex Camp
Natalie Northern
All-Southwest District Team
The Eagles finished third overall for men's tennis in the GCL. The team defeated GCL opponents Badin, McNicholas and Carroll this season.
Men's & Women's Track & Field
"We had a great year," reflected head coach Jerry Puckett." 18 students qualified for the state competition in relays and individual races. The results were:
Jesse Kahmann: 5th in the seated shot
"Most of our athletes are young and will be back next year," Puckett added.
Calvin Hatcher (100 meter dash)
Terrence Robinson, Isiah Dickerson, Deondre Jamison, Calvin Hatcher (400 meter relay)
Donnie Stevenson, Calvin Hatcher, Jance Peters, Preston Grant (800 meter relay)
Donnie Stevenson (200 meter dash)
Preston Grant (400 meter dash)
Donnie Stevenson, Cory Henry, Jance Peters, Preston Grant (1600 meter relay)
Eugene Gray (discus)
Record (15-8)
The Eagles, which sported three teams this year (JV-B, JV-A, and varsity) swept all of the Cincinnati co-ed schools (Badin, McNicholas, Purcell Marian and Roger Bacon) this season. Senior Chase Hoffman recorded 1000 career digs by the end of the season.
Chase Hoffman
Alex Mayer
All-Region First Team
All-Region Second Team
All-State Honorable Mention
"Nine out of 12 varsity players received an Academic All Ohio Award for having a GPA of 3.5 or above," added head coach Megan Marrinan. "The varsity team also won the Academic All Ohio Team Award for having an average team GPA of 3.758."
Students Volunteer in Solsberry, Indiana
Shortly after the 2017-2018 school year ended, Eagles came back together to volunteer their time and talents to those in Solsberry, Indiana.
The group worked hand-in-hand with students from fellow Marianist high school, Moeller, in Cincinnati.
"It was such a nice place," said Aidan Kelly '21. "The Moeller kids and the CJ kids got along well. I met new people and the hosts were very inspirational in their faith life. It was also really nice to give back to the community by volunteering at food banks and the women's and children's center. It was a really good place to go to try new things."
Students also volunteered at Solsberry Hill, which was where the group spent their evenings. Along with completing the service projects, the students came together through reflection time and community building.
Students Serve Others in Taos, New Mexico
While students only spent five days in Taos, New Mexico, they brought home a lifetime worth of memories.
11 students traveled to Taos as part of a service mission trip the week of June 11. During their time there, the students not only volunteered, but learned more about the history and people of Taos. They also spent a lot of time outdoors, including taking several hikes.
"New Mexico feels like a different world, and the hike we took only made me more excited for this trip," said Josie Forsthoff '19.
Avery Meyer '19 agreed, "We drove for a few hours and the scenery is so so beautiful. It's like nothing any of us have ever seen! All around us is the desert, mountains, and adobe houses."
Students spent part of their trip volunteering on Red Willow Farms (a non-profit farm) and with the students in Taos Pueblo.
"I had so much fun playing and interacting with the children at the Taos Day School," shared Gabby Cambron '19.
"At Red Willow Farms, we were split into three groups and spent time weeding, harvesting, and planting," said Nica Stephens '19. "It was really an eye opening experience. The people we worked with were so grateful that we were giving our time to help them."
Katie Bardine '19 reflected, "It was fun to learn more about their culture and we are very appreciative of them sharing it with us."
The students also had some community building time during their mission trip, which included trips to a gorge and river in addition to a hatchet throwing competition.
"Everyone was able to throw five hatchets, and most people missed," explained Josh Kinnear '19. "A student from another mission trip group threw four out of five of the hatchets into the target. Our very own Nica, though, did the unthinkable and got every single hatchet into the target."
The group experienced the Pueblo culture first-hand by seeing a native corn dance and meeting artist Larry Torres.
"We saw festivities for St. Anthony's feast day in the Taos Pueblo," Ryann Rippey '20 said. "Later on we got to visit and learn about the house and life of Larry Torres, a very eclectic deacon."
Griffin Ferdelman '19 agreed, "His house was full of paintings and things that had many meanings which he explained to us. Today was an eye opening experience for me."
On their last day of the trip, the students had the choice to be with the Taos students or return to Red Willow Farms.
"I chose to go to the Taos Day School because I love the kids there," Paige Tincu '19 said. "I had such a great morning helping the kids. We went to the library with them to pick out books to read. I helped the kids read the books and it was one of my favorite things from this week!"
"I chose to go to the Red Willow Farm because I love the people who work there," Kelsey Dickey '20 shared. "We weeded, dug a lot of dirt, and planted a lot. We had so much fun, and it felt really good to help those who work there."
Lanie Sorg '20 concluded, "This was a great mission trip and I can't wait to look back on these memories."
Take a Seat Sale Now Through June 30
The Chaminade Julienne seat sponsorship is a great way to participate in the revitalization of the school and campus during this historic time. Whether it's your show of support for this historic transformation of Chaminade Julienne, or a way to honor someone special - parent, child, teacher, coach - now is your chance to personalize a seat in one of CJ's fantastic venues.
Juniors Go Tech Free and Learn Life Lessons
Even before the school year begins, students at CJ are given a Chromebook as part of the school's Connected Classroom program. As part of a six-week assignment in Dr. Mick Mominee's junior religion class, he challenged his students to turn off their Chromebook, and technology, during his class to better connect with one another.
"My hope was that students would consider how technology helped them connect to one another or how it could hinder or limit connection," Mominee said. "I also hoped they would reflect on how they use technology and the level to which is creates stress, anxiety, addiction and/or the like. I hoped they would be able to reflect on how they could limit or enhance their technology use to find more spiritual, emotional, and physical connection and contact with others and God."
Six students from Mominee's seventh period class were interviewed each week during the assignment: Josh Kinnear, Nick Wissman, Gabe Campion, Tim Bullock, Diana Ekezie, and Jessie Hutton. Throughout the assignment, the students were asked their thoughts on the progression of the assignment and to rate how they felt overall about the challenge with a 1 being the worst and 10 being the best.
Group rating: 5.5
Student notes:
"I think this is an excellent way to look at class compared to what it has been. I feel it's going to be difficult for me because I like to use my Chromebook to check different classes and email. I don't use my Chromebook in my classes very often except this class and study hall so if someone sends me important information or an email I might miss it. So I think that will be difficult but overall I feel this will be a good experience." - Kinnear
"I think it'll be a good experience because coming into Dr. Mominee's room, we use our technology a lot. It'll be good for the class to unplug. Typing of the keyboard helps me focus better, so that may be hard." - Hutton
"I'm enjoying this assignment. I think there are a lot of benefits that can happen from it." - Bullock
"I'm feeling OK about it. I thought some people would be distracted and bring out their Chromebooks but overall they've been good. We've been talking as a class more." - Ekezie
"In class we have been talking about stereotypes, privileges and what privileges are common at CJ even if we don't think we have those privileges. Having technology available all the time is a privilege. Having it taken away shows how easy it is to access stuff and use technology for our own needs. You get the feeling of how privileged you are in that regards." - Wissman
"Overall people are listening and are more engaged in the class conversations." - Hutton
"I do like it a lot. It's really helped the whole class focus in general. We're all having good conversations now instead of being absorbed in technology the entire time." - Campion
"From this assignment I'm learning how technology has more of a hold on us and there are groups out there trying to us hooked on technology more." - Ekezie
"It was challenging in a different way compared to most school projects because it forced me to think differently from what I would and complete activities differently in a classroom setting." - Kinnear
"I thought it was good for our class specifically. It was good to see the challenging scenario with us." - Wissman
"I did really enjoy the project because it gave us time to have really good in class discussions. We got a lot done where a lot people weren't paying attention. The class came together as a whole." - Campion
"I thought it was a really good unit. We had a lot of good discussions and focus more on the class." - Bullock
When reflecting on the assignment overall, Mominee noted, "The real insight was that these students are so overloaded with stuff, assignments, tasks, and the like, that they do not have time or attention for spiritual growth. The technology is not hindering spiritual growth, it is the stress, anxiety and things they are asked to do. As a result, these students stay up way too late, distract, shut down, and find themselves over worked and without time for rest, hobbies, and spiritual or emotional growth. We as teachers contribute to this and I think we as a school need to consider the loads we expect, encourage and praise. I also think we need to consider helping these students with healthy stress management, to learn to say no, to limit their efforts, and to make time for friends, community, prayer and more rest.
"I am going to consider how I can add in more time in class to help students learn to do just that," Mominee continued. "While I am not going to limit or scale back academic learning, I want to find ways to be more efficient, go more in depth, and encourage the students to consider limits, so they have the space to rest, growth and do things they enjoy, which I hope includes spiritual experiences and emotional growth."
Faculty and Staff Recognized for Years of Service
CJ faculty and staff celebrating milestone years in education were honored at the annual Miami Valley Teacher Recognition Banquet this spring. The Archdiocese of Cincinnati, which holds the event, recognized educators from the greater Dayton region.
Celebrating milestones during the 2017-2018 school year were:
Dan Eiser - 5 years
Matt Fuhs - 5 years
Caty Maga - 5 years
Alan Rozanski - 5 years
Meg Draeger - 10 years (not pictured)
Ann Szabo - 10 years
Charles Szabo - 10 years
Gina Harrington - 15 years
Jenny Secor - 20 years
Molly Bardine - 25 years
Peg Regan - 40 years
Those celebrating milestones were also recognized at the annual CJ end-of-the-year faculty and staff luncheon.
Eagles Elected to the North-South All-Star Game
Five members of the Class of 2018 will get to play under the Friday night football lights one more time.
Jonathan Bell '18, Isaiah Haywood '18, Keshaun Owens '18, Ryan Peltier '18 and Rocky Stark '18 were elected to play in the Miami Valley Football Coaches Association North-South All-Star Game on Friday, June 8. Elected to lead the south squad was Eagles head football coach Marcus Colvin.
"It's a lot of hard work," Colvin laughed. "It's a cool honor, but it's really cool to see these kids and have them combine and work together on one team."
Schools from throughout the Miami Valley had players elected to their respective teams based upon the school's location. For the Eagles, being on the south team meant being with players from many of the teams they faced throughout their 9-4 season.
"It's good to be back with these guys one more time and play for our coaches one more time," Peltier noted.
On being elected to the team, Bell shared, "It feels good to know that other coaches see what we brought to the table this year."
Haywood added, "It shows how hard we worked and how much adversity we went through this year. I really loved how our team transitioned our senior year."
While each of the Eagles has new opportunities ahead of them after CJ, Owens and Stark were the only ones out of the group who will continue playing football in college.
"It feels amazing to keep doing what I always dreamed to do," Stark said.
Learn more about the North-South All-Star Game here.
CJ Receives 23 DayTony Awards
The CJ performing arts department received a record number 23 DayTony's at the annual award ceremony on Thursday, May 31.
"The DayTonys are a great way to celebrate our accomplishments this year, and always remember how proud we are of all of our cast and crew members," said choir and drama teacher Caitlin Bennett! "We tackled two very challenging productions this year, and I think this recognition celebrates the excellence of these productions as a whole."
CJ Adult/Designer/Director Awards were:
Adult Design and Technology Merit Award
Derek Dunavent - Properties, Tartuffe
Derek Dunavent - Lighting Design, Once on this Island
Rachel Robinson - Scenic Design, Tartuffe
Ronald Frost - Sound Design, Tartuffe
Bryan Sharpe, Sound Design , Once on this Island
Adult Design and Technology Excellence Award
Charis Weible- Costume Design, Tartuffe
Adult Direction Merit
Derek Dunavent, Director, Once on this Island
Adult Direction Excellence
Caitlin Bennett, Director, Tartuffe
Adult Direction Award of Excellence
Debi Schutt, Musical Direction, Once on this Island
Student/Ensemble Awards were:
Performance in a leading role - Merit in a Play
Sam Brown, Tartuffe
Performance in a leading role - Excellence in a Play
Anna Kutter, Tartuffe
Jacob Ely, Tartuffe
Performance in a leading role - Merit in a Musical
Sarah Benson, Once on this Island
Ashley Gerhard, Once on this Island
Performance in a leading role - Excellence in a Musical
Angelo Knight, Once on this Island
Natalie Mussin Phillips, Once on this Island
Jacob Ely, Once on this Island
Ensemble Performance - Excellence
The cast of Tartuffe
The cast of Once on this Island
Special Recognition for Outstanding Overall Production
Eagles to Compete in National Rowing Competition
Update: Congratulations to the Eagles who competed in the USRowing Youth National Championships. The women's lightweight 4+ placed 11th overall and the women's open 4+ placed third overall.
First Report: Five Eagles will represent CJ and Dayton as members of the Dayton Boat Club when they compete in the 2018 USRowing Youth National Championships June 8-10 on Lake Natoma in Gold River, California.
"We're excited, but nervous," Lainey Groll, Aubrey Trimbach, Riley Ferdelman, Kyla Boehringer and Grace Blust all shared.
"There is definitely a lot of competition," Trimbach added.
For most of the rowers, the sport is something they have been only doing for a short time.
"It's a lot of work, but it's as much if not more a mental game than physical one," Ferdelman said.
Groll, Trimbach, Ferdelman, Boehringer and student from Carroll all qualified for the women's lightweight 4.
"I'm a coxswain, so I yell at the group," Groll laughed. "But it's more encouraging and motivational than anything else."
Blust is the sole CJ representative in the women's open 4. Her cousin, Molly Bruggeman '10, who is a member of the US Rowing team, has been on the same waterway before.
"It's nice because I can get a lot of advice from my family since they have raced on this course," Blust said.
Both Blust and Boehringer said they would consider continuing to row after CJ.
"I'm not looking at colleges who have rowing teams necessarily but if they do, I'll want to consider joining," Boehringer shared.
As for the immediate future, all five Eagles said they have their eyes set for the top spot in California.
Good luck to all competitors!
Posted June 6, 2018, Updated June 11, 2018


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The state of Jharkhand was carved out of the state of Bihar in 2000. Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand a state that is more famous for the various political happenings than its developments. The captain of the Indian National Cricket team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni hails from Ranchi, the capital of the state. The state has had many challenges in terms of crime and social issues and the governments here have found it difficult to come to terms with the same. The state is located in the eastern part of the country and has Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal as neighbors apart from Bihar and Orissa.
The Population of Jharkhand according to the 2011 census stands at about 32 million, making it the 13th most populated state in India. The state makes up about 3.5% of the country's population a figure which was about 3% during the last census in 2001. The state is spread over an area of about 79000 sq. km. one of the smaller states in the country in terms of area. The density of population per sq. Km. is about 414, which is above the national average by a good 30 points. The state has a growth rate of about 22% which slightly exceeds the national growth rate of about 17%. The population of the state is rising considerably more due to the lack of education and lack of understanding about family planning. The literacy rate in the state is about 67% a figure that needs instant correction and steps to do so need to be put into effect immediately. The sex ratio in Jharkhand is about 940. The statistics in the Jharkhand Census 2011 reveal facts that can be instrumental in planning for a better development plan for the state.
The largest city in the state of Jharkhand is Ranchi while Jamshedpur is the capital city of the Jharkhand. The languages spoken in the Jharkhand state includes Hindi. In total Jharkhand (JK) state comprises 24 districts. The ISOCODE assigned by International Organization for Standardization for Jharkhand state is JK.
FACTORS IN POPULATION CHANGE
Industralization and urbanisation were other factors for rapid demographic change in Chhotanagpur (the present Jharkhand state) between 1881 and 1951. Immigration of labourers from Gaya, Munger, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh for the mining of mica in Koderma and Giridih and coal in Dhanbad and Jharia was seen to the extent of 12% and 38.6% respectively in the early decades of 20th century. Similarly as many as 50% of the unskilled labourers and the majority of the skilled labourers came from north Bihar,Odisha, West Bengal, Bombay and Uttarpradesh to work at the iron and steel industries of Jamshedpur. Along with the immigration of majority Indian people to Jharkhand, there also started the emigration of tribal peoples to the tea plantations in Assam and West Bengal.
The demographic changes continued in Jharkhand more rapidly after independence, ironically through the very process of planned development in the country. Central water commission's report in 1994 reveals that 90 major dams were built in Jharkhand since 1951. Apart from these major dams, 400 medium size dams and 11,878 minor dams were built in the region. There are 79 major industries and factories in the region. These development projects benefited mainly those belonging to the formal economy but deprived tribal communities, especially those belonging to informal economy and dependent on the natural resources for a livelihood. About three million people were displaced and affected by development projects like dams, industries, mines, wildlife sanctuaries, defence establishments, airstrips, housing colonies and infrastructural development like roads and railways. About 90% of the displaced were part of tribal communities.
Most members of the scheduled tribes of Jharkhand follow the animistic Sarna religion. Sarna is the Mundari word for 'Sacred Grove'. Sarna involves belief in a great spirit called the Sing Bonga. Tribal belief holds the world to be inhabited by numerous spiritual beings of different kinds. Tribal communities consider themselves as living and doing everything in close association with these spirits. Rituals are performed under the groves of Sal trees called Sarna (also called Jaher), where Bonga is believed to appear or express himself.
Many Hindus believe that this is not a separate religion but a part of the great Hindu tree where in most of the villages the trees are worshiped. Further Karma is always on Karma Ekadashi (Bhadrapad Shukla Ekadashi) and Sarhul on Chitra Shukla Tritiya exactly as per Hindu calendars.
As per the 2001 census Hinduism is followed by 68.5% of the population of Jharkhand. Islam is followed by 13.8% of the population and the animistic Sarna religion is practised by 13% of the population. Christianity with 4.1% of the population is the fourth largest religious community in Jharkhand. Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism are all practised, making few less than 1%.
Jharkhand has 32 tribal groups. These are the Asur, Baiga, Banjara, Bathudi, Bedia,Binjhia, Birhor, Birjia, Chero, Chick-Baraik, Gond, Gorait, Ho, Karmali, Kharia, Kharwar,Khond, Kisan, Kora, Korwa, Lohra, Mahli, Mal-Paharia, Munda, Oraon,
Parhaiya,Santal, Sauria-Paharia, Savar, Bhumij, Kol and Kanwar. In some of the districts of Jharkhand, the tribal population forms a clear majority.
Although Hindi is the state language, the people of Jharkhand speak a number of languages belonging to three major language families: the Munda languages which include Santhali, Mundari, Ho, Kharia, Bhumij; theIndo-Aryan languages which includes Bengali, Oriya, Maithili,Nagpuri, Sadri, Khortha, Kurmali and Panchpargania and the Dravidian languages which include Oraon (Kurukh), Korwa, and Paharia (Malto).
Santali is spoken predominantly in Dumka, Jamtara, Pakur, Godda, Sahibganj and in parts of East Singhbhum and Saraikela-Kharsawandistrcits. Mundari is spoken mainly in Khunti and parts of Ranchi, West Singhbhum, Gumla, Simdega and Latehar districts. Ho is mainly spoken in West Singhbhum and Saraikela-Kharswan districts. These three languages can be considered as sister languages as all of them are grammatically similar and 80%–90% of the words used are same.
JHARKHAND POPULATION 2011
As per details from Census 2011, Jharkhand has population of 3.29 Crore, an increase from figure of 2.69 Crore in 2001 census. Total population of Jharkhand as per 2011 census is 32,966,238 of which male and female are 16,931,688 and 16,034,550 respectively. In 2001, total population was 26,945,829 in which males were 13,885,037 while females were 13,060,792.
JHARKHAND POPULATION GROWTH RATE
The total population growth in this decade was 22.34 percent while in previous decade it was 23.19 percent. The population of Jharkhand forms 2.72 percent of India in 2011. In 2001, the figure was 2.62 percent.
JHARKHAND LITERACY RATE 2011
Literacy rate in Jharkhand has seen upward trend and is 67.63 percent as per 2011 population census. Of that, male literacy stands at 78.45 percent while female literacy is at 56.21 percent. In 2001, literacy rate in Jharkhand stood at 53.56 percent of which male and female were 63.83 percent and 38.87 percent literate respectively.
In actual numbers, total literates in Jharkhand stands at 18,753,660 of which males were 11,168,649 and females were 7,585,011.
JHARKHAND DENSITY 2011
Total area of Jharkhand is 79,714 sq. km. Density of Jharkhand is 414 per sq km which is higher than national average 382 per sq km. In 2001, density of Jharkhand was 338 per sq km, while nation average in 2001 was 324 per sq km.
JHARKHAND URBAN POPULATION 2011
Out of total population of Jharkhand, 24.05% people live in urban regions. The total figure of population living in urban areas is 7,929,292 of which 4,156,220 are males and while remaining 3,773,072 are females. The urban population in the last 10 years has increased by 32.29 percent.
Sex Ratio in urban regions of Jharkhand was 908 females per 1000 males. For child (0-6) sex ratio the figure for urban region stood at 904 girls per 1000 boys. Total children (0-6 age) living in urban areas of Jharkhand were 990,487. Of total population in urban region, 12.49 % were children (0-6).
Average Literacy rate in Jharkhand for Urban regions was 83.30 percent in which males were 89.78% literate while female literacy stood at 76.17%. Total literates in urban region of Jharkhand were 5,779,895.
JHARKHAND RURAL POPULATION 2011
Of the total population of Jharkhand state, around 75.95 percent live in the villages of rural areas. In actual numbers, males and females were 12,775,468 and 12,261,478 respectively. Total population of rural areas of Jharkhand state was 25,036,946. The population growth rate recorded for this decade (2001-2011) was 19.50%.
In rural regions of Jharkhand state, female sex ratio per 1000 males was 960 while same for the child (0-6 age) was 952 girls per 1000 boys. In Jharkhand, 4,247,095 children (0-6) live in rural areas. Child population forms 16.96 percent of total rural population.
In rural areas of Jharkhand, literacy rate for males and female stood at 74.57 % and 49.75 %. Average literacy rate in Jharkhand for rural areas was 62.40 percent. Total literates in rural areas were 12,973,765.
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Etowah Sheriff's Charities seeks to strengthen, support, and enhance citizens and organizations in Etowah County by making a positive difference in our Community.
Etowah Sheriff's Charities will host a golf tournament at the Briarmeade Golf Club. The date will be 17, 2019!
Mocs on the Rocks is a 5K/10K trail run/walk that takes place along the scenic Black Creek trail and Noccalula Falls Park property. The event is going to be on November 16, 2019.
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The Rise and Fall of the Fourth Reich
October 10, 2019 Posted byNoah Berlatsky
Discussed in this essay: The Fourth Reich: The Specter of Nazism from World War II to the Present, by Gavriel D. Rosenfeld. Cambridge University Press, 2019. 408 pages.
DISCUSSIONS OF HITLER and the Nazi regime are thick with counterfactuals. What if, Star Trek asked, the US hadn't entered the war? What if, Philip K. Dick wondered, the Nazis had been victorious? World War II and the Holocaust were such massive, traumatic events that they push us to set fact aside, to follow the branching fissures of possible what ifs.
Historian Gavriel D. Rosenfeld's new book, The Fourth Reich: The Specter of Nazism from World War II to the Present, presents the actual history of one of those possible branches. It traces the development of the idea of the Fourth Reich—a resurgent, Nazi-like regime based in apocalyptic visions and quasi-religious ethnonationalism. Though the Fourth Reich never actually took power in Germany or elsewhere, Rosenfeld shows how the idea itself has been influential. His account helps us to understand why the Fourth Reich never came to fruition—and what we can do to make sure it remains a counterfactual.
Rosenfeld describes how academics, journalists, and others began to discuss a possible Fourth Reich even before the Third Reich had been defeated. At first, these visions of a new Fourth Reich were actually utopian, representing not a continuation of the Third Reich, but instead a radical departure. Georg Bernhard, a German Jewish émigré, put together a draft constitution in 1936, which, Rosenfeld writes, "optimistically hoped that Hitler's eventual fall from power would enable the creation of a progressive, democratic Fourth Reich." After the end of the war, journalists and politicians in Germany and abroad began to try to imagine the new post-Hitler German future. A 1947 editorial in Commentary still saw, Rosenfeld writes, "a golden chance for the anti-Nazi civilians to fill in the vacuum left by the Junkers [Prussian landed nobility] and establish, once and for all, a non-militaristic, non-aggressive, non-imperialistic Fourth Reich." More typical, though, was a Dallas Morning News editorial from the same year, which warned of a "Fourth Reich goose-stepping forth to war."
Following the war, the Fourth Reich quickly became a rallying cry for those who still supported Hitler—and a nightmare vision for everyone else. Rosenfeld examines how this Fourth Reich has shadowed post-war Germany. Following the Allied victory, doomsayers among the former Allied nations and in Germany itself warned that the guerilla resistance Werewolf movement, composed of former Nazis, might succeed in its terror campaign, overthrowing the occupation and establishing a Fourth Reich. In the late 1940s, the Western Press focused its fears of a Fourth Reich on purged and exiled Otto Strasser, who had been a leading figure in the Nazi movement in the '20s and '30s, and who had promised to revive a "Black Front" upon his return to Germany. In 1953, British authorities arrested former Nazi propagandist Werner Naumann for an alleged plot against the West German government, prompting a wave of Fourth Reich fears in the Western press.
The threat and fear of a Fourth Reich persisted even long after the post-war period. In 1989, when East and West Germany reunited, Irish politician and historian Conor Cruise O'Brien published a controversial article titled "Beware, the Reich is Reviving." At the same time, right-wing German thinkers like Hans-Dietrich Sander called for the restoration of Germany's 1937 borders as the basis for a Fourth Reich.
Of course, that Fourth Reich never materialized, making all of the related prognostications seem overblown in hindsight. Rosenfeld chronicles how, as the Fourth Reich became less of a real worry over time, it became more a trope to be exploited. Pulp narratives like Robert Ludlum's The Holcroft Covenant (1978), Ira Levin's preposterous The Boys of Brazil (1976), which featured Hitler clones, and Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) cashed in by casting Nazis as conspiratorial villains intent on conquering the world. Politicians across the political spectrum also used the Fourth Reich as a convenient ideological bludgeon, increasingly divorced from specific ideological content. Following the 2008 financial crisis, for example, Euroskeptic Simon Heffer claimed that Germany was using loans and bailouts to conquer Europe, imposing a supposed financial dictatorship. "Welcome to the Fourth Reich," the Daily Mail headline trumpeted.
Heffer and Spielberg make the idea of the Fourth Reich look ridiculous—which, Rosenfeld suggests, may be one reason that historians have until now shied away from analyzing the concept at length. "The idea of the Fourth Reich has come unmoored from its original referent—the idea of a Nazi return to power in Germany—and become an all-purpose signifier of evil," Rosenfeld explains. "Through this process, it has lost some of its admonitory credibility."
But the fact that the idea of a Fourth Reich can seem silly now doesn't mean it was a foolish worry in the past. In fact, concerns about a Nazi resurgence were eminently reasonable between 1945 and 1949, when Nazi insurgents and plotters were actively working to overthrow the German government. The image of the Fourth Reich encouraged the Allies to take these threats seriously, to continue to devote resources to tracking and stamping out the Werewolves following the end of the war, which is part of why the Fourth Reich never came to be. It could have gone differently: It's not that difficult to imagine an Allied occupation, exhausted by the war, choosing to let the Werewolves rampage unchecked, as the KKK rampaged unchecked in the post-Civil War American South. "Especially after the prolonged rebel insurgency that erupted against Allied forces in Iraq after 2003," Rosenfeld writes, "it is possible to envision counterfactual scenarios in which the Allied occupation of Germany could have turned out worse than it did in reality."
Rosenfeld's use of the Iraq analogy is somewhat uncharacteristic. He's generally cautious about the trend to expand the idea of the Fourth Reich beyond the German context. He acknowledges, for example, that the Fourth Reich has great utility as a "mobilizing slogan" against Donald Trump. But he notes that "activists have made little effort to explain how the prospect of an impending 'Reich' relates to President Trump's right-wing political agenda." Talking about the Fourth Reich and Trump, he argues, "is as much rhetorical as historical."
But rhetoric and history are more aligned than Rosenfeld acknowledges there. In fact, one of his book's accomplishments is the way it demonstrates how the two intertwine and affect each other. It's true that Americans invoke Nazis to make political points at home. But it's also the case that Hitler was inspired by America's genocide of Native peoples and by Jim Crow. He also picked up on "America's knack for maintaining an air of robust innocence in the wake of mass death," according to Alex Ross's New Yorker essay about America's influence on Hitler. The US's actions, justifications, and rhetorical stances all influenced the Nazis. And the Nazis have directly influenced the American far right: alt-right protestors in Charlottesville chanted Nazi slogans; alt-right leader Richard Spencer led followers in a "Heil Trump" salute.
It's true that the Fourth Reich never emerged in the form that Nazis hoped (and others feared) it might. Yet we do live in a world that was built in no small part by the Nazis. Hitler's regime convinced large portions of the Jewish community that survival in the diaspora is unviable and that ethnonationalism is the only path to safety. The far right, as Rosenfeld points out, continues to use the rhetoric and the conspiracy theories—such as the antisemitic idea of "cultural Marxism"—handed down by Hitler. And others who Hilter hated, like immigrants, continue to be targets of hatred and marginalization. "If Liberals Won't Enforce Borders, Fascists Will," David Frum warned in The Atlantic earlier this year, using the specter of an ascendant Fourth Reich to justify sanctions against the very people who would be targeted under such a regime.
Rosenfeld writes about the Fourth Reich as a potential that, sitting off to one side of reality, provides leverage for useful warnings, ugly inspirations, rhetorical bludgeons, and lucrative pulp. But we could also see the Fourth Reich not as an alternate history, but as the place we live now. Viewed this way, the Fourth Reich is not the worst that could come to pass if things go wrong, but the worst that is already here, complete with camps, antisemitic massacres, and a government bent on ethnic cleansing. It names a dream we escaped. But it's also a reality we are still trying to cast off.
Noah Berlatsky is the author of Nazi Dreams: Films About Fascism.
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HC Posts Big Earnings Gain in Fiscal 2018
Posted on August 10, 2018 by 1 eBooks
Capped by a blowout fourth quarter, HarperCollins reported that earnings for the fiscal year ended June 30, rose 23% over fiscal 2017, to $244 million. The jump in EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) came on a 7% revenue rise, to $1.76 billion.
The sales gain included $28 million from a sublicensing agreement with Amazon Studios for the J.R.R Tolkien Lord of the Rings trilogy, plus $25 million from the positive impact of foreign currency fluctuations. Excluding foreign currency, sales were up 6% and earnings 22%.
The Tolkien deal was finalized in this fiscal year's fourth quarter, which helped fuel a 20% increase in revenue over the comparable period last year. It also helped with the 82% jump in earnings ($21 million of the $28 million licensing fee for Tolkien went to HC's bottom line).
Brian Murray, CEO of HC, said the thing that pleased him the most about the year was that gains did not come from just one or two areas, but from many of the publisher's various operations. The U.S. general books group "had a great year," Murray said, while HarperCollins Christian Publishing "continues to power through" with strong sales of both frontlist and backlist titles. Additionally, he noted, HarperCollins UK "had its best year ever." International sales were solid, and sales of foreign-language titles accounted for about 10% of overall revenue, hitting a target that Murray had set last year.
The strength in HC's global business has come as the publisher continues to move its overseas operations—many of which were acquired in the Harlequin purchase—away from genre fiction to a broader trade list. The genre fiction that had been sold in kiosks and newspaper stands in Europe "has gone away," but HC had replaced that business with more commercial trade, Murray said.
HC currently has offices in 16 countries and publishes in 18 languages, but Murray said that HC has no plans to enter new markets in fiscal 2019: "We want to focus on growing the trade business in the areas we are already in."
Back in the U.S., Murray said the children's group "did well" and is looking to branch out more in areas like nonfiction and novelty books.
While e-book sales were, Murray said, "flatish" in fiscal 2018, compared to the previous year, print sales "rose quite a bit." The jump in print sales offset the e-book declines, while downloadable audio had strong gains. HC is working on developing some original audio projects and, noting that the company publishes a number of books by podcasters who often then read their work for the audiobook edition, Murray said HC is looking at "a number of ways to take advantage of the interest in audio."
Overall in fiscal 2018, HC's digital sales increased 6% compared to the prior year, driven by the growth in downloadable audio. The e-book and audio digital formats represented 19% of consumer revenue for the year; this marks the same percentage the format represented at the end of fiscal 2017.
Although Murray acknowledged that HC faces some tough financial comparisons in 2019, he expects the publisher to have a good finish to calendar 2018. The Hate U Give was a big seller in fiscal 2018, and Murray expects interest in the book to remain strong this fall when the company releases a tie-in to the movie adaptation set to hit theaters in October.
Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines was another big HC bestseller last fiscal year, and in November HC will release Gaines' Home Body. Murray expects the latter to be a big holiday bestseller. On the political front, HC has books for both the left and right. It's recently released The Russia Hoax has been #1 on the PW bestseller list, while The Apprentice: Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy, by Washington Post national security reporter Greg Miller, is due out October 2.
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Nemo492
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Kerrang Radio, with Nick Margerrison
Edgar Michel interview - 24 minutes >> the alien contact stuff is 15mn from the start.
Then they called someone from NASA
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The only motivation for the DRT is finding the truth.
Re: Edgar Mitchell on a british radio
He has already said it, but briefly, in the "Out of the Blue" documentary :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fTLzrIU_BU
Major Dronie
Quote from Dr. Mitchell:
â??If you have an entree into the most powerful technology on Earth â?? like an alien spacecraft, that apparently donâ??t obey many of our laws of physics,â? he said, â??and come from distant galaxies, when our science says you canâ??t get out of our solar system â?? if you have control of that ... you sure as hell donâ??t want to lose control.â?
We at L E V I A T H A N were banned from the UFO Casebook Forum and it is so sad.
http://livyatan.blogspot.com/
July 24, 2008 - The Daily Telegraph - Sydney, Australia
Aliens Have Made Contact Says Apollo Astronaut Edgar Mitchell
Former NASA astronaut and moon-walker Dr Edgar Mitchell - a
veteran of the Apollo 14 mission - has stunningly claimed aliens do exist.
And he says extra-terrestrials have visited Earth on several
occasions - but the alien contact has been repeatedly covered up
by governments for six decades.
Dr Mitchell, 77, said during a radio interview that sources at
the space agency who had had contact with aliens described the
beings as 'little people who look strange to us.'
He said supposedly real-life ET's were similar to the traditional
image of a small frame, large eyes and head.
Chillingly, he claimed our technology is "not nearly as
sophisticated" as theirs and "had they been hostile", he warned
"we would be been gone by now".
Dr Mitchell, along with with Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard,
holds the record for the longest ever moon walk, at nine hours
and 17 minutes following their 1971 mission.
"I happen to have been privileged enough to be in on the fact
that we've been visited on this planet and the UFO phenomena is
real," Dr Mitchell said.
"It's been well covered up by all our governments for the last 60
years or so, but slowly it's leaked out and some of us have been
privileged to have been briefed on some of it.
"I've been in military and intelligence circles, who know that
beneath the surface of what has been public knowledge, yes - we
have been visited. Reading the papers recently, it's been
happening quite a bit."
Dr Mitchell, who has a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical
engineering and a Doctor of Science degree in Aeronautics and
Astronautics claimed Roswell was real and similar alien visits
continue to be investigated.
He told the astonished Kerrang! radio host Nick Margerrison:
"This is really starting to open up. I think we're headed for real
disclosure and some serious organisations are moving in that direction."
Mr Margerrison said: "I thought I'd stumbled on some sort of
astronaut humour but he was absolutely serious that aliens are
definitely out there and there's no debating it."
Officials from NASA, however, were quick to play the comments down.
In a statement, a spokesman said: "NASA does not track UFOs. NASA
is not involved in any sort of cover up about alien life on this
planet or anywhere in the universe.
'Dr Mitchell is a great American, but we do not share his
opinions on this issue.'
24th July 2008 - Daily Mail
Apollo 14 astronaut claims aliens HAVE made contact
- but it has been covered up for 60 years
Aliens have contacted humans several times but governments have hidden the truth for 60 years, the sixth man to walk on the moon has claimed.
Apollo 14 astronaut Dr Edgar Mitchell, said he was aware of many UFO visits to Earth during his career with NASA but each one was covered up.
Dr Mitchell, 77, said during a radio interview that sources at the space agency who had had contact with aliens described the beings as 'little people who look strange to us.'
He said supposedly real-life ET's were similar to the traditional image of a small frame, large eyes and head.
Chillingly, he claimed our technology is 'not nearly as sophisticated' as theirs and "had they been hostile", he warned 'we would be been gone by now'.
Dr Mitchell, along with with Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard, holds the record for the longest ever moon walk, at nine hours and 17 minutes following their 1971 mission.
'I happen to have been privileged enough to be in on the fact that we've been visited on this planet and the UFO phenomena is real,' Dr Mitchell said.
'It's been well covered up by all our governments for the last 60 years or so, but slowly it's leaked out and some of us have been privileged to have been briefed on some of it.
'I've been in military and intelligence circles, who know that beneath the surface of what has been public knowledge, yes - we have been visited. Reading the papers recently, it's been happening quite a bit.'
Dr Mitchell, who has a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering and a Doctor of Science degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics claimed Roswell was real and similar alien visits continue to be investigated.
He told the astonished Kerrang! radio host Nick Margerrison: "This is really starting to open up. I think we're headed for real disclosure and some serious organisations are moving in that direction.'
Mr Margerrison said: 'I thought I'd stumbled on some sort of astronaut humour but he was absolutely serious that aliens are definitely out there and there's no debating it.'
In a statement, a spokesman said: "NASA does not track UFOs. NASA is not involved in any sort of cover up about alien life on this planet or anywhere in the universe.
'Dr Mitchell is a great American, but we do not share his opinions on this issue.'
Ex-Astronaut: Aliens Are Real and NASA Knows It
Former NASA astronaut and moon-walker Dr. Edgar Mitchell - a veteran of the Apollo 14 mission - claims aliens exist.
He says extraterrestrials have visited Earth on several occasions - but the alien contact has been repeatedly covered up by governments for six decades.
Mitchell, 77, said during a radio interview in Birmingham, England, that sources at NASA who had had contact with aliens described the beings as "little people who look strange to us."
He said supposedly real-life ET's were similar to the traditional image of a "small gray" - short, slight frame, large eyes and large head.
Mitchell also claimed human technology is "not nearly as sophisticated" as the aliens' and "had they been hostile," he warned "we would be been gone by now."
News.com.Australia
Moon-walker claims alien contact cover-up
FORMER NASA astronaut and moon-walker Dr Edgar Mitchell - a veteran of the Apollo 14 mission - has stunningly claimed aliens exist.
And he says extra-terrestrials have visited Earth on several occasions - but the alien contact has been repeatedly covered up by governments for six decades.
Chillingly, he claimed our technology is "not nearly as sophisticated" as theirs and "had they been hostile", he warned "we would be been gone by now".
"I happen to have been privileged enough to be in on the fact that we've been visited on this planet and the UFO phenomena is real," Dr Mitchell said.
"It's been well covered up by all our governments for the last 60 years or so, but slowly it's leaked out and some of us have been privileged to have been briefed on some of it.
"I've been in military and intelligence circles, who know that beneath the surface of what has been public knowledge, yes - we have been visited. Reading the papers recently, it's been happening quite a bit."
He told the astonished Kerrang! radio host Nick Margerrison: "This is really starting to open up. I think we're headed for real disclosure and some serious organisations are moving in that direction."
Mr Margerrison said: "I thought I'd stumbled on some sort of astronaut humour but he was absolutely serious that aliens are definitely out there and there's no debating it."
Aliens exist, but NASA covers them up says astronaut
A former NASA astronaut who has walked on the moon has said aliens are not only real but have visited Earth several times.
Dr Edgar Mitchell, said he was aware of several UFO visits during his career, but each one had been covered up.
The 77-year-old, who was a crew member of the Apollo 14 mission, said sources at the space agency had described aliens as resembling "little people who look strange to us".
Dr Mitchell told Kerrang! Radio that human technology was "not nearly as sophisticated" as theirs and had they been hostile, he warned: "We would be been gone by now".
He said: "There's not much question at all that there's life throughout the universe, we are not alone at all. I'm most assured about that.
"Have we been able to identify where the other planets are? No, certainly not in our Solar System but we have been able to identify quite a number of planets that could be life bearing planets.
"I happen to have been privileged enough to be in on the fact that we've been visited on this planet and the UFO phenomena is real.
"I've been in military and intelligence circles, who know that beneath the surface of what has been public knowledge, yes â?? we have been visited.
"Reading the papers recently, it's been happening quite a bit."
Dr Mitchell, along with Apollo 14 Commander Alan Shepard, still holds the record for the longest ever moonwalking session at nine hours and 17 minutes following their 1971 mission.
Officials from NASA, were quick to play the comments down.
"Dr Mitchell is a great American, but we do not share his opinions on this issue."
Edgar Mitchell on FoxNews - July 25th, 2008
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=CwE0vDuTm48
* News
* Science
* Space exploration
We're not alone, says former Nasa astronaut
· US moonwalker insists aliens have visited Earth
· UFO phenomenon 'has been covered up'
* Ed Pilkington in New York
* The Guardian,
* Saturday July 26 2008
The list of those who subscribe to the theory that alien life forms and UFOs have visited Earth amid a massive government cover-up is long and varied.
It includes cranks, paranoid delusionals and editors of the Daily Star (and sometimes all three).
But a Nasa astronaut who has walked on the moon? The profile of Edgar Mitchell does not conform to that of your common or garden UFO aficionado. He holds two Bachelor of Science degrees and a doctorate in aeronautics from the prestigious and not exactly tree-huggy Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Along with Alan Shepard, he holds the record for the longest moon walk - for nine hours on February 9 1971 as part of the Apollo 14 mission, making him the sixth man to walk on the moon.
Put all that together and it is no wonder that an interviewer with a UK radio station almost fell off his seat this week when he lobbed Mitchell what he thought was a throwaway question: Did he believe in life on other planets?
"Oh yes," came the reply. "There's not much question at all that there is life throughout the universe. I'm totally sure we are not alone."
A deep intake of breath could be heard from the presenter for Birmingham-based Kerrang! Radio. But there was more. Mitchell said he had intelligence "that we have been visited on this planet and the UFO phenomenon is real - though it's been covered up by governments for the last 60 years or so".
In hindsight, there had been clues that Mitchell was to become one of the most distinguished and unlikely members of the club of UFO believers.
He has mentioned extra-terrestrial beings in obscure American outlets in the past, though never before given as much detail about his convictions.
There was his claim to the culture magazine Cabinet a few years ago that he had conducted unofficial experiments in extra-sensory perception during the Apollo 14 mission, trying to make contact via telepathy with collaborators back on Earth. (The experiment failed, but let's not dwell on that.)
More recently he revealed that he had been cured of kidney cancer by a man called Adam Dreamhealer who, though based in Canada, did all his healing from a distance and managed to effect a complete recovery through the power of consciousness. So his comment this week that Roswell, the 1947 appearance of an alien, really did happen, and his description of extraterrestrials as harmless "little people", falls in the same tradition.
For Nasa, which has been struggling in recent months with the fallout from its female astronaut who drove across America to confront a love rival wearing a nappy, there was a tone of "here we go again" to its response. In a statement, the agency said: "Nasa does not track UFOs. Dr Mitchell is a great American, but we do not share his opinion on this issue."
CNN - The Situation Room - July 24th, 2008
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=EwluevefWzg
MSNBC - July 26th, 2008
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=XQztoShVUFo
Another clip from FoxNews - July 25th, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJB4uRMR-jg
I guess that a number of emails to Larry King Live
may help to see Dr Mitchell back on the Show :
VIEWER'S CHOICE! Let us know who YOU want to see MOST on Larry King Live!
http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live/
Good effort but......
I recall the last time we all sent in emails to Larry King. The result: Completely ignored.
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Fairy tale-like and fantasy-themed cafes in Bangkok
Unknown Sunday, September 17, 2017 fairy tales, feature, fooddrink, foodie, themed cafe
Earlier this month, we have shared some of the most out of this world fantasy-themed cafes you can find in Singapore, this time, we're going to highlight some of the best fairy tale-like cafes in Bangkok.
Every one of us wishes that somehow our life is as perfect as those in fairy tales, and it can't be helped that we think that way, because fairy tales have always been a motivating factor of our childhood with princess and heroic stories that always end with happy endings!
In today's mundane world, we need a little bit of those motivations in our life which also serves as a welcoming escape from reality, so many of those come in a form of beautiful cafes that are completely out of this world, and we have to say that Bangkok is one of the greatest cities where you can find these gorgeous eateries.
Here are some of the best ones from our list.
1. Mermaid Island Cafe
Though Ariel always dreams of being part of our world, we've always dreamed of being part of hers – and now we can! Thanks to Bangkok's beautiful under the sea-like café. Located in Pathum Thani, the blue-and-pink-themed eatery is an amazingly Instagrammable café completely dedicated to the beautiful mythical creature that we all love. The first three floors are dedicated to shopping, featuring mermaid and ocean-themed items like swimsuits, pyjamas, phone cases, makeup, and more, while the fourth floor houses the café which offers rainbow-hued frozen drinks, whimsical tea sets, cupcakes, and other colourful treats.
2. The Iron Fairies
This café definitely seems like a place where fairies, trolls, ogres and other magical creatures would hang out. The café which looks like the workshop of a blacksmith, is designed by Perth-born Ashley Sutton with sister locations in Tokyo and Hong Kong. With thousands of dead butterflies dangling from the ceiling, the café takes you to a darker side of the fairy tale realm with its eccentric yet creative décor that goes beyond magical. The café features metal-making tools lining the walls, vials of pixie dust hanging from the ceiling in clusters, and meandering staircases that can get you all muddled.
3. Mocking Tales
This mystical café located in Thonglor gives off a Harry Potter kind of vibe with owls, dragons, and its magical potions décor. During the day, the café serves as a coffee shop and by night it morphs into a cocktail bar. Not only is the place carry a strong fantasy atmosphere, even the food is inspired by famous fairy tales and movies, such as the Inferno Mountain which is inspired from "Lord of the Rings", the Poisoned Apple which obviously is from "Snow White", the Blood Moon Rabbit from "Alice in Wonderland", and the Three Little Pigs which pretty much explains itself.
4. The Hatter
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Inspired by "Alice in Wonderland", enter the whimsical world of Alice at The Hatter with curious and curiouser decorations from Mad Hatter's tea party. From the wall-mounted inclined props and the tables with hovering suspended teapots to the adjacent clock-themed round table and colourful wall murals, this place will get your head spinning round and round with its mischievous designs, but it is still suitable for some Instagram frenzy moments. The café can be found at Soi Julin, and its menu offers an eclectic mix of western and Asian dishes.
5. Unicorn Cafe
Who knew that one of the most magical places on Earth is actually in Bangkok? Enter a magical world that goes beyond our wildest imaginations where flying ponies, colourful unicorns and beautiful Pegasus exist – sort of. Probably one of the most over-the-top fantasy cafes anyone haa ever seen, the Unicorn Café is a bright and glittery hangout filled to the brim with unicorn iconography, toys, and oversized pink furniture. The entire shop is splattered with every single nuance of pink and pastel, and even the menu is just as colourful as the shop. Located in the Bang Rak district, the café serves an array of food including rainbow-coloured spaghetti carbonara, unicorn burgers with french fry horns, and frozen rainbow ombré galaxy drinks
6. Perhaps Rabbits'
Another "Alice in Wonderland" themed café, but this one focuses more on the White Rabbit. The interior design of the café is simple and very loyal to the book, and it even gives off some Disney vibe. With beautiful soundtrack playing in the background, you'll feel as though you are starring in your very own fantasy-themed movie. Even the food is insta-worthy and fantastical, especially their bestseller The Rabbit Hole Mud Cake which is perfect for those with a sweet tooth.
7. Café Reverie
Though it is named so, this is not exactly a café but more of an elegant restaurant. With a celebrity name like Thai Pop star's Sarunrat Lydia Visutthithada attached to the ownership, Café Reverie is one of the most famous venues in Thailand to host a wedding. It is also a great place for a romantic date and anniversary. Decorated entirely in innocent pure white, the restaurant has a dreamy fairy tale setting that will literally take your breath away. There's a rose encased in glass, a glass slipper on a crystal support, a chair made of story books, and desserts named after princesses. Despite the luxurious setting, the food actually comes at affordable prices.
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Climate Common Sense: They think we are all dills!
That pesky Antarctic sea ice record is sure causing angst among alarmists.
Along those lines I guess this means that if it gets warm enough then the oceans will freeze over , a grave situation which will be avoided only we keep our SUV's in the garage.
GUY WILLIAMS: Well we have a number of reasons to suspect that this would occur in a warming climate. I think for some time now, more than a decade, scientists have thought that perhaps with a warming atmosphere you get more moisture content and eventually more precipitation or snowfall in the Southern Ocean.
GUY WILLIAMS: The Antarctic ice sheet is losing mass, we know that very clearly and that freshwater input to the ocean is again another source of enhanced sea ice formation.
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The Biggest Starbucks Trend of 2016 Won't Surprise You
Spoiler: It's the Pink Drink
By Maxine Builder
Photo and Illustration by Maxine Builder
Where were you when you first heard about Starbucks Pink Drink? Chances are good that you saw a picture of it on Instagram or maybe Twitter before you saw it in the wild, if you ever actually saw it in person. People went crazy for the Pink Drink, a drink from Starbucks so-called secret menu. It's actually fairly simple to order: the Strawberry Acai Refresher with coconut milk and topped off with a scoop of strawberries. It tasted fine, kind of like fancy strawberry milk. But it looked bangin', which is why the Pink Drink is the Starbucks trend that launched a thousand Instagram posts—and a bevy of other customized beverages.
Yes, 2016's biggest Starbucks trend—besides being a dickhead to your barista, which, somehow, unfortunately, seems to be a perennial trend, but we'll get to that—was ordering Instagram-worthy drinks off the secret menu. And you can thank the Pink Drink for opening that Pandora's Box. Once customers understood that they could "hack" the menu to make drinks based on appearance, it was only a matter of time before a whole rainbow of Starbucks drinks popped up. There was the Purple Drink, the Orange Drink, even the Blue Drink, which, when done correctly, really does look like a gorgeous shade of cornflower blue, which looks like something that is probably a poor idea to ingest.
The focus at Starbucks this year was definitely on the visual rather than taste, which is why this trend got weird. All year long, there were cycles of stories of secret menu Starbucks drinks. What drink could be the weirdest? There was even one secret menu Starbucks drink for your dog, called the Puppuccino. (For the record, that's just a shot of whipped cream in an espresso cup; we'd know, because we brought our resident dog mascot out in Brooklyn to try it.) Then, in October, someone decided to create a drink called Baby Vomit, which definitely looked like baby vomit but, like, didn't taste awful.
Here's the thing about the Starbucks secret menu, though. It's not as much a formal menu as it is a series of customizations you can make to existing Starbucks drinks, so ordering from it basically requires you to be nice to your barista and a little bit patient. You can't just go into your local Starbucks and demand a drink called Baby Vomit and expect your barista to make exactly what you saw on Reddit. You can, however, go in and politely ask your barista to make a drink called Baby Vomit a series of pre-researched ratios of pumps of syrup to amounts of milk that you've either committed to memory or stored somewhere on your phone.
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That's why it's been frustrating to see Starbucks become a place where life online clashes with reality. Starbucks baristas, bless their hearts, have been asked to do so much for us this year, far beyond greeting us in the morning with a smile and a cup of coffee. They've also been asked to fight our culture wars—many of which, for what its worth, were born on the internet, just like the more benign trends like Puppuccinos and Pink Drinks. Baristas have been forced to write "Trump" on a bunch of coffee cups, explain that the limited time green cup was not part of the war on Christmas, and experience customer meltdowns over white privilege.
The rise of the Starbucks secret menu has been wonderful in a lot of ways. We all love a good video of a dog eating whipped cream, after all. But ways in which these secret menu drinks spread shows the power of the internet in setting trends, even at your local coffee shop—as well as the ways in which those frenzied fads can swing the other way, too.
We ask so much of our Starbucks baristas, and though it's great to for customers to feel empowered to order off-menu drinks, just they way they like, there's a fine line between ordering confidently and bossing someone around, forcing them to fight your battles for them. So maybe 2017 will be the year that baristas finally get the respect that they deserve. After all the secret menu drinks they made in 2016, they've definitely earned it.


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Struggles for equality: Mexican Women for Feminism
Masked demonstrators outdoors the National Human Rights Commission office in Mexico City, which protesters have been occupying since Sept. The suggestion that feminine kin ought to look after Mexico's kids infuriated girls's teams and human rights organizations in Mexico. Arrom, Silvia. The Women of Mexico City, 1790-1857. Stanford: Stanford University Press 1985. It was crucial to remodel the message in Spanish for every of the indigenous languages so that it was not aggressive. Telling girls who had been unable to exit to work or endure from violence at residence to easily 'stay dwelling', may have been offensive," she says.
The names of hundreds of victims of femicides – murders of women because of their gender – have been painted on the metallic fencing. This study was supported by the Nationwide mexican women dating Council on Science and Know-how, the Ministry of Health No. MO148H9602, the Mexican Institute of Psychiatry No. 4271 and a grant from the Nationwide Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism R21 AA11503.
Ellen Riojas Clark is professor emerita on the College of Texas at San Antonio. Her research examines ethnic and cultural identity and cultural studies subjects. She obtained three Nationwide Endowment for the Humanities grants and was cultural director for Maya and Miguel, a PBS program. She is government producer for the Latino Artist Speaks: Exploring Who I Am sequence, and her many publications embrace Multi- cultural Literature for Latino Children: Their Words, Their Worlds; Don Moisés Espino del Castillo y sus Calaveras; and a forthcoming e-book, Pan Dulce: A Compendium of Mexican Pastries.
Girls performed a pivotal role in the creative circles of Mexico during its submit-Revolution period of the 1920s through the Fifties. With lives intertwined, identities expressed, and beliefs voiced, these women had been driving forces in defining this contemporary era. Frida Kahlo surrounded herself with Mexican artists Lola Álvarez Bravo and María Izquierdo along with expatriates Lucienne Bloch, Leonora Carrington, Olga Costa, Alice Rahon, and Remedios Varo, amongst many extra.
Final 12 months's IWD march in Mexico City saw one of the greatest protests within the capital metropolis's history The following day, tens of hundreds participated in a historic first women beautiful mexican women-solely labour strike throughout the country. Martínez, Maria Elena. Genealogical fictions: Limpieza de sangre, religion, and gender in colonial Mexico. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press 2008.
A complete of 19 articles have been included for analysis; key findings are introduced in Tables 2 and 3 In general, researchers used a number of approaches to their work: quantitative (n = 5), qualitative (n = 11), blended methods (n = 2), and intervention (n = 1). Most authors relied on theories associated to gender, power, migration, stress, and agriculture. Moreover, nearly all of the articles have been empirical printed research (n = 12), and the remaining girls mexican were theses and dissertations (n = 7). Interviews and surveys were the first information assortment strategies. By the intersectional analysis, I used to be able to establish three main areas for dialogue: 1) research context, 2) gender roles and patriarchy, and three) girls's well being. These areas have been often situated over problems with gender, class, schooling, indigeneity, and health ( Fig 2 ).
Different examples of online campaigning embody a digital vigil for Ana Paola, a thirteen-12 months-previous sufferer of femicide in her house after keep-at-dwelling measures started, and a digital protest, coordinated with other nations in Latin America, held on Could 9, the day earlier than Mom's Day, with the purpose of posting materials en masse to social media networks, depicting the risks being confronted by girls within the residence beneath coronavirus measures.
To the hordes of national news media posted outside 24 hours a day, the activists have showed off the beneficiant cuts of beef that they found within the workplace freezers — proof, they are saying, that public officials have been dwelling the high life. Girls in different Latin American nations, reminiscent of Argentina and Chile, additionally joined Mexico in staging a strike on Monday.
Two high-profile cases in February served as the catalyst for major demonstrations in Mexico. On February 9, a lady named Ingrid Escamilla was skinned and killed by her alleged companion. Just some days later, a 7-12 months-old girl named Fatima Aldrighetti was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered. These cases prompted dozens of protesters to go to the Palacio Nacional in Mexico Metropolis, the place they splashed purple paint and graffiti on a primary door. A national demonstration on March eight in honor of Worldwide Girls's Day drew thousands of protesters. The next day, tens of thousands of women took half in a nationwide walkout, disappearing for 24 hours from their schools and jobs. The largely leaderless movement, often called #UnDíaSinNosotras (a day with out us"), was a press release challenging the federal government's perceived indifference to the rising challenge of femicides within the nation.
Protesters had been calling for the federal government to deal with the country's poor document on the homicide of ladies, sometimes called femicide, and gender-primarily based violence. For decades, administrations in Mexico have largely failed to address gender-primarily based violence and femicide. For this to change, the AMLO administration ought to create policies that deal with this challenge in a serious and sustained means to provide security for all of Mexico's residents.
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Johnson, Lyman and Sonya Lipsett-Rivera, eds. The Faces of Honor: Sex, Shame, and Violence in Colonial Latin America. Albuquerque: College of New Mexico Press 1998. It isn't enough to have feminine leadership with the intention to win the battle for girls. We must fight for the social, political and financial justice that we've been denied and we must share it with then will we have the ability to broaden alternatives for all Mexicans.
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Shelby: We Must Not Let the Census Become a Blatant Political Tool
U.S. Senator Richard Shelby today made the following statement on the floor of the Senate regarding nomination of Robert Groves to serve as Director of the Census. The full Senate is expected to vote on the nomination later today. Senator Shelby has expressed concern about the potential role of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) in the census process. On March 20, 2009, Senator Shelby sent a letter to President Obama detailing his concern regarding the announcement that ACORN signed as a national partner with U.S. Census Bureau to assist with recruiting temporary census workers. A copy of the letter is attached.
Senator Shelby's prepared remarks are as follows:
"Madame President, I rise today with concern regarding the nomination of Mr. Robert Groves to serve as Director of the Census.
"Conducting the census is a vital constitutional obligation.
"Under the U.S. Constitution, the country conducts a census every ten years to determine apportionment to Congress. Article I, Section 2 mandates "Enumeration" to determine the allocation of seats for each state in U.S. House of Representatives.
"By extension, the census also determines the composition of the Electoral College, which chooses the president.
"The information collected from the census has a significant impact on the distribution of political power.
"The results of this process are a major factor in deciding where congressional district lines are drawn within each state.
"Through redistricting, political parties can maximize their own party's clout while minimizing the opposition. If the census were politicized, the party in control could arguably perpetuate its hold on political power.
"The results of the census are also enormously important in another way – the allocation of federal funds.
"Theoretically, if the census were to become politicized, the political party controlling the census process could disproportionately steer federal funding to areas dominated by its own members through a skewing of census numbers.
"This could shift billions of federal dollars for roads, schools, and hospitals over the next decade from some parts of the country to others because of population-driven financing formulas.
"Madame President, the census is vastly important and must proceed in as reliable and accurate manner as possible.
"On March 20, 2009, I wrote to President Obama regarding reports that the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) had signed as a national partner with the U.S. Census Bureau to assist with recruiting temporary census workers.
"This letter remains unanswered.
"I cannot support the nomination of Mr. Groves when the Administration he works for would partner with such a questionable organization.
"Further, I am dismayed that Mr. Groves, the nominee to head the U.S. Census Bureau, would not denounce ACORN's role in the census.
"This is an organization, Madame President, that has numerous allegations of fraud, which should raise great concern about the accuracy of the data it would provide.
"Washington State filed felony charges in 2007 against several paid ACORN employees and supervisors for falsifying 1,700 fraudulent voter registration cards.
"An ACORN worker in Pennsylvania was sentenced in 2008 for fabricating 29 falsified voter registration forms.
"In Ohio in 2004, a worker for one affiliate was given crack cocaine in exchange for fraudulent registrations that included underage, as well as dead, voters.
"ACORN has been implicated in similar voter registration schemes around the country and its activities were frequently questioned throughout the 2008 presidential election.
"The census must be nonpartisan. We cannot allow a biased, politically-active organization to take any type of official role in the process, let alone recruitment.
"By over counting here, and under counting there, manipulation could take place solely for political gain.
"Using ACORN to mobilize hundreds of thousands of temporary workers can surely lead to abuses for those who want to gain political advantage, just as we saw with the voter registration issues in past elections.
"The laws that govern voter fraud were not enough to dissuade those with the intent to throw an election. It is doubtful that the laws governing fraud in the census will be any more effective against such deceitful intents.
"Madame President, the people of this nation deserve a census that is conducted in a fair and accurate manner, using the best methods to determine the outcome, and that is free from political tampering.
"Given ACORN's history and political connections, the U.S. Census Bureau should not partner with an organization that has systemic problems with both accuracy and legitimacy.
While I cannot support Mr. Groves' nomination, I hope he will carefully review this issue and terminate ACORN's role in the 2010 census.
"We must not let the census become a blatant political tool.
"Thank you, Madame President. I yield the floor."
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CALGARY — A study by a sustainable energy research group predicts the federal government's purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline will add significantly to the deficit next year.
The study by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis says the buying the Kinder Morgan Canada assets, plus planning and construction costs, will put $6.5 billion in unplanned spending on the books for the 2018-19 fiscal year.
Study authors Tom Sanzillo and Kathy Hipple say that until the Ottawa clarifies how it plans to account for the spending, there's a risk the purchase could add 36 per cent to the projected $18.1-billion deficit.
The federal government agreed to buy the existing pipeline, expansion project and terminals from Kinder Morgan Canada for $4.5 billion after the company threatened to walk away from the Trans Mountain expansion project.
The government has said it doesn't plan to be a long-term owner and is looking for buyers, including Indigenous communities, pension funds and the Alberta government.
The Trans Mountain expansion project has faced significant opposition over concerns of oil spills, tanker traffic and increased oilsands production.


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Syracuse vs. Virginia Tech
Syracuse 82, Virginia Tech 72: bench production, hot shooting power Orange to bounce back win
Syracuse gets a needed home win.
By Dominic Chiappone Jan 11, 2023, 9:02pm EST
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After losing to one Virginia team in its previous game, the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team (11-6, 4-2) redeemed itself against another, as a 22-6 run to begin the second half powered Syracuse to an 82-72 bounce-back win over the Virginia Tech Hokies (11-6, 1-5).
Offensively, Syracuse received efficient production from its three best players. Judah Mintz, Joe Girard, and Jesse Edwards combined for 42 while bench contributors Justin Taylor (10 points and 50% shooting) and Maliq Brown (11 points, 12 rebounds, 3 steals/blocks, and 5/7 shooting) sparked multiple runs that allowed the Orange to build and hold its double-digit lead.
Virginia Tech looked to attack Syracuse's zone early, especially with the Hokies' big man duo of Justin Mutts and Grant Basile scoring 10 points on 5/7 shooting to begin the game. Jesse Edwards struggled out of the gate defensively, with coach Jim Boeheim making an early substitution of Edwards for Mounir Hima. Boeheim also inserted Maliq Brown and Justin Taylor off the bench early.
Despite a somewhat slow start for the Orange (including 4/12 shooting to begin the game), Syracuse came back from an early 12-7 deficit thanks to Edwards heating up and the team getting some instant offense off the bench from Taylor, Brown, and Symir Torrence. 'Cuse surged out to a strong 10-2 run in the middle of the first half, which included this alley-oop slam by Edwards off the pass from Joe Girard.
Joe to Jesse for the throwdown
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— Syracuse Men's Basketball (@Cuse_MBB) January 12, 2023
To its credit, Syracuse moved the ball in the first half pretty well, with nine of the Orange's first 10 baskets coming off of assists and six different players taking at least two shots after 12 minutes of action. Although the team shot out of the gate slow on offense, some early turnovers by Virginia Tech and the Orange not forcing shots allowed Syracuse to stay close for most of the first half. In particular, Edwards, (9 points, 4 assists, and 50% shooting in the first half) looked more comfortable offensively with the ball in his hands after struggling against #13 Virginia.
Both teams traded baskets in the last few minutes of the first half, but 18 first-half bench points by the Orange and a 5/10 start from three allowed Syracuse to go up as much as eight points (43-35) before halftime. At the end of the first half, Syracuse led Virginia Tech 43-37 with each program shooting over 51% from the field.
Four Hokies players scored at least eight points in the first half in what became an all-around effort offensively for Virginia Tech. Meanwhile, the Girard-Mintz backcourt combined for 13 points and 5 assists in the first half, while Taylor (8 points), Brown (5 points and 5 rebounds), and Symir Torrence (5 points) all gave the Orange multiple tough baskets and some energy on defense heading into halftime.
At the half:
Girard - 9 pts
Edwards - 9 pts, 4 asts
Taylor - 8 pts
Brown - 5 pts, 5 reb pic.twitter.com/ILQl5cdGzh
Syracuse started off scorching hot coming out of halftime, going on a 12-2 run in the first three and a half minutes of the second half. At one point, the Orange led 65-43 over the Hokies, with the 22-point lead being its largest of the second half. This included eight points from the Mintz-Girard backcourt duo and overall improved defensive rebounding by the Brown-Edwards frontcourt.
On the opposite side, Virginia Tech's poor outside shooting (3/19 from three) made it easier for the Orange to put extra pressure on the Hokies defensively in the interior. This and-one finish by Mintz kept the momentum going, as Syracuse outscored Virginia Tech 22-6 in the first nine minutes of the second half.
AND ONE! @Jmintz10
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Although Virginia Tech cut Syracuse's lead to as low as 11 in the second half, the Orange scored enough baskets down the stretch to secure an 82-72 win over the Hokies. Girard led the way with 24 points and 3 assists on 50% shooting, while Mintz (12 points and 3 assists) and Edwards (13 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists) kept the Orange's offense afloat in the second half. Syracuse also surged, in the end, thanks to an 8/16 team performance from three and some quality minutes from Taylor and Brown off the bench.
The win pushes the Orange to 4-2 in conference play and 8-3 in the Dome heading into its Saturday night game against Notre Dame. The victory against the Hokies also means 'Cuse has now won eight of its last 10 games.
There were some hiccups at the beginning and the end, but both the starters and reserves mostly played well as Syracuse's offense returned to form against Virginia Tech.