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By Christina|Lake Time Magazine
Growing up in Luverne, Minnesota, world-renowned National Geographic photographer Jim Brandenburg started life as a typical farm boy in southwestern Minnesota. His life would become anything but typical. An esteemed environmentalist, dedicated to the preservation of natural habitats and a passion for wildlife, Brandenburg uses his photography to bring awareness to the environment. He's done assignment work for The New York Times, Time, Audubon, Smithsonian, Natural History, Geo, Modern Maturity, BBC Wildlife, Outdoor Photographer, National Wildlife and Outside. For over three decades, his career with National Geographic would include 23 magazine stories, several television features and many National Geographic books. His assignments have taken him to every corner of the world. This global traveler, still residing in Minnesota, shares more of his story here, as well as introductions to some of his other extraordinary talents and accolades.
C: Have you always been doing video or is that something new that you've gotten into?
J: The first thing I did for the Geographic back before there was video, were movies and movie film. 38 years ago was my first movie for the National Geographic. I was really young. A movie called Strange Creatures of the Night about owls, so I worked in the night. I've probably shot almost as much video but people don't think of me as that. I've done several movies. Just had a movie come out now with an actress in Los Angeles; wanted to make a movie about wolves and my connection with wolves. It's on iTunes now called, Medicine of the Wolf. I'm kind of an actor in a way. Not acting, really, but a lot of on camera talking about philosophy. A French film company wants to do a movie on me now.
C: You talk a lot about Europe. Why do you think you're more recognizable in Europe than in your home state? Why do you think that is?
J: I don't really know. My photography, I think, resonates. I do a lot of work in France and they kind of invented it (photography). I think of any culture I've been around, the French really honor photography. They look at it differently. Americans kind of think of photography as more of a snapshot- not disrespectful- but it's just more casual. With the French, they really think of it as an art form.
I feel good there, too. And they can see it. You go where you're loved. And they like me a little bit. I thought it was also kind of a challenge. If you can make it as a photographer in France, you can make it!
Nature 365 is based in France. They saw the work. They saw my video. I gave them all of my big hard drives full of video... 6 terabytes. Hours and hours and hours and hours of video.
C: And is this video that you've done over your career?
J: Over the last 10 years; since high definition. And they've gone through it so every minute that adds up to 365 days is 6 hours for the year. It's free! A lot of people see it as kind of a little... a little inspiration, moment of meditation, a prayer. Just a gentle... "that was a nice moment."
When you're in nature like I am, still photography is nice but you get a whole new dimension with a moving camera; with video. You can tell a different story. I'm really a storyteller. I was born to tell stories on a camera. I was quiet and shy and I think I didn't want to speak a lot when I was young. I couldn't get up in front of the class. I couldn't do it. So my camera did it.
I'm really interested in anthropology. Interested in the people that were here before us... the Native American people. I am kind of obsessed with it. If I had to do it all over again, I'd be an archeologist. I like digging. I don't dig for artifacts but I like to find out the stories. What did these people do? What did that mean? And I don't know why I'm so interested. I made quite an important discovery in France last year in the caves. There's cave art in France that goes back 30,000 years. I became extremely interested in that stuff and I study it a lot. 30,000 years ago they were making pictures on walls. 30,000 years ago! I'm just interested... Why? I don't know why. It fascinates me. The people that were here and the mysteries that went with them.
C: And the languages that don't exist anymore.
J: Oh! Don't exist! I know. It fascinates me! And I've lived with a lot of cultures.
I made a discovery over in France last year in one of the caves of an image of a wolf. Every species is depicted on the walls of the caves that they lived with back then- 30,000 years ago. Every species... bears, horses, rhinoceroses, woolly mammoths... two things never show up on the cave walls: people- they didn't paint each other, they didn't paint themselves. They didn't paint wolves... Why?
Well, they didn't paint themselves because, maybe like we say "graven image," some religions don't want their photographs taken because it's taboo. We assume, but nobody knows, that might have been taboo. But why the wolf? It was part of the family. Dogs. Dogs came from the wolf about 30,000 years ago. They took the wolf and started feeding them and they'd come in and they'd get the puppies and they'd train them and they'd get tamer and tamer and tamer. This is my theory. The wolves weren't on the cave walls. They're non-existent. And there are thousands and thousands of paintings and several caves there, all through southern Europe. There are reindeer and horses and birds and everything but not wolves. Well, I think they were part of the family. They used them for hunting. They used them for protection; for companionship. So they were family. They didn't paint them.
I discovered a big beautiful bas relief sculpture, or carving, of a wolf. Now the Ministry of Prehistory wants me to do a scientific paper and present it to them. I told Judy this and I've told some other people this but it may be the most important thing I've ever done in my life. Does that sound funny to you? This discovery?
C: Yes.
J: That's what it feels like to me because it's a discovery that has incredible implications, culturally. It isn't a cute picture, a fun picture, a beautiful picture someone hangs on their wall... "oh that's really a nice photograph."
15,000 years ago they started painting themselves. They started painting themselves and they started painting wolves. Doesn't that tell you something? No one has made that connection. No one has made that discovery. So they're waiting for me to do the paper. I'm really curious about those who came before us, before our culture. Long before... I can't explain it.
C: Maybe it's not something that needs to be explained. It's a pretty powerful thing that we're all on this earth... so who came before us? Who lived here before we did?
J: I think it's honoring.
There were two subjects as a photographer that really obsessed me... I was obsessed with prairies and wolves. And I spent most of my life intensely telling those stories. I've very proud of it. I thought the prairie was the most persecuted and abused landscape in North America. It's the biggest ecosystem with the least left with 1/2 of 1% left of native prairie- unbroken, tall grass prairie. 1/2 of 1% remains! It was the whole center of the Great Plains.
And the other piece of nature? I thought wolves were the most persecuted, most hated animal in the world. More than lions. More than crocodiles. And I just felt I needed to tell that story, as a journalist. Well, now it seems like I need to tell this story and I'm not a trained anthropologist, archeologist, or a paleontologist, but there's something that's boiling up inside of me that I want to be involved in that somehow. Not at the exclusion of photography but there are only so many hours in the day.
C: Is that freeing?
J: No. It's haunting. I feel guilty. We're kind of moving on... not giving anything up necessarily but we're evolving into more reflective.
So I've got shows in Europe that I'll be doing, I have to present the paper on this wolf discovery and then I don't know what I'm going to do.
J: I had done a big National Geographic story on wolves. That was probably one of my favorite stories. You know Will Steger? Will and I were not nearly as well known then; we met on the street and he said, "Jim, I want you to introduce me to the National Geographic. I want to go to the North Pole." Oh... okay. He said, "you know, I was up there on Ellesmere Island... there's a pack of white wolves that followed us. They weren't afraid of us. This white wolf pack family wowed us." I said, "that's where I want to go" and so I introduced him to the National Geographic. I did the story on the North Pole expedition for National Geographic. It got me to Ellesmere Island. I went to the wolves. This is probably my favorite story, by quite a bit, that I've ever done. Living with a pack of wolves... literally, for three years. Here's the den (shows us photos in book). And here I am. The puppies would come and chew on my shoelaces. For three years. Here's my tent (another photo), you can see it, it's down in the valley here.
... and this is how my life has gone. I'll see something and I somehow can paint the picture into the future. I saw Will that day- he wanted to go to the North Pole, "there're white wolves up there"- okay, I'm going to get you into the Geographic. I can't take all of the credit for that but I did open up some doors. He had to do a lot of heavy lifting. I just made an introduction. That's a nice story. Two kids from Ely. The most important thing I've ever done and probably the most important thing he's ever done.
C: So what is it about Ely with Jim Brandenburg and Will Steger and the Schurke's? Why? What keeps you all here?
J: Oh, it's wild and raw. It's the wilderness. It's the Boundary Waters. What is it about Ely that brings people? It's the end of the road. Literally, the end of the road. You can go another two miles that way and it's the end of the road and the Boundary Waters and you go up here another mile and it's the end of the road and Boundary Waters and then there are no roads. You can't even take a motorboat in most of those places. You can't fly lower than a mile - you have to be up a mile above. So it's wilderness. That's what brings the people here. All the people that you mentioned are here because of the wilderness.
There's some sadness now. I came here because of wolves. I had
for 30 years... you see the wolves in the Nature 365 videos- you see them a lot. They're gone... the wolf hunt. There are no wolves here.
C: Really?
J: I haven't seen a wolf in 5 years. I used to see them every day. Hunting goes back thousands and thousands and thousands of years, and sadly sometimes people see wolves as a competitor. I hunt with my camera.
I do it this way (books). Get them inspired to love nature. The little things. This is probably my best known photograph in some ways (Arctic Wolf Leaping).
C: It's one of my favorites.
J: This is probably my second best known photograph. (Brother Wolf) This was shot- I could almost throw a stone down to the land just down over there (motioning). That picture has become... it has changed peoples minds on wolves. Not that it's a happy picture but it makes people feel they're connected. Something about this photograph, they become... they make inquiries. I've traveled all over the world talking about this photograph and the same stories just keep coming. It opens up doors and inch by inch by inch by inch...
I made these two photographs in the same month in 1986. I was up in Ellesmere Island and I made this picture (Arctic Wolf Leaping) and came back here for something and I made this (Brother Wolf). Two of my best known. How do you explain that? Is that some sort of strange coincidence?
C: Serendipity.
J: They went through a million photographs to find the cover (British Museum of Natural History's "50 Years of Wildlife Photographer of the Year; How Wildlife Photography Became Art"). I was the Chairman of this competition. It's the world's greatest nature photography contest and over the 50 years they've had a million photographs published and looked at. So they had to have a cover and they used this (Brother Wolf) as the cover picture to represent the 50 years. I'm really really proud of that.
C: That's amazing.
J: They had a second edition. They wanted to redo the book slightly smaller and they wanted a different cover... (Arctic Wolf Leaping)
C: There you are.
J: Of a million photographs, they picked these two. And I can't help but think... I'm really... to say I'm really proud of it isn't the right word. It's like strangely beautiful. Is this really true?
C: Have you had any adverse encounters with any wildlife?
J: Yeah, I was charged by a rhinoceros- broke my shoulder. But I've never been attacked by a wolf. I was living with those wolves, thousands and thousands of encounters there. And here, over 30 years. I was out with wolves all the time. Never had an encounter. But I've been charged by rhinos several times and one injured me pretty bad. Poisonous snakes hit at me. Grizzly bears, a couple encounters with grizzly bears- a little tricky.
But I like it. Sometimes I wish wolves were more aggressive, it'd be more intense for me. Kind of "one on one." When you're in grizzly country it's pretty common, every year someone gets killed by a grizzly bear. You look at nature differently and you act differently when you're in grizzly country. You feel you're alive- like you're not alone.
C: Is it a respect for them?
J: Yes. I kind of wish that the wolves were a little more grrr. That's what people think anyway so why don't they just act that way? My mother, bless her soul, she said, "Jim, you're going to get eaten by a wolf someday."
You know the wolf image I saw in Europe on the cave wall? That's dog related. That'll be one of my next books. It's called Man's Oldest Friend. So we go back 30,000 years with the dog, all other domestic animals are about 6,000 or 8,000 years - cattle, chickens, cats. Dogs go back 4x older so they are man's oldest friend. That's one of the books. It's done. It's all written. I have all of the photographs. I just, I need a bigger ego (laughs). I feel like I'm bragging all of the time.
C: You've got five books ready to put out?! You're just going to do them incrementally?
J: I may never do them.
C: Yeah? When the timing is right?
J: The wolf book is the next one that's really done. And the retrospective which is an exhibition travelling through Europe now. 120 pictures of my whole career starting with the first picture when I was 14.
I think... you asked me why Europeans?... they like my story here. They don't have wilderness in Europe. It's all taken. There are some National Parks but they just love how I talk about living with wolves or saving the prairie, going back to Judd Lake and having a big bush camp. And when they come over here, they can't believe that Americans can do this, "you mean you own this?" They just can't comprehend it; that scale and the size. Americans think big. We have a lot of space but they're really intrigued by the wildness that we have here and how we relate to it. They're also very interested in Native Americans. I talk about that a lot. They like me to interpret it, what I know about it.
C: You've traveled all over the world. What's your favorite location on planet earth?
J: A magazine in France picked 30 photographers in the world recently and wanted us to pick three of our favorite places in the world. Then they were going to pick the one place and then we're going to write about it. So I picked Ravenwood- the lake where I live here, and I picked Namibia- that picture of an oryx and a sand dune, and I picked Ellesmere Island- where the white wolf are... And they decided they wanted to do my home here, so I wrote about that.
It's hard to pick favorites. I don't know if I have a favorite place. It's hard to have a favorite... if you have a bunch of kids, you can't pick the favorite (we laugh). I would have said it was here (Ravenwood) but I can't say it anymore. Because it's kind of broken. It's the wolf hunt and I know there's a lot of poaching now. It feels haunted to me. It's silent. The wolves.
I have a trail cam I use, every day it's running. It photographs everything. I haven't been here since January, there's only two wolves... wolves we used to see run down this driveway every day. They just lived all around... two wolves since January have walked down the driveway.
And just once each, two different wolves- they're probably heading across the country. One had a big radio collar on it. It's haunting to me. I go out to the lake and used to... I went out the other night and howled the first night we came here. I went straight out, howled and howled. I used to hear wolves come back to me... and
now, nothing.
Touch The Sky Prairie is a pretty special place to me. That could be a favorite place. Ellesmere Island and the wolf story is my favorite story. I haven't been there since. I was there three years working and then left and I'm not sure I want to... I got offered opportunities to go back but I don't really want to. You can't go back, you know? You can't. All those wolves in my photographs have died. Every time I look at these wolf pictures I think, "they're all gone." It's strange. It's like kids, friends.
C: It's an intimate relationship for that long.
J: Yes. When you live with a pack of wolves... I crawled into the den. Crawled in the den when the pups were just a couple weeks old. I was with them when they were killing muskoxen. Very intimate. They killed a baby muskoxen, brought it back to the pups. Very, very intimate. I think about this story a lot. Just think... living with them... never had a problem with them.
C: That's incredible.
J: (flipping through White Wolf: Living with an Arctic Legend) Here's a puppy, a yearling. They played and played and played and played. Here's the tent, that's where I lived. The den was right here and they'd come in and they'd pull the sleeping bag out... try to eat my food.
It was dark six months of the year because it's so far north. But then in the summer the sun never went down. The sun was up 24 hours.
C: I just can't even imagine... everything you've done and every place you've been... it's incredible.
My husband and I had been to Ely and your gallery years and years ago but the first time I came back to Ely for the magazine, I walked
into your gallery and there was a young kid, I don't know- maybe 8 or 9 years old. The Chased By The Light video was playing and he was standing there watching it. I believe it was Marcia who started a conversation with him and I heard her tell him the story of one photograph every day. This kid, at 8 or 9, really seemed to understand the depth of that and I walked out of there going "wow!" That was so cool to overhear and to witness this young kid thinking, "that's incredible!"
J: Might have changed him.
C: Yeah.
J: I've had lots of letters from people who have said that it has changed their life forever; not the pictures but the text in Chased By The Light. It's nice to get letters from people. It's nice to get letters from people when they say that "reading this book changed my life." And I'm not sure how or why but that really affects me.
Maybe it will make a difference. You were there. You saw that.
C: I'll never forget that either. It was incredible. You never know how something like that is going to affect somebody.
J: When you least expect it to. Like when you meet your mate or meet somebody... meeting Will Steger on the main street of Ely one day and "are you Jim?" Yeah. "Hi, I'm Will Steger." Two hours later, we got the deal done and he goes to the North Pole and I do the most incredible story of my life.
And being open... I'm waiting for one of those opportunities now. Maybe I should work for your magazine.
C: You're hired! (we laugh) We're very cheap! (more laughter)
J: So am I. (smiling) (we all laugh)
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The Sydney Morning Herald yesterday reported that HTC employees have been interrogated, with two arrested and detained on allegations that some of the company's trade secrets have been leaked illegally.
Engadget says a total of five staff were interrogated, naming Vice President of Product Design Thomas Chien, R&D director Wu Chien Hung and design team senior manager Justin Huang, adding that Chien and Wu were detained while the others were released on bail. SMH (via Bloomberg) mentions that a fifth person – an outsider – is also under investigation, although its unclear if this information is up to date.
The company filed complaints to the Ministry of Justice's Investigation Bureau last month in which it is accusing the employees of leaking commercial secrets and also using fake receipts to seek reimbursement. Investigators searched HTC's company headquarters, along with the employees homes on August 30.
Engadget reports that the designers had planned to set up their own company, and had leaked documents regarding the next version of HTC's Sense software. HTC also claims that the trio used an external design firm to invoice the company for design services relating to the HTC One's aluminium chassis.
HTC released a statement on their blog, though the entry seems to have been pulled. According to Engadget, the statement read:
The company expects employees to observe and practice the highest levels of integrity and ethics. Protecting the company's proprietary and intellectual properties, privacy and security is a core fundamental responsibility of every employee. The company does not compromise nor condone any violation at any level of our organization and the company shall act in accordance to the law. As this matter is currently under investigation by the relevant authorities, we therefore refrain from further comments.
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HTC has been no stranger to controversy this year, seeing a a number of high profile departures as its profit woes continue.
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Start with your feet together and arms in front of your chest. Lean back as much as you can and kick forward with your right foot. At the same time, extend your arms to your sides (Figure 2-41). Straighten your body and bring your arms and leg back to the starting position and repeat the kick several times. Then do the kick with the other leg.
This is a kick with the heel of the foot.
Start with your feet together and arms in front of your chest. Lean back as much as you can and kick forward with your right heel. At the same time, extend your arms to your sides (Figure 2-42). Straighten your body and bring your arms and leg back to the starting position and repeat the kick several times. Then do the kick with the other leg.


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If Microsoft really wants to be friends with Linux…
September 11, 2009 by sjvn01 | 0 comments
Microsoft has founded a new foundation, the CodePlex Foundation which claims to be about bringing open-source and proprietary software companies together to participate side by side in open-source projects. Yeah. Right.
There's a folk tale that goes something like this, a dog and a rattlesnake meet at the river. The snake says to the dog, "Why don't you carry me on your back to the other side?" The dog says "Sure, I'd be happy to do that except you'll bite me." And the snake says "No I won't, I really need to get across to the other side and I won't bite you." The dog, a foolish sort believes the snake's promise so he lets the snake on his back and he starts to swim across the river. At the mid-way point, the snake bites him. "What did you do that for?" exclaimed the dog, as they both begin to die. "What did you expect," replied the snake, "I'm a rattlesnake."
And, Microsoft is Microsoft. The Codex Foundation claims that it "will complement existing open source foundations and organizations, providing a forum in which best practices and shared understanding can be established by a broad group of participants, both software companies and open source communities." I don't believe it for a minute.
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SummerWorks: Pitching vulnerability in the frank, darkly funny, insightful …And You'll Never Believe What Happens Next
Graham Isador. Photo by Jillian Welsh.
How do the stories we tell about ourselves reflect on us? And how do the stories we read shape how we see the world? Pressgang Theatre explores these questions, combining journalism and theatre together as playwright/performer Graham Isador takes us on a journey of personal story pitches to BuzzFeed in …And You'll Never Believe What Happens Next. Directed by Jiv Parasram, Isador is performing in the Theatre Centre Incubator for SummerWorks.
Staged as a stand-up routine, while Isador's solo show has elements of a comedy show, it's a storytelling show—differentiated by a beginning, a middle, an end and a take-away. Having taken the path to writing and publishing, a piece catches the eye of the Reader editor at BuzzFeed; and he's invited to pitch his stories, with the instruction to mine the vulnerability—for this is a key ingredient of serious writing. What follows is a challenging apprenticeship in journalism; one that is both gruelling and encouraging.
Cycling through various stories from childhood and youth to adulthood, he submits pieces torn directly from his own personal headlines: The worst day of his first job; a heart-wrenching break-up, precipitated by a horrible moment of finding out his girlfriend was cheating on him; looking after his injured mother while his father lay in a hospital bed in critical condition.
Isador is a masterful storyteller, delivering a performance that is frank, darkly funny and deeply moving. There is vulnerability in the directness, coupled with a quirky stand-up comic edge—reeling us in and keeping us at a safe distance as the storytelling takes on a confessional tone. Struggling with depression, he comes upon a chicken/egg problem: Is it these worst moments of his life that are making him depressed—or is it the telling of story after story of the worst moments of his life?
Is it true that serious journalism only includes the stories of struggle, hardship and tragedy—the awful, sad, worst moments of our lives? What do we get out of staying in bad situations? In telling those tales of personal woe? In reading them? The take-away is largely left up to us—some serious food for thought.
…And You'll Never Believe What Happens Next has two more performances at SummerWorks: Aug 17 at 10:00 p.m. and Aug 18 at 9:00 p.m. Get advance tickets online. Last night's show was packed, so advanced booking advised.
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Author life with more cowbellPosted on August 15, 2018 August 15, 2018 Categories Comedy, Moments, Theatre, WritingTags ...And You'll Never Believe What Happens Next, autobiography, BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed Reader, challenges, depression, encouragement, Graham Isador, Jillian Welsh, Jiv Parasram, journalism, mentorship, pain, personal anecdote, personal narrative, pitching stories, Pressgang Theatre, serious writing, solo show, stand-up, stories we read, stories we tell about ourselves, storytelling, struggle, SummerWorks, take-away, Theatre Centre, vulnerability, worst moments
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Apo Thavma ( ) je kyperský hraný film z roku 2010, který režíroval Marinos Kartikkis podle vlastního scénáře. Snímek měl světovou premiéru na Mezinárodním filmovém festivalu v Soluni 7. prosince 2010.

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Film vypráví dva odlišné příběhy odehrávající se v Nikósii. Manželé Aliki a Andreas před rokem ztratili čtyřletou dceru a nyní procházejí partnerskou krizí, ale snaží se o další dítě. Učitel Marios žije se svou ovdovělou matkou Dimitrou, před kterou skrývá svoji homosexualitu. Aliki se zajímá o zázrak Panny Marie, kdy v jednom kostele z ikona ronila slzy. Doufá, že se stane zázrak a ona opět otěhotní. Marios se na plovárně seznamuje s tanečníkem Alexisem, ale má strach navázat s ním bližší vztah. Dimitra pracuje jako zdravotní sestra a v nemocnici se setká s Aliki, která je zde hospitalizována kvůli nevolnosti v počínajícím těhotenství. Dimitra dostane od Aliki knihu o mariánských zjeveních, kterou dále věnuje svému synovi Mariosovi. Marios knihu daruje Alexisovi.

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Boris Johnson admitted in hospital over continued Coronavirus symptoms
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson who tested positive for Coronavirus on March 27th has been taken to a hospital for tests on Sunday.
Johnson, 55, announced he had mild symptoms of COVID-19 on March 27 and had been in self-isolation at his Downing Street residence for seven days.
He had been scheduled to re-emerge on Friday after a week of recovery and working remotely but said he would remain at home because he still had a high temperature — one of the symptoms.
Downing Street said in a statement on Sunday: "On the advice of his doctor, the Prime Minister has tonight been admitted to hospital for tests.
"This is a precautionary step, as the Prime Minister continues to have persistent symptoms of coronavirus 10 days after testing positive for the virus."
It is understood Johnson's admission to the hospital was not an emergency and was considered sensible because of his ongoing symptoms.
Johnson is the most high-profile world leader to contract the virus. His pregnant partner, Carrie Symonds, said she has been ill with symptoms for a week but was now recovering.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock returned to work on Friday after a week at home following his positive test for COVID-19. The chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, has also displayed symptoms.
Johnson's close adviser Dominic Cummings has also had to self-isolate.
Downing Street said at the time of Johnson's announcement that Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab would take charge if the prime minister was incapacitated.
But Johnson is understood to be still in charge of the government, and in contact with ministers and officials.
The former London mayor was seen on Thursday night, joining in a weekly round of applause in appreciation of healthcare workers tackling the outbreak.
In his video message on Friday, he said: "In my own case, although I'm feeling better and I have done my seven days of isolation, alas, I still have one of the minor symptoms… a temperature.
"So, in accordance with government advice, I must continue my self-isolation until that symptom itself goes."
Asked about the prime minister's health on Sunday, Hancock told Sky News television: "He's OK. I've been talking to him every day, several times a day throughout the time both of us were off.
"He's very much got his hand on the tiller."
He said of his own experience: "Some people get it (COVID-19) pretty mildly, others very, very seriously. The PM is not at that end of the spectrum.
"In dealing with him and working with him every day, he's in good spirits.
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As he promised, Ragnar has taken his fleet — and us — to Paris. More precisely, as this title suggests, to the gates of Paris. There is an ominous, thundering sound track that accompanies the opening scenes of this episode as Ragnar and company prepare to throw themselves against the city's high stone walls. We know that this battle is going to be big. It's the most difficult challenge that the Vikings have met so far, but expressions on the faces of the leaders are set and determined — even enthusiastic.
This is in stark contrast to the face of the French king, who literally wears a mask so that no one can see his terror. My research indicates that Ragnar's fleet (historically) was composed of 120 ships, and that being the case one can almost excuse the French king for being terrified at such a sight. I certainly would be! But the king's right hand man Odo and the princess Gisela are made of sterner stuff. While Odo doesn't look at all happy about the Vikings, he nevertheless rolls up his sleeves and responds to the threat like the commander that he is (and that he indeed was). It is the king's daughter, Gisela, though, who shoulders the royal responsibility from which her father shrinks. Like a 9th century Jean d'Arc, she carries the Oriflamme to the battlements and uses it to rally her people.
The Oriflamme, by the way, was one of those medieval banners that armies carried into battle to inspire their comrades with courage and their enemies with dread. In this case, it was a red banner that had been dipped in the blood of the 3rd century martyr St. Denis. According to legend, Charlemagne had carried it to the Holy Land to drive out the Saracens. Gisela puts it to good use, and then remains on the battlements without armor or shield, as unafraid and confident as her father is frightened and cowering.
But I digress. Back to the Battle of Paris. Can I just state right here that, comparing this set piece battle to the Battle of the Blackwater at the conclusion of Season 2 Game of Thrones, I'd have to give the prize to the Vikings? Quick camera cuts from one part of the battle to the other, and from a wide angle view of the river and walls to close-ups of the hand-to-hand fighting kept the tension high. Floki's siege towers were stunning and, like the covered battering ram, authentic.
The hot oil, (wax, actually), fire, rocks and crossbows used by the defenders were authentic as well. Most impressive of all, though, were the actors' faces: Ragnar as he follows the progress of the battle, Rollo when he sees Gisela on the wall, Floki as he watches siege towers go up in flames, Lagertha when her crew finally breaks through the bridge gate and they see – well, I'm not sayin' what they see.
There were moments of portent, raising questions in the viewer's mind: Ragnar clutching Athelstan's golden cross like a talisman. What does he really believe? Floki undergoing baptisms of fire and water. How will he be changed as a result? Rollo's face sinking beneath the Seine. Will he endure the same fate as Siggi?
And here's the thing: we had no idea how it would end!!!
For a time, I was thinking that I'd have to award Michael Hirst the GRRM International Prize For Offing The Most Lead Actors In A Single Episode.
And it wasn't even the season finale. Oh my. What in the world does Michael Hirst have up his sleeve for that?
I have a pretty good idea, but I'm not telling.
This entry was posted in History, History Vikings Review, Review, Vikings and tagged Battle, Blackwater, historical, history, Medieval, Paris, Ragnar, Review, TV Series, Vikings. Bookmark the permalink.
I agree the long boats topped worth siege towers,the hand to hand combat the stunning camera work and insanely good acting were indeed,award winning! I was very disappointed work the TV reenactment of the Battle of the Black water. Having read the book first.only Walking Dead or rather Fear the Walking Dead had been able to successfully pull off water scenes that weren't tally on the water. That's just my opinion.


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"Dr. Sally Kenawy saved our baby's life. She will be in our hearts forever."
At 35 weeks pregnant, Stefanie was alarmed when she started experiencing sudden pain in her side.
"I didn't think I was in labour," remembers Stefanie. "But we went to the Hospital to be safe."
After ten long minutes of CPR, Serena's tiny heartbeat returned. "Dr. Kenawy was so resilient," says Stefanie. "She knows our family. She takes care of us. She will be in our hearts forever."
An ultrasound revealed that her baby was fine, but that Stefanie had 2 cysts on her left ovary that were possibly rupturing. Her care team admitted her to the Hospital with the goal of managing her pain for two weeks before delivering the baby by caesarean section. But her pain grew increasingly worse until it became unbearable. She was rushed to the operating room where her doctors helped her deliver a beautiful baby girl, five weeks before her due date.
"We were so happy," remembers her husband Nuno. "We named her Serena."
Dr. Sally Kenawy, the paediatrician on call, knew the family well as she was also the paediatrician for Stefanie and Nuno's two sons. She congratulated the couple in the operating room, where everyone was celebrating Serena's arrival.
Suddenly, Serena stopped breathing.
The team called a Code Pink and a NICU nurse named Shannon immediately started CPR. As a paramedic, Stefanie felt helpless lying on the operating table. She turned her head away. Dr. Kenawy took over CPR and Stefanie remembers listening to Shannon counting breaths. After seven minutes she said to Nuno, "It's too late, it's been too long."
Dr. Kenawy continued CPR on Serena. And then, ten long minutes after she had coded, Serena's tiny heartbeat returned. Stefanie was moved to recovery and Serena was moved to the NICU.
Four months later, Serena is a happy, healthy baby and is adored by her parents and her two older brothers Amadeo (3) and Sebastian (2).
"Dr. Kenawy was so resilient," says Stefanie. "She knows our family. She takes care of us. She will be in our hearts forever. I have always admired her knowledge and competence with our boys, and I am so grateful that Serena's life was in her hands."
"I was there when Serena was born and now she'll be in my care for the next 18 years," says Dr. Kenawy. "I feel like I'm part of the family. I understand what they went through because we went through it together."
Serena stayed in the NICU for eight days. On the night that she was discharged Shannon, the NICU nurse who had started the compressions that saved her life, was on shift.
"Serena had come leaps and bounds since the day she was born. It was a nice feeling to see her leave," says Shannon. "I've always wanted to work in the NICU, and have dreamed of working in a place like Humber River Hospital. I hope Serena and her family have a great life."
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Farmers for the Future - Breaking Down Barriers
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by Charlotte Johnson
UK - A drive to get more fresh talent into agriculture has been unveiled by Farming Minister Jim Paice. The Future of Farming Group will look at how to break down barriers currently preventing more talented, entrepreneurial young people from making careers in farming.
Fewer young people are going into agriculture, while other related industries such as manufacturing are struggling to fill high-skilled posts in engineering and science.
Unveiling the initiative at a National Federation of Young Farmers event at Leeds Castle in Kent today, Jim Paice said: "The future of farming is important - and it needs to be addressed right across the sector. As the Green Food Project has demonstrated, this industry offers an exciting and important career if we are to continue to feed ourselves sustainably.
"A career in farming isn't only an option to people who come from farming families. British farming is highly skilled and if it is to maintain its high standards, we need to ensure that everyone who wants to go into the industry has the right skills, knowledge, and support to take on this challenge."
The Future of Farming Group will be chaired by David Fursdon, current chair of the South West Rural and Farming Network and former President of the Country Land and Business Association. David Fursdon said: "The challenge of producing more food in this country in a sustainable, profitable and affordable way is huge. The farming industry will need all its skill and expertise to do so.
"Undoubtedly this will mean attracting new blood into agriculture as skilled workers, managers, tenants and owners, and adopting the best methods and business structures. This group will build on the excellent work which is already being carried out within the farming industry and also stimulate some news ideas as well."
The recently-published Green Food Project identified that if the UK is to have a successful, innovative and ambitious farming sector going forward, it needs to ensure that there are suitable numbers of people of the right calibre entering the food industry. This includes entrants from disciplines such as science, research, technology, advisory services and business management.
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De bruiloft van Kloris en Roosje is een eind 17e eeuw of begin 18e eeuw door Dirk Buysero geschreven klucht. Het stuk werd vanaf 1707 vrijwel ieder jaar opgevoerd als vrolijk nastuk, na voorstellingen rond nieuwjaarsdag van het treurspel Gijsbrecht van Aemstel van Vondel. Dit bleef zo, tot de laatste uitvoering in 1968. De personages Thomasvaer en Pieternel staan aan het begin van de oudejaarsconference-traditie.

Geschiedenis
Dirk Buysero hield zich in zijn vrije tijd bezig met het schrijven van toneelstukken. Nadat hij eind 17de eeuw in Parijs een opera had bijgewoond, probeerde hij dit genre ook in Nederland in te voeren. Dit leidde in 1688 tot het stuk "De Vrijadje van Cloris en Roosje". Het stuk, met muziek van de Amsterdamse componist Servaas de Koning, was een pastorale waarin de herder Cloris erin slaagt om de hand van Roosje voor zich te winnen. Het operaatje werd opgevoerd in de Haagse Schouwburg, en bleek een groot succes. Hierdoor aangemoedigd, besloot de theaterdirecteur Jacob van Rijndorp dat er een tweede stuk in dezelfde trant moest komen. Uit deze samenwerking volgde een nieuw stuk, De Bruiloft van Kloris en Roosje, dat wederom een groot succes werd.

Niet lang daarna kreeg de Amsterdamse toneelspeler Thomas van Malsem het script in handen. Van Malsem, die bekendstond om zijn komische rollen, nam het stuk flink onder handen. Hij maakte er een bewerking van, om deze te kunnen spelen als luchtig naspel na het zwaarmoedige drama van Vondel in de Amsterdamse Schouwburg. De zang in de eerste drie scènes werd intact gelaten, maar de dialogen uit het vervolg werden flink aangepakt. De oude boer en een boerin in het stukje, de ouders van de bruidegom, noemde hij naar de acteurs, die in deze rollen optraden: Thomasvaer (gespeeld door hemzelf) en Pieternel (gespeeld door Petronella Vlieg).

Het naspel sloeg aan. Terwijl 'de Gijsbreght' sinds 1692 voorheen slechts tweemaal werd uitgevoerd, steeg nu het aantal uitvoeringen tot vier à vijf per jaar. Men experimenteerde in de jaren na 1707 nog enkele keren met andere naspelen, maar "De Bruiloft" bleek zo in de smaak te vallen, dat het vanaf 1717 het vaste naspel werd.

Verhaal
De eerste drie scènes van het stuk draaien om de plattelandsjongen Krelis en zijn vriendinnetje Elsje, die op weg zijn naar de bruiloft van Kloris en Roosje. In de scènes die volgen, wordt getoond hoe Tomas en Pieternel, de ouders van de bruidegom, de bruiloft voorbereiden en de gasten ontvangen. Wanneer in de laatste scène ook Krelis en Elsje eindelijk zijn gearriveerd, kan het feest beginnen. Er is een maaltijd, er wordt gezongen en gedanst, en het bruidspaar krijgt cadeaus uitgereikt door de gasten.

Mogelijk al vanaf de eerste opvoering door Thomas van Malsen, maar in ieder geval vanaf halverwege de 18de eeuw, werd er ook een nieuwjaarswens aan het stuk toegevoegd, uitgesproken door Thomasvaer. In de nieuwjaarswens werd op een luchtige wijze teruggeblikt op de gebeurtenissen van het afgelopen jaar en vooruitgekeken naar het nieuwe. Dit onderdeel kan gezien worden als de voorloper van de oudejaarsconference.

Rollen

 Kloris, bruidegom van Roosje
 Roosje, bruid van Kloris
 Tomas Klorisse, vader van Kloris
 Pieternel, moeder van Kloris
 Elsje, verloofd met Krelis
 Krelis, verloofd met Elsje
 Teeuwis
 Mansette

Muziek
De oorspronkelijke muziek van Carolus Hacquart ging grotendeels verloren in 1772, tijdens de brand in de Amsterdamse Schouwburg op de Keizersgracht. Nieuwe muziek werd hierop gecomponeerd door de toenmalig muzikaal directeur van de schouwburg, Bartholomeus Ruloffs.

Referenties en bewerkingen
Meerdere kunstenaars hebben voorstellingen uit de klucht aan papier of doek toevertrouwd, waaronder Simon Fokke en Cornelis Troost.

Externe link
 De bruiloft van Kloris en Roosje (volledige tekst), In: H.C. Diferee (ed.), Joost van den Vondel's Gijsbreght van Aemstel met het nastukje 'De bruiloft van Kloris en Roosje'. Utrecht 1929, p. 79-94

Nederlands toneelstuk


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GTG 70: Reviews | Layers of Fear | Dying Light: The Following | Horror Game Chat
This episode is all about horror games and games that are just a little bit creepy. Zen reviews Layers of Fear on Xbox One. Then the duo does a game review for the Dying Light: The Following expansion. They also hit up some great horror games scheduled to release later this year.
Tagged: podcast, Xbox One, ID@Xbox, PS4, PC Gaming, Layers of Fear, Dying Light, Dying Light: The Following, Resident Evil, Allison Road, dead Island 2, Grave, What Remains of Edith Finch, We Happy Few, Routine, Perception, Video Game Review
GTG 44: Pre-E3 2015: Our Thoughts, Hopes and Crazy Dreams
This episode is just a huge explosion of game chat centered on E3 2015. Zen and Jen chat about games that want to learn more about or hope to see. Then they dream some crazy stuff that they wish would happen. Some wild E3 predictions are made. This episode is really just Jen and Zen kicking back and geeking out. Next week we will know if anything they hoped for came true!
Tagged: Xbox One, E3, ID@Xbox, Call of Duty, COD: Black Ops 3, Crackdown, Cuphead, Gears of War, Grave, Halo 5: Guardians, Harmonix, Rise of the Tomb Raider, HoloLens, Oculus Rift, Rock Band 4, Star Wars: Battlefront, Fallout 4
GTG 42: ID@Xbox Games - Beach Buggy Racing, Badland and Sparkle Unleashed
This week the girls are chatting all about the latest ID@Xbox games. They review Beach Buggy Racing, Badland: Game of the Year Edition and Sparkle Unleashed all available now on Xbox One. Then Jen and Zen share which upcoming ID@Xbox titles that they can't wait to play! It's another game packed episode and with a few fun things mixed in.
Tagged: Xbox One, ID@Xbox, 10 Tons Ltd, Badland, Beach Buggy Racing, Broken Window Studio, Cuphead, Game 4, Grave, Loot Crate, Reflections, Sparkle Unleashed, The Flame in the Flood, The Witcher 3
GTG 27: New Year, New Games! Xbox One Games of 2015
Zen and Jen look forward to the Xbox One video game releases of 2015. This episode is packed with tons of Xbox One games. Hear all about the games that have caught their attention and what they hope to see. They also talk about the games they want to play but are still not 100% sold on. Then the two make predictions on which hyped up games will be the biggest fail of 2015 and which game will be delayed until 2016.
Tagged: Xbox One, ID@Xbox, iOS, iPhone, Halo 5: Guardians, Homefront: The Revolution, Just Cause 3, Lumino City, Proven Lands, ScreamRide, Battleborn, COD: Advanced Warfare, Call of Duty, Cuphead, Dead Island, Destiny, Fable Legends, Grave, Life is Strange, Love you to Bits, Minecraft Story Mode, Mortal Kombat X, Need for Speed, Quantum Break, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Skylanders, Star Wars: Battlefront, TellTale Games, The Division, The Room Three


Not only are our faculty, like Susan Bosco, dedicated to teaching and mentoring, they are also conducting groundbreaking research in Management, Finance, Marketing and more.
Innovation drives everything at Gabelli School, from providing experiential learning opportunities that prepare our students to thrive in a dynamic, global marketplace to the cutting-edge research conducted by our faculty.
Professor Geraldo Matos is exploring what it means for brands to be "cool" as well as what marketing is all about in Cuba. In his recent study published in the Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, he argued that there's more risk than reward to brand activism.
Professor Alex Knights is interested in CEO performance and characteristics of leadership such as narcissism, that may or may not make leaders more impactful.
Professor Michael Melton founded and leads the GSB student-investing program the Center for Advanced Financial Education (CAFE), which has consistently beat the performance of the Dow Jones every year for the last ten years.
Dean Susan McTiernan is also a professor of management with a long history of research associated with the role of women in organizations and their representation among highest paid corporate executives and boards of directors. Her work has been featured in Businessweek and Crains New York Business, among other outlets. Dean McTiernan also investigates worldwide issues of gender diversity and equality through her role as co-chair of the nonprofit section on gender equity within the United Nations Principles for Responsible Education (PRME) initiative that is based at the UN in New York City. She recently earned the Patricia M. Flynn Distinguished Woman in Business Education Award from the Women Administrators in Management Education Affinity Group.


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MacART Vision
Partners, Collaborators & Supporters
Stakeholder Priorities
MacART Progress Report
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"People whose lives are connected to the challenge of autism can share knowledge – from clinicians to educators to parents – and what an amazing opportunity that is. We have a real opportunity to translate challenges into research, and research into practice that will help families living with autism."
Rob MacIsaac // President & CEO // Hamilton Health Sciences
Policies should be created using the best available evidence that make positive impacts on the lives of individuals with ASD, along with their families.
MacART's founder, Stelios Georgiades, serves on both federal and provincial advisory committees about ASD treatment funding. Along with the wide-ranging expertise of its many ASD experts, MacART is set to act as a highly credible source of evidence-based information to influence and inform public policy about the provision and funding of ASD diagnosis, treatment, and family supports.
MacART will continue to find ways to collaborate with policymakers to both learn more about the policymaking process, and to contribute our expertise and knowledge to inform policymaking, in order to advance autism care through meaningful research.
"Our scientists are working collaboratively with local clinicians to generate the evidence needed to improve autism services. This symposium is a great example of McMaster's community engagement efforts."
Dr. Patrick Deane // President & Vice-Chancellor // McMaster University
The community engagement component of MacART strives to work with stakeholders and involve them as partners in every step of the research process. By doing so, the questions that drive research begin to change. They become more meaningful because they address the real day-to-day challenges faced by children and their families, and the clinicians supporting them.
MacART aims to increase participation and involvement of members of the McMaster and Hamilton communities in the research process. With community members driving the research, new and relevant knowledge can be produced to bridge the research-to-practice gap in ASD and advance autism care through meaningful research.
MacART members are now supervising more than 50 research trainees at the undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels, and are engaged in the mentoring of junior and intermediate faculty members.
In the future, we intend to establish research and clinical training programs for students in McMaster's undergraduate medical, health sciences, and psychology programs, and for residents and fellows in Pediatrics and Psychiatry.
By training and mentoring emerging researchers and practitioners, we will help to solidify their understanding of and commitment to using basic science to inform their clinical practice, and to use their clinical experience to help formulate research questions. It is our belief that involving these learners in MacART educational activities will promote their use of practices that advance autism care through meaningful research.
"Future research needs to focus not only on the biological markers of ASD but also include data about functioning, participation, and environmental barriers and facilitators."
Dr. Olaf Kraus de Camargo // Developmental Pediatrician
MacART is laying the foundation for creating a systematic way of linking scientific research on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) at McMaster University to clinical practice at McMaster Children's Hospital.
The physical proximity of McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton Health Sciences, and McMaster University has a number of characteristics that provides the rare opportunity for collaborative research. Taking advantage of existing university and clinical infrastructure and cross-appointments for clinicians at the university, ASD experts from these organizations are coming together to integrate ASD research into clinical practice.
The focus of MacART members' research is in the areas of basic science, clinical practice, clinical research, epidemiology and statistical modelling, knowledge translation and exchange, and social science research. By promoting the collaboration of stakeholders across disciplines, MacART is reducing barriers to implementing research in clinical practice, with the goal of advancing autism care through meaningful research.
Learn more about our research HERE.
Stakeholder collaboration is an important part of MacART. At our first Symposium, these stakeholders – persons with ASD, family members, researchers, clinicians, clinician-researchers, and policymakers – developed the following research objectives:
Shift the system's emphasis from diagnosis to function
ASD develops early and over time. Tying intervention to red flags and developmental delays rather than a diagnosis will allow families to access interventions at the first emergence of signs for optimal development and outcomes.
Achieving pragmatic balance
Understanding the shared characteristics of children with ASD must be balanced with a consideration of the individual needs of each child. Care should be personalized to each child's strengths and relative weaknesses, while being standardized across patients.
Focus on the whole family
Families are the driving force of change in autism awareness and research. Interventions should involve families directly and families must be included in every aspect of research and treatment.
At our second Symposium, focused on 'Rethinking Autism Training', stakeholders identified the following training priorities:
Embedding Stakeholder Collaboration into Training Programs
Stakeholder collaboration must begin early, and be integrated at the training level, in order to foster lasting relationships. To ensure success, parameters and principles for meaningful collaboration must be identified and evaluated.
Building Infrastructure & Capacity for Interdisciplinary Training
There is a need to develop infrastructure for accessible evidence-based training connecting those coming from diverse disciplines, backgrounds, and perspectives.
Using Diversity in Personal Experiences to Advance Training
We all share a common vision of supporting those living with ASD. Drawing from motivational training approaches can create opportunities to utilize and embrace this diversity to advance interdisciplinary training models and initiatives.
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A part of our roadrip through the Balkans, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe with an old army LR Defender was actually a seaway from Poti, Georgia, to Chernomorsk, Ukraine.
Arriving on Saturday wasn't the most fortunate time to organize a ferry from Poti to Chernomorsk. Still, research had to be done and it turned out there were two ferries going to Chernomorsk within the next two days.
The first ferry was operated by a Ukrainian company called UkrFerry and the one the day after was operated by a Bulgarian Navibulgar. The addresses of their offices were not to be found on their webpages so we went to the port to make enquiries. In the port, we were sent to the UkrFerry office which happened to be quite close (see below for addresses). We found the house – it looked totally abandoned and rundown – you would never guess that there is any kind of office hiding in this building.
We called the office in Ukraine to double check the address and we managed to find out that place was the right one but it was closed on the weekend and their ferry was leaving on Monday. Since it is always better to have several options we tried to find the Office of Navibulgar. We called them and learned that their ferry was leaving on Sunday and the office was nearby as well, and they would be in their office in a few hours to meet us. These guys had an office that was actually in some kind of office building. Of course, they didn't speak any English so Guini had to communicate with them in Russian. It turned out the ferry was delayed and would leave half a day late and their price was higher than the one stated by UkrFerry – which was partly because they kept insisting that our 4×4 was bigger than it actually is – but what can you do.
On Sunday Guini left on the train to Tiblisi. I spent another wonderful yet unusually lonely day at the Black Sea.
The next day, I had to go to the UkrFerry office in order to buy my ticket for the ferry from Poti to Chernomorsk. They did actually open on time (sort of to my surprise) and there were about 8 people waiting to buy tickets. I was delighted – this should be quick then. While waiting, I spoke with a couple from France who had bought their tickets once and had then missed their ferry as it had left earlier than stated [yes, apparently that happens as well].
So the process is as follows: You wait for a really long time to make it into the first room – here somebody writes down some details for your ticket and gives you some printout. With that, you head over to the next room – where you wait once more in order to get the bill. This bill you take across town to a bank in order to pay for the ticket – you then return to the office with the receipt and swap that for your ticket.
Alright, so I spent about 2 hours waiting in the line (there are no chairs) to get into the first room. There were 3 guys working here – rather: one of them is working and the others entertain themselves by watching the walls or browsing the internet. Naturally, the person working isn't in a rush to get things done either.
After 10 minutes or so I am the proud owner of some form that I promptly took to the queue in the next room – 30 minutes later I was rather close to the counter – unfortunately, it turned out that it was time for a 1hour break – the whole office closed down.
After the break was over the office was still closed but the window was open – so I climbed into the window and got ready to wait some more. Thankfully, this didn't take too long – I got a bill which I could now take to the bank. At the bank I drew a number and was told after waiting my turn that they did not accept any cards – why would they right? So I had to find the next ATM which amazingly turned into another 15 minutes of waiting before I could return to finally pay for my ticket! Back at the office I waited another 20 minutes and was finally handed a ticket!
However, there was another delay – the ferry was delayed – they didn't really know when it would leave… maybe in a few hours maybe tomorrow – who can say? I only found out about that because I had met, whilst waiting, another German (via Moldova), Maria, who did speak Russian – the guys in this office didn't speak any English either and hence didn't manage to tell me that news. The two of us went to the port to ask the authorities there when the ferry from Poti to Chernomorsk might be leaving – they were rather certain it would leave at night.
The day had progressed considerably since I had first walked into the office – but that were still several hours of waiting. So I decided to drive back to that lovely beach Guini and I spent the previous day at as Poti doesn't offer that much to look at. I returned to the port later to find out that the ferry from Poti to Chernomorsk would be leaving very early in the morning. So once more to the beach to spend another night under pine trees. Early in the morning, I was finally allowed onto the ferry which would actually leave in the early afternoon.
Before the ferry from Poti to Chernomorsk could leave and take us across the Black Sea some Georgian border guards came aboard in order to check things out and stamp our passports as required. This was pretty quick and painless.
Life on the ferry is, as you may expect, rather boring. The only "thing" that happens is food and passengers are split into 2 groups – one dines half an hour after the other. The food is apparently quite good from what I've heard – the parts of it that I could eat were decent enough – there is no choice for vegetarians and there wasn't a single meal without meat. If you are vegan or vegetarian, I would advise bringing some extra food for the 3 days at sea.
Apart from the food, there isn't much to do – if you brought a car along with you, you can visit it twice a day for half an hour. There is a very basic outdoor area for smoking – but you probably don't want to spend much time here for other purposes – it often smells of diesel fumes or the wind gets really nasty. So the reality of it is that you spend the most time in your cabin. As I understand it there are different types of cabins – some have windows others do not. Some have beds for two and some for a lot more.
Maria and I had boarded very early so we both got a two person bunk room with window to ourselves (as it would later turn out). A while after breakfast some other passenger came and moved into Maria's room – much to her surprise as she had asked the lady at the reception to only share the room with other women (as far as I remember there were about 5 women out of something like 60 passengers). By the evening the man had annoyed her so much that she went to chat with the receptionist and found out the following: In the morning the guy had gone to the reception and told them he wanted to switch to a room with a friend of his (at breakfast, he had asked her what her room number is – she didn't think much of it and told him) The receptionist obliged and there he was in her room. However, things got sorted out and he had to move back to his own room.
Maria had travelled Georgia without company for quite a while so I asked a bit about that. She said she didn't have many problems but some Georgian men can get too attached too quickly. A friendly but very clear "no" may not be enough as she had to threaten at least one man with calling the police before he would get the message and leave her alone. Guini has also had a negative experience as well – after visiting Borjomi we had stopped at the river for a swim. An older local guy who had obviously had a few beers more than what's good for him grabbed her against her will despite me being there as well.
Back to the ferry: I spent my time working on my laptop (no there isn't any internet) and the days went by pretty quickly. The only time we had internet on the ferry was after it had arrived in Chernomorsk. I skyped Guini that the ferry had thrown its anchor and I would be on my way soon – but leaving the port was not as easy as I had assumed.
After the border guards had searched the car they pointed me to a building further down the road. I drove over there and a guy there gestured that I should go up the stairs – around the corner there was an office that I went into – here they had some papers from the ferry which they gave me after filling out some form. I asked what do do with that and she pointed in various directions. The young man from the boat explained I had to go to a hut nearby on the right side. So I went outside again and about 100m to the right there was, in fact, a little hut – it looked empty but a lady was working there. She stamped something – I asked where do I need to go next – with her hand she gestured that I should go away and disappeared somewhere. So I went back to the previous office and that was somehow the right thing to do – they stamped some more and the young man from the ferry, who was still there, told me I need to go back toward the ferry into some kind of tower. So I drove over there and took my documents into the office on the ground floor – a very friendly lady who did speak a few words in English did some more work on the documents and told me to go upstairs. There were some people here in military uniforms and they took my passport and told me to wait 10 minutes. 3 hours later they gave it back to me – apparently, that was an Interpol check to determine whether my car was stolen or not. With this I went downstairs to the lady who promptly took me back upstairs to yell at her colleges – it looked like they had forgotten something. Back at her office she filled in some more details and noticed something else was missing. The young man from the ferry was here as well – apparently, there is a lady walking around somewhere in the port that you have to search for to get some kind of paper with a number on it. The lady from the office helped me track her down – she sat behind some building in a foldable chair with her legs stretched out looking at the sea. With this last piece of paper the documents were finished up and they told me to leave. I drove up toward the exit but the guys at the control point figured I was missing something – there was another office right next to the exit where you had to pay for something. They were currently taking a break so I had to wait 20minutes until I could finally drive out of the port. All in all, it had taken about 6 hours to leave the port.
Now I was on my way to Kiev where I would meet with Guini and her mother. The road from Chernomorsk to Kiev differs wildly in quality – sometimes it is perfect and at other times you can barely go 20km/h without rattling your teeth out. I arrived by the end of the day.


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Women strip down to bathe in milk in Kendal town centre
Young farmer Catherine Park and friend Amy Harrison
Two women stripped down to bikinis and submerged themselves in a bath of milk in Kendal town centre as part of a national dairy protest.
Catherine Park, 21, whose family run a dairy farm in Whinfell, and her friend Amy Harrison embarked on the stunt to highlight the financial plight of Britain's milk producers.
Although price cuts due to come in on August 1 were rescinded by key processing firms, dairy farmers are continuing their campaign to establish long-term price stability for milk.
The bathtub was filled with 200 litres of milk at Kendal's Bird Cage on Monday.
"My family have really struggled," said Ms Park, a Young Farmers' Club member. "I wanted to do something to help raise awareness about the problem."
Windermere councillor Ben Berry, who organised the protest, said the 'general public were just as disgusted with supermarkets as the farmers'.
"I'm as unhappy as everyone else," said Coun Berry. "I think it's important for everyone to come out and show their support."
Dozens of farmers turned out for the protest, staging a small demonstration outside the Iceland store in Highgate.
Young farmer Chris Ladds, 19, said he would like to see supermarkets made to pay a fairer price.
"Dairy farmers need to be paid more money for their work. It's unfair for the supermarkets to take all the profit."
Derek Lomax, Kendal-based group secretary at NFU, said: "When a pint of milk costs more than a pint of water that comes out of the ground then its ridiculous."
Cumbria county councillor for Lower Kentdale Roger Bingham said if payments by supermarkets did not change then the UK would be in danger of losing its dairy industry.
"If we had to lose our cattle then England's green and pleasant land would be at risk of peril," said Mr Bingham.
The protest group SOS Dairy met at Carlisle on Tuesday to seek a way of achieving long-term price stability for Cumbria's dairy farms. It was addressed by DFU Dairy Board chairman Mansel Raymond and chief dairy advisor Robert Newbery.
Thousands of dairy farmers are currently paid around 3p a litre less than milk costs to produce.


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Give the man—and his music—their Dew
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
on December 21, 2007 by Chad Greene
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The eye contact between mock rocker Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly) and his chaste, churchgoing backup singer Darlene Madison (Jenna Fischer) is even more smoldering than the smoky orange stage lighting as the two tackle one of the hilarious showstoppers in Walk Hard, " Let's Duet."
"You and I could go down," Dewey croons, inserting a comically long pause to create a double entendre, "in history."
"That's what I'm praying to do with you," Darlene responds.
Well, the soon-to-be second Mrs. Dewey Cox's prayers have been answered by this purposely silly satire of formulaic rock 'n' roll biopics. Just as with two of writer/producer Judd Apatow and writer/director Jake Kasdan's main models, Ray and Walk the Line, it's a personal-best performance that elevates Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story above what's typical of its genre. With his exceptional pipes, Reilly—who has already earned a Golden Globe nomination for his wonderful work here—evokes everyone from Johnny Cash to Bob Dylan to Roy Orbison to Brian Wilson.
Of course, even the talented Mr. Reilly wouldn't have much to work with if the original songs weren't actually catchy. In addition to the anthemic title track, " Guilty as Charged " and " Let's Duet " are the standouts here, as the songwriters successfully—yes—Walk the Line between the sometimes sophomoric comedy of the movie and the authentic artistry necessary for convincing the moviegoer that Cox could've conceivably cranked out as many No. 1 hits as, well, Judd Apatow.
Although Reilly does, indeed, Walk Hard down the rocky road of stardom for the entire length of the picture, let's just say the journey—and the jokes—are a little funnier in some scenes that in others. Whenever the humor seems in danger of drying up, however, Apatow and Kasdan somehow manage to pull off another celebrity-cameo casting coup—whether it's Frankie Muniz as Buddy Holly, Jack White as Elvis Presley or Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Justin Long and Jason Schwartzman as John, Paul, George and Ringo.
Distributor: Sony
Cast: John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Kristen Wiig, Tim Meadows, Chris Parnell, Matt Besser, Raymond J. Barry, Margo Martindale, Harold Ramis and David Krumholtz
Screenwriters: Judd Apatow & Jake Kasdan
Producers: Judd Apatow, Jake Kasdan and Clayton Townsend
Genre: Musical comedy
Rating: R for sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and language
Running time: 96 min.
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