Around this time of year, when you walk along the narrow streets of Holland, you are guaranteed to smell the lovely, spicey, clove and nutmeg riddled smells of hachee. And if you stand still and concentrate on the mixture of smells coming from any traditional Dutch kitchen, you might be able to detect a sweet and sour undertone, a bit cabbage-like, but not much. You'd be so right! Red cabbage, braised with apples, is THE vegetable to serve with hachee and boiled potatoes. It's a typical Dutch winter dish.
Americans usually don't care for fruit in their foods, but you may want to give this a try. The sweetness of the apple combines perfectly with the tanginess of the cabbage and the vinegar, and makes for a beautiful mix.
Peel the outer, tough leaves off the cabbage. Cut the cabbage in half, then each half in half again. This will give you an easy opportunity to cut out the core which is tough and bitter. Slice each quarter in thin strips (I prefer a chunkier strip). Rinse the cabbage and add to a Dutch oven. Pour in enough water to cover the cabbage and set it on the stove. Add the bay leaves, cloves and cinnamon stick, cover and bring to a slow boil. Stir in the wine or the vinegar, add the sugar, stir and cover again. Let it slowly braise on the back of the stove.
In the meantime, peel, core and quarter your apples. Add them to the cabbage, and slowly simmer for another thirty minutes, or until the cabbage is soft.
Taste, adjust with salt and pepper. If you like it sweeter or tangier, add a bit more sugar or vinegar.
Red cabbage also pairs very well with game: rabbit, hare, venison and elk.
I love "Rode Kool" I am going to make this recipe today although I wont use a cinnamon stick instead I mix cinnamon into the wine and sugar mixture , it brings memories back from the time I was still lived in the Netherlands.
An American friend of mine suggested a variation that replaces the apples with slices of unpeeled orange. It's surprisingly good, especially when you stick the odd clove into the orange peel.
I also like using a cooking sherry instead of vinegar. As the fridge magnet in the kitchen says: "I cook with wine. Some even goes in the food!"
Found your site a couple of days ago and loved it. Even for a dutch person this is good reading.
Rode kool met appeltjes is eaten at our home with bloedworst (bloodsausage). It sounds nasty but is delicous.
Found your website a few days ago. Being Dutch and a bit homesick - living abroad-, I was looking for some old-fashioned Dutch recipes. Making "Rode Kool" with apple and Hachee. Thanks for the recipes.
Good recipe. Better to put thd vinegsr and apple towards the end of cooking the red cabbage.Makes the cabbage ready faster.


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Assessment of Forest Resources Dependency for local livelihood around Protected Area: A Case Study in Popa Mountain Park, Central Myanmar
Author(s): Wen Yali, Theint Theint Htun, Aye Chan Ko Ko
DOI: 10.18483/ijSci.1176 ~ 547 ` 954 a 34-43 Volume 6 - Jan 2017
Forest resources play a crucial role for many livelihoods in the rural areas in Myanmar. Households in rural area of Myanmar, especially destitute households, depend on the forest related activities as one of the income diversification activities. This study estimated forest dependency and identified factors influencing dependency for households living around the Popa Mountain Park (PMP) in Myanmar. A sample of 75 households was randomly selected from three villages surrounding the Popa Mountain Park to analyze the significant of forest income in the rural household economy. The data were collected using structured questionnaire interviews, direct observation and group discussion. This study found that forest income contributes 38.82%, and farm income and non-farm income contribute 34.87% and 26.31% to the total household income respectively. Major forest products around PMP include firewood, medicinal plants, bamboo shoot, honey and others. OLS Regression analysis showed that agricultural income and non-farm income are scientifically and negatively correlated with the forest income. The findings go along with that of similar studies that, providing alternative source of income for the livelihood either through employment opportunities or by a source of income from cultivation would greatly reduce the dependence on the forest. The study concluded that consideration to socioeconomic characteristics of households living around PMP is essential in forestry conservation programs. Therefore, the government should consider measures to increase agricultural production and generate off- farm employment opportunities for rural communities in general and enhance conservation around Popa Mountain Park in particular. Also environmental education programmes should be encouraged in order to reduce dependence on the protected forests.
Protected Area, forest dependency, livelihood, Popa Mountain Park, Myanmar
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Hi, installed into dbw 1.7 1916 mod and the a19 version works. However, the other varaints from 1916 dont show up in plane select screen. Any solution?
Hello dsawan, just add the WWI bomb pack in the first post.
Please can some one tell me I have installed the latest patch V6 with the Brandenburg CI and none of the models have a rear gunner the plane flys ok and all the weapons are there I belive, but no rear gunner showing.
Well my rear pilot seems to be still missing on holiday, I have recently just done a complete new install of DBW and I have just reinstalled the patch V6 but no luck.
Maybe try to select a different loadout option than 'default'.
Thats it vpmedia works ok now with a diffrent loadout never a dull day with DBW 1916.
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In 1998 I was one of the most famous people on the Internet - when I vanished.
There once was a case of seven million humans watching everything I did, and that seemed completely natural. When I started my program on August 22, 1997, seven million viewers saw it every day the following year. In spite of the fact that I was one of the oldest online star of online community in the world, fortunately few still recall who I am.
Already in 1997 I was suffering from paralyzing angoraphobia, but I was longing to divide my artwork with as wide an public as possible. At least it felt like it was in 1997. Most of the time that the drive of the common web is an all-encompassing wish to say hello, I only realized this when I was in my Chatroom (then known as IRC or IER).
There were at least 75 persons in the chats at that point and at least 15 different nationalities. In this era, socially minded communication gives us the delusion that we are all seen and heared. Instead, we simply divide too much until everyone is totally stunned or in such a state of anger, desperation and desperation that soft medias make humans ill quite literally physical, mental and spiritual.
Folks would tell me I should know my place. As early as 1997 I stated that "privacy is in the mind". It didn't matter to me whether they knew about me personally or whether they were looking at my bare physique. A lot of guys have been writing about my work, but I don't think they understand what I'm trying to do.
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Cascade Primary Receives 11 Computers from Past Student
Overwhelming Support for Literacy in the West
Students Urged to be Responsible Digital Citizens
JFLL Undergoes Renaissance
Computer training at the Cascade Primary and Junior High School in Portland has been boosted significantly, with the recent presentation of 11 lap top computers to the institution by a past student.
The donation, which was made recently by Herbert Wallen, Regional Director for Product Marketing at the Boeing Aircraft Company in Washington D.C., in the United States, brings to 11 the number of computers serving the laboratory. Some 10 desk top computers were also given to the school by Mr. Wallen in 2002.
Principal of the school, Lydia Grapine, told JIS News that Mr. Wallen was also assisting the school to procure a multi-media projector to assist both teachers and students in the various subjects taught at the school.
She noted that the computers would go a far way to enable the computer laboratory to provide quality training, and pointed out that it was also intended to acquire related equipment, including video machines, DVDs, a laminating machine and to provide Internet service to aid the teaching process.
Mrs. Grapine explained that the acquisition of the equipment would make the teachers less reliant on the use of the chalk, while conducting their classes, and that the school's extension programme would be able to provide computer training for members of the wider community.
Thanking Mr. Wallen for the assistance he has been giving to the institution, the Principal said the staff and Parent Teachers Association (PTA) have also been planning a number of activities, aimed at raising funds to acquire the equipment needed for the development of the computer laboratory.


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News On Iran & Its NeighboursIraqRice says Iran responsible for Iraq weapons smuggle
News On Iran & Its NeighboursIraq
Rice says Iran responsible for Iraq weapons smuggle
AFP: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice insisted anew Saturday that the Iranian government be held responsible for the use of Iranian made weapons against US forces in neighboring Iraq, even if no direct link can be proven. BAGHDAD, Feb 17, 2007 (AFP) – US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice insisted anew Saturday that the Iranian government be held responsible for the use of Iranian made weapons against US forces in neighboring Iraq, even if no direct link can be proven.
"I certainly can't, and I don't believe the US government can, give you chapter and verse about the involvement of the Iranian government," Rice told reporters travelling with her on an unannounced visit to Baghdad.
"But I think you have to hold the Iranian government as a whole accountable for the activities of its constituent parts and that's why we would appeal to the Iranian government to play a stabilizing role instead of a destabilizing role in Iraq," she said.
The US military unveiled evidence earlier this week of Iranian-made weapons used in attacks on US troops in Iraq, including sophisticated roadside bombs blamed for the deaths of more than 170 American soldiers in recent months.
US officials say the weapons are brought into Iraq by the Qods special forces brigade of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, the government's elite security arm.
President George W. Bush has highlighted the Iranian government's role in anti-US attacks in a recent escalation of aggressive rhetoric against the Islamic regime in Tehran.
But General Peter Pace, the head of the US military, said early this week that there was no evidence that Iran's top leadership was involved in the arms smuggling, something Tehran also denies.
The Bush administration has steadfastly refused to hold direct talks with Iran over the situation in Iraq as long as Tehran refuses to comply with a UN resolution demanding it rein in its nuclear program.
But Rice said Washington had been in touch with Iran via the Iraqis and other "channels" in a bid to stabilize Iraq.
"We have channels that we have used from time to time and on this particular issue we have communicated to the Iranian government our concerns about these activities," she said, without elaborating.
The US and Iran suspended diplomatic relations in 1979 but maintain "interest sections" in Swiss embassies which have been used in the past to exchange messages.
Rice also authorized the US ambassador in Baghdad at one point to deal with the Iranians solely on issues pertaining to Iraq, but US officials had said in the past that this channel was never activated.
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I ENJOYED Laurence Tribe's Op-Ed on the Supreme Court's decision in King v. Burwell ("A victory for the people", June 26). But where he sees Chief Justice Roberts' opinion as apolitical, I see political rationale. . . .
. . . . (I think Roberts has political aspirations.) And where he sees "sour grapes" in Justice Scalia's dissent, I see, well, the same; but also a legitimate frustration with our democracy.
The Court took the case and edited the statute because (1) it would have been inhumane to do otherwise (a traditionally political consideration), and (2) it's unrealistic to expect a Congressional fix. The fraction of bills that actually pass both houses has declined steadily over the past 25 years. (To be fair, the Supreme Court has borne some responsibility for this since 1983, when it ruled that any statutory change requires the agreement of 270 politicians—a bicameral majority plus the President.) In a more agile democracy, Scalia's form-over-substance approach might be prudent. But in reality, an "activist" judiciary will increasingly have to step in for an inactive Congress.


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Written Statement - Consultation Document; "Supporting our Public Service Workforce through Collective Leadership and Legislation: Consultation on the Draft Public Services (Workforce) (Wales) Bill"
Lesley Griffiths AM, Minister for Local Government and Government Business
Our vision for public services, as set out in our strategic framework 'Working Together for Wales - A Strategic Framework for the Public Service Workforce in Wales' is one built on trust, where every employee is empowered to be a leader and influence how public services work.
Building on this vision, the Welsh Government has today published a consultation document "Supporting our Public Service Workforce through Collective Leadership and Legislation: Consultation on the Draft Public Services (Workforce) (Wales) Bill".
The focus of the consultation is on the provision of specific statutory authority for the Welsh Ministers to issue guidance on workforce matters.
It is anticipated this power would be used, in particular to support agreements reached at the Workforce Partnership Council. Such agreements may cover the identification of best practice on workforce matters, enabling successful collaboration and service integration or in respect of other workforce matters which, in turn, lead to improved public services.
Reflecting the importance of collective leadership on workforce matters and the potential use of the power provided for by the Draft Public Services (Workforce) (Wales) Bill, the consultation is also seeking views on options for reinforcing the role of the Workforce Partnership Council. Specifically, it is seeking views on amending the statutory Local Government Scheme to support public sector employers to work in social partnership with trade unions and to recognise the role of the Workforce Partnership Council in reaching agreement on public service workforce issues.
The consultation document can be accessed at:
http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/improving/supporting-public-service-workforce/?lang=en
I look forward to considering the consultation responses which are sought by 21 February 2014.


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It's on US
The somewhat ludicrous Beto O'Rourke is blaming his own nation for Guatemala's present dryness. Now, one can wholeheartedly blame the US for a lot of things down here, but this particular bit of finger pointing is actually rather lame. Liberal self-flagellation in fact.
As of 2017, of worldwide carbon emissions, the US accounted for 13.7%. The UK? A mere 1%. China on the other hand has now attained 29.3% (more than the whole of 'the west') and India's 6.6% needs to be understood in terms of a fourfold increase over thirty years.
Meanwhile, the highest emissions per capita are in Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia.
Stopping this catastrophe is going to involve a while load of condoms as well as little Swedish girls taking the boat rather than the plane.
And the Mayab tended to suffer from near-apocalyptic droughts long before the greatest nation on earth even existed.
Isabella Eklöf's debut film is extraordinary. Can't quite see why it is only scoring 5.6 on IMDB. Critical reviews from the festival circuit were almost all positive, though an extended rape scene (comparable it would seem to the one Gaspar Noé shot for Irréversible) was cut from the version we saw.
I'm not sure it was strictly necessary. The edits between scenes with implied information withholdings work especially well. And this does seem to be as much as chilling exposé of toxic femininity as its gender inverse.
Victoria Carmen Sonne's performance as Sascha is on-the-nose. I've come across a trope-tastic trophy wife here in LAG, with whom - on first acquaintance - I was struck by the most profound, direct, eye-to-eye experience of 'lights are on, but nobody's home'...ever.
Narcisismo perdido; cascarón de carnaval; painted and hollow. Sascha is right there, and yet she isn't.
Misdirected Misanthropy
'Our lifestyle is destroying the environment of our country… creating a massive burden for future generations. Corporations are heading the destruction of our environment by shamelessly over-harvesting resources..the next logical step is to decrease the number of people in America using resources. If we can get rid of enough people, then our way of life can become more sustainable?'
A reported snippet from the manifesto of Patrick Crusius, the El Paso shooter; seemingly a 'white supremicist' in much the same way that David Attenborough is.
As I have noted before self-styled terrorists and racists are often just people who have a general problem with humanity, whilst erroneously imagining that their beef is only really with part of the species.
Like David Attenborough I am something of an atheist and a bit of a misanthrope, so I have some sympathy with the problem if not the solution.
The experience of ageing, of being part of modernity is sadly often one of witnessing ruination — of oneself and of the people and places one senses are being slowly wrenched away as time passes.
Take Antigua. It's not the place I first came to in the 80s. Like Crusius I could start to play the blame game.
For a start, it's possible to have a generic rant about rising population, over-stretched resources, moral decay, corrosive capitalism and so on while sounding both bewilderingly conservative and radical-lefty at the same time.
Where it gets a bit more interesting is when one starts blaming specific groups of people, particularly those than are in some way other to one's nostalgic fantasies.
If these invasive/destructive types are generally better off or more powerful than oneself, one is usually deemed to be a 'terrorist', especially when one takes up arms against them. Here in LAG these might either be braying gringos or affluent hedonists from the capital.
If however they are less well-off and powerful than oneself — in the case of Antigua 'indios' from outlying communities who pile in to sell their crap and generally clog up the streets — then one is typically deemed to be a 'racist'.
Crusius named Mexicans as his problem. Not the ones in Mexico, but the one's he believed were churning up his turf.
If this is racism, it's rather different to the kind of racism that drove certain Germans eastward in the last century in the hope of finding new space in territory then occupied by those they deemed lesser beings. With the Nazis one could argue that the 'hate' started first, its targets blamed for nothing other than their own existence.
With the likes of Crusius there's surely something more situational going on, where Hispanics crossing the border become the surrogate for a much deeper problem with his existence as a member of Homo Sapiens.
Northern Triangulation
Bernie Sanders observed at a recent Democratic debate that "We've got to ask ourselves...why are people walking 2,000 miles to a strange country where they don't know the language?" Given that many of the indigenous people in parts of Guatemala struggle a bit with Spanish, they may not actually have to travel all that far before they start to experience communications difficulties. Yet the question is valid. Why indeed? I can imagine the sort of answer that Bernie has formulated in his own head. And the kind that he will expect his voters to come up with. These will, I suspect, be overly-informed by first world biases that beset both Left and Right in the US. Just hearing the question asked this way sets off my own shithole country dog whistle alarm. Google 'Northern Triangle' and see what you get. When I did it this morning the top item was titled 'Central America's violent Northern Triangle'. The term's Wikipedia entry does at least explain that it is was originally formulated to frame discussion of economic interactions between these three nations, before finally moving on to the rate of intentional homicides in these parts. Intriguingly, this is also a way of looking at the northern part of the isthmus without considering Belize. Aside from the economic ties there are other ways in which this omission is instructive. Belize is a lot smaller, yet relatively more violent these days than the other three. Despite this, it is almost never mentioned in the context of factors driving Central American migration to the US. Now Google the top 100 news items on Guatemala and then do the same for Belize, before scoring them as positive, negative and neutral. I am sure you will surely start to perceive the signs of media bias even within this rather limited sample. President Trump did a safe third party deal with Guatemala supposedly in order to reduce the number of asylum seekers from El Salvador and Honduras yet Guatemala itself, (rather slightly) the least violent of the three countries, regularly sends more migrants north than its neighbours. Many of the Guatemalan migrants being detained right now at the Mexico-US border appear to hail from rural areas with a pronounced indigenous majority. The assumption in the external media is that these less-developed areas of the country must by definition be the ones with the greatest prevalence of the traditional litany of problems, the highest concentration of 'appalling conditions', as AOC puts it. They must also be the ones where discrimination is felt most severely. These assumptions are rarely if ever examined properly.
In Guatemala the intentional homicide problem has tended to be highly localised — concentrated in specific micro-geographies — which have been used in effect to tar the entire the country with the same brush. (As if one could only ever talk about Italy in terms of the conditions prevalent just south of Naples.) Many of Guatemala's rural departments with significant indigenous majorities have murder rates more comparable with Guildford, Surrey than New Orleans, Louisiana. Gang-related crime is also largely absent there. So to provide an answer to Bernie's question that takes more than a moment's reflection, one may have to look at both environmental and demographic factors more closely. One is also going to have to set aside first world conditioning which would otherwise project certain prejudices back onto this problem. For many of the underlying causes may not quite suit the standard progressive discourse.
Shithole Country?
I first came to Guatemala when I'd just turned twenty-one. My initial experience of the country was what you might call 'not propitious'. The vehicle that I was travelling in was pulled over by guerrillas and I faced a row of AK-toting teenagers.
After this I made it safely to Santa Elena, crossed the causeway to Flores on foot, wolfed down a mojarra with some Gallo and have retained my fascination and affection for the country ever since.
So it pains me a little to read articles like this. One is left to conclude that at least the likes of Donald Trump come straight out with the 'shithole country' trope.
American liberals on the other hand, produce an argument like this that is pretty much the same thing, but couched in terminology that makes them feel good.
Statistcs 'compiled by non-profits' supposedly point to persecution of the LGBTI community here, but if one adjusts for the prevalence of powerful, interfering foreign organisations in Guatemala compared to many developed nations, how great is this danger, relatively?
The problem is that this form of analysis has the inevitable tendency to associate countries like Guatemala with only the worst aspects of their social and political conditions. Just imagine that you were to do the same for the 'greatest nation on earth'.
To state that Guatemala is incapable of serving as a safe third country - without even reading the relevant agreement - is American liberal dog whistle for 'shithole country'.
(WTF with that donkey..?)
La Mara Apestatrucha
There's a certain well-lubricated set of gringos of an advancing age here in La Antigua. In the past we've referred to them as the 'Big Fish', not without a dollop of British sarcasm, for they are appear to be textbook cases of 'Big Fish In Small Pond' syndrome.
The epithet is appropriate in another sense as well as they generally go about with the aspect of a fish that has been dragged down the road by a dog.
In spite of this, many have married much younger local women — some on multiple occasions — and having opened some small bar or restaurant prance around town as if they were captains of industry or serial entrepreneurs worthy of a Forbes profile.
Another common feature of the heavyweight lightweights that make up this gang — this mara — is that they appear to have scant regard for the rules and regulations of Guatemala.


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NYT > Books: Nonfiction: Survival of the Prettiest: Darwins theory of aesthetics may be the sexiest, most dangerous idea in evolution.
NYT > Books: Nonfiction: Survival of the Prettiest
Darwins theory of aesthetics may be the sexiest, most dangerous idea in evolution.
Survival of the Prettiest – The New York Times
Monday September 18th, 2017 at 10:02 AM
But it's another of Darwin's theories, his least appreciated (at least to judge by popular books), that is his most seditious — and that this year finally gets the thorough defense it deserves.
A little over a decade after he published "On the Origin of Species," in which he described his theory of natural selection shaped by "survival of the fittest," Darwin published another troublesome treatise — "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relationship to Sex." This expanded on an idea he mentioned only briefly in "Origin." Sometimes, he proposed, in organisms that reproduce by having sex, a different kind of selection occurs: Animals choose mates that are not the fittest candidates available, but the most attractive or alluring. Sometimes, in other words, aesthetics rule.
Darwin conceived this idea largely because he found natural selection could not account for the ornaments seen in many animals, especially males, all over the world — the bright buttocks and faces of many monkeys and apes; the white legs and backside of the Banteng bull, in Malaysia; the elaborate feathers and mating dances of countless birds including bee-eaters and bell-birds, nightjars, hummingbirds and herons, gaudy birds of paradise and lurid pheasants, and the peacock, that showboat, whose extravagant tail seems a survival hindrance but so pleases females that well-fanned cocks regularly win their favor. Only a consistent preference for such ornament — in many species, a "choice exerted by the female" — could select for such decoration. This sexual selection,as Darwin called it, this taste for beauty rather than brawn, constituted an evolutionary mechanism separate, independent, and sometimes contrary to natural selection.
To Darwin's dismay, many biologists rejected this theory. For one thing, Darwin's elevation of sexual selection threatened the idea of natural selection as the one true and almighty force shaping life — a creative force powerful and concentrated enough to displace that of God. And some felt Darwin's sexual selection gave too much power to all those females exerting choices based on beauty. As the zoologist St. George Jackson Mivart complained in an influential early review of "Descent," "the instability of vicious feminine caprice" was too soft and slippery a force to drive something as important as evolution.
Darwin's sexual selection theory thus failed to win the sort of victory that his theory of natural selection did. Ever since, the adaptationist, "fitness first" view of sexual selection as a subset of natural selection has dominated, driving the interpretation of most significant traits. Fancy feathers or (in humans) symmetrical faces have been cast not as instruments of sexual selection, but as "honest signals" of some greater underlying fitness. Meanwhile, the "modern synthesis" of the mid-1900s, which reconciled Darwinian evolution with Mendelian genetics, redefined evolutionary fitness itself not in terms of traits, but as the survival and spread of the individual genes that generated the traits. Genes, rather than traits, became what natural selection selected.
And so things largely remained until now. This summer, however, almost 150 years after Darwin published his sexual selection theory to mixed reception, Richard Prum, a mild-mannered ornithologist and museum curator from Yale, has published a book intended to win Darwin's sex theory a more climactic victory. With THE EVOLUTION OF BEAUTY (Doubleday, $30), Prum, drawing on decades of study, hundreds of papers, and a lively, literate, and mischievous mind, means to prove an enriched version of Darwin's sexual selection theory and rescue evolutionary biology from its "tedious and limiting adaptationist insistence on the ubiquitous power of natural selection." He feels this insistence has given humankind an impoverished, even corrupted view of evolution in general, and in particular of how evolution has shaped sexual relations and human culture.
As Prum knows, he's in for a fight. The biologists who most militantly defend the adaptationist Darwinian view of evolution, such as Richard Dawkins, do not gladly suffer dissent. But true to his argument, Prum seeks to prevail less through brute force of attack than by making his case with clarity, grace and charm. Like a bowerbird arranging its display for potential mates, he seeks not to best his chesty, chattering rivals, but to persuade the open-minded. The result is a delicious read, both seductive and mutinous.
Richard Prum is first and foremost an obsessive birder. Having personally seen over a third of the world's 10,000 known bird species, he draws on his observations and wide reading to defeather and gut the adaptationist view that beauty is an "honest signaling" of evolutionary fitness. His attention never strays far from nature, and his writing in these bird passages is minutely detailed, exquisitely observant, deeply informed, and often tenderly sensual. When describing, say, the "throbbing" display of the lavishly decorated argus bird, he delivers a feathery brush of the erotic.
Prum is also an expert on the evolution of feathers, and he writes of them with the insight and appreciation one hears in the funnest art critics — think Kenneth Clark crossed with Sister Wendy. Prum makes an elegant, plausible argument that rather than having evolved for flight, feathers may actually have first evolved as a decorative surface for sexual display: fitness as a downstream benefit of beauty. The art-critic overtones come not by chance. Prum considers birds artists. Manakins (Prum's study group) carefully choreograph their dances. Bowerbirds mastered perspective in their bower building eons before human painters grokked it during the Renaissance.
Bowerbird males provide Prum some of his most convincing examples. These remarkable birds woo their potential mates by constructing circles, cones, or maypole-like structures out of twigs, then ornamenting both the structures and the ground within and around them with stones, shells, beetle cases, colorful fungi and other found art. Both the architecture and the male's behavior invite the female to observe and consider while leaving her both the space to do so and a clear escape path. In some bowerbird species the male laboriously arranges and rearranges his display, examining it from various angles and making small fixes, writes Prum, with the care of a "fussy florist." The males of several species observe the female examining their work while half-hidden behind a tree or some fencelike part of the bower. If she likes what she sees, she stretches her neck and raises her tail in invitation, and the male comes to mate. (This takes only seconds, and the two will never meet again.) If she doesn't, she leaves.
Prum believes these and similar courtship appeals in other species have arisen from a long, multigenerational, co-evolutionary conversation between mating partners. The male's aesthetic and social qualities are repeatedly tested, judged and (through selection) modified according to whether they please potential mates. Thus the females' individual preferences, says Prum, help drive evolution.
Like all selection, this is not intended to reach any particular goal; it just unfolds according to the demands of either fitness, or in this case, beauty. A trait selected for its beauty, of course, might create problems by selecting for ornaments that work against fitness. But, most crucially in the end, and often offsetting these problems, this "aesthetic" courtship, says Prum, creates an environment, temperaments and rituals — a sort of culture — that give the female sexual choice, autonomy and safety. (As noted, she doesn't get everything; once she and the male mate and part, she raises the offspring by herself.)
Prum sees such aesthetic choices as driving a gradual "aesthetic remodeling" — an evolutionary reshaping of mating behavior, and even of male social behavior more widely, by the civilizing pressure of female preference. Prum stresses this is not about emasculating males, or dominating them; it's simply about selecting for males who allow females autonomy and choice.
By this point in the book, Prum, having made his case so well in birds, turns to the implications of sexual selection for Homo sapiens. He nimbly mines both the animal and human literature to show how, for one human trait after another, adaptationist explanations miss the mark while aesthetic explanations hit home. His catalog of Things Natural Selection Can't Explain but Sexual Selection Easily Can includes homosexuality, a tendency toward monogamy, both sex's taste and capacity for sex outside of female fertility periods, the deweaponization of the human male through the evolutionary shrinkage of almost every body part except the brain and the evolution of human paternal care, which is highly unusual among our fellow apes and close primate cousins. To name just a few.
Consider, for instance, this handful of well-known distinguishing human traits: our constant interest in sex, permanent breasts, big penises, and, last but hardly least, women's orgasms. Except for constant sexual interest (and possibly female orgasm) in bonobos, none of these traits evolved in our fellow ape species. Prum argues that they evolved in humans because they help women evaluate men's prosocial-pleasure potential. When sex offers orgasm at relatively low pregnancy risk, it provides a way not just to reproduce but to assess potential mates' attention to female desires, tastes and choices. Essentially, Prum says, humans evolved to negotiate and have sex as a sort of display ritual. The boudoir is our bower.
One of Prum's takeaways is that, given all this, we have choices to make. All sexual selection, he says, is shaped by conflicts between male and female anatomy, physiology, and agendas. Prum argues that sexual species tend to evolve toward one of two responses to this conflict. One evolutionary response is for males to use greater size to control or coerce the female and curb her power over whether, with whom, and how often she will mate and reproduce. This approach is common in many duck species and gorillas, whose dominant males use the threat of force to command exclusive mating access to the females in their groups and often murder the offspring of their predecessors. The other evolutionary answer is the aesthetic route — the resolution of differences between male and female needs and desires by behaviors and rituals that respect the other sex's priorities and their decisions about how to pursue them.
Prum proposes that we humans have evolved along the latter path, and that, given our powers of thought, conscience and agency, we can accelerate that aesthetic and social evolution. This, he asserts, is why beauty should not be seen as merely the stamp of quality assurance that conventional evolutionary theory thinks it is. Beauty, rather, forms the foundation of an entire, complex evolutionary dynamic — one that can influence how we treat each other.
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Stalking, Shredding, and Streaming: Reading E-Lit Through Artists' Alternative Web Browsers | Schedule | ELO 2018 Mind The Gap!
Browsers play a crucial role in how electronic literature is circulated and experienced. Much electronic literature is disseminated via the web, and many works are written expressly for the web. As with any interface, though, web browsers are not neutral—in fact, browsers have long been a contested space for defining negotiating electronic textuality. From the first shots fired in the 'Browser Wars' to the present, many entities and organizations have asserted varying visions for the capabilities and capacities of web browsers, each putting forth a distinct imagined potential for global hypertext documents.
Alongside the emergent commercial browsers of the late 1990s, several artists made alternative browsers that articulated other ways of conceptualizing a global network of electronic documents, and stood in relief to the particular electronic textuality manifest in browsers like Netscape Navigator and Microsoft's Internet Explorer—a hypertext imaginary that still deeply informs the predominant browsers of today. I will present my research into three such works: The Web Stalker (1997) by the artist collective I/O/D, Shredder (1998) by Mark Napier, and netomat (1999) by Maciej Wisniewski. These works offered alternative interfaces to the web, providing users with means to interact with electronic documents that challenged and expanded upon the reading practices encouraged by mainstream browsers. Moving beyond the metaphor of the printed page, a static arrangement of text and image, these browsers imagined electronic texts as spindling graphs of nodes and links, as shredded cut-ups, and as interweaving streams.
I will draw on interviews with the artists and art historical analytical methods to describe the development, functioning, and long-term impact of these works. In particular, I will consider the ways in which these artists' browsers can inform the study and practice of electronic literature. As works that critically examine the conditions and structures of reading and writing on the web, these browsers constitute important boundary objects between the fields of visual art and electronic literature, although previous discussions of these artworks have not fully made this crucial interdisciplinary connection. The field of e-lit scholarship and practice needs to continue developing a critical language for describing the role that browsers play in shaping reading experiences, and an examination of these artists' browsers can profitably contribute to this.
As an environment for reading and writing electronic texts, the web continues to be a live, contested, and exciting space. In addition to discussing how these artworks inform conceptions and imagined potentials of the web browser, I will employ these as tools for analyzing works of electronic literature; I will use the artists' browsers to read several works of web-based electronic literature, considering how these reading experiences differ from those afforded by mainstream browsers. Although these browsers were created for a web quite different from that of today, I will argue that these works remain vital, pertinent tools for understanding current electronic texts, and continue to provide inspiration for what global hypertext might yet become.


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SSM's High Scores
By MilkyWayWishes, February 24, 2019 in High Scores
MilkyWayWishes 7
Location:Also known as Sickly Silver Moon
Favourite Set:CC1
Sickly's Highscore/Bold Time Master Record
CC1 Steam
1: 82 (b) (Lesson 1)
4: 116 (b) (Lesson 4)
8: 96 (b) (Lesson 😎
10: 51 (b) (Brushfire)
11: 204 (b) (Trinity)
13: [0] (b) (Southpole)
16: [0] (b) (Cellblocked)
40: 193 (b) (Floorgasborg)
42: 187 (b) (Beware of Bug)
45: 286 (b) (Monster Lab)
72: [0] (b) (Reverse Alley)
75: 479 (b) (Steam)
88: 304 (b) (Spirals)
145: [0] (b) (Thanks to...)
CC1 Lynx
#45 (MONSTER LAB): 286
CC1 MS
CC2 (Time)
4: 15 (b) (All Shook Up)
5: 198 (b) (Down And Out)
6: 196 (b) (Door Ways)
14: 3 (b) (Run-Around)
23: 294 (b) (Tricked Ya!)
24: 79 (b) (Jay Walker)
30: 87 (b) (Inlay)
38: 88 (b) (Quick Time)
40: 14 (b) (Quick Time III)
43: 117 (b) (Reticulating Splines)
61: 95 (b) (Feeding Time)
75: 58 (b) (Dress Code)
103: 68 (b) (Runway)
CC2 Score
I'm not going to do this for ages
Putting these down now, I'll organise this whole mess soon
Somehow the first 304 Steam
If these could get in sometime really soon so I can organise this thread that would be lovely


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Ghost – A Pale Tour Named Death, last night in Charlotte, NC Reviewed by Dianna Augustine on December 3, 2018 .
What You Missed, What You Should Know, and How You…
Ghost – A Pale Tour Named Death, last night in Charlotte, NC
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Tags: @Ricky Thigpen, A Pale Tour Named Death, Carnal Copia, Ghost, Ghost the band, Metallica, Photographer: Ricky Thigpen, Prequelle, Thomas Forge, WorldWired Tour, Writer: Dianna Augustine
What You Missed, What You Should Know, and How You Can Catch Up
Photos by: Ricky Thigpen
They come bearing gifts of metal and splendor. The altruistic demigod Cardinal Copia brought all his silky sermons to woo the crowd last night with his Nameless Ghouls to round out the performance line-up for Ghost. If he wasn't rocking the side-to-side stage runs, acoustic jams, or holding hands with a sweet lady fan in the front row, giving her the night of her life, he was giving killer quotes about people, who on this dreary night were sitting outside the venue, mere feet away, protesting the band's incredibly dedicated satan worshiper fans. Oh the insanity! (See "Protests" below)
For those unfamiliar with the Grammy award-winning Ghost, they are a super group paired with several different rotating musicians donning cool sculptured masks and lead by Tobias Forge. Sure they are all in make up and masks and have some of the best lights and photopit rules in all the land, but the music and the fans are what really make these shows noteworthy. The fan interaction and all of their precious ghouls-igan antics lead into, for me, the best part; looking around to see all the fans dressed to the nines in various eras of the bands 12 year stint. I mean, they have a way to touch you and have the feeling stay. Nostalgia.
For one fan, Stephanie Plyler, nostalgia is an understatement. She admitted that the band had touched her deeply through an awful time in her life and even though it might seem a little odd with the lyrics and content of their newest album Prequelle but having a chance to get lost in the sounds and the tour itself helped her cope while dealing with the death of her beloved father, who lost his battle to cancer not so long ago, and "all that was happening right around the release of the new album so it just clicked." She went on to say, " I appreciate how they are keeping the shows to smaller venues and still giving a more intimate performance. It's a total theater experience wrapped in a metal show, and the girl playing the tambourine in the back was a favorite moment of joy during this show, it was just an infectiously happy moment."
The set-up:
No gimmicks here – just amazing face paint, gorgeously intricate masks and robes, and a story of all stories. The band is known for their deep backstory always leaving clues to the next move, band member shifts, and let's just say these dudes know how to promote the f out of everything. I think they could sell air to fans and make a killing.
The stage is a few elevated levels and spots for the nameless ghouls, a church scene with ample billowing stage smoke filling every crevice of the platforms. Spotlights dance with Cardinal Copia – as Mr. Forge always stays in character and what a character he is.
With quips such as: "However, I bet you did not expect there to be one song on tonight's repertoire so gosh darn heavy that it would tickle your taints, did ya!" and to everyone's uproar they were all about it. "Mummy Dust" was one of the highlights of the show.
(video by fan Stephanie Plyler)
It's definitely a church of music-like atmosphere – a fandom, a connection, and if we are going down in flames at least we are having a blast! Here is a little bit of their backstory when David Zeck got a chance to see some of the latest press releases and performances .
Prequelle album review
Sold out show at Capitol Theatre
Ghost Holds a Revealing Sermon in NYC at a press conference
Lately they have been in the news a bit with:
A lawsuit – Tobias Forge the fearless leader is being sued again, petitioners (ex band members) citing that the previous judge and Forge have Freemason ties. This is not a reality TV gimmick, this is real life. Who comes up with this stuff? You can read all about the suit here.
Their new single "Dance Macabre" is for sure a staff favorite as well and we anxiously awaited to hear it live.
Protests?
The band came to Charlotte, smack dab in the middle of the bible belt, and the crazies came out to protest. Yes, harsh word "crazies" – but not when you think about it. Are we REALLY sinning enjoying some darker music that may or may not be blasphemous? Are we really going to burst into flames for throwing up horns, screaming our lungs out, and escaping from the stress that life throws at everyone daily? Sometimes, just sometimes, we find chances to get lost in the entertainment of the night and lucky for us, it was Ghost because if you are fan of the music itself or the theatrical show you experience you are definitely entertained.
In front of the venue, there were a couple of people, including one entire family, with signs picketing – a bullhorn screaming how everyone attending "Worships Satan, steals, and murders, and will of course go to the big H." The soundtrack to their efforts were some classic Christmas tunes; Holiday cheer knows no boundaries! Honestly think the only thing we stole was a moment to dance at a concert, the only thing we worship is music our lord and savior, and murder … I might have murdered a plate at Midnight Dinner after the set. We danced so hard – we need to carb back up! So take back your oversized cross Gabriel and let us MOSH!
Touring hard on the new album and where you can see them:
Ghost are currently stampeding across North America on this tour in support of their latest LP, Prequelle, which came out this past June. They were on the Rats! on the Road Tour in the United States which ran from May until June 1st. They opened up for Guns N' Roses in Oslo, Norway in July but began A Pale Tour Named Death in London, England at Royal Albert Hall on September 9th.
A North American tour of the same name began later in the fall featuring two headlining arena shows in LA and NYC and will continue in 2019 over in Europe. You can also catch the band in March 2019 in Australia as part of Download Festival and lastly but certainly not least in May-August you can see them on the road as an opener for Metallica's Worldwired tour (see our coverage of this tour here)! To see the full list of upcoming dates, head over to the bands website.
HORNS UP! \m/
See full gallery of the night!
http://ghost-official.com
Dianna Augustine
The leader of the pack, shutter16.fam, head photographer and brain schemer has been a Charlotte based concert photographer since early 2002. Her passion for photography was cultivated by her grandfather, a very well known and decorated war photographer who put the first camera in her very small hands at the age of three.
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Two huge heated pools provide more than a quarter mile (400 meters) of swimming pleasure. Swim the whole length of it and you'll pass six waterfalls and a dolphin habitat. The pool is open year round except for maintenance during one winter month (usually December).
The Tropicana might have the 6th best pool on our list, but this longstanding resort on the southern end of the Strip has the highest pool-excellence-to-room-rate-ratio of any in Vegas. There are several large pools here, some connected by narrow swimming channels. One of the pools is heated to 90 degrees F (32 C) and is open year round; another is half indoors and half out. The coolest features, however, are the summertime swim-up bar and swim-up blackjack areas.
The pool at the Golden Nugget, in the Downtown area, falls to #5 because it is not very large. However, it does have perhaps the coolest feature of any Vegas pool: a shark tank!
No, the sharks aren't in the pool with you. But it does sort of feel that way. A 20,000-gallon aquarium, home to five species of sharks as well as multiple fish, sits square in the middle of the Golden Nugget's oval-shaped swimming pool. And if you want to get even closer to the sharks there's a 3-story high water slide that runs straight through their habitat. Check out the YouTube video below, taken by some one we hope had a waterproof digital camcorder.
This is where the beautiful, young, scantily clad folks tend hang out, especially during the Sunday Rehab parties. If you manage to pry your eyes from the people you'll see that the Hard Rock's pool complex is rather beautiful too. There are several little sandy beach areas, a meandering river pool and lots of lush little hidden away spots grabbing some alone time with one of the pool patrons. We also like the swim-up blackjack table.
The Hard Rock pool is open to non-guests.
The MGM is a phenomenally huge resort and has a pool to match. Over nearly 7 acres of tropical settings the MGM plays host to three whirlpools and five large swimming pools. At our favorite of the pools there's an extended very shallow area (eg. a few inches/centimeter's deep) with low set lounge chairs—perfect for kicking back with a book. There's also a "river" that meanders around the pool. Rent an inflatable inner tube and let the river current take you along.
A 150-foot water slide that spills out into a series of terraced pools. An 80-foot (24-meter) long year-round heated pool fronted by a pink flamingo fountain. Gorgeous landscaping. Numerous waterfalls. Swim-up blackjack. The enormous 15-acre pool complex at the Flamingo has nearly everything swimming-related except for a sandy beach and wave pool (like Mandalay Bay, below). There so much here that you can find an area that's social or secluded or kid-friendly or whatever pool-side scene fits your mood.
You'll get your ID inspected more intently at the entrance to the Mandalay Bay pool complex than you will at the entrance to the secure area of the airport. That's how great the swimming pools are here. Everyone in Vegas wants to go. But, sorry, you have to be a registered guest either at Mandalay Bay or at their neighboring creatively-capitalized boutique property, THEhotel.
The heart of the Mandalay's pool complex is The Beach. It is an actual beach with sand and lapping waves. The sand, all 1,700 tons of it, was imported from California. The waves are machine-made; they average around 2 feet (60 cm) high but occasionally top 6 feet! The Beach is also the scene of a usually-incredible outdoor concert series (check the schedule and buy your tickets here). Got a gambling problem? You can gaze out upon the action on The Beach through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the air conditioned beach-side casino.
The swimming possibilities at Mandalay Bay extent beyond the wave pools too, including one heated pool that stays open all winter and one pool where no kids are allowed. Add to that several waterfalls and a lazy river and the pool alone will make you happy you choose to stay at the fabulous Mandalay Bay Resort. Just make sure you bring your ID.
Monte Carlo is an especially good pool resort for families; the swimming complex here includes a 520-square-foot kiddie pool. There's also a wave pool.
Green Valley Ranch Resort and Spa has a pool with a beach and plenty of surrounding foliage. The Green Valley is several miles from the Strip, though.
Wynn is perfect if you are looking for a quiet pool-side place to hang out. The long, thin pool here is the sort of place where you'll find most people napping on your lounge chairs and a few swimmers in the water doing laps.
The Bellagio is a great choice if you want to stay in a classy resort on the Strip without a mega pool. The six swimming pools here are are small scale and low key in a faux-Italian garden setting.
Wow they all look so amazing! I think the Golden Nugget might be my pick though. I can't believe I haven't visited any of these pools on my trips to Vegas. Next time for sure!!
My favorite is the Flamingo and then Mandalay Bay. I live here and have been and seen all.
It's really frustrating that you don't mention that ALL of these are closed between Dec & April…kind of defeats the purpose of looking at these for a winter break.
Pool at the Golden Nugget sounds really amazing– what's the hotel like? Had the same question about Caesars Palace– cool pools, but are the sheets scratchy? Anybody stayed in either of these?
The rooms at Caesars range from okay to great. The sheets aren't scratchy (at least not that we remember) but the cheapest rooms are a bit uninspiring. It is worth spending the extra $ to upgrade a room level or two.
As for the Golden Nugget, the rooms are fine and the beds, we'd say, are "good enough." It's definitely more of place to stay when you plan to be out in Vegas (or down by the pool) for most of the time and are using the room almost exclusively for sleeping and showering.
Yes, we had the time of our lives at Caesars.
also. We stayed in Octavia Tower.
Been to four of these top seven mentioned. Tropicana was a little older crowd, Flamingo was a mix and cool with it's various little mini slides, Mandalay incredible, and the slide at the Nugget nicknamed the "Snake Charmer" was addicting! Can't wait to revisit that one again this summer!!
Curtis: All that pretty much sums up our experience as well. Clearly, this summer you should hit the three on this list you haven't been to.
For as many times as I have been to Vegas, I had never heard of the shark tank adjacent to the swimming pool at the Golden Nugget. That would be fun swimming in. I have done the Mandalay wave pool.. those were good times!
Nice shoots of beautiful pools i like Golden Nugget pools thanks for sharing buddy.


Thank you, Sflake. Thank you, Ruth.
Yesterday I did over 12 000 steps. But I ate like an oinker, and gained a pound. Thanks to Ruth.
Sflake, you have a pool, huh? Lucky girl. Do you ever think, "This is ridiculous! I need SERVANTS!" I do. All the time.
Well, I didn't walk as much as usual but the company was better. My Girls don't chat or shop on our walks.
Today we will do a long walk to the park and then I'll be doing lots of gardening. That sure counts as exercise - bending, stretching, weight lifting - my body always tells me the enxt day that it was exercise!
What kind of pedometer do you use? I've been thinking about getting one.
Lidian - I am impressed with your running! I did 3 - one minute jogs on the treadmill today and it nearly killed me!
We stopped at a pawn shop on the way home. A new experience for me. I felt very shady in there.
I am leaving to go workout now.
I went for another little run - am building up again slowly, last week 15 minutes' worth and today did 20...I am investing in orthotic inserts to offset runner's knee, which I am amazed I did not think of last spring when my knee was starting to twinge a little. I do it after I drop the girls at school as I am already outside and might as well. Otherwise I won't, no WAY! It has to be very easy and obvious for me to do stuff. Which is why I like walking too.
Jennifer, I find running (and walking) on a treadmill really hard - much harder than doing it outside, I don't know why! We have a pretty good quality treadmill too. So I think you are doing really well! I can't do more than a minute or so on the treadmill myself (really!). Don't have a clue why!
Lidian, I got orthotics a few years ago, and they are GREAT! (expensive little buggers, though) I guess I should really get a new pair made, but I so rarely wear running shoes anymore... I'm usually in my Birkenstocks, which have been a GODSEND where my feet are concerned.
That is too weird about the treadmill! Maybe it's psychological. ? You and Jennifer have inspired me... I may just start running a little at the Y again soon.
Congratulations to both of you on your running!!
PS....yep on the servants, know where I can get some cheap?
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That's so interesting about the body temperature thing... I had no idea. You must be constantly researching MS and hoping for new meds/etc.
Lot's of walking today - walked to WW and home again, probably had about 2 hours of walking in for the day.
An hour and a half of yoga last night.
Sflake, is it Interferon Beta 1a that she takes?
Yes Ellis it is, and she has had very positive results with it. Way to go on the yoga. Is it hard to do?
Some of the poses are quite intense, though, and we seem to hold them FOREVER! And we do a lot of breathing exercises. "Breath of fire". I always have a good night's sleep when I get home.
My daughter and I get a LOT of tension related headaches (plus migraines), and the yoga helps tremendously.


David Doyle, a popular character actor easily recognized nationwide after his long-running role as Bosley on "Charlie's Angels," has died. He was 67.
Doyle, who lived in Encino, died Wednesday night of a heart attack, his agent Ginger Lawrence said Friday.
For the past several years, Doyle had been the voice of the grandfather in the Nickelodeon cartoon series "Rug Rats." He had recently completed episodes of the television series "Lois and Clark" and "Sunset Beach."
But the versatile actor is perhaps best remembered as John Bosley, assistant to the mysterious "Charlie," who relayed the boss' messages to three beautiful "Angel" detectives. Although the detectives changed, Doyle remained with the hit series for its entire run from 1976 to 1981.
Adept at either comedy or drama, Doyle found steady work in television and motion pictures throughout his long career. But he clearly preferred working in live theater.
"It's where I began," he told The Times in 1993. "And theater is a whole other experience. It's the immediacy an actor appreciates: You don't have to wait a year for the response. You get it instantly, either in silence or laughs. And you get to show the entire spectrum of a character, do the whole story. It's a full, complete quilt--much more fulfilling than piecework."
At the time of that interview, Doyle was directing a West Coast premiere of "I Was Dancing," a six-character play he had appeared in on Broadway three decades earlier. The play was staged at the Richard Basehart Playhouse in Woodland Hills, where Doyle often performed and had received critical acclaim in A.R. Gurney's "The Perfect Party" in 1988.
Born in Omaha, Neb., Doyle began acting when he was 10 in a community theater production of "Life With Father." After prep school in Wisconsin, he attended the University of Nebraska, and then honed his craft at Virginia's Barter Theater. In 1950, he joined the Neighborhood Playhouse troupe in New York.
After four years in the Navy, Doyle returned to New York and made his Broadway debut replacing Walter Matthau in "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" He met his wife, Anne, when both were appearing in "South Pacific" at New York's Lincoln Center.
Doyle moved to Los Angeles in 1972, noting dryly: "It became obvious I had to come west in order to work."
He made his motion picture debut in 1963 in "Act One," and later added such credits as "Love or Money," "No Way to Treat a Lady," "Paper Lion," "Vigilante Force," "Capricorn One," "Coogan's Bluff" and "The Comeback."
On the small screen, he was in several television movies, including "Blood Sport," "Archie," "The Invisible Woman," "Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home" and "Ghost Writer."
He starred in the mini-series "The Blue and the Gray," and appeared in such series as "Murder, She Wrote," "Love Boat," "Fantasy Island" and "Hart to Hart."
Doyle and his wife had been active supporters of Retinitis Pigmentosa International.


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Support Available at University
"University can often look like a minefield of potential stressful situations."
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With the start of the academic year, there's lots of talk about the challenges of settling into university and moving to a new environment… But there is a great deal of support out there and so moving to university needn't be as daunting as it seems. As a student, you have access to a variety of specialist support. Don't forget that Universities and services know that challenges tend to fall hand in hand with the university experience.
When you have mental health difficulties, you are often encouraged to access treatment, such as medication or talking therapies. Articles (such as Dealing with Depression at University) that focus on the demand of university often highlight the important work that counselling or health care services do in this area, but it is also worth noting that these may not be right for everyone and indeed may take some time for someone to see the benefits.
It is important to remember that students will encounter practical issues, whether undergoing therapy or not, and that there are additional resources available and adjustments that can be made for students experiencing mental health difficulties.
If you are experiencing a mental health difficulty, or have done in the past, find out about the practical support that is available in your area. It may be worthwhile visiting your university's website to find out the range of support they offer. In addition to counselling services, this can include student advice services, support networks, and mental health advisers. Other services that you could consider are those that are led by students at your university, this may include Student Minds peer support groups or the Nightline listening and information service.
It is also worthwhile considering the specific issues you encounter in relation to your course. In this context, it is considered reasonable for a university to make adjustments which take into account the needs of a student who uses, say, a wheelchair by ensuring their physical access to the course; many do not realise that experiencing mental health difficulties means that you may be entitled to similar resources or arrangements to similarly facilitate access to your course. See below, for more information on accessing these resources.
"Most students do not disclose their mental health problems to staff, primarily due to fear of discrimination…"
As well as the challenges which are so often talked about, university presents new and exciting opportunities, even within the realm of mental health. Deciding to disclose mental health difficulties can be a positive and empowering experience which may lead to you developing a wealth of coping strategies and becoming more aware of yourself and your capabilities. Whilst many students may fear disclosing due to the 'discrimination' suggested in articles, the Equality Act ensures that it is unlawful for anyone employed by the university to discriminate against you.
Disclosing difficulties is a unique and personal process and, if you should choose to do so, it can be beneficial and allow the university to put support in place early. When disclosing your mental health difficulties, you should expect to be treated equally and to have some discussion about how your difficulties may or may not affect your university experiences. After disclosing, you may feel less pressure and potential issues could be headed off before they occur. You may also be entitled to receive what the Equality Act calls 'reasonable adjustments'. Through discussion and negotiation, these adjustments can be designed and implemented to enable you to fulfil your potential at university. You may have access to these through applying for Disabled Students' Allowances.
"The amount of students seeking help for depression with higher education has more than doubled in recent years…"
An important aspect that these articles do communicate is that if you are experiencing mental health difficulties then you are far from alone and even when it may feel isolating, the likelihood is that in most University classes, there will be people whose studies are affected by mental health difficulties. If you should decide to disclose these difficulties, you will not be alone in that aspect either.
When disclosing your difficulties, you may be eligible to receive Disabled Students' Allowance which is a non-means tested grant and can fund additional costs that you may incur as a result of mental health difficulties while studying. Although you may not identify with the term 'disabled', mental health difficulties can, at times, be disabling and universities would prefer to work with you on preventing things from getting worse, and in anticipating difficulties which you may encounter, having a proactive approach rather than just reacting when something has gone wrong.
Mental Health Advisers may work alongside the disability services or counselling services but it is not their role to be counsellors. A Mental Health Adviser will be able to support and encourage you to consider your rights and think about additional resources which may help you to access education. As well as adjustments and resources, this will also include signposting or referral to therapeutic and medical services.
University can be challenging but specialist support is available. Make yourself aware of the support that exists.
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What does Islam say about writing fiction stories such as novels or short stories? I am not talking about adult or horror stories, although i am fascinated by horror and I am currently writing a horror story but I might never share it with anyone if it crosses the line. I find the art of story writing to be an excellent accompaniment to my psychology studies. By exploring different characters and their states of mind it helps me to deal with issues in my own life too, especially childhood. I enjoy creating chemistry between different characters. Writing stories also helps me to relax and express myself which has been a major issue in my life. I also think it has the potential to promote positivity in society between people and address complicated issues. Is there anything that islam does not allow in writing or reading fiction stories?
Why Not Only Follow Quran?
Salam Alayakom dear brothers and sisters! I just want to know why we can't ONLY follow the Quran? Why do we follow hadeeths aswell? And how can we be so so sure about the hadeeths when it's written by man? I am having a discussion with a sunni who says that he only follows the Quran.
Assalamu alaikum brothers and sisters, Can someone post a Hadith about dry impurity not making things impure unless it's wet ? Thank you so much.
Salam, brothers and sisters! I had this question in my mind for a while and it would not let me sleep, so i decided to share it with you. Hopefully, someone can either answer it perfectly or at least point me in the right direction. I am aware of the methodology used to authenticate the hadeeths, i.e. through Ilm e rijal. My question is: What if the chain of narrators itself is forged? Meaning that is it possible that the chain of narrators are wrongfully put into a hadeeths isnad to make it seem valid for the people who will then study the chain and realize that the narrators are fine and the hadeeth is sahi, but they wont knoe that the chain itself is not right. Cannot seem to wrap my mind around it. Any Thoughts/Opinions/Facts Based Reasoning? Wassalam! May Allah bless you and the blessings of the Ahlulbayt(a.s) follow with it! Jazak Allah, khair!
I apologize for my frantic tone, I am extremely stressed out by this. Hello, good members of Shiachat. I have a question for you regarding how to study Islam, I simply have no idea how to approach the matter. With languages, I'd get a beginners book, then intermediate, then advanced; but Islam is the most and complicated subject in the world, there's 80 different beginners, all completely different, and I have no idea what the first step is. I was recommended two great sources of information, https://www.al-islam.org and http://www.shiavault.com. But I am paralyzed with the lack of structure and direction. I have no issue with reading every book featured, but I need to know what order to read the books in, and in what order to tackle the broad subjects. I don't want to flounder in one subject because I didn't study its prerequisite. It would be like starting Calculus before Algebra. And I also would like to understand another matter. Whenever I come here I am absolutely stunned by the rainman-esque level of knowledge, specifically when it comes to citation. A question is posed and somebody would rattle off citation after citation like a wizard. "You're wrong because of Hadiths X:x,X;d, X;a, X;r, X;d, X;s, X:q, X:t, X:23, X:33, X:32, X:34, X:65,X:12". Then the other guy says, "Well, if you'd check Hadith X, specifically 3:55, 6:33, 5:12, 6:98, 9:09, 2:34, you'll see blah blah blah....". "Hmmmmm well, yes, but, I must say that Hadith 3:55, which you've mentioned, is tha3eef because the 15th chain down from the primary source was known to be a habitual liar, and his goldfish and cat were kaffirs. How on earth do you do this? Knowing all these Hadiths, the history behind them ( and anything they'd throw at you), and then somehow keeping it all in your brain. Again, I apologize for my anxiety, but my ignorance is killing me and I am desperate. I eagerly await your advice, and thank you in advance.
I remember reading a thread with all the conditions about when to accept a muwathaq hadith from a non-imami. Unfortunately i cannot find it anymore. Can someone please post the link if they find it or if you know the conditions, please post them.
Salam brothers. The hadith we bring up in sunni books- "ali, you are the wali of every believer after me" is a strong proof to use to show that 'wali' does not mean friend and it has to mean leader because of the usage if 'after me'. However, after looking at the debate on this hadith, i have found that there are 3 chains. 2 of them contain shiees so they reject them but one of them contains no shia, the narration of abu balji. Although, I have seen some try and weaken this hadith because they say abu balj made a mistake and instead of narrating to amr bin maymoon, he meant to say mayoom abu abdillah who is weak and would make the hadith weak. thoughts?
As salamu aleikoum, As a law student, I would like to know if there is any hadith (shia if possible) about acquiring secular knowledge. I know there are a lot of hadiths about acquiring knowledge but I wonder if these hadiths only speak about religious knowledge. I recall a mollah talking about one of our Imams (as) giving a long chemistry lesson to someone though. Also, I heard that one is not considered a true shia if there is anyone better/more successful in their village. Again, I don't know what exactly this hadith means. The mollah stressed that as a muslim/shia you should be the best at everything you do, although he didn't mention any narration about that (starting from 7:30).
Asalaam Alaikum- Question~ A Sister friend of mine had this sent to her from another sister, I told her I am not sure of its validity but it is deemed false in a couple of Sunni Fatwa sites. Can anyone think of a source or is this just bogus? e THE IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER... Read it and tell me if you think the punishment part is right, we all know that not offering our prayers (salat) is HARAM! But little do we know the punishments that we will face... The Prophet peace be upon him narrated. "Convey from me, even if its one verse (Ayah)" Maybe forwarding this message to others can be beneficial for your Intercession on the Day of Judgement. The punishments of the one who doesn't pray. The Prophet peace be upon him narrated: "Whoever shows heedlessness (negligence) in praying salat, Allah punishes them with fifteen kinds of punishments" Six punishments in this lifetime. Three punishments while dying. Three punishments in the grave. Three punishments on the day of Judgment. Six punishments in this lifetime: 1 - Allah takes away blessings from his age,(makes his life misfortunate) 2 - Allah wipes out the virtues of righteous people from his face. 3 - Allah does not accept his Dua's. 4- He will be detested by all creatures on Earth. 5 - Allah does not award him for his good deeds. 6 - He will not be included in the prayer & Dua's of the righteous. (good people) Three punishments while dying. 1- He dies humiliated. 2-He dies hungry. 3- He dies thirsty. Even if he drinks the water of all the seas, he will still be thirsty. Three punishments in the grave. 1- Allah tightens his grave until his chest, ribs come over each other. 2- Allah pours on him fire with embers (red colour, hot coal made of immensely heated firewood). 3- Allah sets on him a snake called "The Brave" "The Bold" which rolls all around his body & crushes him. Three punishments on the day of Judgment. 1- He will be dragged face down over hot burning coal to the hellfire. 2- Allah gives him an angry look that makes the flesh of his face fall down 3- Allah judges him strictly and orders him to be thrown in hell. Those who do not offer their prayers of: FAJR: The glow of their face is taken away. DHUHR: The blessing of their income is taken away (even if he has millions, he will be poor). ASR: There is no strength in their body. MAGHRIB: They are not benefitted by their children. ISHA: The peace of their sleep is taken away. a beautiful duaa for thanking Allah for every moment "Allah humma Ainni ala zikrika wa shukrika wa husni ibadatika"
It seems a trend for many Muslims to easily labeling as haram on almost anything such as music, sports, driving, riding bicycles, movies, TV, INTERNET including youtube, etc. thus unnecessarily harming health, work and educational opportunities for many, especially for women. Such trend would be a catalyst for attacks on Islamic system as a whole from inside and out if left ignored. In going over how things are ruled as haram(prohibited), let us start with Quran as a source. Ayat can be muHkam or mutashabih. The muHkam /clear verse which can be 'aam / general, khaas / specific, (amr and nahy)/(imperative and prohibitive), or mushtarak / collective. مشترك Amr(imperative) can be Fard (obligatory by clear textual dalil evidence) wajib(necessary by probable evidence), manduub(recommended), or mubaah(permissible/indifferent). Nahy can be haram or makruh(disliked). So haram ruling is derived from nahy type of MuHkam verse which is absolutely clear by its own. Thus, Quranic source of haram, makruh, mubaah, manduub, wajib or fard ruling is from muHkam verses. Since some of us are subjected to such rulings with real consequences with accompanying execution power of rewards or punishments by rulers, we all must understand the mechanism of the rulings. If the source of such ruling is only from hadith with vague wording with outdated situation, such as allowed traveling distance for women; is it OK to apply the lower standard in deriving hukum than from Quran? Please help me here by correcting me in any part, offering your knowledge in this area of Islamic jurisprudence. Thank you in advance.
Salam Is there any powerful dua that immediately eliminates bad habits from your mind ?
Salam aleykum, I have heard from different hadiths that the earth/dust of Karbala cures every aliment except deadly ones and I do believe that every earth/place has its own energy which affects the people living there. Well, I had an idea in mind and I wanted to see if its advisable or something that should be refrained from. I think all of my turbahs are from Karbala soil and after I have used them for some time they get dirty, I usually take a knife and scrape off the dirty top layer of the turbah, the "dirty" layer is still mixed with large amounts of Karbala soil. So I was thinking: is it allowed to mix this earth with planting earth in a pot and then for example grow herbs or vegetables from that mixed earth? That way the fruit of such earth is grown on/from Karbala soil and should contain the blessings of it the way I see it. Is it okay to do this and has anyone done it before/know if the fruits has the benefits of the earth?
Salaam. Can someone please help me figure out if this is an authentic saying of Imam Ali (AS) please? "The words of Allah are the medicine of the heart." I've seen it multiple times online but wanted to confirm that it's an authentic Hadith/saying. Thanks in advance.


We have a room block set up with the Argonne Guest House. It is just a short walk to the meeting space.
Please make your reservation with the hotel directly and reference HEP-CCE for the room block.
The Argonne Guest House is located on site. It is just a short walk to the meeting rooms. The room block begins August 22 and ends August 25.
Public transportation is not easily accessible from the laboratory. While transportation is not needed for on-site events, your mobility offsite will be limited unless you have a car rental.
If you will have a spouse or accompanying person traveling with you, please contact a member of the LOC.


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REPORT: Harvey Weinstein Tests POSITIVE for Coronavirus; Gets Placed in Solitary Confinement
Star Political News March 22, 2020
Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with COVID-19, also known as the Coronavirus.
Weinstein who is 68 years old is now in isolation at Wende Correctional Facility in Western New York, state prison officials told CNHI newspapers on Sunday.
According to The Daily Beast, Weinstein is one of two inmates in the maximum-security prison in Erie County who have tested positive, the officials said. A New York State Department of Corrections spokesperson confirmed to The Daily Beast two inmates at Wende Correctional Facility have contracted COVID-19 but did not name the two individuals.
Juda Engelmayer, Weinstein's spokesperson, told The Daily Beast on Sunday that "our team… has not heard anything like that yet." Engelmayer also could not confirm if the Pulp Fiction producer was currently in isolation. His attorney, Arthur Aidala, said he was also unaware of any diagnosis.
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Article first published as The Fortified City of Lucca on Technorati.
One of the most lovely cities of Tuscany, Lucca is located under the impressive Apennines mountains, with Florence and Pisa close by. The main feature of Lucca, which makes it so special and charming, is that it is hidden behind an amazing wall system. Built in thousands of red bricks produced for this purpose only, these walls were meant to protect the city during the Renaissance era. Four kilometres long, they are still intact today and have gained the love of inhabitants and tourists alike.
You should be aware of the fact that car traffic is prohibited in Lucca in practically all streets except for residents. Why not then enter the city through the Porta Santa Maria, the northern gate, which will take you to a typical piazza with charming cafés and… bike shops! You can then rent a bicycle to move around the city at a faster but still leisurely pace. You can access the top of the walls by steps or ramps in several spots, and you will discover that the old road has been turned into both a bike lane and a promenade. An ideal way of discovering the views over the ancient city rooftops, amphitheatre, towers and many churches, or the hills covered in olive trees and vineyards in the background. You may also want to stop and sit on one of the many benches available to immerse yourself even more in the beautiful scenery in front of you. You also have the possibility to enter or leave the old town by following the damp passages underneath the walls.
After shopping on the Via Fillungo, a visit to the Caffè Di Simo, the oldest café in Lucca might appeal to music lovers. It is said that Puccini not only was a regular visitor but that he also composed parts of his famous operas there while sipping expressos. Caffetteria San Colombano, an airy place with glass walls situated close to the train station, is also recommended. The Piazza Napoleone hosts the Summer Festival every July, a popular musical event. You will also be in prime position to look at the Palazzo Ducale and the Theatro del Giglio. The first building now hosts city offices, and the latter is still in operation today.
As you make your way around Lucca, it will be difficult not to be drawn to the magnificent villas and their courtyards. Palazzo Pfanner, which belonged to a family of silk merchants, and its gorgeous gardens are well worth a visit. Last but not least, the Torre Guinigi, adorned by oaks growing at its top, is a must see. You will most likely not be able to the see the trees from the streets below, but climbing the tower will offer you another great vantage point to admire Lucca.


Q: If water could talk, what do you imagine it would say?
A: It depends on whether or not it would like to kill you.
The objective was to give people a strong sense of the dangers of undrinkable water, and for certain some must have walked away feeling shaken. The installation was built on the Place du Palais Royale and won BBDP & Fils a Gold for Special Build last night.