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The world's first food snob saves dinner
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Whorehouse of the Caribbean
Castro promised to clean up Cuba, but the new poverty has driven many to sell what they can, including their bodies.
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2001/01/04/havana/
Jonathan Lerner
January 5, 2001 1:13AM (UTC)
A female prostitute in Havana is rather descriptively known as a jinetera, or jockey. A male hustler there is not a jinetero, but a pinguero, which translates as something like penis professional or dick worker.
Officially, there are jobs for all in socialist Cuba. But the average monthly wage is equivalent to $8. To survive, plenty of people are on the make. So depending on his preference, the tourist to Cuba has no trouble at all finding someone to ride his little race horse or perform professional action on his dick.
Besides kicking out the Yanquis and redressing the island's extremes of wealth and poverty (the wealth is all gone now, and everybody is poor) Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution set out to purify the people's behavior. Cuba would no longer be the "whorehouse of the Caribbean." Female prostitutes were offered training as drivers and secretaries; those who demurred got holidays in prison. Homosexual men were spared the retraining programs and sent directly to jail -- or to forced labor in the sugar cane fields.
To Reinaldo Arenas, the outrageously queer Cuban novelist whose memoir "Before Night Falls" has just been made into a film directed by Julian Schnabel, this official homophobia had a paradoxical effect. "There was never more fucking going on than in those years, the decade of the sixties," he wrote (as he was dying of AIDS in New York, in 1990), "which was precisely when all the new laws against homosexuals came into being, when the persecution started and concentration camps were opened, when the sexual act became taboo while the 'new man' was being proclaimed and masculinity exalted." And according to Arenas, it wasn't only faggots who sought the solace of male flesh. "Many of the soldiers who marched, rifle in hand and with martial expressions, came to our rooms after the parades to cuddle up naked, and show their real selves, sometimes revealing a tenderness and true enjoyment such as I have not been able to find again anywhere ... There was, moreover, no prostitution. It was pleasure for pleasure's sake."
Cuba's official repression of homosexuals has ended, although other forms of repression remain; you cannot, for example, purchase Reinaldo Arenas' books there. Officially, prostitution has been eliminated, but the wrecked economy forces many people to sell their bodies. Effeminate men are no longer denounced and sent away, but there is still no permission for anything vaguely resembling the public gay institutions Americans take for granted.
That does not keep Havana's gays from gathering openly, at places like the broad sidewalk in front of the Yarra Cinema. On weekend evenings, snappily dressed, hot-to-trot gay boys in the hundreds congregate outside the Yarra. They are joined there by all sorts of others drawn to the fissure of cultural free space that these men, in their brazenness, crack open; other people whom, in the very loosest sense, and in the context of a police state, we might also call rebels and queers. There are bored teenage girls and boys, in from the dreary high-rise Stalinist suburbs, showing off their platform shoes and piercings; willowy model wannabes in teensy ensembles of day-glo Lycra; motorcycle outlaws who only lack the bikes. The sidewalk outside the Yarra is where you go for word of mouth on the evening's floating party or transitory drag show, or perhaps to make a connection for marijuana or cocaine. You can also go there -- or to any of the city's other gay hangouts -- to pick up a pinguero.
It was in one of those gay hangouts -- the south end of Havana's Central Park -- where I met a fetching hustler one afternoon when I was there recently for my work as a travel writer. He was perhaps 30, enticingly mature but quite degenerate -- golden-skinned, with the lean and hungry look, a thick moustache and several days' growth of beard on his handsome face, his furry chest clearly visible beneath his soiled tank top -- just my type of mildly rough trade, as it happens, though I wasn't actually looking. I didn't need my finely-tuned gaydar to know that he was gay, when I came upon him lounging splay-legged on a bench. His instincts obviously told him the same about me. I sat down beside him. He immediately offered me sex for money. But I just wanted to chat about conditions for gays. Really.
In the course of the conversation, a friend of his showed up. This was a small, lithe, sweet-faced 18-year-old from the town of Holguin. He said he was bisexual, had a pregnant wife at home, had come to the city to find work in construction but couldn't get hired because he didn't have a local address. Now he was living on the street, trying to turn tricks but having little success because -- so he claimed -- he didn't have any nice clothes and thus couldn't work Vedado, a classier neighborhood. He explained all this in a whiney tone -- Jesus, who wouldn't? -- which itself would have turned me right off, had I been in the market for a dick worker. Anyway, youngsters don't do it for me; he aroused my protective instincts, not my pinga.
We all talked for a while, and I took my leave. But the two of them came after me, to beg money. I gave the older one $5 in exchange for a rather satisfying leer. After the younger one said his train ticket home would cost $12, I gave him $15, extracting a promise that he would return to Holguin the very next day. He practically kissed my feet in gratitude. More fool me: I encountered him the next Friday night in the throng on the sidewalk outside the Yarra Cinema, where he followed me down the street bleating abject apologies.
I don't know whether the numerous other gay men with whom I locked eyes and exchanged wordless intimations of desire, in my rambles around the city, would have wanted to go with me for my money, or perhaps for a restaurant meal, or for my perfect body alone -- because I didn't actually talk with any of them. Anyway, I would have had no place to take them. The successful sex tourist to Cuba must stay not in a hotel but in a rented room in a private home, because Cubans are not allowed to go upstairs in tourist hotels. Few Havana residents have any private space of their own, and the alternative is an hourly room in a funky love motel. In the lobby of the five-star joint where I was lodged, I watched the ever-present, grim-faced security team bust a pair of Italian men who were trying to smuggle a couple of jineteras into the elevator. The tourists didn't get into any lasting trouble. I don't know what happened to the girls after they were escorted out the front door. Actually the johns' error might have simply been the failure to offer a bribe. It's said that anything can be had in Havana, for dollars.
So my experience of pingueros is admittedly small. But I met many people who were prostituting themselves, if not sexually. One day, a charming retired printer approached me as I was photographing a monument, offering to be my guide to the city. He insisted that he just wanted to be my friend. But of course, he also wanted me to pay him; this idea of friendship was a fiction he needed to maintain, to avoid humiliation. Could he make ends meet on his pension? No, he leaves home every morning and spends the day hustling one way or another for extra money.
The taxi dispatcher in front of my hotel turned out to have once worked in the Venceremos Brigade, a program that used to bring American New Leftists on work trips to Cuba. It was through that group that I made my first visit there in 1970 when I was -- naively -- a supporter both of Fidel and gay liberation. (The young men who were rounded up for forced labor then were described as criminals and degenerates, not as the homosexuals they mostly were, and I believed it.) After he and I discovered this rather dim connection (we were participants in the Brigade in different years), and after I gave him a $2 tip for having called me cabs over the course of several days, he made a big shit-eating show of greeting me every time I went in and out: "How are you today, Johnny, don't you need some taxi?" His business card identified him as holding a doctorate in economics. On the cruise ship on which I traveled to Havana, the dining room staff were all Cubans -- among them doctors, architects, a physicist. The Cuban government takes 80 percent of their salaries, but it's still worth it to them -- they get to keep the dollar tips.
Arriving one day at an inexplicably locked art exhibition, I met another frustrated viewer who turned out to be a journalist on the staff of the official government daily Granma. He eagerly offered to chat, to "exchange ideas" with this fortuitously encountered North American colleague. Uh oh, I thought, here comes the Party line, but we went for coffee. I asked him why the streets are so full of people all day long; don't they have jobs? He explained that nearly everybody has one, but they don't bother to go because the salaries are worthless and they're doing other things to survive. Including selling their bodies -- which he had never done himself.
But had I given him an opening? In the next breath, he told me he earns the equivalent of $10 a month, and that he needed $9.50 to buy his kid a pair of shoes. Could I help him out? My gaydar is as sensitive as a smoke detector; this guy was no smoldering queen. Then what was he asking me for, exactly? A handout? Nobody wants to see himself as a beggar -- certainly no working professional does. Money for sex, then? Was that why he'd brought up the question of prostitution? In his circumstances, it might have actually been the more dignified option: At least it would have meant an exchange. I suppose there are some gay travelers who would have savored the powerlessness of a heterosexual like him feeling coerced into sexual service, especially at such a bargain rate. He was a nice guy, and I felt sorry for him. And I didn't have the heart to ask him to clarify what he was asking of me. I bought his coffee, but I didn't give him any money, either; I was still feeling foolish and ineffectual over my philanthropy toward the boy from Holguin.
Poor Fidel. He tried to rout the Yanquis; 40 years later, the U.S. dollar is the only currency in Cuba with any value. He beat the tar out of the faggots, and look at them now, in their irrepressible hundreds and thousands, shaking their bon-bons on the public pavements. He made honest women of the hookers, and now every other person you meet is some kind of whore.
Jonathan Lerner lives in Atlanta. He is the author of the novel "Caught in a Still Place" and the oral history "Voices from Wounded Knee."
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There were a few exceptions, like the protests that, along with sanctions, helped end apartheid in South Africa in 1994. But for young people, radical critiques and protests against the system were mostly confined to pop-culture fantasy: "Fight the Power" was a song on a platinum-selling album, Rage Against the Machine was a platinum-selling band, and the beloved brave rebels fighting the all-encompassing global oppressors were just a bunch of characters in The Matrix.
"Massive and effective street protest" was a global oxymoron until — suddenly, shockingly — starting exactly a year ago, it became the defining trope of our times. And the protester once again became a maker of history.
It began in Tunisia, where the dictator's power grabbing and high living crossed a line of shamelessness, and a commonplace bit of government callousness against an ordinary citizen — a 26-year-old street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi — became the final straw. Bouazizi lived in the charmless Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid, 125 miles south of Tunis. On a Friday morning almost exactly a year ago, he set out for work, selling produce from a cart. Police had hassled Bouazizi routinely for years, his family says, fining him, making him jump through bureaucratic hoops. On Dec. 17, 2010, a cop started giving him grief yet again. She confiscated his scale and allegedly slapped him. He walked straight to the provincial-capital building to complain and got no response. At the gate, he drenched himself in paint thinner and lit a match.
In Egypt the incitements were a preposterously fraudulent 2010 national election and, as in Tunisia, a not uncommon act of unforgivable brutality by security agents. In the U.S., three acute and overlapping money crises — tanked economy, systemic financial recklessness, gigantic public debt — along with ongoing revelations of double dealing by banks, new state laws making certain public-employee-union demands illegal and the refusal of Congress to consider even slightly higher taxes on the very highest incomes mobilized Occupy Wall Street and its millions of supporters. In Russia it was the realization that another six (or 12) years of Vladimir Putin might not lead to greater prosperity and democratic normality.
In Egypt and Tunisia, I talked with revolutionaries who were M.B.A.s, physicians and filmmakers as well as the young daughters of a provincial olive picker and a supergeeky 29-year-old Muslim Brotherhood member carrying a Tigger notebook. The Occupy movement in the U.S. was set in motion by a couple of magazine editors — a 69-year-old Canadian, a 29-year-old African American — and a 50-year-old anthropologist, but airline pilots and grandmas and shop clerks and dishwashers have been part of the throngs.


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South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata
As I stood there looking at all those tombs, I was asking myself – Who were they ? Where did they come from ?
Why were they here ?
"In the midst of life, we are in death", read an epitaph at the South Park Street Cemetery. Lying close to the busy Park Street of Kolkata are men and women from the small but closely knit British community of Bengal in the 18th and 19th century, the pioneers of what later became the British Raj.
What was I doing here ?
I came here out of my curiosity to see who lay in this forgotten land; my fascination with graveyards and tombstones may seem a little weird to others, but these places give us a rare insight into knowing those who were there before us. Dragged my friend Devendra with me and he showed a great interest in the place. The entry was free and we just voluntarily paid Rs 100 for a booklet on the place which proved to be quite useful. A lot of information in this post is taken from the booklet and it is strongly recommended that you buy it if you visit the cemetery.
South Park Street Cemetery
Calcutta of those days was much different from the cacophonous metro we see now. Park Street was then called the Burial Ground Road, later renamed after a deer park built by Sir Elijah Impey, and was a raised path on a causeway in the middle of marshy land and patches of jungle. Warren Hastings used to hunt tigers near what is now the Free School Street near the Maidan. Centred around the Dalhousie Square between the Mission row and the Hooghly river, lay the hot and stifled lives of the European community. On a quest to win a fortune for themselves and England (mostly the former), they had none of the facilities modern India can provide, and no immunity to the tropical diseases which were otherwise business as usual for the natives. Malaria, typhoid and other diseases of Bengal took a great toll on them and it is no surprising that most of the tombs have people who could not even reach their forties. South Park Street Cemetery provide a rare and rather humane view of this side of the forerunners of the rulers of India. They too had their share of sufferings, the biggest of all – to lay buried alone in a land far away from home.
Tombs near the entrance
Shadows from the past ..
A look at some of the names engraved on the tombs will be of immense interest for those interested in the history of India. In this calm of oasis within the chaos of modern Kolkata lies Sir William Jones, the prodigious scholar, polyglot, Indophile and the founder of the Asiatic Society. In a corner lies the squeaking white decorated grave of Henry Vivian Derozio, an iconic radical thinker, poet and the soul of the Young Bengal Movement. Then there is Maj Gen Charles Stuart, also known as Hindoo Stuart, an officer of the British East India company and one of the White Mughals, who was a rarity in the way he embraced India and its culture wholeheartedly. Those with a literary bent of mind will start with an exclamation to realize that Walter Savage Landor's Rose Aylmer person, a girl who was taken away by cholera in 1800 at a young age of 20. So is Lucia Palk, the heroine of Kipling's 'City of Dreadful Night'. Lady Anne Monson, a great-granddaughter of Charles II and Elizabeth Sanderson, the most beautiful woman of Calcutta are also buried here.
Here lies Henry Vivian Derozio
Lotus and Temples carving on the grave of Hindoo Stuart
An unknown tomb
A beautiful family mausoleum
Other important names we could notice were Lt. Gen. Sir John Cleavering (Army officer), Col. Robert Kyd (botanist and founder of Calcutta Botanical Garden) Lt. Col. James Lillyman (builder of Fort William) and Lt. Col. Colin Mackenzie (Surveyor General of India and Orientalist) and many more whose memories live on the various statues and streets named after them in Calcutta . We noticed some famous surnames like Forbes but were not sure if there is a connection with the current Forbes, though B.C. Forbes was indeed a Scot.
Tombstone in marble : Edward Gordon
Grave No 363, her epitaph just says – A virtuous mother
The cemetery is the final resting place for not just the high and mighty of the society; it also has graves of the commoners – breeders of cattle, jail-keepers, silver-smiths, teachers, postmasters and soldiers. Many of the graves belong to women and children, their innocent lives nipped early as they tagged along with their men – a forgotten price paid for the British conquest of India. As indicated earlier, the average life expectancy for a European in Calcutta in those days was 3o years for men and 25 for women. One of the most remarkable is the grave (no 363) of an unknown woman (d 1825) whose epitaphs says just this much – "A virtuous mother". There are family mausoleums too, having graves of many members of the same family.
Ionic columns in a mausoleum
Haunting images from the precolonial Calcutta
As I looked at the tombs I could not help but wonder if their descendants still live in some other part of the world, and if they know that one of their kin is lying here on the last journey. It was a sad and humbling experience. We stayed in the cemetery for a couple of hours, looking at the tombs and reading the epitaphs. For all our money and power, this is going to be our final destiny – getting lost in the dust we came from.
The final resting place: Edward Galwey
A list of all those souls who have been interned in the South Park Cemetery can be found here. If one of yours is buried there, please pay them a visit and lay a flower at their grave. I am sure they feel a little lonely out there…
South Park Street Cemetery- Calcutta, a set on Flickr.
Number of Graves: 1,600
Find a Grave: link
Important Names: Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, William Jones, Charles Stuart
Address: 184, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Park Street area, Kolkata, West Bengal 700017
Timings: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (All Days)
Fee: No Entry Fee, Guide Book: INR 100.00
Nagini on January 31, 2014 at 10:21 am
Wonderful pictures..Simply amazing 🙂
Puru on February 1, 2014 at 9:29 pm
Thanks Nagini 🙂
Janet on December 5, 2014 at 3:47 am
Agreed that it is a magical place and your photos are splendid. You may
want to correct the caption for the column caps. They are Ionic, not
Corinthian and should be identified as columns, not pillars. From an
architectural historian, Janet
Puru on December 7, 2014 at 11:49 pm
Hi Janet,
Both points taken. I made the error about the names since the columns were mentioned as Corinthian in the guide book. Will correct it asap. 🙂
differentdoors on January 31, 2014 at 11:02 am
Beautiful photos, thanks for the amazing journey!
Arti on February 4, 2014 at 2:42 pm
What a beautiful tribute Puru, kudos to you for exploring a place which so many of us, myself included, would just pass by finding them a bit scary to venture in and photograph. Such places indeed show us a mirror into reality, as you pointed out, "For all our money and power, this is going to be our final destiny – getting lost in the dust we came from." — so deep and touching… so very true. Loved my contemplation and (virtually) walking this along with you. Thank you.
Aha ! Thanks for your kind words Arti. Believe me it was not scary at all, but a little rustic nonetheless. Am glad you liked the post :).
rupam on February 5, 2014 at 10:44 am
Wonderful photos. Great to read your post.
Thanks Rupam 🙂

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Amtrak Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to San Francisco
The Coast Starlight runs on the 1,390-mile (2,237km) route from Los Angeles to Seattle, taking its passengers along the shores of the Pacific Ocean, through lush, green valleys and impressive mountain ranges. On our USA Coast to Coast holiday we travel just a short section of this journey from Los Angeles to San Francisco.
LA to the Pacific Coast
Our journey begins in Los Angeles Union Station, which opened in 1939 and is a blend of Spanish and Art Deco architecture. Leaving the urban sprawl of Los Angeles behind us, we travel past the famous Forest Lawn Memorial Park, the final resting place of many of Hollywood's famous names including Humphrey Bogart, Errol Flynn and Walt Disney.
After passing through Glendale we reach the city of Burbank, home to many of the biggest film studios including Warner Brothers, Disney and Columbia. We continue through the San Fernando Valley towards the Santa Susanna Mountains and the Simi Hills, and travel along the narrow Simi Valley towards the Pacific Coast and the city of Oxnard. We finally reach the Pacific Coast at Ventura, at which point the Coast Starlight begins to head north, hugging the coastline and following the Pacific Coast Highway. We enjoy spectacular views of the ocean and the long stretches of golden, sandy beaches, as well as the islands of Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa.
Santa Barbara to San Francisco
The train makes a stop in Santa Barbara before continuing along the coast, passing the Point Conception Lighthouse and crossing the high trestle over Jalam Beach Park, just before it crosses the Vandenberg Air Force Base. We travel alongside the famous Pismo Beach and then begin to head inland to San Luis Obispo. Shortly after leaving the city, we cross the Stenner Creek Trestle and begin to ascend 1,000 feet in 11 miles to the Cuesta Pass. We travel through cattle ranch country to Paso Robles and then onwards through the Salinas Valley, past 18th century mission towns and the Diablo Mountain Range to Salinas.
The final stage of our journey takes us through Castroville, the 'artichoke capital of the world', Gilroy, the 'garlic capital of the world' and the beautiful Santa Cruz Mountain Range. We make a stop in San Jose, the first state capital of California, before reaching our destination, the vibrant city of San Francisco.
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The common thread in all my work is time—its passage, effects, and remembrance. I have created a series of works that are meditations on time, the ephemeral quality of memory and the effects of aging, profession, and life decisions on our bodies, especially faces. The physical materials and my treatment of them reinforce these themes, showing the erosive qualities of earth, and drawing inspiration from natural features that signify the passage of time such as desert hoodoos, desert varnish, old wood, erosion and chemical oxidation, and from man-‐made features such as old documents that have been written, erased, and rewritten. The effects of time are likewise reflected in my treatment of surfaces, for example the use of oxide washes where oxidation equals rust or weathering, the exploitation of the characteristics of clay, which dries and cracks over time, and the layering of other media result in surface textures that are like geological strata. As we age we begin to feel the high speed of time going by. Like our bodies, our memories fade as well. We cherish memories of friends and family but memory is ephemeral, because we are ephemeral. We often judge character by facial appearance. The patina of age on people is not valued, although old finishes on furniture are highly valued. Ultimately my sculptures are about placing value on the relationships we have with our family members and friends and cherishing the short time we have with them. It's making lasting memories of our times together because they are the most valuable things we have in life.
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Now on ill.motion is part one of my coverage from a recent show and shine in Canmore. As I have done before with iM posts here are some additional comments on a few photos.
As explained on iM, this was held in Canmore on Father's Day this year; it's an annual event in the small town and always draws out some amazing cars. This was the first time I was a participant though, as I had the Focus with me so at the last minute I registered it. I was going to be there anyway, so why not have some fun and enter the car?
Surprise surprise, I'm reposting the photo of the ST. You saw that coming. As I was driving around the field to park my Focus I spotted this and while I was a little disappointed I couldn't park next to it, I knew I had to go look for the owner to say hi. As it turns out it belonged to a dealership (the business cards had not been placed yet when I first drove by and I didn't see the window sticker) but it gave me a good chance to admire it and look it over in detail.
A VW Bus that shrunk in the wash? Nope, it's a Subaru Sambar. I spotted this prior to the show but wasn't sure what it was exactly; all I could determine was that it was a Subaru of some sort but didn't recognize the model. It ended up winning best import and given the crowd's reaction it wasn't a surprise. You can see the Focus two cars over, so I spent a lot of the day hanging out at this end of the field talking to people, and there was always a crowd around the Sambar. The VW-inspired exterior looks awesome on the little van.
This is not a photoshop or trick of any kind; this really is a shortened Bel Air. There's a saying along the lines of "Anyone can restore a classic, but it takes a real man to cut one up". I can't begin to imagine the amount of work this must have taken. It would be awesome to see some progress photos of such a job. Meanwhile there are a growing number of shrunken car photoshops popping up online, and here we have one which needs no editing.
I will have an additional Extras post for this show after part two goes up on ill.motion. I realize the blog has been a little slow on updates lately but I have been going to many meets and shows and haven't had as much time as I would have liked to get to the photos.


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The all-too-familiar anxiety that has plagued me for years is rearing its head once again. Anxiety is extremely common in adults who have ADHD, and it makes sense — whether you've got the hyper, racing mind, or you're more the inattentive, distracted type (or somewhere in between, like most of us), that buzzing, nagging worry seeps in constantly. Our minds don't really shut off or calm down without some intentional effort to make them do so, and we tend to get in our own way a lot as a result.
Here are four tools I use to manage my anxiety:
1. You've Made it This Far...
It's the one thought that really helps me when I get anxious, when I'm stressing about some situation in my life: "You're nearly 38 years old, and you've made it through plenty of challenges. What's the worst that could possibly happen?" When you remember how far you've already come, you force yourself to recognize that you do have the strength and internal resources to get through most obstacles — including the current one. It can be tough to see through to the other side of what's going on when you're wrapped up in worry, but you and I both know that everything passes! Everything has a way of working itself out. Right now is no different. Take a few deep breaths, think back on another challenging time and how you survived, and go forward from there. You can see this through!
2. Change Your Focus and Find an Outlet
A shift in perspective can bring a sense of relief in minutes. Even during my worst moments in life, I could "detach" from thinking in an anxious or depressed way and change my outlook to one that helped me let go of a lot of worry. It wasn't always easy. I did battle depression at a couple points in my life — even to the point of attempting suicide — but looking back, I see that when things got unbearably worrisome and hard to handle in life, the only positive thing I could do was let go and find a new way to approach my feelings, however traumatic the situation might be. The gym has been a wonderful outlet for my adult ADHD anxiety. Frankly, without working out, I don't know where I'd be today. Another way I "detach" or distract myself from anxiety is by listening to music. Not only does it allow me to acknowledge and move past my feelings, it inspires my creative side! A large part of my upcoming memoir couldn't have been written without music playing in the background. Writing book has been yet another outlet for my anxiety, putting my feelings out on paper and releasing them to the world, which has been extremely therapeutic.
3. Medication: Is It Right for You?
I'm neither pro nor anti-medication when it comes to mental health — it can definitely change lives, but it can also do significant damage if not used correctly. I can't argue with the fact that it does help people live better lives every single day, and for that reason, sometimes medication is a good way to go. It depends on whether you are doing all you can to minimize and deal effectively with your adult ADHD symptoms, such as anxiety, from every angle. High blood pressure is in my family, and with adult ADHD, it can be hard to calm down, so the doctor told me that medication would be the way to control my blood pressure. I am on blood pressure medication, but I also make sure I do more than just pop a pill into my mouth: I work out a few times every week, practice breathing techniques when I get frustrated, and eat reasonably healthily. Living a healthy life on all levels is key to managing anxiety, medication or no.
4. Talk It Out
I can't tell you how calming and helpful it can be to call someone you know and trust, a person with a level head on their shoulders who knows you and your thought patterns, and just talk about what you're going through during a stressful time. Simply telling another person about your troubles can take so much of the weight off your shoulders, with the added benefit of having another brain thinking about how to best deal with the situation. Two heads are definitely better than one, especially when the other person is coming at it with a relaxed, open mind. You'd be surprised just how easily another person's view on your anxiety can remind you of a solution you were already aware of, but forgot. People who care for you want to help, so don't hesitate! Instead of stressing yourself out to no end by playing the problem over and over in your own mind, have the courage to reach out. It can change everything and help you get through the situation with invaluable support.
There are a ton of other ways to minimize the anxiety that often comes with having adult ADHD, but these are a few that have really helped me over the years. Daily treats, such as climbing into a hot bath with candles and shutting the world off for 20 minutes can also be an amazing refresher. It helps me sleep better, as well. You probably have some favorite coping strategies you like to use, so feel free to share them by commenting! We're all in this together.
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When working with family, more, not less, needs to be in writing!
I've found that legal documents; standard operating procedures (SOP's); written plans for the transition of management, leadership and ownership; and documentation of important business discussions with assignment of agreed action are better than conversations, any day.
Here's the problem - we assume there actually is agreement which will be followed by appropriate action. Bad assumption. We wake up one morning and realize a conversation is not a contract!
You've seen the results. The next generation leaves after dashed hopes of promotion, recognition or transition; the senior generation wonders, "Why did I bother?"; family members stop talking to each other; or a business is split or sold. It's time we work toward a better alternative.
I've had the privilege to consult with many farm and ranch families. I listen to their stories and help define their goals and solutions for their needs. Then I ask for their current documentation. Wow, the room quickly becomes silent.
The majority of times, family businesses have little clarified and in writing, yet each individual has unmet expectations, dashed hopes, fears, worries, and frustrations. A better alternative is legal documentation, voted and approved actions, and appropriate paperwork. All are needed to assure the outcome meets the expectation.
Business structure documents – Articles of Incorporation, By-laws, Partnership Agreements, LLC Operating Agreements, etc.
These documents and clarifications give you a solid foundation upon which to build a strong business. They explain "the rules of the game" to all involved. After years of consulting with farm and ranch families, I think one of the most important lessons I've learned is when working with family, more, not less, needs to be in writing.
Thanks for taking time to read this. Here is a little about the writer and the speaker for our event!
Jolene Brown is a farmer, professional speaker, author and champion for the family owned business. She's from West Branch, Iowa, USA, and travels worldwide sharing leading-edge best practices that have the power to increase productivity, profitability and peace of mind. Her passion combined with her fun-filled spirit and valuable information brings humor, hope and helpful ideas to the people of agriculture. Jolene's books, "Holy Crap! I Married a Farmer!" Joy-filled Lessons Connecting Our Sisters in Agriculture and Sometimes You Need More Than a 2x4! How-to-tips to successfully grow a family business are available online at www.JoleneBrown.com. For more information and to check out her speaking availability, contact her at Jolene@JoleneBrown.com.
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Picture a vulture and you'll most likely have a hard time separating these gawky creatures with the social stigmas they hold, long being reviled as portents of death. Still, these ungainly birds play a crucial role in maintaining our ecosystems and well-being, so citizens should be as concerned as scientists are to know that vultures in some parts of the world are quickly disappearing, according to a recent University of Utah study.
Many vulture species are now declining or even close to extinction due to concentrated toxins in the carrion they eat. Such toxins often have widespread impacts on a vulture population, as dozens if not hundreds of vultures tend to swarm and feast on a single carcass. Once vultures grow scarce, they leave the field open for other scavengers to flourish, species that bring with them the potential to carry dangerous bacteria and viruses from carcasses into heavily populated cities.
88% of threatened vulture species are impacted by the presence of poisons within carrion. In North America, only 22 California condors remained by 1982, due to their consumption of toxic lead bullet fragments left in the bodies of hunted animals However, intense conservation efforts have since helped the species grow to over 400 who inhabit California, Arizona, Utah and Baja California, Mexico.Similarly, more than 95% of India's vultures had disappeared by the early 2000s, which was traced to diclofenac, a drug that relieved pain in cattle, but proved deadly to vultures who flocked to cattle carcasses; fortunately, this drug was banned through international coordination efforts, and the birds have slowly increased.
Now, the vulture crisis is centered in sub-Saharan Africa, where pest-control poisons are so potent that they have been affecting birds, mammals and insects alike on a massive scale. For instance, in 2007 an elephant carcass poisoned in Namibia killed around 600 vultures. These vultures in Africa are also the direct victims of poachers who poison carcasses specifically to silence the birds who might give away the location of illegally killed animals.
Declining vulture populations will have negative consequences for human health as they make way for foragers like dogs, rats, and crows, all of whom have more frequent contact with humans than relatively-solitary vultures. Vultures are highly efficient carrion consumers, often finding and eating carcasses within an hour after death, before decay really sets in; plus, vultures' stomachs are highly acidic, thus killing most bacteria or viruses present in carrion. In these ways, vultures help prevent diseases from dead animals spreading to human populations. However, other scavengers without these features could easily pass along those diseases to humans, as many are entrenched in cities. Following the decline of vultures, India feral dog count increased by around seven million and was linked to a rabies outbreak that killed 48,000 people from 1992-2006.
Vulture populations can be restored through careful and collaborative efforts by the international community, as evidenced by the story of California condor. However, it is important that these efforts start now if we want to retain a creature which, though vilified for its appearance and its eating habits, plays a vital role in regulating the spread of bacteria and viruses and in maintaining healthy ecosystems and human populations, whether or not we are aware of how beneficial these scavengers are.
Source: Buechley, Evan et al. "Why vultures matter – and what we lose if they're gone." Phys.org. 5 May 2016.
…This is the intriguing question biologist and ethicist Frans de Waal poses in the title of his new book, which examines humans' perceptions of animal intelligence. Scientists have long rejected the once-popular belief in a moral hierarchy in the animal kingdom, one which frames "highly intelligent" humans as holding court over "lesser species", from more humanlike apes and "noble" wild beasts down to lowly insects. Still,this "ladder of nature" belief remains fiercely embedded in our culture and our notions of the limits of other species' intelligence.
Within the last hundred years, animal cognition researchers have been fiercely divided into two camps. "Scoffers" refuse to acknowledge animals can think at all, instead purely believing that behaviorism (a series of responses to various stimuli) shapes all animal actions. In contrast, "boosters" believe animals think and act with intelligence, but they lean too heavily on anecdotes and anthropomorphism rather than data in their eagerness to shed light on animal intelligence.
De Waal argues instead for the study of "evolutionary cognition," or the measure of other species' intelligence based on different standards from the way we would measure a human's. This involves shifting the ways scientists have traditionally designed animal cognition studies and would likely force them to empathize with specific species to understand the parameters along which intelligence would have practical implications. For instance, squirrels don't need to be good at counting to ten, but geospatial intelligence is critical for their understanding of where they've buried their nuts. Similarly, chimps have tested poorly at human facial recognition, but test very well on telling fellow chimps' faces apart, as do sheep, who can remember up to 25 sheep faces and retain that information for two years.
In addition to focusing the discussion around how animal intelligence can be judged more effectively, de Waal cites numerous examples of animal behavior that are typically thought of as exclusive to humans. It turns out that rats may feel regret, octopi and crows create elaborate tools, whales communicate in regional dialects, and elephants have complex social hierarchies similar to our webs of Facebook friends.
Just like us, animals have shown vast capacities for cultural transmission, self-awareness, understanding others' emotions, and imagining the future. So why do we continue to underestimate their abilities to learn from and explore the world we all share? As de Waal makes clear, animal cognition experts still have a lot to learn about the unique and profound skills of species as varied as bonobos, turtles, beavers, and bees.
Sources: Cahalan, Susannah. "We may not understand how intelligent animals are." New York Post. 24 April 2016; Gopnik, Alison. "How animals think." The Atlantic. May 2016 issue.


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The current efficiency is reached on Day 42 when recipients have already formed a stable immune response, according to a Twitter statement by the Russian Direct Investment Fund.
Currently, Russia is holding Phase 3 of the Sputnik V vaccine trials, engaging 40,000 people, the statement added.
"As of November 24, no unexpected adverse complications were detected during the Sputnik V study. Some of the vaccinated patients experienced short-term malaises, such as pain at the injection site, flu-like syndrome, including fever, weakness, fatigue, and headache," it said.
The data obtained during the trials will be published by the research team of the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, which developed the vaccine, in one of the leading international medical issues.
At the end of the third phase of clinical trials, the institute will provide access to the full trial report, it said.
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TRUMPETER TAKUYA KURODA SET TO MAKE BLUE NOTE DEBUT WITH FEB. 18 RELEASE OF "RISING SON" PRODUCED BY JOSÉ JAMES
Ascendant trumpeter and composer Takuya Kuroda is set to make his Blue Note debut with the February 18 release of Rising Son, which was produced by José James. Kuroda, who is best known for his inspired presence in James' band, steps forth here to helm that remarkable band which features keyboardist Kris Bowers, electric bassist Solomon Dorsey, drummer Nate Smith, and trombonist Corey King. James mostly stayed on the other side of the glass in the producer's chair except for a hypnotic version of the Roy Ayers classic "Everybody Loves The Sunshine" to which he lends his captivating baritone. The imaginative guitarist Lionel Loueke also contributes a bluesy, percussive solo to one of the album's standout tracks "Afro Blues."
In addition to anchoring James' horn section for the past several years, the 33-year-old Japanese-born, Brooklyn-based Kuroda has been leading his own bands and has self-released and self-produced three previous albums. While on the road with James in support of the singer's recent Blue Note debut No Beginning No End he let James listen to some of his newer material. James enjoyed it but wanted to hear more of Kuroda's playing and so the idea developed to have James produce the next album.
"No one sounds like Takuya," says James. "His tone, warmth and most of all his storytelling have inspired me for years. His writing is soulful, modern, and effortlessly bridges the gap between jazz and soul, and between history and tomorrow."
Afrobeat rhythms play a crucial role throughout Rising Son, reflective of Kuroda's six-year participation in the New York-based Afrobeat ensemble, Akoya. Afrobeat's entrancing shuffle propels several of the album's tracks including the tantalizing "Afro Blues," one of the album's six original tunes on which Kuroda's spiky trumpet melody with urban swagger evokes Lee Morgan, one of Kuroda's significant influences along with Clifford Brown and Miles Davis. The album also features two Roy Ayers' gems - "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" and "Green & Gold."
Kuroda and James' partnership dates to a decade ago at the New School of Music in Manhattan. Kuroda was graduating during the time when James arrived at the school. Nevertheless, they performed on a mutual friend's senior piano recital. James' liked Kuroda's playing and invited him to participate on his 2010 sophomore disc, BlackMagic. Kuroda made a memorable contribution on James' composition "Promise In Love" from that album. James later recruited Kuroda for live shows and the recording sessions for No Beginning No End, on which Kuroda also wrote the horn arrangements.
Before Kuroda arrived in the U.S. in 2003, he grew up in Kobe, Japan and followed his older, trombone-playing brother's footsteps by joining the junior high school jazz band. While in Japan, Kuroda played in jazz bands for 12 years, from junior high school through college jazz big band. But he says that he really got into jazz by playing on the local jazz scene with the smaller combos. "The big band was just playing music charts; it didn't have much improvisation," Kuroda explains, "I sat in with a lot of the elders on the local scene. They showed me so much love."
Kuroda eventually came to the U.S. where at the Berklee College of Music he had his first formal jazz studies. "I never had a jazz music teacher in Japan. I took my first music theory, ear training and jazz ensemble classes for the first time in my life in English, which made it even crazier," he says, " But that made me want to come to New York."
With his close association with James, Kuroda is primed to become a major voice on the 21st century modern soul-jazz scene with Rising Son signaling a new dawn.


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New Product: Reef Nutrition APBreed TDO Chroma BOOST Fish Food
by Marcin Smok | Nov 10, 2017 | Aquaculture, Feeding, Tanks | 2 comments
How many times, when picking up fish food at your local reef store, have you encountered the bold claim plastered on the label, stating that: "This food will improve your fishes' coloration"? Most of us, whenever we decide to buy that particular fish food or not, will take this statement with a grain of salt and for good reason- after all, how can you tell if what you feed your fish is really changing their coloration? But it turns out that, by adding a specific organic compound to the food in just the right ratio, you can! And there is scientific proof for that claim, which Reed Mariculture's APBreed, now branded under the Reef Nutrition label, used to modify their flagship TDO Chroma BOOST food.
Since 2011, APBreed has provided large and small scale marine fish breeders, as well as hobbyists, with shared experience, tools, and various foods specific for saltwater animals (hence the name- Aquarist, Propagators & Breeders). Legions of hobbyists and professional breeders alike owe much of their success to APBreed's line of foods, especially the highly regarded TDO Chroma BOOST granules & pellets. Chroma BOOST is not a new product, but what is new for 2017 is the amount of the keto-cartenoid Astaxanthin, which has been upped from 250ppm to 400ppm, following the scientific study, which concluded that 400ppm is the most optimal amount of Astaxanthin for best coloration in Amphirion ocellaris ("false Percula clownfish").
What is Astaxanthin?
Astaxanthin is a red tetraterpenoid (organic pigment) produced by certain types of macroalgae and some marine animals (it's a compound that gives salmon meat its red color, for example). Besides its potent color enhancing abilities in cells, it is also a powerful antioxidant, which helps reduce free radicals in the body. APBreed uses Astaxanthin derived from freshwater macroalgae Haematococcus pluvialis and mixed with other ingredients to create a granule/pellet shaped food.
The independent study of Astaxanthin levels was conducted at the Virginia Tech's Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center (AREC) as part of ongoing collaborative research program between the Virginia Seafood AREC, Mid-Atlantic AquaTech, and Reed Mariculture Inc. The research was carried out by two students from the Virginia Governor's School for Science and Technology, Cassidy Clark and Lauren Cook, graduating class 2016, under the mentorship of Steve Urick, Virginia Tech Seafood Hatchery Manager and Research Specialist. The resulting paper, titled "Clownfish Astaxanthin Study", was published on March 1st 2017. You can read it in its entirety by following this link:
Executive Summary: Clownfish Astaxanthin Study
Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center (AREC)
The experiment was carried out using 240 Amphiprion ocellaris fish divided into 6 separate aquariums. Each group was fed TDO Chroma BOOST food with different levels of Astaxanthin added- 0, 150, 250, 400, 640 and 1020ppm. After seven weeks of feeding that mixture exclusively, the researchers presented the results to a panel of six local pet store owners with experience in marine fish husbandry for evaluation. Each person in the panel was asked to assign a color preference score (in a scale from 0-10) for each of the six groups of fish, and the group that was fed Chroma BOOST with 400ppm of Astaxanthin received the highest average score of 8.3. Second in the average preference score was the group of fish fed at 250ppm of Astaxanthin, with an average score of 5.3
The results of this experiment prompted APBreed to tweak the Astaxanthin levels in their TDO Chroma Boost food to 400ppm, from the original 250ppm. Please note that the label on the food packs I received for this article still lists guaranteed Astaxanthin content at 250ppm, followed by a second sticker stating that the content has been upped to 400ppm. Future batches of TDO Chroma Boost will have the label updated, according to the company.
Other than changing the Asthaxanthin content, TDO Chroma BOOST ingredients and form factor remain the same. We still have seven different sizes available, 4 of which are designed for larval, post-larval stages of growth, and for young fish. The remaining three are formulated for adult fish of different sizes and were relabeled from the original EP1, EP2 and C2 to the new, simpler naming:
-Small (formerly C2)
-Medium (formerly EP1)
-Large (EP2)
Look at the pictures below for size comparison:
All three sizes I received for this review are available in 3oz (84g) pouches, as well as 1lb and 2kg bags, or as a Value Pack that contains 3 oz packages of each Small, Medium, and Large varieties.
Feeding With Chroma BOOST
I was a big fan of TDO Chroma BOOST even before APBreed tweaked its content, mainly for the fact that, in my experience, it's the first dry food finicky eaters consume when I try to wean them off live/frozen food. All the fish in my tank, except for a single copperband butterfly that refuses to eat anything that doesn't look like Mysis, devour Chroma BOOST in seconds. Additionally, I love the packaging APBreed uses; it prevents moisture to enter the container and I can feed my fish directly from the pouch without the risk of dumping out large quantities of food all at once.
I should also mention that Chroma BOOST is my food of choice for automatic feeders, I use the small mixed with medium in an Eheim feeder when I am away for vacation and I've never had a problem with granules clamping together.
I mainly use small and medium pellets to feed my mix of medium-sized reef fish that includes a few wrasses, two Genicanthus angelfish, a Blue Eye Bristletooth Tang, a few small gobies and blennies, and various reef shrimp. Most of my fish accept both sizes, but the large pellets are good only for the Angels, the Tang, and my two larger wrasses. I would recommend the small TDO Chroma Boost pellets for nano sized fish, the medium pellets as a general feed for medium to large sized reef fish and large pellets for, well, larger fish like non-reef safe Angelfishes, larger tangs, etc.
Determining an Optimum Level of Dietary Astaxanthin to Improve Coloration of Amphiprion ocellaris
Lauren Cook, Governor's School for Science & Technology 2015-2016
Effect of Varying Levels of Astaxanthin on the Orange Color Intensity in Amphiprion ocellaris
Cassidy Clark, Governor's School for Science & Technology 2015-2016
You can order TDO Chroma BOOST directly on the APBreed page, alongside other Reef Nutrition and Reed Mariculture brand products. Go to: http://apbreed.com/order_form.php
Richard D Back on November 10, 2017 at 4:56 pm
once again great work Marcin! I'm glad to see that you guys finally hooked up! 🙂
Marcin Smok on November 10, 2017 at 8:20 pm
Thanks to you my friend!


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On Friday, June 8, the Chemistry Graduate Student Association (CGSA) at Western Michigan University (WMU) hosted its second annual barbeque for local chemists at Oshtemo Township Park. Members of the Department of Chemistry at Western Michigan University and KACS were invited to join the graduate students for an afternoon of food, fun, and festivities; 37 people attended. Hamburgers, veggie burgers, and assorted side dishes were provided. Activities included a soccer game, disk golf, Frisbee, and football. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, with over 90% of the attendees staying for at least two of the three hours that the barbeque lasted. Given the positive outcome of this event, CGSA would like to host another barbeque next year.
One of the primary purposes of the barbeque is to promote the interaction between graduate students and other chemists, both within WMU and the Kalamazoo area. Though most of this year's participants were affiliated with WMU, the graduate students hope that more non-WMU affiliated chemists will attend in subsequent years.


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Q: search icon inside search box So what I have right now is this:

But I want to include icon-search ICON SEARCH inside the textbox on the left side.
This is my code:
<form class="navbar-form pull-left form-search">
    <select>
        <option>Search patient by...</option>
        <option name="fname">Firstname</option>
        <option name="fname">Lastname</option>
        <option name="fname">Last follow up</option>
    </select>

        <input data-provide="typeahead" data-items="4"  type="text"
           class="span2 search-query">
        <button class="btn">Search</button>

</form>

So any ideas how to achieve this? Thanks.

A: <input data-provide="typeahead" data-items="4"  type="text" class="search-query">

.search-query{
   background: url(../images/your_pic.format) no-repeat left ;
}

Just add that image as background aligned left with no-repeat

A: Check this Fiddle
<form class="navbar-form pull-left form-search">

    <input data-provide="typeahead" data-items="4"  type="text" class="span2 search-query" style="background:url(http://twitter.github.io/bootstrap/assets/img/glyphicons-halflings.png) no-repeat -38px 9px">
    <button class="btn">Search</button>

</form>

As you can see there are other icons also showing. You have to use separate "search image" for your textbox.

A: you can do something like :
HTML :
<form class="navbar-form pull-left form-search">

        <input data-provide="typeahead" data-items="4"  type="text"
           class="span2 search-query">
        <button class="btn">Search</button>

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CSS :
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  position:relative;
  left:20px;
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}

try it : https://refork.codicode.com/xb70

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    {
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Below is a listing of just the 25 Korok Seeds found within Hyrule Castle. You can check out our Korok Seed Locations guide for a full listing by region.
Korok Seed #1: Located underneath the bridge that extends over the Hyrule Castle Moat, at the entrance of Hyrule Castle. Here you will find a yellow flower and after collecting it, a series of yellow flowers will appear along the east side of the bridge. There is a Guardian Skywatcher in this area that can ruin your day so you might want to defeat him or just be careful. The trail of flowers leads to the east side of the entrance gate.
Korok Seed #2: Found on top of the entrance gate by the bridge that extends over the Hyrule Castle Moat. Watch out for the Guardian Skywatcher and climb up to the top of the gate. Lift the rock here to get the Korok Seed.
Korok Seed #3: From the front gate entrance of Hyrule Castle, if you look straight ahead and a big higher up, there is a Coat of Arms stone display with the Hyrulian Crest on it. While the main path turns to the left a bit, this stone display is directly ahead from the front gate. The best bet is to use Revali's Gale and then shoot the crest with an arrow to get the seed. Sometimes it is a bit fidgety, so it might take a couple shots.
Korok Seed #4: There is a pinwheel located immediately next to the previous Korok, just above the Coat of Arms stone display. From the front gate entrance of Hyrule Castle, you need to go straight ahead. While the path turns to the left, there is a gate higher up and straight ahead. There is a treasure chest here that contains some ancient arrows, but right next to it, is a pinwheel. Stand next to the pinwheel and a balloon will appear off in the distance. Aim just above the balloon as it is quite far so the arrow can drop down and hit the balloon to get the seed.
Korok Seed #5: Located just above the previous two Koroks. From the front gate entrance of Hyrule Castle you need to go straight ahead. While the path turns to the left, there is a gate higher up and straight ahead. Climb to the very top of this gate and you'll find the area is surrounded by malice. However, there is a pinwheel here towards the front. Once you walk near it three balloons will appear, slightly hiding behind the malice. Shoot the balloons once they pop their heads out to get the seed.
Korok Seed #6: Located under a rock on one of the higher walls. Just southwest of Hyrule Castle there is one of those massive pillars that extends towards Hyrule Castle. The small rock is on the wall that is right in line with this pillar.
Korok Seed #7: When you first enter the Hyrule Castle region, the road turns to the left and you'll see a spire ahead. This is the First Gatehouse building and the Korok Seed is located all the way at the top. Climb to the very top of the spire and examine the sparkling leaves to get the seed.
Korok Seed #8: The Korok Seed is located within a corridor underneath the First Gatehouse in the Guards' Chamber. There is a waterfall just south of the First Gatehouse and this leads to an entrance into the Guards' Chamber. The gates are blocked, but you can use Cryonis on the water beneath them to raise the gates, allowing you to enter. The path leads to a hallway where you'll fight an enemy Lizalfos. Continue down the only other passage and you'll make it to the Guards' Chamber. The Korok is actually located in the hallway that leads to the Guards' Chamber. From right when you enter the Guards' Chamber, turn around and head back towards the hallway. Straight ahead you'll find a bombable wall. Knock it away with a bomb and then shoot the acorn to get the Korok to appear.
Korok Seed #9: From the front gate entrance of Hyrule Castle you need to go straight ahead. While the path turns to the left, there is a gate higher up and straight ahead. Just beyond this gate and a bit higher up there is a waterfall. Make your way to the waterfall and equip the Zora Armor if you have it. Swim up the waterfall and then glide back and to the left side of the waterfall. You might grab hold of the wall and need to climb up a bit, but you will find a bombable wall. Blast it open with a bomb and lift the rock to get the seed.
Korok Seed #10: Just to the southwest of Hyrule Castle there is a massive pillar that points towards the castle. Line yourself up with this pillar and drop down to the lowest platform, near the Hyrule Castle Moat. Here you will find a bombable wall and it leads to the West Passage. Jump into the mine cart that is found here and use bombs to travel across on the rail. Once the cart comes to a stop, get out and walk ahead to find a hot spring with three statues. Two of them have hard-boiled eggs in them. Drop a Bird Egg into the small pond in front of the statue and after a moment the heat will turn it into a hard-boiled egg, causing it to match the other two eggs and allowing the Korok to appear.
Korok Seed #11: The large spire at the west side of Hyrule Castle is Princess Zelda's Study. Much lower down and a tad closer to the moat, you will find an entrance to the underground portion of Hyrule Castle. To the left you will find the shaft of the Study extending underground. Here you can drop down all the way to the bottom of the area and it will eventually lead to the Lockup. About halfway down this area, there is a small rock against the wall near the shaft. Lift this rock to get the Korok seed.
Korok Seed #12: The large spire to the west side of Hyrule Castle is Princess Zelda's Study. There is a bridge leading to the center of the Castle from there and one floor below is Princess Zelda's Room. You can climb a series of staircases below Princess Zelda's Study to reach her room. Once you do, walk out onto the balcony and lift the rock here to get the seed.
Korok Seed #13: The large spire to the west side of Hyrule Castle is Princess Zelda's Study. You need to climb up to the very top of the spire and examine the sparkling leaves to get the Korok seed. I recommend using Revali's Gail if you have it.
Korok Seed #14: There is a large outer wall that extends across the west side of Hyrule Castle all the way to the northwest side. It is found above the Lockup portion of the Castle. At the far north end of this wall, at the top you will find a pinwheel. Walk up to it and several balloons will appear. Shoot all the balloons to get the seed.
Korok Seed #15: At the northwest side of Hyrule Castle, on the map you can see that there is a part where water gets closer to the center of the castle. Just to the northeast of this water path, on the higher ledge you will find a lone rock. Lift it up to get a Korok Seed.
Korok Seed #16: Directly north of Hyrule Castle is a very large pillar that points right at the castle. Just in line with this pillar, there is a bombable wall at the north side of the castle. It is way up there, and you'll need to climb up or use Revali's Gale to get to this height. There is a clear pathway in this area that has a rock overhang with windows in it. You can climb on top of these rocks and the bombable boulder is just a bit further up.
Korok Seed #17: At the northeast portion of Hyrule Castle there are a trio of waterfalls that leads down to the Hyrule Castle Moat. If you swim up two waterfalls, just before you swim up the third waterfall you will find a circle of lilypads. Dive down right into the circle to get the seed.
Korok Seed #18: Just southeast of Hyrule Castle there is a large pillar that points towards the castle. It points right to a waterfall and a bit to the west of the waterfall, there is a breakable boulder on the floor. Blast it away and then lift the small rock to get the seed.
Korok Seed #19: Just southeast of Hyrule Castle there is a large pillar that points towards the castle. It point towards a waterfall and just to the right of the waterfall, there is an entrance to the Castle at the Dining Room. Once you enter the Dining Room, walk straight ahead to get to a hallway with red carpet. Continue walking directly ahead along the stone pathway and take the first left. In this corridor there is a bombable wall on the left side. Blast it away with a bomb and look up to find an acorn hanging from the ceiling. Shoot it with an arrow to get the Korok Seed.
Korok Seed #20: Found at the very peak of the spire that is on top of the Second Gatehouse. Use Revali's Gaile to quickly reach the top of the spire and examine the sparkling leaves.
Korok Seed #21: Directly east of Hyrule Castle, there is a single entrance at the very bottom of the region and it leads to the East Passage. Make your way here and then jump into the mine cart and ride it along. You will find a few blocks of ice just off to the right. Melt the large block in the center by using a fire weapon or shooting it with fire arrows. Examine the sparkling leaves that are left behind to get the seed.
Korok Seed #22: Directly east of Hyrule Castle there is a waterfall that leads down to the Hyrule Castle Moat. You want to climb up, right in line where this waterfall is. Much higher up, on the north side of the crumbled outer wall, there is a small rock. Lift it up to get the Korok Seed.
Korok Seed #23: Just above the front entrance to the Sanctum, there is a seed platform on top of the balcony. Step on the small stump and quickly glide over to the nearby spire to get the Korok Seed.
Korok Seed #24: On top of the Sanctum is a tall clock tower. Climb up or use Revali's Gale to reach the clock tower and inside you will find a large bell. Just above the bell there is a lone balloon, so shoot it with an arrow to get the seed.
Korok Seed #25: Climb up to the very peak of Hyrule Castle, on top of the spire, examine the sparkling leaves to get the Korok Seed.


In April 1901, Bingham Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company brought together two of the larger mining companies at Bingham: Bingham Copper and Gold Mining Co. in Copper Center Gulch in Upper Bingham, with its Commercial mine; and the Dalton & Lark mine on the on the mountain ridge that separated Bingham canyon from the Salt Lake valley. The Dalton & Lark properties also included the Yosemite and Brooklyn mines, as well as the Mascotte drain tunnel. Included in the consolidation was the Copper Belt Railroad, owned by the Bingham Copper and Gold Mining company.
Pending completion of the drain tunnel itself, "within five years", the ore was to be brought down from the mine (1,000 feet above the drain tunnel portal) by way of a new four mile, 24 inch gauge electric line. This "temporary" electric would be built with five percent grades and operated with ten-ton electric locomotives.
Copper Belt Railroad was incorporated by the owners of the Bingham Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company, to serve their Commercial mine, with openings in both Galena Gulch and Copper Center Gulch. Controlling interest in the company was turned over to William Bayley in return for his lease of the tramway and locomotive.
To provide dependable transportation to the Dalton & Lark, Yosemite, and Brooklyn properties, the Bingham Consolidated company began construction on a railroad line from what was known as "Revere" station (later, Dalton), to the point where the mining company planned to have the mouth of its drain tunnel. The rail line would later become Rio Grande Western's Dalton & Lark Branch.
The famous Mascot tunnel, designed to afford an outlet to all of the groups of the Bingham Con., and to provide drainage, now has been bored into the mountain a distance of nearly 8000 feet and is almost under the Dalton & Lark workings. It is the intention to send it 7000 or 8000 feet further, and at various points upraises and crosscuts will be sent off to cut the numerous vein systems opened by the upper workings on the various groups. A stream of water as large as an ordinary creek is now flowing out of the tunnel and down into the valley, where it is used for irrigation.
The tunnel has just been equipped with a new electric locomotive, which arrived from the General Electric company's works this week. It is a powerful little giant and will haul sixty tons of rock out of the tunnel at a load.
The power plant is a notable feature of the equipment. Superintendent Lawton thinks it is a mechanical dream, and it is plain to be seen that it is the apple of his eye. This plant is furnishing compressed air for the operation of seventeen machine drills and seven hoists, and in transmission through a pipe line two miles long there is a loss of but four pounds. The compressor is operated by compound condensing engines. There is a battery of four marine boilers of l50 horse-power each. The coal is fed into the furnaces automatically, direct from the bins, and the furnaces are equipped with forced draft, the combustion being so perfect that the stacks emit but very little smoke.
During the year 1905 the Mascotte tunnel has cut all of these veins. The Lark vein has over 1,000 feet of development work on this level, 700 feet westerly from the intersection of the tunnel and the vein, and 300 feet easterly. These drives east and west are in ore their entire length. A large tonnage of lead has been opened on the east side, while to the west the values run largely in copper.
From a point on this level (actual level not given) connection was made on the Lark vein with the upper workings of the mine by a vertical raise to the 1,250-foot level, thence to the 1,070-foot level, by an inclined winze, equipped with a gravity skip. All ores now mined from the upper levels are dropped to the 1,070 and 1,100-foot levels, and from there, loaded into a skip and dropped into a chute on the Mascotte tunnel level, from which point all the ores are transported to the railroad ore bins through the Mascotte tunnel, a distance of 8,200 feet, a five-ton electric motor being utilized for this purpose, making a round trip from the loading station in the mines every 30 minutes. All ores mined are moved to the surface in this manner.
Connection is also made from the Mascotte tunnel levels by a continuation of the inclined winze and gravity skip down to a large lead stope, which has been developed on the tunnel level to the east of the intersection of the Mascotte tunnel, thus affording two independent thoroughfares for dropping the ore into the Mascotte tunnel ore bins. No hoisting or pumping has been done on this property for some time past, but a shaft is maintained which connects with all of the workings, and is kept in commission for the purpose of lowering timber, tools, etc.
The manipulation of United Copper stock, which included Ohio Copper and Bingham Consolidated, was the cause of the Panic of 1907. Investigation of the cause of the panic resulted in the creation of the Federal Reserve System in 1913.
The Bingham Central Railway was organized to build a railroad between Salt Lake City and Bingham.
His first venture was with the Bingham Consolidated company, "...which has heretofore not attained a very great amount of prominence, except in unfulfilled promises. When organized, that company immediately built a large smelter to treat its ore before it had the ore. Hence the smelter operations have been largely on custom ores and net profits to Bingham Consolidated stockholders have been disappointing."
"When Mr. Heinze became interested in Bingham Consolidated the most valuable asset was a large tunnel, known locally as the Mascotte tunnel, which was planned to open the Dalton & Lark mines of the Bingham Consolidated at depth and provide drainage. The tunnel provided the drainage but failed to open the ore expected hence the operations of this big tunnel to date have not been productive of net results. This tunnel has cost the Bingham Co. over $30,000. It is six feet high and six feet wide and has penetrated the mountains for a distance of 9000 feet, or 1-3/4 miles."
"At about the time Mr. Heinze became interested in the Bingham Consolidated, he also purchased control of Ohio Copper Co., which adjoins Utah Copper Co."
"Soon after acquiring the Ohio Co. Mr Heinze arranged with the Bingham Consolidated Co. to extend the Mascotte tunnel 3000 feet farther to the Ohio Copper Co., the Ohio Co. bearing this extra expense, thereby putting the Ohio ore bodies 800 feet below the previous lowest workings. He immediately set about to build a 3000-ton concentrator at the mouth of the Mascotte tunnel. This tunnel will also be extended to open the Commercial properties of the Bingham Consolidated 500 feet deeper than the present lowest workings."
Bingham Consolidated closed its Salt Lake valley smelter.
Prior to this extension, the Mascotte tunnel to the Dalton & Lark mine lay in an east-west direction. The extension to the Yosemite turned the tunnel in a southwest direction. The later extension to meet the Ohio Copper property took the tunnel in a west-southwest direction from the Yosemite. A later extension to the Commercial mine continued the southwesterly direction.