No pull cords, No warm-up, No emissions. That is what today's world needs from all of the tools that we use for any job imaginable. However it's not always easy to find these types of tools or vehicles out there at affordable prices, and that actually output decent performance levels. If we could all afford to drive a Tesla maybe there would be no more gasoline powered cars roaming around anymore.
When it comes to landscaping tools and tools we typically use around the house up until only a few years ago there where only manual, or gas powered options out there. When electrical tools started to come out they were not truly reliable enough for the professional or heavy duty user. Plus most of them to this day still have to be powered by a cord connected to the light socket. That is just unthinkable to me. It's been decades since you had to use a corded phone, heck millennials don't even remember that or having to connect to the internet using a telephone wire.
Unfortunately electric tools still seemed to be a few steps behind. Until maybe very recently.
I have been doing and extensive research of almost all of the landscaping tools that are available through online stores and had not come across one quite like Oregon Cordless 40V Max PS250-A6 Pole Saw.
It's really got the look and feel of a professional pole saw with all the benefits that come from being a totally environmentally friendly product.
You can cut up to 500 cuts on only one full battery. Which means you are able to quickly move from one branch to another without the need to refuel or lose more time adjusting anything or buying spark plugsIt also boast a 8" Bar and cast aluminum branch removal hook allowing for an improved cutting agility and increasing the line of sight to your cut area.
Another one of the key features is its ability to maintain almost the same weight as it is being extended to be able to reach higher areas. That especially benefits as you get older and it becomes difficult to handle professional grade products that usually way more than the typical residential use products.
4 times quieter than a gas saw. Silent between cuts.
The Oregon Cordless 40V Max PS250-A6 Pole Saw has many remarkable features like its 4.0 Ah Battery and Standard Charger. That make it easy to charge on any electricity outlet in your house. It basically charges like any other camera or typical battery you've ever had it doesn't have really fancy requirements to be able to operate. This battery power allows it to be 4 times quieter than normal pole saws so that you can get your work done in the morning without bothering your neighbors or family.
As important as those features are it does not however come a equipped with an automatic oiling system like many of the tools in its class. This allows the owner to not completely feel hopeless about the products care. This feature is heavily criticized in all of the other products as people just don't feel that their saws are properly lubed up and have blamed this feature for many of the products malfunctions so Oregon just decided to take it out altogether.
That being said Remember to oil your Oregon Cordless 40V Max PS250-A6 Pole Saw upon arrival. You will to assemble it based on some guidelines set by yellow dots and tighten a couple of screws well before use.
Please do so before you post a comment complaining about the product! So it has the look and feel of a professional grade gas powered product, and after some use we agree it's right in line with gas powered saws.
What Do Other Real Users Say?
People like me have been really surprised with this pole saw. It really has the look and power of the typical gas powered saws. Especially for those of you who are experienced in these types of jobs. I guarantee you will be surprised by how much it resembles the typical gas powered professional grade saws.
Unfortunately with great power comes great weight in the case of pole saws. Sure it supposedly does not get heavier as it extends, but it is by official counts around 13 pounds. That is not a weight you want to carry over your head for a long period of time. Also losing the cords and the gasoline come at a price as we all know batteries for as long lasting as they can be don't last forever. The Oregon Cordless 40V Max PS250-A6 Pole Saw will give you a good two hours to work with on one charge of the battery, but then you are probably going to need to wait. Unless you are so in love with the product that you buy and pre charge multiple batteries. It has been reported the chain can come loose at times, but it is not that hard of a fix. In any case chain replacements are actually not that expensive for this model.
I went through the review without mentioning the elephant in the room. It is one of the most expensive electric pole saws virtually on the market. To be fair it is trying to compete toe to toe with many professional grade gas powered products, so this tool is thought up more for the professional than the average joe. That being said the battery aspect can really affect a professional as you need to get many more hours of work in a day. Of course that can be solved by buying more batteries.
The interesting part here is that the replacements for this product like batteries or chains are really not that expensive. So it's like buying to similar cars, and one just happens to have cheaper spare parts in general. Also in performance to be completely honest it may not be as consistent as a gas powered pole saw however it includes features that you can really take advantage. Like its noise reducing quality. This makes it perfect for people who want to do home landscaping without rattling everyone else in the house up. Still being able to have a product that also performance at a decent level and really lets you maximize your free time.
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Something To Think About: Affinity Fraud – What Is It And How Can Professional Athletes Avoid It?
by Scott Kaminsky 06-02-2013 08:51 PM Finance
According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), affinity fraud is defined as the following:
"Affinity fraud refers to investment scams that prey upon members of identifiable groups, such as religious or ethnic communities, the elderly, or professional groups. The fraudsters who promote affinity scams frequently are - or pretend to be - members of the group. They often enlist respected community or religious leaders from within the group to spread the word about the scheme, by convincing those people that a fraudulent investment is legitimate and worthwhile. Many times, those leaders become unwitting victims of the fraudster's ruse.
These scams exploit the trust and friendship that exist in groups of people who have something in common. Because of the tight-knit structure of many groups, it can be difficult for regulators or law enforcement officials to detect an affinity scam. Victims often fail to notify authorities or pursue their legal remedies, and instead try to work things out within the group. This is particularly true where the fraudsters have used respected community or religious leaders to convince others to join the investment.
Many affinity scams involve "Ponzi" or pyramid schemes, where new investor money is used to make payments to earlier investors to give the false illusion that the investment is successful. This ploy is used to trick new investors to invest in the scheme and to lull existing investors into believing their investments are safe and secure. In reality, the fraudster almost always steals investor money for personal use. Both types of schemes depend on an unending supply of new investors - when the inevitable occurs, and the supply of investors dries up, the whole scheme collapses and investors discover that most or all of their money is gone. Man, just reading that definition infuriates me! Unfortunately, affinity fraud continues to be a problem within close-knit communities across the United States. I continue to hear stories time and time again and I'm amazed that these scams continue to happen. I understand why: human nature is to trust, and that trust and good nature fall victim far too often to scammers that have extremely thin moral fibers."
That being said, Access Athletes and I are determined to help bring this scourge in the professional athlete community to a halt in any way that we can—starting with this month's edition of "Something To Think About."
Please keep in mind that while these monthly articles are geared towards professional athletes, affinity fraud can target any group of people who take pride in their shared characteristics, whether they are religious, ethnic, or professional.
Let's take a look at a some affinity fraud cases that have hit professional athletes and the general population, and then we'll provide some common sense solutions from the SEC on how to avoid Affinity fraud.
Examples of Athletes Ensnared in Affinity Fraud Schemes
Miami Dolphins defensive end Jared Odrick files lawsuit over alleged investment scam
Yahoo! Sports reported that multiple federal agencies including the FBI, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Department of Justice have been probing Success Trade and prominent financial adviser Jinesh "Hodge" Brahmbhatt of Jade management. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has red-flagged Success Trade for selling $18 million in fraudulent and unregistered promissory notes to 58 investors, 30 of whom were professional athletes. Some of the athletes include Jared Odrick, Joe Haden, Clinton Portis, and Adewale Ogunleye.
Document: Terrell Owens' former financial adviser made unsuitable investment recommendations
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has barred broker Jeffrey Rubin citing "misconduct" involving 31 NFL players who sustained investment losses totaling approximately $40 million dollars, according to a March 7, 2013 FINRA release.
Yahoo! Sports has reported that Rubin, who founded Pro Sports Financial, used his relationship with prominent agent Drew Rosenhaus to help sign at least 18 one-time Rosenhaus clients to invest in a failed casino project. Among those clients were past and present NFL players Jevon Kearse, Fred Taylor, Frank Gore, Plaxico Burress, and Terrell Owens.
On May 15, 2013, the NFL Players Association issued an alert regarding Rubin's misconduct.
Philadelphia Eagles players Joshua Feeley, Brent Celek, and Kevin Curtis as well as Philadelphia Independence soccer player Heather Mitts lose entire investment accounts
After William Crafton, Jr. became their investment advisor in 2006, the discussed "conservative investment strategy" was never carried out. The players' goals were to preserve the wealth they had worked so hard for over their professional athletic careers. William Crafton, Jr. assured them that he employed a conservative, safe, and liquid investment strategy aimed at growth with little to no risk. The suit brought against William Crafton, Martin Kelly Capital Management, Sun Trust Bank, and CSI Capital Management allege securities violations, fraudulent misrepresentation, negligent hiring, and professional malpractice.
High-flying executive Claudio Osorio pleads guilty to fraud, money-laundering conspiracies
Claudio Osorio, the former globe-trotting executive who had headed a Fortune 500 company, faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing millions of dollars from investors in his ill-fated venture to build low-cost housing in Haiti and other developing countries.
Osorio, a Venezuelan native who once held fund-raisers for Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and other political heavyweights at his Star Island home, plead guilty to three conspiracy offenses involving wire fraud and money laundering.
Authorities said Osorio managed to use his connections to lure very prominent people into investing in his company. Among his investors: current and former NBA players Alonzo Mourning, Carlos Boozer, Dwight Howard and Howard Eisley; one of his Star Island neighbors, a Tanzanian businessman and a group of United Arab Emirate investors.
David Salinas bilks numerous college coaches out of millions of dollars of life savings
After David Salinas had promised several college coaches in his inner circle stable returns of 6%, 7%, and 8%, these coaches never checked to see how these returns were being achieved until one day when they looked up, everything was gone. All of the education and credentials that David Salinas told his clients about turned out to be one lie after another.
Nevin Shapiro defrauds investors out of $930 million
The Miami Hurricanes booster channeled millions of dollars to various football and basketball players of investors' money. Over $5 million would end up covering Shapiro's illegal sports gambling debts. He used more than $400,000 in investor funds for floor seats to watch the Miami Heat. About $26,000 per month of investors' funds went to cover the mortgage payments for Shapiro's Miami Beach residence valued at $5 million. On June 7, 2011 Shapiro was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Ex-Triton Financial CEO Accused of Using NFL Contacts to Commit $50M Texas Securities Fraud
Triton Financial, which boasted prominent ties to the sports world—a sponsorship deal with the Heisman Trophy Trust; a three year contract for a PGA Champions Tour Event, the Triton Financial Classic; and a roster of former Heisman winners and NFL players that were employees of the company—was sued in a civil action by the U.S. securities and Exchange Commission for defrauding investors in a multi-million dollar insurance scam. The SEC complaint alleges that Triton and Barton had raised more than $50 million for at least 40 limited partnerships since 2004, and that the firm's insurance vehicle at the center of the complaint, Triton Insurance, had raised roughly $8.4 million from 90 people. Their claims of 32% annual returns were just the tip of a long standing lie this firm perpetrated against trusting investors.
Affinity Fraud Cases Outside of Sports
"Church Funding Project" costs faithful investors over $3 Million
This nationwide scheme primarily targeted African-American churches and raised at least $3 million from over 1000 investing churches located throughout the United States. Believing they would receive large sums of money from the investments, many of the church victims committed to building projects, acquired new debt, spent building funds, and contracted with builders.
Baptist investors lose over $3.5 Million
The victims of this fraud were mainly African-American Baptists, many of whom were elderly and disabled, as well as a number of Baptist churches and religious organizations located in a number of states. The promoter (Randolph, who was a minister himself and who is currently in jail) promised returns ranging between 7 and 30%, but in reality was operating a Ponzi scheme. In addition to a jail sentence, Randolph was ordered to pay $1 million in the SEC's civil action.
More than 1,000 Latin-American investors lose over $400 Million
The victims sought low risk investments. Instead, the two promoters (who received prison terms of seven and 12 years respectively) misappropriated their funds and lied about how much money was in their accounts.
The Three Hebrew Boys
A trio of scammers called "The Three Hebrew Boys," targeted church groups and military service men. With promises of 200 percent returns on investments, the trio recruited high-ranking military officials as sales people to sign on their subordinates, betting on the faith and trust between military service members. When it was all said and done, they had stolen more than $80 million dollars from church groups and military service members. In 2010, they were convicted and sent to prison.
And the list goes on and on… So how do we avoid affinity fraud? Given the endless number of cases compiled by the SEC, they have published some common sense solutions. Remember that investing always involves some degree of risk. You can minimize your risk of investing unwisely by asking questions and getting the facts about any investment before you buy.
To avoid affinity fraud and other scams, the SEC's offers invaluable advice:
Check out everything—no matter how trustworthy the person seems who brings the investment opportunity to your attention. Never make an investment based solely on the recommendation of a member of an organization or religious or ethnic group to which you belong. Investigate the investment thoroughly and check the truth of every statement you are told about the investment. Be aware that the person telling you about the investment may have been fooled into believing that the investment is legitimate when it is not.
Do not fall for investments that promise spectacular profits or "guaranteed" returns. If an investment seems too good to be true, then it probably is. Similarly, be extremely leery of any investment that is said to have no risks; very few investments are risk-free. The greater the potential return from an investment, the greater your risk of losing money. Promises of fast and high profits, with little or no risk, are classic warning signs of fraud.
Be skeptical of any investment opportunity that is not in writing. Fraudsters often avoid putting things in writing, but legitimate investments are usually in writing. Avoid an investment if you are told they do "not have the time to reduce to writing" the particulars about the investment. You should also be suspicious if you are told to keep the investment opportunity confidential.
Don't be pressured or rushed into buying an investment before you have a chance to think about—or investigate—the "opportunity." Just because someone you know made money, or claims to have made money, doesn't mean you will too. Be especially skeptical of investments that are pitched as "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunities, particularly when the promoter bases the recommendation on "inside" or confidential information.
Fraudsters are increasingly using the Internet to target particular groups through e-mail spams. If you receive an unsolicited e-mail from someone you don't know, containing a "can't miss" investment, your best move is to pass up the "opportunity" and forward the spam to the SEC at enforcement@sec.gov.
If you have lost money in an affinity fraud scheme or have information about one of these scams, you should contact:
The SEC Complaint Center
Your state's securities administrator. You can find links and addresses for your state regulator by visiting the North American Securities Administrators Association's website. That organization also has investor tips for avoiding affinity fraud.
You also can check the SEC's Investors Claims Funds webpage for information concerning the appointment of a receiver or claims administrator in any SEC enforcement action.
In checking with Access Athletes' Founder & CEO, Matthew Allinson, he offered the following advice to pro athletes on how to avoid falling prey to affinity fraud:
"As a pro athlete, you are a target and there are a lot of sharks out there trying to separate you from your money. Regardless of whether other players vouch for a person's character or reputation, you need to do your own due diligence on every member of your team. If you don't have the time or you don't want to invest the time to take the proper precautions, then just leave your money in your savings account until the time is right, even if that happens to be after your pro career ends."
I hope you found this edition of "Something To Think About" informative and useful. As always, please be careful and think first.
Published 06-02-2013 © 2021 Access Athletes, LLC
Keywords: Adewale Ogunleye, Affinity Fraud, Alonzo Mourning, Brent Celek, Carlos Boozer, Claudio Osorio, Clinton Portis, David Salinas, Drew Rosenhaus, Dwight Howard, FINRA, Frank Gore, Fred Taylor, Heather Mitts, Howard Eisley, Jared Odrick, Jeffrey Rubin, Jevon Kearse, Joe Haden, Joshua Feeley, Kevin Curtis, Matthew Allinson, Nevin Shapiro, NFL Players Association, NFLPA, North American Securities Administrators Association, Plaxico Burress, Ponzi Schemes, Pro Athletes, Pyramid Schemes, SEC, SEC Complaint Center, SEC Enforcement Action, SEC Investors Claims Funds, Terrell Ownes, The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, The Three Hebrew Boys, Triton Financial, U.S. Securities and Exchanage Commission, William Crafton Jr., Yahoo! Sports
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Athlete Weekly Rundown: Aaron Rodgers & his zone experience, Rick Rypien's tragic death & Jerricho Cotchery moves on
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Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom before you can reach the top. Aaron Rodgers' Super Bowl run is case in point. This article has excellent insight about an athlete having the allusive zone experience. After suffering his second concussion of the season and being forced to take some time off, Rodgers had this to say about last season: "So when I got an opportunity to get back to my preparation, get back to my football team, I just wanted to make the most of that and be a better leader, be more prepared, be a better practice player, so all that kicked in and I went on a run and the rest is history." [Week off helped Rodgers see the light]
Free agent wideout Terrell Owens recently told ESPN.com that he is healing ahead of schedule while preparing for the start of this NFL season. Owens, who once played in Super Bowl XXXIX seven weeks after breaking his fibula, must be fully healthy for any teams to have an interest in signing him. While teams seem weary of signing the 15-year vet, Owens is confident in his abilities and focused on proving all the doubters wrong: "This is another challenge for me. Another opportunity to show people that age is nothing but a number. You can do anything you put your mind and body to. I don't allow naysayers to deter me from my goal." [T.O. 'way ahead of schedule' in surgery rehab]
Since NFL lockout rules prohibited contact between players and team personnel, many rookies and veteran players could not learn their new offensive and defensive assignments, especially on teams that had significant coaching changes. Yet, Browns starting QB Colt McCoy thought outside the box by spending the offseason learning about the West Coast offense from future Hall of Famer Brett Favre. It's always smart to find mentors who have tons of experience and success to guide you through your athletic development. [Brett Favre tutored Colt McCoy]
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L'Armatura lamellare è una tipologia di armatura costituita da un insieme di lamelle, di metallo (fond. ferro), cuoio o altri materiali (in Cina vennero prodotte armature lamellari in pietra e addirittura in carta - v. Armatura cinese), congiunte le une alle altre da lacci.

Insieme all'armatura laminare ed all'armatura a scaglie, l'armatura lamellare è una delle più primitive tipologie di armatura. Venne ampiamente utilizzata nei territori centro-orientali del continente Eurasiatico, sia dalle forze armate delle popolazioni della steppa (es. Mongoli) sia da quelle dei grandi imperi (Cina, Corea, ecc.). In talune regioni sperdute del continente (es. Altopiano tibetano) restò in uso per tutto il XIX secolo.

Secondo recenti studi fu inventata dai cinesi come "armatura di carta": scaglie formate dall'incollaggio di più fogli di carta sovrapposte e tenute insieme con laccetti per meglio incassare i dardi di balestra rispetto alla cotta di maglia.

Storia

L'armatura lamellare nacque per rispondere alla necessità di un'armatura leggera, compatta ma soprattutto economica. Inizialmente realizzata con lamelle di cuoio o pietra/osso, passò poi al metallo (fond. ferro). Le lamelle erano inizialmente spesse vari centimetri e non sovrapposte fra loro ma con l'evolversi delle tecniche metallurgiche si riuscirono a creare i primi esemplari con lamelle sempre più sovrapposte fra loro grazie al sempre minore spessore delle lamelle ormai in metallo.

I primi esempi di armatura lamellare sono stati rinvenuti nei bassorilievi dell'Antico Egitto e dei Sumeri (circa XVII secolo a.C.): si tratterebbe in questo caso di armature precipue dei guerrieri montati sul carro da guerra. Le prove archeologiche indicano però gli Assiri quali responsabili del primo sviluppo e della diffusione di questa forma di armatura all'apice della loro potenza imperiale (c.d. "Impero neo-assiro"). Nelle numerose scene di battaglia raffigurate nei rilievi di Ninive e Nimrud che commemorano le vittorie di Assurnasirpal e Assurbanipal (VIII-VII secolo a.C.) i soldati assiri, sia di fanteria sia di cavalleria, sono rappresentati con corazze di lamelle metalliche, lunghe dalla spalla alla vita e spesso con maniche corte e aderenti. Se accettiamo le rappresentazioni come corrette e traduciamo letteralmente il metodo di costruzione, allora ci troviamo di fronte a un tipo di armatura lamellare abbastanza diverso dagli esemplari successivi. I reperti assiri presentano però anche altre tipologie di armature: armatura a scaglia ed altri reperti di difficile interpretazione.

In epoca successiva, l'armatura lamellare (solitamente ridotta alla sola corazza) fu indossata come rinforzo di un'altra armatura, specialmente una cotta di maglia. In quest'uso, fu molto apprezzata in Europa durante le Invasioni barbariche del V secolo e nell'Alto Medioevo da svariati popoli: Longobardi, Avari, Vichinghi e Rus', ecc. La cavalleria pesante dell'Impero bizantino (le cui forze armate ibridarono le tecnologie belliche dell'Europa post-romana con quelle dell'Oriente) fece largo uso di armature lamellari e studi recenti di Timothy Dawson dell'Università del New England suggeriscono che l'armatura lamellare bizantina fosse significativamente superiore all'armatura di maglia usa dai contemporanei Franchi in Europa occidentale quanto a resistenza e capacità deflettente del colpo.
Dal Basso Medioevo, l'uso europeo dell'armatura lamellare si ridusse ai soli bizantini ed ai Russi.

Fu in Asia che l'armatura lamellare godette di maggior fortuna. Diffusa in Cina sin dai tempi della Dinastia Han (ma massicciamente solo dal I secolo a.C.), fu ampiamente utilizzata dalle popolazioni nomadi mediorientali (Persiani, Parti, Sasanidi, Sarmati, ecc.) e orientali (Mongoli, Tartari, Turchi) sino alla Siberia. Veicolata dalla Cina, l'armatura lamellare si diffuse in Corea ed in Giappone (ove gli armorari locali ne svilupparono varie sotto-tipologie - v.si armatura giapponese) intorno al V secolo.

Costruzione

L'armatura lamellare è costituita da piccole piastrine note come "lamelle" che vengono perforate e allacciate insieme, tipicamente in file orizzontali. Le lamelle possono essere di metallo, cuoio, corno, pietra, osso o altre sostanze esotiche. Le lamelle metalliche possono essere laccate per resistere alla corrosione o per la decorazione. A differenza dell'armatura a scaglie a cui assomiglia l'armatura lamellare non è attaccata a un supporto di stoffa o pelle, sebbene sia tipicamente indossata su un indumento intimo imbottito.
Diffusa in tutto l'Eurasia, l'armatura lamellare godette di grande diffusione ed apprezzamento soprattutto in Oriente, ove divenne armatura d'elezione di molte culture sino all'Età Moderna inoltrata.

Tipologie

Europa

Cina

L'armatura lamellare si diffuse in Cina sin dalla metà del IV secolo a.C. Le lamelle erano in cuoio, bronzo o ferro, interconnesse tra loro da rivetti o lacci. Contestualmente, anche gli elmi iniziarono ad essere realizzati con lamelle, sostituendo quelli ottenuti da un unico pezzo di metallo. Al tempo della Dinastia Qin, l'armatura composta da lamelle rettangolari era ormai la tipologia di armatura più diffusa in Cina. La successiva Dinastia Han confermò tale primato.

Corea

Giappone

La kozane dō gusoku è l'armatura samurai per antonomasia, precedente l'introduzione in Giappone delle armi da fuoco occidentali. Ha come elemento centrale una corazza (dō) composta da lamelle di piccole dimensioni (hon-kozane) o lamine di grandi dimensioni (hon-iyozane) in metallo/cuoio, interconnesse tra loro da rivetti, lacci o cotta di maglia, ricoperte di lacca per garantire maggior resistenza alle intemperie. La corazza poteva essere di tipo leggereo (dō-maru e haramaki-dō), per i fantaccini, o pesante (ō-yoroi) per la cavalleria.

Mongolia

Tibet

Al tempo del c.d. Impero tibetano (VII-IX secolo), le forze armate tibetane, tra cui reparti scelti di fanteria pesante, utilizzava armature lamellari derivate da modelli cinesi/mongoli. L'isolamento geografico dell'Altopiano del Tibet vi rallentò significativamente la diffusione delle armi da fuoco e ciò provocò l'uso persistente dell'armatura (lamellare) sino al 1900.

Vietnam

Note

Esplicative

Bibliografiche

Bibliografia

Voci correlate
Armatura a scaglie
Armatura laminare

Altri progetti

Armature


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Victoria Mary Sackville-West, mais conhecida por Vita Sackville-West, CH (Knole House, 9 de Março de 1892 – Jardim do Castelo de Sissinghurst, 2 de Junho de 1962) foi uma poetisa, romancista e paisagista inglesa. O seu longo poema narrativo, The Land, valeu-lhe o prémio Hawthornden Prize em 1927. Voltaria a vencê-lo em 1933 com os seus Collected Poems, tornando-se o único autor galardoado duas vezes com este prémio. Dedicou-se à criação do seu jardim em Sissinghurst, Kent, que esteve na origem do celebrado Jardim do Castelo de Sissinghurst. Foi famosa pela sua exuberante vida aristocrática, o seu forte casamento e as suas apaixonadas relações lésbicas com mulheres como Virginia Woolf.

Juventude
Sackville-West nasceu na Knole House em Kent, e a sua primeira paixão foi para esta antiga mansão; por ser mulher, não a podia herdar, o que teria consequências para o resto da sua vida. Era filha dos barões de Sackville, Sir Lionel Edward Sackville-West e da sua mulher, The Hon. Victoria. Os pais de Vita eram primos direitos, ambos netos do conde George de La Warr e de Lady Elizabeth (filha do duque de Dorset).

Vita era descendente de Thomas Sackville, um dos contribuidores para as peças de teatro Gorboduc e Mirror for Magistrates.

Vida pessoal, casamento e homossexualidade
Vita Sackville-West foi uma pessoa com complexibilidade emocional deveras acentuada.  O relacionamento mais duradouro em termos de anos foi para com seu marido, Harold Nicolson. No entanto, se relacionava com escritoras notáveis de seu tempo, entre elas Virginia Woolf e Violet Trefusis.

Casamento

Em 1913, Sackville-West casou-se com o Sir Harold Nicolson, primogénito do barão de Carnock, e foram viver para Cospoli, Constantinopla.. Nicolson foi, alternadamente, diplomata, jornalista, deputado e autor de biografias e romances. Nicolson era, como Vita, homossexual e o casamento era o que hoje se chamaria um casamento aberto. Ambos tiveram vários casos de relações homossexuais fora do casamento, com conhecimento do conjuge, como era usual entre os escritores e artistas do Grupo de Bloomsbury, com quem tinham afinidades. Estas relações não afectaram de nenhuma forma a relação de proximidade e confiança entre Vita e Nicolson, como se pode verificar pela profusa correspondência quase diária e por uma entrevista que o casal concedeu à rádio BBC depois da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Eram verdadeiramente dedicados um ao outro e Nicolson acabou por desistir da sua carreira diplomática para poder viver ininterruptamente com Vita, liberto das longas e solitárias missões diplomáticas no estrangeiro.

O casal regressou a Inglaterra em 1914 e adquiriram uma propriedade em Long Barn, no Kent, onde residiram até 1930. Nela, com ajuda do amigo arquitecto Edwin Lutyens, construiram uma pequeno jardim. O casal teve dois filhos: Nigel, político e escritor como o pai, e Benedict, historiadora de arte. Na década de 1930, o casal comprou e passou a morar emSissinghurst Castle, perto de Cranbrook, no Kent. Aí criaram os reputados jardins que são hoje propriedade do National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty.

Vita e Rosamund Grosvenor
A primeira grande e verdadeira amiga de Vita foi Rosamund Grosvenor, que era quatro anos mais velha. Vita conheceu Rosamund em 1899 na escola de Miss Woolf, quando o seu pai combatia nas guerras Boer. Vita apaixonou-se por Rosamund, a quem chamava afectuosamente 'Roddie' ou 'Rose'. A sua relação secreta terminou com o casamento de Vita, em 1913. Rosamund seria, mais tarde, convidada para visitar a família na sua villa em Monte Carlo, tendo também sido visita em Knole, na Rue Lafilte e em Sluie. Durante a visita e Monte Carlo, Vita escreveu no seu diário: "Amo-a tanto". No entanto, quando Rosamund partiu, o diário de Vita registou: "É curioso como me afectou tão pouco (a partida de Rosamund), ela não tem carácter, deve ser por isso."

Relação com Violet Trefusis
A relação lésbica que teve o impacto mais profundo e duradouro na vida pessoa de Vita aconteceu com a romancista Violet Trefusis, filha de Alice Keppel, amante de Eduardo VII. Conheceram-se quando Vita tinha doze anos e Violet dez, tendo sido colegas de escola durante vários anos. A sua relação iniciou-se ainda na adolescência e prolongou-se pela vida fora. Já casadas e com filhos, partiram juntas por várias vezes a partir de 1918, a maior parte das vezes para França, onde Sackville-West se vestia com roupas de homem, fingindo ser um jovem rapaz. A sua relação acabou por ser muito problemática, com Trefusis perseguindo obstinadamente Vita, não desistindo mesmo depois de Vita se ter apaixonado por outras mulheres.

O romance Challenge, que foi iniciado como um projecto colaborativo entre Vita e Violet, é testemunho da relação com Trefusis: o personagem masculino principal é Julian, o nome que Vita adoptava quando se disfarçava de homem. A mãe de Vita, Lady Sackville, considerou a ligação deste personagem com a sua filha tão óbvia que insistiu para que o romance não fosse publicado em Inglaterra. Nigel, o filho de Vita, por seu turno elogia-a:

Relação com Virginia Woolf
A relação mais recordada de Sackville-West foi com a famosa escritora Virginia Woolf, no final da década de 1920. O romance de Woolf, Orlando - Uma Biografia, inspirado na relação com Vita, foi descrito por Nigel Nicolson como "a mais longa e mais encantadora carta de amor de toda a literatura". O momento da concepção do romance ficou registada no diário de Virginia em 5 de Outubro de 1927: "E instantaneamente os típicos mecanismos de excitação inundaram a minha mente: uma biografia começando em 1500 e continuando até ao presente, chamada Orlando: Vita; apenas com trocas de um sexo para o outro."

Outras relações
Vita Sackville-West teve também uma relação apaixonada com Hilda Matheson, responsável da BBC.  "Stoker" era como Sackville-West apelidava afectuosamente Hilda, durante o seu breve caso, entre  1929 e 1931. Em 1931 Sackville-West envolveu-se numa relação com a jornalista Evelyn Irons, que a tinha entrevistado na sequência do êxito de The Edwardians. Conhecem-se também outras relações com a sua cunhada, Gwen St. Aubyn, com The Mary Garman e outras.

A paixão pela jardinagem
A paixão de Vita pela jardinagem e pela arquitectura rendeu-lhe mais fama que a sua obra literária. Em 1946 iniciou uma coluna semanal no The Observer intitulada In your Garden ("No seu jardim"), que influenciou profundamente a prática da arte da jardinagem na Inglaterra do seu tempo. Tendo posto em prática as suas ideias (e as do seu marido) no pequeno jardim da casa de Long Barn, o casal teria oportunidade de concretizar os seus projectos, em maior escala, no Jardim do Castelo de Sissinghurst, hoje propriedade do National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty ("Fundo Nacional para Lugares de Interesse Histórico ou de Beleza Natural"), e o jardim mais visitado de Inglaterra. Em 1948, Vita havia sido membro fundador da comissão para jardins do National Trust.

Obra
The Edwardians (1930) e All Passion Spent (1931) são actualmente os romances mais conhecidos de Vita Sackville-West. No último, a idosa Lady Slane corajosamente assume um estilo de vida liberal depois de uma contida vida de obediência a convenções. Grand Canyon (1942), uma obra de fantasia científica, é uma "fábula caucionária" (como ela própria lhe chamou) sobre uma invasão dos Estados Unidos, apenhados de surpresa, pelos Nazis.

Em 1946, Sackville-West foi condecorada com a Ordem dos Companheiros de Honra pelos seus serviços à literatura inglesa.

Poesia
 A Dancing Elf(1912)
 Poems of West and East (1917)
 Orchard and Vineyard (1921)
 The Land (1927)
 The Garden(1946)

Romances
 Heritage (1919)
 Challenge (1923)
 Passenger to Teheran (1926)
 The Edwardians (1930)
 All Passion Spent (1931)
 The Dark Island (1934)
 Grand Canyon (1942)
 The Easter Party (1953)

Traduções
 Duineser Elegien: Elegies from the Castle of Duino, por Rainer Maria Rilke trad. V. Sackville-West (Hogarth Press, London, 1931)

Biografias/outras
 Passenger to Teheran (Hogarth Press 1926, nova edição por Tauris Parke Paperbacks 2007, ISBN 978-1-84511-343-8)
 Knole and the Sackvilles (1922)
 Saint Joan of Arc (Doubleday 1936, nova edição por M. Joseph 1969)
 Pepita (Doubleday, 1937, nova edição por Hogarth Press 1970)
 The Eagle and The Dove (M. Joseph, 1943)
 Daughter of France: The Life of Marie Louise d'Orleans (Doubleday, 1959)

Bibliografia
 Victoria Glendinning: Vita: The Life of V. Sackville-West, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1983
 Nigel Nicolson e Vita Sackville-West: Portrait of a Marriage. 1973, nova edição por The University of Chicago Press, 1998, ISBN 0-226-58357-0
 David Cannadine: Portrait of More Than a Marriage: Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West Revisited. a partir de Aspects of Aristocracy, pp. 210–42. Yale University Press, 1994, ISBN 0-300-05981-7
 Robert Cross e Ann Ravenscroft-Hulme: Vita Sackville-West: A Bibliography, Oak Knoll Press, 1999, ISBN 1-58456-004-5
 Victoria Glendinning: Vita: The Life of V. Sackville-West, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1983
 Peggy Wolf: Sternenlieder und Grabgesänge. Vita Sackville-West: Eine kommentierte Bibliographie der deutschsprachigen Veröffentlichungen von ihr und über sie 1930 - 2005., Daphne-Verlag, Göttingen, 2006, ISBN 3-89137-041-5
 Victoria Glendinning: Vita: The Life of V. Sackville-West, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1983
 STOKER, "The Life of Hilda Matheson" CARNEY, Michael, Llangynog, 1999

Ligações externas

 Lista de publicações de Vita Sackville-West
 Vita Sackville-West, designer de jardins
 Retratos em npg.org.uk
 Vita Sackville-West diz versos do seu poema The Land

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Mortos em 1962
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Deer take the field during Coupeville football game
By Kira Erickson • September 28, 2021 1:30 am
Photo by John Fisken A doe and her fawn briefly joined the Coupeville High School football game Friday night, before running off the field.
The notoriously domesticated herd of Coupeville deer that have been heavily criticized by residents of the town in recent months are now, apparently, football fans.
At a high school football game last Friday night, photographer John Fisken captured a series of photos of a black-tailed deer taking the field in the Coupeville game against La Conner. She was accompanied by her fawn.
The intrusion happened during the second half of the game. Coupeville sports blogger David Svien said he saw the pair of ungulates saunter out during a break in the action, pause for a moment and then bolt across the field.
This was not the first time the deer have attended a Wolves' game. Back in 2018, a video of a deer that ran ahead of a touchdown-scoring player into the end zone went viral.
Nevertheless, Friday's event was still an unexpected and exciting occurrence. Coupeville High School Athletic Director Willie Smith said the teams were just lining up before a play when the deer approached from the end zone and meandered onto the field.
"We just got them eligible this week and put them in the game," Smith joked.
They eventually headed in the direction of the elementary school and jumped the fence before disappearing from sight. Coupeville High School Football Coach Marcus Carr said he saw them run 70 yards down the field.
Smith said it is odd that he has never seen the deer make an appearance at track meets held on the same field.
"They must be football fans or something," he said.
The Coupeville team was victorious that night, with a final score of 51-0.
"Our kids played really well and it was nice to get a win like that," Smith said.
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Although the music is enjoyable enough, it lacks the interest to capture a listener's full attention.
A primary goal of instrumental music is to elicit visceral emotion in the absence of melodic verse. However, when that connection fails, the listener is left unfulfilled. Vasa, the Glasgow-based quartet attempt to communicate their brand of music sans vocals with their debut entitled 'Colours'. Vasa is an interesting amalgamation of styles which focus on whimsical melodies which dance and spin amongst heavy grooves and bombastic drumming.
Fusing the delay-heavy approach from The Edge (U2), the thick 'Wall Of Sound' leanings of Devin Townsend and the hypnotizing melodic figures from the Shoegaze movement (think My Bloody Valentine) of the early nineties makes for one enticing formula.
While 'Colours' possesses texture in spades and are capable of constructing soundscapes that are equal parts lush and melodic (none better represented than on the single 'Fat Ronaldo'), their compositions ultimately fail to convey a cogent statement.
'Colours' features a track-list containing prominent melody, a substantial rhythmic backbone and interesting sonics. However, it lacks the compositional development that would more accurately represent the album's title.
'Ergonomic Keyboard' is one such track that bucks the trend where a repetitive melodic figure atop an odd time rhythmic pattern combines to create an interesting polyrhythm. However, the moment is short-lived and the band takes the song into more predictable concerted writing where all parts follow a basic theme.
As it stands with 'Colours', Vasa's approach to Alternative/Experimental Rock would best be executed with the addition of a vocalist. Although the music is enjoyable enough, it lacks the interest to capture a listener's full attention.
If Vasa continues unperturbed with its current line-up, they will need to deliver a much more diverse and challenging album to suit the needs of a growing and more discerning public.
Brent Rusche


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Not their first trips to the rodeo
Erin Meehan Breen
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During the week of the Reno Rodeo, Drs. Travis Kieckbusch and Christopher Dolan typically see nearly as many patients after hours as they do during their normal work days.
Those patients have injuries including broken ankles, shoulder problems and a lot of concussions. The doctors work out of a medical trailer parked near the chutes at the Reno Rodeo and they cater to the medical needs of the competing cowboys and cowgirls.
Both men are orthopaedic surgeons with Great Basin Orthopaedics.
"This will be my fourth year doing this and I love it. It's a way of giving back," said Dolan.
This will be the sixth year for Kieckbusch.
"It's such a great group of people and it's such an underserved population," Kieckbusch said of the pro rodeo athletes. "They really appreciate the help. And they are tough. I've seen them work through a lot that most other athletes wouldn't."
The two good doctors and a few trainers, physical therapists and medical students donate their time and talents through the Justin Boots Sports Medicine program. That program travels the rodeo circuit across the country working with volunteer doctors and specialists in the different communities to provide care to the rodeo participants.
"Justin Boots has done well in this business and this is their way of helping the athletes," Dolan said. "They are a very different breed of athlete.
If they don't compete, they don't get paid. So they don't want to hear that they may need to sit a few out," Dolan said. "But this is a great way to help them. " It's a commitment for the medical staff, but it's one they enjoy.
"I work my regular hours and do my surgeries and see my patients and then after work I head to the rodeo and I'm there often until as late as 11 at night." Sometimes it's injuries that have happened that night. Or they are checking on injuries that happened the night before in another town. And sometimes it's for chronic injuries that need constant attention. If it's serious enough, they are referred to the local hospitals. A lot of the cases are as simple as stretching out sore muscles.
In a typical night, the docs can see anywhere from 2-20 patients.
"Concussions are a big problem," said Kieckbusch. "And just try and imagine having a bull step on you or fall on you. All that weight can crush your chest, dislocate a shoulder or break a leg.
"So you have to be ready for anything."
Kieckbusch is from a ranching and rodeoing family.
He said it's a way of life, helping each other out. Dolan said he just wants to give back.
"It's a whole different kind of sport than baseball or football or track," Kieckbusch said. "We both work with local teams including some of the high schools and with the Wolf Pack teams. But we do this because this is what we do. We believe in this community and want to help out."
This year, the Reno Rodeo runs through June 27. And the doctors will be there every night, next to the chutes in the Justin Boots Sports Medicine van — just in case anyone needs them.


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Q: How to deploy a Spring Boot application with custom .properties files to AWS ElasticBeanstalk? I have a Spring Boot application that uses different environment properties. Based on the selected environment it fetches the needed data from the application-{dev/stag/prod}.properties file which is located in ./resources. Everything works like it should when running locally via InteliJ and also when running the created .jar file (created using Gradle with bootJar).
I've created a AWS ElasticBeanstalk application. Within that application I created a Java environment and deployed the .jar file there. When deploying I see the following errors in the logs:
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2019-07-12 07:47:26.773  INFO 3315 --- [           main] nl.abc.sgapi.SgApiApplication      : Starting SgApiApplication on ip-172-31-29-160 with PID 3315 (/var/app/current/application.jar started by webapp in /var/app/current)
2019-07-12 07:47:26.795  INFO 3315 --- [           main] nl.abc.sgapi.SgApiApplication      : The following profiles are active: dev
2019-07-12 07:47:31.392  INFO 3315 --- [           main] .s.d.r.c.RepositoryConfigurationDelegate : Bootstrapping Spring Data repositories in DEFAULT mode.
2019-07-12 07:47:31.713  INFO 3315 --- [           main] .s.d.r.c.RepositoryConfigurationDelegate : Finished Spring Data repository scanning in 301ms. Found 6 repository interfaces.
2019-07-12 07:47:33.384  INFO 3315 --- [           main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'org.springframework.transaction.annotation.ProxyTransactionManagementConfiguration' of type [org.springframework.transaction.annotation.ProxyTransactionManagementConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$59ac5acc] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2019-07-12 07:47:33.518  INFO 3315 --- [           main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'spring.throttling-com.weddini.throttling.autoconfigure.ThrottlingProperties' of type [com.weddini.throttling.autoconfigure.ThrottlingProperties] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2019-07-12 07:47:33.530  INFO 3315 --- [           main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'com.weddini.throttling.autoconfigure.ThrottlingAutoConfiguration' of type [com.weddini.throttling.autoconfigure.ThrottlingAutoConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$16a02498] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2019-07-12 07:47:33.543  INFO 3315 --- [           main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'throttlingEvaluator' of type [com.weddini.throttling.service.ThrottlingEvaluatorImpl] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2019-07-12 07:47:33.569  INFO 3315 --- [           main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'throttlingService' of type [com.weddini.throttling.service.ThrottlingServiceImpl] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2019-07-12 07:47:33.593  INFO 3315 --- [           main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'org.springframework.hateoas.config.HateoasConfiguration' of type [org.springframework.hateoas.config.HateoasConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$d92ca7fe] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2019-07-12 07:47:35.100  INFO 3315 --- [           main] o.s.b.w.embedded.tomcat.TomcatWebServer  : Tomcat initialized with port(s): 5000 (http)
2019-07-12 07:47:35.224  INFO 3315 --- [           main] o.apache.catalina.core.StandardService   : Starting service [Tomcat]
2019-07-12 07:47:35.225  INFO 3315 --- [           main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine  : Starting Servlet engine: [Apache Tomcat/9.0.19]
2019-07-12 07:47:35.515  INFO 3315 --- [           main] o.a.c.c.C.[Tomcat].[localhost].[/]       : Initializing Spring embedded WebApplicationContext
2019-07-12 07:47:35.516  INFO 3315 --- [           main] o.s.web.context.ContextLoader            : Root WebApplicationContext: initialization completed in 8443 ms
2019-07-12 07:47:39.298  INFO 3315 --- [           main] com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource       : HikariPool-1 - Starting...
2019-07-12 07:47:50.424 ERROR 3315 --- [           main] com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.HikariPool        : HikariPool-1 - Exception during pool initialization.

org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: The connection attempt failed.
    at org.postgresql.core.v3.ConnectionFactoryImpl.openConnectionImpl(ConnectionFactoryImpl.java:292) ~[postgresql-42.2.5.jar!/:42.2.5]
    at org.postgresql.core.ConnectionFactory.openConnection(ConnectionFactory.java:49) ~[postgresql-42.2.5.jar!/:42.2.5]
    at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgConnection.<init>(PgConnection.java:195) ~[postgresql-42.2.5.jar!/:42.2.5]
    at org.postgresql.Driver.makeConnection(Driver.java:454) ~[postgresql-42.2.5.jar!/:42.2.5]
    at org.postgresql.Driver.connect(Driver.java:256) ~[postgresql-42.2.5.jar!/:42.2.5]
    at com.zaxxer.hikari.util.DriverDataSource.getConnection(DriverDataSource.java:136) ~[HikariCP-3.2.0.jar!/:na]

It seems as if AWS ElasticBeanstalk is not able to read the values in the application-dev.properties file.
Here's what my application-dev.properties file looks like:
spring.datasource.hikari.connectionTimeout=20000
spring.datasource.hikari.maximumPoolSize=5
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://{REDACTED}
spring.datasource.username={REDACTED}
spring.datasource.password={REDACTED}
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.temp.use_jdbc_metadata_defaults=false
app.message=Hello from dev properties

I've tried moving the environment specific properties to the main application.properties file and create a .jar. But this did not work either.
What can I try next?

A: It looks like your Spring Boot application can't connect to the PostgreSQL database. I would suggest you dubbel check the username and password. And if you have firewall active, check if the server that has to connect to the database is whitelisted.

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Disability in the Theatre
By Rosie Hilton
Rosie Hilton
Comment editor & English Literature student
FeatureGraeaeRichard IIITheatreThreepenny Operadisability monthhistorylegacy
The aims of Disability History Month are to celebrate the lives of disabled people, challenge ableism, and strive for equality.
With its power to motivate social change, theatre seems the perfect vehicle through which to do this. Yet, in conversations about diversity, disabled people are rarely included. The problem must be acknowledged and the work that is currently being done by disabled artists to counteract the issue should be celebrated during Disability History Month and every day.
In Shakespeare's Richard III, the title character is a tyrant responding to his disability as if seeking revenge for it. In this characterisation, Shakespeare's text reflects the early modern understanding of disability as a moral impairment. Contemporary staging of the play, however, has the power of reinterpretation.
Earlier this year, Matt Fraser became the first actor with similar disabilities to the character to play Richard III in a production at Hull Track Theatre. Fraser has drawn parallels between Richard III's political manipulation and the challenges that many people face in an inaccessible society. He explained: "I'm letting my knowledge of disabled people's often [observed] skill at manipulating things to get what they want, because the normal avenues of opportunity are not afforded to us, so often we have to think around and outside those boxes … Richard is doing that, albeit with murderous and evil intent."
Able-bodied actors frequently receive disproportionate praise for portraying disability, but it seems obvious that having a disabled actor play a disabled character would give the role more resonance. Experiences shared between actor and character can be brought to the fore and used to explore social inequalities.
Disabled characters are far too frequently seen as a challenge for able bodied actors, something to cross off a checklist, or a step towards critical acclaim. While it remains a struggle for disabled characters to be cast in roles which are instead given to able-bodied actors, we should not ignore the work being done by disabled directors and producers to create their own space for representation.
In 2014, Graeae, a disability led theatre company, staged a performance of Brecht and Weill's The Threepenny Opera. The play, premiered in 1928, was written as a satire on the contemporary inequalities of society. In casting disabled people, this production asked audiences to think about how these inequalities look today. Brechtian theatre, which asks audiences to engage politically with the action on stage, lends itself to this innovation; theatre cannot motivate real change unless all voices are included in the questions it is asking.
Mind The Gap is a theatre company which works in partnership with learning-disabled artists, working towards their vision of a world in which these artists have equal opportunities.
The company brought Mia to the Fringe this year, a play which explored the untouched subject of becoming a parent with a learning disability. It was truly original, opening eyes to what the future of theatre could look like.
Stories are being told and performed that shatter misconceptions and give platforms to the voices of disabled people. They have always existed, and it is time for them to be heard.
Illustration credit: Laura Spence
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"It is the simple things of life that make living worthwhile, the sweet fundamental things such as love and duty, work and rest, and living close to nature." —Laura Ingalls Wilder
In the August 16 edition of ExchangeEveryDay, Kirsten Haugen responded to the May 24 edition, "Bill Gates Addresses World Leaders on Child Health," questioning Gate's credentials as a health expert. Today, in Gate's Defense CicZara writes in part....
As an (American) ex-pat currently living in Africa, I am more aware of the philanthrophic side of Bill Gates, these days, than his corporate side. The Mr. Gates the general public knows today is not the Mr. Gates our grandchildren will remember. Bill Gates has a vision of the future in terms of vaccines and great improvements in agriculture, education, world public health and population--a world where the death of an African child will be considered just as important as the death of an American child. He comes from a family dedicated to philanthropic works, where both his parents spent many years as community leaders.
If it takes a highly successful and visionary businessman to speak to (and encourage) our world leaders, for them to sit up a moment and take notice, then more power to him. (It would also behoove America if our "CEO thieves" took notice as well). Like Ted Turner before him, who bullied others who had 'money and lots of it,' to do more and foster a new spirit of philanthropy throughout the world. (Ted Turner, set up a $1 billion UN foundation - the biggest private gift the UN had ever received). Turner warned that the "new super-rich won't loosen up their wads because they're afraid they'll reduce their net worth and go down on the Forbes list."
As Arianna Huffington wrote, "Those helping the needy have been in short supply, while those giving to already-flush universities and museums, often to fund buildings bearing their names, have been everywhere.... I'm a big believer in using any means necessary-including shame-to bring about a fundamental shift in the way we deal with the least among us." She awarded MINUS points for self-aggrandizing gifts, and PLUS points for gifts that help overcome poverty, alleviate suffering, and turn lives around.
The Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation demonstrates a 'hands-on' attitude to their giving and both are actively involved in their effective philanthropy. As a resident, now, of an East African country, I have witnessed (as in other parts of the world) millions and millions of dollars pouring in (to the pockets of politicians) and a degree of corruption that leaves well-intentioned donors and aid agencies without reliable partners for development programs.
Prior to an address to the World Leaders in Davos (2000), Gates participated in an announcement for the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), a public-private partnership created to address the devastating health problems caused by vitamin and mineral deficiencies, of which the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a $50 million commitment over five years to support the alliance. For as much money as Bill Gates has made, he plans to give the bulk of that wealth away during his lifetime. I think his participation and involvement in his philanthropic foundation, which funds efforts and supports initiatives in areas of public and global health, global education and the empowerment of the economically disadvantaged, more than qualifies him to make his appeal on Child Health.
As much money as the 'Bill Gates of the world' have donated, PEOPLE (i.e., politicians) are the resources which have to make a difference."We're talking about saving millions of lives a year here. It's about people" and "difficult problems might be solved by the intervention of enormous resources and armies of intelligent people." It seems that Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation have "bank-rolled" some of those experts and resources for the world's children to survive. Private Funding is not enough. Governments and their politicians must step up to the plate as well.
Correction: In an ExchangeEveryDay earlier this year we incorrectly identified Kurt Vonegut as the author of some advice to MIT graduates. The advice was actually written in Vonegut style for the Chicago Tribune by Mary Schmich. Thanks to the many readers who pointed this out!
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It is essential to maintain good oral health with proper hygiene like brushing and flossing twice a day. But even the most conscientious at-home oral hygiene cannot do the job necessary to ensure great oral health because it cannot remove every trace of plaque buildup.
Preventative home-care maintenance like brushing, flossing, and using mouthwash will help to remove some plaque from dental enamel. Throughout the day, eating and drinking will cause plaque to form on the surface and between teeth. Plaque, a sticky combination of bacteria and sugars, is harmful because its acidity can eat away at dental enamel and threaten the health of your tooth.
Left on dental enamel, plaque will harden into tartar, or "calculus." The tartar calcifies on the teeth, providing a perfect environment for enamel-eroding bacteria and sugars. This tartar buildup can only be removed by a dentist through dental scaling. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain a routine of semi-annual (twice a year) professional dental cleanings to help keep a cavity-free smile.
A great deal of emphasis is put on the importance of a thorough oral hygiene routine by the dental health community, and with good reason. But it is equally important to follow a schedule of regular professional scaling and polishing treatments. Collaborating with a dentist to establish a balance of at-home and professional care is the easiest way to accomplish your dental health goals. The Marin County Dentist will be happy to answer any questions and provide guidance, so don't hesitate to contact our office.


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