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Der Mann, der zu viel wusste (engl. The Man Who Knew Too Much) ist eine Sammlung von acht Kriminalgeschichten von Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Sie erschienen zunächst von 1920 bis 1922 in Zeitschriften, in Buchform erstmals 1922 im Londoner Verlag Cassell & Co. "In seinem Spürsinn und mit seiner Gabe, die geheimen Beweggründe des Täters zu erfassen, ist er dem unvergeßlichen Pater Brown verwandt. Wie dieser löst er seine Fälle auf höchst unkonventionelle Weise und hat seine eigene Art, mit seinem Wissen umzugehen." In jeder Geschichte befasst sich der Hobby-Detektiv Horne Fisher mit einem anderen seltsamen Rätsel – dem Verschwinden einer unschätzbar wertvollen Münze, der Verfolgung eines irischen Freiheitskämpfers, einem exzentrischen reichen Mann, der während einer besessenen Angeltour stirbt, einem anderen, der während einer Schlittschuhfahrt zu Tode kommt, sowie einer Statue, die seinen eigenen Onkel zermalmt.

Hintergrund

Chesterton schrieb die Erzählungen um Horne Fisher neben seinen humoristischen Father-Brown-Geschichten, zunächst als einzelne Kriminalerzählungen für verschiedene Zeitschriften. Sie erschienen zwischen April 1920 und Oktober 1922 im amerikanischen Harper's Magazine und zeitversetzt in den britischen Zeitschriften Cassell's Magazine of Fiction und Storyteller; letztere hatte seit 1910 Chestertons Geschichten um Father Brown im Programm. Chesterton hat die zuvor einzeln erschienen Erzählungen mit einer letzten Folge abgerundet, um eine romanhafte Linie anzudeuten: "Ein Journalist gewinnt bei jedem Abenteuer neue Erkenntnisse, die in eine Zeitschrift münden werden", schrieb Elmar Schenkel im Nachwort der Neuausgabe; "eine ähnliche Entwicklung durchläuft Horne Fisher, dessen wachsende Desillusion in den Tod führt." Als die Geschichten in Buchform 1922 erschienen, "wurden sie von der Kritik nur mäßig aufgenommen."

Die Erzählungen um Horne Fisher und Howard Marsh

Das Gesicht in der Schießscheibe (The Face in the Target)
Bei einer Wanderung nahe einem Landsitz, den er beabsichtigt bald aufzusuchen, lernt der aufstrebende Journalist und Sozialkritiker Howard Marsh den jungen Horne Fisher kennen. Sie beobachten während ihrer Unterhaltung einen Autounfall an einer abschüssigen Stelle in der Nähe und können nur noch den Tod des Insassen feststellen. Darauf begeben sie sich auf die Suche nach dem Ort, von dem aus der Fahrer des Wagens gekommen sein musste. Dabei entdecken sie eine Schießscheibe, auf der Einschüsse ein Gesicht bilden. Darauf geraten sie in eine Jagdgesellschaft um den berühmten Großwildjäger Lord Burke; zu der Gruppe gehört auch ein gewisser Jenkins, dessen Schießkünste allgemein als miserabel gelten. Mit einem plumpen Trick – er zieht die Konturen des Gesichts auf der Schießscheibe mit Phosphor nach – ist schließlich Fisher klar, dass nur Jenkins als Täter in Frage kommt, ein Mann, der seine mangelnden Fähigkeiten als Schütze nur vorgetäuscht hatte und den Mord begangen hatte.

Doch die Polizei kommt bei ihren Untersuchungen zum Schluss, dass der Fahrer des Wagens einen Unfalltod starb. "Aber Sie wissen, dass es nicht stimmt", entgegnete sein Freund Marsh, und Horne antwortete: "Ich sagte Ihnen schon, dass ich zuviel weiß. [...] Ich weiß das – und vieles andere. Ich kenne das Umfeld, und weiß, wie die ganze Sache läuft."

Der Prinz, der sich unsichtbar machen konnte (The Vanishing Prince)

Auf der Suche nach dem irischen Freiheitskämpfer Michael O'Neill kommt es, dass Horne Fischer sich mit mehreren Polizisten und einem Kriminalbeamten namens Hooker Wilson auf die Suche nach dem flüchtigen Rebellen macht. Sie umstellen einen alten Turm und verteilen sich so, dass Michael O'Neill eine Flucht unmöglich gemacht wird. Beim Eindringen kommt schließlich ein Polizist bei einer Explosion zu Tode, ein weiterer wird beim Sturz von der Leiter tödlich verletzt. Bei der Suche nach dem Übeltäter stellt man fest, dass der Gesuchte im Turm unauffindbar ist. Tatsächlich hat Wilson die Morde verübt. Dann versucht er, dem Rebellen die Schuld für die beiden Morde zu geben, um sicherzustellen, dass dieser erhängt wird. Horne kann jedoch nachweisen, dass Hooker Wilson bei seinem Eindringen die Explosion ausgelöst hatte. Der Rebell, ansonsten ein Gentleman, ist inzwischen eingetroffen; er ist wütend und schießt auf Wilson, aber verwundet ihn nur. Fisher ist jedoch gezwungen, Michael zu verhaften.

Chesterton lässt seinen Helden resümieren: Wilson kam wieder auf die Beine, und wir konnten ihn überreden, in den Ruhestand zu gehen. Allerdings mussten wir diesen schändlichen Mörder eine Pension zubilligen, die üppiger war als alles, was je ein Held im Kampf für  England bekommen hat. Ich konnte Michael vor dem Schlimmsten bewahren, aber wir mussten diesen völlig Unschuldigen wegen eines Verbrechens ins Zuchthaus schicken, von dem wir wussten, dass er es nicht begangen hatte; erst später konnten wir ihn unter der Hand zur Flucht verhelfen.

Die Seele eines Schülers (The Soul of the Schoolboy)
Der Schüler Summers Minor unternimmt mit seinem Onkel, Hochwürden Thomas Twyford, eine Tour durch London, um Sehenswürdigkeiten zu besichtigen. Der Onkel schlug ihm vor, den Aufbewahrungsort einer wertvollen Reliquie aufzusuchen, dem St. Paul's Penny. Dabei begegnen sie einem weiteren Besucher, einem geheimnisvollen Magier. Am Eingang müssen die Besucher aus Sicherheitsgründen ihre Taschen leeren; der Junge gibt einen Bindfaden und einen Hufeisen-Magneten ab, den Inhalt seiner Hosentasche. Die Aufsicht über die Schatzkammer hat ein Oberst Morris; Kustos und oberster Führer ein Mr. Symon. Als der Junge im Ausstellungsraum, in dem der St. Paul's Penny in einer nach oben offenen Vitrine liegt, versehentlich an einem herunter hängenden Stück Draht zieht, wird es plötzlich dunkel in dem Raum. Bald darauf entfernt sich der Junge durch einen Lüftungsschacht. Als es wieder hell wird, erscheint Morris mit zwei neuen Besuchern; es sind Horne Fisher und Howard Marsh. Nachdem zunächst der Magier in den Verdacht gerät, die Münze entwendet zu haben, kann Horne nachweisen; dass Aufseher Morris den St. Paul's Penny gestohlen hat, nachdem der Bindfaden und der Spielzeug-Magnet die "Schülerseele" in ihm geweckt habe. Er nahm bei der Aufsicht die Besitztümer des Neffen an sich, um den Penny zu entwenden.

Der bodenlose Brunnen (The Bottomless Well)
Im Mittleren Osten ist Horne Fisher gerade zu Besuch in einen englischen Club, als es zum Tode des General Hastings kommt. Der Verdacht der Behörden konzentriert auf den Nebenbuhler Boyle, der ein Verhältnis mit Hastings' jungen Gattin hat. Horne Fisher kann nachweisen, dass Hastings, beim Versuch, Boyle mit Gift im Kaffee zu beseitigen, versehentlich die auf drehbaren Bücherregalen stehenden Tassen vertauschte und selbst zu Tode kam, in dem Moment, als er Boyle in den "bodenlosen Brunnen" stoßen wollte. Um die Interessen des Empires zu wahren, wird der Fall von den Kolonialbehörden vertuscht.

Das Loch in der Mauer (The Hole in the Wall)
Horne Fisher ist zu Besuch auf dem Landsitz Prior's Park von Lord Bulmer. Eingeladen sind auch ein Anwalt und Hobby-Antiquar aus London namens James Haddow sowie Leonard Crane, ein Geschäftsmann und Architekt. Crane möchte Lord Bulmers Schwester heiraten und sucht bei diesem Treffen die Aussprache mit dem Adligen, der diese morganatische Verbindung ablehnt. Als Fischer nachts die Geräusche eines Kampfes vernimmt und die Suche nach Lord Bulmer ergebnislos verläuft, fällt der Verdacht, ihn ermordet zu haben, zunächst auf Crane, zumal der sich am Vortag mit Lord Bulmer einen Schwertkampf in historischen Gewändern geleistet hatte. Doch Fisher sichtete derweil historische Quellen und konnte ermitteln, dass Prior's Park früher tatsächlich ein Kloster war, das ein Vorfahr des Lords in der Tudorzeit den Geistlichen entrissen hatte. Jener Ahn hatte den letzten Abt, der sich noch zur Wehr gesetzt hatte, ermordet und in einem tiefen Brunnen vor dem Klostergebäude versenkt. Um die historischen Bezüge zu tilgen, hatte man diesen Brunnen mit einem künstlichen Teich verborgen und einen ominösen Mister Prior erfunden, dem das Anwesen gehört haben soll. Haddow hatte dieses Geheimnis gelüftet und als späte Rache an dem arroganten Adligen in der Nacht vor seiner Abreise das Eis über dieser Stelle im Teich angesägt, in der dann Lord Bulmer am nächsten Tag bei seinem Eislauf fiel.

Der Tick des Anglers (The Fad of the Fisherman)
Horne Fisher und Howard Marsh reisen unabhängig voneinander zu einem Landsitz, auf dem der Premierminister weilt. Fisher kennt ihn seit seiner Kindheit; Marsh ist inzwischen angesehener Journalist. Auf seiner Anreise mit einem Ruderboot beobachtet Marsh das ominöse Verschwinden eines Mannes, der von einem entgegenkommenden Boot aus sich auf eine Brücke hochzieht.

Indessen war Horne Marsh auf dem Landsitz angekommen. Im Garten trifft er auf den Neffen und Privatsekretär
des Hausherrn, James Bullen, genannt Bunker. Anschließend begegnet er dem Herzog von Westmoreland und dem Kronanwalt Sir John Harker. Der Hausherr selbst, der zwielichtige Zeitungsmagnat Sir Isaac Hook, sitzt derweil am Flussufer und angelt. Am Abend begegnet Fisher beim Dinner Premier Lord Merivale, der am nächsten Morgen abreist, um eine wichtige Rede zur aktuellen außenpolitischen Krise zu halten.

Am Nachmittag trifft nun Howard Marsh ein. Dieser bringt eine Zeitung mit, in der Teile der Rede abgedruckt sind, was die Runde in Aufruhr versetzt; man überlegt, ob Sir Isaac gestört werden soll, um ihn darüber in Kenntnis zu setzen. Der exzentrische Herzog kehrt von einem Versuch mit dem Adligen zu reden ratlos zurück. Darauf stellen die Anwesenden den Tod Sir Isaac Hooks durch Erdrosseln fest. Während Kronanwalt Harker forsch die Vorermittlungen an sich reißt, bricht der Neffe zusammen, aus Furcht, der Hauptverdächtige zu sein. Unterdessen findet Harker, während er ihm unliebsame Papiere vernichtet, einen an Hook gerichteten Drohbrief, in dem von einem Hugo ihm mit dem Tode gedroht wurde. In der Beschreibung jenes Mannes, einem ehemaligen Bediensteten des Hausherrn, erkennt Marsh jenen Unbekannten auf dem Boot wieder.

Fisher erkennt schon bald, dass der flüchtige Hugo den Mord nicht begangen haben kann, denn er schlussfolgert, dass Hook schon am Vorabend ermordet worden sein muss. Alle, die den Hausherrn angeblich lebend gesehen hatten, schwiegen, aus der Angst heraus, selbst in Verdacht zu geraten. Für Fisher kommt nur ein Täter in Frage, der am Morgen abgereiste Premier. Doch dessen politische Mission, bei der ein Krieg verhindert werde, sei ungleich bedeutsamer als der Tod eines "Quälgeistes".

Der Narr der Familie (The Temple of Silence)
Für Howard Marsh erscheint es so, dass er zwar Fishers in den höchsten Kreisen weit verzweigte Verwandtschaft zu kennen glaubt, nicht jedoch dessen eigene Familie. Schließlich erfährt er, dass sein Freund einen Bruder hat, den wohlhabenden und einflussreichen Sir Henry Harland Fisher, und noch einen weiteren Bruder, den in Indien lebenden Ashton Fisher. Als er bei einem Besuch bei Sir Henry Howard Marsh erlebt, wie Horne Fisher herablassend von seinem Bruder behandelt wird, erklärt ihm Horne, er sei eben "der Narr der Familie". In der Politik sei er ein Versager gewesen, meint Fisher und erzählt darauf seinem Freund, wie es dazu gekommen war.

In seinen jungen Jahren war sein Bruder, damals Harry genannt, Privatsekretär des Außenministers; Lord Saltoun. Bei einer Familienfeier, bei der auch Saltoun zugegen ist, kommt es zum Eklat, als Horne heftig die politische Lage der kleinen Landbesitzer kritisiert. Während sein Bruder ironisch meint, er könne doch eine Bauernpartei gründen, zeigt Lord Saltoun Verständnis für Hornes Ansichten.

Für alle überraschend nimmt Horne den Vorschlag seines Bruders an. Er kandidiert und zieht mit Harry in Somerset in den Wahlkampf; dabei ist er sehr erfolgreich, da er als einziger die Probleme der Landbevölkerung thematisiert. Dabei untersucht Fisher auch die Machenschaften des zwielichtigen Gutsbesitzers Sir Francis Verner, der unter dubiosen Umständen an seinen Besitz gekommen sein soll.
In der Stadt begegnet Horne Fisher seinem Gegenkandidaten von der Reformpartei, dem jungen Eric Hughes und dessen Wahlkampfleiter Elijah Gryce. Er folgt Gryce eine Weile, bis er ihn anspricht und um ein Gespräch bittet. Im Laufe der Unterredung macht Fisher den Vorschlag, seine Kandidatur zurückzuziehen, wenn man sich auf den gemeinsamen Kampf gegen den Abgeordneten Verner einigen könne, unter der Voraussetzung, dass die Vorwürfe gegen den Gutsherrn stimmen. Gryce zeigt sich offen für Fishers Idee und ist sich sicher, dass die Vorwürfe belegt seien. Als Fisher von ihm fordert, diese Wahrheiten im Wahlkampf offen auszusprechen, wird Gryce ausweichend und verfällt auf allgemeine Floskeln.

Auf seinem Weg kommt Fisher schließlich am besagten Landsitz Verners vorbei. Nachdem er durch ein Loch in der Mauer das weitläufige Gelände betreten hat, beobachtet er einen Wilderer und stellt ihn in flagranti auf einer Halbinsel im See des Landsitzes, auf dem sich auch ein geheimnisvoller Gartentempel befindet. Er habe nicht die Absicht ihn zu verraten, versichert ihm Horne. Von dem Wilderer namens Long John erfährt er, dass der Besitz Verners ursprünglich seiner Familie gehört habe. Nachdem er den Mann hat laufen lassen, betritt er das Wohnhaus Verners und stellt den Besitzer zur Rede; er fordert von ihm seinen Parlamentssitz aufzugeben, der dies brüsk zurückweist.

Nachts kehrt Fisher auf die Halbinsel zurück, um in das Innere des Tempels zu gelangen. Kurz bevor er eintreten kann, springen mehrere Männer von den umliegenden Bäumen, verprügeln ihn und zerren ihn in das Innere des Tempels. Beim Verlassen des Raums merken sie nicht, dass sie den letzten ihrer Gruppe aus Versehen mit eingesperrt haben. Dieser klopft zwar gegen die Tür, bleibt aber stumm. Fisher folgert daraus, dass ihm der Mann bekannt ist. Seine Mutmaßungen werden von einem Gewitter unterbrochen; als ein Blitz den Nachthimmel erhellt, erkennt er seinen Bruder Harry. Zunächst teilt ihm Horne seine Mutmaßungen über den Tempel mit, der wie ein Boudoir eingerichtet ist. Hawker, der Vorbesitzer, war Bigamist und hatte seine erste Frau eingesperrt. Dort kam ein Junge zur Welt, der inzwischen als Wilderer auf dem Gelände unterwegs ist und sein Recht einfordert. Hawker heiratete eine Jüdin; Verner entdeckte das Geheimnis und erpresste Hawker.

Als Horne dann von seinem Bruder wissen will, warum er entführt werden sollte, erfährt er, dass er Gegenstand einer politischen Intrige war; seine Kandidatur sollte nur dazu dienen, die Reformpartei zu spalten und Verner zum Erfolg zu verhelfen, da wichtige Staatsangelegenheiten auf dem Spiel stünden. Als Horne mit seiner Geschichte ans Ende kommt, betritt er mit seinem Freund einen öffentlichen Park mit einem See. In dem Tempel auf der Halbinsel habe er seinen Wohnsitz. Er habe zwar die Wahl gewonnen, sei aber nie ins Parlament gekommen. Jetzt spiele sich sein Leben zurückgezogen auf dieser Halbinsel ab.

Die Rache der Statue (The Vengeance of the Statue)
In der abschließenden Episode trifft Horne Fisher seinen Freund ein letztes Mal; Howard Marsh ist inzwischen ein angesehener Journalist mit der Chance, eine unabhängige Zeitung herauszugeben. Er hofft bei dem Treffen, den alten Freund zur Mitarbeit bewegen zu können, um politische Missstände aufzudecken. Doch Fisher geht nicht auf das Angebot ein; er sei zu sehr verwandtschaftlich mit den Spitzen des Staates verbunden, und er sei stolz auf seine Familie. Als Gegenvorschlag lädt er seinen Freund zu einem Treffen seines geheimen Herrenclubs nach Kent ein, um ihm Gelegenheit zu geben, sich seine eigene Meinung über Fishers politische Absichten zu bilden. Dort angekommen, trifft Marsh auf eine Runde alter Männer, den Schatzkanzler Lord James Herries, auf Sir David Archer, den Außenminister und auf Fishers Onkel, den farblosen Landadligen Horne Hewitt, der mit einer geheimen außenpolitischen Mission beauftragt war. Anwesend ist auch ein Polizeibeamter namens Dr. Prince, ehemaliger Polizeiarzt und nun als Leibwächter der Gruppe abgestellt. Fisher klärt seinen Freund auf, er wolle verhindern, dass jemand aus der Gruppe versuchen will, an die Geheimpapiere im Besitz seines Onkels zu gelangen; er werde verhindern, dass dies gelänge.

Am nächsten Morgen erfährt die Runde, dass Hewitt ermordet unter einer Statue im Garten liegt. Dr. Prince geht davon aus, dass der Mörder die Statue auf den Mann gestürzt hat. Rätselhaft bleibt allerdings, wie es gelungen sein kann, Hewitt vorher den Rock auszuziehen; auch befinde sich an Hewitts Schwert nur wenig Blut. Während der Ermittlungen nimmt Fisher seinen Freund zur Seite, entfernt sich von der Gruppe und gesteht ihm, dass er seinen Onkel getötet habe, denn er habe herausgefunden, Hewitt selbst sei der Spion gewesen. Nachdem Fisher zugegeben hat, dass es ein zweites Schwert gab, schlussfolgert Marsh, dass Hewitt bei einem Duell starb und Fisher einen Kratzer im Gesicht erfuhr. So kommt die letzte Erzählung um Horne Fisher zu einem patriotisch guten Ende, als mittels einer umstürzenden Britannia-Statue der schlimmste Vaterlandsverräter gestellt wird. Die Geschichte endet damit, dass Fisher mit Marsh ans Meer fährt und sich, nachdem er sich von seinem Freund verabschiedet hat, mit einer einfachen Rakete in die Luft sprengt.

Die literarischen Figuren des Horne Fisher und Howard Marsh
"Wer Chesterton für einen harmlosen katholischen Humoristen abtun (oder zu einem solchen erheben) möchte, wird bei diesem Werk [...] erstmals auf Granit beißen", meinte Elmar Schenkel. Der Mann, der zu viel wusste stelle vielmehr aus verschiedenen Gründen "einen Gang in die Unterwelt" dar, "die zugleich die Höhen der Politik beleuchtet." In den Geschichten werde deutlich, dass Horne Fisher "ein moderner Hamlet ist, der nicht handeln kann und darf. Er weiß viel, zu viel, und deshalb sind ihm die Hände gebunden. Würde er die Schuldigen benennen, so könnte der Feind Staatsgeheimnisse erhalten, es könnte ein Bürgerkrieg ausbrechen oder das britische Empire untergehen. Horne Fisher ist ein Erbe dieser unsicheren Zeit, aber eben ein gelähmter Detektiv, ein durch sein Wissen paranoid Gewordener. [...] Es ist die Staatsräson, es sind ethische Gründe, die den Verrat verbieten oder größeres Unheil verhindern wollen, indem Korruption und Immoralität in den höchsten Kreisen verschwiegen werden."

"Alle Meisterdetektive der grossen Tradition sind unweigerlich Varianten und gleichzeitig Gegenentwürfe zu Sherlock Holmes", schrieb Werner von Koppenfels; "und der scheinbar so lethargische Horne Fisher, vorzeitig kahl, mit Sorgenfalten, schläfrigen Lidern und defaitistisch herabhängendem Schnurrbart", gehöre auf seine Weise zu den originellsten Typen in dieser Nachfolge. Fishers Lösungen seien stets "höchst paradox und brillant, aber sie bleiben skandalöserweise für die Schurken folgenlos, denn was er aufdeckt, muss sogleich wieder zugedeckt werden."

Schenkel vermutet, dass Chesterton mit Horne Fisher ein "reales Vorbild porträtieren wollte"; dessen Nachname deute auf Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher (1861–1940) hin, der nicht nur der Cousin von Virginia Woolf, sondern auch Historiker und Bildungsminister war, im Beratungsgremium des Königs saß und in höchsten Kreisen verkehrte. Ein anderes mögliches Vorbild sei der Schriftsteller Maurice Baring, der mit Chesterton ein Leben lang befreundet war, der Bankiersfamilie Barings entstammte und "so etwas wie der Narr der Familie" war.

Chesterton-Kenner Dale Ahlquist, Vorsitzender der American Chesterton Society, widerspricht solchen Spekulationen; Horne Fisher würde zwar zu Barings physischer Beschreibung passen, ebenso sei ein angesehenes Mitglied der Oberschicht und "er scheint jeden und alles zu kennen. Die Ähnlichkeit endet jedoch dort. So wie Pater Brown nicht gerade Pater John O'Connor ist, ist Horne Fisher auch nicht genau Maurice Baring. In jedem Fall war der echte Baring ein charmanter, umgänglicher Gentleman, der zu lachen wusste und keine Angst hatte, sich lächerlich zu machen, während er bei geselligen Zusammenkünften ein volles Weinglas auf seinem kahlen Kopf balancierte. Horne Fisher fehlt es deutlich an Charme und Humor." Nach Ansicht Ahlquists solle man den Baring-Aspekt eher vernachlässigen und den Blick darauf lenken, wie viel Chesterton in der Figur Horne Fisher sei; wie Fisher hatte der Autor "entdeckt, wie dunkel und wie schrecklich Verbrechen mit dem Gesetz verwickelt sein können". Ahlquist stellt die (hypothetische) Frage, ob Fisher einfach sein Sprachrohr sei, "um die Dinge, die er sagen will, ohne Zurückhaltung zu sagen, um eine Katharsis für seine Frustration über das verankerte und korrupte System zu sein." Ahlquist weist darauf hin, dass Chesterton wenige Jahre zuvor seinen geliebten Bruder vor Gericht sehen musste, als er von einer geschäftlichen und politischen Verschwörung betroffen war, die selbst nicht geahndet wurde. Dennoch habe Fisher wenig von Chestertons Grundhaltungen; "Horne Fisher ist freudlos. Er ist ein Pessimist. Und er ist ohne Rückgrat. Es gibt keine Möglichkeit, eine solche Beschreibung von Gilbert Keith Chesterton beizubehalten. Im Gegensatz zu Fisher habe Chesterton keine Angst gehabt, nach Gerechtigkeit zu rufen, egal was es kostete. Er habe vielmehr gehofft, in der Menschheit ein Publikum zu erreichen, das zu wenig wisse."

Hinsichtlich des "zu viel Wissens" des Protagonisten zitiert Ahlquist eine Passage, in der aus Ehrfurcht vor Fishers Verständnis der Fakten ihm ein anderer sagt:
"Fisher, ich sollte sagen, dass das, was Sie nicht wissen, es nicht wert ist, es zu wissen."
"Sie liegen falsch", antwortet Fisher mit einer sehr ungewöhnlichen Plötzlichkeit und sogar Bitterkeit. "Ich weiß, dass es nicht wert ist, darüber informiert zu werden."

Nach Ansicht von Ahlquist wäre Horne Fisher viel glücklicher, wenn er weniger wüsste als sein Gegenüber. "Er ist mit der Bürde belastet, die "Schattenseiten der Dinge" zu kennen, die stinkende Korruption in den Höhen von Reichtum und Macht. Er schleppt sich träge von einem erstaunlichen, entsetzlichen Ereignis zum nächsten, holt Leichen aus Autos und Brunnen und fasst die Situation mit kühler Verachtung zusammen. Aber er kann niemals die Verbrechen melden, die er aufdeckt, weil die Regierungen fallen, der Ruf ruiniert oder die Aristokraten sich winden könnten." So könne der Leser von Horne Fisher zwar die Wahrheit über die Ereignisse erfahren, aber nicht Gerechtigkeit erleben. Das sei so, weil Fisher das Problem habe, selbst ein mitschuldiges Mitglied der Klasse der kriminellen Regierenden zu sein.

Ahlquist weist darauf hin, dass Chestertons Buch nicht als Roman, sondern als Sammlung unabhängiger Geschichten zu betrachten sei. Dennoch vollziehe sich im Verlauf der acht Erzählungen eine Entwicklung des zweiten Charakters von Fischers Kumpel, des Journalisten Howard Marsh, der in diesen Geschichten die Watson-Rolle spiele. "Zeitungsjournalisten zu Chestertons Zeiten hatten eine völlig falsche Vorstellung von den glänzenden Tugenden der Reichen und Mächtigen", betont Ahlquist, "aber dank der Zusammenarbeit mit Fisher erfährt March die verdorbene Wahrheit. Und am Ende verprügelt er Fisher wegen seiner Untätigkeit." Nach Ansicht Ahlquists spreche damit Marsh das aus, was der Leser schon immer sagen wollte. Aber dann drehe Fisher den Spieß herum (und damit den Leser), indem er seine Familie und seinen Kreis verteidige. "Es ist eine bescheidene, durch und durch christlich und strenggläubige, und eine nachdenklich anregende Verteidigung":

"Haben Sie wirklich geglaubt, dass am Grund ihrer Herzen nur Böses ist? Dass ich in dem tiefen Meer, in dem die Vorsehung mich geworfen hat, nichts als Unflat gefunden habe? Verlassen Sie sich darauf: Das Beste im Menschen erkennt man erst, wenn man das Schlimmste von ihm weiß. [...] Ich sage Ihnen, dass für diese reichen Narren und Gauner eines ebenso gilt wie für den ärmsten Straßenräuber und Taschendieb: dass nur Gott weiß, wie gut sie versucht haben zu sein. Gott allein weiß, was das Gewissen überleben kann oder wie jemand, der seine Ehre verloren hat, trotzdem versuchen wird, seine Seele zu retten."

Aspekte der Satire und des Humors
Schon die erste Erzählung um Horne Fisher und Howard Marsh – The Face in the Target – ist eine Geschichte, die sich etwas von der gewöhnlichen Kriminalgeschichte unterscheidet, in der Verbrechen, Beweise, das Urteil des Kriminalbeamten und Erklärungen aufeinander folgen – weder March noch wir sind zuversichtlich hinsichtlich Fishers Kunst, den Täter zu überführen. vielmehr ist die erste Story "eine weitere Variante des Themas Mörder als Künstler."

"Die Geschichte beginnt in einem Wirrwarr von Erzählungen um einen Namen, die gleichzeitig neu und legendär sind", führte Chesterton den Leser in die Erzählung The Vanishing Prince ein. So entgeht Michael in einer ersten Episode der Entdeckung, indem er als Vogelscheuche auf dem Feld steht, während die kurzsichtige Polizist ziemlich ungeduldig vorbeikommt und ihn nicht entdeckt. Damit steht The Vanishing Prince in Verbindung mit den Mystery-Stories im Werk Chestertons, ähnlich dessen Erzählungen The Man Who Shot the Fox, The Five of Swords, The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd, The Moderate Murderer und  The Tower of Treason.

"Was eine Inversion bedeutet, macht Chesterton in The Soul of the Schoolboy besonders deutlich", schrieb Rudolf Matthias Fabritius über das Komische im Erzählwerk G. K. Chestertons. In dieser Erzählung unternehmen ein Onkel und sein Neffe, ein Schuljunge, eine Fahrt durch London. "Hervorgehoben als die bedeutendere Person wird jedoch nicht der Onkel, sondern der junge Neffe, der bei dieser Unternehmung das Heft des Handelns in der Hand hat. Elemente der Komik zeigt auch der Beginn von The Hole in the Wall, als sich nicht nur die Vorliebe des Autors für Polysemie des gleichen Worts, sondern auch die Homonymie zeigt: 'Lord Bulmer in The Hole in the Wall macht einen Architekten mit einem Archäologen bekannt, weil architect und archeologist die gleiche Klanggemeinschaft besitzen. In einer ironischen-spaßigen Weise läßt Chesterton dann die Wortpaare diplomatist – dipsomaniac und rationcinator – rat-catcher folgen.'"

In mehreren Erzählungen in The Man, Who Knew Too Much "begegnen wir den für ihr Amt ungeeigneten Politikern." schrieb Rudolf Matthias Fabritius in Das Komische im Erzählwerk G. K. Chestertons. "Ihr Mangel drückt sich mehr oder weniger in einem zum Normalen inkongruenten Aussehen aus." So besitzt der Finanzminister in The Face in the Target die Schädelrunde Major Bumpers und erinnert wegen seines Gesichtsausdrucks stark an einen Papageien, "eine für eine Staatsmann wenig schmeichelhafte Assoziation." Zu anderen drückt die Gestalt des Premierministers in The Venngeance of a Statue "ein Zuwenig an 'Leben' und Lebensfähigkeit aus und wirkt deshalb komisch." (The Prime minister no longer looked looked a boy, though he still looked little like a baby).

Komische Aspekte tauchen auch in weiteren Erzählungen auf; "so wird uns in The Fad of the Fisherman ein Mann vorgestellt, der den ganzen Tag beim Angeln sitzt und seinen Posten erst bei Sonnenuntergang verlässt." Diese Story ist auch voll mysteriöser Ereignisse; gleichzeitig "voller Paradoxon, nicht zuletzt, dass der Mord eine Nation tatsächlich von der Korruption befreit. Dieses Mal ist der "große Fisch", der davonkommt, ein Segen."

"Stark abgeschwächt erscheint das Komische bei Sir David Archer, dem Außenminister in The Vengeance of the Statue", schrieb Fabritius. "Ihm als Selfmademan bringt Chesterton, der der englischen Aristokratie kritisch gegenüberstand, mehr Sympathie entgegen und verzichtet desahlb auf scharfe karikierende Züge. Komisch wirken jedoch zwei widerspenstige Locke, die wie die Fühler eines riesigen Insekts erscheinen."

Rezeption

Nach Ansicht von Dale Ahlquist (American Chesterton Society) sind die Geschichten "immer noch großartige Detektivgeschichten, von denen jede für sich steht". The Hole in the Wall und The Vanishing Prince gehörten zu den besten Kriminalgeschichten, die Chesterton geschrieben hat. The Face in the Target sei ein schönes Beispiel für Chestertons wichtigsten Beitrag zur Gattung des Kriminalromanes: "die Idee des Fairplay mit dem Leser. Alle Hinweise sind da, aber der Leser ist immer noch überrascht. Krimis gelingen dort, wo andere Fiktionen scheitern, weil es darum geht, die Wahrheit zu finden. Es ist eine Befriedigung, das Rätsel zu lösen, auch wenn die Antwort nicht gefällt."

Für Jürgen Kaube (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) ist "Chesterton einer der herrlichsten Schriftsteller aller Zeiten". Der apathische Detektiv Horne Fisher müsse bei seinen Ermittlungen im Milieu der politischen Oberschicht verzweifelt erkennen, "dass Moral offenbar nicht immer das oberste Gebot zu sein scheint und die von ihm überführten Täter dementsprechend nicht ausliefert." Der Rezensent lobt nicht nur Chestertons intellektuellen Humor, sondern auch die für Detektivgeschichten eher ungewöhnlichen, sehr beeindruckenden englischen Landschaftsbilder.

Werner von Koppenfels (Neue Zürcher Zeitung) wandte ein, dass "diese bizarren Stories nicht nur Liebhaber gängiger Detektivliteratur befremden dürften, sondern auch moralisch schwer verdaulich sind. Denn die Geschichten um den melancholischen Detektiv Horne Fisher, dessen exzellent gelöste Fälle immer wieder durch eine korrupte Oberschicht vertuscht werden, seien nicht nur durch Chestertons Konvertierung zum Katholizismus geprägt, sondern ließen vor allem die Enttäuschung ihres patriotischen, einstmals liberalen Autors vom Ersten Weltkrieg erkennen." Für den Rezensenten zeigten auch die fremdenfeindlichen und antisemitischen Äußerungen des Protagonisten dann doch mehr den "'platten Propagandisten' als den talentierten Autor."

Judith von Sternburg (Frankfurter Rundschau) verzeichnet zwar ebenso die Deutschen- und judenfeindlichen Auslassungen des Aristokraten; sie "lässt sich aber von ihnen nicht die Freude an den Erzählungen verderben, die sie mit orientalischen Giften, Schreien in der Nacht und einem oft bizarren, aber patriotischen Ende unterhielten."

Während nach Hugh Kenner im Werk Chestertons auf das "Sehen", auf die "Bilder, die in den Geschichten stehen, nicht die Gedankengänge" achten solle, sei in Der Mann, der zu viel wusste die Blindheit das eigentliche Thema, meint Elmar Schenkel, "das Wegsehen, Vertuschen und Täuschen, und deshalb wimmelt es hier von Phatomen und Halluzinationen als Formen der Verdrängung, deshalb ist der Detektiv auch keiner." Horne Fisher sei vielmehr "ein Gefangener seiner Werte"; daher könne man dieses Buch auch "als eine Studie über das Nichtsehen lesen, als Geschichten über die Blindheit in einer Gesellschaft, dargestellt von einem der scharfsinnigsten Vertreter, den ausgerechnet sein Wissen blendet".

Alfred Hitchcock gelangte in den frühen 1930er-Jahren an die Filmrechte von The Man Who Knew Too Much, allerdings kam eine Verfilmung nie zu Stande. Ihm gefiel allerdings der Titel und da er die Rechte an diesem besaß, verwendete er ihn für den gleichnamigen Film von 1934 und das Remake von 1956.

Der Antisemitismusvorwurf

Werner von Koppenfels merkt an, dass Horne Fisher "allzu sehr mit der kriminellen Oberschicht versippt" sei; und die wiederum befinde sich nach Ansicht Chestertons "fest in der Hand des (jüdischen) Kapitals." Als Horne Fishers guter Freund, der Premierminister, "auf arg symbolische Weise den erpresserischen Finanzmagnaten Sir Isaac Hook aus der Welt schafft, verlangt die Staatsräson natürlich strenge Geheimhaltung. Dabei wird es dem Leser einigermassen schwergemacht, über die Tat und ihre Bereinigung nicht so etwas wie heimliche Genugtuung zu empfinden". Für Elmar Schenkel kommt hinsichtlich der Judenfeindlichkeit als Vorbild für Horne Fisher Barings und Chestertons gemeinsamer Freund, der Roamcier und Journalist  Hilaire Belloc infrage, der großen Einfluss auf Chestertons antijüdischen Einlassungen hatte.

In zwei Episoden kommt es zu antijüdischen und antikapitalistischen Anschuldigungen; in der Der bodenlose Brunnen, in dem ein Mord auf einem britischen Golfplatz im Orient geschieht, erklärt Fisher zum einen die Notwendigkeit, den wahren Täter zu verheimlichen, zum anderen "lässt er sich zu einer Tirade gegen die Feinde des Empires, Geldverleiher, »verdammte Juden« und »Yankee-Jüdinnen« hinreißen." In Der Narr der Familie nennt er den deutschen Magnaten Francis Verner (alias Franz Werner) einen "dreckigen Ausländer". In keinem anderen fiktionalen Text, schrieb  Elmar Schenkel, "äußert sich Chesterton so explizit, so brutal offen, auch so plump wie hier." Der Antisemitismus sei bei Chesterton weniger beiläufig als bei Charles Dickens, H. G. Wells, Virginia Woolf oder T. S. Eliot. "Denn bei ihm bildet er einen Teil seiner Kritik an der Moderne; er verbindet mit dem Judentum Großkapital, Plutokratie und multinationale Korporationen und setzt sich für eine zionistische Lösung ein, da er die Juden als Fremdkörper in Europa betrachtet." "It's bad enough that a gang of infernal Jews should plant us here, where there's no earthy English interest to serve, ans all hell beating up against us, simply because Nosey Zimmern has lent money to half the Cabinet."

Bibliographische Angaben

Editorischer Hinweis
Die Buchausgabe, die in den Vereinigten Staaten erschien, enthielt eine weitere Geschichte (ohne Bezug zu Horne Fisher), The Trees of Pride. Die Ausgabe für das Vereinigte Königreich wiederum umfasste drei weitere kurze Erzählungen, The Garden of Smoke, The Five of Swords und The Tower of Treason.

Erstveröffentlichungen
 Die Zeitangaben beziehen sich auf die Veröffentlichung im Haper's Magazine.

 April 1920: The Face in the Target (vol. 140, April 1920, pp. 577–587)
 August 1920: "II. The Vanishing Prince, A Story" (August 1920, pp. 320–330)
 September 1920: "III. The Soul of the Schoolboy" (v. 141, Sept. 1920, pp. 512–521)
 March 1921: "IV. The Bottomless Well" (v. 142, March 1921, pp. 504–514)
 June 1921: "V. The Fad of the Fisherman" (June 1921, pp. 9–20)
 October 1921: "VI. The Hole in the Wall" (v. 143, Oct. 1921, pp. 572–586)
 May 1922: "VII. The Temple of Silence" (v. 144, May 1922, pp. 783–798)
 June 1922: "The Vengeance of the Statue" (v. 145, June 1922, pp. 10–22)

Buchausgaben
Erstausgaben
 The Man Who Knew Too Much London: Cassell & Co. 1922.
 The Man Who Knew Too Much New York: Harper & Brothers 1922.

Deutschsprachige Ausgaben
 Der Mann der zuviel wußte, übersetzt von Clarisse Meitner. München, Musarion, 1925.
 Der Mann der zuviel wußte, übersetzt von Clarisse Meitner. Freiburg i. B.,Basel, Wien: Herder, 1960.
 Der Mann der zuviel wußte – Geschichten um einen Gentleman-Detektiv München, Zürich: Droemer/Knaur 1975. ISBN 978-3-426-00323-7.
 Der Mann, der zu viel wusste. Kriminalgeschichten. Manesse Verlag, Zürich 2011. Neuübersetzung von Renate Orth-Guttmann, ISBN 978-3-7175-2228-7).

Siehe auch
 Liste literarischer Detektive und Ermittler

Weblinks

 The Man Who Knew Too Much bei Chesterton.org

Einzelnachweise

Literatur (20. Jahrhundert)
Literatur (Englisch)
Roman, Epik
Kriminalliteratur
Literarisches Werk

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By now, most of us are back to our routine day to day.
The Christmas tree stands lifeless in the corner of the room where, just days ago, it was imbued with a certain seasonal magic—a magic especially obvious at night when its lights glowed warmly, and the bright, shiny ornaments reflected the illumination in a colorful palette of red, green, blue, silver, and gold throughout the room.
The electrical plug now droops over a bottom branch. Nobody notices; the lights remain cold. The tree has seen its best days, done its holiday duty, and will soon be stripped of its finery.
The township mulch pile is the next stop for some trees. Others will be placed in giant bags and placed curbside on trash-removal day. There are tiring days ahead for those who must heave the woody remains onto a truck.
In the meantime, some gifts remain under the tree. Sweater sleeves appear to slither over the shallow sides of their boxes to touch the floor, chain-store tags dangle from bathrobes and slippers, and returnable items are bagged up and ready to go back to the mall at the next convenient moment.
The best gifts are already in use. That's not to say that sweaters, slippers, and bathrobes aren't great gifts. They are. It's just that most people do not feel compelled to model slippers and robes when they're outside the home. It would just be odd. There's not much about those items that elicit admiration and approval, anyway.
As for sweaters, I haven't looked good in one since I was young and almost slim (maybe not slim, but a lot less bulgy).
Stockings will be taken down, and not necessarily with the care in which they were hung; I yank, and tacks fly. They land in places where only bare feet can find them. The small stuffers of pen sets, bottles of fragrance, candy bars, shaving razors, and all sorts of other knickknackery have been whisked away.
I shook my stocking out several times. I'm convinced it was only hung to add symmetry to the lineup; I didn't ask.
Listen, it's all good. I have little use for pen sets; the ink is nearly dried up in the ones I already own. My bottle of Old Spice is almost full. It's obvious that I don't need candy bars. I mostly use an electric razor, when I remember to charge it. And I certainly have no use for knickknacks and the dust they collect.
It's a new year. We embrace hope and the idea of a do-over for mistakes, poor decisions, and bad habits that have hindered our aspirations and relationships. We vow to be better. We will lose weight, quit smoking, be more patient with our spouses and children, unselfishly serve mankind, and make other resolutions, numerous and diverse.
We will invariably fail to follow through on some of our loftier aims. It happens because we are human. Being human is a good general excuse for why we often fall short of our grand schemes.
But resilience of spirit is another aspect of being human. When we fail, we feel challenged. We back up, take a running start, and head for the goal, again and again. That's when good things happen, and we become better human beings. Keep at it—you'll see.


What would you think of a visit to the city of Stirling with all its history? Stirling Castle would be one of the possibilities of visiting as well as the national Wiliam Wallace monument. You undoubtedly know this person from the film Braveheart with Mel Gibson. This historic tale is shown here by means of exhibitions and there are splendid walks in the surroundings. Of course the city of Stirling itself is worth examining, as it's very worthwhile to sample the atmosphere.
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Questions on Ubuntu Touch, GNOME and Oracle
By Larry Cafiero on October 3, 2014 |
Desktops, Distros, Mobile and Operating Systems
Other than the continuous scrambling to fix Shellshocked — if nothing else we in the FOSS world are both quick to respond to fixes and quick to come up with great names for epic bugs — this has been a relatively quiet week on our side of the digital street. Yeah, we can laugh at Apple for releasing an update that wasn't really an update and at Microsoft for losing the ability to count, jumping from Window 8 to Windows 10, now with the improvement of having — wait for it — a command line.
But here are a couple of morsels in the FOSS realm this week, answering a few questions, like:
Hold the phone? Remember the Ubuntu Edge, the smartphone for which Mark Shuttleworth went, hat in hand, begging for $32 million so the wider digital community could fund his pet project?
The $32 million Ubuntu Edge campaign was one that would warm the heart of Bill Lumbergh.
You remember, it was about a year ago, the "revolutionary" idea of having your entire digital life on a device you could hold in your hand, put in your shirt pocket and then accidentally drop into the toilet (or, as a former news colleague did about a year ago, drop irretrievably into a deep lake high in the Sierra Nevada)? The one costing $800?
To the surprise of not too many, it doesn't look like we're going to see that anytime soon — if at all — though according to an article in Softpedia, folks are still expecting it. Those folks include me, only because I'd like to see Canonical follow through on what they say they'll do for a change.
According to the article, Mark Shuttleworth has been asked numerous times if Ubuntu Edge will eventually be built. Right after the campaign he said this: "All of the support and publicity has continued to drive our discussions with some major manufacturers."
OK, that was not exactly promising. A year has passed and not much has been heard on the Ubuntu Edge, and according to the article, Shuttleworth eventually said that Edge would not happen and that the focus of the development team was on the upcoming Ubuntu Touch.
To Canonical's, um, credit, at least we'll see a phone sometime before the end of the year with Ubuntu Touch.
But go ahead and add Ubuntu Edge to the long list of things we'll never see from Canonical. You can pencil it in right there after Ubuntu TV.
A Comeback? With GNOME 3.14 now out — insert your own pi joke here, and sadly, it wasn't available last week when I gave Fedora 21 Alpha a test drive — it appears that some think that the desktop environment, somewhat rattled by their diversionary changes of a few years ago, may be winning back the hearts and minds of people who abandoned it.
Improved weather and maps are part of the many improvements in GNOME 3.14.
So says Chris Hoffman in PC World, where he points out that GNOME is "back with a vengeance."
Hoffman outlines some of the changes in 3.14, including captive portal handling, multitouch support, and new weather and photo apps.
"Well, if you haven't tried it in a while, GNOME 3 has improved," Hoffman writes. "Performance is now good. Debian just switched back to GNOME as their default desktop, partly because its accessibility and systemd integration was better than Xfce's, but the interface has improved enough to make those considerations possible."
Seriously? Quickly, am I the only one who laughs when I hear the words Oracle OpenWorld spoken aloud, the name of Oracle's conference now being held in San Francisco? Can I at least see a show of hands of people who find this expo's name even the slightest bit ironic?
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quote:: Quickly, am I the only one who laughs when I hear the words Oracle OpenWorld spoken aloud, the name of Oracle's conference now being held in San Francisco? Can I at least see a show of hands of people who find this expo's name even the slightest bit ironic? ::quote
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Oxuderces wirzi  é uma espécie de peixe da família Gobiidae e da ordem Perciformes.

Morfologia
 Os machos podem atingir 10,5 cm de comprimento total.

Habitat
É um peixe de clima tropical e demersal.

Distribuição geográfica
É encontrado na Oceania: Papua-Nova Guiné e no Norte de Austrália.

Observações
É inofensivo para os humanos.

Bibliografia
 Anónimo 2001. Base de dados da colecção de peixes do National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution - Division of Fishes.
 Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao e C.F. Lai (eds.), 1999. Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan.

Ligações externas
 AQUATAB
 ITIS
 uBio

Gobiidae
Peixes descritos em 1937


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SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – China will plant new forests covering an area roughly the size of Ireland this year as it aims to increase forest coverage to 23 percent of its total landmass by the end of the decade, China Daily reported.
Planting trees has become a key part of China's efforts to improve its environment and tackle climate change, and the government has pledged to raise total coverage from 21.7 percent to 23 percent over the 2016-2020 period, said the China Daily, citing the country's top forestry official.
Zhang Jianlong, head of the State Forestry Administration, said at a meeting that China would aim to grow at least 6.66 million hectares of new forest this year.
He said 33.8 million hectares of forest had been planted nationwide over the last five years, with a total investment of more than 538 billion yuan ($82.88 billion), bringing the country's total forest area to 208 million hectares.
Three new state forests with a total area of 483,000 hectares would also be built in the new Xiongan development zone in Hebei province, he said.
The heavily polluted Hebei, which surrounds the capital Beijing, has also pledged to raise total forest coverage to 35 percent by the end of 2020.
China, which has to feed a quarter of the global population using just 7 percent of the world's arable land, has long struggled to strike a balance between industrial growth, maximising food production and protecting its environment.
The government is currently promoting an "ecological red line" programme which will force provinces and regions to restrict "irrational development" and curb construction near rivers, forests and national parks.
The environment ministry said last month that 15 provinces had already drawn up plans, with the remaining 16 aiming to do so this year, but it is not yet clear what impact the policy will have on the country's farmland. ($1 = 6.4915 yuan)
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Sensory Capital in Education: the Missing Piece?
Title Sensory Capital in Education: the Missing Piece?
Authors Pishghadam R, Shakeebaee G, Rahmani S
Keywords capital, Education, emotioncy, sensory capital
One of the several reasons education is believed to be vital in every society is that it can function as a route to social mobility and economic prosperity. That is, education is expected to be facilitative in the process of developing individuals' capitals. Likewise, capitals play an essential role in individuals' success or failure in classrooms. Some of the most frequently discussed capitals in the sociology of education are economic, cultural, social, and symbolic capitals. Acknowledging the importance of these capitals, this paper seeks to add a psychological perspective to the concept of capitals in education through the addition of sensory capital, which has its roots in the notion of emotioncy. This capital, as the name suggests, underscores senses in the formation of emotions and claims to stand at the center of capitals while it is simultaneously affected by and affecting them. Consequently, due to its given position in connecting all the capitals to one another and facilitating the development of them, sensory capital also claims to have a role in education.
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The high-end Italian conform code Dolce Gabbana recently showcased their latest collection during a Alta Moda Runway in New York City. The three-day extravaganza, that took place final week was kicked off during a New York Public Library with a display of Dolce Gabbana's trinket line — Alta Gioielleria, that was followed by a men's couture — Alta Sartoria during a Rainbow Room during Rockefeller Center on a second day and a culmination couture on a third day showcased their women's collection during The Metropolitan Opera House.
While during a valuables auction, Sarah Jessica Parker played a model, a menswear uncover saw actor Liza Minnelli as a star attraction. On a final day, supermodel Naomi Campbell and Karlie Kloss along with and distance indication Ashley Graham walked a ramp looking overwhelming in thespian gowns and eye-catching, quirky headwears.
The women's collection enclosed a lot of embellishments, feathers, fur, ruffles, and fringes with colourful palettes. While Campbell was seen in a graphic-printed robe featuring a prolonged sight with china climax on her head, Graham was seen wearing a floral-printed robe with extreme scatter detailing on a sleeves and a feather-y headwear.
Hollywood A-listers like Dakota Fanning, Catherine Zeta Jones, Diane Kruger and Jamie Foxx were among a initial quarrel audience.
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by: Gayle Anderson
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It's Saturday! What are you doing? There are some interesting suggestions on the Saturday "Gayle on the Go" list. Take a look! Enjoy!
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Come support the athletes at the 2016 Special Olympics Summer Games on the campus of Cal State Long Beach.
In addition to watching more than one-thousand athletes go for the gold, silver, and bronze, there's also a Special Olympics Festival featuring games, live entertainment, community and law enforcement exhibits, and more. Visitors can pick up Special Olympics souvenirs and merchandise at Rafer's Boutique. The Healthy Athlete Village offers FREE health screenings for athletes.
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The Mixed Remixed Festival, the nation's largest gathering of mixed-race and multiracial families and people, is happening at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles.
Now in its third year, the festival celebrates stories of multiracial Americans and families, the fastest growing demographic in the U.S.
A FREE public event, the festival brings together film and book lovers, innovative and emerging artists, and multiracial and multicultural families and individuals for workshops, readings, performances, and film screenings.
7th Annual Tommy Bahama Paddleboard Race & Ocean Festival
www.tommybahama.com
Look for the 7th annual Tommy Bahama Pier Paddleboard Race & Ocean Festival at the Santa Monica Pier. This is an all-day event showcasing an everything from paddleboard to dory races to a rigorous ocean swim, all featuring the top competitors from around the world.
This year the festival features a special musical headliner, surf guitar legend Dick Dale, widely credited with inventing the genre of surf music.
The event is free for spectators and fun for the whole family. Besides the races, there will be beach games and races for the kids, a lifeguard and surf history pop-up museum, plus live music and hula dancers performing throughout the day.
The Tommy Bahama Ice Cream Truck will be handing out free ice cream all day.
Free Admission!
Los Angeles Cactus & Succulent Society 16th Annual Drought Tolerant Plant Festival
Sepulveda Garden Center
16633 Magnolia Blvd
www.lacactus.com
Get some information about drought tolerant landscaping at the Los Angeles Cactus & Succulent Society's 16th Annual Drought Tolerant Plant Festival. Learn how landscaping with drought tolerant plants can save you money and water.
Speakers include experts Lili Singer, who will discuss "The Joys Of Gardening With Native Plants"; Sandy Chase on "Propagating and Repotting Succulents" and Matt Maggio offering creative ideas on "Landscaping With Aloes."
Los Angeles International Fern Society Fern & Exotic Plant Show & Sale
Los Angeles County Arboretum
301 North Baldwin Avenue
www.arboretum.org
Many varieties of rare plant species from all over the world are on display at the Los Angeles International Fern Society Fern & Exotic Plant Show Sale at the Los Angeles County Arboretum.
More than 250 rare ferns, orchids, carnivorous plants, bromeliads and exotic hard-to-find plants are available.
36th Fuchsia Festival Show & Sale
South Coast Botanic Garden
www.southcoastbotanicgarden.org
The 36th Annual Fuchsia Festival Show & Sale is up and running at the South Coast Botanic Garden in
Palos Verdes Peninsula. There are more than one hundred varieties, including species and mite resistant fuchsias.
63rd Culver City Garden Club Show & Sale
Culver City Teen Center
www.culvercitygardenclub.org
And, there's the 63rd Annual 63rd Culver City Garden Club Show & Sale. There are workshops on plant and garden issues, plus starter plants to kids to encourage their interest in gardening and the environment.
King Harbor Boating Safety Day
Moonstone Park
280 Marina Way
www.waterfronteducation.org/boat-safety
Some people bring their bad behavior behind the steering wheel of vehicle to bad behavior behind the steering wheel of a boat.
This is King Harbor Boating Safety Day, where the United States Coast Guard is providing free information and boating safety classes.
LA Pride Music Festival & Parade
www.lapride.org
LET'S PARTY !!! The L.A. Pride Music Festival and Parade is celebrating its 46th anniversary in West Hollywood.
This year there's a lineup of today's hottest performers and emerging artists, as well as the free-to-the-public parade.
There's so much happening all weekend, it's a good idea to check the website for extensive list of activities.
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In 2011, Arno's breeding dominance continued to prove itself. Among many other awards of recognition, Arno added two more AHR GOLD classified daughters to his list of accomplishments. There were only two AHR GOLD awards given out through the AHR Inspection and Classification system in 2011 and both of the recipients were sired by Arno. Limelight of Genesis, owned by Wingspann Haflingers in Oregon and Rozena of New Horizons, owned by Dreamfield Manor in Pennsylvania, were the recipients of the two GOLD titles. Also, Arno broke yet another AHR record when one of his gelding offspring, A Perfect Storm DAF, became the highest ever inspected AHR gelding with 78 points at the New York inspection site in July 2011. The pinning of two more AHR GOLD offspring for Arno in 2011, elevated him to the AHR 'SUPREME Status'.
At the 2013 AHR National Show, Arno's offspring once again made him proud. Arno sired the 'Senior National Champion Mare', the 'National Champion Mare', and the overall 'National Best of Show'. At the AHR Futurity, Arno made a clean sweep of the blues! Arno sired the 1st place 3-year-old, the 1st place and Champion 2-year-old, and the 1st place and Champion Yearling. This means that Arno's offspring won all three age divisions! In 2013 though, Arno only sired one foal in the entire country. But, not to disappoint, this young filly that was born in May still was named the 1st place Junior Weanling Filly and the Reserve Junior Champion Weanling.
We have a saying around the barn: "Don't Argue with Arno". We are in complete awe and respect for Arno and what he has done for Genesis Farm and his role in the vast improvement of the haflinger breed in the last 10 years. We often refer to him as "The Man", for obvious reasons after you read about his offspring's lengthy list of accolades. Arno is an incredible stallion that continues to amaze us with the consistency of the quality of foals that he puts on the ground year after year!


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Cliffs End Farm, Isle of Thanet, Kent
A mortuary and ritual site of the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon period with evidence for long-distance maritime mobility
By Jacqueline I. McKinley, Matt Leivers, Jörn Schuster, Peter Marshall, Alistair J. Barclay and Nick Stoodley
£35.00 buy online from Oxbow Books
Excavations at Cliffs End Farm undertaken in 2004/5 uncovered a dense area of archaeological remains including Bronze Age barrows and enclosures, a large prehistoric mortuary feature, and a small early 6th to late 7th century Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery. An extraordinary series of human and animal remains were recovered from the Late Bronze Age–Middle Iron Age mortuary feature, revealing a wealth of evidence for mortuary rites including exposure, excarnation and curation.
The site seems to have been largely abandoned in the later Iron Age and very little Romano-British activity was identified. In the early 6th century a small inhumation cemetery was established. Very little human bone survived within the 21 graves, where the burial environment differed from that within the prehistoric mortuary feature, but grave goods indicate 'females' and 'males' were buried here. Richly furnished graves included that of a 'female' buried with a necklace, a pair of brooches and a purse, as well as a 'male' with a shield covering his face, a knife and spearhead. Overlapping with the use of the cemetery in the Early Anglo-Saxon period, but continuing into, at least, the 11th century, are 74 pits confined to the southern part, many of which contain large quantities of marine shell, probably consumed locally at communal gatherings.
English Heritage funded an extensive programme of radiocarbon and isotope analyses, which have produced some surprising results that shed new light on long distance contacts, mobility and mortuary rites during later prehistory.


Gov. Asa Hutchinson released his final plan for income tax cuts for in Arkansas. Tagged the "5.9 plan" it would lower income taxes by $97 million through fiscal year 2022. The top income tax rate would fall from 6.9% to 6.6% in the first year, and then down to 5.9% in the second year. The 6.0% top income tax rate for middle income filers would lower to 5.9%.
The reduction from 6.9% to 6.6% for top income earners plus the rate cut from 6.0% to 5.9% for middle income earners would cost $51.2 million, split between two fiscal years (FY2020 – FY2021). Cutting the top rate from 6.6% to 5.9% will cost an additional $45.8 million and be phased in from FY2021 – FY2022, according to the Governor's office printouts of the plan.
The bill has no tax increases included. Previous draft legislation of the Governor's plan included a new internet sales tax and federal conformity laws that would have raised taxes. At the press conference the Governor and legislative leaders said the internet sales tax bill would be ran separately.
The bill (SB211) was filed after the Governor's press conference by Senate Tax and Revenue Chairman Sen. Jonathan Dismang (R – Beebe). Co-Sponsors include House Tax and Revenue Chairman Joe Jett (R – Success), House Speaker Matthew Shepherd (R – El Dorado), and Senate President Pro Tem Jim Hendren (R – Gravette).
One big change in the final plan from the previous "2-4-5.9 plan" is that the standard deduction is not increased for tax filers. This is likely one of the biggest reasons for the decline in revenue expected to be cut. The 2-4-5.9 plan was estimated to cut revenue by almost $200 million over three to four years.
You can watch the Governor's press conference in it's entirety below.


The following is a partial transcript of the video. Fill in the blanks with the correct modal verb in brackets. Go to CBS News to find out more.
"This is an alarming trend because those filtered selfies often present an unattainable look and are blurring the line of reality and fantasy for these patients," researchers from Boston University School of Medicine's Department of Dermatology wrote in a recent article, published in the medical journal JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery.
"Now, it is not just celebrities propagating beauty standards: it is a classmate, a coworker, or a friend. The pervasiveness of these filtered images 1._____ take a toll on one's self esteem, make one feel inadequate for not looking a certain way in the real world," the doctors write. They say it 2._____ even "act as a trigger" and lead to the development of body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD, a mental health condition in which a person is preoccupied with a nonexistent or minor flaw in their physical appearance.
Fueling that trend 3._____ be the fact that selfies present a somewhat distorted view of a person's face. Research published in March showed that the close proximity of the camera 4._____ distort facial features "like a funhouse mirror," for example by making the base of the nose appear approximately 30 percent wider. Such distortions 5._____ potentially prompt prolific selfie-takers to develop a skewed self-image.
The Boston University authors warn that impact of digitally-perfected selfies 6._____ be especially harmful to young people.
The authors argue that doctors need to be aware of the implications social media 7._____ have for their patients' self-esteem and overall health.
"It 8._____ be argued that these apps are making us lose touch with reality because we expect to look perfectly primped and filtered in real life as well. Filtered selfies especially 9._____ have harmful effects on adolescents or those with BDD because these groups 10._____ more severely internalize this beauty standard," they write, adding that it's important for health care providers to take this into consideration when treating and counseling patients.


I am not a botanical painter by nature, but because I have been so immersed in my garden this summer I can't help, but be inspired by some of the beautiful veggies that are growing there. Also, because I have been so wrapped up in the processes of planting, harvesting and putting up all this lovely produce (and trying to keep my pup, Balin from digging up, chewing up or trampling my plants), I have had very little time for painting let alone anything else. That's where a sketchbook journal can come in handy. In the rare, unfilled moments I've had lately I can relax with a quick sketch.
Beets aren't the only plant that I have sketched this summer. While foraging for wild edibles in the mountains I thought it might be a good idea to include them in my sketchbook to help me remember what to look for, where I found them and when.
These are just a few that I found, but there are so many more. There just doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day right now to accomplish all that I'd like to. If I could create my perfect world I would explore and sketch and paint to my hearts content and let someone else worry about gardening, cooking, cleaning, etc. But until that time I guess the "beet" goes on and I'll be happy with a few sketches now and then until life slows down a bit and I have time for larger works of art.


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Sensibo Chooses BlueSnap to Process Global eCommerce Payments
17 Jun, 2015, 13:00 BST
-- Smart A/C company reaches shoppers in 35 countries within first month of selling
WALTHAM, Massachusetts, June 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Global payment gateway BlueSnap announced today that Sensibo, maker of a smart air conditioning system, has chosen BlueSnap to process eCommerce payments globally. In the first month with BlueSnap, Sensibo has already accepted orders from customers in 35 countries.
Sensibo is a device that connects air conditioners to the Internet allowing owners to control their "smart" A/C unit from any mobile device. Sensibo can automatically cool or heat a home based on an individual's daily habits and lifestyle. The device saves energy, reduces the electricity bill and ensures that users always come home to the perfect temperature.
An Indiegogo success story, Sensibo launched in 2014 and crowdsourced its funding goal of $70,000 within just 10 days. Ultimately, the company raised over $170,000 to manufacturer the first batch of Sensibo devices, which began shipping in May 2015.
With a pure e-tail model and global customer base, Sensibo needed a way to serve shoppers from around the world. After implementing BlueSnap's BuyNow Hosted Checkout pages, Sensibo can now sell to consumers in 180 countries, serving up 29 languages, 60 currencies and 110 payment types, all localized according to the shopper's location.
"BlueSnap was the obvious choice for our company," said Omer Enbar, CEO and Co-founder at Sensibo. "Their global focus, easy implementation and back-end bells and whistles are helping us reach the highest conversion rates possible in 35 countries and counting. We're equipped to grow our business at a pace and scale that wouldn't have been possible otherwise."
For Sensibo, a key consideration was BlueSnap's Intelligent Payment Routing. This technology automatically switches transactions between acquiring banks when needed, fails over to alternate acquirers in the event of a transaction failure, and automatically retries failed recurring charges several times. Intelligent Payment Routing can raise payment conversion rates by as much as 10 to 20 percent, rescuing sales that would otherwise be aborted due to different acquirer policies or processing snags.
"Sensibo's success on Indiegogo was extraordinary, and it positioned the company to have a global customer base right off the bat," said Peter Caparso, Chief Commercial Officer. "With BlueSnap, they're processing payments from thousands of worldwide consumers that discovered them through the campaign. It's a great model for other tech startups that need to seamlessly transition from crowdfunding to selling."
About Sensibo
Sensibo makes your remote-controlled air conditioner smart. The device connects A/C units to the Internet and allows you to control them from a mobile device. Sensibo pays attention to your habits and the weather to automatically reduce the electricity bill and make your home the perfect temperature at all times. The company is based in Tel Aviv, Israel and sells worldwide at www.sensibo.com.
About BlueSnap
BlueSnap is a smarter global payment gateway powering the checkout process for eCommerce merchants worldwide, and fueling growth for online businesses serving global markets. BlueSnap is fulfilling its promise to convert more shoppers to buyers worldwide. Learn more at www.bluesnap.com.
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This transverse section of the abdomen reveals the liver and other organs within the upper portion of the abdominal cavity.
Lobes of the liver, viewed (a) anteriorly and (b) inferiorly.
Caudate lobe normal concentration of blood glucose. Liver cells that respond to hormones such as insulin and glucagon lower the blood glucose level by polymerizing glucose to glycogen and raise the blood glucose level by breaking down glycogen to glucose or by converting noncarbohydrates into glucose.
The liver's effects on lipid metabolism include oxidizing fatty acids at an especially high rate (see chapter 18, p. 741); synthesizing lipoproteins, phospholipids, and cholesterol; and converting portions of carbohydrate and protein molecules into fat molecules. The blood transports fats synthesized in the liver to adipose tissue for storage.
The most vital liver functions are probably those related to protein metabolism. They include deaminating amino acids; forming urea (see chapter 18, p. 743); synthesizing plasma proteins, such as clotting factors (see chapter 14, p. 567); and converting certain amino acids to other amino acids.
(a) Cross section of a hepatic lobule. (b) Enlarged longitudinal section of a hepatic lobule. (c) Light micrograph of hepatic lobules (cross section) (160x).
Bacteria in the intestine produce ammonia, which is carried in the blood to the liver, where it is converted to urea. When this liver function fails, concentration of blood ammonia sharply rises, causing hepatic coma, a condition that can lead to death.
The liver also stores many substances, including glycogen, iron, and vitamins A, D, and B12. Extra iron from the blood combines with a protein (apoferritin) in liver cells, forming ferritin. The iron is stored in this form until blood iron concentration falls, when some of the iron is released. Thus, the liver is important in iron homeostasis.
Liver cells help destroy damaged red blood cells and phagocytize foreign antigens. The liver removes toxic substances such as alcohol from the blood (detoxification). The liver can also serve as a blood reservoir, stor ing 200 to 400 milliliters of blood. The liver's role in digestion is to secrete bile. Table 17.7 summarizes the major functions of the liver. Clinical Application 17.3 discusses hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver.
99 Describe the location of the liver.
^9 Describe a hepatic lobule.
□ Which liver function participates in digestion?


U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's Build America Bureau is now soliciting applications for up to $850 million in Fostering Advancements in Shipping and Transportation for the Long-term Achievement of National Efficiencies (FASTLANE) grants. The FASTLANE program was established in the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act to fund critical freight and highway projects across the country.
ABS Chairman, President and CEO, Christopher J. Wiernicki, was honored for his contributions to the maritime industry by the United Seamen's Service (USS) as a recipient of the Admiral of the Ocean Seas Award on October 28, 2016 in New York. "I am humbled to accept this award, not for me, but rather on behalf of the more than 5,000 worldwide employees of ABS and the 1.5 million mariners who day in and day out keep this industry moving and our global economy expanding," Wiernicki said.
Vessel operating costs are expected to rise in both 2016 and 2017, according to the latest survey by international accountant and shipping consultant Moore Stephens. Repairs and maintenance and spares are the cost categories which are likely to increase most significantly in each of the two years. The survey is based on responses from key players in the international shipping industry, predominantly shipowners and managers in Europe and Asia.
Reuters report quoting South Korea government sources that the country is planning to establish a state-backed ship financing company with an initial capital of 1 trillion won ($871.73 million) to help improve the financial health of Korean shipping companies. The government would provide financing of 6.5 trillion won ($5.67 billion) in total so that local shipping firms could acquire new vessels.
Bidders for Hanjin Shipping Co.'s Asia-U.S. route up for sale will start a due diligence process this week, with the asset sale by the country's ailing shipper expected to be completed by next month, Yonhap reports quoting industry sources. According to various reports, Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Korea Shipping Association, Korea Line Corp. and private equity firm Hahn & Co. were among those that have expressed interest,, as Hanjin is broken up as part of a restructuring plan.
The U.S. Coast Guard marked the end of a record year in counterdrug operations as the crew of Cutter Waesche from Alameda, California, offloaded more than 39,000 pounds of cocaine in San Diego Thursday, October 27. The Coast Guard and its interagency partners removed more than 416,600 pounds of cocaine worth over $5.6 billion in Fiscal Year 2016, which ran from Oct. 1, 2015, to Sept. 30, 2016. The service's previous record was 367,700 pounds of cocaine removed in Fiscal Year 2008.
Specialist ship owner, operator and manager GC Rieber has signed a fleet-wide agreement with NAVTOR for a total vessel navigation solution, spanning both paper and digital deliveries. NAVTOR, a global leader in e-navigation technology and services, will now install products throughout GC Rieber's portfolio of advanced seismic and offshore ships, enhancing overall fleet efficiency, safety and cost control. The agreement is far reaching in scope.
Eleven Indigenous young men and women graduated from Navy Recruit training in one hit on October 13 in front of family, friends and the Chief of Navy. For Seaman Star Marine Technician Jeff Andrews, the hard work was well worth the effort. Awarded 'Recruit of the Intake' and 'Sportsperson of the Intake', Seaman Andrews impressed staff through his exemplary performance, outstanding attitude, his skill at motivating others and in helping fellow Recruits achieve their goals.
Fugro and 3D at Depth, a global provider of advanced subsea LiDAR systems and solutions, announce the world's first application of subsea LiDAR data used to 3D Print an accurate 1:1 physical model of a damaged well part. The ability to use accurate spatial data in subsea part fabrication with 3D printing, introduces a wide range of possibilities to reduce costs across intervention planning and Life of Field programs.
Kurushima, a bulk carrier operated by NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of NYK Line, rescued nine people from a fishing boat in distress on August 31 off the coast of Indonesia. While Kurushima was sailing from India to Japan, the vessel's crew came upon a sinking fishing boat with nine castaways approximately 1 nautical mile from the vessel in waters off the coast of Indonesia.
The problem in the proposed merger of Japan's three biggest shipping companies (Nippon Yusen, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha) is, that synergy number looks ambitious - and if it falls short, the players haven't really improved their position much, says Bloomberg. A business is rarely more than the sum of its parts. That's a problem for anyone hoping that combining Japan's big three container-shipping lines will produce a stronger company and the world's sixth-biggest line.


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Maintaining an in-office inventory of contact lens multipacks to sell directly to patients is out of vogue. This practice started losing popularity a few years ago and now the vast majority of optometrists I know think it is an absolute waste of money and office space to keep an inventory. They prefer to order lenses for patients and either have them shipped directly from the supplier to the patient, or have them shipped to the office and the patient can return to pick them up. I disagree with this line of thinking.
At a time when we need all the marketing tools we can get in order to compete for replacement lens business, I can't imagine not having an inventory. It is the single biggest advantage any "bricks and mortar" seller has over an Internet seller! Having the correct lenses in stock is a very strong tool in attracting and keeping patients. I have always maintained an inventory of our most commonly prescribed contact lenses, and I'm quite sure it builds patient loyalty and increases sales.
Sure, my practice has patients who buy replacement lenses online or by phone mail order – but I'm also sure that number would be much higher if I did not have their lenses in stock. The majority of my contact lens patients comply with my recommended yearly exams. After this exam, the vast majority are simply handed their yearly supply (or a six month supply) of lenses in a bag, and they pay for them at the front desk. It does not get any more convenient than that! Our lens prices are not much different than the Internet vendors – but most patients don't even think about looking there anyway. They like us and trust us and we are their source for contacts. Compliance with yearly exams is improved because patients get their new supply of lenses that way – and more people get their new lenses from us because they are in for their exam anyway.
Ask yourself why a huge number of people still buy books in person at Border's, Books-a-Million, and Barnes and Noble, when they could go on Amazon.com and buy the same thing? Lots of reasons, actually, but one is they want the book now. There is an even bigger trust factor when it comes to eye care then bookstores – so we should find it even easier to keep our patients.
The cost of a lens inventory is actually quite small – in my opinion. Remember, it is a one-time expense, because after you make the investment, you are simply replacing multipacks that you sold on an as-needed basis. If you stock 4 boxes in every .25 diopter step from Plano to –6.00, you would need 96 boxes. Multiply that times your wholesale cost and what do you have? About $1200? Taken against your gross revenues, it is peanuts! And it is not a lost expense, like advertising. Your inventory is an asset and has value. $2400 will buy a truly nice inventory!
You don't need a large practice to have a CL inventory; you only need to want it to become large.


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It must have come as a shock to many people, when it was revealed that the MP for Nakaseke County, Syda Bumba, had signed an important official document without reading it. This happened when she was holding the docket of the Ministry of Energy and Minerals.
These documents pertained to the oil contracts involving, or were part of, the Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs). The importance of these PSAs cannot be over-emphasized as concerns the economic viability of the nation.
The repercussions from the issue of the oil contracts, as concerns the PSAs, eventually ended in a London court for litigation, in which Uganda was awarded a certain amount of money. Part of that money has come down to as the infamous, "Oil Handshake", in which a few individuals, who were entrusted in public officers, shared a sizeable amount of the money from that court settlement.
The PSAs have always remained in the domain of secrecy; and without going into any detail, it can be safely assumed that Bumba's – is it carelessness, or unconcern? – may have led to this. The net effect is that, it is the common man in Uganda who suffers and bears the burden of this incredible case of the citizens of Uganda being taken for a ride.
If this is the fallout from such actions, even before the oil has come up to the surface, what will happen when the oil is finally being mined? Are we far off from the ill-reputed Oil Curse?
And yet there is no indication that Bumba was remorseful for this disservice to the people of Uganda. Indeed, she eventually ascended to an even, considerably, higher office of the Ministry of Finance, in direct contact with the public money of the country, for which she had taken no concern earlier while being in the Ministry of Energy.
With this in her mind, she goes ahead and seeks votes from part of the people she has done a disfavor. And what is worse, because of factors hidden from the public at that time, she was elected to represent those Ugandans. This is not at all fair to the citizens of this country!
An officer in the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, was recently sacked for a similar act. He had signed certain documents without ascertaining to their authenticity. It was later discovered that some of the documents were forged. And, quite responsibly, he was relieved of the job. Bumba has suffered no such sanction.
It goes to show the level of how the Uganda politicians have taken the people of Uganda as their stepping stones. A study by the Swedish International Development Cooperation (SIDA), has noted that ordinary Ugandans are compelled to "rely on their own capacities to overcome multiple, unrelenting and intersecting dimensions of poverty".
Part of this poverty is induced by the people who have been put in the public office to provide services, part of which the country offers, to pull them out of this poverty. What a travesty!


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Remington's Heaven
Written by Kim Lunman posted on August 13, 2012 07:49
Temagami Island
I am in Chippewa Bay 10 miles below Alexandria Bay. Seven miles wide here and blows like hell every minute. Got a dandy lumbered island - 6 acres - good house - kitchen outside - boat house - two docks and a hospital tent. It's cool here all the while and I work summers...It is cheaper than travel and anyhow summer is no time to spend on cars." F. Remington
Famous artist Frederic Remington penned this letter to a friend in 1900 just after purchasing this island he named Ingleneuk. Best known for his depictions of the Old West in paintings and bronze sculptures of cowboys, soldiers and Native Americans, Remington made this magnificent stretch of the St. Lawrence the tranquil subject of impressionist landscapes in his later work.
His career took off in the mid-1880s when he began sketching western illustrations for Harper's Weekly and other New York magazines. Many people assume he was a westerner, if not a cowboy. But Remington was an Easterner who grew up in the small town of Canton New York fascinated by the Western frontier as a young boy.
The son of a Civil War colonel, he traveled to Montana at 19 and later moved to Kansas where he had failed business ventures as a saloon owner and sheep rancher.
The budding artist returned to New York to become an illustrator and magazine correspondent capturing the last quarter of the 19th century of the Old American West in sketches that appeared in Harper's Weekly, Harpers Monthly, Colliers and many other widely-read magazines of the time.
Remington is perhaps best known for creating "cowboy" sculpture with his inaugural piece in The Broncho Buster in 1895. The Frederic Remington Art Museum in Ogdensburg has undertaken a new project, reproducing The Broncho Buster in a limited edition of 50 now available and being sold for $8,000 each. The first steps of the process employed a technology undreamt of in Remington's day: A 3D laser scanner captured every minute detail of The Broncho Buster casting #23, in the Frederic Remington Art Museum collection. The scanning data was then employed to create a positive copy in resin. Molds were then made from this hyper accurate model. The casts are made using the lost wax bronze casting method in a manner similar to Remington's day.
"We consider the completed castings to be without question the finest reproductions of The Broncho Buster ever created" said curator Laura Foster. Each cast is numbered and marked.
Chippewa Bay became the subject of Remington's later work . He did oil paintings of his studio, the boat house, his caretaker's shanty and Singer Castle after it was completed in 1904.
Remington was married to wife Eva and lived in New Rochelle New York when he bought his summer retreat at the height of the Gilded Age in the Thousand Islands. He watched neighbour Frederick Bourne build his 28-room Singer Castle on nearby Dark Island while another New York City business baron, George C. Boldt was busy constructing Boldt Castle near Alexandria Bay on Heart Island.
Ingleneuk was no castle. It included a house and Remington's modest green art studio. The house fell to fire in later years but the studio , now a cottage, still stands.
Remington was passionate about his summers at Ingleneuk, where he came to relax, canoe and sketch the scenery. He was a man of big appetites. He overindulged in food, drink and cigars but was a robust outdoorsman. "Oh, I am itching to get up on that island," he wrote in early spring of 1907. "I look forward to it like a school boy." Yet he expressed frustration at what he perceived to be a lack of enthusiasm for his lush landscapes of the Thousand Islands. "Got me pigeon-holed in their minds, you see: want horses, cowboys, out West things," he told friend Edwin Wildman in 1902. "Won't believe me if I paint anything else."
Today his works are auctioned for millions of dollars and are also displayed in a comprehensive collection of sketches, paintings and sculpture, diaries and other personal effects at the Frederic Remington Art Museum in Ogdensburg.
Remington wrote two novels based on the Wild West but decided to quit writing and illustration and after drawing over 2700 illustrations to focus on sculpture and painting. He created 22 different subjects in bronze.
He found solace at his Chippewa Bay retreat. Remington's machismo was no match for a Thousand Islands sunset as he confessed to an interviewer: "Seems as if I must paint them - seems as if they'd never be so beautiful again." But he doubted his work. "The trouble with my landscapes is they are merely pretty," he said.
Yet just days after describing Ingleneuk in his diary on May 31 1908 as a "Temple of Rest" and a "Hoboe's Dream," Remington put the island up for sale to build a new home in Ridgefield Connecticut.
He died at 48 the following year after he had an emergency appendectomy. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Canton, New York. He and Eva had no children. After his death, Eva moved into the house as a guest of Remington's friend George Hall in 1915 and lived there with her sister. She died in 1918. Her estate became the Remington Art Memorial in 1923. Since then, the collection has expanded through purchases and donations, and it is now called the Frederic Remington Art Museum.
The museum also features Remington's later-in-life landscape paintings of Ingleneuk, where an artist world famous for capturing the wars of the Old West found peace at his home on this island for some of the last summers of his life.
"I want to get out on those rocks by my studio in a bath robe in the early morning when the birds are singing and the sun is shining and hop in among the bass," he wrote less than two years before he passed away. "When I die, my Heaven is going to be something like that."
By Kim Lunman, kim@islandlifemag.ca
Kim Lunman is the owner and publisher of Island Life Magazine(http://www.islandlifemag.ca) based in Brockville, Ontario. Kim's 2012 magazine was distributed in May in local newspapers in eastern Ontario and northern New York. A special Islander Edition is on sale in local book stores in both the United States and Canada. Each summer Kim visits many islands and meets their owners so we can all look forward to reading their stories in the coming months. This story first appeared in Island Life Magazine 2012 edition.
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And another "must see"...thanks to this great article! We have been fortunate to visit "The Remington Studio Reconstruction" in the Whitney Gallery at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming. Now for a visit in our own back yard. Thanks!


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It was closed in 30-ies. It housed NKVD (Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs), later a canteen for workers. At the suit of believers it was opened for office service in May 1945. It was the only church that was working in Soviet years.


Military History Of the 20th Century: Pearl Harbor 70th Anniversary of Dec. 7, 1941 Attack.
Pearl Harbor 70th Anniversary of Dec. 7, 1941 Attack.
The attack on Pearl Harbor was one of the worse days in U.S. history. On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the Hawaiian U.S. naval base that would change the course of history.
The attack was planned by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who commanded the Japanese aircraft carriers during the raid on U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. The main motive behind the attack was to conquer most of the Pacific and South East Asia and to neutralize the U.S. Pacific Fleet before they could rise to fight against the Japanese. The Americans had always thought that if a war would happen between Japan and America that their two fleets would meet in battle near the American bases in the Philippines because this was the gateway for all the raw resources of South East Asia. It is still a question if President Roosevelt knew in advance that an attack was unavoidable and used as an excuse to get the American public on a war footing. While America only declared war against Japan because of this raid, Hitler made a huge mistake but also a favor for America and Britain by declaring war against America a few days later thus making it a true world war.
The attack consisted of two waves of bombing aircraft, with over 300 planes used. It all began at around 7:55 am early on the morning of Sunday December 7 and lasted for almost two hours.
Here are some interesting photos of Pearl Harbor and the attack. Some have been published numerous times in many media but never enough times to remind us of what happened on that fateful day.


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