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Marillion - An Hour Before It's Dark (2022)
Style: Progressive Rock
Release Date: 4 Mar 2022
This is my first Marillion review at Apocalypse Later, so I should get this out there and then never mention it again. I discovered rock music in 1984 and Marillion were one of the first bands that I'd called my favourite. Script for a Jester's Tear is still one of my top ten albums of all time. B-Sides Themselves isn't far behind it. I know Grendel by heart. Those songs were all shaped by Fish, their idiosyncratic lead vocalist and the arbiter of their uniquely poetic lyrics. But, he's long gone. Sure, Steve Hogarth is still the new fish in the band, but he's been there since 1989, which is thirty-three years and counting. Fish only managed seven and he wasn't their original singer anyway. Let's get over this idiocy, people.
Now, I haven't kept up with Marillion the way I should have done. I couldn't name you the greatest songs of Steve Hogarth's era the way a friend of mine surely could, but I certainly enjoyed what he brought to Seasons End and I've heard and appreciated odd tracks here and there in the decades since that album. This is the first time I've sat down to listen to a full Marillion album since maybe Holidays in Eden and I'm seriously impressed. Sure, they've moved firmly away from the technical intricacies of Van der Graaf Generator and seventies Genesis to a more commercial sound, but it's still prog and it's still really good stuff. You Can Learn nails its groove and Murder Machines has a magnificent sweep.
The thing is that it's hard to compare this to anyone except Marillion themselves, which I can't do because I'm not familiar enough with their last few decades. To my ears, there's more Pink Floyd here than Genesis, but this certainly isn't a Pink Floyd album. There's Magnum in there too when Be Hard on Yourself kicks in, though it grows beyond that. Hogarth came to Marillion from a new wave background and, while I wouldn't say there's new wave here per se, there's certainly a dose of contemporary art rock in the current sound as well, a Coldplay or Radiohead element. Mostly, they're simply Marillion, which goes an awful long way to explaining how they've maintained such a dedicated fanbase.
There are two sides to this album, but I'm not talking the first and second halves for a change. The bookends are multi-part suites that aren't as epic as they might seem, in three, four or five parts. Reprogram the Gene may have the most delineated parts, but they only add up to a seven minute song. Be Hard on Yourself is nine, Sierra Leone eleven and Care a fuller, more fleshed out fifteen but, as I remember Marillion doing in the past, these suites are also individual songs tied together. I have no problem pulling a part from this song and a part from that as highlights.
The other side to the album are the songs in the middle, which are more coherent as single tracks and so aren't broken up at all. Why Marillion separated them like this, I don't know, but I like the approach, because Murder Machines is the clear standout for me here and, while I liked the early two suites, they felt like they were building towards this song as much as the brief intro listed as a separate piece, Only a Kiss. Three minutes into Murder Machines, we're floating on a sonic wave, every aspect of this band combining effortlessly into magic. I wanted this song to go on and on.
The other major song in the middle of the album is The Crow and the Nightingale, a real exercise in dynamic play. It's a wave too, but one that waxes and wanes rather than maintains. While I have no hesitation calling it the lesser of the two songs, it has a grandeur to it that makes me think it'll argue with me about that. It's still strong though and you'll never hear me complain when a song allows Steve Rothery to let loose on his guitar.
After that, the album tails off gradually with two suites that are softer in nature and so remind of how Pink Floyd built their Wish You Were Here album. An Hour Before It's Dark sometimes echoes that approach, putting the more straightforward songs at its heart, between its sprawling suites, but sometimes flips it on its head, making those sprawling suites clearly vocal. It's an interesting approach and it seems more meaningful the more I think about it. Which probably means that it didn't enter into the band's minds when they put it together.
I like this album, but it's a very easy album to like. On the surface, it's smooth and unchallenging, though there are depths to be found if you dive in and explore beyond the surface (a shoutout to Pete Trewavas's basswork on Maintenance Drugs right here). It's also wildly optimistic, shorn of its edges and infused with optimism. Reprogram the Gene's lyrics open: "I don't want to be a boy. I don't want to be a girl. I want to be happy, I want to be clever and no pain whatsoever." That's this album in a nutshell.
By Hal C. F. Astell at March 11, 2022
Labels: 2022, pop, progressive rock, soft rock, UK
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I love the idea of factions. It was such a neat concept to have different factions based on personality traits. The entire time I would find myself trying to figure out which one I belonged to as Tris described each one. I think I may be Divergent, though. The process of choosing which faction you belong is was also very interesting and reminded me a little of both Harry Potter and sorority bid day lol.
Tris is a very strong character and one that you can easily build a strong connection to. She has a fear of trusting people so a lot of the time she is in her head with the reader, and because of this I feel like I truly know who Tris is. Veronica makes sure her readers will have a strong bond with Tris and will fall in love with her. Like with Katniss, everyone will want to be Tris. She is a strong independent woman and I too, just like Katniss, want to be Tris. I found another book character hero!
Another thing I really liked about this book was that nothing felt repeated. A lot of times books will remind you of things too many times, or they will hint at something too strongly, and now the reader knows how it ends, but I found myself guessing the entire time what would happen next. Everything was also very original. I find that once you start reading from a certain genre that there are only so many "original" things that can happen. I mean once you've read a vampire novel you have kind of read them all. There will be something different about every single one, but they all have the same outline and Divergent didn't feel like that all. It all felt original and new to me. It was definitely it's own outline.
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(1) Under Sections 23-13-4, 23-14-18, and 23-20-3, this rule provides the standards and procedures for possessing protected wildlife in captivity for rehabilitation purposes. In accordance with the provisions of this rule, the Wildlife Board encourages responsible wildlife rehabilitation by trained and educated individuals as a public service and for the benefit of Utah's wildlife resources.
(2)(a) This rule does not govern the rehabilitation of species of wildlife classified as non-protected wildlife in Subsection 23-13-2(35)(b), including coyote, field mouse, gopher, ground squirrel, jack rabbit, muskrat, and raccoon.
(b) Holding raccoons and coyotes in captivity is governed by the Department of Agriculture under Section 4-23-11 and Rule R58-14. Authorization from the Department of Agriculture is required for their live possession.
(a) "Apprentice" means a person listed on a certificate of registration for wildlife rehabilitation who is authorized to rehabilitate wildlife under the direct supervision of a wildlife rehabilitator.
(c) "Direct Supervision" means to provide personal assistance and instruction to an apprentice for wildlife rehabilitation, including prior approval of treatment and disposition of wildlife undergoing rehabilitation.
(e) "Wildlife rehabilitation" means to care for injured, sick, orphaned, or otherwise distressed wildlife for the purpose of returning it to the wild.
(f) "Wildlife rehabilitator" means a person authorized by the division to rehabilitate wildlife.
R657-40-3. Certificate of Registration Required.
(1) A valid certificate of registration is required before any person may engage in wildlife rehabilitation or possess protected wildlife in captivity for rehabilitation.
(2) Certificates of registration are issued for the sole purpose of restoring protected wildlife to a condition that it may be returned to the wild. A wildlife rehabilitator may not keep protected wildlife in captivity for any other purpose or exhibit any wildlife held in captivity to the general public without prior written authorization from the division.
(c) the locations where rehabilitation activities may occur.
(b) may not be used for any purpose other than rehabilitation for release to the wild without prior written authorization from the division.
(1) Applications for certificates of registration are available from division offices.
(b) wildlife apprenticeship must be 18 years of age or older.
(j) documentation of a passing score of the exam as provided in Section R657-40-5.
(4) The division may waive the training standards required in Subsection (3)(h) for a specific taxa if it is not possible to obtain the required experience because there are no existing rehabilitators authorized to rehabilitate an apprentice for that taxa.
(5) In addition to the information required in Subsection (3), the division may require additional information for rehabilitating potentially dangerous animals, protection of human safety, or other information that will allow the division to effectively assess the applicant's abilities to rehabilitate wildlife.
(6)(a) If the applicant requests authorization to rehabilitate migratory birds, the applicant must provide a copy of the federal application for a special purpose permit as required under 50 CFR 21.27.
(b) The certificate of registration may not be issued until the federal application is approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
(7) Completed applications must be submitted to the Wildlife Registration office located in the Salt Lake division office.
(8) An incomplete application or an application that does not include the information required under this section may be returned to the applicant.
(9)(a) Upon receiving a completed application and the documentation required under this section, a division representative shall inspect the applicant's facilities in accordance with state and federal guidelines.
(b) A certificate of registration will not be issued and an amendment will not be granted to an existing certificate of registration until after the applicant's facilities have been inspected and approved by the division.
(vi) whether the applicant has been convicted of a wildlife violation related to the applicant's ability to rehabilitate wildlife or the conviction of any violation that demonstrates a lack of willingness or ability to comply with laws related to wildlife and activities associated with wildlife rehabilitation.
(b) If an application is denied, the division shall provide the applicant with a written notice stating the reasons for denial.
(11) Certificates of registration shall expire three years after the date of issuance.
(1)(a) Before a certificate of registration is issued, the applicant must pass an exam relating to wildlife rehabilitation for the requested taxa and other applicable subject matter.
(b) The exam shall cover wildlife rehabilitation techniques, biology and natural history, habitat requirements, safety considerations in handling and transport practices, and state and federal laws and regulations that apply to rehabilitation.
(2) To pass the exam, the applicant must correctly answer 80 percent of the questions asked for each taxa on the exam.
(3) The exam shall be administered by appointment at division offices. The exam is scored at the Salt Lake division office.
(4) The division shall mail the written score to the applicant within 30 days of taking the examination.
(5) The applicant is required to take only the sections of the examination relevant to the taxa for which the person is applying.
(e) restrictions on the disposal or other disposition of the wildlife.
(2)(a) Wildlife that has been injured, to the extent that it cannot be released to the wild without a reasonable chance of survival, must be immediately euthanized or disposed of as provided in Section R657-40-9 or as otherwise authorized by the division.
(b) The division may allow a rehabilitator to convey an animal to another person for educational use or personally use the animal for an educational use only as provided in Rule R657-3.
(3) Each rehabilitator must have a veterinarian available for consultation who is competent in treating wildlife.
(4)(a) Rehabilitators are responsible for all costs associated with the rehabilitation activities and may not charge a fee or receive any other compensation for wildlife rehabilitation functions performed. All accepted donations are the responsibility of the rehabilitator and are subject to applicable tax laws.
(b) Rehabilitators may not charge a fee for training an apprentice.
(c) Rehabilitators may accept donations to defray expenses or to provide materials and facilities essential to wildlife rehabilitation.
(5) Rehabilitators and apprentices are responsible for understanding and complying with all local, state, and federal laws relevant to wildlife rehabilitation.
(6) Any wildlife undergoing rehabilitation may not be displayed, used for demonstrations, held as a pet, or held for any purpose other than to rehabilitate it for release to the wild.
(7) The rehabilitator is responsible for all actions or omissions of the apprentice relating to wildlife rehabilitation.
(1)(a) Wildlife, except migratory birds, may not be held in possession longer than 180 days without written permission from the division.
(b) Migratory birds may be held in possession only for the time period allowed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
(2) Any request to hold wildlife longer than 180 days must be submitted in writing to the division's Wildlife Registration office in Salt Lake City.
(3) The division may require the wildlife rehabilitator to submit a signed, written statement from a licensed veterinarian setting forth the medical reasons why the extension is necessary.
(4)(a) The division shall notify the rehabilitator in writing whether the request is granted or denied.
(b) Denial of the request shall include the reasons for denial and directions on disposal or other disposition of the animal.
(5) The rehabilitator may retain the wildlife in possession while the division considers the request.
(d) The animal may not be released into any area where that species does not occur naturally or where there is an immediate threat to the animal or humans, or domestic animals.
(2) Black bear cubs may be released to a den site during the first winter after birth, provided the bear cubs are healthy and are of sufficient weight to sustain them through hibernation.
(1) Within ten days after any wildlife dies or is euthanized, the rehabilitator shall, except as provided in Subsection (2), dispose of the carcass by burial or incineration, or transport the carcass to a local landfill that accepts animal carcasses.
(2) Migratory birds, bald and golden eagles, and threatened and endangered species, may be disposed of only as provided in accordance with the rehabilitator's federal permit and other applicable federal regulations.
R657-40-10. Records — Annual Report.
(1) Each rehabilitator shall keep a current log showing the date of acquisition, location, and disposition of all wildlife held in possession pursuant the certificate of registration. The log shall be maintained and available for inspection by the division.
(2) On or before January 31, each year, the rehabilitator shall submit a written report to the division of all rehabilitation activities for the previous calendar year.
(c) an itemized list of each animal held or previously held in captivity pursuant to the certificate of registration.
(h) status at the end of the year on the condition requiring rehabilitation.
R657-40-11. Amending the Certificate of Registration.
(1) A rehabilitator may request an amendment to the certificate of registration at any time to add or delete an apprentice or taxon.
(d) a copy of any documentation required by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, including any request to add a apprentice to the federal permit or to add authorization for additional species of migratory birds.
(3) The division shall approve or deny the request within 60 days of receipt.
(1)(a) A rehabilitator may designate individuals to work as apprentices.
(b) Apprentices must be 18 years of age or older.
(2) Each apprentice must be approved by the division and listed on the rehabilitator's certificate of registration.
(3) The rehabilitator must directly supervise each apprentice while engaging in rehabilitation efforts except as provided in Subsection (4).
(c) clean and maintain facilities.
(5) A supervising rehabilitator is expected to teach the apprentice the skills necessary to effectively rehabilitate wildlife.
R657-40-13. Termination or Revocation of a Certificate of Registration.
(1)(a) A wildlife rehabilitator may terminate the certificate of registration by submitting written notification to the Wildlife Registration office.
(b) The request for termination must state the requested date of termination.
(iii) the location where any animal still held in possession will be transferred.
(ii) improper or inhumane care or medical treatment is given to the animals in the care of the rehabilitator.
(1)(a) On or before the expiration date of the certificate of registration, a rehabilitator may apply to renew a certificate of registration by following the procedures provided in Section R657-40-4.
(b) Documentation required by Section R657-40-4 that is on file with the division's Wildlife Registration office does not need to be resubmitted, provided the applicant indicates that the required information is already on file.
(d) jeopardized the safety of a person or any wildlife held in possession or has failed to provide adequate housing, feeding, or sanitary conditions.
R657-40-15. Facilities and Captivity Standards.
(1) All protected wildlife held pursuant to a certificate of registration shall be kept in as humane a manner as possible to safeguard and protect the interests of the protected wildlife held.
(iv) be structurally sound, and shall be maintained in good repair in order to protect the animals from injury and to facilitate the humane practices prescribed in this rule.
(b) Each animal shall be supplied with sufficient water to meet its needs. If potable water is not accessible to the animal at all times, it shall be provided as often as necessary for the health and comfort of the animal and the rehabilitator shall ensure that the level of available water is monitored once daily or more often as the needs of the animal dictate. All water receptacles shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
(c)(i) Food shall be wholesome, palatable, and free from contamination, and of sufficient appeal, quantity, and nutritive value to maintain each animal held in good health.
(ii) Each animal's diet shall be prepared based upon the nutritional needs and preferences of the animal with consideration for the age, species, condition, size, and type of the animal, and all veterinary directions or recommendations in regard to diet.
(iii) The quantity of food supplied to each animal shall be sufficient to meet its needs and keep it in good health.
(iv) Each animal shall be fed as often as its needs dictate, taking into consideration hibernation, veterinary treatment or recommendation, normal fasts or other professionally accepted humane practices.
(v) The rehabilitator shall ensure the level of available food for each animal is monitored once daily, except for those periods of time where professionally accepted humane practices dictate that the animal not consume any food during the entire day.
(vi) Food and food receptacle, if used, shall be sufficient in quantity and accessible to all animals in the facility and shall be placed to minimize potential contamination. Food receptacles shall be kept clean and sanitary at all times. Any self-feeding food receptacles shall function properly and the food they provide shall not be subject to deterioration, contamination, molding, caking, or any other process which would render such food unsafe or unpalatable for the animal to be fed.
(vii) Appropriate means of refrigeration shall be provided for supplies or perishable animal foods.
(d)(i) The facility shall be kept sanitary and regularly cleaned as the nature of the animal requires and allows.
(ii) Adequate provision shall be made for the removal and disposal of animal waste, food waste, unusable bedding materials, trash, debris, and dead animals not intended for food.
(iii) The facility shall be maintained to minimize the potential of vermin infestation, disease, and unseemly odors.
(iv) Excrement shall be removed from the primary enclosure facility as often as necessary to prevent contamination of the animals and to minimize hazard of disease and to reduce unseemly odors.
(v) The sanitary condition of the facility shall be monitored by the rehabilitator at least daily.
(vi) When the facility is cleaned by hosing, flushing or the introduction of any chemical substances, adequate measures shall be taken to ensure the animal has no direct contact with any chemical substance and is not directly sprayed with water, steam, or chemical substances or otherwise wetted involuntarily.
(d) A sanitary and humane method shall be provided to rapidly eliminate excess water from the facility. If drains are used, they shall be properly constructed and kept in good repair to avoid foul odors and installed so as to prevent backup or accumulation.
(e) No animal shall be exposed to any human activity or environment which has a harmful effect upon the animal.
(f) Facilities shall not be constructed or maintained in proximity to any physical condition which may give rise to any health threat to the animal, including trash or garbage collection sites and pools of standing water. All persons caring for the animals shall maintain themselves in a sufficiently clean condition when dealing in or around the animal so as to minimize any threat to the health of the animal.
(g) All animals housed in the same facility or within the same enclosed area shall be compatible and shall not pose a substantial threat to the health, life, or well being of any other animal in the same facility or enclosure.
(h) Facilities for the enclosure of animals shall be constructed and maintained to provide sufficient space and to allow each animal adequate freedom of movement to make normal postural and social adjustments. The facility area shall be large enough and constructed in such a manner to allow the animal proper and adequate exercise as is characteristic to each animal's natural behavior and physical need. Facilities for digging or burrowing animals shall have secure safe floors below materials supplied for such digging or burrowing activity. Animals which naturally climb shall be provided with safe and adequate climbing apparatus. Animals which naturally live in an aquatic environment shall be supplied with sufficient access to safe water so as to meet their aquatic behavioral needs.
(b) facilities used for rehabilitation must meet applicable federal standards provided in 7 USC 2139-2159, Animal Welfare Act, and those regulations promulgated thereunder in 9 CFR Subchapter A, which are hereby incorporated by reference.
(4) Facilities may be inspected at any reasonable time by division representatives.
R657-40-16. Temporary Holding of The Taxa Not Listed on The Certificate of Registration.
(2) the temporary holding of the taxa must not exceed 72 hours.


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Nothing new under the sun?!?
First of all, it is indeterminable simply because we'll never know, let alone 'for sure', everything 'under the sun'.
It is obviously false because we continuously discover things previously unknown to us. From another trench on the bottom of the ocean to a new satellite circling around Jupiter. Not to mention the huge number of materials and gadgets which have not 'seen the light of day' until the moment they have been invented by us. And they might have been made starting with raw materials which had previously existed… but denying their novelty would be shortsighted… to say the least.
We've experienced the malignant consequences of the extreme 'propaganda' used by the nazis during WWII.
By the communist regimes trying to build 'the new man'.
I'm gonna insert three links.
They might be opened in any order, the link between them is evident, in all directions.
"It is particularly rich, too, to see a president who brags about his lack of political correctness and willingness to tell it like it is to be so thin-skinned he won't even attend a party where he knows he'll be roasted. It is revolting to see members of the press, who should have an adversarial relationship with the White House, comforting the press secretary and standing up for her honor when she is a chief architect of and apologist for these new political norms of idiotic crudeness, rank corruption, and unapologetic deceit.
Reporters allegedly expressed their sympathy to Huckabee Sanders after the dinner. This is insane. Reporters: Sarah Huckabee Sanders lies to you. She is a powerful and influential figure, and it is your job to be a check on her and the administration she speaks for – not to commiserate with her when a comedian makes some salty jokes, and certainly not to be her sympathetic friend.
"Donald Trump is here tonight! Now, I know that he's taken some flak lately, but no one is happier, no one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the Donald.
And that's because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter –- like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?
experience. For example — no, seriously, just recently, in an episode of Celebrity Apprentice – at the steakhouse, the men's cooking team cooking did not impress the judges from Omaha Steaks. And there was a lot of blame to go around.
But you, Mr. Trump, recognized that the real problem was a lack of leadership. And so ultimately, you didn't blame Lil' Jon or Meatloaf. You fired Gary Busey.
Well handled, sir. Well handled.
2011 White House Correspondents Dinner.
Seven years ago somebody was elected to the Senate of the United States.
Six years later, another guy became POTUS despite the newspaper who published the article above having mounted quite a vigorous campaign against him.
That two guys had managed to muster enough public support to get elected into public office, despite their shoddy relationships with the truth?
Or that newspapers continue to bother themselves?
Rationality is a beautiful method of relating to the outside world.
It is one of the tools we used to get where we are now.
And, like all other tools, it has its limits.
The most 'stricturing' one being the fact that rationality is used by us, individual people.
We are deluding ourselves with the notion that we are rational, reasonable even, human beings. That given the same set of facts each of us is potentially able to find the same 'truth of the matter' and only those who are ill indented will reach a different conclusion.
Ptolemy's epicycles are just a set of the innumerable proofs that we are nothing but skillful rationalizers, far away from the reasonable individuals we believe ourselves to be.
The 'things that never happened, but always are' are the founding myths that keeps it all together for us. From the axioms on which we have built our mathematics to the religious beliefs we have forged while grooming ourselves into humans.
What happens is that not all of us have been groomed along the same myths, and even when that happened not all of us interpret a given myth in exactly the same way.
That's why Ptolemy had invented the epicycles in his attempt to corral the planets around the Earth while Copernicus was able to propose a much simpler explanation.
Hence the notion of 'rationalization'.
The most we can do is to honestly put together whatever facts we have at our disposal in our attempt to justify the conclusion we have already reached.
And then to respectfully accept respectfully offered reactions from those around us.
If you think of it, this is how 'science' works. Somebody has a hunch, gathers a lot of data, tries to fit them into the hypothesis he had started from and then submits a paper for his peers to review.
If the paper passes that scrutiny it is published – and submitted to even more criticism.
They key words in all this being 'honestly' and 'respectfully'.
Whenever we knowingly alter the facts (fake news, alternative facts, autism causing vaccines, etc., etc…) to fit our narrative we end up in a huge mess.
Whenever we fail to respectfully examine the work of those around us and reject it before-hand we simply take a different route to the same huge mess.
WWI was the consequence of a stupid game of brinkmanship while the second one had started with a series of blatant lies. During both we had copiously murdered ourselves.
"There is a concept within Western democracies known as "loyal opposition." It is based on the assumption that, while you may disagree with your opponent when it comes to goals, or even the means necessary to achieve those goals, you do not question your opponent's basic patriotism or love of country.
"Over at Emory University, political scientist Alan Abramowitz has established that Americans now line up politically according to what they hate, not what they like.
We are 50 years past Loving v. Virginia, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned state bans on interracial marriage. But only three years ago, a Pew Research study found that 30 percent of hard-core conservatives would be "unhappy" if an immediate family member married a Democrat. And nearly a quarter of hard-core liberals felt the same about a family member who wedded a Republican.
The problem being that most (written) history is a compelling proof that too often the ability to win doesn't necessarily imply a real understanding of what had happened during the contest!
The real problem with the fake news that have taken over the Internet.
Why would anyone confront Facebook with something like that?
Facebook is happy that we, the users, share anything at all on our walls for others to read.
We do the sharing, we bear the responsibility for our acts.
And it is we who will, eventually, experience the full consequences.


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I've heard some good three point sermons. In fact, in my youth I traveled with some pretty good preachers. Occasionally it would be a preacher who used the same three point sermon at every stop. Eventually, you know it by heart. That is how I would describe Ron Paul's campaign. We saw it on display last night when a question about sugar subsidies came up. Paul's answer basically began with "Well, with all the wars out there, and economic turmoil…" It reminded me of when he was asked about Medicare Part D. He fell back to one of his three talking points, the wars, the fed, and smaller government.
Now, I like a lot of Paul's principles. But where he is overflowing with principles, he is short on plans. Paul's record is one of a loud, dead weight. His padding bills with pork and then voting against them is really no different than Barack Obama abstaining. Of course, that is just one of the similarities between Paul and Obama. Another is an invisible record of legislative accomplishment, masked by the ability to get people to scream, hoot, and yell at political rallies (whether it is his rally or not).
Honestly, the young generation and Ron Paul deserve each other. I know liberal pro-choicers who are supporting Ron Paul. He has certainly connected on his talking points and has no problem leading a successful altar call. Most voters might be satisfied with his answer that we need to focus on ending the wars and then worry about the details of domestic policy, or that he needs to study the issue more which was his second answer on sugar subsidies. For me, that does not instill confidence.
Calm, smooth, classy, gracious, these are all words I've used in the past to describe Mitt Romney debate performances. There was none of that in the Tampa debate where Romney stuttered and choked his way through all the attacks he had chided his superpac for running just a week ago. Romney is full speed ahead on the attack, and in the process losing everything voters like me liked about him for so much of this race. It's getting so bad that the establishment is looking for a new candidate, like Mitch Daniels, to dust off and toss back in the ring. Has it occurred to the establishment that maybe they are part of the problem?
Romney's attacks made him sound like a desperate candidate who has run out of ideas. Honestly, it made him sound like Michele Bachmann.


A new CorpWatch report shines a light on the role of six major banks in Greece, Ireland and Spain in the EuroZone crisis. "The EuroZone Profiteers" profiles Commerzbank, Depfa and Westdeutsche Landesbank from Germany; Crédit Agricole and Société Générale from France; together with Dexia – a Franco-Belgian financial institution.
There has been much debate among economists on how the creation of the Euro without supportive infrastructure like a banking union triggered the economic crisis in Europe. This report will add to that discussion by analyzing how these banks helped fuel the credit boom in the EuroZone before the property bubble burst, first in the U.S. and then across the Atlantic, leaving borrowing countries deep in debt. Over the last two decades, banks across Europe have come under increasing pressure to compete internationally – from bureaucrats like Mario Monti, the former by European Union Competition Commissioner, who mistakenly believed that greater efficiency would be the result. As Germany withdrew state guarantees for regional banks and France privatized nationalized banks, these banks took advantage of their high credit ratings to flock to countries on the periphery of the EuroZone with cheap and easy loans after the launch of the single currency.
Countries like Greece, Ireland and Spain who had struggled with high interest rates and unemployment for decades, jumped at this opportunity. The ensuing cash influx created an economic bubble characterized by a boom in risky public and private sector projects.
When borrowing countries were unable to pay back their debts, international lenders put the blame for the economic crisis on lazy workers, bloated social services, and unwise borrowings by foolish governments. In return for financial support, these lenders required that the borrowers impose 'austerity' which cut social-spending "luxuries" such as school books and subsidized health care in order to generate savings to pay off the loans.


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US Nuclear Waste Cleanup Takes Back Seat
Operations are all but grinding to a halt.
Susan Montoya Bryan
In this April 2019 file photo provided by Los Alamos National Laboratory, barrels of radioactive waste are loaded for transport to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) at the Radioactive Assay Nondestructive Testing (RANT) facility in Los Alamos, N.M.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. government's efforts to clean up Cold War-era waste from nuclear research and bomb making at federal sites around the country has lumbered along for decades, often at a pace that watchdogs and other critics say threatens public health and the environment.
Now, fallout from the global coronavirus pandemic is resulting in more challenges as the nation's only underground repository for nuclear waste finished ramping down operations Wednesday to keep workers safe.
Over more than 20 years, tons of waste have been stashed deep in the salt caverns that make up the southern New Mexico site. Until recently, several shipments a week of special boxes and barrels packed with lab coats, rubber gloves, tools and debris contaminated with plutonium and other radioactive elements were being trucked to the remote facility from South Carolina, Idaho and other spots.
That's all but grinding to a halt.
Shipments to the desert outpost will be limited for the foreseeable future while work at the country's national laboratories and defense sites shift to only those operations considered "mission critical."
Officials at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant warned state regulators in a letter Tuesday that more time would be needed for inspections and audits and that work would be curtailed or shifts would be staggered to ensure workers keep their distance from one another.
"This action is being taken out of an abundance of caution for the safety of employees and the community," said Donavan Mager, a spokesman for Nuclear Waste Partnership, the contractor that runs the repository.
Some critical duties still must be done — like placing bolts in the repository's ceilings to ensure the shifting salt doesn't collapse.
It's the same at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the once-secret city in northern New Mexico that gained famed for being the birthplace of the atomic bomb. Most employees there are working remotely, and the summer intern program is on pause.
Some work related to cleanup is ongoing, such as radiological surveys, inspections of hazardous waste storage facilities and maintenance of an early notification system designed to protect drinking water supplies.
In Washington state, tours of one of the most significant nuclear reactors in atomic history are on hold. Public meetings at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation have been canceled, and those who want to review documents in person are out of luck as officials there downsized to mission critical operations nearly two weeks ago.
The number of employees on site has dwindled to the "absolute minimum" needed to run safety and security programs and keep IT systems humming for those working at home.
The circumstances are unlike anything ever faced by managers at Hanford, Los Alamos and elsewhere.
They've indicated in letters, online posts and other documents that their decisions are guided by state and federal public health orders aimed at getting people to stay home and limit contact with others to stem the growing number of cases and deaths related to COVID-19.
Worker safety is always a top priority, said U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, who was among those who pushed during a congressional hearing in early March for more funding and federal action to speed up the nation's multibillion-dollar cleanup program.
"We are fighting to make sure workers and their families are taken care of during this crisis and that workers have the resources they need to meet cleanup goals when they are able to safely return to their jobs," she told The Associated Press in an email.
Democratic senators had voiced concerns just weeks ago that the Trump administration's proposed budget for the U.S. Energy Department calls for less money to clean up the Cold War-era waste while funneling significantly more to fund modernization of the nation's nuclear arsenal.
The proposal provides nearly $27 billion, most of which would go toward nuclear security work that includes restarting production of the plutonium cores that are used as triggers inside nuclear weapons. Less than one-quarter of that would be used for cleanup of 16 sites in 11 states.
"The coronavirus pandemic demonstrates why we should get cleanup done once and for all," said Jay Coghlan, executive director of Nuclear Watch New Mexico. "What we do as humans ebbs and flows with history, but the radioactive and toxic wastes that we leave behind last longer than our recorded history. We should be acting now."
Watchdogs also pointed to permit renewals and other regulatory actions related to cleanup that could get pushed back.
The federal government has agreements with several states to reach certain cleanup milestones. Officials were reticent to say what deadlines might be missed, noting only that the Energy Department's environmental managers are evaluating the potential effects on projects across the complex as the virus spreads.
U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich said worker health should remain the priority but noted that as lawmakers consider more economic stimulus legislation, increased funding for environmental management could help support jobs and accelerate cleanup in the future.

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John Brandon
The second novel from John Brandon, acclaimed author of Arkansas.
There shouldn't be a Citrus County. Teenage romance should be difficult, but not this difficult. Boys like Toby should cause trouble but not this much. The moon should glow gently over children safe in their beds. Uncles in their rockers should be kind. Teachers should guide and inspire. Manatees should laze and palm trees sway and snakes keep to their shady spots under the azalea thickets. The air shouldn't smell like a swamp. The stars should twinkle. Shelby should be her own hero, the first hero of Citrus County. She should rescue her sister from underground, rescue Toby from his life. Her destiny should be a hero's destiny.
Praise for Citrus County:
"With Citrus County John Brandon joins the ranks of writers like Denis Johnson, Joy Williams, Mary Robison and Tom Drury, writers whose wild flights feel more likely than a heap of what we've come to expect from literature, by calmly reminding us that the world is far more startling than most fiction is. He subverts the expectations of an adolescent novel by staying true to the wild incongruities of adolescence, and subverts the expectations of a crime novel by giving us people who are more than criminals and victims. The result is a great story in great prose, a story that keeps you turning pages even as you want to slow to savor them, full of characters who are real because they are so unlikely."
—New York Times Book Review (and click here to read their interview with John)
"I finished the novel a true believer: that Citrus County is gorgeous and deserves to be read widely; and that John Brandon is a great young writer who can—and probably will—do just about anything."
—Lauren Groff, San Francisco Chronicle
"[Brandon] focuses not on the charms of manatees and meandering rivers but on decaying strip malls, abandoned subdivisions and the claustrophobic side of small-town life. He gives us a vividly realistic picture of a place teeming with swamps, sinkholes and insects, "creatures with stingers and pincers and scorn in their hearts"—and a human population with much the same attitude.... Brandon draws his characters so deftly that we can be horrified and intrigued by them at once, and his plot just as deftly avoids cliches."
—Colette Bancroft, St. Petersburg Times
"If you care at all about books, and what they can do, then this dirty realism is for you.... There are very few writers who are as adept at stripping a sentence down to its very essence; nor are there many whose sentences leave a reader so black and blue."
—John Hood, Miami Sun-Post
"[A] chilling and dispiriting new novel… this book is impossible to put down."
—Jim Ross, Ocala Star-Banner
"Citrus County luxuriates in the blighted majesty of rural America.... The narrative is bracing, concerning teenage lovers who find themselves in a true-crime caper gone awry. What makes [Brandon] unique is his empathy toward the community at large. He is concerned not only with the key players, but also with the people affected by their actions, those characters usually ignored like the collateral damage many authors consider them to be. What results is a novel suffused with musky swamp air, teenage love, and mosquito bites."
—Paul M. Davis, SF Weekly
"[Citrus County is] not an easy book. One doesn't want to imagine that cold-blooded quasi-sociopaths are on the local eighth grade track team. But Brandon's unflinching look at the devastated inner life of his characters is so unerring that it's hard to look away. Exactly as they planned, by unleashing their most macabre impulses these characters become more vibrant, impossible to ignore."
—Janet Potter, Bookslut
"John Brandon's macabre novel Citrus County is at once touching, funny, and terrifying. Definitely an odd (and extremely rare) combination, but Brandon is a master at creating greatly flawed, believable characters who jump off the page and into our memories. Brandon's debut novel Arkansas greatly impressed me and landed on my favorite novels of 2008 list. Citrus County is a worthy successor, a book that haunts as well as it entertains."
—Largehearted Boy (and check out John Brandon's Citrus County music playlist for Largehearted Boy here.)
"Last night I stayed up late because I had to finish John Brandon's upcoming novel Citrus County. And when I say I had to finish, I mean I was compelled! Gripped! Creeped out! I was nervous about what might happen to the various characters in their various states of peril! John Brandon is a wonderful writer in a literary way but not MERELY. I mean, there's real suspense. Sometimes writers get all beautiful on you and forget to remind you to turn the pages. Not John Brandon! He does it all."
—Jack Pendarvis
"John Brandon is my favorite new writer. His debut, Arkansas, was hilarious and at the same time disturbing in its detached violence. It set a high bar, and Citrus County nudges that bar even higher. This is a writer to watch, to reread, and to envy."
—Tom Franklin
"Pursues relentlessly what each of us might find daily in a Florida town… The purity of thought and of unadorned line are remarkable."
"Brandon writes of fatigue, longing, and finally love, with an energy and wit that is victorious and entirely his own."
—Deb Olin Unferth
"Citrus County is a real charmer, infused with a kind of rueful hilarity that reminded me of the great Tom Drury. The book makes you laugh even as it breaks your heart, and it may be, among other things, one of the best books about junior high ever written."
—Dan Chaon
"John Brandon is a prose marksman—half Denis Johnson, half Elmore Leonard."
—Davy Rothbart
"John Brandon isn't the only writer documenting the dissolving of American communities, but he may be the funniest. His criminals are like no others I know, and his dialogue feels like the wild original of something domesticated in most novels."
—Marshall Klimasewiski
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DAVID M. BURNETT -Santa Clara County Pioneer
Surnames: CASEY, WILCOX, SUTTER, ARQUES
A Distinguished representative of the California Bar of more than ordinary interest because of his relation, as a descendant, to one of the illustrious forefathers of the Golden State, is David M. Burnett, son of John M. and Ellen (Casey) Burnett, and grandson of Peter H. Burnett, California's first governor. He was born in San Francisco the day after Christmas, 1870, and at the age of twelve matriculated at St. Ignatius College, from which he was graduated on June 3, 1891, with the Bachelor of Science degree. In the fall of the latter year he entered the Hastings College of Law in San Francisco; and while reading law, he was for a year an instructor in Mathematics and English in St. Ignatius College, and also for a year in Santa Clara College. In August, 1894, he was admitted to practice at the California Bar; and on the first of September he began the practice of law in the office of the late Charles F. Wilcox. Three years later, in March, Mr. Burnett and H. E. Wilcox formed a partnership which continued until February, 1917.
While in the law school, Mr. Burnett joined the fraternity of Phi Delta Phi, made up of law students; and since then he has become a member of the Young Men's Institute, Knights of Columbus, the Native Sons, the National Union, the Sainte Claire Club and the California Pioneers.
The story of the Burnett family tree is particularly interesting. Peter Hardeman Burnett was born in Nashville, Tenn, in 1807, and grew up to be a trader and a lawyer. In 1843 he made the overland journey to Oregon, and soon after took a prominent part in the organization of the territorial government. He was sent to the legislature in both 1844 and 1848, and then became a judge of the Oregon Supreme Court.
The great excitement about the discovery of gold in California led him to abandon everything in Oregon and to hurry south, and for a short time he himself worked in the mines; but when the affairs of the Sutter family and estate at New Helvetia became so complicated, he accepted the responsibility of their agent. In 1849 he rose to prominence in actively urging the formation of a state government in advance of Congressional authority; he energetically opposed the military direction of the territory by the U. S. Government; but he yielded to the calling of a constitutional convention, and under the new constitution was at once elected governor, and assumed office ahead of all Congressional action in September, 1850. He resigned the governship in 1851, practiced law, and then became one of the supreme judges of California in 1857-58. For seventeen years, from 1863, Judge Burnett was very prominent in San Francisco as the president of the corporation known as the Pacific Bank; and in 1878 he published a volume entitled, "Recollections of an Old Pioneer," which is regarded as a very valuable contribution toward an understanding of the early political and constitutional history of the Pacific Coast. In 1880, Judge Burnett retired and spent the balance of his life in the family circle of his son, John M. Burnett, where he passed away on May 16, 1895, aged eighty-seven years. (He is buried in the Santa Clara Mission Cemetery, Santa Clara, California, Location: 5 Old, Space 111.)
John M. Burnett, the father of our subject was born in Missouri in 1838, and for awhile was went to private schools. Later, he entered Santa Clara College, from which he was graduated in 1858 with the A. B. degree. A year later, that honored institution gave him the Master of Arts degree. He studied law, was admitted to practice in 1865, and then opened a law office in San Francisco.
On July 2, 1902, David M. Burnett was married to Miss Mabel Arques, the daughter of Luis Arques, a prominent attorney; and their son, John M. Burnett, born May 1, 1903, has lived to represent the fourth generation of the Burnetts and their enviable association with California history. They also have a daughter, Martha Arques Burnett, a student in the San Jose high school.
Transcribed by Joseph Kral, from Eugene T. Sawyers' History of Santa Clara County,California,  published by Historic Record Co. , 1922. page 342


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Kronlande (tysk: Kronländer) var betegnelsen for delområderne i det Østrig-ungarske monarki. Det var de historiske lande, som Huset Habsburg erhvervede i løbet af århundreder, og som de styrede i personalunion. Begyndende i det 16. århundrede var de habsburgske lande underlagt en integrations- og statsdannelsesproces, der kulminerede med proklameringen af Kejserriget Østrig i slutningen af 1804.

Sammenlignet med medlemsstater af føderationer i dag, havde kronlandene ingen statskarakter; de havde f.eks. ingen egen regering eller en befolkning med et særligt statstilhørsforhold til kronlandet. Trods dette var kronlandene områder med historisk voksende politiske og retlige særegenheder og dermed noget andet end blot forvaltningsregioner.

Kronlandene havde en landsforstander eller statholder, der bestyrede forvaltningsapparatet. Landdagene var indtil 1848 traditionelle stænderforsamlinger. De blev efter revolutionen opløst af den kejserlige regering og først genoprettet i en ny form i 1860. Her fik nogle sæde gennem sit erhverv (f.eks. biskopper), mens andre blev valgt. Der fandtes dog ingen almen og lige valgret.

Efter Det Østrig-ungarske kompromis fra 1867, som gav en ny forfatning for habsburgermonarkiet på et nyt grundlag, var Ungarn ikke længere et kronland. Det blev mere et selvstændigt land, der delte nogle fælles institutioner med de øvrige dele af monarkiet.

Kronlandene fra 1867 til 1918
 Bøhmen, Mæhren og Østrigsk Schlesien
 Niederösterreich og Oberösterreich
 Tyrol, Salzburg og Vorarlberg
 Steiermark, Kärnten, Krain og det østrigske kystland (den fælles forvaltning af kronlanene Det fyrstelige grevskab Görz og Gradisca, Den rigsumiddelbare stad Triest og Markgrevskabet Istrien)
 Galicien og Lodomerien og Bukovina
 Dalmatien

Østrigs historie

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Округ  Расселл () — округ (графство) у штаті  Кентуккі, США. Ідентифікатор округу 21207.

Історія
Округ утворений 1825 року.

Демографія

За даними перепису
2000 року
загальне населення округу становило 16315 осіб, усе сільське.
Серед мешканців округу чоловіків було 7903, а жінок — 8412. В окрузі було 6941 домогосподарство, 4796 родин, які мешкали в 9064 будинках.
Середній розмір родини становив 2,82.

Віковий розподіл населення поданий у таблиці:

Суміжні округи
 Кейсі — північ
 Пуласкі — північний схід
 Вейн — південний схід
 Клінтон — південь
 Камберленд — південний захід
 Адер — захід

Див. також
 Список округів штату Кентуккі

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We can only imagine the wilderness of Virginia and the pristine Chesapeake Bay that the Jamestown colonists saw in 1607. Although the Bay waters teeming with sea life and vast virgin forests are long gone, many of the same types of plants and animals form the Jamestown settlement time remain alive today and are exhibited at the Virginia Living Museum.
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like many of you, my day job is at a desk.
like some of you (probably), i don't get enough physical exercise.
every time i hear about one of my coworkers battling back pain or dealing with some other ailment that is somehow tied to inactivity a voice in my head tells me to get in shape or at least exercise a little bit to stave off injuries that will adversely affect my quality of life. but usually that voice fades by the evening, and i don't do anything about it. the voice has been in my head for a couple days now, so i think i'm finally going to put together a bit of a "workout plan" i can do in 20-30 minutes each morning.
how do you maintain your corporeal form?
i'll start: i've always hated "working out" and avoided the gym like the plague, but it's seeming like some maintenance exercise is necessary looking forward. i'm currently researching exercises i can do at home to work out my legs, back, and arms.
Pretty much in the same situation here And I also hate the gym or working out. I started yoga a few months ago and tries to have regular sessions (not always successfully, especially this last month as I've been travelling a lot).
Doing "exercise" in general is very hard for me because it's doesn't feel enjoyable. Moving more, going to the park, visiting museums, etc helps. It's not comparable to a workout but it increases the overall weekly physical activity.
I'm a huge fan of exercise. I've been a runner for many years. I usually aim for about 20 miles/week. Lately I've been trying to work more calisthenics and some strength training into my routine.
Exercise isn't enjoyable for anyone who doesn't do it regularly. The key is habituation. Instead of worrying about how much you're doing in each session, focus on having those sessions with great frequency and regularity. Then you'll be able to build up from there.
For what it's worth - I used to literally get notes from my doctor to avoid running the mile in gradeschool.
I've been going for walks at a park near my workplace after my shifts. Plus when I can, I'll go on hikes because I really enjoy spending time in nature. I second the yoga suggestion as well - great for maintaining flexibility and core strength. Main thing is to make it enjoyable and not a chore.
I've tried so many things over the years. Was into running for a while, went through a phase during which I quite enjoyed lifting (even as someone who has traditionally hated going to the gym). Cycling for sport.
The biggest problem, for me, with this sort of dedicated fitness activity though is that it is single purpose, as it were. It takes up valuable time. There have been periods of my life where this is acceptable, but as I get older, have more responsibilities & interests (work, time with my wife, "activist" activities, music, a child on the way[!]), it's been a harder pill to swallow.
For me the perfect compromise has been biking to work. I live in Chicago and I live pretty far north, and I work downtown. My roundtrip commute is ~18 miles. I do that 3-4 times a week and watch what I eat and I'm golden. And it feels like time well spent. Sure, I lose a little time reading on the train, but I'm happier to take that time in the evening as it is.
I love to go on walks and hikes but I strongly dislike going to the gym and other formal workout routines. I started practicing yoga about a year ago and, while I try to go 4 times a week, I typically only make it to Saturday and Sunday classes. Yoga is the only disciplined routine that has ever appealed to me.
I appreciate that the owners of the studio I go to are strongly versed in yoga philosophy and appreciate that they largely avoid the overly materialistic bent that you find in gyms and many studios.
I miss the days when I could eat a bag of cookies every day and it would just slide right off me! Those are long gone.
I'm fortunate enough to be able to work basic movement into my day, mainly in a short bike commute (not long at all, 2 miles each way) and then having an energetic dog who I walk about 4-5 miles a day. I'm not yet at the stage of life where walking feels like legitimate exercise but it's something.
I used to make a lot more time for exercise. Ran marathons, multiday long distance cycling events, 2 hours at the pool or the gym a day. When I hit 40 my desire to do that fell off sharply.
I think the key for me, as other folks are saying, is regularity. In my case it's also going to require a mental shift. I used to motivate myself with achievement and growth - run faster, lift more, swim further. I'm definitely getting to the age where a) this is not how I want to spend my time and b) there's no way I'm going to be able to do that sort of development without hurting myself. So I need to figure out how to shift to healthy maintenance rather than climbing a mountain.
Speaking of climbing mountains: I spent 5 days hiking in national parks in Utah recently, and some of that was hiking with a lot of climbing. One hike was 4 miles with 2000 ft of height. I did it, but it was much harder than it used to be. I want to use that sort of thing to motivate me: keep myself in good enough shape to be able to have experiences like that.
Where did you go? I went to Utah two years ago and think it might the most beautiful place I've been. I hiked in Arches, Zion, and Bryce Canyon (my fave).
Zion and Bryce Canyon. I want to go back to Zion for some overnights, and also to Arches.
I'm a big fan of the TRX suspension trainer. I think it is especially well suited to people who are out of shape, spend most of their day sitting at a desk, and are looking for baseline strength and functional mobility. I've been using it consistently for the last 3 years and my wife, who works on computer for 9-5, got into it this past summer and has seen improvements in her neck, shoulders, and back. In my opinion it is easier to get started with than bodyweight work, which I found can be awkward until your you get that baseline strength and mobility and rid yourself of your hitches and muscle imbalances.
I'm a fairly holistic person who is not into circuit exercise but for simple bodyweight work a good active warmup like the 'world's greatest stretch' + 'lizard walks' into planks, bridges, pushups, lunges, etc will get you somewhere. Keep proper form, always leave some in the tank, and probably cut back on sugar haha.
I moved away from the neighborhood my university is in when I started my second year of grad school. Even though I'm only ~2.5 miles from my department, I have to take two buses if I want to take public transit, so I bought a bike.
As I've fallen further into the wilds of research, biking to work has been even better for my mental health than for maintaining my corporeal form—most days I can always say that even if I feel like I did nothing else that day, I biked 5 miles, and I can feel that accomplishment physically in a way that I can't always with research.
Since I'm in Boston usually I'll wuss out whenever it rains or there's snow on the ground. @robbbiecloset what is your secret to winter biking??
i've not read all deposits within this thread. i thank you for bringing up topics of such importance! mundane as it is, physical health cannot be decoupled from overall mental/emotional/spiritual health (and beyond)… and to try is folly.
i think one of the great challenges of life is to get to know oneself.
part of that is knowing what works for you.
what works for me may not likely work for you (that is one of the biggest (quite applicable) generalizations i can make)). somehow that sounds like a deep political statement to me currently.
hiking and biking are also local favorites but i count them as adventure excursions so not an exactly regular thing.
a daily walk gets some steps. i try to do 10k steps a day.
i'm lucky to have an incredibly active on my feet job.
so… running is my chosen exercise. if i can run 20k in a week comfortably then i consider myself fit. and i usually feel better sleep better work better eat better. it makes a world of difference.
it really helps for accountability to have a partner of someone pleasantly encouraging you by their actions and words. so please help your fellow animals (humans included) to use their corporeal form as it it will waste away if you do not. AND YOU DON'T WANT THAT QUITE YET.
I'm not @robbbiecloset but I am a year round cyclist (and bike mechanic, for that matter)!
Layers, rather than single heavy/thick clothing items. Merino wool is my preference for anything directly contacting skin, but I have some synthetic and cotton long underwear, too. For me, if I am not a little chilly when I step out of the door to ride to work, I am overdressed and will be removing something within minutes. Layers are nice in this case, too!
Studded tires. I used to commute with regular tires, but got sick of slipping/falling. I don't think I really have slid out since getting studs, and I'm on my fifth season with the same tires since they don't wear too quick if you only run them in the winter.
Just committing to it! This likely applies to everything in this thread, but just deciding to do it even if only above 20*F or only once a week or whatever is the biggest hurdle. I'll still take the train if it is really crazy out, but ride way more often than not.
A desk job, and somewhere between 12-20hrs of commute a week does mean I need to pay attention to staying in reasonable shape. Given time I'd much prefer to be out hiking or caving. The mental benefits to me of spending time in those activities are so obvious to my spouse that she ensures they form part of our vacation time. We spend a lovely two weeks hiking and climbing via ferrata in the Dolomites this summer.
However, normal life means I can't do that other than at the weekend. I don't much like running, but it's an efficient form of exercise, so I've started trying to run 5-7km at lunchtime a couple of days a week. I supplement that with some gym time, or a short workout at home (the 7 Minutes iOS app repeated three times!), once or twice a week. Failing all of that I try to get out for even a short walk and some fresh air at lunchtime; something even vaguely active being better than nothing. I used to do pilates and yoga but my instructor is taking a break at the moment.
I enjoy swimming. Can get a in a decent 1K with apres sauna once a week. Then can fit in 500m when jnr is at swimming lesson.
I also really like kettle bell flows and bodyweight movement based stuff.
Running has basically killed my legs. Have had hellish problems with Achilles, knee and (not recently hip).
I work for a university, so I enjoy the benefit of having the privilege of paying to use their facilities (it is marginally less expensive than other nearby gyms). It's rather close to my office, which makes it easier to convince myself to stop by on the way home and wrench out a half hour on the elliptical three days a week.
My commute is a 30-35 minutes walk. At my most inactive, I get at least an hour of walking into my daily routine. Working light exercise into something I am already doing has probably been most effective / easiest to maintain.
Squash. Lot's of squash. A LOT of squash. Joined the ladder at my local Y. Addicted. Black ball in the game cube!


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Judge allows lawsuit against Lebanon ordinance permitting firearms in council chambers to move forward
A taxpayer lawsuit challenging a Lebanon ordinance that allows state-issued concealed carry license holders to bring handguns into the city building can move forward, a Warren County judge ruled earlier this week.
Common Pleas Judge Timothy Tepe denied the city's motion to dismiss the lawsuit in a decision handed down on Monday, according to court documents.
Lebanon City Council enacted the ordinance in March 2020, giving license holders permission to carry firearms into the city building during council meetings and other periods. The city previously had a rule that expressly banned the carrying of weapons into council chambers.
Three Lebanon residents – Carol Donovan, David Iannelli and Brooke Handley – filed a complaint against the city of Lebanon on March 31, alleging the ordinance conflicts with state law, which prohibits concealed carry in government buildings that contain court rooms.
The residents are represented by Everytown Law, the litigation arm of the nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety, and the Lebanon-based law firm Gray & Duning.
"The potential presence of concealed handguns introduces a risk of physical harm and armed intimidation, particularly in a setting where vigorous discussion on hot button issues can cause tempers to flare," the complaint reads.
However, attorneys for the city argue the ordinance doesn't violate state law as concealed carry is still prohibited when the municipal court is in operation, according to the motion to dismiss filed in May.
In documents, the city's attorneys also said the residents' lawsuit "is not being brought to vindicate a public interest but, instead, is an effort to address and remedy the personal fears, stresses, or anxieties Plaintiffs claim to experience knowing that properly licensed individuals may be carrying concealed weapons at meeting of City Council and the impact thereof of their attendance or participation at such meetings."
In his decision, Tepe wrote the residents' personal stake in the case doesn't necessarily shrink their claim of upholding the public's interest.
"There is no question that the Ordinance at issue affects the Plaintiffs' personal interest," Tepe wrote. "... There is no question that the Ordinance also affects the public interest as it controls when and where licensed individuals can carry concealed firearms."
The city is standing by its ordinance and Tepe's decision "is not a ruling on the merits of the case or the ordinance at issue," Rebecca Simpson Heimlich, an associate attorney with the Finney Law Firm who's representing the city of Lebanon, said in a statement to The Enquirer.
"We are confident that the ordinance is lawful and does not conflict with state law," Heimlich said. "... There is no law in Ohio prohibiting the concealed carrying of weapons into city council meetings."
The Enquirer was unable to reach the residents' attorneys Thursday night.
"The residents we represent ask only that the city comply with state laws intended to keep courthouses and similar government buildings safe," Len Kamdang, director of litigation strategy and trials for Everytown Law, said in a March press release announcing the suit's filing. "People should be able to take part in the democratic process without the threat of violence or intimidation."


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Cora Diamond to Receive Honorary Degree of the University of Chicago
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Cora Diamond, a distinguished philosopher, will receive the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Chicago. Diamond has produced groundbreaking work in three major areas: the philosophical foundations of logic; the interpretation of 20th-century Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein; and the ethical treatment of animals. She also has produced important work on gender studies, literary theory and care ethics.
The Kenan Professor of Philosophy Emerita at the University of Virginia, Diamond's scholarship has joined these disparate subjects together in ways that illuminate the contributions that philosophy can make to the broader culture. She also has shaped the trajectory of philosophical scholarship around the world: Her work has been collected and published in multiple languages, and entire essay collections and conferences have been devoted to discussions of her work in moral philosophy.
Diamond has been an author, editor or contributor to 10 books—including works in Italian, French and German—and more than 100 journal articles and essays, with others forthcoming. Her most recent book is Reading Wittgenstein with Anscombe, Going on to Ethics (2019). She is a member of the American Philosophical Society.
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This year the Worshipful Company of World Traders' Richard Charvet Scholarship of £5000 was awarded to Rocío García-Mauriño. Rocio graduated from the Complutense University of Madrid in 2010, with a double degree in Law and Business Administration. In 2014, she obtained her Masters in Law (LLM) from the University of California, Berkeley (USA). She has been a member of the Madrid Bar Association since 2011, and currently practises Corporate Law as a Partner in the legal firm Pla & Roig Aran in Madrid.
She won the bursary for a Postgraduate Diploma in International Maritime Law at the World Maritime University and will graduate later this year. World Traders' Charitable Trust selected this particular programme for the Richard Charvet bursary because of his strong link with marine insurance and maritime law.
On receiving the award, Rocio said: "I was of course very honoured to receive the World Traders' Prize and it certainly had an impact on my approach to these studies. I was truly motivated by such honour and also felt a positive pressure to prove myself worthy of the prize. I have tried to do my best on the rest of the course, even though it was extremely challenging to coordinate work and studies. In any case, I am overall very proud of my results and cannot be more thankful to the Trustees of the World Traders for the recognition.
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'Many Love' by Sophie Lucido Johnson, an Intimate Introduction to Polyamory
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Through memoir, Sophie Lucido Johnson explores the evolution of her controversial mindset.
For many, the go-to book about polyamory is Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy's The Ethical Slut, published in 1997 and updated in 2017. But while The Ethical Slut offers a practical how-to guide to having more than one partner, Many Love: A Memoir of Polyamory and Finding Love(s) explores how polyamory works in one woman's life.
Polyamory, which positions itself against monogamy, was the fourth most googled word (relating to relationships) of 2017. First used around 1990, the term itself is relatively new, but the practice is much older. Etymologically, the word means "many loves," and polyamorous people practice a variety of open relationships. This can range from having sexual relationships with people outside of a monogamous relationship to having several ongoing romantic and sexual relationships.
Johnson discusses her open relationship with her partner
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Johnson uses her own life as the framing device to gently bring readers into understanding polyamory. She begins by looking at her own early experiences of romance and friendship. As a young woman, Johnson had a very traditional idea of how she would fall in love, find a soulmate, and never desire another again. But as she dated, she learned that love is not so simple. She travels through relationships as she moves between Portland, San Diego, New Orleans, and Chicago. These changing locations and dynamics highlight the ways that the realities of relationships have changed in the new millennium.
Through the intimacy of the memoiristic style, Johnson is able to portray the difficult thoughts and complex conversations that must take place in order to operate open relationships. She explains how various relationships began and ended, and the ways that polyamory changed her understanding of all of the relationships in her life, not just her romances. For her, diving into polyamory meant trying "to treat everyone with equal intention toward love, generosity and respect, and see where it takes you."
Jealousy is often the foremost concern people have with open relationships. Johnson is upfront about her experiences of jealousy and the ways that her relationship to jealousy and her coping mechanisms have changed. She breaks down the ways that jealousy can be useful, arguing that "if jealousy is something you're able to diffuse through communication and processing," it can bring people closer together. She writes about long discussions with partners and personal journaling.
Johnson uses charts to help break down the types of jealousy many experiences in relationships
"Polyamory asks participants to be self-aware and to constantly examine their priorities," Johnson writes. "While that's exhausting, I find it to be a beautiful exercise in honesty – an exercise that, with time, becomes a natural practice."
For those familiar with polyamory, the first few chapters can feel a little basic. Johnson builds a firm foundation for the later complications as she describes her relationships deepening. She begins reaching out to other polyamorous people to discover the variety of relationships people make, each person seeking what works best for them. She includes charts that break down the main types of polyamorous relationship constructions. These charts and other graphic elements add levity to what can be a rather dry story.
It may be surprising to some that the relationships Johnson finds most affected by her shifting views are her friendships. As she points out, "I'd grown up believing that romantic partnerships trumped all the other friendships there were." By examining her relationship to romantic connections, she is forced to examine how she relates to all people in her life.
Whether readers pick up Many Love because they want to explore polyamory for themselves or just want to learn more, Johnson's story offers insight for everyone as we all explore what it means to be in relation to one another.
'Many Love: A Memoir of Polyamory and Finding Love(s)' by Sophie Lucido Johnson


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There are few things that go together as effortlessly as Leica and reportage. Over the company's 100-plus-year tenure, its cameras have been used to document some of history's most important happenings, and now, the brand is honoring that lineage with the upcoming M10-P "Reporter."
The Leica M10-P "Reporter" arrives as a striking rendition of the company's flagship rangefinder, boasting the same sleek profile, ultra-quiet shutter, and touch functionality of its predecessor. This time, however, the camera departs from the brand's traditional black/red colorway for a more utilitarian gunmetal visage, honoring the 40th anniversary of Leica's Oskar Barnack Award. Connoisseurs of the brand will also realize that this unique model lacks the outfit's trademark "red dot," opting instead for a more refined (and unassuming) design. While pricing has yet to be revealed for the Reporter, the edition will be limited to only 450 pieces, worldwide, making it an attractive item for collectors. Look for the camera to launch in January of 2021.
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Johnson County is a county located in the state of Kansas. Based on the 2010 census, the county population was 544,179, making it the most populous county in Kansas. Johnson County was created on August 25, 1855. The county seat is Olathe. The county is named in honor of Reverend Thomas Johnson (1802-1865), who established a mission to the Shawnee Indians in 1829, Methodist missionary who was one of the state's first settlers.
Johnson County is included in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county contains many of Kansas City's affluent southwestern suburbs.
The county is named for Reverend Thomas Johnson, who in 1829 established a mission among the Shawnee Indians about eight miles southwest of Kansas City. Reverend Johnson took the Pro-Slavery side of politics, and was the President of the first Territorial Council. He was shot and killed, in January 1865.
Johnson County, located in the eastern tier, is the sixth north from Oklahoma. It is bounded on the north by Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties; on the east by the State of Missouri; on the south by Miami county, and on the west by Douglas county. Its area is 480 square miles, or 307,200 acres, and in 1910 it ranked 33d, with a population of 18,288. It was organized in 1855 and named for Rev. Thomas Johnson, missionary to the Shawnee Indians, in what is now Shawnee township in the northern part of the county. In 1855 the Kansas river constituted its entire northern boundary but in 1859 the present boundary was established.
It's hard to believe that in 1900, Johnson County had fewer people than Jewell County. Today, the area's population is exploding, and new office parks and subdivisions seem to sprout overnight.
Johnson ranks among the foremost counties in the production of Irish potatoes. It also has a large number of orchards. In 1907 there were 150,000 bearing fruit trees.
As reported by the Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 480 square miles (1,200 km2), of which 473 square miles (1,230 km2) is land and 6.5 square miles (17 km2) (1.4%) is water.
Johnson county is located in east Kansas. The county is slightly rolling prairie. The valleys of rivers and creeks average from one-fourth to seven-eighths of a mile in width. The bottom lands comprise about 10 per cent. of the county. Timber in the county consist of oak, hickory, elm, walnut, mulberry, redbud, locust, wild cherry and sycamore, jack-oak and hickory existing in the largest quantities. There are many streams in Johnson county. The Kansas river flows north and forms more than half of the northern border. Blue and Indian creeks run east. The soil is from one to six feet in depth and is very productive, being adapted to corn, winter wheat, oats, flax and hay. Along the streams limestone is found in great quantity and is used extensively for building and as ballast for railroads. Sandstone is abundant in the north and east, and at Edgerton gray marble is found. Coal exists in a few places, where it is mined for local use.
According to the 2010 Census Bureau, the education attainment of the population 25 years and over: 95.6% high school graduate or higher, 51.1% bachelor's degree or higher, and 17.9% graduate or professional degree.


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