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Meryl Ann Butler is an artist, author, educator and OpedNews Managing Editor who has been actively engaged in utilizing the arts as stepping-stones toward joy-filled wellbeing since she was a hippie. She began writing for OpEdNews in Feb, 2004. She became a Senior Editor in August 2012 and Managing Editor in January, 2013. In June, 2015, the combined views on her articles, diaries and quick link contributions topped one million. She was particularly happy that her article about Bree Newsome removing the Confederate flag was the one that put her past the million mark.
Her art in a wide variety of media can be seen on her YouTube video, "Visionary Artist Meryl Ann Butler on Creativity and Joy" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcGs2r_66QE
A NYC native, her response to 9-11 was to pen an invitation to healing through creativity, entitled, "90-Minute Quilts: 15+ Projects You Can Stitch in an Afternoon" (Krause 2006), which is a bestseller in the craft field. The sequel, MORE 90-Minute Quilts: 20+ Quick and Easy Projects With Triangles and Squares was released in April, 2011. Her popular video, How to Stitch a Quilt in 90 Minutes with Meryl Ann Butler can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrShGOQaJQ8
She has been active in a number of international, arts-related projects as a citizen diplomat, and was arts advisor to Baltimore's CIUSSR (Center for Improving US-Soviet Relations), 1987-89. She made two trips to the former USSR in 1987 and 1988 to speak to artists, craftpeople and fashion designers on the topic of utilizing the arts as a tool for global wellbeing. She created the historical "First US-Soviet Children's Peace Quilt Exchange Project" in 1987-88, which was the first time a reciprocal quilt was given to the US from the former USSR.
Her artwork is in collections across the globe.
Meryl Ann is a founding member of The Labyrinth Society and has been building labyrinths since 1992. She publishes an annual article about the topic on OpEdNews on World Labyrinth Day, the first Saturday in May.
Find out more about Meryl Ann's artistic life in "OEN Managing Ed, Meryl Ann Butler, Featured on the Other Side of the Byline" at https://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/OEN-Managing-Ed-Meryl-Ann-in-Life_Arts-Artistic_Artists_Quilt-170917-615.html
On Feb 11, 2017, Senior Editor Joan Brunwasser interviewed Meryl Ann in Pink Power: Sister March, Norfolk, VA at http://www.opednews.com/articles/Pink-Power-Sister-March--by-Joan-Brunwasser-p*ssy-Hats-170212-681.html
"Creativity and Healing: The Work of Meryl Ann Butler" by Burl Hall is at
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Creativity-and-Healing--T-by-Burl-Hall-130414-18.html
Burl and Merry Hall interviewed Meryl Ann on their BlogTalk radio show, "Envision This," at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/envision-this/2013/04/11/meryl-ann-butler-art-as-a-medicine-for-the-soul
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4 Ulm Place, Perth Airport, WA 6105
Perth Mercedes-Benz Trucks
Overview Features Gallery
THE UNIMOG IMPLEMENT CARRIER.
A vehicle class of its own.
Its robustness and reliability, as well as its impressive versatility have made the Unimog the implement carrier of choice for professionals for several decades now. The reason for that is that the "Universal-Motor-Gerät" (universal motorised device) – as it was originally known – is a vehicle which was specifically developed with these aims in mind. In conjunction with numerous implement manufacturers and bodybuilders, as well as the great know-how of the Unimog partners, a system came into existence whose flexibility and productivity are unparalleled. Despite its broad scope of practical skills, its dimensions were able to be kept extremely compact – and it's for this specific reason that the Unimog can make use of its effectiveness virtually anywhere you need it.
Drive Concept
Makes living with Unimog a pleasure: the cab.
The Unimog is built to achieve great things. Unimog features a well-thought out and productive workplace for both driver and up to two crew members. The spacious cab and the flat cab floor provide ample head and leg room. The intuitive operating controls make daily operation more efficient. Controls are arranged so that they can be reached easily. A modular switch panel is installed in the centre console and its position can be altered as required.
Climb in. Feel good. Get going.
The Unimog implement carrier is one of the most modern workplaces around. It includes the standard height and tilt-adjustable steering column which allows for an optimal seating position. In conjunction with the low-vibration cab, the optional air-sprung driver's seat helps reduce fatigue. And anyone spending longer periods of time in the new cab comes to appreciate the powerful air-conditioning and heating system: regardless of the weather, it ensures comfortable temperatures inside the vehicle. What's more, in winter, the seat heating can be switched on.
The Unimog is a capable on and off-road vehicle for day-today use and has a configuration to suit the varying needs of business. The practically-oriented workplace and the cockpit has been optimally adapted to suite operators, designed to create the best possible working environment. That helps ensure that every task can be carried out with full concentration and a relaxed approach. For example through the arrangement of controls within easy reach.
A comfortable seating position behind the front axle, air-sprung comfort seats with 3-point seat belts, head restraints and seat heating, as well as auxiliary heating and an air-conditioning system - the panoramic cab of the Unimog implement carrier fulfils high demands in terms of operation, safety and comfort. That helps ensure that every task can be carried out with full concentration and a relaxed approach.
The standard height- and tilt-adjustable steering column allows for an optimal seating position for the driver.
Panoramic cab and short distance from implement to axle centre.
The front-end dimensions and the position of the driver are especially important when working with front-mounted implements. Unlike the majority of bonneted vehicles, the short nose of the Unimog gives much greater visibility of the working areas to the front, especially when large implements such as snow ploughs are fitted.
In the Unimog, the line of sight reaches the road much closer to the vehicle, reducing blind spots and providing optimal all-round visibility thanks to its large-scale panoramic glazing, the driver's seating position and the short front-end dimensions. The Mercedes-Benz Unimog thus helps actively ensure that the driver recognises dangerous situations early on and can thus also react more quickly to them. And that advantage can be made even better thanks to the optionally available camera system with up to three cameras and a single monitor.
Everything within easy reach.
Operating Concept
The operating concept of the implement carrier has been tailored to the needs of operators and drivers: the Unimog's instrument cluster can be controlled using the multi-function steering wheel. There the driver can check the vehicle's oil level, air pressure and alter the Unimog's hydraulic system settings. Gear selection, engine brake activation and the EasyDrive synergetic traction drive system are controlled via the steering column.A removable multifunction joystick can be found in the centre console allowing the operator to control vehicle speed and implements. Operation is especially flexible and the user can control the system in accordance with their needs and desires.
The Unimog features many practical stowage compartments and includes a CD/radio with Bluetooth® hands free mobile phone connection.
Powerful air-conditioning and heating system.
Those spending longer periods of time in the new cab will appreciate the efficient air-conditioning and heating system: regardless of the weather, it ensures comfortable temperatures in the vehicle. Whilst, in winter, the heated seat function can be switched on. To allow work to start punctually there is a programmable auxiliary heating system. Heated windows and mirrors ensure clear vision right from the start.
Multifunction joystick.
A removable multifunction joystick can be found in the centre console allowing the operator to control both vehicle speed and implements. It is also used to operate the synchronised Electronic Quick Reverse (EQR) reversing group.
The economical engine.
The Unimog implement carrier is equipped with the most modern Mercedes-Benz BlueTec 6 technology. Tested in large-scale series production, the Euro VI engine generation sets new standards for its class and takes no half-measures where conserving the environment, economic efficiency and top performance are concerned. The 4 and 6-cylinder engines ranging from 115 to 220 kW are especially easy to maintain, economical, smooth-running and powerful. They have high torque of up to 1200 Nm as well as good results for exhaust emissions, consumption and power-to-weight ratios. 4-valve technology and common rail injection up to 2400 bar further increase efficiency.
Perfectly tuned drive system technology.
The engines are also used for braking: the strong premium engine brake reduces mechanical wear and tear on the brakes and makes a great contribution to economic efficiency.
The exhaust gas aftertreatment system uses BlueTec 6 technology which has already proven its worth in daily use over many millions of kilometres in our heavy-duty mass-production engines. In the exhaust gas aftertreatment unit, the SCR catalytic converter reduces the nitrogen oxides to a minimum. And the diesel particulate filter prevents almost any soot particles from escaping.
Unimog implement carrier in Euro V/Euromot IV variant.
With the U 423, U 429 and U 529 models, the Unimog implement carrier is available with modern Mercedes-Benz engines (OM 934/OM 936, 4 and 6-cylinder) in Euro V and Euromot IV versions. In these versions, no diesel particulate filter, camshaft adjustment and HC metering is used. As a result, such things as the maintenance and life cycle costs are reduced. The general model variant of the three vehicle types corresponds to the basic concept of the current implement carrier model series.
Combined with emissions level Tier4f, approval as an agricultural tractor is possible. Providing the highest economic efficiency in these applications. The Unimog fulfils the emissions standards applicable to tractors.
Powerful transmission.
In the Unimog, the fully synchronised electro-pneumatic transmission with its eight forward and six reverse gears provides the tractive power. Unimog is characterised by reliability, robustness and efficiency. And the synchronised Electronic Quick Reverse feature makes it easier to change direction quickly, for instance, during snow-clearing or manoeuvring. There is also the option of a forward-reverse switch which can be integrated into the multifunction joystick.
Total control, total relief: automated shifting.
Two drive programs help reduce the driver's workload: in automatic mode "A" – whilst taking into account the load, accelerator position, engine operation, climbs/inclines and the engine brake – the drive program handles gear changes and clutch operation entirely. However, if it becomes necessary for the driver to manually change gear using the multifunction lever, this is also possible.
Complete control is offered by the "M" drive program (manual). Here, gear selection is also made using the multifunction lever. The driver determines the gear and the clutch operation occurs automatically.
Made for everyday operations.
The Unimog implement carrier is a workhorse. And the fully synchronous manual transmission with eight forwards and six (or optionally eight) reverse gears is true proof of that. The fine graduation in the lower gears allows easier individual adjustment of the speed to the current operations. Rapid changing of direction and rocking free are no problem at all thanks to the truck's synchronised reversing gears: it is possible to shift directly between forwards and reverse gears. The low positioning and modular design are conducive to a low vehicle centre of gravity and low transfer of engine vibrations.
Proven top-level performance.
There are three variants of transmission-driven power take-off available. For example, the rapid transmission power take-off with 4-hole flange can be used to drive hydraulic pumps. The rotational speed and direction of the power take-off are the same as the engine speed and its direction of rotation. For implement control from outside the cab, a remote control is also available. Programming of the maximum rotational speed prevents overstepping the permissible upper rotational speed limit.
Equally as powerful is the transmission-driven power take-off with 6-hole flange. For applications whereby a very high power take-up is required, such as for fire service pumps, the third variety – also with standardised 6-hole flange – offers an optimal solution. With a nominal engine speed of 2200 rpm, a working speed of up to 3606 rpm can be attained. Here, too, a remote control for use outside the vehicle is also available.
Working safely.
With the Unimog, not only are its users safe on the road, but also other road users. The most important features are: outstanding visibility to the front thanks to the short bonnet; directional stability; ABS; precision steering; optimum axle load distribution; and the workplace with three-point seat belt and head restraint, which is mounted in such a way as to ensure minimal vibrations. The exterior design with its short front-end and very wide field of vision over both the driving and working areas make the Unimog a particularly safe commercial vehicle. The windscreen wiper system is mounted above the windscreen and optimises the cleaning of the windscreen, especially in the case of winter service work. What's more, the headlamps featuring daytime driving lights not only help Unimog users to see better, but also to be seen better. The optional front-end camera and monitoring system also improves vision in the immediate vicinity of the vehicle and makes the mounting of implements easier at the front.
The front-end dimensions and the position of the driver are especially important when working with front-mounted implements. The Unimog minimises blind spots to the front, even when operating with large implements like snow ploughs.
Its balanced axle load ratio is particularly helpful to the Unimog when cornering on slippery road surfaces.
Stay flexible - always.
Application versatility is the trademark of the Unimog. Its reinforced portal axles with hub reduction gear guarantee high ground clearance for the most diverse of tasks – even off the beaten track.
To this end, the differential and the drive shafts connected with it are repositioned higher up. The axle tube and differential lie above the wheel centre. In this way, obstacles are easier to overcome and the vehicle's centre of gravity remains low.
Portal axles.
1. Hub reduction gear
2. Wheel centre
3. Axle centre
Nothing can unsettle a Unimog.
With its tried-and-tested chassis concept which is based on the robust sub-frame, the Unimog can master even the biggest of challenges in tough everyday operations. Characteristic features are permanent all-wheel drive, great ground clearance resulting from the use of portal axles, high ride comfort, excellent axle articulation and differential locks on both axles. The implement carrier's single tyres, Tirecontrol Plus central tyre inflation system and optimal weight distribution mean it is in its element, even off the beaten track.
Even more agile thanks to all-wheel steering. The optional rear-axle auxiliary steering available on the models from the U 423 to the U 530 serves to reduce the turning circle by a further 20 percent. Accordingly, the vehicle's manoeuvrability also benefits from this in operations during which every centimetre counts. Four types of steering are available: normal steering, all-wheel steering, manual steering and offset track steering (so-called "crab steering"). This variant can help counteract downhill force. When reversing, only the rear wheels steer.
Indispensable on off-road terrain.
The Unimog is unchallenged: setting the right tyre pressure for the task at hand is conveniently carried out at the push of a button on the display. The driver has the choice between the three pre-configured modes "Road", "Sand", "Rough" and "Manual". The tyre pressure is then automatically adjusted. Thus, the Unimog can be driven with low tyre pressure on loose ground such as sand or mud and hence has a greater tyre contact area. That leads to better traction, less slipping and less damage to the land - including growing crops. Or economical and safe driving on-road thanks to a high tyre pressure and smaller tyre contact area.
The Tirecontrol Plus central tyre inflation system is available ex factory and no special conversions are necessary.
Fully proportional working hydraulics.
Excellent hydraulic performance which is more precise than ever before: the working hydraulics control implements precisely and without jerky movements. With this in mind, the fully proportional hydraulics system increases efficiency in daily operations. The working hydraulics allow for two positioning movements to be carried out at the same time – simply by using the multifunction joystick. Further functions can be set via the steering wheel buttons. Larger trailer tipping cylinders can also be filled with up to 30 litres of hydraulic oil to draw on as required.
The four-cell working hydraulics and communal hydraulics in accordance with the EN 15431 norm that are used on the implement carrier feature two circuits. Circuit I controls up to eight implement adjustments with a system pressure of 200 bar (32 l/min) over two to four dual-operation valves; alternatively it drives hydraulic motors at the lower output range. When combined, circuits I and II (32 plus 55 l/min) can now mobilise an impressive 35 kW at up to 240 bar. Positioning movements and the powering of hydraulic motors can be carried out independently of one another.
Load-sensing hydraulics with 110 l/min, 240 bar.
The load-sensing system is a hydraulic control mechanism in which the pressure and/or flow volume of the hydraulic pump is/are adapted to the conditions required by the consumers. In regular hydraulic circuits, the flow volume to the motor is throttled by means of pressure restriction valves or pressure control valves. The hydraulic pump always supplies the full power, even in the case of the flow volume being throttled. In some cases, this can cause high power losses. The load-sensing system, however, ensures that the pump only supplies the flow volume which is currently required for all active consumers.
More power, more efficiency: the VarioPower power hydraulics.
Two circuits, both with 125 l hydraulic oil through-flow per minute and 280 bar pressure: the VarioPower® power hydraulics don't shy away from work, however hard it may be. Regardless of whether several different tasks have to be carried out simultaneously or a single job requires high output. The two open circuits III and IV have the same high through-flow of 125 l/min, system pressure of 280 bar and a maximum output of 58 kW. Operation via the steering wheel buttons of the multifunction steering wheel means it is particularly easy to control. All the settings are displayed in the new instrument cluster.
Tipping hydraulics 20 l/min, 185 bar
Working hydraulics (Single circuit) Working hydraulics
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he8: The perfect club for this private club.
she8: Don't remember the food. Distracted by the decor. I wonder how long it would take before someone realized I've moved in…?
she8: A little touch of Cajun in a bite of the Big Apple.
we8: Country Toast (camembert, pumpkin), Farmer's Eggs (cauliflower, aged parmesan), Duck In A Jar (pickled vegetables), Hay Roasted Sunchokes (new england gruyère, black winter truffles), Black Bass, Danish Doughnuts , & Beer & Bread Porridge (salted caramel apple).
he8: Food coma anyone? Too much forking that I needed coffee to keep my face off the table; the food was good too.
she8: I will think of those latkes every day in 2012.
we8: Tuna Tartare, Crispy Potato Latkes (local apple compote or sour cream / sour cream and three caviars), Milton's Short Rib & Brisket Meatballs (caramelized onions and creamy horseradish sauce), Grilled Romanian Steak (prime skirt steak with caramelized onions and a roasted garlic & wild mushroom knish) Red Wine Braised Flanken Style Short Ribs (schmaltz mashed potatoes and glazed root vegetables).


Wed July 12 at 630 pm.
Traditional Publishing: How It Works, and How It Works for You.
Joanne Sinchuk, a bookseller with 20 years experience in the book business, will discuss the ins and outs of traditional publishing, and how it benefits the first time author.
Wed July 19 at 7 pm.
The Indie Experience at Murder on the Beach: Discover New Voices Panel.
MCV Egan signing The Bridge of Deaths, Traci Hall signing Ambrosia by the Sea, Christopher Hawke signing Unnatural Truth, Barbara Fox signing Mysteries in the Inn, and Randy Rawls signing Justice Secured. Panel moderated by Randy Rawls. Refreshments will be served.
Tue July 18 at 6:30 pm. The Tuesday Murder Club will discuss Open Season by CJ Box 16.00.
Sun July 16 at 3 pm. The Sunday Sleuths Book Club will discuss All Things Cease to appear by Elizabeth Brundage 15.00.


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Lightworker Path > Energy > Dr. Oz has Embraced the Healing Powers of Reiki
"Dr. Oz and the Healing Power of Reiki
Recognized across the US for his approachable bedside manner and extraordinary breadth of medical knowledge, Dr. Mehmet Oz connects people to important health issues on his syndicated television program, "The Dr. Oz Show," one of the highest-rated daily television programs in the nation. Drawing an average of 4 million viewers a day, Oz's voice is a strong one in the American health community, and he has spoken loudly and firmly: in addition to traditional medical treatment, Oz has continually touted the benefits of a holistic healthcare approach. One of the pillars of this integrative style is the inclusion of Reiki therapy.
"I know firsthand the amazing miracles we can achieve with modern Western medicine," Oz said on an episode of his program, "but I also know that for centuries, people around the world have developed alternative therapies to treat the body, mind, and the soul."
Reiki energy healing, in particular, makes Oz's list of effective medical alternatives that boost overall health and wellbeing. Why? Put simply, its ability to re-balance bodily and cognitive systems serves as not only an instant potential pain reliever but also a long-term preventive therapy. Offering a non-invasive complement to Western therapies, Reiki may help ease conditions like headaches, arthritis, and high blood pressure. In the hands of Reiki Professionals, a patient can experience an increase in the flow of his or her qi life force by harnessing the power of universal energy.
Although the immediate reaction to a Reiki session differs from patient to patient, Oz points out the healing properties of physical touch. "I actually feel the heat," he says, tying this warming sensation to a feeling of reduced tension and body-mind harmony.
Oz's wife, Lisa Oz, knows firsthand the benefits of Reiki and its great potential as a catalyst for medical breakthroughs. As a Reiki master, she wholly embraces energy healing, pointing out in a recent interview that "the next wave of medical advances will be when we come to recognize the body as an energetic system."
Reiki is Life Force Energy
Indeed, Reiki's capacity for attunement represents a powerful possibility for this ancient practice. Although the National Institutes of Health has completed little clinical research, already certain studies from researchers like Thrane and Cohen and DiNucci have noted significant outcomes of energy healing used for wound healing, anxiety, and palliative treatment for those suffering from mesothelioma or advanced AIDS. With near zero risk for negative outcomes, Reiki becomes a viable treatment for a multitude of other ailments, too.
"We are embarking on this whole new vista of opportunities," Oz says of energy medicine. "It broadens dramatically the spectrum of where we might be able to go in our bodies."
Even while acknowledging the limitations of clinical research, many doctors grant that Reiki has vast potential. In an interview with O, The Oprah Magazine, Dr. Erin Olivo, the former director of the Integrative Medicine Program at Columbia University, notes that Reiki may be helpful for heart conditions, stress-related symptoms, and more.
Dr. Oz knows about balance. In addition to his illustrious career, Oz – a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania medical school – has authored hundreds of research papers, makes innumerable appearances on television programs (in addition to his own), serves as a teaching professor at Columbia University, operates in his original role as cardiothoracic surgeon every Thursday at Columbia and New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, and still finds time for his wife and four children. For Oz, stress-reducing, health-fortifying techniques are absolutely essential.
Alongside very traditional, crucial health issues such as nutrition and sleep, Oz considers Reiki as a vehicle for well-being in his own life and for the population at large: an opportunity to reset, refocus, and de-stress. In a recent interview in The New Yorker magazine, Oz contends that a positive state of mind in a patient can link to a successful surgical outcome. When asked about lacking research and data in regards to Reiki in particular, Oz was emphatic.
"This is one of the fundamental disconnects between Western medicine and what people often refer to as complementary medicine," Oz says in the interview. "Not everything adds up. It's about making people more comfortable."
Oz and Beyond
Though this trusted doctor may be at the forefront of Reiki's influence in everyday health and culture, Oz is not alone. Athletes and celebrities have come to understand the positive effects of Reiki practice, imbuing these famous folks with a sense of calm in a chaotic world. From Christina Aguilera's use of Reiki for weight loss, to golfer Phil Mickelson's Reiki-inclusive treatment plan for psoriatic arthritis, Reiki has been used to treat a number of celebrity ailments, and has even been said to prove a holistic therapy for Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Ellen DeGeneres, among other top celebrities. The practice's ability to strengthen determination is key for maintaining focus and powering through stressful situations. In the case of Aguilera, whose Reiki methods have been outlined in Women's Health and elsewhere, Reiki untangled the complicated spiral of weight gain: people eat when they feel stressed; for Aguilera, regaining discipline through Reiki stopped the thoughtless food intake, and unwanted weight shed naturally.
While weight loss is not a concern for Oz, a former football and water polo player who exercises daily, he believes that Reiki offers a multitude of benefits worth sharing. Occasionally, Oz even invites Reiki masters into his operating room, allowing them to tend to patients undergoing precarious surgeries like heart transplants. Drawing on viable unseen energies, Reiki masters like Pamela Miles and Julie Motz have melded their expertise with Oz's mastery as a heart surgeon.
Ultimately, even with the advent of awe-inducing improvements in medical technology and the treatment of disease, Oz yearns for a simpler time. "I would take us all back a thousand years," he says in The New Yorker interview, "when our ancestors lived in small villages and there was always a healer in that village." Through Reiki, Oz has tapped into that ancient past – and, without doubt, he is a healer."
**This article appeared in The Reiki Times, the official magazine of the International Association of Reiki Professionals.


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One of the many festivities throughout the year in Thailand, Loy Krathong, usually falls in November, but to be precise on the full moon of the 12th Lunar calendar month. In 2014 it will be on the 7th of November . It doesn't have the manic party insanity of Songkran, but none the less the celebration of Loy Krathong will see Thai people in droves out at their local waterway, lake or pond.
It is a traditional ceremony with the releasing of water craft said to symbolise letting go of negativity, bad feelings or bad luck from the previous year.
Krathong or the floating basket used in the festival can easily be purchased reasonably on the day. Please consider the environment, though, and opt for one of the baskets woven from leaves or made from the stalk of a banana tree over the ones made from Styrofoam. These things hang around for ages and tax an already burdened environment. The basket should have a candle which is lit just before the basket is launched. Many people also put a coin offering inside the basket, this is for the river or water spirits. Offerings and garnering merit are hugely important to the Thai people and at the end of the day, it's not a bad practise. Anyway, wherever you happen to be if you have any doubt about where the festivities are, just ask a Thai person!
In Bangkok the most popular place is, of course, along the Chao Praya River. If you're smart and getting around by public transport, then the place to head for is the BTS station at Saphan Taksin. That means if you're staying on an MRT line, head to Siam and change onto the BTS system. Either way for my money trains are the only way to get around in Bangkok! Once at Saphan Taksin, follow the crowd! The river is very close by, but it may take a bit of time to get through the crowd. I was here in 2013 and it really was a great atmosphere. For my money, though, the big drawback with the Chao Praya is you don't actually get to put your Krathong in the river yourself, but rather you pay someone with a wire basket on a long pole to lower it into the river for you. Depending on the skill of the person with the pole, there's certainly a disaster factor inherent in this method. Especially if you've opted for a big heavy Krathong!
In Chiang Mai you won't have too much trouble finding a place to celebrate, either. You have either the Mae Ping or the canal, so just take your pick!
The really great advantage that Chiang Mai offers over Bangkok, however, is that the sister festival of Yi Peng is widely celebrated throughout the north of Thailand and nowhere more so than in Chiang Mai. This involves the releasing of the sky lanterns en masse, which is such a beautiful thing, both visually and experientially, to be part of.


Sunday morning off La Ropa Beach in Bahia Zihuatanejo and all is well. The music of a local wedding reception stopped in the wee morning hours and now there are just the sounds of the birds, waves and couple pangas making the transit across the bay. A local fishermen works alongside the sailboat's hull with a casting net attempting to catch bait fish that school in the shadow of the hull in the hundreds, this particular one is in what looks to be an old jetski hull and uses a homemade paddle that appears to weigh an easy 20 pounds. Our cockpit still showing the remains of yesterday's small afternoon gathering - empty chip bags, dried remains of guacamole, and a few empty Pacifico Cerveza cans. There is also juice box and grenadine bottle from my daughter's experiments to create the sweetest drink possible. The sun's heat yet to build; it is a great time of day. The kids remain in their coma like sleep caused by full days of play in the sun and water. Soon the daily groans of hungry growing kids will warn me that the peaceful morning has ended and the day's activities are coming.
I have done a few things about the boat ahead of the onslaught; some left over dishes, cleaned out the spilled juice from bottom of refrigerator box and set the boom to allow more sunlight on solar panels. I will get the cockpit cleared and other odd tasks but Jen left me a cup of coffee to enjoy first. She skunk off this morning to a yoga session on the beach with a new friend from a neighboring sailboat. This is the general routine of the mornings. Next it will be time to feed and direct our offspring to dress and clean themselves before another full day of hard play. Their playmates, the kids of Sweet Dreams are most likely in the same mode. Maybe we will attempt a bit of school as well today or not.
Our stay here has been fun and busy. We helped out with Sailfest, an event that raises money to help educate local underprivileged kids. The event raised nearly $ 70,000 this year. That goes a long way here in Mexico. The town itself is great with good food and shopping and friendly people. Even watched the 49ers lose the superbowl here. The kids snorkeled, skim boarded and boogy boarded the beaches, but the best thing they did here was renting Hobie Cats and sailing around the bay. I was allowed to take the helm until I pitch bowed leaving my daughter hanging from the high hull. I have to admit the couple hours spent with Richard and Carmen zipping around the bay were fun and brought back a huge wave of memories of sailing Industrial Waste (an 18 ft Sol Cat) around Lake Winnebago many years ago.
The next few days we are planning a trip inland to see the Monarch Butterfly migration and the old town of Morelia. Then we will sail from Bahia Zihuatanejo to points south before making the big u-turn and heading north to find a place to tuck away the boat until the next adventure. I am starting to hear the kids and the sun is starting to beat down on me – another day on Northern Passage is about hit high gear.


When Luang Por Koon was 7 years old , his grandfather brought him to study Thai and Pali under Ah Jahn Cheum, Ah Jahn Saai and Pra Ah Jahn Lee in a temple near his house.
Luang Por Koon was ordained as a monk at the age of 21 years old at Wat Thanon HakYai on 5th May BE2487. Pra Kru Wijahn Dtigit was the preceptor. Pra Kru Atigahn Torng Suk was his dhamma teacher. His monk's name is Pisuttoh.
Luang Por Koon stayed in Wat Thanon HakYai to study dhamma, in addition Luang Por Koon also learned under Luang Daeng Wat Nong Poh. He learned dhamma, sammahdti and Wichah (magic) from Luang Por Daeng. Luang Por Koon was very diligent when studied under Luang Por Daeng. Seeing that Luang Por Koon was so keen in learning, Luang Por Daeng brought Luang Por Koon to meet Luang Por Kong who was the abbot of Wat HatYai. Then, Luang Por Koon became the disciple of Luang Por Kong.
Luang Por Kong was a Pra Tudong (forest monk) and taught and brought Luang Por Koon to Tudong (forest dwelling). Besides dhamma and sammahdti, Luang Por Kong also taught Luang Por Koon Wichah (magic) on inserting Dtagru into a person's arm.
After learning from Luang Por Kong for some time, Luang Por Koon went Tudong alone. He went as far as Laos and Cambodia. He stayed in the deep forests of Laos and Cambodia for many years. During the rainy season, if Luang Por Koon was near town, he would stayed in any one of the temple near town to Khow Pansah (rainy season for a monk to stay indoors), if he was still in the forest, he would stay in the forest and continue his Tudong.
Luang Por Koon seeing that was determined to re-build this temple. He approached the abbot of the temple at that time, and asked him for his help. The abbot told him that the temple did not have much fund (only 10,000 bahts) and asked Luang Por Koon how much money he needed to re-build the temple. Luang Por Koon replied that he needed 3 to 4 million bahts. When the abbot heard that, he said that he had no ability to help, though it was his duties. Luang Por Koon, then asked the villagers and his lay disciples to source for fund. Many people came forward and helped. The total fund collected was almost 2 million bahts and Wat Bahn Rai was re-built.
Luang Por Koon was gradually gaining popularity in Nakon Raatchaseemah. Whenever, people heard Luang Por Koon wanted to build a temple or a school, many people would come forward to help. Luang Por Koon Had had built many schools, temples and hospitals in Nakon Raachaseemah.
The devotees who go to Wat Bahn Rai, be it rich or poor, Luang Por Koon will meet them personally and bless them. He would specially make time for the poorer devotees, because to Luang Por Koon, the poorer devotees need to earn a living, and thus their time is more precious comparing to the richer ones who had already have a stable livelihood.
Luang Por Koon chanted the most amulets in Thailand. Many temples and people would create the amulets and asked him to bless. He seldom rejected anyone when come to him for blessings. Luang Por Koon is very good in the Wichah of inserting DtaGru. He would personally insert the Dtagru under the arm of the devotees, these Dtagru are very well proven to protect a person from accidents, Metta and as well as Kong Grapan (immunity from weapons).
Almost 20 years, Luang Por Koon had chanted and inserted Dtagru, but now Luang Por Koon had stopped due to poor health. However, he will still meet and bless the devotees who go to Wat Bahn Rai to pay respect to him.


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My Enemy's Cherry Tree
By Wang Ting-kuo
I'm still not sure if I liked My Enemy's Cherry Tree or not. Taiwanese literature, rather like some Taiwanese cultural norms, is very good at making a point so subtly and in a way that is so open to interpretation that you can never be sure if you've quite got it. I suppose that's true of a great deal of 'great literature', but it feels especially true of writing from this country.
My Enemy's Cherry Tree is a little less abstruse than some other Taiwanese writing I've read (see: The Stolen Bicycle, which I'm still not sure I really understand). The plot itself is fairly straightforward: a young, struggling couple in love are trying to make a go at life despite having very little material wealth. The unnamed protagonist comes from poverty and Qiuzi, his wife, comes from a farming village famous for bamboo (the name of which I believe is 孟宗竹 in Chinese, 孟宗 sounding a little bit like 夢中, meaning 'in the middle of a dream').
They build a life together until she suddenly disappears and he opens a coffeeshop in the spot she said she'd wait for him "every day" if he ever left her. The circumstances around her disappearance are made clear(-ish) in the following pages, as Baixiu, the daughter of Luo Yi-ming, the wealthy old man implicated in her disappearance. visits the coffeeshop over successive days. She's a reminder, a ghost, a foil.
The key to the story, or its underlying point, can be found in The Old Man and the Sea, a work which is explicitly referenced midway through the novel. This novel has an old man, and it has a young man who lives near the sea. The old man is wealthy and respected. He has a station in life, and a rich inheritance. The young man is energetic and persistent. He has nothing and comes from nothing, but will fight for everything he has or wants, including a better life, a place to call home, and the wife he loves (or, as I took it, is lustfully obsessed with). They lock in battle as adversaries - not so much knight and dragon, or man and great fish, but yin and yang.
Neither is defeated; both are destroyed. Of course, you only know for sure that's happening to the old man when you learn what happens to the gorgeous cherry tree in the backyard of his Japanese-style mansion.
What bothered me about this book, however, is that it's perfectly clear what destroys the protagonist. But it's not at all clear what destroys the old man except whatever demons are in his own head. These potential demons are not defined or examined in any depth.
In fact, it's not even made clear that Mr. Luo did what everyone, including the protagonist, believes he did; it's all based on extremely circumstantial evidence. There's an implied comparison between Mr. Luo's cherry tree and a lonely pine tree struggling to survive on a cliff (another allegory for our protagonist, I suppose), a scene at a bank, a few scenes with Mr. Luo's daughter, Baixiu, and that's it. We're just supposed to know that what he says happened, happened (to be fair, Mr. Luo acts as though it did).
This isn't just a story of adversaries going (symbolically) head-to-head over a woman who has disappeared. There is a lot being said here about wealth and social class, the ongoing duel between a young generation struggling to put a roof over their heads, while the old is awash in privilege. You might also read it less as a generational struggle and more as a wealth gap between the landed rich and toiling laborers - whom our character dupes into buying overpriced homes, selling that piece of a dream - or urban-rural one. So many old men you might name to one category. So many seas that could stand in for the other.
Perhaps the battle also takes place between the aging Mr. Luo and his desire to sexually possess a younger woman, and metaphorically regain lost youth and vigor himself. It's not clear, and not meant to be.
Mr. Luo seems to have inherited everything refined, cultured and moneyed about Taiwan's history, dating back to the Japanese era. Even his given name (Yi-ming) calls to mind the notion that he's a top name, at the top of the list, the elite. The protagonist was born into all of Taiwan's struggles - the constant fight for survival of a working-class father supporting an ill wife and young son. Growing loofahs and cooking sweet potatoes in a hand-built brick kiln in a scraggly yard are powerful, ekphrastic visuals of 'country life' in Taiwan. Reading this novel, I know exactly what cultural 'space' I'm in within Taiwan. The rough-hewn, betel-nut-chewing rich-bumpkin boss with delusions of grandeur is also described perfectly. If you've spent any time in Taiwan, you know exactly what kind of person he is.
You might think from this review that I overall liked the book. In fact, I have a few complaints.
I can't let this review go without mentioning that the protagonist is, to be honest, kind of a sexist ugh-burger. All the reasons he lists for why he loves Qiuzi come down to some sort of weird fetish for adorable, sweet, youthful naïveté. He likes her frankness, but doesn't seem to care if she possesses any passion, or talent, or ambition, or even intelligence (though she's not stupid). For this reason, he's the exact kind of guy I would avoid, even socially.
I have no idea if the author intended for his character to have this flaw, or if he thinks it's quite a normal personality trait for a man and didn't even notice that he'd written a kind of gross character. Even the age difference made me raise my eyebrows - the story has the couple meeting soon after he finishes military service - that should put him in his early-to-mid twenties. She's a waitress in a French restaurant. And yet, later on it says they're ten years apart. Either the author wasn't thinking, or that restaurant employs child labor and the protagonist is a pedophile.
There are scenes later on where he exhibits some rapey tendencies, too - in one scene they're making love and she tries to climb on top, and he overpowers her with strength he hadn't known he'd possessed. YIKES. The exact words aren't "baby, I don't know my own strength", but they're close enough. The last night they are together, he sexually assaults her.
And yet he's surprised and saddened that she left? He doesn't know why? When he says earlier in the book that she left "for no reason", are we supposed to buy that?
Come on dude. You came *thisclose* to raping your wife. She's probably better off without you.
The only question is whether Wang Ting-kuo purposely wrote the character that way, or whether he actually finds his own hero's actions acceptable. Perhaps we're meant to see that he's spinning off insane theories about what his wife did in his own head, when in fact the only reason she left was that she realized her husband was abusive.
Personally, I can't imagine writing a character like that and thinking his actions were normal or acceptable. But so many people take men acting as he did as 'normal male behavior' that I really can't be sure.
The Asia Review of Books says Wang's book has echoes of Murakami. Yes, and Murakami is terrible at creating realistic, grounded women and men who treat women well. Every male Murakami character is a bit of a douche, and every woman a mere foil for the be-penised hero. Do I see echoes of that here? You betcha.
Overall, I enjoyed the meandering, somewhat removed style of writing - some might call it sterile, I call it dream-like. But it is a bit too short, a bit too unclear, and the protagonist a bit too much of a jerk.
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東施效顰: A Review of Rose Rose I Love You (玫瑰玫瑰我愛你)
I was delighted to get my hands on this short and snappy Taiwanese novel from the 80s. Both the writer and the novel itself are well-known, and in the latter case perhaps infamous, here. Yet, among my foreign friends, I can't name another person I know of who's read it.
If you don't think about it too much, this 180-page story might come across as a vehicle for every vice and bodily function, a thin plot providing the backdrop to fart-and-armpit porn, with prostitutes who never actually have sex, at least not in the events set out in the novel. It may seem fatuous if not self-indulgent, as if Wang Chen-ho's idea of being daring in 1981 was to include as much reference to body parts and bodily functions as possible and leave it at that.
You'd be wrong, though. Now, I love a good fart joke and would describe my sense of humor as bent and filthy - I was born, not raised, this way - which those closest to me know and love, or at least tolerate, about me. My dirty mind and Rose Rose I Love You felt like a match preordained, a matter of fate, not luck. In fact, please enjoy an excerpt from this classic novel:
One of my first impressions was this: if you were in any way inclined to think that Taiwanese culture is 'conservative' or 'traditional' in a Western sense, you will be promptly disabused of that notion just a few pages into Rose Rose I Love You. It details a society that is interesting in how not conservative it is. I've written about this before, and it's worth going to have a read. Even Taiwan's tendency to be more friendly to Western ideas and cultural exchange is explored, to some extent, beyond all the prostitution, bawdy jokes and straight-up farting.
My second impression: there is a lovely phrase in Chinese that is, plainly, ~就是一個屁: it translates to "it's just bullshit/it's nonsense" but literally means "it's just a fart". I am, then, not so sure that the farting is in there for comic effect alone. Wang seems to be reaching fragrantly through the pages to impart to us the main point of his book, the universe, and everything: it's all farts. All of it.
After checking out the 2014 Taipei Times review of the same book (and learning a new phrase - 肥唧唧), my takeaways are a bit different. Perhaps because I have never read the original, so my knowledge of what the original language was and what it signified in a deeper sense is therefore limited to what the (excellent) translation provides as well as my Taiwan schemata, I missed certain aspects of this somewhat opaque story about a fat, clownish, provincial English teacher going to great lengths to plan a training course to turn common Hualien prostitutes into high-class bar girls for some visiting American GIs (whom we never meet - the novel ends as the training begins). I had to form a lot of my own impressions in something of a vacuum in that way.
Yet, throughout the novel, one cliched idiom kept popping into my head: "trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear". This saying has similar connotations to a Chinese idiom about an average woman - Dongshi - trying to look beautiful as a classic Chinese beauty - Xishi - but ultimately failing (東施效顰).
Teacher Dong (董斯文, though this is not stated in the English version and I spent much of the book thinking his name was 東斯文, or Eastern Refinement), thinking himself a dignified, educated and worldly gentleman, peppers his speech with English words and phrases - which the other characters repeatedly mishear or make fun of in bawdy Taiwanese or Mandarin puns - for example, turning position, as in a sexual position, into 破理想 or destruction of morals. He constantly reaches for an appearance of worldly refinement only to suffer from chronic flatulence, have his language misheard or derided by others and be repeatedly mistaken for a famous fat clown.
The prostitutes he is trying to turn into high-class bar girls - whom he envisions wearing gorgeous traditional dress - both Chinese and aboriginal - are, to be frank, rather common whores, and act the part as they are pressed into joining his training course. A few weeks of talks on hygiene, Christian prayers, "thirty English sentences", "global etiquette" and more are meant to turn these women into something they simply are not, in order to impress - and make money from - visiting American GIs. They are chosen based on the size of their breasts (like pomelos, not small oranges), age, looks, health and lack of menstruation. Councilman Qian, who makes several appearances, is supposed to be a brave and selfless servant of the people, having been elected in what would have been one of Taiwan's first local-level elections (full democracy didn't happen until 1996, but local by-elections were taking place as early as 1968, when the book takes place), mostly got elected for stripping on stage and showing everyone his rather large set of equipment. The bar the girls will work in is being built, and is described as being modern and inviting, yet towards the end it's noted in a parenthetical aside that there are no bathrooms and the only nearby ones are maggot-infested squat toilets. Even the song the girls are to sing as the American GIs arrive - Rose Rose I Love You - is given a double meaning, as a virulent strain of gonorrhea called "Saigon Rose" is quickly gaining notoriety among the denizens of Asia's whorehouses. The rich and popular town doctor sexually harasses, and quite probably beds, several of his male patients. It is implied that he has an armpit fetish. Teacher Dong himself, towards the end, basically spouts a repackaging of Audiolingualism as his own language-teaching invention that nobody else had taken notice of yet.
Nothing is too gross, or too low-class, for Wang to include to describe the seamy underbellies of every character parading around, acting as though they are better than they are.
It's hard not to read a complete takedown of urbane worldliness, beautiful women, educated teachers and even democratic elections in this. Everything in the novel is a sow's ear. Every woman is Dongshi, not Xishi. The teacher is a fat clown, not Confucius. The American GIs that everyone prepares for excitedly are probably swarming with venereal disease. And yet they are all pretending to be more than that - or at least Teacher Dong and Councilman Qian are, and everyone else is along for the ride.
I too read it as a satirical stab at Wang's memories of 1960s Taiwan - the prosperity and refinement of the Japanese colonial era fading (yes, I know, colonialism sucks, but the Japanese do have a very refined asthetic), modernization not yet begun, with Taiwan, its clothing patched and identity in shambles, trying desperately to impress a bunch of foreigners. It's hard not to read into it a full-on prison shanking of 1968 Taiwan, a sow's ear perhaps in Wang's estimation that is trying to be a silk purse on display for the Americans, that doesn't even know it's not. Not even one character makes it to the level of a joke - at best they are all punchlines.
This may sound bleak, but Wang also imbues these sow's ears with potential. Teacher Dong might well speak very good English, and what is essentially repurposed Berlitz is still better than whatever passed for typical English teaching at the time. Several of the bar girls are described as being quite beautiful, one is referred to as a "modern-day Lin Daiyu", almost as a Homeric epithet. The food that Big-Nose Lion and his aging prostitute girlfriend A-hen eat sounds delicious. Councilman Qian (I don't know which character it is, but it is a homophone with 錢, or "money", and I doubt that's an accident) seems to have a genuinely impressive member. These tiny droplets of hope glint across the narrative as though Wang is saying, in effect, "yeah, I know it looks bad now and these guys are a bunch of fools who think themselves kings, but don't give up on Taiwan. We really do have potential!"
Or, perhaps, he was saying "Stop trying to show off for the West, figure out who you are and celebrate it!"
And, of course, from the perspective of 2017, I can see that he was right.
I would love to comment more on the identity questions that were likely laid bare by the original text, but not having read the original, I'll let the Taipei Times review have the last word:
It could also be a searching look at a protracted moment in Taiwan's history — one extending to this day — of testing out many trappings of identity, often for the purpose of outside consumption. But the novel is open-ended, offering no glimpses of its true self: In the final scene, the prostitutes intone the Lord's Prayer and Teacher Dong launches into a reverie: The Americans are coming, greeted by 50 world-class bar girls wearing cheongsams or eye-catching Aboriginal dress. The ladies sing the titular song, Rose, Rose, I Love You, first in Chinese and next in English. Each is a shimmering ambassador of an ethnic identity none wholly inhabits, and no one is so sure of who she is.
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The Horrors of Auschwitz and Birkenau
From Agony to Ecstasy in Single Day Trip from Krakow
Krakow is a fun and fascinating city, full of things to see and do. But, while there is plenty to keep one busy in the city, it also provides the opportunity for some short, but fascinating daytrips
We chose two, both of which can be combined in a single-day, either in a private car or via a tour. These trips were to:
Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration/Death Camps; and to the
Wieliczka Salt Mine.
These stops, each fascinating in its own way, could not be more different. This blog focuses on Auschwitz and Birkenau. The next on the Wieliczka Salt Mine.
We had been to one concentration camp, Dachau, many years ago. We certainly remember being shocked and humbled by the experience. Perhaps it was because it was so long ago, or perhaps it was because Auschwitz and Birkenau are much larger. But whatever the reason, Auschwitz and Birkenau struck us as qualitatively different experiences from Dachau.
The tours begin at the infamous Auschwitz gate, with its ironically cruel slogan "Arbeit macht frei" or "labor makes you free." It didn't take long to see why very few of the 1.5 million people who had the profound misfortune of being sent to these camps would ever again be "free."
The original Auschwitz I is relatively small and almost handsomely formal, with its well-maintained rows of brick "dormitories," But by the time its extensions, culminating in the huge Birkenau complex, were completed, it became the largest and by far the most deadly of the German network of more than 400 work, concentration and extermination camps.
That, however, assumed that people even made it to the camps. "Sub-humans," including Jews, Roma and gays, Slavs (who were being "relocated" to make way for long-term settlement by what was expected to be a rapid growth of Germans), captured Russian soldiers and other "undesirables" from all across Europe had to endure long, harsh train rides. These rides, which could last from weeks to months, packed people into "cattle car"-like boxcars with no insulation, no sanitation and little water or food. Those who made it alive were quickly sorted between men and then, women and children. Those men who were deemed healthy enough for work were sent to concentration camps, including Auschwitz.
They were used primarily as slave labor, either at the camps themselves, or at nearby factories or mines. But unlike the case with American slaves, the Nazi "owners" had no incentive to keep their slaves alive. In fact, since the trains brought new prisoners in at such a fast rate, the camps couldn't employ or dispose of people quickly enough. Between the work, the starvation rations, illness and infection, exposure to the elements, torture and all types of abuse by sadistic SS guard and executions at the gallows or execution wall, these slaves had an average life expectancy of roughly six months.
They, however, we're the lucky ones. Women and children in the concentration and labor camps had life expectancies of about three months. Then there were those sent to Birkenau, which was more of an extermination or death camp, than a concentration or labor camp. Whereas Auschwitz had a couple small, essentially experimental gas chambers/crematoria, Birkenau was effectively built around three large-scale versions of these "solutions."
But the supply of prisoners came more quickly than even Birkenau's ability to keep up. They were, for example, forced to build new dormitories. And when they ran out of bricks, they built them out of wood—non-insulated buildings from which you could see light through the cracks during winters that can fall as low as -15 Centigrade. Sure they had heating–three small stoves (with very limited fuel) for perhaps a hundred people. So they slept huddled together. The lucky ones huddled three or four together on each concrete bunks. The unlucky one slept on mud floors, fighting the insects and the rats for space. The good part was that they had separate mass latrine buildings. The bad part, people could use them only twice a day, for a minute or two at a time.
Many of the people who arrived in the cattle cars that rolled directly into the camp, however, never even got into the barracks. They went straight to the "showers", where they undressed, hung their clothes on numbered pegs (so they could "more easily find them after they washed") and walked upstairs to the showers. Hope, as they say, apparently "is the last thing to die."
The gassing took about 20 minutes, after which they were stripped of their gold teeth and jewelry and pushed down into the basement to the crematorium. Therein came a problem. People could be gassed much more quickly than they could be cremated. What to do with all the extra bodies? The solution, dispense with the formality of a crematorium. Burn the excess bodies in the open air and store the ashes in open pits.
Although the Nazi's were certainly brutal, they were, in a sense, "green." Everything was recycled. Nothing went to waste. Clothes, shoes, eyeglasses and other personal effects were sent to the German people and soldiers. Even prosthetics. Human hair, meanwhile, was sold to textile companies and ashes to farmers. Even the ashes were recycled—sold to local farmers as fertilizer. There were, however, some things that were too valuable to be sold. The gold teeth and the jewelry, for example. They stayed with the SS!!
While the stories, told by our very knowledgeable guide, certainly painted a vivid and disturbing picture, the pictures and especially the displays in the Auschwitz buildings really drove the horror home. The huge piles of human hair, of shoes, of clothes, of glasses–all sorted and being prepared for "recycling" before the allies arrived to liberate the camps. But not all of the remaining clothes and accessories were left in the camps. Many SS guards, attempting to escape the Allies, took what they wanted and dressed as civilians before leaving the camps.
Although some of these SS personnel were captured and prosecuted, the majority were not. Of the 88,000 total, only about 15% were ultimately brought to justice. Even a smaller percentage of the prisoner facilitators met this fate. Those who helped the Nazis (often just as brutally as the Nazi guards) were rewarded with larger, nicer rooms and more and better food. They certainly got through the ordeal in better physical, if not necessarily ethical or emotional condition than did non collaborating prisoners who, upon liberation, weighed an average of 40 kilograms (about 88 pounds).
Birkenau does have a monument that is intended to specifically commemorate the victims. The camps themselves, however, serve as a much more poignant reminder of the suffering, the horrors and the incredible waste of lives that took place here.
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namespace
{
using namespace ::testing;
using namespace test_smart_chunk_common;
using ::testing::_;

template <typename T>
class SmartChunkTest : public Test
{
  public:
    using SutProducerType = typename T::ProducerType;
    using SutConsumerType = typename T::ConsumerType;

    T variation;
};

using Implementations = Types<SampleTestCase, RequestTestCase, ResponseTestCase>;

TYPED_TEST_SUITE(SmartChunkTest, Implementations, );

TYPED_TEST(SmartChunkTest, ConstructedSmartChunkIsValid)
{
    ::testing::Test::RecordProperty("TEST_ID", "9bfa7e75-b1bb-4811-8a79-df15d5375975");

    EXPECT_THAT(this->variation.sutProducer.get(), Eq(this->variation.chunkMock.sample()));

    EXPECT_THAT(this->variation.sutConsumer.get(), Eq(this->variation.chunkMock.sample()));
}

TYPED_TEST(SmartChunkTest, SmartChunkIsInvalidatedAfterMoveConstruction)
{
    ::testing::Test::RecordProperty("TEST_ID", "90c8db15-6cf2-4dfc-a9ca-cb1333081fe3");

    typename TestFixture::SutProducerType producer(std::move(this->variation.sutProducer));
    EXPECT_FALSE(this->variation.sutProducer);
    EXPECT_THAT(producer.get(), Eq(this->variation.chunkMock.sample()));

    typename TestFixture::SutConsumerType consumer(std::move(this->variation.sutConsumer));
    EXPECT_FALSE(this->variation.sutConsumer);
    EXPECT_THAT(consumer.get(), Eq(this->variation.chunkMock.sample()));
}

TYPED_TEST(SmartChunkTest, SmartChunkIsInvalidatedAfterMoveAssignment)
{
    ::testing::Test::RecordProperty("TEST_ID", "f14523c6-c7ad-44b9-9a42-b1be652b28d0");

    this->variation.sutProducerForMove = std::move(this->variation.sutProducer);
    EXPECT_FALSE(this->variation.sutProducer);
    EXPECT_TRUE(this->variation.sutProducerForMove);
    EXPECT_FALSE(this->variation.sutProducer);
    EXPECT_THAT(this->variation.sutProducerForMove.get(), Eq(this->variation.chunkMock.sample()));

    this->variation.sutConsumerForMove = std::move(this->variation.sutConsumer);
    EXPECT_FALSE(this->variation.sutConsumer);
    EXPECT_TRUE(this->variation.sutConsumerForMove);
    EXPECT_FALSE(this->variation.sutConsumer);
    EXPECT_THAT(this->variation.sutConsumerForMove.get(), Eq(this->variation.chunkMock.sample()));
}

TYPED_TEST(SmartChunkTest, GetChunkHeaderWorks)
{
    ::testing::Test::RecordProperty("TEST_ID", "3364ddcd-5d38-4eec-9a26-335b1ce1a4b0");

    EXPECT_THAT(this->variation.sutProducer.getChunkHeader(), Eq(this->variation.chunkMock.chunkHeader()));
    const auto& constSutProducer = this->variation.sutProducer;
    EXPECT_THAT(constSutProducer.getChunkHeader(), Eq(this->variation.chunkMock.chunkHeader()));

    EXPECT_THAT(this->variation.sutConsumer.getChunkHeader(), Eq(this->variation.chunkMock.chunkHeader()));
    const auto& constSutConsumer = this->variation.sutConsumer;
    EXPECT_THAT(constSutConsumer.getChunkHeader(), Eq(this->variation.chunkMock.chunkHeader()));
}

TYPED_TEST(SmartChunkTest, PayloadAccessWorks)
{
    ::testing::Test::RecordProperty("TEST_ID", "d2ac7e40-6240-4f24-a3fc-be9c5ce51c8f");

    EXPECT_THAT(this->variation.sutProducer.get(), Eq(this->variation.chunkMock.sample()));
    const auto& constSutProducer = this->variation.sutProducer;
    EXPECT_THAT(constSutProducer.get(), Eq(this->variation.chunkMock.sample()));

    EXPECT_THAT(this->variation.sutConsumer.get(), Eq(this->variation.chunkMock.sample()));
    const auto& constSutConsumer = this->variation.sutConsumer;
    EXPECT_THAT(constSutConsumer.get(), Eq(this->variation.chunkMock.sample()));
}

TYPED_TEST(SmartChunkTest, MemberAccessWorks)
{
    ::testing::Test::RecordProperty("TEST_ID", "23fb13cd-1d3d-4e11-901f-68cf6a9d83d1");

    EXPECT_THAT(this->variation.sutProducer->val, Eq(EXPECTED_DATA_VALUE));
    const auto& constSutProducer = this->variation.sutProducer;
    EXPECT_THAT(constSutProducer->val, Eq(EXPECTED_DATA_VALUE));

    EXPECT_THAT(this->variation.sutConsumer->val, Eq(EXPECTED_DATA_VALUE));
    const auto& constSutConsumer = this->variation.sutConsumer;
    EXPECT_THAT(constSutConsumer->val, Eq(EXPECTED_DATA_VALUE));
}

TYPED_TEST(SmartChunkTest, DereferencingWorks)
{
    ::testing::Test::RecordProperty("TEST_ID", "5d43a5fe-3d42-4810-8730-e88c37c51f50");

    EXPECT_THAT((*this->variation.sutProducer).val, Eq(EXPECTED_DATA_VALUE));
    const auto& constSutProducer = this->variation.sutProducer;
    EXPECT_THAT((*constSutProducer).val, Eq(EXPECTED_DATA_VALUE));

    EXPECT_THAT((*this->variation.sutConsumer).val, Eq(EXPECTED_DATA_VALUE));
    const auto& constSutConsumer = this->variation.sutConsumer;
    EXPECT_THAT((*constSutConsumer).val, Eq(EXPECTED_DATA_VALUE));
}

} // namespace

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Das Vorkarwendel ist ein weitläufiges Vorgebirge des Karwendels, einer Gebirgsgruppe der Nördlichen Kalkalpen. Es erstreckt sich östlich und nördlich des Rißtals bzw. nördlich der Sonnjochgruppe mit Gipfeln bis über 2000 Höhenmeter.

Die Gipfel des Vorkarwendels sind beliebte Tourenziele, die praktisch das ganze Jahr über bestiegen werden können. Wegen seiner weitläufigen Aussicht auf die Hinterautal-Vomper-Kette und der Tölzer Hütte knapp unterhalb des Gipfels ist der Schafreuter besonders beliebt. Eine Höhenwanderung von der Tölzer Hütte über den Grasbergkamm mit Fleischbank, Hölzelstaljoch, Grasberg und Kompar zur Plumsjochhütte bietet Ausblicke in die südlich liegenden Gebirgsgruppen des Karwendels wie Falkengruppe, Gamsjochgruppe und Sonnjochgruppe.

Ein großer Teil des Vorkarwendels gehört zum Naturschutzgebiet Karwendel.

König Ludwig II. von Bayern verbrachte des Öfteren Zeit in diesem Vorgebirge und ließ sich dort ein Jagdhaus errichten.

Wichtige Gipfel (geordnet nach Höhe)
 Montscheinspitze ()
 Schafreuter (auch Scharfreiter) ()
 Seebergspitze ()
 Seekarspitze ()
 Fleischbank ()
 Schreckenspitze ()
 Grasberg ()
 Hölzelstaljoch ()
 Kompar ()
 Juifen ()
 Schönalmjoch ()
 Delpsjoch ()
 Satteljoch ()
 Demeljoch ()
 Dürrnbergjoch ()
 Hochplatte ()

Weblinks

Gebirge in Europa
Gebirge in den Alpen
Karwendel

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Whats New at the Miami Open
By Steve Gorten
KEY BISCAYNE – Erin and John McNichol thought they had seen everything at the Miami Open besides tennis.
The couple from Baltimore said they flew down last year to watch the men's semifinals, and when both matches were cancelled because of walkovers, it gave them plenty of time to check out everything else the tournament had to offer.
But when they returned to Crandon Park Tennis Center on Friday, they saw sand – 320 tons of sand — right next to a Tiki bar.
"When we came around the corner over, I was, like, 'Look at that! I can sit there, have a drink and watch some tennis,'" Erin McNichol said as she lounged in a white Adirondack chair on the sand while watching two matches on a huge, new video board.
"I still want to go see the players later, but it's a little more relaxing here than sitting up in the bleachers."
The "beach," as London resident Nikki Jones dubbed it Friday, is the centerpiece of the Miami Open Experience — a new open-air venue just west of stadium court.
It is the most striking of several changes made by tournament officials to enhance an event that's consistently featured the sport's biggest stars.
"If fans have more to enjoy, and are able to enjoy that entertainment longer, it's a better event," said tournament director Adam Barrett. "We have two weeks [March 23-April 5]. We have to create as much entertainment as possible. …So what do you do? Well, let's get people to stay longer. If they're going to invest the time to get out here, make sure their experience isn't just three or four hours."
The Miami Open Experience will include three additions in the second week of the tournament:
— "The Taste of the Open," an eating spot April 1 to 5 where the public can purchase samples of dishes designed by award-winning chefs Tom Colicchio, Scott Conant, Josh Capon and Michelle Bernstein.
— Tori Praver's Fashion Show April 3-4 at which Praver, a supermodel and fashion designer, will showcase her new swimwear line.
—- A beach volleyball tournament featuring the world's best pro beach players, including Kerri Walsh Jennings, April Ross, Phil Dalhausser and Sean Rosenthal.
In addition to the Miami Open Experience, which was created on 9,500-square feet of land that previously housed a private hospitality village, Miami Open officials added a social media video board featuring tweets from fans, as well as free wireless access and charging stations.
Also, the food court received a full makeover. The asphalt that used to get blazing hot under the afternoon sun was replaced by a new, permeable surface. Tables and chairs were replaced with modern furniture, and large umbrellas that provide more protection from the sun, and less hassle, were installed to replace individual umbrellas.
Next to the food court, which includes a few new vendors, white leather chairs and love seats were added for fans wanting to watch matches on another of the complex's three video boards.
"I feel like I'm sitting in a big tooth," 12-year-old Emily Callahan said of the love seat she shared with her mother, Wendy. "They're really comfy though."
Half of the picnic tables were also replaced and buildings throughout the tennis center were repainted inside. The buildings' exterior will be painted in this next year, Barrett said.
"These are probably the most public changes we've done in some years," he added. "It's all about experiences and giving fans access to all these different experiences."


I take this opportunity to wish all my readers holiday cheer and joy of the season.
SKYWATCH blog is a place to enjoy skies and views from around the world. Do visit SKYWATCH Friday.
Earlier this month, I went on an excursion to Hatta, 115 kms away from Dubai city. Hatta is a small town in the northern part of Dubai near the borders with Oman. From Hatta, I drove over to the border towns of the Sultanate of Oman.
The above picture was made on the way from Hatta to the Omani borders.
Have a nice SWF and a beautiful week!


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Heinrich Pfister ist der Name folgender Personen:
* Heinrich Pfister (Politiker) (1830–1912), Oberamtmann und Geheimer Oberregierungsrat
 Heinrich Pfister (Funktionär) (1840–1921), Schweizer Milchwirtschafts-Verbandsfunktionär

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Wolfenstein 2 Nintendo Switch vs. PS4 Comparison Shows Favorable Visuals
Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus will launch later this year for the Nintendo Switch and now the first look at the game is available now through PAX East. Wolfenstein 2 port is being handled by the same developers who have ported Rocket League and DOOM for the Nintendo Switch so they seem to have gradually improved their efforts after working with the Nintendo Switch hardware.
Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus Review (PS4)
While Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus seems to hold up favorably next to the PS4 version of the game, the performance is sadly not as satisfactory with frame rate being generally unstable for the most part. It is even a bigger difference if we compare the performance of the game now to the PS4, Xbox One or PC verison, all of which run it at 60 FPS compared to the 30 FPS for the Nintendo Switch.
The two animated GIFs below are taken from the Switch and PS4 version respectively and show what kind of difference can be expected between the two different platforms. Obviously the Nintendo Switch is a weaker hardware overall but the game still manages to retain a lot of the visual effects from the console version. Hopefully the performance of the game can also be patched before it officially launches on the Nintendo Switch.
Bethesda Confirms Panic Button As Wolfenstein 2 Dev For Switch, Promises Information Soon
Wolfenstein 2 initially launched for the PS4, Xbox One and PC. The game was developed by Machine Games and published by Bethesda Softworks.
Wolfenstein 2 Wolfenstein II
Xbox Live Black Friday 2017 Sale Is Live, Major Discounts On Wolfenstein 2, Evil Within 2, More
Wolfenstein 2 Manages To Hit 4K/60 On Xbox One X, Offers 70% Increase Over XB1
Wolfenstein 2, Fallout 4, Skyrim And More Xbox One X Enhancements Detailed
Wolfenstein 2 Reverse Artwork Is Better Than The Actual Cover
Wolfenstein 2 Will Run At Similar Specs To DOOM For The Nintendo Switch
Evil Within 2 And Wolfenstein II Confirmed To Support 4K Ultra HD On Xbox One X