Pineapples have exceptional juiciness and a vibrant tropical flavor that balances the tastes of sweet and tart. They are second only to bananas as America's favorite tropical fruit. Although the season for pineapple runs from March through June, they are available year-round in local markets. Pineapples are a composite of many flowers whose individual fruitlets fuse together around a central core. Each fruitlet can be identified by an "eye," the rough spiny marking on the pineapple's surface. Pineapples have a wide cylindrical shape, a scaly green, brown or yellow skin and a regal crown of spiny, blue-green leaves and fibrous yellow flesh. The area closer to the base of the fruit has more sugar content and therefore a sweeter taste and more tender texture.
This chart graphically details the %DV that a serving of Pineapple provides for each of the nutrients of which it is a good, very good, or excellent source according to our Food Rating System. Additional information about the amount of these nutrients provided by Pineapple can be found in the Food Rating System Chart. A link that takes you to the In-Depth Nutritional Profile for Pineapple, featuring information over 80 nutrients, can be found under the Food Rating System Chart.
Bromelain extracts can be obtained from both the fruit core and stems of pineapple. Potentially important chemical differences appear to exist between extracts obtained from the stem versus the core fruit. However, the practical relevance of these differences is not presently understood. Most of the laboratory research on bromelain has been conducted using stem-based extracts, however.
Although healthcare practitioners have reported improved digestion in their patients with an increase in pineapple as their "fruit of choice" within a meal plan, we haven't seen published studies that document specific changes in digestion following consumption of the fruit (versus supplementation with the purified extract. However, we suspect that the core fruit will eventually turn out to show some unique health-supportive properties, including possible digestion-related and anti-inflammatory benefits.
Vitamin C is the body's primary water-soluble antioxidant, defending all aqueous areas of the body against free radicals that attack and damage normal cells. Free radicals have been shown to promote the artery plaque build-up of atherosclerosis and diabetic heart disease, cause the airway spasm that leads to asthma attacks, damage the cells of the colon so they become colon cancer cells, and contribute to the joint pain and disability seen in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. This would explain why diets rich in vitamin C have been shown to be useful for preventing or reducing the severity of all of these conditions. In addition, vitamin C is vital for the proper function of the immune system, making it a nutrient to turn to for the prevention of recurrent ear infections, colds, and flu.
In this study, which involved over 110,000 women and men, researchers evaluated the effect of study participants' consumption of fruits; vegetables; the antioxidant vitamins A, C, and E; and carotenoids on the development of early ARMD or neovascular ARMD, a more severe form of the illness associated with vision loss. While, surprisingly, intakes of vegetables, antioxidant vitamins and carotenoids were not strongly related to incidence of either form of ARMD, fruit intake was definitely protective against the severe form of this vision-destroying disease. Three servings of fruit may sound like a lot to eat each day, but pineapple can help you reach this goal. Add fresh pineapple to your morning smoothie, lunch time yogurt, any fruit and most vegetable salads. For example, try adding chunks of pineapple to your next coleslaw or carrot salad.
Pineapple, Ananas comosus, belongs to the Bromeliaceae family, from which one of its most important health-promoting compounds, the enzyme bromelain, was named. The Spanish name for pineapple, pina, and the root of its English name, reflects the fruit's visual similarity to the pinecone.
Look for pineapples that are heavy for their size. While larger pineapples will have a greater proportion of edible flesh, there is usually no difference in quality between a small and large size pineapple. Pineapples should be free of soft spots, bruises and darkened "eyes," all of which may indicate that the pineapple is past its prime. Pineapple stops ripening as soon as it is picked, so choose fruit with a fragrant sweet smell at the stem end. Avoid pineapple that smells musty, sour or fermented.
Pineapple can be left at room temperature for one or two days before serving. While this process will not make the fruit any sweeter, it will help it to become softer and more juicy. Yet, as they are very perishable, you should still watch them closely during this period to ensure that they do not spoil. After two days, if you are still not ready to consume the pineapple, you should wrap it in a plastic bag and store it in the refrigerator where it will keep for a maximum of three to five days.
Pineapple that has been cut up should be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container. It will stay fresher and retain more taste and juiciness if you also place some liquid, preferably some juice from the pineapple, in the container. Although pineapple can be frozen, this process greatly affects its flavor.
Pineapple can be cut and peeled in a variety of ways. Regardless of how you proceed, the first step is always to remove the crown and the base of the fruit with a knife.
To peel the pineapple, place it base side down and carefully slice off the skin, carving out any remaining "eyes" with the tip of your knife. Or cut the pineapple into quarters, remove the core if desired, make slices into the quarters cutting from the flesh towards the rind, and then use your knife to separate the fruit from the rind. Once the rind is removed, cut the pineapple into the desired shape and size.
You can also use pineapple corers that are available in kitchen supply stores. While they provide a quick and convenient method for peeling and coring pineapples, they often result in a good amount of wasted fruit since they often cannot be adjusted for different fruit size. Similarly, some markets offer devices that will peel and core the pineapple you purchase, but once again, this process may waste a lot of fruit.
Everyone loves colorful, delicious fresh fruit salad, plus it's a perfect addition to any meal and makes a great snack or dessert. So why don't we enjoy fresh fruit salad more? Simply because it's been thought that cut fruit rapidly degrades, so fruit salad, which can take 15 minutes to prepare, would have to be freshly prepared to be good.
Now, a study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry has found that minimal processing of fruit—cutting, packaging and chilling—does not significantly affect its nutritional content even after 6, and up to 9, days.
If you're really pressed for time, packaged cut up fresh fruit, although more expensive, is a nutritionally sound option.
In this study, researchers cut up pineapples, mangoes, cantaloupes, watermelons, strawberries and kiwi fruit. The freshly cut fruits were then rinsed in water, dried, packaged in clamshells (not gastight) and stored at 41°F (5°C).
No losses in carotenoids were found in kiwifruit slices and watermelon cubes. Cantaloupe, mango, and strawberry pieces lost 10-15%; pineapples lost 25%, although this is not of much concern since they are not usually consumed for their carotenoid content since this is not one of the nutrients in which they are most concentrated.
"Contrary to expectations, it was clear that minimal processing had almost no effect on the main antioxidant constituents. The changes in nutrient antioxidants observed during nine days at five degrees Celsius would not significantly affect the nutrient quality of fresh cut fruit. In general, fresh-cut fruits visually spoil before any significant nutrient loss occurs," wrote lead researcher Maria Gil.
Mix diced pineapple and chili peppers for an easy to prepare salsa that's an exceptional complement to fish such as halibut, tuna and salmon.
For an in-depth nutritional profile click here: Pineapple.
In addition to the nutrients highlighted in our ratings chart, an in-depth nutritional profile for Pineapple is also available. This profile includes information on a full array of nutrients, including carbohydrates, sugar, soluble and insoluble fiber, sodium, vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, amino acids and more.


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Uranium Toxicity and Protecting the Kidneys
Posted in: Health in General
The oral administration of sodium bicarbonate diminishes the
severity of the changes produced by uranium in the kidneys.1
So deep are the protective, buffering and neutralizing properties of bicarbonate that it is used even with radiation exposure to protect the kidneys and other tissues. In a world that is already overexposed to uranium and mercury magnesium bicarbonate becomes even more important because mercury and uranium oxide directly attack the nuclear material and mitochondria of the cells.
The use of DU weaponry by the US, defying all international
treaties, will slowly annihilate all species on Earth including
the human species, and yet this country continues to do
so with full knowledge of its destructive potential.
Leuren Moret
"Depleted (DU) uranium is highly toxic to humans, both chemically as a heavy metal and radiological as an alpha particle emitter, is very dangerous when taken internally," writes Dr. Rosalie Bertell, Canadian Epidemiologist.2 A new study, conducted by biochemist Dr. Diane Stearns at Northern Arizona University confirms that, separate from any radiation risks, cells exposed to uranium will bond with the metal chemically.3
The kidneys are usually the first organs to show chemical
damage upon uranium exposure, military manuals suggest
doses or infusions of sodium bicarbonate to help alkalinize the
urine if this happens. This makes the uranyl ion less kidney-toxic
and promotes excretion of the nontoxic uranium-carbonate complex.
Uranium and phosphate have a strong chemical affinity for each other and the DNA and Mitochondria are loaded with phosphate so uranium is a DNA and Mitochondria deep penetration bomb. The uranium is attacking on fundamental cellular levels while mercury offers a knock out punch by attacking the sulfur bonds besides being highly toxic to nerve cells. Nephrotoxicity of the kidneys with necrosis of proximal tubules has been seen to increase significantly with dual exposure to both uranium and mercury.4
After depleted uranium weapons were used starting in the first Gulf War the United States has polluted the world with uranium oxide and it is showing up more and more in tests doctors make. With a half life of several billion years we had better be prepared to get used to dealing with the toxic effects and help our bodies clear it more easily through the kidneys. Sodium bicarbonate is an absolute must item in any field hospital and it should be used and recommended in all clinics and be present in every home medicine cabinet.
Simultaneous exposure to mercury and uranium shows markedly increased damage to the kidneys than when exposure is to each metal singly. Insulin has three sulfur-containing cross-linkages and the insulin receptor has a tyrosine kinase-containing sulfur bond, which are the preferred targets for binding by both mercury and lead. Should mercury attach to one of these three sulfur bonds it will interfere with the normal biological function of the insulin molecule.
Nephrotoxicity of the kidneys with necrosis of proximal tubules has been seen to increase significantly with dual exposure to both uranium and mercury.5 In February, 2007 The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) reported that the number of new cases of kidney failure jumped 114 per cent. The burden of renal disease is also growing rapidly in India. The mean age of ESRD patients requiring dialysis in India is 32-42 years compared to the 60-63 years in the developed world. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a worldwide public health problem.6
According to Scientist Leuren Moret, depleted uranium is the "Trojan horse of nuclear war. It is the ultimate weapon of mass destruction." The pyrophoric nature of depleted uranium causes it to burn at very low temperatures. This makes it an ideal radioactive gas weapon. "Once it gets vaporized, microscopic particles of uranium oxide remain suspended and form the radioactive component of dust."
That Trojan horse has already come to roost in Great Britan, where radiation levels, weeks after the last war in Iraq started, went up by a factor of eight from normal levels. Dr. Busby calculated that some citizens in different parts of the country would have inhaled about 26 million particles of uranium oxide. Like Troy burning, the blood in Britain's citizens is smoldering. Matt Hunt, science information manager at Diabetes UK, said: "By 2010, we estimate that the number of people with diabetes in the UK will increase by around 30 per cent to three million.7 Thirty percent in three years is a catastrophe.
Since the military use of DU is barely 20 years old, it is too early to know what the long term cumulative effects might be over the course of a century or more. We do know that uranium oxide particles are here to stay and that the invisible particles are suspended in the air, with some rained out into the soil, the water, the dust; they become recycled back into the air, pervade the food chain; and often nobody can tell until years after the biological damage has been inflicted that their health or existence has been jeopardized.
DU is a toxin that crosses the blood-brain barrier,
producing behavioral changes in male rats and lipid
oxidation regardless of gender in as little as 2 weeks.8
Mark Sircus Ac., OMD
Director International Medical Veritas Association
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1 A study of the acidosis, blood urea, and plasma chlorides in uranium nephritis in the dog, and the protective action of sodium bicarbonate. The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 25, 693-719, Copyright, 1917, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
www.jem.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/5/693
2 cndyorks.gn.apc.org/news/articles/du/drrb.htm
3 A radioisotope of an element will bind best to the same substrates which a non-radioactive isotope of the same element will bind. Dr. Stearns has established that when cells are exposed to uranium, the uranium binds to DNA and the cells acquire mutations, triggering a whole slew of protein replication errors, some of which can lead to various cancers. Stearns' research, published in the journals Mutagenesis and Molecular Carcinogenesis, confirms what many have suspected for some time – that uranium can damage DNA as a heavy metal, independent of its radioactive properties. The biochemical reaction of heavy metals can cause genetic mutations, which in turn can curtail cell growth and cause cancer. Heavy metals that are also radioactive amplify this effect and can cause distortions in shape and thus function even of red blood cells.
4 Biol Trace Elem Res. 2001 Winter;84(1-3):139-54.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=
PubMed&list_uids=11817685&dopt=Abstract
6 In February, 2007 The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) reported that the number of new cases of kidney failure jumped 114 per cent, from just fewer than 1,100 in the first year to more than 2,100 cases in 2004, adding that the incidence of Type 2 diabetes jumped during the same period. In the United States (US), there is a rising incidence and prevalence of kidney failure. The number of patients enrolled in the end-stage renal disease (ESRD) Medicare-funded program has increased from approximately 10,000 beneficiaries in 1973 to 86,354 in 1983, and to 452,957 as of December 31, 2003. In 2003 alone 100,499 patients entered the US ESRD program.
7 www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/03/02/ndiab02.xml
8 Briner, W. and J. Murray (2005) "Effects of short-term and long-term depleted uranium exposure on open-field behavior and brain lipid oxidation in rats," Neurotoxicology and Teratology, vol. 27, pp. 135-44: http://www.bovik.org/du/du-on-rats.pdf
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[SOLVED] Editing DTE table
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TakuyaMK
How can I edit a DTE value (e.g. 1C=th) to 1C=no? Can I do it without assembly knowledge?
« Last Edit: March 31, 2014, 04:37:47 pm by TakuyaMK »
Bregalad
Re: Editing DTE table
You can generally do it without assembly knowledge, although it'd definitely help.
You'll have to find where the table(s) are located in ROM. Typically there's 2 tables : The left table and the right table. In your case you'd have to replace a 't' in the left table by a 'n', and the 'h' in the right table by a 'o'.
The data could also be stored continuously, but that's less likely.
In order to locate the tables, you'll just have to know several DTE values, and find consecutive values.
1C = th
1D = el
1E = er
By searching for "tee" you can locate the left table, and by searching "hlr" you can locate the right table.
VicVergil
Quote from: Bregalad on March 30, 2014, 02:44:39 pm
Finding those stored as a continuous string isn't that uncommon.
The one in Secret of Mana was stored as, following your example, 'theler".
But that one is one of the easiest ones, and its DTE only encodes two characters, no more.
I know also the one in Zelda III and Terranigma (but that's more of a dictionnary) have a succession of words separated by a 00 byte. So does Sword of Mana, and that one is so compression-heavy I have no idea how to build a table for it.
Usually there's a word that's stored uncompressed. For example you have "King:" or "Hyrule" and many heavily used I would bet they are part of a dictionnary and hence are uncompressed. I use a relative search to find those and I usually find the DTE/dictionnary around them AND build the table with the character values.
That said I have a BIG problem with finding the compression (and I read somewhere it's indeed a DTE) used in Front Mission Gun Hazard (AG's translation). It's a challenge I still couldn't solve, and I'd be grateful for any help.
Hi! I located the table:
Can you explain this more detailed? I don't know where the "two tables" are.
And how can I modify left table (I suppose it's '1') to 'n'? 'n' in game is B1 (B1=n), so 'no' will be B1B2, how can I change 1C to B1B2? It ocuppies twice than 1C
Re: [Not solved yet] Editing DTE table
Simple, overwrite "th" with "no".
I've most often seen DTE tables stored as the two letters stored together (except for DTE routines I've written , because separating the first and second characters into separate tables is less easy to read, but allows more pairs to be used).
Quote from: KingMike on March 30, 2014, 09:44:02 pm
Hi! But, how can I overwrite 'th' with 'no'?' th' occupies '1C',and' no' occupies 'B1B2'
Errr... it occupies 1C in the compressed text, right, not in the DTE table you manged to locate ?
Your screenshot doesn't have the DTE table. And I bet this isn't text but some other data.
Try to find the "th" stored as two bytes. Replace it with two bytes for "no".
Try to find the "th" stored as two bytes.
This won't work as they aren't stored continuously in FF1 (which seems to be the game he's hacking). FF1, as well as many other NES games, uses different "left" and "right" tables. Which means the 't' is at the same position as the 'h', but in different tables.
So no, you didn't locate the table at all. To locate it search for a sequence of consecutive left or right letters from consecutive DTE bytes, as shown in my previous example.
Disch
NES Junkie
This won't work as they aren't stored continuously in FF1 (which seems to be the game he's hacking).
Final Fantasy??!?! Why did nobody say so?
Just FYI, most of this game has been completely disassembled. In fact the disassembly available on this site ( http://www.romhacking.net/documents/401/ ) has ALL out-of-battle code documented and commented... except I think the "The End" drawing.
Doing a "find in files" for 'DTE' shows it's reading from 'lut_DTE1' and 'lut_DTE2'.
Doing a search for those will give you the exact offset and format of the tables.
I won't post it here for 'spoilers' in case you're more interested in finding it for yourself.
But in this case, Bregalad is right. The data is stored in two separate tables. Also... hint: the tables are stored in reverse (the 2nd character is before the 1st)
Thanks a lot for the info! I'll try it tonight.
He didn't say so but I saw it was written "FF1.tbl"
Also... hint: the tables are stored in reverse (the 2nd character is before the 1st)
This is why the name "2nd" and "1st" are horribly choosen, and I preer to call them "Left" and "right", which is unambiguous, in CompressTools.
Also it's a bit dumb that FF1 uses DTE for compressing but without the possibility of recursivity (you can't have a DTE in a DTE).
When playing with CompressTools I noted that recursive DTE was by far the very best to compress text and any other kind of data where all 256 bytes aren't used, the recursivity makes it extremely powerful as it can also act as an implicit RLE, and as an implicit dictionary for common words.
Text can often be compressed to 30% of it's original, vs barely 60% for DTE without recursivity. Not only that but decompression is extremely trivial, and takes a dozen of 6502 instructions, and only uses the stack as memory.
Found it! Thx a lot!


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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan calls for early elections
Khan, who is facing the toughest challenge of his political career, requested the country's President dissolve Parliament and called on the nation prepare for a fresh election.
Khan had been set to lose the no confidence motion with the opposition having secured enough votes. But in a dramatic reprieve for the embattled leader, the vote was blocked as "unconstitutional" by the deputy speaker, citing Articles 5 and 6 of Pakistan's parliament.
Article 6 states that any "attempts to suspend or hold in abeyance, the constitution by use of force or show of force or by any other unconstitutional means shall be guilty of high treason."
"I want to congratulate our nation by the speaker to reject a regime change which was backed by a foreign agenda," Khan said in an address to the nation following the blocking of the vote.
The much-delayed session to hold the no-confidence motion began with Pakistan's Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry stating that it was part of a "foreign conspiracy to implement regime change" in the country, describing it a "treasonous" motion.
The vote was backed by an alliance of politicians — including more than a dozen defectors from Khan's own political party — who accused him of mismanaging the country's economy and foreign policy.
Khan had previously appealed to defecting lawmakers to return to his party, promising they would be forgiven "like a father forgives his children." He warned that those who voted against him would face social disgrace, saying no one would marry their children.
Khan has called on his supporters to rally in the streets of the capital, Islamabad, on Sunday in protest of the vote. Security has increased around the city, with police patrolling the streets. The city's red zone, where government and military buildings are located, is sealed off with shipping containers.
Last week, tens of thousands of people gathered at the city's iconic Parade Ground, chanting slogans in favor of Khan.
No leader has completed a full five-year term as Pakistan's Prime Minister since its formation in 1947. There are now concerns Khan's move could raise the risk of political instability in the South Asian nation.
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depressed Ingredients to cut meth?
I was wondering if anyone can fill me in on some of the ingredients they use to cut meth with and what these side affects cause?
Sfj Re: Ingredients to cut meth?
I've heard of this being done, but have never personally experienced it. Seasoned drug users know the quality of the dope, almost instinctively. You buy it by the high, or the effect rather than the weight. Scales are used to weigh it, but only as a formality. The meth is going to be about the same if it is crystal. It looks like glass, or ice. That's often the more pure form.
There are others that are just as potent "product."
When the dope gets a little off color, or gooey, chances are the potency will also be diminished, but not always.
Sometimes the pink stuff was as good as any shards.
Once in awhile the tan or grey stuff was ok, but not very good compared with the clear crystals.
Again, though, I always tested a sample before making apurchase from someone I hadn't been doing business with previously. Some dealers could be counted on to have a standardized product. Other dealers were as crooked and devious and coniving as you can possibly imagine.
Weight is seldom the best way to predict the value unless you have a great deal of trust in the persdon selling to you.
But weight is the only constant item of objectivity so that's why it is used.
Maybe that was too much info. If so, I'm sorry.
bubbington Re: Ingredients to cut meth?
MSM a suppliment used for strengthining or building up damaged cartilage in animals or humans.
It was one of the most common forms of cut being used here.
nutrition or farm supply outlets.
looks very similar to meth when mixed or re-rocked as they call it here.
as far as side effects, I didn't have any and dont know anyone who did, I think that the meth does far more damage than the msm.


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Mayfield helped turn things around for the Browns. Baker almost led the team to the playoffs. With the young players on the team showing a lot of promise, the Browns could have decided to wait it out and see how they progress this season. However, they decided to follow the Los Angeles Rams blueprint from last season. The team acquired a few players they think can help them get back into the playoffs and make a Super Bowl run.
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Dr. Lynn Kiaer, Lure Coursing
Canine Camp Getaway's "lure master" Lynn Kiaer is a lifelong dog lover and owner, having owned (or been owned by) a German Shepherd, a Shetland Sheepdog, an Irish Setter, a Lakeland Terrier, German Shorthaired Pointers, a Cocker Spaniel, a field bred English Setter and assorted (mostly terrier) mutts.
She met her first Scottish Deerhound when she was a freshman in college, and knew from that moment that she would someday own a Deerhound. The big grey dogs struck a chord that still resonates. For over 20 years, she and her husband Charlie have been breeding, raising, training, showing, lure coursing and racing Scottish Deerhounds, and she has also competed in obedience, rally and agility with some of them; in the last few years they have added whippets to the mix as well. Their Cu Liath Deerhounds (Cu Liath means "gray dog" in Gaelic) include some of the most successful dogs in the breed, including Jynx, the only Deerhound ever to win both Best in Field and Best in Show (with Lynn handling!).
Lure coursing is a sport for sighthounds, and as Lynn and Charlie belive that form follows function, they have been very active in the sport, with 15 dual champions (conformation and lure coursing) over the years.
Lure coursing requires no particular training – the vast majority of dogs love to chase – but positive experiences are very important. Lynn works with each dog as an individual, often finding ways to encourage even the most hesitant dogs to chase the lure with enthusiasm. Methods are strictly positive, as lure coursing is meant to be fun for dogs and owners alike.
Lynn's training methods are not focused on service, protection or competitive dog sports, but on building a rapport with your dog, and simply on raising a dog you can live with. Her goal is for the dog to be cooperative rather than necessarily obedient, and leads a loose-leash-walking training session at camp. She is very conscious that we are training dogs every minute we are with them (and sometimes even when we are not!). Because she and her husband live with a large pack (of large dogs!), she is well versed in pack dynamics, and is an excellent resource for those who want to know more about successfully navigating the multi-dog household.
In her non-doggy life (is there life without dogs?), Lynn is a mother (to three humans), grandmother of two and a mathematician. She spent many years with GE's Corporate Research Center, and has taught at the college level both in traditional classrooms and online. Currently semi-retired, she works with small-to-medium-sized businesses doing program evaluations, survey analysis and other mathematical stuff.
Founder Janice Costa has been featured on The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, Animal Planet, MSNBC.com, Connecticut's "Pet Talk," "Pets Teach Us So Much" and "Women Making a Difference" radio shows, as well as in Fido Friendly magazine, AKC Family Dog, American Lifestyle, Newsday, The New York Daily News, Every Day With Rachel Ray magazine, The Washingtonian, AOL's Paw Nation, ZooToo.com, DogTipper.com and numerous others.
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TO MAKE WRONG / RIGHT / NOW draws energies from across the Pacific Ocean to connect indigenous perspectives, knowledge and creative expressions from Asia, the Pacific and the Americas. The public programs expand on the curatorial approach through diverse strands of curated experiences that encourage play, creativity and critical dialogue. The vast majority of HB19 events reflect a response from the local creative community. Sourced from and in service to nourishing the expansive talents and deep relationship to place and people in which Hawai'i still exists to perpetuate in artistically powerful ways.
Zero Waste Oahu & Kokua Hawaii Foundation providing Plastic Free Hawaii reusable beverage cups and water refill station.
Menehune Water for sponsoring our water dispensers at The Hub - helping HB19 provide plastic free water amenity to our patrons.
Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii providing waste management & composting collection!
A series (6) of short doc (8-9 minutes each) of Hawai'i's top women filmmakers.
The subjects—Connie M. Florez (Indie film producer), Ciara Leinaʻala Lacy (Made in Hawaiʻi Grand Jury winner for OUT OF STATE), Jeannette Paulson-Hereniko (Producer, THE LAND HAS EYES, and founding director of HIFF), Victoria Keith (Camerawoman and news producer, THE SAND ISLAND STORY), Anne Misawa (Cinematographer, UH Mānoa ACM Professor) Heather Haunani Giugni (Producer, FAMILY INGREDIENTS, Founder of ʻUluʻulu: The Henry Ku'ualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive of Hawai'i)—represent pioneering filmmakers as they recount their role, philosophy, challenges and triumphs in building the Hawai'i film industry and telling unique local stories through a camera lens.
Down On the Sidewalk in Waikīkī is a narrative short film inspired by a collection of poetry published posthumously featuring the work of Hawaiian poet Wayne Kaumualii Westlake (1947-84).
As a loose adaptation of his work, this short narrative film seeks to carry forward Wayne Kaumualii Westlake's voice and perspective, sharing the depth and breadth of his poetry through the magic of cinema. Starring HB19 artists Imaikalani Kalahele.
Directed and Produced by Native Hawaiian filmmaker Justyn Ah-Chong.
Admission is $10 General, Under 18 FREE.
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The Discourse is an experimental documentary mixtape by artist and filmmaker Lala Openi, which gathers evidence of the collective consciousness through nuanced voicings and spoken history. Engage in a discussion on what is critically relevant for our collective condition as a community, as creators, as people and as a society.
Watch The Discourse trailer here.
This event is free, but RSVP is required. Guests may enter starting 20 minutes prior to the event.
TRANSPARENCY is a performance art video which aims to represent the struggle experienced by marine life due to the abundance of plastic waste in the world's oceans. This work features original movement and music by local pianist, Monika Haar, and was produced along with her visual artist parents, Yoko & Tom Haar.
The eight-minute video will be followed by a panel discussion on plastic, as well as the importance of supporting creative ways to express environmental issues during this time when our global landscape is at great risk.
Gold Mandala Project presents NEXUS, a meditative journey towards alchemical wholeness, transforming pain into beauty. This 11-minute art film was shot at Nanakuli caves and incorporates meditative dance choreography set to original music (piano and vocals) amidst a sea soundscape. Followed by a talk story with Gold Mandala Project: Joy Agner, Andrew Binkley and Emily Lau, moderated by artist Nanci Amaka.


Greek Mythology Stories Part 1 – Although conflicting accounts were inevitably offered of the origins of the gods Aand the physical universe, Hesiod's Theogony, an epic history of the divine order composed in about 700 BC, came to be accepted by the Greeks as the standard mythical account of the earliest history of the world; and we will thus adopt it as our main guide in the first section of this book, while examining how the world and the lesser and higher deities were supposed to have come into exist- ence, and how Zeus and the Olympian gods attained supreme authority.
Before considering Hesiod's cosmogony, it may be useful to picture how the world was visualized by the Greeks in early times. They began with the notion that early peoples generally seem to possess, namely that its real form corresponds to the form that it appears to have when as much of it as can be viewed at once is observed from their particular viewpoint. Now unless the observer is shut in between long lines of hills like an Egyptian, or confined to an island or archipelago like the in- habitants of the South Pacific, the world might appear to take the form of a circular disc, more or less level except where mountains or hills rise up from it, and capped by the immense roof or dome of the sky. On the one side the sun and stars can be seen rising above the horizon, while on the other they disappear at their setting; and as they always rise on the same side, in the east, they must presumably make their way back again, either under the ground or by some other hidden route.
This and no other was the earliest Greek picture of the world, presupposed by the earliest legends and surviving inconsistently into later ones. More specifically, the Greeks supposed that the boundary of this disc of the earth was formed by the stream of Ocean (Okeanos), which was not an ocean in the modern sense but a great river flowing around in a circle. The sky was envisioned as a substantial roof or dome, sometimes said to be made of bronze or iron. It rose a considerable height above the earth, but not an immeasurable distance. The residence of the gods was now imagined as being the sky itself, now the summit of Mt Olympos on the north- eastern borders of Greece. If one could pile three large mountains one above another, as the gigantic Aloadai set out to do when they revolted against the gods it would be sufficient to form a ladder to heaven. The tale of Phaethon's ascent in the chariot of the Sun, to take but one instance, implies that if one could travel far enough to the east, one would reach the place where the sky touches the earth and the sun-god begins his ascent. Far to the west on the other hand, where the sun goes down, there was a place of darkness, near which an entrance to Hades could be found, as we will see in connection with Homer's account of Odysseus' visit to the world of the dead. Hades was commonly pictured, of course, as a murky realm that lay somewhere far beneath the earth, and might thus be reached through one of the many deep rifts in the strata of the Greek rocks, katavóthra as they are called in the native tongue, such as the famous one at Tainaron in the southern Peloponnese. This is amply witnessed in the myths of Orpheus, Herakles and other heroes who were said to have made incursions into Hades by such routes whilst still alive.
It may be noted that Homer and Hesiod can speak of a place as lying beneath the earth and at the edges of the earth as if there were no conflict between the two concepts. In stating, for instance, that some monsters were confined beneath the earth by their father Ouranos, Hesiod says that he 'made them live beneath the broad-path earth, where they suffered anguish, being set to dwell underground in the furthermost distance, at the bounds of the great earth'; or in a passage in the Iliad, Homer speaks in similar terms of the banished Titans.
Of the actual geography of the world, a differing amount was known, as might be expected, in different ages. In the Homeric epics, Greece proper and part of the coast of Asia Minor are familiar ground for the most part, but beyond that, little enough is known. The more distant adventures of Odysseus are located in a fairy- tale realm, even if fabulous places on his itinerary came to be identified with real places in the seas around Italy in the later tradition. To Aeschylus, some two centuries later, southern Italy is familiar territory enough, but the interior of Asia Ninor begins to fade into the unknown and marvellous; and after the conquests of Alexander, those who wanted a land of wonders had to go further again, to India or Northern Europe. Little was ever known about the regions of Africa that lay to the south of the lands that fringed its Mediterranean shores.
Having this conception of the world in which they lived, the Greeks from quite early times were interested in the question of its genesis; and it is natural that Hesiod's theogony, or account of the origins and successive generations of the gods, should start with a cosmogony, to explain how the many-layered universe that forms the seat of their rule came into being.
First of all, so Hesiod tells us, came CHAOS. This word, which seems literally to mean 'gaping void', signifies something more than mere empty space; for Chaos is a primal feature of the universe, a murky reality which will be represented in the forthcoming genealogies as the source of much that is dark and negative in the world. It is worth noting that Hesiod imagines it as something that is solid enough to be affected by the heat of Zeus' thunderbolt. When the universe is fully constructed, it will be situated between Earth and the lowest region of all, Tartaros.
Although chaos is a neuter noun in Greek, Chaos is treated as female in so far as it is personified as a deity. It should be remarked that the word Chaos carried no connotations of disorder or confusion in early usage.
If Chaos comes first, she is followed by three other entities, first broad-bosomed Gaia (Earth), the ever-sure seat of the gods, and then gloomy Tartaros in a recess of the broad-pathed earth, and finally Eros, the personification of love or, perhaps more accurately, of desire. Although it is quite often assumed that all three are born out of Chaos as her offspring, this is not stated by Hesiod nor indeed implied, for the emergence of Chaos and her three successors is described in a single sentence governed by the same verb geneto ('came to be'). Gaia, Tartaros and Eros are best regarded as being primal realities like Chaos that came into existence independently of her. Chaos will form a distinctive family of her own, as we will see, through two children of hers who are explicitly stated to have been born from her.
Of these four primal entities, two alone will be of genealogical significance, Chaos and, above all, Gaia. EROS is introduced at this early stage because he is the motor that will drive the process of mating and procreation that will bring everything else into being. As a mythical agent, he could be pictured in a variety of ways, whether as an ancient and all-powerful cosmic force as in the present context, or as a potent force of nature who inspires all living beings with procreative desire, or as a mischie- vous boy-god (or even child-god) who pricks gods and mortals with his arrows to inflame them with desire. Broadly speaking, he grows younger and more frivolous as time progresses; he will be considered further in his nature as a god of love when we come to deal with Aphrodite. It is harder to say why Hesiod should have included TARTAROS among these first beings. He may perhaps have done so because Tartaros is set so much apart from everything else in the world; for it will be the nethermost region of the completed universe, lying far beneath the earth (or in its very deepest recesses), at a lower level even than Hades. It is stated in a subse- quent passage in the Theogony that Tartaros lies as far beneath the earth as heaven rises above the earth, and that a bronze anvil cast down from the earth would fall down for nine days and nights before reaching Tartaros on the tenth. Or according to a comparable but somewhat different reckoning in the Iliad, Tartaros lies as far beneath Hades as heaven rises above the earth. As originally conceived, Tartaros served as a remote and secure prison for banished deities, and was wholly separate from Hades, which was a home for dead mortals. In the course of time, however, the distinction became increasingly blurred, and authors from Plato onward regu- larly use Tartaros as a convenient name for the region of Hades in which the undeserving dead suffer posthumous punishment. The personified Tartaros was occasionally named as a father of sinister children, such as Typhon in the Theogony, or of Echidna and Thanatos (Death) in later sources.
The next stage in the development of the universe commenced when Chaos and Gaia proceeded to generate further children from themselves without contact with any male partner.
Chaos produced a son and daughter by such means, EREBOS and black NIGHT (or NYX in Greek). Night is far more important than her brother because she will found the main branch of the family of Chaos by generating a dismal brood of children from herself; for the most part, the children and grandchildren of Night will not be mythical figures of any substance, but rather personifications of dark, destructive and negative forces. Erebos is a fitting brother for Night as a personification of darkness, especially of the darkness of the Underworld; his name was used quite often from the time of Homer onwards as a poetic name for the Underworld in its nature as a realm of gloom. He fathered two children by Night, a daughter, DAY (or HEMERA in Greek), and a corresponding brother, AITHER, who personifies brightness as manifested in the bright upper air. Although it may seem odd at first sight that these radiant children should be born into this family of darkness, it is really perfectly logical since Night and Day, and the dark and the bright, are interrelated opposites that succeed one another. Brightness is bound to enter the world, moreover, at a later stage than darkness because its emergence marks a positive advance in the development of the universe. From the classical period onward, Hemera was quite often identified with Eos (Dawn), the goddess who brings the light of day.
If Chaos will become the progenitor of all manner of negative and harmful forces through her daughter Night, Gaia will be the progenitor of all that is posi- tive and substantial in the world, including the features of the physical universe that have yet to emerge, and the deities who preside over every department of nature, and all the great gods and goddesses. Gaia's family will be built up in a different way from that of Chaos, for she will begin by generating two male partners from herself and then mate with them to found two separate lines of largely different character. As the first and greatest of her self-generated children, she brings forth 'starry OURANOS (Sky), equal to herself, to cover her over on every side'; and she then generates two prominent features of her own topography that could be regarded as being in some sense distinct from herself, the Mountains (Ourea) and the 'barren sea with its seething billows' as personified in PONTOS or Sea. Gaia will take Ouranos as her consort to found the main divine family from which the Olympian gods and goddesses will spring; and she will found a smaller and more specialized family through a liaison with Pontos, consisting mainly of sea-gods and nymphs and beings of a monstrous or grotesque nature who needed to be set apart from deities of the Olympian order.
To summarize, there were four primal realities, Chaos, Gaia, Tartaros and Eros, which apparently entered existence independently of one another; and the two that were of genealogical significance, Chaos and Gaia, prepared for the foundation of the three great families of Hesiod's system by generating children from themselves, Chaos a daughter who would found a family through parthenogenesis, and Gaia two sons with whom she would mate to found two families by the normal processes of generation. Since the family of Chaos' daughter Night occupies a place apart in Hesiod's scheme, we will begin with that before passing on to survey the two fami- lies that were founded by Gaia, the greater through her union with Ouranos, and the lesser through her association with Pontos.
As was noted above, there were other mythical cosmogonies that followed a different pattern from that of Hesiod. Night (Nyx) was elevated to a higher position in some, figuring as the first being of all in one Orphic cosmogony, and as a member of the first couple with Tartaros or Aer in schemes ascribed to Mousaios and Epimenides respectively. The Iliad refers, by contrast, to a tradition in which the first couple were Okeanos and Tethys, two deities of the waters. Some of the most interesting and elaborate schemes are those preserved in the Orphic literature (i.e. in apocryphal writings ascribed to the legendary singer Orpheus from the late archaic period onwards). A characteristic feature of these was the world-egg from which a demiurge or creator-god – who was given various names such as Phanes, Protogonos or Eros – was supposed to have sprung. Aristophanes refers to the world-egg in a gentle parody of an Orphic cosmogony in one of his comedies, the Birds: Chaos, Night, Erebos and Tartaros existed first of all when there was neither earth, nor air, nor sky; and in the bosom of Erebos, black-winged Night brought forth a wind- egg from which golden-winged Eros (the demiurge) emerged. According to one scheme from the Orphic literature, Chronos, unageing Time, existed first of all and gave birth to Aither, Chaos and Erebos; and Chaos created an egg from Aither, from which Phanes or Protogonos emerged, a bisexual being who then mated with himself to set the course of creation in train. In the ensuing account of the successive generations of gods and their conflicts, traditional matter from Hesiod was drawn in where appropriate.
The rationalistic cosmogonies that were developed by the early philosophers from the sixth century BC onwards marked a new departure (though not an absolute break, since they would not have taken the form that they did if it had not been for the influence of early myth and of mythical patterns of thought). Starting from an undifferentiated arche¯ or first principle, for instance water or air, such schemes set out to explain in purely rational terms how the various elements (aither, air, fire, water, earth) separated out and then how the fully differentiated universe came to be formed from these elements. Features of the traditional Hesiodic cosmogony were sometimes reinterpreted in the light of such speculations in the later tradition. A good example of this can be found in the cosmogony at the beginning of Ovid's Metamorphoses, in which Chaos becomes a formless mixture of the elements or prin- ciples of matter, hot and cold, soft and hard, heavy and light. After this initial disorder was resolved, by some god or some process of nature, the different elements separated out and came to predominate at different levels in the universe, fiery aither in the vault of heaven, and air below it, and earth at the lowest level of all, embraced by the waters of the sea. According to other reinterpretations, Chaos was identified with the primordial water or fire (an idea supported by false etymologies that derived its name from cheisthai, to flow, or kaio¯, to burn), or was said to signify the empty space that must first exist if things are to have a place to exist in. Much later, we still find traces of the classical cosmogony mingling with accounts derived from the Hebrew creation-myth; thus in a paraphrase of Genesis, falsely ascribed to St Cyprian and written in very indifferent Latin hexameters, the tradi- tional chaos replaces the 'deep' of the original.


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A driver said GPS was to blame after getting his van stuck on Hyannis railroad tracks
Denise Coffey
HYANNIS - An out-of-towner said he followed GPS directions for Yarmouth Road, but instead ended up on the train tracks.
Barnstable Police received a call at 12:26 a.m. about a van stuck on the train tracks behind DJ's Family Sports Pub. The driver of the Honda Odyssey said he was following directions from a GPS, which told him to take a right on Yarmouth Road.
Patrolman Matt Melia said the driver sustained no injuries and there was no suspicion of alcohol or drugs.
Buckler's Towing Services was called to lift the van off the tracks. The NRC 65-ton Heavy Duty Rotator lifted the van vertically so that any further body or chassis damage could be minimized.
Nathan Buckler said the vehicle appeared to have taken a right from Route 28 onto the tracks behind DJ's Family Sports Pub. It appeared the driver may have tried to make a U-turn after realizing his mistake, Buckler said.
Buckler said it appeared the driver was a tourist unfamiliar with the area.


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Александър Атанасиевич () е сръбски волейболен играч.

Биография
Александър Атанасиевич е роден на 4 септември 1991 в Белград, бивша Югославия. Александър играе в полския клубен отбор ОК Скра Белхатов, в мъжкия национален отбор на Сърбия и в националния отбор на Сърбия до 23 години. Започва кариерата си в сръбския ОК Партизан през 2009. Две години по-късно го напуска и отива да играе в Полша.

Награди

Клубни
 2010/2011 сезон – Първи Wiener Stadtische в Сръбската лига
 2011/2012 сезон – Купата на Полша
 2011/2012 сезон – 2 място в Шампионска лига
 2011/2012 сезон – Вицешампион в Купата на Полша

Медали с националния отбор
 Европейско първенство
 Златен медал – Австрия и Чехия 2011
 Бронзов медал – Полша и Дания 2013

Индивидуални награди
 Световното първенство за юноши 2009 – MVP
 Световното първенство за младежи 2011 – Best Scorer
 Световното клубно първенство 2012 – Best Scorer
 Европейско първенство 2013 – Best Scorer

Източници

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Сръбски волейболисти
Родени в Белград


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Ontario reportedly considering another state of emergency
Ashley Legassic
On the same day the province is expected to release worrisome new modelling, the Ford government is also gearing up to announce new restrictions to combat COVID-19.
Sources tell our media partners CTV News and CP24 that a second provincial state of emergency is on the table, although a firm decision hasn't been announced yet.
Declaring a state of emergency would give the province sweeping powers to take action quickly when it comes to implementing new restrictions like the further closure of businesses, prohibiting events and gatherings, and legally compelling people to stay home.
Sources tell CTV and CP24 that the declaration of a state of emergency would give the province the power to create and introduce new enhanced public health measures.
NEWSTALK 1010 confirmed yesterday that a curfew was not a measure being considered by cabinet. However some things that are being considered — lowering the outdoor gathering limit from 10 people to five people, limiting shopping hours to between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., limiting office spaces to either no workers or only essential workers, and further restrictions on the construction industry, sources say.
LTC residents and staff in line for 2nd Pizer BioNtech shot within 21-27 days
Mantas wins vacant city councillor seat in Scarborough-Agincourt byelection
The seat was formerly held by Jim Karygiannis
Ontario resident identified as victim of fatal snowshoeing accident in BC
A 21-year-old woman was found on a trail near Cypress Mountain


Brock & Kiraz English savage.
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If you're looking for an independent retreat in Yosemite National Park, Redwoods in Yosemite's rustic yet comfortable cabins are perfect. There's a huge selection to choose from, from cosy one-level cottages to huge lodges, all of which are very comfortable. They are all self-catering, so you can rustle up your own meals – but if you prefer someone else to do the cooking, there's an excellent restaurant at the adjacent Big Trees Lodge.
Perfect forAn independent rustic retreat in Yosemite.
In the knowThe nearby Mariposa Grove of sequoia trees is home to a significant tree called Grizzly Giant. One of the largest trees in the world, it is around 2,000 years old.
Redwoods in Yosemite is named for the mighty Sierra redwood, also known as the giant sequoia, the largest tree on Earth. These giants populate the forest around the cabins, making for a truly spectacular setting.
Redwoods in Yosemite has a wide range of cabins, all of which combine a rustic style with comfortable interiors. The cosy Deer Den is a wooden lodge with a stone fireplace, fully equipped kitchen and large decking area where you can enjoy relaxing and gazing out at the forest. The spacious Hiltbrand Hangout is spread across two levels and features lovely wooden ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows through which to take in the view. Despite their remote location, the cabins feature mod-cons such as Wi-Fi and satellite TV.
The cabins are self-catering, with each featuring a fully equipped kitchen; the higher-end Platinum and Gold-class cabins feature particularly top-of-the-range kitchen amenities. You'll also find a coffee machine in your cabin, so you can start the day off in the best way possible: with a cup of joe in the shade of the redwoods. The outdoor decks have gas grills, so you can enjoy a barbecue in the fresh air. Alternatively, the elegant restaurant at the adjacent Big Trees Lodge (formerly Wawona Hotel) is open to non-guests.
Relax on the outdoor patio or around the fireplace, and enjoy the views, Some of the cabins, such as the luxe Rustic Retreat, feature outdoor hot tubs – perfect for a soak beneath the stars.
Yosemite National Park is one of the finest of its kind in America, and a veritable playground for lovers of the great outdoors. Hiking is an obvious and popular activity: try the Yosemite Falls trail, an easy hike which takes in rolling meadows and waterfall swimming along the Merced River. Bass Lake is a great spot for water sports such as kayaking.
Redwoods in Yosemite lies around five hours' drive north of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).


An opportunity to experience MTG Hawke's Bay Museum's latest exhibitions and installations.
Celebrate links with Eastern and Western philosophies and enter through The Colours of Light, a rainbow of 700 ribbons and bells over the forecourt of the museum. Experience a stunning immersive exhibition - with hundreds of glass vessels filled with colourful spices, flowers and more hanging from the ceiling, providing a subtle fragrance throughout the space. An intricate mandala covering the entire floor sits underneath, made of plain and coloured rice, along with beeswax figures and forms.
The museum is also set to celebrate Christmas, with Santa Claus visiting between 10am-12pm in the Main Foyer before he heads off to join the Napier City Christmas Parade.
Children can enjoy activities whilst Boost Expresso will satisfy the grownups coffee cravings from 10am-1pm.
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Welsh Icons News > Denbighshire > Bryn Terfel on the Trail of Luciano Pavarotti in Llangollen
Posted on June 9, 2016 by Contrib78
Bryn Terfel on the Trail of Luciano Pavarotti in Llangollen
World famous Welsh opera singer Bryn Terfel has paid a visit to Llangollen – to film a new TV show and retrace the footsteps of legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
The great bass-baritone was in the town to record a programme for Welsh language channel S4C just a few weeks before he is due to return for a concert as part of this year's 70th Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod.
It is entitled Taith Bryn Terfel: Gwlad y Gan, Bryn Terfel's Journey: Land of Song, and will also feature stops in Criccieth, where Bryn sang in the castle, and Treboeth, birthplace of bard Daniel James who wrote the hymn Calon Lan, A Pure Heart.
At Llangollen he was at the Royal International Pavilion to interview Eisteddfod stalwarts Gethin Davies and his wife, Eulanwy, particularly about their memories of Pavarotti.
He sang at the Eisteddfod in 1955 as a 19-year-old member of the Chorus Rossini, from Modena, and returned to give a concert 40 years later as a global superstar.
Bryn Terfel said: "It's a beautiful story of what can be achieved if you take your opportunities.
"I certainly talked to Pavarotti about Wales in the early 1990s and he told me he had sung here with his father."
Gethin Davies recalled that 1955 when the Chorus Rossini won the main choir competition – now the Choir of the World competition for the Pavarotti Trophy – but his diary only mentioned 'An Italian choir won'.
But the retired solicitor from Llangollen, the only person to be chairman of the Eisteddfod twice, was much more closely involved in 1995 when he helped negotiate Pavarotti's appearance.
Bryn Terfel said he had also been to Llangollen as a competitor: "I am surprised I only came here once," he said: "But because it's international maybe the Welsh might think we're not good enough?
"I've been here many times since and we did Sweeney Todd here two years ago and this year I'm here again with the wonderful Maltese tenor, Jospeh Calleja, and you can't beat Llangollen on a lovely day."
Terfel's trip had already seen him at Criccieth where he had sung 'David of the White Rock' in the castle, accompanied on the harp by his girlfriend, Hannah Stone, and he added: "As a performer you come to somewhere and sing in a concert and you leave so it's nice to stay here for a couple of days."
He also interviewed current Eisteddfod chairman Rhys Davies about this year's festival, which runs from Tuesday, July 5, to Sunday, July 10, and sang 'My Little Welsh Home' for the programme which is being made by production company Boom Cymru for broadcast at the end of July.
Rhys Davies said: "It was great to see Bryn in Llangollen again. It's almost a second home for him and he clearly enjoys coming here and we love having him.
"He's part of a fantastic lineup at this year's festival which also includes another Welsh singing great in Katherine Jenkins and Jools Holland."
Tickets sales for the concerts at this year's Eisteddfod, which begins on Tuesday, July 5, are going well, especially for the opening night when superstar Katherine Jenkins gets the programme off to a sensational start as she sings Bizet's Carmen alongside the American tenor Noah Stewart.
Wednesday will be International Children's Day and will include choral and dance competitions and also a new Under 16s solo competition while the evening will feature the Voices of Musical Theatre.
Bryn Terfel will headline the 70th Classical Gala Concert on Thursday evening with Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja while the day will see the crowning of the Children's Choir of the World.
Friday will celebrate Rhythms of the World and will be a feast of music and dance from the best of the Eisteddfod's international competitors with the Dance Champions of the World competition climax at the evening concert.
It will open with a Caribbean Carnival Extravaganza, followed by the International Peace message delivered by Theatr yr Ifanc, Rhosllannerchrugog.
In a change to this year's scheduling Friday will also see the Parade of Nations, led by Eisteddfod President Terry Waite, switched from Tuesday in anticipation of bigger crowds and more competitors being present.
Saturday is dedicated to the top choirs and concludes with the Choir of the World competition for the Pavarotti Trophy while Sunday sees the Eisteddfod let its hair down for Llanfest before the climactic final concert by Jools Holland.
To book tickets and for more details on the 2016 festival go to the website at www.international-eisteddfod.co.uk
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Revealed: why hundreds of thousands of tonnes of recycling are going up in smoke.
22 03 2021 | 09:59Lucy Siegle
Investigation questions eco-friendly claims of incineration industry.
When it comes to planet-friendly habits, recycling is by far the UK's most popular, with 87% of householders claiming they do so regularly, according to the Waste and Resources Action Programme. But an investigation by Channel 4's Dispatches into where our rubbish goes, and the role played by energy-from-waste incineration plants, has found that millions of tonnes of our carefully sorted empties are simply being burned after they're collected.
Freedom of information requests reveal that, on average, 11% of rubbish collected for recycling is incinerated. In some areas the figures are far higher: 45% in Southend-on-Sea and 38% in Warwickshire.
The Dispatches team also found a direct correlation between regions tied into incineration contracts and low recycling rates. In England, more waste is now burned than recycled – 11.6 million tonnes was incinerated in 2019 while 10.9 million was sent for recycling. There are 48 energy-from-waste incinerators across the country, and industry figures show 18 more are planned.
Despite householders' enthusiasm for recycling, rates in England remain in the doldrums – at 45%, according to government figures, the same level as in 2017, and a long way from the revolutionary shift in waste and recycling promised by the environment bill (postponed to the next parliamentary cycle).
Meanwhile the push for industrialised nations to become circular economies, using reuse, recycling and better design to tackle pollution, is beginning to guide policy elsewhere, notably the EU's Green Deal.
In the past, objections to incineration largely centred on air quality and public health concerns, but the focus has shifted. In the age of net zero and ahead of COP26, today's campaigners are looking at emissions and insisting that the green claims of the incineration industry are subject to scrutiny.
Other energy producers have to publish their total carbon dioxide emissions, yet the energy-from-waste industry must account only for the C02 from burning fossil-based waste such as plastic. It does not report emissions from food and garden waste, known as biogenic C02. The industry also says that by diverting waste from landfill (considered the worst possible outcome in waste orthodoxy) and claiming back a percentage of the embodied energy from the rubbish by generating electricity, energy-from-waste technology represents a low-carbon electricity source.
Dispatches' programme, Dirty Truth About Your Rubbish, which airs on Monday, looked at whether these claims stand up. The programme-makers were given access to a report by the consultancy Eunomia, commissioned by the environmental law charity ClientEarth. This analysis shows that producing electricity from waste is more carbon intensive than producing it from gas, and second only to coal. In fact, as coal is phased out, energy from waste will become the dirtiest form of electricity production in the UK. The report concludes that by 2035, incineration will be a more carbon-intensive process than even landfill.
Lucy Siegle presents Dispatches: Dirty Truth About Your Rubbish.
While incineration might claim to be a transition technology, long-term PFI agreements mean that many local authorities will be locked in over the net-zero horizon for decarbonisation.
"If net zero is to be achieved nationally, it has to be achieved, on average, in every locality," says Shlomo Dowen, spokesperson for the United Kingdom Without Incineration Network (UKWIN). "So if a locality is cursed with an incinerator, then that locality has to do without something else in order to pay for the carbon burden. Will local people be restricted in terms of how often they are able to use their cars or how often they go on holiday? The question becomes: what are local people prepared to do without to accommodate the emissions from an incinerator?"
The sign to the Edmonton EcoPark incinerator in north London remains clear: "Welcome to LondonEnergy. Powering the circular economy", it reads. But increasingly, national and local governments could be looking for a less circuitous route to the circular economy.
Denmark, previously an energy-from-waste enthusiast, announced in June that it would review the country's waste management infrastructure and reduce incineration capacity by 30%. On St David's Day, the Welsh government declared a moratorium on new waste incinerators as part of its drive towards a circular economy.
But perhaps the most unexpected move came last month when the secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy, Kwasi Kwarteng, refused planning development consent for a large energy-from-waste incinerator in Kemsley, on the edge of Sittingbourne in Kent. One of the reasons cited was that the incinerator would cannibalise recycling.
How Recycling is the Biggest Brainwash of the Century.
The Recycling Dilemma: Good Plastic, Bad plastic?
Recycling plastics in Mozambique.


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Uncle Aaron's Bible Stories – A Cynical Take on Adam and Eve
In the garden of Eden there lived a snake. Of every land animal, the snake was by far the most cunning. Among all the animals that lived, the snake was the third craftiest. Only the octopus of the sea, and raven of the air were more wise than she. One day the snake meets the woman and strikes up a conversation.
After the small talk and pleasantries are done with, the snake gets right to the point and asks the woman, "Has Yahweh told you that you can't eat from any of the trees in this garden?"
The woman was not surprised this snake could talk, and was pleased that the snake was such a great conversational partner, unlike her husband who talked over her head a lot. "No, like Yahweh said we can totally eat any of the fruit from like any tree in like the whole garden. He wasn't like super specific about strawberries, but like any tree's fruit we can totally eat. But there's like this tree in like the middle of the garden that he said like, 'Don't eat the fruit of this tree or even touch it or you'll like, you know, totally die right then'. I don't know what like, 'die' means but it sounds totally final, you know?"
To this the snake replied, "You're making up the part about not touching it aren't you?"
"Yeah, like the Lord said just to not eat it, but I added the don't touch part so I'd be super sure not to do anything wrong," the woman replied.
The serpent nodded, "I see, but you won't actually die if you eat the fruit from that tree."
"For real?" the woman asked.
"For real. See, Yahweh knows that when you eat that fruit, you'll be just like Him. Your eyes will be opened and you'll know good from evil, just like He does."
"I don't know," the woman said while winding a lock of her hair around her finger. "Like, God was like pretty specific to my husband not to eat it. I haven't even gone near that tree in pretty much ever. But like, sure it makes sense God would say that so we wouldn't be like Him. I'm totally going to go check it out."
"Totally," said the snake.
The woman went to look at the tree some time later. She saw that it was a pretty tree with pretty, shiny red fruit. The fruit looked pretty good to her, and if any fruit would make her wise, it was this fruit. And why not? Her husband, who she just called 'man', said God called it the 'Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil'. So eating it must let her know what the difference is. So she picked a fruit and broke it open.
"There's like a million tiny seeds in here," she said looking in the fruit. After picking a few out and eating she came to a realization, "Oh. My. God. This is the most annoying thing I've ever eaten. It looks good, but like, so annoying." She popped a few more seeds in her mouth, "Oh, I totally get it now! The difference between good and evil! Some things look great, but are not worth trying. Like this pomegranate. Other things look awful, but are so worth trying in the end. Like my husband's penis."
So she found her husband, and held the fruit out to him, "Man! Eat some of these pomegranate seeds."
"What the hell is a pomegranate, woman?" the man asked.
"This is a pomegranate, you know from the tree of knowledge of good and evil over there, I'm calling it a pomegranate," she said, pointing to the tree, "Wait, what's hell?"
"Never mind about hell. This seems legit," he said, throwing a hand full of the seeds in his mouth, "Oh God! This is the most annoying thing I've ever eaten. It looks great, but Jesus, it's so crunchy and awful."
"I know right!" she said, "Wait, who's Jesus?"
"Nevermind. So, for reasons I don't want to explain, I didn't want to tell you this earlier, but I can see your lady bits. It's distracting now."
"Oh, I know. Ever since I ate this fruit, I've been thinking a lot about your dick. Could you like, cover it up? It's weird looking."
So the man stitched together some fig leaves into what he called, "Dick Coverings."
The woman, who obviously didn't have a penis, suggested he call them "Loin Clothing" instead.
"Oh that's much better," the man said after putting his on, "But, I kind of want to convince you to take yours off again."
"I know right! It's weird, but I kind of want to see your dick again."
The man held his hand up and stopped her short, "I hear Yahweh. Quick, hide in this bush, He won't see us here!"
Sure enough, Yahweh was noisily walking around the garden, as He was known to do in the evening. The man and the woman were nowhere in sight, which confused Yahweh.
"Man! Man! Where are you?" God started calling while He tore through the garden.
After a few minutes God walked by the bushes the man and woman were hiding in.
"Yahweh, we're hiding over here," the man called from the bushes.
Yahweh whipped his head around as soon as he heard the man, "I knew that! Why are you hiding, man?"
The man crawled out of the bush and stood up. "Why are you suddenly covering your junk?" God asked. The woman crawled out from under the bush and stood next to her husband.
"Well Yahweh, we were embarrassed that we were naked so we made some loin clothing and hid in the bushes," the man replied.
"Who told you that you were naked?" Yahweh asked, tilting His head like an inquisitive dog, "Wait a minute. Did you eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil? Like I specifically told you not to?"
"Well, I did. But this woman you made here told me to," the man replied, pointing to the woman.
The woman folded her arms across her chest and narrowed her eyes at the man, who flinched at the look she gave him, "Like I gave it to him, but that snake made me forget I wasn't supposed to at it. She tricked me!"
"SNAAAAAAKE!" Yahweh yelled when He realized the serpent wasn't around.
The snake flew in and coiled up around a tree branch, "Yes, Yahweh? What do you want?"
"Since you tricked the woman into eating the fruit I'm cursing you to crawl on the ground on your belly and eat dirt."
"You're confusing me with a worm. They already do that," the serpent replied.
"Look I'm removing your legs, and making you eat dirt."
"Nah, I don't think so. If I had legs, I'd be called a lizard. I don't have any sudden desire to eat dirt. Nice try, El."
"Stop calling me that. Now, I'm going to make the descendants of the woman hate you, and your descendants hate them. They're going to crush your head, and you'll do nothing more than bruise their heel," God said, smugly.
"Whatever. Look guys, He's making a big show, but all of my kin are more afraid of you then you are of them. Some will even kill you if they bite you. So, be careful, your heel may be a lot more than bruised," the snake said, slithering off.
Yahweh rolled his eyes and turned to the woman, "I'm cursing you with a lot of pain in childbirth. Also the man will subject you to him but you'll be horny for him constantly."
The woman shrugged, "What's a child? Also, like, I don't know what horny is but I kind of want to try some stuff with my man, and I was feeling that way before you showed up. Could you wrap this up? I have stuff I want to do to him," she said, winking at the man.
Yahweh rolled his eyes, "As for you man, because you listened to your woman, I'm cursing the ground."
"Are you sure? I was the one who screwed up. The ground did nothing," the man asked, "Also you made her horny for me, shouldn't you curse me to be revolted by her or something? You have a terrible sense of tragedy, Yahweh. Also, why shouldn't I listen to my woman? You made her from my rib, with the express purpose of helping me out. She's pretty and smart. I don't see why you're punishing the ground for me listening to her bad advice. "
"I am cursing the ground! It won't grow anything for you easily, you'll have to work hard every day of your life. The bread you eat will only come in proportion to how much you sweat! You'll have to pull weeds and till the ground until you die!"
"Question, what is bread? Also you're saying I'll be doing the exact same thing you made me to do, except harder. So now I just play life on hard mode? Also woman, who is insanely hot, will be constantly horny for me. Are you sure this is how you want to do the whole curse thing? You can try again, we'll wait if you want to change your mind" The man asked.
"Yes!" Yahweh said.
"Challenge accepted!" The man said, "Woman! I'm going to call you Eve now, because soon you're going to be the mother of everyone. Except me. I guess Yahweh is my mom."
The pair walked off and Yahweh turned to his fellow gods that he suddenly remembered exist and said, "I think we have a problem guys. They're just like us now because of that stupid tree. If the man is smart, and he is, he'll make a bee line for the Tree of Life and be immortal."
"So, effectively more gods?" One of the gods asked.
"Yeah, we need to kick him out of the garden," Yahweh replied.
"That line about how you're his mom was kind of sweet though," a goddess piped in.
"I know, I kind of feel sorry for them. I wish I could do something," Yahweh said, eyeing two animals that were passing by. He promptly killed those animals and made clothing out of their skins and presented them to the man and woman. Then He kicked them out of the garden. He placed a winged monstrosity with the body of a bull and the head of a man at the entrance of the garden with a flaming sword so they couldn't get back in.
And that's how unicorns went extinct.
Notes, So Many Notes
There's a lot to unpack here with my telling of The Fall. As with all of these retellings I'm using the RSV, Young's Literal Translation, and the Orthodox Jewish Bible as primary sources. I list a few extra-biblical sources for some of the information as necessary. These are typically books that didn't make it into the canon, and scholarly research and commentary.
The word for serpent in Genesis 3:1 is "Nachash" which is the probable root for "Nahushtan" mentioned elsewhere in the Bible. Nachash is the Hebrew word that refers to all kinds of snakes on a generic level. The difference seems to be the same as 'snake' and 'viper' in English. Viper typically means a poisonous snake, whereas snake can be any number of legless reptiles. Most places I looked claimed Hebrew has fourteen other words for snake, or specific snakes.
Of all the interpretations for who exactly the serpent is, and there are a number of them, I lean towards the following three:
A Watcher. One of the angels that fell from heaven and had sex with human women. Watchers are mentioned by that term in the Book of Daniel, and in the extra biblical Book of Enoch. The 'bene elohim' that produced children with human women are really the same idea according to most sources I found.
A goddess of some kind. I've lost my sources on this. However even a basic examination of artwork related to the fall from antiquity will show Eve talking to a woman whose lower half is that of a snake. At least some people believed this. One source I saw indicated that the tree and the snake were the same thing, a goddess and her name meant "Tree of Good", implying the "and Evil". Unfortunately I didn't save a link the book where this came from, but it fits in with all the artwork.
A literal talking snake. This is to my mind the likeliest possibility. Just about everyone has a story that includes talking animals from ancient times.
At no point is the snake said to be the devil. The idea of the devil didn't seem to exist in Judaism until sometime around 200 BC. As best I can tell, Genesis 2 (if not the entire book in some form) had been around at least eight hundred years before this. The story itself is likely much older.
You'll note I use "Yahweh" for God in this story as opposed to "God" or "gods" as in chapter 1. In English translations God is called "God" in Genesis 1. In Genesis 2 He is called "Lord God". The reason being that in Genesis 1 the Hebrew word "Elohim" is used by itself, the word itself usually denotes more than one god. In Genesis 2 the phrase is "Yahweh Elohim". The Yahweh part being a rough pronunciation of the sacred name of God that's being used in the text. The English translators kept the tradition of not saying the name of God by substituting "Lord" for "Yahweh". This is much the same as what the priests would do when reading the text out loud. They would say "Adonai" or sometimes "The Name" when they came across God's name in the text. In some modern English translations you'll find either "Jehovah" or "Yahweh" in the text instead of "Lord".
As I pointed out earlier, Adam is never named in all of Genesis. He's just "the man" or "HaAdam" in the Hebrew. So he's just "Man" for the purposes of these stories. I was always told Adam was probably the smartest man to ever live, hence his knowledge of some things that don't exist yet in this story.
I like to imagine Eve, who does get a name, as a smart valley girl from the 90's. Kind of like a brunette version of the main character in "Legally Blonde". My upbringing in a Southern Baptist church taught me that Eve was stupid for whatever reason. I don't see it that way, she was 'tricked' by the snake and made the decision on her own.
The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil is another subject of a millenia long debate. What it actually granted Adam and Eve is equally uncertain. The most commonly taught idea is they then knew the difference between Good and Evil as the name of the tree suggests. This makes very little sense in context of the story, hence the debate. Generally, the Old Testament indicates that 'good' is "What God says is OK" and 'evil' is "What God says is not OK". I admit that's stripping away a lot of nuance, but that's typically what it comes down to.
One of the longest standing ideas is that the Tree taught Adam and Eve how to reproduce. You can see this idea in an absurd amount of medieval artwork and pornography. This also explains a lot of Christian belief about how sex is evil. The idea being that the first sin was not eating the fruit, but Adam and Eve having sex after they had done so. It also makes sense of much of the story. The pair already knew disobeying God was evil. It also explains why God said they were like gods (the gods could reproduce), and only needed to eat of the Tree of Life to essentially be gods. There are holes in the theory, but as absurd as it seems, it does make a lot of sense without applying a lot of modern ideas to it.
The Tree of Life isn't talked about much. I haven't found any reason to think that it was anything other than a tree that produced food that made you immortal. The idea was that you wouldn't die as long as you kept eating this fruit. God Himself says as much to His divine counsel (other gods) at the end of the chapter.
The idea is identical to Ambrosia in Greek myth. Many myths from all over the world talk about heroes missing out on eating from the 'divine food' that would grant them immortality. The Chinese talked about "Peaches of Immortality", The Epic of Gilgamesh talks about an herb of immortality that only a sacred snake could find, and the Egyptians wrote about something called "White Drops". Some ancient Hebrews believed in a Tree of Life with immortality granting fruit. It's all the same thing.
The curses strike me as odd. The serpent is punished directly. I had never thought about the snake being cursed to eat dirt until I wrote this. I can't imagine that the writer meant snakes literally ate dirt, unless he'd never encountered a snake, and no one he knew had either. One wonders if there's another story where the snake is a worm or some other creature, or if the author was meaning that snakes ate dirt metaphorically, because they slither on the ground. Many think that this curse is why snakes lost their legs. I think perhaps they'd have been called 'lizards' if they had legs and snakes after they lost them. The idea that snakes had wings, not legs, and could fly makes a lot more sense here.
Eve is also punished directly with pain in childbirth. There's no indication that they had children at that point. So how would she know the difference? What ties this together is that she'll desire her husband and he'll lord over her. So she'll want the very thing that causes her so much pain.
The man's curse is indirect. The ground is cursed, not the man. He'll have to work very hard for his bread until the day he dies. What I find hilarious here is the idea of 'bread' in the Garden of Eden. There was no bread, there was no death. The only thing we're told the pair ate was fruit. How was Adam supposed to know what bread was. This is like an author using the idiom "fly under the radar" in a period piece set in the 1800's. It's nonsensical.
The Cherubim at the gates of Eden are not the chubby winged angel babies we call "Cherubs" today. They are fearsome beings with four faces, six wings, and legs like a bull. There are carvings all over the middle east of winged bulls with a man's head, generally called "Lamassu". The four faces might indicate they imagined the Cherubim to have four faces. It could, in my opinion, mean that they thought there were four ways a cherubim could appear. The four faces are generally a man, an eagle, an ox (bull) and a lion. The various winged animals depicted in the middle east were generally combinations of those four animals. Griffins are lion/eagles, Lammasu are bull/men, kirabu are winged humans, sphinx are man/lions, and so forth. All of those hybrid animals are depicted as having wings at some point. Even the sphinx, depending on who is depicting it, often have wings. Just speculation on my part, but perhaps some people thought all those hybrids were essentially the same thing?
I personally think that this story was adapted from an older story and we don't have the full picture. It could be ripped off from the Babylonian or Sumerian creation stories. It could have just as easily been one that the Hebrew people had been telling each other for generations. Either way
Published May 17, 2020 By Aaron Evans
Categorized as Uncle Aaron's Bible Stories Tagged Bible, Stories, Uncle Aaron
Uncle Aaron's Bible Stories – A Cynical Take on Biblical Creation
Uncle Aaron's Bible Stories – A Cynical Take on Cain and Abel
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