Catalina "Cat" Duran and her friends thought they were on a field trip to see the seals at the aquarium. So why has the seal show been cancelled?
Archer, Samantha; Garrison, Edward; and Shoo, James.
Are these students spending too much time together?
Catalina is well liked by most of her teachers and fellow students.
As we entered the tunnel, my friend Egg said, This is amazing. Isn't it, Cat?
I nodded. The tunnel was made completely of glass, and it was the entrance to the City Aquarium. The moment we entered, we were surrounded by underwater creatures of all shapes, sizes, and colors.
It is pretty cool, our friend Sam said.
I can't believe the glass doesn't break, Gum said. Gum was the fourth member of our group. Imagine if it did!
Oh, Gum, I said. Stop it.
Just then, a long, mean-looking shark swam right over us. I shrieked.
Gum laughed. Ooh, he said, poking my shoulder. I sure hope the glass doesn't break.


"My own hairline may be receding, but I can promise you I know this: a perfect blow dry is no accident. Few women know there's a scientifically proven technique which will give you the ultimate blow dry.
Indeed, it's my job to research how washing and styling can help, or harm, human hair – and from examining hair at the deepest cellular level, I've uncovered the secrets of attaining the perfect do.
For example, did you know that leaving your hair to dry naturally is actually more damaging than blow-drying it? Or that going to bed with your hair damp could be giving you split ends?
That's just a taster of the secrets I've uncovered. By training I'm a physicist, with a pHD from Cambridge University and a deep interest in materials. You might not think it, but our hair is a fascinating material – it responds to many different environmental stimuli, even the weather.
Before you can understand how to do the perfect blow dry, you need to understand some of the science behind your hair's structure. Hair is made from the protein keratin; the same substance as nails, feathers and claws. It's a very complicated structure; each individual shaft is like a rope within a rope. There's a protective outer layer known as the cuticle, which is calcified keratin, making it hard like fingernails. In the middle is the cortex, which is also made from keratin, but is more flexible as it's not calcified. The cortex gives the hair its strength and elasticity.
We each have between 100,000 to 150,000 hairs on our heads. Asian hair is the thickest and strongest, measuring between 80 and 100 microns (a millionth of a metre) and is completely circular in diameter. African hair is elliptical, or oval, and is also the thinnest - at around 50 microns. Caucasian hair falls between the two; measuring between 50 and 80 microns and is slightly elliptical. On average, we lose 50 - 100 hairs every day.
You might imagine that leaving your hair to air dry, without the heat of a hairdryer, would be best for it. Wrong! In fact, this is possibly the most damaging thing you can do to your hair.
How? Well, it all starts the moment you wet your hair. It changes the molecular structure of the strand straight away. Because when water is applied to hair, it is absorbed through the hard outer layer of cuticle into the cortex, which then swells up. This means it's instantly weakened. The cuticle acts like a bit like roof tiles, with water going in between the gaps.
Leaving hair to dry naturally can be more damaging than intense heat. Hair can absorb up to 30 per cent of its own weight in water. The longer it stays wet, the worse things get, as it continues to swell. This is because repeated swelling followed by slow drying of hair causes something called the cell membrane complex (essentially the glue holding the cuticle together) to crack, permanently damaging the hair. You'd be better off drying your locks quickly with heat, rather than going au natural.
We've looked at all sorts of different shampoos and conditioners, from basic to high end, and despite what you might hope, there was no question that price made a difference. Fascinatingly, though, it was the most luxuriously expensive bottles that weren't worth the price-tag. Once you start paying £30 or more, the results plateau.
But very cheap products aren't much cop either.
Instead, choose a mid-tier brand who specialise in hair care. And up to the £30 a bottle mark, the more you can spend, the better the result.
Despite the promises on the side of the bottle; no product, no matter how high end, will actually strengthen your hair.
Certainly though, any post-shampoo slosh of conditioner will reduce friction between the hair by making it more slippery and therefore less likely to break.
You're out of the shower and no doubt you instantly grab your hair dryer. But there's one vital thing you must do first – and that's towel-dry your hair. To do this, you should scrunch gently to remove excess water. Don't rub! Rubbing may break weakened hair, and the resulting different lengths of strands only cause hair to look frizzy.
Don't brush wet hair. Use a wide-spaced comb like the ghd detangling comb, but never a brush, and go slowly to minimise damage. A brush may actually tear your water-weakened locks, causing instant breakage.
You should never go to bed with damp hair. It may be tempting to save time and only half dry hair before bed, but this is a terrible mistake. You might be causing irreversible damage, which could take months to grow out. When you move your head around in your sleep, as we all do; the friction against the pillow could be enough to cause breakage. Even slightly damp hair is a bad idea.
It's the same if you leave the house with damp hair. The cortex could continue to swell and crack, which will take years to grow out. And because the gaps within the cuticle are larger in wet hair, meaning that more can be absorbed into the cortex; strands can be badly damaged. For example, your hair can be affected by moisture and humidity in the environment, so it may rapidly become frizzy and dull – or the effects of pollution, with chemical particles causing damage and dryness, can be exacerbated.
While we've always been taught that drying our hair is bad, our research reveals that it's actually better for you than risking damage by leaving it to dry naturally.
Once you've towel dried and combed through, dry your hair till it feels warm. Use the ghd aura® hairdryer or ghd air® hairdryer on a low heat and speed setting at first. This is so the hair doesn't over heat (remember it's far more vulnerable to heat when wet). You should dry in sections. Even if the hair dryer temperature feels warm – it will probably be around 70 degrees – the temperature of the hair won't go over about 30 degrees until it dries.
Ideally, you should hold the hairdryer 15 centimetres from the head and dry with a continuous motion. Obviously this is easy for a stylist and not so simple at home, so we suggest holding the dryer as far back as you can comfortably reach, on a low air speed setting and keeping it moving slowly.
As soon as hair starts to feel warm it will be about 90 per cent dry, and you can turn up the heat.
It's vital that you don't forget to give it a blast of cool air at the end. It makes a massive difference, ensuring the hair's internal bonds are remade and sealing the style in place.
Turning your head upside down does give volume, but it's not strictly necessary. Volume is actually created by the hair strands coming out of the head at a higher angle. So the best thing is to get the nozzle of the dryer as close to the scalp as possible to get lift. Diffusers can help with curly hair, as they dry hair slowly and provide volume, lifting moisture out. The air circulates around the curls, defining them and minimising frizz.
Creating a shiny look is mostly down to simple strand alignment – i.e making sure it's all pointing in the same direction. To do this, section your hair and dry one area at a time, aiming the dryer downwards as much as possible. This will blow out knots and tangles. Ensure the nozzle of your dryer is narrow, as it makes an enormous difference to the final results. Both the ghd aura® hairdryer and ghd air® hairdryer have concentrator nozzles which are narrow. If the nozzle is large and wide open, you aren't going to get a defined airflow. It's like putting your head outside the window of the car to dry it.
Only use straighteners or curling tongs on completely dry hair. Applying the heat of tongs to wet hair is catastrophic. As you heat water and turn it from liquid into gas, it expands. Water which is trapped in the cortex will burst out, causing damage. If you're really trying to fix a style in place, use hair spray – ghd final fix hairspray - after drying and before straighteners, but allow to it evaporate before using heated gadgets. You can use it afterwards as well to further fix the style.
Invest in good quality tools. Use the ghd platinum® styler and ghd curve range all of which heat to the optimum temperature of 185 degrees consistently and evenly across the plates and barrels to give you the ultimate styling results and healthier, shinier and stronger hair - all in one stroke.
AND FINALLY…. WHAT WEATHER DO YOU NEED FOR THE PERFECT BLOW DRY?
What are your top tips to style your hair without damage?
- Dry your hair with a scrunching motion - no rapid, aggressive rubbing.
- When drying your hair: start on a low temperature and speed. Work on a section by section basis and when you feel your hair increase in temperature, move on to the next section. Once complete, you are ready to style.
- When using a thermal styling product, the optimal temperature is 185 degrees celsius. Anything higher will burn and melt your hair and anything much lower will mean it is harder to style your hair to get shine and longevity. ghd styling tools maintain a consistent healthier-for-hair heat of 185 degrees celsius.
Hair has what is known as a 'Glass Transition Phase': above the glass transition phase temperature, hair acts like hot glass so you can easily shape it. Cool below this temperature and it will retain the shape it was left in. This is repeatable and can be done without damage. At high temperatures like 210 degrees celsius, the fundamental structure of hair - the di-sulphide bonds - start to break down and the hair becomes very weak. It is a bit like cement being removed from a brick wall.
What are your top five tips for looking after our hair?
What are your favourite facts about hair?
- It is so complicated that no one yet fully understands it.
- It is phenomenally strong: you could make a bullet proof vest out of it. A whole head of hair could support 2 elephants.
How long have you worked with hair?
Working as a technology consultant in Cambridge you get to work on all sorts of science and technology problems - developing hair styling products which cause no damage yet create long lasting style and tons of shine was a fascinating science and technology problem - I got pulled in as a scientist and started working for ghd.


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Under The Net
Iris Murdoch's first novel is set in a part of London where struggling writers rub shoulders with successful bookies, and film starlets with frantic philosophers. Its hero, Jake Donaghue, is a drifting, clever, likeable young man who makes a living out of translation work and sponging on his friends. A meeting with Anna, an old flame, leads him into a series of fantastic adventures. Jake is captivated by a majestic philosopher, Hugo Belfounder, whose profound and inconclusive reflections give the book its title - under the net of language.
The Sandcastle
The Sea, The Sea
A Fairly Honourable Defeat
Living on Paper
The Sea, The Sea & A Severed Head
Jackson's Dilemma
Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals
The Book And The Brotherhood
The Sacred And Profane Love Machine
An Accidental Man
A Word Child
The Time Of The Angels
Henry And Cato
The Red And The Green
Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919. She read Classics at Somerville College, Oxford, and after working in the Treasury and abroad, was awarded a research studentship in philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge. In 1948 she returned to Oxford as fellow and tutor at St Anne's College and later taught at the Royal College of Art. Until her death in 1999, she lived in Oxford with her husband, the academic and critic, John Bayley. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1987 and in the 1997 PEN Awards received the Gold Pen for Distinguished Service to Literature. Iris Murdoch made her writing debut in 1954 with Under the Net. Her twenty-six novels include the Booker prize-winning The Sea, The Sea (1978), the James Tait Black Memorial prize-winning The Black Prince (1973) and the Whitbread prize-winning The Sacred and Profane Love Machine (1974). Her philosophy includes Sartre: Romantic Rationalist (1953) and Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals (1992); other philosophical writings, including The Sovereignty of Good (1970), are collected in Existentialists and Mystics (1997).
Where to start reading Iris Murdoch's books
Living on Paper by Iris Murdoch

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[[Gershon Legman]] (November 2, 1917 – February 23, 1999) was a folklorist, writer-editor and amateur magician.
'''Gershon Legman''' (November 2, 1917 – February 23, 1999) was a folklorist, writer-editor and amateur magician.
In the 1940s he wrote magic booklets under the name "John Thursday". He became an expert on [[origami]]. In [[Robert Harbin]]'s book, "Paper Magic", a letter from Gershon Legman was quoted which spread the news of Japanese paper-folding throughout the English-speaking world.
Gershon Legman (November 2, 1917 – February 23, 1999) was a folklorist, writer-editor and amateur magician.
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Harken® offers waterproof switches for electric and hydraulic systems to operate winches, furlers, and windlasses.
The 104 is a simple, yet reliable, waterproof switch operated by finger or foot, and is Harken's most popular analog switch. It surface mounts, requiring only a small hole to pass the two 4-foot wire leads. Wiring this switch is very easy.
The mechanism is a microswitch housed under the rubber boot.
A safety cover prevents accidental activation.
Each switch controls one direction. You need to purchase two switches for each device.


The Global Network Implementation Concept is a systematic approach that combines evidence-based standards with a process of self-audit to support sustained commitment and continuous improvement.
The Global Standards, reviewed in 2015, address key elements known to be important in achieving outcomes for effective tobacco management and tobacco cessation within healthcare services. Each standard is supported by implementation criteria (specific structures and processes) to help guide healthcare services in achieving implementation and monitoring progress.
Follow the links below to learn more about the standards.


Full scale experiments were conducted with a U. S. Navy waterjet-powered planing boat to evaluate three different waterjet impeller/nozzle configurations. The configurations consisted of the standard impeller/nozzle combination currently installed on these craft in addition to a newly designed impeller evaluated with two different diameter nozzles. The overall program objective was to determine if marine propeller design techniques can be applied to the design of waterjet impellers and thereby (impeller) efficiency. Results show that the waterjet with a newly designed impeller approached but did not meet or exceed the overall performance of the waterjet equipped with the standard impeller and nozzle. The inlet velocity measurements showed extreme local velocity variations in flow approaching the impeller suggesting that any improvement in the impeller would have a marginal improvement on overall performance of the waterjet. It is concluded that marine propeller design techniques cannot be practically applied to the design of waterjet impellers in the majority of waterjets where extremely high thrust (disk loading) conflicts with the moderately-loaded propeller theory upon which the design procedures are based.


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Columns, Music, Today's Song December 1, 2021 December 1, 2021
Today's Song: Taloula's Tender "Find My Way" Is an Achingly Intimate Eruption
Taloula © Alexadra Waespi
An achingly intimate eruption rising up from the depths of the soul, Taloula's stirring second single "Find My Way" is a vulnerable reckoning – a powerful return from the artist formerly known as TAL.
Stream: "Find My Way" – Taloula
It's not easy to find your own way through life, especially if you don't know who you are anymore.
"It seems I don't belong in this space, slowly feelin' out of touch with my generation," sings a heavy-hearted, firm-footed Taloula in her stirring sophomore single. "I almost lost the best in me, sacrificing in the name of validation." It's surprisingly easy to lose sight of ourselves – to stray off whatever tracks we had in place – and while that sometimes works out, it can be incredibly hard to recenter and find our balance, especially when that might mean cutting people out of your life or leaving a part of your life behind.
Lost and found can be a cute children's game, but the fun is over when you're the one at stake: An achingly intimate eruption rising up from the depths of the soul, Taloula's "Find My Way" is a vulnerable reckoning: A heartfelt confessional longing for peace, tranquility, and renewal.
Find My Way – Taloula
I don't know if it's gonna be
The whole me, it's so hard to say,
Now I've lost belief in me
They make it look so easy
But I don't get it,
What am I missing ?
It seems I don't belong in this space
Slowly feelin' out of touch with my generation
I really really want to find my way
Gotta keep it real, I'm not afraid
Released November 19, 2021, "Find My Way" is a powerful return from singer and songwriter Tal Benizri, and her second single release (following September's "Keep on Tryin'") under her new moniker, Taloula. Formerly releasing music mononymously as TAL, Benizri occupied a space as one of France's bigger pop exports; signed to Warner France, she released five albums (many of which have been certified platinum and multi-platinum) and collaborated with such artists as Little Mix, Sean Paul, Wyclef Jean, and more.
Taloula © Louise Desnos
Now living in London and recently "reborn" as Taloula, Benizri is rediscovering herself, reclaiming her voice and vision, and "taking back control" of her artistry – all of which can be felt, to one degree or another, in "Find My Way." The soft and (bitter)sweet neo-soul ballad offers a breathtaking sneak peak at Taloula's forthcoming debut EP The Evolution of Taloula, co-produced with multi-instrumentalist Linden Jay (Sinead Harnett, Doja Cat) and set for release on December 17, 2021.
Singing alongside a gentle guitar and light background keys, Taloula pours her heart out. She's actively trying to figure out who she is and who she wants to be within this soul-stripped song, baring herself for all to see, hear, and feel: "I really really want to find my way, gotta keep it real, I'm not afraid," she declares, going on to lament, "I don't know if I'm gonna be everything you see in me." Is the "you" some of that last line someone special to her, or is it herself? Is she living up to her own expectations, hopes, dreams, and desires? What passes the litmus test for her; is she on the right path?
I don't know if it's gonna fit
I don't know if I'm gonna be
Everything you see in me
(Why you couldn't see? Why you couldn't see in me ?)
I just can't let it get to me,
I just can't mute the inner me,
Just to make things easy
(Why is it not easy ? Why is it not easy ?)
Speaking to Atwood Magazine, Taloula recalls how this song spilled out during a time of intense vulnerability and self-reflection. "I wanted to write about how you can get lost by making a lot of sacrifices and compromises," she shares. "It's not easy to find your own way through life, especially if you don't know who you are anymore. Even if it's good or bad, nothing matters but trusting your instinct and your inner peace. I had lost so much confidence in myself and I felt drained, this song really came from the soul."
"I was lying on my bed, and I had just bought my first Strat (electric guitar). I was playing four simple chords on a loop, and the first words came naturally to me. I didn't think I was going to write a song at that time. It's the first time I've written a song where I've just let go."
"Find My Way" truly is a complete surrender.
The song transforms, over the course of three emotional minutes, from an intimate soul-searching mission to a redemptive rise. Once she admits to herself what she went through and the person she almost lost, Taloula embarks on the path of healing: "Slowly, clearing the way, slowly, lifting the veil," she soars, one harmonized voice cascading downwards as another one radiates in place. It's a beautiful moment of catharsis for the artist: One in which we, as listeners, even begin to feel her pain melting away. "Slowly, finding my way… slowly, being ok," she affirms.
Taloula is a reinvention, but perhaps this new artistic endeavor can best be understood as Tal Benizri living her truth. "Find My Way" is brutally honest; a stunning, no-frills unveiling of the self in real time. Music like this hurts; it's real. No wonder we hear her final breath at the very end of this song: It's symbolic of all she's released in this one song alone.
Stream "Find My Way" below, and be sure to listen to the full The Evolution of Taloula EP upon its release in mid-December.
I almost lost the best in me
Sacrificing in the name of validation,
I almost let the fear in me,
Ruin every single perfect imperfection
Slowly, clearing the way
Slowly, lifting the veil
Slowly, finding my way
Slowly, being ok
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An annual report released by the Pentagon's chief weapons tester indicates that a majority of the government's weapons programs contain "significant vulnerabilities." Many of the bugs stem from outdated and unpatched software.
Red Teams portraying a Cyber OPFOR successfully accessed target networks primarily through vulnerable web services and social engineering (phishing). Red Teams routinely expanded access across networks using stolen credentials. The asymmetric nature of cyber operations allows even a single default or weak password to lead to rapid access and exploitation of the network. This is particularly true when the password belongs to an individual with elevated privileges. FY14 assessments revealed numerous violations of DOD password security policies, which indicates the policies are either too difficult to implement, too hard to enforce, or both. The generally poor defensive performance against dedicated attacks by Red Teams shows that a network is only as secure as its weakest link. Unless compliance levels approach 100 percent, it is likely a dedicated cyber adversary will succeed in accessing a network.


Why prepare a grocery budget?
Groceries can be one of the most stressful things to put on a family budget- everyone's got their favorites, and after these (usually) non-necessities have been added to the grocery list, there may not be much room left for the things you need to actually prepare a complete meal. A grocery budget is the best way to make sure that when you go into the grocery store, you walk out with exactly what you intended to buy, with a minimum of impulse purchases. Of course, having an unhappy toddler in the shopping cart or unruly kids scouring the aisles for their favorite cereal can easily bust a budget, as well. For this, you may just have to work quickly.
Budgeting will allow you to get into and out of the store remarkably quickly. Gone will be the moments of indecision as you try to determine what you'll buy and what you won't. This lack of excess time may be just what you need to keep the kids from blowing the whole shopping trip. The truth is, though, adults can be just as much trouble in the grocery store as young ones. You and your kids may be throwing anything and everything into the shopping cart, and grocery stores may be laid out to take advantage of impulse purchasing, but a strict budget doesn't allow for the pleasantries of browsing-style shopping. Think of it as your mean aunt who never buys you candy, just carrots. While you may hate her now for not spending money on you, when she kicks the bucket, you're going to inherit a fortune, and you'll have great eyesight and all your teeth, to boot.
Making a grocery budget and then sticking to it are two different beasts that have to be fought on their own territory. In order to be successful, your budget has to be realistic, have a little wiggle room, and incorporate at least a few wants rather than just needs. That way, you can avoid heavy "splurge" spending that could result in all your expenses becoming splurges before long.
For one month, try this trick: Make a daily menu out for every day of the month. When you're done, decide what you'll need, then shop the grocery stores for their best prices. Once you know where to find the deals, you may be ready to put your budget down on paper. Since these meals will likely be the ones that you usually have, you can pretty safely assume that you'll be able to stock up on quantities for the month without worrying about things going bad and having to be thrown out. Stick with this and you'll be saving on groceries without starving the kids.
Grocery stores are conveniently laid out to take advantage of shoppers working without lists, coupons, or plans. Most keep regular dairy necessities like milk and eggs as the back of the store so that anyone seeking just these items is likely to stop at several points and ask themselves if they don't need some other things as well. Even the traffic flow of a store is carefully directed to engage shoppers and entice them to spend.
Try this next time: shop only for basic ingredients first with a calculator beside you. Be mindful of your coupons, but keep a tally of how much you will spend. Not only will you avoid a cash register surprise, but you'll be less likely to pick up mindless impulse items as well.


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Hasebe Kotondo (; geboren 10. Juni 1882 in Tokio; gestorben 3. Dezember 1969 daselbst) war ein japanischer Anthropologe.

Leben und Wirken
Hasebe Kotondo machte 1906 seinen Abschluss des Medizin-Studiums an der Universität Tokio. Im Anschluss daran bildete er sich an der Universität im Fach Anthropologie und Anatomie unter dem bekannten Mediziner und Anthropologen Adachi Buntarō (1865–1945) weiter. Er hielt dann Vorlesungen zur Anatomie an den Universitäten Kyōto und Tōhoku.

Von 1921 bis 1922 bildete sich Hasebe in Europa weiter, hauptsächlich unter Rudolf Martin an der Universität Zürich. 1939 richtete er die erste wirkliche Abteilung für Anthropologie in Japan in der naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Tokio ein. Er hielt nun Vorlesungen ausschließlich zur Anthropologie mit dem Schwerpunkt morphologische Studien.

Hasebe grub Muschelhügel aus und befasste sich ausführlich mit menschlichen Skeletten aus Grabfeldern. Hasebe erkannte, dass die Menschen aus der Jōmon-Zeit (10.000 bis 300 v. Chr.) die direkten Vorfahren der heutigen Japaner sind und nicht die Ainu, wie man damals vermutete.

Zu seinen Schriften gehören "Sekki jidai jūmin to gendai Nihonjin" (石器時代住民と現代日本人) – "Die Bewohner zur Steinzeit und die heutigen Japaner" und "Nihon minzoku no seiritsu" (日本民族の成立) – "Die Entstehung der Japaner".

Hasebe war Mitglied der Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Literatur
 S. Noma (Hrsg.): Hasebe Kotondo. In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993. ISBN 4-06-205938-X, S. 504.

Weblinks

 Biographien Hasebe Kotondo in der Kotobank, japanisch

Mediziner (20. Jahrhundert)
Anthropologe
Japaner
Geboren 1882
Gestorben 1969
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Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 by Daniel Yeow in Reviews // 1 Comment
Last year, over the easter long weekend, I sat down and watched all three seasons of Forbrydelsen (The Killing) over the course of four days. This year, I watched all three seasons of Game of Thrones over three days. Believe it or not, this actually takes quite a bit of effort. Each season is ten episodes of about an hour in length, and the storytelling is quite dense (Forbrydelsen took four days because the first season was 20 episodes). There are numerous sub-plots and threads to follow, and in GoT there are a lot of characters to keep track of.
I really enjoyed it. I'm currently weighing whether I should watch season four at the rate of one episode per week or if I should wait until a day or so before the final episode to watch all of them at once. There are advantages to either approach, and at the moment I'm gravitating towards something in between, where I watch an episode every two or three days, and time it in such a way that I get this even 'pacing' all the way up to the season finale. This way I get some time between each episode to digest what happened, but don't have to wait so long until the next episode that I lose the feeling of continuity which I do enjoy from watching entire seasons of TV shows back-to-back, especially shows where the story arc spans all the episodes, and indeed all of the seasons.
For those who don't know, the series is of the fantasy genre and set in a quasi-medieval earth-like setting with what are essentially three simultaneous storylines which do overlap occasionally and, one assumes, will eventually converge. First and foremost, there is the vying for the "iron throne" pictured above by competing families in which there is some fighting, some backstabbing, and a lot of (melo)drama. Secondly, there is an existential supernatural threat from the far north, beyond "The Wall", and lastly in a nice combination of the gritty human drama and the supernatural, a formerly-deposed noble family living in exile is gathering a force to reclaim the throne, and this force includes dragons. Everyone loves dragons.
Even though the genre is completely different, I liked this series for very similar reasons to why I liked Forbrydelsen – it's very 'real'. That might sound like a funny thing to say about a fantasy-genre TV series, but those who've seen it will know what I mean. Forbrydelsen departed significantly from the conventions of detective serials not only because it solved one murder per season, rather than per episode, but because of its detailed and sensitive treatment of the lives of the victim's family, as well as the life of the detective Sara Lund outside of her work sphere. Game of Thrones cleverly incorporates the lives of the "little people" into the stories, and in such a way that viewers are really encouraged to empathise with them.
One of the things which I particularly like about this series is that they are not afraid or reluctant to kill main characters. When you watch films and TV shows, they often become predictable towards the end of episodes or seasons because you generally know that the good guy is going to win. However, in this case not only is there a lot of moral ambiguity and therefore no clear 'good guys' (although there are one or two very obvious 'bad guys', and I'd really like to know things from the point of view of the white walkers… but I digress), and so you really are kept guessing about who might still be around by the end of each episode. The randomness and unpredictability brought in by the occasional bout of bad things happening to good people, and vice versa keeps the audience on their toes, and the complexity of the vast number of characters means that you really feel for them when stuff happens to them.
Some have complained about the violence, and some have complained about the nudity. I would agree that it is sometimes unnecessarily gory, although I don't have any real disagreement with violence per se. To the people who make these kinds of artistic decisions, I would say that the sight of something violent can have an impact, although audiences do become desensitised to it after a time, but seeing and feeling the effects of the violence can often have a greater impact – the audience's own imagination is a powerful tool. The nudity I don't mind (possibly because I spend too much time on the internet these days and am somewhat desensitised) but I will complain that there is disproportionately more female nudity than male. I don't say this out of a desire to see naked men, but because the female nude is used (often overused) as an object both in the process of storytelling, and also as a part of the story itself (a hero being seduced by the wiles of the feminine form is a common trope), and I don't feel the masculine side of this objectification coin is being used adequately. Also, the scenes where a mostly-clothed guy is making babies with a completely naked girl look a bit silly – very rarely have I ever left my pants on during the act, even when I was labouring under time constraints.
Ordinarily I try to read the books upon which shows and films are based before seeing them. However, in recent times I've reversed this practice simply because the books are so often better (sometimes a LOT better) that I want to give the moving pictures more of a chance. Unpredictability has certainly enhanced my viewing experience (although the death of Sean Bean, pictured above on the iron throne, was predictable enough since he dies in almost everything that he's in). Perhaps someday I'll get around to reading all the books, as soon as they're finished… Currently there are five books out of seven planned (originally intended as a trilogy), and we are now into the fourth season of the TV series. I have no idea how closely the show follows the books, although I do know that the original author George R. R. Martin is heavily involved in the production of the series. I can only guess that there will be seven seasons and I wait keenly and impatiently for their conclusion. I'm secretly hoping that all the humans die leaving only the white walkers and three dragons to keep each other company, and they eventually settle down to pass the time by playing table tennis with the carcasses of small rats. Somehow I don't think that's going to happen, but you never know… and that is what makes this show so captivating. I highly recommend this TV series, but avoid it if you're squeamish about blood and gore, or seeing girls' boobs.
One final note – if this level of writing prowess and production values were used to tell historical stories, I feel that the world would be a much better place. It saddens me greatly that most people grow up thinking that history is boring. This is generally because history is taught from very sanitised and highly-censored books (they are written for young children, after all) which makes history seem like a long list of lineages and events. The truth is that history is very much like Game of Thrones complete with blood, gore, incest, intrigue, backstabbing, and the occasional occurrence of accidental cannibalism (I'm not making that up). While some very captivating historical novels do exist, very few historical dramas are brought to life in a way that does them justice. I suppose after the spectacular flop of Alexander, and the relative success of rather ridiculously inaccurate films like 300 and Troy, film and TV producers are rightly cautious about it. (Although Elizabeth and Braveheart were fairly successful despite Braveheart's depiction of the battle of Sterling Bridge somehow omitting the strategically-important aspect of the bridge itself due to budgetary constraints.)
p.s. can someone who has read the books explain to me, in a world where summers and winters can last multiple years, how people know how long a year is?
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Reminds me of when I was a wee little lad when I watched Jurassic Park, then read the book and realised that it was so much better than the best moive ever. Then I deliberately refused to read A Lost World until after seeing the movie and I was very glad I did.
But I must add my recommendation to any others you must have received that the Song of Fire and Ice books should be read.
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Walter Kleinow (b. 1880)
Kleinow, Walter 1880- Search this
Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (Germany) Search this
Carnegie Institute of Technology Search this
International Conference on Bituminous Coal Search this
Locomotive industry Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-4861A]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
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AL 105 Plymouth Industrial Locomotive
iron (overall material)
overall: 70 in x 45 in x 130 in; 177.8 cm x 114.3 cm x 330.2 cm
locomotive, industrial
locomotive, full size
engine, locomotive
Date made:
Gift of David H. Hamley & Family
Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
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Southern Iron & Equipment Company Records
Southern Iron & Equipment Company Search this
Bond, Edward Search this
2.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
Card files
Scope and Contents:
These records document the rebuilding of locomotives by the Southern Iron & Equipment Company during the period circa 1903-1960. They consist of one folder of "Memorandum of Locomotive Numbers" and a number of 4" x 6" cards recording sales of rebuilt locomotives. The "Memorandum," (forty-eight pages) lists the locomotives by number and shows the company from which it was purchased, type of locomotive, manufacturer, and to whom it was sold. The cards, alphabetically arranged by purchaser, record the type of locomotive, manufacturer, its number, and the purchase price. The cards contain the most complete information on the period circa1903-1924; after that, only the number of the locomotive was noted on the card.
The collection is divided into two series.
Series 1: Locomotive Sales Cards
Series 2: Photographs
Biographical / Historical:
The Southern Iron & Equipment Company, a family owned business located in Atlanta, Georgia, was a major reconditioner of locomotives in the period ca. 1900 1960. The company purchased locomotives, refurbished them, and then sold them. In addition, the company did repair and reconditioning work on behalf of various railroads.
The written and photographic records of the Southern Iron & Equipment Company were purchased from the company at the time of its dissolution by Mr. Witbeck, a collector of railroad photographs. The records were subsequently purchased from him by Mr. Edward Bond of Marietta, Georgia. Mr. Bond donated them to the National Museum of American History in December 1988.
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Repairing Search this
Transportation Search this
Railroad equipment industry Search this
Locomotives Search this
Locomotive works -- Georgia Search this
Railroads -- Equipment and supplies Search this
Railroads -- Rolling-stock Search this
Southern Iron & Equipment Company Records, 1903-1960, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
NMAH.AC.0354
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Baldwin Locomotive Works Engine Registers and Order Books
Baldwin Locomotive Works. Search this
Baldwin, Matthias W. (industrialist) Search this
6 Microfilm (35 mm)
Ledgers (account books)
Scope and Contents note:
This collection consists of Engine Registers and Engine Order Books. The Engine Registers list all locomotives built by the company from 1833 through 1956. They provide information on the purchasing railroad, date of trial, engine name, construction number, class, track gauge, number of wheels, size of cylinders, number of valves and fuel type. The Order Books, dating from 1854 1900, provide the same sort of information on specifications, as well as prices and delivery. The records in both sets of books are arranged chronologically and the information within each is arranged numerically by construction number.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works was the largest and most successful locomotive building firm in the world. It was begun as a machine shop owned and operated by Matthias W. Baldwin in 1831. Baldwin turned out its first locomotive engine from its shop in Philadelphia in 1832; within a few years the company was producing two a month and employed 240 men. By 1852, 500 engines had been produced; by 1861, 1,000; and by 1868, 2,000. At that point, the company employed between 1,600 1,700 men, and was one of the very largest machine works in the nation. In 1906 Baldwin began construction of a large auxiliary plant in the Philadelphia suburb of Eddystone. In 1928 the Broad Street plant was closed and all work transferred to the Eddystone Plant.
Baldwin had been forced by hard financial times to take on a series of partners between 1839 and 1846, and the firm's name changed repeatedly as a result. It was known as Baldwin, Vail & Hufty (1839 1842); Baldwin & Whitney (1842 1845); M. W. Baldwin (1846 1853); and M. W. Baldwin & Company (1854 1866). After Baldwin's death in 1866 the firm was known as M. Baird & Company (1867 1873); Burnham, Parry, Williams & Company (1873 1890); Burnham, Williams & Company (1891 1909); it was finally incorporated as the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1909.
The company's phenomenal growth ended with in the mid 1920s as the United States railroad industry began its long decline. Despite various mergers and acquisitions and an increased attention to the development of diesel engines a slow but sure decline set in. Baldwin declared bankruptcy in 1935. World War Two brought a temporary respite, but after the war the steam locomotive was obsolete and orders rapidly diminished. The Westinghouse Corporation bought Baldwin in 1948 but was unable to turn the company around. In 1950 the Lima Hamilton Corporation and Baldwin merged but in 1956 the last of some 70,541 locomotives was produced.
History of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831-1902, (1902); A Short History of American Locomotive Builders in theSteam Era, John H. White, (1982).
Materials in the Archives Center
Baldwin Locomotive Works Drawings (NMAH.AC.0353)
Consists of builder's drawings of locomotives and tenders, 1870-1890.
The DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University
University has a collection of 8,500 original Baldwin engineering drawings; the library has published three guides to their records.
Donated to the Museum's Division of Transportation by the Baldwin Hamilton Corporation in 1976.
Original volumes are fragile. Researchers should consult the microfilm located in the National Museum of American History library (mfm 720).
Railroads Search this
Locomotives -- Registers Search this
Locomotive industry -- Pennsylvania Search this
Baldwin Locomotive Works Engine Registers and Order Books, 1833-1956, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Division of Transportation: Railroads' Engineering Data
Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI. Search this
Hamily, David Search this
Erie Railroad Company Search this
New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad. Search this
Pennsylvania Railroad. Search this
Philadelphia and Western Railroad. Search this
Piedmont and Northern Railroad. Search this
Sorocabana Railway. Search this
Takata and Company Railroad. Search this
Hartford (Conn.)
This collection consists of statistics on electric train operation, drawings, blueprints, technical papers, train classifications, research and development reports, business and financial correspondence (1933, 1939-1948, 1940-1941), installation and operation instructions, locomotive system test procedures, locomotive operations data and calculations, records of locomotive mileages and part failures, suggested locomotive improvements, locomotive specifications, plans for fire extinguishing systems, tonnage ratings and includes material from the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, Piedmont and Northern Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad, Takata and Co. Railroad, Philadelphia and Western Railroad, Sorocabana Railway, and Erie Railroad Co.
The collection is divided into 8 series.
Series 1: New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad
Series 2: Piedmont and Northern Railway Company
Series 3: Takata and Company
Series 4: Philadelphia and Western Railway Company
Series 5: Sorocabana Railway
Series 6; Pennsylvania Railroad
Series 7: Miscellaneous Westinghouse Reports
Series 8: Erie Railroad Company
This collection was donated by David Hamily of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1986.
The collection is open for research use.
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Reproduction permission from Archives Center: reproduction fees may apply.
Locomotives -- Design and construction Search this
Engineering Search this
Correspondence -- 1930-1950
Division of Transportation: Railroads' Engineering Data, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Timken Roller Bearing Company Collection
Timken Roller Bearing Company Search this
Pauly, Frank G. Search this
United States. Bureau of Mines Search this
0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
Canton (Ohio)
Primarily technical papers by Timken engineers, presented in journals and meetings of professional societies. The papers concern the use of Timken roller bearings and other products in locomotives and other rolling stock on U.S. railroads and rapid transit systems. Also articles from trade magazines and brochures advertising Timken products, and a 1925 U.S. Bureau of Mines study of friction in mine-car wheels.
The material in this collection primarily consists of technical papers written by Timken engineers which were presented in journals and meetings of professional societies. The papers all deal with the use of Timken roller bearings and other products in locomotives and other rolling stock on U.S. railroads and rapid transit systems. In addition to professional papers, there are also articles from trade magazines and brochures advertising Timken products. A 1925 U.S. Bureau of Mines study of friction in mine car wheels is also included.
The Timken Roller Bearing Co., of Canton, Ohio, produced its first tapered roller bearings in the 1890s. The bearings were first used in horse drawn vehicles and later in automobiles. As automobiles improved in design, power, and endurance, Timken made improvements in its bearings to compensate. The company soon realized that the only way to ensure quality in its product was through the production of its own special alloy steel. It organized the Timken Steel & Tube Company to supply both itself and other manufacturers with high grade steel. In the late 1920s, the company entered the railroad equipment supply market with special tapered bearings for use in locomotives. Timken continued to supply components for use in the railroad rolling stock, automotive, and other manufacturing industries. It set high standards for such products, both in engineering and materials quality.
The Timken Roller Bearing Co., Canton, Ohio, produced its first tapered roller bearings in the 1890s. The bearings were first used in horse-drawn vehicles and later in automobiles. As automobiles improved in design, power, and endurance, Timken made improvements in its bearings to compensate. The company soon realized that the only way to ensure quality in its product was through the production of its own special alloy steel. It organized the Timken Steel & Tube Company to supply itself and other manufacturers with high-grade steel. In the late 1920s, the company entered the railroad equipment supply market with special tapered bearings for locomotives.
This collection was donated to the Archives Center, National Museum of American History, on September 25, 1990, by Frank G. Pauly. Mr. Pauly had been employed as a Sales Engineer in Timken's Railroad Division, working out of the Chicago Sales Office, which was closed in 1966.
Roller bearings Search this
Steel alloys Search this
Railroads -- Cars -- Bearings Search this
Bearings (Machinery) Search this
Mining equipment Search this
Mine railroads Search this
Friction Search this
Articles -- 20th century
Timken Roller Bearing Company Collection, 1925-1927, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Baldwin Locomotive Works Scrapbooks
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI Search this
1.5 Cubic feet (4 volumes)
Four scrapbooks containing items relating to the Baldwin Locomotive Works, including: blueprints, photographs, examples of company letterhead and blank company forms, clippings and articles, business records such as contracts and specifications, trade literature, and miscellany.
1 series.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works was started as a sole proprietorship by Matthias W. Baldwin in 1831. The company was the largest railroad engineering plant of its kind in the world. It is now out of business.
Collection donated by James C. Macinnes.
Unrestricted research access on site by appointment.,Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Business records -- 1860-1930
Photographs -- 20th century
Baldwin Locomotive Works Scrapbooks, 1867-1929, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Baldwin Locomotive Works Drawings
9 Cubic feet (4 drawers)
Erection drawings
Collection consists of 202 assembly drawings of locomotives and tenders, prepared to check the clearances and major component parts of the locomotive and retained for engineering reference.
202 assembly drawings of locomotives and tenders, prepared to check the clearances and major component parts of the locomotive. When work was slow, draftsmen hand-colored the drawings. They were not used in the shop but were retained for engineering reference.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works was the largest and most successful locomotive building firm in the world. It was begun as a machine shop owned and operated by Matthias W. Baldwin in 1831. Baldwin turned out its first locomotive engine from its shop in Philadelphia in 1832; within a few years the company was producing two a month and employed 240 men. By 1852, 500 engines had been produced; by 1861, 1,000; and by 1868, 2,000. At that point, the company employed between 1,600-1,700 men, and was one of the very largest machine works in the nation. In 1906 Baldwin began construction of a large auxiliary plant in Philadelphia suburb of Eddystone. In 1928 the Broad Street plant was closed and all work transferred to the Eddystone Plant.
Baldwin had been forced by hard financial times to take on a series of partners between 1839 and 1846, and the firm's name changed repeatedly as a result. It was known as Baldwin, Vail & Hufty (1839-1842); Baldwin & Whitney (1842-1845); M.W. Baldwin (1846-1853); and M.W. Baldwin & Co. (1854-1866). After Baldwin's death in 1866 the firm was known as M. Baird & Co. (1867-1873); Burnham, Parry, Williams & Co. (1873-1890); Burnham, Williams & Co. (1891-1909); it was finally incorporated as the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1909.
The company's phenomenal growth ended with in the mid-1920s as the U.S. railroad industry began its long decline. Despite various mergers and acquisitions--and an increased attention to the development of diesel engines--a slow but sure decline set in. Baldwin declared bankruptcy in 1935. World War Two brought a temporary respite, but after the war the steam locomotive was obsolete and orders rapidly diminished. The Westinghouse Corporation bought Baldwin in 1948 but was unable to turn the company around. In 1950 the Lima-Hamilton Corporation and Baldwin merged but in 1956 the last of some 70,500 locomotives were produced and the company's long history came to an end.
History of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831-1902
A Short History of American Locomotive Builders in the Steam Era, John H. White, (1982).
Related Archival Materials:
Archives Center #157, the Baldwin Locomotive Works Collection, consists of Engine Registers and Order Books for locomotives, 1833-1956. In addition, a six-reel microfilm edition of collection #157 is located in the NMAH Library (mfm-720).
Photographs relating to Baldwin are in the Railroad and Firefighting History Photographic Collection, Division of Work and Industry.
The DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University has a collection of 8,500 original Baldwin engineering drawings and has published three guides to their records.
Collection donated by H.L. Broadbelt, July 1959-November 1960.
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment.
Locomotives -- Drawings Search this
Baldwin locomotives Search this
Locomotive works -- Pennsylvania Search this
Baldwin Locomotive Works Drawings, 1870-1890, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Collection Creator:
Craton, Forman H., 1902-1983 Search this
Container:
Box 3, Folder 2-3
Collection Restrictions:
Collection Rights:
Collection Citation:
Forman H. Craton Collection, 1902-1983, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Forman H. Craton Papers
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[Trade catalogs from Milwaukee Locomotive Mfg. Co.]
Milwaukee Locomotive Mfg. Co. Search this
Notes content:
Locomotives ; industrial locomotives ; gasoline locomotives ; mining locomotives .
Color images
16 pieces; 3 boxes
Topic (Romaine term):
Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies Search this
Mining machinery; equipment and supplies Search this
Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.) Search this
Barrels Search this
Bottling Search this
Industrial equipment Search this
Mining machinery industry Search this
Street-railroads Search this
Subways Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_31573
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
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Success that didn't last : the decline and fall of the American Locomotive Company in the diesel locomotive industry / Albert J. Churella
Churella, Albert J. 1964- Search this
Schenectady Heritage Area Search this
American Locomotive Company Search this
48 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + 1 sheet
Locomotive works Search this
TJ680 .C48 2001
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Railroad locks and keys. volume 1, the Adams & Westlake Company / edited by Joseph Gross and Richard C. Barrett
Adams & Westlake Company
Adams and Westlake Company
Gross, Joseph 1928- Search this
Barrett, Dick Search this
Adams & Westlake Company Search this
x, 246 p. : ill.; 28 cm
Locks and keys--Collectors and collecting Search this
Railroad equipment industry--History Search this
HD9712.U54 A36 1998
Diesel locomotives : report of a visit to the U.S.A. in 1950 of a productivity team representing the diesel locomotive industry
Anglo-American Council on Productivity Search this
xiii, 51 p., [18] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm
Diesel locomotives Search this
The Lancaster Locomotive Works / Richard D. Adams
Lancaster Locomotive Works 1853-1870
Adams, Richard D Search this
Lancaster Locomotive Works Search this
Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Search this
[34] p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Locomotive industry--Design and construction--History Search this
Railroads--History Search this
Schenectady's nonagenarian industry / [Mills Ten Eyck]
Schenectady's nonagenarian industry, 1848-1938
Ten Eyck, Mills Search this
Locomotive industry--History Search this
TJ625.A45 .T46 1938
From steam to diesel : managerial customs and organizational capabilities in the twentieth-century American locomotive industry / Albert J. Churella
viii, 215 p. ; 25 cm
Locomotive industry--Management--History Search this
German locomotive industry during the war [by] the United States Bombing Survey, Physical Damage Division
United States Strategic Bombing Survey Search this
iv, 32, A-E l. 27 cm
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects Search this
War damage, Industrial Search this
D785.U58 R152 1947
D785.U58R152 1947
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Granny in Wolfe attack at All Saints
Chris Carson
Published: 10:28 AM January 31, 2012
Updated: 11:17 AM November 7, 2020
Curtain set to rise on village pantomime society's latest production - Little Red Riding Hood and Mr Wolfe
THERE will be plenty of booing and hissing at All Saints this week when the village pantomime society presents Little Red Riding Hood and Mister Wolfe.
Once again, Jo Ellis has written an original script based around the well-known story.
Most of the usual characters are included plus a few unusual ones!
Zoe Ellis takes the role of Little Red Riding Hood with Michael Shaw and Caroline Nunns playing her parents, Jack and Jennifer Spratt.
Mick Crook takes on the role of the nasty Mister Wolfe with Christine Galvin as Grandma, his unfortunate victim.
An assortment of nursery rhyme characters also make an appearance along with bossy Mary Contrary and her hen-pecked husband Henry – played by Gay Atkinson and Clive Bareham respectively.
Tina Mackenny provides the music for some well known songs and, this year, the show is directed by Steve Holt.
The show will be performed at All Saints and District Village Hall on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, February 2, 3 and 4, at 7.45pm.
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He received his M.B.A. from Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University and B.A. in Economics, from Wabash College.


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TRAGEDY, OUTRAGE & REFORM Crimes That Changed Our World: 1911 – Triangle Factory Fire – Building Safety Codes
Paul H. Robinson, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law SchoolFollow
Sarah M. Robinson, Independent
Can a crime make our world better? Crimes are the worst of humanity's wrongs but, oddly, they sometimes do more than anything else to improve our lives. As it turns out, it is often the outrageousness itself that does the work. Ordinary crimes are accepted as the background noise of our everyday existence but some crimes make people stop and take notice – because they are so outrageous, or so curious, or so heart-wrenching. These "trigger crimes" are the cases that this book is about.
They offer some incredible stories about how people, good and bad, change the world around them by energizing, or disgusting, the rest of us. The images are striking: a burning river, a hundred poisoned children, falling flaming bodies, four dead little girls in their Sunday best, collapsing skyscrapers, and indifferent police watching a wife get beaten.
The stories show us how a single individual can make an enormous difference. The mother whose daughter is killed by a drunk driver ends up changing the way we think about drunk driving. The government attorney who figures out how to protect witnesses against the Mafia creates a flood of organized crime defections. A black minister who creates his own vigilante squad starts the war on drugs.
The stories also show how far we have come even within the memory of people still living. We take for granted much of the world around us, but things were very different not long ago. Imagine a world where stores regularly sell contaminated food and adulterated drugs, where many buildings are veritable death traps, and where flagrant financial wrongdoing is accepted as a natural corollary to capitalism. This is our not-too-distant past.
Perhaps most striking in these tales is what they reveal about the nature of progress. We would like to think it is orderly and rational, but in truth it is often chaotic and unpredictable. Who would have guessed that a single kidnapping would create the federalization of criminal law, that a particular sniper would lead to the creation of SWAT teams, or that an attack on a New York Street would inspire the national 9-1-1 system? At the same time, the stories are comforting in the apparent inevitability of American progress. Our progress may be messy but it is relentless.
As a bonus, the stories, presented in chronological order, walk the reader through some of the most interesting parts of American social and political history: the Progressive era of the 1900s, Prohibition in the 1920s, the Depression in the 1930s, the inward focus of the post-World War II 1950s, the social revolution of the 1960s, the rise of global terrorism in the 1970s and militant Islam in the 1980s, and the expansion of the global economy in the 2000s.
The book's ultimate success is in presenting riveting accounts of human stories that taken together provide important insights into foundational issues like the nature of social progress.
Presented here is the first chapter of the book: the story of the 1911 Triangle Factory fire, which was horrific in its effect and came at just the right time of political and social development so as to trigger a widespread outrage that ultimately led to a tectonic shift in how our society, and eventually the world, dealt with building safety.
Criminal law, law & society, public law & legal theory, trigger crimes, social outrage, politics, legislation, Triangle Shirtwaist, garment workers, immigrant women, fire safety, labor law, workplace safety
Tragedy, Outrage, & Reform: Crimes that Changed Our World
Chapter I from the book TRAGEDY, OUTRAGE & REFORM: Crimes that Changed Our World (Rowman & Littlefield, forthcoming, 2018).
Robinson, Paul H. and Robinson, Sarah M., "TRAGEDY, OUTRAGE & REFORM Crimes That Changed Our World: 1911 – Triangle Factory Fire – Building Safety Codes" (2016). Faculty Scholarship at Penn Law. 1705.
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Aakash Prasad
Aakash's Story
Aakash joined Watsi on January 3rd, 2014. 13 other people also joined Watsi on that day! Aakash's most recent donation traveled 1,500 miles to support Carmen, a baby girl from Guatemala, to fund malnutrition treatment.
Aakash has funded healthcare for 55 patients in 14 countries.
All patients funded by Aakash
Carmen is an active 13-month-old baby girl from Guatemala. She is the ninth child in her family, and loves to play with her toy doll. Carmen's father works as a day laborer and her mother stays at home to take care of the household. Carmen was recently diagnosed with malnutrition, a condition that occurs from consuming too little protein, calories, and nutrients. In the short term, malnutrition means Carmen has little energy to grow, and that her immune system is weak, leaving her vulnerable to diseases that could further compromise her growth. If left untreated, she may also face the long-term consequences of malnutrition, such as increased risk of chronic illness and a lowered IQ. Concerned for her well-being, her mother took Carmen to our medical partner, Wuqu' Kawoq, for treatment. Beginning June 16, Carmen will receive micronutrients and food supplementation, as well as regular growth monitoring. Community health workers will also teach her mother how to create a nutrient rich diet using limited resources. The $492 requested will cover all expenses of her continued treatment, allowing her to gain weight, strengthen her immune system, and catch up with other children her age. Carmen's mother says, "I did not know that my daughter wasn't growing well. I only knew that she was getting sick every once and a while, but now I don't know what to do because we are of scarce resources."
Kobusinge is 62 years old and the single mother of six children. Her youngest two are now grown up and have jobs. Kobusinge is a farmer. In 2012, Kobusinge had laparotomy in a regional hospital due to intestinal obstruction. She healed well, but after three months her scar became tender and began to swell. Kobusinge returned to the same hospital and they performed an abdominal scan, which showed that she had an incisional hernia. They referred her to our medical partner's care center, Holy Family Virika Hospital, for hernia repair surgery. If not treated, Kobusinge may suffer from hernia twisting and blocking. In order to help Kobusinge, our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, is requesting $249 to help fund her surgery and hospital stay. After surgery she will have peace of mind and plans to resume farming. She is scheduled to undergo surgery on September 13.
Gloria is seven months old and lives with her mother in rural Guatemala. She has malnutrition, a dangerous condition that results from consuming too little protein, calories, and nutrients. Malnutrition has left Gloria with a weakened immune system and little energy. Recently, Gloria has not wanted to eat and gets sick often. If Gloria does not receive treatment, she will also face malnutrition's long-term consequences, such as increased risk of chronic diseases, low IQ, and higher likelihood of dropping out of school. Gloria's mother says, "I want my daughter to get better soon, because she worries me a lot." Fortunately, Gloria will begin nutritional treatment on January 16. While her mother does all that she can to support Gloria's health, she cannot afford treatment for her daughter's malnutrition without outside help. Our medical partner, Wuqu' Kawoq, is requesting $1,107 to fund her care. Treatment will give Gloria's family tools to maintain nutritious diets, and it will give Gloria a chance to grow healthily.
Aye Aye is a four-year-old girl who lives in a refugee camp with her parents and three siblings. Her two oldest siblings attend school in the camp. Aye Aye's stepfather supports the family working as a day deliverer. His income is not enough to provide for all of the family's needs. When Aye Aye was born, her mother noticed a bump on her nose. The bump, indicative of a neurological condition known as encephalocele, continued to increase in size. Her parents worried that it would cause her shyness as she aged, for she is a playful girl who enjoys time with her friends. The encephalocele is painful if hit accidentally, and it interferes with her vision. Aye Aye was referred to our medical partner, where she underwent surgical repair on October 30, 2016. Aye Aye's parents have taken time off work to care for their daughter. Now, they need help to fund her healthcare costs. Of the future, Aye Aye's father says, "Aye Aye is a very intelligent child, and she will do well with an education."
Nine-year-old Emanuel lives with his family in Tanzania. He presented to The Plaster House, a Watsi partner center, after being diagnosed during an outreach program with clubfoot. Clubfoot is a congenital condition which leads to the feet turning inward, causing an inability to walk properly and participate in daily activities. In 2015 he had a successful manipulation and correction of his left foot, and has been using his night cast well to hold his foot in position. He has returned to the centre for treatment of his right foot. For $1,160, we can help fund this treatment, which will allow Emanuel to have a fully normal gait. Treatment includes a small surgery, cast changes, and long-term rehabilitation before he returns home. Emanuel loves to play and comes alive when the football is brought out at The Plaster House. He is excited that his other foot will be corrected. "I cannot wait for my next foot to be straightened so I can walk better," he shared.
"I am so glad I am getting this treatment," Rame shares. Rame is a 63-year-old man who lives with his wife and son in Nepal. Their family is entirely dependent on agriculture for their income. But because of his advanced age, Rame has trouble working for extended periods of time. Although Rame's son supports him in the field, the yield from their farming covers their needs for only about three months of the year. For this reason, Rame needs help paying for treatment of a medical issue he has been dealing with recently. About a week ago, Rame developed a hernia on the left side of his groin area. Hernias in this area of the body typically arise when the intestine bursts through a weak spot of the abdominal wall and presses into the inguinal canal, a part of the reproductive system. Rame's hernia makes it very painful for him to walk. Nonetheless, his discomfort eventually grew so intense that he risked the seven-hour walk to Bayalpata Hospital. There, he was told that he needs to undergo hernia repair surgery. If untreated, Rame runs the risk of developing fatal complications, such as tissue death. That's where you come in. For $451, we can sponsor Rame's operation, as well as the hospital stay, medications, and lab tests that will ensure he recuperates safely. With intervention now, Rame will be able to enjoy a more physically comfortable and safe old age with his wife and son.
Angela is a 44-year-old mother of six children who lives in the Philippines. Seven years ago, Angela began tiring easily when doing household chores and would sometimes not finish her tasks for the day because she would need to stop and rest multiple times. She also began feeling nervous and having difficulty sleeping at night due to discomfort. To support the family, Angela's eldest son works as a fisherman and gives his mother money every month. His income is necessary to provide for their daily needs, as Angela's husband leaves only enough money to cover a month's worth of expenses when he goes away for five months of the year. Angela cannot work as she has to take care of her children, and she tries hard to keep them in school. Recently, Angela was visited by her family's pastor and a friend who is a part of our sponsored community to discuss a program to help her family elevate their economic status. During the second week of the program, Angela underwent a medical screening and was diagnosed with thyroiditis, a condition involving inflammation of the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland produces hormones that regulate the body's metabolism. When the gland is inflamed, thyroid hormone production can decrease, leading to fatigue. After completing blood tests, Angela was cleared to undergo surgery to remove her thyroid so that her condition would not progress. $1,500 covers the cost of Angela's surgery, transportation to and from the hospital, 10 days of hospital care—including medicine, imaging, and additional blood tests—and medication to take after she goes home. Angela looks forward to having more strength to take care of her family. "I would like to be healed and become better to serve my children and family and have quality time with them," she shares. "I want to be effective as a mother and friend to them. Thank you for your kind hearts."
A Wuqu' Kawoq (WK) health worker met three-month-old Axel and his family when visiting homes in rural Guatemala, recruiting patients for a malnutrition program. Axel lives with his seven siblings and his parents in a one-room adobe house with a tin roof. They are indigenous Maya, and have few educational and health care resources available to them. His mother works at home, cooking and cleaning and taking care of Axel and his siblings. His father is an assistant to a bricklayer, who makes only a couple dollars per day. Axel's malnutrition was so severe that the WK community health worker decided to give Axel a preliminary supply of formula until he could be evaluated by a nutritionist. He has been losing weight and has not grown taller since he was born because of frequent sicknesses, and could be at risk of seizures and diarrhea if he is unable to receive formula. Axel's mother has had trouble producing breast milk for all of her eight children-- Axel being the youngest. For her other children, a sugary rice drink has helped them to stop crying and supplement the little breast milk she produces. Unfortunately for Axel, this has not been enough since her breast milk production has gone down even more. Although lactational failure is a dangerous condition, it is simple to help supplement children's nutrition to overcome this lack of maternal milk. For $1016, Axel will receive formula which will give him the protein, calories, and nutrients he needs to grow and thrive. His family will also receive motivational nutrition education, so they will be able to give Axel the best diet possible once he starts to eat solid foods. This treatment will give Axel's parents the tools to prevent future malnutrition and help their son have a full and healthy life. "I hope my son can grow healthy so he can be a good student," shares Axel's mother.
Meet Lucy, a 46-year-old woman from Kenya. Lucy is a mother of four children and a grandmother of four more. Since separating with her husband in 2005, she has taken up the role of breadwinner in her family. Lucy washes clothes along with two of her daughters to earn a living. She was unable to continue educating these two daughters. Her other two children are in primary school. Lucy lives in a municipally provided house where she struggles to live a comfortable life with the burden of rent and education costs. In August 2013, Lucy began to experience headaches and swollen feet. She was diagnosed with artery blockage and was given medication in addition to attending clinics between 2013 and 2015. In April 2016, she fell unconscious and was brought to Watsi's medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation. There, Lucy was diagnosed with fibroids, or abnormal growths in the uterus and cervix. Lucy was hospitalized for nine days and accumulated a bill that was paid through a 'harambee' (fundraising). Her father, who used to follow up on her treatment, was killed in May 2016, leaving Lucy struggling. Lucy continues to combat pain and swelling in her legs, as well as fatigue and migraines. She requires an $800 total abdominal hysterectomy-- a surgical removal of the uterus and cervix. Lucy's family and friends have contributed $104 towards the procedure, but she still cannot access medical care due to her financial constraints. "I want to be well to continue providing for my family and live a healthy life," Lucy says. Let's help her get the medical attention she needs.
"I will be happy when I am able to run as fast as my friends," shares Lujeri. 10-year-old Lujeri lives in Tanzania, where he is the third-born in a family of six children. Lujeri is in the second grade, and his favorite classes are reading, mathematics and Swahili. He also likes to play football with his fellow pupils. When he was six years old, Lujeri's lower limbs slowly started bowing inwards, forcing him to knock his knees when walking. His condition, known as genu valgum or "knock-knees," kept getting worse to the point where Lujeri can no longer run fast. He also sometimes feels pain in his knees. Lujeri needs surgery to help him walk properly again and to reduce the risk of developing osteoarthritis at a young age. However, what his parents earn as small-scale farmers and herders is not enough to cover the cost of this surgery on top of daily expenses for their six children. But there is hope for Lujeri. For $940, we can sponsor the operation that will correct both of his knees. This sum will also provide Lujeri with the two weeks of physical therapy and the three-month stay at a recovery center, Plaster House, he will need to recuperate safely. Let's make Lujeri's dream of running and playing with his friends into a reality.
Tam is a 73-year-old woman who is married with two sons, five daughters, and 20 grandchildren. She enjoys visiting the pagoda to listen the monks pray in her spare time. Three years ago, Tam developed entropion on both eyes. This causes her eyelids to turn inward so that the eyelashes scrape the surface of her eye. Tam experiences blurred vision, itchiness, tearing, and irritation. She can't open her eyes fully, and always feels uncomfortable. She has traveled for three hours with her daughter-in-law to reach Watsi's medical partner, Children's Surgical Centre (CSC), for treatment. Tam will undergo an upper eyelid correction surgery on both eyes, which will relieve her of the irritations caused by entropion. The surgery will cost $290. After treatment, Tam will be able to easily see and open/close her eyes again without discomfort.
Meet Rottana, a two-year-old girl from Cambodia. Rottana lives at home with her sister and her parents. She traveled two hours with her mother to reach our medical partner, Children's Surgical Centre (CSC), for treatment. Rottana received a poorly administered injection in each thigh when she was six months old. This caused bilateral quadriceps fibrosis, which means that she can't bend her legs or walk easily. Her knees are stiff because of the contracted quadriceps muscles. Surgeons at CSC will perform a quadricepsplasty surgery on the left quadriceps muscle to release the fibrosis. She will be able to bend her leg easily after the operation. Let's help Rottana get back on her feet.


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Q: Why Google ComputeEngine Rest API does not return qualified values for Instance Templates which are necessary to create Instances I'm trying to create VMs on Google ComputeEngine, using Java api and sourcing data from instance templates.
Getting instance template is simple:
try (InstanceTemplateClient instanceClient = InstanceTemplateClient.create()) {
            ProjectGlobalInstanceTemplateName globalInstanceTemplateName = ProjectGlobalInstanceTemplateName.of(instanceTemplateName, projectName);
            instanceTemplate = instanceClient.getInstanceTemplate(globalInstanceTemplateName);
        }

however there is no obvious way how to use instanceTemplate then, without specifying all properties separately, e.g.
try (InstanceClient instanceClient = InstanceClient.create()) {
            ProjectZoneName zone = ProjectZoneName.of(projectName, zoneName);
            InstanceProperties instanceProperties = instanceTemplate.getProperties();

            Instance instanceResource = Instance.newBuilder()
                    .setShieldedInstanceConfig(instanceProperties.getShieldedInstanceConfig())
                    .setCanIpForward(instanceProperties.getCanIpForward())
...

but what is even worse, instanceTemplate has not qualified values for several propeties (e.g. machineType, diskType), so I need to update them (I get error otherwise - "Invalid value for field 'resource.disks[0].initializeParams.diskType': 'pd-standard'. The URL is malformed.)
.setMachineType("zones/" + zoneName + "/machineTypes/" + instanceProperties.getMachineType())

Manually qualifying those parameters feels very fragile. Is there better way to do it? I'm using google-cloud-compute 0.99.0-alpha

A: Creating a single instance based on an instance template is a bit "special" in the API. The instance template is passed as an optional query string parameter (sourceInstanceTemplate) in addition to the normal instance resource definition in the POST body.
As far as I can see, the Java client library does not currently model this concept, so you're left with either the workaround you already have or - alternatively - you could perform this API request yourself as it is relatively simple as long as you do not customize a lot of values for your instance. An API call example for this approach can be found here.

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Will Stone Cold Steve Austin Be at WrestleMania 33?
By	Brendan Morrow
Updated Apr 2, 2017 at 12:44pm
Will Stone Cold be at WrestleMania? (WWE.com)
WrestleMania 33 is about to get underway on the WWE Network. This event is known as a time when a number of legendary WWE wrestlers make a return, mainly as fan service and not to have an actual match. Last year, one of the biggest pops of the night came when Shawn Michaels, Mick Foley, and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin made an appearance. So will Steve Austin be at WrestleMania 33?
Unfortunately, it does not appear at this time that Stone Cold will be at WrestleMania this year.
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter recently reported that it doesn't seem that Steve Austin is going to show up tonight, although Meltzer notes that it's possible the company has just kept his appearance very well hidden and it will be a complete surprise.
"[A]s far as I can tell, [Steve Austin] is not coming at all," Meltzer said, according to Inquisitr. "People who know him haven't heard that he's gonna be here. It may be a complete, major surprise, but I don't expect him [to be] here. But you know, who knows? I just haven't heard anything about him at all."
Stone Cold reportedly will not be in Orlando, Florida this weekend at all.
This is as opposed to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who will be in Orlando this weekend and who just so happens to have Sunday free, with his show Ballers not filming that day. The Rock has not been officially announced for the show, but it seems very likely that he will make some sort of an appearance, just as he did at WrestleMania 32.
If Stone Cold does appear at WrestleMania, he'd probably want it to be a very small role that doesn't distract from the rest of the show. After all, Stone Cold was critical of The Rock's WrestleMania 32 appearance, saying that The Rock overstayed his welcome.
"His segment lasted about 30 minutes," Austin said of The Rock, according to Wrestling Inc. "And you could feel the energy just draining out of 100,000 people. Now, The Rock is probably my most favorite opponent of all time. We had some epic feuds and epic battles, angles, and he's a very dear friend. I got to call him out on that. Rock, you sucked all the energy out of that building. And he's the most electrifying guy in sports entertainment and he's the biggest movie star in the world right now, but that one time Rock, you didn't know when to go home when you should have."
Stone Cold's own appearance at WrestleMania 32 was just a few minutes long; he showed up with Shawn Michaels and Mick Foley after The New Day's match with The League of Nations; Stone Cold then performed a Stunner on Xavier Woods.
Published Apr 2, 2017 at 12:44pm
Pro Wrestling, Wrestlemania, WWE, WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown
WrestleMania is a time when a number of WWE legends frequently make their return, so will Stone Cold Steve Austin appear at WrestleMania?


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We started our weekend with a Red Carpet entrance at the Third Annual Taste of Derby.
What could be better than three hours of food and wine tastings? Not much! This is one of the "must attend" events of the celebration leading up to the running of America's greatest horse race, and is filled with an eclectic assortment of tastes for everyone's palate.
This large airplane hangar was filled with tables upon tables of food dishes and wine pairings.
So naturally because of the graciousness of Pure Leaf in selecting me to participate in this incredible experience, my first taste was the mixed drink that the bartender made of bourbon and Unsweetened Pure Leaf Iced Tea . He was very generous with the bourbon. I think next time I'll have the Sweet Tea Pure Leaf with a "splash" of bourbon! But regardless it was a great way to start off the evening.
So with plate and stemware in hand….it's time to show you only a portion of what we tasted that evening, prepared by award-winning chefs.
From Atlanta, GA, Top Chef Eli Kirshtein presented Jerusalem Artichoke Veloute with Black Truffle, Parmesan & Brioche.
Chef Kent Rathbun from Abacus in Dallas, TX let us taste his Asian Smoked Pork Steam Bun with Green Mango- Tomato Slaw.
From Ten Palms, Chef Ralph Pagano made Tacos Barbacoa with Red Onion Escabeche, Avocado and Crema.
Why yes that is Cat Cora!
And keeping with the Derby mint, she whipped up Sesame Encrusted Lamb Meatballs with Harissa Yogurt, White Bean Tahini & Crispy Mint for us all.
Oh and there was so much more!
But you know we had to leave room for dessert, there was no lack of sweets here.
and you all know how I LOVE my ice cream. Naturally ice cream in Kentucky especially Chef Jo Jo Doyle's from Levy Restaurants in Louisville would have bourbon in it! This was SO good, the little taste cup was not nearly enough, I just wanted a spoon to dig into the container!
And while all this was simply indulgent, partial proceeds of this event benefited hunger relief charities. A donation to Blessings in a Backpack was made, so that children around the country can receive a backpack filled with food (with items like noodles and oatmeal) to help supplement their diets on weekends. That put a smile on my face!
Stay tuned for more posts where I'll share pictures from a tour of Churchill Downs, how Pure Leaf ensures a consistent and authentic taste to their Iced Teas, meeting Top Chef judge Gail Simmons, Hat fashion, the whole energy and excitement about the races, and more food!
I have been invited to participate in a taste immersion experience with Pure Leaf, for which they provided full travel expenses, meals and accommodations and other premiums, however my opinions are completely my own and I have not been compensated to publish positive or negative reviews of the event or products associated with my experience.