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Non-difference is the nearest English translation of the Sanskrit word abheda, meaning non-existence of difference. In Vedanta philosophy this word plays a vital role in explaining the indicatory mark in respect of the unity of the individual self with the Infinite or Brahman.

Doctrine of Non-difference

Audolomi (Brahma Sutra I.iv.21) is believed to have held the view that the individual self differs from the supreme self while it possesses a body, but when a man obtains the clear knowledge by means of practice and meditation, dies, leaves the body and obtains complete liberation, the individual self becomes the supreme self, which means in liberation, there is no difference; in transmigration, there is difference; the absolutely different individual self becomes identical in the state of liberation. This is the non-identity non-difference theory of Audolomi.  However, Kasakrtsna (Brahma Sutra I.iv.22) believed that the very supreme self exists as the individual soul without undergoing any change which view-point is supported by Badarayana when he reiterates that the individual is only an apparent part of the partless Brahman; the difference is imaginary. This is the non-duality non-difference theory of Kasakrtsna. In his commentary on the Brahma Sutra II.i.14 Adi Sankara explains that the difference between the 'experiencer' and the 'things experienced' which is observed in common experience, in reality does not exist, there is non-difference of cause and effect for all things are merely modifications, and "a modification has speech as its origin and exists only in name" (Chandogya Upanishad VI.i.4), and "All this has That as its essence; That is the Reality; That is the Self; That thou art" (Chandogya Upanishad Vi.vii.7); "All this is but the Self" (Chandogya Upanishad VII.xxv.2). Difference commonly observed is the creation of ignorance whereas non-difference is natural; when the individual ignorance is destroyed through knowledge unity with Self is attained – "Anyone who knows that supreme Brahman becomes Brahman indeed" (Mundaka Upanishad III.ii.9), "Being but Brahman, he is absorbed in Brahman" (Brhadaranyaka Upanishad IV.iv.6).

In Hindu philosophy according to the Doctrine of Non-difference (abheda) there is no difference (bheda) whatsoever between the individual self (atman) and the supreme Self (Paramatman) or (Brahman). The opinion of the Sruti is that the knowledge of oneness of Brahman and atman is samyag-jnana ( Vivekachudamani. 204). The word ekatvam in this sloka that reads - brahmatmaikatvavijnanam samyajjnanam sruter matam means "non-difference", the experience of this non-difference between Brahman (supreme Self) and atman (individual self) is samyag-jnana.  It is the person tainted by bhrama ("delusion") and pramada ("carelessness") who cannot determine what is samyag-jnana or "true knowledge". Right knowledge removes all products of ajnana ("ignorance"); ajnana  is of the nature of Mithya, hinting differences between atman and Brahman. Then, all phenomenal expressions imagined on Brahman are denied and Brahman stands out as outside the negation Neti neti.

Nature of Non-difference
According to the Theory of the Pre-existent Effect, there is no annihilation of the existence, nor is there any creation of the non-existent, which means, there cannot be anything new or the destruction of what exists; and that there is no relation between cause and effect. With regard to the non-difference of the cause and the effect the general views are that, a) the difference (negation of non-difference) of the cause and effect is the essence (swarupa) of the cause and the effect, and the non-difference of them is their relation of identity; b) that difference of cause and effect is their essential quality and that their non-difference is the negation of that difference, and c) that both difference and non-difference are essential qualities of the cause and effect and are equally positive in character and colour. These views lead to the reasoning that non-difference of the cause and effect cannot be taken as absolutely different from them, non-difference is not an attribute different from cause and effect and if difference is interpreted as constituting the essential nature of the cause and effect, with non-difference qualifying it as an attribute then a rational conception of the relation between cause and effect cannot be formed. It is held that the effect before its manifestation remains undifferentiated in the cause, because the causal substance is the substance of the effect as a substance therefore, the effect cannot be different from the cause, it evolves out of the cause, it exists inseparable from the cause and at the time of destruction it merges in the nature of the cause. Also, specific features that constitute the effect are not different from the cause. Thus, the entire world which prior to its manifestation is existent in an unmanifest state in the nature of Prakrti, the Primal Energy, the modification of Prakrti resulting in the perceivable world does not make it lose its identity.
Existence is a manifestation of the unmanifest Brahman, and the individual souls (atman) are the reflections of Brahman and non-different from Brahman, but even then non-difference cannot become the content of awareness without reference to difference. To the Advaitins, non-difference is real and it is not known through reasoning. Brahman is then held to be knowable because it is different from empirical things.

Implication
Non-difference is the essential (svabhavika) condition  - He who knows the highest Brahman becomes Brahman Himself  and Being Brahman he goes to Brahman, while the distinction of souls from Brahman and each other is due to their limiting adjuncts (internal organs, sense-organs and the body), and the Upadhis that are produced, in accordance with the actions of the individual souls, as essentially non-different and different from Brahman.
Advaitins maintain the view that there is complete undividedness (akhandata) or identity (tadatmya) of the individual soul and Brahman; the former is the latter limited by artificial conditions (upadhis). According to Vijnanabhikshu, difference (bheda) and non-difference (abheda) can also be understood to mean separation (vibhaga) and non-separation (avibhaga).e.g. pure water poured into pure water. The statements that reject difference have as their concern difference in the sense of non-separation. As regards the difference in the sense of non-separation Brihadaranyaka Upanishad explains that the essence of that which is gross, mortal, limited and defined is the eye for it is the essence of the defined which means, the mental mode associated with comparison that gives rise to duality and multiplicity i.e. separateness, is connected with the eye. The essence of that which is subtle, immortal, unlimited, unchanging and undefined is the unseeable being that is in the right-eye. Similarly the defined is the Sun but the undefined is that which moves within the Sun.

Significance
With regard the meaning of Brahma Sutra II.i.15 which reads bhave cha uplabhdheha, Adi Shankara explains that it means - the effect is non-different from the cause for this further reason, that the effect is perceived when the cause is there, but not otherwise, it also means that not only is the non-difference of the cause and effect to be accepted on the authority of scriptures, their non-difference is also to be accepted on the strength of the existence of such a perception; for direct perception does occur about the non-difference of the cause and effect. And, with regard the interpretation of Brahma Sutra III.ii.22, Adi Shankara explains that neither the form of Brahman consisting of the phenomenal manifestations can be denied, nor Brahman, the possessor of form, for that would lead to nihilism. And that the unreal can only be denied on the basis of something real. Since the Sruti insists that Brahman is to be realized as existing  failing to reach which, words turn back with the mind ( it is the phenomenal expression alone of Brahman is denied and not Brahman which appears to be different during activity, yet intrinsically there is non-difference, mark the Mahavakya, Tat tvam asi and the Sruti vakya, There is no other witness but Him. The individual self, which is non-different from the supreme Self i.e. Brahman, does not become liberated so long as it persists to be by nature an agent and experience when at the same time that its identity with Brahman, realizable through knowledge, does not exist "because when there is duality, as it were, then one sees something" "but when to the knower of Brahman everything has become the Self, then what should one see and through what?"

References

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Roberto Soldado's role at Tottenham has become increasingly marginalised since Tim Sherwood took over the managerial reins.
Having started six of the new boss' first seven games in charge, the former Valencia striker has since spent four of the next five on the bench as Sherwood became more and more reliant on one man.
A trip to face former White Hart Lane boss Juande Ramos and his Dnipro side in the Ukraine could be Soldado's chance to claim his very own "Adebayor" moment, by coming back from the doldrums to inspire his side to victory.
The Togolese will be rested for the Europa League round of 32 first-leg clash, leaving the door wide open for Soldado to re-establish some confidence.
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The former Real Madrid man has netted 24 times in 35 appearances across his Champions and Europa League career and has scored half of his current tally of 10 in the European second tier this term.
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Morbific – Squirm Beyond the Mortal Realm
The sophomore album 'Squirm Beyond the Mortal Realm' by Finnish death metal trio Morbific adheres to the rotten roots of the early 90s death metal. This is a near-perfect record that comes highly recommended for fans of Funebre, Depravity, and Demilich. out via Me Saco Un Ojo Records (Vinyl), Memento Mori (CD) and Headsplit Records (Tape).
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Uighur woman living in France speaks out about alleged Chinese 're-education' camp horrors
Gulbahar Haitiwaji spent almost three years trapped in Xinjiang.
ByIbtissem Guenfoud and Guy Davies
Gulbahar Haitiwaji spent almost three years in one of Xinjiang's 're-education camps,' and has now written about her ordeal.
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PARIS and LONDON -- Gulbahar Haitiwaji says when she was summoned back to China to sign documents relating to her retirement as an oil company engineer in November 2016, she could not have possibly known the fate that awaited her. A member of Xinjiang province's Uighur ethnic minority, she had left the country for France 10 years earlier, but still possessed a Chinese passport.
After she was unable to grant one of her relatives power of attorney to handle the matter, she traveled to the country at the end of the month. She says she wasn't allowed to leave the country -- or see her husband, a fellow Uighur who had fled Xinjiang with whom she has two children back in France -- for the next three years.
Haitiwaji says she was lured back to the country under false pretenses and claims she was accused of being a terrorist and sentenced to seven years of detention in one of Xinjiang's notorious "re-education camps."
Now 54, Haitiwaji still wonders exactly why she was targeted. During police interrogations, she says she was shown a photo of her daughter at a protest by Uighurs in exile in Paris. But at her trial, Haitiwaji says she was asked about her daughter's activism, her own decision to leave China for France, and her choice to destroy the hukou -- a kind of household registration -- of her daughters and her husband.
"There were no lawyers, just our guards who stayed beside us without speaking," Haitiwaji told ABC News recently. "It lasted less than 10 minutes. They listed my 'crimes': I was accused of being a terrorist."
Haitiwaji's first-hand account is what human right groups say over 1 million Uighurs -- as well as ethnic Kazakhs and other Muslim minorities in the western province in Xinjiang have gone through in recent years -- a program of "permanent brainwashing" and "forced cultural assimilation," she said.
MORE: US bans all cotton and tomato products from Xinjiang over slave labor
Now free and back home in France, Haitiwaji has written a book with the French journalist Rozenn Morgat about her experiences entitled "Rescapée du Goulag Chinois" (Survivor of the Chinese Gulag), an English translation of which is to be published in the U.S. by the end of this year.
In the French version of the book, obtained by ABC news, Haitiwaji describes a horrific daily existence of interrogations, forced confessions, violence, malnutrition and brainwashing. Her account of life in a "re-education" camp in the district of Baijiantan near the oil-rich city of Karamay tells of long days in classrooms without windows, under a regimen of daily Communist Party propaganda, as well as recurring physical abuse. Inside, she wrote she was taught to repeat daily good wishes for President Xi Jinping and learn a glorified version of China's history, in order to prove her "re-education" and escape the life-threatening qualification of "terrorist," which would mean spending an even longer time in the camp.
Haitiwaji recounts physical exercise akin to military training and to the point of exhaustion. "Sometimes, some pass out," she wrote in the book. "If a prisoner remains unconscious despite the cries of the guards, one of them comes to pick her up unceremoniously with a pair of slaps."
Hoping to be released early, Haitiwaji says she opted for the strategy of the "diligent student" and "model inmate." In the meantime, she turned to God and began praying throughout the day and doing yoga while hiding her prayers from surveillance cameras.
Her account is in line with more than a dozen Uighurs previously interviewed by ABC News, but the Chinese government, in a statement from its embassy in Paris, blasted her story as a fabrication, as they have with others. They did however admit that they arrested Haitiwaji and placed her in custody.
In 2019, Nightline was granted a rare tour of a Chinese vocational center. Here, family members hold up pictures of their missing loved ones.
Some 385 're-education' camps in Xinjiang: Report
The Western region of Xinjiang is home to a myriad of ethnicities, most prominently Uighurs, who are linguistically and culturally distinct from the Han majority in China. Their main religion is Islam, and the language is a close relative to Turkish and not Mandarin.
Since the fall of the neighboring Soviet Union, some Uighurs' demands for more autonomy, fairer treatment, and their underlying friction with the influx of Han Chinese population resettling in the province have led to episodes of revolt and ethnic violence. Uighur anger boiled over in July 2009 when riots erupted in the regional capital of Urumqi, 197 died (mostly Han Chinese) and over 1,600 were wounded in revolts and attacks over several days, followed by a wave of arrests by the authorities.
In the following years, China was hit by a series of terrorist attacks including suicide car bombings in Urumqi and in front of Mao's portrait in Beijing's Tiananmen Square as well as a deadly knife attack at the Kunming Railway Station that killed 31 people. Chinese authorities blamed all these attacks on Uighurs indoctrinated by "foreign extremist thought" and Xi launched the "People's War on Terror" shortly after one Urumqi attack occurred during his visit to the city in 2014.
The region is a strategic place for Beijing, crucial to Xi's ambitious "One Belt One Road" project that aimed to recreate the Silk Road for current times, according to experts. This level of control escalated over the years, culminating in reports of an unprecedented wave of repression since 2017, the year in which the first "re-education camps" reportedly appeared.
MORE: Chinese Embassy tweet about Uighurs and birth rate draws instant condemnation
There are an estimated 13 million Uighur Muslims living in the province. Adrian Zenz, a senior fellow in China studies at the Victims of Communism Foundation, a non-profit that researches crimes in communist countries, who was in contact with Haitiwaji's husband while she was in captivity, estimates that up to 1.8 million have gone through some form of extrajudicial internment.
Workers walk by the perimeter fence of what is officially known as a vocational skills education centre in Dabancheng in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China Sept. 4, 2018.
Thomas Peter/Reuters, FILE
The Australian Institute of Strategic Studies says imagery shows evidence of at least 385 of such camps in Xinjiang, which the group says vary in terms of the severity of treatment handed down there. Some are "re-education centers," where detainees go through a cultural program. Others are forced labor camps, according to Zenz, who has published numerous reports on the scale of the crackdown.
Chinese officials have repeatedly insisted that these "re-education centers" are voluntary and deny allegations of human rights abuses in the region. The Chinese have touted the success of their campaign saying they have not had single terrorist attack since 2015.
This week, Zenz produced a report which said that some laborers in Xinjiang are moved "to other regions and other provinces are part of a state-run scheme to forcibly uproot them, assimilate them and reduce their population density." Such a system could amount to crimes against humanity, the report said.
Outside of the camps, reports suggest that Uighurs and other minorities now live under a surveillance state, where cultural activities cannot take place without official permission amid a broader crackdown on their lives. Reports have also emerged of the forced sterilization of Uighur women to control the population.
'Dead inside': A first-hand account
While what Haitiwaji has recorded is a similar treatment as to what has been widely reported in international media in recent years, her first-hand testimony offers a rare personal account of what life is like in the camps.
In the book, Haitiwaji says she was chained to her bed for 20 days and that she had become so desensitized to the program that she felt "nothing." One December night toward the end of her more than two-year detention she claims she was put into a truck, without being told where she was going, and while she feared she would be shot, her response was similarly passive. "By then, I was already dead inside," she said.
Early on, Haitiwaji's daughter convinced the French Foreign Ministry to plead for her release, as if she were a French citizen. The negotiations started and Haitiwaji's case was regularly mentioned at diplomatic meetings, as well as in the media. In March 2019, she says she went through another six days of interrogation in which she was again forced confessions and to say that her relations took part in an illegal organization of Uighurs in France led by a terrorist. After that, she was released and eventually flew back to France.
The Chinese Embassy in France released a statement saying that " Haitiwaji has long engaged in separatist and terrorist activities and is outright a separatist and a terrorist," who returned to Xinjiang in 2016 voluntarily and lived a "normal life" while there.
A Chinese police officer takes his position by the road near what is officially called a vocational education centre in Yining in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, Sept. 4, 2018.
Thomas Peter/Reuters
With dozens, if not hundreds of witness accounts now in the public domain regarding the camps in Xinjiang, the information about what is going on inside the secretive state is now fairly comprehensive, according to Zenz.
"About the mass internment, I think the information is quite complete now," he told ABC News. "We have satellite evidence, we have the leaked files such as the China cables. They gave us a lot of detailed information about how these places work... it shows that it particularly targeted men and heads of households. So we have quite a bit of detail, really, both about the scope, and about the nature of the internment campaign."
The Chinese Foreign Ministry in recent months has taken an increasingly proactive approach in pushing back on these witness accounts, trying to sow doubt in the victims' claims.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin accused one witness on Feb. 23 of being "an "actress" for certain elements to slander and smear China."
Beijing has, however, reserved particular ire for Zenz accusing the scholar of using "abused data, distorted materials, made up cases" and even hoping that "there will be a day when Adrian Zenz and other flagrant slanderers are punished by justice."
MORE: China conducting mass sterilization on Muslim minorities that could amount to genocide: Report
France's foreign minister says that France had "received testimonies and corroborating documents which show unjustifiable practices against the Uighurs and a large-scale institutionalized surveillance and repression system'."
'Ethnocide'
On its final day in office, the Trump administration said that China's abuse of its Muslim minorities constituted "genocide" and "crimes against humanity." The U.S. has banned the import of all cotton and tomato products from Xinjiang over fears they are produced by slave labor. But much of the world has been slow to criticize China in fear of economic retaliation, including Muslim-majority countries, Haitiwaji said.
A security camera are placed on the walls of a mosque in the Old City in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, Sept. 6, 2018.
"The economic power of China is unfortunately taking the upper hand on human rights issues," she told ABC News. "Even though I am happy to know that the name of Uighur is better known than before, I still hope for concrete actions and international pressure to close these camps."
Whatever international pressure comes China's way, however, it will be extremely difficult to change the country's course, Zenz said.
"China is just incredibly determined to bring this to its logical conclusion," he said. "It's a form of ethnocide -- the killing of an ethnic group by killing its identity. Assimilating [and] forcibly eradicating its religion, separating parents from children and educating the young generation at boarding schools, eliminating the language, the culture... It's a long-term form of breaking up communities, breaking up families, and exerting long term control over people's lives, regardless whether they are inside the camps or outside."
For Haitiwaji, she says there is now a constant fear of what will happen to the rest of the family who still live there.
"I fear especially for my family remained in China who are not at all aware of the existence of the book," she said. "But I still have to speak to bring out the truth. If my word can help close these camps, I will be satisfied."
Additional reporting by ABC News' Karson Yiu


I have to admit, I was incredibly nervous to see my show Thursday night at the 4th St. Theatre at the New York Theatre Workshop. I think it's to do with the fact that it was a completely new experience for me and my little playwright brain couldn't grasp the reality of it all- aside from the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway festival I had participated in 4 years ago, this was my first production in NY… and it was completely different and amazing for a whole-exciting-bunch of all new reasons.
But when I walked into the theatre, I was greeted by a voiceless director who was exhausted from the last minute tech-insanity, but who also seemed really happy with the work… so I settled in, took a breath, and let go.
The play began with an entirely different interpretation of the first scene than I'd imagined (there was dancing and shadow play!) and it completely surprised me – but in a really great way. You see, I'd written this play to be interpreted and designed – The text is the text is the text, but the staging and design of the play are not strongly indicated, so a director/design team can (and should) have fun manifesting the metaphorical nature of the events of the play… which of course runs the risk of someone getting a little too auteurish with the script, which in turn might make me cringe someday, but the fact is that I like writing for designers and directors and actors. I like giving them a jumping off point – dialogue, plot, a lot of visual challenges, and room to stretch their creative wings.
And I really loved the design that CAKE Productions and their director, Paul Urcioli, created.
The set was all white, the back wall moved as we dove deeper and deeper into Jane's nightmare, the many doors provided funny and poignant entrances and exits, and the lighting was really cool.
And the actors were amazing.
Having seen the show twice before in LA, I was prepared for the embraced wackiness of the play, but the actors and direction in this production actually grounded the play more than I'd seen before and it brought a wonderfully genuine gravity to the play. The play leans to the absurd, but Jane's crisis is a very real problem… the humor and pathos was really well-balanced in this production, and it drove the plays meaning all the way home – at least I thought so.
And I enjoyed the surprises – having worked on the play for so long, I'm very familiar with the text, but hearing it aloud again after the 4 years since the last production was a treat because I had done some rewrites. There were a few places I had honestly forgotten that I'd rewritten, so I found myself leaning in a bit more and being surprised by my own work. Then there were a few places where the director's choices changed the way a scene or moment played and I thought "Wow – that was totally not how I'd imagined it/seen it done before!" but in a really interesting and purposeful way that served the play well.
I walked out of the theatre feeling like a proud and honored playwright, like I'd just been to the interior of my play – past my own expectations and further into the world of Jane Doe.
And I can't wait to see it again tonight.


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Swargarohini is a famous peak located in Badrinath of Uttarakhand state. The Swargarohini is at the altitude of about 6252 meters. According to mythology, the hero Pandavas of Mahabharata and his wife Draupadi started traveling to this holy place to go to heaven, But four brothers and their wife Draupadi abandoned their body one by one while walking on the route. After that Pandavas elder brother Yudhishthar and Swan (Dog) went ahead with them to go to heaven. From this place, they both went to heaven. It is said that here there are stairs to go to heaven, which does not show cause for snow and clouds. That is why this place is known as named of Swargarohini. To reach here, you have to go by trek. Excessive snow and due to the lack of oxygen, traveling here is very difficult. The trekkers reach half way and come back after seeing this place from a distance because going forward can be proven dangerous.
Swargarohini at a distance of 4 km from Badrinath to Mana and 33 km trek from Mana.


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4 shrimp, 4 scallops, 4 squid, 4 mussels, 2 pieces of salmon, 2 pieces of tilapia, served over brown rice & topped w/ minced garlic steamed w/ white wine sauce, inside a lotus leaf.
Black angus ribeye steak w/ black pepper flavored sauce.
Marinated sliced lamb sauteed in spicy wine & garlic sauce, served over a spinach bedding.
Fillet of orange roughy, very lightly battered & touch fried. Served w/ a side of chef's special sweet citrus sauce.
Hunan style, marinated shrimp & scallops touch fried, very tender, sauteed w/ vegetables in spicy peppercorn sauce.
Chicken breast topped w/ shrimp, crawfish, garlic, red & green peppers. Sauteed in spicy dark sauce.
Touch fried marinated beef flamingly sauteed in spicy orange sauce.
Marinated beef, shrimp, chicken, sauteed w/ fresh mushrooms & vegetables in a special hot sauce.
Crispy chicken sauteed in a chef's special sauce.
Stir fried noodles w/ scallions, bean sprouts, & eggs sauteed in a thai specialty sauce, topped w/ freshly ground peanuts w/ chicken & shrimp.
Shrimp, squid, scallops, w/ mussels & filet of fish mixed w/ fresh basil, bell pepper, carrots, onions, & mushroom in a spicy sauce.
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Jumbo scallops sauteed w/ water chestnuts & tree mushrooms in spicy garlic sauce.
Marinated shrimp sauteed w/ spicy wine & garlic sauce, served over spinach bedding.
Marinated shrimp sauteed w/ water chestnuts & cashews in brown sauce.
Marinated shrimp sauteed w/ water chestnuts & tree mushrooms in spicy garlic sauce.
Very light dish, a weight watchers favorite.
Mixed vegetables sauteed w/ marinated shrimp in white wine sauce.
Shrimp, squid, mussels, scallops w/ filet of fish sauteed w/ fresh vegetables in a special white wine sauce.
Shrimp scallops, crab meat, fish, mussel, squid & vegetables sauteed in our special house sauce.
Chino antiguo, sabroso pero ruidoso.
Me encantó, me encantó, me encantó la Triple placer. Fuimos para cenar temprano y tienen un increíble especial. Tenía las sobras para el almuerzo del día siguiente. Aún así, delicioso. . .
Hemos estado buscando un nuevo restaurante, porque nuestro favorito restaurante chino cerrado. La comida no estaba grasienta y agradablemente picante.
Obtené respuestas rápidas del personal y los visitantes anteriores de Formosa Garden.


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Michigan Lake Profile – Gun Lake, Barry County
// March 20, 2020
Diverse fishery thriving on Barry County's Gun Lake
By Bill Parker
A diverse fishery, supplemented by a long-time walleye stocking program, awaits anglers in southern Michigan's Gun Lake.
Bass, pike perch, black crappie and bluegill populations are healthy in Gun. Stocking and limited natural reproduction has resulted in a decent walleye fishery, too, which is rare in this part of the state.
Resting along the western edge of Barry County, west of Hastings and adjacent to the Yankee Springs State Recreation Area, Gun Lake offers 2,680 acres of surface water. This large, spring-fed lake has a maximum depth of 68 feet. It features 17.8 miles of shoreline and 1.4 miles of shoreline in islands.
The lake has an irregular shape and two separate basins, one to the east and one to the west.
The west basin is shallow with a maximum depth of 5 feet throughout with the exception of Robin's Bay (34 feet) at the north end, and Pickerel Cove (25 feet) at the south end.
The east basin is riddled with contours, breaklines, humps, points and islands. There are several deep holes in the east basin with the deepest reaching 68 feet.
Gun Lake has numerous inlets, including one from Hall Lake, which feeds three walleye rearing ponds on the east shore. The outlet is the Gun River, a designated trout stream for most of its length.
If you're looking for a fish of Master Angler proportions, Gun Lake has plenty. No less than 30 fish meeting Master Angler standards have been caught in Gun Lake in the last five years. They include 11 longnose gar, seven black crappies, three pumpkinseed sunfish, three bowfin, and one each bluegill, rock bass, common carp, warmouth, bullhead and freshwater drum.
Gun has a long history of stocking by fisheries managers that dates back to 1873 when Atlantic salmon were planted. Over the years, American eel, yellow perch, bluegill, largemouth and smallmouth bass, muskie and walleye have been stocked in the lake.
Since 1984 the focus has been on stocking walleyes, most of which come from the three one-acre walleye rearing ponds, which were built in 1925 are still in use today by the Gun Lake Protective Association. More than 350,000 walleyes have been stocked in Gun over the past five years including 72,617 in 2019, 66,077 in 2018, and 91,702 in 2017.
"Gun Lake is typically stocked with spring fingerling walleye from the rearing ponds," DNR fisheries biologist Matt Diana wrote in a report following a pair of surveys of the fishery in 2015. "Fall fingerling walleye are purchased privately and periodically stocked in fall. These fish are larger and more expensive than spring fingerlings, but may have advantages in growth or survival."
The DNR conducted two surveys of the fishery in Gun Lake in 2015. According to Diana's report, 17,582 fish were collected representing 32 species of fish and minnows.
Bluegill was the most abundant game fish found in the survey. The 'gills ranged up to 9 inches and averaged 6.2. There were good numbers of black crappies, averaging 10.5 inches and ranging up to 13.
The survey also turned up good numbers of rock bass to 11 inches (average 6.9), yellow perch to 12 (average 8.8), and pumpkinseed sunfish to 9 (average 7.4).
Bass, pike and walleye are the main game fish predators in Gun Lake. The surveys produced good numbers of each.
Largemouth bass were abundant. They averaged a tad over 13 inches and fish up to 19 inches were captured. Northern pike averaged 23 inches and ranged up to 35, while walleyes averaged 18.9 and ranged up to 26.
"Walleye fishing opportunities are limited in southwest Michigan and Gun Lake provides one of the premiere walleye fisheries for this part of the state and is one of the largest lakes in the area," Diana wrote.
Light numbers of smallmouth bass also were captured. They averaged 15 inches and ranged up to 18.
"The overarching management goal for Gun Lake is to maintain a diverse fishery," Diana wrote. "This can be accomplished through continuing to stock walleye and promote largemouth bass, yellow perch, and bluegill fisheries. Efforts should be made to enhance habitat by promoting vegetation and woody habitat in the lake. In addition increased connectivity between Gun Lake and streams that feed and flow from the lake should allow fish passage and promote natural recruitment."
For walleyes, try drifting or slow-trolling nightcrawlers in 18 to 24 feet of water off Murphy's Point and over the sunken island north of Hasting's Point. Leeches and minnows will also catch fish.
Winter pike anglers rig tip-ups with large suckers and golden shiners. Good fishing is found between Blackbird Island and England's Point. Set tip-ups at varying depths to catch pike as they transition between deep and shallow water.
Summer anglers do well on pike by fishing shiners and suckers under a bobber on the large weedy flat between the park and Bairds Cove.
Bass are caught throughout the lake. The west bay is shallow and early in the season they'll stack up in the grass clumps. Anglers who drag bottom with crayfish imitators or cast crankbaits report good action.
As summer moves in the bass move deeper. Try casting tube baits or Rapalas in Robin's Bay, at Turtle Rock and in Pickerel Cove.
Access to Gun lake is available at several locations including two at Yankee Springs, both off Gun Lake Road. Camping is available at the park.
Gun Lake
Nearest town……….Orangeville
Surface water………..2,680 acres
Maximum depth………….68 feet
Water clarity…………………..Clear
Fish species present:
Black crappie, bluegill, bowfin, bullhead, carp, hybrid sunfish largemouth bass, longnose gar, northern pike, pumpkinseed sunfish, rock bass, smallmouth bass, white sucker, yellow perch and walleye.
DNR district fisheries office (269) 685-6851, the DNR web site www.michigan.gov/dnr, Gillett's Bait and Hardware (269) 672-5371.
Tags: largemouth bass, Northern pike, Perch, sunfish, Trout


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City Leaders Defy White House Threat On "Sanctuary" Policies
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NEW YORK (AP) – Ignoring fresh threats from the White House, city leaders across the U.S. are vowing to intensify their fight against President Donald Trump's promised crackdown on so-called "sanctuary cities" despite the financial risks.
"We are going to become this administration's worst nightmare," New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito said Monday during a gathering of municipal officials from urban centers such as San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Chicago and Philadelphia.
As is the case in several sanctuary cities, they promised to continue blocking cooperation between city police departments and federal immigration authorities. They also vowed to prevent federal agents from accessing their schools and school records, and they openly contemplated employing cities' rarely-used oversight and subpoena powers to investigate federal immigration practices.
The defiance that filled the New York City conference clashed with pointed warnings from the White House's West Wing, where Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a dire warning to urban leaders who embrace policies that help protect immigrants in the country illegally from deportation.
Such policies, Sessions said, "endanger the lives of every American" and violate federal law. He said the Trump White House could withhold or "claw back" funding from any city that "willfully violates" immigration law.
Sessions said the Justice Department would require cities seeking some of the $4.1 billion available in grant money to verify they are in compliance with a section of federal law that allows information sharing with immigration officials.
"I strongly urge our nation's states and cities and counties to consider carefully the harm they are doing to their citizens by refusing to enforce our immigration laws, and to rethink these policies," he charged.
The debate highlighted the nation's increasingly polarized view of immigration.
Trump won the presidency by appealing to white working-class voters in a campaign that regularly highlighted violent crimes committed by immigrants in the country illegally. Sessions drew from the same playbook at the White House podium on Monday, citing two recent murders committed by immigrants released by local authorities even though they were wanted by federal agents.
City leaders insisted such examples are the exception, not the rule. Philadelphia City Council member Helen Gym said immigrants in the country illegally are part of the "fabric of America."
"It's not like immigrants are dangerous. They're actually the ones in the most danger," Gym said, citing labor and housing practices that discriminate against immigrants.
Indeed, city officials on Monday shared stories of immigrants in their communities seized by federal immigration agents at their children's schools and at courthouses as they appeared as victims of other crimes. Gym said some landlords have used Trump's hardline immigration rhetoric to expel immigrant tenants.
There are an estimated 11 million immigrants living in the country illegally. There is no evidence that crime rates among immigrants are higher than native-born Americans.
Trump has made illegal immigration a priority.
He issued an executive order in January that directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to publish a weekly list of "criminal actions committed by aliens." The administration last week reported more than 200 cases of immigrants recently released from local jails before federal agents could intervene.
Lourdes Rosado, who leads the New York attorney general's civil rights bureau, insists that municipalities have legal standing to resist what she described as immigration overreach by the new White House.
"Sessions makes it sound as if we're breaking the law. But the point is, it's voluntary whether or not to cooperate," Rosado said, acknowledging that states and cities may have to resolve the issue in court. "Will they come after you? Maybe."
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this post was actually written by dr. brian dower, chiropractor who works out of park road healing arts. since i found myself nodding in agreement through the entire read i asked permission to post it here and he was kind enough to grant it.
As a species, we've stopped moving. Over the last few centuries, we've stopped spending days in the fields, planting and farming. We've stopped walking for hours to get to fresh water and food sources. We've stopped playing tag after school. We've stopped struggling with manually-operated clothes washing machines and pull-start lawn-movers. We've just stopped.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not advocating going back to the times of beating your clothes against a rock down by the river, or spending days in the bush, looking for edible berries. But I am strongly advocating more movement.
So you're getting the point, correct? In the past 50 years, we've become more sedentary than at other time in the evolution of our species. The problem is that evolution (from a DNA perspective) takes a lot more time (a lot!) to adapt to environmental changes than a generation or two. Your DNA expects you to be out there, moving and shaking and lifting and pushing, throughout your day. It doesn't expect us to sit with one hand hovering over a piece of plastic, craning our necks to look at a shiny screen, all day long.
When we move, we stimulate a part of our brainstem called the cerebellum, which in turn, stimulates our brain's learning centres, hormone control centres, emotional control centres, etc. in an extremely positive way. And when we don't move, those parts of the brain receive less stimulation.
So what can you do on a daily basis to increase your movement if it's likely that you'll be in an office job for the next 20 years? Take the stairs, get off the subway 2 stops earlier, get to the gym at lunch, and stretch every 20-30 mins at your desk.
Want to impress management with your forward thinking and your knowledge of ways to increase productivity of the brains they employ? Suggest what I like to call "Walk-It and Talk-It" meetings. The next time you need to sit down with a colleague or two and brainstorm, suggest that you have a walking meeting. Grab a pad and pen (or smartphone) for note-taking and get out there. Walk for those 20 mins instead of slumping over a table in that drab, cramped boardroom. Get some fresh air; stimulate that brain by getting your spine and limbs moving. Creativity is sure to be enhanced, as well your physical well-being.
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from town levies with leather jerkins to noble knights in full plate-armour. However, despite disparities in the value of the equipment each have their own vices and virtues, which is something that is reflected in the armour system of Gloria Victis.
Made either from Cuir Boulii or Quilted Fabric, they offer superior maneuverability as well as moderate protection. Due to the high availability of leather and cloth these armours are quite affordable and are therefore highly favoured by the common soldier as well as those on a tight budget. The light weight of these armours allows the wearer to nimbly dodge blows that would have been impossible to evade in a more cumbersome yet of armour.
Primarily consisting of leather but incorporates metal components such as mail in vital areas such as the chest. Armours from this class such as Brigandines offer substantial protection from damage without sacrificing too much maneuverability. Medium armours are also the most commonly sought after armour due to their versability and are the standard fare of infantry. However due to the increased workmanship required to craft these, there is a marked increase in the price of these armours compared to light armours.
The Plate-Armour provides unparalleled protection in the Medieval World. However due to the complex processes involved in the crafting of these armours they can only be afforded by the very rich. Though they offer superior protection Plate-Armour is cumbersome beyond belief, sapping a man of his stamina in a matter of minutes of fighting. The enclosed environment of Plate-Armour is unbearable on a summer's day and the experience compared to being boiled alive leaving the wearer hardly in a condition to fight. When combined with a mount and lance, heavy armour is truly something to be feared, the increased weight adding even more momentum to an already awe-inspiring cavalry charge.
weapons with their own specific purpose. Weapons in Gloria Victis each have their own unique purpose with certain weapons more effective against certain types of armour.
A wide variety of weapons exist for fighting in close quarters with the most common being the sword. The sword is designed for thrusting and cutting and therefore is an excellent candidate for dealing with unarmoured or lightly armoured foes. Though Plate-Armours are impervious to Swords as the blade would simply glance or be deflected by the curvature of the plate, there are certain weapons that are able to overcome the seemingly perfect protection of plate armour; daggers, war picks and stilettos are able to work their way through gaps of plate armour and weapons that deal blunt force such as Warhammers, Flails and Maces are able to transfer the force of an attack through the heavy plate and directly onto the person underneath.
These weapons have a much longer reach than the aforementioned type, done by extending a weapon's component using a wooden shaft. Asides from the obvious advantage of being able to engage enemies at a distance in which the same enemies cannot reach them, these weapons also benefit from the additional weight of the weapon itself, allowing the dealing of significant amounts of pierce damage. Though length is an advantage from a distance, the same cannot be said for close quarter fighting, with the longer weapons of this type such as Pikes, Halberds and Glaives to be next to useless though it is worthy to note that Voulges and Poleaxes can more than hold their own in the same situation due to their versatility. The Lance is the signature weapon of cavalry and when couched makes for a devastating charge.
The phrase practice makes perfect cannot be more true regarding missile weapons. Range weapons if used correctly are truly powerful weapons, able to claim the lives of foes well before you get in range of their weapons or in some cases, before they even see you. Missile weapons consists of three categories: Bows, Crossbows and Thrown Projectiles. Longbows and Composite Bows boasts superior firing speed as well as range, but their arrows lack the necessary power to punch through thicker armours. Crossbows on the other hand feature a much higher piercing power however also have a significatively lower fire rate compared to bows. There are various objects and weapons that can be thrown at foes but there have a very limited range due to limits on human strength. Missile weapons are an essential weapon for both assailants and the besieged in sieges, however defenders enjoy the luxury of greater projectile power as well as range due to their height advantage.


Describe situations for two leadership theories you have used. Why did you choose those leadership tactics? How effective or ineffective was your leadership style in the scenario you described? Based on your reading and research, which other leadership theories may have been applied successfully to the scenarios you described?
Briefly describe an organizational change you have experienced. Which leadership styles did you observe from those who implemented the change? If you also managed the change, what leadership style did you use? How did these leadership styles promote or impede the change initiative?
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Welcome to the Robert Wassell Online Galleries!
Landscape Painter Robert Wassell says that Southern California's Los Padres National Forest and Channel Islands are two Jewels in the Crown of America. The Artist has spent the last 30 years plus hiking, drawing, and painting these jewels, in both Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties in the state of California. This the Artist states is the essence of my work, humbly trying to capture the Penumbra of this pristine wilderness in his Landscape Paintings.
The Los Padres National Forest has majestic cliffs, breath taking water falls, deep swimming holes, narrow canyons, and spectacular vistas. The elevations go from sea level to the top of Mount Pinos at 8831 feet above sea level. By hiking the hundreds of miles of trails every week for decades he has gained an intimate knowledge of the Forest. He has been on most trails from Frazier Park in the north,to Gaviota on the west, and south to Point Mugu and Leo Carrillo State Parks.
This web site is an exhibition of the Artist Robert Wassell's most recent California Landscapes presented here for your consideration and enjoyment.
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My work is usually on display at the Buenaventura Gallery at 700 East Santa Clara Street Ventura, Their web site is: http://buenaventuragallery.org.


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The Last NFL Wild Card Game Goes Bust For The Bucs
Two things are certain following the last NFC Wild Card game Monday night between the Dallas Cowboys and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Dallas kicker Brett Maher needs to go back to kicking school and Bucs QB Tom Brady is not the player he used to be.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Tom Brady reacts on the field. The team lost their chance at advancing in the NFL postseason through a weak performance against the Dallas Cowboys. (Image: Getty Images)
Monday night was Dak Prescott's night, from start to finish. There have been questions about whether the Cowboys QB would be able to bounce back from injuries, and he silenced everyone with his performance.
Prescott went from possibly the worst performance of his career in his previous game to the best as he led the Boys to a 31-14 blowout. In front of Tampa Bay's fanbase at Raymond James Stadium, Dallas made easy work of Brady and the Bucs in the team's first playoff win on the road in three decades.
Control The Flow
The game got off to a slow start before Dallas moved out in front with a TD halfway into the first quarter. From there, they controlled the pace of the game.
Not even four missed extra points from Maher – an NFL record – were enough to change the flow of the game. If his goal were to tip the total one way or the other, he succeeded.
Dak Prescott has seen enough of the missed extra points. "Go for f**ckin' two!" pic.twitter.com/yuPH7FN8NE
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) January 17, 2023
Missing one extra point is one thing; missing four is insane. At about $1 million a year in salary for Maher, there's little excuse for repeatedly missing chip shots.
The Cowboys commanded the Bucs at every turn. They moved out to an 18-0 lead by the end of the first half and continued to stifle Tampa's offense in the second half. Brady tried to rally the Bucs in the fourth quarter, but the damage was already done.
One of the low points of the game occurred in that quarter. Bucs wide receiver Russell Gage was moving into position for a potential throw by Brady when he slipped on the grass. An incoming tackle may have altered the course of his career.
Cowboys safety Donovan Wilson accidentally clotheslined Gage from behind, causing his head and neck to jerk. Medical personnel rushed onto the field and carried him off on a stretcher before whisking him away to a hospital. The initial diagnosis was a concussion, but testing will continue Tuesday.
Some people tried to compare the incident to the one Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin received two weeks ago. However, they don't even come close. Hamlin was lifeless on the field before medical personnel resuscitated him. While Gage's injury was scary, comparing it to a life-ending injury seems out of place.
Prescott Rises To The Top
Prescott is now the first Cowboys player at any position to have scored five touchdowns in a postseason game. They were possible through four completions and a ground TD that left Tampa's defense looking like a freshman high school squad.
The six-year Cowboys veteran suffered a broken hand in the team's loss against Tampa at the beginning of the season. He had to miss five games after undergoing surgery but couldn't find his rhythm when he returned.
15 interceptions in 12 games put his future in doubt. He shut down the commentary last night, but still has a long way to go. Next up, the Boys will take on the San Francisco 49ers, who eliminated them from the playoffs last year.
What's Next For Brady
Meanwhile, questions linger for Brady, who never lost to the Cowboys in his 23-year NFL career. The seven-time Super Bowl champion, who tried to retire before the start of the current season, won't say whether or not he'll return next year.
Brady entered the game as an underdog for the first time in his playoff career. If he exits now, he'll leave on a sour note, although he can't take all the blame for the loss.
He only mustered two TDs, and put up an interception that was oddly uncharacteristic of his normal caliber. However, repeatedly, he didn't get the support he needed from the offense and never gained traction. He may have doomed his image when he decided to make another run for the 2022-23 season.
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Workplace managers are increasingly expected to take greater responsibility for the management, education and prevention of workplace bullying.
This Canadian article offers an interesting perspective on the requirements placed on employers under the new WorkSafeBC policies.
Not only do business owners (or HR Managers) need to effectively manage any bullying complaints, they also need to be proactive in preventing any workplace bullying and harassment from occurring in the first place.
The article states that many business leaders and HR professionals are overwhelmed by what is required to comply with the new set of three legally binding WorkSafeBC policies.
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Rumours surfaced that Shakib Al Hasan was returning to Dhaka in the middle of the Asia Cup tournament due to his daughter falling sick. Shakib's wife Ummey Al Hasan responded to such rumours today via her verified Facebook profile, criticizing the news as 'yellow journalism' to get 'bumper views'.
The all-rounder was struggling with a finger injury ahead of the series and some media outlets reported that he was returning home. Shakib's wife reiterated that the pair's daughter was already sick before the Asia Cup and informed that the cricketer was not returning home.
"Yellow journalism at its best. Without knowing anything they like to make up a story and shoot it in the market for bumper views and of course that has to be Shakib Al Hasan. My daughter fell sick before Asia cup started and no he's not going back to Dhaka, it was never in the mind. There has been many other situations he needed to be by his family but we sacrifice as a family for the country. You might have forgotten that he couldn't be there for the birth of his first child. And this guy is playing with an injury knowing it will cost him in the long run."
She also wrote that it was not a patriotic stance to feed fake news since Bangladesh are currently playing in an important tournament.
"Playing with a player's concentration with negative news before any match is not patriotic. I stand against yellow journalism," the cricketer's wife wrote on a Facebook post.


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This is a new thing I am trying out where I am going to post some little screenshots or photos of the projects for the week in all of their insanity and variety. Honestly some weeks may be boring and others, like this week, wreak of ADHD.
I was all over they place between projects for both my professional job and my personal work.
So, I think it would be easiest and quicker (hence the name) to just post the images and then if you have questions about any of them you can just comment and I will tell you the story! This will help this neat little post happen quicker which will help me with what will hopefully be a weekly constancy.
This week's work ranged from everything from video (photo below courtesy of Chelsi Harris)and light animation work to some doodles getting my illustration bug out and then adding layered whites with opacity to try out the drawing controls with my Note3 and its stylus. Yeah, I'm a fan, lol!!!
Here is goes, the first QuickShot post!!
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A: You need to run fsck manualy.  boot with a dvd or pendrive and got to a terminal.
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Device       Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sda1     2048   1050623   1048576   512M EFI System
/dev/sda2  1050624   1550335    499712   244M Linux filesystem
/dev/sda3  1550336 468860927 467310592 222,9G Linux LVM

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Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root: 213 GiB, 228665065472 bytes, 446611456 sectors

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ABC was the only network with any changes in the adults 18-49 ratings from Thursday's fast nationals to the finals. The game adjusted up to a 7.7 rating, the best for the six games to date and a tenth higher than Monday's Game 5. "Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night" (1.3) and "NBA Countdown" (2.0) are also ahead of Monday's final numbers.
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Character Spotlight: "The Swamp Thing Cheat Sheet"
Posted on May 29, 2019 June 12, 2019 by Sayge Kortenber
The DC Universe is adding a new show to their app for the month of May and that show is Swamp Thing. This highly anticipated release will feature the hero at his home in the bayou of Houma, Louisiana. He is a humanoid/plant elemental who is trying to hold on to his own humanity as he is living life as a magical plant being.
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Swamp Thing was created by Len Wein, who wrote the first thirteen issues before it was taken over by different writers. The design of this classic comic book character was created by Bernie Wrightson. He based the design on Wein's sketch of the character. This humanoid plant hero was multiple people but the first one was Alex Olsen. Alex was a young gifted scientist in Louisiana in the 1900s. When the comic became an ongoing series, his name changed to Alec Holland. For the rest of this article, we will be talking about Alec Holland as Swamp Thing.
Alec Holland lived in the Louisiana swampland with his wife Linda. Together they created a Bio-Restorative Formula. In a fiery explosion, a bomb went off in Alec's lab, drenching him in their formula. He ran into the swamp with the formula affecting the swamp area around him. Alec's consciousness merges with the swamp and transforms into a humanoid form. It should be noted that Alec's body is not inside Swamp Thing but just Alec's merged consciousness.
The Powers Of The Swamp Thing
The powers of Swamp Thing include super-strength and the ability to sustain himself. He has control of all plant life and can communicate with the soil and plants at all times. Like most comic book heroes, he has multiple different abilities that are up to the author of the story at that time.
In contrast to how powerful he is, he does have one big weakness: pollution. Swamp Thing is one of the best heroes to portray in 2019 because of the problems with pollution we have in real life. The character's connection to the Green shows visually what pollution can do to the Earth, represented in the form of this humanoid swamp character.
The Green is basically the force that connects all plant life on Earth. A lot of others in the DC Universe are able to talk to the Green, such as Poison Ivy, Black Orchid, and Tefe Holland, just to name a few.
The Green is an important part of Swamp Thing. Alec was made into this plant because the Green needed a protector. Alec becomes the protector of plant life and the Earth.
Comics You Should Read
Here are some of our favorite Swamp Thing comics:
Swamp Thing: The Bronze Age Vol. 1 by Len Wein, Bernie Wrightson, and Nestor Redondo.
Saga Of The Swamp Thing Book 1 by Alan Moore.
Swamp Thing: Raise Them Bones Vol. 1 by Scott Snyder, Yanick Paquette, and Marco Rudy.
Swamp Thing Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan, Steve Lieber, Roger Peterson, Paul Pope, and Guy Davis.
The DC Universe Show
The show officially comes out on the DC app May 31st. Following the release of Doom Patrol, which got great reviews, we don't expect anything different with this series. Here is the trailer if you have not watched it yet. James Wan (Aquaman and The Conjuring) is the executive producer, which is very exciting for a show like this.
The main cast so far currently lists Andy Bean as Alec Holland, Derek Mears as Swamp Thing, Crystal Reed as Abby Arcane, Jeryl Prescott as Madame Xanadu, Henderson Wade as Matt Cable, Maria Sten as Liz Tremayne, Virginia Madsen as Maria Sunderland and Kevin Durand as Jason Woodrue.
A Quick Run Down Of All These Charters
We hope you know who Alec Holland is since you've gotten this far into this article. We'll take a quick look at some bios for the rest of the cast based on who they are in the comics.
Abby Arcane is Alec Holland's wife; she has psychic powers and is the niece of Anton Arcane.
You may know Madame Xanadu by her other name, Nimue Inwudu; she is an immortal mystic.
Matt Cable first appeared in the debut issue of Swamp Thing. He is a man from the government who was assigned to protect Alec and Linda Holland.
Liz Tremayne is a journalist and host of the TV show In-Depth Magazine. Her employer is Sunderland Corporation. In the comics, she investigates the deaths of Alec and Linda Holland. She ends up finding incriminating evidence that leads to her employer helping with the deaths of these two scientists.
Maria Sunderland is the original character for the 2019 show.
Last but not least is Jason Woodrue; he is a Floronic Man. General Averly Sunderland hires Woodrue to figure out how Alec became the Swamp Thing. In his Floronic Man form, he is able to merge with and mentally control plants.
Swamp Thing: In Review
Swamp Thing is a comic book hero because of Lein Wein and Bernie Wrighton. Wein came up with the character on the subway in Queens – a place you would think one would find inspiration for a plant being, though he had no name yet. Wein said,
"I didn't have a title for it, so I kept referring to it as 'that swamp thing I'm working on.' And that's how it got its name."
We at The Daily Fandom can't wait to check out this new series. We hope this cheat sheet is useful to anybody looking for some backstory to help enjoy the show.
Posted in Character Spotlight, Comics, DC, Essential Reading ListsTagged comic analysis, DC Comics, DC Universe, Swamp Thing


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For Channel Islands High School's last Raider Hero of the school year, the Isle File wanted to select and honor a special candidate that has given hope, safety, and guidance to the Islands for 18 years.
We proudly announce Channel Islands' school resource officer, Tamara McCready, as our Raider Hero for this issue.
Since November of 1999, Officer McCready has been serving Channel Islands by keeping the peace and guiding students onto a better path. She has made strong, long-lasting connections with the students and staff members.
McCready decided to become a school resource officer ever since her past experience as an officer at Oxnard High School, where she worked for two weeks.
During those two weeks, however, the officer found her passion.
"I realized that I wanted to take a route with my career where I could have positive interactions with students," McCready said.
Two years later, McCready was offered a job at Channel Islands, which she gladly accepted. Eighteen years ago, she walked into Channel Islands' main office and met Ms. Lita Hernandez, the school's copy room clerk. Hernandez remembers it as if it was yesterday.
"At the time, I was the office teller and when she came in, I just introduced myself," the clerk said.
That was the start of a long-lasting friendship that continues today. Throughout the years, the two have strengthened their bond and have had many memorable moments.
The officer herself shares some of her memories as well.
Ms. Hernandez isn't the only one with a strong relationship with the officer. Mr. Pete Rivas, who claims to be 6 feet tall, also talks very highly of Officer McCready. He talks about her many contributions to the school.
"Officer McCready is amazing; she is an advocate of the Raiders for Animal Rights club with Ms. Adrian, consults with parents and holds workshops with them in the evenings, and has guided countless kids both in the school and the community," Mr. Rivas said.
Another individual with a strong connection to the officer is Genesis Perez, a CI junior. Perez met McCready through RAR Club, but they deepened their connection during Perez's freshman year.
However, as a school resource officer, Officer McCready's time at CI isn't exactly unlimited. The normal term of a school resource officer at a school is only two years. McCready has, again, been at CI for eighteen years. At the beginning of July, McCready will be assigned back to patrolling the city.
This was astonishing news to many, but it hasn't been the first time McCready was assigned to leave the Islands. There have been previous petitions that were held to keep the trustworthy officer at CI.
While she is leaving the school, McCready will always hold CI close to her heart.
"I love the vibe at Channel Islands – the diversity, the family atmosphere and the students and the staff here," said McCready.
The officer's attendance at the Islands has left a major impact on the staff.
"She is the best school resource officer in the district. Because of her, my whole outlook on life has changed," Mr. Rivas said.
Officer McCready will be gone from the school, but Channel Islands will forever welcome the officer and she will always be one of our Raider Heroes.


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In a selective example, a single centre in Melbourne documented an infection rate associated with hip and knee arthroplasty at approximately 5%.4 These SSIs were associated with a significant increased cost for arthroplasty (61% increased cost, p<0.001), including increased length of stay.
The authors indicated that these high costs were unsustainable and that development of effective, evidence-based interventional strategies was strongly warranted.
Timely and appropriate antimicrobial prophylaxis.
Each of these measures had peer evidence-based publications to validate the practice, and institutions that failed to document a high compliance to these four measures (>90%) risked losing 1–2% of governmental reimbursement.
The 13 evidence-based interventions have a focal impact on either reducing the element of contamination within the surgical wound prior to closure or enhancing the immune processes within the surgical wound bed.
Of course, this does not preclude the emergence of additional evidence-based practice, since, after all, evidence-based medicine is a moving target, but the present 13 represent in 2018 the current wealth of well-designed clinical studies, meta-analysis and national and international guideline recommendations.
The table above is a brief comparison of the four National (CDC), International (WHO), Societal (ACS) and the Wisconsin-based SSI prevention guidelines. For a larger image, click here.
In the past, one of the more controversial interventional elements was the use of antimicrobial (triclosan-coated) sutures. This technology was commercially released in 2002 without the benefit of clinical trial data, making it difficult for surgical practitioners to assess its clinical benefit as a risk reduction intervention.
In light of recent published studies documenting the rate of surgical site infection among selective Australian patient populations, one can muse on the intrinsic benefit of developing standardised evidence-based surgical care bundles as an effort to thwart the significant personal and fiscal morbidity associated with these serious infections.
We can never forget the benefit of 'clinical expertise' as we move forward in our implementation of an effective evidence-based surgical care bundle.
*Dr Charles E Edmiston, Jr., PhD, CIC, FIDSA, FSHEA, FAPIC is Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA.
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Edwards JR, Peterson KD, Andrus ML, Dudeck MA, Pollock DA, Horan TC. National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Report, data summary for 2006 through 2007, issued November 2008. Am J Infect Control 2008;36:609-626.
Peel TN, Cheng AC, Liew D, Buising KL, Lisik J, Carroll KA, Choong PFM, Dowsey MM. Direct hospital cost determinants following hip and knee arthroplasty. Arthritic Care and Res 2015;67:782-790.
Edmiston CE, Spencer M, Lewis BD, Brown KR, Rossi PJ, Hennen CR, Smith HW, Seabrook GR. Reducing the Risk of Surgical Site Infections: Did We Really Think That SCIP Would Lead Us to the Promise Land? Surgical Infection 2011;12:169-177.
World Health Organization. WHO Global Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection. Geneva [Switzerland]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.gov/books/ NBK401132/.
Ban KA, Minei JP, Laronga C, et al. American College of Surgeons/Surgical Infection Society Surgical Site Infection Guidelines-2016 update. Surg Infect 2017:18:379-382.
Berrios-Torres S, Umscheid CA, Bratzler DW, et al. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017JAMA Surg 2017;152:784-791.
Edmiston CE, Borlaug G, Davis JP, et al. Wisconsin Division of Public Health Supplemental Guidance for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection: an evidence-based perspective, January 2017. https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov /publications/p01715.pdf.
Edmiston CE, Goheen MP, Krepel C, Seabrook, GR, Johnson CP, Lewis BD, Brown KR, Towne JB. Bacterial Adherence to Surgical Sutures: Is There a Role for Antibacterial-Coated Sutures in Reducing the Risk of Surgical Site Infections? J Am Coll Surgeons 203:481-489.
Edmiston CE, Daoud FC, Leaper D. Is There an Evidence-Based Argument for Embracing an Antimicrobial (Triclosan) Suture Technology for Reducing the Risk of Surgical Site Infections (SSIs): A Meta-Analysis? Surgery 2013;154:89-100.
Wang ZX, Jiang CP, Cao Y, Ding YT. Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of trioclosan-coated sutures for the prevention of surgical site infection. British J Surg 2013;100;465-473.
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Leaper DJ, Edmiston CE, Holy CE. Meta-analysis of the potential economic impact following introduction of absorbable antimicrobial sutures. British Journal Surgery 2017;104:e134-e144.
Leaper D, Tanner J, Kiernan M, Assadian O, Edmiston CE. Surgical site Infection: Poor Compliance with Guidelines and Care Bundles. In Press: Int J Wound Medicine 2015;12:357-362.
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