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Science Fiction Film and Television
True crime: Orphan Black's Cold River and the history of American eugenics
Nathaniel Comfort
Liverpool University Press
Volume 11, Issue 3, Autumn 2018
True crimeOrphan Black's Cold River and the history of American eugenics
Nathaniel Comfort1 (bio)
Orphan Black, season two, episode six, 'To Hound Nature in Her Wanderings' (24 May 2014): out of the glare of a hot afternoon, Sarah Manning enters the cooling gloom of a small-town church. She and Helena have come here in search of answers to questions about their origins, about Project Leda. The ensuing scene taps into the rich vein of history of the American eugenics movement of the Progressive era–meanwhile demonstrating Orphan Black's facility with the history of science. Solid historical grounding enables the show to address, with a dexterity rare for television, complex moral and ethical issues surrounding contemporary uses of the genome and reproductive technology. As the series demonstrates, good history may indeed be the best guide to the big issues.
In the scene, photographs are visible hanging along the back wall. A deacon asks pointedly if she can help Sarah. 'What is this place?', Sarah asks, pointing at stills of a compound of imposing brick buildings. 'That's the Cold River Institute', the woman answers. Her aggression ticks up a notch: 'What's your interest in it?' Sarah melts her interlocutor's defences and talks her way downstairs, into the Institute archives. The dark secrets she learns there about the origins of Project Leda–her origins–are clever fictionalisations of the real history of American eugenics. Looking at the history behind the fictional scene provides an opportunity to look at continuity and change from the factual history of genetics to a fictional clonal future. It enables us to look at the consequences of human biological engineering at once prospectively, retrospectively and synthetically. [End Page 377]
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Season 2, episode 6, 'To Hound Nature in Her Wanderings' (24 May 2014), Orphan Black: The Complete Collection. BBC Home Entertainment, 2017.
'Cold River' is a riff on Cold Spring Harbor, a village built around whaling, on the north shore of New York's Long Island. From 1910 until 1940, across the small harbour lay the Eugenics Record Office, a research institute/training school/ propaganda and education clearing-house for eugenics, alongside two other laboratories, all under a single director.2 By the time the Office was shuttered, on New Year's Eve, 1939, it housed millions of 'eugenic records' containing a mélange of descriptions of traits, inheritance patterns (real or imagined) and pedigree information. The Office had by then descended into self-parody, its leading figures having long since left behind any traces of objectivity or clean experimental design in favour of supporting their increasingly dogmatic norms of race, ethnicity, class, gender, ability and religion. But in the 1910s and 1920s, Cold Spring Harbor had substantial cultural influence in America. Social and scientific interest in eugenics has been global for more than a century, but the US has the dubious honour of having been, during the 1910s and 1920s, the world leader in active eugenic policy–and Cold Spring Harbor was the flagship institution of American eugenics.3
A church was an apt location choice for the archives of a eugenic breeding program, as eugenics and religion do indeed have a long and tangled shared [End Page 378] history. By setting the Cold River Institute archives in a house of worship, Orphan Black draws out the rich narrative possibilities implicit in the tension between religion and science–a theme the show develops extensively with the Proletheans, religious extremists who believe that cloning and synthetic biology are spiritual practices. In so doing, it picks up on themes explored by authors of the time, such as Sinclair Lewis, whose Arrowsmith (1925) and Elmer Gantry (1927) both satirised the twin faiths of science and religion. Scientists often portrayed the need for eugenics in apocalyptic terms, offering explicit religious justifications.4 They also used churches–some doubtless similar to the one in the episode–as mouthpieces for eugenic propaganda. In 1926, the American Eugenics Society sponsored a 'Eugenic Sermon' contest. They encouraged ministers and preachers across the country to deliver sermons on genetic improvement–especially one's duty to not burden future generations with 'defective' offspring. In...


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About Sigal
As Birthday Presents Go, This One Takes the Cake!
Sigal Chattah
(Sigal Chattah) – Today's the 47th anniversary of the day I came kicking and screaming into this world.
And what a birthday present I got this morning when I read that Liberty Watch Magazine – "The Gold Standard of Conservatism" – had endorsed me in the Republican primary for the Nevada attorney general's race!
In case you're not a subscriber, here's what LWM wrote…
This one's a no-brainer. When Gov. Steve Sisolak shut the state down in March 2020, Sigal Chattah, as a private attorney, began suing his administration and challenging the constitutionality of a number of its "emergency" declarations.
She and her co-counsel in the suits, Joey Gilbert (candidate for governor), successfully forced Sisolak and the current Attorney General, Democrat Aaron Ford, to fully reopen Nevada's churches ten days before Christmas that year.
She then successfully forced Sisolak to administer the limited number of early COVID vaccines in 2021 to high-risk populations before young, healthy government workers, and sued the Clark County school district over its mask mandate for students.
Sigal is also representing, pro bono (free), Repair the Vote PAC, an organization being sued by Democrats who are trying to block a pair of election security ballot initiatives.
The Republican establishment recruited in February a last-minute, moderate Republican primary opponent, Tisha Black, who they can control.
Black got crushed in her race for county commissioner in 2018, and then dropped off the radar screen politically, devoting her time and attention instead to legal matters related to her family's marijuana dispensary business.
Over the years, she's also donated heavily to Democrats such as Harry Reid, Catherine Cortez Masto and even Gov. Sisolak.
Sigal is an experienced constitutional conservative who has signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge promising to oppose any and all efforts to increase taxes. And that's important when you consider the fact that AG Ford unsuccessfully went to court to DEFEND a pair of tax hikes passed by Democrats without the required 2/3 super-majority.
Black has refused to sign the Tax Pledge and is only now speaking up on important issues – but not actually doing anything about them – out of pure political opportunism and in a vendetta against a true constitutional conservative and fighter.
This one's a no-brainer. Liberty Watch endorses Sigal Chattah for Attorney General.
What a way to start a birthday! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!
But this race is far from over.
The movers and shakers and political king-makers in the Republican Establishment, along with a number of deep-pocketed Sisolak mega-donors, have ponied up big time to fund Tisha's campaign against me.
So instead of buying me dinner, jewelry, flowers, chocolates, a waffle iron – or even a new Zev Tech OZ9c Elite Pistol with the X Grip, Compact FDE Slide, Black Barrel and Trijicon RM06 Optic – if you want really make this a day to celebrate…
Please consider making a $47 dollar donation – or whatever amount you find comfortable – to my campaign so we have the funding needed to win this race and beat the Carson City power-brokers in June.
That would be the best birthday present I could possibly get!
Sigal
"Conservatives need to unite behind the most effective anti-Republican establishment candidate." – Veteran conservative strategist Richard Viguerie
Ms. Chattah is an Israeli-born Las Vegas attorney running for the Republican nomination for Nevada Attorney General
Nevada Court Clash over Voter ID Next Week
(Sigal Chattah) – A recent Monmouth poll showed that 80 percent of people support requiring voters to show some kind of voter ID before voting, including 91 percent of Republicans, 87 percent of independents and 62 percent of Democrats.
Currently, 36 states have some form of voter ID law. Nevada isn't one of them…yet.
Repair the Vote PAC has submitted a citizens' initiative to institute such a requirement in Nevada and is in the process of gathering enough signatures to place it on the ballot in November.
But Democrats, desperate to keep it easier to cheat, have sued to block the initiative. The first hearing is scheduled for next week in Carson City.
I've volunteered, pro bono (free), to defend the initiative for Repair the Vote. And for the last couple of weeks, I've been buried in research and writing the court briefs between campaign stops.
My GOP primary opponent, Tisha Black – who's been missing in action during the last two years of political war over Gov. Steve Sisolak's abuse of "emergency" powers – is doing her part on this critical issue…
Posing for photo ops.
While my nose was buried in law books preparing our case last weekend, Tish put down her cotton candy long enough to stop by the Repair the Vote booth at the Clark County Fair in Logandale and snapped a Polaroid for social media.
This is the difference between talking about an issue of concern to voters and actually doing something about it. It's also par for Tisha's course.
On her campaign website, Tish writes that she understands "the wide spread damage caused by mask mandates" and claims she'll "put parents concerns and children's right to learn ahead of cruel political mandates."
Tough talk. But no action. Or as they say in Texas, all hat and no cattle.
For the last two years, I've successfully fought Sisolak and his Attorney General, Aaron Ford, in court over those "cruel political mandates."
We succeeded in forcing them to fully reopen our churches 10 days before Christmas in 2020, forced them to administer the COVID vaccine to high-risk citizens before giving it to young, healthy government workers in 2021, and have an open case pending on the mask mandates for kids in schools.
And I'm now fighting for election security.
As Lt. Sam Weinberg said in the movie A Few Good Men, it's the difference between paper law and trial law.
Anyone can say and write anything. And Tish is very good at saying and writing what she thinks people want to hear.
But when the rubber meets the road, there's a big difference between talking big and actually going to court to fight on your behalf.
If Republicans want to nominate a candidate who looks sweet, takes great selfies and talks a good game but never actually plays, Tisha Black's your gal.
But if you want a candidate who's already been suiting up and slugging it out on the field with those on the left intent on stripping you of your constitutional rights, then I ask for your vote on June 14th.
P.S. Lest ye think I'm exaggerating about Tish being a photo-op queen and "Democrat plant," here's a recent photo she posted on social media…
For those who may not have long memories or suffer the occasional "Biden moment," Mr. Mack is a former Democrat city councilman in Las Vegas who was forced out of office for ethical violations.
Here's how Damon Hodge of Las Vegas Weekly detailed his transgressions back in 2004…
"Accepting money from one car-dealership owner while voting to deny a competitor's application. Criminal charges. Curious business ventures, including a consulting company whose associates and clients have remained secret. A curious business alliance with one of the mayor's sons. Hired to represent a strip club in the city's jurisdiction. Using City Hall to promote family interests. His name surfaced in the G-Sting political corruption probe."
If you're known by the company your keep, Tisha Black certainly runs with some strange company. Doesn't she know any ethical REPUBLICAN business owners she could pose with?
But again, this is par for Tisha's course.
Over the years, she's been a generous donor to various Democrat candidates – including Sen. Harry Reid, Gov. Steve Sisolak and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto – while failing to support their GOP opponents.
That's not "business." That's personal.
"Who you walk with says much about who you are." – Veteran GOP strategist Richard Viguerie
Not Ready for Prime Time: "Tish the Squish" Fumbles on Nevada Newsmakers
(Sigal Chattah) – Tisha Black, my GOP primary opponent in the Nevada attorney general's race, just did her first interview with Sam Shad on Nevada Newsmakers. And it did not go well; definitely not ready for prime time.
Right out of the gate, "Tish the Squish" demonstrated how she's good at talking the talk, but not so great at walking the walk. On the issue of taxes, she said…
"As a businesswoman of 25 years, I really understand how taxes and policies affect the bottom line, affects businesses and affects communities."
Well, if she really understood how taxes affect businesses and Nevada citizens, she'd put her money where her mouth is and, as I have, sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge promising to "oppose any and all efforts to increase taxes."
She hasn't. I wonder why not?
Then, after complaining about me getting so much attention over the past two years by successfully fighting Gov. Steve Sisolak's shutdowns and COVID mandates, Shad asked if she'd be willing to come back on the show and debate me.
Tish was clearly uncomfortable answering the question, which she apparently was unprepared for. After gently chiding Shad for asking her the question on-air, she responded, "Yes, I would." To which Shad responded, "OK, very good."
But then "The Squish" immediately went squishy, adding: "Time permitting."
Shad, a veteran at dealing with such equivocation from politicians, assured her he would "make the time for you, that's for sure."
And so will I!
Tish was then asked to detail the kinds of legal work she does as an attorney. She rattled off some examples of contract law and regulatory cases she handles for businesses…but somehow managed to omit any mention of her work in the marijuana industry.
Shad caught her evasion and brought it up.
But in answering the pot question, Tish chose not to mention the fact that her family is DEEPLY invested in marijuana dispensaries and conveniently failed to note that, until she decided to jump into the AG's race just two months ago, she was the president of the Nevada Dispensary Association.
That, of course, raises serious conflict-of-interest concerns. No wonder she chose not to disclose it.
Tish then went on to make a rather bizarre claim about the illegal marijuana market in Nevada now that dispensaries are legal…
"Um, the black market has actually raised its prices and they've actually been advertising on billboards."
Huh? Illegal street dealers are advertising on billboards? Seriously?
But if true (doubtful), why didn't she do anything as president of the marijuana association to report those billboards and get them taken down?
On to Sisolak's handling of COVID…
"The mask mandate, obviously, is something I have a problem with," The Squish ventured. "Uh, uh, and, and I, I guess, I don't think that is, um, the place of government to be that intricately involved in this physicality."
So…the government did it…she says she has a problem with it…but she didn't DO anything about it. "Thank you, sir. May I have another?"
Shad then asked her about concerns Republicans have about her history of making substantial contributions to Democrats, and my reference to her as a "progressive plant" in this race.
"It's ridiculous, because I'm a business person," The Squish replied. "As business people, you know, we, we, it's not, it's not unusual at all for business people to get to know their politicians by trying to make, you know, donations to them or, um, at least have a seat at the table when you're trying to talk about policy or craft things, right? I, I think, that, the 'progressive plant' is, you know…I don't even play in the sandbox. I'm not going to live in Sigal's sandbox."
Glad to see I'm living rent-free in her head! But here's the thing…
Tish maxed out to Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada's 2016 U.S. Senate race ($5,000). In that same race, she donated ZERO to the Republican candidate, then-Rep. Joe Heck.
Now bear in mind, this was an election in which The Cook Political Report, the Rothenberg Political Report and Real Clear Politics all listed the race as a "Toss Up" going into election day.
So if your excuse is that business people give donations to Democrats to "get to know their politicians" and "have a seat at the table," why would you NOT also donate to the GOP candidate, a sitting member of Congress, who was running neck-and-neck with the Democrat in the race?
Also, in the 2012 race for Assembly District 37, Tish donated to the Democrat candidate, Marcus Conklin, but not the Republican candidate, Wes Duncan.
And in the 2014 race for Nevada attorney general, Tish donated to the Democrat candidate, Ross Miller, but not to GOP candidate Adam Laxalt.
Frankly, it's Tisha's excuse for donating to Democrats that's "ridiculous."
She didn't donate to the Democrat candidates because it was a business decision and she was covering her bets. It was because she preferred the liberal Democrat candidates over the conservative Republican ones.
She's a "progressive plant." A trans-Republican (Democrat who "identifies" as a Republican).
But this last point is probably the thing GOP primary voters should be most concerned about…
When Shad pressed her on the fact that "politics ain't beanbags" and questioned if she had the stomach for a tough race, Tish replied, "I'm no wilting lily."
But earlier in the interview, when Shad asked what problems she had with Aaron Ford, Tish replied…
"Well, let's…let's be clear. Um…I don't…I'm not…I'm not going to be a nasty politician. I don't have any problems personally with Aaron Ford."
I gotta tell you, I have a LOT of problems with Aaron Ford…
He defended Sisolak's "Declaration of Emergency"
He defended Sisolak's shutdown orders
He defended Sisolak's mask mandates
He defended the Democrats unconstitutional tax hike in 2019
He supported the Black Lives Matter/Antifa rioters
He supports soft-on-crime "social justice" reforms
He supports race-based discrimination/affirmative action
He supports illegal immigration
He supports abortion on demand
He supports gun control
He opposes the death penalty
He opposes school choice
He opposes election security reforms
He endorsed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris (look where that's gotten us!)
And he plays the race card…every…chance…he…gets.
And Tisha doesn't have any problems personally with that?!!
Look, I get it. She's sugar, she's spice, she's everything nice. She's blond, she's cute, and at parties she's a hoot.
But she's not tough. She's not a fighter. She's afraid of confrontation.
Aaron Ford, who she has no problems with, would make mincemeat out of her in the general election. She'll go down faster than the Titanic.
If Republicans want someone who will play nice in the sandbox and give Ford another four years in office (leading up to his gubernatorial run in 2026), Tish is your gal.
If Republicans want someone not afraid to fight and scrap and slug it out against Ford and the still-remaining Harry Reid political machine, then I ask for your vote.
In the end…it's your choice.
"Since (Tisha) Black announced her candidacy in February, (Sigal) Chattah has worked to assert herself as the true Republican. She's called into question Black's loyalty to the party via Twitter, calling her a '#DemPlant.'" – Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, 5/15/22
"I'm not so much a party person as I am a 'person' person. To me, the far right and the far left are the same. … You must always work to open the compromise door." – Tish "The Squish" Black, MyVegas Magazine, April 2019
"Word on the [street] is that my opponent and her RINO (Republican in Name Only) team are telling Carson City lobbyists that I'm a 'radical' Republican. Not maxing out (in donations) to Harry Reid, Steve Sisolak and Catherine [Cortez] Masto doesn't make me 'radical', it makes me a Republican. I question whether @TishaBlack is though." – Sigal Chattah
Sisolak: Make Cheating Easier, Catching Fraud Harder
(Sigal Chattah) – This morning, Democrat Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak wrote in an email…
"Nevada Republicans are pushing two ballot initiatives to roll back the right to vote! If they get away with it, both in-person voting and mail-in voting would be harder."
That's just a flat-out lie.
The first initiative would simply require voters to present a photo ID before voting – just as people do now to cash a check, board a plane, buy a beer or rent a room on the Strip.
And the idea that "poor people" can't get a photo ID is nothing but an old wives' tale. Special accommodations can and would be made for anyone who can't afford a photo ID.
The second initiative simply repeals measures Democrats passed in the last legislative session that make it easier to cheat – automatic mail-in balloting and ballot harvesting.
Nevadans have always had the ability to vote-by-mail for any reason – or for no reason at all – by simply requesting an absentee ballot. Democrats want to automatically mail ballots to people who don't want one – unnecessarily raising the chances for voting fraud.
Ballot harvesting – or, more accurately, ballot trafficking – allows political operatives to collect ballots from vulnerable voters, especially senior citizens, and turn them in to the election office.
This practice is so ripe for potential fraud or intimidation that it was actually a FELONY until Democrats changed the law last year.
The truth is, it's extremely easy and convenient to vote in Nevada.
Voters can vote on Election Day in person. Voters can vote early at various "Early Voting" sites for two full weeks leading up to Election Day. And voters who do not wish to vote in person can request a mail-in ballot.
Returning our voting options to the pre-COVID system wouldn't make it harder to vote; it would make it harder to cheat. And how could anyone other than a cheater support that?
Election security is critical to preserving the integrity of our constitutional republic.
That's why I not only support both initiatives, but am also spearheading defending voter integrity by representing the sponsor of the initiatives against Hillary Clinton's lawyers who have sued to chaotically destroy voter integrity in Nevada.
Meanwhile, the campaign consultants for my GOP primary opponent, Tisha Black, are the same consultants who were in charge of election security for the 2020 elections and blew it…big time.
Tish the Squish herself, as with other issues, has been invisible in this fight. She hasn't even talked about it, let alone done anything about it.
Republican primary voters have a clear choice in the GOP primary for Attorney General: Someone who's been in the arena duking it out with Sisolak and the Dems or someone's who's been sitting in the peanut gallery watching the parade go by.
If you want a constitutionalist fighter in the AG's office, rather than a spectating compromiser and appeaser, I'd appreciate your vote on June 14.
P.S. A "push poll" is being circulated in Nevada via text messages on the Attorney General's race. It provides brief biographical information about me, Tisha Black and Democrat incumbent Aaron Ford.
But get this…
After reading through the bios, the push-poll the asks "if the election for Nevada Attorney General were today, for which candidate would you vote?"
The choices are "Tisha Black," "Aaron Ford," "None of these" or "Undecided."
They don't even include my name!
This push-poll is clearly being conducted by supporters of Tisha Black and you can bet they'll eventually publish a report claiming she's the best candidate to take on Ford…since no one was even able to choose me in the poll!
Talk about dishonest.
"If the Biden administration was a TV show, it would be called Welcome Back Carter." – Patrick Cormac
Ms. Chattah is a Las Vegas-based attorney running for the 2022 Republican nomination for Nevada Attorney General.
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Soldier enhancement is no longer the realm of science fiction. How will physical and cognitive enhancement technologies, DNA-hacking, gene therapies, and human-machine interfaces change the face of war?
A free seminar - hosted by Red Cross and featuring a panel of legal, ethical and military experts - will explore some of these key issues.
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Rare idols found with 1000-year-old Narmada bank temple remains in Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal: Remains of two temples – over 1000 year old – and associated rare idols of deities like Brahma, Vishnu, Kartikeya and Uma-Maheshwar have been found at a village on Narmada banks in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh.
The temple remains were cleared by a team of Dr VS Wakankar Puratatva Shodh Sansthan (archaeology research institute) during the months of November and December.
The debris clearance work at Richhawar village in Udaipura of Raisen district (at border of Narsinghpur district), about 170km from Bhopal, was taken up at the direction of commissioner of archaeology, archives and museums, Anupam Rajan.
The two temples and associated idols and other artefacts show a mix of Parmar and Kalchuri style of architecture and belong to somewhere in 10-11th century AD, Dr Jinendra Jain, research officer in-charge of the project told NewsBits.in.
The Parmars ruled the Malwa area that includes current western MP and parts of Rajashtan, while the Kalchuris ruled over the eastern parts of current MP and some parts of Uttar Pradesh.
The area where the temple remains and the rare idols were found was the border area of Parmar and Kalchuri kingdoms and often saw battles of supremacy. Therefore many remains of that era have the stamp of both the cultures, Dr jain said.
The temples remains suggest that they had collapsed, perhaps due to earthquake or other vagaries of nature and got partially covered with earth and vegetation. The presence of some loose parts of temple and some idols gave the survey team and indication of the temples and clearance work was later taken up.
One of the cleared temples was of the dimension 48ft by 40 ft and had idols fixated in recesses in lower parts on three sides. The temples are show exquisite carvings right till the base area.
Among the rare idols included that of Lord Brahma with 24 hands and swan as vehicle (see photo). Also idols of Kartikeya, Uma-Maheshwar, Vishnu, Ganesha, Brahmani, Maheshwari, Kaumari and many idols of Shiva were found. Among the 30 idols found with temple number 1 included nine found underground.
The second temple is of dimension 45ft by 13ft and associated eight idols were found.


A tasty chocolate banana and matcha smoothie bowl made by Full Body Whole Heart. Leave your taste buds, mind, and body feeling great with this recipe.
Don't let the color of this bad boy fool you… it's got all the flavors of a chocolate covered banana, and some healthy stuff too. I chose to make this as a smoothie bowl, but if you're more into sipping your smoothies through a straw, leave the toppings off and pour the mixture into a cup! Either way, you're taste buds will be happy.
Your taste buds won't be the only thing that is happy… you're belly and mind will be too. There is no added sugar in this recipe, and the matcha will leave you energized all day!
So, what's with all the extra optional ingredients? Moringa-what? Colla-who? Collagen is great for your hair, nails, skin, and joints. I've gotten in the habit of putting a scoop in my morning matcha or smoothie every day. While I haven't been using it all too long, I've noticed that my nails are much stronger and the skin on my face is much brighter and appears firmer. I'm excited to see how my hair looks over the next year as it grows… I'll keep ya updated. Anywho, the brand I included on the ingredients list is totally flavorless. You'll never know it's hiding in your smoothie.
As for the moringa powder, that just happened to be on sale at HomeGoods, the most heavenly place on earth, and since I have it on hand I've been adding it to smoothies for extra health benefits. Its flavor is a bit more noticeable than the collagen, but the banana masks it well. If you don't have it on hand, no biggie – the smoothie will still taste like chocolate covered bananas. BUT, if you ever come across it on sale, try it out! It's high in antioxidants, fiber, and vitamins. I found the brand I snagged at HomeGoods on Amazon.


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Mohamed Ramadan performs at Dubai's Coca-Cola Arena for World Tennis League
The Egyptian superstar served up fan favourites — with a few tennis props thrown in
Mohamed Ramadan performed at Dubai's Coca-Cola Arena as part of the World Tennis League. All photos: Chris Whiteoak / The National
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Egyptian superstar Mohamed Ramadan aced his show at Dubai's Coca-Cola Arena on Friday as part of the World Tennis League.
The inaugural tournament is the newest addition to Dubai's packed winter calendar and has brought a host of tennis and music superstars to the emirate for six days.
It was Ramadan's turn to take to the stage following a stellar line-up of performances in the previous days from Tiesto, Wizkid, Deadmau5 and Ne-Yo.
His set included hits such as Versace Baby, Number One and Mafia, and the star made sure to include references to the on-court action, holding and dancing with a tennis racket during the performance.
Scroll through the gallery above to see pictures from the show
The tournament will conclude on Saturday with a performance by Dutch DJ and producer Armin van Buuren.
The Coca-Cola Arena is the venue for both the tennis action and after-match concerts, with those working on the event being given a tight turnaround to transform the tennis court into a concert venue within a 35-minute period each night.
Tom Jones to perform Dubai concert at Burj Al Arab
Mark Kar, the general manager of Coca-Cola Arena, said the entertainment side of the event was as important as the sporting element.
"You've seen certain sports embrace music and the entertainment side, the celebration of an event, which is fantastic. Formula One is a testament to that," said Kar.
"There's been a sort of change in sporting mentality through the way we consume highlights, through social media, through mobile phones. Tennis is probably one sport that needs a bit of an X factor, in my personal opinion."
Updated: December 24, 2022, 9:23 AM


Last month, I posted a blog about the Refinery29's 29Rooms exhibition in Brooklyn which I guess is some sort of art exhibition, but not really. It was 100% designed for Instagram photos. The exhibition actually kind of infuriated me because it was "art" designed for commercialized narcissism. And while it was fun, it just wasn't very special.
The Biennale is a thing I've heard about for years. I'd always just nod along as if I knew what it was all about, but it wasn't until I found myself on the far end of the islands that I really understand just what the Biennale is. As an arts organization, they run Venice's major exhibitions every year. The Art Biennale takes place on odd-numbered years and the Venice Biennale of Architecture takes place on even-numbered years.
Visiting this year, an even-numbered year, I had the chance to experience the Architecture exhibits. With just a day in the city, there wasn't enough time to see it all, so I visited the Giardini della Biennale part of the exhibition. It's a large park which houses 30 permanent national pavilions—each the property of the individual countries showcasing at the exhibit and managed by their respective ministries of culture.
It's a pretty special place. A part of the island set aside specifically for art every year—and it's no small place.
This year is the 16th International Architecture Exhibition which began in May and runs until November 25, 2018. The year's theme FREESPACE describes a generosity of spirit and a sense of humanity at the core of architecture's agenda.
My favorite of the exhibitions was Austria's take on FREESPACE in an exhibition titled Thoughts Form Matter. I did really enjoy the winning exhibition from Switzerland—a bizarre playhouse which played with size and space, but it was a part of Austria's exhibition by Sagmeister & Walsh which included a typographic video with a voice talking about beauty and function as the words were created and destroyed in front of you.
My day at the Biennale was special for a lot of reasons. It was the chance to really explore the art. The way the Biennale gardens are set up means you're walking in and outdoors—through different buildings and across Venice to really see the exhibitions. That physicality requires effort and energy. It's not a passive experience where you follow a pre-set path set up by a curator.
Rather, the exhibitions at the Biennale allow you to explore in your own way at your own pace. I was lucky to visit on a weekday when the crowds weren't so bad, but I think the flexibility of the space makes it a more enjoyable art experience regardless. And of course there were still plenty of great opportunities for selfies, but the placards and flyers available also made the art approachable on an intellectual level.
Because each country curates their own exhibition space, some are more comprehensive than others. The United States offered a detailed display about the world today, through the lens of society and architecture, with more facts and information than art. I felt like I actually learned something there, though the art was a little less dynamic than in other parts of the Biennale.
All together, I left the Venice Biennale feeling inspired and motivated. So many of the exhibitions were thought-provoking and even months later, I find myself still thinking about them, about the ideas that the curates presented. Art should make us think and it should make us feel. It should also inspire us.
The Biennale Architettura 2018 runs until November 25, 2018. Tickets are available to purchase online or at the ticket office on site for 25€. The Giardini exhibition space is open daily 10am–6pm, closed on most Mondays.
The purpose of art should always be to provoke thought and conversation. Art is subjective; we don't always like the same art, but even if we don't like a piece of art, it doesn't mean it doesn't inspire or move us in some way. When I go on vacation, I love to collect art. I prefer to buy a piece of local art rather than some tacky souvenir. I have picked up some wonderful paintings and sculpture over the years – my favourite piece is a small acrylic abstract painting from a local artist in Barbados. It reminds me of a wonderful vacation I had with my late wife.


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Down in the lair, Donnie receives a video chat from April. She says "I love you" before the chat cuts off. Donnie, in his eagerness to accept April's reciprocated affections, immediately orders flowers to be sent to April with the note, "I love you, too". After placing the order, the chat line comes back on and April finishes her sentence, "I Love You Like a Blister is definitely the best album by the Squashed Wombats". Donnie proceeds to freak the heck out and attempts to cancel the flowers, only to find the delivery service closed for the night. With no other options at hand, Donnie hops into his buggy to stop the delivery before it can reach April.
The other Turtles tag along to help, though Donnie insists he can resolve this embarrassing problem on his own. As they near the delivery van, they stumble upon a robbery. The Kraang have knocked over a facility called Space Tech and made off with some goods in their van. Much to Donnie's dismay, the Turtles stray from their course and pursue the Kraang.
Setting the buggies to "auto-drive", the Turtles board the roof of the van and try to stop the drivers. The Kraangdroids climb up top and do battle, all the while Donatello panics that they need to wrap things up quickly. Mikey manages to get into the bed of the van and begins looking for whatever the Kraang stole.
Donnie, in his haste, blocks the windshield and the Kraangdroid driving accidentally swerves through an alley (catching a clothesline full of women's garments in the process). Eventually, Mikey finds the box labeled "top secret" and the Turtles bail just as the Kraangdroids drive the van straight into a wall. Donnie is pleased to get back to chasing the delivery van, but is unaware that his buggy took some damage and is leaking gas. The other Turtles notice and decide to lend their bro a hand, whether he wants them to or not.
Sighting the van pulling up to April's building, Donnie figures he has everything on lockdown... But then his buggy putters out a block from victory, leaving him no chance to stop the deliveryman before he reaches the door. The deliveryman is amount to mount the stoop when he's suddenly intercepted by Mikey in drag (the garments taken from the clothesline), claiming to be April O'Neil. Disgusted, the deliveryman hands over the flowers, asks for no confirmation of receipt and gets out of there.
Donnie arrives in time to find that his brothers saved his skin (and reputation with April). Grateful, he tells them all he loves them. Raph rolls his eyes, urging Donnie not to throw that phrase around so lightly anymore.
*This story is continued from TMNT Magazine (Panini) #2. The story continues in TMNT Magazine (Panini) #4.
*Since April is shown to still be living in her apartment and not hiding out in the sewer lair, that would indicate the issues so far have taken place before the episode "The Alien Agenda".
Now this one was just great. It honestly felt like had the action and plot devices (such as the Space Tech package) been expanded upon a little, it could have easily made a solid episode of the TV series. The entire story flows really smoothly; a stupid mistake that gets the action rolling, a standard "wrong place, wrong time" coincidence that ramps up the suspense, and a funny comedy beat ending that feels natural to the story and not like a tacked on zinger. There's even a "lesson" in the whole thing, about trusting your family/friends even in the most embarrassing of situations, but it isn't laid on thick or spelled out for the reader.
The whole thing just read really well. As usual, Caruana has a firm grip on the voices of the characters and all their quips and outbursts sound like something you'd hear in the cartoon. Even the redundant speech pattern of the Kraangdroids is successfully mined for humor, which for some reason I never get tired of.
I suppose if anything feels like a speedbump in the story flow it's the aforementioned plot device; the package from Space Tech. Really, it doesn't matter so much what it is, just that the Kraang are after it so it can't be good news. And the heart of the story was Donnie's haste to catch the delivery van, so a lengthy diversion with the Space Tech thingy would have just eaten up what limited page space this comic has. Like I said, if this had been a full episode (or even a full comic; these strips are short), then yeah, the Space Tech thingamajig would need to have been fleshed out. But for a short story that moves at a breakneck pace, we got all the necessary info we needed.
Probably my favorite of the Panini stories so far. Solid art from Lawrence, too, who does a great job imparting the sense of high speed and panic in his layouts and character expressions.


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Sven Sture († 1423 oder 1424) war ein dänischer Adliger.

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Sven Sture war der Sohn des Ritters Nils Sture († nach 1393), der Land in den damals zum Königreich Dänemark gehörenden Provinzen Halland und Schonen. Erstmals erwähnt ist 1388, als er zusammen mit seinem Bruder Sune für einen Verwandten bürgte.  Wie sein Vater diente er während des dänisch-mecklenburgischen Erbfolgekriegs (um 1376–1395) zunächst als Hauptmann der Truppen Königin Margaretes von Dänemark.
Für sie hielt er ab 1395 die Insel Gotland besetzt und stand so seinem Kontrahenten Albrecht von Pecatel, der die Stadt Visby kontrollierte, gegenüber. Die beiden Hauptleute neutralisierten sich gegenseitig. Als Herzog Erich von Mecklenburg 1396 mit Truppenverbänden auf der Insel gelandet war und 1397 Sven Sture besiegte, musste dieser dem Herzog einen Lehnseid leisten und trat damit zu Margaretes Gegnern über.

Nach Erichs Tod am 26. Juli 1397 übertrug dessen Witwe, Sophia von Pommern-Wolgast, Sven Sture den Oberbefehl über die Insel Gotland. Er beheimatete weiterhin Vitalienbrüder, die ihm im Gegenzug die Hälfte ihrer Beute überlassen mussten. Unter seiner Herrschaft entwickelte sich Gotland zu einem Seeräubernest, bis im Jahr 1398 der Deutsche Orden mit einer großen Ordensflotte die Vitalienbrüder von der Insel vertrieb.

Mit den Vitalienbrüdern ließ sich Sture in Burgen am Bottnischen Meerbusen nieder, von wo aus sie ihre Kaperfahrten fortsetzten. Gleichzeitig er suchte aber den Ausgleich mit Margarete von Dänemark, die ihn begnadigte, nachdem er die Burgen an sie übergeben hatte und wieder in ihren Dienst getraten war.

Sture wurde nach 1406 mit dem Schloss Sundholm belehnt und durfte den Titel Ritter führen.

Siehe auch
 Ostfriesische Häuptlinge
 Vitalienbrüder

Literatur
Dieter Zimmerling: Störtebeker & Co. Die Blütezeit der Seeräuber in Nord- und Ostsee. Verlag Die Hanse, Hamburg 2000 ISBN 3434525734
Fritz Teichmann: Die Stellung und Politik der hansischen Seestädte gegenüber den Vitalienbrüdern in den nordischen Thronwirren 1389–1400. Berlin 1931
Matthias Puhle: Die Vitalienbrüder. Klaus Störtebeker und die Seeräuber der Hansezeit. 2. Aufl., Campus, Frankfurt am Main 1994 ISBN 3-593-34525-0

Einzelnachweise

Militärperson (Dänemark-Norwegen)
Vitalienbrüder
Mann
Geboren im 14. Jahrhundert
Gestorben im 15. Jahrhundert

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Every woodworker is an environmentalist at heart. I know this is true because every woodwork I have ever known agonizes about throwing out or (gasp) burning in the wood-stove any scrap of wood that has passed through their hands. To this end most of us seem to look for projects were we have the opportunity to use some of the odd pieces of wood we have laying around, and putting them to some constructive use, and that's exactly what prompted this project. Small pieces of wood left over from a larger project, but what do you do with them?
Well it so happened that a family member was looking for a display cabinet for small glass ornaments. Now the problem with small glass ornaments is they can get lost in large wood structure, which is the reason I opted to use "smoke colored" plastic for the shelves. I hoped they would hold the ornaments without taking away from them with such large thick wooden shelves.
I was fortunate to find that some scrap pieces of glass from an old broken picture frame and being the resourceful type, I had some chunks of plastic collecting dust that would fit the bill nicely.
Thankfully the glass cooperated and fit the size the door (after cutting). I have been told on a number of occasions that old glass seldom breaks the way it is cut. I have news for everyone, glass no matter how old or new it is seldom breaks the way I want it to, but on this one I got lucky, one swift etch, then hang onto the table saw bed with the newly etched edge carefully aligned with the edge of the table and with one quick jerk, the glass broke cleanly.
I decided that rather than have wooden shelves I would use something somewhat less bulky so settled on using on eighth plastic. Because it was very thin I decided that it should be reinforced with a plastic spine underneath the shelf. The glass figurines and not that heavy, but a number of them on one shelf would start making the shelf bend.
All in all, it was a fun project, not complicated and best of all I got to use up some of my scrap wood.


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Algeria: record low turnout in presidential election held amid calls for boycott
Thousands rallied in the capital to protest as voting was held on Thursday, Liz Cookman reports from Algiers
A man holds a sign reading" No vote", during a protest rejecting the presidential election in Algiers, Algeria December 11, 2019. Reuters
Thousands of Algerians took to the streets on Thursday to protest a presidential election they see as illegitimate, clashing with police and urging the country to boycott a vote that is likely to go to a second round.
Early results on Thursday night showed no candidate was on course to get the 50 per cent of votes needed to win outright. It was not yet clear when the run-off between the two top-placed candidates would be held, although it is expected to be between December 31 and January 9.
The electoral authority said the results of Thursday's vote would be released at 11am on Friday.
Election officials said the overall voter turnout was just under 40 per cent – a little over 41 per cent among Algerians voting in the country and close to 9 per cent among voters overseas – the lowest participation rate in a multi-party contest in Algeria's history.
Some of those who voted said they had chosen to spoil their ballot rather than snub the election.
Polling station workers empty a ballot box in a polling station in Algiers. Algerians — without a leader since April — voted for a new president or boycotted and held street protests against the elections decried by a massive pro-democracy movement that forced former leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign. AP
An election official holds a ballot paper showing presidential candidate Azzedine Mihoubi during vote counting at a polling station in Algiers, Algeria. EPA
Algerians chant slogans during a protest rally in Algiers, Algeria. Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the capital Algiers calling for a mass boycott of the country's presidential elections, which is taking place on the day, and to voice against the five candidates running to replace ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika for being closely linked to the former regime. EPA
Riot police officers gather in Algiers after the presidential elections. Algerians — without a leader since April — voted for a new president or boycotted and held street protests against the elections decried by a massive pro-democracy movement that forced former leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign. AP
Algerian security forces rush towards demonstrators during an anti-government demonstration on, in the capital Algiers on the day of the presidential election. About 10,000 protesters rallied in Algeria's capital against presidential elections they believe aim to perpetuate the regime of deposed leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika, AFP reporters witnessed. AFP
This AFPTV screen grab from a video shows Algerian security forces detaining protesters during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers on the day of the presidential election. About 10,000 protesters rallied in Algeria's capital against presidential elections they believe aim to perpetuate the regime of deposed leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika, AFP reporters witnessed. The crowd outnumbered police who had intervened with force and made several arrests in a bid to prevent a mass demonstration of the almost 10-month old "Hirak" protest movement. AFP
Riot police are deployed during a protest to reject the presidential election in Algiers, Algeria. Reuters
While overseas polling booths opened on Saturday, they were scarcely attended, according to media reports, with 14 per cent of registered voters in the UAE turning out. Expats make up about 20 per cent of Algeria's voting population.
Those who cast their votes on Thursday were labelled traitors by demonstrators, who also referred to the candidates as "five wolves".
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At a march in central Algiers, large groups of mostly young men chanted slogans like "democracy not military" and "generals in the rubbish, then Algeria gets its independence" under the gaze of a circling police helicopter.
Protesters say they reject what they see as a sham vote that is aimed at protecting the interests of the political establishment, and have demanded complete reform of the system.
"I don't believe in the vote, I don't believe in the five candidates. I want to vote and have an election, but not with the government of the 'gang'," said Dr Yusif, who has been part of the movement since the start and abstained from voting.
"They say that Algeria is a democracy, but it's just ink on paper – it's not true. It's still a dictatorship ... we will not stop protesting until the country is liberated."
The large protests, known as the Hirak movement after the Arabic word for mobilisation, began in February after long-time leader President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced he was to stand for fifth term, in contravention of the constitution. Within six weeks he had been forced to resign.
However, the unrest has continued and the five men running for president, who protesters refer to as the gang, either supported Mr Bouteflika or participated in his government.
Lt Gen Ahmed Gaed Salah, who triggered the legislature that forced the 82-year-old Mr Bouteflika to step down due to ill health and has since become the country's most powerful political player, pushed for the vote as the only way to end the crisis. The conviction of two former prime ministers on corruption charges earlier this week was seen as an attempt to show the public that the government was willing and able to reform.
Demonstrators carry banners and gesture during a protest rejecting the presidential election in Algiers, Algeria. REUTERS
A demonstrator with flag gestures near police officers standing guard during a protest against the country's ruling elite and rejecting the presidential election in Algiers, Algeria. REUTERS
Algerian students are circled by a group a police officers during a protest in Algiers. AP Photo
Algerian students march, one with a poster reading "Freedom", right, during a protest in Algiers. AP Photo
A group of police officers are pictured next a poster reading "No to the Dec.12 2019 elections" during a protest in Algiers. AP Photo
Demonstrators gesture near police officers standing guard during a protest against the country's ruling elite and calling to reject the upcoming presidential election in Algiers. REUTERS
Algerians observe protesters during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers. AFP
An Algerian student holds a poster reading "No to the vote on Dec.12" during a protest in Algiers. AP Photo
Algerian protesters are pictured during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers ahead of the presidential vote scheduled for December 12. AFP
Although the protests have remained deliberately peaceful over the last nine months, Red Crescent volunteers said they had started to see injuries caused by clashes with police since Wednesday.
The National witnessed a young man being stretchered into an ambulance after sustaining a head wound he claimed was caused by a police baton, causing sight problems. Protesters also said they had seen police use unnecessary force on people that had resulted in injury.
While political and civil organisations urged people to refrain from voting, some chose to sabotage polling stations. A video circulated online appeared to show protesters raid an election official at a local school in the province of Bejaia, known for its Amazigh (or Berber) population, seizing ballot boxes and scattering votes across the playground.
Former Minister of Culture Azeddine Mihoubi had been seen as the favourite, with former prime minister Majid Tebboun close behind.
Ali Benflis, another former prime minister and presidential candidate, promised that if elected he would engage with opponents of the vote during Algeria's first political debate earlier in the week.
Who are the protesters and what do they want?
The Hirak movement, named after the Arabic word for mobilisation, grew out of the weekly protests that began in February by the announcement that Mr Bouteflika was to stand for a fifth term.
Had he been successful it would have breached constitutional limits to presidential mandates. He had been almost completely absent from public life after suffering a stroke in 2013.
Protesters seek political reform in a country where almost 50 per cent of the population is under 30, but is dominated by men over 50.
To a lesser level, the protests also demanded improvements to infrastructure, housing and the jobs market.
The Algerian demonstrations have been peaceful, avoiding the bloodshed seen recently in Iraq and skirmishes in Lebanon.
But scores have been arrested, including journalists and opposition figures.
Thousands of mostly protesters take to the streets every Friday after prayers, and on Tuesdays students take to the street.
While some praise the military for punitive actions against high-ranking officials, others say it is propping up the ruling elite.
On November 1, for the 65th anniversary of independence from France, millions took to the streets likening their struggle to the historic fight for freedom from their former colonial ruler.
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Regular Romp #14: Wolf, Prophet of Bunny
February 18, 2018 ~ Blaine Arcade
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All of his dreams had to be stored in the mysterious forest beyond the farmstead. The young man had to keep them there, safe with buried nuts of the innumerable squirrels, because there was absolutely no room in his regular life. The elders and his employers filled it with labor, chores, and social obligations. Why, that day alone he was supposed to work the fields for five hours, help lay some stone on the exterior walls, and then show up for a bonfire dance where his partner was already selected for him. She was cute, but that was beside the point.
Incredible Wolfy was born just a little too late to see the world. The evidence was everywhere, as the names of the farmstead folk reflected traditions from numerous countries and continents, yet they never had family to visit elsewhere. They had all settled in to this extremely fertile valley and cast aside their desire to explore or fight. Not Wolfy. There was an itch in his hand, only satisfied when he was swinging a blade.
Escape would have to wait for another day, because he needed to pluck some vegetables if he wanted to get paid. The sun was still on its way up and there were still a few yawns living in his chest, but he stretched his arms toward the sky as he walked, trying to wring them out.
Someone else skipped past him, seeming oddly chipper given the time. Given the person. Wolfy recognized them as Iocan Dorll, one of the farmstead smiths. That wasn't the way he defined himself though; he was a profoundly religious man who wore a robe at all times, even when its long sleeves were at risk of catching fire in his smithing work. He tossed prayers that sounded more like curses at any rambunctious youth that crossed his path.
At that moment he was guilty of being as giddy as any child he'd scolded. He wore a new robe, darker than his usual, with some kind of hat forming a lump under the hood. The old man skipped along, bounced, practically hopped toward the farmstead gates. It was almost as if he'd forgotten how to walk normally. Wolfy thought of asking if anything was wrong, but it was too early to get yelled at. Such questions were more of an evening affair.
A few minutes later, he arrived at the radish patch of Ember, Stroden, and Northpoint, one of the larger agricultural firms in the farmstead. Stroden and Northpoint were workers of the land themselves, but Chopper Ember was more of an agricultural lawyer. Each strain of each crop was taken very seriously, and their purity sometimes had to be defended in court, especially when cross-pollination was involved. Wolfy stayed out of such affairs; he was just supposed to harvest the radishes and turn them in to the barn.
He fetched a wheelbarrow, a pair of work gloves, a trowel, and dragged it all out into the field. One by one he plucked the purple and white vegetables from the ground and tossed them into the wheelbarrow. There was a rush of an earthy scent each time, a reminder of just how fertile these lands were. In fact, they seemed to be getting even better lately. Some of the radishes took two hands for him to rip free; they were the size of human heads and roots stretching three feet.
Wolfy wondered if something was down there in the darkness. An image popped into his head of a shimmering fountain of nutrients tickling roots hanging from a cavern ceiling. Maybe he should move his dreams out of the forest and bury them. They could grow, as everything else was. He tugged on a bunch of four wide leaves. It didn't give, not even a little. Wolfy sighed and squatted down, adjusting all ten fingers around the top of the radish.
He pulled with all his might, loosening it after ten seconds. Roots snapped, the sound barely muffled by the layers of loam. The radish broke free, showing Wolfy in dirt clods and making him tumble backward. The vegetable, easily the biggest he'd ever seen, smacked him in the face and squashed his nose.
"Say you're alright," a high voice squeaked. Wolfy jumped up and whirled around, but there was nobody there. The field was as empty as ever. All the farmers and lawyers were busy in the barncourt, arguing over turnip tariffs.
"Who said that?" he asked, wielding his trowel like a dagger.
"Down here," the squeak answered. Wolfy leaned forward. The voice came from the hole created by the giant turnip. It was large enough for him to stick his head down and then some, but he kept a safe distance. His eyes adjusted, discerning the details of the voice's owner. The face was fuzzy and white, with two large front teeth and wiggling little chin. Two great floppy ears were bent backward, pressed against the side of the hole. It was a bunny, but its eyes shone with a strange reflective light, like the moon off a disturbed pond.
"You're a… talking bunny?" The animal rolled its eyes, another odd sight to add to the list.
"Actually I'm an earth spirit wrapped in the flesh of a bunny, but as far as you're concerned, yes, a bunny. I've come looking for someone brave and adventurous. There's no adventure around here, so I've had to judge you by your tenacity in claiming that turnip."
"Radish."
"Whatever. My name is Chimwhisker. My land is far below and steeped in magic. Some of it rises up here from time to time, granting you your bounties. I am here because something else has risen. One of my kin seeks to use this peaceful farmstead. I need you to stop them."
"There's a magical bunny kingdom under my feet?" Wolfy repeated. Chimwhisker rolled her eyes again.
"There's no king," she said exasperatedly, "and we're not all bunnies, but yes there are a lot of bunnies. We multiply like… never mind. Not important. What is your name?"
"Incredible Wolfy," he answered proudly, "and you're right. I seek to do incredible things."
"Wow, that name is… also not important," Chimwhisker mumbled. "There is another spirit, as bunny as me, already influencing the people of your town. His name is Danvertail and he seeks to overpower your minds and recruit you as soldiers in his conquest down here. Neither of us dares rise above the dirt, so we must fight through you."
"Why can't you come up here?"
"Hawks… also owls."
"Alright!" Wolfy blurted. He had no reason to turn down such an opportunity. The creature could've been lying, but he was already thinking up a few ways to make sure of the truth. "What do I have to do, little bunny god Chimwhisker?"
"You must find the magic I sent up here last night. I lost it. There is a sword. It does not cut flesh; it slices dark magic instead. Find it and touch it to everyone who has fallen under Danvertail's spell. The sword will have taken root like any other vegetable. Pull at as you did the turnip…"
"Whatever! Pull it and claim it. Save your farmstead."
"Ho do I know who has been infected by the evil?" he asked in a hush.
"They will think like Danvertail, and so will hop like him as well. Also, do not eat any of the vegetables for the time being. He may have hexed them as well. Now go!" Chimwhisker's face fell out of sight, as if the bunny was suddenly dropped down a well. Wolfy was left standing there in the gentle breeze. It was still very early, but he felt new energy coursing in his limbs. Now was his chance to prove himself, to avoid a life of limp leek litigation. First, he had to confirm that Chimwhisker was not a trickster as well. He snatched up the giant radish and made a run across the fields for the home of his older friend: Rickard 'Potato' Soma.
On the way there he was disturbed to see some sort meeting adjourning from the barncourt. The doors were thrown wide open, and Iocan Dorll was the first one to emerge, face even more hidden by the hood of his robe. Wolfy slowed down, pretending nothing was wrong, glancing every other moment at the crowd. They weren't normal. They hopped up and down with each step, their hands perched close to their chests and their eyes vacant. Dorll was spreading the hex, growing his cult of Danvertail. By sundown he could have the whole farmstead.
Luckily, good old Potato was right where he always was, and that was behind closed doors. He was a very large man with a gut that infuriated every belt maker in town. Nothing seemed capable of containing it completely, and it was always peeking at social events, peeking that turned into pouring until everyone was put off their supper. That was fine by Potato, because he always had room for more supper.
He was sitting in a custom-built rocking chair that squeaked louder than Chimwhisker whenever it moved. He was so engrossed in a book that he didn't even notice Wolfy enter and slam the door. Potato licked his finger, turned the page, and licked his finger again. He seemed to be tasting the book more than reading it, which made a strange sort of sense, given that it was a cookbook rather than a novel.
"Two tablespoons of butter," he chuckled to himself. "Only two. Oh, Wolfy. Goodness, that's a fantastic radish you have there. What do I have to do to make it mine?"
"You can have it!" Wolfy declared, rushing over to him and holding it just of reach. Potato sat there calmly; this was nothing worth standing over, not yet anyway. Perhaps if it had a sauce. "There's a catch though. I'm on a quest and I need to know if the quest-giver is trustworthy. She told me our vegetables our cursed! Some dark magic bunny god below the Earth's crust is using our food to hypnotize us! Even now, there's a hopping cult outside, recruiting anyone they find."
"So what do you need from me?" He didn't seem particularly disturbed by the news; his eyes were still glued to the radish.
"I want you to eat this," Wolfy instructed. "Then tell me if tastes like bad magic. You could be recruited, but you'll be too slow to chase me down, so… no offense… I just need to see if it's real."
"None taken. Now let me take that," he reached for the radish. Wolfy handed it over and stepped back. Potato was a glutton for food culture as well as the stuff itself, so he took his sweet time rolling ti around in his hands, smelling it, and licking the dirt off its exterior. When Wolfy was about shout for him to hurry, Potato took a giant bite out of its side. The crunch was enough to make Wolfy flinch, as if it was the sound of the roof beams collapsing.
"Rich yet sharp," Potato said. "Perfect for a salad, but only a giant salad, the kind made for festivals that someone your size might be able to swim in." He took another bite. "Oh, delightful. Thank you for this." Another bite.
"What about the hex?"
"Oh this is definitely hexed," he said, going in for a fourth bite. "That's the distinct moldy peppercorn aftertaste, but I can life with that."
"Wait, so, do you feel like worshiping a dark bunny god and committing atrocities for him?"
"But… you're not hopping."
"I'm not standing up for any of this. Danvertail is a wonderful leader; he should take over the world, but it'll take a lot more than that to get a man like me to hop. I'd shake the whole farmstead. Go on now. Let me finish my treat in peace." Wolfy didn't need to be told twice. He fled the building, careful to close the door quietly this time.
It was late enough in the day that everyone was out doing errands and chores. Several of them were hopping, and when he got some harsh stares he decided to hop as well, just to blend in. There was still no point in going for the sword. The farmstead had hundreds of crops growing in batches all over. He needed yet more information to hone in on it. He needed another specialist. He turned mid-hop toward the smithing yard.
He was almost immediately stopped by the swell of a crowd. Several wore dark robes just like Dorll. They were gathered around the fire pit. The bonfire wasn't scheduled to start until sundown, but the bloodthirsty bunny worshipers cared not. The flame was already blazing, higher than they'd ever built it before. Carrots and parsnips were roasting over its edge, and Wolfy couldn't help but picture the townsfolk skewered there instead.
The girl he was assigned to dance with that evening was there. He could tell by the way that she stood still, feet not even tapping, that the hex hadn't claimed her yet. It was about to; she opened her mouth and brought a roast carrot, blackened and steaming, to her tongue.
"No! Wolfy cried, lunging, not hopping in a respectable fashion, and knocked the hot vegetable from her hands. All heads turned to him before it even hit the ground.
"Is there a problem with the food?" Iocan Dorll asked, emerging from the crowd, bouncing on his toes. "Upset that it comes from a different firm little Wolfy?" Something twitched under his hood.
"It… it looked to hot," he stuttered. He noticed a younger child about to eat another one of the carrots. Again he lunged and smacked it out of their hand. They immediately started to cry. "That one too." Dorll's sneer soured into a grimace. He jumped in place, wordlessly. Others joined him, drawing confused looks from those who hadn't been absorbed yet.
This was a test. He needed to match their hops. The young man tried, but his jump was clearly to a different rhythm. It was the jump of Chimwhisker, and Dorll recognized it as such. He shrieked, pulling back his hood. A pair of black thorny bunny ears popped up, shocking much of the crowd. They tried to scatter, but hopping cultists grabbed them here and there, tried shoving steaming carrots in their mouths.
Wolfy turned and made a run for it. Dorll pursued. The hex forced him to hop, but his dark god granted him inhuman strength. He had twenty feet to a single bound. It was impossible to outrun for him long, but the smithing yard was right there. A few guards, startled by the commotion at the fire, rushed to meet him, spears in hand.
"Evilbunnycursedeveryonehavetofindmagicswordstopguybehindmyplease!" Wolfy shouted as quickly as he could. The statement stopped them in their tracks, but they let him pass. They clashed with Dorll, holding their spears over him in an X pattern so he couldn't bound away.
Wolfy found his next expert hard at work, hammering away on a white hot ax blade. She was Hey Xunni, greatest smith of the farmstead. Like Potato, she seemed lost in her work, as if the world around her was just a place for her to weapons to cool, as if every body that offended her was just a scabbard for a piece of her work. There was no time for pleasantries.
"Hey! There's magic sword around here, growing like a vegetable. I need to know where it is!" Hey stopped hammering. She took one look at Wolfy and one look at the distant guards holding Dorll down. She had plenty of experience with magic in her time; it was the main reason she settled down in the farmstead and left her old life of bloodshed behind. Magic was the plaything of fools, but answering his question was the quickest way to get him out of her hair.
"Go to the hill overlooking the creek," she advised. "The soil is rich in metals there. Plus, a magician once took his own life and spilled magical blood under the tree growing at its peak. If there's a rooted sword hiding anywhere among your produce, it's there." She went back to hammering, clearly out of words for whatever had befallen the farmstead.
Wolfy was tempted to snag one of the weapons off her wall, but it would only slow him down. There was a loud snarl as Dorll broke free of the guards, tossing them away and hopping more than thirty feet in the air. From his apex, the sun blazing behind him, he pointed at Wolfy and shrieked like a rabbit with the blood-lust of a gorilla in heat.
He turned and ran for the creek, hopefully the last stop in this whirlwind of cult magic. His lungs were on fire, but he could already see it. The farmstead was a densely packed place: people atop their homes atop their crops. Everyone looking out for each other, but keeping them from getting too far. If the sword could stop Danvertail, it could stop that too.
There was a small patch of lettuce heads under the tree that had seen magical blood. Wolfy flagged at the start of the incline, nearly tripping. He braced himself, hands against the hill, pretending the magic under the ground was like fire. He had stay off it, had to keep going.
"I will claim you, lettuce-blade!" He yelled, just for an extra puff of motivation. One of the heads twitched in response, shaking off dew. Maybe it was the innate magic of it, or Chimwhisker shaping to from the roots, but his eyes were locked on it either way. He collapsed on the head of lettuce at the same time as Dorll. They both clawed at it, trying to claim the sword for their respective rabbit gods.
Dorll squealed and stabbed at Wolfy with his thorny ears, but he persevered. Each puncture sent blood dripping down his hands, transferring it to the leaves of the lettuce-blade. Each of them thought they had a grip, but they ended up tearing a leaf away, getting closer to the magical center. Leaf after leaf was torn and thrown, like a frenzied game of 'does he love me, does he love me not?'
Wolfy grabbed the last leaf, but it didn't crumple under the pressure. It wrapped around a hilt. He had it! Wolfy yanked again, pumping fire into his veins. He couldn't feel the thorns because he was just the thrill of adventure and the burn of sacrifice. The dirt shifted. Roots snapped, the sound turning into his name in his ears. Wolfy! Wolfy!
The force of its plucking tossed them both away, rolling them down opposite sides of the hill. Wolfy landed in the creek, but the blade shot up out of the water immediately. The lettuce blade was his to command, and it felt as light as a midday salad… without dressing. Dorll reappeared, limbs splayed, bounding over the hill in a single leap. He came down on Wolfy with full force, but was touched, right in the heart, by the feathered tip of the lettuce blade.
The older man collapsed into the creek, sputtering as his human voice returned. Wolfy wanted to wait and see the humanity shine in his eyes once more, wanted to hear him beg for forgiveness, but there was no time. Danvertail's magic was still afoot. When he rose he found that all the fire from his efforts had concentrated in his feet. Chimwhisker was giving him a chance to close the gap, before Danvertail's followers hopped away and lost themselves in the woods.
Wolfy jumped, soaring so high that he could see the whole farmstead. There was someone in a dark robe hopping beneath him, trying to flee. He landed with such power that a wave of dust was produced. The lettuce blade struck, piercing only the foul magic. Their nose stopped twitching as they passed out. No time to linger. Wolfy leapt onto the next fleeing cultist. And the next. And the next.
One by one he rid the farmstead of the infection from deep below. When all was done, when the bonfire was burning out, turning to nothing but but a lazy gray worm in the sky, Incredible Wolfy rested on the hill that had tasted magical blood and now the wave of sweat rolling off his neck and arms.
So that was what adventure felt like. He couldn't help himself; he lifted the leafy pommel of the lettuce blade and took a hearty bite. So that was what adventure tasted like. He could hear people gathering at the foot of the hill, splashing about in the creek, demanding an explanation from the now-chained Dorll. Wolfy couldn't bring himself turn his head away from the foliage and look down at them.
There would be plenty of time for that when he was back to his chairs, when the trowel was glued to his hand. A thought struck, like lightning at the top of that hill. He was staring in the wrong direction. Wolfy flipped over and stuck his head down the hole the lettuce blade was born from.
He couldn't see anything yet, but he knew it was down there. Chimwhisker's battle with Danvertail. A hundred other earth spirits multiplying and fighting. True adventure. It wan't beyond the stone walls, or lost in the forest; it was right under his nose. All he had to do was dig.
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OREGON EXPERIENCE: The Braceros
OPB April 16, 2007 10:39 p.m. | Updated: Dec. 5, 2013 11:13 a.m.
The braceros saved American agriculture during the war years, yet to this day, those hundreds of thousands of men are given little recognition. Officially named the Emergency Farm Labor Supply Program, it came to be known as the Bracero Program, and had a powerful impact in Oregon during and beyond World War II. The next OREGON EXPERIENCE looks at how these workers forever changed the face of Oregon agriculture – and other aspects of life in the Pacific Northwest – in ways we are only beginning to understand. Tune in to the stations of Oregon Public Broadcasting Television on Monday, May 7 at 9pm and Sunday, May 15 at 1pm.
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor caught all of America off guard, and the rapid transformation to a country at war changed just about every aspect of the American economy. Agriculture faced an especially confounding dilemma.
World War II created a skyrocketing demand for agricultural products. But the war also caused vast numbers of agricultural workers to abandon the fields, either to join the military or to seek more lucrative work in the cities.
In Oregon, farmers explored an array of creative solutions to the dire labor shortage. Few sources of local planters and pickers went untapped. Everyone from housewives to students, bank employees to German prisoners of war were called on to help. But here, as elsewhere across the country, local solutions were simply not enough.
The eventual answer would be an international agreement between the United States and Mexico, an arrangement for American farmers (and railroad companies) to contract temporary Mexican workers. This episode of OREGON EXPERIENCE explores the Braceros Program and its legacy.
About OREGON EXPERIENCE
OREGON EXPERIENCE is an exciting new history series on OPB-TV that brings to life fascinating stories that help us understand who we are and that reinforce our shared identity as Oregonians. The series, co-produced by the Oregon Historical Society and Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB), takes advantage of the extensive film, video and stills from the archives of OHS and OPB, and draws upon the expertise of OHS researchers and historians. Each half-hour show features captivating characters — both familiar and forgotten — who have played key roles in building our state into the unique place we call home.
Funding for OREGON EXPERIENCE is provided in part by Ann & Bill Swindells Charitable Trust, James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, Robert C. and Nani S. Warren Foundation and Oregon Cultural Trust.
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OPB is the state's most far-reaching and accessible media resource, providing free access to programming for children and adults designed to give voice to community, connect Oregon and its neighbors and illuminate a wider world. Every week, over 1.5 million people tune in to or log on to OPB's Television, Radio and Internet delivered services. As the hub of operations for the state's Emergency Broadcast and Amber Alert services, OPB serves as the backbone for the distribution of critical information to broadcasters and homes throughout Oregon. Oregon Public Broadcasting is a statewide network that includes OPB Television, an affiliate of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), and OPB Radio, presenting local news coverage and the programs of National Public Radio (NPR), Public Radio International (PRI) and American Public Media (APM). The OPB Web site is opb.org.


Concussions can be caused by getting hit in the head with a ball, colliding with another person, falling down, or any other incident that delivers a jolt or blow to the head, according to Gloyer.
"These forces damage brain cells and cause chemical changes in the brain," Gloyer said.
If the injured person loses consciousness, has unequal pupils, has seizures, or experiences a worsening of symptoms, seek immediate medical help; these could be signs of a more serious brain injury.
"If you suspect that someone has a concussion—especially a child who is not old enough to describe symptoms—make sure he or she sees a health care provider," Gloyer said.
An individual with a concussion may seek care either at an emergency room, urgent care center, or at their regular provider's office. Your provider may order neurological imaging based on the results of simple tests to your memory and concentration to rule out a more serious problem, as CT/MRI scans are typically normal in people with concussions. Some patients might need to stay overnight in the hospital for observation.


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WWII Legend 'Sgt. Rosie,' Rosenkrantz Finally Laid to Rest
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After 74 years, Staff Sgt.David "Sgt. Rosie" Rosenkrantz was finally laid to rest just outside of his hometown of Los Angeles.
The 28-year-old legend had been overseas for just three months when he and another paratrooper were mistakenly dropped into an Italian unit. The Italians, 200 of them, surrendered to Rosenkrantz and his fellow soldier.
But on Sept. 28, 1944, just a year after his victory over the Italians, Rosenkrantz was killed by German machine-gun fire during Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands, a fierce battle recounted in the 1977 film "A Bridge Too Far."
American troops were unable to recover his body, and Sgt. Rosie was listed as missing for decades.
Inspired by watching Saving Private Ryan, Rosie's nephew, Dr. Phillip Rosenkrantz began the search for his uncle's remains.
Canadian, Dutch and American Graves Registration teams had been active in the area when a Canadian team collected remains from the area around Groesbeek and buried them at the Canadian National Cemetery as "unknowns."
Rosie's remains were among them.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) disinterred the grave and working with mitochondrial DNA, confirmed the remains Rosie, the son of Russian- Jewish immigrants, the middle child of 11.
At the re-internment in Riverside, CA, more than 30 of Rosenkrantz's relatives — nieces, nephews, their kids, and their kids — were present. Front and center was Dr. Rosenkrantz.
"My family and I would like to thank all of the people who helped locate our uncle and bring him home to be buried with his four brothers, who were also part of World War II and are buried at Riverside National Cemetery," said Dr. Rosenkrantz.
Following the playing of "Taps" and the firing of a three-volley salute, the military honor guard folded the flag draped atop Rosenkrantz's casket and presented it to Dr. Rosenkrantz.
"This is a day I have been hoping for over 20 years," he said in his eulogy. "We now have some closure."
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