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A single hurricane stirs up millions of miles of air and can dump more than 2.4 trillion gallons (9 trillion liters) of rain a day.[7]
It is estimated that rainfall from Hurricane Florence could reach 40 inches in isolated areas of coastal North Carolina. By comparison, Washington D.C averages 40 inches of rain–per year.[8]
Winds from Hurricane Florence cover over 73,000 miles, which is larger than every state east of the Mississippi.[8]
Hurricane-generated waves frequently toss tons of fish onto beaches. The eyes of many of the fish have popped out because of sudden changes in pressure.[1]
Hurricanes produce enough energy in one day to run the lights of Las Vegas for many years.[1]
Christopher Columbus wrote the first known report of a hurricane in 1495.[5]
The word "hurricane" comes from Huracan, a name for the god of evil on some islands in the Caribbean.[9]
In 1900, a hurricane in Galveston, Texas, killed more than 8,000 people, making it the deadliest weather emergency in U.S. history.[1]
The direction of a hurricane's spin depends on the hemisphere in which is it brewing
Hurricanes in the Southern Hemisphere spin in a clockwise direction. Hurricanes in the Northern Hemisphere turn counterclockwise.[11]
The right side of a hurricane in the Northern Hemisphere is often stronger in terms of winds, tornadoes, and storm surge.[2]
Five of the 10 most costly hurricanes in the U.S. have occurred since 1990.[5]
Hurricanes have killed approximately 1.9 million people worldwide over the past 200 years.[5]
The deadliest hurricane on record is the 1970 Bhola Cyclone in Bangladesh, which killed between 150,000-300,000 people.[4][6]
Most of the deadliest hurricanes have occurred in southeastern Asia and India due to flooding on low-lying, densely populated areas.[4]
A hurricane makes "landfall" when its center, not its edge, crosses the coastline.[5]
With 210 mile-per-hour winds at landfall, Hurricane Camille (1969) is the strongest hurricane to strike land. Typhoon Tip (1979), which did not strike land, is considered to be the largest, with tropical storm-force winds 1,350 miles in diameter.[5]
A hurricane can reach 40,000 to 50,000 feet up into the sky.[2]
Hurricane Andrew (1992) ripped an 80-foot steel beam weighing several tons off a building and flung it more than a block away.[9]
The largest hurricane can be the size of the state of Montana, 600 miles (966 kilometers) wide.[1]
Ninety percent of all hurricane deaths result from storm surges, which can reach over 20 feet high and extend nearly 100 miles.[1]
Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable.
– Diane Ackerman
Hurricanes never form at the equator because they need the Coriolis Force, which is very weak at the equator, to spin.[5]
Although hurricanes can cause terrible damage, they are an important part of Earth's complicated weather system. Like giant fans, they take hot air from the tropics and move it toward the poles. They help balance temperatures and moisture around the Earth. Without hurricanes and other storms, vast areas of the planet would be too hot for animal and human life.[5]
In A.D. 1281, a hurricane killed 100,000 Mongols who were attacking Japan. The Japanese thanked their storm gods for the kamikaze, which means divine wind from the gods.[1]
There are several differences between hurricanes and tornadoes. First, hurricanes last several days; tornadoes last only minutes (or, rarely, hours). Hurricanes are on average about 2,000 times bigger across than tornadoes. As an analogy, if a tornado were as wide as a hamburger, a hurricane would be the length of an entire football stadium.[5]
During the Galveston hurricane of 1900, nuns used ropes to tie themselves to rows of children in orphanages, but the floodwater was too hard and fast. People found the nuns still tied to the children after the flood. They had all drowned.[1]
Hurricanes often spawn tornadoes. For example, Hurricane Andrew (1992) spawned 62 tornadoes, and Hurricane Beulah (1967) created a whopping 141 tornadoes. Tornadoes can occur days after a hurricane's landfall.[5]
Hurricanes never combine to form one stronger storm. However, the storms may circle each other, which is known as the Fujiwhara effect.[5]
The effect is named after Sakuhei Fujiwhara, the Japanese meteorologist who first described the effect
Tornadoes have more intense winds than hurricanes. For example, the fastest recorded hurricane wind speed is approximately 200 mph. Tornado winds can be up to 300 mph.[5]
The terms "hurricane," "typhoon," and "cyclone" are different names for the same type of storm, a tropical cyclone. Tropical cyclones that occur in the Atlantic Ocean or eastern Pacific Ocean are called hurricanes; in the western Pacific Ocean they are called typhoons (from the Cantonese word tai-fun); and in the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal, tropical cyclones are called cyclones (from the Greek word for "coiled snake"). In Australia, hurricanes are called "willy-willies."[10]
Hurricane names are chosen from a list selected by the World Meteorological Organization. There are six separate lists for Atlantic hurricanes, with one list used each year. Each list is repeated every 7th year. However, officials retire names of hurricanes that have caused a great deal of damage or death. Retired names include Andrew, Camille, Bob, Fran, Katrina, and Hugo.[10]
In 1953, the National Weather Service adopted the Navy's practice of naming Atlantic hurricanes after women. Previously, hurricanes were named either according to their longitude and latitude or were identified by the phonetic alphabet (Able, Baker, Charlie, etc.). In 1979, meteorologists added men's names to alternate with women's names. The first three male names ever used for hurricanes (Bob, David, and Frederick) all are retired.[10]
Though the eye is the calmest part of the storm, over the ocean, it can be the most dangerous area. While waves in the eye wall travel in the same direction, waves in the eye converge from all directions, which often creates rogue waves.[11]
Hurricane Katrina was the largest and 3rd strongest hurricane ever recorded to make landfall in the US
The costliest hurricane worldwide is widely believed to be Hurricane Katrina, with overall damage estimates at over $100 billion.[5]
Hurricanes spin around a low-pressure center called the "eye." Sinking air makes this 20- to 30-mile-wide area calm and free of clouds. A thick ring of clouds called the "eye wall" surrounds the eye and is the strongest part of the hurricane.[11]
Water must be a certain depth for hurricanes to form, at least 200 feet (60 m). Additionally, the water must be warm, over 80º F (27 º C). A hurricane's strength depends on how warm the water is—the warmer the water, the stronger the hurricane becomes.[1]
Since pilots first began flying into typhoons and hurricanes in 1944, only four planes have been lost in the storms. No trace of these planes or their crew has ever been found.[1]
A tropical storm is classified as a hurricane when sustained winds reach 74 miles per hour, though hurricane winds are often faster. When a tropical cyclone's sustained wind speed is between 39-74 mph, it is classified as a tropical storm. When its winds are less than 38 mph, a tropical cyclone is called a tropical depression.[5]
For a hurricane to form, there needs to be (1) a pre-existing condition disturbance with thunderstorms, (2) warm water (at least 80 º F) to a depth of 150 ft., and (3) light upper-level winds.[5]
Each year, approximately 10 tropical storms form over the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico. Out of these, six become hurricanes.[5]
Approximately five hurricanes strike the U.S. coastline during an average three-year period. Of these, two are major hurricanes over 110 mph.[5]
Project Stormfury was an organization that tried to control hurricanes by seeding them with silver iodide, which would cool the hurricanes. However, the project had little success, and most scientists now have abandoned the idea of controlling hurricanes.[1]
Hurricane Andrew's (1992) outer rain bands extended 100 miles from the center. In contrast, Hurricane Gilbert's (1988) stretched over 500 miles.[5]
Hurricanes can last for weeks, but most hurricanes typically last approximately 10 days.[5]
During the 20th century, 158 hurricanes of all categories hit the U.S. Most hurricanes hit Florida (57), with Texas coming in second with 26. Louisiana and North Carolina each had 25.[5]
Hurricanes kill more people than any other type of storm.[11]
Hurricanes kill more people than any other type of storm
Thirty-six of the 64 major hurricanes (Categories 3-5) that hit the U.S. in the 20th century struck in September. August was the second busiest month, with 15.[5]
The Atlantic hurricane season typically lasts from June 1 to November 30, though most hurricanes form during the fall. The Eastern Pacific hurricane season is from May 15 to November 30.[9]
A hurricane warning is issued when a hurricane is expected to arrive within 24 hours. A hurricane watch is issued when the storm is 24-36 hours away.[9]
The years 2000-2009 have seen the most Category 5 hurricanes, with eight. These include Isabelle (2003), Ivan (2004), Emily (2005), Katrina (2005), Rita (2005), Wilma (2005), Dean (2007), and Felix (2007).[5]
Earthquakes outnumber hurricanes. According to NASA, approximately 85 hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical cyclones occur worldwide each year. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year, with 100,000 strong enough to be felt and 100 of them strong enough to cause damage.[5]
The Southern Hemisphere typically experiences about half the number of hurricanes as the Northern Hemisphere each year.[2]
No hurricane is on record as ever hitting the U.S. Pacific Coast. Hurricanes have, however, hit the West Coast of Mexico.[5]
Jupiter's "Great Red Spot" in relation to the Earth
A hurricane on Jupiter has been raging for over 300 years and is bigger than the Earth.[5]
The number of Atlantic hurricanes is increasing. The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, for example, was the worst on record. Some scientists think the rise in hurricanes is due to a natural cycle: hurricanes are rare for the first 30 to 60 years of the cycle and then they become more common for the next 30 to 60. Other scientists blame global warming.[5]
Anyone can check to see if his or her name is on the latest list of hurricane names at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml.[1]
Hurricane/Typhoon John lasted 31 days in 1994, which is longer than any other hurricane in history. It was both a hurricane and a typhoon because it passed through both eastern and western parts of the Pacific Ocean.[11]
It is a common misconception that opening all the windows in a house during a hurricane will equalize the pressure in the house so the windows won't explode. Experts argue, however, that opening the windows will only weaken the house by allowing more wind, rain, and debris to fly in.[5]
Top Five Deadliest Hurricanes[5]
Great Hurricane of 1780 27,500+ 1780
Hurricane Mitch 18,974-21,000 1998
Galveston 8,000-12,000 1900
Hurricane Fifi 8,000-10,000 1974
Dominican Republic 2,000-8,000 1930
Top 5 Deadliest U.S. Hurricanes[9]
Galveston, Texas 8,000-12,000 1900
San Felipe (Okeechobee Hurricane), Florida 2,500 1928
Hurricane Katrina 1,836 2005
The Long Island Express, New York and New England 700 1938
The Great Labor Day Storm, Florida 400-600 1935
Top 5 Costliest Atlantic Hurricans in the U.S. (Adusted for Inflation)[5]
1. Katrina $105,840,000,000 2005
2. Andrew $45,561,000,000 1992
3. Ike $27,790,000,000 2008
4. Wilma $20,587,000,000 2005
5. Ivan $19,832,000,000 1992
Saffir-Simpson Scale[1]
1 74-95 miles (119-153 km) an hour 4-5 ft. (1-1.5 m) high Little harm
2 96-110 miles (154-177 km) an hour 6-8 ft. (2-2.5 m) high Medium harm to tree branches and street and store signs
3 111-130 miles (179-209 km) an hour 9-12 ft. (3-3.5 (m) high Heavy harm—parts of trees and roofs damaged
4 131-155 miles (211-249 km) an hour 13-18 ft. (4-5.5 m) high Terrible harm to buildings and trees
5 Winds greater than 155 miles (249 km) an hour Higher than 18 ft. (5.5 m) Buildings and trees blown down
It is estimated that Hurricane Florence could drop over 10 trillion gallons in one week. That's enough to fill 15 million Olympic-sized swimming pools. Or enough for one person to take 581.4 billion showers.[3]
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Ee-Peng Lim is a professor at the School of Information Systems of Singapore Management University (SMU). He received Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis in 1994 and B.Sc. in Computer Science from National University of Singapore. His research interests include social network and web mining, information integration, and digital libraries. He is the co-Director of the Living Analytics Research Center (LARC) jointly established by SMU and Carnegie Mellon University. He is currently an Associate Editor of the ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS), ACM Transactions on the Web (TWeb), IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE), Information Processing and Management (IPM), Social Network Analysis and Mining, Journal of Web Engineering (JWE), IEEE Intelligent Systems, International Journal of Digital Libraries (IJDL) and International Journal of Data Warehousing and Mining (IJDWM). He was a member of the ACM Publications Board until December 2012. He serves on the Steering Committee of the International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL), Pacific Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PAKDD), and International Conference on Social Informatics (Socinfo).
Ee-Peng Lim, Denzil Correa, David Lo, Michael Finegold, Feida Zhu. Reviving Dormant Ties in an Online Social Network Experiment. The International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM), July 2013, Boston.
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Juan Du, Feida Zhu, Ee-Peng Lim. Dynamic Label Propagation in Social Networks. The 18th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA2013), April 22-25, 2013, Wuhan, China.
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Date: 9th August 2019 at 2:03pm
West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini faces a "big" decision over who to start at left-back against Manchester City on Saturday, according to reliable journalist Sam Inkersole.
The Hammers face the defending champions at the London Stadium to kick-off their Premier League campaign, and Inkersole is of the opinion that the team picks itself, but for the full-back dilemma.
Writing in a piece for Football.London, he said: "There is only really one big selection decision for Pellegrini this weekend as [Lukasz] Fabianski coming back into the fold is a no-brainer.
"That decision comes at left back where the manager has to choose between Aaron Cresswell and Arthur Masuaku and we think the boss will plump for the Englishman over the DR Congo defender.
"That is purely based on pre-season decisions where, despite Masuaku being available for the last three matches, he has only featured off the bench after joining up with the squad late."
To be fair, Inkersole is probably right about this one. West Ham have recruited well this summer, and the majority of the starting lineup does pretty much choose itself, with the dynamic midfield four of Jack Wilshere, Felipe Anderson, Pablo Fornals, and Manuel Lanzini liable to cause any team problems when they get up and running. The only position that is a mystery at the moment is left-back. There is little to separate Cresswell and Masuaku on paper. Last season, as per Whoscored, Masuaku made, on average, more tackles, interceptions, and clearances per game, whereas Cresswell made more blocks and was dribbled past fewer times, but the stats are often separated by fine margins, and the competition between the two should continue to be fierce this season. You would probably have to hand the edge to Masuaku, but as Inkersole points out, he has been with the squad for less time, and if Cresswell can come in and stake his claim early doors, the position will be his to lose.

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Four arrested after car-jacking in New Plymouth
Saturday, 10 March 2018 - 12:52pm
Four men aged 15, 17, 18 and 20-years-old, have been arrested following a car-jacking in central New Plymouth last night.
Police were called around 8:00pm to the intersection of Rainsford and St Aubyn Streets, after it was reported that the men had pulled a 72-year-old woman and her 48-year-old daughter from the vehicle and stolen it.
A pursuit was initiated after the vehicle was located and failed to stop near Oakura.
The vehicle was pursued along Surf Highway 45 and the vehicle was slowed by road spikes about 40km away near Pungarehu.
The pursuit ended when the driver finally stopped at Rahotu, 16km north of Opunake.
Four police cars were damaged by the offending vehicle during the pursuit.
"We are continuing to provide support to the two victims, who were very shaken by what happened," said Detective Constable Anthony Temple.
They suffered abrasions and cuts and were taken to hospital and later discharged.
The offenders appeared in court this morning.
Investigations into the incident continue and police are asking for any witnesses with information to call New Plymouth Police on (06) 759 5500.
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Despite threats to the planet and to humanity, coal expansion continues to escalate rapidly as energy demands increase globally, and supplies contract.
In Southern Africa coal represents the energy and export choice of the future, with South Africa leading the way. South Africa's reliance on coal is entrenched in its economy, with 95% of its domestic electricity supplied by the fossil fuel. The country's energy demands are escalating in a context in which coal corporations, other mining houses and massive smelting companies are economically dominant and empowerment deals predominate.
In South Africa the three largest power plants under construction and design are Medupi, Kusile and 'Coal3'. Climate change will worsen because more than 1200 coal-fired power plants and related infrastructure projects are proposed in over 65 countries. If these many projects succeed, the planet will warm by an estimated six degrees by the end of the century, rendering significant parts of the planet uninhabitable and threatening human existence.
Because coal plants are a leading source of carbon emissions globally, the switch away from coal at the global level is a most necessary step to achieving the kinds of emissions reductions the world urgently needs. These catastrophic impacts are projected to have greatest effect in sub-Saharan Africa, where the charity Christian Aid projects that climate change will leave an additional 180 million Africans dead by 2100.
These are the words of a woman member of the Somkhele community in KwaZulu-Natal who has endured devastating environmental and social effects of coal mining over the last decade. Just a few miles west, communities in Fuleni are fighting Ibuthu Coal, a shadowy firm linked to BHP Billiton and Glencore – the world's largest mining house and commodity trader – which aims to mine coal on the southern boundary of the iMfolozi Wilderness Area.
Thousands of local residents in Fuleni will be relocated (for the second time in a generation) to make way for the mine in an area already suffering more than a year of deep drought. Thanks to increased burning of coal and other fossil fuels, such conditions are now more commonplace, as climate change takes hold across the world. South Africa is both victim and villain, on a grand scale, and this is just one of many sites where the class, race and gender character of the winners and losers are blatantly obvious.
From 19-24 January the WoMin is undertaking a Southern African exchange 'Women Stand their Ground Against Big Coal' at Stay City, Berea in Johannesburg and several field sites in South Africa. The exchange brings together participants from Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa.
Participants from a host of civil society organisations working on extractives in South Africa and the region will also be present including Samantha Hargreaves of WoMin, Trusha Reddy from the International Coal Network, Bobby Peek of groundWork, Caroline Ntaopane from ActionAid South Africa and Patrick Bond from the UKZN Centre for Civil Society amongst other local and regional participants.
Between 20-22 January, WoMin will through various solidarity field trips bear witness to and hear the stories of women from communities in KwaZulu-Natal (Somkhele and Fuleni), Mpumalanga (various communities in Witbank and Carolina) and the Vaal Triangle in Gauteng who are profoundly affected by coal extraction, migrant labour, water degradation, land grabs, climate change and other adverse effects of coal in their areas.
These women are at the forefront of resisting coal, having the clearest vision of the type of development that will support life and livelihood, in contrast with the death and destruction that represent coal.


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Selective mutism (SM)
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Selective mutism (SM) is a severe childhood[citation needed] anxiety disorder[1][2] in which a person who is normally capable of speech is unable to speak in given situations, or to specific people.
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In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, selective mutism is described as a rare psychological mental disorder in children. Children and adults with the disorder are fully capable of speech and understanding language, but can fail to speak in certain social situations when it is expected of them.[3] It is in presentation an inability to speak in certain situations. They function normally in other areas of behavior and learning, though appear withdrawn and some are unable to participate in group activities. As an example, a child may be completely silent at school, for years at a time, but speak quite freely or even excessively at home. There appears to be a hierarchical variation among those suffering from this disorder in that some children participate fully in school and appear social, but just don't speak; others will speak only to peers, but not to adults; others will speak only to adults when asked questions requiring short answers, but not to peers in social situations; while others speak to no one and can not participate at all in any activities presented to them. In its most severe form, known as "Progressive Mutism", selectively mute children stop speaking to everyone, even their parents.
Particularly in young children, SM can sometimes be confused with an autism spectrum disorder, especially if the child acts particularly withdrawn around his or her diagnostician. Unfortunately, this can lead to incorrect treatment. Individuals with SM can communicate normally when in a situation in which they feel comfortable, as can many individuals on the autism spectrum, especially those with Asperger syndrome. Although children on the autism spectrum may also be selectively mute, they display other behaviors—hand flapping, repetitive behaviors, social isolation even among family members (not always answering to name, for example), sensory integration difficulties, poor eye contact—that set them apart from a child with selective mutism. If a child is simply not speaking in social situations, this is likely not an autism spectrum disorder, but may be SM. Children with SM are not necessarily autistic, but children with autism frequently are nonverbal. Evaluation of children with these symptoms by a developmental pediatrician is critical for early intervention. Evaluations should accompany a video of the child in the home environment where he/she is the most comfortable in order to assist in making a differential diagnosis.
Selective mutism is by definition characterized by the following:
Consistent failure to speak in specific social situations (in which there is an expectation for speaking, e.g., at school) despite speaking in other situations.
The disturbance interferes with educational or occupational achievement or with social communication.
The duration of the disturbance is at least 1 month (not limited to the first month of school).
The failure to speak is not due to a lack of knowledge of, or comfort with, the spoken language required in the social situation.
The disturbance is not better accounted for by a communication disorder (e.g., stuttering) and does not occur exclusively during the course of a pervasive developmental disorder, schizophrenia, or other psychotic disorder.
The former name elective mutism indicates a widespread misconception even among psychologists that selective mute people choose to be silent in certain situations, while the truth is that they are forced by their extreme anxiety to remain silent; despite their will to speak, they just cannot make any voice. To reflect the involuntary nature of this disorder, its name was changed to selective mutism in 1994 . Though views on the involuntary nature of this disorder are not without some controversy . Some researchers have contended that it's mainly caused by oppositional behaviour [4], while others maintain that it's the result of anxiety and shyness in general and social anxiety in particular [5].
The incidence of selective mutism is not certain. Due to the poor understanding of this condition by the general public, many cases are likely undiagnosed. Based on the number of reported cases, the figure is commonly estimated to be 1 in 1000. However, in a 2002 study in The Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the figure has increased to 7 in 1000.
Most children with selective mutism are believed to have an inherited predisposition to anxiety. They often have inhibited temperaments, which is hypothesized to be the result of over-excitability of the area of the brain called the amygdala.[6] This area receives indications of possible threats and sets off the fight-or-flight response.
Some children with selective mutism may have sensory integration dysfunction (trouble processing some sensory information). This would cause anxiety, which may cause the child to "shut down" and not be able to speak. Many children with SM may have some auditory processing difficulties.
About 20-30% of children with SM have speech or language disorders that add stress to situations in which the child is expected to speak.[7]
There is no evidence that children with SM are more likely to have suffered abuse, neglect, or trauma, though these cannot be ruled out. Children with SM nearly always speak in some situations (though their mutism may progress to the point where they cannot speak anywhere) while children with trauma-induced mutism usually suddenly become silent in all situations.
Despite the change of name from "elective" to "selective", a common misconception remains that a selectively mute child is defiant or stubborn. In fact, children with SM have a lower rate of oppositional behavior than their peers in a school setting.[8]
Contrary to popular belief, people suffering from selective mutism do not necessarily improve with age[9]. Consequently, treatment at an early age is important. If not addressed, selective mutism tends to be self-reinforcing: those around such a person may eventually expect him or her not to speak. They then stop attempting to initiate verbal contact with the sufferer, making the prospect of talking seem even more difficult. Sometimes in this situation, a change of environment (such as changing schools) may make a difference. In some cases, with psychological help, the sufferer's condition may improve. Treatment in teenage years may, though not necessarily, become more difficult because the sufferer has become accustomed to being mute.
Forceful attempts to make the child talk are not productive, usually resulting in higher anxiety levels, which reinforces the condition. The behavior is often viewed externally as willful, or controlling, as the child usually shuts down all vocal communication and body language in such situations, which can often be wrongly perceived as rudeness.
The exact treatment depends a lot on the subject, his or her age, and other factors. Typically, stimulus fading is used with younger children, because older children and teenagers can recognize the situation as an attempt to make them speak.[10]
Some in the psychiatric community believe that anxiety medication may be effective in extremely low dosages but that higher doses may just make the problem worse. Others in the field believe that the side-effects of psychiatric medications — in any dose and on any child — are so dangerous as to negate any temporary benefit, preferring purely behavioral and psychological interventions.
Effective treatment is necessary for a child to develop properly. Without treatment, selective mutism can contribute to chronic depression and other social and emotional problems.[11][12]
In this technique the patient is brought into a controlled environment with someone with whom they are at ease and can communicate. Gradually another person is introduced into the situation involving a number of small steps.
These steps are often done in separate stages in which case it is called the sliding-in technique, where a new person is slowly brought into the talking group. This can take a relatively long time for the first one or two faded-in people.
The subject is allowed to communicate via indirect means to prepare them mentally for the next step. This might include email, instant messaging (either text, audio, and/or video), online chat, or voice or video recordings, until they are in a position to try more direct communication.
The child is slowly encouraged to speak. The child is reinforced first for interacting nonverbally, then making certain sounds, then whispering, and finally saying a word or more.[13]
Many practitioners believe that there is evidence indicating that antidepressants such as fluoxetine may be helpful in treating children with selective mutism and even that medicine is essential to effective treatment. The medication is used to decrease anxiety levels to speed the process of therapy. Use of medication would end after nine to twelve months, once the child has learned skills to cope with anxiety and has become more comfortable in social situations.[14] Medication is more often used for older children and teenagers whose anxiety has led to depression and other problems.
However, other practitioners and activists (see articles on Peter Breggin and David Healy (psychiatrist)) stringently decry any use of psychiatric medications on children and note the lack of medical proof of genetic links to behavioral disorders. The denunciation of psychotropic intervention on children with behavioral anxiety disorders has intensified particularly since lawsuits against several drug companies — current to 2005 — have exposed previously unseen internal research documents[15] linking fluoxetine and other SSRI antidepressants with increased risk of suicide, psychosis and — ironically enough — damage to areas of the brain which could affect language production and normal social development.
Medication, when used, should never be considered the entire treatment for a child with selective mutism. The child should, while on medication, be in therapy to help him or her to know how to handle anxiety and prepare him or her for the life without medication.[16]
In 1877, a German physician named the disorder aphasia voluntaria to describe children who were able to speak normally but often "refused" to.[17]
In 1980, a study by Torey Hayden identified four "subtypes" of Elective Mutism.[18] First, and most common, she described "symbiotic mutism" characterized by a vocal and dominating mother and absent father and the use of mutism as controlling behavior around other adults. Second and least common was "speech phobic mutism" in which the child showed distinct fear at hearing a recording of his or her voice. This also involved ritualistic behaviors and was thought to be caused by having been told to keep a family secret. Third was "reactive mutism" thought to be caused by trauma or abuse. These children all showed symptoms of depression and were notably withdrawn, usually showing no facial expressions. Finally, Hayden described "passive-aggressive mutism" in which silence is used as a display of hostility, connected to antisocial behavior. Some of the children in her study had not been mute until age 9-12. These subtypes are no longer recognized.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), first published in 1952, first included Elective Mutism in its third edition, published in 1980. Elective Mutism was described as "a continuous refusal to speak in almost all social situations" despite normal ability to speak. While "excessive shyness" and other anxiety-related traits were listed as associated features, Predisposing factors included "maternal overprotection", mental retardation, and trauma. Elective Mutism in the third edition revised (DSM III-R) is described similarly to the third edition except for specifying that the disorder is not related to Social Phobia.
In 1994, the fourth edition of the DSM reflected the name change to selective mutism and described the disorder as a failure to speak. The relation to anxiety disorders was emphasized, particularly in the revised version (DSM IV-TR).
In the United States, schoolchildren who have received a professional diagnosis are usually placed in normal classroom settings and given special education Individualized Education Programs similar to schoolchildren with other disabilities (i.e. ADHD) and learning disabilities. Children with selective mutism may qualify for special education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) or Section 504. Under IDEA, they may fall under the category of "other health impairment," "emotional disturbance," or "speech or language impairment."[19]
In Australia, where the condition is classified as a disability, diagnosed adults who are independent from a spouse or parent qualify for entitlement welfare.
The 2001 song "She's Given Up Talking" by Paul McCartney from the album Driving Rain conforms almost perfectly to a clinical description of selective mutism in childhood, describing a young girl who is mute at school yet normally talkative at home ("When she comes home it's a yap yap yap/ words are running freely like water from a tap").
The little boy in the nonfiction children's book "Why Dylan Doesn't Talk" suffers with selective mutism. He tells his story to help other children who also live with a fear of speaking.
In Little Voice, the main character suffers from selective mutism.
The title character of Dori Jones Yang's novel The Secret Voice of Gina Zhang has selective mutism complicated by bilingual issues. When she begins school in America, she finds that her throat closes up when she attempts to speak in English or her native language, Mandarin.
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look, the title character is a second-grader who wants to make friends despite being afraid of almost everything and selectively mute.
In Leap Day by Wendy Mass, one character, Zoey, appears to have had selective mutism as a child, though she overcame it when she moved to a new town and felt that she could redefine herself. Another minor character stops being able to speak to most people after she sees something that could make her parents divorce if she accidentally told anyone. This is a rare cause at best, but seeing her inability to speak helps Zoey understand herself better.
In the television sitcom The Big Bang Theory, the character of Rajesh Koothrappali suffers from selective mutism. His results from social anxiety and renders him unable to talk to women who are not family members. Drinking alcohol suppresses his anxiety, allowing him to speak. However, it is likely a placebo effect, as seen in "The Terminator Decoupling", in which he spoke to the actress Summer Glau while drinking beer that was, unbeknownst to him, non-alcoholic.[20]
In Obasan by Joy Kogawa, the main character often seems to be selectively mute. "Inside the house... there is confidence and laugher... but outside, even in the backyard... speech hides within me, watchful and afraid." However, twice in the book, she answers aloud when someone asks her if she can speak.
In The Playmaker by J. B. Cheaney, the main character explains that, since childhood, he literally cannot speak in moments of high emotion. While this problem rarely appears, this is an example of selective mutism being used in characterization.
The song "Mariella" by Kate Nash is about a girl who never speaks, has no friends, and is likely depressed, but she is described as being "happy in her own little world" and not wanting to talk. This may be an outsider's view of selective mutism.
Many across the globe wear the turquoise wristband to help raise awareness of Selective Mutism. The message on the wristband says "Breaking the Silence"
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^ What is Selective Mutism (SM)?.
^ SMart Center: What is Selective Mutism?.
^ Adelman, L. (2007). Don't Call me Shy, LangMarc Publishing
^ Paez, P.; M. Hirsch (1988). "Oppositional disorder and elective mutism". Handbook of clinical assessment of children and adolescents 2: 800–811.
^ Steinhausen, H. C.; C. Juzi (1996). "Elective mutism: an analysis of 100 cases". Journal of Amer Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 35 (5): 606.
^ SMart Center: What is Selective Mutism?
^ Cohan, Sharon L. Refining the Classification of Children with Selective Mutism: A Latent Profile Analysis
^ Sharp, William G. Selective Mutism and Anxiety: A Review of the Current Conceptualization of the Disorder
^ Johnson, Maggie; Alison Wintjens (2001-06-21). The Selective Mutism Resource Manual. Speechmark Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0863882803.
^ Ricki Blau. "The Older Child or Teen with Selective Mutism"
^ Selective Mutism Group: Ask the Doc archives http://www.selectivemutism.org/faq/faqs/when-do-i-need-to-seek-professional-help-for-my-child http://www.selectivemutism.org/faq/faqs/what-about-adults-what-are-the-long-term-effects-of-sm
^ Virginia Tech University mass killer Cho Seung Hui diagnosed with Selective Mutism
^ [1] Excerpt of and article by Gail Kervatt
^ Selective Mutsim Group: Ask the Doc archives
^ CNN.com - Documents: Prozac use reports more likely to list suicide - Jan 4, 2005
^ Selective Mutism Group: Ask the Doc archives
^ http://www.brighttots.com/Selective_Mutism.html Bright Tots: Selective Mutism
^ Torey Hayden. Classification of Elective Mutism
^ Special Education for the child with Selective Mutism
^ "The Terminator Decoupling". The Big Bang Theory. March 9, 2009. No. 17, season 2.
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Our VBS for 2016 is Lifting Up the King. We studied great kings of the Bible. Day 3 was Josiah: Faithful to God and was taken from 2 Kings 23:25. The theme was his obedient actions.
I decorated each wall for a different person. I planned to make each wall a throne room, but as I worked on them, I changed my mind. Josiah needed to be outside by the pillars of the temple. (2 Kings 23:1-3). You can download the basic temple outline here.
Click here to download the kings graphics.
There is so much for the decorating this year, I tried to add something different to each day's post. This is the corner tent area. I wanted this to look like a throne area. I covered it with bulletin board paper and added these purple plastic table covers to look like curtains. You can find the directions and more for the throne here.
I added this banner and wood chair. I added a scepter and crown to complete the look.
For Josiah, I decided to use this super easy to understand chart to explain the kings from Solomon to Josiah. I began the lesson with a general review about David and Solomon, then used this chart. I mentioned Solomon's son as the next king, but issues created a Divided Kingdom. So, where Saul, David and Solomon were the first kings of Israel, Josiah was a king of Judah 15 kings later, with one of those being a queen. Click here to download this chart.
For our VBS lessons, I taught a brief overview of each king's life. Some of the facts are to help students remember (or learn) some of the basics of their life, and part of the discussion is to learn why they were great kings. Since there isn't too much about Josiah, we discussed him becoming a king and how he felt when the scroll was found. We completed the lesson with why Josiah was a great king.
Is it in the Bible Application Game: For this lesson, Paulette decided to do a Bible review. Since Josiah was upset when they found the scroll and they were not obeying God's laws, she used the above Bible box (see how to make one here). Or, you can certainly use a box or basket.
She had pieces of paper inside that either had things that are in the Bible (scriptures) or not in the Bible. The kids read the strip they picked out of the box and told us if it was found in the Bible or not. Click here to print the strips that Paulette used.
The visual aids can be downloaded here.
Click here to see more for King Josiah.
What an amazing theme for VBS!


The phrase "fake news" is following us at every step, and was undoubtedly spread due to the use of it in the political vocabulary in recent years. We most often hear it from the US President Donald Trump when he addresses negative press reports on him and his cabinet, although the original meaning of the phrase is somewhat different. But why is fake news a topic to which the world's media and the public pay so much attention to?
Fake news has recently become more than just a harmless disorder. The extensive, systematic and aggressive use of misinformation has become a true weapon that creates distrust and insecurity among the public, having wider social, political and economic consequences. Fake news pose a serious threat to democracy, which has been recognized by many governments that responded with establishing special departments and expert groups with the goal of forming policies for their prevention. Internet giants also fight against fake news, including Google and Facebook. The problem of fake news is so acute that some commentators believe we are living in the post-truth era today.
The presence of fake news is a problem by itself, but the alarm has to set off when they start to prevail over the real news and people find it increasingly difficult to separate one from the other; according to the 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer survey, 59% of respondents do not distinguish real news from the fake ones, as the fake news creators successfully blend in and distribute them under the guise of legitimacy. The problem of fake news and a general distortion of the truth is obvious primarily on the web or social networks, extensively used by fake news creators to reach the wider public. According to the 12th European Communication Monitor that included 3,100 communicators from 48 European countries, social networks account for as much as 81.3% of all misleading news. There is also not a negligible role of mass media, which represent a source of even 59.6% of such news.
It is therefore not surprising that people have started losing confidence in the media and are questioning the credibility every time they read the news, which presents a special challenge for all professional communicators. Moreover, fake news and deliberate distortion of truth represent the greatest ethical threat to the communication profession.
Maintaining contacts with legitimate media. Many professional communicators have already established solid relationships with credible media that are guided by precision and concern for truthfulness. It is important that we strengthen these relationships. We need to provide accurate and verified information to reporters, and we must respond to them and their inquiries in a timely manner as this will reduce the possibility of publishing inaccurate or misleading news.
Building confidence: credibility and transparency. Transparency must be a basic element and a practice of every professional communicator. If you are being transparent in the relationship with your stakeholders and the target public, you will give credibility and reputation to your client (or employer) and the brand. If the fake news appears in connection with the company, it is very likely the public will question it and not spread it further. However, it is necessary to realize that building a relationship of trust is a lengthy process, and the trust itself is an essential but a fragile asset.
Since prevention is not enough: monitoring and responding to fake news. Fake news can pop out regardless of all preventive activities, so we need to prepare accordingly. A good start is to have a crisis communication plan prepared. Internet and social networks ensure a rapid spread of fake news that can harm the company's reputation, so we need to respond to them as soon as possible. Before that, it is of course worthwhile to evaluate whether it is about a real threat with potentially wider consequences or only a negligible event with no greater potential. We discussed crisis communication in digital environment on our December Apropó public relations boot camp.
Finally, let me point out that many of the professional communicators in the story of fake news are not innocent. Dr Dejan Verčič from the Faculty of Social Sciences notes that the practitioners of public relations are partly, perhaps even predominantly found among the creators of fake news. This fact shows all communicators in a bad light, and it also shows a crisis of values in the communication profession. Professional communicators need to renew our commitments written in our ethical codes, and cherish our professional integrity. Our responsibility is to draw attention to violations of professional codes of conduct and to maintain the highest standards of communication in our work.


• Ohio law requires automatic closure of academically failing charter schools.
• Loopholes in the closure law allow sponsors and charter management organizations (CMOs) to keep failing schools open despite orders to close.
• Seven of 20 closed schools are still operating, with five run by the same CMOs that first opened them.
• An eighth school avoided mandated closure by shutting down a year early, but reopened with much of the same staff.


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Q: Please provide a valid cache path ERROR. Even if there's a storage(cache,sessions,views) folder Why does my "composer install/update" keeps giving me this error? I also cant run some php artisan command because it will give me the same error

I already created a storage folder with cache, sessions, and views inside it but its still invalid path.
I also checked my view.php and its pointing also here
view.php

I also working on windows
Error code:
> Illuminate\Foundation\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump
> @php artisan package:discover --ansi

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  at C:\Users\SDG\myproject\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\View\Compilers\Compiler.php:36
    32|      */
    33|     public function __construct(Filesystem $files, $cachePath)
    34|     {
    35|         if (! $cachePath) {
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    39|         $this->files = $files;
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  2   Illuminate\View\ViewServiceProvider::Illuminate\View\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\Foundation\Application), [])
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  Please use the argument -v to see more details.
Script @php artisan package:discover --ansi handling the post-autoload-dump event returned with error code 1

A: I solved this by changing the STORAGE_PATH in my .env or just comment out the line

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BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA (April 12, 2012) – The Bloomington Economic Development Corporation (BEDC) announced today that Fourth Economy Consulting released the new "Fourth Economy Community Index" and named Monroe County, Indiana as the #2 small-sized county in the nation. The index category features counties with 100,000 to 150,000 residents that are ideally positioned to attract modern investment and managed economic growth. Monroe County received an "A" in innovation capacity.
"Our community has approached economic vitality as synonymous with quality of life," said Ron Walker, President of the Bloomington Economic Development Corporation. "We have nationally recognized industry expertise and have been noted as the number one small MSA in the United States for medical device production, as well as number three for pharmaceutical development," Walker adds.
Other features of Monroe County highlighted were the retention and investment of General Electric, Indiana University and Ivy Tech Community College-Bloomington, state and local investments in infrastructure, including public water and sewer, state highways, and alternative and public transportation, a thriving arts scene, a historic downtown square, trails, parks and various other assets.
The FEC Index (www.fourtheconomyindex.com) considers several county-level measures within five areas: 1) Investment, 2) Talent, 3) Sustainability, 4) Place, and 5) Diversity. These five areas serve as a foundation for future economic success to include wage and employment growth, education levels, drive times, home values, minority business ownership, agricultural capacity and population density. The measures are weighted based on the level of influence they have on both internal and external investment decisions.
Among other communities were Clarke County, Georgia, Johnson County, Iowa, and Tompkins County, New York. For the full Fourth Economy Index report, click here.


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March 30/Boston/Harvard Medical School -- A compound found in citrus fruits may reduce a woman's risk of stroke, according to a recent study.
Researchers at Harvard University Medical Center and Norwich Medical School in the U.K. studied stroke rates in almost 700,000 women over 14 years and found that those who consumed more citrus fruits were less likely to suffer ischemic stroke - caused when a clot blocks blood to the brain.
The key is an antioxidant called flavanone, a type of flavanoid found in oranges, grapefruits and other citrus fruits, as well as chocolate and red wine.
Subjects who consumed the highest amount of flavanones had a 19% lower risk of stroke than those who consumed the least, reports the study, published in Stroke.
However, before "an orange a day" becomes the new health mantra, the authors say more research need to be done.
"I would certainly not recommend that anyone take flavanone supplements based on this research," said author Kathryn M. Rexrode, MD, MPH, of Boston's Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, CBS reported.
At this point, the study's findings are a lead to be followed, but a good lead, as they match with past research that has also pointed to a link between antioxidants and a reduced risk of stroke, thought to be due the reduced inflammation of blood vessels caused by these compounds.
Stroke is the 4th leading cause of death in the U.S., and ischemic stroke accounts for 87% of strokes each year. Of the almost 800,000 Americans who suffer from stroke each year, 60% are women according to the American Stroke Association.
From the March 30, 2012, Prepared Foods' Daily Update
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It was in 1988 when The North Face signed their first female snowboard athlete, Bonnie Zellers, a pioneer—though she's too modest to tell you that—whose love of the mountains, first as a climber and then as a rider, took her deep into the backcountry of the Sierra, AK, Europe, Nepal, and countless other ranges. While at the time, Bonnie and her cohorts were living in the moment when breaking trail, they were also setting the stage for the individuals who would step out into the mountains in the decades to follow. Two years ago, building on the legacy catalyzed by Bonnie, The North Face assembled a heavy hitting group of five female riders to add to their snowboard team: Leanne Pelosi, Jess Kimura, Amanda Hankison, Marion Haerty, and Mary Rand. This crew, whose backgrounds are all unique, rife with rails, contests, and more, has set a pace in the backcountry. Last winter, they met up all together in the mountains for the first time (minus Marion) to film for TNF's new short film, Facets.
Facets is an exploration of these individuals who form the whole. These riders that come together to explore the mountains and the way that their perspectives, experiences, and aspirations coalesce. While the trip to film for Facets in Retallack, British Columbia, was cut short, the experience for Jess, Leanne, Amanda, and Mary was significant. Recently, this crew linked up with Bonnie to discuss where snowboarding has been, where it is, and where it's going, to share stories about winter camping in Retallack, and to look ahead at this coming winter and offer advice about getting into the backcountry. Below, enjoy excerpts from the roundtable discussion. You can watch the full conversation presented by The North Face and SNOWBOARDER, here, and be sure to check out Facets, while you're at it. – Mary T. Walsh
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The Black Keys' Patrick Carney Slams Bieber As Irresponsible Hypocrite
Written by Greg Moskovitch on May 11, 2014
Some readers may recall the 2013 Twitter skirmish between Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney and teen pop idol Justin Bieber, which erupted after Carney made some rather harmless comments outside of the Chateau Marmont and subsequently faced the collective wrath of Justin's Beliebers.
In February 2013, TMZ asked Carney if Bieber should've felt snubbed by not scoring a Grammy nom. Carney responded by telling the cameraman that "Grammys are for music, not for the money, and he's making a lot of money. He should be happy." Bieber responded by tweeting, "The Black Keys drummer should be slapped around haha," which his followers took as a call to arms.
A few million death threats later, Carney tells Rolling Stone that the singer's behaviour is part of a continuing cycle of irresponsibility and hypocrisy. "Justin Bieber, like a fucking irresponsible asshole, sicced 40 million Twitter followers on me because I paid him a compliment he didn't understand."
"I'm saying that he should be grateful that he has a fucking career in music," Carney explains. "And he shouldn't be fucking telling his followers to slap me, and then also be doing anti-bullying bullshit. It's so irresponsible." Carney added that Bieber's followers are misguided and even manipulated.
"I just started getting called a faggot, you know? All these kids who don't know what they're saying are saying all of these things that are actually wildly inappropriate. And these kids are just dumbasses," the drummer continues. "I mean, Justin Bieber is a fucking moron. And that's the gist of what I was saying. And then he goes and says I should be slapped? Honestly, I feel bad for him."
"Every single person who works with him should fucking be embarrassed that they don't… No one is doing him any favours, you know? And honestly, I don't dislike his music. I don't listen to his music." Carney adds that Bieber should feel grateful for making millions of dollars from a music career.
Delving into the more disturbing aspects of Bieber's fandom, he says, "You go on Justin Bieber's Twitter account like a total pervert every time that he gets in trouble, you should look at his tweets the next day. It's always like, 'I love you guys so much, always believe, never stop believing.'"
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The Selected Works of George Eliot
William Blackwood and Sons c1857-1879, Edinburgh; London. A ten volume library set of the selected works of celebrated Victorian writer George Eliot aka Mary Ann Evans. Mary Ann Evans was one of the leading novelists and poets of the Victorian era, perhaps better known by the pen name George Eliot which she used to have her work judged separately from both her prior work as an editor and critic and to shield her private life from public scrutiny. Renowned for the political, psychological, and realist themes in her work, Evans was much praised, particularly for her depiction of rural life, and her novel 'Middlemarch' is often cited as one of the greatest novels in the English language. In this library set are the works: 'Scenes of Clerical Life', 1857, 'Adam Bede', 1859, 'The Mill on the Floss', 1860, 'Silas Marner', 1861, 'Romala', 1863, 'Felix Holt, the Radical', 1866, 'Middlemarch', 1872, 'The Spanish Gypsy' ('The Legend of Jubal'), 1874, 'Daniel Deronda', 1876, and 'Impressions of Theophrastus Such', 1879. Undated; dated from copac. Monochrome frontispieces to each volume. A prominent and successful writer, Mary Ann Evans established herself as a great literary master of the time with these works, her writing not having been dulled by time. In attractive green half calf binding with green cloth boards. Externally, very smart, with only some shelfwear to the head and tails of the spines and extremities. Internally, all volumes firmly bound. 'The Mill on the Floss' is missing the first 16 pages of the novel, but do not appear to have been removed, rather omitted in the bin … [Click Below for Full Description]
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Album Review: Metallica – Death Magnetic
September 5, 2008 | 9:38am ET
In the wake of what has become a musical circus for one of the biggest releases of this year, the legendary San Francisco heavy metal quartet that is Metallica has blown expectations off the map with an atom bomb of magnificence. Much like Heath Ledger's diabolical performance of the Joker in The Dark Knight, Metallica's Death Magnetic faced the gauntlets of harsh criticism before the final product took hold. The laughs belong in Metallica's back pockets, however, because not only has the Los Angeles-based band put out its best album since 1988's …And Justice For All, Lars Ulrich and company have also erased the harsh stripping of their heavy metal identity and reclaimed the throne of metal's global diplomats.
Making his debut on the record, bassist Robert Trujillo certainly makes his presence known. With no disrespect to former bassist Jason Newsted, Trujillo's presence fills in right where the legendary Cliff Burton (untimely) left off. As a Metallica fan, there's no denying Burton's late influence and on Death Magnetic, and Trujillo certainly fills in some gigantic shoes. As a result of this kindred spirit returning to form, the other members have fallen in line, most notably James Hetfield. From the get go, with the album opener "That Was Just Your Life", the subtle heartbeat and gloomy overtones kick into one of the quartet's heaviest handed numbers since …And Justice For All's "Blackened". With that old school, size thirteen boot kick to the head, Metallica prove to the doubters to back off and choke on their own thoughts. Hetfield's vocals are finely tuned, mature, commanding and the most melodic he's been since the early days. This isn't an 80's throwback by any stretch, but the sound of a mature band moving forward and rediscovering its past.
Hetfield and Hammett trade off hammer-on/pull-off riffs reminiscent of "Blackened" but with a much more sinister chagrin. Ulrich's drums sound improved, and unlike the critical nadir that was 2003's St. Anger, the drummer comes out with both fists swinging and sounds a hundred times better. With all its cylinders firing, the best thing the band did was reintroduce the guitar solo, and Kirk Hammett has never shredded better than here. While lost on St. Anger, the solos come out cutting aluminum cans in half and certainly puts the man back on the top of his game. Clocking in at a lengthy 7:08, "This Was Just Your Life" gets the blood flowing, but as they always say… it's only just the beginning.
Up next is the equally lengthy and bone crushing "The End Of The Line." With double stops, crushing groove metal riffs and meaty power chords similar to that of Pearl Jam's "Animal", Metallica has reinvented the wheel of what their legacy is all about. In other words, they've created their first progressive-rock record. With the chorus ringing loud and clear ("Hooked into this deceiver/Need more and more/Into the endless fever/Need more and more/New consequence machine/Burn through all your gasoline/Asylum overtime/Never mind/You reach the end of the line"), the fearsome foursome have divulged into a newer plateau of musical metaphor, much like they explored on Master Of Puppets. Hetfield's and Hammett's interluded guitar harmonies cry, thrash and bring all of those good feelings back, as if discovering a long lost friend, who's also on the same page.
The only complaint thus far is Ulrich's snare drum. From time to time, it's a bit hot in the mix, but unlike the metal folding chair timbre of the band's previous works, this one fits in nicely with the album, especially on "Broken, Beat & Scarred." Much like the other two songs, crunchy riffs, Hammett's leads and a growling Trujillo bass rattle and roll all over this tune and push the heavy metal locomotive forward with powerful steam. Just like Ozzy Osbourne once said, these three songs are "going off the rails of a crazy train." The first single, "The Day That Never Comes" sounds like a toss-up of some of the band's earlier works, most notably "Fade To Black" and "The Unforgiven." Hetfield's subtle arpeggios and Hammett's melodic leads paint a beautifully woven, electrical canvas for the quartet to explore and take full advantage of. As mentioned before, the musical complexity of this record hasn't been matched in almost twenty years and for a first single, "The Day That Never Comes" brings to the table different walks of life that all work together. Thrash metal chords, dual harmonies, double bass… the musical grab bag is all here for the taking and heavy metal's forefathers bring it back with style. Even the most cynical minded metalheads can't argue with the production value. Rick Rubin's impeccable work ethic has definitely paid off, with Metallica taking the full fruits of the labor. Instead of a potentially disastrous eight minute single, riddled with bullet holes, we get a perfectly constructed cast of musical iron; indestructible and strong.
One of the album's highlights (and should-be potential single), "All Nightmare Long", sounds like a throwback to the early 90's riffage and raucous rock and roll. Hetfield hits some impressive notes vocally and anchors the song with strong, confident delivery. The chorus of this tune is possibly one of the catchiest things they've written in the past ten years.
'Cause we hunt you down without mercy
Hunt you down all nightmare long
Feel us breathe upon your face
Feel us shift, every move we trace
Hunt you down without mercy
Hunt you down all nightmare long, yeah
Luck. Runs.
Needless to say, Hetfield's swagger, Ulrich's rhythmic groove and the power muted, accommodating chords make this treasure trove of a tune amazing. No, really… they're back. This also continues on their second single "Cyanide." The band gobs firebomb after firebomb of musical winners. They make it look easy, and regardless, this is a very strong album, and by far one of 2008's best and possibly this decade. With that being said, there has to be one flaw in the machine, and the Achilles' heel of this whole album is "The Unforgiven III." While it is a slower departure from the band's typical thrash efforts, it feels sandwiched for the sake of being sandwiched. Fitting between "Cyanide" and the mega-epic "The Judas Kiss", it falls in the cracks musically. To be fair, it is a good song, but does carry the stigma of the weakest track on the record and doesn't match up to par with the other tracks.
Death Magnetic ends with an apocalyptic one-two- three punch with the ultra crushing "The Judas Kiss", their first instrumental in twenty years (and longest song recorded ever at 9:56), "Suicide & Redemption" and the third single, the appropriately titled "My Apocalypse." With the storybook ending intact, Metallica chose to conquer Goliath with three guitars and a drum kit. They did the unthinkable and came out on top of the mountain with one of the heaviest albums in years. The music surpasses the hype and defines a new generation of Metallica army recruits. That's the great thing about this record, it's quite a paradox. Every song here could be a potential single, even though the average length of the song is about seven minutes. Crazy, but appropriate.
Enough of my yakking, go listen to the damn thing already. It's beyond worth it!
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"Postcard from Litzmannstadt (Lodz) Ghetto with Rejection Stamp: Writer"
Tan postcard with purple printed postcard lines. Addressed to Anni Tinter from Anna Sara Oppenheim. Includes message written in black ink with several red censor markings.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A postcard to the Welfare Office in Vienna from an elderly German Jew residing in old age home. Red rejection stamp "Deutlichh Scheren" translates as "too distinct writing." Contents too explicit in describing ghetto's crowded conditions, scarcity and expense of food, and in requesting money.Return address: Anna Sara Oppenheim. Marschin II (old age home in the ghetto). Ghetto Litzmannstadt Address: Miss Ammi Tintner, Welfare office - Vienna. Translation: "Dear Miss Tintner,It is so very difficult for me to belabor dear people like you with my problems -- but certain things that are on my mind bother me and I am coming to you. I remember only too well how helpful you always were and protected us against enemies. Many others are in great fear and suffer a great deal but I can not write about that. I hope that you can read my writing. I wrote to my sister 6 times and I am wondering if they had to leave Vienna also. I hope that they did not suffer and I prayed for God's protection. For the past four weeks I am living in an "old age home" in a barack with many people cramped together in a small space.The nurses provided for us as best they can. Things are very scarce and very expensive. You would not recognize me. I am so undernourished -- my body has suffered a lot with pain - rheumatism, arthritis and I can hardly walk any more and I am very [illegible]. I do not have any money and need so many things like eye drops. It would be wonderful if you could send me some money so that I could buy some Fat Margarine. The kindness shown me by the mission an the very kind Pastor Lingor is in my memory. Greetings to all and if possible give me a report on my sister's situation.With hearty greetings I remain as your grateful friend, A. Oppenheim."
"Postcard from Litzmannstadt (Lodz) Ghetto with Rejection Stamp: Writer's Descriptions Too Explicit" (1941). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.325.


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Nips – 8/28/09
Liquors launched. Bols Genever and Absolut Boston launched in Beantown recently. You will see the former at the city's best cocktail bars. You will see the latter everywhere else.
Genever is an old Dutch spirit that, while it gave birth to modern-day, London dry gin, is in its own category. You could call it the whiskey drinker's white spirit. It's made with malted grain, same as whiskey, so it has a depth of flavor even before botanicals are added. If you want to time travel back to the days when Jerry Thomas was mixing up Improved Holland Gin Cocktails, this is your vehicle. Cocktail Virgin Slut and C. Fernsebner of the Bostonist both did fine writeups of the Bols Genever launch party at Drink.
As for Absolut Boston, what can I say? It's from the benchmark vodka brand whose brilliant marketing made it an icon and launched the category of premium vodka into the stratosphere. It's part of a series of special-edition flavors inspired by cities, in our case black tea (historically apt) and elderflower (currently trendy). It'll sell like gangbusters.
Bartenders on the move. Wow, where to begin? With the ladies — the Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails, that is. Joy Richard (aka Bourbon Belle) left her longtime gig managing Tremont 647 to manage and work the bars at both Franklin Cafes (South End and Southie). She is kicking cocktails up to a new level at these beloved neighborhood spots. Emma Hollander (aka Hot Toddy) also left Tremont 647 and will christen the shakers at Trina's Starlite Lounge in Cambridge (where the Abbey used to be), whose soft opening should begin next week.
Now for the men. Andy "Hunter S. Thompson" McNees is moving from Green Street in Central Square to Toro in the South End. His esteemed colleague Nathan Bice (aka "just Bice") is heading slightly northwest to Highland Kitchen in Somerville. Speaking of Highland Kitchen, I should also mention that Claudia Mastrobuono is leaving the bar there to go back to school. I'll miss her skills and no-nonsense attitude. Meanwhile, joining Dylan Black and Emily Stanley behind the bar at Green Street are Colin Kiley, lately of Central Kitchen, and Joel Mack, lately of Deep Ellum in Allston (and Redbones before that). And to complete the circle, Patrick Sandlin just stepped behind the bar at Deep Ellum after managing Bukowski in Boston. Finally, Ben Sandrof will no longer be working behind the bar at Drink — or any bar at all for that matter (sniff). But he'll remain a key figure in Boston's booze world with his new career in wholesale at M.S. Walker. Whew! That was dizzying. If I'm missing anyone, let me know.
Manhattan & Montreal. If you missed Tales of the Cocktail and have a hankerin' to schmooze and booze with fellow cocktailians from around the globe, you should get tickets to the Manhattan Cocktail Classic Fall Preview on October 3 and 4. This is a mini-conference to prep for a larger event in May, and, given the buzz I've heard, it could be a quick sellout. The details are still vague, but all you really need to know is that these are the organizers. Oh, I hear there are a few good cocktail bars in Manhattan, too. Tickets go on sale Labor Day weekend. Book your hotel now. Speaking of Tales and Manhattan, read On the Rocks, It's a New Landscape in the New York Times if you haven't already.
As for Montreal, I'm seeking news rather than reporting it. Specifically, does anyone know of any connections between the bar/restaurant scene in Montreal and the bar/restaurant scene in Boston? Like, Boston bar owners who are from Montreal, Boston bars that are using ice wine from Quebec, or dedicated barflies who divide their lives between the two cities… Anyone?
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Brother Cleve (served at Taste of Tiki party, Eastern Standard)
1 1/2 oz Cruzan Single Barrel Estate Rum
1 oz Cruzan Estate Light Rum
1/4 oz Cruzan Estate Blackstrap Rum
1/2 oz Bols Orange Curacao
1 oz prickly pear puree
1 oz pineapple juice
1 oz club soda
Build in a mixing glass and dry shake. Pour into a double old-fashioned glass filled with crushed ice, add club soda, and stir. Garnish with an orange slice.


This monkey butter is soooooo good. Seriously. I was shocked. You watch the ingredients go in the pan, and then you watch them cook. And if you're anything like me, you'll probably be thinking, "meh, it's just pineapple and banana, so what?" But just as the banana melts down and the sugar starts to bubble, you'll find it hard not to sneak a taste. As soon as my mixure was done simmering, I couldn't resist any longer, and I tried a steaming little spoonful. And then I smiled.
It was so good that it actually made me smile. That's pretty rare! It was sweet and tangy, with this awesome buttery texture. How have I never tried this before?!
Try to use bananas that are perfectly ripe. I was kind of stressing about finding "perfectly ripe" bananas. When I went to the grocery store I panicked a bit that all the bananas on the shelf this week were either extremely green, or completely covered in brown spots. Go figure!
I'm apparently the crazy person who visits two grocery stores to try to find perfect bananas and ends up buying about two dozen bananas. (Which may sound excessive, but our little family of five goes through a shocking number of bananas in a week…). And then with two dozen bananas sitting on the counter, every time my husband would reach for one, I'd yell, "ONLY EAT THE UGLY ONES!!" Yup. I might be losing it.
So these are the best bananas I could find! (I may or may not have edited out a few brown spots… 😉 ) If you can't find perfect bananas either, don't worry about it. These ever-so-slightly under ripe bananas worked perfectly and I'm sure that bananas with a couple of spots would work as well.
I just don't recommend using over ripe bananas, or it will end up tasting crazy sweet.
I used "macaroom" coconut from the bulk store. It's just ground coconut flakes (unsweetened). If you have any troubles finding it, throw a couple of tablespoons of regular coconut flakes into a small food processor and pulse until it turns into small bits.
Put all the ingredients into a large nonstick pan.
Bring the mixture to a boil on high heat, stirring frequently.
Then reduce the heat to low and simmer it until the banana has completely dissolved and the mixture thickens up. It took about 15 to 20 minutes.
It ends up having a texture similar to apple sauce. Maybe just a little bit thicker than apple sauce.
As I said, it would go PERFECTLY with ice cream. Or you could spread it on toast, or serve it on pancakes or waffles. I bet it would taste amazing if you added a bit right to the pancake batter too.
The lemon juice keeps the bananas from going brown, so it will last in the refrigerator for about 4 to 6 weeks.
Chop the banana into thin slices.
Combine all of the ingredients in a large nonstick pan.
Bring to a rolling boil, stirring often.
Reduce the heat to low and simmer until the banana has dissolved and the mixture has thickened slightly (about 15 to 20 minutes), stirring frequently.
Serve warm over ice cream or on toast, pancakes or waffles.
Can be stored in the fridge for 4 to 6 weeks.
This five ingredient monkey butter is so easy to make and tastes sooooooooo good. I was eating it by the spoonful. It tastes amazing on ice cream, or you can serve it with pancakes, waffles or even spread it on toast or english muffins. Yum!
If you're looking for more delicious banana recipes, check out our pan fried cinnamon bananas. These end up with an ever so slightly caramelized coating. So good!
Just to let you know, perfectly ripe bananas ARE the ones covered with little brown dots. We Americans eat them green for some reason, they are much sweeter naturally when properly ripe – you need less sugar in your jam.
That's what I was thinking too. Wouldn't sweeter bananas be better? I'm all for less sugar.
Is there anything that can replace the coconut? I am allergic? Nuts maybe? Please help. Thank you.
I think some nuts would be good to take up the volume and you could add coconut flavoring if you like the flavor. No guarantee this would work but it doesn't take much to give it a try. Even if it's not perfect, it's bound to be good, right?
Have you done this recipe with Splenda?
Would this keep in the pantry if you water bath canned it?
I see this recipe everywhere and would love to make it but I can't figure out if the pineapple is in syrup or unsweetened. Any idea? Thanks so much. I'm really looking forward to it–oh, and I'll be making it with fresh pineapple so I'll let you know how it turns out–I just need to know if I need to add extra sugar or just the pineapple with some water.
not sure if i seen a response to if this can be made with Splenda or not and since I'm a guy I can ask stupid questions. So can this be made with Splenda ? I am diabetic. Thanks Tim.