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Activism, Literature, and Reclaiming the Margins: Alexandra Watson on Apogee
Alexandra Watson is managing editor of Apogee, an annual, soon to be biannual, literary journal that engages with identity politics. The journal was founded in 2011 and seeks "to publish exciting work that interrogates the status quo, providing a platform for unheard voices, including emerging writers of color." Only in its third issue, the journal already reads like a force to be reckoned with, publishing bold and varied poetry, fiction, nonfiction, interviews, and artwork in print and on their blog, Perigee.
Alexandra Watson received her BA from Brown University in English Literature and Cultures and Literary Arts in 2011. She received honors in English for her thesis on domestic and racial violence in Toni Morrison's novels. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Fiction and Literary Translation from Columbia. She teaches academic writing in Columbia's Undergraduate Writing Program and is managing editor of Apogee Journal.
Interview by Camellia Freeman
I'm most interested in (and excited about) Apogee's commitment to combining "literary aesthetic with political activism." Your mission states, "We believe that by elevating underrepresented literary voices we can effect real change: change in readers' attitudes, change in writers' positions in literature, and broader change in society." Could you talk more about how a literary journal can uniquely effect social and political change in the world (as opposed to, say, organizing a rally)? Or, more broadly, how you envision the role of literature in politics and vice versa?
We do believe in the political and social power of literature, especially when it arises from voices seldom heard. While a lot of the work we publish in the journal and feature on our blog has explicitly political content, we believe that the written testimony of people of color, of women writers, of LGBT writers, and other marginalized groups is a political act in itself. Quoting Toni Morrison, "All good art is political." In order for art to truly flourish, the perspectives and experiences of silenced voices must be heard; the status quo must be challenged.
The political urgency of our mission can especially be felt at our events and readings. Recently, we co-hosted an open mic night with the Asian American Writers' Workshop. In the wake of the events in Ferguson, the readings spontaneously came together around themes of police brutality, violence towards black and brown bodies, and the right to protest. And the mantra of the night, voiced first by queer Latin@ punk poet Christopher Soto (aka Loma), and then repeated by a diverse collection of readers/performers after him, was an encouragement to "take up space"—to make your presence known rather than shrinking from the fears and misconceptions of the mainstream literary world. This applies to one's political standing as well.
"Take up space" seems to fit right in with Apogee's mission in terms of the work published in the journal and on the blog, but Apogee also seems to do this quite literally through staff members attending events like AAWW's open mic night or the Total Equity Now literacy march. How has being based in NYC shaped the identity of the journal and the work you seek to publish?
The TEN Harlem literacy march was fantastic! They're doing great work for education and literacy in the community. I marched with our Editor-at-Large, Melody Nixon, and she said to me at one point: "I've been to a lot of rallies and protests, and none of them has ever been about reading." We loved the idea that a march could be about the advocacy, promotion, and encouragement of reading and literature, as opposed to protest.
But yes, it's important for us to support NYC-based organizations who do activist work, including literary organizations like AAWW, Kundiman, VIDA, and Cave Canem. We look up to and are inspired by the work they've done to create spaces for marginalized underrepresented voices. We're lucky to be based in a place where diverse literary communities have a presence (underrepresented though they may be). Not everywhere in the U.S. has them at all. In coming years, we seek to expand to other cities—among them Chicago, Austin, Philly—by stocking copies of issues at bookstores and holding events there.
It must be exciting for the Apogee team to have gotten in on the ground floor of building this relatively new journal. Was Melody one of the founding editors? How would you describe the journal's trajectory?
Melody is one of the four founders, along with Zinzi Clemmons, Aaron Shin, and Jenny Ohrstrom. Apogee was first conceived of as a student publication, sprouting out from a student group at Columbia's graduate MFA program called Our Word. The founders started to plan in spring of 2011. In fall, Chris Prioleau and I joined (among others) and we came together to produce the first issue, mainly featuring writers from the Columbia community, which we hosted through Issuu.com. As we went forward with our next issue and the support for our mission grew, we became more and more aware that the gap we were seeing in representation was a much wider problem than in the Columbia community—it extended to the New York literary scene, and to local and national publications. We saw an opportunity (and, in a way, a responsibility) to extend our work.
So in 2013, after we did our first print run for Issue Two, we became fully independent. In the past year, we've been able to develop our website (with the help of our talented designer and webmaster Ingrid Pangandoyon); develop a blog component to encourage thoughtful conversations about social justice and identity politics; produce a third issue with a 500-copy print-run; and hold a series of great events. It's really exciting to see something like this grow—especially when we recognize that it's a forum people relate to. The more we grow, the better able we are to uphold our mission of getting diverse new voices out into the world.
Let's talk about these diverse new voices. I know it's difficult to provide much detail when describing the kinds of submissions you're looking for, so could you instead share about a submission or two that made you think, Now this is why we started the journal?
The entire "Stand with Ferguson" series on our blog has refreshed us and reminded us of our mission—work with a discernible (in this case, direct) political element that also shows artistic excellence. The pieces at the top of my head are Metta Sáma's "How Not to Get Killed by the NYPD" ("Don't ask them to clarify the infraction. / You are the infraction.") and Morgan Parker's "I Feel Most Colored When I Am Thrown Against A Sharp White Background: An Elegy" ("I am protected and served. / I pay taxes and I am a child and / I grow into a bright fleshy fruit.").
We do believe in the political and social power of literature, especially when it arises from voices seldom heard.
From Apogee Issue Three, Amber Atiya's "my sister breaks bread in the streets" ("my sister says don'ttravel abroad / they'll never let you / back / into the country.") and Christopher Soto's "i wonder if heaven got a gay ghetto" come to mind as examples where both form and content pressed beyond the system of dominant (male, hetero) values that have defined the literary landscape for so long. The pieces in Issue Three share a sense of urgency and an interest in challenging the status quo. We've skipped on some well-crafted and polished pieces when they haven't had this same kind of urgency.Issue Three has some serious breadth to it—from the poems you mention to the interview with Rich Benjamin discussing Whitopia to stories, essays, the José Esteban Muñoz tributes, and, of course, the incredibly vivid artwork. At the same time, you have the Perigee blog posts which remain current, like the "Stand with Ferguson" series (and that alone, let's be honest, is rare for a lit mag in a climate where it's understood that January submissions may not be read until July). All that to say, what's your process like for reviewing and selecting submissions? Does it differ between the print journal and the blog?
Our editors are hard at work year-round! For the journal itself, we start by advertising our call for submissions to the public—reaching out to MFA programs, undergraduate writing programs, literary and activist organizations, and our friends on social media. We get a lot of submissions this way (through Submittable, our submissions manager). Because many of them are coming in through channels that are already interested and engaged in social justice and identity politics, many are strong and suited for Apogee.
Part of our editors' work is to keep an eye out for writers with strong voices whose work is political—engaging with diverse communities both on- and offline.
We also solicit work from higher-profile writers whose work, while not always underrepresented personally, forms part of an underrepresented community. Part of our editors' work is to keep an eye out for writers with strong voices whose work is political—engaging with diverse communities both on- and offline. The interview with Rich Benjamin and the excerpt from José Esteban Muñoz's Cruising Utopia are both examples of pieces we sought after. Our nonfiction editor, Cecca Ochoa, had originally planned to solicit an essay from Muñoz himself for Issue Three. Muñoz passed away in December of 2013, just as submissions were getting underway—a devastating loss. We approached NYU press about reprinting a section, and they generously agreed. That excerpt represents Muñoz's ability to transcend disciplines in his writing—queerness, gender, performance, culture, art. The original introduction by Muñoz's friend, performance artist Rebecca Sumner Burgos, is beautiful and mournful—I cried the first time I read it.
Cecca Ochoa also reads and edits most of the work for the blog. The submissions process is similar—we have a section set up on our Submittable page for blog submissions. The major difference is that we encourage our staff to contribute to the blog as well—with essays, interviews, and reviews. So you get to see the voices behind the organization a little more on the blog. The #StandWithFerguson series came about more organically—we put a call out on Facebook and were overwhelmed by the number of e-mails we got with powerful responses and support for the idea of using creative writing in this way.
How has being a part of Apogee affected you, personally, and your writing?
That's a good question, and one I think about often. As a reader, I'm more drawn to political work, and attuned to subtle political commentary in work that I read, because of the work I've read for Apogee. I'm more aware of and engaged in the literary/activist community and have been introduced to a lot of fantastic organizations and people working for social justice and equality in the arts, mostly thanks to my fellow staff members' knowledge and work to extend Apogee's network. As a writer, I have a clearer sense of the specific themes that interest me personally: race and its ambiguities, intercultural relationships, the prison industry. Most importantly, Apogee's staff is a diverse and talented group of creative people who are passionate about a lot of the issues I'm passionate about. I'm proud to call them my friends.
What are you reading and/or working on right now?
I'm teaching an academic writing class, so I've been reading mostly essays lately: Herbert Gans' "Race as Class," Jamaica Kincaid, "In History," Richard Rodriguez, "The Third Man," James Baldwin, "Notes of a Native Son." Not surprisingly, my syllabus reflects my own intellectual interests. I've been juggling reading Hilton Als' White Girls and James McBride's Song Yet Sung. As for my own writing, I'm working on polishing a short story about two women who run into a rut in their friendship over their opposing views on the political significance of their own interracial relationships.
Well, I've had Apogee's back issues in my own reading rotation lately. I hadn't realized that Issues One and Two are available in their entirety on the website until a few weeks ago. (I was delightfully caught off guard by the hilarity of Jae Won Chung's story "How Harold Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Han" from Issue One.) Will all back issues eventually end up as part of your digital archive? Could you talk about the journal's decision to have both a print and digital presence?
"How Harold Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Han" was the first piece I edited for Apogee! (I was a fiction editor for Issue One). Yes, we used issuu.com, a great platform for publications, for the first two issues. That was before we had resources to print, so we hadn't yet started thinking of ourselves as a print journal. Right now the model we envision (and this will be the first year we're doing this) is a print journal in spring and an online journal in fall. All our staff are book-lovers, and we're committed to the object of the journal, its physical presence. We're also committed to the accessibility of online—we want to make sure that when we say we're bringing marginal voices to a wider readership, we're utilizing the strategies we have to do that, which is our online network.
For Issue Four, which will come out this fall, we're building a new microsite within apogeejournal.org so that the content will be directly built into the site and more interactive for our readers. We're working towards a future of two issues online and in print—it's important for us to take things one step at a time, so we can meet the standards we've set for quality.
Your move to publish more content, both online and in print, is great news for readers and submitters alike. Do you have any advice for writers submitting to Apogee?
A simple piece of advice is to submit polished prose—especially fiction! We tend to get a lot really strong poetry submissions, which we love. Because we publish very few stories in each issue, we're looking for really stand-out work that offers a unique perspective, one we're not used to reading in, say, The New Yorker. Chinelo Okparanta's "Ife Adigo Market—1978" from Issue Three is a great example. The best way to get a feel for Apogee is to read our latest issue, which is available for $10 on our website
Could you give us a teaser for Issue Four?
I asked Apogee's genre editors for their thoughts on the content in Issue Four, and our poetry editor, Joey De Jesus, gave what I find to be a beautiful and enticing round-up:
Some poems in this issue navigate incredible spaces: a shore of broken shells, a sea where low clouds swagger in, a tarred roof shingle on which might land a thuggish blue jay. Others tear up the spaces they traverse, rough road of the trip, strip malls in a twister's damage path. I hope you feel both alienation and solidarity in these poems. Some speak to resistance. They interrogate whiteness as it finds its way into in/visibility, they interrogate the body of the hybrid to the point of dissection—scary, huh?—it is a lived metaphor—mongoloid, Caucasoid, sweet tilt of the sockets, hybrid outcast called lips—these poems are little bodies asphyxiating. Love too, love and exploitation; these themes appear in tandem in a handful of poems; one tricky kiss in the bathroom of peacock bar, you facebook me, I bottompoke you and suddenly I'm handwashing your socks. I know this preview is a little unhinged but I can't imagine a better way to tease these poems. The poems tease, are teased, they have subjects, they have no subject—all I can promise is this: in the end, what each poem fevers, you will fever after. That is how they found each other.
What's next for Apogee?
Look out for Issue Four, our online-only issue, in November. We'll be holding a launch party/reading for Issue Four on November 13th at Babycastles on W. 14th St. in Manhattan, and we're launching our "Alternate Canon Reading Series" on December 4th (location TBD). Our events are always full of hard-hitting readings and interesting discussions (and fun!). Submissions for Issue Five, our spring 2015 issue, will open this winter (You can learn more about our submission guidelines here: http://www.apogeejournal.org/submit/). To stay posted on our events and Apogee-related news, find us on Facebook or Twitter @ApogeeJournal.
Camellia Freeman is an Oregonian living in Columbus, Ohio. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Crazyhorse, Indiana Review, Cream City Review, and elsewhere. She is at work on a short story collection and also writes personal essays.


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When I first came to see Alex it was at the end of a very hard period of 5 or more years of severe dental issues. I had become scared and anxious of visiting any dentist during this time because I knew what the outcome would be and I wasn't ready to face it. I always covered my smile in public and avoided eating certain foods, nobody knew the full extent of the damage as I had capped front teeth but knew they were breaking away. Alex was so understanding of my situation and non-judgmental he instantly put my mind at ease and made e comfortable with the procedure (All on four). All the way through my treatment Alex and all of the PDC team have been nothing short of amazing. I've retained my confidence, I can eat what I like and I don't hide my smile anymore because Alex made it perfect. Thanks to all at PDC for everything you do.
Many thanks to you and your team over the last 6 months. I had been looking for several months for such a procedure but to no avail.
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Just had to write to say thank you very much for all your help and hard work not to mention loads of patience in helping me overcome my fear of the dentist. As you will remember when I first came to you I was absolutely terrified after having a bad experience at my previous dentist, but you made me feel at ease and didn't make me feel that it was my fault.
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The final results are amazing. My teeth look as good as they did in my 20's! I can eat what I want and I have regained my confidence.
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Jane Beardsall
Having lost quite a number of my bottom teeth and the rest being in a poor condition I was having to be very selective about what I ate. I asked Alex what my options were and he talked me through all of them. In the end I opted for the All-on-4 treatment. I was thinking of the future and how I was going to eat for the rest of my life.
I was extremely nervous about the procedure but Alex and his staff were very reassuring and the initial removal of the rest of my lower teeth was less of an issue than I feared. There was bruising to my face but it was not painful and faded within a week. The rest of the process was also pain free and went very smoothly.
It is great to be able to eat what I want to and I really appreciate all Alex's skill and reassuring care. It was certainly worth it.
Many thanks.
Sue Hyde
I have sat for many days with pen poised above paper trying to find the adequate words to express my feelings about the work you have done for me. Awesome, fantastic, unbelievable, miracle are but few of many.
After years of suffering I am able to eat without pain, drink without the worry of the temperature being too hot or cold and most of al I can now smile without the feeling of embarrassment.
The care and attention shown to me from my first assessment to the final fitting day has been excellent and at every stage reassuring. The whole team have been on hand to answer any questions and help allay any fears that I may have had about the procedure.
Today I looked in the mirror and what did I see? Lovely teeth and a new me, thank you so much.
A huge thank you to all concerned with my surgery. YOU ARE AMAZING.
Having been a top denture wearer for several years, I had a large amount of bone loss and didn't think that implants would be suitable for me. However, thanks to Alex and his team at PDC Dental I now have a full dental bridge attached to zygomatic implants and my whole life has changed. I now have my old smile back, have teeth that look natural and function perfectly and I am no longer afraid to bite into hard foods. At last I am free of fixing/re-fixing my denture with messy denture glues and feel and look (so I am told), 10 years younger. I would recommend this procedure to all.
Lesley Clarke
I was recommended to Alex by my dentist because I wanted some expert advice on dental implants. I had a bridge on one side of my upper right side of my mouth and dentures on the left due to the previous bridge failing. When I discovered my remaining bridge was on its way out, I was faced with the prospect of either burying my head in the sand, having the bridge removed and a full denture or implants. I knew that burying my head in the sand would still only leave me with two options eventually. I trust my dentist implicitly and know that he would only recommend someone who would treat me with the same care as he has done in the past and continues to do.
Alex was great. He talked me through my options and the process this would involve. Because I had a partial denture for some time, it didn't look like I had enough bone density for the normal implants to be placed. After my initial disappointment, Alex explained to me all about the zygomatic implants and the all on four system. After the consultation, I talked it over with my partner and mulled it over in my mind what seemed like a thousand times. I felt guilty about spending such an amount of money on myself. Luckily my partner was extremely supportive and convinced me to go ahead with it.
After the phone call to say yes, it was all taken care off. I was guided through the entire process and my dentist was kept up to date each step of the way. My scan was arranged as was a series of appointments with Alex and his team to continue the preparation work. The big day arrived for the implants to finally become a part of me. I arrived in the morning and was greeted by the team that was going to be taking care of me and take care of me they did. Naturally I felt a bit nervous but everyone was honest and reassuring. I was talked through what was going to happen and that even although I would be awake, I wouldn't be aware of anything that was going on, wouldn't feel a thing and would remember very little.
I work with the NHS and patient care, expertise and quality of service are paramount to me. That is exactly what I received from Alex and his team. At the time I didn't fully appreciate just how much of an expert it takes to provide the level and quality of treatment I had. I also didn't fully realise what it would do for my self-esteem and confidence. I do a lot of public speaking and training in my job and I had found myself feeling very conscious every time I was with people. I was surprised by how much it had affected me.
Now? I guess the greatest compliment I can give is that the only time I ever think about my teeth is when I look in the mirror for cleaning or when people comment on my smile and how nice my teeth are.
It is without doubt the best thing I've ever done for me.
A huge thank you to Alex and his team.
Colin Brotherston
I am in my 60s,so no spring chicken,but I used to have dentures that were ill fitting ,and wouldn't hold in place unless covered in adhesive it was awful, gooey and messy,and didn't give me the confidence to eat or smile in public,and I was permanently feeling down about it.
I did try standard implants to secure the denture and it was great while it lasted,but unfortunately due to the lack of bone density through years of smoking, they failed one by one,so I was back to the nightmare with the denture.
Then I learned of the new technology of zygomatic implants,suitable for people like me with lack of bone in the upper jaw,as they are anchored into the cheekbones.
I did my research,and found that I could have this treatment done at PDC dental.
I contacted the surgery and made an appointment with Alex,who explained the procedure etc,and I decided to go for it, to try and get my life back,it was quite expensive, but if it gave me a few more quality years I thought it would be well worth it.
On the day of the surgery I was terrified,but was put at ease by the surgical team,and the needle went in my hand for the sedation and I knew nothing about the actual surgery.
After the op I left the surgery with a temporary screwed in denture.
Healing was a bit unpleasant,but was only to be expected as it is quite major surgery.
Once it was all fully healed I went on to get my permanently screwed in denture.
I am over the moon now with my new teeth,I am able to eat,smile,and laugh without the fear of my teeth falling out,it has changed my life.
I would certainly recommend Alex Jones and Richard Brookshaw,whom he works alongside for this procedure,and to anyone thinking of having this treatment,I would say go for it,you will not regret it,and I would be more than happy to chat to anyone who is unsure.
I had this treatment done in March 2014,and so far so good,and I have since gone on to have the lower jaw done with the 'All on four 'treatment that too is looking good,I am one happy person now,so thanks to all at PDC for getting me through this,and giving me my life back.
Sheila Edwards.
I would like to say how very pleased I am with the treatment I recieved and how pleased I am with my new teeth. I can recommend the dentist.
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Having neglected to regale you all with tales of the Channel Islands last year, it's time to make amends. Here's the tale of how Corumba, the crew and I made our way to Copenhagen and back again* this summer.
The general plan was to head across to The Netherlands, either going down the coast or straight across. Then we'd make our way to Germany via the standing mast route or the Frisian islands. The Kiel canal was next, and we had about 2 weeks to complete that.
The next three weeks was for the Baltic, heading in a loop around the islands of Odense and Sjaelland, calling at Aarhus and Copenhagen.
Finally, it was back through the Kiel canal and down to Bruges before making our way back up the east coast and home again*. Again, another three weeks to complete that.
Overall it was a pretty excellent trip, and a little less reliant on good fortune than last year. Hopefully you find this an interesting and entertaining account!
A map of our travels can be found here, to help you follow along.
p.s. there's also a map of 2016's trip < click here!
*well, most of the way back! The trip ended in the Netherlands as I got a job there 😊
Heading Out To Sea
The first week of the trip was simple enough – get to the Netherlands, then enjoy Amsterdam. Joining me on this leg of hard work followed by no work were 4 crewmates. The first, Ben Morris was coming with me for the whole entire trip, and was a dinghy instructor. Saskia was another I had met through the university sailing club, though without experience on a yacht. Crew 4 and 5 were Miguel and Lisa with whom I had a computer science degree in common. Their sailing experience was practically nil, aside from a daytrip to Filey and back.
Given the lack of experience, I preference was to go down the coast, doing two 20-hour legs. But the weather wasn't making allowances for that. The forecast around our intended date of departure (14/15th July) was a decent north westerly Friday through Sunday morning, then a lull in the breeze till Monday morning. Then a strong easterly was due. With only two days of favourable weather, that meant there was no time for a stop in Norfolk.
With that decision made for me, I cracked out the watch schedule, and the general safety / "wake me if in doubt" talk. I went with a 2 hour on 3 off watch. Two would sail at a time, mixing the sailors and non-sailors. The lack of navigational experience was accounted for by me sleeping in the quarter-berth, within foot-application range of the crew in the cockpit. Not that sailing in a straight line is a particularly complex concept, but one does have the odd poorly lit gas rig to contend with on the way across.
Come Saturday morning (15th July) we had provisioned enough for 3 days, gas, fuel and drink. We bade farewell to Scarborough at 7am, and found ourselves settling into a largely uneventful crossing. We passed Flamborough head with the tide and it was out to the land of oil rigs, with a F4-5 ish breeze on the port quarter. Plain sailing, and with a slightly reefed genoa we were averaging 6-7 knots on a broad reach helped by the surf. Overnight it strengthened to force 5-7, but being the early reefer I am, the boat and crew handled it nicely.
The swell did start to get to us over the course of first day and night, but fortunately the stomach failure rate could be counted on three fingers. So while we baptised the bucket several times we did acclimatise. Being drugged up to our ears helped too. Ironically, it was Lisa and Miguel who had absolutely no problems with the motion of the ocean – the two who had barely sailed before. They made up their weight in gold by being able to go below and cook, which the rest of us could not handle.
Anyhow, come 3am on Monday morning we motored into Ijmuiden. After some much needed removal of clothing and a few showers, we managed a quick sleep before heading to the funzone / Amsterdam, and come 8 am we were back out and chugging our way down the canal. Breakfast and Lisa's 23rd birthday was had en-route – evidently her family/friends are incredibly well organised, as she had been sent birthday cards in advance to bring with her!
Once in Amsterdam we found ourselves a space in Sixhaven, which was easy to come by despite it being peak season1. We settled ourselves in for several days of "British tourism". Unsurprisingly memory is a little hazy about what we got up to. However, of the things I do remember…
– Van-kerkwijk A restaurant where they never have a set menu. Instead, the waiter comes to your table and dictates the specials to you. However, they do have horrific taste in lollypops…
– Naked people in windows
– Chips + mayonnaise, Dutch staple
– Went to the bodyworks exhibition. This is a chain of very weird museums where they "plasticinate" human bodies and put them in a variety of poses, including rather explicit ones, before carving them up and revealing body's interiors.
– Quayside BBQ at Sixhaven, courtesy of Saskia and her mad barbeque skills.
– A few of the crew had a bash on the suspended swings, which can be found on the top of the XXX tower on the north bank of the Ij (you'll know the one if you've come through Amsterdam by boat + you can hear the screams from the marina)
Time flew by very quickly indeed, and 3 short nights later it was time to get on. Saskia was due to head home at the end of the week, so as a send-off I thought she should experience a more relaxed sail than the North Sea crossing. Hoorn was the next destination, and off we went down the canal, through the locks, and into the Ijsselmeer. Despite finding ourselves in a rainstorm, there's nothing better than sailing in a good breeze without having to deal with the waves, and we had ourselves a swell(less!) sail through the inland sea to the pretty harbour town. We joined one of the rafts in the Hoorn's Binnenhaven and found a bar for a goodbye pint. Saskia jumped on the train back to Amsterdam and 5 became 4. Next stop: Deutschland!
1 An 8m boat does have its advantages when it comes to finding marina spaces. At no point did I ring ahead to reserve a space. However, I will admit luck did play a part when mooring in Copenhagen – I would strongly recommend reserving a place there. More on that later though!
A quick marina guide
Marina Name, Place Tips? Facilities? Cost/night (8m boat)? Corumba rating
Scarborough – One of the better British sea-side towns. Eat fish and chips, go to the pub etc. Good beach too, though gets super crowded in summer. Facilities – They exist, but miles away from the pontoons. Also only one of the showers works well. £24 + showers :/ 3/5
Seaport, – Ijmuiden Continue all the way to the end of the visitor pontoon, as that takes you closest to the facilities. Little to do. Ok, but are walk away. Showers weak £20ish + showers. They do charge half days too 1/5
Sixhaven, – Amsterdam Fantastic location, good facilities. We never tried the bar, but it looks decent and super cheap. There's one just around the corner too, by the waterfront, opposite the station which is pleasant and not very touristy. Supermarkets 10 minute walk, ferry to the station within 5 minute walk and are free, with one running 24hrs. Good stuff, good showers, clean. €15 + facility card (€1per shower, .5 for hose use)
Binnenhaven Expect to raft. Best place to park indicated on the map, as that's nearest the facilities. Town is fairly quiet, not a huge amount to do but is extremely picturesque, and lively enough at the weekends with bars + besto's. Supermarket is a bit of a walk however. Facilities – If well moored, nearby. Otherwise can be a walk. Good standard, free showers too though there can be a bit of a wait when busy. 1 water hose available close to entrance. There is also an excellent chandlery within the barge that also serves as the fuel station. Worth a visit, even if you don't need anything. Owner is very helpful €14 4/5
Sailing notes?
Keep a good watch when crossing the North Sea – some decommissioned rigs are only marked by a single flashing white light, so bear that in mind. The ones that are lit up like Christmas trees are easier!
The other pro-tip is to have all your meals premade and in Tupperware, ready to grab and eat if you're uncertain as to how you/your crew can handle the conditions. Otherwise you'll be going hungry, and therefore getting even more tired, and in turn making bad decisions -> dying. Bad idea.
If in doubt, take sea sickness pills.
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Spine cancer is the growth of abnormal cells around or in the spine that results in a tumor. If the cancerous cells originated from the cells in the spinal tissues, the resulting cells are referred to as a primary spinal tumor. If the cancerous cells originated from a different part of the body and traveled to the spine through the blood, then it's referred to as a metastatic tumor. Treatment for tumors located in this area can be very tricky, depending on the exact location and the amount of tissue that needs to be removed. In many advanced cases, a physician will not attempt surgery because of the major physical toll it has on the body. Severe cases may be treated with a combination of chemo and radiation therapy if surgery fails to completely remove the tumor.
Spinal Cancer Symptoms
A form of spinal cancer that involves a primary tumor is rare. Metastatic tumors spread to other areas through the bloodstream, within the fluid that surrounds the brain and to the spine or along the nerves. These cells typically originate from the colon, breast or skin and are then deposited in it, eventually growing into a tumor.
Both primary and metastatic cancer can be very dangerous because they can destroy the bone and the tissues that surround it or they can compress the spinal cord.
Any type of tumor can occur in the spine including tumors caused by lymphoma, leukemia and myeloma. Tumors that occur on the nerves of the area are rare. Most of these are Gliomas and Ependymomas. A tumor that grows in the spinal tissue is known as the primary tumor.
[box]The symptoms of this type of cancer can vary, depending on the type and location of the tumor, as well as your overall health. A tumor that's spread from another area of the body will usually progress quickly. A primary tumor will usually progress at a slower rate, over a period of months or years. A tumor located on the spine will typically cause symptoms, while the tumors outside of it tend to grow for months or years before it begins to cause nerve damage.[/box]
Cancer symptoms can include the lack of sensation or abnormal sensations, in the upper or lower legs, with the pain presenting as shooting pain. Back pain in the lower or mid-back that worsens over time, pain that is not minimized by medication and pain in the back that worsens when you lie-down are also signs of a possible tumor, in addition to such signs as muscle contractions, muscle weakness and muscle function loss.
The most common symptom of a tumor is back pain that tends to get worse upon waking or during the night, although, most types of back pain are not caused by a tumor. Increased weakness, and numbness in the limbs are neurological symptoms that can occur several months following the onset of back pain. A person can experience any combination of symptoms, and individuals with metastatic tumors might not have any symptoms at all.
Treatment Options for Primary and Metastatic Tumors
If a tumor is found on the spine, your physician will perform an extensive exam of all major organs where cancer commonly develops. The evaluation will include a complete physical, medical history, CAT scan and MRI, x-rays, and a neurological exam.
Because the majority of tumors occur as a result of advanced cancer from another organ, treatment goals for spinal tumors usually involves pain management, working to preserve neurological function, and repairing structural instability in the spine. Most types of spinal tumors are removed if possible, in order to reduce pain and preserve neurological function. A critical part of the surgery is avoiding damage to the spinal cord and highly sensitive surrounding nerves. Monitoring techniques may be utilized during the surgery in order to determine if the spine is still functional after the removal of the tumor. If the surgeon is unable to completely remove the tumor, radiation therapy may be necessary in order to improve the outcome. Should the surgeon discover that the tumor is metastatic, chemo will also be prescribed.
After surgery, it can take time for the nerves surrounding the spine to fully heal. Typically, rehab and occupational therapy can help to improve neurological function.
The goal for treatment of spinal cancer will be to prevent or reduce damage to the nerves caused by pressure on the spine. With the onset of these symptoms, treatment will be necessary in order to attempt to prevent injury or permanent damage.
Treatment will include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy and physical therapy. Ongoing physical therapy sessions are recommended for improvement of muscle strength as well as to increase the ability of ambulating independently.
While surgery is more commonly recommended for malignant and benign tumors, the role of surgery for treatment of spinal metastasis is still controversial. Most physicians will recommend surgery for patients with a single tumor and no evidence of cancer growing in another area of the body.
Most patients with primary tumors won't require radiation therapy. Radiation therapy will be used to treat metastatic cancer, or cancer that's spread from other areas of the body. The spine is much more sensitive to the effects of radiation than the brain.
A Brighter Outlook for Patients Suffering from Cancer of the Spinal Column
Because back pain is the most common symptom of spine cancer, it can often go undiagnosed for an extensive amount of time. But should you notice pain in the back that fails to improve over time or even becomes worse as you try to reposition yourself when lying down, make an appointment with your physician in order to rule out more serious conditions. Early detection and treatment is crucial for survival and to also preserve mobility and neurological function. Surgery may not be possible or even necessary through early detection. Instead most physicians tend to order a round of chemo or radiation or a combination of the two, to prevent a lengthy recovery from surgery. If these therapies are ineffective, surgery will be the next step.


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Sunday, May 27
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Presenter: Delia Mae Farris
Delia has a degree in biology from UMO and descends from a tradition of story tellers. She weaves an intriguing blend of facts about island bird-watching with folklore from her mother Ruth Corbett's lighthouse keeping family. In the 1950s, Delia's lobster fisherman father Glenn Farris initiated the puffin birding trips from Cutler harbor to Machias Seal Island. Her uncle, Captain Purcell Corbett, succeeded Glenn as a reliable ocean guide aboard his Audubon Queen, which he designed and built. Captain Andy Patterson carries on this able seamanship lineage with his Bold Coast Charter Company boat tours. Captain Andy's vessel, the Barbara Frost, passes around Little River Island on its way to and from Machias Seal Island.
Ruth Corbett Farris with her seven brothers and sisters grew up on Little River at the mouth of Cutler Harbor. As an island-loving girl, Ruth laid out the bodies of migrating birds that unfortunately perished when they struck the light tower. Ruth grew up to become a folk art carver of our local sea bird species, including puffins, terns, gulls, and cormorants.
This Festival event appeals to a variety of birding enthusiasts, including historians, families, and home schooling families.


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2. The Gandhi Centre is the 36th Centre established by ICCR worldwide. The Centre, located in the historic and beautiful area of Scheveningen in The Hague, is acting as an important platform for developing and maintaining contacts with Dutch friends including students, teachers, academicians, cultural personalities and artists to project the rich and diverse cultures of India and the Netherlands. Indian Cultural Centre (Gandhi Centre) since its inauguration in The Hague in October 2011 has now developed into a vibrant physical entity, equipped with staff and infrastructure, for promoting Indian Culture, and deliver its Mission Statement of leveraging Public Diplomacy as a tool of promoting friendly relations and cultural cooperation with the Netherlands and also integrating sizable Indian Diaspora in Mission's activities.The Embassy, through activities of the Gandhi Centre, continued to bring to Netherlands, a great variety of India's rich cultural and civilizational heritage and influences that have worked to create modern India
3. Since October last year, Embassy has been pursuing vigorously with ICCR to operationalize the Centre. Since its inauguration, the Centre has travelled a long way transforming from a place of worship to a beautiful and lively Cultural Centre. Several major infrastructural additions and modifications to the building have been undertaken to boost its image as a Culture Centre worthy of India's multicultural and secular image. The Centre received a large bronze bust of Mahatma Gandhi from ICCR as well as a bronze dancing Nataraj for installation at the Centre. Some portraits including that of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, paintings and photos dealing with Gandhiji's life have been put on display. All these add to the grandeur of the Centre. A Reception Room has been developed and kitchen has been furnished all the relevant items of day-to-day use including cooking range, oven, coffee maker, refrigerator, etc.
4. Library has also been furnished with essential furniture and provided with books, publicity material and CDs. Major operational changes have taken place at the Gandhi Centre. To mark the celebration of our Republic Day, a flag pole was installed at the premises in January. Later, a stage was set up at the Centre along with a new podium. Subsequently, provision was made for sound and lighting systems as well as curtains. A large portrait of Gandhiji has recently been installed at the Centre. This portrait was painted by Mr. Ashok Bhadra. Two large murals on both sides of the walls next to the stage are also in the process of being executed by Mr. Bhadra.
Cultural Activities undertaken till January 2013
• Christmas Concerts were organized by Netherlands Malayali Association on 3 December 2011 and the Grand Chair and the Chamber Choir of the American Protestant Church of The Hague on 16 December 2011.
• World Hindi Day was celebrated on 10 January 2012. On this occasion, Ambassador read out the message of Hon'ble PM. The programme was organized with the support of Netherlands Hindi Parishad.
• Flag hoisting ceremony for the 63rd Anniversary of India's Republic Day was organized at Gandhi Centre.
• Holi Milan was organized on 8 March 2012. Holi folk songs were rendered by Mrs. Kakoli Sengupta as well as dance performances and traditional music were held during this event. Members of Diplomatic Corps as well as Indian Diaspora were present on this occasion.
• Meeting of local residents took place on April 10 wherein a debate was organized on development plans for Scheveningen area with the concerned Alderman of City of The Hague in different political parties. More than 100 people from the neighbourhood attended the event
• A special commemorative function to conclude 150th Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore in the Netherlands on 12 May 2012.Friends of Tagore and Embassy of India organized the event jointly. Magnificent cultural function was held to mark the occasion with rendering of songs by Mrs. Kakoli Sengupta.There were also enactment of "Shesher Kobita", Kathak dance performance and other activities. Women's empowerment activist - Smt. Elaben Bhatt conferred with "Dutch Freedom Award" at a ceremony attended by Queen Beatrix and PM Mark Rutte on the same day also graced the event.
• An Inter-faith dialogue where Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Swami Sarvatmananda of Ramakrishna Mission, Amstelveen also took part, was held on June 18. They delivered addresses on the theme titled "Eternal Values in Changing Societies."
• Ms. Kirti Menon, a descendant of Mahatma Gandhi, delivered a lecture on "Eternal Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi in Today's Troubled World" on June 29.Two Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awardees, viz. Shri R.L. Lakhina and Shri Wahid Saleh were also honoured on the occasion by presenting them with gold lapel pins provided by MOIA.
• Concert showcasing rich repertoire of traditional Classical music and fusion music by Grammy award winner and Tabla Maestro Bikram Ghose and his father Pandit Shankar Ghosh on 31 July 2012;
• Independence Day was celebrated with patriotic fervor on 15th August at the Gandhi Centre.
• Odissi Dance performance on 2nd October 2012, by a 11-member ICCR sponsored troupe led by Ms. Aruna Mohanty, took place at the Centre on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti and also marking the commemoration of the first anniversary of establishment of Gandhi Centre;
• On 14 October 2012, the Surinami-Hindustani community organization celebrated theHindi Diwas. The function was organized, with the support of the Embassy of India in The Hague,by Hindi Parishad Nederland.
• Colourful extravaganza of Rajasthani folk dances, traditional music and acrobatic performances by Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan on 16 November 2012.
• On 14th December 2012, a Concert Choir of The American Protestant Church of The Hague featuring soloists from various Musical Conservatories of the Netherlands presented G.F. Handel's 'Messiah'.
• On 10th January , 2013 the Embassy of India in the Netherlands association with the Hindi Parishad Nederland celebrated the 38th World Hindi Day at ICCR Cultural Centre, Gandhi Centre. Members of other affiliated organisations, notably, Foundation Sarnami Netherlands, Netherlands Hindu Council, Hindi Prachaar Sanstha Nederland and Stichting Fedratie Eekta and nearly 45 schools run by Surinami-Hindustani community were present at the function. The programme commenced with Hon'ble PM's message on the World Hindi Day being read out by the DCM. A comprehensive programme was organized which included speech by Shri Narain Mathura, President of the Hindi Parishad Nederland as well as a colourful cultural programme presented by the students and other members of the community.
• Republic Day was celebrated on 26th January at the Gandhi Centre. Ambassador of India unfurled the Indian flag and read out the Hon'ble President's Address to the Nation. Members of Indian community in Netherlands were present in large numbers.
Future plans for Gandhi Centre: The Centre would organise regular lectures, panel discussions, seminars, and performing arts on subjects of contemporary and cultural interest, aimed primarily at promoting Indo-Dutch relations.
• Another important element of the Centre's activities would be teaching of Yoga, Meditation, Dance, Music, Ayurveda, Indian languages, etc.
• A projector has been installed at Gandhi Centre in November 2012. In future, it will be used for showcasing select documentary films on India, Indian Tourism activities, screening of films on a monthly basis, holding of seminars relating to cultural aspects etc.
Activities scheduled in the near future:
• 2013-2014 is the Commemoration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda across the whole of India. Embassy of India would also be organizing special events in this year to mark the occasion.
• Holi festival is scheduled to be celebrated on March 28, 2013 at Gandhi Centre.
• Celebration of 30 years of the establishment of Netherlands Hindi Parishad with events like poetry recitation, essay competition, debates etc. It is scheduled to be held in April 2013.
• Seminar / Lectures with audio-visual presentations on History and Civilisation of India for Indian diaspora and their children.
• ICCR would be sending a cultural troupe (classical dance) from India to take part at the Annual Holland Festival in June 2013.
Other initiatives of the Embassy
5. The Mission regularly publishes the "India News" newsletter without any additional manpower, through its limited publicity budget. This is a full colour Newsletter and is published on a quarterly basis. It has a circulation of 750. The publication is in the English language. Apart from the circulation of the hard copy of the bulletin, it is also placed on the website of the Mission. It has been a huge success and is regularly displayed at cultural as well as business events.
6. The Embassy has a Facebook account. The same was established on 4th May, 2011. We have 740 friends and 25 likes of our page. The updating of the page is done on a regular basis and is open to all those who wish to enter. This too has been commented upon favourably by local community here.


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*Spoiler Warning: This article contains story spoilers for the goblin starting zone in Cataclysm.*
The cinematic isn't complete, but once you escape from the island city of Kezan, as I detailed in a previous installment of Chronicles of Cataclysm, the power yacht owned by Gallywix is embroiled in a naval battle between the Horde and the Alliance. The important piece of information that one must assume before starting to quest is that (like Han Solo) the Alliance shot first. Your goblin boat is destroyed and shards of it wash up onto the beaches of the Lost Isles.
After a few introductory quests, you are reunited with most of the characters that you met on Kezan from levels 1 through 5. Sassy Hardwrench is back, but she is now the go-to-goblin for finding stuff on the island. Gallywix, ever playing the Trade Prince, lords over the broken hull of his yacht as if it were still a throne of industry. Your girlfriend, Candy Cane, has shacked up with another man, however, and she shuns your attempts to get back together. Minor characters round out the standard town services in WoW like innkeepers and class trainers. Your buddy, Gobber, operates as a bank.
Your first task is to grab some of the supplies that the natives have stolen, but, in this case, the natives are intelligent monkeys. Wait, what? You might remember the goblin legend that had their race mining for Kaja'mite as slaves of the trolls thousands of years ago, and that the properties of the strange mineral caused them to grow smarter. There is a source of Kaja'mite on the Lost Isles as well and the same thing has happened to these monkeys, but you do not offer them membership into the Bilgewater Cartel. Instead, you lure them into eating bananas laced with nitro, and then watch the monkey fireworks blow! I'm not sure why, but I get a surge of glee watching those damn monkey shoot to the skies. Perhaps I am part-goblin.
Exploring the island a bit more brings you in contact with two other factions that have shipwrecked on the island, Orcs and Humans. The orcs, led by the female Mag-har Aggra, befriend you after you pass through a few hoops and show them what a clever goblin you are. This is accomplished by using your handy goblin invention, the All-in-1 Der belt, to mow down a field of huge carnivorous plants. I never thought that mowing the lawn could be fun, but running over 100 plant monsters is a nice break from monotonous quest design. I just wish there was more of a game to it; you are invulnerable from attacks during this quest and there is no hint of danger. Cool animations are great and all, but if I don't feel like there is a (albeit slim) possibility of failure, then it truly just feels like you're going through the motions.
Aggra tasks you with infiltrating the Alliance camp, stealing a gyrocopter, flying it to an Alliance ship and picking up a mysterious package. Now that's a quest! Just sneaking into the camp is hard, unless you were playing Jingo the goblin rogue. A few ambushes and the mooks guarding the gyrocopter were efficiently turned into corpses. I even picked their pockets before stabbing them in the kidneys, just 'cause I could. Yeah, I'm that kind of a goblin. You don't want to meet the green-skinned 3 foot tall Jingo in a dark alley. I'll stab your ankles.


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Hike to the Danielson Monument in the Boney Mountain Wilderness/
One of the more popular and challenging hikes in the local area takes you from the Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa Recreation Area in Newbury Park to the Danielson Monument in the Boney Mountain Wilderness (Point Mugu State Park).
It is about 5.5 miles round trip and has a net elevation gain of about 600 feet. The Monument is close to 1,500 feet in elevation This is a fairly challenging trail as roughly two thirds of the hike you are going up and down fairly substantial hills. That said, I've seen hundreds of folks on these trails of all fitness levels and ages doing it at their own pace.
Starting at the Satwiwa Native American Culture Center, make your way to the Danielson Road trail by either taking the Big Sycamore Canyon Fire Road (paved) south for roughly .3 mile and then a left on Danielson Road (trail) or take the Satwiwa Loop Trail that runs diagonally southeast until you reach a fork on the trail.
(Note: You can also park at the trailhead at Wendy and Potrero Roads and add another few miles to your trek.)
Veer right (south) at the juncture of the Danielson Road and Satwiwa Loop trails towards a bench that overlooks Sycamore Canyon. This is called the Upper Sycamore Canyon Overlook.
The short, rocky trail eastbound from there (behind the bench) takes you to another fork, where you can either veer left to the Hidden Valley Overlook trail (part of Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa) or right into the Boney Mountain Wilderness. (Note that dogs and bikes are not allowed in the Boney Mountain Wilderness.)
After a steady descent of about another .4 mile, you'll see another sign. Continue towards the left. On the right is the Upper Sycamore Canyon Trail, kind of a fun, winding trail at the bottom of the canyon. Save that for another day.
In non-drought years, there is often a creek you may need to walk through as you continue on Danielson Road. It has been years since the stream was of any significance but it was back in February 2017 after recent rainstorms. But it is generally easy to get across.
After navigating the narrowest portion of trail, you will see a juncture. The unmarked "Waterfall Trail" is straight ahead (only about 120 steps to the "Waterfall" when there's not a severe drought). You can check it out as it is such a short distance. But to get to the Monument, veer sharply right, continuing up Danielson Road.
This is a long, grinding, uphill trail of about a mile until you get to a juncture where you can make a right-hand turn to the Old Boney Trail. As you make your way up, you'll be treated to great views from Sycamore Canyon to Newbury Park and beyond.
Continue straight on Danielson Road. There are some areas coming up that periodically get overgrown. Watch out for poison oak particularly in these areas, continuing on to the Monument. In .3 mile, you're reached your destination.
The Danielson Monument is a tribute to Richard Ely Danielson, Junior who lived on the 7,800 acre Rancho Sierra Vista after purchasing the land from the estate of Carl H. Beal in 1947 for roughly $500,000. Danielson lived on the ranch for over three decades with his family. He donated 5,585 acres of the ranch to the State of California, which became part of Point Mugu State Park and sold 850 acres, including the horse ranch, to the National Park Service in 1980. He passed away on December 27, 1988.
Ranching in the area dates back to the early 1800s, when Spanish soldiers were granted 48,672 acres of land, "Rancho El Conejo," which through the years was subdivided and sold to other landowners. One of these ranchers was Carl Beal, who in 1937 named the area Rancho Sierra Vista "Mountain View Ranch."
The Monument is in a peaceful setting, surrounded by trees. And it stays fairly green up here. A good place to eat lunch or sit and relax. Adjacent to the Monument is a remnant of Danielson's cabin - the chimney. If you continue up this path to the right, you can get to the top of Boney Mountain.
One thing I've never seen in my decades on this particular trail are strollers. I think strollers would be a bit of a challenge for many due to rocky and narrow sections, periodic overgrowth and poison oak on the sides of a small portion of the trail and, when we're not in a drought, a stream crossing.


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By Iymon Ganaie
A busy market place shields the green fenced graveyard at the town center. Shopping complexes shadow it. The entrance to the graveyard is closed, as if it has been never opened. Over the main entrance gate a hoarding announces, "Graveyard for the martyrs of 1931". Inside, the gravestones are not visible. They are covered with thick bushes and shrubs.
There are six graves in the graveyard. Imtiyaz Ahmad who runs a bookstore next to the graveyard says that the busy market has shadowed the importance of the graveyard. "Sometimes, it becomes difficult to even figure out the graveyard. Auqaf Board should have stopped construction of shops around it," he says.
Only a few residents in the town know about the martyrs who are buried in this graveyard. Wali Muhammad, a Jamaat-e-Islami Rukun (member), gives the reason, "town people were illiterate at that time so they could not document the incidents of the year 1931". With the literacy rate of the valley surging only in the last four decades, the reason can be the one which couldn't highlight the events that followed the historic day, 13 July 1931.
Ghulam Ahmad, a retired government teacher, contradicts with Wali Muhammad, he says, "Basically, the cause of the martyrs was hijacked by dirty politics. Before the turmoil, it was National (conference) and now it is Hurriyat". Ahmad also blames the materialistic sense possessed by people. "The relatives of these martyrs, after receiving "freedom fighter certificates", even forgot to offer prayers for them. Now only political parties do that," he laments.
The other reason, which he finds, is the trade of the town. He says, "Sopore is a big trading center. People forgot the martyrs and turned to trading." However, Ahmad is optimistic about the new generation: the youth. He says, "The new generation is more vigilant towards their history. They can give you hour-by-hour record of the last 20 years."
But the youth of the town have no clue of what happened in the year 1931 and subsequently the graveyard. "If it is available on Google, then surely I can tell you what had happened in 1931 in Sopore,' says Iqbal lone, a history student in Government Degree College, Sopore. Musadiq Ahmad, a class 10 student blames the syllabus, which is taught in their schools. He says, "We read Indian history in school, not the history of Kashmir."
Sopore which is known for its high aspirations of Azadi in recent years has given much importance to the other martyrs graveyard of the town. "People have forgotten 1931 because they are more sentimental to the new graveyards. It is natural," says Ahmad.
This shadowed graveyard is maintained by Anjuman Moin-ul-Islam, the Auqaf committee of the town. Abdul Ahad, the president of the Anjuman says that he has no knowledge through records who is buried in the graves. "We have no record." However, Abdul Ahad knows about one martyr and his address. "Aziz Mushki was one of the martyrs. His nephew lives in Baba Yousuf Mohalla," he says.
Abdul Salam Mushki, a septuagenarian, is a retired government teacher and one of the few men in the town, who have information about the day—13 July, 1931. He reveals that he has heard about the day from his father "people had gathered from all parts of the town outside the Jamia Masjid but soon they were fired upon by Dogra police. Shortly after firing on the civilians, Dogra rulers imposed Martial Law in the town."
Martial law remained imposed in the town for seven days. "My Uncle's body was left untouched in the Masjid for complete seven days. Not a single person was allowed to venture outside for those seven days," Salam retells the story, which is essential part of the history of the town.
Salam also has information about the six martyrs who laid their lives in 1931. He names them:
- Abdul Ahad Shosha
- Aziz Mushki
- Muhammad Khan
- Muhammad sheikh
- Jabbar Ganaie
- Abdul Rahim Dar
The first four were the residents of the old town, Sopore while the latter two were from neighboring villages with Jabbar Ganaie from Wagub, a small village five kilometers from Sopore and Abdul Rahim Dar from Higham, another village about seven kilometers from main town of Sopore.
Salam says that government also forgot about the martyrs and their families. "Apart from 500 rupees, given way back in 1956, there wasn't any help." With every year, prayers are held but families of martyrs seldom participate. "Even Martyrs are politicized here, so it is better to be out of this," says Salam.
Politicians may get some favours from martyrs but it is seriously affecting the civil society. With the people of the town completely unaware of the history, the graveyard would soon become a part of the busy market. The brave men of 1931 will never be remembered again not even for political aspirations.


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However it was a surreal Christmas dinner we were all prepared yet it was
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She had this drained twice and still currently has problems with her
Neve is now in the maintenance stage of her treatment after
completing 6 months intensive. Her treatment consists of 12 week
repeated cycles and will continue till March/April 2015.
Along Neve's journey we have met some incredible people who have sent
us well wishes and taken part in some amazing sponsored events and
activities .... We have made new friends and had some amazing fun times.
Recently we ventured to London and watched an incredible Fight Night.
Adam Collier set this event up and we got to know him through a lady
called Lou Lou... I was in contact with Lou Lou cos of another lady
called Bex who has asked and followed Neve's journey from the start.
Fight Night was set up to raise awareness and money for children
with cancer and also to give Neve a huge treat. Neve was invited to
London with her family. Neve had been admitted to hospital just
previously so until the day before we did not
know if we could attend this event, fortunately Neve pulled herself
round and was able to attend.
We were put up in a hotel and then attended the fight night, this
evening was ram packed with so many people supporting this cause. Neve
and her siblings had front row seats and absolutely loved the boxing,
the people and of course half time getting into the ring meeting Minnie
Mouse with presents
WOW wow wow, she was beaming and loved meeting her new friends....
Lou Lou made pinky promises, Scott brought his belt, the whole night
from start to finish was utterly amazing. Friendly positive crowd who
all gave a lot for charity and awareness.
Thank you so much for giving our family new happy wonderful memories xxxxx
We wish Neve a swift recovery, and send her family all the love in
the world ...from Cage Amateurs UK Jon Pepperell, Daniel Towers and Lou Lou
Holloway xx
Neve and Family At The Original Fight Club from Cage Amateurs UK on Vimeo.
Bits of video from Original Fight Club of a special young lady and family at Studio 336 in Greenwich London
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"From the President's Desk"
April 2012
Wow, talk about forgetting the diet at our dinner @ Gino's! The dinner was very good and the dessert tray was fabulous. The portions were very generous and the cheesecake was awesome.
After just attending the Health Expo, many vendors are going "green". I believe more and more importance should be placed on Earth Day. Did you know in many elementary schools, after Halloween and Christmas, Earth Day is the third largest celebrated holiday. It is now observed in 175 countries and is the largest secular modern day holiday in the world. April 22 is the first official day of Spring in the Northern hemisphere and of Fall in the Southern hemisphere and was chosen to be Earth Day for this reason. Below are a couple of facts and very simple things that we can all do:
- Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to watch a TV for three hours – it's equivalent to half a gallon of gasoline.
- If every newspaper was recycled, we could save about 250,000,000 trees each year. It is estimated only 27% of all American newspapers are recycled.
- More than 20,000,000 Hershey's Kisses are wrapped each day, using 133 square miles of tinfoil. All that foil is recyclable.
I'm sure we have all enjoyed our beautiful Spring and seeing all the flowers and trees blooming. I don't ever remember sweating in March working in the yard! I hope to see you at Christopher's to hear our guest speaker, Bergetta Beardsley with United Way.
Sharon Wolfe


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The Board of Trustees, staff and partners of Freedom's Frontier have been working hard to make 2016 a special year for the heritage area. We are embarking on several special programs to celebrate our 10th anniversary. We invite you to join in our celebration!
Freedom's Frontier Signature Events
Throughout 2016, Freedom's Frontier will partner with museums, historic sites and organizations in the heritage area to help host Freedom's Frontier Signature Events. These events are an opportunity to learn more about our history and our work in the heritage area. We are kicking off our 10th anniversary at our 3rd Annual Awards Luncheon at the Olathe Community Center on October 22. Other events range from Lee's Summit's "Fair to Remember" celebrating Missouri's history in May to a Kansas birthday celebration at the Johnson County, Kansas, Library in January. We will be celebrating at Poplar Heights Living History Farm in Butler, Missouri, as well as commemorating 1856 in Douglas County, Kansas. Be sure to check our website in 2016 to check out our signature events as well as all the special historically-themed programming happening in Freedom's Frontier.
10th Anniversary Photo Contest
From the cities of St. Joseph, Gladstone, Manhattan, and Fort Scott to the back country roads in Ray, Vernon, Montgomery, and Jefferson counties, we want to show off your images! Freedom's Frontier is expanding our annual photo contest to include four separate categories. So grab your camera, explore the heritage area and hit us with your best shot. Winners will be selected in each of four categories, Events & People, Historic Sites, Nature/Trails and our historic themes (Shaping the Frontier, Missouri/Kansas Border War, Enduring Struggle for Freedom). Winners will be featured in our 2017 Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area calendar. Anyone is welcome to submit a picture so long as that picture was taken in the heritage area. Check www.freedomsfrontier.org for details.
Shared Stories in Our Schools
The history of Freedom's Frontier doesn't stop at a state border. Our history crosses boundaries and involves multiple perspectives of different events. What better way for kids to connect to and think about the history of Freedom's Frontier than through the words of the people who lived it? In 2011 for the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, Kansas Humanities Council, with support from Freedom's Frontier created a series of readers' theater scripts that use letters, newspaper articles and diary entries to look at different topics about the Civil War in Missouri and Kansas from multiple perspectives. These scripts are available on our website to anyone who wishes to read them or use them in programming. For our 10th anniversary, we are making the scripts available to teachers and asking them to share with us how they used the Shared Stories readers' theater scripts in their classroom. The teachers who shares the best idea for how they used the script will receive a $1,500 grant for their classroom.
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No matter if you want to explore the heritage area on the road or from the comfort of your own computer, the Freedom's Frontier Discovery Journal will help children learn about our history and find places to discover more about Freedom's Frontier. Due out in spring 2016, Freedom's Frontier plans to distribute the Discovery Journals to fourth grade classrooms throughout the heritage area. These journals will include information about the shared history of Freedom's Frontier, activities, and suggestions of historic sites and museums for kids to visit with their friends and families.
10th Anniversary Campaign
As we plan for the future of Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area, we are working to develop a sustainable source of funding. We invite people to consider becoming a Heritage Traveler Insider. Your tax-deductible donation to Freedom's Frontier enrolls you as a Heritage Traveler Insider. Our insiders received a monthly email that highlights our partner museums and historic sites and provides insider information and suggestions about where to visit as you explore Freedom's Frontier. Insiders also receive special coupons, discounts and invitations to events taking place in the heritage area.
We invite you to celebrate 10 years of Freedom's Frontier with us!


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Apart from the occasional brawl among legislators, domestic Taiwanese politics rarely seem to capture international attention. But a Taiwanese sex scandal involving a female politician has bucked this trend, topping a worldwide list of the most searched for topics at Internet search engine Terra Lycos SA.
Chu Mei-feng, the former chief of the Bureau of Cultural Affairs in Hsinchu, was secretly videotaped during a romantic liaison with a married lover at her apartment. In December, the sexually explicit video, which was recorded without Chu's knowledge or consent, caused an uproar across Taiwan when it was distributed on VCDs (video CDs) packaged with an issue of a Taiwanese tabloid magazine, Scoop Weekly.
The incident has sparked debate in Taiwan about the limits of press freedoms and, to a lesser extent, about attitudes towards women in Taiwanese society. But the scandal has also attracted the attention of Internet users from around the world.
After debuting at No. 45 on the Lycos 50 list on Jan. 15, searches for Chu rose 1,500 percent to top the most recent edition of the list, which was released on Jan. 22 and tracks search requests from Lycos users around the world. In addition, searches for Taiwan and "Taiwan news" rose 550 percent and 1,240 percent, respectively.
The surge in the number of searches for Chu overwhelmed the former No.1 search item, Japanese cartoon Dragonball Z.
The sudden rise in searches for Chu caught Lycos 50 commentator Aaron Schatz off guard. "We figured it would be one week on the chart for (Chu), then adios," he wrote in an analysis of the results. "Instead, (Chu) rocketed to the top of the Lycos 50 this week, with more than twice as many searches as perennial chart-topper (Japanese cartoon) Dragonball."
Searches for other popular topics, such as pop idol Britney Spears (No. 7), tennis star Anna Kournikova (No. 21), the Bible (No. 22), and bankrupt energy trader Enron Corp. (No. 25), also lagged far behind Chu on the Lycos 50 list.
According to Schatz, the largest number of searches for Chu that could be tracked to a specific country came from Singapore (23 percent). Search requests were also recorded from users in the U.S. (14 percent), Thailand (12 percent), Malaysia (4 percent), Australia (4 percent) and Spain (4 percent).
By comparison, only 1 percent of searches for Chu came from Taiwan, Schatz said.


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Market Rasen Town Council is aiming to keep the town looking a cut above the rest... but they need your help!
Councillors revealed new plans to 'put feelers out' about a town council run 'Adopt a verge' scheme at a town council meeting earlier this month.
It is hoped the scheme would see Market Rasen residents volunteer to take responsibility for a verge near their home to cut regularly themselves.
The town council is also planning to adopt a verge themselves, for which they would be responsible for maintaining throughout the year.
The cutting of many roadside grass verges in the area - be they on residential estates or country roads, was previously the responsibility of Lincolnshire County Council.
However, in light of a multi-million pound reduction in its budget, the county council has reduced grass cutting on roadside areas around Lincolnshire.
If you would be interested in adopting a verge, the town council would like to hear from you.
You can get in touch on 01673 842479.
You can also email town firstname.lastname@example.com