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It is, until further notice, the largest fire department in Maine.
"Scarborough, Portland, Gardiner, Freeport, Yarmouth, Wales … Waterville's here, too," Gerry Pineau, a firefighter and paramedic from Westbrook, said amid the hubbub inside the Farmington Fire Department. "Augusta, Rangeley, Lewiston, Auburn … all those towns, off the top of my head, have already been here or are scheduled to be here."
They routinely refer to themselves as family.
They call each other brother or sister, even if meeting for the first time.
And when tragedy strikes, as it did Monday morning less than a mile from Farmington's fire station, they line up to lend a hand.
"What happens in this kind of crisis is it's not a crisis," Pineau said. "Because operations here have not ceased."
Driving by the town's fire station Wednesday afternoon, you might think it was just another late summer day in central Maine. An engine and a ladder truck sat at the ready in the large driveway, while firefighters in dark slacks and navy blue T-shirts came and went through the open bays of the cavernous station.
But the ladder truck was from Augusta. And the T-shirts sported logos from all over. And the occasional bear hugs between grown men signified that these are far from normal times.
Just after 8 a.m. Monday, six local firefighters, including most of the department's command staff, responded to reports of a gas smell at the newly renovated Life Enrichment Advancing People (LEAP) building on Farmington Falls Road.
Minutes later, as the firefighters and the site's maintenance manager investigated the odor, the building exploded violently enough to be heard 30 miles away.
Killed instantly was Capt. Michael Bell, 68, a department veteran of 30 years. His brother, Fire Rescue Chief Terry Bell, 62, suffered critical injuries, as did Capt. Scott Baxter, 37; his father, firefighter Theodore "Ted" Baxter, 64; and Larry Lord, 60, the maintenance manager. Also hospitalized were Capt. Tim Hardy. 40; and firefighter Joseph Hastings, 24.
In other words, almost a quarter of Farmington's 27-member fire department went down in the blast. Even as the insulation drifted down like snow onto lawns and sidewalks hundreds of yards from the obliterated LEAP building, it became all too clear to the rest of Maine's firefighting community that this was a town in need of help. Immediately.
Jim Roy, a lieutenant with the Waterville Fire Department, heard about the explosion shortly after it happened and thought immediately of Capt. Hardy, with whom he once worked as a full-time firefighter in Waterville. Hardy also is an instructor at the Maine Fire Services Institute, where Roy serves as deputy director.
"Obviously, when we heard, we had hoped Tim wasn't involved," Roy said. "And then we found out."
Now here Roy was, putting in a 12-hour shift on his own time at his fallen friend's firehouse.
"You think about how many times you get a call that's exactly the same – the smell of gas in a building – and you respond," Roy said. "And fortunately for us, we've never had to experience anything like this."
Time will tell why Monday's call, unlike so many others, ended so badly. All that matters to these firefighters now is the void that needs filling – and if that means putting yourself in harm's way to serve a community far away from your own, so be it.
"My town, their town, it doesn't matter. We do it," said Dan Masselli, deputy chief of the Yarmouth Fire Department and, on this day, Farmington's operations officer.
Masselli began his firefighting career in nearby Jay. When he first heard about the explosion while walking into his office in Yarmouth, he already knew who among the core of Farmington's department would likely be the ones being airlifted to Maine Medical Center in Portland.
"We've trained together," Masselli said. "We've had beers together over the years. It's that intimate."
Like most other firefighters, Masselli sits up and takes notice whenever catastrophe befalls a fire department anywhere. Usually, it's in some distant place like New York City, California or Florida.
But then last March, Berwick Fire Capt. Joel Barnes died while shielding one of his men from the heat of a four-alarm blaze inside an apartment building.
"That was close by – a lot of us knew him," Masselli said. "Then, when it hits right in your circle of friends …"
Pointing up at the offices overlooking the truck bays, Masselli shook his head. "I'm sitting at Tim Hardy's desk, and another chief is sitting at another deputy's desk," he said. "It's surreal."
Still, they're getting the job done. When calls came in Wednesday – one for suspected carbon monoxide, another for a car wreck – the makeshift crews rolled and did as they're trained to do. For those drivers not familiar with local roads, Farmington police have deployed an officer and cruiser to lead the way.
The round-the-clock rotations – eight firefighters and one chief officer per 12-hour shift – will continue at least through the end of the month.
Windham Fire Chief Brent Libby, one of a platoon of fire chiefs who converged on Farmington within a few hours of Monday's explosion, has taken on the task of scheduling the volunteer crews.
"We've heard from people from every corner of the state," Libby said in a telephone interview on Thursday. "It's an unfortunate situation you hope to never have to go through or have a department go through, but it's been absolutely amazing and really pretty awesome to see everybody rally around the Farmington department."
The goal, Libby said, is to protect the community while Farmington's firefighters mourn the loss of Capt. Bell, support their injured comrades and keep an eye on their families. The volunteers will keep coming as long as Acting Chief Timothy A. Hardy – whose son was among the injured – needs the help.
"This way, we can shoulder that burden for them while they process what they're going through," Libby said.
Firefighter/paramedic Pineau of Westbrook plans on sticking around at least until Sunday.
Like Yarmouth's Masselli, Pineau began his career in Jay. As a 14-year-old junior firefighter, he once assisted the older guys by filling oxygen tanks, handing out water and helping out with grass fires.
Thus, upon hearing about Monday's tragedy and heading north on the turnpike, Pineau wasn't simply rushing to some faraway town to fill in for comrades he'd never met. He was coming home.
With time, Farmington's first responders will get back on their feet. But until then, however long it takes, they will not bear this burden alone.
"When your family needs help, you respond, right?" Pineau said. "Same thing here."
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May 28, 2015
From the dynamic, exciting, sometimes intense fire element of the solar plexus (3rd) chakra, we move up to the more gentle and flowing air element of the heart chakra. This 4th chakra is where we can find all of our answers. It's that place inside us that knows everything we need to know. It's the best teacher we will ever have (the Guru Haridya Manas (inner teacher) chakra lies within the heart chakra), and contains the only voice we should work on hearing and following. It's the bridge between our three lower chakras (the physical world and feelings) and our three upper chakras (the unseen world and thoughts). So, our heart chakra is that place of perfect balance or the union between our feelings and thoughts and our conscious and subconscious minds.
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May 21, 2015
From earth to water we move to the element of fire. We spent time in the second (sacral) chakra having experiences, letting our emotions flow and figuring out what it is we like and don't like. Now that we have a clearer picture of what it is we want, it's time to go for it. This is what the third (solar plexus) chakra is all about.
Our solar plexus chakra is our "get up and go" center. It's about recognizing our passions and expressing these passions in our own unique way. This third chakra is about getting things done –not allowing ourselves to procrastinate and make excuses anymore. The fire element is about transformation – becoming either who we want to be, or who we know we can become – and moving forward. So what are some ways we can feed and fuel this fire and start to move forward?
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May 11, 2015
From the power, strength and stability of the first (root) chakra, we move up to the more fluid, flowing and soft second (sacral) chakra. The root chakra allowed us to build a strong foundation. We became grounded and solid in order to move forward, knowing that even if we falter we will have this strong support to hold us up. Now that we have this base, we can move towards figuring out what we want from our lives. The key to discovering what makes us shine and lights us up is through our emotions.
The sacral chakra is all about our emotional bodies. We need to feel and experience things in our lives in order to realize what we like, what we don't like, what we want or what we don't want. A major challenge for us in our society is how we are taught to deal with these emotions and what experiences we are "encouraged" to have.
May 04, 2015
The root chakra largely focuses on our physical body and the things that contribute to our physical experience on this planet. We can sometimes get a bit caught up in wanting to reach the higher chakras where we have the potential to have "mystical, psychic" experiences, that we glaze past the lower chakras in a rush to learn about how we can reach these heightened states of awareness. I won't lie when
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Travellers that apply for a digital visa for the United States or Canada have to deal with strict rules. The visa that is required for British travellers to gain access to the United States is the ESTA (USA). The digital visa necessary for Canada is the eTA (Canada).
Both countries maintain strict rules for a valid visa for the United States and Canada. Even after the visa has been issued, it can be retracted on arrival. This can be the case if, for example, the traveller was not entirely honest or provided incorrect information during the application.
ESTA and eTA
Both the ESTA USA, as well as the eTA Canada can be applied for digitally and are mandatory when travelling to the United States or Canada. The application takes about 5 minutes. The visa is often issued within a few hours. When you are travelling to Canada and/or the United States, an additional investigation might take place. For instance, if you have a criminal record.
Travelling with an eTA
The eTA is generally valid for five years, or until the passport with which the eTA was applied for expires. If you are travelling to Canada, you would do well to closely read the requirements for the eTA.
Forbidden in the United States
It can be wise to read up on the legislation of the USA and Canada, to better prepare for your trip. For instance, possession of weed can lead to severe punishment, more so than in the UK, as the USA has a very strict drug policy, Similarly, items like knives or remains of animals cannot be imported just like that. The same holds for food. These can lead to problems in the native ecosystem.
If you still bring any of these items, you can risk various punishments. In most cases, this is likely to be a hefty fine. So keep in mind, if you are offered food in the plane, you cannot bring it into the country. Leave these things in the plane. With things like alcohol or drugs you might even be arrested and prosecuted. Make sure you have no remnants present in your suitcase, no matter how small.
Forbidden in Canada
When travelling to Canada, it is important to be honest about any possible criminal record you might have. For instance, Canada has strict rules regarding drinking and driving, also known as DUI's (Driving Under the Influence). If you have a prior write-up for drunk driving, there is a realistic chance you will be denied an eTA application.
The majority of crimes which can lead to the eTA Canada being retracted are sexual offenses and other violent crimes. Canada has fairly extreme entry requirements. In other countries, a conviction might mean that the perpetrator has served their punishment, but in Canada, it can mean that you will not be allowed in.
In these cases, it is advised to contact an immigration lawyer. Even if your case is pending, it can still lead to Canada denying you entry. This is because in the past, many people fled to Canada to escape their punishment. Read more about the eTA requirements.
Canada eTA application
A digital eTA for Canada can be arranged in 5 minutes through this website. The costs are € 29,95 per person. It is important to have an eTA in your possession before departure. Airlines cannot bring any travellers along that cannot present a valid eTA Canada. You are checked for this before boarding. An eTA is mandatory for all travellers with a British nationality, as well as most European countries. Read more about the eTA Canada application procedure.
Take note: this news article about the eTA for Canada is more than one year old. It might contain outdated information and advice, and no rights can therefore be derived from this article. Are you going on a trip soon and do you wish to do know what rules currently apply? Read all about the up-to-date information about the eTA for Canada.


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Studio Sunday: Joan Miro
This week's Studio Sunday artist Joan Miro. Miro was a Spanish artist known mainly for painting and sculpture, and as one of the pioneering artists of surrealist abstraction in the early to mid-twentieth century. Born in Barcelona in 1893, Miro spent the majority of his career living and working in Spain and, occasionally, Paris.
The above photo shows Miro reclining in his studio in Mallorca, Spain, in 1977. This studio was designed and built specifically for Miro, a very established and respected living artist at that time.
Miro himself looks wonderfully small in this huge space surrounded by all of his paintings. This studio has a different feeling from many modern art studios, where the trend toward larger and larger works means that artists have just one or two massive projects filling up a room at a time. Miro's studio is packed with easels – all of them small enough to fit easily into your average apartment or living room, harkening to an era of cozy studios and small-scale works.
It's fascinating to see all of these artworks here like this at once – I wonder how many projects Miro had on the go at once. It looks as though there might be a drying rack higher up toward the ceiling in the left hand corner of the photo, so perhaps all these works are still in the process of being finished and tweaked to perfection.
The Fundació Joan Miró, a museum dedicated entirely to Miro's work, was established in Barcelona in 1975. Another, the Fundacio Pilar i Joan Miró, was established in Mallorca six years later in 1981. Miro passed away in 1983, but his works remain in collections and museum throughout Spain and the world.


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The popular YouTube-based crypto outlet Altcoin Daily is naming Bitcoin, Ethereum (ETH) and Cardano (ADA) as the top three crypto assets for 2021.
In a new video, Altcoin Daily host Aaron Arnold explains to viewers why he's bullish on top cryptocurrency Bitcoin, top smart contract platform Ethereum and Ethereum's close competitor Cardano as the crypto market works to recover from its late-May crash.
The trader notes that though many projects, including the three mentioned in the video, have significantly increased in value over the past year, there are many opportunities for investors to increase their wealth with the right crypto picks.
"There is so much opportunity in cryptocurrency right now. If you missed out on the early years of the internet, you better cherish the early years of Bitcoin, decentralized finance (DeFi) and crypto right now. And just like the early years of the internet, this opportunity will not last forever."
On Bitcoin, Arnold is bullish on the flagship cryptocurrency even as it struggles to regain the $40,000 price level and the Bitcoin fear and greed index remains in the "fear" zone.
"When there is fear in the market, this is an opportunity for greater opportunity and there is fear in the air."
Arnold adds that the current sentiment in the crypto markets is nothing like it was during the crash of 2017, at which point everyone expected a short cooldown period before another leg up that never came.
Additionally, the Bitcoin taproot upgrade is coming up, which will help keep Bitcoin in the news. The upgrade will enhance Bitcoin's privacy, speed up transaction rates and reduce the quantity of data stored and transferred on the blockchain, says Arnold.
Ethereum also has an upgrade coming up in 2022, notes Arnold, which will keep the asset in the news. ETH's new version will not only capture a lot of the ETH supply, as people stake their Ethereum on ETH 2.0, but will also increase the efficiency of the blockchain as the platform moves from a proof-of-work to proof-of-stake consensus method.
Additionally, much of ETH's supply is locked up in popular DeFi platforms, causing a further supply crunch for the asset, adds Arnold.
Arnold is also keeping an eye on Cardano heading into the rest of the year, as the platform gears up to introduce fully functional smart contracts in the coming months. The team successfully launched the Alonzo testnet recently, spelling a bullish case for the Charles Hoskinson-led Ethereum competitor.
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About Karrie
I draw the world with stories and pictures stitched together from my real life. To do that, I think deeply about the intersections of what we need from others and what they need from us as well as the intersections between history and now.
At the moment, I'm drafting a picture book and planning to focus on more of those in 2019 with Jody Hedlund's 12X12 Challenge.
Recently, I worked on a middle grade historical fiction set in Nihonmachi, or Japantown, in 1930s Tacoma during the decade before the incarceration of that community in WWII. With a sprinkling of magical realism, the spirit of Tacoma's hill narrates the story of the three children who struggle to find belonging in a world that doesn't make it easy. Fortunately, they have the hill and many others to help them find each other and that true belonging.
For 25 years, I worked with people learning English and many of those years I had the privilege of working with students from Japan. My experiences with those students altered the way I see the world and drive my fiction as well as the discoveries I've made about immigrant life in my communities.
In my teaching today, I work with students of English from all backgrounds. Currently, I am most interested in those who struggle because of brain-based learning differences like dyslexia, and I explore this topic on my blog along with a other non-fiction pieces about how I find art and wonder in the every day. Often I use art journaling to untangle the toughest knots in my life–a practice I share here and in workshops in my community.
Critters and Creative Extras:
I live with my husband, son, three cats, two dogs, and a parrot. Yes, we are over pet capacity. But the cats are great writing companions, the dogs are good for walks after writing, and the bird makes a great dance partner. All of them make excellent story and drawing material. So we'll keep them.
My mom, an incredible artist, passed away in the spring of 2018. I share some of her work here as a way of keeping her memory alive. She once said she worked to show the spirit of the flowers she grew and loved. Personally, I think she nailed it. Many times over.
My favorite food includes dark chocolate. Almost so dark it's considered baking chocolate–but not quite.
I often pretended to be a dolphin as a child. This was my favorite game while growing up on a lake and learning to swim before I can remember.
Tuesday nights you'll find me playing along with the Puyallup Valley Community Band on my clarinet. Making music with 25 to 50 other people balances out the solitary writing gig quite nicely.
My oldest son is 19 and off to college this year. The three of us left at home are starting to adjust. Here we are on a fantastic trip to visit the grown up kid.


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Why Do You Need a Home Inspector?
Home inspection is done more as a check and balance to give you insight into the house that you are looking to buy. Home Inspectors typically check the structural systems, electrical systems, the HVAC, plumbing, the large appliances and other operational systems. This is intended to provide the potential home buyer with the knowledge and background of the home. There are other types of inspections that can be reviewed at the request of the potential home buyer but here is a list, by no means an extensive list, of the checks that are completed by a typical home inspector. Be sure to check out our sample inspection report for a more indepth checklist.
The exterior of the home to include the roof, any vinyl siding and brick, foundation, chimneys, windows and doors.
While most home inspectors aren't electricians, most have the training and knowledge and thoroughly inspect panel boxes, breakers, receptacles and ensure all lights and electrical units are all safe and in working order.
Plumbing is another issue that if problems exist can cause extreme damage so home inspectors check water connections to waste, water heaters, washers, interior and exterior faucets as well as fixtures such as toilets and showers.
Further review of interior ceiling, walls and floors are checked for cracks which can occur from shifting of the foundation or prior damage not disclosed. Another review of the windows and all doors from the interior, as well as the fireplace if present.
Many heating and air conditioning units may be old so a careful review of these are essential to ensure that the new home owner isn't replacing large ticket items upon move in.
In addition, all large appliances that will be staying with the home are checked for proper hookup, use and condition. These are, but not limited to, garbage disposals, dishwashers, microwaves, washers, dryers, microwaves, oven, hood, stove, garage door openers, door bell and even the bathroom exhaust fans.
Now that the inspection is complete, home inspectors typically compose a report with the findings and deliver to the realtors for the buyer and seller. This is the time for negotiation where the potential buyer decides what "deal breakers" there are and what they request the current home owner to fix, repair or replace. This could also include a reduction in the price of the home or maybe even walking away from the deal completely.
Either way, the point is to be informed of the situation of the whole house before you decide to purchase it and move into any and all issues that the home may have. I would be remiss in saying that some home owners aren't completely honest about the current situation of their home, or that there may have been several prior home owners, so getting a home inspection should be a necessity which provides a piece of mind of what you are getting into when you buy a specific home.
There are various other services that some home inspectors provide which can range from pool or hot tub inspection, termite inspections and gas supply inspections to sprinklers, review of septic systems and new home inspections. There are also various tools which can be used to detect issues that are unable to be seen with the eye, such as thermal imaging scanners which are ideal for seeing damage to structures. Be sure to check out your home inspector beforehand to see what they are able to do for you.
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One of the great new features in Mac OS X Yosemite is support for share extensions. With share extensions, any app supporting the OS X system share menu can be used to share content with apps that created a share extension. In Day One Mac 1.10, you can use OS X's share menu to post content to Day One from Finder, Photos, Safari, and more.
Enabling the Day One Share Extension
Follow these steps to enable the Day One Share Extension:
- Go to OS X Preferences > Extensions > Share Menu.
- Find Day One listed in the right-hand pane.
- Click the checkbox to enable the Day One share extension.
- Click and drag Day One to move it to the top of the list. This will make Day One the first item in app share menus.
Here's a walkthrough for using the Day One share extension in Photos:
- Open Photos.
- Go to Preferences > General and click the checkbox next to Metadata. This will enable location information to be included with published items.
- Find and select a photo you'd like to add to Day One.
- Open the share menu by either clicking the share icon on the right-side of the menu bar or by control-clicking your photo.
- Click Day One in the share menu to open the Day One share sheet. (If you don't see Day One, click More….)
- Add any additional entry text, then click Add to Day One. (If available, your photo's time, date, and location are used for the entry's metadata.)
- Open Day One and go to the date of the photo to see your new entry.
To use the Day One share extension with Safari, do the following:
- Open Safari.
- Select some content you'd like in a Day One journal entry.
- Click the Share icon to open the share menu.
- Click Day One in the share menu to open the Day One share sheet.
- The share sheet is pre-populated with the webpage's title and URL, along with any text you may have selected (with blockquote markdown automatically prepended to your selected text). Add any additional text or revisions you'd like to make, then click the Add to Day One button to post to Day One.
- You've successfully added a new entry from Safari to Day One using the share extension. Congrats!
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Eyes Wide Open
Living with eyes wide open means that we remove the blinders (see last post, "blinders"http://drmatthewmix.wordpress.com/2012/07/23/blinders/). It can be a little frightening, opening your eyes to everything that is available, thereby living in a "different" world. Obviously we all live in the same world, yet we experience this world differently based on how we choose to experience it. Not many understand this, and not many realize that they have ever made a choice on how to experience their world.
Choose to open your eyes to everything. This means that you will see the brokenness in this world, and you will see the love as well. There are both sides to humanity, and it is necessary to know, if we are to be healthy individuals living life without limitations…blinders being a huge limitation to who you will become. In your quest to see everything for what it is, let me give you a suggestion of where to start. For there is an elephant in the halls that no one seems to want to talk about and that is your immune system.
You immune system is the most valuable possession, and therefore should be where you spend your time, energy, and money. You should protect your immune system like nothing else. Your life depends on your immune system, and if you really live with your eyes wide open, you will see that there are attacks to your immune system daily that need attention.


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Carlo Obispo's "1-2-3" has been officially selected as the opening film for this year's Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, happening on August 5-14 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. The film will have its gala premiere on August 5 right after the Cinemalaya opening ceremonies.
Produced by the makers of "Heneral Luna", TBA (Tuko Film Productions, Buchi Boy Entertainment, and Artikulo Uno Productions), "1-2-3" explores the harrowing tale of human trafficking in the country. In its lead is Carlos Dala as Luis, a teenage boy from the idyllic fishing village of Silag. He goes through the issues of adolescence with his younger sister, Lulu, who busies herself by joining amateur singing contests in hopes of becoming a star. A talent manager soon discovers her singing and offers her to undergo vocal coaching in Manila, and later to join a popular TV singing contest. Lulu eagerly takes the opportunity and leaves for the city, thinking her dreams are finally coming true. However, after a few months, Lulu's family loses communication with her. This drives Luis to go to Manila to find and save his sister.
Rounding up its young cast are award-winning actresses Barbara Miguel and Therese Malvar.
Obispo, a native of Tarlac and a graduate from Saint Louis University, debuted in Cinemalaya 2013 with his first full-length feature, "Purok 7", a dramedy that follows the lives of the children of an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) who is facing death sentence in China. The film gained local and international recognition, including Best Full-Length Feature at the Lucas Children's Film Festival in Frankfurt, Germany.
Aside from helming "1-2-3", Obispo also wrote the screenplay for the film. As a storyteller, he admitted he likes to make films that voice out the feelings and thoughts of the marginalized and oppressed that would have never been told in Philippine mainstream cinema.


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Thus it is with, for example, the theme of the Buddhist priests' resistance against Christianity. The saint calls them outright "enemies of Orthodoxy", who "do not miss any opportunity to take advantage of existing circumstances in order to trouble the Orthodox and weaken Orthodoxy—which, however, they have thus far not been able to do."[1]
"In their sermons, the bonza revile Christianity with all their might, but through this they are only showing their own confusion, and that they do no know what to do" (II, 205). The catechist "Paul Okamura related that bonza in plainclothes often come to him asking about Christianity, but then only use the knowledge they gather to pervert it and make it food for derision. Around [catechist] Matsuda the bonza have formed regular gatherings, always unbearably blaspheming against Christianity and forbidding others to listen to him. This, according to Matsuda, brings the exact opposite result: it only arouses people's curiosity and they come to ask about Christianity" (II, 223).
It is worth noting that the holy hierarch was never perturbed by these displays of aggression from Buddhism, and considered it a sign of Buddhism's inner weakness in the face of Christianity. He writes, "In Ebishima, an especially strong hatred against Christianity was aroused, and a society was even formed to defend Buddhism against Christianity; but this is only a sign that Christ's teaching is beginning to more deeply occupy the people's attention. As a counterweight there are no few pagans who, not yet even knowing about Christianity, become defenders of it against angry attacks" (III, 383). "In Nakatsu … the bonza were very troubled by the success of Christianity—they formed a union against Christianity, give sermons and revile it. Just in time! There are working for the good of Christianity by popularizing it; Buddhism has no defense against it" (IV, 31). And truly, soon the news came from Nakatsu of converts to Orthodoxy, "one of whom was a sworn Buddhist, and now he is an equally zealous Christian" (IV, 65).
On his own part, St. Nicholas instructed his catechists "not to insult Buddhism or other local faiths in sermons" (II, 393). Another time he reproached a catechist: "Matsunaga was not right to speak against Buddhism and insult it; we shouldn't do that in our sermons. It is our business to instruct in the Christian teaching. When it will become understood, then Buddhism will be renounced by itself. Arguing against it too early will only close the path to Christianity in the hearts of many listeners, anger them and provoke them to fight it" (II, 600).
He describes how "in the Buddhist newpaper Yamato-Simbun, two articles are printed daily with the most impudent lies and slander against the mission and Orthodox Christians… We never answer these attacks" (IV, 907). During the Russo-Japanese War, the "Buddhist bonza, under the cover of military patriotism, began a persecution against the Orthodox Church… former or plainclothes bonza gave rousing speeches against me and the mission in rallies specially organized for this purpose" (V, 8).
This activity was not limited to verbal attacks. The saint cites examples of Buddhists physically attacking Christians with pogroms and beatings in Shirankava (see: II, 787), and also during the Russo-Japanese war in Kayama for the Christians' refusal to participate in Buddhist prayers for Japanese victory (see: V, 62). Another time, local Buddhists confiscated land from the Orthodox and offered to return it to them only if they return to Buddhism (see: II, 484-484). He recalls one incident that happened to Peter Osida, formerly a Buddhism priest, who endured "persecution from his former parishioners for betraying Buddhism, but bore it steadfastly" (IV, 221). In Sukava two Buddhist fathers beat and tormented their own sons who had decided to receive Orthodoxy, but the latter showed great courage. About this the saint noted, "The fathers of the persecuted will soon also be Christians. This is something borne out by experience. Where Christ has come up against Buddha to the point of a noise that sounds like a shout, listen, and you will hear in the following moment not a shout, but the crash of the idol of Buddha shattering into pieces" (IV, 50).
Many times the saint recalls the low moral image of the Buddhist clergy in Japan. One wealthy farmer told St. Nicholas that, "he has come to hate the bonza who collect money for religious needs, and drink away half of it in houses of ill repute" (IV, 506). He also incidentally cites examples of bonza who attract people by their ascetic lives" (II, 351).
St. Nicholas writes that, as opposed to Confucianism and Shintoism, Buddhism still has sincere followers in Japan; however, he noticed signs of decline, especially against the background of the spread of materialism, and he considered that the time of Buddhism in the country had passed. "It is falling; apparently it has completed its service and it's time for it to step aside" (II, 28). "Buddhists have no sturdy foundation for faith, there is no one there for them to believe in; that is why Buddhists are in decline" (III, 222). Another time, commenting on the Buddhist's initiative for the creation of clubs to support their teaching, he notes: "But Buddhism nevertheless remains a corpse, and it can't be revived by any means when the dawn of Christianity has come to Japan" (III, 801).
In an interview with a Japanese newspaper the saint continues this thought, answering the journalist's question: "Buddhism is in a revival. How do you view this?" His answer: "As any other blustery talk. Buddhism has died in Japan; the Japanese have outgrown this religion without a Personal God; in vain do they interpret that it is still alive and is being aroused to energetic action. This is the empty boastfulness of the bonza, who don't believe what they themselves say" (IV, 641). "Buddhism has reached the final absurdity in Japan, a diametrical contradiction of itself, and is easily refuted based upon the simplest rationale of common sense" (IV, 705).
It is worth noting that the processes negative to Buddhism in Japanese society forecasted by St. Nicholas really have intensified in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and publications in the modern press testify to this. For example, the author of one article cites the words of monks about how "Buddhism is now experiencing a crisis in Japan", and decisive measures must be taken to ensure its survival. Monk Tansho Tagai proposed that one of these measures be the reading of mantras set to modern music, while Monk Zensin talks about the creation of Buddhist bars.[2] Another article talks about the crisis in Buddhism, telling the story of Monk Keisuk Matsumoto, rector of the Komiodzi temple, where he has opened a café to draw people in. It is noted that although nearly three quarters of the population formally considers itself Buddhist, "Many of the 75 thousand Japanese temples are on the brink of bankruptcy."[3]
St. Nicholas touched upon the activity of Buddhism in other countries; for example, in describing the Boxer uprising in China he writes with a certain irony that the Buddhists "have extracted for their religion from the Chinese complications all the capital that could have possibly been extracted. They have left only one question unanswered, and that is: Were the boxers Buddhists? If yes, then how does Buddhism avoid responsibility for their outrageous cruelty?" (IV, 491). At the same time he expresses great respect for the steadfastness of the Chinese Christians, who died as martyrs for Christ during this uprising.
The saint also knew of the nascent Buddhist proselytism among Western peoples: "There are also bonza in San Francisco who preach Buddhism, and there are a few American converts. Temples have been built on the Hawaiian Islands; the bonza there copy the Christian missionaries—they have services and sermons on Sundays, and do charity work" (IV, 459). Here we see the same missionary flexibility in Buddhism that St. Nicholas noticed in relation to its spread in Japan.
St. Nicholas recalls also "Otani Kozui, the head of the Buddhist sect "Nishi Honganji. "He was educated in England… currently the best person in Buddhism by his morality and activity; he sends missionaries to preach Buddhism in Christian countries, and in America there are already many converts to Buddhism" (V, 499). He writes that in Ninai "The bonza … catechize the locals with the preaching that, "As soon as a foreigner appears here, convert him to Buddhism, because what is Christianity compared to Buddhism!" (IV, 120).
Notable is the history of the attempt to convert the Ain, an aboriginal people from the Kuril Islands who had received Orthodoxy from St. Innocent of Alaska when the islands were part of the Russian Empire (they were given to Japan in 1855) (see: IV, 79, 174, 283). A bonza settled from Honganji to Shikotan island with the aim of proselytizing. From 1899 to 1902, he put great effort into preaching Buddhism to the Orthodox Kurillians, with the support of the local authorities who considered this important for cutting off any possible influence from Russia on these local people. The preacher put maximum effort into adapting his teaching to the audience, using the same methods that helped Buddhism penetrate and take hold in Japan. "James related how the bonza, still living on Sikotan, try to confuse the Sikotan Christians and lure them into Buddhism: 'Your God and our God are one and the same, but you are now Japanese, and therefore it is decent for you to have the Japanese faith, which is almost the same as your current faith,' he insists to them. Fortunately, the Sikotan people are not ignorant in their faith and there souls are loyal to it. They only laugh at the bonza" (IV, 353).
Three years of preaching by the Buddhist missionary did not convert a single person, and after this the "bonza, having found their efforts to turn our Christian (Kurillians) to Buddhism to be completely fruitless, left for Saykeo" (IV, 701).
Meanwhile, St. Nicholas knew of the Europeans and Americans who recieved Buddhism. He recalled the Englishman who died in Japan having converted to Zen Buddhism as a "forever unhappy renegade" (V, 348), and the American, Fenolossa, who became a Buddhist (see: V, 595). He sharply reacted to General Henry Olcott, "who converted to Buddhism and even composed a Buddhist catechesis" (III, 560). All of this seemed to the saint ridiculous in the highest degree. Noting the closeness of Schopenhauer's philosophy to Buddhism, St. Nicholas theorized that, including through it, "Buddhism entered through the edge of its mist into certain empty heads in Europe and America" (II, 304).
In different notes he points out that, firstly, in turning toward people in the West, Buddhism itself mimics in many ways the Christian milieu; and on the other hand, the new converts themselves introduce into Buddhism ideas and concepts that are alien to it. In this sense, noteworthy are St. Nicholas's comments on the book by one of the more well-known European preachers of Buddhism of the time: "Ambassador Mikhail Alexandrovich Khitrovo came with a German catechism of Buddhism… The author is a German who placed himself among the ranks of the fans of pantheistic Buddhism, but at the same time he cannot renounce the belief he received with his mother's milk in a Personal God, and that is why he talks in his catechism about a power that rules the world that excludes accidents in the world, at which our Mikhail Alexandrovich, partially besotted with Buddhism, replied in the margins, "Fool!" (III, 229).
St. Nicholas is apparently referring to the book, Subhadra Bhikchu Buddhistischer Katechismus zur Einfuhrung in die Lehre des Buddha Gotamo (Leipzig, 1888), written in emulation of the Buddhist Catechism of Olcott. Behind the pseudonym of Monk Subhadra hid the Berlin mathematician Fredrich Zimmerman (1852-1917).[4]
The saint just as negatively reacted to the idea he heard of creating a hybrid of Christianity and Buddhism, pointing out the "absurdity of such an endeavor, and the impossibility under any circumstances of comparing the truth of God's faith with human invention" (III, 363).
St. Nicholas approved of the words of his visitors who "had compared Christianity with Buddhism and found them to be polar opposites" (III, 804). The saint at times had to disprove the then popular opinion among Western and Russian intelligentsia that Christianity was constructed upon ideas borrowed from Buddhism. He describes his conversation with the wife of Admiral Schmidt. At her remark about the closeness of Buddhism's moral teaching with that of Christianity, St. Nicholas replied, " 'There is indeed some resemblance to our religion in Buddhism's moral teaching; and what pagan religion does not have it? The moral teaching of pagans is drawn from the conscience, which they have not lost.' 'But they say that Christ's teachings were borrowed from Buddhism.' 'Well, this is what people say who know neither Buddhist nor Christian teachings well.' 'No—why shouldn't Christ borrow something from Buddhism if He liked it? He (Christ) was an intelligent man.' 'Christ was God and He spoke His teaching as a Divine command; Buddha, as well as everything in the world and the whole world itself, is nothing before Him', I interrupted her, in order to stop this outflow of refuse from the cesspool of a general's mind… So, the upper class in Russia is ignorant … in things related to faith" (II, 296).
At the same time, the saint also related skeptically to ideas expressed in response apologetics about aspects in the life of Buddha supposedly being borrowed from the Gospels. Remarking on a lecture he heard by the Protestant Spencer, St. Nicholas writes that there were "no few paradoxes; for example, the supposition that Buddha's 'life' was copied from the life of the Savior. He would do well to prove that" (IV, 167).
From conversations with converts, St. Nicholas formed the opinion that Buddhism does not answer the needs of the soul that has a living religious feeling. He cites the story of one family: "Yuki and his wife were both believing Buddhists. Not having found in Buddhism a 'personal' God, he lost his faith in it and was extremely glad to find God the Creator and His Providence in Christianity, about which he had learned by accident, having obtained a Bible. He began to pray to the Christian God, and his fervent prayer was even crowned by a miracle: his wife had been ill to the point that she was unable to stand up. He prayed fervently for her healing, and she at once rose up healthy, to everyone's amazement" (IV, 208). It is the fact that Christianity gives a person not simply an "idea of God", but a living connection with Him, that in St. Nicholas's eyes distinguishes it in principle from Buddhism. This is explained by the saint's comment that, "Buddhism in the religious sense is essentially empty, for what religion can there be without God?" (III, 443).
St. Nicholas spoke several times about Buddhist prayer: "Their prayer is fruitless, because they pray to something that does not exist" (V, 571); "Their prayer is useless and deserves pity, for a tree and a rock or some empty space, at which they direct their calls to the gods and buddhas, which do not exist, do not see or hear them, and cannot help" (II, 175).
Unfortunately, St. Nicholas (Kasatkin's) study of Japanese Buddhism has remained completely unnoticed by Orthodox authors, although it could substantially supplement their knowledge of the many various trends in this religion. The first attention given to St. Nicholas's views on Buddhism came as late as the twenty-first century: A. Larionov in a short article gave an overview of the saint's commentary, almost entirely based upon his Diaries.[5] He writes that the "comments on Buddhism are rare, and bear a purely practically character. The basic conclusion is: Buddhism had for a long time fulfilled its role as nanny, preparing the Japanese to receive the Truth… This was that "divination in the mirror", which taught the Japanese love for each other and an understanding of the vanity of life. Now it must be set aside, because the fullness of grace has come."[6]


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According to Steven Hawking, humans could be extinct on Earth within the next 1,000 years. The eminent theoretical scientist suggests that the only way for humanity to avoid a mass extinction within the next millennium is to find another planet to inhabit. It looks like Planet B might be our only hope.
Stephen Hawking says humans have only 1,000 years left on planet Earth "We must continue to go into space for the future of humanity," Hawking said in speech at Oxford University in Britain last Tuesday. "I don't think we'll survive another 1,000 years without escaping beyond our fragile planet.
"Although the chance of a disaster to planet Earth in a given year may be quite low, it adds up over time, and becomes a near certainty in the next 1,000 to 10,000 years," Hawking said, according to the Christian Science Monitor. "By that time, we should have spread out into space, and to other stars, so a disaster on Earth would not mean the end of the human race."
Hawking's statement that humanity is doomed on Earth is nothing new, as he has suggested in the past that humans are growing ever-closer to extinction on earth, as a result of our own actions on the planet. In a January 2016 BBC Reith lecture, Hawking said a disaster will inevitably strike the planet, and it could possibly be of our own making.
Related: Steven Hawking announces plan to explore Alpha Centauri for alien life
According to CNN, Hawking did end his talk on a positive note, saying: "Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up."
Via USA Today, Christian Science Monitor and CNN
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Why I love painting en plein air
Carol Neiger
En plein air (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ plɛn ɛːʁ], French for outdoors, or plein air painting) is the act of painting outdoors. Artists have always painted outdoors, but in the mid-19th century, working in natural light became particularly important to the Barbizon school, Hudson River School, and Impressionists. Painting en plein air became very popular in the 1840s with the introduction of paints in tubes. Previously, painters made their own paints by grinding and mixing dry pigment powders with linseed oil. I love being outdoors, so for me it is natural. I have painted in a canoe, on the top of mountains, on sand dunes, from balconies of castles, in forests, in deserts, on beaches and in gardens. I am almost always happy when I'm painting outdoors. I have learned what to bring–the minimum so I'm not carrying a heavy pack–but am always prepared for black flies, intense sun, rain, mosquitoes, ants and everything else that goes hand in hand with being away from civilization! This painting is titled "Wellfleet Secret Meditation Garden" Watercolor, 2017


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Inspired by artist Mike Kelley's observation that "the mass art of today is the folk art of tomorrow," The Spectacular of Vernacular embraces the rustic, the folkloric, and the humbly homemade as well as the crass clash of street spectacle and commercial culture. It explores the role of vernacular forms in some 40 works by more than two dozen contemporary artists, which run the aesthetic gamut: the hand-crafted work of Aaron Spangler juxtaposes with Lari Pittman's carnivalesque day-glo paintings; Marc Swanson's glittering trophy heads with Rachel Harrison's urban relics. Also on view are photographs from William Eggleston and Shannon Ebner, who both revel in the signage and other elements of roadside culture.
Focusing on pieces made since the 1970s, the exhibition shows how the vernacular, in its very ubiquity—its integration into home life, social rituals, and sense of place—is an ongoing fascination for artists. With artworks that draw from such diverse sources as local architecture, amateur photographs, and handmade domestic items, it's suggestive of a long, meandering road trip through the emblems and eyesores of everyday culture, replete with tourist destinations and outmoded hotels.


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14 Positive Morning Strategies to Curb Anxiety
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I'm at the beach watching the surfers ride the waves. The best of them are highly skilled at becoming one with the swelling ocean that will eventually transform into a wave. Success requires surrendering to an uncontrollable and unpredictable force. The minute the surfers resist the flow, they risk being overwhelmed. But if they align themselves with the motion of the seawater, they have an easier time. Life works in much the same way.
Surfing reminds me of the Latin phrase amor fati, meaning "love of fate." The concept comes from ancient Greek and Roman philosophers of stoicism and encourages us to embrace what life brings in order to reduce our struggles. Let's face it, struggle is nothing more than our resistance to what is. We generally spend a great deal of time in this state, and as long as we continue to resist what is—as opposed to practicing amor fati—our struggle persists.
The trauma and isolation of the Covid-19 pandemic have forced many of us to grapple with the challenge of reinvention. Many people I was friendly with have moved away. My yoga studio, gym, meditation center, spiritual and holistic learning center, neighborhood health food restaurant, and favorite Italian restaurant and bar have all closed for good. This leaves me with a lot of room in which to create something even better. Although I wish things were different, I must accept what is and rebuild my tribe and community. Amor fati can help.
The act of surrender isn't very popular in our modern Western culture, which tends to encourage competitiveness and the fight to win. For many of us, surrender implies losing or giving up. Yet, many of the wisest philosophers teach us that surrender does not equate with weakness. Rather, it is something to strive for because letting go, witnessing, and going with the flow is the path to the satisfaction and holistic wellbeing we all seek.
Practicing amor fati can even be as simple as saying it out loud in response to challenges.
None of this means we're happy about any unwelcome events we face. Nor does it imply giving up. Amor fati simply makes us less emotionally reactive. Accepting unwanted events prevents us from getting stuck and frees up the energy to create what we do want.
As I share these thoughts, I notice one of the surfers being taken down by a wave. He washes ashore, smiles, and without hesitating jumps back onto his board and out into the ocean. This fall, I'll be leaning into amor fati and aspiring to a surfer's mindset. Will you be joining me?
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Mexico's notorious drug kingpin, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, has escaped from a maximum-security prison for the second time in 14 years.
Mexican National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido told a news conference on Sunday that Guzman, who headed the powerful Sinaloa cartel, was last seen late Saturday in the shower area of the Altiplano prison.
He said Guzman escaped through a rectangular hole found underneath the shower. He said the hole connected to a 1.5 kilometer long tunnel that led to the local town.
Officials said Guzman dropped by ladder into a hole 10 meters deep that connected with the tunnel that was fully ventilated and had lighting. Authorities also found a motorcycle adapted to run on rails that they believe was used to carry dirt out and tools in during the construction.
Rubido said 18 prison workers are being held for questioning.
Security forces have suspended flights at Toluca airport, which is near the prison outside Mexico City.
The Sinaloa cartel is known for the elaborate tunnels built underneath the Mexico-U.S. border to transport cocaine, methamphetamines and marijuana, with ventilation, lighting and even railcars to easily move products.
Major embarrassment
Guzman's escape is a major embarrassment to the administration of President Enrique Pena Nieto, which had received plaudits for its aggressive approach to top drug lords. Since the government took office in late 2012, Mexican authorities have nabbed or killed six of them, including Guzman.
Pena Nieto, who arrived in France on Sunday, said he wants a full investigation into the escape. He also voiced confidence in the ability of Mexican law enforcement officials to recapture Guzman.
Guzman was caught in February 2014 after more than a decade on the run. He was first captured in 1993, but escaped from prison in 2001 with the help of prison guards.
He is wanted in the United States on various drug trafficking charges. U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Sunday offered Mexico the assistance of U.S. federal agents in the search.
The Sinaloa cartel controls most of the border crossings for illegal drugs between Mexico and the United States.


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Water on the Great Plains
Issues and Policies
Published by: Texas Tech University Press
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Sales Date: January 2002
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The Great Plains of North America stretch from Texas to Alberta. The region's history is rich and its population diverse. But throughout this huge area, one issue has dominated culture and politics since before history began to be recorded. The need for water, the disputes over its use and ownership, and the consequences of those uses and disputes are concerns common to everyone who has ever lived here, concerns that grow sharper as water grows scarcer. Local and state governments have attempted to allocate water rights, but their efforts have been piecemeal and often short-sighted. In the absence of a coherent policy for protecting water resources, supplies are depleted, and what is left becomes more and more polluted by industrial, agricultural, and biological waste products. In fact, the Great Plains is on the brink of a water crisis, a silent crisis that threatens the health of people, environments, and economies. In Water on the Great Plains: Issues and Policies, Peter J. Longo and David W. Yoskowitz have collected current scholarship on the cultural, economic, environmental, legal, and political implications of water policy. The ten essays contained here tell a lively history of successful and unsuccessful water policies, and of how dedicated people and communities can work together to protect their homes. The authors sound an urgent call for wise management to preserve 04 Activeable water resources for the use of future generations. The importance of water to politics in the West is likely to grow as management of dwindling supplies fails to meet demands. How will water policy be made? Will water continue to flow uphill toward money or will public interest drive water allocation and use? —Joan M. Blauwkamp, Chapter 10


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In the two decades since I attended the police academy, we've seen a complete shift from double-action revolvers to semi-automatic pistols. This trend naturally translated to the citizen's personal defense world. However, the rampant popularity of compact, concealable handguns has caused a bit of a change in that situation and citizen gun owners are now eyeing the old wheelguns not as antiques but as practical self-defense tools. Several firearms makers have made serious headway back into the double-action revolver market by offering compact .38 Special guns with modern attributes. Chiappa Firearms has pushed the envelope even further by importing a DA revolver that is both unique in its appearance and powerful in its delivery.
Gun Details
The Chiappa Rhino Model 200DS is a double-action revolver that holds six rounds of .357 Mag ammunition. A strikingly distinctive profile sets the Rhino revolvers apart from the rest. What is most unique about this gun is the fact that the barrel is located at the base of the cylinder—not the top—as DA revolvers have been configured for more than a century.
Anyone familiar with "magnum" revolvers can attest to the fact that when you fire such a gun, you feel a definite upward recoil impulse or "kick." The premise of the reversed-barrel position is to align the recoil impulse and the strongest part of the shooter's grip. Rather than a hard, upward flip, you should experience more of a backward shove. At least that was the idea I set out to test.
The 200DS Rhino has a matte black finish in a matte black with black rubber grips. These grips are ample and allow the shooter to maintain a solid purchase on the gun. In addition to the unique profile, Chiappa has strayed from the norm by installing a flat-sided cylinder on the gun. This cylinder is more a rounded hexagon than a circle and it is not fluted as your normal DA revolver might be.
You will find a rear sight channel and a ramped front sight blade atop the compact revolver. The blade is pinned into the frame. As for manual controls, there are really only two: a wide, smooth-faced trigger and the cylinder release lever located high up on the left side of the frame.
The two-stage hammer is exposed and the gun can be thumb-cocked, though this action would prove impractical for personal defense and adds little in the way of accuracy or practicality. Close examination of the revolver shows a small, rounded pin that is painted bright red and protrudes from the top of the gun when a complete trigger stroke is completed. If the shooter should desire to thumb-cock the revolver, the hammer does not remain "cocked" to the rear. However, the red indicator protrudes from the top strap of the gun, indicating that the action is indeed "cocked."
The Achilles' Heel of most snub-nosed revolvers is the short ejector rod that can make ejecting spent cases difficult. The 2-inch-barreled Rhino has essentially the same frame dimensions as the full-sized, 6-inch-barreled version, so the ejector rod is "full-length."
Concealed Carry
The 200DS Rhino was built with personal defense and concealed carry in mind. Chiappa has gone the extra mile and includes a very nice molded leather belt holster with each of these guns. This holster is a belt slide version that secures the gun snuggly against the shooter's body.
While speedloaders are fast, they ride in your pocket like a rock. To carry spare ammunition for a concealed revolver, a rubber strip that holds the cartridges in line is a more practical choice. The QuickStrips from Tuff Products will hold six rounds of .357 Mag ammunition together and allow for rapid reloading. The skill to use a QuickStrip or other device does not simply materialize during a crisis. Take your loaders to the range and practice.
Range Time
For my range testing, I took three separate loads with me: Black Hills 125-grain JHP in .357 Mag, Black Hills .38 Special 125-grain +P JHP and Winchester's USA brand with a 130-grain FMJ projectile. I didn't expect record-breaking speeds from a 2-inch barrel. When I chronographed each load, the averages were on par with a compact gun.
Firing magnum ammunition from a compact revolver is always going to be an exhilarating experience. However, I did indeed confirm that the reverse barrel location helped direct the recoil back toward the strongest part of the shooting grip and the kick you'd expect from a 2-inch .357 Mag was lessened tremendously. The recoil from the .38 Special ammunition was easy to manage in this the 1.5-pound steel revolver.
When it came time for accuracy testing, I conducted it all using a double-action trigger press. The trigger function proved to be smooth and sure without undo stacking or creep. From a standing, two-handed hold at 10 yards, I found that the Rhino revolver was capable of keeping all six shots under 2 inches. That's pretty impressive for a compact handgun of any style.
The sights on the Rhino were right on as far as windage and elevation were concerned. However, my one big caveat for this gun is that the front sight is the exact same color/shade as the rest of the frame and is difficult to pick out quickly. Given my choice, I would definitely install some type of white or tritium front sight on this gun. When it comes time to defend your life, you don't want to find yourself searching for the front sight. It needs to be obvious and nearly impossible to miss.
Using the .357 Mag loads, I ran drills against a steel popper target single-handed and with my off (left) hand only. The gun was controllable, and I was able to get rounds on target without undo muzzle flip or harsh recoil.
Final Notes
It should be kept in mind that, because the barrel is mounted at the base of the cylinder, the forcing cone is relatively close to your hands. Applying a standard semi-automatic, two-hand grip is a recipe for pain. When I fired the gun two-handed, I worked with a "thumbs down" grip. After about 100 rounds, I had carbon build-up on my left thumb as evidence of the clone proximity to the cylinder gap.
During my evaluation period, I put somewhere in the neighborhood of 150 rounds through the Rhino. That's .357 and .38 Special. Naturally, the .38 Special is less expensive, but don't cheat yourself by only practicing with the lightrecoiling ammunition. You need to put a fair amount of magnum fodder through the gun to get the experience.
In all, the 200DS version of the Rhino revolver proved to be a solid performer. The gun is very well-made and the reversed barrel position does dampen muzzle flip and kick. Combined with the included belt holster, this gun can be comfortably carried in a discreet fashion all day long when mated with a proper cover garment.
If you are looking for a fistful of magnum firepower, the compact Rhino revolver might just be what you need. It is certainly worth consideration. Find out more by calling 937-835-5000 or visiting chiappafirearms.com.


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