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It's never been too early to plan for tomorrow, or the next month. Just as LEGO kicked off their 2018 Store Calendar last December of the recently-concluded year of 2017, so now in January of 2018 their schedule of LEGO store activities for February has just been put up online.
The Brick Fan has gotten the first images of the February page for the 2018 LEGO Store Calendar, and given us this rundown of what to expect in terms of special promos and seasonal treats. Some of the listed freebies and events also carry over from their beginnings last January.
- January 19 – February 13: LEGO City Mining Play Event, still ongoing at LEGO Stores until the day before Valentine's.
- January 28 – February 14: Free 60 Years of the LEGO Brick (40290) with a purchase of $125 or more. The giveaway ends this month, or while supplies still last.
- February 6 – 7: LEGO VIP Monthly Mini Model Build – Car and Gas Pump, available to LEGO VIP members.
- February 14: Free LEGO Friends Sunflower with a product purchase of $20 or more. Like the 60 Years of the LEGO Brick (40290), this is only for while supplies last.
- February 14 – March 4: Our next LEGO City Event at LEGO Stores, the Mountain Police Building.
- February 15: For grownup LEGO enthusiasts, there's an Adults-Only Valentine Themed Building Night at LEGO Stores on this date. All interested participants need to register for the event.
- February 16 – 28: Celebrate the Chinese Zodiac's Year of the Earth Dog LEGO-style by getting a free LEGO Seasonal Year of the Dog (40235) with a purchase of $88 or more. This too has limited supplies so act fast. However, you may also opt to build one of your own since the building instructions for this set has already been released.
- February 17 & 24: LEGO Life Meeting
LEGO will follow up their image uploads of the February 2018 Store Calendar with a PDF version soon. We will bring you any additional details about this update as soon as it's made available.


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O Duo at the Brunton!
On Tuesday 1st February 2018, Musicians Owen Gunnell and Oliver Cox led a group of enthusiastic East Lothian Primary School pupils to form a brilliant percussion group at the Brunton in Musselburgh. Pupils from Aberlady, Ormiston, macmerry, Gullane, St Martin's & Whitecraig Primary Schools performed on stage for their fellow pupils, parents and the public.
A successful event, shaped by the hard work, energy and enthusiasm of these young, eager pupils!
Well done to the pupils and O Duo for their outstanding performances and efforts!


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The San Francisco Travel Association (SF Travel) is launching a promotional campaign to encourage local businesses to reinvigorate San Francisco's hotels, venues, restaurants, and retail by hosting their meetings right here in the City by the Bay.
The goal is to drive bookings at local venues by local businesses of all sizes to kickstart the meetings industry now that clear and specificguidelinesare in place.
"Between the city's rising vaccination rate among its residents, the adherence to common-sense safety protocols, and the preparedness of our venues, San Francisco is among the safest places for any group to gather right now," said Joe D'Alessandro, president and CEO of San Francisco Travel, the official destination marketing organization for the City and County of San Francisco.
"I encourage all of our industry partners to be a part of this collaborative effort to reinvigorate our city by meeting in San Francisco, or by inviting their stakeholders to do so. Let's get the word out together!"
Under the motto "Our Gate is Open – Meet Local!", SF Travel has created a marketing platform for partners who are either planning their own meeting, or have clients who might be planning a meeting in the near future. Organizations whose stakeholders or partners typically host meetings and events, like hotels, event venues and restaurants, have also been asked to encourage their partners' participation in spreading the word to Meet Local. Partner organizations who have already committed to participate in the campaign include the SF Chamber of Commerce, the Hotel Council, the Bay Area Council, the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, and multiple Community Benefit Districts and Business Improvement Districts.
The key element of the campaign platform is a toolkit which SF Travel has created and made available to all partners at meetlocal.ourgateisopen.com. Besides a campaign logo, the toolkit includes imagery, sample copy for email, social media and newsletters, the hashtag #MeetLocalSF, and more.
"Throughout the pandemic, our business owners and their employees have shown tremendous resilience and strength," said Rodney Fong, President and CEO of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.
"This campaign is a great opportunity, especially for smaller meeting venues, to raise awareness on how important it is that we all support each other during this period of recovery. And it will help our members secure much needed additional business in the coming weeks and months."
"San Francisco's gate is open and so are we," said Kevin Carroll, President & CEO of the Hotel Council of San Francisco.
"San Francisco is known as the 'City that knows how' and we proved that during the pandemic by crushing the COVID curve greater than any large American city. We know how to keep our workers and our guests safe and healthy. Our hotels have never been more ready to welcome back visitors to everyone's favorite destination."
"Our industry has weathered the storm of the pandemic. Now the hard work of recovery begins," said Howard Pickett, EVP and Chief Marketing Officer of SF Travel.
"The variety of venues across the city means there are plenty of options suited for meetings of all sizes. The more partners are using the creative assets and the messaging that we have created for them, the more successful we all will be in amplifying the key message that meetings are now back in San Francisco. That's why we're partnering with our fellow industry leaders to encourage San Francisco businesses to Meet Local."
With greater availability and reduced rates, now is the perfect time to plan a memorable event in the City by the Bay. Anybody who is interested o in organizing a meeting in San Francisco, can also contact the Convention Sales & Services team ([email protected]) at San Francisco Travel for their help. Businesses interested in joining the campaign can visit meetlocal.ourgateisopen.com to access the promotional assets.


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Battle of Devil's Hole
|Battle of Devil's Hole
|Part of Pontiac's Rebellion
Chief Pontiac
|Kingdom of Great Britain
|Commanders and leaders
George Campbell †
William Fraser †
John Stedman
|Casualties and losses
|1 wounded
81 soldiers and 21 teamsters and escort killed,
1 teamster and 8 soldiers wounded
The Battle of Devil's Hole, known to the Anglo-Americans as the Devil's Hole Massacre, was fought near Niagara Gorge in present-day New York state on September 14, 1763, between a detachment of the British 80th Regiment of Light Armed Foot and about 300 Seneca warriors during Pontiac's Rebellion (1763–1766). The Seneca warriors killed 81 British soldiers and wounded 8 before the British managed to retreat.
As early as 1757, Seneca in the Niagara Falls area had complained to the French about losing control of the long portage along an area of the Niagara River, which French traders were trying to improve for wagons.[2] They resented the Europeans trying to take over their traditional territory and displace them from their work.
After the Seven Years' War, the British took over this area near the Great Lakes. John Stedman improved the former portage trail so that it could accommodate oxen and wagons, and hired teams and escorts to carry goods through. Formerly up to 300 Seneca men had worked as porters on what they thought of as their portage.[2][3]
Discontent rose among many Native American tribes in the Great Lakes area, who wanted to expel the colonists in the region before more encroached on their lands. In Pontiac's Rebellion, beginning in 1763, several tribes in the Great Lakes and Northwest area cooperated in establishing a pan-tribal confederation to counter British control of the region. In the New York colony, Sir William Johnson, the Superintendent of Indian Affairs, had long advocated fair treatment of Native Americans but was only partially successful. He wrote, "Our people in general are ill calculated to maintain friendship with the Indians. They despise those in peace whom they fear to meet in war."[3]
On September 14, 1763, a large Seneca band of an estimated 300–500 warriors ambushed a wagon train and its armed escort en route from Fort Schlosser to Fort Niagara as it passed through Devil's Hole, an area known for its difficult terrain. One part of the trail was in a heavily wooded area with a deep ravine on either side; there the Seneca warriors attacked the wagon train. The escort party and teamsters, led by Porter Master John Stedman, were caught completely by surprise; animals broke into a stampede or were driven into the ravine along with their wagons and drivers. The Seneca moved in to fight at close quarters, making musket fire useless, and only three of the party of 24 (including Stedman) managed to escape to Fort Schlosser for help.[citation needed]
Camped nearby at Lewiston was a detachment of the British British 80th Regiment of Light Armed Foot from Fort Gray. Two companies of the 80th commanded by George Campbell and William Fraser heard the news of the ambush and rushed off to rescue the wagon train.[1]
From a brush-covered hill commanding the trail, Seneca warriors attacked the soldiers about one mile from the wagon train. Once the British companies began to retreat, the Seneca moved to cut them off from the fort and killed "more than 80 soldiers."[1] The soldiers suffered a loss of 81 dead and 8 wounded before withdrawing (some sources claim the entire rescue party was killed). The Anglo-Americans called it "The Devil's Hole Massacre". The warrior Dekanandi later told Sir William Johnson that 309 warriors attacked the British and their only loss was one man wounded.[1]
Reinforcements from Fort Schlosser under the command of Major John Wilkins arrived shortly after the second battle, but soon withdrew to the fort, fearing another attack. When they returned several days later, they found the soldiers had been ritually scalped or their bodies thrown into the ravine.
Shortly after the battle, Johnson was told that the attack had been planned by a Seneca chief known as Farmer's Brother, who led a large band that supported Pontiac. The consensus among historians is that the battle was related to the larger rebellion.[3]
Because of the successful Seneca attacks, the British reinforced their position in Niagara, when the Seneca had hoped to drive them away. Eventually Sir William Johnson forced the Seneca to cede land in this area: a strip one mile wide on each side of the Niagara River from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie, called the Mile Reserve, as well as the islands upriver of Niagara Falls.[2] This cut them off from traditional control of the river and portage, which had been a transportation route as well as a source of food and water.
The Seneca long contended to regain control of the river banks. White settlers mostly stayed out of the area until after the conclusion of the American Revolutionary War. Its settlement forced most of the Iroquois as British allies to Canada.[2]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c d Brumwell, Stephen. Redcoats: The British Soldier and War in the Americas, 1755–1763, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-521-80783-2
- ^ a b c d "History", Historic Lewiston, New York website, accessed 2 Nov 2010
- ^ a b c Bob Kostoff, "Review: Devil's Hole Massacre Topic of Fresh, Interesting Study", Niagara Falls Reporter, 18 Jan 2005, accessed 2 Nov 2010
Further reading[edit]
- Keenan, Jerry. Encyclopedia of American Indian Wars, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO Inc., 1997.[ISBN missing]
- Ahrens, Edward W., The Devil's Hole Massacre, Rissa Productions, 2004.[ISBN missing]
External links[edit]
- "History of the Canadian Indians – the Pontiac Rebellion", Marianopolis University
- Historic Lewiston, New York
- Devil's Hole and the Devil's Hole Massacre


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Earthquake in Alaska. Saudi Arabia: Snow in the Desert. Flood in Mecca. Venice goes Under Water
Today, weather conditions are changing rapidly across the globe. While some countries are affected by record drought, others suffer from abnormal floods.
Such words as "record" and "abnormal" is heard more often in climate news, but do we pay attention to them? Indeed, unpredictable weather conditions inevitably affect lives of many people and each of us.
In the 21st Breaking News episode on ALLATRA TV:
- a series of massive floods in the Middle East, in Southeast Asia and South America. Flood in Mecca;
- snow in Saudi Arabia;
- large-scale drought in Europe and abnormal heat in Japan;
- devastating earthquakes on the border of Iran and Iraq;
- earthquake in Alaska (USA)
- a series of unusual tornadoes in Thailand, Italy and USA
- abnormal fog and sandstorm in China
- Venice gradually goes under water (ITALY)
As well as interviews with interesting people, examples of interactions and people's mutual assistance.
On November 22 heavy rains came to the northern part of Iraq, which is located in the Middle East, and that caused a heavy flooding.
Large-scale flooding continues in the territory of Saudi Arabia. In the 19th episode of the Breaking News it was reported about heavy rains with thunderstorms throughout the country and a hailstorm that engulfed sand dunes.
On November 20 there was another series of rains. In a matter of days in Saudi Arabia there fell a 6-years' worth of rain. On November 23 information was received that the territory of Mecca was flooded. And in the northern regions of the country - Ha'il, Al-Jawf and Tabuk it suddenly snowed.
On November 25 Torrential rain shower hit the United Arab Emirates. 2 month' worth of rain fell within several days. Non-stop shower paralyzed traffic in Emirates of Sharjah, Ajman and most of Dubai.
On November 20 in Malaysia due to heavy rain that lasted for a couple of hours, there occurred a major flood.
And in Vietnam that didn't recover from Typhoon Toraji yet, which covered the country on November 18, came tropical storm "Usagi" on November 25. In the largest city of the country, Ho Chi Minh City, a flood began.
On November 22, a hail storm hit the city of Sucre, Bolivia. Heavy rains caused a landslide in El Tejar.
While in Spain and Italy incredibly heavy rainfall leads to a flooding, paradoxically, but other European countries still suffer from the ongoing drought since summer, which causes a number of problems for nature and people. One of the obvious causes of the drought is the drying up of water bodies. A story of eyewitnesses from Germany.
In other European countries, the ongoing drought also causes big problems. The risk of fire has increased dramatically.
On November 25 there was a strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake on the border of Iran and Iraq. As a result 716 people were affected.
In the morning of November 30 in the South of Alaska there occurred a severe 7.0 magnitude earthquake. The epicentre was located 13 km/8.07 miles North of the city Anchorage. The earthquake has significantly damaged the houses and infrastructure.
On November 11, 2018 seismologists around the world recorded a mysterious earthquake. Its echoes were recorded in Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Canada and even on the Hawaiian Islands. Seismic waves continued for more than twenty minutes.
Thailand. On November 25, 2018 witnesses on the beach of Koh Lipe island managed to record four tornadoes at once.
On December 1-2, a series of devastating tornadoes swept across the US: on the way from Illinois to Georgia, 4 in Oklahoma and 1 in southwest Missouri.
CHINA.On November 25, 2018 a huge sandstorm hit Gansu Province in northwest China. The dust wall has reached a height of 100 m.
On November 26 there was an abnormal fog in the eastern and southwestern China regions. Visibility was 50m. According to the fog density classification this indicator is higher than the limit value.
From November 30 powerful storms with strong wind gusts that exceeded 70 km/h (43.5 m/h) have swept through the north-west of China .
JAPAN. On November 4 the warm summer weather in Oita Prefecture in southwest Kyushu 80,6 degrees Fahrenheit (+27 degrees Celsius), in West Fukuoka and Central Nara 78,8 (+26) degrees, and in Tokyo 71,6 (+22) degrees.
ITALY. Flooding of the city is faster than it was predicted by the scientists.
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Almira, ALLATRA TV reporter, Kazakhstan: Hello, this is Breaking News on ALLATRA TV! Such words as "record" and "abnormal" are being heard in climate news more and more often, but do we pay any attention to them? Indeed, unpredictable weather conditions inevitably reflect on the lives of many people and on each of us. Coming up, in this episode.
- a series of massive floods in the Middle East, in South-East Asia
- large-scale drought in Europe and abnormal heat in Japan
- devastating earthquakes at Iran–Iraq border; and in the south of Alaska
- series of unusual tornadoes in Thailand,Italy and USA
- Sandstorm in China
- Venice is gradually sinking under water
Saudi Arabia, Iraq. Climate breaking news
Faisal, ALLATRA TV reporter, Qatar: Hi, this is Faisal with you from ALLATRA TV, reporting directly from Qatar.
On November 22, heavy rains came to the northern part of Iraq located in the Middle East, and that caused heavy flooding in the area. The area of Sharqat in the province of Salah ad-Din suffered massive damage from this rain and massive flooding.The water rose about 2 meters, and the functioning bridges and all the cars were washed away. And the public suffered much from this flooding. The inhabitants of Selahaddin, Mosul and Kirkuk also suffered from the force of nature.Local news agencies also reported that the southern regions of Dhi Qar also suffered from the massive flooding, causing the city to collapse.
The area suffered much from this massive flooding and many people were evacuated to safe places. The nearby places such as Qatar also suffered much from this flooding. "About three thousand people were left homeless and had to leave their villages," says Mayor Ali Dodah.
Large-scale flooding continues in the territory of Saudi Arabia. In the 19th episode of the Breaking News, we reported on heavy rains with thunderstorms throughout the country and a hailstorm that engulfed sand dunes.Saudi Arabia is in an extremely dry climate zone and the rains that are flooding the country have made a 20 year record by now. For example, on November 20th there was another round of rains. In a matter of days in Saudi Arabia, 6-years' worth of rain fell.
According to the Chief Civil Defense Department of Saudi Arabia, unfortunately, there are casualties in ten different regions of the kingdom. More than four thousand people were evacuated by the rescuers.
On November 23th information was received that the territory of Mecca got flooded. In the shots published online, a powerful stream of water can be seen literally demolishing parked cars. Downpours paralyzed traffic throughout the city. The Rashidia region suffered the most. In Mecca itself, the motorways were paralyzed due to heavy flooding. People suffered and many NGOs and government agencies came to the rescue and aid is coming from different parts of the world. Reporting directly from Qatar, with cameraman Hassan, Fasal Rheas. Thank you!
United Arab Emirates. Series of climatic catastrophes
Sergey, ALLATRA TV reporter, UAE: Hello! This is ALLATRA TV reporter, Dubai.
Torrential rain shower fell on the United Arab Emirates on November 25. Two-months norm of precipitation fell within several days. Non-stop shower paralyzed traffic in Emirates of Sharjah, Ajman and most of Dubai. A representative of the National Center for Meteorology noted: "Since 1977 till 2017 the average monthly rainfall in Dubai for November was only 4.4 mm - whereas on Sunday, November 25, in the area of Dubai Airport, 8.2 mm fell out!"
At the same time 59mm of precipitation fell down in the area of Shah Valley in Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. In the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain - 57 mm, in the Jumeirah area of Dubai - 37 mm and in the area of the world's highest building Burj Khalifa 18 mm of precipitation fell.
Visibility reduced to 100 m due to bad weather, and wind gusts reached 40 km/h. Hundreds of cars stuck in huge traffic jams. Those drivers who were suddenly caught up in the lowlands and under the bridges were forced to abandon their vehicles, as the water rose to the roofs of their cars, and in some places completely covered them up. Rainwater has also risen to many houses in the Emirate of Sharjah. Also, the transport situation was aggravated by the fact that an adequate drainage system exists only in the capital of the Emirates - Abu Dhabi and in Dubai.
The climate is changing rapidly and many countries around the world are appearing not ready for atypical weather anomalies. Already today it is worth for each of us to think about the fact that one should, above all, remain a human in any situation. After all, there are already many examples of people overcame and eliminated the effects of the natural disaster in their cities by getting united. Because, the power of people - in unity.
Malaysia, Vietnam, Bolivia. Series of climatic catastrophes
Alexandra, ALLATRA TV reporter, South Korea: Hello! This is ALLATRA TV reporter from South Korea.
In the 20th episode of the Breaking news the witness from Thailand, Lyon, told about the sudden flood, which was much stronger than usual. Floods still continue to harm more and more countries. Thus, on November 20 in neighboring Malaysia due to heavy rain for several hours there was a major flood. Streets are flooded, houses are damaged. More than 1,080 inhabitants have been evacuated and located to the Support Centres in unflooded areas of Alor Gajah.
And Vietnam didn't get a chance to recover from Typhoon Toraji, which covered the country on November 18, and there came Tropical Storm Usagi on November 25. As a result, the South-Eastern province of Ninh Thuận, the southern province of Khánh Hòaand also the сentral province of Phú Yên were affected. The cyclone brought heavy rains, which caused flooding in several settlements. The flood began in the largest city in the country, Ho Chi Minh Сity. In some parts of the country, rainfall reached 400 mm, which led to floods.
The water level in the streets rose to 1 meter.The next day, the cars floating on the flooded streets created congestion on the roads. Basements of residential buildings and shops were flooded. A strong wind knocked down a lot of trees, which caused massive failures in the supply of electricity.
About climatic events and mutual aid
Elchin, Member of ALLATRA International Public Movement: Hello! The Earth is our common home. Therefore those problems which the Earth is facing and will face in the nearest future they concern every inhabitant of this home. And the Earth belongs to all people, not to any individual institutions, organizations, etc. The Earth is a home though temporary but for every human.
Therefore all the problems that exist today on Earth relate to each person. And an ostrich attitude meaning "I'm safe now", anything else does not concern me, "this is not my headache" - it is not effective attitude. Thus, the problems will not be solved by themselves only because we are not paying any attention to them.
On the contrary, if we know what the root of the problem is and how to solve these problems, then, believe me, that everything can be solved very easily. In reality people are able to handle any cataclysm, any catastrophe, at least their consequences, no matter how terrible and large-scale they are, if they act as human beings. That is, united, in friendship and mutual assistance.
I would also like to touch upon such a widespread opinion today that supposedly everything that is starting to happen, I mean the global climate change on Earth, it is to one or another extent related to carbon dioxide emissions, anthropogenic factors, deforestation, etc., and etc. In reality it is a blatant lie. People are being drawn away.
They draw people away and divert their attention to absolutely not essential things. Because global climate change on Earth is a derivative of global space processes that occur with a certain regularity every 12,500 years. And many scientists know about it.
But for some reason, the official version says that this is due to deforestation… Today, protests, which are also directed against deforestation, etc., are held in Europe. But, all that time, all this energy, the attention that people focus on participating in such events, could be spent on something that would really benefit, something that would help people to unite while we still have time for this. While there are these relatively calm days. While these cataclysms have not gained such large-scale, destructive scope.
Almira, ALLATRA TV reporter, Kazakhstan: In previous episodes of the Breaking News, the shallowing of the Danube and Rhine rivers was reported. Unfortunately, the drought continues to gain momentum and drain the reservoirs of Germany.
Germany. Climate breaking news
David. ALLATRA TV reporter, Germany: Hello! This is ALLATRA TV reporter from Germany.
It is paradoxical that while Spain and Italy are being flooded by the incredibly heavy rainfalls, the other countries of Europe are suffering from the drought which has lasted since summer and brings a number of issues for the nature and population.
One of the reasonable causes of drought is the water ponds drying. Moreover, the state of reservoirs is of particular importance. On the one hand, they guarantee the supply of water to both people and industry and are used to produce electricity, and on the other hand, they feed larger rivers to protect the fish population and support navigation. We are here at the Möhne reservoir, the filling level of which set a new negative record of 37% (thirty-seven percent).
The Ruhr Area administration provided information on ALLATRA TV's request that the last ten years have been the driest for the Ruhr River Basin since recording began in 1927. And that, on November 28, 2018, the dams filling level was 43% with a declining trend. According to the Ruhr area administration water supply is not under threat. However, the first reaction to drought period was to reduce the consumption of water from the reservoirs in order to save the water supply. Similar dramatic effects of drought can be also observed on the condition of the Edersee Reservoir in Hesse, which is the third largest in Germany.
The water level in the lake was reduced for two years in a row, which has a negative effect on its condition. Local authorities are looking for strategies and solutions to this problem as the reservoir feeds the River Weser and provides navigation. This year the water level in the Lake Edersee dropped to an extent that it is possible to walk over Aseler Bridge, which is usually submerged 20 metres under water.
The city authorities balanced the discharge and withdrawal of water In order to preserve the "ecological balance" of the lake. Also the water ponds situation is very critical in Berlin and Brandenburg. In 2018, only 50% of the usual precipitation rate fell in Berlin. According to Meteogroup forecasts there will be no change in terms of a catastrophic drought during the coming months. Derk Ehlert from the Berlin Office of the Environment is concerned about the coming winter months, since the soil is not saturated at all.
In some parts of Brandenburg, it is forbidden to water winter crops to prevent the drying of the Spree, Havel, and Dahme rivers. In general, low precipitation rate observed in Germany since the beginning of 2018. Drought has reached a historical maximum since 1951, while the precipitation is only fifty-four percent of norm.
Almira, ALLATRA TV reporter, Kazakhstan: First-hand information. It is very valuable when people are telling about their observations regarding climate change in the area they live. The participants of ALLATRA TV keep communicating with the eyewitnesses of the events from countries.
Portugal. Climate breaking news
Alena Cardoso Ecologist, Master of Ecological Tourism Faculty, Portugal: I've lived in Portugal not for a long time. I live here for 7 years only. But during the time that I am here in my memory, there have already been 3 such grandiose hurricanes as we've got into the winter period and with a lot of casualties.
The wind speed was such that, for example, on the farm, where I live, the roof just flew away. Old people say that this had never happened before. And in general, I can see the way they built their own subsidiary farms. They were definitely not designed for such a wind. I do not think that they are so short-sighted to build in such a way that it would fly away every winter.
According to the sites, according to the meteorological center, they do not say that there really is some danger of a more powerful earthquake. In my opinion it is difficult to say what is the real reason for these changes. Either this is really our fault, I mean, the increase of amount of exhaust emissions in the atmosphere, the ozone hole, etc., but is this really a result of human activity, or these are global geological processes which last for a long time and are quite slow.
They have their own cycles. As for the people's behaviour I have an experience, but it is about the place I live, which is this village. Of course people help each other. Absolutely. We've got a generator, for example, and we carry it to all our neighbours to give them an opportunity to cook some food. I mean, people really come and help each other. The mutual assistance is quite well-developed.
USA. Series of climatic catastrophes
Almira, ALLATRA TV reporter, Kazakhstan: Only during November 2018, eleven powerful earthquakes of magnitude over 6.0 took place. The most powerful of them occurred on November 30 in Alaska, USA, and had a magnitude of 7.2. Four seismic events of magnitude 6.0 took place during first five days of December. One of them was of 7.5 magnitude. More details about the devastating earthquakes in Alaska, and at Iran–Iraq border are available from the ALLATRA TV reporters.
Olga, ALLATRA TV reporter: Hello! This is ALLATRA TV reporter from the USA - Olga.
In the morning of November 30th in the South of Alaska, a severe 7.0 magnitude earthquake occured. The epicentre of underground shocks was located in 13 km/8.07 miles to North of Anchorage city. The centre of the natural disaster lies at the depth of 33km (20.5miles) Seismologists warned the local habitats about the potential threat of tsunami and recommended to leave their homes, but later caution was cancelled. Earthquake caused significant damage on the infrastructure and the houses.
On some buildings cracks appeared, because of the ground cavities, the urban highway was destroyed, All trains were delayed. Several radio stations and telecompanies stopped their work. The local habitats posted loads of video and photos of earthquake on social media, Which are exposed to no comments. No data about injuries was received. A few hours after the main earthquake, a number of aftershocks were recorded. Residents note that those shakes were very noticeable.
Rick Thoman the Climatologist notifies, that he felt the shakes in Fairbanks town, Which is approximately 560km in North to Anchorage. In accordance with Severe earthquake, local government announced emergency regime. It was announced by Bill Walker, the state governor in his twitter page. Alaska is considered one of the most earthquake-prone zones of the USA. Annually, at least one 7.0 to 8.0 magnitude earthquake is registered, more than any state in America. On March 27, 1964 in the northern part of the Gulf of Alaska occurred the strongest earthquake in USA history, which was called the Great Alaskan earthquake, its magnitude was 8.4.
Also on December 1, an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 hit the coast of Indonesia. The push was recorded off the coast of the islands of the Barat Daya island group. The centre of the natural disaster lies at the depth of 140 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was located 371 km east of Dili, the capital of East Timor.
Russian Rederation. An example of helping each other
Almira, ALLATRA TV reporter, Kazakhstan: I am glad that there are no borders for human sympathy, help and friendship. The ALLATRA TV reporter will tell how the inhabitants of Chukotka have reacted to the devastating earthquake in Alaska.
— Hello, Igor! We know, that your friend lives on Alaska in Anchorage city. Do you know what happened to them on 30th November?
Igor Vladimirovich, citizen of Chukotka autonomous region, Russian Federation: Yes. I literally talked to him four days later, there was no good connection. And Seryozhka told me that he lives almost in the center of the city, the earthquake was quite noticeable for them, he says he has been living there for over 15 years, I guess. He says, that he never felt anything like this. Although these shakes happen regularly, here. This was a very strong earthquake and, according to his words, there was much destruction in his apartment. He and his wife cleaned up all day.
They cleaned up this garbage, all the dishes were broken, the TV fell off the wall, the window flew out. The man, who lived there for more than 15 years, these are his words, he says, "I have never felt such a strong earthquake here."
— Thank you very much.
An earthquake on Alaska. An example of helping each other
Olga, ALLATRA TV reporter, Russian Federation: Chukotka is ready to help and support the people who were suffering by the earthquake. The Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Region wrote a letter of support. The letter reads as follows:
The government of the Chukotka autonomous region confirms its readiness at any time to assist and support the residents of the state of Alaska. On behalf of the government of Chukotka, the residents of the district and myself, I personally express words of compassion to people affected by the earthquake. We wish the people of Alaska strength, resilience and courage.
There is a kind of friendship relationship between the regions. And even if we are separated by country borders, Bering Strait, there is a intent to support in difficult situations, there are no boundaries and it does not depend on nationalities, or finances. On the north, people have been helping each other since ancient times, it is simply not possible to survive here alone. And no matter what the Far North it is - Russian or American, people are united in their good intentions.
As it is mentioned in the report "On the Problems and Consequences of Global Climate Change on Earth. Effective Ways to Solve These Problems": "If people from different countries start to unite independently to address various issues, regardless of nationality, religious beliefs, social or other statuses, outside of political and priestly systems which are aimed at dividing people, then in a short space of time it is quite real to build a global society of creation, the basis of which will be universal spiritual and moral values. We are all human beings, and all of us have the same place of living ‒ the Earth, one nationality – mankind, one common value – life."
Iraq, Iran, Caribbean, Turkey. Series of climatic catastrophes
Tatiana, ALLATRA TV reporter, Turkey: Hello! This is ALLATRA TV reporter. Turkey.
On November 28, heavy rain caused flooding that killed two people in the city of Edirne. Both incidents occurred on the street in an attempt to survive. On November 29 at 5:36 am in the Sea of Marmara at a depth of 6.5 km, an earthquake of magnitude 4 was recorded, which caused panic among the population. On November 25 at a depth of 10 km there was a strong earthquake with M 6.3 at Iran–Iraq border. The epicenter of the earthquake was 20 km far from the Iranian city Sarpol-e Zahab in Kermanshah Province.
The aftershocks were felt by the residents of Iran and Iraq, as well as Kuwait, Syria, Jordan, Israel, South-Eastern regions of Turkey and northern Saudi Arabia. About half an hour later a major aftershock with M 5.3 occurred in the same area. As a result of a strong earthquake, 716 people were affected. The most serious destruction is observed in the Iranian cities of Sarpol-e Zahab and Shahrak Zerae Gharebagh. As of November 27, quite powerful aftershocks of 4.5 magnitude continue to shake the locality. It is noteworthy that a year ago, on November 12, 2017, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake occurred at the same place. As a result 8400 people were affected.
On the same day, November 25, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake occurred in the Caribbean Sea off the Colombia coast. The epicenter was 10 km below the surface. It was located 83 km northeast of the San Andrés island, Colombia and 475 km from the capital of Costa Rica. Similarly to Iran–Iraq border earthquake, a series of powerful aftershocks continues here. The major one with 5.6 magnitude occurred on the same day.
Seismic phenomena
Almira, ALLATRA TV reporter, Kazakhstan: On November 11, 24 km from the Mayotte island, France, low-frequency waves were recorded, which spread throughout the planet. Scientists did not give a clear explanation for this phenomenon.
Only one thing is clear, it just indicates active movement processes that are taking place in the tectonics of the planet. ALLATRA TV reporter will tell you more about this.
Oksana, ALLATRA TV reporter, Canada: Hello! This is ALLATRA TV, Vancouver, Canada.
On November 11, 2018 seismologists around the world recorded a mysterious ground shake. Its echoes were recorded in Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Canada and even on the Hawaiian Islands.
Seismic waves continued for more than twenty minutes. However, people say they have not felt anything. Seismologists have suggested that a new volcanic center is being formed between Africa and Madagascar, as The French Geological Survey - BRGM registers earthquakes that have been going on here since May this year. They also report that Mayotte island has moved from its place for about 6 cm to the East and 3 cm to the South. This may be a coincidence, but a year ago on November 14, 2017, strange fluctuations, not similar to seismic ones, were recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey, along with the sounds that stunned residents of Alabama and Idaho.
For more information about these events, watch the programme Climate control. On December 5, 2018, two strong earthquakes occurred at an interval of 4 minutes near the Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia, France), which are located in the Pacific Ocean. The first quake was the magnitude of 6.0. The magnitude of the second one was 7.6. The hypocenter of seismic events was at a depth of 10 km. Such strong quakes were followed by a series of large aftershocks, the magnitude of which was 5.9. In this area another large 6.6 magnitude earthquake occurred. Its epicenter was located 192 km from the settlement Tadine. In New Caledonia a tsunami threat was declared.
Thailand. Climate breaking news
Almira, ALLATRA TV reporter, Kazakhstan: More and more often we hear about tornadoes and destructions. What about a situation when suddenly four tornadoes appear simultaneously from nowhere. Coming up next: unusual multiple tornadoes in Thailand, Italy, and the USA, as well as a sandstorm in China.
Anastasia, ALLATRA TV reporter Thailand: Hello! This is ALLATRA TV reporter from Thailand.
Off the Ko Lippy island coast, located in the south-west Thailand, tourists were stunned by the frightening force of nature and the speed of change in weather conditions. On November 25, 2018 witnesses on the beach of Ko Lippy island managed to record four tornadoes at once. Witnesses of an unusual sight were seeing that during hot weather clouds appeared from nowhere and quickly turned into dark clouds and 4 waterspouts immediately appeared.
"A waterspout is common in the Andaman Sea coast during the rainy season but it is rare to have four of them at the same time" - said the Weather Forecast Bureau spokesman Surapong Sarapa. On the same day on another coast in Italy (Apulia region, Lecce province, Italy) a local resident Christian Cernuschi recorded a massive water tornado that occurred near the Patu commune coast. A funnel that formed near the tornado also attracted his attention. According the author of the video, a tornado went through the territory of a small village, causing destruction.
I will give the word to reporter of ALLATRA TV from Italy
Italy. Breaking news of climate
Tatyana, ALLATRA TV reporter, Italia: Hello! This is ALLATRA TV reporter from Rome, Italy.
Several strong tornadoes struck the coast of Italy. A giant water funnel formed in the south-west of Italy, along the shores of Mediterranean Sea in the city of Salerno on November 20. The whirlwind lasted a few minutes. Tornado lifted containers and even small yachts in the port. Although there were people working at the port, fortunately, no reports of victims were received.
And in the Italian city of Crotone a tornado hit the train. The whirlwind broke several windows of the train. Fortunately, there are no victims, two people suffered injuries that were not life threatening. Also, the residents of the village of Taurisano, in southern Italy, suddenly discovered a tornado under their windows. This is very atypical for such an area. A whirlwind swept through the streets, tearing out trees with roots, knocking over fences. Several buildings were destroyed.
Later on the 25th of November, a series of tornadoes also swept through the Italian regions of Apulia and Calabria. Communities of Tricase and Corsano in Apulia and the city of Crotone in Calabria were particularly affected. The powerful wind, which exceeded 144 km/h (40 m/s), flattened trees, blew the houses roofs off and destroyed metal structures.
Almira, ALLATRA TV reporter, Kazakhstan: The reporter of ALLATRA TV from Italy will speak about what threatens Venice and other coastal cities.
Vasiliy, reporter OF ALLATRA TV, Italia: Hello! This is ALLATRA TV reporter from Rome, Italy.
In the 20th episode of the Breaking News, it was reported that the level of the world ocean was rising and some islands were the disappearing. According to observations and research by scientists, the Italian Venice is also under threat of flooding.
Since 1900, the central St. Mark's Square in Venice has been subject to heavy flooding only 4 times a year. This year there were more than 60 floods. The frequency of flooding of the city is influenced by several factors: subsidence of the soil, as a result of which the city descends; the location of the city in the tectonic fault; global climate change, which raises sea level.
An Italian experts are trying to solve the problem of flooding. In 2003 they developed a system for monitoring the water level on the way to Venice and its environs - underwater gateways MOSE (storm gates).
But these gateways can control flooding only if the sea level rises by no more than 50 cm. If sea level rises above this level, the MOSE system will not hold back the process. But, after all, not only Venice is under threat, but all the coastal cities of Italy.
According to scientists, the water level in the Mediterranean Sea will rise by 140 cm over several decades. But looking at the rapid climate change on the planet, this can happen much earlier.
China. Series of climate catastrophes
Alexey, ALLATRA TV reporter, China: Hello! This is an ALLATRA TV reporter from southern China, Guangzhou city.
On November 25th,a powerful sandstorm hit Gansu province that benighted offices and houses. The territory of the province partially includes the Gobi desert. The wall of dust reached a height of 100 m. Visibility on the streets was decreased significantly. Residents of the city have had to wear cloth masks on their faces. As noted by the eyewitnesses, sandstorms in this region usually occur in spring rather than in winter. Such a phenomenon here at this time of the year wasn't observed for about 10 years.
Japan. Series of climate disasters
Almira, ALLATRA TV reporter, Kazakhstan: And in Japan summer came in early December. Up next, ALLATRA TV reporter will tell you about abnormally warm weather in Japan.
Anastasia, ALLATRA TV reporter, Russian Federation: Warm summer weather was set in most areas of Japan on Tuesday, December 4, which is not typical for the beginning of this month.
According to TASS referencing to the National Meteorological Agency of the country. So in Ōita Prefecture on the southwestern island of Kyushu, the thermometer rose to 27. In West Fukuoka and Central Nara the temperature reached 26 degrees Celsius 78,8 °F), and even in Tokyo the temperature exceeded 22 degrees Celsius (71,6°F). Abnormal weather has set new temperature records at more than 270 of 927 observation points across Japan.
Elchin, Member of ALLATRA International Public Movement: It is important that today all people have a clear understanding that everything that happens on Earth concerns every person. It doesn't concern only some states, countries where this happens, or any state institutions, which, in the opinion of some people, should deal with these problems.
After all, no matter how many state institutions there are, whatever modern technology they would have - facing the wrath of nature, all this technology is just a useless pile of metal. And only man and mankind as a whole can do something in this situation. Only a person, every person who has decided to tackle these issues, take them seriously, look for ways of interaction, ways of solving these problems, and in that way the whole human society can withstand it.
Therefore, it is so important that today our attitude towards these problems should change. The Quran was said more than 14 centuries ago. Words were said that are very relevant today. In the 13th Surah, the 11th Ayah: "Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves".
And our problems, they will not be solved by themselves. They won't disappear. As we can see today, so many of ALLATRA TV reporters - honest, sincere people from all over the world - they are watching and they share this information not to scare or create some kind of panic, no. On the contrary. To warn and notify that all this is gaining momentum. That the climate is changing all over the world and this is happening.
And only from the fact that we stop putting our attention on it, and at thе moment, when, say, Breaking News is on, we will switch at this moment to some Brazilian or other serial, the problem will not disappear. But if each person, having watched the same BN, becomes thoughtful and makes a decision inside himself that yes, this is a problem and it concerns everyone, it concerns me, as a citizen of the Earth and all my relatives, all my loved ones, all my friends. And if a person simply ceases to be indifferent - this is already the first step on the way for the situation to start changing for the better.
Almira, ALLATRA TV reporter, Kazakhstan: Looking at all these cataclysms, a question may arise: "Why do I need this negative stuff?" Consciousness pictures either fear and doom, or indifference as a defense reaction. But both of them are traps. There is always a way out. And there are many positive examples when people change their attitude towards other people from consumer-oriented to the constructive one, changing the situation at work, in the family, and so on. And when such people unite, the world changes.
Global climate change on Earth occurs due to circumstances beyond human control and requires real consolidation of efforts of all people on the planet for the survival of civilization in the future. And every inhabitant of our planet should think about it.


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Easily change between Day or Night cutting modes designed to fit around your lifestyle, or use special functions such as Spot-Cut, Power Cut and Secondary Area programs to help ensure a perfect lawn.
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The scripture for today, January 24, is Jude 1:24 as found in the New Testament of the Bible:
"To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy ~ "
God is perfect, and so cannot dwell with faults and imperfection. We have faults. Romans 3:23 says everyone sins. And Romans 6:23 says the wages of sin is death. But God always has wanted us to live with him. What a dilemma!
God solved our problem at great expense. He sent His Son, Jesus, to earth who lived the faultless life for us. Then God offered His perfect Son, His only Son, Jesus, to die in our place. Amazing. But God wasn't through yet.
After that, God told the world He would consider us "without fault" vicariously through Jesus. He has already collected the penalty for our sins ~ death. For our part, all we have to do is believe He did and follow everything He said and did to the best of our ability.
Jesus sacrificed everything for us. Have you sacrificed anything for Him lately?
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The Nanton Veterinary Clinic was started in 1959 by Dr Frank Baker. For the first few years the practice was principally food animal medicine with procedures entirely conducted on farm. He had a small office in an out- building in yard of his home and the surgery in his basement. In the Fall of 1966 Dr Baker started construction of the first veterinary clinic in Nanton situated at the north end of town along the main highway. That building, completed in 1967, served the Nanton district for 43 years. Dr Baker sold the Nanton Veterinary Clinic to Dr Eldon Hall in 1974 after taking a position as Cattle Extension Veterinarian with the Alberta Government. Dr Hall operated the clinic until 1993 when he sold it to Dr's de Graaf and Rhodes. The clinic has evolved from a primarily cattle practice where most work was done on farm, to a modern clinic based practice offering a wide range of diagnostic and surgical services. During this time companion animals and horses have become a major part of our practice. In the mid 2000's it became apparent that more space was needed and a series of plans for renovation and expansion culminated in purchasing land at the other end of Nanton and constructing our present facility which was completed in the summer of 2010.
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Yesterday was the Vice-Chancellor's Research Day, a showcase and celebration of research being carried out by early career academics across the University of Bath.
Eleven speakers had ten minutes each to present their research to an audience made up of the VC, Pro-VCs, Deans, and Heads of Departments. Not an easy task, but one they rose to admirably.
Talks covered all disciplines. We learnt about the difficulties children from disadvantaged backgrounds have in school, about controlling vibration in helicopters, security issues in Asia, the impact of pharmacist work pressures on public health and the way that media disapproval can actually boost the business of investment banks.
We also learnt about the mathematical modelling of the spread of contagious disease, potential early warning systems for large-scale financial meltdowns, how to teach computers to recognise shapes and how minute creatures in lakes are helping to keep biodiversity healthy.
Keep an eye out over coming weeks as we work to profile some of these projects in greater detail, either through the press, through interactive digital tools or video. We have some great new ideas and we're really looking forward to working on some of these stories!


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UniverCity - Change log
Originally I was planning to spend most of this month on adding new rooms and objects to build but an major issue with the UI rendering came up which ended up taking all my time.
UniverCity is a university management game being programmed in the Rust programming language.
Colour blindness improvements⌗
I had a tester who is colourblind point out that telling when a room was the right size or blocked by an object was pretty hard due to the colours used. To help with this I made two changes.
Firstly, I added a tooltip whilst drawing out a room/building to show you the current size of your selection, this combined with the size requires already shown at the side of the screen should help you see how far away you are from the required size.
The second change/addition is that you can now change the colour of the placement grid when the placement is valid or invalid. This should let you select colours that work best for you.
Warnings when students/staff members are unable to reach a room⌗
Previously, if students were unable to reach a class room the script would ignore this and treat them as in the lesson anyway. This led to some funny issues where students would be sitting in the halls having lessons and in some cases teachers teaching in the middle of nowhere.
Scripts now check to see if the staff member/student made it into the lesson and if they didn't the player will be notified.
Staff can be fired⌗
Minor change that removes a staff member so you don't have to pay for those you don't need anymore.
Plants visually decay⌗
Plants have always decayed over time so that janitors would water them, however there was no visual cues for the player that this was happening. Using the texture swapping shown in the last blog post plants now will slowly die until they are watered.
The transition between states isn't smooth (there are only 3 states currently) but it gets the point across for now, hopefully in the future I can improve this.
New room: Animal science lab⌗
I was hoping to have more than one room added this month but I ran out of time due to other issues. The animal science lab is part of the science lesson group. I aim to have animals on display as part of the lesson, currently I only have a sloth (by request) with a simple idle animation but I plan to have more.
This did allow me to test multiple models for a single object for the first time (the static base and the animated sloth) which seem to work well enough.
Replaced the UI rendering⌗
For a long time now I've been using webrender to render my user
interface via stylish. Webrender helped a lot in getting my
user interface looking nicer with shadows and better font rendering and
saved me a lot of time implementing this myself. However this hasn't been
without issue: rendering issues on some platform/devices ended up occuring
every now and again which is to be expected and was normally fixed whenever
I updated webrender however updating webrender has been a challenge. Webrender
isn't documented currently and breaks the API a lot which is expected as it
1.0 yet, updating normally involves me guessing from parameter names
and reading through commits trying to work out where things have moved too.
The latest issue I had made me change my mind on using webrender. Back in May I failed a build review due to a crash in webrender and quickly realized I didn't understand the webrender codebase well enough to be able to track down issues like this so I quickly hacked around it which was built on top of an existing hacky fix. (I have been meaning to report this but I haven't had the time to be able to work out if its my fault or not and reduce the code down). I realized that if the game was released and an issue popped up I'd be left unable to fix it.
About 2 weeks ago a tester reported an issue where the game would lock up after dragging an object around for a bit. I tested this and quickly noticed the memory usage had shot up to 2gb and rising. My "fix" for the crash had caused webrender to not unload fonts and reload them every frame, attempting to modify the "fix" to remove fonts first caused webrender to crash again. So I decided it was time to rewrite the rendering without webrender, the performance would not be great but at least I would understand it. It took a little under two weeks to get the interface looking mostly like it did before (I removed things like filters as I was unable to implement them myself).
I'd like to revisit using webrender for rendering the user interface for a game in the future but for now I'm focused on getting ready for release. On the bright side if I ever want to try and port to Vulkan this should be easier now.
Static link LuaJIT⌗
This mainly helps me during development because the version of luajit on my system didn't have any debug flags set hiding some issues with my wrapper. I was already bundling the library on linux/windows so this doesn't change too much.
Minor things⌗
- Zooming in now has a limit to prevent clipping into things
- Fixed students doing musical chairs when a new student registered
lua::Refnow uses weak references to the lua state to prevent leaking it
- Fix toilet doors not closing, this broke at some point
- Fixed animations being frozen when loading a save. When animations weren't loaded
the animation time was being
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NaNcausing everything to break until it was reset. I wish it was a panic instead of a silent
I haven't been streaming my work on twitch here lately but sometimes I will pop up and stream for a bit. Feel free to stop by and watch if I'm streaming.
I've opened a subreddit for the game as per someones suggestion. It's mostly empty currently but hopefully that'll change once I get some time to put some work into it. Here


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Harry Potter DVD Pull Will Not Happen In Foreign Territories
When Warner Bros. announced the in-home release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the company also snuck in a little warning message explaining the series will be vaulted at the end of 2011. Since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 won't appear on shelves until November 11, this only gives fans a little less than two months to nab a copy of the final film. This also means fans wanting to buy a full series set will be sorely disappointed if they attempt to wait for those post-Christmas January sales.
As resoundingly unfair as it seems to only keep a film on shelves for 7 weeks, Warner Bros. confirmed this month the entire Harry Potter series will be pulled from shelves on December 29. Since it's the Christmas season, I assume Warner Bros. plans on raking in the cash from the near-forced fan purchases.
There is light at the end of the tunnel; however. I'm sure plenty of DVDs will show up on ebay and in secondhand stores. Alright, so even if there is no real light at the end of the tunnel, there will be loopholes. While Warner Bros. plans to screw over American fans, Canada and other international territories are excluded from the move. So if you live in the land of maple leafs, you are in a pretty good position to sell us your crap for overblown prices (provided it will work in our DVD and Blu-ray players). I get Warner Bros. is trying to pull a Disney here, but there has to be a better way. Occupy Warner Bros.? Joke aside, this may not affect die hard fans of the series, but it could seriously push the buttons of the casual fans with expendable incomes. We'll see if Warner Bros.' experiment proves a boon to the company or an epic marketing failure.
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After the school closures, it seems that KS2 assessments are going ahead this year. Therefore, what should teachers be focussing on? We asked Shareen Wilkinson (Mayers) to share her thoughts and ideas.
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Diwali, the Indian festival of lights, dawned on a clear, crisp morning, with electric blue, serotonin-inducing skies and golden sunshine. My mother's cheery voice bubbled out of my cell phone, as I sleepily made coffee.
"Hi San!" she chirped and I quickly turned the volume down.
The pale morning sun that warmed my skin as I stood on the black and white tiled kitchen floor had already set in India, and night, Diwali time, had arrived. Fireworks boomed in the background and fizzy sparklers hissed and crackled as they spouted silver showers into the night. My mother's voice was ripe with the rounded, happy notes of family close by and an evening spent in good company. I could hear my sister and her husband laughing and was suddenly filled with envy.
I was very far from my Bombay roots, in a small Minnesota town called New York Mills, population 1,158, near Fargo, North Dakota. I had been away from home for over a decade, having left New Delhi for college in Philadelphia and then moving to New York, where I had lived for the past six years. I had been awarded a grant from the Jerome Foundation to be the writer-in-residence in Mills for October.
As my mother chatted on, I pictured the scene clearly. The day would have been spent rolling little wads of cotton into wicks, filling earthenware diyas with oil and lighting the whole house with a welcoming glow for the goddess of wealth. I could almost see bright red boxes of mithai scattered about with their pretty golden ribbons tossed aside. And, of course, there would be firecrackers:anaars, little triangle shaped crackers that showered a geyser like fountain of sparks into the air. Catherine wheels, whose crazy circles my cousins jumped into, as they zigzagged around in giddy happiness. Rockets, put into empty glass soda bottles, which shot into the air and burst, setting off the barking of the neighboring pack of stray dogs.
Suddenly my tranquil morning in a tiny, all white town blanketed in serene silence was shattered. I wanted it to be a festival night, I wanted fireworks, I wanted the pomp and splendor of Diwali.
After the phone had been passed around to various family and the conversations were over, the click of my cell phone as I flipped it off echoed in the silence. I walked over to my desk and turned on the computer. The calm and quiet had turned into a clamorous emptiness. Wake up and smell the gunpowder! I thought, not for the first time. What am I doing here?
The inevitable decision of whether to make a permanent life in the U.S. or to go back to India was made more complicated by my acquisition of a green card after a decade of waiting, and, almost as difficult to get, a rent stabilized apartment in the city. But the choices I had made, as if to counteract the factors that pinned me down to New York, became increasingly about getting away.
I left my full time job of five years in television and accepted invitations to be the artist-in-residence at colonies in different parts of the country. I went from the mountains of North Carolina to a 22,000 acre ranch in Wyoming, to an estate that bordered the Saratoga race track in upstate New York, before arriving at the small, mostly Finnish town in Minnesota, named after the defunct lumber mills that flanked the railroad bisecting the town.
I enjoyed the solitude of the residency, interrupted only by the occasional yoga lesson at the cultural center or Thursday night cards at the local bar with the director of the center and her friends. But today, picturing the rose-colored night skies over Delhi and the bobbing yellow flames lining windowsills of homes all over India, I felt hopelessly adrift. Fatal doubts started to creep in, poisoning the cheery yellow walls of the cottage, turning the picket fence outside into prison bars and the cheerful Halloween-carved pumpkins into mocking gremlins.
As I was sinking into self-pity, the phone rang. It was Alice, one of the Thursday night card players at the bar. She was retired, blond and regal, with a gravelly smoker's voice and bore a distinct resemblance to Peggy Lee. She wanted to take me to a party that evening at the lakefront estate of her employer, a well-to-do lawyer. It didn't sound too tempting: a party outdoors on a chilly night amidst complete strangers. On Alice's urging, however, I agreed to go.
She picked me up at eight on a pitch-black night, and as we moved away from the city the stars grew larger and picked up luster. The lawyer's property was off a tiny turn from the two lane highway into a cornfield in the middle of nowhere. We bumped across rutted fields in darkness, squinting to decipher tiny signs (turn right at a haystack). Finally we saw the distant glow of a fire and drove the car straight for it.
Most people, wearing checked flannel shirts and baseball hats, their faces flushed and ruddy, were gathered around the huge bonfire in the middle of a field. Some sat on lawn chairs near picnic tables loaded down with soda ("pop," in Minnesotan lingo), chips, hot dogs, and 6-packs of beer. Alice and I got ourselves some beer and edged our way to the fire. A big sheepdog and a Labrador romped around and allowed me to make a fuss of them.
Alice pointed out the lawyer, a genial giant well over six feet tall, with a friendly face and a salt and pepper mustache. He strode over to his tractor, started it up, and headed towards the fire. We walked quickly out of the way as he drove straight at the fire with the front shovel attachment, picking up coal and firewood from the edges and heaping them on top of the flames.
As he shifted and reversed around the whole circumference of the bonfire, the flames flickered shadows across his face, which was red from exertion. He looked like the grinning gatekeeper of Dante's inferno.
A beer later, I walked through a thicket of trees to the house, having refused Alice's suggestion to "Just go behind the car!" When I came out of the bathroom, the lawyer's wife was sitting on the sofa in their large and well-decorated living room. She seemed to want to talk, so I sat down across from her as she told me the story of a German exchange student who had stayed with them during the harsh northern Minnesota winter.
The girl was fascinated that her spit froze in mid-air. "And so she kept spitting!" Mrs. Lawyer said wonderingly. I could imagine a stout fraulein with blond braids wrapped around her head, spitting fiercely out into the atmosphere as frozen little balls pinged to the ground.
Today was a special day, I told her. A Hindu New Year in fact. According to legend, on this day Lord Rama, a very popular god, returned home after 14 years in exile. People all over India lit lamps to illuminate his path home and set off fireworks in celebration.
She didn't know Rama, she said, but her husband did know the person who lit the Fourth of July fireworks in their region. It turned out that he had a bunch leftover and was going to set them off at the party.
"You'd better go or you'll miss them," she warned.
I jumped off the couch and said goodbye. I knew that another guest, at another party, would be told about the Indian girl who celebrated Diwali here. It was a nice thought that I, too, like the German exchange student, would become a story and live on in that tiny corner of the world.
I made my way back to the fire. In my absence, Alice had explained Diwali to the party, and they were delighted to be sharing a celebration with a billion people halfway across the world, with a real Indian in their midst.
Just then, the darkness right in front of me burst into a shower of golden shimmering mists, their expanding tendrils reaching towards me. The entire sky seemed to be taken up by the green, red, and gold shimmers, falling down to earth like the fronds of palm trees. They were so close that I could see where they started and follow their trajectory into the atmosphere. The night was crystal clear, and each spark was magnified in the rarified, freezing air.
I watched awestruck, my mouth gaping open in wonder. The host came up to me. His eyes twinkled into his jovial eyebrows.
"Want to set one off?" he asked, opening his hand.
Nestled in his palm was a tiny gray remote control with buttons numbered 1-9.
"Press number four," he instructed, putting the remote into my hand.
I aimed the remote at the sky, as if it were a giant flat screen TV, and pressed 4.
Nothing happened.
Hmm. He scratched his head comically, peering at the remote.
"Ok, try nine."
Nine—my lucky number.
I aimed at the stars again and pressed nine, and the big bowl of sky in front of me exploded.
Arms of gold reached out and embraced the party, the field, and the universe. They shimmered and twinkled and expanded across the sky, and I was enveloped in their golden glow. Gold reflected in our eyes as chrysanthemums of color splashed across our vision, again and again, filling my heart with delight and wonder. The people around me cheered and clapped at the magical display.
And there, in a cornfield in the land of 10,000 lakes, one lake for each mile between my home and me, a group of middle-aged mid-westerners and I celebrated Diwali.
Later, as we drove slowly home, Alice switched on National Public Radio. We heard the tail end of a radio announcer's voice and then the strains of a sitar filled the car. I instantly recognized the song. It was from the now classic Indian film Umrao Jaan, set in the 19th century, about a child who is kidnapped from her home and becomes a tawaif, a highly skilled courtesan. Many years later, she finds herself back in the village from which she was abducted. Because of her profession, however, she remains an outsider.
The film is an expression of her longing to find home and is among the greatest Indian films of all time, not least because of the haunting ghazals she sings as she goes through her many transformations. The soundtrack to Umrao Jaanhad been my most frequently played tape ever since I had left India 11 years ago. I told Alice this and she shook her head in amazement.
"And to think you weren't even going to come out tonight!" she remarked.
She pulled into the garden of my pumpkin colored house. As Asha Bhonsle's voice filled her little car, we listened to the end of the song together. I closed my eyes and felt right at home.
|Sanjna Nanaki Singh's personal essays have appeared in the New York Times, and her award-winning documentary "Out of Status," has been broadcast internationally. She worked for five years at HBO New York and now divides her time between New York and New Delhi.