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EmptyFollowing the news that Tribune Entertainment is shutting down its distribution operations, Trifecta Entertainment & Media has come aboard to syndicate its weekly series "American Idol Rewind."
The one-hour show, from FremantleMedia North America, features never-before-seen content from the hit Fox show as well as a tweaked format.
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The latest point-and-click adventure by Pendulo Studios is a mature, satirical game (par for the course with this studio's titles) that centers around a terminally-ill man, Ethan, who goes to the doctor and learns that he'll be dead by the end of the day. When he returns home, he finds a capsule and this mysterious note:
"This will keep you alive 24 extra hours. Come to Paris for more. We'll find you."
Color me intrigued.
Pendulo Studios, best known for the Runaway series, The Next Big Thing and their latest contribution to adventure gaming,Yesterday, have announced that they are working on a new project called Day One, which sees players taking on the role of a terminally ill man dealing with some serious life-threatening issues. Even more-so than his terminal illness. The game follows journalist Ethan who has less than a day to live. After he gets home he finds a pill and a note telling him that the pill will extend his life for an additional 24 hours and that he needs to head to Paris immediately
[via CinemaBlend.com]
Pendulo Studios says Day One will feature "a thrilling plot in a comic adventure game – but not your typical lighthearted one. We want to create a sarcastic comedy, funny and adult at the same time."
That's definitely apparent in the trailer:
Support Day One
Here's the thing, though: Pendulo Studios needs your support to make this game happen. Day One is being crowdfunded on the new, European-based Kickstarter-like crowdfunding platform Gamesplanet Lab. To get a DRM-free downloadable copy of the game, you'll need to contribute €12 (about $15 USD). I've played most of Pendulo Studio's games, including the Runaway series on Nintendo DS, and will vouch for their awesomeness. If you want Day One to happen, please consider supporting the project on Gamesplanet Lab.

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It certainly seemed like it at day 2 of Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Spring Summer 2011,what with the overdose of immaculately dressed men.Now don't get me wrong,the women looked nice too but they came nowhere close to the men.Save a few,they all looked like android copies of each other with their power shouldered blazers and mid waisted pants(which almost seems to have become a uniform of sorts for stylists/editors/pyt's).I mean, I see as well, if not better dressed women when I go clubbing.When I come to Fashion Week,I expect to be wowed by the level of sartorial genius on display(where is a Manish Arora loving Japanese buyer when you need one?),and day 2 left me wanting for more.Hopefully day 4 will be more eventful(when it comes to spotting some seriously stylish women that is)!
Adore the overcoat bow-tie/cravat combo and the Edward Cullen-esque hair on steroids!
Ok those Vans look-alike sneakers are to die for(seen to be believed).
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A good friend showed me Ronsard Crystal on page 68 of Dan X. Solo's Moderne Alphabets: 100 Complete Fonts published by Dover Publications in 1999.
I was not interested in the font but I was told that it has not been digitized. It was only after doing everything on the Solo specimen when I learned about the Red Rooster take on Ronsard Crystal. I went looking for more specimen sheets of the font and saw a MyFonts listing included in the search result. I should have done a search before doing the font.
Aside from Red Rooster's, Vista Bill also told me that Castcraft Software, Inc. released their version, Opti Ronsard Crystal, in the early 1990s. Unlike other Castcraft fonts, Opti Ronsard Crystal was cleanly done. Castcraft is no longer in business and their commercial fonts are found in free font archives.
Well... what's done is done. It is a waste of time and effort to just trash what had already been done so I decided to expand the character set a little and made an effort to complete the accents. However, there was no attempt to copy how Red Rooster did their font. I did not retain the name of the original font but instead used K22 Ronsard Inline so as not to confuse my font with that of Red Rooster.
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Once upon a time, I posted about printing with leaves as a perfect Spring craft, and I still stand behind that, only now after coming across this photo of some leaf and pod printing I did for a Jewish journal, I'd like to add that printing with leaves is a perfect Fall craft, especially when one omits the bright green and uses deep purples and blues! And if you're really adventurous, after trying your hand at printing on paper, get some fabric paint and make a gorgeous rustic table cloth or even a runner. So, depending on where you ilve, and whether there are leaves year round, now might be just the time to give this craft a try. Make prints to use as holiday cards, make tiny prints to use as place cards for your next formal get together, and if you make a particularly great one, take a photo of it, as I did in this case and use it many times over!
There are several ways to make leaf prints, and as you can guess I have tried them all, with the exception of actually hammering the leaf onto the fabric.......Ready to give this a try?
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Folks, what can I say. I had so much fun at the All American City Beard and Moustache Contest this weekend that I had to share some YouTube links pics and stories! Not only was it packed with supportive onlookers and fans, the facial creativity was in full effect (as the videos will attest). Two particularly awesome moments included the 12 year old kid with the barely started fuzzstache who won second place in the mustache contest and the elderly Sikh gentleman who won in the natural beard category with his wonderful whispy white beard. So great! Somerville was certainly showin' the love this Sat.
Along with all the nice community feeling, it also gave me an excuse to play some classic rock tunes and drink free Naragansett tall boys in the afternoon. What could be better? Well, how about an impromptu DJ lesson for the kids to wrap it all up?
I have often noticed this when I play family style events. The kids always seem fascinated with the DJ rig and often come up wanting lessons. At one wedding, I was literally swarmed with a ring of Lilliputian onlookers all decked out in their finest. Of course, being a teacher at heart, I am always glad to mess up the mix to explain the technique to inquiring little minds.
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Hounslow Highways recently presented to the Forge Lane Primary School, Hanworth on the importance of disposing litter correctly and the effect it has on animals and the environment.
Hounslow Highways delivered the presentation on Monday 17 June to a full school assembly, in partnership with Hanworth and Feltham McDonald's.
The children were told about the different cleansing activities which Hounslow Highways operatives carry out in the borough and the importance of recycling, not only at school but also at home.
The session included interactive elements which involved children having to answer questions and was followed by the reception class (four to five years) taking part in a litter picking exercise around the school.
This activity forms part of Hounslow Highway's commitment to community initiatives by including residents and local schools in the fight to clean-up the borough.
Additionally, Hounslow Highways has provided additional litter pickers to the school to support the initiative.
Stephen Bax, Deputy Head Teacher at Forge Lane Primary School, said: "It was great to heighten the awareness of the children and support their understanding of how littering has a negative effect on the environment, and in particular animals. Reception really enjoyed the experience of litter picking and we are now inundated with requests to litter pick every lunchtime."
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The Secret of the Unicorn
The Secret of the Unicorn (French: Le Secret de La Licorne) is the eleventh volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised daily in Le Soir, Belgium's leading francophone newspaper, from June 1942 to January 1943 amidst the German occupation of Belgium during World War II. The story revolves around young reporter Tintin, his dog Snowy, and his friend Captain Haddock, who discover a riddle left by Haddock's ancestor, the 17th century Sir Francis Haddock, which could lead them to the hidden treasure of the pirate Red Rackham. To unravel the riddle, Tintin and Haddock must obtain three identical models of Sir Francis's ship, the Unicorn, but they discover that criminals are also after these model ships and are willing to kill in order to obtain them.
|The Secret of the Unicorn
(Le Secret de La Licorne)
Cover of the English edition
|The Adventures of Tintin
|Creative team
|Original publication
|Published in
|Le Soir
|Date of publication
|11 June 1942 – 14 January 1943
|Preceded by
|The Shooting Star (1942)
|Followed by
|Red Rackham's Treasure (1944)
The Secret of the Unicorn was a commercial success and was published in book form by Casterman shortly after its conclusion. Hergé concluded the arc begun in this story with Red Rackham's Treasure, while the series itself became a defining part of the Franco-Belgian comics tradition. The Secret of the Unicorn remained Hergé's favourite of his own works until creating Tintin in Tibet (1960). The story was adapted for the 1957 Belvision animated series, Hergé's Adventures of Tintin, for the 1991 animated series The Adventures of Tintin by Ellipse and Nelvana, and for the feature film The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011), directed by Steven Spielberg.
While browsing on the Brussels Voddenmarkt/Marché aux puces at the Vossenplein in the Marollen, Tintin purchases an antique model ship which he intends to give Captain Haddock. Two strangers, model ship collector Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine and antique-scout Barnaby, independently try to persuade Tintin to sell the model to them. He also sees the two police detectives, Thomson and Thompson, on the look out for a pickpocket. At Tintin's flat, Snowy accidentally knocks the model over and breaks its mainmast. Having repaired it, and shown the ship to Haddock, Tintin discovers that the ship is named the Unicorn, after a ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor. While Tintin is out, the ship is stolen from his apartment; in the investigation, he discovers that Sakharine owns an identical model, also named the Unicorn. At home, Tintin discovers a miniature scroll, and realises that this must have been hidden in the mast of the model which Snowy had broken. Written on the parchment is a riddle: "Three brothers joined. Three Unicorns in company sailing in the noonday sunne will speak. For 'tis from the light that light will dawn, and then shines forth the Eagle's cross".[1]
Upon hearing of the riddle, Captain Haddock explains that the Unicorn was a 17th-century warship captained by his ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock, but seized by a pirate band led by Red Rackham. Alone of his crew to survive the capture, Sir Francis killed Rackham in single combat and scuttled the Unicorn; but later built three models, which he left to his sons. Meanwhile, Barnaby requests a meeting with Tintin, but is gunned down on Tintin's doorstep before he can speak, and points to sparrows as a cryptic clue to the identity of his assailant. Later, Tintin is kidnapped by the perpetrators of the shooting: the Bird brothers, two unscrupulous antique dealers who own the third model of the Unicorn. They are behind the theft of Tintin's model and have also stolen Sakharine's parchment, knowing that only by possessing all three parchments can the location of Red Rackham's treasure be found. Tintin escapes from the cellars of the Bird brothers' country estate, Marlinspike Hall, while the Captain arrives with officers Thomson and Thompson to arrest them. It is found that the Bird Brothers have only one of the parchments, as two were lost when their wallet was stolen. It is also revealed that Barnaby survived and has made a full recovery, much to Max Bird's enragement. The Bird brothers are arrested. Tintin and Thomson and Thompson track down the pickpocket, Aristides Silk, a kleptomaniac who has a penchant for collecting wallets, and obtain the Bird Brothers' wallet, containing the missing two parchments. By combining the three parchments and holding them to the light, Tintin and Haddock discover the coordinates (20°37'42.0" N 70°52'15.0" W) of the lost treasure and plan an expedition to find it.[2]
The Secret of the Unicorn was serialized amidst the German occupation of Belgium during World War II. Hergé had accepted a position working for Le Soir, Belgium's largest Francophone daily newspaper. Confiscated from its original owners, the German authorities permitted Le Soir to reopen under the directorship of Belgian editor Raymond de Becker, although it remained firmly under Nazi control, supporting the German war effort and espousing anti-Semitism.[3] After joining Le Soir on 15 October 1940, Hergé became editor of its new children's supplement Le Soir Jeunesse, with assistance by old friend Paul Jamin and cartoonist Jacques Van Melkebeke, before paper shortages forced Tintin to be serialised daily in the main pages of Le Soir.[4] Some Belgians were upset that Hergé was willing to work for a newspaper controlled by the occupying Nazi administration,[5] although he was heavily enticed by the size of Le Soir's readership, which reached 600,000.[6] Faced with the reality of Nazi oversight, Hergé abandoned the overt political themes that had pervaded much of his earlier work, instead adopting a policy of neutrality.[7] Without the need to satirise political types, entertainment producer and author Harry Thompson observed that "Hergé was now concentrating more on plot and on developing a new style of character comedy. The public reacted positively."[8]
The Secret of the Unicorn was the first of The Adventures of Tintin which Hergé had collaborated on with Van Melkebeke to a significant degree; biographer Benoît Peeters suggested that Van Melkebeke should rightly be considered the story's "co-scriptwriter".[9] It was Hergé's discussions with Van Melkebeke that led him to craft a more complex story than he had in prior Adventures.[10] Van Melkebeke had been strongly influenced by the adventure novels of writers like Jules Verne and Paul d'Ivoi, and this influence is apparent throughout the story.[9] The inclusion of three hidden scrolls has parallels with Verne's 1867 story, The Children of Captain Grant, which Van Melkebeke had recommended to Hergé.[11] Hergé acknowledged Van Melkebeke's contribution by including a cameo of him within the market scene at the start of the story; this was particularly apt as Van Melkebeke had purchased his books in Brussels' Old Market as a child.[12]
The Secret of the Unicorn was the first half of a two-part story arc that was concluded in the following adventure, Red Rackham's Treasure. This arc was the first that Hergé had utilised since Cigars of the Pharaoh and The Blue Lotus (1934–36).[13] However, as Tintin expert Michael Farr related, whereas Cigars of the Pharaoh and The Blue Lotus had been largely "self-sufficient and self-contained", the connection between The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's Treasure is far closer.[14]
In previous works, Hergé had drawn upon a variety of pictorial sources, such as newspaper clippings, from which to draw the scenes and characters; for The Secret of the Unicorn he drew upon an unprecedented variety of these sources.[15] In drawing many of the old vessels, Hergé initially consulted the then recently published L'Art et la Mer ("Art and the Sea") by Alexandre Berqueman.[16] Seeking further accurate depictions of old naval vessels, Hergé consulted a friend of his, Gérard Liger-Belair, who owned a Brussels shop specialising in model ships. Liger-Belair produced plans of a 17th-century French fifty-gun warship for Hergé to copy; Le Brillant, which had been constructed in Le Havre in 1690 by the shipwright Salicon and then decorated by Jean Bérain the Elder.[17]
He also studied other vessels from the period, such as the Le Soleil Royal, La Couronne, La Royale and Le Reale de France, to better understand 17th-century ship design. It was from the Le Reale de France that he gained a basis for his design of the Unicorn's jolly boat.[18] No ship named the Unicorn was listed in the annals of the French Navy, but Hergé instead took the name from a British frigate which had been active in the mid-18th century; the fictional ship's unicorn figurehead was also adopted from the frigate.[18]
The character of Red Rackham was partly inspired by Jean Rackam, a fictional pirate who appeared in a story alongside female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read that Hergé encountered in a November 1938 edition of Dimanche-Illustré.[19] Red Rackham's looks and costumes were also inspired by the character, Lerouge, who appears in C. S. Forester's novel, The Captain from Connecticut, and by the 17th-century French buccaneer Daniel Montbars.[20] The name of Marlinspike Hall—Moulinsart in French—was based upon the name of the real Belgian town, Sart-Moulin.[21] The actual design of the building was based upon the Château de Cheverny, albeit with the two outer wings removed.[22] In introducing Francis Haddock to the story, Hergé made Captain Haddock the only character in the series (except Jolyon Wagg, introduced later) to have a family and an ancestry.[23]The Secret of the Unicorn was set entirely in Belgium and was the last Adventure to be set there until The Castafiore Emerald.[24] It would also be Hergé's favourite story until Tintin in Tibet.[25]
Historical parallelsEdit
After publishing the book, Hergé learned that there had actually been an Admiral Haddock who had served in the British Royal Navy during the late 17th and early 18th centuries: Sir Richard Haddock (1629–1715). Richard Haddock was in charge of the Royal James, the flagship of the Earl of Sandwich during the Battle of Solebay of 1672, the first naval battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War. During the fighting, the Royal James was set alight and Haddock escaped but had to be rescued from the sea, following which his bravery was recognised by the British monarch, King Charles II. He subsequently took command of another ship, the Royal Charles, before becoming a naval administrator in later life.[26] Admiral Haddock's grandfather, also named Richard, commanded the ship of the line HMS Unicorn during the reign of King Charles I.[27]
Another individual known as Captain Haddock had lived in this period, who had commanded a fire ship, the Anne and Christopher. It was recorded by David Ogg that this captain and his ship had been separated from their squadron whilst out at sea and so docked at Málaga to purchase goods that could be taken back to Britain and sold for a profit. For this action, Haddock was brought before an admiralty tribunal in 1674, where he was ordered to forfeit all profits from the transaction and suspended from his command for six months.[26]
Le Secret de La Licorne began serialisation as a daily strip in newspaper Le Soir from 11 June 1942.[28] As with previous adventures, it then began serialisation in the French Catholic newspaper Cœurs Vaillants, from 19 March 1944.[28] In Belgium, it was then published in a 62-page book format by Editions Casterman in 1943.[28] Now fully coloured,[29] the book included a new cover design created by Hergé after he had completed the original serialisation of the story,[30] along with six large colour drawings.[31] The first printing sold 30,000 copies in Francophone Belgium.[32]
The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's Treasure were the first two Adventures of Tintin to be published in standalone English-language translations for the British market, as King Ottokar's Sceptre had previously been serialised in Eagle in 1951. Published by Casterman in 1952, these two editions sold poorly and have since become rare collector's items.[33] Both stories would be republished for the British market seven years later, this time by Methuen with new translations provided by Michael Turner and Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper.[34] In the English translation, Sir Francis Haddock is described as having served the British monarch Charles II, in contrast to the original French version, in which he serves French king Louis XIV.[35]
The series' Danish publishers, Carlsen, later located a model of an early-17th-century Danish ship called Enhjørningen (The Unicorn) which they gave to Hergé. Constructed in 1605, Enhjørningen had been wrecked in explorer Jens Munk's 1619–20 attempt to navigate the Northwest Passage.[36]
Critical analysisEdit
The Secret of the Unicorn resembled the earlier Adventures of Tintin in its use of style, colour and content, leading Harry Thompson to remark that it "unquestionably" belongs to the 1930s, considering it to be "the last and best of Hergé's detective mysteries."[24] He asserted that this story and Red Rackham's Treasure marked the third and central stage of "Tintin's career", also stating that here, Tintin has been converted from a reporter into an explorer to cope with the new political climate.[13] He further added his opinion that it was "the most successful of all Tintin's adventures".[24]Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier asserted that Sir Francis Haddock was "the best realised character" in the story, conversely describing the Bird Brothers as "relatively uninspired villains".[37] They went on to state that The Secret of the Unicorn-Red Rackham's Treasure arc represents "a turning point" for the series as it shifts the reader's attention from Tintin to Haddock, who has become "by far, the most interesting character".[37] They praised the "truly outstanding storytelling" of The Secret of the Unicorn, ultimately awarding it a rating of four out of five.[38]
Phillipe Goddin commented on the scene in the story in which Haddock relates the life of his ancestor, stating that the reader is "alternately projected into the present and the past with staggering mastery. Periods interlocked, enriched one another, were amplified and married in a stunning fluidity. Hergé was at the height of his powers."[39]
Hergé biographer Benoît Peeters asserted that both The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's Treasure "hold a crucial position" in The Adventures of Tintin as they establish the "Tintin universe" with its core set of characters.[9] Focusing on the former comic, he described it as one of Hergé's "greatest narrative successes" through the manner in which it interweaves three separate plots.[9] He felt that while religious elements had been present in previous stories, they were even stronger in The Secret of the Unicorn and its sequel, something which he attributed to Van Melkebeke's influence.[10] Elsewhere he asserted that it "explores this prelude with extraordinary narrative virtuosity."[40]
Biographer Pierre Assouline stated that the story was "clearly influenced ... in spirit if not in detail" by Robert Louis Stevenson's book, Treasure Island in that it "seemed to cater to a need for escapism".[41] He described the adventure as "a new development in Hergé's work, a flight from the topical to epics of pirate adventures set in distant horizons".[41] Assouline also expressed the view that the ancestral figure of Sir Francis Haddock reflected Hergé's attempt to incorporate one of his own family secrets, that he had an aristocratic ancestor, into the story.[42]
Michael Farr believed that the "most remarkable" factor of the book was its introduction of Sir Francis Haddock, highlighting that in his mannerisms and visual depiction, he is "scarcely distinguishable" from Captain Haddock.[43] He also highlighted that the scenes in which Captain Haddock relates the tale of his ancestor carries on the "merging of dreams and reality" that Hergé had "experimented with" in The Crab with the Golden Claws and The Shooting Star.[43] Noting that unlike The Shooting Star, this two-book story arc contains "scarcely an allusion to occupation and war", he praised the arc's narrative as "perfectly paced, without that feeling of haste" present in some of Hergé's earlier work.[15]
In his psychoanalytical study of the Adventures of Tintin, the academic Jean-Marie Apostolidès characterised the Secret of the Unicorn-Red Rackham's Treasure arc as being about the characters going on a "treasure hunt that turns out to be at the same time a search for their roots."[44] He stated that the arc delves into Haddock's ancestry, and in doing so "deals with the meanings of symbolic relations within personal life".[45] Discussing the character of Sir Francis Haddock, he states that this ancestral figure resembles both Tintin and Haddock, "the foundling and the bastard", thus making the duo brothers as well as close friends.[45] He adds that when Captain Haddock reenacts his ancestor's fight with Rackham, he adopts his "very soul, his mana, and is transformed in the process."[46] Apostolidès also discusses Red Rackham, noting that the name "Red" conjures up "the forbidden colour of blood and wine" while "Rackham" combines raca ("false brother")[a] with the French word for scum (racaille), then highlighting a potential link between Rackham's name and that of Rascar Capac, an Incan mummy who appears in The Seven Crystal Balls.[47] He further draws parallels between the model ships containing the secret parchments with the Arumbaya fetish containing a rare diamond which appears in The Broken Ear.[45]
Literary critic Tom McCarthy highlighted the scene in which Tintin was imprisoned in the Marlinspike crypt, observing that it had parallels with Tintin's exploration of tombs and other secret chambers throughout the series.[48] He identified the mystery left in Francis Haddock's parchments to be another appearance of Tintin's adventures being "framed by enigmas".[49] To this he adds that in solving the enigma, Tintin shows that he is "the best reader" in the series, and it is this which establishes him as "the oeuvre's hero".[50] McCarthy praised Hergé's Silk as one of the pivotal characters in the series who can "exude a presence far beyond that which we might expect from a novelist, let alone a cartoonist".[51]
Pierre Fresnault-Deruelle discussed the scene in the story in which Tintin was imprisoned in the crypt of Marlinspike Hall. He stated that in this section, "Hergé offers us an embedded story, a kind of interlude in which the artist, setting aside the use value of objects, takes the liberty of giving them mischievous powers, akin to a certain surrealism."[52]
In 1957, the animation company Belvision Studios produced Hergé's Adventures of Tintin, a series of daily five-minute colour adaptations based upon Hergé's original comics. The Secret of the Unicorn was the fourth to be adapted in the second animated series; it was directed by Ray Goossens and written by Greg, a well-known cartoonist who was to become editor-in-chief of Tintin magazine.[53]
In 1991, a collaboration between the French studio Ellipse and the Canadian animation company Nelvana adapted 21 of the stories into a series of episodes. The Secret of the Unicorn was the ninth story of The Adventures of Tintin to be produced and was divided into two thirty-minute episodes. Directed by Stéphane Bernasconi, the series has been praised for being "generally faithful" to the original comics, to the extent that the animation was directly adopted from Hergé's original panels.[54]
A 2011 motion capture feature film directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson was released in most of the world October–November 2011, under the title The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn,[55] and in the US on 21 December 2011, where it was simply titled The Adventures of Tintin.[56] The film is partially based on The Secret of the Unicorn, combined with elements of Red Rackham's Treasure and The Crab with the Golden Claws.[55] A video-game tie-in to the movie was released October 2011.[57]
- ^ Hergé 1959, pp. 1–12.
- ^ Hergé 1959, pp. 12–62.
- ^ Assouline 2009, pp. 70–71; Peeters 2012, pp. 116–118.
- ^ Assouline 2009, p. 72; Peeters 2012, pp. 120–121.
- ^ Goddin 2009, p. 73; Assouline 2009, p. 72.
- ^ Assouline 2009, p. 73; Peeters 2012.
- ^ Thompson 1991, p. 99; Farr 2001, p. 95.
- ^ Thompson 1991, p. 99.
- ^ a b c d Peeters 2012, p. 143.
- ^ a b Peeters 2012, p. 144.
- ^ Lofficier & Lofficier 2002, p. 54; Goddin 2009, p. 102.
- ^ Lofficier & Lofficier 2002, p. 54; Peeters 2012, p. 143.
- ^ a b Thompson 1991, p. 112.
- ^ Farr 2001, p. 105.
- ^ a b Farr 2001, p. 112.
- ^ Goddin 2009, p. 104.
- ^ Assouline 2009, p. 88; Farr 2001, p. 111; Peeters 2012, pp. 144–145.
- ^ a b Peeters 1989, p. 75; Farr 2001, p. 111.
- ^ Farr 2001, pp. 108–109; Horeau 2004, pp. 38–39.
- ^ Horeau 2004, p. 39.
- ^ Peeters 1989, p. 77; Thompson 1991, p. 115; Farr 2001, p. 106; Lofficier & Lofficier 2002, p. 53.
- ^ Peeters 1989, p. 76; Thompson 1991, p. 115; Farr 2001, p. 106; Lofficier & Lofficier 2002, p. 53.
- ^ Peeters 1989, p. 75; Thompson 1991, p. 115.
- ^ a b c Thompson 1991, p. 113.
- ^ Thompson 1991, p. 113; Farr 2001, p. 105.
- ^ a b Farr 2001, p. 111.
- ^ Lavery 2003, p. 158; Davies 2004.
- ^ a b c Lofficier & Lofficier 2002, p. 52.
- ^ Goddin 2009, p. 124.
- ^ Goddin 2009, p. 113.
- ^ Goddin 2009, p. 114.
- ^ Peeters 2012, p. 145.
- ^ Thompson 1991, p. 121; Farr 2001, p. 106.
- ^ Farr 2001, p. 106.
- ^ Horeau 2004, p. 18.
- ^ Thompson 1991, p. 115; Farr 2001, p. 111.
- ^ a b Lofficier & Lofficier 2002, p. 53.
- ^ Lofficier & Lofficier 2002, pp. 54–55.
- ^ Goddin 2009, p. 110.
- ^ Peeters 1989, p. 75.
- ^ a b Assouline 2009, p. 88.
- ^ Assouline 2009, pp. 88–89.
- ^ a b Farr 2001, p. 108.
- ^ Apostolidès 2010, p. 30.
- ^ a b c Apostolidès 2010, p. 136.
- ^ Apostolidès 2010, p. 143.
- ^ a b Apostolidès 2010, p. 137.
- ^ McCarthy 2006, pp. 65–66.
- ^ McCarthy 2006, p. 18.
- ^ McCarthy 2006, p. 21.
- ^ McCarthy 2006, p. 8.
- ^ Fresnault-Deruelle 2010, p. 125.
- ^ Lofficier & Lofficier 2002, pp. 87–88.
- ^ Lofficier & Lofficier 2002, p. 90.
- ^ a b The Daily Telegraph: Michael Farr 2011.
- ^ Oliver Lyttelton (16 October 2011). "Steven Spielberg Says 'The Adventures of Tintin' is "85% Animation, 15% Live Action"". IndieWire. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- Apostolidès, Jean-Marie (2010) [2006]. The Metamorphoses of Tintin, or Tintin for Adults. Jocelyn Hoy (translator). Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-6031-7.
- Assouline, Pierre (2009) [1996]. Hergé, the Man Who Created Tintin. Charles Ruas (translator). Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539759-8.
- Davies, J.D. (2004). "Haddock, Sir Richard (c.1629–1715)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Farr, Michael (2001). Tintin: The Complete Companion. London: John Murray. ISBN 978-0-7195-5522-0.
- Farr, Michael (17 October 2011). "The inspiration behind Steven Spielberg's Tintin". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- Fresnault-Deruelle, Pierre (2010). "The Moulinsart Crypt". European Comic Art. 3 (2): 119–144.
- Goddin, Philippe (2009). The Art of Hergé, Inventor of Tintin: Volume 2: 1937–1949. Michael Farr (translator). San Francisco: Last Gasp. ISBN 978-0-86719-724-2.
- Hergé (1959) [1943]. The Secret of the Unicorn. Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner (translators). London: Egmont. ISBN 978-0-613-71791-5.
- Horeau, Yves (2004). The Adventures of Tintin at Sea. Michael Farr (translator). London: John Murray. ISBN 978-0-7195-6119-1.
- Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line — Volume 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Post. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
- Lofficier, Jean-Marc; Lofficier, Randy (2002). The Pocket Essential Tintin. Harpenden, Hertfordshire: Pocket Essentials. ISBN 978-1-904048-17-6.
- McCarthy, Tom (2006). Tintin and the Secret of Literature. London: Granta. ISBN 978-1-86207-831-4.
- Peeters, Benoît (1989). Tintin and the World of Hergé. London: Methuen Children's Books. ISBN 978-0-416-14882-4.
- Peeters, Benoît (2012) [2002]. Hergé: Son of Tintin. Tina A. Kover (translator). Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-0454-7.
- Thompson, Harry (1991). Tintin: Hergé and his Creation. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-52393-3.
- "The Adventures of Tintin [The Game] Review". IGN. 8 December 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
External linksEdit
- The Secret of the Unicorn at the Official Tintin Website
- The Secret of the Unicorn at Tintinologist.org


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Angola: New lives with new legs
02-12-2002 Feature
Luanda. For Virginia Maria and Francisco it is too late, they have already experienced the devastating effects of anti-personnel mines. However, many organizations - including the Angolan Red Cross with the support of the ICRC - are involved in mine awareness activities in Angola, trying to teach people about the dangers of mines and helping communities to prevent accidents.
Seven people are walking slowly, step by step, around a small outdoor obstacle course at Neves Bendinha. You can see the concentration on their faces. It is hard work to get used to a new leg, made not of flesh and bone, but of metal and polypropylene. Two women are taking a rest after a tiresome training session, leaning on the bars used for hand-support.
– I was in the field, looking for firewood with some friends. I was walking first. Suddenly there was an explosion, and I and my friend who was just behind me got hurt, explains 32 year old Virginia Maria Lundo. The blast of the mine burnt large parts of her face, and severely damaged her leg and her hand. At the hospital she had to amputate the leg and two fingers. Her friend was lucky, and received only minor injuries.
Virginia Maria is one of thousands of people who have been maimed or killed by the mines and the unexploded ordnance which litter Angola as a result of the 27 year long war. A couple of years after her own accident, her brother lost his leg while cultivating the fields.
Several years after the two incidents, Virginia Maria and her brother have now been able to come to Neves Bendinha orthopaedic centre in Angola's capital Luanda. Here they are fitted with artificial legs and taught how to walk with their new limbs. Neves Bendinha is one of three ICRC-supported orthopaedic centres in Angola, providing free-of-charge prostheses, crutches and other orthopaedic appliances to both civilian and military amputees. At the centre in Luanda, approximately 100 people are fitted with artificial legs every month. Some of the patients were injured years ago, others more recently.
Peace, but problem persists
In April this year a cease fire agreement was signed in Angola. In July the government ratified the Ottawa Treaty, which bans all use of anti-personnel mines. Nevertheless, unknown numbers of mines are still contaminating the roads, the fields, and areas used for wood collection and other essential household activities around the country. According to the UN, at least seven of the country's 18 provinces, accounting for around 40 percent of the countryside, are heavily mined.
– So far in 2002, mine victims represented approximately 80 percent of the total number of patients fitted with artificial limbs in the three orthopaedic centres assisted by the ICRC, says Max Deneu, Head of the ICRC Orthopaedic Project in Angola. – Since the recent cease fire agreement and the opening up of previously inaccessible areas, new mine casualties are adding to the already high number of amputees. In front of such a high demand for orthopaedic treatment, ICRC continues to emphasise the importance of sustainability of a quality service delivery under the management of the Ministry of Health.
Some of the amputees are walking around with relative ease, others are still insecure and are hesitating before tackling the various obstacles in the exercis e area. A beautiful young girl, dressed in bright red clothes, has taken her leg off and is sitting down on a concrete block with a tired look on her face. The brown leg is standing by itself next to her, looking lost in its brand new running shoe. The girl doesn't want to talk, doesn't want to be photographed. Her naked stump of a leg is too disturbing, and her tiredness too personal to share. It takes time to get used to the artificial leg. But it also takes time to accept the new shapes of your own body.
New beginnings
Others are more eager to talk. 55 year old Francisco Banganga was on his way to the beach to fish one morning, together with two other people. Francisco did not know that mines were buried in the road, and he stepped on one that tore off his right leg. His friends helped him to the hospital, three hours by foot, where he received emergency care.
– Since the incident, I have not been able to do much. I live in my son's house, we don't have enough food, anything, he says quietly. – I can't work anymore as a fisherman, but I will try to learn a new skill. It is difficult, but not impossible, now when I will get my new leg.
Some only need three-four days to get used to the new leg, others longer. Smaller children usually adapt a lot easier than the grown-ups. In-patients stay at Neves Bendinha for three weeks, in order to ensure that the prostheses fit and that the patients are able to function comfortably with their new limb.
Virginia Maria's two year old son is running around among the amputees, happily unaware of the dangers that he will return to when his mother has finished the fitting and the training in Luanda and will go back to her home village. Virginia Maria doesn't talk to her four children about what caused her maimed face and her lost leg. – I w ill, she says. – But now they are too young to understand.
Need for awareness
Still she believes that more awareness is necessary to avoid future accidents.
–The area was not marked and I did not see the mine before it exploded. People need more information, says Virginia Maria. Francisco agrees: – I had no idea that the area was dangerous before I stepped on the mine, he says. – Now I know...
For Virginia Maria and Francisco it is too late, they have already experienced the devastating effects of anti-personnel mines. However, many organizations - including the Angolan Red Cross with the support of the ICRC - are involved in mine awareness activities in Angola, trying to teach people about the dangers of mines and helping communities to prevent accidents.
But the country is large, and some of the estimated 3.5 million people who are internally displaced - in addition to tens of thousands of refugees who fled to the neighbouring countries during the war - have already started to return home.
Despite the efforts of mine action organizations, many of the returnees will have to settle in areas which have not been cleared, in some cases without knowing which places are safe and which they should avoid. Large parts of the country are still inaccessible for humanitarian organizations – exactly because many roads remain mined – hampering the efforts to reach the communities and raise the awareness where it is needed the most.
In the meantime, the number of people who learn about the dangers of mines in the same way as Virginia Maria and Francisco did is only increasing.


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On my way back home,
I would laugh hard at these stones
Right now, they may seem tough,
Another day,
They will be my mile stone.
One who fail has not fail
But the one who failed to fail
Has definitely lost the game.
No king won all the battle
To win, is to loose but not settle.
Light has a glory, no escape
Darkest dark is, a second fame
Than overtakes the bright
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Previous studies in our laboratory identified that 3-deazaneplanocin A (DZNep), a carbocyclic adenosine analog and histone methyl transferase inhibitor, suppresses TGFβ-induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal (EMT) characteristics. In addition, DZNep epigenetically reprograms miRNAs to regulate endogenous TGFβ1 levels via miR-663/4787-mediated RNA interference (Mol Cancer Res. 2016 Sep 13. pii: molcanres.0083.2016) (1). Although DZNep also attenuates exogenous TGFβ-induced EMT response, the mechanism of this inhibition was unclear. Here, DZNep induced miR-202-5p to target both TGFβ receptors, TGFBR1 and TGFBR2, for RNA interference and thereby contributes to the suppression of exogenous TGFβ-induced EMT in pancreatic cancer cells. Lentiviral overexpression of miR-202 significantly reduced the protein levels of both TGFβ receptors and suppressed TGFβ signaling and EMT phenotypic characteristics of cultured parenchymal pancreatic cancer cells. Consistently, transfection of anti-miRNAs against miR-202-5p resulted in increased TGFBR1 and TGFBR2 protein expressions and induced EMT characteristics in these cells. In stellate pancreatic cells, miR-202 overexpression slowed growth as well as reduced stromal extracellular membrane matrix protein expression. In orthotopic pancreatic cancer mouse models, both immunodeficient and immunocompetent, miR-202 reduced tumor burden and metastasis. Together, these findings demonstrate an alternative mechanism of DZNep in suppressing TGFβ signaling at the receptor level and uncover the EMT-suppressing role of miR-202 in pancreatic cancer.
Implications: These findings support the possibility of combining small molecule–based (e.g., DZNep analogs) or large molecule–based (e.g., miRNAs) epigenetic modifiers with conventional nucleoside analogs (e.g., gemcitabine, capecitabine) to improve the antimetastatic potential of current pancreatic cancer therapy. Mol Cancer Res; 15(8); 1029–39. ©2017 AACR.
Note: Supplementary data for this article are available at Molecular Cancer Research Online (http://mcr.aacrjournals.org/).
- Received September 23, 2016.
- Revision received October 24, 2016.
- Accepted March 29, 2017.
- ©2017 American Association for Cancer Research.


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Dear Jane: I have a small garden and have planted lettuce, among other things. It's now at the end of its season, after having produced enough for several salads and helpings of wilted lettuce. Can I plant a second crop later this summer?
Dear Jane: I have a small garden and have planted lettuce, among other things. It's now at the end of its season, after having produced enough for several salads and helpings of wilted lettuce. Can I plant a second crop later this summer?
-- Patricia Toberen, Columbus
Dear Patricia: Yes, leaf lettuce can be planted as a fall crop. The recommended date to start seeds is Aug. 1, which allows the lettuce to mature in cooler fall weather.
But if the weather remains hot and dry in early August, you might want to start seeds in small pots either inside under lights or in a cooler shady location outside, then transplant them to the garden a bit later as the weather cools.
You also might want to stagger your seed sowing by 10 days or so to allow a more continuous supply of lettuce in the fall.
Dear Jane: As my tomatoes ripen, they are getting a brown flattened-looking area on the bottom. This makes the tomatoes look as if they've been partly eaten. The tomatoes are hanging well off the ground. What would this be? Is there anything I can do?
-- Joyce Ann Freeman, Columbus
Dear Joyce: This sounds like blossom end rot, which causes the blossom end of tomatoes to turn brown or black and appear sunken. It often affects the fruit in the first cluster; fruit that sets later usually is not affected.
The dry rot is related to a calcium deficiency brought on by drought, fluctuating soil moisture, or excessive and rapid leaf growth from too much nitrogen.
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is not a problem. Rather than try
to add calcium, keep soil moisture consistent and use mulch over roots to conserve moisture so that calcium uptake is not interrupted.
Dear Jane: I have noticed that some of my tomato plants are shriveled at the tops, both the leaves and the tiny fruits or flowers. A few of the large leaves lower on the stems are starting to curl. The plants are watered with a sprinkler for 3 1/2 hours about once a week
I worked manure into the soil before I planted them but have not fertilized otherwise. They are mulched with hardwood mulch. Can you tell me what the problem is and how to deal with it?
-- Carol Forsythe, Westerville
Dear Carol: I think that you might be overwatering and causing the plant roots to rot. If the roots are compromised, they become less functional in moving water to the top of the plant, leading to wilt.
Do you know how much water you are applying in 3 1/2 hours? You might want to check this and the soil to see how wet it is beneath the mulch; check some plant roots to see what condition they are in.
Roots should be crisp and white; if you find brown or mushy roots, then you are overwatering. If you find that the soil is excessively wet, rake back the mulch and allow the soil to dry for a few days.
Dear Jane: We have a problem this year with deer eating everything. We have lived in this house for 21 years and have never had this problem in the summer. They always go for the hostas in the spring when there is little vegetation elsewhere, but when summer comes, they stay mainly in the woods behind our house. They are jumping over a fence into our garden and eating tomato plants, day lilies, hostas and potato plants in urns. Is there a reason they are doing this?
-- M. Simon, Westerville
Dear M.: I don't have a good answer for you other than their food sources are depleted and they have discovered your yard has good things to eat.
I can sympathize with you. Deer randomly hit our yard and recently ate all the green tomatoes on my plants.
Send questions to Jane Martin, Growing Concerns, The Dispatch, 34 S. 3rd St., Columbus, Ohio 43215. Include full name and address; names and hometowns are published. Or send by e-mail. Gardeners also may find answers to their questions at an Ohio State University Web site, plantfacts.osu.edu/faq.


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Right-of-Way Licenses
A right-of-way license is required for work within the Town right-of-way or work on any portion of the Town sewer system, including sewer laterals. This license must be renewed on a yearly basis at the Engineering Division Office for a charge of $15.00. Proof of bond and insurance meeting the requirements below must be provided at the time of application for a right-of-way license. Appropriate state licensure including plumbing licenses for storm drainage or sanitary sewer construction (P-1, P7, or W9) shall be demonstrated at the time of application for a right-of-way license.
Bond and insurance must be kept in effect for a period of one year after completion of the last work performed by the Contractor.
As described in the Town Code of Ordinances Section 17-101, right-of-way permits and licenses are non-transferable, meaning that each contractor working within the Town right-of-way must have a separate right-of-way license and permit for work being performed.
Bond Requirements ($5,000 Surety Bond)
As described in the Town Code of Ordinances Section 17-99, a surety bond shall be filed by the applicant for a right-of-way license with the Engineering Division Office. The surety bond shall be in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) and shall be written by an indemnity or surety company authorized to transact business in the state and approved by the Town Manager or his agent.
A copy of the Town's bond form is available here, or from the Engineering Division Office.
Insurance Certificate Requirements
As described in the Town Code of Ordinances Section 17-100, Contractors filing for a right-of-way license must obtain and keep in force appropriate Commercial General Liability and Automotive Liability insurance, and must furnish a valid certificate of insurance to the Engineering Division Office. Based on current Town Policy, the Contractor's insurance must cover the Contractor and all of its agents, employees and subcontractors, and other providers of services.
1. The insurance policy shall name the Town of Glastonbury, its employees and agents as an additional insured on a primary and non-contributory basis to the Contractor's Commercial General Liability and Automobile Liability policies.
2. Waiver of subrogation must also be noted on the insurance certificate.
Commercial General Liability Limits:
Including Premises and Operations, Products and Completed Operations, Personal and Advertising Injury, Contractual Liability and Independent Contractors
Limits of Liability for Bodily Injury and Property Damage:
• Each Occurrence: $1,000,000
• Annual Aggregate: $2,000,000
Automobile Insurance Liability Limits:
Including all owned, hired, borrowed, and non-owned vehicles
Limit of Liability for Bodily Injury and Property Damage Per Accident: $1,000,000
Certificate Requirements / Notice of Cancellation:
The Contractor shall direct its insurer to provide a Certificate of Insurance to the Town of Glastonbury before any work is performed. The Certificate shall specify that the Town of Glastonbury shall receive 30 days advance written notice of cancellation or non-renewal. The Certificate shall evidence all required coverage, including the Additional Insured and Waiver of Subrogation.
Hold Harmless Clause:
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Contractor shall indemnify and hold harmless the Town and its consultants, agents, and employees from and against all claims, damages, losses and expenses, direct, indirect or consequential (including, but not limited to, fees and charges of engineers, attorneys and other professionals, and court and arbitration costs) arising out of or resulting from the performance of the Contractor's work, provided that such claim, damage, loss, or expense is caused in whole or in part by any negligent act or omission by the Contractor, any person or organization directly or indirectly employed or engaged by the Contractor to perform or furnish either of the services, or anyone for whose acts the Contractor may be liable, regardless of whether or not it is caused in part by a party indemnified hereunder.


text: The New York Police Department created a controversial "human mapping" programme targeting Muslims [Getty]Joseph Goldstein's New York Times article of February 3 outlines a request from US civil rights lawyers to federal judge Charles S Haight Jr for an independent evaluation of the New York Police Department's counterterrorism techniques. Writes Goldstein: "The lawyers said the police's tactics have placed Muslim communities under surveillance in violation of longstanding federal court guidelines." Among these guidelines is a prohibition on the retention of information collected during surveillance operations unless it pertains "to potential unlawful or terrorist activity". As the Associated Press revealed in 2011, Muslim populations in the New York area had been targeted by a pervasive spying apparatus known as the Demographic Unit, the fruit of collaboration between the NYPD and the CIA. The network, which has since been promoted to the more politically correct title "Zone Assessment Unit", relies on undercover officers and informants to perform critical national security tasks such as - the AP notes - "gather[ing] intelligence on cab drivers and food cart vendors, jobs often done by Muslims". According to Goldstein, the civil rights lawyers who filed the motion with Haight based their allegations on over 1,200 pages of reports on Zone Assessment Unit monitoring activities at Muslim establishments, including shops and cafes, where invasive demographic details were allegedly compiled and retained despite the lack of "potential unlawful or terrorist activity": "The NYPD is continuing a massive, all-encompassing dragnet for intelligence concerning anything connected with Muslim activity through intrusive infiltration and record-keeping about all aspects of life, politics and worship", the court filing stated. "The NYPD operates on a theory that conservative Muslim beliefs and participation in Muslim organisations are themselves bases for investigation". How to grow terror at home Inside Story AmericasNYPD: Crime prevention or racial profiling? Of course, the absence of apparent "terrorist activity" is not always an obstacle for well-funded NYPD informants. The Egyptian informant Osama Eldawoody, for example, actively encouraged young Pakistani-American Shawahar Matin Siraj to undertake the bombing of a New York subway station - a plot for which Siraj was convicted despite his stipulation, recorded on tape, that he was against killing and that he would need to acquire his "mother's permission" before signing on to the project. These sorts of machinations lend a secondary, ironic layer of meaning to the so-called "homegrown threat" of Muslims "radicalised" in the West rather than abroad, a topic meriting especial hysteria from the NYPD. In a lengthy 2007 police department report [PDF] complete with a colourful chart depicting "Trajectories of Radicalisation Inside the United States", we learn about homegrown Syed Hashmi, a Brooklyn College alumnus who "travelled to the UK and joined-up [sic] with elements of al-Qaeda". Hashmi is said to have become involved in "terrorist activities overseas" and then charged with "aiding the al-Qaeda plot to attack targets in London and... delivering military equipment and funds to radical Islamists in Pakistan and Afghanistan". A glance at other sources confirms the true heinousness of Hashmi's mission. Particularly incriminating is a 2010 Huffington Post column entitled "Kidnapped by the State", in which acclaimed author and professor Amitava Kumar explains: [W]hen Hashmi was extradited to the US [from Britain], the FBI revealed that a man who had stayed at the detainee's apartment in London had supplied "military gear" to al-Qaeda members in Pakistan. Then, Hashmi's lawyer found out that the items being labelled as "military gear" were socks and rainproof ponchos. The rest of the details of the indictment remain shrouded in mystery. Kumar also notes that, as a Brooklyn College student, Hashmi had been "articulate and very critical of the ways in which the civil rights of American citizens, especially Muslims, had been curtailed by the Bush administration", while a part of his thesis had concerned "the government's surveillance and harassment of four or five Muslim groups in the US". No hope for urban hip-hop gangsters It's worth noting that neither Bush nor his successor - two homegrown characters who have blatantly pursued "terrorist activities overseas" including continuous drone strikes on civilians - has been subjected to the "special administrative measures" applied to Hashmi, who was placed in solitary confinement for over three years prior to being convicted. Efforts to provide the US Executive with a carte blanche to assassinate US citizens abroad might be viewed as constituting another kind of "homegrown threat". The delivery of billions of dollars a year and items far more militarily destructive than socks and rain ponchos to a state that subsists on terror meanwhile further underscores US hypocrisy. Incidentally, in its 2011 report on the NYPD's "human mapping" of Muslim communities, the AP cited a former police official who described the programme as being modelled partly on Israeli operations in the West Bank. Moustafa Bayoumi, Brooklyn College professor and author of How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America, commented in an email to me on common denominators between security regimes in New York and occupied Palestine: "Both seek to become systems of total surveillance [and] both are invested in the idea of essentially dangerous Muslims." Total surveillance would indeed appear to be a prominent NYPD aspiration given the comprehensiveness of its list of common "radicalisation incubators" for germinating terrorists: cafes, student associations, non-governmental organisations, butcher shops, book stores, and so on. According to the official "Homegrown Threat" manual [PDF], "[g]iving up cigarettes, drinking, gambling and urban hip-hop gangster clothes" may indicate a Muslim's "progression along the radicalisation continuum" toward "Jihadisation". The report fails to advise persons who continue to sport hip-hop gangster attire on how to go about avoiding disproportionate subjection to other violations of civil rights in the form of the NYPD's stop-and-frisk campaign. Discriminatory mapping of Muslims clearly does nothing to resolve such homegrown threats as were on display during the December 2012 massacre in Connecticut, though it presumably contributes to the surge in anti-Muslim violence in the US - a natural byproduct of the selective elimination of human rights in favour of a narrative of fear. As the current legal motion by US civil rights lawyers reminds us once again, the only unviolated Muslim right in this country is the right to oppressive surveillance. Belen Fernandez is the author of The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work, released by Verso in 2011. She is a member of the Jacobin Magazine editorial board, and her articles have appeared in the London Review of Books blog, The Baffler, Al Akhbar English and many other publications. SOURCE: Al Jazeera ABOUT THE AUTHOR Belen FernandezBelen Fernandez is the author of The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work, published by Verso. She is a contributing editor at Jacobin Magazine. @ MariaBelen_Fdez Politics US & Canada Afghanistan Pakistan United Kingdom


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An Interest in Autonomy as the Basis for Novel Negligence Claims Generated by Genetic Technology
An Interest in Autonomy as the Basis for Novel Negligence Claims Generated by Genetic Technology
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Advances in genetic technology will lead to novel legal challenges. This book identifies four potential genomic claims which may be articulated as novel negligence challenges. Each of these claims is considered from the perspective of the English courts' approach to novel kinds of damage. It is argued that these novel genomic claims are unlikely to be favourably received given the current judicial attitude to new forms of damage. However, Victoria Chico argues that the genomic claims could be conceived of as harm because they concern interferences with autonomy. Each claim is considered from the perspective of a hypothetical English negligence system imbued with explicit recognition of the interest in autonomy. Chico examines how recognition of this new form of damage would lead to novel genomic negligence claims being treated in a way which they would not, if considered within traditional parameters of harm in negligence.


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Nanjing chemical blast kills at least six, wounds more than 300
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A chemical pipeline exploded in the Chinese city of Nanjing on Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding more than 300. State media broadcasts showed damage to factory buildings near the blast site as firefighters battled the flames.
AFP - At least six people died and more than 300 were injured by a powerful explosion triggered when a chemical pipeline ignited in eastern China on Wednesday, state media said.
Footage broadcast on state television showed a billowing column of flame and a plume of thick black smoke drifting over the city of Nanjing after the blast, which toppled nearby factory buildings.
The blast occurred in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, shortly after 10:00 am (0200 GMT) and caused heavy damage to the surrounding area, reports said.
Many hospitals had almost exhausted their blood stocks and local residents were rushing to mobile collection vehicles to donate blood, the official Xinhua news agency said.
"Many residents have been injured and sent to hospitals, we urgently need a lot of blood," the Jiangsu provincial blood centre appealed on its website.
Xinhua said its reporters had seen six people recorded as dead at nearby hospitals. State television quoted Nanjing officials as confirming only five deaths.
The toll could have been much higher but the explosion occurred on the grounds of an abandoned plastics factory when a pipeline carrying ethylene blew up, according to reports.
The blast also blew out windows and caused damage to businesses and residences up to 300 metres away, while people further away fled their buildings, thinking an earthquake had struck.
More than 300 people were rushed to local hospitals for treatment, including 52 with serious injuries, the China News Service said. State television put the injured at more than 100, 28 of them seriously.
The explosion hit a bus passing through the area, injuring many passengers, Xinhua said.
Photos on the Internet showed at least one bus that had been completely burnt out, leaving only a charred skeleton.
"There are dozens of injured in our hospital. Their situations are not serious, most of them suffered burns," said a doctor at the city's Zhongda hospital, who refused to identify herself.
"Nobody has died in our hospital. There are injured people in every big hospital in Nanjing."
Xinhua said the fire triggered by the blast had been brought under control.
Deadly industrial accidents are routine in China, where basic safety provisions are often ignored.
Last week, an oil pipeline exploded in the northeastern port city of Dalian, triggering a spectacular blaze that burned throughout the weekend and spilled about 1,500 tonnes of oil into the Yellow Sea off Liaoning province.
The incident was one of China's worst-ever oil spills.


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For day five into December I thought that I should share with you my winter skin care routine! I wear make-up everyday to school ( foundation, mascara, powder e.t.c) and majority of it stays on, which I am very thankful for. However I have to take it all off in the evening before bed, and this is how I do it!
Before I take of my make-up I like to make sure my hands are clean to not spread any dirt, and at the minute I am loving the Carex fun edition! I love the colours of this collection and the scents are just divine! My current addiction is the strawberry lace one!
So I start of by removing my make-up with cotton wool pads and the Nivea Extra gentle eye make-up remover. I think this is quite good because it takes of your make-up without irritating it, or leaving red marks behind. Also it contains Provitamin B5, and doesn't leave a greasy stain afterwards. However it doesn't remove my Benefit They're real mascara ):
Next I take my Liz Earle Hot Cloth, Cleanse and Polish, and I love this! I won't go into detail because I wrote a blog post all about it and you can see it by clicking here!
Next I take sudocrem, and I find that this works amazing on any spots because it reduces the size, then turns them into little flaky bits of skin ( I know it sounds disgusting but it works wonders!!) and this then just disappears when I wash my face. I find it also helps if you have little rashes on your skin because while clearing spots it also clears up rashes!
I hope that you have liked this post.. I thought why not do something I haven't done yet, so I did! Make sure you follow me on blogger to find out when im posting, if it isn't Blogmas or like me you are nosey and just want to look! You can simply find out any contact information on the tab at the top, and don't hesitate to talk to me and just chat via email if you are in need and wanting to talk to someone.


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Keeping It Simple: A Style Guide/
Okay. So I've been called a lot of things: Hippie, Hipster, Nomad, Free Spirit.. but at the end of the day, when it comes to the clothes I choose to wear, I would say my preference is earthy.
I grew up playing in the forest, riding horses, hanging out with band-boys and sleeping under the stars with friends. So, naturally my inclination toward clothing that can span all of the things I do has carried into today. I want clothing that is going to work for wanders through the woods, epic train rides, a long day on set, an afternoon hunkered down in a cafe or a day working from home.
With that I've realized there are some basics I frequent. I value things like comfort, connection, sustainability and longevity and I like to think my wardrobe reflects that; muted and warm tones, leather goods, minimal pattern and design, denim, free flowing/loose fitting pieces/tee's, stones, gems and what I would consider a modest style. Don't get me wrong, I can dig an 80's neon just so much as the next person, but on a grand scale the majority of my clothing is nonchalant.
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Happy Friday! We've made it half way through November and I can't believe how fast this month is moving. I'm really looking forward to the next two months because of the holiday activities and just the atmosphere in general. Have I mentioned that this is my favorite time of year?! Not particularly the weather but there are hacks and tricks to surviving it and making sure that it doesn't ruin my good spirit. Today we'll focus on the perfect pair of boots to ensure that you can run your errands while staying dry, warm and stylish ! I got my Hunter Rain Boots about three years ago and they are one of the best fashion investments I've made, especially living in Minnesota. They are so durable and most importantly warm. Also, I never feel like I have to compromise my style when it rains or snows too heavily cause they're so cute too! They are a bit pricey but they last so long, which makes it all worth it. I got mine from Nordstrom, however, there are other retailers who have it. As always, I'lll link to a few at the bottom of the post. Until next time, XOXO
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Well, it's birthday time again and that means it's time to make another vegan birthday cake. This year I went with a Vanilla Vegan Birthday Cake with "Buttercream" Icing recipe.
My "Healthy" Disclaimer":
This wouldn't fall under the "healthy" category and is a special treat I make once a year for birthdays.
I always ask my children what kind of cake they want for their birthday, since it's a special treat.
Last year, my six year old wanted a chocolate cake with vanilla icing, chocolate chips and sprinkles.
This year, my new five year old requested vanilla cake with vanilla icing and "shinkles"…aka sprinkles.
When I posted my Vegan Chocolate Birthday Cake recipe for my older son's birthday last year, I included a photo of his first birthday and first birthday cake…because they are always the most special.
But when I started writing this post for my younger son's birthday, I realized I probably don't even have a photo of his first birthday and cake to post.
On the same day of his first birthday, I had a miscarriage with my fourth pregnancy…the very same day.
Needless to say, we didn't get around to even celebrating his birthday or cake until a few days later.
When his birthday rolls around, it's a happy and sad day at the same time. But I try to focus on the happy part and try to make my little man's day as special as can be.
Anyway, I used the Vegan Chocolate Birthday Cake recipe and just omitted the cacao and used a new vegan vanilla "buttercream" icing recipe.
Since it was a special occasion, I got the all natural vegetable colored sprinkles to decorate his cake.
They are WONDERFUL to use in homemade cookies or cakes and are made from vegetable colorants instead of traditional toxic food colorings.
The only colors they had were pink, orange, purple, white and periwinkle blue.
And because pink, orange and purple weren't an option, I had to go with periwinkle blue.
This is ~way~ more sugar than they eat on a normal basis (especially the icing!) and in fact, they ate one piece and didn't want anymore because "it was too sweet".
I guess that's a good thing! That is one reason why I always make small 6 inch birthday cakes.
So here's the special cake this year for my birthday boy's 5th birthday!
Tip #1: I used two 6 inch cake pans with this recipe and it was just enough. If you need a bigger cake, you may need to double the cake recipe.
Tip #2: I hardly ever use powdered sugar and I didn't know this until recently, but some powdered sugars may not be vegan and may contain animal bone char (bones from cows). The brand I use, 365 Organic Powdered Sugar does not contain animal bone char (I emailed Whole Foods to confirm this).
Another reason to make sure you use organic powdered sugar is because it normally contains some cornstarch which is very likely to be made from GMO corn unless it's labeled organic.
There may also be a possibility that the granulated sugar you use could contain animal bone char as well. Whole Foods sells a "Vegan Cane Sugar" which does not contain animal bone char. I've also read that turbinado sugar is another safe choice.
If this is important to you, check out the brand that you are using to see if it does.
Vanilla Vegan Birthday Cake with "Buttercream" Icing
|The Healthy Family and Home
Dry Ingredients
- 3 cups organic unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cup vegan cane sugar or turbinado sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon pink himalayan salt
- 1/2 teaspoon organic cinnamon
Wet Ingredients
- 3/4 cups organic applesauce
- 2 teaspoons organic vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons Bragg apple cider vinegar
- 1 1/2 cup distilled or purified water
|Step 1
|Mix all the dry ingredients together in the mixing bowl of an electric mixer.
Add all the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, one at a time.
Using an electric mixer, mix until well combined.
Pour into greased can pans (I used two 6 inch pans).
Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 35 - 40 minutes or until cooked all the way though.
Remove from oven and let them cool completely before removing from pans.
Ice and decorate as desired.
Recipe source: I used the same recipe as my Vegan Chocolate Birthday Cake recipe, but had the recipe before I started my website and it didn't have a source on the copy I printed from the internet so I am unable to provide the original source.
Vegan "Buttercream" Icing
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- 1/2 cup Earth Balance Buttery Spread (softened)
- 1 stick Earth Balance Vegan Buttery Sticks
- 2 teaspoons organic vanilla extract
- 3 - 4 cups organic powdered sugar (365 Brand is vegan)
- 1/3 - 1/4 cup non-dairy milk
|Step 1
|Cream the vegan spread and vegan butter together with an electric mixer.
Add the vanilla.
Gradually add the powdered sugar, one cup at a time and mix until smooth and creamy.
Add just enough milk as necessary to get a thick icing texture.
Recipe source: https://www.madejustright.com/classic-buttercream-icing-its-vegan/


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Letters from Aunt Helen, Part 2
Genealogical research was a whole different world in the 1930s and 40s. Behind my aunt's baptismal record was this letter dated March 12, 1941, addressed to the Hartford Times:
Whenever correspondence was communicated through the genealogical section of a newspaper, each researcher was identified by an assigned number and their initials. In this case, Dorothy A. Y_____ requested to communicate with my uncle, R. L. B. [Ralph Loren Beers], who had answered Query 8010 on the Howard family on March 8, 1941. A portion of my Aunt Helen's legacy was a binder with the original genealogical newspaper clippings attached to paper with cellophane tape, which had yellowed and become brittle. The pages smelled musty, so I photocopied them to acid-free paper and placed them in archival presentation sleeves in a new binder.
As I paged through the HOWARD section of the clippings, I found the original query dated 12-21-1940 and it's reply, dated 3-8-1941. As you can see, it took nearly three months to get a response. I don't know if I could wait that long! The age of email has certainly benefited genealogists tremendously!
My HOWARD connection looks like this:
Debra Ann (10), Richard Allen (9), Francis Allyn (8) NEWTON; Gertrude Ellen (7), Charles Philetus (6) WALTER; Betsey Elizabeth (5), Amos (4), Nathan(3), Nathan (2), Thomas (1) HOWARD, emigrant.