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If you or someone you know is going through menopause, then today's article is for you. Keep reading as guest blogger, Tony Miller, discusses menopause and suggests several heart-healthy ways to improve menopausal symptoms.
For many women, menopause is a dreaded period marked by incessant health problems. Even before they reach 50, the average age of menopause, women experience hormone imbalance. As a natural process, their estrogen level drops leading to permanent infertility. This physical change causes problems in their reproductive system such as irregular periods and vaginal dryness.
Aside from irregularities in their reproductive system, they also suffer from hot flashes, night sweats, sleep problems, as well as mood swings and weight gain brought by slowed metabolism. This decline in metabolism rate is one of the most critical health problems.
According to a paper by National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers of Disease Control Prevention (NCHS-CDC), the prevalence of obesity among middle-aged women aged 40–59 is 39.5% and 38.1% in 60-and-over age bracket in 2011–2012. Hence, middle-aged women and older are more prone to be overweight than in another period in their lives.
Menopause and heart disease
Aside from their tendency to go overweight, a new study by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health revealed that late- and post-menopausal women are at greater risk of accumulation of more fat around the heart.
The lead author of the study, Samar R. El Khoudary, Ph.D., M.P.H., emphasized the gravity of his findings. He said, "Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women, and it increases after age 50 — the average age when a woman is going through menopause."
The research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and American Heart Association (AHA) prescribed women nearing midlife to take preventive measures for the build-up of fat surrounding their hearts.
"Developing prevention strategies to reduce cardiovascular fat in women at midlife may reduce their heart disease risk, especially knowing that the menopausal transition puts women at risk for excess fat around their hearts," Dr. El Khoudary added.
Feel good during menopause
If you're about to reach or are already in menopause, you could at the worse, or, for some, best decade of your life. While others yield to the mood swings brought about by menopause to become depressed and grumpy, other women consider 50 as "most sex-confident decade" of their life. Are you fit to enjoy life during menopause?
A key difference of those who view menopause as a gift and those who think of it as a curse is the amount of time they exercise. The blues that you may experience during menopause could be blamed for lack of physical activity as you approach the menopausal phase. While regular exercise can shape up your body, it can also lighten up your mood. In fact most psychologists believe exercise is "nature's mood enhancer," even more powerful than mood enhancing drugs.
With the new study linking menopause to the accumulation of fat around the heart and the risk of frequent mood swings, medical experts further stress the need for women to get fit. Aside from minimizing the risk of heart problems and mood swings, living fit and healthy during menopause also cuts down your risk of breast cancer, strengthens your bones, and reduces your likelihood of getting other diseases. Now, are you ready to burn some body fat?
But boredom sets in
But how many times do we hear women complaining of boredom that they experience when they hit the gym? Even though exercise is addictive, the happiness associated with it lasts only at the start of a fitness regimen. This event may explain the thrill new gym members feel, and the reason majority of them stop going on after a few months.
The five activities
How to keep your enthusiasm for exercise burning? Scientists found out daily workouts of short duration—ideally, at least 20 minutes—will do the trick. A daily dose of the activities below could help you achieve the best fit:
- Do your morning walk or jog – Walking is perhaps one of the most frequently done activities, especially in the bygone years. Reduce your fat by walking at a distance. To make your walk more entertaining and engaging, try to walk with your friend or your pets.
- Hit the water – Swimming is a great exercise for those with advanced age. Aside from being a low-impact exercise that is easy on your joints, it is a good aerobic workout to burn fats.
- Tour by pedals – Besides walking, riding a bike is a healthy way to travel and environment-friendly too. A woman weighing 135 pounds and pedaling 12 to 14 miles an hour can burn 488 calories in only 60 minutes.
- Cultivate your garden – Here's a recreation excellent to your health. Gardening may be a simple chore, but according to a study, it gives the same health benefits as exercise. Researchers in Stockholm found out that gardening can reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke, and add years to as much as 30% among the 60-plus age group.
- Dance to the tune – Dancing is a popular socialization activity for menopausal women. As a form of self-expression, dancing is like no other. From ballroom dancing to now popular Zumba beats, dancing brings pleasure and calorie burning at the same time.
Doing them on a daily basis even for a short time could not only improve your heart and tone your muscles, but they can also bring joy into your lives. Add to these mindfulness exercises, as well as diet regimens such as juice fasting, Mediterranean diet, and Paleo diet, and your menopause years could indeed be blessing in disguise in terms of your health.
About the Author
Tony Miller is a fitness and wellness enthusiast who writes for Genemedics Health Institute. He is also a guest writer and contributor in different health blogs and websites.
Do you have any fun, heart-healthy and mood enhancing activities to add to this list?


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Virtual Office Options Considered Top PerkNEW YORK—I saw a pretty snappy infographic on the rise of telecommuting from Wrike, which makes project management software that enables, among others, virtual office users.
Wrike contends that today, people don't have to clock in at the office every weekday—jobs go where the talents are. It seems Wrike isn't just whistling dixie. Wrike surveyed 1,074 people. Eighty-three percent said they work remotely at least part of the day.
Wrike also took a look at the past and future of remote collaboration (which would include some number of virtual office users). Wrike found that 43 percent of respondents worked remotely less often two to three years ago than they do today. And 66 percent believe their office might go fully virtual in one to five years.
Wow! What a testament to the virtual office. Wrike also found that the higher the position in the company, the more time the person spends working outside the office. Managers spend 10 hours working remotely compared to executives who spend 20 hours and business owners who spend 30 hours working remotely in setups such as virtual offices.
How much are people ready to "pay" for the opportunity to work from a virtual office or some other remote location?
- 78% would forgo free meals
- 54% would forgo employer-paid cellphone plans
- 31% would accept reduction in paid vacation
- 25% would accept reduction in salary
What's more, 89 percent of respondents consider the opportunity to work remotely, say from a virtual office, as one of three main perks: remote work, salary and reputation. When asked about the benefits of remote work, 41 percent cited saving time, 29 percent cited increased productivity and 10 percent said they could focus on work, not office policies.
Finally, and this is the payoff for Wrike, 90 percent of respondents consider collaboration software mission critical or important to virtual teams. So whether you work in a virtual office now or you are heading in that direction in the future, Wrike wants you to consider how its software can help. (I checked it out, btw, and it's top notch!)
Check out this video on what Wrike can do for your firm:

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Also, if you simply want to contact us Online to get a simple bid, feel free to send us the parameters of your project in an e-mail and we will contact you as soon as we possibly can. Feel free to book an appointment with one of our estimators so we can inspect your property to get you an accurate bid and time line.
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POE 3.4 Guide For Delve Expansion Announcement
The upcoming expansion for Path of Exile is going to function anything which has never ever been inside the game ahead of an infinite dungeon. That is appropriate, not simply will there be the mountain of content material that is already inside the game, but Path of Exile: Delve will actually be not possible to 100% clear.
POE 3.4 Delve Guide For Endless Azurite Mine Dungeon
Grinding Gear Games has announced a brand new expansion and challenge league for its free-to-play action RPG Path of Exile. The new content material update titled Delve, sees players entering an infinite dungeon exactly where they compete to attain the lowest levels because the enemies get progressively stronger.
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The 10-second takeaway
For the quarter ended Dec. 31 (Q4), Ampco-Pittsburgh beat expectations on revenues and beat expectations on earnings per share.
Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue contracted. GAAP earnings per share expanded significantly.
Gross margins grew, operating margins dropped, net margins expanded.
Revenue details
Ampco-Pittsburgh reported revenue of $77.2 million. The one analyst polled by S&P Capital IQ predicted a top line of $69.8 million on the same basis. GAAP reported sales were 11% lower than the prior-year quarter's $86.5 million.
Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.
EPS details
EPS came in at $0.32. The one earnings estimate compiled by S&P Capital IQ averaged $0.16 per share. GAAP EPS of $0.32 for Q4 were 88% higher than the prior-year quarter's $0.17 per share.
Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.
Margin details
For the quarter, gross margin was 23.1%, 50 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was 6.5%, 190 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was 4.3%, 230 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. (Margins calculated in GAAP terms.)
Looking ahead
Next quarter's average estimate for revenue is $68.7 million. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $0.24.
Next year's average estimate for revenue is $280.8 million. The average EPS estimate is $1.03.
Investor sentiment
The stock has a five-star rating (out of five) at Motley Fool CAPS, with 297 members out of 305 rating the stock outperform, and eight members rating it underperform. Among 107 CAPS All-Star picks (recommendations by the highest-ranked CAPS members), 105 give Ampco-Pittsburgh a green thumbs-up, and two give it a red thumbs-down.
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Seer Interactive looking for SEO Manager (Remote)
At Seer, we pride ourselves on innovation; standing out among the rest and enabling our clients to do the same. We do this by offering best in class marketing strategy, backed by data, and driven through a variety of interactive tools that fuel our passion for the digital space.
You, the SEO Account Manager of our dreams, are a natural-born consultant and will spend your days creating digital marketing strategies that tie into clients' overall marketing plans. You are passionately engaged with the ever-evolving digital marketing landscape, and have a finger on the changes that can help drive client success. You're intellectually curious, not afraid to think big and build innovative client strategies—Oh, and you have an affinity for anticipating client needs before they even have to ask, too.
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- You'll work closely with a handful of clients, researching far beyond the SEO landscape to understand their specific challenges. With that knowledge, you'll execute annual strategies designed to solve a problem for a very specific audience
- You'll act as the main POC for your clients, but will focusing heavily on building relationships and trust since focusing on strong, lasting relationships with clients is at the core of how we do business at Seer
- You understand that at the end of the day, your client's' ultimate goal is to drive organic traffic to their site and increase their ROI—to do this, you'll work closely with clients to develop innovative assets after conducting in-depth content gap analyses, competitive & audience analysis, keyword research, and SERP landscape analysis
- You're a whiz when it comes to making data & results digestible and you'll share campaign success as it relates to your clients' goals on a monthly and quarterly basis using various analytics platforms like Google Analytics and Adobe SiteCatalyst
- You understand that other channels play a role in the SEO process, so you'll often partner with the PPC, Analytics, Content and Design teams to solve client needs
The Skills
- Experience building and driving SEO strategy across multiple industries is an absolute must, but your ability to tie outcomes to campaign goals and measure impact is what gives you an edge
- SEO is your thing, but we all know it takes a more holistic approach to digital marketing to be successful nowadays: You're confident using Analytics to make data-driven decisions—You understand that Content Strategy is really about providing resources to solve users problems—You know the key to promoting content isn't how long your prospect list is, but identifying and connecting with influencers like a PR pro—You have a solid understanding of how social media channels operate, and while social isn't our niche, you're able to make suggestions for other potential channels for clients to utilize during a campaign
- When questions or challenges present themselves, you don't sweat it for a second; you're extremely comfortable interfacing with clients and driving conversations with C-Level executives
- There's always a method (and some data) behind our madness! Because of that, critical and strategic thinking skills are a must
- We move fast and you'll be juggling lots of priorities. You'll need solid project management skills to get the job done. You could oversee project resources, meet deadlines and delegate tasks in your sleep—and your experience with project management tools like Basecamp doesn't hurt, either. You're comfortable managing your own deadlines and when things get a little crazy, you're okay with asking for help
- Things change quickly in the digital space and your ability to measure strategy effectiveness (changes to rankings, traffic, conversions) and make decisions based on that data is killer. Your clients love you for it
- You're passionate about staying "in-the-know" on SEO trends, and you want to share your own knowledge with the world, either via your own blog or Seer's, too
Bonus Points
- Did you say you've got International SEO experience, too? Awesome!
- Experience in another fast-paced, digital agency? Whew!
- What! You've got Mobile SEO or Video SEO chops?
- You have CRO experience? We should talk
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
About Seer Interactive
GET TO KNOW SEER We're a team of passionate, data-driven digital marketers committed to connecting communities around common purpose and innovative solutions. Intense Focus Has Paid Off Seer Interactive is a digital marketing agency with offices in Philadelphia and San Diego. When Seer was founded in 2002 by Wil Reynolds, it was a one-person search firm. Today, our talented team of over 100 people strives for leadership across the marketing industry. We believe in doing a few things, and doing them well. For us, that means outstanding service and innovation across SEO, PPC, and Analytics—all of which is underpinned by a focus on people. Behind every search is a person. When your customers turn to the web to solve their problems, Seer is built to help them find you.
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New years resolutions let us take advantage of shared motivation as we all look forward from the unified starting line of the new year. With collective momentum, we can dream with clarity and focus and flow toward achieving our refreshed goals.
My 2018 resolutions include:
1. Write two blog posts per month
2. Start the day with a prayer/focused meditation/intention – beyond the obvious "find coffee within 45 minutes of waking." Consider other similar rituals to integrate into the usual
3. Run two or more 5k races
4. Commit to practicing piano/keyboard
5. Graduate from Duquesne University with my master's degree
6. Host a couple dinner parties each month
7. Wear lipstick once a week – I always like how it looks and also I own a supply sufficient to pretty me up well into my 80s.
Others to consider:
7. Send one personal card per week via snail mail
8. Join a church choir
9. Research doula education and work
10. Play with polymer clay
11. Organize a mural painting on the Brighton Heights concrete wall at the intersection of route 65, Brighton Heights Blvd, and the McKees Rocks bridge (it's just begging for some pep).
I think I'll do "quarterly progress reports" as many of my most favorite blogsters do.


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Boston Millinery
This is a gorgeous lightweight Alice, perfect for Spring and Summer and any indoor season.
A perfect addition to your wardrobe and available in several colours. Suitable for anyone suffering hair-loss or just having a bad hair day. This style sits deep down on the head giving full head coverage.
With attention to detail, this design has unique pleating and is a very special accessory. This hat is as easy to wear indoors as outdoors, gives some sun protection from the brim and is soft to wear.
Feel pretty, confident, cool and feminine in this beautiful handmade creation.
Made with a super soft lightweight pale blue cotton jersey and self lined.
This hat will feel like you are wearing nothing on your head, lightweight soft and cool, perfect for sensitive heads or hair loss whatever the cause.
Because the Alice sits well down on the head it should stay put and not blow away in the breeze.
Perfect shade from the sun while framing your face for a feminine finished look!
This Alice is so pretty she is left unadorned.
Your hat arrives in a handmade Hat bag.
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Gentle warm hand wash only, dry flat.
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Cloone and Ballinamore Garda Stations are safe - for now
The short term future of garda stations at Cloone and Ballinamore appears to be secure following correspondence from Minister for Justice and Equality, Alan Shatter to Leitrim County Council.
At the recent monthly Council meeting it was revealed that the Minister had responded to an earlier motion put forward by Cllr Caillian Ellis on the future of both stations in writing, confirming that neither station had been included in the closure list for 2012.
Cllr Ellis said that while he welcomed the news that the stations had not been earmarked for closure in 2012, there was another round of closures planned for 2013 and there is no way of knowing if these stations would face closure then.
"I would hope that Ballinamore in particular would remain open, especially in light of the rising crime in the area in recent months," he said. "While the community alert schemes are a good initiative, we need to have a garda presence in the area as well and Ballinamore is essential for that."


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iTherapy™ is our branded version of Optometric vision therapy and rehabilitation which includes our exclusive integrated visual learning (IVL) process. For those who are not familiar with this treatment, it addresses many common visual issues that are often mistaken and misdiagnosed as learning and reading disabilities. Some of these include ADD, ADHD and dyslexia.
Lynn Valley Optometry focuses the ITheraphy™ on the following patient concerns:
IVL (integrated visual learning), often referred to a "physical therapy for the eyes" is a series of exercises that provide natural, non-invasive correction for various eye conditions that affect everything from visual acuity, depth perception, ability to focus and eye movement and functionality.
Improving your visual acuity has tremendous benefits. Many people that have been diagnosed with ADD have found that improving their visual acuity has helped them focus (pardon the pun).
We will also assess your child's learning style (visual, auditory or kinesthetic) with reading, writing, spelling and math. Testing will take about two hours and we require one or both parents to be present. A consultation with the doctor will be scheduled within one week of testing with parents only in which challenges and strengths of your child will be discussed with treatment recommendations.
In most cases, the treatment will consist of a three phase program:
If you're considering vision therapy and are unsure if it's appropriate for you, we invite you to come in for a developmental vision evaluation. We are your partners in great optical health.
Download a Free Children's Vision Therapy Workbook!
Westcoast designer Susan Taubensee created the new Lynn Valley practice to provide you with a relaxing and unique experience in eye care and eyewear. Our Optometry Clinic is located in the Lynn Valley Village where you can browse between over 1000 frames and 150 sunglasses to personalize your prescription.
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255 - 1233 Lynn Valley Road
North Vancouver, BC, V7J 0A1
Monday: 9am - 6pm
Tuesday: 9am - 6pm
Wednesday: 9am - 6pm
Thursday: 9am - 6pm
Friday: 10am – 6pm
Saturday: 9am – 5pm
Sunday: Closed
Please note: We are closed for the long weekend Saturday June 29th and July 1st (Canada Day).
When booking, ask for a developmental vision evaluation. The eye doctor at Lynn Valley Optometry will take a thorough patient history and will assess:
Is vision clear at far distances? If blurry vision options including eyewear, contact lenses, vision shaping treatment and vision therapy will be discussed
Is vision clear and single at close distances? Clear sight at short distances is critical to reading, writing, close work, computer use, etc.
Do the two eyes aim, move, and work as a coordinated team? Weaknesses in binocular (two-eyed) vision and eye teaming skills can cause numerous difficulties, including convergence insufficiency and poor depth perceptions.
Do the eyes maintain clear vision at varying distances? Rapid, automatic eye focus adjustment is critical to learning, reading, writing, sports, etc. Deficiencies can cause visual fatigue, reduced reading comprehension, and/or avoidance of close work or other activities.
Do eye movements show adequate muscle control, tracking, fixation, etc.? In the classroom, normal eye movements allow rapid and accurate shifting of the eyes along a line of print or from book to desk to board, etc. In sports, efficient eye movements contribute to eye-hand coordination, visual reaction time, and accurate tracking.
A complete eye health examination will be performed including the optomap retinal exam if required, a trained vision therapist will administer a series of visual skills exams including:
confusing letters or words (b, d; p, q: saw, was; etc.)
the ability to store and retrieve visual information.
the ability to determine if two shapes, colors, sizes, positions, or distances are the same or different.
the ability to combine visual input with other sensory input (hand and body movements, balance, hearing, etc.); the ability to transform images from a vertical to a horizontal plane (such as from the blackboard to the desk surface).
Do eye movements show adequate muscle control, tracking, fixation, etc.? In the classroom, normal eye movements allow rapid and accurate shifting of the eyes along a line of print or from book to desk to board, etc. In sports, efficient eye movements contribute to eye-hand coordination, visual reaction time, and accurate tracking.
Through the use of infrared sensors, an individual's eye movements are recorded while silently reading text while wearing special goggles. Following the reading, a brief series of questions determines whether or not the subject reads with reasonable comprehension.


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During some SPARC road map discussions, a particular anonymous IBM POWER enthusiast inquires:
How... are 192 S3 cores going to provide x6 throughput of 128 SPARC64-VII+ cores?The Base-Line:
This is a very interesting question... how does one get to 600% throughput increase with the release of the "M4" SPARC processor? One must consider where engineering is moving from and moving towards.
[from] SPARC64-VII+ (code-named M3)
- 4 cores per socket
- 2 thread per core
- 8 threads per socket
[to] M4 S3 Cores (based upon T4 S3 cores)
- 6 cores per socket (conservative)
- 8 threads per core (normative)
- 48 threads per socket
How to Get There:
Core swap results in 6x thread increase... now that we understand this is purely a mathematical question with definitive end result, the question REALLY is:
How can EACH S3 threads perform on-par with a SPARC VII+ thread?Let's speculate upon this question:
- Increasing cores by 50% increase in throughput by 50%
Threads no longer need to perform on-par, although a 50% per-thread increase is projected.
- Increase clock rate to 3.6GHz provides
~300% faster per-thread throughput over T1 threads.
- Out-of-Order Execution
Another significant increase in throughput over T1-T3 threads.
- Increase memory bandwidth over old T processors
Provides opportunity to ~2x socket throughput for instructions & data.
- Increase memory bandwidth in throughput over previous SPARC64 V* series
The movement from VII+ based DDR2 to DDR3 offers throughput improvement opportunity
- Increase cache
Provides faster per-thread throughput opportunities with S3, but could increase thread starvation.
- Decrease cores
Reduce number of cores & threads in a socket, to ensure all thread can run at 100% capacity
Of course, it is not only about the hardware, software has a lot to do with it.
- Produce more database operations (i.e. integer) in hardware, instead of in software, specialized applications such as Oracle RDBMS perform faster on nearly every operation.
- Add compression in hardware
I/O throughput increases 500% to 1000% with no CPU impact.
Oracle 11g RDBMS or Solaris ZFS /w compression hosting any databases see benefit.
- Solaris ZFS support of LogZilla (ZFS ZIL Write Cache)
Regular file system applications experience extremely high file system write throughput.
- Solaris ZFS support of ReadZilla (ZFS Read Cache)
Regular file system applications experience extremely high file system read throughput.
Oracle does not appear that far off, from producing the numbers they suggest, with standard applications. They have the technology to do every step, from thread performance acceleration, to storage performance accleration, to I/O performance acceleration, to file system acceleration, to application performance acceleration.
A cursory and objective look at the numbers demonstrate how it is possible - it is not solely about the cores... but the cores are key to understanding how it is possible.


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Ph.D., Fordham University (2007)
Caroline Dunn is a scholar of medieval Europe with a particular focus on women's roles and social networks in late medieval England. Her book, Stolen Women in Medieval England: Rape, Abduction, and Adultery c. 1100-1500 (Cambridge, 2012) offers the first comprehensive overview of women's experiences with ravishment, which ranged from forcible rape to consensual elopement and adultery, during the English Middle Ages. Professor Dunn's current research explores the lady-in-waiting in medieval England. Often stereotyped as gossiping flirts, female attendants in noble and royal households played important political, diplomatic, and economic roles. They built bridges between natal and marital families, between kin and court, and sometimes between countries. Examining these highborn serving women reveals the nuances of soft power, social influence, and economic resources wielded by women who lacked official authority within political institutions or patriarchal households. In addition to classes introducing students to the Middle Ages and early British Isles, Dr. Dunn teaches upper level courses on medieval women, crusades and conquests, medieval aristocratic society, and a senior seminar examining the history of food in the preindustrial west. She received the Dean's award for teaching excellence in 2011. In 2016 Dr. Dunn co-organized the 5th annual Kings and Queens conference, hosted in Greenville for the first time that the gathering was held outside of Europe.
Stolen Women in Medieval England: Rape, Abduction, and Adultery c. 1100-1500. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Royal Women and Dynastic Loyalty. Edited by Caroline Dunn and Elizabeth Carney. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
"Serving Isabella of France, From Queen Consort to Dowager Queen." In Elite and Royal Households in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Edited by Theresa Earenfight. Leiden: Brill, 2018.
"'If there be any goodly young woman': Experiences of Elite Female Servants in Great Households." In Great Households, 1000-1500. Edited by C.M. Woolgar. Harlaxton Proceedings. Shaun Tyas, 2018.
"All the Queen's Ladies: Philippa of Hainault's Female Attendants." Journal of Medieval Prosopography 31 (2016).
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'The currents here are crazy, and you get high winds and big waves too. We need to time this crossing just right', Ivar warns. We have sailed from Norway to the Shetland Islands in the far north of Scotland. Unlike our time in Scandinavia, we need to take careful account here of the tides and currents. This is also a nautical area notorious for its high winds.
The Scots should be able to generate no less than 1.2 gigawatts from tidal and wave power by 2020.
Ivar Smits Skipper
Challenging sailing conditions
Our plan now is to sail from the Shetlands to Kirkwall, the capital of the Orkney Islands. We study the wind forecast and the tidal flows. Although there are normally six hours between high and low tide, the timing and strength of the currents vary locally due to geological conditions. Tidal currents are nevertheless predictable, as the phases of the sun and moon are known. Tide tables for specific locations tell us, for instance, that things get hairiest in the straits between islands. That's one wild-water ride we could do without!
We plan our departure so that we will have the current with us and will arrive before the next depression turns up, bringing high winds. These can whip up towering waves that pose a real danger to sailing vessels. Our route takes us through the straits between islands, where the current gives us added impetus. We arrive just before the tide turns and a low-pressure system approaches. Later, lying in our bunks, we hear the wind gusting around the boat. These extreme conditions make it a little tense for us, but it turns out they are very good indeed when it comes to generating renewable energy.
The power of water
David Flanagan comes to meet us the following day at Kirkwall harbour. David is the press officer for the local council and he shows us around Mainland – the largest of the seventy islands that make up the Orkney archipelago. We pass small villages and emerald green, rolling fields of cows and sheep. But the pleasant, rural atmosphere is deceptive: when it comes to renewable energy from the sea, Orkney is the epicentre of the latest developments. They use the rough conditions here to generate electricity from tidal flows and waves.
Orkney is located to the north of the Scottish coast, on the far side of a narrow strait called the Pentland Firth. The North Sea lies to the east and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, giving the forces of nature free rein here. Waves in the Pentland Firth can rise to eighteen metres and currents of no less than sixteen knots have been measured. There is virtually no better place to generate renewable energy from the sea.
It happens underwater
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) takes full advantage of these conditions. It manages five test locations in the Orkneys and provides connections to the power grid. The organisation also supports research and provides regulatory advice. Businesses involved with the development of tidal or wave power can use EMEC's facilities. Generation occurs underwater. David gestures towards the sea: 'That's where it all happens'. We look at each other. Surely we haven't come to Orkney just for a view of the ocean?
But we're in luck: several large turbines are visible from land. Close to the harbour, the SR2000 is ready to be hooked up to the power grid. The 63-metre-long installation is the world's most powerful tidal turbine, capable of generating about two megawatts – enough to power a thousand homes.
There are other turbines further along. They resemble a series of connected torpedoes with horizontal propellers between them, like something out of a science-fiction film. The companies that developed them are testing the turbines here underwater with a view to deploying them on a large scale.
Talking business in the pub
That evening, we talk to Stuart Allison, who we've arranged to meet in the pub at the harbour. He is the council officer responsible for Orkney's economic development, in which renewable energy is one of the most important pillars.
'The local authority and the Scottish government are funding research into the generation of tidal and wave energy and its commercial use', Stuart tells us over a pint of local beer. The 'Crown Estate' – the UK government department that manages the seabed – has designated ten sea areas where electricity can be generated from the tides and waves. Companies can apply to lease them. 'They should be able to generate no less than 1.2 gigawatts from tidal and wave power by 2020.'
Energy companies have already got down to work: the first turbine for a large-scale tidal power project was attached to the seabed during our stay. It works like an underwater windmill. Since water is denser than air, the installation can generate energy even at low speeds. The plan is to install 269 turbines. The know-how that Scots have built up in the offshore oil industry will come in very handy, and the new business is creating lots of jobs: a whole raft of ancillary firms have also set up in the Orkneys.
From experiment to fully-fledged energy source
It all sounds very promising, but how quickly could this type of power generation be applied on a large scale? 'The main focus is on tidal power', Stuart says. 'Sea currents – and hence the electricity they generate – are predictable, which is a big advantage.'
It sounds great, but Stuart doesn't want us to get carried away: 'A lot of research and technological development are still needed to build installations that work well and can cope with the rough and salty conditions in the sea. We also have to take account of the potential impact the installations will have on marine life and shipping. Thanks to the substantial investment that's been made, the large-scale application of tidal energy is becoming commercially attractive. Generating electricity from waves is less well developed and isn't profitable enough yet to be exploited commercially.'
Stuart stresses the crucial importance of effective public-private cooperation to successful investment in infrastructure research and technological development. His faith in the future is infectious: 'Our test facilities and the favourable natural conditions here mean that wave power promises to become a fully-fledged energy source too.'
Respect for natural forces
We keep the Pentland Firth well to starboard as we steer for the Scottish mainland. The sea chart warns about powerful currents and breakers. But they look very different to us now: just think of the potential for renewable energy!
We had already seen the successful application of wind power in Denmark, and hydraulic energy in Norway. And we've discovered here too what can be achieved when government and business team up to use nature to generate renewable energy with no CO2 emissions. Which countries, we wonder, will follow these examples?
For our next blog, we'll be visiting an eco-village on the Scottish mainland. What's it like to live there, and what can we learn?


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Special Report: Inside the Secret State of North Korea. Aired 8-9p ET
Aired December 22, 2017 - 20:00 ET
[20:00:10] ANNOUNCER: The following is a CNN special report. WILL RIPLEY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: This is the North Korea you know. This is the North Korea you've never seen. Stories you've never heard. Is that a legend or did that actually happen? KIM UN SIM, TOUR GUIDE (through translator): Our general is really a person who heaven sent to us. RIPLEY: Places you've never been. People with a common enemy. Who do you want to fight? UNIDENTIFIED BOY (through translator): To fight the sworn enemy, Americans. RIPLEY: What if I told you, I'm an American? Do you want to shoot me too? Unprecedented access. Hidden from the world until now. Come with me to the "SECRET STATE: INSIDE NORTH KOREA". North Korea, a nation holding its nuclear sword over the U.S. and its allies, threatening to strike at any time. A society in a constant state of readiness for war. Life on the inside is a mystery to most of the world. I've reported from North Korea more than a dozen times over the last few years. Each time, we open the door a little more. And see this country and its people in unexpected ways. Just like this. Yes, even in North Korea, kids love video games. For these 14 and 15-year-olds, these are not just games. This is practice for real life. Most of these boys and a lot of the girls will spend their first years of adulthood serving in the Korean People's Army, just like their parents and grandparents before them. What do you like about this game? UNIDENTIFIED BOY (through translator): Killing the enemy. RIPLEY: Killing the enemy. Who is the enemy? UNIDENTIFIED BOY (through translator): Americans. RIPLEY: This hatred of Americans stems from the Korean War. North Korea contradicts Western historians, saying that America started the war that killed millions of civilians and divided the Korean Peninsula. Who do you want to fight? UNIDENTIFIED BOY (through translator): To fight the sworn enemy, Americans. RIPLEY: What do they teach you about Americans in school? UNIDENTIFIED BOY (through translator): They forcibly invaded us, slaughtered our people, buried them. Buried them alive. Buried them alive and killed them. RIPLEY: So they teach you that the Americans are the enemy and you need to shoot them, to fight them? UNIDENTIFIED BOY (through translator): Yes. RIPLEY: Here is where things get awkward. So what if I'm told you I'm an American? Do you want to shoot me, too? UNIDENTIFIED BOY (through translator): Yes. There are good people. We'll see if you're a good person or a bad person. RIPLEY: I'm a good American, so don't shoot me. UNIDENTIFIED BOY (through translator): No, I won't shoot. RIPLEY: This is the paradox of North Korea. Smiling young people, friendly, polite, even as they tell me how much they hate the United States. From their earliest years, these children are told American could attack at any time, told they must prepare for the next war. In North Korea, government minders watch our every move and restrict what we can film, even if this is what we want to see -- high school students horsing around at the beach. I can't help but wonder, what do they actually know about America? Are you an NBA fan? Are you an NBA fan? UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): No. I just wear it to play sports. RIPLEY: Have you ever heard of Portland? UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): Haven't heard of it. RIPLEY: Have you ever seen any American movies or heard any American music? UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): No. RIPLEY: Ever heard of Facebook or Twitter or Instagram? UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): No, not at all. RIPLEY: These teens have been told Americans act and look scary. What would you expect from an American? What would you expect an American to be like? UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): Big nose with a hairy chest. RIPLEY: Big nose and hairy chest, huh? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. RIPLEY: Well, I don't have a hairy chest. So you tell me, do I have a big nose? UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): With a nose like that, it is, sort of. IPLEY: Have you guys ever met an American before? They become visibly uncomfortable when they learn I'm an American. I'm the first one they've ever met. Well, I won't interrupt your game any longer. Thank you very much. [20:05:01] It was nice to meet you guys. Next, our government minders want us to see this place, the Songdowon International Children's Camp in Wonsan, considered the best in North Korea. Entire school classes compete for a chance to spend two weeks at camp. Many of these kids have never seen anything like it, but this is something they know well. The first thing you see when you walk into this camp, the statue. Everything here, just like everywhere else in North Korea, centers around the leaders. (SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) RIPLEY: These children have been taught a fierce loyalty to their nation's leaders, all members of the Kim family. Photos and statues are everywhere. Songs of praise are staples. (SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) RIPLEY: Even at this birthday party, students sing about the leaders. UNIDENTIFIED BOY (through translator): He gives us more love than even our parents can give. RIPLEY: Why do you consider your leader, Kim Jong-un, like your father? UNIDENTIFIED BOY (through translator): He's affectionate and more caring than my own parents. He gives us more love than even our parents could give. RIPLEY: Chae Jin-song (ph), who just turned 14, says his own parents can't afford to give him a meal like this. Many of North Korea's 5 million children come from towns and villages where the basics -- electricity, clean water, nutritious food -- are not always available. UNIDENTIFIED BOY (through translator): I declare I will become a true member of the children's union who studies better in order to repay the love of respected leader Kim Jong-un. RIPLEY: These young people are the future of North Korea, an entire generation brought up to worship their supreme leader. No skepticism, no dissent, no questions, only loyalty for life. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) [20:10:52] RIPLEY: Our government minders are taking us from North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, to the coastal city of Wonsan. Our 125- mile journey on this bumpy road takes almost five hours. We've been driving for a couple of hours through the countryside, and we've just gotten stopped at a checkpoint. Already several minutes now, our minders are speaking with the police officer. Not sure what's happening, but he doesn't seem to want to let us pass. Travel here is restricted and getting stopped can be nerve-racking, but we're finally allowed to pass. It turns out the concern this time is only about our big van disturbing the roadwork ahead. Driving on, we see men and women laboring in dark tunnels. Much of the North Korean countryside is undeveloped with very little infrastructure, but that also means the landscape is relatively untouched. And I must say, the scenery is striking -- majestic mountains, thick forests. And this seaside city. We made it here to Wonsan, a mid-sized industrial city, the fifth largest in North Korea on the east coast. Popular for tourists, known for great seafood, fishing. And something else. Wonsan is one of North Korea's main missile launch sites. And they've been launching missiles at an unprecedented pace. North Korea even has intercontinental ballistic missiles, potentially nuclear capable and within striking range of the U.S. for the first time ever. In the 1980s, North Korea's founder, President Kim Il-sung launched the country's first missile. But since Marshal Kim Jong-un came to power in 2011, he's advanced North Korea's missile and nuclear programs faster than anyone ever predicted. Why do they keep doing this? (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) RIPLEY: For one, propaganda. Each launch helps North Korea's leaders project power. But also missiles are like an insurance policy for the regime, protecting North Korea from the U.S. and its allies. So I have to tell you, your city is very well known around the world because of all the missiles that keep being launched from here. Have you ever heard the missiles? UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): Of course, we have. We see it going up. RIPLEY: Kim Eun-tak (ph) has lived here in Wonsan his whole life. As a North Korean, when you see these missiles in the sky, what message does that send to you? UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): It gives me great pride. RIPLEY: So did this massive military drill along the beach, personally supervised by Kim Jong-un. Many North Koreans don't even understand why the U.S. and the world feel threatened. UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): Why is the Trump administration constantly imposing sanctions and stuff when we are doing these missile launches and all for our own defense capability? We're defending ourselves. RIPLEY: Is there any criticism, anything you'd like to see your leader or your government do differently? UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): Nothing at all. I'm so satisfied. RIPLEY: Keep in mind, during all my trips, I've never heard anyone criticize the authoritarian government. North Korea has zero tolerance for dissent of any kind. What happens to people who break the rules? The United Nations says, hidden in the hills, the country has a network of prison camps where torture and executions are common. [20:15:06] North Korean officials deny the allegations. They do say criminals are punished appropriately. Aside from missiles, one of Wonsan's proudest achievements is a new hydroelectric power plant. We're told the lights in the city stay on for 24 hours a day, a rarity in North Korea. In fact, when we stopped for dinner at a teahouse miles away from Wonsan, the lights go out within minutes. Nobody seems fazed by it. We dine on wild pheasant by flashlight. North Korea may have mastered launching missiles, but generating electricity is an ongoing struggle. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) RIPLEY: We traveled to parts of North Korea that few foreigners have ever seen. In Panmunjom, the Cold War never ended. The quiet countryside surrounding this area is riddled with landmines. [20:20:01] No filming is allowed on the roads here. Now, our government minders are letting us do a little souvenir shopping. I've never seen a gift shop like this. These postcards are some of the most popular items. This one reads: we will crush the U.S. attempts for a nuclear war. This one: to the U.S. hard line, we will counter with the ultra-hard line. And you can buy them right here. If you think the postcards are intense, wait until you see the posters. You don't need to read Korean to know what this means here. The U.S. Capitol there. Symbolism says it all. Yes, that's the Capitol. And that's a giant fist crushing the U.S. Did you see the American being annihilated by his own missile? I'm sensing a theme here. What makes all of this even more surreal is where we are -- the Korean Demilitarized Zone or DMZ, a place unlike any other in the world. To understand the DMZ, we need to go back to the end of World War II. The Soviets and Americans divided Korea, just like they did Germany. And the Korean War set the two super powers against each other with Koreans caught in the middle. Three million of them died. Technically, the war never ended. An armistice agreement left North and South Korea facing each other down across the 38th parallel, the DMZ. My tour guide is North Korean Lieutenant Colonel Hwang Yung-jin (ph). When you actually live here, does it feel tense? Do you feel like you're on the brink of a war? UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): I think it's not an exaggeration to say we are living at the brink of war, given that we are constantly receiving threats of war. RIPLEY: South Korean and American soldiers are staring down North Korean soldiers and vice versa. They call this the demilitarized zone, but it's the exact opposite. Both sides have masses of soldiers up and down this heavily fortified border pointing weapons at each other. It's considered one of the most dangerous flash points in the world. And it's getting worse. A lot has changed since I came here back in 2015. More nuclear tests, dozens of missile launches. Does it feel more tense now? UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): Yes. We can say the state of affairs is more tense, but it's rather the United States' continued hostile policy against North Korea reaching its peak. RIPLEY: If you got the order right now, what would the military do? UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): As soon as we receive the order from our supreme commander, we will liberate South Korea, and we will turn the U.S. mainland into a sea of fire. RIPLEY: Maybe it's time to change the subject. The lieutenant colonel and I are both the same age, 36, but our lives couldn't be more different. Still, we must have some common ground. What's your favorite kind of music? UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): My favorite song is our eternal revolutionary song, the song praising our general, Kim Jong- un. (SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) RIPLEY: I really like classic rock. Have you ever heard any classic rock? UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): I think I've heard of it before, but I'm not sure. RIPLEY: What's your favorite sport? UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): I like basketball. RIPLEY: You like basketball? Oh, I'm terrible at basketball. OK. So we don't have much in common, but I think he's warming up to me. We say goodbye as friends. Thank you very much. Annyeong hashimnikka. It's good to see you. And I'm glad we're meeting like this and not on the battlefield. Next stop, Kaesong, the North Korean city closest to the DMZ. What's it like to be so close to South Korea but you're not able to go? KIM RYONG MUN (through translator): It hurts. And you've been asking about South Korea a lot. It's a place I want to go. RIPLEY: We are so close to Seoul, South Korea. Thriving economy, modern skyline. Do you ever ask yourself why you don't have that here? KIM RYONG MUN (through translator): We have Pyongyang. It's been built with our own power, our own technology, our own independent economy. How can Seoul compete with that? RIPLEY: I can't help but wonder, what would his life be like if his family ended up just a few miles south after the Korean War? Driving back to Pyongyang, I have no idea we're about to experience one of the strangest days I've ever had in North Korea. It begins like every other morning in Pyongyang. [20:25:01] This music is the city's alarm clock, played every day beginning at 5:00 a.m. to commemorate the sacrifices of North Korea's leaders. We head to the Pyongyang International Airport for the arrival of a VIP. Dennis Rodman has been invited back for another round of so- called basketball diplomacy. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) RIPLEY: Dennis, are you bringing a message from President Trump to North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un? DENNIS RODMAN, AMERICAN BASKETBALL PLAYER: I'm just here to come see some friends and have a good time. (END VIDEO CLIP) RIPLEY: Distracted by the Rodman circus, we have no idea a secret handover is happening at the Pyongyang Airport. American college student Otto Warmbier is quietly put on a U.S. government plane, a final sad chapter in a story that began a year and a half ago. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) OTTO WARMBIER, AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENT IMPRISONED IN NORTH KOREA: I'm begging you, the people and government of the DPR of Korea, for your forgiveness. (END VIDEO CLIP) RIPLEY: Warmbier came here on a private sightseeing tour. After a night out on the town to celebrate New Year's Eve, the University of Virginia student was accused of trying to steal a propaganda banner from the wall of his hotel. For that, he got a 15-year sentence. Soon after, mysteriously, he ended up with a brain injury. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) POPPY HARLOW, CNN ANCHOR: In North Korea, Otto Warmbier has been released. Let's go straight to our Will Ripley. (END VIDEO CLIP) RIPLEY: This was one of the hardest reports I've ever had to give. I'd spoken just weeks earlier with Warmbier's parents. At the time, they had no idea about their son's condition. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) RIPLEY: But this reunion is not the happy reunion that his family had been hoping as recently as a week ago because that is when they learned, according to a family statement, that Otto Warmbier has been in a coma since March of 2016. (END VIDEO CLIP) RIPLEY: In June of 2017, he returned to his hometown near Cincinnati, Ohio in a vegetative state. Otto Warmbier died six days later. He was 22. As I'm writing this, at least three other Americans remain in North Korean custody. The State Department has since banned most U.S. citizens from traveling here. The stakes have never been higher. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) [20:31:05] RIPLEY: We're heading 40 miles south of Pyongyang to north Hwanghae Province, a place where people are definitely not used to seeing foreigners. Hello. Even getting permission to come here is complicated. There is a lot of discussions that are happening, making sure that we're going to the right place, speaking to the right people. But we're not headed for a sensitive military site or a secret prison camp. What we want to see is a farm. Farming is a sensitive subject in North Korea. The nation still struggles to feed its own people. Limited farmland and a significant drought could put millions at risk. The United Nations World Food Program estimates 70% of the population, nearly 18 million North Koreans, don't have a sufficiently diverse diet. They survive on basic staples, rice, porridge, fermented cabbage called kimchi. Beef, chicken, and pork are often too expensive. This handful of farmers seems to be putting on a demonstration for our benefit. After they finish, I try to ask them some questions. Most of the group is camera shy. (FOREIGN LANGUAGE) RIPLEY: But Yung Yon-gum has plenty to say. YUNG YON-GUM, RESIDENT, NORTH HWANGHAE PROVINCE (through translator):The thing I am fond of is, for us farmers, is the land. Just taking care of the land. RIPLEY: How long have you been doing this? YUNG (through translator): It's been about 10 years since I came here. RIPLEY: What's the farthest that you've ever traveled from home? YUNG (through translator): Not that far. RIPLEY: If you could go, if you could leave North Korea and go to any other place in the world, where would you like to visit? YUNG (through translator): I want to visit the U.S. RIPLEY: Her answer surprises me. No North Korean has ever told me they want to visit the United States. YUNG (through translator): I want to see what on earth the U.S. looks like to be harassing Korean people so much. It's so hard for us right now because of it. I really curse the Americans. I want to destroy their land. RIPLEY: Now, I understand her answer. It's very nice to meet you. I wish you the best. So now, we're being taken to a family's home. This is a family that has been selected for us. Like most families in this farming coop, they grow their own crops in the front yard. (FOREIGN LANGUAGE) RIPLEY: Offering to share some of their food with us, they tell me this is a typical lunch. Oh, it's got a kick to it. It's strong. Duck eggs, bean paste, and rice, wrapped in lettuce with garlic and spices. Simple, healthy, delicious. A lot of people in the outside world think that people in North Korea still are starving. How is the food supply now? I ask about a time most North Koreans didn't have enough to eat. The North Korean famine of the late 1990s. Hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of North Koreans died of starvation. KIM GYO-SUN (PH), RESIDENT, NORTH HWANGHAE PROVINCE (through translator): We ate tree bark after going up to the mountain for food and wondered just how long we'll have to do this. But it's not a problem now compared to that. This is all homegrown. [20:35:06] After farming for a year, we get rice and money to live off of, which is great. This house, I got it for free. RIPLEY: Kim Gyo-sun (ph) gives me a tour. Like every North Korean living room, there are portraits of the late leaders. KIM GYO-SUN (PH) (through translator): This is a photo of our family and the General when he came to visit. RIPLEY: You have a DVD player here. What kind of DVDs do you like to watch? KIM GYO-SUN (PH) (through translator): Cooking and lifestyle, new songs, movies. I watch a lot of them. RIPLEY: Have you ever seen any western movies? KIM GYO-SUN (PH) (through translator): No, we don't watch them. We wouldn't even if we could. RIPLEY: He does watch state T.V., and he listens to propaganda broadcasts on the radio. But his favorite ritual, like many of his generation, reading the newspaper. How important is the state media to getting information about what's happening? KIM GYO-SUN (PH) (through translator): It's very important. It gets broadcast right away to everyone through television and newspapers on that day. The reaction is amazing. RIPLEY: So what do you know about President Trump? What have you heard about him? KIM GYO-SUN (PH) (through translator): In my opinion from reading the newspaper, I think President Trump is an impulsive person. I think he's impulsive and not calm, and so he's losing the trust of the American people. RIPLEY: Trust, something so few Americans have in politicians and the media. But what about here in North Korea? Here, the message is tightly controlled. The leader is almost always the lead story, and there's only one source of information. The government. So you believe everything you read in the paper? KIM GYO-SUN (PH) (through translator): Yes, we believe it, 100%. RIPLEY: Ask anyone, and they'll give you the same answer. No fake news in North Korea. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) [20:41:16] RIPLEY: This is the North Korea you've seen on the news. The North Korea they want you to see. Hoof stepping, chest puffing displays of national unity and military might. Perfectly executed by tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of people. What you don't see, countless hours of mandatory practice before work, after school, on Sundays, in the rain and the cold. (FOREIGN LANGUAGE) RIPLEY: North Korea knows how to put on one hell of a show. This is a much more modest version. Bright and early each morning, these women are out waving flags to motivate fellow citizens to work harder. Discipline, dedication, revolutionary fervor, it's all expected if you're one of around three million North Koreans allowed to live in Pyongyang. We get a rare view from above, flying over the city in a Soviet era helicopter. Pyongyang has a surprisingly colorful, modern skyline. Sure, it's full of grandiose monuments idolizing the late supreme leaders, the ruling Workers Party of Korea, the Juche ideology of self-reliance. But recent years have seen a slew of new construction projects, futuristic buildings, skyscrapers, all pet projects of their Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. He ordered North Korean soldiers to build this entire street of residential high rises in one year. Top party officials give all the credit to their leader for his tireless worth. It's here we find North Korea's version of the Apple store. The brand, Arirang, named for the iconic Korean folk song. The store manager says, out of three North Korean cell phone brands, this is by far the top seller. What are the main differences between the three brands? Like why pick Arirang versus the other two? RO SUN HUI, STORE MANAGER (through translator): The Arirang brand is well- known to our people. It is known as a designer label. RIPLEY: I notice the price over there. $350 for a phone is a lot of money for anyone, anywhere. How do people afford these phones? RO (through translator): It just means our peoples' living standard went up that much. RIPLEY: We never do get a clear answer as to how people can actually afford all this. North Korea's average income is around $4 a day. Here, people are buying smartphones, tablets, high-fi speakers, HDTVs. This customer says she loves listening to music and playing games on her new phone, including one that looks an awful lot like Angry Birds. (LAUGHTER) RIPLEY: Do you like sharing photos with your friends? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): Yes. RIPLEY: Yes? Yes. What do you -- do you like taking selfies? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): Yes. RIPLEY: That's good. I kind of like -- I like yours better. [20:45:00] North Koreans can send text messages, read the news, check the latest scores. One thing most cannot do, connect to the internet. They can only access a state-controlled intranet, completely monitored and censored. Do you have anything like Google here in North Korea? RI KEUM IL, PYONGYANG RESIDENT (through translator): Yes, we do. We have our own data search system, our version of Google. It's a search engine. RIPLEY: The search results, only government sanctioned content. What about social media? Do you have anything here like Facebook or Instagram or Twitter but the North Korean version? RI (through translator): Yes, we have it. It's currently only being used on computers, but we're still working on developing it in our own way for cellphones. RIPLEY: Next, we visit a North Korean department store where filming is usually strictly forbidden. We see people buying groceries, mostly North Korean products like Taedonggang beer. Also, plenty of brands you might recognize, usually Chinese imports. China continues to trade heavily with North Korea despite international sanctions. You can find designer fashions, high-end appliances. And on the top floor, there's a huge food court. We see people piling their plates with all kinds of Korean food. Yes, I did try the fish head. I also tried the American style fast food, complete with pretty familiar packaging. It doesn't get more American than French fries and milk shakes. Even the color scheme. Sure, I'll try. It's actually good. After lunch, more shopping. All the art in North Korea is state sanctioned, which means a lot of landscapes and plenty of Siberian tigers, considered an unofficial national symbol. Pyongyang has a growing consumer class. And for them, living standards are improving under Kim Jong-un. The North Korean economy grew by almost 4% in 2016, according to South Korean central bank estimates. (FOREIGN LANGUAGE) RIPLEY: Which means, people have more ways to enjoy their rare time off, like this group of factory workers having a picnic and singing karaoke. They're happy to share their meal with us and seem even happier to let loose. We expect North Koreans to work hard. This, we don't expect. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) [20:51:41] RIPLEY: CNN has been reporting from North Korea for more than 25 years. The aircraft we're boarding today has been flying for 50. This Antonov AN-24 is part of an aging fleet of Soviet planes operated by Air Koryo, North Korea's only airline, still flying despite sanctions with regular international flights to Russia and China. Our flight takes us 400 miles north of Pyongyang to a place CNN has never been allowed before. As a western journalist, even setting foot here is extraordinary. Samjiyon County right along the Chinese border is a mountainous region. North Korea's nuclear test site is in the very next province. We're not here for nuclear tests. We're here for Mount Paektu, the highest point on the Korean Peninsula. Also an active volcano. State propaganda glorifies the Kim family for their Mount Paektu bloodline. North Korean society prides its racial purity. The Paektu bloodline is considered a noble, heroic lineage tied to the ancestral rulers, ancient legendary kings of the Korean Peninsula. Their tombs are national landmarks, visited by droves of North Korean citizens. But the ultimate journey is to the mountain itself. Still hours away on bumpy dirt roads. We've never been this far inside rural North Korea. Can we take pictures? No? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No. RIPLEY: No. We catch only fleeting glances of the groups marching by. Quick peeks at the living conditions in these deep rural areas. We're allowed to stop just for a few minutes in a tiny farming village. The children on their way home from school are amused. It's quite possible they've never seen anyone who looks like me. We're looking at them, but they're looking at us as well. Every time I try to take a picture of those girls, they run away. [20:55:04] We eventually make it to this sleepy town. The town's centerpiece, yet another monument to the late President Kim Il-sung. We're shown a bullet riddled building where he led a surprise attack against the Japanese. This is a typical North Korean village. China is about five miles that way up over that hill. And this is a simple life out here. You don't see shiny buildings. You don't see a whole lot of new construction. You see people living a slow, simple life. Down another windy road, another site North Koreans consider sacred, a cabin near Mount Paektu, North Korea claims is the birthplace of General Kim Jong-il. Outside historians say he was actually born in Russia. But here, our guide tells the story of his supposedly mystical birth. KIM UN SIM (through translator): So it was really cold and the weather was not normal. But somehow, the day the General was born, the strong winds stopped all of a sudden. The sun began shining through. Everything was bright and a quiet calm took over. The flowers bloomed, and in the sky was a particularly bright star. RIPLEY: Is that a legend or did that actually happen? KIM UN SIM (through translator): Yes, it actually happened. It's not a legend. Our General is really a person who heaven sent to us. So he changed the weather too. It's a true story. RIPLEY: People from the outside hear these stories and they wonder how any of this could possibly be true. KIM UN SIM (through translator): It's hard to explain in one word. But our General is so great, we can't say it's only a legend. Nature actually transformed itself to announce the birth of our General to the whole world, blessing it. That's how it happened. RIPLEY: I realize, for North Koreans, this is their faith. Just like the Bible, Koran, or Torah. When they come to Mount Paektu, they're making a pilgrimage. (FOREIGN LANGUAGE) RIPLEY: Why is this place so special and meaningful for you? JON RYONG-U, SAMJIYON COUNTY RESIDENT (through translator): Mount Paektu is the soul of Korea's revolution, the spirit of our people and our pride. We are members of the great country of Paektu. RIPLEY: You know, in a lot of ways, this mountain is the way that North Koreans view their lives. One big, tough climb. As we reach the top, one of the most breathtaking views I've ever seen. Now, I understand why North Koreans are visibly emotional when they come here. Mount Paektu symbolizes their achievements. Yes. Nice to meet you. After more than a dozen trips to North Korea, I can't help but believe, at heart, we share the same hopes, the same struggles. For food and shelter. For safety and security. To learn and to live. But I wonder, is it all at the risk? On September 3rd, North Korea tested its most powerful nuclear weapon ever. DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: North Korea will be met with fire and fury. RIPLEY: American officials responded with words of war. NIKKI HALEY, UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS: He is begging for war. RIPLEY: And shows of force. Now, the world waits and watches, uncertain of our common future.


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Federal Conservatives have held up Ontario as a model for the proposed crackdown on potential voter fraud in its controversial overhaul of national election laws.
But the province's chief electoral officer says the federal bill adopts only one measure instituted in Ontario — a ban on vouching — without adopting any compensating mechanisms to ensure voters without proper identification aren't deprived of their fundamental democratic right to vote.
As a result, Greg Essensa told The Canadian Press on Tuesday that he fears thousands of voters will be disenfranchised — echoing a virtually universal criticism of the bill by other electoral experts, both at home and abroad.
During hearings on the bill, Conservative MPs have noted that most provinces, including Ontario, don't allow individuals to vouch for voters who don't have proper ID. On that score, they've suggested the federal government is simply catching up with current provincial practice.
Essensa acknowledged that Ontario banned vouching in 2003. But he said it has tried to compensate for that by allowing voters to use their voter information cards (VICs) as one of two pieces of required ID.
The VICs, which include each voter's address, have been "an extremely valuable tool" used by those who would otherwise have trouble proving residency in their polling area — primarily students, elderly voters in seniors homes and aboriginals, he said.
The federal government is proposing to ban the use of VICs as proof of residency at the same time that it abolishes vouching — a double whammy.
"I am a firm believer, if you are eliminating vouching, you do need to provide some other tool, like the voter information card, as an acceptable form of ID," Essensa said.
If that's not done, he said he agrees with national chief electoral officer Marc Mayrand and other experts that "you might in fact disenfranchise individuals who cannot provide evidence of their residency."
Mayrand and other electoral experts have warned the combined measures could strip up to 250,000 voters of their right to cast ballots.
Pierre Poilievre, minister responsible for democratic reform, has defended the measures as necessary to prevent people from voting twice or in ridings where they don't live.
But, like other experts, Essensa said he's seen no evidence of deliberate voter fraud in his more than 28 years in the electoral oversight business, six of them as Ontario's chief watchdog.
While the bill aims to crack down on what Essensa believes is a non-existent problem, he noted that it fails to give Elections Canada the powers needed to investigate possible wrongdoing, such as the misleading robocalls that plagued the 2011 election, or ensure that political parties adhere to election financing laws.
Essensa, like most provincial watchdogs, has the power to compel testimony during investigations and to scrutinize parties' books, including demanding to see all receipts and invoices. The Harper government has refused to give the same powers to Mayrand and elections commissioner Yves Cote, who enforces the Canada Elections Act.
"We, as sort of the guardians of democracy, we need to have the ability to make sure that … we're fulfilling our statutory mandate and sometimes that does require us to compel someone to provide either the bank records or compel some testimony so we can actually get to the truth of the matter."
Essensa had praise for some provisions of the bill — for instance the proposed registry of automated phone messages and stiffer penalties for anyone who impersonates an elections official.
But he said he fears it would put an end to Elections Canada's role in educating Canadians on the importance of voting. That would end projects like the Grades 5 and 10 curriculum developed jointly by the Ontario and national watchdog agencies to teach kids about our democracy.
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Despite mounting criticism of bill, the government appears intent on pushing it through by the time Parliament breaks for the summer in late June, with few, if any, significant amendments.
Even before a Commons committee finishes hearing witnesses or considering possible amendments, Conservatives in the Senate moved Tuesday to begin examination of the bill in the upper house in what's known a pre-study.
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Liberal senators delayed a vote Tuesday on the pre-study motion. Carignan served notice that debate will be cut short and a vote forced on Wednesday.


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1985 Nonsuch 30 Ultra for Sale � Asking $54,500 USD Contact: Richard Herbst 908-601-1974. 1985 Nonsuch 30 Ultra.
WAVE DANCER, #283.Lovingly maintained by me, the third owner who is a retired mechanical engineer and has been working on sailboats for over 60 years.I bought the boat with the intention of cruising.My wife has lost all interest in cruising and, thus the reason for selling the boat.
SPECIAL FEATURE - This boat is a USCG documented vessel carrying a USCG waiver so it can be operated in the Coastwise Trade in any contiguous coastal state from Massachusetts to Florida.Some obvious uses would be luncheon, sunset and moonlight sails as well as sailing instruction and prolonged cruises.
Anyone who utilizes this feature to its fullest and who has the appropriate USCG personnel license could pay off the boat in just 6-months of sailing.
LOCATION: Boat located in Atlantic Highlands, NJ in the Atlantic Highlands Municipal Harbor.
ENGINE: Original 1985 Westerbeke 27HP diesel engine with only 2551 hours on the hour meter.
Starts easily every time and burns no oil � always reliable.
New alternator and fuel pump.
SAIL: Doyle Sail fabricated in 2009.
Well maintained.
Holds an excellent shape.Lots of years of life ahead.
TOPSIDES: originally green gelcoat.Recently refinished with matching green polyurethane via the roll and tip method.
BOTTOM: bottom is epoxy barrier coated and maintained with �Hydrocoat� ablative antifouling paint #1840-Black by Pettit.
DRAFT/KEEL: boat carries the standard sized keel with a draft of 5-feet.
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: New Batteries � All 3-batteries replaced in May 2018.
Solar Panel � 100 Watt solar panel mounted on the dinghy davits.
Dinghy Davits � Atkins and Hoyle, extremely strong davits.
Halyard Winch (Electric) � Powerwinch Model 212, electric halyard winch mounted under dodger.
Windlass: completely rebuilt by manufacturer, Ideal Windlass Co. at the factory in 2015.
It took 30 years to require a rebuild and the factory indicates that it will be another 30 years before it has to rebuilt again.
Anchors and Rhodes: Anchor is a 35 pound CQR with 100 foot of chain spliced to 200 feet of nylon rode.
Second storm anchor rode rigged over second bow roller with Delta 35 anchor; stowed below decks.
Winter Storage Equipment �Fairclough winter cover and frame made for Nonsuch 30 (4-years old).
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Manuals � Complete set of manuals for Nonsuch 30. (1) Nonsuch 30Ultra Manual; (2) Westerbeke Diesel Engine Manual; (3) Manual for each piece of auxiliary equipment onboard and, (4) Detailed checklists with pictures for Spring Commissioning and Fall Decommissioning.
Other - All Safety Equipment, Ensign Flag, Life-Sling, Serving and Cookware, 4-Fenders, 2-Boat Hooks, 6 Dock Lines, Barometer, Clock, 2-Winch Handles.
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Depth Sounder � Data Marine.
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Rebuilt by Young�s Marine Services in 2016.
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I know what I want & it's not what I need
Happiness & love, not materialistic greed,
Do I own anything that I would collect?
If my house took fire & everything was wrecked.
What I've learned that I'm good at doing,
Is creating a life from the ruin.
If everything burned & if everything was lost?
I could get it back at a pricey cost.
Time is the one thing that I couldn't buy
You can spend money but the days go by,
It's there today & it's there tomorrow
You can't trade time & time you can't borrow.
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Some have more, some have less
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Spend your time it will soon be gone,
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Don't waste time on money, power & gold
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