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I was walking through Kensington this week with a frozen yogurt in hand when I realized I'd just walked past three relatively new businesses that I'd never step foot in yet.
I noticed there are so many of my favourite spots for eating/caffeinating/shopping within a few minutes of my bedroom that I haven't stepped out of my local comfort zone to see what else is up.
It struck me, as I adjusted my fanny pack outside Pages Books, that it was time to be a tourist in my own neighbourhood. No Air Miles required. It's something anyone can do in their community or in their city real easily. The perks? At best, falling in love with home all over again. At the very least, it's a chance to find a new place for a snack on a rainy day.
Why be a tourist in the place that you live?
No matter how much we think we know home, there's always more to uncover. A few blocks from our apartment there are two houses that have been converted into B&Bs. We were cycling past them the other day when Jason wondered out loud, "why would anyone stay in a B&B on our street?" (Rates for these particular B&Bs run $125-$195, by the way, according to their websites.)
Jason's question wasn't really literal, though. We both know this 'hood has some awesome happening. People want to be here, but it's easy for us to take for granted when Kensington is right here waiting for us all the time. (Taking one's inner-city surroundings for granted, by the way, can be alleviated by having a friend that lives in the suburbs against her will who can bend your ear with tales of long commutes, dearth of parks, and only one good pub (and it's in a strip mall).)
My hypothesis is that playing a tourist in my neighbourhood makes where I live just that much better. This feels silly to write, because yes, I live in a neighbourhood with a ton of amenities—but I know I'm overlooking some options simply because I'm stuck in my habits when it comes to things like:
- where I go to drink tea and write when I need a change of scenery from the apartment
- my first choice for a walking route
- where I shop (or rather don't think to shop)
- where to grab a quick lunch
Now, there's nothing wrong with defaulting to my beloved Kensington Pub for a hearty, homestyle lunch, or beelining to Higher Ground for a tea and writing session because I know the volume is usually the perfect level for focusing.
But what if I'm missing out on some other greatness? It's time to put on my fanny pack and find out.
How to be a tourist in your own city
My hyperlocal tourism is a work in progress. Like any tourist, I'm sure I'll pick up some ideas to make the experience even better as I go on. Here's what I'm going to try and what I've already done to see my neighbourhood like I'm someone staying in an AirBnB rental, adjusting to Calgary's elevation and trying to figure out these colourful Canadian dollar bills. I imagine you can apply some similar exploratory methods to your home region, too.
Try somewhere new while doing something old
Instead of walking past a new coffee shop to get to my regular one, I walked in. I'm writing this blog post at The Coffee Market, which opened last December and is full of coffee beans and coffee-making devices and where you can get a cinnamon bun latte to drink while crafting a blog.
It's a beaker for making coffee! Drink a science! At @CoffeeMarketYYC. #yyc pic.twitter.com/2zJjKtMaeO
— Zoey Duncan! (@zoeywrites) June 2, 2015
Tell everyone about what you found
Yeah, sure, it can become obnoxious when a friend comes back from a vacation and won't stop talking about how amazing it all was. But if in your new role as Explorer of All Things Nearby you uncover some gold (or pastries), why not brag about it?
Really great space at @craveYYC. Just upped Kensington's game! And delicious pop up @monogramco too #yyc pic.twitter.com/RV08OyROEh
— Zoey Duncan! (@zoeywrites) May 28, 2015
Make dinner decisions like a famished tourist
Perhaps pie shouldn't be my dinner every night. I get that. But Fanny Pack Zoey loves trying pie. When in Rome!
Today's lunch is excellent leftover macaroni and cheese pie from @PieCloudCalgary. Dinner last night! #yyc pic.twitter.com/5ehVwWMQOB
— Zoey Duncan! (@zoeywrites) May 28, 2015
NB: This suggestion also applies to pre-meal cocktails and post-meal lackadaisical strolls. And dessert pie. Tourist dining is the very best.
Change your route, see things differently
Headed home after a bike ride Sunday, we decided to stop for frozen yogurt. It took walking to the end of the block to find free space to lock up two bikes and I realized there's something of a shortage of bike infrastructure on Kensington Road, where there's lots of reasons to lock a bike and patronize places. I tweeted about it with the Kensington BRZ and learned there's (likely) improvements coming. Bonus!
@zoeywrites yes I believe they are! @TheDobbinGroup might be able to speak to this question? — Kensington Village (@kensingtonYYC) June 1, 2015
Bring a camera for a new perspective
As my photo teacher used to say, the best camera is the one you have with you, so your smartphone camera is a-okay. Just remember to think about it as a camera; hold it ready to shoot as you roam the neighbourhood. Sometimes shooting with a black and white filter on can help you to see things differently. Frame scenes that are beautiful or intriguing or out of the ordinary or completely ordinary. Maybe even print the results and hang 'em in your home.
Find the perfect souvenir
Even with the photos you've taken, you'll want to make sure to bring home a souvenir that reminds you of your travel destination. Set a budget—savvy tourists have a budget—and find something you love that fits it. You could even wrap it up and gift it to yourself, if you want. And you don't need extra luggage to bring it back home! Now, if your neighbourhood doesn't have anywhere you can buy a souvenir, I have two alternatives for you. 1) Check your community association for upcoming local events like flea and farmers markets, 2) go natural and find a flower to press between the pages of your vacation paperback.
Do you have any tips for me as I summit the proverbial peaks of my own neighbourhood? Please bend my ear in the comments!
This blog post is part of my bid to become the East Village Resident Ambassador! In that role, I would live in the East Village, an exciting new neighbourhood rising on the banks of the Bow River in the heart of Calgary and tell stories about that life. It would be a whole new chance for local tourism. If you think I'd be good at this gig, you can help by watching my 30-second promo video, sharing it and keeping an eye on my tweets tagged with #EVliving. When you fave, RT and reply to those tweets, you'll help my chances of becoming the Resident Ambassador.


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Gunther W. Peck
Associate Professor of History
My research focuses on the long history of human trafficking and its relationship to the evolution of racial ideology, humanitarian intervention, and immigration policy in North America and Europe.
In addition to mentoring both History and Public Policy graduate students, I regularly teach four undergraduate lecture courses entitled "Immigrant Dreams, American Realities: U.S. Immigration Policy History," "Historicizing Whiteness," "Human Trafficking, Past to Present," and "North American Environmental History." As a community activist in North Carolina, I have also taken a keen interest in voting rights and understanding how and why citizens do and do not vote.
ACLS Fellows (ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellowships and ACLS/New York Public Library Fellowships). American Council of Learned Societies. 2005
Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions. National Endowment for the Humanities. 2002
Selected Grants
Peck Visiting Associate Professor at Yale awarded by Yale University (Principal Investigator). 2017 to 2018
Peck, G. W. Reinventing Free Labor: Padrones and Immigrant Workers in the North American West, 1885-1930. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Peck, G. W. The Shadow of White Slavery: Innocence, Rescue, and Empire in Contemporary Human Trafficking Campaigns (In Progress), n.d.
Peck, G. W. "Review of Anaconda: Labor, Community, and Culture in Montana's Smelter City by Laura Mercier." Labor History (Us). Taylor & Francis (Routledge): SSH Titles, 2003.
Peck, G. W. "Review of Anaconda: Labor, Community, and Culture in Montana's Smelter City by Laura Mercier." Labor History (Us). Taylor & Francis (Routledge): SSH Titles, 2003.
Peck, Gunther, and David Igler. "Industrial Cowboys: Miller & Lux and the Transformation of the Far West, 1850-1920." The Journal of American History. Oxford University Press (OUP), December 2002. https://doi.org/10.2307/3092410. Full Text
Peck, G. "Review of A New South Rebellion: The Battle against Convict Labor in the Tennessee Coalfields, 1871-1896 by Karin A. Shapiro." The Jornal of Social History, October 2000.
Peck, G. W. "Review of Big Trouble: A Murder in a Small western Town sets off a Struggle for the Soul of America by J. Anthony Lukas." The Western Historical Quarterly. Oxford University Press, 1999.
Peck, G. W. "Review of All that Glitters: Class, Conflict, and Community in Cripple Creek by Elizabeth Jameson." The Western Historical Quarterly. Oxford University Press, 1999.
Peck, Gunther, and Tom Copeland. "The Centralia Tragedy of 1919: Elmer Smith and the Wobblies." The Western Historical Quarterly. Oxford University Press (OUP), 1994. https://doi.org/10.2307/970396. Full Text
Peck, G. "The shadow of white slavery: Race, innocence, and history in contemporary anti-human trafficking campaigns." In The Power of the Past: History and Statecraft, 209–34, 2016.
Peck, G. W. "The Shadow of White Slavery: Race, Innocence, and History in Contemporary Anti-Human Trafficking Campaigns." In The Power of the Past: History & Statecraft, edited by J. Suri, 232–60. Brookings, 2015.
Peck, G. "Feminizing White Slavery in the United States." In Workers Across the Americas: The Transnational Turn in Labor History, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199731633.003.0017. Full Text
Peck, G. W. "Feminizing White Slavery in the United States: Marcus Braun and the Transnational Traffic in White Bodies, 1890-1910." In Workers, the Nation State and Beyond, edited by L. Fink and J. Greene, 221–44. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Peck, G. W. "Manly Gambles: The Politics of Risk on the Comstock Lode." In Across the Great Divide: Cultures of Manhood in the U.S. West, edited by M. Basso, L. McCall, and D. Garceau, 73–96. London: Routledge, 2000.
Peck, G. W. "Mobilizing Community: Migrant Workers and the Politics of Labor Mobility in the North American West, 1900-1920." In Labor Histories: Class, Politics, and the Working-Class Experience, edited by Eric Arnesen, Julie Greene, and Bruce Laurie, 175–200. Urbana, 1998.
Peck, G. W. "Padrones and Protest: "Old" Radicals and "New" Immigrants in Bingham, Utah, 1905-1912." In Problems in the History of the American West, edited by C. Milner, A. Butler, and D. Lewis, 328–39. Heath, 1997.
Peck, G. W. "Padrones and Protest: "Old" Radicals and "New" Immigrants in Bingham, Utah, 1905-1912." In A World We Thought We Knew: Readings in Utah History, edited by J. McCormick and J. Sillito, 154–72. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1995.
Peck, G. W. "Reinventing Free Labor: Immigrant Padrones and Contract Laborers in North America, 1885 - 1925 (forthcoming)." In The Workers' West, edited by E. Jamesom and R. D. Myers. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, n.d.
Peck, G. W. "Movement Culture in Durham, North Carolina (forthcoming)." In TBD, edited by W. Hogan. Duke University Press, n.d.
Peck, G. "Labor abolition and the politics of white victimhood: Rethinking the history of working-class racism." Journal of the Early Republic 39, no. 1 (March 1, 2019): 89–98. https://doi.org/10.1353/jer.2019.0007. Full Text
Peck, G. "Migrant labor and global commons: Transnational subjects, visions, and methods." International Labor and Working Class History 85, no. 5 (January 1, 2014): 118–37. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0147547913000501. Full Text
Peck, G. "The nature of labor: Fault lines and common ground in environmental and labor history." Environmental History 11, no. 2 (January 1, 2006): 212–38. https://doi.org/10.1093/envhis/11.2.212. Full Text
Peck, G. W. "White Slavery and Whiteness: A Transnational View of the Sources of Working-Class Radicalism and Racism." Labor: Studies in Working Class History of the Americas 1, no. 2 (2004): 41–63.
Peck, G. W. "Contracting Coercion? Rethinking the Origins of Free Labor in the United States and Great Britian." Buffalo Law Review 51, no. 1 (2003): 201–18.
Peck, G. W. "In Search of an American Working Class: Nationalist Fictions in the Making of Western Labor History." Mitteilungsblatt Des Instituts Fur Soziale Bewegungen 25 (May 2001): 29–45.
Peck, G. W. "Padrones and Protest: "Old" Radicals and "New" Immigrants in Bingham, Utah, 1905-1912." Western Historical Quarterly 24, no. 2 (May 1993): 157–78.
Peck, G. W. "Our Bipartisan Acceptance of Refugees." The Atlanta Journal Constitution, November 26, 2015.
Peck, G. W. "Accepting Syrian Refugees both Humanitarian and in Our National Interest." Raleigh News and Observer, November 23, 2015.
Peck, G. W. "Big Voter Turnouts and Perceptions of Fraud." Duke University: Sanford School of Public Policy, June 9, 2011.
Peck, G. W. "I Am Waiting." Duke Chronicle, November 1, 2010.
Peck, G. W. "Hillary Clinton and the Southern Strategy." Duke Today, March 21, 2008.
Peck, G. W. """Fighting the President's Falsehoods about Immigration," Raleigh News and Observer, 2/13/17." Raleigh News and Observer, n.d.


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TOMS RIVER – Five years ago, the Ocean County Prosecutor didn't need a platform, said Bradley Billhimer, the man who took over that job in October.
The prosecutor's job used to be more straightforward, as being one of the top law enforcement officers in the region. You lock up bad guys and protect people.
The opioid epidemic changed all that. Ocean County saw 53 overdose deaths in 2012. This doubled to 112 reported overdose deaths in 2013. That number would almost double again to 216 in 2016, before dropping to 163 in 2017. However, the county is back up to 193 as of Dec. 4.
Billhimer's predecessor, Joseph Coronato, had said it was eye-opening. His first year as prosecutor was 2013, just as Ocean County became vulnerable to the one-two punch of heroin and fentanyl. He saw 10 overdoses in seven days. That's when he knew he needed a plan to combat the epidemic with more than enforcement. There needed to be more education and treatment for addicts.
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"The chiefs were wary of me because they thought I would cut it," Billhimer said. But he's not. It will be part of his platform to combat drug addiction in the county.
Another part will be teaching teenagers coping skills. Stress is always going to come, and kids need to know how to handle it. The metaphor he used was that training would change someone from an egg to a tennis ball. If you hit the ground, you need to be able to bounce back. The class would be adapted from similar strategies taught to police officers.
He also spoke highly of #NotEvenOnce, a program that is already making great strides. Created by Manchester police, and used by Berkeley, this is a three-day program where police bring realistic information about drug abuse into the classroom, and a recovered addict also tells their story. He'd like to see that expanded throughout the county.
Both programs would be worked into health education, he said, so they wouldn't impact regular class time.
This is not to say that enforcement is not part of the plan. Those who deal will be prosecuted more harshly. Those who are in possession of heroin will have a treatment plan as part of their conviction.
In the whirlwind of meetings he's had over the first 60 days of his appointment, he's talked to a lot of experts about a lot of different programs. But there's one piece still missing: He told the mayors and government officials that a long-term patient treatment facility is still lacking in Ocean County.
He called for collaboration with all levels of government and education to stop the spread of addiction. He said he's honored to have been appointed to the job, but he's keenly aware that it is a five-year term.
Currently, a bill that would legalize recreational marijuana is being debated and mayors wanted to know his stance on the issue. "I'm not a politician but I am a father," he said. "I took an oath to support the law and enforce the law and that's what I'll do."


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Bad hair means you look like a slave
At the turn of the century
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You can shave it off
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If it's not what's on your head
Its what's underneath
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As a young woman of color, I have had a million different hairstyles: relaxed or permed, a Jheri curl, a short Afro and box braids. Now I have dreadlocks and I love them. Having dreadlocks has given me a new sense of confidence and I feel very comfortable in my own skin. While some women chop off their relaxed hair, I decided to transition to natural. The transition process was long because I let my natural hair grow out and slowly cut off the relaxed hair so I could maintain length. While making the decision to go natural is a big one, I am an advocate of natural hair. These are the top ten reasons why I love being natural:
- You can get caught in the rain without an umbrella and you don't have to worry that your hair will get ruined.
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Lord Of The Fantasies: Looking Back on 'FotR'
With all the J.R.R. Tolkien fandom recently renewed, I wish I could say it was the professor's written creation of Middle-earth that first drew me in. If I were a better man, I could say that I was given The Hobbit and/or The Lord of the Rings as a child, or else found the books at a library, or perhaps stumbled upon a copy in a dusty attic.
I can't even credit Peter Jackson, director of the original three The Lord of the Rings films and now the forthcoming The Hobbit two-part, for introducing me to Middle-earth.
Rather, Rings film soundtrack composer Howard Shore receives that credit.
Plus a guy named Daniel, in college. That was in fall 2001, mere months before the first of the films released on Dec. 19, 2001. With him, and my brother Dave, I saw the first film, on Jan. 5, 2002.
First, I wish to stress that I did read the first book before seeing the film. My brother, alas! finished Fellowship literally as we pulled into the theater parking lot. So why my "alas"? Well, fans know: the Fellowship film's ending has a significant plot development that was only included in The Two Towers book!
So, yes, the d____ of B______ took him just a bit by surprise.
Also, it so happens that this date, Jan. 5, was exactly ten years ago, from this column's release date. Needless to say, I've gotten caught up on my fandom, and can recite dates and places, critique people who call the books a "trilogy," and speak minimal Elvish like the rest of them (at least, enough Elvish not to starve or miss the restrooms if ever my plane was detained in their fair country). In fact, I share a birthday with Aragorn (March 1) and my wife and I happened to first meet on Frodo's and Bilbo's birthday (Sept. 22).
Still, I started late in my Middle-earth questings. And now, ten years after seeing the first LotR film, I'm trying to remember how come I waited so long.
Myths about Middle-earth
I grew up homeschooled, but not in the kind of homeschool culture that either dislikes all fantasy or, perhaps worse, simply sees no use for it. Thus I became a Narnia fan fairly early, at age 10. Maybe it was the "these are sort-of secret Christian books" concept (partially true!) that allowed C.S. Lewis entrance. But as for his colleague, Tolkien? I'd never heard of him, Middle-earth, or brave Hobbits and an evil volcano of destruction.
One memory comes to mind. I was visiting the house of homeschooling friends. Like most homeschoolers, they had shelves full of books. Three of them were The Lord of the Rings paperbacks. On the first's cover, I believe, was a picture of a long-bearded wizard and a little man. They seemed to be in a cave (Bilbo's house, I'm sure), and in the dark.
Here's where it — and by it, I mean I — gets very silly. Based on that single cover photo, and the back cover's description of some perilous threat and quest in a place called Middle-earth, I made a brilliant deduction worthy of Sherlock Holmes himself:
Ah. Must be set at the center of the earth, with weirdness and dark tunnels. Sounds dull.
And despite my friends' lauding of this series, I paid it no attention for years after.
My next memory of Middle-earth mentions comes from summer 2001, when I saw, in the Parade magazine with a Sunday newspaper, a brief paragraph about how ambitious the films would be. Some director in New Zealand was making them, all three of them, at once. Financers were pouring their money, and artists their hearts, into the project.
Somehow that impressed me, enough to remain in my mind until now …
The legend comes to life
Then I never heard about the films until later that year. Daniel, from the same college as I (though not in the same classes or direction), was a huge fan. Yet a friend's enthusiasm hadn't sold me before, and this one's excitement only partially aroused my interest. It still sounded too "classical" to me, even if I now knew the story was not all underground in the literal middle of our Earth. I had my Narnia. Why add another fantasy world?
Now I'm not sure what happened. I didn't get ahold of the books. At this point, I don't think I had even seen the first film's teaser. But somehow, I did wind up on the internet — a groundbreaking new kind, called "high speed," available only at school — and at a site called FilmTracks. I'd hung out there because I had just gotten into film scores, such as The Prince of Egypt music, and a few others. The Fellowship of the Ring score was here also (and believe it or not, this is very nearly the exact same page, with few text updates and almost no changes to the web design itself). Clips were available, in a primitive and strange format that you old-timers may remember as "RealAudio." I listened.
That clip, "The Prophecy," is no longer listed there. It was from the first score release, and for a prologue that isn't even in the film. Yet I listened. Only thirty seconds.
It took me.
I'm not sure how else to explain it, even after I've since heard that track, and the complete score by Howard Shore, multiple times. At first I almost didn't like it. It was … classical. Dark, ancient, and mysterious. … Then it was transcendent. And magnificent.
Soon I not only let my dislike fade. I loved this music.
And the scent of it. Yes, that's what I remember. A deep, rich, woodsy scent. Maybe it came from some opening into this majestic world.
There in that college computer room, I first entered Middle-earth.
How were you introduced to this world? How did you first journey to Middle-earth, either by the original book series, films, or film soundtracks?
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When I was twelve, I spent a week at my cousin's house. Recently we found a tape recording we made of us goofing off. She made a LotR reference, and I said, "I haven't seen Lord of the Rings." No matter how I tried to keep up the conversation from there, she kept saying, "Wait, you haven't seen Lord of the Rings? What do you mean, you haven't seen Lord of the Rings? You. Haven't. Seen. Lord of the Rings!" We watched the three movies on extended edition before I went home, upon which I read the books. 🙂
I was in 4th grade before my Dad let me read LotR. Then I read them, then I saw the movies.
Another fantasy oriented homeschooler, here. *sheepishly raises hand*
I was in art class. My art teacher taught sculpture as well as painting and drawing, and while I was working on a random painting, a guy in class was making a sculpture of Frodo and Sam. And every week, for the entire two hours, him and the teacher sat over there and debated the finer points of hobbits, the magic sword Sting, Mordor, the magic cloaks, and so on.
This was long before there was even a hint of the movies. Naturally, my curiosity was aroused, so I went home and asked what Lord of the Rings was. My Dad turned out to be a huge fan from his college days, and we picked up the trilogy and the Hobbit at a used bookstore. It was kind of a slog, but once I got into it, it was fantastic.
I even got the Silmarillion and read that, too, just for bragging rights. It makes LOTR so much richer.
Later on, when the movies came out, I enjoyed them hugely. I know Peter Jackson made changes, but after the garglemesh that is the Harry Potter movies, I could accept a few changes to LOTR made for coherence.
My story is similar to everyone else's. My father was a Tolkien fan since he was in college, and he took me to see The Fellowship of the Ring when it was in theaters. I was either ten or eleven; I don't remember whether we went to see it before or after my birthday.
I liked the movie, of course, even though I know that I didn't really get it. My father ordered taped recordings, and together we listened to the entirely trilogy read by a narrator. I had read/listened to all three books by the time The Two Towers hit the cinema. Eventually, I read The Silmarillion, and I think it was only after reading The Silmarillion that I read The Hobbit — probably an unusual order in which to encounter Tolkien's world.
But I think the thing that first captivated me fully were those wonderful maps on the inside pages of my father's old, beat-up paperbacks!
The back of the big three-in-one paperback edition of The Lord of the Rings that my parents gave me at one point has a quote from C.S. Lewis. Recently, I searched the Internet for the review in which the quote appeared, and I found that Lewis wrote, "Our own world, except at certain rare moments, hardly seems so heavy with its past." That's what I love about The Lord of the Rings. As a teenager, I'd wished dearly that Tolkien's world could be real, because it seemed so much better, more heroic and special, than our own world and definitely than my own boring place in the modern world.
I had read The Hobbit a few times around 12 or so, but as a self-taught fantasy fan, I had no one to show me the way to other works. When we read it for English 9, I decided to go and read the Lord of the Rings, since I finished reading it early. It was a bit hard to follow at first, but after watching the movies, it made sense. The Silmarillion took two or three more readings, but I love it now, and even own three History of Middle-Earth books, The Children of Hurin, The Tolkien Reader, LotR and The Hobbit.
I am now going to reveal my extreme geezerhood by telling you that I first read the Hobbit before any of these works had been adapted for any type of screen. That means I must have been about 10. No more than 11, because that's when the Hobbit cartoon first appeared on TV.
I'm sure I read the book because my parents had. But the only clear memory I have is of reading it at school (I appear to be in the minority here, having attended boring old public school) and the librarian asked me (I think it was her, rather than a teacher — this may have been during study time or recess, I'm not sure … we're talking about something that happened looooong ago, children), "Isn't that book a little too advanced for you?"
To which I replied, "No."
Kristen, I can probably top your geezerhood. 😉 I read The Hobbit first. Tolkien's work was all the rage at my college — possibly for several years. I resisted. I didn't like getting on bandwagons. But somehow, probably the year after I graduated, when I had more time, I succumbed to the influence of a friend and picked up The Hobbit. I have to admit, I started it three times before I got hooked. I thought it was a bit long-winded, and I didn't really care about Bilbo or Hobbits in general … until suddenly I did.
I fell madly in love with fantasy at that point and snatched up The Lord of the Rings. But I was so disappointed when I realized Bilbo wasn't going to be the star. Until I became helplessly hooked into Frodo's life.
After the movies came out, I began re-reading the books. They are so different from the style of writing today and that surprised me. I was soon into the stories all over again and forgetting the writing, however. I re-read The Hobbit too and was surprised that it didn't see as rich as I'd remembered it.
I've never read any other Tolkien work — well, except his essay "On Fairy-Stories."
Stephen, I see what you mean about this piece of music. Interesting that it was music that introduced you to fantasy. I personally love, love, love the trilogy theme music. Wow, that's a piece that gets into my soul and expresses love and longing and hope and courage like few other pieces of music do.
I was first introduced to The Hobbit when I was probably 10 or 11. I don't remember much of it save that it had a two page spread of Bilbo and the Mirkwood spiders. That freaked me out and I turned that page faster than any other. I do not like seeing spiders. I didn't mind reading about them though. Especially since they got beat.
It was several years later before I read The Hobbit again. At that point, I still didn't even know The Lord of the Rings existed. But my older brother discovered it and brought the books home from the library. Since I read everything he did, I picked up The Fellowship of the Ring after he finished it. I loved it. I spent the next several days hounding him to finish the others so I could have them and almost burnt the biscuits because I was reading The Two Towers while I was baking them. (It probably would have made a funny picture, me on a footstool in the middle of the kitchen reading a book while facing the oven so everyone's breakfast wouldn't be destroyed. 🙂
I probably read LOTR 2-3 times in those few weeks we had the books. Then my brother found out they were making a movie of it. Having seen too many good books ruined by not so good movies, I was not impressed. Until I saw the trailer. Then I got excited. I read LOTR more times than I care to count before the FTR movie came out, and started reading it aloud to one of my younger brothers.
After seeing the movie, I was obsessed. I discovered the Silmarillion and devoured it in a day. I followed every tidbit of news about the movies, memorized all the Elvish I could get my hands on, found the drafts and started reading through them, read Unfinished Tales and every other Tolkien book I could get my hands on. I utilized the glossaries and indices and made up Elvish names for myself and my friends. It was all a bit excessive looking back on it.
These days, I regularly re-read LOTR and re-watch the movies (extended versions of course). The Return of the King soundtrack was my best study music through my final years of college and remains just about my favorite ever. All three soundtracks (extended and normal) are regular listening fare. I've read LOTR aloud twice two different sets of younger siblings and have every intention of reading them to my as of yet nonexistant children.
I think my fascination with LOTR started with it just being a good story and then grew as I found the depth of the world in which Sam and Frodo lived. Everything intertwined with or was built on some bigger story. Even Bilbo's tale was only part of a wider arc. The movies gave life to some of my favorite moments (the ride of the Rohrrim, Sam carrying Frodo on Mount Doom) and the music echoes in my heart. And now I have The Hobbit movie to look forward to. I'll just not watch the spiders… 🙂
I, like many others, was introduced to LotR by my father, who gave me The Hobbit when I was around 9 or 10. I devoured that and LotR shortly after.
My Narnia story is similar to your LotR one, though. When I was even younger, my father tried to convince my to read LWW with him. I think we were going to take turns reading chapters aloud or something like that. I took one look at the title and made up my mind against it. "I know what's gonna happen," I said, in my all-knowing little girl way. "There's gonna be a scary lion and a witch in the back of the wardrobe, and Lucy's gonna let them out. I don't like scary books."
It wasn't until I saw the trailer for LWW and was swept away by Harry Gregson-William's amazing music therein that I hunted down the books and finally read them. Of course, I fell in love right away.
I read the Hobbit first, when I was six, I believe. Maybe it was early in my seventh year. Near the end of that year, my mom told me that Fellowship, TT, and RK were the sequels, so I read Fellowship. I loved it, but I didn't tell my mom very much about the story, because I was certain that she would decide the Ringwraiths were too scary for me and tell me I couldn't read them anymore. I recieved Two Towers and Return of the King for Christmas that year (I had turned 8 by that point), and read them over Christmas break. I can't remember if I re-read them again right then, but I read them for my summer reading the summer before my eight grade, and that was when I saw then movies and became obessed with LOTR for the next three years (as all of my friends can attest to). Stephen, I agree; the soundtrack is quite possibly one of the most beautiful pieces of music composition that I've ever heard.


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Ghanaian actor John Dumelo says his comments that President John Mahama should be given time to fix the nation's problems have been misrepresented and misunderstood.
According to him, the comments, made during an interview on Accra-based Starr FM have been "misread" and totally "misconstrued".
The actor is alleged to have urged critics of President John Mahama to get off his back and give him time to solve the challenges facing the country.
He was also reported to have revealed that he lost endorsement deals after campaigning for the NDC.
John Dumelo, who is also a businessman, received a lot of flak from Ghanaians who felt his comments were insensitive considering the economic and power crises to country is battling with.
The actor, reacting to the public outrage following his comments, said in a statement on Facebook Friday that he feels the pain of Ghanaians and that if the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) fails, it should be voted out of office.
Read John Dumelo's statement below:
"To whom is may concern: my sentiments expressed on an Accra-based FM station have totally been misread and misconstrued. Before I start off, I'm not a spokesperson for any political party neither am I a representative in the social circles.
"The tapes are there for you to listen. The audio is available for anyone willing to hear exactly what I said on starr fm. I said and I Quote "let's give the president time to solve the problems, after all, if by 2016 these problems haven't been solved we know what we will do".
"Yes I did a TV commercial for the NDC in 2012 because I loved the message they preached. I must state here that it was purely voluntary. I wasn't paid for that and I wasn't expected to be paid for that. I did it for the love of the country.
"I also said on starr FM that if in 2016, any party preaches what will benefit the country I won't mind joining that bandwagon. Be it NPP, CPP or PPP. I have heard all kinds of insults and threats on my life because my statement was completely taken out of context.
"I feel what is going on in the country. I have had to lay off 20 of my workers and close down 2 of my companies because of the economic crises. I feel the workers' pain. You think I'm happy laying off my workers? You think I'm happy running a company at a loss? I'm not.
"As at now I still don't have a generator in my house. I sweat at night and I'm sure we all do. Let's give the current gov till 2016 to fix the problems, that's all
I said. I feel what everyone else is going through.
"The problems have to [be] solved for Ghana to move forward. As for the insults and death threats, it's made me a better person. Long live Ghana! #dumsormuststop"


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Ludo Kluver
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Many pump systems are far less energy efficient than they appear to be, and optimising electrical systems is the key
The increasingly competitive nature of the water industry is prompting water and wastewater service suppliers to adopt ever more progressive ways to reduce energy use. These suppliers tell us that in order to remain competitive they must reduce their energy use by a staggering 20 percent on average, and with absolutely no reduction in the volume or quality of services provided. It is a huge challenge.
Installing energy-saving technology, for example variable speed drives (VSDs) and high efficiency motors, is proven to reduce energy use – but many water facilities already have those in place and yet must still achieve a 20 percent energy reduction. So where can they find those savings?
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The fact is many pump systems are far less efficient than they may appear to be. Often when specifying such a system, designers simply multiply the catalogue efficiencies for each component to get overall system efficiency. For example, if each component is listed as 98% efficient, there may be an assumption that the entire system will also be 98% efficient. However, in reality the actual overall system efficiency could be far lower.
This is for two reasons. Firstly, catalogue efficiencies are based on manufacturers' best efficiency figures based on laboratory rather than actual conditions. Secondly, simply connecting components together overlooks some fundamental lessons of physics which causes the components to react with each other in unexpected ways that may have a negative impact on overall pump system efficiency.
Armed with this information in advance, utilities planning new sites can avoid future energy use disappointment. But what about existing systems? The good news is that certain components can be fine-tuned, replaced or adjusted to improve the overall efficiency.
Additional energy savings can be achieved by ensuring the individual components of a pump's electrical system are optimised. For example, selecting the most efficient motor for the duty could increase efficiency by up to five percent.
However, the greatest savings are achieved by reducing the speed of the pump. A 2 Hz reduction in speed is a 12 percent energy saving typically on a pump system.
One method is to change the control philosophy of the VSD driving the pump motor to pump slower for longer. This is particularly effective when used to switch operation of pumps to periods when tariff costs are lower. This simple change can reduce energy costs by thousands of pounds a year, putting utility providers well on the way to achieving their 20 percent energy reduction target.
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Eleanor Henn Of Woodbridge On RPI's Lacrosse Team
Troy, NY—Eleanor Henn of Woodbridge is a member of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) lacrosse team. The Biology major helped the Engineers to a 9-5 victory over SUNY Oneonta in Thursday's season opener. For specific information about Eleanor, please visit the team's roster page at http://rpiathletics.com/roster.aspx?path=mlax and click on her name. For specific statistics on Henn as well as the team's schedule, visit http://rpiathletics.com/schedule.aspx?path=mlax& and click on the link in the upper right corner.
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Worcester, MA—Harry Chartoff of Woodbridge, Conn., a member of the class of 2018 majoring in biomedical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), was a member of a student team that recently completed an intense, hands-on research project in Puerto Rico. The project was titled Historic Bridge Preservation. In their project outline, the students wrote, "The WPI project team utilized literature reviews, on-site assessments, and SolidWorks to create new bridge designs, develop a cost-benefit analysis with differing choices in materials for each of the historic bridges, and designed informational signs that would be placed around the bridges." At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project that applies science and technology to addresses an important societal need or issue. A signature element of the innovative undergraduate experience at WPI, the project-based curriculum offers students the opportunity to apply their scientific and technical knowledge to develop thoughtful solutions to real problems that affect the quality of people's lives-and make a difference before they graduate.
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Michael Berkley Makes Goodwin College President's List For Fall 2016
East Hartford, CT—Woodbridge resident Michael Berkley has achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average at Goodwin College for the Fall 2016 session, earning a spot on the elite President's List. The List is the highest academic honor roll at Goodwin College, a nonprofit school that believes that all students are capable of great success academically, professionally, and in their personal lives. Students like Michael exemplify the rigorous work ethic and commitment to education it takes to succeed in higher education. Goodwin College extends its congratulations to Michael for such a tremendous academic achievement. To qualify for the President's List, a student must be enrolled in at least six credits at Goodwin College and earn perfect marks in all classes.
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According to many blog sites (teatenders_liv, TMZ, Daily Mail etc) Tristan Thompson has been getting his groove on with someone (several someones) other than his popular Reality TV Star 9 month pregnant "fiance" (I use that term loosely) .
The rumor started with the posting above. However many more articles of truth would shine a light on several other accusations with proof. This first video inludes 3 woman in the video as a brunette while I wonder if they just meant black? However, upon further investigation she appears biracial.
This video portrays Tristan in the company of 3 women in a strip club. He motor boats one (imbedding his face into the woman's breast and moving his face really fast) He looked as though he may have been unskilled in this area as he looked like a damn clown. View the video below.
The last video shows Tristian trying to creep with a THOT at his HOE-TELL room.
She's also been associated romantically with Iman Shumpert and appeared a few weeks in photos that appeared violent with Chris Brown. They would laster claim that the pics were notjing more than the two of them horseplaying. But you be the judge:
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Asthma is classified into four general categories: Asthma classification Signs and symptoms Mild intermittent Mild symptoms up to two days a week and up to two nights a month Mild persistent Symptoms more than twice a week, but no more than once in a single day Moderate persistent Symptoms once a day and more than one night a week Severe persistent Symptoms throughout the day on most days and frequently at night More InformationAsthma care at Mayo ClinicAsthma: Testing and diagnosisReactive airway disease: Is it asthma?CT scanNitric oxide test for asthmaPeak flow meterSpirometryX-rayShow more related information TreatmentPrevention and long-term control are key in stopping asthma attacks before they start. Treatment usually involves learning to recognize your triggers, taking steps to avoid them and tracking your breathing to make sure your daily asthma medications are keeping symptoms under control. In case of an asthma flare-up, you may need to use a quick-relief inhaler, such as albuterol. Medications The right medications for you depend on a number of things — your age, symptoms, asthma triggers and what works best to keep your asthma under control. Preventive, long-term control medications reduce the inflammation in your airways that leads to symptoms. Quick-relief inhalers (bronchodilators) quickly open swollen airways that are limiting breathing. In some cases, allergy medications are necessary. Long-term asthma control medications, generally taken daily, are the cornerstone of asthma treatment. These medications keep asthma under control on a day-to-day basis and make it less likely you'll have an asthma attack. Types of long-term control medications include: Inhaled corticosteroids. These anti-inflammatory drugs include fluticasone (Flonase, Flovent HFA), budesonide (Pulmicort Flexhaler, Rhinocort), flunisolide (Aerospan HFA), ciclesonide (Alvesco, Omnaris, Zetonna), beclomethasone (Qnasl, Qvar), mometasone (Asmanex) and fluticasone furoate (Arnuity Ellipta). You may need to use these medications for several days to weeks before they reach their maximum benefit. Unlike oral corticosteroids, these corticosteroid medications have a relatively low risk of side effects and are generally safe for long-term use. Leukotriene modifiers. These oral medications — including montelukast (Singulair), zafirlukast (Accolate) and zileuton (Zyflo) — help relieve asthma symptoms for up to 24 hours. In rare cases, these medications have been linked to psychological reactions, such as agitation, aggression, hallucinations, depression and suicidal thinking. Seek medical advice right away for any unusual reaction. Long-acting beta agonists. These inhaled medications, which include salmeterol (Serevent) and formoterol (Foradil, Perforomist), open the airways. Some research shows that they may increase the risk of a severe asthma attack, so take them only in combination with an inhaled corticosteroid. And because these drugs can mask asthma deterioration, don't use them for an acute asthma attack. Combination inhalers. These medications — such as fluticasone-salmeterol (Advair Diskus), budesonide-formoterol (Symbicort) and formoterol-mometasone (Dulera) — contain a long-acting beta agonist along with a corticosteroid. Because these combination inhalers contain long-acting beta agonists, they may increase your risk of having a severe asthma attack. Theophylline. Theophylline (Theo-24, Elixophyllin, others) is a daily pill that helps keep the airways open (bronchodilator) by relaxing the muscles around the airways. It's not used as often now as in past years. Quick-relief (rescue) medications are used as needed for rapid, short-term symptom relief during an asthma attack — or before exercise if your doctor recommends it. Types of quick-relief medications include: Short-acting beta agonists. These inhaled, quick-relief bronchodilators act within minutes to rapidly ease symptoms during an asthma attack. They include albuterol (ProAir HFA, Ventolin HFA, others) and levalbuterol (Xopenex). Short-acting beta agonists can be taken using a portable, hand-held inhaler or a nebulizer — a machine that converts asthma medications to a fine mist — so that they can be inhaled through a face mask or a mouthpiece. Ipratropium (Atrovent). Like other bronchodilators, ipratropium acts quickly to immediately relax your airways, making it easier to breathe. Ipratropium is mostly used for emphysema and chronic bronchitis, but it's sometimes used to treat asthma attacks. Oral and intravenous corticosteroids. These medications — which include prednisone and methylprednisolone — relieve airway inflammation caused by severe asthma. They can cause serious side effects when used long term, so they're used only on a short-term basis to treat severe asthma symptoms. If you have an asthma flare-up, a quick-relief inhaler can ease your symptoms right away. But if your long-term control medications are working properly, you shouldn't need to use your quick-relief inhaler very often. Keep a record of how many puffs you use each week. If you need to use your quick-relief inhaler more often than your doctor recommends, see your doctor. You probably need to adjust your long-term control medication. Allergy medications may help if your asthma is triggered or worsened by allergies. These include: Allergy shots (immunotherapy). Over time, allergy shots gradually reduce your immune system reaction to specific allergens. You generally receive shots once a week for a few months, then once a month for a period of three to five years. Omalizumab (Xolair). This medication, given as an injection every two to four weeks, is specifically for people who have allergies and severe asthma. It acts by altering the immune system. Bronchial thermoplasty This treatment — which isn't widely available nor right for everyone — is used for severe asthma that doesn't improve with inhaled corticosteroids or other long-term asthma medications. Generally, over the span of three outpatient visits, bronchial thermoplasty heats the insides of the airways in the lungs with an electrode, reducing the smooth muscle inside the airways. This limits the ability of the airways to tighten, making breathing easier and possibly reducing asthma attacks. Treat by severity for better control: A stepwise approach Your treatment should be flexible and based on changes in your symptoms, which should be assessed thoroughly each time you see your doctor. Then your doctor can adjust your treatment accordingly. For example, if your asthma is well-controlled, your doctor may prescribe less medicine. If your asthma isn't well-controlled or is getting worse, your doctor may increase your medication and recommend more-frequent visits. Asthma action plan Work with your doctor to create an asthma action plan that outlines in writing when to take certain medications or when to increase or decrease the dose of your medications based on your symptoms. Also include a list of your triggers and the steps you need to take to avoid them. Your doctor may also recommend tracking your asthma symptoms or using a peak flow meter on a regular basis to monitor how well your treatment is controlling your asthma. More InformationAsthma care at Mayo ClinicAsthma inhalers: Which one's right for you?Asthma medicationsAsthma treatment: 3 stepsLABAs for asthmaAllergy shotsDry powder disk inhalerDry powder tube inhalerSingle-dose dry powder inhalerUsing a metered dose asthma inhaler and spacerShow more related information Request an Appointment at Mayo Clinic Clinical trials Explore Mayo Clinic studies testing new treatments, interventions and tests as a means to prevent, detect, treat or manage this disease. Lifestyle and home remediesAlthough many people with asthma rely on medications to prevent and relieve symptoms, you can do several things on your own to maintain your health and lessen the possibility of asthma attacks. Avoid your triggers Taking steps to reduce your exposure asthma triggers is a key part of asthma control, including: Use your air conditioner. Air conditioning reduces the amount of airborne pollen from trees, grasses and weeds that finds its way indoors. Air conditioning also lowers indoor humidity and can reduce your exposure to dust mites. If you don't have air conditioning, try to keep your windows closed during pollen season. Decontaminate your decor. Minimize dust that may worsen nighttime symptoms by replacing certain items in your bedroom. For example, encase pillows, mattresses and box springs in dustproof covers. Remove carpeting and install hardwood or linoleum flooring. Use washable curtains and blinds. Maintain optimal humidity. If you live in a damp climate, talk to your doctor about using a dehumidifier. Prevent mold spores. Clean damp areas in the bath, kitchen and around the house to keep mold spores from developing. Get rid of moldy leaves or damp firewood in the yard. Reduce pet dander. If you're allergic to dander, avoid pets with fur or feathers. Having pets regularly bathed or groomed also may reduce the amount of dander in your surroundings. Clean regularly. Clean your home at least once a week. If you're likely to stir up dust, wear a mask or have someone else do the cleaning. Cover your nose and mouth if it's cold out. If your asthma is worsened by cold or dry air, wearing a face mask can help. Stay healthy Taking care of yourself can help keep your symptoms under control, including: Get regular exercise. Having asthma doesn't mean you have to be less active. Treatment can prevent asthma attacks and control symptoms during activity. Regular exercise can strengthen your heart and lungs, which helps relieve asthma symptoms. If you exercise in cold temperatures, wear a face mask to warm the air you breathe. Maintain a healthy weight. Being overweight can worsen asthma symptoms, and it puts you at higher risk of other health problems. Control heartburn and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). It's possible that the acid reflux that causes heartburn may damage lung airways and worsen asthma symptoms. If you have frequent or constant heartburn, talk to your doctor about treatment options. You may need treatment for GERD before your asthma symptoms improve. More InformationAsthma care at Mayo ClinicAdult asthma action planAsthma-friendly productsAsthma and menstruationAsthma dietOzone air purifiersVideo: How to use a peak flow meterShow more related information Alternative medicineCertain alternative treatments may help with asthma symptoms. However, keep in mind that these treatments are not a replacement for medical treatment — especially if you have severe asthma. Talk to your doctor before taking any herbs or supplements, as some may interact with medications you take. While some alternative remedies are used for asthma, in most cases more research is needed to see how well they work and to measure the extent of possible side effects. Alternative asthma treatments include: Breathing exercises. These exercises may reduce the amount of medication you need to keep your asthma symptoms under control. Herbal and natural remedies. A few herbal and natural remedies that may help improve asthma symptoms include black seed, caffeine, choline and pycnogenol. More InformationAsthma care at Mayo ClinicCAM asthma treatments Coping and supportAsthma can be challenging and stressful. You may sometimes become frustrated, angry or depressed because you need to cut back on your usual activities to avoid environmental triggers. You may also feel limited or embarrassed by the symptoms of the disease and by complicated management routines. But asthma doesn't have to be a limiting condition. The best way to overcome anxiety and a feeling of helplessness is to understand your condition and take control of your treatment. Here are some suggestions that may help: Pace yourself. Take breaks between tasks and avoid activities that make your symptoms worse. Make a daily to-do list. This may help you avoid feeling overwhelmed. Reward yourself for accomplishing simple goals. Talk to others with your condition. Chat rooms and message boards on the Internet or support groups in your area can connect you with people facing similar challenges and let you know you're not alone. If your child has asthma, be encouraging. Focus attention on the things your child can do, not on the things he or she can't. Involve teachers, school nurses, coaches, friends and relatives in helping your child manage asthma. Preparing for your appointmentYou're likely to start by seeing your family doctor or a general practitioner. However, when you call to set up an appointment, you may be referred to an allergist or a pulmonologist. Because appointments can be brief, and because there's often a lot of ground to cover, it's a good idea to be well-prepared. Here's some information to help you get ready for your appointment, as well as what to expect from your doctor. What you can do These steps can help you make the most of your appointment: Write down any symptoms you're having, including any that may seem unrelated to the reason for which you scheduled the appointment. Note when your symptoms bother you most — for example, if your symptoms tend to get worse at certain times of the day, during certain seasons, or when you're exposed to cold air, pollen or other triggers. Write down key personal information, including any major stresses or recent life changes. Make a list of all medications, vitamins and supplements that you're taking. Take a family member or friend along, if possible. Sometimes it can be difficult to recall all the information provided to you during an appointment. Someone who accompanies you may remember something that you missed or forgot. Write down questions to ask your doctor. Your time with your doctor is limited, so preparing a list of questions will help you make the most of your time together. List your questions from most important to least important in case time runs out. For asthma, some basic questions to ask your doctor include: Is asthma the most likely cause of my breathing problems? Other than the most likely cause, what are other possible causes for my symptoms? What kinds of tests do I need? Is my condition likely temporary or chronic? What's the best treatment? What are the alternatives to the primary approach that you're suggesting? I have these other health conditions. How can I best manage them together? Are there any restrictions that I need to follow? Should I see a specialist? Is there a generic alternative to the medicine you're prescribing me? Are there any brochures or other printed material that I can take home with me? What websites do you recommend visiting? In addition to the questions that you've prepared to ask your doctor, don't hesitate to ask questions during your appointment. What to expect from your doctor Your doctor is likely to ask you a number of questions. Being ready to answer them may reserve time to go over any points you want to spend more time on. Your doctor may ask: What exactly are your symptoms? When did you first notice your symptoms? How severe are your symptoms? Do you have breathing problems most of the time or only at certain times or in certain situations? Do you have allergies, such as atopic dermatitis or hay fever? What, if anything, appears to worsen your symptoms? What, if anything, seems to improve your symptoms? Do allergies or asthma run in your family? Do you have any chronic health problems? By Mayo Clinic Staff Asthma care at Mayo Clinic Request an Appointment at Mayo Clinic Symptoms & causesDoctors & departments Sept. 13, 2018 Print Share on: FacebookTwitter Show references Martinez FD, et al. Asthma. The Lancet. 2013;382:1360. What is asthma? National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/asthma. Accessed April 27, 2015. Diagnosis and management of asthma guideline. Bloomington, Minn.: Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement. https://www.icsi.org/guidelines__more/catalog_guidelines_and_more/catalog_guidelines/catalog_respiratory_guidelines/asthma/. Accessed April 27, 2015. Global strategy for asthma management and prevention (2015 update). Global Initiative for Asthma. http://www.ginasthma.org/documents/4. Accessed April 27, 2015. Expert panel report 3 (EPR-3): Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. Bethesda, Md.: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/. Accessed Sept. 13, 2013. Ferri FF. Asthma. In: Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2015: 5 Books in 1. Philadelphia, Pa.: Mosby Elsevier; 2015. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed April 27, 2015. Asthma. Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database. http://www.naturaldatabase.com. Accessed April 27, 2015. Updated information on leukotriene inhibitors: Montelukast (marketed as Singulair), zafirlukast (marketed as Accolate), and zileuton (marketed as Zyflo and Zyflo CR). U.S. Food and Drug Administration. http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/PostmarketDrugSafetyInformationforPatientsandProviders/DrugSafetyInformationforHeathcareProfessionals/ucm165489.htm. Accessed April 27, 2015. Related Adult asthma action plan Allergies and asthma Asthma and acid reflux Asthma and menstruation Asthma diet Asthma inhalers: Which one's right for you? Asthma medications Asthma treatment: 3 steps Asthma: Testing and diagnosis Asthma-friendly products CAM asthma treatments Dry powder disk inhaler Dry powder tube inhaler LABAs for asthma Ozone air purifiers Reactive airway disease: Is it asthma? Single-dose dry powder inhaler Trouble breathing Using a metered dose asthma inhaler and spacer Video: How to use a peak flow meter Vocal cord dysfunction What is aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD)? Show more related content Associated Procedures Allergy shots CT scan Nitric oxide test for asthma Peak flow meter Spirometry X-ray Show more associated procedures News from Mayo Clinic Mayo Clinic Minute: Why antacids - not your inhaler - may be the key to treating your asthma June 04, 2018, 07:00 a.m. CDT Products & Services Book: Mayo Clinic Book of Home Remedies AsthmaSymptoms & causesDiagnosis & treatmentDoctors & departmentsCare at Mayo Clinic Advertisement Mayo Clinic does not endorse companies or products. Advertising revenue supports our not-for-profit mission. Advertising & Sponsorship Policy Opportunities Ad Choices Mayo Clinic Marketplace Check out these best-sellers and special offers on books and newsletters from Mayo Clinic. 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|March 18, 1886 to 1886
|PITTSYLVANIA, Virginia
|Church/Religious-Activity, Women
|"Rise And Fall of the Slave South," University of Virginia
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Miss Lizzie D. Hutter was everything a southern, Virginia belle should be. She was accomplished, beautiful, from a good family, and very popular in the highest of social circles. She was known as a poetically perfect and symmetrically beautiful girl. She was the eldest daughter of the superintendent of the Houston mines, and both her mother's and father's side were distinguished families in Danville. She was the perfect daughter and leader of society circles. However, this perfect daughter made an embarrassing and public mistake. Instead of waiting to have a beautiful, quaint wedding in her hometown, she eloped to Bristol with her fiance John Christian. John Christian was the son of Mr. Camilus Christian, a prominent banker in Lynchburg. Neither family was excited about the match. The primary reason for their delay of the wedding was because of how young the couple was. However there was also rumored to be tensions between the two families, for unknown reasons. So, instead of waiting for the blessing from her family, Miss Lizzie Hutter and her fiance fled by rail to Brisol, Virginia, and then went on a honeymoon touring the southern states. This scandal made it into the local paper, primarily because of the shock of such a perfect girl doing something so inappropriate.
In Southern society, the ideal Southern woman was a young lady who was submissive, weak, modest, beautiful, innocent and self-denying. She supported her family and her husband and sacrificed everything for their sakes. This ideal also upheld the white male duty to protect white ladies from harm (especially from black men). By all accounts, Lizzie Hutter was the epitome of that woman. Hutter's elopement was newsworthy because of her status in society. She had all the training and all the experience and was no outcast; everyone loved her. Yet she chose to elope and break the rules of her society, which is completely uncharacteristic of a southern belle. Even in the midst of her elopement however, there was sympathy towards her decision. The quarrels between the families were petty. Her elopement probably did not completely estrange her from her family entirely, but she definitely took a risk since she was being disobedient. She was risking her reputation because this elopement was contrary to the expectation of society to be that ideal woman.


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May is Mental Health Awareness Month "A mental illness is a condition that affects a person's thinking, feeling or mood. Such conditions may affect someone's ability to relate to others and function each day. Each person will have different experiences, even people with the same diagnosis." Did you know? Approximately 1 in 5 adults in the…Read More
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I'm not a fan of recipe hacks. You know, the ones. SUPER YUMMY (GLUTEN FREE) CUPCAKES. While I'm doing my Whole30 I cannot do grains of any kind so there are no cupcakes in my near or distant future. Since overhauling my diet, I haven't been searching out substitutions for desserts or treats. What I…Read More
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Well, THAT was beautiful. My weekend was very busy and I accomplished so much! I donated blood, did almost all the laundry, cleaned the house top to bottom and reclaimed my office from the kitten. Thankfully, he has survived two whole nights out in the the open and so have my knick knacks. I completely…Read More
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Quick post today about sandwiches. Or plastic sandwich bags, rather. I almost didn't want to eat my lunch when the time came. Have you ever noticed that plastic sandwich bags tend to make their contents (sandwich, pretzels) taste like plastic? Am I the only one who notices this every time I eat a sandwich I've…Read More
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Resident best friend, Emily, invited me over for dinner this past Sunday. She's a great cook and has no fear of new recipes, no matter how complicated. She whipped up some Chicken Cassoulet using a recipe from her Eating Well cookbook and it was really good! I have to say, though, that the highlight of…Read More


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"Hollywoodland" is the third episode from Season 2 of Timeless. It premiered on March 25, 2018.
When a Rittenhouse sleeper agent in 1941 Hollywood steals the only copy of Citizen Kane, Lucy, Wyatt and Rufus team up with Hedy Lamarr to get it back. Hedy Lamarr turns out to be not only a glamorous movie star but also a scientific wizard whose discoveries led to the invention of Wi-Fi.
The Mission
- The Lifeboat team must recover the stolen workprint codenamed "RKO 281", which would become the epic film Citizen Kane.
Rittenhouse's Agenda
- Rittenhouse sleeper agent Lucas steals the RKO 281 workprint and offers it to William Randolph Hearst in exchange for a weekly column in all of Hearst's papers, enabling Rittenhouse to change history with their propaganda.
Changes to the Timeline
- Using the advice from Rufus, Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil renew their patents for frequency hopping. Hedy quits acting and forms a tech company, making her worth over US$30 billion.
Guest Cast
- Alyssa Sutherland as Hedy Lamarr
- Teddy Sears as Lucas Calhoun
- John Colton as William Randolph Hearst
- Josh Randall as Barney Balaban
Historical Events and Figures
- Hedy Lamarr
- William Randolph Hearst
- Barney Balaban
- George Antheil
Episode Notes
- RKO 281 was the production number for Orson Welles' classic film Citizen Kane.
- The episode title comes from the original version of the Hollywood sign, which read Hollywoodland. Hollywoodland was a residential development in the 1920s; the sign was erected on Mt. Lee in the Hollywood Hills in 1923 to advertise it, and remained as a symbol of the developing film industry. Over time, it fell into disrepair, and the letters LAND fell away. It has now been restored as an iconic symbol of Hollywood.
- Although the episode suggests that Hedy Lamarr and George Anthiel were sole inventors of frequency hopping spread spectrum technology, theirs was one of a number of applications of the basic principles going back to Guglielmo Marconi's early experiments in 1899. Lamarr and Anthiel did patent their design for a system based on punched paper rolls, but may never have developed a working model. The technology continued to be developed after their patent expired, eventually leading to modern CDMA technology used in cellular telephones, and to wi-fi.
- Langston Hughes was an African-American poet and playwright, known as one of the leading figures of the "Harlem Renaissance" of the 1920s and 30s. His work often had a highly political tone, and centered on the experiences of Negro (black) Americans and race relations of the time. He was accused of being a Communist, largely because of his exploration of the growing workers' rights movements of the time.
- The gold and white gown Abigail Spencer wears in the episode is a reproduction of one worn by Katherine Hepburn in the film The Philadelphia Story. In the film, Hepburn plays a spoiled, wealthy divorcee preparing to remarry an equally wealthy but dull man when her ex-husband (played by Cary Grant) and an appealing reporter (played by Jimmy Stewart) enter her life the day before the wedding, leaving her confused about who she should marry.
- The team meet Hedy Lamarr on the Paramount Studios lot. However, in early 1941, Lamarr was under contract to MGM and would likely have been on the MGM lot in Culver City working on the musical Zigfeld Girl with Judy Garland and Jimmy Stewart.
- Why would a sleeper cell agent be ordered to steal the reel of Citizen Kane to blackmail Hearst into giving him a job with his newspaper when how powerful Hearst was in those days would have easily have the agent to be killed for blackmailing him to be part of his newspaper, with how Hearst had a hand in the mysterious death of Thomas Ince in which The Cat's Meow was based on ?
- In 1941, Rufus goes under the cover of African-American playwright Langston Hughes. During the Lifeboat team's meeting with Paramount Pictures President Barney Balaban, Rufus mentions Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton as one of his works. When Hedy Lamarr asks him to recite some of his new poetry, he paraphrases Will Smith's opening rap from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
- Studio chief Barney Balaban is the uncle of contemporary actor Bob Balaban, known for his roles in films such as Altered States, Gosford Park and Close Encounter of the Third Kind.
- Hedy mentions that Lucas is working on a dinosaur film, which he calls Jurassic Park.
- "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" by Abigail Spencer
- "Creep"
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Basketball Event Success
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East Durham College recently hosted an exciting 2 day event, ran in conjunction with the Tees Valley Mohawks, to help promote basketball to the local community.
Over 30 local boys and girls, of all ages, got the opportunity to receive top class coaching from the National League 1 side and the new Head of Basketball at the College, Andrew Nyeko.
The event which took place last Thursday and Friday was declared a huge success. Rose Fraser, Sport Development Officer at the College said: "The event was a great success as we've helped make this minority sport a little more popular in an area that does not have a strong tradition of get involved in basketball.
"We have a great team in place to coach kids from as young as 6, right the way through to national league levels; this really is a fantastic development centre."
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FEATBUCKS – A New Run/Walk Registration Discount Program
FEATBUCKS is a new program being launched by Feat on the Street (Your Race. Your Pace. Your Feat.). So you ask; 'what in the world is/are FEATBUCKS'?! FEATBUCKS is a program designed to reward you for registering to run or walk a 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, Marathon, or Ultra-Marathon. Typically this reward will come to you in either an email race promotion or in a race registration confirmation email. The verbiage will appear something like this:
You've earned some FEATBUCKS – a special discount (discount amounts will vary) to register for other races that are participating in the FEATBUCKS program! This discount will apply to any running events listed at Feat on the Street under the FEATBUCKS tab! Click here to go to FEATONTHESTREET.COM, select your event, and enter FEATBUCKS as your discount code when you register! You have 2 weeks to redeem your FEATBUCKS … and you can share them with your friends and family for that same period of time. So spread the word and the FEATBUCKS and get registered!
Why are we launching the FEATBUCKS program? We understand that participating in a run/walk event is something that should be available to everyone who wishes to engage in a healthy, active, wellness-related lifestyle. This includes everyone from the recreational runner to the elite athlete to the couch potato who has decided that the time is now to get up, get out, and get healthy. With FEATBUCKS, anyone who registers for their first or one-thousandth event is encouraged to register to run or walk in more events and to engage in our active, healthy community. This program also encourages race directors, organizers and nonprofit organizations to work together in an effort to provide better registration opportunities so that our sport can continue to grow.
This program just launched and is available through Feat on the Street (www.featonthestreet.com). We are currently reaching out to other race directors, run clubs and event managers to encourage their participation. For right now, just go to www.featonthestreet.com and apply the FEATBUCKS discount code ($10) to ANY of the 13 available events (no need to look for the FEATBUCKS tab).
Think about it; registration costs for winter events right now are at 'Early Bird' pricing (typically $20 5K, $25 10K and around $35 Half Marathon). Now you add a 20% discount to that and you're set to establish a run/walk schedule at such a reduced rate that you cannot lose! Registering early for run/walk events encourages the dedication and commitment that are required to begin and maintain your active, healthy lifestyle!
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Source of Chicken Manure and/or Cottonseed Meal
I have been told many times that chicken manure and cottonseed meal are perfect additives for my vegetable gardens, but have not been able to find a source for either of them. Do you have any advice for me?
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If you know someone with chickens, this is a great way to acquire the product--not only does it help out the chicken owner but it helps you as well. Many garden supply centers or agricultural suppliers (feed, manure, farming items, etc.) sell chicken manure by the bag. You could begin with a local search for suppliers in your area. In addition, here is an article that you may find helpful: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/composting/manures/chicken-manure-fertilizer.htm
As for the cottonseed meal, this too can be found online (planetnatural.com) or through local suppliers.
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