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Scirpus maritimus
(Sea Clubrush)
Scirpus maritimus
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000.
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Mifsud, S. (Oct-2010)
Scirpus maritimus
retrieved from MaltaWildPlants.com on 2020-Jun-01
Nomenclature and Basic Information
Species name :
Scirpus maritimus
Published in
Sp. Pl. 51 (1753).
Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.)
Bolboschoenus maritimus
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Catalogue of Life
Plant Family :
(The Sedge Family)
species from the Cyperaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands.
English name(s) :
Sea Clubrush, Alkali Bulrush
Maltese name(s) :
Simar tal-baħar
Status for Malta :
Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man
Frequency :
Very Common Common Frequent Scarce
Very rare Extinct
Growth form :
Raunkiaer lifeform [
]: GEOPHYTE (bearing underground bulbs, rhizomes, stolons, etc.)
Germination [
]: Monocotyledon
Legal Protection [
Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006)
Red List (1989) :
This species has a threatened status and is listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands
Flowering Time :
Colour of Flowers:
Species Description and Distribution
Habitat in Europe:
Damp places and marshes, usually saline
Preferred habitat in Malta:
Data will be available in the next update of this website.
Botanical Description:
Stems 30-120 cm, scabrid above. Leaves 2-10 mm wide, flat, glabrous or scabrid on midvein and margin. Bracts 2-4, leaf-like to setaceous. Inflorescence a sessile fascicle of 1-several spikelets, or of rays up to 5 cm bearing 1-6 spikelets at their apices. Spikelets 8-45 mm, ovoid or lanceolate. Glumes 5.5-7.5 mm, ovate, emarginate with a scabrid awn 1-3 mm in the sinus, glabrous or puberulent. Perianth-bristles retrorsely barbed, shorter than to longer than nut. Nut 0.9-3 mm, obovoid, shiny, brown to black.
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Distributional range:
Most of Europe
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993)
All Europe except Faroe Islands, Iceland, Svalbard archipelago
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017)
Country codes
Ab(A) Ag Al Au(A) Az(F T) Be Bl(I M N) Br Bt Bu Ca(F T) Cg Co Cr Cs Ct Cy Da Fe Ga(C F) Ge Gr Hb(E N) He Ho Hs(S) Hu Ir It Jo Le Li Lu Ma Md(M P) Mo No Po Rf(C N S) Rm Sa Si(S) Sk Sl Sn Sr Su Sy Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U)
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Scirpus maritimus
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Scirpus maritimus
- Image Code: SCIMT-1.
Scirpus maritimus
- Image Code: SCIMT-2.
Scirpus maritimus
- Image Code: SCIMT-3.
Scirpus maritimus
- Image Code: SCIMT-4.
Scirpus maritimus
- Image Code: SCIMT-5.
Scirpus maritimus
- Image Code: SCIMT-6.
Scirpus maritimus
- Image Code: SCIMT-7.
Scirpus maritimus
- Image Code: SCIMT-8.
Scirpus maritimus
- Image Code: SCIMT-9.
Scirpus maritimus
- Image Code: SCIMT-10.
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I found this synopsis of events leading to the beginning of Cabaret culture at the Community Center in my computer archives. It was put together about five years ago; i think i did it to help someone write an article that was part of a push to get funding. The renovation and expansion of the MRC offices upstairs, and the kitchen and bathrooms downstairs, was Phase One of a plan that should soon start taking the next step– pushing out the north wall to make room for a stage and dressing room, creating an even more entertainment-friendly venue. More than one lovely article could be written– this is only the outline of the earlier years.
So much has happened in this building, both as a school and in its many functions as the Community Center; important things in our lives (besides the obvious schooling and graduations) like friendship, play, drama and sports, parties and dinners, graduations, and now birthdays, memorials, baby blessingways and women's circles, classes, workshops, breakfasts, and the ongoing work of the Mattole Restoration Council. At the MVHS's Grange office we have a couple of binders of articles and pictures of the Community Center's formation, and of the moving of the building across the street to its present location.
Brief history of Mattole Union School
and Mattole Valley Community Center connection
1859—Mattole School District established
1860—First building destroyed by falling tree (Humboldt Times, August 4, 1860)
1861—New school building completed ("according to county records," says Book of Petrolia, p.56) on northwest side of North Fork creek
1862—Schoolbuilding burned down by vandals (Book of Petrolia)
1862—New two-storey wooden clapboard structure built about 100 yards east of the North Fork and north of the county road—near present Yellow Rose restaurant (Book of Petrolia)
1869—Mattole District counts 83 students, compared to Eureka's 282 and Ferndale's 54 (Humboldt Times, August 29, 1869)
1871—Or perhaps this is when the two-storey white clapboard school was built. Humboldt Times of August 26, 1871, states that "Trustees of the Mattole School District invite proposals for the building of a schoolhouse near Petrolia." Also, some county records (according to History of Humboldt County Schools) date a "Petrolia School District" to 1871
1877—120 students in Mattole District; 57 at Upper Mattole (Humboldt Times, August 31, 1877)
1880s-90s—Ninety or more students in two classrooms (one upstairs and one down) covering twelve grades (Book of Petrolia)
1906—Schoolbuilding seriously damaged by April 18 earthquake. School held temporarily in Community Church (now Seventh-Day Adventist). Plans made by District Trustees to raise a tax and build a fine new school (Ferndale Enterprise, April 19, 1907)
1907—Contractor P.T. Petersen building new schoolhouse. (Ferndale Enterprise, April 19, 1907). Frank Adams and Jack Wright hired; some of the lumber from local mill run by Frank Etter. (Local newspaper clipping by Laura Stansberry Hunter Smith, 1962). Other wood is fine lightweight redwood hauled from Ferndale to Petrolia at 3000 feet per load by John Titus (Enterprise)
1907 or '08—Bell and its cast-iron frame salvaged from old school and placed in belfry atop new schoolbuilding, located on southeast crest of Crane Hill, in present grassy playfield just east of paved area. West end of building was main entry with a porch-wide flight of steps and eventually two separate doors. School begins here in fall of year (Book of Petrolia vs. memories of oldtimers at Petrolia Day—see Now… and Then, v1, n4)
1920s—Additional building (present office building) constructed separately, north of original building on site, as high school. Grades 1 through 11 taught through 1948, when students are sent to Ferndale on boarding-out basis, through agreement with their district (Book of Petrolia)
1924–Mattole Union District formed when Union Mattole School (located near Squaw Creek) is closed and the Petrolia "Mattole" School absorbs its students. (History of Humboldt County Schools, Vol. III)
1926—Mattole enrollment at low of about 10 (County records)
1950-51—Mattole average daily attendance is 15. One teacher (Directory of Public Schools, 1951)
1954-55—Larger population due to logging boom. Two teachers at Mattole School: 1-4 and 5-8 grades (Directory)
1956—Belfry torn down and bell taken to County Fairgrounds (Book of Petrolia)
1962—Bell returned to school grounds (is now atop water tower on northwest end of school property). Map of Mattole Valley painted on inside west wall by students for Petrolia Day (Book of Petrolia)
Mid-1960s—Last graduation ceremonies held in old Mattole Union School building; henceforth held at Mattole Grange, as they had often been previously (1940s) (Memory of Ray Azevedo, 1960s school principal)
Early 1970s—Replacement classrooms set up at Mattole Union School site (Ray Azevedo); old schoolbuilding condemned as unsafe for use under Field Act for Earthquake Safety (MVCC archives)
1975—First meeting of the Mattole Valley Community Action Planning Committee in June (MVCC archives)
1977—Mattole Valley Community Center with more than 70 members negotiates with School Board for purchase of old school building. Sold for $100 (MVCC archives)
1978—Mattole School Song written by Dorothy Short
1978, August—Building pulled across street by volunteers to present location on west side of county road. Keeps old east-west orientation so that entries are reversed: the old back door now fronts the county road
1979, January—New front porch added, woodstove installed, electrical wiring completed. By March, building ready for use. By fall, Mattole Valley Preschool begins operation in old building; new office space upstairs, later to be the Mattole Restoration Council office, opened as library (Now… and Then, v1, n4)
1979, fall—First Cabaret held at Mattole Valley Community Center (MVCC archives)


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For almost twenty years, Dr. Ruth Itzhaki, Professor of Molecular Neurobiology at the University of Manchester in England, has been exploring possible links between viruses and Alzheimer's. Viruses are tiny infectious particles that attach themselves to and penetrate cells, then use the capabilities of those cells to reproduce. They can cause diseases like colds, flu and AIDS, or they can just sit there, remaining dormant or latent for long periods of time. A latent virus can become active when triggered by stress, other infections or environmental factors.
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A-Team's Murdoch lined up?
For some reason I just can't stay away from the rumours of the A-Team film, it's been special for me, being the first story I wrote online some five years ago and am still writing about today. Perhaps it's going to be my Doomsday clock, when the film gets made, Filmstalker ends! Let's hope not. The rumour today though is that "Howling Mad" Murdoch has a possible player, and it's a damned surprising one.
Yes it's an unconfirmed rumour, but if you look at the choice it's almost instantly likeable, especially if you've just seen District 9. Do you have the idea yet?
According to the rumour it's none other than newly discovered Sharlto Copley, the man who played the lead and incredibly average yet believable reluctant hero in District 9, a Filmstalker review is due tomorrow for that film, and it's a good one.
It struck me as soon as I read the rumour from BackFilm through Cinema Blend, that the guy is almost perfect. Looking at his character's opening fumbling, awkward scenes in front of the camera in District 9, and later his nervous performance as Wikus for the documentary camera as he works through the alien camp, are perfect for Mad Murdoch, or so I think at least.
Although CB point out that for the most part Wikus is a pretty cowardly character, for me there's some serious connections with Murdoch, and you just have to look at the subtleties of the performance during that first half of the film. Nervous, awkward, out of place, a little manic, humorous and ultimately a bit of an action man. Yes, I think he can really play this part.
However we have to wonder if the rumour is just that, a complete rumour that is perhaps a manoeuvring rumour from the actor's camp, or it could be a rumour leaked from the production who are actually looking into the actor appearing in the role.
Whichever it is, I think it's an inspired and very timely piece of casting, I say go for it, and the cast is firming up nicely so far. Liam Neeson as Hannibal, Bradley Cooper as Face, and possibly Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, the UFC fighter, as B.A. Baracus. Joe Carnahan's The A-Team is actually looking rather interesting.


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Exams are coming up, which I know is one of the most nerve wracking periods of the semester, I have had many last nights in the library studying the masses of information we seem to need for each exam. I have been fortunate to quickly figure out how I best study, to make the most of my time and absorb the most information.
Everyone studies differently, you may know already how you learn best, but I thought I'd share a few tips of my own that have got me through the first half of my BN (Bachelor of Nursing).
These are a personal favourite of mine, and I'm sure my flatmates, who are not nursing students love them too, when I scatter them around the flat, nothing like learning about infection control while in the shower!
Making an A3 poster on a topic and sticking them to my wall is a way I can summarise a topic, and revise it when I'm going about my everyday life, they can go anywhere – your bedroom wall, the bathroom, kitchen anywhere you spend a good amount of time.
I like to make my posters bright, and memorable, so when I'm sitting in an exam I can think about what the poster looked like and hopefully remember the information off it.
Cheat Sheets
I found cheat sheets particularly useful in both the science and nursing papers. I like to go back through all the slides for each individual topic and create cheat sheets with the most important information on them. You can also add in important pictures and diagrams, which are quite useful to memorise and pop into the exam to help illustrate your answer, particularly science diagrams and flow charts.
It can also be quite useful to pull information out of the cheat sheets and cut it down to the most important parts on flash cards!
I admit that I may have a 'slight' obsession with cute stationary, but flash cards are both cute and practical. I mostly used these for the bioscience and applied science papers to learn key terms and to break ideas down into their main parts.
Flash cards mean you have to be concise as they are not massive, but this also means you're more likely to remember the information.
You can also find blank index cards in a range of cute colours, so if your anything likes me this will help to make it a little more appealing!
Create Study Groups
This has to be my number on tip when it comes to studying for nursing exams. Nursing is not a single player sport; you have to learn to work as a team, so group study just means you start this early.
We found a great way to make this work effectively was to download past exams. We would go over them in our own time, particularly the multi choice questions, because you wont usually get given the answers, and then come together and debate our answers. Justifying your answers to your friends makes you think hard about why you think it's right, and also gives you other perspectives you may not have thought of when you worked on your own.
Working in groups also makes the long hours a bit more enjoyable, and can help to calm nerves before the exam. So book a study room, grab some friends (and some food to keep you going) and get studying!
Find your past exam papers here: http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/research/library/help-and-instruction/catalogue-help/search-encore/exampapers.cfm
Have a little celebration to end the semester!
As I've already said Nursing is a team sport, you will probably know by now that the amount of time you spend with your peers makes for very close friendships. After exams are all over, and the stress of the semester is hopefully gone for a couple of weeks, we love to get together for a BYO dinner, and have some fun together outside of the library. This is a great way to let off steam; I think everyone would highly recommend it!
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What value are you offering your clients/readers?
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Think about any purchases you may have made on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, or Cyber Monday. Did you buy anything that doesn't have value to you? I purchased a Blu-Ray player for my daughter and me (an extremely unbelievable deal from Target) because that has value to me--currently, we watch Redbox movies on my laptop because we have no working DVD/Blu-Ray player. This product was a well-known brand, and it came with a 2-year extra warranty for only $6.50. That is value for me. But someone else, with three of these players, would not think this deal had value. I really am going somewhere with this...stay tuned!
What I think we do as authors and writing service professionals (editing, graphic design, proofreaders, copywriters) is TRY to make our books and products valuable to everyone. But they just aren't. It's impossible. Hopefully, what you're selling does have value to a large audience, but you have to take time to figure out who that audience is and what value your books/products provide for them.
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If you are an editor, how are you helping your clients? Are you helping them prepare a manuscript for publishing when they can't do it themselves? Are you proofreading for self-publishing so the author doesn't get bad reviews on Amazon?
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IDW Publishing "Autocracy" #9 Comic Book Review
General Information:
Title: Transformation
Cover Price: $.99 (Digital Exclusive)
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Publishing Date: May 9, 2012
Story by: Chris Metzen & Flint Dille
Art by: Livio Ramondelli
Letters by: Robbie Robbins
Editor: John Barber & Carlos Guzman
In Iacon, Megatron addresses the population, telling them he is now the ruler of the city. He offers amnesty to all Autobots who want to help him rebuild Cybertron's "great society". As he makes this announcement, Decepticons begin to parade through the streets of Iacon without fear.
In the Torus City Ultrix, Ultra Magnus, Bumblebee and Ironhide are hiding out in a safe house. The security forces have been scattered making resistance almost impossible. Ironhide is ready to go down fighting, but Bumblebee tells him that they need to regroup. Before they come to any conclusions, Hot Rod finds them and tells them it may be time to think differently.
Under Iacon, the wrecked body of Orion Pax lays still, barely alive. He is heavily damaged, but still feels a pull towards an ancient chamber. When he enters, he sees the ancient Matrix of Leadership calling to him. When he touches it, power begins to flow through him, giving him a view of the universe he has never experienced before! He can feel the emotions of Cybertronians and Sparks everywhere. He realizes the Matrix of Leadership or the Creation Matrix were simply aspects of the Matrix of Sparks and a transformation begins!
Back at the Safe House, the Autobots have been found! As the Decepticons break in, they are quickly captured despite their resistance. Starscream tells Hot Rod that Megatron wants to see him to recruit him even as the others are taken prisoner!
Underground, the Matrix energy finishes its work, repairing Orion Pax's damage and helping him understand that unity among Cybertronians is a matter of perception and that freedom is the right of all sentient beings! Orion Pax is now Optimus Prime!
Unlike previous issues, "Transformation" pretty much goes exactly as you'd expect it to. Hot on the heels of Megatron's betrayal, I was quite sure that Orion's severe damage was a set up to him being "rebuilt" into Optimus Prime just as it was so in the Generation One cartoon series. The other element that I expected was Megatron's bit of gloating. Sure it was couched in promises of "amnesty" and talk of being "freed" from the rule of the Primes, but at the end of the day Megatron is sensing victory and his intention is to clean house, not to keep around potential rebels. Just because these elements were expected, it doesn't make them bad in any way. Indeed, the story has taken enough twists and turns at this point that I think it was time that the path of the story take a more straightforward (and expected) direction. Even though we know their struggle will go on for millions of years, it's exciting to see just how the ancient battle between Megatron and Optimus Prime began.
What did surprise me was the small section where Hot Rod calls into question is very association with the Autobots. Hot Rod has been portrayed in many ways as the type of 'bot who thinks "outside the box". While his personality has bounced around different writers (going from more of the happy G1 Hot Rod to the current and and more sullen Rodimus) one consistent element has been his tendency to do what is unexpected. When he blew up the city previously, that was a drastic and unexpected move. Now his meeting with Megatron should be interesting since we know he eventually does join the Autobot army. What events will come out of that? I wonder!
The other really nice element to this story is Orion's journey to becoming Optimus Prime. I appreciated the inner monologue which paid homage to several Generation One "mystical" Cybertronian elements including the "Matrix of Leadership" and the "Underbase". I like the use of this universe's version of the "Allspark" to reconcile the inconsistencies that crept up over the years between the Matrix of Leadership and the "Creation" Matrix. I also like the aspect of the Matrix that gives Prime more than just power and the "wisdom of the ages" but also a bond to the emotions of other Transformers, something I hope to see touched on in future issues.
I tend to rave about Livio's work in this book so I'll spare you that again. On an interesting art note, I found myself wondering (after several issues) why he uses the particular Bumblebee head design that he does. If you look at the curved helmet design with the grille lines on the sides, this design actually resembles the G1 Autobot Cliffjumper a lot more than Bumblebee. Granted the two were basically retools of a very similar mold in G1 (and the two have been intertwined ever since), but I found the artistic choice interesting. Reaching back a bit, my guess is that this head design is in part based on the G1 Pretender version of Bumblebee, whose head design did resemble Cliffjumper's a lot more than Bumblebee's. If so, I can appreciate such an obscure art nod as I tend to write such nods into comics myself when given the opportunity!
Final Thoughts:
"Autocracy" #9 doesn't offer any surprises, but it definitely entertains you. Knowing Prime's eventual fate in the future, seeing this part of his journey is quite fulfilling. Whereas in G1 we saw Prime built "off screen", this really gives us an idea of his struggle and growth from Orion Pax to Optimus Prime.


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Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (2014)
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Ten winters have passed since Simian flu devastated the human race and left a new generation of uber-apes to inherit the Earth. They are ruled by Caeser (Andy Serkis), the chimpanzee indirectly responsible for both man's demise and the ape uprising, who leads alongside Koba (Toby Kebbell), his trusted second in command. When a small number of humans are found to have survived, however, the relationship between Caeser and Koba begins to fray; mindful of the friendship he once shared with a human Caeser pushes for peace, while Koba insists that they eradicate their one-time abusers once and for all. There is disharmony in the human camp too, with Malcolm (Jason Clarke) wanting to work alongside the apes in order the restore power to San Francisco and Dreyfus (Gary Oldman) determined to declare all-out war on Muir Woods.
It speaks volumes about the legacy of Tim Burton's ill-fated reboot that even after the unexpected success of Richard Wyatt's Rise of the Planet of the Apes audiences are still skeptical of the franchise's modern-day reimagining. This year's sequel, despite all evidence to the contrary, was widely expected to undo Wyatt's good work and reinstate the series' standing as a laughing stock. In reality, however, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is perhaps even better than its predecessor; the title may be just as cumbersome, but everything else is sleeker and even more satisfying than before.
Following a brief newsreel hinting at the scale and severity of the initial ALZ-113 outbreak, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes eschews humanity in favour of ape-kind, checking in with Caeser and the family he has raised over the last decade. The original film was remarkable for a number of reasons, the most obvious being its portrayal of Caeser himself. Serkis is once again exceptional, combining well-observed behavioural ticks and intuitive sign language to give Caeser unmistakable personality. He is this time joined by a number of other talented motion-capture artists too; Kebbell and Greer are terrific as Caeser's advisor and mate, but it's newcomer Nick Thurston who ultimately impresses most as his wary son, Blue Eyes.
Despite bravely shifting the focus to Caeser, the emotional centre of the previous film was arguably John Lithgow's Charles, the Alzheimer's-stricken father of Caeser's human guardian. Here, however, the human characters barely feature (though Keri Russell still manages to distinguish herself as a grieving mother), and on this occasion it's the relationship between Caeser and his son that grounds the film emotionally. The corrupted youth trope is hardly a new one, but the unique setting and singular characters nevertheless lend it an element of novelty, if not originality. Their relationship is as nuanced, touching and sympathetic as any you are likely to see this year.
This is far from a subdued melodrama, however, and Matt Reeves — who directed Cloverfield prior to the rather less successful Let Me In— certainly knows how to stage an effective set piece. This being a prequel we already know roughly what is going to happen, but Reeves still manages to invoke a sense of suspense by keeping the stakes personal and the characters interesting. After a moment of light relief in which Malcolm et al manage to generate enough electricity to power a gas station radio, war returns to San Francisco as the horse-riding, gun-totting apes lead a charge on the virus-resistant human resistance. Chaos erupts as battles break out — human vs. human, human vs. ape, ape vs. ape — and each conflict is as compelling as the one before.
Given the law of diminishing returns, whereupon sequels — let alone sequels of prequels of reboots — regularly fail to live up to their predecessors, it's all the more remarkable that Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is as good as it is. With its state-of-the-art special effects, quasi-satirical subtext and measured character study, this is undoubtedly one of the strongest competitors for best blockbuster of the year.


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I was recently interviewed by Chennai-based blogger Sarath Babu about my experience writing and having 'The Shrine of Death' published…
Shri Ganeshaya Namah is not an incantation you'd expect to see etched in the heart of Azerbaijan, the tiny Muslim-majority, former Soviet nation on the banks of the Caspian Sea. But it's what catches my eye on a stone archway as we enter Ateshgah, a fire temple near Surakhani, Azerbaijan.
There are five more lines in Devanagari, invoking, among others, Jwala Ji, the Hindu deity of fire.
There are similar inscriptions in Sanskrit or Punjabi on almost every doorway leading into the pentagonal fire temple compound, all left behind by Hindu and Sikh travellers to the region over 500 years ago.
Ateshgah, it turns out, is a fascinating little relict of history, of globalisation and the inter-cultural exchange between the Indian sub-continent and Europe, dating back to the 16th century.
Azerbaijan was part of the Silk Route that connected Asia and Europe, and it is believed that merchants from the Indian subcontinent came to hear of the legend of the 'burning earth' and 'eternal flames' that the Absheron peninsula in Azerbaijan was renowned for (Azerbaijan, in fact, is often referred to as 'The Land of Fire'). And so, Indian travellers and pilgrims arrived in the late 16th and early 17th century, building Ateshgah in its current form, and worshipping the sacred flames alongside their own gods such as Ganesha and Shiva.
Open flames
On the day of our visit to the temple, the wind is very strong, whipping up dust around us; we are, after all, less than 20 km from the capital city of Baku, unofficially called the 'City of Wind' in Azeri. But the sacred flame in the raised main fire altar at the centre of the temple compound burns on regardless.
That central flame, and the open flames that burn in the two circular platforms on the side are today lit by Baku's main pipeline of gas. But for hundreds, maybe thousands of years, they were a naturally occurring phenomenon, the result of the country's massive natural gas reserves that leaked through holes in the rocky surface, igniting into flames as it came into contact with air.
Zoroastrian origins
These 'eternal flames' have been venerated by fire-worshippers throughout Azerbaijan's history — there are mentions as far back as the 7th century by travellers to the region. Indeed, historians believe that the fire temple itself existed in an earlier form, built by Zoroastrians long before the Indian travellers came.
Part of an older structure was found beneath the current one during renovations done at the temple in 1969, and the name 'Ateshgah' comes from Persian, meaning 'house of fire'. There are indications that the old temple might have extended beyond the existing perimeter, but any remains were most likely destroyed when the surrounding land was excavated for oil and gas from the late 19th century onwards.
That was also what caused the end of the glorious natural phenomenon of the eternal flame — the aggressive century-long mining of the natural gas reserves meant the flames went out by 1969. And possibly the reason why worship ended at the temple in the late 19th century as well — historians speculate that the pilgrims were driven away by the setting up of petroleum plants in the Surakhani region.
A pilgrimage site
But thankfully, the 500-year-old temple itself still stands, and retains traces of its multicultural past. The central altar isn't purely Hindu in its structure, with similarities to traditional Zoroastrian fire altars, and one of the inscriptions in the temple compound is in Persian as well. The Zoroastrian influence in Azerbaijan is old but deeply rooted, a remnant of the days when pre-Islamic Persian dynasties ruled the region. Even today, Nuvroz, the Zoroastrian new year celebration, is a major festival in their calendar.
Fittingly enough, according to historical accounts, Ateshgah in the 19th century became a pilgrimage site for Parsis from Bombay who came to visit the Indian temple that was once a Zoroastrian place of worship.
Following its restoration in 1969, the temple was converted into a museum in 1975, and was officially listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1998.
Today, each of the tiny cells that line the pentagonal perimeter of the compound tells stories of the pilgrims and ascetics who lived there, showing them doing tapasya, draping themselves in heavy iron chains or indulging in extreme acts of self-denial and fasting. Chants of Om Gam Ganapataye Namah float out of one cell, another houses a Nataraja bronze, and yet another displays shards of pottery used in rituals long ago.
The author of The Shrine of Death is a journalist, sometime singer-songwriter and full-time mom, based in Dubai.
This article originally appeared in The Hindu's Sunday Magazine supplement.
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The article is in Malayalam, but the video of me talking about the book at the end is in English! 🙂
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Following the launch at the SIBF 2018, this interview appeared in one of the region's leading English dailies, the Khaleej Times.
For debutant Indian novelist Divya Kumar, the protagonist in her maiden book The Shrine of Death had to be a woman. "It was a no-brainer," she explained to Khaleej Times, after launching her book at the Sharjah International Book Fair late last week.
The Dubai-based author and former journalist's first book was published by Bloomsbury India in April 2018. The fiction title is a fast-paced thriller deal with the issue of idol theft and is a heady mix of crime, mystery, romance and the paranormal.
"The book is a fictionalised account of actual events that occurred in Tamil Nadu in 2009 when a set of ancient Chola idols disappeared from an abandoned temple and were later discovered to have been smuggled out of the country," said Kumar.
"This was the watershed case that eventually leads to the high-profile arrest of Manhattan-based art dealer and smuggler Subhash Kapoor."
The book's central character – Prabha Sinhan – is an IT professional who gets pulled into the murky world of idol theft and goes in search of her missing friend Sneha Pillai.
"Mainstream Indian media often portrays a certain stereotype of women in mass media. Like a manic pixie dream girl, or a virtuous, pious woman, or an oversexed glam doll, or even a confused, flaky millennial," she added.
Kumar's character had to be a relatable, regular young woman who was not epitomised in any manner. "I also wanted my character to be strong, stubborn, and fiercely loyal," she said.
A former journalist of The Hindu newspaper in India, Kumar moved to Dubai in 2016. "I finished a big chunk of the editing and re-writing process in the UAE," she added.
Though the book had its first release in India, Kumar said she is extremely proud of being part of the Sharjah book fair.
"I wanted to write fiction for pretty much my whole life. From childhood, I've had a set of unfinished books and manuscripts. I worked at The Hindu from 2006 – 2011, but I stopped working full-time after my daughter was born," she said.
She began seriously working on the novel, and it took shape after details of the Chola idols case unearthed.
"I was still with The Hindu when the bust of the idol smuggling ring was in the news. From a local case in Tamil Nadu, the case went international as it was linked to an international crime ring. It was covered extensively in the India media and I followed it with a lot of interest."
For Kumar, the theme was a perfect fit for her book as she got increasingly fascinated with the subject. "The plot evolved out the details of the case," she added.
As she began writing the book, Kumar imagined it to be part of a trilogy. "I am definitely working on a sequel," she added.
The original article appeared here in the Khaleej Times.
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My debut novel, 'The Shrine of Death' was recently launched at the prestigious Sharjah International Book Fair 2018 — the third largest book fair in the world, and the largest in the region!
Here's a glowing report of the launch in the Gulf Today!
SHARJAH: Debutant Indian novelist Divya Kumar received overwhelming response as she introduced "The Shrine of Death" to booklovers at the ongoing Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF).
Published by Bloomsbury India, the novel was released in India in April 2018 to glowing reviews by the press and readers alike. Since then its arrival was awaited by the UAE book aficionados.
It is a fast-paced thriller dealing with the hot-button issue of idol theft, and has a heady mix of crime, mystery, romance and the paranormal.
During a conversation at the SIBF with the acclaimed poet and author Anuradha Vijayakrishnan, Kumar said that the book is a heavily fictionalised account of actual events that occurred in Tamil Nadu, India, in 2009, when a set of ancient Chola idols disappeared from an abandoned temple, and were later discovered to have been smuggled out of the country. This was the watershed case that eventually led to the high-profile arrest of Manhattan-based art dealer and smuggler Subhash Kapoor.
"The Shrine of Death" tells the story of Prabha Sinha, an IT professional in the south Indian city of Chennai, who is plunged into a murky world of idol theft, murder, and betrayal after she gets a mysterious phone call one night from her old friend Sneha Pillai. As she races to find answers before the people she loves get hurt, she seeks the help of Jai Vadehra, a troubled young man with a tragic past, and police officer Gerard Ratnaraj of the Idol Wing, CID, whom she can't help but be drawn to. Their search takes them from Chennai's newsrooms and universities to the abandoned sepulchral shrine of a Chola queen in the heartland of Tamil Nadu. And here there is a twist in the tale.
Divya Kumar is a journalist, writer and blogger, currently based in Dubai. She spent her early 20s studying and working in the US, dabbling in web-design and media studies, before settling down to a career in journalism. After returning to India, she joined The Hindu newspaper in Chennai, writing for The Hindu Metroplus, covering mainly the book and art beat.
"I started writing this book when I took a break for the birth of my first child. Naturally, it took me three years to complete the book. Fortunately, I didn't have to run after dozens of publishers. The only difficulty I faced was to convince famous literary agent Kanishka Gupta to have a look at my work. Once he agreed to, it was quite smooth as the editor, Himanjali Sankar, also had confidence in my work," she added. Encouraged by the tremendous response, she has already started working on its sequel.
Currently available at Jashanmal Books stand at the SIBF, the title will shortly be available at leading bookstores in the UAE.
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This was written for the Guest Blog section of the amazing Bookaholicanonymous blog.
I have been writing for as long as I remember. I wrote my first story when I was around 5, about a fish and a turtle that were friends. This was followed by a comic-book series drawn in pencil over school summer holidays, about a pair of naughty twin boys called Tissy and Tassy. Then came the Enid Blyton-inspired stories about sassy kids who went on picnics and solved mysteries in their holidays, followed by never-completed novels of teenage angst and romance, and even a reincarnation-based story in college that I lost along with all other data when my crappy Windows 95 system crashed.
But in my 20s, following my journalism degree and my grad school years, while working in my first real job as a features reporter at The Hindu, I found myself, for lack of a better word, stuck. I ought to have been the most inspired I'd ever been. I ought to have been churning out stories. Here I was, being exposed to interesting people and stories, every single day, on the job. Here I was, attending book launches, speed reading new novels by Indian authors, and getting to interview them about the process of writing. It was a dream come true for a young wannabe novelist. And yet, I found myself paralysed. When it came time to try and work on my own writing, I couldn't seem to make progress. I had ideas, sure; I'd sit and try working on some of them, but it would come out sounding stilted. And worse, I wasn't inspired to keep going.
I talked about it all the time though, so much so that it came to be known as 'The Book' in my family, the one I would someday write. The Great Indian Novel, or something like that. Then marriage happened, then the birth of my daughter in my early 30s. I was intense about motherhood, from the start. I wanted to be hands-on, so I quit my full-time job. I was the archetypal over-involved first-time mom. I Googled everything. I worried about everything. I overthought everything. But I also thoroughly enjoyed all those firsts, all those incredible moments of babyhood and toddlerhood, the ones that become picture postcards in your mind, and then get passed on as stories to your kid as she gets older and wants to hear about "when she was a baby". And of course, I wrote about them too, in blogs and a column.
But something else was happening at the same time, almost silently. I was working on a book, in stolen moments at night, while my baby slept, or on weekends when my husband shooed me out of the house to go take a break. Not 'The Book', but just a book. Not some hopelessly elevated ideal, but just a story I wanted to tell, like the ones I wrote in my childhood. Just for myself, what I'd myself want to read. This time, I didn't talk about it much. It was like a little secret I hugged to my chest. I wasn't even ever sure I wanted to publish it. I just wanted to write it. It wasn't until it was complete, some three and a half years later, that I knew I wanted to try and put it out there. That story, of course, became 'The Shrine of Death'.
I often wonder what made the difference. What broke the paralysis. And I believe it was motherhood. I believe that motherhood liberated me. I know that seems contradictory. After all, motherhood, in a lot of ways, shackles you. Your time isn't your own, your energy isn't your own, your mind even isn't your own, filled as it is with thoughts and worries and fears about the little person who's wholly dependent on you. But motherhood also gives you a brand of confidence, a belief in your ability to tough it out in the trenches. "If I've managed to care for this little life, then what is a mere story?" It puts everything in perspective, and it frees you from any delusions of grandeur you might possess. Suddenly, the story I'd been obsessing about and building up in my head for years was just that – a story. It didn't have to arrive perfectly formed in my head or become The Great Indian Novel. If there's one thing motherhood teaches you, it's that everything in this life, including yourself and your efforts, is less than perfect, but no less meaningful for it. That the most important things in life are messy and hard, and that the only thing to do is just keep going.
I've always been terrified of screwing up, of being less than perfect. Hence, you can probably guess, the paralysis when it came to doing anything that was really important to me. But with motherhood, not doing was not an option. I was responsible for this tiny human being, and so I had to do, terrified or not, and – amazingly! – we both survived. I made mistakes, and beat myself up about it, yes, but then I got up, dusted myself off, and moved on, because, again, there was no other option. It just had to be done, and you know what, I did okay.
Every single day as a mother, especially in the early months, holds innumerable moments of failure and triumph. It's exhausting, but it's also the biggest life lesson there is.
Now, I like to say I'm the mom of two – of my firstborn child, and of my firstborn book. Neither journey was easy, but I know in my heart that if it hadn't been for the first, I may have never completed the second.
You can find the original blog post here.
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Book: The Shrine of Death
Author: Divya Kumar
Publication: Bloomsbury India
Pages: 296
Price: 399
If reading Divya Kumar's The Shrine of Death while stretched out on a beach somewhere, remember to slap on some sunscreen and order enough beer to last you at least a couple of hours. Because once you start on this book, it's unlikely you'll set it down before you race to the end. The Shrine of Death has all the ingredients required for a thrilling beach read: an ambitious and beguiling beauty who stumbles onto a web of conspiracy and then vanishes, two amateur detectives — one of whom is harbouring a disquieting secret — and a dishy love interest (a man in uniform, no less).
The plot is fairly straightforward: IT professional Prabha Sinha gets an unsettling phone call from her old friend, Sneha, and is drawn into an investigation of her disappearance and the theft of some priceless Chola sculptures. The book switches between Prabha's perspective, and that of the troubled Jai, who is, for reasons of his own, helping her figure out what happened to Sneha.
Apart from the deftly managed suspense, what draws the reader in is Kumar's ability to flesh out characters. One gets a real sense of the emotional stakes involved, and, as the story progresses, the stakes only get higher. Given the premise — that of heritage loot, a major problem in India — this book could have quite easily been overloaded with research. But the writer maintains a light touch, although there should still be enough to satisfy art history and archaeology wonks.
This review for 'The Shrine of Death' was part of a round up of this season's detective novels the Indian Express' book section. You can read about all the other fabulous novels in the list here!
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If we were to apply a lazy label to this new wave it would be indie-dance. Before 1987 indie-dance didn't really exist, but Ecstasy changed all that. Indie music changed from a monochrome landscape to a vivid technicolour love dream. Suddenly indie music, which had derived its origins from nihilistic punk and new wave became celebratory. Lads who didn't get the gay grooves of disco or the scientific minimalism of artists like Kraftwerk found themselves loosening up, growing their hair a bit longer, necking bottles of water instead of beer and starting to dance. Everything from the loose grooves of The Happy Mondays to the lurid new rave of the Klaxons owed a debt (sometimes a very large debt) to E.
Which brings us to Bristol's latest musical export; they're called The Other Tribe. They make the sort of seizure inducing indie dance that we imagine would sound MDMA-amazing if you were off your face in a club or loved up in the green fields of a summer festival, but it also sounds pretty bloody great listening on a small laptop at home.
The Other Tribe first came to our attention some time ago when we featured one of our blog posts about The Milk, who The Other Tribe had remixed to oblivion and back. At this stage there were two of the bands own tracks floating around - Don't Need No Melody and the percussive and squelchy Businessman On Diazepam. The former sounds like the motto the above-mentioned Klaxons adopted when recording their rather dismal let down of a second album and the later could have very easily been the sort of title that Shaun Ryder and co. would have used on one of their albums. However let's not get too fixated with Mr Ryder and his recently reformed Happy Mondays because The Other Tribe certainly don't sound anything like them and their new-age, psychedelic image certainly is a long way from the casual clobber of that band.
Instead The Other Tribe's breed of indie dance bears a closer resemblance to something more mystic and slightly bonkers like Friendly Fires dancing round a beach campfire with an edgier Calvin Harris at their heels, whilst sexy sun-kissed boys and girls cavort and rave in their swimming costumes on a nearby terrace. New single Skirts (out September 23) is a perfect example of what the band do; it's a propulsive sound with summery tubular clanks, falsetto vocals and indie Ibiza vibes. In fact let's forget this whole word indie, it hasn't meant anything for years. Let's just go out and celebrate a golden summer and dance like deranged motherfuckers.
The Other Tribe


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I'm calling my card Clean & Graphic and was mainly drawn to the patterns and greens in the challenge graphic. The ways Michele's beautiful Muse card influenced me are:
- colors
- scribble flowers
- camouflaged die cut
- thanks theme
The flowers were cut from white fun foam and then sponged with the two distress inks. For the sentiment, I die-cut the sentiment four times - three from white cardstock and one from the card base. I then carefully stacked them back up again onto the card base.
Thanks for visiting!
Products used:
Ink: Scattered Straw, Twisted Citron Distress Inks
Cardstock: White
Dies: Thanks (SugarPea Designs), Single Roses (SSS)
Accessories: Large Grid Stencil (MFT), Perfect Pearls, Fun Foam


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Vidya Balan is on the Cannes Jury this year so we will be seeing her everyday on the red carpet!
Amit Ji is spotted with the cast of the Great Gatsby for the Cannes premiere.
Sonam is there as the brand ambassador for L'Oreal.
Mallika Sherawat is also at Cannes.


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The City Corporation owns and manages London's three principal Wholesale Food Markets. It provides and maintains the sites and their infrastructure and lets out trading space on long term leases to tenants who trade in the various commodities.
The principal customers are catering suppliers, hotels, restaurants, retail and street markets. Centrally, the work of the Markets is co-ordinated by the Directorate, based in Guildhall, and the whole is part of the wider Department of Markets and Consumer Protection.
Co-locating the wholesale markets
A public consultation was carried out between June and August 2019, to capture feedback on the proposal to consolidate the City of London Corporation's three wholesale markets.
The feedback from the consultation has been analysed and presented into a summary report available on the consultation portal.
The UK's largest inland fish market, located at Canary Wharf, London E14 5ST.
Find out more about Billingsgate Market.
Email: Billingsgate Market Team.020 7332 3525
London Fish Merchants Association020 7515 2655
The UK's largest wholesale fruit and vegetable market, located in Leyton E10 5SQ, close to the Olympics site.
Find out more about New Spitalfields Market.
Email: New Spitalfileds Market Team.020 8518 7670
Market traders organisation020 8556 1479
See the Tenants Association website for further information.
The world famous meat market is still in its original location at West Smithfield, EC1A 9LH.
Find out more about Smithfield Market.
Email: Smithfield Market Team.020 7332 3092
Smithfield Market Tenants Association (SMTA)020 7248 3151
Visit the SMTA website for further information.
Leadenhall Market and Old Spitalfields Marketare not managed by the Department of Markets and Consumer Protection.
Email: Leadenhall Market Team.
For information regarding Old Spitalfields Market including opening hours and location please visit Old Spitalfields Market website


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Private pools hog water much needed on the other side of the world and they waste precious chemicals that would be used for public pools just to treat a few. They also attract pests such as mosquitos year-round especially in certain parts of the world filled with bugs and pesky animals.
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I think if you are able to afford one and have the desire to build one on your property then it is more then fine to do so, there are numerous options for those who don't have private swimming pools such as beaches or public pools for them to use.
There is nothing unethical about private swimming pools, people can spend their own money however they wish, and if they choose to spend it to install a pool for only their personal use, then that's their prerogative. Using personal money to provide a cleaner, more private swimming experience for the owner is in no way unethical.
No, I don't believe that it's unethical to have a private swimming pool. Seriously, now, we're not that short on water that a few thousand swimming pools are going to make a huge difference. I'd rather have a private body of water to call my own, than share it with hundreds of filthy people.
Why on earth would this ever be unethical? They built the pool, take care of it, and are harming nobodies property. What is wrong with having your own pool? As long as it is fenced off to keep animals and neighborhood kids out of it, I see absolutely nothing wrong.
I do not believe it is unethical to have a private swimming pool. If I could afford one and had the time and money to maintain it, I certainly would. I think swimming pools can be great for health reasons, but public pools are often limiting or annoying to utilize.


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10 Offices Cooler Than Yours (probably) via [mentalfloss]
by Stacy Conradt
I'm not complaining about where I work – I spend my days in a pretty cool building. But it's no Google. Then again, not much is. These 10 awesome company headquarters will make you shake your fist at your cubicle in rage… unless you work at one of them, of course.
1. Google. I know, everyone knows about Google, but it seems like a glaring omission to do a list about cool company headquarters and not list them. Among the amenities at the Googleplex? Sand volleyball games at lunch, a ball pit, foosball and ping pong tables, video games, and bicycles to get from meeting to meeting (it's a huge complex). Not impressed? Let's talk about the décor – pink plastic flamingoes, doors that go nowhere, a giant PlayMobil pirate, a dinosaur skeleton and lava lamps. Still yawning? There's more. So much more.
2. Pixar. Tom Hanks recently Tweeted a picture of the bathroom doors at Pixar if that gives you any indication of how seriously they take themselves there. It makes sense that they have a 600-seat movie theater, but the organic vegetable garden and cottage-like cubicles (pictured) are just plain cool.
3. The Cartoon Network. Sure, they might work in cubicle-land just like the rest of us, but at least they have Rosie the Robot smack in the middle of it all. They're also allowed to decorate their cubes in any manner they see fit. Given the creative types that work there, that makes for a pretty interesting work environment.
4. Red Bull. A fancy color scheme does not a cool company make (though their shiny red, blue and silver scheme is pretty neat) – it's the slide that leads from the second floor to the first floor that won this headquarters a spot on the list. All I can think is, "But what about the liability issues?!" There's also a huge skateboard ramp and meeting room tables that double as ping pong-playing surfaces.
5. Nike. The video speaks for itself, but one highlight is an employee store with killer selection and a (allegedly) generous discount.
6. Volkswagen. I bet you didn't know an assembly line could look so modern, sleek and tidy. I didn't! The inside of this factory in Dresden, Germany, is so elegant and gorgeous that when Dresden's opera house was flooded in 2002, they put on Carmen in factory instead. There's also a restaurant and a simulator that gives test drives, among many other cool features.
7. McLaren. I suppose it just comes with the territory of being a company that produces Formula One race cars, but how many offices do you know that come complete with a 475-foot wind tunnel used to test cars?
8. Selgas Cano Architecture. Want an office with a view? Look no further than Selgas Cano, just outside of Madrid, which lets employees sit in the middle of nature while they work.
9. Bloomberg. Get a complete tour here – at least, as complete as you can get with security stalking you constantly.
10. Zappos. If working for a shoe company isn't your dream job (If it means a steep discount on shoes, I'm in), consider this: they have Dance Dance Revolution set up as a stress-reliever, themed meeting rooms, nap pods and lots more. Check it out:
Do you have another nominee for the list? Let us know – especially if you work in one!
The Men Behind Your Favorite Liquor Brands via [Mental_Floss]
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It's hard to walk down the aisle of a liquor store without running across a bottle bearing someone's name. We put them in our cocktails, but how well do we know them? Here's some biographical detail on the men behind your favorite tipples. — by Ethan Trex
1. Captain Morgan
The Captain wasn't always just the choice of sorority girls looking to blend spiced rum with Diet Coke; in the 17th century he was a feared privateer. Not only did the Welsh pirate marry his own cousin, he ran risky missions for the governor of Jamaica, including capturing some Spanish prisoners in Cuba and sacking Port-au-Prince in Haiti. He then plundered the Cuban coast before holding for ransom the entire city of Portobelo, Panama. He later looted and burned Panama City, but his pillaging career came to an end when Spain and England signed a peace treaty in 1671. Instead of getting in trouble for his high-seas antics, Morgan received knighthood and became the lieutenant governor of Jamaica.
2. Johnnie Walker
Walker, the name behind the world's most popular brand of Scotch whisky, was born in 1805 in Ayrshire, Scotland. When his father died in 1819, Johnnie inherited a trust of a little over 400 pounds, which the trustees invested in a grocery store. Walker grew to become a very successful grocer in the town of Kilmarnock and even sold a whisky, Walker's Kilmarnock Whisky. Johnnie's son Alexander was the one who actually turned the family into famous whisky men, though. Alexander had spent time in Glasgow learning how to blend teas, but he eventually returned to Kilmarnock to take over the grocery from his father. Alexander turned his blending expertise to whisky, and came up with "Old Highland Whisky," which later became Johnnie Walker Black Label.
3. Jack Daniel
Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel of Tennessee whiskey fame was the descendant of Welsh settlers who came to the United States in the early 19th century. He was born in 1846 or 1850 and was one of 13 children. By 1866 he was distilling whiskey in Lynchburg, Tennessee. Unfortunately for the distiller, he had a bit of a temper. One morning in 1911 Daniel showed up for work early and couldn't get his safe open. He flew off the handle and kicked the offending strongbox. The kick was so ferocious that Daniel injured his toe, which then became infected. The infection soon became the blood poisoning that killed the whiskey mogul.
Curious about why your bottle of J.D. also has Lem Motlow listed as the distillery's proprietor? Daniel's own busy life of distilling and safe-kicking kept him from ever finding a wife and siring an heir, so in 1907 he gave the distillery to his beloved nephew Lem Motlow, who had come to work for him as a bookkeeper.
4. Jose Cuervo
In 1758, Jose Antonio de Cuervo received a land grant from the King of Spain to start an agave farm in the Jalisco region of Mexico. Jose used his agave plants to make mescal, a popular Mexican liquor. In 1795, King Carlos IV gave the land grant to Cuervo's descendant Jose Maria Guadalupe de Cuervo. Carlos IV also granted the Cuervo family the first license to commercially make tequila, so they built a larger factory on the existing land. The family started packaging their wares in individual bottles in 1880, and in 1900 the booze started going by the brand name Jose Cuervo. The brand is still under the leadership of the original Jose Cuervo's family; current boss Juan-Domingo Beckmann is the sixth generation of Cuervo ancestors to run the company.
5. Jim Beam
Jim Beam, the namesake of the world's best-selling bourbon whiskey, didn't actually start the distillery that now bears his name. His great-grandfather Jacob Beam opened the distillery in 1788 and started selling his first barrels of whiskey in 1795. In those days, the whiskey went by the less-catchy moniker of "Old Tub." Jacob Beam handed down the distillery to his son David Beam, who in turn passed it along to his son David M. Beam, who eventually handed the operation off to his son, Colonel James Beauregard Beam, in 1894. Although he was only 30 years old when he took over the family business, Jim Beam ran the distillery until Prohibition shut him down. Following repeal in 1933, Jim quickly built a distillery and began resurrecting the Old Tub brand, but he also added something new to the company's portfolio: a bourbon simply called Jim Beam.
6. Tanqueray
When he was a young boy, Charles Tanqueray's path through life seemed pretty clear. He was the product of three straight generations of Bedfordshire clergymen, so it must have seemed natural to assume that he would take up the cloth himself. Wrong. Instead, he started distilling gin in 1830 in a little plant in London's Bloomsbury district. By 1847, he was shipping his gin to colonies around the British Empire, where many plantation owners and troops had developed a taste for Tanqueray and tonic.
7. Campari
Gaspare Campari found his calling quickly. By the time he was 14, he had risen to become a master drink mixer in Turin, and in this capacity he started dabbling with a recipe for an aperitif. When he eventually settled on the perfect mixture, his concoction had over 60 ingredients. In 1860, he founded Gruppo Campari to make his trademark bitters in Milan. Like Colonel Sanders' spice blend, the recipe for Campari is a closely guarded secret supposedly known by only the acting Gruppo Campari chairman, who works with a tiny group of employees to make the concentrate with which alcohol and water are infused to get Campari. The drink is still made from Gaspare Campari's recipe, though, which includes quinine, orange peel, rhubarb, and countless other flavorings.
Doing TOO MUCH: Logo Tattoos, an Extreme Brand Loyalty Declaration
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Consider yourself a corporate whore.
Hopefully this athlete is getting paid by Adidas.
Way to think differently.
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Probably glows in the dark.
The logo's color means you can't actually tell that this tat is really fresh and bleeding a little.
Sort of takes away from the punk-ish tanktop, no?
If you can't afford a car, maybe this will suffice.


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I have been told I am a bit off center and/or goofy. In fact I accuse myself of this from time to time. It's just my easy going nature. What happened to me is certainly entertaining and funny, definitely blog worthy! I was at a residential customer's house and had completed the service. The customer wanted to pay by credit card and for security reasons it must be called in Vs written down. I had left my phone in the truck so the customer told me to use her home phone.
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Our main office number is 781-769-9111 so I began dialing 781-769….. and the customer asked me a question which I replied to. I did not realize the phone number entry erased since I did not continue with the number. After a 1 minute pause for responding to the question I continued dialing the remainder of our number 911 and hit send. I was distracted so I did not realize I left off the last 1 before I hit send so I hung up. I redialed correctly and called in the payment. I was walking to the truck and the police office asked if everything was OK to which I said yes. The homeowner came out and the police wanted to know if she was OK.
When asked what this was about the police said someone from this home dialed 911 then hung up! They checked out the house & saw everyone was fine. We all had a good laugh about the situation. Needless to say I will not make this mistake again….at least I don't think so.
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