Tenta, also referred to as Kalavasos-Tenta or Tenda, is an Aceramic Neolithic settlement located in modern Kalavasos near the southern coast of Cyprus. The settlement is approximately 38 kilometres southwest of Larnaca and approximately 45 kilometres south of Nicosia. Tenta occupies a small natural hill on the west side of the Vasilikos valley, close to the Nicosia–Limassol highway.

 

The earliest occupation at the site has been dated to around 8000 BC, which is contemporary with the sites Shillourokambos and Mylouthkia, and notably predating Khirokitia by almost a millennium. It was still settled during the 6th millennium BC, but deserted at some point before the advent of the Cypriotic Ceramic Neolithic.

 

Six seasons of excavation in Tenta occurred from 1947 to 1984. The obtained data is of interest to studies of cultural change in Prehistoric Cyprus because Tenta's architectural remains, artefacts, human burials, flora and fauna have been "virtually unchanged for two millennia, suggesting that there was considerable continuity in social organisation as well as technological and economic practices."

 

Today, the site is open to visitors (with entrance fee), and protected by a characteristic, modern cone-shaped roof. The roof is considered a local landmark, and the site a popular tourist attraction

 

The Vasilikos valley is located in the Larnaca District of southern Cyprus. The valley was known to be abundant in archaeological sites from numerous extensive surveys conducted due to excavations of accidentally discovered sites; however these sites were widely scattered in Cyprus.

 

According to local tradition, the name of the location refers back to 327 AD when Saint Helena, mother of Constantine I, stayed there in a tent (Greek: Tέντα). Helena supposedly pitched her tent after walking up the Vasilikos valley (Greek: Βασιλικός), vasilikos meaning "royal place or land".

 

The archealogical site of Tenta was first reported by Porphyrios Dikaios in 1940 when artefacts were discovered during the construction of a mining railway line. In 1947, Dikaios undertook a two-week archaeological excavation focused 25 metres south of the summit of Tenta. Eleven locals and several students from Brandeis University were employed to assist with the excavation. A detailed report of the excavation was never published, but a plan of the excavation was released in 1960, which showed a trench being excavated approximately five metres below and adjacent to a curvilinear wall.

 

Since many sites of Cyprus had only been fleetingly explored, Vassos Karageorghis, the Director of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, worked with Ian Todd, who had previously assisted in numerous excavations in Turkey and Iran, to direct the Vasilikos Valley project which included five seasons of excavation in Tenta between 1976 and 1984. The project was sponsored by Brandeis University and funded by the National Science Foundation.

 

To locate sites, Todd walked nineteen different transects across the valley from east to west – from the Kalavasos Dam to the coast. Each transect was positioned equidistant from each other. Problems of the archaeological field survey in Cyprus include erosion as many sites were situated on different gradients, which often affects the estimation of the size of a site as well as makes it more challenging for surveyors to find where artefacts are located. Furthermore, aggradation was also considered to be a potential problem impacting the discovery of sites due to the increase in land elevation.

 

Although the excavations ended in 1984, details about the findings were published as late as 2005.

 

All structures discovered in Tenta are curvilinear and thus from the Aceramic Neolithic period due to neighbouring Neolithic settlements like Khirokitia exhibiting similar features. From the excavations, it was discovered that public buildings were constructed at the summit of Tenta's natural hill, "first in stone and mudbrick, then entirely in mudbrick and finally entirely in stone." Furthermore, homes at the site were unearthed to find that the stone structures were built of limestone with a mixture of diabase locally accessible in the Vasilikos river. The walls of the curvilinear structures stood to one metre or more in height and were determined to vary thickness between 25 and 60 centimetres as well as varied in colour including grey, reddish-brown, light brown, and dark brown. The floors and walls of the buildings were often made of gypsum, lime, or a combination of both as well as "coated with a thin, whitish plaster layer laid on a base of friable mud plaster". The stones of the buildings were predominately found to be laid neatly in parallel as well as had within them platforms, benches and seats. The flat as well as domed roofs of the buildings in Tenta were constructed from branches, reeds, and rammed earth and the surfaces of the walls of the buildings were often intricately decorated such as a "painting depicting two human figures with upraised hands." Furthermore, approximately 40 to 45 structures were excavated in total, and it was estimated that the population in Tenta never exceeded 150 people based on the size and shape of the structures.

 

Approximately one thousand man-made artefacts crafted with stone, animal bone or shell were recovered from the Tenta excavations. The artefacts were found within and outside buildings as well as within soil deposits. All objects were retrieved using a sieve, which assisted in recovering many of the objects which were small and fragmented due to the rubbish that had enveloped them, especially in soil deposits. The artefacts found are predominantly from the Aceramic Neolithic period with the exception of two clay plugs, a characteristic of the Chalcolithic period, which were found in the wall of a building. Artefacts discovered on the settlement include stone vessels, axes, hammerstones, and chipped stone tools like blades. Furthermore, there is evidence of proficiency from the inhabitants of Tenta such as their complex shapes carved in stone vessels. Rare artefacts were also found inside the walls of structures "including pendants, beads, large arrowheads and ground-stone implements covered with ochre." Copious picrolite, a crystal varying from dark green to grey most commonly found in the Kouris Dam, was likely used by the villagers to make jewellery during the Aceramic Neolithic period. Furthermore, chert was used as a tool by the villagers of Tenta to break things by force as well as to start fires because sparks ignite easily when the rock is struck on a hard surface.

A selection of artefacts are displayed in the Cyprus Museum and the Larnaca District Archaeological Museum.

 

Fourteen human burials containing eighteen individuals were excavated at Tenta. The eighteen skeletons were buried in contracted positions and positioned to the internal house walls, within oval pits not accompanied with any gifts or offerings, just beneath the floors or outside the structures. The burials include adults, children and infants buried separately, except the remains of four infants buried together in one pit.

 

The average age at death for males and females was 30.5 years and 36.5 years respectively. This six-year gap between the sexes may be due to limitations of a small sample size as well as poor preservation and age averaging techniques, especially due to the differences in neighbouring Neolithic settlements in which the longevity of males is greater than females. Furthermore, the average height for males and females was 162.9 centimetres (5 ft 4.1 in) and 153.8 centimetres (5 ft 0.6 in), respectively. Analysis of the skeletons' teeth suggest that the inhabitants had generally good dental health as well as a diet sufficient in protein and carbohydrates. This is due to the inhabitants' main diet consisting of plants as well as domesticated or hunted animals like fallow deer, pig and cattle. Moreover, analysis of the eighteen skeletons determined that the inhabitants of Tenta may have suffered from hemolytic anemia and iron-deficiency anemia, as well as having practiced artificial cranial deformation due to 11.1% of them having their skulls bound. Such practices were also common in the neighbouring Neolithic settlement of Khirokitia, and also during later periods in Cyprus such as the Late Bronze Age.

 

The botanical remains from Tenta revealed the subsistence practices in the Aceramic Neolithic period. It was expected that the botanical remains of wheat, barley and various legumes would be found in Tenta based on the earlier excavations from the neighbouring Neolithic settlements of Kastros and Khirokitia. The remains were recovered using a froth flotation process designed by Anthony Legge. According to Todd, "[a]pproximately 10 litres of every excavated deposit were examined and sorted under low power (10×–50×) magnification using a Bausch and Lomb stereo microscope." Components of the plant such as roots, stems and seeds were analysed separately and were compared with modern samples. Only 175 from the 416 botanical remains recovered via froth flotation contained carbon to analyse accurately. There was a smaller amount of carbonised remains to analyse compared to neighbouring Neolithic settlements due to the damage from excavating the remains with picks and trowels. From the 2074 litres sieved out of 7764 litres of carbonised botanical remains via froth flotation, it was discovered that "domesticated plants from the site consist of emmer and einkorn wheat, barley (probably two-row), lentil and possibly pea."

 

The distribution of botanical remains as well as the fire pits and hearths inside and outside the architectural remains were examined and compared to neighbouring Neolithic settlements. It was discovered that more hearths and fire pits were outside and between buildings than inside them, suggesting that the cooking in the period was conducted outside. Two hearths from the site revealed that civilians had gathered wild resources for cooking such as fig, pistachio, grape, olive and plum, but the analysis of the botanical remains did not indicate the specific cooking process or storage practices in the Aceramic Neolithic period

 

From the excavations at Tenta, 2817 faunal bone fragments were recovered. As shown in the table below, the majority of bone fragments (99.7%) were from deer, pig and caprinae (sheep and goat), which highlights that the civilians of Tenta predominately surrounding these mammals coupled with the remaining 0.3% of fragments being cat, fox and rodent. From epiphyseal plate data obtained from the faunal remains, it was found that 72% of deer, 28% of pig, 60% of caprinae were culled as adults. A collection of antlers from deer were also found intact inside three buildings and believed to have been possibly showcased by villagers in Tenta as an achievement of their hunting.

 

The process of recovering the faunal remains involved sieving excavated deposits through all 1 cm, 5 mm and 3 mm meshes.[13] Despite this high standard process of retrieving faunal remains, the bone fragments recovered were fragile and there was a high risk of the bone splitting, which resulted in many of the bones breaking and splintering. Thus, the veracity of any interpretation of the faunal remains may contribute to preservation bias during faunal assemblage. The range of animals recovered in the neighbouring Neolithic settlement of Khirokitia similarly was mostly deer, pig and caprinae with a small representation of cat, fox and rodent in the bone fragments. Hence, the same array of animals – based on the husbanding of pigs and caprines and the hunting of deer – provided the basis for subsistence economies in the Aceramic Neolithic period. The main aim of culling these animals for the Tenta and Khirokitia villagers was to consume their meat, but also most likely use their skin and bones for clothes and tools. Furthermore, cats and foxes were most likely to have been imported by colonists and used for their pelts as well as exterminators of vermin such as rodents.

 

In 1994 to 1995, Vassos Karageorghis commissioned and the Anastasios G. Leventis Foundation funded the construction of a tent-like conical or "pyramidal" structure that improved the protection of the remnants of Tenta from the elements. The shelter consists of glulam beams coated by a PVC membrane and cost US$340,000 over the two year construction phase. The structure has been called a local landmark.

 

Aceramic is defined as "not producing pottery". In archaeology, the term means "without pottery". Aceramic societies usually used bark, basketry, gourds and leather for containers.

 

"Aceramic" is used to describe a culture at any time prior to its development of pottery as well as cultures that lack pottery altogether. A preceramic period is traditionally regarded as occurring in the early stage of the Neolithic period of a culture, but recent findings in Japan and China have pushed the origin of ceramic technology there well back into the Paleolithic era.

 

West Asia

In Western Asian archaeology it is used to refer to a specific early Neolithic period before the development of ceramics, the Middle Eastern Pre-Pottery Neolithic, in which case it is a synonym of preceramic or pre-pottery.

 

The Western Asian Pre-Pottery Neolithic A began roughly around 8500 BC and can be identified with over a half a dozen sites. The period was most prominent in Western Asia in an economy based on the cultivation of crops or the rearing of animals or both. Outside Western Asia Aceramic Neolithic groups are more rare. Aceramic Neolithic villages had many attributes of agricultural communities: large settlement size, substantial architecture, long settlement duration, intensive harvesting of seeds with sickles, equipment and facilities for storing and grinding seeds, and containers. Morphological evidence for domestication of plants comes only from Middle PPNB (Pre-Pottery Neolithic B), and by Late PPNB some animals, notably goats, were domesticated or at least managed in most of the sites.

 

Cyprus

Some of the most famous Aceramic sites are located in the Republic of Cyprus. There was an Early Aceramic Neolithic phase beginning around 8200 BC. The phase can be best thought of as a "colony", or initial settlement of the island. Until the relatively recent discoveries of the Akrotiri and the Early Aceramic Neolithic phases, the Aceramic Neolithic culture known as the Khirokitia culture was thought to be the earliest human settlement on Cyprus, from 7000 to 5000 BC.[5] There are a number of Late Aceramic Neolithic sites throughout the island. The two most important are called Khirokitia and Kalavasos-Tenta. Late Aceramic Cyprus did not have much external contact because of a lack of settlement in the west or northwest during the period. However, Late Aceramic Cyprus was a well-structured society.

 

Americas

The specific term Pre-Ceramic is used for a period in many chronologies of the archaeology of the Americas, typically showing some agriculture and developed textiles but no fired pottery. For example, in the Norte Chico civilization and other cultures of Peru, the cultivation of cotton seems to have been very important in economic and power relations, from around 3200 BC. Here, Cotton Pre-Ceramic may be used as a period. The Pre-Ceramic may be followed by "Ceramic" periods or a formative stage.

 

The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος néos 'new' and λίθος líthos 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts of the world. This "Neolithic package" included the introduction of farming, domestication of animals, and change from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to one of settlement. The term 'Neolithic' was coined by Sir John Lubbock in 1865 as a refinement of the three-age system.

 

The Neolithic began about 12,000 years ago when farming appeared in the Epipalaeolithic Near East, and later in other parts of the world. It lasted in the Near East until the transitional period of the Chalcolithic (Copper Age) from about 6,500 years ago (4500 BC), marked by the development of metallurgy, leading up to the Bronze Age and Iron Age.

 

In other places, the Neolithic followed the Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) and then lasted until later. In Ancient Egypt, the Neolithic lasted until the Protodynastic period, c. 3150 BC. In China, it lasted until circa 2000 BC with the rise of the pre-Shang Erlitou culture, and in Scandinavia, the Neolithic lasted until about 2000 BC

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OKINAWAN CENTENARIANS DO NOT EAT A DIET BASED ON PORK.

 

THE WORD "OKINAWA" DOES NOT MEAN "ISLAND OF PORK" IN JAPANESE. THAT IS FALSE.

 

OKINAWAN CENTENARIANS EAT A DIET THAT IS 98% VEGETARIAN and 96% VEGAN.

 

OKINAWA'S OLDEST PERSONS EAT A HIGH-CARB LOW-FAT PLANT-BASED DIET.

 

THE LONGEST LIVED PEOPLE AVOID MEAT AND EAT A DIET BASED ON LARGE VOLUMES OF GRAIN.

   

SOURCE: "The Diet of the World’s Longest-Lived People and Its Potential Impact on Morbidity and Life Span" JOURNAL: Annals of the Academy of Sciences - Volume 1114: 434–455 (2007).

  

The Okinawa Longevity diet is plant-based: 98 percent vegetarian and 96 percent vegan. A whopping 85% carbs. Okinawans eat huge amounts of Starch, and Grain. Okinwans eat sugar. Okinawans eat lots of Soy. Okinawans eat lots of potatoes, and rice. The Okinawans eat beans and legumes. The okinawans eat wheat. And are among the longest living people on earth.

  

Notes: Okinawans Do Not eat tons of pork. Okinawans Do Not eat tons of fish.

 

The okinawans avoid meat. 99% of the Okinawan diet is NOT PORK. 99% of the Japanese Okinawan diet is NOT FISH. It is Not true that the Japanese Okinawans eat a lot of fish. It is NOT TRUE that Okinawa is "The Island of Pork". It is NOT true that the word Okinawa translates to The Island of Pork--this is an internet hoax that has been traced to an individual named Chris Masterjohn who was found to be part of a health-fraud group called the Weston A. Price Foundation. The actual word Okinawa (??) consists of 2 Kanji characters in Japanese: Oki + Nawa ( ? + ? ). Oki means sea or water ( ? ). Nawa means rope ( ? ). Okinawa therefore actually means: "Rope of the Sea"--referring to the appearance of the 'string of islands that reside in the sea' at the southern part of Japan. These are known as the Ryukyu islands. There is nothing about the islands of pork. Okinawans do not refer to their own island as the island of pork. This is factually incorrect. It was simply concocted by a diet fraud group known as the WAPF, and then spread by those who got false health information from this group. They then spread this false line merely in lay-person "blogs" and simply as social network system or article comments on the internet, which is not scientific. Much of it largely by people advancing a meat-based or low-carber diet plan, and who have never been to Okinawa or Japan or do not speak Japanese. It is fabricated.

  

It is important to note, these are the actual Food Measurements of the Centenarians, the people who did live up over 100+ years. This is not the diet of ALL okinawan people. These are the ones who lived. Not the ones who died.

 

There may be okinawans who eat differently. There may be ones that eat more fish, there may be onese that eat more eggs, less sugar, more dairy, or eat more meat or eat more pork. They did not live. They died sooner.

 

The ones who lived ate what you see above. The Okinawans who lived to be centenarians up over 100+ years of age were eating a 98% Vegetarian plant-based diet. 96% vegan diet. Nearly 70% of which was potatoes, okinawan purple sweet potatoes which contain starches. Rice which is a starch. Grains and wheat, large amounts of Soy, and Tofu, Vegetables, and fruit, and ingested PUFA oils and even a quantity of refined carbohydrates in the form of sugar (composed of both glucose and fructose), and are among the healthiest longest-lived people on earth and are one of the Blue-Zones of longevity. This may be classified actually as an ANTI-PALEO DIET, due to the fact that it consists of grains, including wheat, encourages beans and legumes, is mainly vegetarian, encourages rice, contains hardly any fish, and hardly any bacon or pork, and avoids meat. It is almost the opposite of a paleo diet. This mainly vegetarian plant-based diet results in some of the longest lifespans on the planet.

 

Regular okinawans may eat differently, and may eat slightly more pork, but die quicker. Those Okinawans who avoided meat, avoided fish, avoided dairy, and avoided eating pork such that all of these items were less than barely 1% of their diet, lived the longest.

 

The Okinawan centenarian diet is 85% carbs, 09% protein, and 06% fat.

 

This is a High-Carb, Low-Fat, Low-Protein diet: HC-LF-LP. HCLF. This is NOT a lowcarb diet. This is Not a high-protein diet. Those people who ingested a lowcarb or high protein diet died sooner and had more disease.

 

The diet that matches most closely to this longest-lifespan diet, is an 80-10-10 plant-based diet.

 

The Okinawan diet is 98% vegetarian, which includes the eggs and dairy.

The Okinawan diet is 96% vegan, which excludes the eggs and dairy.

The Okinawan diet is barely 1% fish, and is 99% other than fish.

The Okinawan diet is barely 1% pork, and is 99% NOT PORK.

The Okinawans who lived the longest ate more plants and avoided fish, eggs, meat and pork.

  

Peer reviewed scientific journal studies. Confirmed.

 

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It is estimated that Venus flytrap plants can live up to 20 years in the wild. Photo by Dale Suiter, June 13, 2019.

 

The US Coast Guard's Buchanan Station adjacent to the Paris Landing State Park marina in Henry County, Tennessee is the home-port for both the Chippewa and the Cimarron, seen here as we departed the marina for a short cruise up Kentucky Lake this past Saturday (10-12-2013). This is an Aids to Navigation Team station, their primary duties being to maintain buoys, navigational lights/markers, etc. along both the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers. Built in 1960 (Cimarron) and 1965 (Chippewa), they've both been working the inland waterways since before my time.

soccer will outlive us all...

From the May 2016 trip to Thailand and Cambodia:

 

Sra Srang is a manmade baray. It means “royal bath.” It measures 700 meters by 350 meters (on a slight SE-NW axis) and is directly across the street from the east entrance of Banteay Kdei. It was built around the mid-10th century by King Rajendravarman. This lake has retained its water for more than 9 centuries. Well…until now. But, as half of my countrymen will gladly tell you, global warming isn’t a problem, now, is it?

 

Anyway, when you look at these pictures – and they’re from the west viewing platform – imagine how amazing sunrises could be here with a reflecting pool directly in front of you. Oh, what once was. (I’ll pray that this lake does fill up during the year, though it’s still worrisome that it dries out completely for part of the year, if that’s the case.)

 

Well, this is it. Save for a return flight to Bangkok on Tuesday, May 17 (a formality, really, just to pick up the return flight to China on the 18th…and no shoots on the 17th in Bangkok), Siem Reap/Angkor Wat is the last stop – and the one I was most looking forward to.

 

The flight over was pretty uneventful, though amusing. At Phnom Penh International Airport, we checked in at the gate, then went outside and hopped on a bus to take us to the plane…which was literally less than 100 meters away. That amused me to no end. A quick, comfortable 45 minute flight on the prop jet later – over completely black terrain; it seems the countryside is either sparsely populated, or electricity is a premium, but we may as well have been flying over a moonless ocean – brought us to Siem Reap (which, I’m glad to say, had lights). Siem Reap is the small town (and it’s basically a tourist/party kind of town where it’s great to go out at night after spending a full day in the sweltering hot sun. It’s about 10 kilometers south of Angkor Wat.

 

In overview, Angkor Wat is the ancient capital of the Khmer kingdom. What remains today are temples…temples…and temples. Hindu temples. Buddhist temples. They were also a people who were animists, so some temples are reminiscent of that system, too.

 

The detail of the temples is also fascinating. There are more asparas here than you can shake a stick at. Of the roughly 20,000 asparas, only one is shown smiling (baring teeth, that is). It fascinates – and impresses – me that people have done such extensive research and restoration that they know this. Those are the details, though.

 

A macro view of the Siem Reap area is just as impressive in that these temples are a study of a civilization close to one thousand years old (yet another jaw-dropping aspect of Angkor: the longevity) and their durability. The earliest temples are over a thousand years old, and the most recent are from the 14th century. (If the guide book I bought is correct, they were all built between 790-1307.) What survives today is all original (though there have been reinforcements with stone – many foreign countries support renovations of specific temples; I recall China and India among them). It’s quite obvious to tell what’s old and what’s new in most cases. However, the restorations are all good and necessary. One last note regarding the longevity of these temples is this: If these stone temples are what remained…how impressive must the society have been who created them? (That’s to say…think of the temples, houses, and all that didn’t survive as they were built of wood; these are simply the temples built by the royals or the aristocracy.)

 

A tour of modern-day Angkor Wat can be done in one or two fairly vigorous days. However, if you’re looking for any classic shots, you’ll want to spend longer here. (Common sense: the more time here, the more chances for good shots.) For this trip – it may be the only time I come here, though you never know – we arrived on a Saturday night and checked into our hotel (My Home Tropical Garden Villa; $20/night)

 

Siem Reap feels, at first, like a small dusty outpost of a town. The center of town is about four square blocks of small dive restaurants (and a bar street) and slightly pricier restaurants. There is also a night market street, an art street…all in all, it’s quite nice and has a bit of a party feel to it in addition to the endless souvenir stands you would expect. Though we didn’t go out on Saturday night (since we didn’t get checked in until around 9:30 p.m.), we did get a chance to go on Sunday.

 

Sunday morning was an awfully early start. Before having left Phnom Penh, I jumped on Facebook and, by chance, found and hired a local tuktuk driver, Mao Khvan, for $25/day. He agreed to pick us up at 4:50 a.m. to catch the sunrise at Angkor Wat.

 

Now, a quick note on tuktuks: almost every single hotel/hostel/guesthouse probably has tuktuks available for hire. Also, when we were picked up at the airport, the taxi driver offered to drive us for the time we were there. In short…it’s a competitive market, and finding a driver for the day will be no problem. $25 may even be slightly pricy (you could probably find a driver for $15-20), however, I was so impressed with Mao’s service that, if I were to return, I’d gladly hire him again. He wasn’t rude or pushy, provides all the ice water you could possibly want to drink, and though he’s not an “official” guide, he’s very, very knowledgeable and made both days pleasant. I even had him take us to the airport the morning we left, and he brought his wife and daughter to meet us. He’s just a genuinely good and decent guy. (For anyone who goes to Angkor Wat, here’s Mao’s contact info if you want to arrange his services ahead of time: www.facebook.com/maotuktuksiemreap/?fref=ts )

 

Back to the actual touring itself, Angkor is geared towards tourism and they do it well. You can buy an admission ticket for either one, three, or seven days. ($20, $40, or…$60?). It’s also nice because they don’t have to be used in consecutive days (for the three and seven day passes, obviously). The three days can be used in a given week. The seven day pass, within a month.

 

Conventionally, two days is enough to see the “main” sites (albeit quickly) in about 8 hours each day. There’s a small loop (which we did the first morning) in which we caught the sunrise (not a great one, but…there was one, and it wasn’t terrible, by any stretch) at Angkor Wat, followed by a quick tour of the grounds – but not the temple itself. Afterwards (we were at Angkor Wat from 5:30 until 7:00 or 8:00, I’d say), we hopped back in the tuktuk and headed over to Ta Prohm, about 15-20 minutes away. Ta Prohm is famous for those who are fans of the Lara Croft Tomb Raider movies. (The first, I think. I’m not, so I don’t recall it vividly.) After those two spots – probably two of the three most famous – we went to the Khmer Country Kitchen for a rather nice, relaxing, and cheap breakfast where we spent an hour with the other two members of our group. Around 10:00, we went to our third stop: Ta Keo Temple. In 40 degree heat (roughly 104F), I was feeling a bit too exhausted to climb the somewhat steep stairs to the top of this temple, but I did enjoy the lower area just as well. From Ta Keo, we made a quick stop at two temples (they form a pair): Thommanon and Chau Say Tevoda for about 20 minutes. Between these three, I’d say we spent about an hour. Our last stop of the morning, around high noon, was the Bayon complex of Angkor Thom. Passing through Bayon’s east gate, we stopped for a few quick pictures before going to the main compound of Bayon, which I would say is the the last of the three most-recognizable places here. We spent a good hour, or a little longer, shooting here after which point we were completely spent. Mao would have gladly taken us back to Angkor for sunset, but we actually decided to call it a day around 1:00. 9 hours in high heat was more than enough.

 

Back at the hotel, we rested, and I enjoyed myself immensely in the swimming pool. In the early evening, we walked about 600 meters to the “happening” part of town where we wandered the various streets and had a rather nice Khmer dinner. After eating and walking off a rather good dinner, we called it a night and headed back to our room. (For what it’s worth, the afternoon sky clouded over quite a bit and I heard we didn’t miss much as far as sunsets go. Mao also told us the following morning that the sunrise was a wash, as was Tuesday morning’s. Perhaps he was just trying to make us feel good.)

 

Monday morning we gladly skipped the sunrise and had a late start around…10:00. After a good old-fashioned breakfast of a ham & cheese omelet, Mao came by and we spent the second full day on the large loop. The first stop of the day was at Ba Phuon, a lesser temple just north of Bayon in Angkhor Thom. This was accompanied by quick stops at the adjacent Elephant Terrace and Leper King Terrace. After about an hour in the Ba Phuon area, we rode off to the northeast and stopped at Preah Khan, which was a rather interesting ruins. Another hour or so gone, we continued along the northeastern loop, bypassing Neak Pean (which, following English pronunciation rules, could theoretically be pronounced “neck pain,” which amused me for some reason…). The next stop was a rather small temple named Ta Som on the eastern end of the outer loop. Just down the road from Ta Som, we stopped at the East Mebon temple. When it was constructed, this was an island, only accessible by boat. That, however, was centuries ago. Now, it’s just a very dry, dusty area – with the temple still standing – and it’s hard to imagine it was once surrounded by water. At any rate, it was a quick stop at East Mebon, followed by another nice meal at the Khmer Country Kitchen before we continued with the tour. The next stop on the list was due east of the restaurant (southeast corner of the outer loop, which is really slightly northeast of Angkor Wat). Pre Rup (or Bre Rup) was a fairly photogenic temple. By this point, the heat – also around 40 degrees, just like Sunday – was starting to take a toll, though we still managed to stay out and see all we could. The last “new” temple for us was Banteay Kdei, a citadel that is at the corner of where the inner and outer loop meet on the eastern side of Angkor Wat. Directly across the street from Bnateay Kdei is what should be a nice lake called Sra Srang. A long, rectangular lake, which is also across the street from the Khmer Country Kitchen, it’s now nothing but a dustbowl. Though it’s rainy season now, there’s been so little rain that the lake has completely dried up. (But, please don’t tell any “right”-thinking politicians in my country that global warming is a problem. It certainly isn’t, despite what your eyes see.) After some rather sad contemplation at Sra Srang, we went back to Angkor Wat around 4:00 and were there until 6:30 or so for sundown. However, a boomer of a thunderstorm (light rain, but heavy on thunder & lightning) came through and there wasn’t much to see. However, we did finally get to tour the interior of Angkor Wat, and found that a pretty fitting way to end the initial Siem Reap shoot. From there, we went back to the hotel where we passed out from exhaustion.

 

The only thing left to do was wake up on Tuesday for a quick 45 minute flight at noon to Bangkok. We concluded the trip as we started it: eating well at a Thai restaurant. Other than that, we just had a quiet night in Bangkok (no shooting at all) and a very early (3:30 a.m.) wake up call for our return flights out of Thailand. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing Thailand again soon.

Evening shadows, White Rock, BC

Remember the days when families used to pile in the station wagon all the way back to the third row seat? The days when families would actually make use of the roadside parks and highway picnic areas? Let's take a trip!

 

Be prepared, this car shockingly attracts attention, smiles, and conversation wherever I have stopped.

 

This is a clean survivor! Truly a collectible. 1984 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser station wagon in Light Royal Blue Metallic. This wagon is still wearing it's original paint and interior fittings, as well as the 307 cubic inch 4 barrel drive-train it was born with. It has truly been given an immense amount of care to pass through 36 years in this stunning condition. I can say with some conviction that the car has not been driven in any salty winter weather, nor has it been kept in the sun.

The window rubbers, interior fabrics, dashboard, and carpets show no fade. The dashboard is perfect, without even the smallest suggestion of cracking or warping. All glass is chip free and clear. The only real suggestion of it's years would be the missing lower front fender filler plastics. These finally gave way in October 2019 on a highway trip.

 

All electrical options including the original Delco AM/FM Cassette radio, power antenna, rear power gate window, and climate controls are in full smooth working order. Heater is capable of warming the entire cabin in short order. Ten minutes of driving will have you sliding the classic control back to the left. Hot summer day cruise? Don't worry, this baby has perfectly operating R-12 air conditioning with a new AC Delco Compressor. The factory radio is in perfect operating condition. It is quite a throwback scrolling through the analog FM dial. As previously mentioned, the power antenna functions flawlessly, as does the dual opening rear tailgate and power gate window.

 

The glove compartment in the wagon contains the original literature, all manuals, even the Olds dealer's plastic key fob. On top of the dashboard is a custom fabric dash cover, to further lengthen the longevity of the dash material. The blue fabric seats have remained covered their entire life. I have only removed the coverings to take pictures of the vehicle. The wagons offered the Olds gauge package, which consisted of a full compliment of awkwardly placed analog monitors of oil pressure, temp, and battery. The analog clock even operates perfectly! The low fuel light and chime are operational and have been tested.

 

The Old's road manners are as new. Braking is impressive for a vintage wagon this large. There are no pulling forces in either direction. Steering is on point, with zero wander. Exhaust is quiet and in excellent condition. The Cruiser accelerates graciously without fault from a standstill, although without a sense of urgency as was intended during the time of emission control engine de-tuning. Tires are Dayton brand, and in nice condition. Original hubcaps ARE included, although I only have 2, as they tended to bounce off the car in any tight turn situation. I will include either the caps pictured, or the choice of one other full set of vintage metal caps in my possession if desired.

 

Floors contain zero rust and original undercoat spray is in place. Seemingly the only deviation from factory coatings are in a couple of the door openings. It appears the original owner brushed in a bit of red sealer paint over a few bits of cracking seam sealer from the assembly line. All trim is present, apart from the aforementioned fender filler panels in the front.

The rubber window scrapers around the car are unbelievably in perfect supple condition.

Weather stripping on the wagon is a 9 out of 10. The drivers door has a 8 inch section of abraded weatherstrip with a "repair" from the original owner. The car has no wind leaks or noises in the cabin at 75mph.

 

Drive this one home!

 

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Blessings from the eldest worshiper of the family.

  

My Experience of Chhath

I am a permanent resident of Kolkata, but I never witnessed the celebration of Chhath Pooja here. Lakhs of migrant residents from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and other states of India and Nepal as well, celebrated their most ancient festival along the bank of river Hoogly, the sacred river that flows through the city. On 6th November this year, around 2pm, I went to a famous ghat on the bank of river Hoogly opposite to Eden gardens. It was an unique photographic journey to witness how people performed their rituals with so much devotion and faith. I saw hundreds of devotees sitting on the banks quietly with their offerings to Sun God and some performing their rituals with half of their bodies immersed in the Ganges, and some with fire, called ‘Homas’. I was closely looking at them, and I was amazed by their dedication, devotion and complacency. Thousands of devotees were found proceeding towards the Ganges with their offerings, all cladded in bright clothes and ornaments, and many were found on their way to lay prone on the roads touching their whole body (Ashtanga or eight parts of the body) on the Earth and performing ‘Dondis’(Surya Namaskara -Sanskrit: सूर्यनमस्कार, Sun Salutation). Many of the family members, including newborn kids were found lying on the roads waiting for the main worshipper of the family to crossover their bodies as a way to get blessings from them. Most of the main family worshippers were found to be the eldest ladies of the family. Through Chhath, I rediscovered my religious India, in a new and beautiful way.

  

Chhath Pooja

Chhath is an ancient Hindu Vedic festival of worshiping Sun God, as the Rigveda contains hymns worshiping the Sun God and describes similar rituals.Historically it is native to eastern Uttar Pradesh, North Bihar of India and Mithila State of Nepal.The Chhath Puja is dedicated to the Sun and his wife Usha in order to thank them for bestowing the bounties of life on earth.The God is worshiped during the Chhath festival to promote well-being, prosperity and progress. In Hinduism, Sun worship is also believed to help cure a variety of diseases, including leprosy, and helps ensure the longevity and prosperity of family members, friends, and elders. Environmentalists claim that Chhath is the most eco-friendly Hindu festival.

 

Regions Celebrating Chhath

Although the festival is observed most elaborately in Mithila Province of Nepal,Terai-Madhesh region of Nepal, Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand and UP, it is also more prevalent in areas where migrants from those areas have a presence.The festival is celebrated in the regions including but not exclusive to the northeast region of India, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Gujarat, as well in various countries worldwide.

 

Timings

Chhath puja is performed on Kartika Shukla Shashthi, which is the sixth day of the month of Kartika in Bengali calender. This falls typically in the month of October or November in the Gregorian English Calendar.

  

History

The rituals also find reference in the Sanskrit epic poem Mahābhārata in which Draupadi is depicted as observing similar rites. It is assumed that the oldest Purohits were requested by the kings to come and perform the traditional pooja of the Lord Sun. They used to chant the ancient Rigveda texts and a variety of hymns for worshiping the God. In the ancient time of Mahabharata Chhath pooja was celebrated by Draupadi and Pandavas of Hastinapur (present Delhi) for solving their instant problem and regaining their lost kingdom. It is also assumed that the Chhath puja was first started by the Surya Putra (son of Sun God) Karna. He was a great warrior and had ruled over the Anga Desh (Munger district of Bihar) during the Mahabharata period.

 

Ethymology

The word chhath means sixth in Nepali, Maithili and Bhojpuri languages and the festival is celebrated on the sixth day of the month Kārtika of the Hindu lunar Bikram Sambat calendar.The word is a Prakrit derivation from the Sanskrit ṣaṣṭhi, meaning sixth.

The Goddess who is also worshipped during the famous Chhath Puja is known as Chhathi Maiya. Chhathi Maiya is known as Usha in the Vedas. She is believed to be the beloved younger wife of Surya, the sun god. The rituals signify rising sun as well as setting sun.

 

Rituals and Traditions of Chhath Puja

It is believed that worshipers of the Chhath take holy bath and follows a period of abstinence and become separate for 4 days from the main family. Throughout the period he is believed as the pure spirit and sleep on the floor having single blanket.

Devotees offer prasad to Sun at the Chhath such as sweets, Kheer, Thekua, bananas and other fruits included in a small bamboo tokari. The prasad is cooked without salt, onions or garlic with maintained purity. It is a four days festival which includes:

On the first day, devotees take bathe early in the morning in the holy water of Gange and bring some holy water to their home to prepare the offerings. The home and its surroundings should be cleaned at this day. They take only one meal a day known as kaddu-bhat cooked only by using the bronze or soil utensils and mango woods over the soil stove.

On the second day, the day before Chhath, devotees keeps fast for whole day and break their fast in the evening after sunset after the worship of Sun. They offer Rasiao-kheer, puris, fruits in the puja. After taking meal in the evening, they go on a fast without water for the next 36 hours.

On the third day (day of Chhath) they offer the Sanjhiya Arghya at the ghat of riverbank. After Arghya, they wear the single saree of turmeric color. Other family members are waiting for getting the blessings from worshiper. At the night of Chhath a vibrant event of Kosi is celebrated by lighting the lamps of clay diyas under the covering of five sugarcane sticks. The five sugarcane sticks indicate the Panchatattva (earth, water, fire, air and space) the human is body made up of.

On the early morning of the fourth day (Paarun), devotees along with their family and friends offer Bihaniya Aragh at the ghat of riverbank of Gange. Devotees end their festival through breaking the fast by having the Chhath prashad.

 

Six levels of purification in Chhath ( a belief)

The belief of fast and cleanliness of body on the festival identify the detoxification of the body and mind in order to set up the body and mind to accept the cosmic solar energy.

Standing in water with half of the body inside the water diminishes the escape of energy as well as facilitates the prana to elevate to the sushumna.

Then the entrance of cosmic solar energy takes place in the pineal gland, pituitary gland and hypothalamus (known as the Triveni complex) through the retina and optic nerves.

In the 4th stage Triveni complex gets activated.

After activation of the Triveni complex, spine gets polarized and body of devotee gets transformed into a cosmic powerhouse and gets the Kundalini Shakti.

At this stage the devotee is fully able to conduct, recycle and pass on the energy into entire universe.

  

Benefits of the rituals (a belief)

Devotee of the Chhath puja can improve the immunity of body.

A variety of skin infections can be cured through the safe radiations of sunlight.

It increases the fighting power of blood by improving the performance of WBC.

Solar energy provides the power to control the secretion of hormones.

 

Significance

Chhath puja has a special significance during the Sunrise and Sunset periods. The Sunrise and sunset are the most important periods of the day during which a human body can safely get the solar energy without any harm. That’s why there is a myth of offering the Sanjhiya Arghya and Bihaniya Arghya to the Sun at the Chhath festival. During this period the solar energy has low level of ultraviolet radiations so it is safe for the human body. People perform the Chhath puja in order to thank the Lord Sun for the lives on the earth as well as to get blessings.

The ritual of Chhath puja provides mental calmness (by detoxifying the body and mind), enhances the energy level and immunity, reduces the frequency of anger, greed and jealousy as well as lot of negative emotions. It is also believed that following the Chhath processes helps in slowing down the ageing process. Such beliefs and rituals of the Chhath make it the most significant festival in the Hindus ever.

 

[ Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhath and www.varanasi.org.in/chhath-pooja ]

  

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Singapore is a one if a kind city-state, situated just 1 degree north latitude, where you might think it to be a place where they take siesta time most seriously. And it is very hot and humid there. It is a place you can expect 90 degrees on a daily basis and high humidity as well although it was like 93-95 degrees during much of the time we were there in late April and early May. In North Dakota on the weather forecasts in winter they would give the time till human flesh freezes. Here it would be more appropriate to give the time till your clothes on your back would be wringing wet particularly for me who sweats so prolifically. Who would expect a city so industrious and with so many superlatives associated with it sitting so close to the equator. Singapore rates 4th highest in longevity compared to other countries, the children here rank first in student performances in math and science (as ranked by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) and has one of the lowest crime rates in the world. There were 80 days in 2012 with not even a single pickpocket reported. In 2011 there were but 16 murders here Finland with a similar sized population had 116. In fact Singapore came in second place when it comes to low crime being narrowly beaten out by Japan. It is an ultra clean city the likes of which I have yet to see. anywhere. It also has the lowest drug abuse problem in the world. The BBC ran a story on why does Singapore top so many tables?. I‘m not sure of the answers to that question but peace and prosperity and being a well run country (although very different from the U.S in the way things are done) undoubtedly contribute.

 

Eason Chow, Industrial Designer, Division of Industrial Design, National University of Singapore, Singapore at the World Economic Forum - Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, People's Republic of China 2015. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Sikarin Fon Thanachaiary

two tier cake topped with a golden dragon. decorated on the side with longevity peaches.

Beijing, Palace Museum (Forbidden City), May 2011

 

Apparently, there are one hundred ways two write "longevity" in Chinese. This Qing vase reportedly contains ten thousand characters: every possible writing occurs one hundred times.

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Pulsa L para ver sobre negro / Hit L to see on black

Pulsa F para marcar como favorita / Hit F to fave

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Speakers included:

 

Margaret Low, President, AtlanticLIVE

 

Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers

 

Mitch Landrieu, Mayor, City of New Orleans with Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor in Chief, The Atlantic

 

Astro Teller, Captain of Moonshots, X with Derek Thompson, Senior Editor, The Atlantic

  

Richard Besser, President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with Martha Raddatz, Chief Global Affairs Correspondent, ABC News

 

Joelle Emerson, Founder and CEO, Paradigm with Liza Mundy, Contributor, The Atlantic

 

Christopher Ruddy, CEO, NewsMax Inc.with Steve Clemons, Washington Editor at Large, The Atlantic

 

Tom Wilson, Chairman and CEO, The Allstate Corporation

 

Michele Norris, Founding Director, The Race Card Project with Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor in Chief, The Atlantic

 

Adam Neumann, Co-Founder and CEO, WeWork with Derek Thompson, Senior Editor, The Atlantic

 

Dennis Muilenburg, Chairman, President, and CEO, The Boeing Company with David Bradley, Chairman, Atlantic Media

 

Walter Isaacson, President and CEO, The Aspen Institute

 

David Ignatius, Opinion Writer, Washington Post, and Author, The Quantum Spy with Mary Louise Kelly, Contributing Editor, The Atlantic

 

Angela Hwang, Global President of Inflammation and Immunology, Pfizer

 

Guy Primus, Founder and CEO, The VR Company with Alexis Madrigal, Staff Writer, The Atlantic

 

Melanie Whelan, CEO, SoulCycle with Alison Stewart, Contributing Editor, The Atlantic

 

David Shulkin, U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and Kevin Vigilante, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Booz Allen Hamilton

 

William Schindler, Associate Professor Of Anthropology, Washington College with Ross Andersen, Senior Editor, The Atlantic

 

Martin Baron, Executive Editor, The Washington Post with Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic

Atlantic’s president Bob Cohn

 

Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) with Steve Clemons, The Atlantic

 

Mark Bertolini, Chairman and CEO, Aetna with Matt Thompson, Executive Editor, The Atlantic

 

Spencer Rascoff, CEO, Zillow Group with Gillian White, Senior Associate Editor, The Atlantic

 

Matt Hiznay, Cancer survivor and PhD candidate; Ted Johnson, Biopharmaceutical researcher, Pfizer; and Lori Reilly, Executive Vice President, Policy, Research and Membership, PhRMA

 

General (Ret.) David Petraeus, Member and Chairman, KKR Global Institute

 

Christina Tosi, Founder and CEO, Milkbar with Derek Thompson, The Atlantic

 

Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury with Major Garrett, Chief White House Correspondent, CBS News

 

Robert Costa, National Political Reporter, The Washington Post, and moderator, PBS’s Washington Week; Glenn Thrush, White House Correspondent, The New York Times; and Katy Tur, Correspondent, NBC News, and Author, Unbelievable: My Front-row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History with Margaret Carlson, Columnist, BloombergView

 

Feng Zhang, Co-Inventor, CRISPR; Core Institute Member, Broad Institute with Ross Andersen, Senior Editor, The Atlantic

 

Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) with McKay Coppins, Staff Writer, The Atlantic

 

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), U.S. House Democratic Leader with Jonathan Karl, Chief White House Correspondent, ABC News

 

J. Craig Venter, Co-Founder, Executive Chairman And Head of Scientific Strategy, Human Longevity, Inc. with Matt Thompson, Executive Editor, The Atlantic

 

Lisa Melcher, CEO, and Tina Stride, President, The Hope Dealer Project with Alison Stewart, The Atlantic

 

Mirza Cifric, Co-founder and CEO, Veritas Genetics; and Todd Stottlemyer, CEO, Inova Center for Personalized Health

 

Madeleine Albright, Former U.S. Secretary of State with Andrea Mitchell, NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent

 

Stefanie Joho, Cancer Survivor and Patient Advocate, and Luis Diaz, Head of Solid Tumor Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Department of Medicine with Ross Andersen, The Atlantic

 

Rohit Prasad, VP and Head Scientist, Alexa Machine Learning with Alexis Madrigal, The Atlantic

 

David Isay, Founder and President, StoryCorps with Alison Stewart, The Atlantic

In Beijing Summer Palace grounds, June 2019.

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Daily rituals @ Durbar Square.

 

Patan (aka Lalitpur). Bagmati Zone (Kathmandu Valley). Nepal.

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The music world may be in a permanent state of panic and flux, but one basic principle of rock’n’roll remains true: the key to longevity is to always deliver the goods. No band has better encapsulated this ethos of integrity and determination over the last decade than Skindred.

 

Widely acknowledged as one of the most devastating and enthralling live bands on the planet, the Newport destroyers have been a perennial force for musical invention and remorseless positivity since emerging from the ashes of frontman Benji Webbe’s former band Dub War back in 1998. Over the course of four universally praised studio albums – Babylon (2002), Roots Rock Riot (2007), Shark Bites And Dog Fights (2009) and Union Black (2011) – Skindred’s reputation for producing the ultimate spark-spraying state-of-the-art soundclash, combining all manner of seemingly disparate musical elements into an irresistibly exhilarating explosion of energy and cross-pollinated cultural fervour has rightly earned them a reputation as a band capable of uniting people from all corners of the globe and making every last one of them tear up the dancefloor with a giant shit-eating grin plastered across their faces.

 

With the toughest and most infectious metal riffs colliding with the biggest, phattest hip hop and reggae grooves, cutting edge electronics and a razor-sharp pop sensibility guaranteed to encourage even the most curmudgeonly music fans bellow along with rabid enthusiasm, Skindred are both the ultimate thinking man’s party band. And now, with the release of their fifth studio album Kill The Power, Benji Webbe and his loyal henchmen – bassist Dan Pugsley, guitarist Mikey Demus and drummer Arya Goggins – are poised to spread their gospel of good times and badass tunes to an even bigger global audience.

 

“We know that everyone recognises us as one of the best live bands around,” says Arya. “We’re really proud of all of the albums we’ve made, but we all felt that we needed to make an album that would be as powerful and effective as the live show. That’s what Kill The Power is all about. This time, we want everyone to sit up and listen and join in the party.”

  

“I started DJ-ing a little while ago and it’s taught me a lot,” adds Benji. “Now I feel like I wanted to make an album where every intro to every song makes kids think ‘Fucking hell, they’re playing that song!’ Every middle eight on this album is a banger. Every chorus is massive. On this album, the lyrics are deep and the songs are just bigger than ever.”

 

In keeping with their tradition of making people move while singing about universal issues and spreading a message of positive action and social unity, Kill The Power is an album bulging with fury at the state of the modern world. Never afraid to tackle important topics head on, while never forgetting his band’s mission to entertain and leave the world in a sweaty, sated heap, Benji’s notoriously insane energy levels seem to be creeping up with every album and Kill The Power showcases his most furious and impactful performances to date.

 

“The world’s getting worse so how can I get more mellow?” he laughs. “Of course I’m getting angrier! People normally stay in a bag when it comes to lyrics. Stephen King stays with horror and he’s brilliant at it, you know? With Skindred, it’s always about encouraging an uplift. It’s about a sense of unity. Lyrics can change people’s lives, you know? You can be going down one road and hear a song and have a Road To Damascus experience and become someone else.”

 

On an album that has no shortage of invigorating highlights, Kill The Power takes Skindred to new extremes at both ends of the lyrical spectrum, reaching a new level of fiery intensity on the lethal cautionary tale of “Playin’ With The Devil” and the euphoric end-of-the-working-week celebration of “Saturday”: both songs proving that this band’s ability to touch the heart and fire the blood remains as incisive and potent as ever. As if to enhance their songwriting chops more than ever, Kill The Power also features several songs written in collaboration with legendary songwriting guru Russ Ballard, the man behind such immortal rock staples as Since You’ve Been Gone and God Gave Rock & Roll To You, and this seemingly perverse team-up has led to Skindred’s finest set of lyrics and melodies to date.

 

“Basically, I try to write songs that people can interpret however they like,” says Benji. “When I wrote ‘Playin’ With The Devil’, I originally wrote some words down on a piece of paper thinking about friends I’ve had who smoke crack and live on the pipe, you know? I wrote the song about that kind of thing, but then a couple of days later the riots happened in London and so it became about that as well. When you shit on your own doorstep, your house is going to smell of shit. You’ve got to clean that up! With ‘Saturday’, it’s not a typical Skindred song; it’s a big celebration. We got Russ Ballard involved on that one and he helped me structure the lyrics in the right way so when the chorus hits, it hits like a hammer. It’s an upbeat song but when you listen to the lyrics it goes on about how people all have different reasons to be out and partying. Some people are celebrating, some people are drowning their sorrows, and we all come together on a Saturday. When this record comes out and people go to a club on a Saturday, that’s when it’s gonna go off! The chorus is huge!”

 

While Skindred’s previous album Union Black was dominated by the bleeps, booms and squelches of British electronic dance music, albeit balanced out by Mikey Demus’ trademark riffs, the new album sees the band return to a more organic sound that amounts to the most accurate representation of the Skindred live experience yet committed to tape. From the huge beats and stuttering samples of the opening title track and the laudably demented Ninja through to the insistent melodies and rampaging choruses of “The Kids Are Right Now” and “Saturday” and on to the thunderous, metallic throwdowns of “Proceed With Caution” and “Ruling Force” and the cool acoustic breeze of the closing More Fire, Kill The Power is Skindred cranked up to full throttle and revelling in their own febrile creativity like never before.

  

“It’s all about making an album that moves people in the same way that our live shows do,” says Arya. “We love what we achieved on Union Black and we still used a lot of those basic ideas on Kill The Power, but this time it’s a more organic sound. All the drum loops you hear were originally played by me before we started chopping them up, and there are a lot more guitars on this record too. We love combining all the music that we love in Skindred but we all love heavy music and we’re a rock band at heart and that really comes across this time.”

 

“We’ve delivered an album that’s gonna make people rock for the next few years,” states Benji. “You know what? I can’t do anything about record sales, but if people come to a Skindred show they’re gonna know they’ve been there, you know? Ha ha! The music we make is not about Christians or Muslims, straight people or gay people, black or white or any of that shit. When people are in that room together it’s just Skindred, one unity and one strength!”

 

Having conquered numerous countries around the world, Skindred could easily be taking a breather and resting on their laurels at this point. Instead, this most dedicated and hard-working of modern bands are preparing to launch their most exuberant assault on the world ever when Kill The Power hits the streets. Anyone that has ever seen the band live before will confirm that it is impossible not to get fired up and drawn into the joyous abandon of a Skindred show and with their greatest album to date primed and ready to explode, the best live band on the planet simply cannot fail to conquer the entire world this time round. Wherever and whoever you are, Skindred are coming. Open your ears and get your dancing feet ready…

 

“There’s nothing better than being on stage with these guys,” says Arya. “Skindred is my favourite band and I’m so lucky to be part of this thing we’ve created. We’ve been all over the world but there are always new places to visit and new crowds to play for. We just want to keep getting bigger and better.”

 

“We’re a global band. We’ve played in Colombia and India and everywhere and it’s the same energy,” Benji concludes. “I get letters from people in Hawaii and people in Turkey. It’s all the same. We resonate globally and it’s the greatest thing ever. It seems funny to us sometimes because we’re always kicking each other’s heads in and saying ‘You’re a wanker!’ to each other before we go on stage, but as soon as it’s time to play the show the oneness this band creates together and the unity we bring is unique. I’ve never experienced anything like it and we can’t wait to get back on the road and do it all again.”

  

Shangri-La's Fijian Resort and Spa

Yanuca Island (pronounced Ya-NU-tha), Sigatoka, Fiji

 

Post WWII, Pan American Airways hired Pete Slimmer to set up commissary services in various Pacific locations including Fiji. In 1960, Pete moved his family to the Fiji Islands, where he helped pioneer Fiji's tourism industry. Pete Slimmer attended San Francisco City College, and graduated from the Hospitality Management program. Pete Slimmer was a gourmet cook, who helped found the Skylodge Retreat in Fiji in 1960. Irishman Paddy Doyle was a civil engineer who in 1958 arrived in Fiji to help build the jet runway and international airport at Nadi.

 

Slimmer and Doyle acquired some barracks which had been used by a construction crew during the 18 months it took to build the new jet strip at Nadi. That was in March 1960. They spent six months renovating and air-conditioning the barracks, building a swimming pool, hotel bar then started addiing rooms. They began with 40 beds, and by 1964 had 100. Slimmer and Doyle were key figures in several Fiji companies. in addition to the Skylodge was the duty-free liquor concession at the airport and the new Mocambo Hotel, not far from the Skylodge. The airport's construction crew barracks evolved into the simple but swinging Skylodge Hotel. The airline crews flying between Australia and United States were housed there for periods of rest. The Skylodge hotel attracted the flight crews from Pan Am, Canadian Pacific & Quantas. The hotel's bar never closed - as the crews came in during all hours of the day. Paddy Doyle worked the desk and was the frequent bartender.

 

From the Skylodge financial success Pete Slimmer, Paddy Doyle and a Pan Am pilot developed the Hotel Fijian, one of the first full service resorts in the South Pacific. They had two sites in mind — Yanuca Island (a 100 acre mangrove swamp) and Natadola Beach. Mr Doyle and Mr Slimmer managed to persuade sceptical Pan Am pilot George Wilson and formed Fiji Resorts Limited with Mr. Wilson as chairman. On January 1, 1964 Fiji Resorts Limited secured a 99 year lease on half of the Yanuca Island from the 23 members of the tokatoka Nakuruvakarua with Adi Lady Lala named chief negotiator and appointed to a directorship of Fiji Resorts Ltd.. Later Mr. Ratu Aisea Waka Vosailagi gained a directorship position of Fiji Resorts Ltd. In 1969 the landowners formally agreed to lease out the whole island to Fiji Resorts Ltd. The annual land lease was F$ 20,000. Also a 1% fee is imposed on the resort's revenue exceeding F$ 1,800,000.

 

For financing The Fijian Village Mr. Slimmer and Mr. Wilson persuaded funding from British Overseas Airways, Pan American Airlines and Qantas. A grant was also received from the Fiji Government. More than $1million was raised in 23 days. About 250 workers, mostly villagers, helped construct a causeway across the 150 yard channel which separated the island from the mainland. On June 25, 1966, a foundation stone for the first 36 of the 108 lagoon wing rooms was overseen by Sir Derek Jakeway, the last Governor of Fiji before Independence. The buildings were completed in 18 months at a cost of $1.7million.

 

A competition was held on the name of the new resort. The short list compiled were Yanuca Island Resort, The Driftwood, Fiji Driftwood Hotel, Blue Lagoon Island Resort, Black Marlin Bay Hotel, Hibiscus Island Hotel, Turtle Reef Hotel, Golden Cowrie Hotel, Lokalevu (Big Surf) Hotel and Lewena (Content) Hotel. Out of all these, one name stood out and was finally chosen — The Fijian. It sounded simple but was brilliant from a promotional, marketing and branding standpoint.

 

The Fijian was designed by Pete Wemberly, same architect who did the Sheraton Maui and the Samoan Intercontinental. The Fijian Hotel & Resort opened in September of 1968 and was the "It" destination in the South Pacific. The Hotel Fijian had such luxuries as Muzak, room refridgerators, air conditioning & automatic coffee makers. The 108 room resort boasted a golf course, tennis courts, horse stables, sail boats and featured diving & snorkeling. The traditional opening ceremony was on October 22, 1967. The resort was opened by the Bau chief’s father, the late Vunivalu and Governor General of Fiji Ratu Sir George Cakobau and Adi Litia Cakobau. The resort began business with Paddy Doyle as general manager. The restaurants were named Lagoon Restaurant, Golden Cowrie Restaurant and Black Marlin Bar.

 

The Slimmer/Doyle/Wilson interests were sold in 1974 to Malaysian-Chinese business magnate Robert Kuok. Kuok had introduced a luxury hotel brand in 1971, named Shangri-La, after the fictional utopia in which inhabitants enjoy unheard-of longevity. Robert Kuok is a highly respected businessman in Asia - a legendary Chinese entrepreneur, commodities trader, hotelier and property mogul. Kuok's wealth is rooted in palm oil and shipping. At age 94 Kuok's personal wealth was $18.9 billion according to the Forbes’ 2018 The World’s Billionaires list. With the change in ownership, the resort came under the management of the Kuok owned Shangri-La International Group and the davui conch shell was replaced by the Shangri-La logo. Over the years Shangri La invested heavily in the resort and with the additional expansion, the facility today boasts 442 rooms, suites and beach bures, two swimming pools, five restaurants, six bars, a Peter Thomson designed nine hole golf course, a popular wedding chapel, world-class spa, as well as duty-free shops and extensive sporting facilities. As of 2018 The Fijian is 51 years old and has been under Shangri La's ownership and management for 44 years. Kuok’s second son, Kuok Khoon Ean, 57, heads Shangri-La Asia Limited which owns 71.64% of the Shangri-La’s Fijian Resort. Paddy Doyle later developed the Crow's Nest along the Coral Coast at Karotoga. The Shangri-La’s Fijian Resort and Spa was a benchmark for setting standards for service and innovation as Fiji emerged as a world-class tourism destination.

 

Robert Kuok invested in Fiji because of a chance meeting with Ratu Penaia Ganilau in the 1940's and his experience trading sugar in Fiji. Mr. Kuok had travelled to Fiji and spent a lot of time at The Fijian Resort during his sugar business dealings. He snatched up the opportunity to purchase the resort in 1974. The hotel was then the second hotel in the Shangri-La chain — which today is 100 hotels strong. Robert Kuok's grandson, Kuok Meng Xiong, known as M.X to hotel staff, is the chairman of board of directors Fiji Resorts Limited.

 

Starting in 2017 the Shangri-La Group is investing $72 million to give the Yanuca Island property a major makeover. The first phase involved enhancing staff facilities which included a brand new kitchen, lockers, changing room and laundry. Phase two will see complete renovation of the ocean and coral wing.

 

In January, 2017 Francis Lee was appointed general manager at the Shangri-La’s Fijian Resort & Spa. Mr. Lee was the General Manager of the Hylandia by Shangri-La Hotel in Yunnan, China He replaces Craig Powell who has taken on a full time role as Director of Public Affairs for Fiji Resorts Ltd. In 2014 Shangri-La’s Fijian Resort and Spa announced the appointment of Craig Powell as General Manager. He replaced Michael Monks who was general manager since 2010. Powell is a Fiji islander who was born in Singapore but grew up in Fiji. He attended Ecole Les Roches Hospitality School, one of the top four hotel management schools worldwide. He graduated from Les Roches in 1994. In January 2018 Treasure Island Fiji appointed Craig Powell as its new General Manager. Monks, as of 2017, is the General Manager at Sunway Putra Hotel Kuala Lumpur.

 

Bios of the 3 men who created Fiji's first destination resort - The Fijian

 

* Patrick “Paddy” Doyle - was born in Dublin, Ireland, and graduated from the National University of Ireland as an engineer in 1944. He served with the Royal Engineers until 1948. Mr Doyle came to Fiji in 1956 as deputy chief in the construction of Nadi Airport’s new jet runway. He became the director of Fiji Resorts Limited which later acquired the Fiji Mocambo Hotel and was project manager for the construction of The Fijian Hotel. He was The Fijian’s first general manager and served from 1967 to 1973. My Doyle was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1986 for his contribution to the development of the Fiji tourism industry and the Nadi International Airport. He was buried at sea off Cuvu Harbour on March 16, 1990.

 

* Peter Slimmer - Mr Slimmer was born in Chico, California, educated in Oakland and San Francisco and took a two-year course in hotel and restaurant management at City College. He was in catering in the US Merchant Marines during WWII and then with associates, started a bar in Reno, Nevada. This did not work out so he joined Pan American Airline’s commissary section in 1950, becoming Superintendent for the Pacific Area, working from head office in San Francisco and also in Honolulu. In this capacity he frequently visited Fiji and saw the potential for its future.

 

* George Wilson - Mr Wilson was a Pan Am pilot who first flew down to the South Pacific in 1951. He saw the potential for Fiji to become Australia’s Hawaii, hopefully without the concrete high-rise. He was a remarkable man with a flair for finance and a record of successful real estate deals in the Seattle area. He was later dubbed “Fiji’s Flying Financier” by an American business magazine. He became managing director of Fiji Mocambo Holdings and later chairman of Fiji Resorts Limited.

 

Compiled by Dick Johnson / January, 2019

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To find medical advice regarding diets that are recommended for preventing cancer takes a lot of online navigation. Here, Dr. Ceaser’s Cancer Diet, outlines the use of scientifically validated food for aid in the treatment of cancer. Eating a plant-based diet every day, full of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and foods rich in vitamin C, is full of health benefits, and may reduce the risk of cancers and tumour growth. This simple diet inhibits the growth of cancer cells in different types of cancer. It is easy to follow and does not require hours of preparation.

 

Quality of life means spending time having fun and not having to constantly be prepping foods that other cancer diets demand. This diet will increase your health and may help to protect you from getting various cancers, as well as helping to fight cancer.

 

Cancer-fighting foods are a great way to supplement powerful treatments for cancer such as IV vitamin C, ozone therapy, OncoTherm hyperthermia and mistletoe therapy among other strong naturopathic therapies for cancer. A cancer-fighting focused diet should not be used as the sole treatment to reduce tumour size or to control cancer growth. Cancer is only controlled using stronger therapies in combination with the baseline cancer diet such as outlined below. Consultation with a naturopathic doctor with many years of experience with a focus on natural cancer treatments is essential to success with any cancer treatment. Please use the below suggestions in consort with your cancer-treatment protocol to help to ensure success.

 

Cancer-Fighting Foods & Ingredients

 

Most people make dietary choices based on the assumption they are eating healthily. Naturally, this often includes eating more fruits and vegetables, and foods that are low in salt and sugars. Rarely do people make food choices based on their cancer-fighting properties. There are plenty of them – and some might surprise you.

 

Broccoli/Brassicaceae family

 

It’s common knowledge that dark-green and/or leafy vegetables are powerfully nutritious. This includes broccoli, bok choy, brussels sprouts, garden cress, cabbage and cauliflower. What isn’t as widely known is that these contain two cancer-fighting chemicals.

 

Indole-3-carbinol: induces apoptosis, stimulates p53 (a tumour-suppressor gene), arrests cancer cells in G1 and inhibits mTOR signaling.

 

Sulforaphane: inhibits carcinogenesis, and controls cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, or cell cycle. Studies suggest that cruciferous vegetable intake can lower overall cancer risk, including colon and prostate cancers.

 

Studies suggest that cruciferous vegetable intake can lower overall cancer risk, including colon and prostate cancers.

 

Tomatoes

 

Are they a fruit or vegetable? It doesn’t matter. Let’s call them cancer-fighting foods. Tomatoes contain high amounts of vitamins A, C and E. All of these have antioxidant effects towards tumour growth and induction.

 

Tomatoes contain lycopene. The antioxidant property of lycopene is most likely the basis for its preventative role toward cancer. It regulates growth factor signalling, cell cycle arrest and/or apoptosis induction. The anti-inflammatory activity of lycopene is considered an important determinant that suppresses the promotion and progression of carcinogenesis.

 

Our bodies extract the most benefit of lycopene from cooked tomato products, such as cooked organic tomatoes, tomato paste, sauce and ketchup.

 

Epidemiologic studies suggest that tomatoes might be preventive against the formation and the development of different types of human cancers including prostate, breast, and lung cancer.

 

Beta Carotene

 

Beta carotene is a powerful antioxidant with anti-cancer properties. It is found in a variety of fruits and vegetables such as carrots; sweet potatoes; kale and spinach, romaine lettuce; squash; cantaloupe; red and yellow peppers; and apricots. Vegetables harbour carotenoids and luteolin that, along with an abundance of vitamins and minerals, provide antioxidant, anti-cancer, and immune-enhancing properties.

 

Luteolin inhibits cancer cell proliferation and suppresses tumour angiogenesis.

 

Artichokes

 

Artichokes have been discovered to induce cancer cell death and slow cancer cell growth. Artichokes contain apigenin, which can inhibit cancer growth. Research found that key antioxidants in artichoke leaf extract helped induce cell death (apoptosis) and slow cancer cell growth. Artichokes have also been known to stop blood flow to tumours.

 

Green Tea

 

Green tea is a drink made from the dried leaves of the Asian plant, Camellia sinensis. It should be noted that rates of many cancers in Asia are much lower than in other parts of the world and it is believed this is because of the high intake of green tea.

 

The ingredient in green tea that researchers think is most helpful in the cancer fight is called epi-gallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG). EGCG is available as green tea extract which some people take as a supplement in liquid or capsule.

 

Nuts

 

Nuts and seeds are incredibly healthy and a great natural source of vitamins, minerals, protein, fat, flavonoids and fibre. Of course, we can’t forget what powerful cancer-fighters they are, too.

 

Almonds have as much calcium as milk, and contain magnesium, vitamin E, selenium and lots of fibre. They can lower cholesterol and help prevent cancer.

 

Walnuts are extremely good for your heart and brain, and contain ellagic acid, a cancer-fighting antioxidant.

 

Pecans have vitamins and minerals like vitamins A and E, folic acid, calcium, magnesium, potassium, manganese, B vitamins, and zinc. They help lower cholesterol.

 

Brazil nuts are a good source of protein, niacin, magnesium, fibre, vitamin E and selenium.

 

Cedar nuts/pine nuts have vitamins A, B, D, E, P and contain 70 percent of your body’s required amino acids.

 

Coffee

 

Who’d have thought your need for coffee could actually be good for your body? Turns out, your cup of java can be a cancer fighter.

 

Coffee is rich in antioxidants — including polyphenols and hydrocinnamic acids — that can improve health and reduce your risk of several diseases. Hydrocinnamic acids are effective at neutralizing free radicals and preventing oxidative stress.

 

People tend to get more antioxidants from beverages than foods, and scientific studies demonstrate that coffee is the single biggest dietary source of antioxidants. It should be noted that coffee does not contain the same antioxidants as whole plant foods like fruits and vegetables. While coffee might be the biggest dietary source of antioxidants, it should never be your only source.

 

Dry Beans and Peas (Legumes)

 

Dry beans and peas are rich in fibre. They generally contain 20 percent of your suggested daily value. They are a good source of protein, totalling about 10 percent of daily value. Additionally, they are an excellent source of folate, a B vitamin.

 

Beans and peas also contain other health-promoting substances that can protect against cancer, including lignans and saponins.

 

Resistant starch, starch that is not digested in the small intestine, is used by healthful bacteria in the colon to produce short-chain fatty acids, which seem to protect colon cells.

 

Soy

 

Soy foods are good sources of protein, and many contain a good dose of fibre, potassium, magnesium, copper and manganese. Soy is an excellent source of polyunsaturated fat, both the omega-6 (linoleic acid) and omega-3 (alpha-linolenic) types. Despite the unfounded warnings against soy use, due to the plant estrogens it contains, the latest studies have shown benefits from the use of soy with those who have cancer. The plant estrogens are so weak in the soy that they act as estrogen blockers.

 

Soymilk, tofu made with calcium, and soybeans are also good sources of calcium.

 

Berries

 

Berries are especially rich in proanthocyanidin antioxidants, which have been observed to have anti-aging properties. High amounts of phenols, zeaxanthin, lycopene, cryptoxanthin, lutein and polysaccharides are all natural chemicals found in berries that potentiate their anti-cancer actions. Raspberries are lowest in sugar, followed by strawberries and finally blueberries.

 

Apple (with the peels)

 

Apple peels contain ursolic acid that is antiproliferative, meaning it does not allow cancer cells to grow. These studies were in human breast, colorectal and liver cancer cells. The rest of the apple contains other compounds helpful for cancer, including quercetin.

 

Lemon and Lime

 

Citrus fruit has the ability to disrupt the fragile blood vessels that feed tumours. Add a squeeze of lemon or lime to your foods to take advantage of their beneficial properties.

 

Fresh Herbs and Spices

 

Turmeric contains the active ingredient curcumin. It is one of the most powerful ingredients in an anti-cancer diet because it’s shown to decrease tumour size and fight colon and breast cancers. Fresh parsley and lavender also have benefits.

 

Other herbs that act as immune-system boosters include ginger, raw garlic, thyme, cayenne pepper, oregano, basil and parsley — which can easily be used in many recipes, juices, dressings and smoothies.

 

What About Meat?

 

There are lots of debates about this and some are firm on a particular diet, however studies show that improvements with cancer are found for both vegan and keto diets. So, how can this be with such different amounts of meat in both?

 

The key is calorie consumption. The lower the calorie consumption, regardless the source, the better that cancer cases did. It ends up being a personal decision if people want to eat meat or not. There is no scientific backing that one choice or the other is the only way to go. For colorectal cancer patients, it is recommended they stay away from red meat. For other patients that want to eat meat, organic meats without hormones, is recommended.

 

Tuna fish is the only meat that has been found to have an anti-cancer action. Wild-caught salmon also has rich omega-3s, beneficial to keep inflammation levels down that are often high in cancer cases.

 

Eat to Defeat—Some Tips

 

Eating to defeat cancer can be accomplished simply by adding a few cancer-fighting foods to your meals each day.

 

Here are some food facts, supported by scientific research, to help you get the most cancer-fighting benefits from your diet:

 

1. Be Picky

 

Red Delicious and Granny Smith apples have twice as many cancer fighters as Fuji or Golden Delicious apples.

 

The San Marzano tomato contains more cancer fighters than any other variety.

 

Wine grapes grown in cooler climates have more cancer fighters than grapes grown in warmer climates.

 

Apples, tomatoes and grapes are on the Environmental Working Group’s “Dirty Dozen” list of produce with the most pesticides, so it’s recommended you choose organic, if possible.

 

2. Eat Your Sprouts

 

Broccoli sprouts can contain more cancer-fighting propertiesthan regular broccoli.

 

3. Dunk Your Tea Bag

 

Dunking a tea bag up and down releases more cancer-fighting molecules than letting the bag just sit in the cup.

 

4. Cook Tomatoes

 

Raw tomatoes are great but cooking them in olive oil is better. Cooking tomatoes increases the lycopene content and boosts the cancer-fighting power. Because lycopene is a fat-soluble antioxidant, it’s better absorbed by your body when consumed with some (ideally healthy) fat.

 

5. Chew Your Greens

 

Chewing leafy greens helps to release enzymes that activate cancer-fighting moleculesembedded deep in the leaves.

 

6. Go Soy

 

Fermented soy, like the kind used in miso soup, contains four times more cancer fightersthan regular soybeans.

 

Evidence strongly suggests that not only does soy not promote cancer, it reduces cancer risk. It is important to choose organic soy products to avoid genetically engineered soy. Other fermented soy products include tempeh and natto.

 

7. Choose One Cancer-Fighting Food for Each Meal

 

At three meals each day, that adds up to more than 1,000 cancer-fighting food choices each year. By consuming the right foods, cancer cells are more prone to destruction and this increases your chances of success with cancer.

 

Add this dietary regimen to an active, powerful anti-cancer regimen and studies show it aids in cancer cell die-off, cell proliferation, prevention and longevity.

 

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All stages (life cycle) are spent inside the palm. After the female lays the eggs, they hatch in 2-5 days into larvae (1.4cms in length), which then feed on the soft interior tissues of the palm. This larval period varies between 1-3 months, where the larvae then pupate inside an oval, cylindrical cocoon, made from fibrous strands, and dark brown in colour. After about 14 – 21 days, the adult weevil emerges.

There is no effective biological cure for this pest. The best method is preventative. The crowns of palm trees should be cleaned regularly, to prevent the accumulation of dead and decaying leaves. Avoid cuts and injuries to the palm. When cutting green leaves, cut them about 120cm away from the base. All dead palms or palms beyond recovery should be cut and burned to eradicate the pest inside.

The weevils can also be trapped by luring them into a trap bucket called a “Saudi Trap.” This is a 15lt bucket with sturdy walls with a 4cm diameter opening which contains a 5cm solution of water, sugar and a carbolic based insecticide and pieces of palm stem. This is then fixed to the trunk of the palm about 1.5m from the base. This pest is extremely difficult to detect without a thorough examination of the tree. We can be alerted to its presence by a sad, wilting appearance of the palm and new leaves showing a reddish colour.

have a team on hand to deal with all enquiries, and have already alerted the Ministry of Agriculture, where they are working in close conjunction to devise a plan on the controlling of this pest.

     

during the Summer of 1991. It is currently being renewed and modernized to keep up with an expanding and competitive market. produces most of the plants for sale in its garden center. Other than ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, a wide variety of fruit trees, annuals, indoor plants, cacti, tropical plants, palm trees, rosebushes, seasonal plants, climbers and others, we also market compost for pots and garden, pine bark, peats and organic as well as specific chemical fertilizers, plastic, glazed and terracota pots.este viveiro passou a fazer parte da durante o Verão de 1991. Neste momento está a ser renovado e modernizado para poder dar resposta a um mercado competitivo e em expansão. produz a maior parte das plantas à venda no seu garden center. Para além de arbustos e árvores ornamentais, uma grande variedade de árvores de fruto, anuais, plantas de interior, cactos, plantas tropicais, palmeiras, roseiras, plantas de época, trepadeiras e outras, também comercializamos composto para vasos e jardim, casca de pinheiro, turfas, fertilizantes químicos e naturais, e vasos de terracota e plástico.

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Monday to Friday: Open from 8am to 1pm and from 2pm to 6pm. Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. Segunda a Sexta: Aberto das 8h00 às 13h00 e das 14h00 às 18h00. Encerrado Sábado, Domingo e Feriados.

  

Ecossistemas leads the market in garden maintenance and garden services. Skilled gardeners with all the the necessary tools for professional work offer you a wide range of services always with outstanding results. Our regular garden maintenance costumers benefit from a weekly gardening service on a fixed schedule - every week the job gets done on the same day at the same time. Other casual garden services can be scheduled in advance. A ecossistemas lidera o mercado em manutenção de jardim e serviços de jardinagem. Jardineiros profissionais munidos com todas a ferramentas necessárias oferecem-lhe um vasto leque de serviços sempre com os melhores resultados. Os nossos clientes habituais beneficiam de uma manutenção de jardim semanal num horário fixo - todas as semanas os serviços são prestados no mesmo dia à mesma hora. Outros serviços de jardinagem casuais podem ser marcados com antecedência.

SOME OF OUR SERVICES INCLUDE:ALGUNS DOS NOSSOS SERVIÇOS INCLUEM:

•Palm tree treatment against Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Red Palm Weevil)

•Pine tree treatment against Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Pine Processionary)

•Lawn treatment against Spodoptera cilium (Lawn Caterpillar) and other lawn pests/diseases

•Lawn verticut

•Pruning or removal of big trees or palm trees

•Irrigation system revision

arvores .centro de jardinagem, projectos de jardins

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•Tratamento de palmeiras contra Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Escaravelho da Palmeira)

•Tratamento de pinheiros contra Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Processionária do Pinheiro)

•Tratamento de relvados contra Spodoptera cilium (Lagarta da Relva) e outras pragas/doenças

•Escarificação de relvados

•Poda ou remoção de árvores ou palmeiras de grandes dimensões

•Revisão de sistemas de rega

,ECOSSISTEMAS e oLIVEIRAS DE PORTUGAL COM A ECOVIVEIROOS pela sua actividade. O proprietário dos conhecidos viveiros ECOSSISTEMAS tem vindo a ganhar crescente notoriedade, por força do seu profissionalismo e pela forma apaixonada como defende as suas causas..E a mais importante de todas é, sem dúvida, a preservação das oliveiras portuguesas, consideradas por OLIVEIRAS DE PORTUGAL como uma das “espécies mais fantásticas da paisagem mediterrânica”. Lamenta que esta árvore não esteja protegida pela legislação nacional e seja, hoje em dia, preterida nos jardins portugueses por palmeiras ou buganvílias, estranhas ao nosso ambiente natural e que necessitam, inclusive, de mais manutenção e grandes quantidades de água.E a que se deve este desencanto por uma das árvores seculares da nossaflora. ECOSSISTMAS aponta, por um lado, a mentalidade das pessoas, rendidas às espécies exóticas, e por outro o desleixo com que as árvores autóctones – de que as oliveiras fazem parte - são tratadas. O trabalho é mal feito desde o início, a árvore não é bem trabalhada”, observa. “Há muitos particulares que desistem de comprar oliveiras,porque as vêm sem qualidade plantadas pelas câmaras municipais em rotundas. São árvores muito feias, porque foram mal podadas, e isso influencia negativamente as pessoas”. Admite que as contenções orçamentais acabem porcondicionar a compra de árvores mais bem cuidadas por parte das autarquias, mas aponta as vantagens desta espécie. Não precisa de água, é muito resistente e até dá frutos.,Designing a garden with ECOSSITEMAS means introducing the concepts of good garden planning to achieve the most practical and aesthetically pleasing results, taking account of the natural environment and eliminating unnecessary water consumption wherever possible.After first contact with Natura and a visit to the garden or site, a plan is prepared to show how the transformation, whether big or small, will be carried out. Using hand sketched layouts and computer

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Title: United States Naval Medical Bulletin Vol. 27, Nos. 1-4, 1929

Creator: U.S. Navy. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

Publisher:

Sponsor:

Contributor:

Date: 1929-01

Language: eng

  

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Table of Contents</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"> </p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Number 1</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"> </p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">PREFACE vii</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">NOTICE TO SERVICE CONTRIBUTORS viii</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">SPECIAL ARTICLES:</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Maintenance of Equilibrium in Aviation.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. (Junior Grade) C. M. Longstreth, Medical Corps,</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">United States Navy 1</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Physical Qualifications and Aeronautical Adaptability.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. (Junior Grade) A. Ickstadt, jr,. Medical Corps, United States

Navy 9</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Simplified Rebreather Procedure.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. W. Dana, Medical Corps, United States Navy 16</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Physiology of Respiration in Relationship to the Problems of Naval

Medicine, Part V.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Capt. E. F. DuBois, Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve 22</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Dental Supplies and Equipment.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander H. A. Daniels, Dental Corps, United States Navy 42</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Edema Disease Among Haitian Prisoners.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander W. W. Wickersham, Medical Corps, United States Navy

69</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Compressed Air as a Possible Factor in the Prevention of Respiratory

Diseases.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander G. H. Mankin, Medical Corps, United States Navy 73</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Dengue.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander J. E. Miller, Medical Corps, United States Navy 77</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">CLINICAL NOTES:</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Report of Malaria and Microfilaria Survey of 11,000 Laborers and 2,007

Children in Haiti.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander P. W. Wilson, Medical Corps, United States Navy 87</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">An Outbreak of Cerebrospinal Fever in Northern Haiti.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander O. Wildman, Medical Corps, United States Navy 94</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Tuberculosis in Haiti.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Commander M. E. Higgins, Medical Corps, United States Navy 96</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Rabies.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Capt. U. R. Webb, and Lieut. Commander F. W. Muller, Medical Corps,

United States Navy, 98</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Agranulocytic Angina.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander E. A. Sharp, Medical Corps, United States Navy, and

C. A. Setterstrom, Chief Pharmacist, United States Navy 112</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Rupture of the Long Head of the Biceps Flexor Cubiti Muscle.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. C. M. Shaar, Medical Corps, United States Navy 118</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Choked Disk.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. A. H. Cecha, Medical Corps, United Statis Navy 125</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Amebic Abscess of the Liver Rupturing Through the Lungs.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander O. Davis, Medical Corps, United States Navy 130</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Compound Fracture of Maxilla.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander M. W. Mangold, Dental Corps, United States Navy 132</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Addison's Disease.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. W. S. SargenJ, and Lieut. (Junior Grade) C. E. Fitzgerald,

Medical Corps, United States Navy 133</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Endarteritis of Feet with Gangrene.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander L. H. Williams, Medical Corps, United Slates Navy.

136</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Obstructive Massive Atalectasis of the Lung.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Capt. C. P. Kindleberger, Medical Corps, United States Navy. 137</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Tremor of Tongue in Syphilis.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. W. F. Murdy, Dental Corps, United States Navy 139</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Graph for Determining Weight Variation.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. F. K. Soukup, Medical Corps, United States Navy.- 140</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">RESERVE CORPS:</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Training in Aviation Medicine 143</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">New Appointments 146</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">NURSE CORPS:</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">The Institute for Nurses.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Chief Nurse I. F. Erskine, United States Navy 147</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">A Week Worth While 161</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Impressions and Conclusions After More Than a Year of Duty at the

Pharmacist's Mates School 152</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">The Public Health Service of Samoa.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Grace Pepe, Samoan Chief Nurse 154</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">NOTES AND COMMENTS:</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">The public health service of Haiti —Intestinal amebiasis —Blackwater

fever—Research in yellow fever—Treatment of malaria with plasmochin

—Undiagnosed renal hematuria —The sedimentation test in urology —Vas injection—

Treatment of gonorrheal epididymitis— Wassermann-fast syphilis— Treatment of

neuro-syphilis by "inoculation malaria" —Diabetes —Streptococcus

cardioarthritidis</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">—Liver extract in pernicious anemia —Alcoholism —Epidemic encephalitis

— Temperature and the sedimentation rate— Novocaine in the reduction of

fractures —Worry: causes and prevention —</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Examination of feces. A rapid method for the detection of parasitic ova

and cysts —Ancient fallacies in medical literature — American College of

Surgeons —American College of Physicians- Resignation after special

courses—American Association for the Study of Goiter —Administering typhoid

prophylaxis 157</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">BOOK NOTICES.. 185</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, STATISTICS:</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Reactions Incidental to the Administration of 191,778 Doses of

Neoarsphenamine and Other Arsenical Compounds in the United States Navy.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Commander J. R. Phelps, Medical Corps, United States Navy. 205</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Succinchlorimide Proposed As A Chemical Agent For The Preparation Of

Potable Water.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Maj. C. B. Wood, Medical Corps, United States Army 223 </p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Experiments With Succinchlorimid Conducted at United States Naval

Medical School, April, 1928 235</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">The Minimal "Chlorine Death Points" of Bacteria (Vegetative

Forms).</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Fred O. Tonney, M. D., Frank E. Greer, and T. F. Danforth, D. V. M

238</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Unsatisfactory Water Supply, Olongapo, P. I.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander W. D. Davis, Medical Corps, United States Navy 242</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Dishwashing and Sterilizing Equipment on Board the U. S. S. Saratoga.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander F. L. McDaniel, Medical Corps, United States Navy,

and J. L. Ross, Chief Pharmacist's Mate, United States Navy 245</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Experience with Cerebrospinal Fever at the United States Naval Training

Station, Newport, R. I.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Commander R. J. Straeten, and Lieut. Commander G. A. Alden, Medical

Corps, United States Navy 252</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Report of a Case of Cerebrospinal Fever Which Developed on Board the U.

S. S. Paul Hamilton.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander E. L. Whitehead, Medical Corps, United States Navy

257</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Case of Cerebrospinal Fever at the United States Naval Training

Station, San Diego, Calif 259</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">An Epidemic of Influenza on Board the U. S. S. Ludlow. .. 261</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Outbreak of Catarrhal Fever on Board the U. S. S. Cleveland.. 262</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">An Epidemiological and Statistical Study of Tonsillitis, Including

Related Throat Conditions 263</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Bacterial Flora of Ground Market Meats.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By J. C. Geiger, M. D., F. E. Greer, M. S., and J. L. White, M.D. 265</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Outbreak of Food Poisoning on Board the U. S. S. Canopus, Attributed to

Fish.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Commander G. A. Riker, Medical Corps, United States Navy. 269</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Small Outbreak of Food Poisoning on Board the U. S. S. Argonne as a

Result of an Unsafe Practice.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Commander W. C. Espach, Medical Corps, United States Navy 271</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Organization of a Quarantine Camp at Olongapo, P. I.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Commander G. A. Riker, Medical Corps, United States Navy. 272</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">What is Semple Vaccine for Rabies? 278</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Health of the Navy —Statistics.. 279</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"> </p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Number 2</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"> </p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">PREFACE v</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">NOTICE TO SERVICE CONTRIBUTORS vi</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">SPECIAL ARTICLES :</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">FUNDAMENTALISM AND MODERNISM IN PSYCHIATRY.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Karl A. Mennlnger, M. D., Topeka, Kans 291</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Dermatomycosis and its Treatment.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander E. A. Sharp, Medical Corps, United States Navy 298</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">POST-TONSILLECTOMY PAIN.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander F. E. Locy, Medical Corps, United States Navy 303</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">The Use of Lipiodol in Maxillary Sinus Diagnosis.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By G. B. Trible, M. D., F. A. C. S., former Commander, Medical Corps,

United States Navy, and M. L Bierman, B. S., M. D 306</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Disposal of Hospital Garbage and Trash.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Capt. A. Farenholt, Medical Corps, United States Navy 310</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Physiology of Respiration in Relationship to the Problems of Naval

Medicine.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Capt. E. F. Du Bois, Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve 311</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Amoebiases in Haiti.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander L. H. Williams, Lieut. Commander O. Wildman,

Medical Corps, United States Navy, and Chief Pharmacist's Mate, Lee F. Curtis,

United States Navy 331</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Disqualifying Eye Muscle Imbalances in Aviation.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. (Junior Grade) A. W. Loy, Medical Corps, United States Navy

335</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Thoracic Empyema.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. (Junior Grade) L. E. McDonald, Medical Corps, United States

Navy 339</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Antidoting Some Common Poisons with Chemicals Listed on the United

States Navy Medical Supply Table.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Chief Pharmacist W. Zur-Linden, United States Navy 343</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">CLINICAL NOTES :</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Preservation of the Facial Nerve in the Excision of Parotid Tumors.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. C. M. Shaar, Medical Corps, United States Navy 351</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Acute Influenzal Infection, an Interpretation of Mild Respiratory

Diseases.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander E. A. Sharp, Medical Corps, United States Navy 360</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Meckel's Diverticulum —A Surgical Anomaly.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Commander H. L. Kelley, Medical Corps, United States Navy_ 368</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Operative Gynecology in the Tropics.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander L. H. Williams, Medical Corps, United States Navy

370</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">An Unusual Amputation.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander J. C. Adams, Medical Corps, United States Navy ,

379</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Acromegaly.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Capt. C. P. Kindleberger, Medical Corps, United States Navy. 380</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Report of an Epidemic of Dysentery.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander W. D. Davis, Medical Corps, United States Navy 382</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Antimony and Potassium Tartrate in Treponematosis.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander L. H. Williams, Medical Corps, United States Navy<span>  </span>386</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">NAVAL RESERVE 389</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">NURSE CORPS :</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">The Art of Anesthesia.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Nurse E. S. Everman, United States Navy 391</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">What Psychology is and Does 394</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">NOTES AND COMMENTS :</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Letters of commendation —Corrections —Principles governing distribution

of personnel of Medical and Hospital Corps— Danger of ephedrine in heart

failure—Differential diagnosis of surgical from</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">nonsurgical jaundice by laboratory methods—Agranulocytic angina —Health

of the British Navy— Injection treatment of varicose veins—Internal fixation of

fractures and dislocations with human</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">fascial suture — Prevention of recurrent renal calculi —Advantages and

dangers of inlying ureteral catheter in kidney infections — Cystitis —Recent

advances in the chemotherapy of syphilis —Effect</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">of strain on the heart —A simplified bedside blood-sugar method— Spinal

anaesthesia —Drinking water for travelers in the Tropics — Use of crude oil as

the larvicide of preference on the Isthmus of</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Panama — Spleen and parasite rates as measures of malaria —

Elephantiasis —Oroya fever —Safety standards of protection against X-ray

dangers —Measurement of effective wave lengths of X rays —</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">The saturation method In Rontgen therapy as applied to deep seated

malignant disease—A study of endemic pellagra in certain southern States — Surgeon

General of the United States Public</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Health Service reviews world health conditions —The Association of

Military Surgeons 405</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">BOOK NOTICES 441</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, STATISTICS:</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Tuberculosis.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Commander M. A. Stuart, Medical Corps, United States Navy_ 467</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Influenza 479</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">The Recent Epidemic of Influenza 484</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Outbreak of Catarrhal Fever at the United States Naval Training

Station, Great Lakes, III.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Capt. C. G. Smith, Medical Corps, United States Navy 488</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Outbreak of Influenza on Board the U. S. S. "Melville."</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. (Junior Grade) J. T. Parker, Medical Corps, United States

Navy 493</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Practical Points about Active Immunization against Diphtheria and

Scarlet Fever.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By William H. Park, M. D., and May C. Schroder, M. D. 494</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Separation of Group IV Pneumococci into Recognizable Types 504</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Report of a Fatal Case of Acute Poisoning by Neoarsphenamine. </p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander C. L Wood, Medical Corps, United States Navy 505</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Caisson Disease Resulting from Disregard of Published Instructions and

Established Practice 514</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Longevity of Typhoid Bacilli in Cheddar Cheese.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By E. M. Wade, Fellow A. P. H. A., and Lewis Shere 518</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Experimental Food Poisoning in White Mice with Heat Stabile Paratyphoid

Poisons.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By J. C. Geiger and K. F. Meyer, M. D 527</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Small Outbreak of Food Poisoning at Campo De Marte, Managua, Nicaragua

529</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Small Outbreak of Food Poisoning Probably Caused by Veal Stew on Board

the U. S. S. "Procyon " 532</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Outbreak of Food Poisoning Attributed to Baked Beans on Board the U. S.

S. "Melville."</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander C. I. Wood, Medical Corps, United States Navy 533</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Mussel Poisoning in California.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By K. F. Meyer, M. D 535</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Some Practical Points to be Observed in the Use of Paris Green Dusting

Mixtures 536</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Endemic Typhus Fever in the United States 538</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Health of the Navy— Statistics 540</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"> </p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Number 3-4</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"> </p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">PREFACE.... V</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">NOTICE TO SERVICE CONTRIBUTORS VI</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">SPECIAL ARTICLES:</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Pathology in the Tropics.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander R. M. Choisser, Medical Corps, United States Navy

551</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Public Health in Haiti.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Captain K. C. Melhorn, Medical Corps, United States Navy 568</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Specialization in the Navy.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Capt. H. W. Smith, Medical Corps, United States Navy 573</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Clinical Analysis of 100 Operations upon the Gall-Bladder and Biliary

Tract.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. C. M. Shaar, Medical Corps, United States Navy 596</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">The Isolation Type of Personality.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By K. A. Menninger, M. D., Topeka, Kansas<span>  </span>609</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Hydrogen Ion Concentration.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Chief Pharmacist C. Schaffer, United States Navy 621</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Chancroids.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander J. E. Potter, Medical Corps, United States Navy,

and F. H. Redewill, B. S.,M. A., M. D., San Francisco, Calif 635</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Control and Treatment of Epidermophytosis.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. (Junior Grade) D. S. O'Connor, Medical Corps, United States

Naval Reserve Force 641</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Medical Social Problems of Follow-up as Presented by Service Groups.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By F. McClaughry, field director, American Red Cross, United States

Naval Hospital, Bremerton, Wash 644</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">The Laboratory Consultant.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander G. B. Dowling, Medical Corps, United States Navy

654</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">CLINICAL NOTES:</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Coccidioidal Granuloma, with Report of a Case.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander H. E. Ragle, Medical Corps, United States Navy 657</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Japanese Schistosomiasis.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander J. Harper, Medical Corps, United States Navy 661</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Rhinolith.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander F. E. Locy, Medical Corps, United States Navy 668</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">The Eradication of Bedbugs.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander E. A. Sharp, Medical Corps, United States Navy..

669</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Simple and Easily Made Traction Splint for Fractures of Humerus.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander L. H. Williams, Medical Corps, United States Navy.

671</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Complete Unilateral Duplication of Ureter and Pelvis.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. (Junior Grade) F. R. Moore, Medical Corps, United States Navy

672</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Removal of Tattoo Marks.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. (Junior Grade) J. H. Korb, Medical Corps, United States Navy

674</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Use of Tonsillectomy Snare in Eye Enucleation.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander E. C. Ebert, Medical Corps, United States Navy 677</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Syphilis — Recurrence or Reinfection?</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander C. S. Stephenson and Lieut. J. Love, Medical Corps,

United States Navy 677</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Systematic Arrangement of Dental Instruments.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander C. V. Rault, Dental Corps, United States Navy<span>  </span>680</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">NAVAL RESERVE 685</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">NURSE CORPS:</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Personality of the Nurse.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Captain K. C. Melhorn, Medical Corps, United States Navy 687</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Resignation from the Nurse Corps „ 689</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Psychology for Nurses 692</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">NOTES AND COMMENTS:</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Management of syphilis — Comparison of the practical value of the

Wassermann and Kahn tests—Treatment of chancroid and bubo—Clinical significance

of cardiac asthma —Simple exercise tolerance</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">test—Treatment of sprue with liver extract —Ringworm of the

feet—Limitations of screens in prevention of malaria — Future of surgery —Acute

osteomyelitis — Fascial transplants in treatment of</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">certain dislocations —Sympathectomy and paravertebral alcohol

injections in the treatment of angina pectoris —Training young women for Navy

duty in schools of nursing 703</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">BOOK NOTICES... 721</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, STATISTICS:</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Tuberculosis.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Captain M. A. Stuart, Medical Corps, United States Navy 753 </p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Report of an Explosive Outbreak of Scarlet Fever and Acute Tonsillitis

on Board the U. S. S. "New York."</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Commander S. D. Hart, Medical Corps, United States Navy. 772</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Fatal Case of Acute Poisoning by Neoarsphenamine Reported as

"Encephalitis" 778</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Case of Yellow Fever Among Personnel Attached to the United States

Naval Mission to Brazil.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Capt. R. A. Warner, Medical Corps, United States Navy... 786</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Unauthorized Substitution of Jugs for the Sanitary Scuttle Butt_. 789</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Report of an Outbreak of Mumps on Board the U. S. S.

"Tennessee."</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander E. P. Huff, Medical Corps, United States Navy 791</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Outbreak of Food Poisoning on Board the U. S. S. "Wright,"

Due to Violation, Through Misinterpretation, of Existing Instructions and

Orders.</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">By Lieut. Commander J. H. Harris, Medical Corps, United States Navy 793</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">Health of the Navy—Statistics 802</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">INDEX TO SUBJECTS, VOLUME XXVII.. 813</p>

 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;">INDEX TO AUTHORS, VOLUME XXVII 823</p>

  

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Shangri-La's Fijian Resort and Spa

Yanuca Island (pronounced Ya-NU-tha), Sigatoka, Fiji

 

Post WWII, Pan American Airways hired Pete Slimmer to set up commissary services in various Pacific locations including Fiji. In 1960, Pete moved his family to the Fiji Islands, where he helped pioneer Fiji's tourism industry. Pete Slimmer attended San Francisco City College, and graduated from the Hospitality Management program. Pete Slimmer was a gourmet cook, who helped found the Skylodge Retreat in Fiji in 1960. Irishman Paddy Doyle was a civil engineer who in 1958 arrived in Fiji to help build the jet runway and international airport at Nadi.

 

Slimmer and Doyle acquired some barracks which had been used by a construction crew during the 18 months it took to build the new jet strip at Nadi. That was in March 1960. They spent six months renovating and air-conditioning the barracks, building a swimming pool, hotel bar then started addiing rooms. They began with 40 beds, and by 1964 had 100. Slimmer and Doyle were key figures in several Fiji companies. in addition to the Skylodge was the duty-free liquor concession at the airport and the new Mocambo Hotel, not far from the Skylodge. The airport's construction crew barracks evolved into the simple but swinging Skylodge Hotel. The airline crews flying between Australia and United States were housed there for periods of rest. The Skylodge hotel attracted the flight crews from Pan Am, Canadian Pacific & Quantas. The hotel's bar never closed - as the crews came in during all hours of the day. Paddy Doyle worked the desk and was the frequent bartender.

 

From the Skylodge financial success Pete Slimmer, Paddy Doyle and a Pan Am pilot developed the Hotel Fijian, one of the first full service resorts in the South Pacific. They had two sites in mind — Yanuca Island (a 100 acre mangrove swamp) and Natadola Beach. Mr Doyle and Mr Slimmer managed to persuade sceptical Pan Am pilot George Wilson and formed Fiji Resorts Limited with Mr. Wilson as chairman. On January 1, 1964 Fiji Resorts Limited secured a 99 year lease on half of the Yanuca Island from the 23 members of the tokatoka Nakuruvakarua with Adi Lady Lala named chief negotiator and appointed to a directorship of Fiji Resorts Ltd.. Later Mr. Ratu Aisea Waka Vosailagi gained a directorship position of Fiji Resorts Ltd. In 1969 the landowners formally agreed to lease out the whole island to Fiji Resorts Ltd. The annual land lease was F$ 20,000. Also a 1% fee is imposed on the resort's revenue exceeding F$ 1,800,000.

 

For financing The Fijian Village Mr. Slimmer and Mr. Wilson persuaded funding from British Overseas Airways, Pan American Airlines and Qantas. A grant was also received from the Fiji Government. More than $1million was raised in 23 days. About 250 workers, mostly villagers, helped construct a causeway across the 150 yard channel which separated the island from the mainland. On June 25, 1966, a foundation stone for the first 36 of the 108 lagoon wing rooms was overseen by Sir Derek Jakeway, the last Governor of Fiji before Independence. The buildings were completed in 18 months at a cost of $1.7million.

 

A competition was held on the name of the new resort. The short list compiled were Yanuca Island Resort, The Driftwood, Fiji Driftwood Hotel, Blue Lagoon Island Resort, Black Marlin Bay Hotel, Hibiscus Island Hotel, Turtle Reef Hotel, Golden Cowrie Hotel, Lokalevu (Big Surf) Hotel and Lewena (Content) Hotel. Out of all these, one name stood out and was finally chosen — The Fijian. It sounded simple but was brilliant from a promotional, marketing and branding standpoint.

 

The Fijian was designed by Pete Wemberly, same architect who did the Sheraton Maui and the Samoan Intercontinental. The Fijian Hotel & Resort opened in September of 1968 and was the "It" destination in the South Pacific. The Hotel Fijian had such luxuries as Muzak, room refridgerators, air conditioning & automatic coffee makers. The 108 room resort boasted a golf course, tennis courts, horse stables, sail boats and featured diving & snorkeling. The traditional opening ceremony was on October 22, 1967. The resort was opened by the Bau chief’s father, the late Vunivalu and Governor General of Fiji Ratu Sir George Cakobau and Adi Litia Cakobau. The resort began business with Paddy Doyle as general manager. The restaurants were named Lagoon Restaurant, Golden Cowrie Restaurant and Black Marlin Bar.

 

The Slimmer/Doyle/Wilson interests were sold in 1974 to Malaysian-Chinese business magnate Robert Kuok. Kuok had introduced a luxury hotel brand in 1971, named Shangri-La, after the fictional utopia in which inhabitants enjoy unheard-of longevity. Robert Kuok is a highly respected businessman in Asia - a legendary Chinese entrepreneur, commodities trader, hotelier and property mogul. Kuok's wealth is rooted in palm oil and shipping. At age 94 Kuok's personal wealth was $18.9 billion according to the Forbes’ 2018 The World’s Billionaires list. With the change in ownership, the resort came under the management of the Kuok owned Shangri-La International Group and the davui conch shell was replaced by the Shangri-La logo. Over the years Shangri La invested heavily in the resort and with the additional expansion, the facility today boasts 442 rooms, suites and beach bures, two swimming pools, five restaurants, six bars, a Peter Thomson designed nine hole golf course, a popular wedding chapel, world-class spa, as well as duty-free shops and extensive sporting facilities. As of 2018 The Fijian is 51 years old and has been under Shangri La's ownership and management for 44 years. Kuok’s second son, Kuok Khoon Ean, 57, heads Shangri-La Asia Limited which owns 71.64% of the Shangri-La’s Fijian Resort. Paddy Doyle later developed the Crow's Nest along the Coral Coast at Karotoga. The Shangri-La’s Fijian Resort and Spa was a benchmark for setting standards for service and innovation as Fiji emerged as a world-class tourism destination.

 

Robert Kuok invested in Fiji because of a chance meeting with Ratu Penaia Ganilau in the 1940's and his experience trading sugar in Fiji. Mr. Kuok had travelled to Fiji and spent a lot of time at The Fijian Resort during his sugar business dealings. He snatched up the opportunity to purchase the resort in 1974. The hotel was then the second hotel in the Shangri-La chain — which today is 100 hotels strong. Robert Kuok's grandson, Kuok Meng Xiong, known as M.X to hotel staff, is the chairman of board of directors Fiji Resorts Limited.

 

Starting in 2017 the Shangri-La Group is investing $72 million to give the Yanuca Island property a major makeover. The first phase involved enhancing staff facilities which included a brand new kitchen, lockers, changing room and laundry. Phase two will see complete renovation of the ocean and coral wing.

 

In January, 2017 Francis Lee was appointed general manager at the Shangri-La’s Fijian Resort & Spa. Mr. Lee was the General Manager of the Hylandia by Shangri-La Hotel in Yunnan, China He replaces Craig Powell who has taken on a full time role as Director of Public Affairs for Fiji Resorts Ltd. In 2014 Shangri-La’s Fijian Resort and Spa announced the appointment of Craig Powell as General Manager. He replaced Michael Monks who was general manager since 2010. Powell is a Fiji islander who was born in Singapore but grew up in Fiji. He attended Ecole Les Roches Hospitality School, one of the top four hotel management schools worldwide. He graduated from Les Roches in 1994. In January 2018 Treasure Island Fiji appointed Craig Powell as its new General Manager. Monks, as of 2017, is the General Manager at Sunway Putra Hotel Kuala Lumpur.

 

Compiled by Dick Johnson / January, 2019

richardlloydjohnson@hotmail.com

NEW LONGEVITY

Shangri-La's Fijian Resort and Spa

Yanuca Island (pronounced Ya-NU-tha), Sigatoka, Fiji

 

Post WWII, Pan American Airways hired Pete Slimmer to set up commissary services in various Pacific locations including Fiji. In 1960, Pete moved his family to the Fiji Islands, where he helped pioneer Fiji's tourism industry. Pete Slimmer attended San Francisco City College, and graduated from the Hospitality Management program. Pete Slimmer was a gourmet cook, who helped found the Skylodge Retreat in Fiji in 1960. Irishman Paddy Doyle was a civil engineer who in 1958 arrived in Fiji to help build the jet runway and international airport at Nadi.

 

Slimmer and Doyle acquired some barracks which had been used by a construction crew during the 18 months it took to build the new jet strip at Nadi. That was in March 1960. They spent six months renovating and air-conditioning the barracks, building a swimming pool, hotel bar then started addiing rooms. They began with 40 beds, and by 1964 had 100. Slimmer and Doyle were key figures in several Fiji companies. in addition to the Skylodge was the duty-free liquor concession at the airport and the new Mocambo Hotel, not far from the Skylodge. The airport's construction crew barracks evolved into the simple but swinging Skylodge Hotel. The airline crews flying between Australia and United States were housed there for periods of rest. The Skylodge hotel attracted the flight crews from Pan Am, Canadian Pacific & Quantas. The hotel's bar never closed - as the crews came in during all hours of the day. Paddy Doyle worked the desk and was the frequent bartender.

 

From the Skylodge financial success Pete Slimmer, Paddy Doyle and a Pan Am pilot developed the Hotel Fijian, one of the first full service resorts in the South Pacific. They had two sites in mind — Yanuca Island (a 100 acre mangrove swamp) and Natadola Beach. Mr Doyle and Mr Slimmer managed to persuade sceptical Pan Am pilot George Wilson and formed Fiji Resorts Limited with Mr. Wilson as chairman. On January 1, 1964 Fiji Resorts Limited secured a 99 year lease on half of the Yanuca Island from the 23 members of the tokatoka Nakuruvakarua with Adi Lady Lala named chief negotiator and appointed to a directorship of Fiji Resorts Ltd.. Later Mr. Ratu Aisea Waka Vosailagi gained a directorship position of Fiji Resorts Ltd. In 1969 the landowners formally agreed to lease out the whole island to Fiji Resorts Ltd. The annual land lease was F$ 20,000. Also a 1% fee is imposed on the resort's revenue exceeding F$ 1,800,000.

 

For financing The Fijian Village Mr. Slimmer and Mr. Wilson persuaded funding from British Overseas Airways, Pan American Airlines and Qantas. A grant was also received from the Fiji Government. More than $1million was raised in 23 days. About 250 workers, mostly villagers, helped construct a causeway across the 150 yard channel which separated the island from the mainland. On June 25, 1966, a foundation stone for the first 36 of the 108 lagoon wing rooms was overseen by Sir Derek Jakeway, the last Governor of Fiji before Independence. The buildings were completed in 18 months at a cost of $1.7million.

 

A competition was held on the name of the new resort. The short list compiled were Yanuca Island Resort, The Driftwood, Fiji Driftwood Hotel, Blue Lagoon Island Resort, Black Marlin Bay Hotel, Hibiscus Island Hotel, Turtle Reef Hotel, Golden Cowrie Hotel, Lokalevu (Big Surf) Hotel and Lewena (Content) Hotel. Out of all these, one name stood out and was finally chosen — The Fijian. It sounded simple but was brilliant from a promotional, marketing and branding standpoint.

 

The Fijian was designed by Pete Wemberly, same architect who did the Sheraton Maui and the Samoan Intercontinental. The Fijian Hotel & Resort opened in September of 1968 and was the "It" destination in the South Pacific. The Hotel Fijian had such luxuries as Muzak, room refridgerators, air conditioning & automatic coffee makers. The 108 room resort boasted a golf course, tennis courts, horse stables, sail boats and featured diving & snorkeling. The traditional opening ceremony was on October 22, 1967. The resort was opened by the Bau chief’s father, the late Vunivalu and Governor General of Fiji Ratu Sir George Cakobau and Adi Litia Cakobau. The resort began business with Paddy Doyle as general manager. The restaurants were named Lagoon Restaurant, Golden Cowrie Restaurant and Black Marlin Bar.

 

The Slimmer/Doyle/Wilson interests were sold in 1974 to Malaysian-Chinese business magnate Robert Kuok. Kuok had introduced a luxury hotel brand in 1971, named Shangri-La, after the fictional utopia in which inhabitants enjoy unheard-of longevity. Robert Kuok is a highly respected businessman in Asia - a legendary Chinese entrepreneur, commodities trader, hotelier and property mogul. Kuok's wealth is rooted in palm oil and shipping. At age 94 Kuok's personal wealth was $18.9 billion according to the Forbes’ 2018 The World’s Billionaires list. With the change in ownership, the resort came under the management of the Kuok owned Shangri-La International Group and the davui conch shell was replaced by the Shangri-La logo. Over the years Shangri La invested heavily in the resort and with the additional expansion, the facility today boasts 442 rooms, suites and beach bures, two swimming pools, five restaurants, six bars, a Peter Thomson designed nine hole golf course, a popular wedding chapel, world-class spa, as well as duty-free shops and extensive sporting facilities. As of 2018 The Fijian is 51 years old and has been under Shangri La's ownership and management for 44 years. Kuok’s second son, Kuok Khoon Ean, 57, heads Shangri-La Asia Limited which owns 71.64% of the Shangri-La’s Fijian Resort. Paddy Doyle later developed the Crow's Nest along the Coral Coast at Karotoga. The Shangri-La’s Fijian Resort and Spa was a benchmark for setting standards for service and innovation as Fiji emerged as a world-class tourism destination.

 

Robert Kuok invested in Fiji because of a chance meeting with Ratu Penaia Ganilau in the 1940's and his experience trading sugar in Fiji. Mr. Kuok had travelled to Fiji and spent a lot of time at The Fijian Resort during his sugar business dealings. He snatched up the opportunity to purchase the resort in 1974. The hotel was then the second hotel in the Shangri-La chain — which today is 100 hotels strong. Robert Kuok's grandson, Kuok Meng Xiong, known as M.X to hotel staff, is the chairman of board of directors Fiji Resorts Limited.

 

Starting in 2017 the Shangri-La Group is investing $72 million to give the Yanuca Island property a major makeover. The first phase involved enhancing staff facilities which included a brand new kitchen, lockers, changing room and laundry. Phase two will see complete renovation of the ocean and coral wing.

 

In January, 2017 Francis Lee was appointed general manager at the Shangri-La’s Fijian Resort & Spa. Mr. Lee was the General Manager of the Hylandia by Shangri-La Hotel in Yunnan, China He replaces Craig Powell who has taken on a full time role as Director of Public Affairs for Fiji Resorts Ltd. In 2014 Shangri-La’s Fijian Resort and Spa announced the appointment of Craig Powell as General Manager. He replaced Michael Monks who was general manager since 2010. Powell is a Fiji islander who was born in Singapore but grew up in Fiji. He attended Ecole Les Roches Hospitality School, one of the top four hotel management schools worldwide. He graduated from Les Roches in 1994. In January 2018 Treasure Island Fiji appointed Craig Powell as its new General Manager. Monks, as of 2017, is the General Manager at Sunway Putra Hotel Kuala Lumpur.

 

Compiled by Dick Johnson / January, 2019

richardlloydjohnson@hotmail.com

A captivating photo taken at Muir Woods National Monument features a scenic wooden bridge arching gracefully over a crystal-clear stream fed by mountain runoff. The water sparkles as it flows beneath, surrounded by lush greenery. Towering ancient redwoods envelop the scene, their colossal trunks and evergreen canopy creating a tranquil, shaded haven. The sheer height of the redwoods draws the eye upward, showcasing their timeless majesty and natural resilience.

 

These redwoods are not only a marvel of nature but also vital to the environment. They act as carbon sinks, absorbing vast amounts of carbon dioxide and producing oxygen, which helps mitigate climate change. Their root systems stabilize the soil and support a diverse ecosystem, providing a habitat for countless species. Beyond their ecological role, these trees stand as symbols of longevity and endurance, reminding us of the need to preserve and cherish our natural heritage.

this is the chinese god of longevity (寿星公).

  

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In a few days time , the chinese will be celebrating the new year.

During this festival , family will get together , starting from the reunion dinner during the eve. Then staying up throughout the night aka guarding the night so that your loved one and parents will have longvetity....

Throughout the chinese new year , family will do home visiting to relatives and friends , with a pair of mandrain orange in their hand.

Kids during this period as they will received ang bao from the married adults. Ang bao aka red packet is a chinese new year tradition whereby the married will put $$$ inside it as a blessing.

  

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had launched the celebrations at chinatown , the place where chinese reside in the past.

The street in between chinatown were closed to give way for stalls that sell chinese new year goodies and decoration.

One of the main attraction was the 108-metre long 3D water dragon and also eight other dragons that symbolize longevity and prosperity had descended on chinatown.

The design concept is the work of six undergraduates from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD).

  

.:Taken from From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:.

About Chinatown

 

Singapore's Chinatown is an ethnic neighbourhood featuring distinctly Chinese cultural elements and a historically concentrated ethnic Chinese population. Chinatown is located within the larger district of Outram.

As the largest ethnic group in Singapore is Chinese, Chinatown is considerably less of an enclave than it once was. (Note: The name Chinatown （唐人街） is usually used by non-Chinese Singaporeans whereas Chinese Singaporeans usually use the term Niu Che Shui （牛车水） as the term Chinatown （唐人街） usually refers to enclaves of Chinese people in regions where Chinese people are the minority ethnic group.) However, the district does retain significant historical and cultural significance. Large sections of it have been declared national heritage sites officially designated for conservation by the Urban Redevelopment Authority.

 

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. In China, it is known as "Spring Festival," the literal translation of the Chinese name 春節 (Pinyin: Chūn Jié), since the spring season in Chinese calendar starts with lichun, the first solar term in a Chinese calendar year. It marks the end of the winter season, analogous to the Western carnival. The festival begins on the first day of the first month (Chinese: 正月; pinyin: Zhēng Yuè) in the traditional Chinese calendar and ends with Lantern Festival which is on the 15th day. Chinese New Year's Eve, a day where Chinese families gather for their annual reunion dinner, is known as Chú Xī (除夕) or "Eve of the Passing Year." Because the Chinese calendar is lunisolar, the Chinese New Year is often referred to as the "Lunar New Year".

 

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Echinodermata

Class: Holothuroideaia

Order: Aspidochirotida

Family: Stichopodidae

 

Genus/species: Parastichopus parvimensis

 

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: Colored brown above, lighter below. Conical black-tipped papillae on the dorsal side provide the common name. The mouth and anus are on opposite ends of their cylindrical bodies. Tube feet aide in gathering food as well as ambulating.Length to 25 cm (10 inches).

 

DISTRIBUTION/HABITAT: Monterey Bay, California to Baja California. Found on sandy or muddy-sandy soft bottoms between rocks or in eelgrass beds. Sub tidal to 27 m (89 feet) in depth.

 

DIET: Digests organic detritus and small organisms in soft sediments.

 

REPRODUCTION?DEVELOPMENT: Have separate sexes (look alike), and eggs are fertilized externally. Broadcast spawning usually takes place in November, and each female can produce thousands of eggs. After fertilization, a larva is formed which metamorphoses into a Sea Cucumber after a few weeks.

 

MORTALITY/LONGEVITY: Eaten by sea stars including the sunflower star. Sea otters and humans are also predators. Lifespan estimated to be 5-10 years in the wild.

 

CONSERVATION: IUCN Red list; Not Evaluated

 

REMARKS: Holothuroids differ from echinoderms, because they have a water vascular system full of body fluid rather than sea water. Like other echinoderms, cucumbers have a calcareous skeleton; but in their case it is only vestigial, composed of plates and spicules of lime buried in the skin and serving merely to stiffen the body wall. Respiratory trees are the lungs of a sea cucumber. These hollow branched organs lie inside the body cavity on either side of the posterior intestine. The base of the tree connects to a muscular cavity, or cloaca. Oxygen is transferred across the thin membrane into the fluids of the body cavity. When the oxygen is depleted, the main body wall contracts to squeeze water out of the trees.

 

When threatened, it can expel all its internal organs through its anus (evisceration) and grow new ones in 2-4 weeks. It can also expel sticky filaments to ensnare or confuse predators. Warty sea cucumbers and their related species are sometimes called the “earthworms of the sea,” as they cultivate the seafloor in much the same manner as earthworms cultivate the soil. Oral tube feet around the mouth are covered with a sticky mucus that traps food particles from the seafloor's sediment and mud. In areas where overfishing has reduced the population of sea cucumbers, the seafloor hardens, thus destroying a habitat for other bottom-dwelling creatures. Can walk on tube feet if stressed up to one yard every 15 min..

 

Humans eat a variety of sea cucumber species, including Warty sea cucumbers. The demand is greatest in Asian countries, for consumption and folk medicine applications. It is considered to be widely overfished.

 

References

 

California Academy of Sciences Docent Tide pool training 2015

 

ADW Animal Diversity Web, U. of Michigan

animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Parastichopus_par...

 

Encyclopedia of Life eol.org/pages/597920/details

 

Monterey Bay Aquarium www.montereybayaquarium.org/animal-guide/invertebrates/wa...

 

Ron's Wordpress Shortlink wp.me/p1DZ4b-s6

 

Ron's flickr www.flickr.com/photos/cas_docents/3702926813/in/album-721...

 

Tidepool

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Sits in our living room. One of my favorite pieces. The lamp was made by, Jim of course!

 

Playin' around with my fiddy lens!

Peter Paul “Rupy” Ruplenas, age 97, died at the Martinsburg VA Hospice on Saturday, April 16, 2016.

 

Born Oct. 5, 1918, in South Boston, Massachusetts, also known as “Southie,” to John Ruplenas and Dorothy Warekojis.

 

He attended South Boston High School.

  

While living in South Boston, Rupy taught Sunday school and ran track. He received many track and field awards and ran events as long as a 20 mile road race.

 

In 1941, he met Hazel Elena Rice on a blind date and married her six weeks later. They remained happily married for 75 years, Hazel passed away in 1986 and Peter never remarried.

 

On their honeymoon in Washington, D.C., he raced, and beat, the elevator in the Washington Monument to the top, to the amazement of his young bride.

 

He also placed third in a race against Olympian Roger Bannister in England.

 

A reason for ‘Rupy’s’ longevity may be his love for running.

 

Rupy joined the United States Army Air Corps before Pearl Harbor on June 24, 1941.

 

He completed basic training in Dover, Delaware.

 

After basic training, Peter followed a two week course in the Photography School at Davis-Monthan Army Air Field.

 

He also served in Miami, Florida, with the 9th Anti Submarine Squadron.

 

He was then stationed in Sudbury Suffolk England with the 486th (Heavy) Bomb Squadron.

 

He was able to fly along on several bombing raids and capture some amazing photos.

 

During his service with the Mighty 8th Air Force, they, along with the British, helped change the tide of the war and weaken Germany through round the clock bombings.

 

Rupy flew on several bombing raids and made it back, by the grace of God.

 

After WWII, Peter went back to South Boston and made razor blades at Gillette, until re-enlisting in 1948.

 

He was deployed to Japan in 1949, where a few years later his first son, David, was born in Sendai.

 

During the Korean conflict, Rupy suffered from frostbite, was blown 20 feet in the air from a tank that exploded 50 feet in front of him.

 

He sustained permanent back damage from flying into a rock during another heavy battle.

 

He lost part of his hearing from the constant artillery shelling around him.

 

For two weeks, he worked covertly with “Rice’s Raiders” an anti-guerrilla team, belonging to the 7th Infantry Division (also known as the “Benedae Group”). They went behind enemy lines to destroy the enemy by destroying their weapons and incinerating any huts or houses that gave them shelter.

 

When the 7th Infantry Division reached the Manchurian border, Rupy reached the Yalu River as the third American.

 

He received a special medal for these actions.

 

Rupy recalled, “It went from 60-70 degrees when we first landed to 32 below. I worked day in and day out, hardly any days off because I loved my job.”

 

After the Korean war, he spent 10 years in Japan and the Far East photographing many generals, dignitaries and celebrities like Johnny Cash, Sugar Ray Robinson, Frank Sinatra, General MacArthur, Bob Hope and hundreds more.

 

He also taught medical photography and was the chief photographer at Murphy Army Hospital in Boston.

 

When the Vietnam war came, he was shipped off to Hawaii, joining the Department of Army Special Photographers Organization, otherwise known as DASPO. They were the very elite photographers of the Vietnam War.

 

Rupy was 50 while most of his fellow photographers that he trained were in their 20’s.

 

During this time, he served ‘in country’ in Vietnam, where a sniper’s bullet hit him and shattered his right knee.

  

He ended his career by serving at White Sands Missile Range and Fort Bliss in El Paso Texas.

 

He retired in 1970 as sergeant first class.

 

During his amazing career, he covered three wars: World War II, Korean, and Vietnam.

 

He may have been the only one to serve in all three of those wars as a combat photographer.

 

In Korea and Vietnam, his work was never judged lower than the top 3 percent of all combat photographers. On three different occasions, his work was judged the best of the month over all the other photographers.

 

He was injured many times and received many honors.

 

Peter continued to live a full and active life after his retirement.

 

He was the manager of the photography department at Kmart in El Paso, Texas.

 

He worked for the GPO in Washington, D.C., until retiring in 1980.

 

He lost his beloved wife, Hazel, in 1986; and his son, David, in 1994.

 

During the final two years of his life, Peter and his younger son, John, were best friends and did many things together. They went to several reunions and enjoyed life to its fullest.

 

He enjoyed sitting at the WWII Memorial on Saturday afternoons talking to people and going to the Men’s Mission in Martinsburg on occasion to help feed the men and talk with them.

 

His son has self published five books on Rupy.

 

In 2013, Rupy met R. Lee Ermey and rode in the Rolling Thunder parade and was the grand marshall in Brunswick Maryland on Veterans Day.

 

In 2014, when he was 95, he parasailed 800 feet in St. Maarten, breaking the record age of 89.

 

In August 2015, he sailed from New York City to Southampton, England, on the Queen Mary, and later he was given a parade through the streets of Edinburgh, Scotland, in a WWII jeep.

 

On Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, at Wrigley Field in Chicago, with 40,432 in attendance, Rupy was honored with a rousing standing ovation right before the National Anthem.

 

In October 2015, in Omaha, Nebraska, at the Mighty Eighth Force Reunion, he rode one final time inside a B25 Miss Mitchell bomber. They thanked him with a second flyover of Omaha.

 

A week later, he was the oldest person ever to be baptized by Phil Robertson on a Duck Dynasty cruise. He was given a standing ovation and was saluted by Lee Greenwood at his concert on that cruise. Si Robertson, Sammy L. Davis (Medal Of Honor recipient) and Rupy all saluted each other.

 

Peter loved to sail and went on many cruises with his son.

 

He loved to sit at the veterans get-togethers and swap war stories.

 

On Nov. 11, Veterans Day in Busan, South Korea, he was awarded the “Ambassador For Peace” medal.

 

He also revisited the DMZ in Panmunjom, where he had photographed the truce talks 52 years earlier.

 

One month later, on Dec. 10, Rupy was admitted to the VA Hospice.

 

“I feel pretty proud of what I’ve done. Without a camera, I’m nothing,” said Rupy.

 

Peter is survived by his son John; and his granddaughter, Elena.

 

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” — John 15:13

 

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to one of these charities he liked : Fisher House Foundation or Greenfield Children’s Home in Roatan, Honduras which he visited. These may be sent to P.O. Box 512, Gerrardstown, WV 25420.

 

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at First Baptist Church, 634 Middleway Pike, Inwood, with Pastor Devin Ward officiating.

 

Later in the year, hopefully on his birthday, he will have a formal military service at Arlington National Cemetery, where his beloved wife, Hazel, is buried.

I love this place. Arrived too late to wander around like I normally do so I will go back again soon. What I know for certain is that Jeff McKissack would never have dreamed that he was the spark to create one of the largest most vibrant artist communities in the Unites States. Do you art, folks. No matter what.

 

Houston postman Jeff McKissack created The Orange Show in honor of his favorite fruit and illustrate his belief that longevity results from hard work and good nutrition. Working in isolation from 1956 until his death in 1980, McKissack used common building materials and found objects — bricks, tiles, fencing, farm implements — to transform an East End lot into an architectural maze of walkways, balconies, arenas and exhibits decorated with mosaics and brightly painted iron figures.

When McKissack died, Houston arts patron Marilyn Oshman formed a non-profit foundation to preserve The Orange Show. The 21 original donors represent a diverse cross-section of Houston -- Dominique de Menil, Nina Cullinan, members of the legendary Texas rock band ZZ Top and East End funerary director Tommy Schlitzberger. In 1982, the restored site opened and newly hired staff began to integrate The Orange Show into Houston's cultural life through a wide variety of programs. Artists, musicians and literary figures that make Houston their home bring depth and dimension to programs, and give the public immediate access to creative thinking.

Programs focus on the Orange Show's ability to make basic elements of art tangible and accessible. Dynamic events involve at risk youth in community enriching art projects -- to date 28 murals have been created under Orange Show auspices. A library and archive document visionary artists and environments. Outreach programs encourage the public to participate in the creative process; among the most successful of these is Art Car Weekend.

In 1984, The Orange Show Foundation commissioned the Fruitmobile, recognizing that the art car; a medium for self-expression, is a mobile visionary art site. This led to the first annual Houston Art Car Parade, co-sponsored with the Houston International Festival in 1988. The parade has grown into Art Car Weekend, attracting participants from around the world and including a series of events that celebrate this art form.

The Orange Show Monument - Monumental Houston Texas Attraction

The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art has become Houston's hub of folk art activity with nationally respected programs. The Orange Show site is at the center of these programs, a living example of how individual vision can dramatically enrich community and culture.

The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art is a publicly funded non-profit 501(c)3 organization. Funding is provided in part by grants from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, Texas Commission on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Brown Foundation,Houston Endowment, Wortham Foundation, Silver Eagle Distributors, United Airlines and Marilyn Oshman, as well as private contributions, in-kind support, and volunteer assistance. The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art is a member of Fresh Arts.

 

This is the Chinese equivalent of the birthday cake... Within the large bun are lots of smaller buns like those outside. The buns are filled with sweet red bean paste.

I spotted this 1976 or '77 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme on the way to my first-meeting agency appointment this past Wednesday, September 28th, 2011.

 

Chad the marketing guy listened to me talk about how much I enjoy taking my "artistic" pictures, and then saw me whip out my camera to take a very "pedestrian" photo of a 70's car as spotted on the freeway.

 

That lead to another great conversation, though, about how he and I had owned Chevy Malibu Classics within one model year of each other. (His was a 1975, and mine was a '76.)

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The Postcard

 

A postally unused postcard published by the Eastern Illustrating Co. of Tenants Harbor, Maine. The photography was by Ray Goodrich, and the card was printed by the Dexter Press Inc. of West Nyack, New York.

 

Acadia National Park

 

Acadia National Park is located in the state of Maine, southwest of Bar Harbor. The park preserves about half of Mount Desert Island, many adjacent smaller islands, and part of the Schoodic Peninsula on the coast of Maine.

 

Acadia was initially designated Sieur de Monts National Monument by proclamation of President Woodrow Wilson in 1916. Sieur de Monts was re-named and re-designated Lafayette National Park by Congress in 1919—the first national park in the United States east of the Mississippi River, and the only one in the Northeastern United States.

 

The park was renamed Acadia National Park in 1929. More than 3.5 million people visited the park in 2018.

 

Native Americans of the Algonquian nations have inhabited the area called Acadia for at least 12,000 years. They traded furs for European goods when French, English, and Dutch ships began arriving in the early 17th century.

 

The Wabanaki Confederacy has held an annual Native American Festival in Bar Harbor since 1989.

 

Summer visitors, nicknamed rusticators, arrived in 1855, followed by wealthy families, nicknamed cottagers as their large houses were quaintly called cottages. John D. Rockefeller Jr. financed the construction of carriage roads from 1915 to 1940. A wildfire in 1947 burned much of the park, and destroyed 237 houses, including 67 of the millionaires’ cottages.

 

The park includes mountains, an ocean coastline, coniferous and deciduous woodlands, lakes, ponds, and wetlands encompassing a total of 49,075 acres (76.7 sq mi; 198.6 km2).

 

Key sites on Mount Desert Island include Cadillac Mountain—the tallest mountain on the eastern coastline and one of the first places in the United States where one can watch the sunrise—a rocky coast featuring Thunder Hole where waves crash loudly into a crevasse around high tides, a sandy swimming beach called Sand Beach, and numerous lakes and ponds.

 

Jordan Pond features the glacially rounded North and South Bubbles at its northern end, while Echo Lake has the only freshwater swimming beach in the park.

 

Somes Sound is a five-mile (8 km) long fjord formed during a glacial period that reshaped the entire island, including the U-shaped valleys containing the many ponds and lakes. The Bass Harbor Head Light is situated above a steep, rocky headland on the southwest coast—the only lighthouse on the island.

 

Wildlife in Acadia National Park

 

The park protects the habitats of 37 mammalian species including black bears, moose and white-tailed deer, seven reptilian species including milk snakes and snapping turtles, eleven amphibian species including wood frogs and spotted salamanders. There are 33 fish species including rainbow smelt and brook trout, and 331 species of bird including various species of raptors, songbirds and waterfowl.

 

In 1991, peregrine falcons had a successful nesting in Acadia for the first time since 1956. Falcon chicks are often banded to study migration, habitat use, and longevity. Some trails may be closed in spring and early summer to avoid disturbance to falcon nesting areas.

 

Recreational Activities in Acadia National Park

 

Recreational activities from spring through autumn include car and bus touring along the park's paved loop road; hiking, bicycling, and horseback riding on carriage roads (motor vehicles are prohibited); rock climbing; kayaking and canoeing on lakes and ponds; swimming at Sand Beach and Echo Lake; sea kayaking and guided boat tours on the ocean; and various ranger-led programs.

 

Winter activities include cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, and ice fishing. Two campgrounds are located on Mount Desert Island, another campground is on the Schoodic Peninsula, and five lean-to sites are on Isle au Haut. The main visitor center is at Hulls Cove, northwest of Bar Harbor.