Poetic Journey Continued: The Second Chapter in the Collection of Laura and David Grey

Laura and David Grey began collecting American art in 2001, with the purchase of a maritime scene by the painter Mauritz Frederik de Haas from an auction. At the time, they had not intended to start a collection, but instead simply wished to own a painting they considered beautiful. That same sentiment has remained the center of their collecting philosophy as their holdings of American painting from mostly the latter half of the nineteenth century have steadily grown over the past eleven years. With the help of knowledgeable art dealers and others along the way, the Grey’s have successfully expanded their collection to include important and high-quality American paintings from pivotal moments in our nation’shistory, at a time when there are few available on the art market.

The Grey Collection was first displayed at the New Britain Museum of American Art in 2007 in an exhibition titled Poetic Journey. This exhibition afforded the couple an opportunity to share with others the joy that their personal collection has brought to them over the years. It also allowed those lesser-known American artists represented in the exhibition, artists not often contained in major museum collections, to be more widely recognized and studied by those with a serious interest in this period of art. Poetic Journey Continued, which will be on view at the Museum from June 2nd until September 2nd, will bring on public view the twelve most recent additions to their collection. Several of the


artworks exhibited in Poetic Journey Continued, such as those by Winslow Homer and David Johnson, complement and reinforce strengths in the Museum’s holdings. Others represent unique works for which the Museum currently has no parallel. All twelve will be interspersed throughout the Museum’s permanent galleries this summer.

In addition, several of the works on display represent unusual or transformative circumstances in their respective artist’s careers. Couple on the Shore, by Winslow Homer, for example, is one of only five surviving examples of the decorative tiles the artist produced while he was a member of the Tile Club, beginning in 1878. The piece is a divergence from the illustrations and paintings that the artist is primarily known for, and it also marks the beginning of the transition into the laterphase of the artist’s career. Only a few short years after he produced Couple on the Shore, Homer retreated first to a small fishing village in England, and eventually to Prout’s Neck, a small town on the coast of Maine. His subsequent works were mostly landscapes and seascapes, and the restless sea breaking behind the couple depicted on the tile anticipates the violent waves that would characterize his late works.

Evening, a seascape by Francis Silva, also marks a transition point in this artist’s career. Silva began his career as a self-taught Luminist, interested in the meticulous depiction of light and atmosphere in nature. However, in his mature style he began to concentrate more closely on the contrast in his landscapes between light and dark, and between stillness and


Root Vegetables, by Robert Spear Dunning, represents, in this case, a divergence not in style or in medium, but in subject matter. Dunning was the founder of the Fall River School, an artistic group interested in still-life painting that was centered in Fall River, Massachusetts. The majority of the still-lifes Dunning produced throughout his career contain bunches of colorful and luscious-looking fruits and vegetables arranged atop highly polished surfaces. However, in Still Life with Root Vegetables, Dunning includes an assortment of rustic root vegetables spilling from an ordinary brass pot, on top of a rough and worn table-top. This painting may illustrate the artist’s turning away from depictions of luxury and wealth during a prosperous time in Fall River, toward a less optimistic view of the effects ofindustrialization on the people and economies of the Northeast.

These and the other artists included in this exhibition, such as Asher B. Durand, Charles Sprague Pearce, and Samuel Colman, exemplify some of the finest moments of artistic production in nineteenth-century America. Though the works are diverse and cover a range of styles and subjects, they all raise similar questions about the nature of art at this time. Through the continued generosity of Laura and David Grey, the NBMAA is once again able to share with the public a group of important and influential works of American painting.

How do these paintings illustrate the interaction of humans with their environment at this time in America? What circumstances in the history of nineteenth century America compelled the artists in this exhibition to


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As the possibility of a Hillary Clinton victory began to slip away—and the possibility of a Donald Trump presidency became more and more certain—the contours of the new age of American anxiety began to take shape. In a 2017 column, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank described this phenomenon as "Trump Hypertensive Unexplained Disorder":

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The American Psychological Association's 2016 "Stress in America" survey, conducted online among some 3,400 American adults and published in February of 2017, found that 63 percent of respondents regard the future of the country as "a significant source of stress"; some 56 percent "say that they are stressed by the current political climate." The 2018 edition of the survey showed that the number of Americans who view the future of the country as a significant stressor had jumped to 69 percent; those who saw the political climate as a source of stress had jumped to 62and "Millennial" generations uncovered in the 2018 American Psychological Association stress survey.

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Charles Hynes’s Quixotic Prosecution of Sam Kellner Collapses; Opponent Calls on Him to Fire Top Prosecutor

July 10, 2013

The high-profile prosecution in Brooklyn of an Orthodox Jew accused of paying a victim to lie about sexual abuse likely will fall apart, as prosecutors told the judge that their main witness was not credible.

The dramatic turnabout in the prosecution of Sam Kellner, who had aided prosecutors in pursuing a conviction on sex abuse charges of Baruch Lebovits, took place just as his trial was about to begin. In the wake of the disclosure, a campaign opponent of Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes quickly called on Hynes to fire Michael Veccione, a top prosecutor overseeing the case. (Hynes and Vecchione are pictured at right.)

Kellner had alleged that Lebovits molested his son,office that the witness was being “manipulated” by the Lebovits backers.

Donnelly order a delay in the trail until the end of this month.

All in all, a fairly ugly outcome to a case that drew major attention both in the Jewish and mainstream press. In the past, Hynes has been accused of taking it easy on sexual abuse cases in the orthodox community. He at one point refused to disclose the names of people from the community arrested on sex charges. Hynes countered that it was difficult to get cooperation from the community, which made it harder to make cases.

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Although the creator of 'Crate Man' is still unknown, the towering figure has popped up around Melbourne since 2006. The milk crate monsters are carefully positioned so that they are in viewing distance from freeways and railway lines.

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Tünde Handó as President of OBH appointed the Kecskemét Tribunal to hear the case at the first instance level where the trial began before the summer holiday and according to the court's report it was to end in 18–24 months. The decision in the first instance was to be announced in the final campaign sprint of the next ordinary national elections and/or the municipal election.

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and must do is deliver a decision in a reasonable time. The judge is totally independent, separate and delivers the decision only on the basis of his or her conscience, conviction and the law.” The father of Szabolcs Sárközi – spokesman of the tribunal – is a Fidesz politician in Kecskemét.

According to the official rationale, the reason for the relocation was that the Metropolitan Tribunal was so overloaded that it could not have judged this case – in which a socialist politician was involved – in a timely way. The ratio of special cases at Metropolitan Tribunal is 60% whereas at Kecskemét Tribunal it is 56%

Many criticisms have been made about Handó and the OBH regulation granting her the right to appoint a judge. Miklós Hagyó and hisMTSU Panhellenic Council receives national honor

MTSU's Panhellenic Council has been recognized by its national governing body as one of the most outstanding groups of its kind in the country.

The National Panhellenic Conference, a member-supported sorority advocacy organization based in Indianapolis, Indiana, presented its College Panhellenic Excellence Award to MTSU earlier this month.

"Out of 660 Panhellenics nationwide, we were one of 26 to get the top award, which, of course, I have to be proud of," said Leslie Merritt, director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. "I am very, very proud of our women."

To be chosen for the honor, MTSU's Panhellenic had to demonstrate excellence in academics, judicial procedures, community impact and relations, programming, structure, recruitment and communication with its NPC area adviser.

Sara Sparks, MTSU's College Panhellenic


Council president, said the local executive board members filled out applications over the summer and learned in early August that they'd won the award. They received it in early October.

Costumed sorority sisters from MTSU's chapter of Chi Omega pose at the 2016 Trick or Treat on Greek Row. The 2019 event is slated for Wednesday, Oct. 30, and is free and open to the public. (File photo courtesy of MTSU College Panhellenic Council)

Sparks, a senior media management major from Nashville, Tennessee, said that along with events such as the Panhellenic Easter Egg Hunt and the upcoming Trick-or-Treat on Greek Row event, members of these organizations perform other services that enhance the university environment.

"You'll see Panhellenic sorority members as student orientation assistants and student ambassadors for the university," Sparksa point of interest: Nigerian scam letters predate the internet. In the
eighties and nineties, colleagues in the oil and gas industry, and I, received
frequent postal letters, postmarked Nigeria. One memorable one I received from
a high official in the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, requested I keep
his proposal a secret so "that my image may not be dented." We assumed they
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Image caption Danish actor Lars Mikkelsen (centre) starred as blackmailer Charles Magnussen

The final episode of BBC One drama Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, has been reviewed enthusiastically by TV critics.

The Guardian's Lucy Mangan called His Last Vow "perfect", praising the series finale for its "ceaseless flow of wit, invention and intelligence".

Calling it the "best of the lot", the Daily Telegraph's Serena Davies singled out writer and producer Steven Moffat.

Sunday's final episode drew an average audience of about 8.8 million.

That was less than the average of 9.2 million people who tuned in on New Year's Day to see Sherlock's opening episode, the first instalment since in 2012.

Image caption The episode featured several twists, one involving John Watson's new wife Mary

The second episode, which saw Martin Freeman's JohnWatson wed his fiancee Mary, saw a slight drop, with an average audience of 8.84 million.

The Telegraph's Davies praised Moffat for getting "the wary dance between plot and character just right".

Her review also saluted Danish actor Lars Mikkelsen for his performance as media mogul and master blackmailer Charles Augustus Magnussen.

"As Magnussen, he licked one of his appalled victims. And in one sequence, excellent in its understatement, he repeatedly flicked Watson in the eye as if his finger were the tongue of a snake," she wrote.

'Bromantic lull'

"If he'd chopped him up with a saw it couldn't have been more horrid."

Metro also paid tribute to the former star of The Killing, suggesting the storyline of a manipulative media boss tapped into public fears about phone-tapping and intrusion.

"From his position as


a media mogul, he acquires compromising evidence on people, which gives him the power and wealth to gain even more information and therefore influence.

"That's a notion which strikes a chord with modern-day concerns about surveillance and personal data."

"After the bromantic lull of last week's wedding episode, in which the mystery plot was half-drowned in sentiment, there was reason to fear Sherlock had gone soft," said The Independent's Ellen E Jones.

Image caption His Last Vow, which also featured Lindsay Duncan (r), drew an audience of 8.8 million

"We should have had more faith."

In a different review on the newspaper's website, however, Neela Debnath called it "a disappointingly desperate finale".

"Sherlock is known for being clever, but this time it is trying far too hard and is coming across a tad foolish,"she wrote.

The latest episode was something of a family affair for the production team, featuring Freeman's partner Amanda Abbington as Mary and Cumberbatch's real parents as the parents of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes.

It also featured Moffat's son Louis in the flashback role of Holmes during childhood.

In his review, the Daily Mirror's Josh Wilding said the programme had featured "some amazing visual sequences, a number of clever twists, a truly detestable villain and a strong story".

Thanks to these, he continued, Sherlock "continues to show why it is simply one of the greatest TV shows of all time."


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Michael was also featured in print in the Chicago Reader last February. Read his story below:

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Among the brave few who venture outside during a blizzard, even fewer look as charming as Michael Miles, who trudged into the white simply to grab a bite to eat. "I dress like this at all times," the Columbia College student says, inclement weather be damned. "My dressing philosophy is be sharp like a knife." Most of his wardrobe is thrifted, and he alters the garments to create a tailored silhouette inspired by old Hollywood stars such as Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, and Fred Astaire. "I try to project a story with the clothes I'm wearing," Miles says. "This jacket, for example, looks very film noir, very private detective,"EXCLUSIVE: Officials search area where assailant says he left David Heisler alive

ST. GEORGE — Authorities spent the day Thursday and continue Friday searching a portion of the Arizona Strip in the region of Mt. Trumbull where 30-year-old David Heisler, who was allegedly assaulted and kidnapped from his Santa Clara home June 27, was allegedly left alive.

Mohave County Sheriff’s search and rescue team, Arizona Department of Public Safety (helicopter) and personnel from Southern Utah agencies spent Thursday searching a portion of the Arizona Strip near Mt. Trumbull for missing 30-year-old David Heisler, Arizona Strip, Arizona, July 7, 2016 | Photo by Kimberly Scott, St. George News

As of Friday midday, David Heisler had not been found, Mohave County Sheriff’s Public Information Specialist Patricia Carter said.

Mohave County Sheriff’s Office is conducting


the search in the area of Mt. Trumbull in Arizona, as the assisting agency to the primary investigation. The sheriff said the male suspect – Francis Lee McCard – told Santa Clara-Ivins Police Department the specific location where he had allegedly left David Heisler alive, Carter said.

A low-flying helicopter searched the vast, rugged expanses of the desert area on the Arizona Strip in a grid pattern Thursday.

See EXCLUSIVE video of Thursday search efforts in progress at the top of this report.

Currently, there are five deputies and a search and rescue crew sergeant engaged in the effort as well as Mohave County Sheriff’s search and rescue volunteers, Carter said. If the search goes on through the day and following, the sheriff indicated he may either relieve some or bringsearching a portion of the Arizona Strip near Mt. Trumbull for 30-year-old David Heisler. Heisler went missing from his Santa Clara home June 27 and two suspects have since confessed to abducting him. Francis Lee McCard allegedly told police he dropped Heisler off in the desert location, being searched, alive. Arizona Strip, Arizona, July 7, 2016 | Photo by Michael Durrant, St. George News

Mohave County Sheriff's search and rescue team, Arizona Department of Public Safety (helicopter) and personnel from Southern Utah agencies spent Thursday searching a portion of the Arizona Strip near Mt. Trumbull for 30-year-old David Heisler. Heisler went missing from his Santa Clara home June 27 and two suspects have since confessed to abducting him. Francis Lee McCard allegedly told police he dropped Heisler off in


the desert location, being searched, alive. Arizona Strip, Arizona, July 7, 2016 | Photo by Michael Durrant, St. George News

Mohave County Sheriff's search and rescue team, Arizona Department of Public Safety (helicopter) and personnel from Southern Utah agencies spent Thursday searching a portion of the Arizona Strip near Mt. Trumbull for 30-year-old David Heisler. Heisler went missing from his Santa Clara home June 27 and two suspects have since confessed to abducting him. Francis Lee McCard allegedly told police he dropped Heisler off in the desert location, being searched, alive. Arizona Strip, Arizona, July 7, 2016 | Photo by Kimberly Scott, St. George News

Arizona Department of Public Safety gave aerial support in Thursday's search of a portion of the Arizona Strip near Mt. Trumbull for 30-year-old David Heisler.Heisler was allegedly assaulted and then abducted from his Santa Clara, Utah, home June 27 and two suspects have since been arrested. Suspect Francis Lee McCard allegedly told police he dropped Heisler off alive in the desert location, being searched. Arizona Strip, Arizona, July 7, 2016 | Photo by Michael Durrant, St. George News

Mohave County Sheriff's search and rescue team, Arizona Department of Public Safety (helicopter) and personnel from Southern Utah agencies spent Thursday searching a portion of the Arizona Strip near Mt. Trumbull for 30-year-old David Heisler. Heisler went missing from his Santa Clara home June 27 and two suspects have since confessed to abducting him. Francis Lee McCard allegedly told police he dropped Heisler off in the desert location, being searched, alive. Arizona Strip, Arizona, July


7, 2016 | Photo by Michael Durrant, St. George News

Mohave County Sheriff's search and rescue team, Arizona Department of Public Safety (helicopter) and personnel from Southern Utah agencies spent Thursday searching a portion of the Arizona Strip near Mt. Trumbull for 30-year-old David Heisler. Heisler went missing from his Santa Clara home June 27 and two suspects have since confessed to abducting him. Francis Lee McCard allegedly told police he dropped Heisler off in the desert location, being searched, alive. Arizona Strip, Arizona, July 7, 2016 | Photo by Michael Durrant, St. George News

Mohave County Sheriff's search and rescue team, Arizona Department of Public Safety (helicopter) and personnel from Southern Utah agencies spent Thursday searching a portion of the Arizona Strip near Mt. Trumbull for 30-year-old David Heisler.Heisler went missing from his Santa Clara home June 27 and two suspects have since confessed to abducting him. Francis Lee McCard allegedly told police he dropped Heisler off in the desert location, being searched, alive. Arizona Strip, Arizona, July 7, 2016 | Photo by Michael Durrant, St. George News

Arizona Department of Public Safety gave aerial support in Thursday's search of a portion of the Arizona Strip near Mt. Trumbull for 30-year-old David Heisler. Heisler was allegedly assaulted and then abducted from his Santa Clara, Utah, home June 27 and two suspects have since been arrested. Suspect Francis Lee McCard allegedly told police he dropped Heisler off alive in the desert location, being searched. Arizona Strip, Arizona, July 7, 2016 | Photo by Michael Durrant, St. George News

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County Sheriff's search and rescue team, Arizona Department of Public Safety (helicopter) and personnel from Southern Utah agencies spent Thursday searching a portion of the Arizona Strip near Mt. Trumbull for 30-year-old David Heisler. Heisler went missing from his Santa Clara home June 27 and two suspects have since confessed to abducting him. Francis Lee McCard allegedly told police he dropped Heisler off in the desert location, being searched, alive. Arizona Strip, Arizona, July 7, 2016 | Photo by Michael Durrant, St. George News

Mohave County Sheriff's search and rescue team, Arizona Department of Public Safety (helicopter) and personnel from Southern Utah agencies spent the day searching a portion of the Arizona Strip near Mt. Trumbull for 30-year-old David Heisler. Heisler went missing from his Santa Clara home June27 and two suspects have since confessed to abducting him. Francis Lee McCard allegedly told police he dropped Heisler off in the desert location, alive. Arizona Strip, Arizona, July 7, 2016 | Photo by Michael Durrant, St. George News

Arizona Department of Public Safety gave aerial support in Thursday's search of a portion of the Arizona Strip near Mt. Trumbull for 30-year-old David Heisler. Heisler was allegedly assaulted and then abducted from his Santa Clara, Utah, home June 27 and two suspects have since been arrested. Suspect Francis Lee McCard allegedly told police he dropped Heisler off alive in the desert location, being searched. Arizona Strip, Arizona, July 7, 2016 | Photo by Kimberly Scott, St. George News

A photo of David Heisler and his daughter, Mariah, photo location and


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"What do you mean, mother?"

"Do you remember that Aunt Veronica had a room that she allowed no one to enter, not even Uncle Mike?"

"Yeah. She always kept it locked."

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What is the earliest example of Aryanization in Germany?

In the book by Martin Goldsmith Alex's Wake which describes the experiences of his family in Germany and the Nazi Germany, he tells (on page 46) of the forced sale of his grandfather's house for a quarter of its fair market price in 1932 and says this is one of the earliest examples of Aryanization. Everywhere else I read that such sales did not even start until 1933.
I wonder if the author got the dates wrong or if this while not being technically/legally Aryanization was the result of Nazi influence on a local level or simply bullying by local officials.
In 1932 there were still Jewish judges and attorneys and professors -- I do not think the status of Jewsvalue. In March 1934, he himself was asked to leave the conservatory in Sondershausen in order to make room for an "Aryan" student.
— Peter Petersen: George Goldsmith, in: Lexikon verfolgter Musiker und Musikerinnen der NS-Zeit, Claudia Maurer Zenck, Peter Petersen, Sophie Fetthauer (Hg.), Hamburg: Universität Hamburg, 2018 (https://www.lexm.uni-hamburg.de/object/lexm_lexmperson_00007228).

It is well attested, but a symbol of the already present local terror power the nazis exerted. In Oldenburg the NSDAP had 37,2, 48,4 and 46,5% of the votes in 1931–1932. 'Aryanisation' was on the agenda for them since the 1920s. (This very case brought a slew of slightly embarrasing, even smallishly scandalous errors during commemorative actions. Wrong address, even wrong name…)
The local newspaper, the plaque:
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Actions like these were indeed quite in line with policy from 1933–1938, in which 'aryanisation' was


the same reputation), the garment and shoe trade, and cattle dealing. Some Jewish business fields were vulnerable on purely economic grounds. Probably the most extreme example of a “pre-Nazi crisis” is the Leipzig fur trade, which collapsed during the world depression (see Chapter 5.)
— Harold James: "The Deutsche Bank and the Nazi Economic War Against the Jews. The Expropriation of Jewish-Owned Property", p35–36, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, New York, 2001.

The first 'aryanised' company in the Saar was the Walsheim brewery. Even before the Germans in the Saar region voted with 90,73 for Hitler in an internationally recognised as free election, the Jewish owner was forced out in 1935.(PDF)
What is called 'Aryanistion' in common historical research started indeed only on 1. April 1933, formalised with the first specific lawLaw for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service on 7 April 33, which contained an "Aryan paragraph".
While from April 1933 on these occurred sporadically, 'just drive out the Jews, withot their property, preferably; by local initiative form party officials, or local competitors, and other private, non-state actors, this development took up speed much after 9 November 1938.
At least until 1987 most such entities with switched ownership 'celebrated' these occasions as the 'foundational date of the company'. Recently, this was a little frowned upon…
Which house, company or other property is counted 'officially' as the first case of post 1933 'aryanisation', not by pure force but with  may be a matter of definitions or opinion.
For example, the wide spread boycott of retailers – destroying the livelihood of their


owners – started before but already in February 33 had some 'successes'. Small businesses, department stores and manufacturing had many 'aryanisation' techniques applied, not always as an early complete takeover.
The Pankow based Engelhardt-Brauerei was denounced as "Jew Beer" immediately, came predictably into financial troubles, but was fully 'aeyanised' only in 1934. Radio electronics Loewe had immediate trouble in 1933, founders and family members fleeing, board of directors 'complemented with Aryans' by April, yet English Wikipedia counts this as completed only for 1938… (But compare this misleading portrayal for that and the brewery with Christof Biggeleben (Ed): "Arisierung in Berlin 1933 bis 1945", Berlin: Netzwerk Unternehmensgeschichte. Berliner Forum für Unternehmensgeschichte, Metropol, 2007. (gBooks))
— Wolfgang Dreßen: "»Aktion 3« Deutsche verwerten jüdische Nachbarn. Dokumente zur Arisierung ausgewählt und kommentiert", Aufbau Verlag:This story is part of the series Finding Middle Ground: Conversations Across America. It was also republished, with an audio interview, at Montana Public Radio and in High Country News.

Anyone who takes fly-fishing seriously behaves like a scientist. These anglers are biologists, knowledgeable in what's eating what, when and how. They are hydrologists, studying riffles and stream flow. They are naturalists, observing clouds and sunlight and the circulation of air as their rods flick back and forth across the big sky. They are, in a sense, climate scientists. And some, but not all, are deeply concerned about the effects of a warming climate on the cold-water species that inhabit blue-ribbon trout streams.

But to the extent that they act as climate scientists, partisan politics plays a role in many


anglers' understanding of climate change. Here in Montana, with pristine rivers that are home to some of the best fly-fishing in the country, a majority of votes went for President Trump—and climate change is considered by many of them to be a natural phenomenon beyond human control. Nonetheless, climate change is having a profound influence on fly-fishing, from the timing of insect hatches to the long-term survival of the fish that give this sport its meaning.

The classic account of angling in Montana depicted in Norman Maclean's A River Runs Through It implanted iconic images in the collective consciousness, and they are not false. But will they survive the century?

On an early May day, on the upper reaches of the Big Hole River in southwest Montana, fly-fisherman Craig Fellinis in that quiet contemplative state of the experimental scientist as he steps out of his Suburban. Already he is studying the swirl of deep eddies on Grayling Pool, searching for the movement of insects. Before he casts his luck into the river, he shows me how he decides which fly to attach to his rod. First step, he says, is to put "your nose on the water."

Craig Fellin, owner of the Big Hole Lodge, describes himself as a conservative, a conservationist and a "frustrated Republican" who worries about climate change. Credit: Meera Subramanian

Craig, 71, has a neat swoop of mustache and a calm, deliberate air. He founded the Big Hole Lodge nearly 35 years ago, putting to use a degree in philosophy and a lifetime of fishing,


begun during his childhood on family trips to Canada to fish for walleye and pike. He is a Vietnam veteran, and a lifelong Republican. He is also convinced that climate change is affecting the pastime and livelihood he loves, from the trout in his backyard to the steelhead he seeks in the Pacific Ocean. What he can't figure out is where the outspoken conservationists among his fellow conservatives have gone.

Seasons of Deception

Like preparing for a sacrament, or a science experiment, Craig slips on waders, assembles his 9-foot graphite Orvis rod, and slips on a vest laden with tools at the ready. Even a nose on the water doesn't reveal much today—there are few insects active—so he mulls over a fly box that opens like a book, revealing 32compartments with tiny transparent spring-loaded doors. He contemplates an array of flies—hooks and feathers spun together with thread and wizardry—and settles on a Parachute Adams dry fly, its light and dark body made to mimic an adult mayfly. I watch him as he secures it to his line, cinching off the knot by tugging the line between teeth and fingers.

Stepping to the edge of the river, Craig flips his rod to get just the right momentum on the light line, landing the fly upon the surface and then lifting it up again. He works a spot and then continues upstream. It is a moving meditation. A continuous motion underlain by deep stillness. Not unlike the stillness in the depths of Grayling Pool, where the trout seem to be


laying low, ignoring the rush of the current and the temptations offered overhead. After a couple hours, Craig still has not found his honey hole, that dream spot where the fish are abundant and biting. Today he will not hear the zip of a line when there's action on the other end, or hold a slippery creature for a moment before releasing it.

Craig Fellin prepares a fly for casting on the Big Hole River. The trout are more likely to bite when the water temperature is 45 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit, he says. Credit: Meera Subramanian

"Catch and release" is the common practice here. The sport of fly-fishing is not about securing food, but about the thrill of the chase, the skill of the catch, and about communing forthe same year. Since 1987, when Craig first opened the Big Hole Lodge, only three years have been cooler than the average temperatures of the last century. The chart of this warming progress is a jagged sawtooth—cold years and warm ones—but reaching ever upward.

Even this year's hefty snowpack, which feeds the river much more than the occasional summer rain, no longer assures a good summer of fishing. "It was actually up in the low 70s last week, and we lost 25 percent of our snowpack in one week," Craig explains. "Twenty-five percent in one week," he repeats. "Unbelievable. For April, that's very unusual."

The ideal scenario is good snowpack followed by a gradual descent into summer, so the meltwater is meted out steadily. This goes for anglers, as well


as for Montana's ranchers and farmers, who fear the droughts associated with climate change, and its firefighters, on the alert for the wildfires that feed on dry conditions.

"A long, slow release of mountain water is always preferred, but isn't always delivered," the water supply outlook report says. When winter leapfrogs spring straight into summer, the water melts fast and furious and then is gone, leaving the second half of summer parched. While I was fishing with Craig in southwestern Montana, the Milk River in the north was flooding due to rapid melting, causing the governor to declare a state of emergency. At a weather station near the Big Hole River, nearly 90 percent of the snowpack disappeared in April. So much snow, gone too quickly. And when thatcold water is gone, rivers flow low and warm up fast. That is a disaster for cold-water fish.

The Big Hole River is feeling the effects most dramatically. Locals call it the "Last Best River," undammed and wild and gorgeous. It is trout heaven—rainbows with their iridescence, browns covered in spots, and the native westslope cutthroat with red slashes along their necks. The river also has mountain whitefish and the very last of the Lower 48's native stream-dwelling fluvial Arctic grayling, sleek and silver with a blue-spotted dorsal fin that flows like a sail. The thousands of fish that ply each mile of river feast upon a succession of stonefly hatches, some as small as dust motes, others the size of your finger. Both predator and prey are dependent


sway his vote, which he bases on more than the single issue of climate action.

"I voted for Trump," he says, "for the Republican ideas of smaller government and less taxes and more pro-business."

Yet despite his party's refusal to embrace efforts to reverse climate change, Craig has kept an open mind. He watches Fox, but also seeks out information from many sources, such as a recent episode of 60 Minutes, where he learned about ocean acidification, another aspect of climate change that impacts fisheries.

Locals call the Big Hole the "Last Best River". It's undammed, wild and trout heaven for fishing enthusiasts, but it's also vulnerable to warming. Credit: Meera Subramanian

But an event last year was the clincher for Craig. A friend invited him to a talk by geologist Georgeto be, he tells me: "We used to see 50 below several days every year, and we rarely see 50 below ever, anymore." But he says a human lifetime is but a blink of the bigger picture. As we sit together on the banks of the Big Hole, Frank clutches an unlit cigar in his hand, placed loosely over his stomach. "I don't think it's manmade," he says. "I don't think there's anything we can do to change it ourselves."

On another day, another fly-fisherman tells me something similar. "It's changed, there's no question about it," says Jim Hagenbarth, who is also a rancher and, along with Craig, a founding member of the Big Hole Watershed Committee, which has been working to improve river conditions since 1995. "It's Mother


grocery shelves. But people have their favorites. Craig likes the challenge of brown trout; they're reclusive and hard to catch. Many are fighting for the cutthroat trout, a native trout that Lewis and Clark feasted on when they passed through in 1805. Today, cutthroat are down to 6 percent of their historic range.

And then there's the fluvial Arctic grayling, which was once found across Michigan and Montana. Now, the Big Hole River is their only habitat in the continental United States, with only about 200 breeding pairs. As a cold-water species, they remain abundant in Canada and Alaska, but in Montana they can only retreat so far to higher cooler elevations if temperature is a pressure on them. Like many species across the planet, there will come atime when there's nowhere left to go.

Luckily, the Big Hole so far has been spared the massive fishkill suffered on the Yellowstone River in 2016, when PKD, exacerbated by warm water, killed thousands of fish and shut down 100 miles to all recreation. But multiple sections of the Big Hole River frequently have restrictions or outright closures due to low water flow and warm water during peak fishing season. In the last four years, the upper stretch of the Big Hole had hundreds of days when these limitations were in effect.

That means less fishing, and more anglers crammed into the river sections that remain open.

Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks Region 3, which includes the Big Hole River, is only 12 percent of the state's land area, but it


provides more than a quarter of the state's angling opportunities, and that translates to dollars. Tourism is a substantial part of Montana's economy, and many people who come, come to fish. Two-thirds of Montana's wildlife management budget comes from fishing and hunting revenue, so anything that makes either activity difficult (or impossible) has an economic impact. The angling industry alone generates around $300 million each year.

Resilience, and When It's Not Enough

Regardless of their politics, those who fly-fish have been acting like conservationists for more than half a century. Decades ago, when fish stocks became thin, the practice of "catch and release" was embraced. In the 1970s, fisheries management switched to supporting habitat instead of stocking. When severe drought hit in the late 1980s, the governor tasked ranchers andlunch on the banks of the Big Hole, he continually scans his surroundings. Finishing his ham sandwich, Craig spots something, and reaches out to grab it.

"Whoa, whoa, here's a stonefly," he says, holding it out in his palm. "Isn't she beautiful?" He identifies it as a golden stonefly, carefully pinching off an ant latched to the stonefly's hindquarters. He then comments that its appearance is a month early. Around us, the sun is shining brightly. The snow is melting quickly. "That could be a precursor," he continues, troubled, looking at the creature before letting it go.

"Even though it was a cold winter, this is a sign of climate change—that things are warming up sooner," he says. What it means for the future of fly-fishing, and the cold-water species


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March 03, 2018 - 11:24 CETSophie HamiltonMeghan Markle is to join her Majesty the Queen for their first royal engagement together to mark Commonwealth Day

Meghan Markle is due to attend her first official engagement with the Queen. The actress, who is set to marry Prince Harry on 19 May, will join senior members of the royal family at a service to mark Commonwealth Day on 12 March at Westminster Abbey. The service features the Queen's message to the family of nations and will see the Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and the Prime Minister in attendance. Singer Liam Payne is


also due to perform at the event which will be broadcast on the BBC.

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The reflection at this year's service will be given by eye surgeon Dr Andrew Bastawrous, who has turned a smartphone into an examination tool, which combats blindness in developing countries. Like the Queen, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle take a special interest in the Commonwealth; the couple recently mentioned the nations during their engagement interview, with Harry revealing his wish to travel to the 53 member states. The Duke of York, Princess Royal, Countess of Wessex, the Duchess of Gloucester and Princess Alexandra will also be present.

After the service, Harry and Meghan will attend a reception along with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Baroness Scotland will host the function atMarlborough House, the home of the Commonwealth Secretariat, the institution's civil service. No doubt royal fans will be watching to see which outfits Meghan and Kate choose for the big event.

This will be the second joint royal engagement for Meghan and Kate together. The ladies made their debut together in late February at an event for The Royal Foundation in London. Meghan and the royals set out their charitable vision for the future as they spoke about their Royal Foundation and how it has developed over the years. William opened the event by outlining the philosophy behind the Foundation, saying: "We would not seek quick wins, but would strive to make a real and lasting difference."

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The battle for the Syrian city of Aleppo appeared to be turning Tuesday after government forces reportedly wrested a central neighborhood away from one of the rebel groups that has been fighting the brutal regime.

Syrian state television reported that regime forces had taken over the Farafra neighborhood, a once thriving area near the city's famed citadel that has been reduced to ruins.

But the fight was far from over, and trapped rebels told NBC News they would fight to the end.

"We will stay here until we die or we win," activist Ali Abo Al-Jod said. "I lost my whole family, I have nothing else to lose. I will not leave. I will stay hereuntil I die ... this is my city."

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Syrian aircraft have been pounding the city and government troops have been fighting pitched battles with the rebels in the streets, gaining ground only to lose it hours later.

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and sugar cannot be bought for any price.

"Prices are very high because of the siege," Al-Jod said.

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But the Syrian regime has been deaf to pleas to halt its bruising campaign. And the images coming out of eastern Aleppo were horrifying scenes of destruction and bloodshed: children buried in rubble, families torn apart, buildings turned into hollowed-out shells.

The recent Syrian offensive in Aleppo has been described as the worst bombardment since the civil war erupted —and human rights groups warned that the remaining doctors in the city cannot keep up with the carnage.

The World Health Organization called Tuesday for "the immediate establishment of humanitarian routes" to evacuate hundreds of wounded and sick from eastern Aleppo. They said the hospitals are overflowing with the dead and dying and are in urgent need of supplies.

"Aleppo is in a state of emergency as area hospitals have run out of beds and ... equipment is running low," said the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations, pleading for support in a statement Monday.

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said İsmet Büyükataman, the secretary-general of the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).

“Turkish society has never believed in the parallel lies. The developments in Turkey's southeast and the concessions given to the terrorist organization [Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)] have generated major concerns among people,” Büyükataman told Today's Zaman.

“Parallel structure” is a term coined by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to describe Hizmet, a faith-based social movement inspired by Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen. The term was invented by Erdoğan to evade serious charges after he, his family members and close associates were implicated in corruption scandals.

Many police investigators, judges and prosecutors who were involved in the corruption probes were reassigned, demoted and purged from their positions in an effort to suppress the criminal investigations. However, several polls suggest the majority ofthe nation believes the charges are substantiated and discounts the idea of a parallel structure.

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Latvia May 1 Public Holiday Swap Update (Source: LETA News Agency-Riga) - Summary: The bill which would cancel the annual May 1st public holiday of Latvia in exchange for the declaration of


a new annual non-working public holiday, on November 11, was passed today in a second, non-final, vote of the Seima.Links: full story and other Latvia news and updates.

Romania Rules-Out Extended May Public Holidays (Source: Mediafax-Bucharest) - Summary: The Romanian Ministry of Labor and Communication has denied rumours that May 29, 30 and 31, would be declared as one-off bridge public holidays in Romania, to link the upcoming Pentecost Monday public holiday of Romania with the June 1, Children's Day, public holiday of Romania. Links: full story and other Romania news and updates.

Gambian Public Holiday May 25 (Source: Office of the President of the Gambia-Banjul) - Summary: The Office of the President of the Gambia, Adama Barrow, has announced that Friday, May 25, 2018, had been declared as ade la Junta de Andalucía-BOJA) - Summary: The Consejo de Gobierno de la Junta de Andalucía has announced its annual list of non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) in Spain's Autonomous Region of Andalucia for the calendar year 2019 ("calendario de fiestas laborales en Andalucía para el año 2019"). Links: full story and other Spain news and updates.

Suriname 145th Indian Arrival Anniversary Public Holiday (Source: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname-Paramarimbo) - Summary: The Suriname Raad van Ministers (Council of Ministers) has announced that it had decided to declare Tuesday, June 5, 2018, as a one-off non-working public holiday throughout Suriname to commemorate the 145th anniversary of the arrival of indentured "Hindustani" workers. Links: full story and other Suriname news and updates.

Turkey Amends 2019, 2021 and 2022


Public Holidays (Source: Din Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlügü- Diyanet Isleri Baskanligi Müdürlükler-Istanbul) - Summary: Turkey's General Directorate of Religious Services, in conjunction with the Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey, have announced amendments to the previously-released list of public holidays in Turkey for the years 2019, 2021 and 2022. Links: full story and other Turkey news and updates.

India Nagaland Public Holiday May 28 (Source: Government of Nagaland-Dimapur) - Summary: The Government of India's State of Nagaland has declared May 28, the upcoming by-elections day of polling, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Nagaland for all the employees of government/private establishments and shops in the state. Links: full story and other India news and updates.

Ivory Coast Public Holiday May 21 (Source: Gouvernement de Côte d'Ivoire-Abijan) - Summary: The governmentof the Ivory Coast has announced that it had declared Monday, May 21, 2018, the day after the upcoming dimanche la fête de la pentecôte, as a non-working public holiday in the Ivory Coast. Links: full story and other Côte d'Ivoire news and updates.

Spain 2019 Valencia Public Holidays Announced (Source: Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana-Valencia) - Summary: The Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana has announced its annual official calendar of non-working public holidays in Spain's autonomous region of Valencia ("calendario laboral en toda la Comunidad Valenciana") for the upcoming calendar year 2019. Links: full story and other Spain news and updates.

Cameroon Public Holiday May 21 (Source: Présidence de la République du Cameroun-Yaoundé) - Summary: The government of Cameroon has declared Monday, May 21, 2018, as a day in


Anguillan Government Executive Council has approved the declaration of Friday, May 25, 2018, as a one-off public holiday in Anguilla, to allow all Anguillians and others the necessary time to attend the funeral service of the late Sir Emile Gumbs, Anguilla's second, and longest-serving, chief minister. Links: full story and other Anguilla news and updates.

Moldova Renews June 1st Public Holiday For 2018 (Source: Agentia Informationala de Stat-Moldpres) - Summary: The Moldavian Cabinet has once again approved a decree on the declaration of Friday, June 1st, 2018, as a non-working public holiday in Moldova, on account of International Children's Day. Links: full story and other Moldova news and updates.

Burundi Public Holiday May 17 (Source: Le Portail des Institutions-Bujumbura) - Summary: Earlier today, Burundi's Minister of Labor (ministre de laFonction publique, du Travail et de l'Emploi), Félix Mpozeriniga, announced that Thursday, May 17, 2018, had been declared as an additional non-working public holiday in Burundi, on account of the upcoming "référendum constitutionnel". Links: full story and other Burundi news and updates.

Indonesian 2018 Bank Holidays Amended (Source: Central Bank of Republic of Indonesia-Jakarta) - Summary: Indonesia's Central Bank, has released an amended version of its previously-released list of 2018 bank holidays in Indonesia. Links: full story and other Indonesia news and updates.

Sri Lankan 2019 Poya Public Holidays Announced (Source: The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka-Colombo) - Summary: Sri Lanka's Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs has published in the "Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka", its annual official list of


the Sri Lankan Poya Day non-working public holidays in Sri Lanka for the upcoming calendar year 2019. Links: full story and other Sri Lanka news and updates.

Luxemburg 2019 Bank Holidays Announced (Source: Luxemburger Bankenvereinigung-Luxemburg) - Summary: The Luxembourg Bankers' Association (Luxemburger Bankenvereinigung) has issued its annual list of official bank holidays in Luxembourg for the upcoming calendar year 2019. Links: full story and other Luxembourg news and updates.

Zimbabwe Mulls Summer Electoral Public Holiday (Source: Government of Zimbabwe-Harare) - Summary: Zimbabwe's President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, is reported to be considering the declaration of a one-off public holiday in Zimbabwe on the occasion of the coming Presidential and Parliamentary elections, scheduled for July or August of 2018. Links: full story and other Zimbabwe news and updates.

Venezuelan Bank Holiday May 14 (Source:Superintendencia de Instituciones del Sector Bancario-Sudeban) - Summary: The Venezuelan regulatory body for the banking sector, Sudeban (Superintendencia de Instituciones del Sector Bancario) has announced that Monday, May 14, 2018, would be a bank holiday in Venezuela, on account of the annual "Ascensión del Señor") annual bank holiday of Venezuela. Links: full story and other Venezuela news and updates.

Hong Kong 2019 Public Holidays Released (Source: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government-HKSAR) - Summary: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has released its annual official list of the gazetted 2019 public holidays to be observed in Hong Kong ("General holidays for 2019"), in accordance with the Employment Ordinance and General Holidays Ordinance as well as amendments thereto. Links: full story and other Hong Kong news and updates.

Nepalese Bhoto


Jatra Public Holiday May 13 (Source: Nepalese Ministry of Home Affairs-Kathmandu) - Summary: The Home Ministry of the Government of Nepal has announced that Sunday, May 13, 2018, had been declared as the date of this year's Bhoto Jatra of Rato Machhindranath non-working public holiday in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. Links: full story and other Nepal news and updates.

Gambian Public Holiday May 12 (Source: Office of the President of the Gambia-Banjul) - Summary: The Office of the President of the Gambia, Adama Barrow, has announced that Saturday, May 12, 2018, had been declared as a non-working public holiday throughout Gambia "to enable eligible voters to cast their ballots in the Mayoral Elections". Links: full story and other The Gambia news and updates.

Malaysia Declares Public Holidays May 17-18 (Source: BernamaNews Agency-Kuching) - Summary: The Chief Minister's Office of the government of Malaysia's State of Sarawak has announced that Sarawak would observe post-election public holidays next Thursday and Friday, May 17 and 18, 2018, instead of May 10 and 11, 2018, as announced yesterday by the Malaysian Federal Government. Links: full story and other Malaysia news and updates.

Malaysia Declares May 10-11 Public Holidays (Source: Bernama News Agency-Kuala Lumpur) - Summary: The Chief Secretary to the newly elected Malaysian Government, Tan Sri Ali Hamsa, has announced that Thursday and Friday, May 10-11, 2018, would be non-working public holidays in Malaysia (for states whose weekends fall on Friday and Saturday, the additional public holiday will fall on Sunday May 13). Links: full story and other Malaysia news and updates.

Estonian Bill


To Extend Easter Public Holidays (Source: Eesti Rahvusringhääling-ERR) - Summary: The constitutional committee of the Estonian parliament has rejected a proposal of the Estonian Conservative People's Party (EKRE) to declare Easter Monday as a new annual non-working public holiday in Estonia. Links: full story and other Estonia news and updates.

Malaysia Could Add May 14-15 Public Holidays (Source: Bernama News Agency-Kuala Lumpur) - Summary: The caretaker prime minister of Malaysia, Najib Abdul Razak, has announced that Monday and Tuesday, May 14-15, 2018, would be declared as one-off non-working public holidays in Malaysia, should the BN (Barisan Nasional) party win tomorrow's general election. Links: full story and other Malaysia news and updates.

Canada To Review Ontario Public Holidays Rules (Source: The Government of the Province of Ontario-Toronto) - Summary: The Governmentof Canada's Province of Ontario has announced that it will conduct a review of the public holiday system under Part X of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) following feedback and discussions with stakeholders. Links: full story and other Canada news and updates.

Armenian Public Holiday May 8 (Source: Armenian News Agency-ARMENPRESS) - Summary: The leader of the Armenia's opposition, Nikol Pashinyan, slated to be nominated as Prime Minister, tomorrow, has announced that he would immediately declare Tuesday, May 8, 2018, as a one-off non-working public holiday throughout Armenia. Links: full story and other Armenia news and updates.

Malaysia Kedah Thaipusam Public Holiday Update (Source: Bernama News Agency-Alor Setar) - Summary: The caretaker Menteri Besar of the Malaysian State of Kedah, Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah, who is also the BN


Chairman for Kedah, has announced that Thaipusam would be made an annual non-working public holiday in Kedah if the BN party retains the state with a two-thirds majority in the 14th general election on May 9. Links: full story and other Malaysia news and updates.

Oman Start of Ramadan 2018 (Source: Oman News Agency-Muscat) - Summary: Oman's Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs has announced that the first day of Ramadan in Oman will be Thursday, May 17, 2018. Links: full story and other Oman news and updates.

Nigeria Mulls PVC Public Holidays (Source: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria-Abuja) - Summary: Nigerian Senator, Oluremi Tinubu, has urged the Nigerian Federal Government to declare official non-working public holidays to facilitate the collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs), aheadof the December 2018 deadline. Links: full story and other Nigeria news and updates.

Palau Senior Citizens' Day 2018 Public Holiday (Source: Palau Government-Koror) - Summary: The government of Palau has announced that Saturday, May 5, 2018, would be the date of the upcoming Senior Citizens' Day annual non-working public holiday in Palau. Links: full story and other Palau news and updates.

Nepalese Public Holiday May 11 (Source: Nepalese Ministry of Home Affairs-Kathmandu) - Summary: The provincial government of Nepal's Province No. 2 has announced that Friday, May 11, 2018, had been declared as a non-working public holiday in Nepal's Province No. 2, when Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, visits Janakpur and the Janaki Temple. Links: full story and other Nepal news and updates.

India 2018 Haryana Public Holidays Amended (Source:


Government of Haryana-Chandigarh) - Summary: The government of the Indian State of Haryana has amended its previously-released list of 2018 public holidays in Haryana State by declaring Sunday, May 13, 2018, as a public holiday for that date's municipal elections. Links: full story and other India news and updates.

Sri Lanka Clarifies May 7 Public Holiday (Source: Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs-Colombo) - Summary: Sri Lanka's Home Affairs Minister, Vajira Abeywardena, has issued a statement clarifying the applicability of the upcoming May 7, 2018, public holiday for the Sri Lankan private sector. Links: full story and other Sri Lanka news and updates.

India Karnataka Public Holiday May 12 (Source: Government of Karnataka-Bengaluru) - Summary: The Government of India's State of Karnataka has invoked Section 135 (B) of the"Representation of People’s Act, 1954" to declare Saturday, May 12, 2018, as a one-off non-working public holiday in the Indian State of Karnataka for the Assembly elections in Karnataka. Links: full story and other India news and updates.

Latvia Mulls May 1 Public Holiday Swap (Source: LETA News Agency-Riga) - Summary: A bill which has been introduced in the Saeima which would cancel the annual May 1st public holiday of Latvia in exchange for the declaration of a new annual non-working public holiday, on November 11, the day when Latvia traditionally remembers its fallen soldiers, and one week before the November 18 annual Independence Day public holiday of Latvia. Links: full story and other Latvia news and updates.

Philippines Public Holiday May 14 (Source: Philippine Information Agency-Manila) - Summary: Earlier


today, Philippines President, Rodrigo Duterte, issued Proclamation 479 declaring Monday, May 14, 2018, as a special non-working public holiday throughout the Philippines on account of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. Links: full story and other Philippines news and updates.

Algeria Votes Amazigh Public Holiday (Source: Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique-Algiers) - Summary: The Algerian law on public holidays, enshrining the addition of Amazigh (aka. Berber) New Year as a new public holiday in Algeria, approved last month by Algeria's Council of Ministers, was approved unanimously by Algeria's Popular Assembly (APN). Links: full story and other Algeria news and updates.

Paraguayan May 14-15 Public Holidays (Source: Presidencia de la República del Paraguay-Asunción) - Summary: The Paraguayan head of presidential decrees, Édgar Rodas, has released a communique confirming that MayUkraine to ban Victory Day

This year, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (the parliament) will not have time to pass a law that would ban Victory Day of May 9. In 2017, Ukraine will celebrate the 1945 victory over Nazism, albeit for the last time, most likely.

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The Kiev authorities want to follow Europe's example to celebrate the day of memory and reconciliation on May 8, apparently to make another step on the way to the cherished dream of becoming a EU member.

In addition, the new law is said to introduce changes to the International Women's Day of March 8. Kiev wants to rename the holiday into the "day of struggle for women's rights." Strangely enough, changes in the calendar under the slogan of decommunization have not


affected the day of May 1. This holiday still remains the Labour Day in Ukraine, an official day off.

A couple of years ago, the Ukrainian president permanently abolished the celebration on February 23rd (The Day of the Defender of the Fatherland). Petro Poroshenko even "asked his wife not to congratulate him on February 23rd" and demanded all other Ukrainian women should not congratulate their men on the Soviet holiday.

Ukraine is gradually turning into a fascist state. Norwegian publication Steigan blogger wrote about a Ukrainian law that bans communism and glorifies fascism in the history of Ukraine. "The adoption of the law to ban Nazism and communism has stated the equality between the most cruel regime of genocide in the history of mankind and the regime that liberated AuschwitzTime-course accumulation of main bioactive components in the rhizome of Ligusticum chuanxiong.
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dominate the native population? Stay tuned for the next episode.

Real world vs. virtual world

One thing that struck me as I learned about the process of creating the movie, was that the process was not unlike the way that Jake entered into Pandora through his Avatar.

Cameron had to create a whole virtual world inside his computers in order to make the movie. He created something similar to a computer game. And inside that game he directed the action.

What's really interesting is that the way he controlled the action was through the actors. The actors movements were captured and transferred into the virtual reality of the computer to bring to life their virtual characters. Sound familiar? Yes it's similar to the way that Jake controls his Avatar.

In the process Cameronin an artificial womb.

Jake's mother is a virgin. That is if you consider Dr. Grace Augustine - the Sigourney Weaver character - to be his mother. She is childless and while maybe not technically a virgin, she at least does not conceive Jake - but at the same time she does bring Jake to life through the Avatar.

Speaking of names, how about Dr. Grace Augustine. Grace is obvious. And Augustine alludes to St. Augustine - one of the Doctors of the Catholic Church. In fact St. Augustine is accredited with clarifying the principle of grace in Christian religion. It is through Christ's sacrifice of his life that souls are redeemed, and not through the good works of man. And it is through Dr. Grace Augustine's sacrifice of her


is intended to represent Eden?

And going back to Jake, notice that his last name is Sully. This sounds like a shortened version of Sullivan - a typical Irish Catholic last name. But note also that 'sullied' refers to something that has lost its purity. And in the beginning of the story Sully is just that. But through 'grace' (and no action of his own), he is able to regain his purity in a new body.

Jake gets lost on his first trip into the jungles of Pandora much as Jesus is lost on his first trip to Jerusalem. Jake ends up at the Hometree just as the young Jesus ends up at the Temple. Remember that even though Jake is an adult, his Avatar is only days old. Sohe could be considered to be a child at this point in the story.

Jake goes through a series of rituals in order to be accepted into Na'vi society. Perhaps these are similar to the sacraments of the Catholic Church.

Contemplating more on the name Jake, it is clear that this is a shortened form of Jacob. In the Bible, Jacob is famous for his dream of a ladder that goes from Earth to Heaven. Jake also has a dream. In his dream he is flying - perhaps flying up into Heaven. Pandora then is Heaven or Paradise. In Jacob's dream he sees Angel's ascending and descending the ladder, while on Pandora the Na'vi fly through the air like Angels on the backs of their Banshees.

Not only that, but in


the Bible Jacob had a twin brother - just like Jake Sully. And also in the Bible, Jacob takes the place of his brother Esau in the sense that he becomes the family heir. Finally after wrestling with an Angel, Jacob becomes Israel and becomes the father of the Hebrew people. Perhaps this Angel is represented in the movie Avatar by the Toruk - the enormous flying creature that Jake 'wrestles' in order to tame it.

Jake dies and then is resurrected. This happens towards the end of the movie - before the final battle. When the evil Colonel pulls the plug on Jake he 'dies' in the arms of Neytiri. Later Jake manages to escape and get back into his Avatar thus completing the resurrection.

The final battle scenetime. The "moon landing" was one of the major causes for losing the cold war.

So Space Odyssey's purpose was to change the public perception and to "make the public ready" for what will be coming up next. Now if the government had decided to dump billions of dollars into a space program BEFORE the Space Odyssey had come out, then the public would be a little skeptical about the way their money was being spent.

After such movies the public's perception changes towards favoring the funding of such large projects. In other words, this will now allow the government to fund their massive projects through using the public's tax money.

Furthermore, the amount of money spent on creating entertainment (movies, tv shows, reality shows, etc) is inversely proportional to the


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With nearly 6,000 years of history behind Yes, Egypt was certainly built a rich treasure in the culture,practices and beliefs, many of which still have a great meaning in modern life. Some of the ancient Egyptian symbols are still manifested in the Egyptian jewelry and also the art and literary works. Culture and the gods of ancient race moving backwards in time, you can see that Egyptian culture is rich in symbols, talismans, amulets, etc. Hieroglyphs found by archeologists on the walls, for example, told stories creatively, while excavations unearthed talismans were used magical and mystical purposes. Even ancient Egyptian jewelry shows these symbols, pieces that represent what was earlier considered the word of the gods. During ancient times, the Egyptians tried to understand the world and everything in the universe according to the Earth, the sky, moon, Sun and stars. In this way they


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