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The Warfare single was the last release Martin Hall issued using the band name Under For. As the title suggests, the song is a fairly aggressive bulletin, an outburst reflecting the singer’s disappointment with the stagnated post-punk movement in the mid-eighties.

Warfare remains one of Hall’s personal favourite songs from the period. It was also his poorest selling single during the eighties.

1. Warfare (4:36)2. Course (5:00)

In this media of mental translation
In this handicap of alienation
I need more than your model of motion
Than aesthetics of broken hearts

Here we are again
Feeling just the same
In these separate hells
Every word’s been said
Every lie’s been fed
To define ourselves

While your balance is kept intellectual
You’re emotionally ineffectual
A hysteria so perfectly tragic
So unreachable near

I’ve just had enough of neurotic love
Of this culturecide
I don’t need your shit
It just makes me sick
Look into my eyes

‘Cause this is the face
This is the race

Free to force everything that you dare
Reinforce as you pass it along
The love that you give
Reflected through limits
Exceeding all further demands

In the mirrors
The frames
In the way that we are
I believe in our love
I believe in our right
As it spreads in my blood
As it runs through my veins
As it fills every gap in the structure I feel

And I need you so badly
I call out your name
In my whisper I hide every scream ever made
In the volume
The silence
The nights that we share
As the sweetest nothing

The background replaced
While feeding the surface
The course of our need slowly changing our lives
You take and you give
But still freezing each move
Forcing perspectives so gently

In this framework of time
In delay on delay
As we live through each bend
In return on return
In these portraits of feed-back
In tranquillized nerve
Only seen in a haze
But still viewed from within

And dissolving again
In these landscapes of you
In the cover of night
With the permanency of your hands
Of your skin cast like shadows on me
Tearing my soul apart

Flemming Nygaard: Cello
Martin Hall: Vocals, keyboards, violin
Nicolay Krogh: Bass
Per Hendrichsen: Guitar
Stine Hammarlund: Cello
Thomas Langballe: Drums

Design: Martin Hall

The track is included in the box set Catalogue from 2007 as well as on the compilation album Catalyst from 2008.


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Phantasmagoria – The Second Coming was the follow-up to Irma Victoria’s Grammy nominated debut album The Rainbow Theatre from 1990.

Being issued in October 1994, Irma Victoria was 72 years old at the time of the album release. She had just received The Medal for Meritorious Service, a distinction given for forty years of loyal service in the Danish Department of Defence handed to her personally by The Queen of Denmark, Margrethe II.

1. Everything Is an Illusion (3:26)2. The Voices of the Dead (1:25)3. Moon over Golgatha (1:06)4. The Gospel According to Anti-Christ (1:01)5. Heart of Darkness (3:17)6. The Iron Ring of Ignorance (1:03)7. Silent Rage (1:59)8. The Beauty of Emptiness (4:40)9. Metamorphosis (1:57)10. The Devil in the Flesh (0:44)11. September Song (0:45)12. Where Nothing Is Sacred (2:01)13. A Touch of Evil (2:42)14. Forget Me Not 1:48)15. The 49 Days of Truthfulness 1:09)16. Once There Was a Rose 1:04)17. Nothingness 0:55)18. Circus of Bottomless Stupidity (1:18)19. Eternalized in a Godless World (1:58)20. The Endless Sea (0:49)21. Paradise Lost in the Shadow Of Satan (0:52)22. There Is No Hope (0:27)23. River of Night (1:22)24. The Sun Is Shining (1:24)25. Bittersweet the Pain (1:28)26. The Voice of Truth (0:15)27. All the World Is a Stage (0:41)28. The Promised Land (0:33)29. Gargoyles and Weltschmerz (0:53)30. The World Is on Fire Forever (5:48)31. Like Tears in the Rain (0:21)32. The Last Dream (3:24)

“… where dogs and ravens mate, the frozen fields of the naked eye, arising I. Victoria, born in Splendour, Degraded, Arisen, in Wisdom Slumber; She, from Jericho to Armageddon, bereft of fever, Mournful She, Wasteland Witness, the Seeress, Sea, and Sea after Sea of Sand, such Oblivion. Her visions cruel and brittle, the mystic’s mission, in Irma’s dream, beyond, beyond, in solid silence.”

Laureate in Lily Fields, Ken Rivad (1994)

Aud Wilken: Backing vocals
Christian Skeel: Synthesizers
Henrik Marstal: Bass
Irma Victoria: Vocals
Jens Brygmann: Drums
Lars Top-Galia: Guitar
Martin Hall: Instruments
Ole Hansen: Horns
Thomas Li: Keyboards
Torben Engberg: Organ

Design: Jens Kruse
Photo: Robin Skjoldborg

The release of Phantasmagoria was surrounded by quite a lot of media coverage due to the singer’s age and earlier Grammy nomination as well as Martin Hall’s recent achievement with his hugely popular album A Touch of Excellence. Among the promotion stunts involved in the launch of the record, Carlsberg financed a poster campaign for the album in Copenhagen, the capitol of Denmark. Phantasmagoria even managed to produce a minor airplay scoop with the track “Everything Is an Illusion”.

The album was subsequently released on import basis in England, France and Spain and has in time achieved a cult-like status in several European countries and artistic communities.

When Irma Victoria died in 2000, 77 years old, several international artists expressed their grief with her passing. Among names such as Jean Pierre Turmel from the French avant-garde label French Sordide Sentimental and Martyn Jacques from the renowned English cabaret band The Tiger Lillies, the most fierce appraisal of her talent probably came from Douglas P., singer and front figure in the British neofolk group Death in June, who wrote the following in the cover notes for the posthumously released compilation album Memorial – Finest Moments and Famous Last Words:

“Her work was fantastic. May her soul live forever.”

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Saturday, April 1, 2017

Poetry Break: Lost

Two Ravens (M.A. Reilly)

 - David Wagoner

Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you
Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
I have made this place around you.
If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.
No two trees are the same to Raven.
No two branches are the same to Wren.
If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,
You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows
Where you are. You must let it find you.
From Traveling Light: Collected and New Poems by David Wagoner. © 1999 by David Wagoner. Used with the permission of the University of Illinois Press. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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Italians take their pizza quite seriously, and nowhere in Italy takes it more seriously than the city of Naples. This is a major surprise to absolutely no one, but what you might not know — unless you’re fortunate enough to spend your working hours stirring sauce and pounding out dough — is that there’s an organization whose sole mission is to make sure that Neapolitan pizza remains free of false bravado. The group is called the Associazione Vera Pizza Napoletana, and its mission is to“promote and protect, in Italy and worldwide, the ‘true Neapolitan pizza,’“ according to its website. As an official office of the Italian government, the AVPN certifies Neapolitan pizzerias around the globe and keeps this UNESCO-protected culinary delicacy true to its original form. Plenty of places claim to have the best Neapolitan-style pizza, but few are certified straight from the style’s home city.

Neapolitan pizza is, at its core, a very simple pie. It is more popularly known as the pizza margherita, but before you start claiming your long-time love affair with this style, it’s important to understand that a real pizza margherita is built from a very specific list of ingredients. That frozen piece of cardboard from your neighborhood grocery store isn’t going to cut it.

The authentic pie begins with the sauce. The base spread must be built from one of two varieties of Italian tomatoes: Roma or San Marzano. No substitutions are allowed. If, for whatever reason, disaster struck and tanked the production of these tomatoes for a short time, then the availability of true Neapolitan pizza would shrink. The cheese on an AVPN-certified pizza must be Mozzarella di Bufala Campana, a mozzarella sourced from semi-wild water buffalo in Italy’s Campania and Lazio regions. The dough should be made from high-protein wheat flour and preferably kneaded by hand though a slow-speed mixer is allowed.

The only other ingredients should be basil and olive oil — and, in some cases, a light dusting of parmesan. Statista lists that there are nearly 80,000 pizzerias in the United States. Of those, a mere 98 are certified by the AVPN as authentic Neapolitan. Only 29 states across the country have a certified Neapolitan pizzeria.

It’s no small task to be certified, and those that are will likely let you know it. But beyond certification, a pizzeria’s menu is another sign of authenticity. The best of the best focus on Neapolitan pizza and not much else. If your local joint has a buffalo chicken or Canadian bacon on the menu, odds are the chef has strayed from the passion of the OG pie that the AVPN works so hard to uphold.

If you want to make sure you’re getting the real thing, start with the best.

1. Settebello in California, Las Vegas, and Salt Lake City

Photo: Settebello/Facebook

One of the fastest ways to gauge the Neapolitan-worthiness of a pizza restaurant is to look at what they’re serving to drink. If the place is pushing Coors Light and shots of Jager, not a good sign. Fine Italian wine presented by a server who can actually explain the grape? Now you’re talking. California is home to 18 of the 98 AVPN-certified joints in the country. Among stiff competition, Settebello has risen to the top by focusing on the basics: pizza margherita and very slight variations of it along with a selection of red wines to bring out the flavors. The brand’s simple formula saw success, and locations can now be found across the western US in California, Salt Lake City, and greater Las Vegas.

Where: Multiple locations

2. Porta Via Ristorante e Bar in Nashville

Live entertainment isn’t the only thing Nashville does well. Music City is also home to a stellar dining scene, and the true pizza hound should head straight from the airport to Porta Via Ristorante e Bar. Tennessee’s lone AVPN-certified pizzeria serves a small, carefully curated menu of Italian dishes, but your attention should be on the section called “Certificato.” Here is where the prize lives, the Margherita DOC, or Denominzione D’Origine Controllata. Order one for yourself along with a cup of zuppa, and don’t share any of it. Once you’ve finished, have a look at the restaurant’s damn fine cordials menu to help the awesomeness settle in before you head out to Music Row.

Where: 21 White Bridge Road, Suite 104

3. Pieous in Austin

Pieous pizza pie

Photo: Pieous/Facebook

Pieous is a humble joint, the type of spot where 100 percent of the owners’ time and effort goes into making pizza, and everything is essentially an afterthought. The restaurant is casual, and despite an appearance on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, it remains a place for college kids and the local blue collar crowd. Don’t worry about the lack of a website; just consider that more time the restaurant spent on perfecting its recipe. This is Austin, after all, the kind of place that beats to its own drum. Pieous’s phenomenally pounded dough is the standout of its AVPN-certified pie. You’ll get more crust per capita here than anywhere else on the list. That doesn’t mean they’ve skimped on what’s in the middle, however. The sauce, basil, and mozzarella di bufala charge forward with a vengeance to complete the pizza margherita experience.

Where: 12005 W Highway 290, Austin, TX

4. Meanwhile in Belfast in Belfast, Maine

There are few places in the world where one can eat as good as people in Maine do on the daily. Portland is among the country’s top restaurant cities, though for the best pizza in the state, head north on Highway 1 to the town of Belfast. Here, at Meanwhile in Belfast, you’ll settle into a small dining room just steps from the harbor and be instantly transported across the Atlantic. The guy tossing your pie is as Italian as the tomatoes and cheese on top of it, and you’re going to need that serrated knife on your table to dig in because they don’t slice their pizza around here. The crust is built from sourdough and cooked in a wood-fired oven. Despite being a casual kind of place — this is Maine, so don’t forget your flannel — reservations are encouraged because the experience has developed cult status among East Coast pizza aficionados.

Where: 2 Cross Street, Belfast, ME

5. Il Ritrovo in Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Il Ritrovo Pizza

Photo: Il Ritrovo Pizza/Facebook

Anyone who doubts the pizza chops of the Midwest beyond Chicago has never been to Sheboygan. This town of 50,000 people just north of Milwaukee has two AVPN-certified pizzerias. Il Ritrovo, in the heart of town off Pennsylvania Avenue, is a Wisconsin experience as memorable as a dog and brew at Miller Park. Substitute the dog for pizza and the brew for a bottle of wine, of course. The pies are as classy as the setting, and the specialità della casa is known as the Margherita Maxi e Bufala. The restaurant has an on-site deli and market, so you can take a bit of the goodness with you when you leave.

Where: 515 South 8th Street, Sheboygan, WI

6. Coda di Volpi in Chicago

Recall again the discussion about ambiance from above. Despite its simplicity, Neapolitan pizza maintains a level of sophistication — even in Chicago, where thick pizza and cold beer are a time-honored tradition. Case-in-point: Coda di Volpi in Lakeview. Chef Chris Thompson’s menu doesn’t brag about its AVPN certification, and it doesn’t need to. The wood-fired Margherita Di Bufala pizza shuts up any naysayers, right down to the fact that he serves the pies with authentic pizza shears so you can have the fun of cutting into it yourself. The pie is Italian, but the dining room is standard Chicago. So, lively, fun, and the perfect place to build a Saturday evening around. It’s an experience that’s almost as good as that time the Cubs won the World Series but without nearly as long of a wait.

Where: 3335 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL

7. Via Tribunali in Seattle

Via Tribunali’s four Seattle locations — in Capitol Hill, Fremont, Georgetown, and Queen Anne — are cozy and warm. You can almost feel the heat of the pizza oven each time the staff exits the kitchen. They like their mozzarella di bufala in big, thick chunks on the pie here, melted in gooey puddles atop a thick layer of sauce. This is the kind of place you go on a first date when you can’t decide between formal and semi-formal, but know that the meal itself needs to stand as the focal point. Start with an insalata di parma, and order a margherita pie for both of you. Your date is sure to be impressed. The wine list is as authentically Italian as the pizza, which should help you loosen up the tongue and really turn on the charm.

Where: Multiple locations


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Huge thanks and respect to the texture artists of the mentioned game for sharing their knowledge online.

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My clothes, my chicken. Your opinions, I don’t care.

I’ve been visiting the gym regularly this year. I realized that it was a necessary evil I had to comply with if I wanted to lose that extra butt I’ve been carrying around. I could easily run for Most Unhealthiest Person in Gym award and win since most of the people I see there are hard core, weight lifting, protein shake drinking, cross fitting guys and gals. In the past few months that I’ve been there, I’ve seen more armpits than I’d like to accept. I’ve seen abs and six packs and calves of steel. None of them are mine, btw.

So, I go to the gym 2-3 times a week after I drop off this man who stays in my house (he says he’s my husband but idk). After an hour of cardio and struggling around with minimal weights, I go grocery shopping ’cause after all that exercise your girl’s gotta eat. I’m very iffy about the kind of poultry I purchase. Good poultry is available in this Pakistani/Indian/Arab/Confused grocery store a few miles from the gym. Some weeks I go there directly after working out and other weeks I drop by while running errands.

There’s a sweet old Pakistani/Indian/Arab/Confused Uncle who works there. I’ve been frequenting the same shop for a few years now so he recognizes me. Every time he sees me he gives a toothy smile and says, “Salam Alaikum! Kya haal hain?!”

Now firstly, I can’t speak Urdu and I know only conversational Hindi. Yet for some reason 99% of the people I’ve met assume that I can actually SPEAK these languages, because as a Muslim it is blasphemy if I don’t speak urdu. They then proceed to have long conversations with me. However, while I can understand what’s being said, I cannot reply back. So when Confused Uncle asks Kya haal hain, I give my best smile and say “Teek hain!!!” He then returns to stacking the shelves apparently satisfied with my answer.

Now, every time we’ve had this interaction I’ve been dressed more or less like this.

hijab final

A button down, skinny jeans and whichever scarf is clean. This is my uniform, my normcore. In the above picture I’m wearing my favorite button down with donut prints (H&M men’s section, you’re welcome). I most probably haven’t showered and from the look on my face I’ve only had one quota of caffeine. While I applaud my sartorial choices, I’m not too thrilled to go grocery shopping at 11 am when I could sit at home and watch Netflix. Basically, I’m the most anti social person and that’s just me generally. But I always try to put on a smile, even if it is fake, for Confused Uncle ’cause he always enquires about my haal.

The days when I go the shop after gym, I look like this.

Sweatshirt, leggings, a cap instead of a scarf cause I don’t want to strangle myself and a smile because endorphins. I’m sure most people would find this gym outfit too stuffy but I feel comfortable in it. And some days I look cuter than pictured. I’ve not got weird looks in the gym so far ’cause honestly nobody cares what I wear. They’re all too busy pumping weights and what not. The first day I went grocery shopping, Confused Uncle was manning the meat area. When we made eye contact I automatically smiled and said “Salam Al–

Aapko kya chaahiye“, this cold eyed stranger cut me off.

“Uncleji!”, I wanted to scream. “It’s me! You know me!” But this man with his poker straight face looked right through me like we’ve never exchanged the same conversation ten times before. I was confused initially but then it struck me “Uncleji didn’t recognize me in my gym clothes!”

Oh Uncleji, could my cap and leggings be that big a disguise.

But it wasn’t just that he didn’t recognize me. He treated me like he does every other customer and reserved his sweet side only for scarf wearing, desi Mozlem women. I was and still am so outraged by this. Funnily enough, I’ve never had bad service anywhere because of my scarf. Maybe it’s because I live in liberal state where there are Mozlems aplenty but people have generally been nice to me. I’ve never felt mistreated because of what I wear or don’t wear. But this Uncle is a perfect example of stereotypical desi man mentality of sitting on a 100 feet high horse judging every woman for the choices she makes from their stinky Tower of Male Privilege. Men like him only believe in external “modesty” because they understand modesty to be one dimensional. My cap wearing self is not wild and loose. And just cause I wear a scarf I’m not a goody two shoes. Over the years I have found a sweet spot in the middle of these two “extremes” that suit me just fine. Also, why do men get to dictate levels of modesty? It’s so easy for men to tell women to dress modestly (doesn’t matter the level of modesty)  when they get to wear the same two pieces of clothing as every man on the planet. If you have an opinion about women’s modesty you better be a woman yourself. And don’t judge a woman for her choice of clothing unless you’ve actually worn said clothing before.

Since I have a deep fear of confrontation I never said anything to Uncleji about it. But it wasn’t the only time I experienced it. The situation played out the same way every time I wore my gym clothes. Now, I don’t go the store in my civilian clothes ’cause I ain’t got no time for fake enquires about my haal. So, BYE FELICIA.

(I will still purchase poultry from said grocery shop because chicken.)

(Not all Muslims speak Urdu. Your world is shattered, I know. But hey, it was a small, narrow one after all.)

(All images belong to me. Please contact me if you’d like to purchase my artwork.)

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  1. Humaira says:

    I don’t know what to comment on first. Your mad drawing skills basically depicting my uniform or your story about being treated differently in your gym clothes which is horrendous honestly. Also that guy who lives with you, I have one of those too. Still debating on whether to keep him or not.

  2. The drawings-Adorable! From your Insta, they look pretty close to you! Haha.
    And I have similar issues with people saying Namaste to me just cuz I am desi. I respond with a hi and you should see how confused they look.

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Peregian Creek

There will be another convocation of weeders at Peregian Creek this Saturday morning, the 17th of March from 8 am at Beach Access 49.  It is an appropriate day for the wearing of the green, though no shamrocks please as we have enough weed problems, with apologies to St Patrick.  Green tea, in lieu of green beer, will be served at smoko.

But, more on the serious side of our meeting: we will continue removing the green Asparagus Fern that has come back in near the water hole, although, if it is a cooler, cloudy day we could do some more work on the Singapore Daisy in the open down near the creek mouth.

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Paul has worked as a forester since graduating from ANU in 1967 in many countries for the private sector, The World Bank and international aid agencies, starting with the Papua New Guinea Forestry Dept. A volunteer with Noosa and District Landcare since 2000 working on farm forestry, bushcare and waterways monitoring.

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February 10, 2021

McKean Township Trustees met in regular session as posted in the paper and on building Wednesday February 10, 2021.  Both zoning boards held their organizational meetings at the building just prior to the trustee meeting.  Trustee McInturff, Wintermute, and Fiscal Officer Ellas answered rollcall with Trustee Schwartzenberger answering virtually.  After the pledge to the flag, it was noted no audience was present.

Zoning-The newly appointed zoning inspector was present, Larry Hansel.  He was reminded there would be an appeal board hearing at the building on the 18th as advertised in the paper. Larry reported that he had not written any permits to date.

Reports-The trustees then looked over their given reports and bills to be paid.  Motion by Trustee McInturff, seconded Trustee Wintermute, all agreed to accept the reports and pay all of the bills

Road Supervisor-Tires for the truck were discussed.  2 were needed at this time and recommended to get additional 2, which the trustees agreed.  All fence for the cemetery now has been rebuilt.  We will have to wait on the weather before putting up. Signs for the cemeteries were then discussed.  The mailbox on Dry Creek was replaced   Terry stated we currently were out of salt and would be getting more from Granville.  More snow is expected this week.

New Business-The county road mileage report was passed to trustees for approval.  Motion by Trustee McInturff, seconded Trustee Wintermute, all agreed to 25.895 of public road in McKean, which all signed.  After some discussion as to road conditions with the snow, motion to adjourn, all agreed.


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Why does the MDBA have a Stud Registry?

The MDBA has a stud registry because we believe that documenting the ancestry and progeny of dogs is critical to better breeding as it allows our breeders the ability to track genetic health and temperament throughout a dogs’ ancestry.

The stud registry enables MDBA breeders to use science rather than luck when breeding our puppies and we like to know without any doubt who your puppy’s mother and father, aunties, uncles, brothers, sisters and grandparents are so we have as much information as possible to make the best decisions in our breeding programs.

MDBA breeder members select their breeding dogs with the primary aim of producing healthy puppies with a great temperament and focusing on what is best for their dogs and those they breed. Using the breed standard of their breed is also used to ensure they breed predictable and healthy purebred puppies now and for future generations to come.

As a puppy buyer the registration certificate can be seen as your puppy’s birth certificate that shows its family tree.

What makes MDBA pedigree papers different?

The MDBA pedigree papers are different from other traditional stud registry papers as we show health results and many types of canine achievements as well as your puppy’s ancestors.

The MDBA has become increasingly concerned about the general health of dogs and the health and welfare of specific breeds. We will always focus on what’s best for dogs and because of this we document health and temperament results on our pedigrees. We believe that by having this transparency it shows the true state of pedigree dogs.

Our pedigrees show any qualifications a dog has including working dog qualifications and the type of work a dog is doing, for example, working with goats or working as an assistance dog.

When do pet owners get their puppy’s pedigree?

It is not possible for the pedigree papers to be available when your puppy arrives home.

There are a few reasons for this:

  • As the microchip information is entered onto the pedigree papers a breeder must wait until their puppies are microchipped before they register their litter with the MDBA.
  • As the MDBA requires all the puppies in the litter to be registered at the same time breeders must wait until all of their puppies are sold before registering your puppy.  In some cases your puppy could be at your home for a few weeks before the last puppy in the litter is sold.
  • Once the MDBA receives the litter registration it generally takes 14 - 21 working days to process and sometimes it can take longer if the MDBA has an unusually high number of litters to be entered into the stud registry. The MDBA posts the pedigree certificates to your puppy’s breeder who then posts them out to you.
  • The postal system can cause delays.

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Prison is something we have heard since when we were young where is for people who do something wrong or break the law, then they have to stay there. However, we still cannot believe how those people live in prison and what the activity they have to do because it might be just a myth or rumor. We never know what it was like in there. In addition, each prison has a different style to deal with prisoners so the way they live and their activity might be a little bit different from each prison. Have you ever curious about the story of the prison? There is a lot of prison in every country but there are some historical prisons in America that I have been visited and I, personally interested and fascinated, would like to share.

The prison in America

There is a lot of prison in America some of them might be historical prison, some might be the oldest, and some might be the cruelest prison but their story is all interesting. In the past, the prison in America had a system that put many people in the same room both male and female, and other systems isolated systems and silent systems. Silent or auburn or New York system is the same thing and the same purpose was used at Auburn prison in Auburn, N.Y. Now, some of the prisons might get old and or being historic jails and have opened as museums for tourists to visit and know about the story of that prison. I have had the opportunity to visit some prison in America and I am really into it. Also, I find these prisons are very interesting to share: Eastern State Penitentiary and Alcatraz.

Eastern State Penitentiary

Before I went to America as an exchange student I have watched one video which content is about Eastern State Penitentiary and this content produce by Rubsarb production channel on YouTube since then I always want to visit once in my life. Finally, I have a chance to visit it. Eastern State Penitentiary was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This prison is America’s most historic prison and the most expensive prison in the world. In the old days, people called this prison a cheery hill because in the past it was a cherry farm before they were building the prison. Eastern State Penitentiary has been used for 142 years. This prison has been activated in 1829 but it was completed in 1836 and the first prisoner was Charles William. This prison is different from normal prison in those days.  This prison uses the isolated, separate, Pennsylvania system to govern the prison system. There are 2 eras. The first is isolated, the latter is normal which changes from one room per person to one room for 5 people because many people go to jail and there is no money to build and enough area to build so the zone created later has 2-floor building— because of too many prisoners.

The second era officially changed the prison system in 1913.  John Haviland, who was an architect, aim was to put the fear in the hearts of those who are committing a crime. The prisoner had blindfolded from since the first step that comes to this prison until going to the room they have done this for their first day of entry and the last day that they leave.  There is no way to know where they are or which part of prison they were staying in. There are all soundproof wall and the guard was also walking and wearing socks and didn’t tell when it would be checked so it there really quite there. The cell is a single cell which means one person for one room and there is a private exercise area behind it. That cell has all the facilities. In each room, there is a window on a small ceiling called the Eye of God. The only place where sunlight can be seen. The entrance to the room was built lower than usual because the architect intended to conceal that entry into this jail your dignity would be reduced. Most people in this prison are mentally ill including over masturbation because he could not speak to anyone, not even himself.

In the first era, the prisoner is not allowed to visit. In the year 1870, they began to remove private exercise and then build more cells. They have an exercise yard together and eat together. They also start education which teaches art and sells goods outside of the prison to raise money to develop prison. Willie Sutton tried to escape many times but unsuccessful because he thought that escaping alone would not work. Therefore, he finds more participation in case of escape and the total number was 12 people. People have named the gang as dirty dozen. He escaped by digging a hole. Clarence Klinedinst was a professional plastered so they asked him to fix it at block 68, so he tries to dig it and it turns out that this wall is able to dig. It took 11 months for digging before finish it there was a plan to escape at noon by crawl out. They are all can escape but Willie Sutton got caught after 3 minutes after escaping, Clarence left for 2 hours., James Grace escaped for 8 days, and the last one was Frederick Tenuto got caught after escape for 2 months. However, this gang doesn’t end there.  In 1946, after escaping for the one year, they were transfer to the Holmesburh prison, which was a trial that could not escape but this gang who was 5 of the member in dirty dozen and a new member can break out. Sutton escaped for 5-6 years and Frederick could not be caught still in the wanted list. There is also a prisoner dog named pep the dog, the first and only animal in this prison. Also, there are female prisoners too but not for long because the female prisoners here were raped by the guard. Almost 50 years ago before the prison closed, there were no female prisoners. The punishment here is a lot such as Cellblock 13 or the hole for separating prisoners and Cellblock 14 which is smaller than 13 but much more torture they are punished for the same purpose but going completely different. Famous people like Al Capone also here too but he lives there very comfortably anybody is allowed to visit him and he can make a call anytime. He was here for 8 months. There is one and the only person who can escape and never get caught until now his name is Leo Callahan. The prison was closed in 1971 because they estimated the price to renovate the prison is much higher than the reconstruction.

This museum does not only have a story or exhibition for the prisoner but also for the victim. The first season of Prison break was inspired by dirty dozen here in Eastern State Penitentiary you can check it out on Netflix

Alcatraz is another prison that is the cruelest in America. This place also has some difficulties in living their life. At first, the island was named La Isla de los Alcatraces the explorers concluded that the island was not suitable for people to live because it was very dry. This prison was launched in 1861 in San Francisco. It was diagnosed that this island was difficult to escape because it located in the middle of a natural bay with strong wind-waves and freezing temperatures. This prison is also known as the rock. In 1898, this prison was imprisoned only for political prisoners but then an earthquake caused a lot of damage, causing the prisoners to be moved. After that, a new 3-floor building was built.

In 1934, the prison was appointed to be the federal bureau of prison. This prison is the most strict prison in the world. Al Capone used to be here as well. This prison has none female prisoner and this is also a single cell that means over a person for one room. However, there are 3 prisoner missing causes the police to search but cannot find it. Therefore, they assume that those may die from swimming across the island. On the other hand, there is also another presumption saying that at first, it was four people who had moved to this prison including Frank Morris, Allen West, John and Clarence Anglin. In 1961, four of them come up with a prison breakout plan that received the hands of Clarence Carnes who was prisoners that have been here for a long time. Clarence has been using a spoon for expanding vents to escape he thought of building a satin to be a vehicle to go to San Francisco. At that time, the system of the prison was not that strict so they made a mask of their face for pretending to be lying on the bed to help them escape. They fled on the 11th of June 1962 but there was a mistake because Allen West did not come as they are planning so they proceeded. The three of them were able to escape without being caught but the next morning the guard knew that there was a jailbreak. They can escape until now. People are still wondering if they survived or not.

This prison was closed like Eastern State Penitentiary by the same problem that they face which is money. Alcatraz also opens as a museum for tourist.

There are some movie that uses this prison as inspiration such as The rock and Escapes from Alcatraz.

These are just some of the prison that also a tourist attraction or museum that you guys should visit once in your life because there are all full of history and story that very interesting and amazed. We never know what is really behind the wall until you have proved it yourself. You can start to know their story by watching the video or some movie that based on that prison and then you will really into it and really want to visit there. Therefore, during COVID-19 quarantine you can watch and find more information about that story, that prisoner, and their plan for escape. Go for it this might open your perspective about the prison and world or your thought.


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Medicaid presents lowest budget request in six years

The Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) executive director presented the budget request for fiscal year 2020 to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee on Sept. 17, 2018. The agency is requesting an appropriation of $954.5 million in state funds, which is $29 million less than the initial budget request for fiscal year 2019. The agency’s fiscal year 2020 initial appropriation request is the lowest request since 2014, and no deficit appropriation was requested for the remainder of fiscal year 2019. Throughout the past year, the agency as a whole has worked to contain costs without reducing services or reimbursement rates in an effort to ensure the long-term sustainability of the program for Mississippians.

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  • Three people can be served through a Home and Community Based Waiver for the cost of  one person in a long term care facility.


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Apart from God, there is no objective reality. Each person has his/her own reality that is not shared by anyone else, at least not completely. “Reality” may be shared in part by a family, community, or culture. Otherwise, there are as many realities as there are individuals. In the words of Gustave Flaubert “There is no truth. There is only perception.”

Alfred Adler stated: “More important than innate disposition, objective experience, and environment is the subjective evaluation of these. Furthermore, this evaluation stands in a certain, often strange, relation to reality.”

A bit confusing? Let me put it this way. Assumptions and presumptions supersede one’s “reality”. We do not see things as others see things, but through our personal experience, prejudice, and woundedness. Selfishness and pride also obscure our ability to be truly objective.

Implications? Number one: Before we judge, it would be wise to see to the other’s reality to the best our ability; to walk in their shoes, to look beyond our own reality and conclusions. Number two: develop a community. We are meant to be connected. Number three: Love. Practice the second greatest commandment.

As we read in Matthew 22: 35-40: “And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. ‘Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?’ And he said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets’.”

The best way to “get” another’s reality: Walk in his/her shoes, develop community with him/her, and love. Quite the powerful triad.


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Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic Supplement helps you do away with additional pounds, specifically around the stubborn belly area or other sagging parts.• It triggers the fat-burning hormonal agent (adiponectin) to shed stomach fat.• Blocks C-reactive healthy protein that shops fat.• Maintains normal blood glucose level, high blood pressure, as well as cholesterol.• It enhances digestion with probiotic.• Boosts immune system.

The Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic is an active weight loss supplement that comes in powder form. Okinawa flat tummy tonic is a effective and effective system for burning visceral fat and added pounds.

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Crucial organs in the body that are instrumental in regulating weight and also metabolic rate require systemic equilibrium to function effectively. Healthy metabolic rate can vary power degrees to melt calories. A systemic balance in the belly and gastrointestinal system enables your metabolism perform above and beyond its usual price.

The Tonic is neither a “fat-burning pill”, nor a medicine. The tonic employs nature’s most safe and also most reliable nutrients for all-day metabolic process assistance. You won’t feel uneasy or on edge. Rather, you’ll be breaking with power. The Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic is a distinctive weight management support supplement that accelerates your metabolism to super-fast levels, allowing you to burn off pounds of fat so you can reach your weight reduction objectives. Low C Reactive Protein

Just how quickly will I reduce weight?

It all depends on how much weight you desire to shed. The even more you maintain a healthy and balanced, common sense diet regimen, the much faster it’s most likely to work. In You could be at your ideal weight already in one or 2 months.

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Starting weight loss, Okinawa Tonic relieves swelling. Swelling is a ancient and also broad medical term initially describing a set of common signs, consisting of:• Edema, a swelling triggered by excess liquid entraped in your body’s cells.• Erythema, surface reddening of the skin due to injury or inflammation creating dilatation of the blood veins.• Heat, a hot, swelling experience brought on by irritated capillary.• Pain, normally in the joints, yet often in muscular tissues.• Loss Of Function, such as rigidity as well as immobility. When inflammation takes place, chemicals from your body’s white blood cells flood your tissues and blood to protect your body from harm. The blood circulation to the injured location boosts, which can create soreness and also warmth.

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Swelling is recognized by dietitians as a set of complex transforming actions to cells injury primarily caused by toxic chemicals, some environmental agents, injury, infection, or overuse . Some researchers keep that inflammation brings about cardio-vascular disease, cancer, hypertension, gum condition, arthritis, and Alzheimer’s disease. Soothing inflammation decreases the probabilities of obtaining these conditions. Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic minimizes wellness threats. The energetic components target the healthy proteins in the blood that sluggish metabolic functions and also inflame food digestion. These inflammatory proteins are called C-Reactive or CRP. CRP is a protein made by your liver. It’s sent out right into your bloodstream in feedback to inflammation. If you’ve been wounded or have an infection, inflammation is your body’s means of shielding your cells. It can trigger discomfort, redness, and also swelling in the damaged or affected area. Low C Reactive Protein

Lose Weight While Pregnant?

Mothers have actually utilized this ancient tonic dish for lots of years to shed weight while expectant. The Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic helps a new mother consume healthy foods for basic health and wellness, and increase metabolism to burn added weight gotten during pregnancy. Natural Weight Loss Supplements The Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic has natural components as well as is totally free of all allergens. If you have a medical condition, we recommend that you discuss the tonic with your medical professional. Nearly 25 percent of drugs suggested worldwide are based on active components acquired from plants.

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Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic may extend your lifespan: Japanese people’s average life span is 84.21 years, which is the lengthiest worldwide. The reduced mortality prices from heart disease and also cancer are thought to mirror the low occurrence of obesity in Japan. Losing weight typically enhances health, consequently giving you a longer life. The modest rate for more lifetime is an useful trade off. Low C Reactive Protein

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The natural Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic components allow you to slim down without exercise. It increases your metabolism to melt calories and also melt away fat. Three nutritional methods incorporate in Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic: • Polyphenol Blend: Studies reveal that polyphenols are powerful antioxidants. Polyphenols wellness advantages are comprehensive. • Metabolic Boosting Blend: Your metabolism is the process your body makes use of to make as well as burn power from food. You rely upon your metabolic rate to take a breath, assume, absorb, flow blood, maintain warm in the cool, and stay awesome in the heat. It is a typical idea that raising your metabolism helps you shed a lot more calories as well as increase weight management. • Probiotic as well as Prebiotic Digestive Support Blend: The usage of prebiotics as well as probiotics with each other is called microbiome therapy. Probiotics as well as prebiotics both support the body to build as well as maintain a healthy and balanced nest of various other microbes and advantageous germs . What do polyphenols do? Polyphenols’ anti-inflammatory and antioxidant impacts could lower your threat of cancer cells. Research studies reveal that polyphenols might also block lump growth and also eliminate active cancer cells. Research study reveals that polyphenols can trigger your immune system to fight off infection as well as illness. Polyphenols likewise promote excellent microorganisms growth in your gut and also restriction unsafe microorganisms. This effect supports great food digestion, however a healthy equilibrium of germs is also necessary to strong immune system function.

Are Polyphenols Antioxidants?

A lack of polyphenols isn’t related to certain adverse effects, but they’re considered as ” life expectancy basics.” They work anti-oxidants, which reduce your threat of persistent diseases. Researches reveal that individuals that have polyphenol-rich diet plans– consuming more than 650 milligrams each day– have lower fatality threats than those that obtain less than 500 milligrams per day. Study additionally shows how polyphenols advertise excellent circulation. They maintain your capillary adaptable as well as healthy and balanced and aid take care of blood pressure degrees. They likewise lower persistent inflammation, which is a risk aspect for heart problem.

What does a metabolic rate booster do?

Metabolism refers to the process of converting food into power for your body to make use of. Also somewhat boosting your BMR reveals weight loss.

Your BMR is affected by several different variables, consisting of age, sex, body structure and also organ weight. Anything that raises caloric melt– such as the Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic– can be taken into consideration a metabolic price booster. Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic’s natural components are a proven metabolism booster for weight management.

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Human beings began recording their use of natural plant treatments going back to about 3000 b.c. We prepare and natural herbal remedies in the same way our forefathers did. We not only heal the body however, additionally bring as well as cleanse the spirit balance right into our lives. This ancient restorative is the most effective metabolic process booster. The Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic works by targeting the root cause of weight gain. The all-natural ingredients in the Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic shed the fats all over your body; hereby accelerating weight-loss. People have actually been utilizing this Japanese restorative to melt tummy fat for generations due to the fact that it functions. What do Probiotics and also Prebiotics Supplements do? • Probiotics. They can supply numerous health and wellness benefits. • Prebiotics. They act like fertilizers that stimulate the development of healthy and balanced bacteria in the digestive tract. Probiotics Enzymes Probiotics promote digestive system health and wellness, support a healthy immune system. Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic allows us to successfully digest our food as well as avoiding contaminants and fat to build up. This is just how to lose weight. Working Probiotics Prebiotics Metabolic Boosters Polyphenols: The Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic System Probiotics and Prebiotics work with the Metabolic Boosters and Polyphenols for maximum fat burn. Consequences can include digestive issues, allergies, mental health problems, and obesity. 100% Natural Ingredients All-natural components are grown, collected, increased, and refined in an environmental way. They are NOT produced artificially as well as are not removed utilizing anything aside from natural components as solvents. The Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic blends meticulously selected components into an well-known formula. The components of Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic are the following: The Polyphenol blend includes fruit significances–.• Cherry.• Carrot.• Papaya.• Aronia Fruit Extract.• Green Mango.• Mulberry Fruit.• European Black Currant Fruit Extract.• Strawberry, Grape Skin Extract.• Blueberry Fruit Concentrate.• Pomegranate.• Blackberry.• Acerola Fruit Extract.• Red Raspberry Extract Pineapple Extract.• Orange.• Cantalope.• Grape.• Watermelon.• Hibiscus.• Lemon.• Peach.Metabolic Boosting Blend.The Metabolic Boosting Blend makes use of popular spice and also tea extracts–.• Shilajit Extract.• Ginger Root.• Cinnamon Bark Extract.• Green Tea Extract.• White Tea Extract.• Turmeric Extract.• Bitter Melon Extract.• Black Pepper Extract.Additional Metabolic Boosting Supplements.Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic has added metabolic increasing supplements–.• Thiamin.• Riboflavin.• Niacin.• Vitamin B6.• Folate.• Vitamin B12.• Biotin.• Pantothenic Acid.• Selenium.• Chromium. Prebiotic and probiotic Digestive Support.The beneficial ingredients of the Probiotic as well as Prebiotic Digestive Support Blend are:.• Organic Blue Agave Inulin.• Bacillus Infantis.• Bifodobacterium Longum.• Lactobacillus Rhamnosus.• L Reuteri HA-188.• Lactobacillus Acidophilus.

Nutritional Components

Much of the dietary parts of the Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic additionally have a chemical name. Several of these are provided right here:.• Epigallocatechin Gallate, or EGCG: Found in green and also white tea, epigallocatechin gallate wellness benefits consist of shedding body fat efficiently by causing thermogenesis as well as lowering inflammation. • Piperine: Extracted from black pepper, this antioxidant aids digestion. It is a crucial ingredient of the Flat Belly Tonic. • Inulin: Comes from the chicory plant root. This fiber functions by blocking visceral fats and reducing junk food desires. Inulin is additionally a probiotic that advertises far better food digestion. • Hibiscus sabdariffa: This delicate red flower herb is common in the Okinawa region and aids in the acceleration of fat loss. The major identified compounds include neochlorogenic acid, chlorogenic acid, cryptochlorogenic acid, caffeoylshikimic acid and flavonoid compounds such as quercetin and kaempferol. • Aronia berry: As a effective polyphenol anti-oxidant, Aronia berry advertises immune system wellness and also power. It helps to regulate glucose levels. • Acai berry: This berry regulates cholesterol levels whilst supporting brain health and wellness. Additionally, the Acai berry is a polyphenol that gets rid of fat development.• Mulberry: Similar to Acai berry and Aronia berry, Mulberry aids to regulate cholesterol and also blood glucose, respectively. Rutin, found in Mulberry, boosts fat burning rates too.• Momordica Charantia: Whilst regulating blood sugar degrees, this polyphenol, Momordica Charantia– or Bitter Melon– cuts fat build-up throughout the body. Low C Reactive Protein

Boost the Quality of Your Life.

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The Health Sciences Space Advisory Committee (HSSAC) was established to provide general guidance and specific recommendations to the Vice Chancellor of Health Sciences in regard to the most effective use of existing space, the assignment of new space, and the need for future facilities development for instruction and research, and organized research activities.

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  1. Review space policy and recommend changes as necessary, at least every three years.
  2. Recommend space analyses as needed.
  3. Conduct annual reviews, including a walk-through of all departments and ORU space. Faculty assigned space will be reviewed, and each department/ORU will provide written space utilization reviews and supporting documentation.
  4. Annually review and comment on space utilization by department/ORU and identify space available for reallocation.
  5. Recommend programmatic priorities for space assignments, and development of new space.
  6. Assist in defining the need/scope of future instruction and research space, and ORU related support facilities.

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Department Review
Review Captain (Dept.)

March 17, 2021
No Department Space Review

April 21, 2021
Pharmacology, The HIV Institute, CRBS - Center for Research in Biological Systems
Arden, Karen (Medicine/Ludwig)

May 19, 2021
Hoffman, Hal (Pediatrics)
June 16, 2021
Orthopaedic Surgery, Ophthalmology
Handel, Tracy (SSPPS)
July 21, 2021
Anesthesiology, Dermatology
Ward, Sam (Orthopaedic Surgery)
August 18, 2021
No Space Meeting

September 15, 2021
Medicine (Part 1)
DeMaio, Antonio (Surgery)
October 20, 2021
Medicine (Part 2)
Pam Mellon (Repro Med)
November 17, 2021
Medicine (Part 3)
Stein, Murray (Psychiatry)
December 15, 2021
Tukey, Bob (Pharmacology)

NOTE:  Sanford, ECOB, MCC, MPF, NARF and Lease Spaces are not included in space review.
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When a pipe bursts or gas is smelt, panic often results. This is not the best state of mind to be in when going to search through a list of professional companies looking for the best service provider. Nonetheless, you need a solution to your problem that may later cause further headaches.

How To Find The Best Plumbing Contractor In An Emergency

This is why, whether you are in a small town in North Virginia or the suburbs of Los Angeles, you should consider these steps in making the right choice in an emergency.

Demand a Timely Solution

The water is building up under the carpet, the gas is seeping out of a hidden crack, and the sewerage is pouring out of a hefty blockage and polluting your lawn. You can’t waste time when emergencies like this occur. A plumbing contractor is expected to turn up on time and fix the problem quickly. The best expert companies, even in a wide ranging area such as North Virginia, should rely on 24 hour phone receptionists that link you to high quality professionals immediately in order to make sure they get to your home without delay.

Look For a Telephone Diagnosis Of The Problem

Issues with your lines, pipes, heating or fittings will often vary and a lack of expert knowledge means you may not know the reason behind the problem. Hence it is essential for your plumbing contractor to convey a clear telephone diagnosis. This means the company should be able to connect you to a qualified person who can discuss and explain the situation in a personal and professional way. This ensures that when the professional comes to your house they know exactly what needs to be done and will have all of the material ready to make the repair.

Expect Only Professional Expertise

If your plumbing contractor is punctual and an accurate estimate has been made, your mind will naturally turn to the quality of the work. You only want the issue to be fixed and the cause for repeat repairs avoided. This means using companies that only accept the highest standards from their technicians. The staff must not only come with qualifications, but they must have also undergone company training. This proves therefore, that they can cope with a wide array of issues, and provide top-notch service and useful advice.

Ask For A Direct Quote Over The Phone

While the emergency of a punctured gas line or an overflowing toilet can lead you to make irrational choices, you still do not want to be overcharged. The fact that you do not have the professional knowledge combined with the sudden need to fix the emergency and halt further damage can confuse you as to how much it will all cost. A reliable plumbing contractor will tell you a direct and simple quote on the phone. This simplifies everything and gives you the satisfaction that there will be not be any costly surprises further down the line.


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EcoSphere Closed Ecosystems review

EcoSphere – lots of living creatures inhabit here, tightly encased in a glass ball. Year after year. At that there is no water changes, feeding or air required. It needs only indirect light. This small enclosed world will gladly tell anyone about such a fragile nature balance.

Ecosphere glass ball is a miniature model of our world. Sadly, it can be destroyed, as well as a real planet. This is definitely not a brand new idea, thus it’s rather fascinating. Besides, it has a very interesting story behind.

«EcoSphere» was invented about 25 years ago by two scientists from Jet Propulsion Laboratory – now-dead Joe Hanson and Clair Folsome.

This invention was kind of side effect that occured during the studies of ecosystem enclosure aimed for long duration space missions; in such system it was necessary to keep the balance of all substances with very high precision, since a ship could receive only energy from the outer space during a flight.

Of course, science-fiction writers have been describing space greenhouses and farms in their books for quite a long time already.

However, the question that had no answer was – how to create a completely self-sustaining and self-contained system of substances transformation in an enclosed space?

Naturally, it was necessary to calculate accurately within milligram all biochemical chains of all living creatures that take part in a cycle of matter within the system.

This way there was found a very interesting combination of sea algae, shrimps and certain bacteria, which could feed each other “in a circle” for indefinitely long time as long as their tiny world was being exposed to light.

“EcoSphere” has been produced and sold as a souvenir for over 15 years already by the American company Ecosphere Associates, which once got this technology from NASA Recipe for an EcoSphere from NASA.

These glass sphere for sale and “eggs” can be from 10 cm to 1 m large in diameter. The largest samples were made for museums, exhibitions and so on. Prices of popular table models ( from 4 to 9 inches in diameter).

Inside the «EcoSphere» there is a little gravel, some sea fan branches, precisely measured amount of filtered sea water and air, algae, some shrimps and a legion of bacteria.

The algae grow in sunlight consuming carbon dioxide and producing oxygen. The shrimps breathe oxygen and produce carbon dioxide and eat algae and bacteria.

The bacteria feed on the shrimps waste products and again they produce carbon dioxide supplying the algae with all necessary substances.

Thus the circle is closed.

One may think, that the glass ball needs no care, however, all the fun about this educatory souvenir is that without it’s owner’s attention it’ll die. At least shrimps will die first, algae will hold on a bit longer.

The thing is, that to keep the biochemical reactions balance the ecosphere closed aquatic ecosystem needs some specific amount of light: 6-12 hours a day, at that it must be only reflected scattered light, no direct light ever.

Therefore fluorescent lamps may be used for this purpose. If there is not enough light, the algae will start dying and this way decreasing the amount of food for shrimps. Then the shrimps will start starving and dying from hunger.

If there is too much light, the algae will grow fast and there will be to much of them, the water pH will become higher and the shrimps will die as well.

Control of this self sustaining temperature is a must as well. It should be between 60 and 85 degrees Fahrenheit (15C-25C) and it shouldn’t change abruptly.

If you ignore even these easy requirements,sadly, irrecoverable thing may happen. For example, let’s remove the glass ball from light.

The plants will start dying without it, the shrimps will stay without any plant food and start stifling from lack of air.

The bacteria will stay alive longer than others, but they will also die in the end. However, too much of light and rough temperature changes are also ruinous for so called shrimp ecosphere.

So, how long can glass ball live? A small one – for about 2-3 years, a larger model – longer, correspondingly. Shrimp lifespan exceeds 5 years.

Specific results depend on observing the conditions as for the lighting and temperature. The company has some samples which are more than 8 years old and yet still pretty alive and active.

There also some models, where shrimps have died, but algae is still alive and it has been living in this glass ball for over 18 years.

Here, we should mention that only algae and bacteria breed in ecospheres. The shrimps number stays the same first, but later it gradually decreases. However, during the company’s history the cases have been seen when the shrimps started breeding, but as the project creators report – such cases happen very seldom, they are more likely to be exceptions.

If you buy an ecosphere, it will be not just an original souvenir, since it is an amazing world, in which there is a balance and harmony among flora and fauna representatives.

Provided with proper care this shrimp will bring you joy and delight the eye for over a year.

Ecosphere lifespan

Ecosphere pod is like a biological battery. The energy it obtains from light is being transformed into photosynthesis biochemical processes: the algae by consuming carbone dioxide start producing oxygen when they are exposed to light.

The shrimps in their turn when breathing oxygen produce CO2 ans so called biological waste. The latter with the help of bacteria turns into a nutrient solution for the algae.

So, it turns that to close the life and interdependence circle in the ecosphere from shrimps to bacteria we require constant production of carbon dioxide, which is necessary for the algae to produce oxygen when being exposed to light.

Such a specific distribution of duties helps the inhabitants to keep and stay in natural balance.

So, what is an ecosphere shrimp?

In ecosystem it’s inhabitant – Hawaiian red shrimp – traditionally becomes a spotlight. And its not surprising, since due to its bright coloring this tiny crustacean surely can attract all eyes.

So, since Hawaiian red shrimp is a quite active and spry creature, you can enjoy watching it for a long time, about 2 or 3 years for sure.

This is the average life span of these lovely small ones. However, there are some long-livers among them which live for over 10 years and there’s a chance that your pets will be the ones…

  • the shrimp habitat: the Pacific ocean isles
  • its size: miniature one, up to 12 mm.
  • coloring: adult shrimps are bright red colored. The shrimps change their color when they get scared and they mimicry their environment colors and become “transparent” and merely visible. Once they calm down, their coloring becomes bright red as usual.
  • Feed source: algae
  • Breeding: to breed Hawaiian red shrimp needs hard brackish water, with temperature about 20-23°C, pH 8,2-8,4. Besides, the shrimp needs dark shaded places for this. By the way, since the balance of live and unalive matter must be strictly respected to insure long and prosperous life of the biosphere, the developers excluded possibility of shrimps breeding by making this self sustaining transparent with no nookeries.

There some peculiarities in keeping of these shrimps in a tank: they can live both in brackish and fresh water. However, to feel healthy the shrimps need hard water.

It’s better to use substrate and volcanic rock stones.

Despite the fact that this shrimp is not demanding as for its food or care, it still needs to be looked after: it has to get enough of sunlight and comfortable room temperature.

Another question is why a shrimp? Why Hawaiian shrimp?

The thing is that during their long-term studies NASA scientists have defined an ideal content for closed aquatic ecosystem using shrimps as its inhabitants. It was due to their vitality and plainness in care, and of course, due to their small size.

As for this specific species – Hawaiian red shrimp – it was chosen because these crustaceans unlike others are rather calm and peaceful towards creatures of their kind and they can successfully survive in an enclosed space without any cannibalism.

So, well.. there’s something to think about, since company’s reminder is not here in vain “Don’t shake the “EcoSphere” and don’t drop it! Remember – it’s somebody’s home!”


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Of and Off the Grid – Artist Agnes Martin

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In 1957, forty-five-year-old artist Agnes Martin rented a studio in Coenties Slip among the abandoned buildings along the dilapidated waterfront of lower Manhattan. Living in an old sailmaker’s loft with two skylights, no water and very little heat, it was one of the happiest times in her life. “Humor, endless possibilities, and rampant freedom,” she said.

Above: Agnes Martin in her Coenties Slip studio; 1960. Photo by Alexander Liberman.

By this time, group of American artists, now known as the Abstract Expressionists or New York School, had become internationally renowned. “We felt the moral crisis of a world in shambles, a world destroyed by a great depression and a fierce world war. It was impossible at that time to paint the kind of paintings we were doing – flowers, reclining nudes, and people playing the cello,” explained Barnett Newman, an artist associated with the movement. Newman, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and others emphasized personal expression and the characteristics of paint on canvas to communicate truths about humanity in the post-war era.

Left: Jackson Pollock; No. 22, 1950; enamel paint on Masonite; approx. 22 in x 22 in.  Pollock dripped, splashed, threw and flung paint onto canvases laid on the floor. Instead of using lines to depict outlines of real objects, the interlacing webs of paint not only record the effects of gravity, velocity, and chance on the fluid properties of paint, but can also be interpreted as manifestations of his physical and unconscious emotional struggles during the creative process.

Right: Mark Rothko; Untitled, 1955; oil on canvas; 6 feet 3 in × 52 in × 3 in. Rothko wanted the viewer to stand close to the canvas to experience the visual nuances, such as luminosity and darkness, within the large layered, thin washes of colors. Zones of textured colors seem to emerge and submerge, offering the viewer, Rothko believed, a ‘place’ to perceive profound concepts such as tragedy, ecstasy, and the sublime.

Around the time that Martin moved to New York City, another group of young American artists, many of whom had studios in Coenties Slip, were reacting against what they saw as the emotional and personal excesses of Abstract Expressionism. The Minimalists reduced their art to its simplest, most essential elements that made no personal reference to the artist.

Donald Judd; Untitled (Yellow); 1964

Donald Judd; Untitled (Yellow), 1964; Anodized aluminum; approx. 25 in × 14  in × 6 feet 4 in.  Judd’s art doesn’t refer to anything but itself. The repeated elements are designed to highlight the individual characteristics (shape, weight, reflectivity) of each component of the work and how they relate to the work as a whole, to the space it occupies, and to the viewer.

Born in Saskatchewan, Canada in 1912, Agnes Martin described the expansive prairie that her father farmed as “so flat you could see the curves of the earth. When a train came into vision at nine o’clock in the morning, it was still leaving at noon.” Her father died when she was very young. Her mother, who built and renovated homes, used cold and ruthless silence to detach from her children. Martin learned to take self-reliance to an aberrant degree: for example, when suffering from tonsillitis at age six, her mother handed her money for the streetcar to get the hospital. After the operation, she returned home, again by streetcar, alone. Martin took refuge in solitude by looking at pictures, reading, drawing and swimming.

By 1957, Martin had received two degrees from New York’s Columbia University, moved to New Mexico, and became a teacher and painter. Aspiring to develop further as an artist, she moved east, where she would eventually merge the sensory experience of Abstract Expressionism with the disciplined austerity of Minimalism in her work.

The art studios in Coenties Slip were a haven from the drinking, brawling, macho and very straight world of the Abstract Expressionists uptown. There was abundant light during the day, silence at night, and camaraderie among the struggling writers, poets and artists – Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Lenore Tawney, Chryssa – who lived and worked there. In the pre-Stonewall era, when it was very dangerous and career-ending to be ‘out’, Martin was welcomed and safe.

Coenties Slip
On the rooftop of Agnes Martin’s studio building, Coenties Slip, 1958. Left to right: Delphine Seyrig, Duncan Youngerman, Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Jack Youngerman, and Agnes Martin. Photo by Hans Namuth.

Martin was hospitalized repeatedly while living in Coenties Slip and diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Her symptoms included auditory hallucinations, depression and catatonic trances. The “voices”, sometimes punitive and sometimes protective, did not tell her what to paint, but did direct almost every other aspect of her life. Deeply influenced by Taoism and Zen Buddhism, Martin tried to deconstruct her sense of self, frightening as it was at times, to find rest in the peaceful state of a “vacant mind”.

Over the next few years, Martin painted increasingly abstract images that expressed visions she experienced of “the most simple, powerful things” that were devoid of personal or biographical elements. The visions came slowly. Sometimes she waited for weeks, rocking in her chair, meditating until a fully developed postage-sized abstract image formed in her mind. “I was sitting (thinking about trees) waiting for an inspiration, and into my mind there came a grid with lines going this way and lines going that way. And they were innocent. They looked like innocence. … I thought, this is my vision.” The horizontal and vertical lines of a grid, like a repeated mantra, became an “ego-less” forum to resolve her infinitely extendible, elusive visions – from chaos to calm.

If you draw a diagonal, that’s loose at both ends. I don’t like circles – too expanding. When I draw horizontals, you see this big plane and you have certain feelings, like you’re expanding over the plane.

Agnes Martin; Leaf, 1965
Agnes Martin; Leaf, 1965; Acrylic and graphite on canvas; 6 feet × 6 feet.

Images of Martin’s paintings don’t do them justice; try to see one in person. Move a bit farther than an arm’s-length away “so the entire canvas fills your field of vision, just as you would cross an empty beach to get to the ocean,” Martin said. Be patient, be silent, take time to pause and perceive her tenderness.

My interest is in experience that is wordless and silent, and in the fact that this experience can be expressed for me in art work which is also wordless and silent. … Contemplate the experience and the works. … If we can perceive ourselves in the work – not the work, but ourselves when viewing the work – then the work is important.

For decades, Martin made her 6 feet x 6 feet square paintings in exactly the same way. She primed the canvas with two coats of gesso to prevent the paint from seeping into the canvas, worked out the mathematics to scale it up to size, and then, using tape and a short ruler, marked out the grid by gently dragging a graphite pencil across the weave of the linen canvas. Color came next – acrylic paint, thinned to a wash by adding water – applied quickly to create a faint trace of brushstrokes and the appearance of paint melting on the surface. If there were any errors or drips, she destroyed the canvas and began again.

Agnes Martin in her studio: L – in Coenties Slip, NYC, 1966. Photograph by Diane Arbus; R – in Gallistea, NM, 1992. Vogue.

Although she became successful in the inner circle of the art world, the public often viewed her paintings as ridiculous, just lined paper. Then, during the sweltering heat of the summer of 1967, after the city condemned the building where she lived, her close friend and mentor Ad Reinhardt died, and a personal relationship ended, she had a severe breakdown. When she recovered, Martin purchased a pickup and camper and left New York City.

ABOVE: Head and shoulders portrait of Martin at her house near Cuba, New Mexico, 1974. Photograph by Gianfranco Gorgoni.
Martin at her home in New Mexico, 1974. Photograph by Gianfranco Gorgoni.

After eighteen months on the road, she hand-made adobe bricks and built a house on a remote mesa and then a log-cabin studio from trees she cut down with a chainsaw. The voices were strict – she was to paint “with her back to the world” – that is, without running water or electricity, the company of a partner, child, close friend, pet, TV, radio, phone or music.

Agnes Martin; Praise, 1976; from Rubber Stamp Portfolio
Praise, from Rubber Stamp Portfolio, 1976

In the 1970s, Martin opened up her grids by emphasizing the intervals between the lines; variations of light and color created different sensations of space and atmosphere, as “though the energy of a Pollock drip painting has been stretched out and carefully sustained over time” (Tate Museum). In the final phase of her career, she introduced ethereal colors to stripes, triangles, trapezoids and squares “to surrender to the inherent happiness and innocence and beauty within the depths of our minds.” Her work appeared in collections and museums around the world; she became wealthy.

As physical difficulties came with age, Martin added some basic modern conveniences to her home and reduced the size of her canvases to 5 feet x 5 feet so that she could still carry them around her studio by herself. She became more social and gave a series of public lectures; she wrote prose and poetry, made a film, and did some volunteer work with children. At age eighty, she moved into a retirement community in Taos where she read Agatha Christie novels (she enjoyed their repetitive structure), had an occasional martini, and drove back and forth to her studio every day in a gift from her close friend and art dealer, Arne Glimcher – a big white Mercedes. In 2003, Martin made her last work of art, a line drawing of leaf.

Agnes Martin, 2004

When the end came in 2004, Glimcher held her hand and sang her favorite song, Irving Berlin’s Blue Skies. Martin was ninety-two. Because state law forbade honoring her request to bury her remains on the grounds of the local museum where she had donated her work, Glimcher climbed over the fence surrounding the property during the middle of the night and scattered her ashes around the roots of an apricot tree.

Cradled on the mountain I can rest
Solitude and freedom are the same
under every fallen leaf
– Agnes Martin

Agnes Martin House
Agnes Martin’s Home and Studio in New Mexico

The above works by Martin, Pollock, Rothko, and Judd are in the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s permanent collection.

– Meighan Maley

Krass, Rosalind. “Grids.” October, vol. 9, 1979, pp. 51–64.

Agnes Martin – Tate Shots: https://youtu.be/902YXjchQsk

Nancy Princenthal, Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art, Thames and Hudson, 2015

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