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theoriginalmattresstester · 3 months

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#10K2024 1-16-24

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brookstonalmanac · 1 year

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Events 4.19

AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested. 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians at Raqqa (northern Syria). 797 – Empress Irene organizes a conspiracy against her son, the Byzantine emperor Constantine VI. He is deposed and blinded. Shortly after, Constantine dies of his wounds; Irene proclaims herself basileus. 1506 – The Lisbon Massacre begins, in which accused Jews are slaughtered by Portuguese Catholics. 1529 – Beginning of the Protestant Reformation: After the Second Diet of Speyer bans Lutheranism, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms. 1539 – The Treaty of Frankfurt between Protestants and the Holy Roman Emperor is signed. 1608 – In Ireland: O'Doherty's Rebellion is launched by the Burning of Derry. 1617 – The town of Uusikaupunki (Swedish: Nystad, lit. "New Town") is founded by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. 1677 – The French army captures the town of Cambrai held by Spanish troops. 1713 – With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inheritable by a female; his daughter and successor, Maria Theresa was not born until 1717. 1770 – Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia. 1770 – Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding. 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord. 1782 – John Adams secures Dutch recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague becomes the first American embassy. 1809 – An Austrian corps is defeated by the forces of the Duchy of Warsaw in the Battle of Raszyn, part of the struggles of the Fifth Coalition. On the same day the Austrian main army is defeated by a First French Empire Corps led by Louis-Nicolas Davout at the Battle of Teugen-Hausen in Bavaria, part of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory. 1810 – Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparán, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a junta is installed. 1818 – French physicist Augustin Fresnel signs his preliminary "Note on the Theory of Diffraction" (deposited on the following day). The document ends with what we now call the Fresnel integrals. 1839 – The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom and guarantees its neutrality. 1861 – American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city. 1903 – The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world. 1927 – Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex. 1942 – World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp. 1943 – World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins, after German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews. 1943 – Albert Hofmann deliberately doses himself with LSD for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16. 1956 – Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco. 1960 – Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign. 1971 – Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president. 1971 – Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station. 1971 – Charles Manson is sentenced to death (later commuted to life imprisonment) for conspiracy in the Tate–LaBianca murders. 1973 – The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel. 1975 – India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia. 1975 – South Vietnamese forces withdrew from the town of Xuan Loc in the last major battle of the Vietnam War. 1984 – Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours. 1985 – Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later. 1987 – The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with "Good Night". 1989 – A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors. 1993 – The 51-day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian building in Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Seventy-six Davidians, including eighteen children under the age of ten, died in the fire. 1995 – Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, USA, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six. 1999 – The German Bundestag returns to Berlin. 2000 – Air Philippines Flight 541 crashes in Samal, Davao del Norte, killing all 131 people on board. 2005 – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI. 2011 – Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961. 2013 – Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police. His brother Dzhokhar is later captured hiding in a boat inside a backyard in the suburb of Watertown. 2020 – A killing spree in Nova Scotia, Canada, leaves 22 people and the perpetrator dead, making it the deadliest rampage in the country's history. 2021 – The Ingenuity helicopter becomes the first aircraft to achieve flight on another planet.

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bm-american-art · 3 years

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Sketchbook, Marines and Landscapes, William Trost Richards, ca. 1890, Brooklyn Museum: American Art

Sketchbook containing 35 pages. 22 pages contain sketches, mostly coastal or water scenes, in black ink unless otherwise noted. Round manufacturer's sticker on inside front cover, lower right: "Frost & Adams / Artists' Materials, / 37 Cornhill, / Boston." p1 Blank p2 Waterside scene with two sailboats p3 Coastal scene on a beach p4 Rocky coastal scene p5 Figure walking along a path through rocky and grassy landscape, possibly a coastline in the background p6 View of the ocean p7 View of the ocean p8 Field with hay bale p9 Trees lining a riverbank with grassy fields on either side p10 Rocky coastal scene p11 Rocky coastal scene p12 Hillside with sheep and trees; a coast lin in the background p13 Coastal scene on a beach p14 Rocky coastal scene p15 View of the ocean p16 View of the ocean p17 Rocky coastal scene p18 View of the ocean p19 Rocky coastal scene p20 View of the ocean p21 Gray ink - view of the ocean with coastline in distance p22 Graphite - Rocky coastal scene p23 Graphite - Rocky coastal scene Remainder are blank pages Inscribed in graphite, artist's hand (?), inside back cover, upper right (mathematical calculations?): "24:6[2?] / 32 / 192 / 16 / 24208 8 / 202 / 1 / 16" Size: 5 x 6 15/16 in. (12.7 x 17.6 cm) Medium: Pencil or ink on paper

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1529

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irene-sadler · 3 years

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Sir Reynard and the Red Knight

1. my usual due diligence b/c some deeply programmed part of my brain can't not cite my sources::

are you interested in reading some secondary source material about the civic government of a medieval city?* or a primary source document listing the personal expenses of Henry VIII between 1529-1532, a line item of which i copied and modified for this chapter? well now u can i guess, go for it.

*(there's like no easily accessible canon info about what Rivia (the city, not the kingdom or the castle) is like, but after some side reading about other medieval cities it seemed like it should be roughly the size of York vs the size of London or Paris, which were the capitols of much more important kingdoms to irl western Europe than Lyria and Rivia seem to have been to northern Fake Europe. i mean, before Meve more or less single handedly fucked up an entire invasion force and yeeted herself into international fame obviously.)

2. i posted a short scene i cut from this chapter here.

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In the days leading up to the fair, a veritable army of men in armor descended on the castle and town surrounding it, spending a mint of money and tearing up the grass of the green outside the wall with ceaseless practices and a few very real fights. The Baroness, who had graciously accepted the Queen’s invitation, became a semi-permanent fixture beside the hastily erected fence surrounding the field. Despite the cold, she spent the short daylight hours observing and offering opinions and guidance. Gascon arrived with a retinue of familiar-looking rogues that drew a dark frown from Reynard and threw himself happily into the endless clashes. The Baroness watched him for most of an afternoon, then in the evening delivered a detailed lecture indicating how and where his technique could be improved, which he cheerily took to heart. The result, according to his tutor, was that he progressed, somewhat, from a reasonable amateur to something like a professional.

Meve managed to keep her company often enough to hear many of her opinions. She noted bad habits and technical errors in almost all of Meve’s serving knights, with few exceptions; of Sir Odo, she only remarked casually that he yet showed no sign of losing a step, age or prior injuries be damned. She made the unusually enthusiastic comment within earshot of its subject as he offered advice to a young knight he’d unseated; he appeared slightly surprised and rode over, eyebrows raised.

“Was that a compliment, my lady?” he asked, looming over the two women where they stood by the fence.

“Would you like it to be?” the Baroness replied, giving no sign either way.

“Why not?” he said, matching her tone, bowed courteously in his saddle, slammed his visor down, and rode away. Meve stared distractedly after him.

“He’ll be an early contender for the prize, I believe,” the Baroness remarked.

“Well, he’s certainly my favorite,” she replied, airily.

“And doesn’t he know it,” the older woman muttered, then added, “That man has a target on his back.”

Meve returned to earth and turned an inquiring frown on her.

“Look,” the older woman explained, waving a hand to indicate the field at large. “There’s not less than two dozen knights here, and squires besides, as well as more than a few fighters who are neither. Some are no doubt here for the prizes, and some for th’ entertainment value, and others to catch a woman’s eye, but, no matter what their reasons, every man among them would very much like to defeat the Queen’s champion, make no mistake.”

The Baroness paused significantly, clearly waiting for her to see a point. Meve, aware that even Reynard lost a match, on occasion, failed to arrive at whatever it was; she shrugged dismissively and said, “Yes, and?”

“And, therefore, don’t leave his equipment unguarded overnight, or his horse,” she explained impatiently, with a slight eye roll; she added, as an afterthought, “Your Grace.”

“Oh.”

After dinner she stared contemplatively into the fire, paying no attention to Reynard and Gascon’s idle chatter nearby. The Baroness’s suggestion - or was it a warning? - weighed on her thoughts. So did the fact that she had yet to find a third judge; a difficult prospect, as whoever she picked might not suit, or, worse, might be inclined to see political significance where there was none. Further, she hadn’t seen the black knight, or even heard anything of him, in well over a week; it was arguably the least of her problems, but bothered her nevertheless. She was jolted out of her reverie only when Reynard shook her suddenly by the shoulder; she frowned distractedly at him, realized he had asked her something, and said, “What?”

“What are you thinking about?” he repeated, patiently. Gascon stared glassily at her, an expectant smile on his face. She explained about the judge, in brief, expecting their conversation to then go on without concerning itself with the matter.

“But why d’ you need three judges?” Gascon wondered, instead, slurring his words somewhat.

“Because there are always three judges,” Reynard replied stiffly, evidently less than perfectly sober himself.

“The third judge is necessary, I’m afraid,” Meve explained. “A tiebreaker.”

“Oh,” said Gascon, “I see. Well, what I would do is just get Gaspar or someone t’ do it, and say good enough; I suppose it doesn’t truly matter who does the job, in th’ end.”

“The joust is serious business,” Reynard said, growing somewhat haughty, “You can’t just appoint some ruffian who can’t talk as an official.”

“No,” Meve said, soothingly, before Gascon could react, “I don’t think he would do, at all, not to worry. However, Gascon’s drunken rambling has given me a thought - I don’t really have to choose the third judge myself.”

“What do you mean by that?” Reynard asked, suspiciously.

“Never you mind,” she said, casually, “You’ll find out soon enough. Anyway - I meant to ask you, Gascon, for a favor.”

“By all means,” he replied, cheerily.

“I need you to assign some of your more reliable and sober men to keep an eye on Reynard’s harness, weapons, and above all his horse, until the fair.”

“Why?” Reynard asked; Meve ignored him, temporarily. Gascon, on the other hand, seemed to immediately understand, and nodded his agreement.

“Oh, yes, naturally, you do,” he said. “I’ll put my best people on it, not t’ worry.”

“Thank you,” she said, and then explained herself to Reynard after Gascon departed to see to the matter. He frowned doubtfully and began, “I really don’t think it’s necessary to -”

“I know you don’t,” she interrupted, a little curtly, “It’s why I didn’t ask you.”

He fell into a slightly disgruntled silence, obviously offended; she immediately regretted her tone, blamed it on the late hour, and delivered a genuine apology, which he graciously accepted, as he always did.

At ten the next morning, she attended a meeting with the bailiff, aldermen, and Mayor of the city outside her castle walls. The Mayor was an ancient man who’d been installed in his position some years before she was born, and would not be hurried as he explained, at length, the procedures and trials of the next few days. She half-listened to his speech, delivered in the same didactic voice as always, and to the discourse that followed, well aware of the various topics that would be covered, as they were exactly the same each year for each fair - roadblocks, fire brigades, the necessity to have extra guards at night, the necessity to have yet further guards to keep the visitors out of the stockyard and away from the docks, the vanishingly small probability of snow. The Queen sat, patiently chiming in on the usual occasions to promise a detachment of soldiers from the castle and to offer the use of the stables in the courtyard, if needed, but otherwise waiting in silence for the meeting to wind to a close. There was, she knew from experience, no speeding up the unvarying process, and it was easiest to try; at the end, however, when the Mayor, as always, asked for any final remarks, she said, “I’ve one, gentlemen.”

The room turned as one to stare at her in collective astonishment; she had never shown the slightest desire to lengthen any meeting in the past, and the atmosphere grew wary and uncertain at the irregularity. She smiled at them, professionally, and continued, “I have a small request only: the jousting event that’s bringing you so much custom this year requires three judges, but I find myself with only two; I thought perhaps you could select the last yourselves and then send ‘em along to the castle this afternoon.”

She was assured that the thing was in their power to grant and departed in secret amusement, leaving the disturbed city government in full knowledge that, so long as she ruled in Lyria and Rivia, the troubling moment would never be forgotten.

The city council sent along their choice - a round, dark-haired young woman - some hours later. She received a very dubious look from Reynard when Ethan brought her into his little office, where he sat in consultation with the Queen. Her name was Giselle, she said, and she knew nothing whatsoever about jousting - although, of course, she’d seen many a brawl, because she was a barmaid at the largest public house in the town square; she was just lately seventeen, but had been employed there since she was ten, and fights were expected and even wagered on should the combatants be interesting enough. Meve was, for once, grateful for Reynard’s unyielding sense of propriety; he grew steadily more unapproachable, but said absolutely nothing as the girl finished her introduction and subsided into silence, casting an uneasy glance at his remote frown.

“Well,” Meve said, pleasantly, “It’s no matter; the finer details of the sport are easy enough to learn. I’m not going to force you, if you’d rather not, but should you like to be a judge tomorrow along with myself and the Baroness, you’re quite welcome.”

Giselle’s face lit up; she replied quickly, “Oh, yes, I’d love to, my lady.” Meve nodded, satisfied.

“Well, then, Ethan there will explain the rules and answer any questions you have; you may go along with him,” she said. Ethan promptly turned a brilliant shade of red as Giselle turned a broad smile on him. Meve drew on decades of diplomatic experience and managed to maintain a straight face as the pair attempted to make their escape from the overcrowded office, briefly became jammed together in the doorway, and awkwardly negotiated their way out, one after the other.

“Gods preserve us,” Reynard muttered, rubbing his forehead painfully, the moment the door finally shut behind them. Meve snorted a laugh at last, perched on the edge of his desk, and said, “She’ll do nicely, I think; seems game enough, given the circumstances.”

He shook his head at her and asked, wearily, “Is it too early to start drinking?”

“It is a holiday. However, those guard patrols for the town must be arranged, and I still have to review my steward’s reports -”

“I’ll bring the reports as well as a bottle, then,” Reynard decided, making for the door; she caught his arm as he passed, kissed him, and pulled away a long moment later to stare into his eyes. He blinked down at her, apparently struck as speechless as his squire, until she released him and said, “Go on, then; I’ll be here.”

“Actually, I’m not thirsty after all,” he said, not moving away. She flashed a smile, slid her arms around his neck, and didn’t argue.

Reynard did arrange the patrols, eventually, but Meve was forced to put the paperwork off; there was a feast to attend, and she had no time to read accounts before it began. It had to be held in the courtyard under the moonlight, because the entire city was invited and most of it’s more upstanding citizens had actually turned up, and, on top of them, all the knights and their horde of attendants; the resulting crowd would never fit inside the great hall. Even her usual courtiers had trouble maintaining stiff decorum in the open air, by blazing fires and with an astonishing amount of food and drink in them. The Queen herself sat at a table with the Baroness and Count Odo; the Count was companionably silent as usual, and so Meve passed the time chatting mainly with the Baroness. The women waved off occasional requests to dance in favor of a detailed discussion of feats of arms they’d witnessed during tournaments and battles, until, unexpectedly, Sir Holt advanced on them out of the crowd. The Baroness immediately paused, mid-sentence, and stared him down; he did not appear to notice her pointed, but wordless, dismissal. Reynard stiffened slightly in his seat, eyes narrowing. Meve sighed quietly; she of course knew the red knight was in attendance, because she’d spotted Gaheris out in the lists the previous afternoon, but had thought he’d have had the sense to avoid her.

However, all the red knight said to her was a polite greeting and a remark on the success of the evening, so far. She nodded at him in acknowledgment; he then turned to Reynard and said, “Count Odo - I look forward to our rematch, tomorrow.”

“Do you, now?” the Count replied, coldly; then, his conscience apparently made uneasy by his own rudeness, added, “As do I, Sir Holt; best of luck to you, when the time comes.”

“And to you, my lord,” the red knight said, glanced uncertainly at the condescending Baroness, and retreated without further comment. Meve glanced sideways at the Count’s distant frown and nodded to him resignedly. He needed no further invitation to quit the field, and, for some reason, the remainder of the event seemed to go on with a shade of awkwardness in his absence; her renewed conversation with the Baroness felt somewhat stilted, and the din of the crowd around them oppressive. The feast eventually ended with an inevitable speech by the Mayor, which not a soul attended to; the locals had heard it before and the visitors seemed to be unsure who it was that was lecturing them. The Queen then delivered some much briefer remarks, as expected, which received the crowd’s full concentration, dismissed them to their own devices, and departed.

An hour later, she was safely in her own private office, puzzling over a line item in her steward’s report: paied to Sir Roger Eres knight upon a bille of Sir John Kimborne knight 153 g., when someone came thundering up the stairs and burst suddenly through the door. Reynard jerked awake in his chair by the fire, alarmed at the noise, saw what had made it, and settled again with a quiet, relieved, sigh. She herself had turned a savage glare on the intruder, but subsided when it only proved to be Gascon, reeking of liquor and panting slightly.

“It’s late, Brossard. What do you want?” Meve asked, looking back down at her papers. She sat back with a quick, irritated, frown as the Duke strode over, slapped a wide leather strap down on top of them, and demanded, “Look at this.”

“It’s a girth, from a saddle,” she said, glancing from it to him with a raised eyebrow.

“Yes,” Gascon agreed, despite her warning expression. Reynard stood with a faint groan, walked over, glanced at it, and said, “Isn’t that one of mine? What’s this about?”

“Look there, by the buckle,” Gascon said, impatiently, pointing. Meve eyed the area and spotted what appeared to be a wrinkle or crack in the leather; she picked it up to study it more closely, and finally looked back up at the Duke, scowling.

“It looks as if someone cut it most of the way through,” she said. “And then, what? Glued it back together? A damn good job, too; would never have noticed it, myself, if you didn’t point it out.”

“It would likely snap th’ instant it took a hard shock,” Reynard added, taking the girth and turning it over thoughtfully. “But when someone might’ve done it, I don’t know. I used this just yesterday, practicing against Roland Orlac; you were there, Meve.”

“Perhaps they did it days ago, and it was just luck that kept it from breaking, then,” Gascon suggested, shrugging. “Or it could have been yesterday afternoon, before Pug and Gaspar started looking after your things.”

Meve swore angrily, already forming a long list of suspects: disgruntled barons, unscrupulous competitors, foreign saboteurs, domestic anarchists. Reynard sighed in weary agreement with her.

“Well, annoying as this is, it’s not my first overly bitter rival, I suppose. I’ve survived th’ others; this will be no different,” he said, pragmatically.

“Yes, well, regardless, it’ll be your last. Find out who did this, Gascon,” the Queen said. “I take attempts to sabotage my General’s equipment very personally.”

“I’ll do what I can,” he assured, grimly.

#thronebreaker #witcher #action #romance #sports

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the50-person · 4 years

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HONG KONG UPDATE 15 DEC 2019

1351: Admiralty. Pro-Beijing rally “against violence” takes place at Tamar Park, over a thousand in attendance.

1353: HKer “missing” after crossing Chinese checkpoint on mega bridge to Macau. The disappearance first emerged on 14 Dec 2019 when the man’s son told local media his father had texted to say he was being detained while passing through an artificial island manned by Chinese police on his way to the semi-autonomous city of Macau.This bridge and tunnel network links HK, Macau and mainland city Zhuhai. The artificial island lies in Chinese mainland waters. “His last message said ‘I got arrested.’ ” Mainland police set up a new checkpoint the previous week ahead of an upcoming visit to Macau by Xi Jinping.

1400: Shatin. Riot police illegally enter New Town Plaza. Citizens have been planning to ‘window shop’ at various malls, aiming to ‘redirect’ the Christmas economy to pro-democracy shops.

1426: Shatin. Reporters say 2 shoppers with anti-protest views tried to stop a group from spray-painting graffiti and a fight ensued. One was beaten while the other was spray-painted in the face. As usual, the fighters (and I’m talking about the shoppers and the attackers) both sides, are they humans or ghosts, we don’t know. Meanwhile all the other shoppers inside the mall away from the riot police cordon are heckling: “Disband the police immediately!”

1430: Admiralty. A journo is surrounded and cursed at by participants, and then pushed over by a middle-aged man. She was then escorted to safety by police.

1439: Japan. A march takes place in Hibiya Park, Tokyo, as marchers call for Japan enact similar legislation to US’s HK Human Rights and Democracy Act. At least 500-600 in participation eventually.

1443: Shatin. In anticipation of ‘window-shopping’ protests, there is a heavy police presence in the vicinity of various malls across HK.

1500: Tai Koo. ‘Window-shopping’ protest at Cityplaza, dozens present.

1514: Kwai Fong. Citizens arrive at branches of Maxim’s Arome Bakery and franchise Genki Sushi in Metroplaza and loudly mock the pro-Beijing ownership. No vandalism so far. The shops shut their doors as a result.

1529: Kowloon Bay. Troops of riot police storm into Telford Plaza and arrest citizens. A child is pepper-sprayed directly on the face and requires first aid.

1540: Shatin. Plain-clothes police suddenly make 1 arrest at New Town Plaza. See? It’s always the same script. Someone comes to disrupt the protests, ppl fight, “conflict” created, police come, police hang around, suddenly arrest ppl indiscriminately. Rinse repeat.

1550: Shatin. At least 2 detained as riot and plainclothes police enter unlawfully to arrest ppl. A few citizens have been moving signs from inside the mall to the outside minibus stations, fight ensues, pepper spray deployed.

1558: Shatin. Teargas. Police suspected to have shot/thrown it from the overpass, but police say they didn’t shoot teargas. LOL. Police have also entered the local mall.

1607: Shatin. At least 4 arrests in past 30 mins.

1612: Kowloon Bay. Apple Daily reports 2 arrests made in Telford Plaza, as riot police pepper spray shoppers inside.

1618: Shatin. Police raise blue flag warning of illegal assembly outside New Town Plaza, with reports that they had earlier fired one round of teargas with zero warning.

1620: Shatin. MTR shuts the exit leading to New Town Plaza, as riot police enter the mall for a third time.

Unknown: Kwai Fong. 2 plainclothes police officers holding batons at the Metroplaza are confronted by residents who ask them about their identities.

1620: Kwai Fong. Police also enter Metroplaza.

1627: Shatin. Riot police everywhere inside New Town Plaza now, hunting for protesting citizens after they vandalise the mall’s facilities - the central square in the mall is now scrawled with a large protest slogan. Mall broadcasting warning urging shoppers to be careful.

1628: Kwai Fong. 1 white man in Metroplaza mall arrested by police undercovers who did not announce themselves as police and brought a police van. Ah, trying to do kidnapping I see. (USP reports he was soon released.)

1628: Shatin. Police arrest 3 additional ppl. 7 arrested in Shatin within past hour so far.

1630: Shatin. Standoff btwn riot police and citizens continue in New Town Plaza. Police point rifles at shoppers and threaten at least once to fire at them. Unacceptable policing of any event, let alone in a shopping mall.

1633: Causeway Bay. 1 man handcuffed after being stopped by riot police. Man argues he was only passing by. Crowd gathers around the incident. Nearby mall remains calm.

1640: Admiralty. There are a sea of Chinese flags as pro-Beijing demonstrators take selfies in the “anti-violence” rally. NOTE: You’d realise there is this very weird habit of selfie-taking, because it is used as proof of attendance to collect payment - many of these supporters are actually hired, and some are PRC Chinese from Mainland China who are paid and bussed down into HK for a one-day tour. I wish this is fake news but it ain’t.

1641: Shatin. Riot police point guns and pepper spray at random unarmed citizens inside the mall after someone throws a bag of rubbish and water down at them when they were retreating with a few arrested citizens.

1659: Kowloon Bay. Riot police enter Telford Plaza for second time. 1 arrest filmed. Now total 3 arrested there.

1700: Kowloon Bay. 1 arrested. Total 4 arrested there. Arrested ppl are pressed hard onto the floor with multiple police putting full body weight through their knees on the citizens’ vulnerable points, possibly resulting in heavy injury and even death.

1714: Shatin. After police leave the mall, an older man with anti-protest pro-Beijing views begin hitting the cameras of journos. Police then return to the scene to escort the man away without arrest.

1716: Kowloon Bay. Police conduct stop and searches outside Telford Plaza mall.

1723: Tuen Mun. More stop and searches by police, who act like an occupying force. Tuen Mun district councillor Michael Mo went to the local park to question dancing entertainers accused of loud noise and lewdness (note: the entertainers are middle-aged aunties from China, who dress in revealing clothing and sometimes they well, engage, with interested middle-aged uncles). Riot police later arrived and engaged in a stand-off with Mo’s supporters. No arrests.

1733: Central. Several hundred social workers and other citizens rally in Edinburgh Place on Sunday aftnn in prep for the sector’s general strike next week.

1745: Police issue statement claiming smoking object outside Shatin’s New Town Plaza - earlier reported by multiple outlets as tear gas - was a smoke bomb thrown by protesters. Lies....

Apparently a citizen was suddenly cuffed by undercover police in a mall and another citizen who wanted to rescue them jumped down from a 2 storey balcony. (Note: He was fine.)

1801: Kowloon Bay. Crowd demands answers from Telford Plaza mgmt staff as to why they allowed riot police to enter the mall. Staff say they never called the police.

1811: Tai Koo. Protesting citizens stick posters to pro-Beijing-owned shops in Cityplaza that explained why they should be boycotted, but stop short of vandalism.

1821: Shatin. Crowds here also surround mall staff to demand answers as to why riot police entered the mall.

1930: Admiralty. Memorial for Marco Leung, the yellow raincoat man who fell to his death while in protest 6 months ago. Hundreds line up to pay respects.

2000: Shatin. Only a handful of citizens remain resting inside as the “window shopping” events come to a close.

2010: Tsim Sha Tsui. Mall protest in Harbour City. Ppl chant slogans as they “window-shopped”.

2012: Admiralty. Around 10 riot police on standby across the road from the memorial for Marco Leung, but they remain stationary.

2024: Shatin. Journos spot around 5 masked men carrying wooden and hiking sticks near the MTR station. They did not answer whether they were undercover police, but uniformed police are not on the scene. The men asked the journos not to film. They later walked up a hill to an isolated rural village before going back down. “Are you bringing us up there to beat us up?” asked a journo at one point. The 5 men has earlier arrived at New Town Plaza, before being questioned by the remaining citizens after suspicions were raised about their identity. They then leave the journos’ pursuit via 2 taxis.

2101: Mongkok. Riot police charged at a crowd of ppl all of a sudden and made at least 1 arrest outside Grand Plaza. Around 100 had gathered peacefully outside Langham Place and at least 2 arrested.

2240: Mongkok. Riot police fire pepper spray at citizens and journos near intersection of Nathan Rd and Shantung St.

2300: Admiralty. Long queues still at Pacific Place to mark the six month anni of the first protester death.

2300: Mongkok. Police then head to Sai Yeung Choi St South where they raised a black warning flag for around 10 seconds before firing several canisters of teargas.

2325: Mongkok. Around 8 police officers try to push back a group fo reporters near intersection of Shantung St and Portland St. Half a dozen police officers beat up with batons and arrest a cameraman from Mad Dog Daily after pepper-spraying his face at close range. Reason for arrest remains unclear. Despicable. His editor has said that reporters are within rights to be on the scene working and that they had followed police orders to return to the pavement; calls police action an “irrational and barbaric act”.

2336: Mongkok. Gathered crowds of protesting citizens, bystander and journos are pepper-sprayed as riot police push through Shantung Street earlier.

Unknown: Mongkok. A student reporter from Baptist Uni is hurt in the eye by a shot of teargas. His face is swollen from being bashed by the teargas canister. There were only medics and journos on scene when the police fired at him, and he says that it felt intentional as they had aimed at the pavement, where the journos+medics were.

2340: Tseung Kwan O. Night protests are also taking place here as bricks are laid on the road.

2343: Mongkok. Teargas on Nathan Rd and Soy St.

2350: Mongkok. Riot police are being heckled by passers-by shouting “black cops” as they stand by waiting for their next orders.

16 Dec 2019 0043: Mongkok. Police left for some time but then returned to clear barricades and fired teargas at Nathan Rd and Shantung St.

0100: Mongkok. Riot police subdue 1 man on Portland St. Before they leave, they fire at several rounds of teargas.

0106: Mongkok. Police fire 5 rounds of teargas at Nathan Rd and Argyle St.

#hong kong #china #chinese #human rights #anti-extradition #news #and so the world spins

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fillystick · 4 years

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Cover Photo inspired by Jan Tschichold, made my me.

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week 5

This lecture talked about the industrialization of print, the introduction of grids and its continuation into modern times.

People who tried to find rationalization/ mathematical principles to create letterforms due to the invention of printing press:

Claude Garamond Typeface: Garamond - Carolyn Chheath

apprentice of Geoffroy Tory

Claude Garamond’s typeface boasted a calligraphist feel, which was easier to use with printing presses. Garamond designs had special characteristics like scooped and rounded serifs, slanted spaces inside the e and a particularly. Claude Garamond’s typefaces were acquired by different type foundries upon his death and this is when the Garamond Fonts came to existence as we know them today. (History of the Garamond typeface)

Luca Paccioli The Underlying Structure of Letters

Luca Pacioli’s Alphabet from De Divina Proportione (1509)

Pacioli’s aim for harmony in proportional relationships pushed him to apply mathematical rules and geometry to capital letters. All the letters are exclusively composed through straight lines and curves. They’re based on the 1:9 proportion, a system related to a human body whose height corresponds to 9 times the size of the head.

Francesco Torniello

influenced by Luca

Torniello's works were focused on adopting the Latin alphabet inscriptions as original as possible while improving their geometric conditions. (Francesco Torniello)

Toneillo using a compass to draw a capital A: applying geometric specification to create fonts is an important shift to the humanist handwriting.

Geoffroy Tory

In "The Art and Science of the Proportion of the Attic or Ancient Roman Letters, According to the Human Body and Face, 1529”, Geoffroy Tory compared the proportions in letters to proportions in the human body. (Geofroy Tory)

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week 6

This Lecture talked about the condemnation of humanist handwriting which came to the celebration of standardized typefaces. Page space, creative typography, and politicization in design were also emerging in the mid 20th century, with the collaboration- or dependence- on machines.

Jan Tschichold

Penguin Composition Rules: the guidelines for use in composing the pages and typography of Penguin Books, which is well known for its standardized book covers and formats, as well as the diversity of the standards. (the implementation of a grid system) Quick Design History: Jan Tschichold

design philosophy of color: orange was for fiction, green was for crime and blue was for biography—grid and typography. This improved the consistency and readability of a large number of titles in the Penguin catalog.

Emil Ruder

A Swiss typographer and graphic designer who helped form the Basel School of Design and establish the style of design known as Swiss Design. He said typography's purpose was to communicate ideas through writing. He placed a heavy importance on sans-serif typefaces and his work is both clear and concise, especially his typography. He is distinguishable in the field of typography for developing a holistic approach to designing and teaching that consisted of philosophy, theory and a systematic practical methodology. (Emil Ruder)

Joseph Muller-Brockmann

His work is influenced by Bauhaus and constructivism. Typography and geometry are predominant. His compositions are based on very "rigid" grids which will be his trademark. An economical and rational style. (Josef Müller-Brockmann “swiss style”)

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ao3feed-merlin · 4 years

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Merlin: Ice and Fire

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by ShatteredFalcon

In the days before the Knights of the Round Table, Gwaine has himself not only a biological sister, but a part Scandinavian half sister, born of a family belonging to generations of magic and taming of the fearless tundra wandering Icewings, and in their world going by the names of Frostmakers and Tundrawanderers. Gwendolyn, Gwaine's young half sister, escapes home from the fear of arranged marriage, and the need to find where her father is, and when she does discover him, and her blade Fafnir, she is welcomed into a world full of magic and dragons. Gwendolyn finds her brother years later, and joins the Knights of the Round Table as the first ever Dame, but soon secrets are created, and Gwaine sees that part of his family, and the man who raised him when his father died, was not all he seemed, in the midst of this, Gwendolyn returns to the world of dragons to become one of them, and the queen of one of the tribes that fathered her Icewing and Skywing hybrid dragon mount, Fjord.

Updates will take awhile, I've never used Ao3 before!!

Words: 1529, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Wings of Fire - Tui T. Sutherland

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Gen

Characters: Gwaine (Merlin), OC - Character, Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Merlin (Merlin), Percival (Merlin), Knights of the Round Table (Merlin), Original Female Character(s)

Additional Tags: SkyWings (Wings of Fire), IceWings (Wings of Fire), Magic, Dragons, dragon rider, Vikings, Knights - Freeform, Dame - Freeform, shield maidens, Half-Siblings, Shapeshifters - Freeform, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Pre-Canon, Originally Posted on FanFiction.Net, Original Character-centric, enchanted sword, Animus Magic (Wings of Fire), Wings of Fire crossover, Merlin Crossover, lots of magic, magic that turns people insane(animus magic)

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#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #merlin #bbc merlin

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ao3feed-lokitony · 5 years

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Слейпнир

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by majougari

Локи получил официальное помилование Асгарда и уже несколько лет помогал команде Мстителей защищать Землю, но потом однажды пропал без объяснения причин, устроив напоследок крупный скандал в Асгарде. Тони попытался узнать, в чём дело.

FrostIron Bingo, square I3: Sleipnir

Words: 1529, Chapters: 1/1, Language: Русский

Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Loki (Marvel), Tony Stark, Sleipnir (Marvel)

Relationships: Loki/Tony Stark

Additional Tags: Parent Loki (Marvel), Fluff, Odin (Marvel)'s A+ Parenting, Frostiron Bingo Round 1, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

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#ao3feed #fanfic #frostiron #ironfrost #loki x tony #tony x loki

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xkcd Bracket

Gene Wilder. Actor in Young Frankenstein, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Olivia Wilde. Actress in Tron: Legacy, Her, House M.D. Later the director of Booksmart

Oscar Wilde. Irish poet and playwright, who wrote the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray

#xkcd #polls #poll tournament #tournmanet #bracket #polls on tumblr #1529 #Gene Wilder #Olivia Wilde #0xbv0x4f #Oscar Wilde #1529 Round 1

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lucywithlupus · 5 years

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What is arthritis?/ ¿Qué es la artritis?

Arthritis: (noun) friend, enemy, part of your body, the victim, bully, strong, weak, ally or oppressor?

We talked a lot about arthritis in this blog: about what it is, how it affected me and how you need to take of yourself if you have it. But we never really started how we should have, in the "Tutorial" section of the game. Which is why this post today will bring you your daily dose of facts and nerdiness to further explain a couple of key points:

1. What arthritis is? 2. Who has arthritis? 3. How do you know you have arthritis? 4. Where does it come from? 5. How can you treat it?

Don't worry! Each of these will be short and simple, just like they should be. No medical terms or bad internet connection is going to stop me from delivering the truth to the masses!

And now, without further ado, here we go: What is arthritis?

What is arthritis?

"So.. What is it? What is it?!"I see you yell at your computer screen.

I understand that need for an answer. When I first got diagnosed, being told I had arthritis was relieving for 5 seconds, until I realized I had no clue what I was facing and what was causing this.

Well here is your answer, pal! Grab that popcorn!

Arthritisis a symptom of joint inflammation and stiffness that may develop from a completely separate illness or may be independent as a medical disorder. If it is a disorder, it means that there is a chemical disbalance in your body that chronically or temporarily causes pain in your joints.

See? Simple.

Arthritis is what is known as an autoimmunedisorder, in which your body- aka your white blood cells and antibodies- basically attacks itself in a specific region, in this case, your joints.

There are two types of arthritis: systemic, which affects all of your body, and localized, which may affect one or a few joints.

Now, there are more than 100 types of arthritis and arthritis-related conditions. Next up, a speedy round of the most frequently found types of arthritis in the USA and the UK:

1. Osteoarthritis:your bones and cartilage are compromised and damaged by breaking of the joint, caused by aging.

2. Rheumatoid Arthritis (hi!):your immune system attacks itself, targeting your joints.

3. Psoriatic Arthritis:similar to rheumatoid arthritis, with the addition of itchy red patches on your skin known as psoriasis.

4. Gout:a very painful form of arthritis, which basically collects uric acid crystals in your joints.

5. Juvenile arthritis:similar to rheumatoid arthritis, only that it specifically refers to those patients that are diagnosed before the age of 16 years old.

There are other autoimmune conditions like lupus and fibromyalgia, which are similar to arthritis. However, here we are generous and we share, so they will have their own informative posts soon :)

Who has arthritis?

In one of my first posts, we discussed how people with arthritis come from so many different walks of life and that, because it is an "invisible illness", it is very hard to tell if someone has arthritis just by looking at them.

We also noted that some types of arthritis (like osteoarthritis and lupus) tend to be more common in certain age groups (elders and young adults).

A study by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concluded the following after a two-year study of the American population from 2013 to 2015:

○ 49.6% of people with arthritis are elderly people ○ 26% of people with arthritis are women ○ 4.4 million with arthritis are Hispanic, followed closely by Caucasians Basically, I fit into almost all the categories, thanks to life. At least I still consider myself young. For now.

This pattern repeats itself across specific types of arthritis. If you do fit these criteria, it's better to do a checkup and seek early treatments. Before it's too late, people!

How do you know you have arthritis?

You can't until it's too late! We're doomed! Bye!

Just kidding. The first step is seeking is, obviously, a doctor if you feel pain constantly, weaker than usual or just not well.

The doctor (seek a rheumatologist for joints specifically) will most likely begin with a normal checkup and an initial joint evaluation. They will examine your hand, knees and feet, and perhaps, arms and legs. They will look for clues such as visible swelling, stiffness or redness.

After that, they may or may not ask for a blood test or an X-ray, depending if they suspect the presence of arthritis in your body. Normal blood test indicators for arthritis are Sed rate (or erythrocyte sedimentation rate or ESR), C-reactive protein or elevated antibodies. If these three are elevated, then there is a fat chance that you have arthritis and it is inflaming your joints right now.

X- rays are mostly to visualize joint damage. Ultrasounds or MRI may show the loss of tissue, fluid accumulation in the joints, etc.

Warning:Doctors will begin treatment rather quickly when arthritis is detected in the slightest. This is because arthritis doesn't play: it gets worse and worse unless you apply anti-inflammatories asap. This is not harmful to you or your health at all, the doctor is only trying to avoid further damage from happening. Of course, further checkups and tests will give you plenty of time to discuss alternative treatments with your specialist.

Where does it come from?

Nobody knows. That is the right answer this time.

Some medical professionals believe that arthritis is caused by genetic mutations that may or may not hereditary. It has been proven by research that arthritis, in comparison to other autoimmune disorders like Type 1 diabetes, is not as hereditarily transmissible as it once was believed to be.

The class II genes, HLA–DR1 and HLA–DR4, are the ones now being investigated and partially blamed to be primary suspects.

However, many believe that lifestyle and environmental conditions can increase the chances of having arthritis. After all, stress, long work hours, pollution, low, and mental illnesses tend to go hand in hand with arthritis patients.

So do not worry that much yet. But always stay ready!

How can you treat it?

I have talked about these two already:Ibuprofenand Paracetamol, queens of the universe, saviors of today and tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow….

You get the point. Normally, if a doctor detects arthritis, they will right away prescribe paracetamol. This is because ibuprofen and other NSAIDs are very common allergens that may be risky to give to a new patient right away, especially when they do not have a complete medical record.

So, if your doctor gets suspicious and gives you a high brow, just take the paracetamol as instructed, inform them of your progress and come back later if you need to. Don't go through the pain without any help! It will only get worse! Trust me!

Aaand there you have it, folks! I hope you learned something today and hopefully will not forget your weekly dose of facts featuring me, the voice of reason. Take care of yourself, go to your checkups and don't worry too much!

Love you! Bye!

References

(1) Sed rate (erythrocyte sedimentation rate). Available from:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/sed-rate/about/pac-20384797

.(2) Robert F. Meenan, Paul M. Gertman and John H. Mason. Measuring Health status in arthritis. Arthritis & Rheumtology. 1980; 23 (2): 146-152. Available from:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/art.1780230203

.(3) David N. Glass, Edward H. Giannini. Arthritis & Rheumatism. Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology. 1999; 42 (11): 2261-2268. Available from:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/1529-0131%28199911%2942%3A11%3C2261%3A%3AAID-ANR1%3E3.0.CO%3B2-P

.(4) Joseph Lee Hollander. Arthritis and Allied Conditions: A Textbook of Rheumatology. ; 1960.(5) DrAngeloRavelliMD, ProfAlbertoMartiniMDa. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. The Lancet. 2007; 369 (9563): 767-778. Available from:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673607603638

.(6) Sources of Arthritis Pain Available from:

https://www.arthritis.org/living-with-arthritis/pain-management/understanding/types-of-pain.php

.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Artritis: (sustantivo) amigo, enemigo; parte del cuerpo; víctima, abusador; fuerte, débil; camarada o opresor?

Ya hemos conversado mucho a cerca la artritis en este blog: qué es, cómo me afectó y cómo necesitas cuidarte si la tienes. Pero nunca iniciamos donde debimos haberlo hecho, en el nivel "Tutorial" de este videojuego. Por eso, en este post les traigo su dosis diaria de ciencia y verdades para explicar unos puntos clave:

¿Qué es la artritis?

¿Quién tiene artritis?

¿Cómo sabes si tienes artritis?

¿De dónde viene la artritis?

¿Cómo la puedes tratar?

No se preocupen! Cada una de estos puntos serán rápidos y sencillos de enter, justo como deberían ser. Ningún término médico o mala conexión al wifi me detendrá de exponer la verdad a las masas!

Y ahora, sin más preámbulos, aquí vamos! ¿Qué es la artritis?

¿Qué es la artritis?

"Así que… dinos ya, qué es? Qué es?!"Te veo gritarle al monitor.

Entiendo tu necesidad de una respuesta. Cuando a mi me diagnosticaron, el diagnóstico definitivo de artritis me dio tranquilidad por 5 segundos, hasta que me di cuenta que no tenía ni idea de qué estaba enfrentando y qué lo causaba.

Bueno aquí están esas respuestas también! Agarra tu canchita!

La artritis esun síntoma de inflamación articular y rigidez que puede desarrollarse por una enfermedad totalmente diferente o puede presentarse de manera independiente como una condición médica. Si es una condición, significa que tu cuerpo tiene dolor crónico o temporal articular.

Ves? Eso fue fácil!

La artritis es una condición autoinmune, lo que significa que tu cuerpo- tus células blancas y anticuerpos- básicamente se ataca a sí mismo en una región específica, en este caso tus articulaciones.

Hay dos tipos de artritis: sistémica, que afecta todo tu cuerpo, y localizada, que puede afectar una o más articulaciones.

Ahora, hay más de 100 tipos de artritis y condiciones relacionadas. Proseguiremos con una ronda rápida de los tipos de artritis más frecuentes en los Estados Unidos y en Gran Bretaña:

Osteoartritis:tus huesos y el cartílago están comprometidos y dañados porque la articulación se está deteriorando, es causado por el envejecimiento.

Artritis reumatoide (hola!):tu sistema inmune se ataca a sí mismo, atacando tus articulaciones.

Artritis psoriásica: similar a la artritis reumatoide, pero también incluye ronchas rojas y picazón en la piel, una condición mejor conocida como psoriasis.

Gota:artritis altamente dolorosa, que acumula cristales de ácido úrico en tus articulaciones.

Artritis juvenil:similar a la artritis reumatoide, solo que es específicamente diagnosticada antes de los 16 años de edad.

Condiciones autoinmunes como el lupus y la fibromialgia son otros diagnósticos similares a la artritis, pero que aquí los trataremos con cariño y les haremos sus propios posts informativos :)

¿Quién tiene artritis?

En uno de mis primeros posts, discutimos cómo las personas con artritis tienen vidas totalmente diversas y, por ello, es muy difícil distinguir la artritis solo con mirar a una persona.

También vimos que hay tipos de artritis (como la osteoartritis) tiende a ser más comunes en ciertos grupos de edad (como los viejitos).

Un estudio por el Centre of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concluyó lo siguiente después dedos años de examinar a la población estadounidense del 2013 al 2015:

49.6% de personas con artritis son ancianos

26% de personas con artritis son mujeres

4.4 millones de personas con artritis son hispanas, seguidas de los caucásicos

En pocas palabras, yo califico para casi todas estas estadísticas, yupi. Al menos todavía me considero joven. Por ahora.

Este patrón se repite a lo largo de todos los tipos de artritis. Si crees que tu perfil es parecido a lo descrito, es mejor hacerte chequear y buscar un tratamiento temprano. Antes que sea demasiado tarde!

¿Cómo sabes si tienes artritis?

No puedes! Es demasiado tarde! Estamos condenados! Adios mundo cruel!Solo bromeo. El primer paso es, obviamente, ir al doctor si sientes dolor constante, debilidad o simplemente no te sientes bien.

El doctor (un reumatólogo es un doctor para enfermedades articulares) iniciará con un chequeo regular y una evaluación inicial de las articulaciones. Examinará tus manos, rodillas, pies y quizá, brazos y piernas. Se encontrarán pistas como inflamación visible, rigidez o manchas rojas.

Después de eso, te pedirán o no que completes un análisis de sangre o una prueba de rayos X, dependiendo si hay sospecha de artritis.

Los indicadores de sangre más comunes para la artritis son la velocidad de sedimentación or ESR, la proteína C reactiva o anticuerpos elevados. Si estos tres indicadores salen elevados, hay una buena chance de que tengas artritis y esté causando un proceso inflamatorio en tu cuerpo justo ahora.

Los rayos X se utilizan para visualizar algún daño articular. Ultrasonidos o MRI pueden mostrar pérdida de tejido, acumulación de fluidos en las articulaciones, etc.

Advertencia:Los doctores inician rápidamente el tratamiento para la artritis cuando esta es detectada, incluso de manera mínima. Esto es porque la artritis no es broma: solo se pone peor y peor si no aplicas anti inflamatorios de inmediato. Este tratamiento inicial no debería comprometer tu salud en absoluto, pues el especialista solo esta tratando es disminuir el daño lo más rápido posible. Claro que, después de futuras consultas y pruebas, deberías pensar y discutir con tus padres y doctor acerca de la posibilidad de tratar la artritis de otros modos.

¿De donde viene la artritis?

Nadie sabe. Esta vez si es la respuesta correcta.

Profesionales de la medicina creen que la artritis es causada por mutaciones genéticas que podrían o no ser hereditarias. Fue probado en múltiples ocasiones que la artritis, en comparación a otros desórdenes como la diabetes Tipo 1, no es tan transmisible por herencia como se pensaba.

Los genes de clase II, HLA–DR1 y HLA–DR4, son los que ahoran están siendo investigados y parcialmente puestos como sospechosos principales.

No obstante, muchos creen que el estilo de vida y las condiciones medio ambientales incrementas las posibilidades de tener artritis. Esto es parcialmente cierto, pues el estrés, las largas horas de trabajo, la polución, la baja estima y las enfermedades mentales van de la mano con los pacientes de artritis.

Así que no te preocupes mucho de eso todavía. Pero siempre mantente alerta!

¿Cómo tratar la artritis?

Ya hablé de estas dos: Ibuprofenoy Paracetamol, reinas del universo, heroes del hoy y del mañana, y mañana, y mañana….

Creo que ya lo entendiste. Normalmente, si un doctor detecta artritis, prescribirá panadol de inmediato. Esto es debido a que el ibuprofeno y otros medicamentos no esteroideos (AINES) pueden causar alergias, por lo cual es riesgoso en un paciente nuevo sin un historial médico completo.

Así que, si tu doctor se pone sospechoso, solo toma el panadol como indicado en tu receta, informa al doctor de tu progreso y regresa más adelante si lo necesitas No vayas por el dolor sin ayuda! Toma el panadol por ahora! Confía en mí!

Yyy eso es todo lo que tengo para ustedes hoy, amigos! Espero que hayan aprendido algo hoy y no olviden su dosis semanal de información conmigo, la voz de la razón. Cuídense, vayan a sus chequeos y no se preocupen mucho!

Los amo! Chau!

References

(1) Sed rate (erythrocyte sedimentation rate). Available from:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/sed-rate/about/pac-20384797

.(2) Robert F. Meenan, Paul M. Gertman and John H. Mason. Measuring Health status in arthritis. Arthritis & Rheumtology. 1980; 23 (2): 146-152. Available from:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/art.1780230203

.(3) David N. Glass, Edward H. Giannini. Arthritis & Rheumatism. Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology. 1999; 42 (11): 2261-2268. Available from:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/1529-0131%28199911%2942%3A11%3C2261%3A%3AAID-ANR1%3E3.0.CO%3B2-P

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673607603638

.(6) Sources of Arthritis Pain Available from:

https://www.arthritis.org/living-with-arthritis/pain-management/understanding/types-of-pain.php

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APUSH Chapter 1

Native Peoples

Incas (in Peru)

Mayans (Yucatán)

Mexica (known to most as Aztecs)

Northern Peoples: hunter-gatherers (Inuit) and agricultural (SW and Plains), mound builders (Cahokia [St. Louis, MO])

Europeans

Incentives to Explore: population boom and unified governments

Portugal: naval power due to Prince Henry the Navigator

1486: Bartholomeu Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope

1497-1498: Vasco da Gama gets to India by boat

Christopher Columbus: born in Italy, helped Portuguese, sailed for Spain

1492: sails from Spain with 90 men and three ships

1493: voyage #2, establishes colony (Hispañola)

1498: voyage #3, realizes they aren’t in Asia

The Pacific

1513: Vasco de Balboa sights Pacific

1519-1522: Ferdinand Magellen’s crew circumnavigates the globe (he dies)

Early Conquest

1518: Hernando Cortés attacks Aztecs, decimates with smallpox

1538: Francisco Pizarro conquers Incas

Settlements

1565: St. Augustine, FL (Spanish)

1609: Santa Fe, NM (also Spanish)

Exchanges

Natives -> Europeans

Food: maize, squash, pumpkins, beans, potatoes, etc.

Farming techniques

Europeans -> Natives

Crops: sugar, bananas

Animals: cows, sheep, pigs, horses

DISEASE: kills millions (flu, measles, typhus, and especially smallpox)

England

Incentives to Explore: wars, religious persecution, lack of food, population boom

Mercantilism: economic idea that one only prospers when another fails

Colonies provide raw goods and buyers

Mother country manufactures and profits

1550: the wool trade comes to the colonies

Religious Movements

1517: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation

John Calvin: predestination => Huguenots (French Protestants)

1529: English Reformation; Henry VIII forms the Church of England

Dissenting groups wanted to “purify” the church from the inside (Puritans) or leave (Separatists)

Actual Colonization

1584: Sir Walter Raleigh sends a small party to explore, names Virginia

1587: colonists arrive at Roanoke (1590- Croatoan)

1588: English defeat the Spanish Armada

1606: James I divides North America between the London Group (South) and the Plymouth merchants (North)

Other Colonization

French Colonies

1608: establishes Quebec => good relationships with natives because of Jesuits

Fur trade and trapping: main exports

Dutch Colonies

1609: Henry Hudson sails to New York

1624: trading posts become the colony of New Netherland (capital New Amsterdam)

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Events 4.19

AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested. 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians at Raqqa (northern Syria). 797 – Empress Irene organizes a conspiracy against her son, the Byzantine emperor Constantine VI. He is deposed and blinded. Shortly after, Constantine dies of his wounds; Irene proclaims herself basileus. 1506 – The Lisbon Massacre begins, in which accused Jews are slaughtered by Portuguese Catholics. 1529 – Beginning of the Protestant Reformation: After the Second Diet of Speyer bans Lutheranism, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms. 1539 – The Treaty of Frankfurt between Protestants and the Holy Roman Emperor is signed. 1608 – In Ireland: O'Doherty's Rebellion is launched by the Burning of Derry. 1617 – The town of Uusikaupunki (Swedish: Nystad, lit. "New Town") is founded by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. 1677 – The French army captures the town of Cambrai held by Spanish troops. 1713 – With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inheritable by a female; his daughter and successor, Maria Theresa was not born until 1717. 1770 – Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia. 1770 – Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding. 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord. 1782 – John Adams secures Dutch recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague becomes the first American embassy. 1809 – An Austrian corps is defeated by the forces of the Duchy of Warsaw in the Battle of Raszyn, part of the struggles of the Fifth Coalition. On the same day the Austrian main army is defeated by a First French Empire Corps led by Louis-Nicolas Davout at the Battle of Teugen-Hausen in Bavaria, part of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory. 1810 – Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparán, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a junta is installed. 1818 – French physicist Augustin Fresnel signs his preliminary "Note on the Theory of Diffraction" (deposited on the following day). The document ends with what we now call the Fresnel integrals. 1839 – The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom and guarantees its neutrality. 1861 – American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city. 1901–present 1903 – The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world. 1927 – Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex. 1942 – World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp. 1943 – World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins, after German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews. 1943 – Albert Hofmann deliberately doses himself with LSD for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16. 1956 – Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco. 1960 – Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign. 1971 – Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president. 1971 – Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station. 1971 – Charles Manson is sentenced to death (later commuted to life imprisonment) for conspiracy in the Tate–LaBianca murders. 1973 – The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel. 1975 – India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia. 1975 – South Vietnamese forces withdrew from the town of Xuan Loc in the last major battle of the Vietnam War. 1984 – Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours. 1985 – Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later. 1987 – The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with "Good Night". 1989 – A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors. 1993 – The 51-day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian building in Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Seventy-six Davidians, including eighteen children under the age of ten, died in the fire. 1995 – Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, USA, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six. 1999 – The German Bundestag returns to Berlin. 2000 – Air Philippines Flight 541 crashes in Samal, Davao del Norte, killing all 131 people on board. 2005 – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI. 2011 – Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961. 2013 – Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police. His brother Dzhokhar is later captured hiding in a boat inside a backyard in the suburb of Watertown. 2020 – A killing spree in Nova Scotia, Canada, leaves 22 people and the perpetrator dead, making it the deadliest rampage in the country's history. 2021 – The Ingenuity helicopter becomes the first aircraft to achieve flight on another planet.

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