text: Don Mattingly Is Pleased by Robert J. Baumann May 29, 2014 Don Mattingly is pretty pleased right now. He probably just finished a really difficult sudoku or something, one that he has been working on for days, the page worn thin by multiple erasings. There was probably, like, this one box that he just kept thinking was a seven — he just knew it was a seven — so he had to rearrange all the other boxes several times to accommodate this certainty. But at times he had to erase the seven, too. For the good of the sudoku, maybe he had to entertain the thought that the box wasn't a seven, that maybe he was just becoming a crazy old man. Probably on more than one occasion over the last few days, because he kept trying to solve this sudoku while getting dressed, Don Mattingly put his underwear on backwards. Also, I bet he sat to pee so as to afford himself more time to work on the puzzle. He maybe got eraser scraps in his pubes. His pencil's eraser was worn down to the metal. There probably were times in the last few days, in the middle of the night maybe, when Don Mattingly would wake up and think, If I don't finish this soon, I will have to get a new pencil. Or maybe a cap eraser. I effing hate those cap erasers: they always crack or fall off the pencil and get lost before you can get any real use out of them. And I hate using up a pencil's eraser before the pencil is anywhere near used up. I hate that; that's such a waste. I wish pencil's came with bigger erasers. Or maybe I just need to get better at sudoku, make fewer mistakes. Maybe I just need to get better at life. It's possible Don Mattingly had the humility and mental fortitude to then let go of the stubborn thought about the seven, and that he had resolved himself to focus on another part of the puzzle. Maybe he felt emasculated, giving up on the seven; and, at times, maybe he even came close to giving up on the whole damn thing. We can't know for sure, but maybe Don Mattingly just had to dig deep and find it within himself to saddle up again. Get off the sad saddle and get back on that sudoku saddle, Donny boy, is what I like to think Don Mattingly thought to himself at one point, which would have been a dark hour for Don Mattingly. But tonight, as his team hosts the Cincinnati Reds, Don Mattingly finally solved that sucker, and you know what? That one square was a seven! He knew it all along! I think that is really the only explanation that I am willing to accept for how Don Mattingly can appear so pleased right now. Picture borrowed from @MLBFanCave's tweet from Tuesday.


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This is the transcript of my episode on Edward Webbe, Elizabethan merchant, adventurer, master gunner, and, perhaps, liar. You can listen to the episode here or through the usual podcast services.
Welcome to Human Circus. Today, we open a new book, and we begin a new journey. Actually, we'll end a new journey too. This isn't going to be a repeat of the Dallam series, with the conclusion getting further and further away, the longer we go. Today, it's a stand-alone episode.
Let's start at the title page. There, we read: "The Rare and most wonderful things which Edward Webbe an Englishman borne, hath seen and passed in his troublesome travels, in the cities of Jerusalem, Damascus, Bethlehem, and Galilee; and in the lands of Jewry, Egypt, Grecia, Russia, and in the land of Prester John. Wherein is set forth his extreme slavery sustained many years together, in the galleys and in the wars of the great Turk against the lands of Persia, Tartaria, Spain, and Portugal, with the manner of his releasement, and coming into England in May last." We've definitely lost something in the way we describe our books since then.
In the pages that follow, we find a travel narrative, and an adventure with elements of fantasy, but also a justification, a defense, and a pretty long winded personal resume. It's author, Edward Webbe, was looking for a job.
And we know this because he tells us right up front, in the dedication, quote, "To the most might, my gracious and renowned sovereign, Elizabeth by the grace of God Queen of England, France and Ireland, defender of the faith." He informs his queen, and us his readers, that he might easily have lived in the greatest of comforts had he only sided with her enemies, for he had such opportunities. Now, he writes, "my desire is that I may be employed in such service and affairs, as may be pleasing to God, and found profitable to my prince and country." And, obviously, to himself. The dedication wraps up with, of all things, an acrostic poem on Elizabeth's name, "E – Eternal God, who guideth still your grace … L – Lengthen your life, in health and happy days," and so on. It's a format I had no idea had such a long history.
There's one other little piece of preamble before Webbe gets properly started. He addresses us, his "Courteous Reader," and he asserts the truth of what he is about to tell us; it is, all of it, only that which his own eyes have seen. If you doubt me, he writes, then refer your doubts to the most esteemed travellers and merchants and they will surely support what I have to say. Some details may be missing, for he had suffered greatly and forgotten much, but there is nothing untrue in the tale he tells. So bear all that in mind when one disaster at sea follows another, when he sails with fleets of unlikely size, takes part in heroic stands against impossible odds, or when the unicorns enter the story.
We know little of Webbe's background save for what he tells us himself: he was born at St Katherine's by the Tower, in London, and his father, a master gunner "having some affection" for him, sent him into the service of a Captain Jenkinson at the old age of 12, or 14 in some editions. If you've been listening to the podcast for a little while, you may know this Jenkinson already. This is, in fact, the Anthony Jenkinson we encountered in the first episode of the Thomas Dallam series, the Jenkinson who met with Suleiman the Magnificent and represented English interests to a Russian Tsar and a Safavid Shah. As England sought to maneuver its way into foreign alliances and trading agreements, this Jenkinson was very much at the center of it all in the mid-16th century.
Our Webbe would be joining Jenkinson on one of his voyages to Russia, and Jenkinson wrote of it briefly, very briefly actually; the 1566 journey was his third to Muscovy and the place no longer seems to have held much of a fascination for him.
They left from Gravesend on May the 4th in The Harry of London, arrived in Russia July 10th, and were in Moscow by August 23rd. There's a kissing of hands, commendations and letters delivered, and then a dinner. That's it really for Jenkinson's account of the trip, but in his letter home to Elizabeth's advisor Lord Burghley, he gets into a little more detail, particularly as to the news of the city. An ambassador had arrived from Sigismund of Poland with proposals for an end to 6 years of warring; the Tsar intended that winter to besiege a possession of the Swedish King; Wallachia had rebelled against the Ottomans and slain their governor and many others; in Constantinople, there had been a conspiracy involving Christians who intended to burn the city, but they had been betrayed and many put to death on stakes. Finally, Jenkinson reported, the Tsar had been particularly cruel to his people, "to his gentlemen and nobility by putting to death, whipping, and banishing above four hundred with confiscation of lands and goods for small offenses."
This, Webbe remarks on also, the "very sharp laws" of this "tyrannous people," that debtors were beaten with mallets, on the shins or foreheads, and that offending nobles were dropped through holes made in the ice on the river, followed by their wives, their children, and all their kinfolk, so that none would remain to hold their name or lands, the latter of which the Tsar would redistribute as he saw fit. Webbe really has little else to say of his time there in Moscow, but it seems he was no longer in Jenkinson's company. By 1570, the Tsar was angrily referring to Jenkinson's absence in his increasingly irritable, perhaps desperate, letters to Elizabeth. Webbe, meanwhile, writes that he lived in Moscow for 3 years, but the dates of his arrival and the event that will put an end to his stay seem to place it at 5. In 1571, Moscow would be burning, and Webbe would be gone. This was because that was the year when the Crimean Tatars had arrived on one of their countless raids into Muscovy territory, set the city on fire, and turned for home with slaves in tow.
And now we need to rewind a smidgen. Why was Moscow burning? Who, exactly, was running about burning Moscows in the late 16th century? The short answer is that the Crimean Tatars were running about burning Moscow. So, who were they?
We can trace them back to the 13th-century settlement of Seljuk Turks in the Crimean Peninsula, that body of land jutting out of the northern coast of the Black Sea. Initially, they seem to have been occupying the region as part of the Golden Horde, itself a descendant of the Mongol Empire, but as time went on, they separated themselves from the Horde. Their ruler Tas Timur was minting coins in his own name by the end of the 14th century, and in the early to mid 15th century, Haci Giray founded both a dynasty and the independent Crimean Khanate.
By the time they become a pressing concern in Webbe's story, and ours, they're solidly established as part of the Ottoman world, and the Ottomans benefited from having this military power that evoked a Jingizid heritage on their Northern borders as it allowed them to focus on the Habsburgs to the West and the Safavids to East. But just as surely as their presence on the northern coast of the Black Sea was good for the Ottomans, it was a constant problem for Muscovy, cutting off trade access to that sea and, through their captive-seizing raids and the threat they posed, having a significant depopulating effect.
1571 was a noteworthy date for those raids. The Tsar himself led out reinforcements to assist in opposing them, but many of his men are said to have deserted to the invading army, citing recent plagues in Moscow, the cruelty of the Tsar, and the fact that little of his army was actually present, the most of it being engaged elsewhere. Those deserters helped guide the raiding army so that they completely circumvented the bulk of the defending forces, and the Tsar, heavily outnumbered, withdrew without a fight. Moscow was left largely unprotected. There were still some troops in the city, but they could do nothing about what happened next.
The first fires were started in the suburbs on the 24th of May. Then they spread with a sudden gale. Church bells rang across the city but then collapsed. There were explosions of powder magazines, wooden buildings disappearing in flames, and everywhere people sought safety. Some took to the cellars, many suffocating there from the smoke, 25 people in the beer cellar of the English house alone if the source is to be believed; others made to escape the city, rushing into the narrow streets and gates and creating nightmarish presses where they climbed over the heads of others and still more crushed them down from above. Humans, animals, food, shelter, and supplies, all were killed or destroyed in vast numbers. After this disaster, the dead were ordered thrown into the river, but this then flooded and overflowed with the excess, causing still more problems.
Webbe wouldn't be around for those problems however, or to witness the Tsar's murderous rage at his losses and humiliation. He and 7 other Englishmen were apparently among the slaves taken back from the raid on Moscow, taken back all the way to Caffa, an important port for the trade in human beings on the Black Sea. There, he wiped the hooves of the khan's horses, fetched water, chopped wood, and "did much other drudgery," and he was beaten 3 times a week with a horsetail. Also, weirdly, he claims to have observed that the Crimean children did not open their eyes until 9 days and 9 nights after their birth, practically the only thing he cares to record of this time as a slave. Such was the life of Edward Webbe for 5 years, 5 years until he was ransomed and returned to England. And this seems to have been quite the industry. Raiders would enter Muscovy lands taking prisoners, and merchants would follow, making the financial arrangements for their release. Webbe, having passed through this process, found himself back at home.
Back at home, but not for long. He stayed there, "some small time," he says, and then he was headed back to Russia. Which I find hard to relate to. He'd had nothing to say of the place save for its tyrannical ruler and that was before being taken prisoner. Now, with his freedom, he was returning. Maybe that was where he saw his only opportunities.
This time, he writes that he went in the company of 30 ships. The Harry, which had initially carried Webbe to Russia was among this number, but he wasn't on it. He was on The Hart and seems to have had some stake in the cargo it carried and in the business it was to do. There was excitement on the way, an encounter with a group of 5 "Rovers or men of war," and the fleet of 30 set upon them. They burnt the lead ship and drove the others to shore on the Russian coast, where the remaining crew of the 5 met deeply unfortunate ends at the hands of the locals. According to Webbe, they were spitted like pigs on great stakes that had been driven into the ground, and 140 of them died in this way.
That unpleasantness, and the business of unloading, behind them, they were back to sea, but another unfortunate turn was in store for Webbe. The Hart struck a rock and sank. He and the rest of those on board saved themselves, taking to the ship's boat. Rather surprisingly nobody was drowned, but the cargo most certainly was. Webbe writes that he lost all that he had and that returning to England he was, again, back to square one.
Of course, these hurdles did not dissuade him from once more taking to the sea, but maybe they did nudge him a little away from northern waters. This time he'd be headed to the Mediterranean, to Tuscany. Having, quote, "gathered new stock," and presumably having taken out some loans if indeed that stock was his own to trade in, he sailed on The Henry to Livorno. There was a bit of shock there when it turned out that the boat itself had been sold and the representatives of its new owners came out to claim it, but this probably didn't overly bother him, for the next leg voyage would be the first one on which he was master gunner, like his father had been before him. Then, he wrote, "… fortune began to lower on [him] again."
The Henry had conducted its business in Alexandria, unloaded its burden and then taken on great stores of that city's commodities. It was making its way back to Livorno when Webbe's life took another disastrous turn, precipitated by the appearance of 50 Turkish galleys, an unlikely but not impossible number of ships to happen upon. What followed, Webbe tells us, was a heroic battle and a titanic effort on the part of he and his colleagues, a mere 60 men. The wind being calm, there was no way escape, and for 2 days and 2 nights they valiantly struggled against the Turks and, quote, "made great slaughter amongst their men." However, the weight of numbers took their toll, and 50 of the 60 fell. Finally, forced by faintness, the 10 survivors had to yield.
Remember that we are still reading a job application. Webbe had led an adventurer's life, and he was going to make the most of it. Besides, whether it had really been 50 Ottoman galleys or only 5, 48 hours of fierce combat, only a 15-minute assessment of the odds, or a quick and brutal finish, it didn't really matter in the end. The outcome was the same; Webbe, again, had been captured, and he and the others were stripped down and given 100 blows. Life on the galleys awaited them.
It was not easy being a galley slave. In fact, it was pretty terrible. Webbe describes it this way. Quote: "First we were shaven head and face, and then a shirt of cotton and breeches of the same put on us, and our legs and feet left naked, and by one of the feet is each slave chained with a great chain to the galley, and our hands fastened to a pair of manacles. The food which I and others did eat, was very black, far worse than horse-bread, and our drink was stinking water." If you were too sick or faint to row, you were beaten horribly, and often this beating would result in death for those who had already been too malnourished and exhausted to row, and their bodies were tipped into the sea.
Webbe, of course, was not tipped into the sea in this way. He persevered for, by his own somewhat suspect accounting, 6 years, being, quote, "wonderfully beaten and misused every day." Then, pressed by lack of food and his desperate situation, he says he revealed himself as not just an average sailor or merchant, but a master gunner. At first, it seems to have done little good; he was looked upon more narrowly, drawing more attention you might say, but also "somewhat better esteemed," more respected. He was taken seriously.
And soon, how soon is really hard to say based on the vagueness of the text, he was found useful. Hostilities with the Safavid Persians were kicking up again, and men who could operate artillery were needed. Webbe was called out of the gallies and into the war. He places himself as proceeding on foot as one of 700,000 men, with 300 thousand falling to sickness and hunger and 60 thousand more dying in the first offensive, but these numbers are clearly ridiculous. He also situates himself under the command of a Shannon Basha. This, I suspect, was Osman Pasha, a future grand vizier, who did command Ottoman operations against the Safavids in the early 1580s and this was, presumably, what Webbe was part of, assuming he wasn't making the whole thing up.
In any case, Webbe then makes a sudden turn from the campaign against the Safavids and towards a bit of travel; first, is Damascus, which he primarily notes for its great variety of fruit. Next, he says, we went on to our great city of Cairo, and it's fascinating how quickly he's come to use "we" and "our" here, and not just in a moment of camaraderie. This is in retrospect and with an English audience in mind that he's writing himself into the Ottoman body and in possession of Cairo.
As to Cairo, he writes of its king and his position relative to the Ottoman Sultan, of the movements of the Nile, of the total lack of rain in Egypt, and of 10-12 foot "Pharoah's fishes" that can pull a man into the river and eat him; presumably crocodiles, Webbe likens these "Pharoah's fishes" to dolphins, proving, I think, that he didn't actually see them. Finally, Webbe writes of the seven diamond tipped mountains built to store grain either in the time of the Pharoah Kings or Joseph and the famine, a theory of the pyramids much older than Ben Carson.
As Webbe puts it, "thus having seen a number of rare and most wonderful things," the tour carries on, on apparently to Portuguese held Goa. He writes himself into a failed Turkish attack on the city, one which resulted in the loss of 20 thousand men, but, while it's true the Ottomans did contribute to an unsuccessful siege of Goa, and with cannoneers too, that was in 1571, a year when Webbe was already busily being bundled out of a burning Moscow by raiding Crimeans. Either his Indian adventure or his Crimean slavery is then somewhat suspect.
But if that's somewhat suspect, then the next item on his resume is really glaring, because next, Webbe's travels take him to the lands of Prester John, the Christian priest-king of legend. And what lands do we mean here? Once, the lands of Prester John would have referred to India, then to the Asian Steppe, but by Webbe's time they had migrated to Ethiopia, moving by necessity to serve the need for a Christian saviour to rescue Europe from its enemies and in response to the 15th century arrival in Rome of representatives from the Christian Ethiopian Emperor, Zara Yacob. And by the late 16th century, this is late Prester John material. His audience would have been very familiar with this figure and his idyllic kingdom, its just king, its great wealth, and vast armies often featuring bizarre and unassailable creatures in their ranks, and its inclusion in travel narratives.
You should remember here that quite legitimate travel narratives were often interwoven with borrowed elements and sometimes quite fantastical ones. A city's description is drawn from a previous work or you'll get something like "I have heard it said" followed by a peculiar story involving some combination of valuable resources, bizarre collection methods, and dangerous -sometimes fictional – animals in a land far away; there are diamonds on this distant mountain but they are guarded by snakes of great size and you must smoke out the predatory birds in the lands below to retrieve them for you. That sort of thing. Using other works seems to have been part of the expected way of fitting one's experiences into the preexisting body of knowledge and ideas about the world. Where Webbe goes a bit beyond this is in not just saying that he prepared in Damascus for war in the lands of Prester John, but in giving us the guided tour of the can't miss sites and cultural oddities that he personally witnessed and experienced there.
Webbe claims to have gone to these lands as master gunner in a 500,000 strong Ottoman army, and that initially, things did not go well for the invaders. As an opening move, Prester John let loose some secret waterways, raising dams and drowning 60,000 Ottoman soldiers. The next day, though, matters swung the other way, as his son was surrounded, taken captive, and sent back to Constantinople. Then, Webbe tells us, agreements were arrived at that neither side should owe tribute to the other, Prester John's son was returned to him, everyone went back to living peacefully, and Webbe got a good look at what he relates next.
At the great court of Prester John, 60 kings in crowns serve the meat, and the first dish is always the same: a man's skull set on black soil, to remind that one is but earth and to earth will return. There is a wild man chained to a post there, mirrored by another in Constantinople; each is covered in hair and will tear apart and eat any who come close. There is a beast, the shape of a wild cat, the height of a massive dog, and with four heads. There are sweet-fleshed birds with many coloured feathers of great beauty. There are blue swans. There are 77 unicorns and elephants, and Webbe has played with them, quote, "as one would play with young lambs."
Webbe's travels continue with "I have been… I have been… I have been…," to the Red Sea where Moses made his crossing, to the courts of the three great Eastern Orthodox Patriarchs at Cairo, Constantinople, and Jerusalem, to the Sepulchre of Christ and the chapel with its ever-burning lamp.
And after all he had seen, in his travels, and his wars for the Ottomans, Webbe returned to Constantinople; he found the city reeling from "scarcity, sickness, misery, and death," a city where one was lucky to find bread to eat, and being a Christian, and not currently needed as a master gunner, he was again imprisoned. And he was not alone. He tells us of 2,000 other Christians who he joined in conditions so terrible that he grieved and regretted that he had not simply been ended by the Ottomans' wars before having to submit to such treatment.
He and 500 others attempted an escape. They softened a wall with strong vinegar and made their way through it in secret. But, as Webbe writes, "what shall be, shall be, and what God will have, shall come to pass and no more." As the prisoners broke out, they were betrayed by the barking of a dog, seized, and returned to their quarters, where they were rewarded with beatings upon the back and belly.
Of course, all this suffering as a Christian, and among Christians, has a rhetorical purpose, and if his audience had missed it, Webbe heaps it on. I could have lived so comfortably, he tells them, in luxury, with anything I wanted, if only I'd converted. And don't think I wasn't pressured to do so. There were the temptations, the offers of a life, quote, "lived in as great felicity as any lord of that country," and then there was the stick, the, quote, "wild and grievous tortures." But God, he writes, gave him strength and patience to persevere, and Londoners should be congratulated, should see and be glad of the fruits of their labour; their donations given to the relief of captives did indeed make a wondrous difference in bringing about the release of many English prisoners. He even names a few beneficiaries here in buttering up the citizens of London: Hamand Pan, John Beer, John Band, Andrew Pullins, and Edward Buggins.
Edward Webbe himself was set free for a second time in his life, this time by the intervention of our old friend William Harborne, first English ambassador to the Sultan's court at Constantinople. But do not assume that because he has been set free, that his troubles are over, or that his bids for sympathy, and employment, have finished. No, the trip home is not going to be perfectly smooth.
First, came trouble in Padua. There, Webbe was accused of heresy and had to speak for himself against the charges of two witnesses who had known him in Ottoman captivity. Clearing his name to the extent that he was required only to make a donation to a local shrine, he moved on to Rome. There, he faced, quote "nineteen days in trouble with the Pope," but, again, he was released and allowed to go about his business. And his business took him to Naples, where things got worse. He met with a Genoese man, and that man apprehended him and brought him before the viceroy, presenting him as an English spy who possessed great knowledge.
For 16 days then he was kept in a dark dungeon, while his newest captors tried to ascertain what that knowledge might be, who he was, where he had lived, what he had said, and how he had acted, but their inquiries, he says, brought them nothing. Next, were applications of the strappado, a painful procedure you've probably seen pictures of, where the victim's arms are bound down behind their back and they are hoisted in the air by the hands, painfully dislocating their shoulders, and left hanging there. Webbe was also made to drink salt water and had cloth shoved down his throat and ripped roughly out so that it was, quote, "ready to pluck my heart out of my belly." Finally, 4 horses were prepared to quarter him, to tear him apart, if he would not admit to being an English spy.
But he would not admit it. He writes that for seven months he endured this latest round of captivity and abuse, and for seven months his imprisoners could find no case against him. Eventually, he managed to get a letter to the Viceroy begging for justice, and the Viceroy forwarded the matter on to the King of Spain, the King Philip who featured so heavily in our last series. Philip's answer brought yet another repetition in Webbe's troubles: clearly, this man ought to be employed in a gunner's room.
Webbe was released and promised 35 crowns a month for his service, but as a free man, he was frequently taunted by those who identified him as English. The Spanish Armada had succeeded, he was told, and his queen was even then being dragged toward Rome to do penance; she was made to go through the foulest of places on the way, and where the ground was plain, a trench was dug before her so that she must walk mid-leg in an oozing mire of shame. Much like he'd previously been asked to deny his religion, he was here asked to deny his queen, but this, he says, he would not do, instead putting his trust in God to defend her from her enemies.
When Webbe heard word of three ships departing for England, he, quite understandably, wanted to go home. With the assistance of a Nicholas Nottingham, he did so in secret, arriving in May of 1589.
But wait. There's more. After having visited with friends from May to November, and one wonders what friends he would have had in England by this point, Webbe then departed for France. There, he was joining the army of Henry of Navarre, King Henry 4th of France, and at first, all went smashingly well for Webbe, his success on the battlefield earning him commendations and honourable rewards. However, he tells us that the jealousy of other gunners was his downfall; unable to bear seeing him as master gunner, they poisoned him, and it was only by the speedy intervention of the king's physician with a drink made of unicorn horn that he survived. That humble postscript out of the way, the tale of Webbe is complete, and he concludes his book with a quick summary of his trials and travels and a repetition of his fervent desire to find gainful employment in service to his country.
Along the way, he's managed to hit on a number of high points, all seemingly chosen to elicit sympathy. He'd been enslaved and abused, visited Jerusalem, withstood Ottoman pressures to betray his religion, been persecuted by Catholics, even by the Pope himself, demonstrated his faith in his queen, and finally gone to war for someone who was then seen as a Protestant hero in the figure of Henry of Navarre.
What are we to make of all this? Much of it is unverifiable and some of it, for one reason or another, is highly suspect, but why, you might ask, have I then bothered telling you about Edward Webbe at all. Firstly, it's a pretty good story which wanders all over the map through one struggle and misfortune after another. And then there's the point that a fair bit of it is probably true. Consider that Webbe published in 1590, at a time when both Anthony Jenkinson and William Harborne were still very much alive. He didn't wait until he was an old man and most of his contemporaries were dead, and these two, in particular, were two very respected men who might have easily contradicted pretty substantial parts of his story where those parts strayed from the truth as they knew it, as I suppose could the Pope and King Philip if they cared to, and also, I'm sure, others whose names are less familiar to me.
I have seen it said that Webbe's apparent disappearance after the publishing of his book indicates that it found no takers at the court of Queen Elizabeth, that he was a failure in this effort and possibly also a fraud. However, we do know that he was made cannonier for life with a per diem attached, and maybe he was happy enough with that. Certainly, many writers would be ecstatic to be made "cannonier for life" and receive a daily allowance, and besides, Edward Webbe, master of gunnery and player with unicorns, had apparently already lived a pretty adventurous life. Perhaps a quiet, paid retirement suited him well.
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In Uganda, wetlands provide many important functions including supporting the agriculture sector, particularly in the context of food and security. Wetlands serve as a source of water for irrigation, watering livestock and other agricultural related activities. Over 80% of the people living adjacent to wetland areas in Uganda directly use wetland resources for their household food security needs. In addition to supporting food and water security, wetlands support income generation and employment. Of a total population of 34 million Ugandans, it is estimated that wetlands provide about 320,000 workers with direct employment and provide subsistence employment for over 2.4 million.
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How do I become 100 years old?14 min estimated reading time
How do I become 100 years old?
Take a look at your current lifestyle!
Do you live in a way that would make you very old?
You might ask yourself: How do I turn 100? In good health? What if you could follow a simple program to help you feel younger, lose weight, maximize your mental acuity, and keep your body functioning well for as long as possible – probably well beyond your 90th birthday?
Have you ever heard of the bestseller 'The Blue Zones'?
It is actually a detailed guide to what the writer encountered when traveling as part of a major anthropological and demographic project to five areas around the world to follow people, sometimes even 100 years old.
How do I turn 100: What can these "blue zones" teach us?
Researchers estimate that in Western European countries today the average life expectancy of a man is nearly 79 years, and that of a woman almost 83 years. On the one hand, this will only increase in the future through new technologies and medicines that will allow us to live longer. On the other hand, our poor lifestyle is a major brake on this growth.
The aim of the writer was to find populations in the world with the highest number of people over 100 (people who are over 100 years old) and who live in areas that are considered the 'blue zones'. He then wanted to learn lessons from how these populations live and then spread this knowledge so that it can be applied by everyone.
Researchers noted that although they come from different parts of the world and have different races, nationalities and religions, people in these blue zones still share a whole list of common behavioral and lifestyle characteristics. The researchers reported that …
Some lifestyle features such as family coherence, avoiding smoking, eating plant-based foods, practicing moderate and daily physical activity, social involvement and being integrated into the community were things that occurred in all people who took part with surveys.
Where are these so-called "blue zones"?
The five blue zones, where researchers have discovered the world's longest-living people, include:
- Sardinia, Italy (a small island off the coast of Italy, in particular, an area called the Nuoro province)
- Ikaria, Greece
- Okinawa, Japan
- Nicoya, Costa Rica
- Loma Linda, California (an area where a religious group, the Seventh-day Adventists) lives
If you have an average lifestyle, eat processed foods daily, and have an agenda full of responsibilities that leave little time for exercise or relaxation, you probably never achieve the average lifespan and can shorten your life by up to ten years.
Let alone that you become 100 years old. The researchers conclude that by making changes to your diet, training routine, attitude and view of the world, everyone has the opportunity to significantly extend their lifespan.
But what is even more impressive than the average age that people reach in the blue zones?
Their quality of life of course!
They age in a much better condition and statistics show a considerably lower risk of developing heart attacks, strokes, cancer, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's and dementia.
These people not only live longer, but they also tend to live much healthier and happier lives. They have strong connections with their family and friends. They are active. They wake up in the morning and know they have a purpose and the world, in turn, responds in a way that motivates them.
Seven important lessons that we can learn from people from the "blue zones", in other words: How do I turn 100?
1.) How to become 100: Learn to appreciate real foods, and especially vegetable foods
People who turn 100 are usually not vegans or vegetarians. Their menu consists of their own domestic or locally grown foods, and then it is mostly about vegetable food. The traditional inhabitants of for example Nicoya, Sardinia and Okinawa eat nutrient-rich foods that they grow in their own garden, supplemented with smaller amounts of animal protein and some legumes, whole grains, sweet potatoes and corn tortillas.
Foods that are especially prominent in the diet of the residents of the blue zones include:
- Vegetables
- Fruits
- Herbs
- Nuts and seeds
- Beans and legumes
- Healthy fats such as olive oil
- High-quality dairy products, such as grass-fed goat milk and homemade cheeses
Fermented products such as yogurt, kefir, tempeh, miso and natto
- Whole grain cereals, such as Durham wheat or locally grown (organic) corn
Eating many foods with lots of antioxidants – what the people in the blue zones actually do – ensure that you get disease-fighting nutrients and naturally regulate your body's hunger signals, so you know exactly when you're full. This diet also reduces inflammation in the body, which is crucial because we know that inflammation is the cause of most diseases and conditions.
Vegetable food provides lots of fiber, antioxidants, potential natural substances that help prevent cancer (insoluble fiber), cholesterol-lowering agents, and also essential minerals. This is probably a reason why people in the blue zones, who eat this healthy and healing diet, are less likely to experience heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, dementia and cancer.
The centenarians in the blue zones are not necessarily vegetarian (although the Seventh Day Adventists do avoid meat for religious celebrations). Most of them simply had no meat at their disposal.
In most of the blue zones, meat is usually eaten only a few times a month, while sheep or goat milk, eggs and fish are eaten much more frequently. Usually a few times a week. Some people in the blue zones only eat meat on special occasions such as during holidays or parties, or when they can get meat from nearby farmers.
And the moment they eat animal products, they get more nutrients because their food is always grown locally, fed with grass, raised in the pasture, caught in the wild and not harmful substances, which are commonly used meat processing industry. For example, their meat and dairy products never contain antibiotics and/or growth hormones.
How can you mimic their diet? By eating a lot of vegetables (four to six servings each day) plus one to three pieces of fruit. Eat a variety of healthy (organic) foods including nuts and legumes, which provide proteins and healthy fats. Only eat high-quality animal products (and this is not necessary with every meal and not every day).
Also, add natural superfoods to your diet. Think of fresh herbs, traditional spices and high-quality tea. And don't forget to include probiotic foods that are fermented in your diet because these foods offer you healthy gut flora. As you know, good health starts with your intestines.
This also increases your immunity.
2.) How to become 100: Avoid processed, packaged foods
When researching the eating habits in the blue zones, it is really noticeable how little sugar, pesticides and artificial ingredients they consume compared to our European diet. The diets in the blue zone only contain small amounts of natural sweeteners, while refined carbohydrates and artificial flavors are simply not eaten simply because they are not available there! Given the high level of diabetes in the Western world, this would be much healthier for many people and could even work as a natural course of diabetes.
It is not the case that those who live in the blue zones never take a 'treat', they simply choose to eat or drink antioxidant-rich treats. For example, locally made red wine (1- 2 glasses per day) or sake, small amounts of coffee or herbal tea or simple desserts such as locally made cottage cheese and fruit. Soft drinks, sports drinks, candy bars, packaged cookies and all other processed treats are not included in their diet.
A dietary evaluation of the diets in the blue zones showed that the nutritional profile was similar to the Mediterranean Diet and that it is mainly foods that have a low glycemic index, are almost always free of added sugar and are rich in healthy fats.
To be able to age healthily, it is advisable to follow a diet that contains a low amount of saturated fat and lots of fruits and vegetables that are rich in phytochemicals. The diet is characterized by a high intake of monounsaturated fat, vegetable proteins, whole grains (fish is not always present), a moderate intake of alcohol and very low consumption of red meat, refined grains and sweets
3.) How to turn 100: Create a pleasant environment for a healthy life.
In Europe, and many other developed countries, the popular solution for a growing waistline is to go on a 'diet' again, but none of the hundreds of thousands of people living in the blue zones have ever been on a diet and none of them have ever been bothered of being overweight! Instead, healthy eating was just a way of life. And that is the greatest common denominator of all those centenarians.
According to the book "The Blue Zones", a secret of good food in the long term is to mimic the environment and the habits of the world's surviving people.
The amount and type of food we eat are usually less in company and you often mirror yourself with the people around you. If people around you stop eating because they are full, you probably also stop eating earlier. Under certain circumstances, we often eat way too much. Much more than we need. Consider eating with friends, family, certain packaging, plates, names, labels, lights, colors, candles, shapes, and smells. Fill your fridge with healthy food, get rid of things that can tempt you and make sure that you can prepare these healthy and delicious meals yourself!
These kinds of changes can help you to limit your sugar intake and you will also receive much less processed food with artificial sweeteners, chemicals and preservatives.
4.) How to become 100: Stay on a healthy weight
Most over-100s in Nicoya, Sardinia and Okinawa have never had the chance to develop the habit of overeating because they have been eating small portions for most of their lives and almost always eating meals made up of only fresh, organic, unpackaged foods.
They also pay attention not to eat too much, because there must also be enough food left over for the other family members and because too full a feeling makes you tired, slow and terribly moody.
In fact, all centenarians in Japan carefully adhere to the traditional cultural rule "Hara hachi bu", which teaches people to eat until they are 80% saturated. In Okinawa, nicknamed "the land of the immortals", people eat on average three to four times as many vegetables as the average European eats.
These centenarians stay slim throughout their lives with an average body mass index of 18 to 22. They traditionally eat a low-calorie diet with few to no calories by being aware of their hunger, staying active, and satiating with high quality.
How can you control your own hunger signals?
Ensure a good night's sleep. A shortage of sleep can cost you years of your life and we know that sleep helps regulate hormones that play a major role in appetite, "fullness", and in fat storage. Populations in the blue zones receive adequate restful sleep.
They sleep eight hours or more, which helps them keep stress and cravings under control.
Can you not sleep and do you feel that you are always tired?
Eliminating stress, exercising more and eating healthily can all help.
5.) How to become 100: Go exercise, but keep it fun
A hundred-year-olds in the blue zones lead an active life, but they never set foot in the gym and are not afraid of exercise. Being active is part of their day and way of life: they walk almost everywhere (usually a few kilometers every day), they do odd jobs with their hands instead of machines and their groceries are taken on foot.
They are usually active by doing exercises that they enjoy, such as Yoga, Tai Chi or by exercising and playing games with friends.
Many of them also have jobs that require physical work such as working in agriculture – which is, of course, a great contrast to sitting at a desk all day. And almost all of them centenarians love gardening, which gives them some exercise and which means you spend time relaxing in nature. In addition, they are also busy with their own fresh vegetables, herbs and fruit.
By consistently staying active in a healthy way, you get a longer lifespan because inflammation in the body is reduced, you improve heart health, you build up resistance to stress and you keep your bones and muscles healthy.
So whether it's a quiet workout, running, yoga or high-intensity interval training, just do what you enjoy most and try to move every day.
6. ) How do I become 100: Ensure a healthy network
According to the author of the book "The Blue Zones," this is perhaps the most powerful thing you can do to change your lifestyle for the better: Surround yourself with family members and very close friends who share your values and standards. For residents of the blue zones, this is very common because social solidarity is an important part of their cultures.
According to the writer, people in the blue zones have better and stronger social networks, they are much more involved with others and they are more willing and able to express feelings, including sadness and anger.
Other aspects of intimacy are also expressed better and are not cropped up.
This network around them reinforces healthy and positive behavior and reduces chronic stress, which is one of the major causes of the development of chronic diseases.
There is much evidence that acute or chronic psychological stress can cause a chronic inflammatory process that over time can increase the risk of developing diseases such as heart disease, mental disorders, autoimmune diseases and digestive problems.
For example, people from Okinawa have 'moais', which are groups of people who spend their entire lives together and talk, cook and support each other every day.
People from Sardinia spend their days in the local bar, where they meet friends to drink some red wine or enjoy the annual grape harvest and religious ceremonies in their village to which the entire community has been invited.
Sardinians have been geographically isolated in the Nuoro Highlands for 2,000 years, so they work together and interact as a means of both support and entertainment.
Seventh-day Adventists try to work together weekly, or even daily, as this strengthens their beliefs and ties with each other. These are all examples of natural fear remedies that, especially when you are older, keep you sharp, social and cheerful.
7.) How to become 100: Spend more time on family and nature
For the people who live in the blue zones, the family seems to be everything. During the weekly Sabbath, which the Seventh-day Adventists practice, they spend a lot of time on family, God, friendships and nature.
While chronic stress can devastate your life, Adventists claim that their routine relieves their stress, strengthens their families and social networks, and also provides consistent exercise because the whole family participates in outdoor activities, walks, and other activities together.
Old people's homes do not exist in the blue zones because people are expected to own older family members. Older people even play a crucial role in the blue zones and remain an important, active part of the family well into their 90s. A combination of family duty, community expectations and genuine affection for the elderly also keep centenarians alive longer …
Older people also have a better chance of building a social network and receive frequent visitors. They seem to experience less stress and also live a purposeful and meaningful life.
Living a longer, healthier and more pleasant life is not due to one thing, such as healthy eating or even having good genes, but a combination of all sorts of healthy habits.
How does your lifestyle relate to those in the blue zones? What can you deduce from their routines, diets, views on exercise and beliefs?
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Two seasons are currently running alongside each other in the country presently. One is of budget season which has been advanced in view of the fast approaching holy month of fasting Ramzanul Mubarik.
Presentation of federal and provincial budgets for financial year 2018-19 has also been advanced as the constitutional five years tenure at the federal and provincial levels is expiring around end of May. Incumbent ruling party PML(N) has already presented its sixth budget on April 27 in somewhat controversial manner whether. Traditionally, the provincial budgets are presented few days after the federal budget but the provincial governments are still unable to do that as they are pondering whether to present budget for three months or for full year.
The other season is of general elections which are due to be held sometime in July 2018 and electioneering by the political parties is also picking up pace and public meetings are being held quite frequently and campaigns are also being put in top gear with the passage time.
Side by side with these two seasons, another season of changing of political affiliations and loyalty is also in progress and almost every day, for last couple of weeks, political leaders both known and unknown are deserting and defecting their parties and joining the other ones.
It is rather incomprehensible that the political leaders change their affiliations from one party to the other after remaining loyal to it for years as the time for fresh elections approaches. Apparently, they do so after their parent party leadership indicates to them that they will not be given tickets for contesting polls at the national and provincial levels and they just jump ship and join another party to try their luck there.
Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League(Nawaz) (PML-N) and Pakistan Muslim League (PML) , Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) and Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) are the main parties who are either suffering on account of their leaders deserting and defecting and jumping on the other parties bandwagons or gaining strength with other parties leaders joining them.
PML(N) supreme leader and disqualified former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is on record to have said that those who have deserted and defected the party are not among them. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has vowed to expose the forces behind PMN-N's desertions.
PML President and former Prime Minister Ch Shujat Hussain has said that there is no king's party and political leaders are shifting their loyalties on their own as "they are not small children drinking milk."
PTI Chairman Imran Khan and PPP Chairman Bilawal Zardari are just welcoming political leaders into their fold saying their doors are open for everyone.
Changing political affiliations and loyalties is not a new phenomenon however. This switching of political affairs overnight was also quite visible ahead of the last general election.
To freshen the memories of the readers , it may be mentioned here that prior to 2013 general elections, PPP Patriots had joined the then ruling party PML (Quaid) in pretty good numbers, not out of any commitment but for improving chances of their success in the polls in case they are considered worthy of a party ticket at all. The Patriots then had done the same couple of years ago.
PPP Patriots had come into existence after a number of MNAs and MPAs who had contested and won the October 2002 elections on PPP Parliamentarian's tickets, overnight changed their political affiliations and put their eggs in the basket of the PPP Patriots. The Patriots afterwards had got themselves officially registered with the Election Commission of Pakistan.
During the time Benazir Bhutto was Life Chairman, PPP got registered with the Election Commission as PPP Parliamentarians which was headed by Makhdoom Amin Faheem.
PPP Patriots leaders had deserted PPP Parliamentarians and then also deserted Patriots to join the ruling party PML(Q) to improve their chances of their success in the general elections. They had deserted and defected as political turncoats twice at least in a short period of four years.
Cutting the long bitter switching political loyalties story short, this is what has been going on in the country for several years particularly on the eve of the general elections. One can go on quoting hundreds of instances of this nature. But he masses must remember; once a defector, always a defector and a politician with wavering party affiliations.
The writer is Lahore-based Freelance Journalist, Columnist and retired Deputy Controller (News) Radio Pakistan, Islamabad.


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SDKÚ stand-off continues;
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Eurofund graft mechanism exposed;
Team Slovakia still looking for groove
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An apparent showdown between Prime Minister Iveta Radičová and Finance Minister Ivan Mikloš continued last week with another act of defiance by the nominally subordinate Mr Mikloš.
More bumps ahead for the coalition as the secret ballot to choose the next General Prosecutor will have to be re-run .
For years, all we knew about the billions of euros in European structural funds being handed out in Slovakia was the name of the recipient. Now, following a report in the Trend business weekly, we know more about where the money really went.
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Tonight, MP's voted in favour of same-sex marriage in England and Wales by 400 to 175 despite the opposition of almost half the Conservative MPs including Isle of Wight MP, Andrew Turner.
Commenting on the key House of Commons vote Prime Minister David Cameron described the approval as "an important step forward" that strengthens society.
Deputy Prime Minister and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg added: "I genuinely believe that we will look back on today as a landmark for equality in Britain. Tonight's vote shows Parliament is very strongly in favour of equal marriage.
No matter who you are and who you love, we are all equal. Marriage is about love and commitment, and it should no longer be denied to people just because they are gay."
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What do you think of the new mobile Google Play?
A blog came out recently on the redesigned Google Play for mobile. It appears Michael Siliski, group product manager for Google Play been reading this blog.
"The new design focuses on bigger images that jump off the page. Similarly themed content is grouped together so you can hone in on a magazine to read or an app to try. As you move down the page, new recommendations continue to appear so there is always more to see and explore. We've also simplified purchasing so you can breeze through checkout and get to enjoying your movie rental or other content.
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Bravo, Michael Siliski!
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To celebrate 50 years of McLaren, the English automaker has created an anniversary model of their flagship vehicle called the "McLaren 12C" and "12C Spider". Only 50 examples of both the 12C coupe and 12C Spider will be produced. So what exactly makes this anniversary edition car special?
The car itself was produced by McLaren Special Operations, a division of McLaren Automotive that is responsible for bespoke projects. A remodelled CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics)-optimised front bumper from MSO is just the start of the special features on the 50 12C. This front bumper increases downforce in the and is gives the front-end more visual impact. Right above this new bumper is a black McLaren F1-inspired badge that was previously available only to MSO clients. Bespoke McLaren 50 Ultra Lightweight wheels are also fitted to the car, which save weight and look incredible.
Inside the car is an interior decked out with a full leather upgrade with subtle badges branded to the carbon fiber sill panel and floor mats. A 50th anniversary dedication plate is also located on the driver's door, making sure everyone knows how rare this car truly is.
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The Brooklyn born and bred rapper, Oyabun is on the come up. The New York native moved to Miami for school, and became more involved in their underground scene. Being inspired by the world around him, Oyabun is able fuse a New York and South Florida sound to create his own authentic style. Recently he's come back to the city, and we can wait to see where he goes now that he's back in his home base.
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Earlier this year, it was reported that the name "Elsa" cracked the list of most popular baby names in the U.S. for the first time since 1917, thanks to parents inspired by the brave, loyal and strong Princess Elsa from Frozen.
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Southern Utah is a Photographers Dream Location
A road trip to southern Utah should be on every landscape photographer's wish list. With six national parks, five national monuments, and other national recreation areas and historic sites the natural landscape offers limitless opportunities to photograph nature at its best. In March 2019 I took a road trip along with two photo buddies through Southern Utah heading to a workshop in Capital Reef National Park. Along the way we visited Bryce Canyon National Park at Sunrise and later that day saw the sunset over the Escalante River near the town of Escalante. The next day we took a day trip down Hole in the Rock Road to Peek a Boo and Spooky slot canyons, before meeting up with the Photo Workshop group in Torrey Utah for 5 days of photographing in the area, with a side trip to Goblin Valley State Park. Here is a few images form sunset over the Escalante River as seen from near the town of Escalante on highway 12.
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