Teachout was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, the oldest son of Evelyn Teachout (née Crosno), a secretary, and Herbert H. "Bert" Teachout, a hardware salesman.

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Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City

My mother was a high-school beauty queen.

A baby-faced brunette with a mind as good as her looks, she was baptized in a river, grew up on a Depression-era farm, and moved to Smalltown, U.S.A., at the end of World War II.

In 1947 she married a dashing Army Air Corps vet, bore him two sons, and spent the greater part of the next half-century working for a string of Smalltown accountants.

Hers, I suppose, was a nominally uneventful existence, at least when judged by the short-sighted standards of the world.

Yet Evelyn Teachout, who died peacefully last night after a long illness, loved her life and made a deep impression on everyone who met her, for she was a quick-witted, thoroughly decent person whose kindness and generosity were self-evident.

Not surprisingly, I adored her, in part because she was good without being insipid.

She could be blunt, but never cruel, and I never heard her speak a hurtful or thoughtless word, to me or anyone else.

As I once wrote in this space, "She showed me how to laugh, admired my achievements, brushed off my failures, assured me whenever necessary that pretty much anything I wanted to do in life would be fine with her, and never left me in the slightest doubt of her love….You can't get much luckier than that."

Whenever she came to New York, I did my best to make each trip an adventure.

It was in my company that she first saw a painting by Rembrandt and a ballet by George Balanchine.

Her increasingly fragile health, alas, meant that these trips were few and far between, so I called her most nights from wherever I happened to be–she liked it when I called her from a cab en route to a Broadway show–and visited her in Smalltown two or three times a year.

My guess is that she liked that much better than coming to see me, for she was never drawn to city life.

She lived in the same house for a half-century, and the longer she lived there, the more she appreciated it.

"She draws strength from that house," my brother told me once.

My mother outlived my father by fourteen years.

During that time chronic pain (she suffered from debilitating back problems) reduced her to a shadow of the tough, vital woman who raised my brother and me.

At length it became clear that her memory was going, too, and a neurologist confirmed what we feared most: dementia was setting in.

But she responded immediately and strongly to medication, so much so that she was able to continue living at home, and she made no secret of her hope that she would die before that ceased to be possible.

Would that it had been so, but she became grievously ill last summer, and three emergency operations forced her into a nursing home that she never again left for more than a few hours at a time.

Fortunately, I was able to visit her more than once while she was still herself, taking the opportunity to tell her repeatedly what she already knew, which was that I loved her with all my heart.

So, too, did Mrs. T, who came to know and cherish my mother late in her long life, and to admire the courage with which she faced the cruel illnesses that beset her.

As for David and Kathy, my brother and sister-in-law, the selfless and uncomplaining devotion with which they cared for my mother in the last year of her life is more moving–and inspiring–than I can possibly say.

They were wholly responsible for the grueling day-to-day task of making sure that she was as comfortable as she could possibly be.

Because I live in Manhattan, I was unable to do much more than cheer them on at a distance, flying back to Smalltown as often as I could, which wasn't nearly often enough.

Now they will live in the house where David and I grew up, for which I am profoundly grateful.

My mother's last public appearance was at the wedding of Lauren Teachout Dukes, her granddaughter and my niece, in October of 2011.

Though she needed all her fast-waning strength simply to be there, she left the ceremony knowing that she was greatly loved, not just by her family but by all who knew her.

Terry Teachout, who writes this blog, is the drama critic of The Wall Street Journal and the critic-at-large of Commentary.

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This is a blog about the arts in New York City and the rest of America, written by Terry Teachout.

Terry is a critic, biographer, playwright, director, librettist, recovering musician, and inveterate blogger.

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Billy and Me, my second play, received its world premiere on December 8, 2017, at Palm Beach Dramaworks in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Satchmo at the Waldorf, my first play, ran earlier this season at New Orleans' Le Petit Theatre.

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Other large sectors of the local economy is healthcare, manufacturing, agriculture, and lumber.

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Nacogdoches has a diverse and thriving economy that takes advantage of its dynamic workforce and abundant natural resources.

While the bedrock of the local economy is a vibrant community of small and large businesses, Nacogdoches has over 20 companies with 100 or more employees, two of which have over 1,600 employees.

Primary industries are education, agriculture (poultry, timber, cattle, grain and dairy products), manufacturing (feed & fertilizer, valves, business forms, transformers, motor homes, poultry processing and sealing components), oil & gas and tourism.

Nacogdoches continues to rank in the top Texas counties in agricultural production, with the poultry, cattle and timber industries having served as the foundation of the local agricultural economy for decades.

In 2013, Nacogdoches County was estimated to have received around $345 million in on-farm income.

Manufacturing also plays a major role in our local economy, with plants producing a wide array of products such as bronze valves, electric transformers, giant flanges, plastic containers, high-efficiency vehicle engines, customized luxury motor homes, heavy-duty trailers, poultry coops and animal food products.

Education, healthcare and retail businesses complete the list of top employers in the area.

Over the past two years, Nacogdoches County has seen job growth, with nearly 750 jobs added.

In addition, over $80 million in capital has been invested in businesses since 2012, spurring considerable activity and economic development opportunities.

Businesses benefit from a well-trained workforce in the area.

With over 65,000 county residents, including over 13,000 students enrolled at Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches County offers a highly diversified and well-educated workforce.

Thirty percent of all city residents, and 25 percent of all county residents, have a bachelor's degree or higher.

More than 304,000 people reside within Nacogdoches and its five neighboring counties.

Nacogdoches Economic Development Corporation (NEDCO) works to bring new businesses and industries to the area and to help existing local businesses grow and prosper.

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"Undead Nightmare", released on October 26, 2010, added a new single-player campaign with ghost towns and cemeteries full of zombies; in the game's story, players continue to assume control of John Marston as he searches for a cure to the zombie outbreak.

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# Red Dead Redemption – Undead Nightmare hands-on

Before we start in, let's just silence any misconceptions right off the bat: despite any appearances to the contrary, the Undead Nightmare DLC for Red Dead Redemption is not a "just add zombies" mod for the hit Western game.

A huge, open landscape overrun with the walking dead is the central draw, sure, but Undead Nightmare's changes run a lot deeper than that.

Everything, from the music and color palette to the weather patterns and towns, has undergone drastic changes that give the Old West a much more unsettling, apocalyptic feel.

There are ridiculous new weapons to unleash on the cannibal hordes, and things you took for granted, like camping to save or fast travel, are now too dangerous even to consider.

And zombies, while a constant threat, are far from the worst things you'll find lurking in the newly corrupted wilderness.

Above: This isn't the worst thing either, although it's close

At the center of Undead Nightmare is a new story campaign, which we're told will take about five or six hours to complete, and which, like the DLC episodes for GTA IV, will be accessible from the main menu at any time.

Taking place somewhere during the game's "home" sequence (after John Marston returns to Beecher's Hope, but before the finale), the story predictably tasks Marston with discovering the reasons behind a sudden undead plague, and with putting it down.

One possible theory is that it's all Seth's fault.

Our demo began with Marston confronting the emaciated grave robber in a cutscene at the Old Bacchus Place, where he was unsuccessfully playing cards with his former partner Moses, now zombified and oddly docile.

Seth didn't seem the least bit surprised by the dead walking the earth; in fact, he said, this wasn't even the first time it had happened.

When Marston said that folks in Blackwater thought the plague might have been stirred by a magic eye Seth stole from a grave, though, Seth flew into a rage and ordered Moses to attack Marston – which he didn't.

Eventually, Seth calmed down enough to tell us what to do: travel to every graveyard on the map and clear out every last flesh-eater.

The first one the game pointed us at was the little cemetery by Coot's Chapel, but what happened on the way was actually more interesting, and came with a surprise.

After saddling up a convenient zombie horse (which was more or less like any other horse, apart from continually wanting to veer in random directions and looking roughly 500 percent more disgusting), a blip on our radar appeared to let us know that a "mythical creature" was in the vicinity.

This was one of the big reveals during our session: in addition to zombies, Undead Nightmare adds assorted monsters and mythical beasts that Marston can hunt or capture.

After chasing down the blip (which turned into a large, blue searchable area when we got close), we spotted a big, black horse with flaming hooves.

This, we found out, was the horse of War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse – and, yes, Pestilence, Famine and Death are lurking in the DLC, too.

The good news is that War's horse was friendly… once we'd chased, lassoed and broken him like we would any other wild horse, that is.

The better news is that, once he's your horse, you can gallop through zombie herds and set them on fire, assuming you don't get yanked out of the saddle in the process.

Meanwhile, we're told Famine and Pestilence will both have infinite stamina (meaning you can gallop nonstop), and Death's horse can explode zombie heads, presumably by touching them.

As we rode on to Coot's Chapel (which included a detour through a boarded-up version of the MacFarlane Ranch dotted with flaming wreckage), we were attacked by a few crowds of zombies, which wander the landscape like wild animals (but with much greater frequency).

As it turns out, these bastards fall into four categories: the Undead, your garden-variety shambling corpses; Bolters, who scamper around low to the ground and are incredibly difficult to hit; Bruisers, who are big, slow and tougher to kill than most; and Retchers, who glow green, spit bile and explode when killed.

It took a while to get used to them as enemies; taking them down with bullets means shooting them in the head, something their erratic, flailing movements made it difficult to pull off.

If you plan to stand and fight instead of running away, get ready to use Deadeye a lot.

Or, alternately, to let them get close enough to use a close-quarters finisher – although that's risky.

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Post-release content was added to "Red Dead Redemption" as downloadable content (DLC) packs. "Outlaws to the End", released on June 22, 2010, added six new cooperative side missions for the game's multiplayer. The Legends and Killers pack was released on August 10, 2010; it added eight multiplayer characters from "Red Dead Revolver", nine map locations, and a Tomahawk weapon. The Liars and Cheats pack was released on September 21, 2010; it added competitive multiplayer modes and mini-games, additional characters from the single-player game and the Explosive Rifle weapon. The Hunting and Trading pack was released on October 12, 2010; it added a jackalope to the game's world, and some additional outfits.


According to Stat, Bornstein had hoped to be the physician to the President, but the White House decided that Ronny Jackson would continue in that role.

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# Trump is keeping Obama's White House doctor for now

Former President Barack Obama speaks with lead White House doctor Ronny Jackson, who will continue in the role under President Trump.

WASHINGTON — President Trump will keep, for the time being, the same White House doctor who had cared for former President Barack Obama since 2013.

Dr. Ronny Jackson, a rear admiral in the US Navy, will continue to serve as physician to the president, White House press secretary Sean Spicer told STAT.

Jackson was appointed as the lead White House doctor by Obama in July 2013.

He had previously served in the White House Medical Unit under Obama and George W. Bush.

Jackson, who has a medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch, was deployed in the Iraq War during the Bush administration.

He has received several commendations for his military service.

Trump — the oldest incoming president in history — had prior to his election been treated for decades by Dr. Harold Bornstein of New York.

Bornstein, who became a minor celebrity after he wrote a short letter declaring that Trump would be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency, has an office on the Upper East Side.

He told STAT in December that he had not been asked to move to Washington.

## Donald Trump's health is 'excellent,' doctor says in releasing test results

Reached by phone Wednesday, Bornstein reaffirmed he would not move to Washington to care for the president.

"That was always true," he said, adding that he thought it was more appropriate for Trump, as commander in chief, to have a military doctor.

Trump takes medication to manage his cholesterol and a low dose of aspirin, Bornstein reported in a second letter released in September.

The president, who is 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 236 pounds, does not use alcohol or tobacco.

Bornstein said Trump has no family history of premature cardiac disease or cancer.

Various lab tests over the last few years came back normal, as were Trump's blood sugar and blood pressure levels, according to Bornstein.

Presidents can select whomever they want as a personal physician; many, but not all, have been military doctors like Jackson.

Presidents such as John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan chose non-uniformed physicians.

The president's physician follows him around domestically and overseas, always at hand in case medical expertise is needed.

Often, this doctor is also the director of the White House Medical Unit, a mini urgent care center based inside the White House, which cares for tourists (or journalists) who fall ill in the premises.

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Trump has the temerity of actually picking an Obama guy for his cabinet and the Trolls still hate on him.

There is no pleasing the Socialist Pigs.

I think that Ronny Jackson was a great pick and this bashing of him isn't fair.

He worked with Obama and Bush, with no complaints.

No wonder the Democrat's are losing to the Republicans.

The only way that the Democrat's will win the house and senate back in November 2018 is to stop with the impeachment chant and work the President Trump.

Trump responds to people who don't insult him.

(you catch more flies with honey not vinegar).

He may have been at one time, but that is no longer true.

Compare photos of him standing next to people such as Barack Obama, who is 6'1″ tall.

The figure 6'3″ was chosen simply because it lowers the possibility of him being called obese.

He's much closer to 300, if he's over 6 ft.

At 6'3″ and 236, he'd be much leaner than he is.

You don't even need calipers to see that.

I've known Admiral Ronny Jackson since he was a teenager, he is a fine person and so very smart, and I'm sure he is a Fine Dr.

I'm sure President Trump could not find better

As long as the blue pills keep coming, he is OK

First I heard the Crazy Clown is 6'3″ and 236.

Guess I have to look up to him after all.

I hope Dr. Jackson has a background or experience in mental illness.

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In December 2015 in response to questions about his health, Trump asked Bornstein to issue a "full medical report", predicting that it would show "perfection". Two days later Bornstein signed a letter full of superlatives, saying that Trump's "laboratory results are astonishingly excellent" and that Trump "will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency." In August 2016, Bornstein stated that he had written the letter in five minutes while a presidential limousine waited for it. But he reiterated that Trump's "health is excellent, especially his mental health."
 In May 2018 Bornstein said that, in fact, Trump had dictated the letter over the telephone, then sent a car to pick it up. Bornstein said in an interview with CNN that "Mr. Trump dictated the letter and I would tell him what he couldn't put in there..."
 Speaking to "The New York Times" in February 2017, Bornstein revealed that he was invited to and attended President Trump's inauguration with his wife Melissa. Bornstein told "The Times" that he enjoyed the attention from being known as the President's personal physician.


In July 2019 it was announced that Laverne would continue for "the foreseeable future" as Young would not now be returning.

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# Kirsty Young to stand down from Desert Island Discs

Young previously presented Crimewatch on BBC One from 2008-2015.

Kirsty Young is stepping down as the host of BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.

She has presented the long-running show since 2006 and has interviewed hundreds of guests including Annie Lennox, Morrissey and David Tennant.

Last year, Young took a break from hosting Desert Island Discs because she has a form of fibromyalgia.

The BBC said 6 Music's Lauren Laverne, who was drafted in as cover, will continue "for the foreseeable future".

Young has presented 496 episodes of the programme as well as fronting its 70th and 75th anniversary celebrations.

BBCHaving hundreds of Castaways share their triumphs, tragedies, tribulations and tracks with me over the years was a huge privilege and an education

She called her tenure "12 incredibly happy and fulfilling years".

"Having been forced to take some months away from my favourite job because of health problems," she added, "I'm happy to say I'm now well on the way to feeling much better.

"But that enforced absence from the show has altered my perspective on what I should do next and so I've decided it's time to pursue new challenges."

Laverne (left) recently interviewed Glastonbury boss Emily Eavis

Fibromyalgia is a long-term condition that causes pain all over the body and can bring on severe fatigue.

Young said she wished Laverne "all the very best".

Laverne said: "Stepping in for Kirsty on Desert Island Discs (which was already my favourite programme) has been an enormous honour."

The BBC's director of Radio & Education, James Purnell called Young a "wonderful host".

"Her intuitive interviewing style as well as her warmth and humour has helped bring out incredible life stories and anecdotes from her castaways."

David Beckham appeared on the show's 75th anniversary

Young's guests have included author Zadie Smith, David Beckham, Bruce Springsteen, Victoria Wood, Dame Judi Dench, George Michael, Tom Hanks and Sir David Attenborough.

Outside of Desert Island Discs, Young is best known as one of the original newsreaders on Channel 5 which she presented from its launch in 1997 until 2007.

She has also presented episodes of Have I Got News For You and the BBC's coverage of the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

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Guests also choose one luxury, which must be inanimate and of no use in escaping the island or allowing communication from outside. Roy Plomley enforced these rules strictly. He did, however, grant a special dispensation to Princess Michael of Kent, who chose her pet cat. The rules are, however, less strictly enforced today; for instance, Lawley allowed John Cleese to take Michael Palin with him, on the condition that he was dead and stuffed. Examples of luxuries have included champagne and a piano, the latter of which is one of the most requested luxuries.
 After Plomley's death in 1985, the programme was presented by Michael Parkinson and from 1988 by Sue Lawley. Lawley stepped down in August 2006 after 18 years, her final castaway being actress Joan Plowright. She was replaced by Kirsty Young, who interviewed illustrator Quentin Blake for her first show, broadcast on 1 October 2006. On 30 August 2018, it was announced that Young was going on sick leave due to complications of fibromyalgia, and that 6 Music presenter Lauren Laverne would temporarily take over.


In the same year, Tencent launched Tencent Penguin Pictures (Chinese: 腾讯企鹅影视) a production unit focusing on online dramas and minor investments in feature films.

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Chinese social media giant Tencent said Friday that it has set up Penguin Pictures (Shanghai), a new movie production unit.

The company will focus on online drama and make minority investments in feature films, as well as establishing its own pool of talent under management.

In total Penguin will back 10-15 movies per year.

Tencent last year set up a film production unit called Tencent Pictures.

The social media giant is already an investor in "Monster Hunt," and provided the intellectual property for "Dragon Nest," which was adapted from one of its games.

It revealed that it is also a minority investor in upcoming"Little Door Gods," an animation that will be distributed by Alibaba Pictures Group.

It is not clear whether Penguin is the new name for Tencent Pictures, a replacement structure, or a parallel unit.

Tencent, which is listed in Hong Kong and this week saw its market capitalization overtake that of Alibaba, is also a major investor in Huayi Brothers Media, China's leading private sector film conglomerate.

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This article first appeared in the 24 May 1999 issue of the New Statesman, Luvvies, stop moaning

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Throughout history, humans believed in a God-given right to treat nonhuman animals with cruelty; however, some individuals, like Leonardo da Vinci for example, who once purchased caged birds in order to set them free, were concerned. His notebooks also record his anger with the fact that humans used their dominance to raise animals for slaughter. According to contemporary philosopher Nigel Warburton, for most of human history the dominant view has been that animals are there for humans to do with as they see fit.


During the 1980s, Johnson studied improv under Del Close during the founding days of Improv Olympic (now iO) and would go on to publish two books on Close - "Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation" (1994) and "The Funniest One in the Room: The Lives and Legends of Del Close" (2008).

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## Books, Pythons, comics, improv, show biz and who knows what else?

John Cleese was my boss in "Life of Brian," and later on, in Santa Barbara as well.

I grew up in small-town Illinois and started out in journalism.

The very first piece I ever got paid for writing was an interview with "Curly Joe" DeRita, the last surviving member of The Three Stooges.

I was working in radio news when I went off to Tunisia to live and work with the Monty Python guys on the set of Life of Brian.

I eventually began writing on the Pythons for an assortment of magazines, and became a regular writer for Starlog magazine.

And then I started writing Python books.

I ended up moving to Chicago and lived there for a dozen years.

I studied with improvisation legend Del Close during the time when the Improv Olympic (now the iO) was getting under way.

In fact, I went on to co-write the improvisational manual Truth in Comedy, and even became Del's biographer years later with The Funniest One in the Room: The Lives and Legends of Del Close.

Del was the guru of longform improvisation, and taught just about everyone worthwhile, from John Belushi and Bill Murray to Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Stephen Colbert.

But the point of all this is that I learned to write improvisationally.

It turns out that the rules of improvisation are much like the rules of good writing.

For example, that's how I learned to start scenes in the middle and eschew exposition.

I've written a little bit of everything, since then, I suppose.

I've written non-fiction (The First 280 Years of Monty Python, And Now For Something Completely Trivial, Life (Before and) After Monty Python), I've written biography (The Funniest One in the Room), I've written memoirs (Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday, about my life on the set of Monty Python's Life of Brian in Tunisia), co-written an improvisational manual (Truth in Comedy) and a graphic novel (Superman: True Brit) as well as other comic books.

I've also co-written a YA novel (The Dare Club: Nita) with my wife, Laurie Bradach, which was great fun.

And I've written dozens, possibly hundreds of magazine articles.

But at the moment, I'm focusing on a new series of SF novels, starting with The Last of the Time Police (The Time Authority Book One) and the second half of the story, The Return of the Time Police (The Time Authority Book Two).

It's my first solo fiction, aside from the comic book stories, and I'm having a great time!

## 3 thoughts on "About Kim "Howard" Johnson"

Afternoons Rnz November 19, 2013 at 3:42 pm

We would like to speak with you about the Monty Python Reunion.

I read your bio of Del Close, an old and dear friend, years ago.

I loved the book about my dear friend and think I may have sent you a note then.

I moved from Barrow, Alaska, in April 1999, after marrying the widow of another old friend and moving to her farm in rural Kansas.

I thought I'd get a chance to visit with him (it would have been an 800-miles drive), only to find he'd died a month earlier.

I was actually looking for the place of death of Garry Goodrow and just found (rediscovered?) your blog by chance.

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Johnson is the author of several books related to Monty Python, as well as other nonfiction volumes. Johnson was the publisher of a Monty Python fanzine when he first met the members of the troupe in 1978.


An aquatic sill (or an oceanic sill) is a sea floor (or lake floor) barrier of relatively shallow depth restricting water movement between oceanic basins.

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Sills – Sills are "a sea floor barrier of relatively shallow depth restricting water movement between basins" (IHO, 2008).

Thus every basin has a sill, over which fluid would escape if the basin were filled to overflowing.

The identification of sills in this study is based on selecting contours at a specified interval of 10 m on the shelf (shelf except for Antarctica), 50 m (on the Antarctic shelf) or 100 m (all other areas).

Selecting the most shoal, closed contour defines the basin; one contour interval above this typically identifies a discrete location where contours "escape" from the basin and join into the regional bathymetry.

Sills were mapped for all of the major ocean basins and seas and for the larger basins perched on the continental shelf; sills were not mapped for the smaller basins perched on the slope or shelf or for the smaller abyssal basins.

Sills are geomorphic features of particular significance for oceanography and biogeography.

From an oceanographic perspective, sills separate basins that may contain particular water masses of different properties.

Sills have already been mentioned in relation to fjords and glaciated shelves, but they also occur on nonglaciated shelves.

Ivanov et al (2004) have documented over 60 locations in the ocean associated with cascades of bottom water over sills.

Once dense bottom water has accumulated within basins up to the depth of the sill it will eventually overflow the sill.

If the basin is perched on the shelf the water may drain down-slope through canyons towards the deep sea.

Basins at abyssal depths will simply overflow via a sill into adjacent basins that occur at a greater water depth.

Sills can be a biogeographic barrier for species located in deep basins on either side.

The basin environments are vastly different from the shallow water depths, high current energy, and warmer water temperature of the sill environment.

The Strait of Gibraltar is a type-case for geomorphic sills.

Here, ocean circulation is characterized by a two-layer system: a surface eastward Atlantic water inflow and a deep westward outflow of saline Mediterranean water, with variable interface depth of around 100 m and a sill depth of around 200 m.

De Mol et al. (2012) document reef-forming cold-water coral deposits up to 40 m in thickness in the deepest part of the Strait of Gibraltar between 180 and 330 m water depth, which have developed to exploit the unique oceanographic conditions.

Coral buildups on the tops of N-S orientated rocky crests are the most common form in the Strait of Gibraltar.

Sills statistics (from Harris et al., 2014).

The percentage areas refer to fraction of ocean regions that is sill.

OceanArea km2Sills area%NumberArctic Ocean6,6300.051064Indian Ocean1,2800.0018018Mediterranean & Black Sea 1200.0039413North Atlantic Ocean8,1800.018388North Pacific Ocean6,6500.0081173South Atlantic Ocean3,0000.007428South Pacific Ocean14,4300.016632Southern Ocean5,1600.025495All Oceans45,4500.0126391

De Mol, B., Amblas, D., Alvarez, G., Busquets, P., Calafat, A., Canals, M., Duran, R., Lavoie, C., Acosta, J., Muñoz, A., 2012.

Ch. 45: Cold-Water Coral Distribution in an Erosional Environment: The Strait of Gibraltar Gateway, in: Harris, P.T., Baker, E.K. (Eds.), Seafloor geomorphology as benthic habitat: GeoHAB Atlas of seafloor geomorphic features and benthic habitats.

Harris, P.T., MacMillan-Lawler, M., Rupp, J., Baker, E.K., 2014.

IHO, 2008. Standardization of Undersea Feature Names: Guidelines Proposal form Terminology, 4th ed.

International Hydrographic Organisation and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Monaco, p. 32.

Ivanov, V.V., Shapiro, G.I., Huthnance, J.M., Aleynik, D.L., Golovin, P.N., 2004.

Cascades of dense water around the world ocean.


He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

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In his service to the Intelligence Committee Burr has subpoenaed Donald J. Trump Jr. for questioning about coordination with Russia.

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He was traded to the New York CityHawks for Roosevelt Nix on June 18, 1997 but the trade was rescinded when Wells failed to pass his physical.

1998: Jan-Mar | Apr-Jun | July-Sept | Oct-Dec

04/13/97 - Practice opens for the Storm at the fields of

FB/LB/OL/DL Ivan Caesar attacks coach Tim Marcum, trying to pry his 1996

Caesar was traded in March to Portland for future

04/14/97 - Former New York Giants kicker Bjorn Nittmo,

the only kicker in Storm camp, leaves to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

04/20/97 - Tampa Bay falls to Iowa at the Hall of Fame

Iowa took a 28-20 halftime lead, but took

control of the game by scoring off interception and fumble returns

04/21/97 - Tampa Bay places WR/DB Jason Phillips and

OL/DL Willie Wyatt on the refused to report list.

04/23/97 - Lineman Sylvester Bembery breaks a hand in

; he will miss at least the first two games of the regular season.

04/25/97 - Tampa Bay loses its second preseason game,

51-34 to Orlando in front of 3,328 at the Lakeland Center.

grab a 24-0 second quarter lead and cruise to the victory.

three touchdowns in the fourth quarter to make it close.

straight year that Orlando has defeated Tampa Bay in preseason

game, receiver Lonnie Turner announced his retirement from football.

Turner, 36, caught 43 passes for 576 yards and nine touchdowns in 1996.

04/28/97 - Storm receive kicker Terry Belden as the

"future considerations" in their March trade of Ivan Caesar to the

Portland Forest Dragons....Storm place WR/DB Alvoid Mays on the refused to

report list....Storm cuts down to 24 players, waiving WR J.R. Reed, OL/DL

Henry Brown, QB Cole Cayce, WR/DB Earle Davis, kicker Reed Haley and FB

Robert Jackson....WR Stacey Simmons placed on suspended list.

05/01/97 - Storm waive WR/DB Barry Dillard and OL/DL

James Suiter; activate OL/DL Willie Wyatt...Kicker Terry Belden, acquired

from Portland for future considerations, arrives in town.

05/02/97 - Claiming that he is still under contract with

the Canadian Football League, the AFL suspends Johnnie Harris until

Players are not allowed to be under contract to more than

one league at a time; the league believes Harris to be under contract to

the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL, in spite of the fact that the team

Harris joined the Storm on June 12 of last year

and stayed with the team through the ArenaBowl before joining the Argos.

He started on Toronto's Grey Cup-winning club.

05/03/97 - Defensive specialist Johnnie Harris clears

waivers in the Canadian Football League and is cleared by the league to

05/07/97 - Storm fans are encouraged to arrive early for

Saturday night's game against the Florida Bobcats at the Ice Palace.

game will be the first in the new building, and the Storm has a

over a half hour before the scheduled 7:40 p.m. kickoff.

a celebration of the team's new home, as well as last year's championship.

05/08/97 - Even football players and coaches have heroes.

The Storm announced a program honoring "champions in the local community,"

according to coach and general manager Tim Marcum.

Storm will recognize a local hero as honorary captain for each of our home

games this year," Marcum said Justin Whaley was the first hero introduced

by Marcum---he will be the honorary captain for the game against Orlando

A different person will be recognized by the Storm at halftime

05/10/97 - The Storm christened the Ice Palace with a

less-than-resounding 38-19 win over the Florida Bobcats.

named game MVP thanks to his 11-catch, 145-yard performance.

never trailed in raising their record to 2-0 on the young season.

05/14/97 - The Storm claimed veteran WR/DB Anthony Howard

off of waivers from the Florida Bobcats.

the Tampa Bay roster to have played in the team's first-ever game, a 51-38

Howard caught 67 passes for 878 yards and

16 touchdowns before being traded to the Charlotte Rage for FB/LB Les

"You're always looking for a two-way guy," coach

Tim Marcum said, hoping that Howard will be the answer.

05/17/97 - Orlando held the Storm to a franchise low 17

points as they gave Tampa Bay its worst home defeat ever

05/23/97 - The Storm defeated the Nashville Kats 42-26 on

Friday night to move to 3-1 on the season.

as the Storm outscored the Kats 21-3 in the

second quarter to take a commanding 21-10 lead into halftime

could draw no closer than eight points afterward as Tampa Bay's defense

took control, holding Andy Kelly, the league's most proficient passer, to

207 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions.

w 42 points for the first time in team history.

05/28/97 - The Storm signs WR/DB Demasio Green to the

To make room, OL/DL Lynn Rowland is placed on injured reserve.

will miss four to six weeks with an ankle injury suffered at Nashville.

05/30/97 - Tampa Bay loses its second straight home game,

52-41 to the Milwaukee Mustangs in front of in front of a franchise low

06/02/97 - OL/DL Wilky Bazile is activated from the

exempt list as he joins the storm roster after a stint with the Scottish

06/06/97 - The Tampa Bay Storm announced a schedule

change reguarding two Friday night games in July

Anaheim (July 11) and Iowa (July 18) have each been pushed back a day to

Saturday nights, July 12 and July 19, respectively.

06/07/97 - Albany blitzed past the Storm, 53-31, in front

of 9,384 at Pepsi Arena in Albany tonight.

main story was the loss of Peter Tom Willis, who left the game on the last

play of the first quarter with bruised ribs.

professional snaps and threw for three touchdowns

interception and was a party in two bungled center snap exchanges

Brown caught ten passes for 161 yards and three touchdowns to pace the

06/11/97 - A source within the team said that the Storm

Belden today and signed free agent Rich Fall. Fall, who flew

in from his New Jersey home last night, was with the Amsterdam Admirals of

the World League in their training camp three months ago and also spent

time in the CFL Toronto Argonauts' preseason camp last summer.

impressive workout at Storm practice today, with booming kickoffs and

goal-line place kicks that consistently cleared the length of the Tampa

Willis did not practice for the third straight day.

he should be able to at least throw passes by Thursday's practice and may

play in Saturday's game against New Jersey

Willis' stead, Tony Squitieri worked out for Tampa Bay at quarterback in

Sanders returned to practice after missing the last two weeks

due to job conflicts; he works as the executive director of a community

recreation center in Bradenton...WR/DB Wayne Williams missed

the last half of Wednesday's practice after injuring his knee.

06/14/97 - Tampa Bay was shut out in the second half for

what is believed to be the first time in team history as the New Jersey

Red Dogs scored 17 unanswered points to put the Storm away 44-28 in front

of an announced crowd of 11,488 at the Ice Palace

nine passes for 99 yards and two touchdowns to pace the Red Dogs.

06/16/97 - Looking to shake the Storm into success, head

coach/general manager Tim Marcum overhauled the line on Monday.

a nine-year Arena Football veteran, was traded to Arizona for OL/DL Jim

Hoffman, a second-year AFL player who hasn't played in 1997 due to knee

reported to camp around 60 pounds above his 290 pound playing weight, was

placed on recallable waivers for the purpose of being traded.

AFL Lineman of the Year in 1996 and a two-time All-AFL first team

selection, made very few plays this season, aside from repeated false

He will be replaced on the roster by lineman Tony Woods, a

6/17/97 - Lineman Kent Wells was recalled from

waivers as the Storm tried to work out a trade.

was placed on the exempt list; he's on the Indianapolis Colts of the NFL.

Hoffman was placed on the Refused to Report list as he

remained in Arizona, saying that his knee had not yet healed from

6/18/97 - The trading deadline passed at 5 p.m., and Tampa

Bay was one of the teams making late moves.

6/19/97 - Looking to bolster quarterback depth, the Storm

signed former Detroit Drive QB Ron Adams.

Drive in 1993 and has spent the last three years playing for a team in Milan,

6/21/97 - The Storm defeated the New York CityHawks 27-9

thanks to a stifling defensive effort that saw Tampa Bay hold New York to 34

passes for 119 yards to pace the Storm attack as they snapped a three-game

06/26/97 - After suffering with nagging injuries throughout

roster spot was filled by WR/DB Grantis Bell, who played for the Storm in

He would have joined the team earlier this

season but was delayed due to job commitments.

06/27/97 - It was a disastrous night in Orlando as Predator

OS Mac Cody singlehandedly blitzed the Storm, scoring on a missed field goal

return, kickoff return, run and a reception in leading the Preds to a

resounding 54-30 win in front of a Predators-record crowd of 16,529 at the

Cody's performance, along with a fierce pass rush and some

questionable calls from the officiating team, saved Predator owner Will Meris from shelling out $50,000 worth of free pizzas to the fans that he offered to buy if his team lost.

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Who: New York CityHawks at Tampa Bay Storm

When: Saturday, June 6, 1998, 7:40 p.m. EDT

TV Coverage: MSG Network (New York, live), Time Warner

Communications (Tampa Bay, tape delay, 9:00 p.m. Sunday, 9:00 p.m. Wednesday,

Radio Coverage: WDAE-AM 1250 (Tampa-St. Petersburg), One-on-

record 30 extra points in a row and scored 51 points in just four games.

Looking to spread some bad news on the Ice Palace carpet, the resurgent New

York CityHawks come to town tonight for their second-all time encounter with

The Storm comes home to the Ice Palace after a two-game road trip that saw the

Tampa Bay defeated the tough Florida Bobcats

44-29 on May 23, bolstered by a 38-15 first half margin, and delivered a

haymaker to the New Jersey Red Dogs last Saturday night, walloping them 81-42.

It was the Storm's biggest win since a 54-7 harassment of the Miami Hooters on

The 81 points against the Dogs were the most ever scored by the Storm,

eclipsing the 69-point standard posted in wins over Arizona on July 27, 1996

Tampa Bay had 43 points by halftime, and with

the score 57-21 midway through the third quarter, the only question that

remained was whether the Storm would set a new standard.

Across the river, the CityHawks did not have as pleasant a Week Five

New York saw its own two-game winning streak go the way of Gotham

in a hard-fought 43-41 loss to the Orlando Predators

CityHawks battled back from a 37-20 third quarter deficit with three

consecutive touchdowns, but saw their lone lead of the night---a 41-37

edge---vanish as the Preds struck back with their first offensive touchdown of

on a pass from Pat O'Hara to Bret Cooper.

has already equaled their win total from 1997 and is positioned to contend for

New York - Chuck Shelton, 2-3 in his first season with the

Tampa Bay - Tim Marcum, 41-12 in his fourth season with the

New York (2-3) - Lost to New Jersey 53-34, lost to Portland

47-38, defeated Florida 42-38, defeated Albany 57-46, lost to Orlando 43-41.

Tampa Bay (4-1) - Defeated San Jose, 45-23, lost to Nashville

54-52, defeated Houston 56-25, defeated Florida 44-29, defeated New Jersey

QB Mike Perez - While Milwaukee's Todd Hammel is within seven

yards of breaking the league's all time passing yardage record held by former

Storm quarterback Jay Gruden,. Perez is not far behind.

Saturday's game with 15,008 yards through the air, just 506 yards behind

Gruden and third in the league all-time.

with the Albany Firebirds, where he signed the club's record book with a

league record in touchdown passes in one season (84, 1996), and franchise

records in completions (667), yardage (9.597) and touchdowns (197).

has continued to post solid numbers with the CityHawks, he has led the team to

OS Khevin Pratt - Acquired in a trade prior to New York's

, Pratt has a history of success against the Storm.

year, while with the Nashville Kats, he caught six passes for 64 yards and a

While with Charlotte in 1994, he hauled in eight

passes for 96 yards and a 19-yard score from Tony Kimbrough as the Rage handed

the defending champion Storm a stunning opening-night defeat, 44-39 at the

Taking Flight - By winning two of their first five games

this year, the CityHawks have managed to equal their win total for the entire

New York finished the disastrous campaign 2-12 and on a seven-

The skein reached nine with two losses to open this

season, but prior to their loss to Orlando on Monday night, they won two in a

row, pushing their record to the .500 mark for the first time

ended in a heartbreaking 43-41 loss to the Predators on Monday night, but New

York has shown that unlike last year, they are not a pushover.

Jet Flies for Hawks - Prior to the Orlando loss, the

CityHawks made a bold move, trading offensive specialist James Bowden to

Milwaukee for fellow OS Khevin "The Jet" Pratt.

leading receiver when with the Charlotte Rage in 1994, has bounced around the

Arena Football League due to his pursuit of an NFL career and franchise

Anaheim Piranhas, Nashville Kats and the Mustangs on his fuselage.

the Kats after the first month of the season last year

make the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL.

From the Home Office in Wahoo, Nebraska - Once again, the man

whose name David Letterman used to love uttering, kicker Bjorn Nittmo, scrawled his name

in the Storm record book, this time with two single-game marks---most extra

points in a game (10) and most points by a kicker in a game (19). The old

records were held by Jorge Cimadevilla, who nailed nine extra points and 15

total points at Las Vegas on June 2, 1995.

goals, as well, tying the Storm record set by...who else?...Nittmo

points also were the second-best in league history; only Milwaukee's Kenny

Stucker, with 21 in a game against Las Vegas in 1994, can top Nittmo's mark.

Tampa Bay-New York Connections - New York kicker Mike Black

CityHawk WR/DB Eddie Brown played with the Storm from

1992 until 1996, when he was traded to the Connecticut Coyotes...New York

trainer Chuck Reda served in the same position with the Storm from 1991 to

1993...Lineman Roosevelt Nix had his rights traded to the Storm last year,

then had them sent back to the CityHawks when lineman Kent Wells failed to pass his New

Why, We Didn't Expect You Back So Soon - Saturday's game

marks the return to the Ice Palace of CityHawk lineman Wilky Bazile.

Syracuse product and Spring Valley, N.Y. resident was given the chance to play

closer to home, as he was traded by the Storm to New York on May 22 for the

seems to be traded from one Arena Football team to another on a semi-weekly

basis, can play any position, from kicker to quarterback to lineman to

receiver to safety and anywhere else the coach asks him to go.

Turning Over a New Leaf - Perpetually a pestering problem for

the Storm in the last two seasons has been turnover ratio.

the 1997 season with a minus-seven imbalance, and carried the same figure

However, against the Red Dogs, it almost

The Storm forced six turnovers---four fumbles and

Tampa Bay, with its minus-one ratio now has a chance of

breaking back on the happy side of even for the first time in two seasons.

Countdowns - FB/LB Andre Bowden, who gained nine

yards on six carries and scored last week, needs 38 yards to move into

fourth place in league history in rushing; he currently has 655 yards on 198

Bembery, the league's all-time leading sacker, needs one to get

to 40 for his career...Storm coach Tim Marcum is just four wins away from

becoming the first Arena Football League coach to reach the century mark in

Jive Talkin' - Late in the third quarter of last week's

whipping of the Dogs, Storm coach Tim Marcum was whistled for four penalties

Marcum and the officials were in discord about

where the coach should be on the field of play.

those penalties cost the club only six yards, since the dispute began when the

Dogs had a first-and-goal from the Storm seven-yard-line.

penalties were unsportsmanlike conduct fouls on Marcum, but they were merely

assessed at half the distance to the goal line.

Love Is(n't) a Wonderful Thing - Tuesday morning's early 9

a.m. practice on the Ice Palace carpet was their last home field work the

yet again, with this week's attractions being one-time-wanna-be-headbanger

Michael Bolton (with any apologies going out to those who might happen to be

fans of his mid-80s "hair metal"-era body of work) and country singer Clint

Originally, the Storm planned to practice at Blake High School.

However, a combination of oppressive heat and humidity sent the Storm to an

shorter than AFL regulation, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Injury Front - WR/DB Cornell Parker remains on

Walker is doubtful with a pulled groin and was deactivated on

Deactivated Players - Tampa Bay deactivated Walker, lineman

McKinnon...Worthman's deactivation is his first of the season,

while Coleman sits out a second straight game and McKinnon rests for the fifth

...Deactive for the CityHawks are OL/DL Avo Avetisyan, WR/DB

Ray Stukes, OL/DL Patrick Jackson and OL/DL Bret Kwarta.

The teams have met once, with the Storm holding a 1-0 edge.

06/21/97 - Tampa Bay 27, New York 9 - Highlights: Storm

wins, holding CityHawks to franchise record low in points

time, the third-lowest scoring encounter in Arena Football history.

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Wells played for the Tampa Bay Storm of the AFL from 1995 to 1997. He earned First Team All-Arena honors in 1995 and 1996. He was also named Lineman of the Year in 1996. Wells won ArenaBowl IX and X with the Storm.


"InSight" traveled 483 million km (300 million mi) during its journey.

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NASA's First Mission to Study the Interior of Mars Awaits May 5 Launch

NASA's First Deep-Space CubeSats Say: 'Polo!'

# NASA, ULA Launch Mission to Study How Mars Was Made

Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission is on a 300-million-mile

(483-million-kilometer) trip to Mars to study for the first time what lies deep beneath the

InSight launched at 4:05 a.m. PDT (7:05 a.m. EDT)

Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

"The United States continues to lead the way

to Mars with this next exciting mission to study the Red Planet's core and

," said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.

congratulate all the teams from NASA and our international partners who made

As we continue to gain momentum in our work to

send astronauts back to the Moon and on to Mars, missions like InSight are going

NASA's InSight mission launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base for Mars on May 5, 2018-the first interplanetary launch from the West Coast.

InSight is expected to land on the Red Planet on Nov. 26, 2018.

More than a mission to Mars, InSight will help scientists understand the formation and early evolution of all rocky planets, including Earth.

First reports indicate the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V

rocket that carried InSight into space was seen as far south as Carlsbad,

California, and as far east as Oracle, Arizona

One person recorded video of the launch from a

private aircraft flying along the California coast.

the Centaur second stage of the rocket, the spacecraft reached orbit 13 minutes

Sixty-one minutes later, the Centaur ignited a

second time, sending InSight on a trajectory toward the Red Planet.

separated from the Centaur about 9 minutes later -- 93 minutes after launch --

and contacted ground controllers via NASA's Deep Space Network at 5:41 a.m. PDT (8:41

Kennedy Space Center and ULA teams gave us a great ride today and started

InSight on our six-and-a-half-month journey to Mars," said Tom Hoffman, InSight

project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

"We've received positive indication the InSight spacecraft is in good health

and we are all excited to be going to Mars once again to do groundbreaking

, NASA's InSight team now is focusing on the six-month

During the cruise phase of the mission, engineers will check out the

spacecraft's subsystems and science instruments, making sure its solar arrays

and antenna are oriented properly, tracking its trajectory and performing

is scheduled to land on the Red Planet around 3 p.m. EST (noon PST) Nov. 26,

where it will conduct science operations until Nov. 24, 2020, which equates to

one year and 40 days on Mars, or nearly two Earth years.

have been dreaming about doing seismology on Mars for years.

that dream 40 years ago as a graduate student, and now that shared dream has

been lofted through the clouds and into reality," said Bruce Banerdt, InSight

InSight lander will probe and collect data on marsquakes, heat flow from the

planet's interior and the way the planet wobbles, to help scientists understand

what makes Mars tick and the processes that shaped the four rocky planets of our

only teach us about Mars, it will enhance our understanding of

formation of other rocky worlds like Earth and the Moon,

and thousands of planets around other stars," said

Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission

Directorate at the agency headquarters in Washington.

connects science and technology with a diverse

team of JPL-led international and commercial partners."

missions to Mars investigated the surface history of the Red Planet by

examining features like canyons, volcanoes, rocks and soil, but no one has

attempted to investigate the planet's earliest evolution, which can only be

will help us unlock the mysteries of Mars in a new way, by not just studying

the surface of the planet, but by looking deep inside to help us learn about

the earliest building blocks of the planet

manages InSight for NASA's Science Mission Directorate.

NASA's Discovery Program, managed by the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center

. The InSight spacecraft, including cruise stage and

lander, was built and tested by Lockheed Martin Space in Denver.

Services Program at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is responsible for launch service acquisition,

integration, analysis, and launch management

Colorado, is NASA's launch service provider.

number of European partners, including France's Centre National d'Études

Spatiales (CNES) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), are supporting the

CNES provided the Seismic Experiment for Interior

significant contributions from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System

Physical Properties Package (HP3) instrument.

more information about InSight, and to follow along on its flight to Mars,

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

Learn how to turn NASA's mission to explore the 'heart' of Mars into a Teachable Moment for students.

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The bit carousel, which lies at the heart of the rover's Sample Caching System, is now aboard NASA's newest rover.

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While separated by half a century, NASA's Apollo 11 and Mars 2020 missions share same historic goal: returning samples to Earth.

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The first interplanetary CubeSats were recognized by the engineering community with the 2019 Small Satellite Mission of the Year award.

MarCO Wins the 'Oscar' for Tiny Spacecraft

The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission is a robotic lander designed to study the deep interior of the planet Mars. It was manufactured by Lockheed Martin, is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and most of its scientific instruments were built by European agencies. The mission launched on 5 May 2018 at 11:05 UTC aboard an Atlas V-401 rocket and successfully landed at Elysium Planitia on Mars on 26 November 2018 at 19:52:59 UTC.


Hughes renamed it "Jinja Island" and lived there off-grid for the best part of three years.

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# 10 secrets for cheap travel from a world-record globetrotter

Graham Hughes June 11, 2015 in Smart Money

Editor's note: Filmmaker and world-record traveler Graham Hughes lives on an island in Panama that he has dubbed "Jinja Island"; it was his prize in an online "Survivor"-style competition.

The Liverpool, England, native holds two Guinness travel records, including the first and fastest journey to every country in the world (taking four years and 31 days) by "scheduled ground transport."

Here are his best tips for world travel on the cheap.

Steering clear of pricey destinations sounds like a no-brainer.

We all know that travel in Japan, Norway and Australia costs a fortune, but did you know the most expensive city in Africa is in Angola?

Senegal and Ethiopia are not exactly bargains either.

Before you go, check online for prices of hostels, and look up restaurants to see how much they're charging for their least expensive dish.

As a general rule, Southeast Asia and Latin America are cheap and cheerful, but even there you'll find big differences in costs from one country to the next.

Vietnam, Bolivia and Nicaragua always seem to give good value.

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A common mistake a lot of first-time adventure travelers make is to take a massive backpack filled with everything they might need.

When I travel I take nothing I might need, just what I know I need: my passport, a credit card, a camera, some clothes, a tiny sleeping bag, a simple first-aid kit and my laptop.

If you can live without it, don't take it — it's just more things to possibly lose.

(I just ask to use one wherever I'm staying, or else I use the bedsheet!)

Resist the temptation to take a "spare" anything.

If you lose something or it breaks, buy another one.

Traveling with loads of stuff not only makes it unnecessarily difficult to get around, it also restricts your travel options and makes things more expensive.

Excess baggage charges are never what I would call reasonable.

Packing light means you can keep your bag with you at all times — which is important on overnight buses.

Going anywhere without insurance is a gamble — and it's a risk that's just not worth it.

If you get really ill in a foreign country or are involved in a traffic accident, you could face hospital bills in the tens of thousands of dollars.

If you're spending a "gap year" on the road, you don't want to be paying it off for the rest of your life.

Make sure to take along some travel insurance.

Don't forget to check your credit card for any free coverage it might offer.

Even if you have travel insurance, getting sick can be a costly affair (and can ruin your holiday).

So try not to drink the local water, be sure to take your anti-malaria pills and make sure that any food you eat is thoroughly cooked.

Read the latest information on the Internet.

It's important to be privy to the most up-to-date information, or you could wind up spending a lot more than you should.

When it comes to changing money, make sure you know how much a taxi should cost and choose the hostels that offer the best value for money.

I sometimes meet backpackers who like to "dive in and see what happens," but I wouldn't recommend it.

Before I go anywhere, I ensure I've read up about visa requirements, what vaccinations I might need, cultural differences to be respected and country-specific scams to be avoided.

Fall victim to a scam — and some of them can be incredibly elaborate — and you can kiss your shoestring budget goodbye.

When you arrive in a new country, you can usually pick up a local SIM card for just a few dollars.

Pop it into your unlocked phone and you'll be able to receive calls from home without paying through the nose.

Local calls and data rates will be reasonable and you'll be able to make emergency calls for free.

If you desperately need to call a phone number back home, the cheapest way to do it is to turn on your mobile data and to use an online calling service such as SkypeOut.

It goes without saying, but never go abroad and leave your home SIM in your phone.

Even if you try your level best not to make any calls, the bill when you get back will invariably be outrageous.

In India, the Taj Mahal is free on Friday afternoon for prayers (but don't run around snapping pictures).

The High Line in New York, the City Circle tram in Melbourne, Australia, the Hong Kong zoo — none of these things will cost you a dime either.

A bit of urban exploration or a self-guided walking tour of a city is a great way to spend an afternoon.

Take the elevator up to the top floor of a tall hotel.

Maybe you can scoff some free samples in a supermarket.

Find out if there are going to be any free concerts or street festivals that week.

Even so, there are always going to be things that you want to do or see that you have to pay for.

So, if you're a student, apply for an ISIC, or International Student Identity Card.

It can save you a third or more on flights, as well as attractions.

A similar card for teachers is called an ITIC.

##### Be flexible, and don’t rush things

When looking for flights, try to book out of season, buy your tickets early and go for smaller carriers, such as easyJet and Ryanair in Europe or China Eastern in Asia.

Google Flights is a great place to look for bargains, and STA Travel's website usually has good offers, even if you're not a student.

In general, flying around a region will be more expensive than traveling over land, and private transit will always be more expensive than public.

If you don't have a problem sleeping on buses, travel at night and save the money you would have spent on accommodations.

Bus services, such as Megabus, are "no frills," but if you book early enough, they're cheap as chips.

Hitchhiking is a great way to cover vast distances for nothing at all — but always put safety first.

I would recommend thumbing rides in pairs and texting the license plate to a friend before you get in.

When renting a car, book the smallest and least expensive model.

The rental service will often give you a free upgrade when you arrive.

Alternatively, stock up at the supermarket and cook at your hostel.

If you're in a pinch, swallow your pride and go to McDonald's, KFC or Subway — nobody has to know.

As far as drinking is concerned, the worst thing you can do to your wallet is to go to a swanky bar and drink expensive imported beer.

Talk to the locals; they'll introduce you to the cheapest national beverage and the best places to drink it.

If you get invited to a house party, you're all set — you can buy your booze much cheaper at a supermarket, and there will be no entry fee.

As a tourist, more often than not, you are going to get charged more than a local for most goods and services, so don't be embarrassed to haggle.

In places like Egypt and India, it is almost rude not to!

In countries that have no meters on the taxis, remember to negotiate the price before you set off, because once you arrive at your destination they'll have you over a barrel.

You've probably heard this a bajillion times, but if something seems too good to be true, it generally is.

A super cheap tour of the pyramids will invariably culminate in a high-pressure "tour" of a perfume/carpet/trinket shop.

A "free" ride on a camel won't be free when you want to get off the damn thing.

After a while, haggling becomes fun, but don't get carried away.

Once you start quibbling over pennies, you make all us backpackers look bad.

CouchSurfing.com is the worst-kept secret in budget travel.

It is a network of men and women from all over the world who are happy to let happy vagabonds stay a night (or several) for free.

One night, you might be sleeping on the floor of a shack, the next you might be sleeping in a four-poster bed in a penthouse apartment (or even on a private island).

Not only will it save you a ton of money, it's also a lot of fun.

CouchSurfing.com is a good way of ensuring that somebody is expecting you in each new destination — somebody who can raise the alarm if you don't turn up.

It's also a great way to gain that all-important local knowledge — and make awesome new friends!

If you can't find a host, you might want to consider renting a room via a service such as Airbnb.

Or else find a sun lounger on the beach and sleep out under the stars.

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Hughes's personal video log of the first year of his expedition was made into an eight-part television series called "Graham's World" or "Lonely Planet's The Odyssey". It was commissioned by the National Geographic Adventure channel, produced by Lonely Planet and distributed by BBC Worldwide. It has been broadcast in over 50 countries, including China, India, Australia and the USA (on Travel Channel).
 On 12 December 2013, Hughes was declared the winner of "SOS Island", a "Survivor"-like show featuring Les Stroud which relied on social media to promote Samsung products on a desert island setting. The prize was $100,000 towards a future island adventure of his choice. He chose to buy an island in Bocas Del Toro, Panama, from fellow British adventurer Ian Usher.


In March 2018, McKenzie became the only of the four defendants to not receive any jail time after accepting a plea deal which included 10 years probation and a lifetime registration as a sex offender.

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# Jaborian McKenzie, final Vanderbilt rape suspect, gets plea deal: 10 years probation, lifelong sex offender

Adam Tamburin, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee

Published 9:17 a.m. CT May 21, 2018 | Updated 5:43 p.m. CT May 21, 2018Fourth and final defendant in Vanderbilt rape case pleads guilty Fullscreen

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He accepted a plead guilty to facilitation of aggravated rape.

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After nearly five years, the final defendant in the rape case against four former Vanderbilt University football players stepped forward Monday and took responsibility for what he did.

Jaborian "Tip" McKenzie, who testified against his three co-defendants, accepted a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to facilitation of the aggravated rape of an unconscious female student, closing a case that shook the community and challenged one of its bedrock institutions.

Jaborian "Tip" McKenzie, who cooperated with prosecutors and testified against his three co-defendants, accepted a plea deal on Monday and pleaded guilty to facilitation of aggravated rape.

Prosecutors hope his guilty plea will bring peace to the young woman who has testified four times about the rape, each time identifying herself in pictures and videos of the brutal assault.

McKenzie, who is now 23, will serve 10 years of probation for his role in the crime.

He also will register as a sex offender, a label he will carry for life.

► Timeline: See a list of key events in the Vanderbilt rape case

► More: Rape case prompted changes at Vanderbilt, but more work remains

McKenzie hung his head while Assistant District Attorney Jan Norman described the case against him during a muted, seven-minute hearing.

On June 23, 2013, McKenzie helped his three teammates carry the woman into a dorm room at Gillette Hall after a night out drinking with co-defendant Brandon Vandenburg.

Then, for 32 minutes, the men took photos and videos while three of them raped her.

There was no evidence McKenzie touched the woman.

But he was standing next to his teammates while they raped and slapped her, something he had described under oath.

McKenzie answered Criminal Court Judge Monte Watkins' questions with "yes, sir" and "no, sir" before pleading guilty.

His mother watched silently from the front row, where she sat alone.

## Prosecutors wondered 'would this day ever come?'

There was none of the frenetic energy that colored the trials against McKenzie's three co-defendants.

"Almost five years," Deputy District Attorney Roger Moore said after the hearing.

"There was times when we thought, 'Would this day ever come?'"

► Final defendant: After nearly 5 years, fourth and final defendant in Vanderbilt rape case appears in court

► Related: Co-defendant, Banks remained friends after Vanderbilt rape case

McKenzie's three co-defendants — Vandenburg, 24; Cory Batey, 24; and Brandon Banks, 24 — have all been convicted of aggravated rape and are serving time in Tennessee prisons.

The verdicts followed a 2015 mistrial against Vandenburg and Batey.

After the final trial against Banks wrapped in June 2017, prosecutors began "lengthy discussions" with McKenzie and his attorney Jodie Bell that led to Monday's deal, Moore said.

McKenzie's three co-defendants all have appeals pending, but he will not be able to appeal the decision.

And his deal bars him from discussing the case in any public forum during his 10-year probation.

## McKenzie's role as a key witness for the state figured into his deal

McKenzie came to prosecutors and police in 2013 before charges were filed in the case.

His cooperation as a key witness in four trials "merited significant consideration," Moore said.

"In any case, cooperation is something that is going to be taken into consideration," Moore said.

"His cooperation spanned literally almost five years."

► From 2016:McKenzie said Brandon Vandenburg was 'bossy' during rape

The victim, who had attended the trials against McKenzie's co-defendants, was not in the courtroom Monday.

But Norman said prosecutors had kept her informed throughout the case.

"We've talked to her about everything that has occurred in this case from the beginning," Norman said.

"She has been supportive of the prosecution of this case."

An attorney who represents the woman declined to comment Monday.

The USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee generally does not name victims of sexual assault.

In 2013, an unconscious woman was gang-raped in a Vanderbilt dorm.

Since then, three men have been convicted and sentenced.

Karen Grigsby, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee

## After the plea, prosecutor says, 'the victim in this case can get some peace'

The rape case became a lightning rod in the conversation about sexual assault on college campuses.

It drew international attention and transformed Vanderbilt's approach to campus assaults, with the university rolling out new training and resources around the issue.

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In a statement, Vanderbilt praised the victim, a student who has since graduated from the university.

"She has shown incredible strength and courage, and we are grateful that she will be spared the burden of testifying at another trial," the statement read.

"As a university community, we continue to build upon our efforts to combat sexual violence and are deeply committed to ensuring the safety of our campus.

Sexual violence will never be tolerated at Vanderbilt – we will continue to investigate incidents, support victims and hold perpetrators accountable."

Norman said she was hopeful Monday's hearing could close an arduous and painful chapter in the victim's life.

"The victim in this case can get some peace," Jan Norman said.

"It's been almost five entire years, and for her to have that moment of this ending and this not being something that is talked about in the public on a regular basis, she absolutely deserves that."

► More: Vanderbilt rape victim: 'I am the only person ... who never had a choice'

Norman said the victim's resilience during the grueling crawl to justice was a motivating force for prosecutors.

"I take hope and strength in her strength because she has been so amazing through this process, and I don't think that another person would be able to get through this process the way that she has," Norman said.

"She really is a truly remarkable woman."

Reach Adam Tamburin at 615-726-5986 and atamburin@tennessean.com.

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 On August 9, 2013, Brandon Vandenburg, Cory Batey, Brandon Banks and Jaborian McKenzie were indicted for rape and had been arrested. All four men were charged with five counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. They had raped an unconscious 21-year-old victim in the school's Gillette House dorm on June 23, 2013. The defendants were dismissed from the football team on June 29, 2013 and banned from campus during the six-week investigation that followed. A fifth player, Chris Boyd, pleaded guilty to criminal attempt to commit accessory after the fact and was dismissed from the team but not the university for his role in helping to cover up the rape.
 In July 2016, Batey received a 15-year prison sentence after being convicted. In November 2016, Vanderburg was sentenced to 17 years in prison after being convicted. In August 2017, Banks received a 15-year sentence after being convicted.


His best-known role was in the 1949 film "Kind Hearts and Coronets", where he played Lionel, Sibella's dull husband whom Louis was accused of murdering.

(meta data) TITLE: BFI Screenonline: Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) Credits

Louis Mazzini/Louis' fatherPRICE, Dennis

Lord Ascoyne D'Ascoyne, the bankerGUINNESS, Alec

colonel, the prison governorMORTON, Clive

Miss Waterman, the schoolmistressLEAKE, Barbara

Rev Lord Henry D'Ascoyne, the parsonGUINNESS, Alec

Admiral Lord Horatio D'AscoyneGUINNESS, Alec

Ethelred D'Ascoyne, Duke of ChalfontGUINNESS, Alec

Music Performed byPhilharmonia Orchestra

Director of PhotographySLOCOMBE, Douglas

[Assistant Director (2nd)]ORTON, David W.

(Derek)John Penrose (5 May 1914 – 22 May 1983) was a British actor. After graduating from RADA in 1936, he made his London stage debut the following year in "Old Music" at the St. James' Theatre.