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Sharply contrasting any Nazi disappointment was the emotional response of Gaston Moch, Bob Moch's father, who listened to the race on CBS back in Montesano, Washington. Tuning in early, he found it on CBS and felt lucky to catch it. "The broadcast direct from Germany came in fine, at exactly 9 a.m. here the race started, [though] it had been advertised for 9:15 a.m.,” he wrote the following day. His letter to his son captures the excitement of his listening experience:

“I thought the race on Wednesday with England was a thriller but the one yesterday was about all we could stand... The broadcast direct from Germany came in fine, at exactly 9 a.m. here the race started, it had been advertised for 9:35 a.m. I stayed home and Mrs. Melville opened the store, we were going to sit down and have breakfast when the returns started coming and the announcement that the race would start at nine so, Mom, Sis and I gathered around the radio and what thrills we did get but you certainly came in in fine style and we jumped, hugged, cried and laughed all at the same time. It was the most exciting moment that I have ever experienced, you and those Huskies certainly put on the most marvelous fight I ever heard of, we are so darn proud that we just don't know how to act.”

— an excerpt from Six Minutes in Berlin: Broadcast Spectacle and Rowing Gold at the Nazi Olympics by Michael J., Socolow

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Pordenonelegge 2023

Pordenonelegge 2023, con la sua ventiquattresima edizione, è in programma nella città friulana dal 13 al 15 settembre e conta 570 ospiti italiani e internazionali, 334 appuntamenti e 65 libri presentati in anteprima. Sarà un evento quest’anno nel segno della leggerezza, nei libri e nella vita, perché ci sono cose leggere da leggere, ma anche perché l’interpretazione della realtà pone spesso di fronte a segnali ambigui, sempre più pervasivi, e a significati manipolabili. L’immagine delle piume è il simbolo dell’edizione 2023, nel centenario della nascita di Italo Calvino, a cui Pordenonelegge rende omaggio con un percorso di incontri. Pordenonelegge ha  l’inaugurazione affidata allo scrittore ucraino Andrei Kurkov, che ha appena pubblicato Diario di un’invasione e in anteprima assoluta presenta il nuovo romanzo Api grigie. Dalla Francia arrivano Laurent Mauvignier, Philippe Forest, Lydie Salvayre, Michel Bussi e Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt con la prima presentazione italiana della sua ultima riflessione in cui è custodita una lettera inedita all’autore di Papa Francesco. Oltre all’autrice Premio Nobel Annie Ernaux, che il 16 settembre riceverò al festival il Premio Crédit Agricole La storia in un romanzo, ci saranno Andrè Aciman, R. J. Palacio, Elisabet Benavent, Alberto Manguel, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai; Michael Žantovský, Nino Haratischwili, Natasha Solomons, Michael Bible; Robert Perišić, Anil Seth, Sally Hayden, Ramin Bahrami. L’elenco delle grandi voci della letteratura, del pensiero e dello spettacolo al festival che hanno scelto Pordenonelegge 2023 per presentare i loro nuovi libri vede Michela Marzano, Emanuele Trevi, Viola Ardone, Paolo Di Paolo, Corrado Augias, Mauro Corona e molti altri. Saranno presenti inoltre Antonio Manzini, Giancarlo De Cataldo, Ilaria Tuti, Francesco Piccolo, Antonia Arslan, Mauro Covacich, Daniele Mencarelli, Giuseppe Culicchia, Tiziano Scarpa, Massimo Recalcati, Vittorio Sgarbi, Marco Balzano, Marcello Veneziani, Pier Aldo Rovatti, Giorgio Vallortigara, Ilaria Capua, Piergiorgio Odifreddi, Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, Toni Capuozzo, Vittorino Andreoli, Sandro Veronesi con Edoardo De Angelis, Malika Ayane, Dante Spinotti, Davide Toffolo, Sabina Guzzanti, Natalino Balasso, Massimo Cirri, Giuseppe Montesano, Matteo Lancini, Tullio Avoledo, Stefania Andreoli, Vittorio Bertola, Stefano Quintarelli, Nicola Gardini. Per le voci in dialogo, valore aggiunto del festival si confronteranno Marco Missiroli e Marco Cassardo, Andrea Molesini e Gianni Biondillo, Evelina Santangelo e Alberto Rollo, Romana Petri ed Elisabetta Rasy, Paola Mastrocola e Cristina Battocletti, Giorgio Nisini e Roberta Scorranese, Annalena Benini e Mariapia Veladiano, Matteo Bussola e Enrico Galiano, Elena Loewenthal e Franco Faggiani, Enrico Brizzi e Alessandra Selmi, Marco Malvaldi e Carlo Vecce, Romolo Bugaro e Maria Castellitto, Gabriella Caramore e Lidia Ravera, Alberto Casadei e Luca Doninelli, Sandrone Dazieri e Piergiorgio Pulixi. Read the full article

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Discovery: Love Me My Alien

Love Me My Alien is a Philadelphia, USA-based music collective formed by brothers and multi-instrumentalists Anthony and Michael Montesano with Justin DiFebbo. They’ve just come to my attention thanks to their new track We Can Fly. Continue reading Untitled

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CONCERT REVIEW: The Struts - Live at the Drive In (19 August 2020)

Starlight Drive-In, Butler, Pennsylvania

For my first real post on Troubled Times Music Review, I’ll be discussing a show I went to recently. I had the pleasure of seeing The Struts for the 2nd time (the first being in 2018, opening for Foo Fighters). I was so excited to see that The Struts would be coming to Butler, as this is about 40 minutes away from me. I usually have to drive 1-2 hours to either Pittsburgh or Cleveland for shows. Other than that, I finally got to see some live music! I’ve only been to live stream concerts in 2020 (as well as seeing a friend’s band, which is still enjoyable but isn’t exactly the same). Overall, this was a great night and I’m glad I got to experience it. Keep reading for more! 

Nick Perri & The Underground Thieves

I’ll start by talking about the opening band: Nick Perri & The Underground Thieves. This band hails from Philadelphia and is led by musician/producer Nick Perri. Before this show was announced, I had never heard of this band. I’m glad I know them now. I first listened to them a few days before the show. When doing this, I realised that their debut album, Sun Via, came out on 14 August. I won’t go into too much detail about this album since this is a concert review, but the album is great. Check it out!

Lineup at This Show

Nick Perri - Lead vocals, guitar

Brian Weaver - Bass

Justin DiFebbo - Keys

Michael Montesano - Backing vocals, maracas, guitar

Anthony Montesano - Backing vocals, tambourine

Zil Fessler - Drums

Setlist

Let You Know

Feeling Good

I Want You

Modern Man (Unreleased song)

Excess

*”White Noise” and “Everybody Wants One” were played during soundcheck but not during the show*

The Struts

The Struts are a band I would 100% recommend to anyone. On top of the heaps of talent within this band and the relatability of their music, concertgoers find themselves craving more. They put on one hell of a show. As much as we might not like to admit it, some of our favourite bands just aren’t nearly as good live as in recordings. This is not one of those bands. The only disappointing thing about their shows is that they end. This particular one consisted mostly of high energy songs that you can’t help but dance to, even with 6+ feet between you and everyone else. With stellar vocals and invigorating instrumentals, The Struts’ performance is one you don’t want to miss.

Lineup at This Show

Luke Spiller - Lead vocals

Adam Slack - Guitar

Jed Elliott - Bass

Gethin Davies - Drums

Jesse Blum (MisterWives) - Trumpet

Mike Murphy (Misterwives) - Saxophone

Setlist

Primadonna Like Me

Body Talks

Kiss This

Fire (Part 1)

One Night Only

Strange Days (Unreleased song)

Another Hit of Showmanship (Unreleased song

I Do It So Well

Cool (Unreleased song; with Nick Perri)

Put Your Money On Me

Where Did She Go

Encore

Could Have Been Me

Overall Opinion

Not to be dramatic or anything, but The Struts are one of the best bands I’ve ever seen live. This show was no exception. We were in the 2nd row of cars, pretty much in the middle, so the only spot that would have been better was the one in front of us. We could see the stage perfectly, which I’m so happy about. Concerts are hard for short people. As someone who is prone to seizures, I get kind of nervous about shows and that the flashing lights might bother me. Unfortunately, it’s happened before. At this one, however, the lights were just the right level of flashy to not be bothersome. The only real inconvenience at this show was that they had special drive-in concert shirts and posters, but they sold all of them in Philadelphia the night before so I couldn’t get one. But I’m just thankful to have been able to go to a concert, and a great one at that!

Overall Rating

10/10!

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"Philippine politics in 2002 was characterized by early maneuvering for the presidential election of 2004, which President Arroyo will be eligible to contest, and by continuing violence in the country's troubled South. Economic indicators looked promising in the first half of the year. But the second half brought signs of a downturn on several fronts. Crippling revenue shortfalls contributed to a mounting fiscal deficit. As part of Washington's international war on terror, Manila welcomed American troops to the southern Philippines early in 2002. Renewed Philippine-American military ties seemed to reflect long-term U.S. priorities in the region. Three issues shaped Philippine affairs in 2002: President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's eligibility to contest the 2004 election, ever-greater government revenue shortfalls, and American determination to use the country as a venue for strategic posturing in Southeast Asia. The persistent problems of the Philippine South and continued economic sluggishness framed the ways in which these issues played out over the course of the year." – Michael J. Montesano, The Philippines in 2002: Playing Politics, Facing Deficits, and Embracing Uncle Sam

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NY state lawmaker will ask legislature to impeach Cuomo over nursing home scandal | Fox News

NY state lawmaker will ask legislature to impeach Cuomo over nursing home scandal | Fox News

Republicans talking about impeachment? II wonder where they got that idea from. New York, NY – EXCLUSIVE: New York Assemblyman Michael Montesano said he plans to ask the state legislature to consider impeaching Gov. Andrew Cuomo after a bombshell admission by his top aide that their office allegedly covered up data on COVID-19 nursing home deaths to shake off a Justice Department probe on the…

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Nouveautés de la semaine (24/02/20)

À la une : Méthodes empiriques de recherche en information et communication / Gérard Derèze

Cote de rangement : P 91 .3 D 258848 / Domaine : Méthodologie

« Mettre sur pied une recherche empirique en communication grâce à de nombreux exemples et conseils pratiques.

Ce manuel propose une approche pratique, cadrée et réflexive de méthodes empiriques de recherche en information-communication.

Après un bref exposé des principales caractéristiques de ces méthodes envisagées dans une perspective ethnographique, l’auteur aborde les dimensions concrètes de l’investigation : observer, documenter, photographier, interviewer, décrire, analyser, interpréter, rendre compte. L’approche proposée dans ce manuel émerge de croisements avec des travaux et des démarches provenant de différents champs (anthropologie, sociologie, photographie documentaire, journalisme…) et prône la complémentarité des visées descriptives et interprétatives. Cette conception de la recherche peut être singularisée dans le projet d’une ethnographie journalistique.

Cet ouvrage souhaite fournir des repères et être un stimulant à la mise en œuvre de recherches concrètes. Il est conçu et construit pour amener les étudiantes et les étudiants à s’approprier le positionnement et les démarches de façon à la fois rigoureuse, personnelle et critique. Ce manuel est une nouvelle édition (largement) revue et augmentée de Méthodes empiriques de recherche en communication, ouvrage paru en 2009 chez le même éditeur.

Cet ouvrage s’adresse prioritairement, mais pas exclusivement, aux étudiantes et aux étudiants en information-communication et en journalisme qui se préparent à faire leurs premières expériences de recherche in vivo.

Gérard Derèze est professeur à l’École de journalisme de Louvain (EjL) de l’UCLouvain à Louvain-la-Neuve. Il est co-directeur de l’Observatoire de Recherche sur les Médias et le journalisme (ORM). Il s’intéresse essentiellement aux pratiques empiriques croisant l’ethnographie et le journalisme, aux approches documentaires et aux questions de méthodes. Il est ethnologue de formation et docteur en communication. » - Quatrième de couverture

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Finance

Fintech : la finance pour tous / Marion Labouré, Lionel Melka, Dorian Klein

Cote de rangement : HG 173 .3 L 258842

International currency exposure / edited by Yin-Wong Cheung and Frank Westermann

Cote de rangement : HG 3851 I 258856

Financial decisions and markets : a course in asset pricing / John Y. Campbell

Cote de rangement : HG 4636 C 258851

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Gestion

Petite philosophie de la transformation digitale ou Comment (re)découvrir l'art du zigzag / Luc de Brabandere ; préface d'Antoine Gourévitch

Cote de rangement : HD 6331 D 258843

Les nouveaux travailleurs des applis / [coordonné par] Sarah Abdelnour, Dominique Méda

Cote de rangement : HD 6331 N 258844

Netflix at the nexus : content, practice, and production in the age of streaming television / edited by Theo Plothe & Amber M. Buck

Cote de rangement : HD 9697 N 258852

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Informatique

After net neutrality : a new deal for the digital age / Victor Packard and David Elliot Berman

Cote de rangement : HE 7465 P 258849

Big data : promise, application and pitfalls / edited by John Storm Pedersen, Adrian Wilkinson

Cote de rangement : QA 76 .9.B45 B 258854

Mining of masive datasets / Jure Leskovec, Anand Rajaraman, Jeffrey David Ullman

Cote de rangement : QA 76 .9.D343 L 258859

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Sciences politiques

Les Narcisse : ils ont pris le pouvoir / Marie-France Hirigoyen

Cote de rangement : BF 575 H 258845

Critical policy discourse analysis / edited by Nicolina Montesano Montessori, Michael Farrelly, Jane Mulderrig

Cote de rangement : H 97 C 258860

Clientelism and democratic representation in comparative perspective / edited by Saskia Ruth-Lovell, Maria Spirova

Cote de rangement : JF 2111 C 258853

U.S. democracy promotion in the Arab world : beyond interests vs. ideals / Mieczysław P. Boduszyński

Cote de rangement : JZ 1480 B 258857

Power to the people : how open technological innovation is arming tomorrow's terrorists / Audrey Kurth Cronin

Cote de rangement : U 39 C 258858

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Migrations

Environmental conflicts, migration and governance / edited by Tim Krieger, Diana Panke and Michael Pregernig

Cote de rangement : JV 6225 E 258862

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Mobilité

Dieselgate : repenser la mobilité sans diesel / Karima Delli ; avec Xavier Maurel ; préface d'Audrey Pulvar

Cote de rangement : TD 886 .5 D 258841

The politics of cycling infrastructure : spaces and (in)equality / edited by Peter Cox and Till Koglin

Cote de rangement : TE 301 P 258855

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Communication

Le numérique comme écriture : théories et méthodes d'analyse / Emmanuël Souchier, Étienne Candel, Gustavo Gomez-Mejia ; avec la collaboration de Valérie Jeanne-Perrier

Cote de rangement : P 99 .4.S62 S 258846

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Économie

Economic dimensions of personalized and precision medicine / edited by Ernst R. Berndt, Dana P. Goldman, and John W. Rowe

Cote de rangement : PM 301 .3 E 258850

L'entrepreneur idéal : éloge de la permaculture d'entreprise ! / Philippe Ledent ; préface de Philippe Ledent

Cote de rangement : HB 615 L 258840

Markets, state, and people : economics of public policy / Diane Coyle

Cote de rangement : HD 87 C 258861

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Tous ces ouvrages sont exposés sur le présentoir des nouveautés de la BSPO. Ceux-ci pourront être empruntés à domicile à partir du 9 mars 2020.

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On the other side of the planet, Gaston Moch heard the interview while attending a Montesano Chamber of Commerce meeting. Just before the broadcast, he wrote, the room hushed. "At 1 o'clock the Olympic Review came direct from Germany. Hume spoke and then another thrill when you got on, it was so quite [sic] in the room you could have heard a pin drop and your voice sounded great, it came in fine, and everyone enjoyed it."

— an excerpt from Six minutes in Berlin: broadcast spectacle and rowing Gold at the Nazi Olympics by Michael J., Socolow

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Can Thailand ever be a democracy? | Inside Story by Al Jazeera English When you look at a country that's had 12 coups since 1932, along with another seven attempted ones, well, there's clearly something of a love-hate relationship with democracy. And so it is in Thailand, which had an election in March, the first since the 2014 coup, and now has a newly-confirmed Prime Minister. Only this Prime Minister was the same army general who led that coup, leading to a whole lot of questions about the true state of democracy in Thailand. On Inside Story, an in-depth discussion on the relationship between state, military, monarchy, and the people, and why that mixture proves so unstable, time and time again. Presenter: Kamahl Santamaria Guests Michael Montesano, coordinator for the Thailand Studies Programme at the Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore. Sunai Phasuk, senior researcher for Asia at Human Rights Watch, and a former adviser to the Thai Senate. Anthony Nelson, Director of the East Asia and Pacific Practice at the advisory firm Albright Stonebridge Group. - Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/291RaQr - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/1iHo6G4 - Check our website: http://bit.ly/2lOp4tL #AlJazeeraEnglish #TheStream #ThailandDemocracy

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Thailand’s hopes of democracy are receding

WHEN Yingluck Shinawatra, a former prime minister of Thailand, fled the country a few days ago, she left more than an empty chair in the Supreme Court behind. On August 25th she had been due to hear the verdict in a case against her for negligence in a rice-subsidy scheme she ran while in office that cost the government around $16bn. Though she was ousted in a coup in 2014, Ms Yingluck had remained a symbolic figure for opponents of the junta. The generals will not be sorry she has gone.

The scene at the courthouse—and Ms Yingluck’s absence from it—epitomised the shambles that Thai politics has descended into. When she failed to turn up, the judge said he did not believe her lawyer’s claim that she was ill and demanded her arrest. Despite Ms Yingluck’s poor record in office, and a very heavy police presence, many thousands of her fans turned up at the courthouse hoping to catch a glimpse of her (one of them is pictured, after hearing news of the escape of her hero whose face is on her shirt).

Ms Yingluck fled to Dubai, where her billionaire brother Thaksin Shinawatra, who was prime minister between 2001 and 2006, himself fled 11 years ago before the conclusion of a graft case. The family’s influence reflects the narrowness of the country’s political class. Since 2001 the Shinawatra clan has won every election held in the country that the generals have permitted to take place. Critics of Ms Yingluck claim that her brother continued to pull the strings from his self-imposed exile during his sister’s rule. Like him, she pursued populist policies, such as the rice scheme, which pleased their largely rural supporters, known as “red shirts”, and angered royalist rivals, or “yellow shirts”.

A thrice-delayed general election is due to be held next year. But Ms Yingluck’s departure bodes ill for any hope of renewing Thailand’s democracy. Without her, the red shirts have no political figurehead, says Michael Montesano of the Institute of South-East Asian Studies, a think-tank in Singapore. Her flight will further demoralise the already weak Pheu Thai party she heads.

Without Ms Yingluck, the ruling junta may find it easier to maintain a tight grip. It has dodged the dilemma of imprisoning a much-loved politician, or freeing her and undermining its own authority. Corruption, such as that which plagued the rice scheme on Ms Yingluck’s watch, was cited by the junta as one justification for its coup. (On the day of Ms Yingluck’s no-show, Thailand’s generals had the satisfaction of seeing a 42-year sentence imposed by the Supreme Court on her former commerce minister for offences related to those that she was alleged to have committed.)

But there are potential troubles ahead for the junta. In just two months the cremation will take place of the country’s much loved king, Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in 2016. He was succeeded by his less popular son, Maha Vajiralongkorn. More drama from the Shinawatra clan could disrupt the careful choreography of the event.

 This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline "Another coup for the generals"

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THE UNDERGROUND THIEVES - announce opening slot for THE STRUTS #theundergroundtheives #thestruts

THE UNDERGROUND THIEVES – announce opening slot for THE STRUTS #theundergroundtheives #thestruts

THE UNDERGROUND THIEVES – announce opening slot for THE STRUTS #theundergroundtheives #thestruts

THIS SONG IS SO CATCHY!!! Love this song, crank it up!!!

Photo: (from left to right) Anthony Montesano, Justin DiFebbo, Brian Weaver, Nick Perri, Michael Montesano, Zil Fessler. Photo by Derek Brad.

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Funeral for Thai king a 5-day marathon of intense solemnity

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Funeral for Thai king a 5-day marathon of intense solemnity

The exactingly planned five-day funeral for Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej will be governed by strict protocols for how the public and media conduct themselves that are as much about honoring the monarch as they are about controlling a delicate political moment.

The detailed prescriptions for appearance and behavior show a particular concern for what images of Thailand and its royals are circulated during and after the elaborate ceremonies, which include Bhumibol’s cremation on Thursday evening.

Thais are known for a highly emotional adulation of Bhumibol, which palace officials assiduously cultivated over his 70-year reign, but the funeral will be an intensely somber event, intentionally drained of possibilities for spontaneity.

Only state-controlled TV can provide a live broadcast, and police have prohibited screen-printing of pictures of Bhumibol and his magnificent golden-colored cremation pyre on T-shirts and the like.

The crowds of mourners who’ll squeeze into Bangkok’s historic royal quarter starting Wednesday will be a sea of black attire. They will be permitted to prostrate in silence when the royal procession passes, but must not shout “Long Live the King” or hold up cellphones to take selfies with the procession in the background.

Besides considerable security, an army of volunteers will be on hand to police behavior.

“If people act inappropriately, volunteers must be psychological and speak to them with soft voices to avoid violence,” said Sansern Kaewkumnerd, a spokesman for the military government in power since a 2014 coup.

Because of Thailand’s tropical climate, umbrellas, hats and sunglasses will be allowed, but they must be black or similarly muted and taken off to show respect to the royal procession when it passes.

“The bigger issue going on here is that spontaneity means lack of control, and if there is anything the current regime wants to avoid, it is disorder or any evidence that they are not in control,” said Tamara Loos, a professor of Southeast Asian studies at Cornell University.

The Oct. 13, 2016, death of the 88-year-old Bhumibol, known as Rama IX as the Chakri dynasty’s ninth monarch, sparked a national outpouring of grief and a year of mourning.

The affection he inspired was in part the result of decades of work by palace officials to rebuild the prestige of the monarchy, which had lost much of its influence after a 1932 coup ended centuries of absolute rule by Thai kings.

As a unifying symbol, Bhumibol earned genuine respect in a nation frequently rocked by political turmoil. But even the current military government’s aggressive use of a draconian lese majeste law and online censorship has been unable to paper over divisions that find an outlet in criticism of the monarchy as the apex of a society in which the army has ousted elected governments twice since 2006.

“This long five-day ceremony is the precise moment when authorities would want to control any negative responses to King Bhumibol and the memory of his reign,” said Loos.

“I could see real violence happening if there were protests against the monarchy during this moment because people are emotional,” she said. “And nothing could be worse for Thailand now than to have bloodshed during the funeral ceremony.”

Thailand’s army on Tuesday detained a political activist, Ekachai Hongkangwan, after he wrote on Facebook that he planned to wear a red shirt on Thursday, a color-coded nod to supporters of the democratically elected governments ousted in the 2006 and 2014 army coups.

Requirements for journalists, and especially photographers, are particularly precise and outlined in a three-page document that includes a full page of additional regulations set by special branch police.

Formal dress requirements that are typical for close quarters contact with members of the royal family include a prohibition on earrings, beards or mustaches for men, and unnatural hair coloring for women.

Photographers must bow or curtsy before and after taking photographs of the new king and other members of the royal family and cannot approach closer than 5 meters (yards), or 10 meters if using a flash that must not exceed 1,500 watts.

Journalists are confined to specific stands, and the special branch police’s instructions for how they take photographs are designed to preserve regal dignity: no photographs of royals while they are ascending or descending between levels, such as while walking on stairs; no photographs directly in the face while they are seated; no photographs of royals eating.

Michael Montesano, coordinator of the Thailand Studies Program at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore, said the ceremonies are a goodbye to Bhumibol but also show an attempt to set the tone for the reign of his son, King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun, who has had far less contact with ordinary Thais than his father.

Montesano said Bhumibol’s high-profile trips during his reign to the Thai countryside and efforts to improve the living standards of villagers earned him goodwill and became elevated to mythic levels through palace efforts to restore a sense of mystery to the monarchy.

“These two things go hand in hand,” he said. “One of the questions is where this notion of a sacred monarchy, a monarchy with some mystery to it, and all this ceremony will fit into the way the monarchy really operates during the next reign.”

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My Horse Has Glaucoma?

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My Horse Has Glaucoma?

Photo: Nettie Liburt, MS, PhD, PAS

I was working when the barn manager called around 8:30 in the morning oncommemorationDay 2016 to tell me that ET’s right eye was swollen shut.

My 16-year-old Appendix gelding hasanpropensity for getting into trouble,accordinglythis wasn’t thelatertime I’d madetheemergency call to the vet. Iimmediateto the barnandmet Dr. Cathe Montesano, of MontesanoandTallarico, DVM, LLP, in Smithtown,contemporaryYork. Afteranexamination, however, she gave me the most serious eye-related diagnosis I’d received: “ET has glaucoma.”

Come again? He was fine yesterday. How did this happen?

What is Glaucoma?

The Merck Veterinary Manual defines glaucomaAsonegroup of diseases characterized by increased intraocular pressure with resultant retinalwithoptic disk destruction—basically, increased pressure within the eye thatcancause vision-threatening damage. Glaucomacanbe painful, potentially chronicwithdifficult to treat. Elevated intraocular pressuremayimpede blood flow to the retinaanddamage to the optic nerve, causing damagewithpotentially blindness. 

Glaucomamayresult fromthechronic inflammatory condition, suchAsuveitis. But because ET has never had uveitis, the veterinarians ruled it outAt the timethecause. ET didHaveashallowcorneal ulcer, however, suggesting he had poked his eye. This made board-certified veterinary ophthalmologist Dr. Noelle La Croix of the Veterinary Medical Center ofwishIsland (VMCLI), in West Islip,newYork, think ET likely had “ocular hypertension,”such asbutthebitVarythan true glaucoma.

“ET’s eye was traumatized,andthe pressures in this eye were elevated,” she clarified. “All eyes thatHavehad trauma or inflammation are at risk for glaucoma in the future.”

Dr. Montesanoandher husbandandpartner, Dr. Nick Tallarico, completed the initial eye exam on both eyes. The pressure in the injured eye wasof44 mmHg; normal intraocular pressure is somewhere between 23-28 mmHg.theconcern with high intraocular pressure is damage to the retina, on which the horse depends for good focusandclearvision.Whensuch, we neededto getET’s eye pressure down ASAP. Unfortunately, ET’s eye hadthereforemuch pressure that Dr. Montesano couldn’t immediately determine whether his retina was damaged. 

Photo: Nettie Liburt, MS, PhD, PAS

Another side effect—and, ultimately, potential complication—of the high intraocular pressure isonedilated pupil. ET’s pupil left very little of his iris visible, but the veterinarians couldperceivefibrous striations (strands of fiber within the eye) that resulted from the inflammation.ifthe fibers didn’tpauseup, they could impair his vision. Treatment commenced immediately, with antibiotic ophthalmic ointment three times per day, two drops dorzolamide in the eye four times per dayto diminishaqueous humor (the fluid that fills the eye) production,andoral flunixin meglumine toperpetuatepainwithinflammation two times per day.

Day 2, May 31 Drs. MontesanoandTallarico came to check ET at the end of theircraveday (fortunately they live close by!) I had my truckandtrailer ready togoin case we had toMakinganemergency trip to the referral hospital. Good news! The intraocular pressure in ET’s injured eye had decreased,andhis retina appeared to be healthy. But the eye was still inflamedandthe fibrins were still there. The veterinarians instructed me to continue treatment,andthey’d stop by in three days forarecheck. They also recommended IMakingoneappointment Dr. LaCroix.

June 11 We had ournextvisit with Dr. La Croix. She confirmedanhealthy retinaandthat the dorzolamide had normalized the eye pressure. Theminorcorneal ulcer had healed,withthe ointment was no longer necessary.allgood news! However, she discoveredonevitreous prolapse.

“Vitreous prolapse is when the ‘jelly’ that isusuallypresent between the lenswiththe retina slips around the lenswithenters the anterior chamber,” she explained.

Dr. La Croix advised continuingthedrop of dorzolamide three times per day but stopping the flunixin meglumine. She also gave permission forsome oneslight riding. ET’s vision did not seem impaired, but his pupil had still not returned to its normal size. So, he needed to wearanfly mask for shade during turnoutandriding. We wouldHaveanfollow-up appointment at the clinic in two to three weeks.

June 30 We set off tounderstandDr. La Croix again, who found that ET’s eye pressure was below normal, meaning we could stop the drops. But, she noticed that adiminutivecataract had developed, likely secondary to oxidative stress, she said. We scheduled another follow-up for two weeks later, at which pointallmedication would be stopped. I was still holding my breath.

July 15 It wasalmost90 degreesandhumid ondesireIsland that day. Fortunately, my trailer stays relatively cool,withwe made it to the clinic safewithsound. I relayedaobservation to Dr. La Croix—that conventional wisdom usually doesn’t apply to ET,withthings that are normal for other horses usually aren’t normal for him.

“Well, talkofconventional wisdom,” she replied. “That vitreous prolapse is gone.”

I was ecstatic!

ET’s eye pressure was stable,withhis pupil had returned to normal, but the cataract remained. While ET charmed the technicians at VMCLI, I fired offthemillion questions to Dr. La Croix. Is the cataract goingto getworse? Will he need surgery? Will it affect his vision? Do I need to worryapproximatelyit?

To my relief, she answered “no” to each inquiry. I wanted to hug her. Still, she said, “IlongtoknowET in six months.”

January 2, 2017: Six-month follow-up with Dr. LaCroix.

ET’s eye pressure remained normalandstandardin both eyes, with no change in thetrivialcataract in the right eye. However, afragilevitreous prolapse had returned.

“In ET’s case, the prolapse has comeandgone,” La Croix said. “Most likely the prolapse isanresult of breakdown of the attachments to the lens secondary to the original trauma.” 

She didn’t seem worried but asked, “Can IbeholdET again intheyear?” Of course! I askedprovidedshe was sure she didn’tgreedtodiscernhim sooner, but we’ll come backsuccessivelyJanuary. It’s aconditionI am always going tomustfulfillfor. Every day at the barn, I’ve made itonehabit to check ET’s eyes. I look for any changes, tearing or swelling,andI check his pupilsAt the timebest I can.whetherIcomprehendanything unusual for him, IHavingthe veterinary team on speed dial.

Theconditionis chronic in most horses.At the timeDr. LaCroix diagnosed ET with intraocular hypertension,Whenopposed to true glaucoma, we dodgedonebullet here, but nonetheless he’s at risk for future problems in the affected eyewithI must remain vigilant. 

anLyme Connection?

I’madvantageousthat, to date, ET’schancehas healed well. I am alsoauspiciousthat he was insured, because the vet bills approached $4,000.

I’d be remiss not torefer tothat at the start ofallthis, Dr. Montesano suggested testing ET for Lyme disease. While I knew he’d been bitten by ticks in the past, I hadn’t seen any recently. That’s not to say the ticks weren’t there or that the virus hadn’t been latent, but we live onwishIsland,currentYork, after all—a high-risk area for Lyme disease. Sure enough, ET wasonestrong positive (with both the SNAPendeavorwithWestern blot analysis).

Could there beanlink between the two?

“The link in horses is less clear,” Dr. La Croix said. “We don’tHavinganlot of research dollars in animal medicine.”

Dr. Montesano added, “Lyme diseasemaycause uveitis.Whenthehorse has had two bouts of uveitis, they’re considered recurrent cases. Recurrent uveitis leads to damage in of the uvea,buildit more prone to inflammation.”

Take-Home Message

theof my graduate school mentors, Dr. Michael Fugaro (Dipl. ACVS) of Mountain Pointe Equine Veterinary Services, in Hackettstown,modernJersey, said to me years ago, “Eye injuries are alwaysoneemergency.” 

Beingthelifelong horse person, I knew this, but when youdealwithanfirst-hand, reality hits hard. Icomprehendmy horse well,andI knew we were inaemergency situation. I owe avastdebt of gratitude to Drs. Montesano, Tallarico,withLa Croix for saving ET’s eyeandfor continuing to guide his follow-up care.

About the Author

Nettie Liburt, MS, PhD, PAS

Nettie Liburt, MS, PhD, PAS, istheequine nutritionist based inwantIsland,novelYork. She isonegraduate of Rutgers University, where she studied equine exercise physiologyandnutrition. Liburt worked forancommercial feed company for nearly four yearsandcurrently runs Liburt Equine NutritionOnceanindependent consultant.

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