#Chinese Callander

[twl-cyan]

Day 726

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[scotianostra]

Happy Birthday Scottish Golfer Sandy Lyle.

Saandy was on February 9th 1958 in Shrewsbury, England but considered Scottish, Lyle was one of Europe's top golfers during the 1980s. He is one of the golfers credited with breaking American domination of golf on the world stage.

Lyle was introduced to golf as soon as he would walk. His father, Alex, was a teaching professional at Hawkstone Park GC and had his son playing with miniature clubs from the age of 3. Lyle had an outstanding amateur career culminating in victory in the English Amateur Stroke Play championship in 1975 and 1977. He also served on the Walker Cup squad twice.

He turned professional in 1977 and was nominated Rookie of the Year in his first full season a year later. His first professional victory was the 1978 Nigerian Open. As a player, Lyle is renowned for his cool temperament and focus. However, his form is not always consistent and tends to play either exceptionally well or exceptionally bad.

Lyle won his first Major, the Open, in 1985. Perhaps the highlight of his career was victory in the 1988 US Masters. He was the first non-American to win the event, a victory made sweeter because of the intense competition between America and Europe in all aspects of golf. Lyle has also played on 5 Ryder Cup squads and represented Scotland 3 times in the World Cup.

On a personal level, Lyle has an amiable character and is modest despite his success and stardom. He enjoys Chinese food and is somewhat of an expert. He is also a keen enthusiastic of motorbike scrambling. In 1989, Lyle's form began to slump. His last victory was the Volvo Masters in 1992 and since then has quietly retired from the main tour.

On turning 50 in 2008 he played on the Champions Tour and the European Senior Tour winning his first tournament in 19 years when he captured his first European Senior Tour title at the 2011 ISPS Handa Senior World Championship, held in China.

Lyle has morphed into a lumberjack since bringing down the curtain on a near-50-year career last year. A five-hour round of golf is like a stroll in the park compared to a hard day-long shift developing his farming skills at his Balquhidder estate 10 miles north-west of Callander.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 5.28

585 BC – A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated. 621 – Battle of Hulao: Li Shimin, the son of the Chinese emperor Gaozu, defeats the numerically superior forces of Dou Jiande near the Hulao Pass (Henan). This victory decides the outcome of the civil war that followed the Sui dynasty's collapse in favour of the Tang dynasty. 1533 – The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid. 1588 – The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port.) 1644 – English Civil War: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby. 1754 – French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania. 1802 – In Guadeloupe, 400 rebellious slaves, led by Louis Delgrès, blow themselves up rather than submit to Napoleon's troops. 1830 – U.S. President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which denies Native Americans their land rights and forcibly relocates them. 1871 – The Paris Commune falls after two months. 1892 – In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club. 1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy. 1907 – The first Isle of Man TT race is held. 1918 – The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence. 1926 – The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic. 1932 – In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer. 1934 – Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy. 1936 – Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication. 1937 – Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer, is founded. 1940 – World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium. 1940 – World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first Allied infantry victory of the War. 1948 – Daniel François Malan is elected as Prime Minister of South Africa. He later goes on to implement Apartheid. 1958 – Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero. 1961 – Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International. 1964 – The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is founded, with Yasser Arafat elected as its first leader. 1968 – Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 892 crashes near Nala Sopara in India, killing 30. 1974 – Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists. 1975 – Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States. 1977 – In Southgate, Kentucky, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside. 1979 – Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community. 1987 – An 18-year-old West German pilot, Mathias Rust, evades Soviet Union air defences and lands a private plane in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. 1991 – The capital city of Addis Ababa falls to the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, ending both the Derg regime in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Civil War. 1995 – The 7.0 Mw  Neftegorsk earthquake shakes the former Russian settlement of Neftegorsk with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Total damage was $64.1–300 million, with 1,989 deaths and 750 injured. The settlement was not rebuilt. 1996 – U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas, Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud. 1998 – Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually. 1999 – In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display. 2002 – The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City. 2003 – Peter Hollingworth resigns as Governor-General of Australia following criticism of his handling of child sexual abuse allegations during his tenure as Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane. 2004 – The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government. 2008 – The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty. 2010 – In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers. 2011 – Malta votes on the introduction of divorce; the proposal was approved by 53% of voters, resulting in a law allowing divorce under certain conditions being enacted later in the year. 2016 – Harambe, a gorilla, is shot to death after grabbing a three-year-old boy in his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, resulting in widespread criticism and sparking various internet memes. 2017 – Former Formula One driver Takuma Sato wins his first Indianapolis 500, the first Japanese and Asian driver to do so. Double world champion Fernando Alonso retires from an engine issue in his first entry of the event.

[perlechampion]

#perlesjournal So Solstice Eve, I came down w a cold. Although mild, it played havoc with my appetite and taste buds (everything tasted like metal including my coffee), not to mention my will to cook anything at all. Living in what is labeled an #ingredienthousehold, there was nothing to heat n eat nor even the fixings for a quick sandwich. The holidays loomed and I’d be on my own. So. That Tuesday morning, I bundled up and went out on that -5° WC day to get some prefab food. So Progresso soup Wednesday, chili Mac Thursday. I did find 3 baby back ribs to heat up as I was trying to stash my quick foods. Warmed up as juicy as fresh that Friday; Chinese Xmas Eve, Marie Callander Turkey Dinner (turkey, potatoes, gravy - ok. The stuffing is inedible glue). Today. Cold is gone. Back to Publix today. #photooftheday #food #frozenfood #turkey #foodphotography #holiday #perlesaerie #perleskitchen https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmrmqkor0jb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[pionia-milly]

Watch "리얼먹방:) 나물비빔밥, 냉 콩나물 국 | Namul Bibimbap, cold bean sprouts soup | REAL SOUND | ASMR MUKBANG" on YouTube

Namul bibimbab w cold Korean bean sprout = Kong namul soup - ASMR Mukbang whatever namul sprout came from Korea. wrong record and bean came from old Gori whis is Goguryeo not Manchuria. Manchu wasn't country old Korean ancestors lived there too and natural feseter left peoples and came down who had same language or moved to Central Asia and Europe. That tme no China or Japan only island people who was zomon peoples lived island and lately European came by ships and made factories. Knowing China & Japan about 400 years before and Korean came out the world since broken country and Korean war and koreans eat different rice not chinese rice. Korean Rice get cold you can eat soft texture and they got sweet tasty from rice and they knew very well about rice. They don't eat rice mixed with sugar. Yeot or liquid yeot came from rice and it is sweet taste like sugar and today you can find from liquid sweet from market and cold weather peoples ate hot soups w rice. Rice can be glues to Koreans. They used as glues too Chinese eat piggy oil fried food or flour. Different food different weather so hair texture is different and language is different. Korea, China, Japan are very different and languages. Because Genghis Khan we couldn't see easily brothers and lost silk road gate to Mogolian. My calculation is that I don't believe 1.4 billion peoples haha. Korean peninsula 80million and abroad Koreans are 10 million. And island people or land people's populations are fake to me they said Ching dynasty and Japan war dead peoples were about 35 million impossible numbers and 5000 year ago Korean ancestors population were 150,000 and Korea founded calendar called Dan Callander so Koreans knows exactly country foundation day. New European made false history about Korea and that was for their powder. I told you Manchu was not country and Koran were killed them except 10 people about 200 years ago Ching dynasty Machu was not country because natural degester Korean ancestors are left from that land but few manchrian lived there that areas were border wildness land between China and Korea and North Korea land is so high from manchria twice higher than Empire state building and wide river so Mt. Baekdu is Korean mountain and Chines can't come easily but only throw South Korea. China and Japan are more close lands that is why both China and Japan were European Colonies except Korea. China history empires are mostly 100 years or 200 years long history are when European or Chines Ming dynasty time maybe 300 years? So that country always fought each other and somebody lied to Anericans and Koreans lol and their country have little water and 13% land are peoples live most, they live east and south land part about 96 % of their population

[unearthly-space]

RDR2 - Monsters AU - Van der Linde Monstrous Statuses; Pt.2/2

Pt.2/2 of the Van der Linde gang’s Monstrous statuses.

Abigail Roberts: A swan maiden. Yeah, not really “monstrous”, but not every cryptid is grotesquely horrifying. Swan maidens shapeshift from their human to swan forms (well, most cryptids do, but here me out). The key to her transformation is some sort of garment made of her own swan feathers. If one were to take away her garment, she would be trapped as she is, unable to transform or fly away/swim away without it. Many men hunt the swan maidens to force one to become his wife in such a way.

Jack Marston: A hellhound pup. Cutesy little Jack takes after his father in this regard. Typical hellhound features include mangled black fur, glowing red eyes, super strength and speed, and ghostly or phantom characteristics. Some say that if you stare into a hellhound’s eyes three times or more, you will surely die. Still, though, Jack is but a pup and most of these abilities and characteristics have yet to rear their head. Though he does have the terrifying red eyes and is quite a fast little one.

Susan Grimshaw: A Futakuchi-onna. There’s nothing I really tied this one to miss Grimshaw with, I just thought it would be an interesting and different creature. A Futakuchi-onna is a mostly humanoid monster with two mouths, their normal one located on their face, and their second one hidden away on the back of their head beneath their hair. The Futakuchi-onna’s skull splits apart and forms lips, teeth, a tongue, ect. It creates a completely functional second mouth one can eat with.

Simon Pearson: A shen. This one was more as a joke, but still funny and the idea is growing on me. A shen is a sort of clam monster from from chinese mythology. They’re a shapeshifting “dragon or sea monster” believed to create mirages. 

Leopold Strauss: A Nachtkrapp. A south German and Austrian bugbear creature. They’re supposed to be a tale meant to scare children off and up to their bedrooms to sleep. Several variations exist, but we will be (mainly) focusing on this - “In most legends, the Nachtkrapp is described as a giant, nocturnal raven-like bird. In Norse mythology, the, Nachtkrapp (Swedish "Nattramnen", Norwegian "Nattravnen") is depicted with no eyes which if looked into cause death. It is also depicted with holes in its wings which cause illness and disease if looked at.” - quoted straight from Wikipedia until I can get a more valid source.

Josiah Trelawny: A Djinn (Genie). A thing to note about the Djinn cryptids is that they are neither innately evil nor innately good. They’re usually held responsible for misfortune, possession and diseases, ect. However, the djinn are sometimes supportive and benevolent. They are frequently mentioned to be summoned and bound to a sorcerer with some form of brass object. (i.e. a lamp.)

Orville Swanson: Ghillie Dhu. A solitary male fairy. Kindly and reticent, yet sometimes wild in character but had a gentle devotion to children. They typically have dark hair and are clothed in leaves and moss. A rather unusual nature spirit (most commonly of the mountains), that lived in a birch wood he lived in a birch wood within the Gairloch and Loch a Druing area of the north-west highlands of Scotland. 

Kieran Duffy: A dullahan. I will accept all hate for this horrible, horrible thing I did. For those who don’t know, a dullahan is depicted as a headless horse rider, usually on a black steed, who carries their own head in their arms. The ancient Irish believed that wherever a dullahan stopped riding, a person was to die. They all but have to call out that person’s name which draws there mortal soul from their body, making them drop dead. It is also said that golden objects can force a dullahan to dissapear. I’ve always loved dullahans (thanks to lots of research after watching DRRR), and I couldn’t help but make Kieran one for this AU. Very befitting, due to his in-game fate. 

Molly O’Shea: A banshee. “Woman of the fairy mound”, “fairy woman”. Banshees were female spirits of Irish folklore who heralds the death of a family member, usually by wailing, shrieking, or keening. I liked the idea of Molly being a banshee, especially because of her downward spiral further into the game.

Davey Callander: Cerberus. I really wanted to include these next few deceased members just  for a storyline’s sake and as respect for the characters we never new. Cerberus, as most would probably know, is the three-headed hound of Hades that guards the gates to the Underworld. A common description includes - three heads, a serpent for a tail, and snakes protruding from multiple parts of his body.

Mac Callander: Orthrus. I contemplated Davey and Mac both being separate heads of Cerberus, but decided to use Orthrus as inspiration, the lesser known brother of Cerberus. Orthrus, though, is only two-headed and guarded Geryon’s cattle in myths, until he was killed by Heracles, that is.

Jenny Kirk: A harpy. I would have loved to see Jenny and Lenny in the game, but sadly we were robbed of it. Harpies were half-human, half-bird personifications of storm winds. Generally speaking, they were depicted as birds with the heads of maidens, faces pale with hunger and long claws on their hands. Pottery art depicting the harpies featured beautiful women with wings. Ovid described them as human-vultures. 

Annabelle: A siren. Oh how I love sirens. They were dangerous sea dwellers that enjoyed luring sailors to a watery grave with their enchanting voices and songs. I liked that being the idea of how her and Dutch met, her intentionally trying to drown him in a lake or some sort, before falling in love with him.

Bessie Matthews: A kitsune. I thought it would be cute with Hosea as a majestic centaur with a beautiful nine-tailed fox as his bride. Kitsunes are usually seen as intelligent legendary beings that have up to as many as nine tails. According to some folktales, Kitsune are usually seen employing their shapeshifting ability to trick humans, but others (that I favor for Bessie) portray them as faithful guardians, friends, lovers, and wives.

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That’s it for the Van der Lindes. As for other characters, I’ve only figured out Mary Linton’s status if I decide to make her a Cryptid.

I also want to make Albert Mason (I’m weak for this cinnamon bun) a Cryptid, but I’m at a loss of what he should be. Any ideas?

[kawaiijellymonster]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAD DOG-CHAN!!!! I had used voice to text to put his b-day in my callander and I spent all day trying to figure out who "keo Chinese" was and why I should care about his b-day, then I remembered.

[norealdestination]

Rdr OC #2 - Jin Solano

 Jin [Lucca Solano]

Another boy who won't shut up.

Name: Jin (by his mother); Lucca Solano (by his father) Jin is often mispronounced or misspelled: Gene, Gin. Has used Eugene as an alias.

Age: early 30s

Appearance: Thick, dark hair in a sideparted combback. Clean shaven. Dark slanted eyes, narrow enough to be obviously “Oriental”, but a bit rounder. Carries his father's distinctive Europen/Mediterranean facial structure, but softened. Olive skin. Lean and muscular. One of the shorter men in the gang. Looks much younger than he is.

Personality: Polite, quiet, composed, introverted, anxious. Generally has a long fuse, but contains an explosive, but predicable temper (if you know his trigger). Protective of the younger members of the gang, especially Jack. Will END fights.

Quirks: Cat-footed, skilled carver, cast iron stomach. A master of Five Finger Fillet.

Fighting style: Being short and usually out of his weight class in most fights, he gives absolutely no quarter. Ruthlessly dirty in hand to hand. Will maim.

Weapons: Tactical ambush predator all the way, so throwing knives, bows, an sniper rifles. Machete (for reach) on occasion.

The son of a Chinese brothel whore and an Italian immigrant outlaw. Initially raised by his mother, but was forcibly “taken in” by his father when discovered. Endured a fairly traumatic childhood on the road and was eventually abandoned and forced to fend for himself as a teen. Tried tracking his mother down, but his leads ran dry. Spent a few years hitching rides and doing odd jobs. Picked up some odd skills. When he couldn’t get legal work (which was often) he stole or cheated.

His luck finally ran out at a poker table and Dutch saved him from a drunken lynch mob. Jin wasn’t quite young or desperate enough to latch onto Dutch like Arthur or John. He is grateful and likes Dutch well enough, but sometimes the man’s sensitive ego reminds him uncomfortable of his father. He ends up being more Hosea and Grimshaw’s boy.

A few years younger than Arthur and joined the gang not long after John. Ended up being the functional middle child. Jin was never interested in competing for Dutch’s regard, so most of the initial prickly posturing with the boys swung itself out.

Unofficially camp surgeon. His skill with undoing a man is slowly being reverse-engineered into skills for saving him. Jin’s no doctor, but makes for an apt field medic. Hosea has also been teaching him to make health tonics and poisons. Also serves as internal security for the gang. Jin is always prepared to kill every stranger he meets, including new members, just as a precaution. Often Hosea’s backup in Dutch-wrangling.

Officially serves as long range cover and lookout on jobs, but also the cutthroat in close quarters. Does a lot of the gang’s increasingly frequent wetwork. A good scouter for jobs in the cities and seedier towns. Very thorough. Doesn’t pull jail breaks or supply runs often, as rural disenfranchised townsfolk sometimes give him trouble for being a Chinaman.

Is the best man to have your back in a fight. His severe abandonment issues won’t let him leave his own behind. Considering the hostility towards Chinese in the West, running with the gang has been the most safe and stable life he’s ever known, and for that Jin is Loyal. To the very bitter end.

An excellent stalking/sniping hunter on the ground. Brings back most of the rarer and dangerous pelts, like cougars. A patient fisherman and terribly picky about the quality of fish he keeps.

Occasionally carves wood or bone into beads, figurines, and hair accessories for the girls to sell. Whittles wooden toys for Jack.

Close friends with Abigail, and will babysit Jack so she has time to herself or with the girls. He remembers how it was with his mother at the brothel and is respectful and protective of the girls and younger gang members. Jin took the loss of the Callander boys hard, as Dutch had tasked him personally with their mentorship.

Often commiserates with Javier, Charles, Tilly, and Lenny about being considered less than a person by most people. Dutch’s leniency with Micah’s blatant racism and malice towards the gang is what starts fracturing his faith in Dutch more than Blackwater. Has a surprisingly cordial relationship with Bill despite his mixed race. (mostly because Bill has seen what he can do with a knife, and watched him sleep and eat perfectly well afterwards) Jin is one of the few who doesn’t take jabs at his intelligence.

Besides Javier, Jin is the only one in the gang that enjoys spicy food. It started off as a prank Javier pulled on him, trying to crack his composure, but Jin ended up liking it. They sometimes use the scout fire to make a doctored batch of stew with whatever peppers and spices they can get. No one else in camp makes the mistake of trying it twice. Sean swears he nearly died after one bite.

Never drawls when speaking. Was fluent in Italian but let it slide to spite his father’s memory. Sadly knows more French than Cantonese. Knows next to nothing about either parents’ culture. When in towns or cities with Chinatowns, Jin makes time to absorb as much as possible. He can never shake the feeling of being an imposter when he does.

Jin’s horse is a Grullo Dun Mustang mare he caught and tamed himself. The gang idiots tried to get Jin (Gin) to name her Tonic. Qilin (chee-lean) is named after the Chinese unicorn. A mean but steady girl. Likes to nibble Jin’s hair. Will kick and stomp people trying to rob Jin, and has killed her fair share of aspiring horse thieves. Suspicious of other people trying to take her reigns, even at camp. Will chomp. Very stubborn and doesn’t always leave when told to flee. Has caught a few bullets for it. Hates puddles, but will tromp happily through rivers. Will eat anything.

[aaaaaggghhhhhh]

2017

We all know it's been shit, but my friends, my knowledge and I are going to inform you why. Earlier this week the sky in England was red. FUCKING RED AND THE SUN WAS MAGENTA WHICH WAS PRETTY FUCKING COOL BUT ALSO PRETTY APOCALYPTIC. Anywho that made me suspicious, but never the less I went on with my week until today. Today I was sat at home, watching a doctor who episode and avoiding homework because let's be honest, it's more likely that I'll need to know how to stop weeping angles than solve a logarithmic fucking algorithm in an apocalypse. But then, the lights flickered (which is quite an unnerving occurrence when watching a weeping angles episode of doctor who). BUT THEN THEY FUCKING TURNED OFF AND SO DID THE TV AND MY NEIGHBOURS BUGLER ALARM WENT OFF AND ANOTHER NEIGHBOURS DOG STARTED BARKING AND THERE WAS LOTS OF NOISE. But all of a sudden it went back to normal, everything turned back on and I was like 'huh that's weird better work out what's gonna kill me' because I at least want to be prepared. Then my philosophical arse got investigating, AND IM SO FUCKING GLAD I DID. 2017 is a prime number, and the first prime number year we've had in 6 years, which you know is not to creepy but then when you consider when the last time there was a Friday the 13th in October (and for those of you who have not yet been informed, that's the same month as Halloween (which makes my personal self shit my nickers because my cousins birthday is on the 13th and my birthday is on Halloween, at 13:13 may I add)). The last time there was a Friday the 13th in October on a prime number year was 1933, and any one who has studies history will know that was not a good year (Hitler became chancellor (oh hey does that remind you of any other douche in power currently?), the first concentration camp was completed, 3000 people in an Iraqi village were slaughtered by the government, the first of the nuclear reaction was thought of, Japan had their most powerful earthquake in almost 200 years) so yeah NOT FUCKING GOOD. Also I went looking at stuff to do with the Chinese zodiac Callander, and it turns out that 2017 is not just the year of the rooster, but the year of the FIRE ROOSTER. Which sounds pretty fucking ominous to me. Anywho, that's the reason why 2017 has been such a shitstorm, and that's why we should all expect an apocalypse very soon. Xoxo P.s: RUN FOR YOUR FUCKING LIFE, HIDE FOR YOUR FUCKING LIFE, KILL FOF YOUR FUCKING LIFE etc...

[jwhitelondon]

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Events 5.28

585 BC – A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated. 621 – Battle of Hulao: Li Shimin, the son of the Chinese emperor Gaozu, defeats the numerically superior forces of Dou Jiande near the Hulao Pass (Henan). This victory decides the outcome of the civil war that followed the Sui dynasty's collapse in favour of the Tang dynasty. 1533 – The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid. 1588 – The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port.) 1644 – English Civil War: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby. 1754 – French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania. 1802 – In Guadeloupe, 400 rebellious slaves, led by Louis Delgrès, blow themselves up rather than submit to Napoleon's troops. 1830 – U.S. President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which denies Native Americans their land rights and forcibly relocates them. 1871 – The Paris Commune falls after two months. 1892 – In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club. 1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy. 1907 – The first Isle of Man TT race is held. 1918 – The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence. 1926 – The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic. 1932 – In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer. 1934 – Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy. 1936 – Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication. 1937 – Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer, is founded. 1940 – World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium. 1940 – World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first Allied infantry victory of the War. 1948 – Daniel François Malan is elected as Prime Minister of South Africa. He later goes on to implement Apartheid. 1958 – Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero. 1961 – Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International. 1964 – The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is founded, with Yasser Arafat elected as its first leader. 1974 – Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists. 1975 – Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States. 1977 – In Southgate, Kentucky, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside. 1979 – Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community. 1987 – An 18-year-old West German pilot, Mathias Rust, evades Soviet Union air defences and lands a private plane in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. 1991 – The capital city of Addis Ababa falls to the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, ending both the Derg regime in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Civil War. 1995 – The 7.0 Mw  Neftegorsk earthquake shakes the former Russian settlement of Neftegorsk with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Total damage was $64.1–300 million, with 1,989 deaths and 750 injured. The settlement was not rebuilt. 1996 – U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas, Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud. 1998 – Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually. 1999 – In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display. 2002 – The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City. 2003 – Peter Hollingworth resigns as Governor-General of Australia following criticism of his handling of child sexual abuse allegations during his tenure as Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane. 2004 – The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government. 2008 – The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty. 2010 – In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers. 2011 – Malta votes on the introduction of divorce; the proposal was approved by 53% of voters, resulting in a law allowing divorce under certain conditions being enacted later in the year. 2016 – Harambe, a gorilla, is shot to death after grabbing a three-year-old boy in his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, resulting in widespread criticism and sparking various internet memes. 2017 – Former Formula One driver Takuma Sato wins his first Indianapolis 500, the first Japanese and Asian driver to do so. Double world champion Fernando Alonso retires from an engine issue in his first entry of the event.

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Small-Town Wisdom for You and Me

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Innovators come in many forms. Take Tom Smith. He’s a pig farmer in rural Victoria, a quiet man with a white beard who you’d walk right by in Bunnings without even noticing.

But in 2008, without any guidance, he went out on a limb and posted a help wanted ad in a Manila newspaper. Then he went there, found a few people he liked and started sponsoring worker visas.

It was a bold if simple act that has led dozens of Filipino families to move to a town called Pyramid Hill — reversing population decline, and laying the groundwork for a model of multiculturalism far healthier than what can be found in many cities.

“When you’re desperate, it’s just what you do,” Tom told me when we first met. But it wasn’t just that. There was a glint of mischief in his eye. “I saw it as a bit of a challenge,” he said, smiling, “to try and do something different.”

That urge to break the mold, to resist conformity and decline, ran through the story I wrote about Pyramid Hill’s transformation.

The article was Part 2 of a series we published this week about regional Australia — Part 1 focused on the tragedy of farmer suicides — and I hope you’ll read both stories if you haven’t yet. They’re an attempt by our bureau to cover oft-overlooked issues and areas with depth and nuance.

But here in this week’s newsletter, I also wanted to highlight Tom and his efforts because they amount to a personal challenge.

What he and many others in Pyramid Hill have done is stretch beyond their comfort zones. Both Anglos and Filipinos have gone out of their way to bring people together. They cheer each others children on. They help each other when tragedies hit. They share meals together, often.

And in conversations from the pub to the piggery, I heard both pride and frustration: pride, because people felt that what they had learned about how to build a multicultural community should be applied more broadly; frustration, because small-town views are so often ignored.

Canberra, they said, was too focused on petty squabbles and the problems with immigration. City elites, they added, rarely invest much time in engaging with people who are different.

“City people are so wrapped up in their own world,” said Gail Smith, the breeding supervisor at Kia-Ora, the pig farm Tom runs with his sons. “They need to broaden their horizons.”

Many of the Filipinos I met in Pyramid Hill agreed, having moved from cities like Brisbane.

Their comments made me think not just of my own life in Sydney, but also New York — a diverse but highly segregated city by race and income, where people often think they’re open-minded simply because they share a subway car with people from different backgrounds.

In fact, it takes quite a lot more than proximity to create social cohesion — a society that truly reflects the Enlightenment principle of equality for all.

Australia does plenty of academic research on the subject. There are some inspiring speeches to be found from government officials, too — like this one from 2015. There are even sizable grants for projects that address social cohesion.

But Pyramid Hill speaks to something else: the power of individual actions, sustained over time.

At the end of the day, many people told me, countries — like towns, or city neighborhoods, or even sports teams — only cohere when people prioritize getting to know each other and looking out for each other.

I keep coming back to what Tom told me when I asked why Pyramid Hill seemed to be so integrated, with connections spanning ethnic boundaries and conversations that go beyond platitudes or conventional wisdom.

“People in the country mix, and need to mix,” he said. “It’s just different out here; it’s the only way to survive.”

Something to chew on.

______

Before we dive into the week’s stories you shouldn’t miss, along with a recommendation, a bit of community housekeeping is in order:

• Many of you shared fantastic lists of Top 5 things you love about Sydney (and one you loathe). We’ll be back soon with a creative treatment of a few of our favorites.

• We’re trying something a little different in the NYT Australia Facebook group next week. Liminal, a Melbourne-based magazine that publishes art by and interviews with talented Asian Australians, will be “taking over” the group for a week (starting Monday) to lead some really interesting and inclusive discussions about race, identity and Australia. Join the group now if you haven’t already — we’d love you to get involved throughout the week.

______

I loved this little story about London’s red telephone booths being refashioned in creative ways, with books, businesses and other creative ideas.

And of course, we’ve had LOTS of coverage about London’s other news: the royal wedding. A rundown of everything we did can be found on our special Royal Wedding Collection page.

______

The latest on North Korea?

North Korea said on Thursday that it would reconsider holding a summit meeting between its leader, Kim Jong-un, and President Trump, singling out Vice President Mike Pence for remarks that a top official called “ignorant and stupid.”

News

• In Australia, Fears of Chinese Meddling Rise on U.N. Bribery Case Revelation: An Australian politician identified Chau Chak Wing, an Australian citizen of Chinese descent, as a co-conspirator in a 2015 bribery case.

• With Senator’s Snub, Australia Gets Stood Up by U.S. — Again: Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee declined to become the ambassador, just weeks after President Trump’s previous choice was reassigned. Should Australia be taking this personally?

• Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson Guilty of Sexual Abuse Cover-Up: He became the highest-ranking Catholic official to be convicted of concealing child sexual abuse, and could face two years in prison.

Culture / Fun

• Courtney Barnett Faces Doubts and Doubters on ‘Tell Me How You Really Feel’: Newly unguarded, the songwriter sets aside her sly character studies in favor of declarations and confrontations on her second solo studio album.

• Big Things and Long Goodbyes: A poem remembering a last road trip taken together before a long separation.

• A Very Hungry Black Hole Is Found, Gorging on Stars: Astronomers in Australia say they have discovered a fast-growing black hole swallowing stars in a baby galaxy 12 billion light-years from here.

______

… And We Recommend

At sunrise this morning, hundreds of Sydneysiders (including me, my wife and our two kids) gathered at Bondi Beach to raise awareness and finance research for brain cancer by trying to set a world record of the largest gathering of people wearing beanies (winter hats for all you Americans), in support of the Mark Hughes Foundation.

We discovered the organization through the death of Matt Callander and the way that his friends, supporters and neighbors have rallied to the cause has been an inspiration. We’ve purchased many beanies for brain cancer, and encourage others to do the same.

Here’s my Instagram post from the gathering this morning, a moment of community love drawn from sorrow.

Correction: 

An earlier version of this newsletter included an incorrect reference to Mark Hughes. We regret the error.

Damien Cave is the Australia bureau chief for The New York Times. He’s covered migration issues across the United States, and in Latin America and the Middle East, for more than a decade. Follow him on Twitter: @damiencave.

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Small-Town Wisdom for You and Me

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Innovators come in many forms. Take Tom Smith. He’s a pig farmer in rural Victoria, a quiet man with a white beard who you’d walk right by in Bunnings without even noticing.

But in 2008, without any guidance, he went out on a limb and posted a help wanted ad in a Manila newspaper. Then he went there, found a few people he liked and started sponsoring worker visas.

It was a bold if simple act that has led dozens of Filipino families to move to a town called Pyramid Hill — reversing population decline, and laying the groundwork for a model of multiculturalism far healthier than what can be found in many cities.

“When you’re desperate, it’s just what you do,” Tom told me when we first met. But it wasn’t just that. There was a glint of mischief in his eye. “I saw it as a bit of a challenge,” he said, smiling, “to try and do something different.”

That urge to break the mold, to resist conformity and decline, ran through the story I wrote about Pyramid Hill’s transformation.

The article was Part 2 of a series we published this week about regional Australia — Part 1 focused on the tragedy of farmer suicides — and I hope you’ll read both stories if you haven’t yet. They’re an attempt by our bureau to cover oft-overlooked issues and areas with depth and nuance.

But here in this week’s newsletter, I also wanted to highlight Tom and his efforts because they amount to a personal challenge.

What he and many others in Pyramid Hill have done is stretch beyond their comfort zones. Both Anglos and Filipinos have gone out of their way to bring people together. They cheer each others children on. They help each other when tragedies hit. They share meals together, often.

And in conversations from the pub to the piggery, I heard both pride and frustration: pride, because people felt that what they had learned about how to build a multicultural community should be applied more broadly; frustration, because small-town views are so often ignored.

Canberra, they said, was too focused on petty squabbles and the problems with immigration. City elites, they added, rarely invest much time in engaging with people who are different.

“City people are so wrapped up in their own world,” said Gail Smith, the breeding supervisor at Kia-Ora, the pig farm Tom runs with his sons. “They need to broaden their horizons.”

Many of the Filipinos I met in Pyramid Hill agreed, having moved from cities like Brisbane.

Their comments made me think not just of my own life in Sydney, but also New York — a diverse but highly segregated city by race and income, where people often think they’re open-minded simply because they share a subway car with people from different backgrounds.

In fact, it takes quite a lot more than proximity to create social cohesion — a society that truly reflects the Enlightenment principle of equality for all.

Australia does plenty of academic research on the subject. There are some inspiring speeches to be found from government officials, too — like this one from 2015. There are even sizable grants for projects that address social cohesion.

But Pyramid Hill speaks to something else: the power of individual actions, sustained over time.

At the end of the day, many people told me, countries — like towns, or city neighborhoods, or even sports teams — only cohere when people prioritize getting to know each other and looking out for each other.

I keep coming back to what Tom told me when I asked why Pyramid Hill seemed to be so integrated, with connections spanning ethnic boundaries and conversations that go beyond platitudes or conventional wisdom.

“People in the country mix, and need to mix,” he said. “It’s just different out here; it’s the only way to survive.”

Something to chew on.

______

Before we dive into the week’s stories you shouldn’t miss, along with a recommendation, a bit of community housekeeping is in order:

• Many of you shared fantastic lists of Top 5 things you love about Sydney (and one you loathe). We’ll be back soon with a creative treatment of a few of our favorites.

• We’re trying something a little different in the NYT Australia Facebook group next week. Liminal, a Melbourne-based magazine that publishes art by and interviews with talented Asian Australians, will be “taking over” the group for a week (starting Monday) to lead some really interesting and inclusive discussions about race, identity and Australia. Join the group now if you haven’t already — we’d love you to get involved throughout the week.

______

I loved this little story about London’s red telephone booths being refashioned in creative ways, with books, businesses and other creative ideas.

And of course, we’ve had LOTS of coverage about London’s other news: the royal wedding. A rundown of everything we did can be found on our special Royal Wedding Collection page.

______

The latest on North Korea?

North Korea said on Thursday that it would reconsider holding a summit meeting between its leader, Kim Jong-un, and President Trump, singling out Vice President Mike Pence for remarks that a top official called “ignorant and stupid.”

News

• In Australia, Fears of Chinese Meddling Rise on U.N. Bribery Case Revelation: An Australian politician identified Chau Chak Wing, an Australian citizen of Chinese descent, as a co-conspirator in a 2015 bribery case.

• With Senator’s Snub, Australia Gets Stood Up by U.S. — Again: Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee declined to become the ambassador, just weeks after President Trump’s previous choice was reassigned. Should Australia be taking this personally?

• Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson Guilty of Sexual Abuse Cover-Up: He became the highest-ranking Catholic official to be convicted of concealing child sexual abuse, and could face two years in prison.

Culture / Fun

• Courtney Barnett Faces Doubts and Doubters on ‘Tell Me How You Really Feel’: Newly unguarded, the songwriter sets aside her sly character studies in favor of declarations and confrontations on her second solo studio album.

• Big Things and Long Goodbyes: A poem remembering a last road trip taken together before a long separation.

• A Very Hungry Black Hole Is Found, Gorging on Stars: Astronomers in Australia say they have discovered a fast-growing black hole swallowing stars in a baby galaxy 12 billion light-years from here.

______

… And We Recommend

At sunrise this morning, hundreds of Sydneysiders (including me, my wife and our two kids) gathered at Bondi Beach to raise awareness and finance research for brain cancer by trying to set a world record of the largest gathering of people wearing beanies (winter hats for all you Americans), in support of the Mark Hughes Foundation.

We discovered the organization through the death of Matt Callander and the way that his friends, supporters and neighbors have rallied to the cause has been an inspiration. We’ve purchased many beanies for brain cancer, and encourage others to do the same.

Here’s my Instagram post from the gathering this morning, a moment of community love drawn from sorrow.

Correction: 

An earlier version of this newsletter included an incorrect reference to Mark Hughes. We regret the error.

Damien Cave is the Australia bureau chief for The New York Times. He’s covered migration issues across the United States, and in Latin America and the Middle East, for more than a decade. Follow him on Twitter: @damiencave.

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Small-Town Wisdom for You and Me

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Innovators come in many forms. Take Tom Smith. He’s a pig farmer in rural Victoria, a quiet man with a white beard who you’d walk right by in Bunnings without even noticing.

But in 2008, without any guidance, he went out on a limb and posted a help wanted ad in a Manila newspaper. Then he went there, found a few people he liked and started sponsoring worker visas.

It was a bold if simple act that has led dozens of Filipino families to move to a town called Pyramid Hill — reversing population decline, and laying the groundwork for a model of multiculturalism far healthier than what can be found in many cities.

“When you’re desperate, it’s just what you do,” Tom told me when we first met. But it wasn’t just that. There was a glint of mischief in his eye. “I saw it as a bit of a challenge,” he said, smiling, “to try and do something different.”

That urge to break the mold, to resist conformity and decline, ran through the story I wrote about Pyramid Hill’s transformation.

The article was Part 2 of a series we published this week about regional Australia — Part 1 focused on the tragedy of farmer suicides — and I hope you’ll read both stories if you haven’t yet. They’re an attempt by our bureau to cover oft-overlooked issues and areas with depth and nuance.

But here in this week’s newsletter, I also wanted to highlight Tom and his efforts because they amount to a personal challenge.

What he and many others in Pyramid Hill have done is stretch beyond their comfort zones. Both Anglos and Filipinos have gone out of their way to bring people together. They cheer each others children on. They help each other when tragedies hit. They share meals together, often.

And in conversations from the pub to the piggery, I heard both pride and frustration: pride, because people felt that what they had learned about how to build a multicultural community should be applied more broadly; frustration, because small-town views are so often ignored.

Canberra, they said, was too focused on petty squabbles and the problems with immigration. City elites, they added, rarely invest much time in engaging with people who are different.

“City people are so wrapped up in their own world,” said Gail Smith, the breeding supervisor at Kia-Ora, the pig farm Tom runs with his sons. “They need to broaden their horizons.”

Many of the Filipinos I met in Pyramid Hill agreed, having moved from cities like Brisbane.

Their comments made me think not just of my own life in Sydney, but also New York — a diverse but highly segregated city by race and income, where people often think they’re open-minded simply because they share a subway car with people from different backgrounds.

In fact, it takes quite a lot more than proximity to create social cohesion — a society that truly reflects the Enlightenment principle of equality for all.

Australia does plenty of academic research on the subject. There are some inspiring speeches to be found from government officials, too — like this one from 2015. There are even sizable grants for projects that address social cohesion.

But Pyramid Hill speaks to something else: the power of individual actions, sustained over time.

At the end of the day, many people told me, countries — like towns, or city neighborhoods, or even sports teams — only cohere when people prioritize getting to know each other and looking out for each other.

I keep coming back to what Tom told me when I asked why Pyramid Hill seemed to be so integrated, with connections spanning ethnic boundaries and conversations that go beyond platitudes or conventional wisdom.

“People in the country mix, and need to mix,” he said. “It’s just different out here; it’s the only way to survive.”

Something to chew on.

______

Before we dive into the week’s stories you shouldn’t miss, along with a recommendation, a bit of community housekeeping is in order:

• Many of you shared fantastic lists of Top 5 things you love about Sydney (and one you loathe). We’ll be back soon with a creative treatment of a few of our favorites.

• We’re trying something a little different in the NYT Australia Facebook group next week. Liminal, a Melbourne-based magazine that publishes art by and interviews with talented Asian Australians, will be “taking over” the group for a week (starting Monday) to lead some really interesting and inclusive discussions about race, identity and Australia. Join the group now if you haven’t already — we’d love you to get involved throughout the week.

______

I loved this little story about London’s red telephone booths being refashioned in creative ways, with books, businesses and other creative ideas.

And of course, we’ve had LOTS of coverage about London’s other news: the royal wedding. A rundown of everything we did can be found on our special Royal Wedding Collection page.

______

The latest on North Korea?

North Korea said on Thursday that it would reconsider holding a summit meeting between its leader, Kim Jong-un, and President Trump, singling out Vice President Mike Pence for remarks that a top official called “ignorant and stupid.”

News

• In Australia, Fears of Chinese Meddling Rise on U.N. Bribery Case Revelation: An Australian politician identified Chau Chak Wing, an Australian citizen of Chinese descent, as a co-conspirator in a 2015 bribery case.

• With Senator’s Snub, Australia Gets Stood Up by U.S. — Again: Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee declined to become the ambassador, just weeks after President Trump’s previous choice was reassigned. Should Australia be taking this personally?

• Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson Guilty of Sexual Abuse Cover-Up: He became the highest-ranking Catholic official to be convicted of concealing child sexual abuse, and could face two years in prison.

Culture / Fun

• Courtney Barnett Faces Doubts and Doubters on ‘Tell Me How You Really Feel’: Newly unguarded, the songwriter sets aside her sly character studies in favor of declarations and confrontations on her second solo studio album.

• Big Things and Long Goodbyes: A poem remembering a last road trip taken together before a long separation.

• A Very Hungry Black Hole Is Found, Gorging on Stars: Astronomers in Australia say they have discovered a fast-growing black hole swallowing stars in a baby galaxy 12 billion light-years from here.

______

… And We Recommend

At sunrise this morning, hundreds of Sydneysiders (including me, my wife and our two kids) gathered at Bondi Beach to raise awareness and finance research for brain cancer by trying to set a world record of the largest gathering of people wearing beanies (winter hats for all you Americans), in support of the Mark Hughes Foundation.

We discovered the organization through the death of Matt Callander and the way that his friends, supporters and neighbors have rallied to the cause has been an inspiration. We’ve purchased many beanies for brain cancer, and encourage others to do the same.

Here’s my Instagram post from the gathering this morning, a moment of community love drawn from sorrow.

Correction: 

An earlier version of this newsletter included an incorrect reference to Mark Hughes. We regret the error.

Damien Cave is the Australia bureau chief for The New York Times. He’s covered migration issues across the United States, and in Latin America and the Middle East, for more than a decade. Follow him on Twitter: @damiencave.

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Small-Town Wisdom for You and Me

Want the Australia Letter by email? Sign up and forward it to friends so we can expand our discussion about Australia and the world.

______

Innovators come in many forms. Take Tom Smith. He’s a pig farmer in rural Victoria, a quiet man with a white beard who you’d walk right by in Bunnings without even noticing.

But in 2008, without any guidance, he went out on a limb and posted a help wanted ad in a Manila newspaper. Then he went there, found a few people he liked and started sponsoring worker visas.

It was a bold if simple act that has led dozens of Filipino families to move to a town called Pyramid Hill — reversing population decline, and laying the groundwork for a model of multiculturalism far healthier than what can be found in many cities.

“When you’re desperate, it’s just what you do,” Tom told me when we first met. But it wasn’t just that. There was a glint of mischief in his eye. “I saw it as a bit of a challenge,” he said, smiling, “to try and do something different.”

That urge to break the mold, to resist conformity and decline, ran through the story I wrote about Pyramid Hill’s transformation.

The article was Part 2 of a series we published this week about regional Australia — Part 1 focused on the tragedy of farmer suicides — and I hope you’ll read both stories if you haven’t yet. They’re an attempt by our bureau to cover oft-overlooked issues and areas with depth and nuance.

But here in this week’s newsletter, I also wanted to highlight Tom and his efforts because they amount to a personal challenge.

What he and many others in Pyramid Hill have done is stretch beyond their comfort zones. Both Anglos and Filipinos have gone out of their way to bring people together. They cheer each others children on. They help each other when tragedies hit. They share meals together, often.

And in conversations from the pub to the piggery, I heard both pride and frustration: pride, because people felt that what they had learned about how to build a multicultural community should be applied more broadly; frustration, because small-town views are so often ignored.

Canberra, they said, was too focused on petty squabbles and the problems with immigration. City elites, they added, rarely invest much time in engaging with people who are different.

“City people are so wrapped up in their own world,” said Gail Smith, the breeding supervisor at Kia-Ora, the pig farm Tom runs with his sons. “They need to broaden their horizons.”

Many of the Filipinos I met in Pyramid Hill agreed, having moved from cities like Brisbane.

Their comments made me think not just of my own life in Sydney, but also New York — a diverse but highly segregated city by race and income, where people often think they’re open-minded simply because they share a subway car with people from different backgrounds.

In fact, it takes quite a lot more than proximity to create social cohesion — a society that truly reflects the Enlightenment principle of equality for all.

Australia does plenty of academic research on the subject. There are some inspiring speeches to be found from government officials, too — like this one from 2015. There are even sizable grants for projects that address social cohesion.

But Pyramid Hill speaks to something else: the power of individual actions, sustained over time.

At the end of the day, many people told me, countries — like towns, or city neighborhoods, or even sports teams — only cohere when people prioritize getting to know each other and looking out for each other.

I keep coming back to what Tom told me when I asked why Pyramid Hill seemed to be so integrated, with connections spanning ethnic boundaries and conversations that go beyond platitudes or conventional wisdom.

“People in the country mix, and need to mix,” he said. “It’s just different out here; it’s the only way to survive.”

Something to chew on.

______

Before we dive into the week’s stories you shouldn’t miss, along with a recommendation, a bit of community housekeeping is in order:

• Many of you shared fantastic lists of Top 5 things you love about Sydney (and one you loathe). We’ll be back soon with a creative treatment of a few of our favorites.

• We’re trying something a little different in the NYT Australia Facebook group next week. Liminal, a Melbourne-based magazine that publishes art by and interviews with talented Asian Australians, will be “taking over” the group for a week (starting Monday) to lead some really interesting and inclusive discussions about race, identity and Australia. Join the group now if you haven’t already — we’d love you to get involved throughout the week.

______

I loved this little story about London’s red telephone booths being refashioned in creative ways, with books, businesses and other creative ideas.

And of course, we’ve had LOTS of coverage about London’s other news: the royal wedding. A rundown of everything we did can be found on our special Royal Wedding Collection page.

______

The latest on North Korea?

North Korea said on Thursday that it would reconsider holding a summit meeting between its leader, Kim Jong-un, and President Trump, singling out Vice President Mike Pence for remarks that a top official called “ignorant and stupid.”

News

• In Australia, Fears of Chinese Meddling Rise on U.N. Bribery Case Revelation: An Australian politician identified Chau Chak Wing, an Australian citizen of Chinese descent, as a co-conspirator in a 2015 bribery case.

• With Senator’s Snub, Australia Gets Stood Up by U.S. — Again: Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee declined to become the ambassador, just weeks after President Trump’s previous choice was reassigned. Should Australia be taking this personally?

• Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson Guilty of Sexual Abuse Cover-Up: He became the highest-ranking Catholic official to be convicted of concealing child sexual abuse, and could face two years in prison.

Culture / Fun

• Courtney Barnett Faces Doubts and Doubters on ‘Tell Me How You Really Feel’: Newly unguarded, the songwriter sets aside her sly character studies in favor of declarations and confrontations on her second solo studio album.

• Big Things and Long Goodbyes: A poem remembering a last road trip taken together before a long separation.

• A Very Hungry Black Hole Is Found, Gorging on Stars: Astronomers in Australia say they have discovered a fast-growing black hole swallowing stars in a baby galaxy 12 billion light-years from here.

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… And We Recommend

At sunrise this morning, hundreds of Sydneysiders (including me, my wife and our two kids) gathered at Bondi Beach to raise awareness and finance research for brain cancer by trying to set a world record of the largest gathering of people wearing beanies (winter hats for all you Americans), in support of the Mark Hughes Foundation.

We discovered the organization through the death of Matt Callander and the way that his friends, supporters and neighbors have rallied to the cause has been an inspiration. We’ve purchased many beanies for brain cancer, and encourage others to do the same.

Here’s my Instagram post from the gathering this morning, a moment of community love drawn from sorrow.

Correction: 

An earlier version of this newsletter included an incorrect reference to Mark Hughes. We regret the error.

Damien Cave is the Australia bureau chief for The New York Times. He’s covered migration issues across the United States, and in Latin America and the Middle East, for more than a decade. Follow him on Twitter: @damiencave.

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