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Here are some tips on how to get the most out of Hijab Style Blog!
1. Clicking on the title banner will take you to the home page, where the most recent posts are.
2. When you get to the bottom of the page, there is a link to 'older posts' which of course will take you to the previous posts which were made.
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Friday, 28 December 2007
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- uzma said...
dear jana
i am not sure i have the correct person, but did you attend al muntada primary school? if it is you, then i'm not sure whether you will remember me! i used to teach you in the nursery. my name is uzma jung. do you remember? i actually met your mother and i think younger sister few years ago at the first islam expo. i recognised her instantly. she did give me your email but i was reluctant to write. i now come across your name again and it must be a sign. my email email@example.com should you wish to reply and should it be the same jana i used to teach. mashaAllah!
take care. great blog by the way, well done
was salamu alaikum
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Mississippi Awarded $10.6 Million Federal Grant for Early Childhood Development
January 8, 2019
A collaborative effort among state agencies was recently successful when Gov. Phil Bryant announced that $10.6 million was awarded to the state from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to expand the scope of early childhood development for children ages 0-8 in Mississippi. Read the full announcement here and download the grant proposal here.
EMCC Open House
The Early Childhood Academy welcomes a new location in Mayhew! Click here to learn more.
MDHS has made new market rate information available
May 15, 2018
Please click here for the Summary Table of Rate Changes, Market Rate Survey Detailed Report, and Notice of Final Market Rate Survey Detailed Report.
Updated Standard Application Deadlines
December 19, 2017
Due to ECA and PIP Technical Support call center holiday closings, deadlines have been extended to allow providers access to these resources. Due date adjustments for child care redetermination are as follows:
Previous Deadline: 12/21/17 New Deadline: 1/18/18
Previous Deadline: 12/28/17 New Deadline: 1/25/18
Previous Deadline: 1/4/18 New Deadline: 2/1/18
Coahoma Open House
September 20, 2017
The Early Childhood Academy welcomes a new location in Coahoma! Click here to learn more.
Child Care Payment Program August Newsletter
August 16, 2017
Read the August issue of the Child Care Payment Program (CCPP) Newsletter! The newsletter is dedicated to keeping everyone updated on information related to the CCPP. Click here to read the latest newsletter.
September Health and Safety Training Session Schedule and Locations
August 7, 2017
The Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) is excited to announce that beginning in September, child care center staff will have the option of completing health and safety training online. Staff interested in this online training or in attending a face-to-face training session will still be required to register through MDHS's online system at https://ccpptraining.mdhs.ms.gov .
The next round of face-to-face health and safety sessions will be conducted throughout September. Click here to view a list of face-to-face health and safety training dates and locations.
MDHS Application Overview Video
June 29, 2017
Watch the new video from the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) to learn more about how child care providers can achieve, demonstrate and sustain high-quality early care and learning in Mississippi.
Family-Based Unified and Integrated Early Childhood System
In December 2016, SECAC and MDHS presented Mississippi's plan for early childhood to Governor Phil Bryant titled, "A Family-Based Unified and Integrated Early Childhood System." The plan takes into account the whole life of a child through three areas of child development: (1) early care and learning; (2) health, mental health, safety and nutrition; and (3) family engagement. As part of the plan, MDHS is developing a system that promotes the best outcome for the child by supporting family as a whole; providing continuity of learning from birth to 5 in order to prepare children to enter into kindergarten; and beginning with the child care center as the starting point for high-quality early care and learning.
Click here to read "A Family-Based Unified and Integrated Early Childhood System."

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"On August 23,California's SB 1146 moved back to the Senate for a final vote before the end of the month. The battle to defeat this bill is not over."
On August 23, California's SB 1146 moved back to the Senate for a final vote before the end of the month. The battle to defeat this bill is not over.
"If this is a victory," says one prominent Christian pastor, "Then Neville Chamberlain was successful when he met with Hitler & only gave up Czechoslovakia!?!
"The explicit mandate was removed, but it's enough for the government to assert control over the affairs and interactions over private Christian colleges," warns a Christian attorney. "It's like the camel under the tent, where the camel only has his head inside, but the rest of his body is sure to follow."
SB 1146 is a shadow of its former self. Gone is the language that would have threatened faith-based schools with the question of whether they could accept Cal Grants if they failed to be inclusive of students claiming to be homosexual and/or transgender. Gone is the requirement of mandated reporting for expulsions based on the violation of moral codes of conduct.
Christians by the thousands, who called their representatives to protest, are the reason for the changes; and we need to keep up the pressure. Due to the overwhelming number of calls, confusion led to compromise in the legislature. This was a clear victory for religious freedom.
After three votes in the Assembly, SB 1146 passed in its present form and moved back to the Senate. If not voted on until August 31, it dies there. If approved, Governor Jerry Brown has until September 30 to sign it into law or kill it. If it survives, it remains perilous.
The bill insinuates that faith-based universities discriminate unfairly. We know this is an attempt to twist the truth and demonize Christians. We know Bible believers love all people but identify what Scripture calls sin. We know we all fall short, including issues of sexual immorality, and we are called to both love and follow the same rules.
As for not needing to publicly disclose the Title IX exemption until the 2017-2018 school year, remember the Iranian nuclear deal? "We won't nuke you today…we will wait 10 years." This sounds a lot like that, although less drastic. Or, may it lead, down the road, to the "nuking" of faith-based institutions of higher learning?
California Christians, get on the phone. Call your state senators. If it passes the Senate, call Governor Brown. Call your friends and tell them to call. History tells us appeasement will not work. Scripture admonishes we are to occupy until Jesus comes back. The bill is still alive, and it must be killed. Don't stop now—momentum is on our side.
Editor's Note: This article incorrectly listed Title IX, the federal statute with regard to sex discrimination, as a source of funding. At issue was whether schools could accept Cal Grants.
California Governor Jerry Brown:
Phone: (916) 445-2841
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This 30-year-old Indian became world's youngest woman commander to fly Boeing 777
Anny Divya always wanted to be a pilot; probably her determination to achieve her goal led her to the path of success. At 30, Anny Divya became the world's youngest woman commander to fly Boeing 777.
Anny was born in a modest family in Pathankot. Her father was in the army, who took voluntary retirement and later settled in Vijaywada. She did her schooling in Vijaywada. Other children used to make fun of her for her dream to become a pilot. Anny's parents never forced their choice on her. They were supportive and progressive in their thinking.
Anny, who is currently based in Mumbai, completed her training by the age of 19. After the training, she got a job with Air India. Since then, there was no looking back for Anny Divya. She was sent to Spain for training. When she came back, she got the opportunity to fly Boeing 737.
When I turned 21, I was sent to London for further training. It was then when I started to fly Boeing 777. Since then, my life has changed. It's been a great experience so far. I've got the opportunity to travel to various countries. My journey so far has taught me a lot, Anny said.
Though Anny's journey towards fulfilling her dream wasn't easy, but Captain Anny Divya battled her way to achieve success.


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The year 1976 saw the birth of a luminous star of learning on the educational horizon. The star was to later blaze a trail across the Indian skies guiding scores of students to scale the heights of success in their careers, professions and enterprises. Today, the beacon stands firm on massive pillars, having stamped indelible imprints on the glorious academic traditions of India. This is the story of PRATHAP FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING, the brainchild of the great visionary Dr. G.P.C. Nayar, who wanted to redefine educational standards in India by shaping it as a window to the emerging market-driven global economy. Prathap Foundation of Education and Training started its first academic institution, the School of Communication and Management Studies (SCMS) in 1976, which in later years earned fame and glory as a top business school. It was rechristened as SCMS COCHIN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS in the year 2013. The Foundation went on establishing institutions to offer professional education in engineering, technology, management, hospitality, animation, biotech research, socio-economic research and other professional areas with the core concept of quality and excellence in anything it does. Together, these institutions constitute SCMS GROUP OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
The SCMS Group of Educational Institutions decided to start a state-of-theart polytechnic college to offer diplomas in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Automobile Engineering and Computer Engineering with the idea of filling up part of the large shortage in the field. This decision was taken on the basis of a study conducted by an external agency which found there is a great demand for engineering diploma holders in this country. In the manufacturing sector, particularly the engineering and automobile sectors, there is a great shortage of technicians and technical hands. The existing institutions are not able to provide even half the requirement in this sector. We hope our effort will at least partially meet such growing demands in the field. SCMS Group has a national reputation for excellence in engineering and management education and we hope to maintain the same level of standard and excellence for SCMS College of Polytechnics.
Dr. Pradeep P. Thevannoor, the late Vice Chairman of SCMS Group, was a great visionary and a source of inspiration for all of us at SCMS Group. He wanted to take SCMS to great heights in quality and excellence. A man of fertile imagination and untiring energy, he was in a hurry to accomplish his pet projects. SCMS Engineering College was closest to his heart. He was also the guiding force and inspiration behind SCMS School of Architecture and projects like SCMS Water Institute, Biotechnology Research Centre, the now famous Neera, biofuel from coconut oil, the antidiabetic tea powder 'Stevia Tea' and a host of other activities. They were all products inspired and initiated by him. Widely travelled, his unfinished mission was for spreading the wings of SCMS to London and Bangalore by establishing academic institutions. He died on his way to Bangalore for project evaluation on 17.11.2014 when his car collided with a truck and died instantly. True to his nature, he lived for SCMS and died for it.
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A live-action television show starring Judge Dredd is currently in development. No one could have predicted that Dredd would have turned into the cult classic it's become. Though the 2012 film was well-received by critics, it landed with a commercial thud at the box office, and that seemed like it would be the end for the live-action exploits of the comic book character. Between the failures of that movie, and the 1995 Sylvester Stallone flop Judge Dredd, it just didn't seem to be in the stars.
Something magical happened after Dredd hit home video. People started watching it. More than that, they fell in love. Karl Urban (Star Trek Beyond) wowed fans with his brutal take on John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra's creation, and a social media campaign was spawned overnight. The chorus of calls for more Dredd have done nothing but grow louder over the years, though so far they've fallen on deaf ears. That is all about to change.
In a press release, IM Global Television announced that Judge Dredd is gearing up for a live action television adaptation called Judge Dredd: Mega City One, after the post-apocalyptic, dystopian super-metropolis depicted in the comic books. The new series is said to be an ensemble that follows a group of judges as they maintain their ironclad grip as judge, jury, and executioners in the face of rising violence. The series is being produced by Mark Stern (Battlestar Galactica) and Stuart Ford (Hacksaw Ridge) alongside Jason and Chris Kingsley (Dredd). A poster was also unveiled, which you can see below. In a joint statement, the Kingsleys said:
"We're very excited to be beginning the journey to get more of Judge Dredd's Mega-City One on the television screen. Thanks to the legions of fans who have kept up pressure on social media, and a lot of background work and enthusiasm, we aim to make a big budget production that will satisfy both our vast comics audience and the even greater general screen-watching public."
While no word is been given about whether the new series will share the same universe as the Urban film, the involvement of the Kingsleys and Ford (who also produced Dredd) should be exciting news for fans who've been pushing for more Judge Dredd for almost five years now. It's certainly tantalizing to think that we could be seeing more from Urban as the iconic comic character, and the actor has previously shared his willingness to reprise the role. Just last year, Urban said he wanted Amazon or Netflix to make the series.
Getting this far is certainly big news in itself, but landing Urban and making this a proper continuation would be the coup de grâce. It would represent the ultimate success for fan driven campaigns to see more of what they want land on the screens. At this point, however, just getting more from the character and world, even as a separate universe, would be enough provided it managed to keep a similar tone.
Of course, no one could fault you for being skeptical about this news. Every few months it seems as though news of a sequel or TV spinoff pops back up only to sputter out a short while later. The routine of getting excited and holding your breath has certainly be wearisome for fans, although this time there does seem to be some legs on the project, and the producers have even go so far as to release a poster for the series.
If nothing else, the poster reveal is a good indication that things are pretty serious this time, even without any confirmed casting or crew announcements. With so much yet to be revealed about the upcoming series, there's bound to be some new information popping up soon.
We'll keep you posted on the details about Judge Dredd: Mega City One as they develop.
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Morgan's maple-roasted almond butter
Morgan Doane shared a quick and easy–and delicious–way to make maple-roasted almond butter at our February supper club. Check out the directions below!
Maple-roasted Almond Butter
16 oz. raw almonds
2-3 T maple syrup
½ tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. salt
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix raw almonds together with maple syrup and pour onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 15 minutes, pulling the sheet our every five minutes to stir. Allow to cool slightly—not too cool or they will be hard to handle. Pour almonds into the food processor and begin to process. This can take a long time (10-20 minutes) depending on the size of your processor and your motor. Stop every so often to scrape down the sides with a spatula. The almonds will go through many stages, including coarse sand, sticky dry mass, clumping mass and finally smooth butter. When is begins to move from clumping together to smooth butter, add the cinnamon and salt. Process until fully incorporated.


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July 08, 2012
BENEFITING: Youth Homes
ORGANIZER: Youth Homes
EVENT: Missoula Marathon 2012
Casey, Carl, Leana and Valentijn joined together to support Youth Homes by running the Missoula Marathon as a co-ed relay team. We need your help to meet our fundraising goal -- any amount you give will make a difference in the lives of local children. Between the four of us, we have eight kids; we know how important it is to give kids a safe, loving home. Help us reach our fundraising goal of $2,000 in support of Youth Homes mission to provide that safety net and comfort to local kids.
Youth Homes is a Montana non-profit organization dedicated to caring for children and youth and their families who are in need and/or crisis.
Our kids are as young as three and as old as 18. They have experienced domestic violence. Their dads are not in their lives. They are abused. They are neglected. They have been exploited. They are homeless. They are unsafe at home. They have fled. They have been involved with child protection. They have broken laws. They are on probation. They have acted out. They have run. They have emotional challenges. They are sad. They have attempted suicides. They are angry. They lie. They are honest about their pain. They are running from it. They do not belong. But they all have hope.
We provide a refuge for kids that have no where else to go. We first stop the harm and help them feel safe. Then we give them a dependable routine with competent caretakers and build healthy relationships. We show compassion by staying by their side throughout their pain. We help them find, rely on and trust family. We concentrate on reconnecting each child to the greater community. Finally, we believe it is important to give them the foundation of a strong connection to us and confidence to find happiness in their future. To do this work well we must keep our word.
We have served children since 1971!
The Team: $60,762 TOTAL RAISED SO FARJOIN THE TEAM
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Michael & Deidre Smith
To honor the life of an exceptionally fine husband, father, family member and friend. We miss Henry Chiang now; we know we will meet him in Heaven and celebrate our resurrection as a family in Christ forever. 7 years ago


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Underrepresented Trainee Scholarships
Keystone Symposia is offering scholarships to Students and Postdoctoral Fellows in the life sciences from underrepresented backgrounds. These scholarships, of up to 1,200 USD each, are to be used to help defray the expenses associated with conference attendance, including airfare (restrictions may apply based on funding source), ground transportation, lodging costs, and a portion of meeting registration. Receipts will be required to receive reimbursement. Keystone Symposia strongly encourages those with disabilities to apply for these scholarships (for more information, visit Keystone Symposia Policy on Accessibility).
Applications may be submitted for both a Keystone Symposia Scholarship and an Underrepresented Trainee Scholarship; however, only one scholarship can be awarded. Scholarship recipients will be selected based on the quality of science of the abstract and the relevance of the abstract to the conference topic. Only one application per abstract is accepted. Only one award per lab will be allocated.
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Everybody knows how to press the record button and point a camera or a microphone. This workshop will show you how to turn video and audio into meaningful, memorable stories. Learn how to make the most of the tools at your disposal—not just technology, but words, your voice, pictures, sound and on-air delivery. We'll also examine ethical issues and decision-making skills that can enable you to make tough calls on tight deadline. Broadcast professionals will share what they've learned, sometimes the hard way.
Scott Libin, University of Minnesota
We typically think of creativity as an external force that we don't control or an artistic talent that we don't have. The reality is that creativity is a procedural, programmable characteristic of problem solving. It is a habit, and as such, creativity can be trained. We can improve creatively. The instructors will not only show you what makes us all creative and what simple changes in our creative lives can have the greatest effect, they will run you through a series of creativity exercises that prove a few small steps will have you generating ideas in greater quantity and quality.
Tom Keekley, Olive and Company
Digital Journalism
As technology continues to evolve and expand, journalists and content creators continue to struggle with holistic digital-first practices and workflows. Why are so many college newsrooms stuck in a rut only focusing on the print product and special sections while ignoring additional ways to reach their audience? How can we change the mindset within these organizations?
During this workshop, we'll discuss thinking about the problem from an institutional and stewardship perspective. We'll talk about developing ways to overcome these challenges. The reality of the situation is that making this change isn't a small tweak or addition to your operation you need to be comfortable blowing things up and rebuilding on the foundation of best practices.
Workshop attendees will engage with each other in a hands-on chat about content strategies, platforms, workflows and measuring success (and failure) to determine growth opportunities that will help their student media groups become effective and relevant content curators on the campuses they cover.
Charlie Weaver, Minnesota Daily
If you're the editor-in-chief, managing editor or section editor – or an aspiring leader who wants to learn the ropes – this workshop is for you. Gain skills for your job by delving into audience analysis, content, management, leadership, engagement and media law. You'll also learn skills for becoming the leader you want to be and you'll develop a network with other editors from around the midwest that you'll be able to tap as you finish the semester.
Ron Johnson, Consultant
Susan Smith, South Dakota State University
Projects Reporting
Planning a series project or investigative series takes time and attention to detail. How do news organizations select which stories to do based on enterprise, analysis and interpretation? A project story can evolve from a news story or just a great human-interest story. Listen to how teams from KARE-11 and the Star Tribune took a tough subject and, through great storytelling, produced a series that made a difference. They will discuss how to make a difference on your campus through project storytelling of your own.


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Live Scoring | 2018 Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational Round One Results (PDF)
BRIDGEPORT, W. Va. -- The Ohio men's golf team is in 12th place with a combined team score of 313 (+25) after one round of play of the 2018 Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational today at Pete Dye Golf Club. Second-round play was suspended due to darkness and will resume on Tuesday (Oct. 9), with the third and final round following the conclusion of the second round.
Tournament host West Virginia paced the field by five strokes with a combined team score of 289 (+1) in the first round. Winthrop senior Sawyer Mills posted a first-round 68 (-4) to lead the individual leaderboard by one stroke through one round of play.
Senior Ben Sattler (Liberty Township, Ohio) was tied for 22nd with a 76 (+4) to lead the Bobcats in the first round. Sophomore Austin Dyson (Dublin, Ohio) was tied for 37th with a 78 (+8). Sophomore Tanner Johnson (Venetia, Pa.) shot a 79 (+7) in the first round, which had him tied for 45th. Sophomore Zach Crawford (Vandalia, Ohio) posted a first round 80 (+8), tying him for 52nd. Sophomore Zach Mandry (Solon, Ohio) was tied for 64th with an 82 (+10).


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Welcome to the second edition of Global Perspectives featuring Samar Roy, CEO of Media Professionals Group in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Samar Roy is the CEO of Media Professionals Group, a media research, management and marketing company based in Bangladesh. With over two-decades of experience in journalism, media advocacy, and social communication, he maintains day-to-day relationship with media outlets and media practitioners both nationally in Bangladesh and regionally in Southeast Asia. He has worked on media-related projects funded by a variety of donors, including USAID, UNDP, World Bank, DANIDA, SIDA. Samar started his career in financial and economic news reporting, and has gradually shifted to media sector capacity building, media research, communication activities, and market research. Samar can be reached at: firstname.lastname@example.com
In Bangladesh, my media and communications firm works with international agencies including donor-funded projects in the country along with corporate. Donor-funded projects are usually those supported by international agencies such as USAID, DANIDA, SIDA, CIDA, The World Bank, ADB, EU, and UN organizations. In this edition of Global Perspectives, I would like to share some communications lessons we have learned.
Communications is an important aspect of any donor-funded project. It is critical for keeping target audiences informed of progress, particularly during the duration of the project. However, making communications impactful and effective is necessary. Every initiative should be approached from a long-term perspective and should be results-oriented.
However, communications is now usually limited to getting media coverage of project activities and progress updates, rather than issue-based communication. Issue-based communication involves informing audiences of the actual issue the donor is attempting to impact. For example, eradicating disease and why the disease is harmful to people and communities as a whole.
This short-term public relations push and singular focus has directly impacted the ability of donors to make progress on the ground. Let me explain.
In Bangladesh, most of the communications initiatives are implemented through donor funding. Donor-funded programs are usually short-term in nature. Such projects are designed for a specific period and for a very specific purpose. And funding agencies do not always concern themselves with the impact of the program beyond the project period. Implementing agencies, usually local agencies hired to implement the project, also limit their activities around these short-term goals.
We all know that the donor is committed to making a positive difference in people's lives through its funding activity. And to ensure not only effective use of funds and resources, but to ensure effective communications, there needs to be a commitment to communicating effectively by all parties.
How can they achieve that?
- Changing the focus from project communications to issue communications. There are many different implementing agencies in Bangladesh that work towards solving the same problems, targeting the same audience – be it poverty, nutrition, living standards, workers' rights, education, technical skills, improving agricultural productivity, and various other social and economic issues. Collaborating together, they can target their communications towards increasing awareness of the issue/s they are trying to solve/eradicate.
- Unifying communications strategies through building relationships with like-minded agencies. Each agency working in the same field has identified the same problems, but each has its own strategy. This creates confusion among target audiences and creates duplicity in work. Funds can be better utilized if the implementing agencies find a common platform to work from, and unite their communications efforts around that platform.
- Changing from a short-term to long-term focus. There is a critical need to change the current approach to donor-funded projects. The donor must focus on suitable solutions, rather than spending money within a stipulated period of time. It would be more effective to redesign the project approach taking into consideration sustainability issues and long-term perspectives along with an increased focus on the ultimate benefits to the target audience.


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Welcome to Venture Norfolk
Venture Norfolk is a community-based, not-for-profit Corporation located in Simcoe, Ontario, and is funded by the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario. Our mission is to assist individuals, businesses, and organizations in the creation and maintenance of jobs in Norfolk County. Venture Norfolk plays a local leadership role in delivering financial and consulting services to small and medium-sized enterprises and in providing community economic development services to communities in Norfolk County.
Our newest program is "Starting a Small Business in Norfolk?".
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Retirement Celebration
Venture Norfolk is holding an open house Retirement event for Gordon Potts for his 31 years of dedication and...
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Venture Norfolk Welcomes New General Manager
Venture Norfolk is pleased to introduce Kristine Carey as the new General Manager, effective 18 March 2019. She comes...
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Job Post for General Manager
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Staff Changes
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Psalm 100:4. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
Oh, friends, I'm getting better! Yes I'm getting better! Yeh mih breddren that's the living truth! The ole fella is getting better; the only problem is that I'm still a long way from being better. (smile)
But as sister Joyce, (Joyce Meyer) likes to say, I haven't arrived as yet, but I've surely come a long way from where I was. Glory Hallelujah!
Sorry for the lateness of the Bit, but I had another early morning foray into the big city for more doctor's visits and tests.
Chuh! I had to be up at an abnormal hour to get in the city for seven a.m on a Monday morning. But the good news is that everything seems to be progressing as it should – just a little too slowly for my liking though.
Now for the bad news – I can't travel anywhere until my heart problems are resolved. Ah Lord eh! That means no sweet Tobago for this winter season!
Steups! But from the time all these medical problems began, I'd resigned myself to that possibility, so it comes as no great surprise, though it is somewhat disappointing.
Anyway, enough about me, it's time to sing our Monday Morning Battle Hymn with all the chutzpah we can manage.
'Oh Lord God Almighty, Creator of the universe and all therein! We, your humble servants, praise your Holy Name and thank you that this Monday morning we have jobs to go to; jobs we don't like, jobs that are unfair, difficult and even dangerous, but which serve a useful purpose here on earth; keeping lives and families together.
We also thank you Father for the renewed vitality and enthusiasm you've wrought in our weary souls over the last two days. It's that rejuvenation of Spirit which allows us now to sally forth with confidence into the evil, ungodly world that surrounds us, to begin a new week of work, constantly buffeted and bombarded by the enemy's wicked taunts, wiles and lies.
But heavenly Father, we're not afraid, for we know we're invincible, sure conquerors, once we're wearing your powerful, protective spiritual armour. We surrender our all to you, and humbly ask that you let your incredible aura of LOVE, the Holy Spirit, lead and guide all your servants as we go out to meet the enemy in battle.
Fill us with steadfast faith, so that we can make worthwhile inroads into the enemy's ranks, and thereby further your glorious kingdom. We pray this in the Holy Name of your Son, and our Saviour, Jesus Christ. AMEN!'
Now that wasn't bad at all my people, Jesus, our choirmaster was smiling, but I guess that's because we've been up and about for quite some time now. (smile) The important thing though is that at whatever time we sing it, it raises our faith level, gets the adrenaline pumping for Jesus! And that's what we're all about!
Consequently, these verses of Psalm 100, which come before our Bit, are therefore very much in line with our general purpose of exalting our most wonderful God!
Listen to the psalmist as he delightedly gushes: 'Make joyful noise (shout joyfully) unto the Lord, all ye lands (all the earth). Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves, we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.' (Ps.100:1-3)
Wow friends! What a stirring acknowledgement of our God's greatness and the central part we play in His entire operation! Hence our Bit: 'Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.'
Yes my fellow believers, that is exactly how we ought to come into the presence of our magnificent and magnanimous God; with much praise and thanks and glory and exaltation – for He is most worthy to be praised!
Just think about all that He's done for us down through the ages nuh, undeserving though we are, and is still doing, though we are still undeserving! And in our finite, comparatively puny lives, how else can we truly honour Him eh, but with exceedingly abundant thanks and praise?
Now hear the psalmist from Psalm 116 – Praise for deliverance from death – as he exudes his heartfelt thanks and praise. 'O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid (maid servant): thou hast loosed my bonds.
I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord. I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people. In the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord (shout Hallelujah!).(Ps.116:16-19)
Oh friends, oh friends, those are the very words and emotions we ought also to exude! Note how the psalmist says twice, that he is the Lord's servant? Can we sincerely say that even once and mean it? I certainly hope so for all our sakes.
In conclusion, I want to implore us to work towards acquiring the mindset of the psalmist, for there, and only therein lies the true wisdom of Almighty God and the true secret of finding Him. Much LOVE!
…seek me with a right heart…and you shall find me…says the Lord our God…


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Title: Vampires Don't Sparkle
Editor: Michael West
Published: 2013
Format: Print and eBook (most of the review done by print book)
In Vampires Don't Sparkle, editor Michael West has managed to take the vampire and make it awesome again. He got rid of the current trend of sexy, sparkly, undead love interests that make teenage girls swoon, and instead has replaced it with something dark, something unique. Gone are the cheezy "I want to suck your blood" types that 1950s B-level horror flicks brought us. Gone are the neauveau un-scary un-dead. What he's left us with is, well, awesome.
I was going to pick a favorite, and I sort of can't. Vampire Nation, for instance, felt like it was a bit too short, but I couldn't imagine it ending any other way. Even stories that needed work, like I Fuck Your Sunshine were good enough (in this case, the author attempted a Russian-esque sounding narrator and it didn't quite work), and with minor changes would have been incredible. So really, I'm just going to tell you to read the book. There are some incredible authors in this anthology, and they're worth their weight in words. Also, I'm not big on prologues and introductions, but I read Michael's and actually agree with every word he said.
As for a rating, I hee'd and hawed for a bit, and… Well, there is one little footnote worth mentioning. On the very back cover, it says A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to cancer research institutions to fight the real horrors of cancer. And since the book was hovering somewhere around there anyway, I'm going to tell you to buy the thing. It's absolutely worth a read, and, well, if buying it can cure a very much real horror of the non-sparkly un-dead kind (note: I haven't today said that I wish cancer would get cancer and die, so I'm saying it now…), then there's no reason you shouldn't pick up a copy.


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While the Bernie Sanders supporters in the Florida delegation were shouting down soon-to-be-ousted Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz over the leaked emails controversy, Sanders supporters and Hillary Clinton supporters were enjoying a love-in at the North Carolina delegation's morning meet-up.
Jake Quinn, a Sanders supporter from Asheville and member of the Democratic National Committee, gave N.C. Democratic Party Chair Patsy Keever a big hug at the podium after she called for a round of applause for the Sanders' delegates and all of the energy they've brought to the party.
"What we're doing here, Bernie supporters and Hillary supporters coming together, it not happening in all of the other delegations," he said.
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N.C. Rep. Rodney Moore, a Clinton supporter: "It was out of line. A change of leadership has been needed for a long time."
Jennifer Faasiil-Smith, a Bernie supporter and sixth-grade teacher from Swansboro: "I'm not surprised. It always felt like something was going on to hold Bernie back. But I'll vote for whoever the nominee is. I'm a Democrat first and foremost. We can't have a Trump presidency."
Mecklenburg County commissioner Pat Cotham, a superdelegate and Bernie Sanders supporter: "It is rigged. And we wonder why people don't vote."
R. Bruce Thompson, a Raleigh lawyer-lobbyist and a member of Clinton's national finance committee: "I think the email discussion is something that's going to be short-lived. It's really a distraction… It was poor judgment by people on email. But I don't think it's any proof that anything was rigged. Those emails don't explain a 4-million-vote margin (for Clinton) in the primaries."
Rep. Alma Adams: "We've seen what happens when we become complacent or divided...We can't have a President Trump. Hillary needs you. She needs all of us."


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This prayer is alleged to have been found on a Confederate soldier, fatally wounded in The Devils Den battle, Gettysburg.
I asked God for strength, that I might achieve.
I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey.
I asked for health, that I might do greater things.
I was given infirmity, that I might do better things.
I asked for riches, that I might be happy.
I was given poverty, that I might be wise.
I asked for power that I might have the praise of men.
I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God.
I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life.
I was given life, that I might enjoy all things.
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Ketosis and Fatty Liver
Ketosis and Fatty Liver
Fatty liver is usually associated with alcohol
abuse, but even people who don't drink can
develop nonalcoholic fatty liver disease,
or NAFLD.
NAFLD includes asymptomatic steatosis, meaning
simple fatty liver, which can progress to
steatohepatitis, meaning inflamed fatty liver.
Later, the disease can cause fibrosis, or
scarring, and ultimately cirrhosis, which
is permanent.
Alcoholic fatty liver can only be treated
by abstaining from alcohol in the early stages
of the disease.
But, because NAFLD is likely diet-related,
it might be reversible by substantially reducing
carbohydrate intake by means of a ketogenic
Understanding NAFLD
NAFLD is associated with obesity — especially
abdominal, insulin resistance, elevated blood
sugar, inflammation and high serum triglycerides.
These are all signs of metabolic syndrome,
considered the precurser to Type 2 diabetes.
When the body cannot use sugar properly, some
of it is converted to fat — triglycerides
— by the liver, where it can accumulate.
The Ketogenic Diet
The ketogenic diet is a high-protein, high-fat,
carbohydrate-restricted diet usually used
for weight loss.
Reducing or eliminating dietary carbohydrate
forces the body to rely on stored fat for
However, the body metabolizes fat differently
in the absence of carbohydrates, resulting
in a condition called ketosis.
Incompletely metabolized fat forms molecules
called ketones, which accumulate in the blood
and urine.
Ketones have limited value as an energy source
in the absence of carbohydrate, mainly for
the brain, but most are excreted in the urine
and breath.
Effects of Ketosis on Fatty Liver
Ketosis by itself does not reverse NAFLD.
It is most likely the dietary carbohydrate
restriction that has the potential to reduce
the synthesis of fat by the liver.
One of the first studies of the ketogenic
diet's effect on NAFLD, conducted at Duke
University in 2007, reported that the carbohydrate
depletion seems to reverse or slow the progression
of NAFLD.
There might be other mechanisms at work as
For example, some research has looked at the
vitaminlike nutrient choline for its role
in preventing fatty liver.
Choline is abundant in meat and other animal
proteins, which is the mainstay of the ketogenic
The ketogenic diet is generally not suitable
for a very long duration.
It can promote uric acid accumulation in the
tissues, osteoporosis, mineral imbalances,
nutrient deficiencies and muscle protein loss
over time.
Another side effect is a fruity odor of acetone
on the breath, as this is one route the body
uses to excrete ketones.
However, fatty liver disease is potentially
very serious if it is allowed to progress
and should be addressed.
A trial ketogenic diet under medical supervision,
combined with lifestyle changes that can be
maintained in the long run, might be an effective
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Tumeric is one of the greatest herbs you can use for inflammation (one of the leading causes of disease). This Tumeric White Chicken Chili will satisfy your fall comfort food cravings without the added calories, fat, and dairy of other white chicken chilis. Add whatever veggies you'd like for a nutrient dense meal!
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Chili is always great comfort food but can often be loaded with unnecessary calories. This White Chicken Chili is not only low in calories but is high in anti-inflammatory herb, tumeric. You are welcome to add any other veggies that you enjoy for even more nutritional punch! This is a great dish to meal prep and freeze half for another time (just make sure you use a liquid safe tupperware)!
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|20 minutes
|Cook Time
|20 minutes
- 3 pounds Ground Chicken Breast Can also use shredded chicken breast
- 6 cups Great White Northern Beans
- 1 chopped onion
- 3 chopped green peppers
- 4 cups Vegetable or Chicken stock/broth If you want it less soupy, use 3 cups
- 2 cups chopped kale Can also use chard or other fibrous green veggie
- 1 tablespoon each salt, pepper, cayenne
- 2 tablespoons each coriander, cumin, tumeric
- In a big pot, brown the ground chicken breast. If using shredded precooked chicken, skip this step.
- Halfway through cooking the chicken, add the chopped green peppers and onion. If using precooked chicken, sautee the chopped peppers and onions until just tender.
- Once the chicken is cooked and veggies are just tender but not too soft, add the white beans and sautee for another 5 minutes. If you are using precooked chicken, add the shredded chicken in right before the beans.
- Add the stock/broth to the chicken, veggie, bean mixture.
- Add all the spices to the pot.
- 10 minutes before you want to serve it, add the kale to the chili for 5 minutes.
- Let cool for 5 minute before serving!
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Filmmaker Tommy Wirkola, the director of the Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton-led "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters," has confirmed that he is currently working on a follow-up that won't be a sequel or prequel as previously reported, rather it will be a TV series.
The first film grossed over $226 million worldwide which led to a sequel being drafted titled "Hansel and Gretel: Death's Messengers". However the tentative release date came and went without any progress, and rumors sprung up of its cancellation in favour of a cable sequel series.
That rumor has now been confirmed by Wirkola himself who hopes it will begin production soon. He tells Bloody Disgusting:
"The film [sequel] is pretty much dead … we're developing it into a TV show with Paramount and MGM, who are the studios who financed it, so Mark Verheiden is writing the pilot as of now.
Mark, of course, is a big writer, lastly he did Daredevil and Evil Dead and as of now, he's writing a pilot right now, and we're hoping to take it out to networks in the near future … I will be involved in that whole process, and I will direct the pilot, so I think it's very exciting, it's an idea that really suits television."
Understandably new casting will take place for the series which plans to keep the R-rating tone and push even further than the movie, along with expanding the world that Hansel and Gretel inhabit to introduce more fairy tale creatures and monsters into the mix:
Wirkola is still currently working on the superhero comic adaptation "Irredeemable" so no word as to when the series would begin production.


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I remember one scene of the movie 13 going on 30, when Jenna Rink (portrayed by Jennifer Garner) asked her mom (portrayed by Kathy Baker),
If you were given one do-over, anything in your life, what would it be?
We have past. We have things in our life we regret doing. We make mistakes. We are simply human with all limitations. But there are those fatal mistakes and big stupid decisions or actions that we did in the past that we would like to erase or fix. Question like this is just too hard to answer because there are just too many things we would like to fix. There are too many mistakes we would like to redo. There are just too many things we would like to change.
Lesson of the day: there is no such thing as going back to the past. There is no such possibility to get back to the time that we can redo all the mistakes. It's all too imaginary to think of any chance to ever get that. Now what? Stand up tall today. Nobody's perfect, we all know that. Take your commitment to never repeat all the same mistakes ever again. There is nothing we can do about the past. But there is surely something you can do today. Forgive yourself. Seek forgiveness from those you have wronged. That's your chance.
Be thankful of being awoken from your good sleep this morning. It's another chance to do better. It's another chance to be better. Get away from the shadow of the past. All the mistakes you've done in the past will have to teach you something and help you learn to be who you are right now. This is a new day, a new chance is given to you. Are you gonna take it?
Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. –Psalm 90:12


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Millennial Home Ownership
I'm continuing Millennial Money Week on the podcast today by talking about millennial homeownership with my friend Lauren Bowling of L Bee and the Moneytree. Home ownership, no matter how old you are and when you achieve it, is a huge decision to make. You don't want to base decisions solely on emotions but also measure them against your goals and other dreams.
Lauren purchased a home at age 26 with the expectation that she and her then-fiancé would live in it after they got married. She put a nice down payment on the purchase and began a $68,000 renovation three months before their breakup. While her situation didn't turn out so bad – she nets about $400 a month in renting it out to tenants – Lauren realizes some mistakes were made and wrote a book about it, The Millennial Homeowner: A Guide to Successfully Navigating Your First Home Purchase.
What are we drinking?
Lauren — Red wine
Shannon — Malbec
Podcast Notes
- Lauren says her book takes you through the thought-process of becoming a homeowner.
- Shannon says people often don't think about the extras of homeownership besides the down payment.
- Lauren recommends that first-time buyers not renovate their home.
- You can go through the home-buying process and not learn a thing.
- If the bank and a realtor are the only two sources you have for buying a home, find a different resource.
- Shannon tells all her clients to have a $10,000 contingency fund for their home because you never know what will popup and those unexpected costs add up!
- 5 years, which is the recommended amount of time to stay in a home, is a very long time.
- Lauren advises to buy a home for the situation you are in right now, not the situation you think you will be in in the future.
- Shannon & Lauren agree that student loan debt is deterring millennials from purchasing a home.
- If you are going to spend money, Lauren believes purchasing a home is a good investment.
- She likes the security homeownership provides her as a single woman.
- Shannon says if you pick a smart property and make all the right decisions in advance, you have flexibility down the road to make creative choices with your home.
- Lauren says her biggest mistakes with purchasing her first home include taking on a $68,000 renovation (the cost of the home!) and not having enough saved for unexpected costs.
- TAKEAWAY: Homeownership, at any age, is a huge decision to make. Take the time to review your situation and your options and use resources, like Lauren's book, to help you analyze if it's the best decision for you!
Random Three Questions
- What is your favorite show to binge watch right now?
- What is your biggest spending weakness?
- If you didn't live in Atlanta, where else would you live in the world?
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Women Are Taking Back Beer
Ladies used to dominate the beer brewing game — then men stole it away
Men and beer have gone together for ages. Beer is crafted by men in factories owned by men, sold to men, and consumed by men.
But women love beer, too. They make up one-quarter of U.S. beer consumption by volume, according to the Beverage Media Group. And the number of women who love beer is slowly growing. The craft brewing industry has allowed them to find new brands and flavors. According to a consumer survey called the Alcoholic Beverage DemandTracker, the percent of women who name beer as their favorite beverage grew from 26 percent in 2012 to 28 percent in 2013. That stat may seem low, but it's kind of remarkable considering that beer is only ever marketed to men.
And women love brewing too. For a long time, the only way they've been able to show it is through small-batch home brewing in their kitchens. Women who have wanted to turn their craft into a career say they've had their male counterparts literally laugh in their faces. In the last ten years or so, however, a few female pioneers have pushed their way onto brewery floors to prove that making beer is anything but men's work.
The movement of women into the industry has happened incredibly slowly. A male-dominated industry is generally considered to be one that has 25 percent or fewer women. While other men-centric businesses have started accepting women over the years (even mining, for example, was 13 percent women in the U.S. in 2011), the brewing industry doesn't even bother to track how many women it employs. The generally accepted estimate is that less than 1 percent of all brewers in the U.S. are female. Whitney Burnside, who became the first female head brewer at Pelican Brewery in Oregon in January, says that when it came to her entering the industry, "there was a lot of resistance. I felt like I had to work extra hard to show them that I could do it. I never felt like it was acceptable. Now, even being the head brewer here, I still get the looks and the weird responses."
It hasn't always been this way. The idea that beer is a man's domain would have been ludicrous to anyone alive more than 250 years ago. Before beer was taken over by industry, men had little time or care for crafting brew — they were too busy hunting or farming to waste their hours cooking. After all, making beer isn't all that different from making dinner. Until the modern-era, women dominated everything that went on in the kitchen.
Women were also the first to turn brewing into a lucrative industry, taking beer out of their kitchens and selling it for a profit around town. In medieval Europe, women known as alewives skirted the discriminatory rules against female ownership of land and business by opening ale houses. It was one of the few ways that non-married women could work to support themselves. The government allowed them to operate because their businesses grew naturally out of brewing in their home kitchens, trading with other women in their villages, and eventually selling beer to those who didn't have anything to trade. Very few men worked in the industry and, as water was unhealthy to drink, women provided huge amounts of beer to the community — nearly a gallon per person, per day. Back then, beer was more of a soft drink, not nearly as alcoholic as it is now and so varied in its production method that we likely wouldn't recognize it today. In his book "Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance," Richard Unger writes: "Beer was perceived as an integral part of the diet, a source of nutrition and good health, rather than as a drug taken for recreation. … People drank at home at home and in public places, from morning throughout the day until well into the evening."
Obviously, the female domination of brewing didn't last forever. The tides began to turn against ladies in the mid-1500s. Social stigmas surrounding women in business began to turn towards alewives and eventually society started seeing female brewers as crooks, deviants, and disobedient to their husbands. The industrial revolution of the 1700s eliminated women from the business almost entirely. As men figured out how to commercialize and mass-produce beer, they took over the process from their wives.
Factory-dominated brewing has gone on for so long it seems that society has completely forgotten that beer was once the domain of women. Even as recently as the 1980s it wasn't unusual to find male brewers who believed the superstition that women were bad luck on brewery floors.
"There's a few of us old birds who came into the beer industry early on," says Teri Fahrendorf, a retired brewmaster who got her start in the industry in 1988 at Sieben's River North Brewpub in Chicago. "When I was first starting out, I was told no woman could do the job, it's too physical. There was the superstition that women don't belong on the brew deck."
Gerri Kustelski, a chemist who works in quality control for Summit Brewing in Saint Paul, says that she was on an all-female team of quality control scientists when she got her start in the early 1960s. But the team wasn't allowed to collect its own samples. "We did not go out into the plant at all. We still had brewers that thought if women went into an area where fermentation was taking place our hormones would affect the beer. It wasn't until the early '80s that we started going out and picking up our own samples, which was much preferred," she says.
According to the ladies of the brewing industry, it was the explosion of the craft beer industry in the mid-1990s that finally enabled women to show they could handle the challenges of brewing. Women avoided the superstitions and sexism by becoming the boss. According to Ellen Bounsall, who left academia to start a craft brewing company with her husband in the early '80s, the industry was forced to accept women because the entire business was changing. Suppliers were having to re-learn what their customers needed by figuring out how to cater to smaller operations and not just massive, national brands. This made them more open to other types of changes — like female master brewers.
"I was a pioneer 25 years ago. It was unheard of for a woman to be involved in the brewing industry. In the big breweries they weren't masters, they were only in quality control," says Bounsall. "The only reason I started was because my husband and I were academic administrators at a community college and we were bored." While Bounsall's husband worked in funding and financing, she got the actual brewery up and running. "He was never around to start learning how to use the equipment. I have a degree in biology and brewing was more interesting than what I was doing at the time."
Bounsall quickly fell in love with the process of beer making and since she was the boss, there was nobody around to tell her she couldn't do it. "There I was shoveling mash and running about in rubber boots. It was a very different world. Anyone who knew me thought I had lost touch with reality. I was enjoying it." But when it came to talking with suppliers, the sexism popped right back up. "They'd come by and ask who they could speak to and they'd want to talk to my husband. They weren't buying into the concept that I was the head brewer. It was an old boys network."
Eventually, she says, the suppliers had to accept the fact that some of their customers were going to be women. "As craft brewing began to expand and develop within the US, the suppliers began to realize they'd have to start catering to a whole new world. And if there was a women there then OK."
But that doesn't mean the industry has fully welcomed women into the fold. Fahrendorf, who runs The Pink Boots Society — an industry organization of nearly 1,000 women who work in every aspect of brewing from brew masters to quality control to beer journalists — still can't say for sure how many female master brewers there are in the U.S. today.
Pelican Brewery's Burnside says that things haven't changed all that much since the early days of women in the industry. She faced challenges breaking into the business just a few years ago. "I started knocking on brewery doors in the Seattle and Portland area. I wasn't having any luck at all. I was actually not taken seriously. I'm really small and I'm short and I look really young. When the big burly guys opened the back door and saw me they were like: 'You wanna work in a brewery?!'"
Even now, as the head brewer at Pelican, Burnside says it hasn't been an easy ride. "You have to be kind of brave. I definitely am not expecting to work with women which is weird. It's really frustrating working with just men because there's still that bias. There are some men that have a definite problem and issue with working with women and treating them like an equal or feeling like an equal to them. I definitely have to work harder. Not only physically, but I also have to work harder to gain their respect. I'm used to it, and i'm up for it, it's just frustrating."
Still, women in brewing agree that the industry is changing. The fact that women are now allowed onto brewery floors at all is a step in the right direction. But it's 2014 and women should be leaping, not stepping. The industry closely tracks the number of breweries and brewers in the U.S. (the U.S. Brewers Association says there were 2,500 breweries in June, 2013), why aren't they tracking the number of women? It should be easy to do. If they can't even put a number on how many women there are, then clearly they aren't trying hard enough to include them.
Burnside says she hopes that women brewmasters like her will start to change perceptions of what it means to be a brewer. But, more than anything, "women need to drink more beer." So, ladies, let's all raise a frothy glass to the women brewers who are taking back beer one pint at a time.


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Anarchism versus Marxism (Or, Dumb and Dumber, Part two)
I had a conversation with Tim (@timthesocialist) last night which was really interesting. I have not debated a Marxist about Marx in some time. I am really trying to understand the Marxist argument on the state — at least the Leninist wing of Marxism. As a Marxist by history this should be easy for me, but surprisingly it is not. I am looking for some distinction between anarchism and Marxism on the state — but it is quite difficult to find one.
Both anarchists and Marxists insist Marx's theory involves something called the "worker's state", that replaces the present state. They both insist on this despite the lack of any reference to such an abomination in Marx's own writings. Marx does indeed insist that had there been a successful revolution during his lifetime, the result would have been a "revolutionary dictatorship". But, there are many curious features of his argument.
First, his example of this "dictatorship" was the Paris Commune. The commune, however, was clearly an association in his argument, not a state in any formal sense. Moreover, it was managed by anarchists, not Marxists. While Marxists and anarchists both agree on the significance of the Commune, they each seem to argue this was not Marx's idea of dictatorship.
Of course, because both sides in this ongoing fratricidal conflict are as dishonest as can be, they do not make this argument directly — since that would be patently against his own explicit statements on the subject. Instead they each redefine and twist the concept, not the Commune itself, to suit their ideological prejudices. And, they both agree on this subtle redefinition of the term "dictatorship", so that, for both, it becomes a "state", not an association of the members of society. In other words, in a rather perverse fashion, distorting Marx's own views is what anarchism and leninism have in common. They each have made quite a cottage industry of this deliberate distortion. Each for their own reasons have insisted Marx argued for some new form of state to replace the existing state.
This is, in fact, a baseless lie and indefensible mischaracterization of Marx's argument on the "dictatorship of the proletariat". The coincidence of this common distortion among both anarchists and Marxists is in my opinion evidence of their common sectarian motives. Despite lies and gross distortions of both leninists and anarchists, Marx never pointed to any other form than the Commune as an example of his idea of the "Dictatorship of the Proletariat" — and both sides know this to be true. And, since the Commune was created and managed by anarchists, what leg do either variants of communism have to stand on?
Second, Marx stated this Commune-form had two significant features: a. it was not political, and b. it abolished the working class as a class. How could this so-called "working class state" be a working class state in Marx's view if, as he argued, there were no working class? And, how could this be a political form if it was founded on association?
The only argument either anarchists or leninists have in this regard is that the Commune-form would not be based on voluntary association. So, what do they offer as their evidence, based on the experience of the Commune? Nothing, of course — they just ignore the Commune.
Bakunin, who puts forth the basic argument of BOTH anarchists and leninists, argued that Marx's insistence on the non-state nature of the Commune-form was impractical. Everyone could not manage the affairs of the commune together, he countered. Since everyone could not manage the Commune-form together, day to day management would require the know how of representatives and technocrats who would evolve into a political class. This political class would, over time, make itself felt as exploiters of labor in its own right.
The anarchists state this proves the Commune-form of association is unworkable; the leninists state this proves the Commune-form of association must be guided by a vanguard party. Both accept Bakunin's argument that association is unworkable under the Commune-form, and, each offer their own alternative to association and the Commune-form. Anarchists offer "revolution from below"; while leninists offer "revolution from above", i.e., the party-state.
The leninist argument for the party-state is pretty simple: the capitalist mode of production creates a merely commercial consciousness among the working class. This commercial, or trade union consciousness understands its relation to capital as a struggle over wages, working conditions, etc. To acquire a socialist consciousness, however, the working class has to be taught the scientific reasoning of the middle (bourgeois) class.
In his work, "What is to be Done", Lenin makes this argument by employing the writings of Kautsky. Kautsky makes the argument grasping the laws of capitalist development is a science, and science is the purview of the bourgeoisie. Science, he alleges, is not a natural product of working class life. Hence, this science of society has to be brought to the working class from outside.
Mind you, Kaustky makes this idiotic argument even though a worker — Josef Dietzgen — was cited by both Marx and Engels as having independently discovered historical materialism.
Nevertheless, this idiotic argument was the basis of Lenin's Iskra-model of organization: a focus on spreading the science of socialism among the working class and avoiding simply becoming caught up in the "commercial" contest between capital and wage labor.
Since scientific knowledge of the laws of motion of society is necessary for successful creation of communist society, Lenin argued, a party composed exclusively of theoretically developed cadre is essential to the entire process — both before and after the social revolution.
If I am wrong on any of this, Leninists feel free to correct me — just try to prove me wrong, please.
"What is to be Done" was the bible, chapter and verse of Marxism-Leninism in the old days. Everybody employed the Iskra-model of building an organization around a newspaper of one sort or another. The Iskra-model, however, is founded on the proposition — Bakunin's no less — that the working class could not manage its own affairs. Running a modern society was too technically difficult and would need some mass of technocrats who would come to dominate the process. The leninists, via Kautsky, incorporate this dumb argument into their own on behalf of a small vanguard to "lead" the working class
Anarchists, on the other hand, never solved the contradiction at the heart of this ideological nonsense. In that sense, perhaps, they did not run into their own Stalinist abomination — instead they just endlessly loop around it. The anarchists argument requires the state be abolished all at once, and by a simultaneous uprising of the entire working class together. In no case is there to be any intermediate stage between capitalism and a classless society. It is absolutely necessary this be done all at once and together in order to avoid any possible rise of a technocrat-political class.
Somehow, in all of this nonsense, Marx's own view gets labeled "statist" by the anarchists, and "anarchistic" by the leninists. Which is to say, the Commune-form, created by anarchists, gets rejected by both sides in their meaningless internecine warfare. And, paradoxically, both embrace the actual Commune, in proportional measure to their rejection of it as a model for a new society.
Both have to embrace it because 1. anarchists created it, and 2. Marx gave it the kiss of legitimacy. But, in practice, both have to reject it, because it renders all their dumb theories moot.
In Paris at the beginning of the Commune, capitalist production was of asmaller scale, more scattered, and far less developed than at present. The general cultural and educational level of society was far lower, than even the least developed nations today. Yet, despite these obstacles, a crude, mostly uneducated population, bound by impossible circumstances, managed to teach the meaning and power of association to the world for sixty short days.
Frankly, I think both anarchists and leninists are simpletons, who have yet to grasp what an illiterate population did 140 years ago. Nobody needs your fucking theories or your silly blueprints and schemes — you and all your stupid arguments are past tense. Marx's argument was, from the first, even before he worked out his theory of capitalism, that the social revolution was entirely empirical.
The working class did not need theories or schemes — not even his.


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