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Living as Jesus' disciple, I am learning from him how to lead my life in the Kingdom of the Heavens everywhere I am, in every activity I engage in. There are three dimensions of this learning.
First, I am learning to do the things which Jesus explicitly said to do. It is quite literally nonsense to call Jesus "Lord," and not do what he said. "Lord" means nothing in such a case. (Luke 6:46-49) But because I do accept him as Lord, his instructions on behavior are my treasures for living life. Of course I cannot do what he said by just trying. I must train! I must, through appropriate courses of action, become inwardly transformed by grace to become the kind of person—in my inmost thoughts, feelings, attitudes and directions of will—who will routinely do the kinds of things he said to do. I will then not be governed by anger, contempt or lust. And I will be able to bless those who curse me, love my enemies, and so forth, because I am one in whom the character and power of Christ has come to dwell through the processes of discipleship to Christ.
Second, I am learning to conduct the usual activities of life—in home, school, community, business and government—in the character and power of Christ. Jesus himself, of course, spent most of his life on earth as an "independent contractor" or businessman. Jesus could have led the ordinary life of the ordinary citizen in all of its legitimate respects. He can show us how to live now, as a mother or father, banker or computer programmer, teacher or artist, in the Kingdom of the Heavens. His character and power and personal guidance will lead us into life as it should be in all of these areas of human existence.
Third, I am learning to exercise the power of the kingdom—of Christ in his Word and Spirit—to minister good and defeat evil in all of the connections of earthly existence. "God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and He went about doing good, and healing all who were oppressed by the devil; for God was with Him." (Acts 10:38) Apprenticeship to Jesus means that, in tiny steps, we learn to exercise this power seen in Jesus. Growth in character is primary, for power requires substance of character if it is to be used for Christ's purposes. Christ had no character problems, but we do. Prayer, in its aspect of training for Kingdom life, is primarily a matter of learning to exercise power in a way that is both profitable and safe.
HT to blogger "St Aidan" who likens this to Christmas turkey, as it needs several days of preparation, cooking, chewing over and digesting.


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The Chat: A Griffin Poetry Prize Special With Canadian Finalist Jordan Abel
The next installment of our 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize special edition of The Chat features our conversation with Jordan Abel, author of the collection Injun.
Of the collection, the jury writes: "Jordan Abel's collection Injun evacuates the subtexts of possession, territory, and erasure. Lyric, yes: 'that part of sparkling / kn ife love that // hates the trouble of rope / and the letters / of tow ns.' Testimony of another kind, too: 'all misdeeds at the milk house / all heap shoots by the sagebrush // all the grub is somewhere / down in the hungry bellies […]'. The fog of tedious over-dramatization clears and the open skies of discourse can be discerned. What does it mean to arrange hate to look like verse? What becomes of the ugly and meaningless? Words are restored to their constituent elements as countermovements in Abel's hands, just as they are divested of their capacity for productive violence. The golden unity of language and its silvered overcoding erode, bringing to bear the 'heard snatches of comment / going up from the river bank.' To pixelize is to mobilize, not to disappear."
Jordan Abel is a Nisga'a writer currently completing his PhD at Simon Fraser University, where he focuses on digital humanities and Indigenous poetics. Abel's conceptual writing engages with the representation of indigenous peoples in anthropology and popular culture. His chapbooks have been published by JackPine Press, and above/ground press, and his work has appeared in numerous magazines and journals across Canada. He is an editor for Poetry is Dead magazine and a former editor for PRISM International and Geist. Abel's first book, The Place of Scraps, was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. Abel's second book, Un/inhabited was published in 2014. CBC Books named Abel one of 12 Young Writers to Watch (2015).
Trevor Corkum: Congrats on being a finalist for this year's Griffin Prize, Jordan. How does that recognition feel at this point in your career?
Jordan Abel: Good.
Actually, totally unreal and unfathomable and overwhelming and scary and wonderful and bewildering. But also good.
TC: The collection is composed of text found in Western novels published between 1840 and 1950—the heyday of pulp publishing and a period of unfettered colonialism in North America." Injun then uses pastiche and erasure to speak back against the Western genre. How was the work born? Where did you draw inspiration?
JA: This book really started with a moment for me. I was in Calgary at some point when I was in high school and I ended up going to the Stampede. And there were all these people dressed up like cowboys. I remember thinking that I could never do that. And then I remember wondering if Indians were even allowed to dress up like cowboys. After that moment I started to actually think about why the Western genre was so problematic for Indigenous peoples.
And there were all these people dressed up like cowboys. I remember thinking that I could never do that. And then I remember wondering if Indians were even allowed to dress up like cowboys.
TC: How would you define or describe your poetic practice, to someone who isn't familiar with you work?
JA: So, I'd describe it like this:
My writing/poetry uses the tools and methodologies of conceptualism to engage with Indigenous issues and to critique settler writing. I mean ... that's kind of clumsy. But I hesitate to identify as a conceptual writer even though I often deploy conceptual ideas in my work. Maybe it's more accurate to describe my writing as Nisga'a work? Except that I don't necessarily centre my work around Nisga'a knowledges, understandings, and worldviews. Perhaps it's more accurate to say that my writing comes from a particular position within Indigeneity (I'm an intergenerational survivor of residential schools and urban Indigenous person), and I use a variety of lyric and conceptual techniques in an attempt to speak to/about that positionality.
TC: What's your own litmus test for exceptional and important poetry?
As a scholar, I find myself being less and less interested in the exceptional, and instead more interested in finding ways to look at everything. Here, I think the exceptional and the important can really just be other names for the canon. And I'm totally down for thinking outside of the canon. As a writer, I'm really interested in writing stuff that seems both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. I'm interested in finding unconventional ways to put conventional things together. I hate to be bored by my own writing. If I can read something a few days, a few months, a few years after I've written it and still feel a little surprised at how things come together then I tend to be pretty happy.
If I can read something a few days, a few months, a few years after I've written it and still feel a little surprised at how things come together then I tend to be pretty happy.
TC: You're currently completing a PhD at Simon Fraser University in digital humanities and Indigenous poetics. Can you tell us more about your research, and the ways in which your academic and creative pursuits intersect and inform one another?
For sure. Right now I'm working on distant reading project that focuses on a corpus that comprises all of the Indigenous poetry published in Canada. That's the starting point/idea anyway. And as far as ideas go, I kind of dig it. For me, the issue is that there is really not a whole lot of scholarship out there on Indigenous poetry/poets. I mean, there's some. And the stuff that's out there is fantastic. But, to be honest, I was a bit crushed to find that some of my favourite Indigenous poets who have published substantively in Canada have received very little scholarly attention. When I started digging further, I realize that there were dozens and dozens of Indigenous poets who have more or less never really been talked about. At that point, it became very hard to justify a dissertation project that just focused on a few Indigenous poets or one particular coterie. Instead, I was really interested in thinking about what it might look like to attempt to address Indigenous poetry as a whole. Naturally, I've run into numerous theoretical and practical road blocks. It's a bigger project than I realistically should have taken on.
But, to be honest, I was a bit crushed to find that some of my favourite Indigenous poets who have published substantively in Canada have received very little scholarly attention.
Ed. After the following excerpt from Injun, please see what Jordan calls "the somewhat incomplete list of Indigenous poetry published in Canada."
he heard snatches of comment
going up from the river bank
all them injuns is people first
and besides for this buckskin
why we even shoot at them
and seems like a sign of warm
dead as a horse friendship
and time to pedal their eyes
to lean out and say the truth3
all you injuns is just white keys
he played injun in gods country
where boys proved themselves clean
dumb beasts who could cut fire
out of the whitest1 sand
he played english across the trail
where girls turned plum wild
garlic and strained words
through the window of night
he spoke through numb lips and
breathed frontier2
Copyright © 2016 Jordan Abel
Indigenous Poets, Collections, and Publishers of Indigenous Poetry*
Abel, Jordan
Injun (Talonbooks, 2016)
The Place of Scraps (Talonbooks, 2013)
Un/inhabited (Talonbooks & Project Space, 2015)
Akiwenzie-Damm, Kateri
My Heart Is a Stray Bullet (Kegedonce Press, 2002)
ed. Without Reservation: Indigenous Erotica (Kegedonce, 2003)
Arluk, Reneltta: Thoughts and Other Human Tendencies (Bookland)
Armstrong, Jeannette: Breath Tracks (Williams-Wallace Publishers, 1991)
Arnott, Joanne
A Night for the Lady. (Ronsdale Press, 2013)
Halfling Spring: An Internet Romance (Neyaashiinigmiing: Kegedonce Press, 2013)
Mother Time: Poems New & Selected (Ronsdale Press, 2007)
My Grass Cradle. (Press Gang Publishers, 1992) .
Steepy Mountain: Love Poetry. (Neyaashiinigmiing: Kegedonce Press, 2004)
Wiles of Girlhood. (Press Gang Publishers, 1991)
Bacon, Joséphine
Baker, Marie Annharte
AKA Inendagosekwe. (CUE, 2013)
Being on the Moon (Polestar Press, 1990)
Coyote Columbus Cafe (Moonprint Press, 1994)
Exercises in Lip Pointing (New Star Books, 2003)
Indigena Awry (New Star Books, 2012)
Benway, Gwen
Ceremonies for the Dead (Kegedonce)
Passage (Kegedonce, 2016)
Bird-Wilson, Lisa: The Red Files (Nightwood Editions, 2016)
Bordeleau, Virginia Pésémapéo
Bose, Chris
A Moon made of Copper (Kegedonce Press, 2014)
Stone the Crow (Kegedonce Press, 2009)
Bouvier, Rita
Blueberry Clouds (Thistledown Press)
Nakamowin'sa for the seasons (Thistledown Press)
Papîyâhtak (Thistledown Press)
Bruce, Sykros: Kalala Poems (1972)
Chester, Bruce: Paper Radio.
Coocoo, Charles:Broderies Sur Moccasins (Chicoutimi: Editions JCL, 1988)
Cuthand, Beth: Voices in the Waterfall (New ed. Theytus Books, 1992)
Dandurand, Joseph A: Looking into the Eyes of my Forgotten Dreams (Cape Croker: Kegedonce, 1998).
Deerchild, Rosanna
Calling Down the Sky (BookLand, 2015)
This Is a Small Northern Town (Muses Co, 2008)
Dumont, Marilyn
A Really Good Brown Girl (Brick Books, 1996)
Green Girl Dreams Mountains (Oolichan Books, 2001)
The Pemmican Eaters: Poems (ECW Press, 2015)
that tongued belonging (Kegedonce Press, 2007)
Fife, Connie
Beneath the Naked Sun. (Sister Vision Press, 1992)
Speaking Through Jagged Rock (1999)
Poems for a New World (2001)
Fontaine, Natasha Kanapé
Francis, Marvin
Bush Camp. (Turnstone Press, 2008)
City Treaty (Turnstone Press, 2002)
Gill, Marie-Andrée
Gottfriedson, Garry.
Chaos Inside Thunderstorms (Ronsdale Press, 2014)
Deaf Heaven (Ronsdale, 2016)
Glass Tepee (Thistledown Press, 2002)
Skin Like Mine (Ronsdale Press, 2010)
Whiskey Bullets: Cowboy and Indian Heritage Poems (Ronsdale Press, 2006)
Groulx, David
A Difficult Beauty (Wolsak and Wynn, 2011)
Imagine Mercy (BookLand Press, 2013)
The Long Dance (Kegedonce Press, 2000)
Rising with a Distant Dawn (BookLand Press, 2011)
Under God's Pale Bones: Poems. (Kegedonce Press, 2010)
Halfe, Louise
Bear Bones & Feathers (Coteau Books, 1994)
Blue Marrow (McClelland & Stewart, 1988)
Burning in this Midnight Dream (Coteau Books, 2016)
The Crooked Good: Sky Dancer (Coteau Books, 2007)
Harris, Heather: Rainbow Dancer (Caitlin Press, 1999)
Howard, Liz: Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent (McLelland and Stewart, 2015)
Hunter, Al
Beautiful Razor: Love Poems & Other Lies (Kegedonce Press, 2012)
The Recklessness of Love: Bawajiganan Gaye Ni-Maanedam (Kegedonce Press, 2008)
Spirit Horses (Kegedonce Press, 2002)
Joe, Rita
Lnu and Indians we'Re Called (Ragweed, 1991)
Poems of Rita Joe (Abanaki Press, 1978)
Song of Eskasoni: More Poems of Rita Joe (Ragweed Press, 1988)
We are the Dreamers: Recent and Early Poetry (Breton Books, 1999)
John-Kehewin, Wanda: In the Dog House (Talonbooks, 2013)
Johnson, E. Pauline
Canadian Born (George N. Morang, 1903)
Flint and Feather (I.P.A.C.S, 1912)
In the Shadows (Adirondack, 1898)
"When George was King" and Other Poems (Brockville Times, 1908)
The White Wampum (J. Lane, 1895)
Joudrey, Shalan: Generations Re/Merging (Gaspereau Press, 2014)
Keeshig, Lenore: Running on the March Wind (Quattro, 2015)
Keon, Wayne
My Sweet Maize (The Mercury Press, 1997)
Storm Dancer: Poems (Mercury Press, 1993)
Sweetgrass 2 (Toronto, ON: The Mercury Press, 1990)
Kenny, George: Indians Don't Cry. (NC Press Limited, 1982)
Kirton, Jonina: Page as Bone – Ink as Blood (Talonbooks, 2015)
Kistabish, Richard: Aki (Conseil Algonquin de l'Ouest du Quebec, 1986)
Koyczan, Shane
I Drew That For you
I'm Calling You Friend
Help Wanted
Our Death Beds Will Be Thirsty
Visiting Ours
Maracle, Lee
Bent Box (Theytus Books, 2000)
Talking to the Diaspora (ARP, 2016)
Marshall, Lindsay Clay Pots and Bones
McLeod, Neal
Gabriel's Beach (Hagios Press, 2008)
Songs to Kill a Wîhtikow (Hagios Press, 2005)
Mercredi, Duncan
Dreams of the Wolf in the City (Pemmican, 1992)
Spirit of the Wolf (Pemmican, 1991)
Wolf and Shadows (Pemmican Publications)
Mestokosho, Rita
Morgan, Cara-Lyn: What Became My Grieving Ceremony (Thistledown Press)
Morse, Garry Thomas
After Jack (Talonbooks, 2010)
Death in Vancouver (Talonbooks, 2009)
Discover Passages (Talonbooks, 2011)
Prairie Harbour (Talonbooks, 2015)
streams (LINEbooks, 2007)
The Untitled 1–13 & Transversals for Orpheus (Line Books, 2006)
Moses, Daniel David
Delicate Bodies (Blewointment, 1980)
Sixteen Jesuses (Exile Editions, 2000)
The White Line: Poems (Fifth House, 1990)
Nolin, Manon
Norman, Howard (gathered and translated by): The Wishing Bone Cycle: Narrative Poems from the Swampy Cree Indians
Paul, Philip Kevin
Little Hunger: Poems (Nightwood Editions 2008)
Taking the names down from the hill (Nightwood Editions, 2003)
Picard-Sioui, Louis-Karl
Proulx-Turner, Sharron
she is reading her blanket with her hands (Fronetnac House, 2008)
she walks for days inside a thousand eyes: a two-spirit story (Turnstone Press, 2008)
The trees are still bending south (Kegedonce, 2012)
what the aunts say (McGilligan, 2002)
Riel, Louis: The Collected Writings (University of Alberta Press, 1985)
Rogers, Janet
Peace in Duress (Talonbooks, 2014)
Red Erotic: Indigenous Erotica in Pictures and Words (Ojistah Publishing, 2010)
Totem Poles and Railroads (ARP, 2016)
unearthed (Leaf Press, 2011)
Ruffo, Armand Garnet
At Geronimo's Grave (Coteau Books, 2001)
Grey Owl: The Mystery of Archie Belaney (Coteau Books, 1996)
Opening in the Sky (Theytus Books Ltd, 1994)
The Thunderbird Poems (Harbour Publishing, 2015)
Scofield, Gregory
The Gathering: Stones for the Medicine Wheel (Polestar Press Ltd, 1993)
I Knew Two Metis Women: The Lives of Dorothy Scofield and Georgina Houle Young (Polestar Book Publishers, 1999)
Kipocihkân: Poems New and Selected (Nightwood Editions, 2009)
Louis: The Heretic Poems (Nightwood Editions, 2011)
Love Medicine and One Song: Sâkihtowin-Maskihkiy Êkwa Pêyak-Nikamowin (Polestar, 1997)
Native Canadiana: Songs from the Urban Rez (Polestar Book Publishers, 1996)
Singing Home the Bones (Polestar, 2005)
Witness, I Am (Nightwood, 2016)
Sewell, Anna Marie: Fifth World Drum (Frontenac House, 2009)
Simpson, Leanne: Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories & Songs (Arbeiter Ring Publishing, 2013)
Sioui, Eleonore: Andatha (Editions Hyperboree, 1985)
Sioui, Jean
Poemes Rouges (Le Loup de Gouttiere, 2004)
Le Pas de L'indien, Pensees Wendates (Le Loup de Gouttiere, 2005)
L'avenir Voit Rouge (Ecrits des Forges, 2008)
Snow, TJ: I do not know this story (Housepress, 1998)
Starr, Kinnie: How I Learned to Run (House of Parlance, 2008)
Stump, Sarain: There Is My People Sleeping (Gray's Publishing, 1970)
Vermette, Katherena: North End Love Songs (Muses Co, 2008)
Wagamese, Richard: Runaway Dreams (Ronsdale, 2011)
Webb-Campbell, Shannon: Still No Word (Breakwater Books, 2015)
*Please contact Jordan via his publisher, Talonbooks, for any questions related to the list.

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Pennsylvania is entirely within the continental climate zone, but the climate varies by area and altitude. The state experiences four seasons, which can vary based on location. Summer is hot, humid and long, particularly in the southeast. The mountainous areas are cooler and somewhat less humid. Autumn is moderate, while winter is cold and snowy. The temperatures in the area around Lake Erie are generally cooler.
Generally, the hottest month of the year in Pennsylvania is July, and the coldest is January. The state has an average temperature of 55.85 degrees Fahrenheit, with an average annual high temperature of 64.7 degrees Fahrenheit and an average annual low temperature of 47 degrees Fahrenheit. Temperatures can reach over 90 degrees Fahrenheit in the southeast and southwest areas in the hotter months. In January, the temperature can drop down to 23 degrees Fahrenheit. The state gets an average of 41.45 inches of rainfall per year and an average of 23 inches of snowfall per year. The snowfall near Lake Eire, which is in the snow belt, can exceed 54 inches per year, and heavy snows sometimes continue into April. Pennsylvania has experienced several destructive floods, such as the floods in 1889, 1972 and 1977, which caused much death and destruction. Tornadoes may also hit the area.


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UPenn Professor To Assist in Cannabis Studies Focusing on PTSD
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The University of Pennsylvania has a staff member involved in coordinating two proposed studies involving cannabis. Dr. Marcel Bonn-Miller, whose education and work history involve long-standing efforts with the Veterans Affairs Health Care System, will be helping to determine if cannabis is useful in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Dr. Bonn-Miller is researcher and faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine. His previous work with the VA and his education in clinical psychology make him uniquely positioned to evaluate the usefulness of cannabis for PTSD symptoms. Dr. Bonn-Miller has already published an academic essay on the use of cannabis as a sleep aid by those with PTSD. He will be involved in two studies; one is taking place split between Phoenix and Johns Hopkins University with 76 military participants, while the second, which includes 150 patients with varying sources of their PTSD, will be conducted out of Denver. The second study will involve pairing those who have been self-medicating with cannabis for their PTSD with someone with a similar source of their PTSD who is not using cannabis to treat their symptoms. Currently, most information about cannabis use for PTSD is anecdotal in the United States. With these studies completed, there will be clinical information available for specialists to analyze.
Dr. Bonn-Miller and his staff will be preparing, administering and analyzing questionnaires for the participants in both studies. The 76 veterans in the first study will be followed for six months; the participants in the second study will be followed for a full year. Though it will be some time before these studies are completed, they certainly represent the most modern and immediate source of possible relief for veterans and others struggling with PTSD across the country.
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From 1920 to 1922, Robert J. Flaherty filmed the life of an Inuit family in extreme conditions. The result was Nanook of the North, considered to be the first masterpiece in the history ofcinéma du réel… A masterpiece that the children's film club La Lanterne Magique renders accessible to young spectators. The film will be projected in its silent version, as it was originally presented. The spectators will thus experience the magic of storytelling and musical accompaniment. The story-teller Adeline Stern will read the titles for the younger spectatorswhile the Canadian composer and multi-instrumentalist Shirley Anne Hofmann will play accompanying music to the unforgettable images of Nanook conveying the paradoxical contrast throughout the film between a carefree existence and the struggle for survival.
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Forest communities engaged in the energy transition in Cambodia
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In addition to the founding documents that define our goals as an association, our values and our operational themes, we have been producing "position papers" since 2012. These set out GERES positioning or stance on general topics linked with current events and our development work.
Based on collective reflection that draws on field experience and feedback, ongoing research and trials aimed at developing large-scale solutions, position papers are written whenever GERES sees the need to make its position clear on any given theme.
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Some elements of analysis of the Paris Agreement By Vanessa Laubin, Renaud Bettin and Antoine Martin-Chave During the last plenaryRead more
he development of decentralised solar hybrid power stations offers new opportunities to improve rural access to electricity. If the benefits of solar are harnessed, the terms of access and quality of electricity supply can almost match national grids: 24-hour availability with high power handling capability. This is where rural micro-businesses – productive customers – come in.Read more
We call for smallholder family farmers to be placed at the heart of the UNFCCC discussions on farming. Based on the IPCC's latest report, we also believe that those discussions should deal with food security, as well, especially so as to address the challenges that climate imbalances pose for the right to food.Read more
In March this year the French Minister of Agriculture presented the '4 per 1000' initiative at the Climate-Smart Agriculture conference in Montpellier. A brochure2 published by the ministry presents an initiative that puts agriculture at the heart of climate issues, not only as the sector most affected by climate change and as a producer of greenhouse gasses, but also as a solution in terms of mitigation. It also set the '4 per 1000' initiative within the Agenda of Solutions3 promoted by the French and Peruvian presidencies of the COP20 and 21 and the Secretary General of the United Nations, despite the uncertainties surrounding it at this stage.Read more
Carbon pricing is likely to be one of the ingredients of the climate agreement negotiated during COP21. In 1997, the Kyoto Protocol launched the festivities via an international CO2 emission allowance trading system. It gave rise to an international carbon price which serves as a reference today. Yet carbon has several prices and limiting a ton of CO2 simply to a price defined by a market means that its social value is overlooked.Read more
The Climate and Development Committee of Coordination SUD (French NGO platform) has released a new factsheet: "Climate bonds, a new financial eldorado?". This factsheet has been coordinated by GERES. The contributors are: ACF, CARE-France, CCFD-Terre Solidaire, Gret, Oxfam, Secours Catholique.Read more
The Climate and Development Committee of Coordination SUD (French NGO platform) has released a new factsheet: "Combination of early warning system and climate information is key to ensure long-term resilience". This factsheet has been coordinated by Care France. The contributors are: ACF, AVSF, CARE-France, Croix-Rouge française and GERES.Read more
The SDG discussions have recognised that access to sustainable energy is crucial for many areas of development as well as for addressing climate change. Billions of people worldwide still do not have the energy services they need to lift them out of poverty and build sustainable development. Proposed SDG 7 aims to close this energy gap and "ensure access to affordable, sustainable, reliable, and modern energy services for all", with targets on universal access to energy, increasing the share of renewables in the global energy mix and doubling the annual rate of improvement in energy intensity.Read more
While we in the West are trying to find ways to reduce consumption, more than 1 billion people in developing countries have no access to energy. Communicating vessels may not be a principle that always hold true but perhaps Climate Solidarity is.Read more
Since 2009, the FAO has defined Climate-Smart Agriculture as agriculture that "sustainably increases productivity, resilience (adaptation), reduces/removes GHGs (mitigation), and enhances achievement of national food security and development goals". It should be noted that the way in which these three pillars relate to one another remains vague.Read more
Access to affordable and reliable energy services is crucial to the success of the post-2015 development framework. Shifting to more sustainable and efficient energy systems globally is also crucial for tackling climate change – the most serious threat to future poverty eradication.Read more
On the 19th of October 2012, Groupe Initiatives, a collective of international professional cooperation and development aid associations, organized a study day to discuss "Carbon finance as a means of access to energy for the poor". The proceedings of this study day are now available in both English and French!Read more
Once the engineers have done their job – by designing affordable devices and equipment that can provide life-changing benefits to the poorest families – it is then up to the "marketers" to do theirs, by organising distribution networks and establishing appropriate marketing strategies.Read more
Opinion article of the Climate and Development Committe of Coordination SUD – March 2014. Do climate events really have to catch up with us before we finally become aware of the scale of the threats we face and the urgent need for action? That's the fear of the NGO members of the Climate and Development Committee of Coordination Sud which has called, in its opinion column "Climate change, a challenge for our century", for extensive citizen mobilization to spur the world powers into making a strong political commitment. France must demonstrate leadership by encouraging the European Union to adopt a much more ambitious energy and climate policy. GERES is leading the Climate and Development Committee until 2015 and calling for this mobilization.Read more


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If you find yourself wondering why they don't make movies like Die Hard anymore, you might want to start looking abroad for your action fix. While American movies tend to stuff their action scenes with CGI creatures and superheroes, a lot of foreign films are getting down to the bare-bones action, whether it's the martial arts of upcoming Indonesian action film The Raid or the pulsing, mano-e-mano skirmishes that make up Sleepless Night, the French action film coming to video on demand on April 17. You could easily describe it as "Die Hard in a nightclub," with a policeman (Tomer Sisley) trying to recover his kidnapped son from within the packed nightclub owned by the kidnapper. There are guns and fights and about half a dozen great action scenes-- and if there's CGI in there, I didn't notice it. I saw the movie as part of the Midnight Madness program at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall, and like everybody else who caught it, I was dazzled.
In advance of Sleepless Night's arrival in the United States-- the VOD premiere will be followed by a select theatrical release in May-- we've premiering the film's poster right here. Take a look below, and click on it for the larger version:
That quote from Matt Singer is no lie-- Sleepless Night is the exact ideal of action movies we don't make anymore, so much that Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to remake it. So before the American remake is inevitably less cool, make sure to catch Sleepless Night and get a sense of the greatness of the original.
Below is the official synopsis for the film if you want to know more.
Sleepless Night tells the story of Vincent, a respected and dedicated police officer – or so it seems. After he and a colleague are recognized while stealing a massive bag of cocaine from drug dealers employed by local mob boss Marciano, Vincent quickly finds himself trapped in a situation that no parent would envy: his son has been kidnapped with the promise of execution if he doesn't immediately deliver the bag back to its rightful owner. Vincent heads to Marciano's nightclub on the outskirts of Paris to make the swap, but competing interests and misplaced loyalties soon threaten to complicate the exchange. The ensuing game of cat-and-mouse quickly spirals into madness, sprawling across every seedy back room and pulsating, claustrophobic inch of the crowded dance floor. With enemies on all sides and time working against him, the night to come might not only be the longest but also the last of Vincent and his young son's life.


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Mike O'Loan
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About Mike O'Loan
I have spent the last 30 years working in Trading and Risk Management in the City's Financial Markets.
I first visited the Western Front in the late 1980's with an interest in 36th Ulster Division (which my grandfather and great uncle served in). I was fascinated by the mine craters. That led me into learning about the war underground, how it related to tactics above and then on to how tactics evolved through the course of the war.
First World War
Favourite Tour
All Quiet on the Western Front – I never tire of the reactions of first time visitors when they start to grasp the scale of what happened.
Political and Military History, Politics and Current Affairs, Wine and Real Ale
I Would Recommend
All Quiet on The Western Front tour is a great introduction. You get an overview of the conflict and an appreciation of what there is to explore from huge monuments to lonely, poignant graveyards.
My Most Memorable Experience
Walking through Theipval wood on my first visit with a map from July 1916. Evidence of all the support trenches are still there and it was a very moving to think of the thousands who's footsteps we were following in...


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I am home. My trip to California to film for Pilates Anytime and attend the PMA conference was absolutely amazing. For me, this trip was an unbelievable professional experience, but I also learned a lot about myself. I was constantly brought to tears by the fact that I'm a different person today than I was 365 days ago.
I walked through the doors of Pilates Anytime this year and filmed 3 videos that I'm already proud of even though I haven't seen the final product. I drove myself from Santa Barbara to Palm Springs in a rental car and didn't crash it or get lost. I spent 4 days making new friends, hugging friends I've never met in person before, and watching old friends move mountains. Most importantly though I experienced a deep, deep feeling of gratitude for my family.
There are times I feel like 2 people. Some days I transition between Pilates and Momming like a ninja, but most days I'm more like a hot, stressed-out mess. My family is left to deal with me being distracted and constantly immersed in my career.
I am so grateful for the man who's rarely seen but keeps this crazy woman moving forward on a daily basis. He brought chocolate, flowers, and our babies to the airport last night to pick me up. I cried so hard when I wrapped my arms around him because in that moment I wasn't confused. I was crystal clear on how lucky I am. I could not do anything without him by my side. Anything.
I'm so happy to be home with a fresh perspective on what I have already and what I want for my future. At the top of the list are days with my people that are less distracted by work and full of all the feels. Some days that means arguments, long nights of homework, and forgetting to pack lunches because that's the way it usually goes. I just want to be present when all of that is happening. I also intend to continue to pursue a kickass career. That will come with plenty of mistakes as well, but I'm not going to give up on my career just because it's too hard to do it all!
I'm just going to have to do it with a little less pressure from Martha Stewart, Carol Brady, and all of the ridiculous preconceived ideas I have in my head of what being a working mom looks like. I'm going to do it MY way which will be full of flaws and hopefully a few successes too. I'll update you in another 365 days.
17 thoughts on "I'm Going To Live My Life With Less Pressure from Carol Brady and Martha Stewart"
I often wonder if I'm doing enough in my Pilates career— teaching enough, practicing enough, learning enough, and posting enough. And the answer, career-wise, is probably not.
Then I read your blog and am hit square between the eyes with the fact that I'm MORE than a Pilates teacher. Much, much more! And I'm running as hard and fast as I can most days to do it all excellently. Well, that stops today! I will do most of it we'll, some of it excellently, and parts of it not so much. Maybe it's really okay to give 50% some days at some tasks.
Remind if this when I call you in a panicked crisis!
PS. I plan to be at the PMA next year. We WILL hang out.
Carrie you are real and a real inspiration to be amazing and real and human. You have a tremendously bright and authentic smile.
I wish I had your wisdom when I was raising my daughters. I am an empty nester now with a home studio. I teach only minimally. Life is such a fleeting moment especially being in the middle of it all. Looking back I wish I had been even more attentive. I have no regrets but so refreshing to hear these days. Enjoy your children and husband they are so precious and you don't get do overs with raising your family. Career will always be there and you can dictate the terms, family is non-negotiable. Stay on your true path Carrie, it's a good one.
Keep doing you, Carrie!!! Happy Mom=Happy Children. I don't have any children yet, but can only imagine the juggling act it takes to be a good wife, amazing mom, and a successful career woman. I applaud both you and your family. It takes a wonderful support system to have the success that you do and it's no surprise that you are where you are today!! God Bless you, lady!!! Xoxoxox Hugs from So Cal!!!
It's not easy, but you've made it look like it is- all of it, momming, careering and wifing. Truth is they all take presidence as needed and you do a great job of figuring that out! Love you and can't wait to hear about your most recent adventure, but also look forward to those ahead! ❤
I love you so much I had to say it twice i guess 😁
Loved this Carrie! 💕
Ok, I have to admit that I feel relieved. ❤
You are an inspiration to me and many others. I am also a mother and struggle with the "balance" of children and career. There is a new phenomenon of social media added too! I explain it to my husband as pulling the reigns back of a galloping horse. I want to let my horse "career" go full speed and run. But, then I miss the purpose of why I teach, because it gets away from me. If I yank back, then I fall off … I have to ease it back gently to a slow trot to have the most enjoyable ride. Compromise.
As an observer, I have no idea how you are doing it all … and doing it all as well as you do! But, knowing that there is a balancing act going on brings me peace that I am not alone. Thank you. 😊❤
Thank you so much for sharing this. It was a wonderful post to read.


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These would be "fund managers, brokers and advisers who distrust the whole structure of the economy and markets and believe that returns can only be made by exploiting the inherent flaws".
One of these, Peter Schiff, is advising his clients
"to avoid any dollar-denominated assets and to invest in overseas stocks and bonds, particularly in Asia and especially in companies that do not have significant exposure to the US. Commodities and precious metals are also recommended".
This seems to be too extreme. While a heavy degree of diversification is always in order, completely divesting from dollar-denominated assets, as well as U.S. equities and bonds, is absurd.
I have recommended, of course, investing a (small) portion of your portfolio in commodities and precious metals, although at $1015+ a troy ounce, gold may be in a mini-bubble.


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Of the 470,000 Wi-Fi connections made on a recent day at Abilene Christian University, fully 94% used the 2.4GHz band, representing an extreme example of how today's surging number of Wi-Fi clients is crowding the band least able to accommodate them.
At ACU, this is not considered a problem, at least not yet. In part, that's because of careful wireless LAN design and capacity planning. And partly because a goodly percentage of mobile devices that can run on the alternative 5GHz band, do so: on that same day, 47% of the school's laptops and desktops, and two-thirds of its iPads cruised on 5GHz, via either 802.11a or 802.11n.
Yet relatively few of today's Wi-Fi clients support 5GHz.
"The challenge isn't that 5GHz-capable devices are not connecting the 5GHz band, but rather the challenge is there are too few devices that have 5GHz capabilities," says Arthur Brant, ACU's director of networking service. "The 2.4GHz band is congested, a symptom of the number of devices that only operate on that band, and the limitation of its [only] three non-overlapping channels."
A growing concern
This congestion is a growing concern and, in some cases, a problem on college campuses. More schools are rebuilding campus-wide Wi-Fi networks that now are designed for 5GHz. That means more costs, including half as many access points and associated cabling and ports, because the higher frequency doesn't penetrate walls as well. But it also means four to six times the number of non-overlapping channels, much greater capacity, and a clean radio frequency.
At a range of schools, IT staff say 50% to 60% or more of their current Wi-Fi device population, including the tidal wave of smartphones and other mobile devices, are stuck with the 2.4GHz band. [See "Wi-Fi client surge forcing fresh wireless LAN thinking".] Somewhat surprisingly, that's true for many laptop PCs, such as Dell's value-line of Inspiron laptops and its higher performing XPS line, though the latter do offer a $35 upgrade to a dual-band Wi-Fi radio.
"Since most users don't understand the difference, they don't change this option," says John Turner, director for network and systems, at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. The Brandeis Wi-Fi network, based on Aruba's dual-band access points, benefits from the growing popularity of Apple Macs. About 50% of the students have them "and will connect on the 5GHz band nicely," Turner says.
"Our jobs would be easier if clients just all did a good job using the 5GHz band and left the 2.4 for other devices, like the [Nintendo] Wii and lower-power devices like smartphones," he says.
But they don't. That's partly because of decisions by radio and device manufacturers and partly due to the 802.11 standard, which from the outset has control of wireless access in the client radio, not the access point. More Wi-Fi brains and control is shifting slowly to the network, as vendors implement optional parts of the IEEE 802.11 standards, and the .11 working group develops new standards. [See "Major Wi-Fi changes ahead"]
At University of Massachusetts/Amherst, the WLAN for campus residence halls has been redesigned for 5GHz (though service on 2.4 is still offered). So far this year, the campus Aruba network has identified 47,000 unique Wi-Fi devices, with just over one-third making use of 5GHz.
The resulting interference levels are high in the residence halls in the 2.4 band, and during peak periods in the evening users on this band see throughput ranging from 5M to 10Mbps. But clients on the 5GHz band, "regularly showed performance in excess of 20Mbps" all day, according to Rick Tuthill and Michael Dickson, network engineers with the school's Office of Information Technologies.
The 2.4GHz junk band
"We would certainly like to see more clients choose 5Ghz when available, because we believe we can deliver a better experience there," says Dan McCarriar, assistant director of network services at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. "The general perception in IT, and it matches our experience, is that 2.4GHz has become somewhat of a junk band, with all the consumer Wi-Fi routers and 'hotspot' devices that prefer it." In off-campus sites leased by CMU, "it's not uncommon to see dozens of competing SSIDs and ad-hoc devices operating in 2.4GHz frequencies, causing co-channel and adjacent channel interference and any number of other headaches."
Even where congestion isn't a problem the collection of "junk" on the 2.4 band can bog down performance. "The older equipment slows down the network for everyone, not just the older clients," Turner says.
Users with high-throughput 802.11n radios in spiffy new laptops often can't get the most out of that higher throughput, says Marcelo Lew, wireless enterprise administrator at the University of Denver. "You have a Ferrari, but if you are sharing a single-lane road [2.4GHz band] with a lot of other Ferraris, you won't go very fast," he points out. "Now, move the Ferrari to a five-lane highway [5GHz band] and you will be able to move a lot faster."
A better Wi-Fi highway
The IT groups are taking a number of steps both to build the five-lane highway and get clients to use it. As mentioned, many are redesigning their WLANs for 5GHz, creating smaller Wi-Fi cells and boosting capacity in the process, making the 5GHz signal pervasive. Wheaton College in Norton, Mass., is upgrading its dorm network from 802.11abg to dual-band 802.11n, with the access point placement based on 5GHz. "More in-depth shifting of clients to 5GHz will depend on our ability to expand 5GHz coverage," says Steven Hess, Wheaton network administrator.
UMass/Amherst's minimum system requirements for student and faculty include "dual-band Wi-Fi-certified adapter, and before arriving on campus, students are given information on what they can do to "lower the overall noise in the 2.4GHz band," according to Tuthill and Dickson.
Secondly, more of them are switching on the automatic "band-steering" feature that WLAN vendors now support. When a dual-band client radio switches on, it "probes" for a wireless access point. The access point with band-steering temporarily "hides" the 2.4GHz band from the probe. So the client concludes that only 5GHz is available, and then connects using that band. Afterward, it's able to use 2.4 if needed for longer range connectivity.
"In locations with band steering turned off, we have almost no 5GHz usage, says Ethan Sommer, associate director of core services at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minn. "In our new academic building, where I turned on band steering, I think we have almost 4:1 in favor of 5GHz. I guess we should experiment with turning it on in more places."
Other changes include: setting up a separate SSID for the 5GHz band, and naming it something like "(university name)-fast" to encourage user adoption; and switching off the lower data rates for each connection mode, especially for 11b and 11g.
Many IT staffers say Wi-Fi problems are client-related, often due to aging or badly written drivers. Often, updating the driver fixes the problem. UMass/Amherst is trying out a new program of loaning students who report particular types of network issues a replacement USB Wi-Fi adapter that supports both radio bands. If the adapter solves the problem, the student is encouraged to buy and use the same model.
The influx of Wi-Fi clients that can only use the 2.4GHz band is putting the RF environment under stress. IT groups are responding with better spectrum planning, redesigning WLANs around 5GHz, shifting as many clients as possible to that cleaner band, and using the 2.4GHZ band more efficiently.
"I'd say the 5GHz band is our preferred future," says CMU's McCarriar. "But in the 'bring your own device' environment that many universities have lived in for years, we're ultimately at the mercy of the device vendors doing the right thing in designing and testing their products."


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Picked up my boat yesterday afternoon from the dealer getting de-winterized and the GG3 system installed. Had lunch at the Hula Hut on Lake Austin outdoors because it was 70+ degrees. Ready to test the "old Gravity Games system" before I change out the manifold and valves and guess what...today is 37 degrees <sigh>. Have to wait again.


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Welcome to document warehouse of Subiz – a live chat tool which is designed to boost sales and gain the customer experience for e-commerce website. If this is the first time you've used Subiz, we recommend you to read these pages. You'll find out the reason why you use our service.
Requirements, Registration and Logging in
Subiz is a cloud-based software so all you need is a website to integrate our live chat tool.
Browser support
- Firefox (version 2.0 and higher)
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How to register an Subiz account?
- Go to http://subiz.com
- Click 'Get started'
- Fill in the form
- Verify the registration by clicking into link in sent email
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How to integrate Subiz into website
After logging into Dashboard, you will see a pop-up like the picture below:
Another way to get Subiz's embed code:
- Click 'Settings'
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- Copy the embed code and paste into website's source code file before </head>.
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Open your website, Subiz's chat widget will show up at the bottom of the right corner.
How does Subiz live chat work?
Subiz includes 2 parts:
- Dashboard page: This is where you log in to chat and monitor your website's visitors. All information will be displayed in Dashboard page.
Notice: Dashboard is web-based application. If you want to use standalone application to chat, there are also some IM Clients that supports Subiz on both PC and mobile phones.
- Chat widget for visitors.
When visitors come to your website, they will have conversation via integrated chat window on website.
A conversation can be started by visitors or agent. If agent want to proactively chat to visitors, he/she just needs to click into visitor's ID or name on Dashboard and send message.
Start a conversation with visitors
To begin a chat, you have to pay attention to your Status
- Available: This means you're online and ready for a new request chat. The chat widget will be online mode on your website.
- Away: This means you're currently busy, you still see visitors and proactively chat with them. But on website, the chat widget will be offline mode. In case, you belong to a department, visitors won't see your department in the drop-down list.
Once you've got new request chat, a desktop notification will appear at the corner of your screen. Click into the pop-up to jump to chat window on the dashboard page.
Type message and press Enter to answer request chat.
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Precision Peep sights were featured again in the June 2016 issue of Bowhunt America! The "Great New Gear" section of the magazine, showcases some of the best bowhunting accessories and bows to the hit the market, and Precision Peeps was thrilled to be included in Bowhunt America, especially at such an important time for the bowhunter as they begin to select and dial-in their archery equipment for the season.
Inside BowHunt America's Great New Gear Section
Bowhunt America Magazine had some really incredible things to say about Precision Peeps. Our peep sight was featured alongside the new Muzzy bowfishing rest, a great new gravity-based feed station by Moultrie. We feel honored to be included in such a prestigious bowhunting magazine that so many hunters look to as a source for highly valuable information when preparing for their hunting season.
Information on Precision Peep Sights
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Every year, hundreds of South Koreans take a trip to Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh to revisit their roots. Puzzled?
The Karak clan of South Korea traces its lineage to King Kim Suro of the Gaya kingdom (not to be confused with Gaya, Bihar), and Queen Hur Hwang-ok. Legend says that the Queen, also known as Suriratna, was from a distant kingdom, interpreted by some scholars as Ayodhya.
While there are arguments to the contrary, the connection has nevertheless been established, and the city of Ayodhya also has a memorial dedicated to the Queen.
Source: dailymail
It is said that this queen travelled to Korea in 48 AD and married the King, who founded the Geumgwan Gaya empire in southeastern Korea. They had ten children, and their progeny resulted in the present-day Karak clan to which a considerable number of Koreans belong.
The Central Karak Clan Society sent a delegation to India last year, which met with CM Akhilesh Yadav and proposed the construction of a larger monument in memory of the queen who forged the connection between these distant countries.
Tomb of Hur Hwang-ok in Gimhae, S. Korea (By Rémi Cormier, Wikipedia)
While scholars doubt the authenticity of this piece of history for various reasons, it is a fascinating bit of lore, and Korean television also aired a popular TV show based on this story, Suro Of Geumgwan Gaya.
Source: blogspot
Authentic or not, we can be positive that this connection will go a long way in fostering goodwill between India and South Korea!
Information source: zeenews
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Feet. They're used for transport, as a foundation, as expression. An intricate network of tiny bones supports hundreds of pounds for a lifetime.
I have a long-standing interest in feet, and particularly in musicians' feet. Musicians embody expression and inspire others to do the same. I think what they choose to put on or take off their feet when creating music and how they move their feet when they play is as fascinating as their hands and mouths.
I also really like shoes, but there's freedom in bare feet.


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About Exit Languages
who we are
Exit Language Services was founded in Barcelona in the late 1990's, responding to a demand for quality language services. The aim of the organisation is to adapt to our clients' linguistic needs, no matter how specialised they might be.
By optimising their language capabilities, companies can gain an important advantage in competitive international markets. We serve clients in Barcelona and the surrounding area.
Contact details:
Exit Language Services S.L.
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By Tafi Mhaka
Take me to Timbuktu for Christmas. Or should I go to a Praia or N'Djamena? I could spend Boxing Day in Ouagadougou. Or I could simply serenade Ethiopian women in Addis Ababa before the dawn of the New Year. Or should I go to Accra. I hear East Africa calling me. Should I do Garissa or Mombasa? Kigali is the place to be this December I heard. But I might just do a little Kampala as well. Or I could go to Mahango Game Park in Bwabwata National Park. Or go fishing along the Okavango River basin. Or I'll go surfing at Lachinga .
The spirit of Africa is in the air in Tsholotosho. The spirit of the wild is in Hluhluwe–Imfolozi Park. The spirit of Africa lives in Jozi. Jozi is the personification of the fast life: Jozi has drama; excitement; fun; loud music; love; fast love; passion; heartbreak; money; booze; pretty girls; fast rides; cheap rides; designer wear; cheap clothes; tall buildings; big buildings; flashy buildings; old buildings. Jozi is surely the living embodiment of the African dream. Jozi speaks in tongues: Jozi speaks in languages you cannot understand all the time. Jozi speaks Tswana. Jozi speaks Yoruba. Jozi speaks Mossi. Jozi speaks Ndebele. Jozi speaks Oromo. Jozi speaks Swahili. Jozi speaks Tshivenda. Jozi speaks Shona. Jozi speaks Tsotsitaal. Jozi speaks Afrikaans. Jozi speaks Zulu. Jozi speaks Herero. Jozi speaks lingala. But what is in the name of a language when all who live in Jozi speak and understand each other?
Does a name define who you are? Say I called you Betty or Roger from here on. Would you feel lost in this world? Does a name define your character or does your character define your name? While the great man himself; the founding father of South Africa, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela had an English first name; the history of Africa and Africans in the diaspora is littered with names of people who have sought to define their African heritage by ditching their European names. El-Hajj Malik el Shabazz, a man christened Malcolm Little at birth is famously remembered as Malcolm X, the great American civil rights leader. He dropped his English name on the advice of the then leader of the nation of Islam; Elijah Muhammad.
The later dictator of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Mobutu took the renaming of cities and places and people to an entirely new stratosphere as he sought to decolonise the minds of Zairians. Under a state ideology appropriately titled Authenticité or Zairianization Mobutu changed the name of the country from the Republic of the Congo to Zaire in 1966.
And he changed the name of the capital city from Léopoldville to Kinshasa. Mobutu led by example and changed his name from Joseph Mobutu to a more flamboyant and Africanesque name: Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Ba Zanga. Christian names were forbidden by law as Mobutu and his party, the Popular Movement of the Revolution (MPR), set about to rid Zaire of Western cultural influences in the 1960s.
It is just not Zaire that changed names. Southern Rhodesia became Zimbabwe on the attainment of independence in 1980. South West Africa changed to Namibia when apartheid South Africa granted it independence in 1990. And it is not just countries or people that have tendency to assume new names. Name changes are quite the game changer in the corporate world where names have the ability to grab the attention of brand conscious consumers. It is all a part of consumer centric approach to marketing. The brand centricity of a name can make or break the marketability of a brand experts say.
Now we all love Google, the company, dearly; we love to use Google, the search engine, to google facts about friends, family, people, work; let us face it: we love to google life. Would you believe that when Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google on September 4, 1998 in Menlo Park, California in the United States, they named it BackRub? And later changed it Google. Now: Imagine telling a friend to "Just BackRub it?" It sounds rather smutty don't you think? What about Apple Computers? How does that sound? Steve Jobs dropped the "Computers" bit in 2007 as the company had diversified its product range to include consumer electronic products like the iPod, Apple TV and iPhone. Another tech giant, or should I say a former tech giant called Research in Motion changed its name to Blackberry after struggling to get any traction in the marketplace. Too bad Blackberry certainly did not get much long-term traction.
One brand that has made a name for itself over time is Pepsi. It is certainly one of the most recognisable brands in the world. But in 1893, when a North Carolina pharmacist named Caleb Brandam made the formula for Pepsi, it was known as Brad's Drink. "Oh, I'll have a Brad, please" sounds so not right.
You may have a Sony PlayStation at home or Sony Xperia X smartphone. When Sony was founded in 1946 the company went by the name Tokyo Tshushin Kogyo. Would you buy a Kogyo Xperia 5? Or a Kogyo Playstation 4? The company changed its name to Sony Corporation in 1958. Like Sony, Starbucks is a famous global brand. Starbuck is an American coffee company and a coffeehouse chain with franchises across the world. Well it used to be known as Starbucks Coffee, Tea and Spice. Yes: it is worth repeating: Starbucks Coffee, Tea and Spice became Starbucks after a change of ownership in 1987. Starbucks does not go down nicely with tea and spice for a name, does it?
Nike has brought us Air Jordan amongst many other famous brands. Its products are endorsed by the likes of Michael Jordan, Kevin Durant, Cristiano Ronaldo and LeBron James among other world famous athletes. Nike, which used to be known as Blue Ribbon Sports is named after the Greek Goddess of victory. Are you an avid gamer as well? If you have a Nintendo Wii you are lucky not to own a Marafuku Wii actually. Marafuku Company changed its name to Nintendo in 1963.
Changing names is a big thing in show business too; a really big phenomenon. Katy Hudson is known to the world as Katy Perry. Would her hit single "Teenage Dream" sound as good if it had been recorded by a Kate Hudson? Would Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr be a big rap star with a reported net worth of US$120 million if did not call himself Snoop Doggy Dog? Drake, the One Dance hitmaker, is actually called Aubrey Drake Graham. I have a theory why Drake did not go with Audrey. (You probably have yours too.) Spike Lee, the director of Chi-Raq, a 2015 American satirical musical drama film about gang violence in Chicago, is really Shelton Lee. Lil Wayne, the Young Money rapper, who is no longer little by any stretch of the imagination by the way, is legally known as Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. Rick Ross, the world-famous rapper from Miami who just happens to be a former prison guard, got his stage name from a famous drug dealer called Richard Donnell "Freeway Rick" Ross. Reports say "Freeway Rick", who spent 20 years in prison for dealing in narcotics, made up to 2.5 billion gross, and $850 million in profit per year in the 1980s. As for Rick Ross, the rapper, his real name is William Leonard Roberts II. "Hip hop's first billionaire," Dr Dre, is called Andre Romelle Young. And have you heard of Demetria Guynes? She used to be married to Ashton Kutcher. Her real name is Demi Moore.
Now think about Jozi; Jozi, my Jozi. Would Jozi be Jozi if it were called Gaborone? Would Harare be Harare if it were called Lagos? Does the name of the city you live in define the people that inhabit it? Would Melville feel like Melville if it were in Bloemfontein? What if Soweto swapped names with Umlazi? Would it feel like the Soweto you know? Would the spirit of Braamfontein feel like it does if Braam packed its bags and set up shop in Nelspruit? Would the bars and clubs in Lusaka rock as much if Lusaka changed its name to Newcastle? Would Lilongwe be as sunny and beautiful if it were called Alice? What if Facebook changed its name to Vanity would that change its appeal for you? Because some residents in New York have removed the name of Donald Trump from their buildings after his win in the presidential election last week I had to talk about names.
Africa: What it is in a name?


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As our community continues to experience a dramatic increase in the volume of people and vehicles moving through the neighborhood, we have also begun to see a rise in the number of incidents affecting public safety — from nuisance violations like vandalism to more serious crimes.
The BHA's committee on Police and Public Safety addresses residents' concerns related to public safety and criminal activity by following up with the 84th Precinct and Brooklyn's District Attorney's Office to ensure that they receive adequate attention. It also advocates for increased allocation of law enforcement resources to the community due to the strain on existing police resources caused by the wave of new developments in Brooklyn Bridge Park, Downtown Brooklyn, DUMBO, Cobble Hill and Red Hook, as well as Brooklyn Heights.
The committee routinely reviews the Police Department's Compstat data, attends 84th Precinct Community Council meetings to confer with the 84th Precinct Captain and community affairs officers, communicates as necessary with the District Attorney's Office, and meets regularly with the board of the Montague Street Business Improvement District. The committee is seeking to work with homeowners and law enforcement to deter crime by adding surveillance cameras in problem areas, such as Brooklyn Bridge Park entrances.
The BHA invited Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thompson to be the featured speaker at its 2016 Annual Meeting to talk about his office's efforts to stop illegal guns from coming into Brooklyn, reduce gang violence, and create the nation's largest Conviction Review Unit. To date, the office has reviewed 50 cases and exonerated 18 individuals.
To keep the BHA informed about any criminal activity (after you've reported it to the police), security concerns, or other safety issues, you can call us at (718) 858-9193 or send us an email.
An article in the Brooklyn Heights Press on DA Kenneth Thompson's speech at the BHA Annual Meeting can be found here.


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Hartford, Conn. – The Tufts University women's basketball team finished their regular season today with a 59-40 win over Trinity College.
|Knapp led the Jumbos today in points, rebounds, and steals.
The Jumbos (21-3, 8-2 NESCAC) will go into the New England Small Conference tournament next weekend as the three seed. The Bantams (15-9, 3-7 NESCAC) has qualified for the tournament after a three-year hiatus and will be the eight seed.
Tufts' scoring was spread out, led by Jac Knapp who turned in 12 points, six boards and three steals. Lauren Dillon added nine points and six assists while Cailin Harrington scored eight points and pulled down four rebounds off the bench. The Jumbos won the rebound battle, 33-27, and forced 18 Trinity turnovers.
On a day where the Bantams honored their seniors before the game, they were led by Erin Cunningham who scored a game-high 13 points and tied a team-high of six rebounds. Cunningham was the lone Bantam to finish in double-figures as Trinity shot just 30.4% from the floor.
Knapp scored six of her 12 points in the first quarter to help the Jumbos open a 17-6 lead after the first ten minutes of play. Tufts' defense limited the Bantams to just 2-of-9 shooting in the game's first quarter and came away with four steals. The visitors extended their lead in the second quarter to open up a 32-18 lead at the half, thanks largely to a 5-of-11 second quarter. Cunningham kept the Bantams in it with eight second quarter points, but just two other Trinity players found the bottom of the net in the second quarter.
Trinity turned things around a bit in the third frame, holding the Jumbos to under 30% shooting from the floor, but five turnovers on the offensive side of the ball proved costly. Jessica Hom and Cunningham both tallied three points each in the final quarter, but Tufts kept things out of reach, shooting 6-of-13 from the field down the stretch to come away with the 59-40 victory.
The Bantams will travel to top-seeded Amherst College next Saturday for the NESCAC Tournament Quarterfinals, scheduled for 2pm. The Jumbos will host sixth-seeded Connecticut College in Medford the same day at 3pm. The winners will advance to the tournament's semifinal round the following weekend.
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A man stranded in the Arctic is finally about to receive his long awaited rescue. However, after a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost and he must then decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp or embark on a deadly trek through the unknown for potential salvation.
An epic tale about a group of whale watchers, whose ship breaks down and they get picked up by a whale fisher vessel. The Fishbillies on the vessel has just gone bust, and everything goes out of control.
In Norway on 22 July 2011, right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utöya Island outside of Oslo. This three-part story will focus on the survivors of the attacks, the political leadership of Norway, and the lawyers involved.
A plover chick has not learned to fly when his family migrates in the fall. He must survive the arctic winter, vicious enemies and himself in order to be reunited with his beloved one next spring.
A woman and her fiancé find themselves caught in a hurricane after departing Tahiti by boat. She wakes up after being knocked out, only to discover him missing, and the elements threatening.
As a ferry carrying 300 passengers from Denmark pulls into an Icelandic town's small port, heavy snow begins to fall. The ferry can't leave until the storm passes and the main road into town is impassable. A mutilated and dismembered body washes on the shore, an unidentifiable man murdered only hours ago. The local police chief, Andri Olafssun, whose personal life is in shatters, realizes a killer has descended into his town. As word spreads, order disintegrates into chaos as the ferry's passengers and the town's residents realize they are all possible suspects and that a killer is trapped among them.
During a snowy Christmas season in Sweden, psychologist and profiler Inger Johanne Vik finds not only herself but also her autistic daughter drawn into the investigation of a number of disturbing deaths, through which she meets detective Ingvar Nyman of "Rikskrim," a Swedish national police force.
When Reykjavik crime detective Helgi Marvin Runarsson is called in to investigate a suicide case on Snaefellsnes Peninsula, the case turns out to be far from simple. Pulled into a sinister trail of evidence, Helgi's own deeply hidden secrets are unearthed. Will Helgi turn a blind eye to murder in order to save the life of his daughter.
Skärgårdsdoktorn was a Swedish television series produced by SVT Drama. The series ran from 1997 to 2000 and a total of 18 episodes were produced. In English, the title could be translated as The archipelago doctor, and it came to be one of the most popular Swedish TV series of the 90s, and with its average viewership of approximately 2.5 million it is considered one of the greatest successes of SVT Drama. Created by Lars Bill Lundholm and Gunilla Linn Persson, the first 8 episodes were directed by Martin Asphaug. The series was also broadcast in Norway, Finland and Denmark.
In May 2009, the plans to produce a cinema feature film of Skärgårdsdoktorn were announced. Featuring the same characters ten years after, the estimated release date is Christmas 2010, or possibly January or February 2011.
The blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Heads will roll. Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to rid a village of the marauding monster.
In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist, he's nearly been driven mad by radiation exposure and his desperate search for others. A fragile, imperative strand of trust connects them. But when a stranger enters the valley, their precarious bond begins to unravel.
Thirty miles from the Arctic Circle, in the northern Icelandic town of Husavik, stands the Icelandic Phallological Museum – the world's only Penis museum. Over 40 years, the founder and curator has collected every specimen from every mammal except for one elusive penis needed to complete his collection: The Human Specimen. The film follows the curator's incredible, sublimely comic, often shocking quest to complete his eccentric collection, and the two intrepid men who have raised their hands to be the first human
Following a geographical tour of Slovakia, three young American women are lured into a hostel by a handsome young man who sells them to the twisted masters, ties them up and brings upon an unthinkable world of pain.
Jeff Dunham and his iconic creations, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, Walter, Peanut, and Bubba J. have embarked on an unprecedented world tour that has Dunham touching five continents, logging almost 100,000 miles and starring in arenas where few American comedians have dared to perform. Tell the wrong joke in Singapore or United Arab Emirates and risk being handcuffed before you ever leave the stage. Bring Achmed the Dead Terrorist on stage in Malaysia after a government warning forbidding his presence, and you may begin an indefinite vacation in Kuala Lumpur. While Dunham collects and crafts pop culture references that can excite a local audience upon entering each country – Achmed on this trepidation of returning to the Middle East, Walter's (lack of) understanding of current race relations in South Africa, Bubba J. finding kindred spirits in Australia – Jeff shows that humor is truly universal. Most of the time.
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.
In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living.
Three tales of three people who have a lasting effect on one another. A young writer whose career is skyrocketing finds himself in a stormy marriage. He divorces his wife after the death of their daughter, shuts himself from the outside world and drinks himself to death over a twenty-year period.
In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the country's best and the two brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams who carry an ancient lineage. Although they share the land and a way of life, Gummi and Kiddi have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease suddenly infects Kiddi's sheep, the entire valley comes under threat. The authorities decide to cull all the animals in the area to contain the outbreak. But Gummi and Kiddi don't give up so easily – and each brother tries to stave off the disaster in his own fashion: Kiddi by using his rifle and Gummi by using his wits.
A stubbornly traditional eighty-year-old farmer — whose social attitudes verge on the prehistoric — raises hell when he is forced to move in with his sadsack, city-dwelling son and domineering daughter-in-law, in this hilarious social satire based on the wildly popular novel by Finnish author Tuomas Kyrö.
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.
Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, escaping life's troubles – even if just for a moment – by dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.
A pair of former brothers-in-law embark on a road trip through Iceland.
It's the year 1970 and as Black Sabbath record their first album and mark the birth of Heavy Metal, Hera Karlsdottir is born on the cowshed floor at her parents farm in rural Iceland. The years of her youth are carefree until a tragedy strikes. Her older brother is killed in a accident and Hera blames herself for his death. In her grieve she finds solace in the dark music of Heavy Metal and dreams of becoming a rock star. As the years pass on the farm buried under a shroud of snow and a looming ominous mountain Hera practises her guitar and dreams of forming a band. Hera is a rebellious, misunderstood delinquent in her early twenties who can't help but get into trouble. She dreams of escaping out into the world but somehow always ends up at her own doorstep. When her childhood friend returns intent on marrying her and a young priest moves to the farming community the wheels of fate start turning. Hera has to grow up, find her own voice and realize she can't run away her whole life.
A newly developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions soon lead him to big industry leader Max Zorin.
An American photographer adrift in a remote Icelandic community becomes entangled in the lives of a mysterious European couple.
Halfway between a sports documentary and an conceptual art installation, "Zidane" consists in a full-length soccer game (Real Madrid vs. Villareal, April 23, 2005) entirely filmed from the perspective of soccer superstar Zinedine Zidane.
The Shamer's daughter, Dina, has unwillingly inherited her mother's supernatural ability. She can look straight into the soul of other people. When the sole heir to the throne is wrongfully accused of the horrible murders of his family, it is up to Dina to uncover the truth, but soon she finds herself whirled into a dangerous power struggle with her own life at risk.
Brian Cox stars as Jacques, the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas (Dano), a homeless young man who has already given up on life. Determined to keep his legacy alive, Jacques deems Lucas is a fitting heir and takes him under his wing, schooling him in the male-centric laws of his alcoholic clubhouse: no new customers, no fraternizing with customers and, absolutely no women. Lucas is a quick study, but their friendship is put to the test when the distraught and beautiful April (Isild Le Besco) shows up at the bar seeking shelter, and Lucas insists they help her out.
On a romantic getaway to Iceland, a young American couple wake up one morning to discover every person on Earth has disappeared. Their struggle to survive and to reconcile the mysterious event lead them to reconsider everything they know about themselves and the world.
A remote fishing village in Iceland. Teenage boys Thor and Christian experience a turbulent summer as one tries to win the heart of a girl while the other discovers new feelings toward his best friend. When summer ends and the harsh nature of Iceland takes back its rights, it's time to leave the playground and face adulthood.
Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions. His work – made famous by his signature 'Tom of Finland' – became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.
A former sailor who has served prison sentences for alcohol smuggling fights to keep his family afloat. He is offered pay for a last tour of cargo between Reykjavik and Rotterdam. He agrees, in the hope to get out of debt, but unexpected events occur.
A simple night of babysitting takes a horrifying turn when Helen realizes the boogeyman really is in little Lucas' closet.


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It's a rough day for the British pound, but the sun is shining down under — it's time for your FX Fix.
The British pound hit a 2011 low against a basket of other currencies, thanks to an uncertain economic outlook and sales of the pound to buy Australian dollars and deal with flood repairs. [Reuters]
Did buyers of Japanese equities drive the yen's post-quake surge on March 16? [WSJ]
A decent upward revision in fourth quarter US GDP is helping the dollar. Finally. [IBTimes]
EU summit takeaway: Finland and Germany are stubborn, and now the euro is lower. [forexnewsnow.com]
Apparently investors have shrugged off natural disasters in Australia earlier this year. The Aussie is close to a 29-year high against the U.S. dollar.
Tune In: CNBC's "Money in Motion Currency Trading" airs on Fridays at 5:30pm.
"Money in Motion Currency Trading" repeats on Saturdays at 7pm.


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Charlotte-Area High School Football Players of the Week
Garrett Shrader, Justus Woods, Charlotte Christian: Christian beat a 4A public school for the first time Friday, rallying for a 52-38 victory over North Davidson. The Knights had more than 600 yards of offense. Shrader, a sophomore quarterback, had 317 yards passing and five touchdowns. Woods, a junior tailback, ran 23 times for a season-high 199 yards..
Tim Newman Jr., Charlotte Country Day: A freshman, Newman had a career-high 146 yards rushing and a score in Friday's 22-6 victory over Pinewood Prep (S.C.), the 2015 private school S.C. state runner-up.
Ben Norris, Myers Park: In a 28-14 victory over Sun Valley, Norris had 10 tackles, three pass breakups and two tackles for a loss. Myers Park is 5-0 for the first time in 33 years.
Dawson Williams, Concord Robinson: The 5-foot-7, 150-pound junior was moved from defensive back to running back before Friday's 42-14 victory over Mount Pleasant. Williams ran 13 times for 110 yards and a touchdown and caught three passes for 70 yards and a score. His rushing and receiving totals were career highs.
Kingsley Ifedi, Michael Roberts, Vance: In a 52-14 victory over Independence Friday, Ifedi completed 20-of-32 passes for 295 yards and two touchdowns. He ran eight times for 57 yards. Roberts had 10 catches for 127 yards and a score.


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Uterqüe was established in 2008 with a simple premise: "To make accessories a basic in a woman's wardrobe"
The word Uterqüe is Latin and means many different things, including 'both', 'each side' and 'each party', and it encompasses the inclusive nature of the brand's designs and offering. Born from the same parents as high street brands Zara, Bershka and Pull and Bear, Uterqüe is on-trend at all times. It brings beautiful leather handbags, stylish ankle boots, sandals, wedges and heels, as well as sunglasses, belts, watches and more, to the woman who believes every day is an occasion.
Accessorising the modern woman with simple, elegant and limited edition pieces is what Uterqüe does – always at affordable prices. It's about attention to detail, from the vivid colours on hand-printed silk scarves and exquisite stitching on handbags, to unique elements such as tassels on ballerina pumps and perforations on leather brogues.
Learn more about the brand at www.uterque.com or shop the ready-to-wear collection of shoes, bags and accessories in the Saudi Arabia stores.


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All About the Children
State College of Florida 'Bridge Program' celebrates student achievement
Twenty-three students got a jump start on their college education this summer through at program at State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota.
Students in the College Reach Out Program at SCF participated in the 2016 Summer Bridge Program, which allows them to take two required classes over the summer and attend a seminar that helps them prepare for the fall semester. The students in the program were honored at a ceremony on Aug. 4.
The Summer Bridge Program is led by Kristen Anderson and Jessica Torsell. Students received college scholarships covering tuition, books, school supplies and lunches, and completed up to six college credits by taking courses including life skills, psychology and reading.
All of the students who completed the program are planning to attend college this fall, with 22 enrolling at SCF. About one month into the Fall semester, advisers will check in with the students who have graduated from the program just to see how they are doing.
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Former student Jason Bradbury praises talented Lincoln College Awards winners
Students from Lincoln College were recognised for their success, hard work and determination at an awards ceremony on December 8.
The Lincoln College Awards, sponsored by Stonebow Media, were presented to students who had shown ongoing commitment and dedication during their studies.
Winners and guests joined tutors and business sponsors for a festive meal and award presentations with live music from Lincoln College Performing Arts students throughout the evening.
Former Lincoln College student, host of the Gadget Show UK and US, TV presenter and producer Jason Bradbury was the guest of honour at the event.
He said: "It is such a privilege to be invited as the guest of honour, I have such fond memories of my time studying my A-Levels at Lincoln College.
"The qualifications and experience I gained, and the relationships I built, had a lasting and meaningful positive impact on both my professional and personal life."
The winners were:
Lincoln College Group CEO, Gary Headland said: "The annual Lincoln College Group Awards evening is one of my favourite events of the year as we get to engage with a wide range of employers and to recognise the achievements of our students and our staff.
"The bringing together of employers, students and staff in events such as this is critical to having a shared understanding of the needs of our regional businesses so that we can meet them."
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I'm all for making life easier. So, when I find a tip I like to use, I feel obligated to pass it on. Here are my favorite top 7 life hacks (so far):
- If you mess up a voicemail for someone, press # to erase and start again.
- You can heal paper cuts immediately and stop the pain by rubbing chapstick over it.
- While on vacation, hide your emergency money in chapstick containers, lip balm containers, and other less noticeable places.
- Eat marshmallows to relieve toothaches, sore throats, and arthritis.
- If you ever break a glass, put a piece of bread on it. The bread will pick up all the small pieces of glass.
- Put candles in the freezer before using them. They will burn longer.
- In a public bathroom, the stall closest to the door is the cleanest. Studies show that this stall is the least used.
What are your favorite life hacks?


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So I watched the Housewives of New Jersey reunion the other day. Shit, I was down – thoroughly entertained by these women arguing so forcefully over so little: just like we do drama, America loves irrationality. While watching though, I started to get that feeling that you get when you are unknowingly rewatching a movie that you saw mad long before, where things start to feel more and more familiar until it's like "ah fuck me, I've already seen this movie." And when I got to the scene clipped out above, I had the ah-ha (ah-fuck-me) moment. I immediately recognized the style of argument: I wasn't watching Bravo entertainment, I was watching politics.
In the clip, Jacqueline starts getting deep with Danielle starting at 1:20 – who apparently has got more going on in the chest-region than a dude wearing an Ed Hardy tee – over how many times Danielle played escort for Jacqueline's fertility treatment. This is first of all the most useless of arguments. Whether Danielle went to fertility treatments or not?? Jacqueline says one thing, Danielle says another, and then they start yelling. It's a basic (s)he said, she said situation, exaggerated by both parties screaming too much, and thinkin that any concession to the other side is as out of the question as a Teresa daughter without a bow.
Both parties yelling in an apparent zero-sum argument, which revolves around a dispute over trivial facts ::::: damn that sounds familiar.
Because it resembles public political discussion. The public debate that I'm seeing right now is like some sort of fairytale filled with jackasses – which by the way would be the theme of the Kanye and Taylor Swift collab album.
Consider: in discussing the Mosque at Ground Zero, we don't fuck with discussions of the First Amendment, we fight about whether Obama is a secret Muslim. "He is!", "He isn't". (See how I said fuck when mentioning Amendment 1, gonna go kick over trash cans now.)
In the debate over Health Care reform, politicians weren't discussing real meat, they were too busy shouting about fascist, abuela killin' death panels. "Fascisim!" "Not Fascism!".
And as the audience watching our leaders yelling in disagreement over pointless details just like the NJ wives, what are we left to think?
I mean, we all know by now that it has gotten bad. It's just that it gets harder to swallow when you realize that politicians and pundits aren't doing much better than Jacqueline and Danielle.


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A canyon fire burned behind an apartment complex in Rancho Bernardo on Sunday afternoon.
Officials said the vegetation fire sparked just after 4 p.m. in a canyon in the 10000 block of Poblado Road, just behind the La Terraza apartment complex.
Fire crews quickly mobilized and a full response, including a fire helicopter, moved in on the blaze.
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Community leaders are in an uproar over the situation at Danville (Ill.) High School, where the basketball coach, they say, used racial profiling when he cut eight members of the varsity team recently. Here's where they lost me, however: It's an all-black team. Racial profiling attempt in Danville, Illinois: FAIL. From the Danville Journal-Gazette:
"We have racial profiling going on," said Frank McCullough, pastor of Mount Olive Christian Church, adding that's the only explanation in his mind. "He took a look at the way the young men wore their hair, and made comments about that and whether he thought they should be hanging out with certain people." Senior Omar Kelly said he felt coach Gary Tidwell discriminated against him and senior Ayron Worthington because they wore braids. But he acknowledged that two other players who were not cut also wear them.
Many of the players who were cut are seniors: So I would have gone for ageism. But I'm no lawyer. But this is the part that got me:
Debra Gouard, a local minister and Bryant's mother, was incensed when Tidwell told her and other mothers that he chose the best players for the team, but that he didn't have his selection criteria in writing.
Yeah, you've got to have that stuff in writing. "Must be able to find own ass with both hands." "Must be able to drop rock in ocean from beach." "Applicant should be able to run length of floor without throwing up." Some In Danville Cry Foul Over High School Basketball Cuts [Danville Gazette]


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The highlight of the hotel remains the new Wellness Centre, a relaxing setting designed to unload stress and fatigue; to regain concentration and serenity away from the frenetic pace of everyday.
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In the Wellness Centre, guests have at their disposal: sauna, turkish bath, chromotherapy and emotional shower, heated Jacuzzi, relaxation room and massage room.
The beauty and wellness programs are carried out by specialized personnel, with possibility to use packages, subscriptions and gift vouchers.
Recently, the hotel Villa Sylva became a partner of the Institute "Guinot Paris"leading company of cosmetics and aesthetics, particularly in the world of luxury hotels.


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