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EXCLUSIVE (Zimbabwe Investor): On an American summer day in 2012, a woman stood in front of world renowned celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay to audition for hit cookery TV show, MasterChef USA. As people watched to see what the woman had in store, she introduced to the America, "Sadza nenyama yehuku nemuriwo unedovi". That woman's name is Seattle-based Zimbabwean Shamiso Okafor (Born Shamiso Marangwanda).
Her name in the Shona language means "the amazing". Zimbabwe Investor caught up with the amazing Shamiso 8 months after her appearance on MasterChef USA.
Zimbabwe Investor (ZI): Firstly, can you please tell us in brief about your early years as a child growing up in Zimbabwe?
Shamiso Okafor (SO): Gosh, where do I start? We moved a lot as my dad was a mining engineer. We lived in Shurugwi, Harare, Gweru and Zvishavane. I grew up in a home filled with love and I remember playing outside with my brothers and sister for hours on end! I remember riding our bicycles and knowing everyone who drove by us, because we were mostly in small towns. My mother was a teacher and was firm but loving. I remember going fishing with my dad on weekends to Shamva dam and Lake Chivero. I remember holidays going to see my grandma in the village in Nyakatsapa, Mutare.
When did you move out of the country and what were your early impressions of the United States after you moved there?
I moved to the US when I was 16, 15 years ago. First impressions were "what's the big deal this is the same as home!"
Please tell us a bit about your current family set-up.
I am married to a lovely Nigerian man. We have been married for almost 3 years. My mother and brother live in Seattle and my other brother and sister live in Los Angeles. My brother is married and has 2 sons. I have a lot of extended family who have settled here in Seattle as well.
How did the idea of auditioning for MasterChef USA come about?
A friend of mine and her husband saw a commercial on TV calling for Auditions and called me and told me "You HAVE to go tete Shami!!!!" so I went.
What emotions were going on inside you when you heard the words "Resounding yes" from MasterChef judge Joe Bastianich?
I couldn't believe it! I thought, for sure, I had made it through.
And when Gordon Ramsay picks up the forks again for a second bite from your dish, how did that make you feel?
It made me feel really good I thought he was going to say yes as well.
What was the experience like? Any regrets?
It was one of the scariest things I have ever done in my life. (It was) extremely intimidating. I have no regrets whatsoever. Right from the start I wanted to highlight food from my home.
If given another chance to cook in front of Gordon Ramsay, what would you do differently?
I probably wouldn't put the peanut butter in the veggies (laughs)
Has your appearance on a show with such a wide audience changed anything in your life?
Well, as I tell people I feel like a celebrity amongst my friends! I have definitely got some great catering gigs come of it…but really I'm still the same old me.
Has your appearance on MasterChef changed the way you look at life and why?
It made me know that I really am a good cook to have made it that far. I have always been a positive person and it was a once in a lifetime opportunity for me and I'm so glad I did it! You only live once!
What has life after MasterChef been like for you?
My life is still filled with all the love and laughter that I have always enjoyed in my life.
Shamiso's appearance on MasterChef USA has won her many admirers
You are a Finance Graduate, working in recruitment and have this cooking thing going; how does that work?
(Laughs) Well, I can generate a great recruiting report! I realized very early on that I was in the wrong field for my personality. I will always be a finance geek but I love what I do. Cooking is my first love and passion. I don't look at cooking as a job but rather just as something I love to do. Recruiting is my day job and I love it and cooking is my after-hours job.
Any plans of developing your cooking experience into a business you can work full-time on?
I have some ideas around a food truck and an African Fusion Restaurant floating around. I would love to see my catering business flourish as well. Having a finance background can also be a hindrance in the sense that I know that most restaurants fail within the first 3 years. I have run the numbers.
What does the attention you have received from Zimbabweans back home and other places around the world since your appearance on MasterChef mean to you?
Zimbabwe is my home and it means so much to me to have the support of my people. It was hard for me to get some negativity on my appearance from an online paper. But most of what I have heard has been positive. And means more to me than you can imagine
If you were given one minute to say something to a young girl growing up in rural Zimbabwe, what would you tell her?
I would tell her that education is the way to go. Don't take no as an answer! Dreams do come true.
Tell us about your involvement with charitable activities.
I am on the Board of an organization called Roses and Rosemary and we do an annual fundraising for children who are HIV positive in Zimbabwe and South Africa. It is a wonderful organization and something I am passionate about. I'm also a member of Anakazi Business Network whose mission is to encourage and facilitate the growth, performance and integrity of professional women by creating opportunities to foster relationships through a creative exchange of referrals.
What or who inspires you?
My family inspire me. I am so so blessed to have a supportive husband who is my number one fan and my darling family who are always behind me. If I was to pick a person it would be my mom. She has shown me that love is sometimes all you have to give and I should give it BIG! She has taught me to be kind and treat everyone as you want to be treated.
What do you miss about Zimbabwe if at all?
I miss everything! I miss my family out there. I miss my grandma. I miss my cousins. I miss the sunshine. I miss laughing with my family. I miss the rain at night. I miss my people. Again, I miss everything! Gosh, now I wish I was there basking in the sun.
Favorite Quote?
Ukama igasva, hunozadziswa nekudya
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If I don't respond to your message, it's not that I'm ignoring you or anything - I do check my messages from time to time. But IMVU won't allow me to answer without logging onto their messenger service and frankly, I'm too lazy to login and have no desire to. Probably someday I'll login, but until then..yup! But I'm accessible in my group, they haven't taken that part off yet - lols. Erm..YET! *looks around paranoid and climbs back in the sewers*


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Personal statement
I am a novelist, non-fiction author and cultural commentator. My writing career spans contemporary social novels, international bestsellers, biography, travel memoir and writing pedagogy, as well as criticism and journalism. Particular interests include psychogeography, women's writing and women's lives and the reimagining of gendered narratives in classic texts. At Bath Spa, I teach principally in the MA and PhD programmes, and specialise in historical fiction.
A former Head of Subject and MA Convenor, I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and HEA Champion and Assessor, committed to high standards in learning and teaching and to the development of creative writing pedagogy.
Academic qualifications
- PhD, Creative Writing - Brunel University, London
- Senior Fellow - Higher Education Academy
Professional memberships
- The Society of Authors
Other external roles
At national level, I am involved in the development of Creative Writing as a university subject and was a member of the QAA Benchmark Group in 2015/6.
I am currently (2018) Deputy Chair of the Higher Education Committee of the National Association of Writers in Education, (NAWE), which is the subject association for Creative Writing. I was a launch editor of Writing In Practice, the international peer-reviewed journal of Creative Writing and remain a peer-reviewer and member of the editorial board.
Areas of expertise
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Creative non-fiction
- Life-writing
- Travel writing
- Feature journalism.
- Advisor to the Bridport Literary Festival
- Public Masterclasses
- Bridport Literary Festival, Lifewriting
- Novel Nights Bristol, Historical Fiction, 2017
- Bloomsbury Institute:Historical Fiction, 2014
- National Archives, Kew: Writing Fiction from Family History, 2014
- The Guardian
- Writing Fiction From Family History, 2013
Research supervision
Get in touch with Celia if you are interested in pursuing a postgraduate research degree in one or more of the following subjects:
- Novels
- Creative non-fiction
- Feminism and women's writing
- Historical fiction
- Dystopian fiction
- Genre fiction and travel writing.
Editorial and Journalism
- Writing In Practice, International Journal of Creative Writing, published by NAWE – launch editor 2014 and peer-reviewer, ongoing.
- Guest editor, Mslexia, 2013
- New Writing, Vol 6, No 3, November 2009 - Routledge edited a special edition dedicated to my department at Brunel University London.
- Travel writing reviewer, The Times, ongoing from 2004.
Numerous published articles for The Times, The Sunday Telegraph, the New Statesman and Prospect among many other media.
Research and academic outputs
Rebel writers: the accidental feminists
Brayfield, C (2019) Rebel writers: the accidental feminists. Bloomsbury, London. ISBN 9781448217496
Writing historical fiction : a writers' and artists' companion
Brayfield, C and Sprott, D (2014) Writing historical fiction : a writers' and artists' companion. Bloomsbury, London. ISBN 9781780937854
Arts reviews... and how to write them
Brayfield, C (2008) Arts reviews... and how to write them. Kamera Books, Harpenden. ISBN 9781904048916
Wild weekend
Brayfield, C (2004) Wild weekend. Time Warner, London. ISBN 9780751535280
Deep France: a writer's year in the Béarn
Brayfield, C (2004) Deep France: a writer's year in the Béarn. Pan Macmillan, London. ISBN 9780330411820
Mister Fabulous and friends
Brayfield, C (2003) Mister Fabulous and friends. Time Warner, London. ISBN 9780751531381
Brayfield, C (2000) Heartswap. Little Brown, London. ISBN 9780316851831
Brayfield, C (1999) Sunset. Little Brown, London. ISBN 9780316646864
Getting home
Brayfield, C (1998) Getting home. Little Brown and Co, London. ISBN 9780316642460
Bestseller: secrets of successful writing
Brayfield, C (1996) Bestseller: secrets of successful writing. Fourth Estate, London. ISBN 9781857023831
Brayfield, C (1995) Harvest. Viking, London. ISBN 9780670841011
White ice
Brayfield, C (1993) White ice. Viking, London. ISBN 9780670841004
The prince
Brayfield, C (1990) The prince. Chatto & Windus, London. ISBN 9780701133573
Brayfield, C (1987) Pearls. Chatto & Windus, London. ISBN 9780701131074
Glitter: the truth about fame
Brayfield, C (1985) Glitter: the truth about fame. Chatto & Windus, London. ISBN 9780701127893
Brayfield, C (2005) 'Afterword.' In: They were sisters [by Dorothy Whipple]. Persephone Books, London. ISBN 9781903155462
Carr, Barbara Irene Veronica Comyns [née Barbara Irene Veronica Bayley; pseud. Barbara Comyns]
Brayfield, C (2004) 'Carr, Barbara Irene Veronica Comyns [née Barbara Irene Veronica Bayley; pseud. Barbara Comyns].' In: Oxford dictionary of national biography. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 9780198614111
Brayfield, C (2003) 'Introduction.' In: The house on the strand [by Daphne du Maurier]. Virago, London, xi-xvii. ISBN 9781844080427
Brayfield, C (2000) 'Introduction.' In: Sisters by a river [by Barbara Comyns]. Virago, London. ISBN 9780860684756
Brayfield, C (2000) 'Introduction.' In: Our spoons came from Woolworths [by Barbara Comyns]. Virago, London. ISBN 9780860683537
Brayfield, C (2000) 'Introduction.' In: The vet's daughter [by Barbara Comyns]. Virago, London. ISBN 9780860681632
Hard times
Brayfield, C (2011) 'Hard times.' Mslexia (48).
Babelfish Babylon: teaching creative writing in a multi-literate community
Brayfield, C (2009) 'Babelfish Babylon: teaching creative writing in a multi-literate community.' New Writing, 6 (3). pp. 201-214. ISSN 1479-0726
Creative writing: the frequently asked question
Brayfield, C (2009) 'Creative writing: the frequently asked question.' New Writing, 6 (3). pp. 175-186. ISSN 1479-0726
Abderrazak Benchaabane
Brayfield, C (2008) 'Abderrazak Benchaabane.' Gardens Illustrated (139). p. 54.


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The world was changing. Once he had been special, unique in his monstrousness. Now there were more and more like him. Not his offspring and not his students – he'd had both in the past and wound up destroying most of them. Piece by piece the common herd had taken elements of him and incorporated those traits into themselves. Poorly, of course, but sufficiently that he could recognise himself as their inspiration even if they did not know that they had been inspired.
He was, he found, vain enough to be offended by the daily sight of brutish copies of himself, lacking in any singularity of their own.
On reflection that was probably why he had spared those of his children and pupils who still walked the world – they had a path, or, style, or both of their own. Not that he'd killed all of the others – some had self-destructed, some had died of natural causes, one or two had been eliminated by the authorities, and there had been one or two glorious, splendidly mutually destructive feuds.
If his problem with the current state of affairs was that he no longer stood out from the common throng, then he had two choices. He could escalate his activities. Tempting as that was he could see that would only encourage the copyists to greater brutish clumsinesses. His other course was to change the world back towards what it had been, to make his finest acts less acceptable again to the common mind so that they regained their ability to shock and horrify.
And so the Father of Terror and the Night Scourge became the Defender of Public Safety….


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Marinated portobellos are baked until juicy, then stuffed with our Cauliflower & Ranch VeggieMash potatoes. It all gets sprinkled with plenty of cheese then baked until melty and amazing.
Recipe by Lindsay at The Live-In Kitchen.
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- 1 package Cauliflower Ranch VeggieMash
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- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 4 cloves garlic, pressed
- 8 large portobello mushroom caps, stems removed
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar jack cheese
- Preheat the oven to 450ºF.
- In a small bowl, whisk together olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and garlic.
- Place mushroom caps in a single layer inside a large disposable zip top bag (use two bags if necessary) and pour the oil mixture in as well. Seal the bag tightly and turn it over, rubbing the mushrooms from the outside of the bag to ensure they're coated in the marinade. Allow to rest for 15 minutes, turning the bag over once.
- Remove the mushrooms from the bag and place them stem side down on a large rimmed baking sheet. Bake 10 minutes.
- While the mushrooms are baking, prepare the VeggieMash according to package directions.
- Remove the mushrooms from the oven and turn them over. Spread about 3 tablespoons of VeggieMash evenly onto the top of each mushroom cap. Top with 1 heaping tablespoon of cheese per mushroom. Return to the oven and bake an additional 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and everything is hot.


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Disco Ludendo Construction Sets
Disco Ludendo was a Meccano-like construction system. It was made in Italy. The appear to be two eras to the system. Initially (as shown in the first manual below) the system has Condor style parts, but with AMI models (models appear to be from the same printers plate as in AMI manuals). Later on (as shown in the second manual below) the manual models changes to those on the Condor system. The later Disco Ludendo manuals look to be either identical or very similar to the early Condor manuals. At some point Disco Ludendo sets changed name to became Condor sets. Disco Ludendo sets go from 00 to 4 instead of CONDOR's 1 to 7, although there is a direct correlation between the two ranges.
Some photos of a set that was bought on Ebay, in its original wooden box but without an instruction book are shown below. This set is identical to the oldest version of CONDOR, so confirms the suspicion (above) that it predates Condor. As a curiosity, the flexible plates are red on one side and green on the other. Note that this system together with the oldest version of CONDOR is characterized by incorporating (as AMI / LAC and BRAL do in their high numbers) circular flanged plates of 65 mm. diameter (copied from MÄRKLIN) with their corresponding toothed couplings (part No.28)
Below there are manuals/leafets which can be downloaded by clicking on the appropriate image.
Disco Ludendo (1)
(Manual models are same as the AMI system)
Info from the Metal Constructional Systems Database for DISCO LUDENDO [1]
MECCANO & MÄRKLIN features
1940s (some significant doubt)
Lid label & manual cover have small boy & girl below Cable Railway. Parts not seen but manual models as AMI.
Disco Ludendo (3)
(Manual models are same as the CONDOR system)
Info from the Metal Constructional Systems Database for DISCO LUDENDO [3]
Very like Meccano
known in 1985 (some significant doubt)
Only manual known. Cover as DISCO LUDENDO(2) but no DISCO LUDENDO/logo, & CONSTRUZIONI MECCANICHE/Condor logo at top. DISCO LUDENDO on title page. Models as CONDOR, & Illustrated/illustration.Pts (more than DISCO LUDENDO(2)).
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Quilts For Causes
The Palo Verde Patchers' Quilt Club supports two charitable groups. They are Honor Quilts and The New Life Center. Members work together to make quilts for veterans of all wars and for families coming to The New Life Shelter from domestic abuse situations.
Honor Quilts
Honor Quilts are our awards for service, sacrifice, and valor. It is our way of saying "thank-you". When we present in the room, we start with the pledge, and then introduce each person, and present his or her quilt. The recipient is then invited to tell about their experience. We usually finish with cookies and more stories. It is a moving experience for those of us who attend.
We have a monthly Honor Quilt workshop on the 2nd Thursday of the month. All are invited to participate.
New Life Center
New Life Center offers a comprehensive 120-day program that focuses on empowering survivors to live independent, violence-free lives. While in shelter survivors attend group advocacy and work with a personal family advocate to develop goals for a new life. A full-time Jobs Coordinator helps women gain the economic self-sufficiency needed to remain independent through job training, assistance with job interview skills, and resume building.


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Copyright Hearst
July 10, 2010
Bob Franken: Can we vote for "none of the above"?
Proposition 14 is an idea whose time would seem to have come.
Prop 14, California's just-passed referendum, would mostly remove political parties from the primaries and set up a general election between the two highest primary election vote-getters, regardless of their affiliation.
It sounds radical, but it doesn't go anywhere near far enough. We're still left with a Tweedle Dee Dee and Tweedle Dee Dum choice between least undesirable candidates.
There is another possibility: "Vote No." Over time there have been a few attempts to make that happen. One proposal that's rattled around would offer a "None of the Above" option. And if that won, there would be a new election.
Of course, the problem is that "None of the Above" would almost always win, so we'd never be able to form a government. That just won't cut it—no matter what the Tea Partiers think.
So what are we to do? How about trying some astounding new approaches? How about a political process that values honest discussions about our limitations and the muck that we're in?
That mess has been caused by those with little regard for the damage they do when they raise high expectations and then expediently drop them.
In the process, they shatter what few illusions remain. Our entire system can only work if the citizens believe it can. Cynicism is like acid. It's not much of a leap to the conclusion that "Of the People, By the People and For the People" has been replaced by "For the Wealthy, For the Powerful, For the Corrupt."
Every couple of years, somebody promises to change all that. And every time people start feeling suckered when their latest hope gets swallowed by entrenched reality. Think of Charlie Brown who annually would let Lucy convince him that this time she would hold the football. Sure enough, though, when he'd make a run at it, she would pull it away at the last minute and he'd fall flat on his back.
But government is not peanuts. It's trillions of dollars that so many believe is wasted and our sense of community gets frittered away.
When somebody talks about sacrifice, or teamwork, he is laughed out of the room, or eaten up by the sound-bite yappers and pundit demagogues who have taken over the agenda.
There are some issues out there that are genuine crises. If nobody is willing to make some hard choices they will become black holes to oblivion.
Example: Social Security. The common wisdom is that it's a "third rail," meaning that it kills anyone who touches it. The problem is the rail is collapsing as it ages, along with our population. If someone doesn't boldly step up with major repairs—difficult ones—we are talking about a national train wreck. The generation that fights to retain every last cent it can will bequeath a system that is out of money—unable to provide anything to anybody.
It's even more insidious when it comes to regulating commerce. It's obvious that private enterprise needs some public control. Even so, we can't seem to come up with meaningful protections.
Both health care and financial reform just nibble at the edges. That's because we never really reform lobbying. We end up with a lot of people talking a good game. The rest of us lose.
Come to think of it, the opponents of regulation make a compelling point, which is that the regulators are ineffective. The bureaucrats are often lethargic, easily manipulated by the corporate puppeteers.
We know the problems, and we know the solutions. Sad to say, that doesn't mean we can succeed. If we don't, people more and more will continue with the current way they "Vote No." They don't vote.


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The tallest structure in Santa Barbara's skyline is a 195-foot pole painted red and white. It stands in a city equipment yard, not far from the ocean and the city's famous Wharf. You can see it in the photo above, with the Wharf behind it.
As landmarks go it's not much, but I like its looks and its legacy.
On the looks side, I dig the simplicity of its structure and the red and white colors. On the legacy side, I'm a connoisseur of radio transmitters (see here) who digs the fact that this pole radiates the broadcast signals of three AM stations at once, which is a rare thing. Since Santa Barbara has only five AM stations, the majority of them are right here. Scanning up (what used to be) the dial, those are:
- KZSB/1290, the all-local-news station affiliated with the Santa Barbara News-Press. Born as KACL in 1962.
- KCLU/1340, the AM member of California Lutheran University's chain of popular public radio signals for the South and Central Coasts, the rest of which are on FM. Born as KIST in 1946.
- KOSJ/1490, the call letters of which stand for Old School Jams. Like KCLU, it also radiates an FM signal from Gibraltar Peak, high on the mountainside above town. Born as KDB in 1926.
All three have changed call letters, ownership, formats and transmitter locations many times over the years. Near as I can tell, this was originally the 1490 site, and the other two arrived in the early 90s: first 1290 and then 1340.
I bring this up because I'm worried that we might lose this landmark. That's because (says here) KCLU and KOSJ have construction permits for a new transmitting system on this same spot that involves a tower or pole that's a good bit shorter—and KZSB has an application for the same.
The tower specified by all three stations is about 130 feet tall. It will also be "top-loaded," which means that either it will get some extra wires extending away from the tower, or a new "umbrella" on top (extending about 11 feet out).
So I'm hoping one or more of the engineers involved can let us know what the plan is. I do hope they'll keep the whole pole; but I'll understand if they can't. Either way, it should in some way keep what has become a familiar landmark.


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Boris Johnson's US citizenship renunciation .. and notes on the French presidential election April 23 / May 7Feb 10th, 2017 | By L. Frank Bunting | Category: In Brief
I woke up yesterday morning to a brief but provocative text statement, at the bottom of the screen on Toronto's cp24 cable TV channel. It read something like : "UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, born in New York City, renounces US citizenship."
Like perhaps millions of others around the world, I wondered. Is even the current UK Conservative MP (and former Mayor of London) Boris Johnson renouncing his US citizenship, because he disagrees so fundamentally with President Trump's recent immigration-policy actions against citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East?
See, eg : "Boris Johnson officially gives up US citizenship" ; "UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson Renounced US Citizenship in 2016 … British politician's name on latest quarterly list from Treasury Department" ; and "Boris Johnson Renounces US Citizenship … The British foreign secretary had previously complained about a US tax bill."
Not surprisingly, The Guardian in the UK has the most exact summary : "Boris Johnson among record number to renounce American citizenship in 2016 … Foreign secretary had previously protested against 'absolutely outrageous' US tax obligations after sale of his north London home … Johnson was born in New York when his [British] parents worked there, but has not lived there since he was five years old. His decision does not appear to be an attempt to distance himself from the politics of Donald Trump, but may instead be a move to ensure he is out of reach of America's Internal Revenue Service."
Meanwhile, there is bigger news from Canada's first European mother country. And I have lately been trying to catch up with the increasingly intriguing French presidential election, some 10 and 12 weeks hence on Sunday, April 23 (first round) and Sunday, May 7 (second round).
Here are the current five major candidates — from "far left" to "far right" : Jean-Luc Mélenchon, FI (France insoumise) ; Benoît Hamon, PS (Parti socialiste) ; Emmanuel Macron, EM (En Marche) ; François Fillon, LR (Les Républicains) ; Marine Le Pen, FN (Front national).
Until recently it seemed the race would ultimately reduce to François Fillon of the right-wing Les Républicains, versus Marine Le Pen of the very right-wing Front national on May 7. But then M. Fillon was hurt by a scandal about appointing family members to lucrative government jobs.
The latest polls are showing that the more centrist or centre leftist (and even former Parti socialiste cabinet minister) Emmanuel Macron, who has started a new "En Marche" party ("On The Move in English"), will finish up against Marine Le Pen of the right-wing extremist Front national on May 7 — and finally defeat her handily.
Put another way, the race has unexpectedly shifted somewhat leftward. It is still early enough days, however, and one big question about Emmanuel Macron is what kind of governing coalition he could put together in the legislature. So stay tuned.
Meanwhile, for further immediate details see :
* "Macron to beat Le Pen in French election run-off vote, says Opinionway poll" ;
* "Spotlight: French presidential election 2017: Macron or Le Pen?" ;
* "Emmanuel Macron's Unexpected Shot at the French Presidency … The former economy minister's surge in popularity makes him the front-runner—for now" ;
* "Who's who in the French presidential election? … With months to go until the final vote, the battle for the Élysée Palace has already proven extraordinary" ;
* "Can Marine Le Pen win the French presidential election? … The far-right leader says globalisation and 'Islamic fundamentalism' are undermining French culture" ;
* "Look left for the next French election surprise."
Very finally (and believe it or not), back here in our home and native land / terre de nos aïeux : "Trudeau's Approval Rating Tops Trump In US And Canada: Poll."


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Andrei Popov
Chelyabinsk Russia
Eligible for draft:
7th round (205th overall), 2006
187 lbs.
Prospect Talent Score
Probability of Success
Andrei Popov is the product of Chelyabnsk's Traktor hockey school. He was also a member of Russian regional team Ural for 1988-born regional competitions. Popov was borrowed by several stronger hockey schools including Metallurg (Magnitogorsk), to compete in the latter stages of the junior league playoffs when Traktor was eliminated.
2003-04: Popov skated in six games for Traktor Chelyabiinsk's men's team in Russian second division play as a 15-year-old – scoring 3 goals with 4 PMs.
2004-05:Popov made his High League (Russia 2) debut, instantly making an impact with the club and earning significant playing time. In 17 games with Traktor he scored 7 goals with 1 assist and had 4 PMs.
2005-06: Popov played for the first and second teams in Chelyabinsk and represented Russia at the 2006 U18 World Junior Championship. In 42 games (including playoffs) with Traktor in the Russian High League he scored 10 goals with 8 assists and had 28 PMs. Popov scored 1 goal with 4 assists playing for Traktor in the third division. In six games for Russia's junior team he scored 3 goals with 2 assists and was +6. Popov was ranked 9th amongst European Skaters in Central Scouting's final rankings and was selected by Philadelphia in the seventh round (205th overall) of the 2006 NHL Draft.
2006-07: Popov skated in 44 games for Traktor Chelyabinsk as the team returned to the Russian Super League for the first time since 1997-98. He scored 2 goals with 10 assists and had 36 PMs as Traktor finished 17th in the 19-team league. In two games with the Chelyabinsk second team he had 1 goal and 1 assist.
2007-08: Popov spent the season with Traktor Chelyabinsk (RUS), first playing in six games with Traktor 2 before moving up to the Russian Super League with Traktor's 14th-place club. He recorded 9 goals and 5 assists in 39 games between the two teams. Popov was scoreless with 4 PMs in two Super League playoff games.
2008-09: Popov skated in 54 games as a 20-year-old for Traktor Chelyabinsk in Russia's re-named KHL. He saw limited ice-time as the club added several former NHLers including leading-scorer Andrei Nikolishin, Oleg Kvasha, and Pierre Dagenais. Popov finished with 4 goals and 5 assists and was -3 with 38 PMs. Traktor finished in 12th place and in three playoff games Popov was scoreless.
2009-10: Popov was the third-leading scorer for Traktor Chelyabinsk despite missing six games in his fourth season in Russia's top league. He scored 11 goals with 26 assists and was -4 with 24 PMs as Traktor finished fourth in the KHL's Kharlamov Division. He had 1 assist and was -2 with 2 PMs in four KHL playoff games.
2010-11: Popov was fourth in scoring in a Traktor lineup that featured several high profile prospects including Washington 2010 first-round pick Evgeny Kuznetsov (the team's leading scorer despite missing 12 games). Popov scored 10 goals with 12 assists and was -8 with 30 PMs as Chelyabinsk finished fifth in the six-team Kharlamov Division and missed the playoffs. Popov made his first national team appearance, skating in four matches during the European Hockey Challenge and had one assist. Popov signed a three-year contract with Traktor in June 2011.
2011-12: Popov continued to play for Traktor Chelyabinsk in Russia's KHL — skating in all 54 games for the Kharlamov Division regular season champions. He scored 6 goals with 11 assists and was plus-11 with 38 penalty minutes in his sixth season with Traktor. Traktor reached the East Conference finals; falling to Avangard Omsk in five games. Popov scored 5 goals with 1 assist and was plus-five with 4 penalty minutes in 16 playoff games.
Talent Analysis
Scout: Possesses a very good vision of the ice…controls and protects the puck well…possesses a precise wrist shot… above average passer…needs to improve his skating – his acceleration and start speed...also needs to improve his skating technique… effectively uses his size to his advantage, can hit, but does not necessarily look for the physical contact…doesn't stay away from traffic…has a very good work ethic… player, who can become a power forward similar to Keith Primeau…defensively, he is a winger, so doesn't come back on defense as much, instead looking to go on the offensive…Traktor's head coach Tsygurov taught him how to play better defensively this season in the High League (Russia 2).


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Grace Notes
How Sweet the Sound: Folksinger Joan Baez is on the road to paradise.
Photo by Dan Borris
Joan Baez on the power of music
By David Templeton
Writer David Templeton takes interesting people to interesting movies in his ongoing quest for the ultimate post-film conversation. This time out, he sees the hard-hitting POW drama Paradise Road, along with the legendary folksinger Joan Baez.
I AM SINGING "Amazing Grace" with Joan Baez. We're seated at a back table of an almost-empty coffeehouse, sharing a plate of poppyseed cake, and I'm doing most of the singing. (Baez joins in, I suspect, mainly to cover the sound of my voice.) Other patrons are either staring or pretending not to notice, and we are singing the well-known hymn to the tune of the "Happy Wanderer." Baez, it turns out, never knew you could do that.
"If you'd have tried to sing it that way to me 10 years ago," she laughs, "I'd have shot you." I understand. "Amazing Grace" is as almost as much of a Joan Baez theme song as "Diamonds and Rust."
"You can also sing it to the tune of the theme song from Gilligan's Island," I mention, at which we both sing, "Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me," to Gilligan's bouncy melody. "You can sing it to almost anything," I point out, as she tests the lyrics on the melody of "Jingle Bells." Another perfect fit. More laughter. And to think this began as a serious conversation.
We'd been discussing the film Paradise Road, a powerful drama based on the true accounts of female POWs in World War II who formed a vocal orchestra to keep their spirits alive while captives of the Japanese on the island of Sumatra. The cast (including Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, and Julianna Margulies) is uniformly excellent, the story avoids maudlin sentimentality, and the music--re-created from the actual scores written down by the captives--is magnificent.
Remarkably, we almost saw another film--The Saint (Joan's choice)--until Paradise rolled along. "A friend of mine went and saw The Saint," Baez informed me, with a what-can-I-do grin, as we met at the theater. "She understands how I feel about Val Kilmer. I think I'm still going to have to see it."
Baez, who is just wrapping up a new album--as yet untitled, it will be released this September--has tried in recent years to shake some of the protest-queen image she's been saddled with since the 1969 Woodstock festival, placing increased emphasis on her voice (she's been working with a vocal coach for the last 15 years) and the music itself. The new album will feature several songs from new writers, as well as a few from rising folksinger Dar Williams.
Tonight's film, in which music becomes a convincing symbol of strength and humanity (one Japanese soldier has a more difficult time seeing his prisoners as inhuman after he's heard them sing), elicited repeated sighs and gasps from Baez, as she became caught in the music's spell.
"It was incredibly powerful," she agrees, liberating a forkful of cake from the plate. "As soon as you do something in the form of resistance--something that brings out the humanity in people--that's when your own spirit grows, as opposed to, you know, wanting to get one of the Japanese and stick his head on a pole."
There is a famous moment during Baez's controversial, border-crossing tour of Vietnam during the height of the war, when Baez and her companions were forced into a bomb shelter for 11 days. Under a constant barrage of artillery, Baez found that only by singing was she able to stave off panic--her own and that of the shelter's other occupants.
"Later," she relates, "as we were getting ready to leave Hanoi, there was another raid, another bomb shelter. It was full of wounded Polish and Cuban military, all these languages, and I started sing, 'Hush little baby, don't say a word.' I know they couldn't have understood a word of it, but I could sense the mood shift. In that moment we were all unified."
I tell Baez about singing nonsense songs with my daughters the night their mother died of cancer. She nods appreciatively. "It becomes almost a grace, to be able to sing at moments like that," she says.
"What song or piece of music would have the most sustaining effect on you," I ask, "if you were in a situation like the one in Paradise Road?"
"I would want to sing something that everybody could sing," she replies after a moment's thought. "The first thing that comes to mind, believe it or not, is 'Kumbiya,' which I don't sing anymore--unless I'm in a place like Romania. Like with 'We Shall Overcome.' I won't sing it in a country that isn't involved in that kind of a battle, because then it's just nostalgia.
"But if we were in that kind of situation, either of those songs would do just fine, because they would ring every bell in the conscious and unconscious bell-ringing chamber of people's heads."
It is now that I mention "Amazing Grace," offering my demonstration of its versatile nature.
"See?" Baez laughs delightedly. "Music crosses all boundaries."
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Open Position: Practice Manager
We are looking for a bright, outgoing, honest and hard working person for the role of practice manager in a busy Harley street dermatology clinic. The position is on a full-time basis starting as soon as possible. The job of practice manager will involve managing a team of 5 consultant dermatologists, an assistant manager and various outsourced PAs and office assistants. Duties of the practice manager will include invoicing and financial record keeping as well as managerial meetings with the clinical director. Further office duties and reception work will include face to face and telephone interaction with potential clients and suppliers. The practice manager should be prepared to undertake the responsibilities listed below and understand that all data and ongoing events at the clinic would need to be handled in the strictest confidence.
Desired Experience:
Although previous experience is not a requirement per se, it would certainly help. We expect the applicant to speak and write grammatically correct English and have experience with customers face to face. Additional languages might be helpful as we have an international clientele. In addition we would like to see evidence of initiative and organisation via previous roles. The applicant must show they can be a team leader on managerial level or at least have the ambition to lead a small team. Experience of dealing with several tasks at one time, an ability to prioritise and apply common sense would help.
Key responsibilities – the practice manager should be responsible for:
1. Day to day management of teams of varying skill and qualification
2. Financial accountability and record keeping
3. Ensuring appropriate written, electronic and verbal correspondence between clients and practitioners
4. Organising and updating relevant data using database applications.
5. Organising and maintaining medical stock
6. Face to face liaison with clients, professionals and suppliers
7. Induction of support staff and doctors
8. Staff development, training and performance management
9. Identifying and invoicing outstanding or missing payments
10. Cash handling
11. Showing professionalism when answering calls and emails
12. Effective time management
Desirable Skill Requirements
Team Working – The ability to work with others collaboratively.
Motivation – The ability to show personal motivation and enthusiasm towards the role to include working long hours on occasion.
Leadership – an ability to assume charge in certain situations and delegate effectively and appropriately when the need arises.
Communication – The ability to build rapport and interact effectively with others, especially patients. Having an awareness of differing communication styles that might be required to suit different clientele would be helpful.
Customer Focus – The ability to consider and understand the extent to which customer needs are being met and implement solutions to deliver excellence and ensure that the customer is the main business focus.
Confidentiality – The healthcare industry requires by law that all interactions between the business and paying clients are handled in complete confidentiality
Personal Effectiveness and Organisation – Demonstration of the ability to organise oneself and team and provide effective leadership.
About the company:
Our dermatology clinic in London's Harley Street offers specialist diagnosis and treatment of skin diseases and skin cancer in both adults and children. Our team of licensed doctors is made up of highly qualified, hospital-based consultants who all are members of the British Association of Dermatologists, the Royal Society of Medicine, the General Medical Council and the Royal College of Physicians. They hold a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in Dermatology and are recognised by and registered with all major health insurance providers.
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I've never been an especially big fan of Earl Grey, which is what this one seemed to resemble with the bergamot, but I still picked out this tea for one of my try-me packs. I gotta say, it may've been because it's so pretty.
I remember not really liking the first cup of this I had, but I think I must have oversteeped/put too much leaf in it or something. Because this second cup is very delicious – the dry tea still smelled a bit overpowering, but the liquor ends up with that nice mild and dark orange-y tea scent. It's very thirst-quenching to me, with the orange taste lending a refreshing note. It also has a nice, slight bite to it that increases as it cools down. And my Earl Grey-loving boyfriend seems to definitely be a fan of this one!


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With my first time backpacking, I had a choice: rent or borrow a pack that may or may not fit me well, or buy one that REI fitted to me with the option to return if I hated backpacking. It seemed like an easy choice!
Month: October 2017
Trying the Ozette Triangle
Labor Day weekend, I went backpacking for my first time ever. The boyfriendo has been backpacking since he was a child, and he spoke fondly of camping at Cape Alava as a backpacking trek. Armed with a new 65-liter pack and hopefully enough food, we set off!
Finding My Hoppy Place at GABF
I almost didn't write this post. What good will a wrapup do with a year before the next GABF? I wondered. However, my amazing weekend there was enough of a blur I want to gush about it now, while the memories are only a bit hazy!


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I decided to write my blog today about a book I finished yesterday that astounded me. I read Out On A Limb by Shirley MacLaine. Did I get a surprise. I was expecting a bizarre, far out story. The book was an easy to read and understand in her struggle to find spirituality.
Being a spirit filled Christian I also thought she would have things to say that wouldn't set well with me. That wasn't the case either. My understanding of what she wrote is we are the divine, spiritual, power. Since we are the body of Christ would that make us divine in nature? Every power that Christ demonstrated, we can have; when we reach his level of spirituality.
I was interested in her idea of reincarnation. We will live again, and I know the Bible says we will live again with Jesus. She believes that the human soul keeps coming back until he or she gets things right here on earth. The more understanding and giving of yourself, you are the quicker you will be staying on the other side. Bad folks are doomed to keep repeating their
life over and over until they change. Maybe that is where the term hell on earth comes in. That was my thought not hers.
She is a woman who struggled to discover who she was supposed to be. It took her years to come to terms with her life. She studied while she traveled around the world searching for understanding. This was all in-between her show business dates.
I would recommend this book just to give you an insight into another's thinking about spirituality.


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Accomplished musician and composer Kelly Andrew from Denver, USA has always stood out from the crowd. His classical music background has given him an ear for a great melody and this is reflected in his many productions including one of his early releases, 'Julietta.'
Created in 2009 and premiered on Aly & Fila's Future Sound of Egypt radioshow, 'Julietta' was initially rejected by the record label because it "wasn't playable indoors." Reworked slightly, 'Julietta' was later released by Ask4 Records in 2010 along with remixes by Suncatcher and SoundLift. The 'original' (or alternate) version was never officially released.
In 2011, Kelly self-released this 'Alternate Club Mix' (ie. original) version of 'Julietta' on his Soundcloud page for his fans, which you can listen to and download for free below:
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Aly & Fila – Future Sound of Egypt 078
Manuel Le Saux – Extrema 181
Sean Tyas – Tytanium Sessions 038
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Sweet, Medicine, Film, Girl, City, Car, Place, Doggy all are name same, guess which word it is?
A girl is blind, deaf, dumb and uneducated too. A boy loves her. How would he propose without touching her?
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Minecraft an open-world game that promotes creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving in an immersive environment where the only limit is your imagination.
Mods are add-ons allow changes Minecraft's game content from what it originally was. With Mods you can make your own world within Minecraft by programming a whole new set of rules and situations!
- Updated on: April 8, 2016
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- Newest File: BaMsGRAVE-1.8.9-2.0.1.jar
- Release Type: Release
- Supports: 1.8.9, 1.8, 1.7.10, 1.6.4
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Instead of dropping your inventory on death, a grave will be dug in which lies a buried chest with your inventory and experience. However, you must have at least 2 chests in your inventory to dig a grave. (If you wish to disable this setting, edit the configuration file located in the .minecraftconfig folder.) The grave will be inscribed with your name and time of death. This helps to keep your things from getting lost or despawning.
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- Install the version of Forge that corresponds with the mod (http://files.minecraftforge.net/ Choose the installer version of Forge)
- Download the BaM's Grave Mod
- Drop the entire zipped file into your mods folder (Search %appdata% on your PC then go into .minecraft, then mods(create this folder if it is not there))
- Open Minecraft and make sure your profile is set to Forge
- Start Minecraft and enjoy!
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Leading bourse BSE is planning to launch a separate platform for trading of various commodities to foray into commodity exchange business -- currently dominated by two major players, MCX and NCDEX.
A proposal in this regard has been approved by the board of BSE, which is the world's largest stock exchange in terms of number of listed companies and holds top positions on various other counts.
Sources said the BSE board has cleared the proposal and further modalities would be put in place soon.
Incidentally, BSE had also put in an initial bid, estimated at about Rs 500 crore, recently for purchase of 15 per cent stake in the country's largest commodity exchange Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX).
Kotak Group finally acquired the MCX stake for Rs 459 crore, while BSE and another bidder Reliance Capital did not participate in final bidding due to adverse comments made by the exchange's auditors in the wake of NSEL scam.
The commodity trading business in India records total turnover of over Rs 100 lakh crore annually, although only two players dominate the market.
There used to over 20 commodity exchanges in India, including six of national-level, but the total number has now come down to ten. This includes four national-level bourses.
Volumes have also come down in recent quarters, due to imposition of commodities transaction tax, among others.
BSE, which was set up in 1875 and is the oldest exchange in Asia, is currently one of the two major bourses in India.
There are more than 5,500 companies listed on BSE, which is highest for any exchange in the world, with a total market capitalisation of over Rs 93 lakh crore.
After beginning with a humble background of functioning under banyan trees over 125 years ago, BSE has now emerged as one of the world's most technologically advanced exchanges and is targeting ten-times faster trades on its platform within three years.
Already, the exchange has made significant changes in its technology and has attained a response time of 200 micro- seconds for trades executed on its platform, BSE CEO Ashish Chauhan recently told PTI in an interview.
The aim is to bring the response time further down to 20 micro-seconds within the next three years, he had said.
Presently, BSE handles 500,000 orders in a second at the response time of 200 micro seconds. There are more than 2.6 crore investors registered on BSE.
BSE's 30-share index Sensex is known as the benchmark index of the Indian stock market.
During the financial year 2013-14, the exchange recorded a total income of Rs 529.71 crore, while profits rose by 25 per cent to Rs Rs 135.19 crore.


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Maggie Health Update
It's been almost a year since Maggie was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in her left shoulder. She's been through a lot of treatment and has been a model patient throughout. Read about Maggie's treatment Part I and Part II.
Maggie has just turned twelve and amazingly, she's never developed any adverse reactions to her medications or treatments, she loves going to the vet for her monthly bone strengthening treatment (a 3 hour IV) and tolerates all of the poking and prodding she's been through. She's been a cooperative, compliant and very responsive patient. We're happy we were aggressive with her treatments as it has given us another whole year with her and another year for her to enjoy her life.
She has changed over this past year too – while a year ago she still pretty fearful, over the past year she has outgrown a lot of those fears. No longer does she give Steve the "side-eye" whenever he walks by her, no longer does she bolt from the room when one of us coughs, she boldly comes into the bedroom now – all the way in to wake us up for her breakfast. She lets us pet her and love on her – at least for a few minutes, which is a few minutes more than she used to. She's really grown and loves her life.
Over the course of the last year we were able to reduce Maggie's pain medication to a very low dose. She's had a few flare-ups, but usually a day or two at a higher dose has brought it under control. Up until recently she was taking two chemotherapy drugs, Cytoxan and Palladia with no ill effects.
About 4 months ago, the vet noted blood in her urine during her monthly check-up. It was minimal and she said that sometimes that's due to the aspiration technique they use to acquire the sample. So, the vet asked for a collected sample to check for a UTI. No UTI, but she still has blood in the urine. She had an ultrasound that didn't uncover anything alarming, so that's something we're watching. Over the last week or so, I've noticed some of her stools are black which may be a sign of internal bleeding, so we might have an issue developing and as a precaution, the vet has taken her off her two chemo drugs.
In just the last 2 weeks, Maggie has developed more pain in her left leg. It's not a limp – she won't even put weight on it – she's holding it up. This happens when she first gets up after lying down for a while and then resolves within a minute or so. She gets up, takes a few steps and stops, lifts her paw in the air and sits or lies back down. Typically, I will go over and rub her leg a little and then a few seconds later she will get up and kind of gingerly walk a few steps, and then she's just fine. It doesn't last, and she shows no lingering signs of pain or discomfort.
After speaking with our vet, we increased her pains meds to the max dose, but it doesn't seem to have any affect – the behavior continues.
Maggie had her monthly check with the vet last Friday. They've put her on some stomach medications to help resolve the black stools – which is likely a sign of internal bleeding, possibly an ulcer. We've also taken her off the Carprofen (anti-inflammatory) as that can exacerbate stomach ulcers. As far as her limp goes, there really isn't much we can do at this point other than stronger pain meds – as in Oxycodone, which I don't think we would do. The monthly bone strengthening treatment sometimes helps, so I'm hoping she gets some relief from that. But, taking her off the anti-inflammatory may make it worse as it has some pain relief properties, so we're in this spiral right now of trying to find the right mix of meds to make her comfortable.
Other than the limp and being more tired than usual, Maggie still seems fine. She still bosses us for her meals, expects her "find the food" game each night and enjoys her short walks. We're getting used to a new normal with her, but given she's off all of her chemo drugs and maxed on her pain meds, I'm not liking this new normal. At the end of the day, we can only love her and care for her the best we can and be ready to say goodbye when the time is right. We've truly been blessed to have her another year and I think she has really enjoyed learning to be a dog this past year.
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Sweet, sweet girl! She has had to go through so much in life, we are so happy she seems so much more at peace. So sorry to hear she is not doing as well. It is so very hard to see happen as you know we know first hand. We pray she has more good days ahead to share with you. Hugs…
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Thank you for the update! A year already that is so wonderful, your vets and yourselves have done such a great job with her treatment and so glad you have had this extra time.
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It's hard to believe it's been almost a year already. I am so happy for you guys that you've been able to enjoy sweet Maggie's presence in your lives. I am truly sorry that she is experiencing "issues" now. As Emma said, it is so difficult to watch. But she has you and Steve to love and care for her. And she loves you. Enjoy what times has left, and know that we are sending out POTP constantly.
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Thanks for the update. It is difficult to believe it has been a year and it sounds like she is holding her own in light of her diagnosis. I hope she continues to do well and be as pain free as possible.
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Thank you for the update. You still might want to get the book, "The Miracle of MSM." It has been used in pain clinics for over 30 years. In horses, it is known as DMSO. I use it, and I give it to my dog as well. It has NO side effects, and is extremely helpful with pain in large doses. I take 5000 mg daily, and I give Cash 8000 mg at least, daily. When I notice he has pain, I give him 8000 mg at least, 3 times daily. It is sulfur, and we do not get enough of it in our diets. It helps our joints and ligaments, and everyone (and dog and horse) that takes it in the large amounts as mentioned above, raves about its 'miracle' regarding decreased pain. I get ours at SwansonVitamins.com, and it's about $9.00 for 180 capsules (1000 mg each). The book is probably about $10.00 on Amazon. Either way, I wish you good luck and Maggie is a very lucky girl to have you both!
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Hard to believe it's been a year now. Glad you've been able to spend time with your sweet fur-kid and have kept her reasonably comfortable after the diagnosis.
You are so blessed to have had this year with Maggie, and especially to see her grow closer to you. I know that doesn't make it any easier to see her difficulties now. Maggie sure sounds like a fighter though, so we hope that means she still has much good time left with you.
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Maggie is a lucky girl to have a loving family & so much love in her life.
Stay strong sweet girl!
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ps. I wonder of CBDs or Medical Marijuana would help with pain or side effects of her treatment.
Maggie is very blessed to have you both in her life. You have loved her and given her a life that I am sure she never dreamed possible. She is in our hearts and prayers. ♥
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I'm happy to read this update. It's been wonderful to follow your journey. I love that Maggie is coming into her own and enjoying her life.
What a wonderful thing you've been able to give her. Some of these guys take a bit more time coming around and trusting us humans again, but when they do. It is so rewarding.
Thanks for sharing this update, I've been wondering how she was doing.
Thanks for the update. I'm sorry about her pain but I know that your love and caring help her a lot. I hope that the left leg thing resolves itself. Our K had something similar during OSA but we never found out what caused it although we had a few guesses. Lots of hugs to all of you.
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Get ready for what might be the most atmospheric animated movie ever released by DC Entertainment. Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, which just released its first trailer over the weekend, is headed to home video early next year, but you can get the inside scoop on the movie's details and special features now.
The first true Elseworlds tale from DC comes to animated life as a steampunk Batman hunts Jack the Ripper through the shadows of turn-of-the-century Gotham City. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment, the all-new, feature-length animated film arrives from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Digital starting January 23, 2018, and on Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD February 6, 2018.
If you missed it the first time, check out the trailer below:
Inspired by the landmark one-shot Elseworlds tale by Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola, Batman: Gotham by Gaslight will be available in several popular formats as only the second Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack release of a DC Universe Movie. The film will also be available as a Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD, and Digital. The Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack features an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc in 4K with HDR and a Blu-ray disc featuring the film; the Blu-ray Combo Pack features the film in hi-definition; and the DVD features the movie in standard definition. The Ultra HD Blu-ray and Blu-ray Combo Pack include a digital version of the film.
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight takes place at the turn of the century as America's continued industrial revolution is to be showcased at a World's Fair hosted by Gotham City. But while the world prepares to witness the glittery glory of Gotham's technological advances, there is a killer loose in the city's darkest shadows. Preying on the city's women, this killer is as precise as he is cruel. As Police Commissioner James Gordon tries to calm the fears of Gotham's citizens regarding the butcher called Jack the Ripper, the masked vigilante Batman enacts his own detective work – with the help of confident, capable Selina Kyle – to stop the Ripper's murderous spree. Witness a world in flames as the notorious serial killer's controlled savagery meets the calculated stealth of the Dark Knight.
Acclaimed for his performance in Batman: Under The Red Hood, Bruce Greenwood reprises his role as the voice of the Dark Knight. Jennifer Carpenter makes her DC Universe Movies debut as the voice of Selina Kyle. The voice cast also features Scott Patterson as James Gordon, Anthony Head as Alfred Pennyworth, Yuri Lowenthal as Harvey Dent, John DiMaggio as Chief Bullock, William Salyers as Hugo Strange, and Grey Griffin as Sister Leslie. The cast also includes notable voice actors Tara Strong, Bob Joles, David Forseth, Chris Cox, Lincoln Melcher and Kari Wuhrer.
Producer Sam Liu directs Batman: Gotham by Gaslight from a script by Jim Krieg. Alan Burnett is co-producer. Executive Producers are Sam Register and Bruce Timm. Benjamin Melniker and Michael Uslan are executive producers.


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Nani Roma and "fear of winning"
Dakar 2002 – From the fourth to the seventh stage Nani Roma is leading the General, at Zouerate in the eighth, Meoni takes the lead. Nani starts his pursuit: the twelfth the two are in close proximity and with minimum detachment reaching Tichit in Mauritania. It takes only two decisive stages for the final victory of the Dakar 2002. And this is where amazing happens.
Quattrordicesima stage Tichit-Kiffa 473 kilometers. Nani turns around and keeps on going, He turns again and continues on his way, don't know if you missed it or if it is the right way. Because there is no one? Where are the others? Yet the track is here, the GPS says so, even the roadbook. Or maybe not?
"I was supposed to do a half turn and go look for the track good, It was clear that it could be the one. I felt that I was wrong but I didn't have the clarity to come back ".
A few meters after Nani is over the crest of a mountain, tries to climb, trying to find an opening, Search a valley in which slip, find a hole to exit the tunnel. Nani is in cage, bangs his head against the bars and looking for an exit as a tiger at the zoo. Where is stuck cannot be a ground to Dakar, is a path of trial!. The bike falls from his hands, the slips down the mountainside, try to climb, get out but still falls. His bike is too heavy and bulky, No one would be able to get her out of there. Does not pass anyone. Fabrizio is a few meters from him Crow, but down at the side of the mountain and travels in a piston diameter 120 per hour. While the other goes, Nani tries to make impossible Mule.
A helicopter of the French television, follows the whole sequence, the cameras follow the efforts of animal crazy. The aircraft remains on the scene, It cannot relinquish himself. And try, try, and try again. The mountain is bigger than him but Nani continues, coughing up blood, trying to climb over. Then drops to the bottom of the Valley, Slow down, is sitting, the bike stutters and is out of control, He walks with difficulty because it is unmanned, Nani is clinging to the handlebars but semi-passed out. The bike moves forward slowly to inertial force, then bends to the ground with his helpless pilot. The helicopter comes to rest at his side. Nani trembles, She's cold, is terrified. "You didn't hurt", the surrurra inside the helmet Gerard Roltz, France Television journalist. No, you haven't done nothin', fell from a standstill. But inside you that bad: "stupid! It was enough to make half a turn, Instead I tried to climb Everest!"
The Grand Champion, hope that seven years earlier had caused to be written by himself, is once again on her knees. Thanks to Guido Conter for having represented in words what the video could not.


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Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey live on US radio
Posted 26 April 2003 - 12:03 AM
Pacifica Peacewatch 04/24/03
Robert Fisk is the Beirut-based correspondent for the London Independent newspaper. He's spent the last 3 decades covering the Iranian Revolution, the Iran-Iraq War, the Persian Gulf War, the conflict in Algeria and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Now that he's exited Iraq, we reached him recently and asked how this, most recent war compared with past wars he's covered.
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We have had one of those winters where we hardly saw the ground. There was a consistent snow cover all season and we just finished our last(?) snow about 2 weeks ago and finally all melted. I guess it has been a refuge for these small birds. Now they are into the trees, but I guess they will be back. It's a better bet that they will be back as oppposed to a bad guess that I might be here.
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your property early in the Spring, they stay and will fight
for your lawn/garden. You may as well give them names
when they arrive in the Spring. They are also among the
world's most successful species.
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They don't bother me.
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Originally posted by zhurnalist
Hi everyone!
If you want to hear the gravelly tones of the noise which apologises to call itself a voice, I will be interviewed live on a radio programme on the West Coast this Friday.
The station is RADIO PACIFICA and the programme is FLASHPOINT. Dennis Bernstein will interview me and it will be on air at 11 a.m. Pacific Time.
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I had a robin in my garden once...vicious little blighter it was.
Ever experienced Blue Jays? They bully the other birds often.
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Originally posted by zhurnalist
My greatest pleasure is to go up to my country place, wake up to the sound of birds, cook in my clay pot on my stove ore go to the forest to light a fire and roast a chicken, go to the tavern and drink wine with the locals and hear stories about plants and the weather...and pigs...
Now THAT is some great writing.
Did anyone listen to this program when it aired?
I'd love to here about it.
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Originally posted by SillyPutty
Zhurn was drunk and slurring his words. It was an embarrassment.
I actually have the webcast saved.
Lemme see if I can find it.
I may just host it, was under 10 minutes before the interviwer go bored.
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Posted 07 January 2007 - 11:59 PM
Timi is mentioned all over the place these days:
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So my block recently had a stoop sale, which is the Brooklyn equivalent of a yard sale. We've half-heartedly participated in these before, but this time I was determined to do a major house purge. Up from the basement came the massive plastic dollhouse with life-like doorbell sound, the de rigueur girly purple bike, pounds of clothes–including many darling toddler-sized dresses–and a stack of self-help paperbacks that have given it their very best. My 11-year-old and I arranged everything artfully and greedily awaited our customers.
Within a couple of hours, we'd sold the bike and all the cute dresses (over which a few moms almost came to blows). Talk about a win-win! People were handing over U.S. dollars to relieve me of burdensome crap. It was so intoxicating that I kept running into the house, frantically grabbing more things to sell–old chairs, redundant tank tops and jeans that never fit right and never will, bent forks, tired tablecloths. At the height of my frenzy, I almost dragged out our pets (2 guinea pigs; 2 cockatiels) and hung a price tag on them. (How about wedding photos, baby pix, kindergarten art work, my high school lab notebooks? Buy one, get one free!)
In the end, we made almost $120 (which I stupidly promised my kids we'd put toward a new TV), bonded a bit with our block-mates, and managed to spend only $10.50 on our neighbors' cast-offs (ice cream maker, hand vacuum and kitschy angel statue).
But now I want more–I mean, less. Much less. I've become allergic to quantity. Opening my shirt drawer makes me feel ill. Who needs that many crappy t-shirts, all that dyed cotton? Even the word plethora repels me. I want to invest in a few "classic" pieces of clothing and essentially wear a uniform like the truly elegant older women do. I want to be loyal to one tasteful, beautifully-packaged organic brand of soap and shampoo and ditch the 30 or so half-empty bottles of gooey drugstore hair products that infect our bathroom. (Two teen/tween girls = Not going to happen) I look at everything in my house with a new eye toward goodbye. I am the anti-hoarder.
And then there's that emotionally-loaded subset of stuff known as memorabilia. I am hyper-aware, almost phobic in fact, about the things my kids might find if something were to "happen" to me, as the euphemism goes. I have thrown out some old journals and photos, but there are more. Do my kids really need to read about that night at CBGB's when I was 20? Do I? Would I feel more complete or less so if I tossed all of that in an effort to lose weight from my psyche?
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Adolescents, Young Adults and Addiction: Hazelden in Naples begins 2014 community lecture series at Hodges University
NAPLES, Fla. (Dec. 30, 2013) – At a time when teen substance abuse has reached crisis proportions, Hazelden's addiction treatment center in Naples will present a series of community lectures on emerging drug trends and the ever-changing culture of addiction among our youth.
The first event, Adolescents, Young Adults and Risk: What Parents Need to Know, will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 21 at Hodges University in Naples and will feature Joseph Lee, M.D., medical director for Hazelden's youth services.
Dr. Lee, a psychiatrist, author and adolescent addiction and mental health expert, works with families across the country and abroad helping them deal with drug and alcohol abuse, anxiety, depression, and eating disorders that teens struggle with today. Dr. Lee will address important issues like how parents help their teens navigate the critical teen years, especially in the context of an ever-expanding array of available drugs and rapidly shifting cultural perspectives, and provide insights on how parents can know whether their child is at risk for addiction or mental health issues.
"All too often, parents gain knowledge and access help too late in the process," said Dr. Lee. "I will share an honest look at what parents need to know to guide their teens through these critical years."
Teachers, law enforcement and mental health professionals will also benefit from Dr. Lee's insightful lecture and can earn one free CE credit. The lecture is free and open to the public. A "meet and greet" with Dr. Lee will begin at 6:30 p.m., and a signing of Dr. Lee's latest book, Recovering My Kid, will follow the lecture.
Hodges University is located at 2655 Northbrooke Dr. in Naples. The lecture will take place in the White Community Room. Registration is not necessary. For more information, contact Mary Campbell at 239-659-2351 or [email protected]
About Hazelden
Hazelden, a national nonprofit organization founded in 1949, helps people reclaim their lives from the disease of addiction. The Naples site opened in 2010. Built on decades of knowledge and experience, Hazelden offers a comprehensive approach to addiction that addresses the full range of patient, family, and professional needs, including treatment and continuing care for youth and adults, research, higher education, public education and advocacy, and publishing. It currently has facilities in Florida, Minnesota, Oregon, Illinois and New York. Learn more at www.hazelden.org.


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Today Mrs. Accountability from Out of Debt Again and I are exchanging question and answer posts. Mrs. Accountability is a personal finance blogger who is working on getting her self out of debt… again! She also shares things she makes from scratch, which I think is really cool!
After you read her answers here, go over to her site and read my answers. And while you're at her site, take a look around and subscribe to her blog!
What is your most expensive hobby?
That would have to be our dairy goats. Currently my husband and I are abstaining from all dairy products, but I am still milking my four milkers once a day. We provide the milk to two families with young children. One family pays us $5 a gallon for the milk (they would be paying $3/quart at the grocery store) and the other family the father's income was cut by 30% so we donate the milk to them. We tried to make a business initially but decided to consider it a hobby instead.
Where did you last eat out? What did you eat?
Let's see, the last time I ate out… well, I am going to have to say back on December 3rd my son and I stopped for breakfast at Jack in the Box. I had two tacos and french fries. I have not eaten out since, and have cleaned up my diet considerably.
Do you buy your lunch or brown bag it? Why?
I bring leftovers from home because I am able to control the foods that I eat without worrying about getting anything I'm not wanting to have like MSG, soy, margarine, etc., or was the food microwaved at some point, etc.
Do you wash your own car or take it to a shop?
I wash my own car, or my husband will do it for me once in a while. I have used a car wash place to wash my car once or twice in my life. It needs to be cleaned inside and out, currently!
Do you DIY oil changes or take it to a shop?
My husband takes care of oil changes. I have taken my vehicle in to a oil changing place maybe five times in the last twenty years. I have never had an oil change done by a dealer.
Do you prefer to work for someone or be self employed? Why?
I have mixed feelings on this. I like working for someone else because it feels more secure than working for myself. On the other hand, I would love to retire and do the accounting for my husband's businesses. Then I would be his employee, but it would be like being self-employed.
Have you ever grown your own food?
Yes, I have a garden, and we have chickens currently for eggs and dairy goats for their milk. We have also raised turkeys, pigs, and steer. We also learned how to and have butchered chickens, turkeys and goats. Not the funnest job in the world, but a lot less expensive than taking them to the meat processor.
What is the hottest you let your house get in the summer?
In the summer of 2008 we kept it at 81°F but we found that Big A kept getting heat rash under his arms so in the summer of 2009 we lowered it to 80°F. Interestingly what difference one degree makes. In May of 2008 we installed a programmable thermostat so that we could lower the temperature at night after the electricity rate goes down (9pm) and set it higher during the day.
Do you use regular bulbs or CFL bulbs?
We don't like CFL bulbs because of the mercury problem. We prefer to use regular light bulbs. In fact for Mother's Day in 2008 we bought 70 boxes of 100 watt light bulbs which were on clearance at Lowe's, marked down to $0.23 for a four pack. We're still working on using those up.
Who had the most impact on you as a child when it comes to financial matters?
My grandmother. She counted every penny, saved rainwater, had a garden, washed clothes by hand, used minimal electricity… she is my frugal heroine.
What is the most frugal thing you do?
I guess I would have to say making soup from the weeds found in my garden. Back in October 2008 I discovered that one of the weeds thriving in my garden was purslane, and I learned it is edible!
What car would you drive if money were absolutely no object?
I really love my Nissan Pathfinder, and it's a 1996. I guess I'd just be happy to keep driving this vehicle! If money were no object, I could fix it up to be just like brand new. Or maybe I'd for a newer model Pathfinder.
Thank you, Mrs. Accountability! Now go on over to Mrs. Accountability's, read my answers to the same questions and take a look around!
If you're interested in participating in a get-to-know-you post like this, please contact me!


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