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Snapchat took a step towards becoming a serious publishing platform in January with its Discover feature. The problem is, a big part of online publishing is being able to share content with your friends, which Discover doesn't let you do.
That's changing soon with an update to the iOS and Android apps. According to TechCrunch, you'll soon be able to tap and hold on a Discover photo or video to send it to your friends.
In true Snapchat fashion, you can even add drawings or text to the media before sharing, and the snaps will include a "Sent via Discover" button to help users easily access the content.
It's a small update but could make Discover a lot more useful. Snapchat wants to publish more original content, but its reach is limited without integrated sharing functionality. Previously, you had to direct them to the proper Discover channel manually, which is just clumsy when netizens are used to easily accessible share icons.
Now you don't always have to discover content yourself – your friends can do that for you. That said, Snapchat is still limiting itself by not allowing you share features on other social platforms like Facebook or WhatsApp, but it's at least a step in the right direction.
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On Wednesday night, the Rhode Island state senate passed a same-sex civil unions bill, which is expected to be signed into law by governor Lincoln Chafee, an independent. According to The New York Times, the bill passed with "fierce opposition from gay-rights advocates who called the legislation discriminatory" because it allows religious organizations the right not to recognize the civil unions. The bill was first offered as a compromise following a push from Gordon Fox, the openly gay speaker of the House, to pass same-sex marriage, which he didn't have enough votes for. "It's a permission slip to ignore legal obligations,'' said Karen Loewy, an attorney at Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders. Opponents of gay marriage, such as Democrat M. Teresa Paiva Weed, the president of the state Senate, said the bill struck a good balance. "We have moved one step in the right direction toward ensuring that individuals receive equal rights and protections under the law." The bill grants "hospital visitations, joint bank accounts, and property transfers, among other rights," reports the Times. If signed into law, Rhode Island joins Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, and New Jersey as states that permit civil unions for gay couples.
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The Happenings is a compilation of things to do in the cultural hub of RVA. Some events will be traditional urban offerings, and some more eclectic. All of them give us the opportunity to broaden the horizons of entertainment with art, music, and history.
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Wednesday, August 17
Comedy from Home at Home Sweet Home
Good food, good drinks, and especially good comedy: that's what Comedy from Home is about. The twice-monthly show is held on the first and third Wednesday of each month. Head up to Home Sweet Home's above-bar loft area for an open mic that gives RVA's merrymakers a chance to get on stage and bring their material to a crowd.
To sign up for the show, arrive before 8:45 p.m. and speak with the host.
When: 10:00 p.m.
Where: 3433 W Cary St., Richmond, VA 23221
Cost: free
Thursday, August 18
Drawing on the Local: Writing Richmond at Patrick Henry's Pub & Grille
The James River Writers are bringing back the literary salon. Listen to other creators with a panel of authors and enjoy an intimate setting that fosters positive growth and connection. No matter your genre of choice or skill level, this gathering is open to all. The discussion will surround what it means to be a writer in RVA, and the myriad of ways in which the city is a muse.
When: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Where: 2300 E Broad St., Richmond, VA 23233
Cost: free
RVA Artists at Garden Grove Brewing: Alice + The Reverie, Rattlemouth, and Moosetrap
Local brewery Garden Grove Brewing will be featuring RVA band Alice + The Reverie. Sit down in the summer evening with a carefully-crafted drink and indie rock from Miriam Martin on vocals and guitar, Casey Sanders on bass, Evan Surmaj and Adam Drudge on guitars, Josh Santamaria on drums, and Jesse Hooper on keys.
Garden Grove will continue to feature RVA artists for the rest of week.
Stay tuned for Rattlemouth, who have been bringing folk music of the world to Richmond since 1989 and will show on Friday. Danny Finney, Robbie Kinter, Wayne O'Bryan, and Austin Green pull from Lebanon, Ethiopia, and just about everywhere else to create worldly sound in the city.
On Saturday, the brewery brings a couple of different groups together. NYC folk trio Kings and Queens unites artists Christopher King, Valerie Reaper of Valerie Reaper and The Keepers, and Sylvana Joyce of Sylvana Joyce + The Moment. RVA's own Moosetrap will play with them. Originally from King William, VA, Moosetrap has made Richmond their focus for nearly a decade. Daniel Blanchard, Nate Hubbard, Chip Hale, Eli Hubbard, and David Pruitt come together to create an Americana, alt-country, folk, indie rock sound.
When: 8/18 – 8:00-10:30 p.m.; 8/19-20 – 8:00-11:00 p.m.
Where: 3445 W Cary St., Richmond, VA 23221
Cost: free to patrons
Friday, August 19
"Pan" showing at Bryan Park
Peter Pan, a cheeky magical boy, has been in existence since the early 1900s. The animated Disney movie that he's most known for came out in 1953, but the new prequel was released in 2015 with the movie "Pan". Starring Levi Miller, Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, and Amanda Seyfried, "Pan" spins an alternate origin story for Peter and nemesis Captain Hook.
Orphan Peter finds himself in Neverland and discovers his destiny alongside James Hook and Tiger Lily as they try to defeat evil Blackbeard the pirate. Bring friends and family out to the park and watch the fantasy unfold.
When: 7:00 p.m.
Where: 4308 Hermitage Rd., Richmond, VA
Cost: free
Saturday, August 20
Family Classics at the Byrd Theatre
Richmond's Byrd Theatre hearkens back to the opulent escapism of 1920s cinema. Paintings, gold leaf arches, and a massive crystal chandelier transport the audience to 1928, the year the theatre was built. A double feature consisting of Charlie Chaplin's 1921 silent film "The Kid" and Albert Lamorisse's 1956 Oscar-winning short "The Red Balloon" only brings the carefully-preserved theatre closer to its roots.
Before the show, enjoy an organ concert with Bob Gulledge and a Warner Bros. cartoon.
When: 10:00 a.m.
Where: 2908 W Cary St., Richmond, VA 23221
Cost: $1.99
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8th Annual Latin Jazz and Salsa Festival at Dogwood Dell's 60th Festival of Arts
This year's festival is ripe with opportunity to enjoy Latin jazz and Salsa music from successful performers like Latin
Grammy and Billboard Music Award Nominee Luisito Rosario, Broadway/TV actor and singer Allen Hidalgo, and Salsa singer-songwriter/dancer Melina Almodovar (a.k.a. La Muñeca de la Salsa). Catch one of the last few performances as Dogwood Dell's 60th Festival of Arts draws to a close.
When: 4:00 p.m.
Where: 600 S Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23220
Cost: free
Naturals Got Soul at 63Thirty5
Naturals Got Soul is a chance for women who embrace their natural hair to find camaraderie in their tresses and learn how to better care for them. Orchestrated by the founders of Natural Power of HER, friends Samantha and Bianca, the event includes classes like "Natural Hair Care 101", "Color treated natural hair", and "Loc styling and maintenance". In addition to the celebration of and education on natural hair care, Joi "Unspeakable" Donaldson will use soulful poetry to inspire and empower, and soul artist Bri Luv will perform. Learn, shop, and celebrate hair!
When: 2:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Where: 6335 Jahnke Rd., Richmond, VA 23225
Cost: $15 (can be purchased online)
Sunday, August 21
Butterflies LIVE! At Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens
The North Wing of the Conservatory at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens is quite literally fluttering with life. Hundreds of tropical butterflies, drifting by and alighting on a flower from time to time. People of all ages are allowed to wander through the tropics with butterflies and marvel at the sight.
The indoor exhibit will stay open until October 9.
When: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Where: 1800 Lakeside Ave., Richmond, VA 23228
Cost: Adults $13; Seniors (55+) $11; Children (3-12) $8; Children (under 3) and members – free
Monday, August 22
This Fish Needs a Bicycle at The Camel
This Fish Needs a Bicycle, a 90-minute cabaret by RTCC award-winning artist Billy Christopher Maupin. Starring Billy Christopher Maupin, director of Richmond Men's Chorus Joshua Wortham, and lead guitarist of RVA band Fool's Errand Tristan Dougherty, you can expect to hear songs titled "Will He Like Me?", "I Wish I Could SHimmy Like My Sister Kate", and "Down With Love", among others. A new song by international artist Psalm Swarr will also premiere during the show.
When: Doors 6:30 p.m., show 8:00 p.m.
Where: 1621 W. Broad St., Richmond, VA 23220
Cost: General admission $15; 2 top reserved seating $40; 4 top reserved seating $75
Tuesday, August 23
Christopher Titus at Funny Bone Comedy Club
Christopher Titus is known for his fast-flowing current of humor centered around the dysfunctionality of his life and humanity in general. Divorce, suicide, mental illness: he covers it all. His 7th special, "Born With a Defect" is no exception as he continues with his dysfunctional theme, talks about fatherhood, and offers a look into his life. Since 2004, Titus has brought a new act every year to two years, six of which run on Comedy Central. He was the star, executive producer, and co-creator of Emmy-nominated FOX show "Titus". Currently he hosts "Pawnography", a game show "Pawn Stars" spin-off on History.
This show is 21 and older.
When: Arrival 6:45 p.m., show 7:30 p.m.
Where: Short Pump Town Center, 11800 W Broad St. #1090, Richmond, VA 23233
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New York Continues Expansion of P-TECH High School Model
New York is investing another $3 million to open seven more high schools that focus on training at-risk students for highly-skilled jobs.
The new Pathways in Technology Early College High Schools, announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) June 3, will bring the total number in the state to 33.
This round of P-TECH schools is supported through the 2015-16 state budget and money will be disbursed through a competitive grant process that closes on July 15. New York will award a total $21 million over seven-years to expand the blended education model, according to state officials.
On Tuesday, the first six students graduated from Brooklyn P-TECH, which opened in 2011 as a public-private collaboration among IBM, the New York City Department of Education, and the City University of New York. The students completed their high school diplomas, as well as associate's degrees in computer systems technology, two years ahead of schedule, from P-TECH, which is designed as a school for grades 9-14. The graduates have been offered jobs at IBM. Three students plan to start their tech careers now and three have decided to pursue their bachelor's degrees
More than half of fourth-year students at P-TECH Brooklyn are on track to complete their college degrees either early or on time. Many who attend the school are students of color, from low-income backgrounds, and are on the path to be the first in their families to go to college.
There are 27 P-TECH schools today in three states (New York, Illinois, and Connecticut). Another 40 are expected by this fall.
Earlier this year, IBM and CUNY released a digital playbook for others interested in replicating the P-TECH model.
A ceremony in New York City on June 2 recognized six Brooklyn, N.Y., teens who are graduating from the nation's first IBM-affiliated P-TECH (Pathways in Technology Early College High School). Clockwise from far right: IBM Manager Will Ehrenfeld; and P-TECH students Cletus Andoh; Gabriel Rosa; Radcliffe Saddler; Rahat Mahmud; Michelle Nguyen; Kiambu Gall. (Photo: Augusto F. Menezes / Feature Photo Service for IBM)


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There is little that satisfies me more than the simple pleasure of a blackberry crisp (with vanilla ice cream, of course). It's quick, easy to make, supremely satisfying. I hope you'll treat yourself and make it this weekend. If you don't have a full house, you can always cut this recipe in thirds and bake in a 5-ounce ramekin (which is perfect for two - though my husband disagrees). Happy Friday!
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4 cups blackberries
6 Tablespoons light brown sugar
1 1/2 Tablespoons cornstarch
Mix together in bowl, then place in an ovenproof casserole dish.
1 cup rolled oats
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
6 Tablespoons unsalted butter (in pieces)
Combine the flour and brown sugar in a bowl. Using a pastry blender, cut the butter into the mixture until the butter is the size of peas. Stir in the oats. Sprinkle topping over the berry mixture. Bake at 375 degrees for 35-45 minutes. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.


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Could Aussie actress Rachael Taylor be Alex Karev's new squeeze? The Transformers star joins Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Lucy Fields, who according to reports will play a major character's obstetrician (Callie's, perhaps?). But at the G'Day USA Black Tie Gala on January 22, Taylor told TV Guide Magazine she's also got a lot of scenes with the resident bad boy of Seattle Grace.
"I'm working with Justin Chambers a lot," says Taylor. "Justin's hilarious. He has a wicked sense of humor." In fact, Taylor's been pleasantly surprised over the warm welcome she's received on the ABC medical drama. "I wasn't sure what to expect from the cast, but they can't have been more gracious or welcoming," she tells us. "Ellen Pompeo is like the sweetest woman in the world — she's so delightful. Patrick is a gentleman. They've all been wonderful. And it's really impressive as well that seven years on they show up, know their lines, put in great performances and also have the energy to welcome a newbie like me. I didn't expect it."
As far as a romantic connection on the show, Taylor plays coy, saying she gets her scripts a week before she shoots. "I don't know. There's been no steam yet, I don't think..." Taylor teases. "Depends what you call steam."
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The Concept
The Luminati is a smart watch designed to keep an eye on your young children at all times around the house. It functions as a sort of a guardian angel wearable device that can be used a help you make parenting decisions based on real-time facts.
The Background
Parents like to keep tabs on their offspring and know that they are safe at all times, and having a little help to remind them to do their homework and chores, or simply come up for dinner, is always appreciated. I thought about creating the Luminati watch simply by using existing technologies developed by Tandem Launch companies. If this watch existed today, I would buy one for each of my kids!
How It Works
The Luminati would communicate with your Wi-Fi router to detect the indoor and outdoor activities of your children. It would be able to locate them in any room using technology developed by Aerial. It would know what they are doing through their gestures and activities, and it would be able to differentiate between all members of the family.
The watch would feature an electronic nose chip developed by Sensing Dynamics able to detect smoke or carbon monoxide. It could thus warn you and your child of imminent danger. This chip could also detect nuts if your child is allergic to them.
The Luminati's SenSaura software would also track emotions in real time by analyzing the physiological signals using your child's skin conductivity and heart activity. It could tell you when your child is sad or agitated and warn you in advance if their play is escalating into a sibling fight!
The Luminati would also be able to track and analyze the movements of your child around the house and tell you how much time he spent playing video games, doing his homework, or playing sports.It would provide live statistics, give you a global snapshot of how your child is doing, and provide clues to help you support him. You would have a tangible tool to support your decisions based on SportslogIQ stats software.
Finally, the watch would learn personalized commands in any language, with any accent, by using a clever speech to action software developed by Fluent.ai. You would be able use it to call your kids for supper, ask what they are doing, and ask them to complete house chores, with a command like "clean your room." The AI achieves near-100% accuracy by using contextual speech-to-action technology.
What It's Used For
The Luminati could help you check on your kid to see what he is doing [playing a videogame], tell you where he is [in the basement], and with whom [his friend Jen]. It could tell you how he's feeling [Very Happy], if he has done his homework [Yes], and if he did some physical activities this week [12% more than average]. You could use the Luminati to call him up for supper, check on him at night, and make sure he gets up on time [linked with his school agenda].
The Luminati concept was imagined in February 2016 by Charles Bombardier and the renderings were created by Adolfo Esquivel. Adolfo is a Colombian Industrial designer, currently attending a master's in transportation design at the UQAM of Montreal. He works as a freelance industrial designer based in Montreal. Adolfo also created the design of Teatrix robotic furniture and the Metropolis empathic surveillance drone.


text: We were not made for excess or over-indulgence in anything (other than God!), but to enjoy all things in moderation. One of the ancient practices of the church is to abstain from food (but also other things) for a season, so that we might more fully hunger for God. Learning how to deny ourselves is hard. But learning to say no and to live moderately is vital for those called to "take up our cross" and follow Jesus.


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Drunk Go-Go Dancer and Russian Caught In Sex Act On Pattaya Beach1 min read
A Thai Go-Go dancer with a Russian male friend on a Pattaya beach not far from the police station started drinking when they were drunk they took off their clothes and went into the sea to make love with many people watching them. The couple was arrested.
PATTAYA – March 18, 2012 [PDN]; At 05.30 Pattaya police station was notified by tourists at Pattaya beach, opposite Soi 7 that a Thai woman and foreign guy were engaged in a flagrant sexual act in public only 500 meter from the Pattaya police station.
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We are excited to announce as of 15th June 2020 we are planning a phased reopening of our branches.
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In celebrating her 2nd wedding anniversary, Beautiful Nollywood star Chacha Eke Faani took these beautiful photos with daughter Kamara, wearing a fashion combo in African prints two-piece paired up with pretty "Fro Look" adorned with a hair bow.
I love this spicy look and for baby Kamara, this is how stylish you become from birth when your mother is Chacha.
Congratulations to the Faani's Family!


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Kompas.com reports that the Indonesian Ministry of Tourism is paying wholesalers and airlines that send tourists to "new destinations" beyond Bali an incentive of US$15 per foreign tourist in 2017. The incentive is intended to boost efforts to achieve 15 million foreign tourists in 2017.
Vinsensius, the Assistant Deputy for the Development of the Asia-Pacific Market at the Ministry of Tourism, said to the Indonesian news website: "We have a challenging target from 2017 until 2019. This year we must achieve 15 million foreign tourists from last year's total of 12 million. Adding 3 million tourists (in a single year) is a heavy task, unequaled as a challenge in the history of Indonesian tourism.
To meet the challenge a number of strategies have been put in place by the tourism ministry, including the plan to pay an incentive if US$15 per foreign tourist to wholesalers or airlines. Vinsensius explained that the incentive is only available to airlines and wholesalers undertaking charters to areas outside of Bali and Jakarta.
In parallel to the incentive scheme, Indonesia is undertaking an unprecedented program of improving airports across the country. Moreover, Angkasa Pura – the State-owned company that operates many of Indonesia's airports – is extending free landing and apron fees for one year for airports outside of Jakarta and Bali.
Vinsensius added: "This is what you call 'hard selling.' Actually, competing countries such as Malaysia and Thailand have undertaken similar steps."
The Ministry highlights that the US$15 incentive represents little compared to expected expenditure of US$1,200 per tourist.


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About the author: Georges Philips
Georges Philips is a Change Architect, Hypno-analyst, Master hypnotist and Neuro Linguist specialist. He is also regarded as a leading authority on the subject of beliefs and belief restructuring. His coaching and training philosophy is that of "simplicity". No jargons, just a pragmatic approach that is based on "practical usefulness".
Georges is available for one to one support as well as group development training for corporate clients. Today's demands require that the stratergies we use are up to date. That they are practicaly useful and simply aplied. Simplicity underpins that this is about as up to date as it gets.
As an international keynote speaker, Georges invigorates his audience with a style that is authentic, thoroughly provocative and filled with intriguing. Most of all it is fun.
Despite being dyslexic, Georges has written several books ranging from Analytical Hypnotherapy and Belief Restructuring to Neuro Linguistic Programming and Stress Management.
Georges latest book with a forward by Edward de Bono is "Change Directions". It explains clearly what has stopped you from reaching your dreams and more importantly a proven method to make them possible. Available from Amazon and on Kindle and other e-publications.
The ONE Diet co authored with Simon Shawcross is now also available. Check it out on Amazon. It will open your eyes to what is happening to your mind and body that prevents you from being the real you.
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JB's Best: 2016 NFL Draft Offensive Players
Look at any NFL Draft, and the best players from that class do not go in sequential order from the top. Very often that best player might have been a late first round or even a 4th round pick. Check out any of our ReDrafts and you'll see how different the draft would be if hindsight was 20/20.
Here are my picks for who will be the best pro at each offensive position, irregardless of where we have them ranked or in the mock.
QB: Dak Prescott
Someone is going to take him in the mid rounds and in a few years everyone's going to be saying, why did he even fall? These are the times when NFL scouts and GM's get too cute. Prescott was unbelievable, giving Mississippi State life, leading them to unprecedented wins and breaking almost all of their school records. In a "down" year this season he had almost 3800 yards, 29 touchdowns to only 5 interceptions, with 10 rushing touchdowns. Too small? Plenty of great NFL QB's were coming into the NFL. At the end of the day though when it comes to being a quarterback, and having leadership, instinct, toughness, and experience, this guy has it all. Teams will look back and say, it was all right there in front of us.
Current DraftSite Mock Projection: 3rd Round
RB: Jordan Howard
Did you see him rack up 238 yards on Michigan? This wasn't during the Rich Rod years either. Guys like him come into the draft and get overlooked for any number of reasons, and playing on a sub-par Indiana team is one of them. He's a tough runner with good vision, and those are the most important factors for being a successful NFL running back...besides going to a team with a great offensive line.
Current DraftSite Mock Projection: 4th Round
WR: Rashard Higgins
His sophomore year with 17 touchdowns and 1750 yards is too much to overlook. With a nickname like "Hollywood", you know he wants to glitz and glamour that could come along as a show-boating wide receiver. Losing Garrett Grayson proved to be awful for his progress and career, but at 6'2" after likely being overlooked in the 1st round, he's going to have a lot to prove.
Current DraftSite Mock Projection: 2nd Round
TE: Tanner McEvoy
NFL teams have to really open their eyes when they meet a guy who started as a Quarterback, then played Wide Receiver, and then switched to Safety. When do you ever see former quarterbacks sacking other quarterbacks. Now we have him as a tight end because that's where his size and athleticism project him, but doubt we'll see him in much of a blocking role. Yet this is such a weak tight end class, that McEvoy is the only player I could see making an impact down the road, tight end or not.
Current DraftSite Mock Projection: 5th Round
OT: Spencer Drango
He was one of the best freshman in the country, at any position, before his back knocked him out the following year. Coming back this year though, he was back to his freshman form and was one of the best offensive tackles in the country. Teams will be scared of him because of his back, but whoever gives him a chance will find a gem and a guy they could get 5 strong years from.
Current DraftSite Mock Projection: 2nd Round
OG: Landon Turner
Turner is a massive guard who has a ton of experience adapting to different players around him while at UNC. He's a road blocker who also protects with ease and isn't afraid to mix it up in the trenches. With Turner leading the line, Carolina had over 3,000 yards rushing and 40 touchdowns. He'll be able to jump into any offensive line from day one and produce.
Current DraftSite Mock Projection: 3rd Round
OC: Jack Allen
Allen was the underrated star of Michigan State's offense providing toughness and leadership at center for 4 years. At the center position you want someone experienced with a keen eye and who just won't screw up hiking the ball or reading protection. He's as tough as you could ask for from that position and he lends himself to being a successful center, for a position where there are not a lot of mainstays coming out of each draft.
Current DraftSite Mock Projection: 4th Round


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Mind Prey
Virgil Flowers
Mind Prey
"Run for it." It was raining when psychiatrist Andi Manette left the parent-teacher conference with her two young daughters, and she was distracted. She barely noticed the red van parked near her, barely noticed the van door slide open as they dashed to the car. The last thing she did notice was the hand reaching out for her and the voice from out of the past and the three of them were gone.
Hours later, Deputy Chief Lucas Davenport stood in the parking lot, a bloody shoe in his hand, the ground stained pink around him, and knew, instinctively, that this would be one of the worst cases he'd ever been on. A man who could steal children . . . With an urgency born of dread, Lucas presses the attack, while in an isolated farmhouse, Andi Manette does the same, summoning all her skills to battle an obsessed captor. She knows the man who has taken her and her daughters, knows there is a chink in his armor, if only she can find it. But for both her and Davenport, time is already running out.
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It's Easy to Become 'The Man'
Last week, I was struck by the response to "Of ESSA Plans and TPS Reports," a short, acerbic take on how schooling's fascination with strategic plans and bureaucratic reports can bring to mind some of the worst excesses of corporate culture.
A decade ago, most of those who thought of themselves as "reformers" worried that education was awash in paperwork, jargon, and bureaucracy. They argued that streamlining hidebound rules and routines was a big part of empowering families, communities, and educators. There was a presumption that a central aim of reform should be helping schools be more nimble, creative, and responsive.
That's why reactions to the blog felt telling. Reformers seemed pretty much left cold by the premise. The self-styled reformers at the Collaborative for Student Success, an outfit committed to promoting the Common Core, blasted the column as "irresponsible." More generally, after conceding that ESSA plans are mostly blather, reformers skipped past any concerns on that score in order to argue that particulars of state accountability systems really matter (which is true, but not much of a justification).
The positive responses came not from the reformers but from the field, mostly from folks who work in leadership roles in state education agencies and local districts. Their notes were mostly along the lines of, "Hey, I can't say anything about what a TPS report our ESSA plan is, so thanks for speaking up." And it was proud anti-"reformster" Peter Greene who wrote at his Curmudgucation blog, "There is something childishly naive about the bureaucratic belief in the power of paperwork to bend reality."
Last week didn't feel like an isolated occurrence, but rather one more illustration of a lager shift. When Mike McShane delivered a hard, useful look at regulatory bloat in charter authorizing a couple years ago, reformers were surprisingly disinterested—in fact, more chose to take shots at McShane than seemed inclined to worry about the question. Reformers appear completely unbothered by the fact that charter-school applications can run 500 pages or more, meaning they've become cut-and-paste compliance exercises that can seem unmanageable to anyone without professional staff and foundation support.
Race to the Top's sprawling, encyclopedic applications—with their haphazard appendices and Maya Angelou poetry—were treated as a point of pride, rather than evidence of consultants run amok. In ESSA, concerns about new reporting burdens or the need to streamline federal paperwork wound up as afterthoughts. In recent years, discussion of School Improvement Grants, new teacher-evaluation systems, and Common Core implementation has featured lots of discussion—but remarkably little attention to the amount of paper and process these entail, or the amount of time and energy they have required.
Ultimately, it feels like we've lived through a sea change in school reform, one which means reformers are increasingly inclined to behave as proud stewards of a new establishment. As I put it in Letters to a Young Education Reformer, "The same reformers who once sought to combat stifling bureaucracy have slowly become a new breed of bureaucrats. Of course, as you'd expect, they don't see it that way. That's not because they're innately bossy; it's more a function of where they now sit." Many reformers now see themselves less as a vanguard trying to create room for others to reimagine schools, after all, than as guardians of ambitious paper plans to promote the "equitable distribution of teachers."
I'm not questioning anyone's motives. The strategic plans and proliferating reports are all offered with good intentions. However, the easiest thing in the world is to demand another report or suggest adding some more length to an improvement plan. But everyone who spends time in and around schools and school systems understands how much time, energy, and initiative is soaked up by the paper chase. And today's reformers would do well to keep that in mind.


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Nature is life
I knew from the multiple visions leading up to my journey into the forest that this was going to be a life-altering event for me. In one of my waking visions I was split in two, one of me was looking at health test results and being completely confused and the other me was standing in a dark forest with Native medicine men crowding in on me, looking down at me saying over and over "It doesn't matter". Another waking vision was triggered by a wise French boy about the age of 4 or 5 who came to my Earth Ceremony about a week before I took off for the forest. I was speaking to his mother after the ceremony when Elan popped his head in front of my face, looked me in the eye and said "Nature is Life!!' As soon as he finished the phrase I had a powerful vision of large dark green leaves brushing against my face, as if I was walking through a dense rain forest. I could see, smell and feel the leaves clearly. I had to gather myself before I could respond to this beautiful child. I smiled and said "yes, nature is life." Oftentimes we don't know how significant an experience will be until long after it has happened and we've had time to process. With the visions that kept coming I knew ahead of time. I was being prepared.
When I was in the air heading to Canada, I hadn't eaten nor slept in 3 days. My body was in bad shape. I was hungry but in pain. I was incredibly weak from months of painful tummy episodes. I actually almost passed out up in the air. It doesn't matter how pressurized a plane is, if you are sick or your body is off, being high in the air is going to mess with it. Earth Goddess/Medicine Momma Jada Fire picked me up at the airport in Canada and immediately started to challenge my beliefs about my body. I didn't even notice the giant lake as we made our long journey into the woods to their land. When we arrived in the forest Jada challenged my fear of hurting my body with food by making me a bowl of rice with lots of healing herbs like ginger, garlic, tummeric, cumin, etc. Not only did I eat that big bowl of rice but she then proceeded to ask me if I wanted to hike to the creek. Water is my element so of course I said yes. Little did I know that it was an 18 acre hike UP the mountain to get to the creek. I made it. In just those few hours of stepping on Canadian soil I had already learned that my body was WAY stronger than I even imagined. That's when we became friends - my body and I. When my belly was acting strange later that evening I told my belly it is safe to digest this food, it is medicine from momma earth. My belly immediately settled down and I fell asleep. I woke up the next morning (official day 1 of the retreat) to see a deer outside the window of the camper I was staying in, munching on the plants from mother earth. Powerful - and we were just getting started! We hadn't even arrived at the lake yet!
Riding through the forest on a remote logging road up to the top of the cliff to our retreat destination was an intense experience in itself! There was a moment where I felt us cross an energetic threshold. It was like that moment in Wizard of Oz when she steps from the black and white world into the world of technicolor. The energy was so intense! I felt the energy from every leaf, stone, creature, tree and more. I was in heavenly bliss as the forest energy bathed every cell in my body. I could hear and feel everything. The forest was loud with conversation. I always felt connected to mother earth. I had NO idea how deep that connection can go! Nature is Life! Nature is Healing! Nature is Powerful!
The second morning of the retreat - first morning waking up at the lake and before Yoga, I wrote the following at the top of my journal entry. "The forest has healed me and I will never be the same." My teacher reminded me that I have already done all the work, I have done all the clearing and releasing. We had a conversation on the boat dock surrounded by lushness everywhere and she told me "It is time to move forward! The clearing and healing has been done. Whatever happened before is gone. It doesn't matter! (flashback to one of my visions with the native men). Now is the time to restore!' Later that same evening a medicine man came to speak about the forest and it's spirit. The first words that came out of his mouth were "You don't have to eat a lot of earth medicine to be healed. The forest is alive and knows your needs. The forest gives off energy and will heal you."
The story of the above picture played out like this...
I had developed a very itchy rash while I was in Canada. I believe it was my body's reaction to the sun and the humidity. It happened before when I visited another lake. That evening we were to do a canoe trip with dinner on another beach and rowing back under the full moon. It was the one thing I was most excited to do since water is my element and this desert dweller had the chance to go on a lake! Well, I decided to listen to my body and not go as I figured that the water mixed with the sun would just make me feel worse. As everyone carried the canoes to the water and loaded them up, I was on the cliff top with the chef and 2 staff breaking open a bottle of chocolate wine to share. My leg was in agony and no amount of cottonwood salve was going to help so I just started to paint on my leg. The itching started to subside with each paint stroke. My consciousness was in the forest and I barely noticed when the chef set down a plate of vegan lasagna on the deck. I took a break and blessed my body with food then started to paint again. I noticed a shadow above me and looked up in time to see a bald eagle soar closely over my head to land on a tree near the deck. It watched me then flew over me again. At this time I heard Doug and Julia approach. Perfect timing with the eagle and finishing up my masterpiece. I was done painting the forest up my leg. My body started buzzing as my consciousness fully returned. For some strange reason, I could not take pictures of it myself. I just couldn't bring myself to do it when I picked up my camera. Spirit was stopping me. Doug offered to take pictures of my leg. I felt honored since I've seen his work and the end result of me taking care of my body was four hours worth of paint that told a story. After the photo shoot I was called urgently into the forest by spirit to do a blessing. I ran to my cabin room, grabbed a warm shirt and water, then headed down the mountain short-cutting through the forest. The plan was to go down to the water, do a blessing then hike up the path along the cliff side as quickly as possible. It was a race against the sun...
...to be continued...
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Quinoa Bowl with Spring Veggies – an easy, clean eating, whole foods meal that will leave you feeling healthy and satisfied. A big dollop of pesto doesn't hurt either!
Is anyone else obsessed with spring veggies as much as I am? Especially asparagus. I can eat an entire bunch of asparagus by myself in one sitting. And I love the fresh clean bite of radishes. I put them in salads throughout the year, but I try to bring them into other dishes, too, when they are at their peak. This Spring Veggie Quinoa Bowl is the perfect way to showcase these delicious crisp veggies, alongside bright fresh herbs in the form of pesto, in a light, yet filling, dish.
Tricolor Quinoa
I like to use tricolor quinoa because it just looks so pretty and I was really going for beautiful, bright colors. Of course, any quinoa will work though.
Use Your Fave Spring Veggies
You can also use your favorite veggies. Green peas would be great, as would broccoli.
Assemble the Quinoa Bowl
I like to keep the veggies nice and crisp in this dish, so I lightly steam them for just a few minutes and then shock them in an ice bath to stop the cooking. This also helps preserve the vibrant color. To serve, you can warm them back up by tossing them with just cooked quinoa. Or serve your spring veggie bowl at room temperature, my favorite way. Leftovers are even great cold out of the fridge. No matter what temp you choose to enjoy your spring veggie quinoa bowl, you're going to want a generous dollop of pesto to go with it! I use my Mixed Greens Pepita Pesto (it's my absolute fave!), but my Parsley Kale Pesto would be a great match as well.
What veggies would you put in your spring quinoa bowl?
If you make a Spring Veggie Quinoa Bowl for yourself, please come back and leave me feedback about how much you enjoyed it. Snap a pic and tag me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter @veggie_inspired and #veggieinspired so I don't miss it.
Spring Veggie Quinoa Bowl
- 1 ½ cups quinoa
- 3 cups water or vegetable broth
- 1 bunch asparagus (trimmed and cut into large bite size pieces)
- 5-6 large radishes (sliced thin)
- Handful of fresh spinach leaves
- ½ cup chopped or slivered raw almonds
- 1 recipe Mixed Green Pepita Pesto
- Make the pesto if you haven't already and set aside. You can make the pesto ahead of time if you wish and keep in the fridge.
- Place quinoa and 3 cups water (or vegetable broth for added flavor) in a medium pot and bring to a boil. Turn down heat to a simmer, cover, and cook for about 15 minutes until the water is absorbed and the quinoa is cooked through. Fluff with a fork.
- In the meantime, place the asparagus and radishes in a steamer basket in a pot with a little water over medium heat. Steam for about 4-5 minutes. Immediately take them veggies out and place them in an ice bath* to stop the cooking process.
- Assemble the quinoa and all veggies in individual bowls, top with a 1-2 tbsp of the raw almonds and a large dollop of pesto.


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Yesterday, the collect for Our Lady of Atonement was as follows:
O GOD, who dost gather together those that have been scattered, and who dost preserve those that have been gathered: we beseech thee, through the intercession of the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of the Atonement; that thou wouldest pour out upon thy Church the grace of unity and send thy Holy Spirit upon all mankind, that they may be one; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Our clergy and people took unity seriously, as an imperative, not an option as we made our journey into full communion with the Catholic Church. Jesus' prayer to the Father "that they may be one as we also are" was our lodestar when the journey became difficult, or confusing, or required ever more deeper conversion and surrender to Christ.
Unity and Communion were, we came to understand, came by the power of the Holy Spirit—it was not something we could accomplish on our own by forcing consensus from the outside in, but by openness, docility and willingness to say, "Thy will be done," not 'my will be done.'
Thus when I saw this passage from the recent document from the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) I had to shake my head:
On the need for more open conversation, the quality of conversation at parochial and diocesan levels of the Catholic Church "could be enriched by learning from Anglican experience of open and sometimes painful debate while the church is in process of coming to a common mind." (101)
Hmmm. So, how is the process of "coming to a common mind" through "sometimes painful debate" working out for the Anglican Communion? It has led to disintegration, schism, impaired communion, and women bishops, women priests, to say nothing of the elevation of immoral sexual activity as equivalent to the "marital act."
One can work towards an artificial consensus through pressure by people in authority, through group think, through acquiescence to the worldly zeitgeist but will this "common mind" have anything in common with the "having the mind that was in Christ Jesus" and the unity and communion to which He calls us?
I don't think so.
It bothers me that so much of the news on this document in Catholic circles, such as Crux, seem to focus on what the Catholic Church can learn from the Anglican Communion.


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One of the most popular and, some would say, adulterated foods in the Western World is the humble potatoe, or spud, as it is known in Australia and some other Anglicised countries, yet, it is had a bad rap, with claims of it being bad for your diet and health, so what is the truth, are they really bad for you?
The Spud, What Is It And Why Is It So Demonised?
The potato is a starchy, tuberous root crop from the perennial nightshade Solanum tuberosum. One of the most common and versatile root vegetables, potatoes are the world's fourth-largest food crop after maize (corn), wheat, and rice. First cultivated by the Inca Indians in Peru over 7,000 years ago, it was brought to Europe in the 16th century. Potatoes have had such an influence on human development, that they have been associated with population surges and increased global urbanisation. There are now as many as 2,000 different varieties being grown in over 160 countries.
While it is widely accepted that a plant based diet offers many benefits, the humble spud is often not included as part of the recommendation.
Why is this?
The potato has all the requirements to form part of a healthy balanced diet.
100g of steamed potatoes, contain just 100 calories, no fat, no sodium, no cholesterol, and no gluten. What this 100g provides is nearly half your daily requirement of vitamin C, more potassium than in a banana, and plenty of vitamin B6, fibre, magnesium, and antioxidants.
So Why Are People Trying To Kill The Potatoe?
The answer is simple, starch.
Starch is made up of molecules of glucose, a simple sugar, which our cells can use as fuel with very little processing from our bodies. It goes directly into the bloodstream and creates a blood sugar spike, that prompts the pancreas to release insulin, which enables our body to either use or store that sugar.
Yes, potatoes do contain starch, which can increase insulin sensitivity, but it is also not a bad thing, as it can also improve blood sugar control, digestive health, nutrient absorption and satiety (fullness), help curb inflammation in the body, boost immunity, and improve blood circulation. All positives.
Now comparing an acre of potatoes to and acre of the ever popular broccoli, potatoes provide about half the calcium and vitamin C of broccoli per acre and none of the vitamin A, but they provide three times the iron, phosphorus and potassium.
The bad press on potatoes stems from accusations of high calorific value. But it is not the actual potatoes which bring the calories, it is the method of cooking.
It is not the actual potatoes which bring the calories, it is the method of cooking.
Most of the detrimental properties of the potatoe (and the resultant bad press) comes from the cooking method and condiment selection.
In non-vegan cooking, potatoes are often consumed after being deep fried in oil and covered in salt, baked in animal fats, slathered in dairy products such as cheese and creams, or covered in sugar laden tomato sauces and many other, less than healthy accompaniments.
None of this is the potatoes fault.
Yes, potatoes are high in carbohydrates, but these are necessary for long term energy. Many do not know the difference between simple and complex carbohydrates. Potatoes are complex carbohydrates which are a necessary part of our everyday diet.
fad diets and misinformation often steer peoples thinking about specific foods. The fact, we all requires foods from each nutrient group in order to maintain optimal health. Eating potatoes cooked appropriately in moderation is simply not harmful.
Potatoes are a high glycemic food, but, once again if eaten as part of a balanced diet, that includes high fibre foods such as lentils, beans, nuts and other vegetables, the sugar spike can be counteracted.
Potatoes deserve to be given a pardon and eaten, guilt free, once again. You can still prepare them the way you like, just ease up on the oils, salt and sugar.
There are also plenty of alternative recipes for potatoes that provide more flavour than steaming and taste great, but are beneficial to your health.
So go ahead and include the humble spud in your diet.


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TODAY I HIT 58,000 WORDS!!!! What a crazy week trying to finish my first draft so I can submit it to Alberta Foundation for the Arts, but now it's 96.66666667% complete! There to celebrate this momentous milestone (and keep my lap warm) was my ever helpful furbaby, Tex. Now I'm trying not to pass out on the couch while watching Rescue Bots with my preschooler 😂
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Month: January 2018
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year everyone! Now that the holiday high is over, are you feeling nostalgic or excited for a new year and all the possibilities?
I'm currently paying for slacking off over the holidays. My deadline for my grant project is looming, and I admit writer fatigue set in when December hit. There were days I sat at the computer for close to five hours and only wrote 1000 words. Ouch!
But it's a new year, and I'm back in the swing of things and going full tilt. Yesterday and the day before I wrote 3000 words per day! I've gotten back into the story and I'm enjoying the research process, which has largely consisted of scouring Pinterest. Check out this skoolie interior – doesn't it make you want to hit the open road?
I especially love the trough bath! It's hard to see in this picture (thewaywardhome.com), but it looks like the faucet at the kitchen sink can detach to fill the bath or be used as a handheld in order to shower. I'm also a huge fan of the barn doors on the kitchen cabinets, since it's a tight space and kitchen cabinets that swing out could present a few problems.
It's January 4th, and I'm dreaming of summer, and road trips, and camping… Time to stop looking at Pinterest and get back to work!


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I have no idea if you people study change management or the cycle of grief, but grief and significant change are understood by counsellors and MBAs as having a clear process in the life of the person subjected to change, and it can be charted something like this:
|Fig 1: Specific Examples Noted.
Generally speaking, people don't like change. It upsets them. It gives them a sense that their grounding has been ungrounded. It makes the future obviously unclear -- as opposed to its normal state of common opacity which is, as they say, what it is. So when they get sunk into change, they move from their normal state of performance or self-esteem to a state of diminishing returns. They go through denial, anger, and uncertainty -- everyone does.
But it is at this point that some people give up. They hit that bottom of uncertainty and crash right through. Rather than finding a place in the future for themselves, they see no place in the future for themselves. They think the change -- which is usually neutral at worst -- is a death sentence for everything they had hope in, and they simply crash and burn.
Some people get trapped in uncertainty and keep cycling through denial-anger-uncertainty. That's not really any better than those who crash through the bottom except that they can actually function for short periods in the world as it goes on. They usually need someone else to help them get over the change, but they can get through it.
For those who do not time out in uncertainty, there is hope at the end of the change curve. They accept that things are now different, and they take some ownership of their own future. They seek to put together the future in a way that gets them back to a place of stability or productivity.
For those of us who are Christians, we have a Helper who points us in this direction -- and if I can be frank enough to say it, his name is not Phil Johnson. Phil is my beloved friend who has also been my inestimable benefactor, but he is not the hope for my future, nor the one who defines it: Jesus is my Hope. The Holy Spirit is the one who is my encourager who will, in the words of Jesus, teach me all things and bring to my remembrance all that Jesus has said to me. They are also that for all of you reading this who say you are Christians, since I brought it up.
And I bring it up for a good reason: stop moping.
I have read more than one comment in the last two weeks which has said something along the lines of, "but what if the church will not have any more defenders? If Johnson, and then eventually Phillips, and to a much lesser degree Turk, all go on permanent vacation, then what?"
Really? It's really, really that bad? God will fail in his purpose of the Gospel if TeamPyro closes the doors? The church survived the death of Lloyd-Jones, and van Til, and the death of Spurgeon, and the death of Edwards, and the deaths of all the Puritans, and the deaths of Calvin and Luther, and of Bunyan, and backwards all the way to the death of Paul, and of course the death of Jesus. In fact, we sorta needed the death of Jesus -- and if I have to explain that, Phil Johnson's retirement from his hobby of blogging is not our worst problem.
Yes: Phil is unique in a superlative way, but I think if he writes books it is a better legacy than fighting with people who are unique and superlative in the opposite direction in every way on the internet. We ought to be pleased that he's going to implement his own change curve and put something out there which will affect more people than this blog does. And as he does that, not only must we wish him well, we must ourselves man up and face the future with Christ and lost people on our minds.
So here's the roadmap for the next three weeks on Wednesdays:
The Following Week I will publish the transcript of my talk in Tulsa at the "Call for Discernment" conference sponsored by Grace Family Bible Church. Only Tony Miano will not hate me for it.
Then in Three Weeks I am going to review a recent book by Cruciform Press in order to light up on one of my favorite topics -- Popular Calvinism. It deserves your attention and your conscience deserves its attention. Pack a lunch for that one.
After that, who knows? I am teaching on the goodness of God in Adult Sunday School at my church on 29 July 2012 -- you might get that transcript. But think about this: if the only hope we have in this world for our faith and the church is this blog, then let me say it clearly: we are part of the problem, and we have our own idols to deal with. We will do better to realize we are worshiping the wrong end of the log right now (cf. Isaiah 44:13-17) than we will to get caught up in the notion that God doesn't have a plan for his church past the last day of blogging for our favorite blogger.


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The author jibes at his triple selves, in triplicate
By Mohammed Hanif
Sometimes fellow writers and journalists ask me how I choose whether to write in Urdu or English or Punjabi. I usually start my answer with a self-deprecating remark: I can write badly in three-and-a-half languages. Like most self-deprecating remarks this one barely conceals a boast: I read and write Urdu; I can also borrow my ideas from ancient Punjabi, unlike you posh prats who rely entirely on English. But why would someone boast about their ability to read and write in their mother tongue (Punjabi, in my case) or express themselves in their national language?
I guess you show off because most people who write in English cannot pick up a newspaper in their local language to find out what yesterday's riot was about. It's not their fault. They went to good schools, sometimes schools so good that the main purpose of their education was to ensure their talents remained unpolluted by local languages and cultures.
When I was growing up in Pakistan, the complete inability to read or write in your mother tongue was a prerequisite for upward mobility. Pakistan's founding father — the self-made aristocrat Mohammed Ali Jinnah — could barely string a sentence together in Urdu, a language that he imposed on Pakistan as its national language with tragic consequences. The most influential Pakistani politician of our times, the late Benazir Bhutto, spoke no Urdu when she started her career but later delighted her followers by endlessly and recklessly improvising in that language. For a long time, to rule Pakistan it was almost necessary not to be able to speak any of its languages. Or to speak them like a well-meaning foreigner.
In my rural version of the state education system, the first thing they did was to try and save me from my mother tongue. Everyone spoke Punjabi in my household and like every five-year-old I had a vocabulary. I could name a goat, a donkey, a chicken. But since the medium of instruction in my school was Urdu, I had to learn alien names for familiar things. I must have spent the next 10 years learning in a language that I would be considered pretentious for speaking in my own street.
By the time I finished high school, I realised that there was no college physics in Urdu, forget mathematics, and if you were destined to study aviation, you might have had to wait for centuries while someone drew up navigation maps in Urdu. So I began to learn English and by the time I drifted into writing I had no idea what my own language was. I was more like, "How much are you paying?"
How one comes not to read and write in one's mother tongue is as problematic as someone who can write in their own language but elects to write in another. But, as the kids say these days, why trap yourself in these binaries when you can write in both or even a third?
The same people who ask why you write in this or that language also insinuate that if you are writing in three languages, surely you are lying in three languages. You are peddling three different versions of the same story to three different sets of people. Sometimes I worry that they might be right but then I take solace in the fact that in their quest for a single truth, they are not likely to find out.
To answer the original question: when I write a novel, I think and plot and scribble in English for the simple reason that all the great novels I have read, even if they were originally written in Arabic, I read in English. And also because Graham Greene wrote his novels in English. When I write a political rant or a comment piece, I lean towards Urdu because there are all these ready-made historical references, street slang and wordplay bursting to be put to use. Recently, some friends asked me to write a song and it ended up a mixture of Urdu and Punjabi, no doubt the result of all the romantic songs that kept me awake through teenage nights. And when someone pisses me off, I am most likely to mutter something that I am not supposed to say in front of my mother. In her language.
Mohammed Hanif is a journalist and an award-winning author. He won the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize and Commonwealth Writers' Prize for his debut novel A Case of Exploding Mangoes


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The White House on Tuesday for the first time issued a veto threat over Republican-backed legislation to approve the Keystone pipeline, setting up a likely showdown between President Obama and the GOP-controlled Congress in the coming weeks.
"If this bill passes this Congress, the president wouldn't sign it," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Tuesday, stressing that the president wants to wait for a State Department review process to finish.
The White House issued the threat within minutes of the 114th Congress convening. Lawmakers in the House and Senate were introducing Keystone legislation on Tuesday as the first order of business for the new Congress.
On the Senate side, Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said the bill has 60 co-sponsors, and uses Congress' authority to regulate interstate commerce to green-light the Canada-to-Texas pipeline. They predicted at least 63 senators, and possibly more, ultimately will vote for the bill — more than enough to pass.
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How to Find the Best Plumber
Every homeowner will need the services of a good plumber. If you know better, you'd be hiring that tradesman now instead of waiting for an emergency plumbing situation to arise. Don't postpone calling the plumber for simple repairs because that's also a good time to be updated with your plumbing systems and find out which parts need repair the most.
When hiring a plumber, try to look or one that is willing to do an inspection of your pipes and fixtures at a nominal cost or even for free. There are a few companies who are willing to provide you such a service and it's a very convenient option too.
How to Hire a Plumbing Technician
When hiring a plumber, don't just get the first person who pops up on your list. You have to qualify them thoroughly to make sure that they have the necessary training, skills, and experience to do a good job. If possible, you have to talk and meet with these plumber's face to face. It's how you know that you'll get the quality services that you deserve.
Inviting a plumber to your home to take a look at your system will give you a good idea as to how they work. The good ones usually have a checklist or a form to record the conditions and concerns about your plumbing system, along with the actual location as to where the problem is detected. Try to ask all your questions about plumbing as the technician goes around inspecting every pipe and fixture.
How to Make a Decision
It should be easier for you to decide which plumber is right for you once you have met the plumber personally, see how he works and tested his abilities. All these preliminary steps do require time and effort. But these are crucial in making the decision.
From three companies narrow your choices to just two. When choosing which, try to consider other factors such as the price of the service. Other considerations would be the attitude, personality, and level of professionalism of the plumber. It is very important that you feel that you can trust the plumber and that you're comfortable with the idea of letting him into your home.
How Much Should Plumbers Charge?
There are different ways plumbers charge their customers and it's best to compare their pricing scheme side by side. The one that offers a flat rate is usually the better choice. By flat–rate, it means that the technician visits your house and check your plumbing system for damage. Upon checking the problem, they would quote you a fixed price derived from a price list they previously made. Essentially, their flat rate should be fair to you while assuring the quality of work done.
Flat rate pricing works for you because it gives you a good idea as to how much the project will cost you before it starts. That would save you from nasty surprises and you'll be able to plan your finances better. You will most likely have a fixed timeframe as to when the job is going to be finished. When it comes to fixed–rate contracts, plumbers tend to work fast. Also, the quote is an all-in price. It's all you pay because it already includes the charge for labor work of the plumber Fort Lee NJ and the materials needed for the project.Read More


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Neuroscience 2015, and a window into the brain
Brace yourself Chicago, it's here! This weekend marks the start of Neuroscience 2015, the annual mega-conference of the Society for Neuroscience, world's largest organization of scientists and physicians devoted to understanding the brain. Around 30,000 neuroscientists will spend the next five days sharing and discussing the latest in neuroscience research, turning the city of big shoulders into the city of big brains.
As always, the University of Chicago is well represented, with scientists and students presenting almost 150 posters or symposium talks. Don't miss the UChicago SfN Social on Sunday, October 18, from 8pm – 10pm at the Shedd Aquarium, or minisymposia like "Different Brains, Common Circuits: Visual Decision Making in Rodents and Primates," chaired by associate professor of neurobiology David Freedman, PhD.
For a deeper look at how some UChicago neuroscientists are working to decipher the brain, ScienceLife presents the second part of a story excerpted from the spring issue of Medicine on the Midway, which features the efforts of Mark Histed, PhD, research associate and assistant professor, and John Maunsell, PhD, the Albert D. Lasker professor in the Department of Neurobiology and director of the Grossman Institute for Neuroscience, Quantitative Biology and Human Behavior, as they build a window into the brain.
A window into the brain
"It's clear that neuroscience is at a turning point," says John Maunsell, PhD, director of the University of Chicago's new Grossman Institute for Neuroscience, Quantitative Biology and Human Behavior. "An unprecedented number of new tools and approaches are enabling rapid progress on every front. It's not one specific question or one specific area or one animal model. The floodgates of data are going to open, and the understanding will follow. The payoffs could be enormous."
Established to spur the discovery of fundamental insights about the brain and human behavior, the Grossman Institute spans boundaries and coordinates neuroscience research across the University of Chicago. It opened its doors in 2014, occupying 22,000 square feet of open laboratory and office space on the fourth floor of the Surgery Brain Research Institute building.
Maunsell, Albert D. Lasker Professor of neurobiology, is still unpacking. A renowned neuroscientist who has made fundamental discoveries about the mechanisms that underlie vision, attention and perception, and former editor-in-chief of the prestigious Journal of Neuroscience, he joined the University of Chicago in 2014 from Harvard Medical School. While he juggles a myriad of tasks —establishing programs to foster collaborations and new exchanges of ideas, recruiting new faculty, developing new student programs and more — he manages the transition of his own laboratory to this new space.
Tucked in a corner of the Grossman Institute, in one of the few areas behind closed doors, Maunsell's lab is strewn with pieces of complex equipment, computers, oscilloscopes and boxes full of random wires and parts. His collaborator, Mark Histed, PhD, research associate and assistant professor of neurobiology, walks through this space and points to an open area.
"That's where we're going to build the laser," he says nonchalantly. "We're just making sure the floor is capable of handling it."
In a project funded by the BRAIN Initiative — a nationwide research effort to uncover fundamental insights about the brain, announced by President Obama in 2014 — Maunsell and Histed, along with international colleagues, are working to quite literally shed light on how the brain creates behavior and makes decisions.
One of the greatest recent revolutions in neuroscience is the field of optogenetics, a method that enables control over neural activity with light. It involves genetically engineering neurons to express a light-sensitive protein first discovered in algae. These neurons can then be activated or inhibited with a flash of light, reacting with precise timing — incredibly important when a change of a few milliseconds can alter the activity of entire networks.
For Maunsell and Histed, the real potential of optogenetics emerges when combined with other tools. The first are techniques to study behaviors in mice and measure their cognitive states. An example: a well-trained mouse holds down a lever while watching a video screen. When it notices a change in brightness, color, or whatever measure the researchers are interested in, it releases the lever. In doing so, the animal effectively reports a shift in its perception, and any associated changes in its neural patterns can be measured. This may sound simple, but these behavioral models, broadly known as psychophysics, have only recently been refined in mice. This is particularly significant because of numerous advantages to the mouse animal model, including the availability of optogenetic mice.
The second tool is a custom-designed microscope that uses a principle known as two-photon excitation — basically a powerful laser that targets cells with femtosecond pulses of light (a femtosecond is to a second as a second is to about 32 million years). The laser can be shined deep into living brain tissue, through a clear window surgically implanted in the skull. By stimulating fluorescent dyes or indicators, the laser lights up neurons that fire. This allows clear visualization of hundreds of neurons at once in an awake, healthy animal that is performing behavioral tasks. Even more impressively, this can be used to precisely control the activity of optogenetically modified neurons to see how behavior is affected.
"We will be able to perturb specific patterns of neural activity for the first time," Histed says. "If we look at an area of a brain while we present a sensory stimulus, those neurons would fire in some complex way. If we change the activity of a few cells and see what results, we can begin to describe features of neural patterns that are most important for behavior. This is the key aspect of brain function that we don't yet understand."
For now, the hard work of designing and building the equipment, writing and debugging software code, and a myriad of other tasks remain. Impressively, much of this is done by hand, as no commercial versions have the specifications the team requires. For example, the team is assembling the two-photon microscope, which includes the femtosecond laser, piece by piece – effectively hand-building the clockwork network of lenses, mirrors and detectors that make up a microscope, but spread out all over a heavy table cushioned by air so that building vibrations don't knock anything out of alignment.Maunsell and Histed plan to begin gathering data this fall.
"We don't know how long it will take before questions like these are answered," says Maunsell, "But they will all be approachable. It's a great time to be in neuroscience and there's no question that there will be enormous returns on this kind of investment."
It is because of the sheer complexity of the brain that so many of its functions are mysterious, and so few cures and treatments exist for when things go wrong. Despite the proliferation of new and powerful tools in neuroscience, much, much more remains unknown than known. But these tools are enabling the development of strategies to that begin to address questions — from basic mechanisms to translational therapeutics —that could not even have been asked a few years ago.
"Neuroscience is at a stage like biology before Watson and Crick," Histed says. "How do you go from these patterns to understanding how the brain works? That's the enterprise upon which we're embarking. There are thousands of labs across the country that are working on these issues, and it's only a matter of time before someone figures out the most important principles."


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- n. - A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- n. - A loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)
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- v. - Shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
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- v. - Demand immediate action
- v. - Utter a characteristic sound
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While drug law reformers and know-nothing prohibitionists like to dramatically inflate the pot industry's metrics for their own ends, researchers with actual degrees in public policy took a critical look at the available data and found no evidence for such inflated numbers.
Marijuana's wholesale value as a crop is somewhere between two and four billion dollars per year, the authors estimate, not $35.8 billion as NORML's John Gettman has said, nor is California's crop worth $17.8 billion, as California's Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement estimates.
The authors of "Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know" use the best available data – actual marijuana consumption and price surveys – to extrapolate how much domestic demand there is for pot (about 5,000 metric tons per year) and then deal with the fact that the majority of it is thought to come from Mexico, and the domestic stuff varies in quality from seedless to "ditch weed".
By contrast, legalizers and cops "must contort the numbers, citing the retail price of marijuana but the farm-gate price of other products, or pretending that all marijuana consumed in the United States is sinsemilla, or ignoring the fact that most marijuana used in the United States is imported, or simply starting with implausible estimates of U.S. production."
Instead of America's top cash crop, marijuana might make the top 15, "ranking somewhere between almonds and hay and perhaps closest to potatoes and grapes," the researchers say.
And no, guys, you can't count the cost of marijuana law enforcement as part of the wholesale value of the U.S.'s annual domestic weed crop.
If only we had this much political debate and hand-wringing about America's actual biggest crops like corn and soy: but hey, the Farm Bill, pesticides, factory farming, and skyrocketing obesity rates just don't lead like weed.


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By Amanda DK
As was the case last year, with limited time before my flight, I spent Saturday frantically trying to see as much music as I could as fast as I could. I managed to get into Rachael Ray's Feedback (with a bunch of moms and locals) early on for some brisket and biscuits, but when trying to return for LP a couple hours later was given the run around and then turned away (lesson learned, RSVP confirmation emails mean nothing – always pick up that extra badge).
Good thing there were only five or ten other excellent showcases on the same block.
That morning at Stubbs I found myself staring at a T-shirt that boasted the local catchphrase, "Keep Austin Weird." I'd seen similar shirts around town, but for some reason this one in particular stuck, remaining with me until I boarded my plane back to Los Angeles that afternoon.
Bands I Saw:
Bob Schneider
Stream some tunes here.
*Imagine Dragons
Imagine Dragons "Look How Far We've Come"
*J. Irvin Dally
J. Irvin Dally "Teething"
PUJOL "Mayday"
*Turf War
Turf War "Cheers To The Years"
Companies, Websites or Other Organizations That Made My Day Brighter:
Extreme Music
Rollo & Grady
Autumn Tone Records
SXSo Random:
As I mentioned, at the airport I ran into the same A&R executive that was on my flight to Austin (as well as several friends) boarding the flight beforehand. One of the friends I ran into was traveling with her boss who, at the time I met up with them, was catching up with Taylor Hanson. It was really hard to play it straight when shaking the hand of he who "MMMBops."
Additional Tips & Tricks:
The SXSW Go Official App was incredibly handy, laying out everything happening at the festival hour by hour, with links to information, maps, and other details. If it were not for this, I would have never have found out that Emperor X was performing just a few blocks from where I was.
Mophie Juice Pack – The week before SXSW I went to the nearest Best Buy in search of a phone case that had a built in charger and came out with a Mophie Juice Pak. Little did I know, not only would the phone case/charger combo be a trend this year, but the Mophie brand as well. I ran into at least six other friends with the same device, and for good reason. Since phones tend to die around 3 or 4pm at SXSW due to excessive texting and tweeting, the extra boost on the go proved invaluable.


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