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The effects of aloe both on radiation burns caused by cancer treatment and on the cancer itself.
Aloe for the Treatment of Advanced Metastatic Cancer
Doctor's Note
Here are the links to the videos I referred to: Is Aloe Vera Gel the Best Treatment for Lichen Planus? and Is Aloe Effective for Blood Pressure, Inflammatory Bowel, Wound Healing, and Burns?
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"Fifty patients with advanced untreatable cancer treated with melatonin, which they thought might boost anticancer immunity, or melatonin with about 20 drops of an aloe extract twice a day, which they made by soaking one part aloe leaves to nine parts 40 proof alcohol. And, the aloe group appeared to do better—nearly twice as likely to either have "a partial response," or at least some stabilization. And, the most important outcome: improved survival."
I suppose that there is also the possibility that it was the 40 proof alcohol that was responsible for the benefit . Or some synergistic effect of alcohol plus aloe and/or melatonin rather than justthe aloe alone.
TG thatbwas my thought too.
Wonder why the Dr has so many videos telling us Aloe does absolutely nothing. So my next question is, is aloe harmful. If it's not harmful than why so much ado?
Sure wish we had an edit feature. It's hard to understand what I wrote. and I know what I meant.
I am grateful that Dr. Greger is doing this process, whether it shows it does something or nothing at all.
Those of us who have been looking for Cancer treatments know that people need to know what works and what doesn't work ASAP in this process and there are so many in vitro studies and so many claims on-line that I genuinely appreciate every help I can get.
The alcohol theory doesn't make sense, because we just had the alcohol causing cancer information.
What if the alcohol is making the aloe look worse than it is?
That is my unsophisticated non-scientific theory.
That is how my mind immediately processed the information.
I appreciate the Melatonin information, because I have been pondering Melatonin for my dog.
Pondering that tincture of Myrrh study.
I am trying to "out synergism" the Cancer left, right, forward, back and round and round.
I am laughing, because I really feel like I am in Infinity Wars and am wondering which super hero is strongest, fastest.
But I always have to switch from Infinity Wars to Christianity, because Infinity Wars, the bad guy killed half of the good guys.
David, we all miss the edit feature here. The upside is that we've all gotten pretty good at figuring out each other's posts.
There used to be a multi-level marketing company that promoted a big mythology(?) that fresh cut aloe contained "healing factors" that very quickly degraded once the leaf was cut from the plant. They claimed to have a secret method of preparing dry powder for capsules that conserved those "factors". No idea if there's anything to that but it would be worth experimenting with I think. Here's a mention of the key "factor"
You have caused me to look forward to the next video so much. Wondering if I have to wait a few days before it pops up in the every other day video / blog rotation.
"In veterinary medicine Acemannan (acetylated mannose) in injectible form has been approved for use in the treatment of fibrosarcomas and feline leukemia (FeLV)."
What fascinated me was that I looked up acetylated mannose and ended up at D-Mannose and did a might as well check and see if "D-Mannose + Cancer" gets any hits and there was a sentence about Type 1 Diabetes. "They have discovered that d-mannose can surprisingly prevent and suppress type 1 autoimmune diabetes and asthmatic lung inflammation [2]."
And then I found this sentence, "Reversal of infectious mononucleosis-associated suppressor T cell activity by D-mannose" and my friend's daughter has needed surgery since the Spring, but ended up with Mono, which just isn't going away. Her surgery was supposed to be in March, but now, she is going to have to miss her first year of college. Maybe something can help speed things up.
Deb, you may not have to wait. Just look up the paper Dr. G cited at the end.
Thanks Nancy!
Yes, it is Friday and he is going to leave me on a cliff hanger and I don't remember if Monday is video or if he keeps alternating.
I went back to the Brewer's Yeast problem, because they removed the blood sugar improvement factor by only selling de-bittered products, but today, I found EpiCor, it says it significantly lowered IL-8 production after 48 hours and IL-8 is one of the pathways in Hemangiosarcoma.
Hooray, something else to try.
Laughing, because my dog has so much Beta Glucan's.
Some of them, not on purpose.
He has oat Beta Glucan, and yeast Beta Glucan and mushroom Beta Glucan and Barley Beta Glucan
I wonder if he is getting too much Beta Glucan?
Beta Glucan was what helped, but his poor IL-8 is being inhibited left and right.
I wonder how often I should let some of these pathways up for air.
I have used Aleo Vera for treating several skin conditions. Rubbing Freshly cut leaves work lot better than the extracts you find in the market. In fact the extracts had no effect. The freshly cut Aleo changes color with in minutes as it gets exposed to air suggesting the air is oxidizing it and probably rendering it ineffective.
I've been reading that a lot on this site (in comments) about the "factor" and also wonder if it's a myth or not.
REAL ALOE WORKS! I actually know one of the doctors that holds a patent regarding aloe vera. They found an enzyme in it that is activated when the leaf is cut from the plant that deactivates the active ingredients within 30 minutes! Their patent was a way to deactivate that enzyme so there was time to harvest and process the aloe and maintain the active ingredients as active. So if you don't use their proprietary aloe preparation, there is more aloe on the label than there is in the bottle!!
The other option is to use the leaf immediately when cut from the plant. Use the whole leaf as most of active components are just next to the skin of the leaf. So cut the leaf, fillet it open, and put the whole thing on the wound, skin and all. That's why research tests done using the wrong preparation show no benefits!
They actually tried to develop a drug out of the patented aloe and were very successful with animal models curing feline leukemia etc. with a product called Acemannan. However, FDA requires an "LD-50" to become a licensed drug but they couldn't kill anything with it to get a 'lethal dose at a 50% kill rate.' (like all Rx meds)
I'm wondering what form the aloe lotion for burns was given in – the real plant or some lotion purporting to contain aloe (many lotions labled as aloe vera lotion have been shown to contain NO aloe vera). The reason I wonder is because in my life, if I sustain a burn, immediately getting a piece of the aloe plant, opening it up and putting it on my burn wound makes the pain go away and it heals to the point where I don't even know I have been burned. So it's incredibly effective compared to any other treatment!
I've had the same experience with fresh cut aloe flesh on my second degree burn…reduces pain and basically no scar visible.
In my experience, I've found that cool water (not cold) works just as well if not better.
The skin came off immediately in my unburnt hand when I grabbed the burnt hand instinctively because it hurt. So the burn was raw. I'm sure I ran it under cool water, but the pain returned when removed. The dr wanted me to apply some kind of cream (forget what it was now) but I decided to use fresh-cut aloe flesh instead. So applied this each time I had to dress the wound and it reduced the pain.
Dani, I actually had a similar experience a month ago with a pretty bad burn using lavender essential oil (it was authentic, not even all essential oils being sold are authentic, our world sucks). Couldn't believe how quickly it took the pain away and the redness left, there wasn't a trace of the burn shortly after.
Dr. Greger does show in another video that aloe vera can help with burns but not sun burns at least according to the study or studies referenced.
Just to add, prior to the lavender oil I was holding it under cold water but as soon as I took it out the pain would be there as bad as before, it wasn't going away. So when the lavender oil was applied and I stopped feeling pain and it didn't come back I was pretty amazed.
S, did you apply the lavender oil to your skin "neat"? Meaning, undiluted? I've been using the essential lavender oil only for sniffing purposes, so far.
YeahRight, it was actually an accidental occurrence, I tried putting quite a few drops in my soap and I had put on an exfoliating glove lathered in the essential oil infused soap and noticed how quickly the pain disappeared and to my surprise never came back as well as noticing the redness go away quickly. So it was diluted in the soap but pretty powerful.
Awesome for the burn, NOT so much for healthy skin as I found it a bit irritating and drying. I'll stick with it for burns and aromatherapy which I adore it for. I'm not sure if straight or diluted would be better, but I think the best way to emulate my successful and accidental experience might be mixing some drops in water and then making a compress.
I received six weeks of adjuvant radiation to the head and spine after resection of 4.5 cm adult medulloblastoma. It gave me a "sunburn" inside my throat and I was directed to drink 1 pint of Alie Vera juice a day. It tasted bad, but anecdotally I perceived relief from the sore throat after drinking the aloe.
like Dani,using the gel straight from the plant ,and keeping the area saturated to exclude air, i have healed burns with no scarring
Yes, I have used the gel straight from the plant successfully for burns, too.
Hope the researchers didn't use the brands, which had none in it.
I did too, though did periodically change the dressings, so I suppose I didn't exclude air entirely.
I have been pondering this process tonight.
I can't afford multiple months of everything I have done to try to get rid of this Cancer.
It made me think about the people going through it.
Either the medical model or alternative or both.
Life is so much more expensive nowadays.
I know I have to trust the diet eventually.
Maybe one more month of this and then see what happens by having him be vegan.
It will be so emotional if he dies at that point.
But I know I genuinely have to start to see what happens.
This is such a stupidly emotional process.
I come here and know I am researching circles around everything and still have no idea what is going to happen.
Dr. Greger, by God's grace, I am hoping this will be the last OCD researching for a while.
I hope.
I look at all my comments and hate myself sometimes, because I know I have given all these things so much focus and time and money and it is not acceptable for how people interact. I already had people get frustrated with me when I was trying to get over my own cancer and diabetes and thyroid symptoms with my brain out of whack. Praying for God to help me learn faster and not need to write so much.
Yes, now that I have become a basket case every weekend, let me pause and say that you responded to people's criticism and changed your wording and you did it brilliantly. That impresses me. You really read the comments and take the criticism and my 7 year old pal is into JoJo Siwa and the Boomerang song and nothing throws her off track and she doesn't even fight back.
Every web search for every topic, Google offers me Dr Greger and JoJo Siwa and Trinity and beyond videos.
And I am up researching MSM and trying to understand if my dog needs sulfur.
I just found out that the seven year olds family is giving her to us, so there is a chance that I will suddenly have the kids videos tip the scale, though the sick friends and relatives started contacting me today asking me to research things for them, so you are stuck with me, but I am going to be building cardboard box forts at night all year round now, so there is a chance the comments will lessen, but not this weekend.
I found out in PubMed that different Beta Glucans have different mechanisms against Cancer, so my dog will continue to get lots of them.
I thought I was just doing the expensive pee process, but that made me feel better.
From reading the comments under other aloe videos here, I've learned that it's supposedly important to use the aloe quickly after being cut or preserve the key enzyme or whatever through another means. Do these studies account for that?
I know someone who had success with decreasing hyperpigmentation from using pure fresh aloe leaf bought from the store (already cut off the plant).
I just bought an aloe plant the other day simply because they're pretty and I know they're good for air quality. For burns (not talking about sun burns) I've actually had huge success with lavender oil, it took the pain away that wasn't going away and healed it quickly, the redness drastically decreased within the minutes it was in contact with the lavender, I never experienced such an immediate relief like that before. A bit random but relatively on subject… ish.
Interesting about the Lavender.
I have a friend who borrowed money from me years ago and she has been paying me back in essential oils. She is trying to sell Doterra.
I haven't had a real true essential oil testimony.
They smell nice enough, but I don't have that type of "Wow, it worked" type of thought at all. It is more the opposite. I feel almost like I have smelled them, as if they were an air freshener and I have rubbed them on, as if they were perfume and I put a drop of lemon in water and orange in water and I think grapefruit in water and it was not that great tasting water. I had been eating real oranges and putting real lemons in my water and that gave me such a good feeling. The scent was better than perfume after I peeled the oranges every single day. I had an internal "Wow, I love the smell of oranges." and the taste of the real lemon water was "Wow, that is so refreshing." but the experience with the oils was wrinkling my nose, both at the smell and at the water. I tried them in my laundry and didn't smell anything at all and was disappointed at that. I am pondering how to use them to scent my bathroom and that might be the first positive, if it works, because I used to like the air fresheners, until I came to this site.
I tried frankincense and myrrh on my dog, and I did the roll on thing, when I first started this "Cancer" process, but I didn't have a sense that they did anything. Doesn't mean they didn't do anything. Just that he didn't respond as if I had done anything at all and it felt more like I wasn't sure I was reaching his skin properly, so I rolled it on myself and still just had no sense of anything at all.
It is odd, because I was someone who would buy the Yankee candles and the little scented packets to put in the closets and would buy 5 different scents of deodorants, because I couldn't make my mind up and did the same with the air fresheners for the same reason, and because I genuinely, genuinely celebrated every single orange I have ever peeled for how good it makes me feel, and I was young when pot smoking was always in the air and liked the smell and liked pipe smell and liked incense and liked burning sage and still LOVE when people have fire pits burning and I love the scents of spring flowers and fall spices and Christmas.
Intellectually, I like Frankincense and Myrrh symbolically, but I rolled them on my arm and didn't feel anything and they didn't smell that great and I couldn't even really smell them after, but I keep working on it.
I will be honest, that I bought real lavender, from the produce section of Whole Foods and had put that out and LOVED that, but somehow, I just haven't emotionally connected with the essential oils. If I ever burn myself, I will try it and if it works, I will celebrate. Aloe, the real plant did work and I like aloe. I tried to drink aloe water once and hated it and only took two tiny sips and poured it out.
Even the research for the essential oils was a little disappointing.
What I mean is that I looked at Melatonin and SAMe and Milk Thistle and Bromelain and Beta Glucan all had "increased survival times" type studies and dosages I could try to translate…..
Some of the essential oil studies were injections or there was no mention of how they administered it at all.
Skin cancers, I saw results.
I think essential oils smell and taste like medicine.
Funny, because real oranges felt healthier and calming and refreshing and invigorating.
Orange essential oils, I end up needing to look up what orange does.
Same thing with lavender. They real plant, I held against my face to smell it and the essential oil, I did the scrunched up face of something smelling too strong.
Tom posting the link that they could harm the liver if ingested made me ponder:
How many drops would I need to rub into his skin to do anything at all
How many drops before it hurts his liver.
Started feeling more like B17, so I stopped.
Deb, I've looked through all the comments and don't see a link posted by Tom about essential oils being toxic to the liver. I would like to read it. Not sure if it's a problem with my view of comments are why I can't find it. Dani
Deb, I love the scent of the whole foods/plants best too but I find lavender essential oil extremely soothing and theraputic. It helps a lot with anxiety for me and relaxes me and puts me in a better mood. Have you seen Dr. Greger's video on lavender oil? That's why I first tried it.
But I never put it on the skin anymore other than for an injury. I've found that essential oils can be very irritating to the skin and I had tried an all natural facial serum in the recent past (now I just use authentic argan oil) that was supposed to be amazing and full of antioxidants but it caused a horrible rash all over my face. At first I thought it was an allergy but I recently read how essential oils can be damaging to skin and I was like "duh!" all their serums are heavily scented with essential oils.
For aromatherapy, are you sure they're authentic essential oils? I've read that some are not and that not having the Latin name on the bottle isn't a good sign if you're wanting to make sure you're getting the real stuff… that's just from an article I quickly read. So quality or rather authenticity might make a difference. But then they just might not effect people the same.
I also adore jasmine essential oil for the scent and know someone who can't stand the scent. To me it's so beautiful and euphoric.
REAL ALOE WORKS! I actually know one of the doctors that holds a patent regarding aloe vera. They found an enzyme in it that is activated when the leaf is cut from the plant that deactivates the active ingredients within 30 minutes! Their patent was a way to deactivate that enzyme so there was time to harvest and process the aloe and maintain the active ingredients as active. So if you don't use their proprietary aloe preparation, there is more aloe on the label than there is in the bottle!!
The other option is to use the leaf immediately when cut from the plant. Use the whole leaf as most of active components are just next to the skin of the leaf. So cut the leaf, fillet it open, and put the whole thing on the wound, skin and all. That's why research tests done using the wrong preparation show no benefits!
They actually tried to develop a drug out of the patented aloe and were very successful with animal models curing feline leukemia etc. with a product called Acemannan. However, FDA requires an "LD-50" to become a licensed drug but they couldn't kill anything with it to get a 'lethal dose at a 50% kill rate.' (like all Rx meds)
Just as the end product at Walmart was questionable, I wonder if the processed products of aloe gel used in the studies were up to par also. Being allergic to many things, forced to use raw materials and to freshly make most medicines myself I see large disparities in effectiveness all to natures credit. From what I understand, some fruits lose 50 percent of their vitamin force 30 minutes after they are picked. Dr A Vogel promoted tinctures made from live plants with good reason.
I am also allergic to many of the excipients of drugs and so I see a stark difference when making medicines from scratch. I grow my own aloe and I use it for burns mixed with vitamin E,- a very high quality supplement that I am not allergic to or with fish oil. It works fantastically. I have also healed beautifully a second degree burn very very quickly using chromatotherapy as suggested by Dr Agarpart, Paris France. Healing burns has always been a catastrophe with allopathy.
I do not think there has been much attention to the difference between living plants and stocked, stored, and processed plants. Therefore, I am still skeptic and waiting for someone to put it to the test. Bravo for your efforts, Dr Gregore, II very much appreciate these videos. Thank you sincerely.
I agree. It must be fresh
I was told that for the Alloe to be effective against sunburn it must be fresh off the leaf. I found it soothed burns if fresh Did the studies use fresh?
Do you think this "aloe arboreacens" would be good for colitis…for inflammation of the colon?


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MADRID (AP) -- Brothers Pau and Marc Gasol have been awarded Spain's Princess of Asturias prize for sports for their ''brilliant record'' playing basketball for Spain and their NBA teams.
The pair was recognized for their ''sporting standards'' as well as being ambassadors for ''the Spanish brand,'' the award foundation said in a statement on Wednesday.
Pau, aged 34, and Marc, 30, have won world and European championships, and two silver medals at the Olympics.
In the NBA, Pau plays for the Chicago Bulls, and Marc at the Memphis Grizzlies. They made history in February when they became the first brothers to start in the NBA All-Star game.
In 2013, the brothers created the Gasol Foundation to promote sport and healthy eating at schools in Los Angeles and Barcelona. They have worked with UNICEF.
The 50,000-euro ($55,600) award is one of eight Asturias prizes handed out annually by a foundation named for Crown Princess Leonor. Other categories include the arts, and scientific research.
The brothers have won the prize before, in 2006, when all of the Spain team that won the world title received the award.
The awards are presented each autumn in the northern city of Oviedo, capital of the Asturias region.

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'Chinese Puzzle': An Interview with Director Cedric Klapisch and Actor Romain Duris
PopMatters caught up with Romain Duris and writer/director Cédric Klapisch during their recent trip to New York and we discussed their two-decade long work relationship.
Chinese PuzzleDirector: Cédric Klapisch
Cast: Romain Duris, Kelly Reilly, Audrey Tautou
It's been 13 years since worldwide audiences first met Xavier (Romain Duris) in Cédric Klapisch's L'Auberge Espagnole as he moved to Barcelona and befriended a group of young men and women from all over the world with whom he shared some extraordinary adventures. It's also been ten years since we last saw Xavier in Russian Dolls as he followed his heart's desire to St. Petersburg trying to win the love of Wendy (Kelly Reilly). Since then Duris' career has exploded and showcased his talents as both a romantic lead (Populaire) and a dark anti-hero worthy of a Melville film (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) and soon we will see him in Michel Gondry's Mood Indigo (opening Stateside on July 18), which makes it fascinating to see him slip back so easily into the skin of Xavier in the series' latest installment Chinese Puzzle.
We caught up with Duris and writer/director Klapisch during their recent trip to New York and we discussed their two-decade long work relationship, the "Antoine Doinel" effect in their Spanish Trilogy and whether this is the last we'll see of Xavier...
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Romain, how does it feel to come back to playing Xavier after ten years?
Romain Duris: It's great because by now you have a complicity with the audience, you have a language with them when you're talking about something because they saw the movie ten years before.
Cédric, how did you develop these characters over so long? Did you keep files on them?
Cédric: I did keep notes between the last two movies, but in fact I had to invent everything as I was working. Except for that one scene in which Romain's character gets lost in the West Village, I'd written that scene and other than that I had to follow the storylines for all the other characters. I ended up not really using the notes I took, it was strange.
It's unusual for films to capture the chaos of living in NYC, yet your film shows us things that otherwise are rarely discussed in romantic comedies, like immigration problems, getting a green card, the chaos of traversing the West Village. Can you talk about capturing that version of the city?
Cédric: You can say that this movie is a romantic comedy, but when I watch romantic comedies I hate the cuteness in them. When people shoot love stories in NYC they tend to be very clean and slick, I wanted to show that NY can be dirty and messy in a good way. What I like about NY is its vivaciousness, I wanted to tell a romantic story that also captured the way I see the city.
How hard was it to get all the actors together?
Cédric: I had to be patient, because we met two years before the movie and asked them when they were available. We ended up shooting a year and a half after that meeting, which was good because it took me that long to get financing and finish the screenplay.
Romain, I could swear I saw dashes of Antoine Doinel in your performance. Were those films an inspiration at all?
Romain: An example, I don't know if they were an inspiration. Truffaut and Doinel were very of their time, while we are coherent with our period. Other than that, we watched the Truffaut series together to see how we could do different things, to see what had been done before.
Cédric: The idea was not to copy, just to see that this had done before. I wanted us to watch these movies together to talk about the evolution of a character. We were conscious of what had been done so we could refer to that because I love Truffaut and he invented something special. But Truffaut saw Antoine as an alter ego, whereas I don't think that Xavier is me, Xavier in an invention.
Is this the last we've seen of these characters?
Cédric: The more films I make with this character, the more inventive I have to be, so I'll wait ten years before we do another one. I'm not sure if we'll even want to be together in ten years.
The two of you have worked together for 20 years now, you've made seven films together…
Cédric: (pointing at Romain) he was "this" tall when we met (laughs)
Can you talk about the kind of language you've developed by now?
Cédric: We understand each other very quickly, very often I don't even need to finish sentences and he knows what I want.
Romain: Because he knows me a lot, he invented this character for me to play and it was special, it was different.
Romain, you've also played characters in pretty much every genre, from gangsters to romantic leads to Moliere, are there any genres you haven't done that you're interested in?
Romain: I don't have any preference, I think the work is quite the same, you have to create a world and go for it, whether it's comedy -- where you need to be funny (laughs) -- or drama, you just need to do the work. I like to do comedies, dramas, period movies, I think it's a privilege to be able to change and be different people.
The trilogy feels very global, from the use of Skype in Chinese Puzzle to the multilingual, multicultural characters we've met in each installment, can you talk about the post-globalization message within the films and this conception of the world being smaller than we think?
Cédric: The three films are about a new generation that deals with mobility, so I try to deal with their realities. For example Skype is less expensive than a phone, so I'm not saying this is the future, it's now, it's common. Those scenes were interesting to shoot. I was also interested in how these characters find apartments, they see the ad, go on Google maps and only afterwards go see the place in real life. You compare the street you're walking in to the street you saw in the virtual map. The three films are talking about this generation that grew up with globalization. Twenty years ago we had no computers, the internet changed how we share things with each other and everything is pushing people to experience the fact that we're very different. Even if in the first film Xavier went to Spain, which is next door to France, all the people he met will keep traveling forever. Traveling itself is a culture.
Can you discuss the rhythm in each film. The first one feels like a party, while this one felt relaxed, more "mature"...
Cédric: Every story has its own rhythm and obviously even though Xavier is still running at 40, he wants to be stable. At 25 he wasn't very coherent, so of course they rhythm is adjusted to him. He's not settled down yet, things aren't yet as quiet as he wants them to be...
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Chinese Puzzle is now playing in limited release.


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Grief and structure
Grief throws you off. The people we have in our lives form a structure around us – we all have that friend we ring on that street on the way home, or the once a month coffee and catch up. Those conversations give us the strength to keep going. The joy of 'I'll get this one' when you're eyeing up a slice of cake, or a text reminding you that you haven't spoken in a while. So when someone passes away – losing the structure they bring with them can be one of the hardest parts of the whole thing. You reach for your phone, begin scrolling and then freeze when you remember that you can't speak to them.
It creates chaos and great sadness. There's nothing wrong with that. In fact, in those moments, it's best to go with the feeling and use it as an opportunity to heal. Have a good cry on the bus, walking home, with a friend.
Returning to a structured life is hard. I remember after my Mum passed away I'd walk around Manchester aimlessly – every coffee shop I saw a reminder of her and what I'd lost. It was like coming across obstacles in carrying out even the most mundane of tasks. I'd cry in supermarkets when I came across a deal she would have bought. I'd cry at croissants. Trying to function when you miss someone so much is painful and it's difficult.
The structure applies to more than that too – because you have to do things in order to carry on with your life. You have to go to Tesco and get a shop in. You have to go to work and chat with clients. You have to attend a friend's birthday party. Even if you have the most supportive people around you, it can be the most lonely thing. No-one has any idea how long it took you to get out of bed and put on a decent outfit and head out the door. You're not going to stand there and tell them that actually, you spent a good half an hour in your bedroom beforehand staring at the ceiling and thinking about how you can't cope with this sadness in your heart.
You have to make a new structure. I'll never be more thankful than when my wonderful friend, the late Peter Holden, rang me about six weeks after my Mum died and told me it was time to pick myself up and get back into a routine. Like someone had switched a light on, I was suddenly capable of doing the things I'd been struggling with. I could concentrate again. I could read books again. I was able to live again.
There's so much joy in structure too. In grief, you find these delightful moments of joy with people that are about living. You have an opportunity to share good conversation, good food, laughter – and you almost feel sky high with the fact that you're able to achieve such a sense of life. It's your life too – your new life that is coming together that can carry the grief alongside it. As another pal once said to me, 'when you've been through a lot of sadness, it makes the happiness all the more beautiful'.
Achieving structure takes time. Achieving normality does too. You can have two weeks of feeling as though you are ok and then a month of being super sad again. That's ok. You have to embrace the grief and accept that you're on a journey with it. It's not something to hate. There are some things you can do to help though:
Make lists
If you feel as though you can't get out of bed in the morning (which is perfectly acceptable) – make a list. It can be the simplest thing in the world: get out of bed, walk to the kitchen, open the cupboard, get the coffee out etc. A list is a rhythm that you can move to.
I feel as though I add this advice to everything I write – but be gentle with yourself. Walking past Lush? Buy that bath bomb. Think an event is going to overwhelm you? Don't go. Curl up in a blanket, watch your favourite films. Be as lovely and caring to yourself as you would be to your best friend.
Do nice things with nice people
You know that half-friend who puts you down whenever you see them? This is not their time. Surround yourself with your favourite people and do your favourite things. Let them look after you. Ask them to help you if you need it. They're good eggs.
Pay attention to yourself
When there's an anniversary coming up or something that you know is going to make you a little bit lower than usual, be aware of it. Make a plan around it and keep a close eye on your emotions. You can pre-empt a dip and prepare for it accordingly. Every year on Mum's birthday I buy myself a gift that I think she would have enjoyed.
I've recently been in Amsterdam going through a different kind of grief, and the first couple of days were really challenging. I wanted to be at home and safe and instead I was spending time alone while my friend was working.
On the second day, I went cycling to find a Keith Haring mural (Peter was a big Keith Haring fan and it felt like fate that there should be a mural). The adventure of spending time alone and enjoying something that was entirely for me left me feeling so joyful. I spent the rest of the afternoon in an art gallery with a sense of peace that I've not achieved all year. Grief is such a hard thing to go through, and knowing how to go through it with yourself is one of the biggest challenges of all. You have to learn to give yourself so much love (which is a very good habit to be in any way, I highly recommend it).
As usual, feel free to message me if you ever want to chat – but if you do feel like you need extra support then I recommend grief counselling. You can read more about it here.
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Thank you Meg, these are exactly my feelings. I've tried to stay strong for everyone, but I still get bad days. I can pick up a small item (a CD for example), which will trigger a memory of my beloved daughter, your gorgeous mum and I just burst into tears. As time goes on, I am just learning to live with my grief and enjoying all the time I shared with Michele.


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A new study reported in Pediatrics has found that when parents already eye vaccines askance, information setting the record straight only makes them dig in their heels more. Indeed, according to reporting from Jonel Aleccia at NBC News:
Information debunking discredited claims of a link between autism and the MMR vaccine successfully corrected parents' views, but it didn't budge their intent to vaccinate, the study found. In fact, among those with least favorable views of vaccines, the chance that they would vaccinate future kids fell from 70 percent to 45 percent.
Barbara Loe Fisher, a longtime campaigner against vaccines, asserts that efforts to influence or correctly inform parents who oppose vaccines backfire especially when that message comes from public officials because, according the NBC story:
"That is counterproductive because most Americans are inclined to value freedom of thought and belief and resist being told what to think, believe or do," Fisher said.
Of course, this shouldn't be about belief. It should be about facts and data and the reality of viral and bacterial invasion of our bodies and resulting death and disease. But biologically, we're also primates who depend heavily on social influence and the social alchemy of our interactions. Fisher stakes a claim in that quote to a kind of American exceptionalism, but valuing freedom of thought and resisting instruction from on high isn't an "American" value. It's a human inclination that repels people away from outside forces and inward to their social networks. And of course, she herself works very hard to influence people to believe as she does.
What it actually comes down to, according to the study authors, is that pro-vaccine literature with a "dramatic narrative" and images of sick children has a "danger-priming effect." Instead of leading parents to protect their children from these illnesses by having them vaccinated, this kind of material appears to kick parental fears of harm into overdrive.
Most parents can probably relate: A list of a few of the random ways the world can harm our children can lead to an accretion of internal anxiety and then an understandable desire to wrap our bairns in thick padding reinforced with titanium armor to protect them from All Of That.
Luckily, we're not talking about that many parents when we look at the United States as a whole. According to Aleccia's article:
While the vast majority of Americans favor vaccination — more than 90 percent of kids get the MMR vaccine on the recommended schedule — many have concerns about vaccine effects and a tiny minority — less than 1 percent — don't vaccinate their children at all.
The unfortunate thing is that the 1 percent tends to collect in hotspots of vaccine denial, places that then can become hotspots of outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. Also unfortunate is that even as information campaigns debunk an autism-vaccine link and reduce misperceptions, according to the paper authors, such campaigns:
...also reduced intention to vaccinate among parents with the least favorable vaccine attitudes.
These findings add to a growing understanding on all scientific communication fronts that the way to reach people isn't to scare the bejeesus out of them. People might like the thrill of a scary movie, but real-life fear and anxiety make us want to reject whatever's associated with them. That rejection can be especially strong if we're already primed in that direction. As the study authors note:
We found that a provaccination message was least persuasive among parents with the most negative attitudes towards vaccines – the group of greatest public health concern.
Paper author Brendan Nyhan and colleagues suggest that public health campaigns first go through testing with skeptical audiences. But it might be that such campaigns aren't ever going to be terribly effective. The CDC is never going to be anyone's bestie.
The real way to reach people may be through their social networks and personal connections, their besties and their BFFs and what older folk call "friends." Other work from Nyhan examining social attitudes about flu vaccination suggests as much. Another study published in Pediatrics, in 2011, reached a similar conclusion, and healthcare and public health professionals have been discussing for years the best ways to personalize advice about childhood vaccines. Social influence for this social species is what matters most to most of us.


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I've spent a lot of time over the summer cycling on the Isle of Grain in north Kent. Last weekend, I packed the Yashicamat and tripod to shoot film and shake off the rust – this was my first trip for a while. It's been very, very dry this year and the landscape is yellow turning white in places. The wheat and onion fields are being harvested, everything's pale and waiting for rain.
Schoolboy error no.1 – after finishing the film, I realised that I'd been using my meter on reflective, not incidental, mode all day. Damn, that meant everything was likely to be over-exposed. There was nothing to do but send the film for processing and pray something useful would return. I used the Darkroom in Cheltenham for the first time – the website's a bit creaky but their service is speedy: I had the film and scans back within 3 days. As I feared, the photos were overexposed by about 2 stops but I let Lightroom work its magic and they came out tolerably (N.B. I got medium-res jpegs from the lab this time, not tiffs, so exposure recovery was limited). In an odd way, the overexposure suits the parched landscape well.
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There is nothing frivolous about Juliana Engberg—artistic director of the 19th Biennale of Sydney (BoS) "You Imagine What You Desire"—you get what you see. She is likeable, vivacious, entertaining and quick to laugh but is susceptible, she confesses, to "a bit of intellectualism." Her ancestry is Danish and perhaps this heritage has dictated the biennale's focus, which this year is strongly influenced by a Nordic and European sensibility. Among the more than 90 artists selected, there are 36 from Scandinavia and countries such as Lithuania and Poland and several from Northern Europe, France, Germany and Holland, for example.
In preparation for the Biennale, Engberg met with some 1000 artists over the past year, and the result is an impressive 31 countries will be represented. But, while the BoS—established in 1973—was the first biennale in the Asia Pacific to focus specifically on the region, this year's exhibition displays a surprising lack in Asia Pacific offerings. Only four artists are from China, while Japan has just one. And there are no artists from India, Indonesia or Singapore, a fact for which Engberg remains resolutely unapologetic.
When questioned in regards to the lack of Asian artists, Engberg confessed to having only visiting China for the first time this year. In addition, she "didn't want to duplicate other festivals such as Queensland Gallery of Art's Asia Pacific Triennial or the content that can already be seen in Sydney galleries such as White Rabbit," she told ArtAsiaPacific in an interview following her press conference last week.
Instead she claims to be inclined toward a "Northern sensibility," finding countries in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe "fascinating not only from an anthropological point of view but to have such an exciting vivid aesthetic."
This year each venue of the BoS will have a specific theme. Carriageworks, for example, becomes "a cinematic stage for artists who use film and television as a readymade language."
Cockatoo Island, an architectural heritage site in Sydney Harbour that has served at various times in its history as a prison and a shipyard, "is a destination, a fantasy island," where Danish duo Randi and Katrine will build The Village, an anthropomorphized wonderland with buildings that have human features.
The island's cavernous and challenging Turbine Hall, which in 2010 was home to Cai Guo-Qiang's spectacular Inopportune: Stage One (2004), will be devoted to the work of Danish new media artist Eva Kochs who will show a towering, life-sized projection of an Icelandic waterfall accompanied by a roaring soundtrack.
The Art Gallery of New South Wales will be inhabited by Chinese-born Germany-based performance artist Yingmei Duan for 12 weeks. Yingmei has constructed a forest inside the gallery as part of Happy Yingmei (2011) where visitors are invited to meet and interact with the artist, who will dispense prophecies and poetic observations.
At the Museum of Contemporary Art, visitors will be confronted with Douglas Gordon's Phantom (2011), a large-scale mixed-media installation that uses the voice of musician Rufus Wainwright as a backdrop to a moving projection of his heavily kohl–encrusted eye.
But not every artist is confined within gallery walls; some will spill out onto the city streets. Lithuanian artist Egle Budvytyte will restage her work, Choreography for the Running Male (2012), in which a group of men run through the central business district.
Engberg, who currently presides over the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art as its director and was presented with the Australia Council Visual Arts Award earlier this year, hopes that people coming to the Biennale "encounter new things, to build memories, to find something tangible that they can't find in their ordinary lives" and on a more profound level, that works put people "back in touch with their inner self."
The 19th Biennale of Sydney: "Imagine What You Desire" will take place from March 21–June 9, 2014.
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The Episode starts with Lajjo thinking about her mum's words. Gunjan asks Samrat whats going on in his mind. He says I m thinking to visit my village for few days and have a stay there. She asks why. He says the benefits of staying in the village. She says fine, but force me to come with you, what will I do there. He says your grandpa and Bua are there. Gunjan says I don't know them, how will I interact with them. Samrat says they did not come here for a reason, now we should patch up, Baba has become old, till when will he be annoyed, I hope he forgives me.
He asks Lajjo about Baba. Lajjo asks him to visit Baba and says Baba will forgive you easily, he is soft hearted. She thinks about Nani's words about Nikhil. Gunjan says Lajjo is very serious, it looks like Nikhil scolded her a lot. Nikhil is angry in his room. He thinks about Ishaana's words and imagines her with him. She looks gorgeous. He tells her that I will marry you as you wish, but my condition is you will wear saree in marriage as you look best in saree. She hugs her and they have a talk. He cries thinking its just his dream.
Lajjo sees Nikhil's hand hurt and gets worried about him. Its night, Ayesha comes to meet Nikhil and asks what happened, why are you upset. She says OMG, what happened, how did you get hurt. He says nothing, I was boxing. She says how can you be so careless, I will apply the ointment. He tells her that Ishaana is marrying Kunal. Ayesha is shocked. Ayesha pacifies her and says don't you think this is unfair with Ishaana, how can you expect she will wait for you her whole life.
He says don't blame me, I love her, no one sees that, no one sees my care and worry about her. She says we see that but to those people who are linked to you. She explains him Ishaana's stand and says you did not listen to anyone, see whats happening with you, you are becoming selfish. Can you promise her that you will marry her. Nikhil is silent.
Everyone are having dinner. Barkha have a headache and Lajjo makes a kada for her. Everyone smile. Barkha says I will try it. Barkha drinks the kada. Inder asks where is Nikhil. Ayesha says he is in his room. Inder asks why. Ayesha says he is upset. Inder asks what happened. Ayesha says I talked to Nikhil, but hs is not talking to anyone else. Gunjan says I will go and call him. Barkha says he is not a kid, let him be on his own.
Lajjo comes to call Nikhil for dinner. Nikhil gets angry on her and says you took away my life, my love, my everything, my Ishaana from me, I hate you, it was my mistake to meet and marry you. Lajjo is shocked. He says you have ruined my life, my career, my family. Lajjo cries.
Lajjo leaves Nikhil and goes from the house.
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About Us 关于我们
Our When Red, Go Green project is funded through the Scottish Government's Climate Challenge Fund (CCF). The CCF provides funding and support for community groups to help tackle climate change by running projects that reduce local carbon emissions. Ricefield Arts have been awarded £132,708 for this two year project. This project has been supported by Keep Scotland Beautiful and CEMVO Scotland.
More info at www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
我们的When Red, Go Green项目由苏格兰政府Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) 基金会资助。CCF基金会通过为社区组织提供资金支持,计划并实行减少碳排量的项目活动,帮助解决气候变化问题。苗圃艺术文化中心获得总共£132,708进行为期两年的项目。此项目同时获得了Keep Scotland Beautiful和CEMVO Scotland的支持。
More info at www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
我们的When Red, Go Green项目由苏格兰政府Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) 基金会资助。CCF基金会通过为社区组织提供资金支持,计划并实行减少碳排量的项目活动,帮助解决气候变化问题。苗圃艺术文化中心获得总共£132,708进行为期两年的项目。此项目同时获得了Keep Scotland Beautiful和CEMVO Scotland的支持。
Meet The Team
Lindsey McGhie
Climate Change Project Officer
Lindsey was born in Glasgow, spent her childhood on the West Coast of Scotland and studied Computer Science at the University of Glasgow. Her first role focused on climate change was as a Training Rep for Scotland's largest outsourced contact centre, where she joined the Go Green team to support waste reduction in the business. After 10 years in HR Lindsey sought employment in the third sector, becoming a project manager for a CCF project in Glasgow's East End which tackled food poverty. She is also a board member and volunteer for several Scottish festivals and events, combining her project management background with her love of music and fundraising. She joined the Ricefield Arts team in May 2018 to lead our When Red, Go Green project with our board members, staff and volunteers.
Clarinda Tse
Reuse and Reduce Project Coordinator
Clarinda Tse has been involved with Ricefield since 2016, and joined the When Red, Go Green Project team in May 2018. She is a graduate of MLitt Fine Art (Sculpture) of Glasgow School of Art and is actively engaging in the development of art workshops for Ricefield, infusing traditional crafts with an art therapy approach in various original workshops. In her role she oversees the Reduce and Reuse sub-project.
Rita Chen
CCF Website Administrator & Designer
Rita studied Business English and Finance at the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in China. In her Bachelor's studies, she focused on cross-cultural communication. At that time, she loved doing voluntary work and taught in rural areas in China. She then worked as a volunteer leader for the educational programme of a non-profit organisation for two years. After her graduation, she worked as a recruiter in the retail and internet industries and an editor in a media company. Because of her interests in art and design, she moved to Scotland to study service design at the Glasgow School of Art, from which she graduated with a project on recycling and public space. Since then she has worked as a freelance designer in various design projects, including user experience design, branding and VI design, and first became involved with Ricefield Arts as a volunteer. Rita has a keen interest in her own and other cultures, which she explores by both travelling and reading.
About Ricefield Arts
Ricefield Arts & Cultural Centre is a registered charity and social enterprise based in Scotland that has gained an excellent reputation for delivering original and inspiring Chinese arts and cultural experiences for schools, community groups, public institutions, arts audiences and the diverse communities in Scotland.
More info at www.ricefield.org.uk
More info at www.ricefield.org.uk
Else Kek
Else, a board member of Ricefield since November 2015, has been actively involved in both operational and management of the organisation. She was later appointed as Chairperson in February 2017. Else holds a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, and she started her career as a Business Process Analyst of an international company, Shell Ltd for 3 years. Else is always keen to gain knowledge and experience in different areas, where she has previously worked as a freelance Software Consultant, and also as a primary school's Class Teacher. Thanks to her multilingual skills in several languages such as Mandarin, Cantonese and English, Else was also a TV Subtitle's Translator and once became a Localisation Adviser for a TV Software company supporting the launch their software in Chinese speaking countries. In 2012, she moved her career focus into the charity sector and worked for CEMVO Scotland for 3 years. She is currently working at Interfaith Scotland as Finance and Office Manager. Else's interest in arts and crafts, and her passion to share the beauty of Chinese culture to others was reflected in her previous volunteering activities. She was previously a committee member and a volunteer workshop leader of an art club. She played Chinese musical Instrument 'Pipa' for several years, and later became the co-founder of the Chinese Orchestra Club in the university where she studied.
Scott McEwan
Scott is a qualified ACCA Accountant with over 15 years experience gained with working in the public and private sectors. He was appointed as Ricefield's Treasurer in October 2016. Scott is currently working at Skills Development Scotland as a Finance Business Partner, as well as managing his own business. His extensive accounting and financial knowledge was gained through his previous roles working as a Finance Controller, Management Accountant, Finance Manager etc at various companies. Away from the office Scott is a keen long distance runner and enjoys travelling to Asia with China being a favourite where he has visited on many occasions. His interest in Chinese culture began in 2011 when he fulfilled a long held desired to walk on the Great Wall and spent two months travelling around China. Scott also attended Glasgow's Chinese School for two years for a beginner's mandarin class.
James Hunter
I.T. Advisor
James Hunter was born in Glasgow and has been in employment for 40 years, joining Ricefield's Board in May 2017. He started out as an engineering apprentice, then returned to college and trained in electrical electronics to become an electronics engineer in the private sector. He has worked for North Glasgow College, Glasgow University, West Dunbartonshire Council and currently works for Glasgow City Council as Computer Support in the Education department. He was on the board of management at North Glasgow College as Staff Representative and Union Rep. He was also a board member for Youai Scotland, and is currently a Union Rep for Unite, representing support staff in education.
Yujing Chi
Volunteer Coordinator
Yujing is currently a PhD student at the University of Glasgow and joined Ricefield's board in January 2019. With a business-focused academic background, passion for volunteering and deep love for Chinese culture, she enjoys having an active role in the organisation. Before joining the board Yujing was an events volunteer, taking part in Ricefield's first Glasgow Kite Festival as well as Glasgow Mela. Her diverse international experiences have further consolidated her commitment to Ricefield; in 2015 she volunteered to promote Chinese culture in Bali and in served as a volunteer teacher in Kenya in 2016.
Xiao Zhou (Shawn)
Community Engagement Coordinator
Dr. Xiao Zhou, known as Shawn, came to study in Glasgow in September 2009, with a fully-funded scholarship. After achieving his Ph.D. in June 2014, he started to work as a lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University and the City of Glasgow College. When Shawn was studying at university, he became the founder of one of the Chinese students' societies. Although he has now graduated from university, he continues his engagement with Chinese students in Scotland via his Weibo and Wechat account Glasgow留学生. He has also been working for many years for Scottish Government funded projects in local housing associations in Glasgow, providing community services and support to local and Chinese residents of Scotland.


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Windows 8 launch from New York City – Watch it Here Live!October 25, 2012 3 Comments
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Painting DIY: how to make wall patternsMonday, December 10th, 2012
Your home is your own asset and you have all the rights in the world to provide it a look that you like it to have. Painting of the entire home is a critical issue which requires deeper thinking and exceptionally good thinking. Though you might not be a painter by yourself, still you can paint yourself to make wall patterns as per your needs and preferences. This is a pleasure for everyone to get their home the look they wish to provide.
At present, there are a number of tools which can help you to create your textures and designs. The Texturing Tool is an example of such a tool which can help you to create your own textures and designs. You need not be a professional painter for using this tool. You can use the instructions that come along with the tool to get the best designs and textures which you would be proud of.


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Sealy Millionaire Ortho Divan – Double 4 Drawer Divan
Millionaire Ortho
Traditionally hand tufted mattress with edge guard and damask fabric
Sealy has always been synonymous with beds that have an orthopaedically correct design. Indeed they have rich heritage in engineering sleep systems that can boast of being firm yet incredibly comfortably. Their new Ortho collection draws on all that heritage and experience and has been specifically designed for anyone who prefers a very firm sleep surface.
The Millionaire Ortho also incorporates Sealy edge guard, a dense foam construction around the perimeter of the spring unit. This edge support allows you to sleep right up to the edge of the mattress without it buckling or crushing.
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That means a firm sleeping surface that will remain consistent across the entire surface of the mattress
Traditional had tufted mattress design that locks the upholstery to the spring system and substantially reduces settlement
The mattress are double sided and can be turned over and rotated
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- 2tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
- 2 small red peppers, deseeded and cut into thin strips
- 1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed
- 500g (1lb 2oz) pork tenderloin, trimmed of any fat and cut into strips
- 2 x 227g tins pineapple in natural juice
- 1tbsp tomato ketchup
- 2tbsp soy sauce
- 1tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 1tsp sesame oil
- 2tsp caster sugar
- few spring onions, cut into strips, to serve
Heat the oil in a large wok or saucepan, and when hot, add the onion and red peppers, and stir-fry for a couple of minutes. Add the garlic and cook for a minute
Add the pork and cook until the meat has coloured. Add the remaining ingredients and season. Continue to cook for five minutes or until the meat is cooked through. Scatter over the spring onions and serve with noodles.


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What Are You Missing Most Right Now?
Here's the question: WHAT ARE YOU MISSING MOST RIGHT NOW? Most of us are probably missing the freedom we used to have to travel, being with those we love without social distancing, and seeing the world. Plus, as I am working on my syllabus for feature writing, I typically instruct and assign an article about […]Read More


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Homophobic Whitechapel attack condemned by Mayor Lutfur Rahman
PUBLISHED: 10:12 26 June 2014 | UPDATED: 11:59 26 June 2014
A violent attack on a gay couple in Whitechapel that led to two arrests has been condemned by the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, who said everyone has the right to walk the streets without fear.
Walter Adrian and his partner, both in their early 20s, were outside Barclays bank at 1.30am on June 13, when a group of men on bikes approached them, yelling insults and punching and kicking Walter and his partner, causing minor injuries.
Mayor Lutfur Rahman said: "I wholeheartedly condemn the homophobic attacks that took place in Whitechapel on June 13.
"Everyone has the right to walk our streets safely without fear of attack.
"I note reports that arrests have been made and encourage anyone with any additional information to contact the police."
Two 16-year-olds were arrested over the attack and taken to an east London police station, and were later bailed to return on July 4 pending further enquiries.
A Tower Hamlets Council spokesman said police confirmed the case would be referred to the Tower Hamlets Hate Incident Panel for a review.
He added: "There is no place for hate in Tower Hamlets and we take a zero-tolerance approach to homophobia.
"Across all religions, partner organisations and community groups there is unanimity in the belief that by working together we can build a strong and cohesive community."
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Homophobic attack on couple in Whitechapel under police investigation
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Ivan Bilibin was born in Tarkhovka, a suburb of St. Petersburg. He studied in 1898 at Anton Ažbe Art School in Munich, then under Ilya Repin in St. Petersburg. In 1902–1904 Bilibin travelled in the Russian North, where he became fascinated with old wooden architecture and Russian folklore. He published his findings in the monograph Folk Arts of the Russian North in 1904. Another influence on his art was traditional Japanese prints.
Bilibin gained renown in 1899, when he released his illustrations of Russian fairy tales. During the Russian Revolution of 1905, he drew revolutionary cartoons. He was the designer for the 1909 première production of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel. The October Revolution, however, proved alien to him. After brief stints in Cairo and Alexandria, he settled in Paris in 1925. There he took to decorating private mansions and Orthodox churches. He still longed for his homeland and, after decorating the Soviet Embassy in 1936, he returned to Soviet Russia. He delivered lectures in the Soviet Academy of Arts until 1941. Bilibin died during the Siege of Leningrad and was buried in a collective grave.


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Our Vacation Bible Camp held each August gets great reviews.
Bible stories are retold with themes that make them relevant to the everyday lives of children ages 3-12. The children enjoy many lively activities including drama, music, arts and crafts, games and storytelling.
Each day, tasty, healthy snacks are provided and a highlight of the week is a closing program to which parents are invited. All children are welcome to join this great educational program.


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Jonesport budget ready for town meeting March 12
by Nancy Beal
The Jonesport budget committee gathered in the town office Wednesday, Jan. 24 and set the figures for voters' approval at their upcoming town meeting on March 12. The grand total is $702,607, but could be $40,000 less if voters forego granting a rebate to those who pay their taxes early. The $40,000 is the amount that would need to be raised to cover such rebates, which have been voted down in recent years. If the pattern holds, the budget's bottom line would only be $662,607, an increase of $18,619 over last year's total of $643,988.


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May 15, 2014
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By Autumn Koepp
Mayor John Dulcich stands with hundreds of mourners June 27, 2002 as they watch a procession of more than 450 police vehicles drive through Newcastle as the city mourned the death of King County sheriff's Deputy Richard Herzog.
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One of the lightsabers used in the making of the original 'Star Wars' will be on board the space shuttle Discovery in October
A long time ago, 30 years to be exact, in a galaxy called Hollywood, an ultimate weapon was developed with enough power to mesmerize an entire species.
One of those weapons from the original 1977 "Star Wars" movie, the very lightsaber that hung on young Luke Skywalker's belt, delighted and amazed passengers and a bevy of baggage handlers, reporters and publicists Tuesday morning at Oakland International Airport.
There, at Southwest Airlines' Terminal 2 baggage claim area, the cosmic swashbuckler's sidearm bridged the gap between the fantasy world wrought by George Lucas' six blockbuster movies and the reality of extraterrestrial travel.
Chewbacca, the Bigfoot-resembling Wookie, green-armor-clad bounty hunter Boba Fett and a delegation of other characters from the films presented NASA with the lightsaber for its first real space journey in October.
Lucasfilm, based at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, loaned the cinematic artifact to NASA so that real-life astronauts can take the weapon, which resembles a fancy flashlight, aboard the space shuttle Discovery. The instrument famous for effortlessly slicing through Death Star bulkheads and disagreeable alien barflies is scheduled to lift off Oct. 23 for a short stay aboard the International Space Station.
Turns out NASA is staffed with more than a few aging "Star Wars" nerds.
Coming out of theaters three decades ago, "we looked up into the night sky and wondered about a galaxy far, far
Bornstein, NASA director of marketing and corporate sponsorships.
"So many people at NASA, so many of the scientists, were inspired by 'Star Wars' when they were kids," said Lucasfilm publicist Tracy Cannobbio.
"We find them inspirational," Cannobbio said. "To find out that they were inspired by us was amazing."
Those scientists weren't the only ones sucked into the Empire's vortex.
Ron Drinkard, a 50-year-old insurance broker from Vacaville, volunteered to suit up and play the part of blaster-armed Boba Fett. Lucasfilm sought his services and that of fellow members of the 501st Legion of Star Wars enacters.
Chris Richards, a 35-year-old Web site designer who donned a brown cloak to play the part of a Jedi master, said he and fellow members of the 501st Legion as well as Rebel Legion, both based in the Bay Area, often are called on to summon "the Force" at area events.
"By far this is special, because there's an actual piece of history that we're giving up to NASA that's going up in the space shuttle," said Richards, who lives in San Leandro.
In the end, it was Chewbacca, played by Lucasfilm actor Michael Healy of Marin County, who sat on the tractor that pushed back the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737. The plane would take Borenstein and the lightsaber in its shiny padded aluminum case to the Space Center in Houston.
The lightsaber, which was used as a costume prop while other versions of the weapon were used by the stunt doubles doing the fighting, will go on display at the center before and after the shuttle flight and eventually be returned to Lucasfilms.
Before Princess Leia and several imperial stormtroopers went through security, the Transportation Security Administration was questioned about its rules regarding lightsabers in carry-on luggage.
"I'm not a very big 'Star Wars' fan, so I'm not sure what it's capable of," said Sheyi Ogunleye, TSA's customer support and quality improvement manager for Oakland. "That's something for our screening experts to determine."


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Recently, Red Roof Inn hosted us at their Red Roof PLUS+ in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was the perfect place to stay for our last-minute getaway to check out the University of Michigan. Now that our daughter is a senior in high school, a lot of our family trips are college tours. Red Roof Inn worked perfectly for this trip as most of our time was focused on things other than the hotel. We just need a clean, comfortable, reasonably-priced place to sleep, and we found just that with Red Roof PLUS+.
We rolled into Ann Arbor late on a Saturday night after the 6.5+ hour drive from Rochester, NY. We were tired and exhausted thanks to a detour through some less than glamorous sections of Toledo, OH that left our daughter saying good-bye to her friends. "I'm going to die in Toledo," she texted to them. It was as if Ohio was making it intentionally difficult for people to get to Michigan, strange. Upon arrival, the Red Roof PLUS+ front desk staff was friendly, welcoming, quickly checked us in and directed us to our room.
Entering our Red Roof PLUS+ room we were pleasantly surprised with the wood-laminate floors, flat-screen TV, and vessel sink in the wash area. However, the most-important thing were the two Serta Rest Suite double beds. Our 17-year old took one, and my wife and I snuggled together in the second. We normally sleep on a queen at home, and thought the double would be too small. However, we must have been comfortable since I slept later than I had in a long, long time.
Once I awoke on Sunday, I drove out to retrieve breakfast Fragels (a cinnamon sugar coated fried bagel Ann Arbor specialty) for the family, we showered and began exploring Ann Arbor.
When in Ann Arbor, need to get a fragel. Deep fried cinnamon raisin bagel coated with cinnamon sugar. The fried dough of bagels… pic.twitter.com/Ze8k5AzJXG
— Dave Parfitt (@AdventuresByDad) October 7, 2018
I attended graduate school at the University of Michigan, and my wife worked her first post-graduate job at the University. So we were excited to show our daughter some of our old haunts around town. In the afternoon we headed to one of my favorite places in the area – Kensington Metropark.
We used to regularly visit Kensington Metropark when we lived in the area, and the path around Kent Lake was my favorite place to run. Evie and I took hike on the nature trail around Wildwing Lake where we saw plenty of herons, chickadees, and tufted titmice. After our outdoor excursion we stuffed ourselves on baked pasta and desserts at the Original Cottage Inn restaurant.
While I proposed taking Evie to one of my grad school procrastination joints, she was perfectly content hanging out with the family back in our Red Roof PLUS+ room. We tuned the flat-screen TV to college football while Evie took advantage of the multitude of outlets by the bed and free WiFi to stream her videos.
After another restful night, it was time for Evie's official University of Michigan tour. She was ready and eager and our comfortable stay at Red Roof PLUS+ contributed to the success of our visit. The upscale economy stay at Red Roof PLUS+ was just the right level for this last-minute college tour getaway. We didn't need a fancy resort with a lot of attractions we were not going to use – Red Roof PLUS+ had just what we needed at a value price. I can see why it's a two time winner of USA Today's 10Best Budget Hotel Brand poll.
DISCLOSURE: Dave Parfitt was hosted by Red Roof Inn and received complimentary accommodations for two nights at the Red Roof PLUS+ Ann Arbor – University of Michigan North. However, all opinions expressed are those of the author. For more family travel news, reviews, and trip reports, be sure to follow Adventures by Daddy on instagram, twitter and "like" our facebook page too.