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Use a very sharp cheddar to make this—it's the difference between pimiento cheese and cheesy mayonnaise.
- Yield
- Makes 12 sandwiches
- 1 pound thick-cut bacon (about 8 slices)
- 6 ounces sharp cheddar, grated (about 2 cups)
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 3 tablespoons chopped roasted red pepper from a jar
- 2 tablespoons chopped pickled jalapeños
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 24 slices soft white sandwich bread, crusts removed, halved
- 3 plum tomatoes, sliced 1/4 " thick
- 3 cups mixed greens or trimmed arugula
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Bake bacon on 2 foil-lined rimmed baking sheets, rotating halfway through, until bacon is brown and crisp, 18-20 minutes; drain on paper towels.
- Meanwhile, mix cheese, mayonnaise, red pepper, and jalapeños in a medium bowl; season pimiento cheese with salt and pepper.
- Spread half of bread slices with pimiento cheese. Build sandwiches with bacon, tomatoes, mixed greens, and remaining bread slices.
- Do ahead: Pimiento cheese can be made 2 days ahead; cover and chill. Sandwiches can be assembled 3 hours ahead; wrap tightly and chill.


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Yesterday afternoon while Amélie was asleep Lu and I did a bit of supermarket shopping and then scoped out a local park. The MIL had mentioned it and said it was quite good. And it was fab! It was full of joggers, but there was an average sized playground. It was all relatively new, relatively big, and felt lovely, by Sao Paulo standards. Sometimes Sao Paulo can surprise.
After a rough day the evening was calmer, thankfully. I restarted my XCOM campaign, and I think I've cracked the main problem with my strategy, that I was being too aggressive during the encounters. Instead I've adopted a more defensive strategy, and that's working a lot better. I'm spending much more money on the team as well, and far less on building facilities, as well as saving a bit. We'll see if it works long term.
There was the inevitable midnight champagne, and lots of fireworks. There's a particularly poor family that live almost opposite the PILs house. There seem to be three families that are living in the house, and with poverty typically comes a particular lack of sense here. At around 2:30am they were driving a backfiring motorbike up and down the road. I'm used to it, so just wear headphones half the night. Even Lu was pushed to her limit though, and she got up and shouted a very stern "Feliz Ano Novo!" (Happy New Year!) out the window, not that it achieved very much. I didn't get to bed until around 2am anyway (XCOM addiction), so I suspect I had only just gone to bed.
I was up around 7-8am this morning, and feeling a bit tired. We went again to the park around 10am with Amélie, and she loved it. She wouldn't get off the swing, which is the usual "problem". She then spent 15-20 minutes going up and down some steps, and walking around in the large drainage paths for the rain. The amusing thing about Amélie is she gets so much enjoyment from the simplest things, complicated toys get much less use than these sorts of things (I'm sure she's not the only one!).
Outside the park I spotted someone was leaving fruit for birds in a group of trees. There had been some rather dull looking bem-te-vi's there, but when we came back there were a couple of beautiful types. Along with the park, it was so lovely to see someone care about their environment.
We had leftovers for lunch, and then it was nap time. I slept on and off until 4pm, but it was a disturbed sleep, with Amélie climbing all over me at one point. It's amazing though how much rest I can get even from this. Then it was back to a bit of XCOM, and Amélie fell asleep. Lu and I headed off to the local lovely* shopping centre. Most of it was closed, with the exception of the cinema and a handful of restaurants. We contemplated watching The Life of Pi, but having read the book and not being sure what to make of it I thought I'd rather wait for the torrent. Lu wasn't fussed either. Instead we had dinner at Outback, which cost R$105 (around £35). I paid with the remainder of the Christmas money I got. The food wasn't great - a mediocre burger and cold chips. We should have gone to McDonald's, and I don't like them much (Burger King were shut).
*Personally I find shopping centres as dull as ditch water. But despite that this place is gorgeous, it has to be said.
I should have known it was a mistake going to the restaurant alone with Lu. As per usual we drove each other up the wall, not helped by Lu being tired and antsy. We argued about baby names, then about moving back to Sao Paulo, and then Lu moaned that I was swinging some food she'd bought for Amélie. I called her stupid, she called me retarded, and that was that.
Now we're back home. Amélie woke up about half an hour after we got back, and she's watching Bambi.
Tomorrow we're off somewhat early to the ultrasound, where we might found out the sex of the baby. Unfortunately and inevitably the PILs are tagging along with us. Lu's cousins (the nicest ones) are coming here to stay the night, while on their way to somewhere on the coast for a holiday. In the evening Lu, Amélie, and I are off to a pizzeria to meet a USAian travel writer, Kevin (and his wife). My boss for the website may also go as well. It's going to be an interesting evening, and hopefully I don't get overcome with anxiety.
Edit: I meant to post some photos...
^Lu and Amélie at the park.
^No idea what this is, but lovely.
^It's a bem-te-vi on the right, but the bird above and to the left is gorgeous, an iridescent blue.

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EAST SANDWICH - Henry B. Wojnar of East Sandwich formerly of Wellesley, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 7, 2019 at home.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 60 years, Mildred (Regan) Wojnar, his daughter Elizabeth Fernald; son Mark Wojnar; daughter Marianne Rocco and husband Joseph Rocco; daughter Carolyn Wojnar; seven grandchildren; sister Ann Folzenlogen; and many nieces and nephews.
Born and raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts, he was the son of Frank and Kathryn (Gonet) Wojnar. After graduating from Central Catholic High School in 1945, Mr. Wojnar attended Boston College, graduating in 1949 with a degree in Chemistry—and a life-long passion for BC Football. He later earned a Master's Degree from the University of New Hampshire.
A USAF Veteran of Korea, Mr. Wojnar taught science at Mass Bay Community College in Wellesley for many years before retiring in 1990. His wit, charm, and infectious love of life will be greatly missed.
Special thanks to the paramedics from the Sandwich Fire Department, the staff at Cape Cod Hospital ER, and Father George Harrison of Corpus Christi Parish for their assistance in our hour of need.
Funeral from the P.E. Murray-F.J. Higgins, George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 2000 Centre St. West Roxbury on Thursday, June 13, at 10:30am followed by a Funeral Mass at St. Theresa Church, 2078 Centre St. West Roxbury at 11:30am. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Visiting hours at the funeral home on Wednesday, June 12, from 4-8pm. Interment in St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury. For directions and guestbook, pemurrayfuneral.com.


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1 1/2 c flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp cane sugar
4 tbsp confectioner's sugar
1/2 c melted butter substitute (I used earth balance buttery sticks...I'm not sure how well a margarine would work, but I've used just 1/2 c vegetable oil before too and that worked, but made the crust a little less flaky.)
2 tbsp soy milk
dash of cinnamon (optional)
Mix dry ingredients, then add liquid ingredients and blend together with a fork. sometimes it seems like it needs a little more soy milk so I'll add another teaspoon or so, but don't use too much or the consistency will be too much like cookie dough!
I rolled the dough to about 1/8'' and put it in the big tart pan. Then I used the extra dough for smaller tarts. If you don't have small tart pans you can use a well-oiled muffin tin and just push circles of dough into the bottom of each cup. Bake at 425 degrees for about 7 minutes, or until they start to brown.
8 oz vegan cream cheese (I used tofutti)
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
dash of nutmeg
1 tbsp confectioner's sugar
1/2 c granulated sugar
Beat cream cheese and sugar in a large bown until creamy. Then beat in the lemon juice, nutmeg, and vanilla. Then I put the bowl in the refridgerator to firm up while I made the glaze and sliced the fruit....
Apricot Glaze:
1/8 c apricot preserves
a little bit of water. I just added it by the tablespoon until it was the right consistency to be able to brush over the tarts.
Stir the preserves and water in a small saucepan over medium heat until it comes to a boil. Then brush the glaze over the cooled tart shells. Sometimes I skip the glaze but it makes it shiny and a little prettier. Tastes totally fine without it though.
THEN FINALLY, take the filling out of the fridge and drop it by the tablespoon into the middle of each shell. Then arrange the sliced fruit on top of the filling. You can brush the glaze over the whole tart when it's finally assembled to make it nice and shiny, but that also adds quite a bit of sweetness. It's up to you!


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'USD 2 trillion needed by 2022 to provide housing for all'Thursday, August 14, 2014 l Source: PTI
Investments to the tune of more than USD 2 trillion would be required by 2022 to create a stock of over 110 million housing units and achieve the target of "housing for all", an industry official said here today.
"There is already a huge shortage of housing and if we have to achieve Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of housing for all by 2022, we will need an investment of at least USD 2 trillion to create more than 110 million units," National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) President Sunil Mantri told reporters here.
Investment in the sector needs to grow by around 20 per cent to achieve the target, he said. India has an urban housing shortage of about 18.7 million units, with 95 per cent of this shortfall in the low- cost housing segment, and 43.7 million in the rural belt. "Apart from creating houses, there is also a need to develop supporting infrastructure and commercial real estate to achieve sustainable growth. For this, we will need additional investments of USD 1.5 trillion," he said.
The government's move to introduce Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) would provide much-needed liquidity to developers, he said. To support investment requirements, banks need to increase their exposure to the sector, since funds available from private equity funds or other sources are costly, he said. "Currently, banks' exposure to the sector is merely five per cent. Liquidity is a serious challenge for developers and routes like private equity are costly as they expect higher returns. This increases the cost of the project. Therefore, we are also in talks with the Reserve Bank to allow banks to fund these projects," he said.


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After Tamgaly Tas we drove 260 km north of Almaty to the Altyn Emel National Park. We planned to stay at a local homestay for the night and take two days exploring it. First stop was the visitor's center to get tickets. Nice faux snow leopard outside. READ MORE…
I visited the Tamgaly-Tas petroglyph site on the banks of the Ili River at the beginning of a two-day trip to the Altyn-Emel National Park. Here follows a quote from an article entitled Kazakhstan: The Petroglyph Site of Tamgaly-Tas, in the book Heritage at Risk: "The stones of Tamgaly-Tas were engraved by the Oirat-Djungar (or Kalmyk) people who were Western Mongol tribes converted to Tibetan Lamaist Tantric Buddhism in the 16th century…. Read More
I first read about the Tamgaly Petroglyphs, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in a book on the Bronze Age archaeology of the Scythian Nomads called Kurgans, ritual sites, and settlements — Edited by Jeannine Davis-Kimball Visiting that site was the main purpose of my trip to Kazakhstan, and it wasn't easy to reach. No tours or tourists were interested in such a place, so I had to hire my own driver to get… Read More
I visited Kazakhstan during the summer of 2017, basing myself in the old captital of Almaty. I stayed in a dorm at the Almaty Backpacker's Hostel, and it was about a twenty minute walk to the center of town. One of my first trips was to the Central Museum to see their collection of Scythian gold. Almaty is the cultural center of the country and it looks like a modern overlay on… Read More


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Private Investigator Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about Private Investigators
What is a Private Investigator?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics says this: (Link)
"Private Detectives and Private Investigators search for information about legal, financial, and personal matters. They offer many services, such as verifying people's backgrounds and statements, finding missing persons, and investigating computer crimes."
What does a Private Investigator do?
- Search online, public, and court records to uncover information
- Conduct surveillance
- Investigate crimes
- Defense investigations
- Process service
- Fraud investigations such as Workers' Compensation claims
- Conduct interviews and statements
- Investigate cheating spouse and infidelity cases
- Locate missing persons
- Gather evidence for clients
- Check criminal history
- Undercover work
Who does a Private Investigator work for?
- Individuals
- Attorneys
- Businesses
- Counties, Cities, and Towns
- Other Private Investigators
What equipment does a Private Detective use?
- Computer
- Phone
- Video Camera
- Camera
- Car
- Hidden Camera
- Binoculars
- Pen and Paper
Does a Colorado Private Investigator (Colorado Private Detective) need to be licensed?
- Yes. Affirm Investigations is licensed, bonded and insured in the State of Colorado.
Wikipedia Information about Private Investigators
What is surveillance?
Surveillance remains one of the most highly effective methods in use today. It is used for all types of investigations, such as Cheating Spouse and Infidelity investigations, Fraud investigations, Workers' Compensation investigations, Child Custody investigations and much more. Surveillance allows us to obtain and gather information while remaining in the shadows. Most surveillance is done with a High Definition (4K) Video Camera, Hidden Camera and Binoculars.
How do I know if my spouse or partner is cheating?
The most effective way to catch a cheating spouse, or cheating partner, is to hire a Private Investigator to conduct surveillance. Surveillance, with the use of Video Cameras and Hidden Cameras, is the best way to gather evidence.
Can a Private Investigator help with child custody or family issues?
Private Investigators use many investigative techniques to determine how a parent or guardian treats the child. Investigators can monitor activity using surveillance, and document any abuse or neglect that is witnessed. P.I.'s can obtain video, and question potential witnesses or family members. With any case, Private Detectives watch for alcohol and drug abuse, criminal activity, reckless driving, and any other activity that may be detrimental to the child or to the adult.
When Do You Need a Criminal or Civil Private Investigator?
- …accused of a crime
- …lawsuits
- …civil litigation (sometimes occur after a criminal trial)
- …prior investigations have produced little or no results
- …evidence gathering
- …interviewing witnesses
- …impartially examine facts about a crime or civil case
Why Do You Need a Criminal and Civil Investigator?
- …protection from injustice
- …criminal investigators are typically not limited by jurisdiction
- …can obtain evidence of a wrongful conviction or accusation
- …exclusively dedicated to the client
- …impartial and fair
How do criminal and civil cases differ?
Crimes must generally be proved "beyond a reasonable doubt."
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The Bloody Good Horror Crew goes at it on a new topic every Friday afternoon, we call it the "Hack-Off". Feel free to leave your own thoughts in the comments.
If nothing else, one has to admire Eli Roth's meteoric rise to notoriety. He may be more notorious than actually famous, but he's a name that everyone knows these days, and that's worth more than one might think. Think about it: can you name the director of "Final Destination"? How about "Wrong Turn"? "Saw II"? These are popular films, at least financially, yet most of us can't name their directors.
"Cabin Fever," "Hostel," and "Hostel: Part II" on the other hand... Now obviously a name isn't everything, but in Hollywood it definitely is something, and that's a testament to Roth's skills not only as a director but also as a shameless self-promoter. It's typically the later of these two that gets him into trouble. For see Roth is quite a talented director—his films display a depth of thought not found in every genre picture—but in his mind he's the finest director since Hitchcock, and that's just lunacy. Personally, I ignore most everything that comes out of his mouth, and I freely admit that I'll be the first in line to buy a ticket to his next horror film; if that is, he hasn't left the genre, as he's bloviated about in the past.
See, I'm torn. I can dig what the guy's trying to accomplish. He's got a love and respect of the exploitation of the 70's, and it shows. He's attempting to make a comeback for the genre and in many ways, he's done a good job. For both "Cabin Fever" and "Hostel II", the camp was there, the gore was there, the fun was there. I got it. "Hostel", well that one fell victim to it's own hype machine. Still, respect for what he wanted but I found it nowhere near as disturbing as they promised. For that, I give the guy props and it's what keeps me in line at the movie theater whenever he has a new flick out; he's got a good mind for the genre.
What I don't like about him is his pompous claims to be the savior of horror, etc. etc. As I said, the guy's good, but he's not all that and a bag of chips. Not by a long shot. Granted, his movies are generally better written and with a lot less spit shine than a lot of the horror that Hollywood's shitting out, and he's trying to keep it real. Just don't get ahead of yourself there Eli. You've got a long way before you can rank yourself up there with the Carpenter's and Craven's of the world. Hell, you've even got some road to travel until you catch up to Tarrentino.
Honestly, I didn't even bother to see either Hostel films (shenanigans), but a lot of me feels like I don't have to. I was just as excited about Roth after "Cabin Fever" came out as everyone else, and came relatively close to meeting him at one Fango weekend, but was distracted by large costumed people on stilts. I think that he's at the very least a competent director with a keen, though slightly douchey, sense of of humor.
Like I said I took the "Hostel" films as farts in the wind but also laughed out loud in the theater during the "Thanksgiving" trailer. I much preferred "up and coming, brash new director" Eli Roth to todays "king shit of fuck mountain" (so to speak) Eli Roth. To me, he's much better suited for fanboy horror comedies with tons of boobs and gore than any serious directing. I have a feeling though, that his ego has become so bloated at this point he couldn't take a step back to make another movie like "Cabin Fever," even if if wanted to.
Ya, I think we're all in the same boat here. Although Jon, I can name the directors of all of those films ;) That said, I have a sort of unique take on the whole Roth thing. At the time of "Cabin Fever" I would have gladly told you he was the savior of horror. In the lead up to that film, Roth did something that, as a webmaster, I had never seen before. He, as a director with a film about to go to a wide theatrical release, hit the internet hype machine from every angle. Everyone with a horror site, movie site, or blog about their cats got a chance to chat with Roth, including our site. At the time, he was our first interview with anyone involved in a major release, and the excitement it caused around here was not insignificant.
Also, it really in a lot of ways heralded the end of the much maligned "Post-Scream" era of horror, something Roth ranted on for a long time in our interview. Stuff like "Cabin Fever" and "House of 1,000 Corpses" was revolutionary at the time. And although it seems tame by today's standards (a mere 5 years later) it must be said that at the time it was pretty shocking.
Here's the rub... much in the way that "Scream" spawned a billion imitators, so too have those films of Roth's and Zombie's that I just mentioned. If I see one more torture-centric film, or one more movie with a crazy backwoods cannibal family, I'm going to gouge my fucking eyes out. And so now Roth finds himself in the wholly unenviable position of having spawned a movement that's out of control. As I've said earlier, my biggest issue with most films (especially Indie) of today is that the gore and violence have taken precedence over whether or not the film is any good. In that sense, Roth has created a monster with his whole "Splat Pack" thing. Plus, as the others mentioned, the adulation from horror fans has caused his head to balloon to a size larger than that fake penis in that infamous photo he took a few months back.
To be blunt, Roth was the savior of horror... Now he just sounds like an overgrown man-child obsessed with boobs and blood. And if he ever hopes to win back my respect, he's certainly going to have to bring something else to the table. Will "Cell" be it? Who knows. The one thing I do know is, if artistic growth is his goal, his first step towards it would probably be to stop hanging out with Quentin Tarantino.
Sweet fancy Moses, Eric! You just threw down a number of gauntlets. Congratulations on having memorized IMDB, by the way, I think you got my point though. What you've done in equating Roth to what you perceive as problems in the genre, is similar to what a lot of folks do in film circles. You don't like where a particular artistic innovation has taken the genre, so you go back to the source and bash away. But you have to understand that Roth is not responsible for torture's rise to prominence any more than Craven was responsible for "Urban Legend," "I Know What You Did...," "Valentine," etc. Hollywood is a fucked up "artistic" system that thrives on one thing: money.
So when audiences respond to a certain film, you can expect many more instantiations of it, and usually ones that aren't nearly as good. By going after Roth as the spawn of something distasteful, critics undermine just how much he's pushed himself. Casey offers up the perfect example in comparing the two "Hostel" films. Far and away, the second of the two was superior, and in many ways knowing of the horror climate of the time. That's because while Roth is a great self-promoter, he's also a solid reader of current trends. He's not oblivious to what's out there being said about him, and he's taken that to heart in each film. If you have to attack anyone as endemic of torture's prominence, take a look at the producers behind "Saw," which will be rolling out a fifth sequel this fall.
In all honesty, when talking about Roth, it's important to keep a number of things in mind: 1) the guy's made essentially 3 films, 2) all three have been solid to quite good, and 3) most importantly, all three of those films have been original creations; no remakes, no adaptations. "Cell" will be a whole new animal for him, and I'm quite anxious to see how he responds. Working off someone else's idea, and particularly one tied to the biggest name in horror literature, will be a change, and it will be a test of Roth's maturity as a filmmaker to see how he handles it.
Of course, no amount of success warrants the kind of talk we've heard from Roth, but as I said before, you really have to separate his personality from his films to do justice to what he's accomplished thus far. Finally, if, Eric, you were implying that Quentin Tarantino somehow exhibits stifled artistic growth, or that he stifled growth in Roth, I seriously suggest taking a step back and examining Tarantino's full oeuvre. Not liking his films is one thing, but there's many a "horror master" that never displayed as much artistic flexibility, creativity, or sensibility in their entire careers as Tarantino has over the last 15 years.
Jon said it best. The true test here is going to be with "Cell" finally hits the theater. That will be the point that we know if Roth is a real director or not. He can come up with all the messed up crap that he wants, but what can he do with King's material. Stephen King's books-to-movies is another Hack Off all together, but the guy's got a hit or miss track record on the translations. Can Roth make it a good one? We'll have to wait and see.
That said, I too laughed my ass off at the "Thanksgiving" trailer in "Grindhouse" and I'd be tickled pink to see that come out as a full feature.
This is where I step out, because I can't really speak to the "Hostel" films. I will say that like Jon, I'll go out and see whatever he puts out, especially since it's been a while, but like Eric, I share the hope his skill can catch up with his marketing prowess and hype. That being said, get a room you two!
Editor's Note: At this point in the proceedings, Jon and I continued our bickering over email. It was interesting enough that I've decided to reprint most of it here. Enjoy! And as always, please leave your thoughts in the comments.
Eric 10:36 AM:
I hear ya. My point about Tarantino was that, although he's a great director, nothing he has ever done has really been his own. It's all just sort of a mish-mash of other people's work put together in a really pop-culture-friendly type of way. Which is cool, but if Roth wants to expand his horizons, hanging out with Tarantino isn't the way to do it. They're all about hanging out and fellating each other... how else would you explain "Grindhouse"?
Jon 10:47 AM:
You're treading into dangerously theoretical territory here, and bringing up major questions about "what is art?" and all that. What you're saying about Tarantino isn't wrong, per se, but it's no different than what detractors of modernist and post-modernist art have been saying since day one. Christ, look at Warhol. I think you just fundamentally disagree with me about the nature of creative expression and what constitutes art.
And, I certainly wouldn't call Tarantino pop culture friendly, if anything he's far more impenetrable than most. He uses low-brow cultural references, but that doesn't mean their pop-culture friendly.
At the end of the day, Tarantino has more to teach an up and coming director than virtually any Hollywood director, and the emphasis there is on Hollywood because, as I tried to make clear in the Hack-Off, Hollywood (which is responsible for 99% of horror films) is a system that suppresses creative expression, and Tarantino has found a way to do pretty much whatever he wants while still existing in that system. Certainly "Grindhouse" was solipsistic, almost to a fault, but I still thought it was one of the finest films of 2007 (maybe even because of Tarantino's hubris). It flopped, spectacularly so, but that doesn't take away (for me) from the grandness of vision and final achievement.
Eric 11:00 AM:
Alright Schnaars, I don't want to get you too riled up here.
My point about the "pop culture friendly" thing is this. Look at a film like "Resevoir Dogs", or even "Kill Bill". He's absorbed all of these gangster/chop socky films, and regurgitated them into something that the masses ate up with a spoon. Those same people, the mainstream audiences, would most likely not be able to sit down and enjoy the films that inspired Tarantino to make Kill Bill. That's all I meant.
And the man is certainly talented. But so far, all he has done is move from genre to genre and congeal his influences into very stylistic homages... which I LOVE. But I don't really consider that pushing boundaries of any kind, or even growing as an artist. That's what Roth needs right now, to grow as an artist, not to start doing what Tarantino is doing.
Jon 11:14 AM:
That's fair, but I still tend to disagree if only because you're making it sound like what Tarrantino did wasn't a big deal. It's not like there were tons of writer/directors out there trying to push through their post-modern homage's to old genre films. It's also pretty dicey to call him some sort of crowd pleaser, when the films themselves weren't really that successful ei I mean. Pulp fiction is the only one that broke 100 mil, and Reservoir Dogs made less than 3 mil at the box.
It's just too early in Roth's career (as I mentioned in the hack off) to start running him down as needing to push his boundaries, after three films, he's brought us nothing but quality, and it's not like he's an idiot who's lapping up Tarantino's leftovers. If anything his own ego will push Roth to continue trying to experiment and find new areas of horror to exploit.
Eric 11:17 AM:
Valid, I just haven't seen that yet. I wouldn't call Hostel 2 "quality" per say... it was alright. All I've heard so far is him making excuses as to why it failed, not asking how he can push himself.
And again, I love Tarantino, but I think there are certain flaws in his vision. I would love to see him do something completely original and see how it would turn out. That's all.
Alright bro... hug it out.
Jon 11:19 AM:
Hug it out!
We're actually a lot closer on this issue than it seemed from reading your 1st pass at the hackoff, although, I always look forward to your return fire.
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Nine years ago, 29-year-old Ahmed Khalaf started working as a culture journalist for the news website of a state-owned newspaper. His salary, however, did not cover the fare for his son's school bus.
After three months working for the website, Khalaf had to take an additional job at another outlet for the same paper. After two years in this second position, Khalaf decided to look for more employment outside the state-owned institution that would increase his income, as he was about start a family.
Khalaf joined a TV station. However, despite the exhausting work he was required to do as part of this position, his salary was still meager. The situation improved a little when he got an opportunity to work at a Lebanese website.
"If I had left the extra job, I would not have been able to pay my son's school fees. The payment I received from the Lebanese website for one piece was equivalent to my primary job's total monthly salary," Khalaf says.
All of Khalaf's colleagues at the state-owned website have extra jobs, either with television channels or online sites, due to the low salaries paid in state-owned institutions.
Khalaf's story is common among Egyptian journalists, who live under the threat of different risks, including low incomes, harsh working conditions and a lack of job security, as well as threats from outside the workplace, such as blocks on websites by the state, or the biggest threat of all: imprisonment.
For Khalaf, the matter is not merely financial. He believes that there was more space in which he could express his opinions when he first joined the state-owned website, but this no longer exists. His additional job is not just rewarding financially, it provides him with a level of job satisfaction and appreciation for his work that he didn't have previously.
In 2012, Khalaf had the chance to be permanently employed by the state-owned institution, but family circumstances deprived him of the opportunity. Consequently, he also missed out on membership of the Journalists Syndicate, which requires members to be appointed permanently by their newspapers.
Holding down two jobs is time consuming. Khalaf, for instance, doesn't have enough time to work on a novel he's writing, or to spend with his family. He is also constantly intimidated by the prospect of losing his unstable second job, which prevents him from leaving his initial position, even if he doesn't have a permanent contract.
The risks journalists face in Egypt are similar, whether or not they are formally employed at their institutions, be they state-owned or private outlets.
According to a March 2015 report, published by the board of the Journalists Syndicate, 350 journalists were fired from their jobs in 2015, including 200 from the state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper, 130 from the privately owned Youm7 newspaper, 22 from the privately owned Al-Tahrir newspaper and 15 from the privately owned weekly Agel, among others.
There is no recent data available on the total number of journalists who have been fired from their jobs since 2015, and the cases stated in the syndicate's report were not the first, nor the last of their kind.
By the middle of last year, Youm7's editor in chief Khaled Salah had dismissed 18 journalists in response to their public stance against the state's decision to cede the Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia.
Following a statement published by a number of non-governmental organizations and Egyptian media groups on this decision, Youm7's owner reinstated 15 of the journalists to their positions. The remaining three have since submitted a complaint against the newspaper to the Journalists Syndicate.
Abdel Rahman Maklad, 32, is one of the three journalists who were not reinstated at Youm7. He had spent 10 of his 11 years in media as a copyeditor at Youm7. Now, he is freelancing for another Arab newspaper.
On June 14, 2017, a peaceful demonstration took place outside the Journalists Syndicate in protest over Parliament's approval of the Egyptian-Saudi land agreement. Security forces arrested several protesters, including Maklad.
"After four days in detention," he tells Mada Masr, "I was released on LE10,000 bail. I paid it out of my pocket, although I had proof that I was there as a reporter, delegated by my newspaper." He goes on to say, "Things at work started to decline after I came back. Later, Salah summoned four journalists who worked for the website. I was one of them. We thought we were up for promotions based on our merits, but it turned out that the thing we had in common was that we all signed a statement initiated by the Journalists Syndicate — along with 1,600 other members — urging the president not to ratify the Tiran and Sanafir agreement."
"I was kept waiting for hours," says Maklad. "When I was eventually admitted into Salah's office, he told me that the newspaper was not longer his, that it now belonged to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. He said it was not up to him, but he was required to fire us for signing the statement and for the things I posted on Facebook. To avoid being fired, he said I had to accept taking unpaid leave."
Maklad and two of his colleagues refused to sign the paperwork. Instead, they filed a complaint with the Journalists Syndicate. Their story attracted a lot of media attention, according to Maklad. The three journalists submitted a memorandum to the newspaper, in which they declared that they refused to be put on leave and that they wished to resume working in order to be able to support their families.
Maklad says they were summoned once again by Salah, who accused them of stirring up trouble, as the story was picked up by several Egyptian and Lebanese newspapers. "Where's your syndicate now?" he asked, as he fired them. On the same day, Salah met with 30 other journalists who had signed the petition and told them that the newspaper's administration was no longer in need of their services.
In response, Maklad and his two colleagues filed a lawsuit citing arbitrary termination. The syndicate acted by forming a task force to amicably negotiate their reinstatement, but the newspaper was unresponsive. The syndicate then formed a settlement committee. The newspaper, on the other hand, proceeded to accuse the fired journalists of being agents serving Iranian interests. It continued to refuse to reinstate Maklad and his two colleagues, although it had reinstated several other journalists. In turn, the syndicate referred Salah to a disciplinary committee.
Journalists Syndicate board member Amr Badr classifies the case of the fired Youm7 journalists as "political" in a context that is "set against anyone with an opinion." However, he blames the problem in general on the lack of current regulations governing media practices. The applicable press law of 1996 is, Badr says, archaic and does not address financial problems journalists face, or arbitrary termination and remuneration. As there is no law pertaining to journalists' wages, they often suffer from low and irregular pay, which was further devalued following the November 2016 currency flotation.
Earlier this year, Maklad obtained a preliminary judicial ruling in his favor, requiring the newspaper to pay him LE135,000 in compensation. This preliminary ruling has yet to be enforced, pending the issuance of a final verdict. Maklad is anxiously anticipating the final decision, which would end the instability that has plagued his professional life since his dismissal. Although he works for several websites and newspapers, none of them are able to offer him permanent employment, as — until this case has been settled — he remains affiliated with Youm7.
The support offered by the Journalists Syndicate to Maklad and his two colleagues was extended to their lawsuit against their arbitrary termination, but the syndicate's decision to refer Salah to a disciplinary committee has yet to materialize into an actual investigation.
When it comes to more common administrative matters, Badr says the syndicate is more effective than in intervening in issues related to the rights and freedoms of its members. It is used to negotiate as litigator, but the absence of laws governing media work in Egypt makes any further involvement more complicated. In terms of protection for journalists he says, "We are dealing with a disaster: No more journalists can obtain membership. Until 10 years ago, young journalists were able to enroll, but the syndicate has decided to turn its back on them and on all reporters, including photojournalists and video journalists, who work for dozens of online websites. Although they are the backbone of on-the-ground reporting in Egypt, they are operating without protection from the syndicate."
Laws governing the Journalists Syndicate mandate that membership only be given to journalists who hold permanent positions in media organizations, and who hold licenses in accordance with the press law. There used to be a list of affiliates, which would provide those on it with proof of their professional capacity, though without the benefits of full members like access to services, or the right to vote and run in syndicate elections.
Financial and administrative disputes are not the only threat to news websites, however. In May 2017, 21 websites were blocked by state authorities, including a number of Egyptian online news outlets.
Now, more than 500 websites and proxy sites have been blocked, for allegedly "including content that promotes terrorism and extremism and intentionally spreads lies." However, no official state body has claimed responsibility for this action.
The first batch of websites to be blocked included Mada Masr, Masr al-Arabia, Al-Mesryoon, Moheet, Al-Borsa and Daily News Egypt. The last two are subsidiaries of Business News, which is owned by Mostafa Saqr, whose assets were frozen in December 2016. Shortly after the censorship order, the committee tasked with seizing the assets of Muslim Brotherhood members ordered that a new group be delegated by the state-owned Akhbar al-Youm media organization to manage Business News.
Daily News Egypt's former editor in chief Emad al-Sayed tells Mada Masr that the newspaper went through three phases: First, the website was censored and its assets seized. Then, it was faced with a financial crisis, which "[the staff] managed to navigate together." Finally, the committee from Akhbar al-Youm took over, and has remained in charge of the outlet ever since.
Sayed tells us that he had been planning to leave Daily News Egypt and start his own media venture. But after the plight that befell the organization, he felt like he should stick around for another year. Eventually he left, in January 2018.
"It was financially devastating," says Sayed. "The organization employs 230 people, each of whom supports a family. Blocking Daily News Egypt is inexplicable. We had actually published two articles by President Sisi before. That means they must have looked into us at the time. Personally, I believe that the censorship order is in relation to specific content, not the organization itself, especially as we are usually invited to Armed Forces events, and I have been a certified editor since 2015."
While journalists at Daily News Egypt managed to keep their work relatively unaffected by the block, media personnel in other blocked websites have suffered to the extent that many of them have lost their jobs.
Masr al-Arabia's Chief Editor Adel Sabry, who is currently in detention, told Mada Masr last July that the website might shut down due to financial troubles, and that the blocking of the website in Egypt as well as the security pressures placed on its sponsors and advertisers might lead to the privately owned website's closure.
He recounts a security apparatus worker telling him that "they will push him [Sabry] to bankruptcy, and eventually closure without direct intervention from them [security]."
In the case of Al-Masryoon newspaper, Badr explains "this was a licensed Egyptian newspaper. It's website was blocked, and its management dismissed some people to lower their budget. The number of readers has declined, but they are still printing. Its criticality has also lessened, and the newspaper was censored more than once at the printers."
The blocking orders were strange and surprising, Badr comments, and caused many publications to lose sponsors, despite presenting complaints to the syndicate.
"The blocking is a security decision and has no professional grounds," he adds.
In April, police raided the office of Masr al-Arabia, under the pretext of examining software licenses, before detaining Sabry, who was accused of "illegally managing a website in violation of the telecommunications regulation law and uploading content to the internet without permission," despite Badr's claims that the website is affiliated with a legally-registered company.
Two days after Sabry's arrest, the prosecution ordered his detention on accusations of "disseminating false news, attempting to incite protests and promoting an ideology that aims to alter the Constitution."
He is still in detention, joining a host of Egyptian journalists that have been jailed for allegedly "spreading false news."
A source at the Paris-based Reporters without Borders (RSF) told Mada Masr in April, speaking on condition of anonymity, that at least 32 journalists were detained or serving prison sentences nationwide, on charges related to their work.
In 2017, Egypt ranked 161 out of 180 countries on RSF's 2017 World Press Freedom Index. The organization's report described Egypt as "one of the world's biggest prisons for journalists."
When she started her career in journalism, Maye al-Sabbagh never though she would be one of Egypt's jailed journalists.
For a freelance assignment in March this year, Sabbagh and a fellow photojournalist were filming a report on the tramway in Alexandria's Mansheya. They were conducting fieldwork for a piece on the tram, which included interviews with conductors, officials and passengers. They had almost finished the report when two informants escorted them to a nearby police station and they were arrested.
On their way to the station, they were told they would probably just have to surrender their footage, but the situation was different on their arrival.
"We spent seven hours waiting in the police station. After that, a National Security Agency officer came and interrogated both of us for an hour and a half. They filed a report and we spent the night in the station," Sabbagh says.
"The following day we were referred to the prosecution, which accused of of belonging to the April 6 Youth Movement, receiving foreign funding, practicing journalism without a permit and plotting against the ruling regime," she explained.
It took 20 days, 10 of them spent at Damanhour prison, for Sabbagh to be released on bail, pending investigations. This seems lucky in comparison to other detained journalists, like photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid (Shawkan), who has been held in illegal pretrial detention since August 2013 for his coverage of the violent dispersal of the Rabea al-Adaweya sit-in by security forces.
Before completing his fifth year in detention, Shawkan was chosen as the recipient of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's 2018 press freedom prize.
Despite working as a reporter for several years, Sabbagh was not legally treated as a journalist by security forces, as she is not a Journalists Syndicate member. However, she speculates that this wouldn't have changed her situation much. "Membership wouldn't have prevented my detention, as syndicate members have also been arrested. However, at least I would have received legal support," she explains, adding that "members of the Journalists Syndicate's board who supported me did so as individuals."
The syndicate is to blame for outdated media laws, Sabbagh argues. Similarly, Sayed asserts that the syndicate's stance on defending blocked websites has been weak, adding that only some members of the board have spoken up. The politicization of the profession and the state's need to suppress criticism has contributed to the syndicate's weakness, Sayed explains.
Badr sees the website blocks as part of a wider crackdown on freedoms in Egypt. This is why, he argues, authorities are blocking websites or jailing journalists, even though the Constitution forbids imprisonment as a penalty in publishing cases, unless defendants are accused of inciting violence, discrimination or defamation of honor.
He adds that the current regime does not believe in the role of the media, and is convinced that all of society should mirror its discourse. "They cannot distinguish between the media and the security apparatus. They want the press to be turned into communiqués, without dialogue, criticism or free thinking. Hence, the institutions who are running Egypt's media now are security personnel who have nothing to do with the profession."
These are, by far, the worst times for Egyptian journalism, Badr says, adding that there is no end in sight. Sabbagh believes that the state is particularly cautious about street reporting. "We are living in a state that does not respect journalists, or their rights and personal safety. The syndicate should take some responsibility for this, she adds, so journalists are not just at the mercy of their institutions."


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Rahul Dravid, who retired after finishing on the losing side as captain to Mumbai Indians in last season's final, will be the team's mentor.
As expected, Rajasthan Royals retained the services of Shane Watson, Ajinkya Rahane, James Faulkner, Stuart Binny and Sanju Samson ahead of the 2014 auction for the Indian Premier League's seventh season.
Rajasthan, who won the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2008, is the third team after Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians to retain the maximum five players allowed as per the auction rules.
It will see them lose Rs 39 crore of their total salary cap of 60 crore.
Rahul Dravid, who retired after finishing on the losing side as captain to Mumbai Indians in last season's final, will be the team's mentor.
"The five retained players are true match-winners, an impressive blend of young talent and experience. They have demonstrated resilience, commitment and a great attitude, embodying the spirit of the Rajasthan Royals team.
"We are confident that under the continued mentorship of the legendary Rahul Dravid the Rajasthan Royals will be a very strong contender in IPL 2014," franchise CEO Raghu Iyer said.
Australian all-rounder Watson is among Rajasthan's key players for the past six seasons, while Ajinkya Rahane, who represented Mumbai Indians in the first three editions, did well for the Royals since joining them in 2011. He proved his worth on India's recent tour of South Africa in difficult circumstances.
The 23-year-old James Faulkner is among Australia's most impressive all-rounders and was one of the revelations of IPL 2013, finishing as the second-highest wicket-taker in the tournament.
Kerala's 19-year-old wicketkeeper Sanju Samson was the IPL's biggest find last year. Adjudged the IPL's best young player of 2013, he has shown maturity, particularly during India's recent Asia Cup triumph as vice-captain of the under-19 squad.
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Barrow, Alaska, is America's northernmost city. The town of nearly 4,400 people is accessible only by airplane or boat. Because of its remoteness, Barrow wants to make sure it never faces a shortage of mental health workers. Last summer, the Alaska Area Health Education Center held a weeklong academy in Barrow for 19 high school students from 14 villages around the state to teach them about mental health.
The center is part of the Alaska Health Workforce Coalition, which is made up of several state entities, including the Department of Health and Social Services, the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, and the University of Alaska. The goal of programs like the academy is to get kids interested in pursuing careers in mental health and interested in coming back to rural parts of Alaska to practice it. "There's a real homegrown nature to it," says the coalition's director, Kathy Craft. "We're keeping our talent inside Alaska."
Barrow may be an extreme example of isolation, but the problem it faces is all too familiar across the nation's rural landscape. Rates of mental illness are higher in rural and remote areas, a product of factors that include isolation, more conservative attitudes toward seeking help for mental health problems and a lower concentration of mental health professionals.
The numbers bear this out. Paul Mackie, president of the National Association for Rural Mental Health, found in a study that for every 10 miles you move from a city, it becomes 3 percent more difficult to find a behavioral health worker. "So if you're, say, a hundred miles from an urban center, you can only imagine how hard it is to get that kind of help if you need it," he says.
The need is especially great in Alaska, which has the nation's second-highest suicide rate: almost 23.3 per 100,000 people in 2013. (Montana has the highest rate, 23.9 per 100,000.) Rural areas in general tend to have higher rates of suicide -- for youth, the rate is almost double that of urban areas -- so placing mental health workers in the most remote areas can have a particularly strong impact.
Mackie thinks the stigma in rural areas regarding people who seek mental health care is diminishing. But even so, the difficulty of finding mental health workers remains. And a potential bright spot in rural mental health care, telemedicine, has its downsides. Of the 19 million Americans without access to high-speed Internet, Mackie points out, 13.5 million live in rural areas. Additionally, telemedicine hardware and software require IT support, so even if a community health clinic gets a compatible device, it's useless when something goes wrong. "I can't tell you the number of clinics I've seen with expensive telehealth equipment collecting dust," says Dennis Mohatt, vice president for behavioral health at the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. "It's broken and they simply can't find anyone to fix it."
Nevertheless, experts think telemedicine can have an impact on rural mental health issues, but say it should be done in conjunction with finding and training community mental health workers, as the Alaska Health Workforce Coalition is trying to do.
The initiatives the coalition puts together involve governmental organizations working together to create more holistic approaches, and, in one respect at least, Alaska's sparse population may work to its advantage by making it easier to break through bureaucratic silos. "Everyone knows everyone," Craft says. "If we want a state legislator to act on something, we can just call them directly. That's a nice advantage of being so rural."


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ABC's summer cop drama Motive has been renewed for a second season, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
The Canadian drama, which stars Lauren Holly and Kristin Lehman, was already renewed by Canada's CTV. In America, the first season capped off with 4.7 million viewers and an 0.8 in the 18-to-49 demographic. The second season will return next summer.
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Purplebricks has told the Press Association it wants to secure over 10 per cent of the agency market share in the UK, and will next year launch 'Purplebricks Plus' - a new service for customers.
In an interview with PA, reported in some regional newspapers this morning, Purplebricks CEO Michael Bruce says the new Purplebricks Plus will be an online platform allowing sellers to see all their domestic suppliers on one dashboard.
No further details are given, except that it will launch by next April.
He says Purplebricks Plus will allow him to keep the company's brand in customers' minds, even though most people use estate agencies to move house only every seven or eight years. "My vision has always been to have a long lifetime relationship with our customers" he tells PA.
Bruce also says he believes the market in the UK is ripe for his firm to expand its share to around 10 per cent; he also disputes the accuracy of some claims about his agency's conversion rate of listings into completions.
With regard to further overseas expansion, he says the ideal would be to follow the model of his company's recent acquisition of the Canadian firm, DuProprio/ComFree.
The PA story says the agency has Germany in particular and Europe in general in mind for expansion after receiving £125m investment earlier this year from the German publishing giant Axel Springer - that operation now owns some 11.5 per cent of the hybrid agency.
Michael Bruce says acquisitions - rather than start-ups from scratch - would be the model he would prefer when moving into new territories.
"We'd be more interested at this stage in an acquisition than putting some troops on the ground" he told PA.
"We're not directly touting, but it's clear that people know us and the brand and what we're trying to achieve."
"We know who's doing OK in these markets and we're observing them" he says.
Earlier this month Purplebricks announced that it had snapped up DuProprio/ComFree, which carried some 39,000 property listings in 2017. Purplebricks described it as having "a profitable 20.2 per cent market share of the real estate market in the province of Québec, and has more recently launched into new territories, securing a 2.0 per cent market share in Ontario and 2.3 per cent in Western Canada (Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta)."


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In multiple African countries witchcraft is perceived with a negative connotation. Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Angola, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Central African Republic all have communities which strongly believe in the evils of shamanism, wicca, voodoo, and paganism. Once a woman or girl is believed to be a witch, she is persecuted in an attempt to preserve the safety and purity of the community.
Witches in Exile, a 2013 photographic exhibition by Ann-Christine Woerh, has refocused attention on the conversation on the abuse and exile of women following accusations of witchcraft. Woerh's exhibition presents captivating portraits of alleged witches, showing everyday women – many of them elderly- who have been dehumanized by their communities.
Co-produced by Ghanaian filmmaker/writer Yaba Badoe and Nigerian feminist academic Amina Mama, The Witches of Gambaga is a 2010 documentary film, which tells the painful story of women who live in witch camps located in Northern Ghana. The Witches of Gambaga shares the story of women like Amina Wumbala who fled to Gambaga after being accused of causing her brother's death following a dispute between his wife and Amina.
Formerly the vibrant capital of Ghana's Northern Region, and regarded as the national Islamic center, Gambaga has now become one of the poorest parts of Ghana. Yaba Badoe reports that prior to the installment of the first Imam (chief) of Gambaga, it was customary to execute women accused of witchcraft. When the Imam saved the life of a woman who faced execution, the mosque soon became a refuge for other alleged witches. Now managed by the paramount chief, the Gambarrana, women pay to stay and leave the witch camp of Gambaga, which is said to home over 1,000 alleged witches. It is believed that the Chief protects the women and outsiders from the harm of witchcraft.
Women who live in the 'witch camps' find refuge from discrimination, threats, and mob justice practiced against witches. Reports of the abuse that alleged witches face are heartbreaking. One woman, a mother of three, was beaten and set afire for causing a child's illness. Headlines were made in 2010 when a 72-year-old woman was also set on fire and killed.
Accusations of witchcraft are often stimulated by incidences of sickness, natural disasters, disputes, or even superstitious coincidences. Professor Dzodzi Tsikata of the University of Ghana in development sociology explains, "Witchcraft accusations are thought of as mostly to do with traditional and 'backwards' beliefs, but they are an integral part of belief in religion. Most religions believe in good and evil. The main issue is how people respond to this belief in witchcraft. It is to do with the way that society copes when misfortune hits – whether it is ill health, an accident, loss of jobs or property. When people do not have a rational explanation for this they tend to use the supernatural to show that someone somewhere is responsible for this misfortune and to find a way of removing this person so they are no longer able to harm them."
Yaba Badoe further illustrates the cultural significance and gender implications of attitudes towards witchcraft in a reflective article:
"In my investigations on witchcraft in Gambaga, only one woman… was prepared to discuss what she knew about witchcraft beliefs with me… It was as if revealing any knowledge on the subject would suggest that a woman was a practitioner, implicating her in the dark art. A town elder, Alhaji Issaku, regaled me for a full hour on how, when men are witches they use their art for benign, protective purposes while women, because of their nature, always use it to execute evil deeds. It seemed heartbreaking that men are able to describe and articulate ideas about witchcraft, defining who is and is not a witch, while for the most part women are silenced by it.
…Alhaji Issaku … revealed that a witch will never confess to witchcraft and that witchcraft can never be eradicated from a woman, it can only be suppressed; he described how a cantankerous nature, bearing grudges and manifestations of male pride in a woman are all signs that a woman may be a witch… After he'd told me all these things, he mentioned in passing that if I wanted, and if I brought him a bat and a cat, he would gladly turn me into a witch.
I declined his offer."
The lack of recognition or treatment for mental health issues also plays a role in witchcraft accusations. Interviewed by ActionAid, Dr Akwesi Osei, chief psychiatrist in the Ghana Health Service and medical director at Accra Psychiatric Hospital, explains, "In traditional communities, there isn't an understanding of depression or schizophrenia. If someone is behaving strangely they may be accused and even confess all kinds of crimes. In the camps you are likely to see a number of women suffering from dementia or depression."
In 2011, the Ghanaian government announced its plans to eradicate its witch camps by 2012. Residents of the witch camps have been reluctant to support this, unless the government offers a comparative alternative. With prejudices against alleged women remaining, and the camps still offer much-needed haven from the danger of outside communities. To address the challenge of the abuse that alleged witches face, researchers and expert recommend a comprehensive program of reintegration, and a detailed roadmap in consultation for the disbanding of witch camps.
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With all of the sensational news coverage surrounding Japan's nuclear crisis, I thought it was time that someone begin a rational discussion.
The 9.0 magnitude earthquake and unprecedented tsunami that followed has caused mass devastation and enormous human suffering in Japan. Thousands are dead and authorities are struggling to deliver essential services to prevent further loss of life. The facts on the ground are horrific by any standard and recovery will take considerable time.
As a result of the nuclear emergency, the crisis is ongoing and it is important for U.S. nuclear safety officials and public health agencies to closely monitor the situation. Americans are rightly concerned and deserve a factual reporting of the crisis. Unfortunately, we are instead being bombarded by sensational headlines and commentary that stretches the bounds of scientific reality to the point of utter fiction. Based on media reporting, one might reasonably assume that the embattled Japanese reactors were soon to engulf the island nation in a nuclear explosion – sending radioactive debris akin to Chernobyl into the atmosphere. But this is not a scientific possibility; it will not happen.
While the news accounts we are witnessing are highly troubling and downright frightening, there is no threat to the West Coast of the United States nor is there a threat to the lives of the Japanese people who have been evacuated to safe distances during the crisis. Let me briefly outline why:
- All of the reactors that are in a state of nuclear emergency have been shut down. They automatically shut down when a seismic event occurs.
- The crisis is resulting from the loss of primary power due to the earthquake, as well as the loss of backup generators due to the tsunami. Reactor cooling was not functioning properly, resulting in the threat of a meltdown at several reactors.
- If the reactors experience a core meltdown because they cannot be adequately cooled, the containment system will protect the human population. When Three Mile Island experienced a partial meltdown in 1979, the containment system was almost entirely undamaged with less than 5/8 of an inch of shielding impacted.
- Assuming the containment system partially fails (or fails entirely) the resulting radiation will not consume Japan and will not expose the West Coast of the United States. At this point, some reports indicate there could be damage to one of the reactors containment structures.
- The radiation levels currently reported are not lethal. They have spiked within close range of the reactors but have also quickly dissipated.
- The containment system, composed of steel and concrete, has not been destroyed despite the magnitude of the earthquake and the impact of the tsunami.
- Steam is being vented from the reactor core to reduce pressure but that steam does not carry lethal radiation and it is quickly dissipated.
- Fires and explosions at the plant are serious but they were not nuclear explosions, nuclear fires, or radioactive explosions. They were the result of hydrogen buildup – which is a byproduct of emergency cooling efforts.
You can follow updates on the crisis in Japan via the International Atomic Energy Agencies website http://www.iaea.org/.
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Let me preface this with I'm veggo. I've been vegetarian for nearly 2 years now and not really showing any sign of slowing down. If anything, I'm probably becoming more
disturbingly accidentally consciously vegan in my food practices. But I'll be honest. I like eggs, I love honey, and creamy ice cream is fucking fantastic – no matter how good coconut based things are. I also use to be vegan for an interesting, accidental stint back in 2010. I had no health side effects, I still have no health side effects, and according to the blood tests I get regularly, my iron and B12 are flawless. So I'm pretty golden. I feel really good, healthy, happy and I love just how many food options I have. It's becoming increasingly easy to be vegetarian and I've started accidentally converting and openly supporting friends and colleagues in to a less-meat lifestyle.
I guess the point of opening with that statement is to give a starting argument in favour of vegetarianism. It's obviously something I believe in enough to follow myself, and it's something I'm comfortable talking about with other people. Given that I sit on the fence regarding a lot of things, don't give much time/effort/thought to a lot more issues, I'd say two years of vegetarianism has kind of become a slowly stabilizing dietary stance. It's not how I identify, I just happen to be a human who eats a plant-based diet out of preference. Do I miss meat? Not at all. For the first year the biggest struggle was "missing" BBQ Pork Buns. But I get by just fine without them; and one day, I may just get off my ass, find a recipe for them, and make them with my shredded "pork" Jackfruit recipe instead. Then my dietary life will be complete… But I digress.
The reason I switched to a vegetarian diet was complicated. I'm so envious of people who have hardcore stances on things like animal rights, holistic well-being… whatever it is that leads them to make life altering decisions. I simply didn't have that pivotal moment. I was already weaning off meat because I didn't love the way it made me feel. I noticed I would only eat red meat like steak when I was seriously craving a steak- which would be about once every six to nine months; And when I did eat it I'd feel physically wretched for days. I'd only eat roasts when I was at friends houses, and I'd rarely buy any kind of red meat- I simply couldn't be bothered cooking it. It's also pretty damn expensive and I'm poor. In all honesty, I started going vegetarian as a sign of solidarity with a vego friend living in a house full of carnivores. From there, it just snowballed. I had watched a few documentaries, and while the animal rights side had me feeling queasy, it was honestly the environmental impact that got to me.
The meat industry is responsible for so much more than the slaughter of cute little (or large) animals. Industrial-scale agriculture is in no way waste efficient. Alongside the methane and greenhouse gasses the animals being farmed are producing, the factories themselves generate more waste than some cities. They add to air and dust pollutants. They require astronomical amounts of water and excessive amounts of land for food crops for the animals to eat… to then… become… food…? Just use that land for more ethical human food crop growing?! But that's a different point. Let's continue with the bad things.
A staggering quantity of the animals raised for meat/animal products are raised using antibiotics. This is because there are so many diseases animals in small spaces with other animals are prone to. The issue with this is not only it makes it cheaper to farm, therefore more readily accessible, it means that the easy accessibility is lacing us with antibiotic resistance we really do not need. This is not like a controlled dose of antibiotics given to a human when they have tonsillitis. These are randomised antibiotics in sporadic doses given to relatively healthy humans. This means bacteria and other fun bugs evolve to be stronger than the antibiotics we are ingesting. Helloooo Superbugs. I could seriously go on and on and on about how terrible the meat industry is. But I'll stop here because there are so many websites and advocacy groups and what-nots that push vegetarianism and veganism down people's throats. This is just the start of why I shifted from red meat to white meat, to no meat.
All of the scary, economical, ecological, environmental, animal rights activistic reasons aside, I still think not everyone can or should be vegetarian/vegan. There's a lot of reason why, but I think it boils down to 3 basic but significant reasons.
Reason one – It's currently unsustainable.
Environmentally, we currently cannot sustain the agriculture required for world-wide veggo/veganism. The amount of land and water required for the current crops we use,
not to mention bug control/pesticides and the people who are adamant GMOs are the devil and think pesticides cause Autism are all crucial factors in looking at a plant-based diet. Where there's profit to be made, obviously it will be exploited. This includes creating seeds that don't reproduce – forcing farmers to buy crop seeds every season – which, sadly, is partially a problem.
Reason two – Dietary requirements.
This fall partly in to medical conditions for the few, but laziness on a mass scale. A lot of veggos and vegans I know struggle to maintain healthy habits and vitamin/mineral levels. They eat poorly and not a very diverse range of foods – There are so many options these days the only non medical reason is laziness – but it is a voluminous problem. Just because it is vego/vegan does not mean it's healthy. My favourite example is Oreos. They're vegan, but they're definitely not "healthy" by anyone's standard. Most people I know can't be bothered constructing a salad for lunch. Most people simply don't know many vegetarian recipes, despite there being a plethora of content easily accessible from any device in your house or pocket.
Reason three – Job loss.
Until we have sustainable, on-going farming practices that can employ as many people as there is in the meat industry, we'd suffer mass job cuts. Jobs I can think of that could be useful would be solar panel builders and installers. Machine workers, maintenance crew, cleaners, transporters, botanists, GMO scientists and food biologists, water saving and recycling experts, multi level garden architects, apiarists with many, many healthy pollinator hives… Of course loss of jobs and a change of industry also involves a loss of profit – for farmers, warehouse workers, and major purchaser/suppliers – but I feel that is also a different point and argument.
There are probably a lot more reasons and arguments for and against vego/veganism but these are just a few arguments I have personally. I think as a society we can absolutely do more to be kinder to the earth, to the animals, and to ourselves, but we seem to be a long way off from living a sustainable, friendly, healthy green life.
Obviously this is a massive topic, and not everything can or should be covered by one veggo with nothing but her own research to back her, but it is a conversation I love having; So let me know in the comments below your thoughts on global diets! Are you a vegetarian or vegan? What was your reason for becoming so? Are you firmly in the camp of meat eating? Tell me why! I want to hear your stories and ideas on these topics as I always find it fascinating hearing other people's experiences and perspectives.


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We are loving summer so much, and you love to swim. Since mommy doesn't work as much we have been swimming most days after I get out of class. We be so tan :) We had your first swim lesson on Saturday {July 6, 2013} at Swim Ranch and you did so well. Daddy swam with you for the first time since he's alumni and got his fish in 2005, but I can't wait to swim with you this weekend! We're gonna have so much fun! You learned that it's okay to get splashed, floated on your back, floated on your belly, and floated with a baby boogie board. I am just going to add to this post for the four weeks of swimming lessons, since there's no need for four posts!
Here's a few Pictures from Week 1:
Week 2: We went over the same objectives, floating on your belly and back, splashing and holding on to a boogie board while going across the pool. You get cranky around the last 10 minutes of class because it interrupts nap time, but next year I will do the early class so we don't have to worry about it! Mema came to watch you swim and she loved every minute of it! Mommy loved swimming with you!


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