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Yoosk today! - Immigration
Monday, November 05, 2007
Immigration in Britain: the debate rages on. Join in to ask journalists Nick Ryan, Shelina Begum and UKIP MEP Gerard Batten what has to be done to ensure smoother integration?
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My new home!
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
I have moved! Please follow this link to my new abode and don't forget to change your bookmarks!!
Chez Moi - my new home away from home.
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Celebrity Obsession
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Media and its love of sensationalism is well known. Celebrities sell papers, as we are told repeatedly. But this week, British media took this statement to new levels.
The past week, parts of England have been buffeted by high winds and heavy rains and quite a lot of people have lost their homes, property and some, even their lives. When GMTV was reporting this dismal state of affairs in the Midlands, they cut short the report rather rudely to LA, where jailbird Paris Hilton was sprung early from the clink, thanks to good behavior. This, of course, made the good people of Britain splutter into their morning cuppa and lodge complaints against this behaviour in great numbers. The programme issued an apology in this morning's episode.
Radio station heart (106.2 FM) pulled a similar stunt yesterday as well. The news report ran somewhat like this '... today's top news: socialite Paris Hilton is freed from jail. Oh and by the way, three people lost their lives in Sheffield'. Outraged squawks could be heard across the South East.
Whilst I agree that no one wants to shell out good money to read everyday stories of your Average Joe, I still think the media should display a little more empathy and a little less TRP love. The flooding is going on in our own backyard, fellow Brits are suffering and why are we bothered about a spoiled brat of a rich American kid and when she's let out of the slammer ?
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Trumpeting My Own Greatness...
Friday, June 22, 2007
.... cos no one will do it for me! Nah, seriously, this is one of those 'feel good' tags, I'm told by the blessed being that tagged me. Some folks have loads of things to write home about. After reading Prems' impressive list, I can safely conclude I will not be one of them. So what the hell am I going to list in the '8 things I am proud of'? Good q!
1. Ok, let's see .... having a 'never say never' attitude that has seen me through the tough times; a Flubber-like mentality that refuses to be squashed or sat upon. There's a solution to every problem, that's my firm belief. Until you find it, there's always Plum and A R Rahman to take your mind off it!
2. My indomitable courage that saw me recently live in firang land with just little P for company. Though the pressure of being the sole being responsible for him was scary, it got easier. The same courage helped me deal with P's operation in India before he turned a year old and S's major car crash in the UK on the same day without folding.
3. My determination to see things to their bitter end, like, getting that blasted driving licence even after two years (on and off, not continuous!) of lessons and a few attempts. Refusing to throw in the towel though S has suggested I give it up.
4. Never bowing down to what's 'cool' and what's not. Not caring a hoot about being different.
5. My dreams. My impossibly grand dreams. Dreams of making it big, of setting up my family for life, of becoming someone of note, becoming a person P would say 'that's my mummy!'
6. Starting off in my job as a newbie, but learning the inner workings of it through sheer diligence and climbing a good many notches in a span of two years. And now, having the guts to change direction yet again and go into uni.
7. Never admitting a weakness as one, fully expecting to get out of it by blagging my way out of it. 'Ride a bike? Why when can have a better time letting someone else do it for me?' 'Housework? Why when I can immerse myself in my latest book and have a far better time?'
8. Above all, am proud of me for my beautiful boy - I know he is his own person and all that jazz but seeing him, listening to the way he processes things and the way he is, well, some of that should be from me, right?
Ok, I have to tag 8 people to carry on this torture - so, Apu, Ams,Dee, Kishmish, Suj, MM, Tharini and Dubukks - take it away, folks!
Remember the rules :
1. You have to say eight things about you that you are proud of yourself. Then write the rules at the end.
2. You have to tag eight others to follow tag. You have to let them know you have tagged them.
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Teen Performs C-Sec To Get Into The Record Books
The Hippocratic Oath, according to Wikipedia, "...is an oath traditionally taken by physicians pertaining to the ethical practice of medicine." As even us non-medical professionals know, thanks to a decade of ER and such, upholding the Oath is of vital importance to a physician. Though segments of the original Greek words have been modified to suit the modern times, the essence of it remains the same. To do no harm to those who come in search of a cure.
I guess this is where the good doctors K Murugesan and his wife, M Gandhimathay slipped. In their eagerness to be the proud parents of a Guinness Records certified 'World's Youngest Surgeon', they veered off their Oath-sworn path and well into the path of controversy. By allowing their 15-year-old son, Dileepan Raj, to perform a c-section on one of their patients, they have caused moral and ethical outrage within the medical community and across the general populace. As doctors, their duty is towards the welfare of their patient - in this case, a pregnant mother and her unborn infant. How can they put that aside and entertain thoughts of world records and such at this stage?
Not stopping at operating on that poor woman, 27-year-old Neela, the
doctorsparents decided to go further and let the whole world and its wife know what a pistol they have for a son. They filmed the operation (oh the ignominy of it!) and premiered it at the Indian Medical Association's meeting on May 6. When the assembled brethren didn't gasp in wonder but in dismay at this, Dr Murugesan quipped, and I quote, "If a 10-year-old can drive a car and a 15-year-old can become a doctor in the US, what is wrong if my son, though not qualified, performs a surgery?"
Let's see if we can tell the good doctor what is wrong. Googling for the Hippocratic Oath netted me the gems the doctors have forgotten:
1. To keep the good of the patient as the highest priority - Strike one - having an unskilled boy, perform a complex operation as a caesarean-section, thereby risking not one but two lives is a big no no. I cannot imagine anyone feeling better at the thought of having the proud parents hovering over their son's hands and guiding them.
2. Never to do deliberate harm to anyone for anyone else's interest - it wasn't in anyone else's interest but their own, so that they could see their son's name on the Guinness Book of World Records. That they didn't cause GBH to the mother or the baby is a blessing. So, strike two!
3. To practice and prescribe to the best of my ability for the good of my patients, and to try to avoid harming them - The mother of them all, 'for the good of my patients', has been wiped off the memory banks of the culprits. Strike three!
Three strikes, doc - you're out!
IMA's less than enthusiastic response and the resulting fallout possibly triggered a late reaction in his brain and Doc Murugesan back pedalled furiously to keep self and wife out of disbarment and further negative publicity. He has denied that the offspring actually took the scalpel in his own bare hands and cut open a woman's belly. Apparently, the boy just watched, while his dad did the deed. Maybe. But what about his claim to the Kumudam Reporter that his boy has been performing such operations from the time he was 12?
With the IMA urging disbarment and the local Health Minister promising 'tough action' if the whole incident could be proven, the future seems a bit sticky for the doctors. But no one can get their hands on a copy of the offending video - maybe the doctors came to their senses and burned the evidence. I, for one, hope that someone locks these offending individuals up and throw away the key. What sort of a doctor, what sort of a person does such a thing?
Growing ear hair to get your name on the record books is one thing; wilfully endangering a person's lives is a different kettle of fish. I say, punish these idiots and make an example out of them. Maybe that will deter other idiots from trying to create such vile records, like the nut who tried to make waves by performing 50 hernia operations in 24 hours.
I have an idea for a world record - the doctor who actually put the welfare of his patients above other vainglorious pursuits. How about that? Any takers?
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Vote for the Taj Mahal
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
The first and only time (so far!) I visited Taj Mahal was also the first and only family trip I took along with my parents and the sibling. I had just finished my Class X Board exams and was feeling like I had conquered K2. Wandering around the streets of Delhi in the mad May heat is something I wouldn't recommend to anybody but the madcaps that we were, we did it anyway! The day we landed in Agra was one of the hottest days of that summer and I could feel the leftover grey matter getting fried.
The first sight of the Taj Mahal was indescribable. I had goosebumps on my arm and felt the hair at the back of neck stand up. I couldn't believe that in front of me was the Taj Mahal, one of the Wonders of the World, a love icon, standing in that very same spot from the Mughal times.
I have, since then, seen other Wonders like the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Eiffel Tower but none infused me with the same sense of awe like that first sight of the Taj. This majestic building, standing impressive and somehow lonely, standing all by itself amidst this vast expanse of land stirred something deep within me.
Having grown up reading about Shah Jahan and his testament to his love for his wife, how it took hundreds of men, years and years to complete it. And of course, we've also read about how he allegedly blinded the labourers so that they could never build anything half as grand elsewhere. All of which made for some fantastic build-up and the Taj lived up to every bit of the hype – and then some!
As the sun was blazing overhead by the time we reached the monument, the white marble was hot enough to fry eggs. So we didn't get to do a gentle stroll around it, taking pictures hither and admiring the friezes thither. It was more of a mad dash from one shady spot to another, even as your feet tingled in the contrasting temperatures. And jostle twenty others as we fought for the vantage point to get that particular shot.
Once we came back into the gardens, sandal-ed feet and all, we were hailed by the special photographers milling around us. They promised to get that popular pic of the Taj, wherein you make it seem like you are lifting the impressive monument off its feet by holding to the tip of its dome. My momentary fascination with this vanished when I realised I had to stand there like an idiot, with my right arm sticking up top to complete the effect. Though I balked at this, many people stood so like lemons, though the resultant image made up for it, I suppose.
I have only seen the Taj in pictures and on the telly since and it is my dream to see the Taj at night, to see the marbled structure gleam in the moonlight. I keep telling myself that I'd do it one day, show my son the magic and hopefully see the same awe written on his face.
Living now, amidst the British, I have found that it is the first thing that pops into any firang's head the minute they hear the word 'India'. Though the country has a great many icons, the Taj Mahal is our biggest and brightest. Without it as the gateway, the myriad treasures of our country will be lost on the world's population.
On 7.7.07, a brand new set of Seven Wonders of the World is going to be selected out of 21 worthies. The Sydney Opera House, Petra, the Pyramid at Chichen Itza are some of the icons shortlisted, apart from the Taj Mahal, Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty etc. Not many Indians have heard of this because, as usual, our insipid government hasn't jumped at the chance to promote this great icon, the one thing that put India on a world traveller's map. Other countries are vying with one another to get the coveted 'Wonder of the World' tag for their treasure. Why isn't our Tourism industry lifting a finger? As always, it is up to us, the aam junta, to show to the world what a treasure we have in the Taj Mahal. So please, fellow desi bloggers, pass the world – blog about your feelings about the Taj Mahal. And please vote for the Taj! Let the world know it fully deserves to be known as a Wonder of the World.
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Mind Your Language
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Have you wondered where your English language is from? As in, the type of language you speak is it English, American, Australian or any other. I never questioned the source of mine till very recently. From school, I learnt the English left over from the colonial days. Spelt armour, valour, colour etc with a u, waTer with a 't' and not a 'd' well, you get my drift. But thanks to STAR TV and Hollywood, I also learnt some Americanisms along the way I knew about Route 66, pronounced schedule as skedjool, route as rout and could generally follow the plot of an American movie without subtitles.
When I moved to UK, I did not feel out of place as after all, I have been learning English all my life! Till the day I blurted out loud at work 'where's the F in lieutenant?' and caused a mini uproar ('please don't swear ….', 'I beg your pardon') of sorts. After my team mates had stopped wetting themselves, they set up educating me in the ways of the world. So I learnt to say 'leftinent' and 'shedule' and words of similar ilk.
You would think, having grown up learning Colonial English, I would have no problems fitting in with the Brits. Right? Wrong! I was under that mistaken impression till I switched on the telly and sat through day-time TV. I did not understand a word and had to fumble along, aided by that marvellous invention called Teletext! I ended up begging people's pardons every other minute, asking them to repeat what they said. Of course, they couldn't understand what I was going on about, when in my eagerness to sound less desi, I tried mimicking the accent oft-heard on STAR TV and ended sounding like Buffy gone bad.
For starters, there was the accents - hundreds of them. Geoff Boycott's 'crickeet' and 'wickeet' had me in splits when I used to watch the game but now, when I had a lady asking me if the boos would be along soon, it took me a long time to get her. Even after six years, I still get thrown by the odd word: had an interviewer on the phone today (I work for a social research firm) asking me for what sounded like 'used diaries' and I was perplexed at the request. Used diaries? Whatever for, went I, till the bulb went on in my brain a good few minutes later, when I realised he was asking me for some 'youth diaries'!
That is when I came to realise what a minefield the varied British accent is. Most Eastenders seemed to have lost or misplaced the hard 't' that is found in almost every word. If it comes at the end of the word, well that's easy enough to understand but when faced with a request to get someone some 'wa-er', what can one do but blink? Most people in Essex also seem to forget to pronounce 'th' as it must, choosing instead to go with the wildly popular 'f'. Thereby, one sees blokes answering to Arfur or wish someone a 'happy birfday'. P almost killed us the time he sang about the three Kings and assorted junta who went to Beflehem to see the baby Jesus. We also get a 'fank you' for a good deed, even when it is 'nuffink'.
The English, much like the Australians, have this habit of shortening things into something that bears no resemblance to the original word. Thus, sandwiches become sarnies, potato patties become tatties, pinafore is a pinny, the list is positively endless. This is before we even venture into the murky waters of Cockney rhyming slang. 'Don't you tell porkies', admonishes a character in EastEnders. It was a while before I twigged (porky pie ~ lie; hence porkies = lies) - phew! Thus, I have found that I was taking the Michael, Bob was my uncle and on one memorable occasion, urged to ask for the William (the bill!). Who says the Brits have no sense of humour?
All in all, I have often felt the language I was taught all my life in India bears not much resemblance to the one I have been learning the past six years. The advantage is, I can truly say I learn new things every day!
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The Apprentice: Was Katie's Exit Staged?
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Was anyone shocked with the outcome of last night's episode of The Apprentice? I was! I thought it would be an all-girl final like last year, between Kristina and Katie. Whilst I was hoping that Tre might get a look in, I never thought Scatterbrain Simon would make it. I most certainly did not even dream that Katie would get chosen for the final but would step down. With such a flimsy excuse too.
I mean, to say she cannot make the decision to move her family from Exeter to London without consulting her parents, who help look after her children smacks of something unprintable. Which parent takes up or goes for a job without thinking about things like childcare, schools etc? Conversely, which parent expects their child, shortlisted for the final, to check with them first before signing her life away? Give me a break!
Even before I went for my job interview (which, ironically, took place at Amstrad House - where the winning Apprentice would work!) I checked out the local daycare facilities for P and he had started the nursery three weeks before I joined my company, to give us both decent lead time to get used to the new state of things. And this 'man-eater', this 'go getter' who is in it to win it wants us all to believe that she cannot offer that sort of commitment? Who is she trying to kid?
The whole show smacked of something straight out of a cartoon. The interviews were all horribly edited. Poor Tre kept trying to assert the credibility of his organisation but the Western mind could not comprehend the meaning of a 'family business' in an Asian setting and the interviewer kept mocking him. When he gave his report to Sir Alan, claiming Tre was 'running an international conglomerate from his bedroom', I thought it was a cheap shot.
Likewise, the whole charade of Sir Alan giving Katie the benefit of the doubt and allowing her to go through, even though all of his advisers said there was something about her they don't trust, only to come back to her and dig the reason why she wasn't whooping with joy... the scenario just didn't cut the mustard, unfortunately. I think some serious editing has happened for it to come across the way it did.
Whatever it was, the Apprentice is becoming more and more a reality game show, more along the lines of Big Brother, rather than a credible, grey cells worthy programme. Sound bytes are given prominence, in place of truth and I, for one, am fast losing interest. What's more, I would not be the least bit surprised if Katie wound up in next year's Celebrity Big Brother or I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! lineup.
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- Friday 11 July 2014
A few weeks ago I invited locals to share their opinions with me on the suitability of a dog-off-leash area with the Mapleton Lilliponds Park. Whilst I've received very limited feedback on this, I'm aware that there is great community support for the walkway around the Lillyponds so I'm going full steam ahead with that. The walkway would need to be installed in stages as per available funding from council and its actual construction will require very careful engineering due to the water seepage that comes through in this area of the park.
Once things are up and running with this walkway, I also intend on having some terrific outdoor fitness equipment installed alongside. Of course this will be taking into account the hundreds of locals who use the nearby fitness centre at the Mapleton Bowls Club.
Budget bonus
Last year I tabled a petition recommending a 1.1km section of Delicia Road at Mapleton be sealed from the McLeod Road intersection to the Daymar Road intersection. Linda Garrett Park, Teralba and the Mapleton cemetery all sit along this stretch of Delicia Road and draw significant traffic to justify its sealing. The road in its existing state has also been slippery and treacherous at times so I'm absolutely rapt for the Hinterland community that we've had a major win andthis stretch of Delicia Road will be sealed. Around $1million has been allocated towards the sealing of Delicia Road under council's 2014/15 budget and these works are likely to start in around May next year. Another $600,000 will be spent in the following financial year to complete this project.
Volunteers needed!
The Kureelpa Hall Committee Annual General Meeting is coming up and now is the time to think about whether you'd like be a part of this important community organisation. The existing committee members have all held their positions for a number of years and all portfolios will become vacant at the AGM. New people with fresh ideas and enthusiasm are welcome to put their hand up to assist with continuing the management of this great community facility. The AGM will be held at the Kureelpa Hall on Tuesday, August 19 at 7:30pm. Please consider offering some valuable time for your Community.
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Biche, aka Mark Schwarz: Part 1 [Episode 002]
In this episode, Mark "Biche" Schwarz talks about going to law school in his 40s, talking a classmate into quitting law school, maintaining focus on work, running a recording studio, and the inaccessibility of past versions of ourselves.
He also muses about music he likes/liked, including The Who, Van Morrison, and The Police—and the unique sonic character of Ghost in the Machine. And he talks about having/developing a musical ear.
In this episode, you'll hear a little more chatter from me than I'd like, in part because of the setting, but also because it was a now-rare opportunity to spend time talking with Biche, and we've been close since we were little kids, so it's easy to get excited and fall into "conversational" mode rather than "interview" mode.
There's a second part of this conversation that will be released later.
Recorded outdoors in scenic Uptown, Chicago.
Enjoy Biche!
Thanks to the Chicago Podcast Cooperative for hooking up our sponsorships (you can learn more about them at ChicagoPodcastCoop.com), and to this episode's sponsor, the lovely Cards Against Humanity.


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Charles Dance - once dubbed 'the English Robert Redford' - is one of our most successful and enduring actors, so how can he still suffer from professional insecurity? Bryony Gordon meets him
Charles Dance doesn't much like watching television, which is odd, considering it is the medium that launched his career more than 20 years ago, when he played Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown. "It swallows time and it saps one's energy. I don't know about you, but if I have spent an evening flicking from one channel to the other, I wake up in the morning feeling knackered because I've sat in front of this thing for three or four hours that's gone sssssssssssssssssss," he says, making a large sucking sound.
The last thing he watched was a bit of Martin Scorsese's Bob Dylan documentary, but he couldn't tell you what's on most nights. "There are certain things about television that depress me. Reality television - it's just the pits. There should be more quality drama on television - because when it's good, it's really good - and I certainly think that the BBC should be committing itself to a much higher quality of output than it's done of late.
"But," he says, pausing to light the first of many cigarettes, "I think they are redressing that."
And they are doing so with Bleak House, a mammoth £8 million adaptation of Charles Dickens's complex novel about a long-drawn-out court case and all the secrets wrapped up in it. The script has been written by Andrew Davies, the man who adapted Pride and Prejudice for the BBC, and its cast is impressive: Gillian Anderson, Timothy West, Denis Lawson and Alastair McGowan all star alongside Dance, who plays the dastardly lawyer Tulkinghorn.
"It's one of Dickens's finest novels, and Andrew Davies has done a fantastic job," he says. He is also pleased at the programme's format, which is different from traditional drama - it will go out twice a week in 16 half-hour slots, straight after EastEnders on BBC1.
Not only do the makers hope that this will help to refresh the genre, but it is also in keeping with the soap-opera style in which Dickens wrote Bleak House, in the form of monthly instalments. Despite his obvious enthusiasm for the project, Dance - who turned 59 yesterday, yet looks much fresher and younger in the flesh - seems uneasy with the business in which he has made his name.
Mention that £8 million is rather a lot of money to spend on a drama, and he exclaims: "Yes, and not much of it reached the actors' pockets! It's the only industry in the world where we earn less and less now than we did 10 years ago. It's extraordinary, bloody awful."
He concedes that he is hardly struggling for money - roles in films such as White Mischief, Hilary and Jackie, Ali G, Gosford Park and Swimming Pool, and television programmes such as Rebecca, in which he played Maxim de Winter; Nicholas Nickleby, in which he played Ralph Nickleby, and most recently Fingersmith, have seen to that. "But I wouldn't consider myself wealthy. There is an assumption that because you are reasonably well known, you must have a lot of money, but that's not the case."
The problem, he says, is that English actors go to Hollywood and make vast amounts of money, and when they come back "they are bankable commodities, so everyone else has to be a damn sight cheaper".
Dance could have been one of those bankable commodities. After the success of The Jewel in the Crown he was described as the English Robert Redford, and everyone expected him to go to Hollywood. And while he made a few big blockbuster movies in the years after - The Golden Child, alongside Eddie Murphy, The Last Action Hero with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Alien 3 - they were not critical successes and he has since opted for more low-key - and largely, better - stuff.
"I've never actually wanted to go and hang out in Hollywood," he says, now, as we sit in the drawing-room of a west London hotel. In the early Eighties, he turned down the chance to audition for James Bond because he was worried how he would feel if he didn't get it. Does he regret that? "Ha! Some you win, some you lose. But I've got a kind of laissez faire attitude to the business. Or I have had."
This suggests, of course, that Dance is less relaxed about his career now than in the past. "Mmm. Yeah, I guess so. When you get to a certain age, work begins to thin out, so I think I have to be a bit more proactive."
It is for this reason that he turned his hand to directing. Ladies in Lavender, starring Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, was released last year to much acclaim, and the offers to take the director's chair again have since poured in. But he is not sure that he is a director for hire, preferring instead to find his own projects. He has just finished adapting a book for the screen, and he hopes to start filming next spring. "I'm not going to tell you what it's about," he says. "It's contemporary. It's very different from Ladies in Lavender, put it that way. It's not about two old women in Cornwall."
Would he ever give up acting to direct full-time? "No! And I hope it doesn't give me up. I suppose if I had any sense I would write myself a thumping good part, but I'm not that much of a megalomaniac. I'm better off than some actors because, sometimes, work comes to me, but mostly I'm in the marketplace with all sorts of other people jostling for position, trying to get what few parts there are. People talk about the choices that actors make, when by and large the choice that we have is to work or not to work."
It seems odd that a man as seemingly calm and confident as Dance should suffer from such professional insecurity. But he does: ask him about the possibility of doing more theatre, and it all comes pouring out. "I get quite nervous about the theatre - and the more I do, the more nervous I get. The nerves start about one o'clock, which kind of f---s up your day.
"And I have a consistency problem. Some nights, I think I am good, some nights not so good. Peter O'Toole wrote in the first part of his autobiography about those nights when you're in the pub or the restaurant afterwards and people will come up to you and say: 'I thought you were marvellous, darling!' and you know you weren't."
In the late Eighties - when Alan Ayckbourn described Dance as a "matinée idol" - and throughout much of the Nineties, he seemed desperately keen to get away from being cast as the romantic leading man. As he nears his 60th birthday, he has finally managed it. He describes Tulkinghorn as "a complete s---, a vile, loathsome man", and his next role is in Starter for Ten, a film about a University Challenge team that is to be produced by Sam Mendes and Tom Hanks. "I play a father in it. I play fathers now," he laughs. "I think those romantic roles have got away from me, darling. There comes a point when one is a bit long in the tooth for them."
And yet life does not seem to be imitating art. Since Dance split from his wife of 33 years, Joanna, two years ago, he has been linked with a succession of women, including the 25-year-old actress Sophia Myles. Their relationship earlier this year made Dance a regular feature in the gossip columns.
Not surprisingly, he does not want to talk about his personal life. "Just because I do the job I do and am in the public eye, that doesn't mean that the whole of my life is up for discussion. I know absolutely nothing about your private life. How would you feel if a neighbour knocked on your door and said: 'Are you seeing that chap from down the road? What's his name? How long have you been going out for?' You'd think: 'What's it got to do with you?' And that's my attitude. And when the end result is a newspaper story that is full of wild inaccuracies, and when they go and knock on my ex-wife's door, I just think: 'Oh, come on'."
He is baffled by the younger actors he has encountered who hire publicists to keep them in the media spotlight. "They pay them a thousand pounds a month or something, just to keep them in the newspapers. If the work generates publicity, then that's OK. But if you are trying to make publicity generate work, well that's a fatal mistake." And one that Dance, thank goodness, will not be making.
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Photo courtesy of San Diego Dance Theater
"Migration" by Betzi Roe
For many of us, dancing is anything but cerebral. It's something we do to escape. Something we do to avoid having to think. Watching others dance, however, is another story. While most of the time, it is meant to entertain us, it can also be meant to make viewers think.
Such is the case with Live Arts Fest, a multi-faceted dance festival held over 10 evenings from Wednesday, April 12 through Sunday, April 23. The fest features a who's-who of local and international choreographers and includes performances that touch on everything from immigration to climate change.
"I think people really want and need to talk about what they saw," says Jean Isaacs, the Artistic Director of San Diego Dance Theatre and the curator of Live Arts Fest. "They don't just want to go and sit in the dark, watch the show and not talk to anybody after."
Even if readers missed the opening night performance of "SHE" by Erica Buechner and Lara Segura, there are plenty of other options. On Friday, April 14, Daniel Díaz will premier "Heart-Driven," a show based on letters and notes Díaz writes to himself when he's alone. The next evening, installation artist Anna Katharina Scheidegger will showcase "Enthalpy of Fusion," which combines film, ice sculpture and performance to make profound points about global warming.
Other fest highlights include a dual film screening and dance performance on Thursday, April 20 revolving around Keith Glassman's feature-length doc Why American Men Dance. Betzi Roe and other local dancers will tackle another kind of human movement in "Migration" on Friday, April 21. The fest concludes on Sunday, April 23 with Isaacs debuting "Requiem for an Ocean," which focuses on ocean warming and includes an original score by composer Steve Baker.
All of the Live Arts Fest performances happen at 7:30 p.m. at the White Box Live Arts space inside Liberty Station (2590 Truxtun Road, Building 176). Tickets range from $20 for single performances or $120 to see all 10 shows. See sandiegodancetheater.org for full lineup and details.
Photo courtesy of Mingei International/ Steve Oliver
Kanban: Traditional Shop Signs of Japan
With over 5,000 miles between here and there, chopsticks may be the closest things readers get to an actual trip to Japan. However, a new exhibition at the Mingei International Museum (1439 El Prado) aims to recreate this experience and may provide some insight into the culture. Kanban: Traditional Shop Signs of Japan, which opens Saturday, April 15, focuses on the unique commerce traditions of old Japan and the roots of cultural development in the region. The term kanban refers to signs traditionally used by Japanese merchants to create an identity for their business, and which are often made from a variety of materials such as bamboo and iron. These signs will be installed throughout the exhibit, as well as actual products of some of the vendors and archival photographs. Admission prices vary from free to $10. mingei.org
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The Radvocate #14
For every literary nerd who writes poems and short stories, the opportunity to have their work published instead of keeping it hoarded on a laptop is a dream come true. So to introduce people to the local literary magazine The Radvocate, which is currently taking submissions, the nonprofit So Say We All is partnering with Tiger!Tiger! and Agents of Change for a benefit event. The Meet Your Local Lit Mag event features readings by authors such as Anthony Martin, Portia Seautelle and more. Plus, books will be sold at low prices and 10 percent of food sales will be donated to The San Diego LGBT Community Center. Attendees can also learn more about So Say We All's first annual literary prize. This all-ages event will be held at Tiger!Tiger! on Thursday, April 13 at 7 p.m. for a $5 suggested donation. theradvocateisamagazine.com


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#17 - Battleship feat. Wesley Lamont
Alex and Cal are joined by Wes, creator of COGZ to turn your favorite movies into board games.
This Episode: Battleship, where trio learns a lesson in maneuvering. More like ManuverBOARDng am I right!? Like the falling off a ship thing... and also board games... It was hilarious and you wish you thought of it!
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If you are the type of person who can't keep a houseplant alive, maybe I've got your solution. How about a painting of a modern plant that you can keep & style in different rooms forever! If you like the look of greenery in a space, I've styled a few vignettes so you can imagine them in your own home.
Make sure to check out the full collection tomorrow at 11:00 EST. If you see something you love and it sells, send me an email and we can do a custom piece. I want buying original art to be an easy task with no stress involved. Now I guess I have to name the paintings, that's the hard part.


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The police in Katsina state have arrested an 18-year-old, Zinatu Abubakar, pictured, for allegedly drugging a man in an attempt to steal his motorcycle.
Parading her before newsmen, the spokesman of the state police command, SP Gambo Isah, said Zinatu was a member of a syndicate that specialize in stealing motorcycles in the state.
He said she tricked the owner of the motorcycle into chewing a chocolate bar, which made the victim become unconscious and thereafter she carted away with the motorcycle.
"Nemesis caught up with one Zinatu Abubakar, 'aged 18 years of Hayin Danmani Quarters, Kaduna State when she chattered a commercial motorcycle, ridden by one Gide Wada, aged 25 years, of Yarhaka village, Batagarawa LGA of Katsina State from Kofar Kaura to Sokoto Rima Quarters, Katsina township.
"With the good efforts of nearby Good Samaritans who witnessed the incident, the said suspect, Zinatu Abubakar, was arrested while her cohorts, one Abubakar and Chairman took to their heels and escaped.
"The suspect confessed to have used the same modus operandi in Kaduna and Kano and robbed innocent cyclists of their motorcycles. Effort is in top gear to arrest other members of the syndicate,"
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The migraine triggers cited most frequently by patients are physical exertion and bright or flickering light, yet in a small prospective study few participants with a history of migraine with aura developed headaches when exposed to those triggers.
Only three of 27 patients (11%) reported attacks of migraine with aura following provocation, and three others reported migraine without aura.
All of the attacks occurred in response to exercise; provocation with light elicited no headaches, Jes Olesen, MD, DMsc, of the University of Copenhagen, and co-authors reported in the Jan. 29 issue of Neurology.
Action Points
- The migraine triggers cited most frequently by patients are physical exertion and bright or flickering light, yet in a small prospective study few participants with a history of migraine with aura developed headaches when exposed to those triggers.
- Note that overall, 11% of the patients had attacks of migraine with aura in response to provocation, and 11% had attacks of migraine without aura.
"Experimental provocation using self-reported natural trigger factors causes migraine with aura only in a small subgroup of patients with migraine with aura," the authors wrote in conclusion. "Prospective confirmation is important for future studies of migraine trigger factors and in the clinical management of patients with migraine."
Studies of migraine have shown that attacks can be provoked by various stimuli. For example, one large study showed that 95% of patients with migraine could identify factors associated with attacks (Cephalalgia 2007; 27: 394-402).
Published literature has revealed a wide range of migraine triggers. However, most of the findings have come from retrospective studies.
"Naturally, when having an attack, patients will think back to identify possible causes but, just as naturally, patients rarely seek confirmation by exposing themselves to suspected trigger factors," the authors noted in their introduction.
Olesen and colleagues previously reported that more than half of patients with a history of migraine with aura could describe a stimulus that always or often provoked attacks (Cephalalgia 2010; 30: 346-353). Most often, those were exertion and light.
To examine the role of triggers in migraine with aura, they recruited patients who reported that strenuous exercise or bright or flickering light could trigger attacks.
"To our knowledge, a migraine provocation study with the purpose of confirming such 'natural' trigger factors in migraine with aura has not previously been conducted," the authors commented.
The study included 27 patients who had a history of migraine with aura, including 14 who had migraine with and without aura. All of the patients reported that attacks could be precipitated by physical activity, bright or flickering light, or both.
Each patient described in detail aura symptoms and the frequency and triggers of attacks.
For each trigger factor, patients rated the likelihood that the factor would precipitate a migraine attack on a scale from 0 to 4, with 0 being "never" and 4 being "always."
All patients had been free of migraine for at least 24 hours prior to the provocation studies. Physical exertion was in the form of running or riding a stationary bicycle.
Light stimulation began with exposure to a therapeutic lamp, a photo stimulator for flash visual-evoked potentials, and a stroboscope reflected off a white wall. The patient identified the stimulus type and frequency most likely to trigger migraine or most aversive, and that stimulus was continued for the remainder of a 30- to 40-minute session.
The 27 patients participated in 32 provocation sessions; five of the patients completed sessions on 2 different days.
Overall, 11% of the patients had attacks of migraine with aura in response to provocation, and 11% had attacks of migraine without aura.
Exercise alone triggered migraine attacks in four of 12 patients (one preceded by aura). Two of seven patients developed migraine with aura after exercise and exposure to light. None of 11 patients had migraine attacks with photostimulation only.
The results were "less than spectacular" as compared with nitroglycerin infusion, which reliably provokes symptoms in about 75% of patients, the authors of an editorial pointed out.
"There can be several reasons for this," wrote Peter J. Goadsby, MD, DSc, and Stephen D. Silberstein, MD, of the University of California San Francisco. "Perhaps patients are wrong. This is the least attractive option. The reporting is so consistent across the world and so many patients have so many attacks, it is hard to think they are all just incorrect."
A second possibility relates to possible differential effects of triggers on aura and migraine headache.
A third possibility revolves around the classic clinical advice to identify and avoid triggers, advice that could be wrong, as suggested in migraine literature.
"Many questions are unresolved and require continued careful, bedside approaches to studying this common, disabling brain disorder," Goadsby and Silberstein concluded.
The study was supported by the University of Copenhagen, Lundbeck Foundation Center for neurovascular Signaling, Danish Council for Independent Research-Medical Sciences, Novo Nordisk Foundation, and Research Foundation of the Capital Region of Denmark.
Olesen disclosed relationships with Allergan, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Lundbeck, Merck, and Pfizer. Co-authors disclosed relationships with Pfizer, Merck, GlaxoSmithKline, Norpharma, AstraZeneca, Allergan, Amgen, and Alder.
Goadsby and Silberstein had no relevant disclosures.
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Source Reference: Hougaard A, et al "Provocation of migraine with aura using natural trigger factors" Neurology 2013; 80: 428-431.
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Source Reference: Goadsby PJ, Silberstein SD "Migraine triggers. Harnessing the messages of clinical practice" Neurology 2013; 80: 424-425.


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Since its founding date in 1985, more than 4,000 trained, volunteer tutors have provided close to 460,000 hours of instruction to over 12,000 adults throughout Santa Fe County.
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Wi-Fi utilises unlicensed spectrum, and to prevent interference when multiple users are on the same spectrum band, uses up huge bandwidth. This problem grows with the area covered by one router. If a low-frequency band, such as the proposed sub-700 MHz band, is used for Wi-Fi, its ability to spread far and penetrate walls would mean that the area covered would be huge, as would be the swa the of spectrum required to service all the people in the area covered. One way to get around that is to use very low power to transmit those Wi-Fi signals. The ideal Wi-Fi spectrum is 5, 6, 7 and 8 GHz. Transmission at such fre quencies attenuate fast, reducing the coverage area of each Wi-Fi hotspot and allowing efficient use of the spectrum. The government should delicense spectrum in these frequency ranges and make them available for Wi-Fi.
The same qualities that make sub-700 MHz ill-suited for Wi-Fi make it splendid spectrum for 4G networks.Low-frequency data networks would call for fewer towers and base stations, as compared to high-frequency networks and would significantly lower the energy drained by the telecom sector. All these considerations warrant a serious reconsideration of spectrum use. Stop letting terrestrial broadcast hoard the best spectrum suited for wireless broadband. Make it available for telecom. Trust spectrum usage charges and data-fuelled economic growth to generate revenue, rather than jack up base prices for spectrum auctions.


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Episode 60 - Forget it, Writers Room, it's the Oscars
The TFS Pod returns with a new Writers Room episode! Host and Editor-in-Chief Marcelo welcomes fellow editor Rob (@RobTrench) and writers Ryan (@RyanBarnett_), Harrison (@Play_Champion), Alex (@Crabnebula1914), and Manish (@hippogriffrider). They all discuss this year's Oscar race. They bring up the Talk Film Society Awards, too. Is it La La Land's to lose? What was snubbed and flubbed? Why the Oscars? Find out and enjoy!


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Children receive certificates after completing drug treatment programme
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Four participants enrolled in the Kingston and St Andrew Family Court Children's Drug Treatment Programme, were today awarded certificates for successfully completing the course.
The ceremony was held at the Simón Bolívar Cultural Centre in downtown Kingston under the theme 'Recovery is a Process, Not an Event'.
The Children's Drug Treatment Programme is a solution-focused collaborative project offered to children who are drug-dependent and are before the Court for moderate criminal offences.
Children in need of care and protection or who exhibit uncontrollable behaviours with an associated drug dependency are also eligible for the programme.
In a message delivered via video presentation, Minister of Health, Christopher Tufton, congratulated the participants for successfully completing the programme.
"You are now part of the success story and will now have to be the ambassadors in promoting a lifestyle free of substance abuse," he told them.
The minister called on them to take responsibility for their health and well-being, while adopting healthy lifestyle habits to prevent non-communicable diseases.
"Remember, it is important to incorporate physical activity and a balanced diet in your daily routine and ensure to get periodic medical check-ups," he said.
Tufton pointed out that alcohol is the most commonly abused substance in Jamaica among adults and young people and has caused more than 200 diseases, including breast cancer, liver cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Resident Representative, Organisation of American States, Jeanelle van Glaanen Weygel, encouraged the participants to use this opportunity as a means of turning their lives around. "Use your second chance to live your best lives," she said.
Meanwhile, Senior Parish Court Judge, Kingston and St Andrew Family Court, Paula Blake-Powell, expressed gratitude to the partners who have contributed to the programme's success over the years.
The pilot of the Children's Drug Treatment Programme commenced in 2014, with six participants graduating in 2016, while five received certification in 2017.
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Creative Process – From the Minds of Fluid's Creatives
For the month of July, we're going to get creative. We're going to focus on everything creative about advertising, giving you creative insights into our designers, copywriters, and even our programmers! Check in throughout the month for new blog posts with great creative insights and ideas.
Here at Fluid, we are all about being creative. Sharing ideas and developing great new ones is very important to us. We have a wonderful team of designers, all with great ideas and perspectives that makes them unique. We wanted to give our readers a behind-the-scenes look at each of their creative processes, how they work, and how they come up with great ideas.
Frank Imler, Designer
My own personal creative process, I've found, has to be a daily routine. I have daily habits that wake up my brain so it knows that it's time to be creative now. Some of these include exercise, daily meditation, plenty of sleep, and a challenging project. The exercise and plenty of sleep part comes and goes (look at me) but I'm a stickler for daily meditation. I don't do yoga or sit criss-cross applesauce and chant, but I do take the time to read and to draw something. During that time I also like to check out Behance, Pinterest, Dribbble, or other sites like it to see what's out there and get inspired. Drawing is huge because it helps me to close off the left side of my brain and gets me thinking in the right.
I also think its really important to plan out the day to do creative work in the morning when I have the most energy and am thinking the best. The afternoon when I'm tired is spent for reactive work like production, timesheet, and responding to emails. Brainstorming time is best in the mornings. It's best done with a friend and away from the office. I like to bounce ideas back and forth and do it in a place that is unfamiliar so my brain thinks differently about ideas rather than sticking with the safe and familiar options.
Marianne Neff, Designer
Whenever I tackle a creative project, the first step that helps get creative juices flowing is a quality brainstorm session. This can include making word association lists, discussing with another creative, creating simple sketches of ideas or concepts, doing creative research on the web, and even just taking a moment to ponder and critically think about the design problem.
After I have emerged with ideas, I then go through and pick out the best, most exciting ideas to pursue. This is where initial creation starts and if there is time I usually like to do this by hand before I ever touch a computer. For example, when designing a logo, I like to start drawing out shapes or motifs or play with letters to see if I can discover something interesting as I draw.
From then on, it is a constant refining process to the end goal. Once I feel like the idea is taking the shape and form I am aiming for, I like to show it to others get their opinions and feedback. Critiquing is a vital part of the creative process because sometimes an idea that makes perfect sense in my head, will not even register to someone else. This part of the process helps take my design in a direction that I may not have found if I am the only one who ever sees it.
A problem that all creatives struggle with is when to call something complete as we tend to slightly tweak and change to the bitter end constantly striving for that perfected piece. But it is that perfectionistic quality that separates a quality designer from an average one as we go through the creative process day in and day out!
Matt Nieuwland, Designer
In the first meeting with the client I'm looking for answers to a few questions:
- Who are they, what do they do and why/how do they do it better than others?
- Depending on the type of project, what is the problem we're trying to solve?
- How can we measure success?
- Who is the audience we're talking to?
With answers in hand, the next step of my creative process is taking those answers and finding a way to express them in a "story." Almost all effective communication, in my opinion, happens within the framework of a story. For example, you could say Company A has makes a product with better manufacturing processes than their competitors. Or you could say that Company A, through generations or practice in their family business, has perfected a better process/product in order to keep Grandpa's original dream alive. The story sticks in a person's memory much better.
My job then really comes into play. I have to find a way to express that story in a visual manner. That could mean the colors I choose, the typefaces used, the layout, white space, hierarchy, etc. Every single design element can speak to the story. It starts with research looking for objects, websites, books, magazines—almost anything—that conveys a similar feeling to me. I then take some time to digest what details in the examples I find specifically convey the feeling I'm looking for—this type, treated in this way with this color feels vintage, for example. With that I build a "library" of visual elements that I can use on the project. From that point I'm ready to work on layout and bringing everything together. Most viewers won't notice the subtle details that I'm thinking about, but, when done right, the feeling of the story should rise to the surface and can be felt subconsciously which ads authenticity and or trust to the client/project.
Spencer Loveless, Designer
1- Understand: I like to keep in mind who I am working for and it is not so much the client rather it is the clients consumer and target market.
2- Research: During this step I need to know a few details about the business as a whole and learn as much as I can about their products, service, competition, brand values, big idea, etc.
3- Establishing an emotion: This phase is critical for the ones that follow. Everything is founded on what is discovered here. This is done by the gathering of visuals to create a "mood board" of shorts and coming up with a clear understanding of direction.
4- Exploring: Original thought and everything taught from design school are put to use by coming up with comps and options based from the previous steps.
5- Collaboration: Bring together all design and conceptual forces in the office to review comps and options. Gather feedback and refine.
6- Present: Here at what ishopefully the final stage, present the options with little back story, let the work speak for itself, review the features and function and original problem and solution.
Ryan Kunz, Copywriter
There are few things in life as fickle and unpredictable as a creative spark. Sometimes the magic happens quickly and something sorta like brilliance pops into being like light from primordial darkness. You sit there contentedly at your computer, basking in your own genius. Other times the creative juices just refuse to flow, leaving you banging your head on the wall in the dim hope that it might dislodge some of the hidden ideas wedged somewhere in the dark recesses of your mind. That's when you suddenly become aware that you're a no-talent hack and start to fear for your job security. In the latter cases, the only thing you can do is take a break, try to gain a fresh perspective, and keep trying until the ideas come. They will come.


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Lately I have been craving anything warm and full of vegies – in particular curries and stirfries! I stumbled across this recipe from Pinch Of Yum and knew I had to try it out!
I made this for Sam & I when he had a full-blown flu and I had the warning signs of one, for an extra nourishing nutrient boost. We also have been enjoying my warming Ginger Elixir every night. Sam usually has a slice of lemon instead of adding maple syrup, the sweet tooth is not as strong in that one 😉
To make this recipe low FODMAP friendly I did have to make a few subs, including having to make my own red curry paste.
I adapted the curry paste recipe from Cook Like A Cave Woman, and this made enough curry paste to make the Curry recipe twice over (which I did this week – I'm obsessed).
Low FODMAP, DF + DF Red Curry Paste adapted from here
- 1/4 cup shallots (green part only)
- 1 thumb size piece of ginger, sliced
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tbsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 3/4 tsp ground coriander seeds
- 1/4 tsp organic ceylon cinnamon
- 1 tsp himalayan salt
- 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tsp organic raw sugar
- 4 tbsp coconut cream
- 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
I added all ingredients to my NutriBullet and blended well until combined! It made about 4 1/2 tablespoons of paste.
I then moved on to make my Coconut Curry! Here's what you'll need:
For the curry:
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 2 shallots (green part only), sliced
- 1 tbsp fresh ginger, minced
- 2 tbsp homemade curry paste (as above)
- 1 x 400ml can of coconut milk
- 1/2 Sue Shepherd Vegetable Stock
- 3 tsp organic raw sugar
- 2 tbsp soy sauce OR coconut aminos
To complete the curry:
- 1 x 400g packet Pandaroo Brown Rice Noodles (you can find these at Woolworths in the Asian food section, and they are delish!)
- 1 tbsp coconut oil OR garlic infused olive oil
- 1 cup chopped broccoli florets
- 1 cup grated carrot
- 1 cup chopped purple cabbage
- sesame seeds for topping
- a few handfuls of fresh basil to stir through at the end – this is optional.
- To prep your noodles, boil some salted water. When it reaches the boil, add the noodles and slightly reduce the heat. Make sure you stir them as they cook!
- For your sauce, heat the coconut oil in a large pan or wok. Add the shallots & ginger, stir fry for 3-5 minutes. Add the curry paste and stir fry for 1 minute. Then add the coconut milk, sugar, soy sauce, and vegetable stock. Simmer for 15-20 minutes, stirring often. This should thicken slightly. Whilst you're simmering – get chopping!
-Because I'm a slow chopper, and I used this time for cleaning up time too, my sauce is usually done simmering by the time I'm ready to cook my vegies. I transferred the sauce to a bowl to save using another pan to stirfry the vegies, plus it's extra tasty to cook your vegies in a nice saucy wok!-
- Heat the oil over medium high heat and add the chopped vegies. Stir fry for about 5 minutes until the broccoli goes bright green. Add the noodles and toss around in the pan with the vegies. Add the sauce and toss together until just combined. If you cook it too long at this point, the noodles might get too sticky.
Serve topped with sesame seeds, a squeeze of lime and some basil leaves.
Notes; I have also tried this recipe with GF pad thai rice noodles, so if you can't find brown rice noodles they will do the trick! I used garlic infused olive oil on the vegies for a bit of extra flavour. Coconut oil works just as well 🙂 I am obsessed with fresh basil, and as I had a whole bag of it, I mixed the whole lot through! The original recipe called for fish sauce and chilli sauce, which I chose not to use as I didn't have a low FODMAP alternative in my pantry.
I bought my produce from the Jan Powers Farmers Market last Saturday morning. The vegies were bright and beautiful! I'll definitely be making it my regular produce run 🙂
Let me know if you tried this recipe & what you thought of it!
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Dazed and Confused
The Mississippi Supreme Court decided not to decide whether Delay could be tried again or not until after he was tried. The decision was a stroke of genius. For if Delay was acquitted, there was nothing to decide. If he was convicted, he could appeal. If Delay appealed, the court would merely say a murder case that has been dismissed could be retried in good faith, because there was no statute of limitations on murder.
Delay spent a lot of time shopping for a lawyer. In the end, he decided on Buddy Coxwell and Jim Kitchens as his defense team. The prosecutors were Bobby Delaughter and Ed Peters.
The prosecution introduced new evidence, which was that Delay had boasted of killing Medgar Evers to many people over the course of the last three decades. Klansman Delmar Dennis took the stand and told the jury how Delay had bragged about killing Evers thirty years before. They also introduced Delay's admission to the nurse's aide in prison, that he had killed Evers. And they linked Delay to the letter published in "The Hoskins Report."
Déjà vu. The letter was back.
The background page of the Anti-Defamation League's website states that "Hoskins's writings drew public attention in October 1991, when prosecutors in Mississippi linked white supremacist Byron de la Beckwith to the Phineas Priesthood."
In other words, for the first time, the general public became aware of the existence of a cluster of violent religious bigots, who killed "for God's sake."


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GapFit Women's
GapFit is at the forefront of studio-to-street style. The technical but conversational voice helps add pieces to her workout wardrobe with cool ease and confidence.
Happy New Arrivals
We introduced a lot of new things in the new year—resolution-ready styles, a collection to dance in and GapFit for everyone.
How Do You GapFit?
What she (actively) wears and does says a lot about her. So why not encourage packing gear that works just as hard as she does?
babyGap Toddler
Following in the steps of its older sibling, GapKids, the toddler voice helps mom shop with playful end use and easy style tips in mind.
Everything's Coming Up Spring
We love making mom's job easier with outfitting guides: spring occasions, vacation-ready options, rainy day gear, even sleep!
The Keep-Me-Cozy Checklist
Our lists do double duty. They help keep mom sane and ensure tots are properly dressed (extra cute!) every season. CHECK. MARK.
For The Love Of Layers
Falling in love with our products is easy to do. Especially when we spotlight them as weather, time or activity-based solutions.


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How to install Aurora Add-on On kodi.
Aurora is a brand New Exodus Covenant Fork from Uncoded Repository. This add-on is great for watching TV Shows and Movies and it has also sections New TV shows, New Movies, New Episodes, Channels, Tools and Search..
* Install on Kodi 17.x*
- Open Kodi
- Select SYSTEM
Now to install an Add-on
- From your Home Screen select Settings
- Highlight the box underneath Enter a name for this media Source, type UNCODED & select OK- Wait for Add-On Enabled Notification
- Go back to your Home Screen and select Add-ons
- Select Select the Add-on Browser Icon
- Select Install from Zip File
- Select UNCODED
- Select star.uncoded.zip
- Wait for Add-On Enabled Notification
- Select Install from repository
- As usual the add-on now can be accessed via VIDEOS > Video Add-Ons
- Select Aurora from your home screen.
- Install Oculus On Kodi
Check out my other Kodi posts, you never know, you may find something of interest.


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DE JONG Wil
職名: 教授
MAIL: dejongwil [at] cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Environmental governance, policy research, natural resource management
International environmental governance, national forest policies, communal and smallholder forestry, forest landscape restoration, forest transition
- De Jong, W. et al. 2017. Forestry discourses and forest based development – an introduction to the Special Issue. International Forestry Review 19 (S1): 1-9.
- De Jong, W. et al. 2017. Land and forests in the Anthropocene: Trends and outlooks in Asia. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2016.09.019.
- De Jong, W. and Humphreys, D. 2016. A failed Social Licence to Operate for the neoliberal modernization of Amazonian resource use: the underlying causes of the Bagua tragedy of Peru. Forestry 2016; 1–13, DOI:10.1093/forestry/cpw033.
- De Jong, W. and Pacheco, P. 2016. Integrating multiple environmental regimes: Land and forestry policies under broader democratic reforms in the Bolivian tropical lowlands. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 34: volume 34, pages 463–477. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0263774X15621758.
- De Jong, W. et al. 2014. The legally allowable versus the informally practicable in Bolivia's domestic timber markets. Forest Policy and Economics 48 46-54; DOI:10.1016/j.forpol.2014.07.001.
- De Jong, W.. 2010, Forest rehabilitation and its implication for forest transition theory. Biotropica, 42(1): 3–9. DOI 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00568.x.
- Potential impacts of the sustainable development goals on forests and the goods and services they provide;
- Ecosystem services in zero net deforestation landscapes;
- Integrating policies to enhance peatland management for climate change mitigation


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Suzy is a scientist and a yoga teacher. It works well, the combination. She's an anatomy geek. Did we mention we love those?
Keeps people safe and all that. We also love her earthy humour. She has super-skills with explaining what she wants you to do with your muscles and how you should be breathing.
If you get lucky, she might bring you some of her ambrosial cooking (she's been known to show up at class with homemade cookies).
She's also a wine aficionado, which may not be so useful if you are planning to stand one one leg AND drink wine.


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DANDO Scholarship program
The DANDO Scholarship program is an initiative that was started 1 year ago. The aim of this program is to help selected students that cannot afford school tuition. Even though this program is still fairly young, this has been an integral part of DANDO from the very beginning.
We have identified several students during this time, not based on academic record but rather on their financial ability together with several other factors. In addition to contributing towards school tuition, the DANDO Scholarship program strives to do much more. We are very much involved in the construction of school buildings. Ons such project we are currently supporting, is the Global Leadership Academy in Jeffreys Bay in the Eastern Cape. A project close to our hearts and true to or nature, improving lives while considering the impact it has on the environment as well.
The GLA project's mandate is clear, direct and something that resonates well with the believes and dreams the team at DANDO has for the future – Establish an academic facility with the intent to equip and develop future leaders. It is an honor for us to be part of this initiative, knowing full-well that we are part of an organisation that is already making and impact on the lives of children.
The goal of the GLA Eco Campus to is achieve the following:
- ensure the growth and continuance of Global Leadership Academy
- create an environment that will facilitate the improvement of students' academic and leadership standards
- build an educational society that will inspire and promote future growth in the Kouga Region
- create a unique and positive learning environment accessible to all communities
- fashion a milieu in which children will learn to act responsibly towards their environment
- utilise the facilities and initiate host programs that will empower the community
The GLA project has recently received its NATION BUILDER status which is awarded to organisations contributing to effective change in our country. The Nation Builder status represents responsible investment strategies, supporting accredited organisations who have developed innovative and effective ways of bringing lasting change to our Nation.
Imagine the Future - Today
Click here toe view this video clip, introducing GLA, their core believes and standards.
Balance is key
GLA strives towards excellent academic standards and believe this does not exclude the elements of fun and adventure.
Global Leadership Academy
dares to provide an innovative learning environment where young people can grow into leaders who will impact and serve their world.


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Andy Murray will use his Olympic victory for inspiration when he meets defending champion Novak Djokovic in the US Open final today.
It will be the Scot's fifth time in a grand slam final and, like the other four, he will go in as the underdog.
Murray said: "I handled a big match against him well in Australia this year. It was a great match. I think both of us played very well. It came down to a couple of points. I know how much the Olympics meant to all of the players, and winning against him in the Olympic semi-final was a big win for me. I know how tough it is to beat the top, top players in big matches."
Djokovic looked supreme in hitting back to beat David Ferrer in his semi-final, which was held over from Saturday because of tornado warnings in the Flushing Meadows area.
Murray and Djokovic have met in a grand slam final before, at the Australian Open last year, where the Scot was handed one of the most painful beatings of his career, while his three other finals have all ended in defeat by Roger Federer.
Djokovic came out on top in Australia again this year but Murray pushed him all the way in a classic five-set semi-final, and the new world number three got his revenge at the Olympics, winning another last-four clash before going on to take gold.
He added: "I have had some tough losses against him but also had some big highs against him as well.
"Obviously it will be an unbelievably tough match. He moves very well on the hard courts. He's a top, top player, one of the best players that's played. The year he had last year is incredible."


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20 Uses for Apple Cider Vinegar
Do you remember those old remedies your grandma would share with you that were a "cure all" to any problem in her eyes? Well, Apple Cider Vinegar just may have been on her list. ACV is a type of vinegar made from cider or apple must and has a pale to medium color.
It's used in multiple types of dressings, marinades and sauces - among other things. ACV's produced by squeezing the juice out of an apple (which I have to admit, sounds like fun). Here are some benefits and clever uses for this awesome hidden gem:
1. Prevents the flu & stomach illness
2. Dissolves kidney stones
3. Helps reduce/prevent acne
4. Regulates pH balance in the body
5. Helps relieve nausea
6. Helps relieve heart burn or chronic acid reflux
7. Helps relieve asthmatics
8. Helps relieve allergies
9. Helps relieve gout
10. Help lower glucose levels in diabetics
11. Helps break down fat
12. Helps relieve migraines
13. Helps relieve sinus pressure & infection
14. Lowers blood pressure
15. Lowers cholesterol
16. Kills cancer cells or slows down growth
17. Reduces inflammation
18. Gets rid of buildup on scalp
19. Reduces or relieves arthritis
20. Gets rid of fingernail or toenail fungus
As you can see, ACV is very versatile and can be used for a number of things. It's also a great anti-bacterial cleaning agent. I enjoy mixing 2 tbsp of ACV with equal parts water for most remedies. Try incorporating these great ACV uses in your routine to see how they can improve your quality of living.


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A report appeared in last weeks (23rd June) Isle of Thanet Gazette regarding our What's Next event which was organised by the school along with East Kent Mencap and MCCH. The event was held on June 17th at The Turner Contemporary.
Should you require further information regarding transition or moving to adult services, please make an appointment to speak to our Family Liaison Officer Sharon Bremner.


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INVESTIGATOR: Comai, L., Groover, A.
INSTITUTION: University of California, Davis and US Forest Service, Davis
NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: The overall goal of the proposed research is to provide new genomic tools for plant breeders to rapidly identify poplar germplasms with unique genotypes with increased biomass yields. The proposed research will take advantage of advances in DNA sequencing technology to identify trees from traditional breeding programs that carry additional chromosomal regions. Such properties can confer faster growth, as has been shown in other plant species. Techniques for creating poplar hybrids with unique combinations of chromosomal regions at high frequency will also be developed. The project addresses the specific challenge posed by the long generation time of trees and aims at generating and analyzing diversity through fast and cost-effective non-transgenic genetic manipulation. The development of high yielding bioenergy poplar will decrease the acreage required for biomass production, minimize food vs. biofuels land use trade-offs, and the cost of biomass per dry ton, while increasing biofuels carbon balance and sustainability.
OBJECTIVES: 1. Characterize ploidy changes, deletions and possible rearrangements in existing Populus hybrids, correlate these data with biomass properties. 2. Produce germplasm with enriched genotypic and chromosomal dosage variation compared to traditional Populus hybrids and test the contribution of smaller chromosomal regions to interesting traits. This germplasm will serve as a testbed for exploring correlations between the dosage of specific chromosomal segments and growth traits, and to identify commercially-relevant genomic combinations. 3. Compare these dosage variants to parents and other hybrids and correlate gene expression with biomass-related traits.
APPROACH: The project will explore fundamental features of ploidy changes, dosage and heterosis underlying Populus hybrids and their phenotypes. Previous research has shown that commercial F1 hybrids can be triploid or aneuploid, and can have transgressive phenotypes desirable for biomass production. Unfortunately the chromosomal composition and genetic features of these individuals are poorly characterized, and have not yet been examined by genomics research or effectively manipulated in breeding programs. Next generation sequencing-based approaches will be used to characterize parental species and multiple hybrids. γ−irradiation of pollen will be used to induce deletions of varying size. Selected individuals with interesting genomic characteristics will be subjected to RNA-seq for comparison to other hybrid and parental species.
Name: Comai, L.
Phone: 530-752-8485
Fax: 530-752-0436
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Good Fortune has been hauled out of the water on my railway for the last two weeks getting a new paint job. Here are a few pics of the process. Her launch date is March 26th. I will start chartering full time on or near April 1st.
The first pic is the masking job, the second pic is the finished product.


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Here are some examples of intentions you might set:
- be nurturing to yourself
- push yourself to the edge of what you think you can do
- focus on your breathing
- smile
- let go of suffering
- be present
- give your best effort
- try everything a little bit
It occurred to me (and maybe it already has occurred to you), what if we asked our students this at the beginning of each day or each class. What if we gave them some quiet space to close their eyes and set their intention before beginning their learning journey for that day or that moment?
Does anyone do this already? I'm going to give it a try.
What is your intention for today?
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Okay, well, maybe not really......but I get what he's saying. Family dinner was always a high priority for my family when I was growing up. Mom would fix dinner, and we'd work around everybody's different schedules to 'make dinner happen' together. And while I'm not sure any major changes for America happened around our dinner table....I do know that there was a sense of bonding, of togetherness, of fond memories made, of open discussions.....of just plain good times spent together as a family. In fact, when Joel and I were courting, we spent a lot of time sitting around my family's dinner table, laughing and getting to know one another. It was there that I learned he can't stand beets, cottage cheese, or feta. (Although, I've since won him over on the feta. The beets and cottage cheese are hopeless ;)
I still love family dinners, only now it's with my own table full of little people. I love that no matter how busy, crazy, or full our schedules become, we almost always have this little chunk of time together in the evenings. I've been learning that peace happens inside of me, despite outward situations/schedules/craziness. So I continue on, fixing meals, lighting candles, determined to let that 'inward peace' flow over a little bit into our family life. I doubt any great 'change for America' will ever happen around our dinner table.....but then again, little lives are being molded and trained and brought closer to Jesus, and change happens one person at a time, right? :)
Looking at books before dinner. He's so sweet, I could
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Hartford native makes stop in Bridgeport, brings brass band sound to Silvermine
Howard Fishman may have had his beginnings in the North, but it was the time he spent in the South that really influenced the way he makes music.
"They are not stuck on an adherence to stylistic boundaries," said the Hartford native of the musicians he encountered while living in New Orleans years before the city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. "Everything is fair game. There is a looseness ... a willingness and openness to blend styles."
So it was that Fishman, who had relocated to Brooklyn, N.Y., found himself taking a trip to New Orleans after the storm. Seeing the spirit that lingered, he wanted to give back to the city the best way he could, through music.
The result was the Biting Fish Brass Band, a new project among many for Fishman, who himself is a singer, guitarist and bandleader.
This five-piece band performs a mix of spirituals, funk, blues and gospel, incorporating traditional instruments, such as the tuba, trombone, trumpet and drums, but the addition of Fishman's acoustic guitar makes it an atypical arrangement.
"It's a bit of a quirkier take on a New Orleans Brass Band," he said.
There are a couple of places you can hear this sound for yourself.
The ensemble is featured on the 2010 album "Better Get Right" and it will be performing at the Silvermine Arts Center in New Canaan on Saturday, Sept. 15, during the center's free second annual ArtsFest. Fishman also will be performing with another one of his bands on Friday, Sept. 14, at the Bijou Theatre in Bridgeport.
At the ArtsFest, the band will be leading guests around the center's Sculpture Walk, with a repertoire that will likely include traditional tunes along with Fishman originals. Organizers hope visitors will stay a spell to listen, as well as tap their toes to the beat.
In addition to the music, New York City-based WonderSpark Puppets will be bringing its show "Kid Lancelot's Birthday Quest" to the grounds of the arts center.
Hands-on activities are planned, as led by faculty members of the center's School of Art. Visitors also may join in on such activities as plein air painting (make sure to bring paints and an easel), portrait drawing and pottery.
The galleries also will be open with a number of shows that will close Sunday, Sept. 16. There will be a chance to leave your artistic mark on the grounds, as well as learn about felting and printmaking.
The diverse offerings mirror the kind of approach Fishman has taken to his music since beginning his career in the late 1990s.
"My musical interests span a lot of different styles," he said, citing such genres as old country music and tango, as well as blues and Eastern European traditions.
"I was exposed to early blues and country music on old records," he said of the music he listened to while growing up. "You could hear the rawness and immediacy. It was such a stark contrast to the popular music I was hearing."
From there he layered on other influences as well, such as early jazz and folk, pop, classical and experimental. At any one time, he is working on a mix of projects and performing around the country.
Fishman said though his styles are disparate, he takes a holistic approach to music, finding inspiration in the music of today, even as he keeps one foot rooted in the music of the past. He said he also loves performing live and creating that connection with an audience.
"That is the thing I took (with me) the most," he said of his time performing with other musicians in New Orleans. "That sense of community, that sense of fun."
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Bijou Theatre, 275 Fairfield Ave. Bridgeport. Friday, Sept. 14, 8 p.m. $40, $35. 203-332-3228, thebijoutheatre.com. Silvermine Arts Center, 1037 Silvermine Road, New Canaan. Saturday, Sept. 15, 2-4 p.m. Free. 203-966-9700, ext.22; www.silvermineart.org.


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While Tokyo's womenswear seems to be content fighting for a place in the domestic market, the endlessly repeated adage that Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo's menswear is the collection's most viable export product appears to have finally come true, with many of the brands tipped for greatness either gracing the schedules of fashion weeks abroad or lining the racks of showrooms at home.
A look back at past seasons' winners of the week's most prestigious industry award — the Tokyo Metropolitan Government-sponsored Tokyo Fashion Award — reveals an almost entirely menswear-dominated selection that includes Ethosens, Avalone, Coohem, D.TT.K and Whiz Limited, despite being a competition that is open to all. Womenswear proved stronger this season, with brands Yohei Ohno and cult favorite Roggykei joining the indubitably saleable assets of Taak and Bed J.W. Ford among others. Hopefully, as a result, we will start to see the women's talent plucked out of the present domestic market introversion in due course.
Needless to say, this is good news for Tokyo fashion on a global scale but less so for the biannual domestic collections, with many of the brands who made their names at the week in previous seasons plucked off the schedule, with the notable exception of Noriyuki Shimizu's Name. Add to this the ongoing exodus of headliner-level talent such as Masanori Morikawa's Christian Dada, which chose to make the fashion pilgrimage to the menswear collections in Paris this year, and 99%is' Bajowoo, who returned to his native South Korea for Seoul Fashion Week.
Where this leaves the Amazon-sponsored week in Japan is as a springboard for domestic talent, not as a destination. It's a situation that is not necessarily a change to the status quo, but it is somewhat lamentable given the effective relaunch of the week with the new titular sponsorship.
While talented domestic brands appear to be seeking qualitative approbation abroad, even as Japan remains their primary market in terms of sales quantity, the week has managed to make itself the destination of choice for a surprising diverse array of foreign designers.
Overseas designers were primarily presented in the showrooms but they also appeared on the runway via joint shows from the Philippines in "Asian Fashion Meets Tokyo" and, most notably, in the shape of Italy-based Turkish designer Umit Benan. Benan actually moved his show from Paris to Tokyo this season after seeing an opportunity to capitalize on his domestic popularity with a "Los Bastardos" titled collection that appeared to be inspired by current affairs in the United States, offering a Mexican American-themed collection that was outright louche machismo beyond the middle finger.
Also thinking politically was domestic favorite Plastic Tokyo from Keisuke Imazaki, with a timely immigration-themed collection that saw a luggage carousel of inbound visitors to Japan walking his runway in a parade of culturally diverse garments. Interestingly, one of his models didn't complete the route and return, but instead walked off the runway — in the designer's words — "to stay." Imazaki clearly had a global audience in mind, presenting a toned-down collection that hid the dense graphics he built his name with in the clubs of Tokyo. Indeed, it will perhaps be interesting to see if he targets the ever-rising number of visitors to Japan's shores, or if he follows his older counterparts in taking his collection to an overseas audience.
So where was the distinctly "Tokyo" aspect of the week? Fortunately, Hiroaki Sueyasu's Kidill was on hand to lead the charge with a gritty street collection in the fug of the downtown Tokyo Kinema Club, where a mostly Japanese cast of models swaggered down the stage to a grungy live performance from Coyote Milk Store.
Meanwhile, Taiwanese designer Johan Ku, who has made the city his own since 2011, presented an authoritative riff on fashion punk inspired by the 1978 classic film "Jubilee." The show was aimed squarely at the demands of his rising male fan-base and, arguably, matched more than any the wardrobe of the young extroverts who crowded the venues.


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Have you got an interest in fun, adventure, and varied opportunities? Are you looking to meet new people and gain experience in a cross-section of activities? The Air Cadet Organisation (ACO) is the place to go! Better known as the "Air Cadets" the ACO is a national youth organisation and is partly sponsored by the Royal Air Force.
400 (Birkenhead) Squadron is one of many Squadrons within the ACO
Click here for more squadron information.
Shop on-line and raise funds for our squadron at the same time here.
Next recruit presentation night will be at the squadron on Wednesday 11th September 2019. Please be seated by 19:30hrs/7:30pm.
The new recruits will commence their training on Tuesday 17th September at 18:45hrs. Initially we ask that new recruits attend in school uniform.
The RAF Air Cadets is a volunteer youth organisation and all instructors give up their time freely. There are three distinct roles comprising of uniformed staff, Civilian Instructors and Committee members. Visit or call the Squadron to find out more about these specific roles.
Learn More
We are always looking for new members, and you don't have to be a parent of a cadet to get involved. If you are interested email the squadron at: email@example.com More


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Trick or Treat!!!!!!! So "Me and My Gang" is hosting a trick or treat freebie page until Halloween! Click on the cauldron on their page to check out all the freebies you can get! I am posting my freebie here on my blog as well as on theirs. Click the picture for this great short vowel activity!
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