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Mr. Obama used Abraham Lincoln's Bible, as he did four years ago, but this time added King's Bible as well to mark the holiday honoring the civil rights leader. He became the first president to mention the word "gay" in an Inaugural Address as he equated the drive for same-sex marriage to the quest for racial and gender equality.
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Thanksgiving is past and Christmas is fast approaching. We hope this finds everyone ready for the holiday season. If you are planning a family get together and find your house is too small, family too big or if you just don't want to clean, give the Center a call.
We do seem to stay busy at the Center with our many activities. The Senior Center will have their board meeting Dec. 11. The Center so appreciates the Board members who help in the Center with the pancake suppers, the Sunday dinners and just keeping the Center a nice place to work and eat.
We are thankful for those who take time out of their day to deliver meals, help with the dishes, clean up, those who volunteer at the front desk and for the many donations to the Center. We appreciate their very generous support of the Center.
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We will not have a pancake supper this month or a Sunday dinner because of the Christmas holiday. We will be closed on Dec. 25 so our staff can enjoy time with family.
We had several donations in November and we are very thankful for all who step up and donate to the Center.
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Busy week behind me, thank goodness. My parents came for Easter and I am finally getting back into my routine. It was the first time I saw my mom since her surgery and she seems a lot better than the last time they were here.
I made my kids at work each a jelly bean pooping duck. They were a big hit and I had one parent ask if I sold them. His mom does craft shows and she loved the duck I gave her granddaughter. Of course that got me back into the mood to work on my Etsy shop. I have pictures of the flock of ducks I made this year that I will try to upload this weekend so you can see them.
Now I am back on bookmarks. I made five last night and already have at least one buyer. I'll post pictures of them as well. I also found a new bookmark to make that I went shopping for today. Those and a few necklaces should be a good start for Etsy. I got tired of the ducks before getting enough made to post so I may try making a few here and there so I can spread them out through the year.
The sun is shining and the snow is melting so I am thinking about starting my lunchtime walks again. A few girls have started, but I have only gone once because I've been an idiot and wearing the wrong shoes to work. Time to put my walking shoes back in the car.
This weekend messed with my eating habits. I did the cooking so it wasn't bad, for the most part. The problem is the leftovers. I didn't want it to go to waste so I ate more than I would normally and I guess used myself as a garbage can before I dumped everything. Now I am working to get back into my normal foods. Joined a new spark challenge today to help me get motivated.
Oh, the job search is still going nowhere. What I wanted stopped being important a long time ago. My in-law's taught my husband to need the best in life instead of living within your means. Instead of cutting back on things we don't need (like big screen tvs) they feel the answer is in making more money. Therefore I hear about not making enough money quite regularly. Even if I made more I'm sure they'd find something else I needed to change. I'm working on a plan for that.
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Wow. You are a crafty lady. Are you also a teacher?
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Working on crafts For Etsy is a great extra little income. I have a children's clothing business, but it's not going very far, very fast.
My dad was like your in-laws. It took many years for me to teach him that money isn't everything. A job that drives you crazy isn't good even if it pays a lot.
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I think it's awesome that you're making those craft projects and hope you can make a little extra money with it. That'd be awesome. And hopefully the good weather will continue so you can get out walking again. I'm sure that'll be helpful for you.
I really think it's awful the way your in laws treat you. If I was in your place I'd probably go off on them saying they need to back off. They do not give you the credit and respect you deserve. I hope things get better on that front soon.
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For those who were in attendance, what'd you think? Did the players even know about it? They all seemed to be watching the video too.
I think it put the crowd to sleep for a second. That song doesn't exactly get me pumped up.
Basically they showed a new video with a different song playing, and then it went into what it always has been.
If anyone knows the name of the song, feel free to post. Not my genre.
Let It Rock - Kevin Rudolf
I thought it was not a good intro or intro song, it definitely kind of knocked us all out. Especially in between introductions.
They did the same thing for the Twister Sisters last Sunday prior to the OkState game.
I actually liked the new video...the players all had smiles on their faces too...
Originally Posted by psycln11
They did the same thing for the Twister Sisters last Sunday prior to the OkState game.
The Big 12 sets aside 2:00 for player intros, followed by a 1:00 break/timeout prior to the tip. King Karl (WBB PA) has a tendency to blister through both teams' starters in about 40 seconds, so the 1:00 break becomes a 2:20 borefest.
I'm glad they put a video in there. Actually, ANY fill would have been welcome.
soemone post.... i was at the game, but lets just say i couldnt see it
I went to a KU game last week at Allen Fieldhouse. I am a KU hater, but they played a video that sent chills down my spine. It was awesome!
i thought the video was too long, it was like a sermon at church where they could have stopped it several times and got their point across. part of it might have been that no one was expecting it
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I went to a KU game last week at Allen Fieldhouse. I am a KU hater, but they played a video that sent chills down my spine. It was awesome!
We will make sure they play what ever you want here at Hilton, Mr. Barnes.
someone have a video??
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I thought it was a sweet video, but not the right time to play it, maybe a better time would be before they came out of the locker room.
We're thinking that a short, fast-paced video (20-30 sec. tops) like this one with a short phrase at the end could be good. Put a countdown clock on the screen, too, and at the :00 Cyclone Alley could yell "Let it rock!"
Then the cheers dominate the home team introductions.
And, yes, both the mbb and wbb videos are too long.
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Ricky Williams smoked weed during his NFL career. This isn't news; the league suspended him for four-games in 2004, which he temporarily avoided by retiring. What is news, however, is that Williams routinely smoke marijuana before games, according to former teammate Channing Crowder.
"Remember that Buffalo game, the 200-yard game?" Crowder said during an appearance on WQAM radio in Miami (via PFT). "Smoked the night before. Talk to Ricky. He was doing it, that's what he did. Ricky has social anxiety and he smoked weed. Ricky's marijuana didn't affect the team until he got caught smoking. … Him smoking weed, sitting at his house smoking weed, didn't affect anybody but Ricky. He got high and then he sobered up and then he went to practice the next day."
The Buffalo game in question took place on Dec. 1, 2002 -- three years before Crowder joined the Dolphins, by the way -- and Williams rushed for 228 yards on 27 carries (8.4 YPC) and scored two touchdowns. Williams followed up that performance with a 216-yard effort against the Bears the following week.
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The city council in Washington, DC is considering a bill, cosponsored by a majority of the council, that would decriminalize the possession of marijuana up to an ounce, making it a "civil offense" resulting in a fine, according to the local NBC affiliate. The primary sponsor of the bill, Tommy Wells, says the bill is a matter of "social justice," and that he's not concerned with the legal status of marijuana insomuch as he's concerned about the 6,000 people, predominantly African-American, that are arrested for "using small amounts of marijuana."
Activists are pressing for full legalization, pointing out that decriminalization will just cause the black market to expand even more, since everything that makes the possession of a small amount of marijuana possible remains illegal. But Councilman Wells says he doesn't "believe growing marijuana in your home is really an issue of social justice… I'm not sure that our city is ready to do that." Wells is right, growing marijuana in your own home is not a "social justice" issue. It's an issue of rights and freedoms.
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The numbers are in: Seattle is planned to have 21 legal marijuana retail locations starting in 2014. 40 additional stores could dot King County, and there will be 334 legal pot retail locations allowed statewide. The numbers were announced Wednesday after the Washington State Liquor Control Board passed its final proposed rules on the legal pot industry. Insiders expect the new stores to be open by June 2014.
While it's still not clear how many pot stores Capitol Hill will have and where they'll be located, some changes in the proposals make it even more likely that pot entrepreneurs will find a home in the neighborhood. Responding to complaints that the planned 1,000-foot "as the crow flies" buffer around schools and parks is too restrictive, the board has proposed a change in the way marijuana-free zone will be measured. The new measurement will allow the permitted 1,000 feet along a "common path" between parks and schools instead of a hard-fast marijuana-restricted circle. The change could allow an area like Broadway to be in the mix for possible pot stores. The liquor board also decided that 1,000 foot buffers between pot shops and schools and parks would be determined by a common path of travel and not as the crow flies.
Looking back at pre-privatization liquor store locations may also provide clues. The density of retail pot locations will roughly resemble the density of state-run and contract liquor stores prior to I-1183, according to WSLB spokesperson Brian Smith. Capitol Hill had two liquor store locations in 2012.
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Thursday's NFL season opener just got hit with an end-around PR play from a harsh critic that's ultra-savvy at garnering media attention.
The Marijuana Policy Project announced Wednesday that it has posted a giant billboard advertisement — within eye-shot of Denver's Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium — that warns the National Football League: "Stop Driving Players to Drink."
The 48 X 14 foot billboard, which shows a football leaning against a foaming beer glass, advises: "A safer choice is now legal here." Colorado, after all, is one of two states (along with Washington state) that have recently legalized marijuana use by adults 21 and over.
"NFL players are being told that they can go out and get completely drunk, but face no punishment from the league," says Mason Tvert, a spokesman for the Marijuana Policy project. "But if a player gets caught using marijuana, they could be fined hundreds of thousands of dollars, forced to sit out games and deemed a troublemaker."
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Chumu visual communicationby sabir • Uploaded: Aug. 10 '07
hi there,
i designed this logo for my upcoming portfolio website that showcases my creative skills in graphic & web design.
i'll be glad if you pros can shed some light on the design and provide me valuable comments & suggestions.
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tdf said on Aug. 11 '07
Great bird illustrations!
firebrand said on Aug. 11 '07
Charming illustration but I'm distracted by the type - there's too much going on there. I'd lose the black lines under the feet and the left bird's eye would look better as a dot. Hope this helps.
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Pattern forecast: Upstream short wave and attending surface low will take it`s time swinging through the northern plains states over the next 24 to 36 hours before finally moving through the Great Lakes during the Wednesday-Thursday timeframe. No significant weather for this CWA until then. Today: Short wave ridge axis will build across the Great Lakes as upstream wave deepens over the Dakotas. Theta-e/instability axis will gradually edge it`s way N/E into the far western Great Lakes through the day although stop short of getting into Michigan. Ongoing, largely elevated showers/storms migrating through SW Wisconsin have been steadily weakening overnight and will fall apart this morning as they reach the edge of the instability axis. With heating, there will be renewed shower/ thunderstorm development this afternoon across Wisconsin and down through the Midwest. But again, I would expect precip to fall apart before getting this far east into the more stable air. We will see some increase in mid and high cloud cover today, particularly across the western parts of the CWA. But otherwise a decent day is anticipated with highs ranging from the upper 60s to upper 70s. Coolest readings across NE lower MI with a easterly flow off Lake Huron. Tonight: Stacked surface and upper low migrate into the upper midwest pushing the cold front into the far western Great Lakes by morning. Instability axis and main shower/thunderstorm focus remains just to our west although there may be a few showers skirting the far western reaches of the CWA by morning. However, slower is usually better with these closed systems and as such will keep all precip out of the forecast through tonight. .LONG TERM...(Wednesday through Monday) Issued at 339 AM EDT Tue May 31 2016 (6/1)Wednesday...Models seem much less bullish on the chances of severe weather for the day as the sfc computed LIs are barely -3c or -2c, depending on the model, and the 500 mb winds are just around 30 knots. The one thing that this system has going for it is the timing of the front, with the time of the highest diurnal heating. This should lend itself, to possibly, better instability. However as noted earlier, the LIs, and Showalter index, are decidedly weak. Looking at the model soundings, MUCAPEs are much below 1000 J/kg. So think that the thunder happens in the afternoon, but without the shear and stronger instability, probably garden variety thunder. Models all push the front through the forecast area by 06Z with showers ending by 09z at the latest. (6/2)Thursday...With the cold front through the region, the cooler air puts us around normal as most of the sites are in the mid 70s for highs at this point in the year. Looks like a partly cloudy day as well, with the 850 mb moisture increasing to around 70% RH, but the 700-500 mb layer RH at 30% or less, helping to mix out some of the clouds. Will need to watch the cloud cover, as it looks like there could be some sneaky lower clouds moving into the region overnight. Extended (Friday through Monday)...The models are close, but not quite the same during the extended period. While both models are dry for the bulk of Friday, by Saturday morning, there are timing issues starting to creep into the forecast as the ECMWF is faster and deeper with the upper level low system dropping into the Midwest. The ECMWF develops the 500 mb wave quickly, and then by Monday morning has it pushing out of the Upper Great Lakes. The GFS, on the other hand, deepens the low and allows it to spin over the region into Tuesday morning. If that is the case, then mostly cloudy and cool with temperatures, below normal possibly. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Wednesday morning) Issued at 646 AM EDT Tue May 31 2016 Solid VFR conditions will persist at the terminal sites through the upcoming TAF forecast period, save for some mid and high clouds moving through the region. Winds will be lighter today as compared to the last few days. Initially from the N this morning but veering E to SE during the day. Light winds tonight, but southeasterly winds will begin to increase late tonight. && .MARINE... Issued at 339 AM EDT Tue May 31 2016 Winds veer around from northerly early this morning to southeasterly for tonight, as high pressure skirts by into eastern Canada. Winds through tonight should remain within the 5 to 15 knot range with a few higher gusts possible. But no marine headlines are anticipated. 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Security Bulletin: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in IBM WebSphere Application Server 18.104.22.168 (CVE-2012-0720, CVE-2012-0717, CVE-2012-0716, CVE-2012-0193, CVE-2012-2170)
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been addressed in WebSphere Application Server 126.96.36.199. These vulnerabilities could potentially allow an attacker to read or write to arbitrary files, bypass security restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting attacks, or cause a denial of service.
Affected product(s): IBM WebSphere Application Server
Affected version(s): 7.0
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Echelon Reports 4Q and Full Year 2012 Results
Feb 18, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Echelon Corp. announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2012 ended Dec. 31, 2012.
In a release dated Feb. 12, the Company said: -Q4 Revenues: $23.8 million -Q4 GAAP Net Loss: $4.1 million ; GAAP Net Loss per Share: $0.10 -Q4 Non- GAAP Net Loss: $2.7 million; Non-GAAP Net Loss per Share: $0.06 -2012 Revenues: $134.0 million -2012 GAAP Net Loss: $12.8 million; GAAP Net Loss per Share: $0.30 -2012 Non- GAAP Net Loss: $4.7 million; Non-GAAP Net Loss per Share: $0.11 "While 2012 was a challenging year in the smart grid market, we made some significant strides in Echelon's strategic transformation. We entered new territories with our subsystems strategy, developed new advanced metering products via our Echelon-Holley joint venture and successfully implemented cost saving and gross margin enhancing initiatives," said Ron Sege, chairman and CEO of Echelon.
"We ended the fourth quarter with a number of promising system and sub-system pilots and deployments, indicating that our strategy of targeting geographies with strong fundamentals for investment in grid modernization is sound. As we expect 2013 to be another year of modest demand in the smart grid market, we will continue the difficult task of restructuring our operations while investing in our strategic initiatives." Total revenues for the fourth quarter were $23.8 million, down from $40.5 million in the same period last year. Revenues from Echelon's systems sales, reflecting sales to our utility customers, were $10.7 million for the fourth quarter, down from $26.4 million in the same period last year. Revenues from Echelon's sub-systems, largely from commercial customers, were $13.1 million in the fourth quarter, down from $14.2 million a year ago. Included in sub-systems revenues were $2.9 million of sales to Enel in the fourth quarter compared to $2.1 million in the same period last year.
For the full year of 2012, revenues were $134.0 million compared to $156.5 million in 2011. System and sub-system revenues both decreased 14 percent to $85.2 million and $48.8 million, respectively. Within sub-system sales, Enel project sales decreased 9 percent to $6.5 million.
Gross margin in the fourth quarter of 2012 was 47.0 percent compared to 39.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011. Total operating expenses for the quarter were $14.9 million compared to $19.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.
GAAP net loss for the fourth quarter was $4.1 million, or $0.10 cents per share, compared to a net loss of $4.2 million, or $0.10 cents per share, in the same period last year. Non-GAAP net loss for the fourth quarter was $2.7 million, or $0.06 cents per share, compared to a non-GAAP net loss of $1.3 million, or $0.03 cents per share for the fourth quarter of 2011.
GAAP net loss for the full year of 2012 was $12.8 million, or $0.30 cents per share, compared to GAAP net loss of $13.0 million, or $0.31 cents per share, for the same period in 2011. Non-GAAP net loss for the year was $4.7 million, or $0.11 cents per share, compared to non-GAAP net loss of $3.4 million, or $0.08 cents per share in 2011.
Restructuring Charge The company expects to incur a $2.5 to $3.0 million restructuring charge in the first quarter related to a workforce reduction that will affect approximately 15 percent of its employees. These actions are expected to be implemented over the next 12 months.
Business Outlook Echelon offers the following guidance for the first quarter of 2013: -Total revenues are expected to be between $24.0 million and $26.0 million, with systems and sub-systems revenues accounting for about 50 percent each.
-Non-GAAP gross margin is expected to be approximately 45-46 percent.
-Stock-based compensation expense is expected to be approximately $1.0 million.
-Non-GAAP loss per share amounts are expected to range from $0.06 to $0.11, based on a fully diluted weighted average shares outstanding of 43.0 million.
-GAAP loss per share is expected to be between $0.16 and $0.21.
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The Blackcreek Mercantile & Trading Co is all about wood—not surprising considering its founder is Josh Vogel, the man behind "woody American design" company BDDW. But instead of crafting furniture, Blackcreek Mercantile (which is based in Kingston, New York) focuses on small goods for the kitchen, most notably wooden spoons, cutting boards, and their proprietary-blend cutting board and knife oils.
More Knife Sharpening Tips From Bob Kramer: How To Hone & Stone
Last week we shared Master Bladesmith Bob Kramer's helpful advice on how to tell if your knife is sharp enough — but how do you sharpen your knife in the first place? Here are two more videos from Kramer demonstrating how to correctly hone and stone your knives, processes which take just a few minutes, but make such a difference in cooking.
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Quitokeeto (pronounced "kee-toh") is an online pop-up shop curated by Heidi Swanson (of 101cookbooks.com) and Wayne Bremser. With an eye towards beautiful, lasting design, the shop features utilitarian kitchen "jewelry" and unique products from small producers. Their aim is to stock a very short list of things that are special, lovely, and worth owning.
What Is Sharp? Bob Kramer Has 5 Ways to Tell If Your Knife Is Sharp Enough
Sharp knives make cutting and prepping ingredients faster, easier and safer, we know this. But what does a truly sharp knife look like? In this short but very illuminating video, Master Bladesmith Bob Kramer demonstrates five simple tests to tell if your knife is sharp enough. (Spoiler alert: it probably isn't.)
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What food are most dangerous? Your mind might turn first to living creatures equipped with claws or pinchers. But actually, the foods that seem to give the most people a hard time aren't alive. They are the foods that are slippery or hard to hold. I'll tell you my most-feared food if you tell me yours!
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I don't own a set of steak knives and so I usually don't serve steak (or pork chops, etc.) at my dinner parties. Or is it that I don't often serve pork chops or steak at my dinner parties so therefore I don't own steak knives?
How does owning, nor not owning, a specific piece of kitchen equipment shape our dining habits?
Why Small People Need Big Knives Too: Knife Advice from Sara Moulton
I am not a tall person. I level out at about 5 foot nothing, in my stockinged-feet. My hand are proportional to my height; they're small and square. For this reason, I've always avoided full-sized chef's knives, opting for smaller 8-inch knives. Full-sized knives make me nervous; can I handle them? Can I take advantage of their weight, or will they be harder to use safely? Well, chef Sara Moulton is petite herself, but she has a convincing argument. Yes, even small people need big knives.
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Serving a green salad with grace and competence is actually a tricky thing to do. Success ultimately depends on how comfortable you are with your salad serving implements. The classic salad server set usually consists of one spoon-like and one fork-like implement, but these days there are a dizzying number of options to choose from, including spoon, fork, and flat implements as well as the short, chubby salad 'hands'. And for some, a pair of tongs or chopsticks is the only way to go.


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Bi people don't have monogamous relationships!?
WTF have I been wasting the last 15 years doing then. I've been ROBBED!!!
And if they are monogamous with you, how is that "sharing" any more that sharing with any other person who has had other serial monogamous relationships.
I'm even more confused.
The way people define things is weird.
Enormous Alive-a-versary HUGS to you Tash!!!
Yeah I'm bi, but it's platonic so it's OK.
And you already know how I feel about the peeps who need everyone to be in their own neat little boxes and need to insult them if they step out of the comfort zone a bit with what they perceive as an inappropriate haircut or some-such. Labeling is for people who lack real understanding IMO. It's shallow. And for someone to be angry about you sharing you feelings about their pigeonholing rudeness just shows that they want to keep you quiet and within the status quo IMO. (See earlier post about how women are taught to 'behave'. Because it's all true, when we step outside of those boundaries we often make people uncomfortable.)


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Superstar chef, restaurateur and international TV star of shows like the F-Word and Hells Kitchen, he has won more awards than youve had hot dinners.
One of TVs most outrageous and outspoken celebrity chefs, Scottish-born Gordon initially had a promising career in professional football (soccer, to us) with the Glasgow Rangers, before an injury prematurely cut that short.
Fortunately, he was just as passionate about cooking and he graduated from a course in hotel management. His first years in the kitchen were spent training under the worlds best chefs in London and France, and in 1993 he became chef of a new restaurant that was awarded two Michelin stars within 3 years under his rule. At only 31 years old, Gordon opened his first wholly owned restaurant, Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, London and in 2001 it won its third Michelin star. This has been followed by more restaurants in London, Dubai, America, France, Prague and Ireland picking up more Michelin stars (the restaurant worlds biggest and most prestigious award) along the way. In 2007 he opened his first pub, and now has three around London.
Hes shared his tasty delights in hugely successful cookbooks over the past decade, most recently 'Gordons Ramsays Cooking for Friends'. His 2006 autobiography 'Humble Pie' is a best-seller, with the follow-up 'Playing with Fire', giving an insight into his success.
In 2001 he set up The Gordon Ramsay School Award, established to recognise talented young cooks. Gordon became one of the UK, and now the worlds, biggest and most controversial TV stars with his saucy language on award winning TV shows like Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, Hell's Kitchen and The F-Word.
The Queen has even got into the act, awarding Gordon an OBE in the New Year's Honours list!
Gordon is headlining the 2009 Melbourne & Sydney Good Food & Wine Shows. Hell be cooking up a lot of great food and just a bit of mischief at the LG Celebrity Theatre.
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Learn to chop onion without getting teary. Gordon shows us how.
CONAN highlight: Conan unveils some of the avengers that didn't make it into the movie.
Gordon Ramsay learns how commercial pigs are kept and sees tail docking first hand and is shocked by piglet castration in Europe.
The F Word's bold, modern and mischievous take on the world of food combines location VTs, kitchen actuality, celebrity interviews, stunts and recipe based challenges to give the format its trademark energy, pace and visual richness and create waves in the food world and beyond. Season 2.
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Gordon Ramsay tries to stop people from eating shark fin soup by showing them where the fins come from and the damage it is doing to the shark population.
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The boys come up with a plan to foil Randy's cooking dreams.
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Tamil composer Anirudh Ravichander, composer of "Kolaveri di", has roped in London-based R&B singer Arjun Coomaraswamy, to perform a song in upcoming romantic-comedy "Vanakkam Chennai".
Known by his stage name Arjun, he became popular after composing the R&B cover version of the song "Why this kolaveri di".
"'Vanakkam Chennai', my next, will have a song featuring the highly talented Arjun. He's the person behind the UK R&B version of 'Kolaveri'," Anirudh posted on his Twitter page.
Arjun is popular for his singles such as "Remember Tonight" and "Run Away". His other remixes include "Zara zara" and R&B version of "Chamak challo".
Directed by debutante Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi, "Vanakkam Chennai" features Shiva, Priya Anand, Santhanam, Urvashi and Rahul Ravindran in important roles.
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Ms. Finkelstein received her J.D. from Rutgers School of Law Newark, and her B.A. from Hunter College of the City University of New York.
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Cynthia Knox
Chief Operating Officer
Cynthia is Chief Operating Officer of Legal Services of the Hudson Valley where she is responsible for providing leadership, management and development oversight for all legal units and office. She also advises and works closely with the CEO and other executive team members on agency-wide and policy matters, and acts in the CEO's sted as assigned or during periods of extended absence.
Prior to joining LSHV, Cynthia worked in HIV/AIDS law. Cynthia began focusing on HIV/AIDS legal issues in the 1990s and has extensive litigation experience in HIV/AIDS related law. Cynthia was the Deputy Executive Director of HIV Law Project in NYC from 2006 until she joined LSHV in 2011. Prior to becoming an HIV/AIDS advocate, Cynthia worked in the private sector as an attorney.
Cynthia has presented regularly at local and national conferences on HIV/AIDS Law, and is co-editor of the American Bar Association's AIDS Benchbook (2012). Cynthia is a member of the Committee on Legal Aid of the New York State Bar Association, a member of the Westchester Bar Association and the Westchester Women's Bar Association. Cynthia is a former member of the ABA Committee on AIDS and a former Trustee of the Dominican Sisters of Hope Ministry Trust.
Cynthia received her J.D. from CUNY Law School and her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College.
Rachel Chazin Halperin
Deputy Director
Rachel Chazin Halperin, J.D., L.M.S.W., has been working as an advocate for underserved and vulnerable populations for the last 15 years. After graduating from law school, Rachel worked for four years as a staff attorney and then supervising attorney at the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia where she represented victims of domestic violence in family court. In 2004, Rachel became the Legal Director of My Sisters' Place, the largest domestic violence service provider in Westchester Co., NY. From 2008 - 2014, Rachel worked at HELP USA as the Executive Director of Domestic Violence Programs & including HELP Haven emergency shelter and HELP ROADS non-residential domestic violence program. While at HELP USA, Rachel started several programs including a Transitional Housing Project, Economic Empowerment Program and Trauma-Informed Childcare Center.
Rachel received her J.D. from New York University School of Law and her M.S.W. from New York University School of Social Work. She received her B.A. in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. Rachel sits on the Board of Directors of the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
Myra Loewenstein
Chief Financial Officer
Myra Loewenstein joined the Legal Services of the Hudson Valley Finance & Administration team in 2012 as Assistant Director of Finance. Previously she served in a number of corporate finance and consulting roles, including both start-up and large corporations. Most notable is her experience in the publishing industry – Reader's Digest & Thomson Corporation (now Thomson Reuters). Her responsibilities included director positions in Finance and Reporting. Myra has a B.A. in International Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.B.A from Columbia Business School.
Tom Gabriel
Chief Development Officer
Tom Gabriel joined the team at Legal Services of the Hudson Valley in November of 2015 as its Chief Development Officer and is responsible for leading all aspects of the organization's strategic fundraising program. With almost 25 years of professional experience in the non-profit sector, he has held senior level positions leading comprehensive development efforts that include major gifts, grants, special events, annual giving, and communications. Most recently, Tom served as the Development Director at the Westchester Land Trust. Prior to that, he served as the Director of Development at the Greenwich United Way and the Vice President of Development at the Visiting Nurse Association of the Hudson Valley.
Tom has a BA and an MBA from Iona College in New Rochelle.
Mary Grace Ferone
Program Manager, Disability and Public Benefits Legal Services
Ms. Ferone has dedicated her entire career to working with low-income and disabled New Yorkers. She began her career in legal services in a small field office near the Canadian border where she represented clients with serious physical and mental disabilities. Ms. Ferone then represented low-income persons in housing matters at Queens Legal Services. A native of Westchester, Ms. Ferone returned home in 1999 to work in the mental health unit of Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (LSHV). From 2001-2014, Ms. Ferone was managing attorney of LSHV's White Plains office (2001-2010) and LSHV's Yonkers office (2011-2014)
Currently, Ms. Ferone serves asProgram Manager, Disability and Public Benefits Legal Servicesat LSHV. Ms. Ferone welcomes this opportunity to work more closely with case handlers on client issues and litigation.
Active in the community, Ms. Ferone spends her time away from the office devoted to other organizations that advance the cause of justice. She is the current Board Chair of CHOICE, a Westchester based not-for-profit organization that provides peer advocacy services for persons with serious and persistent mental illness; a mentor with the Her Honor Mentoring program; a board member of the Max Michael Rosenfield Foundation, an organization dedicated to children's sports and literacy; and a member of the Westchester Women's Agenda.
Ms. Ferone received her law degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center (University of New Hampshire) and BA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Related Experience: Member, Westchester Disability Advocacy Partnership Past Board Member - Careers for People with Disabilities, Family Ties, New York State Civil Liberties Union Former White Plains Democratic District Leader
Shira Galinsky
Supervising Attorney - Intake, White Plains
Shira Galinsky oversees Legal Services of the Hudson Valley's central telephone intake unit, where she ensures that the unit's dedicated attorneys and paralegals provide efficient, compassionate, and thorough services to callers seeking assistance from LSHV. Prior to becoming the Supervising Attorney for the Intake Unit, Shira worked for ten years at South Brooklyn Legal Services, representing clients in housing, foreclosure, disability, and domestic violence cases. She has also served as a research associate at the Midtown Community Court in Manhattan and a program associate in the Immigration Intervention Project at Sanctuary for Families.
Shira is admitted to practice law in New York State. She received her BA in economics from Columbia University and her JD from CUNY Law School, where she was a member of the International Women's Human Rights clinic and served on the editorial board of the New York City Law Review.
Marian Genio
Pro Bono Director
Marian joined Legal Services of the Hudson Valley as Pro Bono Director in July 2014. Most recently, she has been with the Pace Women's Justice Center, counseling victims of domestic violence. Concurrently, she worked as a mediator with Westchester Mediation Center. There she assisted clients involved in matters of divorce, custody and visitation, and community disputes, to resolve their issues without participating in the litigation process.
In addition to being an attorney, Marian has been an Executive Vice President in the publishing industry as well as a Director of Business Development in the financial services industry.
She is a graduate of Temple University School of Law, where she received a J.D.
Lara Kasper-Buckareff
Director of Foreclosure
Lara Kasper-Buckareff supervises our foreclosure practice program-wide.From 2008 until December 2012 when she joined the management team, Ms. Kasper-Buckareff was a Staff Attorney at LSHV during which time she gained diverse experience representing persons with disabilities in their related civil matters, survivors of domestic violence in their family court and matrimonial matters, and low-income children and their families in various matters, such as special education, Medicaid denials, Section 8 terminations, and school disciplinary matters. Prior to joining Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, Ms. Kasper-Buckareff was an attorney at the Workers' s Rights Law Center of New York, Farmworker Legal Services of New York, and MidPenn Legal Services. Ms. Kasper-Buckareff is licensed to practice law in New York and Pennsylvania. She received her J.D. and M.S.W. (Health, Mental Health, and Disability Concentration) from SUNY Buffalo, and her B.A. in History from California State University, Fullerton. In 2014, she was appointed to the board of directors of The Newburgh Ministry
Joanne Labrusciano
Director, Grant Initiatives & Reporting, Headquarters
Joanne Labrusciano heads the organization's grant initiatives and both internal and external reporting. Her responsibilities include oversight of (1) reviewing Requests for Proposals and other public funding opportunities, writing proposals and applying to selected opportunities, disseminating award information and informing and developing strategies for implementation;(2) ensuring contract terms are agreeable and paperwork is properly executed; (3) funder's reports at various intervals; (4) preparing program personnel for funder's monitoring visits; (5) arranging for contract renewal paperwork; (6) producing reports for internal and external use including productivity, contract fulfillment, performance metrics and special information requests for outreach and networking purposes and events; (7) reviewing database content to identify issues and propose solutions. Ms. Labrusciano joined Legal Services of the Hudson Valley in 2009 as Grants Manager in its White Plains office prior to assuming her current position. Her previous experience includes Wall Street investments, trading and financial analysis at a variety of firms including a large money market fund, primary money market dealer, primary government dealer, municipal bond insurer, money center bank's mortgage portfolio and a single strategy hedge fund. She received her J.D. from Pace School of Law andhas an M.B.A. in Finance from Fordham University, Lincoln Center. She received her B.A. in Modern Languages from Fordham College, Rose Hill campus.
Related Experience: Member, Westchester Women's Bar Association Pace Law Investor's Rights Clinic
Melinda Bellus
Attorney-in-Charge, Yonkers Office
Melinda Bellus oversees Legal Services of the Hudson Valley's Yonkers office, where she leads a team of over 20 attorneys, paralegals, and support staff in delivering comprehensive legal services to residents of Westchester County. Her primary area of concentration is elder law. However, since joining Legal Services of the Hudson Valley in 1999, she has practiced in many areas including housing, government benefits, disability, and family law. Prior to supervising the Yonkers office, she was Attorney-in-Charge of our White Plains and Peekskill offices. Previously Ms. Bellus supervised our central intake unit. Ms. Bellus is a tireless advocate for seniors, and is committed to assisting seniors to remain in their homes.
Melinda Bellus received her J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and a B.A. in political science and theatre arts from Hunter College of the City of New York. Her prior experience includes working as an associate in the law firm of Zeichner Ellman & Krause in New York City, where she practiced real estate law.
Related Experience:Chair of the Client and Consumer Issues Committee - Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association
Jill Bradshaw-Soto
Attorney-in-Charge, Mount Vernon Office
Jill Bradshaw-Soto heads Legal Services of the Hudson Valley's office in Mount Vernon, which has one of the largest poor and low-income populations in Westchester. In addition to handling a full caseload of her own, she is responsible for case strategy and management, daily client intake and supervision and mentoring of staff. She also has built strong ties with the cities of Mount Vernon, New Rochelle and Pelham, as well as the many local non-profit organizations that address matters of concern to economically disadvantaged individuals and families.
Ms. Bradshaw-Soto joined Legal Services of the Hudson Valley in 1998 as a housing attorney in its White Plains office and was subsequently named managing attorney of its Yonkers office prior to assuming her current position. Her prior experience includes work as a Special Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of New York's Paternity and Support Unit and as a legal advocate in the Osborne Association's Alternative to Incarceration Program in the Bronx.
She received her J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and has a BS in Administration of Justice from Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. She received her paralegal certification from Mercy College.
Related Experience:Member, Westchester Black Bar AssociationSt. Francis AME Zion Church Missionary and Member of the New Life Choir
Sheeba Mathai
Attorney-in-Charge, Spring Valley Office
Sheeba Roy Mathai began working as a Staff Attorney in the Domestic Violence Unit of Legal Services of the Hudson Valley's Yonkers office in March 2011. In that capacity, she represented victims of domestic violence in family offense and custody proceedings. Prior to joining Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, Sheeba also worked briefly, through the NYC Teaching Fellows Program, as a New York City public school teacher of students receiving special education services. Sheeba received her J.D. degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law, where she was enrolled in the school's Asylum and Human Rights Clinic. There she successfully represented a client with developmental disabilities who had been persecuted in his home country throughout his asylum application process. Sheeba attended George Washington University, and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration.
Lauren Sheeley
Attorney-in-Charge, Kingston Office
Lauren supervises Legal Services of the Hudson Valley's Kingston Office, which serves Ulster County. Lauren joined Legal Services of the Hudson Valley in 2011 as a Housing Staff Attorney in Kingston where she provided extensive eviction defense representation and prevented homelessness for many residents in private and subsidized housing. She also represented housing related clients who were being harassed by their landlord or being deprived of a safe and habitable living environment.
Lauren earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at Mount Ida College in Newton, Mass, and her JD at Albany Law School. From 2007 to 2010, Lauren worked at Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc., in the Children's Law Project, and thereafter as a Staff Attorney in the Saratoga Springs office. As a Staff Attorney, Lauren worked in the Homelessness Prevention Project and she initiated an in-court housing attorney program in Saratoga Springs City Court. Lauren also provided advice and counsel to elderly residents at the Washington County Office for the Aging, and she represented claimants in Social Security appeals under the Disability Advocacy and Protection grant.
Rachel Simons
Attorney-in-Charge, Newburgh Office
Rachel Simons oversees Legal Services of the Hudson Valley's Newburgh office and leads a team of 15 attorneys, paralegals, and support staff in delivering comprehensive civil legal services to residents of Orange and Sullivan Counties. Prior to being appointed Attorney-In-Charge of the Newburgh office, Ms. Simons was a staff attorney at LSHV and provided representation to clients in the areas of housing law, elder law and disability advocacy. From 2005 to 2013 Ms. Simons was employed for the City of New York's Department of Housing Preservation and Development in their Housing Litigation Division, where she enforced the Housing Maintenance Code and Multiple Dwelling Law against private landlords in Kings County, and in the Division of Tenant Resources, where she assisted in all aspects of the administration of HPD's Section 8 Program. Ms. Simons has held fellowships and internships with Amnesty International USA's Research Department, ACLU's Lesbian and Gay Rights Project, and the Urban Justice Center's Peter Cicchino Youth Project and Harm Reduction Project.
Ms. Simons received her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, where she was an Edward V. Sparer Public Interest Law Fellow, and a dual degree in Political Science and American Cultural Studies from Bates College. She is admitted to practice law in New York and Connecticut.
Joanne Sirotkin
Attorney-in-Charge, White Plains and Peekskill Offices
Joanne Sirotkin is Attorney-in-Charge of Legal Services of the Hudson Valley's White Plains and Peekskill offices, overseeing a staff of more than 20 attorneys, paralegals and support personnel. She joined Legal Services of the Hudson Valley's staff as Attorney Manager of Domestic Violence Services in November, 2013, bringing expertise as an experienced attorney and specialist in the dynamics of domestic violence.
Prior to joining Legal Services, Joanne Sirotkin was employed as Special Litigation and Appeals Counsel within the Legal Center of My Sister's Place, a full service domestic violence agency in White Plains. Ms. Sirotkin was previously at Faust Roy Mangold and Fuchs, a matrimonial firm. Prior to that, she was an associate at Lansner & Kubitschek, where she was part of the trial team representing the subclass A mothers in Nicholson v. Williams, a federal class action lawsuit initiated in 2000 on behalf of victims of domestic violence and their children, and the subsequent appeal, Nicholson v. Scoppetta.Joanne's job duties will include coordination and substantive supervision of domestic violence legal services program-wide, guiding the professional development of staff regarding domestic violence work, and serving as a resource about domestic violence related issues to all Legal Services of the Hudson Valley staff and justice communities.
Joanne received her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and her B.A. from SUNY Albany.


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Israel helped eight UN peacekeepers redeploy from an isolated post in the part of the Golan ceasefire zone where 21 of their comrades are being held hostage by Syrian rebels, the military said on Friday.
The troops -- all Filipinos, like the hostages -- left their positions overnight and moved through Israeli-held territory to join up with comrades in the UN Disengagement Observer Force further north along the armistice line, an army spokeswoman said.
"Eight UNDOF soldiers were evacuated from a post located within the demilitarised zone in the Syrian Golan Heights," the spokeswoman told AFP, adding that Israeli troops escorted them north to another UN base near the Quneitra border crossing.
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Hi fellow travellers!
I have to be honest, I don't travel often, although I went to France yearly with my family when I was younger.
Aside from Europe, the only place I have been to is Ghana, and I really love it.
It started in 2006. I decided once I'd finished uni, I'd see the world, so I searched online for 'volunteer Africa' and booked a place with a volunteer travel organisation. They brought me to Ghana and briefed me and it was amazing.
I was there 3 months and it was as I came to the final month I realised my 'trip of a lifetime' wasn't going to be enough.
With being on a placement at an Orphanage, I didn't really see much of the country, although I feel I got a good idea of the people and everyday life.
I lived with a family in Kasoa, on the outskirts of Accra, which annoyingly is such a 'new town' I couldn't locate it on ANY maps.
In this tiny town, I experienced local food, transport, people, church, Internet Cafes, and local trades. It is so different to life at home and I really soaked it up.
But I was devastated to leave and almost as soon as i returned I'd booked my next trip. No self control...
This time around, I was only there for 2 weeks, but free of responsibility, i lived like a tourist.
I stayed with my boyfriend, in the 'house' (2 small rooms) he had just secured, and he accompanied me to Accra, visiting the Cultural Centre and a nearby bar by the sea, local villages to visit his family and friends, and then we had a day in Cape Coast with my friend, seeing all the sights.
Eating outonly once, I loved going to the local vendors to buy the ingredients for breakfast every morning, and learning the lingo needed to speak to various people in the village - all of course speaking a different language!
This recent trip is by far the best, but I think I'm hooked and am already making plans to return!
- Pros:Being greeted by strangers, just because; the endless appreciatiation and celebration for everything they have, compared to us miserable whingers at home;
- Cons:The mosquitoes; nowhere quiet to sit alone;
- In a nutshell:Completely unique - friendly, independent and SO patriotic.
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Today I attended the first annual (I hope!) SC Midlands Summit – a two day conference focused on Google Apps for Education (with some other tech topics thrown in the mix, too!) I was excited to learn of this professional development "in my own backyard" (sort of!) as I am not going to be able to attend UTC this summer, but still wanted to attend some technology professional development.
Today's keynote was given by Jamie Casap and focused on how to leverage technology in education to build essential skills our students need to function in today's global society. A couple "quotes" ('cause I could have mades some of it up!) are:
- our current mode of education is isolation mode and we need to be collaboration mode (need to teach our kids how to collaborate EFFECTIVELY!)
- we need to teach our kids how to process info, not recite facts
- we need to teach our kids how to vet information, crowd source, and analyze!
- only about 10% of the world's info is online
Next as someone who has heard of Google Apps for Education, but never investigated it, I attended the "Google Apps for Education Overview" session given by Becky Evans. I think this would be awesome for our school (and district, but that's pie in the sky wishful thinking) – especially with the special project my principal has asked me to investigate over the summer. Google Apps for Ed (and I think Chromebooks) would be a perfect complement to the project.
The third session I attended sure had a lot of media specialists in attendance! I went to the "Google book Search, Book Lists, & eBooks" given by Carol LaRow. You'd think I wouldn't need this (and you're right), but I was hoping to learn some more tips and tricks (which I did! – so the session wasn't a washout!)
Next up I changed my mind from the session I originally planned to attend and decided to go to Donna Teuber's session on "Hanging Out with Google+" instead. While I have a Google+ account, I don't really use it! I was hoping to learn more, and I did! I really enjoyed not only seeing Google Hangout in action, but also hearing how other schools across the country have implemented Chromebooks and Google Apps for Education.
The last session of the day for me was "Apple Configurator (I'll Be Back)" given by Janine Sears. What with having to manage 120 iPod touches at my own school, I was hoping to learn some "shortcuts!" While we can't use this right now as it requires iOS X Lion, I understand the district is looking into Lion and may upgrade next year. Fingers crossed! I liked how much simpler this seamed than using iTunes and the ability to "supervise" and assign iPods. We've really got to look at our 'checkout' policy and use of iPods and make some changes next year.
That wrapped up today – although I am still disappointed I didn't win the raffel of a Google Chromebook! Maybe tomorrow! I enjoyed seeing so many familiar faces and folks from my PLN.


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Carpenter Square Theatre presents 'The Last Romance'
It's usually hard to make it convincing when even young lovers first meet in a "boy meets girl" romantic comedy, and logically should be a lot harder when the "boy" is 80 and the "girl" is 79! But Paul Smith (as Ralph Bellini) and Jane Hall (as Carol Reynolds) made it look easy, and soon had you rooting for them, in a charming Carpenter Square Theatre production of Joe DiPietro's "The Last Romance."
Smith was engaging, peppy and optimistic (at his age he had to be) who "comes on" to Carol in the Hoboken, N.J., dog park and convinces her he has a dog, too (until he later confesses he doesn't).
But Smith also gave the role of the retired railroad man and widower, who lives with his sister, and once auditioned for the Metropolitan Opera, a touching "whistling (or in his case singing) in the dark" quality.
Echoing and adding to Smith's impact was that of Robby Ray as a "young man" who dresses like Ralph and we eventually realize is his younger self, serenading us with bits of romantic Italian operas.
Nearly stealing the show, however, was Hall with her at first matter-of-fact and skeptical but ultimately even-more-romantic-than-Ralph approach to the subject of December-December romance.
Bringing a feminine air of mystery to the part of Carol, who thinks she was responsible for her husband's stroke, Hall offered a fine counterpoint to Smith's more straightforward masculine acting style.
No less crucial to the geriatric love triangle was the performance of Vicki Wilcox as Ralph's "kid sister," Rose, only in her mid-seventies! Wilcox found the comic qualities of her character and made Rose surprisingly sympathetic, as she clung to Ralph and the hope that her husband, who ran away 22 years before, will come back.
This despite the fact that Rose was in many ways a "sister from hell," cooking and cleaning for Ralph, but also trying to control and keep him from finding happiness, with an almost perverse delight.
Wilcox will alternate in the role of Rose with Laurel Van Horn Jaworsky, as will Hall in the part of Carol with Kitty Fisher.
Witty, warmly appealing and briskly paced, with just enough surprises at the end, including a cameo by an actual dog, there was almost nothing not to like about Carpenter Square's "The Last Romance."
Directed by Doobie Potter, with a set constructed by Caleb Schnackenberg, the production is highly recommended.
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On April 3rd, 2011 the first SlutWalk event took place in Toronto, Canada. Inspired and influenced by powerful anti-violence efforts that came before us, SlutWalk aimed to fight against victim-blaming as a pervasive experience of sexual violence. It began in Toronto, Canada but quickly messages against victim-blaming continued to spread to cities and communities around the world. We all want to see an end to victim-blaming. We have seen amazing international collective action fighting against victim-blaming and fighting for respect and support of all survivors of sexual violence for years. In recognition of these efforts and many other ongoing actions, we marked April 3rd, 2011 as the first International Day Against Victim-Blaming.In one year the International Day Against Victim-Blaming has gained traction and although we wish this day was unnecessary, we're thankful for all those working to end victim blaming today on the second International Day Against Victim-Blaming, April 3rd, 2013.
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