text: Legendary skydive cinematographer Joe Jennings was asked to coordinate a burning parachute stunt for a music video. Normally they soak the parachute in gasoline and build an ignition switch. But the first attempt didn't work, so they added gun powder and closed off the front cells to prevent the fuel from drying out too quickly. When the stunt skydiver, Niklas Daniel, hits the switch… BOOM goes the dynamite!


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In the Mix
Xocolate Bar
Enter a Den of Delicious Decadence
Chocolate as aphrodisiac? I've read often enough that it is. Eating dark chocolate can boost both serotonin, which is linked to sexual arousal, and phenylethylamine, associated with attraction and falling in love. Killjoys say there's not enough of either for a genuine wallop of lust; that the effect is psychological. But in a British study, where researchers wired up volunteers and compared the physiological effects of kissing with that of sucking on chocolate, the buzz from chocolate doubled the heart rate and lasted four times as long as the kapow from the most passionate kiss.
These things came to mind when I stepped into Malena Lopez-Maggi and Clive Brown's delicious little den of decadence, Xocolate Bar, at 1709 Solano Ave. in Berkeley. It's filled with guilty pleasures and amor. There's a veritable women's bathhouse of naked bodies, for example, fashioned from chocolate, and a wickedly erotic Kama Sutra line that Lopez-Maggi makes using molds from France. The layer of luster dust she adds — a shimmering edible decorating powder — gives glowing definition to all the intimate bits.
The day of my visit, Lopez-Maggi is experimenting. "Try this," she says, breaking a piece of the dark stuff from a slab she's in the process of unwrapping. "This is an aphrodisiac bar I'm making. The final version will be more melt-
in-the-mouth, but you can taste the flavor." It's a heady blend that includes chai spice, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, Kashmiri chili, ginger and Maca root. She calls this last ingredient "the great new Peruvian wonder ingredient," referring to the legendary sex-enhancing qualities of the plant, which in recent months has been getting fevered press despite the fact it dates back to the Incas. "Here we have the heat and the Maca in combination with the dark chocolate," she says, sure she's hit upon a rousing winner.
Xocolate Bar has a feeling of a chocolate boudoir. Glinting chandeliers, walls painted a passionate shade of red, gilt frames —
and a decadent lavishness — all testimony to what you can find if you dig around on Craigslist. Then there are the flavors they create that roll over the tongue and set the taste buds dancing — like kalamata olive caramel (my favorite); chocolate-covered apricot marzipan with Grand Marnier; chocolate-dipped figs (in season at the time); Aztec bonbons with a center of cinnamon, orange and chile; and the best-seller, the caramel with fleur de sel (sea salt). Lopez-Maggi and Brown, who is British-born and thinks of himself as part scientist, part artistic entrepreneur, and a hands-on kind of guy, are partners in both business and life. They met when he advertised on Craigslist for someone to sell his jewelry line at concerts. Their relationship developed from there. They now sell the jewelry in the chocolate shop.
The idea for the chocolate business was born when, while manning a booth at an exhibition for the metal-working firm she was working for, Lopez-Maggi noted crowds swarming past her — to the participating chocolate company. She went home, suggested to Brown that they get into chocolate, and that was it. After a couple of costly and overambitious false starts, and with a couple of UC Davis chocolate and confectionery technology classes under one of the bright aprons Lopez-Maggi makes
and sells in the shop, the pair started winning awards — and their careers as artisanal avant-garde chocolatiers was launched. They've been raising the bar — and the passions of a multitude of chocoholics — ever since.
See more, including prices, at thexocolatebar.com.
A Puerh-fectly Good Cup of Tea
Brother-and-sister team Ahmed and Reem Rahim have a knack for doing things right. At the recent 10th anniversary party of Numi, their Oakland-based tea company (numitea.com), one after another associate got up to offer accolades about Numi products, staff relations, environmental integrity and more. Kudos are also due Numi packaging and presentation with artwork by Reem, who was flying to Italy for a three-week art workshop the morning after the party. Then she was going to China as part of the launch of Numi's newest product, puerh (pronounced poo-urr) tea.
While traditional tea is oxidized, puerh tea, which dates back more than 2,000 years and is reputedly healthier than green tea, undergoes a fermentation process. It is typically compressed into blocks or cakes, and it can be aged and classified by year and region, like wine. As is Numi's style, the company has combined tradition with marketability, so this product resembles an elegantly packaged slab of chocolate, though that is just one of the ways Numi is packaging puerh. Numi also offers a loose variety, plus a line of flavored bottled puerh teas, which are organic and packaged in recyclable glass bottles. Naturally.
—Wanda Hennig
Can-Do Couple
The principals of Because We Can, a sustainable interior design and custom furniture studio, don't leave their green esthetic at the office. The husband-and-wife team of Jeffrey McGrew and Jillian Northrup has a design for living, too.
The company, based in Oakland, was sparked a few years ago by the acquisition of a new toy, the computer-controlled router that lets them translate computerized designs into the fanciful, lacy wooden cutouts that characterize much of their work.
At first, they made things for themselves and their friends, and those products are still available via their online store, Becausewecan.org. By 2007, connections to game development companies led to interior design projects that let them stretch creatively and quit their day jobs.
McGrew and Northrup were early aboard the green bandwagon, deciding from the beginning that they didn't want to spend their workdays around toxic materials. Last year, grappling with how to expand the company without turning into stressed-out factory workers, they came up with four principles by which they evaluate every potential project: sustainable, creative, reasonable and interesting. And the work must be interesting to others, as well as to them.
"If we make something that interests people, something they love, they'll keep it around, so it won't just wind up in the dump," McGrew says.
Although their training is in architecture and photography, McGrew and Northrup say they're geeks — and it shows not only in the high-tech tools they use, but also in the open-source spirit of their shop. Because We Can holds an open house (1722 15th St., Suite C) on the second Thursday of the month. The evenings are part marketing and part salon, where fellow artists and artisans can swap ideas and techniques.
"We decided early on we didn't want to be a business that hoards a single design and that's how they make their money," Northrup says.
The studio's work cuts deeper than its wooden filigree. The couple also has designed entire buildings, inside and out, and spun off 10 Miles Wide to provide design services to developers.
— Susan Kuchinskas
Oakland Online
From the Blog-Oak-Sphere
Blog: Living in the O
URL: oaklandliving.wordpress.com
About It: Rebecca Saltzman, aka Becks, the blogger behind Living in the O, started out two years ago decidedly nonpolitical, writing about the arts, riding the bus and seasonal produce. But the call to politics was too strong, and she now adds zoning and transit planning to the mix. Politics are in her blood — she is chief of staff for Americans for Safe Access, the largest national member-based organization promoting safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research, and she advocates for better public transit
and planning.
How It Started: Saltzman read Beth Bagwell's Oakland: The Story of a City and wanted to share her own enchantment
with Oakland.
Goal: Her purpose is to shed light on aspects of Oakland that aren't covered much in the news and engage readers in Oakland community and policy.
Benefits of Online Organizing: "The blog-oak-sphere prevented a parking lot from being built in the heart of Uptown Oakland," she says, characterizing the effort as "fighting an uphill battle that few thought we would win. Dozens of us testified at hearings, sent e-mails to council members and did research on alternatives. In the end, the effort was worth it, and we prevailed. This win showed me that there is true power in the blog-oak-sphere, and I look forward to winning more political fights with the help of fellow bloggers and blog readers."
—Jessica Hilberman
The Statue of Liberty at Quinn's Lighthouse
People have been coming to Quinn's Lighthouse on the Oakland Embarcadero for many, many years—since 1890, actually. But if Quinn's fans are returning after an absence of, say, eight years or so, you might catch them scratching their heads.
"What's that Statue of Liberty doing there?" ask the huddled masses. "We don't recall that being there."
That's because it's been there only since 2001, according to General Manager Ken Frates. Frates said the former owner, the late Arthur Wellens, bought the statue at an auction following 9/11, had the base installed and proclaimed the space "Embarcadero Center."
Frates says it has become almost as big an attraction as the peanuts crowd in the upstairs pub section of the restaurant.
"People just love it," he says. "We see them all the time, posing on and in front of the statue, taking pictures. It's very popular."
— George Shirk
Get Minxed in the 510
Forget old-fashioned press-on nails and stickers. Today's fashionistas prefer Minx nails for glamorous manis and pedis.
These flexible polymer imposters go on more like heated shrink-wrap than press-ons, with aficionados praising their ease of application and flair. Minx manicurists can customize styles, down to photos and graphics, but the Minx line maxes out with 165-plus sparkly metallics (Silver or Gold Lightning) and colors (Pink Camouflage, anyone?), patterns (plaids, paisleys and houndstooths) and designs (flames, skulls, swooshes and hearts).
The product debuted last year in So Cal and, thanks to celebrities, has spread like a gigantic spilled bottle of nail polish to more than 30 states and 14 countries.
"I love Minx nails! I love doing this service because it is a definite attention grabber," says Soo-Jin Yang of Oakland's Cosmo Spa Lounge. "Right now, all the celebrities are wearing Minx nails — even Beyoncé wore them at the inauguration."
In Oakland, manicure mavens in major need of Minxing ($65 manicure, $85 pedicure at Cosmo Spa Lounge) can visit Cuticles Nail Spa 3814 Park Blvd., 510-689-0137, CuticlesNailSpa.com; Cosmo Spa Lounge, 154 Santa Clara Ave., Suite 5, 510-922-8770, CosmoSpaLounge.com) and Bare Canvas Natural Nail Spa & Studio, 1470 MacArthur Blvd., 510-482-8211, bcnailspa.com. For other East Bay Minx locations, visit minxnails.com.
—Judith M. Gallman
The Six Questions
Who: Arngunnur Ýr, 46, of Oakland.
What: She's a guide in her native Iceland, leading hiking tours in French, English and German, then returning to Oakland to capture the raw nature as a professional painter.
When: The tours take place in summer, when the sun never sets. Winters are spent in her Oakland studio working on dramatic landscape paintings. "They usually have around 100 to 200 layers of [oil] paint when finished, and the sheen of my work has an internal glow which radiates alluring, intense, luminous energy."
Where: Tours leave out of the capital, Reykjavik, and highlight Iceland's rare geological formations like glaciers, geysers and volcanoes. "I love explaining Iceland's geological history. I know the dates of all the major eruptions, lengths of rivers, depths of lakes and ice sheets, heights of mountains, etc."
Why: Even after 25 years of living in the United States, Iceland's
raw landscape and intense weather are part of her character. "There
is something about the elements in the nature … so powerful … they
have such an impact on me."
How: Her husband and two teenagers often spend summers in Iceland to facilitate her job and her passion. Her paintings are sold to collectors and featured in major museums. She will be exhibiting at Hosfelt Gallery in San Francisco for three weeks starting Dec. 12.
—Ginny Prior
When Grab-and-Go Meals Change Lives
Green, local, sustainable — just what you'd expect in the Bay Area. But this time there's a twist. A good one. When you choose a takeout prepackaged entrée from the Meals for Change line at a participating retail store, you nourish yourself with an already-made meal that is locally sourced and farm-fresh, and you help feed the hungry with similarly nutritious, delicious food. Conceived as a source of support for Bay Area Community Services' programs (serving the elderly and disabled since 1953) and working in a partnership with the Community Alliance for Family Farmers, Meals for Change is a social enterprise kitchen producing goods for retailers. Proceeds support Meals on Wheels and other nonprofit nutrition programs and also fund nonprofit job training initiatives.
The idea, says Oakland financial planner Cathy Curtis — she's the volunteer chairwoman of the Bay Gourmet program for the Commonwealth Club and a member of the advisory council for Meals for Change — is to feed the most vulnerable in society with quality nutrition made from fresh, locally sustainable ingredients and to provide jobs. The proceeds from Meals for Change items will do just that.
Check the "retail stores" link on the Meals for Change Web site, mealsforchange.com, to see where you can purchase the products.
—Wanda Hennig
Definition: World-Class Research Center
Did you know that Oakland has a world-class medical research center? The campus at 5700 Martin Luther King Jr. Way may look rather unassuming from the street, but its halls buzz with scientists studying everything from genomics to molecular biology. This is the home of the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, or CHORI, which is part of Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland. The medical history being made right here is only the latest chapter in the building's eventful life.
Built in 1923 as University High School, it became the home of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s. It managed to survive being boarded up for decades until Children's Hospital began a renovation of the 80,000
square feet that maintains the gracious proportions and expansive layout while inserting private laboratories and all the technology that go with modern science.
The renovation, by Dowler-Gruman Architects, preserves Old World features such as lavish woodwork and tall windows. Cozy offices with fine woodwork line the hallways, while the classrooms behind them have been turned into labs filled with natural light from a central courtyard. The large lecture hall has been fitted with state-of-the-art electronic equipment to facilitate presentations and meetings. And the original school library has become a luxurious venue for receptions. Continuing its tradition of serving the community, the building also is home to the North Oakland Senior Center.
Like a vintage car with a new, high-performance engine, this reinvented structure is now part of our high-tech future.
Contact Cathy Hutton, associate vice president for philanthropy, medical research, by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com for a CHORI tour.
— Susan Kuchinskas
Art and Commerce Collide
Since 2006, a bevy of businesses has popped up around the intersection of 40th Street and Piedmont Avenue, all of them owned by young, creative entrepreneurs who sell everything from bikes to zines to tattoos and vintage threads. As a sideline, several of them show local artists' works on their walls, so Oakland curator Obi Kaufmann, who lived in the neighborhood, suggested they all collaborate on an
art event.
This past spring, the 40th Street Art Quest was born. It's a walk scheduled semi-regularly where guests stroll from shop to shop with a treasure map that guides them Monopoly board–like through this up-and-coming neighborhood. More than just an Art Murmur north, Art Quest is a combination art walk and shop local campaign where participants who visit each venue get their map stamped for a chance to win a gift certificate.
Among the shops and galleries are Manifesto where Sam Cunningham and Mackay Gibbs sell new and rebuilt bikes and 1-2-3-4 Go! Records where Steve Stevenson doles out advice on the latest indie and punk vinyl. SubRosa Coffee fuels art strollers with its Four Barrel brew while at Issues, husband-and-wife team Noella Teele and Joe Colley, run a jaw-droppingly comprehensive international newsstand. At Premium Tattoo and Vintage, artist Matt Decker is famous for his ink while wife Hilary Decker sells vintage threads.
The one true gallery among the bunch — Rowan Morrison Gallery — features exhibits and fine art books curated by Pete and Narangkar Glover. "We want folks to think of 40th Street as more than a way to get from Piedmont to MacArthur BART," Narangkar Glover says. "We're proud of what's happening in the neighborhood and that all the businesses are independently owned
and operated."
So who said art and commerce don't mix?
On Dec. 12, the merchants are hosting a special evening-long simultaneous party in each of their shops to celebrate the holidays and their Oakland-grown products. The next Art Quest is scheduled for spring 2010. Visit rowanmorrison.com for more info.
— Jeanne Storck
They Give Back
Local Pros and Their Causes
Nnamdi Asomugha Oakland Raiders Cornerback
Asomugha is heavily involved with the East Oakland Youth Development Center. Among his biggest contributions is taking EOYDC high school students on an annual college trip. They've gone to Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Spelman College, Georgia Tech, Harvard University, MIT, Boston University, Brown University, the Berklee College of Music, NYU, Columbia University, The Juilliard School, The Fashion Institute of Technology and Fordham University.
Jimmy Rollins Philadelphia Phillies Shortstop
The Oakland native set up the The Jimmy Rollins Family Foundation to help children and young adults living with arthritis. The foundation provides funds for families and awareness about the disease, primarily with his annual BaseBOWL Tournament, in which celebrities and executives compete in bowling.
Ronny Turiaf Golden State Warriors Center
After having open heart surgery his rookie year, Ronny Turiaf created the Heart to Heart Foundation to help provide funds for children who need echocardiograms and other heart tests. That is in addition to various community work, which earned him the Angela & Christopher Cohan Community Service Award, given annually to a Warrior.
Fred Biletnikoff Oakland Raiders Hall of Fame Receiver
In 1999, in response to the murder of his daughter, Tracey, Fred and his wife, Angela, created the Biletnikoff Foundation to support young women recovering from substance abuse and to help prevent domestic violence. The Biletnikoff Foundation uses its Raiders ties to put on an annual golf tournament and crab feed. It also works with STAND!, an organization that provides crisis victims and their children with emergency shelter, counseling, support groups and transitional housing.
Gary Payton Retired NBA Star Point Guard
The Oakland native has given loads of money over his career to various organizations: Boys & Girls Club of America, Make-a-Wish Foundation, HIV awareness programs and the East Oakland Youth Development Center. He once had the Gary Payton Foundation to assist underprivileged youth in Oakland and hosts an annual charity basketball game.
—Marcus Thompson II
Montclair Pocket Park
To walk the length and breadth of one of the smallest parks in Oakland takes about 27 steps, if you go the long way. For those who want to take a breather along the way, there's room for four on a stone bench near the summit.
This is Montclair's Short Line Pocket Park, built in 2006-07 by volunteers working for the Montclair Safety and Improvement Council. The park is at the northern entrance to Montclair and replaces a fenced-in, ratty old corner that was owned, oddly enough, by the Oakland school district. The school district got it from the old Sacramento Short Line railroad, which ran passenger trains into Montclair over this patch until 1941 and freight trains until 1957.
Anyway, back to the park. It's at the corner of Thornhill Drive and Moraga Avenue, at a stoplight, across the street from a freeway off-ramp (State Route 13) as well as a freeway on-ramp. There is only one trail, of course, and the wildlife more or less starts and ends with humans. Still, it's a nice place to catch your breath on a fall afternoon.
— George Shirk
New Releases from East Bay Authors
Mother Goose in California by Doug Hansen
(Heyday Books, 2009, 40 pp., $16.95)
Berkeley-based Heyday has a winner with this new take on Mother Goose nursery rhymes by native Californian Doug Hansen. A Central Valley illustrator, he inserts elements from the familiar childhood tales into a Western landscape, using native plants and animals and landmarks to give his ABC picture book an added educational component about the Golden State.
Busy Chickens by John Schindel and Steven Holt
(Tricycle Press, 2008, 20 pp., $6.95)
The 10th book in Tricycle Press' Busy Book series, this one is for toddlers who may be curious about chickens. For some reason chickens always seem funny, and the close-up images of these clowns show them walking, squawking, cheeping, leaping, etc. The rhymes are by Oakland-based John Schindel, and Steven Holt of Coos Bay, Ore., is the photographer. Very cute.
The Chemistry of Connection: How the Oxytocin Response Can Help You Find Trust, Intimacy and Love by Susan Kuchinskas
(New Harbinger Publications, 2009, 165 pp., $16.95)
Berkeley-based author Susan Kuchinskas explores oxytocin
— the so-called cuddle hormone — and its relationship to intimacy issues such as bonding, love and commitment and contemplates questions like why women dig cuddling and men prefer sex. An accomplished science, technology and culture journalist, Kuchinskas looks at attachment, connection and relationships and how oxytocin can define, defeat and improve trust, intimacy and love issues. The book covers the scientific nature of the chemical connection in decidedly understandable terms, which makes for a good read. She moves the action along with illustrative anecdotes and suggested exercises for improving the oxytocin response, turning out a hopeful package for commitment phobes, needy mates and indifferent partners.
It Came From Berkeley: How Berkeley Changed the World by Dave Weinstein
(Gibbs Smith, 2008, 224 pp., $24.99)
Bay Area reporter and author Dave Weinstein pieces together a wacky and inventive portrait of Berkeley in an image-rich, thorough traipse through the People's Republic. Bright colors, graphic factoids and telegraphic captions create added visual interest to the straightforward prose. Hippies, protestors, the liberal elite, poets, politicians, college kids, landmarks, scientists, musicians, homecoming queens, the late Charles "Ozzie" Osborne and a fresh-faced Alice Waters — they're all here. After all, as Weinstein points out, this is the same city that gave us listener-sponsored radio, California cuisine, the lie detector, the atom bomb, the wet suit and the hot tub.
—Judith M. Gallman
Pet Projects
If you proudly count kitties or canines among your tribe, they're undoubtedly very lucky pets — and likely a mite spoiled. That's because the East Bay is home to some of the country's most alluring and progressive pet boutiques. From deluxe hand-stitched pillow beds in dazzling fabrics to treats catering to every imaginable appetite (pig snout, Fido?), you won't have to travel far to find yourself in, well, true dog heaven.
The Chic, Cutting-Edge Pet
Dog Bone Alley
1342 Park St., Alameda, (510) 521-5800
730 Camino Ramon, Danville, (925) 552-0410
With the opening of Dog Bone Alley on Park Street five years ago, owner Elizabeth Pinkerton created what has become nothing short of a neighborhood institution for the pet lovers of sunny Alameda. The spacious shop is filled to the gills with everything a pampered pet could ever want or need, and yet it's not at all cluttered, giving customers (and their pooches) space to roam and explore. A full line of stylish doggie wear? Check. A selection of adorable leashes and collars so vast you could easily switch 'em up every week for years? Check. A refrigerator chock full of raw food goodness from Bay Area–based Primal Pet? Check! Add tons of other unusual and useful items (from pet-training clickers to pig snouts and hooves) and you're set. Plus, for the often-underserved cat, there's an entire wall devoted to kitty joy. Purr.
The Hipster Pet
5523 College Ave., Oakland, (510) 428-2785
The vibe here is classic Rockridge — modern, friendly and aesthetically pleasing without feeling fancy. Chances are good you'll be greeted at the door by one of the loveable store dogs, and if your own mutt is in tow, he'll be snarfing down freebie treats within seconds. (Just try to keep him away when you're in the 'hood!) You won't find sparkly trinkets here, but rather an ample stable of health-conscious, often hard-to-find edibles, beds and home goods, classically cool leashes and collars (those by Ollydog brand are a favorite) and plenty of spot-on advice for solving your pet quandary of the day.
The Supremely Pampered Pet
1844 Fourth St., Berkeley, (510) 644-1033
Let's be honest here: If what your pet eats is generally more important to you that what you put in your own mouth, and you'd rather spend your cash on a luxe new bed for her than replace your own sagging mattress, then George should be the first stop on your doggie boutique daytrip. Either that, or you simply demand a top-of-the line lifestyle for your very best friend. The majority of the items you'll find at this tidy, charming shop are George-brand products that you can't snag anywhere else. While best known for a back wall stocked with a fabulous array of customizable plush pet beds in fabrics any interior designer would sigh over, you'll also find adorable hand-knit dog sweaters and animal-shaped cat toys in a rainbow of colors, healthy bulk snacks (including George's own special blend for cats that also will enjoy striped fabric "kitty crackers" stuffed with organic catnip) and frosted dog cookies that just may make your own stomach growl.
The Down-to-Earth Pet
Paws on Piedmont
3974 Piedmont Ave., Oakland, (510) 601-7297
There is zero snoot-factor at this friendly mom-and-pop spot, where stellar customer service and a wide range of quality basics and then some (think clever Halloween costumes, not au currant daily dogwear) guarantee that you'll amble off grinning.
On a recent visit a staffer eagerly unwrapped a sealed mystery product called Da Bird Feather Teaser to demonstrate just how excited a new cat owner's kitty would become upon spotting a flurry of feathers flying through the air. She was right — eight bucks has never been better spent. Paws also offers home pet visits and dog walking for those times when you can't attend to your little one but want to be sure that someone will pour on the love as much as you do.
—By Lauren Gard
—Photography by Chris Duffey
Food Flick for All
In the ideological battles over sustainable food, the criticism that skeptics most often level is that the food movement is elitist. Poor people can't afford organic broccoli, they say. Food Stamped, a new documentary from Berkeley filmmaker Yoav Potash and his wife, nutrition educator Shira Potash, delves into the heart of this debate as the couple chronicles their attempt to eat strictly healthy, organic food for one week on $50, the cash equivalent of what they would get if they were eligible for food stamps.
The humorous, touching and ultimately provocative film includes interviews with actual food stamp clients, as well as policy makers and a nutritionist. The results of the couple's earnest attempt, full of black beans and brown rice, is itself food for thought. "We figured that it would be interesting to see what would happen trying to eat on a food stamp budget with a nutrition expert planning and preparing the meals," says Yoav Potash, "knowing that most families don't have that."
The results are fascinating and raise important questions about the assumptions underlying government food policy as well as the role of "personal responsibility" in American's deepening diet-related health crisis. The film should be required viewing for Whole Foods owner John Mackey whose Wall Street Journal editorial in August caused a flurry in the food community when he suggested health care should require more "personal empowerment" from Americans, particularly with respect to their eating habits. The Potashs are pitching the film to PBS, and screening it locally in the meantime.
For the current schedule of screenings, and to learn more about the film, visit foodstamped.com.
— Kathyrn Jessup
Shaken, Not Stirred
Man on a Mixology Mission
I am on a mission. It may not be as momentous as Neil Armstrong landing on the moon or Barack Obama landing in the White House, but it is important nonetheless to us who reside and imbibe in the East Bay. My mission is to shine a light on East Bay mixologists, their signature drinks and the establishments lucky enough to have their creative prowess behind their bars.
By way of introduction, I am Lonnie Long, an Oakland native, bar consultant and a member of the United States Bartender Guild who plies my trade at Picán and Maxwell's Lounge in Oakland.
Follow me on an ongoing tour through the underrated (and overlooked) world of East Bay drink culture that begins with my own comfort drink, a recipe that won first place at a Square One vodka mixology contest at Rye in San Francisco.
Bite O Honey
2 ounces premium vodka
1 ounce Frangelico
hazelnut liqueur
½ ounce cream (or eggnog)
½ ounce organic honey syrup
1 pinch of cinnamon
1 square Bit-O-Honey
(or 1 cinnamon stick)
Add all ingredients to a shaker with cracked ice. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass. To garnish, take a square of Bit-O-Honey candy, cut a small slit in the square and place it on the rim of the cocktail glass (or insert a cinnamon stick if Bit-O-Honey proves too elusive). Enjoy!
— Lonnie Long

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"This does not end with merely acknowledging that their contradictory aspects are necessary for each other's existence. What we also need to include is their transformation into each other. In given conditions each of the contradictory aspects within a thing transforms itself into its opposite, changes its position to that of its opposite.
"This transforming into its opposite is what revolution is about....
"This is the full meaning of the identity of opposites. All contradictory things are interconnected. They coexist in a single entity in given conditions, under other conditions they transform themselves into each other. This is what Lenin meant when he said, 'how they happen to be (how they become) identical -- under what conditions they are identical, transforming themselves into one another." [Quoted from here.]
"The universe has not been created, but has always existed, in a process of continuous flux and change, whereby things change into their opposites, cause becomes effect, and effect cause. Thus contradiction lies at the root of everything. In order to get at the truth, it is necessary to go beyond the appearances, and lay bear the inner conflicting tendencies of a given phenomenon, in order to understand its inner motive forces." [Allan Woods, quoted from here.]
"Everything, which exists, does so out of necessity. But everything perishes, only to be transformed into something else. Thus what is 'necessary' in one time and place becomes 'unnecessary' in another. Everything creates its opposite, which is destined to overcome and negate it." [Quoted from here.]
"The relentless analysis of concepts happens to show that no concept has meaning on its own, its content includes its other, its dialectical opposite…." [Quoted from here; accessed 24/12/2015.]
"One of the laws of dialectics is the law of negation: Everything that exists eventually turns into its opposite -- even when, for a time, the outward appearance may have changed little." [Quoted from here. Accessed 16/12/18; bold emphasis added.]


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Thirty years ago, in Hauula, on the windward side of Oahu, my family gave a big homecoming party for me at the Crescent Diner on Kamehameha Highway. I was 19 and hadn't been back to Hawaii since I was 10, when my parents moved us to Los Angeles. When I arrived at Honolulu Airport, the entire clan was waiting for me. My grandfather had assembled all the aunts and uncles and the cousins of all ages and put a trio of them together in a guitar and ukulele band. What song they sang I can't recall, but it moved me to tears.
My grandparents owned the diner, and they had closed it for the celebration. On a long wood counter by the cash register were trays of nuts, smoked octopus, dried squid and bottles of Primo, a local beer. One of my aunts brought from the kitchen three long platters of a dish she had picked up from the chef at the hotel kitchen where she worked. This was poke (pronounced POH-kay), the Hawaiian raw-fish salad made with marlin and ahi (yellowfin) or aku (skipjack) tuna. Though I'd often eaten sashimi, poke was then completely new to me -- delicious rubies of cubed fish dressed in light sesame oil, garnished with minced bits of reddish-brown seaweed and the ground centers of kukui nuts (see recipe, next page). For nearly every afternoon of my Christmas vacation, I ate poke while I played cards with the relatives and tipped back cool sips of Li Po sake or the Primo my aunt served it with. The taste was of the sea, of the wealth of the land and of homecoming.
I make my own version of poke now, here where I live in Oregon, when the weather is good and hot. I drive over to Newman's, my local fish market, and pick up some fresh kajiki marlin, which I cut into cubes. I buy my seaweed pickled in a bottle from an Asian food market, and I chop a small bunch with half a white onion, toss the garnish onto the cubed marlin in a stainless-steel bowl, squeeze a teaspoon or two of fresh wasabi onto it and mix in splashes of tamari sauce. My marlin poke, pink cubes and rectangles in a blue Vietri bowl, can bring me back to a hand of family five-draw in Hauula and a cousin's airport falsetto welcome song or settle me in to a clear and breezeless midsummer day in my new home in Oregon.
Basic Poke adapted from sam choy [serves 4]
1 1/4 pounds best-quality tuna or marlin, cut into large dice 1/4 cup minced white onion 1/4 cup minced scallions 3 tablespoons reddish-brown seaweed, like limu kohu or ogo (see note) 1 tablespoon ground kukui nuts (also known as candlenuts; see note) 2 teaspoons sesame oil 1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt.
1. In a large bowl, combine the fish, onion, scallions, seaweed and ground kukui nuts and toss gently with a wooden spoon to mix.
2. Drizzle with sesame oil and sprinkle with salt. Toss again and serve.
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GKB Drainmaster bought to rescue waterlogged pitches
Published: 23 October, 2017
Worcestershire-based Phil Day Sports has added a GKB Machines Drainmaster to its fleet of sports ground construction and maintenance equipment.
The company says it aims to offer best value by frequently upgrading specialist equipment and machinery. It sees the GKB Drainmaster as having a significant role in work for a range of customers, including Premier League football clubs, cricket, rugby and golf clubs.
The GKB Drainmaster is used to improve and accelerate the drainage of surface water from pitches and other grassed areas.
It excavates two or three trenches four centimetres wide which are positioned perpendicular to the existing underlying drainage. Soil removed is disposed of by conveyor belts and can be re-used as dressing soil.
The trenches are filled with drainage sand up to the operating depth of 23cm in the same operation while the Drainmaster wheels press the sand into the trenches.
The overall effect is strengthening of the grass while the drainage network ensures a higher playing capacity.
Toby Grace, business development manager at Phil Day Sports, said the machine could be used for several clients, including West Bromwich Albion and Wasps rugby club.
"We have found the GKB Drainmaster does what it says with unique sandslits to the correct width and depth and we have seen excellent results," said Toby.
"With the way the sand bunker has been developed, you can choose to operate the full length of the pitch in one operation or two across the width. The grass grows on the trenches in a matter of weeks.
"The next real test will be in the winter months and, with the changing weather, we'll be carefully monitoring the results."


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Download new installer here: Voyager installer
If you DON'T have any other mGUI plugins installed:
Run the Voyager-lf.exe installer program to copy the folders+files into the VstPlugins folder.
If you DO have any other mGUI plugins installed OR you DON'T want the skin-files in the VstPlugins folder:
Run the Voyager-lf.exe installer program to copy the folders+files to the asData folder.
Run asData\mGUIman.exe or asData\setVSTmGUIpaths.exe to automatically set the asData path in the registry.
Then copy/move the Arguru's Voyager.dll into the \asData\plugins folder.
The voyager.dll file can be downloaded at: The Aodix website
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Taking propeller efficiency to the next level
News • Jun 20, 2016 09:40 BST
Fitting of a propeller boss cone fairing (PBCF) is an effective and inexpensive fuel saving device and can be fitted while the vessel is afloat with little disruption to schedule.
Paddling to victory
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Ulrika Quist is paddling to victory, supported by her local V.Group office in Monaco - however it's not quite the paddling you'd expect from someone in the marine sector. Ulrika's paddle is for table tennis - a sport she has been perfecting since she was just six years old.
Defining and assuring competence in marine operations
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Defining and assuring competence in marine operations was the topic of a presentation, by V.Ships Compliance Director, Mike Bradshaw to delegates at the Nautical Institute AGM event in Aberdeen.
UMC undertakes first underwater replacement of bow thruster chain
News • May 26, 2016 07:00 BST
Our UMC team is used to dealing with unusual requests for help however a recent call from a propeller manufacturer presented a first for the team – an underwater repair to a bow thruster chain.
V.Ships Offshore Captains and their crew recognised by Shell for safety
News • May 24, 2016 07:00 BST
Captain Rod Rix and Captain Mikhail Medvedev have been recognised by Shell for improving performance in HSSE risk areas on the anchor handlers chartered in support of their Stones field development in the Gulf of Mexico.
Commitment to enhancing offshore marine safety
News • May 19, 2016 11:15 BST
Jamie Grant, general manager V.Ships Offshore Aberdeen has been appointed to the UK's Marine Safety Forum steering group
Career profile: Chelsie Miles, Offshore Administrator
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Chelsie Miles has just celebrated her first anniversary as Offshore Administrator based in our Aberdeen office in the UK. We caught up with her to find out how she was enjoying it so far.
PhD award highlights importance of training to the offshore sector
News • May 12, 2016 17:16 BST
Dr Surender Kumar, principal of our maritime training centre in Mumbai recently defended his thesis on 'The effectiveness of seafarer's training using maritime simulators', highlighting the importance of training to the offshore sector.
V.Group's technical services companies successfully renew ISO certification status
News • May 10, 2016 10:41 BST
The technical services companies within V.Group successfully completed their latest round of ISO9001:2008 recertification audits with Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance last month.
Liverpool students signal bright future for ship management
News • Apr 26, 2016 17:03 BST
A presentation by three maritime Business and Management second year students from Liverpool John Moores University to employees signals a bright future for the ship management industry.
Crew conference highlights importance of relationships
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"Building a good relationship between seafaring and shore employees is very important," says OSG's Captain Yun Ho No.
V.Ships Ukraine recognised in Ukrainian Maritime Rating awards
News • Apr 18, 2016 07:00 BST
V.Ships Ukraine was recognised in the Ukrainian Maritime Rating awards, winning not one but two prestigious awards – Employer of the year and Cadet programme of the year.
V.Ships Shanghai hosts official opening ceremony
News • Apr 13, 2016 07:00 BST
The opening of our new V.Ships Shanghai office was marked with an official ceremony on Tuesday 12 April at the Shanghai Pudong Four Seasons hotel, which was attended by Xu Guo Yi, Director of Ministry of Transport Shanghai combined port management committee office.
V.Ships joins the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network
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V.Ships has joined the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN), a global organisation, which aims to free the maritime industry of corruption and enable fair trade.


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I'd like to introduce historical romance author Margaret Tanner. Many of Margaret's books are set in her native
Margaret Tanner Thanks for having me here Sue.
Sue: What is your favorite reading genre and is this also the genre you write in?
Margaret: Yes I read and write Romance.
Sue: As a historical author, research must play a big part in your writing. How do you plan your research and do you have any tips you could pass on?
Margaret: I don't really plan my research as such, I generally make a note of what information I need, then I go to my usual sources to find out what I want to know i.e. library, internet, diaries, I have notes from interviews, so I can often use the same information for two or three stories.
Sue: Deep down inside, who do you write for?
Margaret: Selfish as it may sound, I write for me.
Sue: What do you think are the basic ingredients to make a good story?
Margaret: A good plot, interesting characters. I love writing about ruthless/tortured heroes and the brave women who save/redeem them. I think setting is important too.
Sue: What voice do you find most to your liking: first person or third person?
Margaret: Third Person.
Sue: How do you create your characters?
Margaret: I don't, they just come to me. Admittedly vague and hazy at first, but once I start writing about them, their personalities become stronger, more insistent. They take over. I've been on a train, and I have had to scribble down notes because the characters said something really good to me, and I didn't want to lose it. My husband thinks I am crazy because I don't go anywhere without a note book and pen. I even have paper stashed in my bedside table. I get some incredible ideas in the dead of night.
Sue: What are you working on now?
Margaret: I am actually revising a story that I wrote years ago. It is a complete re-write actually, and is set against a background of the
Sue: As a writer your mind is your work tool. How do you take care of it?
Margaret: I nurture my brain by eating plenty of chocolate.
Sue: How do you avoid repeating yourself, or falling into formula? How do you stay fresh for each book you write?
Margaret: I do sometimes repeat myself, I will plead guilty to that, but I can honestly say, I don't write to any particular formula except for the happy ever after ending. This gives me a lot of lee-way and keeps me fresh.
Sue: Do you find reader feedback helpful?
Margaret: Yes some reader feedback is helpful in a technical way, but I love hearing from readers who just write to say they enjoy my stories. It really boosts my morale and spurs me on.
Sue: Do you self-impose a discipline on yourself regarding schedules, goals, etc.?
Margaret: No, I just write or work on my stories as much as I can.
Sue: How long did it take you to get your first book published? How did you go about picking an agent and/or publisher?
Margaret: My first publisher, Whiskey Creek Press was recommended to me. My other publishers, I picked out for myself after finding out as much as I could about them. I don't have an agent as yet. It took me close on twenty years before my first novel was published. I had had a few near misses over that time i.e. publishers going out of business before and after my books were released, publishers changing hands and not wanting my book anymore. I had an agent who died on me. Honestly, I could write a book about my tortuous path to publication.
Sue: Is there one of your novels that holds a special place in your heart? Which book and why?
Margaret: I have to say The Trouble With Playboys, my 2nd World War novel from The Wild Rose Press, holds a special place in my heart as parts of it are set in Wangaratta where I was born. Also, the war sections are set in
Sue: Do you have a couple you have written about who are your favorites and why?
Margaret: I like all my heroes and heroines, but my favourite hero (Ross) and heroine (Harry/Harriet), come from my Whiskey Creek Press novel, Devil's Ridge, which is set against a background of World War 1.
Sue: What do you like to do when you are not writing?
Margaret: Catch up with family and friends.
Thank you Margaret. I've found your answers very informative and I'm sure others will too.
If you wish to find out more about Margaret and her novels visit her website http://www.margarettanner.com/


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Posted on March 30, 1998 in Washington Watch
Peace talks designed to resolve the conflict in Northern Ireland are entering a crucial phase. The major parties to the negotiations have set an early April deadline for themselves so that an agreement, if one is reached, can be submitted to voters in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in mid-May.
At stake in the negotiations are issues of justice, history and territory–issues with which Arabs are quite familiar.
In many ways the Irish question parallels the Palestine question. In recognition of this fact, the two peoples have, over the years, demonstrated solidarity with one another. Irish Republican manifestoes in the early part of this century express their support for the "Arab people struggling against British imperialism." This has continued up to the present day with the Irish government frequently taking strong positions in support of both Palestinian and Lebanese rights.
The roots of the oppression visited upon the Irish and the Arabs are similar. But there are differences as well. Long before the British introduced their brand of settler colonialism to Palestine, using the Zionist movement as their willing agents, they had imposed their regime on Ireland.
For centuries the dominated Irish Catholic community lived under harsh British rule. They were denied freedom and basic rights in their own land. On a number of occasions, they rebelled and were brutally subdued. They were imprisoned or forced into exile. Their lands were confiscated.
The long and brutal history of British conquest took an immense toll on the land and its people. There are physical reminders everywhere. In every part of Ireland, there are the remains of destroyed Irish churches, castles, and forts, commingling with walls and mansions built by the occupiers to reinforce their rule.
The denial of Irish national and economic rights often had devastating human consequences. During the potato famine of the 1840s, for example, Ireland lost almost ½ of its people–over one million to starvation and another one million who were forced to emigrate.
What is not widely known outside of Ireland were the genocidal aspects of this famine. Throughout the years of this "great famine" Ireland continued to export huge quantities of food to feed the British Empire. The Irish starved to death because they were not permitted to eat what their land produced. All they were allowed was the potato–when it became infected by blight, they starved.
This history of oppression is deeply imbedded in the consciousness of many in Ireland today.
During the centuries of British rule, the Irish repeatedly rebelled. The rebellion after World War I, while exacting a heavy toll, finally resulted in Irish independence–but not for all of Ireland. The 26 counties of the south were declared the Republic of Ireland. The six counties of the north, in which lived the greatest concentration of Protestants, remained as part of the United Kingdom.
The dream of a united Ireland, free of British rule, continues to dominate the political thinking of Irish nationalists in both the Republic and the north. At the same time the north's Protestant majority has fervently held to their desire to remain British citizens connected to the United Kingdom.
The Irish dream of a united Ireland is expressed in the constitution of the Republic of Ireland where articles two and three, in part, declare that "the national territory consists of the whole island of Ireland, its islands and territorial seas."
As citizens of the north, the Catholic population continued to suffer discrimination in employment, housing and politics. Their struggle for full civil rights paralleled their aspiration to be part of a unified Ireland.
When these Irish nationalists, as they are called, rose up in demonstrations, they were brutally suppressed. This suppression only served to further embolden them. As a result, for the last three decades the north has been a bloody battleground between some Irish nationalists who have waged a violent campaign against Britain and British forces and extremist Protestants militias who have wreaked retribution on the Catholic community.
After 30 years of violence, during which time almost 4,000 have been killed, the governments of Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland together with most of the parties of Northern Ireland embarked on peace talks to resolve the conflict.
The fact that talks are taking place is significant–but after more than six months of negotiations there are deep gaps that still remain between the parties. At issue here are two conflicting ideologies with goals that are essentially incompatible. Both sides insist that they support a democratic outcome that supports majority rule and the right of "consent." To the nationalists that is interpreted to mean the majority of all Irish who seek the unity of Ireland, to the Unionists "consent" means the right of the majority in the north to determine their fate–which continues to link them to Britain.
These are the views of the competing parties of the north. The governments of Britain and Ireland, tired of decades of conflict, have sought to create a compromise framework that would reconcile the conflicting claims. This general framework involves some of the following elements:
*The creation of a north-south body, presumably comprised of ministers, that would have some limited authority over mainly economic matters–this is in deference to the nationalists who want some semblance of north-south unity.
*The election of an assembly in the north–in deference to the majority unionists who want to retain their status. This assembly of the north will participate in an east-west union with other elected assemblies from the Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Britain.
*The Republic of Ireland will modify its constitution, especially articles two and three–in order to ease the concerns of the Unionists. Great Britain will alter its Government of Ireland Act, which defines British control over the north.
Needless to say, these proposals have sparked an intense debate throughout the whole of Ireland. The debate amongst the Irish over the requirement that the Republic of Ireland change articles two and three is especially fascinating. This issue fills the daily Irish press, radio call-in programs and is the subject of a number of public events.
The Prime Minister of the Republic who is committed to this change is facing a rebellion from some in his own party. His position, that the imperative to make peace should overrule ideology, is tempered by his assurance that the changes he will propose to the constitution will not do fundamental damage to the definition of the Irish nation. Furthermore the Prime Minister has sought to calm his supporters by insisting he will propose that changes be made only in the context of a total agreement on all outstanding issues. The Prime Minister has done this in response to internal party pressure that maintains that changes to their constitution should only be made if the British agree to drop their rule over the north.
Other Irish nationalists are deeply offended with the notion of any change at all. For these nationalists, both north and south, Ireland is the island and they refuse to accept its partition and the subsequent loss of Irish identity to any part or any people of the "Irish" territory.
At present, however, it appears that the views of the government leading to a compromise are supported by the majority of Irish, north and south. For this majority, the violence in the north has been unsettling. They want it to end. They want to build their society and get on with their lives. As one put it "we can't continue to shape our future with the dead stones of the past. I would rather have the reality of peace, than the illusion of unity." Such an assertion, of course, only serves to inflame the ideological nationalists.
While reflecting on the similarities between aspects of this Irish debate and the Palestinian debate over their charter and the peace process, it is interesting to note the differences as well.
In the first place the Irish begin from a point where they control 26 counties and have a Republic. In Palestine, it was the settlers who won. In Palestine, it is the Israeli state that is demanding that the occupied Palestinians change their charter, while no similar demand has been placed on the Israelis to change either the charters of their parties (that support Eretz Israel) or their racist law of return and the absentee property law that allows Israel to continue to dispossess Palestinians and Israeli Arabs of land and their rights.
In the case of Ireland, the oppressed minority community of the dismembered north has, to some extent, the support of the state to the south. Because the Palestinian track has been severed from the other Arab tracks to the peace process, the occupied Palestinians stand alone in a vulnerable position, with no leverage.
Finally the Irish have worked in recent years to cultivate support from the Irish American community which has some strong nationalist currents within it. Despite the centrality of the U.S.-British relationship, the Irish American community has made inroads in U.S. politics and created sufficient pressure requiring the Administration to balance its British policy with its Irish policy. This has contributed to a more or less evenhanded U.S. policy in the Irish peace process.
Even if an agreement, like the one proposed by the two governments is accepted by the major competing parties in the North, it is not clear that it will bring immediate peace to Ireland.
Nationalists will continue to aspire to regain their lost rights and Unionists will not easily accept any move toward Irish unity. The legacy of a long history of oppression and racism will continue to take its toll on the Irish, as it continues to take its toll in the Middle East.
The Irish, like the Arabs, don't easily forget their history.
But, as those who seek peace point out, history is important. But history can either be mastered by our actions and our determination to create a new reality, or history can be a tyrant that masters us and locks us in the past.
The reality in Ireland, like the Middle East, is that there are, for better or worse, two distinct peoples who now live in one land. Just as the nationalists must recognize this and accept it, the other party must recognize that they live in an Irish sea and must accommodate themselves to coexistence and equality. History can be overcome, but only through justice.
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Today I would like to discuss mediation.
This is often used in the family law context to assist people to resolve disputes about either parenting or property settlement matters. And is a process that can be used to help people reach an agreement without going to court. It has the considerable advantage of an earlier resolution of the issues between people without the involvement of the court.
Which can be much quicker and it's much less expensive and if you can reach an agreement through a mediated process then it has a much better chance of being a long-term successful arrangement. People do though often need the assistance of a solicitor in arranging and attending a mediation and in preparing the documents that will follow on from a successful mediation.
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Fireplaces are, like, essential at this time of year. Here are a few I like:
Photo: Living etc
The pink mirror makes this opulent fireplace funky rather than stuffy.
Photo: Marie Claire Maision
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Instead of a traditional black fireplace in a white room here the fireplace is light and walls dark.
Graham and Green recycled tyre tubs, a cool and ecoconscious way of storing firewood.


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Finding Inspiration For Your CopywritingMarch 17th 2016 Sally Ormond copywriting, copywriting tips, emotion, empathy, inspiration
One of the toughest parts of copywriting is coming up with an endless stream of inspiration for website content, brochures, landing pages, emails, newsletters and every other form of marketing you can think of.
Everything you write has to be relevant to the client you're working with, everything has to be original and everything has to be different to what their competitors are up to.
So how do you do it?
Where do all the new and inspired ideas come from?
The only way it can be done is by using what's around you and within you.
Your life is full of different experiences; either things that have happened to you, or to others that you have witnessed.
Every event would have triggered a response within you – empathy (something that we're all capable of).
To find the right words to describe the feeling you get when you buy a new car, or find the financial product that's going to see you comfortably through your retirement, you have to dig deep into your memories and remember how you felt when you had a similar experience.
Twitter, Facebook etc.
Social media is a distraction, but it is also a fantastic place to discover how people feel about a brand.
Customers love to use social channels to voice their opinions, ask questions and leave reviews about products and services. Reading these and looking at the language they use will give you a real insight into how people feel and may even provide quotes and phrases you can use within your copy.
Let me tell you a story
The traditional story format has long been regarded as the best way to sell. It's the perfect way to illustrate benefits and, because we've all been brought up on stories, we can relate to them.
Again, draw on your own experiences to devise a story that has real meaning, one that will engage.
By creating a compelling start that shows the problem the reader is facing, the pain points and empathising with them, you can then go on to show them what you can offer to alleviate their pain and round it off with a strong call to action.
Adverts and marketing
My husband always makes fun of me because I know all the adverts and pay more attention to them than the programme we're watching.
Taking note of TV and press ads will help you understand not only the types of marketing that are having an impact, but it will also help you develop your own ideas.
Remembering how they make you feel will help you replicate that in your own content and help you chose the right language for the audience you're addressing.
How many times have you bought a newspaper or magazine because of the headline on the cover that caught your eye?
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JOHN Carver says Newcastle United have upgraded at right-back – by replacing Mathieu Debuchy with Daryl Janmaat.
Debuchy joined this afternoon's St James's Park opponents Arsenal last summer.
we replaced Debuchy with a better all-round playerJohn Carver
And 25-year-old Janmaat was signed from Feyenoord as his replacement.
Attack-minded Debuchy, signed from Lille in the summer of 2013, had been a success in his 18 months on Tyneside.
But he wanted to move on to play in Europe – and Janmaat was identified as a like-for-like replacement.
While Carver, then assistant to departed manager Alan Pardew, was sad to see Debuchy leave, he feels Janmaat is a "better all-round player."
"He's been great around the place," said Carver.
"He's such a character – he's larger than life and he's quite funny – but he's a good professional.
"When we lost Debuchy, that was harsh, but we replaced him with a better all-round player."
Janmaat will play at centre-half against Arsenal with captain Fabricio Coloccini suspended following his red card against Everton last weekend and Steven Taylor and Paul Dummett injured.
The Holland international had never played in the position before his switch to the centre at Goodison Park after Coloccini's dismissal.
But Carver is confident Janmaat can quickly adjust.
"He's going to play as a centre-back," added Carver. "I think he's a great professional, and he will deal with it.
"He understands the game. He is a full international. It's another string to his bow. I think he'll cope with it."
Ironically, Debuchy was forced to play in central defence against Newcastle at the Emirates Stadium in December, when Arsenal won 4-1.
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Advocaat believes his Sunderland bow today will provide the insight he needs into stewarding the Black Cats over the season's finale.
But his main message to the squad this week has been to stress that they are Premier League players for a reason and he wants to see them enjoy far more of the ball than has been the case over recent games.
"Today's game will give me the tools that I need for the following eight games," he added.
"I have told the players to show that they are good players, and why they are playing for Sunderland.
"That's important.
"But you can't do that on your own, you have to do it as a team.
"I haven't noticed a problem with confidence in training this week.
"They have worked hard and worked well.
"As a coach, I like to control the game. I like to have the ball.
"But the majority of the games I have seen for Sunderland, the opponents have had the ball.
"That's not good."


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FanBolt recently had the chance to talk one-on-one with Daniel Vincent Gordh, who plays the iconic William Darcy in Hank Green and Bernie Su's wildly popular webseries, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. Here's what he had to say about Lizzie Bennet Diaries, his new role on Hipsterhood, and what we can look forward to seeing from him in the future!
A lot of Darcy was established with you off-screen. How did that influence your character choices?
Yeah, that was one of the biggest challenges of working on this project, because usually when you're playing a part, you have an arc. When you're playing a character you have an arc that you consider as an actor, which is "okay, where do I start in this, and where do I end up?" and so you've got to kind of conceive of the whole journey. But for me, as an actor on this project, my work started in kind of the middle of Darcy's journey, which was weird, because in the story of Pride and Prejudice […] when Darcy shares his love of Lizzie with her, that's when they're at the height of their conflict, but immediately after that, when she starts considering her thoughts on him, she starts to kind of realize her prejudice or maybe ways she was misled by other characters and realize she judged him too soon. When I look at the story, sometimes I wish I got to play that misunderstood Darcy a while longer because I knew that that kind of Darcy that the audience had known about, the one that was stuffy and closed off and unemotional and pretentious, that he wasn't going to be around that much longer, because that's the moment right before he starts to realize his pride, too. I think the way it informed me was that I knew I had to jump into the middle of the story and so I said "Okay, I need to show that Darcy that they've been explaining and that everyone has been talking about and make that Darcy fully real, and almost immediately start to let everyone know that they were wrong about him." So my mask started having to come down very soon.
Ashley Clements has said that she's worn pretty much everything she owns as Lizzie Bennet. How much of Darcy's style was your influence?
Well, I came into the first audition wearing suspenders, and I guess I was the only one who did that, because from what I hear from Bernie [Su] and Ashley, I became "the suspenders guy." So throughout the callbacks and the final callback, I stuck to my guns. I knew that there was some description of him being kind of a hipster and kind of pretentious and being obviously very, very wealthy, so that kind of informed me in thinking, "okay, so he has to have some sort of classic style, but also something that can be perceived as hipster" and for me, kind of the symbolic costume piece was the suspenders, tying together the old and the new. I pretty quickly ran out of clothes too, like Ashley. It's not like Darcy and I wear completely different clothing, but he has a lot more of it in his wardrobe than I do. He has a lot more money than I do, unfortunately, so I ran out of clothes pretty quickly, also.
So the way the story's been adapted as a video blog has been pretty awesome, but what where the greatest challenges to doing that adaptation?
I think one of the biggest challenges has been just the shooting days. Just kind of the nature of how we do the show is challenging, because it's somewhere in between doing a TV show and doing a play and doing a movie. Because the project is so unique, the way we're working on it is a way that I don't think any of the actors have worked on a project before. We've got the script a week before, maybe a week and a half, but it's always changing. We get several drafts before we're able to schedule a rehearsal, and the script is 50 pages or more. So we're dealing with really a lot of material, and we're getting it only a week before we're supposed to be shooting it. I think part of it is just dealing with that much material that we have to go through quickly. And also, of course, when we shoot a lot of the stuff we're doing all takes place in a single take, so we're doing these five minute or seven minute or ten minute episodes and each one has to almost be like a little play. So I think one of the biggest challenges is just the amount of material we have to do. On the Pemberley day, I think I had something like 25 pages to prepare, which is a lot of material to prepare in a week, especially when you have, y'know, a life. Other things that you have to be attending to that you don't really have a choice about. Not that I'm complaining about it. I almost feel bad saying that's my biggest challenge when Ashley has the entire 50 pages to do. But it's much more material than you're ever required to do, especially in a single day, than in any other format of making a show.
We know you've done other webseries, like Cracked Advice Board. Is it different from that, as well?
Oh, it's completely different. I mean, every show is different. Every show has a different story, a different tone. The Cracked Advice Board, which was of my own devising, was, the world of that show is just absurdity. So in that show, we're not dealing with the same rules of reality that we are in the Lizzie Bennet Diaries. Everything is much more wacky and off the wall and there's no kind of lines of reality, versus Lizzie Bennet Diaries we're kind of, we're doing very specific pieces of information, as actors. It's kind of why, when I first watched the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, when I would watch the individual episodes, I didn't know what was going on. It wasn't until I watched from the beginning that I could follow all that. Versus working on the Cracked Advice Board is kind of, it's like a free-for-all. Information doesn't hold the same value it does in the Lizzie Bennet Diaries.
We've heard that Lizzie Bennet Diaries is ending soon. What can you tell us about what's coming up?
I wish I could tell you anything about what's coming up. Here's what I can tell you, is that I am in it. So, I think for fans, they can look forward to seeing the same things that I think have been drawing people to the show in the first place, or one of the main things, which is seeing us adapt moments and scenes and the story, really, of Pride and Prejudice. So I can tell you that, whatever's left of the Pride and Prejudice story that we haven't adapted yet, we're going to be doing in the next two weeks. So the story, we're completing the story and all that that brings with it. In terms of specifics, I wish I could tell you but I have the feeling Bernie Su would slit my throat. I don't think he would slit my throat, but he'd definitely body slam me, for sure.
With the series ending, what's next on your plate?
Well, right now I'm in the middle of recording an audiobook. I've been doing an audiobook for the director Chris Columbus. Chris Columbus and Ned Vizzini, who wrote It's Kind of a Funny Story and Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Harry Potter movies and Stepmom and Gremlins and Goonies. Gremlins, by the way, is my favorite Christmas movie. Funny enough, all the things that Chris Columbus had done, when I realized that I was going to be doing this book, that was one of the things that excited me the most. But yeah, Chris Columbus and Ned Vizzini wrote this young adult series. It's called The House of Secrets and it's kind of a wild adventure of three kids who get transported to a magical world in that kind of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe sense of siblings getting stuck in a fantasy world, and so it's been awesome. I've been working on that for the past week and I still have a little bit left. So I'm doing that audiobook, which is great. I'm looking forward to sharing that with everyone. I've been doing another webshow called Hipsterhood which I'm doing a guest [role] on, which is kind of exploring the lives of hipsters in Silver Lake in L.A., which is a hipster heaven. And I'm coming in and I'm going to be playing a character named Weston who is a Westsider who's coming in and shaking up their hipster world. And then I have another couple projects in the works that I don't think I can talk about quite yet. But I can tell you one thing, which is that I'll get to play a badass.
Is there a particular genre you'd like to aim for? If you had your druthers, what would you be doing next?
Oh, if I had my druthers, what would I be doing next? I've said this before, but I would love to be in Downton Abbey. People have asked if I'd like to play Pride and Prejudice in its original time period and I would love to. I think doing a period drama like that would be awesome. But I also like, I want to do so much. People ask me if I would rather do comedy or drama and to me they're all kind of part of the same thing. They all satisfy an artistic need of mine. Working on a show like that, working on another show would be great, because I love the community aspect of working on a show. You get to build this kind of team of people who you trust and like working with, or maybe you don't like working with sometimes, but you're all there for the same purpose, to serve the same story. There's that kind of camaraderie. I think I would love to be working on another show like that.
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries updates at 9am PST/noon EST and can be found at www.lizziebennet.com. New episodes of Hipsterhood are posted on www.hipsterhoodseries.com.


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A week ago Saturday I spent a wonderful morning at the library with a group of parents and children creating pirate and mermaid peg dolls, and that thing happened again. A child whispered to me, "Wouldn't it be fun to make a mermaid grotto?"
I said firmly to myself, "I don't have time to even think about it." But the suggestion was too irresistible...
-- A medium sized box (such as a large shoe box)
-- Some paper in greens and blues. I had this
scrapbook paper in my cupboard, but any
sort of colorful paper will be great.
-- Seashells of assorted shapes & sizes
-- A small cardboard jewelry/gift box. My box
measures 2 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in (5 1/2 cm x 8 cm).
-- Scraps of fabric
-- A glue stick and glue gun
-- Scissors
(NOTE: instructions for making mermaids and octopus can be found here in my books.)
STEP 1 :: Cut the front off your box and cut away 1/2 to 2/3 of the top. (I also glued the top of my box so that it is tilted up, but this is completely optional.)
STEP 2 :: Cover the inside of your box with ocean-colored paper. Using glue stick to affix your paper to box will ensure that your paper will lie flat and not buckle.
STEP 3 :: I added waves, some seaweed, and a fish to decorate the walls of my grotto. Other things to add might be an octopus, seashells, coral, starfish, etc... You can find endless ideas and images by searching online for clip-art. Have fun making up your own sea grotto design!
I didn't cover the outside of my box, however, feel free to paint the outside of your box or cover it with paper.
STEP 1 :: Cut a strip of fabric to fit around the edges of your box and affix in place with hot glue.
STEP 2 :: Use hot glue to stick seashells around the sides of the box (note: I am not usually a fan of hot glue, however, it is the best type of glue for holding seashells in place).
STEP 3 :: Cut some small pieces of fabric to serve as a mattress and blanket.
STEP 4 :: Tuck your mermaid in and sing her a lullaby.
It's a nice idea to set the table with your best dishes when you are expecting a friend for tea.
If you ask nicely, an octopus is always happy to help set the table.
Shhh... the baby is sleeping.


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Recipes > Desserts > Puddings > Sunderland Pudding
Whip the eggs, half the whites, take the nutmeg, cream and a little salt, the flour, oil or butter pans, cups, or bowls, bake in a quick oven one hour. Eat with sweet sauce.
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American Cookery (1796).
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I am lucky enough to have some planted in my garden and it's going crazy. I've had about 4 zucchini so far and YUM, delish! Here are some things you need to know about zucchini:
Massively low in calories--one large zucchini is only 16 calories!
Plenty of phyto nutrients including beta-carotene, B vitamins, a little vitamin C and plenty o' potassium!
Here's a TIP:
Small to medium sized zucchinis are most tasty. Look for a smooth, unblemished skin and nice dark green color. Tasty zucchs skin should feel soft, but the zucchini itself should be hard and not squishy (that means its past its prime, yuck!)
Here's Today's TRICK:
To change things up, I grate my zucchini, sautéing it in garlic and olive oil, topping it with a little freshly grated Romano cheese and fresh ground pepper. Nice side dish and almost rice-like or pasta-like in texture.
And your RECIPE:
(from Saving Dinner the Vegetarian Way)
Mediterranean Orzo Salad
Serves 6
Serves 6
2 1/4 cups orzo
2 medium zucchini, quartered lengthwise and thinly sliced
15 Kalamata olives, pitted and sliced
6 green onions, thinly sliced
2 stalks celery, thinly sliced
1 large tomato, seeded and cubed
1 1/2 green bell pepper, seeded, deribbed and chopped
1/2 cup olive oil
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
4 cloves garlic, pressed
1 1/2 teaspoons oregano
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh dill, minced
Salt and pepper to taste
6 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
Prepare orzo according to package directions; Drain and rinse under cold water. Drain again very thoroughly. Place in a large bowl.
Stir in the zucchini, olives, green onions, celery, tomato, and green bell pepper.
In a small bowl, beat together the olive oil, vinegar, garlic, oregano, dill, salt and pepper. Pour over the salad and toss to coat well. Sprinkle on the feta cheese and toss again. Add the mayonnaise and toss gently. Chill at least for 2 hours and bring to room temperature before serving.
Per Serving: 575 Calories; 34g Fat; 14g Protein; 57g Carbohydrate; 4g Dietary Fiber; 28mg Cholesterol; 528mg Sodium. Exchanges: 3 Grain (Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 5 1/2 Fat.
SERVING SUGGESTION: Serve with a simple caprese salad: sliced ripe tomatoes, layered with fresh basil leaves, sliced mozzarella and drizzled with extra virgin olive oil. Fresh ground pepper over the top finishes it beautifully.
Leanne Ely, C.N.C.
Your Dinner Diva at your service on http://savingdinner.com/
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