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When circumstances change dramatically, but you just don't see how the changes impact you personally or professionally, it's wise to stop and reflect. It could be a sign that something profound is happening and you're missing it.
This October 1st is the 105th anniversary of the introduction of the Model T Ford in 1908. The development of the transportation industry at the beginning of this century, I believe, is comparable to the technology innovations of the last few years. And I suggest that the same fundamental choices that had to be made then by blacksmiths must be made now by internal auditors.
If you were a blacksmith in 1908, you could either consider yourself in the horseshoe business, or you could consider yourself a part of the transportation industry.
If you were in the horseshoe business, you probably responded to the invention of the automobile by aiming to please your customers with better horseshoes or even, as Henry Ford once reportedly said, "faster horses."
If you thought you were in the transportation business, you probably turned your attention to the rapidly evolving transportation technology and learned how to drive, design, build, or maintain either the motor vehicles or the tools and technology the transportation industry required.
Like the shortsighted blacksmiths who were left behind, internal auditors today may be missing the opportunity to redefine their role in the face of recent technological innovations.
Is technology making auditors redundant?
In business, what you measure is what you get. Internal auditors today measure "audits." They plan audits, track audits, report on audits, supervise audits, review audits, and assemble work papers on audits performed. They measure their performance by the speed and quantity of audits produced. They measure quality by conformity to standards in these areas. It's all about audits.
Internal auditors are in the audit business. They use technology to help them perform and manage audits. Internal auditors are struggling to find ways to adapt current technology to help them audit. Today's technology doesn't make audits easier or better. It has the potential to make them redundant—like horseshoes
Redefining the role of internal audit
A logical alternative for internal auditors today is to shift from the auditing business to the knowledge business. I would argue that internal auditors were always intended to be in the knowledge business. Up until now, performing an audit was the best way to get knowledge, and an audit opinion was the best way to express it. That's no longer the case. The problem is that "audits," which were originally a means to an end, have become the end result.
Fortunately, internal auditors have as guidance a fairly enlightened definition of internal auditing to work with:
"Internal auditing is an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organization's operations. It helps an organization accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes." (IIA Standards and Guidance – IPPF, Mandatory Guidance, Definition of Internal Auditing)
(I frankly can't even find a definition of what an "audit" is in the IIA Standards. The word "audit" is almost always used as an adjective rather than a noun in the Standards. But for internal auditors, it's almost always a noun. Call me picky, but I see a problem there.)
A case for the knowledge business
Let me suggest another role that I think would fulfill the definition of internal auditing much better.
The role of Internal Auditors is to create, interpret, and disseminate as widely as possible reliable, fact-based knowledge on the status of risks and controls that impact business performance.
With this change, the auditing role becomes very different, affecting not only the tools used to gather and manage knowledge but also the way internal audit performance is measured. I will explain in more detail what these changes look like in my next blog, Redefining the Role of Internal Audit: Becoming Knowledge Based.
How can you tell if your audit department should consider changing? Do you measure performance by the number of audit reports you issue, by the number of recommendations you make, and by the percentage of the work plan you complete? Or do you measure the extent to which you support improved business performance?
Do you measure the number of departments and processes you audit, or do you align your work with the business value drivers?
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NFTs are still a mysterious phrase in the wider world, and many people believe that they are being overhyped in the wealthy community. In truth, NFTs have a far wider range of uses than we now see, and they will eventually become a fundamental element of the future web. Non-fungible Tokens, or NFT Art, are digital ledgers that may be used to store ownership data on the blockchain.
NFTs, on the other hand, are a boon to artists since they can now readily exhibit and auction their works without difficulty, as well as communicate with their admirers. Such artists have sold their NFT work for millions of dollars and gained international notoriety. If the creator's work is resalable, several NFT marketplaces allow them to receive royalties. If you're a young artist wanting to get into the realm of NFTs, this blog can be really useful.
Begin With A Phenomenal Approach
Amazing ideas lead to great inventions, and the same is true for art NFTs. Your NFT art may be anything: a painting, a song, a meme, or even actual objects. The most critical factor to consider when minting NFTs for your artwork. It is to deliver something new to the marketplace in the form of NFTs. It's also crammed with numerous NFT art forms with the hopes of raising costs and gaining popularity.
If you're an artist looking to capitalize on the current popularity of NFT artworks, it's best to deliver the message in your own unique manner. However, keep in mind that both established and emerging artists are contributing to the NFT realm of art.
If conventional painting isn't your thing, you may still be an artist by designing collectibles based on a subject. Such theme-based collectibles have become extremely popular, and their prices have skyrocketed. CryptoPunks, Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), and other well-known collector artworks are examples. Such collectibles are being released in large quantities and at a cheaper price for each NFT. You can earn a lot more than you would if you were to collect so many individual artworks. However, be aware that plagiarising from well-known collectibles will not go over well with the NFT community, so be distinct and real if you want to succeed.
Even music numbers have been known to sell as NFTs in the past. You may avoid paying royalties to streaming networks while also connecting with your followers by selling music this way.
Even more types of art, including as memes, poetry, data, and even real assets, can be successful NFTs.
Should Your NFT Art Be Listed?
- The most critical step you can take before entering the NFT market is to understand how NFT art work and how to list your NFTs.
- Find an NFT market that meets your requirements. Then figure out where the creative form you're creating has adequate demand. OpenSea, Rarible, SuperRare, and other popular examples are only a few.
- After you've found a marketplace, log in to the platform to see what minting choices are available. After that, upload your art form in the necessary format to the minting portal.
- Fill up your personal information, such as your name, portfolio, and other details that vary each marketplace.
- Give your minted artform a name and a relevant phrase for the asset, depending on its form. Select the sort of payment you'd want to receive in exchange for your NFT artform.
- Review and finalise your NFT artform, then double-check that everything is in order. After that, you'll need to mint your tokens. After being authenticated by the blockchain, they will be listed on the NFT marketplace.
Advertise Your NFT Art
- After all of this effort, your work earns the right to be termed an NFT. So you may use suitable NFT marketing tips to increase your sales and reputation.
- NFT enthusiasts are in the millions, therefore it's critical to understand their pulse and apply appropriate strategies to make your art appealing to them. Obviously, the description of your service on the marketplace platform should appropriately portray what the task entails, since first impressions may lead to big purchases.
- Apart from that, the ideal way to reach out to both hobbyists and the general public is to use various social media and community platforms to your benefit. While social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn can be useful for sharing useful information, community interaction platforms like Telegram, Discord, Reddit, and Clubhouse are well-known for participating in meaningful and relevant conversations with enthusiasts.
- The utilisation of influencers is another facet of social media that is well-known as a marketing strategy. If they encourage your work, they may bring a lot of attention to it. Collaborating with numerous influencers is beneficial since the reach is greater and hence more popular.
- Market through customised emails is another common marketing strategy that might work for you if you plan to consistently update your NFT marketplace with fresh works. Creating a buzz around your artwork in the NFT community may also be as simple as posting informative films or even teaser videos.
Marketing Appear to be a Difficult Task! So, how would I go about promoting Them?
If you're worried that promoting your new NFT art work would be difficult, don't be. Using a marketing agency that specialises in various aspects of NFT artwork marketing will make things easier for you. Their services include utilising every available platform to ensure that your artwork NFT reaches a wide audience. Furthermore, being global guarantees that your artforms may be purchased by customers from all around the world. Some of the specialist organisations also have low-cost marketing strategies that might help aspiring artists.


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The Kia EV6 is one of the most anticipated new electric car models on the market, but despite all its advantages, it's not perfect.
During detailed testing of the car, Bjørn Nyland found that the location of the charging port is not optimal, because - as we can see in the video (4:53-5:40) - the charging flap is within the rear area that gets the dirtiest.
See also other Bjørn Nyland's tests of the Kia EV6 here: Winter range test, 1,000 km challenge, banana box test.
It's common that in vehicles with a similar rear shape, the rear becomes dirty quickly.
This issue will be a recurring one, especially in wet or during winter, but even in the summer, this part might be covered with a layer of dust.
EV manufacturers are free to place the charging port wherever they want, but the rear area is a rare choice. We guess that the EV6 is a bit over-designed and the design won over practicality.
Thankfully, the charging flap is motorized, so the user can open it from inside (if he/she remembers) and close it using a button.
However, the cap that covers the high-power DC charging pins must be placed carefully or it will also get dirty and the problem will spread to the inside of the charging port.
In the case of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 (another new, E-GMP-based EV), the charging power is located on the side, which appears to be a much better decision. Also, the charging flap will probably be less prone to damage.
Tesla also uses a similar location for the charging port (just on the opposite side driver's side). Some manufacturers place charging ports behind the front wheel on the driver's side or in the front, while other options are less popular.


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Messaging is one of the key aspects of making sales in your business. When your messaging is effective, you won't just attract your audience on autopilot, but they will feel permanently aligned to you + whatever you sell.
There are a few essential messages I'd like to share to share with you, so be sure to incorporate them into your brand!
In this episode, we're going over:
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Messaging is one of the key aspects of making sales in your business. When your messaging is effective, you won't just attract your audience on autopilot, but they will feel permanently aligned to you + whatever you sell.
There are a few essential messages I'd like to share to share with you, so be sure to incorporate them into your brand!
In this episode, we're going over:
P.S. If you'd like a free training that helps you define your dreams, look at what's working + what's not, get specific on your visibility goals, create a step by step checklist, get it down on the calendar, + install a crucial support system, enroll for the 90 Day Visibility Plan masterclass FOR FREE here!
welcome back to the visible entrepreneur. Today we're going to be talking about the five key messages you need in your visibility plan. A couple of these you may not be familiar with, so I encourage you to stay tuned. Are you ready to get your brand seen worldwide, ready to learn the exact strategies that have made millionaires want to know the secret software's I use to save time, energy and keep things running and profitable with the minimal team. It's all here on my show, the visible entrepreneur, I'm your host, Michelle Lewis, founder of visibility vixen, after hitting the top of the charts in France, the UK, Australia, Canada, and Singapore, the visible entrepreneur is back for season four with some of the biggest names in the business. I'm asking them to spill detailed information about what made them so successful, specifically, their traffic and income generators. That way you can take notes, study the strategy that will work best for you, and see success in your own lead and revenue generation. We're all about honesty here. And I'll never stop working to get you the support you need, and pushing you to give back
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After all, entrepreneurs are changing the world. Welcome back to the visible entrepreneur. Okay, so when people talk about visibility, it can feel like an overarching, complicated, overwhelming topic, right? Because it can mean so many things. It can mean marketing, your social media plan, your email marketing, it can mean your different appearances, just all kinds of things. So what I wanted to talk about today are what are those five key messages that you need to have in your arsenal that really bleeds out into any visibility plan that you can create. These are some time tested techniques that I've built over the past couple of years. And I think that it might really help you, no matter where you're at in your business journey. If you're first starting out, this is going to give you some great resources to have a firm foundation. If you've been doing this a while but are still kind of struggling feeling like you're just kind of in a lifeboat on the ocean without a rudder. And without an engine, then this might be really helpful for you to get a little bit of clarity and be able to pivot some of your planning. So the first thing before we get started, I want to encourage you that if you if you have not taken the visibility sprint masterclass encourage you to do so that's going to give you even more clarity than what I'll be talking about here on the show. So you can find that at visibility vixen.com forward slash sprint, so I'm gonna leave that link below for you as well, just in case who knows if I'm saying the right one at this point, right. So here we go. So the first message that you want to have in place is, you guessed it, your mission statement. This is a one sentence encapsulating who you are, who you serve the results you get them and your offering. This is something that you're going to need for every part of your business, your social media accounts, your press page, your website, every offer page that you have, in your pitch plan in whatever you get featured summit's guesting spots. I use it everywhere. And I remember way back in the day. I got on this clarity call. And I don't know if you've heard of her before Lexie D'Angelo, she was offering free clarity calls. And we got on the phone and she's saying Okay, so let's give clarity to who you are and what you do. And I remember going on this, this long winded, ridiculous thing. And she was like, that took way too long to explain. And she was absolutely right. It took me time to figure out this formula, which I will give you right now. So grab your pen and paper. Because even if you think you have your one liner, chances are this one is going to blow it out of the water. So here's the sentence. I'm a title, who helps ideal client result result result through signature offering. This is hard to perfect. My students struggle every week. They're like, Well, how about this, like, nope, is too long. We got to cut it down, cut it down, cut it down. So if you're thinking about like, okay, Michelle, but I maybe I'm gonna give this a go. Maybe not. But like, what's a good example of a mission statement? I'm going to read you mine right now. So I'm a visibility expert who specializes in helping floundering brands identify their unique brand color, inject meaning into their messaging and attract their dream customers through my signature color course. And you may say, Well, Michelle, but you do more than that. You talk about disability, you talk about publicity,
blah, blah, blah.
I'm very much aware, but for the most part, I can tweak my mission statement if I need to, if I'm talking about visibility or whatever. For the most part, I focus on the first step of the journey. I'm going to be taking my ideal client which is colors ecology. So give this a couple of tries is going to take you at least four or five drafts to really perfect this. But I find that this is the way to start with your visibility plan, having a mission statement in place that you feel clear about that can be your one sentence introduction, wherever you go, is incredibly key. So keep that in mind as we move forward into number two, which is your belief statement. I don't see enough brands doing this. And I think that it's really a disservice because especially now we are in saturated markets, right? It's not 1995 anymore, we have so much going on so many competitors. And the thing that can really differentiate us isn't just what we do, we did that a little with the mission state but but still we're you know, we're in a what they call a red ocean, right? So a belief statement goes even deeper into what you believe and what you want to see, in my opinion, change in the world. So this can be incredibly powerful. And this is the process I take every visibility lounge member through because it's important to know not just the immediate why of why you're doing this, which could be family, finances, circumstances, wanting to retire your spouse, whatever it may be. But going even bigger, what are you going to do with your revenue to help support change in the planet. We're all born with that specific twinge of what really breaks our heart of what's happening in the world. And I would like to think that we all are brought into being entrepreneurs to actually see those changes. So for me, it's Samaritan's Purse, here's a card they sent me for last month's donation. I really love what they do in the world. And so this is where 10% of my paycheck goes. And it doesn't have to be 10%. If you're saying, Well, I'm not making enough recurring revenue in my business yet $1, we can all give $1. Right. So start small, work your way up. And with this belief statement, all you're going to do is write down what you think is different about how you were created what's on your heart to change in the world. And where you plan to give to help enact that change how powerful and if you can put it into a social media post, share it, people want to know your heart, and they want to know why you're different, I found that this does a beautiful job. Alright, now let's move on to number three, the third key message that you need in your visibility plan and that is a hero story. People need to know where you came from. And what made you get into this industry. If you know I said, Oh, I was an actress and I was successful and all this stuff. And then I got into visibility, who's going to give a crap, right? No one's going to care because they're gonna go You are so unrelatable blah, blah, blah, right. But if I talk to you about how I had such visibility blockages because of injuries in my childhood that I became a stand in. So I was in front of the camera, but not when it was actually recording, and how that program my subconscious to hide and not be seen. Then you're going like, Oh, that's interesting. I can relate to you know, bullying, I can relate to not wanting to step out there I can relate to not wanting to be seen. I'm positioning my story in a way that people who have similar struggles can relate to it and go, that's the person that I need to coach me out of this, right. We all have a beautiful hero story and what I encourage you to do, you don't need to go into every single struggle you've ever had, right? This doesn't need to be a telenovela. It just needs to be the pieces that relate to this real visual part of what you do. And I find that being able to just take a couple of those key stories can be incredibly powerful to help your audience go.
That's my
right person. And that's the goal, right? All these things. When we talk about visibility plans, we're talking a little bit about messaging today. And it's because just those little tweaks can make the biggest difference in the world. So I want to take a break here. Hopefully, if I'm writing these things down, getting the ideas down as you can maybe you're doing it in the notes or your phone. Would you do me a favor? If this is resonating with you? If you're finding these tips helpful, would you take a screenshot of this episode and share it with me on Instagram? tag me visibility vixen, and let me know what piece of these messages you're going to enact in your visibility plan. That would absolutely be incredible. And I cannot wait to see them. I promise I will reply back, it helps me know that I'm creating content that is resonating with you and helping you on a weekly basis. So thank you for doing that. Okay, so let's move on to number four. The fourth key message you need in your visibility plan is your value stack. And you may be saying well, is that really a message it is so much clarity. It comes from your ideal client, knowing exactly what you offer and what those tiers are. So you can also call that a value ladder if you want to. But what I want you to do in terms of this being a key message is I want you to write down the ascension of where you take your clients from free to your highest paid offer and it should be very congruent, right? We've talked about that before, and make that into a visual representation. And I want you to share that on your website and on your social media. I want you to test this and see how people respond. Because most of the time, people don't understand exactly what we offer. So take another look at your website go Okay, is it clear on the homepage? Exactly? What I do is my mission statement, there is my belief statement, there is my hero story there or on my about page, and then go, is it clear what I offer? On my homepage in my shop? Is it easy for people to buy from me on my social media links? Whether you use link tree or social tab or whatever? Is it clear Can someone go direct to that sales page or checkout page, we need to stop making it such a mystery of how to buy. This is a way to enact a really strong visibility plan by having things be obvious to your ideal
So take some time and do that. I'd love to see it. So tag me in it so I can see when you have this rockin and rollin. Okay, last but not least, we're going to talk about your brand video. I know I've talked about this before, but it's something I don't want you to forget. And we tend to look at the work involved in rolling. I'm going to do that next quarter. But chances are, it's not going to get done. And what really sucks about that is that a brand video
is has so
much power. It can be put in so many places, right social media, your website, you're on YouTube, on Pinterest, even it can be put on your press page. I mean, it is just such an evergreen resource. It's something you're going to adjust probably every year or two years. But it's such an incredible resource to share. Because it encapsulates everything we've been talking about today in one two minute video. So if you've been putting off the brand video, I'm going to kick your buttons in here and say, go out there and start making it now because you're not going to regret it, you're going to be so relieved when it's done. And it's going to enable you to share in a way you haven't shared before. It's something that you can put on your website. It's something that you can put on social media. It's such a beautiful thing that you can do. What if someone opted into your list, and on the thank you page, they had your brand video on ways to connect with you, right? It's that engagement with your ideal client, which is so incredibly key. So I think I've given you plenty of homework today. This is probably one of those actionable episodes we've had in terms of me setting you to go and do your homework. I want to encourage you to do that. Please let me know what your biggest takeaways were. I want to keep up with you on your journey. And remember, if you have not signed up for the visibility's print masterclass, be sure to do that I will share the link below. I believe the link is visibility vixens comm Ford slash sprint, so be sure to take that class. And if you're ready to go in depth with these strategies, times 100. I want to invite you to join the visibility lounge This is a signature program I have created that will take you through all the aspects of visibility and enacting an incredible visibility plan. So you can start bringing in traffic subscribers and most importantly, revenue. Then once this is in place, you'll be able to move into PR and we can talk about that later because we've got tons of offerings there as well. At my new brand, the publicity place which I am launching with my friend Kristin marquet, who is a publicist in New York City, you may recognize the name because I released a book with her a couple years ago called publicity jumpstart. So if you are interested in joining the visibility lounge program, we would love to have you here you can look that up at visibility vixens comm forward slash visibility lounge In the meantime, sending you off to complete your homework tag me share with me so I can celebrate your progress. And next week, we're going to be bringing in a guest who is going to show you so much incredible stuff about being a best selling author. So I will see you then have a great rest of your day, get out there and be more visible. I hope you love this episode as much as I did. Now we're all about building a tribe here as the visible entrepreneur, so be sure to subscribe, leave a five star review and then head on over to the Facebook group. It's a great place where you can practice your video, live stream and really enjoy the community that we have built. In the meantime, I'll see you in the next episode. Now get out there and get more visible


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Chapter 26. PowerPoint Settings to Change
In this chapter
Setting default file location
Setting AutoRecover time
Adding more files to the recently used files list
Setting the link/embed file size limit
Controlling chart fonts
Adding more undo levels
Adding and removing navigation controls for Web viewing
Turning on and off animations for Web viewing
There are a number of settings you can change to customize PowerPoint's operation. Most of these settings are configured in PowerPoint's Options dialog box, which you access by selecting Tools, Options.
Setting Default File Location
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Banana is among the world's most popular fruits. If your cat is fed a few pieces of sliced banana, it won't be adversely affected. However, too much banana can have unwanted side effects.
Banana is safe and healthy for cats, but feed them no more than 1-2 thin slices. Even if cats like the flavor, don't give them a whole banana. This fruit contains too much sugar, which can lead to weight gain and digestive issues. The peel has a bitter, rubbery texture and is a choking hazard.
Most cats will show little interest in eating banana as they're disinterested in sweet tastes. However, banana does have a distinctive scent, and cats may be curious about the unusual, distinctive smell.
Do Cats Like Bananas?
As explained by PloS Genetics, cats cannot taste sugars.
Your cat will be curious about what you're doing when you peel a banana. It's safe to offer a small slice as it'll likely be indifferent to the sweet taste.
However, some cats enjoy sweet-tasting fruits. As a species, cats will always be more interested in protein-rich foods. However, if your cat asks for some banana, it's likely just curious.
Bananas have a strong, distinctive scent, which some cats may find appealing. Also, the cat will see you eating a banana and, given that cats are natural imitators, they may want to try what you're eating.
If your cat wants to try banana, offer it a very small piece, and it'll likely spit it out.
Are Bananas Good for Cats To Eat?
The health benefits of feeding cats bananas are as follows:
Potassium Chloride
100 grams of banana contains 358 mg of potassium.
Potassium is a mineral responsible for heart and kidney function, which is essential in senior cats.
However, well-balanced senior cat food will provide all the vitamins and minerals that cats need. If further supplementation is required, take advice from a veterinarian, particularly if your cat has renal problems.
If your cat's blood potassium level is low, it'll develop hypokalemia. The occasional feeding of bananas in appropriate amounts can be beneficial.
Conversely, excessive banana can lead to hyperkalemia.
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)
There is 0.4 mg of vitamin B6 in 100 grams of banana.
Vitamin B6 is critical for the performance of the organs in the feline body, including kidney function.
Vitamin B6 is shed in urine throughout the day and needs to be replaced.
Manganese Oxide
There's 0.57 mg of manganese in 100 grams of banana.
Manganese can be beneficial to the skin as it encourages the creation of collagen. However, cats require little manganese to meet their daily needs.
A deficiency of manganese oxide is very rare in cats.
Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)
There is 8.7 mg of vitamin C in 100g of banana.
Vitamin C protects against cell oxidation due to the aging process. However, cats don't have a Vitamin C dietary requirement as their bodies are able to produce enough on their own.
Oranges are a good source of Vitamin C, but cats usually dislike them intensely.
Are Bananas Bad For Cats?
Take the following risks into consideration before feeding your cat banana:
Simple Sugars (Carbohydrates)
There are 12 g of naturally occurring sugar in 100 grams of banana. That's more sugar than is found in strawberries, which contain just 4.9 g per 100 grams.
The obvious risk of sugary foods is obesity. Senior cats, in particular, move less than they once did, so their calorie intake must be controlled.
Obesity leads to a heightened risk of feline diabetes. The Journal of Nutrition confirms that weight gain is linked to diabetes in cats.
We need to consider sugar's impact on a cat's teeth. There are risks involved with professional tooth cleaning, especially for senior cats. A low-sugar diet reduces the chances of tooth decay.
Weight Gain And Obesity
Carbohydrates are one of the five major food groups.
In felines, carbohydrates are surplus to requirements and aren't processed efficiently by their body. If the cat doesn't burn off these calories, obesity is likely in the long run.
As explained by Veterinary Sciences, carbs are detrimental to a cat's long-term health. Wild cats actively seek out low-carbohydrate diets. Wild prey, such as rodents and birds, are rich sources of pure protein.
A domesticated cat begging for carbs is a learned behavior. Cats are obligate carnivores and need a meat-based diet.
Are Bananas Safe For Kittens?
For the first 12 months, banana should not be fed to kittens. They should just eat specially-formulated food to support their physical growth and development.
After 12 months have elapsed, 1-2 small slices of banana can be introduced. However, treats (as a whole) should only account for around 10% of a cat's daily caloric intake.
Kittens should never be fed banana skin.
Types of Banana For Cats
There are various ways to give banana to cats, but they're not all healthy or recommended.
Here's an assessment of the most common ways to service banana to cats:
Banana Chips
The best way to offer banana chips to a cat is to get a dehydrator.
Making your own banana chips is healthier than relying upon store-bought chips. The latter are usually deep-fried in fat and add salt for flavor.
By slicing and dehydrating at home, you know exactly what you're feeding your cat.
Mashed Banana
Banana mash is good for cats when constipated.
Mash an appropriate dosage of banana up and add water for hydration. Mix this in with food or serve in a saucer.
Frozen Banana
A cat that enjoys banana may appreciate frozen banana slices during the summer.
Dilute the banana with water as it'll make the fruit moist and easier to digest. It also improves hydration levels, but banana contains less water than many fruits, such as watermelon.
Banana Bread
Cats love the scent of fresh bread due to the presence of yeast.
Banana bread has other ingredients that cats enjoy, such as butter and nuts. However, none of the added ingredients in banana bread are good for cats.
Never offer the raw ingredients of banana bread mix to a cat as the yeast will expand in the stomach.
Banana Milk
Never offer a cat banana milk as most cats are lactose intolerant. The cat will experience gas, bloating, and diarrhea after consuming dairy products. Also, banana milk contains more sugar and fat than traditional milk.
Can Cats Eat Banana Peel?
Cats can't eat banana peel as it's tough, and most cats will struggle to chew through it. So, the peel is a choking hazard as your cat may attempt to swallow it before sufficient mastication.
Also, banana peel consumption could result in an intestinal blockage or even death.
Bananas aren't harmful to cats, but they're not essential to the feline diet. While we all want to vary what we feed our pets, cats are obligate carnivores that thrive on a meat-based (high protein) diet.


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Peoria, Arizona —— It's the Atlanta Braves show out at the Arizona Fall League this year, with the National League East organization sending off an extremely strong contingent of prospects for the prestigious offseason circuit. That group includes outfielder Ronald Acuna, third baseman Austin Riley, and catcher Alex Jackson all playing for the Peoria Javelinas — and those three are the subject of today's quick hit post here, with extensive at-bat footage of the trio from several different angles out at the AFL over the last few weeks. We'll go player by player below, but before we do, a friendly reminder: please click here and subscribe to the Baseball Census YouTube channel if you'd like more than a thousand other high-definition baseball prospect videos just like these.
Ronald Acuna, OF, Atlanta Braves
Ronald Acuna has been tearing up the AFL as a 19-year-old. In his first 15 games for the Javelinas, the outfielder is slashing .377/.462/.698/1.160 across 53 at-bats, with five doubles, four home runs, and eight walks against 13 strikeouts in that span. He's impressed in the field, too, with several exceptional catches in the outfield; all around, he looks like the type of guy ready for the big leagues after running through three levels (High-A, Double-A, Triple-A) in the Braves' system during the summer of 2017.
This isn't the first time we've seen Ronald Acuna, of course (click here to watch our video on the prospect from Triple-A Gwinnett in July), but even now after a long year he continues to be exactly as advertised — flashing five tools with impressive athleticism, easy access to power, and the ability to change every baseball game in which he's a part. Expect big things from him in 2018, because it won't be long before he's up in The Show with Atlanta.
Austin Riley, 3B, Atlanta Braves
He's not quite as hot as Acuna, but through 38 Arizona Fall League at-bats entering play on Friday, third base prospect Austin Riley is slashing .342/.419/.789/1.208 with three doubles, a triple, and four home runs. Riley is bulkier and a little bit less athletic than Acuna, and the third baseman has more and easier access to raw power with lift. Riley hit 20 home runs this year split between High-A and Double-A as just a 20-year-old, so I think it's safe to assume he has the potential to grow into legitimate plus power in another few years' time. Above, you can see his swing from a couple angles over a few different AFL games.
Alex Jackson, C, Atlanta Braves
Finally, Atlanta Braves catching prospect Alex Jackson has joined the show at the AFL after being traded over to Atlanta late last November from the Seattle Mariners. Over his first 52 at-bats entering play on Friday afternoon in Peoria, Jackson is slashing .308/.368/.654/1.022 with three doubles, five home runs, four walks, and 14 strikeouts. I've yet to really concentrate on his work behind the plate yet, but that'll be one of my goals to hit during my final trip out to the AFL beginning on Monday.
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The media praised Liverpool's persistence in chasing victory and the defensive performance in the 3-0 win over Watford at Vicarage Road.
Jurgen Klopp's side delivered a clinical away performance to record what is now the Reds' best ever return from the first 13 games of a Premier League season.
Three second-half goals earned all three points, with Mohamed Salah's sharp finish, Trent Alexander-Arnold's brilliant free-kick and Roberto Firmino's close-range header doing the damage.
This is a great win for the Reds in a potentially tricky fixture after international disruption, and Klopp will be delighted with his side's professionalism and clinic edge.
Here's how the media assessed the victory at Vicarage Road.
The media felt it was a vital win and praised Liverpool's persistence in finding victory and chasing Man City
The Liverpool Echo's James Pearce assessed the victory as the sort of result that will provide belief that the Reds can "truly go the distance" this season:
They remain in hot pursuit of Manchester City and this is the kind of gutsy triumph which will fuel the belief that Klopp's men can truly go the distance.
The Mail's Riath Al-Samarrai lauded the victory, praising Liverpool for winning so convincingly at a tricky opponent even after international disruption:
That is an important context for this win – Watford are a good side.
Beating them here hasn't been easy for anyone and yet Liverpool did them for three after only one day of preparation following the end of the international break.
Writing for Goal.com, Neil Jones praised the Reds' resilience and tenacity to continue grinding out wins to stay on Man City's tails:
What must they make of Klopp's men over at the Etihad, one wonders?
As Pep Guardiola's City run through their obstacles with ease, routing West Ham 4-0 at the London Stadium on Saturday, Liverpool stutter and get their feet caught and yet still find a way to drag themselves over the line, week after week.
On a similar train of thought, Pearce rightly commented that Klopp's side can only keep doing their job to stay within touching distance of Pep Guardiola's side:
Liverpool must simply take care of their own business to ensure they are still in touch when the clubs meet at the Etihad on January 3.
The watching journalists were impressed by Liverpool's defensive display and control in performance
First of all, our own Henry Jackson felt the "winning mentality" Klopp has instilled in the team shone through:
There is a winning mentality that Klopp has created as his tenure has gone on, and to use a good old cliche, Saturday's victory was the 'stuff of champions'.
Pearce labelled the defensive performance "outstanding" and singled out Andy Robertson for praise:
The soft centre which Klopp inherited has been well and truly addressed. Defensively, the Reds were outstanding once again.
But Andy Robertson was the pick of the bunch. The Scot epitomises Liverpool's heady mix of combative edge and attacking invention. The Reds left-back won battles all afternoon and was relentless down the left flank.
The Telegraph's Chris Bascombe was particularly impressed by how Liverpool stepped it up after half-time and labelled the second-half performance the "most complete showing this season":
The patience and maturity made the second half their most complete showing this season.
Reporters weren't all completely sold on Klopp's tactics despite the victory
ESPN's Glenn Price praised Klopp for being bold deploying the attacking 4-2-3-1 set-up away from home and felt that the Reds still retained a good balance:
Jurgen Klopp made the brave call to use his 4-2-3-1 system for the first time away from Anfield this season. There was some very good intricate play between the four attackers.
Despite having so much firepower on the pitch, Liverpool looked more balanced and controlled midfield — a sharp contrast to the matches prior to the international break.
However, Jackson thinks there are still lingering concerns with the 4-2-3-1 formation and questioned Klopp's decision in switching Salah and Firmino's roles in particular:
Although Liverpool ended up getting all three points away to a good Watford team, there are lingering concerns about the manager's choice of system.
Salah enjoyed one of the all-time great Liverpool seasons by an individual and Firmino enjoyed his record goal tally – is it really worth suddenly switching things up?
Oppositely, Jones feels Salah's shift to a central striker has enabled the Egyptian to hit top form, and lauded him for delivering another decisive contribution:
Salah's shift from a right-sided forward to a more central striker has been notable in recent weeks, but it has coincided with a return to something like full sharpness.
Here, he was lively even when his team were not, and his ability to provide decisive contributions at key moments make him indispensable.
And looking at where the game was won, the BBC's Steve Sutcliffe felt Liverpool's full-backs were key as they continually moved forward and stretched Watford's defence:
However, Alexander-Arnold and left-back Robertson both came to the fore – though the latter was fortunate not to concede a penalty.
Both players enjoyed more touches than Liverpool's celebrated front three of Salah, Firmino and Sadio Mane.
Meanwhile, our man Joel Rabinowitz noted Klopp's wise use of subs in introducing James Milner for Xherdan Shaqiri to see the game out:
His patience paid off, though, making no changes at half-time and then bringing on Milner for Shaqiri to kill the game once Liverpool got themselves in front.
The media gave verdicts on which Reds impressed and struggled at Vicarage Road
Jackson lauded Virgil van Dijk's performance and believes the Dutchman is the best centre-back in the world currently:
Virgil van Dijk was immaculate at the heart of the defence, taming the physical Troy Deeney, making crucial tackles and winning everything in the air.
Football supporters will forever be biased, but there is none involved when suggesting Van Dijk is the world's best centre-back currently. He simply is.
Price was impressed again by Xherdan Shaqiri and feels the "elite" attacker is becoming an "un-droppable" player for Klopp:
Salah keeps on scoring and Xherdan Shaqiri's performances are making him become virtually un-droppable.
Liverpool appear to have secured an elite starting forward for just £13 million.
ESPN's Nick Miller saw positive signs of Firmino finding form again and he thinks this could be essential to Liverpool rediscovering their best attacking play:
But generally speaking, when Firmino plays well, Liverpool's front three plays well. This might be why they haven't hit the attacking heights of last season, as for much of this term he's been a yard or so short of his best form.
If Firmino can build on how he played in the second half here, they will be much more confident about how things will pan out.
It wasn't all good though – the Evening Standard's David Lynch felt Jordan Henderson failed to repay Klopp's faith and was critical of the captain's performance, in particular for getting sent off:
However, the midfielder did not perhaps reward that show of faith as he endured a mixed afternoon at Vicarage Road.
The Englishman's limitations in possession were regularly exposed by Watford's decision to sit deep and try and close space in more dangerous areas. And his decision to go in for a late challenge on Etienne Capoue having narrowly avoided a second booking moments before was inexplicable.


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Raleigh, NC – North Carolina is among the last states in the union to be called because the Democrat-controlled North Carolina State Board of Elections refuses to provide election day voting history. The state board's official line is that this is due to some counties using a manual process, but the board has refused to issue the data it does have even to its own board members. Republican State Elections Board Member Stacy "Four" Eggers dismisses the Democrat leadership's premise and has sought to have the board release the available election day data and provide more transparency to the public to no avail.
"I am frustrated by the lack of information I have received on this issue as a Board member," Eggers said. "The State Board of Elections has a record from those counties which use electronic poll books which could be easily uploaded and available. For those counties with paper poll books on election day, those records could be uploaded as soon as they are scanned. It is my understanding Mecklenburg County will have all of its 195 precincts scanned and available for presentation as of today. I am at a complete loss as to why I, as a Board Member, as well as the voters of this State, cannot be provided with this information as it becomes available. While the official Voter History Reconciliation does not happen until December, there is not a reason to deny voters transparency about these records as they are available to the County Boards of Elections and the State Board of Elections."
The lack of transparency by the board has prevented the media from calling the state for President Trump and Senator Tillis.
President Trump leads by over 75 thousand votes, and Senator Tillis's advantage is over 95 thousand votes. According to the Board, there are 94,900 outstanding absentee ballots. But an unknown number (at least to the public) of these voters voted on election day thereby canceling out their absentee ballot. Given the November 3 postmark requirement, it is unlikely that many additional legal ballots will arrive. Still, the state board has not published a number of absentee ballots that have arrived but not yet been counted.
In accordance with statutory requirement, the state board released the number of provisional ballots cast in North Carolina, indicating that there are 40,766 provisional ballots that have to be researched. However, they've not released the full lists of those who cast provisional ballots. The provisional file that has been provided is not only missing thousands of records, but it also fluctuates up and down with each posting making it difficult to determine who really cast a provisional ballot. With only three days before most of the county boards conduct their canvass for provisional ballots, the State Board has only released 31 thousand out of the almost 41 thousand provisional ballots. This lack of transparency and ever-changing data undermines the confidence people have in the election process.
"It is abundantly clear that President Trump and Senator Thom Tillis carried North Carolina decisively in the 2020 election and the only reason these races have not been called is the complete lack of transparency from the Democrat-controlled board of elections," said NCGOP Chairman Michael Whatley. "The Board needs to stop playing games with the data and let everyone know the results."
Below is a list of the requests for additional information the NCGOP has made of the Board and still not received:
- How and when will the list and number of received, but not counted, absentee ballots be posted?
- Election day vote history. Not a single voter or county's information has been released. The vast majority of counties have electronic voter books to track voter history. Is the Board holding the vote history until they receive the information from every county before updating the number of outstanding absentee ballots, or will that be updated as the Board gets the information?
- When will you provide the full list of provisional voters? Why are the numbers on the posted lists increasing and falling?
- The full schedule of county absentee and provisional ballot meetings. This information was promised to the media at the state board's Wednesday press conference. The current list posted on the NCSBE website is largely composed of "TBD" for time and location of the county meetings.
The North Carolina Republican Party released the above press release earlier this afternoon.


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New Orleans, La., Jan 23, 2019 / 11:41 am
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday rejected a request from abortion rights' advocates to rehear a case challenging a Louisiana law that requires abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.
The Jan. 18 decision effectively upholds its earlier ruling in favor of the bipartisan law, known as the Unsafe Abortion Protection Act, or Act 620. Unless an appeal to the US Supreme Court is filed, it will take effect Jan. 28.
A three judge panel of the Fifth Circuit had upheld Act 620 in September by a 2-1 vote. Abortion rights' advocates were asking the court to rehear the case en banc – by a greater share of the court's judges.
"I applaud the Fifth Circuit's decision to reject the abortion providers' latest legal challenge to Louisiana's pro-life and pro-woman admitting privileges law," said Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry. "Act 620 is common-sense measure that ensures women will receive proper care if they have complications."


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The United States said Wednesday it is in contact with Mexican authorities and PepsiCo Inc. (IW 500/20) after a series of arson attacks on the company's Sabritas subsidiary late last week.
Mexican authorities have detained four suspected drug cartel members in their investigation into the attacks on five Sabritas facilities in western and central Mexico that destroyed at least 30 vehicles but hurt no one.
"The United States strongly condemns these attacks and all acts of criminal violence," the State Department said in a statement.
"Our embassy in Mexico City is in contact with company officials and Mexican authorities," it added.
"President Calderon, the Mexican government, and the Mexican people have shown great courage and determination in the face of challenges and threats from transnational criminal organizations," it said.
"The United States will continue to assist Mexico's efforts to disrupt and dismantle criminal organizations in strict accordance with Mexican law and with respect for Mexican sovereignty," said the statement.
Prosecutors in the central Guanajuato state said Monday that four members of the Knights Templar cartel had been detained and implicated in the attacks, which took place on Friday night.
The Knights Templar has been locked in a turf war with the La Familia cartel in the Guanajuato and Michoacan provinces, where the attacks took place.
Mexico has been gripped by a massive crime wave in recent years, with more than 50,000 people believed to have been killed in drug-related violence since the launch of a military crackdown on the cartels in 2006.
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The stunning sweep made by the Isis insurgents through eastern Syria and northern Iraq; as well as Al-Shabaab in North-Easern Kenyan borders, has rattled the region over the past three weeks, shattering alliances and forging new ones as quickly as Iraq's northern cities have fallen. In its wake, the battle lines for the inevitable showdown with Isis are becoming ever clearer, rewriting the distinction between friend and foe, and even how wars in Iraq are fought.
"A non-state actor that three years ago was a terror group that could wreak havoc in a city was one thing," said a senior Iraqi intelligence official. "But to have the same group now controlling an area from Raqqa in eastern Syria to Mosul in north-western Iraq, then down to Baquba just near Baghdad is a very different threat. It's something we've never dealt with before."
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Unlike Al-Shabaab's vague vision of a border-less Al-Qaeda world run by extremist jihadis, ISIS has a plan to build a viable state right now.
Both Al-Shabaab and ISIS doctrine of statehood is far from the modern statehood or Western one, to say nothing of its idea of citizenship; anyone not considered part of ISIS's goals is subject to death, the more grisly and public the better. But the brutality of ISIS can distract from the way it has offered its constituents something they've been denied by the despotic regimes of the region.
ISIS Appeals in Iraq a chance again to feel like a citizen
Historical Background: During decades of independence, post-colonial East Africa and Middle Eastern governments have failed to establish national identities strong enough to counter the attraction of violent, intolerant groups that promise members a genuine stake in their own futures. Whether in fractured states like Lebanon, Iraq, and Libya, or strong centralized dictatorships like Egypt and, before its civil war, Syria, Middle Eastern governments have ruled more by force than persuasion, eliciting only shallow loyalty from their people.
As repugnant as its tactics are, ISIS offers Sunnis a rare opportunity: a chance, in effect, to be a citizen. Irreconcilable fanatics might form the group's core membership, but it has attracted broader support in the Sunni community. Understanding that appeal is the key to countering it.
Similarity of Wahabism: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the richest Arab and Islamic state and possibly most influential state in the regions (Middle East and East Africa), is run as a feudal monarchy by a single Al-Saud family that enforces many of the same intolerant religious rules as ISIS and Al-Shabaab of Somalia.
Differences: Unlike Al Qaeda's vague vision of a borderless world run by extremist jihadis, ISIS has a plan to build a viable state right now. In less than a year it has secured a de facto country, and acquired an arsenal of American weapons as war booty. It has formed alliances with non-jihadi Sunni leaders, including Baathist allies of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. And crucially, it has laid out a blueprint for a viable self-funding Islamic state, drawing a steady income instead from a commercial tax base and the crucial energy industry it has captured.
Most analysts predict that ISIS's conduct will ultimately limit its future: They say it has no meaningful political program or ability to form a state, and its extremist views will alienate the people who live under its rule.
Both movements that have built influence in the regions, ISIS and Al-Shabaab asks its constituents to take active responsibility—enforcing moral codes, reporting crime and corruption, spreading the call to God.
Both ISIS and Alshabaab has Al Qaeda doctrine: mass executions, beheading, and crucifixions.
But that view of ISIS's success and prospects overlooks one key element. A look at both ISIS's written edicts and its tactics suggest that the group has gotten one important thing right: It has created a clear—and to some, compelling—idea of citizenship and state-building in a region almost completely bereft of either.
ISIS's support comes from a direct appeal to Sunni Muslims as a religious and political constituency. It has made clear that it expects people under its power to take an active role in establishing a new Islamic state. And it has enlisted them in a project to assert the power of their religious community over the Shia, who currently dominate the territory from Iran to Lebanon.
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Iwona Blazwick has announced that she will be leaving the Whitechapel Gallery after twenty years of leadership. She will be stepping down in April 2022. Blazwick will continue to work as an independent curator with the Gallery into 2023 and on a wide range of international projects. The Search Committee for the next Director of the Whitechapel Gallery includes Trustees Alex Sainsbury, David Dibosa, Ann Gallagher, and Melanie Manchot, with the full support of the more comprehensive Board of Trustees.
Blazwick said: "This has been an emotional decision because of the great love I have for Whitechapel Gallery, our exhibitors, audiences, colleagues and communities. Over the last two decades, I have had the opportunity to exhibit, commission and publish some of the world's greatest artists; to lead the expansion of the Gallery; to forge relationships with international institutions and a huge range of cultural practitioners, important collectors, and philanthropists; and to work with inspiring colleagues. As the Gallery emerges from the pandemic in a strong financial position and with programmes admired and respected around the world, now seems a good time to hand over the reins!"
Whitechapel Gallery's Board of Trustees will immediately begin recruiting a new director, led by a specially appointed committee.
Whitechapel Gallery's Chairman (2015-2021), Alex Sainsbury, said: "Iwona's illustrious direction of the Whitechapel Gallery will resonate locally and internationally as a landmark of such institutional leadership. All who have worked with her and alongside her brilliant team have felt tremendous energy generated here. Over twenty years, Iwona has expertly cultivated and expanded the Gallery's scope, creating a formidable programme. It is immensely sad to see her leave, but her vision will continue to inspire at the Whitechapel Gallery and beyond."
Iwona Blazwick joined Whitechapel Gallery in 2001 with a vision to grow its world-class exhibition, education, commissioning, and publishing programmes. Under her 20-year leadership, the Gallery's reputation as 'the artist's Gallery for everyone has grown exponentially; in 2009, she doubled the Gallery's physical footprint, transforming the adjacent former Whitechapel Library into new galleries and creative studio spaces. The programme, which includes seasonal exhibitions, commissions, collection and archive displays, events, and workshops, engages more artists, thinkers and makers annually. As a result, local, national and international audiences have risen by 300%, with over 25% of visitors identifying as BAME.
Blazwick notably strengthened Whitechapel Gallery's commitment to showing pioneering women artists; the programme has featured major solo exhibitions of Nan Goldin (2002), Cristina Iglesias (2003), Isa Genzken (2009), Elizabeth Peyton (2009), Sophie Calle (2010), Alice Neel (2010), Gillian Wearing (2012), Zarina Bhimji (2012), Sarah Lucas (2013), Hannah Höch (2014), Emily Jacir (2015), Mary Heilmann (2016), Anna Maria Maiolino (2019) and Eileen Agar (2021). Under her tenure, the Gallery continued its famous history of 'firsts', with immersive exhibitions by Mark Wallinger (2002), Franz West (2003), Paul McCarthy (2005), Albert Oehlen (2006), William Kentridge (2016), Mark Dion (2018), Elmgreen & Dragset (2019) and Kai Althoff (2020). Alongside significant surveys and solo exhibitions, Blazwick commissioned or curated ambitious historical surveys, including A Short History of Performance (2002-2005), Back to Black: Art, Cinema, and the Racial Imaginary (2005), Faces in the Crowd (2005), Adventures of the Black Square (2015), Electronic Superhighway (2016), Eduardo Paolozzi (2017) and A Century of the Artist's Studio (2022).
Blazwick conceived and nurtured the growth of many prizes for artists, including the Max Mara Art Prize for Women, founded in 2005. This unique biannual prize brings together a jury of gatekeepers to the art world, awarding a UK-based woman artist a six-month residency in Italy. New work created during the residency is premiered at the Gallery and acquired by Collezione Maramotti in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Winners include Margaret Salmon (2005-2007), Hannah Rickards (2007-2009), Andrea Büttner (2009-2011), Laure Prouvost (2011-2013), Corin Sworn (2013-2015), Emma Hart (2015-2017), Helen Cammock (2017-2019) and Emma Talbot (2020-2022). Further awards include Art Icon with the Swarovski Foundation and the NEON Curatorial Award.
As Whitechapel Gallery is a museum without a collection, Blazwick pioneered a new strand of programming showing rarely seen public and private collections worldwide. Collections include British Council Collection (2009), The D.Daskalopoulos Collection (2010), Government Art Collection (2011), Collection Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (2012), Contemporary Art Society (2013), V-A-C Collection (2014), Barjeel Art Foundation Collection (2015), The National Museum of Women in the Arts (2017), ISelf Collection (2017), Loudon Collection (2018)," la Caixa" Collection of Contemporary Art (2019), The Hiscox Collection (2020) and the Christen Sveaas Art Foundation (2021).
She also established an archive gallery dedicated to the history of exhibitions, with displays from the Whitechapel Gallery's 120-year archive and guest archives worldwide. Shows have ranged from revisiting Jackson Pollock's debut at the Gallery in 1958 to the archives of the 1969-1978 Shiraz-Persepolis cultural festival from Iran.
In 2007 Blazwick founded the global consortium, Artists' Film International. Arts organisations from 22 countries ranging from Poland to the United States, India to Serbia, China to Italy each nominate an outstanding moving image artist from their region whose work is screened by the entire consortium for their local audiences.
Iwona Blazwick has been Director of the Whitechapel Gallery, London, since 2001 and is a curator, critic and lecturer. She was formerly at Tate Modern and London's ICA and working as an independent curator in Europe, Japan, and the USA.
From April 2022 – April 2023, Iwona Blazwick will be an Emeritus Curator for the Whitechapel Gallery.
For over a century, the Whitechapel Gallery has premiered world-class artists from modern masters such as Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Frida Kahlo and Hannah Höch to contemporaries such as Zarina Bhimji, Sophie Calle, William Kentridge, Eduardo Paolozzi and Michael Rakowitz. Its historic campus houses exhibitions, artist commissions, collection displays, historic archives, education resources, inspiring art courses, talks and film screenings, the Townsend dining room and the Koenig Bookshop. It is a touchstone for contemporary art internationally. It plays a central role in London's cultural landscape and is pivotal to the continued growth of the world's most vibrant contemporary art quarter.
London Art Fair Postpones Event Until April
The London Art Fair is the first major event in 2022 to postpone because of the uncertainty of the Omicron Variant of COVID. In a letter from their marketing department this morning the following information was distributed. "Whilst we have not had any additional government restrictions imposed that prevent us from running the Fair in January, we recognise that the uncertainty and disruption we are all continuing to face means that we will be significantly compromised in delivering a successful event for our exhibitors, visitors, sponsors and partners."
"As a result, we can confirm that we have taken the decision to postpone the 2022 Fair to 20 – 24 April 2022, at the Business Design Centre, Islington."
We are extremely proud and confident in the Fair programming and content planned for our 2022 edition and look forward to bringing our London Art Fair community together in person to share and celebrate the best in Modern and Contemporary art in London this April.
We hope you can join us in our new date-line and I will be in touch individually in due course to discuss with you in more detail.
The New Director Of London's ICA Is Bengi Ünsal
Bengi Ünsal has been appointed as the new director of London's ICA. In March 2022, she will become the first woman to serve as the organisation's director in 55 years.
The first director appointed under the chairmanship of Wolfgang Tillmans, Bengi joins the ICA as it prepares to celebrate its landmark 75th anniversary.
Ünsal's arrival heralds a new era for the organisation, and a rebalancing of its multidisciplinary programme across all arts, all media and all spaces of the ICA's building on The Mall.
Alongside the ICA's thriving visual arts, film and education programmes, Bengi will look to commission, produce and present a broader range of live performances; to build on the success of the ICA's recent night-time programming; and to further expand the digital arts programme that grew during the COVID-19 pandemic with the launch of the Cinema 3 digital platform.
During Bengi's tenure at the Southbank Centre, she has been responsible for a year-round programme of more than 200 contemporary performances that won critical acclaim. Her responsibilities have included overseeing the annual Meltdown festival.


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Walmart bans overnight RV parking
Policy may have resulted from negligent stays, loud music, littering
August 30, 2019
Last week, Walmarts in Pullman and Moscow banned overnight RV parking.
Tiffany Wilson, Walmart's director of communication, said this decision was decided by the stores' managers.
"The store decided to discontinue overnight RV parking so that we could focus on the parking needs of customers and maintain a safe and secure environment," Wilson said.
The Pullman city-run RV Park is already booked out for the entire football season, including graduation, Dad's Weekend and Mom's Weekend, according to the city website.
According to a few employees, this decision was determined after incidents of neglectful stays.
"It became a nightmare with no maintenance or people to clean up," an employee said.
"People were doing things they weren't supposed to be doing … setting fires and leaving loads of trash behind," an employee said.
Pullman Fire Chief Mike Heston said he was not aware of any major incidents of fires they were called to. This does not mean there were not smaller corrective actions taken.
He said the fire department did rounds in the parking lot, just like any other RV park: ensuring only wood was being burned, emergency lanes were not blocked, and fires were being burned in safe containers.
Some members of the WSU Parents Facebook page blamed Cougar fans for this policy change.
"I was embarrassed the Cougar fans left it that way," one man wrote on a post on the WSU Parents Facebook page.
Another parent commented on the same post, writing that she witnessed drunk adults, trash and vomit in the parking lot and heard loud music.
*This article was updated to clarify that The Daily Evergreen Staff did receive emails from Walmart communication staff. A previous version of the article stated that the reporter was unable to reach the Walmart corporate office, but this was only the case for later phone calls that were made shortly before deadline.


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Following its initial release in February, investigative death metal trio, SUNLESS, will now release their acclaimed Urraca debut album on vinyl through Aural Music in early 2018.
Delivering a relentless onslaught of complex and dissonant death metal, Urraca was hailed as a thought-provoking and engaging album by countless respected metal outlets. The band self-released the album on CD, cassette, and digital platforms in conjunction with a US tour, and now prepares to reintroduce the album in a deluxe vinyl package
SUNLESS commented, "We are thrilled to announce the upcoming vinyl release for our debut album Urraca through Aural Music. The gatefold jacket and double-sided insert feature beautifully reimagined designs by our close friend and former bandmate Andrew Notsch (Hollow Dusk) that naturally expand upon the hazy, desolate atmosphere put forth by the record's original layout and music itself. Urraca tells a story of the ascension and untimely death of an ancient tribe woven throughout nine mind-bending tracks of abstract, dissonant death metal. We are incredibly proud of our first full-length release and cannot wait to share it across the world for the first time in vinyl format."
Urraca will be pressed on purple vinyl, limited to just 300 copies in a deluxe gatefold sleeve, and released in Europe on January 18th, and in North America on February 9th; find preorders HERE.
SUNLESS has planned several new shows, playing two shows in Wisconsin this month – Madison on December 15th and Milwaukee on the 16th – and a show in Winnipeg on January 13th. These will be likely their final shows until spring to focus on writing their follow-up album.
SUNLESS Live:
12/15/2017 The Wisco – Madison, WI w/ Northless, Aseethe, Corridoré
12/16/2017 Cactus Club – Milwaukee, WI w/ Northless, Aseethe, Pig's Blood
1/13/2018 The Handsome Daughter – Winnipeg, MB w/ Inverted Serenity, Sphygmus, Necrotic Liquefaction
See a recent full live set at THIS LOCATION and stream Urraca in its entirety HERE or HERE.
Formed in 2015, SUNLESS draws influence from pioneers of extreme and dissonant metal such as Gorguts, Ulcerate, and Meshuggah, reinterpreting the sounds through an abstract lens that is all their own. Comprised of bassist Mitch Schooler (Nerves, Modulus), drummer Ben Iburg (Not From Here, The Eye Unclouded), and guitarist/vocalist Lucas Scott (Australis, Pestifere), the band features a prominent rhythm section, a scattered assortment of time signatures, interwoven and complex arrangements, and bellowing death growls, akin to the output of Baring Teeth, Artificial Brain, and Gigan.
Tracked by Adam Tucker at Signaturetone Recording (The Crinn, Ambassador Gun, Maeth) in SUNLESS' hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota and mixed/mastered by Colin Marston at Menegroth, The Thousand Caves in Queens, New York, Urraca delivers a relentlessly engaging onslaught of complex and dissonant death metal with nine tracks encompassing a dense forty-four minutes.
"Overall reminding me of both Baring Teeth and Imperial Triumphant, but crossbred together into one bizarre forward-thinking force… Urraca never feels like a mindless derivative experience without anything fresh brought to the table of their own." – Metal Injection
"…a Gorguts-ian psychedelic death metal trip that will impress with their technical proficiency as much as their ability to craft attention-grabbing and captivating songs… Even at their most dissonant, everything locks together nicely without any one thing sounding like it's dripping with sonic highlighter." – Heavy Blog Is Heavy
"…SUNLESS are one of the best bands to come into the scene, and Urraca is a monstrous debut. They feel new and fresh in spite of their obvious influences, which is more than can be said for many other bands out there. So why should you care about Sunless? Because they fucking crush the competition. 5/5″ – Toilet Ov Hell
"…SUNLESS delivers a crumbling, discordant take on death metal akin to all the bands mentioned above, and does it rather well." – Teeth Of The Divine


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On June 17, new streaming service Paramount+ is debuting the reboot of television show iCarly (see the new trailer here). In the trailer, the cast of iCarly fast forwards almost a decade and decides to reboot the web show they started in the original series (which aired on Nickelodeon from 2007-2012). It looks like there will be a fair amount of slapstick hijinks just like the original show, which had over 10 million viewers. The reboot was announced several months ago, so it's safe to say the hype is real and building.
What is iCarly about?
While lots of the details about the reboot's plot are still unrevealed, here's a little synopsis of the original iCarly to catch you up to speed:
Carly Shay and her best friend Sam Puckett do improv at a school talent show, and their friend Freddie films it and puts it online without them knowing. Surprising to them all, the video becomes a massive hit, and the three of them decide to start a webcast called iCarly in which Carly and Sam do challenges, experiments, and contests. The webcast is filmed in Carly and her adult brother Spencer's apartment in Seattle, while their dad is stationed on a submarine as an Air Force officer. As the show grows in popularity, Carly, Sam, and Freddie have to navigate their normal adolescent lives while also being online sensations, and craziness regularly ensues.
What will the reboot be like?
Original cast members Miranda Cosgrove (Carly), Nathan Kress (Freddie), and Jerry Trainor (Spencer) are back as the main characters. But, others like Jennette McCurdy (Sam) and Noah Munck (Gibby, a friend of the iCarly gang who is mainly used for comedic effect) will not be returning to the show. There are also new characters played by Laci Mosley (Harper, Carly's roommate) and Jaidyn Triplett (Millicent, Freddie's stepdaughter). Other new and original characters will probably pop up throughout the show, but it seems to be a pretty simple copy of familiar faces to lead the show.
Based on the trailer, the reboot will be just like the original iCarly, but now they're older. According to interviews, the producers created the show for fans of the original, who are now probably somewhere in their twenties. So characters in the reboot will be going through things young adults face like college, dating, finding a job, and even financial trouble, marriage, and divorce. The original show was pretty silly and innocent considering the age of its stars, so it will be interesting to see if the way the show handles the more serious hardships of this stage of life "grows up" with its cast members.
Is it still a big deal?
When iCarly first came out in the late 2000s/early 2010s, the idea of two middle/high school girls having their own internet show was a pretty foreign concept. At the time, you had to have a point-and-shoot camera and editing skills and an online account to be able to post somewhat professional-looking content to the internet, and not many young teens had that kind of access. When the smartphone came out, everyone was able to make videos and put them online, but the quality was still lacking. Around 2015 phone cameras became good enough and cameras became cheap enough that vloggers like Casey Neistat could produce high-quality vlogs on a daily basis. YouTuber and teenage girl Emma Chamberlain started posting vlogs about her day to day life in 2017, and was one of the pioneers of this laid back lifestyle-type content. Now, any teenage girl can post at any time and be an "influencer," so we wonder if Carly reentering the scene as an online personality will be that exciting since the concept is far from revolutionary at this point.
Philippians 4:8 says "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." God calls us to pursue excellence in all that we do, and to engage with things that are excellent. Whether you think the content of silly sitcoms like iCarly is excellent or not is up to you. But, in an age of rebooting old shows just as often, if not more often than creating new ones, are the things we watch pursuing excellence? Or are they just adding to the void of media and entertainment that distracts us from more worthwhile ways for us to live out Pauls's words in this verse? Paramount+ has even been reviewed as "one big library" that doesn't feel necessary, putting out nostalgic shows and movies rather than pioneering new content like Netflix, Hulu, or Prime. iCarly ran for 5 years with 6 seasons, and it is a little off putting to see these actors a decade older and still acting the way they did in the original series. Yes the reboot exists and has a lot of hype, but does it need to? And once it comes out, will its fans still actually care?
Discussion Questions
Even though there's still much to discover about what the show will be about and its content, there's a good chance your teen may want to watch it. Here are some discussion questions to start a conversation:
- Do you think you'll want to watch the new iCarly? Why or why not?
- Do you like it when an old show or movie gets rebooted? Is it usually better or worse?
- What makes you want to watch a show? What do you look for in a show?
- Do you think there are too many options for things to watch nowadays? How do you navigate all of the shows that you could potentially watch?


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The baseball world took some time to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, but the lack of major news for a few days only means one thing: big news is coming.
The bids for Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani's services could begin as early as this coming Friday, one star is heading back to his home country, and one team's interest in Giancarlo Stanton could not be as strong as previously reported.
Oh, and did I mention a player has signed a new contract out of free agency?
Hope you're done digesting turkey, folks, because here's the Rumor Roundup!
Byung-ho Park goes home
After two failed years in the Minnesota Twins' system, Korean slugger Byung-ho Park is going home. The big righty was posted by the Nexen Heroes of the KBO League prior to the 2016 season and signed a four-year, $12m deal with the Twins and given his hitting .343 with 53 home runs and 146 RBI with Nexen in 2015, big things were expected despite Korean baseball heavily favoring hitters.
The opposite happened. Park hit .191 with 12 home runs and 24 RBI across 244 plate appearances in 2016 and spent all of this past season at Triple-A Rochester, where he hit .253 with 14 home runs and 60 RBI.
As a result, per Korean beat writer Jeeho Yoo of Yonhap News, Park has decided to leave the Twins organization and will sign a one-year deal to return to Nexen. It's a sad end to his time in MLB, but this is probably the right decision on both ends. Minnesota no longer has to pay someone to just wallow in the minors, and Park can return to his home country and (hopefully) return to performing at a high level.
Boston sours on Stanton
It was reported earlier this month that Miami Marlins star outfielder Giancarlo Stanton would veto a trade to the Boston Red Sox and if the latest rumors are true, the feeling is mutual. According to Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe, Boston's interest in the recently crowned NL MVP is "tepid," not exactly the news Miami wants to hear from any team regarding a superstar they are heavily shopping.
Granted, the report should be taken with a small grain of salt as Cafardo stated it was a Marlins source that told him of Boston's lukewarm interest in Stanton as opposed to one from the Red Sox, but this could make sense. Boston might have the money to take on most if not all the remaining $295m on Stanton's contract, but not necessarily the minor league prospects. Boston gave those up in trades for Chris Sale and Drew Pomeranz and now must focus on adding minor league talent as opposed to further depleting the farm system.
Just the same, the world of MLB trade rumors has been around long enough that fans now know one thing when a big name is on the market: expect the unexpected, and for Boston's name to not disappear from talks just yet.
Ohtani bidders, start your engines!
It may take a few days, but the Nippon Ham Fighters will post pitching and hitting sensation Shohei Ohtani this week. Ken Davidoff of The New York Post is reporting that Ohtani could be posted as early as next weekend and that he and his representation want any and all interested teams to do their due diligence in wooing him.
This includes a questionnaire that asks everything from a general evaluation of Ohtani's skills as both a hitter and pitcher, a report on minor league facilities, how they would help with Ohtani's adjustment to living in a team's respective city, and more. As of now, the teams expected to be in on Ohtani are the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees, both of whom have the most international bonus money to spend on the right-hander at $3.55m and $3.5m respectively, and the Seattle Mariners are expected to be a strong suitor as well given their strong ties to Japanese baseball.
Either way, one thing is certain. Ohtani could wind up being the hottest name on the market in spite of only being allowed a minor league contract under the current posting system. Whichever team lands him could wind up striking gold in an epic manner and if Ohtani succeeds as a two-way player, he could wind up changing the game forever.
Doug Fister's new home
At long last, a free agent has signed a new contract! According to NBC Sports Boston, veteran righty Doug Fister is expected to sign a one-year deal with the Texas Rangers, with Chris Cotillo of SB Nation reporting it as being worth $3.5m for 2018 with a $4.5m option for the following year, plus a $900k buyout.
Fister appeared in 18 games for Boston last year, of which he started 15, and was 5-9 with a 4.88 ERA. Those numbers may not look pretty on the surface, but Fister upped his strikeouts per nine innings (K/9) from 5.74 in 2016 to 8.24 in 2017. He also saw an increase in velocity and made more use of his sinker.
Just how well Fister will do in Texas remains to be seen, especially since Globe Life Park in Arlington favors hitters, but the Rangers finished 21st in baseball in 2017 with a staff ERA of 4.66. The rotation could use some veteran help behind Cole Hamels as young arms in Martin Perez and Nick Martinez continue to come into their own. For this price, Fister is a fine addition to kick off free agency.
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