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Book Title: Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas
The author of the book: Natasha Dow Schüll
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Recent decades have seen a dramatic shift away from social forms of gambling played around roulette wheels and card tables to solitary gambling at electronic terminals. "Addiction by Design" takes readers into the intriguing world of machine gambling, an increasingly popular and absorbing form of play that blurs the line between human and machine, compulsion and control, risk and reward.
Drawing on fifteen years of field research in Las Vegas, anthropologist Natasha Dow Schull shows how the mechanical rhythm of electronic gambling pulls players into a trancelike state they call the "machine zone," in which daily worries, social demands, and even bodily awareness fade away. Once in the zone, gambling addicts play not to win but simply to keep playing, for as long as possible--even at the cost of physical and economic exhaustion. In continuous machine play, gamblers seek to lose themselves while the gambling industry seeks profit. Schull describes the strategic calculations behind game algorithms and machine ergonomics, casino architecture and "ambience management," player tracking and cash access systems--all designed to meet the market's desire for maximum "time on device." Her account moves from casino floors into gamblers' everyday lives, from gambling industry conventions and Gamblers Anonymous meetings to regulatory debates over whether addiction to gambling machines stems from the consumer, the product, or the interplay between the two.
"Addiction by Design" is a compelling inquiry into the intensifying traffic between people and machines of chance, offering clues to some of the broader anxieties and predicaments of contemporary life.
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Read information about the authorNatasha Dow Schüll's graduated Summa Cum Laude from UC Berkeley's Department of Anthropology in 1993 and returned to receive her Ph.D. in 2003. She held postdoctoral positions as a Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar at Columbia University's Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy and as a fellow at NYU's International Center for Advanced Studies. She joined MIT's Program in Science, Technology, and Society in 2007 and was awarded tenure in early 2015, before moving to NYU.
Schüll's research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, among other sources. Schüll's research and op-eds have been featured in such national media venues as 60 minutes, The New York Times, The Economist, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Capital Gazette, Financial Times, Forbes, Boston Globe, Salon, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Daily Herald, Las Vegas Sun, 99% Invisible, NPR, WGBH, and WNYC.
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My mum's emergency acute admission to a local busy NHS teaching hospital here in North London was in many ways 'the best of times and the worst of times'.
There was a lot to be cheerful about. Many of the registered state nurses and health care assistants were teaching each other in front of my eyes about dementia care, in a way I had not expected. You see, my mother has been recently diagnosed with mixed Alzheimer's and vascular dementias, and, as her only son who lives with her, we have both found the actual experience rather tough going at many times.
Nobody gives you a manual on how 'to care'. You always feel you are not doing a good enough job, even if you are actually working at full throttle. You don't often perceive of yourself as a carer, essentially doing a full time job, as you fell insidiously into the role.
I am on the GMC medical register, with a license to practise, so it was hurtful to see a Consultant essentially examining my mother in the Acute Treatment Area treating her like a slab of meat. My mother was clearly uncomfortable lying flat on the trolley, and, when I asked why the Doctor had not introduced herself, she said her name and that she was a Consultant.
I also found it hurtful that many healthcare professionals seem to judge me personally on my ataxic gait, dressed casually, jumping to conclusions over my perceivied lack of intelligence. One health care assistant aggressively accused of me being 'drunk', when in fact I have not had an alcoholic drink for over ten years being in recovery.
When my mum was on the acute medical assessment, it was the pits. There was a constant stream of different people, never introducing themselves (despite the #hellomynameis campaign), mum being taken to investigations without any warning, mum being expected to give information when all she could reply was, 'ask my son'.
When I dared to explain I was entitled to visit my mother outside traditional visiting hours, another nurse pointed to a poster on the wall describing 'John's Campaign'. There's no doubt for me that the campaign has been a roaring success with the ostensible backing of the great and the good, including the media, but it was disappointing to see a few nurses pointing at posters to demonstrate to me their actual understanding of the need for the campaign.
The dementia-friendy ward where my mum was transferred to was brilliant. The signage was excellent, though I did notice that the 'dementia friendly clock' was showing the wrong day one day which even I found disorientating. One HCA taught a nurse to give a massage rather than bleep the oncall for an anxiolytic.
And indeed the ward were very prompt at getting my mum sitting upright in her chair, with an inflating cushion, instead of lying all day in bed. The senior nurses had a very good understanding too of the spirit of #endpjparalysis, which I was very happy to see, and even provided a clear discussion of the potential problems in the campaign's implementation.
But for all the incredible work of the staff on that hospital, system failures continue to undermine the patient and carer experience. I felt the social worker was the most impressive professional I have personally met in my lifetime, and indeed Wayne from transport was an incredibly nice guy.
We did end up waiting for transport for five hours and in the end mum and I left in fact at 11.30 pm after my mum had become quite agitated. But this is nothing to do with the hospital, but all to do with wider politics nationally.

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Interesting information for all music lovers.
Festivals in Europe becomes more and more. Some bribed line-up, other prices, and some unique locations. In order to visit all of them – and a lifetime is not enough. We chose ten of these, which still stands to spend a long-awaited summer.
Secret Solstice Festival, Reykjavik, 21-24 June
Line-up: Bonnie Tyler, Steve Aoki, Stormzy, Slayer, Succi Mane etc.
Iceland during Secret Solstice is in two times more time to music and all the beauty of the island. Open-air runs during the white nights, so you can catch everything. The main thing – not to fall asleep. Headliners this year is quite patchy, the number of Scandinavian groups dazzled, and the number of chips, as always, is off the charts.
At Secret Solstice, you can hang out at the party in the second largest glacier in Europe and to attend a concert right in the "Blue lagoon". And yet it is the only festival in the world, whose organizers had the audacity to sell one ticket that cost 1 000 000 dollars. Its owner receives, without exaggeration, everything from the helicopter to the Villa. The prices of basic tickets start from € 198.
Open'er Festival, Gdynia, Poland, 4-7 July
Line-up: Depeche Mode, Bruno Mars, Gorillaz, MO, Arctic Monkeys, David Byrne, etc.
If you walk in Gdynia, Poland in early July, there is a very high probability to meet with a dozen of Kiev. More or less – it your social. Open'er loved, Ukrainians, and flight Wizzair and Air Baltic at all, it turned out far of the festival with a rich line-up of budget in the event at hand.
Cinema, theater, fashion shows, meetings with artists and master classes. That in addition, 25 minutes from the festival site to the Baltic, and every day of the festival can be diluted with trips to Sopot, Gdynia or Gdansk.
Rosklide Festival, Roskilde, Denmark, 4-8 July
Line-up: Eminem, Bruno Mars, Nine Inch Nails, Khalid, Interpol
Festival with 50 years of history in Roskilde – the national domain of Denmark, the largest in Northern Europe and the high cost. But this is exactly the event that you need to go at least once. His scenes at different times, shared Bob Marley, Nirvana and Kanye West. For linau Rosklide you can explore the history of world music.
Here, as in Christiania Copenhagen, there is still a spirit of madness…whether from the 60s, or of frivolous utopia. Runs naked and alcohol the river. Eight scenes and 175 artists. In order to assess the line-up, you can go to the site, and you can imagine how three days in Denmark took the Grammy ceremony in 2018, a good chunk of artists from Glastonbury, and allowed you to make yourself at home.
Mad Cool Festival, Madrid, Spain, July 12-14,
Headliners: Pearl Jam, Jack White, Depeche Mode, DUA LIPA, Jack White, etc.
When it comes to travelling to Spain with a musical goal, it all depends on the Bars. More precisely, it was so until 2016. Then there were Mad Cool in Madrid. In contrast to the seaside Primavera and Sonar, in Madrid, started the festival in the format "See… and die."
From the start the festival with an obscene number of big names gathered nominations in the EUROPEAN FESTIVAL AWARDS. In 2018, the event has grown to seven scenes, and his line-up included all, without exaggeration, the headliners for festivals in Europe.
MELT Festival, Ferropolis, Germany,July 13-15,
Line-up: Florence and the Machine, The XX, Tyler, The Creator, Fever Ray, Odesza, etc.
The number of music festivals in Germany every year is increasing, but, according to tradition, tickets for Melt lightning fly. Open-air takes place in the coal mine is originally from East Germany, which eventually was turned into a Museum under the open sky.
Today this place is an integral part of the European route of industrial culture and impressive even outside of the festival season.
The pride organizers this year – the British Florence and the Machine and The XX. Besides Kheda, just an hour's drive from Dresden and three hours from Kiev this year will play Alma, Mount Kimbie, Ben Klock, Ukrainian Nastia and many others.
UPark Festival, Kiev, Ukraine, 25-26 July
Line-up: Gorillaz, Massive Attack, Bonobo, Kaleo, Young Fathers, etc.
The only Ukrainian festival that can compete with the European event this summer – Kiev UPark. With the autumn announcement of the first concert of the Gorillaz and today the organizers only help to improve the list of announced artists, and now he is really enviable. This year's event will be held on the territory of Kiev "Dynamo" stadium, so that should be more comfortable than before.
Except for the head, you must not miss the Swedish pop diva Tove Lo, whose hits have raised billions of views on YouTube. The British Young Fathers we will present a new album Sugar and Cocoa, most likely, will take the stage with Massive Attack. Ukrainian band ONUKA play only in Kiev before the concert of the autumn presentation of the album MOZAЇKA.
Flow Festival, Helsinki, Finland, 10-12 August
Line-up: Patti Smith, Kendrick Lamar, Arctic Monkeys, Lykke Li, ST. Vincent, etc.
The festival hails from Helsinki is already a year pleases a select line-up. The main principle of the Flow – less, but better. Among the list of three artists as the undisputed head, and even more hundreds of the most talked about musicians of today. All they for years were the main characters of the materials to Pitchfork or NME. All of them finally gathered the Flow.
The festival takes place in Helsinki at the abandoned power plant, which at the time of the event is transformed dozens of art installations. The result for you is whether the Park or just an ideal platform for the rave concerts and parties long weekend.
Sziget Festival, Budapest, Hungary, August 8 – 15
Line-up: Kendrick Lamar, Arctic Monkeys, Lana Del Rey, Gorillaz, Liam Gallagher etc.
About Sziget they say: "even If no one were, it would still be cool." And hardly anyone would dare argue with this statement. For more than 20 years, usually in August, the island for a week turns into a non-stop party with theatres, circuses, fairs and various national cuisines of the world.
But in addition, Sziget Central Europe – it is the same exhibition of achievements of the music industry as Coachella in the US. The main thing here is just to do everything, since for such a line-up eight days – well, very little.
Pohoda Festival, Trencin, Slovakia, 5-7 July
Line-up: The Chemical Brothers, Glass Animals, St. Vincent, Jamie Cullum, Jessie Ware etc.
The festival 20 years of history, filtered line-up and divine the price of the tickets. Also takes in the neighbouring country. Slovak "pohoda" in our language – "comfort". So for 100 euros here you get ideal audience, no Toscanini and the Carpathians around.
As for the line-up, from 2010 the organizers of Pohoda even more on indie rock and electronic music. This year you can listen to new albums by Jessie Ware, St Vincent and the normal way to dance to The Chemical Brothers.
Brave Factory Festival, Kyiv, 25-26 August
Line-up: Floating points, Apollonia, Hidden Orchestra, Chris Liebing, DJ Stingray 313, etc.
Brave Factory appeared last year, and until recently it was unclear whether he will be again. City electronic music festival from the creators of the Closer and Strichka, which may soon become the same above-mentioned Flow. To do this, has it all: location of the Kiev factory "Metrobud", selected the line-up and art.
The line-up the second festival is far from complete, but credibility is Brave Factory from the Kyiv audience got high. A great place to round off the summer festivals.


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Fairy Tail Team
Lucy Heartfilia is a 17-year-old divine wizard who flees from home to join Fairy Tail, a boisterous wizards' society whose parts are extremely popular for their excessively damaging pranks. Along the way, she meets Natsu Dragneel, a kid who is venturing to every part of the place where there is Fiore together with his accomplice Happy, a blue flying feline, in hunt of his temporary parent, a winged serpent named Igneel who had vanished seven years prior. Lucy is soon snatched by a rebel wizard acting like the acclaimed Salamander of Fairy Tail. Natsu salvages Lucy, uncovering himself to be the genuine Salamander and a Dragon Slayer, a wizard with the capabilities of a winged serpent. In the wake of overcoming the fraud, Natsu welcomes Lucy to join Fairy Tail.
Lucy structures a group with Natsu and Happy, where they undertake different missions. They are joined by ice wizard Gray Fullbuster and protected female wizard Erza Scarlet, who examine the movements of an unlawful "dull" society Eisenwald. Later, Natsu and Lucy overlook the organization's tenets to undertake a high standing "S-class" journey on Galuna Island, and are soon joined by Gray and Erza, who help upset a plot to restore an evil presence made by the antiquated dull wizard Zeref. After giving back, the five identify that opponent society Phantom Lord has struck Fairy Tail, bringing about war between the two societies and Lucy being captured; Fairy Tail inevitably vanquishes the organization. The organization then crosses ways with Jellal Fernandez, Erza's adolescence companion who is controled by Ultear Milkovich to restore Zeref utilizing the Tower of Heaven. Natsu massacres Jellal and the Tower of Heaven is devastated. Two Phantom Lord parts — Gajeel Redfox, a Dragon Slayer raised by the monster Metalicana; and Juvia Lockser, a water wizard — join Fairy Tail thereafter. Laxus Dreyar, the maverick grandson of the society's expert Makarov Dreyar, then endeavors to assume control Fairy Tail by setting up a fight illustrious, yet is eventually vanquished and dislodged.
Structuring a partnership with the wizard societies Blue Pegasus, Lamia Scale and Cait Shelter, Fairy Tail battles the dull society Oración Seis who have restored Jellal. Wendy Marvell, a Dragon Slayer raised by
Grandine and the sole part of Cait Shelter, joins Fairy Tail as well as her flying feline Carla. Lucy, Natsu, and the others enter the substitute universe of Edolas when their society vanishes because of Edolas' forces. The gathering experiences Faust, the lord of Edolas who expects to give a boundless supply of enchantment for his universe by outfitting the mystery and the individuals of Magnolia. Cheerful and Carla likewise uncover their legacy as Exceeds sent to Earth-arrive as newborn children on the requests of their ruler Chagot. Associating with the Exceeds and Faust's child Mystogan, Fairy Tail massacres Faust and restores their society at the expense of Edolas' mysterious force being emptied. The assembly comes back to Earth-land with the Exceeds, one of whom, Panther Lily, structures an organization with Gajeel.
Some parts of Fairy Tail, incorporating Natsu, Lucy, and their partners, take an interest in an exam on their organization's hallowed ground of Sirius Island in which wizards can development to a higher rank and consequently participate in additional unsafe missions. Throughout the exam, Fairy Tail is drawn into a fight against the dull organization Grimoire Heart; the dim society is looking for Zeref, who has been existing on the island. Supported by a changed Laxus, Fairy Tail massacres Grimoire Heart, and Zeref executes the organization's guide Hades. Notwithstanding, the episode summons the dark mythical beast Acnologia, which assaults the island. The soul of Fairy Tail's establishing expert, Mavis Vermilion, ensures everybody on the island from Acnologia's strike with an opposing spell, solidifying them in time for seven years.
After the spell terminates, the returning Fairy Tail parts reveal that their organization is the weakest in the kingdom. The organization takes part in a competition called the Grand Magic Games to choose the kingdom's strongest society. Additionally partaking in the competition are Saber Tooth, the present strongest
society, and Raven Tail, an organization established by Makarov's angry child Ivan. Pixie Tail helps Crime Sorcière, an organization structured by a got away Jellal, Ultear, and previous Grimoire Heart part Merudy, in exploring a mystical oddity around the competition stadium. In the wake of vanquishing Saber Tooth and Raven Tail, Fairy Tail wins the Grand Magic Games. Then again, Natsu, Lucy and the others are drawn into a trick including the Eclipse Plan, which includes the utilization of the 12 Zodiac Gatekeys so an individual can go back in time and demolish Zeref before he turns into a danger. Because of the ruses of what's to come part of Rogue Cheney, a Dragon Slayer and part of Saber Tooth, the Eclipse is accustomed to carry seven mythical beasts from the past through it. The Eclipse is annihilated throughout the fight between Natsu and Rogue, returning Rogue and the mythical serpents to their separate time periods.
The Fairy Tail parts acknowledge an occupation appeal to spare the solidified Sun Village. While there, they reveal movement from the dull society Tartaros, who arrangement to summon their expert E.n.d., Zeref's most capable devil. The parts of Tartaros dispatch the Magic Council and gravely wound Laxus, provoking Fairy Tail to take up arms against Tartaros.


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To Sur with Love: January 20-21, 2015
I say goodbye to Cousin David and family in Woodland Hills, CA and drive the scenic but curvy Topanga Canyon Blvd to Malibu and head north on Route 1, known as the PCH aka Pacific Coast Highway; destination Big Sur, CA. It's a heavenly drive.
The California coastline is breath-taking. It should be on everyone's bucket list and the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) gives you this opportunity. It weaves through small towns, and opens up to magnificent views. There are many Vista Points which I stop at along the way. This slows my travel, but its well worth it. The views are amazing.
About 25 miles north of Santa Barbara in the town of Gaviota, Rte 1/Rte 101 turn inland through the Santa Ynez Mountains. Rte/1 and Rte 101 then separate a few miles north. I continue to follow Rte 101 up through the beautiful rolling hills until I reach San Luis Obispo. At this point I exit to Rte 1 towards Big Sur.
One of the main attractions on the PCH is Piedras Blancas Elephant Seals Beach Viewpoint which is a few miles north of the Hearst Castle. There are trails overlooking the beach and rocks where Elephant seals sunbathe. They are enormous compared to regular seals. I walk along the northern trail which winds around to view the Piedras Blancas Lighthouse in the distance. The air is cold and it's blustery but the sunshine warms me. I watch for a bit and then continue my drive north.
A few years back, my sister Eve and I drove from LA to Big Sur and stayed overnight in a cabin at a Campground in the trees. It was a memorable trip and now I have an opportunity to go back.
Since I'm on the road I rely on TripAdvisor and Yelp for reviews of hotels, restaurants and attractions. I like non pretentious lodging. Ripplewood Resort Big Sur, CA fits into this category. It's on the main road but it has a rustic vibe just like a campground should.
After driving most of the day I arrive at Ripplewood Resort. I booked the cabin for 2 days so I can explore Big Sur. It's rustic but clean.
I have a comfortable night sleep and awake refreshed. I am looking forward to horseback riding at Andrew Molera State Park, but when I arrive I find that the ranch is closed for the season. Bummer, but all is not wasted. I hike to the beach instead. It's a beautiful walk filled with gorgeous views and wildlife. Up ahead I see a Bobcat walking on the road. I watch as he continues his leisurely pace.
He is in no rush. He sees me, walks a little further then disappears into the brush. I continue to follow the path until I reach the river which separates the path from the beach.
I'm not dressed properly for wading and I have no desire to cross the river, so I back track and find a trail that follows the cliffs upwards overlooking the beach. The saying; Can't get there from here resonates in my mind.
In the late afternoon I drive to Pfeiffer Beach. My sister Eve took me there years ago and I want to revisit. I have to ask for directions because cell service/GPS is almost non-existent. It's off the beaten path but well worth the journey. The narrow winding road is off Rte 1 near a yellow marker. Towards the end it becomes a dirt path made for one. When a car is coming in the opposite direction one has to pull over to the side to let the other by.
At the end of the road, I find a parking space, gather my knapsack and iPhone which I use as a camera and follow the path through the trees to the sandy beach. It has a remote feeling, as though it's a well-kept secret. In a way it is. Surrounded on three sides by large craggy rocks, and a hillside, it's a private piece of heaven.
It is low tide as I walk along the beach to the far end where the rocks rise up. I explore the tidal pools. There are hundreds of tiny creatures which look like small tires on the sand deposited by the tide. I watch them for a bit then walk towards the dry sand and sit down. The late afternoon sun feels warm against my skin.
The sun is slowly setting and the beach becomes a golden haze. People come to watch the sunset, it's soul food. There is a large crevice in the huge rock where the sun filters through. Photographers line up to capture the sun's rays and waves through the opening. I watch, waiting for the perfect moment to snap a shot or two. Finally the sun dips below the horizon, the air has a chill as dusk approaches. I watch for a few more moments and then turn to head back.
After spending the day hiking and exploring, I'm famished. I drive back to the cabin and walk across the street to the Big Sur Roadhouse. The night air is crisp but I sit outside on an orange couch next to a tiled table with a fire pit in the center. It's Glamping. I decide to have dinner under the stars.
The waiter and host are very attentive and friendly. I order a beer and butternut squash soup. The beer is refreshing but the soup warms me. Still hungry, I order the steak, medium well. It's cooked perfectly and melts in my mouth.
Even though I'm full I have dessert, so I order the chocolate cake with toffee ice-cream to go with hot tea. Yum.
What a wonderful ending to a fantastic day-bon appétit my friends.


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Always On's last gig in Barcelona veers away from Mobile World Congress and lands Molly and Jeff in the streets of Barcelona with only their BlackBerry Z10s to guide them. While an Amazing Race-style mission involving lunch under the famous Arc de Triomf and a Spanish ragtime band at La Catedral should have had our hosts overflowing with enthusiasm, the BlackBerry Z10 had other plans.
Whether it was an inability to map the crew a half-mile east, wacky gesture control, or wildly imbalanced NFC photo exchange rate, BlackBerry's comeback kid left us lost in a strange land. Never the less, it was still exciting to behold Jeff's belief that churros are in fact a weird food (much to Molly's chagrin), as well as witness production assistant Nic Henry's stunning resemblance to a Catalan pickpocket. If you look close enough, you might see Nic in the background, equipped with his "creeper beanie," waiting to strike. Also, the Z10's burst-photo mode was pretty cool, too.
Later in the show, we unbox Sony's new smartphone, the Xperia Z. Molly is sold almost instantly when she discovers the phone's raised power button. Seriously, she loses it over that thing. In the end, we deem the Xperia Z a contender. Plus, with its supposed water resistance, the Z's just begging for a torture test. Word around here is, one's already in the works.
In the mailbag, Molly addresses the controversial iPhone-with-a-case vs. the snowmobile question, and takes some criticism for her apparently less-than-authentic pronunciation of Barcelona's world-famous seafood dish, Paella (pronounced "pah-EH-YA"). That's all for this week -- enjoy, and gracias!
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Tiffani and I go waaaay back… like to the days of high school. Although we were really only classmate friends, we were able to stay in contact thanks to the interwebz.
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Interview with Martha Ortiz, Ella Canta's Chef Patron
Transporting her unique blend of visionary artistry and authentic modern Mexican cooking to London, Chef Patron Martha Ortiz now has a home on Park Lane. Ella Canta (Spanish for 'she sings') draws inspiration from Martha's existing restaurant Dulce Patria in Mexico City, blending ancient cooking traditions with contemporary style.
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Where do you get your inspiration from?
I get my inspiration through arts. I adore exhibitions and beautiful paintings. I love opera so I love music, I love to read poetry, I love modern design, I love the design of clothing, so I am very world inspired. I like to look at other careers and other people who make beautiful things that I can learn from.
Does Ella Canta have one or many signature dishes?
I think Ella Canta has several signature dishes that have come like a conquest from Mexico. We have Vampire Ceviche and the story behind this dish, we call it 'Vampire' because it's made with Sangrita. Sangrita is a perfect lover for tequila, so it's a perfect pairing for the ceviche. We have our duck with black mole that is one of the most magnificent and extraordinary signature dishes, when you try it, you taste the night, as I always say. So I think it's a menu with a lot of highlights, agua frescas, desserts, a modern take on tradition, a blend of old and new.
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Participants needed for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Study
NUI Galway is seeking over a 1,000 women to participate in an online study on how their personal psychology can influence their Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Crohn's disease or Colitis.
The symptoms of both irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease are similar, however the former is a disorder of function and the latter involves inflammation and clinical pathology. They encompass a number of gastrointestinal symptoms affecting many people.
Symptoms include feeling bloated, nauseous, having diarrhoea, an urgency to go to the bathroom and pain. These symptoms generally have a significant effect on an individual's quality of life, and can be influenced by a number of stress related variables.
In Ireland, roughly 15-20% of the population suffer from irritable bowel syndrome. Another 20,000 people suffer from one of the less common inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Colitis or Crohn's disease, and a further 20% of those diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease have a co-morbid diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome.
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These symptoms must be associated with two or more of the following criteria: change in defecation habit, onset associated with a change in frequency of stool or onset associated with a change in form of stool.
Dr Jonathan Egan, Deputy Director of the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at NUI Galway and board member of the MSc in Health Psychology, and a Chartered Health and Clinical Psychologist of the Psychological Society of Ireland is leading the study with Isha Doyle, a student in the MSc in Health Psychology at the University.
Dr Egan said: "Stress is known to affect the severity and possibly the direction of these diseases and things related to stress are an important focus of research attempting to improve future treatments for these conditions.
"We are only starting to understand how the brain-gut axis operates, and it seems that it is important for people to 'connect with their gut reaction' in order to be able to understand their emotions.
"Our research will ask people who are experiencing these symptoms or those who have Crohn's disease or Colitis to see what psychological factors improve or worsen their experience of these conditions.
"Already an initial analysis of the first hundred or so participants has indicated a high level of people feeling misunderstood by others. The symptoms can also affect a person's sexual expression.
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Isha Doyle, a student of the MSc in Health Psychology course at NUI Galway, said: "We hope to gain more information on the extent to which the stress related variables examined in this study affect symptoms and quality of life, in both irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease samples.
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Friday, March 04, 2005
( 5:36 PM ) Rebecca
You'll be happy to know I survived the Day O' Little Sleep without falling into a deep trough of despair, but I do appear to have caught whatever that disgusting drip on the bus was passing around - we can only hope it's not the Bird Flu! Thanks, mister!
In other news, I picked up some photos yesterday, which I will guiltily admit to you was my first round of attempted author photos, taken by the talented photographer GalPal #2. Yes I know publication is still a year away! But I want pictures taken of me before I age any further! While I still have flowing tresses and a slender body and a look of deceptively dewey youth about my eyes!
And besides, can you blame me? I've been waiting to take this author photo for 25 years now.
I ripped them open, impatient to see how glamorous I looked in black and white. How hip and authorial and alluring. I had blow-dried my hair for the occasion, put on lipstick, and a dab of eyeliner, maybe even some eyeshadow.
And alas, despite GP #2's relative skill with the camera, I am in desperate need of a stylist. When photographed from the side, my hair looked like a layered quasi-mullet straight out of my 9th grade yearbook, and my chin was nonexistent.
As much as I would like to be photographed au naturel, outdoors with little makeup, hoping that my natural beauty will shine through, I now know this: it won't. It needs help. And much as I'd like this to be a family affair, I'll probably hire a professional photographer, too. One who can shine the rightlight on my face and make it look like I actually have a chin. And beforehand, I will have my hair done by someone who actualy knows how to wield a blow-dryer.
I admit, I'm a vain person. Vain enough to think that I have just enough glamor - if photographed correctly - to help sell a book. To strengthen my marketing campaign. I'm no Catherine Zeta-Jones but I'm cute! My mommy told me so! But even Ms ZJ, I'm sure, doesn't appear on the red carpet without spending several hours with her style professionals.
Besides, most women my age have been married at least twice by now, which means I've missed out on getting made-up and photographed (yeah, I'm one of those people who like getting my picture taken, if you haven't guessed by now). So here I go to find me a stylist!
What? What's that you say? Shouldn't you finish the book first? Is that what you're saying? What - are you my mother? I'm trying, OK? I'm working at it. It's just that getting my author photo taken is so much more fun!
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1 TB lemon juice (I use fresh)
1 tsp vanilla (I use one without corn syrup)
2 cups flour (I like King Arthur unbleached but any is fine)
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The actress and DJ were engaged in May 2015 in Paris after dating for about two years. Days ago, Doubleday showed off her incredible ring for fans and followers on Instagram.
Doubleday also told Us Weekly, "I trusted him more than I've ever trusted anyone. And I was like, 'Wow, this feels so different than any other relationship I've ever been in,'" she said of her new husband. "Which I think is how you're supposed to feel. It was easy. It was exciting from the beginning. I just trusted that we were going to be okay."
The two are now headed to Greece to enjoy their honeymoon.
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As more and more people are making allegations of sexual assault and harassment in their profession, it's turned a spotlight on the issue in general.
It's important to realise that it could potentially happen in any workplace, to any employee and more importantly, men can find themselves on the receiving end as well as women.
One misconception can be that there needs to be some form of physical contact for sexual harassment to have occurred, but as our case studies show, this is not true. It's also worth noting that incidents can sometimes happen outside the workplace, for example, unwanted phone calls.
Whilst there are many people who have happy romantic relationships with work colleagues, there are others that don't work out. There are also situations where a person subjects another to unwanted conduct of a sexual nature. When employees experience sexual harassment, they may be covered by the Equality Act 2010 depending on the situation.
According to Vivien at Click Solicitors "All employees should feel safe at work and not feel resigned to taking no action for fear of what would happen if they did. If an incident isn't reported, the employer may not being aware of what is taking place, and the individual concerned may never be challenged." This could lead to the same person continuing to carry out similar incidents of unwanted behaviour.
Case studies
- At work conferences where there were overnight stays, Daniel the MD would make sexual suggestions to female members of staff. Female staff would discuss what happened with each other afterwards and Daniel would apologise, laugh it off saying it was down to having had a few drinks and that the comments made were not intended to be offensive.
- Paul was invited to dinner by his team leader, Claire. Paul politely refused. Claire continued to ask Paul to dinner and started to call him more and more and also out of working hours, with work calls ending with questions as to why Paul would not agree to go out with Claire. Paul did not feel able to approach anyone at work about the situation.
Paul applied for promotion to join another team to avoid his team leader. Although considered the most suitable for the position, he was unsuccessful because of comments made by Claire who had been on the interview panel.
Getting guidance and support
Both cases above demonstrate unacceptable behaviour regardless of the position of the person carrying out the offensive behaviour. In the second case, Paul may be considered to have been subjected to less favourable treatment.
In both cases above, the employees should raise a grievance setting out what took place and the date of each incident. If the grievance does not result in a suitable response, that also includes preventative measures that have been put in place to ensure similar incidents do not occur, then the employee may consider resigning and claiming constructive dismissal. We recommend that legal advice be sought before resigning and claiming constructive dismissal to ensure the correct steps are taken and for the right reasons.
Employers have a duty of care to their staff and should steps to ensure the health, safety and well-being of their employees are being met. This in turn, also makes good business sense. Building up trust with employees improves retention of staff, increases productivity and improves morale within the business.
If you are experiencing sexual harassment at work, speak to your employer or if you would like some legal advice, feel free to give us a call on 0114 204 4208. Initial chats are always free.
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This delicious Apple Cake is the perfect healthy sugar free snack to improve the quality of your nutrition after having a baby. Packed with green apples it contains vitamin C, one important nutrient that helps with healing your stomach muscles, reducing Diastasis Recti, giving you more energy and better skin.
So you can also eat a green apple to get those benefits but this cake makes apples far more enticing!
Fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamins and nutrients although eating more of these can be tricky to do. You may think salads are bland and broccoli boring or you may not know how to make eating more fruits and vegetables more enticing in your meals!
That's why I love to include fruits and vegetables in cakes, smoothies, juices, stir fry's, one pots and loads of other dishes, it makes eating these foods pleasurable and fun.
By eating the key vitamins and nutrients for good postnatal nutrition, you'll nourish your body to help you have more energy, lose weight safely without dieting and help heal a Diastasis Recti if you have one. One change that will make a huge impact on how you look and feel is by eating foods rich in vitamin C and antioxidants.
The 5 Key Benefits of This Delicious Apple Cake particularly for New Mums and Moms and Mums/Moms to be
- The green apples contain vitamin C which helps encourage collagen production for better, tighter skin.
- Vitamin C also helps strengthen the connective tissue at your midline that covers the front stomach muscle (the six pack). When this tissue is stronger it brings the muscle back together to reduce the gap, known as Diastasis Recti or a 'Mummy/Mommy Tummy'.
- The high content of fibre from the apples and spelt wholegrain flour means you can fight cravings and mid morning hunger pangs.
- This cake is a tasty way to get your vitamin boost for your immune system (often low after having a baby or as a busy mum/mom juggling work with family life) to help avoid sickness and being in bed.
- It's sugar free so a far healthier snack that's kinder to your waistline than shop brought cakes and biscuits which often have a high content of sugar.
This cake is also quick and easy to make and your whole family will love it too. Eat as a healthy snack option to have when you are feeding your baby, when friends visit or to have as a mid-morning snack at work.
Combined with The Beez Kneez Pregnancy and Postnatal Exercise Program nourishing and eating foods with plenty of vitamins and nutrients gives you more energy and improves your muscle tone during pregnancy, after pregnancy and beyond.
Serves: 16
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 35 minutes
700 grams of apples; Golden Delicious or Granny Smiths
2 eggs
150g of clear honey
zest of 1/2 lemon, grated
pinch of salt
110 grams of wholegrain spelt flour
75ml of almond milk
1 teaspoon of baking powder
How to make
- Pre-heat the one to 180 degrees C or 350 degrees F.
- Grease and line with baking parchment a 22cm (8.5 inch) cake tin.
Peel, core and thinly slice the apples.
- Place the eggs, honey, lemon zest and salt into a bowl and mix or beat until the ingredients are all blended and the mixture is creamy.
- Sift the flour and baking powder together over the bowl and add with the milk. Beat well until all ingredients are combined.
Add about 360grams of the apples to the mixture and stir in with a wooden spoon.
- Place the mixture into the prepared cake tin.
- Arrange the remaining apple slices on top.
- Bake in the oven for 35 minutes, check to see if it is cooked by inserting a knife or skewer into the centre of the cake and seeing if it comes out clean.
This recipe is one of the many quick, easy healthy recipes to help heal and flatten your tummy muscles after pregnancy (and beyond) taken from The Beez Kneez Mummy Tummy Transformation Program.


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- Secularism is Inseparable from Religion
If one talks of secularisation or secularism, one often has two very different meanings in mind. The smaller meaning relates to the non-participation of the government in religion. It insists that matters to do with governance cannot be identified or justified with reference to religion or religious belief. I will call this secular governance; usually this means a separation of state and religion, though it can also be interpreted, as it often seems to be in India, as an equal pandering to all religions by the state—a problematic position that, by default, slips over to a preference for the majority religion or accusations of state bias in favour of either minority or majority religions.
Leaving the drawbacks aside, the notion of secular governance is often seen as tied to the larger notion of secularisation or secularism, which exceeds the practicalities of governance and refers to a worldview where the secular, sometimes equated with the scientific or the rational, is seen as inherently separate from and even opposed to the religious. This worldview is then supposed to inform the existence of secular governance, too.
However, this is not the case. Secular governance is a pragmatic discourse, justified not just by the fact that all nations and cultures contain various religious beliefs, but also by the prior fact that even singular religions grow and differentiate across time and space. If the notions of democracy and human rights are added to this, secular governance becomes the only option for a nation – even one with just a single religion at that historical moment—that wants to avoid a future of slavery for the minorities, perennial conflict for all, and probably both at the same time. Here religion is a different sphere than governance, which relates to the secular business of running a state, and it is simply pragmatic to keep them separate.
However, this is not the case with the larger—shall we say, philosophical and cultural—notion of secularism. This kind of secularism is intricately tied to religion: It can never exist as a separate sphere, contrary to what many secularists and rationalists claim. Actually, it is not possible to be secular in that larger sense except in the context of your own religious (which can also be identified culturally) heritage. Hence, a Muslim can only be secular with reference to and, if necessary, in opposition to, Islam, a Christian to Christianity, a Hindu to Hinduism.
The claim that you are secular with reference to the other's belief or inheritance is basically an oxymoron. If you are from a Hindu background, you cannot claim to be secular because you do not believe that Jesus is the son of God. If you are from a Muslim heritage, you are not secular because you do not believe in the ten incarnations of Vishnu. Whatever secularism may be administratively and politically, its cultural meaning is always self-referential. That is why secularism is not just disbelief in religion but an on-going permutation of religious symbols and festivals into secular ones. The two go hand in hand. And both contain dangers.
If one defines secularism as mere anti-religiosity, it is very easy to define it against other religions: hence today, in Europe, many Christians who claim to be secular while practicing Christian customs as a cultural inheritance, accuse Muslim immigrants of working against their national ethos of secularism. Similarly, Muslims in Muslim-minority places, like India, often demand secular governance, but do not see the need to question their belief in the Quran as a revelation containing all answers—a belief that, for instance, automatically raises issues like the need for sharia law, a demand that, no matter how it is defined, is essentially anti-secular. For secularism to be effective, it has to be turned inwards; it is not about the other but about the self, though it is born out of the necessary perception that the other can never be the self-same.
The second danger is the slippage of secularism into basically that which the other lacks. As I noted earlier, secularism, because it relates finally to the self and the...


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What does Shephard mean?
Shephard as a name for boys is of Old English derivation, and Shephard means "shepherd". Shephard is a version of Shepherd (Old English): occupational name.
ASSOCIATED WITH old english
VARIANTS Shepperd, Sheppard, ShepardCREATIVE FORMS
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How popular is Shephard?
Shephard is an uncommon first name for males but a very popular surname for all people (#4950 out of 150436, Top 3%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Which version is better?
Shepherd (#863 FROM RECENT DATA), Shepard (#1044) and Sheppard are the prominent variation forms of Shephard (NOT RANKED) listed in the Top 2000. Adoption of these forms of Shephard was at its highest in 2016. Shepherd has been the most well-known version. (2016 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Adelard, Adelhard, Adellard, Archard, Barnhard, Bernard▼, Brevard, Dainhard (see Dainard), Eadbhard, Eberhard, Eginhard, Erhard, Everard, Gaspard, Gerhard, Gotthard, Jerard, Jerrard, Kenward, Lenard▼, Lennard, Leonhard, Meinhard, Menard, Raechard (see Richard), Rainhard, Renard, Rennard, Richard▼, Ritchard, Ritshard, Saphir, Segar, Seguaro (see Saguaro), Sellars, Sephirio (see Seferino), Sewald, Seward, Shachar, Shad▼, Shahzad, Shea, Sheehan, Shefer, Shep, Sheplea (see Shepley), Shepley, Shepply (see Shepley), Sherard, Sherburn, Shermann (see Sherman), Sherrard, Sherrerd, Sherrod, Sherwind (see Sherwin), Siegwald, Siward, Spark, Stearn, Steinar, Steinard, Steinart, Stephan, Stephanas (see Stephanus), Stephano, Stephanus, Stephen▼, Stephens, Stephon▼, Stephonn, Steward, Stewart▼, Stockard, Stoddard and Vernard. These names tend to be more frequently used than Shephard.See names in meaning and etymology.


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Pesticide Abatement Nanaimo Meeting
Pesticide Abatement Nanaimo (PAN) will meet at 7 pm on Thursday, September 11, 2008, at the Canadian Cancer Society office, 777 Poplar Street, next to the Nanaimo News Bulletin behind Terminal Park Mall. On the agenda is an 11-minute documentary film on lawn pesticides, a report on letter writing including correspondence to the mayor, councillors, and press, the petition, plans for a public meeting, and other business. For more information, call Kelly Franklin 250-760-0170.


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"Meet the Artist" Series – Winard Harper presents Neil Clarke
February 26, 2017 @ 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Hailing straight out of Brooklyn, Winard Harper's Sunday Series at Moore's Lounge feature Artist has established himself as a premiere Percussionist on the Jazz scene over the last 40 years. Neil Clarke has performed, collaborated and recorded among others with Benny Powell, Taleb Kibwe, Harry Belafonte, Miriam Makeba, Arthur Prysock, Onaje Allen Gumbs, Dianne Reeves. Clarke has held a long time collaboration with Randy Weston's African Rhythms Trio and in his long career has also been involved with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, the Broadway Production of Timbuktu, in film and television. From an early age on, Clarke was fascinated with the West African Orisa culture and has spent a lifetime studying and researching its music and philosophy. Look forward to an evening of electrifying rhythm and interesting stories during the Q&A.


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If you're already a Chris Knight fan (and you should be), you've come to expect certain things from one of his albums. Gritty honesty. Earle-meets-Mellencamp country tinged roots-rock. Melodies that stick in your head for weeks. A focus on rural hardship. Lots of murder. Well, Little Victories has all of those things minus one. Going on 15 listens, I don't believe I've noticed more than one loss of life.
Don't worry, Chris is good enough that he doesn't have to let the lead fly every time out to deliver a satisfying collection of songs. While previous releases have seen foiled robberies, abusive jerks gone missing and bodies dumped in the river, the central bloodshed on Little Victories is the steady trickle of dead Presidents from your wallet. The commercial music world is keeping things typically light with trucks and girls and beer, but Knight sets his sights squarely on the difficulties of life in an endless damned recession.
"In the Mean Time" leads off the album with a treatise on self-reliance. Knight warns that as bad as it is, you should prepare for worse. "You might have to go out and shoot something and drag it home" and that might not be the only reason you need a shotgun.
Later, one of my favorites on the album, "Nothing On Me" chronicles the scars of a man and his dog who've already been made ready for hard times by hard living. A sawing fiddle and ringing guitar accompany Knight as he puts a more personal spin on the message of the album opener.
The title track sees Knight trade verses with John Prine in a song that celebrates the small successes that help get a person through struggles. Deer in the freezer and a baloney sandwich for lunch might not sound like much, but sometimes that's all it takes to keep the dark clouds at bay.
"You Can't Trust No One" is the darkly humorous flip-side of so many 60s love and peace anthems. Knight confronts the well-meaning ideals of community with the reality that some people are always ready to take advantage of such trust. "Everybody pack your picnic lunch and everybody pack your gun" is the hard truth he bears.
Little Victories isn't a concept album by any means, so there are plenty of Knight's trademark stories, drifter anthems and lost love laments. "Low Down Ramblin' Blues" is a catchy mid-tempo ode to never letting your hat hang in one place for long. Long-time fans will recognize "Hard Edges" from the Trailer Tapes collection. This time it's a fleshed out, full-band effort that while still more than solid, loses a bit of its raw impact.
So, how does Little Victories rank among Knight's stellar string of releases? Honestly, I don't know. He hasn't put out a single album I'd take a pass on yet, so if this one's in right there in the pack, it's in excellent company. Consistency is one of Chris' strengths and this is an album any Knight fan will love. It's also just as good a place to start as anything else he's put out, if you've never heard his music. Knight is one of America's greatest living singer-songwriters and Little Victories only adds to his legacy �even without the high body-count.
�Farce The Music, September 12, 2012


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From the bedroom to breakfast table, woodbox to mailbox, the Manawan is the perfect indoor/outdoor slipper to keep your feet warm and protected. With its natural rubber outsole and ankle-high design, there's no need to pull on a pair of boots every time you need to step outside. And with their soft, wool/acrylic lining, these suede slip-ons can be hard to want to slip off.


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Encinal (EHS) Class of 1964 Alumni List
Help us Update the Encinal 1964 Class List by adding any names missing from the list below:
Registered Alumni
1964 Class List
- Charles Boussad
- Alan Bradford
- Cris Dadivas Colby
- Cristina Elpidia Dadivas
- Stevan Diamond
- Verdery Doolittle (Kassebaum)
- Bill Fellman
- William Fellman
- Chuck Ford
- Garry Gifford
- Steven Giorgi
- Nancy Hanks
- Virginia Boody Harp
- John King
- Dave Loveckio
- Julieanne Mast
- Sheila Mccombs
- Dave Mccord
- Beverly Page
- Steve Reeves
- Mark Santare
- Robert Shaw
- George Verrinder
- Ronald Warwick
- William Warwick
- Vicki Yost
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Mary Poppins was the top movie in theaters in 1964, with a lifetime gross of over $102,300,000. Among TV shows in 1964, The Beverly Hillbillies was the most popular of the year.
Hit Songs From 1964
Please Please MeBeatles
Hey Little CobraRip Chords
My GuyMary Wells
Do Wah Diddy DiddyManfred Mann
Wishin' And Hopin'Dusty Springfield
Dead Man's CurveJan and Dean
Bad To MeBilly J. Kramer and The Dakotas
C'mon And SwimBobby Freeman
The Door Is Still Open To My HeartDean Martin
I Want To Hold Your HandBeatles
Hit Movies From 1964
Hit TV Shows From 1964
Reunions and Encinal High School News
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The Encinal High class of '64 alumni are listed below. These are former students from Encinal High in Alameda, CA who graduated in 1964. Alumni listings below have either been searched for or they registered as members of this directory.
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DUO SEMPRE represents a duo of two guitarists, winners of numerous guitar competitions Arsen Asanov and Dariya Panasevych. Their performances are characterizing by a high sensitivity, expressiveness and clearness of musical images. Nowadays they are focused on the creation of a new repertoire by transcribing baroque, classical and contemporary masterpieces like clavier music of J.P.Rameau, D.Scarlatti, piano music by C. Debussy, A. Ginastera etc. At the same time, they have a full program composed out of highlights of original guitar duo repertoire, a heritage of such great composers as N. Coste, M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, L. Brouwer, S. Assad etc. Almost every concert program includes own compositions and it becomes a feature of the Duo.
The first CD "Seven Rings" was recorded at the "Ton- und Video-Studio" in Salzburg and was released in 2014. The new CD "Dramatique", dedicated to Harpsichord music of the 18th century, was recorded at "Hochschule für Musik und Theater" in Hamburg and released by Aliso Records in 2018.
DARIYA PANASEVYCH - classical guitarist, laureate of international guitar competitions and festivals, was born in 1989 in Khabarovsk, Russia, in a family of musicians. She began to play guitar and piano at the age of 7. She received her first guitar lessons at the Music School in Lutsk with her teacher Viktor Mishenin and two years later they won their first guitar competition. Graduate of Volin State College of Culture and Arts (2007), Kyiv National Pedagogical University name of M. P. Dragomanova (2011) in Ukraine. During years of study in Ukraine she took classes with Yuri Fomin, who brought the biggest part to her experience and played a great role in her study. As solo performer she prefers guitar music of XIX century (N. Coste, J. K. Mertz, J. Regondi) and XX century (M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M. Ponce, J. Rodrigo etc.). In 2016 she graduated her Masters degree with distinction in the class of professor Marco Tamayo at "Universitat Mozarteum", Salzburg, Austria. During studying period she released a solo album with Russian guitar music (N. Koshkin, S. Rudnev). As a grant holder of the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), Dariya graduated with distinction a master degree in chamber music area with Prof. Jens Wagner at the "Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg" (2018).
ARSEN ASANOV - was born in 1987 in Melitopol, Ukraine and is a classical guitarist and composer and laureate of numerous international guitar competitions. He is a graduate of the Kharkov National University of Arts in guitar performance in the class of the esteemed professor, Vladimir Dotsenko. As part of his musical development in Ukraine, he has also worked with many great teachers such as Alexander Cherkes, Oleg Popitaylenko and Victor Palamarchuk. From 2008 to 2011, he has worked as a teacher at the faculty of arts in Melitopol State Pedagogical University and in the College of Culture. Many of his students have successfully performed in guitar competitions and festivals and some of which are now continuing a professional career as performers. His concert program includes ethnic music, classical and contemporary guitar repertory, and some of his own compositions. Most of his written pieces are miniatures for guitar, but also there are suites and works for guitar duo. The style could be defined as a mixture of classical and fingerstyle guitar music. Since 2012 to 2016 he has been studied with prof. Marco Tamayo / prof. Matthias Seidel at the "Universität Mozarteum", Salzburg, Austria and graduated both Master and Postgraduate degree with distinction. In December 2015 the compilation of best pieces written before 2014 "When the Time Stops" was published. An additional CD recorded at the "Ton-Studio" (Mozarteum, Salzburg) came out at the same time. As the grant holder of the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), Arsen graduated with distinction his master degree in chamber music area with Prof. Jens Wagner at the "Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg" (2018).
Home page: arsenasanov.com
Duo Sempre uses guitars made by Yulong Guo (China) & Alexander Momot (Ukraine)


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Idris Elba takes on storyteller role for campaign to improve adult literacy
Idris Elba has backed a new literacy campaign as research found the scale of illiteracy in the UK is being severely underestimated by the public.
The Luther star has written the foreword for a children's book penned by a mother who was once illiterate and had to make up stories for her children when she could not read to them.
The book, called The Little Chicken Named Pong-Pong, is a re-telling of the classic story Chicken Little, and is based on a character author Wanda Steward made up for her children when she was unable to read to them from books.
Elba will join in a reading of the book via social media to mark International Literacy Day on September 8.
Elba has teamed up with Project Literacy, a global campaign founded by learning company Pearson and made up of more than 100 organisations dedicated to ending illiteracy by 2030.
Research has found people are severely underestimating the rate of illiteracy in Britain, with respondents estimating the figure to be 2.7 million adults, when more than five million adults are unable to read and write properly.
Project Literacy estimates there are 3.2 million parents in the UK who are unable to read to their children.
Elba said: "Story time has always been one of the most magical and treasured parts of the day for me to connect with my children, but it's something that millions of parents across the UK who struggle with their reading are missing out on.
"However, more alarmingly, it means tasks most people take for granted become impossible, from not being able to read the label on a medicine bottle to not being able to vote.
"Sadly, this is an issue that is passed on from generation to generation, a cycle that we want to break. Through sharing Wanda's inspiring journey, we want to help others understand the importance of investing in adult literacy, which is why we're encouraging as many people as possible to support us by reading Wanda's story."
Kate James, a spokeswoman for Project Literacy added: "By re-writing this story, we want to help rewrite the lives of so many adults who struggle with reading and writing and de-stigmatise the issue of illiteracy through increased awareness," said
"Globally, funding for literacy programmes is skewed more heavily towards children in primary and secondary school, rather than youth or adult literacy, yet we know that there's no way for us to break the cycle of inter-generational illiteracy if we don't focus on parents.
"We need to tackle all levels if we're to close the global literacy gap in the next decade."
The Little Chicken Named Pong-Pong will be available for free download from www.projectliteracy.com/rewritinglives. For every book downloaded, Pearson will donate £1 to Project Literacy partners who are helping adults learn to read and write.


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RAJAR is the system used to measure radio audiences.
Sometimes I've been lucky. Figures for my old show on Clyde 1 increased 6 quarters in a row.
Sometimes I've been unlucky. When I started, the numbers went down for the first 9 months.
And there is an element of "luck" in both the good and the bad RAJAR days.
The temptation is to think you're a broadcasting great when the reach and market share are going up and throw yourself into a pit of despair when they're going the other way.
The truth is, as a radio presenter, much of the success or failure of the programme is outwith your control.
If you're playing music in commercial radio, chances are you don't choose any of the songs. That's a huge chunk of your programme you can't influence. Then there'll be adverts. For most of my time hosting a daily commercial radio show I had to broadcast 16 minutes of commercials every hour. Add in news bulletins and promos and more that's more than a third of the show gone and I hadn't played a single tune or opened my mouth.
Then you've got the programme that's on before you. If that's going well you'll start off with a high audience. If that programme performs poorly you could be starting from a very low base.
Then there's the station's overall marketing strategy. If they've put you on the side of busses, billboards or on TV you've obviously got an advantage.
And to be fair, the stations I've worked for tend not to hold RAJAR against presenters. I don't know anyone who's been fired becaused of a bad set of figures. And when mine were going down I never felt under pressure to change things. That's the mark of good management. The other side of course is that when the figures show you've increased the numbers listening and you think you might deserve a whopping pay rise…forget it!
So, good radio stations avoid knee jerk RAJAR reactions. They set an overall long term strategy, and tend to stick with it for a good while.
What people forget, is that RAJAR was never really designed to compare individual presenters on individual stations in different dayparts. When it was set up there was generally one major commercial radio station in each part of the country, competing against a BBC station. Now, there are so many more stations – at least half a dozen in each area.
RAJAR is for advertisers. If I'm deciding where to promote my product RAJAR tells me how many people are listening to the radio compared to the numbers watching television, or reading newspapers. Or how well local radio in general is doing compared to national stations. The real value in RAJAR is in looking at long term, industry wide trends. It doesn't claim to show "Presenter X" is doing better than "Presenter Y" although naturally that's the way presenters tend to intepret it!
It works by getting members of the public to fill out their listening habits in a paper diary for a set number of weeks. The results are used as the basis for calculations which show how many people listen to a particular station at a particular time of the day.
It's a large piece of market research, everyone plays by the same rules and it seems to be the best system we've got.
But it's by no means perfect.
RAJAR figures are published every 3 months and cover the previous 6 months. So the results that came out this week cover the period to the end of December. So if they're not what you'd hoped for, maybe you've already improved things.
One of the challenges with a daily radio show is how do you know what you did today was better than what you did yesterday? For an athlete it's easy. They have a personal best time they measure everything against. For a radio broadcaster, what do you measure?
The number of texts or calls you got? How much praise or criticism you got in those texts or calls? Your own intuition? Anonymous posts about you on industry message boards? Feedback from the Programme Director? It's highly unlikely you'll get any feedback from him/her each day unless you're the breakfast show. More likely you'll get a chat once a fortnight, if that. And in any case what makes a "good" radio show? Who decides? It's highly subjective.
When I was on air every day at Clyde 1 I decided I needed another way of measuring my progress and that's really what turned me on to social media. I tried to grow my Twitter followers with engaging content. If the numbers went up, I figured I was doing well. If they didn't or if my posts didn't get interaction I figured I needed to make some changes. So I'd try things out on social media and if they were well received I'd use them on air. I added extra, behind the scenes content and realised anything I couldn't fit into the radio show, or that didn't quite suit the format, could be "seeded" on Twitter.
My own, very crude method of trying to measure success but it did coincide with a period of growth in the RAJAR figures.
What's your opinion of the RAJAR method of calculating radio audiences? What do you think when you hear a station referring to itself as "Number 1 Again!" And if you work in the industry, how do you measure you success day to day?
Let me know what you think.