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Governor Pataki and others say that even if Donald Trump wins the Primaries that he will not be nominated to run for president......COULD SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW THAT CAN POSSIBLY BE...
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I have NO IDEA. Between him; Cruz and Carson they are better now even not being elected.
Not sure i understand what you mean BonnieSomer
George Massu,
I think it means that: 1) the system is rigged/fixed, 2) they have already elected the next POTUS and 3) they want us to continue to fund the campaigns to pick-pocket more of our money.
Thanks George Massu for opening the discussion. These primary runs corralled a lot of media & voter [legal & illegal] attentions & reactions. A majority of these 'reactions' are organized, directed & financed by deeply funded PAC's; national / international corporate power brokers; 'hidden government' manipulators. Most brought chaos; division; polarization; threats of race conflicts; total confusion of important issues of freedoms, liberties, economy, national security, states' rights, & more. Some glaring examples of these emerge in 'Black Lives Matter'; 'Occupy Movement', El-Rasa, 'Amnesty Now'; outcries surrounding issues of the Confederate Flag; and Islamic indoctrination within our public educational system. Yes, there's others too.
I don't think, George, that the 'system is rigged/fixed". I conclude that it's much more of channeling, influencing, & directing the entire electoral process. What's confounding this whole attempt is the populist influence of Trump - Carson - Cruz. It's wrecking the plans of the hidden government cabals. During these rapidly changing campaign times, there's too much disunity, conflicting egos & opposing vested interests. There's also voter expressed outrage at recent fraud & explosive uncovering of hidden practice [e.g., Planned Parenthood video exposes; IRS scandals; FBI investigations of the Clintons. Yes, there's more here too]. All these have wrecked any hidden plans for railroading an expected POTUS into office - as what happened with the Obama elections.
The Campaign Finance Law has removed the larger electorate out of the picture with a limitation of $2600 contributions into campaigns. Of course, this only serves to ensure the security of incumbents. And, too ensures the continuity of political corruption.
A highly supported populist campaigner, as Trump / Cruz are, would almost, but not guarantee, a nomination. Vested political, corporate & 'hidden government' interests are almost running rabid to attack the front runners. For example - CNN's debacle of moderating the last Republican debate. And, CNN's glaringly fraudulent, if not libelous, editing of Trump's responses to a 'Muslim database' - Trump does not foster that by the way.
This campaign for the 2016 election is extremely important. It is a vital matter for our American governments - local / state / federal - to be directly influenced away from destructive liberalism. That can only happen when the conservative majorities of America get united into an energized, coordinated, & influential political force. If a populist presidential campaigner, whomever that may be, receives the majority of primary election votes, then, it's up to us ! to ensure nominations & final election success. The options are that another election fiasco will recur, as we experienced eight years ago, at all ! levels of government.
The primary question of this discussion relates to outside influences to remove presidential candidates. Received a story from 'NewsMax' relating to this. And, there are quite a few references, names, threads for anyone to verify, check on the story, and to do some follow-up. Here's what I copied & paste here >
'Secret' group within GOP building to force Trump out of GOP candidates' campaigns
headed by former RNC employee Liz Mair; fired from Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's
failed bid for the GOP nomination....The goal is to keep Trump supporters from voting, the
memo said, not to convert them into backing other candidates. Trump Card hopes to gather a
quarter-million dollars from donors throughout several other candidates' camps for their push.
So goes our veiled, backroom national political influences. God bless & protect America.
I may duplicate this reference in a couple of other discussions within our forums.
It has to do with how delegates are bound. Many delegates go where the RNC directs them, usually to, but not necessary bound to, each state's winner. The early states are proportioned, which means even if Trump gets the most votes in Iowa, he won't get all the delegates. There are also "unbound" delegates who can vote for anybody they want. The problem republicans are looking at right now is a brokered primary. If one candidate doesn't have enough delegates to win the nomination, everything goes to hell in a handbasket. I think the number is a little over 1200, which I think means one person has to have over 50% of the delegates to himself. With something like 12 people still running, and voting states Feb 1, that means there's a very good probability Trump won't get the majority. Then the GOP establishment gets to pick their candidate.
Yes, and we get to pick whether or not we will vote for THEIR candidate. I personally will not vote in Nov 2016 if they manage to kill off Trump's chance to get nominated. I am so very TIRED of these Republicans who think they know better than the voters. They continually put up looser candidates and then loose elections. When will they're get it, that WE the People are not a stupid bunch of hicks.


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(Biba poster, photo by James Wedge)
No, not clothes, interiors! I have just finished devouring two books on the 60's/70's iconic shop Biba. It was a bit before my time, but such was its popularity that somehow I was still aware of it well before I started reading up on it. It is a fascinating story.
In a nutshell, Biba was the clothing boutique started by Barbara Hulanicki and her husband Fitz. Barbara had her finger on exactly what young people wanted at the time (because she felt it really didn't exist), and even better, provided it to them at a price they could afford (and for a spell, by mail order). Someone said to me recently that teens in the 60's quite often had to dress as mini versions of their mothers because that was all there was available, especially if you lived outside of London. This may seem strange now, but to get super cool clothing at the time cost money and was out of reach of your average girl even if you did live in London. Within a short space of time, Biba grew and grew. Such was its popularity that they realised they could sell just about anything with the Biba name and it would fly off the shelf. And so the first lifestyle store was born.
The Biba style: Barbara Hulanicki was a master at reinterpreting the past. Whilst a lot of clothing at the time was pale and pastel, she loved the deep sludgy colours like plum, brown and russet. At first, her fabrics were very reminiscent of the dark Victorian look with an art nouveau twist. Her now famous logo was actually an adapted celtic knot design paired with an art nouveau style font. We do a stencil of the original (DE228 in the Art Nouveau section). Aubrey Beardsley was a huge influence on the dark swirling design of both the printed fabrics and the shop. And the shop….it broke every retail rule in the book and customers loved it. The walls were painted deep colours or covered with dark patterned wallpaper. The fittings were usually old wood Victorian counters and shelves that noone wanted.
(photo Barbara Hulanicki from "The Biba Years: 1963-1974")
Clothes hung from bentwood coat racks that people were chucking out considering them old fashioned. Palms in art nouveau jardinières were in abundance. Lighting was low, keeping the shop deliberately dark. Photos of Barbara's house at the time showed that the shop was an extension of her home style. It is full of art nouveau and art deco furniture, fabrics and homewares piled up and mixed together in an effortless overblown Victorian/Edwardian style. It looks so unique and personal.
(photo James Mortimer for Vogue magazine)
This was the antithesis of the 60's light and bright modernism that was favoured by many. She was a maverick (although I am not sure she set out to be – she just knew what she liked and stuck to it). She lived what she sold. The style of the clothing was also a reinterpretation of the past with the 1920s and 1930s being huge influences on the cut and shapes of ranges all throughout Biba's existence. Eventually Biba was so huge – they would get 100,000 customers a week - they were able to take over the 1930s Art Deco building that was the Derry & Toms department store on Kensington High Street. Big Biba was created.
Over the course of 18 months they designed interiors like no others. By now, art deco had become a strong influence, but still using the dark smoky colours as before.
(from kasiacharko.wordpress.com - Kasia Charko worked on most of the illustrations and graphics for Big Biba and has a fascinating blog about Biba and working for it)
Bespoke shop fittings were made for every department. Masses of mirror were put up everywhere. There were ostrich feathers in abundance.
(photo Tim White)
Bespoke deco style carpets covered the floors. Furniture was made and upholstered totally in keeping with the concept.
Everything was bespoke (all designed by Whitmore-Thomas). This is the tights display unit.
(Photo Tim White)
It was like stepping into a massive boudoir: black and gold with peach mirror, leopard spot and deco fabrics. They restored the Rainbow Room on the top floor which was the venue for lunch, drinks, or just hanging out. It had a stepped ceiling with different coloured recessed lighting in rainbow colours and a pink marble floor.
(Photo from the book "70's Style & Design", photo by Tim Street-Porter)
The building was (and still is) famous for its huge rooftop garden (the largest in Europe until 2012). They revived it and added real flamingos. Of course, they sold the look so you could recreate it at home.
(illustration by Malcolm Bird - advertisement for Biba)
Note the pattern everywhere: Beardsley style swirls, victorian lace, deco zebra and leopard spots. The furniture is mirrored, ostrich feathers and fringed lampshades are in abundance.
They wanted it not just to be a shop but an Experience. It must have been something else and I wish I could have seen it.
Strangely it is only recently that I studied Biba in any great depth. Yet when I look at the interiors of Barbara Hulanicki's houses and shops, there are very strong similarities to my personal style. In fact, my current bedroom could almost have been decorated using homewares from the Biba store but are in fact mostly original to the 20's and 30's. My walls are a deep dark grey – I favour low light for atmosphere. Satin cushions in peach and aqua take over the bed. There are fringed and ruched vintage lampshades. Antique piano shawls are scattered about.
(photo Stephen Egglestone)
The feel is definitely deco-decadence which is a term used to describe Biba.
(photo Gisela Torres for the book Seductive Interiors)
and Pearl Lowe (who has just launched a website selling homewares and fab circus themed clothing for children) are two designers who "get" the look as well. In fact, Pearl has the infamous Biba advertising poster hanging in her living room in this shot.
(photo by Debi Treloar from the book Pearl Lowe's Vintage Craft)
And House of Hackney is the only company today I can think of who are bucking the trend and building a large range of fabrics, wallpapers, furniture, other homewares and clothing with that eclectic antique feel that can be mixed and matched and layered for the total look.
This is on a smaller scale, but touches upon the same "live it, wear it" aesthetic that Biba took to such heady heights. I love this company for their use of colour and pattern.
It can be used in small doses or you could go the whole HOH hog and put the same pattern on your walls, fabrics and furniture.
I covet their fringed lampshades and velvet cushions.
(the last 4 photos from House of Hackney)
I do recommend you read about Biba. I read "Biba: The Biba Experience" and "The Biba Years: 1963-1974". It was quite extraordinary as a shop that had a huge lasting influence on fashion today. Totally inspiring.
As Biba was such an advocate for pattern, it is only fitting that I finish with a selection of stencils inspired by Biba either to get the look (start with dark coloured walls) or just because they feel so Biba (just click on any of the titles to take you to our website for more information on that stencil:
DE334 Art Deco Alphabet - Big Biba signage
DE333 Art Nouveau Alphabet - Biba signage
DE263 Art Nouveau Peacock Feather Motif - feathers showed up everywhere in the Biba world
DE232 Delicious Art Nouveau All Over Repeat Pattern - a nod to the patterned wallpapers used and sold
DE82 Victorian Floral All Over Repeat Pattern - again, in reference to the dark abundant pattern used on fabrics and paper
DE158 Aubrey Beardsley Peacock Ladies Panel - just amazing
DE224 Art Nouveau Swirl Pattern Tile
VN57 Art Nouveau All Over Repeat Pattern
VN165 Palm All Over Palm Repeat Pattern - in reference the the palms that were in every shop
VN77 Fabulous Art Deco All Over Repeat Pattern
VN214 Fan Dancers (with Ostrich Feather Fans) I like to think that BH would have liked this in the Mistress (lingerie) dept.
349 Leopard Spot Repeat - such a wonderful neutral pattern. It does with everything.
VN146 Flamingoes - because they had flamingoes in the roof garden!
VN139 Feathers All Over Repeat - ostrich feathers everywhere
VN142 Feathers All Over Repeat - a more art nouveau interpretation
VN300 Swallows - BH makes reference to using a swallow pattern on one of the fabrics. It was a favourite and sold incredibly well.
I have tried to credit all photos to the best of my ability. If there are any ommissions or corrections please let us know. Any oversight is unintentional.


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|2. Unknown
|3. Hall Pass
|4. Just Go With It
|5. Drive Angry
|6. I Am Number Four
|7. Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
|8. Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
|9. The King's Speech
|10. The Roommate
Neither new wide release is showing much promise online or in advance sales. Drive Angry has more tweets this week, but the presence of Nicholas Cage tends to drive up Twitter traffic some, as indicated by the high ratio of Season of the Witch (1,102), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1,618), and Kick-Ass (1,420). Faster (1,863) would also have been a useful comparison if not for the fact that it opened on a Wednesday, while a couple of other ratios to note are The Mechanic's 684 and 857 from Sanctum, the previous R-rated 3D film. A low theater count should push Drive Angry's ratio to the 1,200-1,300 range, which, with an estimate raw count of 5,000, would put its Friday at around $4m. Its Opening Weekend interest from the Box Office Mojo poll stands at 14%, a solid figure that indicates a sub-$10m weekend is rather unlikely, especially when 3D surcharge is taken into account. With some luck, it may in fact come out ahead of the other opener Hall Pass this weekend, as the signs for the latter film are quite worrisome.
R-rated, male-oriented comedies normally shine in Box Office Mojo polls. Even the ones which didn't break out much performed well there, for example, Get Him to the Greek had 14.6% OW interest ($14.6m), Hot Tub Time Machine 17.6% ($14.0m), and I Love You, Man 17.3% ($17.8m). Hall Pass is sitting at 9.6%. The Twitter front isn't looking any better. It is on track to receive around 3,500 tweets from Monday to Thursday, and given the ratio history of similar films, it is basically looking at a $4m Friday as well, if not less. In addition, the reviews indicate the film will have a tough time attracting female audience or developing any sort of legs.
Weakness from openers is good news for the holdovers. Gnomeo and Juliet has displayed remarkable strength thus far, with a Wed-to-Wed jump of 49.8%. As past family films such as Tooth Fairy and Coraline showed, the post President's Day Friday increase will be a few notches smaller, but even a 170% bump would put Gnomeo and Juliet on track for a $15m weekend, good enough to win the frame. Unknown will put up a fight to retain the crown though, helped by the good word-of-mouth as well as both openers being R-rated, something that will positively affect a number of other holdovers in the top 10.
Sunday is Oscar night, and while adult-oriented films will see their gross dip that day, the event will also provide extra awareness as interested viewers may want to catch those nominated films they have not yet seen. The biggest beneficiary will fall on this year's frontrunner and one which appears to enjoy the best word-of-mouth, The King's Speech. It will add another 300 locations (Both The Social Network and Winter's Bone are re-expanding as well to take advantage of the opportunity), and look for a slight uptick in the weekend gross.


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The moment my mom set that first Tofurky down on the table in front of me 6 years ago, I knew I made the right decision. Even though many people thought it defied logic, becoming a vegetarian right before Thanksgiving solidified my commitment to my new meat-free diet. It was my freshman year of college and to this day, I still consider it the best, and perhaps most life-changing decision, I ever made.
Growing up, we're taught that Thanksgiving is about celebrating life and giving thanks for our families, friends, and fortunes. Going around the table, expressing to each other what we're thankful for, I'd never thought about exactly what--or who--we were about to feast on. That is, until my 18th Thanksgiving celebration. That day, I was thankful to be carving into my first Tofurky dinner. And I was celebrating my decision to choose a meal that doesn't involve killing animals.
The overwhelming majority of the turkeys on our tables spent their short lives--about 5 months--crammed inside poorly ventilated warehouses that typically house up to 25,000 birds in a single shed. Each bird is afforded as little as one square foot of living space.
Such intensive confinement denies birds the opportunity to perform many of their most natural behaviors and often leads stress and disease. To make matters worse, turkeys are bred to grow large so quickly that their skeletons often cannot keep up with their abnormal body weight; many suffer crippling leg disorders preventing them from reaching food or water.
About 20 weeks later, turkeys are transported to slaughter without food, water, or protection from extreme temperatures. At the slaughter plant, they're dumped onto conveyors, shackled upside down by their legs, and their throats are slit.
Animal agribusiness is a cruel and inhumane industry responsible for slaughtering more than 225 million turkeys each year, more than 65 million of whom are killed for the winter holiday season alone. The day-to-day horrors of factory farming are kept hidden from public view because, let's face it, if most people saw how their Thanksgiving turkey was raised and killed, they probably wouldn't feel like celebrating anymore.
The abuses that turkeys and other farmed animals are forced to endure would lead to criminal prosecution if inflicted upon the cats or dogs with whom we share our homes.
To most people's surprise, turkeys are inquisitive, affectionate, and social animals who enjoy life and have individual personalities much like dogs and cats. Throw an apple to a group of turkeys and they'll play a game with each other. Should a fight start, some will play peacemaker by deliberately standing in the way of a charging turkey.
One of the kindest choices we can make this holiday season is to pardon a turkey from our table and carve into a vegetarian roast instead.
Losing the turkey doesn't mean losing those traditional flavors and tastes that we all crave this time of year. At my first Thanksgiving as a vegetarian, my mom prepared a Tofurky roast. Since then, I've discovered many more delicious, easy to cook cruelty-free options. From Tofurky to Field Roast to Gardein, finding an animal-friendly Thanksgiving options is easier than ever. Every time we sit down to eat, we can each make compassionate choices --and that's something we can all be thankful for, even turkeys.


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Or maybe not-so-happy New Year's resolutions depending on how successful you are at setting and keeping them. You know you've been thinking about them—all those resolutions you should do in 2014: spend less, stress less, give more, play more, sleep more. And don't forget the most popular of New Year's resolutions of eating healthier, exercising and losing weight.
Before you go all fad diet to lose the holiday weight (or 2013 weight), let's take a moment and remember what pretty much every article in fitness magazines says about healthy weight loss:
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A Bloomberg Poll out today shows Hillary Clinton would beat Chris Christie — and other prominent Republicans — in a 2016 presidential head-to-head. Among likely voters, Clinton leads Mitt Romney (45-39), Rand Paul (45-37), Chris Christie (42-36), Jeb Bush (43-37) and Ted Cruz (46-33).
According to the poll, Americans choose Clinton as "being a strong leader" over Mitt Romney (49-42), Rand Paul (52-34), Chris Christie (48-37), Jeb Bush (51-35) and Ted Cruz (51-31).
Americans pick Clinton as "caring about people like you" over Mitt Romney (51-40), Rand Paul (48-37), Chris Christie (47-36), Jeb Bush (48-37) and Ted Cruz (51-30).
The poll also measured race relations in America.
Most Americans (52%) say they agree with the Ferguson decision; however a majority (60) say they disagree with the decision in the Staten Island death of Eric Garner.
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– On the Garner decision, 90% of African-Americans say they disagreed with the grand jury; 52% of white people polled say they felt that way.
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The Pupillage Gateway slammed shut around a month ago and chambers began reading the mass of application forms electronically thrust before them in a bid to sift, sort and filter into a carefully selected list of the chosen few who they want to meet in person.
Receiving an invitation to an interview creates the initial rush akin (I assume) to winning the lottery. When that dies down, reality steps in and you realise that in fact you have simply won the right to participate in the next stage of the lottery albeit this one involves probing questions, nervous research and perhaps a sleepless night or two.
I've had a few pretty horrendous pupillage interviews. In my first ever pupillage interview I was visibly nervous and the panel asked me if I'd like some water. I said yes and was handed a champagne flute filled almost to the brim. I'd like to say I didn't spill any, but that would be an outright lie. Then there was the time I managed to have summer flu and hayfever simultaneously. I suspect the panel had already decided that I wasn't going to progress to round 2 of the interview process long before I'd exhausted an entire box of tissues.
I did manage to get pupillage and in time sat on the pupillage committee interviewing many prospective pupils. In my role as a tutor on the BPTC, I conduct mock interviews for students and hear their stories (some good, some bad) of interviews they attend. My advice then comes from a variety of different perspectives and sources, all anonymised to protect the innocent.
Before your interview
- Re-read your application form. You're giving yourself some insight into some of the questions you will be asked. At least a few will be based on your form if only as an easy introduction to the interview.
- Go back to the research you did on chambers and flesh it out. Look again at their website and legal directories to see what further information you can glean. Your careers service, tutors and perhaps other students who have interviewed at that set many be able to help
- Read the newspapers or go online and read about current affairs. Chambers may ask what you think about matters of the day as they often provide a useful basis for non-law questions. Barristers consider themselves to be a worldly and knowledgeable bunch so even if Buzzfeed and Wikipedia are your go to sites, now is probably the time to branch out a little.
- Read about current issues in the areas of law that chambers specialises in. Not just leading cases but the wider points such as funding, court fees, the use of experts and Public Access to name but a few
- If the interview involves a practical advocacy exercise on the day then revisit your advocacy and litigation notes if you are on the BPTC, though note that chambers try and create exercises that don't disadvantage those pre-BPTC. Chambers are looking at your potential to be an advocate which includes your knowledge of the law, delivery, structure and persuasion.
- Lots of chambers ask ethical questions so again, revisit your Professional ethics notes if you are on/have taken the BPTC. If you are pre-course then read the BSB Handbook which includes the Code of Conduct. (Freely available on the BSB website).
- Look at a map and plan your journey to the interview allowing extra time for travel disruption and in London, for the fact that not all of the gates to the Inns are open at the weekends. Oh and don't go to a lock-in at your local pub the night before. A 'friend' was slightly late leaving for an interview after sleeping through his alarm due to excessive libation the night before. Already late, he realised as ran down Chancery Lane that the Fleet Street gate to the Temple was locked at the weekend and arrived even later than planned. Not a great first impression.
During the interview
- Consider that the interviewers are as interested in hearing how you answer, as they are the content of your answer. Do you think and speak like a lawyer. By that, I don't mean you have to sound like Rumpole of the Bailey / Kavanagh QC / Martha Costello (delete according to age) but that your answers have a clear line of thought, are structured and have an end point. Let's examine each in turn.
- Line of thought: If the question asks you to take a position on something, then do so. Take a moment to process what's being asked and decide what your line is going to be. A careful, reasoned and positioned answer is different to obstinately refusing to acknowledge anything other than your view. The former can be persuasive and measured. It sounds like a submission in court. The latter can sound like a rant.
- Structure: It's far easier to understand and follow an answer that is structured and well signposted. The extent to which you say out loud "I have three reasons to support my point" is of course, a matter of personal style but it can help the receiver understand what they are about to hear. Importantly, if you do set out your structure at the start of your answer, stick to it.
- An end point: We get so used to being cut off by someone else in the fast-paced world that we live in, that the art of finishing a point is being eroded. Does your answer have an end point, conclusion or summary, or are you hoping that you'll be cut off before you reach the end? An answer that trails off into mumbling silence is not impressive. At the start of your answer, as you consider you line of thought and structure, just take a very brief moment to consider where you are going. Where's the end point?
- Be honest. If you have no idea what the question is about, or you haven't read the case that the question is based on, say so. The panel is comprised of seasoned practitioners. They will know if you are trying to bluff and bluster your way out. Neither bluff nor saying "I haven't read that case" are going to score you top marks but at least the latter has the mark of honesty about it.
- Speak to your audience. You may be told to direct your answers to a single person throughout or just to the person who asked the question. If so, follow the instruction. If not, try and address the entire panel.
- Speak slowly. Most people speak much too quickly by default, doubly so when nervous. If it helps, consider that someone in the room doesn't speak English as their first language. Imagine that they have an interpreter sitting next to them translating every word as you speak it. That should slow you down.
- Speak confidently. You will be asked questions, they are likely to contradict your line of argument and probe your knowledge. Concede where necessary (see line of argument above) but be confident in what you are saying. Of course, it very much helps if you have the requisite knowledge (see 'Before your interview' above).
- At the end of the interview you are likely to be asked if you have any questions. The panel have lots of interviews to get through so my advice is not ask a question for the sake of it. The structure of their pupillage, number of pupil supervisors and type of work is all likely to be on their website. You should have read this in advance, but if not, read it afterwards. If you really do have a question that hasn't been answered elsewhere then use this opportunity to do so.
After the interview
- Forget about it and move on. Don't replay every moment in your head because it will affect your current exams, work, other interviews and life generally. You can't change what you did. If you really want some cathartic release, wait a few years, start a blog and tell people about the time you went to a lock in and turned up late for an interview. I mean, tell people about your 'friend' who did that. A 'friend' yes. Not me. Oh no.
Good luck!
Ishan Kolhatkar is Director of Group Education Technologies at BPP Professional Education reporting to the Group CEO. He retains the title of Principal Lecturer in Law.
He was called to the Bar in 2002 and was tenant at 2 Hare Court where he prosecuted and defended serious crime, much of it IT related. He also appeared before the Tax Tribunal instructed by HMRC in missing trader frauds.
In 2011 he left the Bar (via a short spell at the NMC) to join the BPTC teaching team at BPP. After 5 happy years of teaching and leading several modules, including being the founding editor of the BPP Criminal Litigation manual, he moved to Education Services (Learning and Teaching).
In 2017 he became Deputy Dean of the wider Education Services function which spans L&T, Careers, Library, Widening Participation and Pro Bono. He has a particular interest in learning technology and is involved in strategic initiatives across the BPP group in this area. He remains a Principal Lecturer and teaches Advocacy and Criminal Litigation on the BPTC on the part-time weekend course. He is both an External Examiner and Standard Setter for the Bar Standards Board. Ishan was appointed to the Department for Education T-Panel (Law) in 2018. He is regularly asked to speak at conferences on legal education and technology. In relation to the latter, he is building a speciality in e-assessment.
During the autumn of 2019 he edited the Billable Hour Cookbook which is available to order here: billablehour.org/cookbook
Away from the law and teaching, he enjoys cooking and posting pictures of his food on twitter. Probably in equal measures.


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Skip to 0 minutes and 14 seconds JUDITH GLYNN: When and why should we isolate people and how long should we isolate them for? This depends on three key features of infectious diseases– the incubation period, the latent period, and the infectious period. In this lecture, we'll look at all three and how they interact.
Skip to 0 minutes and 30 seconds In October 2014, American nurse Kaci Hickox was placed under quarantine for 21 days when she returned from West Africa to the United States. She protested and eventually got the court order overturned. There was a lot of media interest and strong feelings on both sides. So who was right? And why was 21 days chosen? To understand this, we need to look at the key time periods for an infection– the incubation period, the latent period, and the infectious period.
Skip to 1 minute and 1 second Starting with the incubation period. This is the time from when infection's first acquired to when someone first shows clinical symptoms. It tells you something about the disease. The latent period is a time from when the infection's acquired to the onset of infectiousness to the time when someone can first infect somebody else. And this is followed by the infectious period, the time during which an infected person can transmit to others. These tell you about the infection. So we have the incubation period, which tells you something about the disease. And the latent and infectious periods tell you about the infection. Let's think a bit more about the incubation period. This is characteristic for each disease, but there is variation.
Skip to 1 minute and 46 seconds Each disease will have a characteristic minimum and maximum and average incubation period and the distribution of incubation periods is usually approximately log normal. That's to say it has a single peak and a long right tail. And the incubation period may be influenced by the infecting dose. People who have a higher infecting dose tend to have a shorter incubation period. An incubation period is important for helping us work out when, and therefore where, an infection occurred. It also lets you know how long to quarantine someone after they've been exposed before you know whether they're going to get ill or not. This shows the typical shape of an incubation period with a single peak and a long right tail.
Skip to 2 minutes and 29 seconds This graph comes from an outbreak of salmonella in the UK, and what's plotted is actually the onset times when people first got ill. Because everybody ate dinner at the same time, the distribution of onset times is actually the distribution of incubation periods. And in this outbreak, people who ate two pieces of the chicken, which is where the infection was, tended to have a shorter incubation period than those who'd only eaten one. So what about the latent period? This is the time from when the infection's acquired to the onset of infectiousness. Time when people can first transmit the infection to others. And then this is followed by the infectious period, when transmission can go on occurring.
Skip to 3 minutes and 9 seconds And people can have different levels of infectiousness during this period. And it determines how infection will be transmitted in the population and how long patients who are infectious should be quarantined for. So how do the incubation period, latent period, and infectious period fit together? Well, it can be in different ways depending on the disease. So disease of Type A shown at the top, the incubation period is longer than the latent period. What that means is people get symptoms only after they've become infectious. So people could start transmitting before they have any symptoms of disease, when they still appear to be totally well. That helps an infection to spread because people are out and about. They don't know that they're ill.
Skip to 3 minutes and 54 seconds And it's one of the reasons that measles spreads easily and is difficult to control. Diseases of Type B shown at the bottom, the incubation period is shorter than the latent period. That means people have symptoms before they're infectious, before they can transmit to other people. SARS, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, is an example of disease of this type. So what about Ebola? This shows the incubation period of Ebola in the first outbreak in 1976. The shortest incubation period was two days, the longest 21 days, and there was a distribution in between. And this same pattern has been seen in subsequent outbreaks, with an average of around eight to nine days.
Skip to 4 minutes and 37 seconds In Ebola, the incubation period is shorter than the latent period. That means that the symptoms start before someone becomes infectious, before someone could transmit to somebody else. So people who are asymptomatic can not transmit. During the infectious period, the infectiousness increases as the disease gets more severe. And actually, it continues after death, as dead bodies are still infectious. For survivors, there's still some infectiousness when they feel well for a short period. And infectiousness in semen continues for up to about three months.
The logic behind isolation: incubation, latent and infectious periods
This lecture introduces the key periods that are characteristics of infectious diseases: incubation, latent and infectious periods, and looks at how they interact to influence transmission.
The incubation period is the time from acquiring the infection to the first symptoms of illness. The incubation period varies from person to person within a range that is characteristic for the disease. It may be shorter with a higher infecting dose.
The latent period is the time from acquiring infection to the onset of infectiousness. The duration of the latent period is characteristic of particular infections.
The infectious period is the time during which someone with an infection can transmit the infection to someone else. The degree of infectiousness varies through the infectious period.
The length and relationship between the incubation, latent and infectious periods influence how infections spread.
If the latent period is shorter than the incubation period, then individuals are infectious before they have symptoms. This can help the infection to spread more easily.
If the latent period is longer than the incubation period, then people are infectious only after symptoms start. This means they can be recognised as being ill before they are infectious.
For Ebola the incubation period is 2-21 days. The latent period is longer than the incubation period so people infected with Ebola are not infectious until after the symptoms have started. Infectiousness increases when the disease becomes more severe, and the bodies of people who die of Ebola are very infectious. The virus persists in the body fluids of survivors for a short period after recovery, and can persist in semen for up to three months or more - studies are underway to assess this.
Complete the quiz in the next step and read this editorial to see if you think Kaci Hickox should have been quarantined.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
This Little Blog Of Mine
I want to let it shine...but I got nothing right now. There was a time when the words were just flowing. The scheduled posts a plentiful. Maybe it's the onset of summer, the amount of work on my plate, the excitement over the wedding, but I just have not felt that inspired lately. And certainly if I look around, there is plenty to write about: the conviction of Sandusky, the loss of a brilliant writer (Nora Ephron), the difficulty in finding bridal shoes in size 10.5 (WTF?), should I get off wheat (duh), me, me, me....but I guess part of the blogging distance is really needing to be offline. Something switched for me and while blogging online was never THAT comfortable, recently I just don't want to be. Maybe it's a manifestation of practicing boundaries in real life. Maybe it's just lack of inspiration or laziness. Maybe I miss being private. Maybe I think no one wants to read about my foray into spiritual questioning. If it was me from six months ago reading, I sure wouldn't. Maybe it's an expansion on the rule "if you have nothing nice to say (or anything interesting or useful to contribute) think about that instead of writing a blog post." I do not have any rants to spew or insights to share. I am just being me right now, trying to show up each day with a willingness to be open and accepting of what's in store. While writing can help me focus on myself, it can also help me lie to myself not that that is ever the intent. But, I can build stories around myself and my life that distract me from what is truth. I am someone who compulsively reacts which can make anything a drama. The more I focus being in the now...sitting here, at my desk, writing, scratching my face, pausing...the more I can resist the compulsion to focus on things outside of me, outside of my power. And while sometimes blogging keeps me in the present, the minute I hit "publish" it no longer is. And maybe I'm just tired of holding onto records of moments when all I want to be is here now.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
25 Things About Me
1. I have two museum memberships and I have not visited either since last July.
2. I just signed up for a third museum membership.
3. The only satisfaction I get from a manicure is chipping away at the nail polish three days later.
4. I have four tattoos, only two of which I really like.
5. No food comforts me more than a basket of chips and salsa...and maybe mint chocolate chip ice cream.
6. On that note, I can make a mean guacamole and I think I'm lactose intolerant.
7. I rarely brush my hair.
8. I cannot watch a movie in the theatre without a bag of popcorn.
9. If I could have any super power it would be to wake up in the morning actually feeling refreshed.
10. I wish my feet were just a half size smaller or that shoe companies made sizes and three quarters.
11. My first concert, which was in the 7th grade, was Primus, and yes, it was totally bad ass.
12. On that note, I hope to never grow out of wearing Converse.
13. Some of the people I respect most in this life have no idea what they want to do with their lives. Why I remain so hard on myself for also not knowing remains a mystery.
14. I have worn rainboots for three years and only this month have let myself actually walk through puddles.
15. My favorite Halloween candies are Mounds.
16. I did not know what cellulite was until I regrettably pointed out to a friend of mine that she had "cute dimples" on her legs. For selfish reasons, I still wish I didn't know what it was.
17. Whenever I go to a bakery, I pretend like I will try something new, but I always get the almond croissant.
18. This summer I am working on jumping into water rather than taking twenty painful minutes to slowly inch my way into submersion. The stomach still is the worst part.
19. I dust way too infrequently to post and spend most of that time wondering why my allergies are so bad.
20. I only have one framed picture in my apartment and it's of my Dad at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro.
21. If I could have any artistic talent it would be a rock star musician.
22. I truly believe the man I'm going to marry is the hottest thing around.
23. Two years ago I bought a pair of shoes and as a promotional deal got signed up for a weekly subscription to US magazine. Despite it going against all of my feminist and moral beliefs, I've never been able to cancel it.
24. The more time I spend on the East coast the more I miss the West and see how superior it really is. I was wrong about four seasons. It's totally overrated.
25. On that note, I didn't know what a "fleece" was until I was nineteen years old and freezing my ass off in cotton.
(inspired by 25 Things About Me at www.wellandcheaply.blogspot.com)
Monday, June 18, 2012
Sandusky: Why We Need To Redefine The Word Rape
Today, Sandusky pointed to a case, that of Victim 9 who had some of the most harrowing testimony. He tried to say that the boy's grades in school had dropped after he had left Sandusky's outreach charity organization. He tried to use the victim's mother's testimony that her son just "stopped caring" as proof that the gentleman was doing great when he was "with him."
I can't imagine the rage.
There is nothing that can be given to these boys that will make any of this "okay." The best anyone can hope for is some healing by talking about their experiences, but no one can measure that, perhaps not even these young men just yet.
In 2000, I had to share my experience in a court room about my own assault. There were more men than women in that house, a couple rows of cops, my father, and then my attacker and his entire family except for his two sisters, one of them who had been my best friend through high school. It took me over ten years to finally use the word "rape." And even to this day, I am uncomfortable using that word, as if admitting it is still something shameful for me to admit. Somewhere, there is still the feeling that I should have been able to protect myself. I don't remember anything I said that day and in fact the only thing I do remember is from my Dad's speech who said what was one of the hardest things for him to witness was to watch his daughter, who was once the captain of her soccer team, a leader by birth, a woman who tore onto the field, now walk her days with her head down, her fearlessness replaced by doubt, shame, her curiosity in life lost to a sort of detachment, a numbing defeatist attitude, a woman who no longer cared.
When we talk about rape, we don't always talk about the silent effects. We don't talk about the soccer captain who then put on twenty five pounds and blocked out eight months of her freshman year of college. We don't talk about the young man who was rising above the challenges of his single parent home, surpassing his urban limitations and the world's expectations who "just deals with" repeatedly being raped in silence until one day there is no physical evidence to prove anything other than a young man who suddenly gives up caring, gives up on life. We talk a little about the shame involved with experiencing such an attack, but what about the shame involved when doing the one thing that is supposed to help heal, supposed to reclaim some of our power back, the shame of sharing? We talk about rape being an act of power, an act of dehumanization, an act that is ironically impersonal. But do we talk about how the act of "healing" can be just as dehumanizing and feel ironically personal? When we talk about rape are we talking about the right things? Are we talking about everything? Are we reading the entire testimony? And can somebody PLEASE tell me why the legal definition of rape still has not be changed. It is a disservice to our society to say things like "he was forced to have oral and anal sex." To have suggests there was something given. There was nothing given here, only taken.
As of yet there is no verdict in the Sandusky trial. The defense is currently scrambling for something, anything, and while I like to try to keep an open mind to the whole "innocent until proven guilty" thing, I admit that with this case, I am overwhelmingly biased.
What I hope for most with this case is not necessarily some symbolic 100 year incarceration sentence for Sandusky. The idea of "justice" bewilders me. But what is truly inspiring about this case is how huge it is in terms of the Penn State connections. How not only is Sandusky guilty but so is Penn State who had enough people there who knew what was going on but chose to see glory and money and fame over a fucking football program than pay attention and do what was right. This case is David and Goliath and I want to see Goliath fall. I want Penn State to feel tainted. I want all the shame that these nine victims felt to be cast three fold on this institution and to rattle the bones of other institutions where the same shit is happening, where injustice is aloud to prevail under the guise of money, prestige, and "honor." And before you crucify me I know, most of the University did not know. The students, the faculty, the alumni, the donors, they are not to blame. But enough people knew that chose to protect the name of this University over what was right and for that I have to question the ethical code that was practiced at Penn State.
In truth, what I want more than anything is for these boys to be alright in life. I want to be able to tell them they will be. I want to be assured of the impossible. I want this trial to set a precedence. I want Sandusky's conviction and I want it to have the power to stop this kind of predatory situation from ever happening again. I want us to redefine the word rape. I want people to feel empowered to bring down the giants who do them wrong. I want them to stop using the word "justice." I want to know what it really takes to heal. I want to know that we will all be okay.
Let's Do This
To get us all started on the right side of Monday.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Instincts Rampant
Sometimes I forget that I am hard-wired. I forget that my first instincts are to fight. The feeling of a closed fist so much more soothing than an open palm. I forget that it is not enough to try and quit bad behavior or I will come to find my instincts run rampant. It is not enough to say to the world, "now I am this." You must first wade through the shit, unearth the demons, take a good look at all of that hard-wiring and instead of trying to rip it all out, begin to appreciate its intricacies. Instead of cursing crossed wires, love that these wires have provided you with the energy to get you this far.
It is easy to throw your fists up in New York. It is easy to have a bad experience on the subway and say, "damn it all to hell." It is easier to close your heart after suffering a heart ache than to keep it open to the world - a scrape without a band aid. It is easier to let the people who harm us become our teachers rather than to process a lesson, a loss, a humiliation, and still keep an open mind. It is easier to break the mirror when we see something we don't like than to look inside and heal from within. It's not the acne scab that needs to be healed. It is the belief that I must force this blemish off my face when really it may be telling me to eat better, sleep longer, pay attention to whether or not I'm stressed. It is not the smaller size dress that I need to fit into, but the question I need to address that asks why I am not taking better care of my body? Why am I not paying more attention to my diet? Why am I eating foods that are not good for me? It is not the alarm clock that should be cursed for waking me up in time for a trip to the gym I will not take, but an understanding that if you go to sleep at midnight, you will sacrifice an early morning workout. The pursuit of balance. The eradication of the internal negative voice. The welcoming of space for trust and faith that there is something larger at work here. I am not the master of my universe though my instincts make me believe so. At the very best I'm a burning star among many hoping to allow myself to shine as brightly as I can through this life. When I think I am steering the ship, I must remember the winds. I am not unique and I hope to always remember this.
Monday, June 11, 2012
A Burning Envy (Writing Challenge)
"A Burning Envy"
It was just past ten o'clock in the morning and already Rupert had suffered a bit lip, two stolen cars, and a face plant after the smelly derriere of his sister pinned him to the Cheerio-laden floor. Rupert was hungry, tired, but most of all Rupert was fed up with his twin sister. She paraded her elder twin status around like the Queen of Sheba. It wasn't his fault that she had been born two minutes ahead of him. Even in the womb, she had dominated keeping him at the bottom until game time where she flipped her head down and pushed past her brother. It was no surprise to Rupert that as their first year and half of life had dawdled by, she had grown bigger and stronger than him, often usurping all of the good milk, leaving Rupert with remnants of her spittle to deal with. But this time Charlotte had gone too far. This time she would not get away with stealing another one of his goddamn toys even if his afternoon snack depended on it.
Thinking back, Rupert couldn't remember the first time she had done it. It had just always been a part of their dynamic. If he had a binky, she wanted it. If he had a stuffy, she cried for it from her mound of stuffed bunnies and teddys. When they were young, these disputes were often diffused by a clever distraction from their mother, a toss up in the air from their father or a belly blaster kiss from Grammy. But as soon as those legs were up and moving, Charlotte was a force to be reckoned with. It didn't help Rupert's case that it took him a whole month later to learn to walk. But those four weeks afforded Rupert the gift of time, a greatly-appreciated lesson in strategy.
For Christmas, Santa had given Rupert two Hotwheels cars. Charlotte had gotten a doll she subsequently tortured. But whenever Rupert began to play with the cars, Charlotte, in her spongy diaper and head full of red curls, would come bounding over. She would rip the cars from his hands yelling, "Mine!" Rupert didn't know why he cried. He didn't know if they were tears of frustration, fear, or simply disappointment that he would have to go through life associated with this bitch. Maybe they were tears of embarrassment at his mother's reaction. "Don't let your sister do that to you! Go and get your toy!" she would say all the while standing by teaching Rupert a lesson he did not appreciate. But Rupert knew he would have his revenge, and so, he waited and plotted until the day when the heat from the patio left a blurry horizon.
While Charlotte was singing along to some stupid puppet, Rupert pushed his car through the gate to the back yard. He watched its shiny metal coat bake in the sun turning into a well-disguised ember. When their mother began to heat their afternoon bottles, Rupert positioned himself close to the gate at the open door. As their mother released the gate, Rupert ran to his Hotwheels grabbing the attention of Charlotte. Charlotte quickly dropped her naked doll chasing Rupert outside. As Rupert bent down to pick up the scalding toy, Charlotte muscled her way in front of him and grabbed the car with both hands, screaming, "Mine!" It was in that moment, with Charlotte's first tears as she looked down at the deceitful toy burning her hand, that Rupert was able to enjoy being the smaller, but the brighter of a pair of twins.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
It's Been A Long Time
...since I've posted a playlist and to my surprise I can no longer embed it here! However, I still made one. So if you're looking for a nice little eclectic mix to do your Saturday / Sunday chores to, check it out.
(Bob Marley, Sublime, Kesha, Andrew Bord, Gotye, Band of Horses, Blondie, Beach Boys, The Doors...I mean, c'mon!)
(Bob Marley, Sublime, Kesha, Andrew Bord, Gotye, Band of Horses, Blondie, Beach Boys, The Doors...I mean, c'mon!)
Friday, June 8, 2012
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Catching The Big Fish
Fuck Hemingway. Then I breathe... I think Keep it Simple. Maybe I don't have to come up with a book. Maybe for today, I can come up with 100 words. Maybe I can write something just for fun, just to exercise my fingers. Maybe I can write a blog post and that can be enough for today. Maybe I don't need to catch a big fish at all, but instead enjoy wading around in the water.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Mazel Tov!
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Now they may tell you that they aren't afraid to make money. In their words, "Money just isn't that important to me," or "I don't need to make a million dollars." Both of those self-fulfilling phrases are tainted with fear.
If money is not important to you, you will never charge what you are worth. I work with women in this category and I can always hear the self-doubt in their voice when we start to talk about money. Suddenly their confident tone simmers into a hard wall that they've locked themselves behind. It's almost as if they are offended by the idea of money being a priority in their business.
Money may not be the only thing that's important to you, but if you are running a business it has to be one of the top three things on your list. It's naive to say that you want to start a business, but money is not important to you. Do it for free if cash flow really isn't important to you. But don't undercharge for what you do and justify it by saying money is not that important to you. That's not fair to the other people who need and want to make money in their business and set their pricing accordingly. It's not fair to potential clients who don't work with you because they perceive the quality of your services will be cheap as your prices. And it's not fair to you: why are you placing such a low value on the brilliance you bring into the world? The value of what you offer doesn't change based on how much money you think you need.[Tweet "If money is not important to you, you will never charge what you are worth."]
This is one of those phrases that I hate to hear. It's a selfish way to think about wealth. If you have been called to entrepreneurship, it's not just about you. Making more money in your business is about the seeds you can sow into others, not about how many cars or houses you can buy. The more you make, the more you can sow into others. You may not need a million dollars but there is a community, school, family, student, non-profit, research center, widow, single parent, church, college, scholarship fund, missions trip, woman-owned start-up, want to be gymnast, aspiring writer, homeless shelter, homeless family or women's shelter that does. If you have the ability and opportunity to make money in your business but squander it because of your own fear, you are hindering the full impact of your purpose.
What kind of purpose-driven entrepreneur would turn down an opportunity to make money that can open doors for ideas, solutions, people, and movements? The kind that has an unhealthy mindset about creating wealth.
Making more money would mean stepping out of your comfort zone. It means making daring decisions and making bold requests. It means asking for help. It means talking to people instead of just running your ideas around in your own head. It means learning something new. Perhaps it means doing something that you don't currently know how to do. It means breathing life into sketches and plans in your notebooks by taking action. And it also means taking risks. If the items on this list make you feel excited, great. If you are like some of the brilliant women I work with, this list brings up ideas and opportunities that you've talked yourself out of over and over again.
For some of us, making more money means breaking free from generational habits and mindsets about money, wealth, and our own value.
Those are just a few examples of some of the situations that create internal blocks that keep us from a healthy relationship with money and wealth. Each one is based on a fear that says I don't deserve to make money.
If you haven't dealt with your internal blocks, you will do anything to avoid making money or even thinking about it because of the negative emotion that it brings up. This is one of the reasons I became certified in EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), also referred to as "tapping." I will be helping my clients SHIFT from bright to brilliant by evolving how they feel about money and wealth. Read more in this article about how EFT can help change your mindset and energy around money. It's by one of my clients (and my teacher) Emmy Vadnais.
1 – Start with honest reflection of how fear and ego are blocking your from the abundance you want and could do so much with.
2 – Give yourself permission to dream. Who or what would you sow into if you had a million dollars? What impact could you make if you had more income?
3 – Take action by getting the support you need.
Share what's blocking you or how you've overcome fear of making money in your business.
Tai Goodwin on a mission to help 10,000 women entrepreneurs create more joy and wealth in their life and business. She's the CEO of Aligned + Bankable and creator of the Bankable Brilliance Course. An intuitive business growth strategist and teacher, her specialty is helping clients create bankable business models that allow them to increase their impact and income without burning out. Tai is a former corporate trainer with a master's degree in instructional design and over 20 years of experience designing course, training programs, and certifications. She is also the author of Girlfriend, It's Your Time and founder of Brilliant Business Girlfriends.


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Throughout changes in Riverdale, one thing has remained constant: The Riverdale Tavern, which turns 100 this year.
To celebrate, the restaurant will be hosting a Centennial Celebration from noon to 8 p.m. on July 23 at the tavern, located at 6681 NW Lumber Jack Road in Riverdale.
"As far as making it 100 years, it's pretty much your life. You kind of live, eat and breathe the business," said Kassandra Renneberg; co-owner of the tavern with her mother Patricia Foster.
The event will feature Michigan-made beer and wine, its fish and chicken dinners, drink and lottery specials and other entertainment.
The tavern's history starts with a man named Charles Green, who ran a saloon and restaurant in Riverdale dating back to 1895.
Later, in 1912, he started a combination grocery store and ice cream parlor, but it burned down in 1917.
This misfortune led him on the path to opening what would become the Riverdale Tavern.
Deciding to use the remaining cement block to rebuild, a trip to Saginaw he stayed at the Dunbar Inn, he noticed the back bar, which he arranged to purchase if the owners ever decided to sell the inn.
When the owners decided to tear down the Dunbar Inn, the back bar was placed on a train to Alma and then transported by horse and hay wagon to Riverdale.
However, once it was settled in Riverdale, it was converted to a grocery store and ice cream parlor during the Prohibition Era.
Later, his daughter Nina joined the business and they sold chicken dinners on Sundays for 50 cents.
Once Nina married Jewell Young - owner of the Lakeside in Crystal - they bought the tavern from Green and expanded the menu to include cod, shrimp and frog legs.
Green died in 1962 but the couple carried on.
They sold the business on land contract multiple times but always received it back after a default or repurchase.
In July 1979, they sold the tavern to their niece Patricia Foster; Nina died in 1980.
The tavern's legacy continues as Foster's sons, daughter and grandchildren have all worked at the tavern.
Throughout the years, the tavern has covered its walls with authentic memorabilia given to it by patrons, as well as items Renneberg has bought auctions.
Some of these include mounts of animals such as deer, elk, a boar and even a full-size alligator.
Also, the menu has expanded, as has the facility itself.
In addition, there are pictures from the early days of the tavern, including one of Green and his wife.
In recent years, Michigan's ban on indoor smoking – signed into law in 2009 – took a toll on the business, but it has recently overcome the impact it has had.
"A lot of our patrons who drank, smoke and played Keno didn't come in anymore," Renneberg said. "We've really had to push. We've finally come out of that."
About 10 years ago, the tavern expanded its space to include outdoor seating as well as a room to the north.
Renneberg wants to carry on her great-grandfather's legacy by keeping the tavern open.
"Our main goal was to get me to the 100-year anniversary of my great-grandfather's legacy. I'm carrying on for them," she said.


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It may not seem as though there could be any positives to take away from a 7-0 loss at home.
That's not the way Rosemount is seeing it.
The Irish hosted South Suburban leader Apple Valley on Thursday, Dec. 9. Although the MN Hockey Hub Class 2A T-6 ranked Eagles skated away with a 7-0 win, the Irish are looking at the successes from that game.
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Al-Attiyah Takes Dominant Victory on Stage 10 of Dakar Rally
Salta, Argentina, January 15 (QNA) – Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah took a dominant victory on stage 10 of the 2015 Dakar Rally, as X-raid Mini team-mate Nani Roma spectacularly crashed out.
Al-Attiyah's fourth stage win of the event boosted his advantage to more than 28 minutes with main rival Giniel de Villiers dropping over four minutes with the fifth-fastest stage time. But while the run from Calama to Salta put a further dent in Imperial Toyota de Villiers' victory bid, it was absolutely disastrous for 2014 Dakar winner Roma.
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Recommended Travel Blog #4: iKen
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#4: iKen
Website Link: http://kennethsurat.com
iKen is undeniably a global travel blog brand. The blog gives a glimpse of how it feels to be in different countries from both edges of the world, from our home court in Asia to the expensive (for someone from the Philippines) Europe.
The blogger behind iKen is Kenneth Surat, an architect, interior designer, and entrepreneur. He is a former overseas Filipino professional in Dubai.
Interestingly, he crafts journals that utilizes genuine leather resources. In fact, I own one "Surat" journal where I wrote everything that I wanted in life.
Kenneth was my roommate when we covered the Baragatan Festival in Puerto Princesa. That out of town travel was one of my worst having left some problem at my workplace, but he was very understanding. He never raised an eyebrow.
In fact, Kenneth was recently tapped by Western Union for one of its promotional videos. View the video HERE.
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I bought these adorable acorns from Kim Buchheit of Wildly Woolly and I love them. I have a small black bowl filled with them on my coffee table and people always ask where I bought them. I always tell them where to get them but I don't know if they buy them, but I hope they do. Now Kim is offering a video tutorial on just how to make these darlings and the process is clear and doable. If you are not into making them you can always buy them from Kim's ETSY shop "Kim's ETSY Boutique" along with some of her other fabulous felted art. Thanks Kim, for the wonderful video tutorial.
lin… thank you so much for the nice press on my felted acorns and tutorial. you're just about the sweetest e-friend around… big hug!
[…] Over at Wildly Woolly, Kim Buchheit shares a great instructional video that takes us through the process of creating felted acorns. She makes the entire process seem unintimidating, and I know that I'm itching to make a bowlful of these cuties after watching the video. Turn them into ornaments as shown in the video, use them as decorations, or add them to gift packaging as a special embellishment! – found via Craft Gossip […]


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Adobe's annual Max conference in Los Angeles has just ended. Adobe showed off a lot of improvements and announced some awesome new features and products. In this article we are going to look at the most important ones for all creatives but the main focus will be for our video editors community. Let's get started, because there is a lot to talk about…
Typekit is now Adobe Fonts
Choosing the right font for your projects is really important. The right font can amplify the message and it is key to a brand's successful communication. That's why we are very happy with this announcement:
" Typekit is now Adobe Fonts"
All limitations on fonts are now part of the past.
- No more sync limits.
- No more web font pageview and domain limits.
- No more "web-only" fonts.
The Adobe Fonts library has expanded
tremendously! At the moment of writing this article it already contains more than 15.000 fonts and will continue expanding.
All Creative Cloud plans include the complete library of fonts and they will be available on both desktop and mobile. Read all about this change on the official Adobe page. And also check out the Adobe Fonts website.
Adobe Stock – Partnership with GoPro
Adobe already partnered with world's leading content providers including Pond5, Reuters, Stocksy, and more to fill up their massive
stock footage marketplace. But now GoPro joined the party and that means a lot more high quality 4K POV footage to choose from!
And if you are a Stock contributor, you now have free access to Adobe Portfolio which enables you to raise awareness and reach out to wider audience.
Premiere Pro 13 (2019)
On October 15th Adobe also released the newest version of Premiere Pro (13.0) or version 2019 with a lot of very interesting new features, improvements and fixes.
Selective color grading
Selective color grading is the improved version of curves inside the Lumetri color panel. Instead of the older Hue Saturation Curve wheel
(See below picture) you now got 5 new adjustment tools.
Inside the curves section of the Lumetri color panel you will see 5 new tools that will provide you more specific control to perfect your color grading .
- Hue vs. saturation
Select a color in the current frame with the eyedropper tool and the manually adjust the points.
- Hue vs. hue
Modify a specific color range
- Hue vs. luma
Select a hue (color) range and adjust the luma (light)
- Luma vs. saturation
Adjust the saturation for a specific luma range
- Saturation vs. saturation
Selectively adjust saturation for a specified saturation range
Display Color Management
If you open Preferences > General in Premiere Pro 13 you will now find a new option: "Enable Display Color Management".
This Display Color Management function (which is turned off by default) will automatically present the correct colors on-screen while working in Premiere Pro. You need a 'descent' GPU to power this function. It won't work with video I/O cards using Mercury Transmit. Check this requirements page to make sure your GPU can handle this.
So, make sure to enable it if your graphics-card is compatible. That way you always know for sure that you are looking at the right colors and you can start color grading with peace of mind. And also important to know is that the Source files will not be modified.
Improved Motion Graphics workflows
"…the overall workflow for Motion Graphics has been refined and performance is noticeable faster in most cases." Read more here.
The last year I have done a lot of editing with Motion Graphics templates (MOGRT) and the Essential Graphics panel inside Premiere and After Effects. I like a lot about this new approach from Adobe, and most of things work just fine. But to be honest, I really dislike 3 things:
- Limitations vs legacy title. There are just a lot more shape and design options in the old title editor.
- It's a unorganized mess if you got a lot of templates
- Instability and bad performance. In Premiere Pro cc 2017 and 2018 it sometimes becomes unworkable SLOW.
I have installed Premiere Pro cc 13 (2019) and it looks like they fixed at least the performance part. So far it looks a lot faster. I hope Adobe will also fix the other complaints and I might start to love this instead of a careful like.
If you like to read more about this release, check the official release page from Adobe.
And for anyone who is still interested… I have got a 20% discount program with Adobe on Premiere only subscription. You can find it here.
Premiere RUSH, The video editor for people in a RUSH
Premiere Rush is the newest member of the Adobe video-editing family.
According to Adobe it's the all-new app for creating and sharing online videos. It is released right after the big opening show and available for $9,99/mo via the Adobe website. Check the Premiere Rush trailer here:
So what can this 'all-new app for creating and sharing online videos' do? I haven't used it intensively but so far it feels like a basic 'semi pro' video editing tool on the desktop, a 'light' or 'stripped' version of Premiere Pro.
But, we already got Premiere Elements for that, right? Well, Premiere Rush is more for ONLINE CREATIVES, like vloggers for example. Why? It's a Creative cloud (CC) app and it can be used on the road across all your devices! Not only on your desktop, but also on a tablet or smartphone! You can start editing at home on your desktop and continue on your tablet during your train-ride and upload it to YouTube right before you enter school.
Buy Premiere Rush here. But before you run to the virtual store, please note that it's only Available on iOS, Mac, and Windows. Android will follow soon (hopefully!).
After effects – Content aware fill
Great things for After Effects are promised by a very (over)enthusiastic Jason Levine at the opening event for Adobe Max.
Jason showed a new feature that will soon come to a future version After effects: Content aware fill. Not via exporting frames to Photoshop but completely done in After Effects with the Video Aware Filler.
The steps are simple: 1) create a mask on the object you want to replace. and track it with keyframe.
2) Use the video Aware Filler to generate the frames
You can use this with a mask but you could also use the eraser tool as demonstrated by Jason Levine. Check this here:
Other news
One more noteworthy thing to mention is that Adobe confirmed that a full version of Photoshop is coming to iPad soon!
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