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The intersections of race and sexuality can be as complicated as being between a proverbial "rock and a hard place."
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The intersections of race and sexuality can be as complicated as being between a proverbial "rock and a hard place."
However, Toni Bryce, an amazingly talented young woman is navigating them with poise, grace, and a growing voice in the fight for her right to exist, a budding acting career, and a new role in Starz' new series, "P-Valley!"
Talking with Toni is always a treat! In the first part of her interview our very own, Michael "Hey Mikey" Fanning (in regards to COVID-19 limitations) snagged a Zoom interview with Toni as she spoke on the frequent murders of transgender people of color, the role of transgender women like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera in LGBT American History, and Black Lives Matters unwittingly overshadowing Pride Month.
Toni went on to discuss "The Beauty in Colors March," created by Atlanta councilman, Antonio Brown; which began near Atlantic Station and ended at the Rainbow Walkway in the heart of Midtown Atlanta. Here, she discusses fighting for justice for all oppressed people, the power of words and pronouns in relation to transgender people, the erasure of transgender people from LGBT community causes, and how she got her role on the upcoming series "P-Valley!"
Toni Bryce is one of those rare people who "talks the talk AND walks the walk!" Her work and service to various communities of people, while reconciling her own personal feelings and experiences.
Toni's story is far from over and as you can see she is only scratching the surface of her potential! We are happy to witness her rise and will always be down for the ride when it comes to Ms. Bryce! Congratulations Toni on EVERYTHING!
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The Divine Shine of Divinity Mychael!
"A Star is Born!" Those are just four words which describe Divinity Mychael, singer, fashion designer, and rising star! Divinity is truly a young woman on the go, working hard for her dreams and to share her voice in an industry where the competition is only becoming fiercer by the day.
Written By: Michael "Hey Mikey" Fanning
"A Star is Born!" Those are just four words which describe Divinity Mychael, singer, fashion designer, and rising star! Divinity is truly a young woman on the go, working hard for her dreams and to share her voice in an industry where the competition is only becoming fiercer by the day.
Divinity, however, is not phased, she has all the talent in the world and God on her side. "I'm determined and have a dream I'm going to make happen…there's nothing easy about it, but nothing worthwhile really is."
Like many artists, Divinity Mychael has known she wanted to be a singer since she was a child. Also, like some of the greatest singers who ever lived like Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin she learned to sing in church. "Church is definitely one of the best training grounds in the world for singing. I sang in the choir for years and sang different parts. I can sing soprano, alto, and even tenor [she laughs]–the last one is a little hard for me though." Indeed there is true versatility in her voice allowing her to hit the highest notes or smooth undertones, making her music a true treat. Her single, "SCAR," is a real bop and gives us real Tinashe vibes.
They say life and experience are the best teachers, but for Divinity, it is the source of her music. "My music tends to reflect things I've been through and situations I've dealt with. It makes your music relatable and you're transparent…that's how I want to be with my fans and supporters. I want them to get the authentic me when they hear my music." SCAR may be Divinity's most popular single, but it is not her newest piece of work. In fact, she has an unnamed EP ready to drop this summer! "I really feel like everyone is going to enjoy the tracks. I put a lot of work and love into them, and can't wait for you guys to hear what I've come up with. You'll see I'm no stranger to hard work!"
As aforementioned, Divinity is definitely no stranger to working for what she wants, having another venture in fashion with her own fashion line, "Div Life!" "My line is made of clothes every woman can wear. I really want women to feel empowered, sexy, and beautiful in my clothes. Currently I'm looking for models for an upcoming fashion show I'm planning and from there it is more work getting it off the ground." There are few things more trying than being an entrepreneur on top of being an artist as well, but she handles the combined pressures well. "I have an amazing team and support system behind me. You know I still work a day job, I'm an artist, and a [fashion] designer, so for me it's really a balancing act, time management, and remaining focused. There's so much to do when you're on the rise." Divinity's many hats are currently her "true loves." Determined to remain focused, she is not dating or looking to date anyone at the moment. "I'm nineteen [she laughs] love will come, but for now I'm in my bag! I don't need any distractions."
Divinity Mychael is destined for greatness. We can hear it in her music, see it in the way she moves, and watch it manifest itself in her drive. She advises other independent artists and rising stars to "never give up…I know it's hard, we're all trying to make it, but we have to keep at it. Nothing happens overnight–nothing."
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Easy, Breezy–BOLD! Meet Aina Brei'Yon!
Chicago is one of the greatest cities in America, so it is not surprising that it would also produce some of the nation's most talented, upcoming artists. One of those amazing artists is none other than Aina Brei'Yon!
Written By: Michael "Hey Mikey" Fanning
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Chicago is one of the greatest cities in America, so it is not surprising that it would also produce some of the nation's most talented, upcoming artists. One of those amazing artists is none other than Aina Brei'Yon!
Aina escaped some of the most dangerous parts of Chi-Town to become a true sensation, and a rapper with skills that can stare down some of the music industry's greatest emcees. She is truly a woman in "Kontrol" of her life; speaking with us on her music, being a mogul, and navigating her personal life. "To have it all, you gotta do it all…You can't be out here procrastinating."
As aforementioned Aina Brei'Yon is a native and gem of Chicago. She grew up seeing the best and worst the city had to offer, using the latter to motivate her to greatness. "Chicago's home, but when you are surrounded by an environment that isn't always safe you learn a lot. How to be resourceful, survive, and most importantly realizing you have to make it out of there to help yourself and somebody else if you can." Aina goes on to reveal her family also greatly influenced her drive to be the best. "Just growing up and seeing some the things my brothers were involved with kept me on the straight and narrow path and motivated…Somebody had to break the cycle." Aina definitely seems to be breaking the cycle with her music and business ventures.
As a rapper, music comes to Aina as easily as breathing. Her lyrics are the epitome of a wordsmith on fire! All of her songs are true bops, bringing her own flare and Midwestern style with real skill and true passion. Our favorite songs by her are "13 Questions" and "Caught Up!" She counts preceding female emcees and rappers like Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, and Lady of Rage as her musical influences. When asked how she feels about the recent resurgence of female rappers, she goes on to say, "It's becoming more diverse, but there's still more to be done….History is redeeming itself though, by acknowledging the greats [aforementioned influential rappers/emcees listed]…" Aina like many artists draws inspiration for her music from real life experiences, which is undoubtedly why many find it so relatable. "You can't rap or make music about what you don't know. You have to keep it real with your audience, they can tell when you being fake [she laughs]." 2020 is set to be great year for the Chicago rapper, as she reveals she will be releasing new music. "It's gonna be fire, believe that."
Besides being an amazing rapper, Aina Breyon is now making mogul moves, launching her own music production company, "3K9 Productions!" The company will not only create amazing beats, but produce songs, and eventually develop artists. "It's my baby [she laughs]! I love being a boss and working for myself. I knew kind of early own I have an attitude and needed to do things my own way [she laughs]!" She goes on to admit that finding the time to do everything she needs to do has become a bit challenging. "I'm learning and realizing a lot. I try to balance things out, and everything is coming together. I just can't be as active on social media." Launching 3K9 Productions is definitely a power move and one in the right direction. You can check out the website for the new company by clicking here.
When it comes to love Aina is no stranger, and is in fact in a relationship of her own. "I have a woman now. I was single for five years, but we've been dating for five months. She's a private person so I try to keep us privately." As a rapper who happens to like women, she is often compared to Young MA. "It's nothing to compare and I don't get offended. She's a masculine presented female, it's a surface level comparison." Aina Breyon is destined for greatness and is already carving and blazing her own path to become one of the greatest rappers in the country. Her strength and drive to be the best is beyond admirable. She tells up and coming rappers to "Stand in your truth. If you aren't doing that then what are you doing? You have to know what you want, and have the bigger picture in your mind. Stay consistent and always pick yourself back up. The 'no's' will get you through the door."
Welcome To Greatness! Martel Star Leads Us To Emerald City!
When it comes to who in Atlanta has and who does not there is a short list and then there's a list that practically scrapes the stratosphere. Thankfully one Atlanta artist and actor is daring to break the stratosphere, becoming a rising star of the Web World and music world!
Martel Star is his name, winning is his game, and if you haven't heard of him there's a ledge on Spaghetti Junction you can step off of!
When it comes to who in Atlanta has and who does not there is a short list and then there's a list that practically scrapes the stratosphere. Thankfully one Atlanta artist and actor is daring to break the stratosphere, becoming a rising star of the Web World and music world!
Martel Star is his name, winning is his game, and if you haven't heard of him there's a ledge on Spaghetti Junction you can step off of!
We first met Martel back in 2015, when he first began his acting career in a fledgling web series that never quite made it to production. That project may have fizzled but Martel has done everything, but that. "I'm just always determined to be the best me I can be. God's blessed me with the ability to do a lot and I just know that my talent is going to take me some really amazing places…it is already is actually!"
Indeed, Martel Star has made some serious moves in the last year with his appearance in noted web series, 7th & Love and Rahim Brazil's Twisted. "Acting has really been taking off for me and I'm very happy about that [He laughs]. I definitely consider myself blessed for the opportunities I've been given and I'm actually about to be in a new web series that I can' give the details on yet…" Martel made waves in his role on Twisted as "Nick," an HIV positive gay man looking for love in all the wrong places. "Y'all know y'all love Nick! I'll definitely be reprising that role in 'Twisted 2' [sequel/Season 2 of Twisted]…I really enjoyed playing that character because I feel like people relate to him a lot…we've all been played a little or been the person pining after someone. But he has a lot of strength and he really grew as the season progressed…"
As aforementioned Martel is not only a great actor, but an equally amazing artist. The boy can rap with the best of them and is constantly working to be greater and push the envelope to stardom. His latest musical venture involves a new EP, Welcome To Emerald City! The EP not only showcases his talents, but really set the bar for other indie rappers out there. "This [EP] has been a long time coming and I've put a lot of love and time into it–it's my baby! The album definitely has something for everyone and you will be able to have fun and turn up to it!" Martel goes on to reveal the origins of his EP's name. "Well I absolutely love 'The Wizard of Oz!' [And] I feel like Atlanta is Emerald City…It's Black Hollywood, all the music and entertainment is coming from out here. It's like the Black Mecca and land of opportunities just like Emerald City is where Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and The Lion went to get what they needed."
Atlanta may very well be the launching pad for what will undoubtedly be an amazing career for Martel Star. However, it will be his charisma, talent, and will to be the best that will keep him there and rocket him to the top. "I'm ready for it all, and it's going to be lit! I know I'm ready for it all and I'll be giving the people a show!" Still, don't take our word for it. If you are in Atlanta come and check him out at Welcome To Emerald City's Release Party! It all goes down at the Liquid Lounge, 150 Pine Street Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30308 at 5 PM EST! You can download Welcome To Emerald City on ALL digital platforms! Happy Listening!
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Hi guys! Want to introduce myself. My name is +Drake+. I am currently looking to either join a clan, or create my own. I am leaning more towards the creating my own. I have all the programming and knowledge to create my own clan server and the experience to be an admin. I just need the help from the first person or two to get the clan alive. If anyone knows someone that is looking for a clan and wanting to do something similar, let me know! I need someone for my clan!
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Posted 14 November 2011 - 04:00 PM
Hello mate. In my opinion you should look for some good clan instead of creating a new one. There are a lot of great clans in ET scene with empty servers, I think the next one is not a good idea. It's very difficult to run own clan/servers nowadays and it's not about the money because hosting companies offer really good prices, but about the players. It's pretty hard to get regular players on an own ET server ATM.
Posted 14 November 2011 - 05:21 PM
I'm looking into creating my own because some admins just don't make sense and I have ideas of my own to run it more sufficient and no one will listen to me. It's not even about running a clan server, there are many clans that find a server to play on that is run by someone else. But it would be nice to eventually run my own server.
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Medical waste handler Stericycle wants to move its controversial incinerator out of a North Salt Lake neighborhood and it has secured remote state land in western Tooele County for that purpose, company officials said Friday.
In recent years the plant has become surrounded by the Foxboro subdivision and a target of clean air activists and state environmental regulators. Such a move would diffuse some of the conflict, although the company's increasingly vocal critics want Stericycle to stop incinerating, regardless of location.
"While we are still legally and compliantly operating at our current location, we believe this will be a better option for the future of our operations in Utah," said Selin Hoboy, the Illinois-based company's vice president of legislative affairs.
"There are still many issues that need to be worked out including legislative approval and state permitting etc.," she said in an email, "and it will take a considerable amount of time to get through all of that and timing will be dictated by the process."
State law also requires the governor's sign off on any new solid waste disposal site. Gov. Gary Herbert's staff has facilitated the land acquisition needed for the move.
Years of generally peaceful co-existence between the incinerator and its neighbors came to a sudden end last May when the state Division of Air Quality issued a notice of violation against Stericycle. It alleged the company exceeded the emission limits set in its permit, failed to report releases that exceeded them, and rigged a test of its stack.
The company contests the allegations, which nonetheless prompted a tsunami of community activism against Stericycle, which operates six incinerators as regional hubs around the country. The Utah plant handles medical waste, mostly pharmaceuticals and IV bags and tubing containing trace amounts of chemotherapy agents, from several Western states, according to Stericycle executives.
The Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, or SITLA, has agreed to sell Stericycle land west of the Stansbury Mountains, according to Hoboy.
"It's a remote part of Tooele County. We think it will be a good home for us," said Hoboy.
She did not identify the exact location, but it is likely near Interstate 80 where other industrial waste facilities, such as EnergySolutions and Clean Harbors, already operate in the sparsely populated West Desert.
Still, Stericycle executives deny the existing plant poses any health risk to Wasatch Front residents or contributes much to the region's notorious episodes of heavy particulate pollution.
The company's critics, however, contend no medical waste should be burned and the proposed upwind move would not satisfy them.
"While that sounds like a resolution, we are not dealing with it as such," said Brian Moench, president of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment. "No one is interested in putting that facility in someone else's community."
Meanwhile, two Republican lawmakers, whose Davis County districts include Foxboro, are drafting legislation that would ban medical waste incineration within two miles of schools and residential subdivisions.
Homes now line the Stericycle property on its north and east sides and at least five schools are within several blocks of the plant, including Foxboro Elementary, two charter schools and two Spectrum academies serving autistic students.
A big question surrounding the proposed ban is whether it can be retroactively applied to an existing incinerator, especially one that was sited in an industrial area that residential developers approached later.
"We are looking at all our options," said co-sponsor Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross. "There is a vested rights issue. It was properly permitted when it was built."
He endorses the move although he realizes it won't mollify activists who want to put an end to incineration in Utah.
"The reality is, it's not going to happen. There are too many benefits of it and too much of a need for it," Weiler said. "They are asking for us to ship our waste out of state and I don't think that's good public policy."
Tooele County leaders say they support Stericycle moving in, but they want assurances that the incinerator will be appropriately sited and operated properly before they fully embrace the proposal.
"We've only had some general conversations at the 30,000-foot level. The details have yet to be worked out," said Tooele County Commissioner Shawn Milne. "We want to make sure there is no veracity to the allegations that they are a major polluter."
It's imperative that the plant not be located in a place that could someday see homes and schools crop up, Milne said. The conflict in North Salt Lake arose from poor planning that allowed an industrial area to get rezoned for residential uses, Milne said.
"Tooele County is bigger than three states and we only have 60,000 people. That's a whole lot of open space where they will likely get away from future residential growth," he said.
Air-quality town hall Wednesday
The Tribune's Jennifer Napier-Pearce will moderate a town-hall discussion on Utah's air quality challenges with a panel of experts at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at the Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South.
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Hello and Happy Friday everyone,
The theme for July is A Hint of Bittersweet and the Book of the Month is
Hype or Like Friday is a meme created by Jillian, Larkin, and Britt to discuss about hyped books and see if they're hyped up or not. There would be book of the month that you can read, and the post your review for it on the end of the month, then rate it whether it's a hype it or like it.
July 7th – Just Can't Get Enough… What are some of your favorite retellings of classics?
Wicked by Gregory Macguire
While I am mostly obsessed with the musical, I did start reading the book, and I am enjoying it so far. The book does go more into the politics of Oz and is a lot more dense than the musical. But it is still good.
A Court of Thorns of Roses by Sarah J. Maas
This is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, and it does follow the same beats of the original, while adding a few twists to keep the story fresh.
Heartless by Marissa Meyer
This is a sort of origin story of the Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland. It also kinda follows the same beats as Wicked in seeing how she ends up that way.
The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
Yeah, if you are familiar with my blog you know this is one of my favorites. Each book is a retelling of a fairy tale and it is basically a fairy tale avengers in which they all have to work together to stop the evil queen.
Those are my favorite retelling. What are your favorite retelling? Let me know in the comments below.


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Chain Gang Group Exhibition
There is only one place to be in London tonight and that's at this group show, bursting with original art from a huge host of talent and also featuring a string of collaborations between each artist, providing an unbroken artistic chain from the first artist to the last.
Expect to see work from Joanna Layla Davies, Sri McKinnon, Isabel White, Jennifer Crouch, Ewen Stenhouse, Megan Hindley, Candy Lo, Anthony Rifferson, Susie Lowe and Joey Green.
The show will open tonight at Juno from 7pm.


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Portraiture and the figurative arts are some of the oldest and most well-known disciplines in the fine art world. The following learning path will help strengthen your knowledge of facial features, anatomy, and likenesses, and prepare you for a career in this respected artistic path.
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Meat and poultry inventories in freezers are above year earlier, without exception. The biggest increase, in percentage terms, was lamb, with 19% more in storage than on May 31 of last year. In absolute volume terms, the biggest year-over-year increase was in chicken, based on a gain of 93 million pounds, year-over-year. Beef registered the next largest increase of 54 million pounds, of which boneless product represents over 90% of the increase. Pork inventories were up 33 million pounds with belly stocks accounting for two-thirds of that rise. Frozen turkey stocks posted the smallest year-over-year increase (5 million pounds) since November 2015, an indication that the turkey industry is making progress in aligning production with consumer demand.
During May, chicken inventories expanded by 10 million pounds. During the month of May, that was the biggest increase since 2014. In 2014, frozen chicken inventories were 25% less than they are now, and were at the lowest levels for the spring quarter in close to 20 years.
Wholesale breast meat prices this May averaged 10 cents lower than April, the biggest May price decline for breast meat in over 10 years. The decline in breast meat prices may have helped to limit the increase in frozen breast meat to 5 million pounds during May as additional usage may have been encouraged. Breast meat prices have continued to drift down in June, as have prices for most other broiler products, as the industry tries to encourage more usage to reduce freezer inventories. That could distract some consumers from the red meat area of the grocery store this summer.
Frozen beef inventories in May declined by 5 million pounds, even though they were considerably above a year earlier. Frozen beef inventories usually decline during May, and this year's slippage compares to a 46 million pound drawdown in May 2017, a 6 million pound decline in May 2016 and a 10 million pound drop in 2015. Frozen boneless beef quantities dropped 8 million pounds while beef cut inventories increased 3 million pounds.
U.S. frozen beef inventories tend to track roughly with beef import and export volumes. The most recent monthly data on beef imports shows monthly year-over-year declines of about 15 million pounds, so the trend in boneless beef holding is consistent with beef import trends. U.S. cow and bull slaughter is up about 10% this quarter, with beef from this source primarily marketed as 90% lean products, and this could be limiting the pace at which frozen beef inventories are declining. During the second quarter of this year, the price spread between domestic and imported lean beef trimmings has continued a trend of increasing premiums for domestic product. That should discourage imports in upcoming months and lead frozen beef inventories to remain in a month-to-month downtrend, and eventually result in year-over-year declines.


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"I'm here to announce that Donald Trump is the best thing to come along for the United States in a very long time. We should not only be grateful we have him relentlessly flashing across every media outlet known to humanity, but outwardly thankful for what he is contributing, especially considering the pivotal times that we live in."
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"Our consciousness in this nation must make a choice if we wish to remain in play as a world super power because, no matter what our media says, we're about played out.
- Countries won't buy our exported food because it's full of hormones and genetically modified garbage.
- Most of our manufacturing comes from China.
- We are no longer required to label the country of origin our meat comes from, even if that country has lesser health standards than we do.
We have derailed, put at risk, and marginalized our own populations in nearly every direction. As someone who sees energetic blueprints and connected energies [see my bio below], I can report:
- that the United States of America is not United…[and]
- that Donald Trump will end up uniting our great nation. He is a blessing that should have arrived years ago, yet we simply were not ready for the lesson – and it's [a] doosie.
How, you may ask, will Mr. Trump accomplish uniting the USA? Well, in order for the United States to remain united in this fragile world climate, its time:
- we kick our secrets to the curb…[and] find out what we really have under our hood — who we really are — and stop hiding who we wish we had the courage to be, in the shadows.
Until we come to grips with some serious tears in the seams of our national fabric — no switching of Presidents and Congress will heal the gridlock and the rip in consciousness of the corporatocracy that, though horrifying, now defines our country.
Enter The Donald. He:
- is fearless in his commitment to his opinions, and moreover — to himself,
- embodies capitalism, sensationalism, unapologetic stereotypical male sexuality all with the swagger of a movie-star-meets-professional-wrestler,
- has chosen to present himself as a finely-sketched, perfectly sculpted caricature of American ego, idiocy and ignorance.
To those who have never witnessed self-confidence, or have had the experience of being heard, they stand in awe of his sharp-tongued hubris, logging it as unstoppable success. Perhaps that could be them up there, someday; the big man with all the big opinions that someone finally not only listens to, but obeys – and obey the masses do.
- The more applause Donald gets, the braver in the moment he becomes.
- He is bold and has no second thought to shaming people from his microphone, puffing his chest with self-approval with seemingly uncensored convictions that ignite crowds of 20,000 people to frenzied masses — who then have no where to unload their temporary sense of power except on one another. (In come the police to moderate.)
"I'm behind Donald because he speaks his mind," says millions of followers, crunching on their chips and watching ringside as the circus continues yet it's not the fact that Donald Trump is speaking his mind in an outside-the-box way that inspires the deep dedication and screeching discipleship from coast to coast. If that were the case, every Donald Trump follower would:
- fall at the feet of Bernie Sanders, who has spoken his mind for decades in a way that definitely has been outside the box
- or they would be devotees of Hillary Clinton for that matter, who has spoken her mind sharply enough to draw decades of calculated wrath from the pharmaceutical companies, the oil industry, and the gun lobbies.
The fact remains that Donald Trump receives the unfaltering dedication and hero worship from his followers not because he speaks his mind — but the that fact that Donald Trump is indeed, speaking their mind.
Trump gives a name, a face, a resume and a strangely-fitting suit to the ugly stepchild of American consciousness:
- bigotry,
- fear of change
- and the hatred that is born from resentfully stewing these ingredients in repressed silence.
Finally, the Movement of Secret Seething Resentment has a leader.
- Those who have shrunk their less-than-shiny opinions
- under the weight of their own conscience, and moreover,
- under the weight of fear of rejection from loved ones or society
- now feel free to pump their sweating fists in the air and declare liberation and they do so unapologetically, as many who have truly felt oppressed do...
…It is not Trump that is the draw himself, but what he transparently stands for…
- He inspires a certain population of Americans who do not relate with the fast-paced changed taking place in the country...
- He speaks the language of those who feel silenced in their fear,
- He voices their opinions as if sitting around the dinner table,
- He inspires them to feel alive again…
- He knows how to create a feeding frenzy that launches endorphins in the brain and raises the heartbeats of millions of Americans.
- He has an intrinsic knowledge of how to pump the blood back into the extremities of our dulled or frightened populations who have been sleep walking under the guise of feeling invisible, marginalized — voiceless in their terror and discontent.
- He eats the blind faith of his followers to fuel the bully culture of fear providing the illusion of the escape from that fear while an onlooker becomes part of a mob who for a moment — feels power.
- He speaks the words that so many in the USA are fearful of owning themselves for they fear that their opinion may be shot down as ugliness by their neighbors – and they're right.
- He exemplifies everything about America that we pretend does not exist, yet is loathed by other nations across the world. He is the greatest reality check the universe could have ever sent to the insulated and naive consciousness running within the USA's borders.
- He embodies the bully:
- the fear of everything outside of our back yard,
- the deep paranoia associated with the reality that being Caucasian is no longer a free pass for any type of behavior,
- the crippling resentment and jealousy against women for being the life-bringers,
- the corporation who buys cheap Chinese steel to erect superstructures on USA soil while sending jobs overseas for dimes on the dollar.
- He summarizes the insular and offensive nature of the American braggart, all in one human being. He represents:
- impulsiveness,
- ignorance,
- selfishness,
- fear,
- misogyny,
- marginalization,
- ego,
- unkindness,
- pride,
- sadism,
- and crassness incarnate...
[just as] does a section of consciousness in the United States.
Notice that I said consciousness above, and not people. People are mutable. We are canvasses that change color depending on the nature of the paint we need apply for decorating the climate of that moment. People learn through fear…through love…through hatred…through compassion…People learn in order to evolve and grow – and consciousness is a learning tool [and] this is exactly why Donald Trump will save America.
Consciousness represents a tide, a trend. Without a Donald Trump to draw out this sticky, seething vitriol en masse from under the floorboards of Anywhere, USA, the toxin of divisiveness, fear, and bigotry remains the poison that is slowly killing all within our great mansion.
Trump has wicked to the surface a very real and long-standing cancer in consciousness within the USA. This consciousness…will remain the passive-aggressive underbelly that fuels Congressional gridlock, race-wars, and fear-mongering for decades to come…unless we decide it's all gotten so crazy, so overblown, so idiotic, that it's time to stop, grow up a little emotionally, and face our fears by applying ourselves every day to make our communities better, rather than playing the role of victim that needs the swaggering movie-star-meets-wrestler to give us a voice.
How about we find our own voices before they become so pressed with hatred and desperation that they no longer make sense?
With this blatant ugliness in the spotlight, showcased by tens of thousands of people, encapsulated brilliantly by a show-stopping performance by Donald Trump, we all have the opportunity to decide who we wish to be, as participants in this conscious growth journey.
- Are we the onlookers who say nothing because we fear the wrath of the mob?
- Do we step away from the consciousness that fans the flames of divisiveness and work together to help place balm on our fears by discussing them?
- Perhaps we simply shout vulgarities at the top of our lungs because for one moment, we feel the blood back in our faces. Yet that is a temporary fix to a permanent conundrum.
Much like a drug Donald Trump gives many the fix they are seeking yet it does not cure the pain.
- There are good people everywhere who feel they need to find a voice in government. These good people do the best they can with the knowledge and emotional resources that they have, to pick a candidate, yet this isn't about a candidate. It's about something much bigger.
Donald Trump represents a consciousness — not a wall, not water boarding, not big or small hands — but a consciousness…
This is a big country. There is room for everyone. If your way of life requires suppressing another — there's a problem.
I'd like to sincerely thank Donald Trump for so diligently playing his role in the polarization process that ends up assisting in the Ascension of Consciousness for a kinder and gentler America. We couldn't have done it without you, Donald. After all, we can't clean the counters if we never move the cookie jar to see that they're dirty.
The key to the healing that the United States seeks within the hearts of its population is in finding our own voices, without the anger, the desperation, or the need to marginalize another — in order to find room to talk. That is the liberation of America.
[As mentioned previously,] Donald Trump is the best thing to come along for the United States in a very long time and we should not only be grateful we have him relentlessly flashing across every media outlet known to humanity, but outwardly thankful for what he is contributing, especially considering the pivotal times that we live in."
About the author, Danielle Egnew, in her own words:
In my line of work, I clearly see timelines and futures, I see probabilities rather than possibilities, I compare energies of past, present, and future events in order to calculate similarities, find growth, and evaluate pitfalls, I see the blueprint beneath the trajectory of events, life paths — anything, really, that involves the melding of human consciousness. Due to these abilities, I've been hired by Fortune 500 companies to evaluate failing business directives, investors to monitor the success-or-failure arc of future projects (and how to avoid the fails), and good ol' everyday folks like you and me who would like some assistance with the complex hurdles of their own lives. I've assisted Hollywood producers in developing content that's consistent with the reality of the paranormal and spiritual world. I've been part of ridding homes and people of horrible and pesky spirits, be they demonic, human or elemental. I've even consulted with law enforcement on cold cases, providing pieces of the puzzle whose goal is to help bring closure to suffering families. If it has an energy signature, I can track it. I can identify its purpose through several timelines, outcomes, and probabilities. Overall, I'm in the business of solving puzzles for the betterment of consciousness in the highest good of all. That's code for "I'm in the healing field".
(*The author's views and conclusions are unaltered and no personal comments have been included to maintain the integrity of the original article. Furthermore, the views, conclusions and any recommendations offered in this article are not to be construed as an endorsement of such by the editor.)
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The unending struggle from creation, through all its phases, to an inevitable decline is a recurring theme in my drawing and painting. The complex and diverse forces in nature fascinate me. How many seeds are produced and scattered to secure the future of a single sunflower? Following that sublime life effort, the unrelenting agents of decay and disintegration work to break down once living organisms. This natural subtext is reflected in my chosen surface textures, mark making and colors.
In my photographic work I attempt to reveal the secret life of inanimate objects, sometimes revealing this with a bit of humor, more often with a sense of uneasiness. I also produce straightforward nature photography.
The longer a work draws people in and captures their attention the more valuable. I am not so concerned with my art being understood as I see it, I would rather it open new pathways of thinking.


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Dr Fakhar Khan is a Consultant Cardiologist based at The Heart Hospital, part of University College London Hospital, and the Royal Free Hospital. He gained his medical degree from Cambridge University and pursued his training in Oxford, London and Cambridge, followed by further training in Canada, where Dr Khan was awarded the Mirium L Burnett Fellowship in Electrophysiology and Devices in Toronto, working with some of the leading experts in the field.
He has a strong research record, publishing many peer reviewed articles, and is an invited speaker at international conferences and meetings in the US and Europe. In addition, he completed a Medical Doctorate at Cambridge University, where he led a major clinical trial on improving outcomes for patients needing cardiac resynchronization therapy. He was awarded the Young Investigater Award by the Heart Rhythm Congress in 2010.
Dr Khan is available to see patients with a range of cardiac symptoms and disorders including palpitations, heart failure, high blood pressure, fast and slow heart beats, chest pain, blackouts, atrial fibrillation and many others. He regularly performs procedures for the treatment of heart rhythm disorders having performed over a thousand cases. These include the insertion of pacemakers, defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization therapy and all aspects of ablation therapy including the treatment of supraventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, and other heart rhythm disorders.
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Clear Distractions and Concentrate on your Writing With Q10
I never find the time to write! It's ironic, because writing is one of my great pleasures in life. I will likely jabber your ear off if I ever get the pleasure of meeting you, and that has translated into me loving to also share knowledge in the form of writing through the Internet. I also like to jot down the things I've learned today and transfer my thoughts onto a computer in order to really get it out of my head. I guess it's a sort of therapy.
Unfortunately, there always is something to do. When there isn't, Facebook, Tumblr, Gmail, and Twitter beckon my attention. I'd considered turning off my Wi-fi and just escaping into my room to write, but what interface would I do it in? Word was too business-y, and definitely overkill. Notepad was not my flavor. I needed a distraction-free environment! I found it in Q10.
Q10 is a perfect example of when simple becomes brilliant. What you see in that screenshot is all that you'll see while you're writing in Q10 — not exactly the most complex interface, and no bells or whistles. It makes a beautiful clicking sound like a typewriter would, and a nice ringing sound when you input a line break. One of the most important things in this first screenshot is the information in the bottom left hand corner — let's have a closer look:
This display shows you how many words you've gotten, and how many pages you've written. Key for all sorts of essays, writing assignments, or if you're on a limited supply of paper. (No joke, I was on like five sheets for the last week.) On the other side of the screen, the time and filename are displayed.
Great inclusion, especially for those time-strained freaks who don't want to put too much of it into writing. (Strictly joking folks, I'm quite tight with time myself.) The * appears when the file has not yet been saved. As you can see, the file is saved as a plain text .txt file.
What if you don't like the color combinations? Can you customize Q10 to your liking? Most definitely! Press F1, and this windows will pop-up, showing all possible commands and keyboard shortcuts (which are important, because there's no menu to activate them from!).
What kind of settings can you tweak?
That's just a simple example of what you can adjust. You can also adjust settings like the margins on the side of the text, auto-correction, as well as information that is being displayed, such as including line and paragraph counts.
If you want to find out more about Q10, you can learn more at the Q10 website, which assures us that it will always be freeware. 🙂 I'm absolutely in love with this remarkably well-executed minimalist interface, and it has definitely allowed me to concentrate on writing more often and with more intensity.
To put into perspective the value of Q10, there's another program called WriteRoom which does practically the same thing as Q10 but syncs between devices, and costs $25. If this feature is useful to you though, you might want to check it out!
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Roosevelt Island Carter Burden Senior Center Volunteer Recognition Celebration Thursday June 1 - Covello Dancers Perform June 2 At Roosevelt Island Senior Center Too
Roosevelt Island Senior Center Carter Burden Program Outreach Director Hallie Shapiro reports:
THURSDAY, 6/1:Ms Shapiro adds:
Senior Week Volunteer Recognition Celebration w/ Live Jazz Performance to follow! 12:30pm. Everyone welcome – come help us honor all of our special volunteers – and if you're one of them, get ready to be celebrated!!!
The one and only, super famous, Covello Dancers will perform at 1:30pm. They hail from one of our sister senior centers, Leonard Covello in East Harlem. Please come join the fun! We promise your face will hurt from smiling…in a good way of course J
I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you that my last day here at the Senior Center is next Friday, 6/2. It has been a pleasure meeting and getting to know so many of you. My goal as Director of Outreach & Community Engagement has been to help cultivate and grow the programming and services offered here, as well as to create a welcoming and engaging environment for the community. I believe we have begun to accomplish this, in collaboration with all of you. And of course, there's always more work ahead to continue to improve! On that note, please give a warm welcome when you see Samantha Romero, who will take over the position in the coming weeks. I'm sure she will bring fresh ideas and perspectives to the role!Ms Shapiro will be missed at the Roosevelt Island Senior Center.
Wishing everyone the absolute best in life and health – and, perhaps our paths will cross again one day!


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Govt Pensions: When will the madness end?
Although the story below is an issue brewing in Orange County (behind the "orange curtain" as we like to say) it is emblematic of a wider problem. Govt. employees at one agency talk with their pals in other agencies or counties and generate an endless public sector (taxpayer financed) bidding war. A race to the top of the pay scale sorta speak whereas in the private sector, where outsourcing is common, we are at a race to the bottom, a race to eliminate pensions and even the jobs themselves. For God's sake the federal min. minimum wage is under 11,000 per year and we have LIFEGUARDS earning 115,000 a year for life (Dont forget lifetime pensions with cost of living raises and the best free health bennies in the biz). That also assumes these lifeguards are not "forced" to retire at 40 due to a job related disability (sun burn).
Here is a government solution I learned from Nancy Reagan: "Just say No" Thats right, no to pay raises. Then what? The lifeguards will quit? Where will they go? Will they go into that lucrative private sector and become extras on "Baywatch". Nope that's in syndication already. Maybe they can go work for Motel 6. Nope they have signs posted at the pool: "swim at your own risk no lifeguard on duty". Even if they did want to hire lifeguards they would have to wait in line behind the maids union, which is currently trying to boost their pay over the federal minimum. Plus those "benefits" at Motel 6 are only all the soap you can steal.
But what about the poor Newport Beach residents that might drown you ask. What about the "children"...oh my God. Well thats where Darwin's law comes in. Swim during a rip tide, alone, or into a shark and you won't be contributing to the gene pool any more. The City is safe as the government code in California gives them absolute immunity for people that die or are injured due to natural conditions. Tons of drowning cases out there where the city walks away from the case due to the fact that signs were posted: "Swim at your own risk: No lifeguards on duty (due to pensions)"...
Here is another solution: Hire more part timers. It is primarily a summer position. Hell their are great swimmers out there that would love to have this job. It beats working at McDonalds. Who would like to work on Baywatch and scam on chicks all summer? Lots of cities do that.
Another solution: let the voters (who are not so beholden to govt. unions and have more backbone) vote on these scams. I think the voters would vote the way I would: Outsource the lifeguards!!
Newport lifeguards pushing pension issue
They want the same retirement benefit that police and firefighters in the city receive.
By JEFF OVERLEY
NEWPORT BEACH, CA – Seven months after their contract expired, Newport Beach lifeguards are still locked in negotiations with city officials.
The impasse centers on a request by lifeguards for a lucrative pension plan known as "3 percent at 50." Under such contracts, employees can retire at age 50 and get 3 percent of their salary for every year worked.
The payout, received annually for life, is capped at 90 percent of a worker's salary. For retirement plans, though, salary isn't just base pay, but also includes the value of certain benefits.
Similar arrangements are common for police officers and firefighters, and officials say they have been extended to lifeguards in such cities as Seal Beach and Huntington Beach.
In Newport Beach, police receive the 3-at-50 plan, and firefighters are due to switch over by year's end. Lifeguards currently have a 3-at-55 agreement, and non-safety employees get 2-at-55.
"We just wanted to be treated the same" as police and firefighters, said Brent Jacobsen, president of the Newport Beach Lifeguard Management Association.
Jacobsen said lifeguards face the same risks as their public-safety counterparts.
"How many times does a police officer or firefighter have to go swimming at The Wedge when it's 20 feet, or scuba diving at night? It's just as dangerous," he said.
It's not clear why council members have not agreed to change the benefit. Officials largely declined to comment, citing the confidentiality of contract negotiations.
But one issue could be cost. In 2005, Newport Beach faced an unfunded liability for public-safety pension plans of more than $50 million, up 20 percent from two years earlier. Last week, the City Council approved an agreement making the city's police the highest-paid in the county.
Annual pay for full-time lifeguards ranges from roughly $50,000 to $115,000, not counting overtime or benefits.
Perhaps mindful of those bills, the City Council has balked at boosting the pension benefit. Jacobsen argued that the cost would be "trivial" because the pension plan would apply only to the city's 16 full-time lifeguards, not seasonal workers.
The two sides haven't talked since early November, but the council's makeup has since shifted, with two new members joining since the fall election.
Negotiations are set to resume Tuesday, Jacobsen said.
Lifeguards to shore up support for retirement
They want a benefit given to others but need to persuade a council majority that denied it in 2005.
By Alicia Robinson
Newport Beach police and firefighters are eligible to retire at 50, and the city's lifeguards are now asking for the same benefit.
But they may have to win over the City Council, after being turned down for that benefit in their last contract.
Under the "3% at 50" provision, employees can collect 3% of their final salary for each year they worked with the city. So an employee who started working for the city at age 49 could retire at 50 and collect 3% of his or her final salary.
It's a common benefit that lifeguards in Huntington Beach, Seal Beach and San Diego, among other cities, enjoy, said Brent Jacobsen, Newport Beach Lifeguard Management Assn. president.
All Newport Beach public safety employees were given a "3% at 55" provision in 2000, and police were later granted 3% at 50. City firefighters' most recent contract lowers retirement to 50 at the end of 2007.
If lifeguards are granted 3% at 50, it would cover the 17 full-time lifeguard positions represented by the management association, but not the 225 seasonal lifeguards, who are covered by a different contract.
It's been a goal for the lifeguards for "quite some time," Jacobsen said, "but it didn't really become a reality until the fire [department] received it in this contract. With a group of 16, we weren't really in a position to go out and get something like that."
Now, with negotiations in progress, lifeguards are pushing for it more than any other benefit. But four of the seven council members — Leslie Daigle, Stevve Rosansky, Ed Selich and Don Webb — were on the City Council that turned the liifeguards down in 2005, so they may need to be persuaded.
Most council members could not be reached or declined to comment on the negotiations. Just this week, they voted for a new contract that made city police the best-compensated in the county.
Councilman Keith Curry, who wasn't on the council in 2005, said giving the lifeguards 3% at 50 wouldn't be that expensive because it doesn't cover many people. But he hasn't made up his mind. "The issue for me is going to be how do all of the elements [in the contract] fit together in terms of overall cost to the city," Curry said.
Former Councilman Tod Ridgeway, who was termed out in November, said he never supported retirement at 50 for lifeguards because "nine months out of the year, they're doing minimal work."
He also pointed to the city's $51-million unfunded pension liability for public safety employees, and he said last year one lifeguard earned $199,000.
"That's an extraordinary amount of money for a lifeguard," Ridgeway said.
City officials couldn't confirm Ridgeway's figure, but the 2006-07 budget shows the top-paid lifeguards, two battalion chiefs, will earn $172,915 in salary and benefits this year, not including any overtime.
Jacobsen rebutted Ridgeway's claim that year-round lifeguards work less in the winter. He patrols the beach and also prepares to recertify seasonal lifeguards, train new hires, and get the popular junior lifeguard program going, he said.
"In the middle of the night when it's cold and dark, it's the permanent lifeguard staff … that have to get in the wwater" for rescues, he said.
"The potential to risk our lives happens throughout the year."


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Exciting action game in the world of warriors
Author: Sergei Petrov
Date: 11 Jun 2017, tested on Samsung GT-I9300 Galaxy S III
TinyLegends: Crazy Knight - is a new exciting Action-arcade, which was released in Google Play recently, but it has already gained popularity in the store Amazon App Store. In this game, we will fight with a variety of monsters using weapons and melee.
In the game there is not much distinct story, except that on the ground we have fallen under the control of the forces of darkness that we must destroy all possible ways. The game has a huge amount of levels, and since the game came out recently, it still has not managed to get to the final and say where he was.
GameplayIn the game there is no freedom of movement. There is a large map, on which the mark with the levels of the monsters in the form of icons that take us to the location where it will be a battle. Tasks in the game are quite simple: either hold a certain amount of time, or kill all the monsters.
Game control is standard and very simple. On the right side of the virtual stick for movement, and the left - the button to strike and Icons special skills. The first 7 levels of the game may seem a damn boring and monotonous, but we ask you to wait for the moment when you will be given a new weapon, that's when the fun begins.
Features TinyLegends: Crazy Knight for Android:
- Improved 3D-graphics;
- More than 40 varieties of enemies;
- A huge quantity of weapons, each with their own skills;
- Development and leveling;
- Colorful animation attacks and combos.
All skills TinyLegends not tied to a specific player, namely the arms + and there is just a huge selection of swords, axes, hammers, bows, etc. Each weapon has its own indicators of speed, damage and the type of attack, which is suitable for the various enemies. Revealing the secret, say, that the most powerful weapon in the game is the bow, with it you can quickly and painlessly pass level after level.
Summary. TinyLegends - this is a very fun and interesting free game for Android, which, even if it does not possess a variety geimpleya but draws very well. If they wanted to call the game slashers can not (although all the prerequisites for this is), but, as a shooter, the game failed.
Final ratings
Gameplay 10/10
Story 6/10
Graphics 10/10
Sound 8/10


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Investigations into the circumstances under which city lawyer Assa Nyakundi shot and killed his son have taken a new twist after detectives stumbled upon 481 rounds of ammunition and two more guns in his house.
The lawyer, 60, meanwhile remained in hospital, citing blood pressure complications, even as an internal police communication indicated he was being treated as a suspect.
One of the firearms recovered from the 60-year-old lawyer's house at Muthaiga Parkside Estate is a Sig Sauer pistol that was found in hi master bedroom.
Also found in the bedroom were two empty magazines, 285 rounds of 9mm bullets, 57 rounds of .375mm bullets and 139 rounds of 12 gauge bullets.
In a room adjacent to the master bedroom, which is used as a library, police found a shotgun.
A police communication indicated the Glock pistol taken from the lawyer on Sunday had 13 bullets and not 14 as earlier said.
A Glock pistol carries a maximum of 18 bullets and it will be up to Mr Nyakundi to account for the five missing bullets.
Mr Nyakundi was admitted to Nairobi hospital "under police guard after suffering blood pressure complications while in police custody," the police communication said.
His son Joseph's body is still at the Aga Khan hospital mortuary awaiting a postmortem examination, the police said.
Coincidentally, as police were taking Mr Nyakundi into custody on Sunday night, they were arresting one of his clients, Mr James Ng'ang'a, who has now been charged with threatening journalist Linus Kaikai.
Mr Nyakundi, a Master of Laws graduate from the University of Nairobi, boasts of a career that many advocates can only dream of. He was admitted to the Bar on July 29, 1985.
He is married to Lydia Kung'a Apungu Nyakundi, a scholar who has had several papers focusing on education in Kenya published.
The couple has three other children -- Noah, Cynthia and Laureen.
Neighbours at the family's Muthaiga Parkside home told the Nation that Cynthia and Laureen study abroad.


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Established in September 2002, the Amrita School of Medicine has achieved great academic recognition from the students, community and educational fraternity as an institution providing not only world-class training but also the right perspective on life. The present School tower comprises 12 storeys with a total floor area of 120,000 sq. ft. The hospital has an additional floor area of 1,100,000 sq.ft. Incorporating state-of-the-art educational facilities that meet international standards, the Amrita School of Medicine is a fusion of the latest technology with core human values
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Dr. (Col) Vishal Marwaha
Principal, Amrita School of Medicine
Established in 2002, presently Amrita School of Medicine, AIMS, Kochi is a pioneer medical institution in India for higher education, patient care & research. MBBS degree awarded by the School was recognised in 2007 and Post Graduate Programs (MD/MS) was started in 2008 .Since then , there was a tremendous thrust in academic activities and presently the school conducts 20 MD, 4 MS, 11 DM, 8 M.Ch and 8 P G Diploma Programs with an annual intake of 132 students.
With the growing global demand for technical experts in medical management, we also conduct 9 M.Sc .and 13 B.Sc programs in various allied health Sciences subjects including the Rehabilitation Council of India approved BASLP and M.Phil. (Clinical Psychology) Programmes.
The school is always in the forefront in introducing the internationally acclaimed state of the art infrastructure facilities and highly qualified and experienced teachers and clinicians for education and management of various health related disorders. In consonance with our vision and mission of establishing and maintaining an affordable, not-for –profit centre of Healthcare excellence, the daily turnover of patients now touched to an incredible figure of approximately 3300 outpatients and more than 150 admissions per day.
As a charitable institution, in addition to the regular medical camps in urban, rural and tribal areas, the Amrita Family –a dedicated team of faculty, students, staff and ashramites are always in the forefront in extending medical aid in distress situations like Tsunami, earthquake, floods with a spirit of compassion to all. Students' participation in health related value added programs like Yoga and meditation , anti-Tobacco movement , blood donation and organ donation drive, public awareness programme and environmental aspects are praiseworthy .In the quest for excellence in quality enhancement and sustenance , institution sets an example in promoting highly skilled information technology for healthcare like Telemedicine and national quality assurance accreditations such as NAAC (A Grade), NABH, NABL, ISO and respectable ranking in national surveys of top medical colleges in the country.
With our beloved Amma's grace and blessings, it is our endeavour to develop AIMS to further heights . This will be possible only with the coordinated efforts of administration, faculty, students, ashramites, staff and every member of the AIMS family.
The Amrita School of Medicine features some of the most advanced medical facilities and techniques available in India today. These highly specialised institutes offer a variety of training programs in national board certification, post-doctoral research programs and collaborative studies with some of the finest medical institutions and universities throughout the world. AIMS has thus been awarded with research protocols from national and international funding agencies. The high quality standards at AIMS backed up by the state-of-the-art infrastructure powered by the brightest minds of the country has made AIMS a preferred destination for multi centred international clinical studies. A sequencer and real-time PCR and thermal cyclers have been made available to enable provision of diagnostic genetics for common inherited diseases and also to aid in research. The present areas of advanced clinical research at AIMS include Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Inborn Disorders of Metabolism, Biodegradable Stent, Heart Muscle Disease, Tumour Immunology, Electrical Disorders of the Heart, Non Contact Mapping and RF Ablation studies, Atrial Fibrillation - Genesis and Management, Vulnerable Plaque Recognition and Management, Studies on Tropical Pancreatitis and Hepatitis B to name a few.
The Schools has released its first edition of the medical newsletter
December 2016
Amrita School of Medicine
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, AIMS Health Sciences Campus,
AIMS Ponekkara P. O., Kochi, Kerala 682 041, India
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If you've been around here for any length of time, you will have heard me harping on about my dream sofa…a navy velvet Chesterfield. Well, I shall no longer be banging on about how much I want/covet/need one…because I finally have one. In my actual house. That I am sitting on right now!
A lot of time went into selecting "the one." I decided on one from Love Your Home over a year ago because they're solid, great quality, and well priced. I was torn between two models, though – the more traditional, chunky Churchill or the curvier, more feminine Clementine. I even posted about my conundrum on Instagram.
I went to check out both sofas in person twice before I finally decided on the Clementine. It wasn't the one I'd used in my original mood board for the room, but the Clementine's arms curve down from the back, which makes it visually look smaller compared to the Churchill's traditional Chesterfield shape, although they actually have very similar dimensions. Considering how narrow our living room is, less visual space seemed the better choice.
I still had concerns that it would dominate the room, and it definitely commands attention, but I don't think it's taken over.
I've had to rearrange things a bit – there's an annoying radiator near the patio doors, and we can't move the sofa up that way any further without having it stick out too far into the middle of the room. That meant switching the side tables around, so the chest is nestled by the bookcase now. I'm liking that little corner rather a lot, but the brass table that's now up the other end definitely isn't big enough.
I also want to reupholster or switch out the pouffes. I'm not sure with what yet – I've been looking at options, again from Love Your Home (they also do bespoke sizing & fabric on a variety of ottomans), and I'm rather drawn to their mid-century-inspired Bertie footstools, which would play nicely with the mid-century cabinet that houses our TV.
Our old sofa was microfiber and it was great – after six years of abuse from kids, dogs and clumsy adults, it still looked new. So it was a no-brainer that this one had to be microfiber as well, although Love Your Home calls it "stain resistant velvet," which sounds much nicer. Ours is the Atlantis colourway. The kids have already spilled yogurt on it, and it wipes right off.
I love how the Chesterfield looks with the woven wall hanging above it. The cushions might change – I fell for an amazing one at Decorex – but they're good for now.
But you know what? It gets better…
It's a sofa bed too! (You can read about my tips for creating a temporary guest space here.)
That's why we went with the biggest size – it hides a proper, standard-size double bed. We upgraded the mattress to one with pocket springs and a memory foam top. I've tested it out myself and it's genuinely really comfy.


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Is life passing you by in a menopausal fog?
You know you are not doing a great job of taking care of yourself, but you can't seem to find the energy to take the steps you know you need to take to tackle your menopause symptoms.
Next month will be different, as you have more energy then, buuutt, you said that last month too.
The longer you let your menopause symptoms take over your life, the more your behaviour changes, until you get to the point where you don't recognise yourself anymore.
The magic happens when your attitude change!
When you realise that you can take charge of your menopause and that your actions matter.
The tiny wee steps that will help you to feel better and like your old self again.
When your inner warrior comes out and you approach your symptoms differently.
Deepening your mind-body connection to bring you back into balance. Letting your body lead the way, not your head dictating what to do!
Instead of feeling stretched thin you start to take up space again.
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On the 1st of the month, you will receive a PDF. It is a nudge which will help you to take a look at the month gone past, and without judgement work out what went well and what needs your attention.
There is a theme for each month, to help you look at self-care a bit differently. We often associate it as a luxury or perhaps a necessity so we can look after others. But it your right and responsibility as a human being to take good care of yourself!
Many menopause remedies might be new to you, so figuring out how they can easily fit into your lifestyles are trial and error. There is no one size fits all and a cookie cutter approach rarely works.
This is your menopause, which although similar to other women's, it is unique. How you reduce your symptoms will be unique to, as your personality and preferences come into play here.
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Thinking about starting a family or moving to the Northeast? The communities we choose to live in as we raise children are arguably the most important, as they tend to be some of the places we live the longest.
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You know I love to keep you up to date on all those obscure food holidays. Do we still get to celebrate them during the government shut down? Nothing stands between me and Caramel Custard Day! It's tomorrow, by the way. Get ready!
I'm not especially into flan, but I do totally dig on salted caramel pudding. I first had a dessert like this at CPK. It was totally awesome and totally overpriced. I knew it was something I could easily make myself for way less than I paid in a restaurant.
Have you ever made pudding from scratch? It's pretty easy and completely magical. A little heat and a little corn starch transform boring milk into creamy pudding right before your eyes. All you have to do is stir for a while.
For this dessert, I smashed up some chocolate cookies and mixed them with some melted butter and a pinch of salt. Then I smashed them into the bottom of my glasses, using a shot glass to assist me. Next I made some simple caramel by cooking brown sugar and water to about 210 degrees. Whisk that with some egg yolks, milk, and corn starch, then heat everything up in a pan, whisk your little heart out, and watch the magic happen.
Pour the pudding into your glasses, let it hang out in the fridge for a few hours, add some salted caramel sauce and whipped cream, and you're basically in heaven. I first made this for Valentine's Day last year for a picnic on the beach. It was dreamy.
We live in crazy times. You better eat some good old fashioned homemade pudding to keep you sane. It's the only possible cure.
- 5 chocolate sandwich cookies
- 1-1/2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/2 cups whole milk, divided
- 1/8 cup cornstarch
- 3/8 cup brown sugar
- 3/8 cup water
- 2-1/2 egg yolks
- 1-1/2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon Kahlua or rum
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Your favorite caramel sauce
- Whipped cream
- Cookie crumbs
- Smash up your cookies in your food processor or a zip top bag. Add melted butter and salt and mix until everything's combined.
- Divide your crumbs up between four cups or jars and press lightly into the bottom.
- Stash these in the fridge until you're ready for the next layer.
- In a small bowl, whisk corn starch and 1/4 cup of your milk until combined.
- In a small sauce pan, heat the remaining milk until it just barely comes to a simmer, then remove from heat and set aside.
- Mix your egg yolks with a whisk attachment if you have it for about 3 minutes. The yolks will become pale and foamy.
- In a medium sauce pan, mix brown sugar and water, then get rid of the spoon. No more stirring. Heat the mixture over medium heat until it reaches 210 degrees. Remove from heat.
- Put your mixer back on low and slowly add your hot milk, then the milk and corn starch mixture, and finally your caramel. Be careful, the sugar is still really hot.
- Return everything to your medium sauce pan and continue to cook over medium heat for about five more minutes. You want your mixture to reach 175 degrees. It will be thick and puddingy at this stage.
- Off the heat, stir in butter, Kahlua, and salt.
- Divide your pudding between your four cups and chill for at least four hours.
- Add a layer of caramel sauce and whipped cream. However much you want. Your house, your rules. You can crumble a cookie on top if you want to get fancy.
- I halved the original recipe, so if you want to serve more people, it's totally doable. Also, you won't need half an egg yolk.
- You can get a candy thermometer for pretty cheap at Walmart or Ross.