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Links to international & regional institutions, organisations and networks working in the Mekong
|Action Aid
|ActionAid is a unique partnership of people who are fighting for a world without poverty. With a head office in Johannesburg, South Africa, Action Aid works in more than 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
|Asian Development Bank (ADB)
|The ADB is a Multilateral Development Bank which, in part, focuses on the develpment of the Mekong Basin. Their website offers a perspective on the current development agendas of the bank as well as descriptions of ADB projects in Asia and the Mekong.
|Association for International Water and Forest Studies (FIVAS)
|FIVAS is a Norwegian independent organisation working to obtain and disseminate information about the impacts of large dam projects in developing countries.
|Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
|AusAID manages the Australian Government's official overseas aid program. AusAID advances Australia's national interest by assisting developing countries to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development through investing in growth, stability and prosperity in the Asia/Pacific region.
|Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
|ACIAR is an Australian Government statutory authroity that operates as part of Australia's Aid Program. It contributes to the aid program objectives of advancing Australia's national interest through poverty alleviation and sustainabe development.
|Bank Information Centre (BIC)
|BIC is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation that provides information and strategic support to NGOs and social movements throughout the world on the projects, policies and practices of the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and other Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). BIC advocates for greater transparency, accountability and citizen participation at the MDBs.
|Both ENDS
|Both ENDS from the Netherlands supports organisations in developing countries to fight poverty and to work towards sustainable environmental management.
|Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
|CGIAR is an association of public and private members uspporting a system of 16 Future Harvest Centres that work in more than 100 countries to mobilise cutting-edge science to reduce hunger and poverty, improve human nutrition and helath, and protect the environement.
|Focus on the Global South
|Focus is a programme of progressive development policy research and practice, dedicated to regional and global policy analysis, micro-macro linking and advocacy work. Focus' website provides information on its programmes and policy/discussion papers, as well as partner organisations
|Global Association for People and the Environment (GAPE)
|GAPE is an international NGO based in Laos whose purpose is capacity-building, community development, environmental conservation and people-centred learning.
|Global Witnes
|Global Witness focuses on areas where profits from environmental exploitation fund human rights abuses. Inforamtion obtained through research and field investigations is used to brief governments, inter-governmental organisations, NGOs and the media, in order to achieve positive change. Global Witness have campaigned in Cambodia and Burma.
|Imaging Our Mekong
|Imaging Our Mekong is an annual fellowship programme for journalists who work in print media, photojournalism and television and are nationals of the Mekong countries. The programme, which began in 2002, is jointly implemented by two Southern-based media organisations Probe Media Foundation Inc and IPS Asia-Pacific Center Foundation Inc.
|International Development Research Institute (IDRC)
|IDRC is a Canadian Crown corporation that works in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world in their search for the means to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies.
|International Rivers (IR)
|IR campaigns on river and dam issues around the world, particularly focusing on the social and environmental effects of water resources infrastructure. The IR Mekong Program website provides electronic information services on their Mekong campaign (particularly focusing on Laos), transcripts of press releases, corresponsdence, as well as reports and media articles.
|International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
|IWMI is one of 15 international research centres supported by the Consultative Group on Inernational Agricultural Research (CGIAR). IWMI is a non-profit organisation with offices in over 10 countries across Asia and Africa and Headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka. IWMI works to improve the management of land and water resources for food, livelihoods and nature.
|IUCN, Asia Regional Office (Thailand)
IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, is a membership union consisting of more than 1,000 government and NGO member organisations, and almost 11,000 voluteer scientists in more than 160 countries. IUCN focuses on finding pragmatic solutions to environmental and development challenges. It supports scientific research, manages field projects all over the world and brings governments, NGOs, UN agencies, companies and local communities together to develop and impliment policy, laws and best practice
|Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
|JICA is responsible for the technnical cooperation aspects of Japan's Official Development Assistance programs. Technical cooperation is aimed at transfering technology and knowledge tha can serve the socio-economid development of poor countries. JICA carries out a variety of programs to support the nation building of developing countries through such technical cooperation.
|Japan-ESCAP Cooperation Fund
|JECP is a coopeartive initiative between ESCAP and the Japanese government formed in 1977. The purpose of JECP is to increase technical expertise in Asia. JECP is involved in the development of tourism in the Mekong basin.
|Living River Siam
|Living River Siam (formerly the Southeast Asian Rivers Network, or SEARIN), supports local communities' rights to their water resources, promotes sustainable water resource managment, and opposes threats to rivers and rivering ecosystems in Thialand and neighbouring countries in the Mekong and Salween River basins.
|Mekong Program on Water, Environment and Resilience (M-POWER)
|This network brings together people committed to improving local, national and regional governance of water and other resources in Cambodia, China, Laos, Burma, Thailand and Vietnam. The ultimate goal of M-POWER is improved livelihood security and human ecosystem health in the Mekong Region
|Mekong River Commission (MRC)
|With the four downstream countries (Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam) signatories to this commission, the MRC aims to promote and coordinate the sustainable use and management of water and related resrouces by implementic strategic programmes and activities and providing scientific information and policy advise.
|Mekong Watch Japan
|Mekong Watch is a Japanese NGO based in Tokyo. It combines research and advocacy to address and prevent the negative environmental and social impacts of development in the Mekong Region. Mekong Watch is particularly concerned about the lack of consultation with affected communities in development planning and implementation and the role of Japanese financing
|Oxfam Australia
|Through its Infrastracture, People and Environment Programme, Oxfam Australia monitors large-scale infrastructure development to, particularly in the Mekong Region, ensure it is environmentally sustainable and beneficial for all. Oxfam Australia is a member of the Save the Mekong campaign.
|Probe International
|Probe International is a Canadian independent environmental advocacy group that fights to stop ill-conceived aid, trade projects and foreign investments.
|Save the Mekong
|Save the Mekong coalition brings together non-government organisations, local people, academics, journalists, artists and ordinary people from within the Mekong countries and internationally. Save the Mekong coalition urges the Mekong governments to keep the Mekong flowing freely to save this critical source of food, income and life for present and future generations.
|Towards Ecological Recovery and Regional Alliance (TERRA)
|TERRA is a regional NGO based in Thailand which promotes ecologically sound and equitable development within the Mekong Region. TERRA supports the network of NGOs and people's organisations in Thailand, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Vietnam and Burma, and encourages exchange and alliance-building.
|United Nations Environment Programme Dams and Development Project
|This project promotes improved decision-making, planning and management of dams and their alternatives building on the World Commisssion of Dams core values and strategic priorities and other relevant reference materials.
|World Bank
|The World Bank Group is one of the world's largest sources of development assistance and thus plays a vital role in the development of the Mekong Basin.
|WorldFish Center
|The WorldFish Center delivers science-based services and solutions (knowledge, expertise, methods, tools, technologies) in aquaculture and fisheries management that help solve poverty, hunger and environmental degradation.
|WWF Greater Mekong Programme
|WWF is working with local communities, government and industry throughout the six Mekong countries to protect the future of the Mekong River and its diverse habitats.


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VCA Riverside Veterinary Hospital is seeking an Associate Veterinarian to join our well-established, 3-doctor practice in Boscawen, New Hampshire. New Graduates are highly encouraged to apply. We have a structured mentorship program, providing on-boarding in the areas of medicine, surgery, dentistry, exotics, and business. Our hospital is dedicated to progressive wellness care and providing optimal urgent care for our patients and the best experiences for our clients. In addition to our high quality veterinary services, we also offer boarding, daycare, and grooming services. Boscawen is a lovely small town, located in a rural area that is just minutes outside of the state capitol of Concord. We're also just south of New Hampshire's lakes region, and one hour from the coast, the White Mountains, and Boston. Drive our success as you drive your own-by using your superior medical judgment combined with a high level of empathy, confidence and humility to build a loyal client base and heal pets. As a member of the VCA family, your passion for medicine and compassion for pets and people is matched with a commitment to your professional growth. Among the reasons to consider joining VCA are:
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from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In English billiards, a delicate touch by which the cue-ball is pushed from balk past the first object-ball and into pocket, moving the object-ball only slightly. Also called quill-stroke. It has long been abolished among experts.
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It stood open now, perhaps betraying the first feather-stroke of Dean's vengeance campaign.
Still, the essence of Fonseca's music is the elegant interplay between feather-stroke singing and deeply rhythmic guitar playing -- the same combination that made Joao Gilberto sound so revolutionary in the late 50s.
Bassist Roger Arntzen and drummer Paal Hausken usually deploy a feather-stroke pulse that shapes and supports the tissue of the music like a delicate armature, but they can also apply some muscle when it's called for.


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GE Unveils World-Class Inspection Technologies Customer Solutions Center and Inspection Academy Headquarters at Lewistown, Pa., Facility
Investing More than $10 Million in Lewistown Site Expansion, GE's State-of-the-Art Facility Addresses Global Demand for Industrial and Infrastructure Inspection Solutions
LEWISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA - May 22, 2013 - GE (NYSE: GE) today announced the grand opening of its state-ofthe-art Customer Solutions Center (CSC) at GE Measurement & Control's Inspection Technologies site in Lewistown, Pa. GE has invested more than $10 million in this expansion project, positioning itself to meet the growing demand for industrial and infrastructure inspection technology solutions worldwide. The enhanced facility also will serve as the North American hub for GE's Inspection Academy, which trains both GE employees and customers on GE's latest non-destructive testing (NDT) tools, helping address a global shortage of experienced, well-trained NDT personnel. Critical in supporting safe operation and quality control, non-destructive testing enables the detection and evaluation of flaws in materials or structural properties, without producing harmful effects on the subjects being tested.
Local officials joined GE executives for the official opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony today. As part of this event, GE customers toured the facility and experienced GE's complete Inspection Technologies product portfolio and how GE is helping customers address the most demanding inspection applications in real-world industrial environments across the oil and gas, power generation, aerospace, metals manufacturing and automotive industries
"GE is committed to making a difference in our customers' lives through the development and application of innovative, advanced technologies designed to help them succeed," said Jeff Anderson, general manager, Inspection Technologies for GE Measurement & Control, a GE Oil & Gas division. "The newly expanded Lewistown facility enables us to grow our new product development capabilities and manufacturing capacity, while continuing to shape the NDT industry through advanced training, research, development and collaboration efforts through our world-class Inspection Academy."
GE's newly completed, 52,000-square-foot expansion project has increased the facility's floor space by more than 63 percent. This expansion supports the growing number of industrial operators who have embraced the use of NDT solutions to monitor the condition of their equipment and more accurately predict when certain components might need repair or replacement - helping them to avoid costly, unplanned maintenance outages. GE's technology also is used to inspect the quality and integrity of new products, such as jet engine blades before they are installed, and infrastructure assets including bridges and pipelines.
The expansion also will enable GE to maintain its position as a technology thought leader in developing and manufacturing a wide range of remote visual inspection, ultrasonic, electromagnetic, advanced radiography and computed tomography systems as well as data management software. These NDT systems are used to help assess the health of industrial assets throughout the life cycle by providing timely, quality assessments of critical equipment.
GE's Customer Solutions Center, Inspection Academy
GE's new Customer Solutions Center will work with GE customers to help solve the world's toughest inspection challenges. Currently GE hosts more than 200 customer visits a year at the Lewistown site; a number that is expected to increase significantly with the expanded facility. At the Customer Solutions Center, GE customers can participate in training sessions, demonstrations and customization exercises through a series of interactive interfaces and multimedia presentations designed to address their unique needs. Additionally, knowledgeable GE domain experts are available to assist customers with technical questions and offer one-on-one support.
The facility also is headquarters for GE's Inspection Academy, a global training and knowledge-sharing program for GE customers and employees. Inspection Academy provides access to the latest NDT technologies as well as high quality training in the application of a wide range of NDT modalities to help customers improve their probability of detection, boost productivity, establish lifelong career skills and build confidence for better decision-making. Inspection Academy also offers partnership opportunities with local colleges and universities, such as Penn State University.
Local Economic Benefits for Lewistown and Central Pa., Region
GE's newly completed facility expansion has benefitted the central Pennsylvania region. The site currently spends more than $5 million per year with Pennsylvania suppliers and continues to make significant investments in new product developments each year. Additionally, all of the firms hired to design and build GE's expanded facility are located in the central Pennsylvania region, including RAL Architecture and Design, Lewisburg; Zartman Construction, Northumberland; Michael L. Norris and Associates, HVAC/Plumbing/Fire Suppression/Electrical Engineering, State College; and Penn Terra Engineering, Site Design, State College.
GE is committed to making a difference in its customers' lives through the development and application of innovative, advanced technologies designed to help them succeed. Demonstrating this ongoing customer-centric approach, the Lewistown facility is one in a series of new GE Customer Solutions Centers that have opened around the world. From these facilities to Industrial Internet software solutions, GE is committed to providing analytical intelligence to support the prediction and prevention of problems and get the right information to the right people at the right time - so that industrial products that power the world can be made stronger and safer.
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About GE Oil & Gas
GE Oil & Gas is a world leader in advanced technologies and services with 37,000 employees in more than 100 countries supporting customers across the industry - from extraction to transportation to end use. Making the environment, health and safety, quality and integrity our highest priorities is The Way We Work. Our technologies and services include: surface and subsea drilling and production, monitoring and diagnostics, measurement and controls, large-scale LNG, pipeline compression and inspection, well site and industrial power generation, technologies for the refining and petrochemical industries, and modular CNG and LNG units for transportation sectors. Through our customized service solutions, training programs and technologies, GE Oil & Gas partners with customers to maximize their efficiency, productivity and equipment reliability; develop their next generation workforce; and fully benefit from the megatrends of natural gas, the growth of subsea and hard-to-reach reserves and the revolution in asset health management. Follow GE Oil & Gas on Twitter @GE_OilandGas.
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BSNL JE Recruitment 2016 notification for Telecom Technical Assistant post having 2700 vacancies, for online application visit at bsnl.co.in.
BSNL Junior Engineer TTA Vacancies: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has invited candidates to fill online application form www.bsnl.co.in for a career opportunity in Telecom Technical Assistant Post with 2700 vacant seats. If you really want to get a place in a good organization then this is one of the most awaited chance to grab. Just have a look at official notification published by them to get detailed information about its educational qualification, selection process, age limit, selection process, pay scale, application fee etc.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is popularly known as BSNL which was incorporated on 15th September 2000 providing business of telecom services & network management. It is one of the largest & leading public sector units that are providing a wide range of telecom services all over India. Now a days they have installed Quality Telecom Network in the country focusing on improvement, expanding a network, introducing new telecom services with ICT applications in villages & winning customer confidence.
By announcing these recruitment news aspirants who were scrutinizing for jobs should not miss this golden opportunity, in fact, they should actively take participation in an employment process. This can be one of the best news for candidates who are unemployed & looking for a job so they will get a chance to work in one of the best organization in the entire country if selected. The last date of a registration process is 10th August 2016 so still, you have more time for registration think well & then you can apply for it.
BSNL JE Recruitment 2016
Name of Organization: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
Job Role: Telecom Technical Assistant (TTA)
Total number of Vacancies: 2700 Posts
Vacancies Available in: Andaman & Nicobar, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chennai Telephones, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Kolkata, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, North East-I, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, West Bengal, etc.
Job Location: All over India
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Educational Qualification:
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Age Limit:
- Registered aspirants age should not be less than 18 years & should not be more than 30 years.
- Reserved category will get age relaxation as per government norms.
Selection Process:
- Written examination will be taken followed by interview after then selection of will be done.
Application Fee:
- General category candidate has to pay Rs. 1000 as examination fee whereas reserved category has to pay Rs. 500/-
Pay Scale:
- Appointed aspirant will get a salary of Rs.13, 600 to 25, 420 with annual increment 3% of basic pay plus IDA, HRA, Perks, Medical Benefits, etc.
Steps to Apply for BSNL Jr Engineer Apply Online bsnl.co.in
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As of February 2015, consumers can schedule service for a GE Monogram appliance online or by phoning 800-444-1845 Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET. If weekend service is required, consumers can call 800-432-2737 on Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET.
To schedule service online via a Web form, consumers need both the model number and serial number of the GE Monogram product, a description of the problem and their ZIP codes. Contact information and a date and time for the appointment is also necessary. There are helpful links within the online form for those who need help finding the serial number or if the model number is unknown.


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text: Well I am working my way through "Programming in Objective-C" book, and am currently stuck on an exercise in Chapter 8, unfortunately it is an even so I can't see what Kochan has on his site. So the question is, So in the Rectangle.h, I made the method declaration, Code: -(Point *) translate: (Point *) vector; and it is supposed to take a Point instance and translate it by its x and y values. So I came up with this method definition... Code: -(Point *) translate: (Point *) vector; { float vectorX, vectorY; origin = [[Point alloc] init]; vectorX = [[vector origin] x] + x; vectorY = [[vector origin] y] + y; [origin setX: vectorX setY: vectorY]; } then in the main.m, I did this Code: int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { Rectangle *myRectangle = [[Rectangle alloc] init]; Point *myPoint = [[Point alloc] init]; Point *translation = [[Point alloc] init]; [myRectangle setHeight: 12]; [myRectangle setWidth: 3]; [myPoint setX: 6 setY: 7]; [translation setX: 4 setY: 3]; [myRectangle setOrigin: myPoint]; [myRectangle translate: translation]; printf ("Now the Origin is at (%g,%g)\n", [[myRectangle origin] x], [[myRectangle origin] y]); return 0; } I get the errors, error: 'x' undeclared (first use in this function) and the same for y, if you need the rest of the .m and .h files, just ask.


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Holland Roden & Emmanuelle Chriqui Are Radiant Ladies at HBO's Emmys 2014 After Party!
Holland Roden is all smiles while attending HBO's Primetime Emmy Awards Post Awards Reception held at The Plaza at the Pacific Design Center after the 2014 Emmy Awards on Monday (August 25) in Los Angeles.
The 27-year-old Teen Wolf actress was joined on the red carpet by Cleaners star Emmanuelle Chriqui, who was accompanied by her boyfriend Adrian Bellani.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Holland Roden
The day before, Holland and her Teen Wolf co-stars attended the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards.
FYI: Holland is wearing a Catherine Deane dress and Rafe clutch. Emmanuelle is wearing a Gustavo Cadile gown.
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A large stone fireplace dominates my aunt's keeping room. During family visits, there is no better way to greet the morning than to curl up on her leather loveseat and read one of the half-dozen cookbooks that tend to pile the end tables. Fire blazing, a steaming mug of coffee in hand and her furry smudge of a dachshund in lap, the space invites savory journeys of the imagination.
It was here, a few months ago, that I began flipping through a Napa bakery's guide to recreating its most popular pastry and desserts. From the sundrenched photos of layer cakes and lemon squares to the author's description of her shop's temperamental brick ovens, it was easy to envision the bakery's perfect treats coming from my own less-than-perfect kitchen.
And yet, despite the book's many calls for ungodly amounts of European butter, there was nary a greasy thumbprint among its blush-colored pages. I asked my aunt about this—no cookbook worth its literal and figurative salt should be so pristine—to which she replied that the recipes, though lovely, were too long and labor-intensive. Too much effort, she said. I asked to take the book home anyway.
As a maker of both baked goods and branded content, I can't help but connect the prep work and precision required of baking to the process-driven means by which we bring brand strategy to life. In the office and the kitchen, we plan, mix, wait and bake until we've created a product worthy of consumers' attentions and appetites. It's not easy, exactly. It takes effort.
My aunt was right in that the recipes I've tested so far are long, and they do take time. Lots of it. That said, the resulting confections have been decadent, intensely flavored, and frequently Instagrammable. More importantly, they've been worthy of sharing with the people I care about. Perhaps there's a lesson there.
We live in a world that values convenience over quality, a place where food is fast and technology faster. The pressure to take whatever shortcuts necessary to keep pace is intense. But, just as your taste buds can tell the lovingly homemade from the pre-packaged, audiences can quickly discern original thought from canned content. Only one merits sharing.
When what your brand says aligns with what it stands for, when its purpose is the star ingredient of all your communications—that's when your audiences will take notice. The real stuff takes longer, obviously. However, if you're doing it right, consumers will always come back for second helpings.


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I always had a married man fantasy.I always dreamed of having a married man stroke my cock and get me to shoot huge loads.
This brings me to dad.He is a strong he man type who works constuction.He's tall with big muscles and big hands to boot.Because of safety regulations he nevers wears his wedding ring to work so he just leaves it on his dresser.
One day I saw it just laying there and took my fantasy to the next level.I grabbed his ring and went to my room.I have a full length mirror and I stripped naked.I tried his ring on and realized just how big his fingers were.It was way to big but I had the urge to jerk off wearing the ring pretending it was the hand of a big burly man.It didn't take long, a minute or so to shoot a big load all over my stomach and chest.I cleaned myself and the ring and put it back on the dresser.
I pretty much make this a regular part of my masturbation sessions.Sometimes I will wear the ring on my right ring finger so the reverse image in the mirror will look like I'm wearing it on my left hand like a married man.When I do this I usually take some ky jelly and slowly stroke my stiff cock squeezing it as hard as I can until I explode all over.


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Inside the Museums
Posted by Dundurn Guest on October 30, 2014
John Goddard is a former magazine writer and Toronto Star reporter with a curiosity for little-known Ontario wonders. His books include Inside the Museums and, with TV's Richard Crouse, Rock and Roll Toronto, a cheeky guide to the city's rock and roll historic sites. He lives in Toronto.


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This is Not a Post
I did not review a book earlier today. It might have looked like I did, but that is a lie. You cannot believe everything you read on the internet, after all. I apologize to everyone who thought they saw a review earlier, and I apologize especially to the author, editor, market, and publisher of the book that I categorically did not review earlier, for the error. I am feeling incredibly foolish and guilty right now. So very sorry, everyone.
If it makes anyone feel any better, I shall be spending the foreseeable future curled up in a blanket in a corner, pretending I don't exist.
Margaret the First
Back in the spring, I wrote about historical women who lived amazing, adventurous lives and deserved recognition in the form of novels. I'm still waiting for most of those books to surface, but as it turns out, someone has written a novel about Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle. I know this because the publisher of the novel reached out to me a couple days later and offered me a reading copy. Naturally, I said yes, and I finally got the book a couple weeks ago. They haven't explicitly asked me to review the book publicly, but I feel it's the least I can do.
First, the story: the book traces Margaret from birth to death, first stories to last, from country manor to court-in-exile to married life to London and on. It's written in an engaging, lovely literary style that's both easy to read and packed with dialogue and descriptions. I enjoyed the read quite a bit, and I have a hunch it wasn't as easy to write as it looks.
It's very much a fictionalized biography, which I wasn't expecting. Danielle Dutton has clearly done her research as to when and where things happened, where Margaret was when, and what sort of person she was. (There are quotes from her novels and from contemporaries too.) It never really reads like a bio, though. Margaret's thoughts and moods shine through too much for that, it flows entirely differently, and it's not so much about recording Margaret's life in detail as it is about recording the sensations of it.
The novel's very feminist as well, which I did expect. One can't write about an early female novelist and essayist with a love of science and outlandish gowns without taking that tack, I don't think. There are moments of "this lady had gumption" and moments of "life was tough for women back then", and both build Margaret up as a person rather than detract from the story by getting preachy—except for maybe a couple moments. Maaaaaaybe. A lot of the more obvious feminist bits come from the Duchess herself, and man, was she angry. No wonder she upset the establishment.
All that said, I liked the book but didn't love it. I think that's partly my fault—I went in expecting something deep and sweeping, covering everything in detail instead of just the important bits—and partly the fault of my reading list—I've read some Very Good Books this year and they've made just about everything afterwards seem lesser. (Don't get me wrong on the first point, though. Margaret the First absolutely works as it is; it just wasn't what I was expecting.) I also tend not to read a lot of literary fiction, and certainly not literary-historical, so that probably contributed too.
To sum up: very interesting, very beautiful, very readable, flawless as far as I can tell, but didn't light a spark in me. I was really kind of hoping it would.
Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton comes out in March and can be preordered here.
I've run out of ideas.
Not for novels and short stories and such. Those just keep coming whether I want them or not. But for blogging? I'm not feeling it these days.
Judging by how many pictures and short posts I've put up in the last few weeks, you might have noticed.
I started blogging here again for a few reasons: to share historical tidbits I've run across in my novel research; to share linguistic info and writing tips; to maybe find a few like minds. But I'm not really doing any research at the moment, and my ideas for tips are either highly technical or sound too pat, and I'm clearly the wrong person to find like minds because I'd have to devote at least an hour or two a day to go through WordPress and find them, and between my day-job, my writing time, and my need to eat and sleep and occasionally clean things, I don't have the time.
I suppose I could sleep less, but that wouldn't be pretty, trust me.
It doesn't help that I'm still dealing with the aftermath of last Monday, which struck my confidence a pretty big blow, and getting that back is rocky because I'm still running into posts and advice that tell me I'm doing everything wrong. I'm fairly certain I'm not, but who knows?
So here are some questions for you, whoever you are, reading this:
- What would you like to see me write about?
- How do you keep going through a blogging funk? Any tips for me?
- (Bonus question) What am I doing wrong on this blog, because most days it feels like nobody cares about my posts at all?
Songs and Stories, Stories and Songs
The person who introduced me to The Decemberists did so by describing them as only writing songs that inspired fiction. While I do love their music and lyrics—there's this lush, poetic quality, narratives, folk tale motifs, that sort of thing—I'm not seized by a need to novelize everything they've done. But there are a few songs that I do want to draw from at some point, because every time I hear them, they inspire my curiosity if nothing else.
The Decemberists became a launching point for other, well, I call the genre "indie folk". Not sure if that's accurate or not, but there you go. These are other bands who use traditional instruments and folk motifs and storylines in their music. And again, there's the odd song I want to dig deeper into someday. Maybe. If there's ever time.
What about you? What songs do you want to explore someday?
A Meditation
Questions of the Day
- Is postmodernism, the drawing together of disparate elements to create art that would not be recognized as such even a hundred years ago, a good thing or a bad one? Does it show a kind of creativity that our ancestors did not have, or does it pervert the nature of art and therefore necessitate rejection? Is it all a matter of degree? Should I go with my gut on this and do what feels right?
- Do I have the right to write about non-white and non-straight people in my novel, when I do not have firsthand knowledge of their experiences but plan to research and get beta-readers? Do I have the right to try to publish such a book?
- Am I being terribly gross and colonialist in other ways, and again, do I have the right to try to publish if so?
- Is the disparate elements aspect of postmodernism not actually a new thing, because everyone creating art has always drawn from multiple sources of inspiration, especially when writing fiction?
- Am I spending too much time on Tumblr and letting it warp my view of reality?
- Am I not a real writer because I'm not driven to make it a full-time thing and quit my day-job? Because I'm not constantly writing when away from the day-job?
- Why is my plot falling apart, exactly?Is my writing any good or am I just biased?
- Is the internet going to jump on me for asking these questions? Am I going to lose the future agent I don't yet have when they find this?
Ram in a Thicket
British Museum, September 2014
The pictures don't do it justice. Neither does this one, but it'll give you a bit of historical context. I both can and cannot believe people so long ago could do such beautiful work.


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From theSSA December 2015 Newsletter– by Marie-Louise Rankin, edited by Sonia Langford, speech below by Claudia Kos
I recently had the opportunity to attend a public speaking event for high school students organised by UN Youth Voice (https://unyouth.org.au/event/voice-qld/). Sitting for three hours in a lecture hall listening to speeches given by students from year 7 to year 10, you can't help but let your mind wander from time to time. However, one speech topic that made me think about other things, in this case my work, was "How can we encourage more females to enter STEM area studies and careers?". Several other female students also spoke about their love for numbers and their aptitude for anything to do with maths, and the fact that they were the only females in their respective coding classes. One student used an example from the TV series "The Big Bang Theory", where the academic girls are portrayed as nerdy and not so attractive, whilst the non-academic girls are the "hot" ones. If this is how academically inclined females are viewed, no wonder that most high school girls shy away from STEM area subjects.
Whilst I understand that it can be difficult to get some girls to believe in themselves enough to take up these subjects, I do feel that the female population is quite substantially represented amongst our members and at our statistical conferences. When I look out from my SSA stand at the different Australian Statistical Conferences that I have attended over the years, it always fills me with pride for my gender when I see the (attractive!! Hello Big Bang!) women there.
On the way out after the above mentioned speeches, I started chatting with the mother of one of the girls who had spoken about girls taking up STEM area studies. She gave me her card and I emailed her some information on careers in statistics. When the mother replied to my email she told me that she and her daughter had had no idea about the vast career opportunities that a qualification in statistics offers. To me that shows that the school which the girl attends has not done an adequate job in educating students in the career choices available to those who love maths. It also shows an opportunity where the SSA could play a greater role – spreading the word on what statistics is all about and the many faces it can have. Peter Howley and Michael Martin of the SSA Statistical Education section have made a fantastic start with the High School Poster Competition – now in its second year (http://www.statsoc.org.au/events/ssai-events/national-statistical-literacy-project/). I tried to get my children's high school involved with this event and sadly never received a reply to my email, but I will try again next year.
Another initiative is the A$22M partnership launched in April 2015 by BHP Billiton and the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI).This aims to increase the representation of women in the field of mathematics, by influencing the perception of mathematics amongst girls and young women (http://www.bhpbilliton.com/investors/news/the-bhp-billiton-foundation-helps-girls-to-choose-maths). The funding will be provided by the BHP Billiton Foundation over five years. It is expected to go some way towards addressing a decline in Australians studying maths and entering STEM related careers.
In terms of positive role models, our former member Inge Koch, Executive Director for AMSI, is leading the Choose Maths program, building on her passion for engaging girls and young women in her love for mathematics. She is an inspiration to girls who love maths.
Another inspiration for these girls is Nalini Joshi. In October this year, Nalini was recognised as a "Woman of Influence" on the 2015 Australian Financial Review-Westpac 100 Women of Influence list. As a Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellow and the first female professor at the University of Sydney's School of Mathematics and Statistics, Nalini is not just a passionate advocate of her discipline, but would like others to embrace maths just as she does: "I would like to tell everyone how human mathematics is. It is not an esoteric and elitist pursuit, but a beautiful creation of the human mind, which has turned out to be useful in all walks of life." (Indian Link – http://www.indianlink.com.au/women-of-influence/).
I think this is a wonderfully positive note on which to end this newsletter and the year 2015. I wish all our members the very best for the festive season, safe travels if you are going away and some quality time with your loved ones.
PS: Here is the speech that impressed me and made me think about our female members. It was written and presented by Claudia Kos, a year 9 student at St John's College, Nambour. Claudia was successful with this speech and became one of 16 semi-finalists at the UN Youth Voice Public Speaking Event. Her speech is food for thought and should inspire all of us to have more discussions with our daughters, nieces and friends about the possibilities out there for everyone:
How can we encourage more females to enter STEM area studies and careers?
I am a girl. I also love maths and science. But I am a girl and these areas in education and the workforce are still male dominated. Why should I limit myself? Or allow others to limit me? Because I am a girl?
My name is Claudia and I go to St Johns College.
I am here to talk about encouraging more females to enter in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, or STEM for short.
Here are some facts:
- In 2011, only 28% of STEM employees were female.
- Only 33% of tertiary qualifications were awarded to females in STEM fields.
- In 2013, less than 7% of female Year 12 students studied an advanced mathematics subject.
- Of the 27 students in my graphics class, there are only 5 girls – including me.
There are many limitations on females choosing STEM subjects and careers. They start almost from birth. Although women have come a long way, from a young age there is still stereotyping, negative perceptions and bias against girls having interest in, and entering, STEM areas.
The causes are deep in our culture.
As a Year 9 student, I see many of the girls my age already tuned out of STEM subjects and careers. Research shows, even in university and into a STEM career, the barriers and bias continue.
These barriers also hurt the Australian economy. We think differently from men, and diversity is key to Australia becoming a world leader.
We are a technology driven society and, if we are losing roughly half of our trained workforce and not utilizing their potential expertise, we lose competitiveness and future prosperity.
Much has been done to tackle the issue by government, organizations and professional bodies.
The Government allocated 12 million dollars into improving the quality of STEM subjects in schools in this year's federal budget.
Google Australia announced a 1 million dollar fund to help 10,000 young people consider STEM careers.
Engineers without Borders Australia is expanding its STEM and computer science focused training to 5,000 young people, with a particular focus on young women.
There are many similar initiatives out there.
Despite all this, research shows the number of people in STEM is declining.
The solution I propose is a national advertising campaign under a unique, easily recognised logo.
For the campaign to be successful, it requires an emotive approach. It will have slightly different messages and deliveries for four key groups – teenagers, people in STEM, parents and teachers of children and the general public.
Teenagers live in the social media era and would be best reached through social media campaigns similar to US's #runlikeagirl.
This flips a common phrase on its head.
People in STEM need a reminder that we support, encourage and are proud of what they are doing. This can be done with a campaign with STEM women sharing their experiences and achievements.
Parents and teachers of children could be reached through a campaign modelled on Ver-i-son and Maker's "inspire her mind". An emotional campaign, such as this, that hits home is vital for success.
A campaign for the general public to spread awareness and help stop unconscious bias about genders in STEM is essential.
The biggest hurdle is funding. We need federal politicians and professional STEM bodies on board. The federal Office of Women in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet could coordinate.
I hope, little by little:
- That maybe more girls enrol in my graphics class.
- That maybe the statistics will be different.
- That maybe Australia becomes a leader in innovation.
But I am just a girl, and these are just ideas. But this is a real issue facing Australia today.


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One of a kind hand-embellished golden brocade, with 3/4 long sleeves. The brocade is mix cotton and silk, and the embellishments are made of golden sequins and beads. Silk chiffon layers around the neckline and sleeves.
Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures with the details and the back part, as the jacket is sold. But I hope i can get a hold of the owner :)
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Dec 26, 2012, 06.42 PMby malenamargo
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The bottom line is, when the majority of this country decides that gay marraige is okay, then it will be made into law.
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How easily we could all avoid this conversation if the LGBT community would fight fire with fire.
Form a LGBT church. Have is sanction gay marriage.
When the marriages are denied by the state.
Then take that puppy to the SCOTUS!
Have the SCOTUS legally approve gay marriage under the 4th Amendment.
But here we are.
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But you probably haven't heard about this: according to researcher Bruce Wilson and IRS 990 forms, Invisible Children receives major funding from far-right, anti-gay fundamentalist donors and organizations, chief among them the U.S.-based National Christian Foundation (NCF). The NCF has also provided significant funds to fanatical groups deeply tied to the persecution of LGBT people in Uganda, including that nation's infamous "Kill the Gays" bill.
In 2003 thirty percent of NCF's total revenues came from five donors who collectively contributed $54.774 million, more than doubling the amount this same quintet provided the year before. Ron Blue serves on the board of the leading donor to NCF-- The Maclellan Foundation, headed by insurance billionaires CNP member Robert H. Maclellan and his cousin Hugh O. Maclellan, Jr.
Tax law and non-profit experts who reviewed NCF documents and their structure for this story were taken aback by this half-billion dollar, multi-layered money machine. Frances Hill described it as "a blending of capitalist entrepreneurship, Christian values and political muscle."
J.J. McNab, a leading charitable and insurance analyst who recently testified before the Senate Finance Committee on donor-advised funds, described NCF as "Enron-like in its complexity."
"Its' complexity is a big red flag," said McNab. "Why so complex? Why so many layers, so many supporting organizations and murky connections?"
After reviewing NCF documents, Frances Hill was stunned by the maze.
"It may be they are trying to hide money trails, " she said. "Such as every time they engage in a transaction there is a fee that benefits a financial advisor or broker. This complexity also is a conflict of interest signal. It's utterly and completely unnecessary. I haven't heard of anything quite like it."
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Congratulations, a lobbying report. People give money everyday to cantidates that they feel they most identify with and that hold their best interests at heart. This doesn't mean they pay to get them elected, or, the pay for laws. Checks and balances, there are still votes.
The bottom line is, when the majority of this country decides that gay marraige is okay, then it will be made into law.


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Sets oral arguments in case for DecemberA California appeals court is stepping into the Roman Polanski case.
The California Second District Court of Appeal on Monday set oral arguments in the case for Dec. 10.
Polanski's attorneys asked the court to order a Los Angeles Superior Court judge to decide a motion to dismiss the case against the "Chinatown" director, regardless of whether he is present in a Los Angeles courtroom. The judge refused to rule on the dismissal motion this year.
The appeal was filed before Polanski's arrest in September. He is wanted in the U.S. for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977 in Los Angeles. Polanski fled the country before sentencing.
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Adele lets son Angelo dress as Anna from Frozen and the internet is full of compliments
Hello singer proves she's amazing once more by breaking children's gender barriers
ADELE has been given lots of praise this week for one of her parenting moves.
Taking her 3 year old son Angelo for a day out in Disneyland, the Hello singer was snapped with her son who was dressed as Anna from Frozen.
Breaking all of those horrible gender barriers surrounding children, the chilled mum enjoyed some quality family time as she laughed and joked around the theme park.
And despite a few negative comments, Adele has been inundated with praise and compliments from social media users everywhere.
One user wrote: "Adele let her son dress up as Anna from 'Frozen' at Disneyland. SMASH THOSE GENDER BARRIERS."
Another added: "GO adele for squashing gender norms by letting her son dress up as a disney princess !!!! love u even more than before."
"I let my daughters dress up as superhero's & pirates, why shouldn't Adele let her son dress as a princess? I think it's sweet," said another.
And this isn't the first time Adele has done something refreshing when it comes to parenting.
In a recent interview with i-D magazine, the 27 year old said: "It's f***ing hard, I had no idea. It is hard but it's phenomenal.
"He makes me be a d***head, and he makes me feel young and there's nothing more grounding than a kid kicking off and refusing to do what you're asking of them."
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Unless you've been stranded on a deserted island for the past couple of years, you'll have noticed that avocados are everywhere! This little green fruit has been added to meals in almost every restaurant and home recipe possible. The 'avocado trend' is no bad thing for your body, as the fruit contains potassium, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin C, vitamin K, vitamin E. As well as possessing heart-healthy fats and a high fiber content.
The one downside of the trend is that over the past year the average price of avocados has gone up by over 25% as grocery stores look to maximize their profits. To save yourself some money and be able to eat fresh, organic avocados growing your own avocado tree is a must. The word tree may insinuate that you need an enormous amount of space. However, an avocado is a small and easy to grow tree.
We explain how to grow your own avocados in few simple steps, without needing a whole backyard.
1. Sprout Avocado Seed
Take your avocado seed and stick four toothpicks into it. Make sure they are placed at about halfway down from the top and at an equal distance. The toothpicks should be nice and even since they will help suspend the seed.
Then, place the avocado seed in a cup of water so that its dimpled end is soaking in an inch of water. Use the toothpicks as presented in the image below.
Allow the seed soak for two to six weeks in a warm place and away from direct sunlight.
During this time, you should see roots and stem sprout. When the stem becomes 6-inch long, cut it back to three inches. Allow the roots to thicken and the leaves to grow.
2. Time to Plant
Next, you should take a big pot with a diameter of ten inches, which also has a hole in the bottom for drainage. Fill the pot with a soil rich in nutrients. At the top of the soil, make a hole for the seed and put the seed there. Don't plant the seed too deeply in the soil; plant only one half of it. The other half should remain above the soil.
Place the pot at a place with a lot of sunlight and make sure you water it often and generously. The soil should be moist, not saturated. If there is no sufficient amount of water in the soil, the leaves are going to become dry and brown. If this happens, you would need to put the pot in the sink and turn the tap on for the water to run through the soil. The excess amount of water should then be drained and, in the end, the pot should be taken out of the sink.
3. Enjoy Your Own Avocado!
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Keep on water and tending to your perfect indoor avocado tree and you'll start to see some avocado fruits forming.


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Bernie Announces Run for President #SenSanders #BernieSanders #VT
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Some Bernie facts:
Bernie Sanders was born on September 8, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Jewish immigrants, Dorothy (née Glassberg) and Eli Sanders. He attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn, where he ran for his school's track team and from which he graduated in 1959.
Sanders spent a year studying psychology at Brooklyn College before transferring to the University of Chicago. While a student in 1963, Sanders was active in the Civil Rights Movement, becoming a student organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He was one of several thousand students who traveled on buses to Washington, D.C., for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Sanders graduated from the University of Chicago in 1964 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science.
After graduating, Sanders spent time on an Israeli kibbutz. In 1964, he moved to Vermont, where he worked as a carpenter, filmmaker, writer, and researcher, among other jobs.
In 1988, incumbent Republican Congressman Jim Jeffords decided to run for the U.S. Senate, vacating Vermont's at-large congressional district. Republican Lieutenant Governor Peter Smith won the House election with a plurality of 41% of the vote. Sanders, who ran as an independent, placed second with 38% of the vote, while Democrat State Representative Paul N. Poirier placed third with 19% of the vote. In 1990, Sanders ran for the seat again and defeated Smith in a rematch, 56%–40%. Sanders became the first independent elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 40 years, since Frazier Reams of Ohio. Thereafter Sanders continually won reelection with high margins, with his closest bid in 1994 during the Republican Revolution, when he won just 50% of the vote.
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Sanders runs for office as an independent but caucuses with the Democratic Party and is counted as a Democrat for purposes of committee assignments. He was the only independent member of the House during most of his service and is the longest-serving independent in U.S. Congressional history.
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|Sanders with his wife, Jane and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Dem-MA)
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07OCT2013 Claudio Donisi Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA 20:15 Mountain Time Zone four to five seconds E-W left to right looking south brilliant arc shaped white "coma" with blue/green edge, trail very bright yellow-orange, no sound heard much brighter than the moon, especially considering we hazy cloud cover at the time. bright as venus, but MUCH larger. yes, some smaller pieces trailing behind. Amazing. brightest meteor ever seen, may was probably longer duration, but came into my field of view from behind roof of my house. Definite upward arc shape to the elongated "fireball"
07OCT2013 Dan Fronefield Peyton, CO, USA 2015 3 N-NE to S-Sw Green As bright as the moon none noted I was facing south and saw if going from approx 11:00 to 5:00 (about 50deg from horizon).
07OCT2013 Elissa Ummel Morrison, CO 20:15:00 3-4 sec United States N-S; left to right, facing South Blue glowing head, fiery tail, no sound moon no noticeable fragments none
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The author, Bill Bryson, a lively writer of non-fiction, uses his 1851-vintage home in England a rectory in the Norfolk countryside to take people on a room-by-room tour one reviewer called a history of the world without leaving home.
The bathroom provides the occasion for a history of hygiene; the bedroom, sex, death, and sleep; the kitchen, nutrition and the spice trade; and so on . Whatever happens in the world, he demonstrates, ends up in our house, in the paint and the pipes and the pillows and every item of furniture.
The hour-long brown bag discussion will be at noon, July 18 at the Main Library, 301 York St.
Up next:
Aug. 15: In the Time of the Butterflies, a historical novel by Julia Alvarez set in the Dominican Republic, inspired by the true story of three sisters who were murdered in 1960 for their part in an underground plot to overthrow the government.
Sep. 19: The Tiger's Wife, by young Belgrade-born Téa Obreht, a novel about two friends on a medical mission in a Balkan country that was a National Book Award finalist.
As we plan books to read this fall and beyond, wed welcome your ideas for good titles that have roots in other cultures.
Feel free to consult our international-themed booklist - click here. Or recommend books youve liked - email here.
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But if you have book ideas for this international reading group to consider down the road, wed like to hear them.
The current lineup:
Dec. 16 A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Jan.18, 2012 The Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil by Deborah Rodriguez with Kristin Ohlson
Feb. 15 The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman and That Used to be Us, by Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum
March 21 The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barberry
April 18 The Devil's Highway by Luis Umberto Urrea
May 16 You Have Given Me a Country by Neela Vaswani
June 20 Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe
The group meets from noon to 1 at the Main Library. Brown-bag lunches are welcome. Anyone can attend any session.
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Its story was a great picture of friendship and the magic of story-telling.
And it offered a vivid look at the social and political history of China. To compare this picture of China to the China of today was amazing.
Have you read it? Share your thoughts here.
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The term graphic novel was coined by Will Eisner who is considered to be one of the most important creators in the realm of sequential art -- which essentially is what graphic novels are. Today the most prestigious award that can be won by a graphic novel the Eisner Award.
Graphic novels are no longer simply comics about super-heroes and the battle over good and evil. Today they cover all the literary genres including comedy, tragedy, romance, mystery, thrillers, science fiction, horror, fantasy and realistic fiction.
They have become a very powerful medium for storytelling and they are a great tool for reluctant readers, students learning English and those with reading challenges. They can also make historical events more accessible to people by having dramatic visuals accompanying the text.
In recent years graphic novels have become a popular medium for autobiographical stories. Blankets, by Craig Thompson, is an example of a young mans coming of age and this months selection Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Many find the combination of image and text to be very powerful. Not only biographies, but social issues, health issues and powerful stories about loss are all addressed through this medium. One of the latest trends: adapting novels into the graphic format. The Kite Runner and Ayn Rands Anthem are two examples.
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Cutting for Stone , a novel by Abraham Verghese, a book they generally liked especially its vivid picture of life in Ethiopia and a doctors world.
Put the next meeting on your calendar Octtober 19 and get ready to imagine life in the middle of a political revolution, from the experience of a child. The next selection is Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, who grew up in Iran. The format is black and white comic strips a graphic novel.
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Even on the greyest day in London, the right food – a little sardine pine nut pasta, or the fried rice cakes known as arancini – can cheer me up and whisk me off to the intense heat and deep blue skies of Sicily. With the nights closing in, I have been cooking a Sicilian-inspired menu at Dock Kitchen, and it has been going down a storm.
Sicilian food is quite exotic: perhaps it's their fondness for saffron or dried fruits, or just something about the people. But the island feels more romantically Middle Eastern than the rest of Italy. This is particularly apparent in the sweet recipes. To be honest, while I completely love Italian food, I sometimes find it a bit lacking in the pud department. Obviously there are the classics such as panna cotta and tiramisu which, when they're good, are very, very good; but they certainly don't make a proper pud like you might get in England; nor a refined French-style dessert.
Sicily was briefly under Arab control, and the eastern half of the island was strongly influenced by Byzantium. You can see occasional hints of this influence in the island's savoury food – they eat couscous in the west, for instance – but it becomes much more apparent in the sweet dishes.
My ice cream sandwiches might seem like a sort of trendy, trashy dessert but, in fact, they are a classic Sicilian recipe with an Eastern edge. In Sicily they actually eat them for breakfast. Eating ice cream for breakfast is probably every eight-year-old's dream, but I'm not sure I could do it without imagining my mother coming around the corner and telling me off. Luckily this makes a fun, delicious dessert, and the almond granita is fabulous on its own, too.
My version of cassata is a kind of Anglo-Sicilian cake: part cassata, part Victoria sandwich, made with olive oil cake instead of the usual buttery base. It looks fantastic and tastes as good.
In Sicily they go quite over the top decorating them, too, with chocolate, green marzipan, whole pieces of beautifully candied fruit and even models of animals or chocolate writing. So don't feel restricted by my instructions: let your creative side show.
The pistachio biscuit recipes are so simple it may almost seem like I've made some mistake. But they are absolutely delicious. Try to buy small, dark green pistachios (Sicily is a big producer of these, though they tend not to export them beyond Italy) and make sure they're fresh, as they will have the best flavour and give the biscuits a wonderful green colour.
My Sicilian sweets are great stand-alone recipes, but you can play around with them and develop them as you like. Buying a really good-quality ice cream and squashing it inside a toasted brioche will make a delicious fast dessert (or even a naughty breakfast!); or you can go the other way and make your own brioche to go with the delicious almond granita. Go mad decorating your cassata, or use the sweet ricotta filling as a spread on pancakes, or roll it into cylinders of pasta for classic cannoli.
Think of different things to have your pistachio biscuits with: look beyond sweet wine or coffee; try them with ice cream or panna cotta, too.
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Yet most innovations developed today remain driven by a focus on resolving particular technical problems, such as raising yields, withstanding environmental stresses, and better managing poor quality soils or seeds. These innovations fail to account for gender differences and the gender norms and power relations that underpin these differences; thus they are limited in their impact and may exacerbate gender inequalities (see GENNOVATE concept note).
The study's methodology, reports, and collaboration of gender researchers from 11 Phase I CRPs will fill an important gap in the existing gender and agriculture literature and strengthen the CRPs' strategic planning, research, and development programs. More specifically GENNOVATE will contribute to
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This extract is from an article featured in issue 1 of Hungry Eye magazine.
The consolidation of visual aesthetic, sound and language-based narrative is essentially the main ingredient in creating what we call a world of cinema. So then, how come so many British films have no visual stamp, are practically mute, yet the one thing they sure love is language?
Before language I look for photography and then sound, and when writing a script I try to create a scene that does not rely on people telling me everything I need to know through dialogue. Finding a director of photography to work with who shares that kind of ambition is not an easy task in the UK, where TV is king and the two-shot, close-up and endless spillage of words define the general approach to drama. The cheap claustrophobia of British films is not a mystery, but it sure is a major disappointment. The ugly search for a kind of 'objective' realism is one among many paradoxes that stifle visual sensuality at a high price. Using technical tricks to create something that you might recognise as real continues this wearisome tradition that marks us British filmmakers out as blindsided with worthy aspiration and bouts of patronising cultural tourism.
In British films we tend to take extraordinary people and plant them in an ordinary world; the near opposite ideological approach of our American cousins. This, of course, is all reflected in the dismal cinematography. Imagine a world where you take something amazing and then by osmosis make it less and less, reducing all that might be beautiful. Amazing, but true.
Against the grain of this folly is a remarkable photographer, Seamus McGarvey, who has leapt these cultural obstacles like a 100 metre hurdler running with the wind at his back; an unstoppable force of nature. The image, look and feel are paramount to his collaborative approach to working with a director who might have an idea of what he or she wants, including all the right reference points; but it's McGarvey who makes it original.
The list of collaborators is extensive, broad and humbling: Derek Jarman, Oliver Stone, Joe Wright, Lynn Ramsay, Anthony Minghella, Mike Nichols, Stephen Daldry and Stephen Frears, to name but a few. The films have little in common content-wise, but McGarvey gives them a colour code, definition and, most importantly, an identity.
The inventive, creative process to finding a way into a story and giving it a look can be torturous for some, but for this guy it's a sweetie jar of never-ending fun. The wonder, mystery and marvel of working with someone who understands the nature of light is the dream of any director, and that's what a great DOP does. McGarvey is one of the greats.
I love his work for different reasons. I love the context of him; his background, his story. I truly admire the fact that this photographer emerged from The Troubles [of Northern Ireland] at a time when the place was tearing itself apart. He's a proud, gentle man from Armagh, undoubtedly scarred by the history of his country, but nonetheless sparkling with his effusive love of life and the camera. Or should it be the other way around: his love of the camera, then his love of life?
He has poetry in his soul, a tinge of melancholy (it's in the blood) in his dominant dark greens and black blacks. I defy you to find a better natural colourist, or anyone who can capture the different shades of black than this brilliant artist. The part of the actor's armoury that really matters in a movie is the eyes, and McGarvey's the best in the game at connecting with the route to the soul. Cinema is magic that pretends to be truth; knowing that from the start is a great way to develop a visual language, layering of colour, heightening of sound and underscoring of music. The director might be the one who says action, but it's the DOP who hits the record button. In an odd way this tells you who is really in charge on a film set, and who the other technicians are all looking to for real direction. When I asked Oliver Stone what it was like working with McGarvey on World Trade Center, he said he had no doubt that McGarvey was in charge of the set and that his smile lit up the sky. Indeed it does, there's no pomp with this guy. There's a true love of the camera and its endless possibilities to capture the manifold nature of the human heart.
I spoke to McGarvey after a night shoot on Marvel Studios' blockbuster The Avengers, where Captain America had stormed through a pyrotechnic, dystopic world to reclaim the moral high ground for us unworthy onlookers.
Rather than being grumpy and tired, he graciously spoke to me about his love of photography and shooting movies, large and small. I started by asking how he dealt with the sheer difference in scale from completing the Lynne Ramsay movie, We Need to Talk About Kevin, to now working on The Avengers.
SM: "It's chalk and cheese, but weirdly in some ways it's a lot easier [on The Avengers] because of the behemoth that is this huge crew, and the support structure is so much more elaborate and strong."
RJ: "How many cameras are you shooting with?"
SM: "On the main unit we have three cameras shooting digitally with ARRI Alexas and we shoot all our high-speed work on 35mm film and then eight Canon EOS 5D MkIIs and two Canon EOS 7Ds, which we use a lot every day on action sequences as crash cameras, and for difficult angles, and they've been incredible; really useful."
RJ: "Has your background inspired you in any way in how you choose your colour schemes; especially the blacks and the greens?"
SM: "Possibly, it's certainly not a conscious thing. But I think inevitably that experience leaks through into your work if you feel it. I guess if anything cokes the creative part of the brain, then your life experience must inform it. But I don't know what that is. As far as the light is concerned I remember that in Armagh it was always pissing rain and the place had a subdued, tenebrous nature to the light. It was always on the cusp. It was always dark, or nearly dark. There was never direct light – not in my memory at least. I love that quality of light; soft, filtered through cloud with negative fill – soft light with contrast. Maybe that does come from Armagh. Certainly the greens go without saying and, as you say, the blacks. But I would hesitate to say that growing up in The Troubles influenced the way I look at the world, but it certainly helped me look at the mundane with an epic eye. I guess during the height of The Troubles, even in a small town like Armagh, you looked at everything in a new light."
You can read the rest of this interview in the first issue of Hungry Eye, a new magazine dedicated to photography and filmmaking.
Issue one includes:
Interviews with Steve Pyke, Seamus McGarvey, Gavin Evans, Chris Floyd, Sheryl Nields and David Eustace.
Discussions on social media, crowd funding and personal projects, guerilla filmmaking, the ten commandments of filmmaking, the art of storyboarding, Terence Malick.
A look back at the work of Martin Parr through Peter Dench's eyes.
A look at the work of Cecil Beaton, Bruce Davidson and Carine Roitfield.
And last but not least a catch up on the life of a sometime-working-pro with the award winning photo journalist Peter Dench and the Dench Diaries.
Richard Jobson is a filmmaker, writer and director, and Editor at Large of the magazine Hungry Eye.


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Courtesy of Nuffnang, I get to catch Total Recall movie last night at Cathay Cinema.
Total Recall is an action thriller about reality and memory, inspired anew by the famous short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick. Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he's got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life - real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police - controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston), the leader of the free world - Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) to find the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy) and stop Cohaagen. The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.
It is a remake from Total Recall (1990) with the same theme, same character, same story. I never watch the original before thus, my opinion on this movie will be difference from people who actually watch the original before and disappointed with the new one.
Honestly, I love the theme and concept. It is interesting and it could be very awesome mind fucked psychology movie. However I guess instead of doing psychology, it is more to action movie. This movie will never let your breath stay cool since it packed with alot action. Running, Gun fight, fist combat, jump and fall down like a boss are all shown in this movie. I guess it is little too much and repeating.
There are alot loophole in this movie. It might contain spoiler, thus read on your own risk :P First, why Lori are so motivated to kill Douglas/Hauser? Did he ever done anything wrong to her beside being a traitor? It is already shown she wanna killed him before know his real identity. Plus, she could actually killed Hauser at the end of the movie before he awake but it ended up she killed by Hauser. Cohaagen also able to kill Hauser when he took out his knife and Hauser was facing his back. Instead if stab him, Cohaagen slash his body. In the whole movie, Melina name was mentioned once only.
I have been told in the original movie there are actually involve planet Mars, ALIEN! But in this version it doesnt has Mars but, they have the 3 breast hooker (Just like the original) that appear less than 5 second. Is she Alien?
I actually feel abit boring and tired when watching this movie because of the overused action. Anyway, Total Recall is available in cinema now. So catch it if you are there just to watch 2 hot chick or bad luck Hauser!


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