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If you haven't already started watching Fuse's programming, you're missing out. Between the hit show about Queen of Bounce Big Freedia (now in its fourth season!) and now the new transgender docu-series Transcendent, the network is expanding beyond its typical music-focused programming and getting personal.
More: Big Freedia on how difficult it was growing up as a gay artist in New Orleans (INTERVIEW)
Transcendent spotlights the lives of five transgender women: Bambiana, Bionka, Nya, Xristina and LA. Four of them perform at the AsiaSF cabaret and restaurant and one (LA) is in the beginning phases of transitioning. The show is funny, personal and highlights the joys and struggles of being transgender.
We had the opportunity to speak with the women ahead of the show's premiere tonight. The women open up about transitioning, hormones, Caitlyn Jenner and what they admire about one another. Take a look.
SheKnows: What advice do you have for those in the beginning phases of transitioning?
LA: One [piece of] advice is that there is no rush. Everything will happen all at the right time. Find yourself and soul-search. It isn't easy trying to find yourself, but once you have and feel that this is the life you want to live, go for it! I didn't realize I was trans until about a year and a half ago… I took my time and when that day came, everything just fell into place. Also, just focus on the positive things in life and don't let anybody get in the way of your happiness. Be you!
Bambiana: To do it slow and to stay strong. The beginning is the most difficult part but it gets better with time.
Bionka: My advice for someone in the beginning of transitioning is take your time. Let your magic hormone juice take its affect so you can see your results, then decide later on any surgeries you might require to polish you off.
Nya: Have fun with it! This is the time to take risks and try new things. Whether it be a style of fashion, makeup tricks, hairstyles or everybody's favorite: shoes! Also have a good support system: family, friends, mentors or even counselors. It is always good to talk to somebody and be heard. Just keep an open mind and be patient because things usually don't happen overnight. You will get through it!
Xristina: Just so we are all clear, the beginning phases of transitioning is from all ages. A prime example, in my opinion, is Caitlyn Jenner. Speaking of which, there are many open public figures now than there were before. You have Caitlyn Jenner, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Jazz Jennings and many more. And if you don't mind, I like to include myself in that since I, too, have been a figure within our community for quite some time. It is in my experience we tend to look up to those who appear more accomplished in their transition as a role model, and don't get me wrong — that is not a bad thing. You should have people you like to model through. I know there will be girls who are pretty and you may feel insecure or doubt your own transitioning, and then there are others who may not have the same luxuries, and you may feel more fortunate than those. Remember one thing: that doesn't mean our struggles aren't similar. Never think of yourself [as] more than or lesser than — look within yourself and become your own role model. Learn to love yourself, to accept yourself and to be kind to yourself. I can't promise it's going to be easy, but at the end, as long as you can look up to yourself, you will know you are your own role model.
More: I Am Jazz's mom opens up on her hopes and fears for her transgender child (INTERVIEW)
SK: We see in the episode the struggles of coming out to your family members still using male pronouns. What advice do you have for those who have not yet come out to their parents?
Bambiana: I personally was very lucky to have a family that has always been very supportive with my transition. I can only imagine how much more difficult my life would have been without them.
LA: I think it is all about educating and enlightening everyone with what pronouns to use or how you want to be referred [to]. You can never go and choose the aggressive route, mainly because it will go nowhere. You have to realize that people want to know — or simply don't know. It is our job to make them realize that we exist and this is who we are.
Bionka: Only you know the correct time for you to come out to family, so take your time and do it when the time is right for you. Pronouns are exactly that, and family is always going to make mistakes, and it takes a while for anyone to adjust, so don't worry about the slips.
Nya: It's always best to be honest. It may be hard to tell your family and the outcome may not always be what you prefer, but in the long run, it'll be worth it to be able to live as your authentic self.
Xristina: My advice for those who have not as of yet disclosed to their parents regarding being transgender [is] the following: Get informed yourself, reach out to your resources, find support with… fellow trans peers and find out what steps they took in disclosing to their parents and to others — and confide in someone you feel you can trust. You know when you are ready, but [most] importantly should find support so you won't feel alone.
SK: Can you pinpoint one moment in your respective lives when you finally realized you were comfortable in your own skin? If so, when was it?
Nya: Well, I don't think that any one is 100 percent comfortable in their own skin. Nobody is perfect, but I think I have always had a strong sense of self, even at a young age. I still have my insecurities [until] this day, but I never have focused on them or let them define me as a person. I guess that doesn't really answer the question, but I am the woman I am today because I always strive to be a better me.
LA: I've always lived my life as a woman but identified as a gay male. I wasn't really familiar [with] the whole "transgender" thing. I felt like it was my time a year and a half ago — July 13, 2014 — when I told myself, "I am a woman and this is the life I want to live."
Bambiana: The moment in my transition when I finally started feeling comfortable in my own skin was when I found love — a man that saw me how I have always wanted to see myself.
Bionka: I can't pinpoint a particular time. I just know that once I made the official transition in 2001, I've been the best at what I can be and never felt better.
Xristina: Being a woman, I have always felt comfortable. With that said, it is my personal feeling that with being a woman, you are always relearning your body. Within the show, I have disclosed undergoing gender-confirming surgery, and let me tell you, that has been an exploration of its own. Ladies, y'all know what I mean. Our bodies are so extraordinary. That's what I love about our show Transcendent: it transcends with transparency. Not only do we grow as individuals empowering one another, but we are making ourselves vulnerable to help create an impact within our communities and for those who are non-trans to get an understanding of what is like to be transgender. Additionally, I'd like to include [that] we are not a representation of all transgender people. What I hope is that viewers who are watching our show will become more informative and understanding of what is like to be trans.
SK: Getting hormones seems to be very difficult, as discussed on the show. What needs to change for this to become less of a challenge?
Xristina: That's where all these trans-related shows come in. Our show, like many others, will create awareness. I feel awareness is something needed to see the difficulties plaguing our community. I'd like to see better health care for transgender communities as well as providers being better informed about what our needs versus our sexual reproductive organs are. That's where I feel transgender sensitivity plays a crucial part in having awareness.
LA: I think simply awareness. People need to know that we trans women exist and we are no different than any other person. It just upsets me that most define us by what is between our legs. Why can't we just love our lives as women or simply as a human being?
Bambiana: I think we will soon see more resources and better access to health services for the trans community. To me, 2015 is with no question the year that our community began to have recognition and inclusion.
Bionka: I believe that things are ever-changing, and with the change in health care, I believe that medical professionals need to brought up to speed on current transgender issues and how to treat and deal with transgender individuals to better service them when they come to them for help with transitioning.
Nya: I think that medical professionals should really be more educated and sensitive to trans issues first and foremost. Not saying that there aren't existing practices that are, but I think it definitely needs to be nationwide. We are out there and we deserve the same rights and medical attention that everyone else has.
SK: In the premiere, you're in the beginning of your transition. What's one valuable lesson you learned from each of the women on the show?
LA: One valuable lesson is just again, be yourself and don't let society or anybody define who you are. Own who you are. Do not compare yourself to anybody else because you are unique and you are you and nobody else!
SK: What would you say are some things women say in the beginning of their transitions that they need to stop joking about (i.e. terms/language they use)?
LA: Women in the beginning of their transition need to stop referring to themselves as "he" or a gay boy. I used to do that myself, and I realized that if I say that to others, they will think it is OK for them to refer to you as such. We are women. Done!
SK: What's one thing you admire about each of the women on the show?
Bionka: I admire everyone's courage. We didn't have to go on national television to share our stories, but we did and for that I admire them.
LA: This goes to all the women: bravery, confidence and the intelligence they possess. It is not easy to live your life as a trans woman. You need to be strong and thick-skinned. Negativity for me just goes in one ear and out the other and I keep smiling. The show must go on.
Bambiana: Nya is always politically correct, fair and understanding. She is our manager and no one could do the job better than her. Bionka is a free spirit and a fearlessly strong woman. Her shows are always the one[s] I enjoy most watching. Xristina is flat-out drop-dead beautiful with a crazy, fun, goofy personality. I'm always laughing around her! LA, everyone loves LA; there is not one evil bone in her. She is always kind to everyone, but I also see her strength. I'm super proud of her.
Nya: LA: her innocence. Xristina: her heart. Bambiana: her boldness. Bionka: her confidence.
Xristina: I feel our show celebrates human diversity. We are all so different, yet share many similarities.
SK: What are your thoughts on how Caitlyn Jenner is handling her transition on her show and in the spotlight?
Bambiana: I admire Caitlyn Jenner for her transition in the spotlight. Transitioning is not an easy thing. I most love her for bringing awareness to the trans community; I am happy and proud of Caitlyn.
Bionka: I believe Cait is handling her transition the best way she can. She is just like the rest of her trans sisters. It's just she was able to help with making the trans community more visible, and I thank her for sharing her beautiful story.
Nya: I think she is doing the best that she can. I couldn't even imagine the pressure she endures while being under the microscope. Transitioning is such a delicate and personal journey, but I think she is doing it with grace and poise. It's definitely an inspiration.
Xristina: First off, I'd like to thank you for saying "how Caitlyn Jenner is handling her transition." That is such an important topic since everyone's transition is so different. To answer your question, I am impressed! She has been an iconic figure for most men and now an inspiration for a lot of women. It takes some ovaries to stand up in front of millions — and I mean millions — and announce, "I am Cait." I think she's courageous, and I respect her not only for that but also for finally living her true self. Since then, she's joined in our conversation of being trans by sharing her own personal story and living her authentic self. Now I hope all those people who are interested in Caitlyn would want to know more about their transgender family, friends and people they work with who are trans, and are either exploring being trans or who are trans themselves.
More: Why we need to stop reporting on Caitlyn Jenner in such a sexist way
SK: Who are some people in the LGBTQ world you admire and why? Who deserves more recognition?
LA: I admire everybody: Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Caitlyn Jenner. Regardless of who they are, they all fight for the same cause and empower not only trans women, but inspire everybody. I think every trans woman, famous or not, should be admired and respected. We all need to be treated the same way. We are one and the same.
Bambiana: Laverne Cox and Janet Mock! I think these two couldn't be doing a better job.
Bionka: People I look up to in the trans community: Amber Lynn Gray, an activist/leader in San Francisco and has helped me along my journey; Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, executive director of [the] transgender justice project SF; Sharyn Grayson, my mentor [and] leader in transgender advocacy; all black transgender women that have helped raise me in SF and Oakland and [were] role models for me as a black trans woman.
Nya: Laverne Cox, Janet Mock, Geena Rocero, Carmen Carrera, Ellen DeGeneres, Chaz Bono, Ellen Page and many more. There are so many people that inspire me every day and for different reasons. One Lady of AsiaSF, Tita Aida, who is also featured on Transcendent, has been a trailblazer in San Francisco's LGBTQ community for many years. She is an activist for HIV/AIDS awareness and trans rights. She is one of the leaders at the Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center and an organizer of the annual Trans March in San Francisco. She has been a mentor and mother figure to me for many years and inspires me to be a better person.
Xristina: My respect goes out to all those who find the courage to stand up for what they believe. In #BecomingWhoYouAre I respect your courage, I understand your struggle, but most of all I admire your strength. For that, I not only admire the visible public figures such as Laverne Cox, Jazz Jennings, Caitlyn Jenner and Janet Mock, but everyone else who has been able to stand up for themselves in becoming who they are.
More: Laverne Cox and seven others who are destroying our outdated stereotypes
SK: What else can we look forward to seeing later in the season?
LA: As the baby in the group… stay tuned!
Bionka: Transcendent is full of excitement and shares all of our experiences over eight weeks. We have family issues, love interests, love lost and a working girls environment. Did I mention we're all beautiful and work in entertainment? Who wouldn't want to watch?
Nya: It's a secret! Shhhhh! You'll have to stay tuned in to Fuse on Wednesdays!
Xristina: In Transcendent, we are opening our lives for the first time. You will get to see the diversity between us. We are all so diverse. Our show will give you an authentic look into our everyday lives as well as the emotional and mental struggles we face, [in] addition to our relationships in and out of the restaurant known as AsiaSF. You will [see] our relationships with our friends, family and loved ones. So grab your friends, family members and loved ones, because I promise you this show is like no other.
Don't miss the premiere of Transcendent tonight, Sept. 30, at 11:30/10:30c on Fuse.


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July 17th, 2016
Last week's small but perfectly pleasant "Finding Dory" premiere gave a Sunday premieres everywhere a good name, so when another one was scheduled exactly one week later I felt I knew what needed to be done. Also : Steven Spielberg would be attending. Which is enough to get me out of bed at 5:30am on a Sunday when so little else can.
Here's how it went down:
Then, suddenly, after about 2hrs of waiting, it became very clear that the carpet leading to the Empire Cinema was only for people watching the film, and the stars would all be going to the Odeon diagonally across from us half a galaxy away. And, sure if you're an easygoing zen-type person, this (like much else) is no big problem in the cosmic scheme of things. But if you, however lamentably, define your non-working life by premieres (and as the owner of the domain 'premieres.co' it's going to be tricky for me to claim otherwise), this was about as devastating as it gets. More so because we were the first ones to queue and were were TOLD where to stand!
What to do?
This does not make me feel much better. However, amazingly, an entire empty pen was 'discovered' somehow, and everyone with a green wristband ran, pushed, and gave agitated prayers and offerings to the dark lord to GET INTO THAT PEN.
So... that was that. It was a long, hot wait for a brief series of flurries of excitement. Worth it? To photograph Steven Spielbeg? Uh... yeah.
And it's another entry into The Archve of Movie premieres, too. Until next time!
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Why Does My Phone Have a Camera? — Sgt. Tony Ludlow, blog post for 3/31/2016
If a 15 year old boy takes a cell phone photo of his junk (why one would take a picture of their privates is beyond me!) he can be arrested for having child porn on his phone. The law is slow to catch up with technology.
In fact, the history of technology outpacing man's ability to adapt to it successfully, is full of mankind's slow response to it. Humans always develop new technologies faster than we can understand them and seamlessly, or usefully absorb them and put them to their maximum use. Weapons and war are full of such examples. Cell phone technology, privacy, and the law are hot button topics. Should Apple help the FBI break into one of their iPhones?
Our "slow to respond" reflex is also true of the Internet. Even though we've had it for years, it still feels like the wild wild west. We don't see the same kind of civility on the Internet that we show in face to face conversations and it must be a treasure trove for every sociologist looking to expand their research. Our sense of propriety hasn't kept pace with the technology. If anything the internet has degraded it, corrupted it, poisoned it, practically eliminated it.
In no other time in history has there ever been an opportunity for so many to have access to so many. Anyone with a computer and an internet connection can broadcast to the world. Literally. And with that access, with everyone having a megaphone, the yelling and lack of propriety have become common place. Everyone wants to argue and confront one another. Everyone is right. And unfortunately, you don't have to pass an intelligence exam or an etiquette quiz to own a computer and internet hookup.
There's an instructive cartoon that shows a stick figure—we'll call him Bob—sitting at a computer screen and the caption goes something like this: "Here's Bob. Bob sees something on the Internet he doesn't like. Bob ignores it and moves on with his life. Bob is smart. Be like Bob."
I like it. But it's a little too simplistic and narrow. Sometimes things posted need to be confronted and corrected. Errors in information, misinformation that could be detrimental to someone's health and safety, hate speech, racism, bigotry, lies … evil. Those things should never go unopposed. But generally speaking, Bob is right!
Differences in genuine political orientation, religion, personal preferences, and opinion aren't the things you confront on Facebook. You let that stuff go. For example, my friend likes jazz but I think jazz is noise, and he shares a jazz song on Facebook, I either "Like" it or I move on. I don't comment under that song that jazz sucks. Why in the world would I do that? Recently, Ashley and I saw the new Batman/Superman movie and I posted on Facebook that we liked it. Almost immediately some guy commented, telling me I was wrong, that it was the worst thing he'd ever seen, and that Ben Affleck was a horrible Batman. What??? Seriously, Dude? It's just an opinion about a movie. It's like criticizing someone for not liking chocolate ice cream.
A lot of people confuse facts with opinion and vice versa. A few months ago when the controversy surrounding the Confederate flag was at its zenith, I shared some direct quotes from the actual Confederate States Articles of Secession that clearly spells out in plain and unambiguous language that protecting the institution of slavery was at the heart of secession and the formulation of the Confederacy. As a history teacher, I thought history would help in the conversation. It didn't. I was told by a guy I barely know—and had actually forgotten that he and I were even Facebook friends—that I was wrong and that what I shared was only my "opinion." No, brother, those are the facts, written by the people themselves in the early 1860s. Facts are pesky things. They aren't opinion.
If a friend of mine posts something on social media that I think might be in error or something that might be wrong and might need correction or alteration, I'll send him a private message if I think it's that important. (The Marine Corps is big on public praise and private correction. So am I.) "Hey, Bob, you posted something on Facebook about eating raw eggs, can you tell me more about that? Can you tell me how you came to this way of thinking?" I might write that in a private message or email. (Stephen Covey's: "Seek first to understand, then to be understood.") I've done this a couple of times, rather than post on Bob's timeline: "Hey, Bob, eating raw eggs is wackadoodle stupid thinking, man! You ain't Rocky! You're gonna make yourself sick!" That's disrespectful to Bob … and probably none of my business! Now, if I genuinely want to understand the whole eating raw eggs thing, I'll send Bob that private message and ask him about it.
But I see it every day. Rude, cruel, disrespectful, unsolicited criticism and negative commentary written for the world to see, some of it coming from complete strangers cowering behind the safety of a keyboard hundreds of miles away, some distant friend of a friend of a friend, saying unnecessary things they think will have no consequence, no repercussion. It's reprehensible and cowardly, at best. And damaging and hurtful to others at worse.
Unfortunately it's not always strangers miles away. Sometimes it's a former co-worker, a distant relative, or even some long ago friend or classmate. But what they all have in common is that their unwanted commentary is also unsolicited.
Here's an analogy for social media that I think is worthy of consideration. Imagine that Facebook is like a nice restaurant. The people at my table (my friends) are the people I'm going to share with and with whom I'm going to interact. If I overhear a conversation in the booth behind me that I don't agree with, I won't interject myself into their conversation, even if one of my friends at my table knows someone at that other table (friends of my friends). I don't correct those people at that other table, I don't make fun of them, I don't chastise them, I don't even engage them. Nor do they come over to my table and do those things. Their conversation is none of my business, even if I overhear them say things I don't agree with. If they all think jazz is great and all of them are eating raw eggs, that's none of my business.
What if we see people in the booth next to us start eating without saying a prayer first, would it be okay to interrupt them and tell them how wrong they were for not praying before they eat, that they're eating unsanctified food? If my Facebook friend, whom I know to hold theological views different from mine, posts some religious belief that I disagree with, it's not okay for me to post a comment expressing my objections, or my disappointment, or my alternative beliefs. That's none of my business.
Or try this example. Imagine that you've got a political sign in your front yard indicating your support for a certain politician. Now imagine people knocking on your door at all hours of the day and night, shouting at you, or telling you how wrong you are. Perfect strangers showing up on your front door to tell you that you're not a patriot. Or others driving by your house honking their horns and yelling their objections to your support of that candidate.
The online world may seem artificial, but the damage that can be done to relationships in the real world isn't. Those are quite real.
So here are my rules for Internet etiquette, with particular application to Facebook.
Should I Make a Comment, Or Move On?
1. Were you asked for your opinion or commentary? If "NO," move on.
2. Were you tagged in the post? If "NO," move on.
3. Were you mentioned by name in the post? If "NO," move on.
4. Will your life be negatively impacted if you don't say something? If "NO," move on.
5. Can you "Like" that post and write something positive and helpful? If "NO," move on.
6. Have you had interaction with this person in the past few months? If "NO," move on.
7. Are you an expert in the subject that's being discussed? If "NO," move on.
8. Is the thing you're going to write something you'd say to this person face to face? If "NO," move on.
9. Is the thing you're going to write true, respectful, useful, encouraging? If "NO," move on.
10. Would you welcome that person writing the same thing on your wall, timeline, post, etc.? If "NO," move on.
Here's another tip: if you've not interacted with a person on Facebook when they celebrated a birthday, or when they experienced the death of a loved one or beloved pet, or when they got a promotion, or took that long awaited vacation, or got into the college of their dreams, or started raising chickens, or bought an old classic car, or ran a race they'd trained for, or had a new baby, etc., etc., then don't blindside them with some negative or confrontational comment that will literally come out of left field from their perspective. This has happened to me more times than I can remember. Some person I had completely forgotten was a Facebook friend comes out of the woodwork to tell me that I'm wrong about my love of Captain Crunch.
Common courtesy, like common sense, isn't that common. And if someone treats you online in a way they wouldn't treat you in person, it's probably a safe bet they don't deserve to be on your list of online "friends" anyhow.
I draw a distinction between respectful discussion when discussion has been requested. The other day I posted a question about barefoot running and asked for those who run barefoot, or have tried barefoot running, to discuss the topic and give me their thoughts. And for the most part, that's who commented. The discussion was interesting and insightful.
I hope this list goes viral. I hope you'll share the heck out of it. And if it can keep at least one ill-written post from being shared and one relationship from being irreparably damaged by it, then it would be worth it!
Treat others as you want to be treated. Build one another up. Encourage one another. And if you can't, remember what Mom said, "If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all." And I like what the New Testament says: "And be ye kind, one to another, tenderhearted …" Ephesians 4:32 (KJV)
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by Gunnery Sergeant Ashley Holloway, Registered Dietitian, LDN
(A Registered Dietitian has a BS in Food Science, followed by a one year internship through an accredited university, and then with the recommendation of the internship program's supervisor, a national examination is required. After that, an RD must have continuing education units annually in order to remain active and registered. An RD is an expert, not a hobbyist or a "food enthusiast.")
The Health Benefits of Oatmeal
1.Boosts Energy- Oatmeal has a good number of carbohydrates, and your body needs carbs to keep its energy levels up. That's where oatmeal can come in handy. Low fat and relatively low calorie, a single bowl of oatmeal can help to boost your energy levels (very important in the morning) while not loading your body with fat. Pair a small bowl of oatmeal topped with chopped up fresh fruit and nuts with a glass of milk to give your muscles the tools necessary to rebuild while giving your muscles a head start on post-workout muscle recovery.
2. Prevents Diabetes- Oatmeal has a low glycemic index which is beneficial when it comes to reducing the risk of diabetes. A low glycemic index helps the stomach empty its contents slowly, which has a positive effect on our insulin sensitivity. Oatmeal also contains fiber which slows down how quickly the carbohydrates effect blood sugar levels.
3. Helps with Weight Loss- Oatmeal helps decrease your appetite because it is full of soluble fiber. Soluble fiber dissolves in water, which delays the emptying of your stomach, keeping you full for longer periods of time. This is very beneficial if you are trying to eat less. Also, cholecystokinin, a hunger-fighting hormone, is increased with the oatmeal compound beta-glucan. A 2009 study published in the journal Molecular Nutrition and Food Research found satiety increased as a result of eating foods that contain beta-glucan, like oatmeal.
4. Fights Colon Cancer- Oatmeal is full of both soluble and insoluble fiber, and a high-fiber diet can be beneficial when it comes to reducing the risk of colorectal cancer. Insoluble fiber has a laxative effect and adds bulk to the stool, which prevents constipation.This fiber attracts water and passes through the digestive tract easily, speeding the passage of food and waste. And according to the American Cancer Association, insoluble fiber helps the body to fight against bile acids, and their toxicity, which helps to lower the risks of cancer and helps to promote good colon health. A 2011 study published in the British Medical Journal found that total fiber intake, was strongly associated with a reduction in colon cancer. For every 10 grams of fiber consumed there was a 10 percent decreased risk in colon cancer. The more fiber people ate, the more risk reduction was found.
5. Boosts Heart Health- Oatmeal's soluble fiber helps with heart health. The soluble fiber helps to reduce the amount of bad cholesterol in the blood stream. The way this works is the soluble fiber sort of gathers the bad cholesterol to itself while traveling through the body, then takes the bad cholesterol with it as it leaves your body. Oatmeal also contains both calcium and potassium, which are known to reduce blood pressure numbers. A 1999 study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found whole grain consumption, because of it's soluble fiber, was associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease.
Happily, lazily, carelessly fitness is lost and weight is gained.
The realization that fitness has slipped away isn't as apparent as weight gain, though.
The tight jeans and snug shirts and jackets, on the other hand, shout: "hey there, fatty." And remember, 80% of your weight loss and gain has nothing to do with exercise. It's about the calories. Calories. Calories. Calories.
The loss of fitness is discovered in more subtle ways, though. Getting winded at the top of the stairs, straining to lift the big bag of dog food, wishing you'd checked that luggage instead of carrying it through the airport … those are announcements that you've lost strength and stamina.
The numbers at the doctor's office confirm that your weight gain and your lost fitness are putting you at a growing risk of illness, heart disease, and other health related maladies. Memphis is the fattest city in the country because of those things.
More women die of heart related illness than from all cancers combined. Help a friend get healthy and fit. And if that person who needs to get healthy and fit is you, GET BUSY!
Live your life as fit and as healthy as you can!
"How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When will you get up from your sleep?
A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man." ~ Proverbs 6: 9-11
What you get out of the workouts is determined by you.
How much do you work? How much effort you put into trying to do all of the repetitions with proper form and how much weight you're using will determine what you get out of each workout.
It's time for you to go up in weights … that's what I'm thinking!
Be ye kind, one to another.
Yours in good health,
Sgt. Tony
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1: C.O.T.S is a homeless shelter that helps men, women and children of all ages. This organization has three locations in the Fox Valley. | "Ending homelessness in the Fox Valley"
2: Provides individuals with support for the areas of concern in their lives such as criminal activity or substance abuse. C.O.T.S provides a healthy living environment for individuals to get back on their feet.
5: This organization targets the homeless of the Fox Valley. They also strongly encourage people of the community to donate money or goods or to volunteer their time to help those in need.
6: C.O.T.S is a non-profit organization but residents are expected to help with the cost by paying $340 dollars each month. This money is used for food and services to help them get their lives back on track. The program keeps control of it's costs low by receiving donations and the help of volunteers.
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CORPORATE LAWYERS AND YOUR BUSINESS SUCCESS19Oct
How commercial lawyers can contribute to a business
Owners and managers that have operated in the corporate industry for a number of years are no doubt aware the value that a commercial lawyer can bring to a growing company. All too often, lawyers are considered to be a last resort in cases where some kind of legal matter or problem has presented itself; the business may have been sued or be going through restructure for example.
However, it is a well known and pro-active business strategy to establish a relationship with a good quality commercial lawyer who will be a real asset to a company and add value to your business transactions and planning, particularly in the initial stages of the business or when those complex transactions or disputes arise. When companies are starting out, there are often a myriad of things that need to be dealt with in order for the business to find its feet; from staffing to marketing. Legal matters may not always be at the top of the list of priorities for those running the business,however, taking preventative measures with a commercial lawyer can go a long way in assisting in the business being protected and processes running smoother into the future. We have set out a number of the ways that a commercial lawyer would contribute to providing your business with solid foundations for business growth and a legally healthy wellbeing.
Employee contracts
For many businesses the owners and managers view organising employee contracts as a fairly standard process that doesn't necessarily require any special knowledge. However, in some industries, complex agreements and stipulations can be applicable and very important – the construction industry is a common example. Contracts will often be required that protect the companies' interests and resourcing requirements in the case that the employee decide to leave. Technology companies may need to protect their interests as far as trade secrets and knowledge about developments and products. In these kinds of cases, the assistance of a commercial lawyer is imperative, to ensure the contract deals with the various legal and commercial issues including the provision for any restrictive covenants or confidentiality agreements, for example.
Intellectual Property
Commercial lawyers can organise the paperwork to ensure that a business's intangible assets are protected via trademarking, copyrighting and patenting. This can include anything from the names, branding and logos, as well as designs or even ideas, which can cover anything from an idea about how to build machinery, plant or equipment to building certain software or even inventions. Given that such things may be the basis for the starting of a business, protecting the related entitlements and interests legally is very important indeed and can prevent the loss of IP to another company as well as any costly re-branding that may occur if a business fails to secure a business name, logo etc at the outset.
Structuring advice
The way in which a start-up is structured – whether as a partnership, company, trust, etc. – can have a large bearing on how assets are used and divided, which can effect overall profitability and determine how secure it is financially. Part of the role of a commercial lawyer is to determine the most beneficial means of structuring the enterprise with respect to the number and value of assets, the parties involved and various other factors. It is of upmost importance to speak to a commercial lawyer when determining the best way to go and planning, particularly when the business starts to expand and grow. Understanding not only what you are trying to achieve in the start up phase but also anticipating requirements down the track is a all a part of developing the best overall structure for your business and of course a focus on tax minimisation is always at the forefront of Usher Levi's corporate team when advising clients.
Exit strategies
Frequently startups are structured in such a way that two or more partners contribute to the investment, with the expectation that things will run smoothly into the future.
In the initial stages, often it is the case that little thought is given to how things will work out if there is some disagreement and things don't work out. Commercial lawyers can help protect the interests of all parties by planning for such events and ensuring that if certain parties are inclined to leave, the process will be as straightforward and painless as it can be and, if possible,the business can continue without financial burden.
There is a long list of ways a commercial lawyer can positively impact and add value to a business, at just about every stage of the business' life. Working with quality commercial lawyers is an important part of managing a successful business in just about every industry. Usher Levi has extensive experience in the Corporate sector and can assist you in developing strategies to maximize your profits and seek the right legal advice proactively to avoid costly restructures or claims down the line.
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Directors Beware- Criminal Liability May Arise for Breaches by the Company01Mar
Directors Beware: Criminal Liability May Arise From Breaches By The Company
The decision in ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) v Davies [2015] FCA 1017, shows that directors may open themselves to personal criminal liability for any breaches that may have been committed by the company. The judgment of Reeves J in the Federal Court of Australia is also an important reminder to directors that their actions may result in gaol time for any failure to comply with a statutory notice.
The facts
Robert Paul Davies was the sole director and shareholder of Natural Food Vending Pty Ltd (NFV). The ACCC alleged that Mr Davies had committed an offence under s 155(5)(a) of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) (the TPA) by aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring NFV's failure to comply with a notice issued to the company under s 155(1) of the TPA (the notice).
Notice was served to NFV at its registered office on 10 November 2010, and Mr Davies was personally served with the same notice the following day at his place of residence. The notice required NFV to provide certain information and documents relating to a number of claims made by NFV in relation to its business. The company failed to comply with the notice requirements when it did not provide the required information to the ACCC by 2pm on 1 December 2010.
There was no dispute that NFV had failed to comply with the notice by the stated deadline that was contrary to s 155(5)(a) of the TPA.
A charge was made against Mr Davies stating that NFV had committed an offence against s 155(5)(a) of the TPA by failing to comply with the notice issued under s 155(1) of the TPA. Therefore, the ACCC claimed that Mr Davies had "aided, abetted, counselled or procured the commission" of NFV's offence, and as a consequence, under s 11.2(1) of the Criminal Code 1995 (Cth) (the Code), Mr Davies was deemed to have committed an offence against s 155 of the TPA.
The ACCC in support of the charge stated that Mr Davies was served notice at both the registered office of NFV, and also personally at his residential address.
On 30 November 2010, Mr Davies met with Peter Ngan signing documents appointing Mr Ngan as liquidator of NFV which took effect on 1 December 2010. Mr Davies failed to inform Mr Ngan of the s 155(1) notice or the interest of the ACCC in NFV, and as a result, the company missed its notice deadline and was therefore in breach of s 155 of the TPA.
The Court outlined three elements that the ACCC had to prove beyond reasonable doubt, which were (at 35):
(a) NFV committed an offence against s 155(5)(a) of the TPA by failing to comply with the notice under s 155(1) of the TPA: as per s 11.2(2)(b) of the Code;
(b) Mr Davies in fact aided, abetted, counselled or procured the commission of that offence by the NFV: as per s 11.2(2)(a) of the Code; and
(c) Mr Davies intended that his conduct would aid, abet, counsel or procure the commission of the offence by NFV: as per s 11.2(3)(a) of the Code.
Focusing specifically on the failure to comply with the notice by the designated deadline, Reeves J found that NFV had committed an offence against s 155(5) of the TPA by failing to provide notice by the deadline. Section 11.2 of the Code states that a person is guilty of the relevant offence if:
(1) A person who aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission of an offence by another person is taken to have committed that offence and is punishable accordingly.
(2) For the person to be guilty:
(a) the person's conduct must have in fact aided, abetted, counselled or procured the commission of the offence by the other person; and
(b) the offence must have been committed by the other person.
(3) For the person to be guilty, the person must have intended that:
(a) his or her conduct would aid, abet, counsel or procure the commission of any offence (including its fault elements) of the type the other person committed; or
(b) his or her conduct would aid, abet, counsel or procure the commission of an offence and have been reckless about the commission of the offence (including its fault elements) that the other person in fact committed.
(3A) Subsection (3) has effect subject to subsection (6).
Ultimately, Reeves J found that by the omission of not complying with the notice, Mr Davies had aided and abetted, counseled or procured the offence by NFV and based on his conduct, had demonstrated the intention to do so. There was no evidence to show that Mr Davies had taken any action to comply with the notice, but rather, Mr Davies was willing to pay Mr Ngan a significant amount of money to ensure that the (at 47) "problem would pretty much go away as far as the ACCC investigation goes", and instructing Mr Ngan to liquidate the company.
Concluding remarks
The case is illustrative that a person may find they are criminally liable if they are judged to have aided in an offence, and failing to comply with statutory notice.
This article or the information contained therein does not purport to provide a full explanation of the law, give advice or any guidance to anyone in connection with corporate law, director's duties at law or otherwise or any other issue and this article is not to be used by anyone to support their legal position or otherwise. For clarification purposes and further to the above this article does not purport to be advice in any regard. This firm cannot take responsibility for any action readers take based on this information. We would be happy to assist you with any corporate, commercial, construction and engineering, building, property, real estate, development or related legal issues you may have, please get in touch via firstname.lastname@example.com or telephone our Brisbane office on (07) 3087 3463, Sydney office on (02) 9293 2546 or Sunshine Coast office on (07) 5413 9270 and one of our experienced lawyers will respond to you.
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A Note to Corporations- Be Aware of the Indemnities Granted to Officers01Feb
A "note" to corporations: Be aware of the indemnities granted to officers
In Note Printing Australia Ltd v Leckenby [2015] VSCA 105, the Victorian Court of Appeal upheld the decision made in Leckenby v Note Printing Australia Ltd [2014] VSC 538 requiring a company to indemnify its former Chief Executive Officer, John Leckenby, from the legal costs and expenses incurred in defending criminal proceedings made against him. The Victorian Court of Appeal decision provides some comfort to directors who are seeking some form of indemnification or financial assistance when awaiting the outcome of litigation.Leave a comment
Digital Communication and the Formation of Contracts11Jan
Digital Communication and the Formation of Contracts
In the digital world we now live in it is prudent to give due consideration to the numerous emails that are sent everyday; could you be unwittingly entering into a binding contract?Leave a comment
Corporate Directors & the Mariner Decision05Nov
Company directors may take heart from Mariner decision
Justice Beach in Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) v Mariner Corporation Ltd [2015] FCA 589 had to consider questions relating to the statutory business judgment rule as outlined in s 180(2) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (the Act), and some light was shed as to how the courts may approach questions of whether directors have breached the duty of care and diligence as stated in s 180(1) of the Act. What is of particular interest in relation to the decision of Beach J, was the emphasis on a more business friendly approach in his Honour's decision which is worth noting for company directors.Leave a comment
Directors' Duties: Traversing the corporate landscape of the bona fide and proper purposes rules in Bell02May
The Western Australian Supreme Court of Appeal decision in Westpac Banking Corporation v Bell Group Ltd (in liq) [No 3] [2012] WASCA 157 shone a spotlight on the issue of the fiduciary duties owed by directors to act in the bona fide interests of the company, and for proper purposes. Although Bell was settled before the High Court was able to determine whether the bona fide and proper purposes rules formed part of the fiduciary duties for directors, a closer look at how the rules fits within corporate law is worth further exploration.Leave a comment
Residential property acquired for commercial purposes: How influential is the Australian Consumer Law?02May
In Carter v Delgrove Holdings Pty Ltd [2013] FCCA 783, the Federal Circuit Court had to determine whether the respondent engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct under s 18 of the Australian Consumer Law (the ACL) by first submitting the successful bid for a residential property in auction, then refusing to proceed to settlement.Leave a comment


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|Normal range of serum highly-sensitive troponin-T in patients with chronic kidney disease stage 3-5.
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|PMID: 22574541 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process
|BACKGROUND: Serum troponin-T concentrations are commonly increased in chronic kidney disease (CKD) without acute coronary syndrome. Highly-sensitive troponin-T the new tool that helpful for diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome, provides few data about normal value in patients with chronic kidney disease.
MATERIAL AND METHOD: The authors studied 89 patients with CKD stage 3-5: 40 had CKD stage 3, 26 had CKD stage 4 and 23 had CKD stage 5. Serum samples were collected for the analysis of highly-sensitive troponin-T levels. The values of highly-sensitive troponin-T of the total group and each CKD stage were presented.
RESULTS: The level of highly-sensitive troponin-T in patients with CKD stage 3-5 was 0.044 +/- 0.076 ng/ml. For CKD stages 3, 4 and 5 levels were 0.015 +/- 0.016, 0.043 +/- 0.056, 0.098 +/- 0.121 ng/ml, respectively. 95th percentile of the total group was 0.139 ng/ml. 95th percentile for stage 3, 4 and 5 were 0.052, 0.136, 0.297 ng/ml, respectively.
CONCLUSION: 95th percentile for highly-sensitive troponin-T of patients with CKD stage 3-5 was 0.139 ng/ml. This number may be considered as the cut-off value for diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction.
|Thunnop Chotivanawan; Rungroj Krittayaphong
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|Title: Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet Volume: 95 Suppl 2 ISSN: 0125-2208 ISO Abbreviation: J Med Assoc Thai Publication Date: 2012 Feb
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Couldn´t help myself. I had to try to make a few christmas items in the Brocante Style. It can be dressed up and down according to how much christmas-like you want it ;-0)
I made the top star in shabby white and silver glitter too..and the boxes for the candle sticks will get different christmas labels. I´ll have to make a box for the top star as well..
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Looks like Jebus didn't help him, OR he helped himself regardless of Jebus. Take your pick. The remark that Phillips "didn't know the woman in a biblical way" most likely means that when they got together it wasn't for bible study.
Reading this bullshit reminded me of LDS families and how they have "family and schooling" put together in close parallel to this. People either want to have sex a lot, or they want to make sure there's more than 27 people in heaven. Home schooling helps keep this alive.
Lastly I'm reminded of a Cameron movie (hearing his name here) in which there is war in the middle east and Israel cannot be defeated because some unknown force (god) is knocking the enemy planes out of the sky. Give us a break, please.
These people actually believe this crap and it's very scarey! Home schooling should not even be permitted because it's all about religion and nobody is qualified.
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Entercom Acquires Lincoln Financial Media
The Entercom/Lincoln Financial Media deal has been filed with the FCC.
To comply with market cap limits in Denver, Sports "104.3 The Fan" KKFN Longmont will be placed in the Pikes Peak Trust run by Elliot Evers for divestiture to a third party. The remainder of the Lincoln Financial Media stations will begin to be operated by Entercom via Time Brokerage Agreement on January 15 or two days after DOJ approval of the deal, whichever is the latter of the two. During the TBA and until the actual sales close, Entercom agrees to not change any formats on the to-be-acquired stations.
The $105 million purchase price will consist of a $77 million cash payment to Lincoln Financial, with the remainder consisting of Entercom stock grants to Lincoln.
Original Report 12/8: Entercom Communications has purchased Lincoln Financial Media's fifteen stations for $105 million.
The properties included are:
Atlanta – Hot AC "Star 94" WSTR and Sports "ESPN 790 The Zone" WQXI
Denver – Country 98.5 KYGO, Comedy "Comedy 103.1" K276FK, Sports "104.3 The Fan" KKFN, Rhythmic CHR "KS 107.5", Oldies "Cruisin 950" KRWZ, and Sports "1600 The Zone" KEPN
Miami – AC "101.5 Lite-FM" WLYF, Classic Hits "Magic 102.7" WMXJ, and Sports "104.3 The Ticket" 790 WAXY/104.3 WAXY-FM
San Diego – Alternative "FM 94.9" KBZT, Country 97.3 KSON/92.1 KSOQ, and Soft AC "Easy 98.1" KIFM
With Entercom already owning three FM's and one AM in Denver, the company intends to divest one FM to stay under ownership limits. The company will begin operating the Lincoln stations under a Time Brokerage Agreement in late January following Justice Department approval of the deal.
Entercom Communications Corp. ("Entercom" or the "Company") (NYSE: ETM) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Lincoln Financial Media ("LFM") from Lincoln Financial Group ("Lincoln") (NYSE: LNC) for $105 million plus working capital. The transaction is subject to FCC and other customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions. The Company expects that the deal will close in the second quarter of 2015.
The agreement includes fifteen radio stations in the Atlanta, Denver, Miami and San Diego markets, and it will expand Entercom's station portfolio to more than 130 stations in 26 markets.
Commenting on the agreement, Entercom President and CEO David J. Field stated: "We are excited to announce the acquisition of Lincoln Financial Media and welcome the addition of their outstanding brands and talented broadcasters to Entercom. LFM is a great organization that has done an excellent job serving its listeners, customers and communities over many years and we look forward to building on that tradition. LFM is a perfect fit for us as it bolsters our position in Denver and expands our footprint into Atlanta, Miami and San Diego with terrific brands that have significant growth potential.
Furthermore, it fulfills our disciplined acquisition criteria as it enhances our company's competitive position and growth and should be accretive to shareholders in 2015 while having a minimal impact on leverage."
"We are pleased to reach an agreement with Entercom Communications to sell Lincoln Financial Media," added Dennis R. Glass, president and CEO of Lincoln Financial Group. "Not only will this transaction allow Lincoln Financial Media to align itself with a well-respected media organization, but it also enables Lincoln Financial Group to focus on its strategy to grow its core lines of business."
The transaction is structured as an acquisition of the stock of LFM with a tax election that allows Entercom to receive a step-up in the tax basis of the station tangible and intangible assets providing additional future tax shields and enhancing future free cash flow. The $105 million purchase price will be paid in the form of $77.5 million in cash and $27.5 million in new perpetual cumulative convertible preferred stock that will be issued to Lincoln. Entercom expects to finance the cash portion of the purchase price through a combination of its existing $50 million revolver, cash on hand, and through other financing sources, if necessary.
The convertible preferred stock will not count as debt under the Company's debt agreements. With the use of convertible preferred stock and adjustments for pro forma cost savings reasonably expected, the transaction will have minimal impact on the Company's leverage as defined under its credit agreement.
Entercom anticipates that it will begin operating the LFM stations under a time brokerage agreement which is expected to commence in late January following the usual Justice Department regulatory review. In order to comply with the FCC's station ownership limitations, the Company plans to divest one FM station in the Denver market.


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Mamta wrote:You don't have to hunt down. The inner leaves and stalks that come with Sainsbury's or LIDL or other supermarket caulies are enough for 2 people.
Mamta wrote:Today, I have cooked a cauliflower and potato bhaji and a pickle style bhaji from its leaves and stalks. I have some matar maneer leftover from Saturday, so that will be dinner tonight. I cook vegetarian fod everyday, but don't always remember to take pictures!
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I also think lentils would be better than tofu. I haven't made it yet and will probably change my mind.liketocook wrote:Sounds interesting though I'm not a massive fan of tofu. I tend to make a veggie shepherdess pie with either green or brown lentils
Herbidacious wrote:our 'lasagne rolls' look nice, Sue. I take it you used the grateable mozzarella.
Herbidacious wrote:A gratin (?) of casarecce pasta with roasted butternut squash, garlic, onion, fresh sage, smoked paprika and xx cheddar and a bit of parmesan, with marscapone to bind it/in place of a bechamel.
EmWilk wrote:Kimchi bokkeumbap with extra cabbage and mushrooms topped with a fried egg... definitely a winner
Mamta wrote:I will definitely try adding other vegetables to my egg curry in the future.
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Reading List
Learn more about contemporary sensory practice and sensory research with our reading list
"A Cultural History of the Senses in the Modern Age, 1920-2000." London and New York: Bloomsbury, 2014 David Howes, ed.,
"A geography of time" Robert Levine
"Alien Abduction Hypnogogia" Clancy S and McNally R.
"Anthropologie et Sociétés" David Howes et Jean-Sébastien Marcoux, eds., La culture sensible, 30(3)numéro spécial, 2006
"Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell", Constance Classen, David Howes & Anthony Synnott,, London and New York: Routledge, 1994 ( translated into Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Greek)
"Art and synaesthesia: in search of the synesthetic experience" Heyrman. H. 2005
"Artistic and psychological experiments" Cretin
"Auditory pitch as a perceptual analogue to odor quality", Belkin et al. 1997
"Brain electrical activity and subjective experience during altered
"Cross-Cultural Consumption: Global Markets, Local Realities," David Howes, ed., London and New York: Routledge, 1996
"Cross-Cultural Jurisprudence/La jurisprudence transculturelle", 20(1) The Canadian Journal of Law and Society special issue, 2005 David Howes, ed.,
"Cross-modal integration between odors and abstract symbols" – Seo et al 2010
"Current perspectives and methods in studying neural mechanisms of multi-sensory interactions", Jane Klemen, Christopher D. Chambers 2012
"Deep Listening: A composer's sound practice" – Oliveros. P.
"Defining Synaesthesia" – Simner J 2012
"Empire of the Senses: The Sensual Culture Reader." Oxford and New York: Berg, 2004 David Howes, ed.,
"Evaluating Non-Speech Sound Visualizations for
"Flowers of evil" Baudelaire
"Follow your nose? Smell, Semlling, and their histories" Jenner. M
"Food quality and preference" – Crisnel & Spence 2012
"Hypnagogia: The nature of the hypnagogic experience" Mavromatis
"In the realm of the senses" Jay M
"Induced Cross-modal synaesthetic Experience without abnormal neuronal connections", Cohen Kadosh et a. 2009
"Microdream neurophenomenology" Nielson et al. 2017
"On Being Heard: A case for paying attention to the historical ear" Rosenfeld S
"Perception and Multimodality" O'Callaghan C 2008
"Sensory modalities are not separate modalities: plasticity and interactions", 2007 Shinsuke Shimojo* and Ladan Shams†
"Sleep Paralysis: phenomenology, neurophysiology and treatment" Elizaveta Solomonova1,2
"states of consciousness: ganzfeld and hypnagogic states" Jiˇr´ı Wackermann*, Peter Pu¨tz, Simone Bu¨chi, Inge Strauch, Dietrich Lehmann
"Synaesthesia and the Bauhaus" Carolina 2014
"Synaesthesia" Ward. J 2012
"The Cambridge Primary Review"
"The Deepest Sense: A Cultural History of Touch" (Studies in Sensory History Classen. C 2012
"The Digital Age and its implication for learning and teaching in the primary school" Burnett report 2016
"The Divine Optician" Riksin, J
"The Fall of public man" Sennett R.
"The inexhaustible wonder of life" Moholgnagy lecture
"The poetics of Space" – Gaston Bachelard
"The Porta of Touch" Harvey D.
"The Senses of Taste" (AHR Forum) Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson
"This is your brain on music, understanding a human obsession" Levitin, D.
"Translations of Material to Technology in Bauhaus Architecture" Mindrup
"Ways of Sensing: Understanding the Senses in Society." David Howes and Constance Classen, London: Routledge, 2014


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Interview: Vitor Fortunato, Canal Off & Surf Music - Top 50 Spotify Playlist Curator/
Vitor Fortunato is the curator for the Canal Off & Surf Music - Top 50 Spotify Playlist which has amassed over 23k followers and is focused on showcasing songs from a range of amazing artists including Zion I, Bootleg Rascal, ODESZA, Full Trunk, Teasley and Milky Chance. We connected with Vitor for this exclusive interview to get a better understanding of what initially inspired him to create his playlist, what he looks for in the songs that are selected, what he enjoys most about being a playlist curator and much more.
After reading our Q&A with Vitor, be sure to follow Canal Off & Surf Music - Top 50 on Instagram and stream the playlist below.
Tell us what inspired you to create the Canal Off & Surf Music - Top 50 Spotify playlist?
Let me start saying that since my childhood, I'm totally fanatic music listener. I'm super eclectic and I like all kinds of songs, from classical to pop, hip-hop, rock, deep house and trance. Good quality and production is a must, whatever the style. Another passion is surfing. I watch many surf TV channels and I always stay tuned for new tracks related to this atmosphere. Two of them inspired me the most to create this playlist. One of them is Brazilian, called Canal Off TV. And the other one is World Surf League online streaming. They both have tons of good music, all of them very related to surf, sports, relaxing and inspiring vibes, contemplation of nature and so on.
I started picking the best songs of these channels but then went further I started adding some indie tracks that I liked a lot had the same style. At this very beginning, I wasn't even thinking about being a curator, I was just having fun with my playlist. However, people started to follow it more and more.
This may be hard to answer, but who is your favorite artist/band and what is your favorite song of all time?
This is an impossible answer, actually, hahaha! It's also hard to define the style of my playlist. Well, I'm sorry but I'll have to choose 2. First one would be "Coastin - Zion I feat K. Flay". The second one, not less important though, would be "Sinking Sun (Acoustic Version) - Mt Warning". Check them out and you're going to notice they have completely different styles, this is why I had to choose two because the playlist is not about a specific genre but a feeling. They are brilliant on instrumentation and lyrics are supreme. Every time I listen to them, I get the motivation to get up and go. They're inspiring.
How do you know that a song is right to be added to your curated playlist? Is there something specific you look for in the music you feature?
It's a feeling. As I'm not stuck to a specific genre, I always look for cool tracks that will give me motivation, inspiration, relaxation. It's not about the specific Surf Music genre set by The Beach Boys and The Ventures, but actually, it's about a LIFESTYLE, in the same way surf is not only a sport but a way of living and enjoying life.
How can artists get in contact with you regarding the possible addition of their music to your playlists?
I'm partnered with SubmitHub and PlaylistPush at the moment. Just go there and look for the playlist. Also, feel free to contact firstname.lastname@example.com or check out our Instagram @surfplaylist.
Are you a surfer yourself? If so, what goes through your mind when you are riding a wave?
For sure! It's the greatest passion in my life. Actually, let me rephrase that because at the moment I've just moved to Berlin because I was hired by a company here as a GIS Analyst. So surf is on hold for a while. But I've surfed my whole life.
Surf is definitely more than just a sport. It starts in the middle of the week when you're checking the wave conditions for the weekend. Then, you have to wake up early to get better glassy waves and also avoid the crowd. Meanwhile driving your car to the surfing spot is the perfect moment to put on some music, inspiring, motivating tracks! This is the whole meaning of this playlist to put surfers (and other sportsmen too) in the mood to go!
Riding a wave is the best thing ever. First, the paddling. Then focusing on the drop. Then come the speed and refreshing sensation. No matter the surf level, every person will have extreme feelings at this moment. Connecting with nature is outstanding and something close to religion.
What makes a song "surf music"?
As I said, it's more about the feeling and not about being inside of the Surf Music genre. I always look for alternative tracks, inspiring beats, cool indie and old-fashioned elements, but at the same time, I have to understand that it is a modern track. Some tracks are going so old-fashioned that they don't have any modern element or sound effects. So basically they're just mocking the same old style. I like bands that are influenced by this old style but also mix it with modern elements, making authentic new sounds.
What do you enjoy most about what you do as a music curator?
It's crazy being connected with some artists that I am a fan for a long time ago. Like Bootleg Rascal, Sticky Fingers and Dirty Heads. I'm so glad to be able to help them.
Before getting in contact with Bootleg Rascal, they were already a reference for the playlist. By the time their manager got in contact with me, asking for a music review, I got so stoked that I called all my friends telling them about this. It's amazing.
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Each year the International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March to mark women's achievements throughout history and across nations http://www.un.org/womenwatch/feature/iwd/history.html. ICIMOD too celebrates IWD annually to honour, highlight, and promote the role of women in sustainable mountain development in the Hindu Kush Himalayas.
This year's IWD highlights include
|09:00 - 09:15
|Welcome of women staff member with Khada
|09:15 - 09:20
|Inauguration of 'SharingBoard' by Dr David Molden, Director General, ICIMOD
|12:15 - 12:15
|Group Photograph
|12:15 - 12:20
|Inaugurations of stalls by women's group by Dr David Molden, Director General, ICIMOD
|12:20 - 13:40
|IWD celebration Lunch and stall visit
|Presentation on MAKING IT HAPPEN: Empowering Women from the Mountains - Innovations, lessons and best practices in social, political, economic and technological fields
|13:45 - 14:00
|Welcome address by Dr David Molden, Director General, ICIMOD
|14:00 - 14:10
|Opening remarks by Lynn Bennett, Visiting Senior Social Scientist, ICIMOD
|14:10 - 14:30
|Speaker 1: Dr Neelam Grewal, Director, Directorate of Research on Women in Agriculture, Orissa, India. Presentation title: - 'Drudgery reducing technologies for women in agriculture'
|14:30 - 15:00
|Speaker 2: Nanu Ghatane (Kavre) and Shova Karki (Sindhuli), Women community leaders, Nepal Presentation: - from being 'women' leaders to researchers in the community – bringing change to decision making processes.
|15:00 - 15:20
|Speaker 3: Bhaskar S. Karky, Program Coordinator REDD+, ICIMOD
|15:20 - 15:30
|Closing remarks by Lynn Bennett
|15:30 - 15:50
|Announcement of Scholarship for education support to girls
|15:50 - 16:10
|Making it happen in ICIMOD – Stock taking of women participants in ICIMOD events. Short presentation by GReAT Team
|16:10 - 16:40
|ICIMOD's Annual Gender Innovation Award ceremony
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|Tea/Coffee and snacks
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As we all know, weddings are often a long and tiring day for both bride and groom as well as the guests! This is why the catering and food provision is so looked forward to on the big day. Here at Knuston Lodge Farm, your options are flexible and individualised to suit your party. We do not have 'in house' caterers here, which means you have the opportunity to book the perfect catering firm for your specific needs. If you do want us to fix up the catering, we can certainly do this for you and discuss your menu choices.


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Welcome to Inscribe Media
Welcome to the website of Inscribe Media Ltd, a company founded by John Dean and Frances Griss, freelance journalists working in the North East of England. Backed by three decades of experience, they have run their own company for seventeen years.
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If you think a Mentor is a good idea, it may help to get our professional help early in your writing project. Our mentors, led by crime novelist John Dean (more on John at www.johndean.ning.com) have great experience in helping writers enjoy success through working side by side with them, identifying and correcting problems large and small.
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Mentoring across 3 months (90 days)
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The 12-month option will suit writers who require more sustained one-to-one guidance on their work. This option provides more regular communication with your Mentor.
- up to 30,000 words total manuscript word count - £1000
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Initial consultation:
- a one-to-one 1-hour meeting (in person or Skype) or a 1-hour phone conversation to discuss your needs, availability and expectations from this Service. This includes agreeing a schedule and process with your Mentor, based on some sample workflows.
Subsequent regular communication includes:
- 4 phone calls of 1 hour each or 4 face-to-face meetings of 1 hour each or a combination of these
- email communication, review and feedback of up to the equivalent of an additional 40 hours
- Review of up to a maximum of 60,000 words. Up to 6 Tranches of up to 10,000 each
can be delivered for assessment.
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1. Complete the application form and choose either the 3, 6 or 12-month option.
2. To be accepted on the Mentoring scheme you must submit with your application -
• A 2-page synopsis
• A sample of your manuscript, 3 chapters or up to 10,000 words
Please make sure the pages are numbered (and named, where appropriate) and use a standard typeface such as Times New Roman in 12pt and double-spaced. The accepted file types are: .doc .docx .rtf .pdf
3. We will review your synopsis and manuscript then confirm your booking by email if we have a mentor available suitable to your genre with the in-depth experience of the market your book is targeting, and of writing and publishing more generally.
4. Payment will be in two stages. 25% of the total fee is paid upon confirmation of the booking, the remaining payment is made half-way through the mentoring period. Payment is via Paypal, BACS or Debit Card only.
Please note that we cannot accept submissions which do not comply with our criteria. You must ensure that you have filled in the Application form, submitted a synopsis and up to 3 sample chapters or 10,000 words initially.
5. After a successful application and payment confirmation your mentor will contact you to arrange a phone call or one-to-one initial consultation. Together you will agree a schedule of work and whether you would prefer telephone or face-to-face contact or a mix of both.
The Mentoring period will commence from the date your Mentor first contacts you.
6. If you are unsuccesful in your application you will receive an explanation why.
7. All scripts remain the writers property and will not be copied, shared or distributed without the express permission of the author.
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Our aim is to help aspiring writers to improve their technique and improve their chances of being successful, either in competitions or admissions to book and magazine publishers.
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There is no official certificate of qualification at the end of the course but we hope you will have gained immeasurably as a writer.
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text: After several weeks since the conclusion of the TF2 Arkham Knight Contest back in November, Valve have finally revealed the community-created winning items and their honourable mentions! For those who may have forgotten, the Arkham Knight Contest requested the community create hats, cosmetic items, and taunts themed around the Batman franchise, with a particular focus on the "Arkham" series of games developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The winners and the honourable mentions are listed in the spoiler tags below! Winners Spoiler The Fear Monger The Arkham Cowl The Firefly Honourable Mentions Spoiler The Teufort Knight Pocket Villains Retro Batbelt The Buttler The Batter's Bracers Sixties Sidekick - 3 Piece Set The Caped Crusader The Hood of Sorrows The winning creators have had their items given to all Steam users who owned a copy of Batman: Arkham Knight prior to November 16th 2015 and have also been given a whole bunch of games published by Warner Bros. The honourable mentions (aka the Runner-Ups) have also had their items added to Team Fortress 2, but you'll need to craft, find, or purchase them if you want to equip them. Congratulations to all the winners and the runner-ups, we're confident these new items will make a fine addition to the TF2 arsenal!


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In order to maximize your e-mail marketing campaign's value, ensure that you tailor each portion of your campaign to fit different types of customers. By focusing on the specific needs of the customer group, your message will be more concise and will bring better results. Read this article for excellent tips on customizing emails for different consumers.
Get your audience to help you expand. After you have established a small reader base, try to get them to spread the word to their friends. Always include some sort of subscribe link in the body of your email. This will make it easier for your readers to refer the link along to other people. Your customer base will grow easily and effectively.
Every single person on your e-mail marketing list must request a spot on it, so never add anyone against their will. If you don't, complaints that you are spamming people will increase, and that may cause you to lose customers.
Avoid spammy sales techniques, such as urgent messages that they need to "Buy now!" [REMOVE] People may view your emails as being spam-like and not want to purchase from your company any longer. Build a strong relationship with your customers to ensure they respect you and what you sell. Your customers will appreciate you not doing this, and this will increase the odds of them purchasing one of your products.
Make sure that people actually want to receive emails from you by using a double opt-in strategy. This might seem difficult, but it will ensure that those are customers who want to get your emails. As a result, you are less likely to get in trouble in the future.
Email Messages
Limit your marketing email messages to only one each week. Your subscribers are probably receiving tons of email messages every single day. If you send out too many emails, they might not read them anymore and that's not good if you spent a lot of time working on the messages.
You usually don't want to send emails around major holidays. People are off doing things rather than sitting at their computer reading emails. There are exceptions, of course. For example, emails advertising a holiday sale or a Black Friday campaign will attract attention at almost any time.
In your email campaigns, utilize the least amount of graphics as possible. Since some email programs block graphics, any email which contains a lot of graphics will not display correctly to recipients that have these types of email programs. The spam folder is the likely destination for photo laden email.
Give different options to your customers for an effective campaign. Tell the subscribers you have how many messages they're going to get and when to expect them. Also let them know what kind of information you're going to need from them. Providing these options to subscribers helps them feel safe and secure.
Place your unsubscribe link in a conspicuous place in your email, like the footer. Don't make it difficult to find. You want each of your users to feel like everything is their choice, and you are not forcing them into anything.
Active Feedback
Use passive and active feedback to improve your marketing with email strategy. Ask what they like about your emails, what they don't and what they'd like to see added, all called active feedback. To get passive feedback, you need something that is subtle. This involves tracking which links get clicked the most, where people go once they've clicked the links, and how well each email does profit-wise.
Include a customer incentive in your emails. They are far more likely to conduct business with you when you offer them a very appealing reason to do so. For example, offer free shipping to customers who spend a certain amount after reading your marketing email.
Don't add any email address to your mailing list without getting permission first. If you have an email list with customers that don't want to receive emails from you, it can hurt your business. Additionally, ISPs and web hosts won't hesitate to cancel spammers' accounts.
Beginner email marketers should definitely proofread all email submissions prior to sending them out. This is an obvious, but often overlooked, aspect of successful email marketing. You may think it's only an email. You are wrong. It is vital that your email promoting have a professional, polished appearance.
If your firm already uses its own branding, make sure you incorporate it into your marketing via email campaign. Every email message you send should utilize the design characteristics you are already using, such as logos and colors schemes. Having a solid brand name established with your customers will help convert more readers to buyers because they trust the company already.
You can enhance your marketing via email by choosing to include social networking sites, such as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. They'll be able to get your message out to an even larger audience without you so much as lifting a finger.
After a customer makes a purchase, offer them a coupon good on their next visit in your thank you email. Add a link in your email and ask them to follow it for more information. Reinforce the savings by mentioning near the end of your email how much money can be saved by utilizing your coupons.
For a marketing campaign that's successful, you have to divide your customer base into groups comprised of similar wants and needs. Using the various needs of your consumers can help you give them relevant messages so that they can act upon them. Use this advice on your future email promoting campaign.


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A good headshot is a business essential.
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This article analyses discourse arising in reading group discussions as an instance of a real-world literary reading practice; it arises from and reports on the AHRC-funded Discourse of Reading Groups project. This naturalistic, observational approach to literary reading is contrasted with experimental approaches. Excerpts from the total dataset in which the language of literary texts is discussed are here subjected to two forms of analysis: software-assisted qualitative analysis suggests that where participants appear to make reference to their subjective responses to texts, this often has the function of presenting evaluations of those texts in mitigated form; interactional sociolinguistic analysis shows the sequential emergence of 'language' as a discussion topic, how discussion of language is co-constructed between participants and how such literary activity is culturally, interactionally and interpersonally contingent. 'Face' emerges as a key explanatory concept in both analyses.
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A Visit to Palestine
Did you think I was absorbed by Photoshop Elements? Nah! I just have been busy. I did find some time to work on some of my photos so I want to share some of them. Recently, I posted about our trip to Israel. Part of our visit last year included a trip to Palestine, including Bethlehem. I have a few photos from there to share with you. Having lived in Mexico with the great border fence dividing the United States from Mexico, I was very interested in this wall:
As you can see this was taken from the Palestine side of the wall. Read the rest of this entry »
My Visit to Jaffa
Last fall. Mr. M and I were so very fortunate to visit Israel during a relatively peaceful period. One of our stops was in Tel Aviv, a busy and exciting modern city. Just on the outskirts is a small area called Jaffa, an ancient city with evidence that it was inhabited as early as 7500 BCE. It was late in the day by the time we got there, a lovely time to visit, but not so good for photography. Still I have a few decent photos to share. This is an excavation of Roman ruins. Jaffa was a port at the time of the Romans.