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The Writer Mum Podcast – Episode 066 – Cuddle Your Children
In this episode I talk about how important it is to cuddle your children, and how even when others are telling you to put your baby down when she cries, hold her. I talk about how just because your baby is clean and not in pain, their emotional and psychological needs still need meeting.
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Going out? These unique handmade 'Opera' Zimmer Bags are an elegant accessory for an evening out at the opera, theatre, or a special family event!They are designed to fit over the top bar of a zimmer frame, on most transport wheelchair arms, and on bed rails, secured by Velcro. The bags are made from sturdy upcycled vintage fabric, predominantly silk / linen / cotton. They are elegant with mostly neutral colours and with one or two inside pockets. Each has a ca. 22cm strap with a metal safety hook at the end, to easily attach (and find!) keys or similar. Designed for strength, with enough space for a book, newspaper, glasses, medication, water bottle, purse etc. - a must-have for independence. Hand washes are recommended. (The Length is the total with the bag opened out, and the Height and Width are the approximate size as seen when attached - see images. The Height can be more or less, depending on how you join the Velcro pieces.)
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This super sophisticated hot dog will give your BBQ guests the ultimate steak house experience!
|1 Pkg
|(375 g) Schneiders® Juicy Jumbos® Beef Wieners
|soft Italian buns, split
|onions, thinly sliced
|2 tbsp
|(60 mL) butter
|2 cups
|(500 mL) mixed mushrooms, sliced
|1/2 tbsp
|(7.5 mL) fresh thyme, chopped
|slices provolone cheese
|1/2 cup
|(125 mL) steak sauce
|1 cup
|(250 mL) arugula
PREHEAT grill to medium high heat.
HEAT 2 tbsp butter in a large skillet over medium high heat.
SAUTE onions stirring frequently for 6 to 8 minutes or until onions are caramelized and softened.
SEASON with salt and pepper.
REMOVE onions into a bowl and set aside to keep warm.
IN the same skillet melt remaining butter.
SAUTE mushrooms for another 6 to 8 minutes or until softened and browned.
ADD thyme and season with salt and peppers.
REMOVE from heat and keep warm.
GRILL hot dogs for 6 to 10 minutes turning frequently or until an internal temperature of 165 degrees is reached.
PLACE two slices each of provolone into the split of buns.
DIVIDE mushrooms, onions and arugula between buns and top with hot dogs.
DRIZZLE steak sauce over top.
SERVE immediately.
For an extra kick mix ½ cup mayonnaise with 3 tbsp of prepared horseradish and season with pepper. Serve with hot dog.
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Back again, to share more of our trip with you all.
I fear that I have so many pictures, that I will not be able to describe each one fully. So, if you have any questions about a particular picture of part of the trip, then feel free to email me.
In this post, I hope to share a lot of the "what we did" while we were down there. In the next couple of posts, I will talk a little bit more of the things God revealed to me while I was down there. As well as practical little tid-bits of the culture.
Let me start by saying that while we were down there, time was {not} of the essence. Like most Latin American countries, Costa Rica has such an amazing concept of relationships over time commitments. When you're visiting there, you never feel rushed or hurried. I truly feel like the people of Costa Rica live in the joy of the moment. It was a very refreshing way to live. It also probably helped that I was totally unplugged and cut off. Without a cell phone, computer, and thus any form of internet, it goes without saying that life slows down.
Our days there were usually slip into halves. In the morning, we should work doing construction {aka tearing stuff up} and in the afternoons we hosted a vacation bible school with the neighborhood children. In the mix of those things, we were also able to share meals, play soccer, and worship together.
A few shots from our morning labor...
It is a good thing that I was up to date on my tetanus shot - tons of rusted metal.
There were a couple of small injuries along the way...
After one day of busting up cement foundations {by hand} and pushing a million wheelbarrals full of gravel ... we decided to hire a helping hand.
Aside from playing the concrete jungle, a couple other team members dug is gigantic ditch that will be used for a septic tank...
After our hard work in the afternoons, the women of the church that we were serving with, cooked us up some AMAZING meals.
These ladies know how to cook. They literally cooked the entire time that we were there. A lot of their work was behind the scenes, but if you took the time to watch, it was clear that these women were serving in powerful ways.
I cannot even imagine how much work it was. A group of probably five women cooking lunch and dinner for us for six days.
I am exhausted after E and I have a few couples over for one meal. These ladies made me feel like such a wimp!
On top of cooking lunch and dinner, they also baked homemade bread - ALL DAY LONG!
This lady baked about 200 empanadas by hand!
After a delicious lunch, our team hosted an amazing vbs with the neighborhood kids.
The were adorable and full of joy.
Take a look - I am sure that you will not disagree...
E even got in on the action...
He is going to be an amazing dad someday :)
I told you that they would melt your heart - was I right?
Alright, that's all I have for now.
I'll share more adorable kid pictures with you soon!


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MetaMorph: Bucharest International Poetry Festival, Romania. May 19th 2017
Blown away by this trip to Romania, a place that seems to be undergoing a palpable shift into a new generation of poets and curators who are seeking a more dynamic, innovative understanding of what literature can be. A country that was the subject of my first ever international Enemies project, and one that I think it's fair to say is steeped in formalism with poetry post war - beyond the explosive tradition of Tzara, Janco, Ionesco, Cioran, Fondane, Brancusi, Celan, Braga etc etc - due to its recent traditions and history, this visit for the Bucharest International Poetry Festival, thanks to poet and curator Simona Nastac, completely subverted my expectations.
I had the chance to spend a number of days in Bucharest before and after the performance I gave, my first time in the city, and I was able to travel in the country after that. So I had to really think through the work I was to present, and to make it completely new, as I've managed to do for every performance over the last few years. The city was immediately attractive to me, the grand fading architecture, a whole slew of what seemed new and open restaurants, cultural centres, and beautiful weather, and a general energy and unpretentiousness that made the kind of open, unplanned walking and exploring that I so often do when travelling, deeply rewarding.
My work was part of a night curated by Simona called MetaMorph and it brought together ten artists from across the world. A lineup that at any place and time would be considerable. Ten of us each given ten minutes, on one night, no intermission, with what ended up to be around 150 people crammed into the beautiful Point theatre, with space for perhaps 100. Friends and peers I admire so much like Maja Jantar and Max Hofler alongside Romanian talents I'd long since read like Claudiu Komartin and Razvan Topa and even really considerable talents from as far as Canada and the US in Christian Bok and LaTasha Nevada Diggs.
I planned my work to initially be an slightly improvised conceptual performance, a meta talk, revolving around a subversion of the gross ads the British government had taken out in Romania to dissuade Romanians to come to the UK for work. Having lots of ties to the Romanian cimmunity in London at first this would be anti-these ads in a direct way, and then later, assuming the mantel of a copywriter of these ads, so pretending to be in favour of them. Both seemed too favourable or too provocative. I ended up evolving a kind of TED talk satire, with slides full of ambiguous poetic statement and some pretty straight on jokes. I then used this as a spine to improvise around on the night. This open space did make me nervous, as is often the way nowadays, I use this fear to produce something that I do believe the audience can feel is alive, unscripted, being made for them and before them. I watched the 9 performances very carefully before me, as I was last to close out the evening, and used much of others work as inspiration / material too. In the end, I think the individuated, tailored nature of the work did resonate with people, they seemed to like it. I was glad too I didn't try to match the likes of Maja, LaTasha, Max and Christian in terms of force and skill. The playful, humorous, conceptual was the strength I should've leaned into on this night and it worked well for me in the end.
A grand achievement on Simona's part, it really felt that afterwards enjoying some beautiful evenings in the city with the other poets, talking for many hours, sat in some really wonderful restaurants and cafes, that her work here included Romania firmly in the collection of new hubs for showcasing a new understanding of what poetry might be in Europe. I've found this all over the continent over the last few years, I've tried to do this myself in London, and it's a genuine flowering of a new way of working, of a new community. Hearing of similar enterprises in Brasov and Sibiu too, it's clear Romania has something happening.


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I've just come across Read it! Loved it! and I'm very impressed. Curated by Melbourne teacher librarian Gavin Jones, Read it! Loved it! is a quick and easy way for children aged 10 and over to identify books to read through well-categorised genre lists.
The site is colourful, clean and attractive with no superfluous information – just simple click through lists to titles and cover images. I think kids will love using this site, as will adults who want to help kids find great books to read.
You can read more about the background and purpose of the site in this interview from Publishing Perspectives.


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This guide summarizes the basic principles of managing recreational ponds and the requirements for producing and maintaining high-quality fishing in a pond. Its purpose is to help the reader develop an effective pond management plan.
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How to Use Manual Exposure When You Record a Movie on Your Canon EOS 6D
You can manually expose your movies to gain complete control of your EOS 6D. When you manually expose a movie, you can set the shutter speed, aperture, and ISO speed rating. This is useful when you want to control the depth of field in a movie. For example, when you're recording a video of a scenic vista, a small aperture gives you a greater depth of field.
When you manually expose a movie, use the exposure compensation scale at the bottom of the LCD monitor as a meter. To manually expose a movie:
Flip the Live View/Movie Shooting switch to the left.
Live View video recording is enabled.
Press the Info button until you see the exposure compensation scale at the bottom middle of the Live View display.
Use this scale to get the correct exposure.
Rotate the Mode dial to M.
You can manually set exposure in this mode.
Point the camera toward the scene you're going to record.
Rotate the Main dial to set the shutter speed and then rotate the Quick Control dial to set the aperture.
While setting the shutter speed and aperture, look at the exposure compensation scale. A flashing bar appears below the scale when the exposure isn't perfect. If the bar is to the left of center, you need to increase exposure; if it's to the right, you need to decrease exposure. When the indicator bar is aligned perfectly with the center of the scale, the exposure is perfect for the lighting condition.
The aperture you choose determines the depth of field. If you're recording a talking head video, you can choose a large aperture (small f-stop value) and your subject will be in focus, but the background will be out of focus. If you're recording a video of a stunning landscape using a wide-angle focal length, choose a small aperture with an f-stop value between f/8.0 and f/13.
Press the ISO button and then rotate the Quick Control dial to set the desired ISO speed setting.
Choose the lowest possible speed for the lighting conditions while maintaining shutter speed that is 1/50 of a second. This shutter speed is deemed ideal for video recording by many videographers due to the fact that it is almost double the standard video frame rate of 24 fps (frames per second), which results in smooth video with good transitions between frames.
If you shoot video at 30 fps, choose an ISO that will give you a shutter speed of 1/60 of a second. The exposure indicator shows that the scene is still slightly underexposed. A slightly higher ISO setting is needed to properly expose the scene and achieve the desired shutter speed of 1/60 of a second.
Press the Start/Stop button to start recording video and then press it again to stop recording.
When you're finished recording, make sure you choose a different shooting mode or manually set exposure for the next scene you're going to record.
When you're recording video the camera will not refocus as you pan the camera, nor will it set exposure automatically. If you're recording video of a scene that has objects that are varying distances from the camera, either use a small aperture, which ensures a large depth of field, or focus manually on the important objects that you want to be in clear focus.
If you're recording video and will be panning from dark to light, meter the darkest spot in the scene and record the aperture, and then meter the lightest part of the scene and record the aperture. Split the difference and you'll be able to capture a good video.


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Marcia Clark, Prosecutor
Marcia Clark will always be known as the L.A. District Attorney who prosecuted the circus-like murder case against O.J. Simpson in 1995. But while arguing her case in the courtroom, Clark was also defending herself against sexism in the media and among her peers. Today, as a bestselling author and executive producer of a new true-crime series on A&E, she sees a new perspective. "I think we are having an awakening right now."
Marcia Clark
The lead prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson trial makes a great case against sexism. In her new series "Marcia Clark Investigates The First 48" on A&E Network, Clark explores some of America's most controversial and shocking unsolved crimes.
Marcia Clark, Prosecutor
Type Cast: Marcia Clark was raised to believe girls could do anything they wanted. She graduated from UCLA with honors and fluency in four languages. And yet, when she applied for a job at the State Department, "They asked me if I could type. Really? That was my first headbanging right into the cement wall of sexism."
Women on Trial: After law school, in 1989, Clark became an L.A. County District Attorney and won 19 out of 20 first-degree murder trials. Then came O.J. Simpson—and a shift in focus from her skills to her skirts. "It was suggested that I wear pastels, that I speak more softly, that I smile more. And I thought, that's ridiculous. This isn't a dinner party; it's a murder trial."
Clark's Day in Court: Justice wasn't blind to Clark's gender. Her biggest objection was to Judge Lance Ito who was "dismissive, condescending, and downright rude in a way he never was to the men." Now Clark isn't alone in her frustration. "I was interviewed a lot by millennials. The reporters I spoke to—both male and female—were outraged at the sexism they saw as they studied the case. 'Did you really go through that?' That's a whole new world we're living in. That's progress."
MARCIA CLARK: I think it was really a new experience to see a woman on the national level like this, doing a job that was typically done by men and not really something people were willing to accept yet.
I never had a sense that there was anything I couldn't do. Being a girl didn't matter. In fact, the opposite. You can do anything. And so I was kind of raised with that awareness that there are no limitations.
And they asked me if I could type. Really? That was my first, like, head banging right into the cement wall of sexism. So I went to law school. I figured, get a Law degree. They can't stop me from practicing law because I'm a woman.
It was suggested that I wear pastels, suggested that I speak more softly, suggested that I smile more. And I thought I'm not going to let these guys tell me to go curtsy and wear a pinafore. That's ridiculous. This is not a dinner party, this is a murder trial.
- Yes, Marcia Clark has a new 'do. Old Clark, new Clark.
- She found herself under scrutiny for everything, even the short skirt she wore during the tour of the Simpson estate.
MARCIA CLARK: There was not one thing I didn't know and commit to memory, nothing I didn't fix, touch, handle a million times before walking into court. If this is all you can talk about, my hair and the length of my skirts, we haven't come as far as I thought or hoped.
Ito never lost an opportunity to undermine me in front of the jury. He was dismissive, condescending, and downright rude, in a way that he never was to any of the men. He was completely oblivious to his own misogyny.
Cannot succumb to the temptation to thwart justice and throw truth out the window.
JUDGE ITO: I'm going to stop you right here, I warned you three times now.
MARCIA CLARK: OK. All we're asking is that you--
JUDGE ITO: Counsel!
MARCIA CLARK: I'm coming--
JUDGE ITO: I'm warning you. I've warned you three times now.
MARCIA CLARK: I'm concluding right now, your Honor.
JUDGE ITO: Please.
MARCIA CLARK: May I?
JUDGE ITO: Please
MARCIA CLARK: Thank you.
At the end of the day, you can't let the fact that you have a sexist on the bench affect your job. But the rulings were so terrible. I remember there was a moment in court when I was objecting, because they were going all over the place with things that were completely irrelevant, and I was overruled again and again and again. And I could feel my stomach knotting, knowing these are all wrong rulings. Every single one is burying the truth under a mountain of garbage.
There's no way to say that there wasn't enough evidence to convict. It's a question of whether you're willing to.
- We the jury, in the above entitled action, find the defendant not guilty of the crime of murder.
- The trial of O.J. Simpson is over. He is not guilty.
- Today, his imprisonment and trial are over, but the questions raised about race, the police, the judicial system are not.
MARCIA CLARK: I just remember thinking, wow, they really did it. It left me with a hole in my heart about all of the social injustice that led to a verdict like this. The divide was so profound. I walked out of the courtroom and never went back.
Every movement, you have a step forward and then there's a retraction. I think we have another awakening that's happening now and that's really a beautiful thing to see. I was interviewed a lot by millennials. The reporters I spoke to, both male and female, were outraged at the sexism they saw as they studied the case. They said, did you really go through that? Is that true? I said oh yeah. They were disbelieving, stunned, and outraged. That's a whole new world we're living in. That is progress.
MARCIA CLARK: Trust your own instincts. You cannot listen to a million voices, the cacophony of voices saying, your hair, your makeup, your clothes, your this, your that, you wear pastels, whatever. You have to go with who you are and be true to yourself and not let anybody talk you out of your own authenticity.
MARCIA CLARK: I mean, I think we are getting to a time when a woman is allowed to have a high powered job and have a family. Because women are doing it. And I think that's the only way that we make that happen, is by making that happen. So the more women who do it, the more women will be able to do it. And people have to accept it. If you're really good at what you do, if a man is looking at the fact that you have children and saying, I'm not going to hire you because of that, that's his loss. And I think increasingly, in our competitive society, you can't afford to do that anymore.
MARCIA CLARK: To me, a feminist is someone who believes in equal rights. Don't you believe in equal rights? I don't know-- and I do think-- this is a matter of civil rights. Women's equality is a matter of civil rights. Gay rights is a matter of civil rights. You are entitled to be treated equally. Why would you not want to be the standard bearer or the flag bearer for the title that says, I believe in equal rights? I don't believe that should even be controversial.
MARCIA CLARK: You can't win unless you sometimes fail. You have to try. Everything has a plus or a minus to it. When you make an effort in life and step out the door every morning, you have a chance to fail. But you also have a chance to succeed. If you're not walking out that door, you don't ever have a chance to succeed. You must get out there and never be afraid of failure, never be afraid of taking that risk, because risk is the only thing that leads to success.
MARCIA CLARK: It was suggested that I wear pastels, suggested that I speak more softly, suggested that I smile more. You have a pretty smile, Marcia. Two people had been slaughtered. What is there to smile about?
I mean-- and I was offended and yet, at the same time, thinking, well, they're right. And if I want to see justice done, maybe I should try and soften it up a little. So I tried to tone it down for a few days. And I tried to kind of pull it back and tried to talk more softly.
And had I got along with that advice, I would have been criticized for being a cream puff. Then I would have been a girl who can't handle the heat and has to get out of the kitchen and can't handle a man's job and don't-- you know, that kind of thing.
There was no winning this. This was a lose-lose proposition right from the start. And so you have to go with your gut. Be who you are. Do what you do.


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His salon springs from a long tradition of hairstylists dating back three generations and, in 1947, it was the second customer of l'Oréal Professionnel in Italy. Along side the activities performed in first person at MIlan and Turin Salons, was born the Franco Curletto United Group brand, which now has many members and about 120 collaborators, evidence of a spirit not only creative but also business.
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This year's Christmas John Lewis advert (below) is a real tear-jerker - guaranteed to tug at even the toughest of heartstrings. The commercial shows an impatient little boy anxiously waiting for Christmas Day to arrive - but not, as you first assume, in eager anticipation to open his own presents, but because he is desperate to give his parents a gift.
The track which accompanies this advert is a cover of The Smith's 'Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want,' sung by emerging artist Slow Moving Millie (left) who I previously wrote about here.
Slow Moving Millie, the beeeeautiful actress and songstress Amelia Warner, has recently finished recording 'Renditions,' an album of songs from the 1980's, including covers of hits by Tears for Fears, Thompson Twins, Bananarama, Yazoo and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. By stripping these songs from their manic 1980's rifts and crazy hair, what remains are "really poignant songs, and they're all about having your heart broken."
Amelia, currently living in West London with her boyfriend, took some time to share with us her London favourites;
Cocktail – I'm not a huge fan of the cocktail, so it would have to be a pint of Guinness at The Coach And Horses in Soho with some lovely friends.
Date night - Spaghetti pomodoro, red wine and candlelight at The Ripe Tomato on All Saints Road with my love.
Brunch - At home with the papers, Bloody Mary's and my friend Markus' home fries!
Boutique - Labour Of Love on Upper Street – I always find something one off and odd.
High St – It would have to be Topshop, although I am also loving COS.
Secret Place - Cork and Bottle, a very old fashioned wine bar hidden and tucked away under the craziness of Leicester Sq - Perfect for a late dinner.
London Icon - Tracey Emin for her humour, honesty, style and complete Britishness!
The single 'Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want' is available as a single now on iTunes and Amazon.
The album 'Rendtions' is released on December 12th.


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A November 4th article in Science magazine by Ann Gibbons described a presentation on genetics and diabetes at a recent poster session. A current Stanford graduate student, Erik Corona, explained his research on the SNPs that are connected with type II diabetes and their prevalence throughout the world. Type II diabetes results when either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells of the body stop responding to the insulin that is produced. This causes too little glucose being removed from the bloodstream, leading to other symptoms and problems such as kidney or vision failure and heart attack or stroke. This form of diabetes is thought to be produced by a combination of environmental and lifestyle factors, preexisting conditions, and genetics.
In the United States 8.3% of the population has diabetes, with African Americans and Native Americans being the two groups with the highest rates within them. Diabetes is currently uncommon in Sub-Saharan Africa, where only 3% of the population has the disease. However, rates of diabetes have been increasing as more Africans adopt an urban and western lifestyle and diet.
Corona's research showed that the SNPs associated with diabetes are extremely prevalent in Africa and become rarer as one moves outward from there. There is a resurgence of the SNPs in North America, possibly due to a different lifestyle and diet that migrants there may have encountered. Corona suspects that as early humans left Africa, the genes for diabetes were gradually lost. In Africa, it is likely they served a role in better blood sugar and energy use when humans had a diet that was not rich in sugar or fat and when they did not live as long. At this time, these genes would have benefitted fitness levels, unlike their role today. This could present a problem for Africans in the future as they adopt a different, more fat and sugar rich lifestyle.
The question for researchers now is how large a role these genes actually play in predisposing people to diabetes. It may turn out that environmental and lifestyle influences are exponentially more important. Corona and his associates hope to use this type of gene analysis for more diseases in the future and to have that information available to doctors.
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France gets tough on banks with new set of regulations
France has unveiled a long-awaited bank reform, trumpeting it as a model for Europe even as critics said it fell short of President Francois Hollande's campaign pledge to get tough with the financial sector.
Banks such as BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, Credit Agricole and Natixis parent BPCE will have to shift their proprietary trading assets into a separate, self-funded entity by 2015.
Client-related businesses like market-making, hedging, cash management and lending to hedge funds and private equity are exempted and can stay with the parent company.
The ring-fenced entities are banned from taking customer deposits that would benefit from a government guarantee, from engaging in high-frequency trading and from commodity derivatives trading.
The government has not disclosed the thresholds above which banks fall into the law's scope, nor the capital or liquidity requirements of the ring-fenced entities.
Banks, brokers and investment companies – with the exception of portfolio managers – will be asked to pay into a fund for rescuing ailing banks and for guaranteeing customer deposits.
The fund will grow from an initial €2bn to €10bn in 2020, Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said.
Regulatory authorities will have the power to force shareholders and some bondholders to pay for the cost of rescuing a failing bank.
Markets watchdog AMF and financial sector regulator ACP will be given extra oversight powers.
The ACP will have the power to oppose the nomination of top executives, to audition boards of directors and to impose a restructuring on banks that fail to meet their obligations.
The AMF will have more powers to demand certain disclosures and documents, to do spot checks on financial institutions and to punish obstruction of its investigations.
Bank fees will be capped for people in precarious financial situations. There will also be added oversight of retail financial brokers and requirements to consult credit scores.
The French proposals are most comparable to the incoming "Volcker Rule" in the United States, which would limit banks' involvement in proprietary trading, hedge funds and private equity businesses without harming client-related activities.
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The other morning, I saw Grizzy atop his tower woefully looking up at the window. He was also making this sad little frustrated sounds. For the longest time, I couldn't figure out what was going on.
I didn't see any birds, there were no rabbits or chipmunks around…
And then I saw it.
The squirrel either ran up the sides of our patio doors or was hanging out from the balcony upstairs. Either way, it was pretty funny.
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Bereavement therapy and hypnotherapy for sudden loss can help your journey. It is said there are 5 stages of grief but there is little clarity on how long the stages of grief should take for you to move on.
As a registered nurse of 40 yrs I have met and been involved with many people during a time in their lives of great sadness and loss.
- For some of these friends, relatives, and partner's there have been instances where maybe the loss was sudden and things where left unsaid or there had been no chance to even say goodbye.
- For others, past differences and arguments had caused a gap in the relationship that had never been resolved; the feeling left within them could never be voiced or dealt with
- For many in this situation the pain of loss becomes even greater and grieving becomes a prolonged drawn out process seemingly unending.
- For some the circumstances of the death or the last memory of their loved one has been clouded by pain and/or bad images.
For these people I have developed a system of hypnosis to bring peace and closure.
- A chance to be in a place, we can create, where you can say that goodbye in the way you would have wished
- Be able to move on focusing on happier memories and with positive thoughts replacing regrets.
From personal experience I realise that sad thoughts and grieving can continue for many months, sometimes longer, but whenever I feel this happening I focus on an incident when my mom turned a disaster into a hilarious moment just by a few words. I cannot think of it without laughing just as I am now as I was writing this.
I am forever grateful that my mother's passing was peaceful and in my arms.
Although I will always love and miss her, my memories of that time are softened by the way in which she passed. With the knowledge that I had (probably because of my occupation) I said all the things I needed her to know, while she was alive.
Loss may never be easy, but I hope that with my help it can be made easier for those not as lucky as I.
Loss has many forms
There are many forms of loss in this life, which may bring with them a feeling of grief and bereavement.
With this in mind we are able to adapt the technique to help with many situations.
Relationship break ups, family disputes, end of career, "loss of me" and more.
We all need to grieve, but sometimes we need help to stop when the time is right.
Contact us
To discuss how I can help you, and to arrange a bereavement hypnotherapy session, please call Jenny Peters on 0121 251 6172


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List Of Healthy Snack Foods With 200 Calories
This wonderful white bean hummus combines wholesome pine nuts and savory herbs. I did list snacks and other packaged foods at the end simply because in most cities these days you can obtain pre-made raw snacks and even at times meals from health meals retailers. Have your kids make their own trail mix with unique assortments of nuts and dried fruits. When sliced into sticks and baked, firm (and smoked) tofu can make a wonderful snack food—especially if it's served with a side of homemade tomato or teriyaki dipping sauce.
The greatest concern with snacking is that many snacks are basically poor for your health. When selecting out either candy or non-candy items, make certain you maintain in mind the toddlers and other smaller young children. You hear a lot of overweight youngsters and that fat is poor for cholesterol and your heart. Prior to heading out to obtain those massive bags of candy, look at trying some thing various this year.
Of course you should really usually purchase raw, organic versions of these foods, but it is also fantastic to locate out a little extra about the businesses who make these foods. A healthy option to consuming the power snacks of yesterday, raw meals bars are complete of ingredients that are healthy and nutritious. This write-up will introduce six types of snacks, which not only taste scrumptious, but are also quite healthy for the body. No matter whether it's fueling up before hitting the health club or taking a midday snack break to stay clear of the two p.m. lull, high-protein snacks are the tastiest way to preserve on going.
Invest in them fresh and steam for about 6 minutes, or use the pre-cooked frozen wide variety and briefly microwave to defrost (about two minutes) before chowing down. You really should pick out snacks which deliver long lasting energy rather than anything which offers a short burst of power. The calories from refined grains can stack up extremely rapidly, although the lack of fiber will preserve your kids hunting for a lot more snacks. When performed smartly, snacking is a excellent approach for introducing nutrients into a child's diet plan as children have smaller sized stomachs and generally have problems finishing massive meals. Parents will love you if rather of potato chips and pizza you make healthy meals.
There are hundreds of healthy snack suggestions that even the pickiest teen can appreciate. Healthy Eating Tip: serve snacks with entertaining plates, napkins, cups, or straws or have a tasting party where young children can vote for their preferred healthy snacks. When kids are provided veggies with their favourite snacks, they hardly make a fuss. Top rated two slices of deli meat (turkey, chicken, or roast beef function terrific) with 1 slice of cheese and a shake of pepper. People generally opt for speedy meals anytime they really feel hungry throughout a busy function day.
When I give you healthy snack recipes with some fat, I normally make certain it is unsaturated fats that are good for your youngsters. If your snacks are higher fibre, but low in calories and fat, you will feel happy for longer. Obesity puts children at risk for asthma, diabetes, heart illness, higher blood pressure, and cancer. We're not big supporters of prepackaged bars, but we make an exception for Sort bars. Due to the fact snacks give kids calories, these calories should really come with nutrients.


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It is so easy to make gluten-free banana bread from scratch! This incredibly moist bread is wonderful fresh out of the oven and served with a pat of butter.
Don't you just love the smell of fresh-baked bread? There is nothing better on a cold winter morning than a warm slice of moist gluten-free banana bread. It is delicious alongside a plate of fluffy scrambled eggs. This mouth-watering quick bread is also a great afternoon snack with a cup of hot tea or coffee.
I wait until my banana skins are almost all black on the outside to make this recipe from scratch.The extra ripe banana adds so much flavor.
I like to make two smaller loaves and pop one in the freezer to serve when company unexpectedly drops by. I heat it up in the oven and before long the house fills with a tantalizing aroma. It takes no time at all for you to make this easy homemade banana bread.
I don't think there is anything better than a homemade gift from the kitchen! Gluten-free banana bread is a perfect gift idea for a birthday or "welcome to the neighborhood". Try tucking a loaf in a basket lined with a pretty dish towel and a jar of your favorite homemade preserves are super cute! Or cut it into slices and place on a pretty plate. The possibilities are endless!!!Print
Gluten-Free Banana Bread
- Yield: 1 large loaf or 2 small 1x
Incredibly moist. Nothing says homemade more than a fresh loaf of banana bread. Serve this delicious bread hot or cold, with a pat of butter.
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 3 to 4 medium bananas, mashed
- 1/3 cup of water
- 1 2/3 cup gluten-free almond blend flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum
- 1/2 cup nuts, chopped (optional)
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease bottom only of a large loaf pan (9x5x3 inches).
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the sugar and butter together until creamy. Mix in eggs, one at a time. Add bananas and water. Beat until just blended.
- Sift together dry ingredients. Stir in dry ingredients until just moistened. Stir in nuts, if desired. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
- Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 50 to 60 minutes. Remove from oven and cool 5 minutes. Remove loaf from pan and allow to cool on a wire rack.
For maximum flavor use very ripe bananas.
I add the bananas directly to the batter and mix in. If you prefer, you can mash them before adding to the batter.
One of my absolute favorite bread recipes for fall is Gluten-Free Pumpkin Bread. If you love pumpkin and cherries, this bread is for you!
Summer and Gluten-Free Zucchini Bread go hand-in-hand!
Are you looking for a festive gluten-free bread recipe for the holidays? Look no further! Gluten-Free Cranberry Bread is a wonderful gift idea for family, friends and neighbors.


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Nigerian dishes would include all kinds of foods that are served in Nigeria, this are the very popular ones. Most of them are easy to prepare, you will find a link to the individual recipes below.
Also, all of these dishes are featured in the latest version of the Ultimate Nigerian Cookbook.
Here are the 7 most popular Nigerian dishes, some of them are pretty easy to replicate, and the rest would require a little more effort.
Jollof Rice.
The first on my list would be the all too popular jollof rice. There are just too many jollof rice recipes out there but I think this takes the cake. They basically take the same process; the difference could be simply the addition of vegetables/fruits, the use of chicken instead of fish, choice of spice, etc. Jollof rice can be fixed during the rush hour, in less than 60 minutes, I have done that a couple of times. If you have most of the required ingredients stashed away in the freezer, you can do it too.
There is nothing really special with this, slice some carrot, green pepper, red pepper, green beans and add them just three minutes before you turn off the heat.
Follow this link for >> How To Make Jollof Rice
White Rice and tomato stew.
These sure looks delicious, most Nigerian homes make the simpler version of this food; the only difference with that and this is just the addition of carrot/green beans. I believe the addition of these vegetables does not only make your food look inviting, it makes it healthy too. just boil your white rice the usual way, add the sliced carrot/green beans just 3 minutes before you turn off the heat. Here is How To Make Tomato Stew.
Egusi Soup and Eba.
The third on my list would be egusi soup and eba, or fufu (as in the case of the dish above). This is one of the popular Nigerian dishes, this soup is well received in Nigeria, it is mostly served alongside eba (prepared garri), fufu or semo. Egusi soup is easy to prepare, follow this link for How To Make Egusi Soup.
Edikaikong Soup.
The fourth on my list of popular Nigerian dishes would be the all too popular edikaikong soup. Edikaikong is native to the efiks and made with two of the most popular vegetables in Nigeria (water leaves and fluted pumpkin leaves). I love this soup exactly the way it is served here – with well prepared wheat; it can also go with eba, fufu, or semo.
Click here to learn how to make Edikaikong Soup.
Fried Rice.
Fried rice is one of the most outstanding Nigerian rice meals, it's like the best of Nigerian dishes, everybody loves fried rice. However, the recipe is not as simple as that of jollof rice or tomato stew, there is a learning curve, but once you are able to master the process, it becomes pretty much as easy as most Nigerian recipes. The link below shows you how to make fried rice the Nigerian way – How to Make fried Rice
Porridge Yam.
Number six on my list of popular Nigerian dishes would be porridge yam. This meal can turn out really delicious if you know what you are really doing. If you want to enjoy this meal, use yams that are older than 7 months, newly harvested yams are not just good for porridge yam. Click Here For My Porridge Yam Recipe.
Porridge Beans.
The last on this list would be… beans porridge? Well, Usually, it is porridge beans and plantain – all cooked, but in my case I decided to fry the plantain.
There are just about 5 different beans recipes that I know but this happens to take the cake. The average Nigerian person eat beans like once in a week, the exception being when you live in Ogun state and probably a copper, you will eat beans and bread every morning 😀 Please here is one of the Nigerian dishes – porridge yam.
I really think there are hundreds of other delicious Nigerian dishes that would make this list, if my three years old son is reading this, he would be like "No mummy, Indomie should be number 1" lol. So I would like your opinion. What do you think? Which is your favorite Nigerian dish? Tell us about it.
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August 18, 2015
Thanks Chy, I am African-Ammerican but married to a Nigerian person, your recipes have been very helpful. I made jollof rice some days back and it was clearly delicious. I am going to try tomato stew soon.
August 18, 2015
Lol @ "a copper who eats beans and bread every morning!" I can totally relate. But it's beans, bread and stew with lots of meats. It is really delicious and rich.
August 18, 2015
I can't wait to try my hand on all of these dishes, I think you omitted a couple of the popular Nigerian dishes though- there is still ogbono soup, bitter leave soup, noodles, etc. thanks.
August 19, 2015
D all seven dat u mentioned r all my favourite wit d exception of beans, ,buh If I really hav to eat beans,,it wil b porridge beans wit a lot of very ripe plantain inside cooked together,,,d latest I hav been doin now is beans wit sweet potato cooked together,,very tasty,,
I appreciate u for all u hav been doin,,may God bless u real good n bless d works of ur hands,,
I hav learnt frm u to add a little twist to my normal cooking,,n I hav tried new recipes frm u too,, well done
August 19, 2015
You are very wonderful. Thanks so much for the recipes. Thumbs up sweetheart.
August 19, 2015
hello Chy ,you are really doing great job. please keep it up.
August 20, 2015
wow! these are lovely, any best way to cook rice and beans together, its my additional favourite
August 22, 2015
Hello Chi, how do you do?. I must commend you for those top Nigerian dishes, they are simply mouthwatering and attractive, I'm sure to try them out myself thanks.
August 26, 2015
Whaoo u r the best.
August 26, 2015
I have been following your presentations,and I love them especially the ones on ofe Nsala and Rivers native soups.please can you do some on pastries thanks.
August 26, 2015
Thanks so much 4d recipes dey are wonderful
September 7, 2019
Thanks dia ..rily appreciate thumb up
August 28, 2015
I can't wait to eat all this dishes
August 29, 2015
Huuummmm I miss Nigeria Food. I want naija food ooo
August 30, 2015
keep up the good work
October 13, 2015
You re really doing a great Job! Pls. Can u do a write-up on Afang Soup pls.
October 15, 2015
U are so amazing chy, your husband is a lucky man
October 15, 2015
Chy, you are simply too much. More power to your elbow. With all these wonderful Nigerian dishes, he is hooked for life 😀
October 15, 2015
May God grease u wit my wisdom and creativity. Though I still await my cookbook to do some of dis wonders
October 15, 2015
keep up the good work sis!
October 16, 2015
Thanks for all this wonderful recipes, but the first dish picture look more of fried rice & not kill of rice, from my own experience hollow rice is like tomatoe red or orange
March 26, 2019
Thanks Chy for all these recipes
It's simply cooking made easy
Keep it up dear.


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I will tell you what the Manual of Prayers isn't. It's not one of those prayer books that seems to have every written prayer out there. It's not a prayer book that has unfamiliar and queer prayers, as some books I own have. It's not one of those prayer books that only has your standard Our Father and Hail Mary type prayers.
I will tell you that it IS my favorite prayer book because it has all the prayers I need without going overboard. It has the perfect balance of standard prayers and not-so-familiar prayers so as to make it very approachable, yet still different enough to inspire and captivate.


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The Last Year
Amarillo College's FM90 partnered with Panhandle PBS to present a livestream featuring the rock band The Last Year. The band performed hit songs off of its self-titled EP as well as upcoming music that will be featured on its debut full-length album.
Listen to The Last Year and other of your favorite music on 89.9 FM90 or you can stream online at kacvfm.org.


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Martech Trends SMB Owners Should Follow in 2017
Running a successful business requires a "glimpse into the future" aside from everything else. Hearing predictions for the upcoming year and what to expect from them is always an awesome thing. That way you can stay on guard, and not be unpleasantly suppressed by a big new trend that just smashed its way in like […]Read More »


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As usual, the opportunity to see exciting new films is irresistibly tempting, particularly when they're on the fantastic Embassy big screen. Two will even feature live Q&As with highly respected British director Terence Davies. But there's also the rare treat of being able to sample classic offerings from cinema history. This year it's going to be amazing to see the visionary Robert Altman's McCabe & Mrs Miller from 1971, and two Asian masterpieces in Ozu Kasujiro's Tokyo Story from 1953 and King Hu's A Touch of Zen from 1971. There's also the opportunity to view lesser-known slices of the legendary Orson Welles' Shakespeare oeuvre in his performance as Falstaff in Chimes at Midnight from 1966, and the Weimar-era Berlin of E.A. Dupont's pre-colour, pre-sound Variety, with live accompaniment and a world premiere of a new score. Such fun!
Here's what I'll be lining up to see in the coming weeks. Fingers crossed for good seats when the tickets go on sale tomorrow morning.
Sunday 24 July
I, Daniel Blake (dir. Ken Loach, UK, 2016)
Palme d'Or-winning English social realism tour de force :: Embassy Theatre 100 mins
Monday 25 July
McCabe & Mrs Miller (dir. Robert Altman, USA, 1971)
Beatty & Christie and a legendary director light up the wild west :: Embassy Theatre 120 mins
Tuesday 26 July
A Quiet Passion (dir.Terence Davies, UK, 2016)
Cynthia Nixon excels as poet Emily Dickson :: Embassy Theatre 124 mins
Wednesday 27 July
Sunset Song (dir. Terence Davies, UK, 2015)
1930s coming-of-age tale from rural north Scotland :: Embassy Theatre 135 mins
Thursday 28 July
Land of Mine (dir. Martin Zandvliet, Denmark/Germany, 2015)
Under sandet
Post-WW2 Danish drama, as German POWs are made to clear mines :: Embassy Theatre 101 mins
Friday 29 July
Captain Fantastic (dir. Matt Ross, USA, 2016)
Viggo Mortensen as an off-the-grid father of six :: Embassy Theatre 119 mins + short
Saturday 30 July
Long Way North (dir. Remi Chaye, France/Denmark, 2015)
Tout en haut du monde
Animated adventure as a plucky 15-year-old Russian princess journeys to the North Pole :: Penthouse Cinema 81 mins
Tokyo Story (dir. Ozu Yasujiro, Japan, 1953)
Tokyo monogatari
Much-revered and rich Japanese social drama :: Paramount 136 mins
Sunday 31 July
Obit (dir. Vanessa Gould, USA, 2016)
NY Times obituary writers doco :: Paramount 93 mins + short
Toni Erdmann (dir. Maren Ade, Austria, 2016)
Crowd-pleasing & subversive inter-generational comedy :: Embassy Theatre 162 mins
The Death of Louis XIV (dir. Albert Serra, France, 2016)
La mort de Louis XIV
Historical drama, the role of Jean-Pierre Leaud's life :: Embassy Deluxe 105 mins
Monday 1 August
After the Storm (dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu, Japan, 2016)
Umi yori mo mada fukaku
Family drama from my new favourite director :: Penthouse Cinema 117 mins
Thursday 4 August
Mercenary (dir. Sacha Wolff, France, 2016)
Intriguing tale of New Caledonian rugby player making his way in France :: Paramount 112 mins
Friday 5 August
Midnight Special (dir. Jeff Nichols, USA 2016)
Promising big-screen sci-fi drama :: Embassy Theatre 111 mins
Saturday 6 August
Francofonia (dir. Aleksandr Sokurov, France, 2015)
A Louvre love-letter :: Paramount 87 mins + short
Chimes at Midnight (dir. Orson Welles, Spain, 1966)
Welles as Falstaff :: Embassy Theatre 116 mins
Johnny Guitar (dir. Nicholas Ray, USA, 1954)
Joan Crawford's masteful feminist western :: Paramount 110 mins
Sunday 7 August
Variety (dir. E.A. Dupont, Germany, 1925)
A touch of Weimar with live musical accompaniment :: Paramount 95 mins
A Touch of Zen (dir. King Hu, Taiwan, 1971)
Xia nu
Legendary Chinese martial arts primer :: The Roxy Cinema 180 mins


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Prenatal screening
The Health Council of the Netherlands recommends offering pregnant women an ultrasound as early as week 13 of pregnancy as a part of the programme for prenatal screening. Many abnormalities that are currently detected during the ultrasound at week 20 of pregnancy could in fact be detected earlier. The benefits and possible harms of an early ultrasound do still need to be evaluated, as well as the way women experience it. That is the Health Council's advice for the minister of Health, Welfare and Sport.


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Marcin has a background in computer science, with over 15 years of bioinformatics experience. His recent research interests can be best described as computational marine biology, with emphasis on de novo genome assembly, detection of differentially expressed genes and phylogeny. Marcin is looking forward to participating in a wide range of projects at RSB – please let him know if you need bioinformatics support!


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SAN DIEGO (AP) Luis Perdomo sent a message to the San Diego Padres: He wants a spot in the rotation next season.
Perdomo ended a three-start losing streak, Travis Jankowski and Alex Dickerson homered, and the Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-1 Sunday for a four-game split.
A 23-year-old right-hander who had never pitched above Class A before this season, Perdomo (6-7) also beat the Diamondbacks at Arizona on July 4.
''Somebody is hitting him because the numbers say so,'' Arizona manager Chip Hale said. ''But that's twice now that he's got us.''
Perdomo (6-7) took a shutout into the seventh and wound up allowing an unearned run and five hits in seven innings.
''He wants feedback. He wants to be better. He doesn't want to just be here,'' Padres pitching coach Darren Balsley said. ''He is very easy to work with and he has made huge strides in everything he's done.''
Arizona didn't have a runner in scoring position until the seventh, and Phil Gosselin got there on a throwing error by Perdomo. Brandon Drury, who had two of Arizona's five hits, singled in Gosselin to cut the Diamondbacks' deficit to 7-1.
Alexei Ramirez added a two-run double in the eighth.
''That's my best outing, for sure,'' Perdomo said through a translator. ''I was just focusing on attacking when I got up there. ... I'm really just trying to do the best work I can, and pitch as well as I can.''
Hale said Perdomo's sinker was the difference.
''He does a good job with that,'' Hale said. ''It comes in to the right-handers and away from the lefties.''
Braden Shipley (2-3) gave up seven runs and seven hits over 5 1/3 innings in a matchup of the teams with the poorest records in the NL West.
''I felt my stuff today was the best it had been all year,'' said Shipley, a right-handed rookie. ''It was unfortunate what happened today, but it will turn around.''
Jankowski, who has reached in a career-best 20 games, hit his second home run of the season in the second inning for a 2-0 lead. Adam Rosales had an RBI triple in the fifth and scored on a double by Perdomo, the first RBI by the pitcher in 25 career big league at-bats.
''That's my main objective, to get on base,'' Jankowski said. ''I know if I get on base we can get things rolling. We've got a really good offense and it all starts with someone getting on base.''
Dickerson's leadoff homer in the sixth and Brett Wallace's RBI double made it 6-0 and chased Shipley. Patrick Kivlehan singled in a run against Dominic Leone.
''I'm kind of just relaxed up there,'' said Kivlehan, who homered in his major league debut on Saturday. ''I'm just in one of those modes where I just want to help the team win any way I can.''
Diamondbacks: RHP Rubby De La Rosa (right elbow) will resume a throwing program, with the team seeking to build him up to 70 pitches for some September starts.
Padres: CF Jon Jay (broken right arm) took some swings off the tee on Sunday. He could return to the club in early September.
Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Godley (4-2) starts Monday in the opener of a four-game series against visiting Atlantas. Godley defeated the New York Mets on Wednesday, allowing two runs in a career-high 7 1/3 innings.
Padres: RHP Edwin Jackson (3-3) opens a three-game series Monday against the visiting Chicago Cubs. Jackson allowed a season-high eight runs over four innings in a loss to Tampa Bay on Tuesday.


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Huff Post: Income Inequality Among America's Seniors Means It's Not Time to Cut the Safety Net
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Two weeks ago, a USA Today story revealed that the U.S. has the fourth most uneven income distribution in the developed world. We rank just behind Chile, Mexico, and Turkey with one of the developed world's largest income gaps. While income inequality in America is not news, few are paying attention to how income inequality impacts America's older adults.
A recent report from the Kaiser Family Foundation begins to shine a light on what inequality looks like among older adults. According to the report, while 25 percent of Medicare beneficiaries have incomes below $14,400 (the federal poverty level is $11,670) and half have incomes below $23,500, 1 percent have incomes exceeding $171,650. And, while eight percent of Medicare beneficiaries had no savings or were in debt, and 25 percent had savings below $11,300 (per capita income and savings rates were even lower for both black and Hispanic beneficiaries), five percent of beneficiaries had more than $1.1 million in savings.
Unfortunately, for Medicare beneficiaries who have little savings, their financial insecurity is unlikely to improve. The Kaiser study showed that in the future income inequality may become even more pronounced, even if public programs like Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid or Supplemental Security Income are spared from cuts.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Marc Faber : I am very cautious on 2013. I don't particularly like any assets right now
Marc Faber : "The markets that have performed extremely well since the lows of 2009 are not going to do particularly well in 2013," "I am very cautious on 2013. I don't particularly like any assets right now.""But we have so much government intervention," "you cannot predict the markets...I just see that governments will print money, and there will be competitive devaluations. "So I want to have gold as an insurance policy.""I intend to increase my gold position on any further weakness, although I am concerned that US Dollar strength could be a headwind for a strong gold rally."
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If she is on for the long run (50 issues) then yay! If she plans on working on WWs supporting cast that always gets thrown out then yay!


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Marlynn Rey on the Festival of the Aegean: "It was Excellent in Every Sense"
Marlynn Rey is a choral director and composer who recently took part in MidAm International's 13th Annual Festival of the Aegean. She received a Bachelor of Music from Canadian Bible College with a piano major and voice minor. Rey has directed several choirs in her career, both in the US and Canada. She has been an accompanist for Mesa Community College, AZ, and a private piano instructor for 36 years. Her compositions have been performed at Mesa Community College and The Brooklyn Community Chorus in New York (May 2015). She has served as a rehearsal director for a MidAmerica Productions' performance of John Rutter's Requiem in Carnegie Hall in 2007, and is presently the director for junior and senior high school choirs at Tempe Preparatory Academy. She is also is on staff at Sun Valley Community Church as the Traditional Service leader. Here's what she had to say about her experience at the 2017 Festival of the Aegean in Syros, Greece:
The Yellow Rose Singers from San Antonio, TX at the 2017 Festival of the Aegean
Dear Peter,
Thank you again for a wonderful time for my choir members at the Festival both as performers and as a grateful audience.
Our experience musically in rehearsal with both you and Gary Mabry (he did such a fantastic job of working on the performance details) was professional and inspirational. I felt that Jeffrey and CJ [MidAm International staffers] were excellent to work with and constantly working to make things run smoothly.
I believe our experience on the Corinth tour was absolutely a highlight of the trip (maybe because I also have a degree in Biblical Studies!). Our tour guide was exceptionally knowledgeable for someone so young and so pleasant to tour with.
The Festival was excellent, Peter. Everyone I talked to was so impressed with the orchestra! They did a stellar job. The Tchaikovsky, beautiful Mozart performances and of Madam Butterfly provided contrasts of style and definitely showcased the performers' talent. It was excellent in every sense. I thought the St. Nicholas Church venue provided a completely different feel to the performances, which again was a wonderful contrast to the theatre.
Kind regards and safe travels,
Marlynn Rey


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Tickets are available for the 2017 Virginia Society of Ornithology Annual meeting and/or the banquet on Saturday night featuring a reading and book signing by Jennifer Ackerman, author of The Genius of Birds.
Richmond Audubon Society will be hosting the 2017 Virginia Society of Ornithology Annual meeting at the Wyndham Virginia Crossings Hotel and Conference Center from May 5 – 7. Speakers at this year's event include a kick-off presentation by Dr. Ashley Peele about the Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas 2 on Friday night. Our keynote speaker for Saturday evening's banquet will be Jennifer Ackerman, author and naturalist, who recently published her new book The Genius of Birds.
Registration for the Annual Meeting is available online at the VSO website (here: http://www.virginiabirds.org/annual-meeting-registration/) or by mailing a check with the registration form found in the VSO newsletter. Prices per person are: registration $40, banquet $40, and raffle for a pair of Zeiss Optics binoculars $5.
Keynote speaker Jennifer Ackerman is both author and naturalist, having written The Genius of Birds in April 2016, which delves into the intelligence of "bird-brained" species across the globe that exhibit incredible feats of memory and creativity. Jennifer earned the Silver Medal Award for Nature Writing from the International Regional Magazine Association, has been selected for the New York Times "Editor's Choice," and also the New York Times "New and Noteworthy" paperback. She has been published by The New York Times, National Geographic, and Scientific American (to name a few) for her writing, has been interviewed by National Public Radio, and has published five books with critical acclaim. The Daily Progress commended, "Richly researched… The Genius of Birds provides engrossing evidence that will have readers looking at birds in a completely new way." A book signing opportunity will follow her presentation after the banquet.


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