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For some reason, gin exists. After years of struggle to appreciate the spirit ourselves, we've found five gins we're confident anyone can enjoy. Which is saying something.
Taste-buds evolve in unexpected ways.
I remember my first experience of coffee. Not the sweet froth of a Flat White. No – real, black coffee. It left me grimacing like my dog, that time he bit into a lemon. But as I grew up, like most people, I found a way past its harshness and started to appreciate its different forms and flavours. Some even had somewhereness to them: striking flavours from particular beans, growers, regions and brewing methods.
I think of somewhereness as a quality that allows a product or experience to reflect the place or person it's derived from. I'm drawn to it because, where it exists, it conveys an authentic story of provenance. And right now, gin provides some of the best examples of this, thanks to a boom in small-batch producers.
Getting Into Gin
Gin, however, is still a profoundly unpleasant life experience for me and many others – a genuine Marco Materazzi of a drink. Not only do I dislike juniper (the defining ingredient in all gin); I also find quinine (a key ingredient in tonic) more offensive than the look of Donald Trump in mushroom form – my least happy human-vegetable visual. Quinine is both bitter and a malaria treatment. Delicious.
But one of the ideas behind The Great Everything is to look beyond the things we find easy to love and, instead, try to appreciate different things relative to the different experiences they each aim to offer. So I decided small-batch gins deserved an investigation. Gin's vast range of possible botanicals opens up more flavour possibilities than any other spirit out there. Plus, today's excellent Fever Tree Mediterranean tonic and Double Dutch mixers also take the edge off harsher gins, leaving them more accessible to new gin drinkers. I was also drawn to gin's relatively clean impact on the body and felt buoyed by my recent forays into gin-based cocktails, which I'd devised for various events.
All of which explains how I recently found myself in London, at the 2016 Gin Festival, forcing myself through several hundred craft gins on a simple mission: to find five innovative gins I felt anybody could enjoy. Even people who hate juniper. And quinine.
This is a totally awesome experience for flavour nerds, from a totally schizophrenic gin that could only come from France. It's also a premium product – the most expensive on this list (around £45/$60 a bottle at the time of writing). Imagine crunching a peppercorn in your mouth and then, out of that peppercorn, emerges a croissant. That's the fascinating flavour journey Pink Pepper will take you on in the space of three seconds. It's really interesting stuff and very difficult to dislike. Nobody hates patisserie.
Pink Pepper Gin has been designed to be an entirely unique, intense and aromatic gin – one which will age and evolve. When young or chilled – fresher, spicy notes of pink pepper, juniper and cardamom are prominent. Over time, it warms up – allowing notes of vanilla, tonka and honey to come to the forefront. Full-bodied and intensely aromatic, perfect for sipping or in cocktails.
2. Brockmans (UK)
This is a smart one for guys to keep in their home bar, if any stay-in dates are on the cards. The very subtle pink colour will appeal (if the popularity of pink champagne among many women is anything to go by) and, above all, the light lingering aftertaste of forest fruits is crisp and delicious. Brockmans is a rare gin in that it combines both creativity and complexity of flavour with complete approachability for a gin beginner.
This is a gin that dares to be different: an intensely smooth gin that tastes great over ice. The unique botanical recipe includes Bulgarian coriander which is very aromatic and gingery orange flavour, with blueberries and blackberries.
3. Silent Pool (UK)
There's a brilliant, floral-nectar combo to Silent Pool gin's aroma, and a very deft touch of honey. Once you get to your third sip, it turns spicier and more herbal than you might expect but there's still a white flower sweetness beneath it all, some zesty citrus and a definite coriander hit on both the nose and the palate. This is one of the most interesting (and attractive) flavour combinations I've ever tasted in any spirit, thanks to its whopping 24 botanicals – it's floral, tight and honey-rich all at once. Feisty, but available – like Rachel Zane in my favourite junk show, Suits.
Silent Pool Gin is produced on the Albury Estate in the Surrey Hills, right next to the Silent Pool, a beautiful, mysterious spring-fed lake. The gin itself features 24 botanicals, including kaffir lime, chamomile, local honey and lavender, among others, resulting in a subtly sweet though intricately-balanced tipple.
4. Gin Mare (Spain)
I was lucky to spend every summer of my childhood around the French Mediterranean. And just as the flavours of a Bandol wine take me right back there, so too does Gin Mare. This is genuine luxury for the tongue. Although hailing from Spain (one of the world's largest gin markets), its unique character comes from a truly pan-Mediterranean botanical base, focused around the herbs and fruits of the region (but really, it's the herbs that count). This is an opulent, silky concoction I find fascinating and smooth. It's also a great example of an accessible savoury gin, where the first three in this list lean towards a slightly fruitier/sweeter profile.
Mare is a Mediterranean gin flavoured with four principal botanicals: basil, thyme, rosemary and, most unusual of all, the Arbequina olive. Alongside juniper, cardamom and citrus, these different botanicals create a strangely arresting gin: you'll know when you've had a Mare.
5. Whitley Neill (UK)
What the Lion King would smell like if it were a spirit. Intense, warm and full of African flavours including baobab, orris root and cassia bark. Whitley Neill has an initial spicy warmth that turns into a citrus smack and a floral tickle. On the back of all that, there's a warming, earthy finish. I like this a lot, but it's the perfume that makes it special.
From the Baobab tree logo to the wooden cork stopper, this gin is right at home in the Savanna. The African influence is clear in the flavour too, with the taste of the Baobab fruit and Cape gooseberries (both local to South Africa) shining through. The Baobab fruit gives an initial tang to the gin and the gooseberries leave a wonderful lasting taste. Inspired by Africa, made in England.
If you're tempted to try any of these, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on them. Similarly, if you place an order on Amazon through this website, we can help out with optimal gin/tonic/mixer combinations for each one – just drop us an email.


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Interesting factoid from a recent Risk Management class I taught inside a large, established company:
When we discussed why this company is so large, with establisehd processes in other areas, yet not doing project risk management (and in a complex, risky, regulated industry to boot), here is what emerged:
Risk identification is not being done consistently or thoroughly on our projects, because our executives see discussion of risk as "Focusing on failure", "denigrating our own capabilities, because it implies we can't do things without making mistakes, or we are not good enough to naturally overcome difficulties" and "if you bring up things that could go wrong, you are not being a team player."
Wow. Just, wow.
Now the good news is that the company was of course holding a risk management class at all. The PMs across a large number of departments agreed this was THE topic to use their group training dollars on that year. A few managers from those departments popped into the class to check it out. And the attendees also said that at the corporate level, the importance of proactive risk management WAS being acknowledged more and slowly opening up to exploration. But the project managers and team members clearly still felt hesistant. Some didn't yet feel comfortable even suggesting as PM that the team do risk identification. Some said that their teams were so time-strapped, no one would agree to spending an hour talking about risk.
(That also evokes a few Wows and Yikes out of me.)
But these are the real-world hurdles that get in the way of doing the stuff we take for granted as "good things to do on projects and programs." The things we have to get past to make management stuff actually work on the ground.
Curious to know whether others encounter the above risk-discussion-roadblocks - or others. What's keeping some teams or even your organization, from wanting to acknowledge or spend time on risk?

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Stock Is Back Up
As promised I've put the stock back up. Hopefully I wont get too overloaded with orders so I can keep it up for as long as possible. Thanks everyone. Happy shopping. 🙂
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Ex-Cathedra concert features EHS singers
01 December 2017
On Saturday 23 December, Birmingham-based choir Ex Cathedra invites the whole family to share the beauty, mystery and enchantment of Christmas Music by Candlelight.
Conducted by Jeffrey Skidmore and featuring Alexander Mason (organ) and Lucy Wakeford (harp), 'Angels, Stars and Kings' is an hour-long concert of seasonal favourites and choral music to inspire, plus a special selection of readings for younger audiences. This year's concert involves several talented young singers, including Edgbaston High School singers Georgina Day, Isobel Hemming, Carmen Sanchez Diamente, Zoha Sohail and Lucy Wright.
Guests are invited to come dressed as an angel, star or king. This is particularly recommended for children aged 6+, but all ages welcome. 4pm, St Paul's Church, Jewellery Quarter.
Tickets: £13 (adults) / £5 (under 16s) available from THSH Box Office (0121 780 3333). www.excathedra.co.uk/2017-18-angels


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Restaurant Legend Scott Howell to Deliver The Art Institute of Raleigh-Durham's Commencement Address, Friday, Dec. 16
December 15, 2016
Durham Top Chef to Share Real World Lessons on Service, Quality and Strategy
RALEIGH-DURHAM, N.C. (Dec. 12, 2016) – Scott Howell, celebrated owner of famed Triangle restaurants Nana's and NANASTEAK, will address graduates at the commencement ceremony of The Art Institute of Raleigh-Durham, a campus of South University, on Friday, Dec. , 16, at 2:30 p.m. at The Carolina Theater. Howell will draw on his 20+ years of experience as a chef and restaurateur both in the Triangle and New York restaurant scene instructing and inspiring this year's graduates to aim for their best and never settle for second place.
WHAT: The Commencement Ceremony of The Art Institute of Raleigh-Durham
WHO: Commencement Speaker - Chef Scott Howell
WHEN: Friday, Dec. 16, 2016 at 2:30 p.m. sharp!
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So last week I shared a few new skin and hair products I'd been testing that week along with first impressions of them so far. This week I have a few pampering type products I wanted to share my initial thoughts on. I find this is a good way to do some faster updates on what I've been trying rather than potentially waiting for a full review, or if there are products I sometimes try but don't wow me enough to warrant a first post then a little testing post helps get my thoughts out there in case you're considering a purchase or want to know if fuss around a new launch is justified.
This week I've been trying out a few pampering treats, blaming the chilly weather for my desire to hibernate and take hot baths as often as is reasonably possible!
Ameliorate Bathing Powder * (£23.50)
I'm a huge fan of the Ameliorate range as it's one of very few body products I've tried in my life that has actually made a difference to the KP (Keratosis Pilaris) I tend to suffer from on my upper arms. So the latest launch is like a winter edition… except it's not seasonal, it's permanent! This is a bath powder that has a whole load of ingredients to combine to make skin soft and smooth from just a relaxing soak. This is great if you do suffer from KP (like I do) as scrubbing – which seems like the most logical thing to do for rough skin – can often be the worst thing to do!
Estee Lauder Night Wear Plus Detox Mask * (£32)
When it comes to skincare, I absolutely love Estee Lauder Advance Night Repair – it's one of my all time favourites. But I haven't tried many masks from the brand at all so was really excited to try this out. First impressions wise I like that it's a quick use one – only takes three minutes if you're tight on time. It does 'dry' but then isn't a pain to remove as a lot of detox masks are that seem to 'set' harder than concrete. I found on first use my skin felt clean but not stripped/tight. Going to give this a couple more tries before I form full opinion – but initial thoughts are thumbs up.
Dr Hauschka Spruce Warming Bath Essence * (£9.50)
This one was instant love and made me immediately wish I had a bigger bottle. It smells dreamy – sort of like the fresh pine Christmas scent. But with something cosy and warm feeling in there too. It just smells SO good. My new ultimate bath combo is this plus the Ameliorate powder – HELLO soft skin and a gorgeously scented bath experience. This is a seasonal product though, so if you want to try get your mitts on it ASAP. I want to stock up as I'm almost already out of this 30ml bottle – it's one where you only really need a couple of cap-fulls to get the effect, but it smells so amazing it's hard to resist pouring more in. LOVE this.
Origins Gloomaway Grapefruit Body Buffing Cleanser * (£22)
Along with all the pampering, I made myself a 'feel good' list of majority pampering/beauty things that when I tick them all off I am pretty much guaranteed to feel good about myself. One of which being a full body scrub – I just love that freshly scrubbed feeling where all the dead skin is sloughed off and everything feels soft and smooth. So I reached for this one and it does smell delicious – and the name is just perfect for January gloom – Gloomaway, yes please. BE GONE GLOOM. AND TAKE ALL MY DRY DEAD SKIN WITH YOU. My tip with this is to actually apply in the shower, but before you step under the running water (or before you turn it on) so you can have a good scrub before it all gets rinsed away. I do love a good body scrub and this is definitely one.
Here's to the weekend ahead with LOADS of end of January pampering time on the cards!
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Next year's fundraiser will be held at the New Hyde Park VFW on Jericho Turnpike. Click Here to contact us about tickets for the event.
Hoping for a great turnout to raise funds for Geoffrey's Pals Scholarship Program.
Geoffrey's Pals Charity
Geoffrey's Pals is a registered 501(c)(3) charity. Our goal is to keep Geoffrey's memory alive by providing eligible High School students with grants for their College Education. All funds raised go to the student grants.
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Lake Võrtsjärv
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Lake Võrtsjärv
Võrtsjarv is the largest lake within the boundaries of Estonia. Not considering Lake Peipsi on the Russian border, it surpasses all other Estonian lakes together by the surface area. The few islands are mostly located in the southern part of the lake. Tondisaar and Pähksaar are permanent islands while Ainsaar turns into a peninsula during low water, and Heinassaar is flooded in high water periods. The shores of Võrtsjarv are mostly low: swampy in the southern part, and sandy in the northern part; the eastern shore is higher. Despite its large surface area, the lake is shallow. The deepest place lies between the eastern shore and the island of Tondisaar along the submerged elongation of the riverbed of the Väike Emajõgi River. The lake depression is of preglacial origin but has somewhat been influenced by glaciers. On the eastern shore the Devonian sandstone bedrock is denuded along
a stretch of several kilometres. This abrasion shore at Tamme is 3 - 8 m high and subjected to protection as a fam
ous finding-place of fossil placoderm fishes. In the southern part the lake bottom is covered with a mud layer up to 5.5 m thick, which is gradually being replaced by sandy mud and sand in the direction of north; the mud is lying on the marl. The total thickness of sediments increases southwards, up to 7.6 m.
Võrtsjärv has tens of inflows collecting their water in three counties, on
a catchment area exceeding the lake surface twelve times. Väike Emajõgi, Õhne, Tarvastu, and Tänassilma rivers are the largest inflows. Suur Emajõgi is the single outlet; however at times in spring when dammed up by a mighty flood from the Pede River 5 km downstream, the river starts flowing back towards the lake. During such a period (on the average two weeks a year) Lake Võrtsjarv is devoid of any outflow. As a result, the high waterlevel usually lasts for several months in spring, while even the rise in autumn can be noticeable. The mean annual difference in the lake volume between the high and low water level can be threefold.
A permanent current system in the lake is lacking.
The lake is covered with ice on the average for 135 days a year, from the end of November till the end of April. The average water temperature rises up to 17-21°C in July. No permanent stratification occurs in summer. Võrtsjärv is a strongly eutrophic lake. The nutrients, nitrogen and phosporus issue from the surrounding arable lands and, with sewage, from several small towns (Valga, Viljandi, Tõrva) and villages. The fast expansion of reed thickets and the deterioration of biological diversity are a clear evidence of the eutrophication of the lake during the last decades. However, the high carbonate content of water protects the lake against acid rains. Due to the prevalence of western winds, the reed belt is continuous and lush on the sheltered western shore and broken at the open eastern one. The narrow southern end, especially beginning from Pähksaar Island is totally overgrown with yellow and white lilies, pondweeds, arrowhead, bulrush, and other water plants.
The amount of planktonic algae can reach 30g per cubic metre, with blue-green algae prevailing in summer. Water is turbid, yellowish-green or greenish yellow, with a transparency of about 1m. Mud particles stirred up by the wave action contribute to turbidity. The zooplankton of the lake consists of smaller animals building up the summer biomass of about
1-2 rt g/m3. The amount of bottom animals is low but variable in different years; the average biomass is 5-7 g/m2, with chironomid larvae being the dominating group.
About 35 fish species occur in Lake Võrtsjärv. Pike-perch, eel, bream and pike are the most important commercial fishes, while perch and roachare are also abundant. In the fifties and sixties Võrtsjärv was known as a ruff lake since inferior fish prevailed in catches. After the application of measures proposed by scientists of the Limnological Station (ban on trawling, strict fish protection, introduction of glass eels), big and valuable fish species became dominating. The negligible natural eel have been caught in some years. The total yearly fish catch averages over 400 tons in Lake Võrtsjärv, with the share of valuable fish 60-70%. The value of fish catches has grown 6-8–fold.
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Rome was the center city of the Roman Empire and the setting of most of the major events of Cicero's life.
Tusculum was the location of Cicero's favorite villa and where he often retreated during times of controversy.
Arpinum was Cicero's hometown and the hometown of his family.
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The Forum was the political and religious center of Rome where the Senate was located.
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The collection of Roman Senators that was the ruling body of the Roman Empire until Caesar became dictator was called the Senate. Cicero was a senator and believed in senatorial supremacy.
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The leading office within the Senate was the consulship; the Roman Senate had two Consuls a year who switched power each month. Cicero served as Consul.
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Welcome Back, Everyone,
For a change, I want to do a mini-review, of two Greek films that were made five years apart, but cover almost identical themes.
Yorgos Lanthimos) came out, which caused a few ripples around the film festival circuit. It follows the explicit and disturbing tale of a modern Greek family, who are kept hidden from the world-at-large, by a domineering father, who controls every aspect of his family's life. Not only in what they eat or drink. but even to the extent of making them fear the outside world, by deliberately misinforming them of what will happen if they do not abide by his wishes.
Earlier this year, Alexandros Avranas directed MISS VIOLENCE, a similarly-themed tale, following the death of an 11 year old girl, and the investigation from the police and authorities of what led this child to commit suicide, which soon uncovers some very murky history, in particular from the parents who control everything the children (the 11 year old, and her siblings), see and do, with threats of abuse and violence if they do not acquiesce to the father's demands. What follows, is a horrific tale of sexual abuse, paedophilia, and rape! (The title has a dual-meaning: referring initially to the young girl as a Miss, and the Violence that she suffers, whilst the second meaning, refers to the fact that everone deliberately ignores the violence and abuse that she and the family endure, under their patriarchal leader.)
Both films have caused controversy, for their content. In the former, it is a scene of hardcore, pornographic sex that baited the censors, and in the latter, it was the explicit and harrowing depiction of abuse against a minor. In both cases, however, each film was passed uncut with an 18 certificate, here in the UK at least.
Greece is well-known for its offbeat cinema. However, Modern Greek cinema has dealt with a lot of tough subject matter, partly in relation to its current standing in the European Union, and the economic crises that are affecting its citizens. Some of that upset, anxiety and anger is now making itself known, via its filmic output. The two films under discussion here, are the two most well-known titles, in recent times.
It should be stated, that neither film is pleasant to watch. In fact, you may find the content highly distressing at times. This is not family-friendly-cinema, by any means! Likewise, many have criticised the films for being too distressing and uncomforting to view, whilst in other reviews I've read, some were uncomfortable at the subject matter even being used as a basis for a fictional movie. These two works are definitely not for everyone. They may not even be for the few. I would probably argue, that these films are more interesting if you already enjoy World Cinema, or European Arthouse works, rather than the grubbier and more unsavoury end of the horror film-making spectrum. But with that said, these are not films for the beer-and-snacks crowd. These are true skin-crawlers, that expect and require a lot from the viewer. You need to stick with them, until the bitter end, and even if you get that far, you may still feel like these films are not "great" works of cinema, because there's no satisfying conclusion awaiting you.
In fact, both films have very open-ended conclusions, which has annoyed a lot of viewers, who like things with finale's, or at least reasonably wrapped-up in some manner or other. So, if you are wanting to view these to test your limits, then neither of these two works will be what you are looking for, and may end-up testing your patience more than anything else. However, as examples of Extreme Cinema, they are certainly of pertinence, if you like a more cerebral experience! Sometimes, we need to be challenged by unpalatable subject matter!
What makes these titles so powerful for me, personally, is their setting is so ordinary, so mundane, so average. It's the whole ethos of what goes on behind closed doors, that shocks you. To outsiders, the families in both films, all seem very normal. The father works. The mother is a homemaker. The children are all polite, well-mannered siblings, cleaned and groomed to look respectable. Yet it is behind that veneer of respectability, that lies the true horror.
With DOGTOOTH, the children are deliberately taught lies by the father. For instance, they are told that the "sea" is a large armchair. "Zombies" are tiny, golden-coloured flowers, and that "Licking a keyboard" is not - as you might expect - a sexual-euphemism! In each case, the misinformation is deliberately spread by the father, as a means of psychologically, physically, emotionally and mentally controlling the children - who range from their pre-teens upto their twenties. This "torture" they endure, is not as we would recognise it. In its simplest form, it isn't any kind of recognisable "torture" at all. It's just lies, and fairly unspectacular lies. But the lies aren't the "torture". The torture is that the lies are a way of intimidating and controlling the children. They are a means in which they are indoctrinated. It is at this stage, that you have to concur that what is happening to them, is nothing more than torture. There's simply no other word to use! The daily indoctrination of misinformation, deception and half-truths, fed to them from birth until they finally "escape" (and I don't mean that literally) is the kind of stuff you'd expect to read in a newspaper report about detainees at Guantanamo Bay!
At first, the misinformation is extremely minor. Grass is blue. The sky is green. Water is dangerous to drink, but less dangerous than milk! Essentially nothing more than little white lies. The kind that every parents tells a young child. (The tooth fairy, Santa Claus, etc!) (These aren't actual examples from the film. I just want to give you a flavour of the style that the misinformation starts at.) However, the misinformation soon spirals horrifically out-of-control, to the stage where a domestic pet cat is the equivalent of a plague-carrier, and family cassette tapes of Frank Sinatra songs are being explained away as poetic, coded messages from a distant relative, the children have never met! On top of this, the most minor of infractions results in the loss of food, restrictions of movement, to more intense punishments of physical violence. All of this, is meted out to the family, whilst the Father (Christos Stergioglou) continues his work in a local office, casually fending-off visits from co-workers at his home, due to illnees of other family members, or simply being too busy with other events.
Compounding this abuse, the father pays a young female co-worker in her twenties, to have sex with his son, as a way of teaching the son sex-education (location of the hymen, etc). He procures her, like a common whore, and pays her just as such. Whilst his wife and the children's mother knows only too well, of the bullshit that the father is indoctrinating them with, she is equally complicit in the "torture", through simply condoning his teaching methods, and fearing that if she doesn't comply, she too may become a casualty-of-war. Whether this is because she fears abuse of her own wellbeing, is never entirely certain.
Compared this, to what happens in MISS VIOLENCE, where the children go to school, but the Father takes them too, and then picks them up from school, every day. Their mother, is hapy to comply with their father's "illusionary world", because she too holds some very twisted secrets, that would tear the family apart, if they ever found out. They are not allowed to see friends outside of school time. TV and newspapers are forbidden, lest they pollute the children's mental wellbeing. Similar indoctrination, but here, the indoctrination really is abuse - quite literally. Here, the family is always under the threat of a beating, games involving the rest of the family being allowed to mete-out punishments on you, or in the worst cases, extreme physical and bloody violence.
To escape this torment, 11 year old Angeliki (Chloe Bolota) decides that she will not end-up being tortured like her siblings, and on the day of her 11th Birthday, walks on to the ledge of her family's apartment balcony, climbs over the edge, smiles, then plummets to her death! For her, death is the better option, than to endure whatever Daddy Dearest wishes to educate them in. And it's not long before we see why she chooses death. Here, the torture is extreme! Inter-family incest is a regular, day-to-day occurance. I won't go further, because to say more will damage a major plotline, but imagine that everyone is having sex with everyone else, and then children are being born out of those "relationships", and you have some idea of just how fucked-up this family's dynamics are. But this is not the worst case!
Not by a long shot!
There is one element, we learn, that is so staggeringly shocking, it pales into comparison! The youngest daughter, is pimped-out to neighbours, relatives, and other assorted ne'er-do-wells on an alarmingly-regular basis, for money to cover the household's bills! The sickening scenes of what these people do to the young girl, comes late-on in the film, but by God it will turn most viewer's stomachs long before you see what is done to her, by whom, and how often! If you ever needed to know why paedophiles are such a danger, when they hide-in-plain-sight, this film reveals all!
As I said right at the start, neither of these two films are easy viewing. In many aspects, there's almost a dark vein of comedy in them. It's as if the director's are willing you to laugh, at the twisted nature, because you aren't really sure of how else to react. But you know, deep down, that laughing is wrong. So very, very wrong! And the laughter leaves you, and the twisted, nightmarish creation the film peddles, slowly takes hold, and then you realise just what you are involved in, is so repugnant, you almost can't fathom facing it.
The nearest experience, I can link it too, is Takashi Miike's AUDITION. The first hour is very gentle, and then abruptly, you are shoved kicking-and-screaming into the most mentally-scarring (yet legal) experience you've ever had to cope with.
Whilst I cannot recommend these films as great pieces of cinema, they are great in their own messed-up manners! You will not, and should not go into either of these films, thinking you will enjoy them, because they are as far removed from "entertainment" as you can get. They are more documentary in tone, than pieces of fiction. The realism and simplistic camerawork, belies what you are watching. But their stories are necessary! Their messages, of how adults can erode everything that is humane and healthy in a child, is so powerful, and necessary to experience, that more people need to view one or both of these films. Both are message movies, and even though the message is highly unpalatable, it's a necessary one that more of us, as a society, need to be aware of, and take steps to combat. And after so many recent events around the globe involving the mistreatment of minors, the rapes and sexual assaults that take place, and the general abuse of fellow human beings, every day in every nation, we cannot let such actions continue.
The horror really does come from within, and that horror needs to stop. Full stop!
For those of you wishing to take a walk on the wild side of cinema, DOGTOOTH is out on UK DVD and Blu-Ray, in an Anamorphic 2.35:1 print, with English Subtitles, as a bare-bones release. MISS VIOLENCE is out on DVD only, also in an Anamorphic 2.35:1 print, and again, with English Subtitles and no extras. Both are readily availble from Amazon UK. Just be really prepared to be taken down a very dark garden path indeed!


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Cocktail recipes for enjoying the evening cocktails while maintaining your diet goals
Have a plan before beginning the evenings cocktail hour. Decide in advance the number of cocktails you are going to drink and cut back on that number of calories during the day in anticipation.
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cranberry juice, and a squeeze of lime. Garnish with a wedge of citrus
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|Mai Tai
1 oz light rum
1/2 oz creme de almond
1/2 oz triple sec
sweet and sour mix
pineapple juice
1/2 oz Myer's dark rum
|Pour light rum, creme de almond and triple sec, in order, into a collins glass. Almost fill with equal parts of sweet and sour mix and pineapple juice. Add dark rum, a large straw, and serve unstirred.
|Malibu Bay Breeze
1 1/2 oz Malibu coconut rum
2 oz cranberry juice
2 oz pineapple juice
|Blend ingredients and serve over ice.
|Manhattan Cocktail
3/4 oz sweet vermouth
2 1/2 oz bourbon whiskey
1 dash Angostura bitters
1 maraschino cherry
1 twist orange peel
|Combine the vermouth, bourbon whiskey, and bitters with 2 - 3 ice cubes in a mixing glass. Stir gently, don't bruise the spirits and cloud the drink. Place the cherry in a chilled cocktail glass and strain the whiskey mixture over the cherry. Rub the cut edge of the orange peel over the rim of the glass and twist it over the drink to release the oils but don't drop it in.
|Margarita Cocktail
1 1/2 oz tequila
1/2 ozpremium triple sec (preferably Cointreau)
1 oz lime juice
|Rum the rim of a cocktail glass with lime juice, and dip in salt. Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into the glass, and serve
|Margarita Cocktail
1 1/2 oz tequila
1/2 ozpremium triple sec (preferably Cointreau)
1 oz lime juice
|Rum the rim of a cocktail glass with lime juice, and dip in salt. Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into the glass, and serve.
|Martini Cocktail
1 1/2 oz gin
1/2 oz dry vermouth
|Stir with ice cubes, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with an olive or a twist of lemon.
|Mexican Martini
2 oz tequila
1 1/2 oz Cointreau orange liqueur
2 oz sweet and sour mix
1 oz lime juice
2 oz orange juice
1 splash Sprite soda
2 olives
|Pour all ingredients into a large cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a large cocktail/martini glass (8+ ounces) with a salt rim. Add two olives on a spear, and serve.
|Miami Vice
5 oz Bacardi 151 rum
1 packagefrozen pina colada mix
1 packagefrozen daiquiri mix
1. Mix pina colada with 2.5 oz. of rum w/ ice. Set aside.
2. Mix daiquiri with 2.5 oz. of rum w/ ice.
3. While frozen, add pina colada mix to a cocktail glass. Add the daiquiri mix on top, keeping it seperated from the pina colada mix. Serve.
|Midori Sour
1 oz Midori melon liqueur
1 oz whisky sour mix
2 oz Sprite soda
2 cherries
|Fill a highball glass with ice. Add the midori, sour mix and sprite, give a quick stir, and add cherries.
|Mint Julep
4 fresh mint sprigs
2 1/2 oz bourbon whiskey
1 tsp powdered sugar
2 tsp water
|Muddle mint leaves, powdered sugar, and water in a collins glass. Fill the glass with shaved or crushed ice and add bourbon. Top with more ice and garnish with a mint sprig. Serve with a straw.
1.25 oz Captain Morgan Original spiced rum
12 mint leaves
1 tbsp sugar
0.5 oz lime juice
2 oz soda
|Place mint leaves in bottom of glass. Add crushed ice, Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum, sugar, and lime juice, and muddle. Add soda water and garnish with mint leaves.
|Mojito Diablo
1 1/2 oz white tequila
1/2 oz creme de cassis
2 lime wedges
12 fresh mint leaves
3 - 6 oz 7-Up soda
1 tbsp brown sugar
|Muddle sugar, mint and squeezed lime wedges in mixing tin until mixture smells like spearmint gum. Fill with ice, add tequila and cassis, shake until the tin is icey to the touch. Pour into a collins glass, top with 7-up and garnish with a sugarcane stick and fresh mint.
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Here is where you get to make a choice. My garnet flower was all stitched into place. My "whimsical" flower was put together with the good old glue gun. Most websites showed the glue gun to make the flower as well, but when you are a stitcher, you stitch. Use the glue gun. Put a pea sized dot in the middle of the circle.
Fold the circle in half then in half again. Ouch, did you burn your fingers? Hope not! Directions said to use a clothes pin to keep your centers together until the glue dried. I did on all my circles. Then, when I went to take the clothespins off they were glued to the flower! A healthy snap and off they came. Some had a teensy bit of splinter but all that is hidden by the finished flower.
We have been having some crazy, stormy then sunny weather lately, all changing on a moment's notice. The other day these big clouds just sat above the trees seeming to explode into larger puffs as we watched. The sky behind us was very black from serious storm clouds. It was only five o'clock. I ran and got the camera....Bunny


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4. House Democrats Shut GOP Entirely Out of Process
The writers of the Federalist Papers would not be amused
Last night the House Democrats denied the Republican members of the House the right to offer amendments to spending bills before the Congress.
This is the first time in American history the majority has denied the minority the right to offer up amendments to spending bills. The first time. Ever.
So much for bipartisanship, openness and inclusion ... and don't be surprised if bills get no Republican support.


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My guest for this episode Jude Hobbs.
Jude runs Cascadia Permaculture, located in Cottage Grove, Oregon, and is a long time permaculture designer and teacher. 2015 is her 15th year offering a Permaculture Teacher Training, and that class forms the basis of our conversation. She shares with us what the course is like, the materials covered, the importance of set and setting, and walks us through the class. As a graduate of this course in 2011 I share some of my memories and how that event, and Jude's tutelage, influenced my path. Using that as a point of reflection she shares how the class has changed in the four years since, as this is an ever evolving program that expands based on her experiences and new writings on experiential education.
Jude is also a founding member of PINA: Permaculture Institute of North America. We spend some time at the end of this interview discussing what PINA is, the ways we as permaculture practitioners can benefit from this grass roots oriented professional organization, and how you can connect to learn more or become a member.
If you would like to take a Teacher Training with Jude there is an upcoming class being offered in cooperation with Beyond Organic Design at The Commons in Brooklyn, New York, from June 24 to June 30, 2015. I am scheduled to be a guest instructor the evening of Sunday June 28. The course is limited to 15 participants and my understanding is that they are reaching capacity quickly so if you are interested sign up now via this link:
Advanced Course in Permaculture Teacher Training with Jude Hobbs
You can find out more about Jude and her work at cascadiapermaculture.com.
Though many years have passed since I took my Teacher Training course with Jude, Andrew, and Rico, the impact of my time spent with them at Jude's home in 2011 still sits with me. This class lead to the path I am on now with The Plan and seeking to formally study and understand the ways in which to better teach through informal and experiential learning.
The course also helped me understand that though I am a kinesthetic learner I prefer to present through conversation with only necessary graphics, and generally abhor PowerPoint unless it is absolutely necessary. That changes the way I teach. Rather than mimicking the styles of others, I found a personal approach that I am comfortable with, balanced by knowing and understanding it is not an approach that reaches everyone and requires that I adjust my approach as needed to the audience.
This course also gave me enough successes to continue to put myself out into the world and start with those small presentations at the local library and see them expand to discussions at the monthly meeting of the county master gardeners, and to set-up an informational table on rain-barrels and vermicomposting at a local nature center and later return there to give an afternoon demonstration on how worms can eat our garbage. This last one really drew in the children and made their parents a bit squeamish, but was still a really fun time. Those opportunities continue to grow, and I count my Teacher Training as one of the transition points to begin really pushing my personal boundaries. I left the course confident enough to do, to put myself out there, and to be more to myself and the permaculture community than I thought was possible.
Though quite a bit dated at this point, I've included a link to my original review of the teacher training in the show notes that you can listen to my first impressions shortly after completing the class.
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On December 31 I promised my 2014 self that my 2015 self would be a better self. I've become maybe a worse self.
New Year's Eve was wraught with potential. I was serious about it, too.
"One more day of wasting hours on tumblr then it's serious business and a new you!" I exclaimed with gusto, only silently and to myself. I did come up with this plan while scrolling tumblr, though so I should've known it was going to fail. But! I was serious. My neighbor came over that evening with champagne and I joked that 2015 was my diva year! Then I thought about divas and champagne which naturally brought me to Mariah Carey and I came to an epiphany. I might be entering my embarrassing Mariah Carey years. As the night wore on and drinks were drunk my tv started playing One Direction performing on New Year's Rocking Eve or whichever one it was and I embarked on a one woman mission to make sure everyone knew that Harry Styles is handsome and beautiful. And charming! (And possibly gay.) And funny. And I wouldn't shut up about it. The rest of the night.
Seriously though, right????
Mariah Carey: Level 2
Guys, I've been in a rut. Like an unmotivated, crabby, diva-like rut. Maybe I'm overwhelmed with it all. Or maybe I'm bored. Maybe it's because I've been waiting an eternity for Mad Men to return. And Bates Motel is not back yet either. And LOST has been over for 4 and a half years and no one wants to go back to the island with me.
This Season 3 Jack Sheppard rut is kind of ruining my plans. I'm not sewing, I'm not writing, I'm not cleaning my house- though to be fair, that has little to do with a rut and more to do with that I would like a maid please. And a nanny. I would like to sit around in kicky little outfits cracking bad jokes and singing to no one in particular while someone else does all the washing and sandwich making. I need an Alice to my Carol Brady is what I'm getting at.
So that's where I've been; sitting on my couch and avoiding facebook except when I think of something funny, scrolling tumblr and twitter, and thinking about how I should do something and then getting mad when someone (the husband) suggests that I get up and do something. I've also been busy breaking up fisticuffs between the children. This also makes me crabby. And diva-like. And wishing for an Alice.
Alright I need to wrap this up because I'm supposed to be writing a PTA fundraising letter and I don't think they'd dig any Harry Styles or Carol Brady references in it so, I kind of have to buckle down on this even though we all know that Harry Styles sells. I'm just saying. Think it over, PTA.


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Here are the 25 challenges I'm going to try and accomplish before I turn 25 on September 30th, 2017.
- Buy 25 Books
- Do 25 new things and write them down
- Take pictures of Sequoia (teddy bear) in 25 different places
- Request 25 Books for Review
- Vlog 25 Times
- Dance, Skip, or swing in the rain 25 times
- Watch the sunrise or sunset 25 times
- Memorize 5 chapters from the Bible
- Run 25 ten minute miles (not at once)
- Eat paleo 25 weeks (not in a row)
- Send something to missionaries 25 times
- Try 25 new recipes
- Read to, or cook with, children 25 times
- Color 25 pictures
- Have less than 5 emails in my inbox Saturday night 25 weeks (not in a row)
- Write "thank you" letters to 25 people who have influenced or helped me
- Have a picnic in each season
- Move over to WordPress
- Host a contest or giveaway on Noveltea
- Go to bed by 10:30 sixty times (not in a row)
- Finger paint
- Blog by 9:30 a hundred times
- Go to Wednesday night church 20 times
- Jump rope
- Drink coffee or tea while reading or journaling 25 times
23 Before 23 (2015)
22 Before 22 (2014)
21 Before 21 (2013)
Dream List
The date I wrote the dream down is on the left.
I'll mark it and put the date on the right when I accomplish it.
I'll be adding more as I think of them.
12-11-14 Travel around the USA in a RV for six months
12-11-14 Keep track of all the books I read for a year {Completed 2014}
12-11-14 Keep track of all the money I spend for six months {Completed 2016}
12-11-14 Go to Antartica
12-11-14 Write a list of 1,000 things I'm thankful for {Completed in November 2015}
12-11-14 Start a cooking blog
12-11-14 Go to Nebraska again
12-11-14 Write Thank You notes to 100 people in a year
12-11-14 Be a Flower Girl in a wedding
12-11-14 Go on a road trip to Colorado
12-11-14 Go camping with sibling(s)
12-11-14 Read the "Proverbs of the day" every day for 3 months {Jan. – March 2015}
12-11-14 Read the "Proverbs of the day" every day for 6 months {Jan. – June 2015}
12-11-14 Read the "Proverbs of the day" every day for a year {Completed 2015}
12-11-14 Keep track of all the letters I send for six months
12-11-14 Keep track of all the letters I send for a year
12-11-14 Visit Alabama
12-11-14 Visit Arkansas
12-11-14 Visit Connecticut
12-11-14 Visit Delaware
12-11-14 Visit Kansas
12-11-14 Visit Louisiana
12-11-14 Visit Maine
12-11-14 Visit Massachusetts
12-11-14 Visit Mississippi
12-11-14 Visit New Hampshire
12-11-14 Visit New Jersey
12-11-14 Visit New Mexico
12-11-14 Visit North Dakota {Completed June 2016}
12-11-14 Visit Oklahoma
12-11-14 Visit Rhode Island
12-11-14 Visit South Dakota
12-11-14 Visit Utah
12-11-14 Visit Vermont
12-11-14 Visit Washington
12-11-14 Visit Wyoming
Visit Oregon
Sit on a bench under a maple tree in the fall, wearing a sweater/sweatshirt and drinking a hot drink
Have a girly movie night with my sisters/friends {Completed November 28th, 2014}
Randomly jump into a pond/lake
Be on the radio
Eat kettle corn {Completed 12-19-14 at the Creation Museum}
Ride a horse in mountains
Go to the place(s) where Catharine Farne's books take place
Meet Catharine Farnes
Write a handwritten card every day for a month {May 2015}
Be a voice for a character in a radio drama
Eat a donut on my wedding day
Meet someone who has read my books, but doesn't know who I am
Get my drivers license {Completed in January 2016}
Be a bridesmaid
Be a maid of honor {Aug. 2014}
Own a bigger stuffed animal than I have right now
Have a huge party when I have sold a million books
Be in a movie
Have a pet skunk
Have a pet hedgehog
Have a pet rabbit
Ride in a hot air balloon
Eat cotton candy the day I get engaged
See the tap dancing Riverdance
Go caving again {Completed August 30th, 2014}
Spend the night in a cave {Completed August 30th, 2014}
Visit a Grove and eat an orange there that I picked {Completed 1-22-13}
Write a modern-day book where the main character lives in a tipi (just cause she wants to…)
Do (and complete) NaNoWriMo again {Completed November 2015}
Write over 2,000 words every day for a week {Completed 1-27-13 Through 2-2-13}
Write to three authors who have inspired me and thank them
Meet Andy Andrews
Write a novel that is over 150,000 words {Finished April 10th, 2015}
Have someone I don't know contact me to tell me that they enjoyed one of my books
Write over 100,000 words in my journal in one year
Randomly make ten strangers smile in one day
Introduce myself (to someone I dont know), saying "Hi my middle name is Joy…"
Talk in an accent around complete strangers {Completed August 30th, 2014 and also November 23rd, 2014}
Spend a week or so (at least) in New England
Memorize Psalm 119
Memorize a book of the Bible
Memorize three chapters of the Bible (not from that ^ book)
Finish the 50/50 Jaunt I started on my blog
Go for a week with only eating fresh fruits, veggies and nuts, etc… (Berries, and those sorts of things included) {Completed January 6-12, 2013}
Go for 30 days without eating any sugar (fruit and such is acceptable) {Completed 2-2-13}
Write a book that takes place during WW1
Write a book that takes place during WW2
Go to Hawaii {Completed April, 2013}
Collect shells in Hawaii {Completed April, 2013}
Go to Europe {Completed April 25th-May22nd, 2014}
Learn to draw or paint fairly well
Illustrate one of my own books
Go to Alaska
Write a series that starts around the time that the Mayflower first landed, and write a book for every generation, ending with me. (Some of my ancestors came over on the Mayflower)
Buy a sweatshirt in Colorado {Completed June 2013}
Hire someone to do research for my writing
Have an office solely devoted to writing {Completed 2014}
Have a bedroom in an attic
Have glow in the dark painted stars in my bedroom
Have black lights for the glow in the dark paint
Read 20 books in a month {Completed December, 2014. I read 23 books}
Go to Africa {Completed Jan. 2015}
Go to Asia {March 15th, 2014 through April 15th, 2014}
Go to Australia
Go back to South America
Visit all 50 States
Read all of John Maxwells books
Go to a concert {October 4th, 2014 post}
Visit a large library for a whole day, just to be there
Get a book trailer made for one of my books
Go to Ireland
Go to England {Completed May, 2014}
Go to Holland and see The Beje (the house where Corrie ten Boom lived) {Completed May, 2014}
Raise a litter of Novel's puppies and sell them
Write and publish a children's chapter books that teach them to grow and set goals, have good habits, be leaders, etc… {Completed on November 10th, 2014}
Go on a rafting trip down the Grand Canyon
Go to Yellowstone National Park
Take a road trip out west
Go to Montana
Run (or walk) a half marathon {Completed October 2016}
Run (or walk) a marathon
Learn sign language fluently
Learn to read braille
Go on a hiking/camping trip for at least five days
Go on an overnight canoeing trip
Spend several hours writing in a coffee shop {Completed April 2015}
Roll down a hill
Write (on the same thing) every day for six months {Completed March 10th, 2013}
Write (on the same thing) every day for a year {Completed September 10th, 2013}
Get a bookstore to begin selling my books
Write an award-winning book
Sell books in other countries
Speak in front of a group of at least 50 people
Speak in front of a group of at least 100 people
Speak in front of a group of at least 250 people
Speak in front of a group of at least 500 people
Speak in front of a group of at least 1,000 people
Get my series of kids creation books edited and published {First book published June 13th, 2013}
Get Where Dandelions Grow edited and published
Write at least one more book using the characters from Where Dandelions Grow
Re-Write Star Glow and The Coming Dawn, get them both edited and published
Do a book signing {Completed for the first time June 13th, 2013}
Go on a book signing tour
Eat an apple and carmel sucker again {September 30th, 2014}
Have someone tell me that I made their day (being serious, without me trying to get them to)
Dance in the rain, singing {Completed}
Have someone tell me I changed their life for the better {Completed}
Learn to French braid


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|Asia LEDS Partnership
|Mr. John Bruce Wells
Chief of Party, USAID Low Emissions Asian Development (USAID LEAD) Program
Co-Director, Asia LEDS Partnership Secretariat
|LEDS Global Partnership
|Mr. Ron Benioff
Director of Multilateral Programs, U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Co-Director, LEDS Global Partnership
|Keynote Address
|From Ideas to Action – Implementing the Paris Agreement
|Dr. Stephen Alan Hammer
Manager, Climate Policy, World Bank Washington D.C.
Co-Chair, LEDS Global Partnership
|Parallel Sessions: Scale of Financing Required to Implement Priority Actions
|A1: Climate Finance Typology and Tracking Finance Flows to Priority Areas
|Tracking Climate Finance in Asia Pacific
|Ms. Joanne Manda
Climate Finance Specialist, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
|Tracking Public and Private Flows of Climate-Related Finance in Vietnam
|Dr. Pham Hoang Mai
MPI, Government of Viet Nam
|Financing Climate Change and Green Growth in Vietnam: Stocktaking and the Way Ahead
|Vietnam Disaster Risk Management: Public Expenditure Review (DRM-PIER)
|Ms. Jenty Kirsch-Wood
Sr. Technical Advisor in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation, UNDP Viet Nam
|A2: Enabling Investments for NDC Implementation
|Gaps in Assessing Finance Needs for NDC Implementation in Pakistan
|Ms. Areej Riaz
Climate and Development Knowledge Network
|Preparing for NDC/Paris Agreement Implementation in VIetnam
|Mr. Pham Van Tan
Department of Hydrology, Meteorology and Climate Change, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Viet Nam
|A3: Addressing NDC Financing: Streamlining NAMAs to Support NDCs
|I/NDCs : Moving From Climate Plans to Climate Action
|Mr. Gopal Raj Joshi
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat
|NAMA: A Vehicle Towards the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions
|Ms. Fatemeh Bakhtiari
United Nations Environment Programme - Technical University of Denmark (UNEP DTU) Partnership
|Streamlining NAMAs to Support INDCs: Mongolia
|Dr. Dorjpurev Jargal
Ministry of Environment, Green Development and Tourism, Mongolia
|Streamlining NAMAs to Support INDCs: Vietnam
|MSc. Vuong Xuan Hoa
Institute of Meteorology Hydrology and Environment, Viet Nam
|A4: Assessing Priorities and Financing Needs for LEDS Implementation by Sub-National Governments: National and Sub-National Government Perspectives
|Integrated Sub-National LED Implementation
|Mr. Emani Kumar
Deputy Secretary General, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
Co-Director, Asia LEDS Partnership Secretariat
|Assessing Priorities and Financing Needs of LEDS Implementation by Sub-National Governments: A Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) Case Study
|Mr. Dicky Edwin Hindarto
Ministry for Economic Affairs, Indonesia
|Delhi State Low Emission Development Prioritized Strategies and Financing Need
|Dr. Chetna Anand
Department of Environment, Government of Delhi, India
|Parallel Sessions: Suitable Financing Sources and Means of Access
|B1: Domestic Public Investment: Allocating National Budget and Using National Climate Funds
|Current Public Financial Flows and Leveraging Investment in the Transport Sector
|Ms. Angela Enriquez
Research Analyst, LEDS GP Transport Working Group
World Resources Institute (WRI) Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
|India's Smart Cities Program
|Ms. Sarika Panda
WRI India
|MOT's Action Plan in Response to Climate Change and Green Growth and Draft Proposal for NAMA Bus in Vietnam
|Mr. Nguyen Huu Tien
Deputy Director General, Department of Environment
Ministry of Transport (MOT), Government of Viet Nam
|Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund (ICCTF): Allocating National Budget for Climate Change Programs
|Mr. Dody Virgo C. R. Sinaga
Commitment Making Officer, Working Unit
Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund (ICCTF)
|B2: International Climate Finance: How the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Fits into a Country's Investment Strategy
|Green Climate Fund and Country Strategies
|Dr. Binu Parthan
|Accessing Climate Finance -
NABARD's Experience and Learning
|Mr. V. S. Balasubramanian
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), India
|International Climate Finance Opportunities for Sri Lanka through GCF
|Ms. Surandi Perera
Manager Accreditation and Certification, Sri Lanka Climate Fund
|B3: Domestic Private Investment: Engaging Financial Institutions in Promoting LEDS and Green Growth
|Global Landscape of Climate Finance
|Mr. Matthew Halstead
Energy Research Center of the Netherlands (ECN) (LEDS GP Finance WG)
|Solutions of Banking Sector to Promote and Mobilise Banking Credit Source for Green Growth Activities
|Mr. Cát Quang Duong
State Bank of Vietnam
|Orientation on Green Finance and Green Financial Products for Stock Market in Vietnam
|Dr. Ta Thanh Binh
Deputy Director General, Vietnam State Securities Commission
|Bangladesh Bank in Promoting Sustainable Finance
|Mr. Rizwanul Karim
Assistant Director, Sustainable Finance Department, Bangladesh Bank
|B4: Private Sector Involvement in Achieving AFOLU NDCs: ESGs and Banking Sector
|AFOLU in INDCs and the Importance of Private Sector Involvement
|Dr. Natcha Tulyasuwan
|Financing Forest Conservation: A Sustainable Development Initiative
|Mr. Daniel Lopez
USAID Colombia
|Cambodian Sustainable Finance Initiative: Building a Sustainable Finance Sector Together
|Mr. John McGinley
Mekong Strategic Partners
|Country Round Table Discussions
|Infographic: INDCs and Asia
|Presentation Title
|Keynote Address
|Keynote Address
|Mr. Romell Cuenca
Deputy Executive Director, Climate Change Commission, Philippines
|Training or "deep dive" tracks: Instruments available to drive public and private investment, behavior change, and decision-making of stakeholders in support of low-emission development priorities
|Track 2: Climate finance readiness – From theory to practice: Lessons learned from GIZ's work
|Climate Finance Readiness – From Theory to Practice: Lessons Learned from the Field
|Mr. Lars Andersen
Climate Finance Readiness Programme (CF Ready)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
|Vietnam Climate Finance Readiness
|Dr. Pham Hoang Mai
MPI, Government of Viet Nam
|Climate Finance Readiness - From Theory to Practice: Case Study from Bangladesh
|Mr. Reaj Morshed
GIZ Bangladesh
|Green Climate Fund and Readiness Programme
|Dr. Binu Parthan
|Track 3: Developing and Using Market Mechanisms
|Overview of the Role of Market Mechanisms in the Paris Agreement
|Mr. Anil K. Raut
Technical Officer, UNFCCC Regional Collaboration Centre for the Asia-Pacific Region (RCC Bangkok)
|Overview of Carbon Pricing Policies and PMR Support to Countries in Southeast Asia
|Mr. Taisei Matsuki
World Bank Hanoi
|Status of Carbon Market in Vietnam
|Ms. Dang Thi Hong Hanh
Managing Director, Energy and Environment Consultancy Joint Stock Company (VNEEC)
|Indonesia Experiences in Market-Based Mechanisms Development: A Joint Crediting Mechanism Case Study
|Mr. Dicky Edwin Hindarto
Ministry for Economic Affairs, Indonesia
|The Use of Market Mechanisms in INDC/NDCs
|Dr. Yuqing Ariel Yu
Technical Officer, UNFCCC RCC-Bangkok
|Track 4: How to Attract Sustainable Energy Investments
|Prioritising Clean Energy Investments
|Mr. Xander van Tilburg
ECN Policy Studies
|A Key Role for Governments in Advancing Sustainable Energy: How to De-Risk Investments
|Mr. Alexander Ochs
Director of Climate and Energy, Worldwatch Institute
Chair, LEDS GP Energy Working Group
|Track 5: How to Convert Sub-National Level Priority Actions into Bankable Proposals and Projects
|Converting Sub-National Actions into Bankable Projects
|Mr. Ron Benioff
Co-Director, LEDS GP Secretariat
|From Priority Actions to Implementation
|Mr. Emani Kumar
Co-Director, Asia LEDS Partnership Secretariat
|The Development and Financing of a Green Growth Action Plan: Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam
|Mr. Le Ngoc Hop
Vice Chairman, Thanh Hoa Department of Planning and Investment
|Prioritizing Actions and Innovative Financing for Implementation of the Melaka Green City Action Plan
|Mr. Balamurugan Ratha Krishnan
Centre for IMT-GT Cooperation
|Presentation Title
|Panel Discussion: Mechanisms to Enhance Impacts of INDC/NDC Implementation
|Gender Equality: Ensuring Benefits for All in LEDS
|Ms. Ana Victoria Rojas
Global Gender Office, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
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Check out Dior's new makeup collection for summer 2013 as it brings to the beauty scene the power of exotic pigments!
Ladies, the new Dior makeup line 'Birds of Paradise' got
our hearts racing harder than ever as the new collection packs an
array of irresistible pigments that have glamor and sexiness
written all over! The shades that the collection pushed forward:
fabulous greens and blues as well as warmer tones such as pink and
obviously the must haves of the year, neutral shades!
The cool display of color paired with the haute quality and innovative formulas Dior is renowned for will get you addicted to the collection, so if you're ready to update your makeup collection to match the new season tendencies be sure to add any of the following shades to your beauty kit as regardless of your choice, the product will aid in your beauty boosting process.
Apparently, the beautifully pigmented plumage of exotic birds such as the peacock inspired the new Dior Bird of Paradise summer 2013 collection, so if you think you're prepared to have your peepers enchanted by the sizzling Dior beauty products check out the following and pick your new signature shades:
Dior Birds of Paradise: 5 Couleur Eyeshadow Palette
This eye color palette format is highly familiar to Christian Dior connoisseurs, but the blue-green-golden bronze shade mix is not, so be warned that it's highly addictive. The satin finish formula provides a long lasting coverage that feels so natural, so test out the palette and create various eyeshadow combinations to define your eyes to perfection at various occasions. Two shade options are available, so pick your best match:
Blue Lagoon
Dior Birds of Paradise: DiorShow Mono Eyeshadow
This is a gorgeous deep blue mono eyeshadow available in Parati will define your peepers to perfection giving them depth and drama!
Dior Birds of Paradise: Lip Jelly Pen ($26)
Three luscious shades of hydrating balms which provide a sheer color and shine will make your lips ultra-kissable, so layer any of the following pigments on as they're all adorable:
Dior Birds of Paradise: Dior Addict Lipstick ($30)
The brand chose to bring two new sizzling lipstick shades to the beauty scene, a cool peach and a pretty pink pigment that will get your lips looking like candy this summer, so take your pick!
Dior Birds of Paradise: I Couleur Eye Gloss
These fab eye color crème tubes will provide a sizzling, intense ultra shiny and long lasting pigmentation for your eyelids, so choose to turn towards any of the following neutral shades as they're made to flatter all:
Golden Sand
Dior Birds of Paradise: DiorSkin Nude Tan: Paradise Blush ($56)
Sculpt and illuminate your cheeks with the help of these fabulous iridescent blush duos which deliver a sheer, natural coloration with each stroke. Two shades are available with this Dior makeup collection:
Coral Glow
Pink Glow
Dior Birds of Paradise: Le Vernis Duo
This is the nail polish set that has been making us quiver with excitement ever since we laid eyes on it as each set features two incredibly hot Dior nail lacquers that you'll be able to use individually or combined to create various eclectic nail art designs, so look at the hues and see which one says Buy Me!:
Bahia - teal and fuchsia
Samba- shimmery green and creamy mint
These aren't the only goodies featured in Dior's spring/summer 2013 makeup collection as Birds of Paradise also includes a LE Lip Maximizer Collagen Activ lip care system that fills-in lines and emphasizes volume, a Diorskin Nude Tan BB Cream and a cool blush brush to help ease the makeup application process!
You might also like:
Dior Addict Spring 2013: Lip Gloss and Nail Polish
Dior Chérie Bow Spring 2013 Makeup Collection
Chanel Summer 2013 Makeup: L'Été Papillon de Chanel
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Preston's Foxton Centre is to benefit from a sandwich shop's glove appeal.
Subway is running its Gloves for Subs campaign again after the success of last year's event to help the homeless.
Today and tomorrow, anyone who goes in to a Subway store and donates a pair of winter gloves will receive a £1 sub.
The gloves will be donated to local homeless charities including the Foxton Centre in Preston, the Ashley Foundation and Merriweather Home.
Subway developers and franchisee Neil Denny said: "We're delighted to be running the Subway Gloves for Subs campaign again this year. Our aim is to keep the many people affected by the cold winter warm through this initiative, so we encourage our regular customers to spread the word far and wide. Our staff will be on hand throughout the day to greet those who wish to donate a pair of glove and we look forward to welcoming local residents and visitors into our stores to support this important day."


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Life Lessons – ultimately, it's all about the heart.
Those who subscribe to this blog who happen to be "animal lovers" may find this a bit hard to believe, but it is true nevertheless. There are millions of people in our society who never cried even a little when they watched Old Yeller die. There are people out there who never shed a tear as the amber liquid was slowly pumped into into the veins of author John Grogan's yellow labrador named Marley and he closed his eyes forever in the arms of his "master". It's tragic, but still true.
I submit there are too many people who look at animals as mere commodities, or even as nuisances, and do so with hearts of pure stone. More often than not, this is the mindset that permeates the cold corporate board rooms of America these days, and too often permeates the mentality of many in our nation's ranks of law enforcement as well. The mantra: show no emotion. Be efficient. Do your job and do it well. If you enter private property and encounter a pet such as Grogan's "Marley" who wishes to protect their master's home and property a bit aggressively – just pull your gun and take care of the problem. Do it without emotion, and do it just because YOU CAN. It seems this tragedy is playing out across America; for roughly every hour and a half some family dog is killed by law enforcement personnel. See http://www.wnd.com/2014/07/police-take-horrific-action-every-98-minutes/
The Life Lesson is this: such coldness towards animals, especially pets, is a symptom of a much bigger disease plaguing America and the world: Love is Waxing Cold.
I don't mind telling you my friends – I cried when Old Yeller died. I shed even more hot tears when Marley said goodbye, because you see, like John Grogan shared so poignantly in his bestselling book and movie – I too have loved and lost some very special, loyal canine companions similar in so many ways to "Marley" over the last three decades. So have tens of thousands of others.
Enter, the Life Lesson.
Why is it, dear Reader, that the more incorrigible and "bad" the dog is in his behavior, the more lovable he/she eventually becomes to its master? Old Yeller was highly skilled above all other dogs at sucking eggs and stealing meat from the smokehouse – yet he was loved all the more because of it. Grogan's Marley was not only highly skilled at being a "problem" in every imaginable "dog" way – but his habitual behavior was so "bad" he was kicked out of obedience school. Yet, in spite of this, Marley was loved by his family in a powerful, and rare way.
Here is the reality: Marley was simply being a dog in every possible way – both good as well as bad. Perhaps a part of it was because he was the runt of the litter, and not deemed as valuable from the outset. Grogan often called Marley the "World's Worst Dog". Yet, Marley was also in many ways, the very best. Here's how Grogan described it: "Dogs are great. Bad dogs, if you can really call them that, are perhaps the greatest of them all."
I submit it is all a matter of EMOTION. A "bad" dog often evokes the emotion of heated anger and frustration from their master. However, they are just following their nature and "being a dog". Emotion is the key – in actuality, as far as brain wave measurement is concerned, there is very little difference between the emotion of anger and the emotion of tender heartfelt love in the human brain. The two brainwaves are very closely related as a matter of fact. The point is, Marley and Old Yeller excelled as dogs go, exactly because they brought their best qualities to the relationship in equal measure with their natural tendencies, i.e. their "problems". This endeared them with a unique heart bond with their human partners. This, then, is the great life lesson – learning about unconditional, pure love.
Grogan wrote these words: "A dog has no use for fancy cars, big homes, or designer clothes. A water logged stick will do just fine. A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb. Give him your heart and he'll give you his. How many people can you say that about? How many people can make you feel rare and pure and special? How many people can make you feel extraordinary?"
He also wrote: "Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day.
It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them. —- owning a dog always ended with this sadness because dogs just don't live as long as people do."
The reality is, life on this planet is designed by a loving Creator to be a finite commodity, and it is to be treasured as the ultimate gift. Death comes to all – but it comes quicker to our pets. By design, we all have to learn to say goodbye to loved ones, and tears will flow and hearts will grieve. Yes, saying goodbye to beloved pets is often just as hard as saying goodbye to human friends and loved ones. The ultimate LIFE LESSON to me is the archetype metaphor I have learned from my dogs over the last thirty or so years.
I have learned that our time on earth is a time prescribed to bind and forge a personal relationship of trust, loyalty and love with our Creator, aka our MASTER, in much the same way in which a wise and understanding dog owner does with a beloved pet. The Master understands His creation, and our fallen tendencies are to simply be human – and the amazing thing is: He loves us anyway. The Master will take us exactly as we are with all of our faults and imperfections – even if we are the runt of the litter. We don't have to earn His Love and His Grace by "good behavior" for indeed, he is "all in" for us in our behalf – He has bought each of us with the highest possible purchase price. All we have to do is completely give Him our hearts with absolute trust and loyalty, and He'll give us His in return. It's a simple formula really. He knows there will be times in our relationship that we will pee on the carpet, defecate on the beach and get a ticket, chew up the furniture, and generally smash things up – for that is our fallen carnal nature. He loves us anyway, and does so powerfully and unconditionally. He won't ever give up on us, and look for a "new home" for us to live in. The problem is, we are the ones running away from Him. Too often we blind sheep are totally ignorant about our loving and caring Master and His unconditional love for us.
To me, as a Christian, that is the message I have learned from my dogs – a message totally missing in false religions such as Mormonism that my family and I abandoned a dozen years ago. I have learned that once a real and living relationship is forged with the Master – that all good human qualities are magnified, and we in turn no longer have the innate desire to engage in "problem behavior". In the process, we glorify Him and we truly become one in heart and mind.
"In a dog's life, some plaster would fall, some cushions would open, some rugs would shred. Like any relationship, this one had its costs. They were costs we came to accept and balance against the joy and amusement and protection and companionship he gave us."
At the end, this is what transpired between Marley and his "master": "Then I dropped my forehead against his and sat there for a long time, as if I could telegraph a message through our two skulls, from my brain to his. I wanted to make him understand some things.
You know all that stuff we've always said about you?" I whispered. "What a total pain you are? Don't believe it. Don't believe it for a minute, Marley." He needed to know that, and something more, too. There was something I had never told him, that no one ever had. I wanted him to hear it before he went.
Marley," I said. "You are a great dog."
― John Grogan, Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog


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INF 385T - Special Topics in Information Science: Data Wrangling from Excel to SQL & Beyond
|Fall 2016
Graduate standing. Additional prerequisites may vary with the topic.
Study of the properties and behavior of information. Technology for information processing and management.
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
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Data Wrangling from Excel to SQL & Beyond
This course, "Data Wrangling" will enable you to:
- design database schemas for efficient data representation
- implement database schemas using MySQL
- navigate data management issues in organizations
- learn the basics of programming in Python
- import and export data to/from CVS and Excel, changing schemas
as needed
- conduct basic analyses in Excel
- prepare a project workflow that imports data from different
sources and produces reports
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even if you've never done any programming or behind the scenes
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BrightLeaf Homes is relentless in our pursuit of continuous improvement. Our core customers are people seeking to enhance their quality of life in an exceptional home that provides an unparalleled living experience. A BrightLeaf home offers families an enduring sense of confidence and comfort. A home is so much more than a street address; so much more than a roof over heads. The BrightLeaf difference can be seen and felt in several distinct areas of the building process including:
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There is a transformation happening in IT and it is made up of three waves of innovation: infrastructure, application architectures and process/methodologies. Lightweight Docker containers, microservices-based application architectures and continuous delivery are simultaneously feeding on each other and giving IT the ability to provide more value faster to the business, consumer and user.
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Chorkaew Massage offers a range of massages delivered by certified and experiences therapists.
This very gay friendly, gay managed spa offers traditional treatments in private rooms. A couples room with a hot tub is also available.
Both male and female therapists are available. Gay clients are requested to make a reservation at least one hour in advance if a male masseur is preferred. A car service is offered for customers staying in Nimmanhemin and the Old Town.
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Urban sociology research
Scholars working in this subfield of sociology have focused on social issues related to urbanization and urban changes in Vietnam.
Their research topics include urban housing and related social aspects, participatory infrastructure development, poverty and poverty reduction policies in urban areas, socioeconomic changes in large cities, urban planning and management policies, migration and resettlement in new residential areas, social stratification in urban areas…
In the last five years, the department has attended to urban-rural inequality with regard to access to basic social services, social security for vulnerable urban groups, and changes of livelihoods of people living in sub-urban regions of Vietnam.
Staff of the Department of Urban Sociology
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Absinthe. Just the word stirs up a flicker of apprehension in the hearts of casual and veteran imbibers alike. I too had my concerns, my mind filled with images of naughty green fairies, straight jackets, and mad googly eyes. But despite all that, curiosity—especially since tasty drinks are involved—got the better of me. This is why on my last trip out west, I made it a point to sample the stuff.
On this particular excursion to San Francisco, absinthe seemed to be everywhere. In fact, it was clearly on display in many of the spots where we bellied up to the bar. At Range, while Sarah and I sipped our 1794 cocktails, it was hard to ignore the bartender as she wrestled with a bulky absinthe drip, which had just arrived that day. After getting the faucet contraption positioned correctly, she began to fill it with ice-water. Unfortunately, we weren't able to stick around.
We did get a chance to have a Sazerac made with genuine absinthe at Cantina, a really raucous house of mixology. I have to say that though the drink was nice, it couldn't hold a flame to the Sazerac (non-absinthe version) made at our beloved Flatiron Lounge. Even so, the tropical tequila, rum, and sangria drinks on the menu looked absolutely amazing—I'm definitely going back.
The last stop on our absinthe journey was, fittingly, Absinthe Brasserie & Bar. We dropped by this French-themed hot spot on our last night in the city. When we asked the sharply suited barman for an absinthe-infused bevie, he produced the Death in the Afternoon, a Champagne-based drink popularized by Ernest Hemingway. With its potent taste of licorice and star anise, absinthe isn't for the squeamish. That said, our cocktail was mixed with craft distiller Hanger One's absinthe, which is as complex as it is balanced. Though my energy was flagging before my first sip, a pleasant invigorating calm took hold of me once the drink was down the hatch. No wonder the old man liked to throw a bunch of these back before facing the bulls. I suggest you take an absinthe trip yourself.
1-ounce absinthe
5 ounces champagne (the colder the better)
For my libation I used absinthe from Lucid, who claim to employ a more authentic 19th-century recipe than their competitors. The method is dead simple. Just pour a half ounce of absinthe (one ounce if you dare) into a Champagne glass, then top off with bubbly. Ideally, the mixture should cloud up, attaining an almost milky appearance.


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Siena Hostel Guidoriccio
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Tuscany is a dream travel destination and a stop in Siena is a must. Here you can sleep at Siena Hostel, a long time experience youth hostel (born in the late '60s), completely renewed a couple of years ago: the property is now eco-friendly and it's run by a young international team. Još informacija »


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Fjordland Singles Cruise
An unique opportunity to discover Norway's spectacular coast on the board the magnificent Magellan Cruise Ship. Gently sail into peaceful fjords and beyond through lush tree lined slopes which rise up to the snow tipped peaks and majestic waterfalls . Experience the awe-inspiring natural beauty of the fjord land scenery, explore the quaint charm of country villages, and walk through the history of old Bergen or simply lounge on the sun deck of Magellan in true cruising style - you'll be delighted by what unfolds before your eyes.