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Dylan Farrow, the adopted daughter of Woody Allen who has alleged that he sexually abused her as a child, questioned in an article published this week why Mr. Allen had escaped the consequences of the widespread social backlash that was set off by the fall of the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.
Ms. Farrow, writing in an opinion piece published in The Los Angeles Times, also alleged that those who worked for Mr. Allen, including people in the movie industry and actors in Mr. Allen's movies, have covered up for him or turned a blind eye.
She referred to the #MeToo movement, which arose after the allegations against Mr. Weinstein were reported in The New York Times and The New Yorker in October and in which women shared stories of sexual assault and accusations ranging from inappropriate text messages to rape. (The New Yorker articles were reported by Ms. Farrow's brother Ronan.)
As names were revealed, high-profile men in Hollywood and other industries resigned, were fired or experienced other fallout.
But not, Ms. Farrow noted, Mr. Allen.
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We are in the midst of a revolution. From allegations against studio heads and journalists, to hotel maids recounting abuses on the job, women are exposing the truth and men are losing their jobs. But the revolution has been selective.
I have long maintained that when I was 7 years old, Woody Allen led me into an attic, away from the babysitters who had been instructed never to leave me alone with him. He then sexually assaulted me. I told the truth to the authorities then, and I have been telling it, unaltered, for more than 20 years.
Why is it that Harvey Weinstein and other accused celebrities have been cast out by Hollywood, while Allen recently secured a multimillion-dollar distribution deal with Amazon, greenlit by former Amazon Studios executive Roy Price before he was suspended over sexual misconduct allegations? Allen's latest feature, "Wonder Wheel," was released theatrically on Dec. 1.
Mr. Allen's representatives could not immediately be reached for comment on Friday. But he has previously denied Ms. Farrow's accusations, including in 2014 when she wrote in a detailed open letter in The New York Times that her father had molested her, starting when she was 7.
"No one wants to discourage abuse victims from speaking out, but one must bear in mind that sometimes there are people who are falsely accused and that is also a terribly destructive thing," Mr. Allen wrote in The Times in response to her accounts then.
Mr. Allen made several films for Mr. Weinstein's Miramax, including "Bullets Over Broadway," "Mighty Aphrodite" and "Everyone Says I Love You."
In the Los Angeles Times article, published on Thursday, Ms. Farrow, 32, acknowledged Mr. Allen's previous denials. "But this is not a 'he said, child said' situation. Allen's pattern of inappropriate behavior — putting his thumb in my mouth, climbing into bed with me in his underwear, constant grooming and touching — was witnessed by friends and family members," she wrote.
She also mentioned some of the actresses who have worked with him since the allegations went public, such as Kate Winslet, who has a leading role in Mr. Allen's latest film, Greta Gerwig and Blake Lively, as well as the circle of people who represented Mr. Allen.
It is a testament to Allen's public relations team and his lawyers that few know these simple facts. It also speaks to the forces that have historically protected men like Allen: the money and power deployed to make the simple complicated, to massage the story.
In this deliberately created fog, A-list actors agree to appear in Allen's films and journalists tend to avoid the subject.
Ms. Farrow later added:
It isn't just power that allows men accused of sexual abuse to keep their careers and their secrets. It is also our collective choice to see simple situations as complicated and obvious conclusions as a matter of "who can say"? The system worked for Harvey Weinstein for decades. It works for Woody Allen still.


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Increasing awareness of property's long-term asset value is ensuring steady demand for homes in Polokwane, where house prices have grown by more than six percent since the beginning of the year.
This is according to Ruth Maponya, principal of Harcourts Polokwane, who adds the trend towards home ownership in her area is gathering momentum on the back of ongoing job creation and a thriving local economy.
Polokwane, which as South Africa's northern-most province enjoys easy access to African markets, is outperforming the national economic growth rate, she says, attributing this to the city's thriving government, agricultural, mining and tourism sectors. She believes the economy is on track for further growth should pipeline plans for new office parks, a multi-million rand lifestyle shopping centre, an international convention centre and low cost houses receive the green light.
"Our buying pool currently includes graduates and other newcomers to the workplace as well as existing property owners wanting to move to larger homes in more exclusive suburbs. There is also demand from residents who, though working in other towns, want to buy a place to call home when they return to live here some day.
"People increasingly want to own their own homes, not only for the security that this brings but also because they see property ownership as the path to wealth creation," says Maponya.
Regardless of budget, Maponya says the main focus at all buying levels is on location, with the ultimate go-to suburb being Bendor. "Even first-time buyers with limited budgets have long-term plans to trade up until they can afford to live in the high-end suburbs.
"Rather than settling for the first available roof over their head in their price range, they're taking their time to look for properties in locations that will allow them to sell for a decent profit in a few years' time."
Currently, Polokwane's entry level properties comprise bachelor flats and low cost houses in areas such as Bo Dorp and Doornkraal. Her best value-for-money offerings in this category at the moment are a 45 square metre flat for R420 000 and a low-cost house, priced at R450 000.
In the middle price range, Polokwane is accommodating buying interest in suburbs such as Bendor, Flora Park, Faunapark and Ivy Park, where a three bedroom house with two bathrooms, lounge and dining room costs R850 000.
The crème de la crème of the capital city's homes is to be found in Bendor, she says. "Most successful business people stay in Bendor, which is home to the upmarket Mall of the North as well as good schools and high-end office parks. People want to be where things are happening and where they know that their properties will accrue in value.
Starting from R1.2 million and attaining prices of R8 million, the suburb offers a selection of beautifully maintained residences, many of which are set in security estates.
While newcomers to the area with their families in tow tend to buy houses similar to those they owned prior to relocating, according to Maponya, others whose families don't accompany them opt for compact lock-up-and-go living.
"There is steady demand for townhouses in the R650 000 price range by people who work here during the week but go home to their families over the weekends," she says.
Aside from being a sought-after residential destination, Polokwane is also a magnet for tourists owing to its proximity to Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Botswana as well as the Kruger National Park and a host of other wildlife attractions, she adds. "In addition, Polokwane is being increasingly singled out by investors who see untapped opportunities for development in the tourism, agricultural and retail sectors."
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We've consulted the experts to bring you the best Northern Ireland has to offer - the places, the food, the music, the craic.
Cathy Martin is the managing director of PR and events company CMPR as well as being director of Belfast Fashion Week. She has worked with some of the most famous brands in Northern Ireland and abroad.
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Local make up artist Oonagh Boman enjoys huge success with her concealer which helps to cover up tired eyes as well as blemishes and uneven skin tone. It's used by make-up artists all over Northern Ireland.
The Skinician range was developed in Northern Ireland by the team behind the ever popular He-Shi tans. Bringing together an expert team of trained therapists and skincare specialists, this group has developed a wide range of products, but one of my personal favourites is the SKINICIAN Advanced Time Delay Cream — a luxurious, anti-ageing day cream containing (amongst other fabulous ingredients) yeast extract, Vitamin E and peach kernal that visibly reduce the main signs of ageing with anti-oxidant ingredients to help repair and protect against environmental damage and premature ageing.
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Another make up artist product which flies off the shelves is the Ciara Daly Hero Brush, which is one of the best brushes I've ever used for foundation (when I wear it, which isn't very often, so I need all the tools I can get!). Ciara has sold tens of thousands of the brushes since first creating them and, when I got mine just last month, she told me demand was increasing even more.
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It might be scary to imagine how many heads of hair have been brushed by a Denman Hairbrush — a product which was developed here in Northern Ireland — but I'm sure I'm safe to say that it is in the millions. This practical and hardworking brush has been a hairdresser's favourite for decades, as well as donning the dressing tables of many over the years — including my own!
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@LorettaGMusic Christopher Heron 3 weeks ago Interviews Few would dispute that Chicago serves as the mecca for Gospel music. From The Caravans to Rev. Clay Evans…from Roberta Martin to Ricky Dillard…from James Cleveland to Albertina Walker, the long list of anointed artists who've called 'The Windy City' home is sweeping and significant. Sunday morning, Chi-Town worship centers and storefront churches have churned out so many music ministers, you may think there's ... Read More »
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Jennifer Hudson Take To The Streets of Chicago Against Violence.
Spike Lee has met controversy recently because of the name of his upcoming film on violence in Chicago, Chiraq. However, on Friday the 58-year-old director had a warm reception from citizens as he was joined by the film's stars John Cusack, 48, and Jennifer Hudson, 33, for the annual end of the school year peace march of St. Sabina Church. ... Read More »
Chicago Doctor Gives Back to Those Who Need It Most
Remembering where you come from nowadays seems like it's just a saying. With ambitions of a family, wealth and better health, most of those living in low-income neighborhoods move away and rarely have time to give back. But a Chicago doctor decided to do something different. Dr. Fred Richardson returned to the neighborhood where he grew up to specifically provide care ... Read More »


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Arabian Nights at Ewaan in Dubai, UAE on 07 March 2018 – Events in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Go back in time at Ewaan, a gourmet restaurant in the heart of Downtown Dubai. Experience Middle Eastern hospitality and cuisine with Ewaan's Arabian Nights offer on 7 March, which features soulful traditional music and a live performance from a tannoura dancer. There will also be an exquisite oriental buffet, with authentic delicacies and traditional sweets, which can be enjoyed al fresco on Ewaan's terrace overlooking the Palace Downtown gardens and the Burj Khalifa.
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Hello! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and have been dutifully increasing your alcohol tolerance level for New Year's Eve. I had a wonderful Christmas with my family that included cooking/ long talks with my mom, a marathon game of Cards Against Humanity with my dad and his wife who is way too cool for him, morning runs with cows, and doing all the dishes at my grandparents to earn extra points in their will. Speaking of those old people I know, they gifted me this awesome necklace made by my favorite ginger and queen cat lady, Merl Kinzie. I'm never taking it off, I love it so. My whole family dug it, too. Much more than the Mason Pearson hairbrush I asked for and recieved (thanks again, grandparents!). The idea of a $100 hairbrush is still boggling my grandfather's mind, despite the fact that he spends much more than that on each individual golf club he owns. I kept that observation to myself though, as one of my New Year's resolutions is to stop saying things to people that might get me killed.


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Who is Kyle Dennis and What is BioTech Breakouts?
Kyle Dennis made his mark on Wall Street as a member of Jason Bond Picks. He joined Jason's elite swing trading newsletter back in November 2013 with a modest $15,000 portfolio, and within three years he had accumulated over $1,000,000 in trading profits.
How was Kyle able to achieve such desirable results trading stocks? His relentless drive to learn and motivation to be successful has a lot to do with it. But if you add on top of that the support of expert trading mentor, Jason Bond, then it's a foregone conclusion.
How Did the BioTech Breakouts Service Come to Be?
Expert swing trader, Jason Bond, runs an intensive mentor service called Millionaire Roadmap for his most dedicated members which takes stock trading education and transparency to the next level. With the success Kyle Dennis was having, it didn't take long for him to start sharing his highly-effective strategy with fellow members.
Kyle was actually one of the pioneers of what Jason Bond calls the Mastermind Initiative. This initiative provided successful members the outstanding opportunity to share their strategies with others. It was an opportunity to learn from expert traders other than Jason Bond, and it really helped members see different trading perspectives. This is where Kyle Dennis was able to hone his instructional skills and become the high-caliber teacher he is now within the BioTech Breakouts platform.
How Does BioTech Breakouts Differ From Jason Bond Picks?
Kyle Dennis launched his very own newsletter in September 2016 under the name BioTech Breakouts. At just 26 years old, he had already proven himself as an expert trader and a phenomenal teacher of his strategy. The structure of his service is very similar to Jason Bond Picks – watch lists, video lessons, webinars, special reports, and real-time alerts are all staples. The major difference is that Kyle's strategy targets stocks within the most explosive sector on Wall Street – Biotechnology.
With a degree in Biology from UCLA and an extreme interest in medicine, Kyle and his members have an edge in the market. There are three different service offerings for subscribers to choose from: BioTech Catalyst Swing Trading (best for traders who want to focus solely on the biotechnology sector), Lightning Alerts (best for those who want to broaden their trading across all sectors), and BioTech Nucleus (best for committed traders who want access to everything Kyle has to offer). With these 3 options, there's a good fit for almost any trader.
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I knew Kyle as a great trader from Jason Bond's chat room and joined his Nucleus services at the very beginning. Following him I made 90% wins on all of my trades. This morning I just made $2k on HWAY applying his strategies – SEC analysis, catalysts, and chart patterns. I would say the best part of his service is not only making money but also preparing you to become a confident and independent trader. Again thank you Kyle for great services!
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Just wanted to take a minute and thank you for starting this service and making it one of the best trading and educational environments for Biotech stock trading. The reports, informational website links, daily reviews in the chat room, market wrap ups and webinars are excellent and have helped me grow and become a much better trader when trading biotech stocks.
I have made several trades from the watch lists you provided in ADXS, OCRX, KTOV, ABEO, MCUR and today TRXC and have paid for the cost of your Biotech Breakouts Nucleus service in just a few short days even in a down market. Your watch lists and stock selection have been spot on.
Thanks again for a great start and an excellent service!
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BioTech Breakouts is a relatively new educational stock trading newsletter on Wall Street, but Kyle Dennis is nothing short of an expert within the biotech space. Within three short years, he took a $15,000 starting portfolio and turned it into nearly $2,000,000 – that's an impressive feat to say the least. He's now swiftly approaching the $3,000,000 mark. When the S&P 500 is only returning about 10% per year on average, these are market-crushing returns.
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My grand white board of writing goals with word counts and targets and everything!
The weird bit on the right is where I write down how much money I haven't got in my bank account and when my credit card bills are due (I'm glossing over those…).
After far too much pootling around, I've starting work on my new novel, which will launch a whole new series.
I'm keeping details under wraps at the minute, but I think it's going to be bigger and better than Perceivers.
I'm actually really excited about it. I've planned out the first book and sketched out follow up novels but, as usual, this is all likely to change as the process continues.
As you can see from what I've written on my whiteboard (with pens that were running out!) some word goals. Now if I know me, and I do, I probably won't stick to this. It's sort of a guide. I'm going to try to hit some smaller targets on ordinary days and then days when I have time off work (I have a holiday coming up), I'm planning to write a chunk more. Until I get to the horrible bits where I get stuck. I always get stuck. I hate it when it happens, but it's usually a good thing as my brain has to work its way round a problem in order to find an ingenious solution. This usually makes the story better and a more thrilling ride for the reader. Even if it causes a headache for the writer.
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One of the most common heart rhythm problems and a major cause of stroke is atrial fibrillation. It's estimated that one in four people will develop it but would you know how to recognise the symptoms?
This week it's the Atrial Fibrillation Association's Aware Week (24-30 Nov) – a week dedicated to raising awareness of and promoting a better understanding of this condition.
The condition causes your heart to beat irregularly. It's generally not life threatening, but it can be uncomfortable and often needs treatment. Some people will have no symptoms, but for others symptoms can include:
It is a good idea to regularly check your pulse. Everyone is different but as a guide, your heart rate should be between 60-100 beats a minute when you're resting.
There are normal reasons why your pulse may be slower or faster but if your pulse is consistently above 120 or below 40 beats per minute and you are concerned then book an appointment to see your GP.
If your GP thinks that you might the condition they can refer you to our Heart Support Service who will carry out heart recording tests to confirm if you have atrial fibrillation and provide treatment and support.
Download the Arrhythmia Awareness 'Know Your Pulse guide' and keep a record of your heart rhythm.
Find more information about Atrial Fibrillation visit www.atrialfibrillation.org.uk or www.nhs.uk.
Other factors which can increase the risk of stroke include smoking, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, physical inactivity, being overweight and diabetes. Help improve your health and reduce your risks with the support of an NHS Health Trainers or choose from the wide range of local classes and activities available to you as part of our Community Programme.
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MinistryOfRock was formed to offer a unique reference point on the history of british rock.
British rock has changed the world. The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, punk, dance music, and the pop of recent years have all gone global and influenced everything musical.
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From the tentative beginnings, when Lonnie Donegan adapted American folk music to create skiffle, to the burgeoning scene at Soho's 2I's coffee bar, the musical storm that came out of Liverpool, the British blues that gave us Eric Clapton and so many legendary guitarists to the heavy music of the 1970s, then the punk of Clash and Sex Pistols tearing it all down, it's all in MinistryOfRock.
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Posted: Mar 09, 2018
The 16th ranked University of Mary Washington women's tennis team swept Caltech, 9-0, on Friday in California. The Eagles improve to 6-0 on the season.
UMW forged ahead quickly with a sweep in doubles. Kait Brogan and Ashley Barrow were victorious at one, 8-1, and Caroline Mosberg and Rachel Summers won at two, 8-1. Sara Fioretti and Hannah Jabusch completed the sweep at three, winning 8-4.
In singles, Brogan won at one, 6-0, 6-3, and Summers won at two, 6-4, 6-0. Jabusch won at three, 6-4, 6-1, and Danielle Mirabella won at four, 6-2, 6-4, and Rachel Cooper won at six, 6-0, 6-3.
The Eagles will be back in action on March 16 when they host MIT at 3:00 p.m.


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Skillshare classes are designed for the best online learning experience. Students sign up for a Premium Membership for access to all classes across a wide range of categories. They watch classes at their own pace, create projects to practice what they've learned, and interact with each other from all around the globe. As a teacher, you get to facilitate this unique learning experience, and that all starts with understanding the 3 pillars of Skillshare's pedagogy:
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We're keeping track of our favourite trends for spring over on Pinterest!
Now is a great time to make your spring cleaning to-do list. Here are a few suggestions to try:
- Freshen sheers & drapery to remove dust.
- Spot clean carpets & upholstery.
- Mop floors to a sparkling, non-sticky shine!
- Pack away quilts & woolen wear for the season.
- Wash makeup brushes - be honest, when was the last time you remembered to do this?!
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A 15-year-old girl has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and homicide by vehicle in a northwestern Pennsylvania crash that killed an 8-year-old boy and wounded three other kids, but authorities say the case will be handled in juvenile court.
The Erie Times-News reports other charges filed in Erie County include aggravated assault, reckless endangering and accidents involving death or injury while not properly licensed.
Police in Erie say the girl was driving a car that went out of control in the city's east side Aug. 13, killing 8-year-old Emir Zilkic.
Three other kids, a 10-year-old boy and two 14-year-old girls, were also hurt.
District Attorney Jack Daneri said an "exhaustive investigation" including an accident reconstruction and numerous interviews led to the charges.


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Samraw wasn't going to rush things. The Stockton rapper felt he was at the peak of his lyrical skills, and he wanted to take the time to showcase his talent properly on his new album.
Samraw wasn't going to rush things. The Stockton rapper felt he was at the peak of his lyrical skills, and he wanted to take the time to showcase his talent properly on his new album.
"I didn't take any shortcuts," said Samraw, 33, born Dejon Bennett. "We did everything the best we could."
The result is "Gettin' It," one of the most professional and polished CDs to come out of the Stockton rap scene. It took a year to record and dropped earlier this month. Samraw performs at 10 p.m. today at Club 6, 60 Sixth St., San Francisco. Cover is $15.
"Gettin' It" manages to flow smoothly while still coming rough with beats and lyrics. Samraw's words combine with the work of the area's top producers to create a sound that warns listeners of a coming hip-hop blaze. Emergency sirens frame some of the tracks.
On "Haha," Samraw asserts his vocal superiority over a tribal horn and drum beat created by San Francisco producer Damage. "It's catastrophic/when I drop it/my game is toxic," Samraw raps.
"Song I Was Talkin' 'Bout," also produced by Damage, opens with a siren that explodes into an electronic party beat. Samraw uses the song to explain his place in the rap game with tongue-twisting speed.
Yet the best track on the album is its opener, "Oh No." Samraw lets listeners know he's back in the game as an organ-laced beat by Teak Underdue of Stockton's Hallway Productionz hypnotizes club-goers.
"Oh no/Samraw on the map now/Valley to the Bay, L.A. and Sac town/from the streets to the 'burbs they loving my slap sound," the rapper declares.
With the CD on the streets, Samraw is now focused on promotion efforts and performing. His emphasis on live shows is unusual In the rap world, where artists typically focus on recording and releasing albums every few months.
Samraw said he believes a live audience serves as the best judge of a rapper's talent.
"That's where the proof's in the pudding," he said. "If you're good live, the crowd can tell. They'll eat you up like sharks eat bait."
For more information, check out www.myspace.com/samrawmusic.
Contact reporter Ian Hill at (209) 943-8571 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


text: Zhengzhen as executive director of MIT China Future Lab (CFC Lab). CFC Lab is the first-ever MIT backed research and entrepreneurship lab that brings academia, entrepreneurs, government and industries together on urban challenges in China. Its goal is to mobilize the vision, research, innovation, and academic resources of MIT and foster inter-disciplinary research and education on urban development. The program comprises three cornerstones: Research, MIT-Tsinghua Future City Innovation Connector, and China City Living Lab. Before CFC Lab, she was assistant director of STL Lab. Zhengzhen was an urban planner and urban designer who had extensive practice in both public and private sector around the globe, i.e. in Shanghai, Singapore, London and Vancouver. She got her bachelor degree from Department of Urban Planning, Tongji University , Shanghai and her master degree from Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore.


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On the first day of school, I walked into the Northeast Elementary Volunteer fair and was very pleasantly surprised to run into two of the au pairs in my cluster! They were both signing up to volunteer at various events throughout the school year.
A few weeks later, I ran into both au pairs at the school's Picture Day and a few weeks later at the Halloween Parade. I was very impressed with their dedication to their host children and the community. While many au pairs might go back to sleep, go to a coffee shop, or hit the gym after school dropoff, Julia and Kristel were giving back to their school and local community. Not to mention how they are truly a part of their host children's lives. In my opinion, they are truly extraordinary!
To date, Kristel, an au pair from the Netherlands, has volunteered at Kindergarten Orientation, Picture Day, and the Book Fair. Julia, an au pair from England, has chaperoned field trips, participated in the Math Path (a middle school event where the students follow directions and solve equations at every building), the Book Fair, Picture Day, Kindergarten Orientation.
Julia volunteered to chaperone a class trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with her host daughter's seventh grade class. The host daughter, Gillian, was so excited to have Julia along on the bus trip. "Both of my host children think it is awesome if I am at the school," said Julia.
Kristel said, "I have a lot of free time while the kids are in school and I like to keep busy. What better way to help out than to volunteer at the school?"
I spoke to their host parents about their involvement in the schools and both raved about the girls. Melissa, Julia's host mom, said Julia is better than Mary Poppins. She understands her kids and goes out of her way to support them and be a part of their lives."
Both au pairs truly love children and it truly shows. I think both Kristel and Julia exemplify the kind of au pairs in our program: au pairs who really value intercultural exchange and realize the best way to integrate into the community is to become part of it!
Christine is the InterExchange Au Pair USA Local Coordinator for Fairfield County, CT.


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It's time for another challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge, and this week the theme is use 3 of something.
I chose to use this beautiful ballet slippers image, and I was originally going to colour it in shades of ivory as I thought that would look really pretty - but as you can see when it came to it I used pink! I added 3 pink pearls to be my 3 of something.
There are three fabulous prizes this week, so pop on over to http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ and join in:
Sparkle n Sprinkle - 3 digi images
The Stamping Boutique - 2 digi images
Dis Digi Stamps - $12 gift certificate
I am adding this to:
Just Keep On Creating - Anything Goes November 2015
Materials Used:
Sparkle N Sprinkle - Ballet Shoes
Copics -R81, R83, R85
Core'Dinations - pink card
Hunkydory - white 5 x 7 card blank
Pink pearls from stash


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Why does that QR Code go to justinsomnia.org?
Back in 2007 I stumbled something called a QR Code. It was a neat two-dimensional barcode that encodes textual information visually—with URLs being a promising application for the emerging smartphone market (thanks to the release of the iPhone that year). So I did what any self-respecting personal blogger would do: I QR-encoded my own URL. And posted it to my blog.
At some point between then and now, my QR code image got lodged in the second position of Google Images' search results for "qr code". As a result, it became one of the most requested pages on my site, regularly clocking in several hundred requests a day. But what happened next defies rationale explanation.
My QR Code started showing up in all sorts of unexpected places. It seems that marketing people who needed a QR Code would search for one, find mine aesthetically pleasing (well, the #1 result above contains the BBC logo, so that won't do) and slap it on whatever mockup needed it. And because it's impossible to "proofread" a QR Code without a specialized QR Reader, a few instances of my QR Code ended up on finished products, thus becoming a sort of accidental 21st century ETAOIN SHRDLU.
I've previously blogged about two amusing incarnations of my QR Code appearing in public: one improbably discovered within a demo video for MeeGo and the other all over a Brazilian futebol site. Apparently it's gotten so bad that Gabriel Medina of Macanudos.es even coined a term for the proliferation of my QR Code across the web: Justinsomnia Syndrome. Case in point:
A few days ago another "outbreak" was brought to my attention. Apparently my QR Code ended up on a job recruitment flier that got sent to some students in Belgium. An actual printed flier. But here's the kicker: the account manager from the ad agency emailed me and asked if I wouldn't mind redirecting all Belgium traffic coming to my homepage over to their landing page for the next three weeks. Can you imagine? Well, it just so happens that I built an adserver that did geotargeting, so yeah, I can do that. For a price. In the end it turns out my price was too high. Oh well, I tried.
That's a pretty significant loss of several hundred quasi-pageviews a day, but the image itself is already so pervasive, it probably does not mean the end of "Justinsomnia Syndrome". In fact a few days ago I received the following email:
I would like to ask on behalf of a client of ours if it is possible to by [sic] the QR-Code you are using for your website for exclusive usage from now until the 31st of July 2011?
What does that mean? I'm guessing they think I can somehow magically cause that QR Code (which they accidentally used in something printed?) to redirect to another URL. I don't think they understand that the QR Code IS the URL. In any case, I've yet to hear back.
As an aside: at least I don't have to complain to anyone about not abiding by my Creative Commons By-Attribution license with a link back to my site—because the image itself is a link back to my site, muah ha ha ha! Come to think of it, a QR Code would make a great watermark.
Want to read even more? Check out my article, Code Confusion, published by Fabrikzeitung, a monthly magazine in Zurich.
Other examples of accidental uses of my QR Code
- I'm famous! (in a random MeeGo demo)
- I'm famous! (on a Brazilian futebol site)
- I'm famous! (on the homepage of BlackBerry India)
- I'm famous! (on the front page of Dainik Bhaskar AND The Times of India)
- How demotivating is a QR Code?
- I'm famous! (in a PayPal concept video)
- I'm famous! (on a virtual supermarket website in Chile)
- I'm famous! (on a TSA sign at Orlando International Airport)
- I'm famous! (on Chile's new national identity cards)
- I'm famous! (in a Google patent application)
- I'm famous! (in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan)


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Take part in epic battles in Battle Panic, a high-paced cartoon-style strategy game. What makes the game's mechanics stand out is that you perform all actions by passing your cursor over various points on the map. Pass your mouse over a mine to pick up gold, over buildings to recruit troops, over your enemies to target them, and over your allies to heal them. Defend your positions against the weapons of the orcs and trolls, and upgrade your troops and skills using the full skill tree.
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text: I recieved a quest from Lucky the Gambler in New Rachival, Build a Better Automatron. Which led to a decision to help Gangaf or not. The follow up quest was, Prove Gangaf is Innocent. Anyone happen to know what is needed to get these quests? Others can not seem to get the quest from Lucky.


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The Very Best are set to release their new album, 'MTMTMK', on July 16.
The follow up to 2009's 'Warm Heart Of Africa', which featured MIA and Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig, will be put out on the Moshi Moshi label and was recorded in singer Esau Mwamwaya's hometown, Lilongwe in Malawi.
Johan Hugo of the band, who are now a duo, says of the new record: "We had to make a big step with the second album, we had to evolve. This time we wrote, produced and recorded together simultaneously – the way it should be done. It was a much more collaborative effort."
'MTMTMK' features a number of guest spots from Amadou and Mariam, Baaba Maal and K'naan. Scroll down to watch the video for 'Yoshua Alikuti' which spoofs the video for Lil Wayne's 'A Milli' from his album 'Tha Carter III'. The promo clip was filmed in the Kiamaiko slum in Nairobi and is directed by Village Beat from Kenya.


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Super Smash Bros is a very popular game developed by the gaming company Nintendo. All over the world, there are many fans of this game. Mainly this game is designed for Nintendo 3DS systems. You can play this game with your friends since it is a multi-player game. Better you try the demo versions of this game before you opt to buy. The demo versions of Super Smash Bros are downloadable for free of cost.
Super Smash Bros Mobile
It is worthy to buy the game if you have Nintendo 3DS console, but how can you play the game without having a Nintendo gaming console? There is an option to play the game on mobile too. Super Smash Bros Mobile version is available for both the iOS and Android mobiles. Playing Super Smash Bros game on iPhone and iPad devices is very simple as you play other games.
iSSB for iOS
Super Smash Bros Mobile app for iOS devices is coming with the name iSSB. iEmulators is providing this game for iOS devices. You can install the app from iEmulators and play the game on your iOS device.
iSSB emulator for iPhone
To download and install Super Mario Bros on your iOS devices like iPhone and iPad without jailbreak, just follow the below steps:
- Open the Safari on your iOS device.
- Go to iemulators.com in Safari.
- Tap on apps and scroll down to find the iSSB app.
- Tap on iSSB and find the install option.
- Tap on Install to download the app.
- Tap on Accept once the app got installed on your device.
Authorizing iSSB app
Once you have done with the installation process, you need to approve the iSSB app on your iOS device. To allow the app on your device, follow the below steps by tapping on iOS device's settings.
- Go to Settings > General > Device Management.
- There Tap on Beijing HL95 Info-Industry Co., Ltd.
- Now Tap on Authorize Beijing HL95 Info-Industry Co., Ltd.
- A popup will be prompted with authorize option, and now tap on Authorize.
Now you have successfully authorized the app iSSB on your iOS device. Now you are all set to start the iSSB ( Super Smash Bros Mobile) app on your device.
Just tap on the app icon on the menu to launch the game on your iOS device. App gets launched on your device, and now you can enjoy the Super Smash Bros Mobile game on your iOS device.
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Twilight is best time in the garden now. Several hours either side of midday the direct sunlight, heat, and severe contrast between dark, shadowed woods and the bright open garden make walking less than pleasant and photography almost impossible.
The tall yellow tipped verticals -- Silphiums and Rudbeckias -- are mostly in bloom now, and that bright color shows best in the fading light of evening.
Filipendula rubra 'Venusta' (above) is fading from Pepto-Bismol pink to a much more pleasant copper ...
... and along the path the orange daylillies are in bloom. Even in midday, but particularly at sundown, that orange punches through the masses of green and carries the eye to the small, delicate, star-like flowers of the Silphiums (perfoliatum, terebinthinaceum, lacinatum) and Rudbeckia maxima. (Yes, I will have to do something about the color clash with the Astilbe taquetii 'Purple Lance' low down on the right).
The daylilies are particularly suitable to naturalizing in grasses, and I intend to add more on both sides of the path, starting right now. Eight more are going in today. I'm also transplating more of the wild daylilly (Hemerocallis fulva) into the garden (there are plenty on the road in front of the house). I don't particularly care for daylilies as plants. Apart from their bright flowers, their tattered foliage can be a real negative in the garden. By treating them purely as a design element, and planting them where their declining foliage isn't very noticeable, they can be quite useful. I don't try to remember their names. As long as they are orange to red, I don't care.
A mass of red-purple daylilies adds some midsummer interest to the area around Marc Rosenquist's sculpture. More are there, but the camera's not seeing them. These have been around for a couple of years now. I admit they'd be more effective if they were taller, but I'm willing to live with this kind of compromise in the garden.
White too becomes very evocative at twilight and Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners') makes the start of a low-level field of brightness that, if planted in profusion, could really light up the dry end of the garden as darkness falls. I've tried to get more but it's hard to find around here. Last time I ordered white, I got pink!
Prairie dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum -- how do you pronounce that?) with its hard round buds (above left), Rudbeckia maxima with exaggerated black eyed Susan flowers, more terebinthinaceum, then Cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum), the large plant blooming behind the Miscanthus.
Sorry there's not much to give a sense of scale. Most of these tall yellows are several feet above my head. (The grey back of the "Wave Hill" chair above does give some visual clue of the comparative scale of a human body.) The garden is about one acre in size.
This shot gives a better idea of how the orange daylilies could become an effective component of the "prairie" planting (I realize Hemerocallis has never been considered a prairie plant) ... call it modified prairie, then.
Eryngium yuccafolium, form emerging from incipient chaos ...
Entrance to the central sitting area, a mass of Mountain mint (Pycnantheum muticum) center right ...
... and a new Redbud (Cercis canadensis 'Hearts of Gold') in the center, a recent replacement for a moribund Magnolia grandiflora 'Little Gem', which continued to put out elaborate lemony scented flowers, but just looked a wreck. Yes, that's a bunch of Inula racemosa 'Sonnerspeer' that's seeded in beneath it. I'll decide which ones stay next spring.
Above, more self-seeded Inula 'Sonnenspeer' stand sentinel over a planting of Pycnantheum muticum.
View from the other end ...
Rising from a planting of Veronicastrum virginicum is one lone, and persnickety, Compass plant (Silphium laciniatum). I think the garden just doesn't get enough light to make these happy. They always fall over and have to be rescued with long stakes. I hate staking. But since they're self-seeding now, I'll wait and see how the seeded ones develop. If they find the right place, and perhaps are shorter, they may become a useful part of the garden. But if they pass away, so be it. These are too much trouble.
A view across the garden showing Marc's sculpture from the "back" side (back, in this case, means looking generally in the direction of the house).
Speaking of which ... the house, an integral part of this garden. The mostly dead dogwood on the left was cut and removed today.
That's how things go at the garden on Federal Twist Road this July 17th. Have to go. Some neighbors are coming over to see the garden at twilight.


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November 29, 2019
Metabolife Aquaslim Review
Metabolife Aquaslim includes calcium, potassium, and super citrimax. Only one of those is actually connected to weight loss, and you could probably find a similar water bottle in the grocery store for $1-$2. All around, Metabolife Aquaslim lacks true fat burning ingredients and otherwise ingredients that would promote substantial weight loss over diet and exercise alone.
Overall Impression of Metabolife Aquaslim:
$7.49 at first glance seems pretty cheap. But consider how many bottles of this they assume you will drink every month. If you consider 2 bottles per day every day for 30 days, it will end up costing you around $449.40 every month. If you only took one bottle every day, it would take you down to 224.70. When was the last time you paid that much for a 30 day supply of your average one worthless ingredient diet pill?


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These Awakening videos are my favourites (that I have found) of the many that are now available. I truly believe that the people of our world are Awakening, each day more and more of us are realizing that we are capable of so much more than we have been lead to believe. We are Powerful Spiritual Beings who can achieve anything we desire with the one true power of the Universe... LOVE.
This is my favourite of all the Awakening videos that I have watched. I came across it around the summer of 2011 and loved it as it brought together bits and pieces of videos that I'd watched, books that I'd read and with fantastic music and also beautiful graphics. And the overall message is inspiring too! I re-watch this every so often as it's so uplifting.
(Wording and speech from the first few minutes.)
In the shining spectrum of our Universe something truly amazing is occuring on this planet. For the first time in thousands of years we have a real chance for PEACE on this planet.
It is time AWAKEN
(Jim Carrey)
Amazing feeling of freedom. I saw that I was bigger than what I do, I was bigger than my body, I was everything and everyone.
When one is able to understand that this body is simply a garment, just as we change clothes from day to day, that the body is simply being used by the soul.
And as I was looking at it, it was this pure, white light it was whiter than the whitest snow and brighter than ten thousand suns...
For many thousands of years we have sought after peace, only now have we realized there can be no peace until we find peace within.
Every thought in the human mind sends out an electro-magnetic wave from the base of the heart that has a measurable effect upon the world in which we live.
(Gregg Braden)
The human heart is now documented as the strongest generator of both electrical and magnetic fields in the body, now this is important because we've always been taught that the brain is where the action is, the brain has an electrical field, it does have a magnetic field, but they are relatively weak compared to the heart. The heart is about a hundred times stronger electrically and up to five thousand times stronger, five thousand times stronger magnetically than the brain, and the reason this is important is because the physical world as we know it is made of those two fields of energy, electrical and magnetic fields of energy, electro-magnetic fields. Our own physics books now tell us, if we can change either the magnetic field of an atom or the electrical field of the atom by doing that we change we literally change that atom, we change the stuff that our bodies and this world are made of. And it appears now that the human heart is designed to do both, to change both the electrical field and the magnetic field of our bodies and our world, and they do so in response to the emotions that we create between our heart and our brain.
All matter is simply vibrating sound waves, sound creates form. Each thought sends a powerful wave of information which helps shape the world around us. Each different thought sends out a different frequency.
The words that Jim Carrey is saying at the beginning of the first 2012 video (above) is taken from his speech at the G.A.T.E. Inaugural Event (Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment on 4th June 2009. If you would like to hear more of his experience, listen to this clip.
ATTENTION: All you rule-breakers, you misfits and troublemakers - all you free spirits and pioneers - all you visionaries and non-conformists ...
Everything that the establishment has told you is wrong with you - is actually what's right with you.
You see things others don't. You are hardwired to change the world. Unlike 9 out of 10 people - your mind is irrepressible - and this threatens authority. You were born to be a revolutionary.
You can't stand rules because in your heart you know there's a better way. You have strengths dangerous to the establishment - and it wants them eliminated, So your whole life you've been told your strengths were weaknesses - Now I'm telling you otherwise.
Your impulsivity is a gift - impulses are your key to the miraculous. Your distractibility - is an artifact of your inspired creativity. Your mood swings - reflect the natural pulse of life, they give you unstoppable energy when you're high and deep soulful insight when you're low.
Been diagnosed with a "disorder"? That's society's latest way to deny it's own illness by pointing the finger at you. Your addictive personality is just a symptom of your vast underused capacity for heroic, creative expression and spiritual connection. Your utter lack of repression, your wide eyed idealism, your unmitigated open mind - didn't anyone ever tell you?! these are the traits shared by the greatest pioneers and visionaries innovators, revolutionaries, procrastinators and drama queens, activists on the social scene, space cadets and mavericks, philosophers and derelicts, business suits flying fighter jets, football stars and sex addicts, celebrities with ADD, alcoholics who seek novelty, first responders - prophets and saints, mystics and change agents.
We are - all - the same - you know
'cuz we're all affected by the way -
We are - all - the same - you know
'cuz we're all attracted to the flame -
You know in your heart there's a natural order, something more sovereign than any man-made rules or laws could ever express.
This natural order is called "the Way."
The Way is the eternal substrate of the cosmos. It guides the very current of time and space. The Way is known by some as the Will of God, Divine Providence, the Holy Spirit, the implicate order, the Tao, reverse-entropy, life-force, but for now we'll simply call it "the Way." The Way is reflected in you as the source of your inspiration, the source of your passions, your wisdom, your enthusiasm, your intuition, your spiritual fire - LOVE.
The Way takes the chaos out of the Universe and breathes life into it giving it divine order. The Way, when expressed by the mind, is genius, when perceived through the eyes is beauty, when felt through the senses is grace, when allowed into the heart ... is love.
Most people cannot sense the Way directly. ... But then there are the Wayseers. The keepers of the flame. Wayseers have an unexplainable knack for just knowing the Way. They sense it in their very being. They can't tell you why or how they arrived at the right answer. They just know it in their core. They can't show their work. So don't ask. Their minds simply resonate with the Way. When the Way is present, so are they.
While others are blind to it, and society begs you to ignore it, "the Way" stirs you inside. Neurological repression blocks most people's awareness of the Way - censoring all thoughts and impulses from the unconscious is their prefrontal cortex - the gestapo of the brain - nothing which violates its socialized programming even gets through; but your mind is different. your mind has been cracked wide open to the Way - by some miraculous genetic trait, some psychotropic chemical or maybe even by the will of your own soul, your brain's reward pathways have been hijacked - dopamine employed to overthrow the fascist dictatorship of your prefrontal cortex - now your brain is free of repression, your mind free of censorship, your awareness exposed to the turbulent seas of the unconscious - through this open doorway divine light shines into your consciousness showing you the Way. This is what makes you a Wayseer.
90% of human civilization is populated with those who's brains are blocked to the Way. Their brains are hardwired to enforce the social programming indoctrinated since birth. Unlike you they cannot break out of this programming, because they have not yet experienced the necessary revolution of mind. These programmed people take social institutions and rules very seriously. Society is full of games programmed to keep peoples' minds occupied so they will not revolt. These games often cause sick fixations on peculiar protocols, power structures, taboos and domination - all subtle forms of human bondage - This distinct form of madness is not only tolerated by the masses but insisted upon. The programmed ones believe in rules so forcefully they become willing to destroy anyone who violates them.
Wayseers are the ones who call their bluff. Since Wayseer minds are free to reject social programming, Wayseers readily see social institutions for what they are - imaginary games. Wayseers comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. Helping those who are lost in these games and refuse to help themselves is a calling of many Wayseers. Since Wayseers are the ones who keep contact with the original source of reality - they are able to disrupt societal conventions and even governments to realign humanity with the Way.
The Wayseers are an ancient lineage. A kind of priesthood - carriers of the flame - ones "in the know." There must always be Wayseers to reform the dizzying psychotic spinning wheels of society - giant mindless hamster wheels obscuring the pure blue sky, keeping humanity shackled in a darkened cage - so Wayseers are called - to shed light on the madness of society - to continually resurrect the timeless transcendent Spirit of Truth -
Wayseers reveal this divine truth by devoting themselves to the birth of some creative or disruptive act expressed through art or philosophy, innovations to shake up industry, revolutions for democracy, coups that topple hypocrisy, movements of solidarity, changes that leave a legacy, rebellions against policy, spirit infused technology, moments of clarity, things that challenge barbarity, watersheds of sincerity, momentous drives for charity
We are - all - the same - you know
'cuz we're all affected by the way -
We are - all - the same - you know
'cuz we're all attracted to the flame -
This is your calling, Wayseer, you've found your tribe.
Welcome home.
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To celebrate the one-year anniversary of legal recreational marijuana in California, Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday hired a Transportation Security Administration agent to ferret out who's stoned on Hollywood Boulevard.
Fatina Amina McIntosh, a TSA agent at Los Angeles International Airport, got the task as part of Kimmel's program this week to employ federal workers hurt by the government shutdown. McIntosh said she's among government employees working without pay during the shutdown. Others are furloughed without pay.
McIntosh asked three pedestrians what they had for lunch, hoping to narrow in on which one was baked. Was it the dude who had pizza, the man who said "I had air" or the woman who ate at In-N-Out?
McIntosh got a closeup of their eyes for further evidence. But the funny clip, above, proves you can't always tell the high from the simply high on life.


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Deborah Moggach will be appearing at the ISBN Arts and Literary Festival in Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk on Saturday 10th June 2017.
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Be it open source or commercial technology, software designed to ensure proper data governance in Hadoop data lakes is proliferating. But like many big data systems, these tools are still maturing.
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Data governance is a big issue for mainstream big data users. And lately, IT vendors have touted open source as well as commercial data governance tools to govern data in Hadoop-based data lakes. But how do IT pros sift through all these products to automate governance, metadata management and other big data tasks, and just how attainable -- and useful -- are they?
The buzz: Big data governance options grow
One open source approach comes from Hadoop platform vendor Hortonworks Inc., which created Apache Atlas as an open source data governance framework that provides a "scalable and extensible set of core foundational services."
According to the company, Apache Atlas not only allows enterprises to meet their Hadoop compliance requirements, but also integrates with the entire enterprise data ecosystem. Hortonworks touts the involvement of software developers from some large and high-profile companies in the Atlas open source project -- for example, Aetna, Merck, Schlumberger and Target.
"As you start to do enterprise applications driven by big data," Hortonworks CTO Scott Gnau explained, "security and governance and operational sophistication become much more important." The Atlas technology is "broad enough and capable enough that we're seeing a surge in customers for deployments," he claimed.
Commercially, Hortonworks rival Cloudera has released Cloudera Navigator, which it calls "the only complete data governance solution for Apache Hadoop." Part of Cloudera Enterprise, the company's big data platform, Navigator features data discovery, continuous optimization, audit, data lineage, metadata management and policy enforcement capabilities.
In addition to Atlas and Cloudera Navigator, other commercial and open source technologies that support data governance in big data environments include the following:
- Apache Falcon, an open source tool that centralizes data lifecycle management in Hadoop clusters.
- Data governance software from various vendors, including Collibra, Datameer, Informatica, SAS and Talend.
- Data lake management platforms with embedded governance functions from vendors such as Podium Data, Teradata and Zaloni.
Eric Anderson, executive director of data at Beachbody LLC, said the maker of fitness and nutrition products uses technologies such as Falcon and HCatalog -- a table and storage management layer tied to Apache Hive -- to document metadata and data lineage in its analytics systems. Beachbody started running a Hadoop-based data lake on the Amazon Web Services cloud in December 2016 to support new big data analytics applications.
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According to a 2016 Gartner survey, enterprises have shifted their focus from big data itself to specific business problems that big data can solve, which could affect deployments of data governance tools for Hadoop systems. While 48% of companies surveyed slightly increased their spending on big data from 2015 to 2016, those that plan to invest within the next two years fell from 31% to 25%.
Big data or no, data governance is a complicated process that involves much more than deploying software; for example, agreeing on common policies and procedures for using data is a key element of governance initiatives -- and often a big challenge. Combined with that, the lack of maturity in Hadoop data governance tools could prove detrimental to any momentum they're gaining in the enterprise. Even Gnau acknowledges that Atlas still has some maturing to do: "It isn't long in the tooth, for sure," he said.
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Phoebe and I had a little impromptu barrette making party yesterday
so so sweet! where do you shop for buttons? Antique stores? I have tried gluing buttons on these barrettes before and just had them pop off when the barrette was bent. What is your secret?
Yes I am intrigued how you get your buttons to stay on too. They look lovely though and I would love to make some for myself.
This looks like a lot of fun. Just curious about how P. helped. My littles would love to help me make barrettes, but I'm not sure about them around hot glue. Any advice?
Lovely! I need to do this, we have major bangs growing over here!
Gorgeous hair trinkets! But honestly, I'm so distracted by the new logo…I love it!
yeah, some of mine popped off too. I reglued them with e6000
some stayed but yeah, some did pop off so I used e6000 glue
she picked the buttons and I glued them
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You'll be hearing from the staff at FOOD52 every week in Too Many Cooks, our group column in which we pool our answers to questions about food, cooking, life, and more.
The latest issue of Lucky Peach includes the following quote from James Beard:
"One of the great American arts, which varies from being a triumph to being a disaster, is the art of sandwichmaking."
It's true -- a perfect sandwich results from almost-unattainable simplicity. Everyone has their favorite, and their own opinion on what makes a sandwich great. And really, summer is sandwich season. So this week, we asked:
What, in your opinion, is the perfect sandwich?
Things got pretty heated, and our staff showed their passion for putting stuff between bread. We start with team BLT:
Brette: BLT!!!!
Michael: I agree with Brette: the BLT, with generous mayo to protect the bread from the tomato. But it's a high-wire act: I feel lucky if I have two great ones in a year. (And if some avocado snuck its way in there too, I would not complain.)
Michael: Shoot. I just remembered the bahn mi, and also the lobster roll, and now I dispair of ever choosing.
[Editor's note: this inspired a full-on brawl in our office re: whether a lobster roll is a real sandwich. Discuss amongst yourselves.]
Will: I have a series of haikus called "The Bacon Series." Here is the sandwich poem:
Bacon, soft white roll,Lettuce, tomato, mayo.My perfect sandwich.
Amanda: I've never met a sandwich better than the BLT. It contains all the crucial elements: sweetness, crunch, salinity, pork fattiness, and juicy flashes of summer. We learned a vital BLT tip from 'Wichcraft -- toast one side of the bread and place the toasted sides on the inside of the sandwich. This way you get crispness without cutting the top of your mouth. Although a few BLT cuts are probably more authentic.
Jason: Obviously I love a good BLT, but my all-time favorite sandwich is turkey, tasso ham, prosciutto, creamy gouda, red onion, arugula, salt and pepper, a little mayo, and honey mustard on a super crusty roll. #yumtownusa
Emma: Tuna melt. Hands down. Every time.
Jennifer: Mozzarella, tomato, basil, and prosciutto on ciabatta bread drizzled with extra-virgin olive oil.
Ryan: I'm in the same camp as Jennifer. Fresh mozz, basil, any salty cured ham, and olive oil on something crusty. Cold or hot pressed -- I don't discriminate.
Lauren: The bahn mi.
Amanda Li: PB&J on whole wheat, because that makes things healthy.
Maddy: Open face tomato and mayo sandwich on an english muffin (the rounds of tomato fit perfectly, see?). With a good dose of kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Marian: Crusty sourdough bread. Aioli. Juicy tomato. Avocado. Salt salt salt and pepper. They do it well at Sandwhich [sic] in Chapel Hill, NC.
Lindsay: The sister to Marian's sandwich: A toasted Zingerman's enough already bagel. Japanese mayo. Juicy tomato. Avocado. Salt.
Sarah J: Sweet: cinnamon raisin bread with bananas, honey, and peanut butter, pressed and warm. Savory: grilled eggplant, roasted tomato, muenster cheese, and muhammara on herbed focaccia (otherwise known as Z&H's Marty).
Kenzi: Lobster roll. Also: BLT, extra mayo.
Hannah: Maple almond butter (we're not on a first name basis or anything but I like Justin's) + really ripe banana. On any kind of bread that makes the whole house smell like yeast.
Kristen: Grilled cheese -- sharp cheddar, or whatever! -- with sliced tomatoes.
Margaret: Turkey, bacon, avocado, alfalfa sprouts, and aioli on a whole wheat wrap, toasted. My kind of heaven. Maybe some spinach if I want to feel healthy, but I don't usually get those kind of compulsions.
Stephanie: I have to play it simple. Tomato, butter, and salt on toasted bread. It's perfect.
Merrill: Truly painful to make this decision. But since no one has mentioned it, I do love a good French ham with soft Brie, on a hard baguette spread with (cold) salted butter. A few cornichons wouldn't be out of place.
Bryce: I might have to go Muffaletta.
Karl: Pulled pork with North Carolina-style vinegar sauce topped with coleslaw. The Reason is probably my favorite implementation.
Beatrice: Maryland blue crab crab cakes on a bed of frisée topped with a dill caper remoulade sandwiched between a lightly toasted and buttered bun. #BestSummerSandwich
Amanda Li: This TMC reminds me of the 30 Rock episode featuring the Chuckle Sandwich. And this quote:Liz: I believe that all anyone really wants in this life is to sit in peace and eat a sandwich.Jack: How surprising that your world view is food-based.
Tell us: what's your favorite sandwich? And how do you define a sandwich, anyway? Do lobster rolls and hamburgers count? Go ahead -- get worked up about it.
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Guernica Editions Champions "Ghost Story" with Grave Implications about the Unification of Italy, the Destruction of Sicily, and the Diaspora of Southern Italians
(TORONTO, ON) History is full of ghosts, particularly in Sicily where the truth is often buried alive. Fortunately, a Canadian publisher is spearheading a project to exhume a forgotten heritage and to challenge official narratives about the past.
Guernica Editions, an independent press based in Toronto, Ontario, has helped to organize a book campaign to promote Trinàcria: A Tale of Bourbon Sicily. This historical novel chronicles the destruction of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and questions the myths of the Risorgimento, the War of Italian Unification.
An international effort, the book's online fundraiser brings together a Sicilian American professor from Ithaca, New York, a Sicilian cultural guide and travel reporter in England, a Neapolitan American arts consultant operating in Manhattan, and the Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere – an institute of
educational resources and programs located in Staten Island.
Without Guernica's faith and support, however, the campaign never would have happened.
Like Sicily, Trinàcria has had a tortuous history. Originally part of another novel, the manuscript suffered a string of rejections—forty, to be exact. According to author Anthony Di Renzo, U.S. publishers "wanted a book that catered to commercial stereotypes about Sicily." One dismissive editor declared: " Nobody wants to read about a Sicilian marchesa, even a dead one, unless she's written a cookbook."
"At that point, I gave up," said Di Renzo. "Granted, my protagonist Donna Zita makes a mean pasta Bellini, but she is no Anna Tasca Lanza," referring to a more contemporary culinary marchesa, who started a cooking school at Regaleali.
In the Mezzogiorno, the land of the midday sun, truth evaporates more quickly than water. As the novelist Leonardo Sciascia observed, Sicilians are forced see their country through a haze of conspiracy. Centuries of external domination and internal oppression have left them parched for justice, thirsty ghosts lost in limbo.
The manuscript and its spectral characters might have languished in such a purgatory of neglect, if not for the intercession of five dedicated believers. Determined to do more than light a candle, this group of Siciliophiles pooled its talents and resources to publish the novel and to set the historical record straight. Fortunately, the book's champions were willing to harrow hell to bring its tale back to light. Their Virgil, however, was the Toronto-based publisher, who provided a map out of the underworld.
Frank Polizzi, editor of Feile-Festa: The Literary Arts Journal of the Mediterranean Celtic Association, was the first to believe in this project. He not only published an excerpt from Trinacria's manuscript, but also encouraged the author to submit the entire document to Michael Mirolla, editor-in-chief at Guernica Editions. Mirolla
immediately recognized its merit.
"As a publishing house dedicated to shattering stereotypes and promoting new works of global literature, Guernica considered Trinàcria a timely book, particularly after the international controversy surrounding the
150th anniversary of the Risorgimento,"said Mirolla.
Did unification benefit or ruin the Mezzogiorno, the ancestral region of most Italian immigrants? Reflecting on this question, Mirolla believes that Di Renzo's novel "could contribute significantly" to the ongoing review of this fundamental issue on both sides of the Atlantic. Quoting colleague Vincenzo Salerno, a critic for Best of Sicily Magazine, Mirolla said: "This book is not 'ethnic' or nationalist niche literature. It's an overdue reality check about a major tragedy in Italian history."
Guernica Editions' interest, however, soon proved "a mixed blessing." The good news was that Guernica was committed to Di Renzo's story and characters. The bad news was that Guernica's government funding does not extend to non-Canadian authors.
In steps Debra Santangelo, director of Sicilian Connections, an organization promoting Sicilian culture and commerce. Dividing her time between England, her birthplace, and Sicily, her second home, Santangelo celebrates the Mediterranean island's unique art, history, and geography through her blog and other
enterprises, including a new jewelry line made from Etna lava.
"I wanted to tangibly express my support for this project," Santangelo said, "because of the book's cultural significance and potential impact. It deserves a very wide audience." Accordingly, she recommended Di Renzo contact Roberto Ragone, a New York arts and business consultant known for his proven track record.
Ragone immediately jumped at the chance to work on a literary project with "broad implications and credible stakeholders." "Guernica Editions," he said, "has a stellar reputation for publishing and promoting engaging books with Italian themes we don't often see." Founded in 1978 in Montreal, Quebec by Antonio D'Alfonso,
Guernica initially specialized in Italian Canadian literature but expanded its mission to serve other ethnic and postcolonial writes. Among its over 500 published authors are recipients of the Governor General's Award
and the American Book Award. "We are grateful, therefore," Ragone concluded "that Toronto can serve as a final depot before Trinàcria's international distribution."
Ragone and Di Renzo considered several organizations as sponsors. "Casa Belvedere emerged as our sponsor because of its mission," Ragone explained: "to preserve and promote an appreciation of Italian language, arts, literature, history, fashion, cuisine, and commerce.' It was a perfect fit." The book's author called the
partnership "a stroke of fate, la forza del destino."
"I'm grateful for Casa Belvedere's and Guernica's support and hope my novel will contribute to their success and prestige," said Di Renzo, associate professor of writing and Italian American history at Ithaca College. "By uncovering buried stories about our collective past, the foundation and the publishing house
continue to positioning themselves to play a unique role in telling the story about the post-Risorgimento Italian experience."
Louis Calvelli, Casa Belvedere's executive director, who last year organized a series of lectures and debates on Italian Unification, "absolutely embraces this initiative." "While proof of Italy's past cultural achievements is abundant," Calvelli said, "Casa Belvedere actively works to sponsor current creative projects. Once the restoration of our mansion is complete, we look forward to providing a venue for Italian
and Italian American artists to showcase their work. Our renovated campus will make the perfect setting for Trinàcria's book launch party."
Guernica Editions is equally pleased. "Guernica is happy to see this project falling into place," said Michael Mirolla. "We are eager to publish the book and observe its impact. Trinàcria challenges people of Southern Italian descent throughout the world to follow the common thread through the labyrinth of time back to their
land of origin. It may prompt readers of any background to reflect on their own heritage. But Trinàcria also carries implications about the present because it examines the limitations of modern commercial democracies and warns about the dangers of nation-building in the developing world."
The book's title derives from the ancient Greek name for Sicily. Trinàcria refers to the island's triangular shape and the three-legged gorgon on its regional flag. It is also the nickname of the novel's narrator and protagonist, Zita Valanguerra Spinelli (1794-1882), Marchesa of Scalea, whose turbulent life mirrors Sicily's
rocky transition from feudalism to capitalism.
Di Renzo's novel, literally and figuratively, digs up the past. The story begins when a Hollywood film crew invades Palermo to shoot an epic about the Italian Revolution. Researching the past, the director visits the city's Capuchin catacombs. Preserved in the crypt among over eight thousand mummies is Marchesa
Spinelli. Dead for eighty years, she remains haunted with memories, and her spirit recalls her complicated relationships with her scientist father; a British wine merchant, whom the Marchesa failed to marry; her patriotic and rebellious granddaughter; and Giacomo Leopardi, the doomed Romantic poet.
Ragone, whose professional motto is "Transforming Vision to Value," is managing Trinàcria's online fundraising campaign. Based on their giving level, the site bestows donors with an aristocratic rank from the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (e.g. Baron/Baroness, Count/Countess, Prince/Princess, King/Queen). Each title
offers its own gifts and privileges, from bookmarks, calendars, and posters to formal acknowledgment in the printed novel and an invitation to its official book launch.
This book campaign will run until December 13, 2012. The campaign has raised over $5,275 in two months, the halfway mark of the campaign, and already has been written about in various periodicals and blogs. All future royalties will benefit the Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere. For more details, visit:
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China lowers yuan rate by most in three months
[SHANGHAI] China's central bank cut its currency exchange rate against the dollar by the largest amount in three months Thursday as the greenback strengthened on improved Chinese trade data.
The People's Bank of China (PBoC) set the yuan at 6.4891 to US$1.0, down 0.46 per cent from Wednesday's fix, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System, the biggest one-day drop since January.
Authorities only allow the yuan to rise or fall two per cent on either side of the daily fix, to prevent volatility and maintain control over the currency.
A lower yuan should make Chinese goods cheaper on world markets and repeated cuts in the rate last August and again in January raised fears Beijing was seeking to devalue the unit to give its exporters a competitive advantage. Officials have repeatedly said they have no intention of doing so.
The dollar rose after China released data Wednesday showing exports surged more than expected in March, the latest results suggesting a growth slowdown in the world's number two economy could be easing.
Tommy Xie, a Singapore-based economist at Oversea-Chinese Banking, told Bloomberg News the lower fixing was "a reflection of the overnight dollar recovery", but added that the drop was not as big as expected and expected further weakening.
Beijing has spent huge sums to support the currency and stem capital flight since rattling investors with the surprise devaluation in August, when it guided the normally stable unit down nearly five per cent in a week.
The PBoC on Wednesday provided 285.5 billion yuan to 17 financial institutions through its medium-term lending facility to maintain liquidity in the banking system, it said in a statement on its official microblog.
It also injected 40 billion yuan through its regular open market operation Thursday.
The onshore yuan was quoted at 6.4837 to US$1.0 at around 10:00 am (0200 GMT) on Thursday, down 0.25 per cent from the previous day's close.