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My client is in therapy--how can Recovery International help?
Recovery International is a cognitive behavioral method designed to help indiviudals address symptoms triggered by trivial events. The RI method is not therapy and is not intended to replace the role of the mental health professional.
Often times a client has a wonderful and productive session with their therapist and leaves the appointment feeling better and more confident.
But then something happens that triggers symptoms. This could be receiving the wrong order at lunch, or they see something on the internet/news/social media, or maybe a colleague at work does not follow through on a request. Suddenly the emotions flare and now that confident client has lowered feelings.
At the next session instead of continuing where the last session left off, the client spends most of the appointment discussing these average everyday events that worked their emotions up; leaving little to no time to address the significant clinical work that had been the primary focus.
Recovery International provides a structured process and interventions to manage and reduce symptoms brought on by trivial events. Meetings offer additional interventions that focus on these average trivial events leaving time for the client to focus on the treatment plan with the treating professional. Meetings are led by trained peer leaders with lived experience, and are highly structured to follow specific steps--these are not "confessional" support groups.
RI is designed to be an additional tool for support of the therapeutic process. In meetings we do not discuss, legal moral or ethical issues. We do not address medications, diagnoses or give advice. We do not address events related to religion, politics, or traumatic events. We focus on practicing ways to deal with life's trivial events, which helps train the brain to cope with larger issues when necessary.
Recovery can be a support to all individuals: clients, family, friends, lawyers, doctors, and yes--even the mental health professional.
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Fred likes to talk to people. As an Uber driver, the 82-year-old Seattle native gets to do plenty of talking — if his riders are up for a little conversation.
"When a person gets in there, if they immediately go to their phone, I just keep my mouth shut," Fred says in a new video provided by the ride-hailing company. "But if they want to converse, man, I'm there like a pig."
Uber is calling out Fred and driver/partners like him in recognition of National Compliment Day — which is today in case you've yet to say something nice to someone. The company is paying attention to the nice things that customers have to say — through the app — about the people who work for Uber.
"Drivers do more than move people from one place to another — they brighten riders' days in ways big and small," Uber says on its website. "Since launching in-app compliments in 2016 and tipping in 2017, riders have shown their gratitude millions of times to drivers for the great service and memorable experiences they deliver every day."
Fred's early career as an entertainment director for a cruise line and later at a casino in Las Vegas led to a celebrity friendship and surprise reunion in the video.
He says that the luckiest thing that happened to him was when his daughter came along and said, "Dad, why don't you Uber?"
Uber shared some of the compliments Fred has received from riders. It sounds like we'd all be lucky to have him pull up at the curb someday:
- "What can I say? The world needs more people like Fred. Just an incredibly genuine kind hearted human whose purpose has been to put others first. They don't make em like that anymore! Thanks Fred."
- "One of the most friendly people I have ever met. Not just as an Uber driver but as a person."
- "Fred is a terrific guy. A person could learn a lot about life just chatting with him."
And here are some more stats shared by Uber when it comes to the 35.8 million compliments given to drivers in 2017:
- Riders in New Orleans and Las Vegas said they had the most entertaining drivers.
- Riders in Nashville and Charleston complimented their drivers the most for great conversations.
- College towns in Upstate New York complimented their drivers the most for being late night heroes.
- When it came to great amenities, riders in Portland complimented their drivers the most.
- The city that complimented their drivers the most overall was La Crosse, Wisc.

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Save Money for a Home Deposit
Full 100% mortgages have made something of a comeback after largely disappearing from the market in light of the global crisis of a decade ago. However, it isn't always a good idea to take out such a large mortgage. There are three reasons for this. The first is that not all mortgage providers offer 100% mortgages, so this will restrict the number of lenders you can apply to. The second is that you'll end up paying more money for your borrowing as lenders reserve the most competitive rates for those with a 10% or even 20% deposit. Finally, there's always the danger of negative equity. Although people tend to assume that property prices are always on the rise, this isn't the case. If the property market were to collapse, you'd end up owing money on a home that you can't resell without losing a great deal of money.
In order to save money for a home deposit, you first have to put a budget in place. To do so, you should take the time to account for every penny you spend for at least a fortnight. Just writing down all your expenses will give you an idea of where you can make reductions.
You should first analyse your priority debts such as housing costs, utility bills, etc. If you're living in rented accommodation, you could make alternative arrangements to keep costs down such as moving in with relatives/friends or downsizing. As far as utility bills are concerned, you should economise and think about whether you're getting the best possible deal for your money. If necessary, use price comparison sites to shop around for a better contract.
You'll probably see that the greatest reductions in your expenses can be made with your discretionary spending. There are many ways to save money. One key area is the money you spend on your day-to-day expenses. You might decide not to buy a coffee every morning on your way to work, or you'll make even more savings if you bring food in to eat during your lunch break instead of buying a takeaway.
One way to cut your discretionary spending is to limit how much you spend on your hobbies and entertainment. For example, instead of an expensive gym membership, you might decide to go jogging in the park. For evening entertainment, there are plenty of free alternatives to expensive theatre tickets and flashy clubs. You could arrange to meet your friends at home for some food and music. Also, in UK there are plenty of museums, art galleries and botanical gardens which don't charge a penny.
Cashfloat short term loans can help if you need money urgently. An online application can be made in a matter of minutes, and the approval comes almost as fast. If you're saving for a home deposit, this helping hand can make all the difference between saving up enough for the home of your dreams and not making it.


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Paramount Trading Looking To Tourism And Agriculture And Export Of Lubricants And Chemicals To Increase Footprint And Profitability.
For the 2016-2017 financial year Paramount Trading's performance was fairly solid as revenue grew by $131.5 Million reaching $1.15 Billion up from $1.02 Billion in the previous year, this according to Hugh Graham CEO & Managing Director of company in his report to shareholders contained in the company's 2017 annual report.
Graham who founded the company in 1991 indicated that this growth was reflected in all business units, where the core chemical business grew by 8% over the previous year, while accounting for 81% of total revenue compared to 84% last year.
Revenue from construction and petroleum products grew by 35% and 59% respectively.
Net profits of $101 Million, was down by 42% over the previous year, due to a decline in gross profit of 30.6% down from 32.8%. This was impacted by increased input costs on some products which could not be immediately absorbed by the market.
Other income declined by $27.1 Million due mainly to income earned on a short-term project for an existing customer in the previous year. Operating expenses increased by 31% in line with strategic investment decisions to improve the physical and human resource capacity of the company and to leverage the 25th anniversary celebration to promote the business.
Paramount Trading is now looking to a number of new opportunities including Tourism and Agriculture and the export of lubricants and chemicals to increase their global footprint and profitability. BM
To view Paramount Trading (Jamaica) Limited Annual Report 2017 click HERE


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Qlik Technologies is prepared to take on Tableau Software in an attempt to benefit from the company's successful model of simplicity and data utilization. Tableau Software's business model has taken the big data market by storm, causing headwinds for leader Tibco Software, so do Qlik's new initiatives change the investment outlook for these three companies?
What's QlikView.Next?
On Monday, Barclays upgraded shares of Qlik Technologies to overweight, ahead of a second-quarter report that might as well be irrelevant. The reason: Investors are more concerned with new products from Qlik, specifically QlikView.Next and its impact on the future.
Sometime in the next few months, Qlik will launch a business intelligence software platform called QlikView.Next at multiple price points, aimed at giving clients a wide selection of services and applications.
The company is hoping that by presenting this technology on a platform with applications that serve specific purposes, and by focusing on simplicity with navigational features like The Hub, it can accelerate revenue growth beyond the 16% that is expected over the next two years.
What's Tableau's biggest edge?
In addition, QlikView.Next has all the makings of a platform to compete against Tableau, whose focus on simplicity has not only made it attractive to consumers and small businesses, but also large enterprise clients. For years, Tibco reigned in the enterprise space, being the only company to offer "fast data," which is instantaneous versus "slow data," or a compilation of data during a specific time frame.
Tibco has more than $1 billion of 12-month revenue as the largest pure big data company, but has seen its growth fall from a cliff in recent quarters. Specifically, Tibco has found new license sales difficult to achieve, which then carry into maintenance and subscriptions. During its last quarter, Tibco's license revenue fell 7% year over year, while Tableau saw growth of 83% year over year in the same category. Qlik Technologies also saw weakness in license revenue, which grew just 2% year over year during its first quarter.
Tibco CEO Vivek Ranadive insists that pricing is the key difference in why Tableau has achieved such success, but that finding a price point to please lower-end clients, while not sacrificing higher-end clients, remains a challenge. Furthermore, this process includes finding price points for specific services so that Tibco and Qlik can become competitive against a company that has seemingly found the answer to this problem.
For example, R.W. Baird believes the tool most replaced by Tableau is Excel, which has a total of 325 million corporate users, indicating great fundamental upside. Therefore, not only knowing this fact, but also creating a superior product with a better pricing point, will be key for Qlik's new platform to drive growth.
A step in the right direction
With that said, Qlik will try to achieve this feat with an application-focused system. While Barclays is obviously encouraged, other firms like BMO have expressed concerns that various pricing and product models may not be very effective for Qlik, supporting Ranadive's comments that finding the perfect balance is a challenge.
Nonetheless, QlikView.Next is a step in the right direction, while Tibco has yet to find a solution for its licensing problem. Qlik Technologies will report earnings on Thursday, but given the anticipation for QlikView.Next, it's possible that investors will give poor licensing revenue a mulligan if it occurs.
As for Tableau, it remains the most disruptive company in the industry, one that's pricey at 15.2 times sales, but whose enormous market opportunity makes it worth the valuation. The company has just 17,000 total customer accounts, adding 1,800 in the first quarter, with 120 being valued at more than $100,000. This shows that Tableau is making a big dent in the enterprise space.
Foolish thoughts
Tableau Software has an appealing service for a wide array of clients in the business intelligence space, an industry valued at $12 billion. Hence, the company's outlook remains intact as competitors focus their energies on playing catch-up.
At this point, it's impossible to know whether Qlik or Tibco will be successful, once the latter launches a new platform. This fact alone gives a big edge to Tableau, as it continues to gain momentum and grow quickly in a large industry that's transforming daily.


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Zen Cruises launches Jalesh – India's premiere cruise line; first sail in April 2019 from Mumbai
Darshan Baid - on January 10, 2019
Zen Cruises launched its first brand, Jalesh Cruises – a multi-destination cruise line to offer the best of entertainment shows, adventure activities and exotic authentic cuisines packed with international hospitality on the high sea. Jalesh Cruises – meaning 'Lord of Water' is designed to offer a rich experience of Indian culture, hospitality and food to domestic and international travellers.
With a multitude of onboard offerings, Jalesh Cruises will be targeting vacationers, corporates, wedding planners and event organisers to offer new experiences customised for Indians audience.
Jalesh Cruises also stands for inclusivity with the brand providing facilities and rooms specially designed for elderly and differently-abled passengers on its ships.
The first ship under the brand will sail from Mumbai in April 2019, following the traditional naming ceremony of the 2,000 passenger vessel.
Jurgen Bailom, President and CEO, Zen Cruises said, "Zen Cruises is pioneering cruise holidays for Indian passengers in both domestic and international waters. Our premiere brand Jalesh Cruises believes in upholding the spirit, culture and values of 'Incredible India' by contributing to the growth of tourism and allied businesses in India. Jalesh Cruises will be a wholesome experience to cruisers who will get the best of culinary experiences, accommodation, wellness and retail therapy, adventure and entertainment, all packed together in one exotic vacation."
Bailom added, "Zen Cruises wants to grow the cruise market as a whole in India. Our aim is to touch, delight and fulfil the lives of a million Indians and make them travel worldwide by 2025."
To give a wholesome experience of vacation to cruise passengers, Jalesh Cruises will also offer onshore destinations and excursions across Indian port cities including Chennai, Kochi, Mormugao, Mumbai, Vizag and international locations including Abu Dhabi, Colombo, Dubai, Muscat, Penang, Ras Al Khaimah and Singapore.
Onboard Jalesh Cruises, passengers will be delighted with Broadway shows, extravaganza plays, breath-taking magic shows, live music concerts, dance shows, shopping and a host of other entertaining shows. Jalesh Cruises will offer a bevvy of fine dining restaurants including Jain preparations to suit the culinary preferences of passengers.
The company is on course to captivate cruise passengers with a tailor-made offering par excellence and to offer passengers fantastic entertainment, incredible culinary experience and majestic cruise vacation in India and Asia.
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Dear Christy,
This world is so hypersensitive. We all need to take a giant step back and realize some people are jokesters and are not trying to spread discrimination and that some of us are just full of comedy and wit. My girlfriend's best friend, for one, flies into a fit of rage when anybody says anything remotely close to disparaging women. I am in NO WAY misogynistic, but i think people need to LIGHTEN UP. I feel like I can't open my mouth in front of her for fear of saying something wrong.
—Just a fun guy
This world appears to be moving towards a trend of label-axing. This is something you should embrace, dick. (I used your genitalia in a disparaging way. Suck on that.)
Feel free to joke, but don't be a jerk. If you're left uncertain of something you'd like to say, leave it unsaid. If you have a pressing need to spit non-P.C. jargon out of your burrito hole, tell it to your cat in the privacy of your own home. (Then go make me a burrito.)
Maybe people are emotionally oversensitive, but isn't it better to practice diligence than disrespect? What's your biggest insecurity? Would you feel comfortable if "jokesters" beat around your biggest self-doubt? Just because a tone leaks sarcasm, doesn't mean it doesn't hurt someone.
There's a difference between slapstick antics and derogatory disgrace. When the world learns the true difference, then we can all ridicule one another. Now go hug your neighbor, damn hippies.
Dear Christy,
I read one of your columns a while back when you said you needed a "millennial au pair." Has the position been filled? If you make me an offer, I'd be willing to help you millennialize your life.
—The Millennial For You
Gen Y:
I feel like this is a dirty Craigslist transaction. I need an old priest and a shower.
Not an old priest in a shower. Nor an old priest watching me shower.
About this position…
I did pen my need for a millennial au pair in a column last fall, thanks for reading. Gen X marks my spot and I often fail to keep tabs on what I should be keeping tabs on. Like how did I miss the Cadbury Creme Egg stuffed-crust pizza from Pizza Hut in Britain last year? Where did Amanda Bynes go? Does Shia LaBeouf still have a rat tail? How are Taco Bell's new quesalupas? Why did John Elway think Mark Sanchez was a good idea? Can you and your pals recreate the Butt Fumble in slo-mo for me?
This is the sort of shit you need to be on top of.
Please send me a list of your services, availability and talents (including, but not limited to: technology, figuring out how I can win Publisher's Clearing House, seeing how fast you can clear a busy bar for me and telling me what Steve Harvey's astrological sign is).
In closing, since my job pays me in Gambian pounds, Civil War tokens, vintage banknotes and occasional pizza, I probably can't afford you.
But remember, millennials crashing in your parents' basement: It's the experience on your resume that matters, not the cash.
Plus, I'm a good time.
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The heatwave sweeping through Europe has claimed more victims. Officials in Spain have confirmed that two more people have died in record high temperatures. The heatwave is beginning to ease, but as Ruby Zaman reports, its effects across Europe will be felt for a long time to come


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Need itinerary ideas for Argentina while with a preschooler
We are currently in Buenos Aires and are looking to plan out the rest of our two week stay in Argentina. All places of interest including the Patagonia and Andes are a very long way away from BA and inappropriate for a 3 yr old. We tried the trekking and glacier exploration with our son while in New Zealand but the fun lasts just about 1 hr before he is done and so are we:). We are considering a trip to Iguazu Falls and to stay somewhere along the way.
Any thoughts or ideas for us? We hope not to spend more than 4-5 hrs per day in transit.
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Ferruccio Laviani was born in Cremona, Italy in 1960. From 1997 to 2005, he was part of the artistic management of Flos where he conducted research and created a reinterpreted light system. His designs include Fl/Y, Supernova, E´, Cindy, Ge´, Take, Toobe, Bourgie, Bloom and Easy for both Kartell, Foscarini and Flos.
In 1984 he received a diploma at the Design Polytechnic of Milan and in 1986 a degree in architecture at the Polytechnic of Milan
From 1986 to 1991, he was a partner at "Studio De Lucchi srl." and he was project manager for different companies. He was in charge of the historical section of the Groninger Museum, The Netherlands, together with Alessandro Mendini, and he cooperated with the MEMPHIS participants in "12 new MEMPHIS" MEMPHIS '87 and designed the stand for the Milan Furniture Fair and the show room in New York. From 1991 he became part of the artistic management of Kartell and designed their stands at: Salone del Mobile Milan, Laeln Messe Koln, ICFF New York.
Since 1992, he has cooperated with Foscarini Murano, designing lamps: Orbital from 1992, Dolmen from 1996, Bit from 1993 and Supernova from 2001.


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Brussels, 12 July 2018 - Today the telecom watchdog releases its report on the impact of a potential fourth mobile network operator. That report has been commissioned by the Vice-premier and Minister of Telecommunications, Alexander De Croo, after interest was affirmed to become an active fourth mobile network operator on the Belgian market. The federal government is currently investigating whether the allocation of spectrum to a fourth mobile operator would, in time, have a positive effect on the competition and consumer well-being on the market for mobile telephony.


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Drugged and beaten, Solomon Northup was illegally kidnapped from his hometown in Saratoga Springs in upstate New York and taken to Washington, D.C. in 1841. He woke up in the slave pen where he was sadistically remade from a black free man in the North into a slave in the South. Questioning his fate, Northup asked, could it be possible that I was thousands of miles from homethat I had been chained and beaten without mercythat I was even herded with a drove of slaves, a slave myself? Detailing his transformation into chattel property, Northup recollected that the slave trader, would make us hold up our heads, walk briskly back and forth, while customers would feel our hands and arms and bodies, turn us about, ask us what we could do, make us open our mouths and show our teeth, precisely as a jockey examines a horse which he is about to barter for or purchase. Forced to accept his new-found status as a captured slave, Solomon Northup was sold down river to Louisiana and labored for twelve years, toiling on cotton and sugar plantations in the South.
Set to come out in October 2013, Brad Pitt and Chiwetel Ejiofor star in a movie "12 Years a Slave" directed by Steve McQueen based on Solomon Northups Slave narrative.
Solomon Northups slave narrative, Twelve Years A Slave; Narrative of a Citizen of New-York, Solomon Northup, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, Rescued in 1853, From a Cotton Plantation Near the Red River, in Louisiana, achieved a remarkable degree of success as an abolitionist indictment against slavery. First published in 1853, three years after the Fugitive Slave Act, Northups narrative served as an important cultural symbol of slave life on southern plantations during antebellum America before the Civil War.
Born into freedom, Northup was kidnapped into slavery at the age of thirty. Lured to Washington, D.C. in 1841 by the promise of easy employment, fast money, and adventure, Northup was in reality drugged, beaten, and sold into slavery within sight of the nations capital. According to historian Ira Berlin, Northup joined the mass of black humanitysome one million in numberthat was forcibly transported South to reconstruct the plantation economy on new ground, as the center of American slavery shifted from the production of tobacco and rice in the seaboard states to that of cotton and sugar in the interior. Between 1790 and 1860, approximately one million African Americans were transported from the Upper South to the Deep South in the domestic slave trade.
While in captivity, Northup wrote letters to family and friends in the North which later became the raw materials of his slave narrative. From the 1740s to 1865, approximately sixty-five autobiographical slave narratives were published in book or pamphlet form. Created as propaganda for abolitionism, slave narratives often conformed to reoccurring narrative structures and literary conventions. Authenticity was considered essential. Most pre-emancipation slave narratives include phrases such as written by himself or herself on title pages, as well as numerous testimonials, prefaces, and letters of endorsement by white abolitionists and supporters. The narratives usually began, I was born, identifying a specific birthplace but no date of birth, since slaves often did not have that knowledge. Many narratives also included a photo or engraved portrait of the author and included appendices bills of sale, free papers, newspaper clippings, sermons, speeches, poems simultaneously upheld the legitimacy of their story while arguing the case against slavery. Slave narratives proved that, despite the odds, many slaves managed to escape their degradation and learned how to read and write. After escaping their bondage and making contacts with abolitionists, they were able to tell their tale to others.
When the abolitionist movement identified ex-slaves interested in publishing their stories, white editors conformed narratives to the dictates of nineteenth century sentimental literature in order to appeal to audiences nationwide. Publishers and editors reinforced themes that shocked the nation.
Twelve Years A SlaveThe Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup
Even when ex-slaves wrote their own narratives, many struggled to gain full free expression and narrative authority from the restrictions of white editorial control. Solomon Northups experience in slavery quickly became national news after his rescue in 1853 from a cotton plantation in Louisiana. Promoted by abolitionist leaders like Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and William Lloyd Garrison, Northups book quickly became a strong seller, going through half a dozen printings. At three hundred and thirty pages, Northups is one of the longest narratives ever written. To counter critics who would have discredited his narrative as fabrication, Northupunlike Frederick Douglass or other authors of slave life who preferred generalities and employed pseudonymsloaded his account with specifics. He cited actual names, places and dates so that his readers could identify and bring his captors to trial. Twelve Years A Slave, Northup declared, would present a full and truthful statement of all the principal events in the history of my life, and portray the institution of slavery as I have seen and known it. Northup wanted to present an accurate, first-hand account of the atrocities and terrors of slavery and to bring his captors to trial.
Violence, Plantation Work, and the Desecration of the Family
Twelve Years A Slave is one of the most authentic descriptions of slavery from the viewpoint of the slave himself. Extreme violence is central in Northups narrative; he emphasizes that the slave owners authority was only maintained by terrorizing enslaved black people they owned with relentless physical and psychological violence. Whips, paddles, shackles, and the stocks make repeat appearances, especially in Solomon's description of his life as a newly kidnapped free man. Stripped of his clothing and nailed to the floor, Northup endured blow after blow to his naked body after he awoke in a slave pen; his enslavers paused only to ask if their prisoner would accept his new status. As Northup recollected,
As soon as these formidable whips appeared, I was seized by both of them, and roughly divested of my clothing. My feet, as has been stated, were fastened to the floor [ ]. With the paddle, Burch commenced beating me. Blow after blow was inflicted on my naked body. When his unrelenting arm grew tired, he stopped and asked if I still insisted I was a free man. I did insist upon it, and then the blows were renewed, faster and more energetically, if possible, than before.
–Solomon Northup (44-45)
It was only after the paddle broke and his enslaver seized a rope to continue beating him that Northup was finally silenced into accepting his new identity as a slave. In these scenes of brutality, Northup insisted such sadistic events were so traumatic that he could still feel them while writing. I thought I must die beneath the lashes of the accursed brute. Even now the flesh crawls upon my bones, as I recall the scene. I was all on fire. My sufferings I can compare to nothing else than the burning agonies of hell.
The second major theme in Northups narrative is the constant and unrelenting hardship of plantation work. The images that Northup captures in his descriptions of life and labor on the plantations of Louisiana depict the sheer exhaustion, monotony, and fear that each slave struggled with physically and psychologically. As Northup recalled,
An hour before daylight the horn is blown. Then the slaves arouse, prepare their breakfast, fill a gourd with water [ ] and hurry to the field again [ ]. Then the fears and labors of another day begin; and until its close there is no such thing as rest. He fears he will be caught lagging through the day; he fears to approach the gin house with his basket-load of cotton at night; he fears, when he lies down, that he will oversleep himself in the morning. Such is a true, faithful, unexaggerated picture and description of the slaves daily life, during the time of cotton-picking on the shores of Bayou Beouf.
Northups rendering of the daily life of slavery captures the incessant emotional and physical toll of slaverys imprisonment.
Solomon Northup also detailed the experiences of the slave women he encountered during his twelve years as a slave, and especially elaborated on the experience of Patsey, a twenty-three year-old slave who was the victim of a licentious master and a jealous mistress. Caught between her white mistresss jealous wrath and the sexual abuse of her master, Northup recalled that Patsey lived her life in torment and fear,
If [Patsey] uttered a word in opposition to her masters will, the lash was resorted to at once, to bring her to subjection; if she was not watchful about her cabin, or when walking in the yard, a billet of wood, or a broken bottle perhaps, hurled from her mistresss hand, and would smite her unexpectedly in the face. The enslaved victim of lust and hate, Patsey had no comfort of her life.
Although Patsey was a faithful slave and worked in the cotton fields for her masters profit, she became the helpless victim of her masters lust. Pastys mistress took her jealous anger out on her female slave instead of finding fault in her husband. Nothing delighted the mistress so much as to see [Patsey] suffer, noted Northup. He continued, more than once, when [master] Epps refused to sell her, has she tempted me with bribes to put her secretly to death, and bury her body in some lonely place in the margin of the swamp. Doubly abused by the sexual terror and physiological torment of her master and mistress, respectively, Patseys story represented the brutality of slavery experienced by bondswomen. At the hands of white men, Northup made clear, black women were sexually and physically exploited with impunity during slavery. This normalization of sexual exploitation of slave women reflected the racist perceptions and stigmatization of black women.
Female slaves also faced the separation of families and children. In his account, Northup noted the intense emotions of female slave mothers at the auction block. Relating the remorselessness of white slave traders who disregarded the feelings of slave mothers separated from their children, he recalled the intense grieving of a female slave named Eliza after she had been forcibly separated from her two young children. Eliza was overwhelmed with grief when a new white master purchased her children and not herself. As Northup noted,
All the time the trade was going on, Eliza was crying aloud, and wringing her hands. She besought the man not to buy [her child], unless he also bought herself and [her other small child]. She promised, in that case, to be the most faithful slave that ever lived. The man answered that he could not afford it, and then Eliza burst into a paroxysm of grief, weeping plaintively.
Forced to confront with the realities of fleeting motherhood as a slave, female bondswomen suffered terribly from the emotional separation of themselves and their children in the uncertain world of the American slave trade. By displaying the abuse black women suffered during slaveryfrom sexual terror, physiological torment, and the separation of familiesNorthups narrative was able to evoke sympathetic antislavery feeling in the Northern states in the decades before the Civil War by exposing the horrors upon its innocent victims.
The Process of Writing Solomon Northups Slave Narrative
Northups story was written immediately after his rescue while still fresh in his mind. His book had fewer romanticized memory errors which other slave narratives suffered from, such as the oral history interviews conducted by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) of surviving ex-slaves during the 1930s. These narratives are used sparingly by historians since former slaves were interviewed in their old age and in many cases, the interviewer was white, who would either intimidate the former slave they were interviewing or the former slave would feel uncomfortable because of lingering racism prevalent during the 1930s Jim Crow south.
To emphasize the narratives authenticity, Northup and his editor dedicated the 1854 second edition to Harriet Beecher Stowe, in recognition of her widely successful antislavery novel, Uncle Toms Cabin (1852). Northups experience as a slave depicted a striking parallel to Stowes fictitious account of the slave named Uncle Tom under the hands of his tyrannical master. In response to the critics who had denounced Uncle Toms Cabin as a sentimental, overly exaggerated portrayal of slavery, Stowe published A Key to Uncle Toms Cabin in 1853 to prove that her novel was a truthful depiction of antebellum slavery. She wrote in A Key, it is a singular coincidence, that Solomon Northup was carried to a plantation in the Red River countythat same region where the scene of Uncle Toms captivity was laidand his account of this plantation, and the mode of life there, and some incidents which he describes, form a striking parallel to that history. The publication of Northups narrative, a year after Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin, gave credibility to both of their works. Northups rendering of daily life on a Louisiana plantation served as an authentic parallel to Stowes fictitious story of Uncle Tom.
There is no way to verify who actually wrote Twelve Years A Slave, but historians speculate that it was a collaborative project between Solomon Northup and his white editor, David Wilson, who was a minor literary figure from a town in New Yorks Hudson Valley. Even if Northup was not the sole author, he was very involved in the creation of the books content. Wilson, trying to generate sales for his book, said that Northup carefully perused the manuscript, correcting even trivial inaccuracies. Over the years, Northups account has held up to all verification efforts. In the Editors Preface to Twelve Years A Slave, Wilson refers to himself as the editor and mentions that due to all the facts which have been communicated to him, the work ended up being longer than originally anticipated. Northup wrote in the first person, and asserted in the first pages that his purpose was to give a candid and truthful statement of facts: to repeat the story of my life, without exaggeration, leaving it for others to determine, whether even the pages of fiction present a picture of more cruel wrong or a severer bondage. In the wake of newspaper reports of his rescue from slavery, Henry Northup (a white attorney and lifelong friend from New York whose family had once owned Solomons father), Solomon Northup, and David Wilson collaborated and published his story within the first few months of his return to the North. Henry Northup gave Wilson an incentive to publish the book as quickly as possible in the wake of news reports of Solomons rescue. The attorney rightfully figured that information from the book would quickly reach readers who could, and who eventually did, identify the kidnappers.
A number of northern newspapers, such as The New York Tribune, Buffalo Express, Cincinnati Journal, and Syracuse Journal, praised the publication as a credible depiction of southern slavery and its degradation. Former slave and leading abolitionist Frederick Douglass praised the book in his northern newspaper, The North Star, as "a strange history; its truth is far greater than fiction. Think of it! For thirty years a man, with all a mans hopes, fears, and aspirationswith a wife and children to call by the endearing names of husband and fatherwith a home, humble it may be, but still a home [ ], then for twelve years a thing, a chattel personal, classed with mules and horses, [ ] It chills the blood to think that such are." Press reviews from William Lloyd Garrison, (whose newspaper, The Liberator, called the book a deeply interesting and thrilling narrative) contributed to its success and convinced Northup to give lectures and turn it in to a play. Northups Twelve Years A Slave was on par with other best sellers of the day. In the years before the Civil War, nearly 30,000 copies of Northups book were sold.
The publication of slave narratives in the antebellum and postemancipation eras challenged former slaves to face their experiences in slavery, and demanded that the nation remember it as part of a collective history. As Frederick Douglass warned in an 1884 speech, It is not well to forget the past. The past is the mirror in which we may discern the dim outlines of the future and by which we make them more symmetrical." Recollecting and remembering slavery not only served as a national project to acknowledge its brutality, but it also placed former black slaves at the center and emphasized their agency in the drama for emancipation. By publishing the traumatic aspects of his life in captivity as a southern slave, Northup brought to light the sadism of American slavery, raised awareness in Northern audiences, and brought national attention to the injustices brought upon him. His book served as a tool for redemption, while raising the consciousness about the barbarity of slaverythe inhumane separation of families, the beatings and torture of overseers and masters, and the sexual exploitation of slave women. Whether we view these narratives as wholly factual or not, they serve as important cultural reminders of an ugly part of American history that left its imprint on those who were its victims as well as on American society as a whole.
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Merger Announcement: January 2, 2019
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4 Local Chefs Who Just Might Be The Next Big Stars Of South Florida's Dining Scene
Bite into a dish from one of these chefs and you're guaranteed to be impressed. With new flavors, creative pairings and eye-catching presentations, they're making waves in the South Florida dining scene. We can't wait to see what they dream up next.
Adrienne Grenier
Executive Chef, 3030 Ocean
It's rare to meet native Floridians. It's even more rare to find those who stay. Then there's chef Adrienne Grenier—a South Florida girl through and through. Even her sunny days spent in Southern California couldn't compete with her memories of balmy Florida. "It was too cold for me!" says the Hollywood, Florida native who spent time at Gordon Ramsay's restaurant at The London Hotel West Hollywood before returning to her home state. Now, as the newly appointed executive chef at the rebranded 3030 Ocean, we know she is here to stay. After years of watching her thrive under chefs Paula DaSilva and Max Dean, we couldn't be more excited to see the 32-year-old at the helm of one of Fort Lauderdale's premier dining spots. After all, it's where her career first began 10 years ago.
What was the biggest lesson you learned starting out?
Don't be scared. It's just cooking.
What's the most underrated ingredient? Most overrated?
Most underrated: acid. I really love a hit of acid from vinegar or pickles to really make a dish pop. Most overrated are the expensive things like foie gras and truffles and caviar and even lobster. Many chefs use them for basic wow factor.
What excites you about the South Florida food scene?
I am excited about diners getting to be more interested in individual chefs and wanting to try more things because they like a chef's style, and not just ordering the same old things all the time. It really gives chefs the opportunity to be creative.
Favorite local spots?
My favorite local restaurant is Le Tub in Hollywood because I love to sit outside and eat a cheeseburger. In Fort Lauderdale I love Market 17, Hardy Park Bistro, S3, Burlock Coast. In Miami I love Pubbelly, Macchialina and La Sandwicherie.
What's your go-to kitchen tool?
My favorite spoons.
FAVORITE DISH: Sunray Venus Clams with Bacon, Potato & Crème Fraiche Broth (Serves 4)
1 lb. Sunray Venus clams (can substitute littleneck clams), thoroughly rinsed
4 oz. smoked bacon, diced
1 leek, white and light green part, rinsed and thinly sliced
1 shallot, thinly sliced
3 cloves garlic, minced
4 oz. baby potatoes, boiled until tender, then diced
10 sprigs fresh thyme
1 fresh bay leaf
1 cup white wine
2 cups fish stock (can substitute water)
3 tbsp. good quality butter
3 tbsp. crème fraiche
½ lemon, juiced
3 tbsp. whipped cream
3 tbsp. chopped parsley
3 tbsp. chopped chives
In a large pan, render the bacon over medium heat. When the bacon is cooked, remove all but about two tablespoons of fat from the pan. Add the leeks and shallots and sauté until translucent, about three minutes. Add the garlic, potatoes, thyme and bay leaf, and cook for about a minute. Add the clams to the pan, then deglaze with the white wine and allow to cook one minute, then add the fish stock. Cover the pan for a few minutes to allow the clams to steam open.
When the clams are open, add the butter and crème fraiche and stir until incorporated. Pick out the thyme stems and bay leaf, and discard any clams that did not open. Season the broth with lemon juice, then add the whipped cream and herbs right before serving.
Eric Baker
Executive Chef, Max's Harvest & Max's Social House
It was an unlikely circumstance that brought Eric Baker, 35, to South Florida. He was moving from New York to Las Vegas to work at Daniel Boulud's new restaurant at the Wynn Hotel until its opening was delayed several months. In need of a job, he came to Palm Beach in the interim to work at Cafe Boulud. "A few months slowly became four years," he says. The chef, who is originally from Syosset, New York, says his culinary education began by learning from his grandmother. To that foundation, he added international experiences in Paris and Spain, plus travels through China and Japan, to create a style that is cultural, yet rooted in classical French cooking. Before taking the helm at Max's Harvest and Max's Social House, he spent time at Chops Lobster Bar, Steak 954 and Lobster Bar Sea Grille.
What was the biggest lesson you learned starting out?
That this is going to be a long, hard road to the top.
Who are your culinary mentors?
Jean Claude Teulade, executive chef of Louis XVI in Patchogue, New York. He gave me my first experience in a professional kitchen and was instrumental in sending me to culinary school in Paris.
Zach Bell, the former executive chef at Café Boulud Palm Beach. Under Zach's tutelage, I developed my work ethic. Besides teaching me the techniques in cuisine that I employ today, he exemplified what it takes to make it in this business. The hard grind and absolute patience that is necessary to reach your goals. "Baby Steps," quoted from the movie "What About Bob," was the consistent message I heard from Zach.
Favorite local spots?
Rebel House in Boca, 50 Ocean in Delray Beach.
FAVORITE DISH: Shrimp Stuffed Tempura Shishito Peppers, Seaweed Sauce & Bonito
1 lb. shrimp
¼ lb. pork fat back, diced and blanched
2 tsp. sugar
1 egg white
2 tsp. fish sauce
1/3 tsp. salt
3 cloves garlic, minced
3 each shallots, minced
In a robot coupe, puree together the shrimp and fat back until smooth. Place puree in a mixing bowl and combine with remaining ingredients. Put into a pastry bag for easy stuffing of the shishito peppers.
10 oz. sake
1 cup water
3.25 oz. soy
2.5 oz. vegetable oil
1 lbs. sugar
1.5 oz. Mirin
1.25 oz. Nori
Combine all ingredients in a saucepot; reduce by three quarters and puree in a blender until smooth. Remember, it will get thicker once it cools down. Set aside.
1 cup rice flour
½ tsp. salt
½ cup club soda, cold
In a large bowl, whisk club soda into the rice flour until a pancake-batter consistency is achieved. Chill.
shishito peppers
1 lime
1 tbsp. bonito flakes
With a small pairing knife, cut along the length of the pepper exposing the seeds on one side. Remove the seeds carefully and insert the tip of the pastry bag into the pepper to fill the shishito with the shrimp filling. Coat each pepper individually in the chilled tempura batter and cook in a 350-degree deep fryer for approximately four minutes. Place the hot shishito peppers on a plate, sprinkle the bonito flakes over top and serve with the seaweed sauce and lime wedge.
Brian Cantrell
Executive Chef, The Office
A Southerner at heart, Brian Cantrell remembers growing up in Asheville, North Carolina with pigs, chickens and a big garden. He spent his boyhood years fishing and bird hunting. So when he got his first job in a kitchen, it was a natural fit. "I first learned to cook at home and with my family; we always cooked the traditional Southern stuff," Cantrell says, adding that it gave him a solid foundation to later learn more refined French-European cuisines. He was trained at a local culinary school before the days of "super chefs" and the Food Network. "I just wanted to cook the best food and learn as much as I could," says the 42-year-old chef, whose resume boasts local restaurants Blue Moon Fish Co. and Thasos, and The Avalon in Miami. Still an avid learner, Cantrell says his main motivation every day is to keep growing. "You never know everything," he says. In his new position as chef at The Office in Delray Beach, he says the burgers will stay front and center but to expect local surprises. "We want to give people what they want, foremost. Then give them more than they expect. That's what makes a dining experience memorable," he says.
What excites you about the South Florida food scene?
Local restaurants that are small and try not to appeal to everyone. There are more places like that up here in Palm Beach. Maybe because the real estate isn't so expensive. Or maybe because there are more people who will take a chance on a chef who doesn't have a restaurant empire behind him. Either way, it's refreshing to see non-corporate restaurants and independent, smaller conglomerate groups producing high quality food and service.
Favorite local spots?
Coconuts, Hot & Soul, The Tipsy Boar, Cibo Wine Bar, Steak 954.
What's your go-to kitchen tool?
10-inch chef knife.
FAVORITE DISH: Filet mignon medallions with fingerling potatoes, truffled mushrooms, baby spinach, Maytag blue cheese, port wine reduction
2.5 to 3 oz. filet medallions (3 each)
4 oz. fingerling potatoes
2 cups baby spinach
1 cup oyster mushrooms
4 each shiitake mushrooms
1 tbsp. oil
2 tbsp. butter
truffle shavings, to taste
salt and pepper, to taste
sliced chives, to taste
chopped tarragon, to taste
chopped basil, to taste
lemon juice, to taste
1 cup port wine
1 cup red wine vinegar
½ cup sugar
2 oz. blue cheese
Season filet medallions with salt and pepper, then sear medallions in a heavy gauge pan. Remove sliced potatoes and add to pan. Place in 450-degree oven until potatoes are almost cooked. Remove from oven, add mushrooms to pan and cook until almost soft. Add spinach, butter, herbs and lemon juice. Cook until spinach is just wilted. Place sauted vegetables on plate and place the medallions on top. Top with the blue cheese and the prepared sauce.
Sauce: Ahead of time, reduce port wine, vinegar and sugar by half.
Philip Darmon
Chef/Owner, Hardy Park Bistro
The story ends with Darmon meeting his wife in Fort Lauderdale and the couple opening their very own restaurant. But Darmon, 42, has pages of stories before you get to that final chapter. At the age of 16, he embarked on his cooking career in Sydney, Australia, which led him to work at two, 5-star hotels. Then he moved to the water, where for 12 years he cooked aboard stunning yachts for the "world's most discerning people." But when love prevailed, he said goodbye to the days at sea. Today, Darmon, who is infectiously kind and cheerful, puts his heart and soul into Fort Lauderdale's Hardy Park Bistro, where he serves casual yet sophisticated dishes that evolve weekly based on the season. A hit with locals, we have a feeling Hardy Park won't be Darmon's final chapter for long.
What attracted you to cooking?
I grew up cooking with my grandfather. I learned from guidance, reading and practice.
How would you describe your cooking style?
Simple. I cook with whatever fresh ingredients are available at the time.
What was the biggest lesson you learned starting out?
Teamwork is wonderful.
What excites you about the South Florida food scene?
More small, chef-owned restaurants; less massive warehouses of mediocrity.
Favorite local spots?
Casa D'Angelo and Scolapasta in Fort Lauderdale.
FAVORITE DISH: Burrata with Carrots, Arugula Pesto & Olive Oil
1 piece burrata
3 baby carrots
1 whole carrot
1 pinch thyme
1 pinch basil
Extra-virgin olive oil
2 cups arugula
1/8 cup toasted pine nuts
1/4 cup grated Parmesan
1 small clove garlic
salt and pepper
1/4 cup olive oil
Halve the baby carrots and roast in oven till lightly browned. Shave whole carrot as thin as possible on a mandolin. Arrange roasted and shaved carrot on plate, then place burrata on top. Sprinkle plate with fresh thyme, torn basil and arugula pesto. Drizzle with olive oil. Season.
To make pesto, place all ingredients in a food processor and mix till combined.
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Allergan has received an approach from Ireland-based pharma company Actavis that could save it from a hostile takeover bid from Valeant Pharmaceuticals, according to news reports.
Allergan, the marketers of Botox among other healthcare and aesthetic products, has been the target of an unwanted takeover bid from Canada's Valeant since April this year.
However, Allergan confirmed yesterday in a filing to the US Government concerning a special meeting of stockholders that another company has enquired about the possibility of a takeover.
"We have been approached by another party regarding a potential transaction," said Allergan in the filing, although no company was mentioned by name.
"Our board has determined that premature disclosure with respect to the possible terms of any transaction might jeopardise continuation of any discussions or negotiations," added the company.
The interested party was outed by the Wall Street Journal as Actavis, with the newspaper citing a "person familiar with the matter".
If confirmed, a deal with Actavis - itself a former target of Valeant - would potentially be far preferable for Allergan, which has turned down multiple bids from Valeant due to concerns that its business model is overly-dependent on cost cutting.
Valeant's most recent bid valued Allergan at $53bn – around $176 per share – although last month Valeant wrote a letter to Allergan's stockholders that it would consider raising the value of its offer to $200 per share.
Responding at the time Allergan's chief executive David Pyott told investors yesterday: "all we saw was an offer to negotiate [with] no formal increase in the offer price."
"I would assume that there was an assumed increase in the Valeant stock price to corroborate those numbers," he added.
Timeline of Valeant's interest in Allergan
|Valeant makes first offer of $45.7bn for Allergan
|April 23, 2014
|Allergan turns down bid criticising Valeant's model of "cutting and slashing"
|May 13, 2014
|Valeant raises bid to $50bn and divests portfolio of skincare assets to Nestle to clear way for deal
|May 29, 2014
|Valeant increases value of bid yet again
|June 2, 2014
|Another rejection from Allergan
|June 11, 2014
|Valeant goes directly to shareholders with offer
|June 19, 2014
|Allergan cuts jobs as part of business restructure to improve earnings per share
|July 22, 2014
|Allergan sues Valeant and hedge fund backer Pershing for insider trading
|August 4, 2014
|Valeant extends Allergan bid deadline to end of 2014
|August 18, 2014
|Valeant dangles higher bid in front of Allergan shareholders
|October 28, 2014
Actavis has also been busy in the acquisition market the past few years, with its most recent major deal being the $25bn acquisition of Forest Laboratories in February this year, helping the company move its focus from generics to specialty medicines.
A year earlier Actavis agreed an $8.5bn stock-swap deal to buy fellow Irish company Warner Chilcott.
Actavis - originally an Iceland-based generics company - was itself taken over by Watson Pharmaceuticals in 2012, although Watson rebranded its global operations under the name Actavis following the acquisition.
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Mysuru: According to the 2011 Census, more than 2.35 lakh people in Karnataka suffer from profound hearing impairment. Cricket legend Brett Lee, who is the Brand Ambassador for Cochlear, a Australian base company, was in city on Friday to raise awareness about Universal New-born Hearing Screening (UNHS). ENT Surgeon Dr. H.A. Dathathri also joined him to talk about hearing issues and the need for early screening and intervention for children with profound hearing loss.
Speaking at a media briefing, Brett Lee said: "Technology is transforming the experience of deafness. I feel fortunate to be able to use my profile to draw attention to the importance of good hearing and the consequences of hearing loss in India. I strongly believe that everybody deserves to hear the sounds of life and that no one in this world deserves to live in silence."
"Parents and family members should not ignore the smallest signs of hearing loss and should take speedy action. I have personally witnessed how an implant takes a person from silence to sound. It is a life changing moment," he said.
Speaking at the briefing, Dr. Dathathri (Consultant- ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia Asia Hospital, Mysuru) said, "Our country lacks public awareness about hearing loss, its causes, signs and how and when to seek necessary treatment. With technological advancement, hearing loss can now be detected at birth itself. There was a time when children with hearing loss had to learn and master sign language and adjust to a life without sound. But that does not hold true anymore. The newborn screening programme is a first of its kind and an important support for children who are deaf and hard of hearing. An infant's first hearing screening is recommended typically within the first month of life and a child as young as 12 months of age can receive cochlear implants that can potentially restore hearing."
Cricketer interacts with AIISH students
How do you feel when you see hearing impaired children? Can these children participate in sports? Can cricket be played in silence? Why have you involved yourself in creating awareness about this problem?" These were the searching questions posed by the students of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) to Brett Lee at an interaction held at the Knowledge Park auditorium at its premises here yesterday.
Speaking on the occasion, Brett Lee said that just as lot of importance is given to Polio in this country, the same importance must be given to infants with hearing impairment. If the problem is diagnosed at a young age then it can be addressed easily. Lauding the efforts of Kerala, a first in the country to screen children for hearing loss in 66 government maternity centres, he wonder such tests were not being conducted in Mysuru and Mumbai. Lee's son was five when he had a fall and fractured part of his skull. The injury was close to his ear and led to hearing loss in one of the ears which was later restored. This incident made him realise that no one deserves to live in silence.


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I love to volunteer. Street fairs, festivals, service clubs, no matter what it is, it feels great to be a part of a greater good. You could spend a few hours at the library organizing periodicals, or doing other tasks that are continually left undone for lack of personnel. Visit a women's shelter or hospital (find out if the pediatric ward could use a storyteller). Call your church to discover projects just waiting for someone to help out.
I registered to volunteer for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. I invited some of my friends to sign up with me and all they saw was what hard work it would be. All I could see was all the interesting people I would meet, from all over the world, and all the opportunities that would present themselves outside of the job I would be doing. It turned out that they had more applicants than jobs so the fact that I lived in California, and not Utah, I was bumped.
I've met more interesting people, and had tons of fun volunteering. Find something you like to do, and find a place you can help. No matter what the outcome, it'll bring rewards you can't foresee! Go, volunteer, and have fun!


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10 comments :
- Kristian said...
A cute remix. I think interviews are tricky to dress for and what seems appropriate varies a lot on the type of job too.
- October 17, 2013 at 7:11 PM
- Jacqueline said...
it's amazing how versatile black and white skirts can be :D
- October 17, 2013 at 11:09 PM
Great skirt Priya!! Also I wish I had a picture right now because I am basically wearing the opposite to your first outfit - I have a plain red skater skirt on with a black and white houndstooth top at this very moment. HAhahaha! Great colour combinations - great minds think alike! You look very smart and I also love that cute little belt. XX
- October 18, 2013 at 6:03 AM
- Priya said...
ah, I would love to see an outfit post of yours as well!
- October 18, 2013 at 11:17 AM
- Jessica @ Here(and)Now said...
So cute! I love the pattern of this skirt... vintage Target is the best!
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- October 18, 2013 at 1:45 PM
- Chris Ingalsbe said...
Oh my Priya, These pics are Hot!
- October 19, 2013 at 2:57 AM
- jamie-lee said...
So cute! I like the way that you dressed down for your job. I hope your interview went well!
- October 20, 2013 at 4:59 PM
- Priya said...
well thank you, kind stranger.
- October 22, 2013 at 3:32 PM
- Larissa said...
I love that skirt and I think its perfect for job interview and work :) I will have to think about job-interview clothes soon too :( I am done with my MA thesis and before starting with my PHD I have to earn a little bit of money ;)
- October 23, 2013 at 11:08 AM
- Lauren ONeill said...
This reminds me of what I do! I dress nicer for the blog and then have to make it more casual for my work environment. Great post!
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"The enemies know that they cannot threaten the Islamic Republic of Iran in the defense field and they have spent all their capitals after the sacred defense (Iraqi-imposed war against Iran 1980-1988) to implement their cultural, economic and security threats against the Islamic Iran and they will certainly fail in these arenas too, with God's help," General Jafari said on Wednesday.
He referred to the recent unrests and riots during the economic protests in a number of Iranian cities and towns, and said, "Now we can say that it is the day when the (Iranian year of) 1396 (2018) sedition ended."
Warning that the US, the Zionists and the Saudi regime have ordered the ISIL terrorist group to penetrate Iran, he said a number of leading ISIL teams have been tasked with infiltrating the country to conduct sabotage and terrorist acts. "These leading teams of the criminal group are now fully under control."
He said the terrorists are too weak and do not dare to cross Iran's borders.
General Jafari also said that many of the rioters arrested since Friday were anti-revolutionary forces and members of Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO, also known as the MEK, PMOI and NCRI) terrorist group.
Economic protests started in a number of Iranian towns last week, but soon turned into small riots each comprising a few hundreds in recent days.
Hundreds of thousands of Iranian people in different cities and towns poured to the streets on Wednesday morning to condemn the recent riots and chaos in the country and show support for the Islamic Revolution.
In relevant remarks on Tuesday, IRGC Deputy Commander for Political Affairs Brigadier General Rasoul Sanayee took responsible the US, Saudi Arabia, the monarchists and the MKO terrorist group for the recent violent riots in a number of Iranian cities and towns.
"Today, we are witnessing that the anti-revolutionaries, the monarchists, Monafeqin (hypocrites as MKO members are called in Iran), the US and al-Saud as well as a grouplet led by a fugitive clown are misusing the social and economic protests of our country's people and have turned them into riots and sabotage acts," General Sanayee Raad said.
"The slogans chanted in the past two or three days by the rioters clearly showed that Manafeqin and the monarchists are behind this story," he added.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Monday lashed out at certain countries, specially Saudi Arabia, for their attempts to foment unrests in Iran, and promised the nation to accelerate efforts to resolve the economic problems.
Addressing chairpersons of the Iranian parliament's different commissions in Tehran, President Rouhani said that the enemies are angry with Iran's different successes and achievements, including the 2015 nuclear deal, effective fight against terrorist groups and expansion of ties with different world states.
"These have angered our enemy. Our unity was a bullet (arrow) in their eyes and our progress and success in the world of politics and against the US and the Zionist regime was not bearable to them. Our success in the region was not bearable to them," he said.
"They (the Saudis) have blatantly said that we will create problems in Tehran," Rouhani said.
He also vowed that his government will double efforts to resolve the country's economic problems, unemployment, air pollution and inflation.
His remarks alluded to Saudi Arabia's then deputy crown prince who said in an interview last year that dialogue between his nation and Iran is impossible because of what he called as the latter's "extremist ideology".
Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi Crown prince, who served as Riyadh's defense minister and second in line to the throne at the time, claimed that his country is a primary target for Iran and charged that Iran sought to control of the Islamic world. "We won't wait for the battle to be in Saudi Arabia," Prince Mohammed said, "instead, we'll work so that the battle is for them in Iran."
The mainstream media in the West has given a wide coverage to the economic protests in a number of Iranian towns in the past few days that each comprised of a few hundred protesters, but none has covered the massive pro-government rallies held in different cities and towns on Saturday and Wednesday.


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Like the cliché of some sleeper agent awakened a hundred years after the fact, Jackson Lears has held forth in the current issue of the lofty pages of the London Review of Books to both warn, and scold in equal measure.
Triggered from sleep and into Manchurian Candidate territory by the latest missive from gumshoe extraordinaire Robert Mueller, it turns out, per Lears, that the intelligence agencies of America are cryogenically frozen, having gone into the deep freeze somewhere around 1968.
On the one hand Lears and the London Review of Books can be dismissed (ironically) by saying: How many divisions do they have…
On the other hand it is to weep that so much of the sclerotic, ossified, turgid, pedantic, humorless left, reeks of a stack of Novy Mir that no one, outside of a graduate program archive, has read in a hundred years.
Employing a rhetorical style just slightly less insulting to one's intelligence than an editorial in Pravda, circa 1950, or contained in the footnotes to some wayward edition of Mao's hymns to wheat, Lears informs us that Robert Mueller's indictment of 13 Russians is really just some sort of establishment ploy (Deep State?) to fool the masses into avoiding the truth. And why? Because G-Men are all crypto fascists who can't be trusted.
Step to the light Mr. Lears.
While it is true that the Hoovers have a track record that places them in the cell next to the Stasi, and that they generally crank out goons and thugs who view 1984 as a how to manual rather than a warning, it is also true that if for no other reason than self-preservation, the intelligence lords and their minions can be trusted when they say the Russians did interfere in the election. In fact, why lie? Why go to the effort of manufacturing a crackpot story when there are so many other (crackpot) ways to assert power?* After all, it's not like The Patriot Act is going to self-destruct like a Mission Impossible Tape. And while it's true that there is no escaping the irony of watching the Republicans turn their reptile fund on its head and attack the Hoovers, while the Democrats ride to their defense, the truth is that historical irony is in fact not an anomaly but the rule. Today's enemy is tomorrow's friend. Remember that shot of Don (known unknowns) Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam Hussein? Or as FDR put it, speaking of some psychopathic warlord we were supporting: Yes he's a son of a bitch but, he's our son of a bitch.
Were that the only issue it would be reason enough to lament the zombie-esque quality of Lears Comintern style paranoia. But he doubles down on it by saying that even if the Russians meddled, then it can't be bad because saying it's bad means you're against a vibrant, energetic polity where people of diverse views argue.
Well, there's nothing quite like riding two horses with one ass, or placing your chips on both red and black so you win either way.
In other words, per Lears, the Russians didn't meddle and if they did they are welcome to because having foreign governments and their agents pose as citizens, and violate election laws, is a healthy injection of much needed political protein into the otherwise elitist top-heavy, anti-democratic body politic.
Of course Lears fails to remember, or succeeds in not mentioning, that if he's correct than these things work both ways. If we posit a J. Edgar Hoover-esque or Nixonian, reptilian system, replete with nefarious G-Men and psychotic Strangelovian spooks working to subvert the system here, then by definition, and if for no other reason than expediency, surely the Russians would be doing the same thing. And in fact one need not imagine it because of course even a cursory glance at the record shows just that. After all outside of a Graham Greene novel who but the spooks would think to put Mussolini on the payroll of British intelligence?*(2) Lears of course would say that proves why we should be skeptical. And he's not wrong but he seems to forget that skepticism includes people like Lears, who claim that the intelligence agencies only operate on one frequency when in fact, precisely because they are intelligence agencies they have the situational ethics of crack whores, and will operate on a spectrum that ranges from Jesuitical outrage to running the best five dollar whore house in Juarez or Manhattan.
That, as Lears points out, the Democrats are a gang of malodorous, spineless, feckless whores, and that the old ladies of both sexes in the House and Senate dither while the system implodes, and Trump/Nero fiddles, is all true. That somehow within this x-files esque circular firing squad it is impossible that in addition to all of the above, the Russians could not possibly be engaged in espionage, subversion and the usual assortment of inane insane and just unbelievably stupid things that intelligence agencies do as a matter of routine, doesn't pass the giggle test.
Alas, for Lears and certainly for the doctrinaire politburo that governs the London Review of Books, the world is far more Le Carre than Zimmerwald or a revival meeting at Cooper Union.
Alas for the left, the world is far more knowledgeable than people who still talk, write and think as if it's 1917 and not 2018.
For a look at Lears time capsule see the link below:
*Of course that's not to suggest the intelligence agencies haven't or aren't engaged in any number of insane things. MKUltra and Tuskgee make that abundantly clear.
*2 Mussolini was in fact on the payroll of British Intelligence.
Update: 9/16/18
Displaying a depth and sense of nuance, as well as a grasp of the vagaries of historical context that all belie his previous spasm of whoopie cushion rhetoric, Mr. Lears offers the following thoughtful consideration of then, and now: