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Field Notes: How to Make Bone Marrow and Impress Someone's Pants Off
It's been quite a long time since I've cooked a real meal. The kind that takes me days to plan, and on the day of, I'm giddy from finally putting the recipe into action. Valentine's Day was the last time I made a meal like that, and I do miss it.
For two weeks, I Googled Valentine's Day menu ideas in between assignments. A co-worker who went to culinary school helped me develop one, and after a few email back-and-forths, I decided on the following:
- Fennel, Apple, and Avocado Crudo
- Rib Eye with Bone Marrow
- The Pie Hole's Earl Grey Pie courtesy of my boyfriend
The bone marrow was my favorite part of the meal and my favorite thing to cook. I love ordering it at restaurants, and I couldn't pass up the chance to make it at home.
Be warned: it's hard to find a leg bone that's cut lengthwise. I got mine at Whole Foods, where the butcher found a whole bone that hadn't yet been cut into smaller pieces for stew. The day I got that bone, I felt like a real winner. A real life hunter gatherer in a pencil skirt. Just look at that!!
The great thing about the recipe is that it's dead easy to make and it looks super impressive. Who makes bone marrow for dinner? Who even knows how to FIND bone marrow? I do. And now you do, too.
I don't have any pictures of the final product, because the room was too dark, and we were hungry. Dimmed lights are great for romance, not for Instagram. But did I impress my boyfriend's pants off, though? Goddamn right, I did. (But that's a story for a different blog.)
Bone Marrow (Full Recipe from October 2015 Bon Appetit)
4 oil-packed anchovy fillets, finely chopped
2 tablespoons coarsely chopped drained capers
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 6–8-inch piece marrow bone, split lengthwise
1. Preheat oven to 425F
2. ombine anchovies, capers, and olive oil in a small bowl; season with kosher salt and pepper. Spread half of anchovy mixture onto cut sides of marrow bone. Roast bone on a rimmed baking sheet until top is browned and marrow is tender, 10–12 minutes.


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DigiSight 2013: First conference on Digital media for Pharma Marketers
MediaMedic Communications Pvt. Ltd., the India partners of Global Health PR Network, organized DigiSights 2013; which brought together a diverse group of professionals for a whole day of lively intellectual exchange. Healthcare providers, IT innovators, health & pharma leadership, and entrepreneurs gathered to hear insights, ideas, case studies and analysis from digital leaders from India & abroad.
DigiSights 2013 witnessed international and national speakers such as Andrew Spong, MD of STweM Ltd. based in Europe; Kai Gait, Global Digital Director at GSK (thru video), Narayan Gad, Director at NMIMS; Mahesh Murthy, Founder, Pinstorm, Priti Mohile, Co-founder and MD, MediaMedic Communications; Dinesh Chindarkar, Co-founder of MediaMedic Communications; and many more Pharmaceutical experts.
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Biological membranes mainly constituent lipid molecules along with some proteins and steroles. The properties of the pure lipid bilayers as well as in the presence of other constituents (in case of two or three component systems) are very important to be studied carefully to model these systems and compare them with the realistic systems. Molecular dynamic simulations provide a good opportunity to model such systems and to study them at microscopic level where experiments fail to do. In this thesis we study the structural and dynamic properties of the pure phospholipid bilayers and the phase behavior of phospholipid bilayers when other constituents are present in them. Material and structural properties like area per lipid and area compressibility of the phospholipids show a big scatter in experiments. These properties are studied for different system sizes and it was found that the increasing undulations in large systems effect these properties. A correction was applied to area per lipid and area compressibility using the Helfrich theory in Fourier space. Other structural properties like order of the lipid chains, electron density and radial distribution functions are calculated which give the structure of the lipid bilayer along the normal and in the lateral direction. These properties are compared to the X-ray and neutron scattering experiments after Fourier transform. Thermodynamic properties like heat capacity and heat of melting are also calculated from derivatives of energies available in molecular dynamics. Heat capacity on the other hand include quantum effect and are corrected for that by applying quantum correction using normal mode analysis for a simple as well as ambiguous system like water. Here it is done for SPC/E water model. The purpose of this study is to further apply the quantum corrections on macromolecules like lipids by using this technique. Furthermore the phase behavior of two component systems (phospholipids/cholesterol) is also studied. Phase transition in these systems is observed at different cholesterol concentrations as a function of temperature by looking at different quantities (as an order parameter) like the order of chains, area per molecule and partial specific area. Radial distribution functions are used to look at the in plane structure for different phases having a different lateral or positional order. Adding more cholesterol orders the lipid chains changing a liquid disordered system into a liquid ordered one and turning a solid ordered system into a liquid ordered one. Further more the free energy of domain formation is calculated to investigate the two phasecoexistence in binary systems. Free energy contains two terms. One is bulk freeenergy which was calculated by the chemical potential of cholesterol moleculein a homogeneous system which is favorable for segregation. Second is thefree energy of having an interface which is calculated from the line tension of the interface of two systems with different cholesterol concentration which in unfavorable for domain formation. The size of the domains calculated from these two contributions to the free energy gives the domains of a few nm in size. Though we could not find any such domains by directly looking at our simulations.
Lipid bilayers consisting of binary mixtures of phospholipids and cholesterol are studied above and below the main phase transition temperature using coarse grained (CG) and united atom (UA) models by molecular dynamics simulations. The purpose is to explore whether phase segregation into cholesterol-rich and cholesterol-poor domains is favorable from a free energy point of view and what the required size of these domains would be. We observe directly in simulations that phase separated fluid phase systems mix in less than 200 ns. Since, the dynamics is about 2 orders of magnitude slower in the gel phase mixing was not observed in such system. The chemical potential for cholesterol insertion was calculated from simulations. This resulted in a small bulk free energy of about 0.3kBT per lipid that favors phase separation while a small line tension (a couple of pN) between cholesterol-rich and -poor regions favors mixing. Although a simple continuum theory would indicate stabilization of domains as small as 1-2 nm in size, this was not observed in direct simulations.
Classical simulations of simple water models reproduce many properties of the liquid and ice but overestimate the heat capacity by about 65% at ordinary temperatures and much more for low temperature ice. This is due to the fact that the atomic vibrations are quantum mechanical. The application of harmonic quantum corrections to the molecular motion results in good heat capacities for the liquid and for ice at low temperatures but a successively growing positive deviation from experimental results for ice above 200 K that reaches 15% just below melting. We suggest that this deviation is due to the lack of quantum corrections to the anharmonic motions. For the liquid, the anharmonicities are even larger but also softer and thus in less need of quantum correction. Therefore, harmonic quantum corrections to the classically calculated liquid heat capacities result in agreement with the experimental values. The classical model underestimates the heat of melting by 15%, while the application of quantum corrections produces fair agreement. On the other hand, the heat of vaporization is overestimated by 10% in the harmonically corrected classical model.
It is here shown that there is a considerable system size-dependence in the area compressibility calculated from area fluctuations in lipid bilayers. This is caused by the contributions to the area fluctuations from undulations. This is also the case in experiments. At present, such a contribution, in most cases, is subtracted from the experimental values to obtain a true area compressibility. This should also be done with the simulation values. Here, this is done by extrapolating area compressibility versus system size, down to very small (zero) system size, where undulations no longer exist. The area compressibility moduli obtained from such simulations do not agree with experimental true area compressibility moduli as well as the uncorrected ones from contemporary or earlier simulations, but tend, instead, to be similar to 50% too large. As a byproduct, the bending modulus can be calculated from the slope of the compressibility modulus versus system-size. The values obtained in this way for the bending modulus are then in good agreement with experiment.
Coarse-grained simulations of model membranes containing mixtures of phospholipid and cholesterol molecules at different concentrations and temperatures have been performed. A random mixing without tendencies for segregation or formation of domains was observed on spatial scales corresponding to a few thousand lipids and timescales up to several micro-seconds. The gel-to-liquid crystalline phase transition is successively weakened with increasing amounts of cholesterol without disappearing completely even at a concentration of cholesterol as high as 60%. The phase transition temperature increases slightly depending on the cholesterol concentration. The gel phase system undergoes a transition with increasing amounts of cholesterol from a solid-ordered phase into a liquid-ordered one. In the solid phase, the amplitude of the oscillations in the radial distribution function decays algebraically with a prefactor that goes to zero at the solid-liquid transition.


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Everyone is talking about the new tax law set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2018. While there are some positive things being said about it, most people do not believe it will work to help the average American. Only time will tell. One thing that may affect you if you plan to file for divorce in the coming year or years, whether in Arizona or elsewhere, is that alimony will no longer be a deductible expense.
Does this really matter? Who cares if alimony is tax deductible? Well, anyone who has to pay it cares. By taking away the deduction benefit, those paying alimony will end up losing even more out of pocket every year.
2017 tax law
Under the 2017 tax law, those paying alimony may deduct the expense if certain circumstances apply to their situations. These include:
- Spouses file separate tax returns
- Payment comes in some form of cash, including checks
- There is a support order in place
- Spouses live in separate households
So, payments made for the financial support of a child or as part of a property settlement do not qualify as tax deductible.
Will the new law affect those already paying spousal support?
No. The new law will only affect those who file for divorce starting after 2018. Those currently paying alimony will continue to enjoy the spousal support tax deduction — for now. Whether it will always be that way is unknown.
How will this affect the divorce process?
This law change could result in more fights about spousal maintenance which could increase the length of time it takes you to finalize the divorce process. You and your spouse will both want to walk away feeling that the settlement terms are fair. That is understandable. It just may take more time to reach agreeable terms that leave you both in good financial positions.
Fight for a fair spousal maintenance order
You may be left feeling that being forced to pay alimony leaves you somewhat at a disadvantage, and it just might if you are not careful. You can fight for a fair spousal maintenance order with the assistance of legal counsel. There may be other options available that would allow you to lower the amount you owe in support. Your legal counsel can help you review your situation and offer all possible solutions.


text: For nine years Mike Garcia was a member of what might be the greatest starting rotationĀin baseball history. Along with Bob Feller, Early Wynn, and Bob Lemon, Garcia was part of The Big Four who anchored the rotation for the Cleveland Indians in the late 1940s and 1950s. At least three of the four were together in the starting rotation from 1949 to 1957. Garcia was the youngest and last to arrive, joining the Tribe in 1949 and leading the league in ERA in his rookie season. Manager Lou Boudreau gave GarciaĀhis first starting assignment when Wynn came down with the hives. Feller, Wynn, and Lemon are all in the Hall of Fame, but Garcia started late and started to grow less effective in his early 30s. Eventually the four split apart at the same time: Feller retiring in 1958; Wynn being traded to the White Sox that same year where he would continue to pile up victories on his way to 300; Lemon suffering a career-ending arm injury. Garcia, who was known as "The Big Bear" because of the way he walked, was the hardest throwing of the four at one time in the 1950s, but his arm and back gave out, and in 1958 he tried to win a spot in the rotation but his arm was pretty much done. He won a total of 142 games, all with Cleveland. Though he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the big names in the Indian rotation for a few years (averaging 20 wins and a 2.84 ERA from 1951-54), Garcia was not their peer in peak performance nor longevity, but he was still a very good pitcher and a three-time All-Star. Only six pitchers faced Ted Williams more often than the stocky right-hander Mike Garcia, but he and teammate Bob Lemon did the best job of keeping the Boston slugger in check. Against Garcia, Williams hit 264/356/560. Most impressively, Garcia fanned Ted more than he walked him (14/13). His best friend and roommate on the Indians was second baseman Bobby Avila, for a long time the only other Spanish-speaking member of the club. Longest-Running Pitching Rotations in Baseball History 1949-1954 Cleveland Indians Bob Lemon Early Wynn Mike Garcia Bob Feller 1978-1982 Baltimore Orioles Mike Flanagan Dennis Martinez Scott McGregor Jim Palmer


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Opinion / Kang Bing
Handling media criticism
By Kang Bing (China Daily)
Updated: 2008-01-11 07:22
As the Beijing Olympic Games approaches, the Chinese capital, willingly or unwillingly, finds itself being pushed more and more into the world's spotlight. Abundant publicity is probably what the host wants, but when it becomes extreme, it could be something more than what the host can deal with, especially when only the negative side is portrayed.
"So far as some media are concerned, we find we can do nothing right. 'You are wrong' is their mentality and that's their universal conclusion whatever you do or don't do," a press official of the Organizing Committee of the Beijing Olympic Games said to me recently.
"All we can do is to do our best to make the Games a success while neglecting rumors and groundless criticisms," the official said.
Her helplessness could be shared by all the former hosts of the Olympic Games during the preparation period and her attitude toward the criticism, let me say, is right.
Since the 1980s when the Olympic Games became a hot subject, all the host cities experienced the joys and woes Beijing is experiencing now. A city may have poured millions of dollars to upgrade its infrastructure, may have made great efforts to popularize the Olympic spirit, may have worked hard to ensure the city or even the country has a period of healthy development - but all this hardly gets the media excited.
I have been following or covering the Olympic Games since the early 1980s and I still have fresh memories of how Los Angles was criticized for its air pollution, Seoul for its traffic jams and Athens for its poor infrastructure. Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney were attacked for different reasons. Reading the newspapers and watching the TV programs, we sometimes could not help but wonder if the Games would be held as scheduled. Fortunately, they all started on time and ended successfully.
I have no intention to criticize my journalist colleagues regarding any of the Games. I believe they were trying to live up to the trust of their readers and viewers to ensure the Games become better and fairer. But when we look back at our past reporting, can we come to the conclusion that we, as the media, could have been fairer and better?
Beijing seems to have received more criticism than other hosts. Air pollution and traffic problems are the issues widely expounded by the media.
While some overseas media are demonizing Beijing's air pollution and traffic problems, Beijing citizens seem to be happy to get more days of blue skies each year as compared with 2001 when the city won the Olympic bid. As for the traffic, while about half a dozen new subway lines will be open to the public before the Olympics, the authorities are working out traffic control plans which, according to them, should ensure a smooth flow during the Games. Meanwhile, subway and bus lines have been added while fares have been reduced.
The Chinese capital would be lucky if criticism against it ended just there. Beijing has kept its promise to the IOC on press freedom, but some media seem to be asking the host to adopt freedom and democracy according to their understanding and explanation. When not satisfied, they threaten to call for a boycott of the Games.
Trying to politicize a sports event only does harm to the healthy development of the Olympic movement.
Beijing is in the spotlight, it is under the scrutiny of the media, its strong and weak points will be emphasized. My suggestion is: do not be complacent over success and do not be dejected over exaggerated problems. Keep working hard. The world expects a successful Beijing Olympics.
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Youtube/Weird Fruit Explorer
Jared Rydelek has a very unconventional hobby that he documents on his Youtube channel; he reviews unusual fruit, often traveling around the world to do so, for his series Weird Fruit Explorer. From fairly well-known fruits like kumquat & the infamous durian to far more obscure ones like santol & chocolate pudding fruit and even fruits from plants that aren't known for their fruits like nutmeg & ginger, Rydelek describes them all in a way that make it easy for the viewer to imagine their flavor, often analogizing them to more common fruits. Also, his day job, performing as a contortionist, fire eater & sword swallower, gives Rydelek the opportunity to travel to several exotic locations to find fruit and he often films his reviews in those places as well.
In addition to Weird Fruit Explorer, Rydelek features two other series' on his channel: Jared's Junk Food Reviews & That's Not Coffee. In Jared's Junk Food Reviews, he tries the junk food available in different places around the world and reviews it just as thoroughly as the fruit that he covers in his main series. These videos also document Rydelek's quest to find Pepsi Blue. By the way, I should point out that they start with very dissonant electronic music, so you might want to turn down the volume before clicking. That's Not Coffee is a monthly series in which Rydelek and his friends Albo, Stuart & Lex prepare and review various coffee substitutes ... including soy bean, rice & spelt ... in an effort to find one that's just as satisfying as the real thing. Spoiler Alert: They have yet to succeed.
I'll leave you with the latest episode of Weird Fruit Explorer and, of course, a link to Rydelek's Youtube channel.
If there's a movie, band, podcast or any other media that you'd like me to check out for possible inclusion on the rec list, please contact me and let me know about it.


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Presenting the Diamond Exclusive Cover Limited Edition Hardcover of Matt Wagner's The Shadow: The Death of Margo Lane! Legendary creator Matt Wagner returns to both write and draw an all-new tale for the first and most famous of all pulp heroes, The Shadow! Following his critically-acclaimed work on The Shadow: Year One and Grendel vs. The Shadow, Wagner once again lends his masterful talents to unveil "what evil lurks in the hearts of men", joined by talented colorist Brennan Wagner. For years, Margo Lane has served as The Shadow's faithful friend and companion, the closest and most intimate of all his many agents. But when will that proximity to The Shadow's dark and violent world take its ultimate toll on her? And what effect will his lover's loss have on the driven and brooding Master of Darkness? A powerful and resonant tale in the sort of pulse-pounding pulp style that only Matt Wagner could deliver! Also includes Matt Wagner's 8-page story from The Shadow #100.
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INTERTWINED #5 (of 6)
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The countdown to the end starts here! As one murder case closes, another one is re-opened! Learn the shocking truth behind the murder of the previous Spirit of the Earth! Juan Jin's first battle as the new Spirit in town could definitely be his last. He'll have to really accept to become the hero his peers saw in him and embrace his destiny. An explosive issue featuring a smashing cover by fan-favorite artist Roland Boschi! Written by the co-creator of Marvel's Spider-Man Noir and Image's One-Hit Wonder!
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It was supposed to be an easy mission. Hot on the trail of a Russian agent in Tokyo, Felix Leiter is unwittingly drawn into the investigation of a major terrorist attack when a suicidal cultist releases a bio-weapon in Shinjuku. Now Felix and Tiger Tanaka – the Japanese James Bond – must track down the villainous cult leader responsible, and unravel the mystery behind their deadly new biological weapon…
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Kraken's trap is sprung—and M and Moneypenny are caught in its jaws! As the Royal Navy moves in to retaliate, James Bond leads a covert Special Boat Squadron unit on a suicide mission to infiltrate a nuclear reprocessing facility. But time is running out. The nukes are flying, and death is only a trigger-pull away…
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Things go horribly wrong during an important operation on a volcanic planetoid, but is Baltar's monster—the rebuilt Cylon Centurion—responsible…or is it Galactica's only hope? Can Starbuck and Apollo trust it? Should they? Everything comes to a boiling point in this TRIAL BY FIRE!
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Brickleberry's back, and now in comics! Written by show creators Waco O'Guin and Roger Black, the epic "ArMOOgeddon" storyline picks up right where television's most outrageous animated sitcom left off! In the distant future, Steve Williams — the only Brickleberry park ranger who managed to escape death at the hands of the Alien Cow Invasion — has joined forces with a small group of human rebels in an underground hidden base. With the help of Dr. Kuzniak, Future Steve must travel back in time to the year 2015 and kill head ranger Woody Johnson, whose actions led to the Invasion and the destruction of all humanity. But Denzel Jackson has other plans for Steve's time travel technology, redneck Bobby Possumcods willingly submits to Alien Cow domination, and Connie's advances toward Ethel get…
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Superstar JEFF PARKER (Future Quest) returns to FLASH GORDON, alongside the astounding team of JESSE HAMM & GRACE ALLISON! It's going bad. REAL bad. Quantum breaches, shifting continents, hordes of Beast-Men on the loose. But whenever all hope seems lost, MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN always has an ace up his sleeve…
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The shocking conclusion to what critics have called a "flat out impressive" series that "rewrites apocalyptic standards." The secrets of the Divide have been revealed, but at great personal cost. In the face of certain death and against impossible odds, can Paul and Maria save each other – and, just maybe, the world? Each issue of THE GREAT DIVIDE comes with unique digital content. Issue #6 includes the Great Divide's swan song performed by the incredible "dark fairie" folk band, City Below!
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After the sudden death of his father, Sam Jr. takes over the Blackwell family company. Milo's family moves to California and Kimi gets a scholarship to study abroad. Despite being apart, the former bandmates remain forever connected by their love of music and KISS. However, Sam's obsession with the band, and especially the Demon, takes on a new and potentially dangerous twist… The 2nd chapter in the prequel to the ongoing series.
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At last—Ash makes his way back to the exact moment in time where he can stop the threat that almost killed Gabrielle, Xena and all life on planet Earth! But to do so he has to go in undercover as the King of Memphis and hire Xena to help him locate the lost island of Eden. There they meet Larson, the long ago abandoned third wheel to Adam and Eve—he's out for a revenge only a lover scorned can! Can Xena and Ash prevent him from turning Earth into a Garden of Evil?!
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By Michael Wunder, News Editor
A class of psychology students at the University of Nebraska Omaha got a rare opportunity to apply their studies to the real world last Thursday, administering depression screenings at two Nebraska Native American reservations.
Jessiline Anderson's Clinical Psychology course visited the Omaha and Winnebago reservations north of Omaha for National Depression Screening Day. UNO students helped with a depression inventory for students and senior citizens as part of a service-learning program.
"For me, service learning is really who I am," Anderson, who possesses a doctorate in Clinical Psychology, said. "Serving in our community is a great way to give back to the community."
The students handed out Beck Depression Inventories to students at the Omaha Nation Public School and Walthill School on the Omaha reservation and at the Blackhawk Community Center on the Winnebago reservation. The inventory is a 21-question multiple-choice self-report exam. Individuals fill out the inventory themselves, then professionals—students in this case—review the completed instrument and measure depression severity.
For the residents of the reservations, the testing the students gave was "much needed," Anderson said.
Depression can be a crippling mental health problem for many Americans, and the disorder's effects are magnified in Native American populations.
Thirty-three percent of Native American adults on the Omaha and Winnebago reservations suffer from depression, according to past research done by Anderson. Last Thursday's testing found that 20 percent of adolescents on the Omaha reservations suffer from depression.
In comparison, 8 percent of the general U.S. population suffers from depression.
"This is a problem in these communities," Anderson said.
The Omaha reservation is a 12,421-acre tract of land in northeastern Nebraska, located mostly in Thurston County. Tribal council offices are located in Macy, and the towns of Rosalie, Thurston, Pender and Walthill all fall within the reservation's boundaries. Six thousand American Indians belong to the Omaha tribe currently, and half that number resides on the reservation.
Anderson said depression rates are higher on reservations for a myriad of issues, including poverty, dysfunctional families and unemployment. Work opportunities are difficult to find on the reservations—a small number of residents find employment in limited openings at tribal health centers or with tribal administration.
Donna Wolff, a speaker with a mission of preventing suicide, was also on the Omaha reservation that day and stressed the importance of screenings and suicide prevention programs.
"The screenings are such a valuable tool to use to help show the schools how many kids are suffering from depression," Wolff said. "Along with the screenings, when they get a chance to hear my presentation it gives them permission to tell someone how much they are suffering and to show them the destruction that suicide has on a family after a completion. It shows them that there is hope to not have to be silent anymore."
Wolff started a suicide support group in Norfolk after losing her son to suicide.
"Suicide and depression and mental illness are all topics that need to be talked about openly in our society now," Wolff said. "So many people are walking around with open wounds on the inside of their brains that no one can see. But they need professional medical help."
The results the students gathered will help the reservations in many ways, Anderson said. Tribal leaders were looking for research that would offer a picture of what "depression and suicide look like in their communities" in order to combat the issue The screenings' results will be used to engage potential funding sources that could bring depression and suicide prevention programs to the reservations.
Beyond helping the reservation on a broad scale, the screenings brought aid to individuals as well.
At the end of their day, UNO students screening at Walthill and Omaha Nation Public schools referred troubling cases to school officials, allowing administration to focus on students requiring the most attention.
Annesha Mitra, a senior double majoring in neuroscience and psychology, felt she and her classmates made a difference.
"Even if it was just 2 or 3 lives that we were able to save, its still better than none," Mitra said. "And that makes me feel like we did something to make a difference."
The opportunity to do serious research and to apply classroom topics to the real world in a way that makes a considerable difference is rare, Anderson said.
"I think the big deal here is that a lot of students would not get this opportunity until well into grad school," Anderson said. "Some folks in grad school don't even get this."
One of Anderson's goal with projects like this is to give students a chance to evaluatr their choice to be a clinical psychologist.
"Until you get that hands-on experience, you don't really know if this is what you want to do or not," Andersen said.
Often, after experiences like this, students have told Andersen, "'I wanted to go into clinical, but I don't think I can handle this.'"
For Mitra, the opportunity was eye-opening..
"I had a really interesting experience," Mitra said. "I wasn't expecting what I saw."
A number of students had to be referred to psychologists or counselors because they responded that they were making final arrangements, like giving away prized possessions or saying goodbyes.
"It was just a little scary that kids around the ages of 11 to 17 could be that unhappy that they wanted to end their life," Mitra said. "It was just sad."
In the end, Mitra was glad she was able to participate.


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Could you sink into yourself more deeply
Could you be with yourself just a little longer? We all could stand to do this.
I would never have known twenty years ago what was possible for me. I didn't even have a hint of it. I wish I could take my twenty-something self by the hand and assure her. I imagine pulling her hand and taking her along and showing her some things.
And so I write.
That doesn't mean that suffering is no longer. There is huge suffering on multiple fronts.
And I weave that into myself. It is and is always becoming more a part of me.
When I do not do this - when I push away the suffering - when I am not sinking into myself. When I have not arrived.
When this is the case I am discontinuous. I can feel myself jump here and there.
I push away thoughts. Memories. I don't allow pieces of myself.
I take a cookie to make life sweet and I miss the sweetness that comes from hearing my own pain and accompanying it through the other side.
We're in a cultural group trance much of the time. Filling our time with things that have to happen. We think they have to happen. It's a kind of slavery. Soul slavery.
The soul has something to say. Your being has something to say.
So much of what is called anxiety and depression is a soul screaming for attention.
I have something else to say. I am feeling something. I don't want to do what I am doing.
What does sinking into ourselves look like?
It looks like pausing.
It looks like breathing.
It looks like tears, often.
As long as we look to the circumstances of our world and our life to change something inside of us we will remain fractured.
When we want to change our experience of our lives we have to attend to our experience. We have to pay attention to ourselves in a painstaking and sustained way.
Treasure upon treasure lies in this journey.
It's all possible - from the inside.
There are many ways to get there. The main thing is this: commit to yourself. Even when it hurts. And all the rest will follow.


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Before i swam in the dead sea for the first time and licked my fingers after the swim (big mistake) i thought that the most salty thing on earth is the saltdough from my childhood...
My mother often did saltdough carfting with us and of course, although she would warn us that this is not cookie dough and far far far from tasty, we couldn't help it and always ate a tiny little bit, just to spit it out right afterwards yelling and laughing: "pfffffiiiiiiii disgusting!!!!"
Saltdough is amazing for kids. First its non-toxic (except if you eat tons of it...) and completely natural. Its prepared in 1 minute and it doesn't stick to the fingers while you model it and it's cheap. Alva can play with it for a long while without getting bored. The basic recipe listed below gives a white dough, but you can add food colors to make colored dough, you can also work with all sorts of lentils and seeds for decoration (i like to use black lentils the most, you can do stracciatella dough with them). When the models are dry and baked, you can also paint them with non-toxic paint (avoid using aquarell paint, it contains too much water and would make the models soft again).
Recipe for Saltdough:
200gr. white flour
100gr. Potato flour
200gr. table salt
150ml. water
While the handling of saltdough is quite easy, the drying and baking process take some time and have to be done carefully to avoid the models to break.
Carefully place the models/ornaments on a baking tray layered with baking paper. If you plan on hanging them, don't forget to make a small hole. You can use a chop stick or any other pointed object, like a wool needle. Please make sure that the hole is at least about 2 mm diameter. If it is too small, it could close during the baking process. Let the models dry at the air for at least 1 day. Then put them in the oven for 3 hours. In the first hour, bake them at 75 degrees celsius (if your oven doesn't have temperatures that low, you can put the temperature to the minimum possible and leave the door of the oven open a bit). After one hour, raise the temperature to 120 degrees celsius and bake for another hour (make sure to close the oven this time). After that, raise the temperature again to 150 degrees and bake for another hour.
Let the models/ornaments cool down. Once they are cold, they are ready to be painted.


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1. I had the biggest hankering for homemade macaroni and cheese on Friday, so after work I went to Safeway, bought my little elbow pastas and blocks of cheese, and went to town. This recipe is the one I used and it was fabu.
2. I met up with some sorority sisters from USC that I hadn't seen in years (years!) at Stable Café in the Mission on Saturday morning. Some were in town for Outside Lands and some were just in town because they live there but either way it was really, really nice to catch up. Hopefully it will happen again soon!
3. After brunch on Saturday I had to go downtown to the Apple store (only to have them tell me there's nothing wrong with my computer - hey, remind me to return that battery I bought!) and perused the Anthropologie store on the way back to the Muni station. This was potentially hazardous as I am genetically predisposed to love everything in Anthropologie but I escaped with only a few cute hooks to mount on my wall and from which I plan to hang jewelry. I saw this sweater and almost gave in but I'm letting myself think about it for a couple of weeks. (But...come on. We all know what's going to happen. IT HAS A FRENCHIE ON IT. Done and done.)
4. I went to another brunch on Sunday at my friend Samia's house (thanks again for hosting!) and brought: a new friend of a friend, a friend from work, and this drink. I learned about it at brunch on Saturday and I have to say, I really like it. The Michelada is made from Corona beer, tomato juice, and tabasco. I stuck a celery stick in it to class it up. I think it worked, don't you?
5. The rest of the week was work work work but I got to take a break and go see Pacific Rim with the bf last night. Monsters vs. Machines! Aliens vs. Robots! It was great. And, the monsters were all sporting some neon! My new favorite thing! Everything is coming full circle here.
What was your week like? Any good weekend plans?
ps - While finding the link for the bulldog sweater, I came across this dishtowel. It must be mine someday!


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Chief Justice of Pakistan has become a renowned figure who usually stays in the limelight. Chief Justice is associated with being rigid and ruthless, he has taken a couple of strict actions ever since he came into power. For many, it has been surreal to see him playing an active part in the national politics of Pakistan. Recently, Chief Justice has tried to hit another cord by drawing the attention of people towards the case of PTI'S MNA; Malik Kharmat Khokhar and MPA; Nadeem Abbas.
Malik Kharmat and Nadeem Abbas have been accused of allegedly accusing the police, involvement in criminal elements and issuing false statements in the court. Basically, a case was filed against Mansha Bam, who has been accused of attempting to get hold of lands through illegal ways. On an account of the said matter, an SP officer reported that they have been stopped to take actions against Manhsa because they have been asked to do so from the top authorities: MNA and MPA. To which, Chief Justice called both the MNA and MPA to the court to prove themselves.
Chief Justice accused Abbas and Kharmar of their involvement with the group of land mafia being led by Mansha Bam. He clearly mentioned, "What do you think that you have been voted for? You are exactly being the same as the previous government". And he further added to his stance when both the accused members tried defending themselves, "You people try to be modest in court, but outside you are thugs. And I will not tolerate a single thug in my country and if this continues you will see everyone in jail who are involved in cases of such sort"
Chief Justice has surely come out a threat to all the people who act as "Thug", and also shows how Cheif Justice doesn't tend to create any sort of disparity or discrepancies among the political parties of Pakistan.


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From May 18th to June 30th I was in Guatemala learning about Sustainable Food Systems! From May 18th - May 29th, I was a part of a study abroad group. And from the 29th to June 30th I did the internship.
Red Agroforestal para el Desarrollo Sostenible (translates to "Agroforestry Network for Sustainable Development") was founded by Henrry Ruiz Solsol and is located in San Marcos La Laguna on Lake Atitlan in the highlands of Guatemala's Sierra Madre mountain range. Atitlan the deepest lake in Central America and is surrounded by volcanoes and mountains. We arrived just in time for the rainy season. Rainy season means that from about 5pm to 8pm it would downpour, and occasionally would rain during the day as well, though most days were pleasant. The altitude keeps the temperature from getting too hot, despite being so close to the equator.
The mission of the organization is to "Build a network of cooperation among volunteers to strengthen knowledge and promote sustainable agricultural practices in rural territories through the use of Agroforestry systems". Our goal as interns in San Marcos La Laguna, Sololá, and San Juan Sacatepéquez was to use the knowledge we'd gained with Henrry and with a Guatemalan forestry student, Kevin Recinos, to run workshops, install a community garden, reinvigorate a school garden, and four home gardens using Syntropic Agroforestry principles.
Syntropic Agroforestry is a technique that was developed by Ernst Götsch in Brazil. The basic theory of this style of agriculture is that it mimics what happens naturally in forests. There are four fundamental aspects to Syntropic Agroforestry - Biomass, Ecological Succession, Stratification, and Biodiversity. There is an assortment of benefits of this technique including a drop in the need to irrigate and drought resilience in the plants increases, increase of mycorrhizae, and soil fertility. However on the flip side it is a very complex system and not easily mechanized. We must balance ecology with economy. To learn more about Syntropic Agroforestry I highly recommend reading "Bringing the Tropics to New York" by Harry Greene. It was one of the best articles I read about this practice.
A large part of why I wanted to do this internship was that I would get a chance to see first hand what working with plants and people would be like. When I applied for the internship I knew that I wanted to work with Latino families and plants. I wasn't sure what that kind of work could look like but now I see how much hard work is needed. Our first two weeks of our internship we were in San Marcos La Laguna. There we helped recharge a community garden as well as a school garden. We also placed four new gardens into the homes of families.
Working in these gardens was tough. It was very physically demanding. Especially in creating the new gardens. These garden spaces were up the side of a mountain range involving us carrying large amount of materials by hand and by wheelbarrow up steep inclines. It was pretty common for these trips to take an hour even though it was only about a half mile away from where we were based. I don't say this to complain. I spent most of my time walking up these steep inclines thinking about the people who have to make this climb every day, multiple times a day. How difficult it must have been to build the road I was walking on and how hard it must have been to build the houses. One of my biggest takeaways from this experience is that I am extremely privileged.
Our first trip up the side of the mountain was to a home of a woman whose husband had passed away two years earlier. She was struggling but she had been taking the time to come down to the workshops Henrry had been running before we got there. She was one of the people who were really consistent and so when the time came, she was an obvious pick for where we would put in a garden. In our first visit with her we asked about the kinds of plants she was interested in and what her current food security issues were. She was really interested in plants that were going to help feed her family and in medicinal plants. Medicinal plants are used in many homes throughout Guatemala and it was really interesting to learn more about them. We came up with a plan for her steep yard and when we returned the next week we installed hanging planters that we made from recycled soda bottles and were able to clear out a spot at the bottom of the yard and place a 3x9ft garden. We planted at least three dozen kinds of plants. Around lunch time we were invited by the family to have some soup, frijoles, and some tortillas and I felt such gratitude. We had just had a conversation the week before about how they struggled to find healthy foods to eat and they were kind enough to share what they had with us. This was true in all the houses we visited. Everyone was so kind to us.
One of my favorite parts about being in Guatemala was learning all about the plants. I did my best to ask as many questions about the native plants as well as the plants we were cultivating. As is to be expected, the flora is completely different there and even that took some getting used to. They also have a host of other agricultural issues that we don't think about as much in Wisconsin. Instead of winter, they have a dry season. This period is when plants die back or become dormant. The plants that grow outside are the kinds of plants we can only grow in greenhouses here. I want to continue to expand my knowledge of both native and cultivated species. The process has reinvigorated my desire to learn more about the plant species in Wisconsin. I'm curious how this new knowledge I've acquired will shape the future of my academics at UW Madison.
Being with two other interns was really great. We learned a lot from each other and we accomplished a lot together. We all have individual strengths and leaned on the each other when someone's expertise was required. I have a lot of knowledge about plants and community gardens, Theresa knows about designing curriculum and working with children, and Renesha knows about how to create healthy eating habits and what people need to be healthy. It was kind of a superteam, honestly. I think that our combined interests made the work we did more effective. One thing Henrry talked about was how he loved the diversity of interests within his organization and said that's what made it strong.
One of the more difficult aspects of the internship was the lack of resources. After we formulated the plans for the community garden, school garden, and the home gardens we needed to take a trip to a hardware store. The closest one was across the lake so we had to jump in a boat taxi (which is the only way to get to Panajachel) and ride in a tuk tuk (an auto rickshaw) to pick up the supplies. It was a fun morning, but it definitely took all morning. Things like this take time to do in Guatemala. It meant that we had to be really organized before we left. We needed to make sure we had everything we needed on a list. Forgetting anything wasn't an option because it would take half a day to get the supplies again. This taught us to really think about what was absolutely needed as well. We couldn't just drive up somewhere and fill our car, we had to take the supplies back onto the boat taxi in our hands. Its teaches you to be on top of things.
There are certain assignments in the International Studies class that I took to accompany my internship that have really stuck with me. I've thought a great deal about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's TED Talk, "The Danger of A Single Story". I worry that the one story people will hear from me is about how Guatemala is so malnourished and how poverty stricken the nation is, but that is not the only story and its not the only truth. I was at a diversity training event in Madison late last year and I was talking to someone about my Guatemalan father. They asked what my dad did for a living and when I said he was an engineer who designed submarines the person looked surprised. For him, Guatemalans are malnourished and poor. It's that stereotype, the one story, that I worry about perpetuating in talking about my experience in Guatemala. Although that was the population we worked with, they were not the only Guatemalans we met. We met many students and scientists that are working towards making their country a better place to live for everyone.
Though I grew up with a Guatemalan father, that is quite different than experiencing Guatemala for myself in a more immersive way. I never felt less Latina than I did being in Guatemala. And that sentiment was echoed by the people I met. One evening, among some new friends, someone told me I wasn't Latina because I was too American. Of course, I still know that I am Latina. We come in all forms and cultural backgrounds. But it stuck with me. What does it mean to be of a culture? And not of a culture? I grew up with the foods and the traditions, but being in Guatemala - it made me realize just how much I missed too. In the states, I am Latina. In Guatemala, I'm American. I know that I am both of these things.
In my application to the study abroad and internship program I wrote about my personal connection to Guatemala which is that my father is from Guatemala. What I didn't mention was that he passed away ten years ago. I was grateful that I was in Guatemala for his birthday this year, June 1st. It meant a lot to me that I was able to go and spend time there and learn more about the place where my dad was from. It's difficult to convey but many of the people I met there reminded me so much of him and it was like getting to spend time with him. He was a Badger too and loved UW Madison. I kept thinking about how proud he would be of me.
There are so many people that I want to thank! Firstly, my family - I could not have gone to Guatemala without their support and encouragement. My friends who reassured me. My university who trusted me. I am eternally grateful for the scholarships and grants I received from UW-Madison's International Internship Program: Cultivated Internship Grant, Oscar N. & Ethel K. Allen Memorial Study Abroad Internship Grant, and College of Agricultural and Life Science Study Abroad Scholarship. The core funding support for the Sustainable Food Systems program in Guatemala was through the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund as part of a public-private collaboration between the U.S. Department of State, Partners of the Americas, and NAFSA: Association of International Educators. My fellow interns Renesha Carter and Theresa Nepomuceno - who were my coworkers, my dinner dates, and good friends for six weeks. Dr. Claudia Calderón who organized and implemented the Study Abroad program and the internship that followed. I am so thankful for all of your work! Henrry Ruiz Solsol and Kevin Recino, estoy muy agradecido por el tiempo que compartimos juntos.


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FULLERTON, Calif. – Cal State Fullerton (3-1) won another one-run ballgame defeating Utah State (1-3) by a score of 3-2 on day three of the Titan Classic.
Alexa Neil had a fantastic game going 2-3 with a pair of runs scored out of the leadoff spot. Deshea Hill went 1-2 with an RBI and a walk while Irie Siofele and Zoe Richard both went 1-3 at the plate with an RBI each. Ari Williams was the only other Titan with a hit going 1-2 with a stolen base.
In the circle, Taylor Dockins made her second start of the year throwing two shutout innings only allowing one hit while striking out one. Sophie Frost came in out of the bullpen and closed out the game with five innings allowing two runs on four hits and a walk.
Fullerton got the scoring started early as Neil would lead things off with a bunt single and eventually come in to score on Hill's RBI groundout.
The much needed insurance runs came in the fifth as Neil and Siofele hit back-to-back doubles for the first run of the inning. Richard came to the plate a few batters later roping a single off the first baseman's glove bringing in the third Titan run of the game.
Utah State would not be shutout in this one though as Lexi Orozco stepped to the plate with a runner on and belted a two-run shot to left-center cutting the Fullerton lead to just one.
The Aggies would come up again in the seventh and threaten with the tying run on third with two down, but Frost induced a flyout into left to end the ballgame.
It's the third win of the season for Fullerton, all of which have come by just one run. They will wrap up opening weekend and the Titan Classic against Pacific tomorrow at 11:00 a.m.
Fans can purchase tickets for various Cal State Fullerton athletic events by visiting FullertonTitans.com/Tickets. The Athletic Ticket Office can also be contacted by phone at 657-278-2783 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com. The Ticket Office is located at the Titan House off of Gymnasium Drive at the eastern end of the Intramural Fields and is open from 10 am – 4 pm PT, Monday – Friday.
Fans can keep up with the latest in Titan Athletics by following us on Facebook (Facebook/FullertonTitans), Twitter (@FullertonTitans), and Instagram (FullertonTitans). In addition, the softball team has established its own Twitter (@Fullerton_SB) and Instagram accounts (@Fullerton_SB).


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Steps to Prevent a Rotator Cuff Tear in Baseball Players
Play baseball? Read on to help you avoid seeing a Bay Area shoulder doctor!
Rotator cuff injuries are no laughing matter, causing pain, weakness, decreased range-of-motion, and difficulty sleeping. This seems a prevalent injury among athletes, perhaps in particular, baseball players. Avoid this debilitating issue and protect your shoulder, on and off the field so you won't end up in front of a Bay Area shoulder injury specialist.
Play ball? Protect and prevent rotator cuff injuries with these tips:
Watch your form.
You put yourself at a greater risk of injury when you don't pay attention to form; one wrong move and you could feel it in your shoulders and across your upper back. Sports medicine doctors in San Francisco encourage their patients to use proper technique and practice regularly to avoid injuries. Try not to hurry through warm-ups and workouts; this can lead to injury.
Work it all.
Are you working all the muscle groups in your shoulders? Ask any San Francisco shoulder doctor and they will advise that you pay attention to the muscles along the back of your shoulder and around the shoulder blades. This helps condition the muscles which can reduce issues with the socket, which is especially important in throwing, such as pitching a game. Furthermore, this helps to build both shoulders creating balance that could improve your posture and stance.
Look for signs.
Do you ignore what your body is trying to tell you? If you have been experiencing tiredness, pain, or stiffness, see your doctor. Try using heat on aching shoulders but if pain persists, talk to your trainer, practitioner, or doctor. Taking a break and resting the muscles may help to alleviate pain – and will likely be recommended by your healthcare professional.
Know your risks.
Even if you do everything right, you could be at risk for an injury. Genetics can come into play, so if your parents struggled with rotator cuff problems, you may, too. Also, age can play a role, so be particularly vigilant about protecting your shoulder from rotator cuff tears after age 40. If you are planning to play baseball after a hiatus or absence, see your provider for sports medicine in San Francisco to play it safe. You can't be too careful when it comes to your well-being.
Do you think you need to see a Bay Area shoulder injury specialist?
If you have experienced pain in your shoulder followed by weakness, you could have a rotator cuff injury. See orthopedic doctor and surgeon, Dr. Jeffrey Halbrecht, to rule-out an injury that could derail you from the game. Consulting with a shoulder injury specialist in the Bay Area can also pinpoint potential risk factors, reveal treatment options, and bring relief to those living with rotator cuff injuries.


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Board of Trustees
Sara Ferris– President
Karen Sherman - Vice-President
Kathie Maguire - Recoding/Corresponding Secretary
Nancy Curley– Membership
John Richards - Treasurer
Rosalie Loughran - Asst. Treasurer
Rick Ward – Building and Grounds
Lisa Cormier- Fund Raising
Arthur Crooks - Member at Large
The Board generally meets the 4th Monday of the month at 3:30 pm at the library. Check the library Calendar of events for confirmation.
Volunteer Appreciation
April is National Volunteer Appreciation Month and the Trustees of West Dennis Library take this opportunity to thank all the volunteers who help keep our library functioning. Most of our needs are met by volunteers..the front desk, shelving, the Trustees and Friends, lawn care, programs, classes, seasonal decorations and displays ...the list goes on and on. Please take the time to thank our volunteers and show your appreciation.
Wine in Winter
Thanks to all who participated in our Winter Fund Raiser.
Everyone had a great evening thanks to Cape Cod Package Store and Jennifer Louhgran. The wine was delicious as we went on" a trip around the world" tasting wines and munching on delicious treats provided by the Trustees. And that was just the beginning...
Thank you to everyone who came out to participate in this event. Delicious food, great weather, and lots of generosity and good will made it a great day for the library and our community! A special thanks to all who worked on putting it together and making it all happen!
The Board of Trustees sends out an annual letter soliciting funds for the library. If you did not receive a mailing and would like to respond to this drive please pick up a form at the library, or refer to the campaign page in this section. If you would like to be on our mailing list, please sign-up at the library or e-mail us so that we can contact you. Your support is greatly appreciated.


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Mthwakazi boundaries: The history of our borders – Legal and crafted just like all other borders of other countries in the rest of Africa and the world...
Mthwakazi Restoration (PDF)Mashonaland and Mthwakazi are two separate states which were forcibly joined together in 1923 without the consent of people from Matabeleland and Mashonaland.
The arrangements were done by white colonialists. Mashonaland was first to be colonised in 1890 and Matabeleland was then colonised in 1893 hence the disappearance of king Lobhengula after a fierce battle at Gadade in Ntabazinduna between whites and Ndebele warriors where more than 6000 warriors of Lobhengula perished and thousands of civilians were murdered.
Our border between Matabeleland and Mashonaland is at Munyathi River in Kwekwe which was signed between king Lobhengula and star Leander Jameson in 1891. Whilst beit bridge border post was signed for in 1887 .
Ramoquabane border in plumtree was signed in 1888 as well as the Zambezi Livingston border in 1888 , all these borders were signed for by king Lobhengula.
We are the only country in the world with two state houses one in Bulawayo and one in Harare, two reserve Banks one in Bulawayo and one in Harare and two high Courts, one in Bulawayo and one in Harare.
Konke lokhu kutshengisa sobala ukuthi uMthwakazi yisizwe esizimele.
We are two separate countries, Mthwakazi & Mashonaland. It is not Zanu PF and it is not PF Zapu that joined the two countries/colonies. It was the tricksters of the British Government and monarch preceeded by the government of Ian Douglas Smith (the Rhodesian Front) working in favor of the current Zimbabwe government which they thought would take care of their interests till eternity after 1980.
Mthwakazi colonised within the boundaries of Zimbabwe
The map below shows the boundaries of as they are known today. Mthwakazi Kingdom is entangled within these borders, owing to the injustices of colonial atrocities by the British.
Furthermore the government of Zimbabwe unleashed Gukurahundi between 1982 and 1987 which killed more than 500 000 Ndebele speaking people of Mthwakazi and maimed and displaced millions. The terrors were unleashed on the masses of Mthwakazi beginning in some areas of the Midlands part of Mthwakazi in today's Zimbabwe; (Midlands that is in Munyathi River).
Mthwakazi consists of more than13 tribes namely; Kalanga, Tonga, Sotho, Ndebele, Xhosa, Venda, Nambya, Tshangani, Abasangwe, Lozi, Abasarwa, etc. Yet Mashonaland has not more than 5 tribes.
The biggest challenge we face as a nation is loss of identity. The Mthwakazi nation has been subject to tyranny for so long identifying oneself as one seems a setback and betrayal of the tyrant system. Terming the Zimbabwe government tyrant is an understatement when one comes to know and understand the pain that has been inflicted on the nation. The continued subjection to pain alters the pride and love for oneself leading to an affinity or a longing to be part and parcel of the oppressor even if it means being a lap dog on the dinner table.
Only a few will realise truth and be termed sellouts and enemies of the state. Insanity will be the diagnosis everyone gives to them. The second liberation struggle as per the regime history talks of a group of people who went against the grain and fought for their freedom. We would like to believe none of these fighters identified themselves as Rhodesians, their movement was even named in honor of the coming nation, a free nation. We might seem like hooligans and headless chickens but that day will come when our efforts will yield freedom for Mthwakazi, a freedom inclusive of all, even the unbelievers. We suggest everyone of us gets on the freedom train and be part of the history our grandchildren will be proud to speak of.


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Meet El Paso Lawyers Who Put
Community First
Martinez & Martinez Law Firm is dedicated to the El Paso and Southern New Mexico community. Each attorney and employee at our firm is a native El Pasoan and graduated from high school in the Sun City. With over 40 years of combined legal experience, Martinez & Martinez Law Firm fights for the rights of people in our community. Your local attorneys, we take cases in the fields of employment law and personal injury law in and around El Paso and Southern New Mexico. We will fight to protect the rights of employees and injured persons in our community.


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TAP Expressions of Interest/
The Talent Accelerant Program has become a key component of HWA's High Performance Program, ensuring opportunities for a broader group of athletes are in place to access High Performance support and exposure, and an opportunity to accelerate athlete development and to support targeted long term development areas in the off-season.
2015/16 TAP Expression of Interests are now open.
Nominations close: 5pm Thursday the 10th September 2015.


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Cats. You Won't Steal My Joy or My Beer
Every child deserves a great Christmas. Since there is no snow in Los Angeles, I feel it is my responsibility to create my very own Winter Wonderland. The process started Wednesday night when Stella and I went to pick out her very first Christmas tree. For a three year old, she did a great job in selecting a tree.
We bring the tree home and put it in the living room. The cats, of course, can't keep their paws of it. I'm going to purchase some bitter apple to discourage them from eating the needles. But I didn't think they could knock the tree over. Well, I was wrong, this morning Jaimie called me while I was in the shower. I rushed into the living room to find this:
Can you believe this crap? They are trying to sabotage my Christmas. But I won't let them. They will now spend the next 30 days on the patio or locked in one of the bathrooms. It is this or do what "Bold As Love" suggested and drop them off at a Chinese Market. I'll keep you updated, but this weekend I will transform my living room from the cozy family home that it is into a Christmas marvel.
Note: The forecast is calling for rain today. The cats are trapped on the balcony. Ask me if I care. Hahahahahahaha!
This is not the first time I have caught them in the act of committing a class-A felony.
Now come on, what red-blooded man would allow such treachery in his home? They run through the house at five in the morning. They purr louder than a Harley, but I still let them lounge in the bed. They cuddle up with Jaimie more than I do, but I don't get jealous. But, to knock over my tree and touch my beer!!! I'm like Popeye now, "That's all's me can stand, cuz me's can't stands no more." They will not deprive me of this moment. I'm like the gentrification of a black neighborhood on the southside of Chicago... you can't stop progress, baby.


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Wine & Words Book Club @ Taris on the Water
Thursday, June 21, 2018 -
19:00 to 20:00
Join us in Taris on the Water's stunning wine cellar (25 West Main St.) for a stimulating discussion of "Big Little Lies" by Liane Moriarty while enjoying the various wines Taris has to offer. Participants are responsible for the full cost of their beverages. Spaces are limited, so please register early. Copies of the titles will be available at the Main Branch approximately one month before the meeting.
For more information, please call (905) 734-6210 ext. 2521 or contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com


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The enterprise is manufacturing quality Transformers and other Electrical Equipments for national agencies like Bangladesh Power Development Board(BPDB), Dhaka Power Distribution COmpany Limited (DPDC), Dhaka Electric Supply Company (DESCO), West Zone Power Distribution Company Limited (WZPDCL) etc. and for private organisations to contribute to the electrification of the country and the enterprise is contributing in saving foreign currency through deemed exporting.
The company is looking forward to implement Projects like Power Transformer manufacturing and manufacturing of single phase wound core Transformer to cater the demand of Rural Electrification.
To achieve the goal GEMCO has understated MISSION:
GEMCO is devoted to it's customers, nation and society through manufacturing and selling excellent quality transformers and other electrical equipments for the satisfaction of its customers and for the promotion of energy sector & society as well followed by a Quality Policy.
To become a world class organization and to manufacture world class electrical equipments with focus on customer satisfaction GEMCO has its VISION: To become excellence in Transformer business (manufacturing and selling) and contribute to national vision-2021.
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অতিরিক্ত সচিব
গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার
আবদুল জব্বার
ব্যবস্থাপনা পরিচালক
দুর্নীতি দমন কমিশন
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The National Weather Center houses a unique confederation of University of Oklahoma, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and state organizations that work together in partnership to improve understanding of events occurring in Earth's atmosphere over a wide range of time and space.
National Weather Center Library
With over 5,000 materials covering subjects including: meteorology, geography, GIS, climatology, mathematics, and physics, the NWC Library is a valuable resource to the National Weather Center, NOAA, and the University of Oklahoma communities. The Library provides electronic access to hundreds of scientific journals and is home to unique government documents and historical weather maps. The NWC Library supports the research, education, outreach, and operations of all NWC entities, and offers research services to the wider meteorological community in Norman and across the country. As the NWC Library is a joint venture of the University of Oklahoma and NOAA, the library facilitates access to both educational and federal resources.


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January 2017 Kenya Connection Newsletter
As we look ahead, goals have been set, budgets have been created and plans are underway for what we believe will be our greatest year yet! 2017 will be the 10th year of ministry in Kenya and we know God has great things for His works along the coast of Kenya.
August Update
Thank you so much for your continued support of Real 4 Christ Ministries and our child sponsorship program. Our team spent many hours loving on the children of Maasai Corner and MBEWAU Academy this summer! We enjoyed playing games in the classrooms, coloring pictures, doing crafts, playing soccer (they call it football), volleyball, jumping


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On March 31, following the 7:00 PM performance of BOY, the acclaimed new play by Anna Ziegler, Ken Corbett, Stuart Firestein, and Anna Ziegler will gather for a lively discussion about the personal and social issues the play raises concerning gender identity, the biology of sexual differences, how psychologists treat – and how society views - children of ambiguous sexuality.
Sociomedical Scientist Rebecca Jordan-Young, Biologist Darcy Kelley, and Director Linsay Firman join Journalist Robin Henig on March 24 for a post-performance talkback about BOY
On March 24, following the 7:00 PM performance of BOY, the powerful new play by Anna Ziegler, Rebecca Jordan-Young, Darcy Kelley, Harold Weintraub, and Linsay Firman will join journalist and moderator Robin Henig for what promises to be a lively discussion about the issues the play raises concerning gender identity, the sexual development of children, and how the treatment of children of ambiguous sexuality has changed since the time of the play.
Anna Ziegler on the Blinding Power of Love, Gender Reassignment, Parenting, Betrayal, and BOY
On March 10 of this week, the world premiere of Anna Ziegler's new play, BOY, opens as a co-production betwween Keen Company and The Ensemble Studio Theatre through the EST/Sloan Project...