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When it comes to obituaries of famous conservative religious figures, the question often is how far one should stick the knife in. This blog saw examples of sheer spite on the part of several media when Phyllis Schlafly died. Ditto for Tim LaHay.
Early coverage of the death of Cardinal Law on Tuesday shows a lot of knife activity on the part of the Boston Globe and New York Times and gentler judgment from some other quarters.
The key: Pay attention to how much information journalists provided about Law's work as a social activist in the 1960s.
We'll start with how the Globe covered it:
Cardinal Bernard F. Law, whose 19-year tenure as head of the Archdiocese of Boston ended in his resignation after it was revealed he had failed to remove sexually abusive priests from the ministry, setting off a scandal that reached around the world, died Tuesday, according to an official with the Catholic Church. He was 86.
Boston's eighth bishop and fourth archbishop, Cardinal Law was the highest-ranking official in the history of the US church to leave office in public disgrace. Although he had not broken any laws in the Commonwealth -- clergy were not required to report child sex abuse until 2002 -- his actions led to a sense of betrayal among many Boston Catholics that the church is still dealing with today…
In 2004, after Cardinal Law's resignation, Pope John Paul II appointed him archpriest of the Patriarchal Basilica of St. Mary Major, and he moved to Rome. The controversial appointment was a reminder of the regard in which the Vatican held Cardinal Law.
It's a well-rounded obit, albeit a pastiche of previous articles on the cardinal, who got massive coverage from the Globe.
Of course, the newspaper's reporting in 2002 ultimately led to a Pulitzer prize. Later, the Oscar-award-winning film, "Spotlight," told of how the newspaper investigated the massive amount of child sexual abuse cases by local priests. At the end:
The attorney general's office said the abuse extended over six decades and involved at least 237 priests and 789 children; of those, 48 priests and other archdiocesan employees were alleged to have abused children while Law was leader of the Boston archdiocese.
Law looked like someone from Central Casting assigned to play an august role.
As a young man, he had thought of the Foreign Service as a career; and with his thatch of white hair, thick build, square jaw, and deliberate speech, he had the distinguished appearance and demeanor of a banker or diplomat. More than that, Cardinal Law conveyed the sense of being someone conscious of having such an appearance and manner.
While the article heavily deals with Law's role in the scandal, it does tell of other ways he made history, such as proposing, in 1985, the creation of the first revised Catholic catechism since the Council of Trent (1545-1563); how he was seen as almost a liberal in the 1980s when he favored lifting the Cuban embargo, opposed the death penalty and reached out to immigrants years before it was fashionable.
It even injects some humor by relating how Law called out the wrath of God on his tormenters in the media.
Cardinal Law decried press attention to (abusive priest Rev. James R.) Porter. "The papers like to focus on the faults of a few," he said. "We deplore that. ... By all means, we call down God's power on the media, particularly the Globe."
The headline to the main piece was "Cardinal left Boston in disgrace;" two sidebars on the cardinal's job history and a third with the head: "I hope the gates of hell are swinging wide open" come with quotes from priestly sex abuse survivors. Seems that Law got a worse send-off than Charles Manson of whom I don't remember newspapers consigning to hell.
In the news dump of pieces from the Globe, I checked the archdiocese's web site Tuesday night my time and Law's death had still not been announced on it. Which is odd, in that Law's impending death has been whispered about for days.
The New York Times didn't even try to hide its distaste not only for the cardinal but for the church he represented.
His popularity was hardly universal. Some of his own clergymen called him arrogant and autocratic. To critics, and even to many Catholics who questioned church doctrines, he embodied the patriarchal, authoritarian ideologies of a hierarchy that rigidly opposed abortion, birth control, the ordination of women and changes in the traditional celibacy of an all-male priesthood.
What does opposition to abortion, birth control and priestly celibacy (which are core Catholic doctrines) have to do with Law? All cardinals tend to oppose that triad, so taking a slap at Catholicism in general is pure spite. There's lots to criticize about Law without trashing his church.
As the Times relates, Law was the first high-ranking prelate to lose his job over the scandal and bishops elsewhere took note of his reaction and planned accordingly.
As the scandal widened, demands for his resignation grew. They peaked in December 2002, when church documents released by plaintiffs' lawyers showed that Cardinal Law for years had transferred abusive priests without telling parishioners or law-enforcement officials, and that he had been more protective of the priests, and less of their victims, than he had allowed.
Nearly 60 priests signed a letter asking him to resign. Polls showed that three-quarters of the churchgoers in an archdiocese of millions believed that cases of pedophile priests had been covered up. Cardinal Law, his credibility in tatters, flew to Rome, and on Dec. 13 the pope accepted his resignation.
As always, the blog "Whispers in the Loggia" has details no one else has about the deceased cardinal, including how his death will play out in Rome.
Whenever it does, much as the moment is bound to bring a "media circus" to the American city Law bestrode as a colossus for close to two decades, according to long-determined plans, none of the eventual sendoff will take place in Boston. Instead, the cardinal's farewell is expected to follow the customary ritual for a top-level hierarch resident in Rome -- one which would take place within hours of his passing, and will inevitably involve the presence of the Pope, who traditionally enters St Peter's Basilica at the close of a Mass to lead the Final Commendation at the Altar of the Chair. (In addition, as with the death of every cardinal, Francis will issue a telegram of condolence, the wording of which will prove especially sensitive -- not to mention closely watched -- in this case.)
Though the venue would reflect the cardinal's radioactive standing in the US' public eye, it nonetheless serves to underscore the equally heated reaction to John Paul II's 2004 appointment of Law as archpriest of St Mary Major, a sinecure which made him the pontiff's delegate to one of Rome's four principal basilicas. In light of that role (from which he was retired by then-Pope Benedict XVI within days of turning 80 in 2011), Law will be buried in the crypt beneath the Liberian Basilica -- Christendom's oldest church dedicated to the Mother of God, the gold adorning its ceilings said to have been brought back by Christopher Columbus from his journeys to the "new world."
Crux ran a standard obit, reminding readers of the cardinal's many accomplishments before the devastation of 2002.
However, it matters when a reporter as prominent as John L. Allen, Jr., writes this kind of summary statement:
From the beginning, Law was at the center of virtually every major development in both the society and the Church of his time.
As a Catholic priest in Mississippi during the 1960s, he was an early proponent of the civil rights movement. Under his leadership, the diocesan newspaper in Natchez-Jackson adopted a strong stand in favor of civil rights and the emancipation of African-Americans, which earned him death threats.
Then, more information about Law's work in the public square:
Despite his reputation as a staunch conservative, Law continued to fight aggressively on behalf of the church's social justice agenda as well. He became known as one of the bishops' most effective emissaries on capital hill, once engaging in a celebrated behind-the-scenes showdown with the Bush administration over tax relief for the working poor, which ended with a personal intervention by Law with senior Bush adviser Karl Rove.
By 2001, Law was considered the most powerful cardinal in perhaps the most powerful country in the world, celebrated wherever he went in Catholic circles as a living legend.
The bottom line: Read the Crux obit, then read the obit in the Times. Compare the two.
The obituary is the last place for a person to get a hearing in this world.
A note to journalists: Spare readers the guesses on that person's eternal destiny or on what he or she deserves. There's a greater judge who rules on that, so keep the editorializing down and give us the facts, and only that, about the person's legacy and life.


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Rihanna has really stepped up her game the past couple of years. Not only has she done some hit collaborations with equally talented artists, but taken on the stage on her own, exemplifying power, toughness and beauty. Her unique sound and edgy rawness really comes out in her latest album "Talk That Talk." It's content is however extremely provocative with the majority being about sex, love and drugs, listen to "Cockiness (Love It)" or "Birthday Cake" and you'll see what I'm talking about. StreetRacer Productions have chosen their favorite tracks! Listen and enjoy the latest from Miss Rihanna.
And let's not forget how incredibly HOT Rihanna is! Check out the way she is rockin' the baggy jeans look:
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West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures for delivery in October fell 0.13% on Tuesday to $46.51 a barrel. Futures for benchmark Brent crude fell 0.37% to $51.24 a barrel.
Much of the U.S.'s refining capacity is located in the coastal region of Texas where the storm made landfall on Sunday night and where flooding has been worst. The storm is expected to lash the Gulf of Mexico's coast on Tuesday with the National Hurricane Center predicting as much as 50 inches of rain in some regions, contributing to "ongoing catastrophic and life-threatening flooding from Texas to Louisiana."
Exxon said a roof at the facility in Baytown "partially sank" because of heavy rain.
Apple on Monday confirmed that Sept. 12 will be the official launch party for its much-anticipated iPhone 8 release.
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PLAYTIME is almost here!
Bitsy is CRAZY excited to be heading to the Playtime New York trade show this weekend! We can't wait to see + feel the amazing product designed by many talented National and International children's wear brands. Also can't wait to share these designers' creations with our readers once we are back!
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Playa Ventanas is just outside of the Las Baulas National Marine Park next to Playa Grande from where one can reach Ventanas beach as well as Playa Carbón. Nearby Cerro El Mono can be climbed being bordered by platforms and rocky cliffs, in which in low tide, it is possible to observe colourful small fishes.
The beach at Playa Grande (next to playa ventana) is where the leatherback turtles come. They take over the beach from November to April, dig their nests one metre deep, lay their eggs and cover the pit with sand, returning once again to the sea. After 60 to 90 days, the hatchlings emerge and immediately make their way back to the water.
This grown sea turtle can measure up to 2,5 meters and weigh up to 700 kilos. Unlike other turtles, this species has no hard shell, but rather a black, leathery skin with ridges running lengthwise. It is the epitome of a nomad and its favourite food is the poisonous jellyfish. Like all other sea turtles, the leatherback spends its life in the warm, tropical seas, coming ashore only when the females nest.


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Move Over Valentine's Day, TODAY WE CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY
VALENTINE'S Day. The holiday that throws single people into a tailspin and everyone else into a chocolate coma.
I used to dread Valentine's Day because I've spent a vast majority of my life single.
I didn't have a boyfriend in high school.
Or college.
From middle school on, I watched in confusion and panic as the girls, teens and then women around me went through relationships like they went through boxes of tampons.
I never got asked out and I sure as hell wasn't brave enough to ask anyone out.
Granted, my high school years were chaotic. I spent the majority of my time trying to hide what was going on outside of school and once I got into college, my brother died tragically the summer before my sophomore year. The following three years, every fiber of my being went towards surviving my loss.
Or maybe it's because I had an impossible list of what I wanted in a man--
But once I moved to New York and started actively dating, I felt really insecure about my love life (or lack thereof). I was terrified that the guys I was seeing would find out that I'd never been in a relationship before and split. Afterall, what 24-year-old had never had a boyfriend before?
What did that say about me?
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But dating is pretty straightforward. Turns out the well-meaning, encouraging dumb dumbs who spent a decade telling me that I'd meet someone when I least expected it were wrong. I'd meet someone when I put myself out there and dated.
Eventually, I found myself in my first real relationship.
And then a second.
And after working through that heartache, I went for a third!
But after that heartbreak, I took a break.
I've been happily single and mingling for a while now and seeing as how Valentine's day is here, I want to talk about the holiday that I'm celebrating:
Independence Day.
I believe that love and selflessly giving our love away is one of the bravest things we can do. Because in order to truly give your love, you have to open yourself up, scars, flaws, glory and all, to someone else knowing full well that your love might not be requited or that one day, you'll be forced to survive the heartache it brings you.
For years, I used to revel in the sadness Valentine's day brought me. I'd feel depressed, alone, and honestly, a little worried that there was something wrong with me. (An ex once told me that breaking up with me was like breaking up with a TED Talk. What the hell did that even mean? Everyone loves TED Talks!? Why would he break up with a TED talk?)
I knew I wasn't just being dramatic, I'd been single for a long time. The cards were stacked against me.
So every year like clockwork, come February 14th, I'd drown my embarrassment and self-loathing in some red wine, watch the Sex and the City movie, and find ways to let everyone else's joy amplify my pain.
Maybe it's age, maybe it's the number of tumultuous relationships I've seen my friends have to go through, or maybe it's the fact that I've finally started putting myself first, but this year, I don't feel a twinge of sadness, embarrassment, or regret.
And that's why I'm celebrating Independence Day.
To all of you who have partners that you are brave enough to love, I celebrate you. I hope you take the time today to tell them how much you love them. Don't take them for granted. Celebrate each other. Valentine's Day may be a commercial holiday but that doesn't mean you can't celebrate the hell out of your person. From a small gesture to something bigger, you do you. Just don't take your person for granted.
And more importantly, to all of the ladies who refuse to settle for just good enough, just happy enough, and bravely choose to live your best lives; I salute your ambition and badassery.
Because it isn't always easy being single.
It's unimaginable to end, walk away from, or move forward from a relationship that is affected by a change of events.
Changes of heart.
The list goes on and on. Anything can happen.
But there are so many different types of love to celebrate. From self-love to romantic love, it doesn't matter who you're giving your love to, just take a minute to tell the people in your life who are worthy of your love how much you love and cherish them.
And to all the ambitious, independent women who have to deal with dating advice like this on the regular,
"You're too intimidating."
"You have to let him feel like he's in control."
"You need to make him feel like you need him."
"You care too much."
"You need to play the game."
F*ck that noise.
Keep your hearts open but keep your standards high. If you have to dumb yourself down or downplay your ambition, success, and accomplishments to win the love of someone else, that person doesn't deserve you.
Love huge. Love hard. Love often.
But don't let what feels like a lack of one type of love define who you are. You are more than a relationship.
Happy Independence Day.


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Alison Eastaway
Australian-born but Parisian at heart, Alison helps establish high-performing People practices in some of France's most promising tech startups. Today she's helping security startup Sqreen scale across Paris and San Francisco. With 11 years' professional experience she's still trying to work out a coherent narrative for her somewhat chaotic CV.
Twitter: @AlisonEastaway
Website: sqreen.io
Hajar Chokairi
A graduate of HEC and Polytechnique, Hajar co-founded ONORIENT in 2013. Through her professional experience at Bluenove and Essilor, Hajar has worked on innovation projects in emerging countries, particularly start-up ecosystems and cross-cutting open-innovation approaches. Through her commitment to ONORIENT, Hajar seeks to create links between innovation and the creative economy.
Twitter: @HajarChokairi
Website: onorient.com
Ben Costantini
Ben runs Startup Sesame, the global network of tech events and connectors, an innovation studio specialized in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. With more than ten years' of experience in conference organization, he has one of the most extensive and trusted networks of event founders in the world. An expert in the creative industries, Ben advises entrepreneurs and investors in early and growth stages of their projects.
Twitter: @bencostantini
Website: startupsesame.com
Julien Callede
Julien Callede is the Co-Founder of MADE.com, which launched in the UK early 2010 and has since expanded to France, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland, reaching over £100M+ in annual sales and still growing fast. Julien is currently taking space from his operational role at MADE.com to focus on mentoring opportunities with other entrepreneurs, including at LSE in London and HEC in Paris.
Twitter: @juliencallede
Website: @JulienCallede
Mohamed Haouache
Following a career in finance of nearly a decade in New York and Paris, where he specialized in hedge funds and in risk management, Mohamed is now the CEO and Co-Founder of Storefront, the world's leading global marketplace for short-term commercial space rental. He is currently focusing on developing the company's strategy and overseeing Storefront's continued expansion into new markets. Mohamed holds a J.D in Law, and a Master's in Finance.
Twitter: @Storefront
Website: thestorefront.com
Joel Halpern
After graduating from art school, Joel spent about 10 minutes as a starving artist before the business world found him. He began his career at St. Blues Guitar Co. There, he applied his creative skills to developing marketing plans that were instrumental in growing the global footprint for the company by expanding the product offerings to both South America and Europe.
Following experience as Marketing Director for Prudential Douglas Elliman and in research and consultation for Just Kid Inc., in 2012 Joel founded Loaded for Bear, a full-service brand development firm. The firm worked with clients all over the United States in various business sectors. In June of 2017 Joel joined a Paris based consultancy as a partner where he focused on developing branding and messaging for European companies looking to expand to the U.S. Now he consults with companies from all over the world on branding and marketing. He is a mentor for the Global Accelerator Network, StartCo., and The Refiners.
Twitter: @joelhalpern
Website: linkedin.com/in/joelghalpern
Hélène Mérillon
After spending five years at Merrill Lynch in London in M&A, Hélène became a serial entrepreneur and contributed to the development of several disruptive start-ups in the digital services sector. In 2000, she joined Egg, which grew to be a leading online bank in the UK (£1Bn IPO). Hélène then led the marketing launch of Poweo, a French independent energy operator. In 2011, she founded Youboox, a streaming service for books similar to Spotify.
Hélène graduated from HEC Business School in Paris and ENSAE (master in statistics and economics, Paris).
Twitter: @youboox
Website: youboox.fr
Sylvain Tillon
At 22, while still a student at EM Lyon, Sylvain Tillon launched Lucyf'Hair, his first company. Six years later, he left and created Sydo, still in existence today (14 employees).
He founded Tilkee in 2014, initially in parallel with his work at Sydo. Since then, he has successfully raised two rounds of funding (500,000 euros in seed money and 3.5 million euros in April 2018). The company now has 28 employees and will continue its international expansion into the UK and Germany.
Sylvain is also the co-author of three books: Je veux mieux vendre, 100 conseils pour planter sa boite, and Acceptez-vous de prendre pour associé.
Twitter: @sylvaintillon
Website: tilkee.fr
Santiago Lefebvre
Santiago is the founder and CEO of the ChangeNOW Summit, the international summit to boost world-changing solutions. In 2017, for its first edition, ChangeNOW gathered 2000 change-makers, investors, and media from 47 countries.
Santiago started his career in banking, then worked for several years for tech startups and events in Paris. He is also the founder of TEDxINSEAD, as well as the co-founder of Startup Career Day, France's biggest job fair dedicated to startups. Santiago graduated from an MBA at INSEAD in 2015.
Twitter: @changenowsummit
Website: changenow-summit.com
Sharon Sofer
After more than 15 years of marketing in the tech world, Sharon chose five years ago to devote her professional life to education by creating a project focused on science: Scientibox, a monthly subscription-based product. Then three years ago, she pivoted to create "Startup For Kids" and "Demain Commence Aujourd'hui", events that aim to prepare young people from 6 to 20 years old for the world of tomorrow, through workshops, conferences, hackathons, and more.
Twitter: @StartupForKids
Website: startupforkids.fr
Anne-Charlotte Vuccino
A graduate of HEC Paris Business School and former strategy consultant, Anne-Charlotte Vuccino discovered yoga at age 20, following a serious accident that left her disabled. She recovered through yoga and, in 2015, left her career to become a teacher. She created Yogist- Well at Work, the first "corporate yoga" startup" and her new method to combat stress and tension at work. Anne-Charlotte and her team work in France, Brazil, London and Singapour to help companies take care of their employees. To help spread the message of yoga, Yogist published a book that details the method (Comme un Yogist, which has sold over 15,000 copies), an e-learning program, and most recently a chatbot, which offers simple exercises to consistently improve employee wellness (bot.yogist.fr).
Twitter: @yogistbienoburo
Website: yogist.fr
Weerada Sucharitkul
Weerada Sucharitkul is the cofounder of FilmDoo. Having lived in eleven countries across five continents, Weerada launched FilmDoo to reflect the three things she's most passionate about: films, travelling and entrepreneurship. She has years of experience in digital strategy and innovation. Weerada has spoken extensively on digital distribution at international film festivals including Cannes, Edinburgh and Thessaloniki. She previously studied at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
FilmDoo is a global media company helping people to discover and watch great films from around the world, through both their own platform and their aggregate programme supplying films to third-party platforms and telcos. FilmDoo is also launching an exciting new online edutainment platform to help people learn languages and explore cultures through film, building on their large and rapidly growing film library of over 2,500 films from around the world. FilmDoo was recently successful in the French government's BPIFrance Concours d'Innovation funding programme to further develop their language learning platform, and are now looking for matched funding from private angels to kick off this next stage of the business.
Twitter: @FilmDoo
Website: filmdoo.com
Laurin Hainy
Laurin Hainy is the German born, CEO of the Paris based startup Predictus. He has a long background in entrepreneurship, and most recently headed up the startup studio and VC firm Le Studio.
His background is in corporate finance (Sciences Po Paris) and international law (HHS, The Hague).
Website: predictus.io
Vincent Nallatamby
Throughout his studies at ESSEC and UC Berkeley, Vincent specialized in business management, sales, and digital marketing.
He co-founded Tempow in January 2016, with the objective of bringing new audio experiences to everyone through improvements to Bluetooth. Within a few months, Tempow developed a software solution enabling users to simultaneously connect their phones to several Bluetooth speakers or headsets.
Now living between Paris, San Francisco and Asia, Vincent is offering Tempow products and solutions to the largest hardware manufacturers in the world.
Twitter: @VNallatamby
Website: tempow.com
Elsa Hermal
Elsa Hermal is a passionate entrepreneur and is very active in the French startup ecosystem. She worked for large corporates before deciding to pair her passion for food with her entrepreneurial drive, creating Epicery. The app offers a simple and convenient solution for busy people to fill their refrigerators with quality food, and also allows small business owners to develop their activity online.
She brought in investors and partners for Epicery, including Michaël Benabou and Jacques-Antoine Grandjon (Vente-privée.com), Jean-David Blanc (Allociné, Molotov.tv), Marc Ménasé (Nextedia, Menlook), Edouardo Ronzano (Kelodoc) and Kima Ventures, who have supported Epicery since its launch in 2016.
Elsa was named one of StartHer's 10 Women to Watch in 2018, and one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in France.
Twitter: @ElsaHermal
Website: epicery.com
Fabrice des Mazery
Fabrice des Mazery has been creating digital products for the last 16 years. After having created three startups and sold two of them, he worked as Head of Product and Growth at Deezer, the French Spotify. He's now Chief Product Officer at Thiga, and gives training and advice on product leadership, engagement and gamification design.
He's an ardent advocate of what he calls "digital responsibility" : the responsibility of creating products respecting the digital environment of the user.
Twitter: @desmazery
Bruno Margueritat
Bruno Margueritat is a Certified Scrum Trainer and Agile Coach based in Paris.
Over his 18 years of experience in software development, he has worked in various roles, including Agile coach, ScrumMaster, Trainer, Software Developer, Technical leader, R&D manager and Project Manager.
For the past nine years, Bruno has worked with a major French telecommunications company, helping teams and individuals on their journey to Agility. He is focused on creating high-performing, self-organizing teams who enjoy working together. He also uses his technical background to coach the teams to improve their developer skills.
As a frequent speaker at Agile conferences, Bruno also contributes actively to the Agile community.
Twitter: @bmargueritat
CEO de Tynkle, Alain Maisonneuve est originaire de Marseille, diplômé d'un master en management passionné de cinéma. Alain est en charge de la partie business développement de l'application Tynkle, du web marketing et de la communication. Il intègre STATION F avec son ami et associé Sabri en janvier 2018 pour développer Tynkle.
Sabri Said est le CTO de Tynkle, originaire de Marseille, diplômé d'un RNCP développeur informatique, passionné de nouvelles technologies. Sabri est en charge de la partie technique du développement de l'application Tynkle et de la création de contenus visuels. Il intègre Station F également en janvier 2018 en même temps qu'Alain.
Twitter: @TynkleFR
Website: tynkle.com
Mohammad Asim Maqbool & Alexis Fartek
Mohammad Asim Maqbool, originaire du Pakistan, arrive en France à l'âge de 6 mois. Très tôt, il a nourri l'ambition de dépasser les préjugés et de montrer qu'il est possible de réussir sans avoir toutes les cartes en main.
Après avoir eu un Master 2 Propriété Intellectuelle, Mohammad a travaillé 3 ans en tant que chargé de valorisation/ juriste. De jours en jours, sa soif d'aventures et de challenges était toujours plus vivace. C'est pourquoi, il s'est tourné vers l'entrepreneuriat afin de concrétiser ses ambitions. Grâce à la rencontre avec Alexis, l'aventure StreetyFood démarre!
Alexis Fartek est un jeune entrepreneur du Val d'Oise qui a lancé sa startup StreetyFood avec Mohammad après ses études de droit (propriété intellectuelle). Très tôt, il a sillonné la France avec ses parents qui lui ont fait découvrir les cultures culinaires locales et l'ont sensibilisé à la consommation responsable. De nature curieuse, musicien, voyageur, il noue des contacts pour constituer un réseau d'artisans restaurateurs dans toute la France.
Twitter: @StreetyFood
Website: streetyfood.fr
Maeva Botrel
Maeva Botrel is the co-founder of Sextechlab, a non-governmental association that aims to create a positive legal, political, and ethical environment for all stakeholders in sextech. They base their actions on caring and compassion, and are focused on tearing down barriers and opening minds to all the opportunities this topic brings.
Twitter: @sextechlab
Website: sextechlab.com
François Véron
François's early career included working at the French Ministry of Finance and in corporate functions at Casino, a leading French listed food retailer.
He joined the VC world in 1999 and invested in CDiscount, Allociné, Direct Energie and Xilam Animation, among others. In 2008 along with Patrick Malka, he launched Newfund, an early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Paris with offices in California. They invest mostly in France and the United States.
François is based in Paris and visits the US regularly.
Twitter: @Newfund
Website: newfundcap.com
Arthur Nobel
Arthur Nobel is the co-founder of Flexpat, a Dutch-based startup that helps freelancers, entrepreneurs, and creatives travel the world without compromising their careers. Arthur has previously worked as a startup advisor and investment analyst at several VCs, as well as a venture developer for Rocket Internet in Singapore. After he honed his skills in sales and strategy, he left his desk job to pursue his passion for traveling, and to make a living out of it. Arthur is convinced that the future of work is remote, and with Flexpat, he aims to empower more digital professionals to experience the location-independent lifestyle through remote work programs around the world.
LinkedIn: Arthur Nobel
Website: flexpat.com
Matthieu Lavergne
Matthieu is an Entrepreneur in Residence at L'Atelier BNP Paribas, where he acts as an advisor for startups and corporates in Europe going through the BOOST acceleration programs.
Prior to joining L'Atelier BNP Paribas, he was the co-founder & CEO of two tech companies, where he took on responsibilities in marketing, sales and fundraising.
He is also the co-founder and non-executive member of inFocus, a communication agency that works with social businesses worldwide.
Matthieu holds an MSc from HEC Paris and Texas A&M University.
Twitter: @latelier and @MatthieuLav
Website: http://boost.atelier.bnpparibas
Sven Deichfuss
"Despite better ideas, better talent, and better execution, European entrepreneurs will never win against their Silicon Valley competitors."
That was Svens disenchanted conclusion after working for several years as an international marketing consultant. In that role, he was able to compare the staggering differences in early traction between his American and European startup clients. As a German national, Sven got frustrated by the ways in which the scattered EU market creates nearly insurmountable disadvantages for entrepreneurs.
So in 2016 he stepped out of his marketing comfort zone and co-founded Neuland Alliance. Neuland enables startups to achieve early expansion by helping them navigate the complex and expensive cluster of legal, accounting, taxation and regulatory issues. Despite the initial focus on European startups, the mission now reaches far beyond borders and nations. Today, it is one driven by a desire for global equal access:
Neuland enable startups to become international leaders in their respective fields – no matter where they start from or want to expand to.
Twitter: @svenLE
Website: neulandalliance.com
Adrien Mennillo
Adrien is a 32-year-old father of two young boys and the founder of uTip. In 2011, he put aside a promising career in trading to launch his first startup, Tousdonateurs, which was his first experience with the world of digital advertising. This adventure came to an end after a few months, and he went back to work in banking and strategy consulting. In 2016, the birth of his first child was a wake-up call: he quit his consulting career to make the most of the first months of his family, and to learn to code. During that time he had the idea to create uTip, and started developing a Proof of Concept. Convinced by the early metrics and the overall enthusiasm generated by the project, he put together a team and created uTip in early 2017.
Twitter: @mennilloa
Website: utip.io
Tim Mevel
Tim is the Co-founder of HelloZack, a startup that simplifies selling your old Apple devices. He founded the company during his Master's program in entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley. HelloZack raised a seed round in January 2017 and now employ seven people in Paris. The idea for the company originated to when, at age 13, Tim helped his family and friends sell items on Ebay.
Tim places a great deal of importance on work/life balance and athletics, which is why on occasion, you might be able to see him officiating top tennis players at the US Open, Roland Garros, or the Australian Open. He graduated from École Polytechnique and Supaero in France, and studied a semester at UC Berkeley in California, all while rising up the ranks of tennis officiating to become a bronze badge international umpire.
Twitter: @timmevel and @HelloZackFR
Website: hellozack.fr
Thomas Ollivier
A specialist in logistics and strategy, Thomas has spent the bulk of his career with the French insurance company MAIF. Most recently, he has helped build and run a small team at MAIF, which works with startups to integrate new technologies and emerging practices into the company's functionalities.
Thomas's team focuses on the transformation of core business through developing the sharing economy and emerging practices. They build strong collaborations with startups and other actors throughout the ecosystem, adding new services for MAIF customers, contributing to a more collaborative society.
Twitter: @Ollitom72
Website: entreprise.maif.fr
Thomas Perret
Thomas is a graduate of the French engineering school ENSAE Paristech, and is also trained as an actuary. During his time at university, he gained valuable entrepreneurship experience working for Swouitch, a startup that facilitated object exchange through a mobile app.
He then worked at the investment bank Natixis, both in Paris and in New York. During his two years at Natixis, Thomas advised pension funds on their investment strategy. It was through this work that he discovered the asset management industry.
While he was at Natixis, Thomas created the startup Mon Petit Placement, which aims to democratize private banking for the 25-40-somethings. He left Natixis in August 2017, and has been working full time on Mon Petit Placement ever since; it will go live May 2018.
Twitter: @toto_perret, @petitplacement
Website: monpetitplacement.fr
Kurt Muehmel
Kurt Muehmel is Vice President for the EMEA region at Dataiku, the developer of Dataiku DSS, a collaborative platform for analytics and data science within the enterprise. As one of the early employees of Dataiku, Kurt led Dataiku's international expansion, including into the US market in 2015 and 2016. Kurt is now responsible for building Dataiku's team and business throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Kurt has seen Dataiku grow from 20 to 120 employees, and is now getting ready for 200 and beyond.
Prior to Dataiku, Kurt worked as a Big Four strategy consultant, a consultant to the United Nations, and a professional treasure hunt creator. Kurt was born and raised in Michigan, and moved to France following his graduation from the University of Michigan in 2006. Kurt now lives just outside of Paris with his spouse and two children.
Twitter: @kmuehmel
Website: dataiku.com
Florian Bercault
A graduate of Sciences Po and HEC Paris, Florian began his career at a crowd equity platform incubated by ENGIE. This passage through digital and inclusive finance pushed him to co-develop new methods of evaluating companies, including startups, serving investors. In parallel, Florian taught a module on "Social finance" at Sciences Po, as well as a module on economics and risk management at the International School of Information Processing Sciences (EISTI) and ESSCA. Multi-committed, Florian is Vice President of the Young Financial Executive's Club, member of the Advisory Board of Orange Business Services, Vice President of the Franco-British Connections, and member of the committee of the editorial board of Preventive Risk management. He publishes regularly in both national and specialized media.
Twitter: @FlorianBercault
Website: estimeo.com
Marion Chapsal
Marion Chapsal coaches leaders in executive presence, presentation skills and gender-balanced leadership.
Trained and certified by Pragmacoach and Mozaik International, she is a Master NLP coach. She was trained in Speech and Drama at the Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique de Lyon.
A graduate of SKEMA business school Sophia Antipolis, Marion has over twenty years of experience in the Education Management field. Her clients today range from Start-up founders, TEDx Speakers to top executives from luxury companies, such as EDF, Orange, Imerys, Mylan, Sanofi, Engie, Sodexo and the French Overseas Development Agency. She teaches at HEC Paris Executive.
Founder of #WomenOnStage. #TedxSpeaker. Sees life as a #comicstrip. Believes in #fairytales.
Twitter: @MarionChapsal
Website: geronimocoaching.me
Ken Homer
What if conversations are the primary means by which two or more people get work accomplished? What would be the minimum viable set of conversations that would allow people to come together and define a mutually desired future, plot a pathway to realizing their aims, anticipate breakdowns, build relationships of mutual trust and respect, produce quality results, and foster learning?
Those are questions that Ken has been exploring for the better part of 20 years. Trained as an Integral Coach, with a background that includes a decade on the core team that developed the World Café dialogue process, Ken works at the intersection of individual, team, and organizational learning to open up new vistas of thinking while finding practical steps for effective action. Ken's Collaborative Conversations methodology details the stages and phases that any group will need to move through on their way to producing their desired results. Ken is the President of the Bay Area Society for Organizational Learning (SoL) and will be co-chairing the 2018 SoL North America Annual Gathering.
Twitter: @ken_homer
Website: collaborativeconversations.com
Ethan Pierse
Ethan Pierse is the Venture Partner at a new Silicon Valley fund focused on AI and deep tech. Former Managing Partner Nest Ventures. Founder of leading international investor syndicate Borderless Ventures for FrenchTech and ASEAN startups. Keynote speaker on Corporate Innovation, Industry 4.0 and Smart Cities. Author, "Chief Startup Officer, How Corporates Can Leverage Startup Innovation". Serial entrepreneur in digital and e-commerce. 20+ years digital marketing strategy with Coca-Cola, HP, BP, large banks, airlines and governments... Ethan connects and enables cross-border startup investment and business development between the US, France and Southeast Asia.
Twitter: @EthanPierse
LinkedIn: @EthanPierse
Eva Peris
Eva Peris is the former Deputy CMO of Once Dating, the #1 slow dating app in Europe that counts more than 6 million users worldwide in 9 countries. Before joining Once, Eva was the User Acquisition Manager and spokesperson for happn app. She holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Private Law from the University Panthéon Assas in Paris, as well as an LLM in Entertainment Law from the University of Westminster in London.
She recently joined Ironhack, the #1 ranked coding bootcamp in the world, as their VP of Marketing.
Twitter: @oncetheapp
Website: http://getonce.com/
Jean-Francois Morizur
Jean-François Morizur is the CEO of CAILabs. Before founding CAILabs in 2013, he was a Senior Associate at the Boston Consulting Group in their Paris office.
Jean-François holds two Doctorates from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie and the Australian National University, and is a graduate of Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris.
Jean-François was selected as one of Forbes' 30 under 30 in Science & Healthcare in 2016.
Twitter: @CAILabs
Website: cailabs.com
Damien Courbon
Damien Courbon is the Co-founder and COO of Swapcard, an event networking app that works with organizers in order to enable meaningful encounters during business events. They're currently a team of 22 people based in France and Canada, and hiring more talent.
Damien is passionate about startups, backpacking, remote work, and of course, events!
Twitter: @DamienCourbon and @swapcard
Website: swapcard.com
Anne Ravanona
Anne Ravanona is Founder & CEO of Global Invest Her, a platform and online community for early-stage women entrepreneurs that demystifies the funding process & helps them get investor-ready, to get funded faster. A dynamic and passionate women's advocate with over 22 years experience in global business, she spoke at TEDx to inspire everyone to 'Invest in Women Entrepreneurs'. She also advises Fortune 500 companies on Gender Diversity as a Consultant.
Anne is a regular, acclaimed speaker at conferences worldwide, to raise awareness and help change unconscious bias increase Access to Funding and to close the $300 billion 'Funding Gap' for women entrepreneurs.
An entrepreneur herself, Anne is very active in the global startup world, including as a judge at pitch competitions, mentor and speaker at StartupWeekend Women, C-suite Advisor at Astia and advisor to several tech startups.
Anne contributes regularly to the Huffington Post, showcasing great women entrepreneurs, investors and leaders through her Trailblazing Women Series and was recently named one of
• Women in Fintech Powerlist 2017
• 47 awesome Women in Tech 2017
• Women in Fintech Powerlist 2016
• 30 incredible Irish people leading a European invasion
•26 Great People Spearheading Change in Tech Investment 2016 and
• 100 Women in Tech whose names you need to know 2016 by Silicon Republic.
Twitter: @anneravanona or @globalinvesther
Website: Global Invest Her
Robin Lepercq
Robin spent most of his career as a salesman for a variety of businesses in France and Spain, in domains from retail to IT. He is the co-founder of FreelanceRepublik, an online community that helps tech teams to hire freelancers through a highly selective process. Launched in 2015, FreelanceRepublik specializes in the fields of web and mobile development, as well as project management. The website currently has over 7500 members, including top-level companies and hundreds of the best tech experts on the market.
Twitter: @Freelance_Talks
Website: http://www.freelancerepublik.com
Tamara Brisk
Tamara joined WiredScore as Director in France in 2016, bringing her expertise of the French real estate industry and her knowledge in new technologies to the company. Prior to that, her passion for new technologies led her to join Front Row, a start up in San Francisco, as the Business Development Director and a member of the executive committee leading Series A fundraising activities. She began her career in the Private Equity Group at Bain & Company in New York. Tamara earned a BA in Political Science from the University of Chicago and an MBA at the Kellogg School of Management.
Twitter: @WiredScoreFR, @WiredScore
Website: http://wiredscore.com
Timothée Rebours
Timothée is the co-founder of Seald, a company that aims to simplify the security of documents and emails with a nearly-transparent encryption tool. Seald works for companies who want to protect their most sensitive data, without having to force their employees to use very complicated tools.
Timothée is an engineer from the École Polytechnique in France, he's been using encryption tools since he was 12, and wants to bring these kinds of tools into the mainstream by making them ridiculously easy to use.
Twitter: @SealdHQ
Website: http://www.seald.io/
Olga Egorsheva
Olga's first taste of entrepreneurship arrived in the form of a family photography business which she founded with her father back in 2005. From there, she broadened her global expertise by working across a diverse array of cities, including Oslo, Paris and Bonn. Following an MBA, which involved hands-on corporate entrepreneurship experience, she settled in London with an ambitious idea to disrupt the content search and licensing field forever. Joining forces with two co-founders, this new venture was announced to the world from the stages of TechCrunch Europe.
Lobster is an AI-powered platform which enables brands, agencies and the media to licence visual content directly from social media users and cloud archives. It's quickly become a truly global phenomenon, with offices in London and Moscow, and an ever-extending international fanbase. Aside from TechCrunch Disrupt, other speaking opportunities have included the IAB European Advertising Congress, Data Natives, Pirate Summit and Social Media Week.
Twitter: @lobster_it
Website: http://lobster.media
Edouard Alligand
Edouard Alligand is the founder and CEO of QuasarDB. Edouard has a strong technical background with a heavy focus on kernel programming and system programming.
Twitter: @quasardb
Website: http://www.quasardb.net
Casandra Delage
Cassandra is the founder of Plast'if, a machine that recycles employees' plastic waste and allows them to 3D print new objects with it, creating a fully visible and complete recycling system. This illustrates that our actions have an impact and we have the opportunity to create a greener society.
Cassandra launched her first startup when she was 16 years old and has organized a TEDx conference of over 200 people, international speakers, and 10 startups.
Twitter: @cassdelage
Website: http://www.plastif.com/
Hind Elidrissi
Hind Elidrissi is the Co-Founder of Wemind, a service that aims to provide freelancers and entrepreneurs with the same benefits as salaried employees, including health insurance, housing, and discounts. Prior to starting Wemind, Hind worked in a variety of roles in insurance business development.
Twitter: @wemindio
Website: https://www.wemind.io/
Sébastien Couture
Sébastien Couture is Co-Founder and Technology Evangelist at Stratumn. Stratumn leverages blockchain technologies to provide enterprise-grade solutions that allows any organization to securely collaborate with partners, customers, and regulators. With over a decade of experience in digital strategy, he has worked with a diverse set of companies from various industries better embrace and utilize digital technologies. Having discovered Bitcoin in 2013, Sebastien is also the host of Epicenter, a leading podcast covering the blockchain ecosystem.
Twitter: @seb2point0
Websites: https://stratumn.com, https://epicenter.tv
Léonidas Vesperini
Léonidas Vesperini is the founder of Mythic Games. A Frenchman and former gaming journalist and magazine editor, Léonidas created his super successful board and tabletop game company that now has offices in Luxembourg, the US, and Paris. Thanks to his background and broad connections with fellow game enthusiasts and craftspeople around the world, he put together a truly global team to build enormously successful Kickstarter campaigns for a couple of games so far, and there are more in store! Check out the Kickstarter for his new game, Time of Legends: Joan of Arc, launching October 10th!
Twitter: @Leo_Vesperini
Websites: https://www.facebook.com/Joan.of.Arc2017, http://www.mythicgames.net
Phil Waknell
Phil Waknell is one of Europe's leading experts in the new art of presenting, and speaks regularly at major corporations and conferences about better business communication. He teaches business presenting at HEC Paris Executive Education, Europe's leading executive business school, and is the author of The Business Presentation Revolution.
Phil has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs and TED(x) speakers to prepare and deliver high-impact presentations, as well as coaching leaders at many of Europe's top companies, delivering seminars and workshops around the world, and acting as Master of Ceremonies for major international events.
Prior to co-founding Ideas on Stage in 2010, Phil spent many years in leadership positions in Procter & Gamble and Hewlett-Packard, and holds an Executive MBA from HEC Paris.
Twitter: @philpresents
Websites: https://www.ideasonstage.com, https://philpresents.wordpress.com


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We've upgraded to a larger, ten-lb. capacity Diedrich. Although everything else remains as rustic as can be, we are now able to create larger batches of Steep Rock, Romford, Torrefazione Washington, and the other coffees that you'll find listed here.
Thanks to New CT Farmer Alliance for bringing the coffee to more folks this month and next, and to the Gilmore Girls Fan Fest and the Washington Supply Co. for doing the same back in October. We are looking forward to pairing up with Plum Brook Chocolate at The Smithy again next January for a tasting (probably from 1-3pm on Saturday the 14th; stay posted!).
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Santa Clara Business Liability Insurance
Santa Clara business liability insurance will cover just about any liability hazard that might occur at your Santa Clara, California company site. Instead of taking a chance where you need to pay for these expenses directly out of your own pocket, you can instead have this plan in place and all you need to do is pay the deductible. Not only is this much more efficient in terms of taking care of these claims, but it also reduces your financial responsibility and allows you to continue running a successful establishment.
In order to find out more information on what Santa Clara business liability insurance covers exactly, there are websites online dedicated to this research. This will help you in your search for the right plan and being able to configure your coverage options in the way that is most beneficial. This will also help you select providers based on what features and services may include in your policy and which are unnecessary for your particular category of business. The Santa Clara business liability insurance can also be customized in several different ways and tailored to exactly your coverage and financial means.
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You may instead be looking to renew your plan for Santa Clara business liability insurance and this is the case, then it's still wise to shop around. Just because you have been with a certain Santa Clara, CA business liability insurance provider for a long time does not mean you are receiving the most economical rates possible. Rather, be sure to look through the various Santa Clara business liability insurance providers and see what they can offer you that might save you money and give you better California small business liability insurance service at the same time.
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When you are looking through the prices you receive for Santa Clara business liability insurance from these providers, there are some things you want to take a look at including what fees and charges might be included. While not all providers use these to offset their costs, some companies do have them in place and you want to be sure that you're reading your estimate correctly. This may increase your monthly payment if you're not aware of them and can end up making what was originally a cheap estimate something that is a little harder to consistently pay. Rather, make sure you read through each line of your cheap business insurance price quotes carefully so that you are aware of exactly where your CA monthly investment is going and what it is purchasing.
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Fifth Annual Creepy Critters Special Event
In celebration of National Wildlife Refuge Week join us for our fifth annual Creepy Critters special event! Anyone who dares to learn about bats, frogs, lamprey, moths, owls, snakes, bees and more is invited to attend a FREE "Creepy Critters" trick-or-treat event on Thursday, October 18th starting at 4:00 p.m. at the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge Visitor Center located on Brice Prairie.
This slightly scary adventure is appropriate for children and adults of all ages. Costumes are encouraged! Event activities will be held both indoors and outdoors; please dress for cold weather. The event will be held rain or shine.
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.: Tantalizing Tales and Discoveries! Inside the Visitor Center, guests may enjoy "Creatures of the Night" – live programming by nature humorist David Stokes, face painting, and a "bat cave" where visitors can experience life as a mother bat seeking her babies through her sense of smell.
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.: Creepy Critters "Trick-or-Treating." Fill your brain with facts as you fill your bag with trinkets! Walk around our outside 1/3 mile trail loop while learning the truth behind myths of various "creepy critters" from our region. Live owls, falcons, lamprey, frogs, and a snake will also be on hand to contribute to the educational festivities. Step into puppet show tent for an interactive, imaginative performance!
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.: "The Unhuggables: Animals Nobody Loves" Join us in the multipurpose room for an exciting 60 minute live animal program presented by environmental educator, David Stokes. Seating for the program is first come, first served.
We would like to thank our sponsors and partners:
Friends of the Refuge – Mississippi River Pools 7 & 8, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Fisheries Center, the National Audubon Society, Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Mycology Club, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Western Technical College & WisCorps, as well as the many volunteers who support this event.
For more information, contact the La Crosse District Office at (608) 779-2399 or visit the facility located at N5727 County Road Z, Onalaska, WI. Visitor center hours are Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. The center is closed Sundays and all federal holidays. Information may also be found on the Refuge's webpage: http://www.fws.gov/refuge/upper_mississippi_river/.
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We all know from experience the particular sensation of coming home after a long journey. That not-quite-soft landing which rarely (if ever) smooths out. We spent the week immediately following our Type Rider adventure - and the deeply heartfelt celebration of our wedding that marked the end of it - tucked away by the Chain o' Lakes in northern Illinois, cozied up with friends and family. It was a little hard to stop moving, but we were both grateful for the stillness, the lap of waves on Pistakee Bay, the afternoon cocktails, the languid conversations in lawn chairs, being with the boys again after a month apart. We took small, local trips to Lake Geneva and the massive Volo Auto Museum (with its 5 antique malls!), made burgers on the grill, took evening boat rides, read books, did laundry, and unpacked the car enough to clear up the back seat for the ride home with the kids.
On the day before departure, we stopped in at Jack Benny Center for the Arts in Waukegan's Bowen Park, where we'd donated one of our final Little Free Libraries. Claudia welcomed us with open arms, leading us to the freshly installed library (wrapped in a red-plaid bow for its official ribbon-cutting) and offering up two bottles of water. We'd meant to ride that day, give our legs a little spin of 25 miles, but the roads to Waukegan (at least the ones that led straight there) were not particular scenic of bicycle-friendly, so we'd hitched the tandem to the back of the car. Nevertheless, we had a sweet early afternoon celebration with our Tiny Traveling Library books strewn onto a picnic blanket, a few tandem poems, and a hearty collection of donated books which promptly stuffed the library.
And then, a two-day roadtrip back to New Jersey, with the boys itchy and testy in the back seat. We raced through the interstate but even that took over nine hours to Cleveland Heights, OH, where we stopped for the night (and the best burgers in the world) at Jean's house. Jean had received the last of our Little Free Library donations and had installed a Jonatha Brooke Honorary Library on her front lawn, complete with lyrics from "Be True" (and the movie "Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure"). She let the boys test out her pale aqua scooter while we caught up on her front porch. After dinner, we all walked to Sweetie Fry for amazing handcrafted ice cream, then staggered into bed. We slept hard and woke to the smell of coffee, biscuits, and bacon. The morning was sweet and peaceful, and we all tried out the slack line outside before saying goodbye and finding the highway again. The boys were thankfully quiet most of the way back, save for a small stretch during the final 2 hours of the drive when we were all ready to pull our hair out from exhaustion.
We pulled up to our driveway just before 5:30 p.m., and these past 5 days we've been returning to our life here, unpacking and redistributing the things we took with us, taking inventories of what we need to restock, cleaning up the studio to prepare for next week's art camp, getting Charlie up and running for nightly football practice, trying to get Evan to do his summer reading, and making lists of the what-nexts. Settling down and settling in.
It's not easy. There is a feeling of overstimulation, of being pulled in too many directions, of needing to occupy too many identities. On the road, it was simple - ride the bike, write poems, repeat. There was a constancy and consistency of movement and routine. Here, we find ourselves in staccato, stopping and starting a collection of disparate activities that have us flagging by 5 o'clock. Deep sleep has been necessary but hard to come by. The day careens on as we try to steady footing.
And still, of course, we keep moving. As we must. Today it's a presentation at Kateri Day Camp in Morganville, NJ. Tomorrow we host our fellow tandem cyclists Francien and Tijn, who are wrapping up their cross-country adventure (much more impressive than ours, given that they ride a back-to-back recumbent). This weekend, we finalize the studio cleanup and prepare for almost a dozen tween girls descending on Monday. But we'll steal off for a night or two before school starts - we know when we need to catch a breath - before we start designing and planning and plotting for the workshops, events, and adventures to come.
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You can always go home. Whatever troubles and pain took you away you can always come back and smooth them away.
You can always go home. Whatever troubles and pain took you away you can always come back and smooth them away.
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It's very painful when we experience the death of a loved one, and the grieving process is different for everyone. One thing to remember is that there is no time limit in grieving. Those that might say, "It's time to put this behind you," or, "It's been a year now and you should be over it…" etc. SHAME ON THEM! There is NO time limit.
When a loved one dies we go through stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance and everything in-between. Every stage is different for each of us, and at some point memories of this person will fill your mind. Remember, memories don't have to be sad or even make you mad. They can be funny, happy memories that make you laugh and fill you with joy.
My co-worker and I told the children going through the bereavement program that it was okay to laugh, and have funny memories. They looked surprised. But as they talked about their loved ones and told little stories—some sweet and some funny, they seemed to relax and accept that memories can be funny and laughter is always good for the soul.
I love remembering the happy and mostly funny memories of those I have lost. I find it comforting. Sure there were plenty of bad and some very sad times, but I only care to remember the good ones. Sometimes I'm surprised about how many hilarious memories I have. Makes me wonder why I ever thought things were so bad.
Nothing lasts forever and that includes the pain you may be in right now. As long as you can remember, then the memories of your loved ones will never fade. They will bring you comfort on a cold night. They will fill your heart with joy and treasured thoughts, and they will make you laugh as well as cry because of the richness they give your life.
We can get embarrassed when we tear up in public, but maybe we shouldn't. Tears are the way of clearing our bodies of emotion and the stress we carry around. It's a beautiful way of cleansing and setting our bodies back into balance.
Some people think it's a sign of weakness, but it's really a sign of being human and caring. There are tears of joy and tears of pain, but whatever the tears don't hold them back, let them flow.
It's true that there are times when you can't just break down and sob, but you can tear a little bit and maybe sob later. When I'm working with a child in bereavement and he or she starts to cry, it breaks my heart and the tears start to fill my eyes. I can't just lose it; I have to be there for the child. So I stay in command of my tears by concentrating on helping the child and only letting a few come into my eyes. I also have to get over my embarrassment, but we tell the kids that tears are always okay and maybe seeing tears in my eyes makes that really so.
Feeling joy or pain is part of our journey and so are the tears that accompany all of that. Don't be afraid; feel what you feel and let yourself connect to the moment and to life itself. We are all just human, so let's be that. Be a beautiful feeling human.
No matter how old we are negative fragments from our childhood seem to travel along with us. Most of the time we pay them no mind, or don't even realize they are hitching a ride with us. Then one day something happens in our lives and a chain reaction takes place and those little fragments come alive and blow up in our face. And it will happen again and again until we decide to eradicate the little monsters and set ourselves free.
"Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion."
"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path."
~ Buddha
Make today the day that the past ends and the present begins. show compassion to yourself and suffer no more. Facing those who have hurt you rarely works because egos get in the way and conversation becomes a ping-pong ball match where there are no winners.
In the end, the only true way to do way with past fragments is to open a door in your mind and let them out. And leave they will, when the decision to live only "Now" is finally made. Once all the fragments are out, the next thing to do … learn to Forget.
"If you live in the past you get what the past gives you–bad experiences." ~ Cesar Millan
Sometimes the pain of hurt is more than you can bear.
It lies within your very soul ripping it to shreds.
The only way to lessen its hold is to accept its presence and then, let it go.
Put this hurt on the back of a majestic mystical bird.
Majestic one, just take flight.
Fly far, far, away across the open sea.
And then drop that hurt into the deep violent waters of this massive sea.
Hurt will sink deeper and deeper, finding its way to the darkest parts of the ocean abyss.
And there it will remain forever more.
Give flight to all your hurts and then take a deep breath of relief.
Now, it is time to live your life once again.
"All you really need to remember is that NOW is where the past ends and the future begins." ~ Robert Holden
Enjoy your sweet memories of days gone by–there is nothing wrong with thinking about and reliving the good past memories we all have. Trouble only begins when we live only in the past and forget about living and enjoying the present. Trouble also happens when we let the past invade the now of our lives and deposit little demons that keep us from being truly happy.
I used to tell my mother if she absolutely had to revisit something in her past to make a very short visit and get out quickly! It didn't always work very well because she would get herself stuck there and the demons would rain down on her. She would try to chase them away with wine, tranquilizers, and the occasional highball, but none proved very effective. I even tried getting her to visualize lighting a match to the past, but she would just say, "I can't."
"Nothing ever happened in the past that can prevent you from being present now." ~ Eckhart Tolle
Treasure and let yourself flow along with those sweet beautiful memories of your life experiences, but never allow the painful demons of your past to interfere with the life you are leading right now.
Always remember, besides being a good person and giving back, you are supposed to be enjoying your life. Submerge yourself in the beauty all around and in life itself, and never ever say,
"I can't" because you know you always CAN!
"At this point in history we have a choice to make to either walk a path of love or be crippled by our hate." ~ Stevie Wonder, A Time For Love
It's interesting how when you say the word "hate" how it leaves a bitter taste in your mouth. It's such a strong in your face kind of word that you can actually feel pain when you say it, or it is said to you.
Hate and anger are best buddies. You can't have one without the other, and they both seem to populate too often. Everywhere you look some human hates another human. And some of these haters even hate creatures that aren't human. How can we ever hope to share and live in harmony on this planet if there is so much hatred?
When people hate they have fear inside. They fear what they don't understand. And when they're too lazy, or choose to be ignorant and don't seek knowledge, they hate instead. I always thought as humans became part of the global society they would learn acceptance, but that doesn't seem to always be true.
What's happening to love? Is it becoming extinct like the polar bears? Maybe it never actually existed in the first place. Love might be some myth told to us when we were children to keep us feeling safe from a scary world.
Have you ever thought what would happen if everyone stopped all the hatred and started to love instead? Look at all the good we could accomplish on this planet if we put all that positive energy to work. Hate, being negative energy, is just plain wasteful.
Notice when you say the word "LOVE," how smooth and sweet it sounds. I wish that I heard it more often.
"Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule." ~ Buddha


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Bethesda have announced that Fallout: New Vegas has shipped a good five million copies since launch. This along with a "heavy volume of digital downloads" has generated a whopping $300 million in sales.
"We are delighted by the reception Fallout: New Vegas has received from fans around the world," said Bethesda president Vlatko Andonov.
"Despite the large launch quantities for this title, we have already received substantial re-orders from our retail partners, underscoring the tremendous popularity of this highly entertaining game. We believe Fallout: New Vegas will be the must buy title for gamers throughout the holiday season."
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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine.
Are you looking for an easy way to monetize your blog? As a blogger there are a lot of ways that you can make money, but it may seem overwhelming where to start when you are new.
One of the first ways that I monetized my blog was through sponsored posts. These posts are written by me about particular topics that fit into the style and writing of my blog. When you are first starting out as a blogger you may not know how to obtain sponsored posts. An easy way to begin is my signing up with IZEA. IZEA is an online platform that connects bloggers with brands. They offer sponsored posts as well as ways to monetize Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Which means you will get paid for tweeting or using other social media channels to promote brands that they offer on their platform.
If you are not already a member of IZEA, you can start by signing-up and creating an account for your blog. Once you have an account you will have access to their dashboard with all of their current offers. You will have the opportunity to read about each campaign and see if it fits well with your blog. The dashboard will provide all the details you need to complete each campaign including the brand name, deadline and platform that you will need to use to share the information {ie. blog, Twitter, etc.}.
If you find an offer that you think would be a great fit with the content on your site then you can bid on the campaign. Be sure to read over all of the requirements before bidding. Most offers will show the maximum amount of money that you can bid for each offer. If your bid is accepted you can then start to create the content required within their platform.
Once you have completed the work you will send it over for approval. Sometimes this may take a day or two, but once it is accepted you will have to copy and paste the text they approved and place it in a post on your blog. You will be required to submit the link to verify you posted it on your site.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Victor Ortiz: Tale of the TapeSeptember 15, 2011
Victor Ortiz defends his WBC welterweight world championship this Saturday September 17 at the MGM in Las Vegas against undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Ortiz is the hero from Kansas who has risen from poverty to a chance of a lifetime. Mayweather is the famous villain who has berated opponent after opponent, before ultimately beating them.
Many want the reign of Mayweather to end and view Ortiz as the brightest beam of hope for Mayweather's first loss in a long time.
Ortiz is the younger, stronger world champion who stays active. Mayweather is the more experienced, more decorated former world champion who is coming back from yet another year-long period of inactivity.
Mayweather has had troubles with southpaws before as evident in his battle with Zab Judah back in 2006 when he almost suffered a knockdown in the second round.
Ortiz has trouble with slick boxers based on his draw he earned against Lamont Peterson during December of last year on the undercard of Amir Khan vs Marcos Maidana.
Here's the tale of the tape:
|Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr.
Full Name
|Victor "Vicious" Ortiz
|34 years, 7 months
|24 Years 8 Months
|72 inches
|70 inches
|Grand Rapids, Michigan USA
|Garden City, Kansas USA
Mayweather will struggle to shake the dust in the first three to four rounds. Then he will adjust and outbox Ortiz to a unanimous decision.
The fight will not be easy for Mayweather, he will still have to be on his toes after the rough initial rounds. Ortiz has enough explosive power to end the fight at any given moment.
If Mayweather has too much rust to properly use his reflexes to give Ortiz the hell many boxing experts know he can give him, he will be dethroned and suffer his first loss.
I'm betting that won't happen and Mayweather's ready to go. Mayweather by unanimous decision, 117-111.


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If you know me well, you know that foodie is not a term for me, but gluttony is LOLLL so when the Sarawak's Bloggers team asked who would like to join for the food review @ Zest Restaurant (Miri Marriott Resort & Spa), I quickly said yes. Tbh, I'd joined the Sarawak's Bloggers group for quite a while dy and have always been ignoring their msg/invitation HAHAHAHA because 我真的很anti social的啦 认识我的人不会觉得我anti social可是叫我认识新朋友我真的会很尴尬&没话题和他们聊啦
But I don't know what gotten with me on that day (lol) and I actually said yes to the invitation (prolly for the food, yes, it's for the food lol).
Long story short, I went and I'm glad I went for it (apart from being glad cos I get to eat good food LOL).
"To welcome the holy month of Ramadan, Miri Marriott Resort & Spa offers guests an extravagant iftar feast to share the bliss of the holy month."
Upon arriving at Zest Restaurant, we were welcomed by the scrumptious spread of Ramadan delights. I can't wait to dig those food in can't wait can't wait.
Mussels! And now I wondered what's that mandarin oranges doing up there? HAHAHA
The beef tataki was so good but not for the salmon gralax. It was too salty imo.
YAS PLS! I loveeee sushi and the only thing I wished is please prepare chopsticks!! It feels weird to eat sushi with spoon & fork don't y'all think so? The sushi however was good and that peanut sushi was something new for me, nevertheless, still good.
Malaysian's appetizers, ulam-ulam & fresh fruits! I'm not a fan of ulam food but I tried the spicy & sour kinda vermicelli and it was pretty good. 就很开胃咯!
The sambal udang was so good and flavorful! Anything with sambal is a YES for me. Just that I'm lazy to peel off the skin lol.
Both Oxtail Stew and Beef Rendang were so tender and delectable. The beef rendang could easily be my favourite for the night.
There were a few live cooking stations and this was my favourite station haha! Choose your choice of pasta & fillings and base and pass it over to the chef. Since I'm totally a cheese and cream person so I opted for their spaghetti with carbonara sauce & bacon and I think I made the right decision. So good so good so good. Pls do remember to ask for some cheese sprinkle from the chef! There's never too much cheeses.
Next to the pasta station was this, the grill station. While waiting for the chef to cook/heat up my pasta, I grabbed the grilled beef. If you're not a beef person, there were grilled fish and grilled chicken as well.
Soto Ayam which I didn't try it out because I'm not a fan of soto LOL but it did look good.
And this noodle station which was the kids' favourite station of the night. With 2 type of soup bases (beef/chicken), you get to choose between 4 different type of noodles.
I totally forgot to try this out T_T I know right, like this was totally one of the main of the main dishes but I missed it out!!! Sigh
MY FAVOURITE CORNER!!! I could literally skip everything and just start on this section LOLLL.
Out of all the desserts, I like their berries cheesecake the most!!!! So nice la I feel like having some again!! Oh, and the carrot cake was so damn good as well!! My first time trying out carrot cake and zomg so good hahaha. Never a fan of carrot but what sorcery is it that carrot cake doesn't taste like carrot hahahahaha.
Didn't check this out but prolly ice kacang eh and they have ice-cream as well but like very limited choices la.
Guava juice & bandung! The bandung was so good guava juice however was a little too bland.
Another favourite station was this!! Coffee and Tea!! I tried their latte and it was good wei!! I wished I could try all the other coffees and teas out but the barista took so long to brew the drink. But good food/drink require time and patience right?
Oh ya, I tried out their sago gula melaka as well (one of my favourite desserts), it would be better if it was served cold since I couldn't find any ice nearby.
The orphans from Rumah Kebajikan Anak Anak Yatim Hamidah Yakup were there with us as well as each year, Miri Marriott Resort & Spa embarks on various programs to give back to the community in need during the festive period. The girls were so cute & so photogenic, just look at that pouty face creep mode lol
Of course, if you would like to try the Ramadan Buffet out, you may try 'em out now throughout the month of Ramadan!
TIME: 6:30pm – 10:30pm
PRICE: RM88 nett (adult), half price for children aged 6 to 11 years.
CONTACT (reservation/information): Zest Restaurant – 085-421 121 or email email@example.com
SPECIAL PROMOTION: First week of Ramadan: every 20 paying diners, 5 diners for free; following weeks: every 12 paying diners, 2 diners for free.
**The buffet is on 6-day menu rotation, each offering something little different. However, Shawarma, grill station and beef rendang will retained on daily basis!


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ooh, ice!
The creek is half frozen, great swaths of chunky silver-blue ice punctuated by the occasional dark pool at the foot of a waterfall. (Exactly the colors that don't photograph well with my camera, especially when I'm looking through the window.) R says it did this last New Year's too.
Iit's between -7°F and 0, depending on which thermometer you look at. Bundle up!


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Eye Exam in Mississauga
Our eye doctors offer eye exams in Mississauga to patients of all ages. We try to accommodate all walk-in patients. Contact Dr. Justine Fung & Associates, to know about the other optometry services we provide.
Comprehensive Eye Examination
Full eye exams are available for all ages. The exam consists of a vision and glasses prescription check, a binocular vision assessment, and a complete ocular health examination. Examinations are available by appointment or walk-in. New patients are always welcome.
Preparing for your upcoming eye exam:
- Bring any glasses or contact lenses packaging that you currently own.
- You will be asked about any eye-related or health conditions that you or your family may have.
- Prepare a list of medications and allergies you may have.
- The optometrist may request to dilate your eyes. Dilation can result in light sensitivity and blurred vision at near distances for a few hours after your visit. Bring sunglasses and if possible, a friend to drive you home.
Diabetic Eye Examinations
OHIP covers a comprehensive eye examination for patients with diabetes once a year. It is very important for patients with diabetes to have their eyes checked at least once a year as diabetes can impact ocular health and vision in a number of ways. Furthermore, it can assist the patient's family physician and/or endocrinologist in determining the severity of the diabetes.
Common eye diseases that can be related to diabetes include:
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Macular Edema
- Cataracts
- Glaucoma
- Retinal Detachment
Diabetic retinopathy and macular edema are diagnosed by the optometrist through close examination of the retina and the blood vessels within the eye. For our optometrists to provide the best examination of the retina, we dilate the eyes of all patients with diabetes.
Our additional testing of retinal imaging and fundus autofluorescence are highly recommended for the most comprehensive eye exam. Our optometrists will also check vision, spectacle prescription and examine all other anterior and posterior ocular health.
With the patient's permission, a report of their diabetic eye exam will be sent to their family physician and any other related health care providers.
Pediatric Eye Examinations
Infants can have a comprehensive eye examination as early as six months. Babies are born with blurred vision but it significantly improves within their first six months. Eye conditions can often be missed in children because they do not always complain or exhibit symptoms. However, most eye conditions have a significantly better prognosis when detected early. Here are some symptoms to watch for in babies and young children that would warrant a visit to the optometrist:
- complaints of blurred vision
- eye misalignment (both eyes not pointing in the same direction)
- excessive eye rubbing and watering
- preference of using one eye over the other
- white pupil reflex
Did you know that 80% of learning is visual? Also, did you know that just because your child has 20/20 vision, it does not necessarily mean they have good vision? One in four children have a visual problem School screenings can usually identify if a child has blurred vision but many of them can pass a screening even if they are experiencing associated symptoms such as double vision, eye fatigue, and difficulty tracking while reading. Many of these children are diagnosed with a learning disability.
Our office proudly participate in the Eye See Eye Learn program. Children in Junior Kindergarten can get their eyes checked at a participating optometrist. This eye exam is covered by OHIP. Should they need glasses, they will receive a complimentary pair of glasses. This program was initiated to encourage all children to have their eyes checked by an optometrist by the time they are in Junior Kindergarten. Please contact our office for more information.


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Reflexology for Pregnant Women
Maternity Reflexology
Pregnancy is a time where major physiological and psychological changes occur in a woman's body over a relatively short period of time. As woman's skeleton, hormones and muscles will have to make constant adjustments as the baby grows. Maternity reflexology is a branch of reflexology aimed at women at all stages of conception and pregnancy through to labour and the post natal period.
Maternity Reflexology is effective at easing the common problems associated with pregnancy such as morning sickness, sciatica, leg pain, anxiety, mood swings, constipation, fluid retention, haemorrhoids, heart burn and general discomfort. It is a non-invasive treatment for dealing with the minor ailments that women experience during pregnancy.
Many women will worry about the safety of maternity reflexology but the sense of well-being it provides and the alleviation of discomfort it provides is proof of the positive experience it can be. Pregnancy is not an illness, it is a natural function and the only caution a reflexologist would advise is during the first trimester if the woman has a history of miscarriage. If however, the woman is in any doubt I would always advise that they speak to their GP/midwife.
Research has also shown that regular reflexology treatments during pregnancy can shorten the duration of labour and often reduce the need for pain-relief. Please see my section on pregnancy and labour for more information on this.
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