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Michaela DePrince is the embodiment of what it means to fight for your dream. The 2017 TODAY Style Hero wouldn't let anything stop her from becoming a professional ballerina: not her childhood, race or vitiligo. Without knowing her violent past, it might be hard for anyone to imagine that ballet dancer Michaela DePrince was once a hopeless orphan, nicknamed "the Devil's Child" because of the white dots that freckled her dark skin. After all, the grace with
which she pliés and pirouettes across world-class stages is a sharp contrast to a childhood marked by murder and fear. "The only way I could survive was ... to prove everybody wrong," Michaela, today a dancer for the Dutch National Ballet, told NBC News. She was born in the African nation of Sierra Leone in the midst of a brutal civil war. Her parents died when she was a toddler, and Michaela, then named Mabinty Bangura, was sent to an orphanage. There, she was an outcast because of her vitiligo, a skin condition characterized by loss of pigmentation in certain places, what Michaela calls her "spots." The women at the orphanage ranked the children according to their favorites — Michaela was last, no. 27, she remembers, meaning she got last dibs for food and clothes, and she was less likely to be adopted. "They kept saying, 'Why would somebody want to adopt the devil's child?'" she said. She found solace in two places: One was her closest friend, also named Mabinty, who was no. 26 at the orphanage. They would sing and play pretend and tell stories about what their lives would be like if they were adopted. The other was a magazine she'd found after a gust of wind blew it against a fence. On its cover was a photograph of a ballerina. "I showed this to my teacher," Michaela, 22, said. "And she explained to me she was a ballerina dancing ballet. And that's what I wanted to be." "It was not just the fact that she's a ballerina," she added. "It's that she looks happy. And I wanted to be happy and ... if what she was doing made her happy, that's what I wanted to do." She clung to that idea. It offered her hope when she was surrounded by violence. Once, when she was only 3 years old, Michaela was even slashed in the stomach herself, after watching rebels murder her pregnant teacher. "When I got stabbed, I was really hoping ... I felt very much alone," she said. "I really wanted to die." Meanwhile, in New Jersey, a woman named Elaine DePrince had made plans to adopt a child from Africa — specifically, Michaela's friend, Mabinty. But ahead of her trip, there was some confusion. "I got a call from the adoption agency," Elaine told NBC News. They said, "Which Mabinty are you adopting? We have two of them." ... read more
Just days after canceling a festival performance in Brazil due to "severe physical pain," Lady Gaga has called off the European leg of her world tour — for now. On Monday morning, the singer shared a message from concert promoter Live Nation announcing the news and added her own personal message about enduring pain, facing doubters and being a "fighter." read more
If you're looking to blow off a little steam after a tough week at work, here's a trendy solution exploding on the internet: rage rooms. For just $70, you and a friend can destroy old laptops, phones and dishes (on repeat) in what is known as the "break room" in the basement of a midtown Manhattan office building. So we visited The Wrecking Club to smash the read more
We certainly love pumpkin pie and pumpkin spice lattes as much as the next person, but there's so much more to fall produce than gourds. To celebrate the many flavors of fall, we've rounded up some of TODAY's most fabulous autumn desserts, including treats made with apples, pears, sweet potatoes and other in-season stars. But don't worry, we've still got you covered on pumpkins — read more
Who says dressing practically has to mean sacrificing style? Certainly not us, and we've got eight pairs of impossibly chic wellies to prove it. Scroll down for picks that will have you covered in various weather conditions. Added bonus? They'll go together so seamlessly with the rest of your wardrobe, you'll forget you're wearing them. Sam Edelman Tinsley Rain Boot, read more
"This is Us" star Chrissy Metz has a great singing voice, a contagious laugh and the perfect response to anyone who wants to diagnose her on the internet. read more
If she ever wants to leave acting, Olivia Wilde may have a future as a romance screenwriter. The "House" alum posted a moving birthday tribute to her "partner in life-crime," Jason Sudeikis, on Instagram — one that celebrated the 42-year-old comic actor's most important role, as father to their infant daughter, Daisy. I have approximately one billion pic read more
Looking for a new place to plant your roots? Money magazine just announced its annual "Best Places to Live" list that includes their favorite 100 towns across the country, hand-picked to help you find the right place to fit your hopes, goals and budget. Working alongside realtor.com, the magazine focused on choosing towns with a population of 10,000 to 100,000 to shine a l read more
Actress Kate Walsh recently revealed that she went from TV doctor to real-life patient when she was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2015. During a Monday morning visit to TODAY, the former "Grey's Anatomy" star opened up about her diagnosis and her recovery in her first televised interview on the topic. "I was exhausted," Walsh said, recalling the read more
Colby and Alyssa Hacker's 18-month-old son, Owen, is a very friendly toddler. One of his favorite things to do, in fact, is to tell everyone he sees "hi" and "bye." Alyssa found herself killing time at Target in Fort Smith, Arkansas, with Owen this weekend while they were visiting her mother-in-law in nearby Wister, Oklahoma. She wasn't surprised, she told TODAY read more
"This Is Us" fans rejoiced when Sterling K. Brown won Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series honors at the 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday. But that joy turned to annoyance when the actor's microphone was cut off during his sweet and hilarious acceptance speech. Of course, the irritating moment, which happened because of the telecast's time crunch, did nothing to sq read more
In case you didn't know, it's mid-September. Which means it's not even fall yet. Four days to go, folks. And yet, somehow, we're already deep into pumpkin spice season. Pumpkin spice coffee was already back on shelves in the beginning of August and we're even using pumpkin spice on our skin. And with cold season coming through, we're sucking on pumpkin spice cough drops. read more
If the thought of Channing Tatum spinning around onstage evokes some pleasant "Magic Mike" memories, prepare for some new — and very different — ones after watching this clip from "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." Rather than strip down, the actor put on even more clothes and transformed himself into a taffeta-and-tulle-covered princess. And he was j read more
There were so many fabulous looks on the Emmys red carpet Sunday night! Since I can't stop talking about some of the fabulous fashion from TV's big night, I decided to have some fun, get creative and re-imagine what some of the hottest outfits of the night could look like with little tweaks or additions. I love that Reese took a risk with this menswear-inspired Stella read more
Ellen DeGeneres loves a good gag, but she recently outdid herself when she greeted Jennifer Lopez wearing a costume of the famous Versace gown the superstar wore to the 2000 Grammys. On Monday, the "Ellen DeGeneres Show" host shared a clip of the shenanigans, which took place backstage at J.Lo's "All I Have" residency at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in La read more
Beginning in November, the Happy Meal from McDonald's will be just a little less sweet — 11 grams less, to be exact. McDonald's just announced that it will be replacing the Minute Maid apple juice box with Honest Kids brand organic apple juice box in its Happy Meals, which drops the drink calorie count from 80 to 35, drops the total carbs from 21 to 9, and slashes the sugar from read more
Usually, a wedding includes several people dressed alike — the groomsmen and the bridesmaids. But over the weekend at a wedding in Sydney, Australia, six women who were not the bridesmaids showed up in nearly-identical dresses ... and it was a complete coincidence! Debbie Speranza was one of those guests, and posted the extraordinary photo on her Facebook page Sunda read more
Come join our studio audience for Megyn Kelly TODAY, a new hour of TODAY launching this fall! What can you expect? Megyn Kelly TODAY brings more to your mornings with insightful stories, exclusive newsmaker interviews and tales of inspiration. Please request your tickets below for the chance to be in the studio audience. We hope to see you soon at Megyn Kelly TODAY! read more
Chef and food writer Jamie Geller of Joy of Kosher shares a few of her favorite Rosh Hashanah recipes. She shows us how to make the easiest no-knead challah recipe, a tender brisket, shots of cold carrot-beet soup and roasted chicken with a sweet honey-scented apple chutney. This soup is refreshing and delicious! Chilled soups are chic and perfect for starting a heavy read more
On her drive to work one day in 2010, Jennifer Fridy tightly clutched a Tupperware container in her lap. Every 10 to 15 minutes, Fridy, who was two months pregnant, tore open the lid, vomiting in it, then snapped it shut. "I started throwing up more and more. There was more and more stuff that I wasn't able to keep down," she told TODAY. "Just imagine throwing up every 10 mi read more
Looking to win our Giveaway Every Day prize? You've come to the right place! Every morning, the TODAY's Take team will be giving away prizes to our viewers at home. Today, we're giving away designer smart watches from Fossil. Just fill out the form below for a chance to win! read more
Chefs John and Tony Alberti join TODAY Food to make two twintastico Italian recipes. They're cooking up cheesy arancini rice balls with a sexy tomato sauce and putting an Italian twist on the English dish toad in the hole. We have many fond memories of making and eating arancini in Italy as children. These creamy, cheesy rice balls are great on their own but taste eve read more
Chefs John and Tony Alberti join TODAY Food to make two twintastico Italian recipes. They're cooking up cheesy arancini rice balls with a sexy tomato sauce and putting an Italian twist on the English dish toad in the hole. We have many fond memories of making and eating arancini in Italy as children. These creamy, cheesy rice balls are great on their own but taste eve read more
As part of "Wear What You Want" week, TODAY Style is celebrating 40 fearless, bold and influential men and women who don't need permission to be who they are and wear what they want. (Click on the person to find out what makes them so special!) read more
Danielle Tullo from Cosmopolitan.com stops by TODAY to share seven super easy and helpful hacks every wine lover should know. She shows us how to remove pesky cork pieces, quickly get rid of red wine stains, make a wine-infused grilled cheese sandwich and demonstrates the fastest ways to chill wine. No corkscrew? No stress! Use a plain old key to open a bottle of wine read more
Jill's Steals and Deals contains great deals offered by retailers to TODAY viewers. Follow TODAY on Facebook so you don't miss any of these amazing offers! Please click on the following website links to be directed to the offers from the companies we featured, and be sure to read the details. Conditions and restrictions may apply. If you have any specific question read more
Toys R Us filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, but stressed that its stores and online marketplace will operate as usual during the upcoming holiday season. The company announced in a statement that its approximately 1,600 Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores worldwide will not be affected by the bankruptcy filing, easing fears that the biggest toy store chain in the wo read more
Bill O'Reilly maintained his innocence against the multiple sexual harassment claims that led to him losing his job as Fox News' most popular and lucrative show host, describing himself as the victim of a "financial hit job." "If you look at the totality, this was a hit job — a political and financial hit job," he told TODAY in his first television interview since he w read more
Thanks to her job, Savannah Guthrie is obsessed with sleep. But that doesn't mean she gets enough of it, especially with two young children and a 4 a.m. weekday wake-up call. "It is really rare that I fall asleep and stay asleep until my alarm goes off," the TODAY anchor admitted. To illustrate just how much of her sleep gets interrupted every nig read more
She's an actress, entrepreneur and clothing designer, but Eva Mendes is also a mother to two young girls, and like so many other busy parents, she finds balancing work and home life anything but easy. And no matter how she divides her time, one thing remains the same: mom guilt. "Oh my God, nobody warns you about the guilt that you feel when you do work!" Me read more
UNITED NATIONS — President Donald Trump, in his first address to the United Nations, derided Kim Jong Un, North Korea's leader, as a "rocket man" on Tuesday as the president warned that he may be forced to "totally destroy" the rogue nation. "If the righteous many do not confront the wicked few, then evil will triumph," Trump said, as he detailed the horrors of what he read more
Earlier this summer, we told you about how vintage Pyrex may be worth big bucks. Perhaps you checked your cupboards or stayed on the lookout for these colorful pieces while perusing your local thrift store. But these aren't the only blasts from the past you should be keeping your eye out for. There are plenty of other items people donate that can turn out to be diamonds in the rou read more
Chipotle is playing with our minds. And our bellies! Last week they announced they were bringing queso on board nationally, which for cheese lovers was totally gouda (except for, you know, the hoards of people who think it's terrible). But now they've decided to slim down their menu by one item ... by chopping the chorizo out of our lives! Admittedly, when the Mexican read more
All eyes were on Nicole Kidman when she shared a smooch on the lips with "Big Little Lies" co-star Alexander Skarsgard at the Emmys Sunday — including her husband's. But while that detail has had tongues wagging ever since then, we don't think Keith Urban really had any problem with the awards night affection. After all, Kidman has always been a kisser. read more
To "Dateline" correspondent Keith Morrison, Matthew Perry is more than a friend — he's his stepson! That's right: Morrison, whose deep voice permeates "Dateline," has been married to Perry's mom, Suzanne, since 1981. And on "Watch What Happens Live" Monday night, he revealed a little about what it's been like to see him rise through the industry. read more
In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, many are returning to their homes to find much of their belongings — including their clothing — submerged in water. It can be hard to know where to begin, but Tide is helping victims make a clean start by offering complimentary laundry services via its Loads of Hope truck. While there, Larry Sanders, the Loads of Hope team leader at Mat read more
The revival of "Trading Spaces" is shaping up to be a real blast from the past. Faithful fans of the design-swap show were already excited to learn that host Paige Davis is returning to her original role in the new production, but now there's even more good news. Some of the most popular — and the most polarizing — designers will be back on the show. And read more
Chip and Joanna Gaines went from humble beginnings to helming their own home improvement empire in just a few short years. Now they have an HGTV hit, a popular blog, a magazine, two books, their own marketplace and even a new line of products at Target. But success has brought something else their way: tabloid attention. They may not be A-list actors, but they're as f read more
It didn't take long for Alana Simmons to forgive the man who murdered her grandfather and eight others at a South Carolina church. She did it so she could focus on more important things, like honoring the man she'd lost. Simmons got so absorbed in her mission that she never tried to understand the details of the massacre: how Dylann Roof, motivated by his hatred of black people, planned alone for read more
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The only person with whom Dylann Roof shared his racist plot to massacre worshipers at a historically black South Carolina church was sentenced Tuesday to 27 months in prison for failing to report a crime and for lying to the FBI. Joey Meek cried at sentencing Tuesday in Charleston by the same federal judge who presided over Roof's trial, which ended in January with Roof bein read more
Convicted church shooter Dylann Roof has been transferred to death row at Terre Haute Federal Prison in Indiana — the facility that houses male inmates awaiting execution under the federal government. Roof, the first person to be convicted of a federal hate crime and sentenced to the death penalty, was removed from custody in Al Cannon Detention Center in North Charleston, South Carolina, on Fr read more
As universities and colleges work to combat hazing in campuses across America, laws treating hazing as a crime vary from state to state. Seventy-five percent of people said something needs to be done about hazing at fraternities and sororities, according to a new recent NBC News|SurveyMonkey poll. But 41 percent of people surveyed also said they believe hazing will always be present on college cam read more
The groups charged with supporting the White House's efforts to expand educational opportunities to communities of color are facing an unknown future without a renewed direction from the Trump administration. The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans, and the White House Initiative on Asian Amer read more
Protesters yell at law enforcement officers outside the old courthouse steps on Sept. 15, 2017 in downtown St. Louis, after a judge found a white former St. Louis police officer, Jason Stockley, not guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a black man, Anthony Lamar Smith, who was fatally shot following a high-speed chase in 2011.Protesters march through the city streets following a not guilt read more
BATON ROUGE, La.— A 23-year-old white man whom police call a "person of interest" in the fatal shootings of two black men in Baton Rouge has been released from jail after his arrest on drug charges over the weekend. Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola, a department spokesman, said Monday that Kenneth Gleason "has not been cleared" and remains a "person of interest" read more
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A white supremacist who was sentenced to death in the 2015 massacre of nine black worshippers has told a federal appeals court he wants to fire his appellate attorneys because one of them is Jewish and the other is Indian. Dylann Roof filed the handwritten request himself Monday with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia. Roof further wrote that his attor read more
Bruce Franks Jr. wanted a quiet protest. So the 33-year-old rapper and state representative sent out a few messages on Twitter and Facebook late Sunday and early Monday: Meet him first thing at 16th and Market streets in downtown St. Louis. From there, they'd begin their roughly half-mile silent march to City Hall. "What better way to show force?" Franks said. The arrest-free event � read more
In 1837, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania became the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in the United States of America. Today, there are 106 HBCUs across our nation, enrolling over 300,000 students each year. Throughout history, many of our nation's greatest leaders have received degrees from HBCUs. Amongst the esteemed alumni are legendary authors, like Maya Angelou and read more
LOS ANGELES — TV's Asian-American characters are so frequently slighted that even programs set in the biggest, most diverse cities leave them out of the picture, a new study found. For "Tokens on the Small Screen," professors and scholars at six California universities looked at 242 broadcast, cable and digital platform shows that aired during the 2015-16 season and tallied the number read more
For her collection in this season's New York Fashion Week, designer Yuna Yang didn't want to focus on just creating beautiful clothes. She also wanted to raise awareness about climate change. "When [Trump] decided to exit out of the Paris Agreement, I was very confused," Yang told NBC News. "Many people can argue about whether the President is good or bad, but climate change, that issue is read more
The wife of a man from India killed earlier this year in an alleged hate crime can stay in the United States for now after she initially lost her residency rights following her husband's death. Sunayana Dumala, whose 32-year-old husband Srinivas Kuchibhotla was killed at a Kansas bar in February, fell out of status because her permission to reside in the U.S. was tied to Kuchibhotla through mar read more
Veterans' advocates are raising funds to cover the cost for replicas of a Congressional Gold Medal that is expected to be presented to Filipino and Filipino-American World War II veterans later this year. Former President Barack Obama signed the Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act into law in December 2016, honoring the more than 260,000 recognized Filipino veterans who read more
Jimmy Wu had been behind bars for nearly a decade when he received heartbreaking news in 2005: His younger brother had developed a severe case of pneumonia that doctors said he was unlikely to recover from. "When I returned to my cell after that phone call, it was with an extremely heavy heart," Wu, 37, told NBC News. "Being in that cell literally was driving me crazy with my own thoughts, read more
Teti Nurhayati and Dina Fatima wanted to highlight the diversity and quality of fashion in their home country when they started Indonesian Fashion Gallery, a brick-and-mortar store in New York City last year. This New York Fashion Week (NYFW), the pair went a step farther, curating a fashion show featuring six Indonesian designers as part of NYFW's First Stage, a new program for international d read more
The family of a man shot dead by police in June plans to file a $20 million lawsuit against the Washington state sheriff's office they say is responsible. Jeffrey Campiche, an attorney representing the family of Tommy Le told NBC News that Le's family does not believe there was reason to use deadly force on the night Le, who was 20, was killed. At around midnight on June 13, the King County read more
Seven years ago, Christina Mallon started to experience creeping paralysis in both her arms, which she said doctors have been unable to diagnose. Living alone in New York City, Mallon has been looking for things that could help her in her day-to-day life. "I need tools to allow me to be independent and keep up in this fast-paced environment," she told NBC News. "The world isn't set up fo read more
WASHINGTON –The month that the nation celebrates its Latino roots is underway, but with the strained relationship between President Donald Trump and many in the Latino community, are people feeling celebratory? Hispanic Heritage Month began Friday a little over a week after hundreds of thousands of young immigrants, the majority of them Latino, were told the president was ending the deportation read more
Her clients are not rich or powerful. She works in a basement office. Her team represents some of the most vulnerable people in our society. But Desireé Hernández is not afraid to take on the U.S. government when she believes a child has the legal right to remain in this country. As Director of Legal Services for the Safe Passage Project, Hernández manages a team providing free legal represen read more
WASHINGTON — There must be an answer. Whatever is harming U.S. diplomats in Havana, it has eluded the doctors, scientists and intelligence analysts scouring for answers. Investigators have chased many theories, including a sonic attack, electromagnetic weapon or flawed spying device. Each explanation seems to fit parts of what's happened, conflicting with others. The United States doesn't eve read more
He is a theater sensation, a movie star, a popular animated character, and a New York Times op-ed contributor. Now John Leguizamo is ready to teach audiences on the Great White Way all about Hispanic heritage. His latest one-man show, "Latin History for Morons" debuts on Broadway October 19. The inspiration for his show came, in part, from his son having been bullied at school, which reminded read more
Last Wednesday, the White House issued a proclamation announcing the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from September 15 to October 15. But this year, some Latinos are wondering what we have to celebrate. For many Latinos, it is unsettling to approach Hispanic Heritage Month knowing that President Donald Trump generally holds us in low regard. Latinos' relationship with Trump can per read more
WASHINGTON – Groups and individuals are urgently raising money to help young immigrants meet an Oct. 5 Trump administration deadline to renew their permission to stay in the U.S., which costs $495 each. All across the country, immigration and community groups, and in the case of Rhode Island its governor, are providing "scholarships" and loans to cover the fee for immigrants to renew their read more
For years, nature was Miguel Marquez's escape from the rough streets of Oakland, California. Then it became his life. Marquez is a ranger with the U.S. National Park Service. He has worked at Kennilworth Aquatic Gardens and Anacostia national parks in Washington, D.C. and at Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas. Sporting a wiry, mountain man beard, Marquez embraces the nation's system of ca read more
The dean of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government said the college was withdrawing its invitation for Chelsea Manning to be a visiting fellow and apologized for extending the offer, which prompted a former CIA director and the current one to distance themselves from the university. Former CIA Acting Director Michael Morell earlier Thursday announced his resignation as a senior fellow at Harvard read more
It was a night of tailored suits, briefs paired with clear rain coats, harnesses mixed with lace and plexiglass shawls. The 10 designers who presented at Thursday night's dapperQ fashion show highlighting "queer style" represented an ethos of inclusion: Come as you are, in whatever style suits you best. For the fourth year in a row, the show boasted that it was the biggest LGBTQ-centric fas read more
LGBT people with physical disabilities face unique challenges as compared to their able-bodied peers. Throughout their lives, these individuals are subjected to increased rates of childhood bullying, a lack of proper sexual education as teenagers and difficulties in receiving proper medical care as adults. Childhood Bullying "Homophobic, biphobic or transphobic (HBT) bullying is any form of bu read more
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer characters were "nearly invisible" in the films released by the seven major studios over the summer," according to a new report released by LGBTQ media advocacy group GLAAD. In an end-of-summer update to its annual Studio Responsibility Index, which gauges the presence and substance of LGBTQ characters in major studio films, the organiz read more
NANTUCKET, Mass. — Chelsea Manning told a crowd at a "creative thinkers" conference in Nantucket that she's not a traitor as her critics have claimed and she did what she thought was the right thing to do. Manning is attending the annual conference for The Nantucket Project on Sunday in Massachusetts. The Nantucket Project is a venture founded to bring together creative thinkers to un read more
Warning: For those who have not yet seen "Black Mirror: San Junipero," this op-ed includes spoilers! Girl meets girl in "San Junipero," an episode in the third season of the Netflix dystopian sci-fi anthology series "Black Mirror." In it, a shy bespectacled nerd named Yorkie meets the outgoing, vivacious Kelly in a club in San Junipero, a beach town where sometimes it's the '8 read more
An engineering student who was an LGBTQ activist was shot and killed by Georgia Tech campus police on Saturday night, officials said Sunday. The school identified the victim as Scout Schultz, 21, a fourth-year engineering student from Lilburn, Georgia, who police said was armed with a knife. Schultz, president of Georgia Tech's Pride Alliance, identified as non-binary and intersex and preferred t read more
Nearly 140 colleges across the country have been identified as the "absolute worst campuses" for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students by Campus Pride, a national organization that advocates for LGBTQ inclusivity and safety at U.S. colleges and universities. The organization released its second annual "Shame List" to bring negative attention to schools that are "not saf read more
BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia's first openly gay prime minister joined several hundred gay activists Sunday at a gay pride march that was held amid tight security in the conservative Balkan country. Holding rainbow flags, balloons and a banner reading "For change," pride participants gathered in Belgrade, the Serbian capital, before setting off on a march through the city. Many approached read more
WASHINGTON — Michael G. Flynn, the son of President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, is a subject of the federal investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential election and possible collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign, according to four current and former government officials. The inquiry into Flynn is focused at least in part on his work with his father's l read more
LONDON — Russia kicked off what Western powers expect to be the country's largest military exercise since the Cold War on Thursday, a massive mobilization of forces that has triggered unease among U.S. officials and their allies in Eastern Europe. Land, sea and air units will be taking part in war games across a huge area encompassing western Russia, Belarus, the Baltic Sea and the Russian excl read more
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to announce new sanctions against Iran as soon as Thursday while also taking steps to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran for now by extending the sanctions relief in the accord, senior administration officials familiar with the matter said. The moves come in advance of President Donald Trump's first appearance at the United Nations General Ass read more
WASHINGTON — President Trump made clear Thursday he is determined to get his wall. But his demands, and occasional threats to shut down the government over funding it, belie the stark reality facing his administration: Nine months into his presidency, there is no plan for constructing the kind of wall the president promised his voters for two years. A study Trump ordered in January on how to fu read more
The teenager accused of gunning down a classmate and wounding three others at a Washington state high school told police he wanted "to teach everyone a lesson about what happens when you bully others." In court records released Thursday, 15-year-old Caleb Sharpe also divulged the last words Sam Strahan, the sophomore he is accused of killing Wednesday at Freeman High School in the town read more
WASHINGTON — Almost nothing is publicly known about the American ISIS fighter who is now in the custody of the U.S. military, but one fact has already made the case extraordinary: The Trump Administration has declared him an enemy combatant, according to a military spokesman. Legal experts say it appears to be the first time that designation has been used since 2009, when the Obama administrati read more
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security on Friday released the names of only 22 visitors to President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property, despite being ordered to make its full visitor list public after being sued by watchdog groups. A judge had ordered that the names of all visitors to the club in Palm Beach, Florida, since Trump's inauguration be released by noon on Friday, a deadlin read more
WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump visited CIA headquarters in the first weeks of his presidency, he toured the secure floor where agency officers direct drone strikes against suspected terrorists, current and former U.S. officials told NBC News. Impressed by what he saw, Trump conveyed to incoming CIA Director Mike Pompeo and the assembled agency officers that he wanted them to take a mo read more
It's common when referring to an acclaimed contemporary food writer to compare them to Julia Child. But while eminent food historian and cultural anthropologist Maricel E. Presilla has certainly earned the accolade, she's closer to a culinary Indiana Jones. Whether journeying to the basin of the Orinoco River to make casabe, preparing chuño (freeze-dried potatoes) with Andean women by the sho read more
Heart disease is by far the No. 1 killer around the world, and much of it is caused by poor eating and other bad habits, researchers reported Thursday. The latest look at what is killing people around the world has a lot of good news, however. Infectious diseases such as the AIDS virus and malaria are killing fewer people and childhood death rates have hit a new low, the international team, led b read more
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The borrowers of Mary Norton's 1952 children's novel "The Borrowers" and its Japanese animated big-screen adaptation "The Secret World of Arrietty" aren't actually borrowers. They're teeny, tiny thieves who live under people's floors and swipe items like soap, cookies and sugar cubes to sustain themselves, with no intention of returning what they take. As the (nonexistent) proverb goes, "If you're going to steal, be cute enough to get away with it."
Thirteen-year-old Arrietty (voiced by 19-year-old Bridgit Mendler of Disney's "Wizards of Waverly Place") excitedly accompanies her father (Will Arnett) on her first borrowing, where she snags a needle that she repurposes as a sword. The trouble comes when she spots human kid Shawn (David Henrie), who'd be happy to spark a friendship with the miniature teen if she didn't scamper off quickly, thanks to years of rhetoric from mom (Arnett's real-life wife Amy Poehler) and dad about the danger of people. Can Shawn and Arriety break through years of misunderstanding between tiny people and their much, much bigger roommates before Shawn's cat eats Arriety and her parents?
"Arrietty" (adapted as a live-action version of "The Borrowers" in 1997 starring John Goodman) comes from the studio behind co-writer Hayao Miyazaki's beloved films like "Spirited Away" and "Princess Mononoke," but it's time to stop giving Studio Ghibli a free pass. Although better than 2008's wildly overrated "Ponyo," "Arrietty" offers no magic, only slow-paced seriousness in exploring a world that's exactly the same as ours, just smaller. The studio always delivers memorably detailed moments, like when Arrietty and her dad use nails as stairs. Yet the movie never feels like a discovery, only a very non-playful detour into a sad story that doesn't work at feature length. Say what you want about "Honey! I Shrunk the Kids," but it's never in danger of putting you to sleep.
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According to Caritas Internationalis, someone in the world dies of hunger every 3.6 seconds. Eleven million children under the age of 5 die each year, six million of them from preventable causes. And the odds that a woman in Sub-Saharan Africa will die from complications of pregnancy or childbirth stand at one in 16. In the developed world, the odds are one in 3,800.
"Health is the only capital of the poor," says Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez of Honduras, "and health is at its worst in the poorest nations." A longtime advocate for the world's poorest people, Cardinal Rodríguez serves as president of Caritas, which is the global umbrella group for some 160 Catholic charitable organizations.
In late September the cardinal addressed the U.N. General Assembly about the Millennium Development Goals, eight goals established by the United Nations in the year 2000 to combat extreme poverty in the world, meant to be achieved by 2015. The goals, said the cardinal, are "a catalyst for action...a reminder of the suffering of millions of people who live in extreme poverty."
Progress has been slow; in some areas there has been practically none at all. The problem, said Rodríguez in an interview with America, lies to a large extent with the international community, which is "closed in on its own interests." The G-8 industrialized nations see the rest of the world as strangers and regard "the market as their god." Greed has invaded many giant corporations. When human beings forget that there are limits to the spirit of acquisitiveness and do not take into account the needs of the rest of the world, "we see the consequences." He identified an example of unbridled greed: "The oil industry enriches some nations, but without a greater sense of universal solidarity it will be impossible to overcome poverty."
"I've seen that same greed in my own country, Honduras," Cardinal Rodríguez told the General Assembly. "International mining companies extract from the land its riches" and then "leave it poisoned and the people who live there worse off."
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Rodríguez explained that the international community's reluctance to foster sustainable development in the poorest countries is partly responsible for the massive waves of global migration that are now taking place, as well as the walls built to stop them.
In May 2008, when he was interviewed in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, Cardinal Rodríguez spoke of the painful irony that while the North American Free Trade Agreement allows for the free movement of goods between Mexico and the United States, human beings are not afforded that same privilege, though they are usually poor men and women seeking only to forge a better life for themselves and their children through hard and honest work. Five years earlier, at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual Catholic Social Ministry gathering in Washington, D.C., the cardinal had also articulated the link between poverty and immigration: "The wealthy North will never have enough steel walls to contain the avalanche of illegal immigrants unless there is a real development" in poor nations.
Development and immigration are global issues that need large-scale remedies. There is a need, Cardinal Rodríguez said in his U.N. address, "to galvanize governments into urgent action by living up to past promises on development." Past promises have been many. In 1975 at the Helsinki Conference, for example, 35 countries, including the United States, agreed to set aside 0.7 percent of their gross national product for development in poor countries. Without creating development opportunities in poor countries, "the only businesses that prosper are drug trafficking and the trafficking of human beings."
So powerful has the drug trade become in Central and Latin America, he said, that the leaders of some cartels are able to direct their activities by cellphone while in prison. Complicating matters is the weakness of the justice system; the drug trade "involves so much money that a judge who really does his job places his own life in danger," said Rodríguez.
Regarding human trafficking, the cardinal observed that traffickers in Honduras, his own country, charge $5,000 to transport a person into the United States, but once across the border they often abandon their charges in the desert. Hundreds die every year from exposure. Kidnapping, too, has become a kind of industry unto itself in Latin American countries.
Over the years Cardinal Rodríguez has commented on other issues affecting the poor of the world. He once described debt as "a tombstone over many nations." Yet in countries where debt cancellation has occured, the results have been striking. Caritas Internationalis has reported that in Mozambique, for instance, cancellation has freed up money to pay for immunizations for children; in Tanzania it has meant the abolition of school fees and as a result, a 65 percent increase in school attendance.
At the United Nations, Cardinal Rodríguez warned that "climate change is undoing much of the progress made in developing countries." Hurricane Mitch destroyed half a century of progress in Honduras. Climate change affects all countries, he said, but "the poor suffer disproportionately more than the rich," even though "they bear the least responsibility for the pollution causing global warming." To begin to change this dark situation, the industrialized nations "must back up their M.D.G. commitments by cutting greenhouse gas emissions by at least 24 to 40 percent by 2020," he explained, and then "by 80 percent by 2050 to avoid catastrophe."
One hopeful sign of progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals lies in the $16 billion in new contributions and pledges made during the U.N. gathering at a high-level meeting in which Cardinal Rodríguez took part. Caritas Internationalis subsequently reported that $1.6 billion had been pledged to foster food security and another $2 billion to improve maternal health and address child mortality.
In light of the soaring prices and given the global economic downturn, however, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned that additional efforts will be needed before the international community can come even close to reaching the targets for reducing extreme poverty. The cardinal's words at the end of his address were similarly blunt. Much of the world's ongoing poverty, he said, has been caused by "a failure of politics and a failure of leadership." How far those failures can be rectified may become evident in the next two years, if the secretary general's proposal is accepted to hold a summit meeting in 2010 to review the Millennium Development Goals.


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For automotive historians, hobbyists, and aficionados, uttering the words "Cadillac DeVille" triggers a strong sense memory of the first glance of Cadillac's earliest offerings.
The Coupe DeVille was introduced in 1949 as a luxury coupe in the Cadillac Series 62 line. It immediately became a head-turner within the American motor market. The name, de ville, is a French term meaning "of the town," and that is precisely what the design team at Cadillac hoped to offer when it began production of the Cadillac Sedan DeVille 10 years later.
The Cadillac Sedan DeVille enjoyed its first year of production in 1959. This first generation would be produced for two years. Marked by unmistakable tail fins, the car was often referred to as a boat, and to this day it still looks somewhat like it was created in the lost city of Atlantis and driven from the depths of the sea. The first generation offered two-door and four-door options.
Over the years, the Cadillac DeVille experienced continuous changes and redesigns on the foundation of a classic. The motto "of the town," never changed, though the cities and towns that the DeVille was placed in certainly did. Cadillac adapted to changes in drivers' tastes and surrounding motor trends, presenting eight generations of the DeVille, including two-door and four-door sedans as well as coupes and convertibles. In 2006, the DeVille platform effectively became the Cadillac DTS.
The Cadillac DeVille was marked with signature style in the late 1950s, flaunting high tail fins and duel bullet taillights. As the years passed, tail fins remained an aspect of the design scheme, yet they never again approached the distinctive heights of the original 1959 Sedan DeVille. The Cadillac Sedan and Coupe DeVille remained a key aspect of popular culture and enjoyed resurgence when the popular TV show, The Dukes of Hazzard, captivated viewers. Boss Hogg, the lovable nemesis of the Duke boys, travelled in the seaworthy 1970 Cadillac Coupe DeVille Convertible. Cadillac DeVille sedans and coupes have been seen in numerous TV shows and feature films, to the point where they have almost become characters in their own right.
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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Nov 19, 2012) - Digital First Media, which operates MediaNews Group, Journal Register Company and Digital First Ventures, today named Jeannie Parent Senior Vice President of Sales.
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Darrien and Eliah
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Man summer was over and we were back in school. What a drag. I knew I'd get to see less of Eliah now. Well for the most part anyway. We started to hang around, with all the people that we had told, and accepted the fact that we were gay. I also had to contend with the fact that football season started soon. I hated football, but I promise Eliah that I would attend the games for him. I had to accept the thing he did, just like he supported me in what I did.
Anyway, it was Monday, and Eliah picked me up as usual. He had practice, and I would go watch my baby practice. He loved to show off with his teammates. This brings us to two of Eliah's team mates, Rick Holloway and Jassen Martin They were like Eliah's best friends forever. Well at least since grade 4 anyway. Rick and Jassen were so cool. They didn't care that Eliah was gay, or that he was dating me. Actually they would ask questions all the time. They thought it was cool.
Well let me tell you about Rick first. He is a total joker. always playing a practical joke on someone. Well Rick is fairly tall, standing almost 6'5". He is all muscle too. He dresses similarly to Eliah, during the football season. In contrast, the rest of the time however, Rick also likes to wear black fatigues. He has jet black hair with blonde roots. He is always dying his hair. His hair is usually kept long, but during football season, he shaves it down to nothing. I think he is really hot. I wonder what his cock is like?
Jassen is nothing like the other two, except for being as hot as them. Jassen is about 5'10". He is a total cowboy. He has a black hat, which he never takes off, even in class. The teachers have given up trying to get him to take the hat off in class. He wears really tight jeans that show off a little too much, for some peoples taste. I don't mind. I may be dating, but I am not dead. His hair is blonde, and is long, about to his shoulders. He has blue eyes. I have gym with him as well, so I have seen his cock. It's cut like mine, and about the same length as Eliah's, but thicker around. Another thing I have noticed about Jassen is the fact that his entire body has no hair on it, including his cock. I asked him once if he shaved it, and he said that he did.
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I sat and watched Eliah practice. Rick and Jassen were not practicing today, but they had come anyway. They didn't see me at first, but it didn't take long before they did. Soon I was barraged with questions. Something I am used to by now. Today however I didn't feel up to answering them. I told the two of them if they were so curious why not try it out. They didn't say anything after that and I thought they were mad at me. However soon they were acting like I hadn't said anything. We sat and talked waiting for Eliah to finish.
It didn't take long for Eliah to shower at meet us in the rotunda. We sat and talked for a bit, and then I headed off to hang with my friends for a while. As I looked back, I noticed Eliah looking and smiling at me as the three of them were talking. I wondered what they were talking about. Has Rick told him what I had said this morning? Who knows. I would find out at lunch time, I guess.
All during morning classes, I couldn't concentrate. I kept daydreaming about getting into Rick and Jassen's pants. Then I'd start to feel guilty for doing this to Eliah. I was so messed up. I needed time to think, so I ditched the rest of my morning classes and head across to the mall.
Darrien's Journal Entry
September 12, 1988
Oh man what am I going to do? I keep dreaming about fucking Rick and Jassen. I know that will never happen, because I am pretty sure they are straight. I would love to bent Jassen over and pound that cute ass of his, while I suck on Rick's cock. I am so turned on thinking about it. Even if I had the chance to do something, I would never do anything to hurt Eliah. I love him so much. Yet I guess a harmless dream doesn't hurt anyone.
Darrien looked at his watch. Lunch was starting soon, so he went back to the school to meet Eliah. He didn't wait long before Eliah, Rick and Jassen showed up. Darrien couldn't even look at Rick or Jassen without feeling some sort of quilt. Eliah noticed and asked him what was wrong. Darrien said he'd tell him later. The four boys headed back to the mall for lunch. Darrien was quiet the whole time.
After lunch, Eliah and his friends decided to go and hang out at Rick's place. His folks were not home so they would not get in shit. Darrien tagged along. Eliah pulled him off to the side, and mentioned Rick and Jassen had something they wanted to ask him. Darrien wondered what they wanted. He figured they would wait until they were at Rick's place. Darrien was curious as to what the other boys were going to ask him.
They arrived at Rick's and headed inside. They went down to the basement, and sat around. Darrien and Eliah sat together on the loveseat, while Rick and Jassen sat in the chairs opposite them. They made some small talk, and then came the real questions.
"Hey Darrien were you serious about what you said this morning?"
"Umm kinda, I guess," he replied.
"We talked to Eliah about it," Jassen put in.
Oh man Darrien thought, I am in shit now. A look of panic came over his face. Jassen caught the look right away.
"Hey don't worry," He said.
"Yeah babe it's okay," said Eliah.
"Besides you were right," said Rick.
"I was...umm...right?" I stated.
"Yeah that's why they wanted to talk to you," Eliah replied.
He went on to tell Darrien what Rick and Jassen had asked him. Eliah had told them to talk to Darrien about it. So He listened intently as Rick and Jassen explained what they had been thinking about for some time now. It seems like since even before Darrien and Eliah had come out the two boys had been curious about doing it with another guy. They were to scared to do anything about it. That is why they were continually asked the same questions. When Darrien had suggested that they find someone to show them, they had thought hard about what he had said. They talked to Eliah first. Eliah wasn't sure if it was a good idea, but told them to Talk to Darrien, and see what he had to say on the subject.
"So what you are asking is for us to help you?" Darrien asked.
"That's it in a nut shell," Jassen replied.
"We will understand if you say no," Rick said.
"What do you have to say about it?" Darrien asked Eliah.
"I don't mind, but I wanted you to be involved," He replied.
"I have to think about it," Darrien said.
"We understand," Jassen and Rick replied.
The two boys seem right upset, but Darrien was not about to screw up what he had with Eliah. He knew Eliah wanted to do it, but he was not sure if he could. He sat and thought for the next hour, while the other three played a game on Rick's Nintendo 64. Darrien didn't know what to do. He wanted to, but he was scared Eliah would leave him. Finally after sometime he made his decision.
"If we do this, we do it on my terms," Darrien said.
The other boys looked up from the game.
"We agree," Jassen and Rick replied.
Darrien laid down the ground rules. Eliah sat next to him and held his hand. All Darrien really wanted to do was please Eliah. If this was what he wanted then Darrien would go for it.
Darrien explained that they would pair off. Eliah would go with Rick, and he would go with Jassen. They could switch off once in a while, so the two would get the benefit of both him and Eliah. The other three boys agreed. Darrien was already hard with the thought of having fun with Rick and Jassen.
"One thing," He said.
"Yes," The other three replied.
"If you feel uncomfortable with this then we will stop."
"And if we don't?" Jassen asked.
"Then we will go as far as you want," Eliah replied.
The three boys agreed, and then they all got undressed. All four of the boys were sporting raging hard-ons. Jassen came over to Darrien, and Rick went over to Eliah.
Darrien took Jassen's cock in his hand and started to jerk him off. Then he moved his mouth toward it. He licked the tip of it, and then ran his tongue down the shaft. He help lower Jassen to the floor, and continued with what he was doing. Jassen moaned. Darrien took his cock to the hilt, and slowly started going up and down on it. Then he moved and started to suck Jassen's balls. He sucked on one and then on the other. Then he took both of them in his mouth, and worked on them.
He lifted them out of the way, as he licked the fleshy part underneath. Jassen lifted his bottom, so Darrien had perfect access to his fuck hole. Darrien paused for a bit. He thought that Jassen knew too much for supposedly being just curious. He returned to what he was doing. He ran his tongue around Jassen's pucker, and then he pushed it in as far as he could. He darted his tongue in and out. Jassen squirmed with each movement.
"Man I am gonna cum," he said.
Darrien returned to his cock, and quickly resumed moving up and down. Jassen erupted. His huge load filled Darrien's mouth. He swallowed every drop. He let Jassen's cock fall from his mouth, and turned to watch the action on the other side of the room.
Eliah had Rick's cock in his mouth. He was moving up and down on it. Occasionally, he'd stop and lick the shaft of his cock. Then he moved to suck on Rick's balls. It didn't take Eliah long to find his way to Rick's fuckhole. Rick did exactly what Jassen had done. The caused Eliah to pause, and them continue licking his friend's ass. Eliah didn't take long before he was back working on his cock. He knew Rick was close, so he picked up the pace.
"I'm gonna shoot bud," yell Rick.
He shot his load deep in Eliah's mouth, and he swallowed it all. When he was done taking the load, he looked over at Darrien, and then at his two friends.
"You guys figured it out didn't you?" Jassen asked.
"Yeah we did," replied Eliah.
Darrien had moved to be with Eliah, as Rick explained why they had done what they did.
"We are both gay." he said.
"And we are seeing each other," Jassen added.
"We never knew," Eliah said.
"That's why we did it this way," Rick said.
"We wanted so bad to do something with you," Jassen put in.
"Why didn't you ask straight out?" Darrien asked.
"We were scared."
"Scared that you'd be rejected?"
Jassen and Rick both nodded. They explained that they had wanted to ask flat out, but then came up with this idea. They felt stupid for what they did. They would understand if Darrien and Eliah left. Eliah looked at Darrien, and then they looked at the other two.
"I guess no harm was done," Eliah said, and Darrien agreed.
"You're not pissed at us?" Rick asked.
"No, besides, it was fun," said both Eliah and Darrien.
"Would you guys do more with us?" Jassen asked.
"Sure, why not," Darrien replied, looking at Eliah, who just nodded in agreement.
Jassen and Rick were happy. Darrien and Eliah, were as well. The boys were doing things that they had wanted to for a long time. They sat in a circle and started to jerk each other off. Darrien was jacking off Eliah. Eliah was doing it to Jassen. Jassen was doing Rick, and Rick was doing Eliah. Then Rick decided to go down on Darrien. Darrien followed suit and went down on Eliah. Eliah went down on Jassen, and him on Rick. They were in a circle sucking session. This was something new for all of them. They were so intent on what they were doing. That no one knew who blew first, but it started a chain reaction, and soon all four boys had blown their loads. They lay in a circle, spent. Rick and Jassen started kissing each other. Darrien and Eliah watched as the two boys got hard for the third time. They were tired and wanted to go home. Jassen and Rick said okay. Darrien and Eliah got dressed and headed home.
On the way they talked about what had happened. They both agreed that they may have to do it again, but not in the near future. They were happy with each other.
The end


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With passion, strength and charm, our world class dancers will visit all of you in the region, so that you yourselves can experience what critics in Germany and Madrid as well as here in Sweden already know: The Göteborg Ballet has never been better!
After our success with "Danseld" during the autumn 2004, we return this year with yet another wonderful performance , including the intriguing "Chameleon" by Itzik Galili.
With the Göteborg Ballet you can be sure to experience a performance with both insights and great joy.
Brave unites the works of four very different and risk-taking choreographers.
Choreography Nacho Duato
Choreography Fernando Melo - World premiere!CHAMELEON
Choreography Itzik Galili
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Choreography Nicolo Fonte - World premiere!
Dates and places:
22 October Skövde
25 October Vara
27 October Trollhättan
29 October Uddevalla
2 November Åmål
Musik Maria del Mar Bonet
Koreografi Nacho Duato
Scenografi och kostym Nacho Duato
Ljusdesign Nicolás Fischtel
Musik To Zé, Mike Galasso
Koreografi Fernando Melo
Scenografi och kostym Fernando Melo
Ljusdesign David Stokholm
Musik John Cage
Koreografi Itzik Galili
Scenografi och ljus Itzik Galili
Kostym Natasja Lansen
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Musik David Lang, Ghislain Poirier
Koreografi Nicolo Fonte
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Meatless Monday: Chickpea and Tomato Soup with Pimentón
I needed to look up some Portuguese recipes for a friend last weekend and obviously I turned to the very helpful Leite's Culinaria website. I did find the recipes I was looking for, plus a lot more. One of them was this simple, yet delicious soup recipe, originally from Tamasin Day-Lewis's book "Supper for a Song: Creative Comfort Food for the Resourceful Cook". I've adapted the recipe a little to suit our tastes, and we'll be definitely making this again. Puréeing some of the chickpeas/garbanzos to thicken the soup was a neat idea, and you can add more or less pimentón (aka smoked paprika) depending on the freshness and strength of your paprika powder.
While it's filling, it's also gluten-free and vegan, so perfect recipe for a Meatless Monday.
Chickpea and Tomato Soup with Smoked Paprika
(Kikerherne-tomatisupp, kergelt suitsune)
Serves four
1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 red onion, finely chopped
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 celery sticks, chopped
2 Tbsp chopped fresh rosemary
400 g can tinned chickpeas/garbanzo beans, drained
1 tsp Pimentón de la Vera (smoked paprika)
2 bay leaves
1 Tbsp tomato paste
400 g can chopped tomatoes
1 litre of hot vegetable stock/bouillon
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
some parsley leaves, to serve
Heat olive oil in a large saucepan. Add the onion, garlic, celery and rosemary and fry for a few minutes, until the aromatics are beginning to soften.
Add the chickpeas, smoked paprika, bay leaves, tomato paste and chopped tomatoes. Give it a stir and bring into a boil.
Add the stock, season with salt and pepper and bring into a boil again. Then reduce the heat, cover and simmer for about 10-15 minutes.
Remove the bay leaves.
Using a hand-held/immersion blender, purée some of the soup, leaving some of the chickpeas whole.
Divide between warmed soup bowls, garnish with parsley and serve.
6 comments:
- Kalyn said...
This sounds just like my kind of soup!
- 3:48 pm, March 21, 2011
- ChichaJo said...
My kind of soup too! I love pimenton and am guilty of using it in almost everything!
- 5:20 pm, March 21, 2011
- Pille said...
Kalyn & Joey - well, I was thinking of you two ;)
- 11:39 am, March 22, 2011
- Maite (Mai) said...
I am a Spanish (for my english, you have noticed) who has lived 5 years in Austria. I cook this dish (garbanzos con tomate) very often because, apart from healthy, is the flavor of "Spain" :-) If you want to cook them with a more "exotic" style, try putting a bit of curry Moroccan (Ras el hanout type) with a topping of shrimp. It's nothing traditional but is really delicious...
Also, in my bag never miss a package of paprika from La Vera, the most famous in my country.
Hasta pronto!
- 2:32 pm, March 22, 2011
Wow! This soup sounds really delicious. I came around Your blog when looking for a recipe for condensed milk and berries, found this very interesting and will definitely visit again. I am from Finland, and Your recipes are extremely suitable for us. We do, indeed, have a estonian deli next to my job, which I would love to use more often. Maybe with Your recipes I will! Thanks, love, Päivi.
- 4:12 pm, March 27, 2011
- Pille said...
Maite - thank you for the ras el hanout tip - that's excellent!!!
Päivi - I imagine our tastebuds are pretty similar - so glad you've found Nami-Nami :)
- 9:03 am, May 11, 2012


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Things have not been going well. I need to wean my 8.5 month old to formula, but not sure how best to go about that to be safe for me (prone to plugs) and allow him to get proper nutrition.
When he's had bottles, he takes 2-2.5oz breastmilk or 3 oz mix - 2oz formula, 1oz breastmilk. I know that seems low, per the LC I saw last week (this was before I decided to go full formula; we were working on mix of pumping and formula); I'm not sure why he only eats that much, but he pushes the bottle away if we try to continue feeding, and he is a very healthy, chunky boy (probably around 26 lbs based on last weight check). I know he'll need to take a larger volume of formula to get enough calories, and I'm worried he won't accept that.
I had thought to slowly wean him off feeds, dropping one/week, to prevent me getting plugged ducts, but I fear doing it that way, he'll just want to nurse more at times I offer (specifically waking more at night, and he already wakes every 2hrs at night most nights as it is). I know there are things I can take to help dry up faster (sage?), but if I do that, how will I know baby is adequately fed through bottles if he's still trying to nurse?
Just feeling a little lost and could use any advice I can get. (Also, I am 100% sure about this choice and would prefer not to have to go back through reasons why/what has led us to this point unless it's applicable information for my questions here).


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10 hardboiled eggs, peeled and sliced length-wise
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 1/2 teaspoons capers
1 teaspoon fresh parsley, finely minced
smoked paprika
In a small bowl, use a fork and thoroughly mix together the yolks, mayonnaise, mustard, capers, parsley, pepper, and a bit of smoked paprika. Spoon an equal amount into each of the egg halves. Sprinkle with additional smoked paprika and serve.


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The Sun (i.e. take it with a pinch of salt!), the 50th anniversary will be simulcast worldwide to avoid spoilers leaking.
This means that almost everyone everywhere will watch it at the same time. They also quote 8pm GMT as the broadcast time, and using this they show that it would air at noon for west coast fans and 7am the following day in Sydney.
The 50th Anniversary is also being shown in Cinemas, although it is unknown whether these are to match the simulcast, shown at regular intervals like other films or both.
It is also reported that it has been sold to 200 countries, which is expected to give it more than 100 million viewers in total, making it the biggest ever global drama simulcast.
One of The Sun's famous "insiders" said "The 50th anniversary special is a massive deal for fans around the world who were petrified the secrets would leak online the moment it aired in Britain."
A BBC Worldwide spokesman said: "It's always been our ambition to work with our broadcast partners so that international Doctor Who fans can enjoy the 50th Anniversary special at the same time as the UK.
"We'll have more details soon about our very exciting global plans for November."
Friday, 26 July 2013
50th Anniversary to be Simulcast Worldwide?
By PCJ at 11:06
Labels: 50th Anniversary , BBC America , Doctor Who , Doctor Who in cinemas
3 comments :
I feel like no one cares that much to necessitate a worldwide simulcast... Just don't go on twitter for a few hours ya know? But I guess AU gets it a day later?
- 26 July 2013 at 15:50
AU gets it a day late just as much as they are a day later all the time. It's already tomorrow for them, one o'clock PM to be precise.
- 26 July 2013 at 15:54
- ©ⓤⓛⓣ_ⓞⓕ_ⓜⓡ_ⓑⓔⓐⓝ said...
There are only 196 countries in the world, and I can't see them broadcasting to North Korea or Vatican City...
- 29 July 2013 at 23:08
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Monday, May 9, 2011
Enter to win the new Creative Spaces Magazine
37 comments:
- Leigh Ann Baird said...
Congrats! My craft room will NEVER be in print! LOL
- May 9, 2011 at 8:36 AM
- Jenn said...
My space is pretty scary looking, I could definitely use some inspiration!
- May 9, 2011 at 9:24 AM
- LynnSevillana said...
Would love to see where you create!
- May 9, 2011 at 10:04 AM
- Jill said...
OH, I need this for inspiration. My work space will be pretty one day!!
- May 9, 2011 at 10:07 AM
- pegg said...
I can't wait to check out your space! I love seeing beautiful crafty areas. Hope to get some inspiration!
- May 9, 2011 at 10:09 AM
- Renee said...
Yes, we would love to see where you create. Thanks for the chance to win!!
- May 9, 2011 at 10:25 AM
- Jingle said...
Your space looks really pretty from that little peek!
- May 9, 2011 at 10:29 AM
- Marie / Legojenta said...
I'd love to win this! TFS =)
- May 9, 2011 at 11:14 AM
- Angi @ CokiePop said...
Big Congrats to ya. Would love to see the magazine. I'm such a decor junkie. :)
- May 9, 2011 at 11:29 AM
beautiful vases! ... can't wait to get my hands on this!
- May 9, 2011 at 12:29 PM
- Deirdre said...
Oh wow, congrats. My craft room is like a disaster zone... have to get tidying.... definitely need the mag for inspiration.
- May 9, 2011 at 12:53 PM
- Nancy L. said...
congrats!!! i would love to win a copy, thanks!
- May 9, 2011 at 1:05 PM
- Shauna said...
My space is lame, I NEED some inspiration!!!
- May 9, 2011 at 1:40 PM
- Cindy said...
I think designing/organizing my craft space was one of the funnest things I've done. I'd love to see this magazine and your space.
- May 9, 2011 at 3:11 PM
- Briana said...
What a fun giveaway!!
- May 9, 2011 at 6:49 PM
- Emily @SweetlyScrapped said...
First, I have to say, this is uncanny that I find this post tonight. I just started a convo on my fan page about organizing our mess! lol. http://www.facebook.com/sweetlyscrapped - you can see! lol. Also, I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, but you're doing the drawing on friday the 13th! Maybe it will be my first lucky one! :) Either way, this is a great contest to enter and I REALLY hope I win! Thanks so much for the chance. I'd love to be able to pass on the ideas I find in the catalog.
- May 9, 2011 at 6:55 PM
I cant wait to see more of your space...
How exciting!
- May 9, 2011 at 7:05 PM
- Ladybug68 said...
I would love to win this!!! I need help organizing my non-existant space!!
- May 9, 2011 at 8:12 PM
- Teresa said...
Oooo! I can always use more ideas for my craft space!
- May 9, 2011 at 8:21 PM
- jen said...
CONGRATULATIONS!!! I'd love to see it- thanks for the chance!
- May 9, 2011 at 9:00 PM
- ~amy~ said...
congrats!!!!! How exciting!
- May 10, 2011 at 5:14 AM
- stacey yacula studio said...
Congrats Holly! How exciting!
I can't wait to pick up a copy and see your inspiring space!
- May 10, 2011 at 9:12 AM
- Alyssa said...
Beautiful flowers, Holly. This is so timely, as I am redoing my craft room now. It currently resembles an avalanche. LOL.
- May 10, 2011 at 9:33 AM
- Angie Blom said...
oh how exciting.. I really want to check this issue out.. Congrats on being in there.. and from your sneak peek it looks like one amazing room full of inspiration!!
- May 10, 2011 at 9:54 AM
- Heather said...
I am love creative spaces!
- May 10, 2011 at 10:14 AM
- debpaint16 said...
Congrats!!! How exciting for you!!! I would love to see the rest of your space & all the other amazing rooms in this issue!! Thanks for the chance to win!!
- May 10, 2011 at 12:06 PM
- Ruth said...
thanks for giving us a little glimpse
- May 10, 2011 at 9:09 PM
- Ashley Nguyen Newell said...
Oh! This is fabulous! I need to see this issue!
- May 10, 2011 at 9:20 PM
- Linda Lou said...
Congrats Holly! Would love to win the magazine!
- May 11, 2011 at 6:20 AM
- Cre8tive Sam said...
This would be great if I won this I am unable to get this in the UK :( xx
- May 11, 2011 at 11:01 AM
- nikkib said...
Mine would never get published in a magazine, unless the magazine was titled 'Messy Craft Spaces' LOL... can't wait to get some ideas...
- May 11, 2011 at 1:29 PM
I'd sure like to win this issue . . . a whole magazine filled with photos of crafter's creating spaces! Yummy!
- May 11, 2011 at 5:58 PM
- Laura said...
I love your flowers on the wall! What an amazing idea!! What did you use to stick them to the wall? Congratulations on getting in Creative Spaces, you deserve it!
- May 11, 2011 at 8:34 PM
- cathy said...
Congrats on being published!! I don't even want to show the dog my room! Need help!! Thanks for the chance to win!
- May 12, 2011 at 8:00 AM
- Sue D said...
Very pretty with the flowers on the wall! My space is very functional but needs some beauty.
- May 13, 2011 at 11:40 AM
- the nayz said...
I can't wait to get my hands on a copy of this. Thanks for the chance to win!!
- May 13, 2011 at 3:25 PM
I recieved my copy of Creatve Spaces and WOW, I love your room. Your desk is exactly what I have been searching for! Would you mind sharing where you got it or what brand it is? Thanks so much! I own every one of your stamp sets! LoVe ThEm!
- June 17, 2011 at 12:15 PM


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2. A Nation in Crisis
More than 30 journalists and media workers have been murdered or have vanished since December 2006. As vast self-censorship takes hold, Mexico's future as a free and democratic society is at risk.
Since President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa launched a government offensive
SIDEBAR: An Era
of Promises and Fear
Beginning in late 2006, the Calderón administration has deployed 45,000
army troops and 20,000 federal police in crime-ravaged areas across
In addition to those who have been murdered, dozens of journalists have been attacked, kidnapped, or forced into exile in connection with their coverage of crime and corruption. Reporting basic information about criminal activities—including the names of drug lords, smuggling routes, and prices—places journalists at direct risk. Being careful in what you publish helps somewhat, Luz Sosa, a police reporter in Ciudad Juárez, told CPJ in a 2009 interview. "But even that may not be enough if the reporter starts to ask delicate questions," she said. "The criminals may kill you not for what you publish, but for what they think you know."
María Esther Aguilar Cansimbe, a seasoned crime reporter in Michoacán state, knew and wrote a lot. She broke a series of stories on government corruption, police abuses, and the arrest of a La Familia drug cartel leader before she vanished in November 2009. Her husband, David Silva, himself a former police chief, told CPJ that drug traffickers' influence is so strong in the area that he has no faith in police. "With most of the police here you don't know who you're talking to—a detective or a representative of organized crime," he said. The inquiry into Aguilar's disappearance has produced no tangible results.
Even journalists who don't aggressively cover crime or security fall
victim to criminal groups. Valentín Valdés Espinosa, a 29-year-old reporter who
handled general assignments for the daily Zócalo de Saltillo in Coahuila
state, was ripped from his vehicle on a downtown
Pervasive self-censorship throughout vast areas of the country is the ruinous product of this lethal violence. As organized crime, corruption, and lawlessness spread, reporters and news outlets are abandoning not only investigative reporting but basic daily coverage of sensitive issues such as the drug trade and municipal malfeasance.
In the border city of
In Ciudad Juárez, also along the
Yet self-censorship is not always enough. In
A decade ago, drug violence was concentrated along the U.S.-Mexico
border, but it has now spread from one end of the country to the other,
particularly in the last three years. The fierce battle between drug cartels
for smuggling routes, agricultural land, and domestic markets has moved south
to the states of Michoacán and Guerrero, along with Tabasco, Veracruz, and
Quintana Roo. The state of
Systemic impunity allows insecurity to take root.
The problem is rooted in widespread corruption among law enforcement, the
judiciary, and the political system, especially at the state level. Complicity
between police and drug gangs is so common that it routinely undermines justice
and creates the widespread perception that the system is controlled by the
criminals. In case after case, CPJ has found botched or negligent detective
work by state prosecutors and police, many of whom complain they lack training
and resources. The investigation into the 2009 murder of Bladimir Antuna García
On several occasions, authorities have resorted to unlawful methods to produce questionable results, including coercion of witnesses and fabrication of evidence. The National Human Rights Commission, an independent government agency, has found systematic violations within the criminal justice system. When authorities in Iguala, in Guerrero state, arrested a suspect in the 2009 killing of reporter Jean Paul Ibarra Ramírez, for example, journalists and human rights defenders immediately cast doubt on the investigation, saying the defendant's confession might have been coerced.
The federal government has only intermittently recognized violence
against the press as a national problem. In 2006, under the presidency of
Vicente Fox, the government created a special prosecutor's office to
investigate crimes against the press. Although the office was initially
considered a step forward in combating impunity, it has proved ineffective.
That the office was given insufficient jurisdiction to undertake its own
inquiries has led in part to its failures, but the special prosecutors
themselves have seemed uninterested in their mission at times. In 2007, then-special
prosecutor Octavio Orellana Wiarco minimized the problem of anti-press
violence by telling
CPJ and other press groups believe that the federal government must intervene more forcefully to address this national crisis, that it must assume primary responsibility for guaranteeing the right of free expression enshrined in Articles 6 and 7 of the Mexican Constitution. In practice, it is a right that millions of Mexicans, including journalists, can no longer exercise. But the Calderón administration, overwhelmed as the drug wars spiral out of control, has not prioritized freedom of the press on its national agenda. Members of Congress, for their part, have been pressured by powerful governors and state politicians whose interests are best served by maintaining local jurisdiction—and local inaction—in anti-press crimes. As a result, reforms that would give the federal government broad authority to prosecute crimes against free expression have stalled in Congress.
Critics say that federal oversight is no panacea, and they are right. CPJ has documented numerous instances in which the military and federal police have harassed and attacked journalists. In 2007, for example, Mexican troops detained, punched, blindfolded, and aggressively interrogated four reporters in the northern state of Coahuila. The reporters, all of whom had press credentials, were held for three days on vague accusations of paramilitary activity before they were finally released. Federal law enforcement is itself beset by drug-related corruption, further undermining confidence in the national government's response. But a national crisis that has stripped citizens of the basic constitutional and human right to free expression demands a full-scale national response in which the federal government is accountable.
Journalists themselves must contribute to this effort. Mexican media have
not traditionally been unified in defending the rights of their colleagues to
work without fear of reprisal. Such unity is crucial, as evidenced in
Reporters and editors have also been corrupted by the same drug cartels that have infiltrated nearly every sector of society. In dozens of interviews conducted by CPJ over several years, journalists acknowledge that criminals routinely bribe them to act as cartel publicists or to buy their silence. In some instances, journalists themselves pass along bribes to their colleagues. Corruption among members of the media raises sensitive questions about whether certain journalists are killed as a result of their work or because of involvement with drug cartels, complicating the work of press advocates and tainting the reputation of the media as a whole.
Reforms must be undertaken if citizens are to reassert control over their
country. In border cities such as
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[Produced by DJ Premier]
I love my niggaaaaaaaaas!
[Verse 1: Capital STEEZ]
(And my niggas love me)
Damn, and the saga continues
So stand still when I slide on the venue
Since middle school been on point with this pencil
Respect it, he stay sharper than Ginsus
What's on the menu? Crabs in a basket
You make it somewhere and they just grabbin' you back in
Amateur rappers and their mans wanna battle
And turn pale in the face like they last name Jackson
I admit, it was early for that
We still embarrassin' and damagin' the burliest cats
But on a higher note J. STEEZ play keys
You can tell by the respect that I have earned in the trap
See some say he the hottest in his class
The rest talk trash, I acknowledge it and laugh
Jockin' on my swag put the product in a bag
Since erlenmeyer I learned to put the fire to the flask
And came through with that crack spit
New to the league straight ballin' off a draft pick
You can tell all them amateurs that you rappin' with
That I been going rampant since I came into this rapping shit
Staying passionate
Wrapping my hand around any rapper in my caliber coming after it
Don't think they got the pamphlet and the manuscript
But every style of art they crafted I mastered it
So bow down to your sensei I been paid
Young boss since the tenth grade
Now I see through flows, like water
I'm flyer than C3P0 and Skywalker
[Verse 2: Joey BADA$$]
Too much west coast dick lickin', too many niggas
Gettin' caught slippin', knittin' mittens into kissin' kittens
Too many chickens wanna be pidgeons, shittin' over
Stadiums, and leave it drippin' on your cranium
Too many niggas think they gon' blow like Arabians
Thinkin' they gon' eat next like Drake, no Canadian
The best in the universe put you in a hearse
If I don't get my space like alien, the kid is fire, don't play with him
The fam used to baby him because he was the youngest
He made a few adjustments and then proved that he wasn't dumbest
I keep the fly-est chicks with the flattest stomachs
Claim they just wanna get high, but on the low, they be down to suck it
And I'm not the one to fuck with, but fuck it
Leave the ruckus to a musket if you punk niggas can't take the judgement
They love it, do a couple shows and I collect my hundred
It barely budge my budget but it ain't nothin' I stay stuntin'
They stay frontin' like I'm at the back, rear door
Because I'm real though, and I've always been a weirdo nigga
A young Caesar but he never kept his hair low
The dear flow flows through ear flows explodes earlobes
And therefo' I remain the pharoah
Sittin' on my royal chair, ho, with a gold-adorned sombrero
Came through I jacked the throne, you know the troop style
Let's sit em' down, and crown him like a root canal, bitch