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Surprisingly, many gardeners and non-gardeners alike don't know about one of the best early flowering shrubs around – Witch Hazel, Hammamelis x intermedia. Fragrant, long blooming, maintenance free and deer resistant, I am always surprised that it isn't more widely planted. The winter flowering Hazels – Hamamelis x intermedia hybrids are crosses between Japanese witch hazel (H. japonica) and Chinese witch hazel (H. mollis). They are coarse-leaved, loosely-branched, medium to large, deciduous shrubs that typically grow 12-20' tall.
Colorful Hybrids
The hybrids come in an array of colors trending towards the copper and red spectrum. The most common color is yellow – Arnold's Promise' – but oranges and copper reds are available, like Diane and Jelena. Doing well in woodland conditions of high shade, you can also site Witch Hazels in sun and they will thrive. It is an easy plant to espalier or grow flat against a wall or house.
'Diane' is a red-flowered form with spreading branches. It typically grows to 8-12' tall and to 10-15' wide over 10 years. This is a slow growth rate and it is easy to prune smaller. Blooming from January to March, clusters of these flowers, clothe the branches thickly. The coarse leaves turn shades of yellow, orange and red in fall.
Fall Blooming Native Witch Hazel
Not to be confused with the fall blooming Hammamelis virginiania, which is the native variety and worthy in its own right, the hybrids come in beautiful colors, like copper, and garnet red. Spider-like, all varieties of flowers are intensely fragrant, long lasting, and particularly visible as the spring foliage hasn't emerged yet. By growing a variety of Witch Hazels, you can have blooms in the landscape from October to March, when blooms are sorely needed.
For late fall color, October into December color, one of the best choices is the native Hamamelis virginiana, with its curious spider-like fragrant yellow flowers. An understory small tree or large shrub, it flowers when most other shrubs and trees have finished blooming, in partly shady or sunny locations. An often-overlooked shrub during the summer, with medium green crinkled leaves, the pollinator for the native is not bees, unless we get a warm spell, but a winter moth that is active on very cold nights. Amazingly, the moths have the unique ability to raise their body temperature by the simple method of shivering to find their food on freezing nights.
All varieties of Witch Hazel can be grown in containers for a few years for a great pot plant, but as it gets older, it will need to be transplanted into the landscape.
Preferring well-amended soil and regular water Witch Hazels are tolerant of acid or alkaline conditions. Native forms are hardier, while most hybrid cultivars grow in USDA Zones 5-8. Once established, they are virtually maintenance-free and resistant to most pests and diseases. Witch hazel extract is commonly used for cosmetic and medicinal purposes. The supple branches are still used as divining rods to search for water sources. Wild turkeys and squirrels feed on the seeds and it is the larval host for several butterfly species. An astringent made from the leaves and bark is still sold worldwide for a variety of uses.
Prune before summer so that the following year's buds can develop. Suckering twigs that form around the base should be removed. Once new flower buds appear, branches can be cut and forced to bloom inside.
- Witch hazels require a winter chill to attain best flowering
- They appreciate some summer water; supplement if you live in a dry area
- Mulching is beneficial for retaining moisture
- Companion plants such as hellebores, bulbs of hardy cyclamen, aconites, and snowdrops, can be naturalized around the base.
- To extend seasonal interest, train a clematis through the branches
- Site the shrub near a doorway or pathway to appreciate the fragrance
- Placed against a structure such as a house or wall ensures warmth from the sun for earlier bloom and contrasting drama with the surface
- A great subject for espaliering, it would preform best on a sunny wall


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During its 18 hours, Ken Burns' "The Vietnam War" finds time to acknowledge Minnesota with commentary from a Worthington-born author and at least three Bob Dylan songs, but that wasn't enough for Twin Cities Public Television.
With money from the state Legacy Fund, TPT has produced two one-hour films that will air after the epic documentary concludes.
"Minnesota Remembers Vietnam: The Telling Project," debuting at 8 p.m. Sept. 29, takes you behind the scenes of a special performance taped at the station's St. Paul studios in May.
Five Minnesotans, including Army nurse Mary Beth Crowley and former Army Chief Warrant Officer Ray Wilson, shared their personal stories in a theater piece produced by the Telling Project, a nonprofit organization that harnesses the power of theater to connect veterans and their families to their communities. The film focuses on preparations for the raw monologues; the theater piece itself will stream on TPT.org at the end of September.
"We saw this as a great opportunity to show how arts is providing a platform for something that's normally difficult to talk about," said producer Amy Melin. "In this case, it's your neighbor, the people you may encounter all the time, but may not know their whole story."
"America's Secret War," premiering at 8 p.m. Oct. 3, looks at North Vietnam's invasion of Laos and how it triggered a mass exodus of that country's citizens to America. Having a Minnesota-based broadcaster shepherd the film made sense since the Twin Cities is home to more Hmong-Americans than any other urban area in the United States.
Director Lisa Blackstone chose to interview a dozen local Hmong people in the TPT studios rather than in their homes. "I wanted to strip them away from modern-day life and really allow viewers to focus on them," she said. Blackstone also relied heavily on archival photos from Concordia University's Center for Hmong Studies.
TPT also has launched an online effort called "The Story Wall," inviting Minnesotans to share personal tales of the war. You can post your recollections at MNvietnam.org. Selected stories are being published there and at TPT's website.
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text: We've just hit this error, and it is blocking any expansion of existing or creation of new volumes. We found: http://readlist.com/lists/redhat.com/linux-lvm/0/2839.html which appears to describe a solution. I'm doing some reading, and I've set up a test environment to try things out (before doing anything risky to production). But I'm hoping a post here can save some time (and angst). First: The referenced thread is two years old. I don't suppose there's a better way to solve this problem today? Assuming not... I'm not sure how metadata is stored. It seems like, by default, it is duplicated on each PV. I'm guessing this because one can't just add new PVs (with larger metadatasize values), but one must also remove the old metadata. Is that right? Are there are consequences to removing the metadata from most of the physical volumes? I've six, so I'd be adding a seventh and eighth (two for redundancy, though the PVs are all built on RAID sets). The "pvcreate --restorefile ... --uuid ... --metadatacopies 0" command would be executed on the existing 6 physical volumes? No data would be lost? I want to be *very* sure of this (so I'm not trashing an existing PV). What is the default metadatasize? Judging from lvm.conf, it may be 255. 255 Megabytes? Is there some way to guestimate how much space I should expect to be using? I thought perhaps pvdata would help, but this is apparently LVMv1 only. [Unfortunately, 'lvm dumpconfig' isn't listing any data in the metadata block.] There's also mention in the cited thread of reducing fragmentation using pvmove. How would that work? From what I can see, pvmove will move segments. But even if two segments are moved from dislocated locations to immediately adjacent locations, I see nothing which says that these two segments would be combined into a single segment. So I'm not clear how fragmentation can be reduced. Finally, there was mention of changing lvm.conf - presumably, metadata.dirs - to help make more space. Once lvm.conf is changed, how is that change made live? Is a complete reboot required, or is there a quicker way? Thanks for any and all help... Andrew


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For anyone wanting to file comments regarding the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA's) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for FMVSS 304 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Fuel Container Integrity (Federal Register [FR] Vol. 84 No. 120; Docket No. NHTSA-2019-0055); comments must be received by August 20, 2019.
This proposal is the result of petitions and would amend visual inspection labeling requirements to state that CNG fuel containers used on heavy vehicles should be inspected at least once every 12 months. NHTSA has tentatively concluded that multiple visual inspections per year based solely on mileage would not improve vehicle safety for these high-mileage CNG heavy vehicles, and could potentially reduce safety.
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Well here's part 2 of three.
You will load 4 gravel cars, do a caboose shuffle, pickup two cars at Ridout. Finally proceed to Riverside for a break.
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I am currently having a problem trying to rest settings after applying some video processing filters. For example, I have a video loaded (e.g. c:\test.avi). I have four buttons that rotate this video using the rotation filter (0, 90, 180, 270). When I click 90 the video is rotated 90 degrees. However when I click 0 the video does not get rotated back to the origianal state. The program takes 90 as the original state. How do I then reset the state so when the 0 button is pressed, the video goes back to its original state.
I am also having this issue with the colour filter. I am implementing a slider bar functionality however when the value of the slider is changed, that new value becomes the default value. I do not know how to reset the values.
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'Rotate image 90 degrees.Private Sub btnRotate90_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnRotate90.Click
Dim LMVRotateLib As LMVRotateDim nIndex As Integer
nIndex = ltmmplayctrl1.VideoProcessors.Find("@device:sw:{E526D606-22E7-494C-B81E-AC0A94BFE603}\{E2B7DCDB-38C5-11D5-91F6-00104BDB8FF9}")
ltmmplayctrl1.SelectedVideoProcessors.Add(ltmmplayctrl1.VideoProcessors.Item(nIndex), 0)LMVRotateLib = ltmmplayctrl1.GetSubObject(ltmmPlay_Object_SelVideoProcessor)
LMVRotateLib.AutoStop = TrueLMVRotateLib.RotationAngle = +90
End Sub
'Rotate image 180 degrees.Private Sub btnRotate180_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnRotate180.Click
LMVRotateLib.AutoStop = TrueLMVRotateLib.RotationAngle = +180
Each of these 2 buttons inserts a new instance ofthe filter. So when actually add the filter to rotate the video 90 degrees you callthe other filter one more time to rotate 180 degrees. So the filter rotates 180
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Listening Post #24: Gifts of the Season
In the midst of the frenzy of gift buying and giving that preoccupies many of us during the annual commercial extravaganza that Christmas has become, I offer you two stories of gifts given that will warm your heart. I give you: Phil and Andrea.
A few weeks ago I had a serendipitous conversation with Phil, the wonderful human being who tends my car. Phil is a guy you can trust: he is routinely careful and professional, impeccably honest, unfailingly kind, always going the extra mile for customers in his repair shop. On the personal side, he lovingly raised and successfully launched his daughter, and settled into blissful empty-nested-ness.
But then, Phil became concerned about his 10 year old niece;. Growing up in a rough section of our city, she was beginning to have difficulties. An inadequate school and dangerous neighborhood conditions were having their effects, and the family was alarmed.
So post-child-rearing Phil offered to give the kind of self-emptying gift that this season is all about. In September, he opened his heart and home to the 5th grader, fixed up a bedroom, enrolled her in the local school, and set about surrounding her with love and opportunity. His enthusiasm and joy are contagious as he describes her new-found love of reading, her delight in Harry Potter Weekend, and her shy request for additional spending money at a local fair. What for? Books. As I listen to Phil, I am awed and grateful, drawn into a deep appreciation for the overwhelming gift of himself that he has so freely and generously given.
And then, there's Andrea. Really, it's an entire class full of Andreas at St Joe's University. As students in Professor Frank Bernt's course this past semester, they were required to serve as visitor-volunteers in a hospice. The group gathered recently to talk about their experiences; I got to be a fly on the wall and listen to their stories of discovery and transformation. Andrea's story is representative of all of them, and I offer it here as another example of gifts that change lives, gifts of the heart.
One of the patients Andrea visited was an older woman with a brain tumor that had caused damage resulting in aphasia, the impairment or loss of the ability to communicate using words. This was frustrating not only for the woman, but for Andrea, who originally saw herself as The Helpful One, needing to DO something, speak, help, fix.....something, anything to be of assistance. With great effort, the woman from time to time would say " I can't even begin to tell you……"trailing off, unable to continue, leaving thoughts unspoken, unknown.
Gradually, as the weeks went on, Andrea became comfortable with that difficult space of Unknowing, and allowed herself to let go of her own agenda and need to be needed or effective. She began to occupy the place of Presence: occasionally massaging the woman's hands, more often simply sitting in the mutuality and pregnant silence of their shared humanity.
On the last day that Andrea visited her, her new friend again tried to speak, slowly, with difficulty, echoing the only words she had managed during their time together. But this time, she finished the sentence. "I can't even begin to tell you..., she said haltingly, painstakingly, "…how much you mean to me." Andrea was dumbfounded, and immeasurably moved. "I hadn't DONE anything. I didn't think my presence was valuable," she said. "But doing nothing meant everything to her."
This may be one of the most profound expressions of gratitude that Andrea will ever get, an acknowledgment of a unique and extraordinary gift exchanged between these two women. Together, they tapped into what Parker Palmer calls the Hidden Wholeness that dwells in each of us, and offered it to each other. "I didn't change the world," Andrea says. "The world changed me."
In the dark days when I fear that our species is spinning madly out of control, caught in some fevered grip of ignorance and insanity, I remember all of you Phils and Andreas out there, giving each other the finest of gifts, the only ones that genuinely reflect the Reason for the Season: self-emptying gifts of the heart. Maybe we could all give even one such gift this year. Think of someone needing this present: the Presence of another caring, loving human, and give yourself, all wrapped up and shining with the Light that dwells in us all. This is how the world is healed, how Incarnation happens every day. Merry Christmas, Everyone.
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From the increasing development of autonomous weapons systems to the expansion of the traditional battlefield to cyber and outer space, the evolution of warfare invites ethical and legal questions about what the future holds. In November 2018, Arnold & Porter's Veterans and Affiliates Leadership Organization hosted a panel discussion to explain what warfare will be like for the military veterans of the future.
Former Air Force and Army general counsel and current Arnold & Porter partner Chuck Blanchard moderated a conversation with American University law professor Ken Anderson, Emory law professor Laurie Blank, and Jamie Morin, vice president of Defense System Operations at The Aerospace Corporation and a director of the Center for Space Policy and Strategy.
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If this Torygraph story is accurate, then the Labour rebels had better think again.
Their actions have harmed the Labour Party, seriously damaging its reputation at a time when they should have been uniting to attack a weakened Conservative Party.
Instead, they have helped the Tories build up a stronger position – by undermining their own party, its offices and members.
Who in the Labour Party has trust in the judgement or behaviour of the NEC, the general secretary, the Parliamentary Labour Party now? Very few members indeed.
Yet the same people who have caused the party serious harm will demand – demand! – assurances from Mr Corbyn as a sign of his goodwill if he wins.
Someone needs to bring them back to reality.
In particular, someone needs to remind them that it isn't Mr Corbyn who is threatening rebel MPs with deselection. That duty falls to their own constituency party members.
Mr Corbyn supports greater democracy in the party so – as with shadow cabinet elections – he will be expected to support the right of constituency party members to choose their own MPs.
That's democracy.
Senior Labour politicians who quit the shadow cabinet in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership are drawing up plans for a truce that would see them return to his team if he is re-elected this month.
Mr Corbyn was rocked by dozens of resignations from his shadow government in the aftermath of the EU referendum, in a rebellion that triggered a leadership contest.
However, with polls suggesting that Mr Corbyn is on course to win next week's leadership election easily, a number of former shadow ministers are preparing the ground to return to work with him.
They will demand a list of assurances from Mr Corbyn as a sign of his goodwill before pledging their support.
These include allowing them greater say in the running of the shadow cabinet, giving his support to a return to shadow cabinet elections, and dropping the threat that MPs who opposed his leadership will face de-selection.
Source: Senior Labour MPs draw up truce plans to return to Corbyn cabinet if he is re-elected
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In this writeup, we are going to discuss some of the best free file backup software and their unique characteristics. Before that, let's understand the importance of having a file backup software installed.
We all make plans in our daily life. No matter how good a plan is, we always keep a backup plan to support it. Backups don't only provide support, but also provide a feeling of security from the risk of losing everything. Backups also have a crucial role in our PCs. As you never know, when your PC is going to get crashed. But if it happens, then you might end up losing all your important files and data. However, you can overcome this loss by keeping a backup of all your important data.
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Below we have listed some best free file backup software. These tools can help you to automate your backup creation process.
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Also Read: Best File Shredder Software's for Windows 10, 8 & 7
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When we are talking about some best free file backup software for Windows 10, we cannot avoid Macrium Reflect. It is one of the most feature-rich backup software available in 2021. The basic features of the tool are to create a backup image of a disk and clone a disk. You can also schedule the backup task with the help of this utility.
Macrium Reflect provides many other features as well, including differential backup and incremental backup. However, so many features make the user interface of the software quite complex. The utility comes in both paid and free versions. Although, the free version provides all major features,, if you want more advanced features, then you can opt for its paid version.
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Here comes one of the most complete and balanced file backup software. EaseUS Todo Backup Free has everything you need in a free backup utility. It allows you to create different types of backups including, backup of individual files, whole drive, or a part of the drive. You can also create a backup of your complete system. It also uses some kind of algorithms to identify the commonly used file locations and then automatically creates a backup of those files.
You can even schedule backups with EaseUS Todo Backup Free. The free version of the software offers more than enough features to fulfill most of your requirements. Hence, you don't require to pay for the premium features. Along with so many features, EaseUS Todo Backup Free offers quite an intuitive user interface. So, you can consider it one of the best file backup software without any doubt.
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If you are looking for a simple backup file creation tool, then we highly recommend you to use Fbackup. The tool doesn't offer many fancy features. It offers quite decent and satisfying features to create backup files. The interface is also quite simple, though, it may seem boring to some people. Fbackup offers two backup creation modes, i.e., Wizard and Advanced. There is not much difference between both.
Along with these, it also provides a function to schedule the backup automatically. The major drawback of Fbackup is that it doesn't provide many features in its free version. You have to opt for its paid version to experience its full features.
Also Read: Best Disk Cloning Software for Windows 10, 8, 7
5. AOMEI Backupper Standard
Last but not least, we have AOMEI Backupper Standard on our list of some best free file backup software. It offers quite decent features in its free version. AOMEI Backupper Standard is a flexible file backup software. The tool allows you to process the backup creation tasks in both manual and automatic ways.
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It is essential to create backups of your files, data, and system. But, when we talk about our data, we cannot trust any random software. Hence, we have listed some of the best free file backup software for Windows 10. These utilities are quite reliable when it comes to backing up your data. Although, it is entirely your personal preference, which one you select as best for you.
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FIA to Hold 2nd Annual Lego Challenge
The Flint Institute of Arts will host the second annual "Create Your Own Masterpiece" intercollegiate Lego challenge this Saturday, February 18th from 1 until 4 p.m. The event is organized by the FIA'S College Town Student Advisory Council and is the only team competition held locally involving students from Kettering University, Baker College, UM-Flint, Mott Community College and Davenport University. The teams will compete for this year's trophy and People's Choice Award.
Each five member team will create sculptures on site during the event and the Lego masterpieces will remain on public view in the FIA lobby through February 26th. This year a junior competition for students in grades K-12 has also been added.
Last year, the event attracted over 900 viewers during the competition and was also the subject of a short film produced and directed by students from the Advanced Film Program at Mott Community College. Filmmakers from Mott will be shooting video again this year.
The "Create Your Own Masterpiece" Lego challenge is free to the public. For more information about this and other events at the Flint Institute of Arts, visit www.flintart.org or call (810) 234-1695.


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Tips to Consider When Choosing the Best Convenience Store
It is never an easy task to find a convenience store that will serve to your expectations. There are many convenience stores that offer the services, but the dilemma comes when you need to choose a specific one that will serve your needs. Quality is one thing that makes many clients take their time in looking for a convenience store. To know a convenience store that offers quality services, you have to take your time and do a thorough research before you can finally settle for one. During your research, there should be other set of features that help you do away with the convenience stores that are not nay near what you want as you remain with potential convenience stores that you are likely to choose. The following are some of the elements that you need to have in mid to help you in choosing the best convenience store.
Get to choose a convenience store that is transparent. Before you can settle for any convenience store, ensure that it has earned your confidence. It is not a good thing to consider a convenience store whose services you are not sure about. Some of the aspects that you need to check out include the quotation of the convenience store, some of the reviews that the convenience store has earned among other things. Any convenience store that hides the above information from their sites should act as a red flag to you. Why should they hide their rates and reviews? Do they have some negative ways of handling their clients? Any transparent convenience store should be a tick as you go on figuring out other aspects.
The next thing that you need to check out is the customer care services of the different convenience stores. Get to check how the various customer care staff handles their clients. They should be able to listen to all your needs, answer them accordingly and above all give the best solutions. Any convenience store whose staff seems rude while handling you should be avoided. One can discover this during consultation moments and when making discovery calls. It is therefore you responsibility to ensure that you pay the convenience stores a visits or rather make a call. This may seem hectic to you, but it will be worth it at the end. It is the only best way to know the staff by yourself without relying from messages from anyone.
The next thing you need to check out is the reputation of the convenience store. Get to know how people know about the convenience store. You can inquire from the people living around the convenience store, or in case it is online convenience store, check out on the reviews given to it. Most of the reviews received will always vary from positive to negative. If a convenience store has more negative feedback then you can judge that as a warning against choosing that same convenience store. However, convenience stores with lots of positive feedbacks can be good for you. Always bear in mind that what other says about the convenience store, more so those already served by it is a true reflection of what that convenience store is.


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Getting Started with Acrylic Paints
Mary Jane Begin
Getting Started with Acrylic Paints
Mary Jane Begin
Class Introduction05:14 2
Materials for Acrylic Paints08:30 3
Mixed & Layered Acrylic Paints18:35 4
Demo: Explore Glaze Mediums19:56 5
Demo: Palette Knife Technique12:33 6
Demo: Brushes for Acrylics15:05 7
Surfaces for Acrylic Paints19:15 8
Demo: Gesso a Surface09:13
Demo : Acrylic Illustration Board03:19 10
Demo: Acrylic Gradient20:47 11
Demo: Acrylic on Gesso & Non Gesso Surfaces20:35 12
Demo: Create Opacity in Acrylic06:51 13
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Are you interested in working with acrylic paints but not sure how to get started? In this course artist and illustrator, Mary Jane Begin will introduce you to the world of acrylic paints. This class is perfect for beginners looking to learn the basics of the medium in order to begin a painting practice. By the end of this course you will be equipped with the know-how to pick up a brush and start experimenting with acrylics!
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Hisamatsu Shokudou is located along the national highway No.329 street in the center of Kin Town. You can see the shop's exterior by looking at the above picture. The interior is a little retro atmosphere. It seems that Kin Town has an American military base, it is an old American style chair and floor. It seems to be a preference of the former.
And when you come to Hisamatsu Shokudou it is definitely a Chii-Iricha. It seems to be a classic dish ordered by about 70% of customers.
This is the Chii-Iricha. Somehow resembles black curry. If you think so, you do have the appetite a little, then try to eat a bite. This was quite delicious! Mild mellow flavor and umami were kept confined and matched well with rice. I could go on and on and on and on. The raw garlic became an accent of the taste, it was very tasty and I was able to eat it without getting tired till the last. I thought that there was an odor as it was boiling the pig's blood, but there is no smell at all. It is about 6 hours to carefully boil the pig's blood and cook it and offer Chii-Iricha. It is a Chii-Iricha that can only eat here.
About Hisamatsu Shokudou
Hisamatsu Shokudou was established in 1966, is a long-established dining room that has been offering Chii-Iricha in Kin town for more than 50 years. Currently the second generation inherits the taste of the secret Chii-Iricha of the previous generation. The restaurants that are offering Chii-Iricha even in Okinawa are fewer. Such Hisamatsu Shokudou has been taken up also in local newspapers.
Tacos and Tacorice are not the only ones in Kin Town. When you come to Kin town, please try also the Chii-Iricha.
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904-1201 Kin 41, Kin town, Okinawa
- Open 10:30~15:00
- Telephone: 098-968-2987
- Closed: Saturday, Sunday
- Parking lot: None
- Price: 600 yen ~ 1,000 yen
- Click here for homepage of Hisamatsu Shokudou
Hisamatsu shokudou is here ↓
If you want to know delicious restaurants of Soki soba or cuisine
Since you are coming to Okinawa traveling a lot, you would like to know the delicious restaurants of Soki soba and Okinawa cuisine. The book I refer to is "Pia Okinawa Food Book". Not only Okinawa soba and ramen, but also a variety of delicious Okinawa restaurants such as steak, Italian, Chinese, cafe etc are covered. There are also many pictures, and recent Okinawa delicious shops are introduced. "Okinawa shop 77 popular bloggers choose to pick" is an electronic book, but very interesting shops are introduced. A restaurant I do not even know about is included and it is helpful.
※If you click on the image you can buy it directly from Amazon


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Professor Emmanuelle Charpentier, a Director at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin, will receive the Nobel Prize. Governing Mayor Michael Müller congratulated her already.
Berlin, October 7th, 2020 (The Berlin Spectator) — Emmanuelle Charpentier from the Max Planck Institute's 'Unit for the Science of Pathogens', is one of the two winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The other recipient is the American biochemist Jennifer Doudna from both the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California in Berkeley.
'Genetic Scissors'
The Nobel Foundation said, the two researchers would receive the Prize "for the development of a method for genome editing". Both of them contributed a lot to something known as "genetic scissors", a tool for rewriting the code of life.
According to the Foundation in Stockholm, the two ladies "have discovered one of gene technology's sharpest tools", namely "the CRISPR/Cas9". Using "these genetic scissors", researchers could change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high precision, it said in the rationale.
'Enormous Power'
"This technology has had a revolutionary impact on the life sciences, is contributing to new cancer therapies and may make the dream of curing inherited diseases come true", the statement reads. "Researchers need to modify genes in cells if they are to find out about life's inner workings. This used to be time-consuming, difficult and sometimes impossible work. Using the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors, it is now possible to change the code of life over the course of a few weeks."
Claes Gustafsson, the Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry said there was "enormous power" in this genetic tool "which affects us all. It has not only revolutionized basic science, but also resulted in innovative crops and will lead to ground-breaking new medical treatments."
Mould and Pests
"As so often in science, the discovery of these genetic scissors was unexpected", the Nobel Foundation said. "During Emmanuelle Charpentier's studies of Streptococcus pyogenes, one of the bacteria that cause the most harm to humanity, she discovered a previously unknown molecule, 'tracrRNA'. Her work showed that tracrRNA is part of bacteria's ancient immune system, CRISPR/Cas, that disarms viruses by cleaving their DNA." This is where some laymen, including the author of these lines, lose it.
Since Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna had discovered the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors in 2012, their use has exploded, the Foundation stated. "This tool has contributed to many important discoveries in basic research, and plant researchers have been able to develop crops that withstand mould, pests and drought."
Trés bien!
Professor Charpentier was born in 1968 in Juvisy-sur-Orge, France. She got her Ph.D. in 1995 from the Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. In 2015, she became the Director of the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens in Berlin. Her colleague Jennifer Doudna was born in Washington D.C. in 1964.
The prize amount, 10 million Swedish Kronor (955,658 Euro, 1,124,700 U.S. Dollars or 870,557 Pounds Sterling) will be shared between the Laureates. Since 1901, the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry have been awarded. The awarding ceremony is scheduled to take place on December 10th, 2020, which is the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death in 1896.
In Berlin, Governing Mayor Michael Müller, who is also the city state's Science Senator, congratulated Professor Charpentier. "We are very proud to have such a stellar researcher in Berlin", he said.
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(West Orange, October 2013) Susan Pardi, NP, began her Alaris Health career in 2012 as part of its healthcare team. Susan, a nurse practitioner with 30 years of experience as a lead cardiac nurse, is the new Director of Clinical Program Development.
In her new role, Susan will help patients to reduce their risk of potentially preventable re-hospitalizations and will partner with hospitals to lower length of stay rates by transitioning patients to an Alaris specialty care center.
Founded on a tradition of healthcare excellence, Alaris' Member Health Centers are leading providers of short-term post hospital rehabilitation, long term and specialty care, with Member Health Centers throughout the state of New Jersey.
Susan has more than 30 years of experience as a cardiac nurse. From the cardiothoracic intensive care unit and the operating room to outpatient care for people with heart failure, her expertise extends across every phase of cardiac nursing. For 15 years, Susan was the lead nurse practitioner at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center's Heart Failure Treatment and Transplant Program.
Susan was an integral member of the heart team, acting as a resource and educator to patients and family members. She has earned respect as an expert in cardiology and promotes quality nursing care that is driven by the priorities of each patient's needs.


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About East Mesa Childrens Dentistry and Orthodontics
We are committed to providing a positive experience for your child and building a foundation for healthy oral habits for life!
We are committed to providing a positive experience for your child and building a foundation for healthy oral habits for life!
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Our modern, fun décor office is equipped with the latest dental technology. Designed with children in mind, our bright office and in-chair HDTVs will keep them busy and comfortable before and during treatment. Our spacious hygiene area is comfortable and open and our treatment rooms provide privacy when needed for more involved procedures. Our offices are designed to entertain the young ones, yet does not exclude the comfort of teens.
Thousands of people have come to trust the friendly and honest approach of East Mesa's Children's Dentistry along with the easy appointment scheduling, flexible payment plans and convenient office location.
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The growth of the UK's productivity has remained steady following the downturn of the financial crisis in 2009, but the pressure is on to deliver growing levels of it
We must beware those who claim to know the answer to our longstanding productivity woes. It is a highly complex question and there is no consensus on the precise causes, or what we should prioritise to solve its problems.
However, new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) are offering a new lease of life for the UK production market, helping to reaffirm its position at the forefront of global manufacturing.
The facts indicate how we can better implement technological innovations as a future fail-safe solution. In 2015, this country's production output was just 76% of the level in the US, and behind that of most of our other major competitors in the global marketplace. Meanwhile, between the advent of the Great Recession, the UK experienced a rise in output of just 0.7% – an unfortunate blip that affected our place in the global league.
The only way is up
Our politicians, economists and business leaders have agreed on the strategic importance redefining the UK's competitive edge in production. To these we can add the tech industry, which is not short of ideas of how to apply new technologies to restore our pioneering levels of efficiency and output.
The technology industry now has a duty to come up with solutions to the UK's productivity puzzle, but we must also be careful not to over-hype technology's ability to solve such a detailed problem. Any solution must encompass everything from investment in skills and training to corporate culture to – of course – new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI).
So, let's admit straightaway that AI alone will not immediately elevate the country to the very top of the global production league. It will, however, offer part of a dependable future solution –perhaps in the most unexpected and pioneering ways.
The daily drain of IT
Discussions about our productivity shortcomings focus on many different issues: from withheld investment in the latest robotic technologies in manufacturing, to an uneconomical working culture where longer hours do not necessarily translate into greater output.
Yet there are other, much more prosaic reasons for lost productivity that do not make the headlines. One of these is the amount of time that ordinary workers spend dealing with IT issues that prevent them from working.
Our research found that IT issues cause more than £60 billion in lost revenue every year, with simple device or software failures causing significant reduction to output for seven whole working days for each worker. Arguably, it is such issues that have inhibited the UK's leading position in production.
On average, in fact, IT failures within large enterprises render employees completely unable to do their job nearly two working days a year (15 hours a year per employee).
Much of this time is spent waiting for IT to address simple issues that employees could troubleshoot themselves, or through issues such as performing password resets – in other words, processes that could easily be automated.
User frustration – and learned helplessness?
IT failures may only be a small part of the UK's productivity problem, but the £60 billion figure shows how the potential gains to be made if we begin to address the problem more effectively.
Before we examine how AI can solve the issue, it's interesting to look at how something as simple as the daily frustration of IT failure can have such an impact on productivity – and why.
Much of this lost productivity is the result of delays as workers wait to speak to overstretched IT teams. Two thirds of our respondents (69%) said they would be more productive if they didn't have to stop to fix IT problems, while half said that an IT issue that caused them to miss a deadline.
In total, almost three quarters (71%) said that they had had an IT issue in the last 12 months which had prevented them doing their job for more than an hour.
It's clear how IT can be the source of some major productivity woes, but anecdotal evidence suggests something more interesting, which is that today's workers are more reliant on IT support for even quite basic problems.
In spite of the revolution in IT over the last few years, day-to-day technology is not noticeably more difficult to manage than it used to be. Indeed, with the advent of the cloud and self-service capabilities, one might argue that it has never been easier for workers to take some control for fixing problems themselves.
Could one of the problems be that workers have become so used to intelligent consumer devices – including digital personal assistants like Siri – that they have acquired a form of "learned helplessness" when it comes to their IT? It's difficult to judge how far this is true, but what is undeniable is that the same AI technologies that we use in our personal lives can (and should) be employed in the workplace to solve common IT problems.
The AI opportunity in microcosm
Why do businesses expect highly-skilled IT workers to spend so much of their time on routine tasks such as password resets when the problem could easily be solved through an AI-powered assistant or a digital employee? It's a question that many workers themselves might ask, with two thirds of workers (66%) saying that they believe solving IT issues should be as simple as asking Siri a question.
There is a clear demand among workers for a better way of addressing IT failure, with a majority saying they prefer to describe their problems verbally, rather than emailing them to the IT department.
Meanwhile, half say that their IT requests seem to go down a black hole, and the same number want a virtual 'personal IT coach' to answer and fix IT issues whenever they get stuck.
Here, then, is the AI opportunity in microcosm. No-one should claim that it is the sole panacea to the UK's productivity slip, but applying AI to this single problem could save millions of hours and billions of pounds a year, and re-position the UK at the forefront of worldwide manufacturing output
If the UK applied AI and other innovation technologies to current production processes, the capabilities of our industry could, in fact, be endless.
About the Author
Martin Linstrom is Managing Director, UK & Ireland at IPsoft. IPsoft makes it possible to transform business performance through the employment of digital labor. Every day we automate thousands of IT and business processes for enterprises across a wide range of industries


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Stupid Ash Ketchum
The fourth and final localized episode of the Pokemon Origins mini-series is now live for you to view. As a reminder, Origins is based completely on the Pokemon Red/Blue games, as opposed to the horrible prolonged and never ending anime series that features that giant man baby Ash Ketchum.
While this series is based on the original game, there is the tie-in to Pokemon X and Y with the whole Mega Evolution stuff. Oh yeah Charizard, go Super Saiyan and kick Mewtwo's ass!


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Jehst has been a pioneer of the hip-hop scene on this side of the Atlantic for way over a decade now and he's showing no signs of slowing down.
His discography has topped triple figures, his independent record label has outstayed the competition and released countless classics.
You might forgive the 40-year-old for hitting the golf course, but his restless creativity is only growing.
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Mintent Review: How to Market Like You Mean It
Market like you mean it.
Start marketing with real intent.
Working day and night, putting in grueling hours, tap-tap-tapping away at your keyboard—it's all for naught if you're not working for something real, tangible and meaningful.
After all, productivity isn't just about how much you get done.
It's about being efficient without sacrificing the quality of your work.
I had to learn this the hard way on my own entrepreneurial journey.
Now, I'm here to recommend some powerful content management software that's all about marketing with intent, and staying productive along the way.
It's called Mintent. While this software is relatively unknown, it's a serious little diamond in the rough. It helps you get to the root of your customers' needs, desires and goals. And it's well worth your time to take a look at its features, pros, cons, plans and pricing.
Don't go anywhere—I've got all of that information for you right here!
Mintent Review: How to Market Like You Mean It
Marketing is about managing a ton of different moving pieces to achieve measurable results.
I've often compared it to a juggling routine or a plate-spinning act.
That's why, before we think of results, we need to think about how to manage those moving pieces. You need to make sure you can manage your team, keep projects organized, delegate tasks in a simple way and track your results.
Mintent aims to help you accomplish all of that in one convenient place. So, I took their free 14-day trial for a spin to see what it's really capable of. From my testing, with the perspective of a seasoned content marketer, I've come to some interesting conclusions that I think you'll enjoy hearing about.
The Mintent User Experience
The Intent of Mintent
Mintent isn't designed for small fries. It's designed for people who are running hundreds or thousands of content projects each year.
With Mintent, you can:
- brainstorm ideas
- create buyer personas
- create and set workflows
- assign tasks
- write and edit posts within the platform
- schedule posts
- publish across multiple platforms
- view metrics to see which pieces of content are working and which aren't
- communicate with team members
And when you're taking the above actions for any piece of content in Mintent, you and your team members will be prompted to designate the theme, buyer persona and theme-cycle stage. Not a single piece will pass through the pipeline without being looked at in relation to your audience and marketing goals.
Simple Interface
When I first logged into the admin area of Mintent, I wasn't expecting what I ended up seeing.
This whole platform struck me as spotless and minimalist right off the bat—what a pleasant surprise.
Most content management tools come with lots of shiny, "special" features that end up cluttering your screen and not doing you too much good in the long run. Instead, on Mintent I was instantly greeted with a friendly admin area, an easy-to-navigate menu and a host of quick actions I could take with a mere click.
There's a permanent menu on the left-hand side that gives you one-click access to every major section of the platform. Your Calendar area has its own tab, as do your Assets, Reports, Strategy, Reporting and Settings sections.
Kudos for ease of use and a neat, clean appearance.
I'm going to walk you through each of the major sections and subsections you see above, so you'll get an excellent feel for how this platform operates.
It all starts with the editorial calendar.
Meet the Mintent Editorial Calendar
The editorial calendar doesn't look like anything special at a first glance. It isn't too much different from CoSchedule's calendar or even from your run-of-the-mill editorial calendar plugin for WordPress.
But you need to go a little deeper to see why it's different from the rest.
What makes it unique is the organization of it. The editorial calendar can have events like:
- Social posts
- Blog posts
- Articles
- E-books
- Emails
- Landing page publishing
- Website page publishing
- Resource completion
It doesn't stop there—which just shows how organized and laser-focused it is. When you're adding new content to keep track of, you can also pick the purpose of the content. As with everything in this platform, it's always going back to the intent.
You'll be prompted to set the theme (campaign), buyer persona and theme-cycle stage for the content in the Creative Brief. Then you can assign this to writers or other team members, knowing all the key information framing the content will be there for them to see.
Each content type is a different color, making it easy to see social posts or blog posts at a glance.
Project Management
The project management and administration features mainly fall within the calendar, and they are:
- editorial calendar and ability to customize it
- workflow and ability to customize it
- ability to assign things to teammates
- integrations
It seems like you'll have a lot of power, and like you'll have to manage a lot of little details, but it's all set up in a very smart way.
You'll be prompted to fill out more than you would in another project management tool, perhaps, when setting up things like content entries and tasks. On the other hand, you'll spend just one measly minute making sure that team members have the proper framework to complete work with buyer intent in mind.
You can also set up your own workflows for certain types of content, so you and your team members will always know what the next steps are when setting out on a new project or content creation process.
All in all, these factors in play will help to minimize micromanaging the team. You keep everyone in the know at every stage of content creation, so you won't need to poke, prod, remind and revise later on when the content doesn't meet your website's needs.
Over the past years, I've spent a lot of time setting things up inadequately that I won't get back. A lot of time spent making corrections and requesting changes. I'm glad I found a platform that incorporates guiding information in an organized way.
Customizable Workflows
This brings us right into the workflows we just briefly mentioned in passing above. These go along with the tasks and contents in this platform.
What makes this workflow feature nice is that it helps to eliminate the use of another third-party tool. You don't need to have your editorial calendar, project management tool, content creation tool and publication platform separate—it all gets integrated in Mintent, and you can direct it all with your workflows.
So, how does the workflow work?
After you complete your content's Creative Brief and hit save, you'll see something like this:
Yup, there's a default workflow that you can use and even tweak as needed.
What if you wanted something more customized? Mintent makes it straightforward to create your own Workflows.
The ability to create your own custom workflows is especially important for those of us who've already developed a good system to get work done with our team—and we want to continue doing things our way.
Your workflows may all be different, specialized for different post types and objectives—luckily, it's possible to set up a variety of customized workflows based on different factors.
This feature alone got me seeing this as one of the best content management tools for teams, particularly those that manage a wider array of content types.
It can be a headache jumping from Trello to your editorial calendar to WordPress and then over to Slack just to get through the workflow for a project and communicate with team members about your progress. This has always seemed to make my team more distracted and less productive. Not to mention, when you have lots of different steps across different platforms, things tend to slip through the cracks or not get completed properly. Somebody always forgets to click the save button somewhere.
With the workflow feature in Mintent, I think the distraction of jumping from one tool to the next will be virtually eliminated. Say it with me: "Consolidation, baby!"
As far as customization goes—on a scale of 1 to 10, I would say Mintent earns itself a solid 9 overall. I don't think you could get much closer to perfect customizability unless you created the platform yourself.
With the customization ability in the workflow and beyond—in everything from content areas and editorial calendar to integrations—sure, Mintent could fit your team like a glove.
Content Creation and Publication
Yes, you can create the content itself right in Mintent. No need to jump out to WordPress or set writers up with whatever CMS you're using.
After you've created your Creative Brief and assigned it to a writer, they just need to click the Draft tab to be taken to a screen with a text editor field. They can write the content directly there, and there's even a space to the right of the text where you can chat about the content.
Your writers will probably be much happier here than in WordPress or another similar CMS, too. The text editor is a lot more flexible, with many more options to fine-tune text and fewer weird formatting quirks.
After that, you can mark the draft as "completed" and it will be saved to your Assets for later reference. You can publish directly to social media (Facebook, Twitter), integrate your CMS to upload/publish directly or copy-paste the text into your CMS.
Store Your Assets in Mintent
Your interest was piqued when I mentioned storing assets, no? It's an incredibly valuable feature to have on hand, but it's also very simple.
Mintent will stash any "Completed" text draft from your Creative Briefs in this area. It will also save all the attachments that have been added to your various briefs and other tasks around the platform. It's unexpectedly awesome to have them all stored in one separate space.
Another point for Mintent. Now, on to all of those content strategy tools we keep bringing up.
Devise Your Content Strategy in Mintent
In the Strategy tab, you'll finally have a dedicated space to figure out your target audience and what they're looking for.
You'll have a place to create an incredibly in-depth buyer persona for each demographic of customer who visits your site and takes whatever action you want them to take (like buying an item, signing up for your mailing list or downloading an e-book).
You'll be able to keep track of themes, which are any and all types of marketing campaigns and objectives you might have. Theme cycles keep track of these within specified timelines.
Add Integrations as Needed
Once I was all set up with everything, the integrations were my last stop. You can have your analytics with Bit.ly and Google Analytics.
There are CMS integration options for Drupal and WordPress. Marketing automation can be done here by integrating Act-on, HubSpot, Marketo and Pardot.
It doesn't end there! They also have social media integration, of course, though they're more limited than other sharing-oriented tools which can sync with 20+ different social media platforms. Here, you can integrate and schedule social posts for Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Get Robust Reporting and Marketing Statistics
Mintent breaks the analytics up into two different areas. The first area is content analytics, which I find quite convenient and organized. I prefer to see only my content marketing details at one time, nice and clean, with no interruptions. That's some of the most important data I deal with these days.
Then the second area is reports. This is where you can pull up a more detailed report for different types of projects, tasks and contents. The data can be filtered by pretty much any category within Mintent, from theme-cycle and buyer persona to campaign or even current workflow stage.
My favorite thing to do so far is pull down all the buyer stages in the reports to check out sales process in a more granular way—which customers are at which stages? Who's converting to sales? Who's hovering around buying but not quite there yet? This lets me leverage what's working and improve what's not.
These types of stats are great. It's great to have all of your analytics for content and project completion in one place, rather than scattered across multiple analytics tools.
When you want a neat report of all this data to send out to someone or print, you can quickly do a report export.
Turn to Your Customer Success Manager
I have to take my hat off to Mintent in the customer success category.
Here, you've always got someone whose sole purpose is to make sure the tool is set up properly and really working well for your team.
They always seem to be online (during daytime working hours in the US) and a quick entry in their chat box yields fast, thorough responses.
Review Mintent's Plans and Pricing
The pricing for Mintent is indeed a bit of a mystery. Once upon a time, they had a pricing page which outlined estimated costs for different sizes of teams.
Now, they like to have a little more interaction with their customers first. The most they'll tell you upfront is that pricing starts at $500 per month for five team members.
If you contact their sales team via email, they'll be able to talk to you about your team, budget and product needs—and they're likely to offer you a lower annual rate if you pay by year rather than on a monthly basis.
So, that pretty much means the tool is only for small and mid-sized teams, even better for larger teams. And if you're on a tight budget, it may not be the right option—again, you've really got to shoot them a message to know what's possible for you and your team.
Given the features they provide, such as the many integrations and the highly customizable workflows, it's worth spending a little extra time to try out this tool and talk to the sales team.
Who wouldn't want to consolidate all of the content strategy, content creation, publishing, promotion, analytics, reporting, documentation and communication in one place? Few other tools can do that for you.
Final Thoughts on Mintent
- Very malleable workflow feature.
- Content strategy worked into every step of the process.
- Content creation, publishing and promotion can all be done in one place.
- Customizable workflows.
- Works with many different types of content.
- Ability to customize and edit content areas, plus add new items.
- Has a slick editorial calendar.
- Has the essential integrations that most content marketing teams rely on.
- Lack of social integration for scheduling social media posts compared to other, more social-oriented options like CoSchedule.
- Minimalist. (This allows for customization, but means that the platform lacks teeth in some places.)
- Not for individual bloggers or teams with a small budget.
- Lack of instant communication built in for the team. (You'll still have to use a third-party communication tool like Slack.)
Where Can Mintent Improve?
Mintent is a great tool, but no tool is perfect. I hope that Mintent will improve in these areas:
- Adding a communication feature, and building it into each task/workflow, rather than relying on comments or a separate messaging tab for the team.
- Adding more integrations for social media scheduling. Right now they only have Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Adding at least Pinterest and Instagram would be a major plus.
Who Is Mintent Right For?
This tool is ideal for content marketing teams that have:
- A medium or higher budget to spend on tools.
- A collection of tools and are looking to consolidate everything in one place.
- A team of at least five people.
- A need for customizable workflows.
- More of a focus on content marketing than social media.
All in all, I strongly recommend Mintent for anyone who's nodding their head at the above bullet points.
But no matter what, you should still take on their 14-day free trial to make sure it's 100% right for you and your team—even if I've totally convinced you here.


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Australia works to catch up with the rest of the Western world by asking Australians if gay marriage should be legalized.
November 24, 2017
Australia sent out a postal survey on September 12 asking citizens if they think that same-sex marriage should be legalized and collected it on November 7. Even though this survey is important, it doesn't carry the weight of a formal vote. In Australia, voting in national elections is required for citizens, but the survey was voluntary. The results of the survey will not change the law, but instead paves the way for a change.
Arguments for and against same-sex marriage had almost no impact on the voters' decisions. Americans are more likely to support the right to refuse service to someone on the basis of their sexual orientation than Australians. Arguments for and against gay marriage both carry the same weight and nearly cancel each other out. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
60% of voters have already voted in favor of a change, while 32% voted to keep the current laws. The voters in favor of the change have voted on the idea of more equality, while people voting against it made their decisions in favor of religious freedom.
If the majority voted no, the parliament would no longer fight to legalize gay marriage. However, if the majority voted yes, parliament would introduce a bill giving same-sex couples the right to marry before the end of the year. (SBS)
Malcolm Turnbull, the prime minister, referenced countries that have legalized same-sex marriage by saying, "In any of those nations, has the sky fallen? Has life as we know it ground to a halt? Has traditional marriage been underlined? The answer is plainly no."
On Wednesday, November 15, the results of the survey came in, showing an overwhelming support for same-sex marriage. 61.6 percent of voters voted for same-sex marriage.
Malcolm Turnbull tweeted on November 15, "The people of Australia of spoken and I intend to make their wish the law of the land by Christmas. This is an overwhelming call for marriage equality."


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A typical fairy tale follows a dashing prince who rescues a damsel in distress from her wicked stepmother or from a very tall tower. Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls are not these fairy tales. Within the book, you'll find stories of real, inspiring women that didn't need a prince charming to save them. The stories feature a wide variety of role models with careers ranging from fashion to astronomy. Among these women are Coco Chanel, Helen Keller, Yoko Ono, Simone Biles, Mary Kom, Jane Goodall, and Lakshmi Bai.
The book is written by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo, who are known for the popular video If Cinderella were a Guy, which swaps the genders from the classic fairy tale. In the video, Cinderfella is often beat up by his stepbrothers and goes to the royal ball with assistance from his fairy godfather. At the ball, he meets the princess and loses his glass loafer at the stroke of midnight, which leads to the princess tracking him down and of course, the glass loafer fits. The authors are also successful entrepreneurs that started the business Timbuktu, which "build[s] imaginative brand experiences that blur the line between the digital and physical world using emerging technologies."
"As it's a children's narrative we also wanted to choose some people who may have had a difficult childhood experience – so they could be an inspiration," said Favilli on the different women chosen for the book.
Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls became a reality after Favilli and Cavallo decided that girls deserved to know that they can do anything. Each story is stylized after a fairy tale and includes illustrations by female artists from around the world. The book made crowdfunding history after receiving support from 25,000 backers from 71 countries.
Despite the title, the stories are aimed at both girls and boys, and was chosen specifically because the authors "believe that focusing on one gender does not exclude the other (Hindustan Times)." They went on to share: "Wouldn't it be wonderful if they grew up in a world where boys didn't find something demeaning just because it reads 'for girls' in the title (Hindustan Times)?"
They hope that by showing women in leading roles and prominent positions they can inspire boys and girls, and go against the 70% of male protagonists that dominant children's books. Cavallo shares: "We wanted to feature women from as many countries as possible, because children's media productions lack diversity not just in terms of gender, but also in terms of race, sexual orientation, and religious background. Our stories show examples of real women who achieved extraordinary results in every field imaginable. They are a tremendous source of inspiration because they encourage young girls to explore, learn and dream without limits (Hindustan Times)."
The story of Yusra Mardini stood out most to Favilli, a woman who swam across the Aegean sea from the war torn Demascus to the Greek island of Lesbos. Along with this story, children will read from the experiences of Jane Goodall who spent years earning the trust of chimpanzees which lead to groundbreaking studies on their behavior. While this is aimed at children, anyone can enjoy the stories that Rebel Girls offers. They hope that from these stories, children will see that there's more than one way to be a woman.
For more information, check out the Rebel Girls website, the Timbuktu YouTube page, the Timbuktu website, and/or the magazine's Twitter
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