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Ali Lewis is a poet from Nottingham.
He received an Eric Gregory Award in 2018, and his pamphlet Hotel is forthcoming in the Verve Experimental Pamphlet Series. His poems have appeared in magazines including Poetry Review, Poetry Ireland Review, Ambit, Magma, The Scores, The Rialto and Textual Practice.
He has a degree in Politics from Cambridge, where he received the John Dunn and Precious Pearl Prizes and was a member of the Footlights, and an MA in Creative Writing from Goldsmiths, where he was shortlisted for the Pat Kavanagh and Ivan Juritz Awards. He will begin an AHRC-funded PhD at Durham in October 2019.
He is Assistant Editor at Poetry London and Editorial and Special Projects Manager at the Poetry School. He co-edited the latest issue of Butcher's Dog and is a judge for the 2019 Creative Future Awards.
For a full list of publications, see CV.


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The head of public broadcasting yesterday unveiled the plan of coverage of the election campaign by the bodies he leads.
All that composes the Cameroon radio and television will be associated with the coverage of the electoral campaign for the presidential election scheduled on October 7, 2018. To do this, new equipment has been acquired. There are 16 new vehicles, reporting units and computer equipment.
The efficient and above all balanced coverage of the activities of the 9 candidates declared is the chief concern of the Director General Charles Ndongo. "The outline of our coverage plan is first to offer visibility to all candidates. It is to reflect the mood of the campaign when the time comes and naturally the post-election in serenity. This is what we want, "he said in a report broadcast on the antenna of CRTV National Post mid-day on 14 September 2018.
At the same time that he promises to bring to the listeners, television viewers and Internet users of the CRTV the reality of the field, Charles Ndongo swears to do everything so that none of the competitors can find fault with the work of his men. "I do not want a candidate to complain that one of his meetings has not been covered. On the other hand, we will only reflect reality as it unfolds in the field. We are not going to frustrate the candidates who are going to have 30 meetings and we do not like to frustrate the candidates who will have only two or three meetings "(...)" We will try to make syntheses so that the table does not not too unbalanced. But what counts is once again fairness, honesty and offering the same opportunities to everyone, "said the former editorialist.
However, the CRTV is prohibited from relaying hate speech, slanderous speech or propaganda that could undermine national integrity and unity.
Source: cameroon-info.net

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With the visual audacity of a Sam Fuller or Spike Lee, British-Nigerian helmer Ngozi Onwurah, in her outrageous, funny, challenging shout-out on the subject of black self-image, "Shoot the Messenger," sweeps away the norms of narrative filmmaking along with the careful tiptoeing postures of political correctness. Her hero Joe Pascale (David Oyelowo) successively occupies every conceivable position on fortune's wheel, with an arrogant, despairing, and sometimes paranoid world view to match. At the other end of the spectrum from "Crash"-type mainstream fare about racial tolerance, "Shoot" could stir up controversy in arthouse auds.
Antihero Joe angrily decides that all his problems stem from his own black people. He proceeds to relate the events leading him to that conclusion, addressing the camera directly with ironic complicity.
Inspired to quit his high-paying corporate job to help his people by becoming a high school teacher, Joe institutes a system of "enforced education" via detention hall and public humiliation. His most rebellious student (Charles Mnene) retaliates by falsely accusing him of assault, and the charge soon escalates into a media feeding frenzy, with Joe reviled as a racist by those he was trying to save.
Driven to madness by the injustice, Joe winds up, in rapid succession, as a patient in a mental hospital, as a beggar on a bridge over the Thames, as a believer in a community of fervent Christians, as a worker at an employment agency and as the loved one of a new girlfriend.
Along the way, his racial hatred and belief that being black is a curse manage to alienate everyone he meets.
Sharon Foster's script occasionally tends toward the tendentious, but her "antihero" premise is always subversive, and helmer Onwurah's bold visual strokes leaven the point-making with sly postmodern wit. Onwurah also takes full advantage of the character's on-and-off madness and paranoia to stylistically shift modes of representation, a Christmas feast effortlessly turning into fairy tale only to morph into horror film.
Thesping is first rate. Shakespearean actor Oyelowo's Joe is a seething mass of passionate contradictions served up cold, while Nikki Amuka Bird as his together girlfriend exudes warmth and intelligence and just enough vulnerability to make her attraction to him credible.
Tech credits are generally fine, David Katznelson's lensing welded tightly to the pic's many tonal shifts. James Merifield's production design, however, occasionally flails distractingly between abstract ideas and fleshed-out locations.


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Group A- Some of us are just starting out. We have a spark in our eye and all potential in front of us.
Group B- Some are in the thick of it, in the midst of all that potential, getting up every day and trying to write an even better song than we wrote the day before.
Group C- Some of us are done—might never write another song again. But this doesn't have to be sad. Because if we're born with fire and passion it can transfer to another purpose.
My friend Franne, (sounds like a sitcom, right?) was in Group A many years ago. She grew up in Chicago where she was bitten by the Bug (you know the one), and found herself sequestered in many a room with a piano—(better than a view). As she worked her way up, she managed to get in that room with Carole Bayer Sager, who introduced her to renowned producer Richard Perry, who convinced her to move to LA. She went on to write songs and singles for The Pussycat Dolls ("Stickwitu"), Randy Travis's "A Man Ain't Made of Stone", The Kinleys' "Somebody's Out There Watching" from the Touched by an Angel soundtrack, Selena's "Dreaming of You", Jody Watley's "Don't You Want Me" and "Nightshift" (the Commodores). She's been nominated for Grammys and even won one. You don't do this without talent and ambition. And the Bug.
So why stop? And if you do, where does all that energy go? When I asked Franne Golde why she cooled off on songwriting she explains: "People were moving, being let go. I felt like a child in a divorce. So I started putting more energy into my new dream. And it felt a lot like starting out in the music business."
Always interested in fashion, Franne was Downtown (LA) one day, looking for a few pieces she could sell at a boutique fundraiser for her son's school when she came across a pair of black pants. That's right, black pants. In her opinion, they were almost perfect: the material, the fit, the stretch, the comfort, the look. And who's kidding who, ladies? Ya know ya gotta have 'em. Ya gotta have lots of 'em. We need options. We gain a few pounds. We lose a few. You know the drill.
Right then she felt a spark and became obsessed with perfecting and creating her own version of those pants and sharing them with her (female) universe. "Having a product that you love would be like having a hit record."
She started talking about it. You know the saying, "I know a guy?" She kept hearing "I know a gal,"— the sister of a friend's gardener, the wife of a former collaborator. She followed the whispers. Sometimes they led nowhere. JUST LIKE IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS. But you have to keep your ears open. And your feet moving. One thing leads to another. One afternoon she met a gal who said, yes, I'll help you make the pattern, find the fabric, produce a prototype. The woman was busy but Franne "sold her the song." She says it was like finding a publisher who finally wanted to sign her. In 2016, she launched her online boutique: https://www.frannegolde.com/ There were a few pieces to start, but the star of the show were those black pants.
Soon after the launch she got a random email from Adam Glassman from O (Oprah) Magazine, saying he wanted to feature her pants in an upcoming issue. She thought sure it was a joke. It wasn't. Her pants were dubbed, "The Magic Pants." Same adrenaline rush as a smash single.
Then she was asked to come on the Oprah segment of The View. I'm serious. As excited as she was, there was some concern: How much inventory could she manufacture by the time the show aired? What sizes would they need? She couldn't work fast enough. A good problem to have for a girl who's reinventing herself.
My jaw dropped as Franne told me this story. It seemed divine. But it's not like I haven't heard it before. "When you have a dream, put it out there." Says Franne… "You don't have to tell everyone but open your heart." Same story in the book, The Alchemist. Read it. If you've read it already and are feeling discouraged again, read it again. It's all true. When you have an enthusiastic heart all the heavens run through it.
Anyway…How cute are these?
Or these?
I could totally see myself in this:
Or this. LOOOOOVE this...
I don't know about you ladies, but I'm past the point of pigtails and hoodies. I need classic yet sexy. And simple. I can't have my wardrobe upstaging me. I'm the star. Make me look good. Fit me right…(wait, was that a Pat Benatar song?)
Ok so you can find black pants at Target. I've bought about 10 pair from Target over the years. And I have an excuse for why I don't wear every one of them. Too tight, Too baggy. Too this, too that. I often ponder all the money I wasted on the combined cost. Honestly, I'd rather have 1 pair of great slacks that I look great in—than 10 pair I never wear. I'd rather hear one great song than an album fulla trash. No offense Target. I love you, but…I'll stick with wicker baskets and Kleenex.
So if you were wondering what happened to Franne Golde…she's alive and kicking. She's just rocking it in another universe…hit pants (and tops and sweaters), instead of hit songs.
Franne confesses, "As much as I miss writing sometimes, it's really the feeling of writing something amazing & the relationships I miss the most. Sharing such an extraordinary experience with another human being. Creating something from nothing, giving birth. It's truly a miracle. I never say I used to be a songwriter, I'll always be a songwriter and I'm so grateful I was lucky enough to come up in a time when I could make a great living at something I truly loved. And who knows maybe writing another song is in the future."
Maybe we'll write one together, Franne….But for now I'm going shopping.
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A burger bacchanalia brings FWFWF to a meaty close
Despite our city's ongoing culinary evolution, we're still a town that likes a good burger — a point hammered home Saturday night at the Fort Worth Food + Wine Festival's finale, a love letter to what is undoubtedly Fort Worth's very first culinary crush.
The Burgers, Brews + Blues event drew a sold-out crowd of 1,300 to Heart of the Ranch at Clearfork, where chefs and cooks from a dozen local restaurants held what was basically one big cookout. Using portable flat-top grills, they each prepared hundreds of slider-size burgers, creating billows of smoke that rolled along the grounds like an early morning fog.
Similar to the BBQ Showdown that kicked off the festival on Thursday, BBB was as much a showcase as it was a competition. Judges and festivalgoers voted for their favorite burgers.
Word of greatness spreads quickly at events like this, and in no time, greasy fingers were being pointed in the direction of Rodeo Goat's booth, whose line was bested only by those of the bathrooms.
The West 7th-area gourmet burger spot built a seven-ingredient monster, called the "Bad Hombre," that featured maple bacon, cream cheese and, among other ingredients, mango salsa. A panel of judges, which included Fort Worth mayor Betsy Price, NBC 5 morning anchor Deborah Ferguson, WBAP/820 AM's Steve Lamb (who is Ferguson's husband), DFW food-travel writer Mike Hiller and Star-Telegram columnist Bud Kennedy, awarded it best burger.
Attendees, however, went in a different direction, crowning Pearl Snap Kolaches' simple burger with the people's choice award. It was composed of three ingredients: Colby cheese and Angus beef, both locally sourced, between a housemade kolache roll, whose touch of sweetness struck a nerve with voters.
Newcomer Tributary Cafe, a Cajun/Creole-inspired restaurant in the Riverside area, was also a fan favorite. Their offering featured a blackened meatball patty slathered in a rich remoulade sauce. On the side came a bite-size bonus: a tiny sliver of deviled egg.
Veteran restaurants used the event as a springboard to experiment. Fred's Texas Cafe delivered a flavorful burger, whose green-chorizo patty garnered its frightfully green color from spinach and epazote, a Mexican herb. Reata took an interesting approach to its burger, applying to nicely cooked patties the sun-dried tomato sauce and pecan pesto typically reserved for its signature tamales. Swiss Pastry Shop's excellent short rib burger was topped with jalapeño pimento cheese and a sport pepper — a one-two punch of spiciness. Grace and its sister restaurant, Little Red Wasp, both known for good, basic burgers, featured a TX Wagyu slider with pork belly ham, poblanos, fontina cheese and caramelized onions.
Organizers of the fourth annual festival were sweating the weather forecast, which for days had been calling for severe thunderstorms to happen at the same time doors to the event were to open. There was barely a sprinkle, however, and the festival came to an end on a cool, breezy note.
Other highlights from last night:
Best (OK, only) side: Big thanks to Swiss Pastry Shop for bringing along the one and only side, kettle chips. Fries would be difficult for restaurants to do outside but how 'bout we get some potato salad or beans or corn or something, anything, next year?
Best nice surprise burger: The Omni Hotel's Cast Iron restaurant offered a terrific burger topped with roasted poblanos and spicy bacon, on a soft jalapeño cheddar roll. Most impressive was the way it was cooked — a perfect medium.
Best alternative to beer: There were more than 20 beer vendors, most with more than one type, making the event a haven for beer-lovers (Fort Worth's new HopFusion Ale Works won best beer). For wine-lovers, LangeTwins Family Winery & Vineyards out of California came to the rescue with a handful of nice offerings.
Best excuse for a road trip from Fort Worth: Rock City Burger Co. from Bridgeport, roughly an hour's drive north from the BBB venue, served a simple cheeseburger on a jalapeño bun (and jalapeño ketchup, which had run out by the time we got to the Rock City station) that earned praise from the type of burger purists who might even think cheese and a jalapeño bun are too fancy. We were told that Rock City gets a lot of business from Fort Worth and Dallas. We're planning a visit soon.
Best nod to vegetarians dragged along by their burger-loving mates: Aside from some sweet breakfast items at the Rise + Dine brunch event Saturday, vegetarian food was in short supply at this year's fest. But Deb Cantrell, the personal chef who runs health-conscious Savor Culinary Services, came through with sun-dried tomato mozzarella quinoa sliders with horseradish chipotle aoli with arugula.
The "Extra Napkins" award for messiest burger: We loved the Rodeo Goat "Bad Hombre" (which also gets our vote for best burger name) but the seven ingredients toppings made it a sloppy challenge to eat, especially standing, as you often have to do at Burgers, Blues + Brews (see next items).
Best advice for next year: More seating, please, and more sides.
Best advice for festivalgoers in case organizers ignore the above advice: Bring your own fold-up chair.
Staff writer Robert Philpot contributed to this report.


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Now that the word "blog" is Merriam Webster's word of the year and all the hoopla surrounding the blogosphere has officially made us mainstream, I look like a fortune teller to my friends and family (OK, not my cyberspace friends, who are way ahead of me, but my old-school flesh and blood ones.)
Now that food, money and material are pouring in to the afflicted area of the Indian Ocean disaster faster than the logistical ability to process all that stuff, the hoopla surrounding the paltry initial US donation of 35 mil. has died down. The ability to deliver aid is where the real need is. Once again, while the rest of the world sits on their bums or forms action committees and coordination strategies the good 'ole US of A is getting it done. (With a very honorable mention to the Aussies, who are splendid.) And our military assistance carries with it no price tag, real or imagined, to sully the gesture of giving help to those less fortunate with a claim of monetary credit. I did point this out to my Mom (get well soon, Mom!) last weekend over Sabbath dinner before the larger truth became evident in more mainstream media. The maritime corollary to the maxim that amateurs fidget over strategy while professionals know that logistics wins wars is that poseurs pledge money for natural disaster relief while the big boys set sail immediately. Hooah to our men and women in uniform doing right by the victims of the Tsunami.
Special shout out to Wendy, gone for the moment, but no doubt soon to return.


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With the great support we received from you through Global Giving, plus some outside sponsors, we were able to reach an amount that allowed the purchase of a mini-van for medical and community support purposes.
Van Update #2
Inching Along to Getting Our Van….
Many thanks to every one of you who have caught the vision with Olalo and know that providing a van for transportation is vital and essential to getting people to the hospitals for urgent medical care, kids safely to school, and for the delivery of food and other life basics to those in desperate need in Oyugis, Kenya.
In just the last three weeks a cab was hired and cars rented to transport very ill children to hospitals two and five hours away…they were necessary distances to get them the kind of help they needed. Thanks to you, our Van donors, we know that in time Olalo will have the necessary funds to purchase a van to make these types of trips and save the money for medical care rather than it being spent on hiring cars/cabs. (You can read more about one baby we got into the hospital in our latest report under our Urgent Medical Care Project.)
Drought conditions in the area are making it difficult to provide food for families. In the last month Olalo was able to deliver food to several families.
The van can also be used to transport others who need to go into the city. Passengers would be charged a fee which will help to maintain the van.
One of the recipients of Olalo's medical fund will travel six times to Nairobi for surgery and follow-up care. Due to the nature of his disease he is not able to work and has no way to travel there except for going by bus. Those are 6 trips which could be made to Nairobi with paying passenger riding along with him in our van. As you can see, a van would certainly be a benefit in a variety of ways.
So even though we are only inching toward our goal of purchasing a van, we are so very thankful for your continued support and encouragement!
Thank you for standing with us…thank you for supporting our efforts in Oyugis, Kenya!
With Much Appreciation
Merry Broughal
Olalo of Hope-Kenya
Getting a Ride to Health & Life
I want to personally thank everyone who has joined with Olalo to purchase transportation for our Medical program in Oyugis.
We still have a long way to go and we will continue to raise the necessary funds to purchase a van. It may not be a glamorous or exciting project, but we continue because it is a noble cause.
In just the last four months, 35% of our medical costs have paid for car/van rentals to get those in need of urgent medical care to the hospital for treatment. Thirty five percent…money that could have been used to cover the medical or medication costs of an additional 18-25 people.
A recent video from Kenya highlights the transportation need to get people to medical help. Olalo volunteer, Sonko, has traveled 3 hours away to check on a mother and son who have been ill for quite awhile. The mother is having chest pain and the son is having vision problems and cannot see well.
The vehicles Olalo has access to rent aren't always the most reliable or in good mechanical order. The car in the video doesn't have lights that work well and they are in doubt of even making the three-hour drive back home to Oyugis that evening.
On occasion, people we help are referred to Kisumu or Nairobi for more specialized treatment. During trips into the cities, the van would be used to transport other paying passengers who need to travel there for other purposes. It is a much-needed service and would help to offset costs of running the van.
We certainly appreciate your continued support of our efforts. Thank you all for sticking with us.
Coming up in just a few weeks the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has generously provided $500,000 in matching funds for #GivingTuesday on Global Giving!
- The 2016 #GivingTuesday campaign will begin November 29th, 2016, at 00:00:01 EST and end at 23:59:59 EST on November 29th, 2016. (For us west coast folks, that is 9:00:01PM on 11/28 and ending at 8:59:59 on 11/28.)
- The campaign will run on GlobalGiving.org Our Van project is located here
- There will be $500,000 USD in matching funds on #GivingTuesday, applied at 50% to all donations of up to $1,000 USD per unique donor per organization to eligible projects while funds last.
- The previous 50% match bonus day for $110,000 ran out in the first few minutes…so if you plan to donate, then it's best to do it right at 9:00:01 PM on November 28 for us on the west coast.
Your generous contributions are bringing so many people to better health and saving lives!
With Much Appreciation,
Merry Broughal
Olalo of Hope-Kenya


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Section 5: Douglas to Columbus
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Zak is a long time friend of Tenny's. Originally from Colorado, he and his wife Amanda now live in Bluff, Utah where he works as a journalist. Zak and Tenny's parents made sure to appear and reappear in each other's lives and Tenny insists she and Zak do the same. He's a special person always working towards some inspiring goal and is a constant source of love in Tenny's life. And today Zak was here with us!!
Zak was accompanied by his friend Corey, a professional photographer and videographer from Southwest Colorado. Corey did some work for the Friends of Cedar Mesa (a conservation group working to protect the cultural and natural values of southeastern Utah - check out it out!) and met Amanda (and then Zak) who works for the same organization. We were lucky to have Corey along, not only was he willing to photograph and video us but he is also a charismatic and curious person who is now hopefully a friend for life. He has a special talent for blending empathetic listening with sharing his own personal stories. He's traveled all over the world for different photo shoots and we couldn't get enough of his stories. (Also both his parents are thru-hikers, which makes him family!)
Zak and Corey met us at a Burger King, where we had relocated to after checking out of our hotel. By the time they arrived we were anxious to leave.
How long could we sit here?
While Claire was sitting at a table with both backpacks, a man had walked by and quickly dropped a wad of bills on the table. When she chased him down to ask why, he told her it looked like she was "in need". It freaked us out how much this bothered us. Obviously it was a very kind gesture and part of the good that we want to highlight in the world. We have gratefully (albeit guiltily) accepted money from other people. But our identity as "productive members of society" - whatever that means - hasn't really been challenged like this. We may look homeless but we choose to be out here, and we like to think we are operating with purpose. We realize this is problematic on many levels and we're not proud of our embarrassment. Still it's hard not to run from the perceived pitying glances of the customers around us.
Zak and Corey wanted to do a photo shoot for an article they were potentially putting together about us and we all piled into the car. We wasted no time and drove back to our Family Dollar from a few days before. It felt strange to unload with no intention of staying, like a transplant or an imposter only there to use the wall as a backdrop. Neither of us were comfortable in front of the camera. We clung to Corey's every direction and tried to look at him rather than the camera. Eeek!
Tonight we were staying in the hotel in Columbus, now available after being booked for the last several days. As we deliberated over our food options (almost zero in a small town on a weeknight after 7) the hotel owner Phillip offered to drive us into Mexico to his friend's restaurant. We were stupidly slow to take him up on this, despite it clearly being the best option. Finally someone thankfully made the decision and we hopped into the Los Milagros van. He loved his town; Columbus had chosen him 30 years ago and he had vast knowledge to share.
When he wasn't running the hotel, Philip drove a bus for the school system. He knew the owner of the restaurant we were headed to because her daughter took his bus to school. Over 800 kids from Palomas cross over every day to go to school in the States, he was careful to add they were all citizens. Palomas does not have a hospital and women who go into labor are allowed to cross the border to reach the nearest hospital 30 miles north in Deming. In case of medical emergency someone cannot be denied entry into the States. Phillip had seen the POE change a lot over the years, the most in the 1990s. The construction we saw two days ago would expand the port from five acres to twenty. And not all border crossing are designated for commercial travel (Antelope Wells, NM being one) but this port is. Most of the traffic coming through is determined by the season, chilli and brussels sprout harvests bring the busiest time of year. So on and so on, too much to write down.
We were the only ones at the restaurant but the owner greeted us cheerfully and set us up with some truly delicious food. We couldn't believe it when Phillip sat down and started up a conversation with the owner, apparently he was going to wait until we finished! We offered to buy him dinner but he told us he was happy to just hang out. Wow. That's some pretty phenomenal customer service. Please stay at the Los Milagros Hotel the next time you find yourself in rural New Mexico! One of the most hospitable places we've ever stayed in.
After a great dinner and conversation Phillip took us back to the hotel. On the way back he told us about the Copper Canyon, an enormous and impressive formation to the south bigger and deeper than the Grand Canyon. A popular trip for tourists takes you from Chihuahua City to Copper Canyon by train. Zak was the only one who had heard of it before but we were all impressed, although a bit defensive of our Grand Canyon, which is magical and perfect and the best place in the world. Another example of border fear deterring Americans from discovering beautiful parts of the world…
On to sleep. We talked a little more, this time about the trip, and Zak pulled out his recorder to take notes on what we were saying. It made us nervous at first but we soon forgot it was there. Tomorrow they will hike and camp with us before leaving the next morning.
Have we mentioned how much we love company?!


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God is love and love is stronger than death
Four Easters ago, my husband was diagnosed with cancer. This time of year, I am often unaccountably weepy and a bit fragile. Once I recall that it's an anniversary, of course, I get it. Bodies bring anniversaries to mind, even when minds try to forget them.
The appointment with the haematologist was on Maundy Thursday - the day before Good Friday. For Christians it's a solemn kind of day and in the evening, we go to a sombre church service of deepening shadows, where we remember the night before Jesus' execution, when he was betrayed and endured all manner of anguish and humiliation.
The cancer my husband has is multiple myeloma, which is treatable to a degree, but not curable. The specialist didn't sugar coat his news. Walking out of the surgery, not surprised but shocked and dazed, the only real information I retained was that we might only have him for another five years.
Dazed we might have been, but the show had to go on. My bloke is a Minister, and Maundy Thursday evening church was imminent. We called our adult kids; they descended from various parts of the state, gathering for dinner at our place without the man of the moment, who was at church doing his thing with an unsuspecting congregation and coming home, utterly spent, for hugs and a glass of red.
I made it to worship the following morning, and Good Friday has never felt so apt, so real. Our oldest and I sat holding hands and snuffling into sodden hankies. No one at church knew yet. Several parishioners commented afterwards that it was the most moving Good Friday service they had been to.
My clearest memory of that event was seeing my husband standing at the foot of the big cross in front of the sanctuary, looking very alone, and thinking, 'This is the one journey I cannot accompany him on'. And I remember him quoting from one of my favourite passages in the Bible, from the book of Romans chapter 8, which reads, 'For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.' I remember he stopped, recovered himself after a moment and repeated, 'Nothing, no-thing can separate us from the love of God'.
That afternoon I experienced several hours of grief and despair so harrowing I could not get out of bed. There was no shock, no denial, just raw pain. The words Jesus allegedly said while he hung dying, 'My God my God, why have you forsaken me?' played on a loop in my mind. One of the good things about being religious is that most faiths have a rich vocabulary for suffering and lament, as well as for life's peak experiences.
But then I got up, washed my face and had a meal with a couple of the kids. Next day I helped another clean the house she was moving out of and life continued.
Four years on, we have had much waiting and anxiety and months of treatment and its medically complicated aftermath. But, while gruelling, the chemo and the stem cell transplant therapy have been effective – keeping the cancer at bay and giving us a bit more time, no idea how much. Life will never be the same, but is also strangely normal. And the time since Easter 2015 has been shot through with an abundance of wonder, delight, blessing and laughter.
Every religion has its own approach to the universal human experiences of suffering and death. I can only speak of my own experience of my own Christian faith. The story at the heart of Christianity is of the life and death of a first century Jew, Jesus of Nazareth. He revealed that the God who created the universe is the great, beating heart at its centre, the source of all beauty, wonder and love, and is also in and around us, in deep relationship with the planet and all its creatures.
The thing I treasure about the Good Friday-Easter Christian story is that it holds together the human experience of brokenness and beauty, of anguish and joy, of death and life. Good Friday and Easter are inextricably linked. You can't have one without the other.
Good Friday, as a mate of mine once said, is where the rubber hits the road. It's tempting to rush through the confusion and agonising wait of Maundy Thursday, the desolation of Good Friday and the fear and bewilderment of Holy Saturday to Easter morning with its proclamation of new life, its triumph of love over death. In a world that cries out for a grounded, realistic hope, however, that would be to sell the story short.
It's hard for us, always viewing Jesus' death through the resurrection grid, to imagine how lost, misled and terrified his followers must have felt. Not to mention Jesus himself. I imagine Jesus had the profoundest faith in God and a sense that if he was faithful to his calling, that was all that mattered. But I doubt he went to his death thinking, 'I just have to wait three days and it'll all be fine'. If he was human, he would have felt confused and despairing. He wasn't simply acting out a charade of death. He died. I find this picture of Jesus more helpful than an all-powerful, all-knowing divinity. When I read about the latest gun rampage or yet another earthquake in Indonesia, this is a God I can worship. A deity who isn't up in the sky, benignly or indifferently looking down, but whose heart is the first to break when human beings suffer.
When people in my community are knocked sideways by early death, by the sundering of a marriage, by the mental illness or drug addiction of a teenager, I want to share with them this wounded, vulnerable God who has tasted some of the depths of human pain. When I myself have been plunged into the abyss of depression, I need to be reminded that the God I worship has descended into hell.
So, we need Good Friday. But we need Easter Sunday too. Jesus' resurrection isn't simply a continuation of the beautiful and miraculous cycle of life we see every time there is a bush fire – the new little pale green shoots bursting out of the charred wood of the eucalypts. Easter is a radical break with the life cycle. It is God saying not simply that life in some form will continue, but that God is stronger than death itself.
Clearly, God does not reach down and rescue one family from a flood, or shield one person from the blazing gun of a maniac. But I do believe that in the end, God will bring it all in, drying every tear, healing every hurt, making us whole, enabling us, at last, to be completely loving.
The message of Good Friday is that God is there with us in the worst that the world can dish up. The message of Easter Sunday is that God, who seems so powerless in the day to day tragedies of human life, is ultimately the end point of creation, of every life, every striving, every suffering and every human heart.
When the rubber hit the road for our family, when I lay weeping after my husband's diagnosis, I needed a Good Friday God. But ultimately, we need an Easter God as well. It's not as though we progress through Good Friday to some sort of permanent and triumphant Easter. Our lives are shot through with both Good Friday and Easter, over and over. The good news in that God in Jesus has been to both places. The good news is that the whole of our lives: the Good Fridays and the Easters, are encompassed by God's love.
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It is either exhilaration or sheer terror about what I have just agreed to. I have a smile on my face but butterflies in my stomach so maybe its both. I run Houston Photobloggers and I wanted to help Brandon who runs Photoblogs.org (amongst many other projects) with the Photobloggers city sites. I am now taking over most of the day to day duties. I feel a great responsibility to do this right because I believe in what this is and what it can become, but of course those fears about what if I fail are buzzing on the edges. What if I bit off more than I can chew? The more time that is passing from hanging up the phone with Brandon the louder that buzz is getting, but strangely I feel a confidence about this that is keeping it on the fringe. There, but on the fringe.
One thing is for sure, this is the end of my online projects. Between Houston Photobloggers and now Photobloggers.org, Assignment: Houston at Flickr and my own personal sites I can't take on any more. And I'm at least proud of myself for recognizing that.
So my instinct is to stay and start working right away, however, it is completely beautiful outside and will be beautiful for today only. AND I have a habit of feeling like I need to stay in when I have something over my head whether it is starting a project like this, contest even when it was days away, start of school, anything. I'm not sure what that is about but I it is definitely a habit I want to break.
I have no clue what I should do today, but I know it will be outside. It's too freaking beautiful to be inside any longer.


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Kofta Kebabs
Total Time: 55 min
Prep: 45 min
Cook: 10 min
Yield: 2-4 servings
Level: Intermediate
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- 4 cloves garlic, minced
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- 3 tablespoons grated onion
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh mint
- 1 tablespoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- Combine the garlic and salt, mashing into a paste (using a mortar and pestle or the flat side of a large knife and cutting board).
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Country Profile: Bakery & Cereals sector in Indonesia
Indonesian Bakery & Cereals sector accounted for a volume share of 1.4% of the global market and 9.7% of the regional (Asia-Pacific) market, in 2016. The sector was valued at Rp58,770,787.7 Million (US$4,416.2 Million) in 2016 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.3% during 2016-2021. A rising rate of women in employment, longer working hours, and increasing demand for convenient food options are driving the demand for Bakery & Cereals products in Indonesia. Per capita consumption stood at 7.37 kg when compared to the global and Asia-Pacific levels of 26.40 kg and 5.90 kg, respectively, in 2016.
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Insulation saves energy and money. Insulating both walls and attic can save a household a significant amount in heating costs: your attic, 25% per year and your walls 35% per year. This saving will replay your investment in 2-3 years.
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June 2017
Tour de Fresh Supports FCPS Salad Bar
Fairfax Families Can Donate to Team
The Tour de Fresh
, a 275-mile, 3-day cycling event will take place in California July 25-27 with EIGHT cyclists riding for salad bars in Fairfax County Public Schools!
The event is organized by the California Giant Foundation and supports the national
Salad Bars to Schools
initiative which has provided salad bars to over 5,000 schools nationwide over the last six years. The Tour de Fresh has raised funds for 150 of those.
The 50 participants of the Tour de Fresh, now in its fourth year, are produce industry cycling enthusiasts, passionate about child nutrition and ensuring all students have access to fresh fruits and vegetables every day at school. Each of the 50 cyclists selects a school district to support from a "salad bar waiting list" provided by the
Salad Bars to Schools
initiative. Cyclists raise funds from businesses, colleagues, family and friends and now the Fairfax community can support our eight riders through their crowdfunding
page (link to come).
"The support of events like the Tour de Fresh and Salad Bars to Schools enables us to fully realize our goal of having salad bars at every FCPS elementary school," says FCPS Nutrition Services Director Rodney Taylor, "We're very grateful to these riders, who are so passionate about getting more fresh fruits and vegetables onto our students' plates."
Take a few minutes to view the Tour de Fresh
to learn more about the event, then click to donate to our Fairfax team! Thanks to our riders:
Joey Bruno,
Tanimura & Antle
Jonathan Sinclair,
Enza Zaden
Homer Mejia,
Western Precooling
Rick Enrico,
Fruit Growers Supply
Matthew Vetter,
Ty Burns,
Paul Sheid,
Ocean Mist Farms
Jeff Bruff,
Rock Garden
Fairfax County Public Schools currently has 20 salad bars across the district. Of these 20, seven salad bars were funded by the
Salad Bars to Schools
initiative, through donations made by United Fresh Start Foundation, a founding partner of the
Salad Bars to Schools
initiative and a member of the Tour de Fresh organizing committee.
FCPS Summer BBQ - Kids Eat Free!
Meals to Begin June 26 at 20 Sites
Hunger doesn't take a vacation and neither does the Office of Food and Nutrition Services, FNS will be hosting the FEEDS (Food for Every Child to Eat During Summer) BBQ program at various locations across Fairfax County this summer.
This USDA-funded program is FREE to all children 18 years and under and only $2 for adults. There is no registration involved nor ID required, and everyone is welcome!
Meal service will be provided Monday to Friday from 11:30-1:00 pm starting June 26 to August 25, with no service on July 3rd and 4th. For more information on sites and hours, visit the
website. English and Spanish flyers are available to download.
Meals are also available at other sites throughout the county. To find a site near you Text "FOOD" to 877-877.
First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe Announces the Virginia Food Access Network (VFAN)
First Lady of Virginia Dorothy McAuliff has unveiled the
Virginia Food Access Network
(VFAN), an interactive tool to accelerate efforts, connect partners, and share resources to end childhood hunger in Virginia and strengthen the local food system.
"Together, with the Commonwealth Council on Bridging the Nutritional Divide, we have worked to align our efforts to increase healthy food access, eliminate child hunger, and accelerate the efforts of dedicated partners from across the state," said McAuliffe. "Through the Virginia Food Access Network, there is now unprecedented access to the data and resources stakeholders need to identify gaps and maximize impact to better serve Virginians struggling with food access and hunger."
The VFAN website, built through a collaboration of the College of William and Mary Center for Geospatial Analysis and the Commonwealth of Virginia, will be hosted by the Virginia Cooperative Extension program, and is available to the public at
With Appreciation: Serena Suthers
Prince William FNS Director to Retire
This month, Food and Nutrition Services Director for Prince William County Schools, Serena Suthers, is set to retire. Suthers, considered an innovator in school food, has overseen the 82,000-student system for 39 years. The school division has been recognized by School Food Focus, a national organization that ignites change in our food system by transforming the way school food is produced and purchased so that every child in the U.S. - regardless of income or race - has access to healthy school meals.
Always interested in the opinion of the student she serves, Suthers has held an annual Food Show for the last 27 years. The information gathered there, through tastings and surveys, is used to develop that year's school menus and purchasing plans. Where many school division moved to warming and serving kitchens, PWPCS has always scratch cooked meals, a fact deliciously present at a recent visit with homemade spaghetti sauce, freshly baked break and pumpkin pudding, all of which was complemented by an impressive self-select bar of salad (with homemade pomegranate dressing) and fresh fruit and vegetables. The past year's tasting menu had several dishes with spiralized vegetable noodles aimed at getting kids to increase vegetable consumption with fun and healthy foods.
RFFK wishes to extend its appreciation to Suthers for her tireless work transforming the school food landscape and serving as a model to school divisions around the country.
Lake Braddock Dish Moves One Step Closer to FCPS Menu
Last week, students from Lake Braddock who won the 2017 Real Food for Kids Culinary Challenge, recreated their Chicken Shawarma for FCPS Food and Nutrition Services as part of the process for getting on to the FCPS lunch line nex
t year. FNS
will review the recipe to determine how it can most effectively be scaled up for the district with the plan to make it available in late fall.
LBSS Culinary Team Member Wins Scholarship to Study and Johnson and Wales
Congratulations Diana Camacho!
Senior Diana Camacho, a member of the Lake Braddock SS culinary team that took home the top prize at the 2017 Culinary Challenge, received the NAME Scholarship in support her move this fall to Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte, NC to study Culinary Arts. Lake Braddock is Diana's base school, but she is concurrently enrolled in the culinary program at Edison HS.
Johnson & Wales
offers degree programs in arts and sciences, business, culinary arts, education, nutrition, hospitality, physician assistant studies, engineering and design. Its model integrates arts and sciences and industry-focused education with work experience.
FCPS Culinary Academies
are centers located within existing high schools that offer advanced, specialized courses integrating career and academic preparation. FCPS has seven Culinary Academies.
Our Last Monthly Meeting is June 15!
Won't you join us before we take our Summer Break?
Join Real Food for Kids at our last monthly meeting of the school year to learn more about our work and explore engagement opportunities. If you are not able to attend but would like to learn more,
Contact us!
June 15
Mount Vernon District Supervisor's Office
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Our meetings will resume in September and will be announced here.
College Internships with RFFK
Real Food for Kids offers internships to students interested in gaining experience in non-profit programming and operations. Our interns provide developmental assistance and support to the core programs of the organization, including program development, coordination and promotion, data management and administrative support. Our internships are an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the day-to-day workings of a non-profit; work with a dynamic, diverse and creative program team; build a professional network in the space of the school nutrition community; and contribute to the positive impact Real Food for Kids is making in the lives of our school children.
Internships for this summer are still available. Visit our website to download
and instructions on how to apply.
SNAP at Fairfax Farmers' Markets
The Fairfax County SNAP at Market program offers a match of up to $20 per visit to help low-income families purchase farm fresh produce. In 2016, over $20,000 in SNAP benefits were accepted, including almost $10,000 in matching dollars.
The SNAP at Market Program is offered at the Herndon, Reston, Lorton and Mount Vernon markets during the regular market season. Visit
for market times and schedules.
RFFK News is Taking a Break
Our newsletter will be on summer break in July and August, but will return in September right after school begins. You are always welcome to reach out to us with questions and more information at
Have a great summer!
School Food in Other News...
Feeding Young Minds: The Importance of School Lunches
Neighborhoods and Districts Benefit from Expanded Access to School Kitchens
School Meals are Too Short. And That's a Problem
Timing and Duration Matters for School Lunch and Recess
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Promises Support but Weaker Standards for School Meals: Announcement sends mixed message to parents, nutrition programs, and students
Pennsylvania School District Launches Weekly Farm-to-Table Experience
Being More Active in School Can Improve Performance on Tests
Food Insecurity Can Affect Mental Health
Real Food for Kids is committed to collaborating with school communities to elevate the quality and character of school food; develop and deliver programs that advance literacy in nutrition and health; and engage students, parents and schools in building a culture of health that spreads to their homes and communities.


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For Operations, Plant, Facility or Engineering Managers: If you have ever questioned why your project requests have not been approved despite of your detailed preparation then please read this new article by Jim. Please leave any comments or suggestions here.
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Alligators appear in red, blue, purple, orange and atramentous at Brian Wood's Exotic Covering Centermost abundance in Hollywood.
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At atomic their hides do.
Wood, the architect and client of All American Gator Articles Inc., sits at his board in the company's Hollywood retail abundance and branch abutting to a bank draped with alligator hides bistered into a array of colors. The hides, as able-bodied as snake and cadger banknote blind nearby, will be fabricated into belts, handbags, wallets, purses, jackets, briefcases and added accessories for customers.
"We can aftermath annihilation fabricated of leather," Wood said. "Our alligator adumbrate accouterment items are custom fabricated and we aftermath covering for furniture, bench covers for cars and motorcycle seats — which are actual popular," said Wood, who accustomed the aggregation in 1989 and runs it with his sons, Jake and Chris. "We additionally accomplish a 'Gator orange' for University of Florida fans."
All American Gator Articles buys alligators from acknowledged nuisance trappers, hunters and participants in anniversary statewide alligator harvests, banknote them at the company's Arcadia plant, sends the hides to a tannery, and packs and freezes the meat for auction to restaurants and distributors.
Alligator hunters at the state-sponsored anniversary accessible hunts generally use a harpoon and band to defended the animal, killing it bound with a spring-loaded "bang stick" that fires a .44 Magnum ammo into the gator's head.
Aside from accepting nuisance gators from certified trappers — that is, gators that about-face up in someone's pond basin and accept to be captured — All American Gator gets abundant of its raw actual from the anniversary hunts. "These hunts are aloof aggravating to advance the population," said Wood, who has been hunting and skinning gators for years. Florida's alligator programs accept been actual acknowledged in abating the gator population, and now the hunts are aimed at authoritative it, he said.
"We booty the big gators that are baleful and eat the babies and females," said Wood, whose aggregation is adapted by federal, accompaniment and bounded entities.
Originally from Bedford, Massachusetts, Wood confused to Florida in 1989 to advise scuba diving. "I was added of an ocean guy than a swamp guy," said Wood, who has been diving and extra fishing back he was a teenager. In 1989, he and a accumulation of accompany acquired 15 permits (CITES tags) from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission acceptance them to participate in the anniversary alligator hunt. The accumulation bent 15 gators, and Woods kept the absolute catch.
Wood skinned the gators, packaged and froze the meat and absolute the hides, afterwards demography them to Georgia to be tanned. To advertise the 800 pounds of meat, Wood collection to the Keys, endlessly at restaurants forth the way. He additionally went to covering aliment to action the hides. "I saw that these shops would pay me $35 for a fat gator hide, and were affairs gator belts for $300. They could accomplish several belts out of one hide. That's back I saw a business opportunity," Wood said.
In 1989, Wood absitively to get into the alligator adumbrate and meat business himself. He founded All American Gator Products, set up a baby processing centermost in Belle Glade and started accepting gators from hunters and trappers, the anniversary statewide coursing and from his own family's accord in the anniversary hunt.
Wood says he become able-bodied accepted amid nuisance trappers because he paid them added for anniversary gator than the baby abduction fee they accustomed from the state. "I'm additionally accepted with the snake trappers," he said. They accompany him anacondas, reticulated pythons and added species. "I'm the abandoned snake buyer." Today, All American Gator Articles is a above gator purchaser. "We usually action about 1,000 per year," Wood said. "We get about 400 a year from the anniversary statewide hunt."
The aggregation has two operations: the display and covering branch in Hollywood and the processing bulb in Arcadia. Wood is the company's abandoned full-time employee. He hires contractors for the accomplished covering assignment and added tasks. Wood said he got annoyed of active about South Florida affairs his alligator meat to aliment and restaurants, and begin distributors who aces up the arctic meat at Arcadia and bear it to customers. Popularized by TV shows like Swamp People, alligator meat today sells for about $8 a batter wholesale, and $12 to $16 a batter retail, he said. The aggregation sends its hides to Sebring Custom Tanning in Sebring, afore converting them into articles in Hollywood.
Wood chose a atypical business. "Alligators and African crocodiles are the best big-ticket covering in the world," he said.
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His aggregation sells 80 percent of the hides it obtains anniversary year to Hermès Paris, the maker of high-end affluence products, and turns the butt into its own products, affairs from the abundance and from its website. Aside from alligator leather, All American makes items from iguanas, snakes and sea rays. The aggregation additionally sells hides to a affluence shoemaker in Miami.
But the hides All American sells to Hermès and the ones candy actuality back actual altered prices. "Hermès makes a purse out of our alligator hides and prices it at $40,000 or $50,000, and ours are about $3,000," Wood said. "They can allegation $1,200 for a belt, and ours alpha at $225. We accept the aforementioned quality, but they accept the brand."
In fact, the handbags, belts, wallets and added items at the Hollywood abundance display accomplished ability — beautifully accomplished leather, accomplished bed-making and detail work, high-quality zippers and linings. One covering anorak bulk amid $8,000 and $9,000 while a abysmal amber purse with covering handles was priced at beneath than $1,000.
Recently in the branch abounding with accoutrement and machinery, Asnaldo Martín, a adept covering artisan originally from Cuba, was barometer hides, cartoon designs and acid strips of covering to accomplish belts for men. Pointing to the amber purse he afresh completed, he said, "This abandoned took 24 hours — three canicule of work. Actual bargain compared to Hermès."
All American accuse barter for the bulk of abdomen or hornback adumbrate acclimated for a artefact (there are three affection grades), additional alternate action and any zippers, clamps and added abstracts required.
All American additionally has a accomplished covering architect in Naples.
"Our ambition is to accumulate added hides actuality and action them," Wood said. "That way, we can accomplish alligator covering accessible to a beyond allotment of the population."
Last year, All American's sales for covering goods, hides and meat totaled about $500,000, and Wood expects that to ability about $600,000 this year.
To advance All American covering and alligator meat, Wood — who is additionally a baker — attends barter shows and provides demonstrations on how to adapt gator for the table.
"I afresh had a berth at the Las Vegas MAGIC accoutrement show, and I skinned a gator at a Vegas chefs' convention." In 2012, he able a gator picadillo that was accepted at the South Beach Aliment & Wine Festival.
All American gets barter from all over the country who acquisition out about its covering and meat articles through the website or by chat of mouth, Wood said. The abundance in Hollywood doesn't get a lot of walk-ins, but "It's important, because bodies see our articles online and like to attending at them in a brick-and-mortar store," he said.
One common customer, Dr. Burton F. Elrod, an orthopedic surgeon and sports anesthetic specialist in Nashville, begin out about All American back he came actuality to coursing alligators several years ago.
"I've consistently admired alligator leather," said Elrod, who is additionally the aggregation physician for the Tennessee Titans football team. "I was benumbed in a car with a acquaintance afterwards accepting an alligator or two, back he pulled out an alligator wallet."
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Elrod asked area it came from and begin out about Wood.
"I capital to accomplish article out of the banknote and they beatific my banknote to [All American Gator Products]. They fabricated a brace of wallets and belts and clamp purses for me. They were great. I gave them to my wife and ancestors and they absolutely admired them. And that's how we got started," Elrod said.
"He additionally makes abundant boots. I'm cutting a brace of atramentous boots now that they fabricated for me."
Since again Elrod has connected to appointment South Florida to coursing alligators and continues to buy a array of gator articles for himself, his ancestors and friends.
"I use them as gifts. Some accompany are hunters so I had customized alligator gun straps fabricated for them. And country musicians actuality saw them and asked for guitar straps, so we authoritative straps for them," Elrod said.
"Everyone consistently recommends Brian."
Some beastly rights groups, however, are against to alligator hunting and the use of hides for authoritative covering products.
The Fort Lauderdale-based Beastly Rights Foundation of Florida is against to beastly cruelty, and they accede this to accommodate the use of animals in medical research, businesses that carriage primates for research, the adopting of beasts and chickens for aliment (beef, chicken, milk, eggs) and hunting.
"Hunts are atrocious and barbaric," said Don Anthony, ARFF's communications director. "There is no such affair as amenable alligator control. They don't charge our abetment to administer their numbers … they've been accomplishing that for millions of years," he said.
"With all the fakes that attending so good, there's no acumen for bodies to dress like the Flintstones," Anthony said.
The anniversary alligator hunts, overseen by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, "are conducted to acquiesce the accessible admission to a renewable accustomed resource, and alligators are a renewable resource," said Steve Stiegler, a biologist in the FWC's alligator administration program. "It is a recreational action and hunters are accustomed to advertise the alligator carcasses that they take, appropriately allowing businesses like All American Gator Articles to abide and thrive. Citizenry ascendancy is an important element, it's a ancillary aftereffect that provides some proactive measures to absolute the nuisance abeyant of the alligator population."
In aftermost year's hunt, which provided an important allotment of All American's hides, 7,279 gators were harvested, with 95 percent of the coursing counted, according to the FWC.
Wood said that his business has not been a ambition of beastly rights groups, suggesting there seems to be an advantage in alive with alarming reptiles: "We don't get a lot of acknowledgment from beastly activists.
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"Alligators aren't down-covered little creatures."
The biographer can be accomplished at [email protected]
All American Gator Articles Inc.
Business: Buys, hunts and processes alligators to access hides and meat. The aggregation sells best of its alligator hides to Hermès Paris, the affluence artefact maker, and converts the blow into a array of covering products, including handbags, wallets, belts, jackets and added accessories. It additionally makes articles from snake and cadger skins, and packs, freezes and sells alligator meat to distributors and restaurants.
Headquarters: 1860 Polk St., Hollywood.
Founder and owner: Brian Wood.
Founded: 1989.
Operations: Hollywood — display and branch (Exotic Covering Fashion); Arcadia — processing bulb area alligators are skinned and meat is arranged and frozen.
Employees: One full-time (Brian Wood) and several arrangement employees.
Revenues: Sales of meat, hides and covering articles accomplished about $500,000 in 2014.
Website: www.allamericangator.com.
Source: All American Gator Products
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