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Reducing or Managing Risks for Pregnancy Over Age 35
Knowing that your risks are higher when pregnant over the age of 35, you'll want to do everything in your control to have a healthy pregnancy and encourage the healthy growth of your baby.
Here are some ways to do that:
- Make a preconception appointment. It's always a good idea to schedule a preconception appointment with your healthcare provider before trying to conceive, particularly when you're over 35. Your doctor can show you how to chart your menstrual cycle in order to help you know when you're ovulating. He or she will talk with you about changes you may need to make in your diet or lifestyle and discuss medications you're currently taking that may need to be changed to help prevent birth defects.
- Get regular prenatal care. Make an appointment with your doctor as soon as you find out that you're pregnant, and be sure to go to all your prenatal checkups. Find out if there are any tests or vaccinations, such as a flu shot, that you may need.
- Gain the right amount of weight. Your healthcare provider can help advise you on how much weight you should gain based on your pre-pregnancy weight. Make sure to eat healthy foods and exercise regularly, assuming physical training has been cleared by your doctor.
- Take a prenatal vitamin. Take a daily prenatal vitamin every day that has at least 400 micrograms of folic acid and vitamin B. If possible, start taking them even before you conceive, as it can help prevent major birth defects in the developing brain and spine.
- Get regular dental checkups. Don't forget to take care of your teeth and gums when you're pregnant, and make sure to see your dentist regularly. The hormonal changes in your body can increase the risk of gum disease which can, in turn, affect your developing baby.
- Eat a healthy diet. When you're pregnant, your body needs more folic acid, iron, vitamin D, choline and Omega-3s. Look for foods rich in essential nutrients such as whole grains, berries, salmon, beans and well-cooked eggs.
- Take a prenatal yoga class. Prenatal yoga can benefit any pregnant woman – research has shown it can help improve sleep, increase muscle endurance needed for childbirth and decrease lower back pain. One particular benefit for women over 35, especially, is that prenatal yoga can help reduce anxiety, which may be higher in women with a high-risk pregnancy. It's important to manage this anxiety as maternal stress levels have been shown to affect your baby. One study even links anxiety during pregnancy to children's developing ADHD later in life.
Even though there are additional risks associated with being pregnant over the age of 35, don't let these scare you. Plenty of older women have perfectly healthy pregnancies and newborns. But it is important to be educated on the risks and informed about your pregnancy so you can be pro-active in taking the best care of yourself.
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Now is the end of a closet full of nothing to wear. Because a shirt from Kipepeo not only has a unique design, it also has a special story to tell. The motifs on our shirts are created during everyday school life in our partner schools in Tanzania and Kenya. The drawings that the pupils create during class find their way onto our Kipepeo shirts using ecological screen printing and finally into your shopping cart. All our products are manufactured from 100% organic cotton by family businesses in Tanzania and Kenya. The production thus guarantees fair wages, secure jobs and the sales proceeds support our school projects on site. No matter which of our shirts you choose - sustainability suits you in any case!
The manufacturing of all Kipepeo products, starting from the cultivation of organic cotton to the finished garment, takes place locally in Tanzania and Kenya.
This creates a holistic cycle based on fundamental principles of fairness, transparency and sustainability and, through an economic approach, supports social projects in East Africa.
Our Print Designs
The designs we print on Kipepeo products are drawn by pupils during regular school lessons such as natural history in schools in Tanzania and Kenya. Martin and Goodluck explain how the idea of Kipepeo Clothing came about and how the designs are created today.
READ MORE...Cultivation of Organic Cotton in Tanzania
Ashura and Zacharia from Biosustain Ltd. in Singida explain how (organic) cotton is cultivated within a small-scale rainfed agriculture in Tanzania, parameters of fair pricing for (organic) cotton and methods of keeping pests away by the use of natural fertilizers instead of chemical pesticides.
READ MORE...From Cotton to Fabric / Manufacturing and Dyeing of Fabrics
We show you how cotton is ginned, yarn is spun out of it and processed by large circular knitting machines into fabrics. Also, Aditya and Martin explain how the industrial wastewater from the dyeing process of textiles is recycled.
READ MORE...Sewing and Screen-Printing
The final production step comprises the cutting of fabrics which then are made ready to be printed with ecological screen printing. "Meet our Team"- Fridah, Sabine and Martin introduce to you our employees at Kiboko Leisure Wear in Kenya.
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Through the selling of Kipepeo products, we promote schools and education in East Africa. In the following, we show you to what extent our partner projects in Tanzania and Kenya have been supported by Kipepeo-Clothing since 2008. In recent years, Kipepeo-Clothing has received several awards for social and economic commitment. Amongst others, we received the renowned "Making a Difference" Award from Dr. Jane Goodall, we were honored in the "Land of Ideas" competition of the German Federal Government in the category "Economy" and we gained a top 3 ranking in the category "Business Partnerships" of the German Sustainability Award.


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The Official Ubuntu Book, 3e: The Ubuntu Server
- What Is Ubuntu Server?
- Installing Ubuntu Server
- Ubuntu Package Management
- Ubuntu Server Security
- Summary
Chapter 5. The Ubuntu Server
- What Is Ubuntu Server?
- Installing Ubuntu Server
- Ubuntu Package Management
- Ubuntu Server Security
- Summary
UBUNTU 4.10, LOVINGLY KNOWN AS WARTY WARTHOG, was the first public version of Ubuntu. Its installation media provided no obvious way to install the bare-bones OS without a full desktop environment. The system administrator crowds, easily irritable and feisty by nature, were greatly annoyed: They proclaimed Ubuntu was just a desktop distribution and sauntered back to their caves in contempt.
The next release of Ubuntu that came out, Hoary Hedgehog, rectified the problem and allowed for trivial installation of a minimal Ubuntu version suitable for servers. Yet the myth of Ubuntu as a purely desktop-oriented distribution stuck.
Luckily, the sentiment is just that—a myth. Ubuntu is a world-class server platform today, providing everything you'd expect from a server OS and with the human flavor that makes Ubuntu different. The dedicated hackers on the Ubuntu Server Team that tends to the minutiae of hardware support and testing mercilessly beat on the latest version of server software to make sure it's up to snuff for inclusion in the distribution, and the members of the team are available to users like you to field feedback, questions, and cries of anguish.
That said, setting up a server is no small task. Server administrators constantly deal with complex issues such as system security, fault tolerance, and data safety, and while Ubuntu makes these issues more pleasant to deal with, they're not to be taken lightly. The aim of this chapter is thus not to teach you how to be a system administrator—we could easily fill a dozen books attempting to do that—but to give you a quick crash course. We'll also highlight the specific details that set Ubuntu Server apart from other server platforms, offer tips on some of the most common server uses, and give you pointers on where to find other relevant information. Let the mischief begin!
What Is Ubuntu Server?
By far the most common reaction from users first encountering Ubuntu Server is one of utter and hopeless confusion. People are foggy on whether Ubuntu Server is a whole new distribution or an Ubuntu derivative like Kubuntu (only for servers) or perhaps something else entirely.
Let's clear things up a bit. The primary software store for Ubuntu and official derivatives is called the Ubuntu archive. The archive is merely a collection of software packages in Debian "deb" format, and it contains every single package that makes up distributions such as Ubuntu, Edubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubuntu, and Ubuntu Server. What makes Kubuntu separate from Ubuntu, then, is only the set of packages from the archive that its installer installs by default and that its CDs carry.
Ubuntu Server is no different. It depends on the very same archive as the standard Ubuntu distribution, but it installs a distinctive set of default packages. Notably, the set of packages comprising Ubuntu Server is very small. The installer will not install things such as a graphical environment or many user programs by default. But since all the packages for Ubuntu Server come from the same official Ubuntu archive, you can install any package you like later. In theory, there's nothing stopping you from transforming an Ubuntu Server install into a regular Ubuntu desktop installation or vice versa (in practice, this is tricky, and we don't recommend you try it). You can even go from running Kubuntu to running Ubuntu Server. The archive paradigm gives you maximum flexibility.
We've established that Ubuntu Server just provides a different set of default packages than Ubuntu. But what's important about that different set? What makes Ubuntu Server a server platform?
The most significant difference is a nonpreemptible server kernel with an internal kernel timer frequency of 100Hz instead of the desktop default of 1KHz. We'll spare you the OS theory: The idea is to offer some extra performance and throughput for server applications. In addition, the server kernel supports SMP and basic NUMA. SMP, or symmetric multiprocessing, is the code that allows you to use more than one processor in your server, and NUMA is a memory design used in some multiprocessor systems that can dramatically increase multiprocessing performance.
So what else is different in Ubuntu Server? Other than the server kernel and a minimal set of packages, not too much. Though Ubuntu has supported a minimal installation mode for a number of releases, spinning off Ubuntu Server into a proper derivative distribution is still a young effort, and many neat features are planned for the future but aren't available just yet.
Starting with Ubuntu Server 6.06 LTS, known as Dapper Drake, Ubuntu Server offers officially supported packages for the Red Hat Cluster Suite, Red Hat's Global File System (GFS), Oracle's OCFS2 filesystem, and the Linux Virtual Server utilities: keepalived and ipvsadm. Combined with the specialized server kernel, these bits already let you use your Ubuntu Server for some heavy lifting. And there's a great lineup of upcoming features: Among other things, we're hoping to throw in a resource manager for cluster folks, automatically place system configuration files under version control, ship with out-of-the-box support for server farm monitoring and hard drive replication over the network, and provide an integrity checker for installed systems directly on Ubuntu CDs.


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With less than a week to go before the New Year, we are all feeling the promise of a fresh start.
Oh, the anticipation of attaining big goals. But wait! There's a lot of crap in the way of those promises and goals.
Wouldn't it feel good if the New Year felt . . . well . . . new? Kind of like a blank canvas?
It can happen if you dedicate this week to clearing out and getting organized.
Summon That New Year Feeling
Review your task list.
What has been on your To Do list for too long?
If you're procrastinating, do you really need to do it? If Yes, then do it! Imagine how good it will feel.
Straighten up and file right.
Get those papers off your desk and off the floor. Organize them into some kind of system that makes sense.
Back up your computer files, and delete or archive those you no longer need.
Set up paper and e-files for the New Year. Recycle anything you don't use or could find online.
Update your mailing list.
Take all of those names and business cards you've been hoarding and add them to your database. Ditto for the people whose holiday greetings you received.
Survey your studio.
Complete an artwork you've been neglecting, or break it down and recycle its parts. Fix something that is broken.
What materials aren't being used that you could store or, even better, give away?
Catch up with correspondence.
Write your Thank You notes from holiday gifts and send New Year's greetings to those on your list.
Dig through your website and blog.
Delete pages that you wouldn't want anyone to stumble upon.
Change your copyright notice to ©2013. It doesn't look good when someone comes to your site and it says that the site is ©2009!
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"Where the Sun Does Not Reach, There the Doctor Will Appear" Environmentalization in Gerhart Hauptmann's "Before Daybreak"
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Mathias Denecke (Hg.), Holger Kuhn (Hg.), Milan Stürmer (Hg.)
Liquidity, Flows, CirculationThe Cultural Logic of Environmentalization
Broschur, 360 Seiten
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It has become a truism that capital circulates, that data, populations and materials flow, that money offers liquidity. Placed at the intersection of art, media and cultural studies as well as economic theory, the volume investigates the Cultural Logic of Environmentalization. As flows, circulations and liquidity resurface in all aspects of recent culture and contemporary art, this volume investigates the hypothesis of a genuine cultural logic of environmentalization through these three concepts. It thus brings together two areas of research which have been largely separate. On the one hand, the volume takes up discussions about ecologies with and without nature and environmentalization as a contemporary form of power and capital. On the other hand, the volume takes its cue from Fredric Jameson's notion that each stage of capitalism is accompanied by a genuine cultural logic. The volume introduces this current of materialist thinking into the ongoing discussions of ecologies and environmentalization. By analyzing contemporary art, architecture, theater, films, and literature, the 15 contributions by scholars and artists explore different fields where liquid forms, semantics of flow, or processes of circulation emerge as a contemporary cultural logic.


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It Happened In L.A.
- Official Selection Sundance 2017 -
Director - Michelle Morgan
Producer - Alix Madigan & Ryland Aldrich
Executive Producers - Tom Dolby, Abdi Nazemian, Susanne Filkins, Stephen Nelson
Cast - Michelle Morgan, Jorma Taccone, Dree Hemingway, Margarita Levieva
Editor - John-Michael Powell
Production Company - The Orchard
Format - Alexa
Running Time - 97min
Release Date - 2017
"And yet as a first-timer, Morgan threatens better things to come on two fronts. First in the spiky character roles she creates for Levieva and Angela Trimbur, as a volatile "other woman" pivotal in reorienting Annette's point of view on relationships, who both succeed in bursting the film's hermetically sealed bubble. (Following either of these ladies outside of la la land might have been a worthy endeavor.) And second in the precise and playful visuals composed with d.p. Nicholas Wiesnet, which do more than anything else to distinguish the film from too many others of its ilk."
The Film Stage
"Mostly utilizing two shots with spare cuts for conversations, there's a confidence in the filmmaking largely missing in today's indie comedies. With Morgan's specific, slightly heightened diction, the dialogue refreshingly never comes across as improvisation. Nearly every line has a punch to it, making the laughs all the more effective. With a thoughtful eye for framing — reminiscent of Jody Lee Lipes' work in Tiny Furniture, albeit less sterile — Nicholas Wiesnet's cinematography patiently finds more beauty in the city than last year's La La Land. It's also a personal rarity to single out the costume and production design work, but presumably on a tight budget, Heather Allison and Hillary Gurtler, respectively, do wonders to make each aspect as visually appealing as possible."
Screen Daily
"During a couple of cleverly constructed early scenes, the film channels this sharp tone in stark visual terms with Tati-like precision, as when a conversation plays out entirely in front of a giant FX "Green Screen" on a TV set, or when Annette and Elliot argue in the foreground as a Twister game of entangled bodies plays out in the background."
Moveable Fest
"The film's edge is only sharpened by cinematographer Nicholas Wiesnet's evocative use of framing, enchantingly beautiful, but full of static shots and abstract framing to make the characters feel stifled and disconnected from anything outside their gilded nests, as well as a classical score of Vivaldi and Gilbert and Sullivan, among others, that raises the stakes of mundane conversations to the level of life or death that all of the film's Angelenos irrationally feel. Others have used a similar juxtaposition to great effect – Lena Dunham's "Tiny Furniture" comes to mind, as do the films of Whit Stillman – but Morgan has fashioned something with a bewitching style all its own."
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Dratzo! All continues to quickly move forward. Those in the know expect that a major energy shift is to occur with this month's solar eclipse. It has been foretold that this galactic event should take place after a major global release of a vast amount of currency. This solar event would then jump-start the NESARA Republic and the worldwide kick-off of GESARA. It is this series of global events that could truly set this month apart.
Because of these anticipated events, the world would celebrate both the death of an old, illegal republic and the start of a new, peaceful worldview for Gaia. This really excites us. It can easily make it plausible for disclosure and for the beginnings of another great step toward higher consciousness for all. We welcome this eventuality with open arms. It explains why all who really understand your reality know that this first domino is very shortly expected to fall. It, of course, would quickly lead to many other necessary events.
The time is drawing near when at last we can all celebrate. The various global currencies are being readied to be exchanged and the great wealth inherent in them is to be fully realized. Take this time to know within that the wait is finally coming to an end. What lies ahead are golden opportunities to witness the changes that we have long waited for. Use these special moments to know that the wondrous transformations in your life are about to happen. Thank Heaven and all concerned for the prosperity that is to be an integral part of your life!
Truly be in joy and thank all for your coming good fortune. Much has occurred that is going to reward you! It has taken a long time to reap those rewards – years, and even decades to finally see it all ready to happen for you and your earthly companions. The feeling of a dream in action is to slowly fade and be replaced by some truly astonishing events. So be ready at long last to fully reap what was so graciously sown so long ago. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!!!
Blessings! We are your Ascended Masters! We come to thank Heaven and to further praise how small, golden parachutes have given you some much-needed breathing space. It is often difficult to ignore the machinations given us by the ever-fading nature of the dark ones and their minions. It is this oddity that still seems to suddenly pop up in unexpected places. Your visions continue to lead you toward resolutions that can still support your encroaching prosperity and new governance and all that comes with it.
Your visions are being hurried along. The very nature of these visions are helping to make a new reality possible. Let these new and successful efforts be the basis for the rise of this new nation. It is to be a land filled with success and the implementation of your many forms of prosperity. In this new land, let your wondrous visions be part of the efforts that are to fill this place with new freedoms, rights, joy and good works.
In this new realm, you are to finally realize the fruits of your labor. You are also to be able to aid one another, to transform your society so that everyone helps each other to gain success. Ahead is the vision you long sought to manifest. Stand back now and simply rejoice at what is to happen! This new land is to be the forerunner of the rise of global disclosure and the return of your distant forbearers. Much is yet to come!!
Today, We discussed the amazing actions of this most unusual time. Be ready in your heart to know that the moment you have longed for is approaching. Know that new governance is to arrive, and with it, reason for disclosure and all that is destined to follow. Thus, rejoice, do your sacred work and be prepared to embrace this new reality! Know, dear Ones, that the never ending and countless supply of Heaven is indeed Yours! So Be It! Selamat Gajun! Selamat Ja! (Sirian for Be One! Be In Joy!)
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Carlos Lascano is a multi-faceted artist who has successfully made incursions into various forms of art creation.Writer, director, animator, illustrator, painter and photographer, his ability to tell stories and his unique visual universe led him to devote himself entirely to filmmaking, as it allowed him to merge all different forms of expression.
In 1997, after graduating from Law School but still captivated by his artistic vocation, he founded his own production company, at the head of which he developed commercials for big, international companies. At the same time he wrote, produced and directed several personal projects, for which he won international recognition.
Official Spot for the 50th anniversary of Amnesty International, directed by Carlos Lascano, produced by Eallin Motion Art and Dreamlife Studio, with Music by Academy Award Winner Hans Zimmer and Nominee Lorne Balfe.
His original artwork, editing and animation directing of "The Legend of the Scarecrow" earned the short film over 20 awards worldwide, a selection to the 20th Goya Awards, and a pre-selection to the 2005 Oscars.
His unique aesthetic universe is characterized by the mixing of textures, a predominance of illustration and pictorial art, and the combination of those with the using of new technologies.
During the last years, his artistic activity has devoted successfully to animation: the massive spreading and transcendence of his latest works (both personal and commercial), have earned him worldwide repercussion and have turned him into a reference point in modern animation.


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N. Korea reportedly executes Christian woman for distributing Bible
Seoul, South Korea, Jul 25, 2009 / 01:49 pm (CNA).- Last month North Korea publicly executed a Christian woman for distributing the Bible, South Korean activists said on Friday. Her parents, husband and three children have reportedly been sent to a prison camp.
Ri Hyon Ok, 33, was also accused of spying for South Korea and the United States and organizing dissidents, Fox News reports. According to a report from an alliance of several dozen anti-North Korea groups, her execution took place on June 16 in the northwestern city of Ryongchon near the Chinese border.
Her relatives were sent to a political prison camp in the northeastern city of Hoeryong the day after her execution.
The report on her execution cited unidentified documents said to be obtained from North Korea. According to the Associated Press, such reports are almost impossible to verify because of the North Korean government's tight control over its citizens.
North Korea claims to guarantee freedom of religion but severely restricts religious observance. The U.S. State Department says that genuine religious freedom does not exist in the country.
While the government in the North has authorized four state churches, one Catholic, two Protestant and one Russian Orthodox, they cater to foreigners and ordinary North Koreans cannot attend. More than 30,000 North Korean are believed to practice Christianity secretly.
A state-run South Korean think tank's annual report on human rights in North Korea reported that the number of public executions is declining in recent years, the Associated Press says. However, executions are still carried out for crimes ranging from murder to circulating foreign movies.
"North Korea appears to have judged that Christian forces could pose a threat to its regime," South Korean activist Do Hee-youn told reporters.


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Director Steven Soderbergh had been looking for a way to frame a film about the extravagant entertainer Liberace for years when a friend recommended the book Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace.
The book — a memoir — is by Scott Thorson, who for five years was Liberace's lover, though that wasn't publicly disclosed at the time.
Thorson was 40 years younger than Liberace and still in his teens when they met in 1977. Liberace was a huge star, famous for his showy piano playing, his flashy outfits — bejeweled jackets, feathered capes, fur coats — and the candelabra that was almost always on his piano.
"When I read that book, it sort of solved all my problems," Soderbergh tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. "It gave me a specific time period to deal with; there was the arc of the relationship between the two of them to give me a structure. And that's when things really started to move."
The resulting film, starring Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as Thorson, premieres on HBO on May 26. It's being released in theaters abroad, and is competing for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival this week.
Soderbergh — who broke big on the filmmaking scene in 1989, at age 26, with Sex, Lies, and Videotape — went with HBO for Behind the Candelabra because no major American studio would take a risk on the picture.
"There was a sense," says Soderbergh, "that the movie wouldn't have any appeal outside of a gay audience, and that that audience wouldn't be big enough to return the investment. And so we just couldn't get anybody to do it."
But one of Soderbergh's producers, Jerry Weintraub, was working with HBO at the time and mentioned the project to executives there. It was exactly the kind of film the company wanted to be making — and the deal "was done immediately."
The relationship between Liberace and Thorson may be the engine of the film, but the same-sex nature of that relationship is not the point.
"It's a very intimate movie," says Soderbergh. "It's a very emotionally intimate movie, and there are scenes between them that are almost uncomfortable in their intimacy. [But they] would be if it was a man and a woman involved. ... I always felt that if we did our jobs correctly, that halfway through the movie you'd forget that it was Michael and Matt and just feel as though you're watching a relationship."
Soderbergh, who previously directed Douglas in Traffic and Damon in the Ocean's Eleven movies and The Informant, was interested in the theatricality of Liberace's persona and the precedent it set in show business.
"You could make an argument that Liberace really invented the idea of 'bling,' " he says. "I mean, nobody was dressing themselves like this. When you look at the people that have followed him — whether it's Elvis or Elton John or Cher or Madonna or Lady Gaga — you know, all these people are sort of building on something that he began."
Interview Highlights
On whether his upcoming hiatus is about creative freedom
"It's partially that. It's partially the fact that the box is getting smaller, that there are economic pressures that sort of force it to become more and more constricted — and that's neither here nor there. That's just the way it goes. The business isn't as fun as it used to be — or at least as fun as it was when I came up a long time ago.
"And then there are just creative issues of my own, of feeling that I need to sort of tear down everything I've done and rebuild from scratch. And that's a process I think is not incremental. I feel I can go and work on some things in television while I'm thinking about my relationship to movies, whereas I don't think I can think about my relationship to movies while I'm making a movie."
On watching Jaws for the first time
"I came out of that film in St. Petersburg, Fla., in the summer of 1975, and my relationship to movies had completely changed. I had always seen a lot of films because my father loved movies, but in that two hours and four minutes, they went from something I used to view as entertainment and became something else. And I had two questions when I came out of that theater. One was, 'What does "directed by" mean, exactly?' And [the other was] 'Who is Steven Spielberg?' "
On children discovering their talents
"High school, I never cracked a book. I mean, I got by just on the fact that I read a lot and sort of coasted on what I knew, but every waking moment during that period I was either making a movie, reading about a movie or seeing a movie if I was awake. And [my father] just let it happen, you know. He was very supportive because he loved movies, too.
"And, I think, at a certain age — I've had this happen with my daughter, who has a pretty remarkable singing voice, and when I saw her perform as a 9th grader in the lead of a school play, to see your child do something that you could never do is a great moment. And I think [my father] saw very quickly that I was doing things that he would have never been able to do."
On the novel he's writing on Twitter
"It's an opportunity, because of the format, to exercise a muscle that I want to keep exercised, and it's not entirely unrelated to my process of trying to figure out what I want to do with movies. I don't even know if I could really articulate how it's connected to that process, but I know it is somehow. There's something in the process of me sort of dribbling this thing out that is connected to how I'm thinking about cinema.
"The idea of Twitter and tweets, I've never viewed it as something that I would ever use for topical issues. ... I would hope that the things that are on there are true today and are true 10 years from now or 15 years from now. I don't want to use it as, you know, 'What I ate' or 'What I went to go see that night.' I'd like it to be somewhat more permanent than that, and ... it lends itself to a certain kind of format — in this case, a kind of genre. ... Sort of abstract-y spy book with some photographs thrown in. And it just seemed like, 'All right, this could be fun, and I'll do it as long as I can sustain it.'"
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Welcome to Apopka High School!
It is with great excitement and enthusiasm that I welcome you to Apopka High School. As you enter our front office you will see four words: Truth, Honor, Loyalty and Pride. As your principal of Apopka High School I pledge to lead the Blue Darters with these four guiding terms. We will apply these terms as we strive to ensure every student has a promising and successful future. Successful students are those that graduate and become productive members of society; including giving back to the community of Apopka. We offer many opportunities for our students including but not limited to engineering and medical magnet programs, athletics, arts, and guidance. As you scroll through our website, please take the time to explore these opportunities and plan out the experience that will come with being a part of the Blue Darter family. Go Blue Darters! Lyle Heinz Principal


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Saturday, November 6, 2010
Never Gonna Believe This
Jessica at The Alliterative Allomorph is having the best giveaway!!!
In lieu of 400 followers this contest will be held until December 2nd (plenty of time!)
1st place: $40 Amazon Giftcard (I know! Flippin awesome!
2nd place: $20 Amazon Giftcard
3rd place: $10 Amazon Giftcard
Runner up: Surprise! Something Greek!
She added a twist (don't you love twists!) If she reaches 500 followers (currently at 377 - go help!) she'll double the prizes!!!
1st place: $80 Amazon Giftcard
2nd place: $40 Amazon Giftcard
3rd place: $20 Amazon Giftcard
Runner up: Surprise! Something Greek! (this one looks the same to me)
Her entry system is really super easy! Don't miss out on all her awesome... seriously she rocks! So tell her I sent you when you stopped by!
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- Vicki Rocho said...
Already a follower, but if I weren't I'd do your bidding I swear!
PSSST...for all of you non-allimorphic followers what are you waitin' for? Jess rocks - Sat Nov 06, 07:38:00 AM
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
Already signed up and promoted her awesome contest!
- Sat Nov 06, 08:14:00 AM
- Golden Eagle said...
I'm already a follower of hers! :D
It is an amazing giveaway. - Sat Nov 06, 08:46:00 AM
- Mimi said...
Yay, thanks, Jennifer for letting us know. I hope you still win.
Off now to sign up, I love a giveaway!
Word verif is "CRYME", is that what you've done to yourself? - Sat Nov 06, 09:27:00 AM
- Summer Ross said...
Got it! :) have a great weekend.
- Sat Nov 06, 09:38:00 AM
- The Words Crafter said...
I cannot fathom how people are managing to have contests and giveaways during nano! Awesome! BTW, I saw that you've already uploaded your 50k, congrats and way to go!!!!
Um, I read some of your previous posts and: super cool costumes, loved the Red Riding Hood hanging with the Big Bad Wolf!
and EEEWWWW!!!! I am ALWAYS nice to servers and leave a pretty decent tip. Always.
Good luck with the contest! - Sat Nov 06, 09:45:00 AM
- Bast said...
it is an awesome giveaway!
- Sat Nov 06, 11:00:00 AM
- Nicole Zoltack said...
I already signed up! Jess rocks.
- Sat Nov 06, 11:00:00 AM
Those are some great prizes. Thanks for sharing!
- Sat Nov 06, 11:39:00 AM
- Jessica Bell said...
Thanks, Jen!!! You're such an awesome friend. Me Wuvs you ;o) xoxox
- Sat Nov 06, 12:02:00 PM
- Shannon O'Donnell said...
Been there, done that!! :-)
- Sat Nov 06, 12:30:00 PM
- Kristal Shaff said...
Wow. Great Contest. Thanks for sharing!
- Sat Nov 06, 05:20:00 PM
Hi! i am a new follower! Congradulations on having 415 followers! if I get an AMozon gift card I am so buying books! :-)
- Sat Nov 06, 06:36:00 PM
- Jai Joshi said...
Thanks for letting me know, Jen!
Jai - Sat Nov 06, 06:53:00 PM
- Jemi Fraser said...
Jessica is a terrific blogger - I hope she gets her new followers!! :)
- Sat Nov 06, 09:28:00 PM
- Andrea Allison said...
Nice! Thanks for sharing.
- Sat Nov 06, 11:33:00 PM
- Clara said...
Thanks for that Jen, already participating!
Girl, loved those halloween pictures! Ive missed you, I have been very busy with book and submissions, but I'm back baby!!! - Sun Nov 07, 03:35:00 AM
- Donea Lee said...
Ahhhh, Jen! This is why everyone LOVES you!! You're the "support others" queen! :) I'm headed over there now - thanks!
- Sun Nov 07, 09:07:00 AM
- Caroline Tung Richmond said...
Thanks for the tip! I'm going to enter now!
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The Amazon rainforest, 1827. The Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in the jungle near a hurriedly abandoned campsite, where they are surrounded by hungry black caiman - huge lizards. Only the arrival of a man with a rifle sees off the giant beasts. Oliver Blazington has come to the forest to bag big game, and his companion Garrett is a naturalist, collecting exotic creatures for London Zoo. But the Doctor soon discovers that another very different hunter is stalking the Amazon. Animals and people have been disappearing without trace, and local villagers speak darkly of 'The Eye of the Jungle'. Amy senses that the all-seeing Eye is watching them - but she and Rory are powerless to intervene when it sets its sights on the Doctor...Written specially for audio by Darren Jones, "The Eye of the Jungle" features the Doctor, Amy and Rory as played by Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill in the acclaimed hit series from BBC Television. David Troughton reads this exclusive audio adventure featuring the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory, with original music and sound design.


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Vintage software documentation often comes in 6″ x 9″ three ring binders which are just the right size for a small handbag. Many of them are cloth bound, making them ideal for reuse. Tech surplus stores such as Weird Stuff are good places to look for interesting covers, like this Pepper Graphics user's guide from Number Nine. With the addition of a fabric liner and handles it has become an excellent geek purse.
There are many sets of instructions (here's one from HGTV) for bags based on books. You can also look to Etsy for inspiration (e.g. Tarzan, Typing, and Astronomy book purses). Most techniques for book purses apply to binder purses as well, but without the need to reinforce the spine. The primary difference is that you'll have to remove ring binder mechanism. Since it is riveted on, a brute force approach is merited. I pried up the bent edges of the rivet and bent them until they broke off. A better approach might be to dremel off the top surface of the rivet, or even drill it out entirely and replace with buttons or other decorative accents.
Once the binder is free of its rings, the fabric part begins. I found a red and black geometric brocade that complemented the design of the notebook. A complete liner will be sewn together and then glued into the cover.
All pieces are cut to include a 1/4″ seam allowance. The pieces include:
- x2 strips for the ends, folded over (5.5″ x 15.75″)
- x2 sides, 1/4″ ironed down for top edge (9.25″ x 8.25″)
- x1 strip for handle straps (1.5″ x 12″)
- x1 bottom (2.5″ x 9.25″
- x1 pocket for business cards and pen, 1/4″ ironed down on all four sides (4.24″ x 2.5″)
- x1 clasp strap (3″ x 4″)
Additional materials include a magnet, a metal plate, handles and heavy duty craft glue (I used E6000, an excellent toxic goo). The magnet should be strong enough to stick to the metal plate through the thickness of the binder cover and a layer of fabric. On the other hand, you might not want to erase your credit cards, so feel free to go with a button and loop closure if your magnets are too strong.
After folding in half and ironing the rectangles for the sides, the corners can be cut off to make long skinny hexagons. The short sides are 2.5″, the width at the center along the fold is 5.5″, and the height is 15.75″.
The straps for the handles are pretty straightforward. Fold in half, pin, and stitch.
The hard part is, of course, turning it right side out. Leave a long thread on the end, and tie on a yarn needle. Drop it through the tube, and pull it down inside to bring it right side out. Then clip the threads and iron flat.
At this stage I couldn't resist clipping the straps to length (3″ each) and trying them out on the handles.
The first real seam is to affix an end to a side. Wrap an end around a side with two right sides facing each other, pin and sew. Do the same with the other end.
The picture above shows the ends right side out, looking at the side where it will be glued into the binder cover.
For the third seam, match the side to the correct end piece first, and begin pinning the first two layers before folding over the rest of the side. You will have to roll up the other parts inside when you fold over the side to finish pinning.
While the liner is still flat is a good time to sew on the pocket. The pocket shown holds business cards and has a pen loop. Sew down the top edge of the pocket, and the bottom edge where the pen loop will be. Then pin the pocket on and sew around the business card pocket. Wrap the remaining fabric over a pen to pin at the correct place and sew down the remaining edge.
Sewing up the fourth corner involves rolling up the rest of the liner to pin and stitch, much like the third corner, only more so. Turn right side out gently after sewing.
Sewing a small dart on the inside edge of the sides will help keep them tucked inwards.
Attach the bottom, starting with the long edges.
The strap for the magnetic clasp is made the same way as those for the handles, except that the end is stitched shut. Trim away excess material before turning right side out.
Insert the magnet into the strap. Hand sew a few small stitches to keep the magnet in the tip of the strap.
Position the clasp and handle straps and pin them on before running a row of stitches all the way along the top of each side. Reinforce the straps with an extra row of stitches. You may need to put the metal plate under the magnet while sewing to keep it from sticking to your bobbin plate.
Gluing the liner into the binder cover is the final step. Start with the metal plate for the magnetic clasp and the bottom of the bag. Move on to the sides once the glue has dried sufficiently.
It's actually quite roomy, but even if you overstuff it, the magnet will hold it closed by sticking to the metal plate on the inside rather than folding over the outside.
Some notes on Pepper Graphics: the book came with a great looking floppy for which I don't have any appropriately sized drives. Further research shows that Number Nine has been reincarnated as Silicon Spectrum, whose logo isn't nearly as nice as the ones on my bag.


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"Leave It On The Lawn, Kingston!" initiative continues for a second year in the City of Kingston.
The City of Kingston's Mayor James Sottile, DPW Superintendent Michael Schupp and The Kingston Land Trust hope to save Kingston citizen's tax dollars for a second year by encouraging residents to mulch their leaf landscape waste.
KINGSTON – With the recent passing of a mandatory leaf bagging law in the city of Kingston, public officials in connection with the Kingston Land Trust are asking residents to "Leave It On The Lawn, Kingston!" for a second fall season. The federal program that was initiated locally hopes to save citizen's tax dollars by asking them to 'help Kingston help itself'.
"Mulching leaves takes a serious waste disposal problem and stops it at its source," says Rebecca Martin, Executive Director of the Kingston Land Trust. "Additionally, it takes 1/4 of a persons time rather than bagging them, avoids all municipal collection costs and provides valuable plant nutrients stored in leaves throughout the season to fertilize lawns and gardens naturally."
A helpful brochure will be available at the city of Kingston's Clerks office, Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Kingston Land Trust offices after October 10th about the program. To learn more on the initiative online, visit the city of Kingston's website or contact Rebecca Martin, Executive Director of the Kingston Land Trust at 845/877-LAND (5263) or email@example.com


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Costume Studio
The costumes for all the departmental productions are created here in the costume studio. The studio is equipped with the tools necessary to accomplish any sort of construction required for a production. We have sewing machines, industrial machines, sergers, professional industrial irons, a steamer, a full complement of dress forms for men and women and a washer and dryer. There are four regulation height cutting tables and a private area with a full-length three-way mirror that is used for fittings. We have the luxury of the dressing rooms opening directly into the shop and our costume storage space is located on the same floor as the studio. We have also recently acquired a brand new dye vat, making it possible to create even more wonderful fabric effects. There is also space for the creation of costume props, accessories, wigs and make-up.
There are usually about twelve students who work in the costume studio as their work study. They are a mix of theater majors and non-majors, upper class and first-year students, and male and female. The student employees have the opportunity to learn the complete costuming process, from design to patterning to construction to the final performance.
Each year, Introduction to Costuming is taught. This class has a lab component of 40-50 hours of work in the costume shop during the semester. This allows the students, usually theater majors, to get hands on training in the costuming process.
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Sparks Cover Re-Release Day Extravaganza!
"Everyone in
the world has a Spark, a light inside that guides them, keeps them alive."
Myxini School for Children specializes in training young
men and women who have powerful Sparks. Strikers are taught to manipulate fire.
Trackers learn to find animals in the most formidable terrains. Handlers are
instructed in communication with large predators. But forty years have passed
since the last time they had a Reader – a student with the ability to read
When Lark Davies enrolls at Myxini, he knows there aren't
many like him, but he doesn't realize just how rare his abilities really are.
He thinks nothing of being asked to keep his Spark a secret; after all, he can
barely control it. Thoughts and emotions flood unbidden into his mind until he
can scarcely walk or hold a conversation. But just when he needs it most, his
ability fails him.
Lark meets Khea, a small frightened girl who mysteriously
ignites his protective nature. He has no explanation for the curious strength
of their relationship, and it doesn't help that she is one of the few people in
the world whose thoughts can't be read. As he struggles to get to the root of
their unique bond, Lark begins to unravel more power than even his mentor
expected, but in the process makes himself a target to political leaders eager
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Wearing only my loose brown pants, I
crawled into the
most comfortable bed I had ever known and sank into the soft down pillows. I
had just started to drift off when I heard a knock at the door. I'm going to kill Avis.
"What do you–" I started until I
realized it wasn't
Avis. It was a stunning blonde with blue eyes. </
"I'm sorry to wake you. I just– I had to
see you." Her
arms moved to wrap around my waist and hold me tight as I questioned if I was
really sleeping or not.
"Uh, do you want to come in?" We
both knew the rules
about being in someone else's room after hours, so I pulled her in and sat down
on the edge of the bed, still a little surprised she was there.
In the dim light her hair looked a little
darker, but
her face was still sweet and there was no denying that the last two years had
done her well. Who would have thought such a beautiful young woman would come
from that skinny little girl in Lagodon?
"How'd you know I was back?" I asked
her, trying to
appear less tired or shocked than I was.
"A friend told me."
"I didn't think you–" Cared? It wasn't
the right word,
but I was beyond amazed that she was interested in my whereabouts. I hadn't
seen her since that night at the Moonwater and it had changed everything for me
since then. But for her, I wasn't aware that she had been affected in any way.
"Ride with me tomorrow?"
"Uh, yea, of course." It was a struggle
to cover how
little I wanted to wait. I would have given anything to have her stay.
A wide smile erupted across her sweet
lips as she
said, "meet me at the lake at noon." With a lingering kiss on my cheek, she
walked back through the door and disappeared into the dark stone corridor.
What just happened? I hadn't seen her in
person in years, and we were hardly close before that. And now she arrived in
my room in the middle of the night and kissed me on the cheek. Was it a kiss
like a friend would give another? Or more? I couldn't make any sense of it, but
there was only thing I was sure of. I would be at the lake at noon if it was
the last thing I did.
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Introduction (2:09)
The Mindset You Need To Succeed (4:55)
COMING SOON: CEO Mindset for Longterm Success
COMING SOON: What are "Connects"? Why paying for more is so worth it.
COMING SOON: Are Upwork's Fees really worth it? The Mindset shift you need to make before you start working!
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What to Freelance In (5:49)
Your Goals (1:56)
COMING SOON: Build Out Your Offerings in Your Freelance Business
COMING SOON: Hourly, Fixed Price, & Retainer Projects - Pros & Cons of Everything
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Upwork Policies
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Setting Up Your Profile
Write A Killer Title & Use Your Tags! (5:48)
Rate & Pricing Yourself (3:12)
Crafting A Great Overview (7:27)
Leveraging Your Portfolio (4:05)
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Complete Your Profile With Education & Other Experiences (3:34)
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Finding Projects in Unexpected Categories (1:14)
The Most Important Filters (0:36)
Browsing Through Jobs (0:53)
When To Apply & Putting in Time Applying (2:21)
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Gurugram [India], February 19, 2022: ART Housing Finance (India) Limited has been Great Place to Work-Certified™ in India from February 2022 to February 2023.
ART Housing Finance (India) Limited is a Housing Finance Company registered with National Housing Bank. The Company is headquartered in Gurgaon with a presence in 6 states across 25 branches. The Company is operating in the affordable housing finance segment for the last 8 years and has served more than 10,000 satisfied customers so far.
The Company has the mission to accelerate home ownership among under-served by providing much needed financial support, while ensuring high-quality business creation empowered by Technology and Innovation, backed by strong work ethos and corporate governance practices.
The Company always thrives to be employee-centric and employee satisfaction is always high on our goals. We at ART, has institutionalized various employee-friendly policies to enable the personal, professional growth of employees along with a focus on their health and safety. We ensure the recognition of employees based on their performance and suitably reward them as an appreciation for their efforts and ensure the growing career path for them within the Company.
"This is really a very proud moment for all of us and I would like to thank all team members for their continuous commitment in making the organization Great Place to Work and reposing their trust and faith in Organization. We have always believed that our people are biggest advantage in a competitive industry and we have always strived to make our workplace inclusive. We always keep thriving to be employee centric and employee satisfaction and growth is always high on our goals." said Mr. Vipin Jain, MD & CEO, ART Housing Finance (India) Limited, speaking about the certification.
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To find the truck supplier that you will offer the best services to you nowadays is not an easy work to deal with since there are many companies out there in the market claiming to offer the best services but after taking time and keenly looking into them, you find the truck supplier may be the fake and the others are unqualified and have no enough experience to tackle your project as required, thus when trying to seek services from any service render you must take a lot of time examining and intervening many companies to be able to pick the best from the galore ones. There are many factors you must consider before securing or deciding on the truck supplier to pick one is supposed to use simple criteria which will enable you to choose the best truck supplier for quality output, inquire from friends and some other person who had ever served by any of the truck supplier you are trying to hire and make sure the one you choose is the best of all. Avoid being corned all getting poor services and wasting any resources and time by making a clear choice. This article below contain some important tips that will guide one to pick the best truck supplier of all. After reading it you will be able to select the best truck supplier that will give the best quality you will fall in love with.
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One is supposed to look at the quality of services before deciding on the agency to hire. Compare different qualities given by various agencies and be able to pick the agency that offer quality work and ignore those that give poor quality work, ask and examine from friend on the kind of quality given by the service render you are hiring then compare about the quality and be able to choose the one that give the best quality, because when you have given a service you are paying some amount for the task you are tackled by the truck supplier thus there will be no need you are given a low quality services for the service, and you are paying for it, also consider the cost and the quality and make sure the quality goes hand in hand with the service quality you are given. Always pick the quality that is on top.


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Cardi B's "WAP" had new meaning at the BET Awards: winning and pregnant.
The Grammy-winning star debuted her baby bump during a live performance Sunday alongside husband Offset as well as Quavo and Takeoff of Migos. She also won video of the year for her Megan Thee Stallion-assisted No. 1 hit "WAP."
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Cardi B didn't stay to accept the honor at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, but Megan Thee Stallion rushed to the stage to pick up the award, forgetting to thank Cardi during her speech.
But the "Savage" rapper made up for it when she won best female hip-hop artist moments later.
"I really forgot to say 'thank you Cardi' for even putting me on 'WAP' because it makes me feel so good to be acknowledged by one of my peers, who I think so highly of," said Megan Thee Stallion, who was the big winner of the night with four trophies. "I think so highly of all the women who was nominated in this category."
Along with celebrating female artists, the BET Awards also highlighted gay pride with a seductive performance by Lil Nas X and Queen Latifah, who thanked her reported partner and son when she accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award.
As she rattled on thank you's, she said: "Ebony, my love, Rebel, my love." The 51-year-old ended with: "Peace! Happy pride!"
Queen Latifah was honored for her illustrious career as a Grammy-winning rapper, a Golden Globe-winning actor and an Emmy-winning TV producer. Rapsody and Monie Love kicked off the tribute with a performance of "Ladies First," which was followed by Lil Kim and MC Lyte rapping the classic "U.N.I.T.Y."
Lil Nas X won over the crowd with his No. 1 hit "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)," which ended with the rapper locking lips with a male background dancer, as the crowd roared loudly. Some audience members jumped out of their seats in praise.
His stage was set in Ancient Egypt, much like Michael Jackson's "Remember the Time," which Lil Nas X paid tribute to with a skilled dance break during the performance.
Mothers were also saluted during the three-hour-plus show: Queen Latifah, who attended with her father, held a photo on her mother onstage; Megan Thee Stallion remembered her mother, who died in 2019, during her speech: "She can't be here with me today but I still think about her everyday and she is the reason why I keep going." And Jazmine Sullivan — who won album of the year for her critically acclaimed EP "Heaux Tales" — attended the show with her mother, who is battling cancer.
"My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago so we didn't see any of this happening, but God has been so faithful to us and my mom is in remission," she said. "This is my prize. This is my gift. It means more to me than anything that she's here with me. She supported me all my life."
The ceremony was dedicated to "the year of the Black woman," as actor and host Taraji P. Henson put at the top of the show. Rep. Maxine Waters said her signature phrase — "reclaiming my time" — before Sullivan hit the stage for a sultry, top-notch performance featuring fellow R&B singer Ari Lennox. The first award of the night went to Andra Day, who won best actress, while Darnella Frazier — the teenager who pulled out her cellphone and began recording when she saw George Floyd being pinned to the ground by a police officer — was given the Shine a Light Award.
Frazier didn't attend the awards show but the honor came weeks after she was awarded a special citation by the Pulitzer Prizes for her video that helped to launch a global movement to protest racial injustice.
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Swizz Beatz curated the tribute to DMX, who died in April at age 50. Performers included Busta Rhymes, Method Man, The Lox, Michael K. Williams and Griselda.
Other winners Sunday included Chris Brown, who won best male R&B/pop artist; Giveon, named best new artist; and Silk Sonic — the duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak — took home the best group award. Chadwick Boseman posthumously won best actor.


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By Pavel Podvig | July 1, 2013
The call for nuclear disarmament that President Barack Obama made in his Berlin speech on June 19 was somewhat underwhelming. His proposed reductions—of up to a third from the 1,550 deployed strategic warheads allowed under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START)—were the least ambitious of the several options that the administration discussed last year. More importantly, Obama suggested that the reductions should come through "negotiated cuts" with Russia, rather than through unilateral US action.
The president did leave some room for unilateral reductions in his address, saying that the United States could continue to maintain effective deterrence "while reducing [its] deployed strategic nuclear weapons by up to one third," but the fact sheet on nuclear weapons employment strategy released by the White House the same day used slightly different language, saying that the United States could maintain deterrence "while safely pursuing up to a one-third reduction in deployed strategic nuclear weapons." The caveat of the words "safely pursuing" suggests that the reductions are conditioned on whether Russia joins the pursuit. Indeed, the discussion in Washington quickly focused on whether the president would have to conclude a new treaty with Russia and submit it to Congress, or whether the two countries could just reach an agreement to reduce their arsenals without the need to go through legislative approval. Either way, getting an agreement with Russia seems to be an essential part of the Obama administration's call for new nuclear cuts.
That, unfortunately, dooms the entire enterprise from the start. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov responded to Obama's speech, saying that Russia would be ready to discuss further cuts only in a multilateral format involving all nuclear powers, declared and undeclared. This is of course only one of many excuses Russia could come up with to stall the disarmament process. A full list would likely include tying nuclear weapons reductions to such issues as missile defense, conventional strike capabilities, weapons in space, China—you name it. This is not to say that Russia's concerns are completely without merit, but it is hard to see how any of these issues are relevant to the question of whether the number of deployed strategic weapons could be reduced by one-third from the New START level.
One of the problems that the United States will face in its attempts to get Russia on board with new nuclear reductions is that it has few incentives to offer, especially if it stays within the framework of New START. For Russia, the numerical ceilings established by the 2010 treaty are hardly a matter of importance. It is well aware of the fact that the United States maintains a sizable arsenal of reserve warheads—a hedge—that would allow it to deploy more than 4,000 strategic warheads on existing delivery systems, almost three times as many as the notional New START limit. The White House's newly-released nuclear guidance confirmed the US commitment "to maintain a robust hedge against technical or geopolitical risk," albeit probably at slightly lower numbers. With this hedge in mind, it doesn't matter that much whether the United States reports 1,000 or 1,550 deployed warheads in its annual New START declarations.
This discrepancy may seem like an opening for future negotiations—the United States could offer to reduce the hedge and establish a verifiable limit on non-deployed warheads. But Russia has shown no interest in this kind of proposal; it accepted the reality of the US hedge, judging (probably correctly) that these numbers are not as important as they may seem. Also, for Russia a lower ceiling would mean curbing its strategic modernization program—under which it plans to build new nuclear warheads and delivery systems—just as money has started flowing to its defense industry. If there is budgetary pressure in Russia, it's not the defense sector that feels it.
If offering a lower ceiling won't work, then what might serve as an incentive to bring Russia to the negotiating table? One of the most important benefits of New START is the transparency and verification framework provided by the treaty. But this is the part of the treaty that Russia is likely to miss least, as it values secrecy much higher than transparency.
This leaves only one option: The United States could threaten to take Russia's "nyet" for an answer and give up on New START follow-on negotiations. For Russia, the value of the treaty is not necessarily in the numerical limits or verification provisions. Rather, it is in the fact that New START codifies the special status of the US-Russian nuclear relationship, and gives Russia an opportunity to voice concerns about all kinds of US military policies and programs. What Moscow worries about most is that one day the United States might decide that it doesn't particularly care if Russia develops another heavy missile with multiple warheads. Indeed, the Bush administration came very close to this stance when it pulled out of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002 and openly questioned the need for new arms control agreements. That was not a happy time in Moscow, as it realized it was losing its coveted position as equal partner in nuclear arms control negotiations.
The Obama administration is facing a much more difficult task than its predecessor: The goal is to preserve the US-Russian nuclear arms reduction process, not kill it. But if the United States is serious about getting Russia on board with further nuclear cuts, it should start with unilateral reductions to its number of deployed warheads that go beyond the New START limits. Strictly speaking, these reductions would be reversible and somewhat symbolic, as the hedge is not going away any time soon and the legally-binding upper limit would still be set by New START. But they would demonstrate that the United States could set its nuclear policy without being held hostage to numerical parity with Russia.
Russia would then face a choice between joining the nuclear cuts and keeping the leverage that comes with being an active participant in the process, or risking a US decision to embrace unilateralism and steer nuclear policy in a discomforting direction, whether this means expanding missile defense or strengthening precision strike capabilities. This is a risk that Russia would not be willing to take. If it rejects a New START follow-on agreement, it would lose what little leverage over these issues it may now have. Russia, of course, would threaten to build more missiles and warheads, but it knows that this threat would ring hollow: The US Defense Department concluded last year that Russia "would not be able to achieve a militarily significant advantage by any plausible expansion of its strategic nuclear forces, even in a cheating or breakout scenario under the New START Treaty." The United States indeed does not particularly care if Russia wastes its resources on new missiles. By unilaterally cutting its forces below New START levels, the United States would reinforce this message and make sure that Moscow gets it.
Given the political climate in Washington, unilateral reductions are not going to be popular or easy. But neither are they impossible. And at this point they probably offer the best chance of breaking the impasse on the way to deeper cuts of nuclear arsenals.
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Just like Burke, Keadryn loves brainstorming and coming up with party ideas, craft projects and costumes. This year she is the genius behind the halloween costumes: rainbow, pot of gold, and the sassiest leprechaun you ever did see.
We took a pretty simple no-sew route this year. Can I just tell you how much I love felt? Seriously, best craft fabric ever. I was ecstatic to find a japanese dollar store in Dubai that sells all sorts of craft supplies including square meter pieces of felt! It is amazing what you can do with felt and safety pins. I used kirst's no sew tutu tutorial but used felt instead of tulle for Kead's rainbow skirt. Sayla wore her black ballet outfit with some gold garland attached (with safety pins). For Evie's leprechaun, I cut out vest, and pinned on a belt and some gold buckles. Super super simple.
Anyway- on to the cuteness:
Since Halloween/Fall aren't really celebrated here, we put together a little "Fall Festival" with some other Americans and their kiddos. It was low key and the kids had a blast (and ate way too much candy!)
What did you do for Halloween? How did you celebrate? I love costumes and would love to see your pics so leave a link if you posted about it!
Now onto planning for Thanksgiving, my favorite meal of the year!