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The national leader for the direct care workforce, PHI represents the many thousands of professionals who care for America's elderly and disabled. Following a major strategic planning initiative and rebranding, they asked Constructive to align PHI's website with their mission, raise awareness of issues facing the sector, and make their library of research more accessible to influential audiences.
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We need to find ways to unite these organizational silos.
PHI is a complex organization engaged in multiple facets of the direct care sector. Unfortunately, PHI's fragmented website failed to support this diversity, share their breadth and depth of services and resources, or explain how PHI's work ties together at the local, state, and national levels. Through user research, content strategy, and information architecture, we built a site structure that bridges PHI's silos, organizing ideas by issues, geography, and services; then framing everything within their broader mission. The result paints a clear picture of who PHI is, what they do, and why they matter—and makes content and resources available based on a wide range of audience profiles.
How can we design for emotion and deliver policy insights?
PHI is a tenacious advocate and educator for the direct care workforce, a more reserved research expert working at the policy level, and a vocal spokesperson who raises awareness with the broader public. So, when it came to designing PHI's website, we balanced creating an emotional impact and the rational appeal that PHI's research requires. The result is an online brand experience that connects with PHI's core constituency and makes ideas accessible to lay audiences, and which is organized and legible to deepen engagement with PHI's long-form content.
PHI's website successfully positions their brand as the national leader of one of the fastest-growing sectors of the healthcare industry, delivering a wealth of expertise, insights, resources, and results for the direct care workforce.
What's the state of the sector by the numbers?
One of PHI's most valuable resources is its Workforce Data Center, which contains one of the most comprehensive data sets on the state of the direct care workforce. We created an interactive tool that lets audiences generate comprehensive, customizable snapshots exploring from race, gender, age, and employment status, to earnings, wage trends, and insurance at the state and national levels.
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"We hired Constructive to help us develop a digital strategy and design a website that effectively positions PHI with a diversity of audiences. Their work is both emotional and organized—expressing why we are unique in our field, while helping audiences connect with our organization. Working with their team was such a great experience, and the results of the work have completely transformed how people perceive us."


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Above: Dartmouth Fall 2007 FSP in Beijing Students at Simatai Great Wall. For more photos, see my Great Wall photo page
If you want to do a day-hike on the Great Wall, the best place in my reckoning is Simatai to Jinshanling (or vice versa). This is the trip I chose for our Dartmouth in Beijing program, which I am now running.
On Friday Sept 14, David Spindler ('89) prepared us for our hike by giving a talk on the history of the Great Wall, focusing on the Gubeikou-Jinshanling-Simatai area. During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), for Mongols bent on a massive raid of the capital city, the Chao River running through Gubeikou ("old north mouth") was the most favorable path of entry from the mountainous north into the flat Beijing plane. During the mid-1500s, the Mongols would lead occasional raids to pillage and plunder the area around the capital, killing thousands of Chinese people and bringing livestock, booty, and Chinese slaves back to their homeland in the north. Thus the Ming embarked on their great wallbuilding project. Knowing that a major Mongol raid that occurred in 1554 was repulsed by Chinese soldiers manning the wall in that region and that in 1576 another raid in the Simatai area led to the building of the brick walled structure that exists there today makes it a much more interesting hike. One has to simply imagine the entire land north of the wall swarming with thousands of swarthy Mongol warriors and the Chinese soldiers stoutly defending this highway to the national capital.
On Saturday Sept 15, I took my Dartmouth FSP students to Simatai. We left the campus of Beijing Normal University at 6 am and headed north by northeast on the newly minted Jing-Cheng expressway, which has cut an hour off the original three plus hours journey to Simatai. We arrived around 8:30 am and began the trek, heading up to the Simatai Wall. There we split into two groups. Twelve students joined me on the four-hour hike westward to Jinshanling, while ten others stayed at Simatai along with our two program assistants, Zhu Laoshi and Carey Li.
The hike begins by heading down the Simatai Wall to a long footbridge crossing over the reservoir. After that it's a steep ascent for around an hour or so, passing through tower after tower as the wall rises up the mountainside. Then its two more hours of steep ups and downs as the wall follows the highest ridgeline, affording spectacular views in all directions. Corn and millet grows in terraced fields that rise steeply up the hillsides to our south. To the east is the impressive dragon's-back ridge of Simatai, topped by the wall and towers. Beyond that is a panorama of high mountains receding into the distance with a few lone lookout towers barely visible on the tops. It's a scene right out of Lord of the Rings.
After about three hours of hiking, it's mostly a downhill journey to the Jinshanling area. By the third hour, we met up with swarms of international tourists heading the other direction. I'd never seen the area that crowded, but then again, most of my hiking in Simatai-Jinshanling has been in the winter months.
Each area offers a distinctive method of preservation. Near Simatai, the preservationists who rebuilt the wall attempted to stick closely to what it looked like after 500 years of erosion, giving it a more "authentic" feel as a partially ruined historical site. In Jinshanling, they attempted as much as possible to reconstruct the wall and towers according to their original design. One distinctive feature of Jinshanling is the shield walls running up the wall to the towers, with windows in them, which Chinese soldiers could man in case the Mongols made it onto the wall below, in a last-ditch attempt to protect the towers. Another feature is the small houselike structures with sloping roofs on top of some of the towers.
We ended our hike around 1:30 pm. Altogether from the parking lot of Simatai to the parking lot of Jinshanling, it took us around five hours to complete the hike. I must admit that I had a tough time keeping up with most of my students, who are now half my age. My cold and my heavy Raichle boots didn't help, but for an old man, ankle protection is a must. Most of the kids wore sneakers, but I do recommend to people doing this hike that they wear hiking boots if possible, given the steep ascents and descents over crumbling rocks and loose flagstones.
Still, the path from SMT to JSL is much easier and safer than ten years ago when I took my 60-year old mother on the same hike. They've since fortified many of the more treacherous spots. Where once you had to make your way across a narrow two-foot wide path with a steep drop on either side, owing to the erosion of the original wall, it has now been restored and the only real challenge is climbing up and down steep staircases that are partially eroded and crumbling. But if my 60-year old mom could do it, so can you!

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Review by Karen Topham, American Theatre Critics Association member; photos by Michael Brosilow
"One can never be 100% themselves unless they embrace themselves."
Raven Theatre Artistic Director Cody Estle was speaking about his latest play, an homage to two American theatre icons, Tennesse Williams and William Inge, both of whom had deep secrets that they struggled to embrace. The Gentleman Caller, by Philip Dawkins (of Charm and Le Switch, among several others), is the fictional story of a very real encounter the two men had in 1944, just as Williams' The Glass Menagerie premiered in Chicago. During the two hours plus of the play, Dawkins deals with the need to embrace who we are, the concept of visibility, and the nature of creating art itself.
Told as a memory play a la Menagerie (whose original title Dawkins has co-opted for his own play), the play shows us two soon-to-be-famous playwrights on the verge of becoming known. Inge, who was working for a St. Louis newspaper as a critic at the time, did indeed have an occasion to meet with Williams, who encouraged him to act upon his own desire to become a playwright. Nothing more is known about that meeting, but Dawkins, using biographical information about each character, posits that there may have been more than merely talking going on.
"Inge never did embrace the idea that he was a homosexual but he did embrace the idea that he was a playwright," Estle said. "Sure it's always easier to be who you are behind closed doors and keep that in but you'll never know your full capacity unless you go there and try." Dawkins' Inge, played with tightly wound intensity by Curtis Edward Jackson, tries to seduce Williams but is quickly ashamed of his actions. He is so constrained by his view of what is proper that he can hardly even acknowledge what he has just done. Jackson gives us a meticulous, button-down Inge (the contrasts with Rudy Galvan's Williams made apparent by Melissa Ng's great costuming) who is too frightened of what others may think to give in to his carnal desires. At one point, he goes into a litany of ugly adjectives that he says describe himself and homosexuals in general, proving he has spent considerable time thinking of this despite his self-denial, but though he clearly wants to, he is incapable of following through with his emotions.
It is Galvan's Williams who decides to try to get Inge to "go there and try." He is attracted at first by the physical presence of Inge, a good looking young man, and then by his talent. Williams has come to grips with his own nature, at least behind closed doors. In many ways it is the opposite of Inge: Galvan's Williams is hot, open, sloppy, drunk, warm, extremely sexual, and (apparently) fearless. He is who he is, and he desires that Inge become a part of his life. Both characters drink a lot, but in Inge's case it is to try to deny what he is feeling while for Williams it is to loosen up to enjoy the moment, yet another in a series of contrasting aspects of the two characters.
The play begins with Galvan as Williams standing outside of the scene a la Tom Wingfield in Menagerie, commenting openly about the fact that what we will be seeing is, in fact, a play. His monologue, and indeed his dialogue throughout, is peppered with humor and knowing winks to the audience. The notion of a memory play is enhanced by Jeffrey Kmiec's set, which is unfinished around the edges of the proscenium as well as on the interior walls, emphasizing the unclear edges of memory even while the main room is clear and sharp in detail. (Galvan does speak of it as incomplete as well, urging the audience to use its imagination to make the furnishings grander, for instance.) Estle spoke of the set as being suggestive of a Hollywood soundstage, an artificial creation designed to create a TV-like appearance. "It's a box. They talk about being inside of a box, being watched, a little light inside of a television." (This effect is enhanced by Michelle E. Benda's lighting design, which on several occasions "zooms in" on one or the other of the men.) There are several scenes and discussions of this notion, the most overt being one moment in which the two men peer through binoculars at the lesbian couple across the way. As the women make love, Jackson as Inge narrates in great detail while Galvan as Williams tries to turn the sexual energy around and seduce his guest, who is extremely disturbed by the kind of visibility he had just been celebrating. In truth, it seems, he has no real problem with homosexuality in general, just with his own.
In addition to the highly charged sexual moments, there is a lot of discussion about the nature of art, as befits a play about playwrights. Estle feels that the play is about the toll the arts take on the lives of artists. There is much talk about critics and the emotional hold they have over artists—Williams, awaiting his first notices for Menagerie, refers to them as "executioners"—and plenty as well about the difficulty of writing. (Williams chides himself for having been stuck on how to write the play that will become A Streetcar Named Desire for months; all he seems able to create is Blanche sitting around.) When Inge lets him know that he does, in fact, want to be a playwright, Williams responds by telling him that he'll be making pleasure into work. He even goes so far as to say he wishes he could stop writing himself (but doing so would be to deny his own soul).
Estle clearly worked hard with these actors on the specificity of what they are doing. There isn't a wasted inflection, step, or gesture anywhere in the play. Galvan is an appealing, appalling Williams, far more flamboyant in his sexuality and sharp in his tongue than one might imagine for the era, but that is the point. Jackson couldn't contrast more as the nervous Inge, unable to act on either his gay desires or his artistic ones due to fear. "There's no room for any unclear intention," Estle commented, and his actors are committed to that ideal. Galvan never misses a chance to make a sly comment either to Inge or to the audience, and each one is a zinger. No matter which of the characters is the "gentleman caller"—and they take turns at it: in Act One it is Williams visiting Inge and in Act Two it is the other way around—it is Williams that is the provocateur, practically daring the deeply internalized Inge to come out into the light.
The Gentleman Caller is a beautiful piece of work. Its examination of two of America's most lyrical playwrights is itself poetic and artful; one can hear echoes of both real men's plays in the words the characters speak. Knowing the playwrights does help, but it isn't by any means necessary; Dawkins provides all of the needed background within the script. But he doesn't allow the play to become bogged down by the elegance of its lines; rather, he couches everything in (often dark) humor as he allows his creations to find each other or just miss the chance. Don't miss the chance to see this play, which is already more than half sold out for its already-extended run. It's a remarkable work about remarkable classic playwrights from a pretty remarkable Chicago playwright. To create my own list of adjectives, it is lovely, bawdy, raw, very funny, pensive, outrageous, emotional, powerful, and did I mention funny? But most of all it is real. On its stage designed for artifice, this play presents what Marianne Moore called "imaginary gardens with real toads in them." We get to experience the toads in all of their rawness, but Dawkins imagines the garden where they can be together among the flowers. Even knowing it can't last, it is a wonderful thing to watch.


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Our issues are in our tissues: Healing trauma with yoga
Teacher training for "Yoga for Trauma Recovery"
Instructor: Skyler Myers, RYT, CAS, CMT
Introductory nights scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18 at Unity in the Gold Country at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4 at Golden Mandala Studio.
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Caught in the web of an abusive relationship, Penny Singleton was stressed, scared and unsure of how to make her next move. By chance, she happened to learn about a class called "Yoga for Trauma Recovery," taught by Skyler Myers.
She's never been the same.
"Through Skyler's yoga classes, I was able to calm down enough to be able to find the willpower to leave the abuse," said Singleton. "Now I've started a new life."
Could simple yoga classes be that transformative?
You bet, says Myers, who has taught yoga for 11 years, and currently teaches at South Yuba Club in Nevada City and for the Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coalition in Grass Valley. She is also a certified massage therapist and clinical Ayurvedic specialist.
"Unresolved trauma underscores nearly every societal malady," said Myers. "Everyone has experienced varying degrees of stress and trauma, and few of us can afford therapy and tools to release and eliminate these — as well as conditioning from our past. There is a saying, 'Our issues are in our tissues,' and focused breath awareness transforms them."
Herself a survivor of rape and alcohol addiction, early on Myers found solace and inspiration in somatic healing, which is primarily used for easing and overcoming symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma-related conditions.
In his 1997 book, "Waking the Tiger, Healing Trauma," Dr. Peter Levine stresses the value of treating physical trauma-related health problems by focusing on a client's perceived body sensations (somatic experiences).
"Psychology traditionally approaches trauma through its effects on the mind," he writes. "This is at best only half the story and a wholly inadequate one. Without the body and mind accessed together as a unit, we will not be able to deeply understand or heal trauma."
Inspired by her own journey, authors such as Levine and witnessing and her students become "agents of their own recovery," Myers is now a woman with a mission of "yogic activism."
In addition to her regular classes, Myers has now moved into the realm of training teachers in "Yoga for Trauma Recovery," thereby increasing the ripple effect of healing trauma survivors.
The 85-hour training is open to a full spectrum of "teachers," including staff or volunteers at service oriented groups, survivors of trauma, veterans, current yoga teachers and anyone wishing to "contribute to the grassroots revolution of integrating somatic healing into therapeutic settings," such as after school programs, correctional facilities, court ordered anger management programs and drug and alcohol recovery programs.
The training includes the "Eight Steps to Empowerment," which are tools to release shame, let go of resentment and encourage freedom of choice, said Myers. The eight steps refer to eight restorative yoga postures, eight strengthening postures, eight breathing techniques, eight meditations and eight "daily living tools."
"When you have unresolved and repressed trauma, you're filled up — you don't have room for anyone else's story," said Myers. "I'm teaching the mind/body connection, helping people to discharge mentally and physically the things they've held. This creates space for empathy again. I'd love to see police (and) firefighters take this course."
A Harvard Medical School study funded by the U.S. Defense Department found that veterans diagnosed with PTSD showed improvement in their symptoms after just 10 weeks of taking yoga classes twice a week, along with 15 minutes of daily home practice.
In fact, a host of studies conducted within the past 10 years only seem to bolster early findings. Bessel van der Kolk, a professor of psychiatry at the Boston University School of Medicine and medical director of the Trauma Center, has studied trauma since the 1970s and is considered a pioneer in the field.
After tracking his patients' progress and becoming hooked on hatha yoga himself, he concluded that "the memory of the trauma is imprinted on the human organism." He asserts that individuals cannot overcome trauma unless they "learn to have a friendly relationship with your body" and that "therapists treating psychological trauma need to work with the body as well as the mind."
Graduates of Myers' class will receive certification in teaching yoga for special populations, as well as training in anatomy and physiology. They will also learn trauma balancing yoga postures and Ayurvedic diet and lifestyle adaptations, and receive resources on how to bring the healing of yoga where it is needed most. She has some scholarships available.
"I want to see these classes proliferate — this is my passion," said Myers. "My students have been my best teachers. I see a shift in some of them after just one class. I've seen them gather the courage to leave relationships. This is truly a place where they can find solace — it can change lives."
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The master puppeteers of Tanglewood Marionettes founded the group in 1993 and have performed nationally, winning awards for their craft. The Dragon King is a classic fable based on Chinese folklore, telling the tale of a wise Grandmother who journeys to the bottom of the sea to seek the Dragon King, who has forsaken the land above. With colorful sea creatures, an exciting adventure, and all the visual splendor that audiences have come to expect from a Tanglewood Marionettes production, The Dragon King is a heart-warming tale that will thrill young and old alike.
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AnTV: 2017 Emmy Nominations Reactions
The 2017 Emmy nominations were announced two weeks ago. Now that the dust has settled, and reality has set in, it's time to take a closer look at some of the major categories to see who was snubbed, who surprised everyone, and who should definitely win in each category.
Best Drama Series
Better Call Saul (AMC)
The Crow (Netflix)
The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
House of Cards (Netflix)
Stranger Things (Netflix)
Westworld (HBO)
This Is Us (NBC)
The actual strangest thing about this category is not seeing Game of Thrones on the list. Last year's winner for Best Drama Series, Game of Thrones missed eligibility for the Emmys this year because its season didn't premiere until after the nominations were released, let alone voted on. As a result, the field doesn't have to contend with a previous winner of the award for the first time in a while, as each of the nominated dramas would be taking home the prize for the first time ever. In terms of snubs, Mr. Robot stands out as the biggest one; many people criticized the show's second season, almost entirely without merit in this writer's opinion, and it looks like the Emmy voters bought in to the unearned negativity by shutting it out of the race this year. In terms of those shows which did make the cut, all are seemingly deserving of the recognition save House of Cards, which hasn't been very good since its first season back in 2013. Of the other five series, I would most love to see Better Call Saul take the award; consistently one of the best shows on television, perhaps even the best show currently on television, Better Call Saul is a joy to watch as it slowly unspools week after week, with fan favorite Breaking Bad characters Jimmy McGill and Mike Ehrmantraut marching inexorably to their fates while new characters' fates, including those of Nacho and Kim, yet to be revealed to us. I also adored The Crown, Westworld, and of course Stranger Things, however I have not yet gotten around to seeing The Handmaid's Tale. In all, the category could be stronger without the inclusion of House of Cards, however it isn't too disappointing of a field even without Game of Thrones and Mr. Robot.
Best Comedy Series
Atlanta (FX)
black-ish (ABC)
Master of None (Netflix)
Modern Family (ABC)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
Veep (HBO)
Another nearly-perfect category, the Television Academy nominated six truly worthy comedy series for this award . . . and also Modern Family. That blemish aside, It's hard to really pick amongst the other nominees here, as they all represent some of the very best that comedy has to offer on television. In terms of snubs, Modern Family could easily have been removed from the list in order to make a place for either Brooklyn Nine-Nine or The Good Place; both series are truly exemplary of the notion that network comedy can still be among the best in a time when cable and premium cable comedies seem to be dominating the landscape (especially the dual HBO titans of Silicon Valley and Veep). Of course, there is barely any need to even mention It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia as a snub when it has become a yearly refrain for the past 12 years; how what is arguably the funniest show on television has never been nominated in this category, the world will never know. While those snubs do sting, we can all at least take solace in the fact that The Big Bang Theory is mercifully absent from the category. That said, there is a lot to love about what remains. black-ish features a mainly black cast and represents the network sitcom done right; the series has been willing to tackle difficult issues in the past but almost always does so skillfully and without losing its sense of humor. What more can be said about Veep and Silicon Valley that hasn't already been said? The two shows are almost suspiciously funny, and I am still not discounting their creators making some unholy demonic alliance to bring about such success. Master of None, Aziz Ansari's brainchild that stars the comedian as a fictionalized version of himself on the hunt for love and good food in New York City, returned with a second season even better and more daring than the first this year. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt bounced back from a second season that was admittedly a bit weaker than the first with a powerhouse third season that saw co-star Tituss Burgess take even more of the spotlight (a very good thing). But then there is Atlanta. Donald Glover took the blank creative check FX gave him and really ran with it, creating a wholly unique vision of the titular city steeped in hip hop culture and the one-of-a-kind sense of humor possessed by its creator. Of all the comedies that aired on television over the last year, none of them really hit as hard as Atlanta, so it's not even close as to what should be winning this category.
Best Limited Series
Big Little Lies (HBO)
Fargo (FX)
Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)
Genius (National Geographic)
The Night Of (HBO)
This category sees yet another enormous omission due to the Emmys' eligibility period rules. David Lynch's Twin Peaks revival on Showtime, which aired only four of its eighteen episodes prior to the cutoff for this year, will have to wait until 2018 in order to get its time in the Emmy spotlight. What Twin Peaks is currently achieving is so unprecedented for television, even for premium cable, that it is fortunate for these five series they do not have to contend with it. That said, the rest of the nominees are pretty solid. Admittedly, I have not seen either Big Little Lies or Genius, however I have heard very positive buzz surrounding both limited series. Nevertheless, it seems absurd to imagine anything other than either Feud or Fargo walking away with this award (although I believe Big Little Lies will eventually win - the talk about the show has been inescapable since it aired, plus it has some undeniable star power on its side in the form of its stacked cast). Nevertheless, FX should be proud of both Feud and Fargo, as they both perfectly exemplified why the limited series format is so special and so effective. Long-form storytelling with a predetermined end point really allowed Feud, for example, to get into the minds of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, develop them as characters, and also have enough time to comment on the sorry state of the entertainment business that they both had to navigate. As for Fargo, creator Noah Hawley once again spun a tale of hapless criminals, the messes they make, and the doggedly determined law enforcement officers that have to take them down. The case, including Carrie Coon, Ewan McGregor, Mary Elizabeth WInstead, Michael Stuhlbarg, and David Thewlis, was stellar and the ending may have been the best in the series' illustrious run. Fargo would be my personal pick but I'd be thrilled to see Feud take it as well.
Best Variety Talk Series
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS)
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Leaving out Bill Maher from the discussion due to his most recent spat of problematic behavior, the biggest surprise here is that, Jimmy Fallon has been left out in the cold. The NBC host has been under heavy criticism dating back to his infamous tousling of Donald Trump's hair during their softball interview during the election last year; that incident, combined with Fallon's seeming lack of desire to get too political on his show has lead to an almost complete reversal of ratings fortune between himself and the surging Colbert, whose series is finally getting the ratings it has deserved since Colbert took over. In terms of snubs who actually deserved a nomination, I would've removed Bill Maher and added in Late Night with Seth Meyes; Meyers has truly brought his signature voice to Late Night, turning his desk pieces into viral smashes and demonstrating an uncanny strength as an interviewer. Out of the remaining nominees, though, Samantha Bee winning would be a truly great moment in Emmy history. I love John Oliver and his show, but he won last year (in a much-deserved victory). Bee is doing just as strong work on TBS and deserves a win this year.
Best Animated Series
Archer (FX)
Bob's Burgers (Fox)
Elena and the Secret of Avalor (Disney Channel)
The Simpsons (Fox)
South Park (Comedy Central)
Full disclosure: I have never seen Elena and the Secret of Avalor (shocking, I know). I also haven't watched The Simpsons in probably ten years or more. As for the remaining three nominees, of which I watch every episode, I think South Park had the weakest season. Trey Parker and Matt Stone had a season-long narrative arc planned out, an arc which was torpedoed when Donald Trump won the presidential election, and that narrative chaos really hurt the show in the back half of the season. Archer and Bob's Burgers both, on the other hand, had very strong showings this year. While I am aware that the Emmys nominate single episodes, I still believe that the shows should be evaluated on the strength of their seasons as well, and in a close race I have to give this one to Bob's Burgers. Archer's Dreamland experiment this season was fantastic, but the season wasn't as consistently hilarious as it has been in the past, and as Bob's Burgers was this year. In terms of snubs, not seeing Adventure Time in this category is sad, as that series is brilliant.
The Acting Categories
The Emmys boast no less than 16 acting categories, between lead, supporting and guest actors/actresses in comedies, dramas, and miniseries/TV movies. Rather than going through all of those nominees individually, I thought I would highlight some of the actors whose work I loved most this year and some of those undeservedly left off the various lists.
In Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Evan Rachel Wood was incredible as Dolores on Westworld, a shining star in a cast full of them. Claire Foy's take on Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown was similarly stunning, a portrait of a woman with power thrust upon her rising to the occasion and leading post-WWII England through the back half of the 1900s. I have also heard nothing but effusive praise for Elisabeth Moss in The Handmaid's Tale. For Best Actor in a Drama Series, Anthony Hopkins brought his typical skill to the role of Dr. Robert Ford in Westworld, pulling all the strings from the park's control complex and orchestrating the events of the show from behind the curtain. Bob Odenkirk, however, finally deserves a win in this category for his career-best work on Better Call Saul; his Jimmy McGill is a portrait of a man trying to do right but constantly pulled down into the depths of wrong by self-doubt and the universe seemingly conspiring against him. Truly marvelous work.
In Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Ellie Kemper once against harnesses a bottomless well of manic energy as Kimmy Schmidt and comes away with an Emmy nod. Of course, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss makes the field once more; Selina Meyer will go down in history alongside Elaine Benes as one of the greatest comic characters in television history when all is said and done. The realy wildcard there is Tracee Ellis Ross on black-ish, however; Ross won at the Golden Globes earlier this year and could finally wrest the Emmy away from JLD's clutches. I was disappointed to not see Kristen Bell amongst the nominees for her work on The Good Place, which was great. In Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, the trifecta of Aziz Ansari, Zach Galifianakis, and Donald Glover joins perennial winner Jeffrey Tambor, black-ish dad Anthony Anderson, and Shameless star William H. Macy in a true heavy-hitter category. I'm pulling for Donald Glover, personally, but it'll probably go to Jeffrey Tambor yet again. Not seeing Andy Samberg in here for Brooklyn Nine-Nine was disappointing, although the Emmys do finally seem to be done showering nominations and wins on Jim Parsons for his awful work on the similarly awful Big Bang Theory.
In Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie, Susan Saradon and Jessice Lange may cancel each other's performances out for Feud, despite both being brilliant and heartbreaking at the same time. Carrie Coon managed to sneak into the category for her portrayal of Gloria Burgle in Fargo's third season, another strong contender. The category will probably go to Nicole Kidman for Big Little Lies, however, with that show's relentless hype likely giving it the sweep in its nominated categories. Riz Ahmed and John Turturro may similarly cancel each other out for The Night Of in Best Actor in a Limited Series or TV movie, and Ewan McGregor received mixed praise for his portrayal of the Stussy brothers on Fargo, which could allow Robert De Niro to take the win for playing Bernie Madoff in The Wizard of Lies. The Emmy voters do seem to love Sherlock, as well, so Benedict Cumberbatch should not be counted out.
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series sees Uzo Aduba in the mix for Orange is the New Black, going against OITNB alum Samira Wiley, who is nominated for The Handmaid's Tale. For me, personally, I'm hoping that Thandie Newton wins for her work on Westworld; in addition to Evan Rachel Wood, Newton was one of the strongest characters on that series. I, of course, shouldn't discount Millie Bobby Brown for her work as Eleven on Stranger Things either. Speaking of Stranger Things, please give David Harbour an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Please. I wouldn't mind John Lithgow (The Crown), Jeffrey Wright (Westworld), or Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul), but come on.
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series sees three SNL stars getting recognized with Vanessa Bayer (who departed the show), Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon all making the cut. Joining them are the hilarious Anna Chlumsky, for Veep, and Judith Light and Kathryn Hahn for Transparent. I think McKinnon deserves this win for the second straight year, however; she is the true star of SNL these days and has an absurdly enormous pool of talent from which she draws. Over in Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, Tituss Burgess had his best season on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt yet and more than deserves this win. The category is jam-packed, however, with Louie Anderson in for Baskets, Veep sneaking both Tony Hale and Matt Walsh into the field, Alec Baldwin nominated for playing Donald Trump on SNL, and, ugh, Ty Burrell somehow getting in for Modern Family. Meanwhile, Ted Danson gets left out in the cold for his incredible performance on NBC's The Good Place. Andre Braugher also came away with no nomination for his work as Captain Holt on Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
And that's it for my selective reactions to the many of the 2017 Emmy nominations. Who do you most want to win? What was the biggest snub for you this year? Why do you think Modern Family is still allowed to steal nominations from more-deserving series and actors year-after-year? Let me know in the comments.


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Another week, another airpocalypse as it looks like smog will once again be a regular feature of the skies above Beijing and much of urban China this winter.
A yellow alert for air pollution was issued for the Chinese capital at noon on Saturday with the AQI going on to rise above 360 in some areas. This was the second time that Beijing has raised a yellow warning in November, a month that has seen its worst air quality days in one-and-a-half years.
Before & after: Beijing's choking smog. pic.twitter.com/1oL75rERdI
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The good news is that conditions are expected to improve today (at the moment, Beijing's air is merely "unhealthy for sensitive groups"), but how long will the blue-ish skies last before another airpocalypse rolls in?
While China had made admirable strides in cleaning up its infamously toxic air, the country appears to be backsliding this winter. This may come as a result of Chinese leaders once again emphasizing economic growth over the environment with some experts speculating that emissions rules have been relaxed this year in order to bolster factories and counter the current economic slowdown.
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Update 11/5/2009: I am participating in the NaNoWriMo this month, a 50,000 word novel written in 30 days. I've written about 5000 as of writing this, I started on the afternoon of the 2nd so I have a day of catch-up to do. My participation there means I will have less words to add to Giuliettas.com. In addition to that I purchased a years supply of real honest-to-god web hosting so I have a learning curve ahead of me figuring out how to have the blog stay as it is but the pages with registers and histories and all that expand and be easier to navigate.
In light of the above, and considering I am going to be back on the SS full time once the Fiat is finished and the 69 GTV is daily driveable, both of which are days away from happening, I am going to rerun a lot of the posts about the my Sprint Speciale to remind the reader of how I got it and what I've done so far. I think 7 people read this post the first time around so it will be new to most of you. Enjoy!
Original post from April 2008. My first blog post ever! Why give up a perfectly doable 1972 GTV project and undertake a very challenging Giulietta SS project? There are lots of reasons that have nothing to do with common sense, among them: the persistent desire to own and drive an SS, the ever increasing value of SS's making the prospect of buying one in the future ever more remote, the desire to accomplish a challenging long-term project; any of these is answer enough. If you ask yourself though, as I did: "What classic sports car project, that is not a pipe-dream given my financial circumstances, do I REALLY want to spend money and time on, own long term, and drive?" The answer should inform your hobby as it did mine. Life is short, too short to work on a car you are not extremely excited about. Whatever car is the answer to the question above is the car you should be after. For me it is, and has been for the last 8 years, the Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale.
Period advertising shot. I suppose I'll have to dapper it up when I drive mine.
Once I answered the question, I started doing research. The SS is, like any hand-made Alfa of its day, quite varied from individual to individual. It is reported that every car has its Bertone serial number stamped on all body and trim parts since these pieces are all fettled to fit the specific body. The tipo 00120 engine found in Giulietta SS's is shared with the line-topping SZ (Sprint Zagato) and as such commands big money, even for challenging basket cases. The very early SS's, prototypes effectively, had a longer Kamm-tail and a 'low-nose', a few of these were made, probably less than 5 if old-timers in the Alfa community are correct, and are worth at least 2-3 times the equivalent condition standard SS if one ever made it to the common market. Following the low-nose long-tail's were about 100 low-nose standard tails. These are probably worth as much as twice the equivalent standard SS. There are rumors of all aluminum bodied cars, one off period modified cars and period prepared race cars, whose value I won't bother to speculate.
Low Nose SS number 10120.00001 though strangely not the first SS made. Sold winter of 2007/2008 for undisclosed amount above $100K.
While it would be nice to find one of the rare variations to take under my wing, chances were I'll simply take what I can find.
My search turned up three candidates: a clean, running somewhat original (missing the original 00121 code 1600 Veloce motor) Giulia SS for 20K Euros in Belgium, a rusty and stripped Giulia SS complete with all parts and its original matching number engine for about 10K Canadian and an incomplete apparently not rusty but hard to quantify Giulietta SS roller with a couple of boxes of misc trim and mechanical parts for $4500 in Washington. I decided to go cheap and bought the Giulietta. The following pictures are some of what I based my decision to buy on. Yes, the floors have been cut out and are missing!
My first glimpse of the car that will likely comsume a thousand or more of my hours and probably tens of thousands of my dollars.
Steering wheel looks OK. The plates that cover the rear shock mounts are in place.
Is that one of the seats under the dash? Steering wheel looks even better from this angle.
It's tough to tell for sure but that looks like a big dent above the wheel and I can see floor through the wheel holes so the brake is gone.
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Creekers roll after late rally forces OT
A healthy Ryan Fucci and a "possessed" Myles Potter helped Tates Creek rally to beat host Henry Clay 63-55 in overtime in boys' basketball Saturday night.
Fucci, a 6-foot-2 sophomore, sat out two weeks over the Christmas holidays to let a nagging high-ankle sprain heal. His left wheel looked fine as he scored 23 points, including a tying three-pointer with 45 seconds left in regulation.
"Ryan gave it everything he's got," Coach Wayne Breeden said. "He played (31) gut-wrenching minutes."
Potter had one rebound and no points in 12 minutes of play through three quarters. But the 6-4 junior came alive when the Commodores needed him the most, and he finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
"Myles was sort of a possessed animal in there," Breeden said. "He kept getting the ball and finishing. He made some really big plays for us down the stretch."
Marcellus Barksdale, a 6-3 sophomore, added 12 points and 13 rebounds.
"I thought all our guys played hard. This is the kind of win that'll help them believe in what they can do."
Henry Clay jumped ahead 21-9 in the first quarter, with Prince Stewart scoring 10 for the Blue Devils. But the 6-foot senior cooled off after that and missed 13 of his last 15 shots.
Henry Clay still managed to stay a step ahead of the Commodores most of the way.
"We were in position to win the game," Devils Coach Daniel Brown said. "We had a four-point lead with (1:30) left (in regulation). You're supposed to win those.
"But we didn't make good decisions and let it get away."
After Potter's putback cut Henry Clay's lead to 50-49, Daniel Keisling's run-out layup put the Devils ahead 52-49.
But Fucci's three from the top of the key got a kind bounce on the rim and dropped in to tie it.
Henry Clay had plenty of time left, but Stewart missed a leaner in the lane, and Keisling couldn't connect on a baseline jumper.
Stewart opened overtime with a three-point play to give the Devils a 55-52 edge, but that was the last time they would score.
Tates Creek closed with an 11-0 blitz, with Potter accounting for five points on a couple rebound baskets and a free throw.
"Myles had a great game," Fucci said. "He always works hard and is a great team player."
Breeden also lauded Jordan Hagan's defense on Stewart in the closing minutes when Tates Creek went to a box-and-one.
"If we keep giving the kind of effort we had tonight, we'll be able to compete with a lot of teams on our schedule," Breeden said.
Stewart's 16 points, five assists and four steals paced Henry Clay. Keisling and Brandon Wilder had 11 points each. T.J. Barnes added eight points and 11 rebounds.
But the Devils couldn't overcome 33 percent shooting, and getting beat on the boards 46-34.
"Tates Creek outworked us and played harder than us," Brown said. "Give the credit to them."
Tates Creek 63, Henry Clay 55 (OT)
TATES CREEK (4-6) — Fucci 9-18 2-4 23, Barksdale 5-11 1-4 12, Potter 5-8 1-1 11, Hagan 0-2 2-3 2, Daugherty 4-7 1-2 9, Cuyler 2-6 0-0 4, Garner 1-4 0-0 2, Jones 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-57 7-14 63.
HENRY CLAY (8-5) — P. Stewart 6-23 1-1 16, Wilder 4-8 2-2 11, Nichols 1-2 0-0 2, Johnson 0-8 0-1 0, Keisling 3-6 5-5 11, Barnes 4-10 0-1 8, T. Stewart 2-3 1-2 5, Tilford 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 21-64 9-12 55.
Tates Creek 10 14 14 14 11—63
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Soldiers are the heroes and pride of each country. They defend their country with their own life. They are often send to deployment for quite some time. They are send to other places within their country or ,for some, outside their country, but often times are away from their own place. That is why most of the time they miss their family and friends, and their family and friends as well miss them.
But this touching video shows that it is not just only human family members who know how to miss someone but dogs too.
This adorable dog just don't know what to do out of excitement to see and be united again with his buddy1st Lieutenant Dylan Cox, whom he had not seen for half a year on account that Dylan was being assigned in South Korea. But Bentley, a golden retriever, wasted no time in showing his best buddy how much he had missed him by jumping all over Dylan with full of excitement and happiness.
This video is such a tear-jerking one seeing how a dog expresses his love to his owner after being away from each other for quite long. Bentley even knocked off the brave and tough soldier down on the floor as the dog bounded and ran and spun uncontrollably in over joy.
"They are just best buds. Dylan was afraid Bentley wouldn't remember him when he returned from deployment because he was so young when he left. But I had no doubt in my mind that Bentley wouldn't forget him. Dylan and I were able to FaceTime while he was away, Bentley would recognize his voice and even stare down the phone at him. This video is the perfect example of the love dogs have for their owners.", shared Dylan's wife, Amelia, who captured the heart warming reunion video of Dylan and Bentley.
The family was overwhelmed with so much joy and love being united once again. They decided to share this emotional video and posted in the social media since many were keep on asking for the video. They wanted to share to the world that this dog has emotions too and it knows how to express its love to its owner.
The famous "Dogs are man's best friend " line was once again proven between these 2 best buddies expression of love and affection. Indeed in this video, dog proves that it is also an emotional being and it really knows how to show its feelings without any pretentions.
Dogs deserve to be treated with love and care because they will also show people love and care in return of what they receive.
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Instructions are back.
My partner attempted to use the visual-only version of the app and I found myself jumping in to explain exactly what was happening. So some basic interface instructions are necessary. So much for my highest honour.
Still no plate.
I still think it's good that the plate is absent from the final version. What it could potentially add for cognitive affordance would be negated by the frustration a cluttered interface.
The earths output are necessary pinned to the bottom which leaves just enough for interactivity. If a plate were to be included it would need to be fixed on the screen also – which would be awkward as it's a square shape. It might be possible to reorganise things similarly to how they were in the original mockup, however I don't think this will work well on tablet displays – a key way this app would be used.
New affordances…
The food miles slider is slightly separate from the rest and stretches 100% while the others don't at most screen sizes. This demonstrates it's overarching influence.
The slider bars have a more pronounced cool to warm hue, giving the indication that left to right means less to more. Coupled with the knob icons initiating at the left, it will be immediately or momentarily clear how you interact.
Possible Questions
Is a dark background the best? As well as agreeing with my personal aesthetic, it's a suitable background for the planet, and lends to visual popping for the other icons.
The app is fully responsive, the food sliders moving from one to three columns depending on the screen width. The size of elements also adjust to suit. Try it.
Now I just need to include my call to action. It will likely be a link in the sentence above the earths.
Thought: I'd like to make a spinning earth gif. Maybe bobbing up and down. It would be awesome if they would do it at different timing intervals. Hmmm.
Darker & Brighter
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Cross over to the stomach was also an issue for me. It did not change after having the leads surgically placed by a neurosurgeon.
I hope they can take it out if you so desire. Mine is still in as noted and cannot be removed. Specifically ask the doctor about scar tissue and tearing the dura upon removal.. early on it is OK over time it becomes a problem.
I think mine was in for 5 years when I needed to have it removed and they told me a no go.
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I am so excited to celebrate my 1st Vegan Thanksgiving this year! I have been spending some (ok...who am I kidding...lots of time 😏) of time pinning recipes and watching You Tube videos. Keep reading to check out my Top 🔟
My main priority was figuring out what my main dish was going to be while everyone else had turkey. After watching this video, I knew exactly what I wanted to pick up at the store. P.S. This one doesn't count in my Top 10👍 Keep scrolling!!!
Yep you guessed it! I went with the Tofurky Holiday Vegetarian Roast & Gravy! I can't wait to try this..I have been trying a few different Tofurky products lately and have been loving them all. I highly recommend their Spinach Pesto Sausages...so delicious! This vegan roast comes with its own wild rice stuffing (already stuffed) and a separate container of vegan gravy. I would definitely recommend getting two or more roasts for more than 4 people. Looking at the size of the actual roast when I opened the box, I would say that comfortably serves two very hungry or three moderately hungry people...don't forget about leftovers too! Those are very important 🍲
I did a little digging on Pinterest for some recipes to dress up the Tofurky Vegetarian Roast a bit and found these that sounded absolutely delish...
Tender Roast Tofurkey with Balsamic Caramelized Onions and Tart Dried Cherries
Herb de Provence Roasted Tofurky
I am taking both of these recipes and creating my own hybrid version..one because I'm missing some of the ingredients in each, and two, because I want the best of both worlds! 😉
Next up I wanted to bring a side dish to help keep my plate (and my stomach) full! There were so many amazing vegan Thanksgiving side dishes to choose from. I really wanted to go with a vegan corn casserole, you know the one...Its usually packed with tons of dairy products! Unfortunately, I was not able to find a decent recipe online for this...I may have to work on my own, but I didn't want to do a trial run before the big day...
I opted for my next favorite dish, vegan sweet potato casserole 🍠 I found this one on Pinterest...
Sweet Potato Casserole
This is actually meant to be a Paleo sweet potato casserole..I think it might actually be "accidentally vegan" and I am about to de-Paleo it by adding a generous layer of vegan Trader Joe's marshmallows under the Pecan topping 💓
I was all set with my two dishes, but of course, I wanted to share the vegan Thanksgiving love on this post so enjoy the rest of these videos and recipes!!! All I'm going to say is keep scrolling if you are a fan of Vegan Pumpkin Mac & Cheese...oh yeah!
Who is ready for tonight??? What vegan Thanksgiving dishes will you be making??? Share your recipes in the comments! I love trying new vegan recipes!
Would you like your recipe to be included in my Vegan Christmas Recipe Round Up? Just send me an email at email@example.com 😘


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Rebekah Brooks allegedly approved the illegal interception of voicemails – including those on murdered Milly Dowler's phone.
Her deputy Andy Coulson continued with the hacking campaign when he took over her job, the jury was told.
Andrew Edis QC, prosecuting, said a raft of celebrities were targeted by the rogue newspaper – among them music legend Sir Paul McCartney, 71, and his ex-wife Heather Mills, 45.
Others allegedly included supermodel Kate Moss, 39, actor Jude Law, 40, and his ex Sienna Miller, 31, singer Will Young, 34, and former private secretary to Princes William and Harry, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, 53.
The jury was told that three former News Of The World journalists admitted phone hacking at an earlier court hearing.
Executives Greg Miskiw, 59, Neville Thurlbeck, 52, and James Weatherup, 57, all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to intercept a string of famous targets' voicemail messages.
Mr Edis said private eye Glenn Mulcaire, 43, was paid £100,000 a year for carrying out the work.
He said Mulcaire, 43, worked for reporters including ex-royal editor Clive Goodman, 56, who is among eight defendants in the dock.
Mr Edis claimed Brooks and Coulson, 45, who later worked as PM David Cameron's spin doctor, must have been aware of the payments.
He said the pair, who are also accused of authorising corrupt payments to officials, had a responsibility to check all articles were above board.
"It was their job to know what was in the paper and where it came from," added Mr Edis.
Mulcaire, who is not before the jury, has already admitted hacking phones, including the mobile of murdered teenager Milly, for which he was jailed.
Mr Edis said staff at the News Of The World, which was shut down in 2011, also paid military officials in return for stories and arranged cash payments to a Buckingham Palace police officer in exchange for royal phone directories.
A total of 15 books, containing top-secret information on the royal household's staff, were recovered from Goodman's home when he was arrested.
Jurors were told that Brooks, her racehorse trainer husband Charlie, 50, her former assistant Cheryl Carter, and ex-News International head of security Mark Hanna all later conspired to cover up the alleged wrongdoing.
Mr Edis claimed Brooks and Carter, 49, raided the News International archive at the company's London offices to get rid of incriminating evidence.
"They were got out of the archive on the Friday before the last edition of the News Of The World was published, the newspaper was closed and the building was effectively sealed off as a crime scene," said Mr Edis.
Brooks, 45, of Churchill, Oxfordshire, Coulson, from Charing, Kent, former news editor Ian Edmondson, 44, of Raynes Park, south-west London, and retired managing editor Stuart Kuttner, 73, of Woodford Green, Essex, deny conspiring with others to hack phones between October 2000 and August 2006.
Brooks also denies two counts of conspiring with others to commit misconduct in public office, linked to alleged inappropriate payments to public officials.
And she denies two allegations of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice – one with Carter, of Chelmsford, Essex, and a second with her husband Charlie and Hanna, 50.
Coulson also denies two allegations that he conspired with Goodman, of Addlestone, Surrey, to commit misconduct in public office. Kuttner was not in court yesterday due to ill health.
The trial continues today.


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Black Bean Burger
I have been on the quest for finding a reliable recipe for a quick and easy veggie burger for quite some time. Many of the recipes that I have come across either seemed too complicated or for one reason or another were just not quite what I was after. Mostly, the way the burgers turned out did not merit the effort put into them, as they were too crumbly, mushy or disappointingly bland.
While there are a lot of components to 'the perfect burger' I am not convinced that it all needs to be contained within the patty itself. I have found that a lot of recipes require a lot of ingredients whose flavours may be lost once they are cooked, in particular when the patty is served up in a sandwich. This burger recipe is very simple, but the results are very toothsome indeed. We found that these burgers are quite tasty whether in a sandwich or on their own, and our findings were supported by the litmus test of Little Boy Green's approval.
Given the good results of the Baked Falafel recipe I decided to put together a bean burger recipe that followed the ingredient proportions of the falafels very closely. This recipe is as simple in its preparation as the falafels, wholesome and fantastically nutritious, yet delicious. Because the ingredients can easily be replaced by a number of alternatives I will probably experiment with other bean and spice combinations. I used oats to thicken the mixture because they are readily available in our pantry, can be used without any prior preparation and are pretty neutral flavour-wise. Oats are also gluten free, should you be gluten intolerant or otherwise look to avoid gluten (quinoa flakes or buckwheat flakes could substituted for the oats).
Since this time I did not have an infant in the room while preparing the burgers, I used a food processor, but the recipe could easily be done without one (see the Baked Falafel recipe video). We used black beans in this recipe, but any kind of bean would work. Parsley can be substituted for or added to coriander. Go ahead and add spices. I do not think they are necessary, but some chilli flakes wouldn't hurt and we are likely to try out some flavour variations.
Ingredients: (makes 5-6 patties)
- 2 x cans black beans (if using cans, make sure that they do not contain sugar or salt and are in water, otherwise adjust seasoning accordingly)
- 1 x large clove of garlic
- 1/4 onion
- 1 x small bunch of coriander (aprox. 50g)
- 1/4 cup rolled oats (4 tbsp)
- 1 x tbsp bouillon
- 1 x tsp salt
Method: (see video below)
- Preheat oven to 200C.
- Roughly chop the garlic, onion and coriander and place in the food processor along with the oats, salt, bouillon and one drained can of beans, then pulse into a coarse mixture.
- Add the second drained can of beans and pulse to combine leaving some of the beans intact.
- Shape the patties and place in a preheated oven for 40 minutes, flipping over once after 20 minutes.


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March 12–19, 2016/
Bank of Japan Interest Rate Decision & Monetary Policy Statement
The Bank of Japan will release its interest rate decision this Monday. After pushing its benchmark interest rate negative earlier this year, BOJ is not expected to implement any further easing until July.
With inventory-to-sales ratio at multi-year high, February's Retail Sales data will provide the most recent outlook for consumer spending which accounts for 70% of U.S. GDP. The general consensus is for an increase of 3.4% YoY, slightly up from 3.29% YoY last month.
United States Consumer Price Index
U.S. headline and core Consumer Price Index (CPI) will be released this Wednesday. This will provide the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) one last look at the inflation outlook before its monetary policy statement later that afternoon.
Fed Interest Rate Decision & Monetary Policy Statement
All eyes of the market will be on the U.S. Federal Reserve Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement and the Fed Economic projections on Wednesday, March 16 at 2:00 pm. Interest rate is expected to remain between 25 to 50 basis point with Fed Funds Futures point to a mere 8% possibility of rate hike.
Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI) data will be released this Friday. Core inflation is expected to stay steady at 2% YoY, while headline inflation is expected to decline to 1.6% YoY due to slumping commodity prices.


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Hey there! Heard you're thinking of remodeling your home. You've been watching HGTV forever & have a mountain of House & Home magazines that could rival Everest. It's a great way to get more money for resale. You're ready to tackle some big projects. Right? Wellllll, how about you hang on there. I love the enthusiasm, but let's take a step back and really research this before you go ahead and spend a ton of money and time. If you make the wrong moves, it has potential to be disastrous.
First things first, you often can't do it yourself, even if you think you can. Most DIY shows on TV say you can, but beware- those pretty shows have been carefully edited to make it look easy. It's costly to start a project on your own and not do a good job (or be able to finish it) and then need to hire a contractor to come in and fix it. Painting a wall…go for it. Installing a sink….you got it. But larger projects, like a new roof or HVAC system, require a qualified professional. If you are unsure at all about your project, you should file that one in the "hire a pro" category.
With that being said, be careful who you work with. The fact is that big money jobs attract all types to the industry, and you could get scammed by an unscrupulous contractor. It's not fair to say they're all that way, but they are out there. Do your research ahead of time and interview several contractors. Ask people you know and trust for recommendations; who did they use and would they use them again?
It is always, I repeat, always more difficult and expensive than you imagined. It's practically impossible to find a contractor who can guarantee the estimate as the final bill. Most large reno jobs are riddled with surprises behind the walls or changes to orders, and this leads to more money and an extended finish date. Get an accurate, third-party quote for the work, and then add a mental 25% to both the cost and schedule.
It goes without saying that renovations can be, and usually are, extremely stressful. The Money Pit is a funny movie but it has some basis in reality. You can't be renovating all the time. Be sure to maintain a balance in your life as best you can. If a major room is the project, a vacation or hotel stay may need to be in the budget as well.
Here's a tough one: you may not recover the costs when it's time to sell. Not all projects are created equal, and this is especially true when potential buyers are looking for your home. Additionally, many factors are at play, unrelated to renovations that have far more impact on the sale price of your home. Mortgage rates, the economy, and comparables all play a part. Just be aware that you may not recoup your entire investment. This is where your Realtor® can offer some insight.
This was not a blog to dissuade anyone from doing a renovation, but more as food for thought. You're about to spend a whole pile of money and energy on something that may or may not pay off. Take a moment and pause, think outside the box and try to see the whole picture. Hiring the right people is key in both the planning and execution of the project. An educated Realtor® can certainly help point you in the right direction.


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Five Myths about drinking Water – Debunked
How do you know if you're drinking enough water? Experts say there's an easy way to judge. If you're not thirsty, your fluid intake is just right. Below are the five common myths about drinking water
MYTH-1 Drink Eight Glasses of water Each Day
According to scientists there is no clear benefit of drinking or sipping water all day long. So where does this myth comes from – We have no idea. Believe it or not, taking in too much water can have serious and even fatal consequences.
MYTH-2 Drinking Other Liquids is the Same as Drinking Water
Other beverages like coffee or soda are not water-equivalents. Actually coffee dehydrates your body. So you need to drink extra amount of water to compensate the after effects of coffee.
Myth 3: Drinking Lots of Water Helps Clear Out Toxins from our Body
Its not true at all. Kidneys filter out the toxins from our body which are then flushed out through the urine. But drinking extra water don't improve the function of kidneys. Actually it puts more pressure on the kidneys and reduce their ability.
Myth 4: Drinking Lots of Water Makes your Skin Beautiful
Most common anti-ageing tips ig going H2O. Your body is already 60% water. So adding a few glasses will only have a limited effect. Fruits and Greens are equally essential. Just be normal don't try to gulp excess amount of water.
Myth 4: Drinking Water Between Meals is Bad for Digestion
This has been passed down from generation to generation. However, there is no scientific evidence to indicate that it will affect the digestive process. At the most, it will probably fill you up and reduce your appetite for dinner. But besides that, go ahead and enjoy a glass of water with every meal


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Relationship Advice For Older Males With Youthful Ladies
Youthful ladies are discovering the benefits of dating older males increasingly. Now we have pioneered the biggest worldwide dialog about what it means to be a superb man within the 21st century. A gentleman courting a youthful lady is not like a time machine. The older man in a relationship with a youthful lady often struggles to appropriately determine what it's that has attracted her within the first place.
She's a lady, not a toddler, in spite of everything – even when she is your daughter's age. As a 70-12 months-outdated man, I would love to feel that younger romantic love once more. They've relationships and begin families, but their major focus is determining a solution to make it in the world.
Nevertheless, do not attempt to make the most of this truth to safe her affections. These issues can, of course, have an effect on couples who are the identical age and who've different priorities, however relationships with a large age hole are especially vulnerable to the "stage of life" downside.
It isn't that ladies our own age are much less attractive, it is that they lack the culturally-based mostly power to reassure our fragile, getting older egos that …


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We've all heard the expression "change is the only constant," and this couldn't be more true today in times of digitization. Across all industries, organizations are challenged to radically rethink their business models and transform their organizations to keep up with the changes.
It is crucial to enable your workforce to keep pace with the change as well. We need employees to be flexible, open-minded, and ready to go the extra mile that it sometimes takes for success.
Here are three things we can do in HR to support our businesses and employees with change in the times of digitization:
1. Rethink your HR strategy
In the digital era, an HR strategy needs to foster a culture that inspires innovation, leads digital change, and creates the ultimate employee satisfaction. It also needs to enable employees to deal with the change, the complexity, the speed, and the volume of today's digital workplace. Resulting key strategic focus areas should be to enable individuals to learn and grow, and leaders to engage and to develop amazing talent.
To become truly leading-edge in HR, the strategy also requires an HR organization that is agile, "run simple," and built on high-performance technological architecture.
2. Evolve your HR operating model
The technological innovations behind digitization automate and scale HR administrative tasks, which frees up resources to deliver specialized HR services like individual career consulting, strategic HR support for executives and senior-level leaders, and more. This requires an HR operating model with clear customer segmentation as well as an innovatively designed HR process landscape to allow simplicity, scalability, and continuous improvement.
3. Leverage state-of-the-art technology
In times of digitization, a business and HR strategy and the resulting HR operating model needs underlying technology that provides agility and mobility, an intuitive user interface, and fast innovation cycles. Supporting productivity and sustainability of the business is key requirement. It needs to offer smart applications to leverage new technologies such as analytics, cloud, machine learning, and mobile. To attract talent with state-of-the-art features like virtual cooperation to combine scalability with "human touch" is also important.
A cloud-based HCM technology landscape is the ideal platform to make a company a "best place" for employees to excel in their roles and lay a solid foundation for continued growth.
With change as the new norm in today's digital environment, innovation cycles are significantly shorter. What used to take decades now takes a few years or less. It is our job as HR professionals to stay agile and keep pace with close-to-the-business HR strategies, up-to-date operating models, and state-of-the-art technology. If we do our job right, today's digitization game-changers promise to be massive opportunities for future success.
For more on HR and change management, see Disruption Is The New Constant For HR.


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Ivy Lodge is one of the few duplexes on the island located in the heart of historic Siasconset. Our cottage features antique pine floors, seven foot beamed ceilings and a charming covered porch overlooking a lovely garden and brick patio. This property also has a small fenced in backyard facing Shell Street. There are two sides to this home which is a great layout for a family.
Ivy North's first floor has a comfortable living room with wood burning fireplace, kitchen with dining area, full bath, master bedroom with 1/2 bath & fireplace. Second floor has two bedrooms - the first with twin beds, the second has a single twin bed.
Ivy South's first floor has a cozy living room with fireplace, full kitchen, master bedroom and bath, reading room and washer/dryer units. Second floor bedroom has twin beds.
**Two sets of stairs lead to the second floor which has a pitched ceiling. Siasconset is known for its rose-covered cottages and postcard-perfect charm. Travelers who are looking for the quintessential Cape Cod vacation - look no further! Our rental cottage offers privacy, convenience and is ideal for a family vacation. Families and friends can travel together and each enjoy the privacy of staying on the north or south side of the cottage by closing the interior doors. The quiet, narrow streets make 'Sconset especially children-friendly. Our backyard is fenced in as well.
Located 30 miles from the mainland - the island is easy to get to by boat or air. This is a place you go to relax -- when you want to get away from it all, but still enjoy great restaurants, shopping and sight seeing. show more show less
Nearest beach: 1/10 mile to Sconset Beach.
Siasconset Info
Siasconset Vacation Rental ID 19629
North Living Room.
North Kitchen has seating for four and doorway to fenced yard.
North Kitchen with separate door to back yard.
North Master with king bed and powder room.
North Master with wood burning fireplace.
Reading room off North Master bedroom.
North dormer with two twin beds.
North dormer with single twin bed.
South Living Room with sitting area and dining table.
South Kitchen with separate entry.
South Master Bedroom has full bed and powder room w/ shower.
South Dormer with two twin beds and separate stairwell.
Fenced backyard with beautiful mulberry tree.
Calendar Last Updated: June 20, 2019
Additional availability info:
This is a Saturday to Saturday vacation rental.
Additional pricing info: State and local taxes of 11.7% will apply.
The cottage is perfectly located in the center of the historic district which is known for its rose covered cottages and charm of yesteryear. Ivy Lodge is a duplex with a living room and kitchen on each side which works well for us as we often travel with friends and our two families can have some autonomy. The cottage has good usable space, is clean and well maintained, and comfortably sleeps eight. There are plenty of beach towels and chairs and its large front porch is ideal for sharing meals or having a late night drink and listening to the ocean. The pictures on the website are true depictions of the house and the owner is very hospitable. Lori took the time to answer our questions thoroughly and even provided suggestions of restaurants and activities. We highly recommend this property, and look forward to many more summers at Ivy Lodge. The Willamson's show more show less


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Set on a North Dakota reservation, Louise Erdrich's latest exploration of Native-American life takes the form of a classic coming-of-age narrative. When Joe's mother is violently raped he takes it upon himself to find her assailant; together with his best friend, Cappy, he tries to restore some order to his world, while his mother retreats further and further into hers, shutting herself away in her bedroom, refusing to eat.
To begin with there are definite echoes of Stand By Me to the story: Joe and his friends are on the cusp of adulthood, but at the same time they are still very much boys. The full horror of Joe's mother's attack exists on their periphery; in their search for evidence they are often sidetracked by debates about Star Trek: The Next Generation and, when they are spying on one potential suspect, the volatile, battle-damaged Father Travis, they are distracted by the fact that he owns Alien on VHS.
Erdrich creates a real sense of community in her descriptions of Joe's life on "the rez". There is poverty and sometimes even violence but there is also a sense of family and connection, spread over generations, battalions of bawdy grandmas and ancient grandfathers with stories to tell, the gentle presence of ghosts.
What begins as a tense and gripping mystery gradually evolves into something else as a murky mixture of legal and boundary issues makes prosecuting Joe's mother's attacker incredibly difficult. The need to avenge a crime that might otherwise fall through the cracks becomes central and Joe is dragged into adulthood in the ugliest way imaginable.


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Better Book Titles – Classing Up The Classics
Dan Wilbur is a comedian living in Brooklyn, New York and is also the creator of a humorous blog: Better Book Titles. Wilbur seeks to end the confusion often created by book titles and give potential readers helpful insights into a book's plot by renaming books with more intuitive titles. Here are a few of my personal favorites:
John Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath
Better Book Title: F*&k tha Police
Homer: the Iliad
Better Book Title: An Angry Guy Get Angrier Then Chills
Lauren Weisberger: The Devil Wears Prada
Better Book Title: Shallow People Doing Shallow Stuff
Better Book Title: Likeable Rapists
Dan updates his site with a new title every weekday and on Friday he features a reader's submission. I encourage you to check out Better Book Titles to check out the full list. Prepare to laugh!


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Thinnest and lightest Kindle Paperwhite yet, with a sleek design so you can read comfortably for hours, and now, waterproof, so you're free to read and relax in even more places.
Reads like printed paper, even in bright sunlight, with a glare-free 300 ppi display, printed-quality text and built-in reading light.
Waterproof, so you are free to read and relax at the beach, by the pool or in the bath.
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- Charge time of 3 hours.
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How to make an international payment using Digital Banking:
- Select 'Payments and transfers' from the left hand menu
- Under the 'International payments' section select 'Make a Payment'
- In the 'Who would you like to pay?' section select 'Make a repayment/pay someone I've paid before'
- Select the payee name from the drop down list followed by 'Next'
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- You then choose when you want the payment to arrive and which fees you need to pay
- Select 'Make this payment' and the date the payment is to be sent
- Select the account you want to make the payment from
- Select 'Next' to view the instructions you have given and then 'Confirm' to arrange for your payment to be made
If you don't have a payee set up, find out how to set up an international payee?
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- If you have not yet made a payment online
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Page 5: Tertiary sector
The tertiary sector involves providing a range of services throughout the supply chain. Although the services themselves are not physical goods, they provide added value for customers linked with the products that they buy. For example, consumers expect a range of fresh bread products to be delivered to retailers daily.
From its 14 bakeries and 15 depots around the country Warburtons is able to meet this expectation. Warburtons has more than 900 delivery vehicles at its various bakeries. It manages the distribution to stores from bakeries across England, Scotland and Wales. This ensures that products are delivered on time. It also means that the products are fresh when they are delivered and that quality is guaranteed.
Managing environmental impact
To reduce its carbon footprint, Warburtons uses software to track delivery routes to ensure that they are as efficient as possible. It also makes deliveries at different times of the day to avoid much of the congestion on the road and save a substantial amount of fuel.
Supporting retailers
Warburtons customers are retailers. These may be large supermarkets or small local independent shops. Retailers will often require specialist advice on how best to service the needs of their customers.
As part of its support for the tertiary sector retailers, Warburtons, for example, provides them with market research data purchased from market research agencies. This data informs retailers of selling trends and buying habits. This enables them to predict the week-by-week stock levels they require. It also helps them to allocate appropriate shelf space for products.
Warburtons also provides retailers with a wide variety of products including loaves, rolls and crumpets. This enables them to offer consumers greater choice and meet their demands for different eating occasions, such as for snacks, breakfast and lunch.


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Considered to be one of the world's most talented magicians, David Williamson knows the secret of capturing the imagination of any audience. A born showman and an unusually accomplished sleight of hand artist, David dazzles audiences with a unique and delightful brand of entertainment, blending heart-stopping magic with sidesplitting hilarity.
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