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Titania Inglis: Fade From Green/
A favorite look from Titania Inglis' F/W 2012 collection. Photographer: Dan Lecca
Fashion Projects has been a fan of Titania Inglis ever since she launched her eponymous label a few years ago, so it was such great news to hear that she had won the 2012 Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Award for Sustainable Design. While I initially thought of Inglis as an "eco" designer, it quickly became apparent that the term "eco" was simply too reductive for her design philosophy. For her, sustainability is not a gimmick, or just about sourcing yet another ecotextile. Rather, she is moving towards a concept of sustainability that emphasizes longevity, quality, and thoughtfulness. We are very pleased to present this interview with Inglis, coming on the heels of her recent F/W 2012 fashion presentation at Eyebeam.
Fashion Projects: Congratulations on your recent Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Award for Sustainable Design. How has winning the award affected your business?
Titania Inglis: Thank you! Receiving the Ecco Domani award is such a dream come true — I didn't believe it at first when I received the email telling me I'd won. It's opened a lot of doors for me already within the fashion industry, and I was able to put together an incredible team for my show this season, including stylist Christian Stroble, makeup artist Lisa Aharon and hairstylist Ramona Eschbach, photographer Aliya Naumoff, set designer Ryan Crozier of Forgotten City — and collaborating on a series of leather body accessories with Bliss Lau, a designer whose innovative work I've admired for years.
Inglis making adjustments before her F/W 2012 presentation begins. Photographer: Georgina Southen
Your F/W 2012 collection presented a very cohesive vision, with a strong design vocabulary. Having followed your work ever since you began designing, I've noticed that you've developed signature elements. Your garments exhibit a strong affinity for geometry, asymmetry, and minimalism and you also create an unexpected sense of architectural space through your precise pattern-cutting and juxtaposition of rigid and supple fabrics. Can you explain a little bit about your inspirations, techniques and processes? Where did you hone your skills?
My father is an architect, so I grew up steeped in his lessons about architectural movements and polyhedra. As a math major in college, I was fascinated by topology, which studies surfaces and transformations — and I see fashion in much the same way: a transformation of two-dimensional fabric into three-dimensional forms, but forms that interact with the wearer's body and personal style, and at the same time reference fashion history. Or to put it in less-nerdy terms, I find it magical to be able to go from a flat piece of fabric and a flat paper pattern, to an empty garment on a hanger, to a dress absolutely coming to life when its owner puts it on and imbues it with her personality.
I studied industrial design at California College of the Arts in San Francisco; conceptual design at Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands; and fashion design at FIT. I learned my patternmaking skills from Prof. Evan Blackman, the outstanding menswear department head there, and through internships at Jean Yu and Threeasfour, both designers I loved for their ingenious and endlessly creative patternmaking.
One of Inglis' amazing coats from her F/W 2012 collection. Photographer: Dan Lecca
You continue to revisit designs, like your circle skirt, from previous seasons. Is there a reason for this? I personally think that by doing so you are reinforcing the well-designed, thoughtful process behind your clothing – they are so well-made, and "beyond" fashion that they don't seem to go out of style.
I find that the most stylish women are those who sharply define their personal look and keep it over time, perhaps evolving gradually to stay current, but not changing constantly with the trends. I see my collection in the same light: adding interest from season to season in the form of new colors, patterns, and fabrications, while always retaining its underlying character. And part of that consistency lies in creating signature pieces that carry over from season to season.
Another advantage of bringing designs back is that it allows me the chance to refine them a little each season, as well as to experiment with different fabrications over time. I've discovered that my architectural silhouettes tend to work quite well in rigid as well as soft, drapey fabrics, and I love to discover them anew each time I source new fabrics.
Backstage at Titania Inglis' F/W 2012 presentation. Photographer: Aliya Naumoff
A look from Titania Inglis' F/W 2012 collection. Photographer: Aliya Naumoff
We often talk about the state of the eco-fashion movement in NYC. One minute we're exhilarated about all the new things that are happening, and the next minute we bemoan the fact that it seems like such a small world, where everyone knows everyone and we're all preaching to the same choir. Do you think the fact that you are considered an "eco" designer actually helps or hinders you? Do you ever feel marginalized or misunderstood due to having the "eco" tag attached to you?
To be honest, at this point, the word "eco" really makes me shudder. It's been so overused that it's come to represent a marketing gimmick rather than a serious philosophy of doing business, and I wish we could just retire it. I prefer to describe my work as thoughtful design, taking into consideration all the cradle-to-grave implications of each design decision, from the origins of the fabric I'm using to the future use and care of the garment. Ultimately, I believe that a beautifully designed and manufactured garment is the most sustainable thing to make: a piece striking enough to stand out in the here and now, yet classically proportioned and so well-made that its owner will want to wear it for a lifetime.
The most difficult challenge in designing sustainably is finding low-impact fabrics that are high quality and that fit with my clean, androgynous aesthetic. I've already traveled to London and Tokyo to source gorgeous organic fabrics, and scoured the New York garment district for dead stock options. And I've found some beautiful ones, but the more I search, the more I realize that the production process of the fabric is less important than beautiful craftsmanship and quality that will wear well over time. Taking the long view, production is only one part of the garment's life cycle. If a fabric is made from organic wool, but pills and wears out almost instantly, then the fact that the farmer polluted less in raising the sheep is completely outweighed by the fact that the end product is quickly headed for the dumpster.
Another difficulty with sustainable design is people's narrow interpretation of what that means. It's not possible to design anything to be 100% perfectly sustainable; we all have to choose our battles. Some designers choose to use local production, others organic fabrics, others yet use zero-waste cutting techniques. I've had people question my use of leather; but as a lifelong meat eater, I'm happy that the skin from the animals we slaughter is used to make something beautiful. Leather exists mainly as a byproduct of the meat industry, and it's a beautiful, supple, and long-lasting material that perfectly showcases my simple, architectural designs.
Set design for F/W 2012 presentation. Photographer: Georgina Southen
You've been collaborating quite a bit lately, with people like Bliss Lau and Christian Stroble, and organizations like the Textile Arts Center. Do you have any other dream collaborators you'd like to work with?
Working with Bliss and Christian this season was an absolute dream; in addition to having very strong fashion visions, they're both incredibly smart and resourceful and really mentored me through the whole process of organizing a show and creating a larger collection. I'd never worked with a stylist before and was a bit hesitant to let somebody else impose their vision on my work, but Christian's input really helped take the collection to the next level.
One of my favorite parts of running this line is collaborating with performers in other creative fields. My first season I choreographed a video with three Merce Cunningham dancers, and for last fall's video I worked with a trapeze artist. Next up, I'd love to collaborate with a musician: There are so many dynamic, inspiring women in rock these days, from Alison Mosshart to Lykke Li to the Dum Dum Girls, and it'd be amazing to see them wearing my clothes!
What is next in store for you?
After all the excitement of the award and last week's show, I'm taking it easy and waiting to see how sales go before I decide what to do next. Of course, taking it easy is relative; I'm also getting ready for sales, ramping up spring production, and in the back of my mind, starting to plan out the Spring 2013 collection and how I'd like to present it. I already have a couple of favorite new fabrics squirreled away that I'm dying to see made up in some nice architectural shapes. And I'd love to do a shoe collaboration next season...
Photographer: Georgina Southen


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Here in Hawaii they bring Christmas trees in by boat in refrigerated containers every year. I love walking by the stands smelling the wonderful aroma of pines. We don't have any pines here on the island so it is the only time of year I get to smell them. They sure smell good.
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*NEW TOOL!* Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Machine How-to11:00
Welcome to the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Machine Blog Hop. This hot new machine is so much fun and makes foiling that much more exciting. This machine can foil the Spellbinders Glimmer Plates that are made for the machine (these also work as a letterpress type of die when ran through a die cutting machine), additionally, you can foil your die cuts which is super fun and will save me on toner paper!
To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $50 gift certificate to a lucky winner. Please leave a comment on Spellbinders blog by Sunday, November 18th 11:59 pm EDT for a chance to win. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post the following Monday. Winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes.
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Lovely CAS creations! :)ReplyDelete
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THANK YOU, Justine! I am LOVING the review of this machine & have put it on my Christmas List! Santa HAS BEEN NOTIFIED! LOL SUPER JOB on your video!!!! ;)ReplyDelete
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I always have a great time watching your videos, Justine, but today I'm specially happy because I'm a sucker for foiling!!! Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
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Spellbinders does it again with beautiful new products!ReplyDelete
Love this machine and your cards!ReplyDelete
I usually make a mess when I foil. This machine should make it much easier. Thanks for the review video.ReplyDelete
My Christmas Wish List just got longer. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
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so fun! I can think of several of my own dies that would be fun to try!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous cards!!ReplyDelete
Oooooo so pretty! I've been wanting one of these types of machines for awhile and this looks like a great one. I really like that they put a grid on the hot plate. This would be so much more fun than a laminater, it's going on my Christmas wish list! Thanks for teaching us about this new machine Justine.ReplyDelete
Thank u for sharing such a great review.ReplyDelete
Beautiful CAS Cards!ReplyDelete
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Great cards! Love the cacti!ReplyDelete
So many exciting possibilities with this Glimmer Hot Foil system! Love all the fabulous samples along the hop!ReplyDelete
Another great way to foil.ReplyDelete
- Karen Schevikhoven9 November 2018 at 00:21
I'm putting this machine on my list for Santa. I've been real good this year! Lol! Your cards are just beautiful!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the inspiration.ReplyDelete
Thank you for showing us many ways to use this machine and your tips and tricks. I love that you can use regular dies also. Thanks for sharing your time and talent with us.ReplyDelete
Great card examples, looking forward to your video!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing your tips and the technique video. Your cards are so elegant.ReplyDelete
I just bought a foiling machine last month and just received it last week. Can't wait to play with it. Thank you for sharing how to use it!ReplyDelete
Looks like fun! I love that we can use our existing dies.ReplyDelete
Love what the foil adds to the cards! Thank you for the inspiration!ReplyDelete
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perfect for you to make those CAS cards!ReplyDelete
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your CAS cards are very elegant with this new machine:)ReplyDelete
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Fabulous. Thanks for sharing your review and tips and tricks with this machine.ReplyDelete
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Video very informative i'm hoping to get the glimmer for Christmas!!ReplyDelete
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I was afraid that I would start wanting this thing if I jumped on this hop. I was right!!! Thank you for demonstrating.ReplyDelete
Great card--love the cactus! This looks like an awesome machine.ReplyDelete
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The results are stunning. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
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Love, Love, Love!!!!!ReplyDelete
I like your simple white cards!ReplyDelete
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Foilicious!! I must bookmark your vid to look at when I finally get up the nerve to pull my glimmer foil plates out and use 'em! Thanks for the inspiration!ReplyDelete
I'm getting more and more addicted with every video. Thanks for the great tips!! I can't wait to get mine and play with it.ReplyDelete
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Justine these are all so gorgeous and am loving this RED HOT Glimmer Hot FOil Machine!!! But am in the throws of buying everyone elses' Christmas presents!!!! Hoping Mommy gets something!ReplyDelete
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House-Mouse® Shower of Love by Janelle Stollfus
Fold a 5 1/2 x 11 inch cardstock in half for a finished 5 1/2 inch square card base. Set aside.
Stencil card base with Large Flourish Stencil using Pearlescent Embossing Paste. Let dry.
Align stencil over past pattern and sponge glue onto stenciled image, remove stencil to clean and dry before putting it back over the embossing.
Sprinkle Metallix F/X Mica Powder over open stencil areas and rub powder in with stencil brush. Remove stencil and tap off excess. Repeat as needed. Let dry.
Stamp Showers of Love and sentiment with black ink on Mixed Media
White paper and color image with markers.
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Adhere image onto color cardstock.
Cut strip of Mixed Media White paper and Double-Stick Mounting Paper the same size. Remove release paper on one side of mounting paper and adhere cardstock.
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Rub one side of Heart stencil with handmade soap and remove any chunks of soap with a stencil brush.
Lay down the stencil in a random spot and cover a path from the stencil towards the edge of the paper with reserved release paper.
Sprinkle a small amount of Spring Sparkle Embossing powder on to open stencil area and gently rub into mounting paper.
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Repeat steps 9 and 10 until you have desired amount of hearts.
Sprinkle second color of Spring Sparkle Embossing Powder over remaining sticky areas of mounting paper.
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Glue down at an angle on card base and trim off edges.
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Good Afternoon! We had a great morning of Worship today at FBC Covington, LA. I hope your morning has been a time of meaningful worship.
I am writing because I will be leading a team to Haiti this coming Thursday. The group going with me is significant to the future work of Louisiana Baptist in Haiti. The team members going have specific responsibilities while on this trip in the areas of Medical, Orphanage Work, Church Planting, Ministry Development and Simultaneous Revivals. We will be working toward the strategic development of building a multiplying ministry in Haiti that will include the construction of a medical clinic and orphanage. If finances support we will also build a housing unit for volunteers to stay in while in Haiti. The housing unit would be built on the site where we intend to build a Medical Clinic and Orphanage if all goes well with purchase of land. We will be working east of Port-Au-Prince in Croix des Bouquet pronounced quad a bouquet and as well in a large populated area near Croix des Bouquet that is referred to as Canaan. The pastor we are working with has already planted one churches in Canaan since the earthquake of 2010.
We will meet with Pastors and Business Leaders this week about this plan for a Medical Clinic and Orphanage in this area. Our key pastor is very excited about the potential of establishing a medical clinic and orphanage in this area along with working with him to plant churches and develop ministry opportunities such as Bible Schools. The Pastor has respect among the Haitian Baptist Convention leaders and people where he is serving. He will serve as a good advocate for the work. In the future we will have agricultural specialist travelling to explore, what crops might be grown in this area to sell at market. In addition to agricultural specialist, we will have others who will begin looking at teaching people to sew while exploring some other trade options with the people.
I will send reports at least once a day if possible while in Haiti from February 9 – 16 to keep you updated.
Here are some way's to pray for us:
1. That the plans we are discussing will be in accord with God's plan.
2. As we discern where God is leading we establish clear next steps for land purchase, building of the medical clinic and orphanage
3. See clear ministry opportunities like Bible Schools, Church Planting and Simultaneous Revivals
4. To be faithful to share the Good News of Jesus all along the way.
While I am excited to lead this group to Haiti my heart aches for the lostness right here in Covington, the Northshore as well as the Southshore of New Orleans. I will be praying for you to be light to a darken world as you live out each day. I will give my all until I leave for Haiti to share Jesus with those here at home and will look forward to rejoining you in the work upon my return.
With a Grateful Heart,
Pastor Jay
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After three nominations, Amy Poehler won her first Golden Globe for her role on NBC's " Parks and Recreation."
Now in its 6th season, Poehler plays the funny, loveable Leslie Knope.
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Beatles Walk, Cavern Club, 138m Panoramic Radio City Tower Tour & Beatles Story combo
- Duration: 5 Hours (approx.)
- Location: Liverpool, Merseyside
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Shipping History Cunard & Whitestar Line's Titanic
This is a vibrant location with lots going on and you will see the famous Mersey Ferry across the Mersey and learn about the Cunard shipping line and their Italianate Cunard Building which now houses the British Music Experience.
Easy fun guided walk, Cavern Club & amazing Double Fantasy John & Yoko exhibition
The 90-minute walking tour is easy and on level ground and starts with a short visit to the new Museum of Liverpool and the Double Fantasy John and Yoko Ono exhibition.
Your local tour guide will tell the story of how Liverpool once one of the most important ports in the British Empire went in to decline and explain how and why it has since emerged as one the most vibrant UK city outside of London.
You will pass the former headquarters of White Star Shipping who built the ill fated Titanic, you will see famous film locations, Harry Potter, Florence Foster Jenkins, Fantasic Beasts, Tolkein & many more. Next on weekdays you will see inside the entrance to the 18th century Liverpool Town Hall, before a mini magical mystery walk passing the Eleanor Rigby & Cilla Black Statues along Mathew Street to visit the Cavern Club.
138m above the city of Liverpool!
Next its a self guided fully accessible visit of the Radio City Tower where a lift will take you to the top 138m above the city with breathtaking panoramic views of the city. You will see how the new "Liverpool One" development has beautifully reconnected the Royal Albert Docks with the city centre as well as the fabulous, neoclassical St Georges Hall, the worll's first passenger railway station "Liverpool Lime Street" & the worlds 5th largest cathedral.
Visit the award winning Beatles Story at the Royal Albert Docks
After free time to buy lunch and some shopping in Liverpool One you can then visit the Beatles Story Museum which is the world's largest permanent exhibition purely devoted to telling the story of The Beatles' rise to fame. Located in the Royal Albert Dock, the Beatles Story takes visitors on their journey; first conquering Liverpool, and then the world, through recreations of key locations from the band's career including The Casbah Club, The Cavern Club, and Abbey Road Studios. Multi-media audio guides are available in ten different languages including Mandarin, Brazilian Portuguese, French and German.
You can then make you way through the covered colonnades of the Royal Albert Docks perhaps visiting the Tate Gallery and the Pier Masters House a WW2 recreation of a war time home on route back to the starting point or Liverpool Cruise Terminal.


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"It's some heady shit."
That was my introduction, via a fellow attendee, to what to expect from Herbcraft, and I'd say his summary was accurate. This set at Mercury Lounge found the band edging away from their more Eastern-tinged work toward a more straight-up psychedelic rock vibe. That said, these four songs, three of them played in a seamless sequence, were still far out. As with many emerging artists, Herbcraft began as a one-man band in a bedroom, with Matt Lajoie making compositions on his own, but in the intervening half-decade, it has become much more. The band's organic style, evidenced on five previous releases including their most recent, The Astral Body Electric, translated easily in the live setting, where the band could expand its horizons even further. Herbcraft came straight at us, with screaming guitars and heavily distorted, almost ritualistic vocals, sometimes impossible to distinguish from the surges from the guitars. What struck me most, as this half hour of awesome ended, was the sense of momentum of the work; Lajoie and the band started somewhere, experimented wildly along the way, but got us to our destination. A place that, once we arrived, we didn't even know we would end up.
I recorded this set with Schoeps MK41 microphones and a Sound Devices USBPre2 preamp. What you're hearing is house engineer David's PA mix, and it's a beauty, especially on headphones. Enjoy!
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03 Push Thru The Veil
04 Bread Don't Rise
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Curt Menefee
Curt Menefee (born July 22, 1965) is an American sportscaster who is currently the play-by-play commentator for Seahawks preseason football and the host of the Fox network's NFL show Fox NFL Sunday. His co-hosts are Jimmy Johnson, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, and Michael Strahan.
Early life and careerEdit
Menefee attended Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (class of 1987). At Coe, he was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity and inducted into the Sigma Nu Hall of Fame in 2016. He gave the commencement speech at Coe College in 2010 and was awarded an honorary doctorate in Journalism. Menefee resides in Los Angeles, California.
Menefee called the NFL preseason for the Jaguars TV network from 2005-2007. He currently does NFL preseason television play-by-play for the Seattle Seahawks.[1][2][3]
Fox SportsEdit
Prior to joining Fox Sports full-time, he was a sports reporter for MSG Network's SportsDesk show. Prior to that, he was the sports anchor for WNYW, New York City's Fox flagship station. He also appeared on-air on WTLV in Jacksonville, Florida. He began calling NFL games on Fox in the late 1990s. He also hosted a radio show on the popular Dallas, Texas sports radio station KTCK ("The Ticket"). He was also the sports anchor for Dallas-Fort Worth's then-independent station and now CBS affiliate KTVT where he refused to wear socks during the newscast.[4] Menefee has provided play-by-play for Fox's NFL Europe and Fox NFL coverage in the spring and summer months.
On May 24, 2008, Menefee made an appearance on MLB on Fox. He held play-by-play duties alongside José Mota during a game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Chicago White Sox.
On May 22, 2010, Menefee hosted Fox's coverage of the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final between FC Internazionale Milano and FC Bayern Munich in the first broadcast of that tournament's final on over-the-air broadcast television in the United States.[5]
On November 12, 2011, Menefee became the host of the UFC on Fox with Randy Couture and Jon Jones.
Menefee also provided ringside commentary for Top Rank's coverage of the Pacquiao-Hatton fight. He was also the play-by-play announcer for ShoBox: The New Generation.[6] On January 7, 2012, Menefee announced he was leaving ShoBox.[7]
Mixed Martial ArtsEdit
Menefee was named host of UFC on Fox in 2011. He continued to serve that capacity until Fox lost the rights to ESPN in 2018.
Broadcasting partnersEdit
- ^ Communications, Seahawks. "Seahawks at Chiefs Notes". Seahawks.com. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
- ^ Communications, Seahawks. "Seahawks vs. Broncos Notes". Seahawks.com. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
- ^ Farnsworth, Clare. "An evaluation situation". Seahawks.com. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
- ^ HighBeam[dead link]
- ^ "Fox Acquires Bruce Arena and Curt Menefee For Champions League Final | Independent voice for EPL soccer fans since 2005 – EPL Talk | Page 18941". Epltalk.com. April 30, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^ "It's Showtime for Curt Menefee - ESPN". Espn.go.com. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
- ^ "Boxing Buzz". Fightnews.com. January 7, 2012. Archived from the original on April 16, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.


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In worthy competition to the parkruns in the area, the North Herts First Saturday 5km run is a local institution and now is free. Taking place on Norton common this run is well attended and is a park run on a mix of paths and grass with some small hilly sections. It might not be a pb course due to the hills but it is fun for all ages and abilities. There are more details on the NHRR website.
From the site:
"The run is a two lap course on Norton Common, an area of natural beauty. The course is footpaths, tracks and grassland and is described as undulating. Normal running shoes can be worn for most of the year. If the weather has been particularly wet, runners may wish to wear studs. Spikes are not advisable. This event has an ARC permit.
Car parking is available close to the start in the outdoor swimming pool car park and bowls club car park, both off Icknield Way, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 4UF. However, runners are encouraged to walk or cycle to the event. There are cycle racks in front of the swimming pool. Alternatively, public transport facilities are very good. The start is a short walk from the main line railway station. There are no toilets or changing facilities. There will be an area to store bags safely at the finish. Water and coffee will be available for all runners at the finish."


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This all natural, organic recipe has been my bi-weekly go to mask to guarantee a next level glow during this winter season. It is an ideal preparation to mix up before a special date, perfect to prep for a night out with friends, or a lovely ritual + celebration of self care for a quiet night at home. Plus it is simply amazing hydration for winter skin. I have been utilizing these ingredients for internal harmony for quite some time and I adore that they have the same effect on the skin when used topically. Raw Honey helps to exfoliate and is extremely moisturizing, while the Turmeric acts as an anti-inflammatory. Tocos are rich in skin essential Vitamin E, and the Pearl calms redness and leaves skin super soft.
Mix together and apply to cleansed skin. Leave on for at least 15 minutes. Rinse with a warm cloth and follow up with this hydrating toner and your beauty routine.


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Car people know of Preston Tucker. They're aware of his vision, and of the incredibly innovative Tucker 48. The flat-6, rear-engined car was clearly ahead of it's time, with mechanical and safety features we take for granted today. Only 51 cars were made before the company folded in March 1949 under the weight of negative publicity, and a damaging stock fraud trial.
By January 1950, the charges were deemed baseless, and Tucker was acquitted. The demise of his 48 and the false charges did not deter Tucker. He had actually initiated a second car - the Carioca Roadster.Read More


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Create a new spin-off.
According to the Magit Branching documentation, a spin-off is nothing more than a tracking branch.
A tracking branch, created on the
git side with the
-t switch, is a branch that knows (i.e., it has
knowlegde) about the branch it was originated from. Well, every branch in git has, of course, knowlegde
about its ancestor branch (how would you merge otherwise?), but in this case
the knoweldge is made explicit by the tracking feature.
In particular, when a tracking branch is checked out
git advices about commits that made the
current (tracking) branch diverging from its ancestor, something like the following:
% git checkout b
Switched to branch 'b'
Your branch and 'master' have diverged,
and have 1 and 2 different commits each, respectively.
(use "git pull" to merge the remote branch into yours)
In the above example you can see that the
b branch is behind
master two commits, as well as after master by one commit.
In other words, your
b branch has done a single commit while
master advanced by two other commits. As
suggests, you can
pull and
git will automagically fetch updates from the
master branch into
And in fact:
% git pull
From .
* branch master -> FETCH_HEAD
Merge made by the 'recursive' strategy.
The tracking is useful to know transparently when and how (much) your branch is diverging from the source, and this of course
is true both for local commits and remote ones:
% git status
On branch b
Your branch is ahead of 'master' by 2 commits.
(use "git push" to publish your local commits)
nothing to commit, working tree clean
What happens into Magit? Well, once you checkout a tracking branch the popup buffer shows that is unmerged from the source branch, and
it does suffice to
F pull to prompt the merging popup.
So, to recap, a Magit spin-off lies a tracking branch, which in turn is a branch explicitly aware of what makes it different
from the source branch. This is useful, for instance, for features and short living development branches that are going to be merged
surely by design and must be kept up to date from the normale release history. I don't see the point in using tracking into
versions branches.


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|Believe it or not, the situation is worse than this. No actual judges are involved in your conviction or sentencing.
With all of that out of the way, Hope n' Change wants to return to a topic we've been covering on a regular basis: the seemingly unending stream of problems our family has had with Obamacare. And we're doing this because we assume that the same is happening to a lot of families and, if either Hillary or Bernie wins the presidency, even more aspects of our lives will be controlled by bungling Obamacare-style bureaucracies.
First the good news: after months of haggling and production of innumerable documents, Healthcare.gov has finally accepted our proof of income and is no longer threatening to cancel our insurance. Additionally, daughter Jarlsberg's insurance is finally back in place - although she now has to begin a lengthy claims process to recoup the over $1000 in medical expenses she incurred during the period that Healthcare.gov claimed she didn't exist.
Now the bad news, in the form of a Facebook post by my niece: "Well, our kids' insurance just got cancelled because, despite us sending in every document they asked for (multiple times), they still decided it wasn't enough."
A little backstory: we're talking about a wonderful family here - a Pastor, his wife, and their kids. The kind of people you want for neighbors and friends. People of faith who are actively doing good (albeit not high-paying) work in their community. In other words...people the current administration really doesn't like.
Here's more of their story: "We were previously on regular insurance provided by the church. But with Obamacare, the cost of employer provided plans went too high, so we decided to buy on the marketplace - but they said the kids HAD to go on the state health care (CHIP) due to our income level. The kids had never been on a state plan prior to Obamacare, but they gave us no choice.
The first year they had no record of our first three months of coverage. The second year, they made us prove our income with multiple pay stubs and a letter from my job, etc, but threatened to drop the kids. Finally everything went through. This year, my husband sent pay stubs... but they said he didn't send enough. The second time he tried, their fax machine wouldn't pick up. Then he mailed everything plus a letter from my employer. But today we got notice that the kids' coverage was dropped, and they claim they tried to contact us twice. That's a lie, because we never got a call or email warning us."
And there you have it: when it comes to Obamacare you are guilty until proven innocent - subject to losing your insurance and being fined with no due process whatsoever. And even when you provide every shred of possible proof of your financial status, the government can still reject it by simply saying they don't believe you.
This is unconstitutional un-American health-obstructing madness which, if a Democrat wins in November, will someday be looked back on as "the good old days."


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(Please note: This post is written in jest. So, if you have a fragile personality or if you are a habitual flame-thrower, skip this post. However, responses, especially those espousing opposing viewpoints, are most welcome)
I was sitting down with a bottle of booze, with my good friend Chiddy and we decided to 'test drive' the latest craze from Madras, Raghuman's latest musical hits from the movie 'Pudhiya mugam' (?). There was a very catchy song that went 'Kannukku mai azhagu, kavidhaikku poi azhagu'. The words sounded very interesting and so we tuned to the words more than the tune itself, as we listened on.
As the song progressed into very pedestrian extension of the first line, I was shocked to find a line that went 'Avvaikku goon azhagu'. (Stoop beautifies Avvaiyar, the ancient tamil poetess) I wonder if Avvaiyar should have a say in the matter or would find her osteoporosis cute. Then there were more inane lines like 'Thayukku sey azhagu'. (Kid beautifies a mother) The bottomline is, the whole thing was very predictable and quite algorithmic ! So, if anyone out there is desperate to make verses, here are some simple algorithms, based on the Vairamuthu formulae.
Algorithm number 1 is very simple. Just take any object. Think for a second and discover one of its attributes. It doesn't matter if there is anything creative or poetic about the attribute and the object. You simply say 'Object-kku attribute azhagu'. For example,
Rasathukku uppazhagu, vishathukku warning azhagu
pazhathukku juice azhagu, kizhathukku thadi azhagu
(Salt beautifies rasam; 'warning' beautifies poison; juice beautifies a fruit and a walking stick beautifies an old person)
You can carry this one step further and compose the next stanza,
Wire-kku current azhagu Vaigaikku karai azhagu
Vayatrukku thoppul azhagu, vairathukku muthazhagu
(current is cute for the wire bank is cute for Vaigai river bellybutton is cute for the belly and diamond is cute for pearl)
Here, the 'Vaigai' line is important - so that old fashioned, conventional guys are satisfied that you are not Picasso-like modernist when it comes to crafting verses. And 'vairathukku muthazhagu' is one of those phrases you quietly slip in, hoping that no one would analyze it, because it sounds 'meaningful' and cute itself, even though it doesn't mean a damn thing.
Even the name 'Vairamuthu' (the name of the poet who came up with 'kannukku mai azhagu' and thousands of other songs) seems extremely phony and nonsensical. It probably sounds very poetic and senthamizhish. It is highly likely that the poet stumbled on this one fine day and decided it was better than his mom-pop-given name of perhaps Ananthagopalasanthanasubramanian, especially if he were to make his bucks in the film world. 'Vairam' is diamond and 'Muthu' is pearl. And I can't see anything common between them, except that both are used in jewelry and that too, perhaps not in the same jewel. I can't see any material parameters common to both of them. And here, the poet uses Vairam as an adjective to Muthu, that is, he is looking for Vairam like qualities in Muthu (could it be hardness or surface electrical conductivity ?) and for the world of me, I can't decipher this name. I am sure, Vairamuthu can quickly cook up some etymology for this name. If there is actually a kind of pearl called Vairamuthu, I will eat my words and take all these back.
In creating nonsense phrases, Vairamuthu is probably a man without rivals. Its almost like the Japanese car companies coming up with meaningless names like Altra or Sentra for their cars, which somehow sound genuine. For example, during one period, he was using 'Paadhame Suprabaatham'. ('Your feet are Suprabaatham') It sounds very nice and rhythmic, except, when you try to figure it out, you go nowhere. Again, I am sure, the poet has a long winded explanation for such usage. But then, if it is so tough for us people to dig his poetry and we always have to rush to him, what is the point writing something like this ?
I know 'movie songs' are not exactly vehicles for writing creative poetry. Even Bharatiyar might compose songs like 'Lovunna lovuu, man ennai stovuu' if twenty five film producers were chasing him with money. But, lets quickly take a look at Vairamuthu's magnum opus, 'Ilaya nila pozhigirathu'.
First of all, what is 'ilaya nila' ? Is it the moon right after new moon, lets say the third or the fourth phase ? or is it moon at the beginning of the evening ? And what does it 'pozhinjify' ? Isn't pozhigirathu a transitive verb requiring a noun or a noun clause (direct object) ? If Vairamuthu had his way, the age old song which went 'Amudhai pozhiyum nilave' would be simply reduced to 'Pozhiyum nilave, nee arugil varaadhadhu eno ?'
The rest of the song meanders around disjointedly from one subject to another and at one place he writes, 'Mugilinangal alaigiraTHU, mugavarigal tholaindhanavo'. What exactly is 'Mugilinangal' ? 'Kinds of clouds' like Cumulonimbus and Cirrus ? All occurring simultaneously in the sky ? Or was he simply implying a 'lot of clouds' ? In which case, why is he mixing singular and plural ? Isn't it 'AlaiginDRANA', especially when the plural also goes with the tune ? Why didn't he mix singular and plural in the second part of the line ? If this can be accepted as simple 'poetic license', I guess, he will not get his poetic license in the state of Colorado.
Now lets go back to Ilayaraja-Vairamuthu era. Here is algorithm 2, to compose 'old' Vairamuthu songs. In the following section, just choose one word each from columns 1, 2 and 3 and bingo, you have an early Vairamuthu song.
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|Column 2
|Column 3
For example,
Azhagu minnal kaathirukku
Deva mullai sirichirukku
Pesiya jeevan paathirukku
Raaja idhazh verthirukku
and so forth.
Remember, 'Vervai' is one of Vairamuthu's favorite words. One only presumes the poet does not refer to an athlete's post-marathon sweat, but something sexier.
I have read a lot of his prose and I found it to be excellent. He is certainly a talented person. So Vairamuthu fans, no personal insults, please ! But, like most of us, he too has sold his soul for money. He is just an emperor without clothes. But instead, we simply call him the greatest of modern day poets. At any rate, it is always easy to make fun of someone else.
This reminds me of that story (shall I say 'fictional story', just to invent a new phrase, a la Vairamuthu ?) about this old Pulavar whose name was Anonymous. He was probaby the first poet to use algorithmic approach to tamil poetry. He went to the Pallava king in Kanchipuram and sang 'Nagareshu Kaanchi'. (Trans: 'Of all cities, Kanchipuram is IT !') The king was tickled to death and awarded the poet four hundred gold coins. After a few days of Pallava hospitality, the poet went to the Chola kingdom and had an audience with the king and sang 'Nagareshu Tanjai' (Trans: 'Of all cities, Thanjavur is IT') and the Chola king was very thrilled and gave the poet a lot of money and made him his Arasavai Pulavar for a whole month. After which, the Pulavar went to the Pandiya kingdom and sang 'Nagareshu Madurai' and later, went on to became very famous in history for having composed similar such poems about many other cities.


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What makes something a "date night"?
For parents, it's no kids. But if you're a kid-less couple like Alex and I, by that definition, every night is date night. And while I love eating Jack's pizza and watching Netflix at home, that kind of evening definitely doesn't count. (Let's be real: that's just every night.)
Whether you consider date night getting dressed up, not having to cook, or doing something out of the ordinary, I think everyone would agree with this: date night should be fun.
Usually I don't think baseball is very fun. Nine innings of ball, ball, strike, foul, ball, ball, foul, ball, strike, GOOD GRIEF WHEN IS THIS GOING TO BE OVER? often feels more like an obligation than a date night. Like how most guys don't enjoy weddings. The romance of a wedding sends most girls into a starry-eyed trance. Guys just want cake. And to take that darned tie off.
But last week Alex and I went to a baseball game, and something magical happened.
Alex wasn't the only one who enjoyed himself.
I had fun, too!
It's all about the surprises
It all began before we even set foot in the ballpark. As we're waiting to cross the street with a bunch of other baseball fans in front of CHS Field, suddenly, Captain America joins us. With his red and blue shield, he's unmistakable.
As we enter the ballpark, Captain America finds Wonder Woman. A miniature Spiderman runs by. There are capes everywhere.
Is this a casting call for the next Marvel movie? Nope, it's superhero night at the St. Paul Saints game.
Saints games are known for their lighthearted, family-friendly atmosphere. If you're a Minnesotan, like me, you probably have fond memories watching the Saints play at the old Midway Stadium, CHS Field's beloved predecessor. (Well, honestly, I don't remember anything about the games themselves, but I remember the random surprises, like the nun that gave back massages. And the silly entertainment between innings.)
Midway Stadium is no more, but the new CHS Field is still full of surprises. Like any baseball game, there's loud music (coming out of Electro-Voice speakers, which eagle-eyed Alex spots immediately, since his company sells them). There are cheerful organ ditties in between plays. There's the notorious kiss cam. But this isn't your run-of-the-mill baseball game. There's a constant sense of excitement. What will happen next?
Some of the highlights from the evening:
- Four men dressed as women, wearing pink dresses and flamboyant wigs, run out to sweep the sand between innings.
- The team's mascot is a real live pig, named "Alternative Fats" by the fans, who makes regular appearances on the field.
- Two inflatable cows sumo wrestle by home plate.
- Sister Rosalind Gefre is still giving massages! Bless her!
At one point, an usher starts tossing Nut Rolls into the crowd. In a half a second, I'm jumping up and down and hollering like the rest of the kids in our section.
There's a buzz of fun and happiness in this ballpark that even the most curmudgeonly onlookers can't help but catch.
It's all about the food
Normally Alex has the discipline of a Spartan soldier around concessions stands. Bavarian pretzels? Mini donuts? Nothing can tempt him.
But tonight, we're getting dinner.
We do three laps around the ballpark to survey our options, and boy, are there plenty. I'm trying to decide between the donut dog or Philly cheesesteak when we come across the beer cheese burger. We drop everything and get two, with fries to split. I've eaten lackluster stadium burgers, but this one doesn't disappoint: juicy patty, soft, fresh bun, and plenty of beer cheese on top. It's gone in minutes.
The weather is chilly for August – 56 degrees and drizzly – so later we splurge and split a slice of fried apple pie, hot out of the oven.
The apple pie warms me up from the inside. It takes date night to a whole new level. I even start to watch the game with mild interest.
It's not all about baseball
Maybe what's most impressive about this baseball game is that it doesn't feel like it's all about baseball. And that's by design, I find out. Talking with some employees who work for the Saint's organization Fun is Good, I learn that every aspect of the game is lovingly crafted with the fan experience in mind. The Saints don't mind if you leave not knowing who won. They just want you to have fun.
And clearly, it's working. We're at a cold, wet game, but everyone seems to be having a great time… Alex and myself included. It's the perfect ratio of baseball to not-baseball.
The Saints end up losing (don't ask me by how much), but I leave feeling like a winner. I enjoyed a night in a beautiful urban venue, I didn't have to cook, and I had fun with my husband.
Oh, and truth-be-told, I was so distracted by the fun of CHS Field, I didn't even really watch the game.
Could you ask for a better date night?
Thank you to both the St. Paul Saints and Fun is Good for generously giving us tickets to see the game. We had a great time, and we'll be back!


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Canadian arrested after drug-sniffing dog leads cops to cocaine at NMIA
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Canadian man is to face the court tomorrow, following his arrest at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston when a quantity of cocaine was reportedly found in his luggage.
The accused, 55-year-old David Barnes, an upholsterer of a Toronto, Canada address, has since been charged with possession of cocaine, dealing in cocaine and attempting to export cocaine.
The Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) of the police force in a release yesterday said that a drug-sniffing dog at the airport led authorities to the cocaine about 2:20 pm on Sunday.
"Barnes arrived at the NMIA to board a flight to Toronto, Canada. A police canine alerted its handler to one of his suitcases where cocaine weighing approximately eight pounds was found" CCU reported.
The drug is estimated to worth $4 million on the street.
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I guess summer time it's when people are more creative, have more ideas and want to do more things… and it's true because branches, mostly drink branches, are organizing contests to get the best and amazing idea from people.
Branches are getting free marketing campaigns by consumers or not consumers, basically people that want to get a really interesting price. I wrote about the Aussie Roadtrip Adventure before and mentioned other opportunities like this, but now there are so many contest going on and i'll post the most interesting for me. I'm participating in one of the so I ask you for your votes if you like.
- Robertus fanta: the one I'm participating in and the one I need vVOTES. You can join the page on facebook: Yo tambien pasé la Fanta and show me your support me sign in up and hitting the little stars on the web.(follow the rules here) It's a 10 day course in San Francisco in August. I'm really looking forward to go and learn about community managing and visit this amazing city.The only problem: it's only for spanish people or residents in Spain. But feel free to spread the word/video because it's another interesting contest to get a free trip somewhere.
- Expedition 206. Another contest by Cocacola (PasaLaFanta is a coke branch too) and consist in a free trip along the 206 countries where CocaCola is sold and with just one mission: spread the cocacola feeling and happinees.
- Bacardi Freedom Route, from Istambul, Turkey to Essaouira, Morocco with only one purpose: finding the best summer sunset.
- World trip Sandy Cruzcampo: a 6 monts world trip recording everything that strike you.
We can follow the winners of all of these contests throught their websites and that is making you want to participate too. It's a good marketing campaing though. Good WOM 🙂
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It's officially spring. Thankfully, there's no snow on the ground but there's enough pollen floating around to make up for the lack of flurries.
To celebrate the budding leaves and try to forget about coming pollen apocalypse, I pulled out a hibernating project. Back in the beginning of February I really wanted to spin some beautifully dyed Targhee from SpunkyEclectic.com. I split the roving in half and even spun a few yards before having to put the project aside for something else. I kept meaning to come back to it again but didn't actually grab it until yesterday. Know what? The spinning was great and my fingers hadn't forgotten what to do.
My goal is to enjoy working with Targhee, finish spinning the singles, and ply everything together before summer. Then I might do something wild and actually knit with my own handspun.
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Deborah Epstein is a professor of law and co-director of the Georgetown University Law Center's Domestic Violence Clinic.
On May 23, I resigned from the NFL Players Association's commission on domestic violence. Susan Else, former president of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, resigned with me. I simply cannot continue to be part of a body that exists in name only.
My resignation brought to an end a nearly four-year association with the NFLPA that was, by turns, promising, inspiring and deeply frustrating. The commission was formed as part of the sport's belated effort to confront the plague of domestic violence in the National Football League. The precipitating event was, of course, the viral release of a security video from an Atlantic City casino showing then- Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice knocking his then-fiancee unconscious in an elevator and then dragging her through the doors.
When representatives of the players association approached me with the idea of organizing an official effort to study and rectify the NFL's domestic violence epidemic, I was thrilled. Several years ahead of the #MeToo awakening in American professional life, I believed the commission, as a project sponsored by an organization representing the players themselves, would be positioned to address head-on the serious problem of intimate-partner violence among NFL couples and families.
I spent the first year enthusiastically attending meetings and helping the commission make connections with the advocacy community. I worked with Lisa Goodman, a Boston College research psychologist with experience working with survivors of intimate-partner violence, to conduct a national study of players' wives and their suggestions for dealing with family violence in this particular, high-profile community. At the NFLPA's insistence, we signed a confidentiality agreement that prevents us from publicly discussing our research findings. But we made numerous systematic recommendations of concrete steps that would go a long way toward dramatically lowering the risk of domestic violence in professional football.
That study was completed two years ago, in June 2016. Since then, despite my numerous requests, the commission has met only three times. As of our last meeting, the NFLPA had not implemented any of the reforms proposed in our study.
I also have made several other suggestions for commission projects that could help reduce intimate-partner violence in the domain of professional football. In recent weeks, as I reviewed my correspondence with the players association, a deflating pattern emerged. My NFLPA contacts would initially greet these ideas with a burst of enthusiasm and an indication of likely implementation, but efforts to follow up would yield nothing in the way of specific plans, and eventually communication would fade into radio silence.
Meanwhile, we continue to see allegations of NFL players committing acts of domestic violence. Last spring, at least a half-dozen new players were invited to join NFL teams even as they were facing outstanding court cases based on alleged physical or sexual assaults, many committed against intimate partners. The Cincinnati Bengals drafted running back Joe Mixon, despite publicly available video footage of Mixon punching a woman so hard at a restaurant that four bones in her face were broken. This year, the Cleveland Browns drafted Antonio Callaway, who faced sexual assault allegations at the University of Florida. (Callaway was found "not responsible" in a Title IX hearing in 2016 that was boycotted by his accuser because the hearing officer who presided over the case was also a booster of the school's athletic program.)
When I was asked to join the commission, I told NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith that I was leery of associating with an organization that might just be paying lip service to the defining issue of my career — so that, in essence, the NFLPA could say it was confronting domestic violence abuses long enough for the Rice story to fall out of the news cycle. Smith assured me, repeatedly, that this commission would be a serious working group and that our efforts would help produce necessary reforms. But clearly that has not been the case. Authorizing a single study, and then burying it through a confidentiality agreement and shelving its recommendations does not constitute meaningful reform. Because I care deeply about violence against women in the NFL and beyond, I can no longer continue to be part of a commission that is essentially a fig leaf.
And the NFLPA's response to my letter of resignation? A one-line email thanking me for my service but failing to acknowledge or respond to any of the substantive points set forth. The email was short, but its message couldn't have been clearer: The NFL Players Association is no longer interested in even making a public show of concern about violence against women — a point driven home more forcefully during each new NFL draft season.
Read more:
The Post's View: The White House shrugged off domestic violence. It's not alone.
Alyssa Rosenberg: What the NFL has to gain from taking domestic violence seriously
Bjorn Lomborg and Michelle A. Williams: The cost of domestic violence is astonishing
Alyssa Rosenberg: Women are forgiving the NFL for its domestic violence catastrophe faster than men
Jennie Willoughby: I was married to Rob Porter. Here's what John Kelly doesn't get about abuse.


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Sibling Rivalry of the Worst KindMay 23rd, 2006 by Mike Keesey :: 4 Comments
Some theropods, like many carnivores, were indeed cannibals. The best evidence so far is from Carnotaurus sastrei's close cousin Majungasaurus crenatissimus, from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. A specimen of bone reveals bite marks consistent with having been created by another M. crenatissimus (Rogers et al. 2003). (No other theropods as large are known from the same formation.)
If you skipped ahead and looked at the references, you noticed that Rogers et al. mention Majungatholus atopus in the title, not Majungasaurus crenatissimus. These two binomials were named for different specimens, M. crenatissimus for a partial theropod mandible and M. atopus for some thick skull parts that were originally thought to be pachycephalosaurian (hence the generic name, meaning "Majunga dome [head]"). But material uncovered in the 1990s showed that the thick-headed beast was, in fact, a carnotaurine theropod. Further research shows it to be indistinguishable from (and hence probably synonymous with) M. crenatissimus.
Speaking of pachycephalosaurs, a very cool-looking one was just named, and the name should please a lot of young readers (and some old): Dracorex hogwartsia Bakker et al. 2006, the "Hogwarts dragon king", named after fictional character Harry Potter's wizardry school. High-resolution pictures of the skull can be seen here. (To those groaning at Bakker et al.'s name for the creature—hey, it's better than Bambiraptor.)
The specimen is housed at the Indianapolis Children's Museum, a far better place for young ones than a Carnotaurus nest…
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Gnawing into the "most sweltering pepper on the planet" sounds sufficiently agonizing. In any case, for one man, the challenging accomplishment brought about agonizing cerebral pains, known as "thunderclap" migraines, as indicated by another report of his case.
The 34-year-old man ate the pepper, a Carolina Reaper, as a piece of a hot-pepper-eating challenge. This specific pepper is viewed as the most smoking bean stew pepper on the planet, as indicated by the report, distributed today (April 9) in the diary BMJ Case Reports. (The Carolina Reaper has a "warmth" of around 1.5 million Scoville units, as indicated by Guinness World Records; for examination, a jalapeño comes in at around 5,000.)
Instantly subsequent to eating the pepper, the man experienced dry hurls; he at that point created extraordinary genuine annoyance and back of his head. Throughout the following couple of days, he experienced a few scenes of brief however agonizing cerebral pains. These sorts of migraines are known as thunderclap cerebral pains; they strike all of a sudden and top inside 60 seconds, as indicated by the Mayo Clinic.
The cerebral pains were painful to the point that the man went to the crisis room. Specialists played out a few tests for neurological conditions, which returned negative.
In any case, at that point, a CT check uncovered that few veins in the man's cerebrum had limited. Specialists discovered that the man's migraines were caused by a condition known as reversible cerebral vasoconstriction disorder (RCVS).
In instances of RCVS, a man's mind supply routes briefly restricted, yet this leaves inside days to weeks. Now and again, this condition can happen as a response to certain physician endorsed sedates, or to illicit medications, for example, cocaine or joy. Now and again, be that as it may, specialists never decide the reason for RCVS.
In this present man's case, the RCVS could have been because of eating the Carolina Reaper, the report said. This is the first occasion when that specialists have revealed a connection between eating bean stew peppers and RCVS, said contemplate co-creator Dr. Kulothungan Gunasekaran, an inside pharmaceutical doctor at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, who treated the patient.
Gunasekaran said that he and his associates would not really advise individuals to keep away from Carolina Reaper peppers. In any case, "we would suggest the overall population be mindful about these unfriendly impacts" and look for restorative consideration quickly on the off chance that they create sudden migraines in the wake of eating hot peppers, Gunasekaran disclosed to Live Science.
The man's side effects enhanced with no particular treatment. After five weeks, another CT examine demonstrated that his mind courses had come back to ordinary. He had no further thunderclap cerebral pains.


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Attempting to achieve a delicate balance between a respect for and a critical stance toward the subject, with a constant awareness of the moral and ethical dilemmas potentially undermining the epistemological foundations of their projects, war documentaries arrive onscreen carrying a host of artistic burdens. "The War Tapes" is unique in its radical attempt to get past the ideological suspicion accompanying antiwar docs by having the bulk of its footage shot by soldiers themselves–detractors will initially hesitate before declaring that director (but how useful is such a term for a film like this?) Deborah Scranton brought her political baggage to a complex reality toward which she refused to remain objective. The misconception will no doubt also arise that "The War Tapes" captures the "real" face of the Iraq War in a way supposedly inferior documentaries fail to do because of their limited access to military quarters and combat zones. This is of course, nonsense–even if "The War Tapes" allows us to view the war directly from soldiers' points of view, it is still filtered, edited, and selected to manufacture distinct effects. Make no mistake, however: "The War Tapes" is decidedly antiwar, and its use of video diary from the front lines isn't mere exploitation–it's powerful reportage.
Instead of choosing to become yet another "embedded" reporter, Scranton gave digital video cameras to three members of the New Hampshire National Guard serving in Iraq and asked them to film their experiences and record their reactions. A simple premise yielding revelatory results–it's not so much that we get to know Sergeant Steve Pink, Sergeant Zack Bazzi, and Specialist Mike Moriarty any better than we would soldiers in a more conventional war documentary, but the moments that we are allowed to be privy to are rare and absolutely scintillating. In one unforgettable instant, the sarcastic, decidedly liberal Bazzi mocks the advertised glories of war and his particular assignment of protecting a Halliburton vehicle as he stands in front of a truck pouring out streams of septic waste along an open road. Pink and Moriarty arrive with greater optimism about their mission, but after various engagements–including the routine avoidance of IEDs and the assault on Fallujah–both become hardened survivalists. The road to disillusion is hardly politically correct: "I hope it filled its belly," Pink says of a dog that ate the remains of killed insurgents. Pink's bitterly victorious photographs of the dead fighters tell an even more gruesome story.
Scranton's construct thesis on the horror of war may not surprise anyone attuned to what's taking place in Iraq. Instead, the war's undetectable remnants of pain–the lingering psychological and physical impairments soldiers bring home from battle zones–are the film's most devastating emotional revelations. These are the difficult realities both supporters and detractors of Operation Iraqi Freedom, more engaged with statistics and abstract figures, refuse to recognize. Moriarty returns to his wife and children without illusions or any desire to see more action: he sustains possible carpal tunnel syndrome from the hours gripping his machine gun while on patrol, a disability that might affect his work at the aircraft manufacturer he works for as a civilian; his temper, which he worked hard to retrain before he left for Iraq, is worrisomely revived; flashbacks of a terrible accident involving a run-over Iraqi woman continue to plague him. The formerly staunch patriot who volunteered to serve his country in response to the attacks of September 11 now sees family coming first, well before the unsatisfying hypocrisies and indignities of occupation. Similarly, young Sergeant Pink transforms into a sullen and brooding veteran, and after a psychiatric evaluation he is asked to receive treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome. At one moment, while in New England awaiting his next tour of duty, Pink directs a sarcastic rant to the camera about the war's ultimate purpose. "It better be about the money," he half-kiddingly posits, explaining that if the U.S. fails to secure Iraq's oil treasures his service will have been in vain. Such cynicism has long been Bazzi's way of dealing with serving in a war he doesn't agree with–unsurprisingly, he comes back the least changed. But it's his mother's tearful response to their reunion that brings to a pitch the suffering and heartache endured by the soldier's loved ones–"The War Tapes" proves that such mournful worry is more difficult to watch than all the flying shrapnel and sudden explosions.
[Michael Joshua Rowin is a staff writer at Reverse Shot. He also writes film reviews for L magazine, has written for The Independent, Film Comment, and runs the blog Hopeless Abandon.]
Take 2
By Chris Wisniewski
Though it purports to be the "first war movie filmed by soldiers themselves" there's something eerily familiar about the opening images of Deborah Scranton's "The War Tapes": the film begins in medias res with a jerky point-of-view shot from a miniDV camera mounted to the helmet of a soldier in combat; the barrel of his gun is visible at the bottom of the frame; shots are fired, and fire is returned; each bullet jolts the camera with its brute force. Of course, we have seen something like this before, or at least, we've seen the simulacrum–the footage bears such a striking resemblance to the visual conventions of first-person shooter video games that it's unsettling. In a moment, it's as if reality and representation have collapsed into each other. It's an apt starting point for any film about this current war, a war so obscured by media and political representation that the reality of it, for those of us safely tucked thousands of miles away, remains completely unknowable.
As a consequence, the Iraq War would make for a fraught subject for any documentarian, and Scranton sidesteps many of these political and cinematic issues by letting the soldiers tell their own stories. "The War Tapes" follows the Iraq experience of Stephen Pink, Mike Moriarty, and Zack Bazzi, each a member of the Charlie Company of the 172nd Infantry Regiment. The soldiers and their families seem to speak for themselves, with their own footage, which has the side effect of making the film's success dependent on our own interest and investment in Pink, Moriarty, and Bazzi, to somewhat mixed results. The approach lends the film a certain intimacy and another kind of familiarity; it ends up being a very personal look at the civic commitment of the soldier and the psychological devastation of war. Of course, we've seen something like this before, too, though the setting and approach may have been different. If "The War Tapes" isn't quite as groundbreaking in practice as it is in principle, though, it still offers some genuine moments of empathy.
[Chris Wisniewski is a Reverse Shot staff writer, and has written for Interview and Publishers Weekly .]
Take 3
By Nicolas Rapold
In a war defined as much by its presentation as its execution, one can be forgiven for approaching "The War Tapes" a bit warily. A film that advertises the unique access allowed by its methods–using footage by three soldiers with their own cameras–sounds suspect or disingenuous, appearing to perpetuate the very embedment-era canard of pseudo-openness that it's trying to circumvent. The sound of pumped-up rock'n'roll, or the soldiers' camera-ready smartass sarcasm (always a good trick for making viewers think the film already agrees with them), also made me worry about where "War Tapes" was headed. Fortunately filmmaker Deborah Scranton shepherds the project with a responsible hand, even if her character sketches (and characters' opinions) might not please all political proclivities, which is probably a good thing. Part of a strong second wave in documentaries about the war in Iraq, "The War Tapes" forms with "The Blood of My Brother," also opening this month, direct looks at the conflict in human dimensions.
The challenge of Scranton's material, which her attentive editing meets admirably, is to find a way of exploring individual psychology and sentiment (e.g., how the accidental death of a innocent girl, unsurprisingly, disturbs the soldiers) without losing sight of the bigger picture or falling into confessional cliches or self-constructed personas. Her work courageously spans terrific highs and lows of wartime experience, from the initial swaggering momentum of convoys and big guns and mission statements (the parts that made me nervous), all the way to the throat-catching final sequences with the soldiers returning home, when the bottom seems to drop out of all the ready patter and purpose. To judge from the haunting look on 24-year-old Steve Pink's face, fear and doubt, carried around so long that it has become embedded in the soldier's very fibers, might have had the real triumph.
[Nicolas Rapold is a Reverse Shot staff writer, as well as a film critic for the New York Sun, and the assistant editor of Film Comment. ]
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We shot this look while doing a little bit of meandering in LA in between meetings and getting ideas for my sister's wedding dress (first stop was Reformation, of course). The weather is just starting to cool down enough for the boots to come out, alongside a few summertime favorites.
One item that will definitely be transitioning from summer to fall with me is this Behno top - a brand I just recently discovered and fell madly in love with. Not only do they make breathtaking pieces, but their ethical standards for production are something to be both admired and supported. I'm sure you'll be seeing more pieces from them here, as I'm officially a fan!
Hope your week is off to a great start!
Photos by Nikko DeTranquilli


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Mehalah Ray radio appearances
BBC Introducing West Yorkshire
Mehalah Ray (formerly Rachel Clark) live acoustic session and interview with Alan Raw
Star Radio - The Guestlist - Mehalah Ray Interview and banter with Lottie Booth
Check out my rendition of Britney Spears '...Baby One More Time' and original track 'Unforgivable'. Plus quick fire Q&A session and world exclusive of my novelty track 'Please Don't Bite Your Nails!'
The Dotty McCleod Breakfast Show
Getting in the Christmas spirit with Dotty, Glen and Kerry. Thanks to all at BBC Radio Cambridgeshire for supporting me in 2015, Rachel x
Chatting to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire's Chris Mann ahead of LodeStar Festival
Thanks again to all at BBC Introducing (and Radio) Cambridgeshire for their support with my music.
Live performance and interview with Nick Carter, on the BBC's Sue Marchant's 'Big Night In' show
Chatting to Nick Carter about my music, plus live performances of:
'Waiting Game' 16:20-20:26
'Predictability' 20:35-24:14
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire - Chris Berrow interview
Nice relaxed chat with Chris Berrow just before my Cambuskers performances
BBC Radio 1 - Huw Stephens
'Invasion' featured on Radio 1 - thanks Tom and Huw!
Interview on Sue Dougan in The Afternoon
Great fun meeting Sue and all the crew at BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. I played three acoustic tracks, The False, My and my latest song Predictability.
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire - Sue Dougan in The Afternoon
A big thanks to Sue for previewing The False on her show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Live Interview backstage at LodeStar Festival 2014
Great fun chatting with Nick backstage on
The Nick Carter Show
just before my set at LodeStar Festival
BBC INTRODUCING Cambridgeshire - with Tom Simkins
I had a really good interview with
Tom Simkins
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Cambridge 105 - NMG Interview
A big thanks to Tim Willett for having me on his New Music Generator show. I played a couple of live tracks from my new EP 'INVASION' called 'On My Way' and 'My'. We talked about the success of SAFER and my nomination for an NMG Award!
BBC RADIO 2 The Dermot O'Leary Show
A massive thanks to Dermot for playing 'We Came Home' on his show yesterday. It was surreal hearing Mum chatting away to the man himself about my music, he was so lovely and Mum handled the pressure like a radio pro!
BBC INTRODUCING Cambridgeshire
My EP tracks 'Safer' and 'We Came Home' have both been featured as Tom Simkins' pick of the week from the uploader!


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Aseem Inam: I am often invited to give keynote speeches at conferences and to speak in front of more scholarly, or more practice-oriented, or a mix of the two types of audiences. Inevitably, I find that the best questions tend to be from students in the audience. Why is that?
Having engaged in both university teaching and in public discourse for some years now, I believe I know the answer. The best students tend to possess a combination of genuine curiosity, a real desire to learn, an open-minded attitude and an intellectual intelligence that makes them want to think things through. Alas, and on the other hand, many of the most experienced practicing professionals and scholarly professors are far too immersed in their own, and sometimes-jaundiced, view of the world to really want to grow as urbanists and as human beings. In such circumstances, students can and do really brighten up a room.
Moreover, students are truly the transformative future of urbanism. This is because of the combination of traits I mention above as well as the need for fundamentally different ways of thinking that experienced practitioners and professors—especially those steeped in conventional, albeit rigorous, ways of thinking—are unable to embrace. We see examples of student leadership in social movements, in political movements and in urban transformation, including projects that came to fruition due to the ideas of students. For example, in Toronto, a group of graduate scholar-practitioners from the University of Toronto collaborated with the Thorncliffe Park Women's Committee [TPWC] to build upon their accomplishments to develop a set of community-based design strategies to transform the neighborhood. The ideas and projects were extremely well-received by local leaders and community members, and now a member of that team of scholar-practitioners is on the Board of the TPWC.
In this third blog post about "Why I Teach," I want to celebrate the brilliance of students and the hope that they give us all. This is not naïve thinking; on the contrary, throughout history and especially in cities, one finds time and again that students have shown us a way to the future through their courage and intelligence. I always look forward to collaborating with them. AI