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12 Ways to Grill Your Cheese
April is National Grilled Cheese Month, so if you haven't yet had a chance to celebrate America's favorite cheesy sandwich, here are some non-traditional combinations to help you get the grilled cheese party started. Of course, we here at Brit gave you grilled cheese kabobs, heart-shaped grilled cheese and tomato soup, and grilled cheese croutons, but Jaymee Sire from eisforeat.com shares with us some of her favorites from around the food blogosphere.
1. Fried Chicken & Waffle Grilled Cheese: Who says grilled cheese has to be limited to lunch or dinner? Check out this twist on a breakfast favorite. (Recipe and photo: Tastespotting Blog)
2. Grilled Mac & Cheese with BBQ Pulled Pork: A comfort food trifecta: mac 'n cheese, grilled cheese, and BBQ Pork. Yes please! (Recipe and photo: Panini Happy)
3. Pizza Grilled Cheese: It's a pizza pie! It's grilled cheese! It's both! (Recipe and photo: Forkful of Comfort)
4. Green Bean Casserole Grilled Cheese Sliders: Your favorite Thanksgiving side dish takes on grilled cheese form with the help of some mushroom brie and fried shallots. (Recipe and photo: e is for eat)
5. Taco Grilled Cheese: Make a run for the border with this Mexican-inspired cheesy sandwich. (Recipe and photo: BlogChef.net)
6. Baked Potato Grilled Cheese: How about serving your steak with a side of baked potato grilled cheese? (Recipe and photo: BS in the Kitchen)
7. Buffalo Chicken Grilled Cheese: For your next football party, serve this spicy and tangy grilled cheese instead of traditional hot wings. (Recipe and photo: Tracy's Culinary Adventures)
8. Caprese Salad Grilled Cheese: We already know grilled cheese and tomatoes make a perfect pair… how about combining it with another cheese & tomato favorite: Caprese salad? (Recipe and photo: Yammie's Noshery)
9. Corned Beef Grilled Cheese with Guinness Caramelized Onions: Using beer in food recipes is nothing new on Brit. This one would be perfect for St. Paddy's Day! (Recipe and photo: Closet Cooking)
10. Broccoli & Cheddar Soup Grilled Cheese: Eat your veggies! Trick your kids into eating broccoli by hiding it in a grilled cheese sandwich. (Recipe and photo: From Away)
11. Apple Cinnamon Swirl Grilled Cheese: Complete your grilled cheese meal with grilled cheese dessert! Apple cinnamon and cheddar cheese achieves the sweet and savory combo. (Recipe and photo: Closet Cooking)
12. Goat Cheese & Nutella Grilled Cheese: If that's not enough to satisfy your sweet tooth, how about combining nutella and goat cheese? Sliced bananas and strawberries would be a tasty addition as well. Drool. (Recipe and photo: Very Culinary)
What are your favorite unconventional grilled cheese combinations? We'd love to try them out. Leave a note in the comments below or say hi on Twitter or Facebook.
Jaymee Sire is an Emmy-award winning sports reporter and anchor at Comcast SportsNet Bay Area in San Francisco. During baseball season, she covers the San Francisco Giants for CSN, and often anchors the network's flagship show, SportsNet Central in the offseason. When she isn't covering a sporting event, her true passion is food…whether it's eating out or cooking at home. She writes a blog called E is for Eat, posting alphabet-themed recipes and restaurant reviews several times per week. She also contributes a weekly tailgate blog on csnbayarea.com called Authentic Eats.

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Born in Clearwater, Fl, Kamrun spent most of his free time on the Southside of Kingston Jamaica involved in the Rastafarian community "Lifeyard". Kamrun was renamed "Aura Don" by one of the leaders of the community named "Sabukie Allen." Being named "Aura Don", translating to, "The Ruler of Energy ", or "Boss of Vibes", truly opened his eyes to the positive impact he and his music would soon have on people around the world. Kamrun took some time out of his day to talk to HHD about his music inspirations, friendship with Sean Paul and more.
Where did you get the name Kamrun from?
So my name is Camron with a 'C' and if you listen to the way I speak it you will hear in Caribbean it's pronounced 'Kam Run and that name just stuck with me since I was a kid. Growing up most people thought it was spelled with a 'K' so kinda by mistake it happened.
What are some influences music wise did the Caribbean have on your music?
For starters I'm from St Lucia and I've been working in Kingston, Jamaica for the past like 4 years. There's also Sean Paul who's a friend of mine was a big influence out the gate. Hip Hop as well such as TI, Jeezy and 50 Cent because of growing up in Clearwater, FL and traveling back to the Caribbean I always had a wide variety of exposure to different cultures.
So from my understanding your grandfather is a Calypso artist. For those that aren't familiar with Calypso can you tell us more about what that is?
Calypso is a genre that started in Trinidad and is a blend of Venezuelan and West Indian style of music and has a lot of story telling connected to our roots.
Speaking of connections, how did you connect with Sean Paul and develop a friendship?
So I ran into Sean Paul at the Balmain store in Toronto not too long ago, it was very organic, there was really good energy and we had a easy going conversation. I already had a producer in Jamaica pitching a record to him through the label for a potential feature and here I am having a conversation with him after he just heard about me.
What was the name of that song?
That was Motion and it was a inspiration from Drake's "Controlla" and what hurt me was there was a version that leaked that had Popcaan and that sound that blended together did so much for me. I had to find a way to get that vibrancy and frequency translated properly as one artist on a record
So to wrap up this interview, what should we expect in 2020?
2020 we have several different label offers on the table right now and we have something going on with Warner Bros right now. I have "Motion" that we're pushing right now and I have another new single we'll be dropping after it's some different level stuff.
The R&B crossover dancehall artist, "Kamrun's new single "Motion" is currently available on all platforms such as Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, and more.
Courtesy: Avery "MsArtistry" Watson CEO/Founder of PR Firm Multi Artistry Ent
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A highly efficient gas stove allows homes to be heated effectively and generate even greater amounts of heat instantly. Having an efficient appliance also means you can avoid using your central heating when you just to heat one room quickly.
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With authentic wood burning stove styling, right down to the hinged door with handle, the Gazco Stockton 5 gas stove is conveniently sized between the Small and Medium Stockton gas stoves. So you have even more opportunity to suit your needs – and to enjoy all the enchantment of a real coal or log-effect gas stove.
The Stockton 5 model is also available as a wood burning and multi-fuel stove.
Huntingdon 30 Gas Stoves
A popular stove in the Gazco range, the Huntingdon 30 gas stove successfully combines refined styling with efficient heating technology. The Huntingdon 30 gas stove is available in a choice of three high quality enamel colours as well as Matt Black and Matt Ivory. This authentic gas stove also features beautiful tracery windows, that frame the flame picture perfectly, giving great warmth and style to any interior.
Choose from either realistic coal or log fuel effects, the latter sporting a glowing ember bed feature for the ultimate real fire ambiance. Both fuel effects are available in conventional flue versions, whilst the log effect is also available in a balanced flue model.
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The Riva™ Vision Midi model is also available in both electric and wood burning and multi-fuel ranges and comes in three other sizes such as: Riva™ Vision Small, Riva™ Vision Medium and Riva™ Vision Large.
Ashdon Gas Stoves – Tracery Door
Refinement and performance are very much the hallmarks of the Gazco Ashdon gas stove. Its graceful lines and fine Gothic tracery window combined with the latest gas fire technology provide a superb focal point for your home.
There is a choice of traditional Matt Black, Matt Ivory, lustrous Midnight Blue, Laurel Green or Ivory enamel finishes; coal or log fuel beds; Standard upgradeable and Programmable Thermostatic upgradeable remote controls.
This gas stove is available in a clear door version. For those who prefer the convenience of electric models, the Ashdon model is also comes as an electric stove.


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Bail bills hit barrier as reform advocates and bail bondsman clash over whether court rules should stand or legislative changes should be made. The Senate is debating one of the bills (SB 983) on the floor, while the House has not taken action on either set of bills(HB 1390/SB 880 or HB 1215/SB 983).
Advocates who previously supported a bill (HB 1390/SB 880) introduced to codify the new Maryland judiciary rules on the use of money bail, have switched gears and are now advocating that no bills be passed. Inaction by the General Assembly would let the court rule change, which goes into effect July 1, stand. The Maryland Legislative Black Caucus voted last Thursday to take no action on any of the bail reform bills in order to let the court rule stand.
However, bail bondsman stand by their bill (SB 983) which would make changes to the bail process and, if passed, would supersede the court rule before going into effect. The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee voted SB 983 out of committee. It is on the Senate floor and has been subject to vigorous debate.
Prior coverage on Conduit Street:
Sun Weighs in Cautions Against Pro-Bail Legislation
Court of Appeals Unanimously Approves Changes to Bail Rule
MACo Supports Criminal Pretrial Reform


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Passing Strange (2008)
Production still from Passing Strange, 2008
Stew (Book, Lyrics, Composition)
28 February – 20 July, 2008
Passing Strange is a comedy-drama rock musical about a young African American's artistic journey of self-discovery in Europe, with strong elements of philosophical existentialism, metafiction, and the artistic journey. The Narrator introduces the African-American male protagonist as "the Youth"—whom the Narrator also refers to as the "hero" or "pilgrim". In a late 1970s South Central Los Angeles middle-class neighborhood, the Youth begins searching for "the real" during his teenaged years, having just briefly turned to Zen Buddhism in defiance of his single mother's conservative Christian faith. The Youth saves money to travel to Europe where he hopes to truly develop as a musical artist, despite his mother and community's disapproval.


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OK so here it is, a better healthier way to prepare Macaroni and cheese.
I have made this recipe several times at gatherings and everyone always asks for the recipe.
The fact that cauliflower is incorporated into this recipe, well, it makes it a a bit healthier. If your kids don't like veggies, hide the cauliflower cutting it into small pieces, that is what I do when we have other kids eating this besides my kids.
This is really a crowd pleaser, you can also add shrimp, crab meat, and a different variety of cheeses. More than often I include crumbled Gruyere and blue cheese among other types. We are big cheese eaters. Hope you enjoy this mac and cheese :-)
Yield: 6-8 servings
12 ounces whole wheat elbow macaroni
1 head cauliflower, chopped
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, we use more
1 1/2 cups reduced fat extra-sharp cheddar cheese
1 cup low-fat plain yogurt
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1/2 cup nonfat milk
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro
Heat oven to 400°F. In a pot cook together the pasta. When the pasta has about 3-4 minutes to be done add the cauliflower, drain.
In a saucepan add the oil and cook the onion and garlic until soft, about 4-5 minutes.
In a bowl mix in the pepper, salt, low fat yogurt, milk, 1 cup of cheese, and mustard. Incorporate the pasta with the cauliflower to the cheese mixture.
Transfer the pasta to a shallow baking dish and sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup of cheese. Bake until golden brown, about 12-15 minutes. Sprinkle with the fresh cilantro.
You can broil for 3-5 minutes to brown the top. Enjoy.
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A Resource Profile report can be very useful because it provides the statistics for your website's resource consumption within the last twenty-four (24) hours. If you are experiencing excessive resource usage and it is not related to MySQL and/or IMAP activity, then generating and viewing a Resource profile report would help to diagnose if your website is consuming too many resources.
Each report contains data/stats in three tabs; Access Log Information, Check Software Versions, and Resource Information. In this guide, you can learn how to interpret the statistics in each of these tabs found in the Resource Profile report and how to resolve common causes for excessive resource usage identified by analyzing sample reports.
- Access Log Information
- Check Software Versions
Access Log Information
The first tab displayed when viewing a Resource Profile report is the Access Log Information. Below is a descriptive list of the stats that are displayed on this tab:
|Access Log Information Details
|Hourly hits and response codes
|How many requests for a page on your website and the code representing the response to the resquest(s).
|Duplicate requests
|How many requests made for the same file and the code for the response to the request(s).
|Requests for non-static content
|How many requests made for dynamic content and the code for the response to the request(s).
|Top User Agents
|The user agents (user agent is provided by the browser or machine) that are making the most request(s).
|Top IPs
|The IP addresses that are making the most request(s).
From these statistics it is easier to visualize and diagnose excessive consumption of server resources than it is to dig through the DomLogs manually from the command line. Now, we can take a look at the various patterns in the Access log information tab details that we can use to identify website resource usage issues and how to mitigate excessive resource consumption.
Excessive Admin Ajax Requests
For this example, we installed WordPress, then logged into the Dashboard, minimized the window -leaving it in the background for about thirty (30) minutes, and then ran a new report.
The following image is an excerpt from the Access log information tab from the Requests for non-static content section. These details show that admin-ajax.php has made thirty-one (31) requests.
NOTICE: The Response code for the admin-ajax.php requests is 200. 200 is the best response code you can receive because it means the response was successful!
This report indicates that during the thirty (30) minutes of "idling" in the Dashboard, there were thirty-one (31) requests made by admin-ajax.php. In this case, the Possible Solution column contains a link to a Support Center guide to help disable the WordPress Heartbeat because it could help reduce the amount of usage needed to run the WordPress Dashboard.
Cronjob Scheduling
Using the same sample data from the Requests for non-static content the second top hit is wp-cron.php.
NOTICE: The Response column contains a value of 406 for the twenty-seven (27) requests for wp-cron.php. Addressing excessive errors can help to eliminate sporadic/unnecessary consumption of resources. For more information see our guide 406 Error – Not Acceptable.
The Possible Solution column suggests to Add wp-cron scheduling. Scheduling when cronjobs run is important to ensure that the server does not automatically run the cronjobs during times of increased traffic. Although the cronjob(s) may not use excessive resources, if they run during high level traffic times, it may cause your resource usage to spike over the limits available (even temporarily) which can reduce the quality of service.
NOTE: Be sure to utilize the data from the Hourly hits and response codes section of the Access log information tab to determine the optimal scheduling for cronjobs. This way you can ensure that they do not run during heavy traffic times.
Excessive Bots Crawling Website
Search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo! will scan any data they can find online. Although they are designed to non-intrusively crawl your website at their leisure, this may generate a spike in server resource usage. To minimize the impact they have on your account's resource usage, you can modify your robots.txt file to request to limit or deny search engines from crawling your website.
Malicious IPs
From this screen shot of the Top IPs on the Access log information tab, the example shows an IP address: 18.104.22.168 recorded with four hundred and forty-two (442) hits. Comparing that total to the total hits in this report (637-calculated from the hourly hits section), this IP accounts for almost seventy percent (70%) of the total requests.
If you notice an excessively large amount of requests coming from an IP address, you can evaluate blocking the IP address (like in the example above). Then, you can use the cPanel IP Deny Manager plugin to block IP addresses.
WARNING!: Use caution when blocking IP addresses that you are not familiar with. There may be resources that are not local to the server that are required for your website to communicate and run properly with remote servers. If you block an IP address and notice excessive amounts of errors as well as unexpected behavior with your website, consider unblocking that IP address.
Check Software Versions
The Check Software Versions tab contains details related to the software installed on your domain(s). Below is a descriptive list of the stats that are displayed on this tab:
|Check Software Versions
|The name of the software that is installed.
|The name of the website (Site Title).
|The URL to access the website.
|The location to the installation directory of your website (aka: Document Root Directory)
|The version of the software that is installed.
|The name of the currently active theme.
|The availability of cache or name of plugin(s) used for caching.
|The number of comments that exist.
|The number of plugins that exist.
|List of Admin Users
|A list of the admin users.
|List of Active Plugins
|A list of the active plugins.
These details provide an easier alternative to checking the software manually. Now, we can take a look at the various details in the Check Software Versions tab information that we can use to diagnose and mitigate excessive resource consumption.
Out of Date Software
The Check Software Versions tab in the example report (displayed to the right) indicates that the version of WordPress is outdated. When analyzing your own report, compare the current version (4.7.10) to the available version (4.9.5). In this case, this line also contains a link to our Support Center guide on how to update WordPress.
Bugs and security vulnerability fixes are important not only to ensure your data remains private and secure, but also to ensure that your website is running optimally and your account is not targeted by hackers. Any outdated software displayed in the Check Software Versions should be backed up and then updated.
No Caching
In analyzing the sample report, we can see that there is no caching implemented. The best analogy for explaining how cache works is like using a tool box. If you are working on fixing something in the bathroom upstairs, it is less work to bring the entire tool box (full of tools you use commonly for repairs), rather than go up and down the stairs for each tool that is needed to complete the job. Caching works the same way. If the script has already been run, the results are cached/saved for quick access to reuse the data, thus reducing the consumption of resources to process the script over and over again. For more information on how to implement caching, you can review our guide Use WordPress cache to speed up your site.
Excessive Amount of Comments
The sample data we are using indicates the amount of comments (12,511 total) on the website. Each time a page loads with comments, MySQL needs to parse through all twelve thousand comments to determine which ones load on the page. Consider moderating your comments and reduce the amount as much as possible. This will help to avoid excessive resource consumption.
Congratulations! Now you know how to analyze the Resource Profile to identify and resolve common issues involving excessive resource consumption. We also recommend our guide What is Excessive Server Resource Usage and How to Fix it.


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Guys are hard to shop for right?! That's why this list is curated with his help! I can tell you, I live with most of these dude things around me so they are From Me To You approved and even at times borrowed because I like them myself!
Here we go:
1. Brompton – Guys love transformers and this is that in real life. A bike perfect for a city dweller meaning you never have to leave it chained up outside to inevitably be stolen. #HardFacts
The best place to buy it from in the US! NYCeWheels.
2. Rare Beer Club – Make your beer guy happy at least once a month. This beer club (I mean, can't you already hear the men grunting) will send your guy 2 rare beers a month… hopefully he will share.
3. Pro-Ject Debut III – the simplest record player on the planet (from a woman's perspective) but men love it…. at least mine does.
4. Of a Kind – Falling line tie bar by Nikolai Rose, make him your modern day Don Draper. Enough said.
5. EVRT – City Towel – some men like to cook and these are designed smartly by a man who does. OR perhaps if he doesn't stir the pot then having cool kitchen towels will get him in there with you….
6. Bosca – Old leather toiletry kit – uber classic so he can use it forever. Psst- have it monogrammed for extra umpth somewhere local or Things Remembered can usually monogram anything.
7. Brooks Brothers – Monogrammed cuff links… I gave him a pair as a thank you gift after this because I told him he will wear them 20 years from now and think of me.
8. Echo – Echo Touch Gloves because men love gadgets and this way they can look up directions to dinner in the cold while on a date with you 🙂
9. Marshall Minor – Earphones guys love because they are "comfortable, sound great and easy on the drums… of the ears that is".
10. Restoration Hardware – Artisan Leather Laptop Sleeve. Makes him look like money.
I'd love to hear what your guy's favorite gifts are!…
Now let's get back to shopping for the girls.


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We have the unique opportunity to spotlight some powerful women this month in our Women in Business issue. In my professional career, I have noticed something very valuable: if you put a woman in charge, things work out better. In every company I have worked for, women have been the glue who held things together; they were usually the standard by which other employees were judged.
I have always been inspired by amazing women. I had an entrepreneur grandmother who had a hair salon and beauty school. My mother is an entrepreneur who is a wedding planner and florist. And so, I was delighted and felt privileged to spend time getting to know the women entrepreneurs and leaders who make up North Ogden Connection's Women in Business Special issue. I was, at times, even moved by their stories. One woman said, "I don't know what to say about myself, I haven't accomplished anything!" I couldn't believe my ears. She is an inspiring woman who runs a successful business and is someone who I look up to. I asked her to still be part of this feature because she could inspire the next generation of aspiring women entrepreneurs and leaders.
The cover photo you see, and the individual pictures of each of these women, were taken by Jason Hadley of Masterpiece Images. He was great to work with, and the photos are stunning. I was looking for a way to make this photo shoot special and went to JCPenny on Riverdale to speak with the store manager, Allyson Pettingill. I told her about the upcoming issue and asked if she would consider hosting our women guests for a fun night of beauty and photographs. Allyson was excited about the event and loved the idea of honoring these great ladies. She said the timing was perfect because, for the first time in its 117-year history, JCPenny had recently appointed their first female CEO. She also mentioned that most of the staff and leadership in her store are female. They were the most gracious hosts. Allyson brought in makeup artists from the in-store Sephora and included hair stylists from the JCPenny salon in the festivities. They even brought in snacks for everyone to enjoy. A good time was certainly had by all that night! Vy, one of our employees who previously worked as a stylist, used her expertise to consult on the outfit details for the photos. We would like to thank each of these women for being willing to be spotlighted and give a big thank you to Allyson and her staff for being such fabulous hosts.
Over the next several posts, you will find the bios of each woman featured. Most of them are your neighbors, and you may know some of them. These women are leaders and examples of the best that we have, and we are honored to have them highlighted within the pages of this magazine.
Fashion, makeup and hairstyles provided by JCPenny's on Riverdale Rd.


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Armed violence and the missing in Mexico and Central America
- Issue 69 The humanitarian consequences of violence in Central America
- 1 Central America: at the tipping point
- 2 According to need? Humanitarian responses to violence in Central America
- 3 Towards a response: addressing forced displacement by violence in El Salvador
- 4 Forced displacement and violent crime: a humanitarian crisis in Central America?
- 5 Non-conventional violence in Central America and Mexico: the case for an integrated humanitarian and development approach
- 6 A humanitarian response to Central America's fragile cities
- 7 Strengthening state and regional responses to Central America's forced displacement crisis
- 8 Forced to flee: the humanitarian crisis on America's doorstep
- 9 Armed violence and the missing in Mexico and Central America
- 10 Whose recovery? Power, roles and ownership in humanitarian shelter assistance
- 11 Humanitarian standards in urban, post-disaster contexts: a study of Sphere shelter standards in Haiti
We would like to see him soon, for him to come back, we want to see him, but we don't know if he lives or not, we are not fine, we are old and we want to see him or at least to know about him, if he lives, if he is alright. – Relative of a missing migrant, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Latin America has a long history of forced disappearances. During the last decades of the twentieth century, dictatorships in America's southern cone used forced disappearance as part of a strategy to weaken opposition to their regimes. In Argentina at least 9,000 people disappeared, and in Chile over 3,000 are still unaccounted for. A hundred thousand people disappeared during the decades-long conflict in Colombia. More recently, high levels of armed violence and organised crime in Central America and Mexico have seen thousands of disappearances. The precise number in Mexico is hotly disputed. In November 2016, the National Registry of Information for Missing or Disappeared Persons counted 29,917 people unaccounted for, but civil society organisations claim that the actual number may be higher because not all cases are reported. According to the National Civil Police (PNC), more than 25,000 people disappeared in Guatemala between 2003 and 2014. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) (2016), Situation of Human Rights in Guatemala: Diversity, Inequality and Exclusion, OEA/SER.L/V/II. Doc. 43/15. The commission observed that violence and insecurity in Guatemala have 'favored the resurgence of disappearances, associated with the activities of criminal organizations'. Ibid., p. 66. In El Salvador, the Attorney-General has said that around 23,200 people went missing between 2010 and April 2017. 'Cifras de desaparecidos en El Salvador ya supera los 23 mil', 2017, http://www.elsalvador.com/articulo/nacional/mas-23000-desaparecidos-los-ultimos-siete-anos-144310. In Honduras the figure is unclear and there is a lack of reliable information. As such, reports by human rights institutions 'merely illustrate the issue and do not measure it'. IACHR, Situation of Human Rights in Guatemala.
Missing persons, violence and migration
Massive migration flows related to armed violence compound the problem of missing persons. Migrants are vulnerable to extortion and kidnapping, or may perish along the way and remain unaccounted for. Although there is no precise data, the NGO Mesoamerican Migrant Movement estimates that over 70,000 migrants from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua have gone missing crossing Mexico during the past decade. Mesoamerican Migrant Movement, Central American Migration, 2016, https://movimientomigrantemesoamericano.org/2016/07/13/central-american-migration. According to the Committee of Disappeared Migrant Families (COFAMIPRO), around 400 Honduran migrants have gone missing on their way to the United States. IAHCR, Situation of Human Rights in Honduras. Unidentified human remains of victims known to be migrants killed between 2010 and 2012 have been found in clandestine graves in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, and Cadereyta, Nuevo León, both in Mexico. Hundreds of mass graves have been found since. Thousands more have been placed in storage by the authorities across the region. Most are unidentified and remain so for a very long time, despite tireless inquiries by their families, highlighting the urgent need for proper forensic management and capacity and appropriate mechanisms to search and recover bodies and to obtain, process and compare information. While some forensic services in the region have begun compiling data on the unidentified bodies that reach them, this information is not always made public or centralised to give us an idea of the scale of the problem.
Clarifying the fate and whereabouts of the missing: challenges and mechanisms
Disappearances in Mexico and Central America are likely to continue for years: a substantial reduction in organised violence in the region or in risky migration flows will not happen soon. In this environment, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has had to adapt its approach to missing persons and their families. Contrary to how it operates in many armed conflicts, for example in Colombia, the lack of political and operational space and security guarantees means that the ICRC is not in a position to have a direct dialogue with those responsible for disappearances and obtain answers on the location and fate of missing persons. Unlike other countries where the ICRC operates, concerned states have institutional and financial capacity – they should not depend on humanitarian actors to respond to this crisis. Hence, the ICRC has privileged technical assistance in forensic human identification, information management, attention to families and the adoption of legal and administrative frameworks for clarifying the fate of the missing.
Finding and identifying victims cannot simply be seen as a tool for dealing with past atrocities in processes of transitional justice, as happened with the military regimes in South America. One lesson from past practice is that search mechanisms should be driven by the need for information, accountability and acknowledgement of victims, and must recognise families' right to know the fate of their loved ones and the circumstances of their disappearance.
International Committee of the Red Cross, The Missing and Their Families: Summary of the Conclusions Arising from Events Held Prior to the International Conference of Governmental and Non-Governmental Experts, 19–21 February 2003, 2003, https://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/report/5jahr8.htm
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victims and their families, this will help fight impunity and build accountability. Confronted with on-going disappearances, states should reinforce their immediate search capacities in order to locate victims alive, and ensure immediate access to registries, for instance of hospitals and prisons. The traceability and future identification of bodies that have been legally buried should be guaranteed. The burden of this work does not lie with the kind of special institutions created to deal with the past (truth and search commissions, for example) – instead, it falls on 'ordinary' police officers, prosecutors and state forensic services. Creating effective mechanisms to search for and locate missing persons and satisfy families' need for answers about the whereabouts of the disappeared also requires the political will of states and state institutions. Establishing such mechanisms should be done in conjunction with strategies to fight corruption, impunity and insecurity, otherwise efforts will be in vain. It requires targeted investment in investigative bodies and forensic services, and effective collaboration between the authorities and civil society. More fundamentally, the families of missing persons must be allowed the opportunity to participate in the creation of these mechanisms if they are to respond to their need to know.
While past efforts were essentially at individual state level, disappearances during migration have led to several initiatives aimed at enhancing transnational cooperation among states, and between states and NGOs representing victims. For example, the Argentine Team of Forensic Anthropology (EAAF) is establishing genetic databanks of families of missing migrants from Central America. These banks are jointly managed by families' representatives, the Central American authorities and the EAAF. The scope of initiatives such as this could be extended significantly if bureaucratic and legal obstacles were removed to allow for the systematic matching of data provided by the families with information on unidentified bodies found in Mexico and the United States.
Experience working in the region has shown that mobilising civil society actors is key to sustaining political commitment. The ICRC has been promoting and joining initiatives where victims and state actors meet, not only to discuss individual cases and grievances but also to elaborate an agenda for change. Humanitarian, human rights and development actors can all help the families of missing persons have their problems recognised and needs attended to. When planning responses to the consequences of violence in the region, humanitarian actors should consider the specific needs of families of the missing. As they are largely invisible, these families may simply be left out of assistance programmes. An education support programme targeting orphans may exclude children whose parents are 'only' disappeared. Livelihood assistance to widows may leave out the wives of people who are not accounted for. Humanitarian actors could also build on their experience of working with victims to enhance families' participation in institutional responses developed or to be developed in each concerned country.
A special mention should be made of actors managing psychosocial and mental health programmes. Psychosocial support is generally included in programmes for victims of violence in the region, and humanitarian actors should ensure that their programmes and those of state institutions recognise the specific situation of emotional ambiguity and protracted uncertainty faced by families of the missing. ICRC, Accompanying the Families of Missing Persons: A Practical Handbook, 2013, https://www.icrc.org/en/publication/4110-accompanying-families-missing-persons-practical-handbook. Ignoring this situation of 'ambiguous loss' P. Boss, Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief, Harvard University Press, 1999. and approaching families of the missing as if they were like other victims of violence may be counter-productive and could do more harm than good. The ICRC is currently supporting an initiative by the Guatemala-based NGO ECAP (Equipo de estudios communautarios y apoyo pscicososial) aimed at adapting existing recommendations on psychological support to victims of enforced disappearance to the specific situation of disappeared migrants and their families.
Olivier Dubois is Coordinator for Missing Persons, ICRC Mexico. Rocío Maldonado de la Fuente is Legal Advisor, ICRC Mexico. This article is written in a personal capacity and does bnot necessarily reflect the views of the ICRC.
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What's The Chatter About Bots?
No, we haven't come down with the flu, we're going to chit chat about Chatbots! They're all the rage and it seems like every marketer wants to embrace them. But what are they? And why is every business so suddenly getting hot on this A.I. trend? Brace yourself, for the bots are coming.
Without a doubt, you have come in contact with some form of chatbot in recent history. A chatbot is a computer interface that is built around a conversation. They are available 24/7 and are a great way to quickly reply to simple questions, even if there is no human connection available. Chatbots sometimes serve a single purpose, while others are fully fledged digital assistants. So let's get down to the nitty-gritty of Chatbots.
Why do you need chatbots in your life? To simulate a more interactive and user-centered experience for the customer.
What are Chatbots?
A chatbot is a small software program that uses natural language processing to hold a human-like conversation with end-users. It can be connected to other programs and databases to enable it to carry out requests such as booking a hotel room and make suggestions, such as news content. They are intended to simulate a conversation with a human, so users interact with them within an interface that users are familiar with, such as a messaging app or email client. They've been around for decades, with varying degrees of human-ness
Why are Chatbots Important?
You are probably wondering "Why does anyone care about chatbots? They look like simple text-based services… what's the big deal?"
Great question. I'll tell you why people care about chatbots.
It's because for the first time ever people are using messenger apps more than they are using social networks.
Let that sink in for a second.
People are using messenger apps more than they are using social networks.
Why you need Chatbots for your Business?
Chatbots represent a great opportunity for businesses to reach customers where they already are, in the messaging apps. Chatbots allow businesses to deliver services in a highly personalized manner where the message, operations and human support can be combined in one experience.
Chatbots can be used in many different ways, which is the reason why it's difficult to define exactly what they are. It is actually possible to come up with a chatbot use case for every single business or industry, in the same way that every business or industry can use a website or app.
The following are some examples of chatbot applications out of the infinite possibilities:
- A takeaway restaurant allowing customers to order from a chatbot, either in the store or at home.
- A sit-down restaurant allowing customers to order food from their table using a chatbot.
- A retail store offering promotions for customers in the shopping mall via the chatbot.
- A marketing campaign that asks customers questions or allows them to play a game using a chatbot.
- A chatbot that helps customers make e-commerce purchases.
- A chatbot that answers customer services questions.
- A chatbot that monitors employees or customer's satisfaction
- A chatbot that allows customers to book flights and receive relevant information when they are in the airport.
All the above examples of chatbots could allow human agents to get involved in the conversation if necessary, perhaps as a premium service.
The Roundup on Chatbots
In the same way that apps can be considered the successor to websites, bots can be considered the successor to native apps. Though just as websites haven't disappeared, neither will apps. Bots are suited to the way we are increasingly interacting with our phones, in short bursts, while cautious of our data usage and the irritating 'Your storage is almost full' notifications.' They fulfill a different function to mobile web and apps, more casual than apps, more personalised than websites.
At the moment, they are definitely at the peak of inflated expectations yet there has not been enough clear information regarding their potential to offset the hype created by people's sci-fi imagination running wild. Customer service seems to be most ripe for disruption at the moment due to its repetitive nature. It's likely that as companies get comfortable with using bots in this context they will start to branch out and explore more outbound marketing uses.
So now is the time to start embracing them, in order to be ahead of the rise in conversational UI but keep it simple, don't get drawn into the hype, make sure users are well prompted on how the bot functions and they could become a valuable part of your business.
Want to chit chat about Bots? Connect with the human us and have a conversation.


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|HIGH STRESS: The sensor in Tensys' new blood-pressure monitor floats within a rigid frame attached to a serpentine arm designed to flex. Engineers used SolidWorks and COSMOSWORKS to design the arm and see how it would perform under real-world flexing, saving prototypes.
"Faster, cheaper, better" is a phrase that may have its genesis in the aerospace industry, but it has launched breakthrough designs in other industries as well. Case in point: the medical industry, where device manufacturers have used CAD and FEA to give flight to new design ideas while slashing product-development time.
Two recent examples, one in the U.S. and one in the U.K., show the improvements and time/cost savings engineers have realized from their use of engineering software.
In Camberly, U.K., the design team at reseller Williams Medical Supplies set up a new technical development department to design medical products and settled on Solid Edge (UGS) as its core design tool. "Our aim is to take a routine surgical instrument and bring something new to the design that will provide significant benefit," says Robert Steele, technical development director. Among their projects: the Opmaster Series 4 surgery operating table. The enhanced design allows a patient to be examined, operated on, and recover on the same table.
Using Solid Edge, the team modeled parts and ran collision and interference analyses and motion simulation. "We were able to sit with sales and marketing during the initial design stage and get feedback," says Steele. "Engineers don't always get it right, but with the software we could rehearse the design and minimize the risk of getting it wrong."
The result was a major time savings, largely the result of not doing many prototypes. "In fact, we were almost able to dispense with the prototyping phase and go straight to manufacturing," Steele asserts.
Working with different software and on a vastly different product line, engineers at San Diego-based Tensys Medical, Inc. had similar results.
Using SolidWorks for CAD and COSMOSWorks for FEA (both from Dassault Systemes, Inc.) the engineering team developed the T-Line[R] Tensymeter, a non-invasive arterial blood-pressure management system for use in surgery. Their goal was to replace the traditional cuff-based monitors that provide only intermittent measurements every few minutes. That kind of irregular monitoring can delay recognition of rapid changes in blood pressure.
The design concept uses an actuator to move a sensor over the patient's wrist to find the best position for producing a continuous waveform. "The sensor has to float within a rigid frame attached to a serpentine arm that's designed to flex. The team used COSMOSWORKS to identify areas of high stress for the olefin-based serpentine arm and used the analysis results to make design modifications.
Among those modifications, says Senior Engineer Russ Hempstead: "We removed the stress risers, added radii, and added thickening sections." He and the engineering team didn't expect to see the stress risers, but when they did they put static flexing on part of the serpentine arm so they could move it the way it would move in the real world. The software enabled the team to shorten the design cycle by 60 percent. They cut manufacturing time by four percent, material costs by three percent, and labor costs by three-four percent. In all, engineers did seven or eight analysis studies in just a couple of days.
Hempstead says the team cut the number of parts by putting as much functionality in a part as possible. It's a strategy he recommends to others. "It may complicate tooling, but it still eases manufacturing," he says. "We got rid of four components."


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Hank – After getting the latest on which roads are closed due to flooding and with Dave's help getting our route straightened out, we bid Pam and Dave adieu and set course for Hawarden, IA. (For pronunciation assistance, see the blog post title.) But first, after eight miles, we stopped in Wakonda to have breakfast. Arthur owns and runs the Eagles Nest/Wakonda Cafe. He's also the chef. And his oldest son, now a Command Master Chief, has been a chef in the Navy for many years now. I recommend the Texas Taters with your eggs. After breakfast we got back on the 302 Road, which would take us all the way to Hawarden. During the ride we saw a number of flooded corn fields. Some of them were draining through culverts into adjacent corn fields. It was a mess. And this was only the residual from the flooding that happened almost two weeks ago.
The road gradually developed more rollers and we went up and down a lot during the second half of our 40-mile trip. During one rest stop I called the Hawarden City Hall and asked about camping in the city park. I was informed they have a number of camp sites with power and water, bathrooms and showers, and all for $10 a day. Sold!
When we cross the Sioux River there was no Welcome to Iowa sign so we used the city's sign to reflect we've reached our ninth state. Once in town we had a late lunch or an early dinner at a Mexican restaurant. Then we went to the park and picked out a camp site. We washed our clothes when we showered–they have hot water!–and laid them out to dry. The park is not in the best location for camping. We have a main road with truck traffic and train traffic a block away. Hopefully, removing our hearing aids will dampen the sound enough.
Kathy – Ok, just to clarify (since I tend to focus on the details) – there were rolling hills the entire 47-mile trip today. Google Maps for bikes said we would have a five mile downhill at the end of our day today. It didn't happen. I wrote Google about a month ago about the inaccuracies in their bike map elevations and have yet to hear back from them. It's not like they are THAT busy, I need to write them a follow-up note reminding them to fix that biking elevation issue. 🙂 Another hot day with the high humidity, too. The constant hills and heat wore into us both today. We were happy to be done. Headed to a Mexican restaurant upon arrival to Hawarden, Iowa hoping to get a nice cold margarita with dinner. Well this is the second Mexican restaurant since we started our trip that does not sell any alcoholic beverages. I must say, regardless, the lemonade hit the spot.
We were happy to arrive today at state number nine…Iowa!! Only 39 to go!! We are tired of itching with all our mosquito bites, black fly bites, gnats, and other nasty little flying bugs that like to devour us so we bought a Thermacell gadget. Rick (Deb & Dan's son-in-law) told us about them. This Thermacell runs on batteries and is very light weight. It is supposed to emit some smell to keep the buggies away for up to 15 feet. Today is the first day we tried it, not sure if it's working…the jury is still out. We need to find something that helps since we are heading towards Minnesota and Wisconsin next. I heard the mosquito was the state bird for Minnesota – yikes! 🙂 So we are hanging in our tent tonight and at the local convenience store catching up on our blog post as we try to stay cool and avoid additional bug bites. I know so many people are envious of us tonight. 😉


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About Us
Life's challenges – Flint's challenges – can seem overwhelming when viewed from just one person's perspective. After all, none of us has all the answers, or all the resources needed to change our world. But we can choose the power of working together. When we work with others, especially those with different points of view, we find new potential. We find hope. Working together teaches us to respect and value every individual. By including people with diverse perspectives and ideas, we can join together to create a new vision for our community. For the 2017-2018 season, Flint Youth Theatre is asking questions about the ways individuals and organizations can work together to solve communal challenges. It is through inclusion and collaboration that we will be able to rise to the challenge of our shared future.
Through public performances, school matinees and classes, Flint Youth Theatre serves audiences of children and families, teens and adults, and provides acting and theatre-making opportunities for students age 2 through college.
- Imaginative, daring and insightful, our flagship MainStage plays for all audiences are drawn from literature, folklore, fantasy, history and social issues.
- Tailored for ages three and up and their families, FirstStage is a great first step in a life-long journey of celebrating theatre and the arts.
- SummerStage presents two plays, one for very young children and another for older audiences, side-by-side in a fun-filled end-of-summer festival.
- For adults and older teens, New Works Festival presents staged-readings of the latest plays from Broadway and American Regional Theatre.
- For school groups and their teachers, Learning Through Theatre matinees bridge the gap between theatre and the classroom.
- Drama School offers classes in acting and creative drama year-round for students age two through 12th grade.


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Firstly, Miro team introduced Miro Video Player, and some time back Miro developers released a new video converter called "Miro Video Converter" which offers you to convert mostly any video file to MP4, Ogg Theora, Android, iPhone, iPod, PSP format.
The best part which I like most about Miro Video Converter is its ease of use and ability to convert the video for mobile devices such as Android and iPhone.
Miro Video Converter gives people an easy, fast and simple way to convert videos.
You have to just drag and drop the video file you wish to convert on the Miro Video Converter and it will do the rest. Let's see how it works :
After dragging the file on the converter interface, it will show you the name of the video file. Just select the video format in which you convert from the drop-down list below.
After selecting video format, click on "convert" button. Now, it will show you the progress bar and once completed "show file"�link will appear on the converter screen.
Supported Devices List
1) Android
- Droid / Milestone
- Nexus One
- Magic / myTouch
- Droid Eris
- HTC Hero
- Cliq
- Behold
2) Apple Devices
- iPhone
- iPod Touch
- iPod Classic
- iPod Nano
3) Other
While it's surely very easy to use, fast and simple video converter. I still feel that it's lacking advanced settings option for converting video.
But I think you should give it a try because it's free, open source and easy to use software to convert videos. Also it is available for both Windows and Mac versions.
Direct Link to Download
Miro Video Converter (Windows Version)
Miro Video Converter (Mac Version)


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Wasatch County Council meets on Wednesday at 3:00 pm. The council meets at the County Administration building located at 25 North Main in Heber.
The council will have a conversation with Midway City regarding a proposed round about on River Road near the entrance to Memorial Hill.
As part of his County manager report, Mike Davis will provide a fiscal analysis of events in Wasatch County to the council.
At 6:00 pm the council will hold a public hearing. Paul Berg, representing SJL Canyon Meadows and Reserve Properties is requesting an amended plat approval for Canyon Meadows A and B as well as the Glades and the Junipers at Canyon Meadows. That development is located west of Deer Creek Reservoir on the north side of 189.
The proposed changes would add open space to the Canyon Meadows development while maintaining the existing number of units. It would also upgrade roads, install a sewer and wastewater treatment system and upgrade the water system.
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The little birdie and I had a blast at yesterday's Traverse City farmer's market, which is open on Wednesday and Saturday mornings. Although it's smaller, I prefer the Wednesday market because it's not as crowded. As you can see, we loaded up on mid-summer's bounty.
We were pleasantly surprised to find a quart of local strawberries because that's all Wren could talk about on the walk downtown and I didn't want to disappoint her by telling her there wouldn't be any so I just kept saying, "what about cherries? I bet we can find some delicious cherries…" But we DID find some strawberries (actually Wren saw them first!) and they're the best we've had all summer. Like little candied jewels.
I was happy to find some pickling cukes because we just ran out of the huge batch we made last fall and it doesn't seem right to have an outdoor summer meal without that pickled crunch.
And the blueberries! I'm not a huge fan of blueberries hidden in pies, but a fresh, flowery blueberry? Yes, please and thank you.
To round out our color palette and crisper drawer, we grabbed some of the season's first apricots, a quart of beans and, of course, cherries. You can't live through summer in northern Michigan and not have a constant supply of fresh cherries, right?
Speaking (err, writing) or summer in northern Michigan… have you seen the article in Bon Appetit about Mario Batali and his love affair with the food, people and land/waterscape of northern Michigan? "Traverse City is the antidote to New York City." Woah. Click here to read it.


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Hard Working Class Heroes 2016 kicked-off last night with some of Ireland's most exciting acts performing in venues across Dublin including Ailbhe Reddy, BARQ, Hawk, Yonen, RSAG & more. TLMT was there to cover the event.
Click and scroll to see the full gallery below. All photos by Stephen White. For more information on HWCH 2016 visit hwch.net.


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There's a new IRS 1099 form issued in 2012: Form 1099-K, Merchant Card and Third Party Network Payments. The 1099 is a series of IRS documents used to report non-wage income from a variety of sources like contract work, dividends, earned interest, and pension distributions. The IRS tax Form 1099-K was created as part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, but it did not go into effect until January 1, 2011. The idea of the law was to "improve voluntary tax compliance by business taxpayers and help the IRS determine whether their tax returns are correct and complete." There is a … Click to Read More


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Marriage Story
I don't tend to fall heavily for Noah Baumbach fare. He's undoubtedly a distinctive voice – even if his collaborations with Wes Anderson are the least of that director's efforts – but his devotion to an exclusive, rarefied New York bubble becomes ever more off-putting with each new project. And ever more identifiable as being a lesser chronicler of the city's privileged quirks than his now disinherited forbear Woody Allen, who at his peak mastered a balancing act between the insightful, hilarious and self-effacing. Marriage Story finds Baumbach going yet again where Woody went before, this time brushing up against the director's Ingmar Bergman fixation.
The result is that, even though Marriage Story derives from first-hand experience – the disintegration of Baumbach's marriage to Jennifer Jason Leigh – there is often an air of second-hand referentiality and artifice, be it in the compositions, affected careers in the performing arts, or the whacking great Scenes from a Marriage poster announcing "Yes, this is my major influence". It isn't unusual for artists to put themselves into their work – Allen and Stephen King are just the most obvious testaments to that – but with Baumbach, it has become a rather annoying tail wagging the donkey. Thus, Adam Driver's Charlie Barber is a hotshot theatre director breaking up with wife Nicole (Scarlett Johansson), an actress intent on pursuing a TV career in LA, with their son Henry (Azhy Robertson), mainly identified by his toilet habits, caught between them.
There have been comparisons to Kramer vs. Kramer, presumably for want of another easily graspable touchstone documenting the familial effects of divorce, but Marriage Story doesn't really compare in any kind of tonal way. Kramer vs. Kramer, as strong a feature as it is in many respects, is infused with undeniably audience-friendly beats that Baumbach, in his New York cocoon, largely eschews. He isn't interested in the most accessible avenue, even if Randy Newman's largely misplaced score is.
Instead, Baumbach's film is acutely artistically self-conscious. Even as you are caught up in the characters' conflicting perspectives, you're aware of Baumbach the observer, calculated of intent and schematics, as he asks his performers to produce raw emotion on tap. Such conceits as the allusions to Charlie's cast acting as Greek chorus to both play and movie flounder, as they are insufficiently integrated (a shame, as the inimitable Wallace Shawn is among them). Of course, Woody went with that idea wholesale in Mighty Aphrodite.
The songs dumped in towards the end providing dual perspectives come across as a precious indulgence rather than anything remotely integral. And a scene in which Nicole notes she can't cry on stage is followed by one in which she really cries. Because, like, you know, her emotion is genuine, and here's the proof. A scene of their attempting to discuss matters without lawyers present quickly devolves into a slanging match in which Charlie punches a wall, wishes Nicole was hit by a bus and then sinks into a sobbing heap on the floor. It has power, but it simultaneously feels rehearsed; "This is what we plan to show in this scene, how warring couples say what they don't mean and then regret it".
Other choices are more successful, such as the bookended lists of positive qualities Charlie and Nicole have been asked to write by their mediator. We hear Charlie's at the outset, but Nicole won't read out hers; at the end, he finds Henry reading them and breaks down at the good things she finds in him. Several farcical episodes provide light relief: Charlie being served his divorce papers by Nicole's reluctant sister (Merritt Weaver); Charlie being visited by an evaluator (Martha Kelly) and proceeding to lacerate his wrist.
If I'm emphasising Charlie there, it's simply because he makes more impact. It's been suggested by some that Baumbach sides with Charlie, and so pushes the audience in that direction, but I think there's more than enough evidence that Marriage Story makes Charlie out to be single-minded, ungiving, lacking empathy – "Come on. You were happy. You've just decided you weren't now" he insists – cheating and jealously competitive (even at the end, a year later, the beat he takes before congratulating Nicole on her Emmy nomination for directing – his territory – is very telling).
So I don't think it's that. Rather, Charlie has been fashioned as a compelling character in a way Nicole simply hasn't. Johansson doesn't help, of course, since she's capably flat in all her roles. Her most engaging moment might be one of the most superficial, appearing as Let's Dance-era Bowie for Halloween (and even then, who wouldn't want to see Adam Driver as a Claude Rains-vintage Invisible Man?) Julie Hagerty, contrastingly, is fantastic as her mom, leaving you wanting more of her interplay with Charlie.
It's also no coincidence, surely, that Marriage Story is at its most engaging when it most resembles traditional Hollywood fare structurally, rather than Baumbach flourishing his arthouse leanings. Which is anything involving the legal proceedings. Laura Dern gives a marvellous mask of insincere concern as Nicole's lawyer; the only genuine quality she betrays is wanting to stick it to her opponents (of the 55/45 visitation rights she secures in Nicole's favour, she says she didn't want Charlie bragging to his friends that he got 50/50).
Liotta, looking rather different to when I last saw him in anything, is dynamite as Charlie's bulldog representation; "This is a street fight now" Dern observes of his hiring, and for a while there are dependably familiar courtroom fireworks. Prior to this, the picture charts budget-conscious Charlie's growing frustration with the well-meaning, frail representation given by Alan Alda's Bert Spitz ("I'm sorry Bert. Am I paying for this joke?" he asks during a particularly shaggy-dog anecdote).
If I sound a bit sour on Marriage Story, it's more at the familiar Baumbach tics than the areas where he's attempting to extend himself. This is often an engrossing if overstretched drama. But as with Netflix's other big awards hopeful The Irishman, I don't think it truly merits its hype. The ubiquitous Driver is naturally very good, while the picture's perfectly pitched when charting the legal abyss that swallows the couple – I'm still unclear how either were able to afford to divorce, mind. However, Baumbach also insists on incorporating his pretensions, and Marriage Story would ultimately have been better if he'd spared us all.


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We caught the fast ferry from Athens to Ios – a travel agent organised the service while we were still at home. Purchasing online was far more expensive, and our schedule was too tight to risk winging it.
Ios. What a hectic place. We rocked up on our fast ferry from Athens, jumped on our shuttle bus and headed across the island to Far Out Village – our home for the next couple of nights. Far Out Village sits right on the beach so that's immediately where we migrated to – even though we both felt like fat lumps after a few weeks of travel and indulging.
Matt used to play a lot of volleyball, so as soon as a game started he was in! Turns out one of the guys was a local club owner, and invited us to visit later that night.
That night we headed out to check out the local scene. First stop was Fun Pub for giant jenga and hectic pool games. We made friends with a group of people on a Contiki trip, and they said we should follow them to the next pub…. so we did! Next stop was Slammers bar. Thanks to the Contiki group we were following, we got a free shot upon entry. After that, it was buy your own shots… which I did not.. It was literally a bar where you put on a helmet, did a shot, and then got hit on the head with a heavy item. Think skateboards, milk crates, fire hydrants… insane. Matt had a go, but I just stuck to a normal cocktail. So many laughs at that place.
After we decided to find the Astra bar – owned by the guy who Matt played volleyball with earlier. We could not, so we changed plans and went to grab some food. So many drunk people. We bought some 2euro gyros, sat down with a group of people and immediately spotted Astra bar across the road. So afterwards we caught up with volleyball guy, had a boogey and free drinks.
The next day we went on a kayak tour around the island. The trip started of…. fun. Matt the HILARIOUS joker tipped the kayak and I somehow ended up with a huge bruise on my butt. FUN TIMES THANKS MATT.
We kayaked around the island to a rocky stop for a bbq lunch and a snorkel. Afterwards some more kayaking and a cliff jump (no thanks) and then kayak back to Far Out Village. After another busy day we just had a quiet dinner and a beach walk.
Perfect weather the next day for another ferry. Took a quick look at my new bruise, then we were on our way!
Goodbye Ios. Next stop: Santorini!


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There is nothing we are more sure of than that we think, yet nothing we are more in the dark about than how we think; who can declare the generation of thought in the soul? Surely then the generation and births of the eternal mind may well be allowed to be great mysteries of godliness, the bottom of which we cannot fathom, while yet we adore the depths.
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"In his role as pioneer of the revival of Afrikan tradition, spirituality, and identity, Medahochi Kofi Zannu was a genius who has been responsible for the development of a perspective that has the potential of restoring dignity and integrity to Afrikans in America and worldwide and restoring our civilization and World. Medahochi was a visionary and gifted thinker. Let me recount some of his significant contributions..."
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Anyone who has suffered the pain of infertility knows it hurts, but hey, pain is pain, and grief is grief. Right? Infertility grief, in the spectrum of grief, isn't that bad? Right? Well, maybe not so right.
Dr. Ken Doka, a guest expert on a Creating a Family radio show on Coming To Terms with Infertility Grief, has written over 20 books on grief, 100 journal articles, and edits two newsletter on grief. I guess you could say he's the go-to-guy on all things grief, and he shed some interesting light on the uniqueness of infertility grief. (Do yourself a favor and listen to this show—see below.)
The Rest of the World Doesn't Get It
One of the reasons that the pain of infertility is so hard to deal with is that it is often unrecognized by our society. There are even specific scholarly terms to describe this type of grief.
- Disenfranchised Grief: Losses that others do not acknowledge.
- Ambiguous Grief: Losses in which others are not sure you have a loss, but you perceive a loss.
It's easy to say that whether others understand or even see our loss shouldn't matter, but this lack of recognition makes it easy to feel that we aren't entitled to mourn our loss, and mourning does matter. How many times have you heard some variation on the following: Miscarriage is really common. Kids aren't all they are cracked up to be. Be glad that you have nieces and nephews in your life. You get to enjoy adult-only dinners and vacations. Plenty of people have it worse. Basically the message is: Buck it up, get over it, and soldier on.
The Power of Mourning
Mourning is crucial to healing. Communal mourning has been use since the beginning of time to help people cope with loss. The infertile must take back the right to grieve, but it's hard to grieve a dream and harder still when others don't even see that there is a loss. We have done a number of Creating a Family shows with specific suggestions for how to mourn the losses of infertility.
My Pain is Bigger and Badder Than Your Pain
While I understand fully the intensity of infertility grief, I also believe that comparing pain is futile and insensitive. Should the grief of not being able to get pregnant "trump" the grief of having your five year old die? Is it worse than losing your husband to cancer? This type of comparison makes me squirm.
I do think it helps to understand the particular nature and hardship of infertility grief if only to give us permission to grieve and get support. The next step is to use this understanding to become more sensitive without judgement to all those who are in pain from whatever cause.
I can't recommend enough the Creating a Family show with Dr. Ken Doka, author of many books, including Disenfranchised Grief, and an ordained Lutheran minister; and Kris Faasse, MSW, and the National Director of Adoption Services for Bethany Christian Services.
Have you found it hard to mourn the loss of your fertility and genetically related children? What helped?
First published in 2013; updated in 2017
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I was (still am) struggling with infertility. I clenched my jaw so hard in my sleep that several of my teeth moved. I was explaining this to my dentist and told him about the stress, depression, and anxiety from infertility that led me to this point. He told me that I needed to put things in "perspective". He went on to explain that, "There are children dying of cancer…" I guess therefore I should not be upset about my inability to become a mother…
At least those people with the cancer ridden children got to have children. I understand your pain. If only we could stab jerks like that in the face.
OMG. You people are stupid saying parents who lose children to cancer are lucky because at least they had a child….. seriously I am sickened. What self absorbed lives you lead. I have suffered all forms of child loss, an ectopic pregnancy, a stillborn beautiful baby boy at 24 weeks and the unfathomable loss of my precious 17 year old son on Christmas Eve 2017 when he was knocked off his bike. Believe me there is no comparison, I still grief my babies but losing Fin has ripped all our hearts out never to be fixed. I am just surviving for my daughter who has suffered more than any child should seeing her family destroyed. I can't wait until my life is over and this constant pain ends until then I function like a robot with no joy or happiness in my life. Grieving for babies who have never been is NOT greater than losing a child and certainly not greater than that felt by parents watching a child die from cancer. Shame on you all. Just wow.
Just wow to you for being so insensitive. The comparison about losing a child to cancer was insensitive too but your comment tops it. Sadly.
Don't expect sympathy if you don't know how to serve it. That's all i can say to you.
I think the best thing you can do when anyone has a loss is "I'm sorry for your loss". When you tell sometime their loss is imaginary or not real it dismisses that loss. A loss is something very real. When someone loses a pet it's a loss. When someone losses a marriage it's a loss. When someone finds out they are infertile that is a loss. When someone loses a pregnancy that's a loss. When someone loses a living child that's a loss. They are all different types of loses that effect people differently. Comparing one loss to another's accomplishes nothing and just makes the person who incurred the loss feel worse.
This is a great topic and frankly one that needs to get aired. I know what it feels like to have that dream of a bio child with your spouse and loose it recurrently through miscarriage 13 miscarriages. It hurts terribly. I know what it's like to get all the way through pregnancy and deliver a child that died the same day that died in my arms. I know what its like to wonder why god was so cruel to have milk come in my body after he was already gone. They put a leaf and a tear drop on your door to your hospital room when your baby dies at birth. Let me say this having a real born child die and be buried hurts more than the loss of an almost child through miscarriage. Of course it does because I really lost a living person. And a mother who had raised her child a year would have a greater grief than me and a woman who had raised an adult child and lost them would have a greater grief than someone who'd lost a one year old. We can muse about nobody's grief being worse than another person's grief but in the real world nobody would try to comfort someone who'd just lost a child by comparing it to the loss of a family pet or to the loss of miscarriage its just not a comforting comparison to make. Its horrible being told that the only child you'll ever have is the one you just buried. Its horrible being told that its to dangerous to carry a bio child that you should 'move on to donor egg and surrogacy' horrible.
[Marilynn, I deleted the rest since it wasn't directly on the topic of Infertility Grief, and I felt it would lead the discussion off to another topic that is best on a blog about that topic. I hope you understand.]
"That being said, I don't think it's right when someone is grieving to say, "Well your loss isn't as bad as it could be, get over it." My mom lost a baby (my little brother to SIDS) at age 6 weeks. Someone actually said to her, "Well at least you didn't get to know him. Be glad you lost him young." Sure losing and older child would have been worse, but her loss was bad enough."
I'm sorry, Margaret, that someone said that to your mum. As for whether losing an older or younger child is worse, Iwould imagine they are just as bad for opposite reasons – losing an older child would be hard because you "know" the child, losing the younger child would be hard because you haven't gotten to "know" the child.
As for infertility grief, I do read IF blogs and I can see how soul-destroying it is and always hope that their dream comes true.
I do know that it does seem like adoptees and birthmothers don't care about the grief of infertility but it isn't that. It is just that when one is on adoption forums, reads blogs, look at adoption agency sites, look at adoption counselling programs etc etc, it does seem that the only grief "allowed" in adoption is infertility grief – bmoms can feel a small amount of grief but "too much" is considered selfish:
As for adoptees, any negative feelings are just sour grapes. We should just heed the words of the Christian Adoption Services (not an agency but the Adoption arm of the Christian Legal Society):
"To take two separate tragedies–an unplanned pregnancy on the one hand, and a couple grieving over an infertility problem on the other–and to combine them in such a way as to solve both problems simultaneously, is exciting beyond words. Adoption lawyers get to witness the miracle of grace on an almost daily basis. Through grace, the birth mother makes a painful but heroic decision and is granted the strength to see the decision through. Also through grace, the adopting parents accept a child into their home and bestow on that child their name, their material possessions and the fullest measure of their love and affection.
A special bond exists between birth mothers and adopting parents. They have together, through teamwork of a most magnificent kind, created a human being with a soul and personality, in a way which neither could have accomplished without the other. There is no greater human example of grace"
Wow, I didn't realise it was adoption that made me a human with a soul and personality! Kewl!!!
This is such a good topic and something that comes up every once in while in TTC support sites. There are arguments about whether it is harder to be dealing with miscarriage, primary infertility, secondary infertility so on and so forth and it gets really heated – as if it is a competition about whose grief is the worst. I think when you are wrapped up in your own misery (as many of us are in our own journey through infertility), it is easy to feel like your pain is the greatest pain in the world. We should all recognize that we are kind of in the same boat here, and support each other on this unexpected bumpy road to parenthood.
Agreed 100% with what Debbie said above, and I can't really add much to its spot-on brilliance. Debbie's point above that "we need to remember that our children will very likely have grief and some sort of mourning that will need to be done in order to move past the loss of their birth family. We can't compare it, diminish it, or make it go away through love alone." is especially true when adopting children older than toddler age through the foster-care system.
Again, not to minimize the pain that children adopted as babies or even toddlers feel when they discover they've come from a biological family they may not even have met, but the complications and trauma that kids adopted from the foster system have experienced (abuse, negligence, removal from the only home they'd known, being bounced around from house to house) are compounded with the loss and grief that comes with being separated from a biological family for a lifetime.
As a fost-adoptive parent myself who has experienced this first-hand, I must also add that children who are adopted from foster care are rarely–if ever–going to see their adoptive parents as "rescuing" them from a bad situation. If anything, fost-adopted kids may even feel anger, hurt, confusion, and a myriad of other painful emotions at being removed from their biological homes and families and placed into another family's custody for life.
Also, remember the old expression "blood is thicker than water." Despite the abuse, neglect, and other circumstances that led to the children being removed from their homes, they may still feel grief and heartbreak at losing their "real" mom or dad. We've experienced this with our own children–even the target child of the biological household abuse has idealized his biological parent and misses him to this day, six years on. We are helping him as much as we can to heal and overcome that grief enough to live a happy life, but it is also important that we remember it may be something that takes a lifetime to completely heal…and to be sensitive to our children's needs around that grieving aspect.
This is one of those times when I realize I feel this grief differently than others. Perhaps because infertility runs in our family and I had all the right characteristics (jackpot?) we were mentally framed for it already. Maybe it's because our answer came relatively quickly, and we stepped off the ART path early. I will not say that it hasn't been hard and doesn't bite me in the butt from time to time, but it is not consuming. We lost a dream and a hope and a vision for what we expected to be a path to parenthood, and I felt betrayed by my body and had to get past some deep-seated feelings on what defines being female and what defines being a parent. However, I would never compare it to the grief of learning a family member with a young child had a terminal diagnosis. That his loss would mean that his wife raising their child without his father and without being able to do the things they'd hoped to do. That this kid would only grow up knowing his adoring father's face only from pictures and never remember his laugh or the feel of his hugs. That grief…oh, that grief cut deep. He survived (thank you, clinical trials!!!), but the shadow of that plays out in the extended family today in a way that my infertility does not haunt our immediate family.
All that being said, I will never, ever deny the grief that others feel and experience as a result of infertility. It is obviously terribly deep and hard for many, many people and it's awful that people think it can be shrugged off or ignored or just gotten over, lah-di-dah. To those in pain, I can only say that I hope you find peace or at least a balance point.
This is a really good topic.
I agree with what a lot of you have said that it's hard to compare who has had it worse. I think like others that it's not what's worse it's just different. For us we received my diagnosis pretty quickly. With their being nothing that could be done we decided not to pursue any treatments. Not that it's been easy because it hasn't but in reading other people's stories of unexplained infertility, going through treatments and miscarriages I consider my wife and I lucky that it could have been a lot worse. I can't imagine what it's like to not have answers (though I question why I was born sterile) or have my hopes up that treatments will result in conception or to lose a pregnancy.
I believe the most important thing to do is for each person to not try to make their story to be more painful and just listen to the other persons story. Being respectful and empathetic is the key.
Exactly, Dawn. I lost my dad 6 months before I had a 6 hour surgery (which was surgery #5 for endometriosis). My family members got frustrated with me, but I had to deal with my grief from the loss of my dad (and his long health battle), + an extensive 6 hour surgery for a disease that people think is easily cured by birth control pills, turmeric or acupuncture! The holidays I had to spend grieving the first thanksgiving without my dad while recovering from a 6 hour surgery followed by a 5 day inpatient stay. not to mention the infertility……….knowing that my dad would never meet his children. in a very weird, twisted way, the loss of my dad was slightly easier to deal with than anything that I've faced with endometriosis or infertility because at least people could relate to the death of a parent so I had some support.
Shalisa, many people feel guilty for saying that the death of a loved one was easier than dealing with infertility and its causes such as endometriosis, but it makes such sense. At least with death, people rally around you. You have mourning rituals. You have understanding. With infertility and chronic diseases–not so much.
I'm sorry for the loss of your dad, and I'm sorry you suffer from endometriosis.
Great post. Sometimes I wish people would also discuss that people might have had multiple losses throughout their lives and that can also produce even more intense emotions. For instance, coming to infertility after a two decade battle with a debilitating illness is very different from being TTc without such a history. I am not trying to invite controversy. All I'm saying is that it's possible that those in tge former situation would have a lot less reserve than those in the latter. And that not all infertility has the same path (though all can be difficult). It's similar to someone having had an illness since their teens who had to mourn many losses versus someone who is first diagnosed on their 40s.
Shalisa, good point. I often think of this with miscarriage. While all miscarriages are sad and most often cause grief, I think it is often harder for someone who loses a pregnancy at 8 weeks after having gone through years of infertility treatment than for someone who gets pregnant easily. Not that we should dismiss anyone's pain, but it helps explain why some people react so strongly to what other perceive as a fairly common occurrence.


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The Shallows Movie Review
A shark. A bikini. A Blake Lively. Sign me up. The Shallows is the ingeniously simple thriller that puts Lively on a beach and in the water, squaring off against a ruthless shark that keeps her from making it to shore. Entertaining until it becomes increasingly ridiculous, The Shallows is worth a dip.
Lively is no Tom Hanks—her near-solo performance isn't going to be raved about for years to come—but she's a good fit for the role, a beautiful actress who has the presence and determination to overcome a rather vanilla script and make the movie her own. While The Shallows doesn't shy away from one of its greatest marketing asset—Blake Lively in a bikini—the movie is much more than, well, Blake Lively in a bikini.
Director Jaume Collet-Serra (Unknown, Non-Stop and Orphan) does a fine job bringing Anthony Jaswinski's story to life by patiently developing Lively's character Nancy before kicking things up a few notches. The photography is gorgeous—The Shallows is full of beautiful scenery—and at an efficient 86 minutes, the movie doesn't outstay its welcome. Operating on a relatively conservative budget, Collet-Serra wisely goes the Jaws route and keeps the shark off screen for much of the film's runtime.
The Shallows, of course, isn't Jaws, and where the film falters is its inability to maintain a high degree of tension. The film holds your attention throughout, but you never really feel that Lively's life is in danger—after all, as the sole protagonist, you know nothing can happen to her until, possibly, the final minute.
The ending is marginally exciting, but the film's left-turn into absurdity saps some of its potential. Lively's escape through a sea of stinging jellyfish is questionable at best, and I literally laughed out loud at the finale.
The Shallows is a decent thriller that makes good use of its star, but its ludicrous third act holds it back from being anything more substantial.
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Pujols hits 703rd HR to pass Babe for 2nd in RBI; Cards lose
Albert Pujols hit his 703rd home run, breaking a tie with Babe Ruth for second place in career RBIs, but the St. Louis Cardinals lost to Pittsburgh 3-2 when the Pirates drew four consecutive walks in the ninth inning to force home the winning run.
Cards reliever, rookie manager get heated on mound in win
Cardinals reliever Genesis Cabrera slammed the ball to the ground in frustration when he was removed from the game, prompting a stern response from manager Oliver Marmol moments before St. Louis closed out a 7-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
Cards match record with 14th straight win, rip Cubs 12-4
The surging St. Louis Cardinals emphatically matched a team record with their 14th straight win, pounding the Chicago Cubs 12-4 in the second game of a doubleheader behind Tyler O'Neill's three-run homer and a pair of solo shots by Lars Nootbaar.
LEADING OFF: Seattle hosts Padres in San Diego, Fried back
A look at what's happening around the majors Friday:___ON THE ROAD AGAINThe Mariners open a three-game series as the home team in San Diego after the set was relocated due to air quality concerns in the Seattle area. The Mariners already had two games against the Giants moved from Seattle to San Francisco this week because of unhealthy air quality from numerous West Coast wildfires. The Padres could be in position to clinch their first playoff berth since 2006 while playing as visitors in their home ballpark. CY TRYBraves right-hander Max Fried is set to return from the injured list and resume his bid for an unlikely NL Cy Young Award. Fried has been out since Sept. 6 with a left-side muscle spasm in his lumbar spine.
Wainwright throws CG on 39th birthday, Cards top Indians 7-2
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright delivers during the first inning of a baseball game Cleveland Indians, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane)ST. LOUIS Adam Wainwright turned back the clock with a complete game on his 39th birthday as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cleveland Indians 7-2 Sunday. St. Louis had mustered just three runs in the past 28 innings before the outburst. He was very sharp.PITCHING CYCLEWith the start against the Indians, Wainwright has made at least one versus every team except the Cardinals. Cardinals: RHP Dakota Hudson (0-2, 3.32 ERA) begins a three-game series in Cincinnati when he faces RHP Anthony DeSclafani (1-1, 5.71) on Monday night.
White Sox hit 4 straight HRs vs Cardinals reliever in debut
(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)CHICAGO The Chicago White Sox tied a major league record with four consecutive home runs, all against reliever Roel Ramirez in his major league debut, and went on to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 on Sunday. The White Sox got another solid start from Dallas Keuchel (3-2) and won for just the third time in 11 home games. St. Louis Dakota Hudson (0-2) held the White Sox to a run and two hits over four innings in his first start since July 26. White Sox: RHP Reynaldo Lpez (shoulder soreness), who threw Friday, is scheduled for another session Monday. White Sox: LHP Gio Gonzlez (0-1, 6.61) gets another shot at the Tigers and his first Chicago win.
Cards beat White Sox 5-1 in return from coronavirus outbreak
Playing its first game since July 29, St. Louis looked much sharper than Chicago while improving to 3-3 on the season. Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright (2-0) pitched five innings of one-run ball in his second start of the year. The White Sox finished with just three hits two for Danny Mendick and never recovered after Lucas Giolito (1-2) got off to a shaky start. White Sox: RHP Reynaldo Lpez (shoulder soreness) threw Friday and is scheduled for another session Monday. Cardinals right-hander Dakota Hudson (0-1, 8.31 ERA) and White Sox left-hander Dallas Keuchel (2-2, 3.04 ERA) get the ball for the series finale Sunday.
Pirates manager Shelton argues through mask, gets 1st ML win
Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton (17) argues with home plate umpire Jordan Baker during the third inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Sunday, July 26, 2020, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)ST. LOUIS Pittsburgh's Derek Shelton staged baseball's first major, socially distanced umpire argument, then got his first victory as a big league manager as the Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Sunday. Keller (1-0) faced St. Louis for the first time in his career. Cardinals RHP Kodi Whitley also made his major league debut in a relief appearance in the top seventh. Cardinals: RHP Carlos Martinez (4-2, 3.17 ERA, 24 saves in 2019) makes his first start for the Cardinals since July 30, 2018, Tuesday in Minnesota against the Twins to start a seven-game road trip.