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AALBC.com eNewsletter - February 3, 2002
|Celebrating Our Literary Legacy!
MY SOUL by
by Colin Channer
About the Book:
In a stunning novel of extraordinary power that involves a mystical journey to Ghana, Colin Channer combines profound questions of faith, the aching search for home, the long reach of history, and the double-edged sword of passion to dazzling effect. Satisfy My Soul will linger in yours long after the final page is turned.
Clinton and Black America by Dewayne Wickham
It was a moment that has been replayed in Harlem many times. A favorite son of black America, an icon of the struggle for black empowerment in this country and elsewhere, a kindred soul of the descendants of the diaspora that slavery foisted upon Africa was center stage on 125th Street.
But this time it wasn't Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, Julius Nyerere, or Adam Clayton Powell Jr. who spellbound a crowd on black America's most famous thoroughfare. The man thousands of people in Harlem turned out to see on the mild summer afternoon of July 30, 2001, was William Jefferson Clinton, the forty-second white man to serve as president of the United States and the only one to delight in being called the nation's first black president.
For a list of other new releases for 2002, check out: http://www.aalbc.com/reviews/books.htm
The Quest for Cosmic Justice
This book is about the great moral issues underlying many of the headline-making political controversies of our times. It is not a comforting book but a book about disturbing and dangerous trends. The Quest for Cosmic Justice shows how confused conceptions of justice end up promoting injustice, how confused conceptions of equality end up promoting inequality, and how the tyranny of social visions prevents many people from confronting the actual consequences of their own beliefs and policies. Those consequences include the steady and dangerous erosion of fundamental principles of freedom - amounting to a quiet repeal of the American revolution.
A Personal Odyssey
This is the gritty story of one man's lifelong education in the school of hard knocks, as his journey took him from Harlem to the Marines, the Ivy League, and a career as a controversial writer, teacher, and economist in government and private industry. It is also the story of the dramatically changing times in which this personal odyssey took place.
The vignettes of the people and places that made an impression on Thomas Sowell at various stages of his life range from the poor and the powerless to the mighty and the wealthy, from a home for homeless boys to the White House, as well as ranging across the United States and around the world. It also includes Sowell's startling discovery of his own origins during his teenage years.
If the child is father to the man, this memoir shows the characteristics that have become familiar in the public figure known as Thomas Sowell already present in an obscure little boy born in poverty in the Jim Crow South during the Great Depression and growing up in Harlem. His marching to his own drummer, his disregard of what others say or think, even his battles with editors who attempt to change what he has written, are all there in childhood.
More than a story of the life of Sowell himself, this is also a story of the people who gave him their help, their support, and their loyalty, as well as those who demonized him and knifed him in the back. It is a story not just of one life, but of life in general, with all its exhilaration and pain.
Sudan's Kola Boof (born Naima Alu Kolbookek) is slowly but surely becoming the new black woman writer that "lots of people love to hate". Remember back in the 70's and 80's when authors like Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange, Gayl Jones and even Toni Morrison were widely cursed and demonized for the skeletons they exposed? Well now we have the strangely fabulous and daring Kola Boof! Why is her work so confrontational? Visit her web page to learn why.
Gayle Tiller is the author of No One Is Innocent: A Jasmine Myers Mystery
Thirty-something Jasmine Myers is a divorced San Jose African American private investigator who is battling her addiction to alcohol. Her biological clock is ticking and her ex-husband who is newly married wants her back. Community Leader Kristal Woods has hired Jasmine to investigate the death of her husband Ralph Woods, the President of the Black Firefighters. After two other firefighters die, Kristal is charged with all three murders. A twisted path leads to the dark side of San Jose politics and life. In the end, Jasmine learns that no one is innocent.
After graduating from Spelman College in 1994, Kiini published "Of Wings, Nectar, & Ancestors" in Fertile Ground literary journal. In 1997, her short story "MalKai�s Last Seduction" (which was included in Dark Eros, a collection of erotica) received mention in a Publishers Weekly review. Also in 1997, her essays "Brothers Are" and "A New Understanding" were included in Men We Cherish and Father Songs, respectively.
The March 2000 issue of Essence magazine featured her article "Navigating to No", causing a flurry of radio and television interviews. Most recently, her short story "At Life�s Limits" was included in Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora.
Visit http://kiiniibura.com. While you are there check out the very informative, motivating and compelling "KIS.list", a weekly report that examines the ins-and-outs of a developing writing career.
Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award Winners 2002
BCALA recently announced the 2002 award winning authors and books. The annual awards recognize outstanding works of Fiction and Nonfiction by African American authors for adult audiences. Looking for a good book to read? Check out this impressive list of fiction and nonfiction works
Rhythms by Donna Hill
Music as always been at the cornerstone of African American life, from the days in the motherland, to slavery in America, blues, bebop, jazz, R&B and hip hop. It has been banned, copied, morphed and misunderstood--as our literature. But what if these two African American symbols of our unique role in American culture came together--Books and Music--revolutionizing, staying ahead of the curve yet again?
If so you would have "Booktracks," an innovative concept put together by the husband and wife team of Byron and Beatrice Hester, the owners of Southsummer Records http://www.southsummerrecords.com.
In August of last year, Southsummer Records produced it's first "Booktrack" a full, 6 track music CD to accompany the release of Donna Hill's novel Rhythms.
Southsummer also produced the "Booktrack" to Brenda Jackson's novel, "Family Reunion" and will soon release Leslie Esdaile's CD to her novel, "Rivers of the Soul" which features EnVogue singer Tracy Ellis. They will follow that up with the release of Bernice McFadden's CD later this spring , to accompany her latest book.
AALBC.com publishes scores of articles, books reviews, chats and author profiles each month. Below is sampling of the most recently added content.
Black Prisoner of War: A Conscientious Objector�s Vietnam Memoir by James
A. Daly and Lee Bergman - Reviewe by Thumper
Jazz Country: Ralph
Ellison in America by Horace Porter - Review by Walter Benefield
Emotions by Timmothy McCann - Review by
Tiffany M. Davis
The Ditchdigger's Daughters by Yvonne S.
Thornton, M. D. - Reviewed by Paige Turner
The Crisis of African-American Architect by Melvin Mitchell
Our events calendar allows visitors to learn about up coming African American literary and cultural events. Visitors may even post their own events and include a link back to their web site. If you don't have a web site AALBC.com can build one for you, for a nominal fee (often for free depending on the timing of the event and our work load).
Upcoming events include:
Martha South Gate Readings and Book
Signing in New York City and Atlanta
Martha Southgate was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio and attended Hawken School, a prep school there. She wrote about this experience in the essay �Between Two Worlds,� which was published in Essence magazine in 1987. Her novel The Fall of Rome grew in part out of her experience there. She is also the author of the novel Another Way to Dance, which won the Coretta Scott King Genesis Award for Best First Novel. She has written for many publications, among them, The New York Times Magazine, Premiere magazine and Essence magazine. Check out this very talented author http://www.marthasouthgate.com/
Out Loud: An African-American Literary Retreat, February 15 - 17, 2002, Myrtle
Beach, SC
Reading Out Loud is a three-day literary retreat for those who love books by, for and about African Americans. Attendees will have a chance to meet their favorite authors (including Omar Tyree, Tajuana"TJ" Butler, Eleanora E. Tate and Travis Hunter) up close and personal during seminars led by experts who have written books on such issues as relationships, careers, health, money, family and social concerns as they relate to the African-American woman.
The highlight of the day will be a luncheon, featuring celebrity keynote speaker Daphne Maxwell Reid, actress and co-founder with actor-husband Tim Reid of New Millennium Studios. Learn more about the events at http://www.rolliteraryretreat.com/index2.shtml
We gotten many requests, so save the date. The Harlem Book Fair will take place on July 19th and 20th. Hosted by QBR The Black Book Review, the national review periodical, TALA (The Aricana Literature Archives), and the Community Board 10 Arts and Culture Committee; The 2002 Harlem Book Fair promises to be the largest and best yet. Stay tuned for more information. Read about the 2000 Harlem Book Fair at http://www.aalbc.com/events/harlem5.htm
Next Monthly Book Chat Session February 6th,
The Coffee Will Make You Black reading group is currently reading The Renegade Johnny Buffalo by Dan Smith.
Johnny Buffalo is a fast moving, action novel of the Old West. It tells the story of a Black Buffalo soldier's fight for justice on the Texas frontier. It is also the story of the white Texans and Army officers who fight with him and against him. The novel is based upon careful research of actual events (not characters) from history books, newspaper accounts and army archives.
Our chat session is previously scheduled for Wednesday, February 6th, 2002, 9:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time HAS BEEN POSTPONED a new dates will be announced when scheduled.
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If you haven't yet gotten into the Olympic spirit, this should help: Kate Middleton aka the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Prince Harry are kicking off the games today with some sporting events of their own.
The royal threesome is at Bacon's College, a secondary school in East London, playing sports with the kids and launching a new initiative called Coach Core. The project, aimed at London's most impoverished areas, will provide training to talented young athletes, ages 16 through 19, who wish to become coaches.
To kick it off, the duke, duchess and the third-wheeling prince showed off their own sports skills with a slew of British kids. Prince Harry tried his hand at basketball, failing miserably (Richard Palmer of the Daily Express tweeted, "Harry missed four out of four shots. Grits his teeth"). He then joined Prince William on the soccer (er, football) field with a gang of kids, one of whom asked, "Are you two brothers?" Harry jokingly replied, "We're not sure," according to Palmer. (If not brothers, than at least identical fashion twins: the brothers matched to a tee.)
But the highlight was Kate, who showed off her athletic prowess even in a dress and heels. Wearing a "sporty and casual" dress from Hobbs (an old item that's since sold out) and wedges, Kate played some table tennis (ping-pong, to us non-Olympians) and also refereed some judo.
Later, in his speech to the crowd, Prince William praised her skillz: "Catherine, on the other hand, with a tennis racquet or a hockey stick is something to behold and be aware of."
Oh believe us, we know. Check out how flawless Kate looks in her "casual and old" frock while hanging out in the sun. Seriously, she doesn't even look sweaty. Genius.

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In 1959, Jérôme Lejeune, a brilliant geneticist, discovered Down's syndrome. He did not win the Nobel Prize because for him, doctor, a child conceived, even with Down's syndrome, has the right to life and not to abortion.
In 1995, a year after his death, the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation was created.
This year the Foundation is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
Jean-Marie Le Méné, president of the Foundation, magistrate, adviser-master of the Court of Auditors, member of the Pontifical Academy tells us about these 25 years.
«We will find. It is impossible that we cannot find. It's an intellectual effort much less difficult than sending a man to the moon «said Jérôme Lejeune … after 25 years of Fondation Lejeune, what did you find?The Jérôme Lejeune Foundation has been helping and supporting research on Down's syndrome and intellectual disabilities of genetic origin since its creation.
Progress in the follow-up of people with Down's syndrome has been significant in recent years. The best indicator of this is the increase in the life expectancy of the population with Down's syndrome which has more than tripled in the last thirty years. We can estimate it currently between 60 and 70 years, whereas it was only of a few tens of years 40 years ago. The improvement of the follow-up of people with Down's syndrome could only be done thanks to a better knowledge of the pathology and associated pathologies which are now detected and corrected as soon as possible. We can cite leukemia in infants, heart disease often associated with birth, associated infections in particular ENT and respiratory and pathologies related to aging. These are now particularly followed by doctors specializing in geriatrics and familiar with Down's syndrome21.
In the pediatric population, one of the great discoveries is the high incidence of sleep apnea in infants and children with Down's syndrome. This requires screening for sleep apnea which induces corrective measures in the event of screening (ENT intervention and / or night mask in particular). Sleep apnea screening allows better learning of basic acquisitions. We are continuing these explorations in the population with Down's syndrome.
In terms of more basic research, chromosome 21 is now well known, more than 350 genes, some of which are involved in cognition. We can cite the number of important publications on certain specific genes DYRK1a, CBS, RCAN1 and USP 16. The functioning of these genes in connection with the other genes of chromosome 21 and the genes of other chromosomes are better known. Knowledge of these genes makes it possible to understand their implication on certain metabolic pathways. Only better knowledge will make it possible to define potential therapeutic targets. Several teams that we support around the world are being selected to develop enzyme inhibitors linked to one of these genes. This gives hope for the development of effective and well-tolerated molecules in future years.
The presence in the population with Down's syndrome with a high incidence of pathologies such as Alzheimer's increases the interest of researchers on these so-called "cross" pathologies between the Down's syndrome population and the general population and thus the population with Down's syndrome can benefit from advances in the general population.
The Lejeune Foundation is a galaxy which has in its heart the goal of «researching, treating, defending»….
Like Jérôme Lejeune, the foundation has harmoniously balanced its activities. She first recreated and funded a multidisciplinary medical consultation – the Jérôme Lejeune Institute – dedicated to people suffering from a mental handicap of genetic origin. This consultation is the largest in Europe (10,000 patients / 500 new per year) and probably in the world as the patients concerned are neglected by medicine. It seems so necessary that even the public hospital transfers its patients to the Institute as the clinics that welcome people with intellectual disabilities close.
Then the foundation takes up the scientific challenge by funding research projects in France and abroad (around 700 for 20 years). Fundamental therapeutic research in which it is a question of finding molecules that inhibit certain genes present in triplicate and suspected of being active in Down's syndrome. Clinical research directly beneficial to the Jérôme Lejeune Institute, whose very large number of patients allows for multiple inclusions. A so-called crossover research, that is to say associating Down's syndrome with another pathology such as cancer, Alzheimer's or autism for example and which allows to widen the panel of interested researchers. We can say that the foundation has relaunched research in this area.Finally, obviously, the foundation defends life from conception to natural death as prescribed by its statutes and as medicine has done since the ages. This explains why the foundation challenges before the judge illegal decisions of the Biomedicine Agency destroying human embryos. This explains why she criticizes euthanasia, which suggests that after that of Vincent Lambert the next victims will be the aging mentally handicapped, of whom the Institute takes great care. Jérôme Lejeune crossed the line on television with those who accused him of not having an abortion «his monstrous children». He fought euthanasia with his cancer friend, Professor Lucien Israël. He has testified as an expert in many countries to the perfect humanity of in vitro embryos. Without these developments, his scientific research and clinical medicine for the benefit of the most underprivileged would have been meaningless. This shows the coherence of Jérôme Lejeune's commitment and that of the foundation which is part of its wake today.
Funding of more than a hundred research programs each year, more than 500 scientific publications, 11 research programs, 10,000 patients followed by the Jérôme Lejeune Institute … these are some numbers from the Foundation …The Jérôme Lejeune Foundation has sponsored more than 700 research projects worldwide since 1997. Over 380 of these projects are linked to Down's syndrome.
In recent years, the number of research programs at the Jérôme Lejeune Institute has increased thanks to clinical research programs aimed at better monitoring of the patient. The aim of the Jérôme Lejeune Institute's research is to characterize new markers for evaluation and monitoring (imaging, neuropsychological scales) and a better understanding of the population with Down's syndrome. The Jérôme Lejeune Institute's research also benefits from the presence of a biomedical database which allows numerous contacts with clinicians and researchers around the world.
The Jérôme Lejeune Institute also aims to train caregivers and families to support and monitor people with intellectual disabilities.
What is the most important and significant event in these 25 years?
The foundation is not an association of parents of children with disabilities, a lobby of activists, or a religious movement. It is a recognized scientific and medical institution of public utility intended to continue the work of Professor Jérôme Lejeune. He was the researcher who discovered the origin of Down's syndrome and other genetic mental retardations. He was also the doctor who cared for those affected by these pathologies, in particular by being the head of the genetics department at the Necker Children's Hospital in Paris. Finally, he was the one who explained that it was no longer necessary to seek or cure if one killed by abortion or euthanasia the people who were desperate to cure. The future gave him doubly reason since on the one hand, except failure of the screening or insistence of the parents, there are no more children with disabilities, these being all aborted, and on the other hand we still cannot to heal because there are no more public research programs concerning them. The most important event in 25 years has been to extend the echo of Professor Lejeune's prophetic voice by creating the foundation and to concretely defeat eugenics by creating the medical consultation. We don't do better than the others but we do what the others don't do anymore! This legacy of a Hippocratic tradition that we received from Professor Lejeune is not reserved for us. It is for our world which forgets it today
What are the next "adventures" of the Foundation?Jérôme Lejeune has shown that there are things that remain and things that age. Scientific theories and techniques are aging: today there are diseases that science cannot cure or treat, but there is no reason it cannot do it tomorrow. It is to look back to the past to despair of medical progress to the point of killing the sick. If we devote resources to research, we will find. In the meantime, the doctor's duty remains to respect the life of the patient entrusted to him and there can be no question, under any pretext, of dispensing it, in particular if it is a question of yielding to the false promises of the procreative industry which disregards the human embryo. Prof. Lejeune summed up his thought in an unsurpassable formula: «when nature condemns, the role of medicine is not to execute the sentence but to seek to commute the sentence».
The Foundation's next «adventures» consist of help our world today not to despair of the future! We are receiving more and more requests in France and foreign countries to provide help, support, training to resist the global technicalization of medicine and the general hunt for imperfections. Jérôme Lejeune said: «there is no technical solution to the madness of men» and again «technique is cumulative, wisdom is not». Our contemporaries need these words of universal hope. They are worn by a man, scientist, layman, married and father, whose beatification process is underway, that is to say which we believe he has heroically lived the Christian virtues. The outcome of this trial is also one of the Foundation's next adventures .
In 1959, Jérôme Lejeune, a brilliant geneticist, discovered Down's syndrome. He did not win the Nobel Prize because for him, doctor, a child conceived, even with Down's syndrome, has the right to life and not to abortion.


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On Friday, Mike and I went to try out Three Amigos (4035 106 Street) with Mike's sister and mom. I've been on a real Mexican food kick lately, making frequent visits to Mucho Burrito (yes, yes, fast food Mexican. Laugh if you want, but their taco salad is awesome and it's very quick and convenient!) We bought a Three Amigos Groupon recently and had been looking forward to using it!
Three Amigos is located in a strip mall off Whitemud, and doesn't look like much from the outside, but my face lit up as soon as we walked in and saw Three Amigos had its very own singer, belting out authentic Mexican tunes! As well, the walls are brightly coloured and decorated with Mexican-themed posters, photos of lucha libre wrestlers, flags and more. So much fun. It's a small, adorable space that makes you feel like you've stepped out of Edmonton.
I'd read some pretty mixed reviews about Three Amigos. I was pretty enamoured with the atmosphere but will admit our service was pretty slow and the food was just okay.
Mike was won over by the option to get this Bull Dog El Grande. At $17.99, this drink is massive and just plain fun to have and look at. Check out some of the dishes we tried below – overall thoughts after that!
I like that they make the tortilla chips from scratch, and the Corona-marinated steak bites were quite tasty, but overall there wasn't any particularly stand-out flavours in any of the dishes we tried and from a presentation point of view, the slop of beans and generally beige colour theme of the plates didn't make us too excited to eat. I had also ordered the 'green sauce' with my enchiladas and it came out dark browny-red. It was super spicy, so that part does what it's meant to do, but wasn't overly appealing to the eye. Just not very bursting with flavour overall. We also waited quite awhile to get our starter nachos, and it took a long time to flag our server down to take our main orders. He was quite nice but I think probably new, he came back a few times at the start to clarify about drinks (which was still appreciated – rather have him get it right by clarifying, than guess and get it wrong!)
We topped off the night with fried plantains dessert which was pretty good and you get quite a bit for the price. I was pretty full by the end though and couldn't finish (are fried plantains good as leftovers because I took one home and haven't eaten it yet ;)).
Three Amigos has top-notch ambience and I really enjoyed just being there for the evening. Customers applauded the singer after each one of his songs, which I thought was just so lovely, and I just spent a lot of time taking in the decor. Very nice. But when it comes to the food, it doesn't really impress. It sort of satisfies the Mexican craving, but won't thrill you. Still I can't speak enough about how wonderful the atmosphere is! I guess I'll add my mixed review into the bag of current mixed reviews out there!
So have you been to Three Amigos? How did you like it?!


text: Home > Life BrandNews Surfer Elaine Abonal rides the tide against all odds Dove Posted at Aug 15 2018 01:15 PM | Updated as of Aug 23 2018 11:49 AM Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Viber Going beyond the expected occupations for women, professional surfer Elaine Abonal believes that Filipinas should be able to pursue their dreams, dance with the waves, and ride the tide if they want to. "I know that being a woman should not be a reason for me or any other lady out there to not catch a wave nor enjoy the water," she said. Oliver Bayer More than a hobby, surfing is also the livelihood of Abonal. Day after day, she wakes by the seaside to perform her role as the manager of Surfista Travels Philippines. According to Abonal, riding the waves makes her feel proud to represent women and show that they are "strong, intelligent, and capable." "I am also humbled by it because I know that a lot of young girls or other women look up to me," she said. Oliver Bayer Abonal spends most of her time in the water, surfing and being one with the ocean. Although surfing is still a male-dominated sport, this does not hinder her dedication to it. "I don't have to act like a man or play the rules of the guys--being aggressive, showing off, etc.--to enjoy surfing. I stay true to myself--female, strong, and a fellow being in the water just enjoying the surf," she said. Part of staying true to herself means letting her hair loose while riding the waves, because it reflects her personality and lifestyle. "It is a source of strength and femininity. It also represents grace for me while surfing. I always surf with my hair down and without restrictions, because it looks so graceful while blowing in the wind and while dancing on my surfboard," she said. Oliver Bayer Oliver Bayer Oliver Bayer Oliver Bayer Be free to let your hair blow in the wind like Surfista Elaine Abonal without hair fall worries. You can protect yourself from hair fall with strong and potent solutions like Dove's Hair Fall Range, which has dual action protection of locking hair from the roots and strengthening strands. Leave your hairfall worries behind to lead a stronger, fuller life. The Dove Hair Fall Range is available on Lazada. NOTE: BrandNews articles are promotional features from our sponsors and not news articles from our editorial staff. Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Viber Dove, Hair Fall Rescue, Elaine Abonal, Surfista, surfing, Philippine beach, surfing in the Philippines, women, female empowerment, hair fall, hair damage, advertorial, life advertorial, site only, Dove Hair Stories Read More: Dove Hair Fall Rescue Elaine Abonal Surfista surfing Philippine beach surfing in the Philippines women female empowerment hair fall hair damage advertorial life advertorial Dove Hair Stories


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To commemorate new beginnings for the year, Major Drop and Supercrew has come together for a capsule collection that is ought to bring you luck, wealth and happiness. Before the collection launches on the 3rd of February at Major Drop Mid Valley Megamall, here's a peek into what the collection looks like with our short Behind The Scenes video from the lookbook shoot.
For more details about the collection and where to get your own for Chinese New Year, keep your eyes peeled on http://www.majordrop.com


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Currencies Article 4 Thursday, January 24, 2013The Best Currencies to Invest in for 2013
The best currencies to invest in for 2013 come from Asia, South America, Australia – but not the United States.
The Federal Reserve's misguided insistence on a loose monetary policy, ongoing resistance to government spending cuts, and another increase in the U.S. debt ceiling will all conspire to boost inflationary pressures and restrain the value of the U.S. dollar.
That will, of course, impact domestic market performance and cut into real returns on dollar-denominated investments – but it will also provide major opportunities for U.S. investors who can target issues denominated in the strongest foreign currencies.
Unfortunately, that doesn't include most of the world's other major currencies – including the euro, British pound and Japanese yen – since the economies of the underlying nations are also suffering from sluggish economic recoveries and problems with excess debt.
As such, the strongest currencies in 2013 will likely be found to the north and west of the United States, starting with the neighboring Canadian dollar.
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Historical Sites
DeWitt Homestead
The DeWitt cabin was built in 1805 by Zachariah DeWitt. At the time, Zachariah and his wife Elizabeth had seven children, and traveled here from Kentucky to claim the cheap and newly available land.
Zachariah became an important member of the pioneer farming community. He built several houses in Oxford, including the initial portion of what would become the building still housing Beta Theta Pi fraternity at the corner of High street and Campus Avenue in Oxford. He was village treasurer when he accepted a captaincy in the War of 1812, took command of a company of Butler County riflemen, and marched them to Detroit to assist General Duncan McArthur. He became a pillar in the Baptist church, was co-owner of the Mansion House Hotel, and in 1822 became a founder and secretary of the Masonic Lodge. A Whig, he supported William Henry Harrison for President; a memorable reception at the Mansion House was part of Oxford's celebration of Harrison's election.
The log house of Zachariah Price DeWitt is now the oldest remaining structure in Oxford Township. It also is the last of a string of pioneer homesteads established along the Four-Mile Creek before Oxford Township, the town of Oxford, or Miami University even existed. It stands on the east bank of the creek about three hundred yards north of Route 73. Located on Miami University land, the structure is leased to the Oxford Museum Association, which in 1973 took on its restoration to preserve this rare example of early 19th-century log construction.
The DeWitt Log House is open to visitors on Sunday afternoons from Memorial Day through Labor Day featuring interns in living history who provide first-person interpretation of the site. It is also open during the annual Hike-A-Thon.
A Bird Blind and Butterfly Garden are located near the DeWitt cabin, as well as access to many trails.
Women's Recreation Association Cabin
The Women's Recreation Association was essential to the formation of women's athletics at Miami University. Established in 1908 by Zay Engle Hoopes as the Girls' Athletic Association, it only consisted of a women's basketball team. The GAA later gave way to the Women's Athletic Association in 1921 and then to the Women's Recreation Association in 1956, under the leadership of Margaret Phillips. It was the means through which women had access to athletic participation, both in intramural and intercollegiate competition. Membership in the organization was determined not only on sports participation but also on service provided to the institution.
During its 66 year history, the organization owned and maintained four tennis courts, purchased a playing field which the university helped to maintain, built the WRA Cabin, sponsored play days with other schools, built a field house on the south side of campus, purchased a station wagon for use when traveling to away events, scheduled social events for women on campus, presented letter awards to participants who earned a designated number of points, and beginning in 1950 offered a full tuition scholarship each semester to an upperclass woman on the basis of scholarship, financial need, personality, and service to the campus.


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Kate Daw
Like a perfume that evokes an unknown culture of another time and place, these small experiences – phrases, fragments, sensory notes and memories – can become the meaning to which we give life and which we find in it. +
In Kate Daw's Old names for old cities (2013), four ancient cities in India are rendered in clay and gleaming opalescent paint. Reminiscent of 70s graphics, her pastel coloured list evokes the lure of travel while alluding to post-colonial naming and reclamation. Kate's travelogue of Indian cities, letters that stack and abut in rows, is further taken up in her nostalgic and evocative artist's statement about aromas and sensory enhancement: the moments and memories that make life exquisite. Kate was ebullient and erudite. She loved all things floral, feminine and feminist which were fused into her capacious practice by gleaning the subjective experience of painting, reading and remembering.
In 2012, Kate visited India together with Vikki McInnes, Emily Floyd, John Meade, Stewart Russell and Simon Maidment (1) to undertake research and speak at Sarai – a program composed of researchers and practitioners who strive to develop a model of research practice that is public and creative – an initiative of Raqs Media Collective. Previously, each artist had undertaken residencies in India. Collectively, they began to reflect and revisit their prior experiences, returning to India as an act of revision. A companion exhibition, Sleep on the Left Side was presented at Seven Art in New Delhi with its poetic title alluding to the role of sleep in igniting dreams and imaginings that might be dormant: subjects of supreme interest to Kate. The group sojourn to India culminated in an exhibition at the Margaret Lawrence Gallery where Vikki was the Director. For many years, Kate and Vikki shared a desk, sitting side by side, and an immense, lifelong friendship unfurled.'Old names for old cities', 2013, by Kate Daw. Image courtesy of the artist and Sarah Scout Presents, Melbourne.
In 1995, Kate travelled to India on a 3-month Asialink residency at Maharaja Sayajirao University in Baroda which ignited a profound relationship with India. In her Asialink Arts Alumni Stories series, Kate recounted how she was deeply affected by the surrounds: 'the experience came at a critical time in my development as a young artist. It was the first time I had spent time away to focus on my own work. It was a transformative experience for me…it underscored everything that came after that.' (2) During the residency, Kate continued her signature typed text canvases with excerpts from literary, popular culture sources and romantic novels: "I chastise myself continuously for the time I waste that I should be spending more constructively; reading, writing, researching, thinking, make art, planning life ahead." (3) In addition, Kate produced a suite of candy coloured rose paintings, derived from the graphic design on a box of matches found in India. Throughout her career, Kate continued her ongoing depiction of floral motifs alongside sentimental and seductive verse embossed onto canvas with an old typewriter.
In August 1995 – the same year as Kate's Indian odyssey – I curated a two-person exhibition with Kate and Maria Griffin called Swoon, about rapture and romance. Kate assiduously helped me make the small publication which we printed on a family member's colour printer along with her crimson, wallpaper of cherries. In addition, I was lucky to have written about Kate's early exhibition at William Mora Galleries in Melbourne in 1992, relishing her 'wit and insouciance' amidst 'inflamed hearts, the scent of gardenia and the frivolous rush of playing piquet.' Later, notions of narrative were taken up by Rachel Kent's curation of Kate's work in the group exhibition Telling Tales: excursions in narrative form (2016), for which I wrote her catalogue entry. (4) With her red lipstick and captivating blue eyes, Kate's personal stories resisted grand narratives, instead rejoicing in the everyday wonder of our interconnectedness.
During her residency in Baroda, Kate met academic, scholar and curator Dr Chaitanya Sambrani, who was an interlocutor for a subsequent summit in Jaipur (2013) and Red Hill Victoria (2011): a retreat for 10 artists from India and 10 artists from Australia, continuing ongoing dialogue and forging lifelong connections. Participating artists included: Jon Cattapan, Lyndell Brown and Charles Green, Fiona Hall, Mithu Sen (whose poem is featured below), Gigi Scaria, Pushpamala N, Emily Floyd, Gulammohammed Sheikh and Savandhary Vongpoothorn, amongst others. Kate recalled the enduring friendships from this gathering especially with artist, Mithu Sen, with whom Kate was planning a book. In 2013, Kate also exhibited with her comrades Vikki McInnes and Kate Barber of Sarah Scout Presents at the India Art Fair, covering the stand in a screen-printed rose pattern. The wallpaper was accompanied by new paintings and a text excerpted from an interview that Kate had undertaken with Rosemary Ricker: an elderly collector who had been born in India only to return in her latter years.
Kate was part of a research cluster at CoVA with Danny Butt, David Sequeira and I called 'Art across the Archipelago: Indian Ocean Exchanges'. We met frequently, building alliances with the Asia Pacific Triennial including artist Mithu Sen, developing cultural links and forging understanding across Australia, Indonesia and India. Together, we generated public lectures, research seminars, panel discussions and affiliations with a variety of colleagues inside and outside the academy at MPavilion, Buxton Contemporary, Biennale of Sydney and at the Stables, where Kate's office was located on the Southbank campus.
As a group, we met with fervent discussions about new initiatives followed by a frenzy of emails. Until recently, we were scoping an online program with Indonesian Art Institute in Yogyakarta about stargazing, digital actions and online commissions with Danny leading the program. Previously, Danny had travelled with Kate, Sally Smart and Konfir Kabo on a tour of Jakarta, Bandung and Yogyakarta to launch the Australia Indonesia Art Forum. The hectic pace involved twenty-four hours in Bandung where they had presentations from over thirty artists. Danny reflects that: "Kate loved art and artists - she understood that a pop of colour in the everyday could hold us through life's larger challenges. She not only lived that as an artist but advocated for everyone to participate in the potential of the aesthetic lift." (5)
Prior to our CoVA meetings, I would secretly go up early to Kate's office in the Stables in order to have some minutes alone with her, basking in her friendship and positivity. We talked fashion, fragrances, literature and the many intersecting (and chaotic) aspects of life as a mother, artist, wife, leader and mentor. On one of these occasions we discussed the writings of US feminist Camille Paglia and Kate immediately handed over her own copy of Glittering Images with its enthralling and revisionist account of visuality and feminism.
As part of our research node, in March 2019, Kate and David presented at the Kochi Muziris Biennale delivering a paper at the Student Biennale conference, accompanied by three postgraduate students. Notably, VCA was the only Australian art school to participate. Whilst in Kochi, Kate and David devised the term, 'incidental curriculum': "We use this term to describe learning opportunities that did not involve academics in a formal sense. In this context, our role was to create a space (both physical and metaphoric) for students to learn: the conversations in stairwells and corridors, open mic sessions, student led exhibitions etc. Even taking students to Kochi can be considered as incidental curriculum…there is no formal or structured outcome. As academics we have the confidence that the outcomes will be powerful (even if we don't know what they will be). In many ways, the incidental curriculum is so much more potent that the actual curriculum." (6)
Kate and David shared numerous synergies and closeness (sometimes finishing each other's sentences). We all knew how Kate was immeasurably creative with all aspects of her life intertwined. She avidly devoured literature, audio books, popular culture and fashion as sources for her practice that was linked to her daily existence affirming the adage that the personal is political. Aware of the profundity of the small moments in life whether glamour, motherhood, recipes, literature and art, she relished the success of others with her affirmative disposition and constant encouragement. She melded authorship, narrative, personal memories and shared cultural recollections as part of a feminised endeavour.
For her, love and work were the cornerstones of her humanness. Always buoyant, smiling and radiant, Kate declared: "My vision as Head of VCA Art involves seeing – and believing in – culture as a force for positive change in the world." (7)
It's our responsibility, together, to take her exuberant vision forward.
Professor Natalie King OAM
+ Kate Daw, 'Meadow', Ghar Ghar Ki Baat / Tales from Two Homes, curated by Heidi Fichtner and Vikki McInnes, exhibition catalogue, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Victorian College of the Art, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, p. 12.
1. Simon Maidment and I curated Kate's permanent public artwork with Stewart Russell at Docklands. Civil Twilight End (2011): a bell tower that rings each day at the end of civil twilight, when the sun has dipped below the horizon but the sky is still light. For Daw: 'A bell tolling at this romantic, even melancholic, time of day introduces a heightened sense of belonging to the Docklands community.'
2. Asialink Arts Alumni STORIES: Kate Daw LINK
3. Asialink Arts Alumni STORIES: Kate Daw LINK
4. Natalie King, 'Kate Daw: Love, Work', Telling Telling Tales: excursions in narrative form, curated by Rachel Kent, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2016.
5. Correspondence from Danny Butt, September 2020.
6. Correspondence from David Sequeira, September 2020.
7. Kate Daw, Head of VCA Art, on her vision for artists in Southbank LINK


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Output Caching in ASP.NET MVC
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Although nowadays most of us have broadband connections, resource caching is important as loading a resource from your local HD is (by now) still faster than fetching it remotely. In this post I'd like to explore how to control the ASP.net MVC caching behavior and its effects when using ajax requests for retrieving data.
Default ASP.net MVC Caching Behavior
If you don't specify anything at all and you have a plain normal action method like
public JsonResult Details(long id) { //snip snip return Json(theResult, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet); }
then ASP.net MVC will return the response with the following headers:
Cache-Control:private Connection:Close Content-Length:81836 Content-Type:application/json; charset=utf-8 Date:Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:08:44 GMT Server:ASP.NET Development Server/184.108.40.206 X-AspNet-Version:4.0.30319 X-AspNetMvc-Version:3.0
According to the offical W3.org docs, Cache-Control:private …
…Indicates that all or part of the response message is intended for a single user and MUST NOT be cached by a shared cache. This allows an origin server to state that the specified parts of the response are intended for only one user and are not a valid response for requests by other users. A private (non-shared) cache MAY cache the response.
Disabling Caching Behavior
Lets first take a look on how to completely disable caching.
Globally on the Server (Custom Approach)
If we want to completely disable any kind of caching behavior, we could employ a kind of brute force approach by implementing a custom global action filter that sets the corresponding headers:
public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication { ... public static void RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilterCollection filters) { filters.Add(new NoCacheGlobalActionFilter()); } ... } public class NoCacheGlobalActionFilter : ActionFilterAttribute { public override void OnResultExecuted(ResultExecutedContext filterContext) { ... HttpCachePolicyBase cache = filterContext.HttpContext.Response.Cache; cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache); base.OnResultExecuted(filterContext); } }
The response headers will vary as follows:
Cache-Control:no-cache Connection:Close Content-Length:81836 Content-Type:application/json; charset=utf-8 Date:Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:48:40 GMT Expires:-1 Pragma:no-cache Server:ASP.NET Development Server/22.214.171.124 X-AspNet-Version:4.0.30319 X-AspNetMvc-Version:3.0
Note the Cache-Control and Expires header that has been added. This will prevent any kind of caching, on the server as well as on the client side.
Globally on the Server (OutputCache)
But rather than creating a custom filter, why not just re-use something existing. ASP.net has already a build-in caching mechanism called OutputCache. It is quite powerful and I'll go into more detail soon. As a result you could annotate your controller as follows
[OutputCache(Duration = 0)] public class SomeController : Controller { }
in order to prevent caching. Consequently the response headers contain a Cache-Control: public, max-age=0 header.
Attention, you could also specify the following in your web.config:
<caching> <outputCache enableOutputCache="false" /> </caching>
However, this won't prevent caching. Instead it just indicates that no kind of caching mechanism should be applied. By just disabling the output cache we get the default cache headers used by ASP.net MVC which falls back to Cache-Control: private, thus again opening the browser the possibility to cache requests.
On the Client-Side using jQuery
Beside disabling the cache on the server-side, you also have the possibility to control the caching behavior on the client-side. jQuery's ajax - for instance - allows you to specify a cache flag. Lets look at its effects. Executing an ajax request with
$.ajax({ type: 'GET', url: '/nation', ... });
uses the following headers:
GET /nation HTTP/1.1 Host: localhost:4120 Connection: keep-alive X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/22.0.1229.94 Safari/537.4 Referer: http://localhost:4120/frontend/accounts/index.html Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate,sdch Accept-Language: en,de;q=0.8,en-US;q=0.6,it;q=0.4 Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.3
and answers with
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: ASP.NET Development Server/18.104.22.168 Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:54:35 GMT X-AspNet-Version: 4.0.30319 X-AspNetMvc-Version: 3.0 Cache-Control: private Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: 81836 Connection: Close
Instead, by using setting cache: false like
$.ajax({ type: 'GET', cache: false, url: '/nation', ... });
the request headers look as follows
GET /nation?_=1351500913222 HTTP/1.1 Host: localhost:4120 Connection: keep-alive X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/22.0.1229.94 Safari/537.4 Referer: http://localhost:4120/frontend/accounts/index.html Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate,sdch Accept-Language: en,de;q=0.8,en-US;q=0.6,it;q=0.4 Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.3
The response parameters don't vary. But note that jQuery adds an additional, random generated request parameter _=... which is used to enforce a cache invalidation.
Enable Caching
Before I illustrated how to disable caching behavior. Now I'd like to take a look on how to enable it.
On the Server Side
While you could easily write your custom caching attribute using action filters, there is no need at all. ASP.net has the OutputCache mechanism which also provides a OutputCacheAttribute that can be applied to Controller actions. For instance we could decorate our controller action like
[OutputCache(Duration=3, VaryByParam="*")] public JsonResult Details(long id) { //snip snip return Json(theResult, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet); }
This causes the following response headers to be injected:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: ASP.NET Development Server/188.8.131.52 Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:18:35 GMT X-AspNet-Version: 4.0.30319 X-AspNetMvc-Version: 3.0 Cache-Control: public, max-age=3 Expires: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:18:37 GMT Last-Modified: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:18:34 GMT Vary: * Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: 81836 Connection: Close
Those of interest here are Cache-Control, Expires and Last-Modified.
Client Side Caching
We could potentially also enforce client-side caching mechanisms. I'm thinking about using techniques that have been made available with HTML5 like
- ApplicationCache
- Client-side storage such as localStorage and sessionStorage
To what regards the localStorage approach, there exists a nice jQuery plugin on GitHub which might be worth looking at: jQuery-ajax-jstorage-cache (with a fork by Paul Irish as well).
Conclusion: Caching Where and When I need It
In a real world application you'd obviously expect to have a proper combination of disabling/enabling the cache where appropriate. This implies to have the possibility to use an approach where you define a global default which can be overwritten where needed.
The approach I applied is to enforce disabling of the cache on a global basis for then enabling it on an as-needed basis. That is, all our controllers inherit from a custom BaseController class which performs some additional common work. I then annotated that class as follows
[OutputCache(Duration=0, VaryByParam="*")] public class BaseController : Controller { ... }
On those action methods where I explicitly desire caching behavior I can now add the OutputCache attribute to enforce it:
public class SomeController : BaseController { public JsonResult UnCachedAction(){ ... } [OutputCache(Duration=60, VaryByParam="id")] public JsonResult CachedAction(long id){ ... } }
This turns out to be quite powerful as the amount of custom code involved is kept at a minimum. If you're interested in using the OutputCache mechanism I'd suggest you to also take a look at custom Cache Profiles.
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There are certain events that will forever be ingrained in your memory. Unfortunately, these memories aren't always joyous, but often times sad. Such was the case when I received a text message from hairstylist, Chuckie Amos, to ask whether it was true or a rumor that celebrity makeup artist, Roxanna Floyd had passed away. Sadly, it was true. I fondly remember meeting Roxanna Floyd the first day I worked for Essence magazine. We were working together on a beauty story and as I began doing makeup on my model, I remember Roxanna pulling me aside to give me advice on the "look" that the client preferred. She had a maternal quality that made you listen and ask for guidance. Her years in the industry made her an invaluable resource of information and inspiration. In fact, anytime I'd run into Roxanna – whether on the block in Brooklyn, or on a plane traveling to Los Angeles – I'd always find myself asking numerous questions about the beauty business. It's ironic that during our last conversation, only months ago, she would still be giving me advice. That time it was on how to deal with the demands of being a celebrity makeup artist. The makeup industry seems vast, but actually it's quite small. There are very few artists that reach a level where you recognize their name, identify their work at a glance, or rattle off celebrity clients that they've beautified. Roxanna Floyd was one of those artists. However, her artistry is not what I'll remember most. I'll always remember Roxanna as an artist who paved the way for many "artists of color" to reach new heights by setting a standard of excellence with her work on numerous magazine covers, music videos and celebrity clients. In an industry that isn't always welcoming to artists of color, Roxanna became a beacon of light, showing us how brightly our lights could shine. As I prepare to attend her services, I begin to think about the legacy I will one day leave behind. I hope to have touched someone's life with my talent and provided an encouraging word along the way…just as Roxanna has mine.
Sam Fine Remembers Roxanna Floyd
The who's who in the entertainment, beauty and fashion industries held their hands of their hearts in disbelief as reports of pioneering Black makeup artist Roxanna Floyd's death began circulating this weekend. In the wake of her passing, celebrity makeup artist Sam Fine remembers his friend and colleague.


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1.1 Now the Directive for a Yogic Life
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Labour Friends of Iraq
Labour Friends of Iraq (LFOI) was created around the time of the Labour Party conference in September 2004. Alan Johnson described the events surrounding its birth in a post on normblog:
- Over the last six months a group of people from the Labour Party, trade unions, NGOs, the media and academia have been working with Abdullah Muhsin the UK representative of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions to encourage the labour movement and the left to move on to the task of building solidarity with the democratic forces in Iraq. The TUC has shown the way with fact-finding missions, money and now the launch of the 'TUC Aid Iraq Appeal'. A new group, Labour Friends of Iraq (LFIQ) has been set up - they can be contacted at Labour Friends of Iraq, PO Box 2421, Reading, RG1 8WY - and a website will be launched soon.[1]
Johnson suggested that "This was the month when the British labour movement decided to move on," implicitly linking support for Iraqi trade unionists with the closure of the debate over the invasion.[2]
LFOI issued a founding statement on October 2004:
- LFoI includes those who opposed and those who supported military action but are united in supporting Iraq's struggle for democracy and labour rights.
- History will not forgive us if we fail to give solidarity to Grassroots Iraq as its long-suffering people seek a federal, democratic, pluralist, and unified Iraq, in which there is full respect for the political and human rights of all.[3]
On the antiwar movement
In a February 2005 post on the LFoI website, Gary Kent wrote that "The SWP's report of the recent TUC conference on solidarity with Iraqi trade unions selects those bits that suit it best."
- Its report quotes one official as saying that some people who supported the war were now trying to use the issue of solidarity to justify the occupation and concludes that "The clear and overwhelming message throughout the day was that the anti-war movement will not be thrown off course by the warmongers' efforts to confuse the growing feeling against the occupation."
- Actually, it was dominated by trying to understand the politics of the new Iraqi labour movement with few references to Stop the War activity.
- It may suit the SWP to divide the labour movement into the unsullied who opposed the war and the "warmongers" who supported it.[4]
The Lenin's Tomb blog subsequently noted that Kent's quotation was actually from a separate Stop the War conference and not the TUC event.[5][6]
On 5 November 2006, LFoI hosted a screening of the film Saddam's Road to Hell at Westminster. Guest speakers included film-maker Gwynne Roberts and Dr Mohammad Ihsan, a Minister in the Kurdistan Regional Government.[7]
- Harry Barnes co-president
- Ann Clwyd MP, co-president
- Dave Anderson MP, Director
- Gary Kent
- Jane Ashworth founding Chair
- Alan Johnson
Founding Executive Committee (October 2004)
Jane Ashworth (Chair) | Gary Kent (Director) | Graham Wildridge (Treasurer) | Eric Lee (Webmaster) | Alan Johnson (Publications) | John Slinger | Urmee Khan | Robert G Smith | Simon Pottinger | David Mapstone
Iraqis favored by LFoI
- Abdullah Muhsin from the GFIW/IWF
- Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed PUK (represents two Kurdish Parties)
- Laith Al Rubai Iraqi List (a coalition of secular forces headed by former PM Mr. Allawi)
- Salam Ali member of the ICP
- Azim Saghia Writer, frequent contributor for Al Haite newspaper
- Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions
- The Labour Party
- Trades Union Congress
- Harry's Place
- Normblog
- LabourStart
- Engage
- Democratiya
- Henry Jackson Society
Contact, References and Resources
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Phone: +44 (0)7 774 071 864
- Website: www.labourfriendsofiraq.org.uk
- Internet Archive holdings labourfriendsofiraq.org.uk
- ↑ Alan Johnson, Moving on at the conference, normblog, 30 September 2004.
- ↑ Alan Johnson, Moving on at the conference, normblog, 30 September 2004.
- ↑ Solidarity with Grassroots Iraq, 6 October 2004.
- ↑ Gary Kent, Socialist Worker's U-Turn, Labour Friends of Iraq, 17 February 2005.
- ↑ Labour Friends of Iraq attack SWP, Lenin's Tomb, 17 February 2005.
- ↑ Union speakers salute spirit of unity in anti-war movement, Socialist Worker Online, issue dated 19 February 2009.
- ↑ Special screening: "The Road To Hell"—Saddam's genocide, by Gary Kent, eustonmanifesto.org, 5 November 2006.


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CSLP 7: The Need For Qualified Student Loan Advisor
Today, Patti Hughes joins the podcast from her business in Chicago, Illinois. Jantz, Heather and Patti discuss the state of financial advising and the need for qualified advisors with advanced knowledge of student loan repayment.
Patti Hughes, CFP, CPA, President Lake Life Wealth Advisory Group
Today, Patti Hughes joins the podcast from her business in Chicago, Illinois. Jantz, Heather and Patti discuss the state of financial advising and the need for qualified advisors with advanced knowledge of student loan repayment.
Patti works with clients all over the U.S. and with a variety of income levels. Patti can be reached via her web site.
In this episode, Patti, Jantz, and Heather discuss student loan advising for married couples who have triple digit loans; why CPAs need to address the student loan issue or find qualified resources to help; and Patti's experience with the CSLP Program.
00:01:33.04] Patti introduces herself. Her background as a CPA, CFP. She also has a Masters in Accounting.
[00:03:12.13] Discusses the needs of younger clients paying off large student debt and also pre-retirement clients, some with student debt for their children.
[00:04:02.59] How she learned about the CSLP program. Referred by another CSLP on the east coast who said she will need this program if she were to work with clients with student debt.
[00:04:32.35] When taking the program was shocked at what she didn't know. Had a philosophy that student debt was like any other, pay off as quickly as possible.
[00:05:53.15] In all of her education and other designations, student loans were never addressed. Those CFP and CPA programs do not address student loan advising and repayment planning.
[00:07:02.35] When asked about the depth of the CSLP Program, Patti replies that it is a rigorous program and not a read and check the box program.
[00:07:34.9] It was comprehensive and the case studies were helpful. It took her about a month to complete the program.
[00:08:48.24] The CSLP program has helped her to build a niche and to also get referrals from other financial advisors.
[00:12:19.31] Patti discusses a recent case where she reviewed their taxes and found that she could save them 13k in taxes based on the student loan repayment planning information.
[00:17:54.63] Not only has the CSLP program produced referrals but high praise and recommendations from other financial advisors.
[00:18:44.49] Patti noted that she feels as a financial planner you have the obligation to provide the 'best solution, not just an acceptable solution'
[00:21:23.22] CPAs should be running tax projections on all married clients because student loans could change their financial profile..
[00:23:00.94] Sadly there is a serious lack of knowledge about student loans in the CPA community.
[00:23:22.9] Discusses concerns about clients only seeing a cpa, they won't receive adequate help with their student repayment planning.
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The MTA's Escalating Cost Crisis: Answers to Questions About the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Finances
Executive Summary
Performance at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority continues to slip, with only 65% of subway trains running on time during the first five months of 2017, down from 86% five years ago. Trains are also failing more often: every 115,527 miles, down from 170,206, or a 32% decline, from half a decade ago. In April 2012, 21,944 trains suffered delays. By April 2017, the figure had risen to 58,651. This year, riders have put increasing pressure on the governor, who names a plurality of the MTA's board members, to improve the situation. Government officials, including the governor, as well as outside policymakers, have blamed a lack of funding. Yet a historical review of the MTA's finances reveals that the authority is taking in a record amount of revenue.
The MTA's revenues have more than kept up with inflation and with service enhancements to keep up with ridership growth. Even as the MTA's revenues have increased over the decades, its costs to operate subways, buses, and commuter rails have outpaced these gains. Over little more than a decade, the MTA's costs, excluding debt service, have outpaced inflation by 50%. This fundamental imbalance prevents the state from providing New Yorkers with the transit service that a growing city demands. Below are answers to some questions about the transportation authority's finances.
Nicole Gelinas is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor at City Journal. Follow her on Twitter here.
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One of the rare industries that has boomed during COVID-19 is digital entertainment, making talent even scarcer than capital. In this exclusive, Priya Sunil finds out how Virtuos's Global HR Director, Minny Abels, is enhancing the way the company works to attract & retain talent.
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Industry Insider: Minny Abels, Global Human Resources Director, Virtuos
Sector spotlight: Games
Based in: Shanghai, China
The number one talent challenge this sector is facing
Competition for talent has existed since the start of the game industry. However, competition has become fiercer in recent years alongside the boom of digital entertainment. I would hence say that the top challenge would be the hiring and retaining of talent.
Developments that are intensifying this challenge
The game industry has grown rapidly and according to Newzoo, it will continue to do so and generate US$204.6bn by end-2023. The onset of COVID-19 in 2020 also accelerated its market growth, alongside consumers' engagement and spending on games. We can therefore observe an overall increase of investments in game companies – both big and small – and a greater demand for talent with skillsets unique to the industry. In this case, talent can be scarcer than capital.
After hiring, training and retaining talent is also key to how companies improve their capabilities, services, and grow over time. Employers are constantly challenged to remain attractive in the face of competitors, especially against those specifically seeking out talent who are already skilled and trained. This is especially true in China, where there is a good number of companies that offer hefty employee compensation packages.
Best practices: Strategies that have worked in tackling this challenge
In the face of increasing competition, an overarching company purpose can help guide strategies, initiatives, and empower managers with more autonomy and confidence in their decision making.
Communicating the Virtuos purpose of 'we make games better, together' has formalised our culture, reason for being, and enhanced the way we work both internally and externally.
We also remain differentiated by our global portfolio of AAA games, strong client partnerships, and position at the forefront of game technology. To remain as the ideal partner for blockbuster game developers, we set up our Singapore headquarters and dedicated R&D centre back in 2018.
We are also invested in establishing ourselves as the primary choice for talent in the industry. At Virtuos, we commit to ensuring that everyone keeps learning and growing. Customised training and sharing sessions are available to employees from their first day of work to assure personal development. Job crafting exercises is another way we safeguard employees' work to remain purposeful and meaningful over time.
To continuously enhance the Virtuos working experience, we also adopt an iterative review approach to our employee benefits and wellbeing initiatives.
While lockdowns since the first half of 2020 continue to affect ways of working, we found that our investment in technology and platforms paid off as processes largely remained the same during remote work. Solutions to digitally distribute, track, and review work were in place from before, and that enables our global team of over 2,000 employees to stay collaborative and connected. That is enhanced with transparent communication and an inclusive culture that enables work-life balance.
For instance, policies that go beyond state requirements include flexible work arrangements that support working parents at Virtuos, enabling them to take care of their families without impact on career advancement.
The next big priority for HR professionals in this sector
Remove silos and ensure that HR strategies are aligned to overall business goals – this enables the HR function to drive meaningful organisational change.
Leveraging HR analytics tools can help generate insights and help us make more accurate, data-driven decisions. And as the industry continues to evolve rapidly, we should continue training and developing employees to enhance their capabilities and competitiveness.
How CHROs are proactively preparing for the future workplace
In alignment with Virtuos' purpose and values, we build the workplace of the future in three key areas. Firstly, we maintain a collaborative culture that encourages teamwork across our 12 offices and studios worldwide.
Secondly, we foster trust and strong partnerships amongst our employees and with our clients. We do that through an equal opportunity work environment, and the utilisation of the best tools and processes to produce secure, timely, and quality deliverables.
Lastly, we nurture a positive and socially responsible company. We are in the business of fun, creation, and believe that quality games deliver both value and positivity to both our employees and consumers at large.
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Rails Girls comes to Jaipur! During the free two-day workshop we'll dive into the magical world of Ruby on Rails. With the help and guidance of our coaches, you will create a real web application in a fun and relaxed atmosphere.
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You learn designing, prototyping and coding with the help from our coaches.
You need your own laptop, curiosity and a sprinkle of imagination!
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Rails Girls Jaipur is organized with huge help from our institute The LNMIIT
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How much does the workshop cost? Nothing, it's free! You just need to be excited!
Who is this aimed for? Women of any age with basic knowledge of working with a computer. We've had people of all ages taking part. Most of the speeches are given in English. Please bring your laptop.
Can men attend? Yes, but you need to be accompanied by an interested lady. Also, girls are given a priority.
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It's a beautifully animated and textured short. Spooky enough, but I'm not crying, YOU ARE.
Archives For reasons why my dad is cool
– What if someday there came a tomorrow when we were apart?
– As long as we're apart together, we shall certainly be fine.
from: Pooh's Most Grand Adventure: The Search For Christopher Robin
Damn you, Solar, you making me cry for picking that song for Solar Gamsung. LOL
Like- the song on its own is super sad, but it works well with its video… but the Japanese version? Literally, Nada Sou Sou. xD With the Shamisen, and the goddamn subs in Spanish. ToT
Makes me miss my dad so much.
Me acostumbré a rezarle a la primera estrella, al atardecer miro al cielo y con el corazón lleno te busco. En la tristeza y la alegrÃa, pienso en esa sonrisa; si desde donde te encuentras, me puedes ver, yo viviré creyendo que seguro nos encontraremos algún dÃa.
I just wanted to drop a note thanking Solar for releasing Solar Gamsung on tape (yes, I was one of the lucky ones to get it on first order), because that pushed me to clean up the cassette deck I had at home (yes, I'm the old person who still has a cassette player on hand).
Honestly, I thought my deck was busted, I remember testing it a while back and it stopped working. Today, I cleaned it up with alcohol; and though the automatic open/close is faulty as heck and the rewind/fwd doesn't always work, it plays stuff. And today I listened to my dad's voice in years. So thank you, Solar-ssi, for making me cry tonight.
My dad used to have a Karaoke bar in the 90s, and ever the music fan and Karaoke-owner, he liked to sing and record himself singing. LOL So now I have 42min. of him singing an array of 14 songs. He was, obviously, a very VERY big Miguel Bose fan. Though, honestly, I had never heard my dad singing (the Spanish version of) I Will Follow You xD Now I've finally transferred his tapes on mp3 to keep :) added him to my iTunes library, album cover and all~
Los Doltons' version of El Ultimo Beso will always be a good memory of him.
I think there might have been an extra coma on the YT subs, that I may have put on my screencap, but whatever.
Feelings. Feelings were had. Maybe not the song as a whole, I still think World Without Tears (沒有眼淚的世界) [LV] is much more interesting musically, but the music video for Dearest (親愛的) [MV] by Chen Hung-i (陈å®ä¸€) totally sells it. I cried so much, I've been crying quite easy these past couple of days. Hwasa made me cry with her short version of Lee Moon Se's (ì´ë¬¸ì"¸) Whistle (휘파람). Then this, and now Leehom.
Dearest, you will forever be Baba's baby.
A kiss on your cheek, so you sleep well through the night.
Dearest, no matter how long the road,
my love will be with you because
you are forever my Dearest.
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Some simply log in and make their own ads, others want complex integrations, some need completely bespoke functions. We are always on and always working on the next big feature. 2016 was a tremendous year for digital advertising with many reports stating that ad spend and revenue was up, and it's an exciting challenge to be at the forefront of this industry.
Our ad delivery platform was designed and built from the ground up with two critical goals; super fast performance and total reliability. Careful selection of the most suitable technologies, best practice software engineering and solutions architectures enabled us to create a responsive and scalable solution.
We recently showcased just how fast users could build ads by boldly creating 480 ads in five minutes in a live demo during a competition pitch, winning Unilever's Next Big Thing 2016. In terms of reliability, we're very proud to say our outage record for 2016 is 99.995% uptime on the ad delivery platform.
Performance-wise, we use Nginx as our web server as it's lean and mean with minimal overhead combined with our own Ad Delivery decision application engineered specifically to be simple and written with real-time processing optimisations as a main focus, all backstopped with MongoDB as our data persistence layer again due to its superior performance capabilities.
Reliability is achieved with our infrastructure, information, and software architecture views. We host multiple web servers, each with redundant power supplies and RAID 10 local storage, which are served by multiple redundant Load Balancers to manage the incoming traffic distribution. Data persistence is based upon a replicated dataset model with the data replicated to multiple nodes any of which can take over control should another node fail. Additionally, our software development, testing, and release processes validate change and mitigate risk going through multiple test environments prior to reaching the production estate.
All of our Ad Delivery infrastructure is held in a contemporary data centre with robust power, air, and cooling facilities, with onsite operational support and quality service level agreements in place. In order to ensure the best performance of our Ads globally we use a global proxy cache service offering local points of presence to minimise network latency of Ad content.
Creating, maintaining and developing a unique world class ad platform takes a strong team of software engineers constantly striving to develop the next big thing in digital advertising. It will never slow down and the only way to succeed is by having the mindset to always rise to the next challenge.
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Patient KSO is a thinning Norwood Class 3V, with fine blond hair and a donor density of 2.1. Results after two hair transplants of 1,497 and 1,370 for a total of 2,867 follicular unit grafts. The before and after photos were taken nine years apart.
Slideshow of Patient Progress
Before Hair Transplant
After Two Hair Transplants
Norwood Class: 3V
Hair Transplants: 2 Sessions
Hair Character: Blond
Hair Weight: Fine
Donor Density: 2.1
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I've never seen a Tf done through clothes before, or at least so smoothly . Well done :)
Date: 8/28/2012 Views: 21083 Favorites: 199 Comments: 17
This is a sequence for Dariuswhitefur on FA for my 100 Sketch Challenge. I was given free reign over the trigger for a were transformation, and chose this. A thick fur cloak made of the skin of a werewolf provides the wearer with the creature's powers, as this young man demonstrates, donning the garment for a nighttime excursion...
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I've never seen a Tf done through clothes before, or at least so smoothly . Well done :)
Holy... I don't even know. That 2nd frame is just stupid awesome!
What an interesting way to change. I like it.
Now that's just wicked
Amazing. Your work is art.
:O it's more then art! This sequence presents the whole idea of becoming a werewolf by clothing! :O It's amazing!
That's so cool!
the second frame is awesome keep it up
good job
This needs to be a D&D 3.x wondrous item. Do you mind if I run this by a D&D forum or two to build gameplay mechanics and statistics?
i have a book that has a werewolf skin belt thats a wondrous item if you want i can post the item here if you want or just post the name of the book chrontius
Wow! Just wow! What a pretty piece this is! I'm not really sure how you've managed to capture an instance of fabric and fur and magic in such a way, but damn it feels right. That second image just has such a movement to it. I'm totally blown away.
artguy, post it here
Yo quiero una
Where can i get one
That's pretty cool, love how you did the fur. C:
all of the frames are amazing :)
I want one sooooo bad


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This quiz is for people who love nature. For those who don't, go Mets!Tell me who said what about nature."Art is anything you can get away with." -Marshall McLuhan
Quiz created by: Bill Graves
1. A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
2. A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.
3. A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.
4. Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.
5. Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
6. All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.
7. All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
8. And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.
9. Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?
10. Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.


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Mark your calendars! Huffington Post reports Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee will debut on Netflix in January.
Formerly on Crackle, the series features Jerry Seinfeld chatting with comedians as they drive around in luxury cars before stopping for a cup of coffee. The show has previously featured Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Kristen Wiig, and President Obama.
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee will be available to stream on Netflix beginning January 5th.
What do you think? Have you seen Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee? Will you watch it on Netflix?


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On August 20, Let's Get Healthy! was part of the 10th annual Asian Community Health Fair at the Asian Health & Service Center in Portland for the first time. We brought our interactive education and research exhibit, where participants learn about their health by visiting a variety of stations as well as contribute their data to an anonymous population database.
Let's Get Healthy! is excited about this new partnership with the Asian Health & Service Center! We had 203 people participate in the event, and we look forward to having even more next year.
In addition, we showcased several exciting new additions to our exhibit: a computerized breast cancer module that assesses awareness, readiness to be screened, and obstacles to getting screened; educational blood chemistry handouts with information about glucose, cholesterol, and triglycerides; and translations of all surveys and feedback materials into Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean. Of the 203 participants, 78 went through in Chinese, 24 in Vietnamese, and 15 in Korean.
Our next event is in Hermiston, OR, for the annual Family Health & Fitness day on September 24. Maybe we'll see you there!
About Let's Get Healthy! We are an education and research program based out of CROET at OHSU that hosts free and fun health fairs in schools and communities. The exhibit includes many different stations: computerized surveys on diet, sleep, and cancer risk; body composition; blood pressure; blood chemistry; genetics; interactive diet and exercise exhibits, and Dance Dance Revolution. All stations offer automated, tailored feedback. In addition, participants receive a wristband that allows Let's Get Healthy! to collect data anonymously in a database that is available to schools, communities, and researchers.
The program started in 2007, and now boasts 28 fairs, over 7000 participants, and over 350 volunteers! If you are interested in learning more, visit our website or follow us on Facebook. You may also sign up as a volunteer using our online form.
Submitted by Adam Lipus, Program Coordinator, Let's Get Healthy.


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Nicole and Bill wed at the historical Hamilton House, and celebrated their nuptials at the Red Barn at Outlook Farm. These two are equal parts sweet and goofy and I just loved spending the day with them!
Dress: Allegria Bridal
Invitations: Wedding Paper Divas
Florals: Flower Kiosk
Hair: Tazanna Beauty Studio
Makeup: Tazanna Beauty Studio
Cake: Wicked Sweet Sugar Boutique
Band/DJ: Revolution DJs (Jeff)
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Winnebago Industries Towables Minnie travel trailer 2201MB highlights:
- Large Rear Bath
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