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WF I am very fortunate to have some of your time because I know it is very hectic. You have had a lot of people, television crews and so on, who want to talk to you, but here we are in the British Pavilion in front of Void Field, and I wonder if we could just set the agenda for the conversation we are going to have. Something that keeps recurring when I think about the pieces I see here and your work in general is a comment you made about your work which was, 'I don't wish to make sculpture about form, it doesn't really interest me. I wish to make sculpture about belief or about passion or about experience'. I think a much broader approach needs to be adopted in perceiving what you do.
AK I think that is probably true. Over the last ten years or so there has been a tendency to see the work in terms of my background, and I feel that's a shame. That has really not allowed me to deposit what I feel might be possible. But it has also restricted other people's experience of the work, and I think that is a battle that has been fought and will continue to be fought.
WF Some people have said that the notion of the spiritual that is used in discussing your work is a welcome addition to the vocabulary of art criticism of recent contemporary work.
AK For a long time now it has been a taboo subject. It has been something that one has not been able to deal with properly, and yet it is a fundamental of the human condition and we must somehow deal with it. It is a treacherous path, I think, in between meaningless sixties talk and real things. As human beings we have consciousness, and therefore that must be dealt with on some level.
WF And yet it appears to have been denied.
AK I think artists have dealt with it. I am not so sure that those who write about art have been able to deal with it. It requires, I think, on some levels a great deal of intelligence and humility.
WF Having read a lot about your works in preparing for this conversation, I have an instinctive feeling that something quite fundamental is being missed very often, and perhaps a Western literary tradition isn't a very adequate way of discussing what you do. At the end of the day the work is here, it has its presence, and the words have their presence, but the two didn't seem to me to correspond.
AK I think we are talking about experience. I don't think it is enough to talk about the spiritual or such things and leave them as ideas. One has somehow to have this whole thing, experiential and not just intellectual. I would follow, to a certain extent anyway, Beuys' notion about the spiritual: that intuitive intelligence is the highest kind of intelligence, and in the end intuitive sense is all that one has to go on, as an artist of my kind, anyway.
WF Standing here watching people coming through this gallery, looking, responding, I get the sense of a site.
AK Yes. The idea of place has always been very important to the work. A place that is in a sense original. I mean, by the word original, to do with 'first', and I think that is to do with centring oneself – allowing a thing to occur specifically rather than in general. A lot of the works are about passage, about a kind of a passing through, and that necessitates a place.
WF I am reminded about the early Aboriginal response to the first British settlers, where the notion of ownership didn't have a corresponding concept, it was much more to do with place and to do with site and relevance to a particular area.
AK I think Barnett Newman also had a very sophisticated and concise way of understanding that art needed to occur in a place. He often used the Hebrew word Makom to refer to the present and the beyond in his painting. That is an area I am engaged in.
WF In relation to the starting point, is there a linear thread that you actually trace in these series of works? With the powder pieces there is much more of a correspondence and relationship within the sequence, but something like Void Field seems quite independent of that sequential development.
AK It is. Works feed off each other. They do grow out of each other. Here I think the work forms itself both in the room and in the emptiness of the room or in the conjunction between emptiness and fullness. That is not to do with specific physical relationships between the objects but really much more to do with some specific relationship between the body and the objects, which I think is slightly different. That I think is quite a change from the early work.
WF There is no sense of the artist's hand here.
AK We have just come through a whole period of expressionism, of artists depositing themselves in their works. I just don't believe in it. I don't believe that artists have anything to say. I think there must be a way, and there is a way, of arriving at a conjunction of things that have their own reality quite independent of the artist. Leaving the hand out has always been a feature of my work in that covering things with pigment was a way of removing hand. Similarly here, as you say, there is very little hand. Of course that is also something that's part of a post-minimalist tradition, I guess.
WF You have said on a number of occasions that the work is completed by the person looking at it. How do you elaborate on that statement?
AK It has to do with me not saying too much, not being over present. I think one thing that has happened very clearly is that from being about the outside of forms with inside implied, in the early work, it has turned into a condition which is about inferiority, and in some way I seem to have discovered that emptying out is filling up, and filling up only with what you, the viewer, can bring.
WF We are standing in front of Madonna, which is large. The diameter of it is about nine or ten feet, and if one looks at it and stands about four feet away, it is very displacing; one loses one's orientation, which I presume is really a product of the deep blue. One is drawn into it and it's quite disturbing in a very interesting way.
AK Well, I always had this ambition to make something totally frightening. This isn't, but it will happen to me when I can do it.
WF Colour clearly is very important in your work.
AK Yes, it is. In a way this whole show is about a conjunction of opposites. That has clearly always been a feature of what I do. Here the conjunction is between that which is physical and present and that which is not. It is not enough, I think, to speak about void as an entity. In some ways it needs to be physically present, it needs to be experienced, it needs to be there, as big a reality as it can be.
WF Obviously we can't escape the fact that you have made this exhibition here in Venice, which has a very particular sort of light, of history, culture and so on. How did you respond to that aspect of making this exhibition?
AK There are works in this show which do tangentially refer to some of that tradition. This work refers to the Madonna of Torcello. Her blue robe identifies her as some cosmic mother, some originator. I see void as a potential space, in some ways, rather than a non-space. It is certainly existential to some degree, but a condition of beginning rather than of end.
WF Could we move to the next room. The other issue that you have often talked about is that of an interest in alchemy and chemistry in relation to art. You mention Beuys and you also mention Duchamp. Is it the magical qualities that materials and forms and spaces can have that interest you and motivate you, more than the form or physicality.
AK Yes, it is, and here It Is Man is simply a stone with this room cut out of it.
WF This carved hole in the stone, when people are drawn into it, somehow one is drawn into oneself, because of this endless blackness that one is facing.
AK I think these conditions are very hard, if not impossible, to put into words. I must let that be the experience of the work.
WF Now this is a piece called Wing at the Heart of Things and it is two large slabs of slate covered in a blue pigment. I would like to ask you about the relationship between the pieces here with Void Field and the others. Is there a conscious dialogue that you are interested in?
AK Very much so. This work A Wing at the Heart of Things is in a sense the opposite of Void Field. If Void Field is about mass and no mass – that is to say, sky or night contained in earth – then the act of painting these two stones blue somehow makes them weightless, somehow reverses that process. It comes to be earth contained in sky. I find that kind of dialogue of opposition very important. I think perhaps there is a similar play between Void Field and Madonna and between Void Field and It is Man. One of the tasks of this show has been to try to get the whole show to work as one work, so that the sequence of events that occurs through it concur and oppose one another.
WF Another characteristic in the early pieces, the powder pieces, is to do with radiation, and in these pieces with holes within them, to do with absorption. There is a piece here called The Healing of St Thomas and unlike any of the other works in the pavilion, this one is part of the fabric of the room. You have actually cut a slit in one of the walls, which has a red powder within it. Perhaps you could talk a little bit about this work.
AK Of course it refers to a piece of classical Catholic iconography, the incredulity of St Thomas . I didn't feel I wanted to make a work about disbelief, but it seems that St Thomas is healed of his doubt by putting his hand into Christ's wound. It seemed sufficient to think of the room, the house, the building, as an image of the self, and the wound occurring there in some real way. The reason why I was drawn to that in the first place was that it seems to be an image about the femininity of Christ; that in some way, on a very deep level, this process of healing has to do with some kind of transformation into the feminine. In the context of this show I find it difficult to articulate that there is a very powerful relationship between wound and void. That is to say, perhaps they both, through some kind of clearly sexual metaphor, refer to points of origin, and that seems in this context to be important.
WF Moving to the next room, there is a piece called Black Fire, and it has large boulders of either coal or anthracite and then a vertical, concave canoe-like structure.
AK It is evidently sexual and it is also perhaps the odd thing out in this show, but I felt it was important to have it here because it makes some kind of bridge between a wound and a void, as we were just saying. Perhaps it articulates in some different way the idea of site or place and the idea of physical and non-physical presence, or material and immaterial.
WF You have chosen a material that is symbolic of heating and of providing support.
AK That is clearly part of the imagery too.
WF How do you feel that the context of Venice has worked for you and the works here?
AK It has been marvellous for me. This show seems to have had a good response, and that is good, but what I think is strange is that one of the issues here is that I am Indian and yet I'm representing Britain, and that is something that I have had to deal with. But perhaps the whole notion of the five or six grand pavilions with the rest on the periphery is something that is out of date, it seems to be a kind of model from the 1930s or whatever. We need to change that. I feel that somehow we live in a much more global culture, perhaps the beginnings of a real post-colonial culture, and it is necessary somewhere to have a wider possibility for artists other than in the Western context.
WF The Venice Biennale tends to close down international art categories, and you are an example almost of the contradiction of the Venice Biennale in that you do bring together a whole range of cultural influences and interests and consciousness that becomes something else. You have talked about the notion of global culture that isn't local or parochial.
AK Perhaps more than local and parochial, it isn't hierarchical. I think that is the real issue in the end and that is something to be resisted with a great deal of education above all else. We have got a long way to go there yet, I think.
WF Do you get irritated by this constant identifying of this strand in your work?
AK That makes me furious. I have a great resistance to trying to look at the work for its Indianness or through my Indianness. People have walked in here and said there is a peculiar smell to this show, did you use Indian spices. The extent to which this kind of fantasy goes is incredible, and I think it is to be resisted with great anger and energy.
From Audio Arts Magazine Volume 10, Number 4, 1990
Recorded in Venice, June 1990
Transcript; Recordings at the 1995 Venice Biennale included Anish Kapoor talking about his installation, 'Void Field' at the British Pavilion. Others contributing were; Andrew Graham, Peter Frank, Stuart Morgan, David Mach and Gray Watson.
British Pavilion 1990
In conversation with Greg Hilty and Andrea Rose
In conversation with Nicholas Baume
In conversation with Marcello Dantas
In conversation with Heidi Reitmaier
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Noble Energy, Inc. today announced a discovery at the Big Bend exploration prospect in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The well, located in 7,200 feet of water on Mississippi Canyon Block 698, was drilled to a total depth of 15,989 feet. Open-hole logging identified approximately 150 feet of net oil pay in two high-quality Miocene reservoirs.
Charles D. Davidson, Noble Energy's Chairman and CEO, said, "The discovery at Big Bend is an exciting follow-up to our recent success at Galapagos. The well results appear at least as good as our pre-drill mean resource expectations and de-risked our offset prospect Troubadour. The combination of excellent reservoir properties, fluid characteristics and our high working interest in this project will contribute significant production and cash flow for our business."
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Related Strips: #400: Diarrhea of the Dead, Part One; #401: Diarrhea of the Dead, Part Two
For those few of you who have been wondering: the spot on my tongue is benign. yay!
I've contacted the (second group of) five winners of the upcoming Multiplex: Chapter 1 print comics via the Multiplex Kickstarter page. Thank you everybody for pledging!
We just passed $4500 last night! Thank you very much, y'allz! Keep those pledges coming! Less than $3000, and we're in the clear!
I have no idea what to do for an pledge incentive next! Give me ideas.
And now, I need to go to sleep.
UPDATE (2:16 pm): So winners of the second batch of five Multiplex: Chapter 1 print comics have been notified via the Kickstarter Project's Message Center.
Time for pledge incentive number THREE!
For every $500 we get added to the total between now and October 19th, one lucky backer will get their pretty face drawn Multiplex-style for their Twitter / Facebook / whatever avatar. You'll get AI files and JPGs, so you can do whatever you need with them.
I'm starting the count from $4500, meaning if we get to $5000 before I post the strip for Monday, October 19th, there will be one winner. If we get to $5500 by then, there will be TWO; $6000 gets three winners; and so on.
(While it's not part of the prize, once I've drawn you, there's a pretty good bet you will appear in the print comic at some point as an extra, too.)
UPDATE (Sunday, October 11th): I've added a new Kickstarter Backers-only strip — from the upcoming second Chapter eBook (and of course the print collection, as well). It's the first of a three-part story called "Hostile Makeover," set after #42 in the archives, and explaining — at long last — Becky's new haircut and glasses.
The previous backers-only strip — a "guest strip" by Kurt — is temporarily up as the TopWebComics vote incentive (until I post a new incentive), to give those of you who have not yet pledged a taste of what you're missing out on. I will not be posting all of the backers-only strips as vote incentives, so if you want to read more Multiplex, pledge today — even just one little dollar will let you read the backers-only posts. But, of course, the $5 level will give you the Chapter eBooks. ;) And then, why not just reserve your copy of the print book now by pledging at the $30 level, since you know you're going to want it, anyway?
Multiplex 10 is here!
Although Multiplex 10 has ended, an animated prequel/reboot called Multiplex 10 was funded through Kickstarter in 2017 and is NOW AVAILABLE for rent or purchase on Vimeo On Demand, Amazon Video, and elsewhere! And an all-new, irregularly-updated Multiplex 10 web series (set after the short film) recently launched on YouTube! Learn more about the web series on the official Multiplex 10 website!
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Youth Hockey Testimonials
"I have had the pleasure of attending two events hosted by the Worcester Sharks – one was a pre-game in which my 12 and Under Girls Hockey team participated in, and the other a gathering for Worcester Pee Wee Alumni to honor an old friend, Bob Skinner. Both were different and memorable experiences! The Sharks staff was outstanding and professional hosts in every way. I strongly recommend the Worcester Sharks organization to anyone planning an upcoming event."
-Mark Baker
Coach, Minuteman Lady Flames U12
"Working with the Sharks has been an excellent experience for our youth hockey organization. The 'Skate with the Sharks' that we had in January was a huge hit for with the kids. The players did a great job. Some of our teams also participated in the pre game skates. The kids had a blast. Many of our families also took advantage of the very reasonable ticket prices and attended a game. More fun at a great price. We look forward to working with the Sharks in the upcoming season and wish them continued success on the ice."
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"During the 2006-07 season the Shrewsbury Youth Hockey Association (SYHA) Squirt 3 team invited the SYHA Squirt 2 team to play a hockey game against them before the Sharks took to the ice during a home game. The kids had a great time playing on the Sharks ice. We also had set up a food buffet for both teams and their family's and then stayed and enjoyed watching the Sharks play their game. Because both teams sold so many tickets to the Sharks game they were able to each have a Sharks player join them at one of their hockey practices. We were able to have both teams practice at the same time which allowed us to have both players come at the same time. Both teams were excited to have Riley Armstrong and Lukas Kasper join them at practice. The Sharks players ran drills with them and the players were able to ask lots of questions. I am not sure who had more fun the Sharks players or the Shrewsbury teams! What a wonderful organization the Worcester Sharks have to be able to include the youth hockey teams from the area and open up opportunities for them to meet and learn from such outstanding hockey players!"
-Kelly Stark
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Squirt 3- SHYA
"I have been involved in hockey all of my life - including involvement with the previous Professional Hockey Team in Worcester and the Worcester Sharks are a remarkable organization. Their commitment to the children of the community is refreshing and consistent with the commitment of the Midstate Junior Sharks. The youth hockey programs the Worcester Sharks run are affordable, fun and a great experience for the family and players. All of the families involved with the Midstate Junior Sharks had a great time this past season participating in the Youth Hockey programs."
-Terry Bonneau
Vice President, Paul Drapeau House League Midstate Junior Sharks
"The Worcester Sharks are a first class organization. It is very noticeable that the Sharks staff and players make a huge effort to work with all types of organizations in the greater Worcester area. Whether it was pre-game ice events at the DCU Center, a skate with the Sharks players at the Auburn rink or a performance by the Charlton Middle School Stage Band for the crowd at the intermission of a game, the Sharks made things exciting and fun for those involved. For all of these kids it was a positive experience that they will remember for ever. Twenty years from now they will be saying 'Remember the great time we had at the DCU Center with the Worcester Sharks'. This is what the Sharks are all about.
Go Sharks!!!"
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Baystate Sharks Pee Wee Coach


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Fall Play Auditions
It's here! It's here! It's time to audition for the fall plays!
Here's the scoop. Cast and Crew, fill out this form. If you want a crew leadership position, fill out the bonus questions on the form... good? Good.
For those auditioning, you have a choice of a Shakespeare monologue or a comedic monologue (or a comedic Shakespeare monologue... whatever). It does NOT need to be memorized. It does need to be 1 minute or less. If you choose a non-Shakespeare monologue, it should be from a play, not a TV show or movie.
Here's a couple of links to help you find one.
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The infiltrations narcosis cuts the pain in the area of the injection. The solution enters the bone tissue and numbs the pain directly on the nerves from one to two teeth on the tooth root endings. Should the side teeth of the lower jaw or a larger area is to be kept painfree, a nerve in that region is numbed. In the lower jaw the bottom lip and tongue half are also numbed.
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Sophie Babka
4th year, Environmental Science Major and Public Policy Minor
In this month's Student Spotlight, senior Sophie Babka shares her experiences getting involved in environmental policy and action, from an internship with the California Environmental Protection Agency to attending the recent Global Climate Action Summit.
Why did you choose to study environmental science?
I want a career that focuses on solutions to environmental degradation and climate change mitigation. To prepare myself for this role, I took a multidisciplinary approach to learning more about and solving these problems by studying environmental sciences and public policy. Within this major and minor, I've had the opportunity to take courses emphasizing the science and engineering behind climate change while further gaining an understanding about how to create effective policies. By combining these two fields I hope to be prepared to work towards creating more science-based policies for tackling anthropogenic climate change.
I'm currently working on my senior thesis, which is assessing compostable plastics and trying to understand how many of these products are actually composted in the real world. This has been a really interesting process and has allowed me to learn about California's waste management strategies and the implications compostable plastics have on compost facilities.
Sophie posing with a giant polar bear brought in for the Global Climate Action Summit.
You attended the Global Climate Action Summit last month—what were some key takeaways from that experience?
Participating in the Summit was an incredible opportunity to witness powerful advocates coming together to increase momentum to fight the severe global consequences of climate change. Over 3,000 delegates attended the Summit, including some of the most notable UC Berkeley faculty members, including David Ackerly, Daniel Kammen, and Whendee Silver. While the summit was occuring, Hurricane Florence and other major weather incidents devastated countries around the world, showing how necessary climate action is to prevent increased extreme weather events such as these.
At the start of the week, California Governor Jerry Brown signed SB100, a bill that commits California to 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045. SB100 is a large step, showing the world that California—the fifth largest economy in the world—is committed to both economic growth and emissions reduction.
The summit focused on five challenge areas, Healthy Energy Systems, Inclusive Economic Growth, Sustainable Communities, Land and Ocean Stewardship, and Transformative Climate Investments. Climate advocates who have dedicated their lives to this field, such as Jane Goodall, Michael Bloomberg, and Al Gore spoke on all these topics, leading to the creation of over 500 climate action commitments during the week long summit. These commitments were made by cities, companies, investors, civil society organizations, and regions globally.
The Summit was a call to action to all leaders across the world, from those who are working tirelessly to mitigate the climate change effects, to those who have yet to make a change. This summit proved that climate actions will continue to occur locally, and worldwide, no matter who is in leadership.
Can you tell us more about your internship at the California Environmental Protection Agency?
I spent the summer interning at the executive branch of the California Environmental Protection agency working with the climate program. I was able to experience the process behind how California implements its environmental policies. It was amazing being surrounded by like minded individuals who had the same drive and ambition towards environmental action. I participated in meetings with executive members of the California Air resource board, CalRecycle and other agencies and learned how they are tackling issues around topics such as biomass burning, waste sites at risk of sea level rise, dairy digesters, and the efforts each agency is doing to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in compliance with state emission reduction goals. I had an amazing time at the Cal EPA and really enjoyed my time being a part of the team that makes California so successful in our efforts.
Sophie at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco.
In addition to your studies, you work for ReGrained. Can you tell us more about the company and your role there?
Regrained is a remarkable company that works with local craft breweries to upcycle the grains leftover from the brewing process into granola bars. By repurposing this grain we're giving it a second life and preventing food waste. Also we use completely compostable packaging, so we're reducing food waste, without creating more waste in the process.
In my role as a brand associate with the company, I help support community engagement events and give product demonstrations, which lets me educate consumers about the impact of their choices and how we can all try to live a more conscientious lifestyle. It's empowering to live a lifestyle reflective of your values and I love that I am able to share my values with people through this position at ReGrained.
Do you know of a student or group in Rausser College involved in noteworthy research, community outreach, or extracurricular activities? Let us know by submitting a suggestion with this nomination form.


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|| SUGAR Cosmetics Born to Wing Gel Eyeliner Review||
Hey Angel! Today it is time to review a pretty new launch by the Sugar Cosmetics which is SUGAR Cosmetics Born to Wing Gel Eyeliner. Well! As always, SUGAR has shown sheer interest in choosing the name of the products. These gel eyeliners are, right now, available in two shades namely 01 Blackmagic Woman and 02 Roadhouse Blues. Whoa! Many of you might now, that I feel a strong connection with the color blue and the shade 02 sounded very catchy to me. Thus, I ended up buying it. So, after using it a couple of times, here is my take on the SUGAR Cosmetics Born to Wing Gel Eyeliner 02 Roadhouse Blues.
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Basic Information about SUGAR Cosmetics Born to Wing Gel Eyeliner:
Price: INR 599 for 2.3 g/0.08 Oz.
Shelf Life: 3 years
Buy From: SUGAR
What Does the Brand Claim about SUGAR Cosmetics Born to Wing Gel Eyeliner?
Hey Ladies! It is time to make a way because your savior has arrived for all the people who go gaga over winged eyes. Get ready to experience the silky super smooth formulation that is rich matte to the core. Born To Wing Gel Eyeliner is an ultimate queen bathed in luxury. Whether it is a chic yet casual look or an ultra-glam sultry cat-eye look, ace everything with this beauty. Hold on beautiful! That's not all. The smudge-proof and the water-resistant formula is totally ready to give your eyes a tug-free bold look for straight 12 hours. Don't judge yourself, just grab one today to sport the most dramatic look ever that would stay with you in every thick and thin. This eyeliner is, undoubtedly, the Gel of this New Generation. And, if you are pretty bored with the old black one, then here comes 02 Roadhouse Blues to your rescue. Shine in baby! With your newly found freedom and glory.
How to Apply SUGAR Cosmetics Born to Wing Gel Eyeliner?
Well! If you have used the Maybelline Gel Eyeliner, then it would be pretty easy for you. As you can see in the picture, The applicator comes attached with the lead that can be detached without tug or much pull. Dip the tiny yet strong brush inside a tiny cute tub and start applying the color.
The formulation would not bother your eyes, so you can easily apply it both on your upper and lower lash lines. Create a wing to be remembered forever.
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Ingredient Analysis of SUGAR Cosmetics Born to Wing Gel Eyeliner:
Genuinely, I loved the fact that SUGAR has come up with all the ingredients on the label of the product. SUGAR cosmetics has done a pretty extensive research in choosing the components. Let's talk about all of them in depth.
- Cyclopentasiloxane: It is a moderately safe ingredient which works as both the skin conditioning agent and emollient.
- Trimethylsiloxysilicate: This is another safe ingredient which works as both the skin conditioning agent and emollient.
- Paraffin: We all know that it is a safe skin emollient or skin conditioning agent.
- Isododecane: It is a safe solvent which can also be used as a fragrance ingredient.
- Ethylhexyl Palmitate: This safe component can be used both as a fragrance and skin conditioning agent.
- Mica: It is a pretty safe colorant.
- Sorbitan Stearate: This component is a safe ingredient which is used as both fragrance ingredient and surfactant.
- Microcrystalline Wax: Another low to a moderately hazardous ingredient which is used as a binder or a viscosity increasing agent.
- Silica Dimethyl Silylate: This safe component is pretty multi-purpose. It can be used as Anticaking agent, bulking agent, emollient, and viscosity controller.
- Phenoxyethanol: It is a moderately safe preservative.
- Tin Oxide: It works as a viscosity controller in the formulation.
- The product may contain the following colors – CI 77499 (this is one of the basic Red color Iron Oxide), CI 77891 (this is also known as Titanium Dioxide, it can be used as a colorant and also as a sunscreen agent, CI 42090 (Brilliant Blue is another name of this color), CI 15850 (It is also known as Red 6; which is a great colorant too).
Well! SUGAR Cosmetics Born to Wing Gel Eyeliner has a beautiful formulation. But, there are a number of chemicals that could have been replaced with something safer. So, overall I would go for a rating of 4 out of 5, solely for the components.
Well! The packaging would surely remind you of Benefit Ka Brow Eyebrow Cream-Gel Color. This one comes in a beautiful plastic packaging which looks very cute. The packaging has a total of three parts in it. The lid has a tiny brush which does its job perfectly and is pretty easy to wash as well. The tub where the color is, it is absolutely gorgeous. I think it is such a tiny packaging that you can easily slip inside your vanity.
Texture and Aroma:
The texture of SUGAR Cosmetics Born to Wing Gel Eyeliner is very creamy, soft, and smooth that anyone can easily apply it. I did not experience any rashes or itchiness during application. The formulation has been made very carefully indeed.
Alright! So, this is such a color that I was looking for a long time. This is the perfect royal blue shade according to me which is a perfect shade for Indian skin tones. If you are bored with the usual black one, then you can definitely go ahead for this one. I am in love with this shade.
The pigmentation power is moderate; the original color comes out after 2 to 3 swipes. Somehow, I expected a better pigmentation from SUGAR Cosmetics Born to Wing Gel Eyeliner.
My Experience with SUGAR Cosmetics Born to Wing Gel Eyeliner
I bought this eyeliner on the day, it was launched. But, I took some time to come out with a 100% genuine review. So, I have already used SUGAR Cosmetics Born to Wing Gel Eyeliner at least a dozen times. This eyeliner is pretty easy to apply and is pretty flawless because of the beautiful applicator. The formulation glides smoothly both along the water line and the lash line. Give your eyes two beautiful wings to fly high and taste the freedom.
Is SUGAR Cosmetics Born to Wing Gel Eyeliner a Smudge-free, Waterproof, and Water Resistant one?
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How Long Does SUGAR Cosmetics Born to Wing Gel Eyeliner Stay?
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- The staying power is low.
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In Valerie Stivers's Eat Your Words series, she cooks up recipes drawn from the works of various writers.
The Bengali novel Pather Panchali, Song of the Road is best known in the West as a Satyajit Ray film but the 1929s classic is also one of the most popular titles from prolific Indian author Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay (1894–1950). It chronicles the lives of two poor children in rural India. The great animating spirit of this beloved book is that, despite their poverty, the children's experience is one of abundance. Every path in the village is beloved to Durga, the elder sister, "she had known them all her life, so naturally and intimately that they had become a part of her…they were her own dear friends, her lifelong companions." Though Durga and her brother Opu are often hungry, their lives are a paradise of guava and mangosteen and custard apple trees, simple but delicious dinners made by mummy, and festival treats and feasts. On a day when Durga makes a picnic of dal, rice and eggplant snuck from her mother's stores, Opu reflects, "To think that they were out together sitting under a date-palm tree with leaves from a custard apple tree lying like a carpet all around them, and that it was real rice and real vegetables that they were eating! How wonderful it all was!" Every bite these two take seems to be bursting with flavor, and small things like the quest for ingredients to make "a mango pickle" with oil, salt and chili become major plot points.
Indian cuisine is one of my favorites to cook at home, and my two cookbooks from Julie Sahni are some of the grimiest and most water-warped on my shelves. (Alas, I am not a neat cook.) Versions of almost everything the children eat in the novel can be found in Sahni's books, which often specify the regional origins of the recipes, and include many from Bengal. I found a recipe for a Bengali home-made cheese-curd dessert called ras gulla, which was like one Opu covets as an inaccessible treat for rich people. There was also a recipe for the mango pickle, something I would never have tried, but which turned out to be a bright, delicious dish, worth stealing mangoes for, as Durga frequently did. I cook Sahni's dals frequently, so included one for Bengali red dal, and made "velvet" shrimp and eggplant raita, since the children eat those ingredients in the novel. Seafood dishes in general are specialties of Bengal. Even some of Pather Panchali's cooking techniques are endorsed in Sahni's cookbook. Shorbojoya, the mother in the novel, places her spices "within easy reach of her right hand" when cooking—which was just how Sahni instructed me to make the dal's spice-perfumed butter.
Either because of my love of Indian food, or because the children in the book were so desperate for yummy things to eat, I found this menu very difficult to limit, and ended up making six dishes, topping off all of the above with puffy fried poori bread, called luchis in Bengal. Or, as Opu says, "…luchis! Luchis!" Made by "the best cook in the village" in a "huge pan, swimming with butter and filling the air with ambrosial odours of frying luchis!"
Quick Mango and Shredded Ginger Pickle
Makes 3 cups. From Classic Indian Cooking, by Julie Sahni
2-3 very green raw mangoes
1/3 cup shredded fresh ginger root
1 tbsp Kosher salt
1 1/2 tsp red pepper
3 tbs sesame oil
1 1/2 tsp black mustard seeds
-Wash the mangoes in running water and dry them completely. (If there is moisture on the surface of the mango, the pickle will spoil.)
-Cut the pulp, including the skin, into 1/2 inch cubes, and put in a small bowl. Add the ginger root, salt and red pepper and stir.
-Heat the oil in a small frying pan until very hot, then add the mustard seeds. Keep a pot lid or splatter screen handy. When the seeds are sputtering and turn gray, pour the oil with seeds over the mango pieces. Mix well. Let rest for half an hour before serving.
Luchis (Poori, or Deep-fried Puffy Bread)
From Classic Indian Cooking, by Julie Sahni
1 cup chapati flour plus 1/2 cup all-purpose flour (alternatively, if you don't have chapati flour, use 3/4 cup whole wheat flour plus 3/4 cup all-purpose flour)
1/4 tsp kosher salt
2 tbs plus 1 tsp light vegetable oil
1/2 cup warm water
flour for dusting
peanut or corn oil, enough to fill a fryer to a depth of 3 inches
-Combine the flours and salt in a large bowl. Rub 2 tbsp of oil into the flour, using your fingers, until the flour is evenly coated with oil and free of lumps. Add water, fast at first to moisten the flour so it adheres into a mass; then slowly, little by little, until the dough is formed and can be kneaded.
-Place the dough on the work surface, brush your fingers and knuckles with the remaining oil, and knead for 10 minutes. Cover and let rest for half an hour.
-Knead the dough again briefly on a flour-dusted work surface, then roll into a rope of 16 inches long. Cut into 16 equal pieces, and roll each piece into round, 1-inch balls between your hands. Keep balls covered while you roll them out, one at a time, into 5-inch rounds. Keep covered under plastic wrap or with a moist towel until you are ready to fry.
-Heat the oil in a deep saucepan that can be used as a fryer. When the oil is very hot and begins to smoke, or when it reaches 400 F, drop one bread at a time into the oil. The bread will sink to the bottom. Immediately, hold a slotted spoon flat over the bread, as though to keep it from rising, but without touching it. As the bread begins to sizzle and rise to the surface (in about 3 to 5 seconds) press the bread very gently, for 2-3 seconds. This will puff the bread. Once the bread begins to puff up, be careful not to press too hard or it will break. Let the bread cook until it stops sizzling and the underside is slightly brown. The entire process should take about 15 seconds. Gently flip the bread, and let the other side cook 15 seconds. Take it out and drain it briefly on kitchen towels. Repeat with the rest of the bread. Serve immediately.
Smoked Eggplant and Yogurt Salad
Adapted from Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking, by Julie Sahni. Serves 6–8.
1 large eggplant or 2 small ones
1 large tomato, blanched, peeled, seeded and chopped
1/3 cup finely chopped scallions
1 1/4 cups plain yogurt
1/4 cup sour cream
coarse salt, to taste
3 tbs light vegetable oil
1 tbsp shredded fresh ginger
1/2 tsp or less cayenne pepper
1/3 cup finely chopped fresh coriander
1 1/2 tsp roasted cumin seeds, crushed
paprika or cayenne for garnish
-Cook the eggplant on the grill until very soft. Alternatively, preheat the oven to 500. Wash and wipe the eggplant dry. Roast it on a cookie sheet in the middle of the oven for 20-25 minutes, until very soft.
-When the eggplant is cool enough to handle, peel it and chop the pulp coarsely. Pat the pulp with a paper towel to rid it of excess moisture.
-Toss the eggplant in a bowl together with the tomato and scallions.
-In a separate bowl, blend the yogurt, sour cream and salt. Set aside.
-Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium high heat, until it is very hot. Add the ginger and cayenne pepper and let sizzle for 10 seconds. Increase the heat to high and add the eggplant mixture. Fry, turning and tossing until the tomatoes and scallions look a little bit fried and the eggplant has lost its excess moisture, about 5 minutes.
-Turn off the heat. Fold in the coriander and half the cumin seeds. Let cool.
-Mix together the eggplant mixture and the yogurt mixture. Serve sprinkled with the remaining coriander and cumin, plus paprika or cayenne for garnish.
Bengal Red Lentils with Spices
From Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking, by Julie Sahni. Serves 6–8.
For the dal:
1 1/2 cups red lentils
6 hot green chilis, medium sized
1/2 tsp turmeric
1 1/2 tsp coarse salt
4 1/2 cups water
For flavoring the dal:
4 tbs ghee
1 tbs grated fresh ginger
1 cup finely chopped tomatoes
For the spice-perfumed butter:
2 tbsp ghee
2 1/2 tsp panch phoron mix (1/2 tsp each: cumin seeds, fennel seeds, mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, black onion seeds)
4 bay leaves
4 dry red chili pods
2 tsp minced garlic
-Wash lentils in several changes of water. Put them in a pot along with the green chilis, turmeric, and salt. Add 4 1/2 cups of water, bring to a boil. Stir often to make sure the lentils do not lump together. Cook over medium heat, partially covered, for 25 minutes or until soft.
-While the lentils are cooking, heat the ghee in a large frying pan over medium heat. When it is hot, add the ginger and tomatoes and fry until the tomatoes are cooked and the contents reduce to a thick pulp, about 8 minutes. Stir constantly to prevent sticking and burning.
-Stir the fried tomato paste into the dal and simmer for 10 to 15 more minutes, until the flavors meld.
-Meanwhile, make the spice perfumed butter. Measure out the spices and place them next to the stove in separate piles. Heat the ghee in a small frying pan over medium-high heat. When it is hot, add the panch phoron spice blend. When the mustard seeds are spattering and the cumin turns a little darker, add the bay leaves and chili pods. Continue frying until the chili turns dark (15-20 seconds). Turn off the heat, add the garlic and let the mixture fry, sizzling for 25 seconds until it looks light golden. Pour the entire contents of the pan over the dal, mix well, and serve.
Bengal Cheese Puffs in Fragrant Syrup (Ras Gulla)
From Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking, by Julie Sahni. Makes 12 small ras gulla for 4–6 people.)
4 cups whole milk
1 1/2 tbsp white vinegar mixed with 3 tbsp water
4 cups cold water
2 tsp all-purpose flour mixed with 1/8 tsp baking powder
2 cups sugar
3 cups water
2 tsp cornstarch mixed with 2 tbsp water
2 1/2 cups water
1/2 tsp screw-pine essence (kewra); optional
-Bring the milk to a boil in a large, heavy-bottomed pan. Reduce the heat and add the vinegar solution. Stir gently until a white curd forms and separates from the greenish-yellow whey (about 10 seconds). Add 4 cups cold water and turn off heat. Let rest for 1 minute.
-Drain the curd through two or three layers of cheesecloth, placed over a colander in the kitchen sink. Place the contents under the tap and run the cold water for 10 seconds to rinse the curd. Bring the sides of the cheesecloth up and squeeze for a few second to extract excess water. The cheese should be moist but not wet.
-Put the cheese on a clean cutting board and knead for 3 minutes. Sprinkle the flour and baking powder mixture over it and knead to combine. Divide the mixture into 12 equal portions and roll into balls. Set aside, covered, until needed.
-Mix 2 cups of sugar with 3 cups of water in a saucepan wide enough to accommodate the 12 cheese balls, and bring to a boil. Cook the syrup at a boil for 5 minutes. Stir in the cornstarch mixture and cook for 90 seconds more.
-Lower the heat, add the cheese balls, and bring to a boil again. Cover and let the cheese balls boil for 13 minutes, as follows: Cook undisturbed for the first 5 minutes; then cook 8 minutes more, adding 2 tbsp cold water every 2 minutes. (This keeps the syrup from overheating or over-thickening.) The cheese balls will swell up like dumplings.
-Uncover and, with a ladle, transfer 1 cup of syrup to a serving bowl. Add 2 cups cold water and the dumplings, being careful not to break them. Gently stir in the screw-pine essence. Refrigerate for at least 8 and up to 24 hours before serving.
Velvet Creamed Shrimp
From Classic Indian Cooking by Julie Sahni. Serves 6.
1 cup dry flaked unsweetened coconut
3/4 cup plain yogurt
2 tsp garlic, chopped
1 tbsp ginger root, chopped
2 green chilis, seeded and chopped
2 lbs shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/2 cup light vegetable oil
1 stick cinnamon
8 whole cloves
8 green cardamom pods
3 tbs ground blanched almonds
1 1/2 tsp Kosher salt
2 tbsp coriander leaves, finely chopped
-Place a frying pan over medium heat. When it is hot, add flaked coconut and toast, stirring and tossing, until it turns dark caramel brown, about 5–8 minutes.
-Put the toasted coconut in a blender with the yogurt, garlic, chilis and ginger, and blend.
-In a large frying pan, heat the oil, then add the cinnamon stick, cloves and cardamom pods, and fry until the spices puff up and turn fragrant.
-Add the ground almonds, stir to coat, then add coconut-yogurt mixture and fry until the oil begins to separate, about 3 minutes. Add the hot water and salt, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
-Add the shrimp, stir to coat, and continue cooking, covered, until they're cooked through but still tender, 3–7 minutes depending on the size of the shrimp. Serve sprinkled with chopped coriander leaves.
Valerie Stivers is a writer based in New York.
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Progress MS-1 cargo ship launches on two-day trek to ISS
The first of a new generation of Russian Progress cargo resupply ships launched on a two-day trek to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, Dec. 21.
Progress MS-1, an improved variant of the venerable Progress spacecraft, launched via a Soyuz 2.1a rocket at 2:44 p.m. local Kazakh time (8:44 GMT) from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It began a two-day chase to rendezvous with the orbital outpost on Wednesday, Dec. 23. Docking is expected to take place on the Pirs docking compartment at about 4:31 a.m. CST (10:31 GMT).
The craft will deliver about 2.5 metric tons of cargo to the space station. Contents include dry cargo, propellant, water, and compressed oxygen. It will take the two-day route, instead of the six-hour, four-orbit path, because ground teams want to do detailed in-orbit testing prior to docking.
Progress' are manufactured by RKK Energia. The Progress MS weighs 7.25 metric tons. It has a similar size, mass, and cargo capacity as the Progress M – the most recent variant of the craft.
The new MS variant sports upgrades to a number of systems. It has a new external compartment, enabling the deployment of small satellites, backup electrical motors for docking, and improved micrometeorite protection among other things. It also has new digital communications enabling an enhanced TV camera view during docking operations.
The craft and the Progress MS-2 (launching in spring 2016) are being used to test systems that will be implemented in a new manned Soyuz variant. Soyuz MS-1 will launch in June 2016.
The Soyuz 2.1 launch vehicle is derived from the Soyuz-U booster. It first flew in November 2004 and is intended as an eventual replacement for all of the Soyuz rocket variants, including, when a human rating is complete, the Soyuz-FG, which currently launch the crewed Soyuz capsules to the ISS. No date has been set for that.
There are three variants: 2.1a, 2.1b, and 2.1v. It is 151 feet (46.1 meters) tall and has a core stage diameter of 9.68 feet (2.95 meters). It can deliver 7.8 metric tons of payload to low-Earth orbit (LEO) and up to 2.8 metric tons to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).
The first Progress to launch on the Soyuz 2.1 was the doomed Progress M27M mission on April 28, 2015. It ended in failure after an abnormal separation with the third stage crippled the cargo ship. It re-entered the atmosphere a number of days later. As a result, the next two Progress spacecraft were launched on the Soyuz-U.
Additionally, the mishap created a visiting vehicle delay ripple throughout the space station program. That ripple is still being felt as this launch was supposed to launch in late November. Extra checks were needed to ensure that there would be no repeat of the April 2015 failure.
Progress MS-1 is expected to remain docked to Pirs for around six months.
Video courtesy of Телестудия Роскосмоса (Roscosmos TV)
Derek Richardson
Derek Richardson has a degree in mass media, with an emphasis in contemporary journalism, from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. While at Washburn, he was the managing editor of the student run newspaper, the Washburn Review. He also has a website about human spaceflight called Orbital Velocity. You can find him on twitter @TheSpaceWriter.


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"Earlier this summer, it appeared that GenX contamination, while a crisis, could at least be contained. And once the pollutant was contained, state environmental officials believed, they could begin the arduous process of removing it.
But as the NC Department of Environmental Quality has continued its investigation, now in its sixth month, officials have detected high levels of the chemical not only in groundwater, but also surface water, private drinking water wells – and now, even honey from a farm near the plant near the Cumberland/Bladen county line."


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After learning last week that boiling freezer bags is not recommended, I decided to do a little more research about polyethylene plastic, the main "ingredient" in plastic bags. Low density polyethylene is used not just for freezer bags, but also for vacuum sealing bags (like FoodSaver). So I suspect that whatever type of plastic bags professional chefs are using for their sous vide, they are likely made of polyethylene.
And as it turns out, polyethylene melts. Above 115°C, the polymer changes from a clear solid to a relatively low-viscosity melt. It's hard to figure out the exact melting point for plastic bags because there are many different types of polyethylene (high density, low density, linear low density, etc.) but all seem to melt around the boiling point of water (100°C, 212°F), and some below it.
Even if you think your food will cook well below the melting point, there's still the issue of transference: molecules of the chemicals in the plastic can leach into the food or beverage. These chemicals are added to the plastic during the manufacturing process and some studies have shown they can find their ways into our bodies, especially when heated. So not only is sous vide potentially bad (either the poor man's version or the rich man's), but reheating that lasagna in the Tupperware isn't so great either.
Where does that leave us? Laying off all kinds of sous vide preparations, and migrating home storage containers from plastic to glass, or another inert material. Or just hoping that a little plastic does the body good.


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The setting: a nursery. A baby speaks directly to the camera: "Look at this. I'm a free man. I go anywhere I want now." He describes his stock-buying activities, but then his phone interrupts. "Relentless! Hang on a second." He answers his phone. "Hey girl, can I hit you back?"
This E*Trade commercial is only the latest proof of what comedians have known for years: few things are as funny as a baby who talks like an adult. This comedic law obscures an important question: Why don't young children express themselves articulately? And why is the idea of toddler speaking in perfect sentences so hilarious?
Many people assume children learn to talk by copying what they hear. In other words, babies listen to the words adults use and the situations in which they use them and imitate accordingly. Behaviorism, the scientific approach that dominated American cognitive science for the first half of the 20th century, made exactly this argument.
This "copycat" theory can't explain why toddlers aren't as loquacious adults, however. After all, when was the last time you heard literate adults express themselves in one-word sentences ("bottle," "doggie") or in short phrases such as, "Mommy open box." Of course, showing that a copycat theory of language acquisition can't explain these strange patterns in child speech is easy. Actually explaining one-word sentences is much harder. Over the past half-century, scientists settled on two reasonable possibilities.
Beyond the Copycat Stage
First, the "mental developmental hypothesis" states that one-year-olds speak in baby talk because their immature brains can't handle adult speech. Children don't learn to walk until their bodies are ready. Likewise, they don't speak multi-word sentences or use word endings and function words ("Mommy opened the boxes") before their brains are ready.
The second, the "stages-of-language hypothesis," states that the stages of progress in child speech are necessary stages in language development. A basketball player can't perfect his or her jump shot before learning to (1) jump and (2) shoot, and children, similarly, learn to add and then to multiply, not in the reverse order. There's evidence, for instance, that children don't usually begin speaking in two-word sentences until after they've learned a certain number of words. Until they've crossed that linguistic threshold, the word-combination process doesn't kick in.
The difference between these theories boils down to this: under the mental development hypothesis, these patterns in language learning should depend on the child's level of mental development when he or she starts learning a language. Under the stages-of-language hypothesis, however, they shouldn't depend on such patterns. This prediction is difficult to test experimentally, because most children all learn language at around the same age, and thus at roughly similar stages of mental development.
The Adoption Effect
In 2007 researchers at Harvard University found an ingenious way around this problem. More than 20,000 internationally adopted children enter the U.S. each year. Many of them are no longer exposed to their birth language after arrival, and they must learn English more or less the same way infants do—that is, by listening and by trial and error. International adoptees don't take classes or use a dictionary when they are learning their new homeland's tongue and most of them don't have a well-developed first language. All of these factors make them an ideal population in which to test these competing hypotheses about language is learned.
Neuroscientists Jesse Snedeker, Joy Geren and Carissa Shafto studied the language development of 27 children adopted from China between the ages of two and five years. These children began learning English at an older age than U.S. natives and had more mature brains to bring to bear on the task. Even so, just as with American-born infants, their first English sentences consisted of single words and were largely bereft of function words, word endings and verbs. The adoptees then went through the same hallmark language stages as typical American-born children, albeit at a faster clip. The adoptees and native children started combining words in sentences when their vocabulary reached the same sizes, further suggesting that what matters is not how old you are or how mature your brain is, but the number of words you know.
This finding—that having more mature brains did not help the adoptees avoid the toddler-talk stage—suggests that babies speak in baby talk not because they have baby brains, but because they only just got started learning and need time to accrue sufficient vocabulary to be able to expand their conversations. Before long, the one-word stage will give way to the two-word stage, and so on. Learning how to chat like an adult is a gradual process.
But this potential answer also raises an even older and more difficult question. Adult immigrants who learn a second language rarely achieve the same proficiency in a foreign language as the average child raised as a native speaker. Researchers have long suspected there is a "critical period" for language development, after which it cannot proceed with full success to fluency, yet we are still far from understanding this critical period or why it ends.
Paradoxically, although Snedeker, Geren and Shafto may have explained why there are no talking babies—a prospect so absurd it makes us laugh if we see it in commercials or movies—we still need to explain how babies become eloquent adults.
Are you a scientist? Have you recently read a peer-reviewed paper that you want to write about? Then contact Mind Matters editor Jonah Lehrer, the science writer behind the blog The Frontal Cortex and the book Proust Was a Neuroscientist. His next book, How We Decide, will be available in February 2009.


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Honestly, children, this thing is getting out of hand. Now my good friend Louis Farrakhan says he wants to participate. He says he can get 100,000 people to join in and watch Malcolm X speeches on YouTube.
Operation Chokehold: Farrakhan wants to join
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Some children can sense when their parents are fighting and changes are coming, but others are oblivious and may be caught off-guard at the news of divorce. If you are divorcing and you have children, how you tell them can make a huge difference in how they process the news.
It is almost impossible to completely protect your children from damage done during a divorce, and your children may have traumatic memories about the time. The best thing you can do as parents is present a united front and show your children that both parents will still love and care for them.
Stop with the blame
If the divorce is tense and emotional, it is easy to blame your spouse or partner for the problems, but this does no good for your kids. They still love both parents and struggle to separate the problem from the parent they know. Consult with a therapist or other professional to determine how much each child should know about the reasons behind the divorce based on their age at the time of the divorce.
Keep divorce as short and sweet as possible
A long, drawn-out divorce can be extremely difficult for your children. It can take years to settle all the issues involved in ending a marriage, but this does no good for your kids. Once you decide to end the marriage, get all your affairs in order and have a plan before you tell your kids.
Keep communication lines open
Your children will have many questions, some you do not even see coming. To help them process these questions and their feelings, talk to them regularly about what they are dealing with. Dealing with a divorce is a process and not something that can be achieved in one day.
Speak to a lawyer
If you protect your rights and interests during a divorce, you have more time and energy to focus on helping your kids. Once you determine that ending the marriage is the best option for you, speak to an attorney about handling the details so you can take the time you need to help your kids process.


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Hint Tip: Dzi Croquettes at MoMA
Receiving a standing ovation when it opened Premiere!, MoMA's annual festival of new films from Brazil, Dzi Croquettes documents the all-male, drag-based theater troupe that thrived in the 1970s, at the height of an oppressive dictatorship. The 13 men who lived and loved together come across as beautiful, talented artists years ahead of their time, helping catalyze the country's gay rights movement. The dance numbers, too, are jaw-dropping, a mix of Fosse, Rio Carnival, and high drag set to the likes of James Brown and Richard Strauss.
If you missed the premiere of this exuberant little film, it's screening again on Wednesday, July 21, 8 pm. If nothing else, go for the interviews with the adorable Liza Minnelli. She's a friend of the boys (only five of whom survive) and helped them conquer Paris by insisting they perform at her birthday party. On the guest list: Catherine Deneuve, Omar Sharif and Marisa Berenson. Hot!


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Information for Healthcare Professionals
This FDA video uses three actual cases to illustrate the potential severity of foodborne disease and explains a four-step process for dealing with symptoms that may indicate foodborne illness: Suspect, Identify, Treat, and Report.
Interested physicians can also earn one AMA Physician's Recognition Award PRA Category 1 CME creditTM on AMA's Education Center websiteexternal icon.
FDA: Food Safety and Nutrition Resources for Healthcare Professionalsexternal icon
How are foodborne diseases diagnosed?
The infection is usually diagnosed by specific laboratory tests that identify the causative organism.
- Bacteria such as Campylobacter, Salmonella, E. coli O157 are found by culturing stool samples in the laboratory and identifying the bacteria that grow on the agar or other culture medium.
- Parasites can be identified by examining stools under the microscope.
- Viruses are more difficult to identify, as they are too small to see under a light microscope and are difficult to culture. Viruses are usually identified by testing stool samples for genetic markers that indicate a specific virus is present.
Many foodborne infections are not identified by routine laboratory procedures and require specialized, experimental, and/or expensive tests that are not generally available.
- If the diagnosis is to be made, the patient has to seek medical attention, the physician must decide to order diagnostic tests, and the laboratory must use the appropriate procedures.
- Because many ill persons do not seek attention, and of those that do, many are not tested, many cases of foodborne illness go undiagnosed, and most illnesses are not laboratory-confirmed.
- For example, it is estimated that 29 Salmonella illnesses occur for every one that is laboratory-confirmed and that many hospitalizations and deaths caused by Salmonella infection are not ascertained
How to treat foodborne diseases
There are many different kinds of foodborne diseases and they may require different treatments, depending on the symptoms they cause. Illnesses that are primarily diarrhea or vomiting can lead to dehydration if the person loses more body fluids and salts (electrolytes) than they take in.
- Replacing the lost fluids and electrolytes and keeping up with fluid intake are important.
- If diarrhea is severe, drink oral rehydration solution such as Ceralyte*, Pedialyte* or Oralyte* to replace the fluid losses and prevent dehydration. Sports drinks such as Gatorade* do not replace the losses correctly and should not be used for the treatment of diarrheal illness.
- Preparations of bismuth subsalicylate (e.g., Pepto-Bismol*) can reduce the duration and severity of simple diarrhea.
- If diarrhea and cramps occur, without bloody stools or fever, taking an antidiarrheal medication may provide symptomatic relief, but these medications should be avoided if there is high fever or blood in the stools because they may make the illness worse.
2017 Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diarrheaexternal icon
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Mayor John Tory launches competition to encourage multi-residential buildings to reduce garbage sent to landfill.
Betsy Powell
Toronto Star
June 30, 2016
Hugh Garner Housing Co-op resident Shelley Ledger is eager to take up Mayor John Tory's challenge to become Toronto's greenest multi-residential building.
Photo Caption: Shelley Ledger is part of a group in her building that has coaxed residents into increasing recycling and organics disposal.
"We'll be signing up as soon as possible," Ledger said as she stood on the downtown building's lush, green rooftop.
The nine-storey co-op at 550 Ontario St. is sure to be a contender.
It already has an eight-member green committee that oversees a wide range of initiatives, including education programs and games to encourage the 300 residents to recycle and reduce their waste.
And it's working.
Blue bin recycling is up 31 per cent, organic disposal has increased by five per cent and the amount of garbage tossed by residents has dipped by six per cent.
"That's a very happy story for us," she said.
Ledger was standing next to Tory on Friday at his news conference to announce the his "Towering Challenge."
It is aimed at encouraging apartments, co-ops and condos across the city to voluntarily reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.
Almost half of Toronto residents live in multi-residential buildings, but they recycle and compost only 27 per cent of their waste compared to 65 per cent of waste in single-family homes.
The competition is open to buildings with either private collection or city service.
"We have set a long time ago in the city a goal of diverting 70 per cent of our waste. We have fallen way short of that goal, way after the time it was supposed to be achieved," the mayor said.
Tory said he was inspired to do something after visiting Mayfair on the Green in Scarborough, a condo leading the way to zero waste.
The building reduced its garbage by 83 per cent over two years by, among other things, allowing the garbage chute to be used for organic waste only. The superintendent also delivers transparent recycling bags door-to-door every Friday.
Mayfair is providing a blueprint for others to help change behaviour, he said.
"We have to do, I think, this as a city to challenge ourselves to take this approach and to change our behaviour," Tory said.
And while it wasn't part of the announcement, Tory acknowledged a competition might not be enough.
"In the event that's not successful we're going to have to look at other measures that involve using the law and using regulation to cause people to change their behaviour because we simply can't go on with people producing the amount of waste that they're producing."
Emily Alfred, of the Toronto Environmental Alliance, supports a regulatory approach but applauded the competition in the mean time.
"When we have these inspiring examples of people who have done it, it shows it's not impossible, there are a lot of creative, different ways to do it," she said Friday.
"Getting an organics composting or green bin system is one of the best ways for a building to reduce the waste rapidly. We hope this will encourage all buildings to do that."
The alliance is also pleased with the direction of the city's long-term waste reduction strategy, which will be on council's agenda later this month.
The city's public works committee is recommending council ask staff to consult with external stakeholders on the feasibility of requiring all multi-residential, commercial, industrial and institutional buildings, regardless of the collection provider, to develop waste diversion programs.
Back on Ontario St., Ledger and her fellow "green champions" don't need the regulatory push.
And she has a warning to the building that inspired the mayor.
"We're going to take Mayfair on."
The mayor's challenge will run over a six-month period starting in September.
Registered participants will receive resources, support and recognition for their efforts to reduce waste. The winning building will receive recognition at an event next spring.
As Originally Published: Competition is on to become Toronto's greenest residential building


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C'mon… not even close!
Did they run out of gas? Nope! Have to stop and block the RedBox to get the last copy of Grease for the weekend? Nope! Did this driver fail the spacial relations test in grade school, middle school, high school and in life? When packaging leftovers, do you think they always misjudge the size of the container as compared to the amount of leftovers?
But.. I guarantee if this person was driving a triple-tractor-trailer towing a BBQ spit on a flat trailer, they'd be able to put that thing in a spot the size of a smart car because THOSE spots cost $50.
Maybe they just wanted the little handicapped logo guy to prop his feet up on the bumper!
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Well the internet has arrived to my dwelling here in Copake, New York. It's a nice internet, though replete with strange angry vibes that my dog, Mr. Fatty Pants, wisely tells me to ignore. Fatty Pants says: "Hey man, just chill." And so I do.
But my chilling should have no bearing on your comics reading habits.
Today on the site we have Ron Goulart continuing his correspondence column, this time with Basil Wolverton. If I haven't mentioned this before, I should note that Ron is an absolute living treasure of a comics historian. He was the first to document and explain Jack Cole's life and work, and his artist-centric approach to the medium has yielded numerous essential books, including both volumes of The Great Comic Book Artists, and my personal favorite, The Encyclopedia of American Comics. Anyhow, here's a bit from Wolverton:
After Wolverton replied, I learned that he didn't labor in the New York area but in the Pacific Northwest. He resided in Vancouver, Washington and contributed by mail. The Funnies, Inc. shop handled much of his comic book. His letterhead contained the bottom line "Producer of Preposterous Pictures of Peculiar People." He sent me a small original drawing of Powerhouse, which I immediately tacked to my bedroom wall to add to my growing collection. In a later letter Wolverton enclosed a snapshot of himself holding his dog. He looked unlike Spacehawk or Powerhouse Pepper. But was a chubby fellow with curly hair. In the letter he explained, "the one with the coat is me." He was always polite and helpful and upbeat.
And elsewhere online, a diverse selection of reading material with which to wile away your summer day...
Brokelyn talks to Leslie Stein, Lisa Hanawalt, and Brendan Leach about how they make a living (or don't) in comics.
Howard Chaykin has resurrected his erotic comic book series, Black Kiss, and talks about it here. Chaykin is one of those artists I'm perpetually interested in, for the arc of his career as much as the work itself.
Sean Howe, whose forthcoming Marvel Comics: The Untold Story, is a miracle of research and storytelling, has a classic bit of correspondence from Steve Ditko.
Warren Ellis writes about British adventure comic strips. I've only just gotten on to Modesty Blaise, and am enjoying the strip a lot.
Michael Dooley's two part interview with Susie Cagle, with a guest appearance by Ted Rall, is here and here.
And finally, not comics, but this is an excellent and stylistically diverse career in book cover design.


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Part-psychedelic rock, part-post punk lies this new tune from Miles Monroe "Roll Around Kyoto." Combining flowing, sometimes intense lyrics with a raw vocal delivery and an en fuego blazing electric guitar work, Miles toes the line between ever-shifting reality and vivid fantasy.
The lo-fi vocals also really do the track some justice. And, can we just talk about The Doors-inspired guitar solo about 2 minutes in?
It might partly be that I'm craving time in Japan (never been) or that this tune has so many of my favorite rock influences packed into it, but "Roll Around Kyoto" makes me want to get out my skateboard, roll around the neighborhood, and come back and buy a ticket to Kyoto.
See if you feel the same.


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Every day there is an annoying thing that I MUST do. It annoys me that I need to, but as part of running a professional business it must be done. I discovered the issue about a month ago and have been doing this job manually every day since… all the while thinking about a solution to automating this task out of my life for good.
The Background
Threddies, being both an E-Commerce and Brick and Mortar business, has two distinct buyer's journeys that start out in very different ways. In one case, a prospective lead finds us online and is ultimately driven to our website (this journey becomes much more complicated when you consider that a user's journey could start from Google, Amazon, Etsy, eBay, etc.). In the other, someone stops by our shop in person… talks to us about the local happenings… and if we're lucky, makes a purchase. Our end goal is to turn visitors into customers, and even better REPEAT customers. Most of the time, people do not become a customer on the first visit, so our goal is to make them a potential customer, by getting them to sign up for our email list, or at the very least, joining us on their preferred social media platform. A lot has been written about this Omnichannel retail problem and it was something that we felt we had a fairly good handle on.
We recently have been consolidating our technology stack and introducing processes to make things consistent across all of the sales/leads 'channels' that we support. One area of integration that occured (and ultimately became the root of my current problem) was our choice to move the brick and mortar store to use Shopify POS instead of Square's offering. This had many benefits: reduction in payment processing fees, combined CRM and inventory systems, a common user interface for our employees to use across all channels, etc.
The Vexing Problem
The problem that I didn't see coming involves the collection of emails in our email marketing platform. We use AWeber and AWeber has both a Square and Shopify integration. We were actively using the Shopify integration to collect emails from our website and the Square integration to collect emails from B&M purchases (We also use the Etsy integration, but the issues with that is a subject for another blog post). In both cases, we use separate web based sign up forms or the AWeber Atom mobile app (appropriately tagged) to collect email addresses from those that don't ultimately make a purchase. If you are a Shopify and AWeber user, you should be aware that AWeber's integration does not support collecting emails that are entered using Shopify's Newsletter functionality, this was something that I discovered early last year and have built an acceptable workaround for that (I can document this for anyone interested).
After removing Square from the store, I quickly noticed that no emails were being collected from B&M purchases. Initially, I thought it was a sync issue and that they would eventually show up, but they never did. I did some digging and testing and it seems that the AWeber/Shopify integration was only collecting emails from customers who made a purchase from the website, no emails would ever be added from Shopify POS. My daily chore of adding emails had begun… even worse, since I was constantly watching what was going on with email adds, I started to notice other issues.
We don't require users to provide an email address in order to make a purchase, providing a valid phone number will allow you to make a purchase as well. We do require an email address, however, in order to create a Threddies account which gives the customer access to some additional features that they wouldn't get otherwise. I noticed over time that there were many customers that made a purchase without an email and then ended up creating an account with an email at a later date. NONE OF THESE EMAILS WERE BEING CAPTURED! This was a fairly large problem that required some explaining to our customers when I finally added them all manually to our email list. I did some additional testing and discovered that this same use case occurs when a customer updates their email address from their account. AWeber never gets the updated email address. This was a particular issue since many of our customers originate from channels that obfuscate their real email addresses (Amazon, eBay, etc.), but then they ultimately warm to us and provide their real email address after making repeat purchases.
I immediately started looking for solutions since manually doing this every day was a nightmare. The AWeber provided integration is free with an AWeber account, but there are several paid solutions in the Shopify app store. All of the third party integrations suffered from various issues… either they used polling on a regular interval to collect email addresses rather than being reactive to events occurring in the Shopify ecosystem, or they came with heavy handed tag syncing. None of them specifically guaranteed the Shopify POS or Newsletter functionality that I desired. Since this problem was/is on my mind every day, I started thinking about the ideal state that I would like to have… tailored email marketing automation that is triggered by the channel that the user originated from. This is important because the Amazon/eBay/Etsy's of the world tend to be very restrictive regarding the content of the email that you can send to their users. Due to this, many of the emails sent to customers originating from these channels tends to be manually sent (often through systems that don't have guaranteed high deliverability like AWeber), rather than automated which takes a crazy amount of time. I also want intelligence behind tag syncing between Shopify and AWeber. It was clear that none of the existing integrations could meet these needs. This is the problem without an automated solution… for now… Stay tuned!
If you made it this far, and are interested in the thrilling conclusion… I wrote about my solution here.


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This month's issue of Geographical explores the divisive legacy of Captain James Cook.
Some 235 places and features in New Zealand were named by, or after, Captain Cook. As the country marks the 250th anniversary of his landing, a growing unease around the country's colonial past has come to the fore. The Indigenous Maori people feel that their history has been overwritten – after all, they inhabited the land for thousands of years before Cook's arrival. Yet many modern New Zealanders are descended from European colonialists. With New Zealand reckoning with its past, is it time for the Maoris to tell their story?
This month's Geographical also features a profile of Margate, resurgent beach town and newfound home for London's hipster communities. Find out the secrets of its success.
Meanwhile, the November dossier focuses on renewable energy prospects in the Gulf States. Can these countries ruled by oil adapt to 21st century energy demands?
Elsewhere there's advice on forest photography, before an in depth look at Guinea-Bissau. One of the world's poorest nations, Guinea-Bissau is struggling with a Presidential election and the threat of another violent coup.
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Much has been lost through the advent of the Internet. With the arrival of social media, much of the youngest generation (with the means and ability) has committed itself to a holographic facsimile of life. As with the relationship between all generations, those observing college-aged kids of today generally fail to grasp the growing complexities of life resulting from instant connectivity and the omnipresence of information.
As David Brooks wrote in a New York Times column on diminished connections in the modern world, "When we're addicted to online life, every moment is fun and diverting, but the whole thing is profoundly unsatisfying." For this generation, the ability or desire to unplug is fading as social and digital media become more and more intertwined with everyday life. As we research connections between the connected world, isolation and depression the spread of digital life seems all the more ominous.
Millennials and Gen-Zers are profoundly aware of the lives of others in a way that can be both inspiring and paralyzing. The periscope of online existence isolates a carefully curated representation of others' lives. Just as a scare in a horror film isn't lessened by the knowledge that the scene is acted, knowing that social media streams are staged and crafted does little to lessen the resulting envy or isolation. We know these are well-acted plays; yet we react as if they are genuine. The digital revolution has altered the norms of social interaction in an irreparable way.
Olga Khazan wrote in The Atlantic that we have a tendency to relay mundane experiences in social situations. This ensures easier conversation and connection, where tales of "extraordinary experiences" are isolating. Khazan argued "In social interactions, people aim for relatability, not impressiveness. More important than having undergone something, it seems, is having someone understand."
It is easy to see how social media flips this concept. Going off a Facebook or Twitter feed of a college student, the ordinary experiences of life are stripped away with only highlights published for the world to see. Instead of the commonplace experiences that make up deep conversations with close friends, we have a gallery of the extraordinary.
This generation, faced with a skewed looking glass, also suffers from record rates of depression, with 44 percent of college students in America suffering from symptoms of depression as of 2012. Oddly, there has not been a corresponding increase in treatment. Researchers have begun looking for a connection between depression and the inextricable nature of social media in the lives of this generation.
A 2014 University of Pittsburgh study proposed a similar relationship between depression and social media, with researchers hypothesizing that "exposure to highly idealized representations of peers on social media [may elicit] feelings of envy and the distorted belief that others lead happier and/or more successful lives." While researchers could not determine the exact nature of the relationship, those individuals who used social media the most "reported greater depression."
In his column, David Brooks wrote that we're seeming to reach a saturation point for digital and social media in the developed world. While one used to have to purposely seek information out of curiosity or need, it is now difficult to shield oneself from information—both useful and useless—or to limit your own sharing of information. Though curiosity is invaluable, the ability to disconnect is of equal importance. The unending onslaught of information (as best explored by Andrew Sullivan in a piece for New York Magazine) is clearly detrimental to our mental health.
We may not ever regain the ability to unplug. If, as has been suggested, this inability is contributing to growing rates of mental illness and depression, it's hard to see how things will improve. It is worth noting that the ability to dedicate hours to social media, or even to afford access, is not ubiquitous. Yet, with 1.86 billion active Facebook users as of 2016, the phenomenon affects enough of the world (with thousands more each day) to be considered on a broad scale.
So, as the older generation looks at connectivity and the integration of the digital with skepticism and excitement, the younger generation will grow up with an unbreakable umbilical cord. The solution—if there is one—will probably rely on rejection. Hipsters dusting off turntables and Polaroids won't provide a solution; but restoring the balance of connection and analog moments will likely rely on a similar nostalgia.
Christopher Sacco is opinion editor for The Daily Campus. He can be reached via email at firstname.lastname@example.com. He tweets @ChrisPSacco.


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PCs sweep to power in Ontario: What Doug Ford means for construction across the province
By David KennedyBridges Construction Financing Infrastructure Roads
The premier-designate has committed to a series of infrastructure investments and vowed to close the province's skills gap
TORONTO—After more than a decade as the official opposition, Ontario's Progressive Conservatives swept to a resounding victory in Ontario's bitterly-fought election June 7.
Premier-designate Doug Ford and the PCs won 76 of the legislature's 124 seats, capturing 40.5 per cent of the popular vote.
Andrea Horwath and the NDP will form the opposition with 40 seats, while the Liberal Party, which had held onto power for 15 years, lost official party status, retaining just seven seats. Premier Kathleen Wynne held onto her place in the legislature in a close race, but said she would step down as head of the Ontario Liberals after the defeat. Meanwhile, the Green Party of Ontario captured its first-ever foothold at Queen's Park as leader Mike Schreiner came out on top in the Guelph, Ont. riding.
Across the province, 58 per cent of eligible voters turned out to cast their ballots, according to Elections Ontario.
With the majority secured, Ford and the PCs will now turn their focus toward governing. The rookie MPP and party leader, who served a somewhat tumultuous term on Toronto's City Council, faced significant criticism throughout the campaign for a lack of clarity in his platform. He promised to replace the entrenched Liberals with a practical, affordable and responsible government.
"A new day has dawned in Ontario—a day of opportunity, a day of prosperity and a day of growth," he told a crowd after securing the election win.
Among his list of promises were bringing back dollar beer, scrapping the Green Energy Act and reducing the small business tax rate.
Much of Ford's talk of the construction industry has focused on bolstering Ontario's infrastructure. Already a major component of provincial spending under the Liberals, the province's long term infrastructure plan committed a whopping $190 billion to building or repairing transit, roads, bridges, hospitals and schools between 2014 and 2028.
In the official PC platform, Ford identified a number of projects—some vague, others more specific—the party will pursue.
They include:
- An additional $5 billion to fund subway projects in the Toronto area, including the the so-called Downtown Relief Line, the Yonge Extension and the Sheppard Loop
- Exploring the potential of six-laning all of Highway 401 and Highway 416 between Toronto and Ottawa
- Completing the assessment of the GTA West Corridor, which the current government recently abandoned
- Actively pursuing high-speed rail networks
- Investing in four-laning projects along Highway 17 in eastern Ontario and Highway 3 in Southwestern Ontario
"The Progressive Conservatives ran on a platform of infrastructure investment, including incremental funding for subways, regional transit, and broadband," said Mark Romoff the president and CEO of the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP), adding that he looks forward to working with the incoming government on ensuring Ontarians are getting the most out of their infrastructure spending.
On the jobs file, Ford has committed to helping to fill the skills gap and cutting red tape to help businesses create more positions.
It's one of the areas the construction industry says its hoping to collaborate with the new government on creative solutions.
"Our goal is to help close the skills gap by addressing issues such as apprenticeship ratios in order to open up more opportunities for young people in the skilled trades," said Karen Renkema, public affairs manager at the Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA).
The Ontario Construction Secretariat also congratulated Ford and the PCs on their election win and said it would work with the new government to keep construction in the commercial, industrial and institutional segments strong.
The PC's promise to scrap the Ontario cap-and-trade program is also likely to have an impact on the construction industry through fuel savings.
Ford is scheduled to take the reins from Wynne and be sworn in as Ontario's 26th premier June 29.
—With a file from the Canadian Press