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For four years at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, Shelby Smoak kept a big secret. He was, and is, HIV-positive.
For four years at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, Shelby Smoak kept a big secret. He was, and is, HIV-positive.
For all his life, Smoak – who went by his nickname "Chip" here – has had to live with a severe form of hemophilia. A hereditary condition prevents his blood from forming the clotting agents that most of us have. He doesn't bleed uncontrollably, but the bumps of everyday life, which most of us ignore, can cause him severe and dangerous bruising and can leave his knees, ankles or other joints painfully swollen.
Like most hemophiliacs, Smoak had taken clotting factors, made from donated blood, to control his bleeding ever since he was little. In the 1980s, however, much of the nation's supply of clotting factor was contaminated by donations from individuals with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Smoak was one of the unlucky ones. He apparently was infected with HIV as a child. His parents and physicians knew but chose to withhold the information from him until he turned 18, in 1990.
So Chip arrived on campus with an extra burden.
"I was very discreet about whom I told," Smoak said during a telephone interview. "Only a couple of friends knew. I didn't tell the university, I didn't tell the faculty. I never put it on a job application. I didn't lie – I just sat on it."
Wilmington years
He had his reasons. In the early 1990s, when Smoak was a student, hysteria and suspicion about AIDS and HIV were still rampant. A trip to a local emergency room, after a routine injury, lead to what Smoak called "the third degree" from a hospital worker with a clipboard.
Later, when he was working as a teacher's assistant at a school in Chapel Hill, a former hospital employee, who knew Smoak was a patient, spilled his secret. Suddenly, his superiors began to find problems with his performance, and he was encouraged to seek other employment.
Now, however, the secret is out. Smoak has written about his college years, and coming to terms with his condition, in a new memoir, "Bleeder," just published by Michigan State University Press. He returns to Wilmington on Saturday for a reading and signing at the Barnes & Noble in Mayfaire Town Center.
"The story was always there," said Smoak, a published poet who now teaches in Virginia. "The problem was how to tell it."
In many respects, too, the problem was what to put in and what to leave out.
While in Wilmington in the early '90s, Smoak cut a figure on the local music scene, writing songs, playing in bands and volunteering with the early Cucalorus Film Festival. He still devotes a page of his website (www.ShelbySmoak.com) to his music.
You wouldn't know any of this, though, from "Bleeder."
"I guess if I were a better writer, I could have got it in," he said. "I wanted to make the book a story about finding one's way and finding love."
Smoak dated regularly through high school and college, and he made sure his girlfriends were in on his secret. He admits, though, that he wasn't always nice to them.
"Being honest in the book was really hard," he said. "I have to admit, I have character traits that are not the most desirable, sometimes."
'A hopeful story'
Part of the message of "Bleeder" is how normal the author is.
Growing up in New London, N.C., in western Stanly County, "I was completely into music," he said. "I watched MTV all the time. But if we wanted records, we had to drive all the way to Charlotte. I remember, I was really into Jane's Addiction. I tried to buy some albums at a local store, and the guy told me, 'That doesn't sound like a real band name.'?"
At UNCW, he went to parties and headed to the beach whenever he could. "Whenever I go back to Wrightsville, I always go by Trolley Stop," he said.
It wasn't all fun, though. Smoak hit the books. A favorite professor, he said, was the late Jerry Shinn, a fellow Stanly County native. In addition to taking Shinn's philosophy course, Smoak helped out with Shinn's Museum of World Cultures on campus.
Another favorite teacher, unnamed in "Bleeder," convinced him to switch his major from marine biology to English.
Smoak went on to earn a Ph.D. in 20th century American literature. Given the economy, though, academic jobs are scarce.
"I'm still adjuncting," he joked. "No benefits, and no insurance."
Fortunately, his wife has excellent coverage – a major consideration for someone whose medical bills can run to tens of thousands of dollars.
Smoak's next big project is a fiction piece, tentatively called "The Marriage Bed." It covers a number of issues faced by young adults and couples when one partner is HIV-positive. One of these issues is starting a family. Modern fertility treatments can treat and "clean" sperm of HIV infection, so couples can safely conceive and have children. Many states, however, including North Carolina, ban all fertility treatments in which the sperm donor is HIV-positive, cleaned or not.
"I think 'Bleeder' is a hopeful story," Smoak said. "I want people to know that they're not the only ones saddled with these conditions."
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At the end of each year, it's always fun to look back at all the fun times and then to look ahead to a new and exciting future. 2012 was a good year in my world!
Some Highlights of 2012
The entire Keenan family went to Cozumel, Mexico in January. It was so much fun to spend time with J, my parents, and my brother and his family. I love quality nephew time, especially when it includes sand, sun, and the ocean!
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This Fall, I started doing Bikram yoga and Krav Maga. It was fun to branch out to some other fitness areas and learn new things, although I ended up spraining my ankle in Krav. It still hurts. :(
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|Keenan Family Kristmas
I've already begun prep for 2013 shows in May. Prior to that, we're taking our annual trip to the Arnold. I'm looking forward to seeing what 2013 brings!
What were some highlights of your 2012? What are you looking forward to in 2013?

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Handmade Goods for a Good Cause
For the past three years the Palatine Opportunity Center (POC) in Palatine, a non-for-profit community center, has been hosting the Annual Fall Artisan's Market: Handmade Goods for a Good Cause. The idea came when POC staff noticed that many of the clients they served had hidden talents. As way to help them during the economic crisis, the POC decided to showcase their talents for about an hour one Tuesday. The market became a hit with staff, donors, volunteers and clients. Even better, clients decided that they wanted to donate a portion of their proceeds to the center specifically to help fund empowerment programs.
Fast forward to three years later and ROLE, Reaching Out Lifting to Excellence (a women's group at POC) is spearheading the project. In addition to the market, a bake sale will run concurrently.
Join POC and ROLE this year on Thursday, November 15th from 9 am to 2 pm and meet great Etsy artisans, find beautiful and unique holiday gifts at great prices, enjoy apple cider and coffee at ROLE's bake sale while helping the POC continue to "empower ALL people".
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1585 N. Rand Rd (near Dundee)
Palatine, IL 60074
For more information on the many programs at POC go to palatineopportunitycenter.org or follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
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The Civillain is a former villain who has spent time in prison or otherwise went through the normal punishment for his crimes. Now he wants to be an upstanding member of society. But is this the truth, or does he just want to hide his latest nefarious schemes? If this trope applies, it's the latter. If he has genuinely changed, it's often a case of Reformed But Rejected.
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Michigan-Inspired Thanksgiving Recipes to Try this Season
Thanksgiving is quickly approaching, and with it, the delectable meals and favorite foods that we look forward to all year long. What many people may not realize, however, is just how many of these delicious options can be cooked, baked or broiled with Michigan-made ingredients. Guest blogger Christina Carson from The Awesome Mitten shares a few Michigan-inspired recipes to enjoy this Thanksgiving and all season long.
Thanksgiving is the richest celebration of food in American culture, and I can't help but get giddy about families working together in their kitchens and sitting down to a meal prepared with love when this season comes around. This year, I challenge you to take things one step further and support our amazing Michigan food businesses in putting your meal on the table. Bring as many local foods and products into your meal as possible - there are endless ways to do so!
Of course, the turkey is the classic center of the plate for Thanksgiving. Plenty of turkey farms around the state are raising healthy birds ready to take center stage on your Thanksgiving table. If you're thinking about getting a local pastured turkey, act soon - they often sell quickly!
After the turkey, getting more local products into your meal will be all about carefully selecting your sides and desserts to include seasonal produce and other products that are made in your community. While the growing season is coming to a close in November, you may be surprised at how much Michigan farmers have to offer this time of year. A bounty of greens and all the storage crops you can dream of - potatoes, apples, squash, carrots, beets, and more.
Read below for two simple recipes to be made with local produce and dairy that won't take too many hands-on time but are sure to wow your guests!
Apple Rosettes
Stunning apple rosettes like these have been making the rounds through the internet food world for some time now, and for good reason! They're impressively beautiful, and absolutely delicious while also a light dessert that isn't too sweet. This lightness makes them the perfect end to a rich Thanksgiving meal!
While you can always take things a step further and make homemade puff pastry, making this stunning dessert is amazingly simple with puff pastry from your local grocery store's freezer section. To really kick things up a notch, make sure to buy the puff pastry made with all butter (the flavor is so much better!).
- 2 apples
- 1 sheet puff pastry
- ½ lemon
- granulated sugar
- cinnamon
- freshly ground nutmeg
One strip at a time, sprinkle puff pastry with a little sugar, cinnamon, and just a smidge of nutmeg. Line apple slices, overlapping half of each slice along the top half of the strip (as seen in the photo). Fold pastry up over the apples, then start at one end and roll into as tight of a spiral as you can.
Set each finished rosette into a large muffin tin or individual ramekins.
Bake at 375 for about 40 minutes, until the pastry is browned on the edges. Let cool in pan about 10 minutes, then carefully remove each rosette and let cool completely on a cooling rack.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar to serve, if you'd like.
First, prepare the apples. Cut each apple in half and carefully remove the core, then slice each half into ⅛ to ¼ inch thick slices. Separate slices and place them in a medium bowl with the juice from one lemon.
Cover with boiling water and let sit for about 1 minute, until the slices are flexible, but not mushy! Strain water, and set apples aside.
Carefully unfold defrosted puff pastry (leave it in the fridge at least overnight to defrost), and gently roll it with a rolling pin to even out any creases and stretch it out just a bit. Cut the pastry into 2 inch wide strips that are 12 inches or less long.
Butternut Squash Gratin
While sweet potatoes are a common Thanksgiving side, they don't grow very well in Michigan due to the short summers. You can find them in the markets sometimes, but they're not widely available. Sweet and smooth butternut squash makes a great alternative, especially when baked into this creamy gratin!
Find local butternut squash at your local farmers market or a locally focused grocery store sourcing from Michigan growers. Additionally, seek out some rich local cream to make this dish a mostly local Thanksgiving treat! Calder Dairy (Carleton) and Shetler Family Dairy(Kalkaska) are two of my favorite Michigan dairies to support.
- 1 butternut squash (about 2 pounds)
- 3 shallots, cut to a small dice
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup grated hard cheese (parmesan, pecorino, gruyere, and piave are all great choices)
- 1 ¼ cups heavy cream
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp freshly ground pepper
- 1 tsp dry sage
- ¼ cups breadcrumbs
Peel butternut squash, then slice neck into ⅓ inch thick rounds until you reach the edge of the seeded area of the squash. Cut the bulbous end of the squash in half and scoop out seeds. Slice each half into ⅓ inch thick half circles.
In the bottom of a square baking dish (8x8 or 9x9 will work just fine), layer one thin layer of the full squash rounds to create a base then spread all the half circles evenly on top of that base.
Sprinkle the shallots, garlic, and ½ cup of the cheese over the squash.
Layer the remaining squash rounds on next.
In a small bowl or liquid measuring cup, stir together cream, salt, pepper, and sage until evenly mixed. Pour mixture over the squash.
Sprinkle remaining cheese on top of the dish and cover with foil or a lid (if your dish has one!).
Bake at 400 degrees for 40 minutes, then remove the cover and sprinkle breadcrumbs on top.
Return to the oven, uncovered, and bake for 20 more minutes.
Let cool slightly before serving.
Christina Carson is a Northern Michigan girl through and through - addicted to the Lake Michigan coastline, our incredible local food system, and the mitten's homegrown musicians. She shares her passion for beautiful, delicious, and joyful food through her blog and photography business - Toot Sweet! Keep an eye out for her monthly Michigan recipes on Awesome Mitten, and follow Toot Sweet on Facebook and Instagram!


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Ah, the romance of a cruise. The nightlife. The casino. The food. The calories.
Why spoil such a sensuous experience because you leave the ship looking like a beach ball rolling down the gangplank? Now there`s hope. Cunard`s Queen Elizabeth 2 will allow passengers to combine fitness with fun on the Atlantic crossing.
We had known of the QE2`s willingness to prepare special dishes by request for first class travelers, so a few hours after the ship sailed out of New York harbor, we headed down to the quarterdeck library and bought a copy of the Golden Door Cookbook (privately published by the Golden Door, Escondido, Calif. 92025; $24.75).
After perusing the large collection of appealing recipes back in our cabin, we planned menus for the five-day crossing of 800 to 1,000 calories a day. We also made an appointment for the next morning with executive chef Karl Winkler. And we initiated our diet regime with a dinner of Beluga caviar and toast points, broiled lobster and green salad.
Entering the cavernous kitchens of a ship that feeds more than 1,500 passengers daily was an awesome experience. Turn right at the huge freezer door and left at the enormous rows of burners, and we were suddenly in Chef Winkler`s tiny curtailed office.
The QE2 larder is prepared for just about everything, and its requisition list before a voyage reads like the royal provisioner`s inventory before a huge medieval feast. For example, there`s 25,000 pounds of beef, 20,000 pounds of potatoes, 3,000 pounds of cheese, 2,500 gallons of milk, 200 pounds of caviar and 50 pounds of dog biscuits (there`s a kennel on board).
It`s hard enough to make the standard meals on a ship let alone the special requests. When seas are rough the pots and pans have to be tied down, according to Chef Winkler. Luckily, calm seas were expected so we felt more confident about our special dietary requests.


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Well hello there. I'm actually astounded and amazed that you stuck around. Seriously. I know I usually don't hang around if a blogger pulls a trip down the rabbit hole like I have been. Thank you. You have my love, gratitude, and all that good jazz.
So…beyond telling you that my life has become just as busy as everyone else's (and much busier than I'm accustomed to) I'm not going to give out many excuses. See, now this is how much I love you – I'm explaining myself at all. Trust me folks, I don't explain myself or my actions to anyone very often.
I will, however, for the sake of having something to get started saying, let you know what's going on in my corner of the world. I have to start somewhere lest the pressure cooker of ideas that my head has become just explodes into a vast, messy, pink goo covered internet space. That actually didn't make sense to me either…so you're better off not asking at this point. This is what happens when I stop writing. When I start up again, it comes out in a hot mess of confusion. There's just too much going on in there.
Let us start at the beginning. I think I stopped writing just before I went to Hyderabad. I think. I brought my computer along with the intention of working and blogging while we were on vacation, but I got lost in the glorious eating, and sleeping, and general hanging around that happens when we go visit my inlaws. It was indeed glorious. My mother in law is an amazing cook and we always eat and sleep way too much. Think afternoon naps. Many, many blessed naps. I loved it. Unfortunately, I didn't do much of anything productive. At the end of our trip, my computer decided it was a good Gawd (Holla Chicago!) Damned day to die.
Like many others of my own and younger generations, I am not only dependent on my computer for my work and my daily connections with others, I'm pretty much addicted. I've been hooked on Lenovos for my last couple of laptops. Unfortunately, Lenovos (at least the ones that I've had!) have a nasty penchant for not lasting all that long before fans fail, motors overheat and fry and screens randomly don't work. I've finally become marginally smarter than the system and backed up all my stuff on one of the 2 hard drives that Daddy G had a field day making fun of me for buying. Who's laughing now smarty pants? Who is not spending all my time reloading CDs into itunes, freaking out that I lost all my important bloggy and other documents, and freaking out that we lost the girls' baby pictures? Not this girl, that's who.
Fortunately, we have a backup laptop at home that Daddy G bought last time he went to the states. We kind of view it as the ugly step child laptop at our house, because it just doesn't work the same as my old faithful. I am, at the moment, super thankful for it though. I am able to work at my job, blogging, and my side projects and stay connected to the world. We're hoping to be able to get it fixed as I think it's a screen problem and not a fan problem – yet. That is, we'll get it fixed whenever Daddy G finds the time/incentive/nagging insufferable and gets it fixed.
Other than that drama, I have been swamped with my job. One of them anyways. It's been good making the money, but it's been darn hard keeping up with it along with all of the other fun flying around.
In more good news, I now have 5 students coming to my house to learn the piano. The further I get into this project, the more fun it becomes. As of lately, Daddy G and I have been in some pretty serious discussions on the direction we want to take in life and more specifically, whether I should pursue a job at a company (such as the one he works for that rhymes with Farget) or whether we should go full time in pursuing the business of opening and running a music school in Bangalore. I'm pretty much gung ho about being an entrepreneur, but it does have some pretty serious implications for our family. Many of them have to do with whether or not we stay in India on a very long term basis (which would be the case if we opened a music school) or head back to the US (which would mean it would be a good idea to do my best to get a corporate job before hand). As these discussions are of a serious nature, versus a hypothetical, daydreamish type discussion, it's both thrilling and terrifying. I'm not exactly sure what I want from life or where I want to live it. As it stands right now, I really want it both ways, which I'm aware is not possible.
On a tragic note, I do not have access to my Outlook. This means I haven't been able to follow most of the eleventy billion blogs I usually read every day. It also means that I don't have any clue what day it is unless my house is full of people, which usually means it is Saturday or Sunday. I am indeed lost without my calendar.
So my loyal readers, don't despair. I will be back to read all of your outrageously talented material and leave inane comments just as soon as I track down all your blogs again and stick them in a different feed reader. Anyone have any suggestions? Preferably that won't wreak havoc on my reading habits should my computer decide to host a not so civil protest at being overused and underpaid?


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The Bunnytown games found on Disney Junior are appropriate for kids of all ages, but toddlers and preschoolers are most likely to find them appealing. The games feature graphics and music appealing to young children. The games incorporate preschool concepts such as colors and counting.
The Bunnytown cartoon is rated TV-Y, which is for all ages, including children as young as two years old. There are a variety of Bunnytown games available that are online and free to play. These include Bunnytown Ice Cream Parlour, Crazy Castle Closets, The Golden Carrots, Bunnytown Art Studio and Do the Bunnytown Hop.
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Diving in the Maldives is very often found on a divers wish-list of scuba diving holidays. In the Maldives, we are proud to offer two fantastic scuba diving liveaboard fleet vessels M/Y blue Voyager and M/V Sea Spirit, sailing a variety of stunning itineraries to highlight the best dive sites in the Maldives. In addition to M/Y blue Voyager and M/V Sea Spirit, we have acess to several other liveboards to ensure there is a range of options to meet all divers' needs in the Maldives.
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Given that all but 0.3% of land in the Maldives is submerged even the majority of land based activities involve the ocean!
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Bloggers are responsible for the comments they attract
I feel a deep debt of gratitude to Harry's Place for reasons I set out in my last, and in more depth here, but basically I agree with Marko – Harry's Place's commenters are Harry's Place's problem. I've raised this – too mildly – in the past here and in messages.
I missed most of the examples Marko points readers to, but the Laurie Penny stuff particularly disheartened me – as well as being personal, it was aimless. I meant to say something, couldn't quite grasp the nub of it, and I'm glad that Marko did. Following his experiences by reading the comments trails he links to is pretty dispiriting, too.
What is going on beneath the Harry's Place posts – particularly those on Islamists – worries me, because British Jews need Harry's Place, which is so vigilant about antisemitism, to be serious about anti-racism in its own back yard. Anti-Islamists need Harry's Place to be serious about anti-racism. Anti-racists need Harry's Place to be a serious opponent of the BNP, but I know at least one person who favours both.
Commenter Zkharya is broadly right I think:
"I like HP. I like the freedom. I like, by and large, the company. There is a problem with Islamophobia.
But if you like Israel, there aren't too many internet forums to hang out that are vaguely as sociable or linked up to other issues."
I'd qualify that. I think the gender mix on Harry's Place is poor, and the linking to other issues has large gaps (environmentalism, a critically important movement which continues to harbour misanthropic and anti-industrial tendencies, needs Harry's Place's attention, for example).
"One point I'd say she [Laurie Penny] does have is her focus on bullying on HP. Under the banner of free speech, HP is happy to have and sometimes encourage a degree of entirely personality-based vilification and abuse of individuals on the basis of their opinions (as opposed to any political actions) which has nothing to do with politics with either a small or a large p.
There's no problem in my view with ridiculing and satirising of political positions, including inconsistencies and shifts therein. But it does seem to me that HP is complacent about personalised bullying on the basis of assertions about opponents' insanity, encouraging others to bully, advocate violence towards and/or ostracise opponents on account of that or of opposition to a declared favourite or personal arbitrary preference of one collective member or another."
I wish that Harry's Place bloggers would look to their own back yard. Below the posts it's like a frat party (yes I've been to a few during a year in the US – rarely felt so lonely).
The thing is, there's a difference between attracting aggressive, obscene and bigoted commenters who pile in because you have interfered with their world view and they feel the need to disagree with you, and attracting the same who basically support your blog and feel at home there. The first is inevitable – when you are courageous and stick your neck out like Harry's Place bloggers, your wages will include opprobrious comments. But if the people approving of you, defending you, or just hanging out, are aggressive bigots, and you don't put an end to it, then, yes, it's yours. You host it. You can't disown it. You will be known for it. And it's not feasible, as one HP author tried to do, to suggest a division of labour where you, the author, ask your moderate readers to take responsibility for the comments. You can't rely on volunteers who haven't volunteered – it's your blog, it's on your head.
Here is what Laurie Penny said:
'you condone bigotry by allowing hateful, misogynist, racist, Islamophobic comments to be published on your site, and allowing bigoted, ignorant trolls to control the debate. I don't apologise for that assessment: it's you that needs to step up and look at what your site has become.'
I will limit my agreement with her to that.
Marko, defending this and told by Harry's Place author Brownie to withdraw his "slurs" or "fuck off":
"Here at HP, Brownie, you've provided a site in which pretty much anyone can make any slurs they want against anybody else. Slurs that should not see the light of day receive wide publicity, thanks to HP. When you provide a forum in which this sort of filth appears in print, and when you make a point about refusing to delete it, then you are condoning that filth as something legitimate; with a right to be heard. You are harrassing and victimising innocent people by allowing anonymous psychos to defame and abuse them in the name of 'freedom of speech'.
So I'm sorry, but you have no right to complain about being slurred, when you have provided a forum that enables the slurring of so many other people.
For the record, I don't think that you, Marcus, David T, Brett or any of the other regular posters here are racists. I do, however, think that your comments moderation policy is an utter, utter disgrace, and that you should be ashamed of yourselves. And I say this as someone who likes you as people and who mostly agrees with your politics.
Right, now I'll fuck off."
Harry's Place has a problem. Unlike HP blogger Neil, I don't think Comment is F***** – plenty of blogs manage to attract conversations which are respectful of the person, even while trenchant in opposition of their views. See for example Bob From Brockley, a blog with interests that overlap with Harry's Place.
I think a more purposeful approach is in order on the part of the authors to putting themselves on the opposite side of the Islamophobes and bullies. I think it's generally true of campaigns and things like campaigns that to define your support you have to frame what you're against in terms of what you're for. If this could be embedded into every post I think that would probably be all that was required.
Planting a tree in Israel and Palestine
It's my mum's birthday, and I didn't know what to get her. I was wandering around on the web without much luck, so I took a break and had a look at some of my favourite blogs. My mum spends most of her time worrying about Israel's ongoing existence and Jews' place in Britain. The things my parents have stopped doing and started doing over the past few years because of people who share the views of Levi in this anti-Zionist and post-Zionist discussion on one of Bob's threads are quite profound, I think. Leaving political parties. Stopping buying newspapers. Starting to blog. Parting with cash.
The mixture of my mum and the discussion mentioned above brought on an idea – I'd have a tree planted for her in Israel. I chose the Jewish National Fund.
I bought, then I thought about it, then I read some of Shaul Ephraim Cohen's 1993 work 'The Politics of Planting' and I realised that Israelis and Palestinians have long used trees, and the killing of each others' trees, as weapons. Leaflets calling for intifada demanded that Arab citizens kill Israeli trees. When they did, Israelis responded by setting fire to trees close to the Green Line. The Arab Revolt burnt down an entire forest. Israel's occupation stipulated that Palestinians couldn't plant anything without permission.
The Jewish National Fund was set up in 1901 to buy land in perpetuity for Jews. Historical persecution and expulsion of Jews indicates this was a reasonable idea. The land is leased, and you don't have to be Jewish to lease it. Israel's Arab citizens have equal entitlement to land in their country, but in practice Israeli Land Law has institutionalised discrimination. Israel is currently juggling state land and JNF land, and has swapped land in the north for land in the Negev, populated by 180,000 Bedouin and 365,000 Jews. The JNF is now engaged in reservoir building and tree planting on a large scale. The Bedouin make claims to the land; the Israel Land Administration assert to the contrary with law in their favour. They work on Bedouin quality of life and incentives; ultimately there is coercion, and sometimes containment. Israel is acknowledging some of the towns, but it's not clear why there is this scale of displacement, particularly during judicial processes (Bedouin mounting legal claims to the land). Most Bedouin's homes are 'unrecognised' because they have no permits – this population has experienced a stratospheric increase from 1948, and so they build, often without any infrastructure or services.
There is a Negev Coexistence Forum, but its site is down right now [update – here it is: DUKIUM] I don't see co-existence work – I do see advocacy for Bedouin that is clearly needed – but where is the co-existence? My gold standard for co-existence is The Abraham Fund, an organisation I trust deeply, unlike any of the other sources I have mentioned so far (Shaul Ephraim Cohen excepted). They have not yet translated their manual on Arab Society in Israel for Israeli policy makers into English, so let's look at the precis: Bedouin are the most deplorably impoverished group in Israel. Bustan, another organisation I trust, has more on poverty and pollution among these invisible citizens of the Negev.
"Israel's policies toward the Bedouin have been based around demographic concerns and land usage policies. The state has consistently tried to increase Jewish settlement of the Negev at the expense of Bedouin people. For example, Israel continues to hold the provision of basic services such as water, sewage, and electricity, which are their rights as citizens, as a trade off for Bedouin giving up their land rights."
So the JNF, like the ILA, have not been nearly sensitive enough to the position of the Bedouin – either completely ghosting them out or alternatively incentivising and menacing. It must be horrible – like the East End of London after the war ended, when the population was moved out to the suburbs and back into new high rises. Some found the move positive, others never overcame their sense of loss and dislocation. The point is that they were poor; they had no choice. The premises of the Bedouin displacement are not well spelt out (though I only read English).
Co-existence here is a matter of balancing an environmental need for a population, and respect for individuals and groups and the places where they live. The JNF have a big questionmark over them – but why doesn't the Negev Coexistence Forum acknowledge the need for de-desertification and cultivation along with the real and pressing needs of the Bedouin? Is this negotiating a compromise, or is it just taking a position against the JNF and the state, whatever? And why is it that the idea of land ownership is so uncomplicated to the people opposing each other over it? Might the Bedouin somehow become involved with the de-desertification activity, bringing much-needed work, and an economy based on cultivation and state-of-the-art building and infrastructure for minimising ecological impact (not that people that poor have much ecological impact). Is that too much to hope for? This is where Bustan come in. Bustan are planting trees too.
But I was in no frame of mind to give any of this consideration, and this is the type of reaction that anti-Zionists bring out in many Jews: a protective urge towards a Jewish future there as well as elsewhere, sometimes expressed impulsively. I think anti-Zionists should be mindful of that, as should the said many Jews. If I could turn back time a bit, I'd have chosen an environmental tree planting programme – there doesn't seem to be a huge choice, maybe this. Or maybe the JNF is as good as it gets. Is there a chance that the JNF could plant without this being at the expense of non-Jewish minorities, for the benefit of all? Surely there's a way. The thing to do now is write and ask.
Trees keep soil in place and halt the advance of deserts. They are vital for life in that part of the world.
Then I though – right, I'll also have a tree planted in the occupied Palestinian territories for my mum. Perhaps even two – an olive tree to replace one ripped out by settlers. And a tree which can just be a tree somewhere, something to stop desertification. So I searched.
I pounced on a result for the Arab Group for the Protection of Nature. But on their front page, after a reference to the "Zionist enemy", is an article whose title refers tot he Holocaust. They have put the word in inverted commas. Turns out they are only interested in anti-Zionist tree-planting. I moved on.
Although I was prepared to go ahead, I tried to find an alternative to Zaytoun because they are participating in the total boycott of Israel (Zaytoun are run from London).
I eventually settled on Muslim Hands.
Update: a BBC Radio 4 Today Programme piece on tree warfare waged by Israeli settlers on nearby Palestinians, and Palestinians on settlers. The police (Israeli, part of Israel's occupation) have a reputation for failing to arrest, charge and prosecute vandal settlers.
Machiavellians at meetings
When I go for a meeting, it's usually in a cooperative, facilitative, sympathetic and principled frame of mind, and I have had good experiences at meetings on the whole (with some notable exceptions associated with certain colleagues' vanity or thirst for power).
Read Venkatesh Rao's nasty, insightful piece on the 15 laws of meeting power, and from the bottom of that, a link to Robert Greene's The 48 Laws of Power. This kind of thing:
"A meeting is a partly adversarial setting, and pure "active listening" is not enough. By the power of listening, I mean the power that lies in consciously keeping track of what was said and using it to make the points you want to make. The average short-term memory of a group stretches just to the very last thing that was said. Most people react only to this last thing, and don't consciously attempt to remember anything before that. The canny listener tries his best to remember the highlights of everything he has heard and seen, for later use.
I learned this when I served on an interview panel interviewing high school students for a summer scholarship. A more experienced interviewer remarked that one of the signs of sophistication she looked for in a candidate was an instance of referring back to something that was said more than 10 minutes ago.
A corollary to the power of listening is the power of citation. Using what was said before gives you a lot of control. It is even more powerful if you remember who said it and what the exact words were, and can quote. Why? Because you automatically demonstrate that you were paying attention, making you more credible than others. Plus, you can temporarily borrow the "usual" supporters of the people you quote, because you did them the honor of remembering what their side said."
It gets much more manipulative and ruthless than this. This is seductive stuff, but it's also rotten. I mean, if a group has a poor collective memory then find a way to compensate for this which keeps concepts and arguments alive in its consciousness. Don't exploit people's weaknesses when those weaknesses may be serious handicaps for reaching the optimal decision for your organisation. Don't be so arrogant as to assume that you're not the bad apple. Don't toy the deficits of meeting participants for your own amusement. Don't be contemptuous of people with smaller intellects than you.
Nigel Slater's collective guilt
Let me begin rancorously, progress mildy, introduced a bitter note about competing agendas against the eating of animal, then end with optimism in the face of Jay Rayner. First the rancour.
I took in Nigel Slater accusing his readers of collective guilt in today's Observer Food Monthly. Many cows eat better than many people do. I frequently wonder what urbane animal-eaters will say when the penny drops and they realise that their barely-disguised primal, mind-blowingly violent, table habit is to stop.
And I take myself by the scruff of my neck and order myself, be nice, encouraging, welcome the positives, ignore the lateness, the herd-following, the whiff of modishness, be tolerant of bad reasons. Whatever the reason, Nigel Slater's proposal means the death, agony and environmental wreckage lessens, even only partially. Of course a celebrity meat, fish and dairy eater is not going to abandon these things overnight. Welcome the positives.
In just that ill-fitting but determined frame of mind I read Nigel Slater's piece.
It commences with a panegyric to vegetables. In it he lays the groundwork for what is to come, an opposition between vegetables and meat. "Vegetables beckon and intrigue in a way no fish or piece of meat possibly could" is a statement that diverted me for quite some time, and which is followed by what might aptly be described as veg porn (though not of the sexist PETA variety) replete with references to "beauty and tactile qualities" and "even greater sensual pleasure", a "deeper connection". So far, so good – Nigel Slater doesn't want to fuck bits of flesh. More interestingly, he wants us to know he is sidling away from eating them too. Let us tread carefully though – he is not renouncing meat – he's just more interested in his own (though not animals') "well-being". And then comes the crunch:
"…those implications that go beyond me and those for whom I cook.
Every little helps
We have damaged this planet. We have plundered its natural resources, emptied its seas, scorched its earth, turned its beating heart into a toxic rubbish tip. There have been decades, if not centuries, of take rather than give. I do not wish to relinquish entirely the deep sense of fulfilment I get from eating meat and fish, but I now place less importance on them in my diet than I did. It is the meat and the crackling rather than the vegetables that are now on the side. When you lift the lid of my casseroles, peer into my pots or read my plate, it is the veggies that play the starring role.
And yes, it is worth "reading" our plate before we tuck in. Where did that food come from? Does it sit comfortably with our conscience and what we believe good food to be? What, other than our immediate appetite, does it benefit, and crucially, what damage is that plate of food doing?"
Food as sensual pleasure; food as "damage". (But not damage in the form of an animal life violently ended – who are the brutes, again?)
Possibly the strangest part is this:
"If digging up our gardens, getting an allotment, shopping at farmers' markets, growing organically and eating sustainably is seen as a sign of our collective guilt for what we have done to the planet, then so be it."
I don't understand this defiance. Was he browbeaten and nobbled by the environmentalists, rather than reaching this conclusion off his own bat? If so, good for them.
Anyway, Nigel Slater is right. Not wholly right – growing our own is not the pinnacle of ethical eating, and ethical eating is not the pinnacle of ethical living. He's right, with some more right stuff omitted. But basically right. Eat more greens. I am going to grow more, as part of my commitment to 10:10 (which is only a brandname for an earlier commitment to reducing waste / emissions). But it's going to take a lot of my time. Definitely not for everybody. Economies of scale shouldn't be sniffed at.
And on a final optimistic note, a quick sketch of vegan London today. This afternoon I met a woman from overseas, an acquaintance of a friend who thought we should meet (isn't it lovely when people do this for each other?). We lunched at Tidbits in Heddon St off Regents Street, a vegetarian, largely vegan buffet where you pay by weight I'd not heard of but highly recommend, before chatting our way through a few errands. In Soho there was a street market and Manna had a stall. Vegan cupcakes? But Manna's a vegetarian restaurant, not a vegan restaurant. Well, now it's vegan, give or take some butter and cheese in the kitchen in case of diner requests. You don't know how odd and welcome it was to hear that – dairy eaters accommodated rather than assumed. Manna doesn't make too big a deal of it though because, like the fantastically creative ShoHo restaurant Saf, they probably realise it currently doesn't pay to big up being vegan. There's a lot of prejudice out there inspired, among others, by Jay Rayner, The Observer's meat champion. But times are changing. And then to Lush for new shampoo. Not only is the shampoo I buy from Lush solid and unpackaged, it is also vegan and made in this country – even, one sales assistant told me, down to the shelling and processing of the coconuts. Then I went and got some of that filthy Cheatin' pepperoni by Redwood. Man, it is good. My new acquaintance said the afternoon was turning into the secret life of a vegan. We parted and I made a rogue purchase of some sunflower margarine from the last M&S before Chancery Lane tube. For some reason my phone's barcode scanner couldn't make sense of the QR code, but I couldn't see any problem ingredients. It is lovely.
I think London is moving veganwards.
I said final, but one last thing – I wonder what Jay Rayner will say when he gives up meat? I think he'll say he did it at the very earliest opportunity without doing violence to his palate, his wallet or his health, and I predict he'll attribute his foot-dragging to the tardiness of restaurateurs, farmers, buyers and wholesalers to get their shit together. He'll stand firm on behalf of ordinary people without as much time for thinking or money in their pocket as I have. And just as he has grudging respect for vegans while despising our food, I have more respect for him and his talk of flavour, cost and nutrition than I have for Slater's collective guilt and leisured DIY.
Jay Rayner's position looks like it will lead to a settled commitment. Nigel Slater's is particular, modish, and superficial.
My neighbours are banishing the local birds and filling our gardens with excrement
There has been a huge explosion of kittens in the neighbourhood. While utterly charmed by cats, the fact is I haven't seen a bird in the garden for months. They have been replaced by catshit.
In all senses, I'd like to lay this at my neighbours' door.
For some weeks now I've been starting to consider ways to keep them out (while simultaneously yearning to cuddle and pet them). Until now, the strategy has been to launch myself out of the back door and run at them hissing. This is a hurtful thing to be reduced to.
The final straw happened the other morning when I jolted awake with a sharp cry as a kitten, not light on its feet, leapt from the sill of the window at the turn of our stairs onto the landing outside our bedroom door. Matt was gone, my spectacles were not on, and all I saw was a dark shape making its way towards the bed. An incubus, was my first panic-stricken thought.
At my shriek the kitten about-turned and leapt back on the windowsill. I'd had put my glasses on by then. The presumptuous little hooligan interpreted the croon I uttered as encouragement to come straight back and get on the bed! He was tortoiseshell and white and not shy. He put his front paws up on my thighs in an over-familiar way to see better as I stood at the sink cleaning my teeth. He sat on the dressing table as I dragged a comb through my hair.
(By the way, I was petting him not strangling him.)
And then when, doubtful that I could persuade him out the way he had come, I shut the stairway window, he went beserk, knocked pot plants over, tried to jump through the downstairs windowpane and only found the door I had opened for him through a series of painful-sounding trials and errors.
Who couldn't love a kitten? The fact remains, though, that my neighbours are responsible for the mossy paw-prints all down my stairwell wall. I find it hard to swallow, given that we live in a society which recognises private property, that it is alright to buy a live creature and set it free to kill, foul and trespass in the environs. It isn't neighbourly at all, in my book.
So, I went to the RSPB site and purchased, for a significant sum I had to stump up myself, an ultrasonic cat deterrent, Catwatch, which they say works exclusively on cats. When I told (leading green blogger) Barkingside 21, however, he literally hooted. Apparently they don't work and his has been retired to the garage.
We will see. There's always physical barriers.
Don't put your papers on Tube train air vents
It's that time of year again when air conditioning on underground trains begins to make its presence or absence felt. It's the time of year when people start to pass out on a regular basis.
Further to this from InSpite, I'm standing on a Central Line train in the evening rush hour and it's a cauldron of stale, steaming humanity. A careless, clueless, seated passenger reaches behind him and drops his finished-with free paper on top of the air conditioning. A few minutes later, the passenger next-door-but-one does the same. I observe this with feeling. I'm hot and my patience is evaporating. In crowded places, being unobservant and unthinking is inconsiderate. Sometimes it's negligent. Sometimes it's fatal. I have difficulty accepting that people who drop their papers on air conditioning vents aren't, to some extent, tossers.
I get a seat at Liverpool Street. The woman next to me puts her paper on the airvent behind me. I reach round and take it off, along with three others. There are no racks, no shelves, no bins on the Central Line, so I put them on the floor in the middle of the aisle. Not at the end of the aisle where there is transit and shuffling and people may, if they are exceptionally unlucky, trip. Not in the spaces near the doors, for similar reasons. In the middle, where people may stand but rarely walk. And I really have difficulty figuring what else to do with this daily plague of pulped bark.
We get to Leytonstone. Another woman, another covered airvent. I take the paper and drop it on the floor. And the man sitting to my right comes to life. He bends and starts fussing with the pile of papers near my feet. He picks them up and puts them on the seat next to him, turns to me and says, with a tight, slightly menacing smile, "We don't throw things on the floor".
"We?" I queried belligerently. He repeated like an automaton "We don't throw things on the floor".
I could have picked him up on the terrible hygiene of moving papers from a tube train floor (bathed in the filth of your London street) onto upholstery, but he struck me as a man who'd experienced a Pavlovian response and might not be amenable to reason. Perhaps when he used to drop things on the floor his mother rapped his knuckles. Perhaps this was an ongoing thing for him. So I returned to my book on social statistics and ignored the strange man.
Yeah, I'm a designer, of sorts, and I realise this is a design problem for Central Line trains which doesn't affect, say, Victoria Line trains. But we are where we are, and I wish this stupid behaviour would stop.
InSpite is a Central Line user – maybe he has better ideas?


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VW merely dabbled in the incentives game last year, which is one reason its vehicle sales slid by 10% in 2003. To stem that ebbing tide, VW started advertising more competitive lease and financing programs March 1 under a new branding umbrella themed "Drive it. You'll get it."
The campaign aims to explain "what makes a Volkswagen a Volkswagen," says Zafar Brooks, general marketing manager. The national TV spots from Havas' Arnold Worldwide, Boston, are also being tagged with retail messages for regional dealer ad groups. The theme is integrated in ads in other media, plus events' signage, direct mail and point of purchase including trading cards. Mr. Brooks wants to sell 300,000 vehicles this year in the U.S. VW sold 302,686 units here last year, according to Automotive News, and in first quarter 2004, sales are down 25.2% from a year ago, to 49,943.
humor stays
The new ads more effectively communicate VW's special driving experience in the brand's humorous way and cut through the plethora of auto ad clutter, Mr. Brooks says. He adds that the advertising also paves the road for 2005, when VW will launch the next generation of its bread-and-butter car, the Jetta, as well as the redone Golf and Passat, also high-volume models.
Rather than launch all three together, as VW did back in 1998 when these models were last redone, the marketer will stagger the three debuts in 2005 for more effective reach and awareness.
Mr. Brooks attributes VW's declining sales to aging models, quality issues and low incentives. VW upped incentives last month after meetings with dealers that started in January. A spokesman says they now average roughly $2,000 per vehicle from about $1,200 last year.
The automaker's German parent, Volkswagen AG, has been criticized for a move upmarket at the expense of its popular models and keeping them fresh. VW late last year launched its most expensive U.S. model, the Phaeton sedan. The six-cylinder version starts at $64,600.
"VW has lost its way," says Todd Turner, president of auto consultancy CarConcepts. The translation of Volkswagen is "People's Car," he notes, "so every product should carry that as its mission."
The Jetta, VW's best-selling model in the U.S., is nearly 6 years old. "Sacrificing products that make your brand" for the Phaeton was a misguided move by Germany, Mr. Turner says. VW AG's brass were going after DaimlerChrysler AG's Mercedes-Benz for its move into VW's territory with its small A Class vehicle in Europe, he adds.
Mr. Brooks contends the Phaeton will keep VW buyers from leaving the brand, as will its first sport-utility vehicle, the Touareg, which arrived last fall. VW wants to sell 3,000 Phaetons this year here and 35,000 of the SUVs. "Our buyers can afford more," Mr. Brooks says of VW owners.
Despite the carmaker's problems, many buyers are still shopping the brand. According to CNW Marketing Research, the percentage of shoppers who put VW on their list and then bought one was 64.2% in 2003 vs. 31.2% in 1997. But last year's rate is down from 2002, when it reached an annual high of 66.6% vs. each of the years from 1997 to 2003.
VW spent $345 million in measured media last year, down 5.5% from 2002, according to TNS Media Intelligence/CMR. Mr. Brooks says his 2004 ad budget is about the same as last year, declining to be more specific.
For the first time, the automaker has preplanned a trio of sales events for 2004, the first of which started April 1. All will be called "The Volkswagen Sales Drive." In the past, each region handled sales events on their own, with no coordination from VW on timing, ads or offers.
Also new for VW this year: a road trip. Since dealers' sales closings double when people test-drive VWs, the marketer is staging drive programs it calls "At Work & At Play." In the past, VW always had added-value displays at events but not driving programs. A total of 26 "At Play" test drive events will be held this year. The first "At Play" event was in Utah at the Sundance Film Festival in January; the next is in Austin, Texas, at a wine festival in May.
The "At Work" tour is for employees of VW's marketing partners, and Mr. Brooks plans about 12 of them. VW has done one on Apple Computer's corporate campus. VW joined with Apple last summer, offering buyers of its Beetle hardtop a free Apple iPod digital music player and vehicle connector, worth roughly $600.
The smaller-volume vehicles in 2004 include the first Jetta GLi performance model, due next month. VW also has new diesel versions, dubbed TDI or turbo diesel injection, for the Jetta, Passat and Touareg.
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Mr. Brooks says sales of VW's diesel-engine models virtually double overnight after a gas price hike. Diesel models account for roughly 8% of all VW sales and are available on every model but the Phaeton.
The automaker should toot its own horn more for diesels, especially as gas prices soar, says Jim Sanfilippo, exec VP of Omnicom Group's AMCI consultancy. "VW has the best diesels in the U.S. now in their segments, and they are undermarketed," he says.
He speculates VW's "corporate memory" may be concerned about a rerun of the 1970s, when it dominated the U.S. diesel market until the bottom fell out and VW abandoned that niche.
VW is working with Arnold on new TV spots touting its diesels under the "Drive it" theme. Though diesels have been available in VWs here since the 1990s,it advertised them just once nationally in 2002.


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"STAR" pulls back the curtain on music's gritty and dark reality. Featuring a soundtrack of original music and stunning music performances, the series follows three talented singers – running from their pasts and desperate for a new start – with ambitions of stardom, as they navigate the cut-throat music business on their road to success. But reality soon dawns on the girls' fantasies, and they start to learn that ambition often comes at a cost.
Meet "STAR" (newcomer Jude Demorest), a tough-as-nails young woman, who came up in the foster care system and decides one day to take control of her destiny. Star tracks down her sister, SIMONE (newcomer Brittany O'Grady), and her Instagram bestie, ALEXANDRA (newcomer Ryan Destiny), and together, the trio journeys to Atlanta with the hope of becoming music superstars.
Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award, Grammy Award and Golden Globe Award winner Queen Latifah ("Bessie," "Bringing Down The House") stars as CARLOTTA, a surrogate mother to the young crew that includes COTTON (newcomer Amiyah Scott). Emmy Award nominee Benjamin Bratt ("24: Live Another Day," "Law & Order") plays JAHIL, a down-on-his-luck talent agent looking to revitalize his career, who's taken a certain interest in Star. The series will also feature guest star and Grammy Award winner Lenny Kravitz ("Lee Daniels' The Butler," "The Hunger Games").


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Hi Guy,This is my first time emailing you. First of all, I have to tell you that even when my family is just finishing up eating and pretty full and we are watching your show, our mouths are still salivating. Best show on tv hands down.Now this leads into why the email. This is the first time I have ever did a review or made a recommendation about anything online. My girlfriend and I are from Clarendon, New Brunswick, Canada and we heard about this newer little BBQ joint down in Bangor, Maine. Based on the reviews we took the 3.5 hour drive down for some lunch. The place is called Moe's Original BBQ. (650 Broadway, Bangor, Maine) It's nothing fancy to look at, but the food makes up for any reservations that anyone would have. They specialize in pulled pork, ribs and shrimp burgers. The sides you can choose from: sweet potato, macaroni and cheese, peas and greens, and the best cole slaw in the world. Yes, the whole world. The staff is top notch and fun. The owner was so delighted to hear that we drove 3.5 hours and loved the food, he said that if we were in town long enough, he would pay for supper if we returned that same day. Awesome.To sum this short novel up, you have to get to Bangor, Maine and try this place. P.S. I had my hunch on while devouring.


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OFT says it has concerns over reference pricing, advertising, refunds, unfair terms, and interactions with merchants.
An Office of Fair Trading investigation has found Groupon guilty of "widespread" breaches of consumer protection laws, relating to issues including the pricing, advertising and unfair terms attached to its daily deals.
Groupon, which offers promotional deals to subscribers on anything from restaurant meals to beauty treatments, was referred to the OFT by the advertising watchdog in December.
The Advertising Standards Authority was prompted to make the referral after Groupon was found to have broken UK advertising regulations more than 50 times in less than a year. The OFT secretly launched its own investigation into Groupon in July.
The fair trading watchdog said on Friday that it had "found widespread examples of Groupon's practices which in the OFT's view breached consumer protection regulations".
"The OFT has specific concerns over practices involving reference pricing, advertising, refunds, unfair terms, and the diligence of its interactions with merchants," it added.
The OFT said that Groupon had "engaged openly and constructively" during the investigation and that its parent company, MyCityDeal, had signed undertakings to make sure that its business practices comply with the law.
The OFT said that Groupon had three months to make the required changes to its business practices and that it will "monitor complaints numbers closely".
"Should evidence emerge of a breach of any of these undertakings, the OFT will consider appropriate measures, including applying to court for enforcement orders," it said.
Roy Blanga, UK managing director at Groupon, admitted that as a "young and innovative" company its "processes and procedures have not always kept pace with our rapid growth".
"While we've endeavoured to meet the massive public demand for our offers while maintaining our bar for service, there are times we've failed," he said. "We take their concerns very seriously and will be willingly implementing the recommended changes."
In a blogpost on the Groupon website Blanga apologised to customers and explained: "where we messed up and how we're making it right".
"We're sorry," he said. "We believe that the only way to build a company that lasts is to provide the best customer experience in the world, and it pains us when we fall short".
The OFT found issues with practices including exaggerating savings, merchants becoming swamped and unable to deliver deals and only giving consumers 24 hours to make decisions on serious procedures such as laser eye surgery and cosmetic procedures.
Other issues included making errors in deal descriptions when they are first posted, such as misleading on the value of the offer and not properly substantiating marketing claims made by merchants about products, especially relating to health and beauty products.
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Miles Teller: Which Faction Would He Choose?
Miles Teller waves to the cameras as he arrives at the Arclight Cinemas to catch a movie on Wednesday night (April 2) in Hollywood.
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"I wouldn't want to be in the Divergent world!" Miles recently told People. "That's what's tough; it forces you to pick one. I like Dauntless, because I liked playing sports growing up. I also like Amity, because I am a big Grateful Dead fan. I would hope that I wouldn't have to choose. "
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MADRID (AP) — Spanish novelist Eduardo Mendoza has been presented with the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary honor, with officials praising his humorous style as a continuation of that of Spain's most famous author.
King Felipe VI presented the award announced last year at a ceremony Thursday in the central town of Alcala de Henares, the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes, author of "Don Quixote."
Culture Minister Inigo Mendez de Vigo said Mendoza's use of irony, parody and comedy continued Cervantes' style from some 400 years ago.
Barcelona-born Mendoza, 74, is best known for his 1975 novel, "La verdad sobre el caso Savolta" (The Truth about the Savolta Case) and "La ciudad de los prodigios" (City of Marvels) of 1986.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Billionaire investor Ron Burkle cut his stake in struggling retailer American Apparel APP, +0.00% this month, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday. Burkle sold 909,500 shares and now owns 4.3% of American Apparel's outstanding stock. Burkle sold the shares at prices ranging from $1.40 to $1.65 a share from Jan. 10 to Jan. 20. He remains as American Apparel's second-largest shareholder behind founder and chief executive Dov Charney, based on FactSet Research data. American Apparel lost $67 million for the nine months ended Sept. 30. Its shares closed at $1.16 in regular-hours trade Tuesday.
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Vanessa Hudgens Sends Love To Austin Butler on Twitter After Mom Lori's Passing
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With the application process for volunteers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ closing last week, many last-minute applicants were rushing to beat the deadline, perhaps nowhere more so than in Alexandra, where a queue of hopefuls of all ages could be seen winding down the stairs at Thusong Youth Centre.
During the application process, an average of 1,500 people per day have been applying through FIFA.com for the chance to be selected as one of the 15,000 FIFA World Cup volunteers. For those in Alexandra, however, the opportunity was even more special, as they were signing up to volunteer at an official FIFA World Cup™ event right in the heart of their community.
The Football for Hope Festival 2010 will be a celebration of the social dimension of the game, and will feature a 32-team tournament in a specially constructed stadium in Alexandra. The teams taking part will represent organisations from around the world that use football to address issues such as HIV and AIDS, landmine education, homelessness, gang culture and much more. An official part of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, the festival is being organised by FIFA, streetfootballworld, the Organising Committee and the City of Johannesburg.
It seems like no-one ever says anything good about us. But with this festival we have the chance to show the world that something wonderful can happen here.
One of the key goals of the Football for Hope Festival 2010 is to provide as many opportunities as possible to people from the host community. So, for the last three weeks, members of the festival organising team have been at Thusong Youth Centre, next door to the festival site, to help people through the online application.
"I heard about this opportunity on the radio, and I really hope I can be selected because I am passionate about soccer," said 18-year-old Joy Latty Lomola. "I think that all the delegations coming to Alexandra next year will find us very warm and welcoming. They will enjoy experiencing the heritage of Alexandra."
"We think it's very important that the community feels part of the Football for Hope Festival 2010" said Sikhumbuzo Mnculwane, an Alexandra resident who is also the festival organising team's Community Liaison Officer. "You don't get many opportunities in a community like Alex to be part of a huge international event, and this can really do a lot for people's self-esteem."
"Recently Alex has had a lot of bad publicity," he added. "It seems like no-one ever says anything good about us. But with this festival we have the chance to show the world that something wonderful can happen here."


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I love days when I can dress down in some great jeans and a simple, classic striped shirt. While this is a comfortable combination, it still makes me feel pulled together. A striped cotton-poplin shirt is really a basic everyone should have. What I love the most about it is that I can wear it in so many different ways. Sometimes I will perfectly tuck it into my high-waisted jeans, other times I will create dramatic side splits or unveil my shoulders to get a Brigit Bardot's effortless look.
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On August 5, 2010, family members of 47 year old Vernessa Black notified Shreveport Police detectives that they had not seen or heard from her since early July. Ms. Black is described as a black female who stands 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 100 pounds. Police and family members are concerned for the welfare of Vernessa Black, but at this stage of the investigation no foul play is suspected.
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An interesting project is in the works that should be of interest to Back to the Future fans. Movie Hole reports that Phil Hawkins (The Butterfly Tattoo) is set to direct Great Scott, a film described as a love letter to 1985's Back to the Future. The pic centers on a teenager in 1980s Manchester, England who falls so in love with Back to the Future that he tries to actually become Marty McFly (no word on whether or not he goes full-method and comes dangerously close to banging him mom). Alex Child and Hiram Bleetman wrote the script, and the investment firms behind We Need to Talk About Kevin and Jane Eyre are backing the production. Hawkins was actually a contestant on the short-lived "find the next big director" reality series On the Lot, and he's got two features already under his belt.
I'm a self-professed "Back to the Future fanatic", but even I think this premise is a bit strange. While the pic could certainly turn out to be a sweet, pop-culture infused coming of age story, I'm fearful Great Scott will go the Fanboys route. Production is set to commence around Easter, so hopefully we hear more soon. I can only assume that Huey Lewis and the News remain available to pen "The Power of Love 2.0," so my fingers are crossed that Hawkins reaches out.


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I was catchin up on blogs the other day and visited an old favorite, Noe Place Like Home. Melanie is gifted with the camera, in the kitchen, with crafts, in parenting, and well, you name it. She does it well.
When I saw that she had made these amazing looking Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies I was sorta entranced by them. I kid you not, they sat on my computer for three days before I finally "made" them.
Can you sense the foreshadowing?
When I read the recipe Melanie posted I could NOT figure it out. Is the cookie dough raw? I cant make those. But I must! Am I dense? (dont answer that) Why cant I figure this out?
Well. I decided to change things up a bit.
I made cookie dough.
I decided to get crazy and add caramel. I mean, caramel is always a good addition right?
Then added my brownie mixture and baked away.
I had big hopes I tell you. Big.
Try googling 'cookie dough brownies' sometime and you will see my tragic mistake.
Or I can just tell you.
Every single time someone posts a recipe for this combination, the brownie is on the bottom. Every. Single. Time.
Me, in my genius, had decided to venture out on my own.
I dont recommend that. Ok, I DO recommend that. But for You. Not for me.
I did not like how they turned out so I threw them in the freezer and went about my business.
The next day I took them out of the freezer (let them defrost for a bit) and tried one.
It was… good!
The caramel suddenly made sense and I liked the marbling that seemed to have occurred when baked in my horribly backward method.
And when frozen/partly thawed they cut so nicely.
But then I got bored. And knew I had just purchased some all natural white chocolate chips. I am such a sucker for anything that says all natural. Even though 90% of the time there is NOTHING natural about it.
Just sayin.
Here is Melanie's original recipe. I highly recommend making these her way first!!
I boxed some up and pretended I was going to be generous and give them away.
I am still working on the actual giving them away part.
What about you… do you have a great cookie dough and brownie recipes that I should try? And when I say *try* you know I am going to massacre the recipe. Its what I do. #badbaker
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With the 2018 midterms about to kick into gear, there is an interesting Reuters-Ipsos poll published last Fall that can give some Republicans ammunition in beating their Democrat opponents and preventing the blue wave that everyone seems to be predicting.
The poll found that less than a third of those asked believed that illegal immigration poses NO threat or a minimal threat to the United States. That finding flies in the face of the claims made by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca).
Of those saying illegal immigration was no threat or minimal, 43.5 percent of Blacks believed so and 46.9 percent of Democrats agreed. Interestingly, only 35.8 percent of Hispanics thought that illegal immigration was not a threat. Compare this to 24.7 percent of Whites and 9.7 percent of Republicans.
When those surveyed were asked if they considered illegal immigration an imminent or serious threat, the vast majority (47.8 percent) viewed it as such.
Conservative website VDare writes that Republicans should use this information to ask their Democrat rivals the following question: "Do you think illegal immigration is a threat to our country?"
The website writes, "Demand an answer. Outside of California, it's a devastating no-win question for Democrats to face."
A majority of every group sees illegal immigration as a threat. But predictably, groups that suck at thinking about the long run see it as less of a threat. pic.twitter.com/BrfLen53zZ
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If accurate, the poll would validate what pundits like Ann Coulter have been asserting for the last two years. Namely, that Trump's success was due entirely to his aggressive stance on shutting down illegal immigration and building a wall!
Sadly, the RINO Republicans in Washington haven't seem to received that message.
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Sofia Vergara has been getting a lot of attention ever since she joined the cast of Modern Family. Â Her fame has now helped her to get a new endorsement deal. Sofia is the new Xfinity spokeswoman according to the Hartford Courant:
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- Pros: Amazing built quality, interior, Boot space, good Air conditioning, multi-functional key buttons. Good audio system.
- Cons: Heavy steering wheel, requires visit to service center for minor fixes (Instances like, AC vent not working, Handbrake indicator always ON, etc)
This buy was purely for touring. And it gives an amazing mileage of 18 plus Kmpl on Highway (Average). The maximum I could get is 21 Kmpl (Wait until you Drive for 3000 KM to actually start clocking the mileage). In City it varies from 7-13 Kmpl (As I am from Bangaluru - traffic prone). The ride quality is good and smooth. The engine noise is noticeable but not annoying. Mirror with LED indicator is something you will fall for. Space for rear passenger is bit uncomfortable, only if you have someone 6 feet tall in your family.
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