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Mu and Fuji Apple Saengchae
Mu means daikon radish in Korean. Memorize that. You'll run into a lot of it in Korean food.
One of my favorite things about Korean food is that it embraces the preparation of raw vegetables or occasionally fruits. It is not uncommon to have a banchan in the form of saengchae.
This recipe for saengchae is bright and full of punch. It's spicy, tangy and sweet and goes great with pork belly or as a banchan for a dinner of Korean BBQ.
1/2 small daikon radish, sliced thinly into match sticks
1 large Fuji apple, sliced the same size as the daikon
3 green onions, cut into half inch pieces
1 tablespoon of minced garlic
1/4 cup gochugaru (coarsely ground dried Korean red pepper)
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon of concentrated white vinegar (my personal favorite is Surig Essig Essenz)
toasted sesame seeds for garnish (optional)
Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl, preferably with hands. Taste. Season with additional salt to your taste. Garnish with sesame seeds. Eat right away.
Good in the fridge for a couple of days.

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- In the ladies at work, there is a sign offering detailed instructions as to what one should do – it includes pearls of wisdom such as the importance of washing your hands of course, but my favourite advice is the one about "avoiding contact with people showing influenza-like symptoms" at all cost. Nanny state?
- I have never witnessed so many public arguments and general upfront behaviour since I have moved here. Either between complete strangers on the subway ("Could you stand any closer to me dude?!") or between lovers.
- At the same time, I've never had so many strangers talking to be on the subway – makes a change from the tube in London where everyone buries their head in their newspaper or book. The last time was a few days ago, when an older man stopped me on the platform and told me to "never, ever cut my hair" … apparently it's just too nice!
- On the Food Network channel (a strange obsession of mine), I once watched a show where cooks from different parts of the world competed for some kind of title – the only cook who was given subtitles was the French one! He didn't even have such a strong accent!
- Talking of accent, I have yet to meet an American who realises straight away (or at least in the first 15 minutes) that I'm French and not British. They seem to have no perception for accents.
- I have not cooked a single thing since I have moved here and have no intention of doing so. My nice shiny oven and stove will stay that way (much to my parents' horror – I am supposed to be French after all). The closest I have come to "cook" was reheating pre-prepared meals (they're very good here) in my microwave. I eat out most of the time and when I don't, I either get take out (all the restaurants, even the posh ones, offer this service) or go down to the Deli downstairs and have them make me a nice salad with any ingredients I want.
- Continuing with the convenience culture that is so prevalent here, I haven't looked back since the day I found out that I could get my laundry picked up, washed/dry cleaned, folded and delivered back for a mere $8. Why would anyone want to do their own at that price?!
- I was excited one day when I saw that a movie I like, "8 Miles", was being shown on one of the cable channels. The problem is that I could barely follow the movie as every single swear word was bleeped out, making it impossible to watch.
- I love all the TV adverts about medical products here – because of the suing culture, they have to reel out the list of secondary effects one might experience as a result of taking the medicine. My favourites are impotence and death. Enough said (especially if you get both in that order).
- Food portions here are really very big (except maybe in very posh restaurants). I learned very quickly to order everything in appetizer size. However, the quality of food is overwhelmingly good and also very good value, especially when compared to London.
- One of the most surreal thing I've seen so far is this very old, hunched over man who often plays in the subway in Times Square. His act consists of him singing Edith Piaf songs (he's not French though), while playing on an electronic organ, on top of which sit a series of bizarre dancing dolls. I just had to give him a few dollars for originality and for reminding me that I love the song "La vie en rose".
- This is closely followed by the weird experience of seeing a man, coming out of the World Financial Centre, wearing an all over white knitted jumpsuit, complete with matching balaclava and proceeding to walk very calmly towards the promenade. Maybe it was an art project or maybe an investment banker gone mad. I will never know.
- Favourite TV show title so far: "Paralized and pregnant". I wish I was kidding, but I'm really not.
- I love New York cab drivers. They are, for the most part, completely insane, but then who wouldn't be driving around this congested city all day/night? The majority of them are constantly on their mobile phone, through headset, so you never know if they're talking to you or to their friend/partner/child/lawyer/dispatcher/psychologist.
- I had the enviable experience of going to the Social Security Office to get my social security card and wait patiently for 3 hours to put in my application. The experience was made a lot more interesting by a strange, but very much in love, couple. The lady was tall and rather on the large side. Her partner was a much smaller, skinny guy. There were not enough seats for both of them to sit on, so she made him sit on her lap, talked to him like he was a child and called him "puppy" the entire time.
- In the same Social Security Office, they also had a very handy sign reminding us what not to do – "No drinking, no smoking, no eating, no sitting on window sills, no writing on walls, no radio playing". I can *almost* understand the reasoning behind all of them but the "no writing on walls" really threw me.
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The Ukrainian and Serbian military delegations have discussed promising directions for the development of bilateral cooperation between the defense ministries of two countries during a meeting in Kyiv on Saturday. The meeting took place as part of a visit by Secretary of State of the Serbian Ministry of Defense Dusan Spasojevic to Ukraine.
The press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry told that the parties had also considered the ways of developing military and technical cooperation between the countries, particularly in repairing and modernizing military equipment.
Particular attention was paid to the issues of regional security, including the situation in the Balkans and Kosovo as part of Ukrainian peacekeepers from the Ukrainian-Polish battalion UkrPolBat fulfilling their tasks in KFOR. Spasojevic thanked Ukraine and the leadership of the Defense Ministry for the significant contribution of Ukrainian soldiers to maintaining peace in Kosovo.
Representatives of the Serbian delegation also expressed interest in studying Ukraine's peacekeeping experience. In this connection, the sides spoke about the training of Serbian troops in Ukraine according to the programs on international peacekeeping activities, in particular, at the center for training officers for multinational headquarters of the National Defense Academy of Ukraine.
Moreover, both delegations also shared experience in transformation processes that are currently being held in the armies of the two countries, as well as integration with Euro-Atlantic and European structures.


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Buddy Paprock will be playing at Coria Estates for the first time on Saturday, October 14th from 2-5pm for our 2017 Harvest Party! Grab your friends and come spend the day with Buddy, eat some BBQ, and have your caricature drawn!
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And while Fisher, who died Tuesday at the age of 60, would spend the next few decades very publicly wrestling with her Star Wars celebrity, her work in the sci-fi series gave the films not only some much-needed levitydid anyone in the Star Warsuniverse seem so perpetually, justifiably over-this-shit as Princess Leia?they also provided the audience (which included millions of Organa-adoring young girls) a tough, smart female leader who could always be Thanking You relied upon to provide guidance, a sarcastic one-liner or two, and a variety of vexing hairdos. Han had the cool; Luke had the courage; but Leia, as played by Fisher, had the smarts. Compared to her, the rest of us were mere scruffy-looking nerf herders. Thats not to say that Fishers career should be judged solely on events that took place ina galaxy far, far away. For starters, she was an accomplished writer and performer, etching memorable supporting roles in films like The Blues Brothers and When Harry Met Sally (not to mention her turn as a wine-loving retro-radical on 30 Rock, and her recent stint as a happily self-absorbedand even more happily dismissivemom on Catastrophe). Her comedic voice (dry and wry, and knowingly neurotic) was perhaps best represented by her in-print and on-stage work: Fishers 1987 quasi-memoir Postcards from the Edge was an unflinching tale of Hollywood excess (and, later, http://pixeltylergomez.helphealfran.org/2016/08/05/evidence-of-inflammation-is-present-at-the-onset-of-symptoms-in-newly-diagnosed-patients-with-asthma a hit movie starring Meryl Streep and directed by Mike Nichols). She was a solid for-hire journalist, as well, as evidenced by her 1991 Rolling Stone interview with Madonna , a hilarious and sometimes startling give-and-take that was part juicy Q&A, part mutual confessional. http://tweetameliawatson.rbilow.com/2016/07/27/a-lack-of-vital-vitamins-and-nutrients-can-cause-your-pit-bull-to-have-stomach-problems-bones-that-break-easily-and-have-weight-problemsAnd the 2009 Broadway show Wishful Drinkinga hilarious bit of performance-as-therapyfound Fisher reconciling not only her time as Princess Leia, but also with her depression, as well as her astonishingly kudzu family life (her parents were singer-actor Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds). In that show, as with much of her writing, Fisher could punctuate even the darkest memory with a blunt-force one-liner from out of nowhere. Slide: 1 / of 15. Caption: Caption: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New HopeAlamy Slide: 2 / of 15.
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The annual Rotary Club open gardens event in Market Rasen was another success, with visitors from far and wide travelling to the town .
A sunny Saturday saw 13 gardens in Market Rasen and the surrounding area open to the public for charity.
From traditional gardens to a carnivorous plant nursery and a garden boasting a model rail layout, the visitors had plenty to see throughout the day.
In the market place, there were a number of stalls on a summer theme, as well as fundraising stalls.
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WEDDINGS!!! Who doesn't love weddings?! (Ok, I know a lot of people don't but still…) Food, love, cheesy music, flowers, embarrassing speeches, dancing, cake, the opportunity to dress up… Weddings are my favourite thing ever! (Next to Made in Chelsea, obvs.) A very good friend of mine got married a couple of weeks ago 😀 and this is what I wore:
Floral dress: Asos (as seen in my wishlist post a while back).
Leopard print shoes: New Look
Hearty necklace and earrings: Swarovski
Tennis bracelet: Swarovski (I love this but I find that Swarovski bracelet clasps are useless! This is a replacement as my previous one just fell off my wrist and this one does the same quite often. Same goes for a different Swarovski bracelet I have. Grr)
Diamanté bracelet: cheap, old, maybe H&M?
Love bracelet: Marks & Spencer
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"Ruby" ring: random cheap shop in Bath, I bought this at least 10 years ago and the "silver" is totally discoloured but I love it! I always think it looks like a wine gum 🙂
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Oh and just in case anyone else is on the lookout for a good strapless bra, the best one I've found is Wonderbra's Ultimate Strapless Bra! (You can buy it in Debenhams.)
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A move to consolidate four Alberta government agencies that fund research has some health scientists worried that patients will pay the price
Health researchers tense about future of Alberta funding
A move to consolidate four Alberta government agencies that fund research has some health scientists worried that patients will pay the price.
At issue is whether a pool of money that has for three decades bolstered medical research in the province could now be tapped by others, such as environmental researchers or biotechnology companies.
Health research is unique, and should have a protected source of funding, says David Evans, vice-dean of research at the University of Alberta's faculty of medicine and dentistry.
"We've done some pretty neat things in Edmonton and Calgary in terms of supporting diabetes research, and advancing (organ) transplants. I think we've spent the money well and we've delivered things. It would be nice to see that retained as the priority," Evans said Tuesday.
For more than 30 years, Alberta health researchers have had access to money from the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund. In 2010, the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, which administered the money, became a government agency called Alberta Innovates Health Solutions. The provincial government also created three similar corporations to stimulate research in agriculture, energy and environment, and to aid technology startups.
The provincial government is looking at consolidating all four agencies.
Economic Development and Trade Minister Deron Bilous was unavailable for an interview Tuesday. Government spokeswoman Cheryl Oates sent a short email statement:
"As part of the Agencies, Boards and Commissions (ABC) review, we're looking at how we can improve Alberta Innovates corporations and ensure value for Albertans. At this time, no decisions have been made," she wrote. She did not say how long the review would take.
There is "discussion" around amalgamating the four agencies, said Pamela Valentine, CEO of Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (AIHS). It could involve moving AIHS under the umbrella of the economic development ministry from the health ministry, she said.
Although streamlining help for innovation has benefits, health research stands apart from other disciplines, Valentine said. There can be great economic and social benefits from improving health care, she said.
"I understand the nervousness of the research community. They have had historically very good funding from this endowment," Valentine said.
Dr. Marcello Tonelli, associate vice-president of research at the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine, says he has no problem with an administrative reorganization as long as government continues to recognize the importance of medical research with equivalent funding — or more. It also needs independent scientific oversight, he said.
Health research is no luxury to be slashed when economic times get tough, Tonelli said. There's a direct relationship between clinical research activity and patients' access to better health care.
"Investments that we make today in science and in the AIHS, they will have (consequences) that will play out over the coming decades," Tonelli said.
Diluting funds to health researchers could prompt the loss of top researchers to other provinces and countries, and put too much focus on studies that seek to resolve a specific problem instead of big-picture "discovery" science, said U of A pharmacology and neuroscience Prof. Bill Colmers.
Although he's not worried yet, Evans said Alberta does have an advantage he wouldn't want to lose.
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While many people have stored many alternative species of animals in captivity over the course of human historical past, only a relative few have been stored lengthy sufficient to be thought of domesticated Other forms of animals, notably monkeys , have never been domesticated but are nonetheless bought and stored as pets. There are additionally inanimate objects that have been saved as "pets", both as a form of sport, or humorously (e.g. the Pet Rock or Chia Pet ).
If the pet and its cage or container weighs 8 kg or much less, they may journey within the flight cabin. These weighing more than eight kg can be carried within the cargo maintain. A hard and fast payment will probably be charged primarily based on the total weight of the pet and its cage or container. If that is eight kg or much less, a charge of 70 TL will probably be charged. one hundred ten TL shall be charged for a weight of 9-15 kg, and a price of 170 TL will probably be charged for a weight of 16 kg and over.
Animals behave completely positive when accustomed to the kennel or crate they're transported in. As a responsible pet proprietor, this duty is often overlooked. Domesticated pets are the most typical varieties of pet. A domesticated animal is any animal that has been tamed and made fit for a human atmosphere 61 by being constantly kept in captivity and selectively bred over a long sufficient time period that it exhibits marked differences in conduct and look from its wild relations.
Only domesticated canines and cats may be carried to or from worldwide locations. We do not carry pets youthful than three months alone on our Northern Cyprus flights. We are able to carry pets aged over two months on the condition that they journey with their mom, they have a passport, they have stayed in the identical location since birth, and haven't come into contact with any wild animals which can have handed on infection.


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Some Companies Are Banning Email and Getting More Done
Email is as much a double-edged sword as it gets. It can be an incredibly useful tool for communication, coordination, and information; but it can also be the biggest time sink imaginable. Some companies have started giving up email completely and found that it has boosted their productivity; David Burkas of HBR shares their story.


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Tour the James Tellen Woodland Sculpture Garden and make a one-of-a-kind concrete paver. This program will not take place at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center; the address of the sculpture garden is 5634 Evergreen Drive, Sheboygan.
This opportunity is part of the SPARK! program, which is designed for seniors living with Alzheimer's and dementia, and their care partners. SPARK! programs offer participants an opportunity to enhance their quality of life through social engagement, mental stimulation, and communication in a safe and comfortable atmosphere. We aim to shift the focus from deficiencies often associated with memory loss, Alzheimer's disease, and related dementias to the rich and satisfying experiences that are possible through creative engagement.
Photo: NCPTT Conservation Workshop, September 29, 2017.
SPARK! is supported by Mersberger Financial Group, Inc.


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"If you were the point person in charge of kids in custody, some trying to be reunited with parents, some sick, kids of all ages, don't you think that's a number you would carry around in your head with you every single day?" asked Cooper.
"Not knowing how many kids you've got locked up, it's part of a pattern for Secretary Nielsen and the administration of not being forthcoming about their policies at the border," he later added.
Cooper also explained why Nielsen's claim that the separation policy was done for the protection of the children "does seem kind of Orwellian when you consider what subsequently was done to them."


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Katarina Witt discussed her role in Un ballo in Maschera in Berlin
The world-wide known superstar figure skater will step onto stage as the queen of the ball this summer, at Szeged in Verdi's opera. It's an exquisite event, because she only accepted the role for the sake of the Open-Air Festival and the spectacular performance.
Katarina Witt welcomed the designers of the performance, Ildi Tihanyi and Tamás Náray and the choreographer, Ádám Sólya and the artistic director of the festival, Gyula Harangozó in her Berlin office. The Ice Princess met with the above mentioned because she will be the queen of the ball in the most spectacular scene of Verdi's opera this summer. Her part in the piece is really special because she didn't plan to step on ice again. Although they still haven't decide whether she will be doing any ice choreography, the event will be really special.
Katarina started to work with the creators with huge excitment. Firstly she talked about the choreography with Ádám Sólya, who lives and works in many thatrical and ice shows in Belgium. The legendary champion already knew a few things about the festival, and she was amazed by the size and the atmosphere of it. She also already knew about the fact that at one point during the performance the stage will transform into a huge ice rank. Katarina told us that she only had the chance to stand on plastic ice once in her life, so it is also a special challenge, and she will do everything for the scene to be perfect and successfull. Together with Ádám Sólya and the twelve ice dancers she wanted to amaze the audience with a picturesque scene full of crystals and beauty.
The meeting continued with taking a look at the set and costume designs. Tamás Náray and Ildi Tihanyi showed her the plans and told her their ideas about the dress of the queen. Katarina was amazed by the perfect, haute couture elegancy. She chose a romantic piece, a blue gown with crystals and tulle, with a very womanly hip-part and majestic hair-do and crown.
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Captain Jack Sparrow finds the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying Captain Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle, determined to kill every pirate at sea...including him. Captain Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artifact that bestows upon its possessor total control over the seas. Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgeu5rhoxxYRead More
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Jack is back! On this fifth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Jack's luck has run out. It seems that Captain Salazar (Bardem) has released the most deadly ghost pirates of the sea from the devil's Triangle. Captain Salazar is the oldest villain of Jack Sparrow. The ghost pirates hunt on every single pirate on the sea, including Jack Sparrow. The only hope to survive this adventure is to collect the legendary Trident of Poseidon. This weapon is the most powerfull weapon and the owner gets control of all seas. Is Jack going to collect this powerfull weapon and can he insure he ...Read More
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"You may say anything you like in this country, as long as it isn't racist." So said the sign at the border.
In a country with such a law, free speech has an obvious serious curtailment. But perhaps everyone in the country is perfectly fine with it. None of them is a racist, so why should they care? Not a single thing that anyone would like to say is being restricted. Why, they reason, would anyone think this law was unfair unless they were a racist? Racist speech is valueless.
I don't want to debate their reasoning right now; there are all kinds of good replies about creeping government power and the impossibility of adjudication. Instead, I want to assume that you and I already share an American conception of free speech: that except for the tiniest possible category of actual violence-inducing speech, all speech should in principle remain permissible. A blanket prohibition on racist speech is an intolerable restriction on the liberty of human communication.
Now, if we do believe in this conception of free speech, what ought we to do? We're not racists, obviously. But I honestly think in a society that restricts a certain category of speech, it can be a heroic act to disobediently utter that speech. Racism is abominable. But somebody who said racist things, not because they believed them but because they wanted to vigorously fight for the ability to say them, could be doing the right thing. It is laudable to force the society into a position where it had to punish by force that which had previously been punished only through informal pressure.* It is civil disobedience in the pursuit of a just cause.
I bring this up in reference to the tiny scandal over a bunch of writers being upset that Charlie Hebdo is being given a free speech award. Yes, Charlie Hebdo should be able to freely publish their offensive cartoons, they say, but there's no need to recognize uttering offensive speech as something noble.
I disagree, though. If we live in a society where there is a threat of violence against anyone who says an offensive thing, and because I believe this is wrong I intentionally say an offensive thing in order to resist the threat, that is a heroic act. An important distinction here seems to be whether the speaker really means the content. If I'm a Nazi, and I issue racist statements because I am a Nazi, and am punished, I have been mistreated. Yet I'm not an especially honorable person, since my motivation for the act was being a Nazi; I am trying to make the society worse, not better.** But say I'm completely apolitical. I am motivated not by internal racism, but by a belief that somebody ought to try to push the limits of what can be said, so that the ability can be preserved for all. Honoring me would not be honoring "a racist" but somebody who said hideously offensive things because they thought those things needed to be said, not for their content but for the sake of extending the ability to speak.
I tend to think Charlie Hebdo is heroic because I see them as these sort of speakers. Their cartoons seem crude and pointless, not really driven by any ideology other than to say the most offensive possible thing. I don't think they are motivated by racism, I think they are motivated by the desire to piss people off, using racism if it will accomplish this objective. They do this, as far as I can tell, because they think somebody ought to say everything that can be said, to encourage a robust freedom of expression.
Realize that this acknowledges Charlie Hebdo's cartoons as racist. The debates I have seen on this generally split this way: supporters say Charlie Hebdo did not publish racist content but "satirical" or "provocative" content, and satire in the face of threats is heroic. Opponents say Charlie Hebdo published racist content, and saying racist things isn't "heroic" even if it should be protected. I take a third position: Charlie Hebdo published racist content, and publishing racist content is a heroic act if one is doing it in order to insist upon their freedom to do so. If we live in a society in which it is made clear that one word is forbidden, and speaking it will be punished by death, the person who speaks that word in defiance is a hero, regardless of whether the word in question is "canteloupe" or the n-word. If I publish a magazine of racist pornographic scrawlings, the content of which I couldn't really care less about, because I think it serves an important political function to have someone constantly pushing the boundaries of freedom (and risking their lives in doing so), that is an admirable thing.
Perhaps we think the writers of Charlie Hebdo are motivated by racism (which is not admirable), rather than a desire to say offensive things in order to prove it can be done (which is admirable). But I think the evidence leans the other way; in fact, most of the magazine's detractors acknowledge that they basically just tried to be "equal opportunity" offenders that said incredibly disgusting things about whoever. The point the detractors make is that "equal opportunity" offense is a myth, because kicking the weak is very different from kicking the strong. You may insist that you offend everyone the same, but if I draw an offensive caricature of a politician versus an offensive caricature of a mentally disabled person, my level of caricature maybe the same but one of those drawings is far more reprehensible.
I agree with all of that analysis, but it doesn't contradict my conclusion. It is only a reply to those who are defending Charlie Hebdo's speech as not being racist. It is not a reply to those, like me, who concede completely that the speech is racist. There are circumstances, however, in which saying something racist and saying something heroic can be the same thing. If it is clear that death squads will come after you if you say racist things, then my God, the champion of individual liberty should start screaming racist things from the rooftops.
Finally, one more point: every single debate about whether someone should get some award or not is stupid. I hate awards.
* A distinction can be drawn between violent punishment by the government and violent punishment by private religious militias (like what Charlie Hebdo received). But I don't think this difference matters, since from the perspective of the individual who wishes to have an ability to speak, the experience of having a society come after you through public or private means is pretty much the same, and free speech that is guaranteed by law but prohibited by organized private violence is not really free speech.
**I know the Nazi thinks he's trying to make the society better. But he's not; Nazis make society worse. This is inarguable.


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Answering to An IRS Audit, And Other Inside Advice
Should you fear the Internal Revenue Service?
Not if you know your rights as a taxpayer and you respond to the first notice you get from the IRS, says Scott M. Estill, a tax attorney.
That's part of the nonconfrontational advice Estill offers in "Tax This! An Insider's Guide to Standing Up to the IRS" (Self-Counsel Press, 2007 edition, $21.95).
"No tax situation is hopeless," writes Estill, who is a former senior trial attorney for the IRS.
Many tax situations deteriorate because people don't know about the options available to them. If you are facing an audit, haven't filed a tax return in years, or received a tax bill from the IRS, pick up "Tax This!" It's my May recommendation for the Color of Money Book Club.
Estill writes that it's important to overcome your natural instinct to avoid contact with the IRS. Instead, it's vital that you inform the agency whenever you change your address. "You have nothing to gain by trying to hide from the IRS, and you have much to lose by doing so," Estill warns. "It is almost always better to confront any problems as soon as possible rather than waiting for the IRS to catch up to you."
You may be thinking that with all the taxpayers in the country, the chances of the IRS bothering you are pretty slim. Indeed they are, but the IRS has been increasing its enforcement actions. In a report on such efforts, Commissioner Mark W. Everson said enforcement revenue -- the money the IRS gets from its collection, examination, and document reviews -- increased to a record $48.7 billion in fiscal 2006. The number of field audits increased nearly 23 percent over the previous year.
Earn a hefty income? Be forewarned that the IRS plans to be extra vigilant concerning high-income taxpayers. If you earn more than $100,000 a year, you're a lot more likely to be audited than you would have been just a few years ago. "We've put a lot of emphasis in increasing audits in this area because it's critical to ensuring faith in the tax system," Everson said in his report.
The number of audits of individuals with incomes of more than $100,000 surpassed 257,000 in 2006, an 18 percent increase over 2005. That's the highest figure in more than a decade and well over double the 92,000 completed in fiscal 2001. Total individual returns audited increased to almost 1.3 million in 2006 from 1.2 million in 2005.
So what should you do if the IRS comes looking for you? Here are some basic rules to avoid major problems:
· Don't ignore deadlines."Many taxpayers get themselves in unnecessary trouble with the IRS because they don't do something when the IRS wants it done," Estill writes.


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Our guest speaker next Wednesday evening is Sharad H. Creasman, the College Minister and Advisor to the President of Brevard College. Previously, he served as the Senior Minister of Columbia Drive United Methodist Church in Decatur, Georgia. He is a native of Brevard and a 1996 graduate of Brevard College. He holds a Master of Theology degree from Emory University's Candler School of Theology and a Master of Divinity from the Morehouse School of Religion.
He has received numerous honors, including being the Guest Chaplain for the United States Senate. He is married to his seminary sweetheart, Daphne, and they are the proud parents of two children.
The title of his presentation is "Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?" In light of the current political, cultural, and social turmoil in our country, Sharad Creasman will focus on how we can be involved in building a better future.


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Let's define the DITA project!
When working with DITA, there are rare cases when we only have one deliverable defined by one map and some topics, but usually we have one or more root maps, numerous filter files, and we publish each deliverable to multiple output formats. This information may be useful if it is known during various steps when interacting with DITA content (for example, to present the relevant context configurations during the authoring stage, to be able to automatically generate the published versions, to enable cross linking between different deliverables, or to correctly compute actual content reuse). This session explores a possible definition of a DITA Project file to describe the root maps, filters, deliverables, etc., and how this information may be used to enable a better user experience when working with DITA content.
What can the audience expect to learn?
The audience will benefit from a better understanding of context and reuse when working with DITA. The proposed format may be the basis for a standard format to define DITA projects. The session also expects audience feedback so that we will all have a better understanding of the meta-information needs for DITA projects from different perspectives: content management, authoring, localization, publishing, reporting.
Meet the presenter
George Bina is one of the founders of Syncro Soft, the company that develops oXygen XML Editor. He has more than 15 years experience in working with XML and related technologies including XML-related projects, oXygen XML Editor, and participation in open source projects.
His most notable open-source projects are oNVDL –an open source implementation of the NVDL standard, a project that is now merged into Jing and DITA-NG, the Relax NG-based implementation of DITA that was adopted as the reference schema for DITA in DITA 1.3.


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The Patrick Milky way shorts by Bellerose are the perfect lightweight relaxed look short for the Summer. Crafted from a cotton and linen mix with a oversized boyfriend fit making them comfy and stylish. They sit perfectly on the hip and sit just about the knee in length, and can be easily adjusted with the hidden draw string belt inside for the perfect fit without any extra bulk. Pair the Patrick shorts with a lightweight vest or simple tee tucked in, and chose any Birkenstock sandals for a dreamy relaxed Summer exploring outfit.
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Let me begin to tell you how last minute this was. Jon and I were both tentatively free on a Wednesday. We were going back and forth for about a week, looking at our schedules, debating as to whether or not it would even be feasible to rehearse, stage, and film something all in the same day. Tuesday night came sooner than expected, and we worked to connect the dots, booking the amazing Kyle Breen for videography, using studio space in NJ (because our gym in Astoria sadly closed down), and booking space in the beautiful Alchemical.
12:30pm | Jon and I started rehearsing. Both of us had already forgotten the first step. I remember giving Jon an "uh oh" look and thinking to myself... I cannot believe we are going to be filming this tonight.
3:30pm | Rehearsal in NJ finished, we drove back to New York.
5:45pm | Grabbed food. Looked at our clothes and picked out what we wanted to wear for the shoot.
6:15pm | On the subway, where Jon always be instagram-story-ing...
7:00pm | Arrived at the venue to find that there was GIGANTIC water leak in the space. -_- The wood panels on the floor were lifted up and bending all sorts of crazy ways... so we had to then reblock and adjust the movement to fit diagonally and in the corner in the room. Lucky for us, there were these mirrors in the space we could use, so we arranged them to form a wall with actually ended up looking INSANELY beautiful.
8:45pm | We experimented with freestyling at the end. FYI - we did NOT talk out or plan where to go or what to do. It was a "Press Play & Go!!" type of situation.
9:00pm | That's a wrap!
It was a day full of experimenting, adjusting, professionalism, making it work, thinking on our toes, exercising grit, and sharing our magic. Shout out to Broken Luxury for creating such beautiful music to dance to. Thank you, Jon, for trusting in me. Thank you, Kyle, for going with the flow and capturing the magic! And lastly, thank YOU for reading all of this nonsense and for watching! I hope you enjoy our creation. Share share share!


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Five years ago, there was potato salad. Then there was half an onion, chicken nuggets, and now there's an egg.
Eleven days ago, the anonymous Instagram account world_record_egg posted its first image, what appears to be a simple stock photo of a brown egg. (It might be hard-boiled, who's to say?) "Let's set a world record together and get the most liked post on Instagram," the caption read. The photo has now reached that goal, with over 42 million likes as of Tuesday afternoon. It blew past the previous record holder over the weekend, the first photo Kylie Jenner shared of her daughter Stormi, which garnered only around 18.5 million likes after it was posted last year.
It's easy to root for the Instagram egg and its other nihilistic siblings, like the halved white onion that only wants more Twitter followers than President Donald Trump. These accounts are not inherently interesting or important—many of them post barely any content at all—but they are made so because the internet decides they should win the attention lottery. In an era of rampant spam, thirst traps, and stolen memes, the egg became popular by straightforwardly asking for likes and nothing else. It's absurd. It's delightful. It feels righteous, charitable even, to help these accounts amass larger online followings than those of world leaders or members of the Kardashian family.
I asked some of my friends who liked the egg on Instagram: Why?
"I find the Kardashians' hold on people quite frustrating and irrational," said one friend. "I wanted to help give the little guy that extra boost because I think a picture of an egg is worth so much more than a random Hollywood socialite and her baby." (Kylie posted a video of herself cracking an egg on the ground after she lost the most-liked title.)
"Like how appropriately meaningless that this random egg is the most liked image on Instagram? I love it," said another.
It helps that the egg is, well, literally just an egg. Like the best memes, there's nothing to it. In fact, as The Atlantic's Taylor Lorenz pointed out, it's related to a specific meme favored by teens on Instagram, which involves posting the same generic stock photo every day. There are some accounts that even post pictures of eggs. The picture is so plain that a reverse image search on TinEye doesn't yield any results. It says the image is "too simple to create a unique fingerprint."
Anything can be mapped onto the canvas of a blank brown egg, and so thousands of remixes have predictably been created that riff on the original. Ellen DeGeneres, for her part, put Kylie Jenner's face on the egg on Monday, in the hopes that by putting them together, she can attract more engagement than the two most popular Instagram posts combined. (Her photo already has over three million likes.)
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Why did this egg take off where others have failed, that's not clear. But the creator is clearly familiar with some of the engines of online fame. They tagged a number of people and publications that regularly cover viral memes like LADBible, Mashable, BuzzFeed, the Daily Mail, and YouTube star PewDiePie in the egg photo itself. Once the account took off, they began to sell "official" merchandise, including T-shirts that say "I LIKED THE EGG," which go for $19.50. A request for comment sent to the email listed on the egg's Instagram page went unanswered.
The account behind the egg, which has nearly 6 million followers, is also an incredibly valuable marketing vehicle. Brands could spend thousands of dollars to advertise with it, according to sources in the influencer marketing industry who spoke with Recode. When the egg goes out of style, its creator could also sell the account or pivot to sharing another type of content with the massive audience they've already attracted. (This tactic has also been employed by, among others, Russia's Internet Research Agency, which according to a recent report shifted accounts from Kermit the Frog memes to something called "Army of Jesus.")
The egg's creator may instead simply continue to try to profit off the popular meme, as other viral food sensations have before them. In 2014, after Zack Brown went viral for raising more than $55,000 on Kickstarter to make potato salad, he threw a potato-themed party and two years later released a potato salad cookbook. Carter Wilkerson—the teen who became famous in 2017 after Wendy's promised a year of free chicken nuggets if he achieved 18 million retweets—went on to sell nugget-themed apparel for charity. Max Miller, the guy behind the half onion, also sells merchandise and claims a portion of sales are donated to charity too.
But it's not just the egg that's benefitting from its own viral fame. Hordes of copycat accounts have sprung up on Instagram with usernames like "_eggsviral," which have amassed thousands of followers who may have thought they had found the real deal. Once a new meme replaces the egg, these copycat accounts can change their names and post something new to their audience. Other accounts that predate the egg are practicing what has been dubbed "keyword squatting," changing their name to match the latest news story or viral fad. For example, one account, with the cynical username "wantedviews" changed its display name to "world_record_egg." Many of the impostor accounts are using the same egg stock photo as their profile image.
(Russian propagandists have been here before, too. In November 2017, Twitter released a list of several thousand suspended Twitter accounts it believed were connected to the Internet Research Agency. They included @2ndHalfOnion, a pro-Trump account that sought to get more followers than the original vegetable by merging it with Pepe the Frog.)
The egg and other seemingly meaningless internet fads are beloved because they stand in contrast to the manicured, optimized content that often fills our social media feeds, especially from people like the Kardashians. It's hilarious to give an uncooked omelette the same level of attention normally reserved for celebrities and politicians. But the egg is really just a mechanism of the same social media economy it feels like it's mocking.
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Accounting Information Technology Online Master's Degree
Master's degree programs in accounting information technology are primarily available in an on-campus format, with a few exceptions. However, this program can be found online at the bachelor's degree level. Read more about your options for pursuing an accounting information technology degree program, and find out what courses you'd take. You can also get certification info for accountants and review some of your job options in this field. Schools offering Accounting Information Systems degrees can also be found in these popular choices.
What Master's Degree Programs in Accounting Information Technology Are Available?
Accounting information technology is the application of computer technology to the field of accounting, and master's programs provide training in auditing, accounting systems management and business applications. However, online master's degree programs in accounting information technology are very rare. If you're interested in pursuing this degree, you can find several on-campus programs. In addition, if you were considering studying accounting information technology at the bachelor's level, you do have the option for online study.
|Online Availability
|Master's programs are mostly on campus; bachelor's programs available online
|Course Topics
|Auditing technologies, fraud detection, enterprise systems, data controls, information security
|Career Options
|Financial manager, acounting systems analyst, IT auditor, systems consultant
|CPA credential required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission; voluntary certifications available through the IIA and ISACA
|Median Salary (2018)
|$70,500 (for all accountants and auditors)
|Job Outlook (2016-2026)
|10% growth (for all accountants and auditors)
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
What Can I Learn in an On-Campus Program?
In accounting information technology programs, you can study information security, enterprise systems, auditing technologies and data controls. You'll learn how to design and secure information systems, create internal audit processes and detect fraud. Typical coursework for an on-campus master's degree program includes technology management, financial management, fraud prevention, database management, IT project management, systems design and security management.
What Jobs Can I Get?
With a master's degree in accounting information technology, you can choose from a variety of career options. You could work as a security or systems consultant, providing your services to corporations and e-businesses. You could also find work as an accountant, auditor, financial manager or systems analyst. As an information technology auditor, you would work internally for a corporation, verifying data sources, assessing risk and maintaining security for the company's operating systems. As an accounting systems analyst, you could design and implement new accounting systems for companies, or you might help companies find ways to keep their existing systems up-to-date.
What About Certification?
If your job duties will include filing reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, you'll need to become a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). A master's degree isn't required to take the CPA exam, but it will help you meet the educational requirements. You can also pursue voluntary certifications, depending on your chosen career path. For example, if you want to work as an information systems auditor, you could pursue certification through Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) also offers voluntary certification for internal auditors, government auditors and financial services auditors, among others.
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About Ahilapalapa Rands
Ahilapalapa Rands (Hawaiian, Fijian, Pākehā) is an independent curator, writer and artist from Aotearoa (New Zealand). She is driven to create and imagine alternative ways of exhibition making. Her multidisciplinary methodology is informed by issues relevant to Indigeneity and investigating ways that settler colonisation has and continues to inform narratives and power dynamics in the Pacific.
Recent projects include: lei-pā: a curatorial exhibition in collaboration with Lana Lopesi presented by ST PAUL St Gallery, 2017; Cold Islanders a group exhibition at Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato, Hamilton, 2017; Indigenous Arts Journal Residency, The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, 2017.
New Zealand artist, Ahilapalapa (Ahi) Rands creates alternative ways of making art and often gives a voice to people and stories not traditionally represented in art or cultural institutions. She frequently works with communities and creates art in response to her surroundings. For Ahi, it is about identifying the most authentic way to communicate ideas based on the people she meets and the places she works.
About 'The Sewerby Cookbook'
Ahi was artist-in-residence at Sewerby Hall and Gardens. As part of her residency, she created a community cookbook inspired by the history of Sewerby Hall, the people who work in the Hall, the gardens today, and local recipes from Bridlington, the East Riding and further afield. The cookbook includes over 40 recipes submitted by residents from across the region, including international recipes supplied by some of the newcomers to Hull who are learning English with Hull-based community organisation, Welcome to English.
For Sewerby, Ahi created a cookbook to explore how our own personal relationship with food makes us the unique individuals we are, and also how food brings us all together and helps shape our communities.
Ahi states: "A cookbook was the perfect way to talk about how our own personal relationship with food makes us the unique individuals we are, and also how food brings us all together and helps shape our communities. Food has an important part to play in the history of Sewerby Hall and the modern-day Hall that visitors know and love. Producing the Sewerby Cookbook is my way of giving something back and being part of its ongoing history."
Food has also had an important part to play in the history of Sewerby Hall and Gardens. The Sewerby Cookbook joins a longstanding tradition, begun by former resident, Almary Greame, of recording local recipes that are particular to Sewerby Hall and Rands has made reference to Almary's Housekeeping Book in her cookbook.
The Sewerby Cookbook can now take its place as part of Sewerby Hall's ongoing history.
An exhibition around The Sewerby Cookbook, ran from Saturday 24 March to Sunday 3 June 2018 at Sewerby Hall and Gardens.
Ahilapalapa Rands in one of four artists responding to the theme of 'food' in the first year of our 3-year 'Surrounding' project entitled 'You Are What You Eat'.
About The Oceanic Reading Room
'The Oceanic Reading Room' is part of the 'Encounters' exhibition which is part of worldwide events that mark the 250th anniversary of James Cook's first voyage to the Pacific in 1768. On display at Whitby Library until 24th August 2018, 'Encounters' explores the scientific and artistic impacts of Cook's voyage, and the shared histories of encounter between Cook and the Peoples of the Pacific.
'Encounters' runs from 7th July to 24th August 2018 at Whitby Library, Windsor Terrace, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO21 1ET.
Image: Ahilapalapa Rands. Photo credit David Chalmers, courtesy of Invisible Dust


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Tell me where to be.
Tell me what time to be there.
Tell me how long I have to stay.
Old man, tell me when to play.
Tell me what to say.
Tell me how to feel.
Tell me what to think.
Old man, tell me what to believe.
Tell me what to hope for.
Tell me what to dream.
Tell me what to strive for.
Old man, tell me what is important, to me.
Tell me what to buy.
Tell me when to buy it.
Tell me where to buy it from.
Old man, tell me how to feel when I buy it.
Tell me I am going to be alright.
Tell me my loved ones will be protected.
Tell me my granddaughter will have a chance at a safe and debt free existence.
Old man, tell me what I need to hear.
Tell me about the life I was made from.
Tell me where I came from.
Tell me why I am here.
Old man, tell me what you want me to hear.
Tell me of a God.
Tell me of a devil.
Tell me of left and right and of what is right and wrong.
Old man, tell me all these things, so I may know, what you have told me!
Old Testament Man of the dying branch, I bow down to you, for you are my God!
Old Testament Man of the dying life, I bow down to you, for without you, I am lost!
You do not mind if "I" request a second opinion, do you?
"I" have this uncomfortable feeling; I think it is the truth. It feels uncomfortable, because it is in complete and total contradiction to all of the lies you have been telling us since you formed our life, outside of our life.
The truth is only painful when it is implanted in a field of lies.
Old Man, if "I" was you father, "I" would bend you over my knee and give you a spanking.
James Scott Velozo


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Miss Diann's classes will not run on Wednesday, June 19th & Thursday, June 20th. These classes will be prorated accordingly.
Diann has been teaching in the New York City area for over 9 years. She has a BA in Acting from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has over 17 years child care and teaching experience. Diann combines her love for the arts and her love for teaching together to teach dynamic and fun early enrichment classes for children of all ages!
Baby Steps
Let's Explore
Take a Leap
Sarah studied voice at Indiana University and graduated with a degree in musical theatre. She has performed with several theatre companies and touring companies across the country, toured as a backup singer for the legendary LaLa Brooks, recorded an album in 2011 that was produced by Ted Mason of Modern English ("I'll Stop the World and Melt with You") and in 2014 began writing and recording her second album with co-writer and Swedish guitarist, Jona Carson. In 2015 Sarah's daughter, Juliette, was born and she found her new passion- a passion for children! She and Maegan met when their daughters were 5-months-old and began having frequent play dates with their girls. These magical play dates inspired Maegan & Sarah to create a class and now almost a year later they are teaching over 90 babies & toddlers each week and loving every minute of it!
Juliette & Ella's Play Date: Baby Music & Movement
Juliette & Ella's Play Date: Toddler Music & Movement
Little Jay's Baby Music & Play
Little Jay's Toddler Music & Play
Maegan moved to NYC when she was 18 to pursue a career in ballet, landing a touring contract with both Ballet For Young Audiences and Naganuma Dance. She has had the opportunity to perform with such esteemed choreographers such as Julie Bour, David Fernandez, Nicole Fosse, Darcy Naganuma and Pamela Pribisco. She has taught at various schools in NYC such as: Ballet Academy East, Steps on Broadway, Joffrey Ballet school, Caedmon School and Dalton. She currently performs with Shirdance and works as a shoe model for Blowfish Shoes. After completely a degree at Fordham University in 2013 she started the floral design company, Three Stems. Currently Maegan teaches private ballet classes throughout the city and loves teaching Juliette and Ella's Play date with her good friend Sarah.
Juliette & Ella's Play Date: Baby Music & Movement
Juliette & Ella's Play Date: Toddler Music & Movement


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…of being unemployed.
OK, so I'm not actually unemployed, but with my visa still held up somewhere in the world unto itself that is immigration, I have no means of earning, no office to go to, and no idea when (or even if, I'm starting to get fairly pessimistic about the whole thing) this situation will be rectified.
In the beginning, the enforced break seemed like a brilliant opportunity. I could relax after being stressed out to the point of near mental collapse, I would be able to read, write, do all the things I never had time to do when I was working because I would come home and curl up into a ball of misery thinking about returning the next day and the one after that.
To a certain extent all of that was true, for a while. This week has seen a dramatic drop in my motivation levels. I am struggling to maintain the momentum I had in the first few weeks of what my friends are calling my 'funemployment.'
I am beginning to see why people without jobs don't have spic and span houses, aren't physically fitter than they are when they are working, aren't constantly reading or filling their days with productive (albeit free) activities.
The lack of routine, the fact that if I don't put on clothes today, no-one will know or care, the general indifference that I feel towards nearly everything I do, (because would it matter if I didn't do it today, I will have just as much free time tomorrow) is really starting to beat me down.
The final straw came today when I wandered down to my building's mini mart wearing purple yoga pants normally reserved for when I'm on some kind of beach in the middle of nowhere and an oversized England cricket shirt. When did I decide that it was OK to leave my flat wearing what was basically one step away from pyjamas?
I got back to my flat, cooked eggs, was briefly attacked by my cat who likes to do his best to relieve the monotony of my days by acting like Cato Fong, and was halfway through watching a god-awful film when I realised something had to be done.
Naturally, rather than actually DOING anything I decided to write this post.
So here are some things I didn't expect from unemployment:
1) My gym shoes are falling apart
In my more motivated period (so between Christmas and now) I was working out every day on the basis that there was nothing else to do. Those who know me or read my old blog will know that due to an unfortunate incident that put a land cruiser in the same geographical space being occupied by my rib cage I haven't been at my most athletic recently. Determined to change that, off I toddled to the gym each morning (I say morning, if I see 10am I think of it as a good day.)
As a result of this combined with a few ill-advised runs outside, the soles of my shoes are falling off (and, in some parts, melted to the Corniche.)
This week, though, even exercise has gone out the window (apart from fencing) – I'm hoping some level of motivation will return, even if it is just not to look like crap if I end up having to go back to England if all this goes belly up.
2) Insomnia
I'm not the most consistent of sleepers. Sometimes I sleep more than the average cat, and at other times I'm lucky to get 3 or 4 hours. Weirdly, when I am stressed out I normally sleep like a baby as my body adopts a head-in-sand approach that can't be too sound evolutionarily speaking.
Apparently, however, my frustration at not working does not produce the same effect and no matter how much I run, read, write, I lie in bed staring at the ceiling and wishing I didn't already know how the shadows would change shape during the night. In fact, I sleep properly about twice a week on evenings I have been fencing. I think my coach is now slightly confused by my new-found obsession with having extra training sessions.
3) Hermitting
A friend of mine here used to get incredibly annoyed that I would bail on mid-week parties or dinners or whatevers at about 10. Starting work at 7am meant that I would go just long enough to have been and then bounce. It meant I looked forward to the weekends when I could hang out into the wee small hours.
During my first weeks of unemployment this pattern changed, and my friend was thrilled with the person she dubbed "new, fun, social Flip." As the weeks have changed to months, I have started to retreat further and further back into my shell until I have reached the stage that going out to see the people I love and who make this dusty city of skyscrapers and construction noises worthwhile is becoming a physical and mental struggle.
Being alone all day (apart from the ninja cat) has apparently made the thought of being with people a stressful one.
4) I have the attention span of a child
And a fairly inattentive one at that. In an effort to make my mind as tired as my body I have started piecing together contacts and vague plans for a few stories I have been wanting to work on for a while.
The lack of deadlines and therefore, the lack of imposed prioritising mean that I might spend an hour reading about one country or story or project, and the next five searching out contacts in a totally unrelated field, and finally looking at the cost of flights to somewhere equally unrelated to both my original story ideas.
This post itself is slightly symptomatic of the side effects of my current predicament as I try to make sure I have something to show at the end of my day, that I am not just sitting around, watching the clock, waiting for whoever is wielding that life-changing stamp to crash it on to my paperwork with a satisfying thud.
I wonder if he understands that what, to him, is a second's work will make the past two months, and the next 12, of my life worthwhile.
Apologies for any copy errors, I have a cat sleeping on me.
Although he could just be lulling me into a false sense of security.