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I'm A Democrat, Not A Vegetarian
Last week I spent some time on Whidbey Island in Washington (the state). I was at this laundermat and pretty stoked that there was a cafe next-door. I figured, while the laundry was spinning, I could grab a sandwich and a Diet Coke and get some reading done. Man, was I pissed when I found out all they served was organic vegan food!
At that point, I understood why conservatives run this country. I would have voted for Tom DeLay to come in there and clean out that cesspit of ex-Berkeley hippies. All I could think of was, what if these guys ban burgers everywhere? What if I can't get a pulled-pork BBQ sandwich ever again? Or a buck-fifty Costco polish dog?
After cooling down over an ice-cold Hansen's all natural Kiwi-Strawberry soda (made with triple-filtered carbonated water), reason prevailed. After all, Whidbey Island is just one small place: the last, last refuge of the ageing hippie culture. If these guys would rather ban mega-fast food, department store, and even grocery chains on their island in favor of local Mom & Pop entrepreneurs employing local labor, it's hard to condemn it. But, I was still craving a hot Subway meatball sandwich...
A few days later, I started reading Thomas Frank's book, "What's The Matter With Kansas?" The way he sees it, conservatives have taken over the country for the same reason I hate that cafe on Whidbey Island. But where I understand the source of my anger is a single little cafe on a corner next to the laundermat in a small town in Washington, the Republican Party has successfully convinced many Americans that all non-Republicans (and even many RINOs) want to shove vegetarianism, abortion, atheism, gay marriage, and God and Karl Rove only know what else down the throats of middle America.
For about half of us, the very idea that anyone could buy into that kind of self-evidently counterfactual backlash propaganda is just unimaginable. Half the country couldn't be that stupid, right? So we dismiss the whole backlash theory and look for other explanations: We're not getting our message out, or the GOP has a better political machine.
Yet time and again, I see red-column posters arguing that they like what Democrats say about the economy, healthcare, taxes, labor issues, runaway government growth, education, or Social Security, but can't vote for 'em because they want to take away all our guns, or persecute Christians, or kill unborn babies, old people, and innocent souls like Terry Schiavo. That's bullshit, of course, but based on my initial emotional reaction to that vegan cafe in Washington (the state), I think Thomas Frank may be on to something. Backlash politics is pretty effective ju-ju.
Which trumped-up, anti-liberal, backlash propaganda issue do you think is being used to the best effect by GOP political operatives and right-wing pundits?


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Five Minutes with Celmira Amade from TSAKA
Celmira Amade is the founder of TSAKA which is a vegan skincare brand aimed at melanin rich skin tones. She has launched a vegan wonder product to revolutionise skincare for melanin-rich skin. She took time out to tell us how she set up her beauty brand. What made you decide to set up your own beauty business? When I moved to England in 2010, I experienced dry skin, blemishes and acne for the first time. Out of desperation, I tried several skincare products on the mainstream shelves: premium, organic, affordable - you name it. Every morning, for five months I was disappointed. In retrospect, I guess my first tipping point to start TSAKA was being offered a skin bleaching cream in a specialist beauty store in England.
In December 2010, I went home for Christmas and started exploring my late grandmother's skincare recipes. Even though at that stage, I was not thinking of building my own skincare brand, our TSAKA facemask is the result of successfully trying to get my skin back to normal. My second tipping point to start TSAKA was realising that it was 2015, and the mainstream beauty retailers still did not stock a single skincare product formulated for darker skin. At some point I got tired of finding harsh ingredients in skincare for darker skin and I knew it was my time to serve.
What is the concept behind TSAKA? TSAKA is all about pushing the boundaries on what is possible in natural beauty by leveraging on the largely unexplored ancient yet impressive beauty conscious practices from Africa. We are planning to introduce our range, one product at a time to give us time to educate our users about our novel ingredients and its benefits: allowing our users to fall in love with one product before trying the next one. Our first skincare product, the TSAKA facemask - a deep clean product, with anti inflammatory and smoothening properties, a great addition for blemish prone skin and post inflammatory hyperpigmentation. This is not a clay mask and it sometimes causes confusion in terms of expectations of our consistency. Our next product - a face oil to remove dark spots and scarring on the skin is currently undergoing development.
We have a commitment to leverage 2% of our annual profits to achieve beautiful things in the communities where the ingredients are sourced, such as providing farmers with the necessary harvesting equipment, and their children with personalized academic support and mentorship to also succeed in secondary school and beyond. In the UK, we plan to work with youth through seminars or workshops to encourage them to follow their dreams and fall madly in love with themselves. Happiness is at the core of everything we do – and that is what makes our story so different.
What sort of research did you do to find out what sort of skincare your customers wanted to buy? I had a great experience learning and developing natural skincare recipes for melanin rich skin using my grandmother's wealth of knowledge of plants and natural beauty recipes. However, in the UK, I struggled to find brands on the high street and mainstream stores that spoke to my black skin needs. I was even more disappointed to find that skin bleaching and harsh chemicals were popular alternatives in specialist beauty stores. While completing my postgraduate degree in the University of Cambridge, I conducted market research on a sample group of 150 men and women of colour and finding natural skincare alternatives was their top concern. As a complete newbie to the beauty industry, I decided to broaden my experience in the beauty industry by taking relevant courses in order to understand the do's and don'ts of launching a new skincare product.
How did you decide on the look and feel of the brand? From the start, I had a very clear vision of the packaging. Our packaging screams authenticity and self-expression. Indeed, each symbol and colour on the lid tells a part of the tale of a British based brand with African roots. In Africa, yellow symbolises the wealth of active ingredients in your facemask. The infinity symbols signify a human's unlimited potential across the span of their lifetime. Brown is home to the nutrient rich soil that breeds plant and tree species that grow nowhere else in the world. The four hearts represent our love for Mother Nature's gifts and purple symbolises that luxurious feeling of allowing yourself 30 minutes for some "me time".
What are your future plans for TSAKA? Our long-term goal is to be stocked in UK spas and major beauty retailers. Together we will be one step closer to providing healthy skincare alternatives for men and women of colour to and reducing the popularity of harmful chemicals in beauty products.
What are your favourite beauty products? In regards to skincare the TSAKA mask is my favourite skincare product. And I love Mafura Oil and Pukka Organic Rosewater on my skin. With haircare this will sound weird, but I make my own shampoo and hair treatments with Mozambican herbs. If I run out of stock I may use a Kerastase Nutritive Bain Shampoo and Coconut Oil for a short time. With makeup the Bourjois Volume Clubbing Mascara is my all time favourite.
What advice do you have for anyone who wants to set up their own beauty business? Learn how to help yourself, even if that means reaching out for help sometimes. Understand your own limitations and knowledge gaps. Help yourself by attending more industry relevant workshops and conferences where you can meet like-minded experts and entrepreneurs and learn from their personal journey's. I am a member of Enterprise Nation and would highly recommend it to any budding entrepreneur. And lastly, believe in your vision, and give yourself permission to make silly mistakes and still be brilliant.
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TFR CrossFit Wednesday WOD 12/14/16
TFR CrossFit Wednesday WOD
In team of 2 execute 100 hang cleans (no squat) 95/135
Then a 1 mile run as a team
Score: total time when last teammate comes in from the mile run
*scale appropriately, should feel moderately heavy/challenging*
– Each teammate has their own bar. They must hold on to the bar for the entire wod (minus the running). For example, partner 1 does 10 cleans while partner 2 holds the bar in the hang position, then partner 2 does 10 cleans while partner 1 holds the bar in the hang position.
– 10 burpee penalty when any individual drops the bar.
– each team can pick their own way to divide up the reps
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By: Vin DeWolfe
The group members, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars and Vince Neil are well known for their bad-boy capers and hard rocking lifestyles. From the very start, these guys have either made trouble or problems found them. On their first circuit in 1982, they were actually apprehended at the Edmonton International Airport as they had on their spiked stage clothes through customs. Officials at the airport impounded everything the group carried that they believed indecent or unsafe. No worries for the group though, it was all a publicity stunt and it worked like a charm!
Throughout the 1980's, Mötley Crüe was involved in a seemingly unending bouts of loose females, substance abuse and run-in's with the law. One night in 1984, an allegedly drunk Vince Neil was involved in a horrid head-on crash. His passenger, Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley of the group Hanoi Rocks was killed in the accident. Neil was sentenced to thirty, but spent a meager 18 days imprisoned for the incident. Later, the group turned tragedy into music and released box sets irreverently named "Music To Crash Your Car To".
The alcohol & drugs were overtaking their lives in a major way. In 1987, Nikki Sixx actually was thought dead from an over-dose. His heart stopped and that could have been the end for him. Fortunately for Sixx, the paramedics did not give up and gave him 2 shots of adrenaline to his heart. Obviously, he lived to tell the story. This small incident gave the group the stirring for the song 'Kick Start My Heart' from the 'Dr. Feelgood' release.
It wasn't long after Nikki's near-death experience that the bands managers stepped in. It was time for a serious intervention if this band was going to keep moving forward. The managers denied the group to go on a European tour, dreading that more than one would die on the tour. The reality of their conduct and the effects must have hit them where it hurts. All the members eventually got themselves sober. While the others preferred to go into a rehabilitation program, Mars chose to deal with his habituations on his own.
Despite their epic battles with addictions throughout the 1980's, they still managed, in some way, to piece together a few best-selling releases. To this day songs from the releases, 'Shout At The Devil', 'Theatre Of Pain' and 'Girls, Girls, Girls' get alot of airplay. But it was not until '89, with a clean and sober band that they were at long last able to produce a number one album, 'Dr. Feelgood'. Everybody, even the band guessed that their sober attempts were much improved over anything they had done before.
The 90's bestowed more trouble for the band. They published their 6th studio album, 'Decade of Decadence' in '91 and it reached the number 2 spot on the charts. Then, in 1992, Neil either left the group or was fired, depending on who you listen to. He was promptly replaced and the band published a self-titled album that achieved #7 on the charts. Finally, in '97, the group reunited and released yet another recording, 'Generation Swine'. The disk didn't do very well commercially, which led to them departing their record label, Elektra.
In '98, since their contract with Elektra had expired, the band found themselves in a unique place. They are one of the very few groups to have full control both over their catalogue of masters and publication. With this new power, the band re-released all of their albums and included many demos and previously unreleased material.
In 1999, Tommy Lee departed the band to engage in his own solo calling and to avert further battle with Neil. He was substituted and the group continued to tour and hit the studio, but fell short of genuine success. Sixx also went his own direction and played for the bands "58" and "Brides Of Destruction". It took five years, but the band finally did reunite and got busy recording a fresh compilation release called 'Red White & Crüe'. They also went on a couple of tours, including their '05 tour, 'Carnival of Sins' and the 2006 'Route of All Evil' tour that they co-headlined with the group Aerosmith.
Just last month, Mötley Crüe published their latest album, 'Saints of Los Angeles'. Critics say the recording is some of the best stuff they've ever produced! It's a severe flash-back to the band's earlier style and a welcome one at that. It appears these "bad-boy" rockers are still going after their original mission to shake the world as hard as they can.


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Masters Golf 2019 Live: The 2019 Masters is a tradition unlike any other. Cell phones are prohibited on the hallowed grounds of Augusta National Golf Club, giving the tournament a nostalgic feel. The majestic tree-lined course, rich with history, has seen legendary players like Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Nick Faldo, and Phil Mickelson come away with green jackets over the last 82 years. Patrick Reed and Sergio Garcia are the last two champions at Augusta, and they're both going off at 60-1 in the current 2019 Masters odds. Rory McIlroy is the favorite at 8-1 in the latest Masters Tournament odds and can complete the career grand slam with a win this week. Meanwhile, Woods has won the grand slam three times over and he's 12-1 to win it all at Augusta, among the top 2019 Masters contenders. The first 2019 Masters tee times are on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET, so amateur and professional bettors alike are running out of time to enter their picks on the 87-player field. Before you make your 2019 Masters picks and PGA predictions, see the projected leaderboard from the model at SportsLine.
SportsLine's prediction model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has nailed four of the past eight majors entering the weekend, including Patrick Reed's groundbreaking Masters win last year. It also called Tiger Woods' deep run in last year's PGA Championship despite being a 25-1 long shot.
The model has been spot-on early in the 2018-19 PGA Tour season. It was high on champion Dustin Johnson at the 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship, projecting him as one of the top two contenders from the start. It also correctly predicted Brooks Koepka's (9-1) victory at the CJ Cup earlier this season. Additionally, it correctly called Bryson DeChambeau's (9-1) seven-shot victory at the 2019 Omega Dubai Desert Classic. Anyone who has followed the model is up huge.
Now that the 2019 Masters field is locked, SportsLine simulated the event 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. One huge shocker the model is calling for: Woods, a four-time champion and one of the top Vegas favorites, doesn't even crack the top 10.
Woods, a 14-time major champion, won the first major of his career at Augusta National in 1997 and has 13 top-10 finishes at the Masters in 19 appearances as a professional. However, he recently had to withdraw from the Arnold Palmer Invitational, an event he has won eight times, due to a neck strain. And with Woods' long list of injuries in recent years, the model doesn't believe he'll even come close to his fifth green jacket.


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Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Literary Work
One other MLA thing worth mentioning is that Timothy Billings and Christopher Bush (of Middlebury College and Northwestern University respectively) won this year's Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for their translation of Stèles by Victor Segalen, which was published by Wesleyan University Press in 2007.
NYRB published Segalen's Rene Leys a few years back, and based on the bits I've read of Segalen's biography, both of these books are on my "to read" shelf. Here's a bit from a review of Stèles that appeared in The Believer (today it's all about The Believer) earlier this year:
When Victor Segalen first printed Stèles in Beijing in 1912, the Republic of China had just been formed, ending two millennia of dynastic rule. When he expanded and republished the book in Paris in 1914, the Western powers were on the verge of successive world wars that would effectively end their colonial system of governance. Five years later, Segalen was dead at the age of forty-one, from either suicide or a severe foot injury suffered while taking a walk in the woods.
So when Segalen refers to "the crumbling unsteadiness of the Empire," it's not entirely clear to which sovereignty he's referring, a situation made even more confusing by the fact that he was a European living in China who wrote sections of Stèles in the voice of an imaginary emperor. If this is history as an allegory for the psyche, then Segalen—unlike many writers, adventurers, and hippies before and since—didn't go to the East to find himself. Rather, he was committed to "the intoxicating eddies of the great river Diversity," along with a desire to saturate himself in Chinese culture.


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We finally have information on Lightroom CC. It has become Lightroom Classic and speaks of much needed performance improvement. But the name Lightroom CC is still going to be used but for a completely new web based photo editing program. Confused? Yeah, me too a little.
Here is is as I understand it.
- Lightroom CC 2015 has become Lightroom Classic
- Lightroom CC is a brand new program built from the ground up
Lightroom Classic
Lightroom Classic is the upgraded version of Lightroom CC 2015 so it will operate just as it always has with hopefully some improvement and additions. Over on the Adobe blog they had this to say about Lightroom Classic
"As many of our customers know, Lightroom Classic (originally Lightroom) was born to help you manage your photography workflows and bring your images to life with a fleet of editing capabilities. But while the palette of Lightroom features grew, our performance detracted from these gains. So we took stock of where you were feeling the most performance anxieties, and dedicated this launch primarily to addressing these issues. The concerns that we gathered primarily centered around optimizing Lightroom Classic's import and editing workflows.
Here are some of the highlights of where we have made gains that we have tested internally and are betting you will see:
Application launch time
Preview generation including in Standard, 1:1 and Minimal previews
Import selection workflow with "Embedded & Sidecar" preview option (tips here)
Switching between Library and Develop Module
Moving from photo to photo in the Develop Module
Responsive brushing
We have also added new tools to make precise color and tone-based selections for Local Adjustments. You can now use the adjustment brush, radial, or graduated filters to define a rough mask, then refine the selection via the new Range Masking options found at the bottom of each Local Adjustment panel. This serves as a nice complement to meet your masking needs with the already existing auto mask feature in place.
While it was no small feat to carve out the foundation of making these performance gains, we know we still have a lot of work ahead. . For instance, we are working to optimize the performance of higher powered processing systems and higher resolution monitors. At the same time, we will continue to provide new image editing features that will help you pack more of a punch in a shorter period of time so that you can focus on what you love to do—taking incredible, awe-inspiring images."
To me the very lasts paragraph above is somewhat unsettling because it indicates it hasn't fully addressed the performance issue. Once I have had a chance to put it through the paces I will make a video detailing my perception while using it. Any improvement at all would be welcome!!!
Now lets talk about Lightroom CC
Here is what Adobe says about Lightroom CC:
"The Lightroom CC ecosystem is a cloud-based service with three device-based apps: desktop, mobile and web.
Lightroom CC is designed and built around 3 guiding principles:
Powerful Yet Simple—Lightroom CC will offer the powerful image editing that you want, while being simple and intuitive to use. Our goal is that it will have everything you need and nothing you don't.
Seamless experience across all your devices—Lightroom CC will work the same across desktop, mobile, and web. This allows you to move across your devices without needing to relearn or figure things out. Your photos and edits are all where you'd expect them to be.
Cloud Based—Everything you do in Lightroom CC is synced to the cloud. This means that you can access and work with your photos from any device (including multiple computers), and can easily share photos with others. All of your photos and all of the work that you do with them will be automatically backed up all the time."
So, what does all this mean? I have no idea!!! Once I get my hands on it I will let you know and I am curious about the performance capabilities of this new program. Could you edit 3,000 photos from an active wildlife shoot? Maybe, if you have an insanely fast internet connection and the time necessary to upload all 3,000 images. Anyway, we will see.
If you use any of these personally please leave a comment and let me know what you like and down like.
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Collierville was one of two Shelby County municipalities that saw an increase in home sales in January. According to the Memphis Area Association of Realtors, 69 houses were sold last month, nearly a 10-percent jump from the previous year.
Millington was the only other city to see an increase in January. Collierville's median sales price remained the highest in Shelby County at $298,500. The town also had as many new home sales (15) as Bartlett, Germantown, Arlington and Lakeland combined.
The average price of a new home was $370,097. Memphis-area home sales for January were down nearly 15 percent from a year ago, with 1,083 total sales in the records database.
"Pricing was up more than 10 percent from last January," said Greg Glosson, MAAR president. "Sales were down a little, but that has been the case all across the country because of inclement weather."
Shelby County sales were down 14 percent, with 1,021 sales last month for $94,900. Sales in Bartlett and Germantown were down 32 and 34 percent, respectively. Millington sales were up 13 percent. Collierville ended 2013 with 66 sales in December, the most among the suburban Shelby County municipalities.
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Noni Lipstick and Change Hardware Kit
The Noni Lipstick and Change Hardware Kit includes all the hardware you need to make one bag, in any of the three sizes.
- Pattern for all three sizes of the Noni Lipstick and Change bag.
- Frame
- 10" chain
- Chain handle loops
- Seed beads
- Nylon beading thread
- Stiffener
- 4 tiny bag feet.
Note: Yarn is NOT included in this kit.
Pattern Details:
Skill Level: Intrepid Easy
Sizes: Small (Med, Large)
Yarn: 75 yds (95 yds, 110 yds) worsted weight feltable yarn
Needles: US 8 16" circulars
Pre-felted Gauge: 20 stitches and 28 rounds = 4" (10cm) in St stitch
Additional Materials: Fabric glue (clear drying) ; Awl or US 6 (4mm) dpn
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The York Street gardens will close at 3 p.m. on Aug. 25 for a concert.
Supported by the next generation of scientists!
The Research & Conservation Department is hopping this summer with one of their most intense field seasons ever. Researchers are documenting plant and fungal diversity across the state, collecting and contributing to the global genome biodiversity tissue bank, conserving seeds of rare species, investigating population biology of federally listed species and monitoring vegetation and pollinators along riparian corridors.
To successfully tackle all these projects, the department is supported by the following excellent team of seasonals, interns and graduate students: Erin Barbeau, Liam Cullinane, Audrey Dignan, Katherine Fu, Meghan McGill, Margo Paces and Jessica Romer. Thank you to this wonderful, hard-working group who stand in the hot Colorado sun recording endless reams of data, battle biting flies and mosquitos and avoid poison Ivy and the lesser known, but quite painful, Rice Cutgrass. As each of them move forward in their chosen field, they will apply their newly learned skills and expertise to the study and conservation of biodiversity.
Erin Barbeau, museum intern, is a MS student in the University of Colorado-Boulder Museum and Field Studies Program. She supports the day-to-day operation of the Kathryn Kalmbach Herbarium helping ensure the herbarium runs smoothly when staff are out in the field.
Liam Cullinane is a MS student at the University of Colorado-Denver, Integrative and Systems Biology Department and advised by Dr. Rebecca Hufft, associate director of applied conservation at the Gardens. As a research fellow, Liam is conducting a baseline survey of bees along the 71-mile High Line Canal, which traverses the Denver Metro Area. By pairing his study with the vegetation monitoring and botanical survey by department staff along the canal, his research will help land managers understand the Canal's value as a corridor and refuge for pollinators.
Audrey Dignan, botany seasonal, is a MS student at the University of Colorado-Denver, Environmental Studies Department. Audrey is assisting the botanical survey of the High Line Canal. When combined with vegetation and pollinator monitoring by department staff and Liam Cullinane, the results will bolster sustainable management of the Canal to ensure conservation of natural communities that best serve wildlife and create, vibrant landscapes to draw residents to recreate.
Katherine Fu is both a botany seasonal and a Ph.D. student at the University of Colorado-Denver, Integrative and Systems Biology Department. She is also advised by Dr. Hufft. In her role as a seasonal, Katherine is assisting with long-term vegetation and aquatic macroinvertebrate monitoring along two riparian corridors, High Line Canal and Deer Creek. As a graduate student, Katherine is continuing the soil seed bank study she started in 2017. And, she is tackling a multi-species greenhouse drought experiment on species used in North American prairie restoration. Her work will provide valuable insight on seed sourcing for successful restoration.
Meghan McGill, botany seasonal, just completed her MS in Environmental Science at Regis University. She is assisting with long-term restoration and demographic monitoring projects as well as seed scouting of rare species and botanical surveys. Her role allows her to participate in and support most of the department projects.
Margo Paces returned for her third year with the department as a botany seasonal. She is continuing to work on the Deer Creek Restoration project, which expanded this year from Chatfield Farms to the upstream Jefferson County Open Space. She also assists with vegetation monitoring along the High Line Canal, demographic monitoring and seed scouting. Margo will be starting her MS in the fall at the University of Colorado-Denver, Integrative and Systems Biology Department with Dr. Hufft as her advisor.
Jessica Romer is this year's Global Genome Initiative Gardens intern. Jessica has certificates in horticulture and landscape design, which makes her a perfect intern for this project that spans both the Research & Conservation and Horticulture departments. She is collecting herbarium specimens and tissue from species at the Gardens York Street location. These collections will contribute to the global genomic biodiversity tissue bank at the Gardens.
Without each one of them, the department would not be able to accomplish so many research projects this summer. And, providing them with opportunities to further their professional development is rewarding.
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We are a dedicated team of professionals with world-wide entertainment experience and a belief in the power of the arts to influence positive change.
Michael Ravenwood, Creative Director & CEO
Born in Tokyo, Japan, Michael Ravenwood moved to the Philippines and Singapore before coming to live in California. He began training in martial arts at the age of ten and, after acquiring a degree in psychology with honors, has since become an international performance artist, dance-meditation instructor and event producer. He is owner and creative director of SkyFire Arts.
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Johanna's career in event production and operations management is driven by a reverence for the arts and their unique ability to influence social change. Since 2012, she has worked both locally and nationally with organizations, event companies, and festivals to create experiences that have a lasting positive impact on the audience and the world. She joins the SkyFire Arts team to execute business operations in a way that maximizes effectiveness in realizing our vision.
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"If you believed the universe had a plan, what would it be? To propagate life? To just exist for the sake of existing? To grow and expand until it can grow no further?"
And what of us? You might think it follows, that if we're part of a growing, expanding universe, we must grow and expand too. If we take a step back, we can certainly see evidence of this in some quarters, yet also see evidence of its opposite, in others.
The universe has a structure that works under some very strict and fundamental rules. It's been said, that if there were only slight deviation from these rules of structure, the universe – as we know it – couldn't have come into existence. Perhaps a different kind of universe would've come into being instead.
And so, when we have slight deviation from strict rules, either that, which would have been formed, doesn't come into existence at all, or comes into existence in a way that is flawed, and as such, unrecognisable by us. Such a flaw, in anything, be it universes or life forms, will no doubt shorten its lifespan. For example, its said that several universes may have come into existence, long before the one we inhabit, yet due to their flawed nature, came and went in the blink of an eye.
"Does the universe morn these dead, early attempts? No, the universe expands, grows and thrives, as a result of these early failures."
For many of us, it's very hard to move on and let go of our past failures. Our feelings and fears get in the way of seeing things in a more rational light. When we do however, we free ourselves to see early mistakes and flawed creations, as something different. In fact, we can often see our early creations, as being there simply as a way of reminding us, we are never perfect. We are only ever perfectly imperfect, and yet sometimes, we even fall too short of this line, to survive.
Parents of terminally ill children need the strength and courage to let go. Most of us wonder how they can possibly bear the pain of losing a sick child; a child they've created. However short a lifespan though, we can find a way to celebrate it, and learn from what this short life has taught us. In time, when we find these lessons of love – waiting to be understood – we become strong, so strong in fact, we become bulletproof and fearless of our pain.


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Stores all around Oxford have been preparing for the busy upcoming weeks. Double Decker, Cinco de Mayo, and a finish with graduation will give the stores plenty to prepare for. Jackson Beer Co. has been working on developing discounts for new alumni during the big weekend.
Store owner Alan Jackson has been getting calls for pre-ordering kegs for graduation weekend, and he offered advice for people in the market for kegs.
"You can order kegs right now for graduation weekend," said Jackson. "The more time we have in advance the better."
Jackson has been working on communication with customers, and it is seen in his communication with other employees and how they interact at work. Jackson Beer Co. employee Steven Oswalt enjoys the opportunity to assist people in something he loves.
"I just honestly like watching people try new beers and like helping them branch out and explore," said Oswalt.
Jackson Beer Co. has an impressive retention rate with customers, and on top of that, the customers spend much time in the store asking Jackson and other employees about advice on certain beers and flavors.
The impending graduation weekend is expected to bring hordes of new customers to Oxford for all stores. Jackson believes their kegs may be sold out soon, and urges customers to act fast.
"You don't always have to pre-order, but we prefer because we won't keep a lot of kegs," said Jackson. "It's going to be first come first serve with any extra kegs we have."
Even if you haven't ordered a keg before, Jackson Beer Co. is focused on keeping the process as simple as possible for the customer, as they do for all aspects of their business.
"It's really easy," said Jackson. "Just call us up and let us know what you want to get, and we'll tell you availability."
Although the store predicts the kegs will go fast as graduation creeps closer, Jackson Beer Co. does plan to have a few in stock regardless of the preordering process.
"Some kegs, we will keep in stock for graduation weekend just for last minute purchases," said Jackson.
Graduation will turn small towns of a few thousand into large populations all over the country starting in a few weeks, and like all holidays and special events, the stores in those small towns focus on those weekends more than others.
Jackson Beer Co. does not have any events planned for the weekend yet, but they are working on putting together an event for food and beer sampling as graduation gets closer.
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We are excited to provide all LMC STEM students and recent alumni the opportunity to present what they learned during classroom research experiences, internships, honors projects, volunteer opportunities, and summer employment to the general community.
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"In the words of Storme Warren himself, Brown & Gray, the collaboration between Kaci Brown and Sam Gray, serves as a bridge between the soul of Country Music in the US to the new boom of Country in the United Kingdom. Building a link between the US and the exploding Country Music scene in the UK, this exciting project is just the beginning of a creative journey through the best both worlds have to offer, with the new single "Top Down" leading the way.
Texas-born and Nashville-raised Kaci Brown signed her first publishing deal at age 11 when she moved to Nashville and signed with Barbara Orbison's Still Working Music. She became the youngest writer ever with ASCAP, and by the age of 17, she released a debut pop album 'Instigator' via Interscope Records. Sam Gray is a highly acclaimed songwriter, singer & producer based in London, England, with millions of streams on Spotify across a variety of current singles, with artists including Hardwell, Julian Perretta, DJ Katch, Tobtok, and Manovski."
Together they are the country act Brown & Gray. The duo made their Stagecoach debut this Sunday on the Festival's "Introducing SiriusXM Spotlight Stage," alongside Ashley McBryde, Runaway June, Lewis Brice, Temecula Road, and CB30.
Sam, you're a classically trained violin player – will you be showcasing the instrument on any upcoming songs?
"Definitely planning to, yes. We haven't currently worked the instrumentation into production or our live set, but we'll definitely be experimenting as we go."
Having written for a number of artists, you've seen your songs chart Top 10.
What's different now that your current song is one you both co-wrote and perform on?
"Top Down is a record I (Sam) wrote at a writing camp with Michael Angelo and J-doe in London. It's always incredible to have a song charting, and there are many songs Kaci and I have written that are doomed/destined to chart as well."
You are a co-writer of "Top Down," along with Michael Comrie and James "J-Doe" Smith. Saw the song has over 1.7 million views of the official video.
What's the backstory to the song?
"We wrote it on a summer day in London. It's not particularly sunny there, but we had a vibe. Emotionally, we were writing about wanting to get away from where we were. We didn't want to leave it or end it, we just wanted space to process and reset if you will. It was fun writing a song about putting your top down, cruising, and not having a care in the world. It was also a blast shooting the video."
Kaci, your first publishing deal was at age 11.
How did you come to sign with Barbara Orbison's Still Working Music at such a young age?
"After winning Little Miss Texas and covering songs with cover bands all across Texas, my momma called several publishing houses looking for original material we could record. Charlie Monk responded with a few age-appropriate records. That relationship led to one with Clay Myers. Clay Myers led to Barbara Orbison. She saw me walk in the hallway and she had a feeling. She was a very spiritual woman and her instincts said there was something special here."
You went on to pursue a pop career, touring with Backstreet Boys. Your debut album Instigator was released when you were 17.
How has your Texas upbringing influenced your music?
Man, people in and from Texas are just awesome. You don't realize what you've got till you're gone. People from Texas ask you how you're doing, and they wait for your response. They make eye contact and call you by name. I'm from a very small town where everyone knows what your cousin had for dinner last night. Traveling to and living in other parts of the world definitely highlights the humility and unity I was raised around. I think coming from a place where it's safe to be vulnerable allows for a blank canvas every time I walk into a room to create. It also makes, for me, genuinely connecting to and enjoying the people around me. Aside from fulfilling our own creative needs, relating to other humans is one of the biggest reasons we do what we do.
In 2016 you joined Sam at Notting Hill Music. Who brought the two of you together?
"Kenneth Komisar is responsible for my meeting and working with Andy McQueen. Andy McQueen is the ingenious, bold, mastermind behind this whole Brown & Gray thing."
And together you've been named a SiriusXM's Highway Find Artist, a CMT Discovery Artist, along with substantial play on Apple Music and Radio Disney Country.
Do you think the blending of the US & the UK influences have helped your music stand out?
"Sam and I both had eclectic music exposure. I think we both bring the best of the worlds to the table when we're creating, and our openness to what comes out has given us the ability to stand out."
What has been your biggest challenge as a duo?
"Trying to come together to write and rehearse, hands-down. We live in two different parts of the world. We also find it challenging to perfectly execute the productions of the records we've written. They each have lives of their own. Sam and I are very particular about making sure the end result genuinely caters to the songs themselves."
What direction do you envision for your music?
"The heart of our songs are country, but we're a progressively pop hybrid. We enjoy incorporating rootsy, urban, rock, and even reggae elements. We're very much looking forward to sharing where we are."
What music are you currently working on?
"We're currently working on finalizing the productions. The more we perform them live the clearer our vision becomes. We really pay attention to what the fans are responding to."
What do you each like to do outside of music that contributes to your individual musicality?
"Life itself inspires all my creative ideas. I try to make sure each day is full of joy and adventure. I have a little girl. Seeing life through the innocence of her eyes helps me keep a clear perspective and prioritize my time spent both professionally and personally." -K
"I enjoy anything that gets me out of my head. I like sports. I like to stay active and travel. Keeping a healthy body and mindset gives me a more positive outlook, and I like taking that positivity into my sessions or on to the stage. It's just better that way." -S
What new music do you like?
"'That Girl' Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
'Girl Going Nowhere' Ashley McBryde
'Worth It' Danielle Bradbery
'Wild West' Runaway June
'Space Cowboy' Kacey Musgraves
'In My Blood' Sean Mendes
'Love Lies' Khalid / Normani
Vulfpeck does a lot of funky jams/soul music. The members change from song to song. It's an incredibly stimulating collaborative effort from really great musicians and vocalists."
What are your musical icons/influences?
"In no particular order, here are just a few that come to mind…
Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, Celine Dion, Shania Twain, Patsy Cline, Brenda Lee, Gloria Estefan, Johnny Cash, Chain Smokers, Kenny Rogers, Imogen Heap, London Grammar, Bruno Mars, DNCE, Kings Of Leon, Coldplay, Imagine Dragons, Ed Sheeran, Cheat Codes, Sigala"


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Fidget spinners are all the rage right now. So I decided to make a few of my own. Here is the first kind I made:
All it took was a trip to the craft store for glass pebbles and superglue, and a trip to a parts store for some used skate bearings.
If you want to make one, just be careful not to get any glue where it could rub and slow the spinning. (Or on your fingers . . . you'll be thoroughly stuck.) Also, it is a lot easier to get it evenly weighted with four instead of three weights.
The pebbles do tend to break off if you're not careful, but now you've got a unique spinner to keep your hands busy.
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text: The Pit April 16, 2016 When I got the call yesterday that my dear friend was not doing well from breast cancer that spread to her brain, the familiar pit in my stomach seeped down deep. Too much loss from a disease that pink ribbons seem to have minimized. How do we fail to find a cure? It seems like everywhere we raise money, we raise awareness, and still the cells are determined to beat the chemo, taking too many amazing mothers, daughters, sisters and friends. We need to change this! If I seem bitter and mad...it's because I am! Redefining Beauty/ Marlene


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Feeling fat? If yours is brown, chances are you're not as chubby as you think you are. Scientists have discovered that thinner people have more "brown fat" than heavier people. Unlike regular white fat, brown fat actually burns calories for heat -- at least in mice.
Though it was once thought that we shed our brown fat after babyhood, it turns out that nearly all adults possess this brown fat, according to research in The New England Journal of Medicine that was reported in The New York Times on April 8.
In addition to thin grownups having more of it than fatter ones, younger people have more than older people and women have more than men. People taking beta blockers for high blood pressure had less brown fat than those that didn't.
The research, from the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, involved nearly 2,000 patients. Scientists found that almost all grownups have small brown fat blobs that can burn mega calories when activated by cold - as in, when someone is in a 61-degree room.
"The thing about brown fat is that it takes a very small amount to burn a lot of energy," Dr. C. Ronald Kahn, head of the section on obesity and hormone action at the Joslin Diabetes Center, told the Times.
What makes the fat brown is that it is filled with iron-containing mitochondria, which the Times calls "tiny energy factories of cells," which impart a brownish-red color to the fat. In grownups, brown fat mostly shows up in the upper back, side of the neck and along the spine, while infants mostly carry brown fat as a sheet of cells on their backs, the Times reported. Mice, which mostly have brown fat between their shoulder blades, lost 14 percent of their weight when they spent a week in a cold room - even though they scarfed down a high-fat diet.
Researchers were able to find the brown fat in humans with PET-CT scans. The PET scans pointed to the areas where cells were burning glucose, and the CT scans showed that it was fat.
Nearly 2,000 people had scans for various reasons, and brown fat showed up in 7.5 percent of women and 3 percent of men. Kahn said that was actually an underestimate because the people who were scanned had not activated their brown fat by getting cold.
Though there's currently no way you can simply turn on your brown fat-making cells and switch off your white fat-making cells, the study is intriguing because some day, scientists may discover a safe way to switch on people's brown fat and allow them to shed pounds by burning off more calories. Unfortunately, it's not known yet whether people would shed pounds as mice do when their brown fat is activated.
But in the meantime, you've got the perfect excuse for chilling out this summer by running your AC on high.


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Think verb, thing, equivalent word, and also acronym. Exactly what is your company name? These are keyword phrases to make use of in your account.
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You require a lift pitch or speech, and you have to include it to LinkedIn. linkedin vs doe defendants A "lift speech" is that extremely short speech you would certainly provide (pitch) to a main in the middle of the flight approximately his workplace or down to her car. You have possibly 30 secs to pitch an unthinkable story, publication or thought to them.
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Odds are that you have seen the documents on Facebook where somebody has a couple of thousand "friends." Do they conceivably have these numerous actual buddies? Most likely not. Do they really talk to this countless people? Once a lot more, it's not most likely.
LinkedIn is a professional systems administration account, so essentially heading out as well as interfacing with your companions really isn't really important. Of training course, it can support a little exposure, which is fine, yet you need to focus around the nature of your connections. Don't merely user interface with the associate. Search out people in your field, search for those you value or that speak with their company in a means you like.
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Superior amongst other approaches to LinkedIn Profile Optimization in addition to to develop the networking possibility as well as to discover brand-new company associates is to use the posting device. Make up web content on the topic you are inhabited with. Make a week by week or fortnightly blog because your very own brand name. This will certainly help sustain the direct exposure and also bring added links. There are a number of LinkedIn profile optimization examples that you could take a look at as well as these LinkedIn profile optimization instances will certainly assist you to improve your very own brand.
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When you make a LinkedIn account you will wind up with some overwhelmed wreckage of a URL. It motivates it to arise on a web page and will help in LinkedIn profile optimization and also in addition improve your own brand.
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Use a profile photograph that speaks to your specialist side as well as interfaces with the organisation. There is countless LinkedIn profile optimization instances that you could look and see exactly what kind of pictures they have uploaded on their account.
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What is the control plane?
May 15th, 2018 by Jesper Kråkhede
One of the buzzwords you commonly encounter is 'Identity is the new control plane' but what does it mean? The term refers to where you manage access to a resource. In the case of identity it is where you manage identities and their access, in our case Active Directory. But to make it more understandable let's take a look at this picture:
The physical control plane was the first versions of security, still commonly used in data centers, for managing access to data. Only way to get access was to either have the key to the room or be able to be let in through the door by someone with access. Same goes for paper documents in the bank vault and similar.
With the evolution of computers came the network control plane. Suddenly we had the possibility to connect computers to a network and let the network manage our access. With access to the network we got access to the data. This is still commonly used to day in many security functions and have shown to be successful for quite some time.
But with evolvement of new technologies, new requirements of mobility etc. we have moved to open networks where we are always connected. The network control plane tried to manage this by using VPN but still many of us within the consultancy industry needs to be outside the office. Hence the arise of identity control plane. The identity control plane means that you get access to the data if you have the right credentials. Meaning that your data could reside anywhere and still you would be the only one who could access the data as long as your identity is secured.
This means that the target for the security you implement must shift focus.


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On the day of James Kirk's birth, his father dies on his damaged starship in a last stand against a Romulan time-traveling mining vessel looking for Ambassador Spock, who is also a child on Vulcan, in this time, disdained by his neighbors for his half-human heritage. 25 years later, Kirk has grown into a young troublemaker. Challenged by Captain Christopher Pike to realize his potential in Starfleet, he comes to annoy instructors like young Commander Spock. Suddenly, there is an emergency on Vulcan and the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise is crewed with promising cadets like Nyota Uhura, Hikaru Sulu, Pavel Chekov and even Kirk himself, thanks to Leonard McCoy's medical trickery. Together, this crew will have an adventure in the final frontier where the old legend is altered forever as a new version of the legend begins. . You can read more in Google, Youtube, Wiki
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The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before. The human adventure has begun again.
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Jeff B (ca) wrote: As dark and satisfying as the Roger Moore era of Bond ever got, For Your Eyes Only lacks the tongue-in-cheek thrills of the series overall but makes up for it with the actor's best and most nuanced performance of the superspy ever. Indeed, gets downright murderous in this, the most sobering chapter since On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The action soars, the story fires on all cylinders, and Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof makes an excellent sidekick in what would've and should've made for an excellent swan song for Moore. In this PG-rated spy adventure, Agent 007 (Moore) gets assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands. Just freeze-frame on that scene where a foot soldier pleads for his life as his car sits teetering on the edge of a crumbling Cliffside. Without a trace of his trademark grin hiding the tongue in his cheek, Moore kicks the vehicle and the henchman into nevermore. The Living Daylights gets credited for taking 007 into dark waters, but For Your Eyes Only deserves plaudits for this first strike. Unlike the film that would follow eight years later, however, Moore's personal best take on the character manages to stay better rooted to the franchise, which would celebrate its 20th anniversary a year later. Bottom line: The Eyes Have It
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"I love pearls! It has got to have pearls!" Nine said. "I like where this is going already, please do tell me more." I replied… Six months later, Nine graced us with her presence in this outfit we created together, and she looked sensational!
She loves big flamboyant jewelry and fabrics with prints, so I knew I could go quite wild with my design. Over the top? There is no such thing! Besides an intricate beading design for the pearls, I got together with Mia Geysens from Blue Hour, who is trained in jacquard weaving, to create a unique fabric for this outfit. The combination of these baroque like elements became something that I really feel complements Nine's stylish and bubbly self.
Photographer: Nelson Lopes
Down to earth yet kooky with a love for bright colours and a bit of drama; this is how Lotte described herself during our first meeting, with her sister and mother nodding in agreement. She wanted to marry wearing Converse! She wanted to marry wearing bordeaux! She had such a unique wish list I simply couldn't resist this crazy project! I feel we were able to combine all of it into a brilliant and striking dress.
Photographer: Dan Verbruggen
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This dress! So dazzlingly beautiful! (if I do say so myself) And Ruth looked stunning, like Ginger Rogers in a 1930s musical. Which was kind of what we were going for. Art Deco is an era Ruth and Franky love, especially the architecture and interior design, which is what inspired the shape and lines of the pleats. The gold beads are a reference to the golden letters on the back of the old-timer Porches Franky restores, Ruth told me right in the beginning how she loves those letters. I am so glad we were able to add this little nod to them.
The day Hannelore and I met, I knew she was the right person to design my wedding dress. She herself looked very stylish and elegant and really listened to my ideas. She didn't disappoint me, it was the most beautiful, delicate and unique dress I had ever seen!
Sarah looked absolutely stunning in this light and airy dress! Not only was this my first creation, this dress, with it's delicate layers of tule, inspired the name MilleFeuille.
We combined two different kinds of lace Sarah loved and created a unique decoration for her dress. Continuing the decoration on her shoes too to pull it all together and give them a little extra.
Photographer: About Mary Photography
"Nothing too dramatic" was all Julie asked when discussing the design. The outcome was a simple, sophisticated dress. Keeping the decoration to a minimum was the perfect decision, her beautiful smile was all that dress needed to shine.
I love this dress for it's fun playfulness, which matches Lisse's personality pecfectly. She wanted to incorporate her mother's light blue wedding dress in her own. I created a cut away embroidery on the skirt so you get glimpses of the blue underneath. Something old, something new and something blue, three out of four is not too bad.
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2015 Science in the Studio Winners
The 2015 Science in the Studio award centered on water quality and the impact of pharmaceuticals and toxic runoff in our watersheds and landscapes. Prizes were awarded in four categories: animation, illustration, mural, and poster. Take action—learn how you can keep toxic runoff out of our waterways.
The Animations
Watershed Toxin Animation
Beryl Allee developed three animations to convey how human activities impact the health of local watersheds and actions people can take to keep toxins out of local waterways. Beryl worked with Grace Murphy to create the #CitizenOfYourWatershed social media campaign using animation and illustration to convey the importance of human actions on the health of watersheds.
About the Artist
Beryl Allee understands that animation has a unique ability to communicate with the world. Beryl is interested in investigating ways to effectively appeal to a wide range of audiences through the moving image, and uses art to reach out to the world. Beryl's animation crosses into the disciplines of illustration and painting, and most recently she has developed digital 2D animated short films. Learn more
The Illustrations
Watershed Toxin Illustrations
Grace Murphy utilized scientific and creative research to produce three illustrations depicting toxics produced in urban landscapes. Each illustration speaks to one of several themes, including roads and homes. The campaign depicts particular environments, the source of toxics, the impacts on the watershed, and simple behavioral adjustments people can make to limit the effects.
About the Artist
Grace Murphy is an illustrator working in Portland, Oregon. She specializes in digital illustration and is currently studying animation design with the intention of transitioning into the animation industry following her time at the Pacific Northwest College of Arts. Learn more
The Mural
Watershed Toxin Mural
Esteban Camacho Steffensen created an artistic and educational design for a large mural that focuses on protecting watersheds from toxic runoff. As you look at the mural, the images inside the Chinook salmon represent interwoven habitats and the many human activities that bring toxins into our waterways.
About the Artist
Esteban is a muralist with commissioned artwork in Costa Rica, Spain, and the United States. His subject matter is environmentally focused, bridging biology, education, and fine art. Most of his artwork has been produced in public spaces, such as universities and city institutions, where he works with community leaders during the design process and involves local youth and students in the painting and production. Learn more
The Posters
Learn how to print these posters in different sizes.
Watershed Toxin Poster
Stephanie J. Fogel designed a poster campaign that centers on clean watersheds, highlighting the presence of pharmaceuticals in our natural water sources and the subsequent effects on salmon and aquatic resources.
About the Artist
Stephanie J. Fogel is an interdisciplinary artist based in Portland, Oregon. Her work is driven heavily by research, resulting in images that revolve around political critique and environmental activism. Through her images, Stephanie seeks to promote community awareness and environmental responsibility. Learn more
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Cove Surgery Center is a specialized facility providing exceptional care to children needing reconstructive surgery. The goal was to create an intimate and nurturing environment both for our patients and their families.
At first glance, Cove Surgery Center seems
very different from a typical hospital
Nestled in the SkyPark Office complex in the southern California neighborhood of Torrance, the facility is surrounded by meandering lushly landscaped pathways bordered by rock formations, waterfalls and ponds.
Our lobby was designed to be a private place for parents and siblings to relax during surgery. At Cove, only one complex reconstructive procedure is typically performed each day, so each family will have the Surgery Center all to themselves. With a large comfortable sofa bed, cozy blankets, Netflix on a large flatscreen TV, complimentary beverages and unique toys, it feels more like a "home away from home" than a Surgery Center.
Safety is our number one priority.
Torrance Memorial Medical Center, located just 5 minutes away from Cove Surgery Center, has been ranked as one of the best hospitals in California and the Los Angeles metro area for the fifth straight year by U.S. News & World Report.
Cove Surgery Center was built to the highest standards for Ambulatory Surgical Centers, and is accredited by both Medicare and the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).
Our pediatric anesthesiologists are all board certified physicians on staff at Cedars Sinai Medical Center with a combined 35 years experience caring for both healthy and critically ill babies and children needing surgery. The nurses at Cove Surgery Center were hand-selected for their experience in pediatrics. Each with a minimum of 9 years experience, they have been recruited from the finest hospitals in Southern California: Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Miller Children's Hospital, and Cedars Sinai Medical Center.
Cove combines advanced technology
with a warm and welcoming environment
Our state-of-the-art surgical suite has the most advanced surgical and anesthesia equipment available. The hospital-grade air filtration system ensures a clean, sterile environment. Modern recovery rooms are designed with comfort and safety in mind. With the nurse's station just steps away, each private room is equipped with a comfortable bed, flat screen tv, internet access, and seating for family.
Our passion is exceeding expectations.
With families traveling from all around the world to have reconstructive surgery at Cove, we strive to make our patients feel special and loved. Our multicultural staff speaks many languages including Mandarin, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Japanese. Each child is given a toy sea animal to join them in surgery. Customized dressings are made with lots of "Tender Loving Care". When you leave at the end of your loved one's procedure, we hope you can tell how much our staff and doctors care about our patients.
Medbridge, a full-service Ambulatory Surgery Center development and management company, opened Cove Surgery Center in March of 2017. This socially responsible company has over two decades of experience and successfully manages seven surgical facilities in the Southern California area. www.medbridge.md


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This week, I managed to produce three fairly decent evening meals.They were all very different, so even though they were all chicken, they all had their own distinct flavor. And no one got food poisoning. Which is progress for me.
Indian Butter Chicken
This was really the strongest meal of the week. This one also had the most pre-planning. We started discussing this on the previous Friday. I looked at maybe a dozen different recipes before I found the one I wanted to use. And I followed the recipe fairly closely. And even though I had never cooked Indian food before, the result was a well-cooked meal that even tasted fairly authentic. Thinking about a meal for three days before you sit down to cook is not going to get you dinner every night. However, a bit of planning is a definite success factor in the kitchen. It's best to be familiar with what you are cooking - whether through comparing various recipes or talking it over with a friend - so that when it comes time to start cooking, you have an approach.
Dubious Cashew Chicken
This was the disaster of the week. It was random and haphazard. Even though we talked about this one over the weekend, I never really got a concept in my brain for this dish until I found the Peanut Chili Chicken recipe I based it on. With no solid approach, I made several mistakes which resulted in undercooked chicken and a serious lack of veg. Like everything else in life, in the kitchen failure to prepare is preparation for failure. While the cashew coconut chili sauce was rich and flavorful, the other shortcomings of the meal made it mediocre at best.
Wednesday: Bad Meal Resuscitation
All that being said, the Cashew Chicken really wasn't too far off and only had a couple of things that needed correction.
First, to completely cook the chicken, we cut it off the bone and into bite-sized pieces. This is almost always a winning plan for meat for the novice cook. It will cook quickly and completely, and provides maximum visibility into the cooking progress.
Second, we cut up five times the amount of vegetables I used the previous night. We used cabbage and some additional onion, which was cooked in a separate pan and added to the chicken at the end
Third, we had to salvage the sauce. Overnight, the oil in the cashew butter separated from everything else. Once the chicken had been pulled out for remedial action, the sauce was reheated over moderate heat to pull it back together. My counterpart took the lead as I was at a loss. He added some cream to help keep it together. The additional dairy muted the impact of the three Thai chilis, so he added some Tabasco and a generous does of Korean garlic chili sauce. He also made sure it got hot enough to bubble. After sitting overnight in the same container as undercooked chicken, this is necessary to ensure any harmful bacteria from the raw meat are sufficiently dealt with.
These three simple steps moved the dish into the successful area. Even though I was frustrated and disappointed with the whole Cashew Chicken experience, the work I did on Tuesday wasn't too far off. A little more planning and a little more prep work would have made all the difference.
Spanish Style Chicken with Saffron, Take 1
Here's where I stepped outside my typical working zone in the kitchen. I found this recipe on Thursday morning and didn't give it a second thought - I knew this was dinner. I read it several times and thought about how the dish should feel and taste and be presented, moving from the basic mechanics of assembling ingredients based on a recipe to considering the overall intent of that recipe. While I still had some missteps - the recipe called for peas, which turned out to be not quite right - I really liked the end result. The sauce itself makes this worth a second try. I'll be preparing this again next week with a slightly different approach. And more veg. American recipes never have enough veg.
Friday: Prep Night
On Fridays, we typically hit the grocery store to buy the following week's supplies, and to discuss the meal plan. I'll be taking the lead again next week, so there will be more chicken. I'll be boning and skinning the chicken today, and making stock from the skin and bones. I'll pack up my meat into separate packages that contain enough for dinner plus leftovers for lunch. I know my raw veg content should be about five times the volume of my raw meat, which means about 20 minutes of prep work before I even start to cook. And I know how and when to deglaze a pan. Which is considerable progress.


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Serafino 'Sero' DiDio, a longtime resident of Brewster, NY, died on June 30th, 2018, after a valiant battle against cancer. He was 70 years old.
Sero was born on March 22, 1948, in Brooklyn, NY to Paul and Sadie (DiCaroli) DiDio. He was a 1966 Brewster High School graduate and continued his education at Dutchess Community College. Sero was an insurance agent for over 40 years, a founding partner with Bruen Deldin DiDio Associates Inc. before retiring in 2011. Throughout his career, he touched the lives of so many both professionally and personally in the community.
On April 26, 1980, Sero married the love of his life, Meryl Scheiner, in Brewster, NY. Together they raised four children. He is survived by his wife Meryl, his children; Paul DiDio (Bradford Horton) of Brewster, NY, Jessica Lamoureux (Bobby) of South Glastonbury, CT, Sara DiDio (Joe Graff) of Brewster, NY and Alisa Di- Dio (Logan Wida) of White Plains, NY, his grandchildren; Nicholas and Samantha Lamoureux and Joey Graff, and his brother Fred (Nancy) DiDio.
Sero's passions included cooking, golfing, and traveling. Aruba and Montauk were among his favorite destinations. Gathering around the table and serving gourmet meals to family and friends gave him great joy. Sero's warmth, contagious smile, and affectionate bear hugs were felt by all who knew him. His generosity and zest for life will be long remembered.
A funeral service will be held at Beecher Funeral Home, 1 Putnam Avenue, Brewster on Friday July 6, 2018 at 10am. Interment will follow at Milltown Rural Cemetery. Friends and Family may call at the funeral home on Thursday July 5, 2018 from 4pm-8pm.
In Lieu of flowers contributions can be made in memory of Sero to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. www.giving.mskcc.org


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