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It was after talking to a friend from my youth who knew I struggled with depression, that I began to realize that this horror inside of me might have something to do with mental illness. I sought professional help and through counseling realized that these feelings might not be all spiritually based but could be from mental illness. This was when I was diagnosed with OCD/Scrupulosity. I started to take anti-depressants consistently and talking to counselors. This helped me immensely to control my thoughts and panic attacks and finally stopped the screaming inside of me. However, my testimony of the truthfulness of the church, and even of God's reality, was in pieces. I did not know if I truly believed the gospel to be true. I wanted it to be true – I truly, truly wanted it to be true because I could not deny the happiness it had given me in my life and some of the amazing experiences I'd had – but I just didn't know if I really believed it.
I stopped making myself read the scriptures every day and I didn't often go to the temple. It was very scary for me to do these things because of the trauma I'd just been through. But I did still pray, go to church, and fulfill my church callings (church responsibilities). I couldn't give those things up yet. There was still too much good that I'd experienced in the church for me to completely let it go. Going to church was often especially difficult, though, because many talks and lessons conjured up those same doubts and feelings of terror again. I decided however, that going to church was the one thing I could do to show the Lord, if He was there at all, that I was trying. Praying wasn't hard because I liked having hope that someone was still out there listening. And fulfilling my church callings was so much a part of my culture and how I made friends that that wasn't difficult either. But going to church often was. So I decided that this was the one thing I would still make myself do, despite the horror I often relived, because if I kept going to church then maybe God would finally show me that all of it really was true, like I wanted it to be.
Years passed and my testimony grew a little bit stronger, although I mostly felt like I was just holding on. I started to read the scriptures a little bit again and would sometimes go to the temple, believing enough to hope that these added efforts would eventually give me the unequivocal answer I was still desperately wanting. Whenever any doctrine or idea lit that fear inside me again, I'd think about something else until the fear would diminish and eventually subside. I tried to live the gospel as best I could without thinking too deeply about it (because deep thinking always brought the horror again) and waited for an "Aha!" moment that would instantly eradicate all of my doubts, erase all my fears and show me once and for all that God was real and the gospel was the one and only truth.
Five years passed. In August of 2005, President Hinckley asked the church to start and finish the Book of Mormon by the end of the year. I had started the challenge, but didn't push myself too hard to finish the goal, not wanting to put too much "gospel anxiety" on myself. After a month or so, though, I decided that I really wanted to complete the goal and tried very hard to do so. On December 31st I was close to being done, but there was no way I would finish it all by the end of that day. I decided if I could finish it the next day that it would still "count". I knew the only time I would have to myself to read as much as I needed would be in the morning before my young children awoke. Otherwise the day would pass with it's inevitable chaos and I would never find the time. So, I set my alarm for early the next morning. However, the next morning I found my eyes opening at the sound of my young daughter calling for me. I had slept through my alarm! I was so frustrated. The medicine I was on at the time made me exceptionally drowsy and I had a very hard time waking up in the morning since I had started taking them. Because I hadn't woken up early that morning I ended up not reading anything from the Book of Mormon that day at all. Once again I wasn't any closer to finishing the goal. So, I told myself I'd finish it the next morning. Once again, though, the next morning I was unable to wake up to my alarm and didn't end up reading anything again. So, that night, realizing that I probably would never be able to finish this goal on my own, I pleaded with the Lord to help me wake up the next morning. I set my alarm and hoped for the best. The next morning, to my utter astonishment, my eyes opened on their own before my alarm even went off. I couldn't believe it. I don't remember waking up that early on my own since elementary school! It was truly a miracle. As I got out of bed to say a thank-you prayer I had an overwhelming feeling come over me that the Lord was real. He's as real as you and me and He was the one who had woken me up.
The next experience happened about six months later. We had lived in Milwaukee, WI for three years and by then I absolutely hated it. The winters made me soooooo depressed, along with all the run-down homes and buildings, and we were so far away from family. Then, that summer, my best friend moved away along with about four other families that we had been close to, as well as my sister-in-law, who lived in Chicago and who we usually saw about once a month. What had seemed awful now seemed unbearable. For months I cried several times a week, feeling trapped and alone. My husband, Grant, and I got in many tense arguments about this. He really liked his job and was about to be promoted. Because of this, he didn't want to move. After the biggest of these arguments, I left the house, driving while crying my eyes out. I said a prayer and asked Heavenly Father to help me. If we weren't supposed to move and if we needed to stay in Milwaukee, could He at least change my heart so that I didn't hate it so much? Could He help me to not feel so trapped and so alone? To help me to be okay somehow with staying in what felt to me like a literal Hell?
The next day Grant left on a business trip for a few days. While he was gone, another small miracle happened in my life. Somehow, by the time Grant returned, my heart had changed and I felt completely okay about staying in Milwaukee. I'd been crying for months about living there and within days I suddenly felt fine about it. It wasn't because I was convincing myself that it would be okay, or because I was thinking of ways to make it better. I just all of a sudden felt okay about it. There was no rhyme or reason to it. I felt peaceful and happy even though nothing about my circumstance had changed. Grant was dumbfounded, as was I. I knew that again, Heavenly Father had helped me in a very real way.
Many would say that these experiences were the evidence I'd been longing for that God is real and that the gospel is true. While these experiences did give me a spiritual high of sorts for a few months, the high eventually wore off. And though I did feel that both experiences had left my testimony stronger, it did not erase my doubts. I was still waiting for some amazing event to occur that would erase all of these doubts and restore my faith completely. The small miracles the Lord had performed for me still did not abolish every doubt I had. There were many things I continued to struggle to believe. How was that possible? I believed that those experiences were from the Lord. And the one in regards to President Hinckley's challenge to read the Book of Mormon had been based in gospel teachings, which should then tell me that the gospel was true. So why was I still doubting? Why did I still feel that horrible, paralyzing fear that it could all be wrong?
One day while pleading with the Lord again to help my testimony, I had a realization. If those two small miracles in my life weren't going to restore my faith, then nothing probably would. I was like Laman and Lemuel (men in the Book of Mormon), who saw an angel in one verse and then doubted God in the next. Maybe faith wasn't an issue of evidence but of choice. I had to decide if I was going to believe or not. The gospel was either all true or not true at all. I couldn't ride the fence anymore, waiting for something or someone to make my decision for me. The Lord had answered some of my prayers in amazing ways and yet I was still waiting for more. My faith obviously depended on me.
It occurred to me that my doubts felt like a security blanket. It felt safer to believe in my doubts than to believe in something that might be wrong. But I suddenly realized that all these years I had still been believing in something. I was believing in my doubts. What if they were actually what was wrong? The doubts I had in the gospel were just thoughts and I could choose to either hold on to them and let them grow inside of me, or I could choose to let them go. I'd held on to them because I didn't want to be wrong, or stupid, or brainwashed. The doubtful thoughts had seemed more true somehow than my faith-filled thoughts, but at the end of the day they were all just thoughts. They felt more true because I chose to believe in them. The existence of my questions and doubts didn't invalidate the truth, as much as it felt like it did. Anyone can come up with a million questions about anything, but that doesn't disprove the truth. Additionally, logic alone cannot prove or disprove truth because you can twist logic to argue any side. We all have seen how skillfully lawyers, politicians, (even our children!) can twist the truth to make seemingly logical arguments that, at the end of the day, still are not true. I realized that the only thing we have in our quest for truth is actually belief, not so-called fact, because almost nothing can be proven without a shadow of a doubt as true. Ancient civilization had great arguments as to why the earth was flat, or why the sun revolved around the earth. People who lived at that time took those incorrect beliefs as fact. Most of the things we accept as fact today are actually just beliefs. I've never seen the Taj Mahal but I believe it's there because of what other people have said about it and because I've seen pictures. Same goes for outer space. And for thinking the sun will rise again in the morning. It's all just belief. I don't know those things exist or will happen, but I believe they will. I had been believing my doubts partly because of some "facts" that other people claimed were true. But suddenly I saw that I didn't actually know these "facts" were true. I had actually only been believing they were. And I had been believing in those "facts" more than I had been believing in my own feelings and experiences.
That day I realized that I had to decide to either jump off my cliff of fear and believe the gospel 100%, or to be done with it all. That choice felt heart-gripingly scary at the time (yes I know I made up that word but it works, right?). It felt like I was literally making a choice to jump off a towering cliff, one so high that I couldn't see the bottom, all while hoping against hope that there was something that would miraculously catch me. What if there wasn't anything there to catch me? What if I was making the wrong choice? What if I was choosing to believe the wrong thing? But I had realized that it was the only way to find an answer. I am happy to report that on that day I chose to jump. I chose faith instead of doubt. I chose to believe in the gospel. Nothing forced me to believe but instead I chose to. I decided to stop believing in my doubts and to believe in the gospel. I had seen what believing in doubts had gotten me – fear and despair. Now it was time to see what ignoring them got me.
There were still days when doubts would sneak up and fear would grip my heart. It was then that I would remind myself of my choice, my choice to not listen to those doubts ever again. I had already made that choice. I had chosen to believe in belief and to see if it gave me a different result than believing in doubt. Well it did. That choice finally – FINALLY!!!!! – made the difference. My testimony began to slowly blossom before my eyes through the following years. Suddenly, there seemed to be "proof" of the Lord's existence and the truth of the gospel all around me! How had I not seen it before? I felt a strength building inside of me until a sure knowledge began to form. Since then I have had many powerful spiritual experiences to confirm this knowledge and I can honestly say today that I know that the Lord is real and that this is His true gospel. I know it, and I say that being fully conscious of what the word "know" really means. No one can take this knowledge from me. It is my most valuable treasure, one that I feel like I fought the devil himself for, and I will never let anyone or anything take it from me again.
I had a precious experience about a year after this decision that felt like a reward straight from the Lord for the huge struggle I had been through. I was sitting in the celestial room after a session at the Mesa temple, thinking that I didn't have much time to linger. I decided to open the scriptures and read a couple of verses before I left. I flipped to a random page in the Doctrine & Covenants and started reading. To my complete astonishment I realized the Lord was speaking directly to me as I started to feel the burning witness of the spirit inside my chest. Tears stained the page as I read and re-read the three verses that pierced straight through me.
"For verily I say unto you, blessed is he that keepeth my commandments, whether in life or in death; and he that is faithful in tribulation, the reward of the same is greater in the kingdom of heaven.
Ye cannot behold with your natural eyes, for the present time, the design of your God concerning those things which shall come hereafter, and the glory which shall follow after much tribulation.
For after much tribulation come the blessings. Wherefore the day cometh that ye shall be crowned with much glory; the hour is not yet, but is nigh at hand." (D&C 58:2-4)
As I read those words in the temple that day, I knew that my Savior had been with me through all of my tribulation. The spirit told me that not only did He know how hard this trial had been for me, but He was proud of me. He had seen my intense struggle and was reserving blessings for me in heaven because of my faithfulness. An overwhelming and divine love washed over my entire body. I knew that all of the fear, despair and hopelessness I had experienced had not gone unnoticed by Him. My struggle mattered to Him. I mattered. He knew me, knew what I had gone through and had seen how hard I had tried to hold on through it all.
This entire struggle was the most difficult thing I have experienced; however, I can honestly say I would do it again. The knowledge I now have of His reality and the truthfulness of His church is more precious to me than anything else I have and is worth any fight, no matter how hellish. As my testimony and knowledge has grown I have gotten to know God. I know him. And my life has been filled with a happiness and peace that I cannot adequately describe.
If my proclaimed knowledge of God and of His truth seems foolish to you, then I challenge you to try it out. See if you can open your mind to believe in God. See if you can allow that part of you that is worried about being duped or believing in something imaginary or stupid or wrong, to let go of those fears and try to actively believe that He is there. See if you can pray to Him. See if He answers you. Just try it, what have you to lose? You can always go back to how you thought before. I know that many people believe that those who think God answers them are just imagining it, but I'll bet you a hundred bucks that those who think that have never sincerely tried to believe in God, never truly prayed to Him, never actually tried to listen. Belief is not the same as foolish and vain imaginings, as many educated people like to proclaim (who, for all their education, still just believe in most of their so-called knowledge). True belief is power. Not in a hippy-dippy way. In a very real way. This world is powered by belief. The only way to truly obtain knowledge is by believing in something first and acting on that belief. Try it out. See where it gets you.


text: Cuevas upsets Nadal to reach Rio final 09/02/2019 Pablo Cuevas and Guido Pella will face off in the final of the Rio Open after beating highly favoured opponents in the semi-finals. Cuevas upset Rafael Nadal – who used to be unbeatable on clay – 6-7 (6) 7-6 (3) 6-4 on Saturday. It was the Uruguayan's first victory over Nadal in three attempts, and he finished off the match with an ace. Nadal, the 14-time grand slam winner, was also beaten in the semi-finals in Buenos Aires a week ago, also on his favourite clay surface. "I'm really happy because Rafa is a great player," Cuevas said. "I came out here thinking I could win, and I knew I had to stay relaxed, which I was able to do for almost the entire match." Pella won over rising Austrian star Dominic Thiem 6-1 6-4. Thiem won a tournament in Buenos Aires a week ago, beating Nadal in the semi-finals, and had won eight straight matches before the loss. Pella and Thiem played in heavy wind during the first set, then the match was delayed for an hour in the second set by a downpour. None of it fazed the Argentine. "The first set was terrible to play, but I was raised in a place where the wind was as bad or worse," said Pella, who grew up in the port city of Bahia Blanca in Buenos Aires province. Pella said he just tried to hit for centre of the court, and aimed sparingly for the edges. Thiem, the youngest player in the ATP's top 20, played singles and doubles on Friday. The doubles match finished about 1.30am – and it showed. "Of course it was strange in the beginning, but he had the same conditions and just handled it better than me," Thiem said. He overpowered Spain's David Ferrer in the quarter-finals 6-3 6-2, but he was a shadow of himself against Pella. "Everything I had was a couple per cent less than I had the last days and the last matches," he said. "On this level when you don't have these last couple per cent, you just go down immediately." In the women's semis, Shelby Rogers of the United States defeated Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-4 6-4, and Francesca Schiavone of Italy won over Petra Martic of Croatia 6-3 6-3. Rogers and Schiavone play their final on Sunday.

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Rookie's game-tying dinger sets up walk-off win
ST. LOUIS -- Greg Garcia felt pretty certain that by the time the Cardinals were celebrating a 3-2 win over the Cubs on Friday, his 94-year-old grandfather, Dave Garcia, Sr., had already cued up a replay of the game-tying home run Garcia hit two innings before the finish.
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Dave, who grew up just miles from Busch Stadium in East St. Louis, Ill., passed on his affinity for the game to both son and grandson after an extensive Minor League playing career and pair of Major League managerial stints. His words of advice, as Garcia quickly pointed out on Friday, included the following: "His whole saying is always, 'Don't let a fastball strike the catcher's glove.'"
With the biggest swing of his young career on Friday, Garcia never let Pedro Strop's 94-mph fastball reach catcher Miguel Montero. Instead, he drilled it to center, tying the game in the eighth inning and setting off a refreshing celebration of unfettered joy.
"It's indescribable," Garcia said. "You can't recreate that feeling anywhere else in this world. You dream about it as a kid."
Garcia raised his right arm as he neared second, brought it down with a pump and then traded the traditional Hawaiian shaka sign with Kolten Wong, who has been his teammate since their days at the University of Hawaii. Wong had watched the blast from the on-deck circle.
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"You couldn't draw it up any better," Wong said. "With him doing it and me being on deck for that, his first [homer], and it coming in a situation when we needed someone to step up and help, he did it for us and I can't be happier for the guy."
The elation continued in the dugout, where Garcia skipped down the receiving line before his manager prompted him to acknowledge a standing ovation with a curtain call.
"His reaction was the best," manager Mike Matheny said. "I figured he'd go up there and put a real good at-bat together, which he's shown he's been able to do in his short career and all the way through the Minors. I didn't necessarily expect the ball to be leaving center field when he went up there for that at-bat. What a great surprise."
With the Cardinals trailing, 2-1, Matheny summoned Garcia to take a pinch-hit at-bat to lead off the eighth. Garcia laid off a borderline, 2-1 pitch to work into a fastball count and then didn't miss the one Strop delivered. It marked the team's first pinch-hit blast since last postseason and Garcia's first home run since August 2014. According to Statcast™, the ball left the bat at 101 mph and traveled a distance of 403 feet, with a launch angle of 27 degrees.
Garcia had gone 61 games without a long ball in Triple-A before being called up earlier this week.
"I'm not a power hitter. That's not my game," Garcia said. "When the home runs come, they come, but my job is to get on base, try to steal some bases and score some runs."
Garcia, who entered the game with six Major League hits, was able to retrieve the home run ball by trading an autograph to the fan who caught it. The ball will soon be headed to his father, his youth coach for several years.
"I don't know if I could script something like that," Garcia said. "It was surreal. Really, I can't put it into words."


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The FBI Bank Robbery Task Force needs your help identifying a serial robber who is now believed to be responsible for at least six Houston area bank robberies. The latest robberies occurred at Compass and Chase Bank branches on 02/09/2011. The bank's surveillance photographs are below.
At approximately 1:37 p.m., the robber entered the Compass Bank, located at 21015 Kuykendahl in Spring, Texas. He approached a teller, then handed her a note which demanded money and threatened that he had a gun. The teller provided the robber with some cash and he fled the bank. While exiting the bank, the robber dropped the money.
Less than 30 minutes later, at approximately 2:00 p.m., the same robber entered the Chase Bank, located at 2111 FM 2920 in Spring, Texas. In a similar style, he approached a teller and handed her a note which again demanded money and threatened that he had a gun. The teller observed what she believed was the outline of a gun concealed in the robber's pocket. The teller handed him some cash and he left the bank. He was observed getting into the front passenger seat of a black Chevy Impala with paper plates. No one was physically hurt in either robbery.
The robber is described as a black male, 20-25, approximately 5'10" to 6′ tall, with a slim build and cleanly shaven with a dark complexion. He wore a black knit cap, black rimmed glasses, a white shirt, dark tie, black sweater, and black pants.
This robber is suspected in at least four other area bank robberies, which occurred at the Trustmark Bank, located at 6809 FM 1960 West in Houston, Texas, on 11/16/2010; the Sterling Bank, located at 855 FM 1960 in Houston, Texas, on 12/20/1010; the Regions Bank, located at 9480 College Park in The Woodlands, Texas, on 01/18/2011; and the Chase Bank, located at 20798 FM 1485 in new Caney, Texas, on 02/01/2011.
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Marks Of A Fruitful Follower Of Christ's Mission
In last Sunday's passage, we looked at how to be a fruitful follower of Christ as we focused on the parable of the soils. In this today's passage, we are looking at the marks of the fruitful follower of Christ's mission. In other words, what sorts of things attributes would you expect to see in a fruitful follower of Christ? If a follower of Christ is responding correctly to the Word of God, what sort of outworking will this produce in their lives? Well Jesus explains this across three different parables:
- The parable of the lamp (Mark 4:21-25)
- The parable of the growing seed (Mark 4:26-29).
- The parable of the mustard seed (Mark 4:30-34).
It's from these three parables that we will be identifying four marks of a fruitful following of Christ's mission:
- Fruitful followers witness obediently (Mark 4:21-23).
- Fruitful followers work expectantly (Mark 4:24-25).
- Fruitful followers wait dependently (Mark 4:26-29).
- Fruitful followers walk confidently (Mark 4:30-34).


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The Sugary Sculptures of SVA Alumnus Maayan Zilberman
May 7, 2019
by Vanessa Machir
Artist and Sweet Saba founder Maayan Zilberman (BFA 2001 Fine Arts) has collaborated with some of the most desirable names in design and fashion: Art Basel Miami, Delpozo, the Whitney Museum of American Art and Versace (this last one for the Met Ball, no less). But her chosen medium isn't quite what you'd expect. A high-concept, high-end candy maker, Zilberman sculpts with sugar.
Why sugar? After working in the lingerie business for many years, "I wanted to be making things with my hands," she says, but she had no studio space. So, inspired by childhood food experiments with her grandfather and her abiding love of candy, she turned to her kitchen.
Mastering the process, however, wasn't easy. "I ended up learning how to do all of this on YouTube, watching videos over and over again." After she put her work on social media and started getting orders, Sweet Saba ("saba" is the Hebrew word for "grandfather") was established. Success soon followed: Her first pop-up was at Manhattan gallery space Fort Gansevoort in 2015; a week later, she was filling an order for W magazine's Golden Globes after-party. Her candy is now sold at Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus. One of her latest collaborations is with nail-polish company Orly. Together, they've created Sweet Saba Red, a shade inspired by Zilberman's own signature crimson nails.
At first, Zilberman focused on re-creating items that had sentimental value for her, like wristwatches and cassette tapes. "This ephemeral thing would melt away or someone would eat it, and it would become a part of you," she says. Her work aims for hyper-realism. Crystals, pickles, lipsticks or, for the aforementioned Versace project, gold jewelry—if it exists, it's likely Zilberman can fashion a sugar version. But what you see isn't always what you get; she has also made donut-flavored pizzas and popcorn-flavored flowers. "The duality is funny to me."
But no matter where her work takes her, she stays true to why she started Sweet Saba. "I have to constantly remind myself of how I want the business to make me feel."
A version of this article appears in the spring 2019 Visual Arts Journal.


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New York Fashion Week has come and gone for spring 2015. We've spotted the biggest trends to look forward to for the spring season like braids, bold eye makeup, and bright red lips, plus we've seen crazy nail art take on a life of its own at Libertine.
Fashion Week beauty isn't all about the trends and insane looks, though. Through our visits backstage and talking to the multiple artists and stylists that make NYFW possible, we've gathered some seriously helpful tips and tricks you can actually take home. Below are 10 expert tips and tricks you can only learn backstage at Fashion Week!
Graphic Liner
We saw some seriously cool graphic liner created by makeup artist Lyne Desnoyers at Kate Spade. While she used a thin coat of acrylic on top of MAC Fluidline in black to give it extra depth, this isn't something that is necessarily practical for an every day look. "For every day women, sketch the design with kohl then go over with a gel or liquid liner. It's a great way to do something when you aren't comfortable yet."
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Worn-In Makeup
Backstage at The Row, MAC Cosmetics makeup artist Tom Pecheux wanted to create the illusion that the models weren't wearing makeup at that exact time, but that they did have makeup on earlier. His tip to create this illusion? No brushes. "You smudge and take off the makeup using your fingers." Yes, it's that easy.
Bright Eye Makeup
The neon-orange eyes we saw at Peter Som aren't something we plan on rocking during the average work week. But makeup artist Yadim gave us the at home equivalent for wearing bright eye makeup. He suggests dabbling some translucent powder on top of a vibrant lipstick color using an eye shadow brush for extra lasting power. Use the color as a liner along the top lash line for a more wearable look.
Lived-In Black Liner
At Libertine, we saw a rough-around-the-edges thick black liner, to suggest as if a girl was coming home late night of partying. To recreate this lived-in look, makeup artist Chantel Miller suggests taking a wet Q-tip and smudging out the top of the line on the top lash line to buff it down, giving it that lived-in look.
Colored Mascara
Makeup artist Tom Pecheux is just full tricks. He explained to us backstage at Derek Lam that when you're using colored mascara, always do a layer of your typical black mascara first. This way you're still opening up the eye, and then can apply the layer colored mascara over that from root to tip.
MORE: 12 Eyeliner Mistakes You're Probably Making
Plump Lips
To get the same fresh, plump, juicy lips from Rag & Bone, Gucci Westman for NARS combined two lip pencils: Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Never Say Never and Bahama. Apply the matte colors all around the lips, not just in the center, to make them look fresh and youthful.
Half-Up Twisted Knot
We saw a surprisingly easy hairstyle backstage at Thakoon created by Odile Gilbert for Kerestase. To recreate the look, all you have to do is pull two little strands of hair from right above the ears in the front, twirl them as you pull them behind the head and tie into a double knot. Using a tiny invisible elastic, secure the second knot subtly.
Dreadlock-inspired Braid
The models at Vera Wang were rocking some seriously cool dreadlock-inspired braids underneath their hair. Hairstylist Paul Hanlon created it by pulling out sections of hair from underneath and braiding a fishtail plait. Then, about halfway through the braid he stopped with the fishtail and finished it off with a three-strand braid. To make sure it doesn't look perfect, when securing with a little elastic at the ends, separate the ties from one another.
MORE: Trendspotting at Fashion Week: Classic Braids for Spring 2015
Splatter Paint Nails
Miss Pop for OPI created unique surfer girl nails for Jeremy Scott's Spring 2015 show. To get these relaxed beachy nails, Miss Pop suggests starting with a ridge filling base coat, which has a bit of a white tint to it to make the colors pop. Then, take the brush of whatever color you're using and wipe it along the side of the bottle, removing a majority of the polish. Move the brush in circled, choppy motions to give a textured splattered coat to the nail.
Minimalist Eye Makeup
To frame the eyes without looking too cosmetic, Yadim gave us a great trick backstage a J. Mendel. Using a brown pencil, he colored in the top lash line and along the lower lash line, but not inside the waterline. Make sure there is no white between the lashes. Then, he cleaned up the brown pencil on the lid by wrapping a makeup wipe around his pointer finger and dapping it until there's nothing left except for the brown that fills the waterline.


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Listen of the Month #10
Posted on August 20th, by Rebeka in Listen of the Month. No Comments
"Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz,
My friends all drive Porches, I must make amends
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends
Oh lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz"
This month's Listen is this anti capitalist song by Janis Joplin, commenting on the selling out of her fellow musicians – and the rest of us. Sadly, her estate sold it to Mercedes-Benz as the track for an advert in about 2002… Oh the irony.


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IntroductionShaye Thyer is a National Cloud and Advisory Specialist at BDO Australia and a Practice Advisory Council Member for Xero. WhichAddOn caught up with her shortly before Xerocon Brisbane to speak with her about her role.
Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?I'm a loyal Adelaidian that loves indie music, waterskiing and basketball. I'm a real small business champion, I love the way it positively supports and shapes our lifestyle, and am also super passionate about gender equality and diversity and being a positive role model for my 2 girls.
Your role is National Cloud and Advisory Specialist at BDO. What does that involve?In an "MBA" sense it's about operationalising our national transformation strategy for the accounting division. In real life, supporting our team in their diverse journeys towards becoming modern business advisers. My work spans really ground level stuff like hands-on 'cloud 1-0-1' training with team members, to designing and executing the change management strategy (top down) for internal operational technology changes, for example.
What parts of your job/industry to you love? What do you like least?What motivates me continually about my role is seeing the positive change in our people. If I can assist them in any way to enjoy their work more, this means I've improved their life in a way. This could be as simple as taking the friction out of their day with some new tech, or convincing them that (thank goodness) no-personality number crunching is not their destiny. About the industry – I love that we have the opportunity to positively influence people's lives. It's incredibly easy to get caught up with the nitty gritty politics of all the disruption ("I don't believe compliance is dead", "you don't even do advisory," "do you even do data visualisation" etc) but at the end of the day, we are a bunch of incredibly talented people that have the opportunity to assist our fellow humans in improving their business, their lives and indeed all the lives around them that their businesses touch. This is incredibly powerful. What I like the least about the industry: one-upmanship (and yes sorry, the 'man' was deliberate). Who cares if your firm is bigger than mine? Who cares if you do a thing that we do too? There are enough clients to go around, and the collective mission is clear: better outcomes for clients which means everyone is better off. What do I like the least about my role? a) that I'm a team of 1 🙁 and b) that some of my colleagues are convinced I can't be successful in this "big old firm". But, haters gonna hate, I suppose!
You're speaking at Xerocon this year. What will you be speaking about? Why is that important to you?The topic is: "You're on Xero, now what?" I'm collaborating with a guru bookkeeper from Perth sharing the BDO journey, how we started, what the roadblocks were and how we've overcome these, what success looks like, new services offered, and the positives from doing it. I think it's important to talk about the hard things out loud. It's all well and good to say "it's so easy, just start up your practice using the Xero tools" and it is, if you do it from scratch. It's much harder to transition a business from an 'old way' to a 'new way'. There's not a week that passes where I think – gosh can't we just have a do-over! Open sharing of this stuff in the industry is so crucial – it is the opposite of the 'one upmanship' that I loathe – its collaborating and working as a team for the greater good.
Smaller firms have more choice for the practice management tools they use. What are your hopes for larger firms?I hope and pray that us larger firms have the privilege of choice, flexibility and efficiency that the smaller firms have. The big clunky legacy PM tools large firms have been stuck with for so long are preventing these firms from embodying the agility that is required in the industry now – it's heartbreaking! No one wants to be big old and slow! Big is fine, but not the other 2.
Are you optimistic about larger firms and their ability to change their culture?5 out of 7 days of the week – yes. It is a HUGE task, but so critical. If larger firms can be honest, self-reflective and approach their own businesses like they would a client's business, we'd have very different outcomes. We'd see more BUSINESSES and less FIRMS, very different ownership structures, a dissolving of the flawed traditional promotion ladders and ultimately – happier Partners, happier and more engaged staff and the best part – happier, wealthier clients.
You're on the Xero Practice Advisory Council. What does that involve?XPAC is a group of industry leaders that participate in a really critical feedback loop for Xero. Like all organisations, there can be a tendency to get caught in your own internal 'bubble' – XPAC helps Xero ensure this doesn't happen and that they're continuing to have an amazing positive impact on the industry and small businesses everywhere. We provide product feedback, influence development priorities, share real life challenges and successes, and Xero in turn supports members with profile and media opportunities.
What is something we might not know about Shaye Thyer?I'm an introvert (Myers Briggs confirmed!) I'd rather sit happily with a beverage and watch the party than cut moves on the d-floor. My dad is my idol.
In brief
- Current position: National Cloud and Advisory Specialist; Xero Practice Advisory Council Member
- Age: 35
- Education: Chartered Accountants, ANZ; PROSCI Certified Change Management Practitioner; Australian Institute of Company Directors, BComm Flinders University
- Hobbies: Basketball, Water Skiing, Yoga, growing 2 strong independent young ladies
- Motto / Favourite quote: It's either f*k yes – or it's NO (Mark Manson)
- Advice to others: There is more credibility in being vulnerable than pretending you're invincible (because no one is)
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shayethyer


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Rock Cartwright
Rock Cartwright during his tenure with the Redskins.
|No. 40, 31, 25, 28
|Running back
|Personal information
|December 3, 1979
Conroe, Texas
|5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
|215 lb (98 kg)
|Career information
|High school:
|Conroe (TX)
|Kansas State
|NFL Draft:
|2002 / Round: 7 / Pick: 257
|Career history
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|* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
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|Career NFL statistics
Roderick Rashaun Cartwright (born December 3, 1979) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL). He was named Offensive Quality Control coach of the Cleveland Browns in February 2016.[1] He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the seventh round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Kansas State. Cartwright was also a member of the Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers.
Early years[edit]
Cartwright attended Conroe High School in Conroe, Texas, and lettered in football, track and field, and baseball. During his senior year, Cartwright rushed for 2,060 yards and was named a Parade All-American.[2]
College career[edit]
Cartwright played college football at Kansas State University at the fullback position.
Professional career[edit]
Washington Redskins[edit]
Cartwright was drafted in the seventh round of the 2002 NFL Draft by the Redskins. In 2006, he broke the Redskins' single-season kickoff return yards record with 64 returns for 1,541 yards - a record which had been previously held by Brian Mitchell since 1994. He also received his first kickoff return for a touchdown in 2006 against the Dallas Cowboys. In 2007, he was ranked second in the NFC in kickoff returns. He was released on March 4, 2010.[3]
Oakland Raiders[edit]
Cartwright signed with the Oakland Raiders on April 26, 2010.
San Francisco 49ers[edit]
Carwright signed with the San Francisco 49ers on March 15, 2012.[4] He was released on August 31, 2012.
Coaching career[edit]
Cartwright was signed as an offensive quality control coach of the Cleveland Browns in 2016.[5]
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- ^ "Players". NFLPlayers.com. Retrieved September 7, 2010.
- ^ "Redskins release Rock Cartwright | ProFootballTalk.com". Profootballtalk.nbcsports.com. March 4, 2010. Retrieved September 7, 2010.
- ^ Cartwright coming across the Bay to fill 49ers' voids
- ^ "Browns adding ex-NFL RB Rock Cartwright to staff". Profootballtalk.nbcsports.com. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
- 1979 births
- Living people
- People from Conroe, Texas
- Players of American football from Texas
- American football running backs
- American football return specialists
- Trinity Valley Cardinals football players
- Kansas State Wildcats football players
- Washington Redskins players
- Oakland Raiders players
- San Francisco 49ers players
- Conroe High School alumni


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After Stanislaus, Godde ventured to England where she continued playing basketball while studying at both Newcastle University and Northumbria University. She received her Master of Arts in International Educational Perspectives (Leadership and Management) from Newcastle in August 2017 before obtaining her Master of Science in Strength and Conditioning from Northumbia in September '17. From September 2016 until January 2018, Godde worked as a strength and conditioning intern at Newcastle.


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Unsung jewel of the South Atlantic, Montevideo, on the northern shore of the mighty River Plate, teems with an intoxicating mix of European tradition and colourful South American culture. With its shady downtown plazas to historic camps, forts, farms and missions that speak so eloquently of the dramas, hardships and battles of pioneering days, Uruguay's capital completely captivates the spirit.
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Experience the lifestyle of a Uruguayan gaucho on this visit to the Estancia La Rábida; a day of relaxation and enjoyment.
A scenic drive introduces you to the sights of Montevideo city, including a stop at Independence Square and the Congress Building.
Afterwards, travel to Estancia La Rábida, where a traditional Uruguayan family exclusively welcomes you into their home. This authentic working ranch is the home to 650 milking cows producing 12,000 litres of milk daily assisted by state of the art technology and productivity systems.
You'll be amazed at the perfect blend between rustic simplicity and cultural refinement which is characteristic of La Rábida. The ranch is a chosen location of the Uruguayan Government officials to entertain distinguished guests and offers an authentic glimpse of Uruguayan life.
Marvel at the scenery surrounding the ranch, with fields stretching onto high cliffs overlooking the striking beach coast of Rio de la Plata. Your delicious buffet style lunch is a traditional asado (barbeque) accompanied with wine and soft drinks.
As you relax at the ranch, capture the sights of the country and the unusual birdlife. You'll also learn about some of the daily chores of gaucho life, such as milking a cow.
One thing that is for sure is that the friendliness of the owners and staff at this peaceful place of beauty will leave you feeling that the ranch is a home away from home.
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This excursion will operate by coach and on foot. This tour involves moderate walking over some muddy surfaces, as well as a steep walk down to the beach over uneven ground. Passengers must be able to climb in and out of a dray truck or carriage on their own. Comfortable clothing and sturdy shoes are recommended. Seating at lunch will be on straw bales.
Explore a variety of Birding habitats, in a unique environment in the Uruguayan wetlands with Nigel Marven.
Along with an experienced Nature guide and Nigel Marven, your journey starts at the Montevideo pier where your English speaking guide will meet you for the 1 hour drive to the Santa Lucía wetlands. The drive will take you to the town of Santiago Vazquez where your specialised park ranger and guide will meet you.
The Santa Lucía Wetlands form an ecosystem that expands for 49,000 acres across 3 different provinces in Uruguay.
This area features very unique weather and soil conditions due to its proximity to the Santa Lucía river as well as the Rio de la Plata. Your first stop will be the Covisanvaz lagoon searching for water birds and herons and ducks.
After an hour at the lagoon, you'll move on to the area known as the "race track" where you can observe birds of prey such as hawks, Southern Caracara, Chimango Caracara and some smaller birds that live in the brackish wetland.
Your final stop will be the Melilla track for visual and acoustic recognition of species in the only relict of native forest in the Montevideo province.
This excursion will operate by minivan and on foot. There is approximately 3 hours total walking on this tour. Toilet facilities are limited. Smoking and flash photography is not permitted. Please wear a hat and sunscreen. Bring insect repellent and bottled water as well as a light snack or fruit. Lunch is not included. Do not forget your binoculars and camera. Wildlife Sightings are not guaranteed.
Visit Colonia del Sacramento; the oldest city in Uruguay and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Uruguay's oldest city, Colonia del Sacramento was founded by the Portuguese in 1680. A dispute between the Spanish and Portuguese followed, lasting for a century before it was finally lost to Spain, and today the influence of both remains in the city's beautiful architecture. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995, Colonia is renowned for its Barrío Histórico (Historic Quarter), a cluster of narrow cobblestoned streets, boasting fine architecture and occupying a small peninsular protruding into the river, a natural setting that complements the town's colonial style perfectly.
After a scenic journey of around 2½ hours, you'll arrive at the picturesque town of Colonia del Sacramento.
At the Historic Quarter, step back in time as your knowledgeable guide brings to life the town's colonial past. During a leisurely walking tour, you'll pause to visit Uruguay's oldest church dating from 1695, before enjoying exterior views of El Faro Lighthouse.
Continue by coach to the imposing bullring, Real de San Carlos (exterior view). Opened in 1910, the bullring could entertain up to 10,000 spectators, eager to watch some of the most famous bullfighters of that time. It was closed in 1912 after the sport was abolished.
A delicious lunch will be served at a local restaurant, and if time permits you'll have some free time to explore independently before the return drive to Montevideo.
This excursion will operate by coach and on foot. There is around 1 hour of walking, mainly over cobble stoned streets. The journey to Colonia del Sacramento is approximately 2½ hours each way.
Take in the highlights of Montevideo, before experiencing a taste of Uruguay during lunch and entertainment at Spinoglio winery.
An orientation drive will introduce you to some of the main highlights of the city of Montevideo including the Batlle and Ordoñez Park, Obelisk and the football stadium. Photograph stops will be made at La Carreta and the Congress Building, before your tour continues to the Jacksonville district and the Spinoglio winery.Founded in 1898, the Spinoglio family acquired the winery in 1960. Since then, three generations of the family have been working tirelessly to produce high quality wines. The Spinoglio family is originally from the Piedmont region in Italy.Afterwards, a delicious local Uruguayan BBQ luncheon will be served, accompanied by a glass of red wine produced at Bodega Spinoglio. As you indulge in your delicious cuisine you'll be entertained by a wonderful show of Tango and Milonga dancing.At the end of your visit there will be the opportunity to purchase some of the different wines produced here, which are only available to visitors and are not for sale outside of the winery.
This excursion will operate by coach and on foot. There is approximately 45 minutes of walking on this tour as well as 10 steps to negotiate. Water and soft drinks will be available as an alternative to the red wine served with lunch.
Experience a taste of Uruguay during dinner and a show at the Santa Rosa Winery.
Uruguay is the 4th largest wine producer in South America, attracting winemakers over a century ago with its soils and climate which are perfect for producing wine. Amongst them was Don Juan Bautista Passadore who founded the Santa Rosa Winery in 1898 and is responsible for locally developing grape varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pino Blanc and Chardonnay. Today Santa Rosa is a major exporter of Uruguayan wines and is best known for its exquisite Fond de Cave champagne.
Upon arrival, you'll be greeted with a warm welcome from the owner, who'll then lead you on a brief tour of the cellars, during which you'll enjoy a glass of their famous champagne.
Afterwards, make your way to the 'winery cave', which will be your dining room for the evening. Indulge in a delicious 3-course dinner, accompanied by some of the different, local wines produced at Santa Rosa. Sit back, relax and savour delicious, local Uruguayan barbeque cuisine as you enjoy live tango and folklore or candombe entertainment in this unique setting.
At the end of your evening of entertainment, there will be the opportunity to purchase authentic Uruguayan wines from the winery store before the return journey to the ship.
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Justice eluded Nabukeera but her story will inspire the world
- Written by Yudaya Nangonzi
Recovering from a major burn can be tough, emotionally. For 24-year-old Aisha Nabukeera, deep scars are still visible on her fingers and neck but she uses confident body language, smiles and makes eye contact.
Almost 14 years ago, Nabukeera was allegedly burnt by her stepmother on the night of February 6, 2006 in Masaka. In an interview last week, Nabukeera says though she is seen as shy, accepting her current looks has made her feel better, writes Yudaya Nangonzi.
"When I speak, people can't believe it's the Aisha they saw on WBS television crying many years ago with wounds on my fingers, neck, and chest. I am a big girl now who speaks with confidence," Nabukeera says. "Honestly, those pictures were so horrible."
A week ago, Nabukeera returned from a one-week training in South Africa after being selected among the 12 beneficiaries for the Thomson Reuters Generation Africa programme funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
This is her first trip abroad. "It was my first time on a plane at 24 years!" she bursts into laughter. "But I liked every bit of the journey and South Africa treated me nicely."
As part of the three-year programme – for starters – she has been equipped with communication techniques, public speaking and presentation skills, effective use of social media and handling the media, among others.
This is thanks to her guardian she fondly calls "Uncle" Frank Gashumba, a businessman, who tipped her on the opportunity around February this year.
"I was at home and my uncle [Gashumba] sent me an email with a link. He told me to follow it up after recommending me," she says.
At the time, Thomson Reuters was looking for inspirational stories from 12 talented young Africans who are ready to become advocacy champions for global development issues.
Generation Africa "aims to help young Africans whose personal experiences have shaped their determination to help others facing challenges across the continent to tell their stories globally".
"It was tough to put things together in the shortest time," she admits. In the first phase, she had 13 tasks to fill including writing her story in not more than 150 words and uploading images relating to her story.
After one month, she had almost given up but later received an email notifying her about being selected for phone call and video interviews.
"The questions were not tough, at least. They wanted me to explain more about myself," she says. "After that, they also asked me for a two-minute video recording about my story and what I am doing now."
This is one part that challenged her. With the help of her sister, they did four trials to perfect the two minutes. The duo started with five minutes, then three and two minutes on the last shot indicating her name, country, what happened and what she's doing now.
"Can you imagine that they sent me the email in the morning but wanted everything submitted by midday on the same day? We first fidgeted but on the third trial, I said to myself; Aisha, you can make it in two minutes and I did it," says the soft-spoken founder of the Aisha Nabukeera Foundation that advocates children's rights and assists survivors.
Another month later, the good news found her at her mother's home in Maya along Masaka road that she had been selected among the 12 finalists. The news came with a fully-paid-for trip for the media training in South Africa.
Nabukeera was selected with four other Ugandans to complete the 12 pioneer beneficiaries for the three-year Generation Africa programme. Uganda got the highest number of beneficiaries at four. It is followed by Tanzania and Nigeria with two participants each while Malawi, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Sierra Leone have one participant each.
The Ugandan beneficiaries are Aisha Nabukeera, Lakor Louis, Marot Touloung and Patrick Karekezi. Touloung and Karekezi are South Sudanese and Rwandese refugees respectively staying in Uganda.
Others are Natasha Mhone from Malawi, Tawanda Rugunga (Zimbabwe), Aminata Kamara (Sierra Leone), Joseph Idda and Chrispinus Mbuma (Tanzania), Racheal Ouko (Kenya) and Abimbola Onaoluwa and Eno-obong Okpo from Nigeria.
For eligibility, each had to be fluent enough in English with a compelling personal story relating to health, development and poverty reduction. The story had to illustrate a challenge faced by others living in Africa and willingness of one to share details of their story with the public.
While in South Africa, Nabukeera says all beneficiaries shared unique stories but Kamaras', and that of Karekezi, caught her attention most.
She explains that Kamara from Sierra Leone lost her mother, a health worker, to Ebola while Karekezi grew up from a wealthy family but the 1994 Rwanda conflict between the Hutu and Tutsi tore his family apart.
"His [Karekezis'] dad was arrested and convicted that he had a hand in it. Life toughened to a poor family and Karekezi got kwashiorkor as his mother struggled to raise him. When his dad got out of jail, he got an accident and died. He was adopted by his uncle with whom they stay now in Uganda," Nabukeera says.
For now, Nabukeera can't tell her next destination but "the programme officers will keep us updated on anything." She declined to delve much into the monetary benefits of the project but says: "It's a good platform and I am happy with it. I am really not complaining because it's worth my long wait to share my story".
According to Thomson Reuters, now that the one-week training is complete, the 12 participants will be paired with a mentor to help build on what they have learned in training, offer advice on media-related issues and work on individual areas of development.
"They will then be given the opportunity to share their stories in a global arena," reads the website.
While Gashumba's role stopped at sending her a link to apply for the programme, he remains proud of the lady Nabukeera has grown into.
"To me, when something positive comes out of your son or daughter, you thank God for it because every parent would like to see their children excel," Gashumba says.
"The most crucial thing for me is that I told her to follow up on the link and she did it. Today, young people are told to do certain things and they do the opposite. Aisha did the right thing and good enough, they picked up her story."
He poses questions: "Are our children doing the right things on social media? Why is it that one belongs to 25 WhatsApp groups but has no job? You know every bar, launch, concert and socialite in town but can't do something for yourself online. "
He says such programmes like Generation Africa and scholarships are online but unfortunately, the youth in Uganda follow blogs without serious content that can empower their lives.
According to Gashumba, "Social media is like Lake Victoria; You go there to fish, there's fish for you, you go there to swim there's water for you and when you go there drunk, you will drown in the lake."
He prides in being a conservative person that as much as he loves children, his word is the law for as long as one stays under his roof. And, Nabukeera was not spared of this.
"I told Aisha that as long as you still live in my house, there's no democracy as long as I pay your fees, medical insurance and dress you up, among others. If Aisha was poorly-raised and pregnant or married off by now, would she have qualified for this great opportunity?" he asks.
As the saying goes, 'Justice delayed is justice denied' is the best description for Nabukeera's 2006 ordeal. She commends Gashumba because "for every good thing that has happened to me, he is the reason. He's one person with a kind heart. He took me in when no one knew me."
She blames weak laws on protecting children and government officials for failing to give her justice after she got burnt.
"I didn't get justice but it does not mean another child should be deprived of the same. Government needs to work on stricter laws to protect children," Nabukeera says. "My stepmother is now a free person because investigations got stuck somewhere. Uncle Frank tried to follow up but was frustrated! When Kale Kayihura was IGP, he tried to order to fresh investigations but everything didn't take shape."
She relates her story to that of a one Annet Namata who was recently held by police in Mukono for forcefully feeding her teenage stepdaughter on food mixed with menstrual blood. Although Namata pleaded guilty and asked for forgiveness, Nabukeera believes the stepdaughter is likely not to get justice.
Meanwhile, Gashumba told The Observer that police mismanaged Nabukeera's case from the first day and he doesn't intend to follow it up anymore.
"That case was closed long ago… All the vital evidence that was needed on the file was not there. Then, I remember meeting the then DPP [Director of Public Prosecutions] Richard Butera and he told me: "Mr Gashumba, from my eyes and experience, I can tell this girl was brutally burnt. It's true. Unfortunately, the evidence that I need to prosecute that woman is not on file." It's like you knowing that Gashumba broke into your house but there's no evidence."
He adds that the most important thing is that Nabukeera is alive.
"As long as I am still alive, I will give her the guidance that she needs and never to give up on people that supported her. Gashumba was the face but behind me were people sending in their support," he says adding that she will be travelling globally and regionally to expose domestic violence in homes with her story.
He leaves a message for Nabukeera. "Aisha, you are a very shy girl but I know you will ably speak about injustices in our homes. With this new project, the moment you do anything silly, you will be embarrassing yourself!"


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In this episode of the Brexit Brits Abroad Podcast, the project team come together to discuss citizens' rights, emigration and Brexit and the future of critical social science research about Brexit.
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Episode 37: A year in the life of researching what Brexit means to Britons living in Europe
In our first episode of 2019, the project team reflect back on the lessons learned from working on the project over the last year. Take a listen to us as we get a few things off our chest (and as Michaela gets on her soapbox about the pervasive stereotypes of British people living in Europe).
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This episode brings the project team together again to talk through the experience of doing a sociological research on Brexit while the withdrawal process if unfolding. They reflect on what it is like to do sociology on a topic that is so highly politicised, political and where the stakes are constantly shifting. In laying bare their experiences, they offer unprecedented insights into the doing of social research on a live and lively issue.
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In Episode 33 the project team discuss qualitative research and why it is valuable in a project on what Brexit means to British people living in the EU27.
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This report published in October 2018 draws from our panel of 194 British citizens, living in 23 countries across Europe, who have been in touch with us throughout the...
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Freedom of Movement is a right that British citizens will no longer enjoy following Brexit. In episode 32 the project team discuss what the loss of Freedom of Movment means to British citizens living in the EU27.
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|Besan Ke Laddu
Besan is flour of Horse Gram pulse from which its brown cover has been removed (Chana Dal). Chana being very rich in protein and dietary fibers is very good for nutrition. When laddu are made from besan, addition of ghee, sugar, nuts make it almost a complete food though rich in fat. But then why not eat sweet which satiates the sweet tooth as well is nutritious also. I remember the time when I used to walk 5 km. to my college from my home in Almora, India, my mom used to keep 2 laddus in my lunch box so that I get all energy I needed from healthy source and get all nutrition also.
Besan laddu started making their regular appearance in my home because my kids loved these homemade besan ke laddu. Now they have their own family and thrive to learn to make all they used to eat and loved when they were young. Now also before first batch of laddu finish second batch is made by me because I also love them very much.
Preparation Time: 15 min.
Cooking Time: 90 min
Servings: 50 medium sizes Laddu
Ingredients Required For Making Besan Ke Laddu:
- 500 gm. Besan
- 500 gm Bura / Sugar
- 10-15 Green Cardamom
- 15-20 Almonds
- 100 gm. dry coconut
- 350-400 gm. Ghee (Clarified Butter)
Direction for Making Besan Ke Laddu:
- Peel cardamom and coarsely powder the seeds and keep covered aside.
- Make bura and keep aside.
- Cut almonds and keep aside.
- Take besan in a thick bottom wok and keep the wok on gas on low flame.
|Besan Being Roasted in Thick Bottom Wok
|After 10 min. of roasting Besan on low flame
- Roast the besan on low flame till it changes the color to light pink brown, with continuous stirring. (roughly 30-35 min.)
|After 35 min. of roasting the Besan on low flame
- Wonderful smell will start coming when the besan is roasted.
- Add ghee to the roasted besan and cook on low flame for 15 min. with continuous stirring and turning the mixture upside down.
|Ghee added to roasted Besan
|Besan and Ghee mixed nicely
- The color of besan and ghee mixture will become darker after 15 min. of cooking on low flame with continuous stirring.
|Besan cooked with Ghee for 15 min. on low flame
- Switch off the gas and add Bura (sugar heated and then powdered), grated coconut, finely cut almonds and cardamom powder.
|Bura,Almonds,Cardamom powder and grated coconut added to Besan and Ghee mixture
- Mix nicely to make a homogenous, smooth mixture.
|All ingredients mixed to make uniform, homogenous mixture
- Let it cool enough to a temperature so that you can hold the mixture in your palm.
- Take little amount of mixture in your palm and bind it nicely to make a ball.
- Keep the balls in a plate at a distance of 1-2 mm. apart till they cool to room temperature.
- Store these laddus in air tight container, in dry place.
- These Laddus can be stored for a month also that is if they are not polished off by your family before that.
- Never use high flame at any stage of cooking while making Besan ke laddu.
- Always take thick bottom wok.
- Do not allow the mixture to cool completely while making laddu from cooked besan mixture.
- If the mixture becomes cold warm it little, but do not heat too much else sugar will melt and caramelize.
- Always make bura in advance and keep in an airtight container.
Suggested Variations:
- Raisins, Pistachios, cashew nut can be added to the mixture along with almonds.
- If you do not want to make bura powdered sugar can be added but it surely changes the taste and texture of Laddu.
- Chana dal can be roasted and then made to Besan this will reduce the roasting time and work while making Laddu.
- You can roll the Laddu in powdered sugar / Bura / desiccated coconut.
|Besan Laddu rolled in Bura (Dry sugar) powder


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