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Recipes for Change: Samlor Kako (Cambodian Curry)
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Recipes for Change: Samlor Kako (Cambodian Curry)Tiempo estimado de lectura: 1 minuto
Climate risks
- Extreme weather events – flooding
- Shorter rainy seasons and longer dry seasons, leading to increased pests and diseases
- Less rainfall and higher temperatures, affecting rice paddies
IFAD solutions
- Using plastic mulches and drip irrigation with more nutritious crops such as broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, cucumbers, tomatoes
- Improved access to markets through farm business advisers
- Planting different rice varieties (short-, medium- and long-term) with improved low-cost technologies (drum seeders)
- Promoting integrated farming systems and biogas digesters
The Recipe
S Kako (Cambodian Curry)
Serves 4
Nutritional values per serving:
• Calories: 880 • Fat: 49.1g •Carbs: 63.5g •Protein: 48.2g
- 200g sliced pork belly and/or 450g sliced firm-flesh fish (such as catfish)
- 1 tbsp prahok (Khmer fish paste)
- 3 tbsp green kroeung paste (green spicy paste)
- 2 tbsp tik trei (fish sauce)
- 2 tsp palm sugar
- 4 tbsp ground roasted rice
- 1.1 litres chicken or fish stock
- 200g each of: pumpkin sliced into chunks, shredded green papaya, chopped small eggplant and sliced long beans
- 1 shredded green plantain
- 1 pack of trob put-nhorng (pea eggplant)
- 2 handfuls sleuk ma-raeh (or spinach)
- A few bird's eye chillies for garnish
Cooking instructions:
- Heat oil in large saucepan over medium heat, add pork and stir-fry until golden brown
- Add kroeung, stir-fry for 1-2 minutes.
- Stir in fish and prahok, fry for a further 2-3 minutes.
- Lower heat, remove fish, cover to keep warm and set aside.
- Turn heat to medium, stir in pumpkin, green papaya and long beans; mix.
- Pour in stock and roasted ground rice. Bring to a boil, cook for 4-5 minutes.
- Return fish to mix, add plantain, crushed pea eggplant and chopped eggplant; bring back to boil.
- Add salt, sugar and tik trei.
- Lower heat, cook covered for 10-12 minutes until vegetables are tender and fish is cooked through. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking.
- Stir in sleuk ma-raeh and remove from heat immediately.
- Transfer to a serving bowl, garnish with chillies. Serve hot with steamed jasmine rice.
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Transforming a business is normally dependent on a solid top line, identifying and cutting that business to the defendable core. Almost every organisation over the last few years has had to address some pretty uncomfortable fundamentals: savage cuts, rapid market shifts the remaining doing more with less. So it is no surprise that those without a new business development plan are finding growth elusive and revenue stubbornly flat.
So where did all your customers go?
Are your sales short of meeting plan? Can't quite put your finger on why? Generalisations are like unwelcome visitors at Christmas: the economy is depressed, the high street is dead, weather too hot, too cold, bank holidays, marketing, manufacturing. Threat of alien invasion anyone? – The list goes on so don't do the same thing over again, challenge it – but how?
Akin to a rabbit in the headlights, purely a human means of justifying inactivity. Sales will defend the indefensible until the cows are well and truly in their sheds and bedded down for the night.
In the meantime – what's interesting is: your customers are STILL out there.
Think of your sales effort as this boiler system. You know it's not doing what it is supposed to, but don't know why and how to solve it. You call in the expert. He arrives and is greeted with the very familiar rattles, thumps, smells and hiss of steam.
He asks some questions. He checks a pipe or two and with his hand reaches into his overalls and takes out a small hammer. He gently taps a particular valve once and immediately, the entire system begins working perfectly.
Then the invoice arrives – £1000 just 15 minutes work. Demanding an itemised invoice, the following arrives:
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|For knowing where to tap and how hard
If your sales effort is that boiler system, Your sales effort is the engine that keeps everything going and , over time it will become less effective. There are plenty of firms that will help you with training and strategy – but who can help you find just the right places to 'tap' your sales effort and get it working again?
That is an area that icebreaker excels with. We are expert in working with management teams, sales as well as other functions to identify and close those revenue gaps.
Contrary to the generalisations, the businesses addressing these gaps are doing extremely well. There is unlikely to be one critical thing to resolve, much more likely to be a multitude of other things – along with creating a robust enough back office business model and motivated team that can weather the storm.
Three furniture retail businesses, a leading fast growth art gallery, and market leading tour operator we have recently been involved with have all been faced with exactly this challenge. With a recent multi-channel retail client, getting them to focus on the gaps and providing the external stimulus was what they needed. We estimated their current plan was going to under-deliver sales by 30% vs. budget, threatening business viability but they were stuck and could not break their habits and see how to close the gap. Three of the icebreaker team were drafted in (two of whom are MBA marketers) alongside the icebreaker client lead. Within 3 days the baseline sales were established, and thereafter the 30% gap and pitfalls in the furniture retailer's current plan vs. budget was identified, alongside a solid multi-channel plan to recover the 30% sales back to budget at a c7% better margin.
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WOW FILMS and ASD Media & Entertainment are pleased to announce that their short film, HIDING IN DAYLIGHT, has been selected to screen at the prestigious American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the world renowned Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2019. The New York theater scene is well represented in this film with stars Judy McLane (Mamma Mia!), Jim Newman (Hands on a Hard Body), Julee Cerda (Children of a Lesser God), and Gary Hilborn (Sweet, Sweet Spirit).
Directed by first-time director Cheryl Allison (who has performed on Broadway, Regional Theatre, and TV), and written and co-produced by Gregory G. Allen, the 15-minute film depicts the inequalities of the LGBTQ community in America after a gay purge.
"I am elated and honored to represent this relevant and stirring film that is bringing consciousness to an undeniable dilemma in the LGBTQ community," says actress Judy McLane.
McLane will be attending the festival on the French Riviera along with Allison and Allen. The film is one of 29 finalists chosen out of hundreds of submissions to screen at the elite showcase. HIDING IN DAYLIGHT premiered at the Oxford Film Festival in February and most recently screened at the USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas and the Newport Beach Film Festival in California. The award-winning film received the Award of Excellence for LGBTQ Film, Direction, and Scriptwriting at the IndieFEST Film Awards and the Audience Favorite Award at Wicked Queer Film Festival in Boston.
"Although our film is fiction, it is a brutal reality for many in the LGBTQ community," says director Cheryl Allison. "After seeing HIDING IN DAYLIGHT, it is my hope that audiences will realize the cost of complacency and feel motivated to speak up and take action against the ongoing discrimination toward our community. As an out and proud lesbian, I am honored to have made my directorial debut about such important subject matter that hits very close to home."
The producers believe the 50th Anniversary year of the Stonewall Riots is a perfect time to release a film that continues the fight for LGBTQ equality. While many strides have been made in the LGBTQ community, numerous setbacks have occurred around the globe that highlight the fact that lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgendered members of our society are once again caught in the midst of a battle.
"I felt I had to write this story as a wake-up call to those who believe everything is good in the LGBTQ community," says screenwriter and co-producer, Gregory G. Allen. "I am most excited when I hear those outside the community speaking at festivals about how our film makes them feel -- how something like this could actually happen, and that they question what they can do now to stop it from occurring."
HIDING IN DAYLIGHT is co-produced by Cheryl Allison and Carina Rush of WOW FILMS along with Gregory G. Allen of ASD Media. Jeff Turick is the director of photography. For more information about the film as well as upcoming screenings, visit www.hidingindaylight.com.


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(b) if it applies, to claim interest and compensation under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 (as amended).
We will also be able to recover all costs and expenses incurred in connection with any steps (including court action) taken by us to obtain payment. In addition, we can keep all your papers and documents until our bill is paid. You will be deemed to receive a bill 48 hours after we post it to you.
4.2 We accept payment by cheque, bank transfer, debit card or credit card. We reserve the right to refuse any payment in cash exceeding £500.
4.3 If we receive payment in relation to your matter from an unexpected source, we reserve the right to charge you for any additional checks we decide are necessary to prove the source of the funds. Any such payment may also result in a delay in your matter being progressed.
4.4 If we hold or receive monies on your behalf, we will be entitled to deduct from those monies the amount of any unpaid bills, including our bills in respect of any other matters.
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£85,000 but increasing to £1million for certain temporary high balances) for all funds held by you with the same institution. Some institutions trade under several names and funds held by all parts of the institution under all its names will be aggregated within this limit. In the unlikely event of a deposit- taking institution failure, we will presume (unless we hear from you in writing to the contrary) that we have your consent to disclose necessary client details to the FSCS.
5.2 We will account to you for interest on money we hold on your behalf but only if the amount of interest would be £50 or more. The rate of interest we pay is shown on our Regulatory Information page or is obtainable on request. This rate takes account of the rates generally obtainable from banks and building societies for instant access accounts and the rate of interest we receive on our client accounts.
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(a) us from disclosing confidential information relating to your affairs to: other professional advisers; companies or businesses to whom we outsource services; or other third parties, where necessary for the proper performance of our services and/or as otherwise permitted under these Terms of Business (including under paragraphs 8.4, 8.5, 8.6 and 10.2);
(b) you from disclosing the terms of your agreement with us to any of your employees to the extent necessary for the proper performance of your business and/or to other professional advisers you have engaged;
(c) us from using techniques, ideas and other knowhow gained whilst working on your matter for other client work, provided this does not result in disclosure of confidential information about your affairs; or
(d) the firm, or any partner, employee or agent of the firm, from doing anything which is necessary or desirable to comply with any relevant professional or ethical rules or any applicable law or regulation
provided that reasonable endeavours are used by the party making any such disclosure to ensure that any person(s) to whom the confidential information is disclosed is informed of its confidential nature and does not disclose it to any other person.
8.2 For the purpose of paragraph 8.1, confidential information shall not include any information: which is in or enters the public domain (other than in breach of these Terms of Business); which is already in the firm's or your possession (but not held subject to an obligation of confidentiality) before it was disclosed by the other party; or which either the firm or you obtains from a third party who is lawfully authorised to disclose such information and who did not obtain such information from the other party.
8.3 We have taken appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure the security and confidentiality of our email correspondence. However your attention is drawn to the risk that is inherent when using email for communication purposes, particularly in relation to sensitive or confidential matters. If you or any person acting on your behalf publishes an email address or otherwise provides an email address to us, we will assume that you consent to the use of that email address for communications relating to your matter, unless you inform us otherwise in writing.
8.4 We have attained or are seeking to attain certain accreditations (including ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and CQS), which ensure that our service meets appropriate quality and management standards. To check we are meeting those standards, the accrediting body inspects a random selection of client files and records every year. This may include files relating to your matter. The accrediting body is bound by obligations of confidentiality, but if you do not wish your files to be inspected by the accrediting body, please inform us in writing.
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8.6 To comply with our regulatory obligations and the terms of our professional indemnity insurance, we may disclose relevant documents and information relating to your matter to insurers, brokers and insurance advisers on a confidential basis. This could include details of any circumstances arising from our work for you that may give rise to a claim against us. You agree to such disclosure by us, even if the documents and information in question are confidential and/or subject to legal professional privilege.
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10.1 We have to verify the identity of our clients in order to comply with legislation relating to the prevention of money laundering, the prevention of terrorism and dealing with criminal property. If you are a new client, unless there are exceptional circumstances, we will not be able to start work on your matter until we have been able to verify your identity. You must provide proof of your identity as soon as possible. We reserve the right not to start work, to stop working for you and/or to terminate our agreement with you if you do not provide appropriate proof of your identity. Any personal data we receive from you for the purpose of preventing money laundering or terrorist financing or dealing with criminal property will only be used for that purpose, unless otherwise permitted by or under another enactment or with your consent.
10.2 In certain circumstances, we are required to disclose information concerning a client to the National Crime Agency ("NCA") without telling that client. This information may be privileged information which we cannot disclose unless that client has waived its right of privilege. By accepting these Terms of Business, you are waiving your right of privilege in respect of any information we become obliged to disclose to the NCA.
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Brooklyn Democratic leadership says progressive agenda is costing the party
The leader of one of the strongest Democratic party clubs in the nation is facing a financial shortfall due to a progressive push to turn down money from the real estate industry, leadership said at the club's general meeting in Coney Island Monday night.
"We used to raise a lot more money from groups we no longer want to participate with, especially the real estate industry, quite frankly," said Frank Seddio, chairperson of the Kings County Democratic Committee, at the meeting. "In 2013, we raised $800,000 in a year. In 2018, we only raised $400,000 — so you can pretty much see that our revenues have been cut in half."
The Kings County Democratic Committee is the largest county party in the nation, and helps steer campaign support and resources to local and national Democratic campaigns.
Seddio was elected chairperson of the committee in September 2012. The group's financial disclosure reports from July that year, filed with the state Board of Elections, showed their closing balance of $553,559.72. As of July 2019, the party's cash on hand had decreased to a measly $32,833.95 according to public filings.
The club is currently operating at a loss of more than $138,000, with legal expenses ($81,473.87) and payroll ($140,016.96) cutting into its diminished bank account.
Housing, tenants' rights and a less welcoming approach to real estate development have become signature issues for newly elected Democrats in the City Council and Albany. State Sens. Julia Salazar and Zellnor Myrie, for example, defeated Democratic incumbents in part by assailing their connections to real estate. The progressive wing achieved historic rent reforms and tenant protections in Albany earlier this year, and an ever-growing field of candidates eyeing Democratic primaries are continuing to criticize the power of the real estate industry.
Seddio asked the wave of new, more progressive members to put their money where their mouths are and help the party get back into the black.
"We could use a lot more support from the people asking questions. I don't mind someone asking me a question but it would certainly be nice for them to say, 'By the way, I donated to the campaign or to the breakfast you had,'" Seddio told the Brooklyn Eagle before the vote. "I do have a problem with people who haven't spent one minute assisting us in raising money, asking questions."
In a unanimous vote, more than 300 members of the Kings County Democratic Committee passed a resolution aimed at creating financial transparency.
Brandon West of the New Kings Democrats opened up the floor at the Ford Amphitheater in Coney Island with a call to pass a proposal that will, among other things, force the party to produce quarterly written reports of the club's income and expenses to be made available publicly online and to convene the club's Finance Committee within the next 90 days.
"This resolution is about getting some basic level of understanding of what is going on with the party's finances and hearing back on what the party is doing," said West, whose political club spearheaded the move to pass the resolution.
The committee's bylaws already require the group to publish quarterly reports, but despite that requirement, the reports posted online are currently annual, dating back to 2012. They would also require a more thorough breakdown of revenues and expenses, unlike the broad profit-and-loss sheets currently produced.
The effort to take a detailed look at the Brooklyn Democratic party's finances comes as Seddio, the party's boss, has recently come under intense scrutiny over his own financial dealings. Late last month, the Daily News reported that Seddio is in the midst of a four-year battle over a debt of $2.2 million to Golden Resources LLC, the parent company of the Golden Corral franchise.
The News also analyzed the party's finances and found ballooning expenses nonexistent before Seddio's leadership, including more than $300,000 owed to George Arzt Communications for public relations and more than $100,000 to Diana Carone, the wife of Seddio's law partner and the party's chief lawyer, Frank Carone.
"I don't want to go too deep into Frank's personal finances but we have no idea what is going on," West said. "They say they have done the bare minimum, but they don't even do the bare minimum by putting out their finances regularly."
Seddio led the vote in favor of the resolution.
With the passage of the resolution, the club's Finance Committee will have until Dec. 10 to convene while the party's treasurer, Darlene Mealy, will be expected to update the party's website and start adhering to quarterly reports.
As part of the resolution, the Finance Committee must provide detailed reports on the group's expenditures and revenues, and make recommendations to get costs under control.
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The party no longer gets real estate money because the chairman is no longer the Assembly Housing Committee chairman (as Vito Lopez was). And reformers don't give money to the county party because the county party spends money on things like sending county committee members letters tricking them into proxying their votes to Seddio. If he wants real estate money he should get elected to a position where he can do developers favors. If he wants reformer money he should stop trying to disenfranchise them.
Can the Democratic Party in Brooklyn be more corrupt than this? Arzt , Carone, Mealy – they May as well be Republicans. As the supreme boss would say, very sad.


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Once you are moving on again you'll pass through an almost whimsical copse. On the other side of it you'll get a first look at Shakespeare's Cliff beyond. The climb is a bit daunting but steady as you go and take plenty of breaks to enjoy the breathtaking views of both Dover and the Channel. As you make the initial gentle climb to the peak of Shakespeare's Cliff you'll pass both a WWII era bunker guarding the landward approach to Dover (if Hitler wanted Dover through invasion he wouldn't have attacked the port by sea but landed in Hythe and gone after Folkestone and Dover by Blitzing his way along what is now the A20) and one of the ventilation chimneys for the train tunnel underground. Just before the chimney you'll see on the left what appears to be a headstone. Fear not, nobody is buried here—although Shakespeare's Cliff has a morbid history to it. Loads of sad people leapt to their deaths from here, including a scorned lover on Valentine's day 2010.
But I digress. The signage identifies the North Downs Way trail with milage markers for Canterbury, Dover, London and even Paris. No Folkestone though. Don't worry. You're heading in the proper direction.
After the challenging climb you will have some nice flat land ahead of you. Maybe you're wondering what's that at the bottom of the cliffs to the left? That's Samphire Hoe, spoil from the Channel Tunnel excavation. And thanks to it, England is a bit larger. You'll see rows of spinning fans. Those or pumping fresh air into the Chunnel crossing the Channel unseen right there.
As you progress along the cliffs above Samphire Hoe you'll see a series of bunkers ahead. These are the reminents of the Hougham 8-inch gun Battery. During the Battle of Britain this stretch of coastline bristled with large calibre guns firing upon Kreigsmarine ships in the Straits of Dover whilst ack-ack guns challenged the marauding Luftwaffe. The Battery is long gone, covered over by the A20. But the observation bunkers along the cliffs remain. They're ever so interesting. Inside you'll find fireplaces, remnants of wartime paint schemes and even the rusted remains of blast shutters still hanging by their hinges. Take care though, entry can be treacherous. Six bunkers remain. I'll leave it with you to discover which has the stairs into it. If you find the correct bunker you might just find my fiancé's graffiti etched into the old bricks.
Continuing along the cliffs you will surely spot even more bunkers ahead. These are the remnants of Lydden Spout Battery. Here were once three 6-inch gun batteries on the very cliff edge. From Google Maps satellite view you can see the outline of the positions, now knocked down and buried. All that remains now are the Warrant Officer's Mess and cook house in the field on the other side of the fence. Gutted they are presently used to store cow feed.
Lydden Spout keeps a secret though. Between the remaining structures and the remnants of the batteries is an inconspicuous hatch (remember the tv programme Lost?) just off the road. If you can find it and are feeling brave lift the hatch and climb down the rungs. This is the emergency escape hatch leading to the plotting room, part of an elaborate bunker system still intact underground. The main entrance was long ago backfilled but the emergency escape hatch was only concreted over. Intrepid explorers broke the concrete away revealing the hatch underneath. I admit it being quite cool inside, but you'll need a torch or at the least a flashlight feature on your smartphone. If you want to learn more about Lynden Spout and view photographs of the underground plotting bunker as it is today visit Subterranean History.
Carrying on your tab a few hundred metres and you'll find the remnants of what I am guessing was some sort of observation post which has gone over the cliff during a slide. I am guessing as I have had no success finding out its actual purpose. Only a circular bricked platform remains. You'd be wise not to venture out onto it for a snap. I am not wise.
Cresting the next hill you'll see Folkestone harbour in the distance. Don't be discouraged, it's closer than you think. Ahead you will see an odd concrete structure poking up from the landscape. That's where you're headed.
In Part 3 you'll visit a Sound Mirror, secret wartime billets, more bunkers and Martello Towers.


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Kamala & The Utopia of Space
John Fraim
Press the play button above to the Schifrin song before reading below
It's a bizarre video that's painful to watch.
Of course, I'm talking about the video that Kamala did in conjunction with NASA as the basis for a TV series. It starts off with shots of space and then there is a man floating inside a spaceship in zero gravity. It is former astronaut Shane Kimgrough who is aboard the International Space Station.
As he floats in space (after introducing himself) he tells us he has a challenge for us. The "us" is children not adults. It is attempt at spurring the interest in children more in sciences like that required to work for NASA. recruitment at an early age of children into at least the greater interest in science and perhaps NASA careers and perhaps even astronauts themselves eventually.
The video runs during Space Week in America where the focus is on NASA and space in general. There is much excitement this year in that private people are space leaders today when it used to be the nation. Now, one billionaire battles another in the space battle. Tomorrow, the hero of the baby boom generation, Captain Kirk of Star Trek, goes up in a privately financed spaceship.
Astronaut Shane Kimgrough tells children in the video that during Space Week that need to perhaps visit an observatory or build a telescope or go outside and look at the moon. In general, become interested in the work of NASA and perhaps the new space companies of the billionaires twenty years down the road. Generally, the message is to become interested in the area about the surface of the world. Space. To explore this space more. Go outside and look at the moon. Perhaps join the NASA team someday. He says that he's calling on his group to get "curious" and figure out how to do it.
"Do you want to join the team?" he asks. He says that he will have help in showing you about all of this by Vice President Kamala Harris. We learn that she is the head of the National Space Council. Appointed in May 2021. Known to few it seems to me.
"Get curious," astronaut Shane Kimgrough repeats as he floats inside a room in the International Space Station.
In maybe a minute or so in graphics, we see photos of the child who is joining Shane's team and coming back to Washington DC from all over the country. And then we meet the rest of his team from all over the country. The kids introduce themselves in a graphic that shows where they are from. Next shots show them traveling to DC and then arriving and touring some of the sights in DC and then all going to meet a very special VIP: Vice President, Kamala Harris welcomes the children to the White House.
She enters the video in a light blue pantsuit around 3 minutes in. In a few minutes, all the children are sitting around Vice President Harris and asking questions. Much softer than even the ones Joe Biden gets. You think you've fallen into Wonderland as the next few minutes with Kamala sitting around a table talking to children (paid actors) you'd think you were at the Madhatter's Tea Party.
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A video so bizarre it goes outside the rails of political parties altogether. It is the VP talking to probably her few who might like her. Children at that. Those few in the general American populace who can't vote.
The video speaks for itself revealing a grand symbol of this period since the election of Biden as President. Perhaps the strangest President in history. Someone who came to power in the middle of violence, fraud and a growing pandemic and cry to Reset the Global economy into a new world order. It's hard to think of more disruptive times in the world than now.
It is within this general context we all know so well that the video seems so out of touch with reality. One can say that it has a worthwhile purpose: the encouragement of young people to become more interested in space. But it has such a phoniness and staging about it. Not that the concept of getting kids interested in space is not a good concept. And, not that the concept is bad.
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More than anything, it seems like a safe place to hide Kamala away for now. She certainly has not lifted Biden's sails in any way and has failed at most of the larger things Biden's placed on her like the border. Here, amongst children and speaking nonsense and glaring at the kids with her smile, Kamala offers a good symbol for the whole administration currently. Distracting from the current world and living in a fictional world that doesn't exist. Is there any doubt that Biden is already living in this fictional world? An actor in someone else's script. This is no longer conspiracy theory stuff. It's obvious each appearance the president makes. The appearances we are allowed to see. All the other ones of his daily life, hidden from us.
Like Joe, the same screenwriter is writing the script for Kamala. Her position in the administration will be somewhat like a member of England's Royal Family. Appearing at certain functions and openings and being on certain committees in organizations. Being head of the National Space Council. Keeping her away from the adult things going on in DC. The problems at the wall. Growing refusal of the vax mandate. Pilot strikes at major airline companies.
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Kamala sits in the soft light of an October afternoon in DC talking to the children around the table. Answering their questions. Such an obvious distraction from the reality of the present and a venture to the fantasy of Never Never Land. This is where Kamala seems to be living when she gives her famous chuckle that dismisses things like borders. Much more enjoyable to be sitting around a table of children actors all asking her questions. Attempting as much as they can, to boost her poll ratings while keeping her out of trouble and the public spotlight as much as possible. What a great vehicle for her is this potential NASA gig. A way to push branding of the VP with falling poll numbers. It is a way to push Harris onto the higher ground of popular polls which she has never had.
But you be the judge. Watch her interact with the children actors around the table asking her questions and Kamala responding with her trademark fake smile and laughter that makes even the laugh of Hillary seem trustworthy. The face is one of the most superficial we've ever seen. The outward facade like the front of an old western building on a Hollywood set. An outward image of painted pieces of wood sheets propped up from behind. But little holding the facade up and the whole building able to be toppled over by wind. The fakeness, the phoniness, is something that simply cannot be hidden from the American electorate (audience for the video) of the nation.
The image of Harris with the children becomes a symbol for the Biden administration. This is their desire to be in a different space than most Americans. The recent video of Kamala offers the best insight into this symbolism. It seems we (Americans) are all those children sitting around the old table, listening to Kamala speak to us.
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The script writer for Biden takes this approach also. Speaking to everyone from a different perspective of reality. Reacting in different ways one would have expected him to act after the Afghanistan events. Congratulating himself and his administration. Strolling up to the microphone in press conferences like an old man shuffling down the hall to the bathroom in the middle of the night in his bedroom slippers.
And now, Kamala sitting around a table of children, fielding rehearsed questions. Such a good symbol for this administration so far. Treating the public like children, especially those in society who have refused to get their vaccination so far. For those unvaxed, the world is beginning to seem like the play out in real life of a zombie horror movie. All the vaccinated coming towards those not vaccinated yet.
One is reminded of scenes in the classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The world of the unvaccinated today seems like those who been snatched by the zombie body snatcher people. More and more people in this little town in the California wine country are becoming infected with the zombie effects of the body snatchers.
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Yes, a fantasy view of reality. Attempting to distract us from looking away from the world around us and towards the world above us. The sky. The heavens. The universe. Space of course in this NASA-financed film.
At the same time, though, we need to realize that space and the heavens is the modern symbol of the that perennial Utopian vision of a place or culture in the future. In a large sense, space has become this new Utopian vision of the left. Modern Utopia is in space is the message of this video and the message Kamala attempts to communicate to the children.
In certain ways, Kamala is on an important mission for the team. That is, scouting out a new location for a segment of the party concerned about future things rather than present things. This is what NASA and their budget are all about in the first place. That future Utopia where one can dismiss the problems of the present and retreat to the future.
All this was creating a modern version of Utopia. Now, something not on earth but rather in outer space. In the sky. The universe. The new version of Utopia that has been the guiding force for Liberals and Progressives for many years. In the end, this Utopia has the great pulling power of being a form of the Feminine archetype in life. The Feminine force in nature.
For these reasons, the video cannot simply be laughed off as another attempt to promote the VP into something she might take a liking to and be good at. It was more the auditioning of her behind the curtains so to speak. Letting her test the waters of a particular series that had the backing of NASA. Something closely attached to the escapism from reality symbolized by the Biden Administration. Kamala is the poster girl for this in the administration. Maybe this is the biggest part she is allowed to play by the script writer.
Part of an excellent article on the Kamala video from 10/11/21 edition of The Western Journal.
There are so many things Vice President Kamala Harris could be doing right now to try to bolster the Biden administration's slipping approval ratings.
Things like, oh, I don't know, just picking issues at random here, visiting the border and working on ameliorating the crisis she was supposed to solve, or taking a leadership role in continued efforts to rescue Americans still stranded in Afghanistan after the withdrawal.
You know, the sorts of things that are threatening the lives and welfare of the American people and foreign refugees alike.
Instead, what is Harris, who has seen some incredibly low approval ratings for a vice president, doing with her time?
She's apparently been busy working on a YouTube Originals series with NASA in which she geeks out about craters on the moon and gives heartfelt, encouraging messages to children about being themselves.
The real hard-hitting issues that any American VP should be expected to tackle, right?
According to the Washington Examiner, the producers at Sinking Ship Entertainment (no really, that's what it's called), hope the pilot episode of "Get Curious with Vice President Harris" will develop into a series.
(Read more at … https://www.westernjournal.com/vp-harris-brutally-mocked-ridiculous-nasa-video-kids-featuring-child-actors/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=AE&utm_campaign=can&utm_content=2021-10-12)
John Fraim
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Coach Steve Morgenthaler
The greatest honor has been to coach all those athletes who held to a fundamental and spiritual sense of life and well-being as Christian Scientists. Humble, fearless, and tough, they brought to their practices and competitions a faith and understanding unique to collegiate sports."
"Morgen" coached the women's soccer team from its first season in 1983 through 1995, with numerous players earning All-Conference and Academic All-American honors during that time. His teams won four St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) Tournaments, and he is a four-time recipient of the SLIAC Coach of the Year Award. Several of his players set SLIAC records; two were named SLIAC Player of the Year; one was inducted into the SLIAC Hall of Fame; and five players received the Howard L. Mitchell Athletic Award. As a track coach from 1984–1996, Morgen coached several National qualifiers and All-Americans, including 2010 Hall of Fame Inductee Kathleen Kavana O'Shea, as well as Olympian Ngozi Mwanamwambwa Asinga, a 2006 Hall of Fame Inductee.


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In 1911, Great Britain included the whole of Ireland and 'the isles', the self-governing islands of the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. The estimated population distribution in the 1911 census showed that the areas with the greatest density, with approximately 200 people per square mile, encompassed the coal-mining, industrial and ship-building centres in south Wales, the North and Midlands. Belfast and its surrounding area was in the middle of an industrial boom, due to its ship-building and linen trade, and was the fastest growing urban area in Britain in 1911. London and counties to its east and west, show high population density, with London now the world's largest capital city. The population map in 1911 shows that northern Scotland and much of Ireland had small rural populations, while north Wales, the southwest peninsula and East Anglia had scarce populations of approximately 80 per square mile.
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Stalham's Brass Band Week, October 2016
This year's Brass
Band Week at Stalham Brass Band was packed with events. James Stretton started
the week with a master class for the band from senior players to beginners at
Stalham Academy.
A fun-packed day with serious training in musicianship.
Players on the Brass training scheme in the area schools came together mid-week for a CD recording session held at Stalham High School.
On Friday, relaxation, with senior and junior band players and families visiting Taverham Band once more, for a fantastic concert.
The week ended
with a hard [but enjoyable] day's workout with members of the Leyland Band
taking a masterclass.
A great group of tutors and a fantastic selection of music to work on including 'A Moorside Suite', 'Behold The Power of God' and the Grand Contest March 'The Wizard'.
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The first time I took the emergency contraception pill (or morning after pill, as it's more commonly known in the UK) I was 16 years old and in school uniform. Since then, I have taken it five or six times, mostly at my own expense and always as a precaution in emergencies rather than as a contraceptive method in and of itself, which is exactly how the NHS says we are supposed to use it.
My relationship with contraception is complex. I've struggled with the mental health side effects of the contraceptive pill and my body rejected the coil first time around. The result for me has been that the morning after pill has played a more significant role in my life than for many of my friends. It was my safety net — until one day, after a condom failed, it didn't catch me.
To say that I was surprised to learn I was pregnant after taking it last year would be an understatement. Statistically, I was in the two in every 100 women who get pregnant after using a condom, and then the one in 20 women who get pregnant after taking the morning after pill (Levonelle) within 24 hours of having unprotected sex. In any other context, I would have felt exceptional.
In the UK, since 2001 the morning after pill has been available without prescription in pharmacies. There are two main types: levonorgestrel (known by its brand name Levonelle in the UK and Plan B in the US), which was the first to be invented, and ulipristal acetate (known as ellaOne in the UK), which was more recently introduced.
I was in the two in 100 women who get pregnant after using a condom, and then the one in 20 women who get pregnant after taking the morning after pill.
The main difference between the two is that ellaOne can be taken up to five days after unprotected sex, whereas Levonelle's window is shorter (three days). According to the NHS guidelines on emergency contraception, this is because they work by delaying ovulation, which "is triggered by rising levels of a hormone called luteinising hormone (LH). Levonelle appears not to be effective after levels of LH start to rise. EllaOne continues to be effective a little later in the cycle."
In both cases, though, the pill is much more likely to work if taken in the first 24 hours after unprotected sex, and becomes less effective as time passes. You probably already know this, as it's drilled into us all from a very young age. Taken according to these guidelines, manufacturers say that morning after pills are 95% effective.
Yet when I told friends and colleagues about my experience, I was surprised by how many people told me that the morning after pill hadn't worked for them or someone they know.
Hannah* is a 35-year-old psychology postgraduate student. She got pregnant after taking a morning after pill, which she bought in a pharmacy. "I was astounded as despite knowing the statistics, no one explained the contexts in which the morning after pill could fail to work," she explains. "I didn't find out the mechanism through which it works until researching after the fact, and had I known it was tied to ovulation, I probably wouldn't have bought it, because the timing wasn't right."
The morning after pill is much more likely to work if taken in the first 24 hours after unprotected sex, and becomes less effective as time passes.
The problem here is that there are no official statistics for exactly how many women this has happened to. Part of the reason is that it's almost impossible to determine if they are skewed by women who have taken a morning after pill but would not have got pregnant otherwise. Samuelle Yohou, associate medical manager at HRA Pharma, says that "not everyone who has unprotected sex will fall pregnant but statistically 55 in 1,000 will". According to Samuelle, taking ellaOne reduces this number to nine in 1,000.
But this statistic is cast into doubt by the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health (FSRH) guidelines. They say: "If 1% of all women receiving a particular method of emergency contraception (EC) within 72 hours of unprotected sexual intercourse (UPSI) at any time in the cycle become pregnant, the overall pregnancy rate is quoted as 1%. However, for a significant proportion of the women included in the study, UPSI would not have occurred during the fertile period and they would not have become pregnant in any case."
Roughly translated, this means that if a woman has already begun to ovulate when she has unprotected sex, no morning after pill will work because an egg has already been released. Dr Jane Dickson, vice president of the FSRH explains why this is: "The main mechanism of action of oral emergency contraception is to postpone ovulation so that sperm in the genital tract will be dead when ovulation occurs [...] but it is thought to have no action once ovulation has already occurred."
This information is included in the leaflet that comes with ellaOne, which states: "Emergency contraception can delay ovulation within a given menstrual cycle, but it will not stop you from becoming pregnant if you have unprotected sex again." Confusingly, it also says that "you can take the tablet at any time in your cycle" but at no point does it state that the stage of your cycle you're in could have an impact on efficacy.
That said, the leaflet does state: "Emergency contraception is not effective in every case. Of 100 women who take this medicine approximately 2 will become pregnant." But if you didn't read the small print or know how it works, it's easy to see how you might be caught out by not knowing that your proximity to ovulation will affect things.
In my case, it's a fact of which I was completely unaware until after I got pregnant. Assuming I was just ignorant, I asked friends and colleagues if they knew about it, and the answer was a resounding "no".
According to Dr Dickson, "guidelines on emergency contraception recommend that, when making a choice between emergency contraception methods, individual women need to know that the risk of pregnancy depends on the timing of intercourse relative to ovulation."
She adds that "the only method that will work reliably is an emergency copper intrauterine device (IUD)," and that because of this, "women should be made aware by the provider of oral emergency contraception that a copper IUD is the most effective option."
As it turns out, a copper IUD is not only more effective at preventing an unplanned pregnancy (99.9%), but the window for taking it is longer. "It can be inserted up to five days after the first unprotected intercourse in a natural menstrual cycle, or up to five days after the earliest likely date of ovulation (whichever is later)."
When I took the morning after pill in the pharmacy's consultation room last year, I wasn't asked where I was in my cycle (which I know with relative accuracy thanks to my tracking app, Clue) and no one told me that perhaps a copper IUD would be more effective. That's not to say it would have changed my decision, but it is definitely not information that was volunteered at the time by the person selling me the pill.
Hannah had the same experience. "At no point was I made aware of any alternatives with greater effectiveness," she tells me. Of course, pharmacies themselves are unable to fit an IUD, but shouldn't women be at least made aware of other, more effective options?
There is no reason why these pills can't be offered over the counter in the same way – and at a similar cost – as drugs like paracetamol and ibuprofen.
Clare Murphy, British Pregnancy Advisory Service
"It left me wondering why I was kept in the dark. Was it so the pharmaceutical industry could keep making millions out of the product by not deterring women who aren't eligible from taking it?" Hannah adds.
Clare Murphy, director of external affairs for the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), notes that the morning after pill "costs pennies to produce" but is sold "at a high mark-up". Just Say Non!, a campaign run by BPAS calling on major retailers to reduce the cost of emergency contraception pills, succeeded in bringing down the price for consumers to around £15.99 (from £25.99 previously). However, it also highlighted that the profit margins for retailers are still much higher than they need to be. For many people, £15.99 is still no small sum.
Of course, while a method of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) like the IUD may be cheaper for the NHS in the long run, there's no getting away from the fact that it isn't comfortable or viable for some women.
Clare passionately advocates for morning after pills to be more readily available. She says: "There is no reason why these pills can't be offered over the counter in the same way – and at a similar cost – as drugs like paracetamol and ibuprofen."
"Morning after pills are safe and effective, if not as effective as regular methods, and women should make use of them as and when they need to," she says. What remains evident is that women taking the morning after pill need more clarity on when and how it is most effective.
According to quality standards published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): "Women asking for emergency contraception are told that an IUD is more effective than an oral method." This is at odds with both mine and Hannah's experiences, and suggests that these guidelines may not always be enforced. When pressed, a representative from NICE confirmed that the body has not looked into emergency contraception as part of its technology appraisal process, which perhaps explains the discrepancy.
All of this made me wonder whether there are other factors that can interfere with the efficacy of morning after pills. Julia Hogan, the nurse lead for contraception and sexual health at Marie Stopes, tells me that a woman's body mass index (BMI) and interactions with other prescribed medications can also have an impact.
"If a woman has a BMI of over 26, or weighs over 70kg, it is advised to give a double dose for Levonelle," she tells me. For ellaOne, this increases to a BMI of 30 or more and 80kg. As a woman who has a BMI of over 30, this is information that – again – takes me by surprise. When I was sold the morning after pill, nobody took my weight or mentioned that it could potentially be a problem. Ditto any medications I might have been taking. "Asthmatics taking steroids, for example, cannot use ellaOne."
Many women who take the morning after pill are, as I was, likely to be stressed out after finding themselves in the position of dealing with a potential pregnancy. And we can't forget that some will be victims of rape or sexual abuse, who are already experiencing huge amounts of emotional distress. Can we really expect them to be across all of the attendant issues with emergency contraception while they may be going through a difficult time? Should we expect that of them?
There is no doubt that the invention of emergency contraception changed the game for women's rights and gave us more ownership and control over our bodies and what happens to them. This does not mean, however, that we should be expected to assume responsibility for the entire reproductive process.
Government statistics reveal that in 2018, 45% of pregnancies in the UK were classified as "unplanned". Of course, many of these pregnancies are happy ones, but it is surprising that so many women are getting pregnant "by accident", given the contraceptive methods to which British people have access.
As with any conversation worth having, it is clear that this is incredibly complex. It is also clear that as a woman, being aware of what stage of your cycle you're at when you're having sex is important, even if – or especially if – pregnancy is not something you're seeking out. At the end of the day though, women can't make informed choices about contraception – emergency or otherwise – if they aren't given all the information.
* Some names have been changed to protect identities.
If you have any concerns or queries about your contraception or emergency contraception, please contact your GP right away.


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Group14 performed LEED, energy, Xcel Energy Design Assistance (EDA), and commissioning services for the new Fryer-Newman Center for Science, Art and Education at the Denver Botanic Gardens. The two-story, 62,154 SF center contains an atrium, labs, four galleries, classrooms, a herbarium, library, café, and a 300-seat auditorium.
The building, which earned LEED Gold in 2021, includes a rainwater harvesting system, onsite solar power, and the use of 20% recycled building materials. The design also incorporated active and biophilic design principles, including the use of materials and elements from nature.
The Fryer-Newman Center hired Group14 to perform fundamental and enhanced commissioning to ensure the building's systems were installed, calibrated, and performed according to their project requirements.
The LEED Gold project was able to achieve 30% energy cost savings.
Using high efficiency plumbing fixtures, the center was able to reduce indoor water consumption by more than 35% annually. Additionally, the project reduced exterior water use by over 60%– driven in part by harvesting rainwater for on-site use (the first commercial property in Colorado to do so).


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Barbara Mauritz - guitar, keyboards, lead vocals; Bob Swanson - guitar, vocals; Mark Springer - guitar; Tom Salisbury - piano; David Hayes - bass; Rick Schlosser - drums
Lamb is probably best remembered for the opening number of this set, recorded on the Fillmore: The Last Days album, but they were an interesting band in their own right, distinct from most of the Bay Area groups at the time. Their music was clearly in the mode of the early '70s singer-songwriter, but unlike most others who were clearly coming from a folk music background, Lamb blended elements of jazz, folk, pop, gospel, classical and even some avant-garde influences to their sound. Formed around the duo of Barbara Mauritz and Bob Swanson, the group, and moreover the diversity of their material, prevented them from being easily categorized. Bill Graham became the group's manager after hearing them open for CSNY at Winterland in 1969.
Other than their tendencies towards diverse musical influences and unique arrangements, the key contributing factor to Lamb's uniqueness was the singular, expressive voice of Barbara Mauritz. Her impressionistic lyrics and the band's approach make most of this set very enjoyable and it compares favorably with much of the "Lilith Fair" era of female songwriters three decades later. Highlights here include the sweet opening tune "Hello Old Friend" and the rollicking "River Boulevard."
In 1977, Barbara Mauritz suffered a broken neck and crushed spine after a truck collided broadside with a bus she was riding. She endured years of operations and was told she would never walk or play music again, but by the mid 1980s she did recover enough to play occasional local gigs and continued to compose music for commercials.
All in all, Lamb offers a more than memorable set on an inestimably historic occasion - an opening performance that is still well worth the listen.
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