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We carry TISH jewelry at both of our locations and people always gravitate toward her simple, elegant designs. She has a pretty, versatile cohesive collection and we are happy to work with Lateisha, where in turn we are supporting each other's business!
1) What inspired you to start your own jewelry line?
I have always dabbled in jewelry making when I was a kid. I started out making friendship bracelets. I didn't get more serious until I moved to Calgary from Ontario and made jewelry as a creative outlet being away from family. It has become much more than a creative outlet now and I have found my passion in making beautiful things for women.
2) What's your favourite thing you can tell us about what you do and why you do it?
My favourite thing is the designing portion. I love creating pieces that people will love. I take a lot of time in thinking out my upcoming pieces. It can be a process, but I feel like I am getting better at it each season!
3) What has been the most difficult thing you have had to do in creating your own jewelry brand?
The most difficult thing that I have done so far is a minor rebrand! It is a lot of work to go back and change stamps, packaging, logos and all marketing material. Although my business name remained the same, I changed my logo over a year ago. I couldn't be happier with what I have landed on; it represents exactly how I want my brand to look in the eyes of my customer.
4) How do you find the competition in Calgary and the online world?
Jewelry is such a competitive space in general, and there are many very talented makers here in Calgary, as well as online. The thing with jewelry is, every maker has their own style, and not every shopper will have the same taste. I enjoy seeing what other jewelry makers come up with that fit within their own little niche.
5) What do you think has helped make your brand successful?
Staying true to my style and what my brand represents. With each piece of jewelry I keep in mind my focus or mission, which is to create pretty and simple pieces of jewelry that can be worn casually throughout the day, but also transition well into the evening. I also put a big focus on the quality of the supplies that I use. A lot of trial and error has happened to find the right supplies for my pieces! I am very happy with the outcome thus far.
6) What advice would you give someone who wants to follow their passion and needs a push?
If you are truly passionate about something, you should go for it! Life is too short to not do what makes you happy. It may seem scary, but more likely than not you will make it work! The best thing I did for myself was starting my little jewelry business!
7) What do you love about your business being in YYC?
THE SUPPORT! YYC has such a supportive community in terms of people who love shopping local, as well as other local makers. I have made many good friends here in YYC that are makers themselves. It's always great to have people to run your ideas by. There are also a lot of workshops put on throughout the city with a focus on entrepreneurship, which have helped me out tremendously.
8) Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
I would love for my online sales to really take off! That way I can focus more on the designing aspect and not so much time spent at markets. Although I don't think I would ever quit doing markets totally – I really love interacting and meeting the people who love my jewelry. Who knows, maybe one day I will have a little shop to call my own!


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God, I am the *worst* mingler in the world. If I go anywhere with people I know, that's exactly who I mingle with. In fact, when I do that I'm sure it's not even called 'mingling' anymore but 'hiding' or 'snobbing' or 'propping up the bar' or something. The only time I actually mingle is when I'm forced to by the fact I arrived alone and don't know anyone.
I don't have much to report about the Melbourne Twitter meet-up at Horse Bazaar this evening - cept everyone did a damn better job at mingling than I did. Good beer, good pizza (I was jolly ready for it when it arrived) and great company even if it's the same company that puts up with me day in and day out.
Fox won a prize for the most creative tweet using the word "air" and I had a bushel of beer. mmmbeer.
Thursdays are the second best days of the week though I'm beginning to worry about Tuesdays - has anyone else noticed they've been missing three weeks in a row now? Maybe they've just gone up to the ski slopes.
PS: Keith (name tag reading) brought his iPhone along and offered it for actual fondling. It's so thin! and teh beautiful.

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The Last of the Jams, maybe
The other day, I mentioned to the husband casually that I was running out of jars for canning. He gave me a look. A long one.
Then he said, "I thought you were canning less this year?"
"Weeeellll, yyeeeesss, I have, sort of."
It is true, I have canned fewer jars of jam than last year, but I have more of some things. This year, in addition to jam, we also have plum sauce, peach bbq sauce, peach salsa, and applesauce. We also canned more peaches and pickles than last year. Overall, we have more food put up than we did last year, but we have less jam, ummm, maybe. I haven't actually counted the jars.
Let's just ignore the overflowing cabinets for a moment and talk about, surprise!, apples. You didn't think I was going to skip making apple jammy goodness just because I already have a gazillion jars of jam, do you? No.
Just to make things interesting, though I did play around a little bit.
Firstly, I made apple-grape jelly.
The boys love grape jelly, and I was able to find some organic "wine" grapes at Whole Foods one day, so I thought I would give jelly a try. I combined the grapes with apples to make it a) cheaper, b) easier to set, and c) use up some of our mountain of apples.
Jelly is easy, but you do need a special setup. The first step is easy; just chop up the apples, get all the grapes off of the stem, toss them in a pot with a little apple juice or water, and boil until everything is soft.
The next step is the crucial one. You need to buy a jelly bag and bag holder or, you can use several layers of cheesecloth in a strainer. Suspend the bag or strainer over a large bowl and scoop the hot, soft, cooked fruit into it.
The only thing you have to remember is this: Do Not Ever Press Down on the fruit in the strainer. This could cause fruit bits to get through the cloth and then your jelly will be cloudy. I know this seems counter intuitive. After all, don't you want as much juice as possible? Well, yes, but you have to let gravity and time do the work, not you.
After about 24 hours, you have juice. In this case, I had about 3 cups of juice. Now, at this point, if your juice looks cloudy, even though you did not press down on the fruit in the cloth, it is ok. Jelly making is a little magical. Watch what happens next.
I added 3 ounces of lemon juice and 16 ounces of sugar to the juice and set it over medium heat. As the sugar dissolves and the mixture gets hot, the juice turns clear. See?
Ok, I know it's a little hard to tell in this photo, but trust me, it was so clear that I could see the bottom of the pot. I told you it was magical. Anyway, the next part is easy. Boil the mixture until the setting point is reached. This basically means that if you put a few drops of the jelly on a frozen spoon or dish, it will gel up after a minute or two. You will be able to turn the plate or spoon vertically and the jelly will not move or it will move very slowly. If you push a finger through it, the surface will wrinkle. It took my jelly about 15 minutes to get to this point. I suggest checking every five minutes or so.
Then, you shut off the heat, skim all the foam off the surface, ladle into your prepared jars, and process. I got barely 3 half pint jars from this batch. I think the boys will be happy to have this in the pb&j sandwiches.
Wow, this turned out to be a longer post than I was expecting. I think I will have to tell you about my unconventional apple butter next time.
Recipe for Apple Jelly, a summary
Basically, I wrote all the directions in the post above, so I am just going to list the ingredients here for easy reference and give the basic skeleton of directions.
2 pounds wine grapes, or any other seeded grape will do. Someday, if I ever find organic concord grapes, I want to try those.
2 pounds apples, any variety, but tart ones and small ones will have more pectin and set more quickly
1 cup apple cider
1 pound sugar
3 ounces lemon juice, about 2 lemons
Special Equipment:
Jelly bag and frame or cheesecloth and a strainer
3-4 teaspoons or saucers placed in the freezer for testing
3-4 half pint jam jars with lids and seals, sterilized and ready for processing
1. Wash, chop, and cook fruit with a little juice.
2. Strain juice through the jelly bag for 24 hours.
3. Place spoons or saucers in the freezer, prep jars for canning.
4. Boil juice with sugar and lemon juice until setting point is reached.
5. Divide jelly among jars and process.
6. Store jam and try not to eat it all at once.
makes about 3 half pint jars of jam that will keep for a year
Next: Apple Butter, revised.
Posted on October 4, 2012, in Canning, Recipe and tagged apple, grape, jelly, recipe, technique. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.


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The Snowndonia Slate Trail Ultra is a 90 mile (145 Km) Ultra Marathon around Snowndonia starting on 21st of February 2020. The route starts and finishes in Bangor, on the North Wales Coast. It loops through many well known places such as Llanberis, Betws-Y-coed and Beddgelert as well as some lesser known places
The race starts at 7pm on Friday the 21st February and has a 48 hour time limit (7pm on Sunday the 23rd February). Meaning competitors must average 1.9 miles (3km) per hour to complete the race. There are 3 checkpoints on route that all competitors must pass through within a time limit. Each checkpoint (with the exception of Llanberis) is a community hall/leisure centre that is well stocked with food, hot drinks and water for competitors to recharge and re-supply. There will also be floor space at some checkpoints for competitors to sleep if they so wish. Competitors can use drop bags, accessible at each checkpoint apart from Llanberis.
Every competitor is given a GPS tracker so we can see where you are at all times during the race and your family and friends can watch your progress online. The GPS tracker is also equipped with a SOS button, so if you do have a problem we can find you. The event has full medical support supplied by Trail Med (https://www.trailmed.co.uk/). TrailMed have a wealth of experience supporting races of this kind and consist of paramedics and consultant doctors.
If you want or need to withdraw from the event after starting, we will transport you to your nearest checkpoint where you can arrange your own transport home from there.
The route of the race goes through farm land, farms, private forests and private estates. As such the countryside code must be followed at all times. You are responsible for the opening and closing of gates during the race.
You do not have to have completed any qualifying races prior to entry but you MUST be prepared to be in remote locations for long periods and adverse weather and propbably on your own. By entering the race you are stating that you deal with the conditions you will face in Wales in February. You are also stating that you can employ a level head in difficult conditions and not take unnecessary risks.
Don't be fooled this event is going to be tough.
The Exodus is a ITRA and UTMB® qualifying race and has been awarded 5 points by the ITRA and UTMB®
The total entry fee is £145. You can either pay in full or pay just 33% non-refunable desposit (£48) now. The second 33% must be paid by the 1st October. The third 33% must be paid by the 1st January. We will email and text you to remind you 1 week before the 1st to remind you about payment. If we don't hear from you and you fail to pay the any of the remaining fee by the required date you will lose your entry to the race and will not be refunded.
After you have entered the race you can cancel at any point before the 1st January and we'll refund your entry minus the first 33%. You can transfer or defer your entry to the following year at any point before and including the 1st of January. Entries must be paid in-full before they can be deferred. If you wish to transfer your entry it is up to you to find someone to transfer it to, we will not find someone for you. If you transfer your entry the above payment terms then apply to them.
No one can dispute the beauty of the Antrim Coast, an area steeped in history, culture and myth... but truly unforgiving for the unprepared.MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT
Situated on the world famous Antrim Coast Road you will find BallyGallys award winning beach, nestled under the Sallagh Braes and home to the historic BallyGally Castle.MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT
An epic route going through the lesser know but beautiful mid Wales. A unique challenge on the full length of Glyndwr's Way Nation TrailMORE ABOUT THIS EVENT


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Itinerary -
Travel: Arrival in Haridwar/ Rishikesh and transfer to Jayalgarh (Drive/3 hrs). Freshen up and breakfast and continue the drive to Gauchar (Drive/1.5 hrs). We start the rafting here and finish at Rudraprayag. After we finish the river run we will drive from Rudraprayag to Nandprayag (Drive/2 hrs).
Activities for the day:
Rafting from Gauchar to Rudraprayag (Class III-IV rapids, 4-5 hrs)
Other Water Activities Body surfing and swimming
Bonfire and dinner under the canopy of stars
Night stay: Camping on a beautiful sandy beach at Nandprayag.
Travel: Post breakfast drive to Chamoli to start the rafting (Drive/1 hr).
Activities for the day:
Rafting from Upper Chamoli to Nandprayag (Class III to IV rapids, 4-5 hrs)
Other Water Activities Body surfing and swimming
Optional activities Hiking and village visit
Bonfire and dinner under the canopy of stars
Night stay: Camping on a beautiful sandy beach at Nandprayag
Travel: Post rafting for the day, we have a picnic lunch and board the vehicles at lower Karnaprayag and depart for Haridwar (Drive/6-7 hrs).
Activities for the day:
Rafting from Nandprayag to Lower Karnaprayag (Class III-IV rapids, 4-5 hrs)
Other Water Activities body surfing and swimming
Trip Ends With Sweet Memories !!!
For Departure Dates just call 7350530009 / 7350540009 / 7350550009
List of Essentials
Below is a list of essentials you would require at the camp:
Small day pack/back pack
Comfortable fit Jeans/Track Pants
Jacket/Sweater (please see the section on weather)
Comfortable walking shoes/sneakers
Sunscreen Lotion
Sunglasses with holding strings
Medicines, if requiring any specific medication
Camera (optional)
Mosquito repellent
Carry your stuff in a duffel bag/soft shoulder bag or a rucksack and avoid suitcases/strolleys
How to Reach
By Road: Delhi – Meerut bypass – Muzaffarnagar bypass – Roorkee – Haridwar – Rishikesh – Shivpuri – Devprayag – Jayalgarh
By Air: The Jolly Grant Airport (Dehradun) is the nearest airport and is connected by daily flights from Delhi. The drive from the airport to the lodge would take about 3 – 3.5 hrs.
By Rail: The nearest railhead to the camp is Haridwar. There are a number of trains that run between Delhi and Haridwar. The drive from Haridwar to the camp will take 3 – 3.5 hrs
Expected Weather
In the period Feb –
Apr day time is going to be warm and very pleasant. The water is going to be moderately cold and extremely inviting. So you might end up spending more time off the boat than on it. Evenings are going to be moderately cold in Mar & Apr and cold in Feb. Night temperature will be around 17 -20 deg Celsius in Mar - Apr & around 12 – 15 deg Celsius in Feb so come prepared with some winter clothing
In May & Jun day time is going to be quite warm (33 – 38 deg Celsius). While rafting or indulging in any other water activity one will not feel too much of discomfort. Evenings at the camp can be slightly uncomfortable in June and are normally fine in the month of May. One will surely need a fan in the tents and dining area.
In the period Oct to Dec day time is going to be warm and pleasant if the sun is out, which mostly is around this time. The water is going to be cold but not freezing cold. A dip in the river is going to initially feel cold but couple of dips and you will start enjoying the water. Evenings are going to be moderately cold in Oct & Nov and cold in December. With a bonfire next to you it is going to be an enjoyable experience. December the night temperature can go down to about 3 – 5 deg Celsius so come prepared with some winter clothing. In Oct – Nov period night temperature will be around 10 – 15 deg Celsius and you will need protection from the cold
Duration: 3 Days
Season: Jan-Apr, Oct-Dec
Grade: Moderate +
3 Long stretches of rafting on Upper Alaknanda
Countless rapids for an exciting whitewater trip
Beautiful scenery all around with villages, gorges, forest, etc.
Other activities like hiking and village visit
This white water expedition is surely one of the finest ways to enjoy big rapids rafting in India. In about 3 days your thirst for white water thrills is sure to be quenched on this expedition on upper sections of Alaknanda river in the state of Uttarakhand. But there is much more to the trip than white water. This river journey is through a beautiful landscape interspersed with gorges, pristine beaches, quaint village establishments and thickly forested regions. Also a very big attraction is going to be the stay on the beautiful sandy beaches of Alaknanda.
We start the trip with a beautiful drive along the Ganga and the Alaknanda rivers. We take a break at our deluxe riverside camp in Jayalgarh and from here we continue the drive to our put in point, Gauchar. We have a detailed safety briefing and set off into the wild waters of the Alaknanda and rest assured you will be soaking wet within no time. There are countless rapids to be negotiated on this river expedition. The rapids will be in Class II IV category. You will have guides scouting a lot of rapids before running them, a great opportunity for all to learn more about the sport. We might decide not to run a few rapids along the way if they look tricky. This is a call the trip leader will take on the spot. After 3 days of pounding on the river we will finish the trip at lower Karnaprayag and from here drive back to Haridwar and proceed with our onwards journey
Another great attraction of the trip is the fact that the river is very easily accessible from Delhi and other parts of the country. To join the trip you will need to come to Haridwar or Dehradun airport. Please keep in mind that this trip is suitable for experienced rafters only. People joining this trip should be comfortable with water and white water and lots of it!!


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Google released its Q3 2008 results yesterday. Besides the usual reports, a PDF was released to support the earnings conference call with investors (someone uploaded it to slideshare, see below).
Google Q3 2008 Earnings SlidesInvestor presentations are very important and can greatly influence the share price of a company. The remote conference call format makes it even more challenging to control the presentation delivery. It is a shame to see that even the world's most resourceful companies like Google invest so little in these documents.
View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: 2008 google)
- Busy bullet point slides
- Busy data tables
- Busy data charts with redundant information


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theNewsWorthy: Tuesday, October 10th
Happy Tuesday!
your news knowledge is about to be on point.
All the day's news (in less than 10 minutes!)
got a little extra time?
All the news stories mentioned in today's episode are listed with links below, so you can spend as much -- or as little -- time as you want perusing the latest happenings...
Wildfires in Wine Country: AP, CNN, The Guardian, SF Gate
Withdrawing From Clean Power Plan: FOX News, Bloomberg, NYT
Las Vegas Shooting Timeline Change: LA Times, CNN, AP
Texas Tech Officer Shot: NBC News
ESPN Host Suspended: Sports Illustrated, Twitter
Celebrities Speak Against Harvey Weinstein: E! News, NYT, AP
YouTube Bans Bump Stock Videos: Mashable
Wal-Mart Returns: CNBC
Self-Driving Mail Trucks: WIRED


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The Big Blue Wave Coming in November
Americans - lots of them; at least a plurality and possibly a majority - are worried about the possibility of America becoming a "non-democratic, authoritarian country." This is according to a poll commissioned by the following organizations:
Freedom House
The George W. Bush Institute
The Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement
These are not radical nor conservative (sorry GWB Institute) groups. These are centrist and largely establishment organizations. But the polling they commissioned does raise the fact that many Americans are unhappy with the state of politics in their homeland and this suggests that change, whether it's the change one expects, will continue to 'shake your windows and rattle your walls', as Robert Zimmerman famously wrote in a previous, turbulent period of America's history.
The poll also suggests strong views about the importance of democracy in America and indicates what will likely be above-average voter engagement in the mid-terms and perhaps for more than a few years to come.
But what exactly is Democracy? Aside from rule by the demos or people?
In other words, for those who feel that Trump's administration is eroding democracy in America, one wonders what solutions they would provide to this apparent problem? Universal healthcare? Mandatory minimum wages? Ironclad Identity Politics quotas everywhere and always? Open borders with little control over who enters the country? Criminal reform that abandons that oh-so-archaic practice of "warehousing" criminals who have engaged in violent crimes? An expanded common core that turns a simple math problem into an excuse to denigrate math itself as a white-supremacist endeavor?
All of that and maybe some more perhaps, if Tuesday's primaries are any indication. The Sanders' wing of the Democratic Party had a good night with Crowley's defeat being compared to Cantor's ousting a couple of years back. Yes there is a blue wave coming and it's tinted a rainbow of progressive colors and the party is being snatched out of the hands of the Clintons and their cronies. Ok, the snatching has been happening since Sanders started his epic, quixotic and outrageously successful run at the presidency. This is the continuation of that process. One more step towards a Democratic party that is no longer the home of working white men and women. Women, yes. White men who kowtow to the new diversity and know their place in a structure that is all about who you are and what you look like and who you sleep with.
Of course, cash still matters, especially if you can magically combine high-tech, sexuality and hardcore progressive views, like Colorado's Jared Polis (Democratic Representative) who won the nomination for governor for the Democrats. Polis is a wealthy man, having sold several internet start-ups and apparently put up $10 million of his own cash in the race. But his agenda is pure Bernie Sanders: Medicare-for-all, Universal Pre-K, Transitioning to Renewable Energy in a state with a fair bit of oil and gas production.
You can also be a more typical wealthy Democrat. Consider the case of David Trone - wealthy owner of Total Wine & More - who won the Democratic primary for Maryland's 6th district. He also is rumored to have spent $10 million on this race, having dropped over $13 million in a previous failed bid for Maryland's 8th. While he's a bit more of a centrist than Polis, environmental concerns are high on his list of issues, and he's take a stand on opioids as a feature issue of his for this race.
Take note, an electoral district race may cost you 8 figures. But as long as you're a progressive, that's fine.
And let us not forget Ben Jealous, former NAACP President who now has won the Democratic nomination for governor of Maryland. He's of course a full-blooded progressive whose policies include Medicare-for-all, greater funding for public schools, and criminal justice reform, and unsurprisingly he's been endorsed by Sanders and Kamala Harris.
So yes, there is a big blue wave coming in November, and it's going to swamp the Democratic establishment and proudly raise the progressive rainbow flag over the DNC's headquarters. Maybe that's also why Hillary is so annoyed. It's no longer her party, never mind her husband's. Hell, Bill just gave a shout-out to Sarah Sanders praising her for how she handled the Red Hen Incident. He knows he's had the door slammed shut in his face as well.Posted by Keeley at June 28, 2018 10:31 AM
Here is a Trump tweet from today, 6/28/18:
"Russia continues to say they had nothing to do with Meddling in our Election! Where is the DNC Server, and why didn't Shady James Comey and the now disgraced FBI agents take and closely examine it? Why isn't Hillary/Russia being looked at? So many questions, so much corruption!"
Traitor Trump is going to Helsinki to meet his handler, Putin.
Trump is treason.
The Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats, testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee, "said he had already seen evidence Russia was targeting U.S. elections in November, when Republican control of the House of Representatives and Senate are at stake, plus a host of positions in state governments.
"Frankly, the United States is under attack."
Traitor Trump continues to call the Russia probe a witch hunt, hoax, and so on. Meanwhile, Trump's 2016 Campaign Chair is in jail. His Deputy Campaign Chair, facing a raft of similar indictments, made a plea bargain. So far there are about 100 indictments, including 13 Russians, 3 Russian companies, and the supposedly 'former' Russian intelligence contact for Manafort, Peter Kilimnek.
Btw, the Mueller investigation just added four more prosecutors. They will handle the Russian Internet Research Agency part. Whether this means they found even more, or the replaced prosecutors are needed elsewhere, is something we do not know.
Pretty difficult to diagram the sentences in the author's article.
"He's of course a full-blooded progressive whose policies include Medicare-for-all, greater funding for public schools, and criminal justice reform, and unsurprisingly he's been endorsed by Sanders and Kamala Harris."
(IOW, jew and n-word) I guess no one else is endorsing that candidate, Mr. Buchanan.
"Shady James Comey and the now disgraced FBI agents"
If wishes were fishes, he would be rotting from the head. I liked the fake story about King William Alexander of The Netherlands tweeting Tramp a picture of The International Court of Justice at The Hague. See, we can make up stories too.
Right wing filth, dirt, and slop don't understand that their guy is boxing himself into a corner. He keeps getting a higher percentage of support in a dwindling base. Only further criminal activity can save him, so "law and order" has become crime and grime.
putain: "restore full-fledged relations on the foundation of equality"
FU and the horse you rode in on, petty dictator and big time thief, you are not our equal.
In other news, Ireland will soon be a tropical island. Unfortunately, yields from traditional agricultural crops will probably be down by 50% this year due to the heat.Posted by: ohrealy at June 28, 2018 2:28 PM
abcnews.go.comPosted by: ohrealy at June 28, 2018 2:45 PM
Several billionaires with deep ties to Russia attended exclusive, invitation-only receptions during Donald TrAmp's inauguration festivities, guest lists obtained by ABC News show.
These powerful businessmen, who amassed their fortunes following the collapse of the Soviet Union — including one who has since been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department — were ushered into events typically reserved for top donors and close political allies and were given unprecedented access to Trump's inner circle.
"This reflects a Russian strategy of gaining access to our political leaders at a time when they are just forming a government," Olsen said. "They don't need to be spies in the James Bond sense. They are powerful people with significant wealth who are in a position to exert influence on U.S. policy makers. And they're in a position to report back to Russian intelligence services on what they're able to learn."
The abc article details links between a number of Russian oligarchs and the Trump campaign. Lots of rich Russians donating $1 million each to the Trump inaugural. At the most exclusive event, the inaugural lunch, which not even million dollar donors get a seat, oligarch Vekselberg sat next to Michael Cohen. Vekselberg was the one who sent a lot of money through Essential Consulting.Posted by: phx8 at June 28, 2018 3:55 PM
Infrastructure Improvements at North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Research Facility
Satellite images show North Korea upgrading nuclear research facility:
http://thehill.com/policy/international/394326-satellite-images-show-north-korea-upgrading-nuclear-research-facilityPosted by: ohrealy at June 28, 2018 8:16 PM
In Colorado the Trump clone running for Governor was shutdown with only 30% of the repub/independent primary voters voting for him. The GWB clone received 60% of the vote. As an independent voter in Colorado I voted for the Trump chump hoping to have him run against the dems in the election. But it just wasn't to be.
I know my motives weren't pure as I thought the guy to be a horses a**, but I thought it would be interesting to see how far we have came as a state since 2016. It seems in 2016 43% of the voters went to Trump but this time around it was 30% with the Trump chump. A good job by Colorado in spotting the problem and dealing with it at the voting booth.
Anyway if Colorado is any sign then things should improve in DC after January, hopefully McConnell will show some integrity and delay the SCOTUS vote until the will of the people is heard in 3 months.Posted by: j2t2 at June 29, 2018 12:42 PM
j2t2, did they ever put the road back through Big Thompson Canyon from Estes Park to Loveland after that flood years ago? I've skied Vail, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, A-Basin(in a blizzard with zero visibility). My sister in law is from Grand Junction.
Maybe the Tramp with appoint Douglas Bruce to the SCOTUS:
"The defendant has absolutely no regard for the rule of law. His behavior during trial was reprehensible," Denver District Judge Anne Manfield said. (would show up tardy to trial and introduced evidence by throwing documents onto the floor)
Conservative=convicted felonPosted by: ohrealy at June 29, 2018 2:01 PM
Every time we shake a conservative tree, a Russian falls out.
Anyone believe in coincidences? When no American bank would loan to Trump because of all his bankruptcies, Deutsche Bank stepped in with a billion dollar loan. Guess who was the CEO of the corporate real estate division? Justin Kennedy, the son of the Supreme Court Justice.
Deutsche Bank was fined $630 million because of money laundering for the Russians.Posted by: phx8 at June 29, 2018 2:23 PM
one of Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy's greatest hits: We now conclude that independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption. …The fact that speakers [i.e., donors] may have influence over or access to elected officials does not mean that these officials are corrupt. … The appearance of influence or access, furthermore, will not cause the electorate to lose faith in our democracy.
Justin Kennedy heißt der Mann, der möglicherweise ein bisher unentdecktes Kapitel in TrAmps mutmaßlicher Russland-Affäre aufblättert. Doch die Sache ist verzwickt: Justin Kennedy ist der Sohn von Anthony Kennedy, der als Richter am Oberstern US-Gericht seinen Rücktritt angekündigt hat. Der 81-jährige Jurist, selbst eher liberal, macht mit dem Schritt Platz für einen Nachfolger, über dessen Besetzung nur der US-Präsident entscheiden wird. In den USA sind diese Supreme-Court-Personalien von enormer Bedeutung, weil die obersten Richter des Landes auf Lebenszeit ernannt werden. Jede Entscheidung des Präsidenten prägt die Rechtsprechung der USA daher auf Jahrzehnte
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The connections between Kennedy and TrAmp, per the New York Times report are surprisingly deep, given the president's general lack of DC experience—and TrAmp and his allies exploited them to perfection, encouraging the swing justice to retire before the 2018 midterms, which could return control of the Senate back to Democrats. Trump nominated Neal Gorsuch, a former Kennedy clerk, to replace Scalia shortly after assuming office. Ivanka TrAmp visited the Supreme Court a week before Kennedy's retirement as the justice's guest. Kennedy has, over the last two years, sided with the Trump administration in a number of narrow rulings.
…. these ties coincided with "a quiet campaign" to ensure Kennedy's retirement and give Trump a chance to fill a spot on the Supreme Court.
Financial Times guards their content.Posted by: ohrealy at June 29, 2018 2:57 PM
FoxConn building a $4B plant and will hire 13k workers in Wisconsin. Georgetown Steel building in SC. Highest black employment in history. Highest Hispanic employment in history. Highest women employment in 65 years.
I was out in the county (one flashing light) this morning and one fellow noted that he worked in construction and companies couldn't find enough skilled or unskilled workers. Saw/read somewhere today that trucking companies were paying out the gazooo because they couldn't find enough truck drivers to deliver all the stuff.
Better off debating the weirdo's that sign on to WB touting love potions and magic stuff. Would be more ssnsical,IMO.Posted by: Roy Ellis at June 29, 2018 4:10 PM
The Russian bot that posts under roy ellis can't read English well enough to respond. Of course, he might be American, just an especially traitorous one.
The story about Justice Kennedy, his son, Deutsche Bank, and Trump is jaw dropping.
It makes sense, though, from a Russian perspective. To pursue their own interests, they need to influence the United States government. There is no reason that effort should be limited to Trump in the Executive Branch or GOP legislators. Being able to influence a Supreme Court Justice or two would be a good investment. Decisions like Citizens United allow the Russians to funnel millions of dollars into the election through shell corporations into the NRA. When caught, there is enough distance for plausible deniability. 5-4 decisions allowing racial gerrymandering in TX keep the GOP in power. People like Michael Cohen and Elliott Broidy, former Deputy Finance Chairmen of the GOP, provide yet another conduit via Essential Consulting, the Trump inaugural committee, and elsewhere.
It is a cheap an incredibly effective way to pursue foreign policy goals. The machine for doing it- the right wing echo chamber fostered by Limbaugh, FOX, Hannity, and others, provided a ready-made vehicle for inserting Russian priorities into the GOP.
We were under attack in 2016, as all of the intelligence heads will tell us- people appointed by Trump. We are still under attack. And the midterm election will certainly be attacked again, and Trump will let it happen without a word of criticism to Putin.
The US is hanging on the threads of the Mueller investigation and the midterm elections, and that is starting to look like a very thin thread. If Trump can fire Rosenstein and prevent any report from becoming public, and if the Russians can help the GOP hold onto the Senate and House, it is pretty much game over for the American experiment in democracy.Posted by: phx8 at June 29, 2018 4:28 PM
Good news is breaking out all over the nation Roy. In Texas, oil field truck drivers are needed at over $70 grand per year. I spoke with my sister in Wisconsin a few days ago and the state is desperate for skilled workers in construction.
My county in Texas has unemployment of just over two percent.
With millions more working and paying payroll taxes; the Social Security board of governors estimates that four more years have been added to extend the date at which SS taxes will equal SS payouts. The trust fund surplus will last longer because of nearly full employment.
Despite all the good news which working and retired Americans welcome, out Liberal/Progressive/Socialist Pals still yearn for a return of the Obama economy.
Obama did nothing…absolutely nothing; to lift women, blacks and Hispanics out of poverty and into meaningful work. Shame on him. He promoted racism, distrust, and hatred for America.Posted by: Royal Flush at June 29, 2018 4:38 PM
This is the 93rd consecutive month of job growth. That means 16 months belong to Trump, and 77 to Obama. The number of jobs created in the last 16 months of the Obama administration is more than the first 16 months under Trump, so job growth has actually slowed.
These are widely available statistics. Check the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It is not some sort of secret.
About the only thing this proves is that you have no idea what you are talking about. It is just partisan gibberish. The economy was good under Obama and it is good under Trump. There have been only two major changes under Trump: tax cuts and the Trade War. Tax cuts sent the stock market up last year. This year it is actually down ytd, mostly on Trade War fears. By the way, the stock market under Obama's first 16 months outperformed the stock market under Trump. As to the larger effects of the Trade War, it is still too early to tell. We will know more in a week.Posted by: phx8 at June 29, 2018 5:42 PM
"It is not some sort of secret."
Really phx8? Please provide the link to the Democrat running for national office that is promoting a return to higher taxes, more regulation, and higher unemployment for women, Blacks, and Hispanics.Posted by: Royal Flush at June 29, 2018 5:47 PM
phx8 refuses to consider the situation when he tries t brag about Obama's job performance. I'll use an empty bucket analogy to explain.
When Obama took control of the bucket(economy) it was empty. He really didn't have to do anything for the bucket to begin filling up. As it was filling up, phx8 claims it is progress when it is actually just returning to the status quo (full bucket)
Trump isn't filling up the bucket, he's making the bucket bigger and creating greater volume. That's the difference between Obama's 8 years of tedious stagnate growth and Trump's increased economic activity and growth.Posted by: Weary Willie at June 30, 2018 11:54 AM
No one, Democrat or Republican, is calling for higher taxes, but they should.
Regulation? Not sure what that refers to, but if anyone thinks deregulating the financial industry was a good idea, especially at a time when they were already earning record profits… But it takes years for the disastrous effects of deregulating the financial industry, as we saw with the S&L bailout after Reagan, and the cat strophic economic failure after Bush. Remember, he inherited a surplus. There were debates at the end of the Clinton administration about whether to eliminate the national debt. After the Bush tax cuts, the War in Iraq, and the economic crash we found ourselves with almost no net job creation after 8 years, a budget deficit of $1.4 trillion, and the doubling of the national debt to $10 trillion.
The bucket didn't just miraculously 'fill up' under the Obama administration. The economic crash was a scary time. No one knew for sure what would work. We faced deflation, 600,000 jobs lost per month, a stock market crash, and a housing market crash worse than 1929.
The Obama administration turned in one of the great economic performances in American history.
Trump has done nothing to change the size of the bucket; or if you insist on that analogy, the size of the bucket is expanding slightly slower than it did under Obama, as measured by the non-farm payroll numbers and stock market.
The idea that the economic performance under Obama- TARP, the stimulus, quantitative easing, the GM bailout- just happened, is ludicrous. Trump is the beneficiary of what Obama did with the economy. There is nothing wrong with that. Yet conservatives keep insisting that something changed with Trump. No statistic backs that up.
Now we get to see what happens with tax cuts, deregulation, and a Trade War. We will know more by the end of the week, when the sanctions against China go into effect, and the Chinese retaliations hit us.Posted by: phx8 at June 30, 2018 12:53 PM
I expect phx8 to tout accomplishments he credits to President Obama. However, on the economic front, and in jobs, figures he uses don't tell the entire story. I suggest reading the article linked to find some interesting comparisons.
How Good Is Job Growth? The Chart Obama Doesn't Want You To See
https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/how-good-is-job-growth-the-chart-obama-doesnt-want-you-to-see/Posted by: Royal Flush at June 30, 2018 2:14 PM
Let's have a show of hands. Who supports eliminating ICE? Why?Posted by: Royal Flush at June 30, 2018 2:23 PM
The reputation of ICE has been fatally damaged. The separation of children from the their parents, shipping them around the country without telling anyone where they are being taken, putting kids in steel cages, with a mattress and a mylar blanket… Next comes entire families in detention centers for indefinite detentions.
It is completely unacceptable and un-American. Like I said, the reputation of ICE has been fatally damaged. It looks like the formative stages of an American Gestapo. The reputation of the country has been considerably diminished in our own eyes and the eyes of the world, although white supremacists are certainly delighted.
Having said that, ICE is a really big organization which fulfills many important roles. It was formed @ 15 years out of dozens of other agencies, and brought under DHS. The part that looks like an early stage of an American Gestapo is only a small part of the larger organization.
A good administrator could address this- excise the portion that ran amok, rename the remaining organization, and inform Sessions and Trump that America is a nation of immigrants, and the replacement for ICE will not go along with a minority's racist, bigoted agenda.Posted by: phx8 at June 30, 2018 4:16 PM
I appreciate your thoughts on ICE phx8. Sadly, the defects you mention, if true, occurred on the watch of other presidents as well.Posted by: Royal Flush at June 30, 2018 4:49 PM
There is no 'whataboutism' that will save Trump and his supporters from owning this stain on the American character. It was the doing of Trump, CoS Kelly, and Sessions. Sessions and Kelly stated in interviews they would use family separation as a deterrent to immigrants. Sessions even claimed it was justified by the Bible.
This was the direct result of the zero tolerance policy, which was instituted on May 7th. The problem did not exist prior to that. This was the choice of the Trump administration. it will join the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the Immigration Act of 1924 and its Asian Exclusion Act, and the 1944 Koretmatsu decision by the SCOTUS permitting Japanese internment, and the Dred Scott decision as one of the darkest moments in American history.
It was intentional. It was self-inflicted. And it is entirely 100% owned by Trump, Sessions, Kelly, and Trump supporters.
ICE will be forever associated with this blot on the American character. ICE went down a road NO American should ever have traveled, ever. They need to go.Posted by: phx8 at June 30, 2018 9:41 PM
Btw, a federal judge ruled the Trump administration must rejoin young children with their families in 15 days, and the rest of their children within 30 days. I hope they successfully comply, but a lot of people do not think they will be able to do it.
Hard to believe this happened in America.Posted by: phx8 at June 30, 2018 9:43 PM
News Corp AU, June 29, 2018:
A TOP North Korean army official has been executed upon orders by Kim Jong-un after he was accused of providing his troops with extra rations of food and fuel.Posted by: ohrealy at July 1, 2018 12:16 AM
The high-ranking official was publicly executed by nine military death-row convicts who made up the firing squad, riddled with 90 bullets.
Lieutenant General Hyon Ju-song was put to death after being found guilty of charges of abusing authority, profiting the enemy and engaging in anti-Party acts.
He was shot at the firing range of the Kang Kon Military Academy located in the Sunan District of the capital Pyongyang.
Online newspaper NK Daily said his "crime" had been to redistribute extra supplies to his men at a satellite launching station in April.
The high-ranking officer told soldiers to send out the food and fuel as they were no longer tightening their belts to pursue Kim's weapons program.
"Hard to believe this happened in America."
Posted by: phx8 at June 30, 2018 9:43 PM
I know it is; for me as well. When did "policy" become more important, and overrule laws passed by congress and signed by the president?Posted by: Royal Flush at July 1, 2018 3:57 PM
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Anonymous, 14 Jun 2016Is it worth buying?hmm its definitely worth if you are not a heavy multi tasker
because there is a ram management issue
Former OnePlus Geek, 15 Jun 2016The only plus thing about OnePlus 3 is the 6GB RAM. Otherwise it's rubbish. Priced twice the p... morewhat an amazing observation! does the redmi note 3 have the same processor as the oneplus 3?
i'm blinded by the luminosity exhibited by your brain!
AnonD-521057, 15 Jun 2016Price of this phone should be same as last year phone one plus two this is not the budget ... moreand launched with almost same processor. no real upgrades.
man, what a sourpuss!
AnonD-463876, 15 Jun 2016It says 3000 mAh battery, GSMA must've edited it. yeah
AnonD-546059, 15 Jun 2016here http://www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_3-7995.phpIt says 3000 mAh battery, GSMA must've edited it.
CAT6 LTE with Snapdragon 820? A joke, right? And at 28K, a very costly one at customer's expense!
Former OnePlus Geek, 15 Jun 2016The only plus thing about OnePlus 3 is the 6GB RAM. Otherwise it's rubbish. Priced twice the p... moreLol, you should at least look at the specs of the device you're comparing it against and then thing about the pricing again.
AnonD-463876, 14 Jun 2016Where did you read it's going to have a 3650 battery?here http://www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_3-7995.php
Price of this phone should be same as last year phone one plus two this is not the budget phone see motorola they launched g1 g2 g3 almost as a same price whats your excuse one plus
Anonymous, 14 Jun 2016Same camera doesn't mean same picture.True ! just wait for the real comparison :)
The only plus thing about OnePlus 3 is the 6GB RAM. Otherwise it's rubbish. Priced twice the price of Xiaomi Redmi Note 3. Goodbye OnePlus. Your X-Factor is no more charming. Location of Fingerprint sensor is also not practicle. Who needs Dash Charging but only for 3000mah Battery? Make it 4000mah and above then we're talking.
No Fan Boy...!, 14 Jun 2016Yes , its a real thing...! Just another gimmick name for quick charging...!It uses 5V and 4A...that sounds dangerous no? Higher amps surely is a recipe for disaster? Also, is it a different spec to Quick charge and USB C standard? This is getting ridiculous now.
ssbatman21, 14 Jun 2016what is optic amoled??? who is manufacturing them??? pentile again???optic amoled - AMOLED with OPTImized Colors seems. Well that does everybody these days, more or less, not sure why that naming though.
Anonymous, 14 Jun 2016Looking to upgrade from a iphone 6, Is this a good phone?Huawei 6P ;)
I have given up One plus phone since My last use the Two , cause is really irritated on the waiting game. Especially when u see all your buddies are using marmallow for a long time and you are using just lollipop . They keep postponing the upgrade and they will gives you a lot of excuses . Bear in mind that , you paid them the money but they ask you to wait. No doubt , one plus is confirmed a killer phone but only on outlook . Sorry for the negative comments but is true . Do not simply use money to buy phone from company that do not upkeep their software . Nokia and Motorola went into drain because of this reason .
Ane, 14 Jun 2016I agree, but with cloud storage and all, storage really shouldnt be too much of a problem I agree with you to an extent. But You should realise that not all countries especially India have superfast Internet connection. So its pretty useless for people with colossal media!
with 7.5 mm they managed only 3000mah battery ?? ... damn they need to learn a bit on how to use the real estate of the phone. But i think they should have had 4gb/32gb model starting at $329 base model price like they had in previous years. $399 is still good but given their slowest OS updates its not worth it !


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Sand between your toes + that golden sun on your face can pretty much calm your soul and make all your worries disappear. The beach will always be one of my very favorite places for escape. Sunny days, cloudy days, breezy days - they are all magical at the beach. Probably just like you, I have so many fond childhood memories of splashing in the waves, digging tunnels in the sand and being crispy burnt from that glaring sun.
The best thing about North Carolina is that we have the beach on one side and the mountains on the other. Living in Raleigh lets us take advantage of both magical spots - and it also gives me the ability to hop over to one or the other and capture you and your family in these beautiful spots. Ever thought about having a beautiful set of family photographs with your kids frolicking through the water, toes in sand and hugs as the ocean rolls in the background? Um, yes please! Doesn't that sound just amazing? I have a few beach sessions lined up for this summer in our beautiful beaches and would LOVE to get your family in front of my camera as well!
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Recently I had to do an unprepared English speech at school. I don't do public speaking and so having to do this unprepared speech really put me out of my comfort zone. Suprisingly it was exhilirating and the feeling I got afterwards was one of great satisfaction. The only way to describe it is using the word numinous.
numinous (adj.)- describing an experience that makes you fearful yet fascinated, awed yet attracted- the powerful, personal feeling of being overwhelmed and inspired.
It is so satisfying to be able to look back and say: " Wow! I honestly don't know how I did that but I did." It's like what Albert Einstein once said:
"A ship at harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are made of" -Albert Einstein
As you go out into the week I encourage you to do one thing that takes you out of your comfort zone. It could be as simple as saying yes to something that you would usually say no to. Whatever it is take the risk because trust me it will be worth it. You might not necessarily win but you'll definitely learn something new.
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Ostrich with julienne of vegetables and roasted honey-glazed garlic
- Serves: 2
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Effort: easy
- 6 clove garlic
- 4 g butter
- 4 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- salt
- 20 g carrots, cut into long, thin batons
- 20 g celery, cut into long, thin batons
- 20 g courgettes, cut into long, thin batons
- 20 g leeks, cut into long, thin batons
- 2 tbsp plum sauce
- 160 g ostrich, flattened
- chopped chives, to garnish
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Ostrich meat can be purchased at selected supermarkets and at most
delis and good butchers. The ostrich used in this recipe was triple ostrich fillet.
1. Place the garlic and butter in a small, heavy-based saucepan. Fry gently until the onions are glazed on all sides. Add in the honey and balsamic vinegar and cook, stirring often, until the honey mixture has reduced slightly.
2. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 120°C/gas 1/2.
3. Bring a saucepan of salted water to the boil. Add in the carrot and blanch for 2 minutes; remove with a slotted spoon and reserve.
4. Add the celery, courgette and leek to the same pan of boiling water. Blanch for 1 minute and drain thoroughly.
5. Flatten out the ostrich meat and smear with a thin layer of plum sauce. Place the vegetables on top and roll. Next pan fry the meat in a little olive oil until golden brown. Transfer to the oven and cook for approximately 5 minutes.
6. To serve, put the ostrich roll in the centre of the plate, surround with the glazed garlic cloves, drizzle with the honey and balsamic vinegar dressing, sprinkle with chives and serve at once.
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The Wall Street Journal recently published an article examining the "battle for MBA talent," which looked at current trends in MBA graduate employer preferences. Authors, Laurence Fletcher and Pat Minczeski found that Wall Street is no longer as appealing to MBAs as consulting and technology firms, despite banks' increasing starting salaries. "The share of full-time M.B.A. graduates from the top 10 business schools accepting jobs at financial-services firms dropped between 2012 and 2017 from 36 percent to 26 percent, based on a weighted average calculated by the Journal. The share accepting jobs in technology rose from 13 percent to 20 percent in the same period. Consulting edged out financial services as the top draw in 2017, as the choice of 29 percent of grads, up from 27 percent in 2012."
The same article quotes Jean Ann Schulte, director of employer relations and recruiting services at MIT Sloan, who said "Over the last ten years we've had an almost complete flip between finance and technology." In pointing to the working hours typical in the banking industry, she went on to say, "You can have a lucrative career without those lifestyle costs."
An analysis published in Forbes by John Byrne earlier this year, which examined the average working hours for MBA graduates in various industries, supported the theory that MBAs are increasingly drawn to companies that offer better work-life balance. He found that, while overall, the median work week for MBA graduates is 54 hours per week, financial firms made up six of the top ten companies with the longest working hours. MBA graduates working at Goldman Sachs averaged 86 hours per week, followed by Barclays (73 hours), J.P. Morgan (72), Morgan Stanley (70), Credit Suisse (70), and Fidelity Investments (68). Consulting firms round out the top ten, with average hours worked ranging from number three, McKinsey & Co. with an average of 72, to A.T. Kearney and Boston Consulting Group with averages of 63[1]. Bryne goes on to highlight that the MBA jobs with the lowest average working hours are at technology firms and large corporations. "MBAs who work for Microsoft average just 44 hours a week, while those who toil for Apple put in 52-hour weeks, a couple of hours below the median. Facebook MBAs average just an hour a week more at 53 hours, while Amazon MBAs hit the 54-hour a week median working for the e-commerce giant." Those working for IBM, PepsiCo, and 3M company worked just under 45 hours per week.
Byrne then calculated hourly wages for various sub-industries and his analysis revealed that hedge fund and mutual fund employees earn the highest hourly rate at $129.46/hour. The average MBA makes about $75/hour. As an industry, high-tech placed third and fifth for e-commerce and software respectively, validating the supposition that technology companies may appeal to MBA graduates who value work-life balance, in addition to high pay and interesting work.
Some corporations need to do a better job addressing quality of life concerns if they want to recruit top MBA talent. And current MBAs considering various industries, corporations, or even offers should compare compensation alongside workload expectations in order to achieve both their career and lifestyle goals.
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This week seems to have gone by so quickly, so much so that yesterday was gone in the blink of an eye and it wasn't until I was curled up in bed that I realised I hadn't popped in with a lovely blog post for you! Oh well, I shall make up for it today by introducing you to two new and ever so lovely ladies - Esme and Doris! Who will be making their way to my wee shop shelves in just a jiffy.
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There is an article by Boukje Dijkstra & Hendrik Roozen about the role of the CRA Satisfaction List (ATV) and the Pleasant Activities List (PAL) and evaluation instruments. This article is published in the journal "Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment (2012)". Click this link for more information.
In March 2012, Robert J. Meyers comes to the Netherlands for a number of ACRA and CRAFT workshops for the employees of Novadic-Kentron and IrisZorg. These workshops will be held in Vught, Nijmegen and Huissen.
– On Thursday, March 22 there will be a lecture given by Prof.. Dr. Robert J. Meyers to the employees of Novadic-Kentron, at the main location Vught.
– On Friday, March 23 in the morning there will be a mini-conference held for employees of IrisZorg, location Pigeons (A12).
– Also that afternoon there will be a CRA "invitational conference" given on the application of this treatment in clinical forensic mental health (FPA Kompas and the Pompestichting). This is organized by Pro Personas in Wolfheze.
On Wednesday 21 September in Bloomington, in the state of Ilinois, the Dutch translation of the ACRA manual issued to Susan and Mark Godley. This ceremony took place at Chestnut Health Systems by Peter Greeven and Hendrik Roozen. Click on this link to the Dutch public domain version.
On 30 January this year, Robert J. Meyers, founder of CRA, A-CRA and CRAFT interviewed by Hendrik Roozen in Dublin, Ireland. The interview is about the philosophy of CRA, the CRA process, and integration in various fields. Click this link to visit the page for the first episode …
In the American journal Alcohol Research & Health a new paper has become available on A-CRA, CRA & CRAFT. This paper is entitled: "The Community Reinforcement Approach: An Update of the Evidence" written by Meyers, Roozen & Smith and is printed in Vol 33 (4): 380-388. More>>>
A new article on the dissemination and implementation of A-CRA in the US has been published in the APA journal Clinical Psychology, Science and Practice by Godley et al (2011). Click on this link to obtain an abstract of the paper.
A meta-analysis on Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT), by Roozen et al. has recently been published in Addiction (October 2010). Also a commentary is run alongside it. Click on this link for more information.
The Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) is a comprehensive behavioral intervention for treating adults patients with substance- use problems. More>>>
Typically nearly anyone knows someone in his/her family who has an alcohol or drug problem. More>>>
The Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA) targets youth 12 to 22 years old. More>>>


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Farm To Table -June 2011
by: Joshua H. Balling
There's a cornucopia of other vegetables, fruits and agricultural products grown on the island too, and Sustainable Nantucket wants to make sure you know about them all. That's where its Nantucket Grown campaign comes in.
The idea behind Nantucket Grown is to promote the food grown, processed and distributed on the island, said Michelle Whelan, executive director of the nonprofit organization dedicated to "building a more locally-based and self-reliant food system on-island, and a strong local economy."
"Nantucket Grown highlights for people and makes the distinction about what is grown here. Ideally it will be on stickers on vegetables in the supermarket so it stands right out. Basically, it's like a Sustainability Seal of Approval," she said.
"The ultimate goal is to increase agricultural production and demand on the island, to make us more self-sufficient in terms of producing and eating locally, and putting it back into compost, using our own resources to feed ourselves and our land, strengthening the local economy – which is the through-line in all we do – and reducing our carbon footprint," Whelan said.
This summer, Sustainable Nantucket is working with the growers in its downtown Farmers & Artisans Market to use the Nantucket Grown label on their produce, with the hopes of in the next year establishing a set of criteria that will allow restaurants to identify menu items with the same seal.
"This summer, we want all the growers and providers in the market to use the stickers, to generate visibility for the program. We're also thinking of creating T-shirts and stickers for an awareness campaign like Think Local First," Whelan said, referring to the recent "shop local" initiative launched by Sustainable and the Chamber of Commerce.
"The second phase is setting up criteria for restaurants that are sourcing locally-grown produce as to what is an acceptable level for them to be able to call themselves 'Nantucket Grown' or 'Nantucket Made.' The menu should still say Bartlett Farm tomatoes, or Moors End Farm corn, or Nantucket Mushrooms, but it lets diners know they source as much as they can locally given the island's limitations. "
The campaign is part of a much larger initiative that grew out of Sustainable's recent shift in focus to concentrate almost solely on agriculture and sustainable farming.
"We as a community have a need in terms of becoming more self-reliant, and having a more locally-based food system. The organization had gotten a lot of feedback and input from the community and the people we were working with at the Farmers Market to that effect, and we started to spend more and more time on those programs, so the board finally made the decision that that's all we should be doing, at least for the foreseeable future. It's such a big chunk of sustainability," Whelan said.
Sustainable Nantucket is pursuing a number of programs in that vein, including:
1. The Farmers & Artisans Market, Saturdays downtown at the intersection of North Union and Cambridge streets from June 11-Oct. 15, featuring Nantucket growers, artisans and prepared-food vendors. The market will expand this year to a mid-island location (two sites were under consideration when Nantucket Today went to press) Tuesdays from 3:30-6:30 p.m. for eight weeks at the height of the harvest season from mid- July through August to focus solely on foodstuffs.
2. The Farm to School program, which connects island farms and the public-school system with the objective of serving healthy, locally-sourced meals in school cafeterias, and building a school garden for education and supplementing the school food supply. A garden manager oversees the plot while school is out for the summer, while volunteers and members of Sustainable's Youth Council work in the garden, and with the schools' food-services department canning and freezing the harvest and making large batches of soup for when school is back in session. All produce will go to the schools, the Farmers & Artisans Market, or the Saltmarsh Senior Center, Whelan said.
"As we get into the harvest season, Farm to School is also about more than the garden. It's about connecting to farms, who call us when they have a surplus, and we call out our 'Sustainable Gleaners,' who go to the farms, pick the surplus, bring it back, clean it, wash it, prep it and get it back into the school system. We're also working with the Community School to have its camp kids working in the garden," Whelan said.
"The ultimate goal is that students learn about stewardship of the earth, that there is no 'away.' You don't just throw things away. They go back into the water, into the soil. It's about the whole cycle." she said.
3. The Community Agriculture Program is a series of classes about gardening, composting, beekeeping and other sustainable agricultural practices, with the goal of eventually establishing a community farm institute, Whelan said, where Sustainable will look for land to lease where growers can teach young people how to farm. The organization has already placed seven interns at island farms, and is in early-stage conversations with property owners interested in "seeing their land being cultivated and put to good use," Whelan said. "We have to get creative. There's a national conversation going on now along similar lines. The whole point is education and cultivation."


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Psychic visions draw Eleven to a band of violent outcasts and an angry girl with a shadowy past.
The first season of Stranger Things proved that Millie Bobby Brown has star power. She is such a fantastic actress. She is the youngest performer ever to be nominated for an Emmy Award. That was a huge accomplishment. All of this praise means she is fully capable of carrying an entire episode of television by herself. Eleven is the type of character with a complicated backstory and compromised present that could be well served by an entire hour focused solely on her. "Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister" stands out in the series because it is unlike anything the show has done before. It's the first instance where it seems like the creative team knows that they are creating a television show and not an ongoing series of movies. That approach has been so blatant in the way that they structure and tell their stories each season. Stranger Things isn't really a show that believes in the power of distinct episodes. Like most shows on Netflix (especially the hourlong ones), the episodes mostly just blend together because the narrative is extremely serialized and carries over in each hour because the creatives believe the audience will just binge it all in one weekend. But television is a medium defined by episodes. It's a structure that can be very beneficial to an overall show as well because it forces the creative team to think in a different way. They are choosing to make a TV show for a reason. They should be willing to explore the format of the medium they have chosen instead of just trying to make a movie that happens to take eight or nine hours to tell. And so, this episode stands out because it's a standalone story from the rest of the narrative. However, it fails spectacularly because there is just no purpose for its existence whatsoever.
It's already been a criticism of this season that the creative team has sidelined El too much. She has been locked away in Hopper's cabin unable to interact with much of the world. When she did escape briefly, it had no significant reunions with any of the major characters. And now, her second escape has taken her far away from Hawkins, Indiana. First, it was to her mother's house so she could see the damage that was inflicted upon her because of the scientists she grew up alongside. And now, it's to Chicago so she can reunite with the sister she had at Hawkins Labs whom she didn't even remember until her venture into her mother's memories. And on one hand, El is the character whom the show can use in order to expand this world beyond the limited focus it has had in Hawkins. She can highlight how the world at large may be dealing with these kinds of supernatural events as well. It doesn't have to be strictly limited to a small town in Indiana. But on the other hand, her meaningful relationships are in Hawkins. That's where her home is - for better or worse. It's where she was taken from her family and experimented on. But it's where she learned how to be a kid as well. She formed friendships that quickly became meaningful to her. And so, it's important for her to be a part of the end game of the season as the stakes only increase higher for the rest of the characters.
And so, the placement of this standalone hour is very curious. It basically brings the momentum of the season to a halt. Things were getting really intense and compelling in the main story as well. This season has focused on many disparate stories that are all ultimately connected together. It has done right by so many more characters this season. It hasn't been at a complete disservice to El. Her dynamic with Hopper has been terrific. It's one of the best character relationships on the show. It's meaningful that she does hear the message he delivers on the radio. There was a sense of tragedy in the previous episode because he was delivering that message unknowingly to an empty cabin because he had no idea that El had left for her own adventure believing him to have lied to her once more. Seeing Hopper and Mike in danger is of personal significance to El. It's a huge decision for her to return to them after choosing to explore this new family relationship her mother had seemingly pointed her towards. And yet, this episode has absolutely nothing to do with the threat that was crawling out of the Upside Down at the end of the previous hour. It instead takes this strange and peculiar detour that ultimately doesn't make much sense. There needed to be a purpose to this story in order to justify breaking up the show just as it was getting good and intense. Sadly, there is just no reason for any of this.
Again, it's a strong creative decision to expand this world and explore other characters who have been affected by the experiments going on in Hawkins. The season opened with a brief tease of the characters El meets during this episode. They were seen robbing a bank and being able to make a clean getaway because of Kali's powers. The show does enough to distinguish the differences in El and Kali's powers while also being connected enough that they feel like sisters. El goes on this mission to find Kali because she believes it to be important. The show believes it to be important as well. It teased it at the start of the season and highlighted this other girl El was with when her mother tried to break her free from Brenner. But now, El and Kali are reunited. It's just such a bland story. It's a story about rebels and outcasts. But it's just all so laughably stereotypical. Kali's crew of social outcasts is basically a writer's interpretation of punk gangsters for someone who has never experienced someone like that before. It's strange and very cliche. The show has rightfully been criticized in the past for bringing nothing new to this particular genre. That's not always true even though it does have some very derivative elements. Stranger Things has its own unique blend of style and story that works while still playing homage to the films of this era. But this episode has no notable influences. It just wants El to go off on this adventure where it isn't abundantly clear what the lesson learned at the end of all of it is.
The story highlights how Kali is willing to embrace El as a sister and teach her how to control and use her abilities more. But that's not even good for a training montage. It's instead just one scene of her trying to move a train closer. She's successful in the end because she can tap into her feelings of anger. But that's not some grand reveal that is particularly surprising for the audience. We've seen just how amazing her abilities can be. She has been able to accomplish a lot when it came to protecting her friends. The show wants there to be immediate intimacy between El and these characters. And yet, it mostly just feels like the show trying to introduce and get rid of these characters as quickly as possible. There's the sense that they will have ongoing importance. That El will need them in order to make her rousing return to Hawkins. It feels like this reunion is necessary in order for her to be powerful enough to stop the forces of evil that are plaguing her friends. But that's not the case at all. Instead, it's just a lame and boring storyline about El not wanting to kill a former scientist at the lab because he has a family. It proves that even though El has killed in the past she doesn't want to do it without good reason in the present. She has a moral compass where Kali has none. However, that just highlights how El just doesn't belong here. She doesn't belong with these characters. Considering the audience is conditioned to feel like El is the special character who stands out and is rewarded on the show, it means everyone around her in this hour needs to be awful and off-putting. That way it makes sense once she decides not to drive off with them. It's just a story too compressed and lackluster because none of these characters make an impact in the slightest. Certainly not to the extent that any of them should be brought back as soon as possible.
Plus, the show seems to be hinting at a significant personal story with El's identity by accident. That's a huge red flag that sets off some huge concerns in the way the creative team is actually handling things. The show is making it seem like El has no personal identity because she is always being given a makeover in order to fit in with any random group of characters who want her in their lives. She was taken as a baby and dressed up in hospital gowns with a shaved head to remove any sense of humanity at the labs. She was forced through a very ugly and sexist American girl makeover when she was with Mike, Dustin and Lucas. She was changed to a flannel and overalls wearing girl when stuck in the cabin with Hopper. And now, she is given a goth/punk makeover by Kali and her crew in order to highlight just how much of a social outcast she is. However, none of this seems all that practical. Why does El need to have this makeover in order to go out on this mission with the crew? It seems counterproductive. It feels like a massive mistake that will only lead to them being identified more quickly. They stand out because of the way they are presenting themselves to the world. It makes them less like freedom-fighting rebels and more like annoying teenagers. But again, the show could be hinting that underneath all of this El has no sense of her own true identity. She doesn't know what she actually likes and wants - beyond Eggo's. She hasn't had the opportunity to make her own choices because there was that constant fear of death or peer pressure. But it never feels like the show is purposefully doing all of this. It feels more like a bunch of male writers having no idea how any of this is really coming across. And that's just one of the major problems that plague this episode and stop so much of the strong momentum of the season.
Some more thoughts:
- "Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister" was written by Justin Doble and directed by Rebecca Thomas.
- The Netflix release model means I was warned about this episode heading into it. Netflix releasing entire seasons in one day means that the audience has nine new episodes of Stranger Things to watch. But it also means all of those spoilers are out there ready to impact any viewer's impression and expectations of the season. And so, I've been slow moving through this season but this episode was already a huge talking point throughout the past week.
- In the end, the audience really could just skip this episode altogether. It doesn't really reveal anything new for El that will be important to know. She had this adventure but it was completely pointless. Her showing up in Hawkins in the next episode won't be that surprising. It's literally what would need to happen in order to make sense of any of this.
- The show is even hitting the audience over-the-head with the themes of this episode with its musical choices. This hasn't always been a subtle show in that regard. However, El running away from the Ives household to Chicago is set to "Runaway" by Bon Jovi while her big makeover scene is set to "Dead End Justice" by The Runaways. And if you couldn't understand what the show was trying to say, then this really isn't your show at all.
- Justin Doble was also the writer of Season 1's "Chapter Four: The Body." That's the hour where El gets another cringe-worthy makeover that has inspired a bunch of think pieces about the quality of the show. So perhaps, it's an issue with the particular writer who doesn't quite understand the overarching connotations of what's going on. But it's still a repeated issue on the show no matter who is in charge of each individual episode.
- This episode also starts the speculation on whether or not Brenner is actually dead. Kali and El's target, Ray, suggests that he is alive. He begs for his life in exchange for his location. El doesn't believe it to be true but Kali might. Kali uses an image of "Papa" to show to El that she can get into her head with her greatest fear just like she can with everyone else. That too highlights how this connection between them isn't all that personal or significant. But bringing things back to Brenner, should the audience even want him to return? This season has done perfectly fine without him.
As noted in previous reviews from this show, every episodic review was written without having seen any succeeding episodes. Similarly, it would be much appreciated if in the comments, the conversation would only revolve around the show up to this point in its run.


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Dogs of Pascale T-shirt
Dogs of Pascale T-shirt
This one-of-a-kind tee is a commissioned piece painted by our very own Allison Potter. Loving on our doggies is a running theme here at Pascale. Since we're a virtual agency, much of our best work is done with our furry besties by our sides. #mustlovedogs
About the Artist: Allison is a veteran Pascalean, having been on the team for 10+ years. In her spare time, she finds balance in life through teaching yoga and creating art. She is often inspired by strong women in her life... and her (four) dogs.


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John Mayer Replaced Drinking With Smoking Weed, And His Life Sounds Pretty F'n Good Now
John Mayer's living his best life right now. He's midway through a sold out Dead & Company tour where he plays and sings the Jerry Garcia parts of music alongside most of the living members of the Grateful Dead (Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann). He also has is own sold-out world tour coming after the Dead & Company tour wraps up. John Mayer's making money faster than he can spend it right now, and for the first time in his career, he feels that he's being fully respected for the talented musician he is. Dead fans have opened Mayer with open arms after he's proved himself worthy of playing ol' Crazy Fingers parts.
John's also quit drinking and replaced booze with weed, and based on the excerpt from his Rolling Stone interview that I just read, it sounds like this decision is working out really well for the dude that used to wear a Speedo in public and date celebs like Katy Perry:
"I put it where drinking used to go," Mayer, 39, revealed in Rolling Stone's July 13 issue. "The quality of life has gone up considerably. Drinking is a f—king con. It always felt wrong."
"I was always the guy saying that I didn't like altered states," he admitted. "Once you know who you are, then it becomes OK. I'm much more open-minded to small changes in consciousness. I remember every trip I took. I remember every thought I ever had when I laid there." (via PageSix)
He was also asked about his ex Katy Perry ranking him as the #1 guy that she's ever boned. His response to that is proof that John Mayer's living his best life right now:
"I don't have a cool enough thought for you," he said. "I've hacked this game. I pay very little for the price of fame now … I'm having the time of my life. I'm 39 — I remember 32. I don't wanna do it again." (via)
If, like many of us here at BroBible, you're a Grateful Dead fan then I'll leave you with this. It's a live recording of Set 2 from the Dead & Company show at Lakewood Amphiteater just a few weeks ago (6/13/2017) feature hits like 'Playing in the Band', 'Uncle John's Band', 'Terrapin Station', and 'Sugar Magnolia'.


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By Lois Ann Ell
It's January, the time of year when we make resolutions. Statistically, decisions like losing 10 pounds or journaling every day fail by March. But what if your resolution is not a restricting, unrealistic one, but an intention to open up to something new? What if it is without expectation, but pointed in the right direction? And what if it would benefit everyone?
My neighborhood is an example of that.
Around two years ago, during this auspicious month, our neighborhood had been experiencing a high amount of robberies, drug activity, assaults and other disturbing events. An uncle a few doors down, whose family has been in the neighborhood for generations, decided to hold a meeting. Anyone who lived in the vicinity was invited. Notice of the meeting was word of mouth. On a Monday afternoon at 5 p.m., we gathered on his lanai.
About 20 of us showed up. At first it felt like a speed-dating seminar, all of us quickly introducing ourselves, explaining where we lived, and making small talk before moving on to the next person.
Then a police officer, who had been invited, arrived. He read aloud the crime log from our neighborhood of the past months, which made us realize we were not paranoid; our 10-block radius had been a hot spot. We shared our own stories. We listened and sympathized. It started to feel less first-date and more support group.
The officer suggested we start a Neighborhood Watch Program.
We did. As a group we committed to help make our area safer. We had meetings, at first monthly, and eventually quarterly. We started a phone tree to keep each other informed when, for example, a man rode my neighbor's bike away with her laptop, guitar, and a backpack full of household belongings, or when my mother's purse was stolen out of her car that was parked in our driveway.
Our meetings, in the beginning, were stilted at times, like the first few years of marriage, figuring out what we individually deemed acceptable, what we were tolerant of and what we were not. We defended our positions. Installing speed bumps was a priority for parents with young kids, unnecessary for others. Partying outside houses at 10 p.m. was a limit for some, whereas others would be happy to join in the festivities.
One thing we all agreed on: food. Someone in our group suggested making our meetings potlucks. Portuguese bean soup, cupcakes and fried rice. It got us smiling, eating and talking.
A group intention to deal positively with a negative situation birthed something special: a sense of community, knowing our neighbors, looking out for one another, borrowing an egg, lending a ladder.
We still have crime in our neighborhood. There are still incidents. We are geographically pre-disposed for lots of activity, good and bad. But we are all in this together. Neighbors are like family; you don't choose them, but life's easier if you get along, and if you are willing, you can learn to live harmoniously. You may even become friends.
• Lois Ann Ell is a writer who lives on Kauaʻi. She can be reached at email@example.com.


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Endless Soul
Of such stuff are cult legends made. He's nearly 40, his name is Shirley, he's been writing cracking pop records for ages and his band have only played outside London once ...
OF SUCH STUFF ARE CULT legends made. He's nearly 40, his name is Shirley, he's been writing cracking pop records for ages and his band have only played outside London once.
While Shirley Lee and Spearmint have been slurping from the fuzzy end of pop's lolly stick for a while now, it has allowed them time to assemble this compilation of seven-inch single tracks which, like the Pacer mints of our youth, are chewy, refreshing and have been unavailable for years.
As 'Songs For The Colour Yellow' shows, Spearmint's is a remarkably straightforward vision which incorporates elements of the glorious past (Scritti Politti, Orange Juice), has cross references with the present (Pulp, Kenickie) but contains a vibrancy and clarity of its own. That such glorious cinematic rushes as 'A Bench In The Park', 'The Other Seven' and 'Scared Of Everything' have been relegated to flipsides in the past is testimony to Spearmint's kaleidoscopic bursts of melodic glory.
Of course you shouldn't rest on your laurels until you've got laurels to rest on, but with their last two singles, 'A Trip Into Space' and the stunning 'Sweeping The Nation' (neither, strangely, included here) having caused encouraging flickers on the musical radar, Spearmint have earned this short break to take stock.
Which leaves the rest of us to ponder why, with such a wealth of talents at their command, no major label has taken up their cause. They signed The Supernaturals instead. Go figure.


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#B3ShortCuts welcomed Greg Tate to London on Friday night for an evening of insightful conversation, music and general good vibes.
We kicked off the programme with an introduction to his work and interests for those who were new to all things Greg Tate; the brief intro opened up to a Q&A with the audience firing questions
which overran briefly because let's face it, who wouldn't want more time to talk to Greg Tate?
Next up we were treated to a performance piece by our TalentLab Artist Lula Mebrahtu with her crew of collaborators on LulaBOX, a playful piece that demonstrates the almost limitless possibilities that MIMU gloves can offer!
To round off the evening #B3ShortCuts took over the café area at Ovalhouse Theatre for a live jam with Greg & The Bakol followed by a DJ set from the one and only Tony Nwachukwu until late. Beautiful evening, great vibes, cool people, a perfect start to our new residency in Kennington.
B3 salutes and thanks Greg Tate, Christina Wheeler, Satch Hoyt, Tony Nwachukwu, Lula Mebrahtu & friends!
To echo a lot of the comments we got on the way out: "Let's do it again and soon!"