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Midori Bundt Cake
Author: Cookie Madness
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 55 mins
Total time: 1 hour 5 mins
Midori Bundt Cake -- perfect for Easter
1 box (18.25 oz ) Duncan Hines Classic yellow cake mix
1 (4 serving size) box instant pistachio pudding mix
4 large eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup canola oil
3/4 cup Midori Liquor
1/2 tsp. coconut extract
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup Midori
1/2 cup cream cheese
2 tablespoon butter
1/2 tsp. coconut flavoring
Beat all ingredients for 4 minutes at medium speed Pour into well-greased and floured Bundt pan. Bake at 350 for 50-55 minutes. Cool for about 15 minutes in the pan, then turn onto cooling rack.
Glaze: Mix and beat at high speed until smooth and spreadable. Glaze while cake is still warm
Garnish with Jelly beans to suit the occasion. For instance, on St. Patrick's Day try white, dark green and light green jelly beans. Sprinkles are also an excellent idea.
Recipe by
Cookie Madness
at https://www.cookiemadness.net/2006/04/14/midori-bundt-cake/

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Seven-times James Bond actor Roger Moore becomes Sir Roger as he receives a knighthood, while dedicated Glasgow tea lady Isa Allan is rewarded with an MBE.
Sporting icon David Beckham is honoured with an OBE, at a time when he might be set to leave Britain for a foreign football club.
Among the other stars on the Queen's annual list were comedian Billy Connolly who gets a CBE, cricketer Alex Stewart (OBE), TV chef Jamie Oliver (MBE) and singer Sting (CBE).
There are special awards for six Britons who performed "sterling, gruelling and tireless" service to help victims and their relatives after the Bali bombing atrocity last October.
Mark Wilson, the honorary British consul in Bali, and his brother Philip, assistant honorary consul, opened up their restaurant as a nerve centre for British volunteers after the bombing.
Actress Helen Mirren becomes a Dame, following her success in hit films like The Madness of King George and her portrayal of detective Jane Tennison in the television drama Prime Suspect.
Good Life actor Richard Briers gets a CBE, while there is an OBE for Oscar-nominated actress Kristin Scott Thomas whose films include The English Patient and Four Weddings and a Funeral.
In music, Dave Gilmour, lead guitarist of Pink Floyd, gets a CBE. He recently donated £3.6 million
from the sale of his mansion to a project providing housing for the homeless.
Meanwhile jazz pianist and presenter Jools Holland, who receives an OBE, said he was "proud that the art of boogie-ing has been officially recognised".
Gerry Marsden, of the 1960s pop group Gerry and the Pacemakers, gets an MBE while composer and conductor Sir Charles Mackerras has been awarded the Companion of Honour.
Pop star Errol Brown, who is awarded an MBE, said it was a "real honour".
The Hot Chocolate singer, whose hits include You Sexy Thing, said he thought his long career and the example he had set to the black community helped him win the honour.
Bond star Moore attributed his honour more to his work for United Nations children's charity Unicef, rather than his skills as an on-screen spy.
"I only wish my mother and father could have been alive to see this day," he said.
Rock star Sting echoed those sentiments and added he was "surprised and flattered" to be recognised by the Queen.
In the arts,
Scottish-born painter Jack Vettriano, known for his popular paintings of 40s-style dancers, gets an OBE, and Bombay-born Anish Kapoor - one of the most influential sculptors of his generation - a CBE.
In business, Body Shop founder Anita Roddick said she hoped becoming a Dame would make her "even more radical".
"The honour will mean nothing unless it pushes me on," she said.
Bill Morris, general secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union, is honoured with a knighthood.
He said the award was for the causes he believed in speaking up for, including asylum seekers.
"I hope that in this recognition, today's young black Britons will find some
inspiration. I have always held the view that race can be an inspiration, not a
TV chef Jamie Oliver, who is known for his irreverent cookery programmes and spin-off books, is recognised for the work he did with 15 unemployed young people at his restaurant Fifteen.
The 28-year-old joked he hoped his MBE would get him out of paying parking tickets.
There are honorary OBEs for Britain's top two French soccer managers, Arsenal's Arsene Wenger and Liverpool's Gerard
Tea trolley
Among the ordinary people recognised for doing extraordinary work are a Church of Scotland minister and his wife who have been tirelessly helping asylum seekers on a housing estate in Glasgow.
Reverend Edward Jones and his wife Elspeth, who receive MBEs, have organised appeals to clothe and feed thousands of refugees.
Also in Glasgow, tea lady Isa Allan was nominated for her MBE by the staff of Scottish Enterprise for 18 years of service on her tea trolley.
The stunned 62-year-old said: "All I do is treat everyone as if they were members of my own family."
A surprise entry on the list is an OBE for Harry Potter - but not the boy wizard created by author JK Rowling.
This Harry Potter, originally from Liverpool, is a 60-year-old rural livelihoods adviser in Malawi, who is nevertheless delighted with his award.
For the first time more than half the people in the Birthday Honours list - 509 of them - were nominated by members of the public.
"The key aim has been to reward those who work at the
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Beware the ides of July!
1) – What was your favorite recession moment? Recession. The one that's over, according to Slate.com, which has whacked its way through the green shoots to find the Economic Cycles Research Institute and its contention the recession is over.
ECRI's proprietary methodology breaks down indicators into a long-leading index, a weekly leading index, and a short-leading index. "We watch for turning points in the leading indexes to anticipate turning points in the business cycle and the overall economy," says Achuthan. It's tough to recognize transitions objectively "because so often our hopes and fears can get in the way." To prevent exuberance and despair from clouding vision, ECRI looks for the three P's: a pronounced rise in the leading indicators; one that persists for at least three months; and one that's pervasive, meaning a majority of indicators are moving in the same direction.
The local blog, A Day in the Life, considers the revelation:
I don't know crap about the economy but I will say that this downturn has produced some up-and-coming candidates for Dumpy Strip Malls right here in the south metro of the Twin Cities. Who could have imagined that a coffee shop every six blocks was unnecessary? Who could have ever guessed that the world didn't demand six auto parts stores all along a two mile stretch of highway? And dammit if I didn't see a surplus of beads coming. After all, beads make the world go round and if we can't have a bead store in every strip mall, the terrorists will surely win.
Nails shops. You forgot the nails shops.
2) The Sotomayor hearings continue in Washington and the excitement is palpable. The entire political world is buzzing. Bloggers are at the ready. Al Franken is going to ask his questions today.
Cathy Wurzer got a preview from the senator a little while ago. Don't listen if you want to experience the excitement live during the hearings:
The Washington Post's Dana Milbank had a few more thoughts about the political theater that's going on. He deciphers some of the code that's being used. Milbank said he was "born too late" to watch the Robert Bork hearings. Did someone say "theater"? These hearings are nothing.
The Wall St. Journal boils down the Sotomayor testimony so far.
3) How imagination and ingenuity can inspire a family, a village and a nation. Thanks for the heads up, Twitter! Moving Windmills.
William Kamkwamba also has a blog.
4) Continuing the observance of the 40th anniversary of the moon shot: The New York Times gives a sense of time and place by asking readers to submit pictures of what they were doing 40 years ago this week. The best are the ones that have nothing to do with space.
A colleague told me yesterday her husband doesn't believe the U.S. ever went to the moon. He's not alone. The Telegraph takes apart the 11 main reasons people think the landing never happened.
5) Trash talk: If you knew the journey your trash takes, would you likely change your trashy ways? Three thousand pieces of rubbish are going to be electronically tracked in New York, Seattle, and London.
Trash in Toronto is not being tracked because everyone already knows where it is. It's piling up outside and in the hockey rinks. City workers have been on strike for four weeks.
Bonus: Because it's cool, that's why. The 2009 Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition titled "Making Worlds", is now open. The Boston Globe's Big Picture blog has terrific pictures of the exhibition and Venice itself. Good for daydreaming.
In a hearing today, members of the St. Paul City Council are considering whether to dedicate funds to the creation and maintenance of public art. When, if ever, is public art a good use of taxpayers' money?
More Sonia Sotomayor hearings will be broadcast live on the radio and online starting at 8:30 a.m. We'll drop in with additional coverage and analysis during the breaks.
All Things Considered (3-6:30 p.m.) MPR's Brandt Williams will report on hearings into Minneapolis' plan to charge residents a fee for street lights. Which brings up the obvious question:
Should Minneapolis residents pay a fee for street lights?(opinion)
You can debate the issue in the comments section, if you wish.
Also on this afternoon's program, NPR's Cheryl Corley asks a great question: "What is going to happen to all of those huge auto assembly plants?" And after Roxana Saberi, interest in journalists detained by governments has faded. But it's been a year since an Iraqi journalist working for Reuters was first detained by the U.S. and there's still no charges. Quil Lawrence will have that story.


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Polymer clay is so versatile, it can reproduce the looks of so many different kinds of vintage items, like ivory, jade or carved bone.
To make them shiny and not matte, I use my Foredom buffer. Sometimes it grabs the little round painted piece and flings it randomly across the studio, if I don't hang onto it very tightly!
That gives them a nice sheen, and a little bit of a worn look, too. And each one is unique. I can get close to reproducing them, but since they're handpainted, each one turns out a little bit differently.


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Gleaming Extensive phrase in Pharmaceutical Engineering
A wonderful improvement is established by pharmaceutical industries within a very shorter interval of your time and it's ready to generate a outstanding development within the forthcoming many years home page. The history of pharmaceutical industries have designed an astonishing improve contemplating the reality that 60's and 70's.Your situation is completely one of a kind now many thanks for the imaginative solution it truly is possessing inside of the business of medicines. To rule the world and make their presences come to feel they contain quite a few proficient pharmaceutical execs.
Til now the U.S as well as the eu prescribed drugs were being becoming ruling the planet but on account from the normal creativeness, Asian recommended medicines have however left them driving. The monetary disaster experienced an extremely adverse end result to your earth present-day sector but pharmaceutical industries were remaining untouched. Every of the providers for the second are hounding much more in comparison to the pharmaceutical industries in conjunction with the need for pharmaceutical engineers are substantially elevated. For getting best pharmaceutical engineers, the businesses are actually switching to off-shoring within the placement of outsourcing.
The scarcity of deserving pharmaceutical pros can be the finest challenge confronted within the pharmaceutical industries and has brought about the preserve around of numerous very important duties. New tactics to find the required engineers are being applied by means of the biotech industries. Inside the forthcoming many years the ratio with the choice of professionals with PhD's and masters will most likely be enormously enhanced and they will arrive at on the greatest placement from the organizations.
The principal areas of fascination during the climbing pharmaceutical graduates are cross purposeful talents much like the progression of product, the look basic principle and also great high-quality course of action. So getting business know-how and satisfactory the perfect time to invest on research purpose, the graduates normally want to start out out their vocation having a modest sector and then proceed inside their purpose in additional substantial and renowned companies.
India and China are competing not easy to deliver immensely gifted science graduates also to beat one another using the ever escalating acceptance of Pharmaceutical engineering. The increasing graduates are able an abundance of of competing when making use of the US graduates. Furthermore the introduction of H-1 B visas with the US governing administration has proved for currently being a serving at hand with the Indian and Chinese pharmaceutical engineers. So, the easy truth is there is a gleaming long term on earth of Pharmaceutical engineering.


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The English educational system offers parents and children various options when it comes to choosing a school. These include:
- Nursery schools - nursery schools can be state run or privately run. They are designed to give child care from birth to school age in private terms although many state nurseries may only offer places for the year before a child starts school.
- State schools - these schools are funded and run by the state and are free to attend for every child in the relevant area. These schools include community schools.
- Trust/foundation schools - these schools are fun by a governing body and may be set up as a trust that has links to a charity or business.
- Faith schools - these schools can be attended by anybody but they will be run on a religious basis.
- Private schools - the parents of children attending private schools will have to pay fees. The children may also have to pass an exam to gain entry to the school.
- Independent schools - these kinds of schools are run and paid for by parents and many are run as charities.
- Specialist schools - these schools may have a specific focus such as arts, sports or technology.
- Special schools - these schools are set up to help children with specific special educational needs.
- Academies - these schools are state managed in partnership with sponsors from the community.
- Grammar schools - grammar schools are usually open to all but children will need to pass an exam to go to one.
- Boarding schools - boarding schools are generally private schools where the children live at the school rather at home during term time.
- Sixth form colleges - these are specific colleges that take children through their sixth form education
- Further education colleges - these colleges may offer standard sixth form education such as A Levels and/or vocation courses for the over 16s such as BTECs and City and Guilds.


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This so-called "Modern Sensitivity," "Political Correctness," or, more accurately, Censorship is one of the reasons I never turn on a radio anymore. I haven't for years. My family also got rid of TV and its propaganda, high-volume ads and junk programming about ten years ago. I politely listen to the music I want to hear from my own collection of music. Thare are No commercials and No politically correct modern sensitivity censorship in my music. I am free to listen to any music I desire and, I do so in absolute freedom. From "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette" by Commander Cody & His Lost Planets Airmen to David Allen Coe's "Rodeo Song" to a whole lot of bluegrass about killing, moonshine, whiskey and more including "Copper Kettle" about joys brewing 'shine.
Without radio, I can listen to what I want, when I want and by whom I want. I don't smoke but a song about cigarettes isn't offensive to me. I don't kill or abuse women and Lord knows there's enough in bluegrass of that to go around. In fact there are probably more sins in bluegrass than I can count but, I still listen to all of it and enjoy the music. Whiskey Before Breakfast anybody?
I am sure that every song written will offend somebody and I hope we don't stop making music because somebody's ears may get offended or somebody actually takes the lyrics of a song seriously instead of just being a song. Maybe radio will cease because they can no longer air any music in trembling fear that a song may actually offend just one person. My problem is that the noose around acceptability's throat keeps getting tighter and tighter. Common sense died years ago along with any sense of humor or other traits that made people human. There doesn't appear to be any slowing down and it won't end till the Politically Correct Police are at the end of their rope. Then what? Silence? Back to the Speakeasy days of music being performed in back rooms to Invitation Only crowds? I certainly hope not.
It is a lot like the legislature. Every time Congress writes a law, they take away a bit more freedom and a bite out of liberty. There are very few laws that ever give some back. The same is true with our music. Every time we make a topic taboo or exclude another song from being performed, we are actually cutting our own throats until, in the end, either the music all sounds the same (because it is) or, there is nothing left to sing about and the music ultimately dies. Music would no longer have any soulful value to it because, it would no longer have any meat on the bone. Devoid of feelings, substance, real life and emotion, music wouldn't be worth listening to except in a box built by Otis. Elevator music for all and absolutely no lyrics.
Anyway, to each their own. I dropped radio because what I wanted to listen to and enjoy wasn't being played anymore. I didn't stop listening to the music, I just changed the medium that provides it. Radio refused to play what I wanted to hear so, I now listen to the iPod, my media server and CDs.
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text: Driving to the hospital three days ago, all I kept thinking was, "I can't wait 'til this surgery is behind me." Well, now it is. The surgery is over; we know what we are dealing with; and we're now headed home for the holiday. AND we have a chemo date….the 18-week eradication process begins Thursday, January 5th.


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Is your mind racing, planning, worrying, relentlessly reviewing the past or agitating over the future? This is a useless waste of energy and a misuse of the mind. (see my blog post of July 25/10, How To Take Control of Your Mind).
It's important to ask yourself why your mind is racing. Why does your frantically busy mind think it's important to keep you in an agitated state? What's it keeping your from paying attention to? What would you be thinking about if your mind weren't racing? What's the real problem here?
Ask yourself: If I weren't worrying about all that, what would I be thinking about?
Often the racing mind is just a cover up for the real problem. To get at the real stuff, we have to quiet the buzz and the static of the racing mind. We need to get quiet and ask ourselves what we're really upset about.
Most often it isn't about the seemingly endless list of chores to be done. Rather it's about the relationship we're in or the disappointment we're experiencing in our own lives. Sometimes memories are trying to surface in our consciousness: memories that the mind doesn't want us to know about.
All the worrying in the world about the past, the future or the jobs to be done, won't address the real problem, whatever it is.
Recognize the racing mind for what it is. A distraction. A red herring meant to keep us from dealing with what really matters.
Do you have experience with a racing mind? Perhaps you'd leave a comment below to help others. I promise to reply to your comment.


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Allen Minor is the author of, The Borderline Between Life and Poetry; here is a link to his Amazon page:
Q: What inspired you to write "The Borderline Between Life and Poetry?"
A: As someone who struggles with mental health issues, I know what a dark and lonely place it can be. My goal with all of my works (be it my novels, or my spoken word poems, or my written poems) has always been to show people that they are not alone. Ultimately, that was my inspiration for "The Borderline Between Life and Poetry," not to say "It will get better," but simply to show people that when they're at their darkest, there's someone there to walk beside them.
Q: What is the overall theme of the book?
A: The overall theme of the book is emotional reactions. Some of the poems are more personalized, while others are generalized, but they all deal with those emotions. As someone with Borderline Personality Disorder, I tend to feel emotions very keenly, but what I've discovered is that regardless of the fact that they are exaggerated feelings, they are rooted in emotional cores that we all feel.
Q: What are The Combat Hippies?
A: They Combat Hippies is a group of 4 United States military veterans (2 Army and 2 Marines). We are a performance poetry group with a main show called "Conscience Under Fire," and we travel around the state of Florida putting on that show at colleges, theaters, and other venues. We also engage the community in other places and ways, such as open mic nights and guest performances at VA's In different areas. We hope to one day take our show national, in an effort to spread the message of what is called Post-Traumatic Growth.
Q: What kinds of themes do you like to write about?
A: I don't know if I have any concrete themes that I enjoy writing about more than others, unless emotion can be considered such. I try to look at all situations and analyze the emotional reactions that it elicits. The topic can be interpersonal interactions, or memories, or a song, or anything, but in whatever I write about the core is always "How does that make me feel, and how can I put that in a relatable way.
Q: What makes a poem performance worthy?
A: I think anything is poem worthy. Someone once asked me what I think is so special about poetry, and I think my response applies to this as well: I think poetry is unique amongst all forms of communication because it has always–throughout all of human history–been so ubiquitous. In the past, books have been banned, certain spoken words and topics have been made taboo and shunned, even physical interactions have been restricted or adjusted, but poetry has always been around and thrived. Sure, some have tried to place strictures on poems and poets in the past, but if you notice, it never worked. And I believe that's because poetry is a part of what we are. What is an atom, or the universe, or matter, or anything? In truth, these words that we use for them are simply metaphors, because it's not possible for us to truly fathom the enormity of what they truly are, so we must place poetic labels on them. I believe that's why anything is poem worthy, because, at the end of the day, everything IS poetry.
Q: What kind of a day job do you have and how does it influence your work?
A: I am actually a writer and poet by day. I know that doesn't sound like a proper response, but I actually don't have another day job at the moment. I was injured while in the military, and am a disabled veteran. I have been a college student since my release from the Army in 2008, but recently I took time away from my studies to focus on my writing. My goal is to be a career novelist, and I am fortunate enough to have the ability to take time away from working so I can focus on that.
Q: Who are some of your favorite poets?
A: Some of my favorite poets are Sylvia Plath, Ernest Hemingway, Emily Dickenson, and Edgar Allan Poe. As someone who struggles with mental health issues, I grew up feeling very alone in the world. Each time that I got diagnosed with something new, or was put on a new medication, it made me feel more and more alone and abnormal. These poets, amongst many others, served to show me that I wasn't, despite the fact that they are no longer physically with us. I think Sylvia Plath And Emily Dickenson were some of my favorite, because through their poetry you can see a depth of emotion that reflects something that is beyond words. They've often been criticized for that fact; a lot of their poetry DOESN'T have happy endings. That's what I love about them; they express an understanding.
Q: What have you done to promote your book?
A: Self promotion has been an interesting and sometimes frustrating road. One of the most important things that I've done is accepting social media as a matter of course. I've set up author pages on all major social media platforms, including youtube, because I've been forced to accept that it's not simply an aspect of life anymore, but rather it's a way of life for a lot of people. I've also reached out to many blogs, because one of the biggest things that I've realized in my marketing research is that blogging runs the world now. It isn't put like that publicly, but if you really look at it, it's impossible to deny. From the movies we watch, to the books we read, to the types of clothing trends, blogs control the way the world views these things. So I've reached out to many blogs, not only to display myself and my books, but, more importantly, to REVIEW them.
Q: How long has your book been on the Amazon Bestsellers list and how did it get there?
A: My new book, "The Borderline Between Life and Poetry," is currently the #1 Bestseller on the Hispanic-American Poetry List, and was on the Top 100 Bestsellers List for Poetry for about a week. Poetry is a niche market, so there's very little gray area when it comes to lists like that; either it's sold quite a bit, or literally not at all. I was fortunate that The Combat Hippies already has a bit of a following, so I attribute much of my rating in regards to this book to that.
Q: Of all the pre-beat American poets, who do you think would have been able to succeed in a competitive poetry reading and what poem should they read in the competition?
A: I think, of all the great pre beat American poets, Edgar Allan Poe would have been the most successful competitive poet, hands-down. I don't say that because I think he was THE BEST poet (though his genius cannot be denied), but rather because his subject-matter, and the way that he expressed it, was very engaging. Perhaps not all of his poems, but I think "The Raven" and "Annabelle Lee" were so well-written and captivating that they would have captured the attention (and votes) of everyone in the room. Also, "The Pit and the Pendulum" would've kept the audience on the edge of their seats, especially with a good delivery, which I have no doubt he could've given.
Please note; Eliza's interviews are done by email. All answers are unedited and come right from the lovely fingertips of her subjects.


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The Ultimate Morning Routine For Kids (And Parents)
For many families, mornings are something we approach through gritted teeth and held breath. Getting an entire family up and out the door – fed, dressed and friendly – is a feat worth celebrating, yet seldom achieved. I have only one child, soon to be a teen, and yet still we struggle to match morning routines and walk out the door on speaking terms (yelling terms though, this is where we excel).
RELATED: How To Control Your Child's Behaviour
But over the years, I have spent time exploring how other families handle their mornings, and to my relief, I discovered the madness was not something unique to my little family of two. And to my greater relief, I found some guidelines, some answers, some Hail Mary's that help me every day in moulding the behaviour of my family to help get us out the door in a friendly manner.
1. SLEEP: Is everyone getting enough?
It seems obvious, but before you can tackle the morning madness and start building a workable routine, you need to look at the night prior and make sure everyone is getting enough sleep – children and parents. A well-rested family will wake happier and have more strength in reserve to cope with the day.
2. PREPARATION: The night before.
A very wise friend once told me, 10 minutes of night organisation can save 10 minutes of morning madness. It's a rule I now live by. Every night, I take the time to prepare for the next day. It might be as simple as getting out breakfast bowls and cereal, or in my case I encourage my daughter to pack her school lunch and lay out her uniform. Not only is this a tip for the kids, but also the parents – pack your bag, make sure you have everything you need ready to go (including your keys). A calm morning never starts by screaming: "Where are my keys!?"
3. WAKE UP EARLY: Before your kids.
As the leader of the pack, waking up 15-30 minutes before your kids gives you time to quietly prepare for the day. Being showered and dressed before the first sleepy eye cracks open will have you much better equipped to handle whatever is thrown at you.
4. CHARTS: Spell out the routine.
Clearly and concisely spell out a morning routine that suits your individual family needs. Pictures can be used instead of words for families with young children, including all things that need to get done:
• Get dressed
• Brush hair
• Eat breakfast
• Brush teeth
• Put on shoes
• Grab your bag and go!
Once a routine has been agreed on, it's important to talk about the routine with each member of the family so everyone knows what they need to do.
5. STAY CALM: Be connected.
Kids are more aware of their surroundings than we often give credit for and they know when the house is edging toward morning madness – in the face of chaos they will slow down. So when you feel yourself becoming frantic, stay calm, and reconnect with your child. Get down on the floor, on their level, and talk to your child, ask them for their help.
6. HELP THEM: Understand that you are the adult, they are children.
With all of the above in place, the greatest sanity-preserving tip I was given, is to understand that most of us need some time to shift gear from sleep to activity. If as an adult, we need 15-30 minutes in the morning to wake and prepare for the day, so do the little family members. In understanding that, I can better appreciate that my daughter needs my help in the morning and so I build a little extra time into the morning routine to allow for a one on one chat or breakfast together. If you have younger children, the extra time could be used for a morning cuddle or a fun reward when everyone is ready, early.
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I just received this in my inbox. Not sure how to address it, but it registers high on my irony meter:
Statement by Leonid Nevzlin, Chairman, International Board of Governors, Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, Tel Aviv, Israel
"Yesterday's shooting at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a terrible reminder that hatred and violence still exist and must be replaced by tolerance and peace. It is a tragedy that this act occurred at a place devoted to understanding and reconciliation. My hearts and prayers go out to all who were affected, particularly to the family of Stephen Johns, who gave his life protecting innocent people who were at the Museum to learn and remember. I will personally be reaching out to the family of Mr. Johns to offer assistance during this difficult time. On behalf of the Board of Governors, staff and friends of the Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora in Tel Aviv, I express my sincere condolences to the American people."
That statement is all fine and good and the respectable thing for Nevzlin to say.
Here's the thing. I have met Leonid Nevzlin, the Russian oligarch who is now an ex-pat living in Israel, several times. He actually came to the JTA offices in 2008 and sat with me for well over an hour talking about his philanthropy and his love for Israel and the Jewish people. And I have nothing but good things to say about those encounters — and I know you have to take everything from the Putin government with a grain of salt, especially when it comes to his political enemies. And I am not going to say that I know if the following is true — but…. in August, Nevzlin was convicted in Moscow of murder.
A Russian court found Jewish oligarch and philanthropist Leonid Nevzlin guilty of murder.
The Moscow city court found Nevzlin, one of the top executives at the now defunct Yukos oil company, guilty of ordering several murders and attempted murders, including the killing of a local mayor. Nevzlin, who lives in Israel, was tried in absentia.
Nevzlin was a top aid to Yukos chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who has been in a Russian prison since 2003 serving a sentence for tax fraud. In 2006, Yukos' security chief, Alexei Pichugin, was sentenced to 24 years in prison for carrying out murders.
Nevzlin, who fled to Israel and became an Israeli citizen after Khodorkovsky's arrest, is accused of working with Pichugin to organize the murders. Nevzlin repeatedly has denied the charges, saying that they are part of an attempt by the Russian government to discredit Khodorkovsky.


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A mammoth post this time, as expected by Andy Bent, the instigator of all this...
With the impending release of the film adaptation of Watchmen on March 6th, The Guardian website ran a Watchmen based storyboard competition. Participants were asked to storyboard the following page of the film's screenplay chosen by the film's director Zack Snyder.
The top prize was two tickets to the Watchmen movie world premiere on Feb 23rd, the chance to meet Snyder for a short Q&A session and accommodation for two in a top London hotel. As the top five entries would be looked at by the film's director and the overall winner chosen by him, it meant that even the runners up might get their work before the eyes of one of Hollywood's hottest talents.
Well I love Moore and Gibbons original Graphic Novel and I've had some success in previous storyboard competitions so why not try? The only problem was I just had a day to get this done. After a fourteen hour storyboarding marathon I finally had something to submit - something pretty rough I thought, but that might at least have a chance at one of the runner up prizes. Here they are - (click on each set of boards for a closer look).
I didn't hear anything on Thursday, the day the winner and runners up were to be contacted, so I thought 'that's that' and just got on with everything else I was supposed to be working on.
Then Sunday night I got a call from Paramount Pictures telling me that because of his hectic schedule Zack Snyder hadn't had a chance to look at the finalists until the weekend. When he did get a chance he had chosen me. According to The Guardian my 'professional looking storyboard caught the eye of [the] Watchmen director '. That sounds pretty good doesn't it? What I suppose 'professional looking' might mean is that it looked like the work of someone who's been given an impossibly short deadline and has produced something just about the right side of legible whilst still allowing himelf time to eat. Whatever the reason, I was going to the Premiere!
By Monday afternoon I and four other competition winners from around the world were meeting the man himself in a plush Soho hotel suite. Despite having a punishing schedule of media interviews and other promotional work Snyder seemed laid back and happy to give half an hour of his time over to chatting with us. He took another look at our storyboards whilst we quizzed him on his experience making the film.
He spoke amongst other things about his own work on storyboading the script, his reasons for doing this himself and not relying on a storyboard artist, his decision to give Ozymandias' costume nipples and why allowing Nite owl to wear lycra would have ruined the movie (maybe I should have taken issue with this last point, after all Sandy Collora's 2003 fan film Batman: Dead End, released over a decade after Tim Burton ushered in the era of body-armoured superheros, had Batman wearing an almost Adam West style lycra suit, and everyone thought that looked great - Kevin Smith described it as 'possibly the truest Batman movie ever made' and Alex Ross said it was 'Batman the way I've always wanted to see him'. My God... I can't believe I just typed that, must have forgotten to take my geek medication.)
By 6pm we were being chauffeured to Leicester square and were soon walking up the... errr, yellow carpet.
After some official group photos it was on to our seats to await the film that had been deemed 'unfilmable' by its writer, taken over twenty years to produce and had eluded the likes of Terry Gilliam, Darren Aronofsky and Paul Greengrass.
I'm not going to go into a full review of the film itself - there are plenty of those to be found online already - but I will say that it's certainly more faithful to the novel than anyone could have hoped or expected. That Snyder has managed to drag it kicking and screaming to the screen at all is a miracle but considering the source material relies so heavily on the attributes of it's particular medium, it seems doubtful that there could have been a better cinematic outing for it.
After the film we were lucky enough to get tickets to the exclusive cast and crew party on the 31st floor of London's Centre Point building where we rubbed shoulders with (or at least stumbled drunkenly into) stars of the film such as Billy Crudup, Carla Gugino and Jackie Earle Haley , as well as Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons. So, much star spotting was done and many free cocktails downed.
On leaving the party we didn't even have to worry about navigating our way home as the lovely people at Paramount had us booked into the luxurious St Martins Lane hotel with its crazy Philippe Starck designed lobby, all golden teeth stools and garden gnomes. A suitably surreal end to the evening
So that was our unlikely Watchmen adventure. Huge thanks must go to Zack Snyder for first of all making the film, then picking my work, and then giving us a chance to meet him. Thanks also to Yalin, Nina and everyone else at Paramount for looking after us and treating us so well, to Andy Bent for sending me the link to the competition and not entering and winning himself, and to Carrie for forcing me to take part and then being my beautiful date for the evening .
Now go watch the Watchmen.
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Winning Watchmen Storyboards
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Thursday, 19 February 2009
Countryfile 2038
A follow up to the last post. Some storyboards for a section of Chris and Nat's sketch imagining the BBC's Countryfile and iconic host John Craven as they might appear in a post-apocalyptic 2038.
I think this was originally pitched for the BBC's Peter Serafinowicz show, but it never made it to our screens sadly. At least this leaves the door open for Mr Craven to play his own future self... who else could keep us up to date with the problems posed by mutant pigs and nuclear badgers?
I think this was originally pitched for the BBC's Peter Serafinowicz show, but it never made it to our screens sadly. At least this leaves the door open for Mr Craven to play his own future self... who else could keep us up to date with the problems posed by mutant pigs and nuclear badgers?
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Tuesday, 17 February 2009
The Pitch: "It's 'Mad Max' meets 'Countryfile'!"
Idea by Chris Hayward & Nat Saunders.
Visuals by me.
Storyboards to follow.
Idea by Chris Hayward & Nat Saunders.
Visuals by me.
Storyboards to follow.
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Saturday, 14 February 2009
Robot Hearts
Something vaguely Valentine's day related. These were some sketches I did a couple of years ago. The ideas came after hearing the name of the Brighton based band The Robot Heart. They're good, but in no way is their music represented by a mecha-style cardiovascular system such as those above. Find their brand of bittersweet alt pop here - http://www.myspace.com/therobotheart
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Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Drippy Alien
Another sketchbook piece, this time trying out some of Painter's watercolor brushes and Photoshop's wet media brushes. The subject for some reason was one of Giger's Xenomorphs.
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Instinct delivered:
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The annual Pan Pacific Hotel Group (PPHG) dinner during the Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo has become an eagerly anticipated occasion. Attended by 120 invited guests the event provides PPHG with an opportunity to strengthen relationships with key clients and strategic partners in an intimate and relaxed setting.
Staged at The Deck at Circa the evening begins with pre-dinner drinks outside on the deck before moving indoors to a sumptuous 3-course meal and feature entertainment. The bar was set very high at the inaugural dinner in 2013 when Kate Ceberano had the guests in rapturous adoration during her performance.
Instinct worked in close collaboration with PPHG and their event partners to orchestrate the 2014 event. Careful attention was paid to the venue floorplan, ensuring the technical production was flawless without hindering banquet space or audience sight lines to the stage. A combination of well placed branding, glamorous table décor, stylish florals accents and extensive architectural lighting was carefully designed to create the impression that the venue was an extension of the PPHG venue portfolio.
Once again Instinct selected a high profile Australian recording artist to surprise and delight the guests. Wendy Matthews delivered a simply mesmerizing performance that perfectly captured the essence of the event, leaving guests in awe of the PPHG brand and its team.


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The 21st Century is a period marked by technological progress, improvement in communication and infrastructure and advancement in the Internet and Information Technology. While these developments are desired by everyone, these changes also triggered certain problems for the common man. Some are lucky enough to notice this problem while some go on living their lives not knowing and realizing that they are trapped and enslaved by these technological changes. On the other hand, it is also possible that those who do not realize their wretched condition are more fortunate compared to those who are not conscious of their condition. The problems of alienation and estrangement in today's society have been revealed by a number of existentialist philosophers. They attempted to awaken man from toil and drudgery of living in the modern society.
Alienation and estrangement can be defined as the social and economic condition resulting from capitalism. On the other hand, there are those who define alienation as psychological or even spiritual malaise which is pervasive in the society. Because the concepts of alienation and estrangements are inextricably linked in these two senses, this essay will refer to the concepts of alienation and estrangement as a social and economic condition and as a psychological and spiritual malaise.
Alienation and Estrangement are the sum total of the description of man's condition in the modern society. It refers to man's limited and distorted vision of himself and of his needs and desires which are defined in accordance with what is dictated by others. Alienation and estrangement may also mean the loss of sense of self by man as a result of increasing reliance on everyday technology. Alienation and estrangement could also be the effect of man's search for economic improvement. Man, according to the existentialist philosophers, has lost relationship to himself as a result of the changes that have happened in his external environment. As man continuously searches for economic progress he continuously loses himself in the midst of these struggles. The reality however is that not everyone who works hard and searches for economic progress reaches his goal. A handful of people will achieve what they are searching for but a large majority of the population will fail. They will realize that slowly they are losing control of the product of their labor and that they are continuously being subjected to the will of others. The goal therefore of man is to be able to transcend this alienated condition.
The problems of alienation and estrangement are ably described in the story "The Metamorphosis" which is an exposition on the absurdity of human life as written by Franz Kafka. The absurdity is evident in the theme on the economic effects on relationships with people. The economic reality is that people need to work. Oftentimes, a person does not only work for himself but for other persons as well. The worse part is when a person ceases to work for himself but only for other people, like his family. The question is does the people whom a person supports and provides for their needs see him as human being who also have his own needs. Is his contribution the family being recognized as an act of kindness or does the other members of the family see this as an act of duty to them?
The story speaks of a person who one day wakes up and realizes that he has transformed into a bug. The funny thing is that while reading the story, the reader will immediately conclude that the story does not dwell on how Gregor Samsa physically transformed to a giant bug. In fact, it is surprising that the main character was hardly interested about how he physically transformed instantaneously into bug and instead he immediately accepted his situation. If the physically transformation is not issue in this story, then the only conclusion is that it is something other than the physical transformation but a mental one. Gregor Samsa did not actually turn into a bug but rather he was only awakened to the reality that he had been a bug for a long time. He reached a state of awakening or realization. Just like other insects which are purposely designed by nature to work for the survival of the entire colony, Gregor Samsa has been living a life of an insect as he himself had been working for the survival of his family. In the process he lost sight of his relationship with them. He has no friends. He hates his boss, his work and his colleagues. He has no life. He does not even have a pleasant relationship with his family. He could not even see the external world as he attempts to look at it through the window. He realizes that he had alienated himself from his society and from himself. The real transformation actually happened is in his mind as he was awakened to the reality that he has been a slave of his family.
The tragic situation of Gregor Samsa is similar to the situation of Sisyphus. Both have been toiling day in and day out hoping that they will be able to accomplish their goals. Both however are trapped in an endless cycle. The greatest tragedy is that characters are conscious and aware of their condition and that they could not do anything about it.
Alienation in the 21st Century
The employees in the 21st Century share the same fate as Sisyphus in "The Myth of Sisyphus" and Gregor Samsa in the story "The Metaphor." The employees in the modern society have to toil day in day out just so they could reach their goal of someday attaining economic prosperity. Instead of spending their money, eating good food or wearing fancy clothes or living a comfortable life, they save their money hoping that someday they will be able to save more.
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They have failed to realized that time has changed. In the past, the corporate world was a symbol of progress. Anybody who worked hard has the same chance as anybody of becoming rich or at least living a comfortable life. In the past, rest periods, week ends were respected by employers as these are periods where the employees get to spend their time with their family. In the past, privacy rights in the workplace were respected.
The work environment of today has dramatically changed compared to the last decade. In today's society only the rich becomes richer while the poor becomes poorer. The competitive nature of the work environment coupled with the demands of the employers has caused a dramatic change in the way work is done within the workplace. The advent of technologies such as laptop computers, increasing access to the Internet and other communication devices such as Blackberries and Cellular phones also contributed to the enslavement of the employees. Now, every employee is within the reach of his employer no matter where he is and no matter what the time of the day or night is. The line between work hours and rest period has become blurred. Every employee can be required to work even during week ends or holidays or even when he is on vacation. As technology improves, more employers will take advantage of these developments resulting in more time for work but less time for rest and recreation for the employees and less time for himself and his family. As a result, employees reached a state of social and psychological state of separation not only from himself but also from other people.
With the advent of globalization and the explosion of Information Technology, the privacy of every employee in the workplace is slowly being eroded. Employees are always under the threat of being subjected to electronic eavesdropping, video and sound recording, telephone conversation recording posed by computer technology.
On one hand, employers want to make sure that their employees are performing efficiently and that their skills and talents are maximized. With this goal in mind, the need to monitor the activities of the employees in the workplace becomes imperative on their part. Thus employers may monitor and record the conversations of their employees or make a record of the phone numbers dialed by them. The problem however is that employees desire to have some space and they do not want every activity they do in the workplace to be monitored and recorded by their employer.
As a rule, employers may monitor and listen to telephone conversations of their employees with the customers. This is imperative considering the business interest that they need to protect and the quality of service that they need to maintain. However, there are state laws which provide that when the parties to a call are in the same state, employers are required to inform the parties that the conversation is being recorded and monitored by the company. However when the telephone conversation is between parties who are outside the state, laws allow the monitoring and recording of the conversation even without notice by the employer.
The question that must answered is, is it ethical for an employer to eavesdrop on the conversation of its employees? Do employees have to give up their privacy and allow their personal communications to be recorded against his will? Does this not affect the moral and productivity of the employees?
Unlike the right to privacy, the right against unreasonable search and seizure is more explicitly provided for in the US Constitution under the Fourth Amendment. There however is no hard-and-fast rule in weighing the reasonableness of the employer's right to search an employee's computer files. In determining the right of the employer to make a search in the computer files of the employer, due consideration must be made to the particular circumstances of the case. In the case of Biby v. Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, et al., the Supreme Court ruled that a university has the right to look into the computer files of its employees if there is a university policy allowing it to look into the computer files of its employees, the employees are aware of it and have manifested their agreement to it and prior notice have been given to the employee concerned that the employer will look into his computer files. The point is if any of these requirements is absent, the act of the employer in searching computer files of its employees poses serious constitutional challenge and may expose the employer to cases of tort and a liability for damages.
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I recently read an article in the New York Times that TBWA/Chiat/Day and Tequila are trying to overhaul the Uncle Ben's brand image by recasting him as the fictional "Chairman" of packaged-food giant Mars, Inc.
The site let's you explore the explore the new chairman's office using a combination of photos and video. It is all well produced but you quickly feel like there just isn't a point to it all and they are trying to fill the site with thin and un-engaging content. I can play a guessing game as to why the hell is their is rice in a first aid kit in a cabinet or why the chess game plays itself but i just don't care that much. Currently Uncle Ben's does not appear in person in the site but the New York Times is reporting a digital Ben is going to appear on the site sometime in the near future. I will add it to my bookmarks and check back in a while and see if the addition of Ben makes this site more engaging.


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Last Tuesday, I started a series I am calling 'Tool Tuesday'. I will share with you beauty tools that I use, where I got them, and how they work for me. Some of the items you may have seen and just want to hear from someone if it works are not. That's what I'm going to tell ya!
If you missed out on last week's inaugural post, you can check it out here.
Today I am going to write about my hair dryer holder…
My guest bathroom is where I 'do' my hair. The odd contraption you see is a hair dryer holder. It is used to free up both hands while drying your hair.
(Aside note: As in both of my full bathrooms, I have the yellow vanity lights which, you can see in the upper mirror reflection. So, with that in mind, that is why the photos have a yellow cast. I haven't, yet, learned how to adjust my camera to compensate for this. I hope to learn in the upcoming photo classes starting next month.)
I had wanted one of these for years. The arm that held the dryer would always get tired and it would slow me down while I either switched hands or just plain stopped. Luckily, when I won an Amazon gift card, I knew, instantly, what I wanted to spend it on. It was this…
I have only had the stand about a year. However, I have had that hair dryer for, gads, 16 years!!! It still works perfectly. I guess I take really good care of my blow dryers, eh?
The stand makes it easier for me to dry my hair, of course. But it is really handy when I want to do a blow-out. Something about using both of my hands to straighten my hair makes it quick and easy.
Granted, it is not the most attractive object…
But I do like it. Can you see the velcro strap around the nozzle? The clamp doesn't 'clamp' hard enough to hold the dryer. As you can see, the motor end is so bottom-heavy that it wants to slip out. So the velcro strap, sort of, helps it stay in. And the stand does move up and down for different heights but, I leave it right like you see it.
The investment of around $15 wasn't killer. And my arms don't get as tired since using this allows for a quicker dry. My opinion, I like it and I'm glad I got it.
Now if I can just let go of my old blow-dryer!


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MELODY Wall-washer
Direct light pendant lamp
Stainless Steel
"Music makes you happy, so does my Melody!" Not only the shape in which you recognize music notes but also the light effect makes you happy.
The designer wanted to prove that using led in a specific way, immediately will end the discussion on LED, not giving a warm romantic ambiance. By covering the inside of the reflector with a gold leaf the led gets more romantic and cosy warm light. All other metal parts are polished stainless steel.
The very warm light created by the gold leaf reflector is shining around the lamp. The light downwards is standard color 2700K.
Melody can be used in your house but is also perfect in the lobby of an hotel.
The "Wall-lamp" in fact is a suspended lamp. This model is developed to be mounted very close to the wall to give a washing light effect. The canopy has to be fixed to the ceiling.
The Floor lamp and Suspended lamp have an extra downlight in the centre for a good light effect downwards.
Lamps: 1 x 13 Watt
Lumenoutput: 632
Colour temperature: 2700K


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1. Stone Cold Killer – Sage Crystal Healing Bath Bomb $12
Truly Natural Ingredients: Peppermint, Tea Tree & Eucalyptus Fair Trade, Certified Organic Essential Oils, Sweet Almond Oil, Coconut Oil, Rose Water, Citric Acid, Kaolin Clay, Magnesium Epsom, Sodium Bicarbonate, Peppermint Leaves, Rough Cut Crystal in Center.
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How to Use
Fill bathtub with warm water, drop in the bath bomb, lie back and enjoy this moment of self care you have created. Add in a few drops of our Oil Blend into your diffuser. Revel in the moisturizing soak and natural aromatherapy, and feel free to indulge in a ritual or meditation. There is no such thing as coincidence, so the crystal you receive is meant for you. We encourage you to discover the characteristics behind your crystal and reflect on how it relates to your current life situation with our Crystal Bible.
~ Ritual ~
During full and new moons we encourage you to take the steps of bathing, cleansing, and nourishing your mind, body, and spirit. Keep in mind there are no wrong or right ways to do a 'ritual'. Let your soul guide you and speak to you. Keep an open mind and heart for allowing new energy to come and old energy to leave, gracefully. Before bathing, light a candle/essential oil diffuser inside the bathroom and look in the mirror. Really look into your eyes and feel what is happening. Perhaps, saging the room/house before hand can be done too. Tell yourself you are beautiful and speak OUT LOUD your intentions for the cleanse (MUST BE POSITIVE!) When taking your bath, add a bath bomb or two 😉 dunk your entire body under the water and say an affirmation again. Relax and let go of the the stress you've been holding on to. When you drain the bath, sit inside until the water is all dissolved, while imagining that every single negative energy that is attached to you is now flowing down the drain, leaving you forever. Stand up. Say another affirmation. Give thanks. Step out. Blow the candle out. The ritual is now over.


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Apreciate any help and excuse me if my terminology is incorrect.
sed -i '1,6d;$ d' *.csv
This unix command, run on cygwin, will go through all the files in the directory that end with .csv.
For each file it deletes the 1st 6 rows and the last row and that's the returned file.
My question is how do I go about scheduling this so that it is run on a certain directory periodically?
Note: I have a fair idea around basic unix commands. Also, I currently do some scheduling, using task scheduler in windows XP, using vbs to work on some excel files.
You can run
cron on windows which allows scheduling
bash (cygwin) scripts too. Here is the related Stackoverflow discussion.
If you don't want this, you can create a
.bat batch file with contents like
chdir C:\where\you\want\to\run\this\script
C:\Cygwin\Or_where\you\installed\bin\sed.exe -i '1,6d;$ d' *.csv
And run this batch file from the Windows scheduler.
Then there is the windows version of the
at command which works a bit like the *nix
cron. Here is an explanation.


text: ________________________________________ From: centos-bounces at centos.org [centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Jeff [jlar310 at gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 9:20 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.4 x86_64 authenticating against AD (Server 2008r2) On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Joseph L. Casale <jcasale at activenetwerx.com> wrote: >>Wbinfo -u & wbinfo -g do indeed work for me however getent passwd or getent group returns no AD users or groups. I have winbind entries in nsswitch for both the passwd & >group entries. Josepeh, I will try a newer RPM from a different repository and see if that resolves my issues. Did my smb.conf look ok? > > getent doesn't need to return data for this to work, just wbinfo. > It's likely the issue I spoke of, aside from the winbind entries > in smb.conf that allow local logon. > > Take my advice: > yum erase samba == uber happiness > > Get ldap working, no interop issues with the old samba version in rhel and > newer ms servers. Plus you will be using something forward compatible that > a txt edit could likely fix in the event something drastic changed in the > schema and search filters for example had to change. +1 We've been using nss_ldap against AD for years. It's never a problem. Jeff _______________________________________________ Version 3.4.5 of Samba did end up resolving the issue I was having and now AD users can login to the box. I am however interested in going the LDAP route mainly for the forward compatability reason stated by Jeff. Is there anything special I need to do on the DC for the LDAP authentication to work? Thanks, Dan


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The link in your post is "https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=9-0VRWAYxoM". Change it to "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpGEeneO-t0"?
Link is "https://www.youtube.com/shared...". Try changing it to the normal "youtube.com/watch..." link? Probably a bug.
Hm, I can't reproduce. I'm on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, FIrefox 50.1.0. What distro/version of Linux?
Makes sense. The Backfire Effect at work: when people's beliefs are challenged, they get stronger, as a psychological self-defense mechanism.
- Trump's victory, which defied the long-held conventional wisdom about the prospects of black-hearted candidates, has been described as a watershed moment for the nation's millions of black-hearted Americans whose overwhelming support buoyed his run for the presidency. Encouraged by the possibility of one of their own occupying the highest seat of power in the nation, black-hearted Americans reportedly turned out in record numbers in all 50 states, propelling Trump to a historic victory.
I thought The Onion was satire?
mk I haven't made any changes recently. Do you have any idea what could've broke it? I can try to look into it this weekend, if you don't.
- only some people should get to elect our leaders
The technical term for that form of government is "Tyranny".
- If Hillary Clinton wins the U.S. Presidential election, it will be the first time in history that two U.S .Presidents have slept with each other!
That we know of.
I can respect someone who honestly doesn't believe it will work. But I think they're wrong. Conservatives regularly make the argument "it just won't work in the US, we're too big" (despite countries like Sweden having vast swathes of frozen wasteland). But you know what? Colorado is about the size of any given European country, and with a strong tech economy. I want to see what happens. Worst case scenario, we can repeal it if it explodes, and the only thing lost is some spending money from a few well-to-do middle class people like myself who can spare it.
But, practicality notwithstanding, as a Christian, I'll almost always vote for social things. I believe Jesus' #1 physical ministry was to the poor. I don't have to tell you, there are countless verses in both the Old and New Testaments commanding helping the poor. And some pretty dire consequences for not doing it in Matthew 25.
When I lived in Texas, most of the Conservative Christians I knew used the argument, "It's not the government's job, it's the church's job." You know what? The church isn't doing its job. And at the end of the day, I don't care who does it, as long as it gets done.
Historical trivia: on July 30, 1974, The Washington Post published, with Dr. Seuss' permission, replacing Marvin K. Mooney with Richard M. Nixon, the entire poem. Ten days later Nixon resigned.
- Go Trump!
The time has come.
The time has come.
The time is now.
Just go.
I don't care how.
You can go by foot.
You can go by cow.
Donald J. Trump, will you please go now!
You can go on skates.
You can go on skis.
You can go in a hat.
But please go.
I don't care.
You can go by bike.
You can go on a Zike-Bike if you like.
If you like you can go in an old blue shoe.
Just go, go, GO!
Please do, do, DO!
Donald J. Trump, I don't care how.
Donald J. Trump, will you please GO NOW!
You can go on stilts.
You can go by fish.
You can go in a Crunk-Car if you wish.
If you wish you may go by lion's tail.
Or stamp yourself and go by mail.
Donald J. Trump!
Don't you know the time has come to go, Go, GO!
Get on your way!
Please, Donald J.!
You might like going in a Zumble-Zay.
You can go by balloon...
...or broomstick.
OR You can go by camel in a bureau drawer.
You can go by Bumble-Boat...
...or jet.
I don't care how you go.
Just GET!
Get yourself a Ga-Zoom.
You can go with a.................
Donald, Donald, Donald!
Will you leave this room!
Donald J. Trump!
I don't care HOW.
Donald J. Trump!
Will you please GO NOW!
I said GO and GO I meant....
The time had come.
Donald WENT.
I can trump top that. We're trying to get a Single Payer System here.


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Rachel MastIIP Berlin-Summer 2015
In summer 2015, I participated in the International Internship Program in Berlin, Germany where I interned at an internet-based coffee retailer. Although I loved everything about my internship experience, my favorite memory came from getting to build personal relationships with my co-workers. There were four interns from around the world at my organization, and it was so cool to exchange cultural insights as well as differences in the respective educational programs. We are still connected on social media, and it is pretty cool to have friends from all over the world. Working in the consumer-goods industry, I was able to really see how Americans and Europeans vary in their preferences and response to marketing communications. Overall, the biggest thing I learned was how important it is to understand the target audience when creating products and marketing campaigns. After this experience, I feel much more confident in working for an organization with a global focus.
Kelsey MagiltonGlobal Business Institute: Sydney, Spring 2016
Interning for the Sydney Opera House was an experience I will carry with me for the rest of my life. Choosing to participate in an internship was easily the best decision I made when going abroad. I was a marketing intern at the Sydney Opera House. The entire experience is one that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. It was an exciting time to be an intern as I was able to help the team develop new marketing collateral with their recent rebranding efforts. I joined forces with the design department to create brochures and point of sale displays, which are still on display at the Sydney Opera House today. It was especially rewarding to be included in the initial brainstorming stage and assisting the SOH implement a successful re-launch of their brand. The biggest thing I learned was the ability to work with people of different cultures. Sydney is the "New York" of Australia, therefore it is one giant melting pot. I worked with individuals from every continent, and this was a truly unique experience as a 20-year-old intern. I learned to understand the cultural differences and mannerisms as well as gained respect from people who travel the entire world to follow their dreams.
Matt KovalchukINNOVATE
Stepping into a new culture really opened up my perspectives on how others are living and collaborating. Although the language, culture, societal norms, and demographics were significantly different from what I is used to, by the end of trip it was easy to see the overwhelming similarities that we all shared. My time in China has made me consider the impact and importance of engineering and business on the global scale rather than just in the US.
Josh Hammaker
Studying abroad has helped me in my career in ways I would never have expected. Most notably, studying abroad taught me how to interact with people from different backgrounds and cultures. Since graduating from Pitt, I've been working in a position that involves a decent amount of travel and therefore requires me to interact with individuals from all over the world. Being able to share the adventures and experiences gained from studying abroad was likely one of the deciding factors that set me apart from other candidates for my position. Travelling to and living in another country takes most people out of their comfort zone, but every minute overseas was absolutely worth it.
Allie RoosIntercollegiate Center for Classical Studies (Spring 2017)
When I was a freshman, I sat down with one of my professors to discuss what I expected from my college experience. The first thing out of my mouth was that I wanted to study abroad. Now as a senior, I have been able to study abroad twice, once with a Panther Program (Pitt in Sicily) and again with a Pitt-Recognized Program. It was this program that was suggested to me during that freshman year meeting. The Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies (ICCS) has been the premiere study abroad experience for Classics students since 1965. The "Centristi" (students at the ICCS) come from across the country and live together for a semester in a four story building located in the eternal city, Rome. I knew from the first moment I heard about the program that I needed to be apart of this institution. Not only were the students from various parts of the country, but so were the Professors. The diversity of experience and background within our small group of thirty was a wonderful addition to the outstanding academic opportunities offered to us throughout the semester. I was able to continue my studies of Ancient Greek, reading Plutarch's 'Antony' whilst walking in both the author's and subject's shoes. Rome was my classroom. We walked in the steps of the ancients, listening to lectures not only at outstanding well preserved monuments, such as the Colosseum, but also under highway bypasses, where there were some remains of an ancient port city, and inside dome sized Etruscan tombs organized within a widespread necropolis. I've always had a fascination with the ancient world, but that fascination has increased tenfold and I've realized that what I thought I knew about the ancients was just skimming the surface. I've come back to Pitt not only with new friends and experiences, but also with a renewed passion and desire to learn. As I start my senior year, I have found both of my experiences abroad to be invaluable to my college experience and essential to fulfilling my academic goals in the most intellectually stimulating way.
Emma HuckinsPlus 3 Germany - Summer 2017
Through my time in Germany, I gained many professional skills that would be hard to learn just in the classroom in Pittsburgh. Every culture has its own customs and manners when it comes to business, and with business being such an international field, it is important to be knowledgable about cultures in other countries. I was able to get first hand experience of these kinds of differences while I was in Germany working with German university students and through touring corporations throughout my trip. The two weeks abroad lead up to a final group presentation on one of the automobile industries that we studied. Each group consisted of a couple of Pitt Business students, Pitt Engineering students, and University of Augsburg students. So on top of networking with students and professionals in Germany, as a CBA student I was given the opportunity to get to know and work with Swanson Engineering students. Overall, Plus 3 Germany not only expanded my professional network, but also gave me friends I would not have met otherwise, and expanded my cultural awareness about a place outside of the Unites States. This awareness will only benefit me in the future inside my classes and in my profession later on, whether I am working domestically or internationally.
Madeline WellsPitt in Alcalá, June 2017
Through the Pitt in Alcalá program and the Franklin Institute at the the Universidad de Alcalá in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, I had the opportunity to shadow a doctor at the local hospital in Alcalá. This experience was by far the most challenging, but also most rewarding. I was paired with a medical student in her third year of residency and had the opportunity to shadow her work for 15 hours. She worked in the rehabilitation department in the emergency room, so we saw lots of patients with muscular or skeletal injuries. I definitely had trouble understanding what the patients and doctors were saying, because they spoke very quickly and used advanced medical terminology. However, by the end of my time shadowing there, I could tell that my Spanish skills, especially my knowledge of medical Spanish, had improved tremendously. I am currently pursuing a degree in Rehabilitation Science and plan on being a physical therapist, and would love to incorporate Spanish into my career plans. Treating Spanish-speaking patients has been a goal of mine since I decided to pursue physical therapy, so this opportunity gave me the skills and confidence necessary to reach that goal.
Jay CarterTalent Management and CSR at Kedge Business School Summer 2017
As an exchange student in Marseille, France, I gained insight into the international business of the European culture and its influence on the global economy. The geographical and cultural diversity of each exchange student enriched course discussions; Chinese, Russian, Mauritian, Italian, Mumbian and Londoner are just a few of the student nationalities. Classroom presentations ranged on topics of 'ethics, corporate social responsibility, unconscious bias, personal branding, talent marketing and skills management.' Outside of the classroom, the Interact Team was welcoming and made Marseille enjoyable. The social activities exposed us to a lot of what Marseille had to offer. A few activities included water tubing, hiking the tranquil trails of Les Calanques, scenic tours, shopping and beach activities. The faculty, staff and students of Kedge were extremely accommodating to everyone, ensuring safety and well-being. Currently, I am employed with Luxottica Retail, a multinational corporation that manufactures and distributes eye wear. This experience coupled with my masters' degree in both international business and business administration will prepare me for the management challenges I may face in advancing my career with this company, managing diverse employees, embracing cultural differences and consistently evaluating my personal and professional growth.
Rachel VinciguerraGSPIA Internship Program (independently organized)
I spent a little over two months in Haiti this summer conducting a program evaluation for a girls' empowerment program I helped to start there two years prior as well as completing an internship with an emerging foster care agency. This summer marks the first time that I have formally been involved in professional program evaluation. After my experiences in Haiti, I can say that I led two separate program evaluations (one a mid-point evaluation and one to design monitoring and evaluation protocol pre-implementation). Having this experience not only taught me a lot about program evaluation on-the-ground and helped me identify areas I can improve, but it also communicates to others in my field that I am serious about this work. After this summer I have deliverables in the form of a program evaluation report (in two languages) and program monitoring and evaluation guides that I could share with potential employers. This experience has brought me to a new level in my academic and professional growth and I expect that it will open new doors in terms of what I am able to do in this field in the future. I am incredibly grateful to the Nationality Rooms for this incredible opportunity. I could not have done it without the funding and support they provided.
Nina KneuerFU-BEST program in Berlin, Spring semester 2017
I believe that the two skills I learned the most while abroad was independence and adaptation. I've always been someone who is very independent, but when you're thrown into a country where you've never lived before and you're suddenly there, without family or friends, living with new people and new friends, it can be quite a culture shock, and can really test your true independence. I learned very quickly how to make real friends and how to become comfortable with my new surroundings. I also believe that having friends in this program really helped my independence grow while I was abroad, because with friends you go out and travel, like you wouldn't otherwise do by yourself. Hence, going out to pubs for a social night out with friends and booking last minute plane tickets to a weekend in Belgium, became a usual, fun, comforting, and independent thing for me to do. Adaptation comes along with independence in the sense that you are thrown into something you do not really know, and you have to adjust quickly. Although it may seem like everyone across the world leads similar lives, the tiny difference in social acceptances and gestures and words can be very different, and need to be learned in order to not seem like a complete goof or rude person while abroad. Something that I adapted to very quickly was the public transportation. At home, I never really used it, because we used to live in the suburbs and I had a car, but while abroad public transportation was everything, from getting to school, to getting to the airport, to meeting up with a friend. I depended on it to be on time and consistent, and when it wasn't, I really appreciated it much more. Therefore, I really adapted, quickly, to the public transportation system, I had to know how to use it the second day I was abroad, or I wasn't going to make it to school on time. And through public transportation I saw how people interacted with each other and what social gestures and words and ques were acceptable. I can't imagine what my life would be like now if I hadn't studied abroad, it honestly changed my life and I would re-live it all over again, if I could.


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by: Finella Kristle Panlilio
Thursday, December 4, 2014 |
It's easy to understand the lure social media holds for startups - it's the best vehicle for moving your new business forward fast and gaining momentum you can build on. Startups only get one chance to make a great first impression with people on social media. Lose that chance and you'll end up falling behind and struggling to work twice as hard to cover lost ground on social sites.
To help you avoid descending to social media irrelevance, Entrepreneur shares the five major social media mistakes and how to avoid them.
1. Trying to be everywhere
Every social media site is seen as a Mecca for prospects and if you don't get them, somebody else will. No matter how strong the temptation is, you don't have to be everywhere. First of all, it's not easy to come up with original and relevant content for many different social networks. Second, it results to poor foundation for the whole social media marketing process. Focus on quality over quantity. Only choose the networks where most of your prospects are and that have the largest audiences. You can experiment with other networks as you expand your sales and build your team.
2. Promoting extensively without audience engagement
This is akin to social media suicide. Self-promotion is fine, but there should always be a balance between compelling content and engagement on one hand, and marketing on the other. Creative marketing will bring you audience and acknowledgment, while old-fashioned one-way advertising coming from an offline marketing mindset will only hurt your business.
3. Failing to plan
Failing to plan is planning to fail. Your product or service, no matter how great, won't make a difference if people don't trust you or know about you. You can't expect to go viral and have people flock to your business unless you create a buzz and let people know you exist. Establish a posting schedule and stick to it. A mix of content, quizzes, polls, and videos will help. Your objective might be leads, brand recognition or sales, but for starters, your goal is for your target audience to get used to your presence and know that you engage.
4. Talking to the audience instead of talking with them
Boring content is counterproductive. Replace dull and generic opening lines with catchy (but not misleading) headers. Try to inject humor in your posts and responses. Make them genuine, infusing your personality into your content.
5. Losing steam after a strong start
Many startups fall into this trap, out of laziness, lack of focus, or impatience. Improve performance by measuring metrics, keeping track of competitors, and adapting to what your audience is telling you with their behavior. Don't let your enthusiasm fade or you will lose the momentum.
One thing to remember is that social media marketing is a seemingly endless marathon, so be prepared to put in a lot of effort. Know your audience and show them that you care. Look for witty employees with a flair for language.
Now that you know what to do and what to avoid, you can now be on your way to beginning strong and executing your social media strategies the right way.


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The 2026 World Cup will be held in United States, Canada and Mexico
The North American bid defeated its only challenger, Morocco, by a vote of 134-65.
MOSCOW — A combined bid from the United States, Mexico and Canada won the hosting rights for soccer's 2026 World Cup on Wednesday, bringing the tournament to North America for the first time since the 1994 event on a pledge of record crowds, record revenues and, perhaps crucially, a record $11 billion in profits for FIFA, world soccer's governing body.
The North American bid defeated its only challenger, Morocco, by a vote of 134-65.
It will be the first time the World Cup is hosted by three countries, but a vast majority of the tournament will be on U.S. soil. Of the 80 matches, 10 will be held in Canada, 10 in Mexico and 60 in the United States — including the final, at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
The last time the men's World Cup was in North America was when the United States hosted in 1994. It was held in Mexico in 1970 and 1986, and Canada has never hosted.
Wednesday's vote was the first in which each FIFA member association was given a say on where the World Cup would be held, and the North Americans rode to victory on a wave of support from the Americas, Europe and Asia, plus a few votes poached from Africa.
After months of meetings and arm-twisting, a campaign that began last August when Morocco jumped into the race on the final day that countries could announce their intention to bid, ended in an instant: with electronic vote totals suddenly flashing onto a giant screen.
The victory spared U.S. Soccer a second stunning defeat in less than a year; the U.S. men's team is missing the World Cup this summer, its first absence since 1986. The U.S. federation spent more than $6 million — out of a combined budget of about $8 million — to bring the World Cup back to North America, and its first-term president, Carlos Cordeiro, had crisscrossed the globe to meet voters since his election in February.
The North Americans had offered FIFA's member associations a ready-made World Cup. The 23 stadiums they offered as potential hosts are already built, as is most of the infrastructure the expanded 48-team tournament will need: training sites, hotels, airports, rail lines.
And, like Morocco, the North Americans also had the full support of their governments. The nations' so-called United Bid was a rare topic on which the presidents of the three countries found common cause, and the United States government, including President Donald Trump, had mounted a stealthy shadow campaign to try to win over FIFA and its member federations.
The North American bid's signature selling point, however, was delivered in a language FIFA members long have understood: revenue. The North Americans promised FIFA a record $11 billion profit — a staggering amount of money that could mean as much as $50 million for each national association.
Morocco, which pledged a profit of less than half as large as its rival's, criticized the focus on money over soccer until the bitter end.
"The United Bid is proposing an offer that is mainly a business proposal for football," one Moroccan official, Moncef Belkhayat, said Monday. "Their offer is based on dollars, on profit, while Morocco is offering an offer that is based on passion for football, for development of football — not only in Morocco, but also in Africa."
Morocco's proposal, too, came with serious concerns. The 2026 World Cup will be the first with 48 teams, a significant expansion from the current 32 and a massive undertaking for any host, especially one going it alone. Morocco would have needed to spend billions of dollars to build nine stadiums and to significantly renovate five others, and do all of it in eight years — four fewer than the 12 FIFA gave to Qatar, which still has not finished the job of getting ready for the 2022 World Cup.
Then there were the hotels, the highways, the rail links and the facilities to host a tournament set to bring more than 1,100 players and millions of fans to North Africa; all would have needed to be built, at a cost of billions more.


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Dr. Jeremy Fyke, a Communications Studies professor and the moderator of Lambda Pi Eta at Marquette University, gave a presentation on the communication surrounding the Sandusky scandal at Penn State University. Dr. Fyke gave the presentation to a full house, including over 200 students and faculty on April 22, at 7 p.m. in Marquette Hall.
According to Dr. Fyke, whose research was recently published in the Journal of Business Ethics, language use and a culture of silence deeply impacted how the situation played out and was handled overall.
Dr. Fyke presenting on the communication surrounding the Penn State Scandal on April 22, 2014.
During his presentation, Dr. Fyke covered a variety of topics starting with critical upward communication and organizational culture. This case was especially interesting because the culture largely affected the outcome. All of the Penn State University employees involved in the incidents at hand were male, which leads outsiders to believe that the environment was a "macho" one, which may have played a role in the number of euphemisms used to describe what happened.
As the presentation progressed Dr. Fyke continued to discuss the role of euphemism in ethics, which was a very interesting topic that I had never specifically thought about. The phrase "linguistic camouflage" was used to describe euphemisms, which perfectly fit the situation. At Penn State, much of what happened was referred to as "horsing around" with Joe Paterno going as far as to say, "Sandusky and the boy were engaged in nothing more than horseplay." The use of these euphemisms masked the seriousness of the issues at hand, and was just one of several topics covered by Dr. Fyke.
Overall, Dr. Fyke's presentation was outstanding. His dissection of a topic in a different manner than I had previously seen was very thorough and eye opening. I enjoyed this presentation very much, and am happy I attended the event!


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This Epic Disaster 17 – Building the Perfect Summer Playlist
Cheri and Rick recover from last week's disaster (what the heck was that??) and decide it's time to start building the perfect summer playlist. Of course, no one wants to be forced to listen to just Cheri and Rick's crappy music, so feel free to send in your own suggestions. Rick's dog has a tragic encounter with a squirrel this week which makes Rick wonder if life is a bit easier for those ho have less compassion for animals. After a stressful week of being killed, Cheri and Rick discuss the things they do to relieve stress. Our Live Beer Review this week is Southern Barrel Brewing Company's Frozen Barrel.


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Well here it is.
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Phrenology of Food
After the flood
A treasure trove had collected.
In the chaos
Each casket
Baptized by ocean
Not yet tainted
Or corroded.
It was believed
That by passing sensitive fingers
Over each crease
In the skin,
Or over the slight swelling
Where the container
Was about to blow,
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In some predictable way
Might be identified.
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Became anonymous,
Cling peach halves (in syrup)
Were transformed
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From shiny aluminium,
Corned beef
Became edible.
Mystics and mesmerism
Has been replaced by the glint
Of the knife and the opener
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A Good Topic is a Must for Writing an Interesting Food Essay
Essays about food can be as easy or as difficult as they are assigned by the tutors. This type of essay is assigned most often for health coursework subjects, home science course modules or food technology courses. There is a vast array of topic choices when it comes to food. Therefore, writing a food essay will be task which you can enjoy immensely. However, selecting a good topic is important to write an interesting essay.
Writing about food, should conjure the image of the food being described. If you are reading an essay on food and you salivate at the way the food is described the essay writer has achieved his or her goal. However, this type of essay will not only concentrate on describing food items, but on all aspects of food and its effects on the human body. Let us take a closer look at these elements.
Fast Food and Adverse Effects
Fast foods are in high demand. This is because it is cheap and can be obtained easily. If you were to conduct a survey on the amount of people who visited a fast food place and the amount of people who visited a salad bar, the number of people that eat fast food will outnumber the salad people greatly. Your essay can inquire about this element and present valid reasons as to what makes the fast foods more edible than salads. The essay can also be a cause and effect essay on adverse effects of consuming excessive levels of fast food.
Methods of Cooking Different Foods
Every country has a different type of food which they cook differently. If you take the Asian Continent, more than half its occupants consume rice. But the manner in which it is prepared differs from each country. Your food essay can educate readers on the differences and similarities of methods when preparing the same type of dish in a comparison and contrast essay.
Food and Health Hazards
Various types of foods are bad for our health. There are foods which we are allergic to and foods which if consumed in vast quantities that will make us ill. Your essay can concentrate on the medical side of food. You will be able to provide information on the components which go into the making of foods and why they make some ill while not having an effect on others. This will require research on your part to ensure that you add credibility to the essay.
Global Food Crisis
Food has been the cause of much disturbance in the world lately. The rise in food prices affects the entire world. One cause for the global food crisis is overpopulation. There just isn't enough food to feed the entire world anymore! This type of writing can concentrate on the reasons for the global food crisis and solutions provided by the relevant authorities to solve this great dilemma. The World Food Organization is the main world body affiliated to the UN which works with all nations to alleviate food shortages and famine situations. Students can write on the work of such organisations.
Genetically Modified Foods
Genetically Modified foods are food made from genetically modified organisms. This involves the insertion or deletion of certain genes from the food in question. Is this a good thing? You can write an opinion essay on this topic and provide information on the long term side effects of genetically modified foods.
As apparent, there is a wide choice of topics which can be utilized to write the food essay. However, the selection should be within the curriculum covered by the particular course module for which the assignment is given. Some students find writing of any kind of essay to be difficult and hard to handle. If you too feel such difficulties, by obtaining assistance from coursework-writing.co.uk., you too can be relieved of such undue pressure and stress of essay writing.


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