text: Michelle Sakhai brings her Persian and Japanese roots to her luminous abstract paintings. Michelle's paintings are beautiful and playful- each iridescent piece offers an optical illusion, as each seems to move and look different depending on where you are standing and what time of day you are looking at it. Michelle will conduct a hands on workshop with children and their adults so they can create their own glowing work of art. Included with admission, first come, first served.


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Woof! Happy New Year!
Gong Hey Fat Choy! (as they say in Cantonese)
This weekend sees the start of the Chinese New Year, and it is the Year of the Dog. Ranking as the eleventh animal in the Chinese zodiac, the dog symbolises loyalty and honesty, and it is said that those born in this year are friendly, faithful, loyal and venerable.
If you fancy popping out for a Chinese meal to celebrate, I would definitely recommend phoning to book (and to check that they are in fact open and not celebrating in Chinatown with their friends and family!).
There are also umpteen Asian meal deals available in major supermarkets this weekend for the lazier 'stay-at-home' types, but actually, cooking Chinese nosh from scratch isn't always as difficult as one assumes.
Aubergine is one of my favourite vegetables and with so many people now being vegetarian or vegan, I thought this recipe (which serves two) from award-winning London chef Andrew Wong (courtesy of wonderful website greatbritishchefs.com) for Sichuanese Aubergine would be ideal to serve as a side dish or in larger quantities for the main course.
300g of baby aubergine
3 tbsp of vegetable oil
1 1/2 tbsp of fermented chilli bean paste
1/2 tbsp of black bean sauce
3 dried red chillies, cut widthways in half
1 pinch of chilli flakes
2 tbsp of Shaoxing wine
2 tbsp of Chinese red vinegar
100ml of vegetable stock, (or chicken stock)
4 tsp sugar
1. To begin, remove the tops of the aubergines and cut them in half lengthways.
2. Add the oil to a hot wok and lightly fry off the chilli bean paste, black bean sauce, dried chillies and chilli flakes – you want to get the oil to change into a glowing red colour.
3. Add the aubergine halves and lightly fry before adding the Shaoxing wine, red vinegar, stock, and sugar.
4. Cook until the sauce has reduced slightly and the aubergine is tender
Here are a couple more nice recipes, this time courtesy of Wing Yip, the giant Chinese emporium, which also has an online shop. Don't forget that we have the Food Sanctuary on Richmond Road here in Twickenham, which has an amazing selection of Asian delicacies. There is also the Asian supermarket on the Kew Road at Richmond Circus, and another in Kingston near to John Lewis. And, of course, most supermarkets have a reasonable range of Asian ingredients.
Steamed salmon in ginger and spring onion sauce (serves 4)
4 pieces/portions salmon fillets
2 shallots, thinly sliced
4tbsp Wing Yip Ginger & Spring Onion Stir-Fry Sauce
1. Using a piece of foil large enough to create a parcel, place the salmon into the middle of the foil, scatter 1/4 of the shallots around the salmon and spoon 1 tbsp of the Ginger and Spring Onion Sauce on top. Wrap up the parcel and repeat for the other 3 pieces of salmon.
2. Place in a pre-heated oven at 180c for 10 minutes depending on the size of your fish.
3. Check after 10 minutes, and if the fish is cooked all the way through, serve immediately.
Ping Coombes' Chinese New Year Cookies 'Hup Toh Soh'
600g flour sifted
2 tsp baking powder
1/3 tsp bicarb
2 tsp salt
250g icing sugar
250g cashews, lightly roasted
375ml vegetable oil
2 egg yolks
1. Preheat oven at 180 fan and roast the cashews for 10 mins. Cool and roughly chop.
2. In a large mixing bowl, place all ingredients except for the egg yolks. Mix well. The dough will feel a little crumbly but it is normal and will come together when rolled out.
3. Working in small batches, place on flat surface to form a dough and roll out about 1cm thick, cut out the cookies with your favourite cookie cutter.
Place on a baking tray with spaces in between.
4. Brush with a beaten egg yolk. Bake for 20 – 25 minutes on 150 fan.
Alison Jee
Twickenham Tribune

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Simple Service: Superhero Kindness
Many of my friends and I have hit a major milestone in the last month. We have selected and enrolled our children in kindergarten for the coming school year. In the wake of this major life event for our family, I've been thinking harder now than ever before about how our schools can be loving, warm, and accepting places. How can we encourage our children to be compassionate and kind to everyone, no matter what? Including those children who are seen as "mean" or "different"?
I recently came across a TED talk about a teacher who created an activity in her classroom called "Secret Kindness Agents." In an effort to make their school a more warm and accepting place, the students brainstormed ideas that would spread kindness throughout their building, ranging from delivering a kind note to an unpopular staff member to picking up trash on the school campus. They had code names and performed each act of kindness anonymously. It was so encouraging to hear the resulting atmosphere of love and compassion this class and the entire school experienced as a result of their missions.
I decided to put this idea into practice with my own children at home, at my son's preschool, and in our community.
I am a believer in combining play and our children's natural interests with kindness. This helps reinforce the idea that giving to others is fun. It is not something forced upon us, but something we naturally can enjoy and want to do. For example, my boys are currently into anything superhero related. They have Superhero dress-up costumes, games, and Legos.
Because this is their current obsession, I thought the idea of performing acts of Superhero Kindness would not only be motivating but would also help me explain the importance and benefit of anonymous acts of kindness. The idea of secret/anonymous acts of kindness is a little abstract for little ones, but it was easier to explain it with the superhero theme.
Here's what we did:
First, I started the conversation with my kids by talking about their favorite Superheros and why they are "heroic." I tried to steer them away from comments about fighting crime and focused more on the following:
- Superheroes are heroes because they take care of people who are hurt, sad, or in trouble.
- They make people feel better by saving them from things that might harm them.
- Sometimes things that harm people are not physical things like a fight or a "bad guy," but are sad events, unkind words, or feeling unappreciated.
- Superheroes are heroes to others by making them feel better or happier.
Second, we talked about why many superheros wear masks. Superheros wear masks to remain anonymous (i.e., to keep who they are a secret). I asked the kids why a superhero might want to keep his or her identity secret. One major reason is that we should be kind to others NOT because we expect a reward or recognition. We should simply be kind because it is the right thing to do. We don't always need others to know who was being kind. We are giving of ourselves selflessly.
Third, we brainstormed ideas of simple, anonymous acts of kindness we could perform to make someone happy without them even knowing it was us. Each of us came up with one secret act of kindness we wanted to do for someone:
- My youngest son wanted to deliver a card to a friend anonymously.
- My oldest son made an adorable tissue paper heart for a little boy who other children often describe as "not very nice." I explained to him that kids who "act out" are often the ones who need kindness and love more than anyone else. Maybe by modeling and showing him kindness, he can learn to pass on kindness, too. He decided to make an anonymous heart that said, "I hope this heart brightens your day. Love, a friend."
- My idea: An employee at the grocery store we frequent is one of the kindest, friendliest, and hardest working men I've ever met. He always fills me with joy, and I wonder how often someone tells him how wonderful he is. So, I decided to write a thank-you card to express how much we appreciate him, his smiling face, and his hard work.
Fourth, we designed Superhero Kindness Calling Cards. With each card, gift, or kind act we completed, we left behind these calling cards which read, "We all can be superheroes by spreading kindness. Pass it on!"
Finally, we completed our Superhero Kindness Missions, delivering the cards (anonymously) to others. My kids even dressed up as superheros for part of the project.
There you have it! A simple, fun project to brighten someone's day. We all can be superheroes by spreading kindness. Let's keep passing it on!
If you would like a free copy of the Superhero Kindness cards to print on cardstock, you can get your copy here!
What do you think? How else can we be someone's superhero?
Much love,


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In past articles I wrote on how a business owner can be confident their business is valuable and sellable when the time comes to transfer ownership. I recommended what to look for in cash flow and how to retain key employees. Now customers will take the stage. Everybody knows customers are important, but what exactly makes them valuable to a buyer?
Customers are valuable because we expect them to buy again in the future. Two key factors point to the value of a customer base. First, how "sticky" are the customers? Second, what is the loss if a customer leaves?
A "sticky" customer is one that comes back. There are soft reasons why customers come back such "customer service" and "relationships", but often relationships change in an ownership transfer. The only customers valuable to a buyer are the ones that are going to stay. A valuable tool for measuring customer "stickiness" is by measuring recurring revenue.
There are 4 tiers of revenue that we use.
(1) A One-time Customer is the least valuable customer because we do not expect them to come back. A good example is the owner of a custom home, who is unlikely to hire the builder again.
(2) A Repeat Customer is one that orders periodically. For example, a business might place an order with their print shop every 2-3 months. This customer is somewhat valuable, but there is little holding them to the company, especially of the people change in an ownership transition.
(3) A Recurring Customer is on a regular billing cycle and has inertia that keeps them coming back. An example would be a janitorial company that has ongoing commercial accounts.
(4) A Subscription or Contracted Customer is the most sticky and valuable form of customer. Typically it would be difficult and costly for them to switch to a different provider. An example would be a software subscription or a cell phone contract. It is key to consider if customers will remain sticky through an ownership transition. Make sure any contracts are assignable.
Recurring customers bring cash flow stability. Most businesses can develop a business model with recurring revenue for at least a portion of their sales. This could be as simple as introducing customer contracts in a service business. In product-based businesses a sticky customer might have a service agreement or buy a consumable item related to the product.
In cases where a product or service is one-time nature, such as a company providing fire and water restoration, there is still hope of significant value. Consistent future cash flow can still be achieved if the company has a sales system or distribution network that generates consistent new customers without owner involvement.
Even with sticky customers there is always a risk of losing customers. The second variable in the value of a customer base is customer concentration. How will the loss of a customer impact the business? I know a growing manufacturing company that has one customer holding 70% of their sales. They are operating with significant risk because there is no contract or other commitment in place.
To find customer concentration percentage, simply divide the sales from the largest customer into the total sales. Customer concentration over 10% represents a noticeable risk and concentration over 25% will materially reduce the business value. It is helpful to repeat the calculation with the top 3 customers and to consider how top customers influence profit margins.
Companies that have high customer concentration at the time of an ownership transfer will likely see a portion of the sale price being contingent on retainer certain customers.


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Laundry Tips: Get the most out of our wash-dry-fold laundry service!/
Success in work or school means you don't have time to sweat the small stuff, and taking care of your laundry is just one of those things that is often best left up to the professionals. We here at Pearl Street Laundry are more than happy to take that responsibility off of your hands by providing Cambridge laundry service you can depend on. However, there are some ways that you can make your wash-dry-fold experience with us even better.
Pretreat or Prewash Stains
The only thing worse than a wine stain is a wine stain that has been left to sit overnight without any treatment. For the most effective measure, we here at Pearl Street Laundry recommend Wine Away for red wine stains. For everything else, we generally turn to OxiClean Max Force or homemade solutions consisting of everything from vinegar to baking soda depending on the type of stain. While on the go carry either Shout's Wipe and Go, or Tide To Go Stain Removing Pen. By treating stains as soon as they happen, last night's dinner won't be able to fully seep into your nice white dress shirt or blouse, allowing us to come in later and fully eliminate any sign of blemish from your clothing. For more specific stain treating measures ranging from blood stains to grease stains check out our other blog posts.
Right Side Out, Unrolled, Unbuttoned
While we here at Cambridge's best wash-dry-fold service pride ourselves on our attention to detail, you can help out and make sure that your clothes get the speediest and best wash possible. By simply ensuring that all clothes are right-way out, that your socks are unfurled, and that all dress shirts are fully unbuttoned, it improves the quality of our laundry service. It also gives you a chance to check your pockets, look for stains to point out to us, and check clothing tags.
Always check your pockets
Anyone who has ever lost an important bauble, washed a leaky pen, or even had the washer tear to shreds a pocketed hundred dollar bill will immediately realize the importance of this crucial advice. Whether you are planning to use our coin-operated washers and dryers yourself or are looking for professional wash-dry-fold laundry service or dry cleaning, be sure not to skip this step. We've found everything from loose change to melted credit cards in dryers and we want to help you avoid a bad day.
Read Clothing Tags
Quality clothing comes with quite a few caveats and instructions regarding long-term care, and you may find it very helpful to thoroughly read the tags. While some garments must be dry-cleaned, others have very specific rules regarding how they can be laundered. Some of these should not be included in your wash-dry-fold basket but kept aside for special treatment, which brings us to our next point.
Let Us Know!
While we provide some of the best laundry service in Cambridge, we work better when we have the most information possible and know what our valued customers want. That means don't be shy about pointing things out to us, whether they be stains, important instructions, or even personal preferences regarding your clothes. Whatever it is, make sure you let our associate know so that we can provide the best service possible.
We look forward to seeing you (and your dirty laundry) soon at Pearl Street Laundry!
If you are ready for the convenience of wash-dry-fold laundry service in the Central Square area designed to meet your needs, be sure to give us a call! We offer a 24 hour guaranteed turnaround on our wash-dry-fold service and send you a text when your clothes are ready. Make sure you never have to wear the same shirt twice or suffer a dreary afternoon in a laundromat (although we think ours is pretty great!): let Pearl Street Laundry take the issue off of your mind so you can focus on what really matters.


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By Follow Your Own Rhythm
If you haven't yet read part 1 of this blog "5 Ways to Raise Your Vibration and Have More Positive Energy," do it now! It goes along with this blog and talks about what raising your vibration means and how to be more "love vibrational."
I believe that being positive is essential to living a happy and fulfilling life. However, sometimes we do things, without realizing that we do them, that actually lowers our vibration and drains our energy.
We have adopted habits throughout our lives based on how we have been conditioned and unfortunately a lot of that conditioning isn't a true reflection of who we are so they are toxic to our nature.
So unless we become aware of these bad and unhealthy habits, they will continue to add toxicity to our lives and drain our positive energy.
Here are 10 things that you might be doing that are toxic and lowering your vibes.
10 Toxic Habits that are Lowering Your Vibrational Frequency
1. Making decisions or doing things out of fear (rather than trust and love)
The following are all expressions of fear: hatred, anger, control, competition, aggression, worry, anxiety, distrust, disconnection, judgment, rigidity, separation, envy, jealousy, greed, comparison, resentment, dissatisfaction.
For example, comparing yourself to others and what they have and how great they are, complaining or engaging in gossip and drama, judging other people or yourself, worrying about the future, choosing a career based on a fear, avoiding life experiences because of a fear, altering your life due to a fear, having hidden motives and agendas, taking advantage of other people to get ahead, and wanting to be the best and the first are all forms of fear and will lower your vibrational frequency dramatically.
Instead of fear motivating you and altering your decisions, let love guide you and trust that when you are motivated by love, everything will fall into place.
2. Negativity
It's so easy to fall into the trap of negativity. It can be so subtle, just lingering underneath the surface of your conversations, behaviors, and interactions without you even realizing it. This can come from you or another person or environment. You have to really become aware of yourself and the people around you to recognize the level of toxicity surrounding you.
Negativity includes having a bad attitude, a demeaning tone, looking at the worst case scenario all of the time, assuming the worst about people, thinking negative thoughts, being closed-minded, having negative beliefs, and dealing with other people's toxic energy or being in toxic environments. All in all, a negative perspective causes negative behavior patterns, so you have to pay attention to how you interact with the world in order to be able to let it all go and build better, more positive patterns.
3. Using bad language
When we use bad language like cursing and expressing ourselves aggressively, we are emitting negative energy. Just listen to someone when they are swearing or pay attention to yourself and notice how it sounds. Kind of ugly and negative. Just the other day I caught myself saying the "f word" as I tried to express myself, and it just felt so ugly. Swearing is not necessary to get a point across, and it is often used as a reaction to a negative emotion such as anger and disappointment. So if you tend to swear a lot, try to omit swear words from your conversations and see how effective you still are, and how much more respectable you sound. Here is a great article on the spiritual effects of swearing from spriritualresearchfoundation.org.
4. Doing things that go against your values
When we do things that go against our values, we are going against our truth. We are being inauthentic. In other words, we are being fake. We are not being true to ourselves. And when we aren't being true to ourselves, we aren't aligned with the higher good either, which totally lowers your vibration.
Pay attention to your behaviors and habits and see if it aligns with your true beliefs. If you need help aligning your actions with your values, check out this article: How to Align Your Truth With Your Actions
5. Watching TV, especially of a violent nature
Ultimately, TV is mind control and is a form of conditioning. There are lots of subliminal messages on TV that program us to believe certain things about ourselves and life as a whole that are far from the truth. Even if you think you are watching an innocent film, a romantic comedy, or a lighthearted TV show, the messages you pick up from them still influence your world view at an unconscious level.
You should especially stay away from violent TV programs as it activates and reinforces fear within you which conditions you to be more fearful, which obviously lowers your vibrational frequency.
6. Mistreating yourself, other people, animals, or the planet
Any sort of hurtful, selfish and unconscious behavior is low vibe. When you understand that life is interconnected and that one thing affects another (the law of cause and effect), then you really don't treat your environment, other people or yourself badly because you get that everything you do affects the big picture.
7. Mindless activities
Mindless activities such as browsing social media or the internet for no real purpose, doing things that don't make you feel happy and alive, watching commercials, reality TV shows, and other mindless programs, working a job that you hate, playing violent video games, watching YouTube videos just to kill time, reading gossip magazines, engaging in drama at work, complaining about something that you can't change, and any other activities that evoke a fear based emotion and aren't stimulating actually drain your energy, make you feel worse about yourself, and lower your vibrational frequency.
8. Drinking alcohol
Although alcohol might give the illusion that you feel good, it is just that, an illusion. Alcohol alters your mind and gives you an initial buzz that makes you feel great temporarily, but when it wears off, it leaves you feeling low on energy, unmotivated, irritable, and feeling like you need more of it to make you happy. It's a downward spiral into addiction.
When we are buzzed, we "feel happy," but don't let that feeling trick you into believing that that is true happiness. Ultimately, alcohol is a way to escape from the realities of your life and/or to enhance your life in some way. Both; however, are based on the feeling that the way you and your life are is not good enough and you need a lil' somethin' extra to spice things up. Instead of looking to alcohol to make you feel better, why not focus on finding true happiness within, without the help of a substance or chemical.
9. Addictive behaviors
This can come in all forms and they're sometimes disguised and dressed as "bad habits." Addictions are basically an attachment to some outside source or activity to fill some inner void or emptiness. Some of these addictions are so subtle though that you probably don't even realize how active they are in your life, and you certainly aren't aware of the fact that you rely on them for some sort of fulfillment. This is why it is so important to a) start paying attention to your habits and b) start being super honest with yourself about how they make you feel and why you do them.
Some obvious addictions are drinking, smoking, sex, drugs, gambling, and overeating, while some more subtle ones are watching TV, shopping, working, browsing social media, gossiping, complaining, checking your phone constantly, or any other form of distraction from reality that you do on a regular basis.
10. Eating bad, chemically enhanced, genetically modified, and highly processed foods and animal products
The food that we have available to us today, especially in the United States, is questionable at best. You can hardly get away from the altered, processed, enhanced, and modified foods. Grocery stores and gas stations are full of toxic, processed foods, and mostly all restaurants, especially fast food and big chains, are full of low quality ingredients, chemically enhanced, genetically modified, and highly toxic foods EVEN if they claim to be "healthy" or "natural" or "sugar free" or "fat free" or "antibiotic free."
Eating animals and animal products is also not only contributing to the animal cruelty taking place in slaughterhouses, torturing and murdering these innocent animals, but is horrible for your health.
When you consume all of these toxic foods, what do you think happens to your body? Everything has to work over time to get rid of the poison. And eventually, your body get diseased in the form of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and so on because it can't handle what you are putting in it. Plus, eating meat is just bad karma, and very low vibe. Watch how we treat animals in today's world and maybe you'll change your mind.
And needless to say, toxic food has very little or no nutritional value and your poor body has to figure our how to process it. This is why you feel so lethargic and your stomach hurts after you eat McDonald's or eat some fried chicken. Because it's not good for you. Your body is saying "NOOOO!"
We have to be conscious of what we eat, what we buy, and WHERE we buy. We can't believe and trust the pretty pictures and slogans that advertisers strategically use to market their products, we have to find the truth for ourselves.
Eat organic, limit the amount of times you eat out, stop consuming animal products, avoid processed foods, read labels and ingredients not just the ads on the front, buy local, avoid added hormones and additives, the less ingredients the better, the more it looks like it came from a tree or a plant the better, and start learning more about what's in our food! Basically, start eating a whole foods, plant-based diet.
The above list of 10 toxic habits to avoid are so interrelated that if you change one thing in your life, it will most likely shift other areas of your life as well because you are living your life with more intention and awareness.
Just remember that anything that is not aligned with truth, love, connection, and compassion is going to lower your vibration. Try to stay away from the above activities and habits and move into higher vibrational practices so that you can feel more joy, peace, and freedom in your life.
Do you have a big dream or want to make some life changes but something is holding you back from moving forward?
Well it's time to take action! Check out my workbook: "Unlock Your Inner Rebel-A Guide to Limitless Living" to help you break free of limitations and start manifesting your desires!
What is the most toxic thing YOU have to let go of in your life? Share it in the comments below!
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Sitecore Foundation makes it easy to manage meta tag settings for your sites. The Meta Tag Feature is implemented with two templates which you can have your pages and site configuration content types inherit to fully support this feature.
The Site Template provides fields to configure prefixes and suffixes for the HTML Title Tag, Meta Description and Meta Keywords tags. It also allows you to define a default base canoncial url for your site.
The Page Template allows you to set specific values for the HTML title tag, meta description, meta keywords and canonical url as well as disable the site configuration defined prefixes and suffixes if desired. We also provide a Ribbon Button available in Experience Editor to quickly access these page properties.
Here's a video overview of the feature:
To emit the Meta Tag Markup in your layout, an HTML Helper has been provided. Here's the top of the CommonLayout.cshtml layout used by the StarterKit:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"> @Html.GetMetaTags() @Html.GetSocialTags() @Html.GetHeaderStyles() @Html.Sitecore().VisitorIdentification()
We'll cover some of the features, including Social Tags which support adding Open Data (facebook), twitter and Goolge Plus tags to your site just as easily and flexibly.


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As a child growing up in the projects, I spend most of my time listening to the radio and watching television, and one of the shows I enjoyed watching the most was The Jeffersons. I first began to watch the show on channel 11, and then when on Sundays when I was allowed to stay up later (halleluh). I quickly bonded with the characters and I would find myself memorizing the lines to the point where an episode would come on I would recite them along with the characters which drove my mother crazy. "That's a repeat episode and you need to get in those books instead of reaping those episodes. The cast of The Jeffersons know their math and they finished school and some of them got their degrees" she would say in a way to get me to do well in school. My grade school teacher at the time even bashed the show and it's cast. She was upset at one of my classmates for not watching the news and she was going off on her. "There's other things you can be watching besides The Jeffersons. I don't know why people be watching the show. It's not a good show and the cast has to have their lines read to them. When another student asked about Good Times, she praised the show. "Good Times is the show!! Good Times is a better show!! The cast are more talented and getting more money. Good Time is making all the money!!!! Crazy thing is that Good Times had been off the air at that time. SMH. I was shocked when The Jeffersons was canceled and I was even more shocked and pissed to learn that the cast had advocated for CBS to give them a closing episode, which the network refused to do (shame on them) forcing them to capitalize of their legacy by performing stage versions which gained great reviews and money before Roxie Roker, was forced to leave due to breast cancer. After her death, many of the cast members began to pass away leaving Marla Gibbs, Belinda Tolbert, Andrew Harold Rubin, Alan Hammer, Damon Evans, Ernest Harden, Jr and Ebonie Smith as the last surviving members of the cast.
When I first learned that Unsung was doing a documentary on The Jeffersons, I thought it was a joke, but after seeing the ad on their website, I was shocked: The Jeffersons aren't unsung. This show is the longest running sitcom to have 11 seasons. Before you try to come after me, I'm not hating on the show; I'm glad that a documentary was done on the show, but I still feel it's not unsung.
During the mid 1960's to early-mid 1970's, the Civils Right era was in full force and many people had spent time watching the news about the protests and riots. By the time the era had folded, many television viewers was looking for an escapism and looking for shows about Blacks. "TV had been behind the times when it came to Black families" Television host Tanya Hart said. The man who would help with that was Norman Lear, a television producer who created several shows surrounding Black families staring with "Sanford and Son" and "Good Times" which quickly became hits with the fans and some critics, but however they were many critics who felt that the shows were showing sterotypes and not showing other images and sides of Black families. Lear decided to create a spin off of the hit show "All In The Family" which featured the late Carroll O' Connor as Archie Bunker, an out-spoken bigot, who wasn't fond of the changing times. "Archie Bunker's world was changer quicker than he wanted to" Hart said of his character. Lear decided to introduce a Black family The Jeffersons who moved from Harlem to Queens after George's dry cleaning business became a success. Legendary actress Isabel Sandford was casted as Lousie "Weezy" Jefferson and Mike Evans was casted at their son Lionel. The producers went on a hunt to find a actor to play George: they found the perfect guy. Philadelphia born actor/singer Sherman Hemsley an military veteran who worked at the post office during the day while starring in the hit play "Purlie" at night. Hemsley loved the character, but there was a problem; he was still starring on "Purlie" and waited for the play to wrap before he officially signed on as George. Many of the producers praised his work by saying 'Sherman Hemsley was one of the rarest in talent and he was the Black version of Archie Bunker.' What made the show and characters a hit was the edge and how they spoke about issues in a comedic way. "Positive and comedy don't go together" historian Darryl Littleton said about the plot and show's formula. Lear decided to launch a spin-off, but Sanford, who was friendly with the cast of All In The Family didn't want to leave, but when she was told that they was going to recast her and write out her character, she had a change of heart. The story had The Jeffersons moving on up to the lower East Side of Manhattan into a deluxe apartment in the sky. It was a great change for television and it became a favorite among many Blacks who was happy to see other Blacks on television living the good life. "We had Black policemen. Black doctors" Actress/Singer Marla Gibbs who was casted as The Jefferson's maid Florence Johnston said about the types of Blacks she saw in her neighborhood. Also making the show groundbreaking was the actors Roxie Roker and Franklin Cover portraying Helen and Tom Willis, television's 1st interracial couples, which George's character didn't approve of. He would refer to them as Zebra, and while Tom would remain silent most of the time, Helen would talk back to him, mainly calling him shorty and talking about him being inconsiderate. She had let him know in her own way I may be married to a White man, but I'm still a Black lady who would put you in check. Many of the viewers wasn't fond of the Willis as well. The show's publicist and producer spoke about how many of the viewers took that once she made it she got with a White man attitude and how the kissing scene made many Black males uncomfortable. "It might have been harder for the brothers to watch" a producer of the show said. Another producer added that many did love The Willis' and said the show that having an interracial couple could workout Another actress who gave the show fire was Zara Cully who's portrayal of Mother Jefferson made the character loved and hated. "Mother Jefferson. She represented all the mother-in-laws who don't like their daughter-in-laws" co-star Gibbs said about Cully's character. While her character was shady towards Louise, off screen they got along and had a wonderful friendship. In fact all of the cast and crew were tight and got along. Actor Ernest Harden, Jr who played Marcus Garvey Henderson spoke about how the crew not only got along with each other, but they also got along with the cast of "What's Happening" who's series was also filmed in the same studio. "We would hang out. Go to lunch he said. The Jefferson's best loved character was Gibbs' portrayal of Florence Johnston, The Jefferson's maid. Sassy and known for not biting her tongue, she always stood up to George's character and whenever he talked about her cooking and lack of work, Florence would speak about his height, his bald spot and his lack of pay. She was also known for having both George and Louise to answer the door. Actor/Writer Ernest Lee Thomas spoke about the doorbell scenes being his favorites. Gibbs spoke about getting the role. "I hadn't done comedy. I had done plays. I was an actress looking for a job." She was also working for Amercian Airlines, which shocked the producers who not only offered her a large salary, but they offered the amount she would make yearly at the airline. Marla accepted that payment and didn't look back. "I took the risk and resigned from American Airlines." The show did well, but it began to go through changes. Mike Evans had left the show to write for "Good Times" and was replaced by actor/singer Damon Evans, who I feel added more swagger to Lionel's character and Zara Cully being diagnosed with lung cancer. Despite her illness, she was determined to work and the producers would allow her to work and have time off to rest. "It was very very sad" Marla said of Zara's illness. "We loved Mother Jefferson." Actress Belinda Tolbert who played Jenny Willis-Jefferson spoke on how the cast and crew was prepared for their co-star's future passing and transition. "We had preparations" Tolbert said. The producers decided to have Florence's character become a regular and Marla spoke about one of her favorite episodes: "Florence In Love" the episode where she invited a man who she was dating to spend the night at the Jefferson's home due to the rainy weather and him living in the Bronx without asking their permission. She and George had words and not only did she quit, she later learned the guy she was sating was married with kids. She goes to the Willis and when Tom convinces George to rehire her, he does, but one condition: she had to act like a real maid. Florence honored his request. She called him Massa Jefferson and even took it a step further by wearing a many uniform and wanted to shine his shoes and when he got mad she cried I'm sorry Massa. Marla wasn't the only who with comedy skills. Many of the cast and producers revealed that Isabel was also a natural comic as well. "Isabeal was a natural comedy. She could have been Florence" Gibbs said of her co-star's gifts. "Isabel was nothing like Louise" Belinda added. "She asked to be The Queen." Television host Tanya Hart spoke on Louise's character and how she loved George but would stand up to him and (with the exception of Florence and Helen) wouldn't allow anybody to insult him. "Louise would play the good cop and bad cop" Hart said. Producers also spoke about Hemsley's famous walk and strut. In a interview clip that was placed in the documentary, Sherman spoke about how he added it during the opening scene and did it for comedy. Many from his Philadelphia hometown would do the strut with pride. Producers and cast also spoke about how he was a nice, but private and shy person off camera. "In real life Sherman was real shy. He more wanted to hear what you had to say" publicist Kathleen Forris said. Around the mid late 1970's the Disco era began to dominate pop culture and many television viewers wanted an escape. "Black was out of vogue. It would be another 10 years before Black to become vogue again" historian Littleton said. Another issue the cast was having was the network constantly switching the timeslots for the show. Frustrated, Marla used her sassiness to get the producers and executives to stop playing switcheroo with the show. "If you would stop moving us and let people find us, then we would be fine." Lear came to his senses and managed to have the show air after "60 Minutes" and the show gain greater success and views. Peaking at # 1 and staying in the top 5 for several seasons. Also adding to the success was the hiring of young Black Producers and writers who came up with creative ways to have the show keep up with the times while interjecting social issues in the storylines. One of them was when George joins Tom and their neighbor Mr. Bentley (played by Paul Benedict) for a neighbor which they believe is a regular tenant meeting, but they especially George is shocked to learn that it's actually a meeting with the Klu Klux Klan. As usual George had words for the Klan leader who suffered a major heart attack and George saved his life. Instead of the bigot being grateful, he told his son he should have let him died. "Sherman gave him mouth to mouth resusitaction. The head said he should have let him died, (but) the son changed." The writers also showed George's character being more mellow and tolerant towards White people. On May 7, 1985, CBS aired it's last episode and while many were looking forward to the next episode, the fans and the cast was shocked to learn that the network decided to cancel the series through the media. The cast and fans were and still are upset at the network for not giving the show a closing episode. Especially Isabel who was the 1st African-American Actress to win an Emmy for her role on the show. "Isabel was upset about that til the day she died" Marla said about her friend's feelings about the network lack of respect for the cast. Many of the cast members starred in movies, television and their own series, but sadly a decade after the show was canceled, many of the cast members begin to pass away, staring with Roxie who died from breast cancer in 1995. Her onscreen husband Cover died in 2006 from pneumonia. Benedict died 2 years later from unknown causes. Mike Evans who was begged to return to the show in 1979 died from throat cancer in 2005. Isabel died from natural causes a few weeks after she received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004 and most recently Ned Wertimer who played Ralph The Doorman died from injuries that he suffered after falling in his home. A year prior to his death, Sherman died from lung issues and what was sad about his passing was him dying with a network of only 50,000 dollars.
I was glad that TV One chose to do a documentary on The Jeffersons, but I also feel that the show isn't unsung because not only was it groundbreaking, it lasted for 11 seasons. As for the documentary as a whole, they were many factors that the episode failed to mention. Jenny being a bi-racial lady. The documentary should have addressed that along with featuring interview clips from Roxie, Franklin, Paul and Ned. The documentary also failed to speak about Paul's and Ned's characters who fans loved and still love and they didn't even mention about Lionel and Jenny becoming parents. Also missing was the mentioning of the cast reuniting to play version of the show which did well in the box office and earned them a new generation of fans. Isabel starring in her short-lived sitcom "Isabel's Hollywood Hotel" should have been briefly mentioned and since the documentary mentioned about how the cast met with rappers at a summit, Nelly sampling The Jefferson's theme song for his single "Batter Up" with Sherman making an appearance in the video would have made sense to be included. I would have also love for the rest of the surviving cast members Damon Evans, Andrew Ruby, Jay Hammer and Eboni Smith to speak about the show.
I'm a huge fan of The Jeffersons and while it's sad that they never got their closing episode they rightfully deserve, I'm glad to know that the show made an impact on television and is continuing to inspire people to dream big and they can live the high life. Hopefully TV One can have more detailed documentaries in the future.
This review is dedicated to the legacies and memories of Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Zara Cully, Mike Evans, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover, Paul Benedict and Ned Wertimer.


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Third Sunday after Holy Trinity
July 2, 2017
Micah 7:18-20; 1Peter 5:6-11; Luke 15:1-10; Luke 1:39-56; Hymn 608
Grace and mercy to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
In observance of the Day Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth, it is written: 39 Now Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah, 40 and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. 41 And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 43 But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. 45 Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord." 46 And Mary said: "My soul magnifies the Lord, 47And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. 48For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed. 49For He who is mighty has done great things for me, And holy is His name. 50And His mercy is on those who fear Him From generation to generation. 51He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. 52He has put down the mighty from their thrones, And exalted the lowly. 53He has filled the hungry with good things, And the rich He has sent away empty. 54He has helped His servant Israel, In remembrance of His mercy, 55As He spoke to our fathers, To Abraham and to his seed forever." 56 And Mary remained with her about three months, and returned to her house.
Thus far the text, let us pray: Almighty God, send Your Holy Spirit into our hearts that He may rule and direct us according to Your will, comfort us in all our temptations and afflictions, defend us from all error, and lead us into all truth - Your Word is Truth - so that we, being steadfast in the faith of Jesus, may increase in all good works and in the end obtain everlasting life; in the name of Jesus. Amen.
It is not simply the occasion of Mary visiting Elizabeth - but the remembrance which we were called to when our Lord said, "Do this in remembrance of me."
Elizabeth conceives in her old age like Sarah before her. Elizabeth holds to the promise that the angel gave to Zechariah in the temple, that the child she would bear would be the prophet named John (the Baptist), the forerunner of Christ.
Elizabeth is an example for older Christians. An example to live chaste and decent lives even in the midst of old age. Mary is an example for younger Christians. And example to live chaste and decent lives even in the midst of youth.
The Blessed Virgin, though she was engaged to Joseph guarded God's Word even in her behavior. The world tells our younger Josephs and Marys, 'Virginity is bad. Get rid of it fast.' Then you are either too proud or too ashamed to talk to parents and pastor for repentance unto the forgiveness of their sins. The world tells our middle aged Josephs and Marys that, 'Infertility is a curse. In-Vitro fertilization is the answer' even if the resulting snowflake babies will never be born. Then you are either too proud or too ashamed to receive repentance unto the forgiveness of your sins. Finally, the world tells our oldest and widowed Josephs and Marys that, 'Money is good. Live with rather than marry and keep receiving social security.' If any of this is true of you then you have found your repentance for this morning. In that repentance, receive healing found in the faith of Jesus, Mary's Child.
When Mary entered the house of Zechariah, she greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard the sound of her greeting, the baby leaped inside her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
Why such joy, such leaping and filling at the sound of a young girl's voice? Mary bears the Christ-child in her womb. Mary brings THE CHILD with her and Elizabeth's child (who is John the Baptist) leaps for joy in Elizabeth's womb while Elizabeth is filled with the Holy Spirit. Such a marvel!
Elizabeth responds to the Lord in the same way David did. As the Ark of God's presence was carried up, David leapt and danced before the Lord, remember? Check it out in Second Samuel. So they brought up the Ark of the Lord with SHOUTING and the sound of the horn.
It is with a SHOUT that Elizabeth exclaims, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me?"
That's what David had asked. "Why is the ark of the Lord to come to me?" Mary is the new ark of the Lord. Elizabeth asks, "Why is the mother of my Lord to come to me?"
So it is THE LORD Jesus (not the ark of Mary) who occasions all of this - David's dancing, John's leaping, Elizabeth being filled with the Holy Spirit, Elizabeth shouting praise to God by the Holy Spirit, our being here this morning.
Again, Jesus comes under your roof, though you and I aren't worthy. And Jesus makes us leap for joy. Jesus bears glad tidings of great joy, even in the midst of summer! Christmas in July, six months before Christ's Mass. Jesus blesses you, who are burdened with sin; who falter and fail; who give in to the ways of this world. Jesus greets you.
Jesus greeted you this morning with His Forgiveness.
Jesus greets you now. Jesus reminds you of all the mighty things that He has done. Jesus has redeemed you with an outstretched arm. Jesus lifted up the lowly, taking on Himself your sins. Jesus sends the rich away empty. The worldly rich have no need of such a lowly Savior. The worldly rich, who are secure, who can carry on beneath the eyes of God without a care, who are without a worry, who are without the fear that David showed when God announced the Ark should come to him! The rich who cannot tremble in repentance, seeking help, Jesus turns away. But the empty, those hungry for repentance, those thirsty for righteousness - those people are the ones whom Jesus fills with His good things.
Why should the Lord come to us? Yet He does! His Good Things soon will be upon the Altar. The Lord's Body and His blood placed to your lips in, with and under the bread and the wine.
The world laughs at virginity and chasteness and faith that holds to God's promise - even against the reality of old age. Mary and Elizabeth are examples to us all, if only in the way they teach us how to live a life of holiness, as set apart and different from this world.
But it is CHRIST Jesus in the midst of us who is the reason for this morning's Divine Service, for this little bit of Christmas in July. Jesus is in the midst of you. Jesus greets you. Jesus calls you blessed. Jesus declares you Favored by your heavenly Father because your sins are forgiven. Jesus fills you with His Holy Spirit and brings you joy
Or as in the sermon hymn we just sang by Joseph Cruciger (1598-1662), LSB 608:4
4 Lord on You I cast my burden--Sink it in the deepest sea!
Let me know Your gracious pardon, Cleanse me from iniquity.
Let Your Spirit leave me never; Make me only Yours forever.
And finally, bring us to the remembrance which we were called to when our Lord said, "Do this in remembrance of me"; in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen


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The beautiful and clever Miller's Daughter falls under the dark spell of the "Little Man" who magically spins her straw into gold. The classic tale from the Brothers Grimm.
Here, Fairy Tale Confidential uncovers the original version of Rumpelstiltskin as first printed in English; and restores the more graphic ending from the Brothers Grimm version of the tale as first printed in German.
Running time: seven minutes and six seconds.
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"When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes..."
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English Major Tom > The Sign-Off Sonnet
"That time of year thou may'st in me behold..."
Sonnet 73 is perhaps the single most popular of all Shakespeare's poems. It is certifiably the most anthologized, coming in at number four on The Top One Hundred Poems in English as compiled by The Concise Columbia Book of Poetry.
A meditation on mortality, this beautiful bummer of a sonnet was written when Shakespeare was not yet thirty - but that was on the Elizabethan scale of life expectancy, do keep in mind.
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Aurik CEO and co-founder Pavlo Phitidis was the keynote speaker at the Innovation Bridge event in Midrand recently. With his constant exposure to the changing face of business, Pavlo shared some of his insights on how businesses around the world are adapting their thinking and finding new ways to use technology to reap the rewards of their vision. How can South Africans benefit in a similar way?
According to Pavlo, unemployment is the main problem we are facing in South Africa: we have to reshape our economy to remain sustainable. Unless we get this right, anything we do is of little value. It is important that people are included in any sustainability initiative to make them viable and beneficial. To make this possible, big business has to invest in innovative technologies, government needs to provide sound policy and leadership certainty, civil society needs to demand standards and services, labour needs to upskill and parents must insist on higher standards of maths and science education for their children.
Aurik was happy to take part in the Innovation Bridge event, an occasion that sets the stage for the promotion of technology and exciting opportunities. The Innovation Bridge, South Africa's technology showcase and matchmaking event, took place at Gallagher Estate, Midrand, on September 15. The event is an initiative of the department of science and technology and is implemented with the Technology Innovation Agency and the National Intellectual Property Management Office. The event aims to forge links between local and international innovators, industry and public and private technology development, and commercialisation funding partners.
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How To Deal with Losing a Friend
Lately I have been struggling with a sense of displacement. Tied to my anxiety, in the middle of the day or during my Shakespeare class, I begin to not feel real. The world becomes hazy and I have to dig my nails into my wrist to bring my floating self, down. Last week I noticed scars from where I had dug too deep.
It all happened when Natalie* stopped texting back. She had been such a known entity in my life, and her absence made me question what was actually constant.
But when someone so near to you just walks out with no excuse except personal reasons, nothing is ever the same. Inside jokes and familiar situations pop up, but now they just hit me in the gut.
When a safety net has been pulled but you keep jumping anyway, at some point the black and blue scars don't seem real. Nothing makes sense when part of your most prominent memories are torn in half. It's hard to realize nothing mattered when at a point our friendship was my world.
I tend to shut out unhappy memories but now I'm at a crossroad because it's the present that isn't great. So how do I block out the hurt I feel every time Natalie sits with people that more closely fit her ideal image?
But at the same time, I really am thriving. My other friends have become my closest ones bring me a joy and sense of carelessness that Natalie never allowed me. Perri* and Maddie* are not as aesthetically controlled, and allow their emotions freedom to make themselves known. We cry and laugh and smile together. When Maddie hugs Perri my heart swells and I feel at home.
Nonetheless, Natalie's absence has thrown me off at Skidmore. I feel a little lost, but I will learn to allow this feeling in the meantime. And lately I keep thinking I'm going to pass out for some reason -- I can tie this to the shaky ground I've been left on if I want to.
My mental health is like putty a lot of the time. Mostly, I struggle with allowing myself a balance of typical core emotions (as seen in Inside Out). So even though I'm unnerved or disappointed in Natalie's loss, that does not mean I am depressed. But at the same time, it would be okay to allow myself time to grieve, even though the very thought of that makes me scared.
Sophomore year is joyous and building itself into opportunities that I could have only hoped for. The friends and people I am surrounding myself with are beautiful souls and I am quite proud of this Jessica that I am becoming.
She is strong and determined. She is passionate and smart. She dreams big and loves hard. She is kind and she is silly. She follows her heart over her mind in every decision, even if last time it didn't end well. She loves looking at pretty people but she loves her boyfriend more. And she can pick her own damn self back up when people knock her down.
This is the Jessica I am becoming. And for once in my life, I'm not worried about this future. While I still struggle with trusting reality, all I have to do is look at my hands and smooth over my skin to come alive again. My body brings me back to earth when my thoughts get too big.
Most importantly: my body can learn from its past and make better decisions.
I do not deserve to be left in the dust of somebody else's closed chapter. I am more than a narrative you can end. There is a human here, a body here, that is affected by your decisions. You may have closed the chapter and walked away unscathed, but I have bruises I must nurse now — you have to respect that.
My body and heart is greater than your sticks and stones. The people I know have created a beacon of joy and unfiltered love that will sustain me for years. I know it will.
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Our bodies are fighting to maintain the capacity to live and develop every moment. Each of us desires such vitality. To maintain mental and physical strength, we must aid our bodies. You can do so safely with this organic drink infused with elderberry juices, an immune boosting botanical.
Elderberry juice can help you in staying healthy during the winter by boosting your immune system. It is recommended that you take a tablespoon a day. Vitality infuses that juice so that you get your daily dose in a delicious drink.
The colors were chosen because blue induces trusting feelings, orange has a freeing action on the body and mind while relieving repressions, and white can have connotations of purity and health. In addition, orange juice is loaded with Vitamin C, which also helps your immune system. The name vitality encompasses the ideas of staying healthy and maintaining the capacity to live and develop.


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The makeup industry has one of the highest percentages of mobile traffic, typically around 60% of traffic driven by mobile. As such, having a website that performs well and is easy to buy from on mobile was even more important than performance and usability on Desktop browsers. PM Studio's direct competitors are some of the biggest companies in the industry globally, and a core part of the brief was to develop a new site that was able to compete on this level, without needing to invest the same kind of budget as these large companies put into their sites.
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My American Journey By General Colin L Powell
Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of the streets. He overcame a barely average start at school. Then he joined the Army. The rest is history–Vietnam, the Pentagon, Panama, Desert Storm–but a history that until now has been known only on the surface. Here, for the first time, Colin Powell himself tells us how it happened, in a memoir distinguished by a heartfelt love of country and family, warm good humor, and a soldier's directness. MY AMERICAN JOURNEY is the powerful story of a life well lived and well told. It is also a view from the mountaintop of the political landscape of America. At a time when Americans feel disenchanted with their leaders, General Powell's passionate views on family, personal responsibility, and, in his own words, "the greatness of America and the opportunities it offers" inspire hope and present a blueprint for the future. An utterly absorbing account, it is history with a vision. "The stirring, only-in-America story of one determined man's journey from the South Bronx to directing the mightiest of military forces . . . Fascinating." — The Washington Post Book World Read more


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We are little family living in Bintaro, Jakarta. I'm dafina, previously a fulltime corporate worker in FMCG industry. Married to a lovable husband, Izki Aldrin Iswarna and blessed with a curious and brave little boy named Muhammad Ahza Baskara.
Recently I just made a big decision to be a working at home mom, starting up my baby, TAMPAH, an online cookery shop, while taking care of my family. I always want to do blogging since forever, but finding free time used to be so hard! I love to do blog walking and blog research every time I need an information and I always thankful to all bloggers that provides helpful and insightful information of anything. So I think, it's time to give back!
Here I'll share my family recipes, cooking hacks, motherhood journey, travelling review (because we do love travelling so much!) , and my starts-up journey.
Welcome and Enjoy my blog!


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A Treasure of Chan Actors
The movie we'll be watching next Monday night in Rush Glick's Chat Room (www.charliechan.info) will be Charlie Chan at Treasure Island, one of the most popular AND spookiest of the Chan films!
But you can't tell the actors without a program so . . .
Sidney Toler: Charlie Chan
Victor Young: Jimmy Chan
Cesar Romero: Fred Rhadini
Douglas Fowley: Peter Lewis
Pauline Moore: Eve Cairo
Donald MacBride: Deputy Police Chief J.J. Kilvaine
Wally Vernon: Elmer Kelner
Douglas Dumbrille: Stewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory
Sally Blane: Stella Essex
Charles Halton: Uncle Redley
Billie Seward: Mrs. Bessie Sibley
June Gale: Myra Rhadini
Trevor Bardette: Abdul, the Turkish Servant
Louis Jean Heydt: Paul Essex, alias Paul Ellison
Fred Kelsey: Lead Detective, with bushy eyebrows in cab and at theatre
John Elliot: Doctor, backstage
Gerald Mohr: Doctor Zodiac (in seance scene)
Kay Linaker: Seance Apparition


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What happened to The Wilmingtonian?
ARRIVE Hotels and Restaurants has acquired the Wilmingtonian. We are going to reopen the hotel as ARRIVE Wilmington, which will part of the ARRIVE family of hotels that we launched in Palm Springs, CA, in 2016. We're also going to add a café and bar on the corner that will be geared towards the local community.
What are you doing to the place?
Most of our work involves re-landscaping the property and building out the new café and bar. We're going to restore the property to its historic look, with the facades returned to their early 20th century designs. And we're going to make the property feel more open to the surrounding neighborhood, with a vibe that's as welcoming to our neighbors as it is to our out-of-town guests.
With the guest rooms, we'll be converting some of the apartment-style units to studios and upgrading all the rooms to have nicer finishes, furniture and bathrooms. There will still be several one-bedroom suites available if you enjoyed those in the past.
But we loved The Wilmingtonian. Why change it?
We loved it too - that's why we bought it. We think our improvements will make it even better for all the reasons that made it such a great place to begin with. We think it's such a beautiful property that it should be shared more with those who live in the area. And some of the fixtures and furniture in the rooms needed some updating.
You sure you're not going to ruin the property?
We promise.
So who are you guys again? What's your deal?
We're ARRIVE Hotels and Restaurants. We're a hospitality development and management group based in Los Angeles that creates what we call "neighborhood hotels" built around restaurants, bars, shops and outdoor spaces catering to the local community. We think hotels should be a meeting ground for locals and travelers, so we want our neighbors to feel welcome to eat, drink and hang out. We think that makes our hotels great places for visitors who truly want to experience the local flavor of the place they're visiting.
Our first hotel opened in Palm Springs in 2016. This will be our second property to open, although we have additional ARRIVE hotels on track to open in Austin, Phoenix and Memphis in 2019.
When are you going to reopen?
We're moving as fast as we can to have the property back online quickly, since we know no one likes looking at construction fencing.
So, when exactly?
We'll keep you posted when we have a good sense of our target opening.
Who's your general contractor?
We're using our friends at Old School Rebuilder & Co.
So what's the vibe going to be like? Are you going to be really noisy?
No, it won't be that kind of place. There are plenty of bars just a couple blocks over for the rowdy crowd. We'll be there often. But at our spot, we like to think of ourselves as a more mellow, social place where you'd love to be a regular if you live nearby and you'd feel like you're blending in with the local crowd if you're visiting from further afield.
What's the deal with the elephant?
There's a great story about the property getting trashed by a runaway circus elephant named Topsy in 1920. Back then, it was a fabric dying shop (which apparently was a thing in those days). Topsy saw her reflection in the glass storefront and charged into it thinking it was another elephant. She then got stuck in the store for a couple days, spraying fabric dye everywhere and badly damaging everything, before the circus wranglers finally coaxed her out.
With such a great piece of local lore tied to the property, we felt we had to find a way to pay homage to Topsy's story. So keep an eye out for various artifacts and references when we reopen.
Wait, what?
Good gravy...
We know, right?
Why would it take two days to get an elephant out of the building?
Well, clearly you know nothing of the ins and outs of elephant wrangling.
Like you do?
Boy, do we.
/blank stare/
Well now I have lots more questions...
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Lois Tilton of Locus wrote a short review of November's Stupefying Stories, which included my short story, "Lucky" (scroll about halfway down the page to read it). She was not unfond of it:
"More absurdity science, this time more interesting and more genuinely funny."
Not bad for my first review.


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Trumplomacy: What does Tillerson's speech mean?
When Rex Tillerson announced a town hall meeting at the state department this week, employees were hoping their boss would "man up" and give them details about deep budget cuts that could axe 2,300 jobs.
He didn't.
Instead he spoke generally about the need to adapt institutions to a post-Cold War era, invited them to participate in a "listening exercise" about how to do so, and promised them a "much more satisfying, fulfilling career" when the pain was over.
He also gave them an unexpected tour of his thinking about how "America First" translates into foreign policy, including a breakdown of how human rights and democratic values fit into policy making in the Trump era.
Which, it seems, is not very much.
Here's the quote: "We really have to understand, in each country or each region of the world that we're dealing with, what are our national security interests, what are our economic prosperity interests, and then as we can, advocate and advance our values."
This was decried as an ominous shift in Washington's global outlook by many foreign policy observers.
Separating interests and values in US foreign policy reflects a misunderstanding of both the country's past and its national character, wrote Eliot Cohen, the state department counsellor under George W Bush, in an excoriating take down of the speech.
It's worth reading the full text because Mr Tillerson is still a bit of an unknown quantity, and this is the first comprehensive statement he's made on his strategy
To unpack the meaning of his "America First" balance between values and policies, I turned to Stephen Walt, a professor of international affairs at Harvard and a foreign policy realist.
At one level, he says, there's nothing new here: everyone understands there are trade-offs between security and economic interests on the one hand, and moral interests or democratic values, on the other - no-one better, frankly, than the experienced career diplomats in Mr Tillerson's audience.
At another level, says Mr Walt, if the Secretary of State is signalling that as a matter of policy, the US won't be putting much weight on promoting American values, there is something new here.
The past three presidents all did to some degree, whether it was supporting colour revolutions in Eastern Europe or welcoming the Arab Spring.
Mr Tillerson didn't explicitly say the US was out of that business, and he kept stressing the administration was not abandoning the values that have distinguished US foreign policy.
But it was unusual for him not to "downplay those moments of hypocrisy" inherent in governing, says Mr Walt, and instead place them right at the beginning of his speech, not "buried on page 12 and with a sense of reluctance."
Yes, traditionally it's seen as an undesirable outcome when administrations fail to achieve that difficult balance between values and broader interests. Was Mr Tillerson saying it's not necessary to try and achieve that balance at all?
More Trumplomacy:
- What's changed between US and North Korea
- Bromance with an autocrat
- What does US embrace of Saudi Arabia mean?
Whatever he meant exactly - and the former ExxonMobil chief is to some degree still learning on the job - his words were interpreted through and amplified by the actions of his boss.
And so far President Trump has shown a businessman's belief that everything is up for negotiation, a transactional approach to complex matters of international relations, and an an affinity for authoritarian leaders.
Indeed, although all presidents are forced to deal with unsavoury counterparts, Mr Trump has spoken admiringly about several who exhibit decidedly un-American values.
And what of the message all of this sends?
There are two dangers in pushing this line too far, says Mr Walt: one is that it erases any distinction between the US and its adversaries.
The other is that it could encourage some governments to behave even worse, no longer fearing even rhetorical sanction from the US.


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Old Wine In The Old Bottle
Recent entry of Self-exiled Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Mustafa Kamal (the ex-mayor of Karachi) along Anees Qaimkhani (another very active member of MQM) is an interesting happening to many of us. Both the leaders came back from self-exile in a way that a media coverage was already arranged before their landing along an announcement of an exclusive and explosive presser. Both of the leaders were absent from the active political scenario for quite sometime. Though both names were recalled multiple times during their absence for one reason or the other.
Mustafa Kamal is known for his services as mayor of Karachi during which lot of development was seen in the biggest city of Pakistan. Mustafa Kamal was also promoted by MQM as their brand ambassador for development and progress. Mustafa Kamal's career is stretched on many years and begun as a telephone operator in Nine-Zero the MQM headquarter. Mustafa Kamal who was a senator for the party when he suddenly left the country in August 2013. His sudden departure and resignation was surrounded by different rumors mostly telling about his differences with the party leadership but were denied and termed his move as career oriented with no differences with the party whatsoever. He was believed to be chosen by none other than the famous business tycoon Mr. Malik Riaz for running his business operations in Middle east.
Anees Qaimkhani who was supposed to be a key member of MQM's organizational was also absent from active politics for last many months. He was also believed to have developed differences with party leadership. His name was always surrounded by multiple allegations from various police and JIT reports. He was allegedly involved in the infamous Baldia Town factory fire incident which was allegedly said to be torched by MQM activists under his guidance after the failure to get the desired amount of ransom from the owner. The incident took more than 200 people's lives.
In their presser upon return both blamed Altaf Hussain Quaid-e-Tehreek MQM for being a criminal person with established connections with RAW as well as the one who has destroyed Karachi city and mohajir nation for his personal interest and ego. They also announced a new political party for the purpose of challenging MQM in it's political home-ground. Both claimed that many from MQM will be joining them soon on the new platform.
Though this all seems to be very dramatic and thrilling to many as MQM is known as a party with very strong administrative grip over the cities of Karachi and Hyderabad as well as the urdu-speaking community with very little successful dissent. But those having a thorough knowledge about the history of the party may not find it that strange. The party came under multiple operations from LEA but politically survived mostly. Though a faction was made in nineties but remained unsuccessful in mustering political support from masses. That faction (MQM-Haqiqi) was generally believed to be backed by the establishment and was given an umbrella as well as the leverage but was unable to damage the parent party significantly and ultimately became almost irrelevant politically with no representation in the electoral collage at National, Provincial or even local level.
The present move also seems to be played by the hands in gloves. The media attention, coverage and the script seems to be coming from the old friends turned foes. This move was somewhat predictable as the recent efforts of promoting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) as an MQM alternative in urdu-speaking population backfired due to immaturity, incapability and unacceptability by the people of both cities. The NA-246 by-election and local-bodies debacle of PTI left the mentors with no other choice beside looking for some MQM dissent.
Keeping in view of the popularity of Mustafa Kamal among Karachites some people may believe that this time they held MQM from the neck, but being a student of Pakistani politics I feel it is not going to bring the desired results. Pakistani public is way more politically sensible than what is generally believed by certain quarters.
All we can say for now is that it's an "old wine in an old bottle and not new"


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Apple iOS App Store
A security blogger named Jonny Lin published a post on the blogging platform, Medium, detailing an iOS app subscription scheme affecting Apple users who downloaded certain apps from the App Store. According to Lin, scammers have been abusing Apple's Search Ad, a program that allows developers to pay for app placement at the top of the search results in the App Store. Malicious apps masquerading as antivirus software, VPNs, password generators, and other seemingly legitimate software could be featured at the top of iOS users' screens when searching for various productivity apps. Once installed, the malicious app requests access to the device's contact list and tries to lure the user into accepting a seven day "free trial" of antivirus protection, after which the cost to the user would be nearly $100 per week. If the device's Touch ID feature is enabled and the user touches the home button, the app will register the user for the service and begin charging the user's account after the first week. Lin found that one of these apps was ranked as the 144th most downloaded free productivity app, with approximately 50,000 downloads. The NJCCIC recommends iOS users exercise caution when downloading apps and regularly check which subscriptions are associated with their accounts by following the instructions available here. Users are encouraged to report malicious and suspicious apps to Apple through iTunes Connect.


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St. Louis Young Democrats Executive Board Calls for Investigation into Gov. Eric Greitens
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St. Louis Young Democrats Executive Board Calls for Investigation into Gov. Eric Greitens
ST. LOUIS - The Executive Board of the St. Louis Young Democrats is calling for an investigation into the alleged misconduct by Gov. Eric Greitens.
After a news story broke last night, Gov. Greitens admitted to having had an affair with a woman prior to serving as governor of the State of Missouri. That fact by itself is not a concern to the St. Louis Young Democrats. The St. Louis Young Democrats have no interest in policing behavior between consenting adults. The important issue is one of consent. In the news story, it was alleged that Gov. Greitens tied her up, blindfolded her, and took her photo, threatening to post it "everywhere" if she disclosed his behavior.
This is blackmail. Gov. Greitens allegedly threatened this woman with revenge porn. At the moment, it is unclear whether the woman consented to being tied up and blindfolded; if she did not consent, that is assault. This is the latest instance of what has become a pattern of bullying and coercive behavior by the governor — and it must be investigated.
We are appalled and disgusted. Anyone who engages in such behavior violates the public trust. Missourians deserve better than this. Therefore, the Executive Board of the St. Louis Young Democrats is calling for an independent investigation into these alleged crimes. If an investigation reveals that the Gov. Greitens did indeed commit these heinous acts, he should resign.
Download this statement as a PDF: 01.11.18 STLYD Statement on Greitens.


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We chatted on the way to the airport with the WheelTrans driver who works the night shift. We were her last passengers of the day. I'd asked her to tell me about her shift. What's it's like on the night bus that ferries people with disabilities from one place to another throughout the night. If I had the energy I'd patent that as an idea for a reality television show. She laughed and talked about driving people from bars, and casinos and movies and shows from their homes and back. I made a few jokes about driving drunks and gamblers around and she said that she had a story or two to tell, as a professional woman, she didn't tell them but her chuckle was explicit.
In a way I wished that this conversation could have been taped so that it could be played for those who are newly disabled or for those who have a pity approach to disability. It was such a fun conversation about people living real, adult lives doing real, adult things. Partying. Gambling. Hitting a late night movie. Catching a live show. Drinking. Dancing, Attempting to do the nasty in the back seat. LIVING with a disability. Not laying in wait for death, with a disability.
Some of those who constantly think that euthanasia is the answer simply can't imagine that life with a disability can simply be life with a disability. If someone with a disability who rode the night bus had written 'Me Before You' it would have been a short story about two people arguing over who got to throw up in the toilet first after a drunken night out.
And here, on the night bus, we sat. Sober. Serious. Contemplating a 14 hour trip from home in Toronto to hotel in Whitehorse. That's a helluva trip with or without a wheelchair. Just happens that the wheelchair is an integral part of the 'getting there' process. And it's not 'getting to' death's door, it's getting to a city in one of Canada's territories, a place of adventure.
Riding the night bus, a good start to what turned out to be a great day.


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Podcast: Download (Duration: 46:00 — 28.8MB) | EmbedThis is our follow up interview with Troy Hickman (click here for our first discussion with Troy). This time around we discuss the entire series in-depth which takes us in several interesting directions such as: Comic conventions and the quirks of comic book fans, real-life superheros, Steve Ditko's reclusive nature and the challenge of parodying his objectivist characters, mental illness, finding the fascinating in the mundane and lots more. Spoilers abound so if you haven't read the book and don't want to be spoiled consider your self alerted.
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Keep an eye on this blog for part 2 where we veer away specifically from Twilight Guardian and talk comics in general.
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The Flock
Winston Secrest
Co-Founder, Operator, Barista, Designer.
Winston has been a barista in San Fran, Los Angeles, DC, Chicago, New Orleans, Boston, for the last couples years. Ask him about it; its a funny story. He's also owned and operated an espresso cart in Los Angeles for the last couple of years called Steamboat Coffee LA. When he's not at the cafe he's woodworking and/or creating art(Winstonrylee.com) His love for craft carries across all disciplines and can be seen in his creativity in drink development.
Justin Prietto
Co-Founder, Chief Executive, Designer
Justin has been in the catering world for "many moons." Part of his story in-tales 10 years ago working at the same address the LP is now (managing a catering kitchen and Sunday brunch spot) which was the launching-pad for what he is up to today(Huntington Catering) Also a good story. His love for business and the "event world" is one of the main reasons Lost Parrot was able to spread its wings in the first place.


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The role of political will in eliminating disease
The creation of political policy and the implementation of health services are not often linked, but James Maguire points out the importance of connecting public health issues with political issues (2010). It is clear that when you can mobilise political will towards fighting a disease, it is much more affective than instances when health organisations try to move forward without national or global political support. Jim Kim holds up the global fight against HIV/AIDS as a success story where a political movement targeted a disease, but it is just one of the success stories out there.
My generation is not familiar with the fear of smallpox, but I heard stories growing up of my parents' receiving their smallpox shots when they were young. They grew up in the US in the 1950s, after the creation of a smallpox immunisation but before the World Health Organisation (WHO) began their Smallpox Eradication Program. To quote the WHO archives, "In 1966, the 19th World Health Assembly requested the Director-General of WHO to initiate action to carry out a world-wide smallpox eradication programme" (http://www.who.int/archives/fonds_collections/bytitle/fonds_6/en/). Smallpox was still rampant in Africa and Asia until the end of the 1960s and it was this political backing from global powers that turned an endemic disease into an eliminated disease. In 1980 WHO announced the elimination of smallpox (http://www.who.int/features/2010/smallpox/en/).
It took WHO fourteen years to eliminate smallpox once the globally backed Smallpox Eradication Program was created. Malaria is a more modern disease but similar in that is easily preventable and has received similar global political attention. In 2000, UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy said, "We now have effective, affordable and doable interventions to prevent and cure malaria. But we cannot deploy the means if the political will is lacking" (http://www.unicef.org/newsline/00pr31.htm). UNICEF appealed to the African leaders on that day in 2000 and now, fourteen years later, "Malaria mortality rates among children in Africa have been reduced by an estimated 58%" (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/). The Roll Back Malaria initiative may not have been as successful as the Smallpox Eradication Program, in that malaria was not eradicated within fourteen years, but I think it's safe to say that the political will that Bellamy asked for back in 2000 has created huge successes in bringing the effects of this disease down.
It is too late to get involved in the fight against smallpox (which is a good thing), but there are still plenty of diseases out there that people know how to fight, they're just lacking the political will to effectively do so. AIDS and malaria are two examples that have established political movements that people can get involved in, by donating to or volunteering for organisations like The Global Fund, which fights AIDS, turberulosis and malaria (http://theglobalfund.org/en/) - or even just joining their cause on Twitter and Facebook. Other groups are in the process of creating social movements to fight diseases, such as the "How To Shock A Celebrity" video that enlisted the help of celebrities to gain support for the elimination of the seven most neglected tropical diseases. Fighting these diseases could use all of our help - we can start by raising awareness (sharing videos, retweeting, telling friends) and then by putting pressure on our political leaders to raise their voices in support of these movements. Because as we know, political will can make all the difference.


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Trilobite of the Phacops genus, possibly the Phacops sp. itself. Photo taken during a lesson at the Uni.
I have no idea where the fossil was found.


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Simon Sadinsky
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Deputy Executive Director (Education) The Prince's Foundation
PhD (Glasgow), MSc (LSE), MA (University of Illinois-Chicago)
As Deputy Executive Director (Education) for the Prince's Foundation for Building Community, Simon oversees a portfolio of education programmes and academic partnerships which equip professionals, graduates, students and the public with the skills they need to design, build and preserve sustainable communities. Courses range from postgraduate courses in topics such as sustainable urbanism and sustainable engineering through to apprenticeship and training programmes in traditional building crafts, and a range of executive education in the form of short courses, seminars and events.
Simon has a background in educational programme management both in the UK and internationally, particularly within the sectors of urban planning and community development. He holds an MSc in Population and Development from the London School of Economics and an MA in Urban Planning and Policy from the University of Illinois-Chicago. In addition to his role with the Prince's Foundation, Simon currently serves as the Trustee of a small educational charity in Sierra Leone and is a member of SPAB's Education and Training Advisory Committee.


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France - Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français
Not much is available ready-to-run, and the Union-TT CC72000 diesel and de Dietrich railcar are quite difficult to find. Even so, there's a good body of material available to model the SNCF of the 1950s.
Steam locomotives
040-D (Jago BR55.25)
050-TA (Jago BR94.5)
150-D (Kittler BR58.10)
150-X (Roco BR44)
150-Y (Tillig BR52)
230-C (Jatt BR38.10)
230-F (Jatt BR38.10)
232-TC (Jatt or MMS BR78.0/T18)
Diesel locomotives
A1AA1A62000 (UMF/www.eaos.pl SM48 or Kemtron RS2 - kitbashed)
CC72000 (Union TT - kit)
Y50100 (Tillig V36 - RTR):
Electric locomotives
CC7000 (BTTB-Start CC7100 - kitbash from 2 shells)
CC7100 (BTTB-Start CC7100 - kitbash from 2 shells)
CC20002 (BTTB-Start CC7100 - kitbash from 2 shells)
Trainsets & railcars
X3700 (Union or s.e.s. De Dietrich):
Passenger & freight cars
A few freight cars have been released over the years in SNCF versions; for others, many of the existing models can be repainted or kitbashed. For passenger cars, in the 1950s and early 1960s - the ideal time period to model the SNCF in TT given locomotive availability - many cars of German design/manufacture were used, and many of these types are available in TT.


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Our series continues today with a look through 2nd Peter - it's called "Everything We Need." Today's message is called "Our Avenger and Judge." Are you sure you have everything? Peter tells us we do. The main passage used in this message 2 Peter 2:10-22.
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