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The owners of Luna Park will transform Coney Island's sprawling Stillwell Avenue subway station into a shopping and entertainment complex, transit authorities announced Tuesday.
The terminal's soon-to-be refurbished retail spaces are slated to open by Summer 2020, and will include an arcade and restaurant-bar, a coffee shop, and five other food and retail vendors, the city said.
Earlier this year, the transit agency's real-estate branch awarded a 15-year-lease for the transit hub to Central Amusement International, a corporation that has run Luna Park since 2010. The international company plans to renovate nine of the station's 11 retail units — about 7,000 square feet in all — including space currently occupied by local souvenir vendors, a newsstand, and three chain restaurants.
Some Coney Island residents met the plans with excitement, anticipating that the renovations will revitalize a century-old terminal in need of repair. About three of the station's retail spaces have remained empty since Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and the palatial edifice suffers from exposure to the salty air, according to local civic gurus.
"I think it's great that [CAI is] the recipient of the [Request for Proposals]," said Eddie Mark, the District Manager of Community Board 13. He added that the developers' plans to operate the shopping center year-round would benefit residents of the area.
"They're familiar with the neighborhood, and they have a good track record," Mark added.
But other Coney Islanders are slow to trust the Luna Park developer, which controls most of the amusement park, including the Scream Zone between Stillwell Avenue and W. 12th Street, and the B&B Carousel by W. 16th Street. Last year, the international corporation won the rights to develop a water park between the Thunderbolt roller coaster and MCU park.
"It's a bit disturbing," said resident and Community Board 13 member, Orlando Mendez. "They're gong to get everything retail-wise, community-wise," he said. "Seems like it's all going exclusively to CAI."
The Luna Park developers say they will employ local vendors in the station's retail units, but according to Mendez, the company has broken promises to local businesses before. This year, the corporation decided not to renew a licensing agreement with Feltman's Hot Dogs — a revival of the company that introduced Coney Island to the frankfurter in 1867. According to Feltman's owner Michael Quinn, the developer broke several agreements they had made with the eatery, hanging signs and serving food from other vendors at a concession stand that was supposed to exclusively sell Feltman's brand of delicious dogs.
"They take money from you and they don't honor contracts," said Quinn.
And Quinn's accusations, coupled with the company's steady expansion throughout Coney Island's amusement district, has led Mendez to distrust the developer's promise to support local businesses.
"They're going to be displacing existing businesses," he said. "Now they've got more concessions on the island than the mom 'n' pops."
A spokesman for Central Amusement International did not immediately comment regarding its contract with Feltman's, or Mendez's criticisms.
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Within minutes of Karen Blackett striding on to the newly refurbished 7th floor terrace of MediaCom's London headquarters, the small groups of employees enjoying the unseasonably warm weather all move back inside. Few appear to want to be seen chatting outside by the chief executive of one of the UK's biggest media buying and planning agencies.
Yet, gamely standing on a wooden table when the photographer asks her to and giving one of her frequent hearty laughs at the incongruity of the situation, Blackett hardly seems a typical tough boss. She is, however, renowned for working hard and makes no apologies for it. "My dad always said, 'You're black and you're female. You're going to have to work twice as hard as everyone else'."
The hard work seems to be paying off and not just at Mediacom, where a slew of blue-chip clients including BSkyB, Audi and GSK continue to put the WPP-owned company at the top of the billings league table, with £110m new business won in the first nine months of this year alone. Blackett was one of the finalists in the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman awards in March and in June she received an OBE in the Queen's honours list.
So surprised was she to receive a letter with the royal crest alerting her to the fact that she was under consideration for the award that she immediately suspected a ruse by the graphics department. The letter wasn't an in-house prank, however, and she is planning to collect the gong at the palace in January along with her mother, sister and five year-old son. She has no idea why she was put forward for the award but is particularly proud of the apprenticeship scheme she launched two years ago for 18-24 year olds. It started with 10 places, and there are now 15 apprenticeships. "With university fees so high, industry needs to be doing all it can to promote apprenticeships and to get talent," she says. She speaks passionately about how much the industry has to do to break away from the old boys' network. "It's really odd that you had only people who had been to university, often only a certain type of university," she says. "Nepotism was absolutely rife. It's better now, especially in the media agency world."
Yet Blackett's gender and particularly race still continue to set her apart from the typical adland executive. The latest industry survey found that non-white people working at any level in media agencies amounted to just 11.2% last year, a proportion she calls "pathetic". And women, half of the population overall, make up 26% of executive positions, according to the latest IPA Agency Census. At MediaCom UK, four of the seven most senior executives are women and 16.5% of staff are non-white.
There is a business as well as a social cost to the industry's lack of representation, she argues. The purchasing power of the UK's black and minority ethnic population is estimated at £300bn and rising. "I just feel it's really odd," says Blackett. "If the future of the industry is being able to target the UK you should have a workforce that looks like the kind of people you're trying to talk to." Although the percentage of the UK population as a whole may be close to the 12% mark, in London, where nearly all the agencies are based, it is closer to 25%.
Blackett has none of the qualms that some senior women have of talking about their point of difference. She revels in being placed seventh on the Black Powerlist ranking the "most influential", saying with a hoot: "Idris [Elba] was behind me and Mo [Farah] in front!" Not for Blackett the idea that such lists ghettoise ethnic minority contenders. "If anything I think it helps the other lists," she says simply. She has the same attitude to October being designated black history month, a concept that has been criticised again for underlining the lack of notice in the other 11 months of the year. "For kids I do think it's really good for that celebration and the understanding of history."
Asked about her own experience, Blackett replies: "I've found companies and clients able to judge me for what I can do, not what I look like." Yet she still recalls a "hurtful" occasion 15 years ago where a friendly rival told her that the reason she hadn't won a pitch was because the all-male senior client team had said "there was no way we'd appoint a female account director, let alone a black woman". "It was a setback," she recalls, "but it wasn't about what I couldn't do. It was about my race and gender, neither of which I would change."
She is also conscious that whatever difficulties she has faced in becoming a highly paid media executive are as nothing compared to the "horrendous" racist abuse suffered by her father, who arrived from Barbados to work as a bus conductor in Reading. Or her mother who was a nurse. She thinks this is why they constantly encouraged her to work hard – she once fluffed a mock exam and "didn't hear the last of it, nor did I come back with a C again". After university, she applied for a job as a media auditor with CIA. She didn't get the job but they suggested she talk to the media planning department ("probably because I was so gobby").
During our conversation, a personal trainer sends her text updates reminding her to exercise. Appointed chief executive in December 2010, she says being promoted a few months after finding herself the single mum of a five-month-old son made it both the best of times and the worst. Doing both roles should be exhausting but Blackett, who disappears to a house in Gloucestershire with her son at the weekend, seems to thrive on it. She was a runner at school and laughs when she mentions how competitive her son is when they ride together every weekend, "I wonder where he gets that from?"
This competitiveness is given free rein at work where Blackett likes to attend as many pitches as possible – even for smaller accounts. She says it's important because, "you sometimes get people thinking that because you're big you won't care".
Blackett obviously does care and is busy working on a form of multi-channel approach to advertising that sees traditional media brands working with newer digital agencies. "I think there's an awareness in the industry they we can't just operate in silos any more. Whether it's when the Guardian partners up with Twitter, or somebody else with Facebook, BuzzFeed or the retailer, it's all part of total communication package."
She cites an ad plan that involved Nikon, Asda, Lime Pictures, Channel 4 and Hollyoaks as a great example. MediaCom, like much of the industry, is also enthusiastic about native advertising, or advertorial as it used to be known before the internet made the boundaries even harder to define. This is commercial content that looks just like editorial content except for the warnings. The online deal between Direct Line and the Guardian, with its fixology branded content hosted on a microsite linked to theguardian.com, is one example.
Blackett, perhaps unsurprisingly, has no truck with those (including adland veteran John Hegarty) who say this type of content is a sort of trick. "Your audience are bright individuals and you've got to respect them. It's about producing more saliency, not about tricking people. Respect your audience, they're not stupid." Hegarty, she says, is "from the era of 60/90-second" TV spots. Today's executive needs to focus on what happens before and after they watch the ad. "It's not just one ad but what happens after that. Does it inform, inspire, involve?"
New digital channels and content providers are providing more avenues, she adds. "Vloggers are just as interesting in terms of what we can do for clients as ITV. Yes it's tiny at the moment but it's part of overall system." She likes the more collaborative way of working and the fact that the industry has moved on from everybody working in "silos – either TV buyers or direct response marketing specialists". "Now I am talking to people with robotics degrees. It's such a rich fruit salad of people."
Curriculum vitae
Age 43
Education Chiltern Edge school, Henley College, Portsmouth University
Career: 1993 direct response planner/buyer, CIA MediaNetwork 1995 senior planner, Zenith Media 1995 senior planner/buyer, The Media Business Group, 1999 director, MediaCom and Media Business Board 2003 marketing director, MediaCom 2008 chief operations officer, MediaCom EMEA 2010 chief executive officer MediaCom UK

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"In the past there have been a lot of situations where people were up and pogoing, but there has never been fist fighting and destruction as went on at my last two shows. There were things being thrown at us, and I liked it." — Christian Kidd on performing at the Island, WILD DOG #5 (1981)
Christian Kidd (Arnheiter) formed Guyana Boys Choir with bassist Robert Kainer and drummer Mike McWilliams in 1978. The band's first live performance took place December that same year as an opening act for legendary Zydeco performer Clifton Chenier, at the downtown Masonic Temple.
Guyana Boys Choir was short lived, and Kidd regrouped as Christian Oppression with drummer Glenn Sorvisto and bassist Ed Felch. The band was renamed The Hates after Kainer rejoined Kidd. The Hates' first two EPs were recorded at Wells Sound in Houston in 1979 on the band's private label, Faceless Records.
"The punk scene in Houston is systematically suppressed," Christian Kidd said in WILD DOG #1 (April 1979). Kidd noted in this 1981 interview with WILD DOG that punk shows were becoming more violent at the Island — and that he enjoyed the audience response.
"There's a punk crowd in Houston, and this is part of that hardcore crowd," he said. "It's building up; before you just had a few people going crazy in the crowd. There seems to be different factions, too…they really didn't get along, and I thought it was great."


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Welcome to St. Philomena's College
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Means "May your Love grow richer in Knowledge"
About Philomena's College
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It has been a long felt necessity to align higher education with the emerging needs of the economy so as to ensure that the graduates of higher education system have adequate knowledge and skills for employment and entrepreneurship. The higher education system has to incorporate the requirements of various industries…
The Placement Cell strives to achieve excellent placement of students each year. Placement Cell aims at developing the overall personality and competency of the students. To meet the emerging needs of various leading employers, it organizes training programs for students to ensure excellent performance in the highly competitive recruitment processes.…


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"Alaizah The Patriarchy Slayer"
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How to Make a Rainbow observes a young girl and her mother over the course of two years as they move together through transitions of home, identity and name.
Tender and bold, HOW TO MAKE A RAINBOW observes a young girl (Alaizah) and her mother (Jade) over two years as they journey through the realities of a parent in transition.
The story centers around Alaizah and her process of figuring out what to call her 'papa,' who is in the beginning years of a gender transition. Together they navigate homelessness, Jade's exploration of gender, as well as the daily joys and struggles of growing up.
In its timely exploration of our perceived limits of love, gender expression, motherhood and childhood, this film invites us to let Alaizah be our guide as we learn and unlearn alongside her the limits and possibilities of identity and connection.
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In response to customer requests we have now interfaced the TMC-1 to the Ashley ne8800 DSP processors.
Ashley ne8800
The Ashly ne8800 is an interesting unit, limited by having only 8 inputs and 8 outputs with summing, but unlike the NTP digital router it has DSP on both inputs and outputs - Summing, Equalization, Delay, Crossover and Dynamics. Supplied with Analog in/out as standard AES/EBU and Dante are available as an option.
The Summing allows the TMC-1 to implement down mixing, I have included the standard TMC-1 set of formats:
Mono Sum
Stereo only
Stereo Down Mix
5.1 Down Mix from 7.1
5.1 with side surround routed to both side and rear
Atmos (7.1.4 on this implementation).
The first unit shipped with Ashly software is a PD-3 which combines a PD-1 with a TMC-1. The PD-1 is improved by adding a OLed display, ethernet port and the new PD-2 software.
PD-3 Film Monitor Remote
The limited number of inputs and outputs made designing systems with the ne8800 a challenge, however the TMC-1 is able to talk to multiple ne8800's increasing the possibilities.
The initial request was for a 7.1.4 film post production room which used two ne8800's. one for the 7.1 inputs and outputs, the other for the 4 overhead speakers, There were 4 unused inputs and outputs on the second ne8800, by routing the Left and Right outputs from the first ne8800 through the second ne8800 we were able to add a stereo input and a mini stereo output.
The initial design has a fixed configuration but if there are a requests for further systems I will write a system configuration program similar to the TMC-1-Penta2 program that will enable users to define inputs and outputs by their unit and channel number.
Using the AES/EBU and Dante inputs or adding a further ne8800 it is possible to select more inputs. To add Cue Inputs, Cue sends, AFL, talk back and listen back would require a third ne8800. It is possible to make a large ATMOS system from multiple ne8800's all controlled from a single TMC-1.


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Sunny Lie (Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst) is Assistant Professor of Communication at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Calpoly Pomona). Her research interests include religious communication, Asian American and Chinese diaspora identity.
She received her B.A. (Communication and East Asian Languages and Cultures) from the University of Southern California. She received her M.A. (Global Communications) from the University of Southern California and the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Sample publications:
Lie, S., & Bailey, B. (2017). The power of names in a Chinese Indonesian family's negotiations of politics, culture, and identities. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication. DOI: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17513057.2016.121657
Lie, S. (2016). Effective evangelism: Discourse surrounding best evangelical practices in a Chinese Indonesian Reformed Evangelical (CIREC) community in Boston, MA. In D. Carbaugh (Ed.), Handbook of communication in cross-cultural perspective. New York: Taylor and Francis.
Lie, S. (2015). Messengers of the good news: Cultural discourse of Chinese Indonesian Evangelical Christian (CIEC) identity. China Media Research, 11(1), 87-98.
Bailey, B., & Lie, S. (2013). The politics of names among Chinese Indonesians in Java. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, 23(1), 21-40.


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U.S. Policy in the Balkans: A Hobson's Choice
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At this writing, the strategic balance may have shifted in the ongoing war in the former Yugoslavia, and the region could be on the verge of a settlement. But, the "window of opportunity" may be fleeting, and the failures and frustrations of the past four years temper any optimism that conflict in the former Yugoslavia will end quickly or completely. If this opening passes without an end to the fighting, the United States may have to reassess its fundamental policy objectives and the ways and means to achieve them if peace is to be effected in the Balkans. The intent of this report, therefore, is to analyze and assess existing policies, to identify any conflicts or contradictions that may stymie U.S. efforts to bring about a peaceful resolution of the crisis, and to offer potential solutions. The report does not offer an ambitious criticism of policy or an "expert's" solution to an intractable problem. Its more modest goal is to examine current policy within a context that fits Bosnia into the larger pattern of U.S. interests and policy. In this manner, the report offers a broader framework for the strategic decisions that may face the United States in the not so distant future.
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Casual Pocket Squares For Summer
For those who've been asking about how to spice up your outfit in the summer without adding a layer, here's your answer!!
Pocket squares are conventionally thought to only go in your suit jacket breast pocket. But Qwear says, where there is a pocket, add a pocket square! It adds that extra pattern or color element without trapping heat. I invited some of my favorite fashionistas to send me examples for this post.
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I Dream Of Dapper shows us how fantastic it can look in your shirt's breast pocket
LK Weiss of Jack Tar 207 gave a dapper nod to flagging at a wedding last weekend!
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Today in travel advice: the care and feeding of electronics.
Don't bring:
- International data roaming. This is incredibly expensive, and with the proliferation of domestic data networks sand internet cafes in many low income countries there's no reason to use international data. Your phone should have an option for disabling international data use under Settings.
- A voltage converter. If you're moving across voltage standards, most complex electronics like computers and cameras will have a voltage converter build into their chargers. Simple electronics like hair dryers won't have this, but it's generally easier to simply buy a new hair dryer at your destination.
- Your new laptop. Dust, rain, and power surges are not your computer's allies. If you strongly feel that you need access to a personal computer on your trip, this might be the time to bring an old laptop back into action if you've still got it around – or to consider purchasing a cheap netbook or a tablet. (Don't buy a Chromebook or another laptop which relies extensively on cloud services, since you may not be able to get online often.) If your expensive laptop is your only option, make sure that everything is backed up and that your warranty is still valid. I use SugarSync for cloud backup and TimeMachine on an external hard drive for a local backup.
Do bring:
- A universal outlet adaptor. They're cheap, they last forever, and they can be useful in regions with a lot of secondhand electronics, where an imported piece of equipment may have a plug that doesn't fit the sockets used in the country. You may need to get a separate adapter for South Africa, which has very large plugs.
- Waterproof cases for your electronics. Very useful if you get caught in a downpour or something spills in your bag. Note that neoprene cases like those from InCase are meant for padding rather than waterproofing; they'll soak up water if they get wet and hold it right next to your computer.
- A surge protector. Power supplies can fluctuate unevenly, and plugging your electronics directly into a wall socket can be disastrous if there's a large surge. For travelers coming from countries which use 110 V current, get a surge protector that will handle 220 V, otherwise it will blow a fuse when you plug it in.
- Extra batteries and chargers. Spare batteries will serve you well if you need to work through a blackout or a long flight. If you wind up losing your charger or seeing it fried by a power surge because you failed to obey the cardinal rule of the surge protector, it's good to have a backup.
Do get:
- A mobile phone, if your domestic mobile is locked in to a certain service provider. The cheapest phones run about US$25 and will last for years.
- A local SIM. In many African countries, prepaid SIMs can often be purchased for less than US$1. International call rates to North America & Europe are quite cheap. That said, countries vary broadly in their approach to mobile regulation, and I've heard that purchasing a phone in India or some Latin American countries is more difficult than this.
If you need to constantly be connected, you can also consider:
- A dual-SIM phone. Useful in places where the mobile networks aren't stable.
- A USB modem. This will let you get your computer online anywhere with a cellular data network. You can either get a universal one before you leave and then buy a data-equipped SIM later, or buy a branded modem from one of the mobile networks once you arrive.
- A solar charger. Leave it outside during the day and charge your electronics from the battery at night. The Voltaic 10 watt charger is large enough to charge a laptop.


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Northern leaders today published their draft strategic transport plan which aims to 'transform' transport and close the economic gap between North and South.
The plan, launched by members of Transport for the North's Partnership Board, outlines a 30-year programme of transport infrastructure investment which could deliver a £100bn economic boost and 850,000 additional jobs by 2050.
The cost is estimated to equate to less than £150 per northern citizen per year - or £2-2.3bn per year.
Published as part of a 13-week public consultation, the transport plan identifies seven 'corridors' where road and rail improvements could help make it easier for people and goods to travel across the region.
The 'Southern Pennines' corridor, for example, identifies improvements from the Port of Liverpool to the Humber Ports, via Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Sheffield City Region.
Transport for the North's draft plans also put forward for the first time their vision for Northern Powerhouse Rail. This would connect the North's six biggest cities and other economic centres.
A partnership between elected and business leaders from across the north of England, Transport for North is also introducing integrated and smart ticketing across the North.
'The North is a rich, diverse region and home to around 16 million people. We have vibrant communities, buzzing cities, five stunning national parks, an abundance of talent and a wealth of high-performing businesses,' said John Cridland, Transport for the North chairman.
'Transport for the North's vision is of a thriving North of England, where modern transport connections drive economic growth and support an excellent quality of life.
'For the first time, civic and business leaders and transport operators are speaking with one voice on transport to make sure the North fulfils its potential.
'Our plan proposes a revolutionary investment programme that will make it possible to travel to high quality jobs.
'This is an ambitious programme that will improve our roads and railways, and will also drive a sea change in skills development in the North and ensuring we meet that historic gap in investment.'


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Playing through the Shin Megami Tensei games on my PlayStation 2 makes me wonder how much differently my life would have turned out if I'd focused more on these games instead of Final Fantasy when I was a teenager. Final Fantasy X was important in shaping me in the long-run, however. I can never overstate this. If not for that game, I wouldn't be here doing what I do. If not for Shin Megami Tensei, though, I wouldn't have been able to hone and sharpen my style and vision to the point where it is now. So I love them equally, but differently.
I'll publish Black Waltz next month, in September, even though I finished the book almost a year ago now. Why? It's complicated and it isn't at the same time.
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc's soundtrack is oddly relevant for Anathema. Listening to some songs on repeat as I write has helped in unexpected ways.
I thought I wouldn't go back, but Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood's patch 4.3, Under the Moonlight, with Yotsuyu, is the highest point in the whole franchise for me--except FFX. Except FFX, like with her smile on the Highbridge.
Watching Orange is the New Black is like looking into the past with Piper and Alex together as something I used to romanticize as a parallel and justify:
For as long as I can remember, I kept wondering why I would feel so invested in people, and feel the world for them, whether they were friends or more or less than that. Writing Anathema has given me time to think on this. It's not just about time. It's not just about disillusionment or not caring anymore.
I finally have my answer. I don't like it -- at all. I don't like the implications of what it means for me, of what my purpose is as a writer.
I accept it, though. It's okay.
To the ends of the world and back, I know.


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Trastevere Rome - Cooking courses in Italy
Cooking courses in Italy - Trastevere Rome
With the Taste Trails Rome cooking courses in Italy blog we try to show a side of Rome or Italy that is not a tourist honey pot , an authentic Rome or Italy that you may not come across by yourself but that is absolutely not the case with Rome Trastevere.
Trastevere this ancient warren, an immigrant enclave centuries before the birth of Christ, a historically insular community of artisans and crooks—has become a tourist trap but it is still possible to escape the madding crowd - if you know where to look.
On the west bank of the Tiber, opposite the Campo de' Fiori and just south of the Vatican, Trastevere was for centuries a working-class quarter populated by immigrants. Now the same labyrinth of cobbled streets and stunning squares is peaceful by day and chaotic by night as the endless bars and restaurants fill up with excitable young Romans and tourists.
Bruno a Roman born here just after the war tells us " Trastevere has changed almost beyond recognition in the last 30 years". He goes on to say " popular though Trastevere is, there remains something special about it. It has become so commercial and touristy and yet its heart doesn't change and for me will always be home ".
If you want the full-on Trastevere tourist experience, sit on the steps of the fountain in Piazza di Santa Maria, overlooked by a quartet of gesticulating marble bishops and a 12th-century bell tower. All around, hordes of camera-toting visitors mingle with preppy students (Trastevere is full with American colleges). As night falls, these people will be joined by throngs of young Romans threading their way to the area's trendy bars.
Despite the hoards , there are still gems and stunning quiet places to be found. Head for the east of Viale Trastevere, which is much quieter and less touristy, and the church of Santa Cecilia. It's a magical place with a tragic story: Cecilia was condemned to a slow, agonising death for confessing her Christian beliefs. And here in the Piazza Santa Cecilia you will find one of our favourite Rome restaurants - Roma Sparita , and just don't take our word for it ask Anthony Bourdain , he raves about it too. Trastevere is full of restaurants and bars , some very touristy and gaudy , some very trendy and expensive but you will still find the little family run trattorias and pizzerias offering fine quality food and value . Just wander down the alley ways and lose yourself .
Some of the most intriguing spots in Trastevere are below ground—Roman streets and piazzas were built over in the Middle Ages, and now form a labyrinth of tunnels and chambers. On Via della VII Coorte there's a locked doorway leading to an underground Roman firehouse. Buried beneath the San Crisogono church are the ruins of its ancient predecessor.
But then every old building here seems to have its own subterranean grotto. Below the family-run Spirito DiVino restaurant for example is a square (now a wine cellar) dating back to 80 B.C.,
Trastevere is a place of beauty , yes it can be overwhelming with hoards of tourists and students but just take a little time to wander, there is still something special about Trastevere.
With a Taste Trails Rome cooking courses in Italy week long cookery holiday , we spend the day in Rome visiting some of our favourite places. Many off the beaten track yet yards from the tourist honey pots.
Want to experience for yourself authentic Rome? Well you can with our Cooking courses in Italy.
We run the Cooking courses in Italy through out the year from March to November and for particular groups we can of course organise other dates/programs . A warm welcome awaits.
Next stop for the Taste Trails Rome cooking courses in Italy blog ,Villa Borghese .


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An incredibly flavorful, moist and fluffy low carb pumpkin cake, made with almond flour and sweetened with stevia. Wholesome enough to serve for breakfast!
I based the recipe for this amazing low carb pumpkin cake on an old recipe I used to make – gluten-free pumpkin cake, made with almond flour and sweetened with honey.
That cake was wonderful, but it was not low carb, and my husband and I have become pretty strict about our low carb way of life.
The cake batter is thick – that's okay
I made a few adjustments to the old recipe, and I am very pleased with this keto pumpkin cake. It is rustic, fragrant, and very flavorful. The batter is very thick! You would think it's too thick, I almost added a little water to thin it out, but I'm glad I didn't.
The cake comes out wonderfully fluffy and moist, with a beautifully textured top. You can leave the top as is, dust with a little Swerve Confectioners, or top with cream cheese frosting.
Personally, I don't bother with frosting because I like to have this cake for breakfast, and frosting would firmly plant it in the "dessert" category. (The same is true for this wonderfully flavorful keto carrot cake, by the way, although I do frost that cake.)
I did some research. As it turns out, thick cake batter with adequate leavening results in a fluffy cake, while a thin cake batter producer denser cakes. So this explains why I love this low carb pumpkin cake so much.
So, is this low carb pumpkin cake any good?
I have two major tests when making a recipe, especially a sweet one, to determine if it's truly good. The first: do I want to keep eating this? Is this something that I look forward to eating more of the next day?
A resounding yes on that one! I plan on having a big slice of this tasty cake tomorrow for breakfast, and I can't wait!
The second test is the hardest one. Do my kids like this recipe? My kids eat lower carb than most, and mostly paleo. But they don't eat as low carb as my husband and I, and therefore their palate is different than ours.
For example, while we love extra dark chocolate (Lindt 90% is our favorite), the kids find it too bitter. And unlike me, they're not accustomed to having stevia as their main sweetener.
Well, the kiddos loved this keto pumpkin cake and asked that I include it in their lunch boxes tomorrow. 🙂
So there you have it – a low carb cake that passed the test of high-carb eaters. Now you know it's good!
Is this low carb pumpkin cake healthy?
Well, it's a cake. But for a cake, I think it's healthy. It's basically made of pumpkin, eggs, almond flour, and butter. All healthy ingredients (though Harvard experts still urge us to limit our butter consumption).
As for the sweetener, I believe that stevia is safe. And although many people object to its taste, the glycerite formulation greatly minimizes the bitter aftertaste.
Measure the almond flour by weight
This is a pretty straightforward recipe. The only tip I have for you is that you should measure the almond flour by weight (8 oz) and not by volume, for the best, most accurate results.
You can double the recipe and use the entire can of pumpkin
I like this low carb pumpkin cake so much, that I often double the recipe and make two cakes. I keep one in the fridge, slice the second one and freeze the slices in freezer bags.
Doubling the recipe has the added advantage of using up an entire can of pumpkin, instead of just 1 cup.
Since 1 can of pumpkin puree has about 1 3/4 cups of pumpkin (not two cups), I slightly reduce the amount of almond flour I use when doubling this recipe and use just 15oz instead of 16oz.
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Low Carb Pumpkin Cake
- 1/2 tablespoon unsalted butter, soft, for the pan
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup pure pumpkin puree (240 grams)
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
- 1.5 teaspoons stevia glycerite (equals 1/2 cup sugar)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt (or 1/8 teaspoon sea salt)
- 2 cups blanched almond flour (8 oz)
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-inch pie plate.
- In a medium bowl, lightly whisk the eggs. Add the pumpkin puree, butter, stevia, vanilla and kosher salt. Whisk to combine.
- With a rubber spatula, mix in the almond flour until well combined and smooth, then mix in the pumpkin pie spice and the baking soda. Batter will be thick.
- Bake the cake until center is fully baked and a toothpick inserted in it comes out clean, 30-35 minutes.
- Cool the cake in the pan on a cooling rack for 30 minutes before slicing and serving.


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Sure... they could use football as the model...
yep. wrote:
You'd be amazed how much having some personality/charisma could do to your career. I barely understood what the Chicago winner was saying in his interview. The agents find these guys raw from some place in Kenya and ship them off to a race without proper training in media relations. If anything, it's the agents that are ruining the marathon.
Pretty sure that's why they make them keep their helmets on.
Kevin52 wrote:
"America #1! Wait, America not #1? I give up, who gives a sh!t?"
ho hum wrote:
The sport is dying in the US. When yet another unknown Kenyan wins a major marathon it does nothing to inspire those or interest Americans. If anything it does the opposite. When a Frank Shorter or Bill Rodgers wins it makes you want to go out and run a 20 mile tempo because in the back of your mind your thinking, "maybe, just maybe, I can do this too". When a Kenyan wins you think, "well what the hell's the point, I'm from the wrong country. I could run 150 miles a week for years and year and still not come within a mile of elites".


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Psalm 63:9-11: Future Reality
Psalm 63:9-11: But those who seek to destroy my life
shall go down into the depths of the earth;
10 they shall be given over to the power of the sword;
they shall be a portion for jackals.
11 But the king shall rejoice in God;
all who swear by him shall exult,
for the mouths of liars will be stopped. [1]
When we started studying Psalm 63, we observed how this Psalm highlights God's past, present, and future help. [2] As we finish Psalm 63, David's future hope shines through. [3] Verses 9-10 show that David's "unquenched" faith rests on God Who will bring justice, which the Lord providentially did in 2 Samuel 18. [4] Verse 11 teaches that those who "swear" (pledge their "loyalty to"[5]) God will be vindicated because the Trinity will bring justice. [6]
God's coming justice should give us reverential pause. Because of our sins, Scripture describes all humanity like those who opposed David—as insurrectionists. [7] The only way we can receive God's graciousness rather than His rightful wrath is to believe that Jesus alone bore the wrath we deserve. [8] If you do believe, when Christ returns He will justify you before God and your enemies, and welcome you to paradise. [9] May God use this future hope to call those who lack it to Himself and to sustain those who believe.
This blog was written by Seth Dunn
[1] The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Logos Bible Software 7. All Scripture references will be ESV unless noted otherwise.
[2] James Montgomery Boice. Psalms, Vol. 2: Psalms 42-106. (Grand Rapids, MI: Bake Books a division of Baker Book House Co, 1996), 518.
[3] Alec Motyer. Psalms By the Day: A New Devotional Translation. (Geanies House Fearn, Tain Ross–shire IV20 1TW, Scotland, UK: Christian Focus Publications, 2016), 165.
[4] C.H. Spurgeon. The Treasury of David, Containing An Original Exposition Of The Book Of Psalms; A Collection Of Illustrative Extracts From the Whole Ranger Of Literature; A Series Of Homiletical Hints Upon Almost every Verse; And Lists Of Writers Upon Each Psalm In Three Volumes, Vol., 3: Psalm LVIII To CX. (Peabody, Mass: Hendrickson Pub, 1876), 79.
[5] Motyer, Psalms By the Day, 165.
[6] Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 2, 80.
[7] Genesis 6:5; 1 Samuel 15:23; Jeremiah 17:9-10; Malachi 1; Romans 3:9-23, 8:7-8; Ephesians 2:1-10, Titus 3:1-7; 1 John 3:8, etc.
[8] Isaiah 53:4-12; John 3:16, 14:6; Acts 4:12, Ephesians 2:11-22; etc.
[9] Revelation 6:9-11, 19, 21:1-8, 22:1-5.


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PRESENTED ONLINE. NOTE: Registering for this workshop commits you to both Part 1 on February 14 and Part 2 on February 21 (both at 6:30 p.m.).
Register on Handshake to learn how to apply a new approach for integrating life and careers upon graduation for continued success in a rapidly and continually changing world. Did you know:
• Three-quarters of all college graduates do not end up working in a career related to their majors;
• true happiness comes from composing a life that works for you; and
• it is never too late to design a life you love?
During Part 1 of this workshop you will experience methods for designing a life and career using an ideation process for building an adaptable plan that integrates career, family and leisure into your aspirations for a fulfilling life.
During Part 2 you will take your plan and learn how to prototype potential methods for building confidence and answering the questions for "how" and "what next."
Thursday, February 14 at 6:30pm to 8:30pm
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