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Richard Bell's nature diary, Saturday, 13th June 2009
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A MALLARD duck approaches us as soon as we sit at a bench for our flask of coffee. It's making a soft contact (or begging?) call after the quack.
When another duck arrives and there's a ferocious tussle. They clamp onto each other's breast feathers with tightly shut bills.
They then circle, crests raised, before deciding -
Latrigg from Nichol End Marina café.
We follow the lakeside path, arriving at the Ladore Hotel where we stop for lunch.
I draw this view, looking south-
Borrowdale is the wettest place in England. Although by the lake we had a perfect day, we could see wisps of cloud stirring around in Borrowdale, just a couple of miles away. They seemed to be having showers while we sat in the sun.
We climbed up past Ladore Falls (not much more than a trickle today) just behind
the hotel, on a steep zigzag path through the woods. Well worth the climb as the
view over Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite (above) was spectacular. We could see all
the details of our walk -
We took the road across Ashness Bridge back down to lake level and continued along
the shore. An unusual casualty on the pebbly beach was an owl, which from the proportions
of its head, I guessed to be short-


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For the people who are not friends with me on fb....her are a couple pics of what I did today after working on a atv. pic 1 is when I was making the fuel tank mountspic 2 is the mounts all tig welded on the weight bracket.pic 3 is the tank sitting in placepic 4 is what it will look like completed...
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here is the 4th pic I uploaded on the last one but did not come up in post? lolkelly
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So finally I made it down to Casa Davide, where I enjoyed the hospitality of pretty much his entire extended family over the course of a few days. Pleasure to meet you all, and thanks for putting up with me! And donkeys, Davide loves donkeys. He got his reports finished and the overseas trip was put back while paperwork was organised, so he had time to play!
First outing was to a wee sport crag to the south, Facerghera, where he and some friends are working on a guidebook. Here was classic limestone. Water-formed features like details from a Gaudi cathedral, razor edged pockets and boilerplate slabs. Needless to say I found it hard, so Im not sure i helped the guidebook grade confirmation!
Next day Davide decided that he had time for a quick half-day mission, so picked a couple of potential short-but-hard routes. The downside was that they had a 2hr slog to get to the base, which turned from muggy forests to open hillside only to reveal (or not!) that the entire cliff was shrouded in low cloud. We sat on a boulder for a while waiting for a momentary break in the visibity, spotted what looked right from the topo, and struck up into the gloom.
We chose A Cena col Siringa (VIII+, 185m, 5 pitches) on the Spiz d'Agner Sud. Davide was attracted to the line as it was opened by one of his local climbing heroes, and we would be one of very few repeating parties since it was opened. Luigi dal Pozzo was known to be 'minimal' in his bolting, never being shy of taking the big fall, so it should be exciting but safe. The first pitch set the tone – delicate slabby 6a+ with spaced pockets. Davide set off up the 2nd pitch (6b) but unfortunately his head wasn't in it – the atmosphere was indimitating, the route somewhat unknown, and he had not been climbing enough recently to 'feel' the movement. He took an intermediate belay, and I led through into the third (6b) pitch, which had a crackline (yay!) but it contained plants (boo!). Toward the end of the pitch, I pulled out a block the size of a loaf of bread, managed not to fall off, but then had a nervous moment lobbing it blindly into the pea-soup, and hoping there was nobody below!
When I looked at the next pitch on the topo, I had to check with Davide what VIII+ meant. 7a+/7b he reminded me. Ah, I thought, time to get spanked! I had somehow not processed that information when we were choosing the route! I got the boulder-problem start second go as there was a crack to slap for, but then it moved into my non-speciality – pocketed face climbing. I got about half way up before I had to admit I simply couldnt pull on the tiny razor-crimps required to get past the next sequence! A bit of french-free followed, and another move or two led to the last of the bolts. The way wasnt clear, pockets left and right, I placed a weird cam and struck out, only to slip and, as the cam followed suit, ended up at the start of the bolts 10m below. Not sure if I could do the moves above the bolts again (and cams in limestone – yup, nuf said) I pulled out the secret skyhook, aided a move then left it in place as lead-protection while I sketched my way to the anchor (the first time i have led above a hook – so reasurring! And yet better than a cam..).
The last pitch was a good honest 6c, which suited me fine, at least in part because it followed a crack system. A whole different proposition to the previous. We topped out finally as the rain finally lived up to its threats and started soaking the face (and us). We had finished in the nick of time, and were glad to be heading downwards towards dry clothes!
Next day, we took a leisurely start to visit a couple of sport crags that Davide knew well since childhood, bunking off school to go climbing. The first, Podenzoi, was entertainingly vertical and technical, and stayed dry in the light rain, but when the thunderstorm properly hit, we ran to Erto, a crag reknowned for being ever-dry, and thus popular. Unfortunatly, the flip-side of popularity on limestone is polish, and I have never known its like as here! I tried to go for the classic 'Contessa' (7a) a steep prow with huge holds and big moves. The footholds were about the size of bookshelves, but I was slithering around like a dog on an icerink! So after Davide demonstated the right way to climb Contessa, we moved left to Libellula rosa (7a) with a boulder-problem start, that I had to get angry with to overcome. Above was more pleasant technical ground, reminicent of 'Persistence of Vision' at Dumbarton. Eventually the polish grump got to me, also reminicent of Dumbarton! Dont go there if you dont like slippy challenges.
Before I left we managed to get a classic bit of Dolomitic climbing in, to counterbalance the pocket and polish dramas of the previous days. We chose the 'Solda' on the south-east face of Pala Delle Masenade (VI, 250m, 9 pitches), both a gentle walk-in and grade for good times. The line takes a weaving, physical, line up an unlikely-looking steep face, on generally good rock. On this occasion, Davide's topo varied from the hypocryphal to the downright inaccurate (go by the Kohler/Memmel version) which made for interesting route-finding. All the same, the top came too soon, we enjoyed the crystal-clear visibility (a change from our previous outings!) and wandered back down the via-ferrata to the refugio and beer.
Here I learned my lesson why all limestone is not limestone. I had long been under the impression that the Dolomites were made from limestone, and indeed some parts are, but they are characterised by the hard grey slabs and pockets we had found on A Cena col Siringa, and includes the slabs of Marmolada. Its the oldest rock form in the area, and originates from when the whole range was under-sea. Dolomia on the other hand, which makes up the more distinctive yellow/grey spires of the range varies from excellent juggy joy (see Sasso D'Ortiga) to chossy rubbish. This also comes down to age, the older being the better (primary dolomitic), while the younger is distinguished by visible horizontal banding of strata (secondary dolomitic) and can be death-on-a-stick. If Im remembering this all wrong, Davide, do let me know!
So on balance, despite my best efforts, I still fundamentaly dont get on with limestone (with the exception of the Picos, perhaps), but have learned to enjoy primary Dolomia, and be wary of its younger cousin. Its good to know your adversary. But now Im returning to a known, and loved medium. Greg, an old Edinburgh resident and circus denizen, now of New Zealand, is psyched for Val di Mello, so Im hare-ing it back to granite heaven as fast as Naranjo can take me.


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Let me introduce you to the book that is rocking my world. There is some upheaval on the horizon for us. Nothing major, nothing life-threatening or joy-threatening, just something that we will need to figure out. And it is important to me to have as many nagging things gone before this happens. And making a shift closer to minimalism is important to me.
When I learned about the KonMari method, I was a little unsure. I mean, how is this any different than all of the other minimalist information that just floats around on the internet? What I have really connected to in this process is respect. Respect for how items have served me. Respect to let go of what has served its purpose. Respect to release what is adding chaos and clutter to my life.
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I know that the automatic reaction is to look at this and think that this sort of clearing must have taken all day. It was roughly two hours. TWO HOURS. "Does this item bring me joy?" I allowed that to be my only criteria.
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After going though our closet this weekend, this happened Sunday night into Monday. And this is a lot of snow for Kentucky. They were predicting the biggest snowfall in 10 years. (I'm not sure if it lived up - we haven't really had the tv on.) I know this is the norm for some of you, but Kentucky just doesn't have the resources to deal with this. So we are on snow vacation!
We spent a good chunk of our first snow day going through books. This is the upstairs haul - some of Nathan's books and my cookbooks. There are about 6 bags downstairs of my books. And Nathan still has downstairs shelves to go through.
I cannot tell you how freeing it was to finally release all of the books that held hope and expectation. Diet cookbooks. Bob and Jillian telling me how to get my crap together. Letting go of all of these books about food really felt like I was finally admitting that I am the expert on my own body. That I know what is best for me. Even with the books that aren't telling me what to do with food, there was still just such an overload of information. Releasing these is powerful.
I have another snow day today. I plan on starting to attack paper - clearing out my desk downstairs and the files (*cough* stacks *cough*) in our kitchen cubbies. I'm not doing any major bag-creating work right now because our house is full of bags right now. With our snow-induced State of Emergency, we're really not able to get our discarded stuff out of the house just yet. So I'm trying to allow the stuff behind drawers to stay that way until I'm ready to sort and discard in a quick fashion.
I'm sure I'll write another post about our continued experience, but to follow along play-by-play, visit my instagram page.
And update your readers to krissie.bentley/blog. I'll be cross-posting for a week or so, but I will make a shift to writing there only. I'll keep reminding you. Don't worry.
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North American FJ-1 Fury
by Jean Charles Roux
The North American Fury was one of the first carrier jet fighters. 33 were produced.
Assigned to the VF-5 (redesigned VF-51 some months later), the Fury was critical in its role of validating operational procedures for jet aircraft on American carriers. At the dawn of the jet age the United States Navy did not trust the new swept-wing designs, fearing their shortcomings at low speeds. They preferred to stick with a straight wing design.
North American Aviation was working at this time on the F-86 Sabre prototype for the US Air Force. The lines of the Fury were an amazing combination of a bulged-Sabre shaped fuselage, Sabre-like tail fins and, importantly, a straight wing extrapolated from the P-51 Mustang's wing. This combination gave the Fury an unmistakable profile.
Although the Fury was an important aircraft in US naval aviation history, its operational career was less than sensational.
Plastic model manufacturers have not given us many opportunities to build a Fury in any scale. Fortunately, CZECH MODEL has recently produced a 1/48 scale FJ-1 Fury.
The first challenge was to purchase the kit. The specialized press criticism was good and it seemed that everyone has bought it, but luckily I picked up the last box in my hobby store. Despite the kit's popularity, I have never seen this kit in exhibition! Very strange.
The first impression of the plastic parts is mixed. The fuselage, wings, fins are attractive but the scribed lines are too fine and must be accentuated. Small pieces (gear legs and doors, hook) are poorly detailed and quite bloated, as one might expect of a short-run kit. The vacformed canopy is in one piece. Two copies are supplied. The resin parts are beautiful but the instruments panel is too flat.
The first step of the building is to assemble the resin parts (cockpit, exhaust, air intake and forward gear bay). The main problem here is that there is no positioning reference, so you must progress slowly and dry fit parts frequently to align all the pieces correctly.
The cockpit was painted interior green with the instrument panel and lateral consoles in matt black. A drop of gloss varnish simulates the glass of the instruments. It is important to note that the back wall of the cockpit supported the headrest which extended high above the cockpit. To avoid future problems, it is recommended to cut the headrest just under the three triangular reinforcements and to re-glue it at the end of construction.
Wanting to represent my bird with the canopy opened, I scratchbuilt the back of the cockpit (fuel tank and canopy opening mechanism) using plastic card and rods. All this was painted in matt black. And then began the most laborious assembly - fuselage, wings and tail fins.
I began by rescribing the engraved lines, using the shallow kit detail as a guide. The fuselage and wing fit is particularly bad - lack of symmetry creates real problems. Extensive puttying and sanding was required.
The second problem is that there is no locating point for the wings. The tail fins and their fit with the fuselage is also very bad. If you want a perfect result, there are not too many possible solutions. Here is my approach. I found Naval Fighter on the FJ-1 Fury, photocopied the front view with the correct enlargement factor and converted it to 1/48 scale (Take care of the fact that the given drawing in the Naval Fighter is not exactly in the 1/72 scale). Then I created a cardboard assembling gauge for the wings and the fins. This was fixed to the fuselage and the wings were secured at the correct angle. Miracle of the short-run, the underwings now joined correctly with the fuselage!
Even after I undertook this time-consuming process, a 1mm opening appeared between the wing and the fuselage on the upper surface. Same problem with the tail fins. I filled this hole with plastic card and applied mastic to finish the join. The small parts were completely sanded and detailed with the usual materials. The gear doors must be thinned down.
Because I wanted to represent the aircraft of the VF-51 Commander during the Bendix race, I had to mount the wing fuel tanks. The only problem is that the forward end of this tank contain the navigation light under a bulbous glass. This detail is not represented in the kit.
First I built and sanded the tanks. Then I used rhodoďd to thermoform the tip of the tank. I cut the forward end of the tank, put the transparent part back on it and cut it using the outline of the tank. It was very easy to do. After that I used plastic card and rods to scratchbuild the navigation light.
Because I wanted to represent the canopy opened, I used both copies - 1 for the windscreen and 1 for the sliding canopy - leaving myself no room for error. Fitting the canopy with the fuselage was a little bit tricky and needed some attention because the cutting lines of the canopy don't match very well with the fuselage contours, particularly for the windscreen. The joint was filled with mastic and sanded.
I only use enamel paint and this time decided to experiment the Aeromaster brand, in this case the Glossy Sea Blue. The shade is perfect but the paint is tricky to apply, particularly when you spray a new coat over a well dried coat. The paint dries as semi-gloss instead of gloss.
Decals are very thin and give a perfect result. The downside is that they are very tricky to manipulate. A semi-gloss varnish coat will protect the decals. I preferred to finish this kind of decoration with semi-gloss varnish because I think it's more accurate than a full gloss finish in this scale.
These planes were not very old at the time of the Bendix race so I took it easy with drybrushing and scratches.
So here we are, the beast is finished and exhibits all the charm of the first jets.
In conclusion, you can't build Czech Model's FJ-1 Fury by shaking the box, but with some patience you will have a beautiful and accurate model.
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"I'm hopelessly devoted to blue" – Bluebirds that is! Can you remember the first time you saw a brilliant blue male bluebird? As lake and pond owners, almost all of you have the sort of open habitat that is perfect for bluebirds. While there are three commonly found bluebirds in North America (Eastern, Western, and Mountain), I'll focus this article on the Eastern Bluebird that inhabits the area east of the Rockies that 95% of Pond Boss subscribers reside and/or own property within.
While this article is coming to you in June, it's not too late to experience the joy of seeing nesting bluebirds on your property. It's true that across most of Pond Boss country, the first nesting of bluebirds is finished and perhaps even the second is finished or has begun. But with a lot of southern readers, I feel this article is still time appropriate.
According to research from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, it's been found that for each incremental change in latitude of one degree to the south, the breeding season is longer by 2.3 days. The most northerly locations (48◦ latitude, North Dakota through Quebec, Canada) had breeding seasons of only 108 days, compared with 154 days in the extreme south (28◦ latitude, Texas through Florida). Thus bluebirds in southern climates have more time to produce extra broods. The number of nest attempts per box was 1.8 per season on average in the south, compared the 1.3 attempts in the north. Southern bluebirds were also more successful at fledging young from more nests; the number of nests that produced at least one fledgling was 19% higher in the south.
The evidence also suggests that bluebirds in the north may try to compensate for the shorter breeding period by initiating their second brood more quickly than their counterparts in the south. After fledging one brood, birds in the north began another clutch in the same box an average of 17 days later, whereas southern birds waited 26 days. Shorter time between broods may increase the likelihood that a second brood can be raised, but at a cost to fledglings. By starting a new nest sooner, northern bluebird parents may very well be sacrificing time that could have been used to raise and feed fledglings from earlier nests. Bottom line, if you are in the north, it might be too late to see your house used this year. If you are in the south, there's still time for 2017 use. Regardless, get more bluebird boxes up ASAP so you can see 'blue' in 2018!
I bet you're saying enough of the difference from north to south on nesting schedules and tell us what are the keys to "me" being successful in attracting and successfully helping bluebirds nest on my property??? I've come to respect both the beliefs and expertise of my Amish and Mennonite friends who often say, "Birds are God's barometers of the environment." I've frequently shared the below "Bluebirder's Ten Commandments" from Andrew M. Tryer from his 1995 book, "Bring Back the Bluebird".
I'll quickly add a few of my Top 5 Tips to bluebird success on your property. I'd also suggest that you check out the North American Bluebird Association (nabluebirdsociety.org).
- Location-Location-Location. Keep bluebird boxes at least 100 yards from woods, thickets, etc., as putting them closer will lead to Chickadees, Titmice, and Wrens (all good birds though!) using your bluebird house instead of the bluebirds.
- You must control English Sparrows. Trap them, shoot them, I don't care, but don't ever forget, an English Sparrow (a non-native American bird) will not hesitate to peck a female bluebird to death as she sits on her eggs, and then build their junky sparrow nest on top of her.
- Mount your boxes on 1" steel poles protected by a 6" PVC pipe (with lid on top; hole cut for pole) or a large stove pipe or 18" metal baffle. Otherwise you are setting up a food trail for raccoons, snakes, and cats.
- Face boxes away from early spring's cold, wet winds. Here in Missouri it's east/south east.
- Remember if you can, to provide food sources. To help bluebirds survive the winter storms on my property, we've planted American (not invasive Chinese) Bittersweet and I offer live and dried mealworms and sunflower kernels (bluebirds can't crack a seed shell, but they can eat sunflower kernels).
Try the above and I believe you'll quickly increase the positive outcome you'll have trying to attract bluebirds and help them flourish.
As I put the finishing touches to this bluebird article, I want to close by saying it was inspired by a great man, Michael Smith, who captured a timeless photo "The Mad Bluebird". We lost Michael this spring to a battle with cancer and my biggest regret is that he never let me know about his struggle. When my son, Grant, and I visited Michael's home a couple of years ago, it was obvious that bluebirds were very much more than just "something to be photographed". He truly cared for the species and all birds God has blessed us with. I've already donated my fees for writing this article to the Maryland Bluebird Society in honor of Michael. I'd ask you to consider a gift in his name to your local state bluebird organization. I've told you earlier in this article how to find them.
One last way we've tried to honor Michael is a 25% donation will be made on all sales of bluebird items on a Special Tribute Order Sheet available from Songbird Essentials (www.songbirdessentials.com/nabspromo). Whether you need poles, baffles, houses, portal protectors, or I hope a "Mad Bluebird" coffee cup, flag, or trivet using Michael's Mad Bluebird photo, we'd appreciate your help. Just let us know what bluebird organization you wish the donation to go to.
I'll end where I started, "Do you remember the first time you saw a bluebird?" Make sure your children and grandchildren experience that joy by properly placing and protecting (baffles) bluebird boxes on your property and by supporting great organizations like the North American Bluebird Society.
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Greggfest is a two day music festival held at Northern Vermont University-Lyndon (formerly Lyndon State College) in Lyndonville, Vermont in honor of Jake Gregg, who was a fellow student and banjo player for the group Suncooked. The festival was started in 2014 in order to raise funds for Jake, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in 2013. During the planning phase of the festival's second year, Jake lost his battle with cancer before he could attend the event in 2015. We proudly do all we can to keep this event running in his memory and out of love for all that he contributed to our community.
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Community Participation in Tree Survey
We recently reported that ALERT has commenced a carbon dynamic monitoring programme of the Dambwa Forest in Zambia, in partnership with Copperbelt University (CBU), the Forestry Department, and the Dambwa Trust. The first element of this programme being implemented is a survey of the above-ground woody biomass, more commonly known as trees.
Over the past few weeks we have successfully integrated ALERT, Lion Encounter and Forestry Department staff with volunteers from the community to undertake the survey, which is being supported by CBU staff. Foreign volunteers have also joined the Programme to provide manpower, but also the funding necessary for the study. The Programme is a clear example of ALERT's responsible development approach in practice, with the key stakeholder groups of community, government, an NGO, academia and a commercial entity coming together towards a common goal; to protect a natural resource for the benefit of the wildlife and people that rely on it.
Whilst the survey is long term and will incorporate additional carbon monitoring elements, data already collected is highlighting clear trends. For example, species diversity is significantly negatively correlated with proximity to human settlement. This is unsurprising given the selective harvesting of certain tree species by communities, living in poverty, who have need of the resources the Forest produces.
Information such as this will be able ALERT to assist the Forestry Department, through the Joint Forest Management Committee, in developing and implementing management strategies and direct interventions to ensure the long term health of the Forest. For example areas which are shown to lack species diversity could be targets for reforestation efforts, utilising trees being grown in ALERT's nursery that was funded by the Woodspring Trust.
Early results also suggest some good news; the areas surveyed that are most denuded of trees are also areas where natural regeneration is most prolific. What we need to do is look closely at the nature of that regeneration to ensure that the Forest's natural species diversity is being maintained, or whether interventions are necessary to assist the Forest's regeneration.
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Zambia is ranked as having one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world. Principal drivers of deforestation are agricultural expansion, infrastructure development, wood extraction (e.g. for fuel or charcoal production) and fire, whilst the underlying drivers are high levels of poverty, low employment and employment opportunities, insecure land tenure, weak institutional capacity, and lack of synergy in forest management policies.
The Dambwa Forest was gazetted as a protected forest area in 1976 as a source of wood for timber, fuel and other forest products for the Livingstone community. A Joint Forest Management programme, the Dambwa Trust, was established in 2002 to deepen democracy in management of forest resources between the Zambian government and the local communities
Rural households are highly reliant on forest products, yet there is substantial scope for the forest sector to alleviate rural poverty. Effective forest management is based on good knowledge of existing forest resources, yet current data on Zambia's forests is outdated and incomplete. This study therefore seeks to contribute to knowledge of the status and trends of forests in Zambia. The ultimate aim is to provide information to the Forestry Department to assist development of appropriate forest management strategies for the long term sustainable use of forest resources by local communities as a poverty alleviation strategy.
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September 27, 2016
Written By Associate Dean Patricia Deyton and Mikaela Feroli.
In 2006, three visionary women in Boston—Atsuko Toko Fish, Mary Lassen, and Catherine Crone Coburn—established an innovative program designed to empower current and future generations of women leaders in Japan to be effective change agents. The Japanese Women's Leadership Initiative's Fellows Program is an intense four-week training provided in the greater Boston area that provides direct experience and training in nonprofit management and leadership development to Japanese women in areas of importance to women and Japanese society. After its 2006 pilot year, Atsuko Fish approached her family foundation, the Fish Family Foundation, to fund an expanded program and sought an institutional partner. The Center for Gender in Organizations (CGO) at Simmons School of Management (SOM) became JWLI's institutional and academic partner, working since then in close collaboration with the Fish Family Foundation to design, deliver, and continuously improve the JWLI Program. The JWLI Fellows Program takes place in Boston in the fall of each year. Four Japanese women are selected to participate through a process that includes self-nomination to the program, with supportive documentation and recommendations. The program's annual cycle begins early in the year with external promotion in Japan. Self-nominations are received by April and are screened to select finalists. Finalists are interviewed in person in Tokyo in June by personnel from the Fish Family Foundation and Simmons College. After selection, finalists are officially invited to the program as Fellows, and prepare to come to Boston in September. Upon return to Japan, they begin their work as change agents, engaging with the JWLI Association (JWLIA), an organization of previous JWLI Fellows that offers mentorship and emphasizes development and execution of strategy. The JWLIA also assists in the recruitment of self-nominations, provides orientation to newly selected Fellows, holds workshops and events to promote the role of women as leaders of social change, and promotes the program in Japan.
Through the course of the program, Fellows develop a vision and plan for making change in Japanese society. The program assists the Fellows with in-depth training in the development of strategic plans for the vision of change that each Fellow wishes to bring about. Taking the approach that hands-on, experiential learning is highly effective for adult learners, the four weeks of the JWLI Fellows Program consist of intensive on-site training with CEOs and senior staff of several nonprofit organizations. The opportunity to work closely with each of these nonprofit organizations prepares the Fellows by exposing them to a variety of approaches in the areas of fundraising, financing projects, sustaining nonprofit organizations, strategic planning, and leadership. One week of the program is dedicated to participation in the Simmons Schools of Management Executive Education Program, Strategic Leadership for Women. Weekly academic sessions covering basic areas of nonprofit management, opportunities for cultural events, and meetings with inspiring women leaders round out the program.
The international collaboration grows stronger every year through JWLI and the CGO's partnership, and underscores the brilliance of women's programs that cultivate women's leadership skills. The combination of JWLI's ingenuity and the CGO's expertise provides a platform from which the JWLI program has been able to adjust and adapt to the quickly changing global environments, and has empowered Japanese women to create change and contribute through the nonprofit sector. The direct success and necessity of the JWLI program shines through in the tragic aftermath of the 2011 earthquake. On the morning of March 3, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake destroyed the Tohoku region, triggering both a tsunami and a nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. From the rubbles of destruction, Japanese society was presented with the opportunity to restructure itself, and to break down the institutional and cultural barriers that prohibited Japanese women from holding leadership positions in Japan and engaging in the Japanese economy. As a patriarchal society, many expected men would dominate all major decisions concerning the rebuilding of Japan. However, it was seen in many cases that officials recognized the importance of giving women a voice. Official Kitakami Ward of Ishinomaki City was one such official who provided space for women-only meetings. The women-only space compelled the women to speak openly about their fears and ideas. The resulting conversations opened the eyes of many individuals, both men and women, to the importance of gender equity and diversity in strategizing solutions to complex problems.
JWLI founder Atsuko Fish seized the opportunity to strengthen women's voices by establishing the Japanese Disaster Relief Fund–Boston (JDRFB) in collaboration with The Boston Foundation and the Japan Society Boston. The JDRFB supported immediate and mid-term recovery in the affected region in Tohoku. Fish visited Tohoku several times after the disaster to assess and evaluate the needs of the people and community. JDRFB raised approximately $1 million and distributed 24 grants to 19 organizations and projects working directly in the affected Tohoku area.
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Please join the SOM on Tuesday, October 4th for a celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the Japanese Women's Leadership Initiative from 4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. in the Linda K. Paresky Center, located on the 3rd floor of the Main College Building. Click here to RSVP!
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Nottinghamshire care home rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission
The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by Forest Hill in Worksop, Nottinghamshire to be Outstanding following an inspection in August.
Forest Hill provides personal and nursing care for up to 53 people. People are accommodated in two separate units within one building. The Portland Suite provides personal and nursing care for up to 21 adults with mental health needs. The Memory Lane community provides personal and nursing care for up to 32 older people living with dementia.
Inspectors found staff were caring and compassionate and people were being provided with safe, responsive, caring, effective and well-led care.
A full inspection report has been published on our website.
Under CQC's programme of inspections, all adult social care services are being given a rating according to whether they are safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led. Forest Hill is rated Outstanding for being responsive and caring, and Good for being safe, effective and well-led.
Rob Assall-Marsden, CQC's Head of Inspection for Adult Social Care in the central region, said:
"Our inspection team was really impressed by the level of care and support offered to people at Forest Hill, which we found gave them an enhanced sense of quality of life and well-being."
"We saw many examples of positive and caring interactions between people and staff. Staff went out of their way to make people feel that they mattered, and that they got the support they needed to maintain control of their lives. People were able to express their views openly and staff listened to what they said and took action to ensure their decisions were acted on."
"People mattered and were at the heart of the service. Staff spoke about people with warmth and affection and demonstrated this through their actions."
"Staff looked for creative ways to support people's lifestyle choices and maintain interests which were important to them. The service was well-maintained, and designed with people's needs in mind. The environment was decorated to make it more accessible for people with dementia and visual impairments."
"All of this meant people received a high standard of care, which is why it has been rated Outstanding."
Andrea Sutcliffe, Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, said:
"The quality of care which our inspectors found here was exceptional and I am very pleased that we can celebrate the service's achievements."
"An outstanding service is the result of a tremendous amount of hard work and commitment. I would like to thank and congratulate everyone involved."
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A Romantic Vacation In Lytis (Part 2)
"Lili, may I ask you a question?"
"Of course, Felicia. What is it?"
"Have you ever thought of living a different life?"
Lili paused and put her roasted squid on the rock beside us. "What do you mean by that, Felicia?"
"Like, maybe living a life of a free woman? A life where you don't have to attend to me?"
Silence. She made neither a move nor a sound as I waited for her answer. When she finally spoke, I could tell she was holding her tears.
"Is this why you've been so nice to me, my lady? Are you throwing me away?"
"What? No!" I turned around to confront the sobbing Lili, "By the ancestors, that's not what I meant. You're thinking too far, Lili."
I wrapped my arms around her body. Pulling her close, I whispered in her ears, "I'm not throwing you away, Lili. We've been best friends for our entire lives, aren't we?"
"We were even born on the same day, Lili. We're closer to sisters than even blood-related sisters. How can I possibly throw you away? Wouldn't it be like throwing away my own family?"
She stopped crying and her arms also snuck their way around me. She pulled me closer and I relented, hugging her tightly as our breaths mixed together. Suddenly I realized that she would probably take this the wrong way, that I was probably giving her the wrong signal. I tried to disengage from her, but she held me tighter.
"Please, my lady. Would you allow me this just this once?" she pleaded with her face resting against my chest.
I nodded and wrapped my arms around her again. It wasn't really a hard decision. She was simply so soft and she felt so good in my arms.
I couldn't tell how long we were like that, but we eventually disentangled ourselves when it looked like it would rain. The River Country wasn't known for long downpours, being that it had such strong winds that rain clouds move from one spot to the other pretty quickly. Regardless, we should probably go back to the inn.
It started raining as we got near the inn and we hastened to reach the inn before the downpour started. By accident, I bumped against something large and almost fell on my butt if not for Lili suddenly coming up from behind and held me up. I looked in front of me and it was a large man, wearing black leather and holding a knife in his left hand.
"How dare you raise a knife against Lady Felicia. Do you want to die, rogue?" Lili threatened as she slipped a hand under her sleeve for a hidden throwing knife she kept tied around her lower arm.
"Rogue? Wait, hold on. I just had a frayed hem and was in the process of cutting it when this pretty lady bumped into me. Thankfully she didn't bump against the knife, or else we'd have a completely different problem," the man said.
He was right, it could've been worse. "I'm sorry, I was in a hurry because of the rain. Please excuse me," I said as I ran ahead into the inn with Lili in tow. Strange though, that man looked familiar to me.
We arrived just as it started to rain outside.
"What luck, eh?" I said.
"Absolutely, Felicia. If we were a minute later, we'd have been drenched."
"All that running's making me hungry, though. Let's have an early dinner."
"I wonder what they have for tonight."
"Guess we'll find out," I said as I called a waitress to get our orders. We ended up having a very satisfying meal of beef and vegetables.
It was then time to pay and something unexpected happened.
"Eh? Where's my coin pouch?" I said as I touched the part of my belt where my coin pouch used to hang.
"Could it have fallen somewhere?" Lili asked as she looked at the floor and took a few steps towards the door.
Suddenly the waitress, a woman in her 30s (probably) said with an unhappy face, "I see, eating and running, is it? Haven't had that happen since last week."
"Wait, hold on a minute! I really had money, look, it looks like the attaching leather is cut somehow."
"Cut?" Lili came back and examined the place where my coins pouch used to hang.
"If you're beggars, you shouldn't order food here. There's a soup kitchen on Knave's Path, it's free to eat there," the waitress said condescendingly, but neither Lili nor I took notice.
"The man with a knife!" we came to a conclusion at the same time.
"Let's go find that bastard!" I said as we moved to go out.
That was before the waitress grabbed both of us in a choke hold. "Do you think you're the first beggar kids to eat and run? Not even a 'sorry', you're really begging me to send you to the watchmen, aren't you?"
"Wait, you got it all wrong! We're not beggars, just look at my dress. Does this look like a beggar's dress to you?"
"Dresses can be stolen."
"No, we really got robbed. Please believe us!"
"I won't be fooled like that again. If I let you both go, you'll just run away."
"Then let my friend go, she'll look for the thief. I'll stay here as hostage, how about it?"
"No, my lady!"
"Hostage eh? Very well," she loosened her hold on Lili. "You can go, but you," she tightened her hold on my neck, "Are staying here as hostage."
"That's fine. Lili, can you find him?"
"I-I still remember what he looks like. Tracking is not my strong point, but if it's less than an hour, I think I can find him."
"Then go take your cloak, I don't want you to fall sick."
"Yes, my lady!" Lili said as she ran up the flight of stairs two steps at a time, took the cloak and jumped down from the second floor. She was out of the door before I could even say anything else.
"Umm, can't we work this out somehow? In case my friend can't find the thief?" I said as I sat in a corner of the kitchen.
"Sure, we'll just hand you over to the watchmen. Do you want to know what they'd do to a pretty little thing like you?" the waitress from before said. She was sitting on a barrel, probably filled with some kind of ale. The hem of her uniform, a barmaid costume, rode up halfway on her thighs as she rested one foot on a box filled with bottles of some kind of spirit.
"Now now, big sis, she's probably telling the truth. She's too clean to be a beggar," the other woman, presumably the younger sister came forward and pinched my cheeks. She was wearing the same black barmaid costume as the older one.
"You're too trusting, Nira. Remember how mom and dad died? If not for my husband, we'd have ended up on the streets that time."
"But I don't think she's lying. She has an honest face."
"Face doesn't mean shit when a person is lying. That's what they call 'poker face', you know?"
"Umm, the bill amounts to 3 silver, right? I paid for 3 days' lodging for one of the rooms upstairs. Can't you deduct it from my room fee?"
"This and that are under different management," the older sister said.
"Eh? Then surely there's something else, maybe I can wash the dishes or something?"
"I thought your cover story is a noblewoman. Are you telling me that wherever you're from, noblewomen wash dishes like a common house maid?"
Good point. Although I've done my fair share of washing dishes, crops and some work that noblewomen would consider 'dirty', 'washing dishes' isn't what a noblewoman would have been caught dead doing. Even for a small and poor noble family such as mine, mother and I never washed the dishes ourselves before I started having my own farm and working in my own workshop.
"Well... I've done it before."
"No, if you're really a noblewoman, I won't risk you breaking the plates," the older sister refused.
Suddenly the little sister who was having fun pinching my cheeks and playing with my long brown hair said, "You're really pretty. Have you ever thought of becoming a waitress?"
"Nira! I won't have her breaking the plates!"
"Just talking orders and delivering drinks will be fine, don't you think? Not much chance for her to screw up, and we get a fresh employee for free. Besides, it's going to become busy in just an hour, right?"
The older sister looked thoughtful, before she said, "You're going to be a trainee waitress for a period of one week. You won't be paid a single copper for this period unless it's a tip from the customers. In exchange, you get to eat whatever we eat and three mugs of cider a day. Your duties will include taking orders, delivering drinks, sweeping and cleaning the restaurant as well as wiping tables. If you mess up, we have the right to kick you out immediately and hand you over to the watchmen. Do you agree?"
"A week? But I only paid for 3 days' worth of accomodation."
"You can sleep in the attic."
"Is it haunted?"
"My friend is afraid of ghosts."
The younger sister giggled. "There is no ghost, but there are a lot of cobwebs, some spiders and dust. Nothing a little cleaning won't fix."
The older sister continued. "The same goes for your friend. If she wants to stay here and eat the same meals, she will have to work. Same deal."
I thought about the offer. I didn't actually come here to get a job. I came here to play. Losing my money and getting into debt wasn't part of the plan. Sure, I still have money left in my cabin, but if I went back for it, chances are, I won't even be able to get off the ship again.
"I accept," I said, because I thought wearing their uniforms and and waitressing would be kind of hot.
Let me explain a little. As Malcolm, I was not only a re-enactor, but also a cosplayer. I've cosplayed as Tuxedo Mask from Sailor Moon, Alucard from Hellsing and even crossplayed as Chii from Chobits. The thought of wearing a barmaid costume, which I had never worn before, made me kind of excited.
"Then I leave her training to you, Nira. Get her ready in half an hour," the older sister decided as she got up and left to the restaurant floor area.
"Huhuhu, we're going to have so much fun," the little sister said.
"I look forward to it," I said with a curtsey.
I probably shouldn't have been looking forward to it so much. And so, I got my first job in my second life. I regretted it almost immediately after.
Starting my job during its peak hour was probably not the best time to learn the job. I made a lot of mistakes such as taking the wrong orders, delivering drinks to the wrong tables, scolding people when they touched my butt and slapping customers when they called me 'wench'. If not for my cute face and Nira's intervention, it would've probably become a big issue.
Thankfully, as the night became late, the number of customers lessened and I was able to learn the job at a more manageable pace. My boss Nira was very kind and gentle. She explained and taught me many things about my job, even the shortcuts to make the job easier. Unfortunately, she was kind of like a perverted old man. Her groping was even worse than the customers and she seemed particularly attached to stroking my long hair and hugging my smaller body while rubbing her face on my cheeks. She scared me in different ways from her older sister, also my boss.
It was during one of these skinship rituals that Lili returned. "What are you doing to Lady Felicia, you hag?!"
"Hag? Now that's rude, I'm not even 30 yet," Nira sighed as she nuzzled her nose on my cheek with her arms tightly holding me against her large breasts.
"You-How dare you! Not even I get to do that. Let her go at once!" she said as she took out the hidden knife under her sleeves.
Wait, Lili. Are you saying that it's fine for her to do it if you can do it too? And put the knives away!
"Lili, please calm down. This is Nira, one of the owners of the restaurant. She's just teaching me some things," I said as I pushed Nira away.
She looked at my uniform as if noticing it for the first time. "What's with the dress, my lady?"
"Well, uhh, starting today, I work here."
"Ehhh? Why? There's no need for you to work in this dirty, rundown restaurant, my lady!"
"Well, sorry that the restaurant is dirty and run down," Nira said with a tight smile.
"Is it because of the money? I couldn't find the thief, but I'll go back to the ship and borrow money right away, my lady!"
"Hold that thought!" I said as I grabbed Lili's wrist. "This must not reach their ears, understand?"
"But my lady, you're a highborn. Just from selling the ship you can buy ten of these rundown restaurants!"
"I have decided, Lili."
"But-but... I can't let you serve those brutes like a common barwench."
"Sorry for being a 'common barwench'," Nira mumbled again.
"Lili, quit it. I will get angry."
"Umm, then I will also become a barwench. I'll do everything that you have to do, my lady!"
"Great! Welcome. Ahh, it's nice to have young girls," Nira said as she hugged the much smaller girl tightly.
Lili had to restrain herself from stabbing the much older woman.
"Two of today's special and two mugs of Foxfire Ale for table 12," I said to the older sister, whose name was Nara.
"Understood, take these to table 6," she pushed forward three mugs of bluish drink. "And take these to table 2," she pushed forward two mugs of beer.
"Table 6 and table 2, got it!" I said as I carried those in my hands.
"Lili, take these to table 3," she said to Lili who was waiting behind me.
"Yes!" Lili was surprisingly eager. Perhaps after being trained for two days, she had become less jumpy and less sensitive about the patrons' vulgar teasing.
"Alright, here you go, three mugs of Blue Peach Brandy. Your meals will arrive shortly. Is there anything else you want?"
"How about a kiss, Felicia?"
"A kiss? Oh gee, I don't think my boss will like me doing that very much."
"Let's keep it our little secret," the man grinned.
"Not very secret when she's watching... and apparently glaring. Sorry, Mr. Kute, I have to deliver these mugs to table 2."
"Here you go, Mr. Malor and Mr. Soom. Your meal will arrive shortly, is there anything more you want?"
"I want you to put your cute butt on my lap, baby," Mr. Soom patted his lap.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Soom, but my butt is pretty expensive," I said with a smile and a wink.
"Then how about calling me 'daddy', Felicia?" Mr. Malor said.
"Are you sure that's fine, Mr. Malor, won't your real daughter be angry?"
"Aw no. My daughter is a sewer-mouthed spinster. Seriously, I have no idea where we went wrong raising her."
"Then... daddy, is it? Is there anything else you need, daddy?"
"Ooohhhh! This is what it should've been. Damn it! Where has my youth disappeared to?" he said as he placed a single silver into my left hand.
"Felicia, call me 'daddy' too!" Mr. Soom begged, also discreetly putting a silver into my right hand.
"Okay, daddy."
Mr. Soom cried tears of happiness, before he placed another silver coin into my right hand. "Now why don't you sit on daddy's lap?"
"I'm sorry, daddy, this and that are two different things," I said in refusal.
He added another silver coin.
"I guess I can sometimes, but I shouldn't really do it."
Another silver coin.
"Oh well, I'll take pity on you today, daddy. But I'll have to get up when my boss tells me to work, okay?" I said as I plopped down onto Mr. Soom's lap.
"Hey, not fair, baby girl, sit on daddy's lap next."
"No! She's sitting on my lap! Get your own daughter to sit on yours!" then Mr. Soom called to my boss, "Hey Nara, I'm treating Felicia to a meal, okay?"
My boss looked at me sitting on Mr. Soom's lap and gave a dismissive wave. She was probably a bit more lenient since we didn't have many customers right then. There were a few tables still waiting for their meals, but Lili could take care of it if it was only that many.
Meanwhile, Mr. Malor mumbled something like, "If I ask my daughter to sit on my lap, my legs will break."
"What would you like to eat, Felicia?" Mr. Soom asked. His short beard brushed against the top of my head as he spoke.
"Anything is fine," I said noncommittally.
"Then only the best for my little girl. How does roasted lamb set and a mug of brandy sound?"
"A meal fit for a king, daddy!" I agreed to his delight as I got up to deliver the order.
Then I went back to the table and sat myself back on Mr. Soom's lap. I took a bite of my roasted lamb as I listened to Mr. Malor and Mr. Soom exchange rumours. Did I forget to mention that Mr. Soom and Mr. Malor were both two of Lytis's top merchants?
From their conversation, I learned that the ruler of the city is known as Prince Hans The Lecherous. Although a capable ruler, his achievements are overshadowed by his love for women and there have been many cases where he took two or three courtesans into his bedroom at a single time. The prince is also known as being fair towards merchants, but absolutely horrible towards people who offend him. Mr. Soom calls the prince 'petty brat'.
From time to time, I would feed 'Daddy Soom' some cuts of the lamb which made him so happy. At the same time, 'Daddy Malor' cried tears of blood every time I did that. I felt almost sad for him.
Apart from rumours about the prince, they also talked about the city's state of affairs. Apparently, there were more and more mercenaries these days. Due to that, the mercenaries are currently engaged in a price war and nowadays the services of a good mercenary company consisting of a hundred properly-armed spearmen can go as low as 30 gold. They also talked about the price of certain goods and even forecasted what these prices would be like by next week.
I finished my meal just as more customers arrived . So I got up from Mr. Soom's lap and begged my leave. I didn't want to get scolded again by Ms. Nara for ignoring the other customers. For dinner, it was 'Daddy Malor's' turn to have me sit on his lap. I felt pity for them, all these jilted daddies are just really starving for their daughters' love.
"It seems you're swimming in silver today, Felicia," Nira said after the restaurant closed.
"You saw?" I asked as I took off the apron and hung it on a nail on the wall.
"How could I not? Every time I looked at you, there was always someone dropping a copper or silver into your hands or your apron's pocket."
"Am I not allowed to?"
"No, it's not a problem as long as you don't neglect the other customers. I was the one who taught you to milk the customers for as many tips you can after all," she said with a wink.
"Uuuu, you horrible hag. My lady Felicia is soiled..." Lili remarked with tears in her eyes.
"I'm starting to get used to being called a hag."
"Lili, don't be rude! Besides, I'm not being soiled, I'm just roleplaying."
"What is roll-play-ing?" Nira asked.
"Think of me as an actress."
"Ahh I see... so tomorrow will be your first night staying in the attic, have you cleaned it yet?"
"We're planning on cleaning it tonight, aren't we, Lili?"
"Unn, you should just let me do it on my own, Felicia."
"Nonsense! We'll both be sleeping there together for the next 4 days. How can I just let you do all the work?"
The moment I mentioned 'sleeping together', Lili made a small smile. Her mind wandered elsewhere pursuing a fantasy. I knew exactly what that fantasy was.
No, Lili, we will only be sleeping. Stop imagining things!


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The whole of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is more than the sum of its parts. The series in its entirety is regarded quite positively; and it has a considerable legacy in terms of how it has redefined filmmaking and the way in which pulp material is perceived by the masses; but on a film-by-film bases, it's somewhat hit and miss. Some MCU movies are great*, most are varying degrees of okay, and at least two** deserve to be buried in sulfur, in my humble opinion. Unfortunately, Doctor Strange, the latest entry in this saga, while not a train wreck, is also not one of the great ones.
Storywise, Doctor Strange is kind of like Iron Man if technology were replaced with magic. Like Tony Stark, Steven Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is an intelligent but arrogant man at the top of his field (Strange is a surgeon rather than a scientist/industrialist) who, through unfortunate circumstances (for Strange it's a car crash), is wounded and thrown from his prosperous but shallow life, which leads him to discover new powers and become a superhero (as well as a better human being) in the process.
The difference with Doctor Strange is that its plot is both sloppier and more contrived than in Iron Man. The car crash that wounds Strange, for example, is a poorly justified scene — Strange inexplicably refuses to adhere to even the most basic driving precautions while cruising on the side of a cliff. Maybe his carelessness is supposed to be an extension of his cocky persona (I feel like I'm grasping at straws with that one), but as portrayed, it comes across as a cheap cop-out where the writers use random stupidity to advance a narrative. Next, the movie proceeds to skim rather quickly — too quickly, in fact — over the fallout from this accident. Strange's hands have lost most of their dexterity, and he evidently goes bankrupt on experimental surgeries to try to fix them. This all is delivered way too fast though; with no real time for any of this to sink in, which curtails our emotional connection to Strange.
After that though, the movie settles into something of a groove; Strange travels to Asia in order to find a mystical group who supposedly can fix his hands. He finds said group, who agrees to take him in and teach him about the ways of magic. This stretch of the picture is okay; it's basically a fun training montage of Strange learning about such concepts as astro-projection, teleportation, dimension-hopping, and magical-weapon-conjuring; and I'm a huge fan of training montages. For as fun as the magic can be in this story, though, there are seemingly too many arbitrary of rules on display here concerning what magic can or can't do in particular situations; moreover, it's all too often the case that new rules, abilities, or limitations concerning magic show up out of nowhere in order to set up a particular plot point. This doesn't tank the picture, but I think the rules about this magic needed to be a little more consistent from the start; and I believe this is another example of bad writing in the movie.
While I'm talking about poor writing, let's discuss this film's villains. The main villain, Kaecilius, is a defected member of this magical group (like Strange, he was an outsider who was taken in) who carries on the MCU tradition of the antagonist being a mirror reflection of the protagonist. He's also thematically shallow; with very confusing motivations. They are so confusing that I have a hard time recalling them. It has something to do with merging a Dark Dimension (not to be confused with the Dark World from Thor: The Dark World) with this dimension in order to do… something (it's described so poorly that I really can't remember). That dimension is also home to a gigantic cloud monster who wants to do…something that requires destroying our world. Again, I'm really sorry, everyone, I try to be somewhat professional about recalling relevant details about a movie's story, but these scenes explaining the villains' goals are so full of pseudo-mystical babble that is so under-explained that I just can't keep it straight. As a result the villains in this piece don't really work as compelling antagonists; which is a real problem for a superhero story. Also, I apologize if this seems like a cheap shot, but Kaecilius, who wears strange eyeliner throughout the movie, is the worst looking of all the MCU villains thus far. Admittedly, this is somewhat evened out by the cloud monster, who has a great deal of vibrant color and is pretty cool to look at.
So yeah, much of this film did not impress me; and I feel as though the screenplay needed some definite revision. However, I'm also the individual who bent over backwards to be nice to Suicide Squad, so I should probably try to be more positive with this one. As I touched on earlier, there are fun bits with some of the magic scenes. Most of the moments involving astro-projection and dimension hopping are both visually impressive and entertaining to watch. Huge Inception-style scenes involving shifting buildings and city streets, for example, are dazzling to see, and they are incorporated well with some fun action. There's also a somewhat original scene in which an astro-projected-Doctor Strange fights an astro-projected-henchman, resulting in an amusing ghost battle where they fight up and down corridors in a hospital with most of the workers oblivious to it. Also, I will happily admit that, though much of the plot is middling, the ending of this film is fairly impressive. It involves Dr. Strange bending time in creative ways against our villains, resulting in a very unique solution for how to defeat them; and it definitely stands out amongst more cliche'd superhero endings. If only the rest of the film had tried to be that original.
Beyond the action, there are a handful of nicer, smaller-scale moments of genuine charm. I did get a grin on my face, for example, when Strange, at the mystic group's sacred and ancient temple, is given their Wi-Fi password; and I did appreciate a moment later in the film when Strange makes up with an estranged girlfriend.
Concerning Benedict Cumberbatch's performance as Doctor Strange, regardless of the writing, he clearly is showing a great deal of sincerity in the role. I think he does a good job demonstrating the character's growth from an arrogant, somewhat cantankerous man to a more altruistic one; and when he's on screen in full Doctor Strange-attire, he has an appreciable presence and authority. While I don't think he is essential to his role the way Robert Downey, Jr. is for Tony Stark, I really can't imagine anyone other than Cumberbatch doing it at this point.
It is difficult to give a final pass-or-fail verdict on Doctor Strange; there are some genuinely good moments in this picture that are appreciable; but they are surrounded by an unimpressive and noticeably underdeveloped plot. This is not an awful picture, but it just is not that great. If you are the kind of person who already appreciates superhero films, I do recommend checking it out. I think there is enough in this picture to hold you over. For anyone else, I'm not sure this one is worth it.
*Iron Man, The Avengers, Captain America: Civil War
**Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World


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Aash e reshteh also known as only Aash, is a gorgeous looking sumptuous lentil soup, colors of which makes you go for more. It is called a soup but its a food heavy enough to go for a meal in itself. Its a lentil soup with the goodness of legumes like rajma, chole, chana, ma ki dal, chana dal, spinach, methi, rice and semiya (vermicilli) and mild spices.
The husband was born in Iran and spent good memorable years in there, before they moved back to India. Listening to all the memoirs i feel a like a part of all those years, those were nice years when a couple of indian doctors were having a great time in tehran, living like a small community much akin to todays indians in US or alike. Hence the family and their food has a good influence of Iran and persian cultures. Most of the food influence has been non vegetarian, hence a little vegetarian influence is something i love to inherit.
For the ones for whom its a part of their childhood, it brings back beautiful memories, even otherwise its something to savor on such cold winter days of Punjab. This ones for the beautiful iranian winters! The reshteh means iranian noondles, which can very well be substituted for our semiya or any noodles.
- 4 tbsp rajma (kidney beans)
- 4 tbsp chole (chickpeas)
- 4 tbsp kala chana
- 4 tbsp ma ki dal
- 4 tbsp chana dal
- 4 tbsp green moong dal
- 4 tbsp arhar dal
- 4 tbsp masoor dal
- 4 cups spinach washed and coarsely cut
- 4 tbsp dried mint leaves / fresh dill leaves and or spring onions
- 4 tbsp basmati rice
- 4 tbsp semiya / sphegetti / noodles
- Salt to taste
- For the Tadka
- 2 big onions finely chopped
- 2 heads of garlic, peeled and finely chopped.
- 1 inch ginger finely chopped.
- pepper as per taste
- salt
- For the garnish
- 1 big onion, for caramelized onions
- 6-7 garlic cloves slit lengthwise
- 1 inch of ginger cut into thin juveniles
- 1/2 tsp of dried mint leaves
- 1/2 cup of fresh cream
Directions for Aash1. Mix all the legumes, and soak them overnight.
2. Next morning put them all into a pressure cooker, leave it on medium high, let it whistle once, and then put it low flame, and leave it like that for 1/2 hr.
3. Switch off the heat, let the steam go, and then add the spinach leaves and the mint leaves / dill leaves , spring onions and cover the cooker and let it simmer.4. Let it simmer for 10 minutes, when the leaves become really soft, add the rice and cover the cooker and let it simmer Add the salt at this stage.
5. After 10 minutes, add the noodles / semiya by breaking them into a few inches length.
6. Let it cook for 10-15 mins till the noodles are cooked.
7. In a separate pan add some butter, add the tadka ingredients and let them turn golden brown. Add it to the ash mixture and let it simmer for another 5 minutes.
8. Serve them in a large bowl.
9. Prepare a garnish, in a pan add 2 tbsp butter add the onion strands, ginger juveniles, and garlic strands, let them brown really well, caramelized, add some salt and sugar.
10. Serve it in a bowl, garnish with a generous helping of fresh cream and the above garnish and dried mint and enjoyyy! Phew!
11. Serve with some extra yoghurt or iranian kashk by the side. We relished it with some gajar matar and dahi.