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Study of Insect Bacteria Reveals Genetic Secrets of Symbiosis
Jun. 20, 2013
MISSOULA – Mealybugs only eat plant sap, but sap doesn't contain all the essential amino acids the insects need to survive. Luckily, the bugs have a symbiotic relationship with two species of bacteria – one living inside the other in a situation unique to known biology – to manufacture the nutrients sap doesn't provide.The net result: The bacteria get a comfy mealybug home, and the bugs get the nutrition they need to live.
University of Montana microbiologist John McCutcheon describes such mutually beneficial relationships used to solve life's little problems as "almost hilariously complicated. But animal-bacterial relationships are extremely common in nature, and it's my goal in life to help people understand that it's normal."
McCutcheon and his research partners recently delved deeper into the genes involved in the "tripartite nested mealybug symbiosis," and their work was published in the June 20 issue of Cell, a prestigious scientific journal. The researchers discovered the already complex three-way symbiosis actually depends on genes from six different organisms – three more than the number of species that currently exist in the symbiosis.
Tremblaya princeps is the larger of the two bacteria species living within special organs inside mealybugs. Tremblaya houses the smaller bacterial species, Moranella endobia, within its cytoplasm. But what makes Tremblaya truly odd is the size of its genome, or genetic code. With only 120 genes, its genome is the smallest known and smaller than many scientists consider necessary for life. By comparison, common E. coli bacteria have about 4,200 genes and humans have about 21,000.
"We wanted to discover how this genome got so small," McCutcheon said. "We suspected Tremblaya's genome may have gotten smaller by transferring genes to the host animal, which is called horizontal transfer."
The researchers looked for genes in the mealybug genome that resemble bacteria genes. However, after extensive analysis they only found one weak possibility for horizontal transfer from Tremblaya.
"Our hypothesis that Tremblaya was transferring genes to the host was dead wrong," said McCutcheon. They did, however, find 22 other bacterial genes mixed in with the mealybug code – genes that seem to support activities missing in Tremblaya, Moranella and the mealybug.
How can this be?
"The genes are probably from historical bacterial infections," McCutcheon said. "These bacteria are no longer present in the mealybugs we work with, but their horizontally transferred genes are, and these genes allow the symbiosis to work."
The research team also examined a strain of Tremblaya that doesn't have Moranella living inside it. This variety employs about 50 more genes than the one containing Moranella, which strongly suggests Moranella plays a key role in allowing the insect-dwelling Tremblaya to operate with such a tiny genome.
McCutcheon said Tremblaya, with its shrinking genome, in many ways resembles organelles called mitochondria – tiny structures found within all plant and animal cells that scientists believe started out as symbiotic bacteria in the early history of life. The mealybug/bacteria relationship he studies may illustrate one pathway bacteria take in becoming essential and highly integrated components of other cells.
"So this research really touches on some fundamental questions of the origin of life," he said. "It's exciting to see if we can get some insight into the origin of organelles."
McCutcheon said this study involved an international cast of 12 collaborators. Filip Husnik, the study's lead author, is a Czech doctoral student from the University of South Bohemia who worked in McCutcheon's UM lab. Other team members were from Japan, England, California, Utah and Florida.
The study was funded by a $529,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
"Our work illustrates how an animal's interactions with bacteria can drive hidden organismal complexity," McCutcheon said. "A tree is more than a tree, and an animal is more than an animal. They are really mosaics of plants and animals and bacteria all working together."
###Note to the media: The cover image of the June 2013 issue of Cell is attached.
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New Spider-Man Teaser — Amazing?
At midnight this morn, Sony released a trailer for "The Amazing Spider-Man." The rebooted comic-book flick opens July 3. Do you care? More to the point, does this make you care?
The reason Mad Moviegoer bothers putting up a preview teaser –and seemingly carrying water for a studio — is this latest outing stars two young actors MM digs: Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy and pouty, talented Brit Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and his arachnid alter ego. It's also directed by a guy whose feature debut, "(500) Days of Summer," was on my Top Ten list for 2009: Marc Webb.
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Hi,after I installed a dedicated core, I would like to have it autostart on every boot. According to the install wiki, a text mode GUI should appear on boot, but it doesn't at my system. Instead, I have to log into my system, start X automatically, and then launch the core. I'd much appreciate a core without X, so the console GUI would be perfect. Any ideas?/dukat
Where exactly did you read that in the wiki? Because that part is incorrect and definately needs to be updated.The only way I know of to do what you want is a hack that is documented here: http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Clean_Core
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An arrogant womanizer is forced into marriage as a result of an unplanned pregnancy. On the way to their honeymoon the newly weds were kidnapped and what they thought was important to them changes.
This short film showcases the lifestyle of a typical Lagosian\'s 24 hours. The usual hustling and bustling that accompanies living in the little state that we call home.
The king is faced with a situation beyond the ordinary eye and he must consult with the elders both living and those gone ahead of him to find a solution.
IJE: The Journey tells the story of two sisters with unbreakable bonds of loyalty and the power of the human spirit. When Anya, the eldest of the two, vows to chase her dreams of glamour in the Hollywood Hills, her younger sister - Chioma - warns of her of the dark side of the American Dream. Now, years later, and in a world away from the life she knew, Anya is charged with the murder of three men, one of them her powerful husband. Chioma travels to her sister\'s side to battle not only a flawed justice system with the aid of a young and disillusioned attorney, but the very notion of \"truth\" as the cultural values of two worlds collide. Weaving a melodic and beautiful score through rich visuals in Los Angeles and flashbacks on location in Nigeria, IJE captures the viewer from the very first scene and delivers a powerful message through the moving conclusion.
A married Nigerian couple, Joyce and Paul Unanga, living undocumented in the United States, has been ordered to leave the country by U.S. immigration. They decide that they will leave, but only after Joyce, who is five months pregnant, delivers her baby in the United States to guarantee automatic U.S. citizenship for their child. Thusly ignoring the deportation order, the couple goes into hiding. When Paul is caught and deported, leaving Joyce to fend for herself, she struggles on her own to survive. Bureaucracy keeps getting in the way of Joyce achieving her goal and just as she is about to give up hope, she meets Susan, a married freelance writer who offers to help in the form of safe, free accommodation until the baby is born. With the help of her newfound friend, Joyce sets out to make the 'American Dream' come true for her unborn child.
They must together fight for what they believe in or forever lose their hope of a happy life together
Tells the story of a young Nigerian student in Nigeria, who dreams of becoming a righteous leader but he soon finds that the journey is further than imagined
Tells the true story of Sade, a young Nigerian medical student in Kiev, who dreams of becoming a singer. She finds a way to overcome her many challenges, with perseverance, confidence in her own talent and the love and support of Denis, the sincere and good natured Ukrainian.
Akin and Mary meet for the first time at an airport where they accidentally bump into each other and mistakenly swap their identical phones. This leads to a destination mix up after they receive one another\'s text regarding a travel destination. Consequently, Akin ends up travelling to where Mary is supposed to go and vice versa. Neither knows about the swap until they have reached their opposite destinations and \"the phone\" stops ringing (In Mary\'s case) and \"Won\'t stop ringing\" (In Akins\'s case). As a result of the phone swap, they agree to help carry out each other\'s missions, armed with the information and data on each other\'s phone. But it\'s not as easy as they both think as new obstacles and complications rise at every turn as they both struggle to adapt to their alien environment and situation. Mary has to walk in Akins shoes and represent him in a company meeting while Akin has to represent Mary in her the family meeting. This they do with hilarious results.
Riva is an operator, a man with charm and ambition in equal measure. Kinshasa is an inviting place. With petrol in short supply in DRC\'s capital, he and his sidekick pursue a plot to get hold of a secret cache - barrels of fuel they can sell for a huge profit. Of course they\'re not the only ones who want the stuff. Cesar is a ruthless, sharply dressed foreigner thriving in Kinshasa\'s lawless streets.A female military officer joins the fray. Even the church will betray its tenets for a piece of the action. But Riva\'s main nemesis is Azor, a crime boss in the classic style: big, decadent and brutal. He\'s not a man to mess with, but his girlfriend, Nora, may just be the most seductive woman in all of DRC. Riva catches sight of her dancing at a nightclub and it\'s not long before Nora matches the fuel cache as a coveted object of his lust.
Flower Girl is a romantic comedy in which a shy florist teams up with a movie star to push her lifelong boyfriend into proposing marriage.Kemi (26) works in her parents' flower shop and she dreams of becoming one of the happy married couples she sees every day. Her long time lawyer boyfriend Umar (28) has promised to marry her when he gets a promotion, but she is growing increasingly impatient. Still living with her embarrassing parents, she spends her nights in her room, planning the wedding she hopes to have some day.Then comes the day she has been waiting for. Umar has got the promotion! However, when she arrives expecting a big proposal, he breaks up with her instead. Devastated, she goes on a delivery and unable to see where she is going through the tears of grief, she is hit by a car. The driver turns out to be Tunde Kulani, the famous Nollywood movie star.While Tunde tends to her wounds, she breaks down and confesses her dilemma. Tunde offers to help get Umar to propose. They devise a plan. They will pretend to be a couple to make Umar jealous and get him back proposing on his knees.
The past never dies. Akan finds out that one phone call is about to shatter his serene lifestyle in the United States. Suddenly the past meets the future as he has to relive the violent experiences of his Nigerian past. His membership in a brotherhood is exposed as well as the reason he joins them and the reason he might be running. Inspired by true events, Grey Focus shocks the viewer with its blatant exposure of an ever increasing phenomenon in Nigerian University campuses
This suspense drama series is an intriguing tale of family, friendship, betrayal, conspiracy, love and vengeance. Our story follows the lives of several characters all connected to the island and its extremities in one way or another. The wealthy BOWEN-COLE family's unclear history and hedonistic son FEMI, the wealthy and arrogant BAKO and ADEMOLA families which appear untouchable and oppressive. The BALOGUNs, once at the apex of society, now suffer a sad plight as the bread winner of the family sits semi-comatose waiting to die, leaving them bitter and vengeful over old rivalries. SADE COKER, a beautiful and ambitious girl living a self-determined life, faces her greatest challenge when it comes to choosing between love and loyalty. SEGUN ALABA, smart and street savvy, taking his destiny into his own hands he vows to gain money, power and respect on the island by all means necessary. The show derives its essence from the real experiences of Nigerian high-society and its excessive culture. Expect celebrity cameos, real Lagos city venues, events and lifestyle, tentatively playing on the border between reality and fiction.
Inale is the beautiful daughter of the great King Oche,of the Idoma people in Idomaland, Nigeria. Her beloved Odeh must win the wrestling tournament to win her hand in marriage. The village gathers for the ceremony only to find a stranger in their midst, that challenges not only the tradition of the village but the strength of Odeh and Inale\'s true loveThe Movie also tells the story of two communities, their trials and tribulations to maintain a peaceful co-existence. The movie inale is a fictional expression of a traditional history that seeks to mirror the story of modern Nigeria with the challenges of communal tensions and conflicts. Inale is also the story of true love, the kind that has been told through the ages of time past and to the present.
Tijani, gets involved in a street fight in which a boy is hurt, convinced that Tijani needs discipline, Teema; his mum decides to take him to the Gambia to live with her sister.\\r\\nOn their arrival in Banjul, Tijani encounters what he considers to be a simple apparition- a boy smiling at him in a mirror and vanishing afterward. However, seeing the same boy in a crowded street market the next day sets in motion a chain of events that culminates in him getting lost. While the panic-stricken Teema struggles with the Police Force to find her son in an intriguing game of survival brinkmanship, Tijani is left alone in the company of the enigmatic MIRROR BOY who is only visible to him. As a bruising spiritual rite of passage, the Mirror Boy takes Tijani on a magical journey through the dark belly of the forest.
Brilliant Cancer specialist Dr. Michael Durant is emotionally troubled, wrestling with the traumatic loss of his 10 year old daughter from Cancer. Immersing himself in his work in the hospital, away from his wife who blames him for their child's death, he forms an unlikely bond with a sick, loving, but rambunctious seven year old boy Sam, the son of a rich Jewish couple who are major contributors to the Hospital's Cancer Research Fund. Unfortunately, Sam's health deteriorates drastically, and soon, he slips into a coma, with only a few days to live. Dr. Durant becomes desperate, willing to risk anything to save the child's life. A surreptitious Nigerian Nurse convinces him to seek the help of Dr. Bello, an uncertified Nigerian Doctor, known in the Brooklyn-African underground as a miracle worker. Dr. Bello, an introvert with a controversial past, secretly visits the child at night and administers a strange African potion, replete with incantations and by the next morning, miraculously, the child begins to recover, the Cancer speeding into remission.The Hospital Medical Board immediately orders an investigation and soon the secret is revealed and Dr. Durant is suspended. Dr. Bello is arrested and charged with medical malpractice. Dr. Durant soon falls into depression after his wife leaves him. Meanwhile, Dr. Bello has fallen critically ill in jail and can only be saved by the ingestion of the same potion that can only be found in the mysterious "Garden of Life,†nestled on the peak of Nigeria's sky mountains.
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Ties that Bind is a gripping movie that tells the story of Adobea, Buki and Theresa, three women from different walks of life bound together by a similar pain; the loss of a child. In a destined meeting in a small village in Kroboland, the women journey together to redemption, love, life and forgiveness as they renovate a dilapidated clinic for the villagers. Ties That Bind is an award-winning movie bringing together talent from Hollywood, Nollywood, and Gollywood.
A twenty-one year old adult, Tobi, bows to the dark side of gang pressure, and in a flash, a seemingly morally upright young man gets caught up in a web of violence, drugs, bloodshed, drugs, parental expectations, and conflicting voices in his head; and then a grave mistake occurs on the streets, which threatens his very existence. His brother, a handsome and outstanding lawyer is torn between loyalty to his dream firm, 'Lourdes & Myers;' where he has now been employed and defending his brother on the other hand – in a case where Tobi's life hangs in a balance. He must take a stand that would shake the proceedings to its very roots. The movie shines with a healthy blend of American and Nigerian cast. \\r\\n
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Successful Businessman Peter Popolampo is the ultimate alpha male. He is 40 years old, rich, and a staunch bachelor.Despite his mother�s persistent attempt to find him a woman, Peter sticks to his rule of non-committal casual dates, freedom and controlling his life until a yearning to have a child arises.In his quest to find the woman who will take his money, have his child and disappear, Peter begins a roller coaster, contracted relationship with Abena Boateng, a crude but clever local girl who is anything but impressed with Peter�s affluence.With a clear definitive contract outlining the do�s and don�ts of bearing Peter�s Popolampo�s child, these two opposites must exercise every ounce of will power not to kill each other until the child is born
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Amina is an emotionally charged film about loss, love and redemption. It follows the tale of Amina (Omotola Jalade), who after a series of emotional turbulences, suffers a breakdown and ends up in a Mental Institution. It all started with an unplanned pregnancy at 16 which left Amina devastated, bewildered and in disarray. Unsure and vulnerable, she stumbles, falls and rises as a single mother but as more and more tragic incidences become a daily occurrence, her state of mind becomes worse. Trapped in a system and struggling to cope, even her loving boyfriend (Van Vicker) and childhood best friend (Alison Caroll) seem powerless to help her. Is she crazy or there are subconscious issues she does not want to address? Only one man, her doctor (Wil Johnson) can help Amina but he must convince his boss (Vincent Regan) that his unorthodox approach will work. The only problem is he must overcome his own demons before he can help Amina confront her tormented past and guide her to a future of hope and fame. This exciting and imaginative piece of work attempts to explore human tendencies to suppress painful memories
Aramotu, the eponymous character is a mother of two and a successful trader who regularly travels outside the village of Agesi to acquire goods that she sells in the marketplace. (Thus it is already clear that boundaries mean very little to her). She is married to a man; Akanmu who apparently cares for and loves her despite the taunts and jeers of his fellow men, women and family who believe that he is being cuckolded by Aramotu. He is called the wife while Aramotu is called the husband.Aramotu is also a woodcarver, a profession that is forbidden for women to practice. Aramotu secretly carves wood usually in the middle of the night and in private room separate from the one she shares with her husband. Aramotu is centred on her craving a gelede mask to be worn by her fellow artist friend, Gbegiro for the festival in which the gelede masquerades dance during the Efe night. Aramotu is shown to be an innovative artist, she carves two faces onto her mask as opposed to the regular one face. Because of her innovation, she is chosen to become a member of the elusive yet powerful Cult of the Spider, a women secret society that is supposedly dangerous.The men, spurred by the council of elders, have seized farmlands belonging to their wives so as to grow cash crops, such as banana and rubber, which they can sell to European traders. The women are distraught; Aramotu leads the women in a revolt against these self-serving ideas. Meanwhile, Aramotu husband grows frustrated with what he believes is his wife's lack of submission to his authority, he takes another wife (a woman that Aramotu provides shelter for in her home due to her running away from her own home
Based on true events; A set of everyday Nigerian travellers board the last Flamingo Airways flight scheduled to fly from Lagos to Abuja on a fateful Friday night in 2006. The plane cruises at 30,000 feet, tranquil and on schedule. But like a bolt out of the blue, through a mixture of human error, technical failure and sheer bad luck, the plane rapidly develops major difficulties that send it teetering on the brink of disaster. As the pilots fight with the controls of the stricken plane, a series of flashbacks unravel the twists, turns and leaps of fate that put each passenger on the fateful flight. Young lovers, an elderly couple, a corporate party, a sportsman on the threshold of greatness; all the passengers are caught up in the nightmare scenario and sense the final moments of their lives approach. All... except one! What does he know?
Family on fire is a story about greed and drug trade,this greed will turn all family members against one another
My life my damage' is the second part in Uche Jumbo's Damage trilogy.
It tells the story of a young Nigerian medical student (Tonto Dikeh) working in a group home, her self-damage story of lost dreams and her romance with pills and drugs and how she destroyed herself by getting mixed up with the wrong crowd.
On a hot afternoon in Lagos City, Kamal, the relentless LASTMA official has the mirror of his van knocked off by and over-speeding Danfo bus. An irate Kamal follows the unapologetic danfo in hot pursuit, then... err, you cant be told what happens next, you have to see it. Lasgidi was directed by Amusan Tosin and produced by Emergein.
This is a movie based on an unsuccessful military coup (a phenomenon that dots Nigeria's Political history) and the repercussions that trail all characters involved
Failed stock investor, EVIANO ESIRI (Justus Esiri), hires an Assassin (Eve Pearson), to take his life and make it look like a botched robbery so his family would live off his life insurance. As part of his elaborate plan, he organises an impromptu holiday for his wife, SANDRA (Kate Henshaw) and daughter, TRACY (Sarah Akokhia), to protect them from witnessing the assassination. With no love lost between Sandra and Tracy, neither wants the holiday! He insists. On the day, the birth-abandoned daughter of his wife, EFUA (Daphne Akatugba), shows up to request money they no longer have. His frustration turns into frenzy as he watches the clock tick towards the coming of the Assassin. Agreeing to give whatever cash they have left just to get his family out of the house would have been at the nick of time; Only two opportunist ROBBERS (David Nnaji and Uche Monye) turn up and would not leave or let anyone leave without getting the money they expect to find. The Robbers' hope very quickly degenerates into confused agitation as it becomes clear that Eviano has a death wish they would rather not satisfy. They must leave with nothing; or kill his family - if only to satisfy their brewing anger! Their reign of terror is however brought to an abrupt end with the entrance of the Assassin, JACQUELINE. Jacqueline is a psychotic university-drop-out-assassin, whose desire of becoming a psychotherapist can only be fulfilled on her victims. One hour is all her session would last. Within the hour she would take everyone through a grueling question and answer session; at the end of which everyone must die. She sets the timer. An ominous silence pervades the air. As the hour ticks away slowly, Eviano knows he must do everything to protect his family before the hour is up.
A child has just been born to king Adedoyin, while the naming ceremony is in progress, the leading clergy goes into a trance and proclaims that the baby will kill his father and marry his mother. While still trying to grapple with the situation, the traditional leader enters and proclaims the child as an unlucky messenger of the gods. The child is taken to Cameroon in order to avert the Prophecy. Twenty eighty years later, the child is also told the same prophecy Which makes him leave Cameroon for Nigeria in order to deter the prophecy but instead leads him to fulfill the prophecy. Noteworthy is that the movie takes an existentialist stance at the role of man in the fulfillment of his destiny and upholds the view that man, rather than the Supreme Force should be blamed for the consequence of his actions. It is the opinion of the director that if the baby had been allowed to live and grow up with his parents instead of living with foster parents in a foreign land probably, the prophecy would not have been fulfilled. Even if he killed and raped his mother or forced his mother, it would never have resulted in a marriage. The movie is instructive, educative, didactic, thrilling and topical.
UNGUARDED is a story about a man (played by Ramsey Nouah) who fell deeply in love with a girl (Esosa Edosonmwan), and was ready to take the next step only to find out that she had other plans which definitely didn't include him. She leaves him devastated and damaged; and his actions here on out are unforgivable until he meets someone special (played Uche Jombo).
A young groom and his best man get lost on a road trip, run into a young English doctor and it all goes .........
A Nigerian student studying abroad in the USA worries about life after graduation. She is not legally allowed to stay in the country but at the same time is determined not to return back to Nigeria.
TJ is a young man in his late twenties, the first draft of his book titled ZR-7 is long overdue for the publisher to review. He decides the entire draft will be recorded on a tape recorder and only his butler (Alphonso) is an actual witness, he begins to tell his story as the action comes alive.
The story is a classic life of boarding school adventures involving TJ with six of his friends (Rolly-D, Chiedu, UK, Tokunbo, Femi & James) while in JSS 1 (7th grade). The boys are initially shocked by all the hoops they have to jump in order to survive teachers, prefects, wicked seniors, dining hall food, thieves, cutting grass, washing toilets, puppy love and all the other regular experiences anyone in a public Nigerian boarding school would experience. But when TJ and the boys accidentally see a man and two female students in an uncompromising position, what they do with that information is not their only problem in school, but the resulting scandal would change their lives far beyond their wildest dreams...
Set in a bustling bird city on the edge of the majestic Victoria Falls, "Zambezia" is the story of Kai - a naïve, but high-spirited young falcon who travels to the bird city of "Zambezia" where he discovers the truth about his origins and, in defending the city, learns how to be part of a community.
HOODRUSH is a musical thriller detailing the travails of two brothers closely bonded by their love for music; but deeply separated by their means for success. Shez and Tavier are two of a kind pursuing a Herculean dream of becoming music stars. But all they have is their amazing vocal talents, good looks, a crib in the ghetto and a menial job that could hardly pay for their clothing and feeding expenses. They soon realize they need more to achieve their dreams, and participating and hoping to win a credible talent hunt show comes as their only natural option. Being at the bottom of the societal grid, ghetto life's ugly fabric begins to wear on them and their eventual vulnerability puts them at the mercy of the high and mighty.
''Uhuru: Legend of the Windriders†is an African adventure series set in the future. The Wind riders are a band of young rebels fighting against the dark forces of the Black Cauldron, a pseudo-religious sect bent on dominating the entire continent.
The Meeting is a romantic comedy set in Abuja, following the trials of Lagos-based corporate executive Makinde Esho who finds himself at the mercy of political patronage, bureaucratic red-tape and Cupid's arrow while he tries to secure a 'meeting' to get a government contract.
This expose on the devils of bureaucracy and official red-tapism is also a tender love story as well as an engaging romantic comedy, plus a sterling performance from Rita Dominic as a tightly wound, powerful personal assistant. The Meeting addresses an array of contemporary issues to identify with from love, to African time, to the trials of tackling officials and manoeuvring red tape.
'In iRedu' is a 12 min dramatic short film based on an excerpt from the classic Shakespeare play, Macbeth. The excerpt scene is Macbeth's meeting with the 3 witches of Fife. My interpretation is based in a fictional African country with 4 main tribes - the North, The South, the East and the West. Ogagun, a general from the western region meets up with the three witches in iRedu to find out what the future holds for him
It centers on Pastor Reuben, played by Akindele, who is a hundred percent about the church, leaving little room for his wife, Kemi, played by Chukwuka-Akpotha.rnWell, you know what they say about idle minds? or is it hands? Kemi, left idle by her Bible
Weaving together the lives of four people swept up in the turbulence of war. Olanna (Newton) and Kainene (Rose) are glamorous twins from a wealthy Nigerian family. Returning to a privileged city life in newly independent 1960's Nigeria after their expensive English education, the two women make very different choices. Olanna shocks her family by going to live with her lover, the "revolutionary professor†Odenigbo (Ejiofor) and his devoted houseboy Ugwu (Boyega) in the dusty university town of Nsukka; Kainene turns out to be a fiercely successful businesswoman when she takes over the family interests, and surprises herself when she falls in love with Richard (Mawle) an English writer. Preoccupied by their romantic entanglements, and a betrayal between the sisters, the events of their life loom larger than politics. However, they become caught up in the events of the Nigerian civil war, in which the lgbo people fought an impassioned struggle to establish Biafra an independent republic, ending in chilling violence which shocked the entire country and the world.
Dan Ansah Williams, high-flying entrepreneur, business mogul, polygamist and socialite is battling with cancer and has 6 weeks left on his time line. With the help of his long-time associate and legal representative he embarks on a mission to recall all his children back home, most of whom were born out of wedlock, being products of various illicit affairs .Dan's last wish is to have his children all under one roof for 7 days. All known to each other and bonded by the fact that they share the same blood line. However, that reunion proves a little more than everyone bargained for as each child indeed returns with an agenda, setting the stage for the most hilarious and bizarre seven days of their lives. At the end they realize that there is just too much for too many.
The Film Unfair is a very topical and very down to earth film that captures the intricate fabric that runs through relationships, and how our lives are often connected in ways we may not yet see. Hard-working and hard-flirting real estate agent DAVID KAURA (Joseph Benjamin) prides himself as one who is true to himself; To him living should be easy and simple and nothing could be simpler than a relationship devoid of commitments. He is soon forced to reconsider he's principles when by happenstance he meets BATULU (Esther Audu). Now, he is ready to commit, only to find out she is soon to be married, and she is the god-daughter of his boss, DAN BABA (Jide Attah). In the mix is KEMI, David's colleague and bed-mate, who becomes lovelorn when she discovers David wants to commit to Batulu, and she sets out to make David's life miserable.
Meet the Adams women for the first time in what will be an exciting and unforgettable journey as we turn the chapters in the lives of these dynamic 21st century Ghanaian women.
In chapter 2 of Adams Apples, the day starts off rocky for Kukua Adams as she knocks heads with her new boss over her creative prowess; meanwhile Denu takes a firm decision to let go off the past which seem to rock Kukua's world even harder.
All hell breaks loose when the Adams sisters catch their mum and the unassuming teacher, Albert together at a hotel. A while later, Kukua back-to-business, is further heartbroken by Denu and his increasing closeness with the alluring Aseye.
Five different people dash marathon-style towards an emergency room, one after the other, to open up a new chapter in the busy lives of the Adams.
So what do you think of the Adams? This simple question Albert asks his daughter unfolds just a fraction of the wahala that continues in Chapter 5. Jennifer may seem softer from catching the love bug, but she's far from embracing her niece, nemesis and barrier to Gerald. So what ...


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The Road to Ruin
I have often warned against the dangers associated with conventional wisdom. With the onset of the financial crisis and the corresponding plunge in asset prices, I noted that people who were wealthy or who were close to retirement were the ones getting clobbered. New evidence now confirms this: Americans nearing retirement took the biggest hit after the financial crisis.
The sad truth is that their road to ruin was, in many cases, paved by conventional wisdom about investing.
That wisdom had many believing that, over the long run, stocks produce the highest returns; that a diversified stock portfolio protects you against loss; and that the risk of owning stocks is small, if you hold them for a long time.
While the number of decades in which U.S. equities underperform other asset classes may be small, the size of the shortfalls, when they occur, can be huge. For those who are near retirement, the shortfalls can be devastating. As a recent study from the Pew Research Center shows, the plunge in asset prices that followed the financial crisis has resulted in "a lost decade of the middle class," with the median real net worth in America now resting roughly where it was in 1983.
And if that's not bad enough, those folks might not ever get a shot at making up the loss in their lifetimes. As Catherine Rampell's recent reporting in the New York Times shows, median household income has fallen most sharply among 55–64 year olds, since June 2009.
Diversification is useful, in varying degrees, most of the time. But there are occasions when all stocks dive simultaneously, and in these cases a diversified stock portfolio won't save you.
Beware of conventional economic wisdom. Some 95% of what you read in the financial press is either wrong or irrelevant.


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This year we were far more impressed by the beer than by the wine. I think we tried every beer available at the various booths, particularly Germany's biergarten and the special 15 Beers for 15 Years booth. At both booths, you could order beer flights, so trying every beer (in a much smaller pour) probably isn't as much of an accomplishment as it sounds. The video below is Kevin with two of the tasty selection, this time from the Sam Adams-focused booth in Epcot's "USA".
My favorite booth at the Epcot Food & Wine Festival is the Dessert and Champagne booth. It always has Moet & Chandon bubbly and some interesting desserts. This year, they offered a dessert trio, meaning I didn't have to choose between the pastries.
(Video embedded below.)
We kicked off our Epcot Food & Wine Festival adventures with a special wine tasting given by Achaval Ferrer Winery of Mendoza, Argentina.
Achaval Ferrer produces low-yield wines, consistently rated in the 90+ in both Wine Advocate and Wine Spectator. They produce around 15,000 cases per year, 85% of which is exported (25% of that to the U.S.). The winery was launched 10 years ago by 5 friends and they purchased land near the Andes mountains with vines that average around 80 years old.
The winemaker takes an interesting tactic, spending more time with the wood in the barrels and in the field than worrying about the actual blends. In fact, the wine ferments in extremely warm temperatures in concrete vats for 5-6 days – other wineries take months, not days, before moving to the barrel.
We tried three wines at this tasting. Prices listed are what I call "Disney prices," so in many cases you'll want to drop $5-$10 from the cost of the bottle.
2009 Malbec Mendoza ($29.95): The winery specializes in Malbec. This one has a lot of big fruit on the nose, as well as violets. There are also a lot of big fruits up front on the palette. I found this wine to be a little hot, and the presenters mentioned that while it is drinkable now, it is a little young. Lay it down for at least a year, I think, and some of that alcohol hotness will burn off (14.5% abv). My rating:
2008 Quimera ($54.95): This blend is named for the mythical beast Chimera, which is a blend of different animals. This wine includes 40% malbec, 22% merlot, 20% cabernet sauvignon, 14% cabernet franc, and 4% petit verdot. Interestingly, the winemaker chose to blend this wine right after picking – no fermenting first. The petit verdot and the cabernet sauvignon lended a lot of structure to this wine, as well as a long finish. The middle of the palate though was all malbec. This wasn't my kind of wine – the fruit was just too big and I still felt like it was a little too hot for me. But if you love the big fruit monsters, you'll enjoy the Quimera. My rating:
2007 Finca Mirador ($142.95): The Finca Mirador is one of three separate single vineyard wines produced by Achaval Ferrer. Each one of these showcases malbec from a specific elevation, really emphasizing altitude, terroir, and soil. The Finca Mirador Malbec is grown at 2400 feet, and the other two single vineyard wines are grown at even higher elevations. This wine is pricey, but it tastes like it. I loved it. There was a lot of "dirt" in this wine, with dried cherries and dried fruits. There was a lot of complexity and structure to this wine, reminding me of a really wonderful bordeaux. My rating:
Achaval Ferrer is imported by TGIC. The rep was pretty sure you can pick it up at either The Party Source or Cork n Bottle.
We're in Disney!
Ahead of the Disney Epcot Food and Wine festival, Michelle and I stopped for dinner at Portobello in Downtown Disney. The past few years, we've kicked off our trip with Irish pub Raglan Road, but we decided to switch things up a little.
Eating at the bar allows for a choice of 4 different speciality meatballs. The beef, pork, or chicken meatballs are 1.95 each add a dollar for the salmon. You can also get a selection of 3 for 5.00 (6.00 if you pick salmon). Each type of meat is paired with a single spice to drive the pairing: Chicken with Sage, Salmon with Tarragon. My favorites were the spicy pork and beef meatballs, while Michelle enjoyed the chicken.
I was also able to try two beers from Orlando Brewing which is an organic brewery located not surprisingly in Orlando. I started with the EPA (English Pale Ale) which had a fantasic amount of malt to help balance the hops. There was almost a caramel flavor at the end right before the bitterness came in. It was a nice and round flavored beer that went really well with the Spicy Pork and Beef meatballs. The sage and the hops didn't match as well.
For dessert, I tried a bottle of the Blackwater Porter, also from Orlando Brewing. Nice rich coffe flavor and a deeper color than I expected in a porter. The flavor was nice and paired well with one of the signature desserts, the Beerimisu. Michelle ordered this in order to keep her streak of trying Tiramisu deserts as often as possible.
Instead of an expresso, they added the same porter that I tried in order to get the roasted coffee flavor. It was a great switch that had us wondering if we could switch our tiramisu recipe at home to use a stout or porter. Nice and creamy with the light hint of coffee that Michelle prefers.
A great time the first night at the Meatball bar at Portobello in Downtown Disney.
As I mentioned, a week or so ago I did a coast-to-coast run of the country, from Seattle to Orlando. April doesn't look much better for staying home, as my business is taking me to Baltimore, West Virginia, and Miami.
I have no complaints at all about Miami. In fact, I'm taking the Miami trip (starting this Thursday) and extending it into a couple of quiet days in Key West. Now, while Key West does have wine bars, it's not exactly known for its wine. Is there anything in particular that you, my readers, would like me to hunt down while I'm in the southernmost place in our country? Anything Key-West-related that you'd like me to write about? Let me know in the comments (or via email, of course).
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csshepherd necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 88 diseños de 36 diseñadores freelance.
A logo is required for an interactive sports website called Daily Sports Talk. The site relies on user-generated content to provide match reports and comments on sports matches. The combination of news and opinions will make Daily Sports Talk an engaging user experience. A stylish, professional and friendly logo should really cement the brand for the website.
Daily Sports Talk
I need a stylish but friendly logo for an interactive sports website called Daily Sports Talk. This site hasn't been launched yet but will need a logo for it beforehand. There is no current website or design so there is no limitation on fitting into a design. I need the logo in a decent vector source format like PSD or EPS. Content on the website includes sports news, match reports and comments, all submitted by users.
A vector format like that produced by Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator would be ideal for the logo.
- Professional, stylish and moden
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- Must include name Daily Sports Talk
- Must use a decent and suitable font that could potentially be used in future graphics work
- Must be sport focused
- Must convey the social aspect of the website
- I'm open to any colour scheme except perhaps purple
- I'm open to different types of capitilization on the words daily sports talk
- Must not imitate another website logo. eg I've seen some youtube and Google look-a-likes - it must be unique
- Must not have a tag line
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This month marks the one-year anniversary for this odd little blog. I hope you've enjoyed stopping by half as much as I've enjoyed writing and linking.
If you're new around here, MusicForMedia exists to explore the creation and use of music, especially in multimedia platforms like video and interactive web applications. And because I'm a Beatles freak, I find time to work in some Fab Four content pretty regularly. (And last year's developments in Beatledom made that quite easy!).
We started small last January, with a bare handful of readers those first few days. But I'm happy to say that a few more people started dropping by. By year's end more we had more than 75,000 visits.
The most popular post, by far, was my piece on the anniversary of the Beatles' Abbey Road album, which itself attracted more than 35,000 views. The post included the memories of Beatles' Grammy-winning sound engineer, Geoff Emerick. I used the piece to argue that Abbey Road was the finest pop/rock album ever made.
Drawing a combined 10,000 views were two posts about the release of the remastered versions of the Beatles catalog.
Also popular was my initial post about my song, "Copy Editor's Lament (The Layoff Song)." The power-pop ditty laments the state of print journalism today through the eyes of a laid-off copy editor. (You can see the recent video here.) Also, my reviews of music products by Cakewalk, IK Multimedia and other companies drew significant traffic.
So what lies ahead in the new year?
Well I'll keep my eyes peeled for the latest news on music and its uses. I'll continue to review products that can help you create or manipulate music and audio. I'll share occasional tales about my own music-making adventures. And, of course, I will continue to write about the Beatles, as there's no shame in revisiting the world's best popular music now and again.
What would you like to read about in 2010?
Tags: Beatles, Beatles remastered, Christopher Ave, Copy Editor's Lament (The Layoff Song), home recording, multimedia music, music for media, music for multimedia, music product reviews, MusicForMedia, recording music


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I wrote about what it takes to make me magazine-ready over at my author site. (Note, first-time comments there, like here, are moderated, so forgive me if you comment there and do see it right away.)
Also, open thread.
I wrote about what it takes to make me magazine-ready over at my author site. (Note, first-time comments there, like here, are moderated, so forgive me if you comment there and do see it right away.)
Also, open thread.
You GO, girl! You look gorgeous. I love your blog and I have followed you faithfully since I first found your site. Thank you for everything you do. :)
I have to express my admiration for that Igigi dress again – it's so gorgeous and such a great colour!
As it's an open thread… Just been standing in the queue for coffee at work and overheard a conversation about dieting and exercise for weightloss purposes, and had to restrain myself from going into an FA rant. Particularly when the guy who was dieting said, "The interesting thing about the diet is…" and I (who had been listening to this already for 10 minutes as the queue was slow) had to stop myself forcibly from turning round and saying, "You know what? Nothing about your diet and weightloss program is interesting." It was a good reminder for me as to how caught up people get in their attempts at weightloss – I can remember boring hapless friends and colleagues with thrilling details of how much low-fat cottage cheese I ate and how my gym session went. It was only after I stopped being so obsessional about it that I realised how boring I had become. One of the many benefits of FA for me is that I'm a much more interesting conversationalist now that my life doesn't revolve around calorie-counting and gym sessions.
You look fantastic in that photo — curvy and sexy and if I were that sort of girl, I would hit that.
Va va voom, girl! I'm really excited that you are getting so much good press.
Even though I read the entire piece about how much work it took to get this one awesome photo, I still looked at you and thought, why can't I be fat like that? It's funny and sad how deep this conditioning runs.
I think I might fall over under the weight of all the makeup… but you totally rock it, Kate.
I still looked at you and thought, why can't I be fat like that? It's funny and sad how deep this conditioning runs.
It's heartbreaking, actually. Every time I see plus-sized models, and since I'm on the smaller side of sort-of-fat they are often almost my size, I don't think "oh! a body like mine!" I think, "yeah, but they're pretty and fat… I'm not one, so I don't get to be the other."
It makes me want to hug myself and hit myself, simultaneously.
You look great – and I love the description of everything that went into it! (I keep kind of wanting to go through the professional makeup and primping type of photoshoot ONCE just to see what I would look like all faked up and fabulous… The theory being, get one nice Dorian Gray portrait of myself looking all Hollywood and then be better able to ignore the beauty standards forever after!)
That's a wonderful shot. All those colors … it's just about edible.
Taking advantage of the open thread, I found this appalling and possibly triggering product on my morning eBay search for vintage stuff: curtains made from 'Calorie Chart' printed barkcloth, copyright 1952. With a bobble fringe.
I'm having a hard time imagining a better illustration of the ubiquity of diet culture in the U.S.
You have to admire their ability to make two tons of make up look perfectly natural, I can hardly pull off a lipstick. You look great, Kate, congrats!
@I'zhiu I do the same thing! "Well, they're PRETTY and fat instead of UGLY and fat." and then I spiral down a hole because a) LIES LIES LIES WHY AM I BELIEVING THEM and b) TRUTH TRUTH TRUTH I HATE MYSELF. Ugh.
Love the photo, Kate.
Re: open thread
I subscribe to Junonia's Twitter feed and often receive discount codes. I love the free shipping ones because their shipping fees are outrageous.
I also subscribe to their blog (in hopes of more discounted clothes) and yesterday they published an encouraging article. Sample:
Swear off dieting. Food addiction, or compulsive overeating, is often a reaction to dieting, which can be an addiction in itself. Many people find that when they stop restricting food, they also stop abusing or overusing it.
Link here: http://junonialtd.blogspot.com/2009/09/junonia-embraces-activity-for-every.html
Kate! RE: The IGIGI stuff. It looks like you have an ample chest and smaller waist. Is this so? Does this indicate that if I shopped at IGIGI the clothing that "fit" me would actually cover my breasts?!?
Rachel, size 12/14 IGIGI stuff generally fits over my 34/36HH boobs. It's pretty shocking after a decade of stretching and gapping in that area.
lmao I loved this part: I look pretty, don't I? (And if you think otherwise, drop dead). That made me LOL and then I read it all to my hubby, who said "Well, photography is another kind of art, so it makes sense that it would take 4.5 hours to get one perfect photo. It has to do with what you're working with, how you want it to come out, etc."
You do look very pretty, in a naughty "I'm up to something" kind of way in the photo, and the finger photo is unfortunate–I guess you made your "point"–but here's the thing. Your other photo, the regular one is just as pretty. I think some of the extra primping was superfluous, as you surmised, and some is to counteract the effects of the type of photography. I have noticed that at a weekly event I attend where photos are taken by a professional roving photographer and posted online, even the skeletors look puffy and the really young people look old and tired, and so on. In other words, they don't look like they do in real life.
Rachel – you'll notice Kate is wearing both a cami and a belt, and that's generally what I find necessary with Igigi clothes too. They tend to be a little big in the waist (and I'm not particularly small waisted) and a little… well, I don't know if I'd say small in the boobs, but I often have to wear a cami under them if I don't feel like showing off my boobs. I still buy them though, because they are gorgeous and flattering.
Great picture Kate =)
A sick part of me really wants those curtains.
Me too. I've been sitting here thinking, 'They're so cheerful, and I could *subvert* them!' But the sad truth is, every time I have the numbers about, they begin to have power again.
Oh, yeah, Becky – I should have mentioned that I always have to wear a cami too, at least if I want the clothes to be even vaguely work appropriate. It's just straight size clothing often doesn't work for me even WITH the cami, so I barely think of that as an imposition anymore. :-)
LOVE LOVE both photos! They capture the essence of what you talk about in the book. Great post!
I think that Chatelaine actually has a no-Photoshop policy, don't they? I remember reading it in there a while ago.
I'm living in the US right now, but if I were in still Canada I would totally subscribe. I normally loathe women's magazines, but Chatelaine is relatively sane. And they have the BEST recipes…
That's so awesome. Congrats, Kate!
Open thread comment – I started tap dancing lessons last week. I know that we used to have an exercise feature here every once in a while, so I thought I would let shapelings know about tap, if they haven't yet tried it.
I was concerned that I wouldn't be able to do it – I am not very coordinated (as in I have fallen down in step aerobics before). But it was awesome! The beginner class goes pretty slow, so it's easy to get the hang of. It was a little hard on the knees once we started adding hops in, but otherwise was pretty moderate impact. By the end of the 45 minute class, I was definitely sweating, but wasn't too out of breath. endless.com has tons of reasonably priced shoes in wide widths, so that was a plus. It was a teen/adult beginner class, and while I was the only fatty, there were two women in their 70s, so that was happy-making. All in all, I really recommend tap for fatties who want to try a dance class!
Kate, you look beautiful. I've had that experience once, of being made up all fancy for a professional photo. I remember thinking that the amount of makeup they put on me was ridiculous, and I was going to look like a deranged clown in the pictures, but I looked natural and pretty. Photography is some wacky shit.
And I've got to check out Igigi. I'd love to be able to wear a shirt that doesn't gap because of my 34E/F rack.
I generally like Chatelaine. Yes, it does have some typical women's magazine headdesk issues, but to a lesser degree than other titles. At least there are also interesting articles that go beyond fashions of the day and how to please your man.
Kate, you look gorgeous on that pic, and it's true that the ultra makeup actually look natural in the final pic. I'd rather have spray-on makeup than being photoshopped anytime… At least, you are still you, with just more makeup.
A good friend of mine is a photographer who does amazing portraits, and he owes me one photoshoot session. I'm really looking forward to it, and will probably wear that top I bought recently for another friend's wedding (the cleavage is vavavoom to say the least). :)
I like to think of it as pretend, or dress-up. I wasn't the girliest girl child, but I did like to put my mom's lipstick on, and I remember thinking that it was 1.) pretty; but also 2.) totally fake. It was fun *because* it wasn't real. I have realized that for me, looking at magazines and photos of models, etc. etc., is so much less damaging if I keep in mind that it's all pretend. The photographers and models and clothes designers are all playing a big game of dress-up. Helps me keep my sanity.
I clicked on the link to the magazine and the front page had some flat tummy diet. Le sigh.
Your site and the spread look great though. :)
Peregrin8, I think you're definitely on to something. My co-worker, when she was visiting home (she's Chinese), had a professional photo book made of her. When she brought it to work, most of the guys would not believe it was her. The pictures could easily have been from any women's magazines. She's beautiful as herself, too, but she still looks like human, not an ethereal fairytale creature. I think everyone who can, regardless of how they look and weigh, should at least once have a professional photoshoot, with makeup, hair and the whole shebang. I think it would help people to put magazine photos into perspective, to show that it is possible to look like that, but at what cost?
I'm totally going to go check out the IGIGI site when I get home;-)
I was in a photoshoot for work once. They wanted pictures of people working in the lab for the company website. It was amazing how much time it took to get the pictures just right, even though there was no hair or makeup involved, just pictures of scientists pretending to work.
Happy Friday, all! Can I ask a favor? I need help articulating why I HAAAAAAATE this Maureen Dowd op-ed (sadly, my general distaste for Mo'D doesn't count). A friend sent the article to me and she's totally agreeing with the assessment that women in general are unhappier. I always expect Dowd to regurgitate the latest anti-feminist drivel, but the "study" she quotes is…well, read for yourselves http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/opinion/20dowd.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1253906267-6m2mZFrHxLtLaKpMlP9MyQ
Call me crazy, but I'm not seeing the second-shift parity the "expert" is talking about. And I'm also wondering if women's unhappiness might be tied to getting shit $$ for doing the same work as men.
if it's an open thread, could I get some advice?
So I'm getting a master's degree in interaction design, this is my second and final year, and I'm doing a capstone project, which is an individual design project that I work on all year, and have to finish and present in order to graduate. I kind of really want to design some kind of technology that relates to fat acceptance/feminism, but the atmosphere at my program is decidedly anti-FA. I haven't noticed anyone being openly mean to the fat students (of course it's certainly possible they have experienced things I haven't seen), but several professors regularly discuss their own body shame and weight loss attempts, and at least one has talked in class about the "childhood obesity epidemic." In addition, last year one of our projects was to design a Weight Watchers application, and of course some of the presentations/designs involved the typical stereotypes.
So, basically, I'm afraid if I busted out with the full-on FA my work would end up being really controversial, and I'd spend an entire year not just working on this project but fighting for the basic principles my work is based on, and even though this is an individual project, the whole process is intended to be highly collaborative, and well, I'm not a fighter. Grad school has been stressful enough for me at the best of times, and I'm afraid of getting myself into a fight I can't handle. I don't want half the work of my project just to be arguing with people about obesity and weight loss and all that other stuff. The weight watchers project was really, really difficult for me, and while I managed to work something out with my group at the time, I was extremely tentative in explaining my discomfort with the project, and couched it in terms of having been close to people with eating disorders (which is true), rather than fundamentally disagreeing with the idea that long-term weight loss is either possible or desirable.
But still, FA is something I really care about, and I want my project to be about something important to me, so I have been trying to come up with angles that I can argue for in a FA-compatible way without having to turn into a one-woman activist trying to convince my classmates and professors that everything they think they know about weight and health are wrong. My two ideas so far are 1) encouraging people to think about exercise as something to do because they physically enjoy it and it makes them feel good, rather than out of a sense of guilt or shame, or 2) design something to help people with intuitive eating, which I would probably end up pitching as an eating disorder recovery aid, with a side of "for people who don't want to diet anymore and find they have trouble listening to their bodies and eating on demand rather than according to a pre-structured plan," without actively trying to dissuade people from dieting.
But y'all are smart and creative and have a lot of collective experience with these things, do you have ideas/suggestions for me?
Gillian, the people at Language Log have written a lot about just how little the "happiness gap" really means: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1753
Kate, is that dress the Angie Faux Wrap Dress? Because I've been coveting it in kiwi for a while now, and if that's the same dress, I might have to take the plunge and order it.
Great article. Very interesting to see an inside scoop of the process.
As for the open thread part of this post I thought I'd share something that happened today. I think it's very FA related.
I have an anniversary party that I need to go to in November and I have been dreading the thought of shopping for a dress. The last time I went to a formal party I was a couple sizes smaller, depressed and on a very expensive diet plan, and accompanied by my mom aka "You should have been a size X by now". In the end I ended up having to pay an obscene amount of money for a dress I didn't even like. Needless to say, fancy clothes shopping is a VERY touchy area for me. But this story has a happy ending! Today I had to give my mom a ride to Ponce and while there I found a very pretty party dress on sale for $15, and it was my size! It really made my day!
Happy Friday Shapelings!
Since it's Open Thread Friday, I thought I'd share a funny story that happened today.
I am a woman in my 30s, and I work in a 9-5 type office and every day at lunch, I take a walk with some of my co-workers. Usually about 1.5 miles. They are all men, most a solid 10 years older than I, and some of them are from other countries (not US, where we all currently live). So as we're getting started, one of the guys says "I've been doing this for a few months now, and I'm not really losing any weight." So I responded with some (unsolicited) FA stuff. Basically, "I don't really think of it like that, I think of it in terms of health, like I'm doing this as something positive for my health, and that may or may not result in weight loss, but who cares? Just because you're healthy doesn't mean you're thin, and just because you're thin doesn't mean you're healthy" etc. like I'm giving the freakin' sermon on the mount or something and I'm going to make myself a bunch of FA disciples.
In response, one of the other guys says, "So what you're saying is you'd rather be fat & healthy than thin & unhealthy?"
I respond, "yes, that's exactly what I'm saying." And cringe, expecting him to argue with me.
And he says, "well, duh. Isn't that obvious? A bit like saying you'd rather be rich than poor, isn't it?"
And we all had a good laugh. Maybe FA isn't so hard for most people to contemplate after all. Good Job, shapelings & authors! Keep spreading the word and eventually it'll be duh & obvious to everyone!
Oh, one more thing. I'm sure that my coworker did not mean to imply that just because one is thin, one must be unhealthy. I'm sure he meant them as separate concepts. But I wanted to keep the telling as faithful as I could.
The Igigi dress thing is making me laugh, honestly. Because some of their clothes (like their classic surplice empire waist sleeveless dres – like the Juliane (though I don't have that one) fit me DREAMILY, and I actually have three dresses in that pattern :P But almost all of their other stuff is like a giant sack on my boobs, most heartbreakingly that teal bubble dress that I lusted for SO BADLY and am trying SO hard to figure out if I can get it tailored to work. I wear a 38D bra, so while I've not exactly got a rack o' doom, they're not small either, just rather average-sized (relative to my body, anyway; I understand that my boobs on a size 4 woman would look doomy, but against my size 16 ass and gut they are not!). Igigi, why must I love you when you drive me so CRAZY!
Well, I've been bouncing around a couple ideas about how to help people (well, actually my mom) "quantify" HAES. A kind of bridge between measure every calorie and intuitive eating.
1 – An application that helps me figure out what I'm actually hungry for. "I want something salty with fat in it." Input "salty" and "fatty" get out "peanut butter" "sunflower seeds" "potato chips" "bacon" with a couple side options saying "Oh, you want bacon? How about a BLT? Or a salad with bacon on? Or a piece of quiche? Or three slices of bacon?" Because it is OKAY to want and then eat bacon.
2 – Remind me to slow down and check with myself during my meal. Am I satisfied? Am I still hungry? Will I feel ill if I eat more? Will I be hungry again soon if I stop eating now?
3 – Health monitoring checks that don't include weight: Pulse-rate monitoring (how fast is my pulse before and during exercise? How long does it take to return to normal?) Blood pressure. Fatigue diary (how much sleep did I get last night? How tired am I on a scale from 1 to asleep?).
4 – Remind me to move. Alarms to go off when I should go dance like a moron in that empty room. Or walk for 10 minutes. Or whatever. Maybe tie it to a digital creature of some kind that thrives on my movement. Live, little critter! I will dance for you!
I hope that helped a little.
And don't worry about being "The Activist." If everyone else is focusing on weightloss, you have an awesomely excellent niche in which you are competing with no one. In a field of candidates where everyone else is orange, who's going to stick out more than the purple candidate? But if you're shy, I guess the way to get around without tweaking any ears is not to tell them they are WRONG but that they're right about a small part of the picture, and that they could be right about MORE of the picture.
"Weight loss, yeah, yeah. We did that LAST week. What about all the other stuff that can be the matter with your health?"
And with that, my two cents is officially a dime.
@Sid, there's an on-line recipe site that's a bit like your No. 1: Cookthink. I use them sometimes. Especially when all I've got left is what seems like an intractably miscellaneous bunch of ingredients, but it's got a 'mood' category that accepts search terms like 'fatty,' 'rich,' or even 'grumpy.' The recipes are usually good, too – I've run into a few that were too fiddly, but none that looked bad.
Interfacings, that's tough! I don't think you should have to go along with the standard mindset (diets=good, exercise=only for weight loss) but it's hard to say anything but the standard line without seeming like a radical. I mean, I've been shouted down just for saying something like, "hey, I don't really like hearing about your diet because I'm recovering from an eating disorder and that kind of talk makes me feel bad about my body." So if I were in your shoes, I would publicly embrace the "radical" idea of HAES and FA. Chances are, most of the others already see you that way if you've ever expressed even the slightest discomfort with the weight loss-related projects.
I used to think I wanted low rise tights. Now I've seen the light: what I actually want are tights that come all the way up to my bra line, and stay there. For one thing, there's already a snug line there (my bra band), so I don't notice the tights band as much, I find the tights waistband stays up much better all the way up there, sometimes I even tuck them right into my bra band. Obviously, this depends greatly on whether one wears a bra and the general shape of one's body (frex: I'm much narrower around my underbust than a few inches below, so that helps them stay up), but I think this works fairly well for many people, silly as it may seem at first.
You would need to find a kind that is just the right proportions for your body, though, and it depends a lot on height and torso length, but I think it's worth giving it a shot, if you haven't tried wearing them this way before. For me, I find the Avenue tights work really well for this (come all the way up and stay there) but I have a (shorter) friend who swears by Target's 1x/2x.
I'm going to go ahead and second the request from Meems regarding tights. I have the most difficult time finding them. I'm 5'3, somewhere around 250 pounds, wear a size 20 or 22 depending on clothing line and fit. When I shop for tights, I try to go by the chart on the back but they always end up fitting badly. I end up with a lot of extra material on the legs and the crotch doesn't even come all the way up to where it's supposed to. I pull and tug at the legs all day long trying to get all that extra material up there so they'll stay in place but it's wasted effort. As much as I love wearing skirts, it's only a few hours after putting it on that I remember why I never do.
Oops, mishmish hadn't posted when I started typing. I haven't tried Target brand. Thanks for that suggestion.
An application that helps me figure out what I'm actually hungry for. "I want something salty with fat in it." Input "salty" and "fatty" get out "peanut butter" "sunflower seeds" "potato chips" "bacon" with a couple side options saying "Oh, you want bacon? How about a BLT? Or a salad with bacon on? Or a piece of quiche? Or three slices of bacon?" Because it is OKAY to want and then eat bacon.
I did something like this in my head the other day and it worked really well, deconstructing what I wanted. I had a craving for sushi. For breakfast (don't judge :) !). But I couldn't really spend the $6 stopping by the grocery store on the way to work to pick up a to-go sushi plate. So for about 20 minutes, my brain kept going: "SUSHI! No sushi for you! SUSHI! You can't afford sushi right now! SUSHI!!!" I finally stopped and thought "Ok, sushi. It's protein, some carbs, little saltiness and bitter bite from the wasabi. Maybe…. turkey sandwich with hot mustard? Oh, and then I could add some spinach and tomato, and I've been craving tomatoes lately too!" Had a turkey sandwich, and it tasted great. I wish I could figure it out like that every time!
Interfacings, I'd suggest going to your advisor/instructor with your concerns. Nothing worse than to work on a project that the grader will hate at the end, and if you explain it all at first, they might have some ideas on how to make it work within your framework too. I don't know if it would spark any ideas, but the "love yourself" video that went around awhile ago* was fabulous – it was a general positive message for everyone, but sneakily had footage of fat people being fat and happy in it. Something along those lines, not drawing attention specifically to the fat but being unapologetic for including fat people in a positive way, might be a good way to go.
*I think I had seen it linked here – it had text that said "feed me", then people eating, "love me", and people hugging, etc… what one was that?
SM – I've seen it mentioned here (I think) but had forgotten all about it. Now bookmarked. Thanks. :)
@meems: If other suggestions don't work, and if the perfect tights are just a little too snug, I've found it very helpful to cut the waistband of the tights, to widen the waist while having the legs fit as usual. It looks a bit budget (if you're planning to get nekkid) but I'm sure there are crafty ways to dress it up/keep it from unraveling/tearing more. Cutting the waistband also diminishes staying-up power, but I find slippage minimal and the clothes you wear over them often mitigates what slippage there is.
… this could be valuable for not only intuitive eating but also people experimenting with eliminating problematic foods from their diets, ….
Yes, on the advice of one of my doctors, I kept notes on food like this, in a diary which tracked my health and wellbeing, for some years after I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. It *was* very useful … but yes, when I gained a lot of weight as a result of my meds, my doctors did try to subvert it. So what had been a useful tool became too unpleasant to maintain, and I stopped.
thanks for the responses, everyone! I'm meeting with my adviser next week to talk about my project, and I will definitely think about your suggestions. I feel bad for not being braver about being outspoken, but, well, I'm a wimp.
Can I just say that I find it funny that as soon as y'all say, "Okay, we're just going to stop apologizing for not posting," your post count skyrockets?
Can I just say that I find it funny that as soon as y'all say, "Okay, we're just going to stop apologizing for not posting," your post count skyrockets?
Haha, yeah, that's exactly what I've been thinking! It's good to see that even if the posts are short or just open threads, it gets people talking nonetheless – I love the sense of community here.
Anyway, Kate – thanks for this post. I often mope that I don't look good in photos and why can't I just look a little more … whatever, but this helps in realizing that I'm really not hideous or spectacularly unphotogenic, just a human being without a stylist, a make-up artist et cetera.
I actually got up early enough to get to shul in time for the Torah service this week (a new thing I'm trying this year), and this week's portion was about how the people of Israel had gotten cocky and strayed from G-d, and G-d was fed up and going to smite them. (This is in preparation for Yom Kippur, which starts tomorrow night, where we atone for being cocky and straying from G-d and thus put off the smiting for another year.) One of the verses made reference to people having grown "fat and coarse" on the bounty of G-d. Guess which verse got picked up on for a drash. By someone who likes to be edgy and talk about current events like the OBESITY EPIDEMIC BOOGA BOOGA.
@ sid and interfacings
i LOVE the ideas you have sid! especially the first one. i have those moments where i just know i want… something… but i can't figure it out. i'd find something like #1 very useful. and i also love the idea of some kinda reminder program to get up and move. and the little critter that thrives on movement. cute! but i probably like that one so much b/c i love to dance. so that would be right up my alley. :D also, b/c i tend to forget exactly how happy dancing makes me until i get up and do it.
Hey Shapelings, have y'all seen this "Perfect" scale?
I was so surprised to check the newspaper today and find an article about fat-o-sphere blogger Bri King!
Victim of the weighting game bounces back, The Age
Bri King writes http://www.fatlotofgood.org.au/.
Also, I am a bit sad that the Ning site doesn't get more love from SP-the-blog. Just think of it as pre-prepared content :)
Meems – Hue make low rise tights that I've found work well on me, and I'm just a little shorter than you (non low rise tights I can often pull all the way up to right under my bra strap). They also have a regular waistband rather than a control top, so shouldn't create extra rolls. I usually buy them at Macy's, so you might want to check there.
Trashy Diva has some really cute retro designs that would suit curvy women. It's not a plus-size store – I think the largest is US-size 14 (UK 18). But for those of you who are identifying yourself as "sort of fat" or "on the small side of fat", I think it's worth checking out as the clothing seems to allow for busts and hips.
@pfctdayelise It's odd that they've lumped the F-Word in as a fat blog. It's a feminist blog but I wouldn't have classed it as a fat blog. I guess both 'fat' and 'feminist' start with F. Hrm.
One of the verses made reference to people having grown "fat and coarse" on the bounty of G-d. Guess which verse got picked up on for a drash. By someone who likes to be edgy and talk about current events like the OBESITY EPIDEMIC BOOGA BOOGA.
Sigh…ok, I'd be hypocritical if I got mad at them for reinterpreting the word "fat", but normally when you do that, it's to minimize the smiting and black-and-white morality of the passage. Not to make prejudice exist where there was no prejudice before. Given that "fat" is in most Biblical contexts a good thing, the original connotation of that phrase was probably something more like "people had more than enough to eat and didn't have to work hard for it, and so got lazy and forgot where the food was coming from". But having more than enough to eat is never seen as bad on its own.
Can I guess that they ignored the associated Haftarah (passage from Prophets linked to each Torah portion, which our synagogue's discussion happened to focus on this week), which can be more or less summarized as "If you return to God, you will be like a wide variety of useful food-bearing plants?"
@the other caitlin, in the article itself they refer to the F-Word as a "fat friendly" blog, which I think is valid. In reading, it sounded like the author was simply listing blogs that Bri King links to. Quite possibly without ever having visited any of them.
Love the dress, Kate! Can anyone recommend dresses for someone less endowed? I'm around a size 20/22 and a 42C (or C.5, sometimes) and whenever I try on dresses, the top part is way too large for my chest and looks a little silly. I really want to wear a dress but I haven't had much luck (of course, there are so few dresses and plus-size clothes to try on in person, I can't say I've done an exhaustive dress search). I'm hesitant to order online with the worry that it's going to be the same old story again…
You look beautiful Kate, in both pictures of course.
On an unrelated note, I was wondering if anyone had seen this yet:
Really great post by Harriet Jacobs about instances where boys have stepped up to fight sexism or protect women in bad situations, she's taking submissions to be included in it. It's super awesome, made me a little teary eyed more than once.
Smileonmyface–I don't know if this will be useful to you, but I've found wrap dresses the best bet in plus sizes if the tops are too big for your bust. I am waist-less, as well, so that's a good thing for me. The other thing that seemed to help, at least this summer, was ordering sizes down. Depends on the style, obvs, but can work with less fitted dresses, if not suit- or work-style clothing.
Truly sorry, Sweet Machine–I'd edit my comment if I could. I would rephrase it to say "those with almost no fat on their faces so that their underlying bone structure is quite evident." You are right that to refer to thin people as "skeletors" is no better than to refer to fat people as some other non-human being. My bad.
Can I just say that exchanges like that one between Kathryn and SM are why I love this site? I'm always very quick to raise my defenses and try to argue my way out of being wrong, but I am trying hard to follow the examples of the posters here who, when it's pointed out to them, admit they slipped (as we all invariably will, coming from a culture utterly steeped in this junk) and try to do better.
I bought this issue of Chatelaine mainly because you were featured. It's the first mainstream women's magazine I've bought or read in ages. (Part of the whole blocking out unrealistic images of women and all.) But I was surprised by how much I really loved this issue and the entire "Women We Love"section. It's so awesome to see so women honoured for doing something other than obsessing about their appearances in these women's magazines. The whole section just made me feel very happy and optimistic about our world and the women who inhabit it.
I might even be inclined to buy another issue of Chatelaine in the future.
I just thought I'd use this open thread to mention some mainstream media exposure of Fat Acceptance ideas, over here in the UK.
The 2009 season of Strictly Come Dancing (our Dancing With The Stars) has just begun, and one of the contestants is soap actress Natalie Cassidy. Right from the start when she was introduced, she made it clear that she was NOT DOING THIS TO LOSE WEIGHT, and she was HAPPY AS SHE WAS. "Hooray!" I thought. I looked for a link or quote or something that I could share, and found out that she had done lots of dieting in the past, and had even released a popular workout DVD. But she says now that (no surprise) being thin wasn't making her happy, and it wasn't natural for her, and led to obsessive, disordered behaviour. So she decided to give up dieting and be happy with the body she naturally has – and to make this point very clear in newspaper interviews and on the show itself. It's a massively popular show on prime time weekend TV, so I think it's really great that someone is waving the fat acceptance flag right there for everyone to see.
Here are a couple of quotes from an interview printed in a feature in the Daily Mail (I hate linking to the Fail, but this article is pretty OK with only a few moments of fail. Oh and scroll past all the romantic scandal gossip stuff to get the fat acceptance part): "I became obsessed with keeping the weight off, took laxatives, starved myself and genuinely lost all of my sparkle and personality." and "Eventually, I just accepted that I wasn't meant to be a size eight."
After switching up my haircut and mentioning I might grow my hair longer again, my aunt, who is unfortunately deeply entrenched in current western beauty standards, told me, in all seriousness, that I should aim for the look I had on my wedding day as my everyday look. She completely failed to see the irony that she was telling me that the best "everyday, natural beauty" look for me was professionally applied makeup and an hour of hair-doing.
Target currently has lots of fun patterned and lacy tights, I just stocked up in anticipation of cooler weather. Being able to find LACE TIGHTS in size 1x/2x is so rare!
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