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Kristen Stewart Broke This Sexist Rule at the Cannes Film Festival
This isn't the first time Stewart has refused to wear heels on the red carpet.
Kristen Stewart may have lost her high heels on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet yesterday, but this isn't a Cinderella story.
The "Twilight" actress ditched her heels in the middle of a red carpet walk at the premiere of "BlacKkKlansman," flouting the event's controversial dress code.
The annual festival is notorious for its strict dress code — women are required to wear high heels on the red carpet — which many have criticized as sexist. Festival organizers caught flak for their "no flats" rule in 2015 after turning away a group of women, some reportedly with medical conditions, because of their footwear.
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Stewart has been spotted on several occasions, swapping her heels for sneakers shortly after leaving the red carpet. Carrying her heels in her hands on Monday night, the actress proceeded to finish her red carpet walk, ascending the iconic Palais des Festivals' stairs — the site of a powerful protest against gender inequality on Saturday, in which Stewart also participated.
Stewart, a member of this year's film festival jury, has spoken out against the dress code and sexist fashion expectations at the event in the past.
"Things have to change immediately," she said at a roundtable in 2016. "It has become really obvious that if [a man and I] were walking the red carpet together and someone stopped me and said, 'Excuse me, young lady, you're not wearing heels. You cannot come in.' Then [I'm going to say], 'Neither is my friend. Does he have to wear heels?'"
"You simply cannot ask me to do something that you are not asking him," she added. "I get the black-tie thing but you should be able to do either version — flats or heels."
Read more: Here's Why 82 Women Protested at the Cannes Film Festival
This is not the first time a star has opted to go barefoot at Cannes. Julia Roberts famously walked the red carpet sans shoes in 2016. And Marion Cotillard broke the rules last week, opting to wear flat, black boots instead of high heels.
Whether or not Stewart intended to make a pointed statement when she slipped out of her shoes on Monday is unclear, but many women who relate to the pain and discomfort of high heels have taken to social media to applaud the move.
This is such a real moment. Kristen Stewart said eff it and ditched her heels on the red carpet. Ain't nothing like a painful pair of shoes 😩😩 pic.twitter.com/pBimOPZbxk— Makho Ndlovu (@makhondlovu) May 14, 2018
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 I'd take mine off too,wearing them ALL DAY kills your feet. Why is @Festival_Cannes so difficult with this "no-flats" rule?— Paramore RK Life (@ParamoreRKLife) May 14, 2018
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Although I have childcare during the day back in my life, I went for a swim last night instead of during the day. It has been so very pleasant to go for swims in the evening at Percy Norman. Unfortunately, the lifeguards don't have any set rules about how the pool should be set up so, instead of the three nice wide lanes they had for the last two weeks, they set up the pool with four teeny tiny narrow lanes. This made passing much more difficult and annoying. There is one guy there on Monday nights who goes in the fast lane but slowly flails about doing double-arm backstroke and really wide breastroke so I invariably end up getting hit by him when we are passing each other in opposite directions (like rear-view mirrors colliding on a narrow bridge). I am sporting a beautiful purple bruise on my left arm because of this.
Other than that, it was a good workout. I started out with some drills, including single-arm crawl, the inelegance of which drew the laughing attention of some swimmers in the other lane. Then it was an easy 1200m continuous, and then 2 x (100m pull, 100m kick, 100m crawl). Despite what Kristina says about it being unlikely for me to get too much faster as a swimmer, I do feel stronger in the pool these days. Last night I felt great, although the water was a bit too warm. They don't have a kid's pool there so I think they keep the main pool warmer to accommodate the kiddies. I almost felt like I was sweating at one point!


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A WOMAN has been flown to hospital in Bristol after she was hit by a car near Ashton Keynes.
Police said the woman sustained life-threatening injuries.
The crash, which happened at around 7am this morning, has closed the crossroads at Spine Road East/West and the B4696 North End.
The road is likely to remain closed for some time.
A Wiltshire Police spokeswoman said: "We were called shortly after 7am this morning to a collision between a car and a pedestrian on the B4696 just north of Ashton Keynes.
"The pedestrian, a woman in her 50s, has been flown to Southmead Hospital in Bristol by air ambulance with life-threatening injuries.
"There are a number of road closures in place while we deal with the incident so would urge motorists to avoid the area at this time."
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A book titled Royal Vengeance will hit the shelves of bookstores in January. In it, author Sarah Whalen details a bizarre conspiracy theory about the death of Princess Diana. She claims that the car wreck that killed the royal wasn't an accident but rather an orchestrated, intentional occurrence and that Diana was allowed to bleed to death upon arrival at the hospital. It's all part of an "ancient cult ritual" that dates back as far as Henry VIII whose wives Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were killed as part of the same ritual.
Daily Star reports that Whalen recently appeared on the Conspiracy Show podcast and discussed her theory about the circumstances surrounding Diana's death. She explained that there have always been battles among the powerful in England, especially among women. She described backstabbing among female royalty that extended to execution and even human sacrifice, a tradition she said goes back to ancient times. Whalen went further and said that "Diana was plotting a constitutional crisis and she made no attempt to hide it. She was meeting with the press all the time." As proof of her theory, Whalen said that the car wreck that killed the princess was the last of a series of car "accidents" she suffered in the days prior to her death.
Princess Diana spent her Saturday nights eating McDonald's with sons William and Harry, says former butler https://t.co/rcbasyqL5U— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 19, 2018
Whalen's claims run contrary to official reports that placed blame for the deadly car wreck on Henri Paul, the driver of the car in which Diana was a passenger. An investigation found he was impaired by alcohol and prescription drugs when the crash occurred and found no involvement by anyone in the British government or the royal family. An inquest also took place in 2008, and it came to the same conclusion, that Henri Paul was guilty of the "unlawful killing" of Princess Diana and the other passengers and that neither the British government nor the royal family was involved in any way. That inquest, however, went a step further and also placed blame on the paparazzi who were following Diana's car and on her lack of seatbelt use.
Sarah Whalen is not the first person to suggest a conspiracy theory. With the princess in the car that night was Dodi Al-Fayed, her lover at the time. Dodi's father Mohamed Al-Fayed has suggested that Henri Paul worked for the British Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as M16. He has also proposed other theories that suggest involvement by the royal family and claims Diana was pregnant at the time of her death, providing a motive for her murder.


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Creating an ArcGIS Online Story Map
An ArcGIS Online Story Map is a web application that allows you to combine maps with narrative text, images, and multimedia content into aesthetically pleasing presentations.
A web application is an interactive web page that allows visitors to change the content of the page through their actions. This is in contrast to a static web page where the content is set by the provider of the content and does not change, or a dynamic web page (such as a page giving current weather conditions) where the content changes over time, but those changes are controlled by the content provider.
While there are other ways of creating similar types of web experiences, and ESRI Story Maps have numerous issues (vendor lock-in, content permanence, page weight, etc.), Story Maps are a useful tool for organizing spatial information into a coherent whole.
There are a number of different kinds of Story Maps, and the choice of which is most appropriate depends on the type of content you wish to present.
This tutorial will demonstrate how to create a simple Story Map Journal for a simple research presentation.
Planning Your Structure
Your first step in developing your Story Map should be to plan and prepare your structure, text, and imagery. While all web content evolves over time, and your final product may only bear limited resemblence to your initial plan, if you fail to plan, you can plan on failing.
Story Map Journal pages have two parts:
- A main stage that usually contains a large image or map
- A side panel that contains text (and sometimes small images) describing the content on the main stage
Story Map Journals are divided into sections, which each have their own main stage and side panel. For this example, our story map will have the following sections appropriate for a geospatial research report:
- A introductory section
- Literature review sections
- A study area section
- A question and hypothesis section
- A methods and data sources section
- Results sections
- Conclusions and significance sections
- A biography section
Preparing Text
The text you place in a Story Map Journal should be prepared in word processing software, and then copied into your Story Map. This will allow you to spell and grammar check your text. It will also allow you to recover your text in the future if your story map is forgotten or deleted by your organizational administrator.
Note that Story Maps are designed to be image intensive. Accordingly, you should edit your side panel text to the minimum necessary to support the main stage content. Long text will likely go unread by your visitors. 100 - 150 words is a good rule of thumb.
If your narrative text is long, consider splitting it into separate sections.
Preparing Images
Story Maps can incorporate imagery that can make your pages both effective and aesthetically pleasing.
For this example, images are used both on the main stage and in the pop-ups of the location map. There are a wide variety of images that can be accessed on the internet, but you need to consider two issues: copyright and resolution.
Although images on the web are free to access, almost all web imagery is protected by copyright and you do not necessarily have the legal right to reuse those images on your own pages.
While web content providers often do not exert a significant amount of effort to prosecute small copyright violators, if you are creating a web page for any kind of organization, you will want to verify the copyright status of any imagery you use, and get the copyright owner's permission, which may require purchasing a license to use the image.
For images used for classroom or personal educational purposes, the concept of fair use may apply. Although the rules of fair use are complex, if you are using an image for a limited time class project, copyright is generally not a concern.
While there is a wide variety of imagery available on the internet, the resolution of that imagery is often reduced to the minimum amount needed for a particular application. Although higher resolution imagery looks better, lower resolution imagery loads more quickly. If an image only occupies a small area on a page, low resolution imagery is appropriate. But if you are planning on using an image to occupy a large area on a page, low-resolution imagery will be fuzzy and aesthetically unpleasing.
Web image resolution is measured in pixels width by pixel height. As a convenience, width and height are multiplied to get the total number of pixels. This number is commonly expressed as megapixels or millions of pixels. For example, an 8 megapixel image from the (ancient) iPhone 4S has a resolution of 3264 × 2448 pixels.
Low resolution images are typically under 800 pixels on the longest edge. Thumbnail images are commonly 250 pixels in width or less.
Image Sources
The easiest source for images is via a search engine like Google Images. The resolution of images can vary widely, although Google Images includes a resolution in the listings. Also, these images are usually protected by copyright, which will be a concern for organizational Story Maps.
Another option is to use photography that is licensed under a creative commons license, which permits varying levels of use without payment, provided that attribution is given of the source, and the resulting derived content is also released to the world under a similar license. One large source for creative commons imagery is Wikimedia Commons.
The best way to avoid copyright issues is to use imagery you generate yourself. If you personally take a photograph, you own the copyright to that photo.
Preparing a Master Map
A Story Map, by definition, should contain one or more maps. You should prepare those maps in ArcGIS Online.
In order to organize your map layers and keep them stylistically consistent, it is helpful to keep them all in a single master map, and then select specific layers to map when they are placed in the story map (explained further below).
If a single layer contains multiple attributes that need to be displayed as multiple layers, you can Copy the layer and then restyle the copies.
Using different color ramps for the different layers can help differentiate them visually when they are placed in the story map.
Make your map public for Everyone so all viewers of your Story Map can see it.
Creating The Story Map App
From your ArcGIS Online Content page:
- Create
- App
- Using a Template
- Build a Story Map
- Story Map Journal
Give your Story Map a meaningful title and tags.
Choose the side panel format
The home section is the first thing a visitor sees when they visit the Story Map.
For this example Story Map on stroke we will use the map of stroke mortality as the home page.
The text for the home section side panel will be a brief introduction.
Adding Sections
Image Sections
Sections can be based around single main stage images.
For example, the introductory section features an image of me and my father on the main stage, and brief explanatory text in the side panel.
Note the inclusion of attributions for the sources of the information for the text and the main stage image.
Map Sections
Sections can feature maps on the main stage.
In this example, the home introduction page contains a map of the dependent variable (stroke mortality by state).
Create a custom configuration for the map location to center and zoom the map on the desired location
Create a custom configuration for the content to select only the appropriate layer for the section
Include a legend
Use the text prepared for the section.
Web Page Sections
You can embed external web pages on the main stage.
For example, these pages use Google Sheets charts on the main stage with explanatory text in the side frame.
Header Clean-Up
Clean up the header in settings:
- Turn off the ESRI logo
- Turn off the social media
- Give the map a meaningful tag line, in this case the author's name
- Give a meaningful tag line link
Sharing and Previewing
Save the map so you can share it.
Share the map by making it public
Copy the link to share with visitors
Preview the map under view story to make sure
If you want to edit the map in the future, you can find it as a web app in your content section. View the information page and configure app to edit the Story Map.


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The undrafted rookies worked out for the Jaguars during a three-day minicamp over the weekend. Terms of the deals were not released on Monday.
Jacksonville also waived offensive tackle Stefan Rodgers, cornerback Isaiah Gardner and rookie quarterback Nathan Brown. Abdallah, a 6-foot-4, 289-pounder, had 53 tackles, two sacks and a fumble recovery at Ohio State. The 6-foot-2, 201-pound Forrester had six interceptions and 180 tackles for Washington.


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As Carlo Ancelotti settles in to life in Naples, Max Allegri haggles with the Juventus board for a sizable war chest, last term's third best club Roma have wasted little time in taking action in the transfer market.
With the World Cup on the horizon, the work already achieved by Sporting Director Monchi is to be admired, and there is an evident pattern in the Spaniard's dealings since moving to Italy.
Two of the 49-year-old's first signings were Hector Moreno, a no-nonsense defender brought in to add depth to the backline, and former Manchester City full-back Aleksandar Kolarov.
Aside from their positions, the other connection between the duo were their ages. The Serbian international was the wrong side of 30 upon arrival and Moreno has now hit this milestone. Further forward, Monchi signed Turkish starlet Cengiz Under and Sampdoria striker Patrik Schick at 19 and 21 respectively.
Now 12 months later, and the Lupi have already secured the services of 30-year-old defender Ivan Marcano from Porto and youthful midfielders Ante Coric and Bryan Cristante, and it's evident there is a certain profile in place for both ends of the pitch. The front six positions continue to go through constant evolution while the rearguard offers the experience in the side.
Roma's first choice midfield currently reads captain Daniele De Rossi, Kevin Strootman and Radja Nainggolan, but there are varying doubts on each. Belgium star and heartbeat of the team Nainggolan continues to be linked with big money moves to China and Inter, and this summer is likely to be the player's final opportunity at securing one last lucrative transfer.
Colleagues De Rossi and Strootman are still top drawer performers, but can't be relied upon to play every week after accumulating their fair share of injuries over the years. Meanwhile, local lad Lorenzo Pellegrini's modest €25m buyout clause is likely to be met, either by a club in Serie A or in England, and the Giallorossi have acted emphatically as a result.
Promisingly, Roma have not rested on their laurels, and with rumoured bids for Justin Kluivert and Ajax team-mate Hakim Ziyech already lodged, Eusebio Di Francesco could be spoilt for choice ahead of the 2018-19 campaign.
The Italian tactician has a proven track record with burgeoning talents and in Coric, Under, Schick, with Kluivert potentially to add to the mix, Roma could possess the most sought after wonderkids on the continent. The ex-Sassuolo boss will be managing potential stars of the future, but, crucially, good enough to play and learn in the present.
While Edin Dzeko arguably remains one of the first names on the teamsheet, the Bosnian isn't get any younger, and provided his move comes to fruition, Kluivert will form a quartet that has all the necessary qualities to transform Roma gradually, but successfully, over time as Monchi's image on the squad continues to take shape.
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Camel Train
|'Twas a day in early springtime,
By an ancient wayside well,
Eliezer paused to rest his camel train.
He had found a bride for Isaac
Ere the evening shadows fell,
For his weary journey had not been in vain.
|Oh, get ready! Evening shadows fall.
Don't you hear the Eliezer call?
There's going to be a wedding,
And our joy will soon begin,
In the evening when the camel train comes in.
|So he took the fair Rebekah,
Dressed in jewels rich and rare,
Quickly to her waiting bridegroom far away.
Where Rebekah loved her Isaac,
And he loved Rebekah fair;
Oh, it must have been a happy wedding day.
|Now the blessed Holy Spirit,
From our Father God above,
Has come down to earth to find a worthy Bride.
For our Isaac over yonder
Has prepared His tents of love,
And He wants His fair Rebekah by His side.
|We have left our kinfolk gladly;
We have bade the world goodbye.
We've been called to be His pure and spotless Bride;
Where we'll soon behold our Jesus
In that blest eternity—
What a happy, happy wedding that will be!
Sacramento, CA, United States
We sang this at our wedding. Today is our 45th wedding anniversary. God is so faithful and Wonderful.
Mission, TX, United States
I sang this as part of Lester Roloff's girls' choir from Rebekah Home for Girls way back in 1973. My family and I always enjoyed singing it in the car on road trips. Great song and great message!
Kansas City, MO, United States
I heard this song sung by evangelist Ted Vibbert in the 50's. I believe it was 1947-1952, at Paseo Assembly of God Church-3238 Paseo Blvd. in Kansas City, Mo. It was obviously composed prior to the 70's. I am positive this occurred before my high school graduation in 1956. I believe it was composed by Rev. Hansel Vibbert around 1950, not in the 70's.
Fort Smith, AR, United States
On the internet I've run across sites listing either James Asher, W. M. Lehman or Hansel Paul Vibbert as the writer of this great song. In listening to Jimmy Swaggart's cover, he says Vibbert was the writer. After doing a lot of research, I believe that Vibbert is the writer. It's important to me that the right person get their due credit. So if anyone is able to provide proof of someone other than Vibbert being the writer of this song, I would appreciate your sharing of the fact. Great song!!!
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How wonderful to be Christ bride, we have to leave everything and embrace Him. Our reply just like Rebecca is that 'I am willing to go with Him.'
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To get Eliezer's name you have to go to Genesis 15:2 where Abraham asks God if his servant is to be his heir. It says Abraham sent his oldest servant.
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May we be those getting ready to meet our Bridegroom in the evening, at the close of this age!
But saints I have a question concerning Eliezer - I have been thinking this is the name of the old servant (from this song I sang before) but reading the book of Genesis Chapter 24 again this morning the name wasn't there. Did I miss something or is there another portion about this record of seeking a wife for Isaac?
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Like corporate drones determined to cut loose every third Friday whether they need to or not, the Black Keys take the time to schedule semi-regular journeys into the unknown. Turn Blue, the 2014 successor to their down-and-dirty international blockbuster El Camino, is one of those trips, a churning psychedelic excursion that slowly pulses in any color you like. Those colors spread out slow and low as Turn Blue gets underway via "Weight of Love," sounding not at all unlike Pink Floyd's "Breathe in the Air," a deliberate comparison the Keys return to often throughout the album, letting it decorate fleeting moments and infuse full songs ("Bullet in the Brain," the first single pulled from the LP, hits many of the same notes). Floyd looked to space but, like the Ohio natives that they are, the Black Keys' concerns are earthbound. Dan Auerbach primarily sings songs about love lost and won, sprinkling in a little bit of lust along the way, and he and Patrick Carney certainly share a love of soul and groove, something that's rarely heard in music as trippy as this. Time and time again throughout Turn Blue, the Black Keys and Danger Mouse turn toward those rhythms without abandoning the psychedelic swirl that gives the album its distinctive flavor. Unlike 2008's Attack & Release -- the last time the Black Keys decided to get out, way out (and not coincidentally their first collaboration with Danger Mouse) -- this has momentum, a drive provided by those heavy rhythms (they escalate so much, "10 Lovers" flirts with glitter-ball disco) and sheets of outsized fuzz guitars that cut through the haze. Songs stretch out longer here than they have on any previous Black Keys LP, but this doesn't feel indulgent due to the precision of the production; things may seem to drift but every bit of fuzz and echo is in its right place. Initially, this immaculately shaded production draws attention to itself but, in time, Turn Blue reveals that underneath its surface flash it's a quietly adventurous and substantive record. The Black Keys retain their fascination with southern soul of the late '60s -- the title track is coolly insinuating, "Fever" stomps and shakes -- but where El Camino pushed these retro-fantasies to the center, they're merely the bones of this record, the solid structure upon which the band and Danger Mouse choose to expand. Although the closing "Gotta Get Away"-- its title borrowed from both the Rolling Stones and the Impressions but the song sounds like neither group -- illustrates how good the duo is when they keep things grounded in the garage, the rest of Turn Blue impresses because it does what all great bands should do: it captures a band stretching while always sounding like themselves.
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He fancies himself as a bit of a "technomancer" – a necromancer of technology – taking old, dead technology and bringing it back to life by replacing everything inside it.


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Bastille In Review
Arriving early at Grand West, I find a neat little queue at the entrance; a couple of hardcore Cape Town fans, ranging from school girls to working-class guys in skinny jeans, patiently waits for the doors to open for the Bastille show. The UK band has spoiled their South African supporters with the announcement of a second tour to the country.
The chart-topping band performed, about three years ago, at two sold-out shows in Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden. I missed both, but the 5-piece got great reviews after the concerts. This time, they were back with 3 massive shows in the Mother City, Johannesburg and Durban.
The night is still very young, as the doors open and upcoming Cape Town band, Opposite the Other, appears on stage as the first opening act. The early birds quickly settle in scattered groups around the big arena as the young band kicks of the night. It seems like they've already made a name for themselves since they've started in 2015, as the crowd sings along and cheers after each song. They surprise with a good, solid set, showcasing plenty of talent, and quickly win a few more young girls' hearts.
Following the young four-piece is local heavyweight Matthew Mole. He appears on stage in a bright pink shirt, matching drummer, Josh Klynsmith. The two offer the crowd, who are seemingly massive fans, a set mostly consisting of his well-known songs. They then spoil them by bringing onstage a massive drum that he places in the middle of the audience; it's a beautiful scene and a great end to his set.
After a bit of a wait, Bastille hits the stage and the audience breaks out in united cheer. They open with "Send them Off". It's a treat for the crowd, as the whole production and energy in the arena turn up a notch. I stand against the barriers on the far-right of the stage, and bend over to catch a glimpse of the band's hardcore fans. Clad in full Bastille merch, the front row screams out the lyrics with frontman Dan Smith word-for-word. Dan answers back with a high-powered performance; making use of the entire stage, and jumping into the crowd, grabbing the sea of hands.
The band supports him in every way, interacting and enjoying their performance; they're experienced, and they know it.
Bastille doesn't let their fans down for one moment, doesn't shy away from old or new tracks, and offers a well-rounded, world-class show. They are backed by somewhat abstract TV-style visuals on a screen behind them. It brings an interesting dimension to their set.
From start to finish the show is filled with energy, as they mix indie rock with bits of electro elements, and an abundance of interaction with the crowd. Their performance of "Durban Skies" is an emotional one and a highlight of the night.
Of course, just like they've started on a high note, they end off with "Pompeii", and make the audience's night complete.
Music promoters, We are Live, offered a fantastic night for Bastille fans. I was impressed by the organisation and look forward to some of their future productions.


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The following article was first published in the December 2016 edition of Viva Lewes magazine:
The British tradition of wandering minstrels and itinerant actors can be traced back for hundreds of years. Transporting that tradition into the 21st century is Opera Anywhere, a touring company bringing music and drama to venues across the country, from railway stations to stately homes. Now a registered charity, the group was formed in 2000 by married couple Mike and Vanessa Woodward. "We have a passion for making opera accessible", Mike tells us. "Not just pricing but choosing venues where people can be comfortable and happy."
It's the intimacy of performing in smaller locations that particularly appeals to Opera Anywhere. They'll happily put on a show anywhere within commuting distance of their Oxfordshire base. "We tend to leave early on the morning of the performance and will do a half-day rehearsal in the venue before the performance in the evening. It's quite gruelling but it works."
The set, the costumes and the performers all travel in two customised vans, sometimes with lighting equipment and a temporary stage as well. This lean yet practical style also applies to the company structure: Mike is the only full-time employee, his wife Vanessa works part-time and the board of trustees are all volunteers. Everyone else is freelance, contracted for a particular show. When the Opera Anywhere vans arrive in Lewes, they'll bring ten professional singers and a 'mini-orchestra' of two musicians. Mike's the stage manager and production manager, helped in his duties by a lighting designer and Vanessa, who manages the costumes.
They're performing The Magic Flute at the moment. "From a musical point of view, I think it's one of Mozart's best-crafted operas", says Mike. "The storyline is a magical tale that attracts all ages. There are some great tunes… and some great voice types on display." There are also changes from Mozart's original work. "We've got a fantastic English edition of the opera. This production is set in the 1950s with a kind-of Hollywood glamour theme. It's been carefully edited to just over 2 hours long, so the story still makes sense but has a faster pace."
Although the world-class Glyndebourne opera house is just up the road, Mike still expects Lewes to deliver the usual broad audience that his shows attract. "Sometimes you get people who have never seen an opera before; some people will come because it's their particular favourite." And there's no rivalry between opera companies, either. "People in this industry don't really see each other as competitive. We're all here to celebrate this fantastic art form".
But what makes opera so special? "I find the combination of music and drama to be the ultimate theatrical experience", Mike explains. "It reaches a whole range of senses. It compels you to give it your complete concentration. You completely switch off from everything else that's going on in your life for a couple of hours."
The Magic Flute is performed at Lewes Little Theatre on Friday 30th December 2016 at 6pm. Tickets £20 from operaanywhere.com or telephone 0333 666 3366


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Following the government announcement on Tuesday 23rd June, the Museum of Cannock Chase will remain closed in the immediate future whilst we finalise plans for the safe return of the service.
The safety of our staff and patrons is our number one priority and we are working hard to review all activities.
We are excited to welcome visitors back as soon as reasonably practical to do so.
The Museum of Cannock Chase offers free admission and tells the fascinating story of Cannock Chase, from its industrial beginnings, to its military role, famous local citizens, social history, domestic life and wildlife.
The museum site was once home to the Valley Colliery, the training pit for thousands of young men beginning their working lives in the local coal industry.
The pit has gone and in its place are over 30 acres of green space on the edge of Cannock Chase, at the gateway to the Hednesford Hills Nature Reserve.
Today the hills form one of the last remaining areas of heathland in Britain.
With free entry and a year-round programme of activities it is a great day out for the family!
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Ark City man identified in connection with rape of juvenile
Gaskill accused of having sexual intercourse with 13-year-old Ark City female
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. (July 11, 2019) — The Arkansas City Police Department filed for charges against an Arkansas City man June 28 in connection with the rape of a child younger than 14 years old.
Dakota Alan Gaskill, 19, is accused of one count of rape, two counts of rape of a child younger than 18 years old and two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy, all of which are felonies.
Gaskill previously was arrested June 24 on suspicion of felony burglary of a non-dwelling, as well as one misdemeanor count each of criminal damage to property and theft, in connection with a June 22 burglary at the Paris Park Pool, located at 600 W. Fifth Ave. He was one of three people involved.
Gaskill was booked into the Cowley County Jail through Cowley County District Court in Ark City for the burglary. He remained in custody on all charges for both active cases at the time of this release.
A 20-year-old Arkansas City man contacted police May 30 to report that he had observed a 13-year-old girl and a 19-year-old man having sexual intercourse at a residence in Arkansas City.
After investigation, Gaskill was interviewed and identified as a suspect in this case on June 28.
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Centre Ranked as one of Houston's Largest Women-Owned Businesses
According to a report by American Express Open Forum, there are 9.1 billion women-owned businesses in the US, and these firms are leading growth in 13 sectors of industry across the nation. With that being said, Centre Technologies is proud to announce that we have been named #10 of 2014's "Largest Women-Owned Businesses" in the Houston Business Journal.
The announcement comes just a week after Centre announced its recent "Houston Fast 100" and CRN "Fast Growth 150" award. Company owner and president, Laura Pace, is humbled and ecstatic at the company's newest set of accolades.
"Centre has the best clients," says Pace, "We work closely with all of our clients to make sure that we are providing the best IT solutions for their environment. We owe our success to the fact that we are always looking to invest in their goals."
A Non-Traditional Women-Owned Business
A local Houston news article states that revenues have increased for women-owned businesses in Texas by "98 percent between 1997 and 2014" (Simmons, C., 2014). However, this rate is under represented in the field of IT solutions. As such, Centre Technologies is considered a Women-Owned Historically Underutilized Business (HUB). Regardless of its ownership status, Pace attributes Centre's success exclusively to Centre's core philosophy: to make the client's goals, Centre's goals.
"Centre Technologies is successful because of three attributes- our employees, our partners and our clients," says Pace, "We are always always looking at ways to invest in the attributes of our DNA, and this holistic approach has allowed the company to grow exponentially since we started in 2006."
Pace says that Centre's process is a threefold collaboration between their employees, best-of-breed IT manufacturing partners, and the resulting, ongoing value passed to their clients. The approach has worked: in a few short years, Centre has grown into a company that staffs over 100 employees and works with more than 15 industry-leading IT partners. The company reported a two year growth that has already earned them three other awards in 2014 alone.
To learn more about the HBJ listing, click the following link: Houston Business Journal's 2014 "Largest Women-Owned Businesses."
Centre Proudly Supports All Businesses
Centre is proud to support the business goals of our clients, and we enjoy working with similar women-owned companies to help them realize their full business potential. Contact Centre Technologies today to find out how our IT solutions can help your women-owned business grow.


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Over the past two years, civilian casualties have dramatically increased as a result of night raids in Afghanistan. By means of such raids, the 01 Unit, Unit 02, Unit 03, Unit 04 and "Khost Protection Force – KPF", which apparently seem to be operating under the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS), but in reality are recruited, trained, equipped and overseen by the CIA, have carried out extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances and war crimes throughout Afghanistan. In its recent fifty-page report, the Human Rights Watch has accused the CIA-backed special units for committing inhuman acts and serious cruelties, including killing of civilians during the night raids. The Human Rights Watch urged the US and the Afghan government to immediately disband and disarm the so-called paramilitaries that are operating outside the command of the Afghan security forces, and has also recommended the US administration to cooperate with independent investigations into these allegations, including the war crimes and human rights abuses. Source?
First, the war crimes committed by the US-NATO and their paramilitary forces against the Afghan people have not been registered and/or addressed by the Human Rights entities over the past 18 years, because most of the Human Rights institutions and international organizations themselves are part of the US-NATO hegemony and their foreign policy as well as act as a part of their war machine. They are aimed at operating as deceptive entities against the US war crimes and its allies in most of the Islamic lands in order to pour water on the emotions evoked by the people by means of publishing reports and criticizing the war plan and the US policy.
Second, the history of the West, especially that of the US, is entirely comprised of various crimes as the crimes committed by the capitalist states in Afghanistan appear to be insignificant in their eyes compared to the crimes carried out in their history. Therefore, they have always been emphasizing on the continuation and intensification of war against the people. Even under the seemingly beautiful name of peace, they carry out their war and terroristic plans in our land in an awfully brutal way.
Third, the Western crimes, especially that of the US, are not summed up in war crimes! Since the capitalists and/or the vicious ideology of Capitalism – the bloodthirsty system of Democracy – have started to rule over the world, the entire humanity, especially the Muslim Ummah, has been subjected to oppression, poverty, starvation, sanctions, wars, and migrations.
Fourth, we have been totally aware of painful narratives of terroristic acts committed by the US and its rascal troops in every part of Afghanistan as how they have happened to engage the Afghan politicians and their followers in nonsensical games such as elections, peace process, and ethnic, sectarian, and religious strife in order to deviate the public opinion from their crimes, and plunder the wealth of our land.
The Human Rights Watch report indeed added to the list of the crimes committed by the US, its allies and its puppets, while the civilized world sees no further change in the fate of humanity other than registering and reporting the number of casualties. Those who have been calling themselves civilized and developed nations should be embarrassed of their heinous acts because each oppressed and every single victim of their crimes is at least a human – a child and a woman! They themselves understand why the Muslims are being killed, expatriated and displaced in their own lands! Why don't they happen to address the root of the problems, while instead always intend to make the causes perplexedly complicated and only provide reports and recommendations? They have no faith, so their conscience is seared as far as their individual and national interests are under threat. It is all because the capitalists are ungodly and the cunning colonialists!
So should we only submit our grievances concerning the crimes and misdeeds of the enemies of Islam to Almighty Allah? Or should we also complain about the reluctance of the Muslim rulers in backing the Islamic Ummah, while helping the Western colonialists to secure their goals? Don't we really need to feel the strong position of the Islamic Ummah in such causes?! Where is that Muslim ruler who must react firmly against the brutal measures of enemies of Islam? Are all the Muslim rulers in the office to help secure the US agendas of assassination, terror and other manipulations, or to protect their own reigns at the expense of the blood, wealth and dignity of the Muslims?!
It is therefore not enough to only blame the US, its allies and its puppet rulers for continuing this scenario of terror, but those, who have conscious hearts and minds, must also reject the entire plans of infidels, and stop collaborating with them. In fact, they also need to realize their fateful cause, struggle for its fulfillment, and implement the rule of their Lord by reestablishing the Caliphate. That would indeed be the time as they would have truly taught the US, its allies, and its puppets such a historical lesson that even the Satan's temptations would fail to help them forget that. They then would become the true shield of their brothers in Afghanistan and other Islamic lands.
Because: «إِنَّمَا الإِمَامُ جُنَّةٌ يُقَاتَلُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ وَيُتَّقَى بِهِ» "Undoubtedly, the Imam (Caliph) is but a shield from behind whom you fight and by whom you defend yourselves!" (Narrated by Muslim)
Saifullah Mustanir
Director of the Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Afghanistan


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Making the most of your most important asset: people
If you're looking to build a culture and working environment based on employee appreciation, then implementing a formalised employee recognition programme is an extremely effective strategy. There are loads of different ways to do it, and some really fantastic benefits for organisations that put in the effort.
Different types of employee recognition programme
There are lots of different ways employers can recognise employee achievements via a well thought out programme, including:
1. Peer-to-peer thank yous
Despite their best intentions, managers don't see everything that goes on. Modern recognition programmes use peer to peer techniques to enable colleagues to recognise the quiet but critical high performers.
2. Social recognition
Modern recognition programmes are social. They use internal social media, such as recognition-specific tools or apps on their PCs or smartphones to instantly recognise colleagues who are going the extra mile or demonstrating company values, and the results are publicly displayed - for example, on the staff intranet so that anyone can see them.
3. Core values award
Core value recognition programmes recognise employees who, through their attitude, behaviour or actions, embrace your organisation's core values (e.g. respect, commitment, or innovation).
4. Helping hand award
Helping hand award programmes recognise employees that have given outstanding encouragement, support or guidance to colleagues and other employees in your organisation outside of their appointed role.
5. Budgetary management recognition for regional management
Managing budgets can be challenging, so forward-thinking companies are introducing awards for regional management teams that proactively manage their budgets - creating realistic budgets, staying within budget, following policy guidelines, and taking corrective action to enhance performance.
6. End of year, best of the best, and Chair or CEO recognition awards
End of year, best of the best, and Chair or CEO recognition awards recognise and reward your top performers, whether that's in delivering great customer service, demonstrating company values, or supporting others. Employees who receive these rewards can inspire other employees and encourage them to display similar behaviour.
7. Long service award
Long service awards are a tried and tested part of the reward mix, and are designed to recognise an employee's on-going loyalty and commitment as well as their dedication, achievements and performance - not just to reward them for being with the company for so long.
In addition to the techniques mentioned above, you also need to consider whether your recognition awards will be adjudicated by an employee appreciation committee or require approval by a line manager.
But why bother?
Business success depends on a lot of things, but perhaps most importantly it depends on its employees. After all many, many studies have shown that the most valuable asset a business has is its human resource.
That's why successful businesses understand the importance of having a recognition and reward programme that thanks employees for their contribution to the business. Employee recognition programmes help keep employees motivated, reinforce company values and goals, lower absenteeism, stress and employee turnover, increase job satisfaction and productivity, and improve employee loyalty.
If you look at the businesses that people want to work for, and have a high level of staff loyalty, you'll find that these businesses take the time to properly recognise and appreciate their employees.
There are different employee recognition schemes available to suit every business, from simple informal schemes that just say 'thank you', to formal schemes that offer high-end rewards such as a holiday or spa day. The recognition can also come from managers and leaders, or workers' peers.
However, for an employee recognition scheme to deliver on its goals, and to contribute to business success, it must add value - which is why any organisation looking to set up, or refresh, such a programme must review and understand its rationale.
What's your goal?
Businesses need to think strategically when setting up or refreshing a recognition programme. What do they want it to achieve, and why are they setting it up? Reasons may include:
- Creating a positive work environment
- Creating a culture of recognition
- Improving performance
- Reinforcing desired behaviours in line with company values
- Increasing employee morale
- Supporting the business's mission and values
- Increasing employee retention and decreasing staff turnover
- Supporting a culture change
- Improving competitiveness
Survey after survey has proved that, while employees have benefited from greater recognition, so has the business, provided it has been set up in the right way.
Critical elements to an effective and successful employee recognition programme
While these programmes can be as individual as the business that is implementing it, all effective and successful programs have some common elements:
- Management commitment to the recognition programme
- Linked to improving the financial performance of the business
- Consultation with employees when setting up the scheme and choosing rewards
- Fair and transparent recognition and reward criteria
- Simple and easy processes to nominate people for recognition
- Continuous monitoring and evaluation
There's a lot to consider - and when financial times are a little bit tougher, it can be difficult to make the business case for spending more on a recognition programme. If you need more advice, why not have a read of our ebook on maximising rewards when belts are at their tighest by clicking the link below?


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Robina Royer, JD, has more than 20 years of experience guiding attorneys and senior executives at professional service firms in developing and executing their business development goals and raising their profiles. She excels in coaching professionals to develop actionable business development plans that deliver results.
Robina has held senior marketing positions at mid-sized and national law firms, including Foley & Lardner, as well as at a global consulting firm. Her experience includes extensive development and implementation of strategic marketing and business development initiatives in support of practice group and firm goals, as well as deep experience leading business development training sessions. Prior to moving into legal marketing, Robina practiced law for several years. Her professional services and legal background position her well to understand the environment in which her clients are working, as well as the balance that they often must strike between doing their day-to-day work and simultaneously using their time wisely and effectively to generate new business.
Robina received her Bachelor of Arts in English from Mills College and her JD from the UCLA School of Law.
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One of the most popular months to visit the island of Ibiza, everything hots up from the parties to the temperature! With so much to choose from, we wanted to share a short guide of things to do See below for a short guide of top things to do when visiting Ibiza in August…
The 8th August hosts one of the famous fiestas on the island, San Ciriaco. Festivities spill onto the streets of Dalt Vila and Ibiza town ending in a fabulous fireworks display, visible from the entire south of the island. The private paradise retreat Sir Joan hotel located in town will be throwing a live music event featuring MINOA at which to enjoy the spectacle – not to be missed.
As temperatures rise, stay cool with a rejuvenating spa day at the newly launched Las Mimosas Boutique Spa and Hotel. This tranquil and stylish getup is situated in San Antonio Bay, nestled away from the hustle and bustle of the main town, providing an oasis of calm away from the chaos. Treat yourself to an invigorating massage, or take a dip in the ice fountain and bubbling plunge pool to balance your body temperature. Post-spa, indulge in some poolside snacks and bask in the remaining sunshine before ending the day with one of the island famous sunsets. Pure bliss.
On the 24th of August each year, a stunning fireworks display lights up the skies of San Antonio Harbour at midnight. This extravaganza is to celebrate Fiestas de San Bartolomé, and celebrations stretch to foam and water parties for children, folk dancing and sports competitions. Book a spot in one of San Antonio's rooftop offerings and indulge in one of the dinner and drinks packages to really make a night of it. You won't be disappointed.
Stunning restaurant and bar Amante Ibiza offers morning beach yoga and breakfast sessions against a beautiful backdrop of the Mediterranean sea. Allow your inner Zen to emerge with a vitalizing class guided by experienced instructors, followed by a healthy buffet breakfast inclusive of freshly squeezed juices, fresh fruit, eggs, natural yoghurt and dried fruits. There is simply no better way to start the day.
For those that like things a little more hi-tempo, the place to be seen is Woomoon at Cova Santa in the mountains of San José. This underground concept party attracts islanders near and far, seamlessly merging day and night with music and art. The open-air venue is perfect for mid-summer rendezvous, and the events eclectic selection of immersive and theatrical performances will have you entertained until dusk. With a handful of healthy food and drink stands, this party really does have everything covered.
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One could argue that I haven't proven that Oswald had no P.O. Box; that I have just made a case for it. But, I think it's stronger than that, and here's why:
Although I haven't provided direct proof that it's bogus, I have provided indirect proof. And that indirect proof is that the P.O. Box story includes things that are so implausible, that make no sense, that make the whole story implausible.
For instance, the idea that Oswald was subscribing to newspapers from Russia is implausible. The cost of mailing from Russia would have been prohibitive, especially for a guy who was making $1.11 an hour and had a family to support. Then, there is the simple fact that there are no Russian newspapers among Oswald's belongings. They should have found Russian newspapers in his boarding room, displaying a mailing label to him at that P.O. Box. They didn't.
I consider it implausible that police would not have asked Oswald about the P.O. Box on Saturday, since they found out about it in the wee hours of the morning on Saturday. Getting him to admit that he had that P.O. Box, to which the rifle was allegedly sent, would have been very incriminating. So, why wouldn't they go for that? But, the record shows that they claimed to wait until Sunday to ask him about the box, which means that they waited until after Oswald was dead to put any words in his mouth about it. And, being dead, Oswald couldn't refute the claim. How convenient.
Then, there is the claim that Oswald closed his box on May 14, 1963, which was 7 months and 5 days after he opened it, and which he supposedly did from New Orleans. Supposedly, he went into a New Orleans post office and closed his Dallas P.O. Box from New Orleans And that is impossible. Closing a post office box involves returning the key, so how could he do that from New Orleans? And what could they do with it? Mail it back to the Dallas? They weren't going to do that. They wouldn't do it today, and they wouldn't do it then.
Understand the rule, and the rule is that if there are lies within the story, then the whole story should be considered false. They wouldn't have to lie about anything if the story were true.
We have every right to assume that Oswald would behave rationally and practically- that is, in a practical manner- when it came to a P.O. Box. And remember that we have other, independent means to know that Oswald did not shoot Kennedy and did not order a rifle and have it sent anywhere. So, the argument that Oswald got the P.O. Box to hide his rifle-ordering can't be made. It's preposterous! If he was concerned about that, he would have walked into any gun shop, pawn shop, or even K-mart in Dallas and bought the same kind of rifle, or a better one, for cash. Who goes to the trouble of mail-ordering something that they can just pick up locally? And before you cite all the people who order on Amazon instead of buying locally, I'll point out that that doesn't involve acquiring a P.O. Box and getting a money order. It involves the convenience of shopping online, in a one-step process, where everything, including paying for it, is done with keyboard and mouse, on the spot.
Plus, in this case, Oswald ordering using an alias (supposedly) was useless. Since "A. Hidell's" rifle was supposedly sent to the P.O. Box of Lee Harvey Oswald, that linked it to Oswald. And since there was no A. Hidell, it left only Oswald as the recipient of the rifle. It would seem that Oswald went to a heck of a lot of trouble for nothing. All the running around he supposedly did on March 12 alone exceeded, by far, his just going into a gun shop or other outlet and buying a rifle. He probably passed places he could have bought a rifle on his way to the post office. He may have passed more than one.
And supposedly, Oswald did a lot of riding around on buses with that rifle. How did he get home from the downtown post office when he picked up the rifle? By bus? How did he get to New Orleans? Definitely by bus. Ruth Paine claimed to drive him to the bus station. So, he must have had the rifle with him, right? That is, according to the story.
I don't know if it was legal to bring a rifle onto a bus in 1963, but I can tell you this: I was riding buses in 1963, and I NEVER SAW ANYONE TOTING A RIFLE ON A BUS.
And realize that traveling to New Orleans did not involve a metro bus. It involved Greyhound, or some other private carrier. And they had the right to establish their own policy about passengers toting weapons. And, the policy Greyhound has today is that "no weapons of any kind" are allowed on their buses. Do you know if it was any different in 1963? And I realize that regardless, if it was a little revolver in his pocket, he could have gotten away with it. But, we are talking about an infantry rifle.
Imagine if you were on a bus, and some guy gets on, and he's toting an infantry rifle. Would that not stick out to you, as in: "Jesus Christ. What the fuck is that guy doing with a rifle, and I wonder if the God-damn thing is loaded?"
So, Ruth Paine, who hated guns, had to ride in a car with Oswald in which he had a rifle. And she saw him get on a bus with it to New Orleans. So, when she went down to New Orleans to get Marina, and they were packing her car, why didn't she ask herself, "I wonder if they are going to try to put Oswald's rifle in my car." Or, are we supposed to believe that this pacifist forgot all about it by then?
But, Oswald, supposedly, did a lot of riding around on buses with that rifle. How did he get to the firing range to practice? Remember? Where he supposedly shot diagonally at other people's targets? A real prince. Did Ruth Paine drive him there to? Because he had no car, and he had no friends. Have I mentioned that? No friends, no friends, no friends, no friends, no friends, no friends.
You see: the whole rifle story is bogus. So, what chance is there that the P.O. Box is real? What chance is there that the guy writing the bogus story would even know about the P.O. Box? Doesn't it seem far more likely that everything in the story is made up, including the P.O. Box?
The story goes that Oswald got the P.O. Box because he expected to be moving around a lot, and he didn't want to have to change his mailing address. But, according to the story, Oswald was constantly changing his P.O. Box: first getting one in downtown Dallas, then getting one in New Orleans, and then getting one at the Postal Annex Building in Dealey Plaza. What's so convenient about that? Wouldn't you get tired of it, the rigamoro? I'm tired just thinking about it. Have I mentioned that Dr. Cinque hates waiting on lines. I hate it with a passion.
And Oswald did all that just to get newspapers? We don't even have any evidence of the newspapers.


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Former PSV youngster Patrick van Aanholt says he cannot wait to get started at Newcastle.
Patrick van Aanholt – delighted to be at Newcastle
Patrick has talked to the Newcastle official site today:
"I only found very late on Thursday night and came straight up to Newcastle on Friday morning,"
"It all happened very quickly but it is a fantastic opportunity and I can't wait."
"At first when I got the call I thought it must be a joke, but then I realized the left-back Jose Enrique was injured during the week."
"This is a fantastic opportunity for me to play game with a good team and some very good players."
"It's a very big club and I'm very happy to be here." "It's a chance to get more experience whilst also helping the team stay at the top of the league."
We expect Patrick to start at left-back today at Leicester, since he's only here a month, and Chris will want to get him bedded in quickly.
If he does well, Patrick may become a longer term target of the club – certainly his credentials suggest he could be a great player in the making, and the lad played extremely well in his 20 games for Coventry City this season.
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Until yesterday, I never quite realised just how important banana loaf was to me. You see, it has always been a part of my life, something familiar and comforting, but something to which I never really paid a lot of attention. You see, banana loaf isn't really anything special, but it has always been there in the background of life. Continue reading "In praise of the humble banana loaf"
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Hello everyone.
Sorry (again!) for the absence… it's not that I haven't been baking – I have, but since starting this blog I've become quite critical of everything I make and fussy about whether or not my recipes are good enough to post. As if PhD anxiety wasn't enough! On a side note, my supervisor fully encouraged me to do some more 'stress-relieving baking' the other day. I was all "Wah, I think my vector has a mutation! Wah, my scholarship is running out! Wah, things aren't working! Booohoooo! Woe is me!" So apparently the answer is to bake more. For my own mental health. Mind you, I don't think anyone in the lab minds being a guinea pig for my kitchen experiments either. Continue reading "Banana and Hazelnut Muffins"
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I thought I'd debut my blog with a humble fruit loaf that I made on the weekend. We came back from camping over the New Year period with some rather bruised and battered fruit that wasn't particularly appealing to eat straight, but would be wasteful to discard. Have you ever noticed how quickly stone fruits go bad if stored at room temperature? Within the blink of an eye a relatively inoffensive peach will turn, covering your fruit bowl with slime, attracting all fruit flies in the vicinity and filling your kitchen with a sweet and slightly pungent aroma. I was forced to take quick action, excising the offending chunks of peach to salvage the remainder. But never fear, when combined with some mushy bananas and cinnamon… I had myself a lovely loaf. Continue reading "Hello world. Like loaf?"


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Yannis Behrakis' best pictures: tribute to Pulitzer Prize winning Reuters photojournalist who has died aged 58
He produced award-winning images from war zones around the globe for 30 years
ONE of the world's most acclaimed photojournalists who produced celebrated images of war zones and disasters for 30 years has died aged 58.
Yannis Behrakis was hailed by colleagues as "the best of his generation" and a hard-working "hurricane" who risked all to get the best picture.
Behrakis covered many of the most tumultuous events around the world, including conflicts in Afghanistan and Chechnya, a huge earthquake in Kashmir and the Egyptian uprising of 2011.
In 2016 he led a Reuters team that won the Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of the European migrant crisis.
One of his favourite pictures came during that assignment - showing a Syrian refugee carrying his young daughter in his arms and kissing her during a storm.
He said later: "This picture proves that there are superheroes after all. He doesn't wear a red cape, but he has a black plastic cape made out of garbage bags.
"For me this represents the universal father and the unconditional love of father to daughter.
My mission is to make sure that nobody can say: 'I didn't know'.Yannis Behrakis
Behrakis was born in Athens in 1960 and was inspired to study photography by a Time-Life book of pictures.
After a "stifling" job in a studio he began freelancing for the Reuters news agency in 1987 and two years later was sent on his first foreign assignment to Libya.
His picture of Colonel Gaddafi - splashed on front pages around the world - showed a knack for being in the right place at the right time that would shine for the next three decades.
He went on to cover violence and upheaval across Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
The pictures he produced won awards and admiration among the tight-knit community of war correspondents, who noted his rare ability to find beauty amid chaos and for his courage to be at the heart of the action.
He has said of his job: "My mission is to tell you the story and then you decide what you want to do. My mission is to make sure that nobody can say: 'I didn't know'."
One of his most celebrated photos shows an ethnic Albanian man lowering the body of a two-year-old boy into a tiny coffin during the conflict in the former Yugoslavia in 1998.
Behrakis took the picture from a high position and used a zoom technique to create a dizzying sense of movement.
He said: "The picture was very strong and the body of the boy almost floating in the air.
"It almost looked like his spirit was leaving his body for the heavens."
In 2000 Behrakis and Reuters' colleague Mark Chisholm narrowly survived a rebel ambush on a convoy in Sierra Leone.
They crawled into the jungle until the gunmen left, but his Reuters colleague and close friend Kurt Schork was killed along with AP cameraman Miguel Gil Moren.
The four reporters had got to know each other during the siege of Sarajevo in the mid-1990s and had become a "band of brothers".
Despite the trauma, Behrakis said his friend's memory helped him return to photographing wars - which he called "the apotheosis of photojournalism".
Later he covered the Arab Spring uprisings in North Africa and bloody violence in his home city Athens amid the fallout of the financial crisis.
He also got to cover the Athens Olympics, including the moment Paula Radcliffe tearfully retired from the marathon.
Istanbul-based AP photographer Lefteris Pitarakis said: "Yannis was the best photojournalist of his generation ... the sole reason I became one.
"He cared deeply about the people he had the privilege to photograph in their most extreme situations. I was lucky to have him as my teacher and mentor."
Veteran Reuters photographer Goran Tomasevic said of Behrakis' style: "It is about clearly telling the story in the most artistic way possible.
"You won't see anyone so dedicated and so focused and who sacrificed everything to get the most important picture."
US general news editor Dina Kyriakidou Contini said: "One of the best news photographers of his generation, Yannis was passionate, vital and intense both in his work and life.
"His pictures are iconic, some works of art in their own right. But it was his empathy that made him a great photojournalist."
Behrakis died after a long battle with cancer, Reuters said. His survived by his wife, Elisavet, their daughter, Rebecca, and a son, Dimitri, from a previous marriage.
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I'm trying really really REALLY hard to post daily. When I'm feeling less than inspired, or short on time (currently writing this during an afternoon discussion whose subject is a review for me) I grab one of the many topics that is sitting in my queue.
According to the blogs that blog about how to make your blog successful…..I should have posted some sort of post before Christmas with the keyword of "gift list". Apparently this will instantly bring hoards of readers to my blog, where they will be sucked in by my oh so wonderful writing abilities and engaging topics (immune system anyone?).
I'm a little late.
Here it is anyways - perfect gifts for that equestrian person in your life. And even the non-horsey ones.
I will admit to pulling heavily from my own wish list. :)
Anatomic charts - always a good addition to a tack room or other horsey area, I never appreciated these works of art until after getting into school. Renew your sense of appreciation for the athlete your horse is by always keeping those muscles and bone in view. For those dog and cat people in the audience - wall art is available for you too! I recommend these
Hoof picks - trust me on this one. No true horse person will turn down a gift of a hoof pick. I wouldn't mind getting 3 or 4 in my stocking.
Exotic sands art - I first saw these in Colorado last summer and have been fascinated ever since. They are gorgeous, mesmerizing, and incredibly beautiful. They calm me and I can stare at them for a very very long time. But alas - they are a less than practical item and too expensive for a starving student. I was planning on asking/buying one as a graduation gift to place on my desk - but Matt bought me one!
Long underwear - silks or good quality wool ones, like Smartwool. Yes they are expensive. Yes it isn't the "fun-est" gift you've ever gotten. But that person will think of you fondly every. single. time. they climb into the saddle, go backpacking, slip into a sleeping bag, or do anything outside or inside for fun or work. I promise.
Gift certificate for a favorite pair of riding tights - there are people like me that absolutely refuse to pay $100 for a pair of riding tights that will be used to cross rivers and deserts, and will mostly likely be dragged through the muck and mire and worn for a week straight. Unfortunately, the only tights that we will wear to a ride are the ones that are $100+, so we depend on a steady supply of used and discounted pairs….how nice to order new from the company in a color of our choosing!!!!!!! Here's mine……hint hint hint……
Wine vacuum saver - because no one should finish a bottle on their own in a single night.
Platypus bottle - very neat alternative to a camelbak and more versatile. Can bridge that gap between unwieldy camelbak and hard plastic space-taking-up water bottle. (see REI website)
Barefoot shoes - such as soft stars. Going barefoot has made a huge difference in my "soundness" and my overall wellness. Minimalist shoes are expensive and those us that wear them full time would appreciate a new pair :)
Breyer horse - I always wanted one as a child…..and recently I saw one that I really must have. It's a rendition of the "visible horse" - the grey horse that has bones and muscles and stuff painted on it. It's beautiful!!!!!! Any vet, vet student, vet wanna be will LOVE IT.
Discussion is officially over and we are moving onto Lecture: Pathology of Metabolic Bone Disorders so I'll leave you with these 9 things. Which is unfortunate because it would be so cliché to have 10 items!
I think we have hooves again
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Cops for Cancer's bike tour rolls into Burnaby on Monday and the public is invited to come out and support this worthy cause.
The event is at 2 p.m. at Burnaby City Hall.
What you'll see are the riders who are raising money to fight cancer.
What you won't see is the amazing beard Burnaby RCMP Const. Steve Roney normally rocks because he shaved it off to raise more than $600 for the cause.
As you can see from the photo, this beard was so good it would make hipsters on Commercial Drive drop to their knees and weep.
But, sacrifices need to be made if we're going to beat cancer.
Cops for Cancer is a program launched in partnership between first responders across the country and the Canadian Cancer Society, to support children and families affected by childhood cancer.
The inception of this program began with one police officer and has been growing rapidly amongst communities across Canada. Since 1997, the program has raised over $42 million to fund life-saving pediatric cancer research and support programs. As one of the largest funders of pediatric cancer research in Canada, it has contributed to pediatric cancer survival rates which have increased from 71% in the 1980s to over 83% today.


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Viet Nam Biking Tours and Charity Activities to Attract Cyclists and Donors
It is Bike for Life Vietnam that pioneers this sports tourism model to excite the cyclists and donors who can discover the charming S-shaped country in a different sports channel. The cycling trips shower you with opportunities to cherish Nature, make friends, enhance teamwork spirit, do charity, and obtain sweet memories after all.
Cycling to the pristine and beautiful destinations with Viet Nam Biking Tours
The tour packages let cyclists challenge themselves by overcoming their cycling limits and reaching the next level of excitement. Riding a bike through the off-the-beaten-track trails exhilarates people who can discover almost every corner of the pristinely beautiful sites. Often, the captivating destinations like Cai Be (Mekong Delta), Can Gio Mangrove Forest, Ma Da Forest, Tri An Lake, Bao Loc (Lam Dong), etc., please the explorers with the natural beauty, picturesque sightseeing, and boundless photography opportunities. Also, dozens of cultural discovery occasionsin Viet Nam biking toursare for you to see how local fishermen catching fish, enjoy local food, visit verdant orchards, and more.
Making friends with other likeminded cyclists during cycling trips in Viet Nam
During the biking trails, you can expect to mingle with other cyclists who share a passion for cycling and discovering the new destinations. Also, the bike for charity in Viet Nam helps to connect all donors and cyclists together, which results in the meaningful journeys of a lifetime. Getting away from the city bustle, people find it easy and comfortable to make friends with other bikers who can together play, sing, tell jokes, etc., and support each other.
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With Viet Nam biking tour packages, groups of cyclists can build the teamwork spirit throughout the trips and the challenges they together overcome. Even after the cycling journey, the meanings of teamwork are still visible in their work and life, especially when they travel with colleagues, friends, life partner, or family member. Helping each other to fix the puncture, stimulating them to ride through the stream, together reaching the destinations, enjoying delicious food, etc., will be the unforgettable moments to cherish even till the old age.
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It will never be too late to show your kindness by doing charity and cycling to the charity houses in Viet Nam. Getting to the loving home of the disabled kids and orphans, for example, you can choose to become a volunteer (who helps the kids in their physical therapy or feed them, etc.), or make a donation. The social mission makes the biking tours in Viet Nam more meaningful than ever, as you know that you can do something kind and nice to the unfortunate people.
The Bike for Life cyclists will be provided with useful information about the charity houses before they bike to get there. As a result, you know in advance what the centers need, such as the products of physical care, nutrition, etc. The tour agency Bike for Life Vietnam (http://bikeforlifevietnam.com/ ) will be in charge of making every information practical to you so that your donations bring the best effects.
The cycling adventures take you to the off-the-beaten-track destinations in Viet Nam which are ideal for biking with the scenic landscapes, friendly people, and interesting culture. Also, the charity addresses in Viet Namwhere you can donate during the trips will be informed to you by the Bike for Life Viet Nam who takes responsibilities for the accuracy and verification of the places. Let's pack, bike, and do charity to make your Vietnam cycling trip as meaningful and overjoyed as possible.


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Written by Ken Gaebler
Published: 10/18/2013
Location-sharing platform makes moves to expand advertising program to businesses of all sizes in an attempt to capture larger share of local, mobile ad market.
Like all social media providers, monetization and revenue generation are key concerns for Foursquare, one of the world's leading location-sharing platforms. And as a small business owner, there are plenty of reasons why you should use mobile advertising to reach target audiences, especially those located in close proximity to your physical store.
According to a recent report at TechCrunch, Foursquare is making a big step toward monetizing its business model and equipping small business owners with local advertising tools with Foursquare Ads, an advertising program that allows businesses of all sizes to promote localized messages to the Foursquare's 40+ million global user base.
Until now, Foursquare's advertising program was limited to select advertisers, many of which were large companies with significant mobile marketing budgets. The change will enable all businesses to advertise on the platform and will target companies that have already registered their locations with Foursquare, giving their businesses added exposure in localized search results.
The measure of success for Foursquare's advertising program will be based on the number of people who actually visit the advertiser's business and advertisers will be charged according to the number of visitors that are driven to the location through the site.
"We're moving past the days when business owners have to figure out if a 'like' or a 'click' has any meaning in the real world," said Foursquare With the focus on the physical delivery of people to locations, the measure of effectiveness becomes the number of people who saw the ad and actually became customers as a result.
Although Foursquare Ads is currently only available through Foursquare's own mobile and web platforms, it is widely believed that the company will eventually offer promotional opportunities on Twitter and other sites where users routinely share their Foursquare locations.
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Second message in a series titled, "Bible Lifehacks". While Jesus won the victory for us through his atonement, it is the responsibility of each believer to work out their salvation on a daily basis. This series looks at 6 Keys that are given by God to aid us in 'Unlocking' our personal victory!
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