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Even before the recession, provincial spending was on an unsustainable trajectory. Now revenues have fallen precipitously. Last month, former central bank governor David Dodge warned governments to get their fiscal houses in order.
"Budget season is coming up," he told The Globe and Mail in an interview. "If we don't see a plan laid out … there is a risk that markets will begin to lose confidence in what's going on." Ontario in particular, he said, will have to experience serious fiscal retrenchment.
Current trends would see Ontario's total debt balloon to more than $230-billion by 2011. Last fall, the province's credit rating was downgraded in response to a projected annual deficit of almost $25-billion. Credit downgrades increase the cost of borrowing, making the deficit grow even faster. And provincial planners had better not count on growth in tax revenue. Ontario's industrial base is going through a challenging restructuring and renewal process that will continue for years to come.
Meanwhile, program costs keep rising. This year Ontario is expected to be the first province requiring half of its total revenues just to pay for health care. Education costs continue to rise as well, but apparently not fast enough for the McGuinty government. The province recently announced a fully paid, all-day kindergarten program for four- and five-year-olds that will cost some $1.5-billion per year when fully implemented. Let's hope earlier childhood education helps these youngsters shoulder their future share of Ontario's public debt, which will be around $20,000 per capita by the time they start grade one.
Ontario's surreal state of denial on the true scope of its fiscal challenges can't continue much longer. Just as individuals lose control of their personal finances when debts spiral out of control, so it is with public debt. And in both cases the workout is long and painful.
Ontario is our biggest province and it's in the biggest trouble. But it's not alone. Alberta is running a $6.9-billion deficit, Quebec $4.7-billion, B.C. $2.8-billion, Saskatchewan $1.1-billion, New Brunswick $800-million, Manitoba $600-million, Nova Scotia $600-million, Newfoundland and Labrador $400-million, and Prince Edward Island almost $100-million.
The provinces can't count on being bailed out by rising revenues because the economic recovery is expected to be long and ragged. And raising tax rates would be counterproductive and politically toxic. The only realistic option is to put the brakes on spending. But how?
The obvious place to start is health care, every province's biggest and fastest rising expense. Our aging population and the higher cost of new technology made health care unsustainable well before the recession battered provincial revenues. There are three basic options for reining in costs: rationing of services, changing delivery models, and implementing user fees.
Without moving beyond our bureaucratic, monopolistic, rigidly unionized delivery system, the only option is more severe service rationing. As I witnessed in the state-run department stores of the former Soviet Union, rationing always leads to longer lineups and even worse shortages.
Independent studies rank Canada's health care system well behind that of other developed countries. The Euro-Canada Health Consumer Index, a joint project of European-based Health Consumer Powerhouse and Canada's conservative Frontier Centre For Public Policy, ranks the performance of our health care system as 23rd out of 30 when compared with European countries.
In the top 11 are the Netherlands, Austria, Luxemburg, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, France, Finland, Norway and Belgium. Little Estonia's 12th-place ranking is 11 places ahead of Canada, which ranked just behind Slovakia and ahead of Malta. The peer-reviewed study (available online) is professional and thorough, with overall rankings developed from examination of five major categories further divided into 32 subcategories. The good news for Canadians is that once access is gained to our health care system, outcomes compared well. The bad news is that long waiting times put Canada in last place in terms of accessibility and "bang for the buck." It's outrageous that, with the fourth-highest per capita spending, our overall performance ranked 23rd out of 30. Increasingly inaccessible and delivering the worst value for money, the undeniable conclusion is that our health care system urgently needs major surgery.
But why is it suffering from these afflictions? A 2008 study from the Fraser Institute entitled "How Good is Canadian Health Care?" provided a diagnosis and a prescription. As the report's co-author Nadeem Esmail said on its release: "Canada is the only OECD country that outlaws privately funded health care service. Every top performing OECD nation has some form of user-pay, private provision health care. The evidence clearly shows that these systems are delivering better health care for their citizens. Nearly 85 per cent of OECD countries also charge user fees for access to health care services such as doctor visits and hospital care. More than half of OECD countries also permit private providers to deliver publicly funded care." So if your business is in the process of going bankrupt and your biggest division has the highest cost structure and the poorest service, you restructure or die. Will Ontario lead its provincial peers in fundamental health-care change, or simply slowly drown in a sea of red ink?


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So this whole mom-ing thing is kind of a mind fuck. Each time you think you've got it down, you've got it locked and loaded, you have a plan and a system and you're going to WIN the the whole "I can have it all!" myth, the baby just so casually changes her mind.
With no notice whatsoever.
And then all that carefully laid groundwork just goes to … crap. Down the drain. And then you understand that that cute toothless grin and the "Braaaahbabagah gah gah" actually means "Nice try, sucker!"
I thought I had this whole thing figured out. Okay, not actually this whole thing, but I had at least found a solution to consistently getting exercise and feeling human after yet another night during which no chunk of sleep dared cross the threshold of more-than-two-hours.
I had our routine buttoned up tight. At night, I prepped the stroller with the 10 million things you can't leave the house without. I laid out my running clothes so there would be NO EXCUSES. In the morning, I'd get up, change the baby, brush my teeth, and go for a run. I bought the stroller, I committed to leaving the house without brushing my hair, and I even committed to running.
Which, as y'all know, is a sign of desperate times.
Need more proof? I even waited until AFTER the run to drink coffee.
And then. THEN.
Mackenzie decided she hates the stroller.
She screams bloody murder whenever I put her in it. And no matter how high I crank up the volume on my headphones, I can still hear her.
And even if I couldn't hear her, and just kept my gaze up and on the road ahead, the concerned looks on fellow morning runners' faces was evidence enough of the baby torture ensuing below. I'll have a big heaping pile of mom guilt for breakfast, k thx.
I can't tell you how many 'runs' have ended up with me carrying the baby in one hand, pushing the stroller with the other, and overall feeling like a not-even-sweaty chump.
So, clearly, Mackenzie doesn't want me to run. And I gotta say, I secretly love her for it.
However, that does take me back to … not working out. At all. (Yeah, don't believe what my Instagram tells you).
It's insane to me that my whole job is about healthy living, and I can barely make a workout happen once a week. Yep, this week, I managed one actual workout. Yoga on Sunday morning, which perfectly coincided with Mac's nap. And also Nathan wanted to take a nap. So I snuck away from my sleepy family for a quick hit of power vinyasa.
Where does that leave other women who have regular office, non-fitness jobs? How do they do it?
The thing is, I know all the information. I know that exercising makes me better at my business and a better mom, wife, etc. I know that it's all about priorities. I know that failing to plan means planning to fail. I know to crank out a few squats while she pulls up to standing and to plank while she "reorganizes" her bookshelf. I know all those things, and I still can't get 'er done.
The truth is, when I have time without the baby, I prioritize work. Without fail. (Except that one time I collapsed on the couch and read gossip blogs for about 30 seconds before falling asleep, hard. That was a weird day).
The outline I started this post with ended with a neat little kicker. Here's how I planned to wrap up this stream-of-consciousness white flag of despair:
I overcame my lack of exercise by doing X and Y to work out with my baby! After finished working out with this pumpkin, I transformed it into local organic baby food, and did I mention I'm crushing it at work?! #MomLife #WIN #LEANINBITCHES
I also intended this post to be a sponsored one, but all these feelings I didn't realize I had derailed the whole plan. So after I finished venting my feelings here, I also wrote this sunnier post, with cuter clothes.
The truth is, there's no nicely packaged little lesson I can tie a pretty bow on. This shit is hard. And I only have one kid, and a supportive partner. FUCK.
The one thing I keep coming back to is a little mantra a former yoga instructor used to tell us in class:
It's never too late to start from scratch.
She'd say that in pretty much every class, usually while holding us hostage for at least 15 minutes. Sometimes her classes would run 30 or 45 minutes over. I used to resent how late she'd go—didn't she know we all had somewhere to be?—but now I'm grateful that I COULD stay late in yoga, and for that nugget of wisdom that I might not have remembered otherwise.
I feel like I'm starting from scratch, every single day. So there you have it.
Or as Mac would say, "Braaaahbabagah gah gah."

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Now at Bibina we have a new range of Organic Kombucha tea drinks.
Pep Tea brew its Kombucha right here in the Hunter Valley… it's low in sugar, gluten free, low GI and low care carb, but still big on flavour.
Pep Tea's organic kombucha tea comes in 4 great flavours :-
At only $2.95 per bottle it's great value, but here at Bibina we have an introductory offer of 24-bottle cartons of Pep Tea Kombucha priced at just $48, which works out at $2 per bottle.


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Plaid + Pink
Believe it or not, I'm writing this post from Florida. Although this is an outfit I enjoyed over the holidays in Wisconsin, I've packed my boots away for the next few months. Remember the "big decision" I alluded to in my last post? Well…I've decided to spend some time living in the Sunshine State with my brother and his sweet girlfriend to kick off 2016. While this may sound like a relaxing escape from reality, I assure you it's not going to be a season long vacation for me. I'll still be running my shop (that's the beauty of the internet), I plan to find a part time job, meet new people, and spend some time finding the clarity that I seem to have lost towards the end of last year. Ever since August a series of things that were important to me began falling apart which lead to a month or so of seriously crippling anxiety. My heart told me I needed to get out and I have no doubts about my decision. I'm not entirely sure what this means for the blog during this time. Of course I will try to post as frequently as I am able to, but since I no longer live a few miles away from my photographer you'll have better luck keeping up with me on Instagram or Snapchat (katelyn_now). I've even recently resurrected my twitter from the dead, but I mostly just share quotes that I'm currently focusing on and random thoughts about men…that's what it's for right? (I kid). Anyway, thank you guys for sticking around for another year of reading this little blog! I'm excited to see where it will take us in 2016 :)
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Hong Kong's food safety watchdog said on Wednesday that it has over the past few days found several contaminated products in the city, including chilled tuna, ice-cream and raw oysters.
Among the various findings, excessive level of mercury was discovered in frozen tuna products imported by City'Super from Japan, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) said, citing tests conducted last Saturday.
Mercury could impair human nervous system and brain development. Expectant mothers and children should stay away from larger types of fish, such as tuna, which is more likely to carry more mercury inside, the watchdog said, according to Ming Pao Daily.
City'Super, which operates several supermarkets in the city, meanwhile said on Wednesday that it has removed some tuna meat from its shelves. It was not clear whether any of the contaminated meat had already been sold to customers.
Among other tests conducted by the CFS, a sample of milk-flavored ice-cream made locally by a company in Tsuen Wan showed coliform count that was 19 times more than standard level.
The CFS has ordered the company to stop supplying the product. The Tsuen Wan firm claimed that the item had been sold to just two restaurants.
In a third routine testing operation, CFS found organic oysters sold at 'Green dot dot' shop at Tsing Yi MTR Station were contaminated by E. Coli.
The watchdog has instructed the vendor to stop the sale of the oysters that were imported from New Zealand, and recall some batches already in the market.
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Apples from Shinar - a Special Centenary Edition
October 2011 - Wesleyan University Press announces the publication, in fall 2011, of a special centenary edition of Hyam Plutzik's critically acclaimed collection, Apples from Shinar, which was his second complete collection.
Originally published in 1959 as a part of Wesleyan's newly minted poetry series, the collection includes "The Shepherd"—a section of the book-length poem "Horatio," which earned Plutzik a finalist position for the Pulitzer Prize. "The love and the words and the simplicity" that mark Plutzik's poetry, writes Philip Booth, "are all here [in Apples from Shinar], and the poems come peacefully, and wonderfully, alive." With a previously unpublished foreword by Hyam Plutzik and a new afterword by David Scott Kastan, this edition marks the centenary of Plutzik's birth and will introduce a new generation of readers to the work of one of the best mid-century American poets.


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Hitler finds out about remix culture during his lifetime
In 1941 or '42 depending who you believe, the British Ministry of Information edited clips of Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will to show Nazis marching in step to a popular song of the time, "The Lambeth Walk". They passed this short propaganda remix film to newsreel companies. It's possible that Hitler viewed it or heard about it, although he probably didn't yell at his generals as we'd like to imagine.
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How do they know the Thing can talk?
It's the same kind of mistake they make in Star Wars, Star Trek and a million other sci-fi shows, when Spock or an android says, "Our plan of action only has a 2.33276 percent chance of success, Captain." Malarkey.
Worse, the characters assume that after transforming into a human (or infecting a human), that person will be able to speak English. Sorry, but cells can't tell which language you speak. Or to put it another way, if you were genetically engineering a creature to somehow mimic another creature perfectly, it would be one step to get the appearance of the host creature, but much harder to make it absorb the mind or memories or knowledge of the host. Maybe it would access memories and knowledge if it infected a fully living human, but to change the victim's attitude would still require a pretty complex parasite.
If you rely on decades of watching or reading sci-fi stories about shape-shifting alien doppelgangers, the coolest kind are the ones who get into your memories and talk. But other than following sci-fi tropes, there's no good reason to assume that an organism would be able to do that.
... I realize that we see characters who are later revealed as converted alien or infected human, so we eventually know that they can speak English. The question is: on what basis do all the characters jump to this conclusion before they have evidence of it?
The Killing key card doesn't work
Linden and Holder seem to have made a bad assumption, which means the writers made a bad assumption. They find a magnetic key card with blood on it (Rosie's?) after tearing up the floor of the room in the casino where Linden saw it. I assume it's not a badge or ID card exactly, because they never clearly showed if there was someone's photo or name printed on it. They take the key card to Seattle city hall and try it at various doors. The latest clues seemed to point to the Mayor organizing a conspiracy, but the key card won't open the door to the Mayor's office. The card does open the door to Richmond's campaign office. We then cut to Jamie and Gwen, Richmond's two highest campaign advisers, watching their boss at a rally. If they reveal the killer in the final episode, I assume it won't be either of them, because they could hardly have made this red herring trail more clear if they had neon arrows pointing at them.
And if you didn't expect a lot of red herrings in this show, then you weren't paying attention. In the first five minutes of the first episode of this show, we see two red herrings, not even police-clue red herrings, but tactics to mislead viewers. We see a woman with red hair jogging through the woods. Then we hit pause on Silence of the Lambs and switch over the to channel where the first episode of The Killing is starting, a woman with red hair jogging through the woods. Intercut with her scenes are shots of Rosie running away from someone in the dark, presumably the night before. The jogging protagonist stops and sees something by the shore. Was it just my dying tv going dark, or did she see some kind of dead animal on the beach? Or was I just thinking she'd find Laura Palmer wrapped in plastic? To me, they built it up for her to discover the corpse, and then they faked out. She gets a call to come to a crime scene.
She gets to the crime scene and talks with cops who make the usual crime-scene chitchat we're used to from endless police procedurals. Then she gets into the building and in place of a corpse, they have a sex doll. Surprise, happy retirement party for Linden. They lead you down a path, then fake you out. After seeing that, why would you think the show is going to have straightforward resolutions to any of the mysteries?
The problem in this latest episode is that ID badges or key cards are not permanently set. If you get fired, they can reprogram the sensors in the building so your ID key card doesn't work anymore on any of the doors in the building. All they proved with their test is that at the time our heroes checked it, the card is set to open Richmond's office and not the Mayor's. They haven't proved that it always worked on Richmond's door or never worked on the Mayor's door. It's hard to judge how much time passed between the casino chief finding out they had the card, and the time that Linden and Holder test the doors with the key card. But the scenes go from daylight to dark, and it shows several scenes of different characters in different places. It comes after we see the casino chief calls to warn someone (which appears to be the Mayor), after the Mayor has time to summon the shady police Lt, who orders the arrest of Linden & Holder. Plenty of time for the Mayor or somebody to reprogram it so the key won't work, or to make it suddenly work on the wrong office doors.
Also note that this is 24 days after Rosie's murder, according to the title card that shows near the start of the episode. Even if the owner of the ID key card didn't know they lost it at the casino or that it was incriminating, even if they think they lost it at the mall, it's standard operating procedure to report a key card lost. At that point, security will reprogram the locks so that the lost card will not open any doors, and they'll issue a new key card to the person. That would happen passively, any time a person reports a lost key card.
I think this is a mistake, not a conscious decision by the writers. But the show is so full of red herrings and steering away from suspects that have been built up, I wouldn't be surprised if they decide to switch back somehow and explain that the key card system was reprogrammed. Whoever seems least likely to have committed the murder, but who has had a reasonable amount of screen time, is whodunnit. Maybe Jamie or Gwen. I would almost guess Richmond, following the Law & Order Biggest Guest Star rule. Any time a really big movie star guests on Law & Order, they aren't doing it to play a really juicy role as witness or murder victim or minor character. Almost without fail, the biggest guest star turns out to be the villain, the focus of the episode, the second most screen time next to the regular cast, a role that lets them chew the scenery.
In The Killing, the biggest guest star is The Rocketeer, Billy Campbell. They've steered us away from Richmond, given him a decent alibi, and made him a more or less sympathetic character. Maybe he managed to jump off a bridge in one town, get pulled out of the water and drive back in time to murder the girl? Maybe he paid that fisherman to claim he jumped off the bridge. It could be even more satisfying because after you get over your surprise that he did it, you'll remember all those hints they dropped in the first season, and you'll say, "I knew he was shady all along!"


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It's been a whirlwind of a fall for us! Sarah got married, went to St. Lucia for her honeymoon, and jetted off the Denver for a weekend with some girlfriends. I spent the past couple of months celebrating Sarah and Ryan's nuptials, exploring California, checking off my fall bucket list, renovating a new house, and tackling projects around our current house to put it on the market. We are hoping to wrap up renovations and move around Thanksgiving, and our fingers are crossed that we'll sell our current house quickly.
Kindly Kentucky has taken a backseat, and I know that it may well stay there for the next couple of months as the bustle of the holiday season begins and the house projects and move continue. However, we plan to have a couple posts each week through the holiday season and resume more regular posts after the new year. Thanks for bearing with us!
Since we have been a little absent the past couple of months, here's what's going on with me...
Reading: I'm a little late to the game, but I'm currently reading The Girl on the Train. I read The Nightingale this fall too, and it was hands down the best book I've read this year.
Watching: I just finished Parenthood on Netflix. Sooo good! Like everyone else, I've been watching This Is Us.
Eating: Lots of applesauce. Homemade applesauce is so easy to make, and I can eat it for every meal. I started making it in June with the first crop of apples, and the orchard I normally buy from still has fresh apples!
Wearing: This cozy pullover every morning to walk the dog.
Using: Houzz and Pinterest A LOT! I'm trying to get ideas for paint colors, kitchen designs, and living room ideas.
Wanting (also kinda needing): Living room furniture. We plan to use our current living room furniture for the tv room in our new basement, so we need all new living room furniture for our new house. Making decisions about new furniture stresses me out! Specifically, deciding on colors and upholstery fabrics really stresses me out. I also want a few new rugs for the kitchen and dining room. (Side note: I led a session on managing money for a group of freshman this week, and we had a long conversations about needs vs. wants. I'm totally aware that this section is the most lengthy, and I know my husband probably isn't surprised.)
Considering: More house-related decisions... Do I want practical granite or beautiful Carrara marble to replace the laminate countertops in the kitchen? What are your thoughts? I'd love to hear from you if you've experienced the same dilemma or have and love one of the options.
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A man was in charge of the State Employees Association of North Carolina for a decade and a half. However, it turns out that he was stealing money during that time, taking around half a million dollars.
Know your rights when you are charged with a crime
Anyone facing a criminal charge might feel like they are facing an uphill battle. While it is true that building a defense is often rather difficult, all defendants should understand that they have a right to present a defense to the charges against them. We can help defendants look into the options that might help them resolve their case.
Sexting teens face felony charges for sexual exploitation
North Carolina laws regarding sending nude photos of minors is very strict. In fact, being convicted of merely having nude photos of minors on your phone can lead to you having to register as a sex offender. Interestingly, the laws regarding sexting don't take the age of the sender or recipient into account.
What does it mean to plead the Fifth?
When you are facing criminal charges, one of the most important things you can do is to ensure that your rights are being respected. There are a variety of rights that you have. One of these is the right to not incriminate yourself, which is granted to you by the Fifth Amendment. This is where the phrase "plead the Fifth" comes from.
Drag racer facing multiple murder charges after accident
Law enforcement officials say that a man participating in an illegal drag race is responsible for a crash that resulted in the deaths of four people and injuries to several others. The accident occurred on the evening of July 12 in Middlesex, North Carolina. According to a spokesperson with the North Carolina Highway Patrol, the defendant has since been charged with three counts of second-degree murder and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the accident.
What are Miranda rights?
Anyone who has ever watched a movie or TV show involving an arrest is probably familiar with Miranda rights. Also referred to as being "Mirandized," being read your Miranda rights is to inform you that you have the right to refuse to answer officers' questions during an interrogation. You can also choose to invoke your Fifth Amendment right to have an attorney present during questioning to help advise you on what -- if anything -- to answer.
What you need to know if you are accused of identity theft
The advances in modern technology have made it much easier for consumers to use electronic methods in which to transfer their money. This is true whether you are shopping for clothes online using a credit card or withdrawing money from an ATM using a debit card. The tremendous advantages provided by these convenient and efficient payment methods also makes them vulnerable to exploitation.
Presenting a defense against charges of violent crimes
All criminal charges are serious, but felony charges involving violent crimes can come with some of the harshest penalties in the case of a conviction. While a criminal defense attorney can help any defendant better navigate the North Carolina justice system, legal representation is absolutely critical for those facing charges of murder, manslaughter or assault.
How do the courts decide whether to grant an appeal?
Defendants in North Carolina who have been convicted of a crime have the right to appeal the verdict if they believe that there was an error made during the course of the trial that affected the verdict. While appealing can be a beneficial move for many defendants, it is not possible or warranted in all cases. Understanding how the appellate courts decide whether to grant or deny a defendant's appeal is an important part of the criminal defense process.
Lincolnton, North Carolina police nab man wanted on gun charges
On Dec. 27, police in Lincolnton, North Carolina, announced that they had captured a man who was wanted on federal weapons charges. The Lincolnton, North Carolina, police chief said that his department received a call earlier that afternoon from a woman claiming that a man was attempting to break into her home. Officers responded quickly and were attracted by sound to someone running through a nearby wooded area. A brief foot chase ensued, which resulted in the arrest of a 49-year-old man whom police say has a prior criminal history that includes four felonies.


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A Call to Action
On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Marily Mondejar wrote:
Dear Awesome Pinay Women!!
It's almost Filipina Summit time and we have recruited most of the attendees who do not live in the United States for a Global Filipina Leaders session. We've never done this before and I think it's going to be very interesting—especially about the global leader competencies of our own Filipina women. Dr. Beebe will be sharing with you the Global Competencies for Leaders from the research conducted by the Center for Creative Leadership. We will frame the session based on these competencies. Read on for the description of the session.
Whoa! This is quite a large panel so it's going to be exciting. Let's think deeply of how much work we need to do to ensure that Filipina women will have seats at the corporate tables worldwide. What do we need to do? How have your experiences worked for you and will work for others? I hope you can all get started with the conversation via email.
The summit's theme this year 2013 is "Global Filipina Women: Power & Influence"—it's a historic celebration for FWN. We are celebrating our 10th year and we're global now with the selection of the "100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the World Awards"—awardees selected are coming from Dubai, Japan, Bangladesh, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, Guam, Poland, the Philippines and of course, the U. S. The gathering is about sharing best practices and career/personal advice through stories with your Filipina sisters!
This year, we have Learning Journeys to the campuses of Charles Schwab (10/24) and Google (10/25).
FWN's 10th Annual Filipina Leadership Summit: "Global Filipina Women: Power & Influence"
A Learning Journey To Filipina Global Power
The annual summit is more than a field trip, symposium or forum. It is a Learning Journey which immerses us in the reality—and long-range implications—of the politics of developing our career portfolio. These experiences enable us to deepen, accelerate, and internalize our own learning about the business of how to get ahead, assess our current career situation or business, how to advocate for what we want, and understanding the issues that influence Filipina women globally. Learning Journeys reflect our conviction that the most powerful learning occurs through interaction and sharing of experiences, not from books or speeches.
Here are the details:
• Saturday, October 26, 2013, 10:45am - 12:15pm
• Mark Hopkins InterContinental Hotel
• 999 California St. @ Mason, San Francisco
Filipina Global Leaders: Pinay, Pinay, saan ka pupunta? Nandito na ako!
The panelists will reflect on their definition of leadership and their leader identity, to what extent Philippine culture has underpinned their leadership, and what cultural adjustments were made to succeed in academia, government, corporate, and nonprofit sectors in the global workplace. From their reflection on their journey from the Philippines to the global workplace, the themes to be explored are:
- What has shaped their core identity, that fixed sense of self that underlie their continuously shifting multiple identities as they demonstrate their power and influence;
- How has their Philippine heritage formed their values, their sense of purpose and how they see the world;
- How have their experiences beyond home challenged or reinforced their notions of leadership;
- How do they cope with cognitive dissonance when Philippine traditional beliefs are at odds with the requirements of making it in the global workplace?
Through their personal narratives, the panelists will reflect on how and why certain global competencies were key to their success as influential Filipinas in the world. These competencies might include:
- Decision-making that is timely and effective.
- Negotiating the use of time, roles, and resources with individuals and groups to translate strategy into action.
- Setting direction, motivating, coaching, gaining and maintaining commitment.
- Knowing the business of the university, corporate, and NGO and making it work.
- Dealing well with setbacks, and remaining calm, resolute and resilient under stress.
- Knowing how to conduct business throughout the world.
- Perspective taking, listening well, accepting divergent points of view, and acting and communicating from the perspective of others.
- Innovating by integrating knowledge, perspectives and entities to create new outcomes.
- Adapting to meet cultural expectations.
Understanding Filipina women's leadership styles have implications for gender, intercultural leadership research and practice in the global environment. Understanding how Filipina women bridge the range of Filipino and global cultures will contribute to a theory of culture; challenge existing theories of multi-culturalism; and, extend the thinking on co-culturation and global moral leadership.
Session Chair: Dr. Maria Beebe (U.S. FWN100 '11; Global FWN100™)
Lucille Lozada Tenazas, Henry Wolf Professor, Parsons The New School for Design
Dr. Maria Beebe, Founding Partner, Global Networks
Speaker Panel
- Annette M. David, MD, MPH, Founder and Director of Consulting Services, Health Partners LLC; Adjust Research Faculty, University of Guam Cancer Research Center, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Hawaii
- Astrid Tuminez, Ph.D., Regional Director, Legal and Corporate Affairs, Southeast Asia, Microsoft, Inc., Singapore
- Carmencita Padilla MD, Director, Newborn Screening Reference Center, Executive Director, Philippine Genome Center
- Evelia Religioso, Vice President - REVA Farms, President - Siniloan Feeds Corporation
- Eileen Aparis, Executive Director, Apl.de.ap Foundation
- Imelda M. Nicolas, Cabinet Secretary, Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO), Office of the President of the Philippines
- Isabelita Manalastas-Watanabe, President & Representative Director, Speed Money Transfer Japan Kabushiki Kaisha
- Marife Zamora, Managing Director, AsiaPac and EMEA, Convergys Corporation
- Mary Ann Lucille L. Sering, Cabinet Secretary of Climate Change, Climate Change Commission, Republic of the Philippines
- Mary Jane Alvero-Al Mahdi, CEO, Geoscience Testing Laboratory, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Michele Bumgarner Miranda, Indycar Race Driver, Bumgarner Racing
- Nina Datu Aguas, Chief Executive Officer and President, Philippine Bank of Communications Inc.
- Patricia Gallardo Dwyer, Group Director of Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability (Global), Shangri-La International Hotel Management, Ltd
- Patricia V. Paez, Philippine Ambassador to Poland, Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia, Republic of the Philippines
- Patricia Riingen, Senior Vice President, East & South Asia, Western Union
- Suzie Moya Benitez, Trustee and Executive Director, Bayanihan Folk Arts Foundation; Associate Vice President, Campus Life Philippine Women's University
This is a very informal Kwentuhan session (a la "The View") among kindred spirits on civic engagement, public service and political action. We'd like the discussion to incorporate the summit theme and the attendees to leave with an action item of what they can do to get more engaged in the community. Dr. Beebe who co-chairs the FEMtorMatch Global Initiative will be contacting you to formulate the flow of the sessions.
Edcelyn Pujol is the Summit Steering Committee Co-Chair.
I suggest that an email conversation get you all started before the session. Please cc me your email thread if you want me to weigh in, if necessary.
Thanks again for doing this. Feel free to call Edcelyn, Maria Beebe, or myself if you have any questions or reply to this email to me ONLY.
Take care and see you in a few days.


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Bison barbecue available for a limited time at Affare
Martin Heuser's bison schnitzel and maultaschen celebrate the German-born chef's love affair with American bison.
"For me, the bison is the ultimate American animal," says Heuser, who owns the Crossroads restaurant Affare.
Starting tonight (Wednesday), diners can order bison top round that has been breaded like a schnitzel served with German-style potato salad and a smoked onion-sherry cream sauce or maultaschen, a ravioli stuffed with barbecue bison meat and spinach, served in a caramelized onion bison broth.
Beyond his contemporary German-inflected barbecue menu items, Heuser will also offer some upscale Kansas City dishes, as well as some Polynesian barbecue riffs for a total of nine items. Prices range from $8 for bison-barley soup to $36 for the smoked bison ribeye steak and bison ribs.
But don't dawdle: The bison items are only available until he sells out of the meat, and last time he featured bison on the menu it was gone within a week.
Heuser buys his grass-fed, 20-day dry-aged meat from Lazy D Heart Ranch in Westmoreland, Kan., in the Flint Hills. He retrieved the 400-pound side late last week then butchered the meat at his restaurant on Saturday.
By Sunday Heuser was tending a smoker in the back alley behind his restaurant and learning the finer points of barbecuing bison with Russ Muehlberger, a multiple American Royal grand champion. Heuser, a master chef, is known for his touch with game meats but he says he was less familiar with Kansas City's traditional low-and-slow barbecue techniques.
"We bonded on Saturday and Sunday rubbing and smoking, showing me the black outer crust and the ruby-red meat color where the salt penetrated the meat," Heuser says of the collaboration. "He's the kind of guy who can smell smoke and say, 'cherry.'"
Muehlberger also assisted in making some of the sides and sauces, including a honey-spice barbecue sauce made with pureed raisins and a mustard horseradish sauce for the bison ribeye.
Because bison is so lean, Heuser and Muehlberger used rendered fat from previous bison purchases. The meat was dipped into liquid "lard" to keep it from drying out. "It's not pork," Heuser warns, "so you're not going to taste the fat with leaner bison."
Dry aging also adds to the tenderness, Muehlberger says.
Heuser uses all parts of the bison "from the neck to the leg" — including the bones, which are used to make consomme and demi-glace. "Nothing goes to waste," he says.
And a special menu deserves a special dessert: Heuser's pastry chef, JCCC culinary team member Kathryn Ratzlaff, developed a light champagne sorbet with honey-caramel peach compote on buttermilk pie decorated with dried peach skin, which one server noted during a Tuesday night tasting reminded them of the hide of a bison.
Jill Wendholt Silva is Chow Town's James Beard award-winning food editor, lead restaurant critic and blog curator. Reach her at @kcstarfood and @chowtownkc.


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The Times has converted all of its 1964 issues into a digitized, searchable format. Each week, The Upshot will unearth an item from 50 years ago and put it in the light of today. "$1.50 Wage Drive Is Opened in City" appeared on June 19 and can be seen in its original format on TimesMachine.
New York City politicians seek permission to raise the city's minimum wage above $10 an hour. Opponents push back, saying the wage should be the same throughout the state. The Times covers the debate.
We have seen this play before.
This week in 1964, the City Council and Mayor Robert Wagner reached agreement on a plan to raise the city's minimum wage to $1.50 an hour, or $11.47 in today's dollars. But, we reported at the time, it was unclear whether the plan would survive a court challenge — and, in fact, it was struck down later that year, on the grounds that state law prevented cities from increasing the wage on their own.
Many of the same arguments can be heard today as Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo debate what the wage should be and whether the city should be allowed to have a higher minimum than that set by state law. And the range of options under discussion is also strikingly similar — an increase from $8 an hour, the current New York state minimum, to $10.10 an hour or more.
In 1964, the state minimum wage was $1.15 an hour, equivalent to $8.79 today. (Federal law at the time set a higher minimum, $1.25, or $9.56, but it applied to fewer workers than it does now.) In inflation-adjusted dollars, the state wage is now 9 percent below its level in 1964, and the federal wage is 24 percent lower.


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The American West has long been romanticized, but beyond that smoky haze of idyllicism lies the truth of the West— forgotten altered landscapes, rusty boom town trails, and miles of river intertwined with miles of railroad. Artists like C.M. Russell depicted the West as pure, wild land, but it's been tarnished. The idyllic Western landscape is an American fable. By contrasting paintings of the West with contemporary landscapes, American Mythos explores the dichotomy of fable and fate.
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Sauteed spice jerk rubbed jumbo Key West pink shrimp, roasted mango salsa
Filled with braised sirloin, rib eye, filet mignon, tarragon and Boursin cheese, topped with beef jus
Thick cut, tempura dusted crispy calamari, with roasted tomato coulis
Hand selected, large northeast oysters served with cocktail sauce, lemon, horseradish and tabasco
Fresh cut tuna tossed with citrus dressing, tomatoes, red onion and cilantro on top of avocado, crowned with cucumber cream, served with sesame rice crackers
Sauteed in preserved lemon & cucumber broth, served with potatoes and drizzled with chorizo infused oil
Three tempura and coconut crusted scallops nestled atop ginger orange marmalade, topped with scallions and beech mushrooms
Key West fresh conch, diced potato, assorted vegetables, cracked black pepper, crispy potato
Crispy Applewood smoked bacon, capicola, avocado, Maytag bleu cheese dressing
Romaine lettuce, fresh Florida key lime juice, shaved Asiago, caramelized pecans, white anchovy
Heirloom tomatoes, buffalo milk Burrata mozzarella, red onion jam, aged balsamic
Local organic mixed green salad tossed with fresh cut mango, golden beets, red beets. candied pecans, herbed goat cheese and house made balsamic dressing
During his time in Spain, Hemingway grew fond of the local matadors, even training with them. It was during this time he first discovered paella, made with the freshest offerings of the sea lobster, mussels, chorizo, fish, chicken, shrimp, scallops and saffron bomba rice
2 of our famous recipe crab cakes local sweet corn coconut grits, corn salsa and steamed asparagus
Grilled split lobster tails, served with tomato-drawn butter, fettuccini pasta and parmesan truffle foam
Split and steamed, house mash potatoes, asparagus cilantro butter sauce, clarified butter and lemon
Key West black grouper, grilled asparagus and artichokes, pine nuts, jumbo lump crabmeat, parmesan polenta cake and key lime coconut sauce
Blackened day boat scallops over Florida shrimp, crimini mushroom green pea risotto, touched by beef jus and wine butter sauce
Ricotta cheese ravioli, sautéed garlic spinach and dried papaya cream sauce
Local day boat tuna, caught 50 miles off Cape Canaveral's coast, crusted with wasabi peas, eggplant caponata, rainbow chard, yellow beets, honey crisp apple tea sauce
Orange mojo glaze mahi-mahi, avocado butter, saffron rice, hearts of palm confit, and pickled organic tomatomache salad
Hemingway founded "the Royal Order of Shrimp Eaters" in 1948 in Havana, Cuba. Papa would have been a fan of our take on this classic Jumbo tiger shrimp, pappardelle pasta, fried green tomatoes and cilantro white wine butter sauce
Grilled Atlantic wild salmon roasted garlicolive oil crushed Yukon gold potatoes, Swiss chard and local blueberry cider jam
Papa's home in Idaho was located just outside the sawtooth national forest our Idaho Organic beef is raised on those same lands, Amber spice and black pepper rubbed rib eye, crushed Yukon gold potatoes, jumbo green asparagus, barbecue sauce and horseradish parsley mojo
Sous vide style filet mignon, shiitake mushroom mojo, fingerling potatoes, glazed carrots, bordelaise sauce and bacon marmalade
Kobe flame grilled, pecorino cheese, parmesan truffle fries
Grilled free range chicken with Cuban sofrito, roasted mushrooms, sautéed spinach, double cooked marble potatoes and chorizo sauce
Golden and red beets, confit hearts of palm, pickled organic tomato, radicchio, avocado, organic carrots, watercress, sprouted quinoa and pistachio pesto
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On 30 Apr 2009, at 12:59 PM, Tom Wardrop wrote: > I've got some ideas relating to the progression of web applications > which I'd like to propose to the relevant body. Does anyone know who > I should send my proposals too, and are there any guidelines in > regards to how to write a proposal and what information to include? > I just want to have my ideas heard. Hello Tom, Do you work, by chance, for a W3C Member [1]? Ian [1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List -- Ian Jacobs (email@example.com) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/ Tel: +1 718 260 9447Received on Thursday, 30 April 2009 21:33:14 UTC
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Sunday 24 Novmeber 2019
9.00am - 5.00pm
Please note that the cut off date for enrolment is 4.00pm Thursday 7 Novmeber 2019
What You Learn
The principles of wine and food compatibility
Sensory appraisal of wine characteristics and quality
Introduction to main syles of wines available to front-line staff
What You Get
WSET Level 1 accreditation upon passing
WSET Level 1 course book
Broad understanding of wine and wine production
Materials to Bring
Pen for note taking
Dress Code
Neat casual dress required
In this course you will discover the delights of wine, wine production, handling and storage, the principles of wine, food compatibility and the sensory appraisal of wine characteristics and quality. This course will incorporate the components of the WSET Level 1 Award in Wine course and participants will be required to sit a one hour 30 question exam paper.
Enjoy the learning experience with tastings of all wines
The course covers:
• The principles of sensory taste
• Sparkling Wine and Champagne
• White Wine
• Red Wine
• Fortified and Dessert Wines
The wines are primarily from the region of Australia but with some interesting European grape varieties.
Participants will recieve WSET Level 1 Award in Wine Certificate and pin
For further details on the content, and to accessthe WSET global website, please visit the link below


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| Millennium Window
Artist: Bill Bleasdale
Church of St Idloes, Llanidloes, Powys
south wall
|Colyn Angau; Neu Gan yn Gosod Allan Ddrwg Pechod
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
|Adda ac Efa Yn Ngardd Eden
artist: James Cope
publisher: John Jones
about 1832-1842
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
| Sampler with Solomon's Temple
Carmarthenshire County Museum, Abergwili, Carmarthenshire
artist: William Strutt
Cathedral Church of St John Evangelist, Brecon, Powys
south transept
| Noah's Ark
detail from Noah's Ark and the Creation
about 1970-1980
Saron, Ynyshir, Rhondda Cynon Taff
|Arch Noah (Noah's Ark)
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
| Crucifixion with Nativity and Ascension
firm/studio: John Hardman & Co.
Church of St Enddwyn, Llanenddwyn, Gwynedd
east wall of the chancel
| Scenes from the Life of Christ
firm/studio: Ward & Hughes
designer: T. F. Curtis
Church of St Mary, Ruabon, Wrexham
west end of the south aisle
| Noah with Two Women and Animals
artist: Augustus John
National Museum, Cardiff
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A good friend suggested I reach out to a university to develop a business plan for AHandfulofDust. Martin Saffer, Kent Noble and Roland Kidwell from the University of Wyoming MBA program guided three MBA candidates in doing just that.
It was a great collaboration working with Anna Marie Chopping, Zachary Parrie and Josie Rose Wambach. They did a wonderful job of taking input from me and then researching business models, avenues of funding and distribution and the like.
I feel like I have a wonderful roadmap now, and am tremendously grateful for all the support and insights the whole team shared.
Thanks so very much!


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Yes, that's right May 16th is officially National Sea Monkey Day. Although this has nothing to do with shoes or fashion, I thought it was just too stupid a national day for me to not blog about. You can read all about this wonderful day on the seamonkeyworship.com page
I, in fact, spent some time on the investigating the magical world of sea monkies. I had some serious questions I had been needing to be answered since I was a child, like,
"why are they called sea monkies?"
"why the hell did my parents get me this again? I said I wanted a pony."
"You really spent 13 bucks on this? You could have gotten like 13 goldfish instead. What were you thinking?"
and finally,
"WTF are sea monkeys?"
"Why don't they die in that package?"
I found answers I've been wanting to know for more than a decade of confusion.
So, sea monkeys area variety of Artemia which are crustaceans such as Brine Shrimp or Seed Shrimps. Their correct latin name is Artemia nyos ("after the New York Ocean Science Laboratories where the hybrid Sea-Monkeys were developed. They do not die in that little packet you get them in because, according to the official sea monkey handbook they are,
"A true MIRACLE of nature, Sea-Monkeys actually exist in SUSPENDED ANIMATION! While inside their tiny eggs – yet unborn, they burn the "spark of life" for many YEARS! The Instant-Life cyrstals in which the eggs are enclosed, preserve their viability and help to extend still further – their unhatched life span!…The name scientists have given this amazing rare process is "cryptobiosis" which means "hidden life"
Kind of strange that the sea monkeys have hair on their chests, yet mysteriously it looks like that baby sea monkey is covering up its mom's twins, I'm not sure if she's got the chest hair too or she's got sea monkey mom boobs. If anyone figures in out, please let me know- it's important I will not be able to sleep until I know. Also, its funny how they found ways to cover up the male genitalia as well…oh sea monkeys so brilliant yet such bull shit, nevertheless, not as bad as the pet rock.
On the flip side, the inventor of the Pet Rock did sell over 5 million pet rocks at almost 4 bucks a pop, profiting $3 on every rock he sold, so he became a millionaire…
He even looks like the kind of guy that would invent a "pet rock" …
( I specifically made sure I posted this blog on a Saturday so that no one sitting in their dead end job in a cubicle would read this and try to hurt themselves, but for those that had to go into work on a Saturday that are reading this, I'm sorry, I know life's ridiculous sometimes, I'm here for you.)
What consumers will buy, you just never know really 🙂
Alright, enough sea monkey business. I apologize. I promise I'll blog about something truly important next time, like how to use your high heels as a weapon that would even intimidate Jackie Chan. Yes. That's comming soon.
Tall Short Girl


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Olivia Chow sends out flyers promoting work in Ottawa just before announcing Toronto mayoral run
Olivia Chow, the NDP MP for the downtown Toronto riding of Trinity-Spadina since 2006 — and a city councillor for 15 years before that — is widely expected to announce her run for the Toronto mayoralty on Thursday.
The campaign will be kicked off at a church in the neighbourhood where she spent her teenage years, St. James Town, known for its ill-conceived highrise apartment buildings populated with lower-income residents.
Campaign branding will reportedly focus on the candidate's ability to understand "the value of a dollar" — an obvious defence against claims that she is the kind of tax-and-spend liberal the current mayor rails against at every turn.
Chow is the first major left-leaning candidate in a field that includes former Ontario PC leader and talk radio host John Tory, current city councillor Karen Stintz and former city councillor David Soknacki along with the needs-no-introduction Mayor Rob Ford.
Just before she resigned her seat in the House of Commons, though, residents of her riding received a household mailing outlining her accomplishments in Ottawa, something that MPs are entitled to do up to four times each year.
Nonetheless, its arrival in mailboxes raised a few eyebrows, particularly from rival campaign teams who thought the timing was particularly fortuitous — even if it was prepared in January and printed in February.
On the other hand, a byelection will have to be held at some point should she step down from her federal seat to challenge Mayor Rob Ford and the other candidates, which means constituents have a legitimate reason to be updated on what has been happening on their behalf.
While it was first publicized by Soknacki's staffers on Twitter, it was seized upon by the Tory camp, which used the brochure as the first formal attack on Chow on the new website valueofadollar.ca along with the claim that the riding literature also landed in mailboxes in other parts of the city: Scarborough and the Don Valley.
The contents of the householder can be seen below in photos from Toronto journalist David Topping:
Nick Kouvalis, who is working on the John Tory mayoral campaign, claimed that Chow has also been making recent use of her right to send out "10-percenters" — informational flyers that can be distributed in other ridings across the city.
Tory, meanwhile, made a point of congratulating CBC host Sook-Yin Lee for her Canadian Screen Award — for playing the part of Olivia Chow in the movie about the life of Jack Layton.
Kouvalis continued his attack on Chow through Tuesday based on the literature:
But a Tory parody account — which recently had to change its avatar to Jim Carrey to avoid violating Twitter terms of service, in honour of The Cable Guy, given the candidate's longtime association with Rogers Communications — drew attention to the publicly available fact that Tory owns about $6-million in Rogers stock:


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text: Boston-based folk-hoppers playing Boston's favorite medium sized clubs, including sold out affairs at Middle East Downstairs and Hard Rock Cafe. Expanding their audience through New England and beyond, Mad Yonder features dual front vocals, guitar & piano riffs and shifts, along with violin, trumpet, and a thunderous rhythm section. Seeing increasingly larger crowds as they go, Mad Yonder looks to keep it moving and explore the madness.


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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that government will increase defense budget 20% more than 2009 budget for 2010 fiscal year. This statement was released by president at delivery ceremony of 40 Pindad pansers in Bandung from PT Pindad to TN-AD, Friday, July 10, 2009.
"Started in 2010, our defense budget will increase significantly by adding Rp 7 T (US$ 700 M) from Rp 33.6 T (US$ 3.4 B) in 2009 to be Rp 40.6 T (US$ 4.1 B) for 2010," said President.
He added," Budget increase in 2010 will be a beginning of further defense budget increase year by year so that we close enough to minimum essential force that requires Rp 100-120 T (US$ 10-12 B), inline with Indonesian's economy growth and wealth".
President said that Indonesian government can not provide defense budget sufficiently in several years ago until this year because government still prioritizing on people/public prosperity. An increase in defense budget significantly must be benefited effectively, still pay attention to the priority, employ proper audit and prioritize the user's need.
President said," Defense is an expensive sector, so Indonesian armed forces must have strategic plan, blue print and clear road map every 5-year so that TNI posture can increase much better than now. Every country must have mismatch between the strategic objectives with defense capabilities and on other hand is available budget. That's why we must talk a priority plan then". A plan must be supported is using Indonesian indigenous product for main armament and only import it if there is no the required product inside the country. It has been done like 6 x 6 pansers that made by Pindad that supposed to save money Rp 1.5 T (US$ 150 M) compared if TNI buys pansers from VAB with relatively having same quality but with only half price of it.


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Today is a very exciting day here at Mifland. Following the first delivery of the Spring 2014 Collection, Mifland Co. is releasing the first of a few QuickStrike items this season. This Rucksack is built like any other rucksack made available by Mifland. For Starters the Interior of the rucksack is smooth as opposed to the classic raw interior that we have all grown to know and love. In addition to the finished interior the outer shell is incredibly supple, almost as if cotton and leather came together and created this hide of leather.
The Rucksack is Available in The Mifland Shop for Pre-Order Now and will be available April 8th.
The Super Camouflage Standard Rucksack will cost 415usd


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Cockamamie Jamie's unique take on hip-hop is equal parts frenetic stage energy, and storytelling rap-theater. He seamlessly blends theatrical set design into the world of the MC/DJ format, showcasing a fresh take on the modern standard.
Jamie has enjoyed recognition from many respected musicians, performing in support of artists such as: Atmosphere, Odd Future, KRS One, Cold War Kids, Sugarhill Gang, Slightly Stoopid, The Pharcyde, Living Legends, Ras Kass, Joyce Manor, How To Dress Well, K. Flay, Grieves, Dan Deacon, Black Milk, Ugly Duckling, Jeff The Brotherhood, Dibiase, Tony Allen, Fashawn, Pigeon John, Immortal Technique, Little Brother, Planet Asia, Smoov E, Kyle Gass (Tenacious D), Moka Only and Hieroglyphics. Jamie has also enjoyed notoriety for winning the infamous "Piss Battle", a viral video screened on Comedy Central's "Tosh.0" website, Worldstarhiphop.com, Web Soup, and TruTV's "TruTV Presents" television program, a battle which Jamie pulls a surprise for the ages on his baffled opponent.
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The Daily Mail recently ran an article regarding the increasing number of people who were hoping for a surgical gift last Christmas. Reports showed a dramatic 35% increase in requests for cosmetic procedures in New York alone. Now I don't know about you, but this seems like a significant increase over the course of one year. It really got me thinking about where this trend even started, or if it is even a trend at all? Has it been around for years, but people were just a little more hush-hush about going under the knife? Well, fancy my surprise when my research took me back to Ancient Egypt…
Roots in Rhinoplasty
Believe it or not the earliest known Rhinoplasties (or 'Nose Job') was first mentioned in an Ancient Egyptian medical text known as the Edwin Smith Papyrus. This text is the oldest known surgical treatise, dating back to the Old Kingdom of 3000 to 2500 BC. However, don't go thinking the ancient world was full of image conscious Pharaohs with nose complexes. You could make as many herbal teas as you want to calm your patient's nerves, but without anesthetic you can imagine this procedure would have hurt a lot. You would have had to have one seriously vain ruler to have gone through that pain to just to remove their ski-slope. It is more than likely Rhinoplasties were only carried out on people with real medical conditions, such as respiratory impediments.
The Edwin Smith papyrus: the world's oldest surviving surgical document.
Source: Wikipedia DID YOU KNOW: Infection from surgery was reduced by the introduction of sterile techniques and disinfectants. The invention and use of antibiotics, beginning with sulfonamide and penicillin, was another step in making cosmetic surgery possible.
Dissection is Not Best
Fast-forward a thousand years and the Romans were performing simple techniques, such as repairing damaged ears from around the 1st century BC. For religious reasons, they did not dissect either human beings or animals, thus their knowledge was based in its entirety on the texts of their Greek predecessors. Despite forgoing dissection, Aulus Cornelius Celsus made some surprisingly accurate anatomical descriptions, such as his studies on the genitalia and the skeleton, which became invaluable to the development of plastic surgery.
The Importance of India
200 years later, evidence suggests that more advanced reconstructive surgery techniques were being carried out in India by 800 BC. India's first surgeon, Sushruta Samhita, made important contributions to the field of plastic and cataract surgery in 6th century BC. His medical works and that of another Charak (born c. 300 BC and referred to as the 'Father of Medicine') were translated into Arabic language the Abbasid Caliphate in 750 AD. These Arabic translations slowly made their way into Europe.
A statue dedicated to Sushruta at the Patanjali Yogpeeth institute in Haridwar. The sign next to the statue dubs him as the "founding father of surgery", and identifies the Sushrut Samhita as "the best and outstanding commentary on Medical Science of Surgery".
Farm a new Face
Moving into the mid-15th-century Europe, surgeons began to consider the possibilities of creating and improving our facial features. Heinrich von Pfolspeundt described a process "to make a new nose for one who lacks it entirely, and the dogs have devoured it" by removing skin from the back of the arm and suturing it in place. However, because of the dangers associated with surgery in any form, especially that involving the head or face, it was not until the 19th and 20th centuries that such surgery became common.
Further Techniques
Sushruta's techniques were picked up again in the 16th Century by an Italian surgeon, Gaspare Tagliacozzi, known nowadays as pioneer in this field. In 1793 French surgeon, François Chopart took Gaspare's developments one step further and performed an operative procedure on a lip using a flap from the neck. And in 1814, Joseph Carpue successfully performed a similar procedure on a British military officer who had lost his nose to the toxic effects of mercury treatments. DID YOU KNOW: The first effective local anaesthetic was cocaine. It was first used by Karl Koller in 1859, and then by Sigmund Freud in eye surgery in 1884.
A 19th Century Rhinoplasty Revolution
In 1818, German surgeon Carl Ferdinand von Graefe published his major work entitled Rhinoplastik. British physicians then jumped on the band wagaon and travelled to India to see these rhinoplasties being performed by native methods. In 1794 these reports were published in where else but the 'Gentleman's Magazine'.
A lithography of Karl Ferdinand von Gräfe
Source: Wikipedia After 20 years of meticulous research, the first major surgery in the Western World was finally performed in 1815 by Joseph Constantine Carpue.
Development of Modern Techniques
Quite incredibly, the first cleft palate operation (1827) was performed by America's first plastic surgeon, John Peter Mettauer with instruments he designed himself! 90 years later an injured sailor named Walter Yeo is thought to be the first person to ever receive what we now know as 'plastic surgery'. The photograph below shows him before (left) and after (right) receiving a flap surgery performed by Sir Harold Gillies.
Walter Yeo, the first person to receive plastic surgery. In the tragic accident he was recorded as having lost both his upper and lower eyelids. The surgery was some of the first to use a skin flap from an unaffected area of the body and paved the way for a sudden rash of improvements in this field.
Source: Wikipedia Gillies, is generally considered the father of modern plastic surgery. As a New Zealand otolaryngologist working in London, he developed many of the techniques of modern facial surgery in caring for soldiers suffering from disfiguring facial injuries during the First World War. At a new hospital for facial repairs at Sidcup in 1917, Gillies and his colleagues developed many techniques of plastic surgery; more than 11,000 operations were performed on over 5,000 men (mostly soldiers with facial injuries, usually from gunshot wounds). After the war, Gillies developed a private practice where many famous patients went and promoted his advanced techniques worldwide.
War Time Efforts for Rehabilitation
DID YOU KNOW: Jimmy Edwards, a comedy actor, underwent plastic surgery on his face but disguised the traces of surgery with a huge handlebar moustache! In 1930, Gillies' cousin, Archibald McIndoe, joined the practice and became committed to plastic surgery. When World War II broke out, plastic surgery provision was largely divided between the different services of the armed forces and Gillies and his team was split up. Gillies himself, was sent to Rooksdown House near Basingstoke, which became the principal army plastic surgery unit; Tommy Kilner (who had worked with Gillies during the First World War, and who now has a surgical instrument named after him, the kilner cheek retractor), went to Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton, and Mowlem to St Albans. McIndoe moved to the recently rebuilt Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, Sussex, and founded a Centre for Plastic and Jaw Surgery. There, he treated very deep burns and serious facial disfigurement like loss of eyelids.
Jimmy Edwards: A handlebar to hide his scar!
Source: Wikipedia McIndoe was a brilliant and quick surgeon. He not only developed new techniques for treating badly burned faces and hands but also recognised the importance of the rehabilitation of the casualties and particularly of social reintegration back into normal life. His other important work included development of the walking-stalk skin graft, and the discovery that immersion in saline promoted healing as well as improving survival rates for victims with extensive.
The World first Boob Job
Moving into the 20th Century, the world thought it was ready for the very first breast enlargement. The successful guinea pig was Timmie Jean who underwent one of the most dangerous 'experiments' in medical history.
Timmie Jean: A worlds first, which came with a worlds of problems!
Source: ienhance As the first woman to receive silicone breast implants, she has paved the way for more than two million women to undergo surgical enhancements. Now some of these women were cancer survivors, but the majority, like Timmie, were healthy when they underwent a procedure. Even though it wasn't all plain sailing for Timmie (read her story here) breast enlargement is now the most popular cosmetic surgery operation in Britain.
21st Century Surgery
Now we've travelled back in time to find out where these surgeries began, it's time to look at where we are today. Judging by the evidence it is fair to say these surgeries started off as pure necessities, however, they are now available to those who need it, and those who want it. Typically we would categories them into two types; reconstructive and cosmetic. Reconstructive plastic surgery is performed to correct functional impairments caused by burns; traumatic injuries, such as facial bone fractures and breaks; congenital abnormalities, such as cleft palates or cleft lips; developmental abnormalities; infection and disease; and cancer or tumors. Cosmetic surgery is an optional procedure that is performed on normal parts of the body with the only purpose of improving a person's appearance and/or removing signs of aging. In 2006, nearly 11 million cosmetic procedures were performed in the United States alone. The number of cosmetic procedures performed in the United States has increased over 50 percent since the start of the century. Nearly 12 million cosmetic procedures were performed in 2007, with the five most common surgeries being breast augmentation, liposuction, nasal surgery, eyelid surgery and abdominoplasty. In Europe, the second largest market for cosmetic procedures, cosmetic surgery is a $2.2 billion business. Judging by the stats and modern trend for perfection it looks like surgery for cosmetic purposes will only increase year on year. But who knew you could be having the same procedure as an Egyptian Pharaoh or Roman soldier – albeit in much safer environments! Main image credit: Getty Images


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Matthew Ess and The Hooded Deer at HALLOWEENz photo by andrew le
A bit late on the post, but here's a recap from my SOOOPER fun Halloween deejay show that took place in Columbus, MS at the newly revamped Princess Theater! It was the first big event held in the theater in over 6 months and it was an amazing turnout. Deejays Matthew Ess and YOUNIVERSE KID were rad fun and the dance floor was bouncin' all night!
My small crew of two friends and Will Howard of GTR Productions constructed and 8'x8' wall of LED tubes and a hole in the middle for the laser to launch out! It turned out RAD!
light show Y'ALL! photo by andrew le
Matthew Ess looking majestic photo by andrew le
Check out some footage provided by Casey Zumwalt
Matthew Ess put together this little viddie that really captures the overall experience....
See more pictures and videos in the Hooded Deer flickr group
p.s. Perhaps the best party, definitely the most flattering...a friend dressed as me for Halloween!


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A mum's relaxing holiday turned to horror when police phoned to say her bungalow had blown up.
Michele Wright got the shock call as she soaked up the sun in Crete. The police officer told her: "Sorry but your house has exploded."
Neighbours were stunned at the damage caused by the massive blast which demolished the £250,000 dormer bungalow in a quiet Welsh village.
Still abroad, the beleaguered 49-year-old posted a message on Facebook telling friends: "Apparently my house has just exploded and I am now homeless. Seriously."
Firemen believe the massive blast was caused by a build-up of gas - possibly after an appliance was left on when Mrs Wright went away 10 days ago.
Witnesses described walls being blown out, the roof blown off and solar panels sent flying into the garden.
Heating engineer and neighbour Geraint Davies said the 30m blast radius sent the front door flying into the middle of the road and glass into his field of horses.
He said: "I was watching television and there was one horrendous bang.
"I went outside and it was snowing - it was the insulation coming down from the sky and it lasted for another five minutes.
"I looked up the road and I could see that the house next door had disappeared.
"They used heat-seeking guns to look for any bodies and then called in a specialist search and rescue dog.
"No one could go near the house for a while because the solar panels were still live and the electricity had to be cut off.
"It had been a week since anyone was in the house - it's an accumulation of something."
Mrs Wright left the house in the village of Beulah, near Newcastle Emlyn, Cardiganshire, to go on a fortnight holiday with her daughter.
Locals said it was lucky they were away because anyone in the property would have been killed outright.
Mrs Wright, a photography lecturer at Trinity St David's University in Carmarthen, was expected to cut short her holiday and was flying home.
Family friend Roger Fickling said: "Everyone is just totally shocked and most people have rallied to offer to some kind of support and do whatever they can.
"Michele is flying home - it's all pretty awful for her. I can't imagine receiving that news while hundreds of miles away."
At present it is understood that nothing can be touched until the insurance company has assessed the damage.
A spokesman from Mid and West Wales Fire Service said: "Investigations are underway as to how the explosion happened."


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We live in tumultuous times indeed, especially in the US. We see it everywhere, on every channel, on every radio station, even in our movies and streaming entertainment. All around us, violence, racism, and terrorism seem to permeate every aspect of our daily lives.
This story is one that may seem familiar. It happened in rural America and was a fatal altercation, if you can call it that, between members of two different races. When the dust settled and the culprits were caught, it wasn't the crime itself which captivated the nation, but the motive…
Featured Photo Credit: abc.net.au
Baseball was Good to Him
Chris was a young man on the adventure of a lifetime. A native of Melbourne, Australia, Chris was going to college in the United States in order to do the thing he loved the most: play baseball. He was good at it too, good enough for him to have been awarded a scholarship to play it in the states.
Local Boys
Chris attended East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. His American girlfriend, Sarah, lived in Duncan, not far from the school. He had just returned to school after taking a trip back home to Australia, when he ran afoul of three younger men who were not happy to see the handsome young foreigner in their digs…
Deadly Shooting
The three men came upon him quite suddenly whilst he was visiting with Sarah. Chris was two weeks away from celebrating his 23rd birthday when he was shot in the back as they drove past. He died at the scene, far away from his homeland. Luckily, if one can call it lucky in this case, the police easily tracked down the underage assailants.
The Shooters
The three young men who shot Chris Lane were identified as fifteen-year-old James Francis Edwards Jr. (left), seventeen-year-old Michael Dewayne Jones (right), and sixteen-year-old Chancey Allen Luna (center). Jones was only charged as an accessory, as for James and Edwards, they were charged with first-degree murder. Unfortunately, these charges brought some complications with them…
Complicated Charges
Allen and Edwards were both African Americans, Jones was white, and it was because of these racial distinctions that the case against them became somewhat complicated. You see, there were some that believed that the reason the teens had shot Chris Lane in the first place was because he himself was caucasian and that this murder was racially charged: a hate crime.
Difficult Times
Chris Lane's death drew quite a bit of international attention and not just because he was Australian, but because the idea that this might be a hate crime has created a good deal of debate across the internet. The shooting reignited debates about gun control of course and racially-charged killings like the Trayvon Martin murder case…
Worrying Trends
George Zimmerman's not guilty verdict ignited a nationwide debate over whether or not law enforcement officials purposefully targeted minorities as suspects. It also enraged members of the African American community to the point where a number of black mobs orchestrated attacks on whites in places like Chicago, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia.
The reason that the hate crime charges would be significant is all in response to the rampant police misconduct against minorities in recent years. It seems that enforcement officials are unwilling to file hate-crime charges against two black teens for shooting a white man, because they might be afraid what the fallout of that might be. They aren't wrong per sey…
The social media account of James Edwards, one of the killers soon blew up with a number of racial epithets against white people. This of course only served to lend credence to the idea that it was a racially-charged killing. One Tweet read, "90 percent of white ppl are nasty. #HATE THEM."
Racist Tweets
Another Tweet referenced the Zimmerman trial specifically. "Ayeee I knocced out 5 woods since Zimmerman court! :)" The Urban Dictionary defines "wood," or pecker-wood, as a derogatory term for white people. It was therefore a bit hard for anyone to argue that this might have not been a hate crime. Still, the police were still trying to find out why they'd killed Chris in the first place…
Merely Bored
What the police believed and what would eventually come to light after the debating was done, was that the murder was nothing more than a "thrill-killing" and that it was less motivated by racial animosity. The young teens didn't kill Chris because he was white, they killed him because they were young, foolish, and bored.
Only for Shock
After making this determination, aided by the fact that the third suspect was himself caucasian, Duncan Police Chief Dan Ford answered the question of whether or not the hate crime charges would be applied. "I'm not discounting the stuff that's on there, but they do that for shock and effect…I don't think there'd be any further charge." Some people were not pleased…
The FBI training manual discusses what a hate crime is actually defined as. It says that even if the offender is biased against the victim for their actual or perceived race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, and/or gender identity, it doesn't necessarily make it a hate crime. The act itself has to have been motivated by that bias.
Other Definitions
By that definition, the mere fact that the police in this case believe Lane's death to be the result of an indiscriminate, random attack makes this not a hate crime. Nevertheless, the advent of things like the internet have amplified the debate to levels no one could have foreseen. Aided by things like cable talk shows, radio, and of course, social media…
The overall thought across the country was that the police involved in the case were deliberately trying to downplay the racial aspects in Lane's killing specifically because the victim was white. It fits into a larger trend that's affecting law enforcement standards across the country. Psychologists Michael Norton and Sam Sommers, did a study recently where they concluded that whites see race "as a zero-sum game that they are now losing."
Differing Takes
The growing gulf between the views of many black Americans and white Americans is making the determination in cases like this even more difficult. The police, no matter what they decided here, will invariably be viewed as wrong by at least one group on either side of the divide. If they choose to apply the extra hate crime charge, they may be seen as "needlessly adding punishment because the defendants are African Americans." On the other hand…
Will They? Won't They?
If they don't apply the hate crime statute to the defendants, some will see it as pandering while others will see it as ignoring the perceived hatefulness of the act itself. Indeed, some white Americans may wonder if law enforcement officials are accurately accounting for racially motivated crime. Essentially, either way you turn or twist, there's some kind of double standard.
Double Standard
Carol Swain, a Vanderbilt University law professor and author of "The New White Nationalism in America" had a bit to say about the issue as well, specifically about this double standard. "The racial double standard about who gets charged with a hate crime has been noticed by white people, and is not something that is going to advance race relations in America." she explained. She isn't wrong either, but she went on to discuss the idea of racism on both sides of the issue…
Changing the Conversation
Professor Swain's feeling is that we as Americans have to change the conversation entirely. What we can't forget in all this is that what those young men did, for whatever reason they did it, was wrong and ended a person's life. Those that do such things should be punished, though the degree of punishment seems to still be up for debate.
Life Sentence
Luna and Edwards were originally found guilty and sentenced to life in prison, even without the hate crime charges. That in and of itself brings up further issues of racial bias, specifically because they were minors at the time of sentencing. Ultimately, Swain may be right. Both communities, white and black, have to focus on unacceptable behavior and the silence that surrounds it, and stamp that out first, before placing blame.


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Flesh-baring! Alexander Wang impresses at New York Fashion Week with sexy strategic cutouts
19:37 GMT, 9 September 2012
With Liberty Ross on the catwalk and Justin Theroux in the front row, Alexander Wang's show at New York Fashion Week yesterday generated a frenzy of attention.
But the designer ensured there was as much reason to talk about the clothes as the celebrity attendees.
The collection, which was almost exclusively monochrome, seemed made of geometric leather shapes, strung together by barely-there strands of thread.
'There's always a sexiness to his clothes, but this season he brought a glamour, too,' said Laura Brown, Harper's Bazaar features and special projects director
Flesh-baring: Alexander Wang's collection was strung together by barely-there strands of thread
One dress, worn by Erin Wasson, bore slits that ran from the ribs to the knee, daringly exposing the supermodel's hips and thighs in the style of Anthony Vaccarello.
The theme continued in the footwear,
in a reversed kind of way with slender straps below the knee on one
strappy sandal, and wider straps wrapping the leg on a boot.
Laura Brown, Harper's Bazaar features and
special projects director, who picked a cut-out silver dress as her
favorite, told Associted Press: 'In such a short time, Alex has
redefined urban utility. There's always a sexiness to his clothes, but this season he
brought a glamour, too.'
There was a sporty clubwear feel throughout, something Mr Wang has made part of his signature aesthetic.
He played on this with hoods and zipper necks, a glossy cap and a flash of metallic in a voluminous silver jacket.
Summer sandals featured slender straps below the knee, while boots were fashioned from wider straps
Drama: A blacklight illuminates models's white outfits by way of grand finale at the end of the show
And if the audience was in any doubt of the clubby idea, the room fell dark at the very end, and a blacklight shone on the models by way of a rave-like finale.
Mr Wang explained in his show notes that he had been aiming for 'a linear quality' in the collection, which will go into stores for spring 2013.
'The juxtaposition of tension and suspension are captured between
structure and fluidity while dissected pieces build on a new silhouette,
which embodies lightness and delicacy,' he said.
It was a concept that won critical acclaim from the style set. WWD called it 'sophisticated and very smart.'
Jennifer Aniston's fianc actor Justin Theroux (left) sat front row as did Carine Roitfeld and her daughter Julia Restoin Roitfeld (right)
Applause: Designer Alexander Wang takes a bow at the end of his show
The review read: 'While Wang holds fast to something quite specific – stripped-down street with an urgent attitude – he does not lack for inventive ways to handle it.'
'Then I wanted to start dissecting the pieces,' he said. 'So we played with the idea of suspension and tension through embroidery techniques.'
Leather tunics and tank dresses that appeared to be made of panels of leather or fabric, somehow suspended in air as they floated over the body. He made the look seem quite appealing, as if he had sat down to sketch his collection and then took out an eraser to eliminate geometric stripes from each piece.
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week continues through Thursday before the fashion crowd heads to London, Milan and Paris.


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Newry, Mourne and Down Council Cllr Pete Byrne has spoken out on the death of Belfast Journalist Lyra McKee.
The young Journalist who was killed in Derry last night during rioting was a panellist at "What does Equality Mean to You" an event organised by SDLP LGBT+ in the Canal Court Hotel as part of Pride in Newry in 2016. Lyra was a regular visitor to Newry for the annual Pride in Newry festivities.
Cllr Pete Byrne who was also a panellist at the event commented on Facebook "This morning I am angry. Angry at the senseless loss of life in Derry last night. Lyra McKee was a beautiful human being. I had the pleasure of meeting her three years ago at our Pride in Newry event, it was my first panel discussion as a local Councillor. An event where we both spoke openly about our personal experience of equality. Something I thought I'd never do but Lyra's caring nature and honest contribution helped me immensely and has stayed with me since.
"Those who robbed her of life, robbed us all. The cowards that done this must be brought to justice. Time and time again this island has rejected violence, that is never going to change. A generation that hasn't known violence is fast losing its innocence, we must bring an end to this. Lyra was a change maker and we must never forget the contribution she has made to our society. A society that will spend this Good Friday trying to come to terms with this utterly tragic and senseless loss. My thoughts are with her family and friends this morning"
Cllr Liz Kimmins also spoke out on Facebook "Absolutely heartbreaking - the idiots behind this have nothing to offer our communities, thinking of the family and friends of Lyra McKee at this terrible time" while fellow Cllr Vallerie Harte simply added "Not in my name"
Danny Kennedy, UUP candidate for the European Election also expressed his condemnation "The murder of Lyra McKee is a truly sickening event without any justification. Every effort must be made to apprehend those responsible but this is truly heartbreaking for the family & friends of Lyra and I offer my sincere sympathy"
Lyra was a member of the Belfast and District National Union of Journalism and Gerry Carson, branch chair who is also Chair of the Union's Irish Executive Council expressed condolences on behalf of the branch.
He said: " Lyra was one of the new breed of young and enthusiastic journalists, always pushing the boundaries.
On May 4 Lyra was due to speak at an event to mark World Press Freedom Day hosted by Amnesty International at Queens Film Theatre - a panel discussion following a showing of the film on the life of murdered journalist Marie Colvin.
She was a firm supporter of our branch. and our thoughts are with her family and friends."
Séamus Dooley, NUJ Assistant General Secretary, added: "Lyra McKeen was a journalist of courage, style and integrity. She was a woman of great commitment and passion. I have no doubt that it was that commitment which led to her presence on the streets of the Creggan last night, observing a riot situation in the city. She had tweeted just minutes before being hit by a bullet. She had also spoken to a journalist colleague from the riot scene."
"For many people their first introduction to her work was Lyra's piece about growing up gay in Belfast, 'Letter To My 14 Year-Old Self', which was subsequently turned into a powerful short film.
"In 2016, she was named one of Forbes 30 under 30 in media in Europe, a prediction she dismissed with typical good humour.
"After working in the Belfast Telegraph Lyra enjoyed the freedom of being a freelance journalist and was developing a growing international audience for her work. She worked hard and was noted for her determination.
"This killing serves as a reminder of the ongoing instability in Northern Ireland and must serve as a reminder to those in positions of political leadership to end the political deadlock. Our thoughts are also with the members of the PSNI, especially those who came to Lyra's assistance after she had been struck by a bullet."
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Condemnation from local political figures continues.
Cllr Gary Stokes simply said "I had the privilege of working with Lyra a number of years ago. She was a joy to be around. So very very sad."
Cllr Michael Savage added "A shocking brutal act that must be condemned in the strongest terms. As someone who attended many scenes of violence during my days as a young journalist during the Troubles I truly believed days like this had gone. Just heartbreaking. Thoughts and prayers with Lyra's family at this tragic time. May she rest in peace."
Local election candidate Helena Young also condemned the killing. "I cannot believe the news I am waking up to this morning. I literally don't know what to say, I am shocked, horrified, angry and sickened. A beautiful, vibrant, intelligent young woman snuffed out by people who wish to bring us back to the horrors and the pain of the past. Anyone who feels that these people represent them should hang their heads in shame, what exactly is the purpose of these people, what are they hoping to achieve? I'll say nothing more, I am so, so angry!"