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149 Responses to "The Vivacious Obamas"
December 30, 2016 at 12:52 pm
One person's journey to be active…via OFA. Just Do It.
December 30, 2016 at 3:14 pm
Nerdy, thank you so much for maintaining this space and posting the lovely photos. It is one of the few things keeping me sane these days. You have done so much in these months, and we are so grateful to you.
December 30, 2016 at 5:12 pm
Yes, yes, yes! Nerdy, Chips, and all who create the homespace here–mahalo nui loa ❤
December 30, 2016 at 3:49 pm
Trump praises Putin for response to U.S. sanctions and spy expulsion: "I always knew he was very smart!" http://nydn.us/2iyomzi
December 31, 2016 at 2:03 am
In my book, what Trump said in his twitter, siding with the Russian dictator, against the sitting President of the United States, was disgusting!
December 30, 2016 at 4:05 pm
There is something very, very wrong here.
December 30, 2016 at 5:02 pm
When i get tired of volunteering for Dems & subsequent elections, i will think of this statement. It will be a key motivator or morale booster
December 30, 2016 at 4:52 pm
The head of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) personally ordered that the agency praise President-elect Donald Trump through its official Twitter account, according to emails obtained by The Daily Dot in a Freedom of Information Act request. The contrversial series of tweets were in response to Trump's promises to reduce the conflicts of interest between his soon-to-be role as president and his current role as chief executive of the Trump Organization. The email obtained by The Daily Dot shows that Walter M. Shaub personally ordered the exact wording of each tweet, writing: "Post the following tweets. I would like them posted first thing—8:30 if possible or as soon as possible thereafter. Post them all at once." The tweets included the phrases, "Brilliant!" "Good call!" "Right decision!" and "Bravo!" Trump has faced questions about how he will separate his business interests from his work as president, but has yet to hold a press conference to answer for those concerns.
December 30, 2016 at 5:03 pm
Speak Out! Be Active! They want to take EVERYTHING from us!
December 30, 2016 at 6:33 pm
So this is the vision shithead has for America? This is the guy he praises?
December 30, 2016 at 8:21 pm
Russian hackers penetrated U.S. electricity grid through a utility in Vermont
Source: Washington Post
A code associated with the Russian hacking operation dubbed Grizzly Steppe by the Obama administration has been detected within the system of a Vermont utility, according to U.S. officials.
While the Russians did not actively use the code to disrupt operations of the utility, according to officials who asked for anonymity in order to discuss a security matter, the penetration of the nations electrical grid is significant because it represents a potentially serious vulnerability. Government and utility industry officials regularly monitor the nations electrical grid because it is highly computerized and any disruptions can have disastrous implications for the function of medical and emergency services.
American officials, including one senior administration official, said they are not yet sure what the intentions of the Russians might have been. The penetration may have been designed to disrupt the utilitys operations or as a test by the Russians to see whether they could penetrate a portion of the grid. Federal officials have shared the malware code used in Grizzly Steppe with utility executives nationwide, a senior administration official said, and Vermont utility officials identified it within their operations.
According to a report by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, the hackers involved in the Russian operation used fraudulent emails that tricked their recipients into revealing passwords.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-hackers-penetrated-us-electricity-grid-through-a-utility-in-vermont/2016/12/30/8fc90cc4-ceec-11e6-b8a2-8c2a61b0436f_story.html
December 30, 2016 at 8:45 pm
most of us always knew that republicans & their home-grown demagogue can do the most extreme things to get and preserve power.
but with each new steps, we get even more astonished at how brazen they can be.
I am now very close to going past the anger stage, and will be headed to the vengeful stage … not a proud moment for me personally and certainly not for the Franciscan nuns who helped in nurturing my soul.
Yes, PBO & FLOTUS, I know you expect me to go high …. but it is getting very hard now => the current behavior of most is disgusting and the policies they are planning to enact are heinous … where does one find any positive thing to say about the gop & the scoundrel they imposed on us???
December 30, 2016 at 8:59 pm
ok, it is important to explain that the vengeful part does not include any form of physical violence or harassment;
I mean that I am one of those people who becomes very competitive when a challenge is placed in front of me … so my vengeance will be doing ALL I can to make sure that the gop loses that people that its members are using to intimidate and deprive people of their basic human rights and survival
December 30, 2016 at 9:01 pm
see, I can't even write correctly, "loses that power" not people
December 30, 2016 at 9:31 pm
21 January 2017 is taking shape as the defeat of a super power & democracy beyond any event in human history ….
It's just what it is.
Daily, I'm ever more impressed by how many folk are sleep walking their way to an event that Jefferson Davis, Hitler, Stalin, Osama bin Laden …. could have ever imagined doing to the United States of America ….. without ONE SINGLE SHOT ….
December 30, 2016 at 9:49 pm
EVERY.WORD.TRUTH. 😫😥😫😥. I get more scared every.day. Feel helpless and hopeless.
December 31, 2016 at 12:53 am
Anyone not terrified, by now, is either brain dead or a big fan of totalitarian fascism, Tnmtngirl & edp4bho!
December 31, 2016 at 1:32 am
what ideas do you have about what the possible remedies are?
I feel very powerless as person and extremely fearful of the present and future
December 30, 2016 at 9:46 pm
Do you suppose that behind the scenes that our intelligence services are connecting the dots and finding the source of the Bromance of Putin/Trump so we can dispense with the pleasantries and nail his sorry ass to the wall before its too late?
December 30, 2016 at 10:17 pm
What he has wrought
December 30, 2016 at 10:19 pm
THE PERFECT ANALOGY: MJ retires and the Bulls replace him with Lumpy Rutherford.
(OMG, Eff me in the heart.)
December 30, 2016 at 10:40 pm
Bingo. That's what I think!
December 30, 2016 at 11:25 pm
Good guess
Makes more sense to me than I'd like it to. His past history will lend credence to this being plausible.
December 31, 2016 at 2:22 pm
and they know we'd pay to never have to see the damn thing
December 31, 2016 at 12:53 am
Goodnight TOD ….
…. unfortunately, none of this is a nightmare, it's reality ….
December 31, 2016 at 1:46 am
among all the thoughts that I am have been having about the election of the home-grown demagogue, two stand out:
– although many have an appreciation of the enormity of what occurred during this election, the fact that so many gop voters & their elected republicans are defending these events, creates a huge handicap of what can be done;
– of all people, SoS HRC is one person who was involved in the:
(a) resignation of Nixon as young girl & also with the …
(b) republicans impeachment of her husband.
Unfortunately she is the candidate who was robbed of her win this time. therefore, she cannot publically say anything without being labelled a sore loser.
ps: I do not want the gop to bring up the subject (that is why my comment is here & not other places) …. but I have been wondering why SoS HRC's connection to the investigation of Nixon has not been widely discussed during this time.
December 31, 2016 at 8:43 am
Good morning. Linda, I have wondered about that as well. If only some investigative reporter would delve into that. If only, if only, if only…………the whole lot of our media would do its job!!!! Speaking of that, did you, or others who see this, see the LOD segment Thursday night with Jay Rosen. For anyone who didn't, find it and watch. It was a 'spot on' segment. Only other panel people I can remember was David Frum. He also said some jolting things. He obviously sees clearly the danger for our country and the world. But who in the GOP is going to listen to him?! There's a handful of people like that–Charlie Sykes–is another who are clear-headed and willing to speak truth. Scary thing is that people aren't listening to them.
December 31, 2016 at 9:30 am
we are living in very troubled times!
December 31, 2016 at 9:07 am
Putting this here instead with df's and job's comments up thread. The link about a sex tape: I just finished a James Patterson book. Set in Washington. About the president, First Lady, the CIA, etc., etc. Turns out Russia had a video of the First Lady and her lesbian lover. That lover supposedly turned up dead, but it wasn't her. They found someone who looked like her, dressed in the lover's clothes, etc. and pulled off a "suicide" (jumping off her balcony). I'm leaving out a LOT, but Russia was blackmailing our government because they wanted free reign to move into Georgia, then continue taking back ALL the Soviet block countries. The character telling the story was a journalist–an HONEST one–and both the Russians and our CIA tried many times to kill him as he was searching for the truth. He kept getting closer and closer. All along, he knew Russia was blackmailing but thought it was the President being blackmailed. Turned out the Pres. knew nothing. It was the head of the CIA. Of course, it all ended 'well'. The President did a press conference……….CIA head forced to resign………our our democracy was 'saved.' Oh, China was also involved on the edges. I am telling you, it was chilling to read that book at this point in time. Waaaaay to close to reality right now.
December 31, 2016 at 9:53 am
Are you kidding me! I got goosebumps just reading what YOU wrote!!
December 31, 2016 at 9:31 am
Morning everyone…woke with a start from a sound sleep….this scary, dangerous mess swirling around in my head….clock ticking, time wasting.
a former senior intelligence officer for a Western country who specialized in Russian counterintelligence tells Mother Jones that in recent months he provided the bureau with memos, based on his recent interactions with Russian sources, contending the Russian government has for years tried to co-opt and assist Trump—and that the FBI requested more information from him.
"This is something of huge significance, way above party politics," the former intelligence officer says. "I think [Trump's] own party should be aware of this stuff as well."
Does this mean the FBI is investigating whether Russian intelligence has attempted to develop a secret relationship with Trump or cultivate him as an asset? Was the former intelligence officer and his material deemed credible or not? An FBI spokeswoman says, "Normally, we don't talk about whether we are investigating anything." But a senior US government official not involved in this case but familiar with the former spy tells Mother Jones that he has been a credible source with a proven record of providing reliable, sensitive, and important information to the US government.
In June, the former Western intelligence officer—who spent almost two decades on Russian intelligence matters and who now works with a US firm that gathers information on Russia for corporate clients—was assigned the task of researching Trump's dealings in Russia and elsewhere, according to the former spy and his associates in this American firm. This was for an opposition research project originally financed by a Republican client critical of the celebrity mogul. (Before the former spy was retained, the project's financing switched to a client allied with Democrats.) "It started off as a fairly general inquiry," says the former spook, who asks not to be identified. But when he dug into Trump, he notes, he came across troubling information indicating connections between Trump and the Russian government. According to his sources, he says, "there was an established exchange of information between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin of mutual benefit."
This was, the former spy remarks, "an extraordinary situation." He regularly consults with US government agencies on Russian matters, and near the start of July on his own initiative—without the permission of the US company that hired him—he sent a report he had written for that firm to a contact at the FBI, according to the former intelligence officer and his American associates, who asked not to be identified. (He declines to identify the FBI contact.) The former spy says he concluded that the information he had collected on Trump was "sufficiently serious" to share with the FBI.
Something very serious is happening here. We try to explain away those things that are too unheard of or uncomfortable to think about. This is a coup…orchestrated by Russia upon the United States of America…seemingly with the willingness of millions of uninformed rubes, as well as those that are very aware and are encouraging this to happen. We seem to be paralyzed with fear. We need to GET UP AND DEMAND OF OUR REPS. WE NEED TO MAKE NOISE and not let someone poo-poo us! January 20th will be TOO LATE.
Think about who he wants to put "in charge" of departments in his administration…PEOPLE THAT WANT TO WEAKEN, DISMANTLE, OR RIP IT TOTALLY DOWN! Think of the norms that have fallen by the wayside….SC nominee comes to my mind first…and no one can tell me that Turtle wasn't in on that plan from the git go. How the hell do you even THINK to say that you're "saving the seat for the next President"…have Clinton so far ahead in the polling and STILL say that….he HAD to know that DT was going to win and be placed in the Oval Office or he would have taken his chances on Judge Garland! He was a judge that both R's and D's agreed was exemplary…just and fair. But that's not what he did. He did something that had never been done before. Saved a seat on the SC for the govt. of a Russian dictator.
The way DT talks about the press…puts them in pens like pigs….A free press is a cornerstone of a democracy…he tosses that out the window.
I'm disturbed that people still talk about this like we have no choice but to anoint him and deal with the consequences AFTER THE FACT. NO! THAT WOULD BE TOO LATE!
He will tear down the fabric of this country. Prey on fear and division to get his way…a country in the vain of Russia…
We have to quit trying to explain away these real truths….we have never SEEN this before! If it feels wrong, it's wrong! I always told my kids to listen to their "Jiminy Cricket" This is one of those times. If you use social media, now's the time to ask questions and ring alarm bells for others to wake from their stupor. Call every congressperson and DEMAND accountability and answers from them! Let's put our head's together and work on ways to take control of this seemingly out of control situation! WE THE PEOPLE! For all the heavy lifts that PBO made, for the work that WE did to help him lift, for our country. OURS. We need to get out of comfort zones and realize what's at stake if we don't. No shots fired. A coup of epic proportions. Connect all the dots. You are not alone and we are NOT crazy. Our country needs us now. What did you do to save it?
December 31, 2016 at 9:38 am
PS…Did I mention ALL the Russian connected individuals that he surrounds himself with? The "deals" in Russia that make him salivate? It's never been about serving the people, it has always been about serving himself. The exact opposite of what a President does. He is dangerous and unfit. Talks badly and critically of sitting President and sides with Putin. Since when the fuck is THAT OK?
December 31, 2016 at 9:42 am
I suspect that based on her experiences, SoS HRC knows how the things that shake up Washington's political circle tend to build up until something cracks;
….. usually someone the political class admires says/writes something unexpected;
….. then there is a deluge of people piling on and others "newly discovering" what was there all along and was being discussed by a group of concerned people;
…. it is then that media becomes obsessed and people who know that they should have done better earlier try to absolve themselves;
… then more articles and pronouncements happen as people try to clear their records for history;
…. and then ordinary people who were okay with these illegal happenings have their eyes open and they say "enough";
I do not know when our current hill of political wrongdoings by the demagogue, and the gop that is collaborating and protecting him, will break;
… but I think Ms. Carolyn here was very right in calling it a election volcano … or something close … a political volcano;
I hope the political volcano does not take long to erupt
December 31, 2016 at 9:55 am
It needs to blow sooner, rather than later!
December 31, 2016 at 9:47 am
Six months after Donald Trump last held a formal press conference, during which he called on Russia to hack Hillary Clinton, the president-elect finally spoke with reporters Wednesday during two impromptu, largely fact-free press conferences outside his gilded Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. In his signature stream-of-consciousness style, the president-elect—at one point flanked by boxing promoter Don King—offered up a series of misleading, disjointed responses, during which he falsely claimed to have created thousands of new jobs, dismissed alleged Russian interference in the presidential election, whitewashed his sprawling financial conflicts of interest, and offered up word salad in a rambling defense of Israel.
December 31, 2016 at 9:50 am
I'm over this.
December 31, 2016 at 10:11 am
This person has mental health issues. Not joking
December 31, 2016 at 10:54 am
Yes, the volcano is rumbling. Madame Pelee is angry and will soon destroy the irritant, Donald Trump. I don't know how or when, but I firmly believe it is going to happen. He cannot continue on this destructive path with impunity.
December 31, 2016 at 10:59 am
Pray you're right. Morning to you, carolyn:)
December 31, 2016 at 11:09 am
For Christmas, my wife bought me an excellent new history of ancient Rome, SPQR by Mary Beard, which has proved the best kind of present — something I never would have bought myself that I'm enjoying immensely. It has the twin virtues of constantly acknowledging uncertainty and ambiguity while articulating a few memorable interpretive themes.
One of these should bring any American living in this moment up short. Previewing her treatment of a century of civil war leading to the end of the Republic, Beard writes:
Looking back over the period, Roman historians regretted the gradual destruction of peaceful politics. Violence was increasingly taken for granted as a political tool. Traditional restraints and conventions broke down, one by one, until swords, clubs and rioting more or less replaced the ballot box. At the same time, to follow Sallust, a very few individuals of enormous power, wealth and military backing came to dominate the state — until Julies Caesar was officially made 'dictator for life' and then within weeks was assassinated in the name of liberty. When the story is stripped down to its barest and brutal essentials, it consists of a series of key moments and conflicts that led to the dissolution of the free state, a sequence of tipping points that marked the stages in the progressive degeneration of the political process, and a succession of atrocities that lingered in the Roman imagination for centuries (p. 216).
A distant mirror that's not so distant. The Roman republic distributed power through an elaborate system of checks and balances that incorporated many fosslized old customs. At the same time it proved quite adaptive for two or three centuries, including the one in which civil order and distributed power broke down. Adaptations include eradicating the political privilege of patricians and expanding the circle of citizenship progressively wider. But ultimately rapid change – enormous influx of wealth and slaves, generals with experience commanding huge armies — swamped the Republic's ability to create policy by consensus without violence.
The decay of our own political institutions is obvious. Looking at the moment we're in, having just elected a lifelong fraudster turned authoritarian demagogue, who's put in a cabinet of plutocrats, racists and cranks, I see a few long-term forces converging: 1) a globalized economy pressuring employment and wages. This could have been coped with, but we failed. 2) The eternal tidal pull of elites' unflagging efforts to subvert restraints on their ability to maximize their advantages and pass them on to their children. Francis Fukuyama traces the corrosive force of this never-ending pressure through several societies in The Origins of Political Order. 3) Our archaic constitution, which saddles us with nonrepresentative democracy, and renders its own amendment too difficult. 4) Our foundational racism, which has always limited and reversed attempts to distribute wealth and opportunity (education, basic security, lead-free water, etc.) more equitably.
The question is whether our descent into this kakocracy is cyclical (temporary) or permanent. About a century ago — that is, last February — Obama, the eternal optimist, expressed his faith that it's temporary, one more imbalance that U.S. democracy will prove capable of self-correcting:
My point is not that politicians are worse, it's not that issues are tougher, and so it's important for us to understand that the situation we find ourselves in today is not somehow unique or hopeless. We've always gone through periods when our democracy seems stuck, and when that happens we have to find a new way of doing business. We're in one of those moments. We've got to build a better politics, One that's less of a spectacle and more of a battle of ideas….one that understands the success of the American experiment rests on our willingness to engage all our citizens in this work.
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fish physiology submodel
has been compared to the extensive laboratory and field literature for salmonids and found to faithfully reproduce oxygen and dissolved nitrogen fluxes. One of us has collected extensive field data in this regard, including up and downstream of fish farms in the Pacific Northwest (a small portion is shown in WDF 1991). We also work with colleagues in other venues (e.g., Maine) who have reported similar and much more extensive measurements of dissolved oxygen flux from commercial fish farms.
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By Ali M. Kassem
In recent years, a decolonial turn in the academy has begun a movement to acknowledge, redress, and subvert the colonial legacy of hegemonic epistemologies and modes of being in the world. As it advances, the need to reorient narratives, concepts and constructs presents itself as a major challenge where the decolonisation of the research on which social scientific knowledge is built appears inevitable. Drawing on insights from a two-day training course, titled 'Decolonisation and Research: Problematics, Challenges, Prospects and the Global South' with Prof Mona Harb from the American University of Beirut and Prof Gurminder Bhambra from the University of Sussex, held at the Sussex School of Law, Politics and Sociology in May 2019*, this piece will offer some reflections and notes for this marching effort.
Over the past two decades, the term 'decolonisation' has become increasingly popularised, resulting in a push cautioning against it becoming 'a metaphor'. In this, the risk of the designation becoming an empty misnomer, and the decolonising effort becoming a diluted trend with no radical profundity, appears substantial. Yet, on the other hand, the realisation that much work across the globe which pursues, and has long pursued, the decolonial agenda, would fail to 'qualify' as decolonial raises the question of decolonialisation becoming an exclusionary institutionalised framework. From paralysing its full radical potential to rendering alliances and coalitions difficult, this would certainly be disadvantageous. Indeed, as different scholars in different geographies mobilise different terms and approaches in the pursuit of a delinking from Eurocentric epistemologies and modes of being the question of naming, of identifying, scholarship presents itself as a pivotal one. Eventually, with a desire for an inclusive and undiluted global decolonial agenda, a weighty tension threatens.
On a different level, a key issue for critical scholars in the global south is that of theory. Historically, much of the theorisation used in the westernised academy to understand and analyse happenings outside of the west has revolved around developing a set of analytical tools to make sense of what is claimed as incomprehensible under standard social science theory. In other words, under the dominant narrative of Europe as the Horizon, theorisations which are claimed to be apt at analysing Europe but appear inadequate outside of it are interpreted as a by-product of this outside's lack, and alternative (specific, provincial) theories are henceforth advanced. Under such a narrative, critical scholars are left with one of two choices. The first is to subvert Eurocentric narratives by insisting on the usage of canonical standard theorisations to analyse the various regions of the global south. For example, analysing an organisation such as Hezbollah (as Prof Harb has done) using Bourdieusian and political party theory instead of using cultural studies, sectarianism and political Islam, and insisting on approaching the party as a modern institution, would be illustrative of such an approach.
Yet, such an approach, while efficient in subversion, does not come without its risks. If the standard theorisation in the social sciences has largely been problematic (even for the understanding of Europe itself as it is riddled with 'cover-ups', avowals/disavowals, an ahistorical analysis and misrecognitions) the usage of such a theorisation might disrupt the academy's narrative but would do little in allowing us to understand, analyse and adequately theorise happenings across the world.
In a world governed by the Eurocentric episteme and its 'global' institutions, the risk of (political) paralysis might here become inevitable. For example, the usage of PTSD as a framework to examine the lived experiences of people living in the world's various conflict-plagued regions, from Palestine to Venezuela, has been mobilised by both activist and scholars to make claims, demands and seek recognition. While the success of such attempts remains debatable, they have certainly offered plenty to the oppressed of our Modern world. In this sense, abandoning these categories, theories and constructs runs the risk of rendering the Global South unintelligible for the Global North and, consequently, the experience of its dwellers unrecognisable by the 'global'. In a time where such a recognition offers both material and non-material advantages, its loss might not be a choice decolonial scholars would want to speedily endorse. For decolonial scholars and activists, as decolonisation moves forward, a series of difficult choices appears inevitable.
At another level, at the level of research projects, and in an increasingly neo-liberalised academia, the question of funding presents itself as the elephant in every room. In the Global South where very little to no local funding exists (under the global order of imperial capital) researchers are left to pursue funding from institutions based in the Global North; from universities and the United Nations to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Extremely threatening, the risks here are as varied as enforcing a (theoretical and political) framing intelligible for westernised scholarship as well as institutional review boards' and ethical committees' (Eurocentric) circumscriptions of research conduct, for example. Yet, the need for decolonial scholars to continue engaging the westernised academy's (funding) institutions appears, at least at this stage, indispensable despite its constraints and hazards. Henceforth, the skill to advance research projects with agendas rooted in the world's various communities – their episteme, needs and concerns – under such conditions and realities appears as one scholars urgently require.
As for methods, while most research methods currently in use have yet to undergo a critical engagement and delinking, the progress being made in trans- and interdisciplinary work, critical methodologies, active and participatory research as well as creative and arts-based methods offers researchers committed to a decolonial agenda a significant toolkit. Drawing on this toolkit remains the (collective) responsibility of those pursuing a decolonised knowledge making. In parallel, a commitment to an agenda of listening outside of the pre-established Eurocentric episteme offers itself as a key axis of decolonial fieldwork. Here, the collection of data and its analysis in non-European languages, and the preservation of as much as can be preserved in these languages (using transliterations, for example, with glossaries and definitions instead of translations), holds much promise for the decolonial effort.
Aware that the social sciences have long been characterised by an urge to look for what is missing (instead of looking at what is there), from post-war European democracies to Modernity itself, the decolonisation reflected on in this article offers itself as a means of understanding both East and West, North and South. Decolonisation, as a political and epistemic project in the pursuit of justice, must acknowledged that those who dwell on the borders of Modernity, be they physically in the Global North or in the Global South, those who have experienced the wounding of Coloniality, hold a significant advantage (although in no way is this an exclusive right) in the making (rather than the production) of delinked knowledge. For decolonisation's advancement, this must be realised and built upon to produce a better, just, knowledge of the world.
Ali Kassem is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Sussex (recipient of the Sussex LPS PhD scholarship) and a research fellow at the centre for Near and Middle-Eastern studies at the Ludwig-Maximillian university in Munich. For his PhD, he is conducting an exploration of the processes of coloniality's erasure of Islamic dress through a case-study of Lebanon. Ali has also held teaching and/or research positions with the Lebanese American University, CNRS/Aix-Marseilles University and the Lebanese Centre for Policy Studies, among others. More recently, he was a visiting research fellow at the Ecole Des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)-(CeSor) in Paris. His main interests are in Postcolonial and Decolonial theories, the study of race, the Sociology of Islam and the Sociology of Knowledge.
*The event 'Decolonisation and Research: Problematics, Challenges, Prospects and the Global South' was funded by the Sussex doctoral school's researcher led initiative fund and the Sussex school of Law, Politics and Sociology.


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Lovely fenced canal home with storage and a 1/2 bath downstairs. Wrought iron fence encloses this sweet home with a concrete drive. Walk in off the front deck facing the canal into an open dining/living/kitchen area. The master bedroom is off the hall to the left and has a private bathroom with a shower and walk-in shower. The pantry is on the right and a full bath with a utility room are also off the hall to the right. In the rear, there are two more bedrooms, one with access to the back deck and a door to enter the full bath without going into the hall. This home has been beautifully maintained and is ready for you to move in.
This listing is provided courtesy by Suzan Zachariah, Suzan Assiter Zachariah
Map may not be 100% accurate.
4127 Pirates Beach (mailing)
13706 FM 3005 (at the entrance to Pirates Beach)
Galveston, TX 77554
Tel: 409.797.5500
Open Daily 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
M. B. Feinman, Broker
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Erma Bombeck was very comfortable in front of a television camera. (See her here on Oprah. Her segment begins at the :55 mark.)
TV doesn't always come so naturally to writers, though. Syndicated columnist Tracy Beckerman has done her share of TV appearances and offers some tricks of the trade:
I recently met a guy and was introduced to him as a humor writer.
"Oh, cool," he said. "Say something funny." I didn't really have a funny response so I just karate-chopped him instead. It worked: It made him forget he asked me to say something funny.
This is a problem a lot of humor writers encounter: the expectation that we can perform funny, whether socially, on stage, or on camera, simply because we write humor. There are some of us who can do that successfully, but for many, there is a good reason why we spend our time behind a computer screen and not on a TV screen. However, since getting the word out about what you write often necessitates public appearances, and even sometimes TV appearances, it is helpful for those of us who are a little camera shy to have some tricks up our sleeve on the off chance The Today Show calls:
1. Try to find out what the questions are in advance. Not always possible, but usually you can at least get a general topic or focus from the producer so you can prepare some funny responses in advance and not have to rely on making fun of the host's bad plastic surgery.
2. Have a couple of funny stories in your pocket that you can pull out no matter what the question is. A good lawyer always has a response ready no matter what gets thrown at him in court. A good humorist should have a funny retort ready at all times that does not include the release of bodily gases.
3. Wear something funny. Not your whole outfit, because then you just look like a lunatic, but one thing that is comment-worthy. The interviewer will definitely mention it and then you can say something funny about it, or …
4. Bring a visual aid. Don't overdue this (I mean, I wouldn't bring a goat on the show with you), but something that can help you make a funny point. For instance, one time I brought a bumper sticker I made that said, "Reluctant Minivan Driver On Board." (Trust me, it was funnier in context).
5. When all else fails and you are sure you are going to screw up, give the camera guy and the director mass quantities of chocolate before the shoot. That way they'll make you look good no matter how badly you do on camera.
—Tracy Beckerman
Tracy Beckerman writes the syndicated humor column and blog "Lost in Suburbia."


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Flowers are blooming in my yard,
some in their petals display the colors of my heart,
some others show off the colors that dance in my mind,
making my thoughts rapidly untwined.
And the longed for serenity comes,
invading my being with sweet kindness,
to the peace of the earth I succumb.
Oh nature, with my flowers nothing is lifeless!
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(Bread of Jesus)
Serves 6
8 cups all-purpose flour + flour for kneading
5 teaspoons active dry yeast
8 ounces (2 sticks) softened butter
1-1/4 cups warm milk
2 teaspoons salt
6 large eggs, room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 cup raisins
1 cup + 2 tablespoons coarse sugar crystals (the original recipe called for 2 cups)
3 egg yolks
3 teaspoons milk
1. Combine flour and salt in a large bowl. Make a well in flour. Pour warm milk into well. Add yeast. Let sit for 10 minutes. Mix. Add eggs, granulated sugar and cinnamon. Beat the mixture with a spoon (you can use your electric mixer if you wish). Gradually add butter. Turn dough onto a floured board and knead until dough no longer sticks to work surface. Place in a greased bowl. Cover with plastic wrap or a damp towel. Allow to rise 1 hour, or until doubled in size. Turn onto work surface. Knead in raisins and 1 cup coarse sugar crystals. Divide dough into six balls. Lightly grease or spray 2 cookie sheets. Connect three balls, representing head, body and legs, on each sheet. Allow to rise until doubled in size.
2. Preheat oven to 430 degrees F. Combine egg yolks with 3 teaspoons milk. Brush loaves with mixture. Sprinkle with reserved 2 tablespoons sugar crystals. Bake for 25 minutes, or until a deep golden brown. Yield: 2 loaves.
Note: If you are unable to find sugar crystals, coarsely chop sugar cubes to desired size.
Serves 10
150 g butter
250 g flour
100 g brown sugar
1 teaspoon bicarbonate
1 pinch of cinnamon
a few drops of anise extract
1. Mix the butter and the sugar.
2. Add the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and anise extract and stir well.
3. Make the dough into a roll with a diameter of 5 cm and let it rest it in a cool place for half an hour
4. Cut the roll into slices of about 1/2 inches
5. Butter a baking pan and bake the cookies 15-20 minutes in a preheated oven at 175 ° C.
(Raisin Breakfast Bread)
Makes 1 loaf
2 cups all-purpose flour (do not pack it down in the measuring cup)
2 teaspoons active dry yeast
1/2 cup milk, warm (110 degrees F)
2 egg yolks, large
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, very soft (2 ounces)
1 teaspoon sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup dark raisin
Place 1 1/2 cups flour in the bowl of your mixer. In a medium bowl,
whisk together the yeast and the milk, then whisk in the egg yolks. Stir
the egg mixture into the flour.
2. Using the paddle, mix on the
lowest speed for 2 minutes; stop the mixer and allow the dough to rest
for ten minutes. Add the butter, sugar and salt to the bowl along with
the remaining 1/2 cup of flour and mix on the lowest speed until
combined; then mix on medium speed until the dough is smooth and
elastic, about another 3 - 4 minutes.
3. Beat in the raisins on the lowest speed (if necessary, plump the raisins in hot water to soften, drain, pat dry and add).
Scrape the dough into a buttered bowl and turn the dough over so that
the top is buttered. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise til
doubled, about an hour.
5. Meanwhile butter a loaf pan and line the bottom with parchment.
After the dough is risen, scrape it onto a floured board. Press the
dough into a rectangle brush off any excess flour; stretch th dough into
a rectangle and then fold like a business letter about the length of
your loaf pan. Tuck in the ends and lay the loaf in the pan, seam side
7. Butter a piece of plastic wrap and cover the bread with
it (buttered side down) and allow the loaf to rise til doubled, about an
hour. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
8. When the loaf has
completely risen, place on a rack in the middle of the oven and bake
until the bread is a deep golden color and reaches an internal
temperature of 200 degrees F., about 30 minutes.
9. Unmold onto a rack and cool on its side.
(Tarte au sucre)
Serves 8
1 ounce unsalted butter
4 sheets of phyllo pastry
2 1/2 tablespoons sugar
2 eggs
4 ounces sour cream
7 ounces mixed berries
confectioners' sugar, to serve or whipped cream
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. You will need a heat-proof mixing bowl that will fit over a saucepan with the base of the bowl clear of the bottom of the pan. You will also need a small frying pan with an oven-proof handle.
2. Place the butter in a small bowl and melt in microwave. Use a pastry brush to lightly butter the inside of the frying pan.
3. Lay a sheet of phyllo pastry in the pan and brush with melted butter. Lay another sheet of pastry on top, but this time at an angle to the first sheet. brush with butter. Repeat with your remaining sheets. By laying each sheet at an angle to the previous one, you will make a rough star shape.
4. Bring some water to a simmer in the saucepan - enough to come close to the bottom of the heat-proof mixing bowl when you put it on top, but not actually to touch it.
5. Place the sugar and eggs in the mixing bowl and place over simmering water. Whisk the sugar and egg mixture over the heat until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add half of the sour cream and whisk again, then add the remainder and whisk once more. Take the pan off the heat and carefully lift off the bowl.
6. Place the frying pan line with pastry over very low heat for 5-6 minutes, until the underneath is lightly browned - you can lift the edges gently with a spatula to check how it is doing.
7. Remove the pan from the heat, scatter the fruit over the pastry, and top with the egg mixture.
8. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes, until the egg mixture has set.
9. Cool slightly and dust with confectioners' sugar before serving, or you can serve a dollop of whipped cream on each slice.
Tarte au fromage
4¼ hours 20 min prep
Change to: pie US Metric
200 g flour
100 g butter, softened
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons vanilla sugar
1 egg yolk
11 g dry yeast
1 pinch salt
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 cup applesauce
500 g white cheese
3 egg yolks
6 tablespoons vanilla sugar
8 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon flour
1 teaspoon melt butter
3 egg whites, beaten
1. Mix flour, sugar, yeast, warm water and egg.
2. Add the butter and the salt.
3. Leave for 2-3 hours. Roll out the dough and put it in a pie form, prick it with a fork and leave for 1/2 hour.
4. Put the applesauce on top of the dough.
5. Mix the other ingredients in the order stated and put on top of the applesauce.
6. Bake for 45 min at 180 °C.
Almond bread
(Pain d'amande)
Makes about 80-90 cookies
Be sure to bake these cookies on parchment paper since if you use a silicone mat, they won't get as crispy. And the other tip is not to let the sugar melt in the butter; the big crystals add a wonderful crunch to these delightfully-delicious cookies.
8 tablespoons (115g) butter, salted or unsalted, cubed
1 1/3 cups (300g) coarse crystal golden sugar (see Note)
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/3 cup (80ml) water
2 1/3 cups (325g) flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup (85g) sliced almonds, blanched or unblanched
1. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat with the sugar, cinnamon, and water. Stir until the butter just melts but don't allow to boil: most of the sugar should not be dissolved.
2. Remove from heat and stir in the flour, baking soda, and almonds until well mixed.
3. Line a 9-inch (23cm) loaf pan with plastic wrap and press the dough into the pan so the top is smooth. Chill until firm.
4. To bake the cookies, preheat the oven to 325º (160ºC.)
5. Using a very sharp chef's knife, slice the dough crosswise, as thin as possible, into rectangles. If you can get them as thin as a coin, all the better. The thinner they are, the more delicate and crisp they'll be.
6. Space the cookies on parchment lined baking sheets and bake for 10-15 minutes, or until the cookies feel slightly firm and the undersides are golden brown. Flip the cookies over and bake an additional 10-15 minutes, until the cookies are crisp and deep golden-brown on top. The baking times depend on how thin you cut the cookies.
Cool completely, then store in an airtight bin until ready to serve.
Once baked, the cookies will keep in an airtight container for up to three days. The dough can be stored in the refrigerator for up to four days, or frozen for up to two months, if well-wrapped.
Large-crystal golden sugar, as shown, is available in specialty food stores, natural food stores, or online.
Makes about 40 cookies
3 1/2 cup(s) all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon(s) baking soda
1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
1 1/2 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon(s) ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon(s) ground nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon(s) ground cardamom
1/4 teaspoon(s) ground mace
1/4 teaspoon(s) freshly ground white pepper
1 pinch(s) ground cloves
6 ounce(s) (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup(s) packed light-brown sugar
1/3 cup(s) water
Confectioners' sugar, for surface
1. Whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cardamom, mace, white pepper, and cloves in a large bowl.
2. Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in half the flour mixture. Beat in water, then remaining flour mixture. Shape into 3 disks. Pat each to a 1-inch thickness, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
3. Dust surface and springerle mold lightly with confectioners' sugar. Roll out dough to a 1/4- to 3/8-inch thickness (deeper molds will need thicker dough). Cut a piece of dough about the size of the mold. Press mold firmly into dough, flip over, and gently roll over dough with a rolling pin. Flip over, and press onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Using a knife, trim excess dough. Gently coax dough out of mold with fingertips and onto a baking sheet. Repeat, spacing cookies 1 inch apart, and placing same-size cookies on same sheet. Freeze until firm, about 1 hour.
4. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Place 1 sheet of cookies in oven, and immediately reduce temperature to 250 degrees F. Bake, 1 sheet at a time, until cookies are set and just beginning to turn light gold around edges, 55 to 65 minutes. Let cool on sheets on wire racks.
Brusselse wafels
Serves 8
1 kilogram flour (2.2 lb)
30 grams of yeast (one package of fast-action yeast)
25 grams of brown sugar
1250 ml of lukewarm water (use tepid sparkling water if possible)
250 grams powdered nonfat dry milk
10 grams of salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract or one small packet vanilla sugar (about 2 teaspoons)
400 to 500 grams of melted butter
6 to 8 egg whites, beaten to stiff peaks
For the waffle batter:
1. Put the flour in a large bowl. Make a well in the flour: add the yeast and 250 ml of the lukewarm water.
Add the brown sugar, powdered milk, the vanilla extract or vanilla
sugar, and the remainder of the water. Mix the dough well: allow to rise
for at least 20 minutes - 1/2 hour. During this period, melt the
butter. Allow to cool to lukewarm.
3. Add the melted butter: mix
well. Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks, fold carefully into the batter
mixture until evenly mixed through.
4. Heat a large waffle iron. Spread each section with the batter, close and bake until done.
5. Serve dusted with confectioners' / icing sugar, or topped with whipped cream and fruit, or with melted chocolate or Nutella.


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Monday, July 30, 2018
Daily delight: Nicki Minaj for Harper's Bazaar Russia
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What a steal: new Schwarzkopf Extra Care Oil Elixirs
A few weeks ago I took the plunge and lightened my hair – a lot. After years of being super blonde and then taking my hair as dark as it gets a few years ago, I was a little freaked – not about the colour (which I love) but about the shiny tresses I thought I'd waved bye-bye to after submitting to highlights. Turns out I was wrong – I can have my cake and eat it too, thanks to an arsenal of great products designed to keep hair in tip top shape, whatever you throw at it.
It's safe to say that most of the products I've used that have been created specifically to treat damaged hair have been pretty pricey, and I've found that cheaper versions just don't have the grunt to make any real change. Until now that is, and the arrival of Schwarzkopf's brand new Extra Care Oil Elixirs.
Schwarzkopf – reportedly New Zealand's must trusted hair care brand - has you covered with the sub-$20 little wonders known as Extra Care Oil Elixir Grape Seed and Extra Care Oil Elixir Rose Hip. Both offer a lightweight repair serum for any hair type, and despite the word "oil" in the name they won't leave a greasy residue or weigh down your silky tresses. Simply apply a few pumps to wet or dry hair, massage gently, and leave in for beautiful soft locks.
Schwarzkopf Extra Care Rose Hip Oil Elixir has been my go-to since it came across my desk, winning me over with the small alone. Rose Hip Oil is known for its regenerative properties and the fact that it is packed full of antioxidants, and this non-greasy formula is easily absorbed and gives major shine. Designed for normal to damaged hair, it provides incredible nourishment and protection, and the vitamins A, C and E present in the bottle means it repairs in the long term too.
Schwarzkopf Extra Care Grape Seed Hip Oil Elixir is for normal to dry hair, and as Grape Seed Oil is known for its large vitamin E content it contains a fat-soluble antioxidant which helps to protect your cells from damage. Designed to help lock in moisture, prevent frizz, split ends and brittle hair, it is another great option if you're looking for repair.
With an RRP of just $18.99, these beauties are available in all leading department stores, supermarkets and pharmacies nationwide right now.Tweet
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Daily delight: Margot Robbie for ES magazine
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All about: Bondi Sands' new GLO collection
It's THAT time of the year when holidays to warmer climes start being planned, so if you're not working with some kind of tanning product now then I suggest you get to it – stat! I'm off to Europe in just over two weeks' and my pasty skin needs all the help it can get, and I'm guessing that I'm not alone in needing a quick fix. Fast.
I'm a confessed connoisseur of the faux glow, and have tried pretty much every formulation out there - with varying degrees of success. It is still the safest tan out there for tanning at any time of year, and with New Zealand skin cancer rates constantly on the rise it's time to pick a formula that works for you rather than baking under what are some pretty damn dangerous rays.
If you're a fake tan newbie or just reticent about applying them yourself, rest assured there are some excellent new releases about to hit the shelves courtesy of those kind people at Bondi Sands.
Blurring the lines between self-tan and makeup, the Australia-based company's brand-new GLO range (above) provides instant colour and texture with lasting effects – and it's pretty much foolproof. Think skin perfecting shimmering colour and high shine luminosity that smooths out imperfections, and it's easily customisable for the ultimate in bespoke tanning.
Bondi Sands co-founder, Blair James says GLO highlights the company's pledge to "shakeup the perception" of sunless tanning, while delivering a fully rounded beauty experience to its fanbase. "Makeup provides an outlet for creativity and self-expression," says James, "and with so many products and techniques to create abundant beauty looks, we thought why not apply the same to self-tan? Dipping our toes into the wider cosmetic category, GLO offers three multi-purpose, mix and match products that result in an instant colour boost, yet can be washed off at the end of day (or night)."
Each product in the GLO range has been designed to enhance a natural tan, work in conjunction with Bondi Sands' existing range, or be worn alone. The line up is made up of:
GLO MATTE ONE DAY TAN: this provides instant lustre and matte colour to skin. The skin perfecting formula can be used to top up natural or self-tans, or to contour the face and body with a bronzing brush.
GLO SHIMMER ONE DAY TAN is designed for that lit from within glow, and is infused with innovative light reflecting particles to highlight, giving a glistening bronzed finish. It can be buffed across the collarbone, cheekbones, eyelids and more, and even mixed in with foundation to give an all over, super delicate sheen to skin.
GLO GLOSS FINISHING GLOW can be worn on top of GLO Shimmer, GLO Matte or alone, and delivers both colour and texture to create a bronzed dewy-look.
Thus far I've tried applying GLO on my legs and arms using my Bondi Sands Tanning Mitt to make sure I get an even, streak-free finish, but when used on the face, the formulas are best applied with a makeup brush (although I haven't tried a Beauty Blender as yet). And like any faux glow, be sure to allow a few minutes for the product to absorb into skin before getting dressed. To remove, simply wash off with soap and water. Pretty cool, huh?
Bondi Sands brand-new GLO Matte One Day Tan, Shimmer One Day Tan and Gloss Finishing Glow, have an RRP of $22.99, and will be available at Unichem, Life Pharmacy and Farmers stores from August 2018.
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Friday, July 20, 2018
Daily delight: Kaia Gerber for Karl Lagerfeld AW18
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Beauty news: Estée Lauder signs Anok Yai as new Global Spokesmodel
It feels like almost every other day that the world's beauty brands are signing up new spokesmodels, with many a savvy decision being made. Estée Lauder is a brand up there in the top five when it comes to most killer stables, and the beauty mega brand announced yesterday that stellar up and comer Anok Yai is their newest face.
One of the fashion world's newest and brightest stars, Anok will feature in makeup and skincare campaigns across digital, TV, in-store and print. Anok's first campaign will be for the brand's number one foundation, Double Wear Stay-in-Place Makeup, debuting August. She joins the current roster of Lauder spokesmodels, which includes Misty Copeland, Grace Elizabeth, Kendall Jenner, Karlie Kloss, Yang Mi, Carolyn Murphy, Hilary Rhoda, Joan Smalls and Fei Fei Sun.
For those that don't know her – and that glorious face – Anok was responsible for a history-marking moment when she was the first black model to open the Prada runway show (see below) in 20 years (Naomi Campbell was the first, back in 1997). Discovered after Instagram images of her at college homecoming celebrations in Washington, DC went viral, Anok became hot property whilst still at school after she was contacted by several top modelling agencies. The Egyptian born beauty eventually found home at NEXT Model Management, where she is signed globally. Just one week later, she confirmed the leading role in Prada's Spring/Summer 2018 campaign photographed by Willy Vanderperre and shortly afterwards became the face of the Riccardo Tisci x Nike collaboration. Anok appears on the cover of DAZED's Summer 2018 issue and has also been photographed for American Vogue, V Magazine, Vogue Italia, British Vogue, POP Magazine, AnOther Magazine and Self Service to name just a few. The daughter of Sudanese refugee parents, Anok moved to the United States in 2000. She has plans to become a doctor and empower young girls to pursue STEM fields.
"We are thrilled to welcome Anok to the brand," said Stephane de La Faverie, Global Brand President, Estée Lauder. "Estée Lauder has always chosen women who represent our vision of global beauty. With the addition of Anok to our current line-up of diverse spokesmodels, we continue the brand's legacy of celebrating women from different backgrounds, ethnicities and ages."
"I am so excited to be a part of the Estée Lauder family," said Anok i. "To be a woman of colour representing an iconic brand that has continuously been at the forefront of beauty, is an honour. I hope to be an inspiration to young girls and women and encourage them to feel undeniably beautiful."
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Thursday, July 19, 2018
Daily delight: Adwoa Aboah for Fendi FW 18 campaign
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All about: KMS Style Primers in salon and at home
You know how great your hair feels after an add-on treatment at a salon, but then fades after a wash? Well haircare giants KMS feel your pain, and have introduced a very cool new initiative that gives you a stellar, tailored in-salon service that is then combined with a cutting-edge at home application for a result that lasts… and then some. Up to seven washes in fact, making it the perfect addition to a blow wave.
Called the KMS Style Primer service, it separates the process into an internal and external approach to ensure optimum results that endure. The internal process focuses on plumping and restructuring damaged hair from the inside out, while the formulations focusing on external results – called ADDVOLUME, TAMEFRIZZ and MOISTREPAIR - allow the treatment to be tailored to each individual's hair needs. How cool is that?
I love the fact that KMS Style Primers can be used separately or intermixed for completely bespoke results depending on your hair type, which is especially great for balayage clients and those with combination hair like me. The service takes just five extra minutes once applied to towel-dried hair, and each service includes a 75ml take-home Style Primer to prolong the results even further.
So how does it work? Well it starts with AHA - found in many anti-ageing skincare products - which also has several benefits for hair such as conditioning, moisturising and strengthening each strand to enhance overall manageability. This super ingredient can tackle the most damaged or bleached hair, adding a lubricity that allows for easier detangling and even protection against heated styling tools. Next up is Polyquarternium 37, which is known for its excellent body and volume enhancing effects and works by providing a positive charge to counteract the negative charge often found in shampoos and other haircare products. This positive charge helps ionically bond the VA/VP Copolymers to the hair, the special ingredient that adds texture and volume.
On the naturally derived side of things, Babassu Oil is also in the formula, an ingredient that comes from a palm fruit and is often compared to Coconut Oil. Boasting a more lightweight, non-greasy texture however, Babassu Oil gives a shot of intense nourishment without weighing down locks for instant smooth results.
Last up, 18-MEA is an important fatty acid naturally found in abundance on the surface of virgin hair and is often referred to as the protective lipid layer as it prevents moisture loss. Chemical services in particular can break down 18-MEA, leaving cuticles exposed to further damage, so replacing this in the hair structure will aid in maintaining a nourished and glossy mane.
Blinded a little by science? Me too, but after having this service and taking home a tube of TAMEFRIZZ that I use every second or so wash instead of conditioned, I have to say that it works a treat!
Stockist: To find your nearest KMS Salon and discuss what kind of service would suit you, head here.
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Monday, July 16, 2018
Daily delight: Elle Macpherson for InStyle Australia
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Sunday, July 15, 2018
All about: the ghd x Lulu Guinness collection
As a two-time breast cancer survivor, I always appreciate it when a beauty brand decides to "go pink" for the cause and actually commits to it year after year. A lot don't, believe me! Many a brand will jump on the bandwagon to leverage a few sales, then disappear the following year when a newer, shinier charity takes their eye.
This is vastly unlike ghd, who have been in it for the long haul. This is the thirteenth year that ghd New Zealand has served up an amazing fundraising initiative for the Breast Cancer Foundation New Zealand, having already donated an amazing $1,000,000 to the charity through sales of their annual, highly coveted ghd pink stylers. The work done by the BCFNZ is vital for people like me, and their services that I have accessed over the years have made an incredible impact at a very difficult time.
But on to this year's limited edition styling tools at hand, which were unveiled to media a few weeks' ago at a beautiful event at Ponsonby salon Kindred Human + Earth. This season, the limited edition pink range is even more covetable, having undergone an absolutely gorgeous vintage makeover thanks to a collaboration with UK designer Lulu Guinness. The limited edition ghd x Lulu Guinness collection features Lulu's iconic lip print on the new ghd gold straightener and ghd air hairdryer, with $20 from every pink straightener and $10 from every pink hairdryer going to the Breast Cancer Foundation of NZ. "The ghd annual pink collection is so iconic and has raised an incredible amount of money for breast cancer charities globally," says Guinness, "over $20 million! I am thrilled to be a part of the campaign this year and hope that my design helps to raise even more valuable money for charity." The ghd gold by Lulu Guinness comes with with Lulu Guinness' cult lip print design and an exclusive Lulu Guinness heat-resistant bag. $20 donated to BCFNZ, whilst the GHD air by Lulu Guinness features limited edition pink accents and a beautiful dust bag. Want them both!
Evangelia Henderson, Chief Executive at Breast Cancer Foundation NZ says, "Since 2006, ghd has continued to raise much needed funds for the foundation. "Breast cancer is the most common cancer for Kiwi women and the third most common overall. The ongoing partnership with ghd helps Breast Cancer Foundation NZ continue its vital work: improving early detection, investing in research and supporting patients," says Mrs Henderson. ghd Australia and New Zealand Managing Director Ludovic Dellazzeri says, "we're very proud to be supporting Breast Cancer Foundation for the 14th year running. We're hoping Kiwis will get on board and help us achieve the charity's vision of zero deaths from breast cancer, so we can finally #KissCancerGoodbye."
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Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Daily delight: Taylor Swift for Harper's Bazaar US
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Love it: Bobbi Brown's Nude on Nude palettes
It goes without saying that I am a huge fan of Bobbi Brown, both the hugely inspirational woman and the stellar brand. Both are beautiful yet practical, with the end goal being making every woman look the best she can be. Bobbi Brown is all about making the most of your standout features for a beauty that is all your own – how great is that?
Inspired by the natural colours in a woman's face, the brand's approach to nude enhances features and "lets the real you shine through", and a product duo dropping next week designed to do exactly that is the Nude on Nude palette collection. All about shades that flatter skin tone and create a healthy glow, it aims to deliver the perfect statement eye, and I am already obsessed. Nude on Nude celebrates the "nude makeup" originator's aesthetic—a simple yet natural look, but one that can be as subtle or dramatic as you please.
The palette comes in two editions - Bronzed Nudes and Rosy Nudes - each with an amazing TEN eye shadow formulas that make it pretty much all you need this season and perfect for travel. The official line up – including some brand new shades - is:
• Bronzed Nudes Edition: Bone Eye Shadow, NEW Golden Glow Shimmer Wash Eye Shadow, Frappe Eye Shadow, Pink Copper Sparkle Eye Shadow, NEW Burnt Amber Metallic Eye Shadow, NEW Buff Eye Shadow, NEW Copper Chocolate, Sparkle Eye Shadow, Chocolate Truffle Metallic Eye Shadow, Milk Chocolate Eye Shadow, andBlack Chocolate Eye Shadow
• Rosy Nudes Edition: NEW White Smoke Eye Shadow, Watercolor Pink Metallic Eye Shadow, NEW Nudest Eye Shadow, NEW Sunrise Glow Shimmer Wash Eye Shadow, Nude Eye Shadow, Dusk Metallic Eye Shadow, Milk Chocolate Eye Shadow, Tan Eye Shadow, NEW Chocolate Smoke Sparkle Eye Shadow and Rich Caviar Eye Shadow.
Finishes range from silky, matte powder shadows that blend easily to rich shimmers and shamelessly sheer sparkles for a fabulous combo that really does cover all of the bases. I've been playing with the Bronzed Nudes Edition non-stop since I received a sample a few weeks' ago and I have to say that I have been reaching for little else – it really IS that versatile. It will definitely be coming with me to Europe in a month too – the ultimate travel palette this just may be!
The Bobbi Brown Nude on Nude palettes - RRP $140 - are available: July 16th at all Bobbi Brown Cosmetics Counters and at www.smithandcaugheys.co.nz/bobbibrown and www.farmers.co.nz/bobbibrown
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Thursday, July 5, 2018
Daily delight: Helena Christensen for InStyle magazine
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All about: making more Conscious haircare choices
When I first started writing about beauty, finding natural products was near impossible, especially at a time when online shopping for green goodies wasn't that easy and New Zealand was woefully under resourced. Since then, the genre has grown leaps and bounds, and that includes conscious, eco-friendly products for your hair.
One of the first brands that I fell in love with both for its philosophy and its effectiveness was Sans [ceuticals], which was founded by stylist and eco mama Lucy Vincent and is still made in New Zealand today. In French, sans means without, and all Sans [ceuticals] ingredients are pure and sustainable, with no harmful additives. Made fresh in small batches, their entire collection is 100 per cent naturally derived, using 100 per cent biodegradable ingredients
that come in 100 per cent recyclable packaging. They even use vegetable ink for all of their print materials, and on a purely aesthetic level, their goodies look luscious in your bathroom. Sans [ceuticals] products are also a holy grail for minimalists in that they are largely multi-use, meaning fewer items in your bathroom that are used more frequently. This reduces clutter and softens their environmental footprint, while also being kinder on the wallet. My favourites from their haircare offering are the beautiful Balancing Hair Wash and locks loving Nourishing Hair Hydratant Ultra +, a conditioner that really cares.
that come in 100 per cent recyclable packaging. They even use vegetable ink for all of their print materials, and on a purely aesthetic level, their goodies look luscious in your bathroom. Sans [ceuticals] products are also a holy grail for minimalists in that they are largely multi-use, meaning fewer items in your bathroom that are used more frequently. This reduces clutter and softens their environmental footprint, while also being kinder on the wallet. My favourites from their haircare offering are the beautiful Balancing Hair Wash and locks loving Nourishing Hair Hydratant Ultra +, a conditioner that really cares.
A name from farther afield that is above reproach when it comes to caring for the planet and its humans is Italian beauty brand, Davines. The environmentally conscious house offers a fantastic colour service in the form of A New Colour, which utilises the likes of melanin, carotenoids, Vitamin C, quartz powder and vegetable vaseline to provide velvety, intense, multifaceted results. Add to that maximum comfort for customers and full respect for the hair's structure and you have a seriously inspired product, and unlike many organic and natural colour systems in the past it can deliver some dramatic results. Lately I've been using their range of foolproof scalp and hair masks known as The Circle Chronicles (see, above). Each mask is unique and dedicated to a specific hair and/or scalp issue and you can even use them to "multi mask" according to where your hair is at on any given day. Formulated with a high percentage of natural ingredients such as clays, charcoal and seed oils, they are created using 100 per cent renewable energy sources and feel and smell incredible. Vegan, silicone-free and without parabens, they also contain no artificial colours – it is the natural-origin active ingredients that give each mask its own unique hue. They come in cute little packets that are single-use and highly portable, and the packaging is CO2 neutral, fighting climate change by offsetting 100 per cent of their carbon emissions through reforestation. My favourite is The Spotlight Circle, which delivers serious shine and is perfect if you're preparing for a party or important event.
At Stephen Marr salon on Ponsonby Road they offer another, strong, conscious haircare brand in the form of Original + Mineral. The Australian-founded, but globally respected name created CØR.colour, which took their original ammonia-free colour offering and dialled things up. Way up. Designed for salons "dedicated to giving their clients and stylists the cleanest, healthiest colour experience", it is gluten and soy-free so more people can safely experience a hair colour session without the itching and tingling, and has no animal-derived ingredients. Free of PPD and Resorcinol, CØR.colour is kind on people and also on the drains that its excess is washed down, which is a win-win for us - and the planet. The brand's home care and styling products are also incredible, with my favourite being Surf Bomb Sea Salt Texture Spray, which delivers that effortlessly sexy, tousled look without drying out your hair.
Last up, I'd like to talk about Kindred Human + Earth (see, below), a salon with lots of soul that appeared gently on the local landscape earlier this year in the space originally known as Good One at 42 Douglas Street. Owner Cat Frost told me that when she first began thinking about the salon – the location of which took three years to find – she set out to create a "new salon model", one that would nurture the soul and reduce the chemical load on clients and the environment. One of their main product offerings is the aforementioned Davines, a brand that Cat trusts implicitly. "You know they take the nurturing aspect very seriously," she says, "and their products are leeching nothing from the earth."
Alongside salon services, Kindred also has a brow taming offering and beauty therapy, and is soon to begin yoga and meditation sessions developed with Auckland yoga identity, Yogamani Saraswati. Cat is passionate about caring for the whole human as opposed to just their hair, and key to this is her commitment to what she likes to call the "green glamour movement" that is driving consumers to question brands about their integrity. By the time this comes out Cat will be almost ready to open a café space adjacent to the salon, which will be called Next of Kin. Serving Allpress coffee and vegan treats, it is set to be a neighourhood favourite – much like the salon itself.
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Monday, July 2, 2018
Daily delight: Alison Brie for FASHION magazine
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Labels: actors, Alison Brie, Beauty, covers, Daily delight, fashion, Fashion Magazine, glow
Love it: Moroccanoil Mending Infusion
I was absolutely mad for Moroccanoil when it arrived on the scene all those years ago, it really was the perfect product for my ever-so-slightly –tortured hair at the time and the best multitasker I'd met in a while.
Since then more than a few pretenders have made their way onto the shelves, and the Moroccanoil range has answered this with serious expansion into a collection of amazing products. The one I'd like to sing the praises of today is Moroccanoil Mending Infusion, which despite the deceptively simple name is waaaaay more than just a solid repairer of split ends. In actuality, Moroccanoil Mending Infusion is a vitamin-fuelled, quinoa protein-packed formula that nourishes, conditions and strengthens for a 'silky, fresh-cut appearance'.
An instant-fix styling agent if ever there was one, the ultra-lightweight, Argan oil-based formula reduces visible signs of damaged hair-such as frayed ends, dryness and colour damage, all the while taming frizz and even preventing further damage – how great is that?
Key ingredients in the mix are the aforementioned Argan Oil - rich in tocopherols (Vitamin E), essential fatty acids and antioxidants, it deeply nourishes – Galactoarabinan (a polysaccharide that is core to a proprietary blend of split end-sealing ingredients) and Baobab extract to help provide damage recovery and leave hair looking and feeling softer and smoother. Last up, Hydrolyzed Quinoa is included as it is super rich in amino acids so helps exponentially with hair nourishment and conditioning.
So how do you use it? Apply a dollar coin-sized amount to your palms and warm it a little before working through dry hair, focusing on the ends after styling. Reapply as needed. You can also use it whilst blow drying if you hair really needs some extra love, and the formula is so lightweight and fast-absorbing that you'll hardly feel its there. Magic.
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How to extract images from DOCX files using PHP
In this post I will show you how to extract and display images from Microsoft Word Document files (docx extension) using PHP. This can be used for creating a document repository and indexing images for it. We won't use any third party software or module for this. This code will work in PHP 5.2+ and the only requirement is php_zip.dll for Windows or --enable-zip parameter for Linux. Basically we need a ZIP library for PHP. The reason behind this requirement is that Word document files are actually archived files with there extension changed from .zip to .docx.
Try to open a docx file with a ZIP file utility. See below the screenshot of a docx file named attractive_prices.docx extracted with WINRAR.
As you can see there are various folders and XML files inside this archive. We can even extract the text from the document file! Indeed my next post will be on this. All the media files are stored by Word in directory - word/media.
So if we want to extract and display images from a doc file, all we need to do is open the word/media directory present in the archive and then display all the images present inside it.
Create a new PHP file and name it as extract.php and add the following code in it.
/*Name of the document file*/
$document = 'attractive_prices.docx';
/*Function to extract images*/
function readZippedImages($filename) {
/*Create a new ZIP archive object*/
$zip = new ZipArchive;
/*Open the received archive file*/
if (true === $zip->open($filename)) {
for ($i=0; $i<$zip->numFiles;$i++) {
/*Loop via all the files to check for image files*/
$zip_element = $zip->statIndex($i);
/*Check for images*/
if(preg_match("([^\s]+(\.(?i)(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|bmp))$)",$zip_element['name'])) {
/*Display images if present by using display.php*/
echo "<image src='display.php?filename=".$filename."&index=".$i."' /><hr />";
Now create another PHP file and name it as display.php and add the following code to it.
/*Tell the browser that we want to display an image*/
header('Content-Type: image/jpeg');
/*Create a new ZIP archive object*/
$zip = new ZipArchive;
/*Open the received archive file*/
if (true === $zip->open($_GET['filename'])) {
/*Get the content of the specified index of ZIP archive*/
echo $zip->getFromIndex($_GET['index']);
Comments have been included in both the scripts for easy understanding. Check out the working demo.


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Georganna has been practicing law as a member of the Florida Bar since 2012. She graduated from the University of South Florida with her B.A. in Political Science in 2006, and from Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad College of Law in 2011. Georganna spent years representing lenders in the foreclosure industry, where she specialized in reverse mortgage foreclosures. Georganna's primary goal is to help each and every client through the difficult and sometimes confusing process of proceeding forward with their claim. She is caring, interested, and a capable advocate on behalf of our clients.
When not practicing her craft as an attorney, she stays active within her community as she has donated time and energy for several charities. Over the years she has volunteered diligently for the Boys & Girls Club of Tarpon Springs, the Tarpon Springs Youth Charity, the Tarpon Springs Shepherd Center, and other worthwhile charitable groups. Selected in 2019 to Florida SuperLawyers Rising Stars, Georganna is a self-motivator and an avid runner, as she prides herself in fitness of both mind and body.
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by IQA Staff | November 16, 2012
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"An intricate exploration of family and home, of mother and child, of friends, of women and written with both precision and style."—Weike Wang, author of Chemistry
From a talented, powerful new voice in fiction comes a stunning novel about the intersection of three lives coming to grips with identity, family legacy, and what it means to make a house a true home.
Cybil is a war child—the result of a brief affair between a young Japanese woman and a French soldier—who at a young age is transplanted to Tucson, Arizona, and raised by an American officer and his rigid wife. After a rebellious adolescence, she grows up to become a successful ob-gyn.
Chloe, Cybil's daughter, is adrift in an empty house in the hills of Virginia. Her marriage has fallen apart, and her estranged husband is dying of cancer. Room by room, Chloe makes her new house into a home, grappling always with the real and imagined boundaries that limit her as a single, childless woman in contemporary America.
Beau, Chloe's closest friend, is in love with a man he's only met on the internet, who lives across the country. Shepherding Chloe through her grief, he is often called back to his loud, humid, chaotic childhood in Southwest Louisiana, where he first reckoned with the intricate ties between queerness, loneliness, and place.
Through each of these characters Matalone weaves a moving, beautiful narrative of home, identity, and belonging. Home Making is a somber, yet hopeful, ode to the stories we tell ourselves in order to make a family.
- Imprint: Harper Perennial
- On Sale: 02/18/2020
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"[A] heady and somber debut...While Matalone's Home Making is partially concerned with the aesthetics and processes of domestic labor, it's that last part, that magic by which a woman — for this is nearly always women's work, no? — transforms a physical structure into a place of comfort and safety, that is the subject of this heady and somber debut. The architecture of the story is solid. . . [It's] exciting to see her wrestle so artfully with her ideas." - New York Times Book Review
"Matalone's heady, lyrical debut overlays an adopted woman's journey into motherhood with her daughter's story of making a home for herself as an adult. In measured prose, Matalone draws out connections between past and present to illuminate the mother and daughter's shared sense of ambiguity toward motherhood. Matalone's cool reflections on art and architecture will appeal to fans of Chris Kraus." - Publishers Weekly
"In her poetic first novel, Matalone probes the meaning of home and family. . .These vivid characters revisit their pasts and make plans to build a place "where happiness can bloom." Chloe's renovation watchword is "Rome," as in "not built in a day." So it is with home-making. The work is never done. The layers of meaning Matalone evokes provide a rich trove for discussion." - Booklist
"Home Making becomes a pleasure, full of weird jumps, interesting encounters, and beautiful images… it's wide-ranging and ambitious." - Washington Independent
"Lee Matalone's Home Making is simply put — incredible. Her style is reminiscent of Pat Conroy and Flannery O'Connor yet uniquely her own. Her characters are well-drawn, and after a few pages, you feel as if they were old friends coming to visit for a couple of days…Home Making is more than a metaphor, more than an idea or a story. It's a piece of literary magic." - Rapid River Magazine
Matalone's whimsical and endearing voice shines like a perfectly placed lamp in a freshly painted room. . .The room-by-room structure grounds the meandering nature of the stream-of-consciousness style and gives it the weight it needs to keep the story focused. . .Home Making is a debut whose quiet power will fill its readers with the comforting warmth of nostalgia and a bittersweet desire to return home, wherever that may be." - Paperback Paris
"An intricate exploration of family and home, of mother and child, of friends, of women and written with both precision and style." - Weike Wang, author of Chemistry
"In this remarkable novel, Lee Matalone fashions a world of rich and nuanced characters. Matalone has created something original, almost kaleidoscopic, as she constructs the interwoven tales of the characters who each strive to form a home. She writes skillfully about relationships, living and dying, and love. Cleverly and beautifully rendered, this is the work of an author plunging beneath the surface, into the very heart of what fabricates our inner and outer lives. This is a smart, uncanny, and ambitious debut." - Nina McConigley, author of Cowboys and East Indians , winner of the PEN Open Book Award
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All of Shakespeare's plays.
The king your father is at Westminster:
And there are twenty weak and wearied posts
Come from the north: and, as I came along,
I met and overtook a dozen captains,
Bare-headed, sweating, knocking at the taverns,
And asking every one for Sir John Falstaff.
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My Father The Genius
Director Lucia Small takes a look at her estranged father Glen Small, Futurist architect and self-proclaimed visionary, in MY FATHER THE GENIUS. Once a member of the famed Southern California Institute of Architecture, Glen Small is, at age 61, barely able to make ends meet. And while many of his colleagues have gone onto careers of great renown, many of Small's most far-sighted projects have never been built. His personal life, too, has paid the cost (so far: three wives, two girlfriends). In this documentary, Lucia Small not only examines her contentious father's work, but also the perils of family life in the face of driving artistic ambition.
GENRES - documentary
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RUNTIME - 84 minutes
RATING - Not Rated
COUNTRY - United States
LANGUAGE - English
SUBTITLES - English


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All-Star line up at the Alban Arena
PUBLISHED: 20:00 05 May 2016
Four comedy heavyweights come together for the first time as part of a tour which stops off at the Alban Arena next Wednesday, May 11.
Double Sony award-winner and star of Mock The Week, Gary Delaney, is joined by Pete Firman, of BBC1's The Musicians, Jarred Christmas, a Chortle Comedy Award winner, and Sean Hughes, a Perrier Award winner who has been voted one of the world's top 100 comedians
The All-Star Stand-up Tour is produced by Alex Jarrett who commented: "These guys are real masters of the craft with over 75 years of stand-up experience between them."
The evening gets underway at 8pm and tickets are £20, available from the box office on 01727 844488 or online.
Irish folk music band, The Dublin Legends, will be playing at the Arena at 7.30pm next Friday, May 13.
Sean Cannon, Eamonn Campbell, Gerry O'Connor and Paul Watchorn comprise The Dublin Legends which were formed after the sudden death of The Dubliners' founding member 'Banjo' Barney Mckenna.
Sean and Eamonn were members of The Dubliners for close on 30 years while Gerry joined them for the final part of their 50th Anniversary Tour. Paul toured the world as a member of Derek Warfield's Sons Of Erin for many years.
The concert starts at 7.30pm and tickets are £21.
The Solid Silver 60s Show, featuring Peter Noone, Dave Berry, Brian Hyland, New Amen Corner and The Merseybeats, returns to the Arena at 7.30pm next Saturday, May 14.
Featuring all the original artists performing their classic hits, tickets are 28.50 and £26.50.
Killer Queen will be recreating the music of Queen at the Arena from 7pm next Sunday, May 15.
Now in their 22nd year Killer Queen were credited as Worldwide Best Tribute Band Award in 1999 and awarded Best Concert of the Year at The Brighton Centre in 2009.
The concert is in aid of several charities including Breast Cancer Care, Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust, Ovarian Cancer Action, and Bloodwise.
Tickets are £28.50 and £26.50.


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26th October 2011
Location: Classic Grand
Tickets: £18
Exclusive Scottish gig date at the Classic Grand.
Toyah continues to be seen on film with her recently completed starring role in the British film Power of Three, a light-hearted feel-good comedy that follows the adventures of 3 friends who pool their strengths when the going gets tough.
Additionally, the track Quicksilver by The Humans features prominently in the short film Marigolds.
With new book projects and music releases in the pipeline and live concert dates scheduled for the 2011, Toyah maintains her multi-faceted and vibrant career.
Catch her exclusive Scottish gig date at the Classic Grand.
Buy your tickets online