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Tuesday, December 24, 2013
The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna
Warm and fuzzy, the vignettes of this story are not (though the hare is). Charming, honest, direct, they are. Together they tell the story of Vatanen(what is his first name -- it's never told), a journalist, who while on assignment, comes across a baby hare who is injured (most probably by the car Vatanen is in, maybe even driving) and leaves his job, his somewhat unpleasant wife, and the life he knows, to trek around Finland with the hare. The characters he meets are so well drawn, I could picture how the scene would play out in a movie (thinking of the bulldozer driver here, after the forest fire, particularly). The work and situations he finds himself contain humor, and that dark slice of life that part of the world does so well.
I did find the narrative rather flat, as if a retelling, and wasn't sure if it was the translation into English or a style choice of the author, until the end.
Apparently Paasilinna is sort of a national treasure of Finland. I'd like to check out more of his books.
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I think I like being in the shed. It's not somewhere I'm especially meant to be. The squirrels don't know I'm in here, watching them through the cobwebbed, single-pane, piece of shit window. The guys repaving the alleyway behind our house don't know I'm in here; imagine their surprise. It's like writing from the linen closet in a hospital, or the back of a covered pick-up truck in a parking lot, or the empty operators's cab of a crane not in use today. But I wouldn't go up there because I'm afraid of heights. Just one of the many things I pretended not to be.
How I came to be sitting in this shed is like all stories: Complicated, especially if you insist on things being true. I can strip it down – provide the barebones as it were – but it should be acknowledged that this is as close to the full picture as would be my diagramming the skeletal structure of a T-Rex from memory, with a crayon, and entitling it Dinosaurs: Everything You Need To Know.
We had a daughter in April and put new pieces of small but nice furniture for her into the third bedroom, which up until then I had been using as a sort-of writing shed. This was in the period before I knew I needed a such a thing (specifically my life previous to today). Before that we raised our son for a time in the apartment we used to live in and had to leave because it didn't have enough room for both the present and the future. There was nothing really like a writing shed there. I used the coffee shops badly, mostly just pulling things out of my bag and looking at people and then going home perturbed that apart from asking for more coffee my insides had shown no interest in being involved with, or explaining themselves to, the outside. Before that we lived and worked on a boat and I didn't have a shed there either, nor did I have a writing. This was a time of survival and my soul hibernated and occasionally bit people in its sleep because it was afraid that it's first winter would also be its last.
Before that I was on tour except I don't play music, or write books, or play sports, or have any fans. I was just on tour. Those times were all sorts of things, two of which were: Fun, and Lonely. While I was on tour I would sometimes make a writing shed in my lap on a beach somewhere, or on an airplane, or in the spare room of a house in the Caribbean that I couldn't afford the rent on. But those sheds disappeared as soon as I stood up, and were really more of a concept anyway.
And before that I was a boy and I wasn't allowed to play in the shed.
But now I am. With the arrival of our daughter I took a look around the house and couldn't see anywhere to write. All of the bedrooms have people living in them. The bathroom is in frequent demand. The kitchen is busier than most subway stations, and the living room is also the dining room and in both cases the chances of being able to write there are similar to those of growing potatoes in an active landslide.
Then I looked outside; and saw the little blue shed at the back of the yard with new eyes. It is full of garden tools, planters, a lawnmower, a toboggan, other things, my surfboards, wood, extra wood and random shit like an deflated inflatable pool, a claxon, a Christmas tree base, and my first bike. But it also has a window, and I am looking out that window right now and no one knows that, not the squirrels, not the constructors, not anyone. I have a space heater and an extension cord and there is no one here but me. And I think I like being in the shed. And so I will try to come out here more often. Thank you.


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Sorry I've slowed down on updating the blog lately… I'm switching servers, and am getting ready to re-launch the site in a few days. It will look essentially the same, however, I will be able to do more things with the site in the future. Anyways, thanks for your patience. I will keep updating the blog sporadically in the interim.
Timbaland Denies Suicide Attempt Rumors
via Entertainment Weekly.
Timbaland called in to Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show today to counter rumors of a possible suicide attempt. "I don't even know what happened, to be honest. I don't know what people are talking about," the superproducer said, adding, "Why would I commit suicide?"
Online reports earlier in the day claimed that Timbaland had fled his house in an agitated state after discovering the theft of a watch worth $2 million, leading his family to call the police, who found him unharmed and brought him home. In the KIIS interview, Timbaland told Seacrest that he had indeed been robbed, but not of a watch, and firmly denied that he had ever intended to hurt himself.
"The only thing I did was take a drive to figure out how I'm going to handle [the theft]," Timbaland said. He added that he planned to return to the studio this afternoon to work with Keri Hilson on her next album. Reps for Timbaland have not responded to EW's request for further comment.
The Foreign Exchange – "Authenticity" (Cover + Tracklist)
Here's the artwork, tracklist and some info about the next project from Phonte and Nicolay bka The Foreign Exchange.
1. The Last Fall
2. Authenticity
3. Eyes To The Sky
4. All Roads
5. Fight For Love
6. Maybe She'll Dream Of Me
7. Don't Wait feat. Darien Brockington
8. Make Me A Fool feat. Jesse Boykins III & Median
9. Everything Must Go
10. Laughing At Your Plans feat. Chantae Cann
11. This City Ain't The Same Without You feat. YahZarah
"Authenticity" is the 3rd full-length from indie-soul duo The Foreign Exchange.
Picking up where their 2008 Grammy-nominated "Leave It All Behind" set left off, "Authenticity" is the group's most diverse work to date, with a tight, 11-track song cycle spanning the duo's trademark brand of lush electronic soul, to stripped down acoustic pieces that recall the heyday of 70′s singer-songwriter driven folk.
Lead single "Maybe She'll Dream Of Me" is a playful, synth-driven hip-hop groove featuring a rapped verse from Phonte that evokes the band's "Connected" era, while the epic opener "The Last Fall" finds some of the band's most cynical lyrics to date ("Love is at worst an excuse/at best it's a truce…") over a frenzied Nicolay production jammed with layers of strings, guitars, and dense choral harmonies.
"I think every band reaches that point when they come into their own and find a sound that is distinctively theirs," says Phonte in reference to the album's title. "The title refers to me and Nic's journey to find our own unique space within this vast musical landscape. The biggest challenge as a musician is to find that 'thing' that makes you who you are. But I think we're getting there, and we're finding our way more and more with each record."
Featuring guest appearances from longtime contributors YahZarah, Darien Brockington, Zo! and Median, and also relative newcomers Chantae Cann and Jesse Boykins III, "Authenticity" hits stores 10/12 on +FE Music.
Authenticity is due out October 12th on +FE Music.
Jay-Z Tops 2010 Forbes Hip-Hop Cash King
#1. Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter – $63m
#2. Sean "Diddy" Combs – $30M
#3. Aliuane "Akon" Thiam – $21M [that Lady Gaga money is no joke…]
#4. Dwayne "Lil Wayne" Carter – $20M
#5. Andre "Dr. Dre" Young – $17M
#6. Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges – $16M
#7. Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus – $15M
#8. Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley – $14M
#9. Pharrell Williams – $13M
#10 Kanye West – $12M
#11. Aubrey "Drake" Graham – $10M
#12. Clifford "T.I." Harris – $9M (tie)
#12. Kasseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean – $9M (tie)
#14. Marshall "Eminem" Mathers – $8M (tie)
#14 Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson – $8M (tie)
No More Hip-Hop/Pop Music for 95.5 The Beat…
So, yesterday, I turned my radio dial to 95.5 The Beat as I often do… and I was surprised to hear TALK RADIO instead of hip hop/pop music! What?! I thought that maybe The Beat was trying to integrate some talk radio shows to educate some of the younger listeners, but I was completely wrong. According to the AJC, 750/WSB-AM, home to hometown stars Neal Boortz and Clark Howard, added 95.5FM to its broadcast, thus closing down 11-year old 95.5 The Beat. I'm not so happy about this. This reminds me when 103.5 The Beat shut down in Miami. Damn. Anyways, let me know your thoughts.
50 Cent Calls Into Shyne's Conference Call (Video)
50 Cent calls into Shyne's conference call that went down today that was held by Def Jam and XXL Magazine. 50's at it again.
Young Jeezy Says "Death Before Dishonor" Is Not A Diss…
via 2dopeboyz.
MTV caught up with Young Jeezy. Speaking on his recent B.M.F. freestyle that everyone took as a diss to Rick Ross.
It's not a dis. First of all, I'm not gonna get nothing out of dissing that guy. That's one. What am I gonna get out of dissing him? I think sometimes people can read into things too deep. They trippin', man. They crazy out there. Basically, if homie takes that as a dis, he's insecure, and anybody else out there who does, they are insecure.
When asked about specific lines ("how you blowing money fast? you don't know the crew. oh you part of the fam? shit i never knew") Jeezy said the following…
That's for real. That's for anybody. I got niggas in prison behind that shit. I feel that if you speaking on shit, you gotta at least know who you talking about. That's like niggas speaking on Cash Money: If he ain't never been a part of Cash Money, [then] I'mma speak it better if I'm a part of Cash Money. To me, [Black Mafia Family] was real. I know all the members. Who else would say a line like that but me? I'm one of the few people who can say that, so I said it. That's real life, though. You gotta know the crew, baby. I thought that was the purpose of the game: to get on records and talk your shit, right?
Subliminals, for what? What's understood ain't gotta be said. I didn't think people would take the record like that. I did it like I would have any Shawty Lo record, any Rocko record, whoever. I got on [Ross' beat] and did it like how I do it, the best way I know how. I don't know if because the BMF situation is for real for me that everybody is like, 'Ooh. Oh, shit.' Twitter is a muthafucka, by the way.


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One of my friends from Tokyo who moved back to Toronto about a month ago said that the most important thing I needed to do before leaving was go shopping!
The shopping in Toronto really sucks according to her. I think she might have used the term 'dockers wasteland'. Now I already knew that the shopping in Toronto was not great --too much skater gear and 'dope sneaks'-- so I felt at least semi-prepared. But after hearing from her though, now I'm freaking out!! Am I over-reacting? --Oh my God, I'm not am I-- it's even worse than I've imagined isn't it! I can picture it now; triple-XL sports jerseys, sandles with socks, and envicta backpacks. i can imagine the parade of horrors now. yuck!
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Speaking Your Truth Even When It Feels Painful and Shameful
Speaking Your Truth Even When It Feels Painful and Shameful
by Lauren Madden, Tiny Buddha
June 20, 2018
"Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness." ~ Brené Brown
I was sexually assaulted my senior year of college. Shortly after, I received a hefty check in the mail from the guy who did it as a "graduation gift." I spent many nights tossing and turning, debating whether I should cash the check or burn it along with his pathetic graduation card wishing me "all the best" in my future.
I ended up cashing the check and pretending it didn't happen.
This was four years ago, and I still cringe every time I think about what happened-and even worse, what didn't. I lose sleep over all the things I didn't say, the action I didn't take, the people I didn't talk to afterward. In the end, what didn't happen is even worse than what did.
I visited my grandmother recently, and we were sharing stories about her career as an educator for many years. In the midst of our conversation, the "#metoo" topic came up, as it was all over the news at the time.
She shared with me that in all her years in a supervisory role in the school system, there were two occasions where students reported that their teacher sexually assaulted them.
After the investigations, my grandmother and her staff discharged these teachers from the school district but chose not to press charges against them. Maybe there wasn't enough evidence to take legal action. Maybe the times were just different back then. But as she told me all of this, I couldn't help but notice the subtle trace of regret in her eyes. She gazed out the kitchen window and said, "I wonder whatever happened to those teachers."
It bothered me for weeks after our conversation. What had happened to the teachers that were dismissed, all those years ago? Did they get another job? Did they move to a new state? Did they ever start teaching again, this time in a different school district, with new students and a clear slate?
Were they guilty of what those students claimed? Did they, in fact, cross a line? Or were they simply being blamed for something that wasn't their fault at all - a scapegoat for issues happening to the students outside their classroom?
Who knows? Who knows what might have happened, or how those two events that occurred so many years ago might have created a ripple effect out into the world today?
Every action has a consequence, no matter how big or small. But I couldn't stop wondering, how did those students move forward from that point on? What beliefs did they adopt about themselves, about authority figures, about life in general, after an experience like that?
How did the accused teachers wake up in the morning, after such a wicked allegation? Did they tell their friends and family the truth? Did they work tirelessly to become better people, so as to avoid anything like that ever happening again? Or did they go on to assault more children in different schools?
The questions made my mind numb. The possibilities were so varying, so unknown, and yet, so impactful. I couldn't understand why it was bothering me so much when I personally played no part in this story.
But now, I'm starting to see the correlation. I'm starting to understand how all of these stories are connected, how our human narratives string together to create significance and meaning, and how it's so incredibly important to honor and speak our truth. Especially when it comes to things like sexual assault, violence, and power.
Looking back to my sexual assault experience, I recognize that I felt more guilt and shame about the action that I didn't take than anything that did happen that night.
For years, I beat myself up over the fact that I accepted the gifted money as some weird form of apology instead of telling anyone about what happened that night or allowing myself to actually process the emotions behind the event. I simply pretended it didn't happen and tried to ignore the problem because I didn't want to deal with the consequences of what might happen if I did tell anyone about it.
It felt safer to ignore the issue than to bring it to the surface, as if by talking about it I'd somehow make it more real, and if I could just pretend it didn't exist, it would go away on its own.
Four years later, I can confidently say that it did not go away. The pain, guilt, shame, and regret from that one night of my life has exponentially grown, and I am just now feeling strong and brave enough to release it.
I'm writing this because I want other people to know that it's never okay to pretend a problem doesn't exist. It's never okay to let people mistreat, disrespect, or take advantage of you or others. It's never okay to stand by the sidelines and watch as injustice takes place, to you or any other human being, and not say or do something.
The only way we can stop injustice is to call it by its name. The only way we can stop darkness is by shining a light on it. And the only way we can take responsibility for our own individual power is to honestly, bravely, and vulnerably share what needs to be said.
In several of his lectures and writings, psychologist Jordan Peterson references a children's book that skillfully demonstrates the point I'm trying to make. It's called There's No Such Thing as a Dragon.
In this story, young Billy Bixbee finds a small dragon in his bedroom. When he tells his mother about it, she says, "There's no such thing as a dragon!" and the two continue to ignore the dragon's presence as it grows bigger and bigger and bigger.
Soon, the dragon takes up the entire house, but his mother continues to repeat, "There's no such thing as a dragon!" She doesn't acknowledge that the dragon exists until it gets so big that it carries their whole house away.
There are dragons in many houses all over the world. There are dragons in office buildings, restaurants, bars, shopping malls, street corners, song lyrics, movies, and on social media. There are dragons everywhere, and yet, so many of us continue to ignore they exist.
We pretend that problems like sexual assault, racism, bullying, and other injustices aren't there, because it's often so much easier to ignore them than to actually speak up about what we know to be true.
But the issue is that when we silence our truth or when we hold ourselves back from speaking up about these problems, we create an even larger, more harmful issue.
When you hold yourself back from speaking up about something that is wrong, you allow that thing to take on a life-force of its own. You give it more power. You let it continue to bully, rape, steal, lie, put down, hurt, torture, and commit painful acts, to you or to others.
That's how evil spreads: through the subtle ignorance and repression of those who experience it first-hand.
That's how people who commit sexual assault move from victim to victim undetected.
That's how kids who are bullied over and over again show up one day on campus with a gun and massacre their classmates.
That's how things like the Holocaust happened.
Because regular people, like you and me, decided to keep our mouths shut when we knew better.
I want you to know that no matter what happened to you, you are not alone. Terrible acts are committed every day, all around the world. There are dragons everywhere. That doesn't take away from the fact that there is beauty and abundance and love everywhere, too. You just have to know where to look, and to constantly turn your attention toward the things that make you feel light.
I also want you to know that it wasn't your fault. I blamed myself for a long time and felt like I was personally responsible for what my assaulter did to me, constantly questioning how things might have been different if I had made better choices that night.
The thing about the past is that everyone, including those who commit acts of violence or evil, is doing the best he/she can with the tools that he/she has available to them at the time. Does that make it right or wrong? No. It simply means that you can't go back and change what happened in the past, so you have to find a way to forgive yourself for any blame or guilt you feel about it now.
Every action has a consequence. Part of being a conscious being includes taking the personal responsibility for those actions, which includes inaction.
When we ignore a problem or make excuses as to why someone's behavior is acceptable, when deep down we know it's not, we make a choice to allow it to happen again.
When we shove something under the carpet and pretend it doesn't exist, we allow it to grow and gain power over us, until it becomes so big that many others get hurt.
But when we stand up and speak our truth, we can create true change. When we stand up and speak our truth, we liberate ourselves from the pain and the evil. We become free.
So start now. Start today. Look around your life and question, what injustices are taking place? What am I tolerating, from myself or others, that I know is harmful? What have I allowed to happen to me or others that isn't deserved? What truth have I been keeping tucked away from the world? What can I do differently from this moment forward?
Our stories are connected. Our pain, and our healing, is one. The more we speak up and share what impacts us, the higher we all rise.
If I could go back to my senior-year college self, I'd sit her down and let her know that it's okay. That none of it was her fault, that she didn't do anything wrong. And then I'd give her a pen and a paper and I'd tell her to write, like the whole world's healing depended on it.
About Lauren Madden
Lauren is a life coach, blogger, and yoga teacher in Phoenix, AZ. She's actively creating a life that lights her up from the inside out, and helping her clients to do the same! She also has a serious coffee addiction. Check out her blog at laurenmaddencoaching.com.


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The Wall Street Journal has an article up describing how shareholders and the New York City Comptroller's office, have forced Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley into additional disclosures on their compensation clawback policies.
Goldman and Morgan Stanley have clarified who clawback provisions apply to and what can trigger them.
Informative. But what should really stand out about the article is this sentence:
Michael Deutsch, an employment lawyer who specializes in Wall Street pay, said that despite clawbacks provisions' prevalence, "the actual implementation of a clawback has been pretty rare."
There you have the basic irrelevance of clawbacks, exposed in a single sentence: everyone talks about them, no one uses them.
That could change, but until it does, clawbacks will continue to largely be a sideshow that diverts from regulatory changes that will fundamentally change banks' business models.
Get the latest Goldman Sachs stock price here.


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Domaine Chanson
Burgundy, France
Domaine Chanson is one of the great historic producers in Burgundy. Founded in 1750, they are 1 of only 6 producers in the region still remaining from the 18th century and earlier. Most critical to today, Chanson was purchased in 1999 and has been dramatically restored to once again become one of Burgundy's top estates, best signified in 2017 by 3 of their wines earning "wine of the year" plaudits from the most renowned wine critic in France.
Chanson has extensive holdings of over 111 acres of exclusively Premier and Grand Cru vineyards in the heart of Burgundy. This includes 62 acres of Premier Cru vineyards in the Côte de Beaune, making them one of the leading Premier Cru specialists in the appellation. They produce approximately 17,000 cases of domaine wine per year from their vineyards by farming organically, and harvesting all grapes and vinifying all wines, even for contracted vineyards.
Requiring diligent viticulture and perfect ripeness, they vinify all whites and reds 100% whole cluster at their state of the art facility on the outskirts of Beaune. They use Champagne-style fractional pressing to gently extract the juice, and then age wines in barrel, with no more than 30% new oak for the reds and 20% new oak for the whites.
Aging takes place in the Bastion they own, 1 of the 5 massive towers from the 15th century fortifications that encircle the heart of medieval Beaune. Remarkably, Chanson acquired the Bastion just after the French Revolution. The thickness of the Bastion's walls (an astonishing 24 feet thick at the base) ensure a constant temperature and level of humidity. The red wines are stored for 18-24 months in oak barrels in the vaulted cellars of the first 3 levels, each one dedicated to a separate vintage. On the 4th level, a huge circular cellar with a gigantic radial structure supported by chestnut beams shelters the white wines during fermentation, vinification and ageing in oak barrels.
Chanson's wines are defined by lifted and exotic aromas, a supple texture, and rich, dense fruit without heaviness. Chanson is notably obsessed with maintaining top quality across its entire range. The regional and village wines are produced with the same precision and care as the Premier and Grand Crus, and are also artisanal in production. Chanson today occupies a unique position in offering outstanding and authentic wines from a range of both top and up-and-coming terroirs across Burgundy.
Learn more here.
Viré -Clessé
Viré -Clessé
Chanson's regional wine, Viré Clessé is one of the best white wines of the region, combining suppleness and minerality. The appellation lies in the heart of the Mâcon appellation in the south of Burgundy. The two villages, Viré and Clessé form a unique terroir on south-east facing slopes. In Viré, the soil is chalky with large layers of clay. In Clessé, the soil structure is slightly different, with a combination of chalk and clay mixed with liasic marls combined with oyster-fossils, giving the wine an underlying minerality. It's produced from a combination of Chardonnay and Chardonnay Muscaté grapes.
Le Bourgogne Chardonnay
This serious Bourgogne Blanc is pale gold in color with intense aromas of citrus fruit, green almond and an underlying minerality. On the palate, it is well-balanced, with very pure fruit and a racy acidity. The finish is refreshing. It's perfect with charcuterie, pâté and goat cheese.
The village of Chablis, located in the northernmost district of Burgundy, is known for producing steely, crisp wines with intense green-appley acidity and a firm, mineral backbone. Domaine Chanson makes a plot-based selection on hills ideally mostly located in south of the village.
Meursault, Burgundy
Chanson's Meursault is a village wine with Premier Cru standards. The grapes are from 4 different plots of vineyards from selected growers. 2 of these plots are located on mid-slope for finesse and minerality. The other 2 are situated around the village for more richness and depth.
Le Bourgogne Pinot Noir
The grapes for Domaine Chanson's Bourgogne Rouge are sourced exclusively from select estate-owned vineyards in the Côte de Nuits, as well as several terroirs located in the southern part of the Côte de Beaune.
Marsannay is a village level located in the northen part of the Côte de Nuits a short distance of Dijon, the regional capital. Chanson has made this appellation an intense focus because of the serious quality the wines can achieve when diligently approached, and the sheer pleasure they can offer.
Gevrey-Chambertin is one of the major communes in the Cote de Nuits and is located in the northern part of the appellation. Fruit is sourced from 4 contracted growers from mid-slope vineyards bordering the prestigious Premier Crus, including the Lavaux St Jacques. This is a "coup de coeur" wine, meaning it touches your heart with its charming style and powerful aromas and flavors.
Givry is one of the smallest but most famous of the 5 villages in the heart of the Côte Chalonnaise, in the southern part of Burgundy. Whole bunch maceration really helps this wine to deliver. It brings structure, matter and a touch of spiciness and freshness.
Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatieres
Puligny-Montrachet, Burgundy
The vineyard is ideally located nearby the famous Montrachet and Chevalier Montrachet. It has a southeast exposure. The high proportion of clay gives to the wine a specific minerality which underlines the typicality of the Chardonnay. The vines are planted at regular distance of each other which enables deep ploughing of the soil.
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Chenevottes
Chassagne-Montrachet, Burgundy
Chanson's 2 hectare plot is located next door to the famous terroir "Le Montrachet." The soil most consists of clay and limestone with the famous stone of Chassagne and is clearly mineral. The vineyards have a peculiar aspect; they are made up of small blocks entangled into each other. With its east exposure, on the road to Saint Aubin, this plot benefits from the fresh air which gives the wine very pure and refreshing aromas.
Domaine Chanson Gevrey-Chambertin 2016 (93 WS)
Wine Spectator - "Defined by vivid acidity, this red is racy, corralling the cherry, currant, tobacco, earthy and mineral flavors into a linear frame. Shows an underlying smokiness, along with fine length."
More on Domaine Chanson
What Ray's Pouring Now
January 8, 2019 - January is a great time to reset the palate, not with a cleanse - but with outstanding Burgundy wines that are actually affordable! We had the opportunity to sit down…
Vincent Avenel - Managing Director
After beginning is career in Bordeaux and the Loire, his passion for great wines naturally drew him to Burgundy where, over the course of fifteen years, he has been successfully involved in the development and renewal of many renowned Maisons in Beaune, Nuits Saint Georges and Chablis. In perfect harmony with the quality strategy which prevails at Chanson, he now breathes dynamic new life in the Maison, mixing audacity and a respect for tradition.
Jean Pierre Confuron - Winemaker
Jean-Pierre Confuron, recognized by his peers as one of the most talented oenologists of his generation, implements a disciplined and uncompromising vinification. In charge of vinifications and grapes purchasing, he only works with other winemakers sharing his philosophy and his deep respect of terroirs and vines. He leaves no room for approximation whether it is in the vineyard or in the cellar. Jean-Pierre is considered by many as the "master of Pinot Noir" and was awarded Winemaker of the Year by La Revue de Vine de France in 2014.


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1. Cadbury Cream Eggs
I gave up candy for Lent this year, so it is with great pleasure that I am now able to indulge in these fine treats before they disappear for another year.
2. Daniel Pink: The Surprising Science of Motivation
The author of Drive and A Whole New Mind gives a great TED talk on motivation and creative thinking that is well worth the 19 minutes to watch the video.
3. The Marshmallow Challenge
This past week we did a design workshop with our company using this challenge and it was a great entertaining success with the tallest structure in round 1 being 33.5 inches and the tallest in round 2 being 38.5 inches :)
4. Zoya Nail Polish Exchange
In celebration of Earth Day, Zoya is offering their nail polish for $4 a bottle (including shipping!) through April 27th. All they ask is that you please use the bag provided in your shipment to send back old bottle of non-Zoya polish which they will dispose of properly.
5. Font Squirrel
While I am not nearly the font addict that some of my co-workers are, I do have an appreciation for finding just the right font for a project. Yes, there are a ton of font sites out there (and I'm sure some of them will appear on here later) but what I love about Font Squirrel is that it is %100 free for commercial use, so I don't have to worry about what rights fonts I've gotten from their site have when I go to use them later, which is lovely for my peace of mind.


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ISIS says Turkey's safe zone in Syria aimed at preventing Kurdish state, pressuring Assad
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ARA News
The latest edition of the Islamic State's (ISIS) propaganda magazine Rumiyah, published on Saturday, suggests that the goal of Erdogan's safe zone plan is to prevent a Kurdish state and pressure the Syrian government in the future.
The militant group also said that in the future the Syrian rebels will have no choice but to surrender to Assad, or join the Turkey-backed rebels in northern Aleppo and fight ISIS.
On August 24, the Turkish Army and allied rebels in Syria launched the so-called Euphrates Shield Operation under the pretext of combatting terrorism.
However, Kurdish politicians and activists said that Turkey's intervention in Syria was mainly aimed at attacking the Kurds, namely the People's Protection Units (YPG) and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). It seems that the Islamic State agrees with this analysis.
"The taghut [tyrant] Erdogan and members of his apostate government increased in talking about the "Safe Zone," mentioning its being a means of preventing the establishing of the Kurdish state, to which the secular kafir PKK aspires," ISIS magazine said.
"As such, Turkey seeks to take control over the area stretching between Jarabulus and 'Azaz, covering more than 50 km of land, which would prevent the areas ruled by the apostate PKK militants east and west of the Euphrates from joining together. Doing so, the Turkish murtaddin [apostates] would make this area barrier to block Islamic State mujahidin from reaching their lands," the magazine added.
However, according to the Islamic State, Turkey wants to control the area in northern Aleppo not only to destroy the Kurdish plans to unite their cantons, but also to weaken the Syrian government.
"Whoever scrutinizes the actual situation on the map and the ongoing political events in both Turkey and Sham [Syria] will recognize that the importance of this area to the apostate Turkish government far surpasses the issue of destroying the plans of the Kurdish state, despite its importance to them," ISIS said.
"This is because the Turkish army's assertion of control over some part of Sham will be a means of great pressure on the Nusayri [Alawite] regime in the future, which will exceed the importance of controlling the many factions of the Sahwah murtaddin [anti-ISIS Syrian rebels] – meaning that they will reap many rewards in a future withdrawal, no matter what kind of taghut [tyrant] government is set up in Damascus," the Rumiyah magazine said.
Moreover, the magazine added that Turkey's partial control of northern Syria, with Russian and American air support, would prevent Assad from bombing it. "This would help Turkey to eventually rid itself of a large number of undesirable refugees (those who are disruptive or offer little benefit to Turkey) by opening refugee camps for them in this area. Such would also alleviate much of the great costs burdening the declining Turkish economy," the ISIS magazine said.
It also suggested that Aleppo fell in December 2016 due to an agreement between Russia and Turkey, and that both states want to spread the 'Aleppo experiment' to the rest of Syria in areas under rebel control.
According to ISIS, the goal of Russia and Turkey is to force all the Syrian rebels to fight ISIS in a Turkish-controlled safe zone, or join the Syrian government.
"It [Euphrates Shield zone] will be a haven for all factions and groups that enter into the Russian-Turkish project's frame-work, and they will begin moving there with their weapons, equipment, families, and bases," the magazine said.
"At that, those apostate factions outside of the peace agreement with the Nusayri regime will remain in their own haven, Idlib, where Russian and Nusayri [Assad] planes will continue to bombard them from above, while the Rafidi [Shiite] militias will choke them on the ground," ISIS said about the future of Idlib.
"There will be no escape from that hellish situation, except for one who surrenders himself to and joins the Nusayri army or one who officially crosses Turkey's borders to be transported to the "Safe Zone," where he will join the "moderate" Sahwah army to fight the Islamic State, far from any frontline against the Nusayri army," the magazine concluded.
According to ISIS, eventually the Assad army will completely control the areas of Idlib, the coastal region, and the northern countryside of Hamah, with the Syrian rebels from parts of Homs, Damascus, Daraa, and Qalamoun, having the only choice of reaching a peace agreement with Assad, or to enter the Turkish-controlled safe zone in northern Aleppo.
Nicholas A. Heras, a Middle East researcher at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), told ARA News that ISIS has provided a 'correct analysis' on the ongoing developments in Syria through the new issue of its magazine Rumiyah.
"ISIS is correctly analyzing the greater strategy behind a nationwide ceasefire and the formal establishment of safe zones. The overall objective of such an agreement would be to turn the guns of as many rebel factions as possible against ISIS," Heras said.
"That agreement would formally prevent rebel groups that do not want to be declared al-Qaeda or radical Islamist extremists from continuing to seek the violent overthrow of Bashar al-Assad," he told ARA News.
"In exchange for not being targeted, they would become part of a de facto Grand Army of the Republic, including Assad military forces and IRGC [Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps] militias, against ISIS. That type of force would be a grave threat to the ISIS' would-be Caliphate," Heras added.
"So to prevent that scenario, ISIS is seeking to taunt other rebel groups with this article. ISIS is conducting a type of psychological warfare against them. Chastising them for their failed revolt against Assad, and telling them that only ISIS is a threat to his rule," he concluded.
Reporting by: Wladimir van Wilgenburg | Source: ARA News
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Bottlenecks – Revisiting the Reading of Cumulative Flow Diagrams
"Queues lie at the root of a large number of product development problems. They increase variability, risk, and cycle time. They decrease efficiency, quality, and motivation."
"Large queues form when processes with variability are operated at high levels of capacity utilization. In reality, the misguided pursuit of efficiency creates enormous costs in the unmeasured invisible portion of the product development process, its queues."
"Since high capacity utilization simultaneously raises efficiency and increases the cost of delay, we need to look at the combined impact of these two factors."
"We have already pointed out that companies do not manage product development queues. What do they manage? Timelines...In contrast, when we emphasize flow, we focus on queues rather than timelines. Queues are a far better control variable than cycle time because, as you shall see, queues are leading indicators of future cycle-time problems. By controlling queue size, we automatically achieve control over timelines."
– Don Reinertsen, 2009 – The Principle of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development
If you're new to or rusty on CFDs, it would be helpful to review "Basics of Reading Cumulative Flow Diagrams" first. This earlier post covers basic definitions and the mechanics of reading WIP (work-in-progress), lead-time, and an average completion rate (throughput) from a CFD. It also includes links to external sources, one showing a basic example of how to create a CFD using MS-Excel, and another providing a quick overview of their use in the kanban method context. From this foundation I'd like to shift here toward a visual analysis perspective, exploring a few contexts where a bottleneck in our workflow is more or less present and see how it might appear on a CFD.
To be clear, I don't think CFDs are the only way or "a best way" for spotting a bottleneck in your workflow. If you're adequately visualizing your workflow on a board and diligently measuring and managing work items as they flow through your process, you're well on the way to being able to identify where any bottleneck might be occurring. (Note: see my Kanban Board Design Primer under Resources/Nuggets here). That said, don't under-estimate the value of using the CFD as well for learning about what happened, is happening, or will happen in your workflow. It can be a very effective tool for creating an easily accessible visual historical record and a trending perspective of a workflow in your context.
What is a Bottleneck?
Let us get a shared understanding of the term "bottleneck" by first looking at these selected Wikipedia definitions:
- Metaphorically a bottleneck is a section of a route with a carrying capacity substantially below that characterizing other sections of the same route. This is often a narrow part of a road, perhaps also with a smaller number of lanes, or a reduction of the number of tracks of a railway line.
- In engineering, a bottleneck is a phenomenon by which the performance or capacity of an entire system is severely limited by a single component.
- A bottleneck in project management is one process in a chain of processes, such that its limited capacity reduces the capacity of the whole chain.
As we continue our discussion, a key point from these definitions to keep in mind is the "singular" characteristic. Additionally, I'll infer a "stationary" characteristic as well for the bottleneck throughout the time reflected by the example CFDs that follow. (more…)


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How to Become a Quiet Giver
Many of you already are. If you give to anything without bringing attention to your self to seek "reward", then you are a "quiet giver." Joining our organization is simple. No fees required! Just check in with us and you will get to hear real stories of residents in our community that could use a little help for one reason or another. Here are the different ways that you can continue to find out about needs in your "backyard".


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Depression takes a lot out of a person. You may feel very alone;however, you should not give up. The information that follows can help you learn how to fight depression.
You can help alleviate your depression by attempting to resolve personal problems. You can avoid getting overwhelmed if you do this in baby steps. It is much easier to tackle a problem if you break it down into smaller parts and the same is true of depression.
A proper diet and exercise regimen as well as adequate sleep is also key to battling depression. Engaging in activity, such as a brisk walk or bike ride, may be all you need to conquer your depression. Some people find that their depression is helped by regular exposure to sunlight and exercise.
Listening to music is a great way to battle depression, but choose your music wisely. Refrain from listening to music that triggers sadness or depressing memories. This type of music keep your mind focused on depressive thoughts, when what you need is something to help your mind break free and refocus on positive things.
Listening to your favorite music goes a long way in staving off depression, but playing music is even more effective. Take a liking to the arts, which can make you feel at peace.
Be aware of how bad your depression is. A diagnosis of depression can include cases from very mild to very serious. Mild and moderate depression are experienced by many people and some of them have no idea they are depressed. Milder forms are often described as "the blues," but moderate cases can have serious impacts on everyday life. Clinical depression can be so severe that it causes a person to lose interest in everything and experience behavioral changes. Share with your doctors to get treatment.
Feel Depressed
When you feel depressed, do not alienate your friends. If you put yourself around others that enjoy you, they can help you feel like you're not as depressed, even if it's just for a short amount of time. If you stay busy with social activities, it is less likely you will feel depressed very often.
Caffeine should be avoided when you are suffering from depression. It has been researched and confirmed that depression can be deepened by consuming too much caffeine. If you like to drink coffee or soda, it's best to drink the decaffeinated versions.
When you are feeling low, try a little dancing to feel better fast. Choose music that is upbeat and enjoyable in order to create the desire to move. Most people do not feel any sadness when they are getting down to some awesome music. Very few! The music you listen to should make you feel happy and enthusiastic.
Get plenty of sleep. Both physical and mental health are affected by sleep or a lack of it. Sleep deprivation can aggravate and increase anxiety and worsen the symptoms of depression. If you have insomnia, try meditation prior to slumber or speak with your doctor regarding a sleep aid.
You should eat a healthy diet, if you have depression. Eating breakfast is extremely important because it boosts your metabolic rate and assists with keeping hunger and over-eating tendencies away later in the day. Consider cooking up some cold-water fish as a way to introduce it into your diet. Experts agree that foods rich in the fatty acid omega-3 like tuna or salmon, will work with your body in fighting depression symptoms.
Start using this advice as soon as you can. If will help you get a handle on the depressed feelings you experience, and a good way to feel better about yourself. There are many choices out there, so you need to find what helps you become happier.


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A few days ago I was featured as a guest on Jason Stasyszen's Blog. It is always an honor to be featured. To read the article he featured about "trees" from my pastor's message last fall – you can find it here.
I know Jason because of his wonderful blog and because he is a pastor in Juneau Alaska, where Greg and I used to be in youth ministry – many years ago. I found him when I read a guest post that featured Jason – I learned he was a pastor there. It has brought some interesting conversation and we feel connected somehow by Alaska. We have never met in person – but we have Christ in common with each other and our hearts are unified.
Greg and I went to Juneau, Alaska as our first ministry position right out of college in 1983. They were wild and scary times for us. Greg had never been a youth pastor before – and he was also serving as the bus driver for the Christian School. I was learning to be the bookkeeper for the school – something I had NOT been trained for and clearly did NOT do well. But I tried. We were young and made many mistakes – including thinking that the job would last beyond a year. And we bought a townhouse. Wrong decision. The job did not last beyond a year, the market was in recession and when we left town – we could not sell it. We moved to Fairbanks and rented out our place. In the end we had to give the townhouse back to the bank because we could not sell it and we couldn't handle the payments. Lesson learned. We did not buy a home for 20 years after that.
We eventually moved on in ministry – living in PA, CA, TX, FL and then back to Washington. And although we had been back to Fairbanks for the occasional visit because Greg's parents lived there – we had not been back to Juneau in 20 years. When my parents, sister, brother-in-law, Greg and myself went on an Alaska cruise in 2004, one of our stops was Juneau. We rented a vehicle and drove around to all our own "haunts" including the church where we served and the Mendenhall Glacier we once saw from our street in town. It felt like time had stood still – but strangely familiar too. Once you live in Alaska – even for a brief amount of time – it gets inside of you and stays with you.
We go back to visit this September – as my husband and I celebrate 30 years of marriage. I would love to show my daughter and son-in-law where we had our humble beginnings. And I would love to meet Jason in person – because we share something. Christ and Alaska.
God Bless
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- Picturesque Juneau, Alaska (niebruggestudio.com)
- JUNEAU, ALASKA – Juneau, AK (travelpod.com)


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Monday, 20 December 2010
Unite and fight!
Friday, 17 December 2010
Capitalism defies the laws of physics
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Solidarity with the Miners
I thought I'd post this as a reflection on what happened the last time we had a Tory government determined to attack working people:
In 1984 I was a student at Essex University. When the Miner's Strike started in March 1984 I was in my second year. Essex University in those days was 'Red Essex'. In my first year the Communists dominated the students union. By the second year the 'Broad Left' had taken over. From what I can remember now this was an unholy alliance of the Communists, Labour and Liberals. Naturally I was a part of the left opposition to this ruling clique. We consisted of non-aligned socialists, leftie Labourites, Troops Out, the SWP, and anarchists.
Thatcher's government pulled out all the stops to beat the miners and the police were drafted in from all over the country to the front line, which was south Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Along with the cohorts of police - reputedly on £500 a week - in 1984! – came the army, who posed as policemen in unmarked uniforms, as well as special branch and all manner of spooks determined to break the strike (read GB84 by David Peace). It was a bloody battle, as close as we have come to civil war since the General Strike in the 1920s. Whole parts of the north Midlands and South Yorkshire were a 'no go zone' controlled by the police. Towns and mining villages were occupied. The police set up illegal roadblocks to try and stop the miner's flying pickets.
So what has Essex University to do with this? Well as the strike wore on the government pulled all the stops to try and break it. Essex University is a campus university outside Colchester and near to the Essex port of Wivenhoe. The government started to ship coal in through Wivenhoe and soon after flying pickets arrived at the university. There were about 300 in all. From as far afield as Yorkshire, Durham, Kent and South Wales. This was their first time at university and didn't they, and we, enjoy it.
Essex University had two bars at the time. The University Bar, which was where the Tories went, and the Union bar, which is where the rest, that is most of us, went. The Union Bar was a great cavern of a place with subsidised (decent) beer at about 60 pence per pint. It was always heaving at night and you had to queue to get served. When the miners came the place exploded. And wasn't it just wonderful? The singing - " Here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go-o, here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go!" - the carousing, the craic – as it is know in Ireland - was fantastic!
I spent many nights in that bar drinking with miners and they were some of the best nights of my life. Yes we were separated by class – but so what? We all wanted the same thing – to beat Thatcher and bring down the Tory government. Nobody had any illusions about that. As a socialist it was nirvana. I felt privileged to be taking part in a struggle, however small a part that was, alongside the vanguard of the working class. And the miners enjoyed it too, for sure they had all left problems at home, but at Essex they were welcomed with open arms, with beer, fags, wacky baccy, and young women of a socialist persuasion who wanted to shag a miner. And those women were real feminists – not the effete lot you get these days. So, all in all, it was an education for them and for us. But we got on like a house on fire. Even the Tories treated the miners with respect. They had very little choice.
All these goings on didn't impress the University - but those were different times. The student union was strong. We had won on a number of issues whilst I had been there. They took us seriously. And that was the best of the students' union – we had our internal battles but they always backed their members – even the lefties like us - like a proper union should. It was very difficult, if not impossible, for the University to pick out and victimise a student there. So, although the university wanted to get rid of the miners – they couldn't. The miners were there for the duration, and once they arrived it wasn't long before things began to hot up.
My best friend, and socialist activist, S, had deserted me and gone off to university in the USA. He went with a mutual friend, A, and they got into a number of political scrapes over there, including getting arrested and being chased by gun-toting security guards. S and I had been involved in a number of escapades at Essex including an exam boycott - where we had to jump out of a first floor window to avoid getting caught out. When he returned in the third year we immediately got hold of a couple of buckets, plastered ourselves in Coal not Dole stickers, and got down to Colchester town centre every Saturday collecting money for the miners. Colchester is a Tory, and army garrison town so we got a fair amount of stick as you can imagine. But we didn't give a fuck. The best of it was we collected a fair amount of dosh. Little old ladies and gentlemen, and 'housewives' gave us money. I would guess that on most Saturdays we collected between 30 and 50 quid. Not bad money for those times.
There were a number of mass pickets of Wivenhoe and it's a testament to the times how organised the enemy were. At the 'big picket', which I remember clearly, there must have been about 1000 police officers and 1000 pickets. The picket consisted of miners, students and local ne'er do wells (local people who supported the cause). The night before the picket I went out with my mate N - who was a committed socialist and really great bloke. Despite getting completely leathered we were up at five am to get to the picket.
As the whole thing got off the ground N and I were at the centre of the picket near the gate. I remember quite clearly a wagon coming in – regardless of the pickets - someone could easily have got killed. It was slowed by the crush of bodies at the gate and Nigel jumped up and managed to stick his head through the driver's window giving him a load of abuse. He was grabbed and carted off by several police officers. There was lots of pushing and shoving as the police tried to keep us away from the gates. The pickets linked arms and the melee swayed backwards and forwards. I lead a charmed life that day. At one stage the police lifted the guys on either side of me but I survived. I guess that is because they were burly miners and I was a weedy student. The police grabbed a friend who was already on bail for an 'offence' committed during the strike and a frantic tug of war over him ensued. We knew he couldn't be nicked again. With a gargantuan effort we wrested him from the police and he was passed backwards along the ground through the legs of the pickets to safety.
The bad news for N was that when they got him back to the station they searched him and found some speed in his jean's back pocket so he got busted. He'd forgotten to take it out the night before. As for the students that got arrested they were piled in police vans, driven about thirty miles into the middle of nowhere and left to walk home. Suffice to say a lot more happened, including the infamous disciplinary committee that I was elected to serve on. Not to mention real picketing after being smuggled into south Derbyshire in the middle of the night. But the miners stayed at Essex University until the end of the strike and one or two of them were still on campus about six months after it ended.
The end of the strike was traumatic for all of us. The miners and their wives, and families were heroes. They were a million miles away from the smug bankers and Capitalists who have been riding on our backs ever since. We had invested a lot of time, energy and passion in the strike. We didn't have as much to lose as they did. The unemployment, repossessions, marital break up, crime, and shattered communities. But we cared. I hope they look back on that time of solidarity with as much fondness as I do.
Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven!


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STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Jan. 9 (UPI) -- A new pathway for repairing nerve cells could have implications for faster and improved healing after an injury, Penn State molecular biologists said.
The biologists said their findings demonstrate that dendrites, the nerve cell component that receive information from the brain, have the capacity to regrow after an injury, the State College, Pa., university said Thursday in a release.
Co-author Melissa Rolls, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State, said she and her colleagues wondered whether dendrites could regenerate after injury as do axons, the component of a neuron that sends information to other cells.
Rolls said the question of dendrite regeneration hadn't been asked in the scientific community, except for a few limited-scale studies yielding mixed results.
Using the fruit fly as a model system, the researchers cut all of the dendrites in neuron cells.
"We wanted to really push the cells to the furthest limit," she said. "By cutting off all the dendrites, the cells would no longer be able to receive information, and we expected they might die. We were amazed to find that the cells don't die."
Instead, researchers found, the cells regrow the dendrites completely and faster than they regrow axons. Also, dendrite regrowth appears to be independent of axon regrowth.
"Within a few hours they'll start regrowing dendrites," Roll said. "It's very exciting-these cells are extremely robust."
Roll said the next step would be to look for markers for dendrite regrowth "so we can learn more about what's going on during dendrite repair."
"We don't even know in what scenarios dendrite regeneration might happen in people yet because no one has known that it exists," she said.
The findings will be published in the January issue of the Cell Reports.


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Earlier that year, the pair won gold at the European Championships and secured World Championship silver in 2013 and bronze a year later.
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Ok, dynamic fields. Now we're digging into the dark depths of Django. Not something you can find in the documentation, well me anyway.
There are a few posts online about it but some are fairly old, before the Django "newforms" were introduced. All that means is if you tried that code it won't work.
This example shows us how to:
- Pass an argument to the form upon creation (user variable)
- Dynamically create fields upon creation
- Modify the choices for an existing field upon creation
These should cover the use cases of most dynamic forms.
class ExampleDynamicForm(forms.Form):
normal_field = forms.CharField()
choice_field = forms.CharField(widget = forms.Select(choices = [ ('a', 'A'), ('b', 'B'), ('c', 'C') ]))
def __init__(self, user, *args, **kwargs):
# This should be done before any references to self.fields
super(ExampleDynamicForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.user = user
self.id_list = []
# Some generic loop condition to create the fields
for blah in Blah.objects.for_user(user = self.user):
# Create and add the field to the form
field = forms.ChoiceField(label = blah.title, widget = forms.widgets.RadioSelect(), choices = [('accept', 'Accept'), ('decline', 'Decline')])
self.fields["blah_%s" % blah.id] = field
# Change the field options
self.fields['choice_field'].widget.choices = [ ('d', 'D'), ('e', 'E'), ('f', 'F') ]
To use the form:
form = ExampleDynamicForm(request.user)
It may look scary but it's not that bad.
Follow the formula and you'll be fine.
Note: Remember, the super().__init__() call should be made early on before any references to self.fields.


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Oh hi there! Kicking off the first post of this year with a monthly favourites (although this is kind of a dual January/February collection of sorts.) Firstly, and most used, is the NUXE Rêve de Miel Lip Balm. This is pretty much an all-year-round favourite and hands down the best balm out there (in my opinion.) If the old myth that honey has healing properties is true, this lip balm pretty much proves it.
Up next is the Jurlique Rosewater Balancing Mist. This has been on my wishlist for quite some time, so it was no surprise that when I recently got my hands on it in a value set it became an instant favourite. It dries fast, smells of actual roses and if you prefer a mist or spray over an oil, as I do, this is a definite try.
You had me at peony. While I don't tend to wear perfume much, and after having run out of my staple scent – Flora by Gucci Eau Fraîche – I wasn't really looking to pickup a new fragrance any time soon. But the past month brought this beauty into my life: Elizabeth and James Nirvana White. Notes of peony AND lily of the valley? Count me in.
Okay, so scent might also have a major part to play in this pick. Next up, the Josie Maran Whipped Argan Oil Body Butter. Two words: Vanilla Apricot. Besides that, this stuff is non-greasy, hydrates like a boss and is formulated without parabens, sulfates and phthalates.
Rediscovering the Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner has been a game-changer this last month or two. It's both the easiest to apply, and the most reliable liquid liner out there.
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Guy One: Yeah, so she said she was raped by five men and then today or last night or something, she admitted it wasn't rape, that it was consensual.
Guy Two: Of course she did. (You could just hear his eyes rolling.)
"Of course she did"??! Excuse me, but what in the hell is that supposed to mean?
I am beyond fed up with so many people automatically assuming that women lie when they say they were raped. It happens time and time again, regardless of the circumstance of the rape allegation. One men, five men, a stranger, a friend, it doesn't matter -- she's lying. (Go to any news media site that allows comments on stories and read the comments when a rape story is posted. Count how many times it's said that the victim lied.)
Why do people assume that? Obviously people are raped, all the time, so it stands to reason that not everyone is lying when they say they've been raped. If a relative or friend told these people she had been raped, are they going to assume she's lying? If a relative or friend of theirs were actually raped, and had heard them in the past make comments about a woman lying about being raped, how is she going to feel comfortable reaching out to them, or talking to them? (Same goes with rape jokes people. Let me clue you in: rape jokes aren't funny. Period. And if you think they are, ask yourself why. Why are they funny? What does it say about you?)
I feel like I could scream at the top of my lungs about this issue, and no one would even care enough to respond. People get tired of hearing about rape, rape culture, violence against women, etc. Easier to tune it out than to stop and think about why they might assume a woman (or man) is lying about being raped.
You know, I get that some people do lie, and as I've said before, that is also unacceptable. Lying about rape results in giving people an easy out -- they can land on the side of "she's lying" instead of contemplating what might have actually happened, instead of thinking about how many people are raped every single day in this country, instead of wondering if this could ever happen to their loved ones. It's easier. The assumption that women lie also plays out before the courts, with attorneys doing everything in their power -- like asking a woman to re-enact the rape on her own mattress in the courtroom, or calling rape victims "whores" -- to either make the woman look like a liar, like she deserved it, or get her to drop the charges because she's too ashamed to continue the court case.
The media isn't innocent here either. Someone is raped, it's a small story inside the paper. Someone says they were raped and then it comes out they lied about it? Huge news, as evidenced by the Hofstra case.
This needs to stop. The justice system -- the entire system -- needs to take rape and sexual assault seriously. Rape and sexual assault need to stop (in my wildest dreams, right?), people need to stop lying about it happening, and people need to stop assuming people are lying if they say it happened. You cannot assume a woman is lying if she says she was raped or assaulted. You simply cannot.
More reading:
- The National Center for the Prosecution of Violence Against Women's report (PDF) on false reports. (They say estimates for the percentage of false reports are 2-8 percent.)
- Amanda Hess' City Paper column, "False rape accusations and rape culture."
- Men Can Stop Rape's web site.