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I'm fascinated by poet Kristin Sanders' obsession with country music. It speaks to my own obsession with rap music. Two different worlds/ sounds wrapped in the construction of how it makes us retell our own stories against the flow of another's words. I want to talk about her video and her poems over at TENDERLOIN this month.
What's happening in this video? It seems like a tongue in cheek nod to how "country music" frames a type and that type is then performed by Kristin in an almost hysterical sense for our viewing pleasure. And I use "hysterical" with a precise nod to Invention of Hysteria, which I know Sanders is familiar with, and I use "pleasure" to denote as well the titillating view we are presented with as she romps and shakes before the camera.
The shot opens with our "performer" in the garbage can, a male voice off camera says, "do it" and then our "performer" pops out of the can to shake her stuff. It enacts a pornographic frame establishing who is the viewer, the one who controls the gaze, and who is the viewed, the one who performs for the gaze. It's hysterical in the dual meaning of the phrase as the video is funny and aims to poke fun, but hysterical as well in the pathological sense in that Sanders (the artist) uses her own body to enact a display of the tragically comic. Stuffing pearls into her mouth while standing in an open washing machine: she is quite literally the poet silencing herself, suffocating in the absurdity of these iconic displays: domestic and sexually available. Pornography exists in gluts of images, it's self-engorging and etymologically, from Fr. engorger "to obstruct, block, congest," O.Fr. engorgier "to swallow, devour," from en- (see en- (1)) + gorge "throat." In other words, to strangle on that which we desire.
Hysterical Epilepsy Hallucinations from "Iconographie De La Salpetriere"
In the end of the video: the "performer" is masked. A lion mask obliterates her face as she takes what appears to be a basket of laundry outside the house. The return to the normative involves obliterating the face, hiding the face and containing the earlier exuberance or naked display. Behind closed doors, the "woman" is available; she is useful as an object that cleans and irons and also pleasing to the eye as an object that is able to be filled (with pearls) or to be gazed at in an inanimate state (corpse-like on the bed). The only babies, procreative elements that would signal her power, are reduced to king cake plastic dolls that are arranged over her abdomen as if she were a decorated float. There is no threat of real conception, no creation, and nothing to break the gaze of her role as that which is pleasurable to admire.
"We are all exposed to the prevailing ideology of our culture, and some women learn early on that they can prosper by aping the misogyny of men; these are the women who win provisional favor by denigrating other women, by playing on male prejudices, and by acting the man's woman." -Joan Smith, Misogynies
"It's a subtle abyss that separates men's use of women for sexual titillation from women's use of women to expose that insult." -Lucy Lippard, "Scattering Selves"
I thought a lot about how the enactment of this video depends on the normative sexuality displayed by Sanders and the accessibility of her as an object. What if the "performer" had not been "attractive," had not adhered to conventional images and forms that we find pleasing. What if the "performer" had been a person of color? How would a discussion of race have changed the dynamics, if instead of country music, the title was: I learned how to be a woman from nineties rap videos. What preconceived ideas would we imagine then as the template for what rap videos teach us about performing womanhood rather than country videos?
If they all display a performance then it truly enacts bell hooks statement: "misogynistic attitudes tend to be portrayed by the dominant culture as always an expression of male deviance. In reality, they are part of a sexist continuum, necessary for the maintenance of patriarchal social order" ("Gangsta Culture--Sexism and Misogyny).
I would go so far as to add that in relation to performative madness and the allusions to the hysterical women exploited at the Salpêtrière that being a woman always involves a performance (or several performances) and the pathology presents itself when the performance is treated as "normal." In other words, the insanity that women seem to chase is the distraction from a closer and more insidious form of insanity, which is the belief in the performance rather than a close deconstruction of how the part is played. What is portrayed as "natural" in film, books and T.V. is violence against women, is sexualization and mistreatment of women, is the ongoing fieldwork of upholding the patriarchal society that hooks reminds us: "must be labored in and maintained both to sustain patriarchy, but also to nourish an antifeminist backlash" (Gangsta Culture--Sexism and Misogyny).
I like that country music isn't a put-on for Sanders; it isn't a place to explore for some gain even as she points a critical eye at what it offers. She says in her interview: There's no worst thing about country music, I truly love country music: what it says and what it refuses to say. It's so polite. It's so impolite. I am utterly devoted to it, to who it made me become. I have loved it all my life. And this—speaking of secrets, of shame—brings me back to your very first question. Sometimes we fall in love with what scares us most.
The poems are where the work is done though; regardless of our love or our devotion. It is our desire where we write it out, it is where we are not, which then complicates the images in the video. And Sanders' poems in conjunction with the video create a place of critique and discussion. You have to read the poems to get under the veil of the image like in "Fancy Sung by Reba McEntire" where Sanders begins: "Fancy has a gun and I don't mean a real gun/ A man has a gun and I do mean a penis" or in "A Little Too Late Sung by Tanya Tucker" where she writes: "I walked into a gangbang and I was like/ oh shit." Sanders is not rewriting or decoding the songs for us; she's reinscribing them through the lens of her own performance stripped down. Beyond the pearls and denim, the "other" is given voice.
I think it's incredibly important to also point out that Saturday night, I went to karaoke with Kristin. And she sang "Fancy" by Reba McEntire. And it was beautiful and sexy and a woman can be a lot of things but when we're talking culture, a woman better be armed.


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The absolute essentials for indoor gardening are so basic: plants, pots, light, water, and nutrients. Maybe you need soil mix, too, if you're not ready for the full hydroponic experience. But once you get into growing, you're sure to start thinking about ways to make all the little tasks easier and wondering how to get better and better results. That's when you'll find the indoor growing supplies listed below to be valuable additions to your grower's toolbox.
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Why: Bottom heat speeds the germination of seeds and gets seedlings off to a robust start.
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Why: Checking and adjusting key measurements of your nutrient solution—pH, total dissolved solids (TDS), electrical conductivity, and temperature—ensures that your plants absorb the minerals and other critical compounds in the fertilizer.
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|HOPE's van on fire
The van that I have relied on for the past one and a half years to transport rescue dogs, to get to unimaginably secluded areas to feed stray dogs, to take me around the island to visit rehabilitating dogs, and to carry cartons and bags of kibbles and canned food to caregivers, had just gone up in flames. All that is left of my van is a wretched, charred skeleton of scrap metals awaiting to be disposed.I had originally thought that yesterday would be just another regular day, shuttling from one place to another, taking little Harper and Matthieu to the vet. After these two dogs were sent home, we had a quick dinner before heading down to meet a dear friend, Jennifer, who donated some toys and treats to Harper. As we were about to call it a day, I received a text around 10pm saying there were some strays barking in Tanah Merah and Changi areas. Although the strays did not chase after pedestrians, Lisa and I decided to swing by and to use this opportunity to take our own dogs out for a walk. Being in the rescue line where you are almost always out on the run at irregular hours often means that you only get to spend time with your own pet dogs past midnight.
We checked on the strays who seemed to be at ease and contented, walked our dogs, and decided it was time to head home. While driving, Lisa alerted me that she could smell a tinge of smoke, which was strange because my radiator light showed normal. I edged forward to look at the outer areas of my car and noticed smoke emitting from the left side of my bonnet. I immediately pulled over along Changi Coast Walk and parked near a fire hydrant (which proved to be useless anyway) to check on my car.
So, we stopped some 100 meters away from the van and I was about to call the police to inform them of my potentially hazardous vehicle, when I saw sparks coming out of the left bonnet. Then, a small fire started…
I called 999, and we waited for the police to come to our rescue.
We waited for the next five minutes, and there was no sign of a police car. The fire spread, and my engine was lighted in the crimson fire.
I dialed 999 again. No police arrived…40% of my van was on fire.
Watch the video of HOPE's van going up in smoke. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfCXzowr1yg&feature=youtu.be
Watch the video of HOPE's van going up in smoke. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfCXzowr1yg&feature=youtu.be
I hit the same buttons again. No sight of the blue-uniformed men.
From the corner of my eyes, I could see Lisa trying to pacify the three dogs – two were overly excited, and the other had a panic attack, salivating and panting. The one with the panic attack also has a history of seizures and Lisa hugged him close to her, for fear of him going into a seizure. So I told her to take them home first while I wait for the police and firefighters to arrive.
I managed to stop three cabs on the road but none of them agreed to ferry the dogs even after my pleading and explaining to them about my pathetic situation. They all said, "NO!" and drove off, leaving me, my burning van, Lisa and our three poor dogs by the road.
Luck is always out to pull people's legs when they need them the most. Both Lisa and my phones were on critical low-battery mode. We made one hopeful phone call to our young volunteer, Joceline, at 1am to task her to help book Lisa a taxi.
|A total wreck
All this while, there was still no sign of the blue rangers. However, a blue police van did drive past and pulled over to offer help. Funnily, or mockingly, the officer come out of the van with a small fire extinguisher in hand, and before I could even speak, he decided his fire extinguisher will not be of much help for my flaming car. And so, he watched my van slowly engulf in flames as it were a scene in the movies.
Frustrated, I punched 999 again… They arrived close to 20 minutes after I made my first phone call to them, which really isn't of much help because my van was already burning in full glory. I could even hear the popping sound of my three cartons of doggy canned food exploding in the fire.
The police finally came… to divert traffic. A Red Rhino arrived a few minutes later, but try as they might, the fire didn't get any smaller as it was way too strong for the Red Rhino to manage. Then the fire engine came, and they spent the next 20min fighting the fire. By now, there was nothing left to salvage and my van was burnt beyond recognition with the flames reaching almost to the street lights above.
The SCDF took more than half an hour to put out the fire and by the time everything was over, it was close to 3am. I asked the SCDF officer if they would give me a ride out to somewhere where I could get a cab and she replied, "That's your problem." Shocking.
|A sorry sight
In fact, none of them came up to me to ask if I was alright. I'm left to think that there is no sense of empathy among the officers who handled my case yesterday.
My life had literally gone with the smoke. The van was an integral asset in my life. The volunteers lovingly named my van the "ferravan" as it was the main vehicle used to rush injured rescue animals and abandoned dogs to the vet.
|What used to be front seats
|The back of the van where many rescued dogs have been ferried. Burnt : 3 cartons of canned food, kibbles, collars and leashes
But what I am most upset about is that the toys, pee pads and treats for baby Harper and Matthieu as well as the three cartons of donated canned food for Mr. Aziz have all perished in the fire. My microchip scanner, new doggy collars and leashes have all turned to ashes.
My bag containing my wallet, ID and passport which I had just collected are gone too.
Although Lisa and the dogs are safe, I'm left with a new pile of bills to settle. It's such a traumatizing experience – I still choke in fear whenever the scene of my burning van flashes across my mind. Just the smell of smoke triggers my heart to beat faster. I don't even dare to sit in a car for fear it might burst out in flames. I didn't think I would be so traumatized but the fear is so real. To all pet owners reading this, do not leave your dogs unattended in the car, you never know what might happen.I'm sorry to say there will be no rescue work for a while, no feeding of strays as we no longer have the transport to reach the most secluded of areas, or to shuttle dogs around at ungodly hours. Regrettably, we can only rely on pet transport until I get another van. It won't be soon because I have to pay for my non-existent van.
Lisa is equally traumatized; she insists on carrying all her bags with her at all times.
Lisa is equally traumatized; she insists on carrying all her bags with her at all times.
That night, upon reaching home, I hugged my dogs and finally let out a first sob.
Now, it's time to start picking my life back up again, just like gathering the remnants of a wreck and gluing them together to form a brand new piece again. It's tough, but there's no other way.
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The park is adjacent to the Gardens of Ninfa, located near Sermoneta at the foot of the Lepini mountains. Established by the Caetani family among the old town's mediaeval ruins, more than 10,000 shrubs, plants and flowering trees from all over the world grow in the gardens.
Over Pantenello's 100 hectares it is possible to observe how the Pontine plains looked before being drained in the 1930s and undergoing subsequent industrial and urban development in the 1970s. In 2004 the Roffredo Caetani Foundation reintroduced marshlands to the park, returning a lost ecosystem, a revival of vegetation, botanical species and wildlife as well as seeing it become a major stopover and breeding ground for migrating birds.
Visits to Pantanello are restricted to the autumn and winter months to avoid the birds' breeding season. The park is open to the public every Sunday from October to March, with guided tours by expert naturalists, starting at 10.00. The tour lasts two-and-a-half hours and, although it follows recognised paths, visitors should wear footwear appropriate to a natural setting.
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Taken 2 (2012)
★ / ★★★★
After putting their dead in the ground, the enraged father of one of the deceased Albanians, Murad (Rade Serbedzija), bows to get revenge on Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson), a former CIA operative who killed everyone who got in his way to rescue her daughter after she was kidnapped in Paris. When their mother-daughter-new beau trip to China is cancelled, Mills invites his Lenore (Famke Janssen) and Kim (Maggie Grace), his ex-wife and daughter, respectively, to join him in Istanbul. He works there for three days and, if they want, they can drop by and spend time together. And they do. However, sightseeing is set aside when the angry Albanians execute their plan to take Mills.
Although "Taken 2," written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, is somewhat passable as an action-thriller, the technical elements utilized are not enough to save an otherwise very unambitious picture. There is enough material here to make a solid fifteen- to twenty-minute short film, but expanding it to a ninety-minute work means a lot of padding. Furthermore, a lot of the violence that transpire in Turkey's largest city are weak, disposable, and unmemorable. There is a lack of energy behind scenes that should be exciting.
The set-up is cheesy and slow. While Neeson does a fairly good job playing a father who yearns to connect with his daughter on a deeper and a man who wants to be supportive of his former wife, the script is written superficially. Words that should communicate Mills missing his former life with his family come off silly at times. It is apparent that what we are seeing and hearing is the calm before the storm. Either the first act needed to be written more intelligently and with subtlety or it needed to have been eliminated completely and allowed the picture to start the moment the family are together in Istanbul. Why bother with introductory scenes when the approach is akin to sleepwalking?
The chase scenes are conventional, from cars slowly making their way through crowded streets to a desperate pursuit on the rooftops. No matter how nicely the would-be heart-pounding scenes are edited and put together, there is no masking the fact that there is barely energy coming from behind the camera. It feels like the same action sequence is shot about three times, but the director, Olivier Megaton, fails to hone in on what should be shown, how it should be approached, and when to break patterns in order to keep us on our feet. It is not that enjoyable to watch.
I appreciated the risk involving the daughter playing a key role in the action. At least for a while, it breaks the rhythm of Mills always having to be the one rescuing everybody. Though it is nice that Kim is capable of following instructions given by her dad, I would like to have seen her make more mistakes and less scenes of her jumping from one building to the next. Yes, adrenaline can help to overcome a person's typical physical limitations. However, in this case, Kim's mistakes would have been more interesting to watch than Kim looking like a trained government agent. Since the material leans toward the latter route, the picture lacks a down-to-earth human element.
"Taken 2" gets so stagnant at times that I caught myself noticing how tall Neeson is compared to the extras (and then snickering to myself afterwards). It should have been the complete opposite: a memorable thrill–or at least an element of surprise–every other minute that the holes in the plot end up unnoticeable because we are in the moment and at the same time wondering what else it has in store for us.
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compared to other beaches it is very thin, rocky, and high tides so it wasnt too fun. having seen a turtle at around 11 30 we saw it begin to lay in a bad position so i was holding a bag under it while it popped out its eggs, the plan being to find the bag then move it to the hatchery further up the beach. that was the plan. unfortunately it started raining during the laying so we were soaking wet, covered in sand and had to get to the tagging. john did the tagging of the back flippers while i held her in place. quite a fun sport as it turns out, turtle wrestling. they are so strong. at one point i was sitting on top of her, holding her back and digging my heels in, and she was still wriggling further down the beach. anyway that done we had to find the bag but this took over an hour. shocking work trying to dig up a bag on a wet beach riddled with sharp rocks. eventually with the bag found, we then relayed the eggs one by one in the hatchery, a more suitable place for a nest. the long night ended at around 4 30 after we washed off in the sea, lets hope a nigh5t like that was a one off.
During the following days we had to do all the cooking, and then washing up in the sea. around 3 tourist boats come every day and we are meant to keep a low profile while they are around., but after that we did some snorkeling, swimming, and lots of reading. later on in the week we went on the trails in the island to help out a student in Quito doing a survey on the blue footed boobies nesting on the island. this involved 2 days of trekking along a path trying to locate nest which were tagged and counting chicks and eggs etc. not too bad but it did get so hot at some points, we ended up running all the way back so not to get too badly burnt. one day we got to do some snorkeling off a boat with \a group of students that came to the island, and their teacher, our boss Andreas, came up with a turtle so we saw that as it swam back into the sea. amazing how much more graceful they are underwater than on the boat or on the beach.
after 5 days on the island we were definitely ready to come home, unfortunately for Nicola, a German volunteer with us, there was only space for 2 of us. so me and john came back that day with her going back the next day as she came out a day later. unfortunately for her this didn't happen and she had to stay there 2 more days. and trust me, that is a lot. private island sounds good but it gets less cool very quickly, as more and more sleep is missed.
On the way back we were lucky enough to do some great snorkeling with the tourists, off an old reef. saw countless fish, loads of weird and wonderful ones. so just the boat ride back, and that was it. a long week, 5 turtles seen. did tagging for the first time, relocated a nest for the first time. but glad to be back on the mainland in Puerto Lopez and nearly 2 days off. anyway more will follow, hasta lluego!
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As an NSERC Visiting Fellow with Fisheries and Oceans Canada at the Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences my research is directed toward informing recovery efforts for freshwater fish listed under the Species at Risk Act (SARA 2002). The SARA is federal legislation in Canada designed to protect species at risk of extinction and aid in their recovery. Once a species has been listed as Threatened, Endangered, or Extirpated under the SARA, a recovery strategy is drafted that provides goals and strategies for recovering that species. Ultimately, the purpose of the any recovery strategy is to stop the decline of the species and, through protection, hopefully improve its status. My postdoctoral position at Fisheries and Oceans Canada is directed towards one particular strategy for recovering Species at Risk: repatriation.
Species repatriation (*commonly referred to as reintroduction – but see my blog post at RapidEcology about this terminology) describes the release of species into areas from which they have been extirpated with the goal of re-establishing self-sustaining populations. Examples of repatriation for freshwater fishes in Canada are relatively rare despite being identified as a vital approach in several federal Recovery Strategies (Lamothe et al. 2019). Of the SARA-listed freshwater fish species, repatriation or supplementation efforts have only been directed towards 5 SARA-listed species, including Atlantic Whitefish, Copper Redhorse, Striped Bass, Westslope Cutthroat Trout, and White Sturgeon. However, repatriation is challenging (*see my blog post at FlyFishOntario to learn more about these challenges) and there are several hurdles that delay the implementation of repatriation efforts for other species in Canada including knowledge of basic species ecology, historical and present day environmental stressors, stocking considerations, and policy considerations. But when is there enough information?
In addition to broadly investigating questions relevant to repatriation, I am also working on applied questions to encourage repatriation efforts in southern Ontario. In particular, my current research is dedicated towards understanding the abiotic requirements and considerations around co-occurring species when making repatriation decisions for three SARA-listed species: Eastern Sand Darter (Ammocrypta pellucida; pictured below), Redside Dace (Clinostomus elongatus), and Northern Madtom (Noturus stigmosus). Stay tuned for progress!


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With the opportunity to visit one of the premier, luxury eco-lodges in the world, Harry and I wanted to do something special to document our time spent at the Borneo Rainforest Lodge at Danum Valley.
We worked together to write daily journals and create cinematic videos to offer an insight at the travel experience of a lifetime.
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We hope that our story will inspire others to embrace their inner adventurer and to live their own story of exploration in the Borneo Rainforest.
Explorer Journal Day One
After two hours of bumpy, gravel roads we arrived to "camp." It was a long journey, but being in this beautiful, secluded part of the world, it was worth it.
With luck on our side, our guide spotted an orangutan off into the distance right away. Hopefully, a good omen for future wildlife crossings to come.
Tonight, we ventured deep into the Rainforest for a night drive. To us, this is our favorite way to view nocturnal animals.
We spotted a flying squirrel taking flight, gliding from one tree to another. We whispered to each other, "Damn. That was a National Geographic moment!"
The Rainforest is dark. We laughed imagining that if we were contestants on Naked & Afraid, we'd never make it.
Upon our arrival today, I have to admit, I got a bit emotional. The kind staff here joked that it was simply from a long day of travel.
But I knew that wasn't the case. This was a bucket list journey that we are so blessed to be on.
Explorer Journal Day Two
Didn't sleep much last night. Maybe it was the anticipation, or maybe it was the unfamiliar sounds of the forest.
At 6:30 am, we set out to fulfill a goal – to walk high above the trees on the Borneo Rainforest Lodge canopy.
Ever since I first saw that iconic photo, it's been a dream to walk those swaying bridges.
Once there, we took the time the view deserved, just taking the time to enjoy the moment.
Still on our excitement high, we spotted a large male orangutan on our walk back to the lodge.
Late morning, we trekked into the forest. Harry discovered first hand that all the warnings about leeches weren't just for kicks.
I picked four off his legs within minutes. Changing out of our sweaty trekker pants, he quizzically wondered how one got under his pants to bloody up his upper thigh.
It's all just part of an explorer's adventure. Tonight, we braved the forest at night where we spotted frogs, snakes, tarantulas, centipedes, and even a bearded pig!
Continue reading (Incl. Pics & Vids) at: TheBudgetSavvyTravelers: How To See Danum Valley Rainforest – Borneo Nature Tours.


text: It's a wrap! The Maine Women's Spring Expo on April 30th at the Nonantum Resort in Kennebunkport, Maine was a huge success! The day began with the sheJAMS boot camp, followed by the Expo which included shopping from 50 Maine-based vendors, artists and service providers and included a series of interactive demonstrations and mini workshops. The Happy Hour from 5-7 included live music from Dave Bullard and the Soundwavz. special signature drinks, lite bites, and a series of special activities including physic readings, manicures, foot massage & reflexology, a Henna skin artist and a ton of fun! Here are some pictures from the event!


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The beautiful Chandlai lake is located on urban-rural fringe of Jaipur. It appears to view after 1-2 km drive on taking right detour from Shivdaspura village on Jaipur-Tonk road. As one approaches the lake, there is a decline in temperature and increasing sensation of cold. In the haze of winter mornings the horizon looks lost beyond the Lake Island, which falls midway between the waters giving illusion of an endless sea. Looking at the lost horizon one feels like going out on a boar to explore and search it down. Continue reading "Chandlai Lake – An Urban Hope"
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Abode of Scavengers
Bhanpur Landfill Site Bhopal
Black and white constructs plethora of metaphors in mind. 'Landfill gulls', hawks and stench, mark their territory over the skies of Bhanpur Landfill. This area signifies and marks the decaying rotten side of the city. An unplanned unscientific dumping of waste spread across 57.80 acres, has been continuously exploited for more than four decades.
Ignorance Of Bus Based Public Transport In Delhi
Buses used to be the preferred means of commute in many Indian cities because of their practicality, wider reach, availability, cost-effectiveness and less intensive infrastructure. In city of Delhi the bus services started decent, well managed and efficient. The state run Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) grew to cover the entire city under its 657 designated routes. Continue reading "Ignorance Of Bus Based Public Transport In Delhi"
Urban Renewal for Affordable Housing
Plot-level redevelopment and in-situ redevelopment of squatter settlements:
The problem of urban housing has always been an inevitable outcome of growing urbanization. In trying to cope with it cities have typically grown physically in a horizontal sprawl with largely low-rise, low-density urban forces necessitating extension of lines of transportation and services beyond reasonable limits. In case of developing countries these have developed as high density congested areas Continue reading "Urban Renewal for Affordable Housing"
Housing And Health
It is widely acknowledged that health constitutes the core pillar of Human Development, and is a key indicator for assessing achievements in capability enhancements and well-being. Healthy people are more productive and their contribution augments economic development and fuels growing incomes. On the other hand, ill health stifles the full realization of psychological, social and economic capabilities, and has financial implications in terms of loss of income & productivity. Continue reading "Housing And Health"


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Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Friday that the Department of Justice is taking steps to reduce the amount of leaking from the White House, including tripling the number of investigations into leaks of classified information.
Sessions said during his press briefing that everyone in government "can do better" and must practice more discipline when it comes to the leaking of classified information.
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"Simply put, these leaks hurt our country," Sessions said. "All of us in government can do better."
"To prevent these leaks every agency and Congress have to do better," Sessions said. "We are taking a stand. This culture of leaking must stop."
Sessions said that there are multiple steps being taken by the National Insider Threat Task Force to prosecute those who leak classified information.
"Since January the department has more than tripled the number of active leak investigations compared to the number pending at the end of the last administration," Sessions said.
"And we've already charged four people with unlawfully disclosing classified material or with concealing contacts with federal officers," he said.


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Travel Wedding Inspiration
Well, friends and readers, this is our last blog post for the next two weeks since we are both going to be out of the country!!! Aileen will be on her honeymoon in Mexico and Ellen will be traveling around Europe with her husband. We will miss you guys, but we are leaving you in good hands–we have some awesome guest bloggers lined up that we know you're going to love. Since we obviously have travel on the mind, we thought we'd leave you with some travel-inspired wedding ideas!
1. Globes. Use them in your centerpieces to add character and save money on flowers! Left via Project Wedding, right via Clayton Austin.
2. Postcards. Have guests write their well wishes on the backs of old postcards for your guestbook (middle image via Style Me Pretty). After the big day, you could send out thank you postcards with a wedding photo on the front, via Martha Stewart Weddings.
3. Vintage Suitcases. Have your flower girls carry them instead of a basket via Green Wedding Shoes . Use them as centerpieces via Green Wedding Shoes or as a card box via Style Me Pretty. Have them as a prop via Love and Lavender.
4. Paper Airplanes. Have the guest throw airplanes instead of rice via Make Moments. Use them as centerpieces via Wedding Bee or to send off for save the dates via Martha Stewart. Simply add them to your engagement session via Adrienne Gunde.
5. Maps. Clip up some maps for a unique photobooth backdrop via Green Wedding Shoes or use them to line your shoes via Caroline Tran. Pin guests' seating assignments to a map via Style Me Pretty or use the maps as envelope liners, via iDiY
6. Paper Luggage Tags. They make adorable placecards, especially when tied onto airmail envelopes, via Style Me Pretty. They're also perfect for save the dates, via 100 Layer Cake!


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Steven Frisch, Sierra Business Council CEO, challenged one of my posts on the lack of climate change. His claim was that Antarctica was melting, as a result of increased human CO2 emissions. I promised to provide additional information on Antarctica temperatures. Here is some information for his consideration.
By Paul Homewood
According to GHG theory, it is the poles which should be warming fastest. Apparently, nobody told the South Pole.
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I had the wonderful pleasure of prepping placenta pills for Chloe of Girlie Girl Army. She gave birth to her third baby just six weeks ago and had a lot of wonderful things to say about her placenta pills.
If you're interesting in hearing more about the logistics involved with getting your placenta out of the hospital and a first hand account of how the pills were for her, read her post below.
Chloe writes:
"...I felt zero baby blues and got on with the show, as was necessary with three children under the age of five. I still feel wonderful, five weeks later, and am only bummed I have one dose left in my pretty blue bottle. Who cares if I'm eating my insides? Milk is pouring out of me, my baby is growing like crazy, and I'm fully in the moment – not always easy in the first few months after birth."
Read the full post (with pictures!) here.
When Latham Thomas asked me to write a blog post for Mama Glow about the process and benefits of Placenta Encapsulation I happily said, "yes!" I'm always happy to share the benefits of placenta encapsulation with others.
If you're currently researching to see if placenta capsules are something you'd like to add to your postpartum plan, head over to Mama Glow and check out the "5 Things You Should Know". Placenta Encapsulation is one of many tools that moms can plan to use to help ease the immediate postpartum time.
"Setting yourself up for a healthy, restorative, and supported transition into parenthood (or an expanded family if it's not your first baby) will help lay a solid foundation for your recovery after pregnancy and birth, and a strong platform for your parenting."
Check out the full post here.
Jennifer Mayer is the owner of Brooklyn Placenta Services


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Canajun perverts!
I got an email from Sitemeter with data about my blog's traffic, which has been up from normal lately.
Curious, I went to site meter (see link on lower right of this page) and looked at some of the data. It's always interesting to see who's reading, where they were referred from, etc.
Anyway, the increase in traffic is mainly due to people googling for the location of where Playboy is showing up at McGill to do their photoshoot, which I blogged about a few weeks back.
Sigh. And I thought maybe I'd said something interesting.
Um, guys? If you live in Montreal, you are privvy to some of most inexpensive and, ahem, liberal strip clubs in all of north america. Take the hormones over there and get over it, would'ja?


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Credit card debt is a major financial problem in the United States. Unfortunately, many consumers are not receiving the help they need and deserve because of a misunderstanding of how debt settlement works. Others are jumping into a debt settlement when there are other options available that are less damaging to their credit.
Don't allow baseless debt settlement myths to limit your debt relief options.
Nobody/Everybody qualifies for a debt settlement
This is a tricky one because both variations of the myth are misleading and damaging to borrowers.
True. Not everyone is going to qualify for a credit card debt settlement. And even those who qualify for a debt settlement may not receive the pennies on the dollar reductions they would like. However, that doesn't mean you can't qualify for a substantial debt reduction. Get a free consultation with a professional debt settlement firms and ask whether a debt settlement is a good option for you. Debt relief experts can help you determine whether your financial situation qualifies you for a debt settlement.
These statistics illustrate the benefits of debt settlement programs. They are part of a 2015 study commissioned by the American Fair Credit Council that analyzed the outcomes of over 1.9 million consumer accounts enrolled in debt settlement programs between January 1, 2006, and March 31, 2015 (source).
- The average settlement of an account enrolled in a debt settlement program is 48% of the balance owed.
- Over half the consumer that enroll in a debt settlement program settle accounts within the first four months.
- Debt reduction consistently saved consumers between $2.75 and $3.13 for every $1 paid in fees over the life of a debt settlement program.
As you can see, there are many credit card users that are entitled to a fair debt settlement.
Only poor people apply for debt settlements
Credit card debt is a problem for all consumers but particularly for middle-class borrowers. After all, middle-class borrowers are more likely to have a credit card. Typically, they also have larger lines of credit than consumers in lower-income brackets. Federal regulations restrict credit card issuers from increasing the credit limit of an account unless they can determine the consumer has the income or assets to make minimum payments (source). According to the latest survey of consumer finances by the Federal Reserve, the average debt burden among members of the middle class — those with earnings within the middle three-fifths of the total population — is 122 percent of their annual income (source).
Negotiating for a debt settlement is unethical
Banks and credit card companies like to portray debt settlements as an unethical debt relief tool that shows a lack of character. That is unfair. Of course, there are people who use credit irresponsibly or even fraudulently, but most people who negotiate a debt settlement have fallen into difficult times because of circumstances outside of their control, such as medical bills, family problems, and unemployment.
If you are looking for someone to blame – and there is plenty of blame to go around – the credit industry and the legislative branch have a lot to answer for. There is a reason credit card use, and, therefore, debt exploded in the 1980s. Spoiler alert. It wasn't the simply irresistible fashion industry. A 1978 ruling by the Supreme Court ended customer interest rate limits and the federal usury law. The deregulation of the industry allowed lenders to charge high interest rates and penalty fees that turned credit cards into cash cows for banks. Now, only nonprofit credit unions have an interest rate ceiling of 15 percent.
Debt consolidation loans, credit counseling, and debt settlements are all the same
The three main debt relief options for people with large debt problems: credit counseling, debt consolidation, and debt settlements. They are completely different from each other. They all have their pros and cons. A debt relief expert can help you determine which option is best for your financial circumstances.
Here is a brief summary of the pros and cons of each one:
- Credit counseling will probably protect your credit score, but you may end up extending the term of your loan and paying more in interest. Plus, its success rate is extremely low. Most people drop out before the debt is repaid.
- Debt consolidations require borrowers to either have excellent credit or to secure the loan with a home or another valuable asset. This method can reduce your monthly payments and protect your credit. However, it can also be expensive, take years to repay, and can put your home at risk.
- Debt settlement will have a negative effect on your credit and won't necessarily stop collection actions while you're enrolled in the program. However, it gives borrowers who can only afford minimum payments to get out of debt faster and save money on interest and fees.
Credit reports show the unpaid balance on debt settlements
You may have heard that delinquent accounts show on your credit report for up to 7 years. This is true. The credit report also shows the balance you owe, for lenders, employers, and landlords to see. The same CANNOT be said about debt settlements.
If a creditor agrees to a debt settlement, you no longer owe the remaining or "forgiven" balance. That is, after all, the whole point of a debt settlement: to provide people with overwhelming debt a clean slate. When lenders report the debt settlement to credit bureaus, the debt balance goes down to zero. Creditors may add a note along the lines of "settled for less than full balance." Even the content of this note is up for negotiation during the settlement. Although there are no guarantees, you can request your creditor to omit it as part of your debt settlement negotiation.
Warning: There is a scenario where this myth does prove to be true. If as part of your debt settlement you agree to be liable for the deficiency balance, you will owe the difference between the full balance and the amount you pay as part of the offer in compromise. You should never agree to this. No reputable debt settlement company will ever allow you to agree to this. It is usually a trick debt collectors and unscrupulous creditors pull on people who negotiate their own debt settlement.
What should you do next?
Now you can debunk some of the worst debt settlement myths, find out what a debt settlement can do for you. Debt settlements are a powerful debt relief tool, but they are not a silver bullet for every financial problem.
If you are facing overwhelming debt and you can barely afford to make minimum payments on unsecured debts, such as credit card debt, medical bills, and personal loans, a debt settlement program may be a smart move for you.
First, read this guide on 10 questions you should ask a debt settlement company before you commit to a debt settlement program.
Once you're ready, click here to get a free consultation with a debt relief expert. Educating yourself about your debt relief options won't cost you a dime or hurt your credit score.
Andrew is the managing editor for SuperMoney and a certified personal finance counselor. He loves to geek out on financial data and translate it into actionable insights everyone can understand. His work is often cited by major publications and institutions, such as Forbes, U.S. News, Fox Business, SFGate, Realtor, Deloitte, and Business Insider.


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Joel Pelletier (born 1961) is a musician, artist, and actor who appeared as a sciences division officer playing the double bass in the Star Trek: Voyager fifth season episode "Course: Oblivion". He filmed his scene on Friday 18 December 1998 on Paramount Stage 8 and had a set call 12:45 pm. He received no credit for this appearance but is listed as "Sideline Musician" on the call sheet.
Pelletier received his degree in music composition from the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford. In 1988 he moved to Los Angeles and performed in several original and cover bands including "The Who Show", "Journey Unauthorized", and "The Lush Pop Trio". As an artist, Pelletier created a modern day version of the painting "Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889", titled "American Fundamentalists: Christ's Entry into Washington in 2008" in 2004 and the painting "Screaming with Orson" in 2013. [1] [2]
Since 2012, Pelletier has also worked as actor, mostly featured in music videos for artists such as The Cheerleaders, Itch, Matt Jaffe and The Distractions, Alexander Kogan, Heaven & Earth, and Ludacris. Other projects include the short films Los Angeles Immigration, Verona, and Audition (2015), and episodes of Six Degrees of Everything and Unusual Suspects (2015).
Pelletier previously appeared in several projects as a sideline musician including the drama Man on the Moon (1999, with Vincent Schiavelli, Caroline Gibson, Gene LeBell, Tracey Walter, Kelly Sheerin, Jacqueline Case, Kelly Cooper, Christopher Lloyd, and Yoshi Jenkins), music specials of Meat Loaf on VH1 and Celine Dion on CBS, and episodes of Family Matters, INK, Fame L.A., Murphy Brown, and Columbo.
Among his more recent credits are episodes of Sex Sent Me to the ER (2014) and True Nightmares (2015). As "John Paul Joel ", Pelletier has also been a band member of several Led Zeppelin cover bands, most recently in "Zep Live". [3] [4]
External links Edit
- JoelP.com – official site
- Joel Pelletier at Wikipedia
- Joel Pelletier at the Internet Movie Database
- Joel Pelletier at Twitter


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Monday, February 16, 2009
Habs Offically Suck. Canucks 4, Suckity-sucks 2
Kovy the Kancer sucked, and needs to be traded - or treated with chemotherapy to ensure his attitude doesn't spread to healthy parts of the "team", whatever they may be. Captain K sucked - yeah I said it. HF10's Boy Higgins sucked. Bit Tits, despite the goal, and Little Tits both sucked (well, except if you're Pierre Houde - go watch HF4's TV in the post below). My Boy Chips sucked, especially on faceoffs - you're a centre now, jackass! Mad Max sucked for not growing out his hair again a la Samson (yes, that's a Bible reference. Darwin most certainly does not suck, though). LaWreck sucked for not kicking someone's ass. HF29's boy DOOM sucked (and if he's injured, he sucked for not sitting). Markov really sucked. Cube and Hamr sucked. Price sucked for ... uh ... not getting any good shots to stop? (OK that's just a "retroactive suck" for the Edmonton and Boston games.) Pleks sucked for getting suspended from playing. Tangy and Guimauve sucked for not getting better already.
So who does that leave? Two rookies (Patches and D'ago), a guy locked in my truck (Breezer - yeah, I said it) and two guys who were healthy scratches when the "team" didn't suck (Greek Lightening and El Dandy). And Jaro - well, don't think I'm going to be pointing any fingers at the goalies when the "team" in front of him have given up like 100 shots in the last 7 periods. (I put "team" in quotes because they're really 18 individual skaters right now.)
We suck. So what do we do? Trade 'em all and fire Carbonneau. Riot in the streets if Gainey doesn't trade for Lecavalier, Boumeester and Terry Sawchuk's ghost. Remember that Ottawa - Ottawa - has won 4 in a row under a new coach and feel shame. Declare 2009 "Most Sucky Centennial Season Ever."
[Forget that San Jose and Boston are both currently sucking, and that there is plenty of time to stop sucking before the playoffs. Perspective? Not at FHF. Panic rulz!]
Tell is what you think sucks in the comments. Personally, I think coming into work on a holiday sucks.
...oh, and this review sucked, too.
8 comments:
- L Dude said...
The scoop.
Matt Schneider for a 2nd and 3rd round pick.
- February 16, 2009 2:46 pm
Next move: acquire Mike Keane's rights and bring him up from the AHL.
'93 reunion!
- February 16, 2009 2:50 pm
- L Dude said...
Good idea melly.
I always liked Keane.
What will it take to get Lemieux out of SJ?
Then start wearing those damned pajamas for every game!
- February 16, 2009 2:53 pm
- ironchefrick said...
Bouillon is probably playing the worst defence of his career... even worse than Komisarek now.... As for Schneider, I think Gainey knows that the PP needs a boost, and without the point shot, it ain't worth a damn... Alot of people will be slamming the trade for Schneider, but I think it's a good one to make....
- February 16, 2009 3:10 pm
- L Dude said...
Yeah, and I'm sure he'll be making other moves to get picks back. I guess I don't mind this move.
- February 16, 2009 3:16 pm
- ironchefrick said...
After last night's game, it's done like dinner for Chips... he looked cool with the beard tho... (then he'll be a monster playing in Philly like Leclair the second they move him...)... I'm thinking about who will be re-moved from the Defence to make room for Schneider...
hmmm... not Gorges, not Markov, not Komi, not Hamrlik ... they will probably send back Obye and sit Brisebois...
Then again what the hell do I know about anything
- February 16, 2009 3:24 pm
I say bring back Gilbert Dionne!
And Oleg Petrov, because we need more small Europeans.
I just told my wife about the trade. She said "That's it? That's the big shakeup?"
And she doesn't even follow hockey.
- February 16, 2009 3:47 pm
- Number31 said...
Habs decided to celebrate their 100 years by sucking as bad as their first year? Maybe that's the plan.
- February 16, 2009 8:31 pm


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Through the Looking Glass
After carving out a new life, Robin Pierson found a successful niche in decorative art.
Brilliant afternoon sunlight pours into Robin Pierson's studio, illuminating the antique windows, sea glass, seashells, and pieces of wood and glass that line every wall and cover every surface of the room. With a stove warming the garage-turned-artist's space in Gray Gables, the organized chaos of Pierson's studio feels like home. Hammer in hand, Pierson methodically flattens a collection of shells that are too bulky for use in her art.
Robin Pierson adds the flair of color and texture to windows and walls with her one-of-a-kind window art, displaying all of the beautiful treasures she's collected. Pierson dedicates her days to creating and showing her unique decorative works. From a swirl of shells and sand to framed chart maps with oceanic relics to custom memory windows, the diversity of Pierson's projects is only matched by the array of materials she incorporates. "I'm just so amazed by some of this stuff. To some people, it may look like a piece of broken pottery," Pierson, 52, says while sifting through a bag of ocean-smoothed pottery pieces. "To me, it's beautiful, and I wonder where it came from. You just don't know how old it is or how far it traveled."
Ten years ago, Pierson was behind a desk in corporate America. As the human resources manager at Ocean Spray for 13 years, Pierson frequently gave unhappy employees the same piece of wisdom: "You're the only one who can change it." When tragedy struck Pierson's life three times, she decided to take her own advice. "After I lost both of my parents and my husband in a six-year span, it was like someone slapped me in the face and said you're really not going to live forever," Pierson says. "It made me step back and really look at my life."
Pierson left Ocean Spray in 2003 to start her own business as an artist. She pursued art in her youth—her mother taught her how to knit and draw her way to a "most creative" yearbook superlative—and her creativity resurfaced at the perfect time. "It's been the best thing I've done in my whole life. I don't regret it," she says.
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This is a printable raspberry pi case modeled after the SNES system. It is intended to be used with a raspberry pi loaded with RetroPi but can be used in any circumstance with raspberry 2 and newer models.
This model has been updated to include a separate front plate for ethernet and usb ports
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Not long ago, Spotify's algorithms had the good taste to suggest a particular song to me: Srul Irving Glick's "The Rabbi's Wedding at the Palmerston Street Shul," movement III of his "Old Toronto Klezmer Suite," performed by Angele Dubeau. I had never heard it before.
But before we dive into the song itself, who was Srul Irving Glick? In a word, one of Canada's greatest composers. Born in Toronto in 1934 to a Jewish family, Glick composed hundreds of pieces for all manner of instrumentation, from guitars to full orchestras to choirs. His music retains the traditional sound of Toronto's Jewish community–his father was a cantor, and Glick composed a great number of liturgical works for synagogue use.
According to The Glick Society's website, Glick began studying piano at the age of 12. By 15, he knew he wanted to be a composer (and not a concert pianist). He dedicated the rest of his life to this pursuit, and was awarded the prestigious Yuval Award by the Cantor's Assembly of America (among other accolades) before his death in 2002. For a more complete biography, click here.
Glick first wrote the "Old Toronto Klezmer Suite" itself in 1998 for pianist Catherine Wilson and her group "Ensemble Vivant." Of the piece, he said, "This work is based on klezmer style in a chamber music idiom. I wanted to express my deep love for the city of Toronto. I wrote this quintet for pianist Catherine Wilson and her Friends, performing the violin, viola, cello and double bass. Each movement reflects reminiscences of some aspect of my growing up in Toronto."
"The Rabbi's Wedding at the Palmerston Street Shul" is the fourth movement of the suite. Here it is performed by violinist Angele Dubeau and her own ensemble "La Pieta." As for the song itself–the haunting melody first hooked my attention, but the transition to energetic Jewish dance in the second half cemented my enjoyment. What fun! Now, enjoy it for yourself:
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Saturday, January 7, 2012
17 comments:
The dishes actually look inventive and good... How come it's so empty? :(ReplyDelete
Yea agree with Kenny, the dishes look good. Is it cos of location or high pricing?ReplyDelete
Why do you always eat nice? HahahaReplyDelete
Ahhhhhhhh no wonder you're not excited about your birthday because your days have always been so exciting already! They just couldn't get more exciting! I mean you eat nice foods every single day! OMG
Btw, the first photo is pretty cool looking. I like the look of the restaurant taken from that angle. I just like the photo. The holes in the wall to the right which should be windows I guess.
Why's the restaurant empty? High price?ReplyDelete
Maybe it's owned by some shady character guy who uses it to launder his ill-gotten gains ... that would explain why the restaurant is still going after 3 years!
Kenny: hmmm, maybe there are just too many japanese eateries in the whole solaris mont kiara-solaris dutamas-mont kiara-hartamas district. competition so fierce, it's scary =)ReplyDelete
Baby Sumo: the pricing seems average for japanese food, but the location could be better. it's on the first floor of a shophouse. it's kinda difficult to notice it, and parking can be inconvenient...
Rad: heh, actually i'm not excited about birthdays cos i don't enjoy the thought of aging, heheh =) ooo, i think those are actually wall lights, not windows. but ya, the decor of the restaurant is interesting. almost like a cavern :DReplyDelete
Timing: i guess it's a combination of factors, but too much competition & not an easily noticeable location/signage & awful parking are a few reasons. heheh, that's an interesting explanation you have though! =)
Korean raspberry wine:D yummeh!ReplyDelete
Food looks delightful but what you say about location and all could be an issue. But perhaps some of these places depend on their regular faithful big spending clients?
Missyblurkit: ya, or maybe they also might have a strong lunch crowd that I'm not aware of. Three years in business is definitely a respectable accomplishment, considering so many other outlets at Solaris mont kiara have come and gone...ReplyDelete
Korean raspberry wine! You just made my weekend to-do list! I also love the omnipresence of avocado here. Will make it a point to visit, shady source of survival or not!ReplyDelete
Min: yay! Gosh, I hope this place is still alive and kicking today. I always half-expect that the next time I drive into Solaris mont kiara, I'd see that it's shuttered its doors permanently!ReplyDelete
Do visit an Indonesian restaurant heheh. A very good one if not the best one in KL, if there is hehehReplyDelete
The avocado serving's pretty generous compared to most Jap restaurants! I love the creaminess it adds to the sushi;) yummmmm....ReplyDelete
Rad: i will try! hopefully sometime in the next couple of months :DReplyDelete
Vien: oh yeah, avocado is like a miracle ingredient, isn't it. it works well in japanese food, in western salads, and even though it tastes sinfully creamy, it's healthy! heh =)
Rasberry wine - is it sweet? Forget the food, the wine could be enough excuse for a visit.ReplyDelete
The Yum List: oh yeah, it works as a dessert wine, though it's still light enough to pair reasonably well with salads & rice dishes :DReplyDelete
Korean raspberry wine is the only thing tht caught my attention.ReplyDelete
LOL. and looking thru the comments it looks like most of your other readers' too!
Tng: oh ya, when I saw it on the menu, I knew I'd be ordering it! Though I'm not sure I'll ever order it again. It's refreshing, but other alcohol goes better with food =)ReplyDelete


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Tony-award winning producer, Jhett Tolentino, is seeking to raise $200,000 before Nov. 5, 2016 for his documentary film project.
The film, written and produced by Tolentino, will show his rise from a slum in the Philippines to become a successful Broadway producer in New York.
"In November 2015, I had the chance to visit my homeland, the Philippines," Tolentino stated. "After having pledged myself to only come back accomplished, it was a historic moment not just for me, not just for my family and friends but also to some Filipinos who have followed my journey in becoming the 2nd Philippine-born Tony Award winner."
If his goal is met, the money will help pay for the three months of production costs incurred in filming that took place in New York City, Philippines, Singapore and Japan.
"I hope you could be a part of this project," he stated. "No amount is too small as I believe 4 quarters make a dollar."
There are eight levels of pledges with perks detailed on the project's Kickstarter.com page, ranging from $10-$10,000. All donors ($10 or greater) will receive recognition on social media. Higher level donors ($10,000 "Gold Sponsor" and higher) will be given film credit as part of their reward package.
Tolentino was born, raised and educated from the slums of Iloilo City, Philippines. He won three Tony Awards as a Broadway producer. He is the first and only Filipino Tony Awards voter among the 27 million theater-goers in the United States and a Grammy Awards voter.
He also received recognition by the Philippine National Commission for Culture and the Arts in February 2016 with the "Ani Ng Dangal" Award in Manila.
Tolentino said he wanted to document his visit to his home country last year, his first return home in 13 years. He stated that he hopes the film about his life may help inspire some of the less fortunate children in the world.
"With your help, we will be able to take this project to international film festivals," Tolentino said. "We will also present this to the United Nations in New York City to make it as a tool for advanced countries to give more to educate the millions of poor children around the world."
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a personal and biblical reflection for All Saints' Day, November 1, 2017, based on Isaiah 25.6-9 and Revelation 21.1-6a.
Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart,
In my heart, in my heart.
Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart.[1]
But Lord, it's hard to be a Christian!
And why wouldn't that be so? For it's hard to be a person. Everyone, no matter our family of origin and upbringing, our nature and nurture, believes something. And every one of us, living in a world of every other one of us, from time to time, rubs shoulders, at times, exchanges sharp elbows with those who believe differently.
So, yes, it's hard, speaking for myself, to be a Christian in my heart; loving unconditionally all people. Yet, this I know for the Bible tells me so.
Isaiah paints a lofty vision. A mountaintop banquet prepared for the hungry. Tears dried forevermore from cheerless eyes. This is a vision for the disenchanted, the disenfranchised. For what is another table of food and wine for the overfed or the hand of solace to those who have never wept? Yet, who among us, even with bellies full, cannot admit to spaces of the emptiness within us? Who among us, even in the most balled-fist courage in difficulty's face, does not cry out for comfort and release? This, then, is a vision for all! A vision of salvation. From the Latin, salvus. Wholeness. The healing that comes only in the acknowledgement of brokenness. Brokenness that each of us shares with all people, for all people are broken.
Isaiah issues a clarion call and Revelation resoundingly replies with another portrayal of salvation so all-encompassing (heaven, earth, sea) that all is gathered up (mourning, crying, dying) and life is made new in a city, the gates of which are open to all people.
Isaiah and Revelation together help me see what All Saints' Day is.
Since the 10th century, Western Christendom has set aside November 1 to honor all those through the ages who claim Christ as Lord. Yet, throughout Christianity's history and surely in this era, there has been and is fighting and dying, crying and mourning all in the name of partisan ideologies, divisive and exclusive theologies.
So, today, I, with an inclusive eye, behold All Saints' Day as a celebration for all who follow the Way[2] of Jesus. All who claim love as their chiefest value. All who confess their brokenness, their inability always to love all. All who, in their brokenness, cry for salvation – not freedom from self, but freedom to be self fully, faithfully. Freedom to live, not in the absence of death, but in its very midst. For only those who can, who will claim their own wholeness – the feasting and the hungering, the laughing and the crying, the living and the dying that we each do every day – can know salvation and, thus, can dare share it with others, even those with whom we, from time to time, rub shoulders and, at times, exchange sharp elbows.
Illustration: All Saints, Albrecht Durer, 1511
[1] From the traditional Negro spiritual, Lord, I want to be a Christian.
[2] A reference to Acts 9.2, "the way" being the designation for the earliest followers of Jesus before they became known as Christians (see Acts 11.26); a designation that inferred more a way of life, a way of being than an intellectual assent or adherence to an ideology or theology.


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Deception. Cheating. Shortcuts.
Such are the ugly allegations lodged against Navient, the nation's student loan servicing behemoth, by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday. In a lengthy complaint, the bureau said Navient, which oversees $300 billion in student loans for 12.5 million borrowers, failed customers "at every stage of repayment."
It's not enough, in other words, that students must struggle with onerous debt after college. Navient added to the burden, the bureau said, by making those loans harder to repay.
Navient failed to apply borrower repayments accurately, the bureau said, and the company did not make clear what its customers needed to do to keep their payments low. Worst of all, though, it accused Navient of hurting disabled military veterans, who can seek loan forgiveness under a federal program. Navient, the lawsuit said, inaccurately told credit reporting companies that veterans taking advantage of this program had defaulted on their loans.
Sounds familiar. Remember how the mortgage foreclosure machine chewed up and spit out troubled borrowers, adding junk fees and costs of unnecessary services to the amounts they owed? Banks even foreclosed on borrowers when they had no right to.
Navient rejected the bureau's findings and said it would vigorously defend against what it characterized as "false allegations." It also said the bureau's complaint was politically motivated, since it was filed just before the presumably friendlier Trump administration took over in Washington.
Navient's chief executive, Jack Remondi, attacked the agency's conclusions. "Navient leads the industry in income-driven repayment plans and has the lowest level of severely delinquent borrowers and the lowest default rates," he said in an interview. "If we were doing all these bad things, we wouldn't be leading the industry."
The nation's largest company in education loan portfolio management, servicing and collection, Navient acts under contract for the Education Department — for which it services six million loans — as well as for private lenders.
Navient was spun off as a separate loan servicing company by the SLM Corporation in 2014. SLM, widely known as Sallie Mae, was founded as a government-sponsored enterprise in 1972 and privatized in 2004.
Armed with the financial protection bureau's troubling report, I asked the Education Department if it was reconsidering its contract with Navient. Avoiding the question, a spokeswoman provided a statement saying the department would continue to administer its contracts "to ensure the interests of the government and of student borrowers are protected."
The complaint against Navient casts doubt on whether sufficient protections are in place. So do conversations with customers like Thomas Gokey, who holds an undergraduate degree in visual arts and a master's degree and is working on his Ph.D.
Mr. Gokey has been at the forefront of a "debt resistance" movement born of the Occupy Wall Street protests, including a project to buy and forgive debt. Navient services a portion of his own $37,000 in student debt. He said he had been dealing with the company and its predecessor since 1999.
He characterized his experiences with the company as "a nightmare." When he changed banks, for instance, the company had trouble administering his automatic payments, resulting in late fees and a higher interest rate. Although Navient fixed the problem, it took numerous phone calls over many days to do so, Mr. Gokey said.
Navient also failed to follow Mr. Gokey's directions to allocate payments to loans with the highest interest rates first. "It almost seems like they are trying to make it more likely that I will miss a payment," he said, "so they can slap on late fees and increase the interest rate."
Robin Wilde is a military veteran who has had a series of trials with Navient. They began in 2000 when she went on active duty and tried to have her loan delayed as the law allows. She said she repeatedly sent Navient the proper information but it never got to the right person.
"They put my loan in past due the whole time I was in basic training and it ruined my credit," Ms. Wilde said.
There have been more recent troubles. After Ms. Wilde earned a master's degree in 2011, she was experiencing a financial hardship. She says she sent information Navient needed to put the loan into a temporary deferment and called to make sure it was received. "I didn't find out they hadn't processed my paperwork until they put me on 90 days past due on 19 loans," she recalled. "My credit score went from like a 730 to a 520 in a month."
Ms. Wilde said it was a happy day when she consolidated her $60,000 in loans and had them transferred to a different servicer.
Of course, a couple of distressed Navient customers out of 12.5 million are by no means a scientific sample. But neither is the complaint by the financial protection bureau Navient's first rodeo with a regulator.
In 2014, the company paid $60 million to settle an investigation by the Justice Department and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, alleging that the company had been illegally overcharging military families as far back as 2005. The complaint described Navient's conduct as "intentional, willful, and taken in disregard for the rights of service members." According to the F.D.I.C., service members were erroneously told they must be deployed to obtain certain loan benefits.
Patricia Nash Christel, a Navient spokeswoman, said the $60 million settlement "was grounded in conflicting federal guidance," adding, "Since the voluntary settlement, there have been six independent reviews confirming that Navient was following federal regulations."
Then there was a 2009 Education Department investigation that determined Navient predecessor Sallie Mae had overcharged the government by $22.3 million by abusing a program meant for smaller lenders. Ms. Christel said Navient appealed this finding and was awaiting a ruling on it.
In 2008, the F.D.I.C. and the Utah Department of Financial Institutions issued a cease-and-desist order against Sallie Mae Bank, a subsidiary. The regulators said the bank had violated laws banning unfair and deceptive practices as well as those protecting borrowers from discrimination.
And one year earlier, Sallie Mae struck a settlement with Andrew M. Cuomo, then the New York attorney general, over conflicts of interest in the company's practices. Among them were Sallie Mae's practice of paying entertainment and travel expenses for officials of schools it did business with.
To settle that matter, Sallie Mae paid $2 million into an education fund.
The financial protection bureau may be a bane to Navient but it has been a boon to consumers, Mr. Gokey said. For example, only after he filed a complaint with the bureau did the company fix the repayment allocation problem, he said. And it did so within a week. "I'm very worried about what will happen to student loan borrowers if the C.F.P.B. gets gutted under the new administration," he said.
Navient's shareholders seem to expect such an outcome. Immediately after the election, the company's stock rallied to almost $18 from around $13 on speculation that the bureau would be neutered under President Trump.
The shares have retreated a bit, to around $16. But investors still appear to believe that education finance companies like Navient could have one less aggressive regulator to worry about under the new administration.


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DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 10, 2018 – Ford Motor Company today announced that Trevor Worthington has been appointed vice president, Global Product Development Operations & Vehicle Programs.
In this new role, he will lead Ford's global vehicle programs and be responsible for coordinating the company's Product development resources to bring new products to market. He will also have responsibility for driving competitive material costs and engineering expenses throughout the development cycle.
In his new role Worthington, 55, continues to report to Hau Thai-Tang, executive vice president, Product Development and Purchasing.
"With Trevor's broad experience across some of the world's fastest-growing markets, he will help us meet the needs of our diverse customer base by bringing together the best of Ford's product development capabilities," said Thai-Tang. "This will enable us to bring exciting new vehicles to market faster and more efficiently."
Worthington has served as vice president, Product Development for Asia Pacific, since 2013. In this role, he spearheaded the development and introduction of key nameplates to deliver on Ford's plan to bring more than 50 new vehicles to China by 2025, including the Territory midsize SUV, Focus and Escort.
Worthington also oversaw the investment of more than $189 million in the Ford Research and Engineering Center to strengthen and expand the company's engineering and vehicle testing capabilities in Nanjing, China. Worthington also led the development of the global Ranger pickup and Everest SUV, and will continue to do so in his new role.
Graham Pearson, 52, takes over leadership of Product Development in Asia Pacific and China. Over his 31-year career with the company, Pearson has served in a variety of product development positions in China, Australia and the U.S., and has worked extensively across India, Thailand and other markets. Previously, he was vehicle line director, Cars and SUVs for Ford Asia Pacific.
"Graham's deep experience across Asia Pacific – managing the delivery of multiple vehicle programs all the way from planning to production – will be an asset as he steps up to lead our PD organization in the region," Thai-Tang said.
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Michael Jack Schmidt (born September 27, 1949) is an American former professional baseball third baseman who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies. Schmidt was a twelve-time All-Star and a three-time winner of the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player award (MVP), and he was known for his combination of power hitting and strong defense. As a hitter, he compiled 548 home runs and 1,595 runs batted in (RBIs), and led the NL in home runs eight times and in RBIs four times. As a fielder, Schmidt won the National League Gold Glove Award for third basemen ten times. Schmidt was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995 and is widely considered to be the one of the greatest third baseman in baseball history.Having an unusual batting stance, Schmidt turned his back somewhat toward the pitcher and rocked his rear end back-and-forth while waiting for a pitch. By standing far back in the batters box, he made it almost impossible to jam him by pitching inside. Schmidt was one of the best athletes of his era; teammate Pete Rose once said, To have his body, Id trade him mine and my wifes, and Id throw in some cash.
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Tico Lingo was founded in 2015 as a small, high-quality language and cultural center aimed at offering the most unique and genuine Costa Rican learning experience. Since opening, we've taught students from over thirty different countries across the world and continue to reach new students far and wide seeking to learn the Spanish language.
Our success is based on our commitment to quality and the highest level of student service and personalization. We continuously invest in professional staff and offer custom program options to ensure each student's overall experience with us is nothing short of excellent.
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With our background in education, comprehensive resources, and a phenomenal staff, we are able to ensure that students receive the best learning experience possible while in Costa Rica. Regardless your age, your home culture, or your background in Spanish, we can promise an enriching experience that will not only teach you how to speak a new language but also open your eyes to the beautiful Costa Rican culture.
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With experience in Costa Rica and internationally around the world, our professional Spanish instructors are the best at what they do. Instructors work with groups of no more than 6 students to create an environment focused on Spanish conversation and speaking skills. Speaking is important! And we push our students to solely speak Spanish in the classroom with our instructors.
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I always keep a thermos of water on my bedside table. As soon as the birds are chirping outside my window, waking me up, I immediately pour it on a glass and drink it. It is always best keep yourself hydrated and jump starts your body for the day. Your organs will thank you for keeping them hydrated for the rest of the day.
DO use a citrus-y, fresh scent for body wash
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I'm not always a morning person. This type of scent has always been in the 'energizing' category in my book. I always opt for something fruity for a morning shower. My recent favorite body wash has been Dove Energize because it smells citrusy and fresh!
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Whenever there's rain, shine or even hail, a sunscreen is always a must in my book. I pick a non-greasy sunscreen that tend to have matte finishes, without that additional stickiness. I apply sunscreen on my face, body and even lips. That is how scared I am of the sun. Make sure to apply at least one to two teaspoons for the face and neck area
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Be it a simple natural, thin eyeliner or a coat of waterproof mascara. These two (or one of them) helps me look awake in the morning and doesn't take up much time in my schedule.
Those are the things that helps me look and feel like a million dollars in the morning. Okay, maybe not a million dollars, but I feel great about myself. Share with me what you usually do in the morning for that extra pick-me-up!
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Absolutely adore this place. Always something interesting going on to learn about food. Also neat and random items for sale in store. I have purchased a gorgeous locally made cutting board and also a took a granola making class. The granola was so delicious. The kitchen facilities are spacious and such a lovely work space. I often drop in to get a delicious treat and chit chat with Shannon. Thank you for this great addition to Springville!
Great concept, awesome store. I don't have to wait for a farmers market to get locally made eats! The owner was operating the store when my husband and I visited. She was very friendly and informative. I got a cookie and some Baked Potato Soup. Both were delicious.
I had the coconut curry soup there last night. It was delicious! Just perfect. I can't wait to try other offerings. And it's not all food: I have my eye on one of the beautiful butcher blocks for sale there.
Love the modern concept, my personal favorite is the #taufuel lunch on Thursday's the food is absolutely amazing!
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Before it has even opened I can tell you that this will be an incredible place from incredible people.
Delicious food and great service! Very friendly, too!