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Ahhh it's been a long while since I did an old fashioned wish list post. I think now is a good time considering all of the crazy things that have been going on, I really deserve a treat on pay day this month and there have been lots of things that I have caught my eye. First off, I totally need a wardrobe revamp, so will have my eyes open for anything lovely in that department especially. Any volunteers for a pay day shopping trip?
First up, I've been loving Uniqlo. Kind of wishing I had discovered it sooner as everything seems to fit, the prices are reasonable and the quality is good. I love their collaboration collections. I've bought from the Orla Kiely and Celia Birdwell collection already. This month, they launched a Cabbages and Roses collaboration which made me smile as it's a brand I used to work for. However, the piece that I have my eye on is this cute, super kawaii Sanrio My Melody top, it's a lovely colour and the print is just super. Fingers crossed they will still have some in stock come payday.
I'm in desperate need of new shoes (I've decided) and now that I'm not longer with a man who is the exact same height as me, I feel like I can indulge in some heels, some especially girly heels too. I love Red or Dead shoes, they are one of my go to brands and when I spotted this glittery number I knew they had to be mine. The multi-coloured dark glitter makes them practical (in my books) and they have a sensible heel height and fastening which means I could wear them daily. I know Red or Dead shoes are totally worth the spend too, so I'm not thinking twice about these beauties.
Yes, more sparkly shoes. This time, even more practical. I love my beat up old burgundy Converse, but they are coming close to the end of their lives, so will be replacing them soon. I've always fancied glitter or metallic Converse, so when I spotted this snazzy blue ombre pair, it was as if they had read my mind. So cool. I'm just worried that they may malt and not wear very well. Anyone have any experience with glitter Converse?
Ok, so I really don't NEED any more make up. However, on my last visit to Space N.K, I was browsing the Hourglass collection as I have never tried anything from it but it's always caught my eye, one of the girls applied some of the Opaque Rouge Liquid Lipstick on me to see what I made of it. I was blown away, I tried the shade Raven, a warm orange toned red and I loved it. These beauties are a liquid lipstick that dry super matte and last like a stain. At £23 they are a treat, but I have fallen in love with this shade.
What's on your wish list this month?
What do you think of my picks?
Comment, share or tweet me @JayneJRead
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My research focuses on the roles of eicosanoids in inflammation, especially related to asthma. We discovered the 5-lipoxygenase product, 5-oxo-ETE that can by synthesized by both inflammatory and structural cells and is the strongest known chemoattractant for human eosinophils among lipid mediators. We are currently studying the regulation of its biosynthesis and its biological activities and are collaborating with a chemist (Joshua Rokach at the Florida Institute of Technology) to develop 5-oxo-ETE receptor antagonists that could potentially be used for the treatment of asthma and other eosinophilic disorders. We are screening various synthetic compounds and have identified several with nanomolar potencies. We are currently investigating the pharmacokinetics and efficacy of some of these compounds in primate models. Another project we are involved in is the regulation of NADPH oxidase in inflammatory cells. In this case we are investigating the regulation of pyridine nucleotide levels (principally NADPH) in neutrophils.
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Powell WS, Rokach J. The eosinophil chemoattractant 5-oxo-ETE and the OXE receptor. Prog Lipid Res. 2013 Sep 19;52(4):651-665. doi: 10.1016/j.plipres.2013.09.001
Gore V, Patel P, Chang CT, Sivendran S, Kang N, Ouedraogo YP, Gravel S, Powell WS, Rokach J. 5-Oxo-ETE receptor antagonists. J Med Chem. 2013 May 9;56(9):3725-32. doi: 10.1021/jm400480j.
Grant GE, Rubino S, Gravel S, Wang X, Patel P, Rokach J, Powell WS. Enhanced formation of 5-oxo-6,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid by cancer cells in response to oxidative stress, docosahexaenoic acid and neutrophil-derived 5-hydroxy-6,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid. Carcinogenesis. 2011 Jun;32(6):822-8. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgr044.
Grant GE, Gravel S, Guay J, Patel P, Mazer BD, Rokach J, Powell WS. 5-oxo-ETE is a major oxidative stress-induced arachidonate metabolite in B lymphocytes. Free Radic Biol Med. 2011 May 15;50(10):1297-304. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2011.02.010.
Graham FD, Erlemann KR, Gravel S, Rokach J, Powell WS. Oxidative stress-induced changes in pyridine nucleotides and chemoattractant 5-lipoxygenase products in aging neutrophils. Free Radic Biol Med. 2009 Jul 1;47(1):62-71. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2009.04.016.

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You're going, going, going all through the busy holiday season. If sales are up and your process is running smoothly, you surely have a friendly wind at your back.
Establish a daily schedule, plot out what you intend to do each day of the journey, then work to that plan
But what if things are a bit bumpy? What if you're working yourself in circles but aren't getting the results you want? When failed expectations combine with the holiday flurry, you could be in danger of going full-on Scrooge before the season is over.
Relax, and remind yourself of a few things that will prove you're doing better than you realize and that you're in full control. Here are some happy thoughts, if you will, that you should run through your mind during this most challenging season of the year.
One of the most common stresses of the season is the demand on time. You're working to an immovable date (for whatever it is you celebrate), and there's no rescheduling it.
Don't let that make you feel boxed in, though. Remember that you're on a path to an upcoming celebration and that it's the reason you're so active—and it's for good reasons.
Establish a daily schedule, plot out what you intend to do each day of the journey, then work to that plan.
If you already have that schedule, then feel good that you've done the smartest thing possible for the season. If you haven't made a schedule, there's still time to do so. As tired as it might sound, every day is an opportunity to achieve good things, and during the holiday season, your planning to do good work is the best way to manage and use your time.
There are only 24 hours in a day, no matter the season. Accept that and embrace it.
There are only 24 hours in a day, no matter the season. Accept that and embrace it
What it means is that you can plan those hours with full anticipation of what's available to you. In a way, it puts you in control of each day, allowing you to identify how you'll use those hours.
Take care to avoid overbooking yourself. Make time to rest and relax; your health depends on that, and set expectations based on doing the most important things first each day. Then tell yourself you're working to schedule and doing your best to meet it.
That's all you can do—it's all that anyone can do, and no one expects you to run yourself ragged. Well, you might, but if you do, change that right now!
During the season, there's that image we've all seen at one time or another: the sleepy parents stumbling downstairs while excited children dance about at the sight of gifts. Mom and Dad smile through their sleepiness and say, "Well, that excitement makes it all worth it."
Some people struggle with the hustle and bustle of the season, wondering why they've run themselves in so many directions and at such speed. It's because they've been busy doing things that make others happy. When it comes to your business and getting busy this time of year, it means you're delivering products that are making customers happy or otherwise easing their load. That's certainly something to feel good about.
When the season makes you busy, it's good for business. When in the midst of the activity, it's easy to lose sight of why you're running here and there to fulfill customer orders and requests.
Strive to make each connection more meaningful than ever, whether with customers, family or friends
But remind yourself that this is why you're in business, it's testament to your ability to attract customers, and it sets you up nicely to start off the coming new year with an engaged customer base. Now that's definitely something to feel good about!
This is what it's all about, Charlie Brown: The holiday season is here to be enjoyed. Whether it reminds us of child-like glee or fills us with spiritual awe, it's a time to celebrate together.
Yes, it marks the end of a year and often with a frantic pace that's usually unmatched, but we're rushing around to get the most the season has to offer, and that's a good thing.
Strive to make each connection more meaningful than ever, whether with customers, family or friends. Make time—and take time—to enjoy your interactions. Go the extra yard for everyone to make their season bright.
And, most important, remind yourself of all you've done in the year past and be sure to let that soak in. If you've had a good year, this is the time to celebrate all that it has brought to you and to those around you.
Dennis L. Prince has been analyzing and advocating the e-commerce sector since 1996. He has published more than 12 books on the subject, including How to Sell Anything on eBay…and Make a Fortune, second edition (McGraw-Hill, 2006) and How to Make Money with MySpace (McGraw-Hill, 2008). His insight is actively sought within online, magazine, television and radio venues.
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Asset Based Community Development aka "Communion"
"Hey Ya'll:I can't thank you enough for helping me to raise Emman and Clyde. As shy as Clyde is he got a job working at [a] Restaurant on Magazine Street. Plus he have a secret girlfriend. N—and I saw him and her walking holding hands. she's a cute lil thing,Continue reading


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Originally published December 5, 2010 at midnight, updated December 5, 2010 at midnight
I'm not a camera geek, but I do keep up on useful and interesting photo gear. Here's a short list of stocking suffers and new camera info for photo enthusiasts.
Photoshop Elements
Price: around $70
An excellent, entry-level, image-editing program. For real photo hobbyists, a photo-editing software program is highly recommended. These types of programs help organize, edit and color-manage photographs. There are several programs, but Adobe's Photoshop is an industry standard and one of the most widely used. Photoshop Elements is a cheaper and somewhat stripped-down version of PS but still a powerful tool for any photographer.
Joby GorillaPods
Price: From $19.95.
These colorful, bendable, mount-anywhere tripods are pretty cool tools to level any playing field, literally. I make a habit of carrying a portable tripod in my camera bag, and one of these is in my future. They can handle anything from smartphones to full-sized DSLRs, and you can stand or wrap them around anything.
Eye-Fi Wireless SD cards
Price: From around $40
Want to have the Internet uploading capability of your smartphone in your camera? With built-in Wi-Fi, these memory cards enable you to transfer images and video straight from your camera to your computer or your favorite sharing site when you are in range of a specified wireless network. You can select up to 32 networks for your card, and you can send to over 25 popular websites, including Facebook, flickr and YouTube.
Point-and-shoot cameras
Price: $250 to $500
There is a lot of innovation going on in this range of cameras. Here are a few.
l Samsung TL500. Has a maximum aperture of f1.8 on its 24-72mm zoom lens. Excellent for low-light photography.
l Nikon Coolpix S8100. Features a 30-300mm lens and has a pre-shooting cache that records up to two shots BEFORE the shutter-release is fully pressed. Wow! This could be the solution to missed photos due to shutter-lag.
l Fuji FinePix Real 3D W3. Film your own version of "Avatar" with this 3D-capable camera. The camera combines two images from two angles for a 3D representation on your camera's LCD. Download the video or photos to a 3D-capable TV or 3D-ready computer for viewing in 3D with special glasses.
To research cameras go to dpreview.com
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— Chief Photographer Mike Yoder can be reached at 832-7141.
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Live Roller Conveyors are conveyors in which the rollers are the conveying surface and they are driven by an external force. This external force is typically a belt that is making contact with it's under side causing the conveyor rollers to rotate and move product on the conveyor. Besides a flat belt, there are many other ways the rollers can be driven. Other examples include using o-rings, which connect rollers to spools that are mounted on a powered line shaft, and chain engaging sprockets, which are located on the rollers. There are also rollers that have their own self contained motors to drive the conveyor. Live roller conveyors are typically used for transportation, accumulation and in some cases, sortation. Loads may easily be diverted, deflected, merged or transferred from a live roller conveyor
These conveyors come in various lengths and widths to accommodate a range of load sizes, but all have one common requirement; that being there must be a minimum 3 rollers under the conveyed product in order for the conveyor to work.
The carrying rollers (rollers the box moves on) are driven by a flat belt which runs between the carrying roller and a pressure roller which forces the belt to make contact with the carrying roller.
Ideal for staging product so that all the boxes can be sent together to an area as a group, or to provide storage between work areas, such as between an order picking area and the shipping area of a distribution center. There are basically two types of Accumulation Conveyor; that being Low Pressure Accumulation and Zero Pressure Accumulation.
One common characteristic of Low Pressure conveyors is when accumulating product the drive to the rollers is reduced, but still present, resulting in product be stored in a solid pack. As a result, there are limits associated with low pressure accumulating conveyor. Examples would be the product must be consistent in width and can not be fragile. The length of a conveyor is also limited due to the line pressure, which increases as more product accumulates and is a function of size, shape and weight of the loads. This conveyor also requires some type of stopping device at the discharge end, which most commonly is a brake belt conveyor.
Zero Pressure Accumulation Conveyor as the name implies has no forward line pressure when the conveyor is in accumulation mode. Conveyors are divided into zones and each zone has a sensor device of some type. The sensor devices are either photo eyes, sensor rollers or proximity switches. When a sensor detects product in a zone, the driving force in the preceding zone is removed, allowing for the next product entering that zone to be accumulated. There are many advantages associated with zero pressure conveyor. Products with different characteristics, such as various sizes, weights, and both fragile and non-fragile can be mixed together. The lengths of these conveyors can be much longer, and instead of a belt conveyor at the discharge end, you can start the accumulation process with a case stop or photo eye.
Motorized driven roller conveyor uses rollers which have a self-contained 24 Volt DC motor or have a motor connected directly to the roller. The powered roller slave drives adjoining rollers by using polyurethane o-rings similar to that of line shaft conveyors. By adding zone sensors this type of conveyor easily converts to zero-pressure accumulating conveyor.
A gear motor drives a line shaft running the length of the conveyor which has spools mounted to it. The rollers are driven by polyurethane o-rings attaching the rollers to the spools. One of the main advantages of line shaft type of conveyor over belt driven conveyor is the ability to drive conveyor systems with curves, spurs and other transfer devices with only one drive.
Chain driven live roller conveyors are designed to handle heavy loads such as pallet loads of product. Sprockets are welded to the carrying rollers creating a very positive driving force. Roller-to-Roller chain driven live roller has two sprockets welded to each roller. Chain loops connect pairs of rollers in a staggered pattern.
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> From: Anselm Hannemann [mailto:email@example.com] > > > Hi Lief, > > > Needless complexity: The complexity is related to lack of support for > > > <picture> > > > > That's right. That is why Mat will be changing the draft spec to use > > <img> with alt for the short text alternative not <picture> and a new > > text alternative method. > > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2012Sep/0016.html > > > What? Why do we rely on the img-fallback(!) now? > I always thought the img-element is not required but optional (for fallback > methods). If we now rely on img for alt-attribute this would require to alway > have an img-tag inside of the picture-tag. This is what I call complexity. > It might be handier to not have to specify 2 alt-attribute-values but longterm > it is bad spec. The only two valid strategies would be the long version inside > the picture-element or the alt-attribute for the picture-element. > > Sorry, I speak for my own but this is a longterm consideration. <picture> needs a fallback of some sort otherwise users in current and older browsers won't see any image at all. <img> allows authors to specify a fallback image for those users who can see the image but don't have a <picture>-capable browser. For users who simply cannot see images (whether vision impairment or unfortunate connection), there still needs to be a text fallback somewhere in there. If <img> will be part of <picture> and <img> already has rules for @alt, then requiring @alt on <picture> just creates more complexity (room for error, mismatches, etc). Therefore, just lean on @alt from the <img> that will already be there. With this method the only complexity above what web developers do today is adding the <picture> and its children. And that additional complexity will only be there if a developer wants to use this new feature. This only addresses the short text alternative, but I think that's the one you are questioning. Is there a piece I am missing in my (attempted) logic?Received on Thursday, 6 September 2012 18:23:09 UTC
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Looking Upward
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Neat shot but my neck has a crick in it after looking straight up. :)ReplyDelete
Honey that is so cool! Love photos like this!!Reallly beautiful.ReplyDelete
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Great post for skywatch... Happy TGIF! Hoping you can visit my skywatch post.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous shot, Honey. Wonderful point of view! :o)ReplyDelete
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Me likey!!! :DReplyDelete
Beautiful composition!ReplyDelete
Beautiful sky shot!ReplyDelete
My Sky shots, have a great weekend ahead!
THere is nothing quite so lovely as a canopy of lush green foliage as viewed from the ground up. Nice shot!ReplyDelete
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Beautiful painting, so lovely. I am so delighted to follow back since I adore your blog.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 3, 2011 at 2:38 PM
Beautiful shot, I love the composition.ReplyDelete
Have a nice weekend. :O)
That's a great shot and angle.ReplyDelete
I am in love with Cairns. I was there a few years ago. An excellent photo Honey.ReplyDelete
Marvelous tree...ReplyDelete
Lovely skywatch shot! I love trees and this one is a wonderful tree.ReplyDelete
Beautiful Honey~ I love your pretty shot of the tree. Thanks for sharing at my party :)ReplyDelete


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|We were exceptionally pleased with the services of both the Tour Beijing company and especially Isa who has the best microphone skills ever. She was capable of using a normal quiet voice and yet everyone heard every word clearly. We had immigration delays yet she managed to fit in everything planned. She was thorough, knowledgeable and pleasant .She kept the 10 hour tour flowing with exactly the amount of information required and managed the group well.We had a wonderful day and this was down to the forward planning with the company and Isa's skills.
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Another Hackathon-Weekend passed by and the DSpace-Client and its backends are really shaping up nicely. A lot of code was refactored during the weekend, taking full advantage of amd, backbone and ender now. The first real-time data sharing overlay was tested successfully as well, so we managed to get a lot of the basic features we imagine to have in DSpace working.
Today we managed to test the local providers, tile rendering, tile delivery and successfully consolidated the options for the next steps. We still have one seat failing on us, but it's good to know, that we all can buckle our seat-belts. It's been great fun, as always :)
With more manpower and additional resources we've managed to finish refactoring the initial mockup client code to use the ender javascript "package manager" and decided to go with qwery, bean, bonzo, underscore, backbone, handlebars and domready instead of a fully bloated js framework like jquery or extjs.
3 nights and two days of hacking have come to a very successful end. It was a great experience, none of us ever participated in a hackparty/hackathon so we really didn't know how to go about it. On Friday we tried to establish a common ground and basic guidelines where to go and what to do, on Saturday we were all over the place and we mostly refined the way we are going to handle the repos and from Sunday morning we really digged into it. At this point I really want to personally thank all peop…
After the fruitful session on the weekend, we used the opportunity of still being together in Munich to scheme up the new internal structure and models/views: Changes in the develop branch to follow the new model are already underway and DSpace is now an official Apollo-NG R&D project, so everything will start moving into the DSpace namespace from now on.
After the last collaborative hacking session on DSpace, the client developed and changed a lot. We've already integrated automated testing, using phantomjs and travis, the primary git repo changed from Apollo to github, in order to facilitate Pull-Requests and combined issue tracking. From now on, please don't push DSpace stuff to the Apollo-NG Repo's but use the github repo's as your origin. Every push to develop branch on github is automatically synced to the Apollo-NG repo and then automagica…
A lot is happening and a a few more people have started to contribute their time, skills and knowledge to push DSpace into the realm of reality. Last Saturday, Niklas Cathor, also a strong supporter of federated technology, dropped by and joined the hackparty to just start hacking on moving us to amd.


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Post by Eric R- I realize that a posting on class warfare may seem about 6 months behind the times. Accusations of "Class Warfare" reached a fever pitch some months back amidst calls for a "millionaires tax," the headline-grabbing "we are the 99%!" cry of the Occupy movement and Warren Buffet's disclosure that he pays […]
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Who are we
At Community Kids Haven we are implementing the Reggio approach. The children engage in a variety of learning using a large range of resources from wooden blocks to loose parts. The children participate in an indoor / outdoor curriculum that is based on the children's interests.
New outdoor learning environments and
We are a 68 placed licensed centre with 4 rooms
- Nursery: 6 weeks – 2 years
- Toddler: 2years-3years
- Pre Kinder: 3-4 years
- Kinder 4-5 years
Located at 299-301 Plenty River Dr, Greensborough, Vic. 3088
Our Mission
Educators and Management of CKH endeavour to provide:
a friendly environment that is safe and inviting for children, families and educators;
a stimulating program that is accessible to all children and whilst being based on individual strengths also provides challenges to promote their development;
a working environment that encourages educators to be creative and continue their learning process through professional development and mentoring from other educators.
Our Vision
Our vision for CKH children: to develop a passion to learn and discover more about their world through play in an environment that is safe, secure, caring while embracing diversity and individuality;
Our vision for CKH families: to feel a belonging to the centre and participate in their child's learning through program input and collaboration between families and educators ;
Our vision for CKH educators: to be part of a team that embraces and promotes each individual members strengths and respects and considers each persons opinions, beliefs and values.
Excellent centre where my daughter attends. Staff are professional and caring. We could not be happier with the service they provide. - David Spark
It's the best daycare I see and I heard. My two sons are loving to play there everyday. They love the food and the staffs are friendly. Connie is the best person in the world. My two sons love Connie so much. The director of the daycare is a nice and responsible person, all the staffs there will be good too. It won't go wrong. - Vivian Cheng
Enjoyed a wonderful grandparents day with my grandson in this warm, caring loving environment. I appreciate that Kuba is so fortunate to be so very cared for and educated by these professional and genuinely loving staff. He couldn't be anywhere better while we are all working. Xx - Dianne Cantelo
Greensborough VIC
Address: 299-301 Plenty River Drive, Greensborough, VIC 3088
Phone: 03 9432 4033
Business Hours:
Our centre is open from Monday till Friday 6:30am till 6:30pm
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digital exhaust CO analyser with pulse pump
This gas tester requires just DC 12 Volt and can be simply run off a regular car battery. The pulse pump just uses the pressure built up within the exhaust system, there actually isn't a moving part that could wear out or needs to be cleaned. Water gets separated in the built-in water trap. It is accurate to 0.5 % C.O. measurement and can be easily calibrated in air.


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Sexual and gender diverse youth in Australia are among the most vulnerable and marginalised in the country, yet they're also leading the way when it comes to promoting visibility and acceptance, thanks to the help of youth-led organisations like Minus18.
Matthew Wade sat down with CEO of Minus18, Micah Scott, to chat about the issues facing queer youth right now and how his young team are helping to tackle them.
How did you get involved in Minus18 and what did it mean to you as a young queer person?
That moment has defined who I am, and moments like it are the drive behind why we transformed Minus18 from an events team into a charity that is accessed by more than 150,000 young people, teachers, and families each year.
Since taking the helm I imagine a lot of young people have expressed to you what Minus18 means to them and how it has helped them.
I spent some time chatting to a 13-year-old boy at one of our events recently about how he was petrified to come out to his tradie dad. After meeting and chatting to other queer teenagers, he was determined that he was going to do it.
A couple of weeks later a muddy ute pulled up and this boy and his tradie dad jump out – with his son covered head to toe in glitter. Watching them hug goodbye and seeing his dad support him to come along to Minus18 is something that's stuck with me.
Why is representation and diversity so important in the work Minus18 does?
Young people are the first to be silenced and shoved aside in any sort of conversation about them. We've all had to endure the anti Safe Schools rubbish that's been going on over the past 18 months, but nearly no-one stopped to actually ask a young queer person what their experience was like, or what support they needed.
Young people are so switched on and fighting to have their voice and experiences listened to.
Are young people leading the way when it comes to LGBTI acceptance and inclusion?
Without a doubt. Think about it – this generation of young people have grown up in a world where LGBTI characters have always been on their TV, and a reasonably visible part of their life. They're connected pretty strongly online which is amazing.
But the flip side is that young people are exploring their sexuality and gender more openly and the rate of homophobic and transphobic bullying at places like school is staying mostly the same. It's bittersweet, but highlights how much more work there is to do.
What's an issue Minus18 is currently fighting for, and why?
Our main focus is trying to profile as many young people as possible and let them talk about the issues they're experiencing. Some queer young people simply want a space where they can be themselves and meet other teens like them. For some trans young people it's as simple as having their name and pronoun recognised by their school. For others it's having access to hormones when they're underage (currently anyone under 18 has to go through the family court to get approval).
With Safe Schools funding being cut from various states around the country, does this make Minus18's role more important than ever?
Safe Schools has been such a critical program, and the void that's been left is felt all over the country. We've been working overtime to respond to requests for support and to try keep the momentum going.
As a result we've launched LGBTI workshops and training where our team can come into your school or workplace, and guide everyone through the basics of sexualiy and gender. It's pretty awesome, especially as they're delivered by queer and trans young people, which means they're a little bit more fun than your regular training session.
What's on Minus18's agenda in the coming months?
In October this year we're celebrating our 18th birthday. Can you believe that? We're redeveloping our online platform that hosts our videos and support articles which accessed by more than 150,000 people each year, and working to drive the growth of our new training and workshop packages.
Oh – and we're also fundraising to grow our events and take them to all parts of Australia. A Queer Formal in Sydney is honestly the dream. To do all that we need support; we're so lucky in Melbourne, but we want to take this beautiful community we've created to every single young person in the country.
To support or donate: www.minus18.org.au/donate.
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I'm having a lazy morning. This is partially because I worked until 11 on Friday night (if I'm going to share the good, I should probably share the not-ideal too, right?) and also because David and I are on the cusp of some major closet cleaning, and the office is a huge mess right now.
Anyway, it's fitting I'm just lounging around on the couch this morning, because I had a nice, lazy weekend. I hardly left the house, I calligraph(ied? calligraphed?) a bunch of things – I bet you thought I had given that up – and not to brag, but I'm getting MUCH better. My first attempts looked like a fourth grader learning cursive, but I'm finally getting somewhere.
Another great thing that happened this weekend was that I purchased a 'personal' screen printer!
I learned to screen print in school. It spoiled me. They had a nice big industrial exposure table, a room specifically for washing out the screens, with different mixtures of chemicals for me to use depending on what step in the process I was at, and a dark cabinet for letting my emulsion-coated screens dry. Sure, it was not so great when someone stole my screens out of the room, but for the most part it was a great place to screen print, and I felt pretty unprepared to do so outside of the comfort of school. There have been many times when I've thought about trying to sneak back in and use their equipment, but that just isn't feasible.
So after a year or so of putting that on the back burner, my time finally came. I found the Yudu personal screen printer, which is awesome because it comes with a light table, and can be hacked to use non Yudu-branded materials. It basically functions as a much smaller and more contained version of what I used at school, and I think it is a great solution for my space/budgetary needs right now. I am so excited to use it.
It feels like I won a contest or something, since because they are coming out with a new version in the next month or two, they have been on clearance at Michaels. This is great, because they are 1/3 of the original price, but it was a bitch to find them. I called around to the local stores, and none of them had any in stock. Then I called a place about an hour and a half away, and they had two. They said that they could transfer one to a more local store, but when I called five days later, they didn't have any record of that, and had sold their remaining stock.
I called ANOTHER store in the same area, and spoke to a guy who said he was coming to Raleigh and could bring it to a store close to me, but when I called the next day to see when he was arriving, I was told that the machine they had was broken, so it would be a no-go.
At this point, I was obsessed with getting to this screen printer. I felt like I was on some sort of quest, and if I actually got one in my hands, it would mean I could succeed at anything. This screen printer and I were meant to be together. So I called one more store, in the next city over. They had two. They could hold it. I immediately got in the car and drove over there, and procured my prize.
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The California Fish and Game Department is no more. The agency hasn't been dismantled, but its name has been changed, from "Fish and Game" to "Fish and Wildlife." Is this anti-hunting political correctness run amuck, or merely an accurate reflection of its expanded mission?
From this story in the LA Times:
To Jared Huffman, the name "fish and game" was an outdated artifact of a bygone era when state officials mostly set hunting seasons and bag limits. It no longer reflected the department's mission "to mange California's diverse fish, wildlife and plant resources, and the habitats upon which they depend, for their ecological values and for their use and enjoyment by the public." "Having the name 'game' was a relic," said Huffman, a former Democratic state lawmaker from San Rafael who will be sworn in as a new member of Congress on Thursday. "Even states like Texas and Montana, where hunting and fishing are sacred, they evolved to 'fish and wildlife' long ago." So the California Department of Fish and Game is no more. It's now the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, under a new law written by Huffman that mandated the switchover with the New Year.


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About D'Two States and Where it all started-
A PathBreaking amalgamation of two cultures, D'Two States, brings a creative mix of Punjabi and Maharashtra – Not Just on your plates, but in the ambience as well.
The unique concept that involves the use of traditional Phulkari (Originated from Punjab), as well as warli (Originated from Maharashtra) art in the decor, is the brainchild of a couple girl marrying a Punjabi boy who believes in preserving the Heritage of Indian Culture after spending some time abroad.
A successful women entrepreneur and psychologist, she believes that the fading roots of Indian Culture may have a chance of revival with their subtle attempt.
At D'Two States, you will find a medley of scrumptious Punjabi and Maharashtrian cuisines on your menu which will whisk you away on a Unique Voyage of cultures in Every Bite.
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Come on, Oblivion wasn't that bad, was it? I saw it in an old theater with a green stripe running through the film for the last twenty minutes and mono-sound and I still enjoyed it. Yet critics have condemned it to be a "mash-up" of The Matrix, Wall-E, and Star Wars. Really?
Estimates of how many movies have ever been made range from 700,000 (the number of the IMDb catalog) to as much as five million. Star Wars came out in 1977, and it's arguable that every science fiction space movie since has had a bit of "Star Wars" in it. And The Matrix? That ground-breaking film set style tones for hundreds of films which followed, from Equilibrium to Underworld. And Wall-E is an animated family film. (I can see some parallels – Wall-E was left behind on Earth to clean up, and so was Tom Cruise's "Tech-49" more or less, and each of them gave their girlfriend a green plant, with unromantic results, but, come on.)
If anything, Oblivion bears resemblances to Solaris, for its ponderous dream-sequences and languishing cinematography. It also harkens Moon, the excellent 2009 flick with Sam Rockwell. (Sam's job was to take care of the Helium 3 generators, and Tech 49's job is to keep the hydrogen-deuterium machines going.) Maybe even, just a little bit, there are hints of 2001: A Space Odyssey, for the Spartan nature of the production design and the intellectual framework of a man traveling down the sci-fi rabbit hole.
Come to think of it now, Oblivion also reminds me of the Mad Max trilogy. That barren, wasteland, the eradication of resources, those crazily dressed, apocalypse-dwellers. And, well, 1984, too – Melissa Leo's "Sally" as the face of Tet, the all-seeing eye in the sky was an incarnation of Big Brother. And, you know, now that I'm on the subject, Oblivion also reminisces the future dystopia showcased in Cloud Atlas, and in The Book of Eli, all of the Planet of the Apes movies ("You're human; you did it to yourself"). In fact, when Tom Cruise puts on the ball cap and starts playing some fantasy football he kind of reminded me of…well, Tom Cruise in the remake of War of the Worlds.
I think the point I'm trying to make here – if I may mercifully come to a point – is that I believe we're past the time when we can expect something to stand on its own as truly original. Even the earlier films we may point out as seminal works invariably have some source material they've borrowed from. The thing is, it's just getting harder to conceal it.
Oblivion worked. As a film, it was entertaining, sexy, visually sumptuous, not entirely predictable, and fun. There was excitement and spectacle. It didn't exactly zip along with the sleek speed of, say, The Matrix, and it didn't necessarily offer anything too shiny and new to people, which is where the criticism comes from, I think. All the same, the sound engineering on those drones made them totally riveting, and it was actually refreshing to watch a film which, while it had some violence, didn't have buckets of blood slopping the camera every time someone took a bullet (I watched Django on DVD the night before attending Oblivion).
The comedian Nick Swarsdon says "People are so jaded now. Like, if you showed that movie fifty years ago people would be like 'aaaahhhh! Ppplbbbt!' Their brains would explode. 'Aaaaahhhh!' Everybody would lose their minds."
I admit I can be a bit jaded, too. But where my criticism comes from is in estimating whether or not I consider the movie to have "worked." If a movie was a house, I'm not going to judge it because it's Cape Cod, or it's Victorian, and I feel it's stolen from other houses of the same style, but whether or not it was built well. Is it warm? How is the water pressure? Does it leak?
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Most often, these missives are flogging stuff we wouldn't bother to help promote. However, we like pie. We also didn't mind pi so much when we were learning sixth grade math (or was it seventh? It's hard to be sure so many years later). Anyway, below we bring you a press release from the American Pie Council. In it are links to pie-related stuff. We hope that you, too, may remember great pies made by your mothers or other bakers in your family. Or if you weren't so fortunate to have good homemade pies, we hope you have memories of great pies from a nearby bakery.
Pi is a constant. So is pie. Throughout our lives it's always been there, like family and friends. The American Pie Council encourages people everywhere to make the time you spend together on National Pi Day just a little sweeter. Every year, National Pi Day circles around on March 14.
Pi, used to calculate the circumference of a circle, is over 4,000 years old. It is commonly rounded up to 3.14, marking March 14 as the official date to celebrate all things pi. With no repetition or pattern, pi is the only transcendental number that will continue infinitely - much like America's love for pie! To commemorate this delicious day, the American Pie Council encourages friends and families to get together and bake their favorite pie, share a pie with those in the community, host a pie party or even have a pie-throwing contest.
Pies, sweet or savory, aren't just the perfect treat for National Pi Day, but are celebrated throughout the year. Each spring, the American Pie Council hosts the annual APC National Pie Championship. The 2018 National Pie Championship will be held April 6-7 at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando. Amateur and professional piemakers from around the globe vie for top honors in dozens of different categories ranging from sweet fruits and creams to nuts and chicken pot pies, even gluten-free categories. Entries are crafted on site and judged based on appearance, taste, consistency, crust and overall product.
"Why stop at one day?" said Linda Hoskins, executive director of the American Pie Council. "Whether you love pi, or pie, or both, there's always a reason to celebrate with a slice!"
The American Pie Council invites everyone to join in the fun at the APC National Pie Championships on Saturday, April 7, at 4 p.m. when the 2018 APC National Pie Championship winners are announced. For those traveling to or from Florida for Spring Break, the event's prime Rosen Centre location, just off I-4, makes an easy - and tasty - stop-off.
For more information on the American Pie Council, as well as information and registration forms for the 2018 National Pie Championships, visit www.piecouncil.org. For more information on National Pi Day, visit www.piday.org.
About the Pie Council
The American Pie Council is the only organization committed to maintaining America's pie heritage. It continues to pie-oneer America's love of the famed dessert, passing on the tradition of pie making from generation to generation. The APC offers personal, professional and commercial memberships. For more information and a complete listing of the 2017 APC National Pie Championship winners, visit piecouncil.org .
For any of the other award-winning entries, check out the recipes at http://www.piecouncil.org/2017APCChampionshipWinners .


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Project Management: The Workhorse in Sage 300 CRE
Take Control of the Change Management Process!
Project Management is one of those catch-all phrases, like 'marketing,' right? Everyone knows what Project Management generally means, everyone thinks they generally know how to do it – but how many of us are truly disciplined or specialized in it, using specific software tools?
For construction companies, Sage 300 CRE offers Project Management (also known as 'Pj' for the icon in the software) as an additional software module to the core "Timberline" product. More than just Document Management and some standard workflows, "Pj" in Sage 300 CRE is a real workhorse!
Top Five Features in Pj
We polled our Sage Certified Consultants at Ledgerwood Associates, and here are the results they selected for 'Best Of' in Project Management for Sage 300 CRE:
- Create a job directory with job-specific contact information and set up unlimited distribution lists.
- Issue prime contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, potential change orders, and change orders, then release these items to accounting for review, approval, and use.
- Create, track, and easily distribute documents, such as RFIs, submittals, and transmittals using automated delivery methods; email and fax documents directly from an entry screen.
- Manage cashflow and profitability by controlling change budgets, costs, and revenue.
- Access subcontract and PO status, initial, and revised totals, pending and approved changes, and amounts invoiced, retained, and paid.
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Nora Quoirin's funeral mass held in Belfast
The funeral of "very special" teenager Nora Quoirin, who died after vanishing on a family holiday in Malaysia, has been held in Belfast.
Nora's family "united in unspeakable pain" to return to the same church where she was baptised as a baby, mourners heard.
Fr Edward O'Donnell said 15-year-old Nora had depended on others and "gifted others with immeasurable love and joy".
She was missing for 10 days before her body was recovered on 13 August.
She was found beside a stream about 1.6 miles (2.5km) from the jungle resort of Dusun, where she was staying with her family.
A post-mortem examination revealed she died from internal bleeding probably caused by hunger and stress and Malaysian Police said there was no suspicion of foul play.
Nora's family had believed she was abducted from their accommodation in the holiday resort.
Following the post mortem examination, her family said the test results gave "some information" but she died in "extremely complex circumstances".
Nora had been described by her family as vulnerable having been born with holoprosencephaly, a disorder which affects brain development.
Speaking after her body was found, her Irish-French parents, Meabh and Sebastien, who lived in London, spoke of their heartbreak after losing their "truest, most precious girl".
Fr O'Donnell recalled the "joy filled afternoon" for Meabh and Sebasatien when Nora was baptised at St Brigid's Church in Derryvolgie Avenue.
Speaking of her "gentleness and her innocence", he said she had brought much joy to her family, including her brother and sister.
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The Network is an informal, unincorporated organization governed by a Steering Committee responsible for overall policy and direction. The Steering Committee is selected by voting representatives from member organizations. Kitchen Table Democracy (formerly the Policy Consensus Initiative) acts as secretariat for the Network, providing administration and staff support. Additional information about the Steering Committee and Officers are in the UNCG Charter.
Steering Committee Officers
- Chair - Susan Jeghelian, Executive Director, Massachusetts Office of Public Collaboration, University of Massachusetts, Boston
- Vice Chair - Danya Rumore, Associate Director, Environmental Dispute Resolution Program, University of Utah
- Treasurer -Peter Harkema, Director, Oregon Consensus, Portland State University
- Membership Chair - John Stephens, Program Manager, Dispute Resolution Program, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
- Past Chair - Ashley Trim, Assistant Director, Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership, Pepperdine University
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- Terry Amsler, Adjunct Lecturer, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
- Jessica Western, Faculty, Ruckelshaus Institute, University of Wyoming
- Bob Jones, Director, FCRC Consensus Center , Florida State University
- Tina Nabatchi, Faculty, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration, Syracuse University
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3 Arrested in Drug Smurfing Case
Pictured above from left to right is Wayne Flynn, Gus Cole and Brent Smith.
A joint investigation between the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office and the Baxter Springs Police Department resulted in three arrests, following a traffic stop on Wednesday afternoon.
At approximately 3:20 p.m., after conducting surveillance of the suspects, investigators stopped a tan Lincoln Towncar, driven by Wayne Flynn, 50, of Joplin, Missouri for a traffic infraction at the east edge of Baxter Springs City Limits on Highway 166.
Based on the results of the investigation and interviews conducted, three suspects were taken into custody and pseudoephedrine was seized during the traffic stop.
Psuedoephedrine is a key ingredient used in the unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine.
Many drug abusers and those associated with illegal drug activity will travel from town to town and state to state in an effort to obtain pseudoephedrine, which will then be sold to a meth manufacturer in exchange for money or methamphetamine. This practice is referred to as "smurfing."
In addition to Flynn, also arrested at the scene were Brent Smith, age 53, and 45 year old Gus Cole, both of Joplin, Missouri.
The three suspects were formally charged in Cherokee County District Court on Friday.
They have all been charged with Possession of Ephedrine with Intent for Unlawful Use and their bonds have been set at $50,000.00 each.


text: One of the greatest things I have read about planning a wedding, is that so many months or years after their wedding wish they had take more risks. Florals is definitely a great way to make a statement at your wedding. The florists and floral design people I have met while planning my wedding have been some of the most creative thinkers, they can really come up with some inspired arrangements. Here are some of my favorite unique bouquets!


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As mobile app strategy matures in business organizations, many facets of mobile app development need to be considered. From choosing the right type of app for the use case to selecting the tools, technologies, and deployment model, organizations have many things to consider. This on-demand video explains the essentials of enterprise mobile app development from planning through implementation—highlighting opportunities, use cases, tools and technologies, and more.
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Editor's Note: The Ben-Amun Casablanca collection resonates deeply within the world of Morocco's famous city. The collection draws inspiration from the city's night life, cafés and mosaic art. The dangling gold coins draw inspiration from the intricate metal lamps from the old and new medinas walkthrough; the carnelian stone from the intoxicating spice; the Amazonite stone from shores of the Atlantic Ocean; and the sodalite stone from the signature color of the city's most iconic architectural buildings. Whether pair with a shirt and jeans or a resort vacay look, this is a lavish jewelry collection for the woman on the go to own her favorite look.
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Introduction: Whole Wheat Pizza Pockets
Whole Wheat PizzaPockets are made with homemade whole wheat pizza dough and baked with minced chicken and veggie toppings all up inside. These delicious pizza pockets are brushed with melted butter and baked to golden brown!
Step 1: Ingredients
Whole Wheat Pizza Dough :
1) Whole Wheat Flour - 2 1/2 cups
2) Active Yeast - 1.5 Tsp
3) Sugar - 1/4 Tsp
4) Salt - 1/2 Tsp
5) Water - 1 1/4 cup (approx)
6) Olive oil - 2 Tbsp
Pizza Sauce :
1) Crushed Tomato - 28 oz
2) Tomato Paste - 2 Tsp
3) Chopped Garlic - 2 Tsp
4) Chopped Onion - 1 medium
5) Oregano - 1 Tsp
6) Thyme - 1 Tsp
7) Basil - 1 Tsp
8) Pepper as per taste
9) Salt as per taste
10) Olive oil - 2 Tbsp
Filling For the Pizza Pockets :
1) Ground Chicken - 1 Cup
2) Olive oil - 2 Tbsp
3) Chopped Garlic - 2 Tsp
4) Chopped Onion - 1 medium
5) Chilli flakes - 1 Tsp
6) Oregano - 1 Tsp
7) Chopped Peppers - 1/2 Cup
8) Pepper as per taste
9) Salt as per taste
10) Mozzarella cheese - 1 Cup
11) Melted butter - 2 Tbsp
Step 2: Making the Dough
1) Take warm water (not hot water) in a large bowl, add sugar and mix till it dissolves.
2) Then add the active yeast and mix.
3) To the yeast mixture, add the flour, oil and salt.
4) Mix everything together and form the dough and knead it well for about 5 min till the dough becomes soft and pliable. (If the dough is sticky add more flour. If it is hard to knead add little more warm water.)
5) Apply some oil to the dough and place in the bowl (apply oil to the bowl also) and cover it with a kitchen towel.
6) Allow it to rest and raise for a about one hour or more.(Depending on the climatic conditions)
Step 3: Pizza Sauce
1) Place a heavy bottom pan on medium heat and add olive oil.
2) Once the oil is hot, add the chopped garlic and saute for a minute.
3) Then add the chopped onion and saute till it becomes translucent.
4) Add oregano, basil, thyme, pepper, salt and tomato paste and saute.
5) Then add the crushed tomato and about a cup of water.
6) Once the mixture comes to boil reduce the heat to low and allow it simmer for about an hour.
The pizza sauce is ready now. This sauce can be frozen and used when necessary.
Step 4: Filling for Pizza Pockets
1) Place a pan on medium heat, add olive oil and ground chicken and saute till the chicken is cooked.
2) Remove the chicken from the pan and add olive oil in the same pan.
3) To that add the garlic, onion, pepper, salt, chilli flakes, oregano and saute.
4) Then add the chopped peppers and saute till the veggies are cooked.
5) Finally add the cooked chicken to the above mixture and mix it well.
6) Check for the seasoning and allow the filling to cool.
Step 5: Assembling the Pizza Pockets
1) Take the pizza dough and make small sized balls.
2) Roll it into rectangular shape and apply the pizza sauce in the middle avoiding the edges.
3) Place the filling on one side of the dough and top it with the mozzarella cheese.
4) Fold the other side on the top of it and seal it well using a fork. (At this stage, the Pizza pockets can be frozen and used later.)
5) Apply melted butter on top of each pockets. Bake it at 350 F for 25 to 30 min or more till it turns light brown on the top. (Flip over and bake for even cooking )
The Whole Wheat Pizza Pockets are ready !!!
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LOL looks verry yummy.(My mom only agreed to make it because its whole wheat) :)
Looks delicious :) Thank you very much for sharing the pictures!
Some of them exploded, lol.
Yeah even some of them which I made also exploded. This happens when we have more stuffing or not sealed properly.
I'm totally making these!
Can't wait to try these.
Try and let me know :) Thank u !
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RG: How do you like being in France?Leyla McCalla: I like it a lot. It's very different culturally than a lot of other places I get to travel to. I feel very well taken care of here. The social and political climate is a little bit intimidating here, globally too these days; it's a little bit heavy. But otherwise I like being here.
RG: There are a couple of French songs on the record. How close do you feel to French culture?
Leyla: I feel closer to the French language than I do to the French culture. Through colonization French has spread through parts of Africa, the West Indies and parts of the United States. And other places as well but those are the places where I've been and to where I feel connected. There is something about French that is really captivating, just sonically. To have grown up around a lot of people speaking Creole and to sort of connect with what the French language is and to what the Creole language is and why. It's very interesting to me as well.
RG: You were raised in the United States of Haïtian heritage. Listening to the record I feel as though you're constantly searching for your inner self. Was it hard to find a place to belong?
Leyla: In some ways yes. But in a lot of ways and in the way I live my life I've been following my intuition and my gut feeling that have kind of led me down a very unorthodox path. And I realize that my sense of home may not be because I am always on the go and I'm always searching and that's a part of being an artist and a touring musician. And now to be doing it with my family, I think it just changes my sense of what home is. Rather than being difficult to find a place to call home it was difficult to establish exactly what that meant to me.
RG: What is your definition of home?
Leyla: That is the hardest question on the interview (smile). I guess home is where you feel comfortable. Living the way I have been living and now raising a daughter and having my family on the road with me means that in my sense home is where I am. It's something I'm learning to establish wherever I happen to be. Not necessarily in one place. Because as soon as I start to get too comfortable in one place, it starts to get boring. But I think that home in general is a place where you can be yourself.
RG: How did it feel when you went to New Orleans the very first time?
Leyla: I felt like it was a big tourist trap. I was very disenchanted, very disconnected. The second time I went I was committed to staying for a month. I was playing in the streets and I met these women in New York who invited me to play in New Orleans with them. I was with my bicycle and my cello and I felt the scent of freedom and magic. I fell in love with the city. I went back one more time and that is when I decided - I'm gonna move here. I wanna be in New Orleans, there is something there that is really calling me. A part of that was the music. It was such a contrast from how I had been living in New York. To be self-sustaining as a musician had been one of my goals for a long time. I felt like it was actually possible in New Orleans. In New York it was like a battle. I felt like I had to do a lot of other jobs in order to continue to afford to play music. And that felt very unbalanced to me. I've had a lot of different feelings about the city especially since it changed so much since I moved there in 2010. Gentrification.
|(c) Sarrah Danziger
RG: What comparison would you draw between New Orleans and your Haïtian heritage?
Leyla: Haïti and the Haïtian revolution had a big influence on New Orleans culture and also political power in the West Indies, the United States and Europe. That is why I do my work to try to understand why that goes unrecognized. New Orleans has inherited a lot of things in terms of the language and the food: the spices, the rice, the cooking techniques. I'm sure Haïtian music had a big influence on the creation of jazz. The movement of the banjo from the West Indies to United States is an example. We like to say New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz but we don't ask ourselves, what is jazz? Where did that come from and what does it mean?. I think we like to think about history in a tunnel vision kind of way. When really there are a lot of different factors that come together in order to create change, to create culture. I feel New Orleans is a big example of the effect Haïti had on global history.
RG: How did you fit into the local scene?
Leyla: In some ways I fit in very well and in some ways I didn't. I was a classical cellist and I was making a living playing classical music on the streets when I first lived there. I wasn't totally in the jazz scene. I fit in because there are so many people passionate about music and in New Orleans, music is a part of every gathering, every party, every show. Everything. There is always music around. I think that is something I wanted my whole life.
RG: There are a few traditional songs on the album. Are roots important to you?
Leyla: Yes.
RG: I think of it as some form of soul searching…
Leyla: It's a little bit of both. It's a little bit about looking back and kind of understanding heritage and roots, history and the origin of things. And in another way it's very much trying to understand my place and my role in it all.
RG: The album title « A day for the hunter a day for the prey » is coming from an Haitian proverb...
Leyla: It means a lot of different things to me. In one way you can hear it as every dog has it's day. In another way it's a day for the oppressor and a day for the oppressed. That felt more in line with what we're seeing in the world today and a lot of things happening in history. That title came from a book that I've read about music and power in politics in Haïti throughout the twentieth century. The book is about the coup d'état and troubles in Haïti where reflected in music and how music was used as a tool for a political party's propoganda. On top of that there are issues about immigration, refugees, prisoners, people fleeing violence or persecution. That title came from all the research I did about Louisiana, Haïti, the United States and France and the intersection between all those places. The title became the umbrella for this album. All things fit with this title. It made sense with that feeling of helplessness or hopelessness. There is a lot of dichotomy in that title. I found it very interesting.
RG: This all seems very heavy but on the other hand the music itself is uplifting…
Leyla : Music is a such a great tool to be uplifted by. Spiritually. That's what I am doing with my music and hopefully that's what people are feeling while listening to it.
RG: In my opinion, there is a sort of timelessness quality to this album. How do you bring a fresh look to the traditional songs?
Leyla: I have fresh eyes (laughs)! Some of the traditional songs were written sometimes decades before I was even born. I was a teenager in the nineties and I graduated from College almost ten years ago now. I'm pretty young compared to a lot of these songs. And the world and my experience is very different than the world that shaped those songs. When you put those things together it's inevitable that something different and new is going to happen. Also I play the cello so everything is designed with my « cello mind ». My arrangements are designed with that in mind all the time too. I don't know how I do it. I am amazed (laughs).
|(c) Sarrah Danziger
RG: That is where the magic lies…
Leyla (laughs): I really care about the music and how it's presented in the way that people can receive it. What is the best way to present this song? That is really what I am thinking about the whole time.
RG: We're going through some dark times right now and the world is a pretty violent place. Do you think music can bring healing in some way?
Leyla: I think music has an important role, certainly, in society right now. And there is definitely a lot of healing to do. I'm not sure about curing though, because even the music industry is completely sick you know (laughs). To me, having business be around music sounds like a spiritual paradox. That is not what my music is about but I need to eat and pay for my mortgage. I am pretty sure that is not what your question is about but I kind of feel that there is this capitalism underneath everything and then you have to create more and do more. It's always more, more, more and there is nothing that is ever enough - especially in American culture. Maybe it's different in France, or maybe not. I see the same things walking down the boulevard, it's all big brand names and everything is on sale. We've had to get rid of our stock in order to get more stuff. How do you create healing in a society that is so intend on consumption. I think that what I am interested in is creating something that is consumable as an emotional and spiritual tool. Maybe my label and people around me are like: « You've got to become a star and do this and that so we can make a lot of money ». I think that is clearly not what it's all about. So there is a bit of a conflict there, for a musician. Even for me. It's not like I'm in big business like Madonna or something. I do wonder about it. I guess we all have choices and we can make good choices about how we produce and release our music. And things we talk about in our songs and that is what I am focused on. The positive choices I can make. Because it all feels very much like the world is waiting to swallow you whole and take everything they want from you and squeeze all the good out. Leave you mentally, physically and spiritually exhausted. And I think this is now the risk for a musician. How to regenerate oneself without breaking down.
RG: And you need that in order to create…
Leyla: Exactly. You have to create that for yourself in order to share it. You can't just only be relying on what people want you to do. It has to come from inside at some level. It will be interesting to see what will happen in the world. It is a really sad, sad moment in history. We were supposed to play the Nice jazz festival that was our first date on this tour. That was that morning right after the big tragedy in Nice. Some people were worried about us and showed some concern. What can I say about the people that were there? Clearly we need to be talking about these things more and this is why I do the music that I do. I believe that things can be better. But it takes more than writing a few songs. You can change people's hearts. We need our politicians, and people who are representing us and making decisions to be interested in inspiring people and changing their hearts. It can't be just musicians alone.
Interview 22nd July 2016.
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Unlike many other divorce and relationship experts, I don't believe that it's necessary to abstain from all relationships until you have emotionally recovered from your divorce. Instead, I recommend that divorcees jump headfirst into a rebound relationship.
Before you disagree with my statement, it's important to recognize that I am using the word "relationship" loosely in this recommendation. I am in no way implying that divorcees should jump into committed, long-term, monogamous relationships. In my definition, rebound relationships could take many forms: a monogamous relationship between two people who agree that it won't be long-term, or for others, many short-term non-monogamous relationships. In short, the only requirement in my mind for a "relationship" to qualify as a rebound is the lack of intent to create a long-term, lasting partnership.
So without further ado, here are my five (very convincing!) reasons to have a rebound relationship right now.
5. You're probably not ready for a real long-term, committed relationship.
I have spoken to many people mid-divorce who have already chosen (in their own minds or otherwise) a new dating partner before their papers are even signed. They believe that as soon as their divorce is finalized, they will be ready to move onto a new long-term, committed, healthy relationship. I can tell you that even though you may want a rebound relationship to be something real with long-term potential, it very rarely will be. Trust me, I've tried on multiple occasions and it never ends well.
Before entering into another long-term relationship, it's important to take time to figure out what went wrong in your marriage and how you can address and prevent those issues in future relationships. Divorcees need to go through the very painful healing process. Before the healing is well underway, most people will not be able to commit properly to another person and a new relationship; hence, my suggestion to enjoy a rebound relationship, which offers fun, companionship and excitement, without the long-term commitment.
4. It's fun.
Enough said.
3. It can make the transition between marriage and single life easier.
There is a big caveat with this reason: rebound relationships are only healthy if both parties go into the relationship knowing exactly the boundaries and intent of the relationship. This is the only way for a rebound relationship to be healthy and productive for both the divorcee and the new partner. Assuming that this is condition is met, rebound relationships can be very effective ways to find the comfort, intimacy and social life that many divorcees are looking for after their marriage ends. Rebound relationships can give you a much-needed confidence boost and can help you feel hopeful for the possibility of a new relationship in the future.
2. It gives you the opportunity to figure out what type of partner you really want in your next relationship.
The best way to figure out what you want in a relationship is to figure out what you don't want. By casually dating many different types of people, you get the opportunity to try out different character traits and personality types to see how compatible you are together. A rebound relationship is like trying on a pair of shoes or test driving a new car: you get to try out the item risk-free for a limited period of time.
My recommendation is to start by looking for someone who is the opposite of your ex. Figure out what personality traits or issues you had as a couple and look for someone who will give you the opportunity to experience something different. For example, if you and your husband/wife argued all the time because of difference in spending habits, then try to find a rebound relationship prospect that feels the same way as you do about spending. By spending time with this person, you'll get the opportunity to really find out if that quality is a deal-breaker for you in your next relationship.
1. Once in a blue moon, a rebound relationship can turn into a real, long-term, committed relationship.
Although I was quick to state that rebound relationships shouldn't be used as a way to find a new long-term relationship, there is no proof that rebound relationships can't turn into successful rebound marriages in certain cases. A 2006 Princeton University study concluded that "People quickly entering new relationships after an initial divorce, whether by remarriage or cohabitation followed by remarriage, do not have higher divorce rates".
Again, I want to caution against convincing yourself that every single rebound relationship has potential to become a long-term relationship for two reasons:
First, it is important to be aware of all of the stipulations of the Princeton study. The study only examined remarriages, not rebound relationships. Additionally, the average time from divorce to remarriage in the study was five years, which is very different than someone whose divorce was just finalized last week.
Secondly, if you are hoping to find a rebound relationship that will become a long-term relationship and, eventually, a rebound marriage, then you probably aren't ready to jump into a rebound relationship at all. To fully appreciate and enjoy a rebound relationship, you need to first be able to accept it for what it is, completely without hope that it will progress or become something more meaningful.
With all of this being said, I do strongly suggest that divorcees spend time feeling their feelings, figuring out what went wrong in their last relationship and what they need to do to make their next relationship more successful. Self-healing is important.
But who says that you can't have some harmless fun in the meantime?


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Anthony Bourdain tastelessly trashes Paula Deen
Photo courtesy of Travel Channel
Travel Channel's Anthony Bourdain premiered his Emmy-winning program, "No Reservations," with a philosophy, a cheeky medium between Julia Child-style cooking segment and (gushing) Samantha Brown travel guide.
Narrating the 2007 Osaka episode, he says, "Most Westerners think they understand Japan better than any other Asian nation. But do they? And do I? If you took away the common reference points of samurai and Japanese pop culture, what's left? I wanted to see a Japan that had nothing to do with Tokyo, anime, geishas, school girls, giant reptiles or Hello Kitty. I've been here to see the face of Japan before; this time, I'd like to take a look at its heart."
This curiosity, coupled with a journalist's attention to detail and yearning to understand the honest Osaka-native, made him a tonic to the puffed-up PR pieces on five-star tourist destinations—I thought so, anyway.
Like a kid lured into smoking, Bourdain has decidedly let his vices (and his mouth) unabashedly rule the day. In a recent interview with "TV Guide," Bourdain took jabs at Food Network's Paula Deen, Guy Fieri and Rachael Ray.
It is the Deen comments—better described as sucker punches calling her character into question—that have particularly roiled her loyal fans. Dubbed the "Georgia Peach," Deen has made traditional Southern cooking accessible to the everywomen—to the suburban Target shopper, the Cuisinart cook, the connoisseur of pork loin roasts and jalapeno corn breads.
Bourdain popped off, "The worst, most dangerous person to America is clearly Paula Deen. She revels in unholy connections with evil corporations and she's proud of the fact that her food is [expletive] bad for you."
This mincing of not only Deen's cooking style—which, really, is the only matter that Bourdain, a veteran chef of 28 years, has any authority to insult—goes beyond the competitive, perhaps inappropriate banter among celebrities of equal status.
No, Bourdain's rant to "Guide's" Ingela Ratlegde was an easy swipe. Like a bully cackling and waiting behind a row of lockers or computer keyboard, Bourdain seized his opportunity to trash a woman who caters to a class of people he doesn't know anything about.
That alone makes his comments all the more disingenuous. For a multi-faceted man with plenty of talent, this is particularly disappointing.
"New York Times'" Op-Ed columnist Frank Bruni notes Bourdain's inconvenient truths, citing his and his celebrity pals' propensity for food soaked in butter, creams, sugar and lard.
"Some of Deen's fans have the means for mesclun (a mix of tender lettuces and other greens)," he writes. "They're not consigned to overloads of animal fat; they elect it. But then so do plenty of New York gourmands who favor pate and duck confit, both on the menu at Bourdain's Brasserie Les Halles restaurant in Manhattan."
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The point about Deen's food being bad for you is, as Bruni pointed out, simply moot. So when you de-bone Bourdain's words, the crux of his argument is colored by class-based elitism: What people can or can't afford to eat, and the difference between what he and chefs like David Chang consider good food and bad.
Bourdain enjoys sucking fatty bone marrow and ruby-colored, premium cuts of ham—meal items that cost a pretty penny in U.S. restaurants. It is highly doubtful, however, that he would ever be found in the likes of a Golden Corral or Outback Steakhouse, chain restaurants that serve the kind of folks who watch Deen's show and buy "Cooking with Paula" magazine.
But to Bourdain's credit, he will eat as the average Osakan eats: Fried octopus balls, meat on a stick, oniony omelets—the Japanese counterpart to Potbelly and Five Guys. And he enjoys it, revels in the locality and unassuming nature of it all. Bourdain devoted an episode of "No Reservations" to street food globally, to pho, buns and spreads of Vienna sausage and cheese; he called a bowl of made-in-the-backyard crawfish bisque, hand-stuffed with salt, cayenne, garlic and onion, to be among the best food he's recently eaten.
Then, why is he so critical of the Deen equivalent?
Bourdain continued, "If I were on at seven at night and loved by millions of people at every age, I would think twice before telling an already obese nation that it's OK to eat food that is killing us. Plus, her food sucks."
Swathing his point with the America is Fat, and Getting Fatter argument is filament-thin; I don't think Bourdain was too concerned about our obesity problem while plowing through a rich 52-course meal at Spain's elBulli. And unlike Deen, he isn't donating time or treasure to his chosen cause. When it comes to her charity work on behalf of Bethesda Home for Boys and America's Second Harvest, Deen walks the walk.
Bourdain is instead condemning a significant group of people—some of whom watch him weekly on the Travel Channel—who don't eat what he eats. Because at the end of the day, those of us who cook with Deen-brand pots and pans, shop at Meijer and pour Franzia out of the fridge by the spout aren't quite as exotic as Osakan sushi chefs or even Treme neighborhood fried chicken joints.
Deen's recipe for cinnamon rolls (which definitely qualify as "dirt-cheap" street food) wouldn't likely make Bourdain's avant garde cut; because the man of the people abroad—a reporter who humbly dines on couscous in a chemically-mowed Kurdistan desert—lives by double standards.
To Bourdain, Middle-American taste is largely a letdown. His is an attitude that says something about the contemporary culinary climate—in his world, "rubes" like us who order steak well can't quite appreciate the complexities of duck confit or pit-fired Cajun roast pig. Meanwhile, fly-over America's Georgia Peach forges on, butter and noodles ready for the casserole pan.
Jessica Levine profiles the culture, history and personalities of Washtenaw County restaurants for AnnArbor.com. Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Fri, Sep 2, 2011 : 3:19 p.m.
i love tony and hope he comes back to a2 soon!!
Fri, Sep 2, 2011 : 1:23 p.m.
Bourdain is awesome! And if you read his book Kitchen Confidential, you'll understand why.
Fri, Sep 2, 2011 : 10:11 a.m.
Oh, c'mon! Have yourselves a nice deep fried Krispy-Kreme bacon cheeseburger (recipe on Paula's website) and relax. Bourdain isn't paid to be fair, or pc. Relax. How's that burger treatin' ya? Bless your li'l heart!
Fri, Sep 2, 2011 : 2:22 a.m.
Bourdain's a jerk, but he doesn't hate working-class American food. Check out the shows he shot in Detroit or Baltimore.
Fri, Sep 2, 2011 : 1:33 a.m.
I'm so glad to read this article, because you're right--Bourdain is a jerk. Like Paula Deen's food or don't; that's irrelevant. But for Bourdain to celebrate the humble food of other countries and tear apart America's shows his classism, his arrogance, and his hypocrisy. And, for the record, Paula Deen has been very classy about this entire thing.
Fri, Sep 2, 2011 : 12:29 a.m.
Wait... people order steak well-done? Why not just eat your shoes?!? They'd have just as much taste and be just as "tender."
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 11:32 p.m.
The key issue here is mediocrity. Everyone has a right to call out mediocrity and hope that collectively we might want to rise above that level.
Mike D.
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 10:58 p.m.
Deen is a serial killer. Nearly everything she cooks is a coronary on a plate. To suggest that Bourdain promotes similarly unhealthy food that's just fancier is absurd. Sure, not everything Bourdain talks about is healthy, but everything Paule Deen talks about *is* unhealthy. Obesity kills ten times as many people as car accidents and anorexia combined, and Deen is profiting from death. And yes, her food sucks; it's unimaginative and flavorless. Bourdain may not be P.C., but he speaks the truth.
Ron Granger
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 10:56 p.m.
Wait, people actually buy "Paula Dean" cookware?
Ron Granger
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 10:54 p.m.
Paula Deen's cooking and "recipes" are awful and overdone. Her personality is completely overbearing. All flash and no substance. When questioned or challenged, she just gets LOUDER.
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 10:36 p.m.
Ah, but Bourdain is right.
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 9:23 p.m.
Paula Deens worst crime is that she claims to be a cook of any sort. Yes, if you soak anything in enough butter and fat it will taste good. It is akin to putting sugar on something to help you eat it. What she is promoting is similar to somebody promoting smoking because it tastes good. When Deen learns to cook things that have subtlety then she can call her self a cook, Otherwise she is just a fat pusher with no cooking talent. She has successfully marketed herself as a down home mother and your grandma. This country is stupid that way. GW Bush was elected because he was the candidate more people would "like to have a beer with".
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 10:29 p.m.
You nailed it. www.foodandwinehedonist.com
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 8:13 p.m.
Frankly, the culinary world needs more Bourdains. When it comes to politics, everyone can name about 3-4 people in the media on the right (Beck, Coulter, Limbaugh etc), but there isn't anyone near their popularity on the left (Rachel who?). When it comes to food and wine, anything written or spoken is either high-brow or down-home, countryish. We need more people to give us the outrageous and the funny, to ENTERTAIN us. That's why I started www.foodandwinehedonist.com.
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 9:16 p.m.
When a middle aged bourdain jumped off that cliff in sicily he proved himself absolutely deserving of being able to 'swagger macho-ly'... and if paula deen is really that offended ( as opposed to doing ' hurt -shtick') her burly sons can deal with Bourdain...which would also be pretty good theater ( as Vatel's legendary killing himself over a bad fish order was in the 17th century) But it wouldnt surprise me at all to see tony and paula as co-judges on some cooking competition show.
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 8:14 p.m.
Now, whether I'm actually funny is open to debate...
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 8:06 p.m.
The tactic here, promotion of oneslef byr ipping another down reminds of the WWF back in the day. Creating this kid of stir us good for Deen and Bourgeoisduain. is Vince Mcmahon runing the food channel now?
Bertha Venation
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 7:48 p.m.
Bourdain is an arrogant jerk. I never watch him.
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 8:08 p.m.
Me either, Bertha...pass the grits, please.
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 7:36 p.m.
Anthony Bourdain is a smart guy but also ( and foremost) nowadays an entertainer and purveyor of a certain style of snark shtick , which he does very well indeed. But i don't actually think the celebrity foodies he wittily bludgeons have been anything but helped in their celebrity by his jabs. Emiril Lagasse ( his original ur-target) in KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL) is now a good friend ( and probably even richer), as is Rachel Ray ( another of his "victims")....and Sandra Lee is now New York state's first lady , despite bourdain calling HER the apex of evil at one point. Food critic Alan Richman ( to whom Bourdain devoted a whole chapter in MEDIUM RAW, entitled "alan Richman is a Dou..bag") appeared on the HBO series TREME ( about post-Katrina New Orleans) acting out the very episode that Bourdain slammed him for. Who was the technical advisor for that show??? Anthony Boudain.
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 7:19 p.m.
I agree that all of this banter and bullying is silly and useless. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Paula Deen's cooking is not for the health conscience, in fact I've heard her joke about it herself.
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 7:11 p.m.
I heard this weeks ago. His "trashing" has been more free advertising for his show than he ever dreamed of. Until news services picked up on this, most people never even heard of him. FWIW, I like Paula Dean, but I would never eat her food. Death is coming soon enough. I don't want to accelerate the process.
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 11:41 a.m.
If Bourdain had simply stuck to criticizing Deen's cooking philosophy and/or ability, that would have been different. But he took a giant leap and slammed her ethics, which I believe was way out of line. Even more ironically, it is rich that he is accusing her of promoting an unhealthy lifestyle, considering he so proudly brags of his past forays into illegal drugs and smoking. Similarly, he certainly doesn't turn away a buck from large corporations, of which the Travel Channel (owned by Scripps) is one. If he so outraged, he should get involved in causes supporting fitness and healthy eating, which, to my knowledge, he has not. Bourdain's a talented guy, he didn't need to take cheap shots against Deen and the other Food Network celebs. He looks like a jerk.
Tony Livingston
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 11:47 p.m.
He certainly seems to down his share of beer, too.


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Sprinkle in a bit of the supernatural and your characters can join the fight in the ultimate battle of Good vs. Evil.
Two games have already explored this in great detail. The first is Savage Worlds Weird Wars from Pinnacle. The other is GURPS Weird War II. Additionally, GURPS World War II (and all the books in the series) is by far the best resource for facts and history that are most useful in the game session. However, while each of these games are outstanding neither of these games provide the balance of detail and cinematic action that comes easily to Hero, nor do they allow for cinematic scalability as easily.
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Matching Complications: 50
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Maximum Active Points per Defense: 12
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Common Defenses (Physical, Energy, Mental): 12***
Uncommon Defenses (Resistant Defense, Power Defense): 6**
Damage Classes (DC): 8** (Active Points increase to match)
Skill Level: 14-**
Suggested approach is to build a 100 point character and then grant the character 50 points of Heroic Talents (PH 264), Super-Skills (DC 106), Martial Abilities (HSM 112), or other powers.
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Equipment that goes beyond the mundane gear available to soldiers in 1943 must be bought as full Powers.
Dramatic Wounds
Healing Powers are not allowed.
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