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This bibliography lists the references used in The Complete Guide to Choosing Wildlife & Nature Venues.
Few good references include ★:
[LP12] Wildlife & Conservation Volunteering: The Complete Guide (Bradt Travel Guide) by Peter Lynch. 2nd Edition June 19, 2012.
— Peter Lynch investigates volunteer organizations and rates them according to a range of verifiable criteria, including their scientific usefulness. Their credibility is assessed in terms of: accolades and endorsements, organization, financial records, evidence of environmental benefit and scientific outcomes. This updated guide includes long- and short-term opportunities from roughing it in tents, through simple permanent accommodation to quasi-luxury. First-hand accounts by volunteers provide insight into the day-to-day life of being a volunteer.
[AF11] Green Volunteers: The World Guide to Voluntary Work in Nature Conservation (with access to online database) by Fabio Ausenda (2011).
— This guide highlights hundreds of volunteer projects throughout the world. Green Volunteers lists more than two hundred projects worldwide for those who want to experience active conservation work as a volunteer. Projects are in a variety of habitats and countries, lasting from one week to one year or more. Projects involve volunteer work in wildlife rehabilitation centers, national parks, and protected areas, and general conservation work with a variety of animal species. The guide has three indexes set up by geographical area, animal species, and project cost, all to help prospective volunteers choose their favorite conservation project. Almost all the projects are open to anyone without previous conservation experience, and most projects do not have language requirements. The Green Volunteers guide is a onetime purchase. Anyone who purchases the guide can receive free updates via the internet, plus an extended annotated list of useful websites that allow the reader to find hundreds of additional projects.
[BP10] Ecotourists Save the World: The Environmental Volunteer’s Guide to More Than 300 International Adventures to Conserve, Preserve, and Rehabilitate Wildlife and Habitats by Pamela K. Brodowsky, National Wildlife Federation. April 6, 2010.
— This guide profiles more than 300 programs where volunteers can work in a variety of activities involving conservation and study of wildlife.
★ Using these guides do not exempt the reader to verify if the listed projects are ethical and responsible.
Here is a non exhaustive list of references to help you learn how to identify welfare issues, questionable or plainly unethical practices, to give you further questions to ask to volunteer organizations and wildlife tourist venues… These references are a subset of the more complete body of work that we refer to on our site.
[GB15] How Nature-Based Tourism Might Increase Prey Vulnerability to Predators. Geffroy, B. & al. (2015)
[HL13] Walking with Lions: Why There is No Role for Captive-origin Lions Panthera leo in Species Restoration. Hunter, L.T.B. & al. (2013)
[FA02] Human-caused Disturbance Stimuli as a Form of Predation Risk. Frid, A. & Dill, L.M. (2002)
[BG98] Effects of Ecotourists on Bird Behaviour at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida. Burger, J; Gochfeld, M. in Environmental Conservation Vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 13-21 (1998)
[MT15] The Customer Isn’t Always Right—Conservation and Animal Welfare Implications of the Increasing Demand for Wildlife Tourism. Moorhouse, T.P. & al. (2015)
[TE14] Global Change and Local Solutions: Tapping the Unrealized Potential of Citizen Science for Biodiversity Research. Theobald, E.J., & al. in Biological Conservation (2014)
[5F] The Five Freedoms — Wikipedia
[RTA] The Five Freedoms — Right Tourism Association
[WN16] Animal Behavior and Welfare Course (University of Edinburgh) — An excellent course that we encourage our EwA followers who have close interactions with animal in captivity to attend to. The course is taught by the prominent following experts: Professor Nat Waran | Jeanne Marchig International Centre for Animal Welfare Education, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies; Dr Fritha Langford | Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC); Heather J Bacon | BSc BVSc CertZooMed MRCVS, Veterinary welfare education and outreach, Jeanne Marchig International Centre of Animal Welfare Education; Hayley Walters | RVN Welfare and Anaesthesia; Jill MacKay | Animal Behavior and Welfare Researcher, Animal Behavior and Welfare Team, SRUC
[WAZA] The World Association of Zoos and Aquarium. WAZA is the unifying organisation for the world zoo and aquarium community.
[GFAS] Legitimate Sanctuaries vs. Pseudo-Sanctuaries — By the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries.
[WASP] World Animal Sanctuary Protection — A young nonprofit we stumbled upon and that provides great tips for identifying ethical sanctuaries.
[BC15] Sanctuary Standards. Big Cat Rescue (2015)
[ET15] Questions to Ask if you Want to Volunteer in Wildlife Sanctuaries — via Earth Touch News
[PB11] How Can you Tell if a Zoo Takes Good Care of its Animals? Palmer, B. in Washington Post (2011)
[SS15] Saving Serabie: The Fight Against Lion Hunting— Winner documentary of the 2015 Wildlife Conservation Film festival: A documentary film about the fate of farmed lions for the sole purpose of feeding the hunting industry.
[BL15] Blood Lions — Blood Lions follows environmental journalist and safari operator Ian Michler, and Rick Swazey, an American hunter, on their journey to uncover the realities about the multi-million dollar predator breeding and canned lion hunting industries in South Africa.
[GS16] Tiger Temple Accused of Supplying Black Market. Guynup, S. in National Geographic (2016) — The Tiger Temple in a Thailand monastery was a wildlife park praised by tourists who refused for years to acknowledge the warnings. Finally early 2016, the proof made it to the public, and it is now established that monks at the monastery have been speed breeding the big cats for the illegal trade of tiger parts. Note well that it is just one of a number of tiger temples in Thailand who have yet to face the consequences of their cruelty. The Tiger Temple was the most famous one.
[SD15] Volunteering with Lion Cubs in Africa – What I Wish I Had Known! — The experience of a volunteer, and things you should be aware of before applying to similar programs…
[CB15] Cub Petting: Cute and Harmful. O’Neill, C. (EwA publication 2015) — Before considering cub petting or volunteering in a facility that allows close interactions with cubs, pause, research and think about the consequences…
[RS15] How To Tell Whether Your Local Zoo Is Hell For Animals. Russo, C.M. (2015)
[MA15] I Volunteered At An Orphanage, And Now I Campaign Against It. McKeon, A. from the Better Care Network (2016) — An interesting read about our impact as volunteers. And a lot of what is being said in this cautionary tale also applies to animal rescue and wildlife conservation volunteering.
[CB16(a)] Volunteering with Captive Wild Animals? O’Neill, C. (EwA publication 2016) — Volunteering in a wildlife rescue can be a good experience as long as it does not harm voluntarily or involuntarily the species. Quick tips about how to recognize them, and what to do to prepare.
[CB16(b)] Volunteering with or for Big Wild Cats. O’Neill, C. (EwA publication 2016)
[OC17(b)] When Snapping do Help Captive Animals. O’Neill, C. (EwA publication 2017)
Also check our:
✧ Volunteer Etiquette —which highlights critical skills to take with you on our mission and adventure.
✧ Wildness Etiquette’s Annotated References section —for learning more about wildlife ethics.
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There’s now another reason for new moms to treat themselves during breastfeeding: their milk will be hard at work as a teacher. Mothers’ breast milk teaches babies’ developing cells to defend against infection, according to new research led by University of California, Riverside.
“It’s like vaccinating the baby without actually vaccinating the baby,” lead researcher Ameae Walker said in a UCR news release. This “maternal educational immunity” transfers immune cells from the mother into the milk, which then makes its way to the thymus through digestion. These cells teach baby cells to develop immunities to whatever organisms the mother been exposed. These cellular lessons are carried throughout life.
Walker sees this as a way to get babies protected against infections that are sometimes too dangerous to vaccinate against in infancy. By boosting mom’s vaccination during pregnancy, her milk will be super-charged for when the baby arrives. With some diseases like tuberculosis, immunity through milk is even more effective than through a vaccine given to the baby.
The study is published in the Sept. 15 issue of the Journal of Immunology

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The coronavirus outbreak, now declared to be a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO, March 11), offers a prism through which to assess how China interacts with the rest of the world in a time of crisis—one that was at first confined to China’s borders, but has since become a global emergency. Some commentaries on the connection between the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) have portrayed Xi Jinping’s centerpiece foreign policy program as a dangerous vector enabling the pandemic—even though China was engaged in international trade and transportation prior to the commencement of the BRI in 2013 (Foreign Policy, January 24).
For its part, state media in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has linked BRI relationships to support for China amid the initial stages of the crisis, citing positive examples of support from media outlets in South Africa, Russia, and Pakistan (People’s Daily, February 20). More recently, as the spread of the disease has abated in China and increased elsewhere, Chinese authorities have sought to illustrate their support, via the “warmth” of the Belt and Road, for current hotspots such as Italy and Iran—while also criticizing the U.S. response to the crisis (Zhejiang News, March 12). Such developments in China’s foreign relations amid the coronavirus outbreak offer a window to assess the effectiveness of the BRI in one of its central goals: namely, expanding the soft power available to the PRC.
Applying an understanding of soft power as a state’s ability to induce other states to take actions favorable to its own interests, available evidence across domains related to the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic—such as the issuance of evacuation orders, and restrictions on public transportation—indicates that BRI investments have had only modest success in building China’s soft power. International support for China was piecemeal and rhetorical, leaving China economically and politically isolated. Demonstrating the lack of soft power available to Chinese authorities, the state tabloid Global Times demanded on February 12 that countries that “have completely cut off traffic communications with China” should “reconsider and revoke these practices” (Global Times, February 12).
Decisions Regarding Passenger Transportation
Amid the shutdown of international air services to China in January and February, a significant proportion of suspensions were accounted for by airlines from countries that have not received Belt and Road funding—including British Airways, Air Canada, and the primary U.S. carriers offering flights to China (Delta Airlines, American Airlines, and United Airlines). However, airlines from countries that have received significant loans from Chinese policy banks, or other forms of investment or development assistance, have also suspended service to China. A partial list of these airlines includes Egyptair, Kenya Airways, and Rwandair (all of which are fully- or partially-state-owned)—despite governments in these countries receiving funding from the Export-Import Bank of China and the China Development Bank for ongoing infrastructure projects. This decision-making indicates that China’s provision of subsidized lending is far from a guarantee that it will accrue asymmetric political influence in the recipient countries.
Despite these suspensions, influence yielded by the Belt and Road Initiative may have impacted the decision-making of other airlines. On January 31, Pakistan International Airways initially elected to suspend service after local authorities ordered the cancellation of all flights to and from China (Anadolu Agency, January 31). Just three days later on February 2, Pakistani aviation authorities lifted all restrictions—before reimposing them on February 24 (The News). Similarly, despite coming under public criticism, Ethiopian Airlines has also continued to operate scheduled service to China, with airline chief Tewolde GebreMariam commenting that “it will not be morally acceptable to stop flying to China today” (South China Morning Post, February 11). As of March 5, the airline was still operating services to China (CGTN, March 5). It is not a coincidence that both countries are listed in a Center for Global Development ranking of countries with the greatest sums in their “BRI lending pipeline” (Center for Global Development, March 4, 2018).
Taking on large sums of Chinese development finance has not precluded other countries from placing heavy restrictions on transport links with China. Initially, however, Russia announced the closure of its borders with China to passenger traffic, and the grounding of all bilateral air travel other than services to Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport. These restrictions were subsequently tightened, with the announcement that PRC nationals would temporarily be barred from entering Russian territory effective February 20, with the exception of transit passengers (Moscow Times, February 18). These steps were taken despite the fact that Chinese financing plays a major role in many of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s economic revitalization projects, including the development of gas production plants in the Russian Arctic. While the decisions taken by Pakistani and Ethiopian aviation authorities can be ascribed to soft power developed by China via the Belt and Road Initiative, Russia’s decision to halt border crossings shows that Beijing’s economic influence cannot reliably trump the self-interest of recipient states (China Brief, February 28).
While many BRI partner countries suspended bilateral air travel and repatriated their citizens from Wuhan, these governments have also sought to maintain close relations with Beijing in ways that do not harm their own citizens. Countries including Liberia, Sierra Leone, and South Korea have issued statements of support (CGTN, February 7). Moreover, according to the Chinese government’s Belt and Road Portal, countries including Bangladesh, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Malaysia, India, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Hungary, Belarus, Turkey, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Egypt, Australia, New Zealand, and Trinidad and Tobago have all provided some form of material assistance to China in response to the outbreak (Yidaiyilu.gov.cn, February 13). While it cannot be known how these countries would have responded were it not for the Belt and Road Initiative, there is a logical connection between the large sums of money China has provided for projects in these countries with their decisions to provide aid to Beijing in its time of need.
However, the provision of material aid is only part of the story. According to statistics released by the PRC National Immigration Administration (NIA) on February 10, as many as 128 countries have imposed some form of immigration restriction (ranging from entry bans to temperature checks) on travelers from China since the outbreak began (NIA.gov.cn, February 10). Of the 115 countries that Chinese authorities list as “international cooperation partners” of the Belt and Road Initiative, at least 91 rank among those disclosed by the NIA as having implemented entry restrictions against Chinese nationals. The choice taken by large numbers of BRI-affiliated countries to impose border checks on Chinese nationals is an indication of the seriousness with which they regard the public health threat posed by the coronavirus outbreak. Some countries made this choice due to a lack of confidence in their own public health systems: among others to cite this factor was Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (National Public Radio, February 10). Deliveries of material aid to China represent an effort to offset the damage done to their relations with Beijing, but the perception by BRI-affiliated countries of this as an acceptable approach (versus maintaining open access for Chinese nationals) suggests that the soft power and influence accrued to Chinese authorities by the Belt and Road Initiative may not be as great as is widely assumed.
China to the Rescue?
As the announcement of new cases in China has slowed down, PRC authorities have moved to show that the BRI—at least in terms of terra firma project implementation—can get back on track quickly (Xinhua, March 6). However, Beijing has also attempted to engage Belt and Road countries as a provider of public health knowledge: for instance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized a video conference with relevant officials from countries in the “17+1” grouping of Central and Eastern European countries (PRC Foreign Ministry, March 13).
In a potential sign of the PRC government’s future plans for the Belt and Road Initiative, there have been rumors that government-connected scholars have sought to build track-two support for a Beijing-led alternative to the U.N.-affiliated World Health Organization (WHO); however, on March 9 the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced a $20 million donation to the WHO to support anti-coronavirus efforts (Xinhua, March 9). In a phone call with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, President Xi said that Chinese authorities had shared insights from their experience in fighting COVID-19 with counterparts from other countries, who together with China form a “community of mankind that suffers and succeeds together” (Yidaiyilu.gov.cn, March 13).
Xi’s remarks followed a statement by the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which stated that China would (among other points) send medical teams to countries in high need, provide drugs to any countries that need them, and strengthen technological cooperation with the international community (Yidaiyilu.gov.cn, March 12). Likewise, Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu told a press conference that China had provided coronavirus-related support to South Korea, Iraq, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka (Xinhua, March 6). The effort to position Beijing as a magnanimous provider of global public goods is not limited to public health: China’s e-commerce marketplaces have been cited by government-linked sources as an avenue that international businesses can use to mitigate the virus-related economic downturn (Yidaiyilu.gov.cn, March 11).
In addition to highlighting the assistance Beijing has provided, Chinese authorities have also sought to paint a contrast with what it describes as efforts by “some in the United States… [who] are trying to shift the blame and politicize humanity’s common challenge by stoking pernicious anti-Chinese sentiments” (Xinhua, March 9). However, whether Beijing’s assistance will make a substantive impact on international opinion remains to be seen.
In a fiery February 12 commentary, the Global Times charged that “it is completely irrational to implement inter-country isolation to prevent the spread of the disease. It is unscientific and also violates the interests of all countries.” While the contagiousness of the coronavirus casts doubts over the scientific foundations of the state tabloid’s claim, it is nonetheless useful as an insight into the reaction of PRC authorities to the widespread imposition of restrictions on the international travel of Chinese nationals. Disappointment in Zhongnanhai is likely to be deepened by the vast sums spent in recent years under the Belt and Road Initiative, aimed at increasing China’s international influence and soft power.
Within the context of the coronavirus outbreak, the payoffs from BRI have been extremely limited: while Ethiopian authorities continue to permit flights to China, as many as 91 of the 115 countries listed by Chinese authorities as Belt and Road “international cooperation partners” have imposed border restrictions on Chinese nationals. Within the context of this crisis, this suggests that the soft power and influence accrued by BRI is not as extensive as others have posited. In that sense, the coronavirus outbreak is much more than what the Global Times has called an “occasional bump in the road” for the Belt and Road Initiative (Global Times, February 19). Nonetheless, messaging from Beijing following the abatement of new cases in the PRC suggests that it will seek to use its response to outbreaks overseas to enhance its international reputation.
Johan van de Ven is a Senior Analyst at RWR Advisory Group, a Washington, D.C.-based consultancy that advises government and private-sector clients on geopolitical risks associated with China and Russia’s international economic activity. He leads RWR’s research and analysis of the Belt and Road Initiative, the centerpiece of foreign policy under Xi Jinping, and also edits the Belt and Road Monitor, RWR’s bi-weekly newsletter.


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The Lonely Londoners (1956) overview
Published in 1956, Samuel Selvon’s The Lonely Londoners is an iconic work of 20th-century literature. Chronicling post-war Caribbean migration to Britain, the novel features a cast of migrants striving to establish their lives in London and has been hailed for its use of creolized language, social commentary and modernist style.
‘One grim winter evening’ Moses Aloetta hops on ‘a number 46 bus at the corner of Chepstow Road and Westbourne Grove to go to Waterloo to meet a fellar who was coming from Trinidad on the boat-train.’ Thus begins The Lonely Londoners – the third novel by Trinidadian author Samuel Selvon. It is at once both semi-autobiographical in its account of London life, and an A–Z ‘guide’ to the city as experienced by the characters Moses, Sir Galahad, Tolroy, Cap, Big City, Five Past Twelve, Lewis, Harris and Daniel – or, as they are affectionately known, ‘the boys’.
Language and narrative voice
Selvon drew on his own experiences of living among a group of black migrants during his first few years in London. Basing Moses on a man from the Caribbean with whom he ‘limed’ in the early days, Selvon’s initial aim, as Susheila Nasta has noted, was to capture this mid-century migrant experience and distil the ordinary language of the people into an accessible form for a wide readership. The creolized language in the novel is not solely Jamaican, Barbadian or Trinidadian, but, in Selvon’s words, an amalgamation of ‘what I believed was thought of as a Caribbean dialect’:
When I wrote the novel that became The Lonely Londoners, I tried to recapture a certain quality in West Indian everyday life. I had in store a number of wonderful anecdotes and could put them into focus, but I had difficulty starting the novel in straight English. The people I wanted to describe were entertaining people indeed, but I could not really move. At that stage, I had written the narrative in English and most of the dialogues in dialect. Then I started both narrative and dialogue in dialect and the novel just shot along.
In using creolized language for the narrative voice, Selvon defined a Caribbean consciousness within a British context and introduced a new literary form to the English novel. The Lonely Londoners represents a major step in the process of linguistic and cultural decolonisation and has been praised for its modernist style. Narrated in close third-person with an anecdotal, non-linear structure, the voices of the narrator and Moses sometimes become one and the same, such as in one of the most uplifting passages in the book, ‘Oh what a time it is when summer come to the city…’.
Social realism and humour
The social realism of The Lonely Londoners fictionalises the hardship and hustle of black migrants in a city which saw them as both threat and exotic sexual thrill. It highlights, for example, the economic deprivation thrust on black migrants as a result of racist employment and housing practices.
Alongside this, the novel is also incredibly funny, with Selvon scoring humorous episodes with perfect timing (such as the arrival of Tolroy’s extended family). Writing of his characters, ‘they only laughing because they fraid to cry’, Selvon’s subversive humour presents their grim reality without hectoring the reader – a quality which would lead to the author being described as a ‘laughing philosopher’.

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* Money will leverage up to C$365 mln in investment
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced C$54.8 million ($50.7 million) in aid to autoparts maker Linamar Corp (LNR.TO) on Monday to help it develop green and fuel-efficient automotive powertrains.
The repayable contribution will help leverage up to C$365 million in investment by 2013, Harper said at the opening of Linamar's research and development center in Guelph, Ontario.
Linamar reported a loss of C$48.4 million in the second quarter, largely because of production shutdowns at General Motors Co [GM.UL] and Chrysler, two of its biggest customers, while they went into and emerged from bankruptcy protection.
Chrysler went into government-financed bankruptcy earlier this year in a deal that gave management control to Italy's Fiat SpA (FIA.MI).
The federal money comes from an Automotive Innovation Fund, set up to provide C$250 million over five years to support large-scale, strategic research and development in the sector.
($1=$1.08 Canadian) (Reporting by Randall Palmer; editing by Rob Wilson)


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The Masked Singer hit series-high ratings for its season finale, capping its run as the 2018-19 season’s highest-rated new show.
The Fox singing competition averaged a 3.1 rating among adults 18-49 for its two-hour finale, peaking with a 3.8 in its final half hour as the winner was revealed. It drew just above 10 million total viewers, also a high.
Fox is counting the two hours as two separate episodes. The 8 p.m. hour, an extended recap of previous episodes, averaged 2.6 in the demo and 8.6 million viewers. The finale at 9 p.m. jumped to 3.6 in adults 18-49 — the highest-rated regular series telecast this season — and 11.45 million viewers.
The other networks were relatively stable opposite Fox’s big night. Survivor was the No. 2 show of the night in adults 18-49 with a 1.5, off just a little from its premiere on CBS a week ago. The World’s Best, however, continued to decline, managing just a 0.4.
NBC’s recently renewed Chicago trio all came down from last week, but Chicago Med (1.2), Chicago Fire (1.2) and Chicago P.D. (1.1) were all in line with their season averages.
ABC’s Whiskey Cavalier officially premiered to a 0.7 in the 18-49 demo and 4.1 million viewers, on par with its late-night preview Sunday after the Oscars (0.8, 4.2 million). The show’s numbers are also in line with the performance of A Million Little Things in the same slot in the fall (0.8, 3.59 million). The Goldbergs (1.1), Schooled (0.9), Modern Family (1.1) and Single Parents (0.7) all matched their week-ago numbers.
Riverdale returned to The CW, after two weeks off, with a 0.3, even with its last outing. All American (0.2) was steady as well.
Fox’s 3.1 rating among adults 18-49 in primetime more than doubled the 1.2 for second-place NBC. ABC (0.9) edged CBS (0.8) for third. Univision averaged 0.5, Telemundo 0.4 and The CW 0.3.


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starring Cindy Marinangel
Dazzles Off Broadway to packed house!
"Marlene Dietrich was never against Germany,
it was the
Nazis she hated".
created by Iris Apfel
“Dietrich,” is a
compelling and acclaimed one-woman play about iconic German
actress Marlene Dietrich. Played by Cindy Marinangel,
written by renowned play write Willard Manus and brilliantly
accompanied by pianist Russell Daisey, “Dietrich” just had a
successful, limited Off-Broadway engagement. www.dietrichplay.com
embodied the essence of Marlene Dietrich
in this original
play. The story of Dietrich is about a woman full of
passion, glamour, art, and war and a friend of the Jews. She
was one of the most alluring legends of Hollywood’s
a based on a true story. Set in May 1960, the play takes
place when the actress returned to the Berlin stage for the
first time since fleeing the Hitler regime in the
1930’s. Inside her dressing room at the Tatiana Palast
Theater, Dietrich weighs whether to go through with the live
performance despite threats on her life by Nazi sympathizers
who resented her for having spent much of World War II
entertaining American soldiers on the front lines. To them,
Dietrich is a turncoat; a traitor who deserves to be shot
and killed on stage.
Throughout the 70
minute play, you can’t take your eyes off of Cindy
Marinangel. You can feel her unique appeal, see the inner
life of Dietrich- a woman full of grit and ambition, who
defied convention, seduced the world, and forged her own
path. With Marinangel’s own sultry beauty, smoky voice and
androgyny, she reveals a series of Dietrich’s stormy love
affairs that pushed the boundaries of social convention of
the time. Marinangel and Dietrich are women full of sizzle
and decadence reminiscent of Weimar Berlin.
In the late 1930’s
Marlene Dietrich first became an international sensation
with her film The Blue Angel. She not only
watched in horror from the safety of America as Hitler
destroyed her homeland but she sold more war bonds than
anyone and donated an entire film salary to assist Jews with
passage, jobs and housing in America. Three actors and
several members of the crew who worked with her on The
Blue Angel were interred in Dachau, where they perished.
As one of
Hollywood’s top leading ladies (and notoriously bisexual),
she starred with such legends as Gary Cooper, John Wayne, and
Cary Grant. Defiant in her stance against the Nazis, Marlene
chose instead to become an American citizen, join the army
and tour with the USO, performing for Allied troops on the
front lines for three years.
Sensitive to the
times, during a 1960 visit to Israel she asked the
audience’s permission before singing in German, (a forbidden
language) according to The Central Zionist Archives.
activities in wartime were recognized nationally and
internationally. In 1945, she was given the title of
daughter of the Seventy-first Infantry Regiment of the army.
In 1947, she was awarded the Medal of Freedom by the United
States government, which is the highest honor that can be
bestowed on an American. France gave Dietrich the Legion
d’Honneur for her wartime activities in the country, and
Belgium awarded her the Knight Order of Leopold. This play
is very special and should be seen by all.
Cindy Marinangel is
a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio and is a graduate of
the Chicago Second City Conservatory. Marinangel was
recently seen in “Beverly Hills Christmas,” a holiday film
starring actor Dean Cain that airs seasonally on UPtv. With
her international cast and crew she wrote, produced and
starred in the award winning short film “Eternal Waltz”
which recently screened in festivals in Culver City,
Amsterdam and Las Vegas.
Willard Manus is a
playwright, journalist and novelist. He is a member of the
playwrights/director’s unit of The Actors Studio. His most
recent plays are “Joe and Marilyn: A Love Story,” “Frank and
Ava” (now a motion picture) and “Who Killed Comrade Rabbit?”
Russell Daisey is an
internationally acclaimed pianist, singer and songwriter.
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Donita (born Noni Annisa Ramadhani on February 14, 1989 in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia) is an Indonesian actress, model and singer. Donita debuted in 2008 through FTV Dewa Asmara . She rose to fame through her role as Mozza in soap opera, Cinta Fitri (Fitri's Love). She also acted in a horror film, Suster Ngesot. As a model, she has modeled in several advertising products such as Zinc Shampoo, Tessa, Indosat, and the Ramayana.

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Steve Lacy had a breakout year in 2017, releasing his solo debut project, producing for Kendrick Lamar, and contributing to Tyler, the Creator's Flower Boy album. The 19-year-old recently stopped by Beats 1 to look back at the year and offer some details about what's to come for 2018.
When asked about The Internet's upcoming album, he said. "I think we’re about to get back in soon. I feel like after this one last weekly run it’ll be at 95%," adding that he will be "singing on the album a bit more with Syd."
Lacy also discussed his upcoming project with Ravyn Lenae, which he'll produce in its entirety. "Since I won’t be dropping anything under my name soon, I’ve just been focusing on sharpening my producer skills," he said."I’m working on this project with the singer Ravyn Lenae, but I’m really, really excited about this. Because this is the first time I’ve got to work with a girl. I do everything production wise and she comes in. It’s so much fun."
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The Paderewski Exhibit at the Paso Robles Pioneer Museum in California recently underwent a significant update, with a little innovative and creative help from Nanonation. Known for our expertise in interactive digital signage, we created an engaging and immersive exhibit allowing visitors to explore the life and legacy of pianist Ignacy Paderewski in a whole new way.
One of the key features of the new exhibit is the use of interactive touchscreen displays. Visitors can use these displays to access a wealth of information about Paderewski, including photos, videos, and audio recordings of his performances. The displays also allow visitors to explore different aspects of his life and career.
The new exhibit also features an interactive piano and game designed to engage visitors and make learning about Paderewski fun and interactive. These games include a piano keyboard that visitors can play and a trivia game about Paderewski’s life and career.
Overall, the new interactive digital signage exhibit updates created by Nanonation have transformed the Paderewski Exhibit at the Paso Robles Pioneer Museum into a truly immersive and engaging experience. Visitors can now explore the life and legacy of this important historical figure in a new and interactive way, making the exhibit more accessible and engaging for all ages.

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George W. Bush is not exactly known for his magnanimity—think SCHIP. For American homeowners, especially those facing foreclosure, his aversion to government assistance programs must be particularly vexing. Last year, Bush declared that government should not “bail out… those who made the reckless decision to buy a home they knew they could never afford.” Recently, he has decided that his modest tax rebates for families and businesses are adequate help for squeezed homeowners, and he opposes legislation in Congress that would provide more support.
But despite the rhetoric, there is still one place Bush and his Fed chair are willing to socialize—Wall Street, where investment bank Bear Stearns was bailed out last week. On Monday, the terms of the Fed’s deal with JP Morgan to purchase Bear Stearns assets were readjusted—the Fed is now coughing up only $29 rather than $30 billion—but the American taxpayer still gets a raw deal.
Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor and a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, argues in his online journal that as taxpayers we should be getting more out of this deal. Nobody, says Reich, knows the actual value of Bear’s assets (the $2 to $10/share price jump is evidence of the guesswork):
“It still may be a good deal for old JP, because the worst that can happen is JP loses $1 billion. If losses turn out to be more than $1 billion, the Fed—that is, you and I and every other American taxpayer—will make it up to JP… We’re bearing the big downside losses if everything goes to hell and Bear’s assets are worth less than zilch. But we don’t get any of the upside gain if any of the bets pay off. That’s what I call a lousy deal…. We as taxpayers are chumps if we bear all the downside losses but get none of the upside gains.”
Today the Senate began to show signs of concern over the deal as well. However, even if we were to get a better deal, in the bigger picture, there’s a real chance that the bailout won’t work at all, that our constricting economy and falling housing prices may actually present a larger problem than the Fed, and our maxed-out consumers, can handle. Reich estimates that investment banks here and abroad are still sitting on several hundred billion dollars of bad debt that will eventually have to surface, meaning more bank failures. Guessing that the Fed won’t be able to ward off all of the ill effects, Reich poses a larger question:
“The next question is how to cushion the blow for middle and lower-income people who might lose their homes or their jobs, cars, medical insurance, and large chunks of their pensions. This may require federally-subsidized insurance—mortgage insurance so homeowners can meet payments, along with expanded unemployment insurance, health insurance, maybe even pension insurance.”
That may be a solution, but given his track record, Bush isn’t likely to sign on anytime soon. In the meantime, perhaps we, or our regulators, should be focusing on feelings of entitlement in Wall Street boardrooms, the land o’ plenty.


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BEIJING - A priest and a nun who were both members of China's underground Catholic church were murdered in the north of the country this week but the motive was not clear, police said Thursday.
AsiaNews, a Vatican-based news service, said Joseph Shulai Zhang and Sister Mary Wei Yanhui were apparently stabbed to death at the nursing home where they worked in the city of Wuhai in Inner Mongolia.
After the two failed to appear at morning mass, their bodies were discovered in a pool of blood in the home, which was housed within the local church, the report said.
The priest was apparently stabbed seven times, while the nun suffered one stab wound to the chest.
"This is a criminal matter, we are in the process of cracking this case," a city policeman, also surnamed Zhang, told AFP.
The policeman said the motive for the murders was not immediately clear and that investigators were not sure how many suspects were involved.
Zhang, 55, had been a priest since 1985. Sister Wei, 32, was the director of the nursing home, which housed about 60 elderly people, AsiaNews said.
China has about five million Catholics who worship at Communist Party-sanctioned "official" churches, while up to 11 million reportedly worship at "underground" churches not sanctioned by the government.


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This no boil cooking method makes the perfect corn on the cob every time.
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Remove lid, turn off the burner and carefully place between 6 and 8 ears of corn, depending on their size, in the hot water. Replace lid and let set in hot water for 10 minutes. Remove corn and serve with butter and coarse kosher salt.

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Partners is an innovative, competency-based leadership training program for adults with disabilities and parents of young children with developmental disabilities. The purpose of the program is two-fold: to teach best practices and the competencies needed to influence public policy.
Texas Partners in Policymaking is an innovative and intensive advanced leadership development training program. Applicants selected for the 35-member class will receive 128 hours of training during eight weekends and will learn state of the art practices from national and state experts in the disability field to enable them to become partners with policy-makers at the local, state, and federal levels. The goal? To ensure the full participation and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all areas of life.
Partners in Policymaking™ programs have been offered in many states, as well as internationally, since 1987, resulting in more than 27,000 graduates who are creating positive change in their communities.
Texas Partners in Policymaking Mission:
To create change so that all people with disabilities are fully included in their communities and exercise control over their own lives.
The eight training sessions are scheduled from August 2018 to April 2019.
This leadership training program is funded by the Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities. Every state has a federally-funded, self-governing Council that is committed to advancing public policy and systems change that encourages people with disabilities and their families to gain more control over their lives. The Texas Partners program will be managed by the Texas Partners in Policymaking Coordination Team. The Texas Council is proud to support this life-changing training.
“Since my graduation, I’ve helped others learn the value of their personal stories in influencing public policy at all levels of government. Systems change IS possible and the Partners training provides an incredible foundation.”
Some of the topics include:
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The Texas Partners in Policymaking program is built on critical values relating to the inherent worth of people with disabilities. These values must be the underlying thread woven throughout every aspect of the training program; Partners is all about how to achieve a vision that reflects these Core Values.
People with disabilities are not “the handicapped” or “the disabled.” Using “People First Language” is a must.
People with disabilities need real friendships, not just relationships with paid staff.
The ability to communicate, in whatever form, must be available to every person with a disability.
People with disabilities must be able to enjoy full mobility and accessibility for active participation in community life.
People with disabilities must be assured continuity through families and neighborhood connections.
People with disabilities must be treated with respect and dignity.
People with disabilities must have the freedom to choose how they want to live and receive the support they need.
People with disabilities must be able to exercise choice and control in all areas of their lives.
A commitment to advancing systems change throughout the advocacy community.
People with disabilities must be able to live in homes of their choice and choose the supports they need.
People from diverse cultures and disabilities are represented in the Texas Partners training.
These values represent the foundation of Partners in Policymaking. We know, however, that these values are still not present in the lives of too many children and adults with developmental disabilities. We also know that as a result of the best practices training of Partners, these values have become the norm for thousands of Partners graduates around the world. In turn, graduates are using their influence to help others learn “what’s possible.”
While our Core Values haven’t changed since 1987, best practices have changed and will continue to do so. This is as it should be, as we learn more, as we push the envelope, as technology changes, and as laws and policies evolve. And the speakers chosen for Partners training sessions need to represent leading-edge thinking.
Texas Partners in Policymaking is open to all Individuals who are highly motivated to create more inclusive communities and are:
- Parents, grandparents, or primary caregivers of children under the age of 22 who have developmental disabilities,
- Adults with developmental disabilities
- Siblings of individuals with developmental disabilities
- We are seeking cultural and geographic diversity within the guidelines above. The selection of participants is made by a team of parents, self-advocates, and professionals.
Texas Participation eligibility includes:
- Texas Resident
- Adult with a disability
- Parent of a child with a disability
Texas Partners in Policymaking seeks a class with a:
- Diverse cultural background
- Diversity in race
- Diversity in gender
- Self-Advocates and Parents
- Diversity in groups of developmental disabilities diagnosis
- Representation of all regions across the State of Texas
- Varity of advocacy experience – new to advocacy or seasoned
- A commitment to advancing systems change throughout the advocacy community
The Participation Selection Team consist of:
- Texas Council of Developmental Disabilities (TCDD) Staff
- The Partners in Policymaking Staff
- An independent Advisory Panel comprised of leaders across the State of Texas
- The Selection Team will work to select applicants that represent the criteria above
We strive to keep our class size small (35) and must be thoughtful about the class composition in terms of region, age, diagnosis, parents, self-advocates and professionals. In the event, you are not selected for Partners this year, we encourage you to apply again, next year. Every year we have more applicants to Texas Partners than we can accept.
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Freedom Park is a memorial and leisure park area in the middle of downtown Lagos, which was born from the ruins of Her Majesty’s Broad Street Prison. Erstwhile cells for hapless prisoners are now marketplaces, and today the kitchen serves appetising meals rather than the fare meted out to the inmates of yesteryear. It was designed by the Architect Theo Lawson (born 1959). The park was constructed to preserve the history and cultural heritage of Nigerians. Monuments in the park record Lagos’s colonial heritage and the history of Her Majesty’s Broad Street prisons. It was built to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its Independence in October 2010. The park serves as a National Memorial, an historical landmark, a cultural site, and an arts and recreation centre. Today Freedom Park has become a venue for diverse social events and recreational entertainment – art, theatre, music and dancing. More than 300 people visit each day, some of them artists and writers.
Broad Street Prison was established after Britain made Lagos a Colony in 1861. The initial prison structure was built in 1882 with mud walls and grass thatch but did not last long because of sabotage from colonial government opponents. The government’s expense of £16,000 in 1882, shows their priority on law and order versus other initiatives such as education, which was £700. The Colonial report for 1898 indicates that 676 males, 26 females, and 11 juveniles were imprisoned at Broad Street Prison that year. Broad Street Prison was pulled down in 1979 and was reduced to a dumping ground until the 1990s when plans were drawn up to transform the site into the present Freedom Park.
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Krader appeared genuinely surprised after biting into Teuscher’s hefty, dark-chocolate truffle. "It’s very dense,” she said. “A powerhouse.” Krader didn’t take to the truffle— “not my favorite,” she said—but acknowledged that many people would. “I think this is for people who go big, who want the triple-decker burger—the highest pile of truffles on their pasta,” she said.
The phrase dark chocolate sea salt caramels should be a selling point in itself, but these bite-size treats also have something else going for them: they have almost 500 five-star reviews on online. And there’s a reason why. They make other salty-sweet chocolate-caramel combos seem lackluster in comparison. One reviewer said they have a “bold saltiness” that’s “not for the faint of heart” and another said, “My favorite candy ever!” The creamy, rich caramel is cooked to just the right consistency and the smooth chocolate goes perfectly with the visible salt flakes on top.
As a professional courtesy, we’ll do the math for you: If you order a dozen of these 4.4 ounce cookies…hold on while we cipher…that’s over three pounds of cookies. Too much? No worries. You can also order the smaller, (but still big!) 2 ounce, 10 cookie assortment in the Sweet Bite Gift Box. We know, that’s still over a pound of cookies, but you or the lucky gift recipient won’t regret it.
If they're into a colorful assortment of milk, white, and dark chocolate, we've got plenty of eclectic options on this list. Chocolate truffles are always a favorite, as are sought-after British chocolate candy bars and praline cremes from Germany. We had to include chocolate and peanut butter candies from Reese's, and there's even a gluten-free option, too.
Thankfully, with the availability of online chocolate stores, purchasing a delicious and wonderful chocolate gift only requires about 5 minutes of your time. Buying chocolate on the internet provides a quick and efficient way to select from a long list of great options that fit your budget and gift giving needs. Plus, you can do it from the comfort of your own home.
At Sucré in New Orleans, everything is simultaneously decadent and delicate. The shop’s signature chocolates feature playful flavors like peanut butter and jelly and German chocolate cake. The macarons, which include chocolate, almond and lavender flavors, are famous throughout Louisiana. Of course, the shop’s standout offerings are sold during Carnival,which include a selection of gold, green, and purple chocolates in iconic flavors (creme brulee, Southern pecan praline, and bananas Foster).
I was introduced to Alegio Chocolate on a chocolate crawl and bought a selection to taste at home. The Raspberry had a good balance with strong raspberry and good chocolate working together. The Orange was similar but slightly milder. The Santa Domingo is an unusal combination of green olive, licorice, currants, and apricot. Those flavors actually stood to the side a bit to present the chocolate at center stage. The Espresso worked well with a slightly salted caramel. The Habeñero had a little bite to it, while the Honey was of course sweet. Throughout the pieces, distinct chocolate flavors were presented well.
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Let’s be honest, all chocolate is good, but the true artisans make chocolate that transcends good---taking us into the realm of speechless. The chocolates featured in this story were tasted, debated over, and tasted again. If they delivered on impact, richness and the element of surprise, they made the cut. One final note, almost every chocolatier made a spicy chocolate offering—and only one, Chuao, pulled it off in a delicate, surprising (not punishing) way. Heat in a chocolate truffle can border on cruel sometimes. It was also nice to see that bacon and chocolate have parted ways--as we did not receive any pork-inspired truffles this year. Otherwise, it was a very nice showing. Happy indulging.
My husband Evan got me a subscription to your gourmet chocolate of the month club as a gift. It was one of the best gifts I've ever gotten - our whole family looks forward to each month's new arrival of chocolates. We share the pieces, savoring every bite. Each one is better than the last! Our 2 year old son Calder gets so excited whenever he sees the beautiful packaging, he loves to keep the "presents" even long after the chocolates have been devoured. Of course he is even more excited by the "special treats" inside. Thank you for bringing so much joy into our home each month!
Owned by Mondelez international, Cadbury (formerly known as Cadbury’s) is a multinational British confectionary and the second largest confectionary brand in the world after Wrigley’s. Headquartered in Uxbridge, West London, the brand operates in 50 countries around the world and is famous for their Dairy Milk, Creme Egg and Roses selection boxes. The company is the countries most successful exports since 1824.
Love love love these chocolates. We get them pretty regularly, and also purchase them as gifts for others. Great assortment or delicious chocolates. I love that amazon now includes ice packs when the weather is warm to protect them. I think it's weird that one day the price will be under 10 and the next day it might be over 18. We don't pay more than 10 for this bag, and not sure if it's a mistake or not, but just thought I'd throw it out there. It's a good deal when under 10.
We cut the chocolates into quarters so that more than one person could taste all of the offerings while also trying to avoid palate fatigue. While this may sound like a silly problem, it can be quite frustrating when your taste buds become overstimulated mid-tasting and fail you. To try to limit this, Saltines and club soda were set out to help tasters pace themselves.


It features a highly complex design signature of the watchmaker and a smaller but moving replica of Bugatti’s record-breaking 16-cylinder engine inside.
In yet another spectacular case of timepieces birthed from the collision of the worlds of horology and automaking, Jacob & Co. and Bugatti have unveiled a limited-edition Bugatti Chiron Tourbillon watch that pays homage to the hypercar it is named after.
The masterpiece is the result of an agreement signed by the two unconventional luxury brands last year to create timepieces that honour the power and performance of both. And that it does, with a highly complex design signature of the watchmaker that features a smaller but moving replica of Bugatti’s 16-cylinder engine inside.
Emulating the 8.0-litre, quad-turbocharged engine that outputs a monstrous 1,479 hp, the tourbillon’s “engine” is painstakingly made out of 578 hand-assembled parts. It serves as the manual winding movement of the watch and comes complete with crankshaft, pistons and miniature turbocharges that can be ‘activated’ via an actuator at the side of the case. According to Jacob & Co, the crankshaft is s one of the smallest and most complex parts to make in the watchmaking industry.
Besides the engine, the timepiece takes after the colours and design cues from the carbon fiber bodywork of the hypercar. Launching at 54mm x 44m, the sizeable black titanium case is made with sapphire crystal to provide greater visibility of the movement encased within.
One of its sides is crafted with Bugatti’s signature horseshoe grille, while another features smooth lines that mirrors the Chiron’s. At the bottom of the case lies the crowns for setting the time and winding the movement, offering 60 hours of power reserve.
The twin triple-axis tourbillon movement is suspended at four corners by blue shocks that resemble car shocks. This patented design allows the JCAM37 to move up and down as its wearer moves, with an Incabloc shock protection system keeping it secure.
Completing the watch’s intricate design is the EB (Bugatti) logo on the engine compartment, and the Jacob & Co. logo on the flying tourbillon.
What will this mind-blowing masterpiece cost fans of both or either marque? A whopping US$280,000 – but hey, that’s only a fraction of the US$3 million Bugatti Chiron, right?
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As hybrid cars go, the S400 had some pretty good pep with 295 horsepower, but it was clearly underpowered compared to the rest of the S-class line up. The next one up is a V8 with 382 horses, a significant increase.
Now you can do a lot with 295 horsepower, even if it is moving a very heavy and solid car. There was some lag when I put the hammer down, but it did get up to speed pretty quickly. The spec sheet cites 7.2 seconds to go from 0 to 60 Mph. I didn’t test that, but merging onto freeways was accomplished easily and safely. Once there, the S400 floated effortlessly at high speeds, cruising the highways with the panache that few cars can offer.
As a comparison of luxury hybrids, the Lexus LS Hybrid offers a much more hefty 438 horsepower to play with, although it results in a highway MPG of only 22, compared to the S400 26. I guess you can pick how green you want to be.
The S400 provides a very stable ride, with good lateral resistance in turns. It is clearly not a sports car and it should not be expected to be driven like one. The S400 is almost in the class of car where the owner might as easily be riding in the rear as behind the steering wheel. When cornering, the heft of the car is noticeable, but easily manageable.
The suspension has both regular and sport settings, which make a detectable difference in the road feel. However, even the sport setting provides for a very comfortable ride with bumps and potholes suitably suppressed. It just lets you know there was a bump. On the regular setting, there is only the hint of a bump. As you would expect from a car company known for its focus on safety, the brakes were more than sufficient to bring this baby to a stop.
I have always found the Mercedes designers to be some of the best in the business, combining gracefulness and power into a form that still screams advanced technology. The S400 is no different. The sloping, sleek lines speak to the elegant aerodynamics, while the angled headlights offer a hint of aggressiveness. There is no question this is a premium luxury vehicle that pushes the technology envelope.
The S400 Hybrid delivers on the promise of supremely elegant luxury, with a slight compromise of some power to achieve better gas mileage. It owns the highways, cruising along them with strength and confidence. If a short coming exists for this car, it lies in the overwhelming capabilities the S-class offers. The car is so loaded with cutting edge technology that most of it will be underutilized. It will take months for owners to understand how to operate the nifty features and capabilities of such a highly advanced car. And the COMAND controller could still use some improvements to further simplify operation.
However, it is hard to fault a car for having too many good features. Perhaps it is a bit of sour grapes on my part for not having more time with such a wonderful car to test them all fully. Over time, owners will have the opportunity to appreciate their cars even more, as they discover what all it can do.
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Last spring I competed for—and won—an executive position in the arts. When I found out, I was thrilled because, let’s be honest, the industry is predominantly cis, white, and male, and I was all for infusing new approaches and ideas into the role. After only a few weeks, my staff and I found out about some fraudulent and unethical practices of said organization, and we removed ourselves from the equation. We were gone before we even got started. And that’s what really dug into me: we were gone before we even got started. I was gutted that I was forced to choose between holding down what would have been a dream job, and my own values around transparency, support, and care.
Tails: I chose to stick with my values.
As women of colour artists, organizers, and mentors, we already have to carry so much weight. We already have to bear the brunt of being placed on stage and being expected to answer racist, sexist, or just plain ignorant and inappropriate questions. And then we are expected to rush to repair the damage and sift through the rubble. I am a fixer, a communicator, and a builder by nature, but I refused to be placed in an unsupportive position with zero tools. I refused to be placed on a glass cliff with no other option but to take that tragic fall while watching the faces of those who put me there stand strong at the top, smiling, waiting for me to hit the ground.
Although my decision to be transparent about my reasons for not taking on the role last year was something I needed to do ethically, I still played a game of heads or tails in my mind:
[coin flips in the air]
Heads: Young women of colour writers need to see themselves in these positions, maybe I should stay?
Tails: Do I really want to invest years of my time fixing the mistakes of someone who was not concerned about who would be left to pick up the pieces?
[Interference, coin hit the table, it doesn’t count]
Is this the role I should be in when I could be doing so much more to help artists?
Tails: How can I best use my skills to help prepare artists, organizations, publishers, and alike to better work together?
That last question was the one that repeated on loop.
It was from this glass cliff experience that I began to recognize that not all organizations operated from a place of love, respect, intention, and transparency—there’s work to do. I knew this. Some organizations skip over communication and care. I’ve felt this. It’s ok to make mistakes, (I know I have), but at what point do we as organizers say “Ok, I think I need help with this area in particular” and then ask for it? How can we do better? Do we want do better? Even though it’s fairly obvious that the work, effort, time, and energy that women of colour artists put into the industry is valuable and vital, I want to see women of colour insert themselves into the publishing industry with ease, support, and care. I really do not think that is asking a lot. In turn, I want to be able to offer support, and fully immerse myself in the notion of care and mentorship. I had to write myself into the narrative throughout my career in the literary arts because I believed that in order for me to work at the best of my ability and to my full capacity, that I would indeed have to either break the template, or write my own. I knew I didn’t fit into the current ones, and I was not expecting anyone to build one for me.
One morning late last year while in the shower (there’s something about water that brings about deep thinking, I swear) I started to reflect on a recent event. As a slow processor, I knew that these reflections can often show themselves days after an event. Standing under the warm water, those late-to-show-themselves-gut-feelings started to form:
Tails: There’s something not sitting right here.
With this particular reflection I noticed that something was sitting crooked in my gut causing me to question myself yet again. How should I have answered that question? Should I have looked to the moderator for help? What was it that really bothered me? Was it the question? Was it the fact that no one chimed in? Or was it the fact that I felt like a deer in the headlights trying to get out of the way of a fast approaching SUV ready to plow me down? I think, sadly, it was the last one. Being put on the spot to explain to someone—why your work deserves space and to have to defend why your work is not just a “trend” is something no writer should have to do.
Heads: Maybe I misunderstood?
I am used to speaking to not-so-diverse audiences (with the exception of a few events that I curated on being Black in Vancouver). But I think if we are bringing marginalized folks into these spaces knowing the audience demographics and with the knowledge that BIPOC writers have experienced unease at events, then we need to do the work to prepare authors as much as possible and event organizers need to have some sort of guidelines or best practices for audience members … I always say when in doubt, ask about craft!
Still in the shower, I thought again about that glass cliff executive position. And then it hit me: Why can’t I focus solely on building an organization that delivers care to artists and organizations? And that’s exactly what I did. That same day I began to build my own template for Breathing Space Creative, an author care consulting firm. Almost a year later, it’s slowly coming to life and I could not be more thrilled, and it could not have bloomed at a more crucial time. When I shared the idea with a few trusted colleagues and writers, the response was beyond positive. Author care has nothing to do with fancy hotel rooms or tote bags, it’s about having someone’s back.
I shut the water off, and as the last beads of water splashed my face, I felt as though I finally had a bit more hope. And yes, the thought has often crossed my mind to stop writing, teaching, and organizing or to go back to a “nine to five” but it’s usually at that point where I begin to feel the pull towards doing the work I was meant to do, by any means necessary. Throughout my life I’ve had things ripped from my strong grip time and time again. I’ve watched my fellow writers hang their heads from exhaustion thinking that there is no space for them or that when there is space, they don’t fit. That doesn’t sit right with me. It sits crooked in my gut. I am not ready to give up. I don’t want new artists entering this industry only to be gone before they even get started. We need to build resilience and I don’t know about you but I think we have to do this through truth, transparency and care. There’s something to be said about carrying around the reassurance that someone is watching out for you. Sometimes just hearing the words “I have your back” is enough to help you stand for just a bit longer.
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Chelene Knight is the author of the poetry collection Braided Skin and the memoir Dear Current Occupant, winner of the 2018 Vancouver Book Award. Her essays have appeared in multiple Canadian and American literary journals, plus the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star. Her work is anthologized in Making Room, Love Me True, Sustenance, The Summer Book, and Black Writers Matter.
The Toronto Star called Knight, “one of the storytellers we need most right now.” In addition to her work as a writer, Knight is managing editor at Room, programming director for the Growing Room Festival, and CEO of #LearnWritingEssentials. She often gives talks about home, belonging and belief, inclusivity, and community building through authentic storytelling.
Knight is currently working on Junie, a novel set in Vancouver’s Hogan’s Alley, forthcoming in 2020.

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One of my favorite sayings, since I often work with found objects, is Michael Chabon’s “...striking out toward the sublime in a vessel constructed of the commonplace, the neglected, the despised.”
We Partners agreed to make work from natural materials for this exhibit. In using unfamiliar tools and materials we challenge ourselves to venture where we might not otherwise go, and maybe discover new worlds of possible expression. And it was fun.
Scroll down to see photos of some of the materials we used, and brief accounts of the artists’ process. — Miriam Davis
Plants for Water was done by printing papyrus and equisetum stems directly on the Yupo after dipping them in paint, then adding more paint and spraying with water. A frosting of gesso was added around the edges.
I used ground charred wood, turmeric, mashed blueberries applied to rice paper with sticks and feathers. Originally I had this idea to get sparrows to walk through the blueberries and leave tracks on the paper. Even after several attempts with different arrangements they outfoxed me totally and managed to gorge on the goodies without leaving a single footprint. I found that I could achieve this gritty debris of color and wash by applying ground powders made with feathers and sticks on dampened rice paper.
It was a big jolt to realize how much I depend on erasers to change charcoal and pastel. You can’t erase lines drawn in ink with a stick, so when I didn’t like what I drew, I had to live with it or cover it up like a bad tattoo. Definitely a challenge! This pix is a close up of a shape that wasn’t what I was trying for. Was it a phone, a heart, a ufo? I will have to dip my stick back in the ink and deal with it. The drawing is called Here Comes Trouble, and that seems appropriate.
I gathered a lot of natural materials, way more than I wound up using, including variegated flax leaves, pine needles, raffia, dried flower stems, tree bark, and succulents. Some I cut up and secured on the painting; some I used to distribute or make marks with acrylic paint. Had a great time, and the process sparked interest in pursuing this exploration in alternative paint application and natural materials.
For my image Follow the Water, I used water as my tool, adding black ink to follow its flow on a piece of clear acetate. By holding it in both hands, I twisted and turned it, allowing the ink to find its paths and patterns. This acetate was then exposed to a solarplate using the sun, my other handy tool. I then printed the plate using soy-based printing ink (kind of natural).
My materials for Fragile Earth I and Fragile Earth II were wasp nest, manzanita bark, dried seeds and weeds, moth (pre-deceased), powdered silver, fool’s gold, coffee and beeswax.
My son-in-law Ben and my grandchild Ada White and I collected mushrooms with gills that produce spores. We placed them on handmade paper and waited 24-48 hours until the spores dropped from the mushrooms to the paper. We have embellished the mushroom prints with mixed media paint and pastels.

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The Penguins won their fifth straight game, a streak that has moved them into solid playoff contention. Pittsburgh struggled throughout the early portion of the season after playing in the Stanley Cup Finals last year.
The game was scoreless late in the second period when Radek Dvorak scored on a wrist shot for Florida
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Pittsburgh pulled away with three goals in the third period. Kennedy scored the game-winner 2:24 into the stanza and then delivered the final goal with 4:26 to play, boosting his total for the year to 11.
Marc-Andre Fleury got the win with 31 saves.
Tomas Vokoun stopped 43 shots for the Panthers.

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Bank of Montreal’s BMO Harris Bank is one of the companies being sued in class-action lawsuits by consumers in Maryland and Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs are accusing the banks of colluding with payday lenders.
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The Justice Department and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. are encouraging banks not to allow online payday lenders to use this electronic system. Online lenders usually require that borrowers authorize the lender to take direct debits from their bank accounts to repay the loans. The complaints note that some of the interest rates on these loans can top 500 percent, while at least 13 states have banned payday loans or capped their interest rates.
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A traffic stop in St. Paul’s Eastern District led to the seizure of a loaded firearm and multiple arrests.
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There were 31 homicides in St. Paul in 2019, the city's highest level since the mid-1990s.


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I have listened with a certain degree of sad amusement to all the political and media hoopla about "what went wrong" with the Hurricane Katrina disaster response. Fingers are pointed in every direction, resignations have occurred, and shrill voices demand explanations and investigations.The truth of the matter is that the Hurricane Katrina disaster was very much a textbook case. Though unprecedented in scale, what happened on the Gulf Coast was essentially the same thing that has happened time and time again in other disasters, and what will undoubtedly happen again. The government response was quite predictable in its timing and scope, as were the actions of those involved in the disaster and the reactions of those not involved.There were lessons to be learned from Hurricane Katrina.
Unfortunately, it is already clear that they were not learned. New Orleans will be rebuilt, but not in a way that makes its inhabitants significantly safer or less vulnerable to the next hurricane that comes along. There will be token improvements in infrastructure and token changes in emergency management teams, but in the end little will be accomplished. Old faulty plans will be replaced by new faulty plans, hard issues will be ignored, bold decisions will be forgotten, and life will quickly return to naive normality.What We Didn't Learn.
1. Government response will always be slow.Local government officials and public servants such as doctors, firefighters and police officers are victims too.
The minute a major disaster hits, all local emergency plans are forgotten. Just like you, local officials will go check on their homes and families before worrying about anyone else's needs. Many of them will be injured or stranded. Their phones won't work, and they can't get to the office any easier than you can.
Local civil servants who are themselves suffering from lack of food, shelter and clean water are not going to be of much use to anyone.The first substantial aid is going to have to come from regions outside the disaster area, and it is going to take three to seven days to arrive. When it does arrive it will be poorly coordinated due to lack of communication and authority squabbles between local and outside officials.
Only families, neighborhood organizations and local religious congregations can provide social structure and quick assistance in the first few critical days, and they can only do so if they are prepared.2. A significant portion of the populace will never evacuate.
No matter how severe the impending disaster or how much advance notice there is, many people will neither leave their homes nor make sufficient preparation. Some, out of a twisted sense of immortality, will attempt to ride out the storm. Others, often the very rich and the very poor, will cling to their homes and possessions with the tenacity of the proverbial monkey in the trap.
Others with a sense of criminal opportunism will stay with the intent of looting or doing mischief. Some will be truly unable to leave due to their circumstances. And some will simply procrastinate until it is too late.Regardless of motivation, it is a safe bet that at least ten percent of the populace will not cooperate with authorities in any evacuation or preparedness effort. These are the same people who will sustain most of the casualties, require most of the rescue efforts, and need the most help as rebuilding begins. Those individuals who are prepared and who heed advance warnings are those who will survive and prosper.
3. People will build in dangerous areas regardless of risk or past history.Most of New Orleans is below sea level, protected from inundation only by a series of levees. And the city is gradually sinking. The city has been flooded before, and it will undoubtedly flood again. Yet people continue to build low buildings on low ground.
The memory of Katrina will remain fresh for a time, and some will be careful. But it will not be long before people forget the power of the wind and the sea, and begin again to build unsafe buildings in unsafe areas, with no plan for escape. Only those who remember and learn from the past will avoid the next calamity.A Word to the Wise.We live in a time when disasters, both natural and manmade, are becoming more and more frequent. The voice of sacred prophecy warns us that the trend will continue.
It is neither safe nor prudent to assume that disaster always strikes somewhere else, or that once it has struck, it will not hit the same place again. Everyone needs to learn and practice the principles of preparedness, self-reliance and provident living. Only by so doing can we live without fear in these turbulent times.
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Published 1:26 pm Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Will Daniel’s job allows him to work outside, doing what he loves, according to a press release from Southside Virginia Community College (SVCC).
“Growing up on a farm in Lunenburg County, Daniel liked the land, growing plants, raising animals and being outside in any weather. Thanks to an associate’s degree in agribusiness from (SVCC), he is able to do what he loves and love what he does as a farm supervisor for the Virginia Department of Corrections.”
“His job takes him to farms at correctional facilities in Nottoway, Lunenburg, Halifax and Dinwiddie,” officials said in the release. “He teaches farming to offenders who make up the maanpower to harvaest and tend to the stock of beef cattle. There are greenhouses, an orchard, goats, cattle and gardens. The produce is sent to a Corrections Farmer’s Market and sold. Offenders also learn to grade and cull the produce and some items are consumed at the facilities.”
“I grew up on a farm and I love outdoors and animals. This way, I can do this for my job with benefits,” he said.
Studying agribusiness at SVCC broadened his horizons, Daniel said. “He notes that he discovered a better understanding for growing crops, the business of farming and making a career out of what he learned. He added that farming has so many more levels than just growing vegetables, but notes the coursework for the degree fills in the blanks,” officials said in the release.
“Will’s farm supervisor job encompasses aspects of the entire agribusiness program — not juast about the animals and plants, but managing people, making budgets and forecasts, too,” said Tom Scales, SVCC associate professor of economics, business and agribusiness.
Most people, when they hear “agriculture,” think about farming, officials said. “Farming is at the heart of the agribusiness industry, but the farmers who actually produce food and fiber products for the United States make up only 2 percent of the population. Agribusiness, on the other hand, is the No. 1 industry in the U.S. and employs nearly 20 percent of the population.”
“Agribusiness includes, not only farm production, but also the many businesses and organizations that support and provide inputs to farmers. This input supply sector includes the businesses that provide seed, fertilizer, chemicals, feed, fencing, equipment and other inputs to farmers.”

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