Sistine Stallone steals the display at Midnight In The Switchgrass premiere after Megan Fox cancels
She’s decided to make it in Hollywood identical to her well-known father.
And on Monday night time in LA, Sistine Stallone stole the display as she walked the purple carpet at a premiere for the film Midnight within the Switchgrass.
Sistine, 23, confirmed off her lengthy legs in a silky inexperienced mini get dressed and adorned gold sandal heels.
Big night time: Sylvester Stallone’s daughter Sistine stole the display along with her leggy take a look at the LA premiere for Midnight In The Switchgrass on Monday night time
She used to be in a position to bask within the highlight because the movie’s stars Bruce Willis and Megan Fox have been each absent from the development.
Fox have been because of attend however canceled on the final minute mentioning fears in regards to the emerging collection of COVOD-19 circumstances in Los Angeles pushed by means of the Delta variant.
A rep for the Lionsgate film mentioned in a remark: ‘Due to the new California masks mandate and upward thrust of Covid circumstances, Megan Fox will not be attending the premiere this night. We recognize your working out.’
Interest within the movie has been heightened because of the romance that sparked between Fox and Machine Gun Kelly at the Puerto Rican set in early 2020.
The solid additionally comprisesEmile Hirsch, Lukas Haas, Caitlin Carmichael and Olive Abercrombie.
Looking just right: Sistine, 23, posed up a hurricane in a silky inexperienced mini get dressed cinched on the waist with a gold hyperlink belt. She wore adorned gold sandal heels and carried a gold take hold of handbag
Good genes: She left her lengthy hair free and accessorized with a necklace and earrings
Siblings: Sistine had toughen at the purple carpet from her sisters Scarlet, 19, and Sophia, 24
Celebrity offspring: he trio are the daughters of Sylvester Stallone, 75, and his 3rd spouse Jennifer Flavin, 52, who married in 1997
Sistine had toughen at the purple carpet from her sisters Sophia, 24, and Scarlet, 19.
The trio are the daughters of Sylvester Stallone, 75, and his 3rd spouse Jennifer Flavin, 52, who married in 1997.
Sistine made her giant display screen debut within the 2019 shark horror film47 Meters Down: Uncaged.
MIA: Absent from the premiere have been the movie’s stars Bruce Willis and Megan Fox. Fox have been because of attend however canceled on the final minute mentioning fears in regards to the emerging collection of COVOD-19 circumstances in Los Angeles pushed by means of the Delta variant
Co-stars: Sistine posed for footage with co-star Emile Hirsch who did display up for the purple carpet match
Relaxed: Hirsch, 36, used to be informal in a t-shirt and denims with a light-weight black zipper jacket
Eye-catching: Caitlyn Carmichael, 17, has a task within the film and pulled out the entire stops in a colourful patterned romper and heels
Red carpet second: Caitlin posed with fellow kid actress Olive Abercrombie, 10, who may be within the supporting solid
On pattern: Actress Lydia Hull, 35, paired a black halter best and thin pants with remark glossy silver sneakers
The premiere introduced out a string of truth stars who have been there to toughen the movie’s director Randall Emmett, who’s engaged to Vanderpump Rules castmember Lala Kent.
Emmett, a manufacturer who makes his characteristic directorial debut with Midnight In The Switchgrass, and Kent welcomed a kid in combination in March.
On the visitor checklist have been Kent’s on display screen friends Scheana Shay and Brock Davies, Beau Clark and Stassi Schroeder. Jax Taylor, Katie Maloney & Tom Schwartz, Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix, and James Kennedy.
Helmer: Midnight In The Switchgrass marks the directorial debut of manufacturer Randall Emmett, 50, who arrived with truth TV big name female friend Lala Kent, 30, on his arm
Curves: Kent showcased her determine in a skintight black sequin mini get dressed with lengthy sleeves and padded shoulders. She added black heels and wore her lengthy blonde hair free
Flashed pores and skin: Vanderpump Rules castmember Scheana Shay, 36, wore an excessively revealing outfit as she posed with boyfriend Brock Davies
Couples: Stassi Schroeder, 33, and boyfriend Beau Clark additionally got here out to turn toughen as did her Vanderpump Rules castmate Brittany Cartwright, 32, and husband Jax Taylor
Date night time: Vanderpump Rules’ Kristen Doute used to be additionally readily available, dressed in a lovely llong-sleeve floral print get dressed
Reality TV big name: James Kennedy, 29, selected an eclectic ensemble of black t-shirt and thin tartan trousers in conjunction with a cream blazer and black bovver boots
The movie is in response to the actual tale of Texas’ most deadly serial killer with the dramatization translocated to Florida.
FBI agent Karl Helter (Bruce Willis) and his spouse Rebecca Lombardi (Megan Fox) are very as regards to busting a sex-trafficking ring. When they notice their investigation has crossed the trail of a brutal serial killer, they group up with Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent Byron Crawford who has years in this case.
When Rebecca herself is kidnapped by means of their goal and her lifestyles hangs within the stability, Byron has treasured few hours to piece in combination the final clues and put an finish to the notorious ‘Truck Stop Killer.’
Midnight In The Switchgrass will hit theaters this Friday, July 23.
Together: The movie’s solid and director posed for a gaggle photograph forward of the screening


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Thommankuthu (Malayalam : തൊമ്മന്കുത്ത്) is a waterfall located in Thodupuzha Thaluk in Idukki District of the southern state of Kerala, India. It is popular tourist spot in the state and one the major centres of eco-tourism in Kerala. It situated in the southern part of Western Ghats mountain range.Thomankoothu waterfalls is not a single waterfall but a series of 12 falls over a distance of 5km.
Thommankuthu is located 18 km from Thodupuzha. Nearest towns are Karimannor and Vannappuram and Udumbannoor which are nearly 10 km from Thommankuthu.
Thommankuthu waterfall is a seven - step waterfall located in forest. A trek of 12 km through the forests is possible.
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Thodupuzha (തൊടുപുഴ) is a municipality in Idukki district in the Kerala state of India, spread over an area of 35.43 km2. Thodupuzha is 57 km (35 mi) from Kottayam and 62 km (39 mi) south east of Kochi. Thodupuzha is 200 km from the state capital, Trivandrum. Geographical classification of Thodupuzha Region is Malanad or Idanad.
Idukki is one of the 14 districts of Kerala state, India, created on 26 January 1972 bifurcating Kottayam District. At that time, the district headquarters was at Kottayam. In June 1976 it was moved to Painavu. Idukki lies in the Western Ghats of Kerala. Idukki is the second largest district in area but has the lowest population density. Idukki has a vast forest reserve area; more than a half of the district is covered by forests. The urban areas are densely populated whereas villages are sparsely populated. Idukki is also known as the spice garden of Kerala.
Thekkady is a town near Periyar National Park, an important tourist attraction in the Kerala state of India.
Thenmala is a town of tourist attraction near Punalur town, Kollam district in Kerala, India.
The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Kothamangalam is an East Syriac Catholic eparchy in India, under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. It was established by Pope Pius XII in 1957. Mar Mathew Pothanamuzhy was the first bishop of the eparchy. Mar George Punnakottil served as the bishop until 10 January 2013, when his resignation was accepted by the synod. He was succeeded by Mar George Madathikandathil.
Karimannoor is a panchayat, earlier it was a Legislative Constitutancy, belonging to Thodupuzha Thaluk in Idukki District, Kerala, India. The main occupation of the population is Agriculture, predominantly of natural rubber. Demographically people belonging to Christian, Hindu and Muslim religions live harmoniously in this beautiful piece of land in God's very Own Country. The predominant community here is the Syro-Malabar Catholic Christians.
Thodupuzha River has its origins in the Thodupuzha Taluk in the Idukki district of Kerala, India, and is a tributary of the Muvattupuzha river. The river is one of the few in the state that does not become dry in the summer as the outflow from the Idukki hydro-electric project is drained into this river via Kanjar river. The town Thodupuzha is on the banks of this river, hence it got the name Thodupuzha.
Kulathupuzha is a village in the eastern part of Kollam district of Kerala state, India. This town is situated on the Kollam – Shenkottai National Highway road. Kulathupuzha is 63 km away from Thiruvananthapuram and 58 km away from Kollam. Thenmala eco tourism is just 9 km away. It is one of the most modern dairy farms situated in Kulathupuzha i.e. indo Swiss project.
Lakkom Water Falls, also known as Lakkam Waterfalls, is a tourist attraction located near Marayoor in the Idukki district of Kerala. These falls are part of the Eravikulam stream, which is a part of Eravikulam National Park and is one of the major tributaries of the Pambar River.
Manathoor is a small village in Kottayam district, aside Pala - Thodupuzha Highway, 12 km from Palai town and 15 km from Thodupuzha town.
Illikkal Kallu is a monolith located on top of the Illickal Malaa in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. Situated at around 6000 feet above sea level, Illickal Kallu is a major tourist attraction in Moonnilavu and Thalanadu village of Meenachil taluk. Only one half of the original rock remains, as the other half of the rock has fallen off. The nearest town is Teekoy. Numerous mountain streams originate from this peak and flow down to form the Meenachil River. Tourists must trek <1 km to reach the summit of the peak.
State Highway 43 is a State Highway in Kerala, India that starts in Muvattupuzha and ends in Theni Town. The highway is 105 km long. The Route Starts from Chali Bridge at Muvattupuzha Connecting to NH 49 towards Kothamangalam.
Moolamattom is the headquarters of Arakulam Panchayath in Thodupuzha Taluk, Idukki district in Kerala, India. It lies 22 km from Thodupuzha, on the banks of the Thodupuzha River. A lot of south Indian language movies are filmed here. It is also the site of the Moolamattom Power Station, the biggest underground Hydro-electric power station in India.
Ilaveezhapoonchira is a tourist destination located in Melukavu village in Kottayam district near Kanjar. Ilaveezha Poonchira is surrounded by three enchanting hillocks - Mankunnu, Kodayathoormala and Thonippara. This makes the place ideal for trekking.
Muttom is a rural area in Idukki district in the Indian state of Kerala. This place is 66 km away from Cochin. Geographically this place is part of Midland or Idanad region of Kerala. Hindus, Christians and Muslims are living peacefully in the area.
Meenuliyan Para or Meenulinjan para is a mountain peak situated near Thodupuzha in Idukki district, in the Indian state of Kerala. 'Para' in Malayalam language means a rock. Meenuliyan para is noted for a huge rock that rises more than 4000 feet and has about two acres of evergreen forest on top of it. The rock itself covers an area more than 500 acres. The surface of this huge rock mountain looks like fish scales and hence the mountain gets the name ‘ Meenuliyan Para’. The lofty peaks of the Meenuliyan para are covered in mist on rainy days but on a fine day the lower Periyar area, Bhoothathankettu and even Ernakulam are visible from these heights. Meenuliyan para is located 47 km from Muvattupuzha and 51 km from Thodupuzha. Meenuliyan para can be reached only by a pedestrian path for about 3 km from Pattayakkudy, in Vannappuram Panchayath in Idukki district. Cochin Port and parts of Thrissur district can also be seen from top of the Meenuliyan para.
Malankara dam is a gravity dam constructed across Muvattupuzha river for irrigation purposes. The dam is constructed to make use of the tail water from the Moolamattom power house. The project is run under the Muvattupuzha Valley Irrigation Project and KSEB. The artificial lake covers an area of around 11 square km.
Sree Krishna Swami Temple is a Hindu temple situated at the heart of Thodupuzha town in Idukki district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is located on the banks of Thodupuzhayar, a tributary of river Muvattupuzha. Lord Krishna presides there in the form of Navaneetha Krishna who holds butter in his right pam. The tantric rights of the temple is held by the Aramallur Kavanattu Mana. The Poojas are conducted by two mutts named as 'Padinjare mutt' and 'Thuruthel mutt'.
Sree Subramanya Swami Temple, also known by the name 'Malayala Palani', is located in Olamattom near Thodupuzha in Idukki district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is situated at a height of 500 ft (150 m) above mean sea level. Lord Muruga presides there in the form 'Bala Subramanya'.
Thodupuzha State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Idukki Lok Sabha constituency.
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Our first ever exhibition in Australia will open on Saturday 15th March at the Western Australia Museum in Perth. Mechanics Alive!! is being shown as part of the UNIMA 2008 World Puppetry Festival to be held in Perth 2nd to 12th April – so plenty of reasons (apart from fantastic weather) to make a trip […]
Our Mechanics Alive!! exhibition is making a brief appearance (for two school weeks) at Oakham School Smallbone Library Foyer, in Rutland, Leceistershire, before heading off on tour to Australia for a year.
Opening on Saturday 23rd February at the spectacular phaeno Science Centre in Wolfsburg, Germany, this exhibition promises to be one of the best kinetic sculpture exhibitions in recent years.
The Falmouth Art Gallery are celebrating the 80th Birthday (a few years early!) of ‘the father of the Falmouth automata makers’ Peter Markey. The exhibition ‘Markey and Friends’, will also feature the paintings of Peter’s son and artist Danny, as well as plenty of automata from Peter. Opens 22nd September 2007. Peter’s ‘Kissing Couple’ paper […]
Now on the last leg of it’s Far East tour, our Mechanics Alive!! exhibition was officially opened by Her Royal Highness Princess Siriwanwaree Nareeratana of Thailand on July 26th at the Thailand Creative and Design Center in Bangkok. The Princess was enthralled by the exhibits, and also tried out the designing automata kit in the […]

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Philip Carr-Gomm was born in London, raised in Notting Hill Gate, and educated at Westminster School and University College London. He is the nephew of Richard Carr-Gomm.
He met his first spiritual teacher, Ross Nichols, the founder of The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, when he was 11. He began studying with him when a teenager, and joined the Order when he was 18. He studied meditation with Olivia Robertson in Ireland, who later founded the Fellowship of Isis, and in his twenties he founded The Esoteric Society in London, which organised journeys for members to Bulgaria and Egypt, and hosted talks by well-known authors such as Gareth Knight, W. E. Butler, and Arthur Guirdham.
In 1975 his Druid teacher died, and he followed a Bulgarian teacher, Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov for seven years, giving talks on his teachings and helping with the translation and publishing of his books into English. He also travelled to Bulgaria and studied the work of Aivanhov’s teacher, Peter Deunov, visiting Sofia annually for fourteen years, teaching Deunov’s Paneurhythmy dance in England and at Findhorn in Scotland. In his thirties he turned to a study of psychology, taking a BSc degree at University College London and Jungian analysis, with plans to become an analyst. On discovering Psychosynthesis, he trained instead as a therapist at the Institute of Psychosynthesis in London and began a private practice.
In 1988 he was asked to lead the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. He organised the Order’s teachings into a distance-learning course, and edited his teacher’s book with John Matthews . Since that time, the Order has grown to become the largest Druid teaching order in the world, with Professor of History Ronald Hutton writing that 'the OBOD correspondence course arguably represents one of the major documents of British spirituality from the late twentieth century'..
Special Times: Listening to Children, with Dr. Rachel Pinney and Meg Robinson, The Children’s Hours Trust 1985.
When the Flame and the Rose are One: Etchings by Liuben Dimanov with excerpts from letters by Rainer Maria Rilke edited and introduced by Philip Carr-Gomm. (Privately published 1986, Limited edition of 100 copies, each with twenty lithographs signed by the artist).
The Elements of the Druid Tradition, Element Books 1991.
The Druid Way, Element Books 1993, Thoth Publications 2006.
The Druid Animal Oracle, with Stephanie Carr-Gomm, Simon & Schuster, Fireside Books, USA and Australia 1994. Connections Publishing UK 1996.
The Druid Renaissance ed. Thorsons, HarperCollins, 1996. [Re-issued as The Rebirth of Druidry — Ancient Earth Wisdom for Today, 2003]
La Force des Celtes: L’Heritage Druidique ... Entretiens avec Philip Carr-Gomm, Paco Rabanne and Philip Carr-Gomm, Michel Lafon, Paris 1996.
In The Grove of the Druids: The Druid Teachings of Ross Nichols, Watkins Books, 2002.
Druidcraft: The Magic of Wicca & Druidry, Thorsons, HarperCollins, 2002.
Druid Mysteries: Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century, Rider,Random House, 2002.
The DruidCraft Tarot, with Stephanie Carr-Gomm, St.Martin’s Press, New York, 2004.
What do Druids Believe? Granta, 2005.
The Druid Plant Oracle, with Stephanie Carr-Gomm, St.Martin’s Press, New York, 2008.
Sacred Places: Sites of Spiritual Pilgrimage from Stonehenge to Santiago de Compostela, Quercus, 2008.
The Book of English Magic, with Richard Heygate, John Murray, 2009.
Journeys of the Soul: The Life and Legacy of a Druid Chief, Oak Tree Press, 2010.
A Brief History of Nakedness, Reaktion Books, 2010.

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So what's next, well, I'm thrilled to announce that July is Two-Step month. No, we're not going to be teaching dancing! We are however, going to revisit a stamping style that has absolutely gorgeous results. And great scope for creating mini works of art whether it be cards, gifts, packaging or lovely decorative items for your home. Did you know you can stamp on walls? Oh, I digress, lets get back to the Two-Step.
Here's the offer from Stampin' Up! Classes in the second half of July will have Two-Step Stampin' as their theme, so keep and eye out for the projects coming up.


text: A one-day international seminar titled “Emerging Trends in Drug Design and Development” was held at the Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB) on the 7th of October, 2015. The focal person of the event was Dr. Najam-us-Sahar Sadaf Zaidi, Assistant Professor and Head of Industrial Biotechnology Department at ASAB. Speakers included renowned scientists working in the field of biotechnology and medicinal chemistry. The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Sung-Yum Seo, Professor at the Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Kongju National University, Republic of Korea. In his talk on “Drug Development through Enzyme based, Cell based and Animal Studies”, Dr. Seo shared his experiences in the field from an international perspective. As an invited speaker, Dr. Zaman Ashraf, Assistant Professor at Allama Iqbal Open University and Post-Doc Fellow at the Kongju National University, Republic of Korea, delivered a presentation on the development of tyrosinase inhibitors. He shared his findings of the studies carried out in collaboration with Dr. Zaidi’s group at Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences focused on the design and development of new inhibitory strategies against mushroom tyrosinases. The speakers and audience lauded the efforts of the organizing committee for holding the event.

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Architecture Billings Index Shows Continued Growth for Design Industry
"September’s Architecture Billings Index (ABI) released today by the AIA reports another month of increased design activity," reports Caroline Massie. The September ABI is the fifth consecutive report that indicates growth in design work, considered an indicator for the construction industry.
AIA chief economist Kermit Baker is quoted in the story explaining which sectors are responsible for the growth: "Strong demand for apartment buildings and condominiums has been one of the main drivers in helping to keep the design and construction market afloat in recent years….There continues to be a healthy market for those types of design projects, but the recently resurgent Institutional sector is leading to broader growth for the entire construction industry."
The article goes on to break down billings by region and by sector (one sector conspicuously absent from the billings breakdown: single family homes, custom or subdivision).


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Audio: Ill Camille (@illcamille) – Let You Know
Okay… So How ill is this? Camille is the girl right in front with the pink dress and I’m the dude right behind her with the black hat, slightly sideways like a douche bag. Cam and I went to middle school and high school together. She’s always been super dope, but I guess she’s finally starting to take this rap thing more serious (as she should). This one is produced by DJ-Wes & Terrace Martin.
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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked that All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, be investigated over allegations of tax fraud, by the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to prove their integrity.
The party alleged that if the EFCC does not invite Tinubu for questioning over the alleged N160 billion tax fraud by a company linked to him, it will suggest that the EFCC is biased and expose the level of rot under the APC administration.
Through a statement by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party alleged that EFCC is fond of harassing political opponents of the Buhari administration, but would look away when a member of the ruling party is involved in any criminal activity.
“Nigerians can now see how the same Ibrahim Magu-led EFCC, which rushes to pounce on, arrest and lock up innocent Nigerians, particularly, perceived political opponents of President Buhari, without investigation, has practically gone frozen and toothless because a member of the APC cabal is involved.
“Does it not smack of hypocrisy that President Buhari, who boasted that he was going to jail more looters, has been looking the other way, while Presidency officials suppress investigations since whistle blowers alerted that Alpha Beta, a company linked with his party leader, Asiwaju Tinubu, allegedly swindled Nigerians to the tune of a whopping N160 billion in tax fraud?
“Is it not equally hypocritical that under the same President Buhari’s watch, where the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has threatened to block the bank accounts of tax evaders, a leader of his party had been dragged before the EFCC, yet Mr President is pretending to be unaware?
“If President Buhari is as clean as his handlers would want Nigerians to believe; if the Presidency is not complicit of corruption, the PDP challenges Mr. President to allow an investigation and prosecution of Alpha Beta, in an open court, just as his government has been harassing the members of the opposition, as well as perceived opponents.
“Nigerians can recall that when President Buhari declared that he will jail more looters, the PDP welcomed him and challenged him to start with looters in the APC and the Presidency and we insist that, in line with the promise President Buhari made to Nigerians, Alpha Beta should be charged accordingly.
“The PDP also insists that President Buhari cannot be approving the hounding of innocent opposition members or his perceived enemies on allegations of corruption while at the same time, always shielding and defending his party members openly accused and indicted for corruption, in addition to certificate forgers and national youth service corps deserters, holding top positions in his government,” the statement read in part.

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Violent robbers in Lagos targeting rich houses during the coronavirus lockdown have written a letter (above) to residents warning they’re on their way.
In the formal letter, the robbers – calling themselves the 100 Million Boys of Nigeria Surulere – threaten that residents should comply or risk death.
The chairman of the 100 Million Boys of Nigeria Surulere writes that residents should not warn the police, or else “it will be bloody for everyone”. The letter ends: “Just give us want we are coming for and we go in peace. Thanks in anticipation.”


If you are in crisis, and need immediate support or intervention, call, or go the website of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
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Trained crisis workers are available to talk 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Your confidential and toll-free call goes to the nearest crisis center in the Lifeline national network. These centers provide crisis counseling and mental health referrals. If the situation is potentially life-threatening, call 911 or go to a hospital emergency room.


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We had a fabulous time on World Book Day! Everyone across the school dressed up to celebrate their love of reading and books!
Each class recorded a special assembly about their class reading book, which were shared across the partnership! We all learned more about books that children our age are reading. There were some super recommendations and we have been inspired to choose a new class novel as a result.
Mrs Montague has kindly purchased a new book for every class across the partnership to read. Each class voted for a new book today from the 'Peters Books Top 100 Reads'. Some of our choices were inspired by our peers in the other partnership schools!
Every class themed their learning around their class reader for this half term and each door was decorated with the theme of the book to make an interactive school library!
Year R were all at sea with their Pirate themed books. The children created wanted posters for missing pirates, located all the missing gems using the treasure map, tea-stained paper to make their own treasure maps and role-played in the pirate ship.
Year 1 were immersed in their individual class books and became secret inventors, potion creators or dragon growers. Activities included writing instructions to make a lava lamp, reporting on the potion that turned Grandma into a giant chicken and designing dragon eggs.
Year 2 doors were inspired by the books of Rob Biddulph. Children became illustrators for the day and created a class book, complete with book cover, title and blurb.
Year 3 have been reading ‘The day I fell into a fairy tale’ by Ben Miller. They wrote their own alternative endings to their chosen fairy tale and then created art work to illustrate their new stories.
Year 4 and Year 5 chose to decorate their doors based on the individual books they are reading and enjoying in class currently. There were lots of wonderful and creative designs – take a look and see if you can name the book they are inspired by!
Year 6 have been reading ‘Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell. They transformed their doors into portals to the jungle, complete with ambient rainforest sounds!
Thank you to all students and staff across the school for your participation - we had a great day!

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- The Doll Test video.
- The Kerner Report, a landmark study of racism, inequality, and police violence that continues to hold important lessons today.
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander. Learn more..
- Apple Podcasts: Into America: The Essential Kerner Commission Report (31 minutes)
- American Police, an NPR Throughline podcast featuring Prof. Kahlil Gibran Mohammad detailing the historical development of policing in the US.
This video explains in less than 15 minutes the legislative actions that led to the practice of redlining and the horrific impact it had on the financial stability it had on Blacks and people of color.
We recommend watching this video in its entirety as it discusses not only redlining but establishes the link between financial stability, crime, discriminatory drug laws and prison sentencing, and bias in policing.
Susan E. Borrego, Chancellor of the University of Michigan-Flint, reflects on her life as an emancipated minor and dissects the emotionally charged conversation surrounding race relations in the United States. This raconteur uses her powerful first-person account of "White Privilege" and "Black Lives Matter" to underscore the responsibility each one of us has to bring about change.
Download the White Privilege study guide from the ELCA here.
A checklist to assess your White Privilege.
At the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in 2019, Rev. Elizabeth Eaton, ELCA Presiding Bishop and the ELCA Church Council formally delivered the introduction to, and a copy of, Explanation of the Declaration of the ELCA to People of African Descent. This document was accepted by Rev. Lamont Wells, President of the African Descent Lutheran Association. Watch video of the event.

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Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. Summarizes Ongoing 'Go-Shop' Process and Board Reaffirms Recommendation For Merger with Wonder Holdings Acquisition Corp.
Published: Jan 21, 2011
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. (Nasdaq: MTXX) ("Matrixx" or the "Company"), an over-the-counter healthcare company that develops and markets Zicam® products, today provided a summary of the ongoing "go-shop" process contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 14, 2010, by and among Matrixx, Wonder Holdings, Inc. ("Wonder") and Wonder Holdings Acquisition Corp. (the "Merger Agreement"). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Wonder commenced a tender offer to purchase for cash all of the outstanding shares of Matrixx common stock at a price of $8.00 per share. The tender offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Monday, January 31, 2011, unless extended in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement and applicable law.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the go-shop period is scheduled to run through 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on January 22, 2011 and is designed to maximize the price payable to the shareholders through a competitive bidding process. If, during the go-shop period, the Company receives an alternative acquisition proposal that it determines in good faith constitutes or could reasonably be expected to result in a Superior Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement), Matrixx may require Wonder to extend the tender offer period (through February 18, 2011) to continue final negotiations with any party making such a proposal.
During the go-shop period the Company has actively solicited alternative proposals to acquire Matrixx through its financial advisor Sawaya Segalas & Co., LLC ("Sawaya Segalas"). Sawaya Segalas has contacted 132 separate parties that, following discussions between the Company and Sawaya Segalas, were identified as potentially interested parties, to discuss the Company and its business and to solicit from those parties proposals to acquire Matrixx. Of the parties contacted, 48 were strategic parties and 84 were financial parties. From this group, 31 parties executed confidentiality agreements, including 7 strategic parties and 24 financial parties.
Following execution of the confidentiality agreements, Matrixx provided the parties with access to non-public financial and other information regarding Matrixx, including access to an on-line data room. The Company's management and legal advisors also conducted multiple presentations on the Company's business and prospects, during which times they responded to questions of participants.
The interested parties that had signed confidentiality agreements reviewed non-public information about the Company and most attended one of the initial presentations by management. However, by the midpoint of the go-shop period, the bulk of the parties had dropped out, leaving only a handful of interested parties. Sawaya Segalas and the Company's management continued to engage in discussions with those parties and respond to their questions. Following subsequent meetings and discussions, each of the remaining parties advised Sawaya Segalas that it was no longer interested in continuing to conduct due diligence on the Company and that it would not be making a proposal to acquire Matrixx. Additionally, Sawaya Segalas has not received any indication from any party that signed a confidentiality agreement that it intends to submit an offer to acquire the Company before expiration of the go-shop period, even though Sawaya Segalas requested that parties do so by the close of business on Tuesday, January 18, 2011.
Despite the broad solicitation and access to and interactions with the Company's management and its legal and financial advisors, to date none of the parties contacted has submitted a proposal, nor has there been any indication of interest from any other party. Matrixx remains open to receiving competing proposals and will continue to work with its financial advisor through the balance of the go-shop period (which expires January 22) to continue to solicit and encourage alternative acquisition proposals. However, Sawaya Segalas has advised the management of the Company that it does not believe any proposal will be submitted as a result of its go-shop efforts.
In view of the current absence of any proposal or indication of interest, and for the reasons provided in the Company's Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 for the transaction filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on December 22, 2010, as amended, (the "Schedule 14D-9"), the Company's board of directors continues to recommend that the stockholders of Matrixx accept the tender offer and tender their shares of common stock to Wonder pursuant to the tender offer.
About Matrixx Initiatives, Inc.
Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. is an over-the-counter healthcare company that develops and markets Zicam® products. Zicam, LLC, its wholly-owned subsidiary, markets and sells Zicam® products in the cough and cold category. The Company markets Zicam brand pharmaceuticals, including Zicam Cold Remedy in multiple oral delivery forms; Zicam Allergy and Congestion Relief products; as well as Zicam Cough and Zicam Multi-Symptom relief items. For more information regarding Matrixx products, go to www.Zicam.com. To find out more about Matrixx Initiatives, Inc., visit our website at www.matrixxinc.com. For additional information, contact William Hemelt, President and Chief Executive Officer, at 602-385-8888, or Bill Barba, Vice President of Finance & Accounting, at 602-385-8881. Matrixx is located at 8515 E. Anderson Dr., Scottsdale, Arizona 85255.
Notice to Investors
This press release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell shares of the Company's common stock. INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ BOTH THE TENDER OFFER STATEMENT AND THE SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT REGARDING THE TENDER OFFER BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. The tender offer statement on Schedule TO has been filed by Wonder Holdings Acquisition Corp. and Wonder Holdings, Inc. with the SEC in connection with the commencement of the offer, and the solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9 has been filed by Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. with the SEC with respect to the offer. The offer to purchase, forms of letter of transmittal and related documents and the solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9 have been mailed to the Company stockholders. Investors and stockholders may also obtain a free copy of these statements and other documents filed by Wonder Holdings Acquisition Corp. and Wonder Holdings, Inc. or the Company with the SEC at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. The tender offer statement and related materials, solicitation/recommendation statement, and such other documents may be obtained for free by directing such requests to D. F. King & Co., Inc., the information agent for the tender offer, at (212) 269-5550 for banks and brokers or (800) 347-4750 for shareholders and all others.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements". The words "may," "could," should," "would," "believe," anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "target," "goal," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, uncertainties as to how many of the Company stockholders will tender their stock in the offer; the possibility that competing offers will be made; and the possibility that various closing conditions for the transaction may not be satisfied or waived and risks and uncertainties relating to these matters that are discussed in documents filed with the SEC by the Company as well as the tender offer documents that have been filed by Wonder Holdings Acquisition Corp. and Wonder Holdings, Inc. and the solicitation/recommendation statement that has been filed by the Company. The Company does not undertakes any obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as expressly required by law.
SOURCE Matrixx Initiatives, Inc.

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Close relative of the cultivated tomato is resistant to many insects
A wild tomato species from the Galapagos Islands has been discovered by scientists from Wageningen University & Research to be resistant to a wide range of pest insects. This species is closely related to the cultivated tomato, making the resilience easier to interbreed into the latter and ultimately making it resistant to many different types of insects.
Cultivated tomatoes are far more vulnerable to pests and diseases than some of their wild relatives. The process of breeding modern tomatoes has resulted in the loss of a lot of their natural resistance, while wild species have remained much better at coping with insects.
Scientists have been working to reverse this by reintroducing resistance from wild tomato species via breeding. The problem is that most of these plants are very distant relatives of the cultivated tomato and scientists have yet to successfully interbreed the required traits. The wild tomato from the Galapagos Islands, however, is genetically very similar to the cultivated tomato. Moreover, its resistance is coded within a single chromosome, which should make cross-breeding into existing plants much easier.
"We have been busy with this research since 2010," said Ben Vosman, scientist at Wageningen University and Research. "We worked with samples of the wild tomato species Solanum galapagense from a gene bank. The first discovery was that this tomato species is resistant to whiteflies. Then it turned out that it is actually resilient to a lot of other insects too, including the green peach aphid and caterpillars of the beet armyworm. That was a very pleasant surprise."
Cultivated tomatoes are easily affected by pest insects. One is the whitefly, which transmits viruses that infect the plants and eventually kill them. This fly is normally combatted by pesticides. "If we can make cultivated tomatoes resistant to whiteflies, this will directly benefit the environment," Vosman states.
While this problem is still relatively manageable in greenhouses, for example through integrated control, there are pests there too. In field crops, the problems with insects are much bigger. "We expect most of the gain to be in field cultivation and in the tropics," Vosman continues. "We are delighted with this discovery."
More information: Ben Vosman et al. Broad spectrum insect resistance and metabolites in close relatives of the cultivated tomato, Euphytica (2018). DOI: 10.1007/s10681-018-2124-4
Alejandro F Lucatti et al. Differences in insect resistance between tomato species endemic to the Galapagos Islands, BMC Evolutionary Biology (2013). DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-175
Syarifin Firdaus et al. Identification and QTL mapping of whitefly resistance components in Solanum galapagense, Theoretical and Applied Genetics (2013). DOI: 10.1007/s00122-013-2067-z
Journal information: BMC Evolutionary Biology
Provided by Wageningen University

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It’s been a rough few weeks for slides. The fun feature doesn’t always get a bad wrap but when injuries are appearing left and right, something has to be up.
A huge slide in Detroit’s Belle Isle Park was forced to close just hours after opening for the day because people were being thrown into the air and falling awkwardly back onto the slide. The speed was just too much for most people to handle.
An eyewitness described people heading down the historic Giant Slide as getting thrown into the air with reckless abandon. “What I noticed was the impact they were hitting the ground with coming off the hills. If they would have kept riding on that slide, somebody would have got hurt,” onlooker Kenyatta McAdney said.
One child added: “I was going down way faster than I thought I was. Gravity hurts.” Gravity will do that to you. The ride was shuttered after just four hours so the wax could be retouched.
The slide gained viral traction online when a video of the ride was posted on Twitter. People got a kick out of seeing riders tossed down the ride like a salad. One user quoted the tweet and wrote: “Break-Back Mountain.”
Another commented: “As someone who frequently went to the I-X Indoor Amusement Park in the ’90s, trust and believe you can lose teeth on a slide like this.”
A statement was released from Joel Thomas, Belle Isle supervisor for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. It read: “Hopefully, after our small adjustment we will be back up and running and the slide will be slower for more enjoyment.
“For this evening, we’re giving it a little scrub down, and we will be back open at 11 tomorrow.”
Luckily, the ride was reopened and so far, there have been no other issues.


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Smart wireless shock detection from BeanAir
BeanAir, French wireless sensor networks company, represented in southern Africa by Instrotech, produces a wireless tri-axial accelerometer for shock detection and vibration monitoring for application on trains and transport vehicles, crash and impact testing, ride quality measurement, drop testing, transport monitoring as well as health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS).
The BeanDevice® AX-3DS integrates an embedded data logger which can be used to log data (up to 1,000,000 records) when the wireless sensor network cannot be reached on a remote site. All data acquired is stored on the embedded flash and then transmitted to the BeanGateway® whenever a Wireless Sensor Network is established. Scalable measurement range is +6g/+12g/+24g or +2g/+4g/+8g. Entirely autonomous, the system uses the ultra-low power radio technology IEEE 802.15.4 wireless protocol stack with antenna diversity designed by BeanAir.
While the vast majority of wireless sensors show their limits in harsh industrial environments, BeanDevice® AX-3DS integrates an innovative diversity antenna design which allows the optimisation of radio link quality in environments subject to random and diverse disturbances. The diversity antenna has been shown to improve both the quality and reliability of a wireless link by an impressive 30%.
The device integrates smart shock detection technology which detects and recognises a shock event during the ‘sleeping’ or ‘deep-sleeping’ modes. See Table 1. This curve shows two shock events, one considered as significant (real alarm) and another considered as not significant (false alarm).
Δd: shock detection hysteresis
Δt: observed duration
If Δt=Δd, the shock event is detected and recognised, the BeanDevice® AX-3DS wakes up and starts data sampling in “streaming mode”.
Several data acquisition modes are available on the BeanDevice® AX-3DS:
- Low Duty Cycle Data Acquisition mode (LDCDA): the data acquisition is immediately transmitted by radio. The transmission frequency can be configured from 1s to 24h.
- Alarm Mode: the measured value is transmitted by radio whenever an alarm threshold (fixed by the user) is detected (4 alarms threshold levels High/Low).
- Survey Mode: operates like the Alarm mode but the device sends a beacon frame frequently informing its current status.
- Streaming Packet Mode: All measured values are transmitted by packet within a continuous flow at 1000Hz maximum
- Streaming Mode: all measured values are transmitted in real-time within a continuous flow at 100 samples per second maximum


New Economic Insights and Case Studies
Chapter 8: A Case Study of an NGO’s Ecotourism Efforts: Findings Based on a Survey of Visitors to its Tropical Nature Reserve
8.1 INTRODUCTION Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been active in recent times in acquiring and securing land for the purpose of conserving wildlife. Such organisations have gone beyond politically advocating nature conservation to become its active practitioners. In Australia, as noted in the previous chapter, relatively large organisations doing this include the Australian Nature Conservancy, Birds Australia and the Bush Heritage Trust. There are many such NGOs of varying sizes in Australia and globally and they differ in their wildlife conservation strategies and practices. Some modify the environments they acquire to benefit wildlife whereas others do not. Some foster tourism to their conservation sites whereas others do not. The involvement of NGOs directly in nature conservation implies that an effective demand exists for the provision of nature conservation which is not satisfied by the state or by private initiatives. Those NGOs that focus on the non-use conservation of wildlife (and do not, for example, foster tourist or recreational visits to their sites) basically provide pure public goods. For example, they add to the existence and bequest value of wildlife species. Those conservation NGOs that encourage visits by tourists and recreationalists to their sites provide mixed goods. They ‘produce’ public goods as well as quasi-private goods such as the non-consumptive use of their sites for visits by tourists. The Mareeba Wetland Foundation is an NGO concentrating on wildlife conservation and catering for tourists at the Mareeba Tropical Savanna and Wetland Reserve on the Atherton Tablelands in northern Queensland. It, therefore, falls into...
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A brand new history of the Dambusters raid from best-selling and critically acclaimed military historian, Max Hastings.
Operation Chastise, the destruction of the Mohne and Eder dams in north-west Germany by the RAF's 617 Squadron on the night of 16/17 May 1943, was an epic that has passed into Britain's national legend.
Max Hastings grew up embracing the story, the classic 1955 movie and the memory of Guy Gibson, the 24-year-old wing-commander who led the raid. In the 21st Century, however, he urges that we should see the dambusters in much more complex shades. The aircrew's heroism was entirely real, as was the brilliance of Barnes Wallis, inventor of the ‘bouncing bombs'. But commanders who promised their young fliers that success could shorten the war fantasised as ruthlessly as they did about the entire bomber offensive. Some 1,400 civilians perished in the biblical floods that swept through the Mohne valley, more than half of them Russian and Polish women, slave labourers.
Hastings vividly describes the evolution of Wallis' bomb, and of the squadron which broke the dams. But he also portrays in harrowing detail those swept away by the torrents. He argues that what modern Germans call the Mohnekatastrophe imposed on the Nazi war machine temporary disruption, rather than a crippling blow. Ironically, Air Marshal Sir Arthur ‘Bomber' Harris gained much of the public credit, though he bitterly opposed Chastise as a distraction from his city-burning blitz. Harris also made perhaps the operation's biggest mistake – failure to launch a conventional attack on the huge post-raid repair operation which could have transformed the impact of the dam breaches on Ruhr industry.
Here once again is a dramatic retake on familiar history by a master of the art. Hastings sets the Dams Raid in the big picture of the bomber offensive and of the Second World War, with moving portraits of the young airmen, so many of whom died; of Barnes Wallis; the monstrous Harris; the tragic Guy Gibson, together with superb narrative of the action of one of the most extraordinary episodes in British history.
About the Author
Max Hastings studied at Charterhouse and Oxford and became a foreign correspondent, reporting from more than sixty countries and eleven wars for BBC TV and the London Evening Standard. He has won many awards for his journalism. Among his bestselling books ‘Bomber Command’ won the Somerset Maugham Prize, and both ‘Overlord’ and ‘Battle for the Falklands’ won the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Prize.
After ten years as editor and then editor-in-chief of the Daily Telegraph, he became editor of the Evening Standard in 1996. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he was knighted in 2002. He now lives in Berkshire.
Praise for Chastise
`A virtuoso performance ... It is a white-knuckle narrative that brings clarity and insight to a much-loved tale, as well as offering a vital corrective to the drum-thumping conclusions of earlier books ... In Chastise, Hastings has written a page-turner with attitude' Sunday Times
Praise for Vietnam
`Masterpiece ... manages with great skill to combine the accumulation of strategic and political disaster with the real experience of those fighting on the ground' Antony Beevor, Spectator
`Will surely set the benchmark for years to come... This may be his best... Exhaustively researched and superbly written, it is both a balanced account of how and why the war unfolded as it did, and a gripping narrative on what it was like to take part...History as it should be: objective, immersive and compelling' Daily Telegraph, 5*
`Magnificent... One by one, the sacred canons of right and left are obliterated. The war is laid bare, with all its uncomfortable truths exposed' The Times
`Powerful and chilling... Hastings is masterful at describing the conditions faced by young American soldiers... [he] is second to none in his ability to describe military strategy with a clarity that makes things entirely understandable to the layman' Mail on Sunday, 5*
`An altogether magnificent historical narrative' Tim O'Brien
`A masterpiece' Frank Scotton
`Magnificent, his best work ... full of extraordinary and compelling detail and thoroughly informed by his own personal experience of so much of the war. It's written in unputdownable style, with a dispassionate, liberal-minded understanding of the detail of the war, which draws on testimony from every side and doesn't favour anyone. I've never read a better history of the wars in Vietnam, and it's hard to see how anyone will be able to improve on this' John Simpson


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10-Q: INNOPHOS HOLDINGS, INC.
Innophos Holdings' (IPHS) CEO Kim Ann Mink on Q1 2018 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Innophos Holdings, Inc. 2018 Q1 - Results - Earnings Call Slides
Innophos Holdings: Will the Aggressive M&A Drive Pay Off?
Excipients Market is Projected to Reach US$ 626 Million in Latin America By 2025
New Research Coverage Highlights Wintrust Financial, InfraREIT, Innophos, Western Gas Equity Partners, LP, Getty Realty, and Goldfield -- Consolidated Revenues, Company Growth, and Expectations for 2018
Excipients Market is Supposed to Reach US$ 626 Million in Latin America By 2025
Innophos Holdings, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend
Innophos Holdings, Inc. Reports First-Quarter 2018 Results
Innophos to Host First-Quarter 2018 Financial Results Conference Call on May 1
Research Report Identifies CIRCOR International, Acxiom, Engility, Innophos, XO Group, and Cohen & Steers with Renewed Outlook -- Fundamental Analysis, Calculating Forward Movement
Innophos Holdings, Inc. engages in the production of specialty ingredients solutions for the food, health, nutrition, and industrial markets. It operates through the following segments: Specialty Ingredients, Core Ingredients, and Co-Products and Other. The Specialty Ingredients segment includes specialty phosphate products, specialty phosphoric acids, including polyphosphoric acid, and a range of other mineral, enzyme and botanical based specialty ingredients. The Core Ingredients segment comprises food grade purified phosphoric acid or purified phosphoric acid (PPA), technical grade PPA, sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP), and detergent grade PPA. The Co-Products and Other segment consists of granular triple super phosphate (GTSP) and merchant green phosphoric acid (MGA). The company was founded on August 15, 2004 and is headquartered in Cranbury, NJ. (See Full Profile)

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Arguably, the most reliable imagery in Connell"s "The most Dangerous Game" is the light/dark imagery the prevails transparent the story.
Rather than contrasting the light and also darkness, however, Connell cleverly create an interplay v the light and dark: The irradiate deceptively lures or attracts quite than providing safety, as is frequently the case.
In the exposition that the story, together Rainsford is alone top top the deck, he thinks to himself, "It"s therefore dark that I might sleep without closing my eyes, the night would certainly be my eyelids--" This monitoring foreshadows this interplay that light and also dark as Rainsford is lured by the lamp in this extreme darkness.
Yet, at an initial there is the classic suggestion the the safety and security of irradiate in this component of the story. Because that instance, that Rainsford is in danger once he falls overboard is suggested by "the receding light of the yacht," and also in this description:
After Rainsford ultimately drags himself onto a shore, that sleeps until late in the afternoon of the following day. Having heard gunfire, Rainsford complies with its direction, however darkness is falling:
leak darkness was blacking out the sea and jungle once Rainsford sighted the lights.
Rainsford adheres to the way to these lights together he thinks of the timeless safety of light, however he quickly discovers that they every emanate native one huge structure, a palatial chateau, complete with threaten pointed towers and set upon a cliff on 3 sides. Still, the is drawn to these lights, the just ones in the darkness, just as the seafarers are attracted to the flash of lights leading into the deceptive channel the Zaroff where, prefer moths drawn to light, the sailors at some point meet death.
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The sinister nature of both darkness and light proceeds throughout many of the narrative. On the very first day of the hunt, for example, Rainsford make the efforts to placed as much distance as feasible between him and the basic as he repetitively doubles earlier on his trace in bespeak to confused the hunter. By the moment night falls, he is exhausted; so, knowing that it would certainly not make feeling to blunder with the dark, Rainsford climbs a tree, taking care not to leave any sign of his having touched this tree. Together he rests on among the thick branches, Rainsford think to himself, “...only the adversary himself might follow that complex trail v the jungle after dark.” But, he is wrong, as the basic emerges towards morning and stops beneath his tree, lights a cigarette, and also then casually departs.


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“Hybrid (The Evolution Trilogy)” by Vanessa Wester is a very original paranormal novel with great romance and a unique story line. It starts off as a regular University love story between Steven Thorn and Caitlin. They meet at her first day at a UK university and fall for each other. By allowing alternating viewpoints we get to feel for the characters and see the pure nature of their feelings for each other. Wester establishes also a few important side characters and gives enough time to the romance part before changing course and embarking on the paranormal part of the story. The latter is indeed quite unique and makes this book a welcome addition to the often predictable or repetitive helpings in the genre.
By opening the book with a mysterious prologue the author has already prepared us readers for some twists and the solid plot does not let us down.
Steven Thorn has no trouble settling in at University. Having grown up at boarding school, he is used to living away from home. He’s smart, so studying comes naturally. When it comes to making new friends, he’s cautious. Usually, he receives too much unwanted attention.
Caitlin Chance catches him off guard. She’s the first girl he has ever felt an instant attraction towards and the more he gets to know, the more he likes. However, the romance is cut short when Caitlin leaves University after a suspicious suicide.
Now Steven is alone, Ingrid gets her chance and it doesn’t take long for her to discover that Steven is a HYBRID. The wheels are set in motion for his radical upheaval. Now they know he exists, they will come to get him…
Interview with Vanessa:
How did you come to writing?
As a child and teenager I was always lost in stories – either writing or reading them. I honestly wanted to be the next Agatha Christie! But, as things happen, I became convinced my English wasn’t good enough and gave up on the idea. Roll on 20 years, I had been reading books a lot and stopped obsessing over TV series, had just had my third child and something just snapped. I wanted to express my thoughts and feelings and needed an outlet. Writing saved my sanity!
How did you come up with your stories?
I have always been interested in the paranormal, vampires, evolution, humanity, etc… but I love the romantic angle to stories. What makes people stay together, why do they break up, how do you deal with unrequited love?
You have created great characters. Which one is your favourite?
Thank you for saying, I certainly had fun with them! This is a difficult question, but it would have to be Ingrid. Even though she comes across as shallow and nasty at first, she soon shows her true colours in the end as a true friend.
Who would you cast to play the characters in a movie?
David Boreanaz as Steven, Lindsey Lohan as Caitlin, Hayden Panettiere as Ingrid, Catherine Zeta-Jones as Emily/ Anna… to name a few!
Are you like any of the characters (and how so)?
I have been asked this before, and yes, Caitlin is a lot like me! Redhead, swimmer, likes maths, comes from Gibraltar, and speaks Spanish. Hmmm…
Were the plot and subplots completely planned from the start or did they change during the process, and if so, how?
Planned? Was I supposed to do that? Ha ha. I just wrote, but as I got into it consistency became important. So the story wrote itself, but there was a lot of work behind the scenes to make it all come together. I loved researching new animals, places – I had fun!
What is the idea behind your series?
I watched a documentary about a civilisation in the Amazon jungle that still lives a “primitive” life. We have seen them from a distance but are not allowed to interfere with their way of life. That sparked off the concept of a hidden society.
What are the best and the worst aspects of writing?
Best – pure escapism!
How do you balance marketing one book and writing the next?
I think the answer to that is I am not. I am failing miserably at the moment and writing has taken a back seat. I think that I pushed myself so hard that now I just want to relax. Ideally, I would love to know how to succeed. I feel like I am stabbing in the dark a lot and it’s disheartening to know that competition is so fierce. I started writing for fun, but in the end you start to care (too much) about sales and what readers think. It certainly has put me off a bit – I used to be a much more private person.
What do you do when you don’t write?
I basically gave up my teaching career (maths – you figure) to raise my children. So, I currently work at the school as a lunchtime assistant, help out with reading, home tutor, write, read, watch TV, swim, walk, clean house, etc… life!
Who would you like to invite for dinner?
David Boreanaz – obsessed, me? Nah…
You’re not alone in that 😉
What song would you pick to go with your book?
I wrote one when I was 16 – I would love to record it one day to go with the movie (wishful thinking).
What are you working on now?
Historical fiction – based on the lives of my great, great grandparents who came from Lancashire.
Vanessa developed her writing bug in 2010 and has not looked back since. Her main published work is ‘THE EVOLUTION TRILOGY’, which is comprised of HYBRID, her debut novel, followed by COMPLICATIONS and RETURN. The prequel to the Trilogy, EMILY, is also now available.
In addition, she has written a novelette called FIRST DATE, which is based on her true story. She has also published, and included stories in, six anthologies to raise money for fantastic causes, such as Gurnard Primary School on the Isle of Wight.
Writing is one of her passions, reading the other. The day she decided to start writing her ideas down she found another way to lose herself in a book, whilst finding an outlet for her imagination. It is the best way she can think of to escape from everyday life. She is currently working on a historical fiction novel based on the life of her great, great, grandparents… and is finding the research fascinating!
Readers can find Vanessa Wester online at:
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EMILY (Prequel to The Evolution Trilogy)


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Albright: Trump has undemocratic instincts، thinks he is above the law
Monday 16/April/2018 - 09:47 AM
Madeleine Albright، the former US secretary of state under President Bill Clinton، has raised her concerns about President Donald Trump’s "undemocratic instincts"، according to "Press TV".
“I'm not calling him a fascist. I'm saying that he is a president that has undemocratic instincts that trouble me a lot،” Albright told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Sunday.
Albright said Trump is a president that thinks he is above the law and exacerbates the differences of American society.
She further characterized Trump as “someone who plays the crowds in a way that I find dangerous in terms of propaganda.”
She said that the president has created a situation where he identifies with one group of people without recognizing the individual rights of other people.
Albright has been a vocal critic of Trump and had said that Trump is “the most undemocratic president” in America’s modern history.
The first woman to be the US secretary of state، has recently published a new book، Fascism: A Warning، where she has warned about the possibility of a reemergence of fascism.
Madeleine Albright، whose parents were of Jewish descent but later converted to Catholicism، fled Czechoslovakia as a toddler after Hitler’s invasion in 1939. Her family returned following the war، but once again fled to the US in the wake of a Communist coup in the former Czechoslovakia in 1948.


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While I bused, taxied, ferried, hiked, kayaked and motor biked my way through Northern Vietnam, I’d incorporated one of travel’s most important elements. Food. From tiger prawns, and whole fried monkfish, cruising in Halong Bay, to fresh spring rolls, Nem Ran (crispy rolls), and garlic tofu on Cat Ba’s harbor front, I rarely ate for more than $2 USD.
Hanoi was where I spent the most time expanding my waistline, and the French influenced Old Quarter was the ideal place to seek out local spots. You really need a few days to savor the food, and eat your way through at least 6 of the thirty six historical streets, quaint shops and street food vendors. If you haven’t created your travel tribe at the neighborhood hostel to discover street stalls, I recommend connecting with Hanoi eBuddies on Triip.me. Super responsive and prompt, eBuddies Vietnamese students are enthusiastic to show you their city, and help you translate. They offer several tours types for groups too. Best part for backpackers? It’s free. — Beside the cost of food (don’t forget the beers) for you and your guide.
Tracy, my 19 year old guide, studies Economics in Hanoi and has met all types of tourists through her work at eBuddies. We head out from the hotel steps into the well known streets, scoping out the many food carts. My guide tells me we should try the mix of local and Western foods on Ta Hien (“pub street”) so we head through densely packed avenues lined with old buildings converted to bars, lounges, shisha hangouts, and rows of squat stools full of locals and tourists alike. Tables piled with Hanoi beer and Tiger Lager, sipping mojitos and mocktails — frothy fruit juices and sweet sugar cane drinks (Nu’oc Mia) are very big in Hanoi — many slurping Pho’ noodles of every kind, fried snails in chili sauce, and Westernized bar snacks like fried cheese sticks and french fries. Definitely the place to go for a raging hangover, $ .45 cent beers and $2 eats.
My guide continues to describe her University experience, and the locals love of American fast food. Apparently it’s a status thing to update your social media with fast food escapades. Slogging down the last bit of my beer, we continue to move across town. The streets are decorated with bright storefront signs, and imported souvenirs overflowing onto sidewalks with shop owners ready to haggle. We are headed for Coffee Giang on Nguyen Huu Huan street. A super top secret hangout for raw egg coffee and enzyme, nutrient packed, raw egg beer. Yep! Who can resist that? Down a long narrow hall it opens up into a busy cafe known for its Ca Phe Trung (egg coffee) and apparently a popular spot to bring unknowing tourists. Why had I not known about this? It was like drinking dessert, hot or cold, and totally recommended to have green beans whipped into your egg froth. The egg beer was more like a milkshake, having to get past the egg froth settled on the top before a splash of cold Bai (beer). Not best to try them both at the same time, as I did, but I wasn’t complaining.
Easily accessible street food is the perfect open kitchen for the backpacker budget, and you’ll find plenty more a few blocks over. We hit the night market on Hang Dao through Hang Duong streets, where shops peddled Korean foods — surprise — local sweets, and the popular dry, salted and fermented fruit. You can pop in for some generous samples just down from the busy Rockin’ Hanoi Hostel on Hand Ngang. I was pleased by the bursts of flavors and great textures to wrap my tongue around. Salted apricots, mango, bananas and berries of all kinds. Around a $1.50 USD a container, it’s worth picking some up as gifts. My favorite? The fermented and perfumed plums. Doesn’t take up much space in the precious cargo of a backpack either.
Finally we walk a few more blocks to Hang Be street for sip worthy Pho’ piled high with fried tofu, pork, leeks, chicken, and Gio Thu, or head cheese, along with other herbs and condiments I was more unfamiliar with. A filling meal for $1.75, and one I attempted to eat on a full belly, despite my previous snacking.
Another obsession was the local draft beer, Bai Hoi Hanoi, perfectly paired with a ridiculously cheap local bread, more like giant wheat crackers covered in sesame seeds. It adds a bit more flavor to the light beer, because you’re going to need to drink a few pitchers to get drunk.
As a new found foodie, I spent many a day, wondering Hanoi’s chaos — only getting lost once — eating my way through Banh Cam, small sweet and chewy donut balls filled with mung bean, to Bahn Bao, a steamed doughy pie usually filled with pork, mushroom and quail eggs, and of course Bahn Mi, a stuffed sandwich on a French style baguette, with pickled carrots, daikon, veggies, spices, jalapenos and gobs of meat. In my case, tuna and egg dripping with mayonnaise.
If Pho’ is your thing, you will have no problem. I ate Pho’ for breakfast, dinner and in between. Topped with heaping amounts of fresh shallots and herbs, I never missed a chance to add a dash of freshly chopped chilis to almost everything. It does not overwhelm the taste and certainly helps clear your sinuses of the Hanoi pollution. I have so many Vietnamese favorites, it’s impossible to chose just one.
Food can always bring people together, and is not to be missed in Vietnam. You can find your fill of salty, crunchy, doughy, snacky, spicy, slurpy, or sweet tidbits to eat on every street. No matter if you are in the motor bike dodging center of Hanoi, or the most rural outskirts of H’mong villages, you will perpetually find a humble food vendor cooking up sizzling meats. Just be aware when in the Highlands, some of that sizzle may be the region’s specialty… horse.
As we head back to my hotel, through the densely packed streets, belly full, I smile at the groups of people scattered across the sidewalks. Young and old alike, catching up over herbal tea and Pho’. I knew I would miss the organized disorder of the Hanoi streets. I promise myself, I will be back to log more hours on the trail, and the rite of passage discovery of backpacking South East Asia. In the meantime, ‘VO’! (Cheers).

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This is just the perfect hearty soup for a cold January night.
For four servings (generous of course!)
1- In a deep pan, fry half a red onion cut in small cubes in a some olive oil.
2- When the onions get to be translucent, add a little bit of fresh ginger root cut in small pieces along with the pulp of three tomatoes (grate them and discard the skin), a teaspoon of black pepper grinded, one and half teaspoon of cumin, a third of a stick of cinnamon, one tablespoon of Saffron liquid, some salt and a handful of cilantro chopped.
3- Mix well and once it starts to boil add enough water (or vegetable broth) to accommodate the pasta.
4- When that mixture is boiling, add 250 gr (half a box) of pasta. I used Farfalle, and any short pasta should do. Return to a boil and let the pasta cook at ease. If you need to add water, do so.
5- Once the pasta is cooked, take out the cinnamon piece and discard it. Add 200 gr (about a cup) of cooked chickpeas along with the juice of one lime. Let it boil for about five minutes.
Serve very warm. I added some Chile Chipotle on my serving and it was delicious!
Also known as “Crema de Camote” in Mexico, this is a lovely recipe prepared almost everywhere in the world. You can add any spice you want such as curry, at the start of the cooking process. I like to put a dash of turmeric, and I just add some freshly crushed pepper and high quality olive oil on top at the moment of serving.
For four servings
1- In a large pot, place some olive oil, garlic to taste and a little bit of turmeric. [You can replace the garlic with onions if you want.]
2- When the garlic starts giving its aroma [or the onion starts to get soft and slightly golden], add three sweet potatoes and three carrots, all washed, peeled and cut in small chunks. Mix well and continue cooking for about ten minutes.
3- Cover with water and let it simmer until the potatoes and carrots are soft.
4- Run through a mixer and add some cream (crème fraîche) just before serving until wanted consistency. You can make do without the cream, but the consistency will be different.
Serve very warm with toasted bread with semi-salted butter.
For four servings
1- Wash and cut in thick slices one kilogram of zucchini. Do not peal.
2- In a large pot, put a little bit of olive oil and fry four cloves of garlic crushed. Add the zucchini slices and continue frying until they get a few golden spots on them.
3- Add salt and pepper, put some water until they are almost covered. Add a bunch of fresh mint along with the leaves of a head of lettuce (the darker the lettuce, the better and more tasty), all roughly shredded with the hands.
4- Bring to a boil, then add half a cup of cooked rice. This will help thicken the soup.
5- Lower the fire and let it cook until the zucchini slices are soft.
6- Blend well and serve warm or cold with toasted bread. I like to add some chili to the soup such as Chile Chipotle or Chile “Piquin”.
In other words pumpkin soup… and a very easy recipe.
1- Peel and cut in large cubes about one quarter of a medium pumpkin.
2- In a large pan place some olive oil, the pumpkin pieces, five cloves of garlic, salt and pepper, and a handful of fresh basil leaves. Mix well and let it cook on medium fire for at least 15 minutes.
3. Add just enough water to barely cover the pumpkin, and cook on low to medium fire until it is done. You should be able to pick a fork in the pumpkin, feeling it soft. This should only take 15 minutes as the pumpkin was partly cook when fried.
4. Pass the pumpkin pieces with only a little bit of the liquid in a mixer.
To serve: you can add a spoon of creme fraîche for each bowl. I served it with some chile chipotle and it was very good.
Call it Gazpacho or simply cold tomato soup, it is one of those irresistible summer delights.
1- Blend together in a mixer: one kg of tomatoes (peeled), two cloves of garlic, one small onion (optional), four tablespoons of olive oil, one and half teaspoon of cumin, a bunch of fresh cilantro and mint, salt & pepper, and one and half tablespoon of very cold water (adjust to wanted consistency).
2- Let it chill in the fridge for at least one hour before serving.