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We’re looking for a free-spirited, creative Content Designer with graphic design and video editing skills for our in-house content studio. You should possess mind-blowing graphic design and storytelling skills with the knowledge and expertise to create and edit animated videos, short clips for social media, larger ones for our website and YouTube channel.
Here’s how your workday will look like
- You’ll be working in collaboration with our marketing and creative team to brainstorm and create:
- Campaign creatives, marketing, sales, and customer success assets, ads, illustrations, infographics, skins, landing page layouts, presentation designs, web and print banners, mobile-friendly artworks, mock-ups, animations, visual effects, etc.
- You’ll be working with our content writers to design and optimise messages for platforms like Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
- You’ll assist us in setting stages, lightning, and shooting footage.
- You’ll produce mood boards, storyboards, art layouts based on brand positioning, target audience, and campaign requirements.
We're looking for an individual with a specific skill set, with the most important one being
- You take pride in your abilities to create original designs.
- You’re quick to understand and follow guidelines, but intuitive and brave enough to bend the same guidelines to create something spectacular.
- You’re a recent graduate in the field of Graphic Design, Media Arts, Visual Arts or similar.
- You’re a problem solver who’s adaptable and not limited by boundaries or resources.
- You’re highly proficient in PhotoShop, InDesign, Premiere Pro, and After Effects.
- You have a knowledge of typography, layout, color, photography, image manipulation, illustration, and animation (brownie points for that!).
- You’re familiar with file requirements for print and non-print production.
- You are organised, a little bit too careful with spacings, and you pay serious attention to details.
- You love working amid chaos. You’ll be a part of a driven team of creative people. Chaos will reign.
- You have a superb portfolio that you’re willing to share with us.
What we offer
- We take individual development seriously. If you join us at this early stage and do well, you can expect fast development and your responsibilities which will grow exponentially as the organisation expands.
- A value-based workplace, which has a brilliant culture (if you ask us what we think!)
- Our core activities are making the world a better place by reducing negative workplace stress, sick leave and by making everyone’s work life better. By joining us, you will impact the world in meaningful way.
- We care deeply about the wellbeing of our colleagues and you can expect a collaborative, supporting workplace where we all work together as a team. Winningtemp is a place where everyone gets their hands dirty.
Other than that,
- Flexible work hours
- After works
- Breakfasts at the office
- Social gatherings with colleagues
- Retirement plan
- Health care benefit
- Great coffee
And much more...
Still interested? If so - we look forward to receiving your application!
In this recruitment we are cooperating with OOAK Relations. For further information about the role please contact Daniel Grette +46706106740. All applications and contacts remain confidential. Selection is ongoing so do not wait to submit your application.


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This week sees the release of The River at Night, Kevin Huizenga’s ambitious new graphic novel about everything from insomnia to the nature of time, with philosophical explorations into relationships, video games and the importance of making it to the library on time, all contained within as well. Not to mention, as can be seen in Heat Vision’s exclusive excerpt, the need to clean up after litterbugs.
The book is the first major release from the acclaimed cartoonist since Amazing Facts…and Beyond With Leon Beyond — his 2013 collaboration with Dan Zettwoch — and collects and expands upon material from the award-winning series Ganges in addition to all-new work created especially for this release. Outside of solo books such as Curses or Gloriana, his work has previously appeared in the 2007 and 2009 editions of The Best American Comics series.
The River at Night debuted at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con — it was the must-read title from the show in the Heat Vision newsletter — before going on wide release this week. To mark the full release, Drawn and Quarterly has provided an exclusive look at one of the chapters from the book, “The Litterer.”
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Pan India Superstar Prabhas is working vigorously these days on his big budget film ‘Project K’. The direction of this film is in the hands of Nag Ashwin. Apart from Prabhas, the film also stars Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone and Disha Patani in lead roles. This sci-fi film is being produced by Vyjayanthi Movies.
Let us tell you that this film is being made since last year. Earlier it was set to release in 2022 itself, but due to filming on a large scale, its release date had to be postponed. But now, the producer of Vyjayanthi Movies C Ashwini Dutt has given a big update regarding the date of the film.
They have revealed during the promotions of ‘Sita Ramam’ that they are planning to release the film in a big way on October 18, 2023. He told that if it could not happen on the scheduled date, then it would be released in January 2024. Ashwini told that the shooting of ‘Project K’ will be completed by January 2023 and the post-production will take at least 8 months. The producer further added that ‘Project K’ will be an ‘Avengers’ kind of film, which will take everyone by surprise. He claimed that people would never have seen Prabhas and Amitabh Bachchan in such avatar before.
He said that the film is targeted for a wide release in China, the US and other international markets. It is worth noting that apart from this film, Prabhas will be seen in director Om Raut’s ‘Adipurush’, which is slated to release on January 12, 2023. Also, he is going to be seen in another big budget film Salar. The film is directed by KGF fame Prashant Neel.

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Humphries Construction & Pak Design
Rider Levett Bucknall Palmerston North Limited (Quantity Surveyor), Charles Consulting (Engineer), MMiD (Interior Design), Humphries Construction (Construction Company), Pak Design Limited (Architect/Designer))
Loyalty Development Limited
The Aorangi Specialist Centre fulfils the clients brief “To create a landmark building for Palmerston North”. Inspiration for this design comes from a simple leaf. From there, the seed was planted and the project grew organically. With meticulous planning and careful consideration given to all users including staff, patients and the wider community, whilst also considering energy efficiency practices, has resulted in an iconic building.
Foster Construction Limited
Foster Construction Limited (Construction Company), APG Architects Limited (Architect/Designer))
R J Hill Laboratories Limited
The Hill Laboratory project was extensive, a conversion of a 7000m2 existing building. The result is a multi-purpose laboratory, which is the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere. The building had previously been used as a New Zealand Post mail centre. Hill Laboratory merged all their business units from four different Hamilton locations to one purpose-made facility which accommodates over 300 staff.
Naylor Love Construction
Chas. E. George & Sons Limited (Quantity Surveyor), McCoy & Wixon Architects Limited (Architect/Designer), Naylor Love Construction (Construction Company))
Mercy Hospital Dunedin Limited
Manaaki by Mercy is a two-theatre day-stay surgical facility and chemotherapy unit. It is purpose built for efficient, patient-centred service delivery. The total floor area of 746m2 is split over two levels on a sloping section including a protected tree. This is a domestic scale building that aesthetically fits the streetscape and provides a welcoming, up-market feel for patients. Complex services allow the use of modern medical technology.
Isles Construction Limited
Isles Construction Limited (Construction Company), Matvin Group Limited (Project Manager), Proarch Consultants Limited (Architect/Designer), Kevin O'Connor and Associates Limited (Engineer)
Horizon Resources Limited
Te Papaioea Primary Birthing Centre's striking lines and elegant features ensure that this building will quickly become a landmark feature of the Palmerston North city scape. As a dedicated specialist birthing centre, it is the first of it's kind in the region. The team took a collaborative approach to manage challenges, whilst maintaining an extremely tight construction programme, delivering to the highest quality standard.
Street & Cook Construction Company Limited
Street & Cook Construction Company Limited (Construction Company), MRQS (Quantity Surveyor))
GCH Aviation Limited
This GCH Aviation Centre development consisted of the construction of hangars to accommodate helicopters, private jets and the flying doctors. It included all associated offices, lounges and international biosecurity and customs screening facilities. The facility was integrated with the existing airport infrastructure, including adjustments to security fencing and new aprons. The team had to be mindful of the fact that they were operating in the airport zone and all its inherent hazards.

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E oho! Mana Takatāpui
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John Jakeman talks about growing up in Wellington in the 1950s, working at the Royal Oak tavern in the 1970s, police persecution, homosexual law...
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Marilyn Waring talks about her time as a Member of Parliament from 1975 - 1984. Marilyn talks about being outed by NZ Truth in...
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Vasily Vasilyevich Parin was one of the outstanding scientists in the field of physiology and pathology of blood circulation, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1966) and the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences (1944). He was the author of classical studies of reflex regulation of pulmonary circulation, discoverer of one of the mechanisms regulating blood flow to the heart (“Parin reflex”). In 1922-1932 Vasily Vasilyevich Parin was finishing his studies at the Faculty of Medicine in Perm and postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics in Kazan. Vasily Vasilyevich Parin defended his doctoral dissertation in January 1941 at the First Medical Institute in Moscow. During the Great Patriotic War, Vasily Vasilyevich Parin was appointed to the post of Deputy People’s Commissar of Health for Medical Science and Education. After the defeat of the fascists near Moscow, the third Moscow Medical Institute of republican subordination was established and Vasily Vasilyevich Parin was elected by competition to the post of the head of the Department of Normal Physiology. In 1942 Vasily Vasilyevich Parin was appointed a representative of the People’s Commissar of Health for combating epidemics. Activity of V.V. Parin during the Great Patriotic War was highly appreciated, in 1943 he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor – “for selfless work in evacuation hospitals, successful anti-epidemic measures, good organization of medical services to the population and training of medical personnel.” In 1945 Vasily Vasilyevich Parin was awarded medals: “For valiant labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”, “For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” and “For the Defence of the Caucasus”. Vasily Vasilyevich Parin was one of the founders of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR. In 1957 the first artificial Earth satellite was launched in the Soviet Union. The dog Laika was already in space on the second satellite. Vasily Vasilyevich Parin participated in the biological support of the launch of the ship with a dog Laika on board. Since that time, the scientific and social activities of Vasily Vasilyevich Parin was inextricably linked with space biology and medicine. In 1961 Vasily Vasilyevich Parin was twice awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor for his great achievements in the field of health protection of the Soviet people and the development of medical science and “great successes achieved in the development of the rocket industry, science and technology, the successful implementation of the world’s first flight of a Soviet man into outer space on the Vostok satellite ship”. In 1964 Vasily Vasilyevich Parin was elected a full member of International Astronautical Academy in the section of Biological Sciences.
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I confess. I am a frustrated baker.
I really wanted to do baking ever since I was a kid but baking good seems to elude me during my younger years with an old oven that needs a thermometer to supervise the temperature inside. It was tedious to get the oven to work well and the result of my baking adventures has always been un-encouraging.
I never ventured into baking after that but when I set foot here in Canada, I finally saw my new haven, Michaels. With all the crafts imaginable in every aisle, my earlier frustrations seemed to haunt me once again. I put baking into my personal must do lists and went on with my life adjusting to my new Canadian life.
Forward to a few years adjusting, I got myself a new oven that seems to be easier to operate. I decided to try my hand at a cake decorating class, first. I figured that decorating, I have a background on and I thought that I will try to learn baking afterwards... toink!
I am so happy that I was able to complete the course 1 of baking with my sanity intact :)
* Course 1: Decorating Basics
First day was easy, we had to bring a cookie and the kit needed for the course. No stress here :)
* Tips and Technique Class
* Cookie Decorating 101
Second class was a bit stressful for me. We were required to bake a cake and bring them to class. We were to do leveling (optional), and icing of the entire cake. I did the cake early and got 2 boxes of ready mix cake, in case the first one fails, I have another on hand. I was on edge when I got the cake out of the oven and couldn't sit still until i was able to transfer the cake in one piece into the cake caddy.
* Perfect for Kenzo's upcoming birthday
Third class assignment was easier. We were required to bring cupcakes. I have experienced with cupcake and what are ready mix for? This was a piece of cake (No pun intended)
* Flower techniques 101
Fourth class was cake once again. We had to bake a cake and ice them at home. I was a bit positive because I had a ready mix in my cupboard (remember the one from 2nd class?). I was crushed when I saw the middle part of my newly baked cake didn't actually cooked as it was supposed to and it look like a well when I transfered it into the cooling rack...uh-oh!
It was a good thing though that my cake was high enough and I decided to cut that part that flopped and my cake was a bit low but it was leveled and it will have to do :(
Confidence level: Low again!
This time around we were taught how to do lettering and roses with the use of a decorating nail set.
I decided to take a picture of my seat mate's cake for our last class...
* Daphne's cake
* Mona's cake
*...and mine :)
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WILTON CLASS COURSE 1
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My first move toward transition was to explore online, mostly on LiveJournal, MySpace, and a now-defunct bulletin board called strap-on.org. It was split into discussion rooms that resembled the identity politics of the new millennium—a POC exclusive space, a transgender umbrella board, an area to talk about popular culture and feminism, a space for survivors of violence, a femme area, as well as specific discussion rooms for BDSM, a wide open anything goes space, and I can’t even remember what else. If a dozen years earlier I’d gotten obsessed with online gaming (known as MUDs), now I was headlong in the waters of my own subjectivity. It was fascinating, in that terrifying way. I was nothing but my persona. But wait, I was my persona? I had to ask large questions of myself that were way more vulnerable-making than the entirety that had come before. I was afraid of my own narcissism, but my foray into hyperspace was already a leap, and I couldn’t force myself backwards because I falling somewhere very deep.
Then real people emerged from the brightly lit pixels on my screen. I drove five hours to New York City to meet people I would never have to see in the material world again if I didn’t want to (read: if I was a big transgender flop). That went okay, even as it provided evidence that I was very much out of the politically correct loop for how to interact with other trans people. I struggled in my romantic relationship with a person who was himself transitioning and who was strangely territorial about the process. He declared that I wasn’t allowed to go to DCATS, the transmasculine group in DC, even if he’d gone only to a couple of meetings himself. So I stayed away. But I learned of another group that met in Glen Burnie, Maryland, of all places. It was way too suburban for my boyfriend to be caught dead there, so I drove out the dark highways to a Friendly’s restaurant, and met half a dozen trans men who liked to chat over fried clams and sundaes. And that is where I met Kitt Kling.
I’d go to these meetings with a coworker of mine who had transitioned on the job and whose career had taken a sharp nosedive. I never really heard him explain what was going on for him as the all-staff notices went out and the testosterone did its work masculinizing him. He did talk to me about feeling more at peace with himself, but I think it was hard for him emotionally to be among 1,200 people who knew him as someone else before his decision. I was myself probably not great about his initial announcement; I challenged him to an arm wrestle on top of his desk, and won handily. He wanted to arm wrestle me every week thereafter, and yes, he got stronger and stronger until I was no match for him and I really hated that. I mean hindsight, 20/20, but at the time I wasn’t present in myself enough to realize what the challenge was really about for me. But he was kind enough to go with me to see the other men and when I was all of two weeks on hormones, I went to Glen Burnie with him.
Two cis women were at the table; both partners of trans men. One was also a physician at the Chase Brexton LGBT health clinic. She took one look at me and said I’d never make it as a trans man. I wasn’t sure why she said that and I wasn’t sure why I cared what a total stranger thought but it rattled me, until Kitt shook his head and said quietly that my own opinion was the only one worth heeding and besides, I would definitely be a great trans guy.
Let me be clear, at this point I don’t actually give a shit what kind of “trans” guy I am; I worry much more about what kind of person I am, gender aside. But to hear this from him helped me not stand up from the table and bolt to the door. Another man who had overheard the doctor’s comment told me, laughing, that at least I had some height. (I’m 5’9″. I always wanted to be taller.)
Kitt was a veteran with a host of chronic illnesses that had gone largely neglected by the Veteran’s Administration, which at the time didn’t have so much as a protocol for trans patients. He had a lot of dental misery, too, but the bright whites of his eyes set off a magnificent optimism about him, and he was full of ideas and advice for everyone around the table. He too seemed to be the type of personality who dove into an area to learn about it as much as he could. He’d done research on stand to pee devices, on hormone application sites, on which surgeons had the best outcomes, anything related to transition and trans health. He and a friend who was in training to become a nurse (the first of many trans man nurses I now know) had written a book about transitioning for trans men, but couldn’t find a publisher. They believed in the project so much that they were going to self publish it, and this was in the days before there were 800,000 self-pubbed books in the market each year. They’d written the Library of Congress for an ISBN, and two months later, were still waiting to hear back.
I met Kitt’s son a few months later at the Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, in its first year of operation. I was amazed and then not that his son James was also trans. With a mind as open as Kitt’s, he’d let his child become who he needed to be.
I think I only went to the Glen Burnie group for six months or so, but they were pivotal months for me, in the time before I began finding kinder people in my life and filtered out the noise from what I needed to hear. Kitt was, in long retrospect, the very first non-therapist I met who was simply happy for me to figure myself out whatever that meant, but he paved the way for me to identify others and to recalibrate my life.
Kitt passed away last night, too young. I thank him for his service of all kinds. And I will be among many who will miss him.


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What's in a legacy? Part I: Highlights & Historical Interpretations from 125 Years of BulgariDate: Mar 11, 2010,21:32 PM - (view entire thread)
What's in a legacy? Part I
Highlights & Historical Interpretations from 125 Years of
By Ping Tsai
© March 2010
For a company that's been around since the late 1800s and has annual sales in excess of a billion dollars, Bulgari isn't likely to face much doubt of its success on a global scale. Whether you love their watches, adore their jewelry, are skeptical of their business decisions or simply couldn't care less for anything the mega company has to offer, Bulgari's continuance down the path of longevity cannot be denied. In today's struggling luxury markets, where even the finest of brands may not survive on their own, longevity is rare, extolled and extremely sought after. Simply put, it is success.
When founder Sotirio Bulgari passed the company down to his sons, Constantino and Georgio and subsequent generations to come, he passed along with it a rich heritage of classic Greek and Roman jewelry techniques and design which the company has consistently looked back upon for inspiration. Bulgari recognized the popular fascination with ancient Roman fashion and sense for aesthetic beauty. This closely regarded attention to history has yielded highly crafted quality jewelry and watches and several design concepts, some of which are particularly significant in the evolution of Bulgari's style. These concepts are important in illustrating the devotion to looks that are timeless by nature and could be as relevant today as they were more than a thousand years ago.
1. Bright and vibrant colored, often smooth surfaced gemstones. Bulgari was one of the first jewelers to use polished cabochon-cut stones (considered second-rate gems by more traditional jewelers) in a prominent way. Inspired by ancient Roman art and jewelry, this created jewels with a great sense of bold and smooth volume and became one of Bulgari's most popular characteristics for decades to follow.
In the 1960s, Bulgari used striking color combinations of different gemstones that were chosen (and combined) for their chromatic effect (as opposed to being chosen for their value). This was very unconventional at the time. The designs were considered decisive with stylized forms and soft volumes.
2. The Serpent motif. The new Serpenti Collection of watches will be presented at Baselworld this year and is reflective of Bulgari's long standing use of the snake as a design theme. In ancient Roman times, people often wore talismans for good luck or to ward off ill-fortune. One of the most common ancient Roman symbols used in these talismans was the image of the coiled snake. It represented immortality and was particularly common in bracelets. Some tomb sculptures show women with as many as seven such bracelets on each arm, which may have served as extra security for the afterlife.
3. Ancient Roman coins. Since jewelry was a reflection of wealth in ancient Roman times, it became well fitting to show it through the use of ancient Roman coins in its design. Using coins in jewelry was not a Roman invention but their appearance in brooches, rings and necklaces became much more common in the Roman period.
"Gemme nummarie" or coin jewelry is a concept that Bulgari has masterfully reinterpreted over the years incorporating actual ancient coins into their designs of necklaces, rings, earrings etc. in a very literal approach.
Perhaps in a much more liberal and figurative approach, the idea is most evident in their extensive use of the signature circular disc shape throughout all their products.
4. The BVLGARI logo. In Roman type, simple and elegant, it personifies the true essence of classic Roman style and aura.
Romans wrote only in uppercase or capital letters with beautifully proportioned straight lines, curves, and angles until quite late in their history. The lower case letters were a medieval invention and didn't show up until the 5th and 6th centuries, with a few examples dating a little earlier. Good examples of the fine style of Roman capital letters can be seen in the inscriptions carved with mallet and chisel into stone monuments such as Trajan's Column in Rome, Italy.
In addition, there was no "J" in ancient Latin and the "U" was seldom seen and usually follows a "V". The Romans wrote an "I" where we might write a "J" and pronounced it as a consonant with a "yuh" sound in these places. The "V" stood for our "U" and made a "W" sound where we might make the "V" sound reading the word in modern English.
The Bulgari logo, a design motif and stamp of identity on the 'BVLGARI BVLGARI' watch bezel as well as other products utilizes classic Roman lettering. However, Bulgari's version is modernized with spacing and letters that are slightly wider.
Through looking back from time to time, Bulgari has managed to propel itself forward and now in its fourth generation, achieve timeless continuity and success. By creating pieces that adopt elements from the past and reinventing them in a modern way for the current time, they were illustrating graphically the co-existence of ancient and modern cultures and traditions which is a feature of all modern Italian culture. By doing this all throughout their history, they've managed to establish consistency in an exciting and unpredictable fashion. In the process, they've gained an ever growing understanding of their customer base. In a competitive industry where remaining true to one's vision and in the same token ensuring survival seems nearly an insurmountable feat, Bulgari finds itself in "the zone" and finds itself doing just fine.
Next to follow : What's in a legacy? Part II: A Pictorial History of Watches by Bulgari
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The new Iron Man game has enhanced graphics since the last game. It has more default armor to play around with and that not the only new thing. As you remember your weapons were missles, repulsers,and good old fashioned guns.In this new game you will have guided missles,lasers,and more repulser action. You will also see your envionment in a whole new way by using bioheat vision. You will find to that your enemies are not the ones you can just shoot and kill.I n other words these bad guy's have some serious tech. But no matter you'r more advanced than they are. This game is action packed and challenging. I reccomend you play this game when it comes out reviewing Comic Lover!411. I'd also like to send you of with a trailer.
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Download the Greenhorn Creek Golf Resort App to enhance your golf experience on the course.
This app includes:
- Interactive Scorecard
- Hole Descriptions & Playing Tips
- Live Tournaments & Leaderboards
- Book Tee Times
- Course Tour
- Food & Beverage Menu
- Facebook Sharing
- And much more...
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Cyclodextrin-conjugated nanoparticles combine the advantages of cyclodextrins and nanoparticles: enhanced water solubility and drug loading, targeted drug delivery with minimum toxicity to normal cells, greater surface area, improved drug loading and higher stability than other nanocarriers such as microparticles and liposomes. Here, the cyclodextrin-containing nanoparticles are reviewed together with their applications in advanced drug delivery such as anticancer drugs, gene delivery, protein, and peptide drug delivery. Furthermore, this review also describes cyclodextrins applications using polymeric, gold, silver, magnetic, and lipid-based nanoparticles. Additionally, potential pharmaceutical applications of amphiphilic cyclodextrin-based nanoparticles in anticancer, antimicrobial, gene delivery are presented, and miscellaneous administration routes of cyclodextrin-based nanoparticles such as nasal and transdermal are shown.
Pandey, A. Cyclodextrin-based nanoparticles for pharmaceutical applications: a review. Environ Chem Lett 19, 4297–4310 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-021-01275-y

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Sharing a name with a classic Leonard Cohen song, Asghar Farhadi’s film is about dark secrets that aren’t that much of secret. There’s always gossip in the local town as the locals know more than the family thinks they know and much like the Cohen song the uncomfortable truths like ‘Old Black Joe’s still picking cotton’ are ones that everybody knows. About to arrive in this den where everyone knows of the unspoken secret is Laura (Penélope Cruz) who arrives in Spain to attend a wedding with her son and daughter (the latter of whom is kidnapped).
Everybody Knows has received the smallest of fanfare for a recent Farhadi film. It’s right on the footsteps of his Oscar wining The Salesman so anticipation was high but the critics’ praise for the finished product has been a little more subdued. Everybody Knows is a heavyweight picture with the biggest names in Spainish and Latin America cinema in leading roles. Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, stars of many Hollywood movies, are in the lead roles whilst Ricardo Darín, in a major supporting role, is one of the biggest stars to come out of Argentina.
They all give amazing performances and Farhadi’s script keeps the tension coming with the tumultuous story taking many twists and turns. It’s clearly a film with enough material to power two films let alone one. The family drama is packed with enough hidden secrets and long held grudges to make for a perfect drama about a bickering, dysfunctional family, whilst the kidnapping side of the story has enough potential suspects who Farhadi can teasingly make us suspect.
Despite all this, however, the film never really lands on an emotional level. There is so much that works in the film’s favor that this should be the case, but it never is. There’s even a long wedding sequence that allows us to join in the fun and share this blissful moment with the family before we are suddenly brought to reality as an Earth-shattering event occurs. It feels as though the film is too packed with grudges and family secrets for the kidnapping story to land the emotional blows it should.
That’s not to say there aren’t some generally powerful moments. The events following Irene’s disappearance is breathtakingly intense but the more the film focuses on family mistrust and thrown accusations the more energy is lost from the fate of the kidnapped girl. Perhaps that’s the point, the family’s fighting and accusations of past behaviors are unsympathetic as they come at a time when there are more pressing matters at hand, but it ends up weakening the film’s emotional grip on the audience.


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The HFPA has announced the globes red carpet will live on sunday at 6pm ET/3pm PT and they have finally announced two new hosts francia raisa & Rasha Goel to present the red carpet. HFPA has already announced another four hosts for it. They are AJ Gibson & missi pyle, & yvette nicole brown & Ben Lyons .
Also Live watching option for the red carpet available in GoldenGlobes official Facebook page.
Watch globes red carpet presenter here
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|Anne Hathaway||Olivia Colman|
|Sam Elliott||Emma Stone|
|Amber Heard||Rachel Weisz|
|Janelle Monáe||Julianne Moore|
|Adam Driver||Taron Egerton|
|Bill Murray||Kristen Bell|
|John David Washington||Lucy Liu|
|Chris Pine||Maya Rudolph|
|Megan Mullally||Amy Poehler|
|Antonio Banderas||Nicole Kidman|
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
A few weeks ago I got an opportunity to play with the new Nintendo 3DS. I'm not big on video games for myself, but even I had to admit this was really cool. The new version has 3D capability, that you can increase or decrease to your own comfort, as well as several built in augmented reality games that are amazing.
My point is, if you have to take your kid to get your taxes done, like I did this year, if you have this they will sit there in silence for an hour. O.K. maybe there will be the occassional ahhh, or hurray in reaction to their game, but this is a definite time buyer.
It releases March 27th.


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Wisk Aero LLC has its headquarters at 2700 Broderick Way in Mountain View, Calif. A flying car venture, it evolved from the collaborative efforts of Boeing Company and a startup funded by Google cofounder Larry Page called Kitty Hawk Corp. In a press announcement about the air taxi trial, the two companies claim Wisk “brings together the innovation of Kitty Hawk with Boeing’s scale and aerospace expertise.”
URBAN AIR MOBILITY
The official February 4, 2020, Wisk press release reads, “The New Zealand Government and Wisk, an Urban Air Mobility (UAM) company, have announced a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a passenger transport trial in Canterbury, New Zealand. Wisk’s self-flying, all-electric air taxi, called Cora, is the aircraft selected for the trials.”
The air taxi prototype was created by the Kitty Hawk Corporation, and the version slated for testing in New Zealand is designed for two passengers. The all-electric thrust engines include 12 independent lift fans for vertical takeoff and landing and a single three-blade pusher propeller. The fixed wings have a 36-ft. span. Cora is capable of speeds up to 110 miles per hour and of covering an initial range of about 62 miles, and it soars between 500 to 3,000 ft. above the ground.All images: Wisk Aero See video here of Cora in flight.
Wisk has been testing in the Canterbury region since 2017, and the signing of this latest agreement brings them one step closer to government certification by the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), necessary to upgrade Cora’s experimental craft classification to commercial passenger transport. Wisk CEO, Gary Gysin, expressed optimism about Wisk’s ultimate goal of in-service operations: “We are delighted to have a signed agreement with the New Zealand Government, which will propel Cora’s entry into the air taxi market. We see this agreement as a sign of confidence in our product and abilities to develop and deliver a safe and reliable air taxi service, starting in New Zealand.”
The government’s own press announcement was written by Megan Woods, the research, science, and innovation minister. She outlined several benefits for New Zealand including economic and environmental advantages. She wrote, “The emerging UA (unmanned aircraft) sector is fast growing and R&D intensive, and the integration of UA into the aviation system has the potential to generate significant economic benefits.
A recent benefit study commissioned by MBIE (Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment) and the Ministry of Transport estimated that the commercial application of UA could generate up to $7.9 billion in additional value to the New Zealand economy over the next 25 years.” The all-electric design of Cora would offer “a greener emission-free way for Kiwis and visitors to New Zealand to get around. Enabling the emergence of an entirely electric air taxi service. . .a natural fit with New Zealand's zero carbon goal by 2050.”
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Covering the Cora saga for New Atlas, tech writer Loz Blain spends some time on the two most significant permissions not yet granted to Cora—commercial flight certification and passenger confidence in unmanned flight.
The entire project rests on Wisk getting certification from New Zealand’s CAA. The choices of partner and test location seem critical. Boeing has international influence and deep pockets. Also, Blain cites comments from Forbes pointing out that in New Zealand, the CAA’s Part 115 Adventure Aviation certification program might be a way to get the experimental craft commercial certification “without sinking hundreds of millions of dollars into full certification.”
As to who will be willing to glide quietly a half-mile above New Zealand’s South Island landscape on the way to a meeting, there are measures that already encourage confidence. The test flight logs for Cora show more than 1,200 successful flights. On board, there is a redundancy engineered in with 12 rotors and three flight computers operating independently. And in the case of a total systems blackout, there’s a parachute to slow the descent and ease the landing impact.
This is all very helpful, especially for those scheduled to join the new round of testing as passengers on the Cora taxis. But there is one weakness in the system not yet solved. Blain asks, “What happens if the lights go out in the small window during takeoff and landing when you’re only 70 feet (20 m) above the ground and a parachute can’t slow you in time?”
He calls this window, to the horror, no doubt, of the Wisk developers, the “death zone.” He adds that the solution is both necessary and also an opportunity. “As we’ve said before, there’s an opportunity there for whoever works out how to solve this ‘death zone’ problem reliably and cheaply, because presumably every eVTOL manufacturer will need to assure both regulators and passengers that its sorted before air taxis become a mainstream part of city life.”
The memorandum has been approved and signed, and the parties are now planning when and where the tests flights will take to the air over Canterbury.


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AGENCY GOVERNING MASSAGE PARLORS CRITICIZED
Officials from some Orange County cities and law-enforcement agencies say a state regulatory council formed to certify massage therapists has stripped them of their power to deter illegal massage businesses that serve as a front for prostitution and human trafficking.
Proponents of the California Massage Therapy Council, formed in 2009, include legitimate therapists who say they have been subjected to unfair licensing and zoning laws for years.
Huntington Beach is working to tighten its regulations after massage businesses in the city increased sevenfold since 2009, most of which are of the illegal variety, police said.
Officials in other cities say they may follow suit, adding that lawbreakers are finding ways around the state certification process to run illicit businesses.
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Monday, October 25, 2010
Our elementary school has a no-costume policy for Halloween but you can wear funny hats and "kinda" dress up in the spirit of Halloween. So the kids wanted to make some more orange shirts. A few years ago they had stenciled these Halloween shirts themselves. I found this pumpkin shirt tie-dye idea in Family Fun and thought it would fit the bill.
Ross helped them tie up their shirts in different designs.
Then we followed the RIT dye instructions.
We dried them on the laundry line - OF COURSE. And thought the designs were awesome.
We LOVED how they came out. And decided not too draw the pumpkin faces on with markers because the kids wanted to wear them past Halloween. I was glad they made that decision because they are pretty cool looking.
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It's about crafts, family, gardening, life....really whatever the heck I want to talk about. I am wordy, messy, opinionated, disorganized, lacking in focus, manic, craft obsessed...and pretty much this all spills out on the pages of this blog. You've been warned!
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News from the top:
- Dow declines under weight of underperforming financial stocks
- Senate jettisons healthcare bill, adds to dollar woes
- Did Goldman Sachs fall from King to Jack of bond trades?
- Chipotle stock slides on health scare
Banking sector losses weighed heavily on the blue chip index propelling it downwards from recent highs, while technology-laden Nasdaq rode high on strength of Netflix's earning results.
The Dow fell -54 points or -0.25% to close at 21,574. The S&P 500 regained momentum and edged up +1.47 points or +0.06% to 2,460. Nasdaq carried its eighth straight day of gains climbing 29 points or +0.47% to a record 6,344.
- Dow 21,574 -0.25%
- S&P 500 2,460 +0.06%
- Nasdaq 6,344 +0.47%
- Russell 2000 1,427 -0.28%
- NYSE Composite 11,877 -0.11%
- Gold 1,241 +0.63%
- Oil WTI $48.91 +1.01%
- 10-Year Treasury Yield 2.25% -0.01
Senate jettisons healthcare bill adds to dollar woes
Investors' outlook for the dollar falters after Republicans dumped their troublesome healthcare bill that sought to replace the Affordable Care Act.
The euro was up against the dollar +0.69% to $1.15. Gold also rose on the strength of the dollar +0.62% to $1,241 and brent crude crept up 1.03% to $48 a barrel.
The market interpreted the Republican inability to pass legislation as a harbinger of other policies, heralded by President Trump that may also be unlikely to pass.
Promulgating the dollar's decline is the soft inflation data and the apparent trend for tightening monetary policies by other global central banks.
Did Goldman Sachs fall from King to Jack of bond trades?
It was Goldman Sachs and Bank of America's turn to reveal their second quarter results which continued the trend for banks reporting thus far, to beat analysts' expectations.
Goldman Sachs slumped -2.60% and Bank of America nipped down -0.50% at closing. Goldman had a strong performance in investing and lending divisions and beat earnings estimates of $3.39 with actual EPS of $3.95.
However the investment bank's famed fixed-income trading declined a steep -40%. Its the worst performance amongst other banks that have reported results and declines in bond trading so far such as Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase.
Losing a bit of its sheen and perhaps its crown as King of bond trading as investors questioned whether it had a strategy to tackle weaknesses.

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With a trend of violent crime being perpetrated by individuals posing as city officials, local residents are warned not to take anything at face value.
Recent reports have revealed that individuals are fraudulently gaining access to properties by showing the credentials and identification of city officials. This trend is also affecting service delivery and is impacting the ability of bona fide officials to do their jobs.
Maanda Tshifularo, Head of Dialdirect, explains that there are certain things to look out for that will determine if a city official is legitimate or not. “Always request identification before you allow someone onto your property. City Power officials, for example, have colour coded ID for the specific sections in which they work. The ID will also include a name, photograph and ID number as well as an expiry date and a hologram of a firefly,” he says.
Dialdirect provides the following tips on how to protect yourself and your home against imposter crimes:
- Always ask for identification and then call City Power to verify that it is authentic.
- If you are not at home during the day, inform your domestic worker/ caretaker or family members of any suppliers who are expected to come to the house. Anyone who arrives unannounced, cannot be given access.
- Ensure that domestic workers who are home alone during the day have received training around who may be let onto the property, the contact numbers of your security company and what to do in an emergency.
- Should you not be at home at during the week, it is possible to phone the City Power Metering Call Centre to make an appointment for an official to read the meter after hours or on the weekend.
- Appointments can be scheduled during office hours too, which means the visits are expected as opposed to unannounced.
- Make sure all members of your family have access to the Dialdirect Namola safety app in case of emergency.
- If you are away, ensure that you have a friend or family member to pop past regularly to collect mail or newspapers and generally give the impression that someone is home.
- Where possible, all initial interactions should be conducted over an intercom system, before engaging in person. A good CCTV and intercom system is a wise investment.
- Avoid leaving old bills, boxes of newly purchased goods and documentation containing personal information in the trash, especially if its easily accessible.
“A healthy sense of scepticism can really go a long way and could end up saving more than just your possessions,” concludes Tshifularo.


Jennifer Lopez will always be one of the best dancers in the game.
Today the “La diva del Bronx” dropped a new Latin single and music video “Amor, Amor, Amor” (Love, love, love) featuring Wisin on and fans can’t get enough of it.
In the Jessy Terrero directed video, J-Lo goes back her street roots, with the Dancers from World of Dance including Eva Igo, Diana Pombo, The Lab, Ian Eastwood and Power Peralta twins to recreate a lovely competition between boys and girls inside a NYC subway station. Reggaeton-king Wisin makes a cameo for his part, and playfully duets with Lopez underground.
“Time to spread the love,” the 48-year-old singer captioned the news of her music video premiere.
Watch the video below.


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Analysis of turning radius and road occupancy of mountain transportation trailers with wind blades
1. Classification of wind farm area
The general classification principle of the field category of the wind farm is: the plain area refers to the flat terrain without obvious undulations. The area where the natural slope of the ground is less than or equal to 3"; the hilly area refers to the area where the ground is undulating and gentle, and the natural slope is greater than 3. to less than or equal to 200. The relative height difference is within 200m; the hilly area refers to the area Areas where the natural slope of the ground is greater than 200 and the relative height difference is greater than 200m. Mountain wind farms mainly refer to the latter two types of wind farms.
2. The mode and condition of blade transportation
Under the current economic and technological conditions of our country, the development and construction of wind farms in the southern mountains. There are three possible blade transportation methods: road transportation, ropeway transportation and helicopter transportation. Different stand-alone capacity and different equipment manufacturers have different requirements for transportation, but they are not much different. The main parameters of the large-scale transportation of the wind farm: the diameter of the wind wheel is 110m, the length of the blade is 53.8m, the weight of a single blade is 13.46t, and the length of the blade fulcrum is 30m. The main conditions to be met by various modes of transportation are described below.
2.1 Conditions required for road transportation
I) Pavement bearing capacity and width requirements. The road load capacity should not be less than 15 t/m per axle, and the axle load limit of the bridge passing through is greater than l0t. The load limit of the bridge is greater than 150t
2) The pavement width of the straight road is not less than 5m. The width of the road shoulder is not less than 1m, and the width of the road surface at the general curve is not less than 15m
3) The turning inner diameter of flatbed trucks shall be at least 50m, and the turning inner diameter of special vehicles shall be at least 30m.
4) The maximum longitudinal slope of the road is 9%, and the maximum longitudinal slope of the road with a curvature of more than 45° does not exceed 5%.
2.2 Conditions required for ropeway transportation
1) Ropeway height difference angle requirements: the height difference angle is generally below 45°, and the maximum is not more than 60°
2) Both ends of the ropeway need to choose a flat and open site as the unloading platform to meet the requirements of stacking blades and vehicle rotation. The area of ??the site is generally not less than 3,000 square meters, and the length of the short side is not less than 40m.
3) Span requirements for ropeway transportation. The span of aerial ropeway should be 200-500m
2.3 Conditions required for helicopter transportation
1) Carrying capacity requirements: the carrying capacity is not less than 20t.
2) The blade stacking site also needs to set up an aircraft parking area. The area of ??the site is generally not less than 4000 square meters, and the length of the short side is not less than 50 m
3) Better weather and meteorological factors, such as low wind speed, no rain, no fog, and high visibility (visibility is not less than 2 km)
3. Analysis and comparison of transportation methods
All three modes of transportation need to build roads, which are not only the transportation of other equipment in the wind farm. It is also the maintenance road for the operation of the entire wind farm after it is put into production, but the turning radius of the road is different when there are no blade transportation requirements.
3.1 Road transportation
The total length of the transportation and maintenance roads in the project site is about 70 km, of which there are 35 inside bends, and the total length of the road is 0.9 km widened within 50m. The construction cost of the ordinary section of the road is about 600,000 yuan/km, the construction cost of the ordinary section is about 42 million yuan, and the cost of partly widening is about 6 million yuan; therefore, the total cost of road construction invested by the project adopts road transportation for blade transportation. Approximately 48 million yuan: The scheme of using road transport blades. The construction period is approximately 18 months.
3.2 Ropeway transportation
Ropeway transportation is a way of combining road transportation to solve the blade transportation in the local area at the end.
According to the site topography and road layout, there are 40 sections of ropeways and 80 unloading platforms. The total length of the ropeways is about 20 km. It is estimated based on the overhead ropeway investment of about 1.5 million yuan per kilometer. About 30 million yuan will be invested. Including the construction cost of 42 million yuan for ordinary roads, the total construction investment is about 72 million yuan. The plan of using ropeway to assist the transportation of blades, the construction period is about 17 months
3.3 Helicopter transportation
The project invited several merchants to the site to conduct surveys and inquire about prices. The cost of using helicopters for transportation of the wind farm blades was about 38.2 million yuan, plus ordinary road construction costs of 42 million yuan, so helicopters were used to assist the transportation of blades. The total investment of the program is about 80.2 million yuan. Although the speed of helicopter transportation is faster, it has higher requirements on weather and meteorology. Therefore, the construction period is about 16 months
3.4 Scheme comparison The economic and technical comparison of the three blade transportation methods is shown in the table!
It can be seen from the table that the road transport blade solution is the most economical, so the road transport method is adopted for the blade transport of this project. Many blade transports of mountain wind farms have been built or are under construction. Both use road transportation, which also confirms this conclusion.
Under the current technical and economic conditions, road transportation is still the mode of blade transportation for mountain wind farms. However, with the advancement of science and technology and the full development and utilization of wind energy resources in steep mountains in the future, in a certain period in the future, it is really difficult to build the roads in the wind farms for the transportation of some units of the relatively large mountain wind farms. Auxiliary transportation methods are also possible. This article analyzes and discusses the actual project blade transportation mode. It is hoped to achieve the effect of attracting new ideas and provide a reference for the development and construction of mountain wind farms and the improvement of wind resource utilization in specific sites.


text: CNN reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has certified the largest class-action employment lawsuit in U.S. history, in a long-standing dispute against retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. over alleged gender bias in pay and promotions. According to CNN, the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that the combined multiparty litigation can move ahead to trial, where a decision against the company could result in billions in damages. At issue in the case is whether more than a million current and former Wal-Mart employees can band together in their claims of discrimination, which they say has occurred over the past decade, at least. The plaintiffs allege that women were paid less than, and were given fewer opportunities for promotion than, their male counterparts. They seek back pay and punitive damages against the world's largest retailer. (See http://www.cnn.com/ for more on this case).


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The Phoenix based ride-hailing service Fare announced Tuesday morning it had pulled out of Austin, blaming the “loss of business” after the return of Uber and Lyft to the city.
“Sadly, the time has come for us to say goodbye,” the company said in an email sent to Austin-area customers. “Unfortunately, we are unable to endure the recent loss of business.”
The shutdown apparently occurred around midnight with little warning.
Fare was one of a half-dozen ride-hailing services that came to Austin over the last year, following a failed $10 million campaign by Uber and Lyft to overturn the city’s fingerprinting requirements for drivers through a May 2016 referendum and the two companies’ subsequent decision to leave.
However, the two ride-hailing giants came back to Austin a year later after they extensively lobbied the Texas Legislature to dismantle the city’s regulations.
Gov. Abbott signed legislation that made ride-hailing regulations a state affair. The move immediately rendered Austin’s ride-hailing rules inoperative, paving the way for Uber and Lyft to resume operating in Austin.
The return of Uber and Lyft has put new financial strains on their upstart competition.
While most ride-hailing companies only share the vaguest of statistics, nonprofit Rideshare Austin — launched by the Austin tech community in the aftermath of the 2016 referendum and the exit of Uber and Lyft — has reported that its ridership fell 36 percent in the wake of Uber and Lyft’s return.


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Posted: 14 October, 2016
by Sohan Judge
Warning: The Sydney Clown Craze Just Got A LOT Stranger
The creepy clown craze has been taking over the country throughout the past week, and the whole phenomenon just got a LOT weirder.
NSW police have been alerted of a creepy gathering of clowns at North Narrabeen’s Deep Creek Reserve, the site of TWO murders. The meeting is expected to take place tonight, and police are set to patrol the area.
It’s all come from a Facebook group claiming to have “information regarding an apparent massive clown event.” Apparently one of the clown commenters added, “no joke, we are going in with weapons.”
Naturally, police are worried this will go too far. Northern Beaches duty officer Inspector Luke Arthurs said “we’ll be there to greet them and if they commit an offence, they can expect legal action… it is against the law to intimidate members of the public.”
Back in 1994, Richard Leonard murdered two men at the reserve. According to The Manly Daily, the victim was shot and dumped in the creek, before Leonard returned a few hours later to dismember him. He then kept the body parts in his fridge for months.
If you’ve got a clown phobia, it might be best to avoid Deep Creek Reserve in North Narrabeen tonight.
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Other than carve outs for pregnancies caused by rape, incest, or where the life of the mother is in jeopardy, the Affordable Care Act prohibits the use of taxpayer funds for abortions. However, a recent report issued by the Government Accountability Office asserts that taxpayers are illegally funding abortions. The report reviews 18 issuers of health plans offered through the exchanges. All 18 issuers offer abortion services, but only three were found to be in compliance with the law. The non-complying plans offered no restrictions or limitations on abortion services even though the health-care law requires that issuers must estimate and segregate the cost of an abortion from premiums collected by the plan.
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This class couldn't have come at a better time! I'm such a big fan of Tom Froese and when I saw this class I just had to create my own 'Odd Bodies". The exercises and techniques helped me so much in being more expressive with my illustrations.
Here's my initial sketches for drawing 5 people doing the same activity:
I really liked how these looked and decided to add a bit of colour to them!
Moving on to drawing people in shapes, this was a lot harder than I thought!
I chose my favourite pose to colour:
This class was so much fun and a great way to be more confident in letting go of perfectionism. I still have a long way to go with my poses, but I know using the techniques I learned from these exercises I'll get there eventually. Thanks for all your tips Tom, your teaching style is awesome!


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Greetings everyone, My regularly featured 30th of the month blog post is up Tabby’s Nocturnal Nights: http://tabithablake.blogspot.com/?zx=50cb318d59674e3f This month I have a few words to
I’m the featured guest at Beverley Bateman’s blog http://beverleybateman.blogspot.com/ . I’m sharing 5 Secrets you won’t know about one of my books just by reading it.
My regularly featured 30th of the month blog post is up on Tabby’s Nocturnal Nights: http://tabithablake.blogspot.com/?zx=8dadc0f4c7168b45 Topic – Kaye Spencer’s plans for 2014: I feel good.
Christmas Trees. Holiday Music. Sugar Cookies. Glitter and Bows. And Best Of All… the Mistletoe. Romance books enhance our holiday traditions. Who doesn’t love to
I am the featured guest at Lisa Chalmers’ blog today. Stop by to see what I have to say about my short story GIFTS TO
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Stop by the Exquisite Quills blog today and read the story behind the story about how my first book, Lonely Places, made it into
International author group, Exquisite Quills presents an anthology of 15 short stories written by 15 different authors. All the stories are family-friendly, and winter-themed. And best


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When twelve-year-old Carlos makes a wish to be a man, a masked swordsman who calls himself The Fox appears from the nineteenth century to help.
In I AM THE FOX, a completed 40,000-word middle grade, reality-based fantasy, almost teenage Carlos is the man of the house for his mother and eight-year-old brother. After Carlos sees a young boy almost killed on the street, then he knows he must take action so his little brother is not lost. He can’t sleep that night and watches The Adventures of the Fox on TV. He makes a wish to be like this man, able to help others in need. When he wakes up the next morning, The Fox appears in his bedroom and agrees to help him become a man.
My writing-related experience includes: living and working in New York, including at Metropolitan Hospital, where one of the characters is taken after being hit by a truck; publication of a short story in the University of South Florida’s writing journal, PALM PRINTS; fiction awards from the National Writers Association and the Florida State Writing Competition.
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Word on the street: My eight-year-old brother is joining a gang.
I took to the New York streets to stop him, zigzagging around shoppers and food vendor carts in Spanish Harlem. The aroma of toasted tortillas and roast pork filled my nose. My mother bought me a pork-filled quesadilla once when she had extra money. How good it tasted.
No time to think of food now no matter how empty my stomach. The wind howled in my ears and nipped at the back of my neck. I zipped up my Jets jacket and pulled up the collar. I had a hunch where Manuel might be and headed in that direction.
My feet stiffened on the cold cement, but I raced across the cracked sidewalk. I’d accepted a mission and would not stop. Three years ago my dad abandoned us and I took over at age eleven as the man for the family. That made Manuel mine to find.
Soul, salsa, reggae, and rap music tumbled from windows above and blasted from cars alongside me. The “you’ll-grow-into-these jeans-and-jacket” my mother bought me made me feel small and skinny. Small or not, I could run fast enough to catch Manuel and teach him a lesson, even if I still hadn’t figured out how to handle the bullies at school or throw a fast ball.
My heart thundered and my lungs ached. I dashed around the two-for-one evening
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Section 1. That the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated to the State Highway Department for the purpose of making necessary repairs to the wharf or dock for the landing of boats on the Little River shore at Little Creek.
Section 2. The funds hereby appropriated shall be paid out of the Highway Fund of the State of Delaware.
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Food Tank is highlighting 27 seed saving organizations around the world that are working to preserve genetic diversity and protect food security.
The winners of the Foundation for New York’s Strongest micro-grant winners have been announced, recognizing innovative action against food waste in New York’s bid to be zero waste by 2030.
The Green Revolution promoted industrialized growing of high-yield crops to prevent hunger. In India, though, this destroyed biodiversity. Now, the GREEN Foundation is working to restore indigenous farming there.


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The NCAA is embracing “change” and starting the process of allowing student-athletes to profit off of their name, image and likeness, the organization announced Tuesday.
The group’s top governing board voted unanimously to allow college athletes to be compensated, though the NCAA’s three divisions must still craft their own rules and detail the specifics.
California became the first state to pass a law that would allow college athletes to get paid for endorsement deals and hire sports agents. Despite the NCAA’s latest decision, the organization said California’s law is still “likely unconstitutional” and is considering all potential next steps as states continue to address the subject of student-athlete pay. The law takes effect in 2023.
An NCAA working group will continue to solicit feedback through April and eventually refine recommendations on how to respond to the state and federal regulatory environment. Each of the three divisions must create new rules no later than Jan. 2021, the NCAA said.
Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., said scholarship money received by college athletes who take endorsement money should be treated — and taxed — like income.
“If college athletes are going to make money off of their likeness while in school, their scholarships should be treated like income,” Burr said over Twitter. He said plans to introduce legislation that taxes scholarships for college athletes who choose to “cash in.”


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Prospective home buyers who don't have a long credit report may still be able to show lenders they're worth the risk by showing off their nontraditional credit.
Disputes over ceiling fans or curtains may seem trivial, but some real estate professionals say such squabbles have cost them deals.
In July, single-family new-home sales dropped to their lowest level in nine months. Economists blame the recent surge in mortgage rates.
Smoking can reduce a home's resale value by 20 percent, a recent study finds. And 88% of agents surveyed say it's more difficult to sell a home where the residents were smokers.
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This new exhibition from artist Simeon Barclay fuses fashion, music, and popular culture at The Holden Gallery at MMU’s All Saints Campus. Barclay grew up in Huddersfield, becoming fascinated with the glamorous imagery of Vogue Magazine and how it contrasted with his home life. His employment background is manufacturing, having worked in a factory for 16 years which feeds into his practice by informing his aesthetic and use of industrial fabricating techniques. This exhibition, Life Room, consists of his existing pieces alongside new work, including a response to the historic collections at the Manchester School of Art.
Fri 8 Feb – Fri 29 Mar, The Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art, Grosvenor Building, Cavendish Street, Manchester, M15 6BR, Tel: 0161 2471072, times vary, FREE, www.holdengallery.mmu.ac.uk
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To go with our Teriyaki Burgers I decided to make another Weight Watchers recipe for Roasted Potato Wedges!! These are so simple and good it will blow your mind!!
You only need 2 potatoes, 1 spray cooking spray, 2 tbsp mustard (they call for Dijon I used Honey), 1 tsp olive oil, salt & pepper, and your choice of seasonings!! I chose basil cause we were out of everything else! They recommend using rosemary, oregano, and parsley, but you can use whatever spices you like!
First up, peel the potatoes and then slice in wedges like thick french fries!
In a bowl combine the mustard, olive oil, seasonings, and salt & pepper.
Then toss in your wedges and coat completely with your mixture.
Get out a baking sheet, put aluminum foil then spray it with cooking spray. Lay out your wedges.
Bake those babies at 425 degrees for about 30 minutes. At 15 minutes I took them out and flipped them all so they were evenly "baked".
Then get ready to enjoy!! These Potato Wedges were AWESOME!! I loved the taste of the mustard, you seriously did not need to dip these in anything!! They provided just enough flavor between the mustard and the seasonings! And for 1/4 of the above baking sheet it was only 3 points!!!
While it doesn't look like much, that really is a lot of food on that plate. The new plates we got for the wedding are HUGE! We love them but they are MASSIVE!! I usually use a smaller plate but this night I ended up with a big plate!
I highly recommend these, especially if you are on Weight Watchers! These are way better than frozen fries and I'm sure healthier!!


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A fed up Walmart worker made sure her bosses knew she was done — quitting in a no-holds-barred announcement over the Louisiana store’s loudspeaker.
Beth McGrath’s Facebook video of her unorthodox resignation has now gone viral, with more than 160,000 views and growing.
“Attention Walmart shoppers and associates, my name is Beth from electronics,” McGrath says over the store’s PA system.
“I’ve been working at Walmart for almost five years and I can say that everyone here is overworked and underpaid,” she said.
“The attendance policy is bulls–t. We’re treated from [sic] management and customers poorly every day,” she said. “Whenever we have a problem with it, we’re told that we’re replaceable.
“I’m tired of the constant gaslighting,” McGrath continued. “This company treats their elderly associates like s–t. To Jarred, our store manager, you’re a pervert. Greta and Kathy, shame on you for treating our associates the way you do. I hope you don’t speak to your families the way you speak to us.
“F–k management and f–k this job,” she said. “I quit.”
McGrath posted the video on Tuesday and later followed up by thanking Facebook users who responded, saying she was overwhelmed by the outpouring of support.
“I never intended for the video to blow up the way it did,” she said in a new post. “It’s been an emotional roller coaster for me and I’m just at a loss for words.
“I didn’t record the video for clout,” she said. “I recorded the video for my fellow coworkers, to let them know that I do love them and I do want what’s best for them. I wanted to be their voice, I wanted to be my voice.
“I am overwhelmed by everyone’s support,” McGrath said. “If I had any advice from this it would be to say, do not be afraid to speak your peace, even if it tears you down first.”


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There seems to be a difference of opinion over whether Microsoft recently complained to European Union regulators about Google+.
Reuters is reporting, citing two sources, that Microsoft informally complained to the European Union's European Commission about Google's social network. The sources wouldn't divulge what Microsoft said nor whether the company will file a formal complaint with the commission. Microsoft was reportedly flanked by "several" other companies that have taken issue with Google+.
However, in a statement to CNET sister site ZDNet, Microsoft said that it did not, in fact, file a complaint with the European Commission against Google+. But saying that it has "not filed a complaint" does not necessarily mean the company hasn't held informal talks with the European Commission about Google+.
A Microsoft spokesman directed CNET to the same statement, but added that Microsoft has not complained in any way about Google+.
If complaints are eventually filed against Google+, they would be rolled into the antitrust investigation the European Commission is conducting of Google's business practices. The commissionafter U.K.-based price comparison site Foundem, French legal search service ejustice.fr, and Microsoft-owned U.K. search engine Ciao charged Google with artificially lowering their rankings while boosting its own services.
Just a few months later,, saying that the search giant "has taken to entrench its dominance in the markets for online search and search advertising to the detriment of European consumers."
"How does it do this?" Microsoft senior vice president and general counsel, Brad Smith, asked at the time. "Google has built its business on indexing and displaying snippets of other organizations' Web content. It understands as well as anyone that search engines depend upon the openness of the Web in order to function properly, and it's quick to complain when others undermine this.
"Unfortunately, Google has engaged in a broadening pattern of walling off access to content and data that competitors need to provide search results to consumers and to attract advertisers," Smith concluded.
Google has said that it will cooperate fully with the investigators.
Next up, the commission will need to determine whether it'll. Last month, the European Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia told Reuters in an interview that a decision on that front could be made as soon as March.
"I will receive comments from the case team towards the end of the first quarter," Almunia said. "I do not expect anything sooner. Let us see."


By Don Nelson
A seldom-used ordinance came before the Winthrop Town Council last week in the form of a request for relief from the town’s off-street parking requirements.
Ordinance 372 — so rarely invoked that no one on the council or the town staff could remember the last time it was used, if ever — allows a business to “mitigate” parking requirements by making a cash payment to the town.
In this case, North Cascades Mountain Hostel on Castle Avenue agreed to pay $3,000 to the town in lieu of providing two additional off-street parking spaces.
Mayor Dave Acheson said the ordinance was originally intended to apply, for the most part, to businesses along Riverside Avenue.
The ordinance provides that mitigation fees go into a fund for procurement and maintenance of public parking within the town. If the money isn’t spent within five years, it is refunded, with interest, to the business owner.
Some council members weren’t sure that’s such a good deal for the town and suggested revisiting the ordinance.
“I don’t like it much,” said council member Gaile Bryant-Cannon.
Nonetheless, the council approved the agreement, inasmuch as the ordinance is in place and its requirements were met.


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there are so many incredible books being written on periods! here is just a selection of my favourites, plus books that have been recommended to me. divided into books which give voice to menstruators stories, academic texts + books about the menstruating body.
some places I turn to for excellent research material are listed here.
☽ It’s Only Blood: Shattering the Taboo of Menstruation : : Anna Dahlqvist (2018)
this book tells the stories of those fighting back against menstrual shame, from Sweden to Bangladesh to the U.S. + Uganda.
☽ Period: Twelve Voices Tell the Bloody Truth : : edited by Kate Farrell (2018)
in this collection an array of stories are told from a wide array of perspectives, telling stories about homeless periods, male periods, political periods + more. an excellent resource for younger readers!
☽ My Little Red Book : : Rachel Kauder Nalebuff (2009)
this anthology of stories about first periods is collected from women around the world.
☽ Notes on Bleeding : : Emilie Pine, available online and in Notes to Self: Essays (2018)
in this incredible essay Irish academic Emilie Pine explores what it means to be a body that bleeds + then learns not to bleed.
☽ New Blood: Third Wave Feminism and the Politics of Menstruation : : Chris Bobel (2010)
in this must-read book Bobel carries out ethnographic research of menstrual activists + draws a rich illustration of the history of menstrual activism.
☽ Out for Blood: Essays on Menstruation and Resistance : : Breanne Fahs (2016)
through eleven incredible essays Fahs explores the resistive potential of menstruators, looking to zine makers, trans teenagers + tour guides.
☽ Issues of Blood: The Politics of Menstruation : : Sophie Laws (1991)
in this classic text Laws researches men’s attitudes towards menstruation.
☽ Periods Gone Public: Taking a Stand for Menstrual Equity : : Jennifer Weiss-Wolf (2017)
in this timely + important book Weiss-Wolf explores menstruation in the current cultural + political climate.
☽ CodeRed: Know Your Flow, Unlock Your Super Powers and Create a Bloody Amazing Life. Period. : : Lisa Lister and Meggan Watterson (2015)
this book promises to teach you how to live + work in alignment with your menstrual cycle, uncovering your monthly superpowers in the process.
☽ The Wild Genie: The Healing Power of Menstruation : : Alexandra Pope (2014)
in this self-care guide Pope guides a path for menstruators who wish to explore the spirituality of their menstrual cycle.
☽ Womancode: Perfect your Cycle, Amplify your Fertility, Supercharge your Sex Drive and Become a Power Source : : Alissa Vitti (2013)
Vitti provides an essential educative tool for menstruators who experience polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), outlining how she healed herself through food + lifestyle changes.
☽ The Menstrual Cycle: A Feminist Lifespan Perspective
this short fact sheet was prepared by the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, it covers why menstruation matters + how the menstrual cycle works
Plan International Ireland recently carried out the first survey on periods in Ireland. their research found that : :
☽ 55% of Irish menstruators felt embarrassed by their period
☽ 50% of Irish girls have experiences issues around affordability of menstrual products
☽ 1 in 2 did not find school helpful for providing information on their period
☽ 30% were asked not to speak to their male friends, brothers or fathers about their periods
if you are a student or researcher writing about periods in Ireland + would like it featured on the MÍOSTA website please send me your research/writing for consideration.
please include short abstract, author bio + full research paper.

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Hundreds of people sit on the street every week in the hottest jazz capital.
New York? Rio? Paris? No. Asunción, Paraguay.
Never in my life have I ever seen a jazz scene so insistently popular as in Asuncíon. Taxi drivers, street kids, college students, urban professionals. Armed with yerba mate to ward off the cold of the Southern Cone winter, hundreds of people of all ages come out on a Sunday night to listen to a new crop of young jazz musicians. Freshly made mojitos and caipirinhas can be bought for veinte mil guaranies–four dollars–from a makeshift bar on Calle Palma in the zona colonial of downtown Asunción.
There’s no irony here, rather, unabashed appreciation for jazz standard for new
compositions and a clever incorporation of traditional Paraguayan musical motiffs.
And that’s just on Sundays. Almost every night of the week, there’s jazz somewhere in the city. Here’s where to go for jazz in Asunción
Mondays: Lunes de Jazz at the Centro Juan de Salazar and at Cafe Bohemia.
Wednesdays: Ciclo de Jazz at Drácena (on Mexico casi Herrera)
Fridays: Mburucujazz (in Barrio Obrero)
Thank you so much!
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Why Queer Sex is so Great
What’s the secret to queer sex?
There are lots of studies that suggest women in straight relationships are much less likely to orgasm during sex than men. The ‘orgasm gap’ has been statistically proven, so why is there little talk about how to close this gap? Many discussions on this topic present the data, and then fail to question why the data highlights clear disproportions. Women and non-binary people can be left wondering if the problem lies within themselves, and if it’s ‘just the way it is’, without understanding how we can break the gap. So, why is there an orgasm gap, and what barriers are preventing partners from having a mutually satisfying experience?
It’s important to acknowledge that ‘sex’ is different for every individual, and we have the right to decide what it means to us. We also have the right to decide what we want to gain from sex, and this doesn’t have to be an orgasm. This is something that LGBTQIA+ people have had to learn in order to navigate the world of queer sex and relationships.
Forbes have previously reported that lesbian women are almost as likely to report regular orgasms during sex as straight men. This shows us that women are not less likely to orgasm due to biology, they’re less likely to orgasm as a result of missing components of their sexual encounters.
And, while I’m not a scientist or expert in the field, there seem to be a few common components of queer sex that could highlight why the orgasm gap exists, and how it could be solved.
Ultimately, queer sex requires very open and honest communication from the beginning. The individuals involved have to understand their own needs and wants, as well as how it can work well for the sexual partners. It’s also common for this communication to continue throughout the experience, increasing the likelihood of everyone having the opportunity to express their needs and enjoy themselves.
As well as good communication, queer sex is experimental by nature. There’s an understanding that everyone is different and therefore everyone enjoys different things, this is celebrated in the LGBTQ+ community, which can lead to fun, non-judgemental experimentation.
Last but not least, queer people are used to abandoning traditional gender roles and social ‘norms’, and this extends to the bedroom! With traditional gender roles out of the window, queer sex is for the mutual enjoyment of everyone.
So, it’s settled, queer sex is great!