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Who's that gal? Meet B-town's new bikini babe
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The former Miss India Universe (2007) first wore a bikini for her debut film F.A.L.T.U followed by her next Go Goa Gone.
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Although her filmy graph has been on a low, but looks like something as small as a two-piece can accomplish mighty big things. Or so it seems.
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Starlet Puja Gupta's career has got a massive fillip ever since she decided to wear the wonder two piece. Directors have been making a bee line and there has been no dearth of projects, despite not registering any hits at the box office.
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Shortcut Romeo is the remake of Susi Ganesh's super hit Tamil film
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It features Neil Nitin Mukesh and Ameesha Patel in lead roles. The film releases on June 21.
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She's ready to bare it all again, this time for her upcoming film Shortcut Romeo opposite Neil Nitin Mukesh. She will be flaunting her to-die-for figure in a silver bikini for a scene in this film.

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On Sundays, Dimos (who did not want to be named) usually goes to support his team, AEK Athens. But, after the temporary closure of all football stadiums to the public decided by the Greek government, the young man had to do without this pleasure: “True Victim” which he does not consider justified at all. “In general, the violence happens outside the stadiums. These actions should be punished more severely and those who commit them should be expelled from the stadiums. But in this case, the majority was penalized for the actions of a small minority.”, he believes. Dimos will be able to return to see AEK from Tuesday, February 13, as the two-month closed session imposed by the executive comes to an end.
The Greek government took a radical decision in early December when a 31-year-old policeman died after being seriously injured by hooligans during a volleyball match between Olympiakos and Panathinaikos in Athens. Conditions for the opening of stadiums were requested by the conservative government: football and basketball clubs will be obliged to equip their buildings with surveillance cameras from March 7. And, from April 9, fans will have to identify themselves at the entrance to the sports grounds, using a mobile application created by the Greek government, to attend the match.
If there is violence during the match, the committee will impose heavy fines and oblige the clubs to play the next match without fans.– warned the Deputy Minister of Sports, Yanis Vrutsis. On February 13, St. “Stadiums will open in a new environment with this new Permanent Violence Management Committee imposing draconian sanctions”– warned the minister. Stadiums are opening early for the left-wing opposition party Syriza “Nothing has changed” from December and that the measures taken will be applied only in March and April.
“As if everything suddenly stopped at the stadium”
Violence has plagued Greek sports, particularly football matches, for several years, and successive governments have tried to crack down on it, to no avail. In February 2022, Alkis Kampanos, a 19-year-old Aris Thessaloniki fan, was murdered in Thessaloniki – the country’s second city – by hooligans from a rival club. In August 2023, a 29-year-old AEK Athens supporter was killed in an attack by Croatian and Greek hooligans on the outskirts of the capital. In 2022, the government has already increased the maximum prison sentence for rioters from six months to five years, without reducing violence.
Source: Le Monde
Jason Root is a sports aficionado and a writer at Run Down Bulletin. With a passion for athletic competition and a wealth of knowledge on all things sports, he provides in-depth coverage of the biggest games and events in the world of sports.


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Kicking off National Poetry with a Sadie Girl Press Reunion Reading. Come to hear poets Nancy Lynée Woo, Kelsey Bryan-Zwick, Terry Ann Wright, Raquel Reyes-Lopez, and Sarah Thursday on Saturday, April 1, 2023, from 5 – 7 pm at Page Against the Machine, 2714 E. 4th Street, Long Beach, CA 90814.
Authors and Artists of Incandescent Mind: Issue Two, Winter 2017Anthology Contributors, Daniel McGinn, Esmeralda Villalobos, JL Martindale, Kelsey Bryan-Zwick, Larry Duncan, Nancy Lynée Woo, Raquel Reyes-Lopez, Sarah Thursday
64 authors and artists contributed to Incandescent Mind: Issue Two, Winter 2017. Read through their bios and learn more about them.
|Adrian Ernesto Cepeda is an LA Poet who is a recent graduate of MFA program at Antioch University in Los Angeles where he lives with his wife and their cat Woody Gold. His poetry has been featured in The Yellow Chair Review, Thick With Conviction, Silver Birch Press and one of his poems was named the winner of Subterranean Blue Poetry’s 2016 “The Children of Orpheus” Anthology Contest. You can connect with Adrian on his website: adrianernestocepeda.com|
|Alex Diffin is a Long Beach artist. She focuses on pop contemporary abstract portraiture; running with the themes of bright chaotic color accented with a detailed emotive portrait. Alex gets her inspiration from the wild abstractness of life, and how stunning it can be despite its unpredictability. Life is messy, life is beautiful. Alexdiffin.com IG: alex_diffin Facebook: alexandradiffin|
Alexis Rhone Fancher is the author of How I Lost My Virginity To Michael Cohen and
other heart stab poems, (2014), State of Grace: The Joshua Elegies, (2015), and Enter Here, (March, 2017). She is published in Best American Poetry, 2016, Rattle, Slipstream, Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles, Hobart, Cleaver, and elsewhere. Her photos are published worldwide, including a spread in River Styx, and the covers of Witness, Heyday, and the Chiron Review. Since 2013 Alexis has been nominated for 11 Pushcart Prizes and 4 Best of the Net awards. She is Poetry Editor of Cultural Weekly and the monthly photo essay, “The Poet’s Eye.” www.alexisrhonefancher.com
|Alise Brillault is a spoken word poet, writer, and student finally finishing up her degree in Integrated Social Sciences. She is from Long Beach, California but is currently living in Barcelona, Spain. She also likes to host open mic nights and has done so both in Long Beach and in Barcelona. Her influences mostly include hip-hop music as well as moments from her personal life. When she’s not writing, performing, or studying, Alise loves practicing her Spanish, doing yoga, dancing, and traveling.|
|Amanda Mathews is a painter and artist exploring new ideas in Montclair, New Jersey. She strives to produce work that challenges the traditional media standards of beauty. Her work has been featured on the cover of Mahogany L. Browne’s book Swag and at MH Gallery in Chelsea. She once took an awfully long walk through the Chelsea galleries with Jerry Saltz. She prefers pie over cake and tries to start each morning with a hearty “Hell yes”. You can find more of her work at Facebook.com/AmandaMathewsArtist and society6.com/AmandaMathews|
|Betsy Mars is a Connecticut-born, mostly Southern California raised, formerly lapsed poet. She has returned to the fold after too long of an absence. She is a mother, educator, and animal lover with a severe case of travel fever. Having spent part of her childhood abroad, she has always had an interest in language and its nuances. With a social worker mother and psychologist grandmother, it was inevitable that she would be an overthinker and prone to bouts of depression. Her work has been published by Silver Birch Press, the California Quarterly, as well as in several anthologies.|
|Boris Salvador Ingles was born and raised in Los Angeles, in the small community of Boyle Heights. He combines poetry and photography, as means for visual and emotional expression. A mixture of humor, rawness, vulnerability and a sense for dark street realism. His poems have appeared in Spectrum, Spectrum 2, Cadence Collective: Year Two Anthology, Then & Now: Conversations with Old Friends and most recently, The Coiled Serpent anthology.|
|Brandon Dumais is a Los Angeles-born writer and zine-maker. He received his BA in creative writing and English literature from CSULB in 2013 and is the co-editor of Remedial Art Class. His work has been published by Sadie Girl Press, Bank Heavy Press, Spectrum, Sap, and The Men’s Heartbreak Anthology.|
|Chestina Craig, an intersectional feminist, poet, and scientist in training, lives in Long Beach, CA with her cat. Currently a student at CSULB studying Marine Biology, she spends her free time in the ocean, taking photos, and petting sharks. Her other talents include eating whole pizzas and falling in love with 7pm tangerine sunlight. She hopes to one day only be required to wear gauzy long dresses and swim in the ocean.|
|Daniel McGinn‘s poems have appeared numerous anthologies and publications. Daniel has an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. He and his wife, poet Lori McGinn, are natives of Whittier, California.|
|Donald Illich has published poetry in journals such as The Iowa Review, Sixth Finch, Nimrod, and Columbia (Online). He was a finalist for the Washington Writers Publishing House poetry book contest. He has been named a nominee for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net awards. He lives in Maryland.|
|Donna Hilbert’s latest book is The Congress of Luminous Bodies, from Aortic Books. The Green Season, World Parade Books, a collection of poetry and prose, is available in an expanded second edition. The work about the death of her husband appears in Transforming Matter, and in Traveler in Paradise: New and Selected Poems, from PEARL Editions. Her work is widely anthologized, including Boomer Girls, A New Geography of Poets, Solace in So Many Words, most recently in The Widows’ Handbook, Kent State University Press and The Doll Collection, Terrapin Books. She lives in Long Beach, California. More at www.donnahilbert.com|
|Dr. Donny Jackson is a clinical psychologist, documentary television producer, and poet. He lives in Los Angeles, California. firstname.lastname@example.org donnyjacksonpoetry.tumblr.com|
|E. Amato is a digital nomad, published poet, award-winning screenwriter, and established performer, with three poetry collections released by Zesty Pubs: Swimming Through Amber, 5, & Will Travel. Recently featured in KCET’s LA Letters as one of five emerging female writers, her poetry is included in Tia Chucha Press’ The Coiled Serpent: Poets Arising from the Cultural Quakes & Shifts of Los Angeles, and she was commissioned to create text for City Speaks III, an audio installation for the city of Pasadena. She edits the Zestyverse, and has been a contributor to The Body Is Not an Apology. http://www.eamato.com|
|Elder Zamora is a writer residing in Southern California. He holds a degree in English and is a curator of the San Gabriel Valley Literary Festival. His work has been published in various journals including Left Hook, Barnstorm, Soundings Review, Libertad and others.|
|Ellen Stone teaches at Community High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her poems have appeared recently in Passages North, The Collagist, The Citron Review and Fifth Wednesday. Ellen’s poetry has recently been nominated for a Pushcart prize and Best of the Net. Her poetry collection, The Solid Living World, won the 2013 Michigan Writers Cooperative Press chapbook contest.|
|Eric Morago is the author of What We Ache For (Moon Tide Press, 2010) and Feasting on Sky (Paper Plane Pilots, 2016), and is an associate editor for the online literary journal, FreezeRay Poetry. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from California State University, Long Beach, and currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two dogs.|
|Esmeralda Villalobos is an artist from Guadalajara, Mexico, currently living in Southern California. As far as her painting style is concerned, she feels that experimenting with different forms—surrealism, abstract expressionism, realism—is one of the greatest freedoms an artist has. She has an art book called Artwork by Esmeralda Villalobos available through Sadie Girl Press.|
|Faith Gobeli is a sporadic writer of poetry and a celebrator of all things creative. In addition to poetry, she has dabbled in many mediums of writing, including screenplays, novels, short stories, and, most recently, a web series. Some of her favorite poets are Pablo Neruda, Rainer Maria Rilke, Stephen Crane, and Sharon Olds.|
|Fernando Gallegos is a Long Beach artist born and raised. He is heavily inspired by the human form and always searching to evoke the feeling of movement and emotion. He loves the power of the brain, to take a simple stroke of color on paper and piece it together to an image with depth and feeling. He has illustrated many projects for Sadie Girl Press. Find more info and keep updated at: facebook\fernando.gallegos.lbc and instagram\@fgraphix.|
|George Hammons is currently a student at California State University San Bernardino, where he has had poems published in, the CSUSB publication, The Pacific Review. George has also had poems published online at Cadence Collective and will have several poems published in the upcoming volume of American Mustard.|
|HERFJERF is a newly sprouted SoCal artist whose conquest is to open portals in the minds of the modern human. HERFJERF has recently completed his first collection called Cave Paintings, which premiered at Stan Lee’s Comikaze (2015). HERFJERF is currently developing a collection of clay figurines called The Creatures of Bad Thoughts, as well as another group of paintings that explores the regions of the human body through the subtle body. Thank you.|
|Jackie Joice is a writer and photographer based in Long Beach and is author of the poetry and prose collection entitled Green Grapes Black Hands. She is currently working on a new collection of poems entitled “Touched.”|
|Jeffrey Alfier’s collection of Southwest poems, Idyll for a Vanishing River, won the 2014 Kithara Book Prize. His latest chapbooks are Bleak Music — a photograph and poetry collaboration with Larry D. Thomas, Southbound Express to Bay Head: New Jersey Poems and The Red Stag at Carrbridge: Scotland Poems. Anthem for Pacific Avenue, a collection of California poems, is due out in early 2017. Recent credits include Cold Mountain Review, Southern Poetry Review and Hotel Amerika. In 2008, he founded Blue Horse Press and San Pedro River Review.|
|Nominated for a Pushcart Prize way too long ago, Jeri Thompson keeps busy playing or napping with two cats who always seem ready for inspiration. You can find her work in Chiron Review, Red Light Lit, and Yellow Chair Review. Soon in Clockwise Cat (Jan. 2017) issue.|
|JL Martindale writes stuff. Sometimes it’s stuff about bootleg theft, motherhood or peanut butter. Sometimes she isn’t sure what she’s writing about. She’s honored to have poetry published with Cadence Collective, Bank Heavy Press, Lucid Moose Press, A Poet is a Poet anthologies and more.|
|Karina Lutz is a writer, editor, teacher, and lifelong activist. In 2013, she received honorable mention from Homebound Publications Poetry Prize. Her poetry and links can be found at karinalutz.wordpress.com.|
|Keayva Mitchell is a twenty-four year old poet currently living in Long Beach, California. Some of her favorite poets include Terrence Hayes, Cristin O’Keefe-Aptowicz, and Rachel McKibbens. You can find her work in Cadence Collective: Year Two Anthology, Like a Girl: Perspectives on Feminine Identity, and Wherewithal Lit. She thinks you’re cool.|
|Kelsey Bryan-Zwick dreams big (writes and draws) in Long Beach, California. She is a graduate of UCSC, with a B.A. in Literature/Creative Writing-Poetry, and a Pushcart Prize nominee. Her art has featured on Cadence Collective, and is published in Like a Girl: Perspectives on Feminine Identity and Then & Now: Conversations with Old Friends. Kelsey’s poetry can be found in East Jasmine Review, Storm Cycle 2015: The Best of Kind of a Hurricane Press, Lummox 5, Short Poems Ain’t Got Nobody to Love, and in her chapbook, Watermarked (Sadie Girl Press), which intermixes both poetry and artwork in bold tones.|
|Kevin Ridgeway is from South Whittier, California. His work has been published widely in the small press; recent poems can be found in the pages of Chiron Review, Big Hammer, Nerve Cowboy, Cultural Weekly, San Pedro River Review and Spillway, among many others. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net, and is the author of six chapbooks of poetry, including On the Burning Shore (Arroyo Seco Press) and Contents Under Pressure (Crisis Chronicles Press).|
|Kim Sharp is a writer, editor, and educator from Seattle. Her writing has been featured in several publications including the first issue of Incandescent Mind, the Carolina Quarterly and Clamor. Kim holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Oregon State University. Learn more about Kim and her work at www.travelswithqueeerness.com|
|Larry Duncan currently lives in Redondo Beach, CA. His poetry has appeared in Juked, The Mas Tequila Review, Emerge Literary Journal and the Free State Review. He is the author of two chapbooks, Crossroads of Stars and White Lightning and Drunk on Ophelia. To learn more about Larry and his writing, visit at larrydunc.wix.com/larry-duncan.|
|Lauri Langston has been a closet writer since she was twelve, sharing for the last nine years, primarily via spoken word at open mic events. She has two chapbooks, Reflections and Ready for the Storm and is currently working on a third. She can be found on Facebook and WordPress.com.|
|LeAnne Hunt lives with her whirlwind daughter and a hyper cat. She is a regular at the Ugly Mug reading in Orange and at the Poetry Lab workshop in Long Beach. She has poems published in LUMMOX Three, Gutters & Alleyways: Perspectives on Poverty and Struggle and Cadence Collective.|
|Linda Singer is a local poet and actress. She performs regularly with Stop Senior Scams and has featured at several So Cal poetry venues including Last Sunday and Poetry Matters. She had two plays produced in Dallas and sold a script to the TV series, Evening Shade. Linda has been published in a variety of poetry journals including Lummox, Directions, Spring Harvest and The Moment. She is currently working on a book of poetry about Death and Dying which she hopes will bring solace to those who might need it.|
|Lynn Azali aims to express her learning of mixing human figure, layers, composition and color through Paint Illustration. Born and raised in San Fernando Valley, California, Lynn studied Architecture at California Polytechnic University, in San Luis Obispo (2000-2005) and Scandinavian Design at Denmark International Study, in Copenhagen (2003-2004). She currently resides in Long Beach, California, and works fulltime as an Architectural Designer. Lynn’s showing experience includes: galleries, retail boutiques, cafes and night life events. Please feel free to contact or share thoughts via email at email@example.com or find her on Facebook and Instagram.|
|Lynne Viti is a senior lecturer in the Writing Program at Wellesley College. She received her B.A. cum laude in English Literature from Barnard College, and her Ph.D. and J.D. from Boston College, where she was a university fellow in English. She has published poetry and fiction in both online and print journals, most recently, Amuse-Bouche, The Paterson Review, The Little Patuxent Review, Drunk Monkeys, Cultured Vultures, Irish Literary Review, A New Ulster, Mountain Gazette, and Right Hand Pointing. She won an Honorable Mention in the 2015 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Contest, and the summer 2015 poetry contest at The Song Is.|
|Mariano Zaro is the author of four bilingual books of poetry: Where From/Desde Donde, Poems of Erosion/Poemas de la erosión, The House of Mae Rim/La casa de Mae Rim and Tres letras/Three Letters. His poems have been included in the anthologies Monster Verse (Penguin Random House), Wide Awake (Beyond Baroque), The Coiled Serpent (Tía Chucha Press) and in several magazines in Spain, Mexico and the United States. He conducts a series of video interviews with prominent California poets as part of the literary project Poetry.LA (www.Poetry.LA) Mariano Zaro is a Spanish professor at Rio Hondo College. More information at www.marianozaro.com|
|Mark Smith-Soto has authored three prize-winning chapbooks and three full-length poetry collections: Our Lives Are Rivers (University Press of Florida, 2003), Any Second Now (Main Street Rag Publishing Co., 2006) and Time Pieces (Main Street Rag Publishing Co., 2015). His work has appeared in Antioch Review, Kenyon Review, Literary Review, Nimrod, Rattle, The Sun and many other publications. Nominated several times for a Pushcart Prize, and he recognized in 2006 with an NEA Fellowship in Creative Writing. His Fever Season: Selected Poetry of Ana Istarú (2010) and his lyrical memoir Berkeley Prelude (2013) were both published by Unicorn Press.|
|Michele Rene is a local Long Beach painter and musician. One of four daughters, her parents always encouraged her artistic endeavors. She is self-taught and has shown at numerous galleries in Orange County and Long Beach. Recently, Michele has also donated art work to local charity auctions Comprehensive Childhood Development and Heels for Hearts at Long Beach Memorial. She is active in the community as Secretary to the East Village Association and sings in parlor jazz trio The Funny Valentines. http://www.michelerene.com|
|Born and raised in NY, Michele Vavonese has been traveling, making, selling and teaching art for over 20 years. Michele Vavonese Studio opened its doors in 2006. Here original works made revolve around everything from politics to struggles of the internal psyche to the plights of agribusiness. It reflects the human condition and the culture we live in.|
|Since the opening of his 2009 Art Unexpected exhibition, Mick Victor‘s portrait photography, the continuing Art Unexpected Series and his recent mixed media work have gained a commercial and private following not only in Southern California but in cities as far away as London where a one of his portrait works represents the current “Song of Luthien” performance tour for the London Symphony Orchestra. Exhibited and sold in the US, Canada and Western Europe, five of his master portraits featured at the Los Angeles Museum of Latin American Art are now a part of the museum’s permanent collection.|
|Nancy Correro holds an MFA from McNeese State University, and is pursuing a PhD at Georgia State University. She resides near the Chattahoochee Watershed in Roswell, GA and finds inspiration while hiking the Big Creek trails. She is the recipient of the Joy Scantlebury Poetry Award, and her work has appeared or is forthcoming in such publications as I-70 Review, Rougarou, Bird’s Thumb, and other journals.|
|Nancy Lynée Woo is a 2015 PEN Center USA Emerging Voices Fellow, the founding editor of Lucid Moose Lit, a social justice-focused press, and a Pushcart-nominated poet. She has published two chapbooks of poetry, Bearing the Juice of It All (Finishing Line Press, 2016) and Rampant (Sadie Girl Press, 2014), with poems in numerous journals. Often caught cavorting around Long Beach, CA, this poet can also be found at nancylyneewoo.com.|
|Natalie Morales uses her poetry as an outlet for the anxiety and depression she’s faced since childhood. Her work has been published in Conceit Magazine, Chiron Review, and Cornell University’s Rainy Day literary magazine, among many others. She is currently compiling a visual chapbook of found poetry.|
|Raquel Reyes-Lopez currently resides in Oceanside, CA with her husband. Her poetry can be found in Rattle, Cadence Collective: Long Beach Poets, Long Beach Live, and various other magazines. Her debut chapbook Born to Electrify was published with Sadie Girl Press and is available to purchase through their website. Keep in touch with her at contactraquel.wordpress.com for future publications.|
|Ricardo Vidana is 30-year-old writer and photographer. He lives and works in Long Beach California and is attending Long Beach City College. He has been a photographer and writer for over 10 years now and both his poetry and photographs have been published online and in various small press publications. He has two self-published chapbooks: A Whiskey Séance to Communicate with the Dead or Dying and A Trunk Full of Wallpaper, both of which can be ordered through him. His contact information is firstname.lastname@example.org facebook: facebook.com/TheArtistAndMe|
|Robert Hoffman splits his time between Lakewood and the Salton Sea, California. He received a dual concentration MFA from the Northwest Institute of Literary Art in Fiction and Poetry, as well as having assistant editing duties with Soundings magazine and webmaster for the student website. Bob is the creator of the “15 Series” chapbook poems, which currently includes 15 Salton Sea Poems and a Lament, and 15 Shady Poems and a Love Sonnet, and the soon to be released, 15 Paramour Poems and the Backdoor. The “15 Shady Poems” Facebook page boasts over 12,000 followers to his nearly daily postings. He’s also published with Sharkreef.org and Cordite Review.|
|Robin Dawn Hudechek has an MFA in creative writing, poetry from UCI. Her poems have appeared in Caliban, Cream City Review, Chiron Review, Poemeleon, The Hummingbird Review, Cadence Collective, Inlandia: A Literary Journey, Verse-Virtual and elsewhere. She has two chapbooks: Ghost Walk, (the Inevitable Press, 1997) and Ice Angels, published in IDES: A Collection of Poetry Chapbooks (Silver Birch Press, October, 2015). Robin lives in Laguna Beach with her husband, Manny and two beautiful cats.|
|Robin Steere Axworthy is a native Californian who wandered off in search of adventure for many years before landing in Southern California in 1983 to marry a musician. She has been writing since childhood among the interstices of growing up, jobs, marriage, child rearing, teaching, and dancing. She is currently working on poetry and some fiction. She plans to spend more time on both now that she has retired from full-time teaching|
|Rose Mary Neff, born and raised in Southern California, is a self-taught artist inspired by the people and world around her, always believing we are all both the artist, and the artwork. She has featured with Encinitas First Friday Megaphone First Thursdays, and Expressions of Spirituality, Centro cultural de la raza, as well as cover artist for Like a Girl: Perspectives on Feminine Identity, Lucid Moose Lit.|
|Sarah Lim began taking photographs in 2011 with a hand me down first generation iPhone. Her early work was mostly food, as she is also a Farm to Table Chef. She became passionate about photography and began to explore other subjects such as flowers, people, and most recently, the local music, poetry, and art scene in Long Beach and LA. Sarah seeks to capture moments of beauty, clarity, and most of all, love, in her work. Follow her photography, SOL Shots on Facebook and on Instagram: @slimhappy65.|
|Sharon Elliott has been a poet activist especially in multicultural women’s issues over several decades beginning in the anti-war and civil rights movements in the 1960s and 70s, and four years in the Peace Corps in Nicaragua and Ecuador. She is a Moderator of Poets Responding to SB1070. Her work has appeared in her book Jaguar Unfinished and in several other publications. Her poem “Border Crossing” appears in the anthology: Poetry of Resistance: Voices for Social Justice that received the 2016 Arizona/New Mexico book award.|
|Stephanie Barbé Hammer has published fiction, poetry and nonfiction in the Bellevue Literary Review, Pearl, CRATE, Gravel, Bacopa Literary Review, Cafe Irreal, and Hayden’s Ferry Review among other places. She is the author of three scholarly books as well as a prose poem chapbook, a poetry collection, and a novel. She is working on a new novel project involving a fan girl, a right-to-life activist, three suicides, and a sailor. She is also writing about being a New Yorker who tries to deal with nature. She lives in Coupeville, WA but escapes to Los Angeles as often as she can.|
|Steven Hendrix received his BA in Comparative Literature and his MA in English Literature from California State University, Long Beach. His work has been published in Cadence Collective, Chiron Review, Askew, and others. He is grateful for the people in his life and whatever time he can find to write.|
|Tami Hattis has a B. A. in Communicative Disorders and Creative Writing from the University of Redlands in California, where she also did her graduate work in Communicative Disorders. Her poetry has been published in The Sand Canyon Review and Ghost Town Literary Magazine. She has performed and participated in writing workshops and readings throughout California and in El Rito, New Mexico. Hattis has also written and performed an autobiographical play titled Staring Back. She has recently ventured into the visual arts by collaborating with her lovebird. She integrates paper that her lovebird shreds into her multimedia collages. See more on her Facebook page: Tamara Hattis Art.|
|Terri Niccum is a former journalist and special education teacher. She lives in Southern California where she continues to advocate for children with special needs. She was selected as a semi-finalist for the 2014 Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry. Her chapbook, Looking Snow in the Eye, was released in 2015 by Finishing Line Press. Recently, her poems have appeared in Nimrod International Journal; The Poeming Pigeon: Poems About Food; Literary Orphans; Cadence Collective; River Poets Journal; Angel City Review, and Pretty Owl Poetry.|
|Inspired by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Tiffany Dawn Hasse makes it a point to prolifically articulate her experience of having OCD coupled with a tic disorder, through her words. “I want to make an impact on people respectfully through being a true authentic artisan. I want my poetry to reflect a quick-witted mind of substance, of reckless truth with the human experience. I want my art to move people, to allow them to identify with the pain within themselves, so that this pain can be transmuted into their most grandeur asset: Self-empowerment.”|
|Tony Gloeggler a lifelong resident of NYC and work managing group homes in Brooklyn. My poetry has recently appeared in The Raleigh Review, Rattle, Paterson Literary Review, Nerve Cowboy, and Chiron Review. Until The Last Light Leaves was put out by NYQ Books at the end of 2015 and was a finalist for the 2016 Binghamton University Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award. That same year, Bittersweet Editions published Tony Come Back August, a collaboration with the photographer Marco North.|
|torrin a. greathouse is a genderqueer, schizophrenic, cripple-punk from Southern California. They are the Editor and Co-Founder of Black Napkin Press. Their work has been published or is forthcoming in Assaracus, Crab Fat Magazine, Heavy Feather Review, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Polychrome Ink, Rabbit Catastrophe Review, Calamus Journal, Emerge Literary Journal, & The Feminist Wire. torrin’s work was nominated for the Pushcart Prize by Rust + Moth. When they are not writing or editing poetry, they are trying to survive in America long enough to earn a degree.|
|Valentina Thompson is a student at California State University, Long Beach. Currently studying English, Creative Writing with a minor in Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies, she’s also a queer writer who uses her poetry as a vehicle to share her personal experiences exploring love and intimacy. Her habits include always smiling at strangers, over-consuming hot chocolate, and trying to make herself proud.|
|Yeggi Kaela Watts has spent 15 years working with children with special needs and has been drawing and writing from an early age. She’s always had a love for art, poetry and music but never had the confidence nor was in a place to pursue it. Only now, after experiencing the greatest joys and pains in life has she been able to pursue her art wholeheartedly. Her hope is to continue sharing her art, poems and songs to connect with people in many walks of life.|
Incandescent Mind: Issue TwoArt and Poetry Anthologies, Daniel McGinn, Esmeralda Villalobos, JL Martindale, Kelsey Bryan-Zwick, Larry Duncan, Nancy Lynée Woo, Raquel Reyes-Lopez, Sarah Thursday, Terry Ann Wright
Incandescent Mind: Issue Two, Winter 2017 is a full-color, 8.5 x 11″ journal of poetry, prose, and art focused on mental and emotional health. From mental illness, physical ailments, death, and loss, to PTSD, body image issues, family dysfunction, and more, 64 authors and artists share their light on what fuels their internal fires. Edited by Sarah Thursday and with additional editorial support from Raquel Reyes-Lopez, Robin Axworthy, Jeri Thompson, Frank Kearns, Clifton Snider, Terry Wright, and Karie McNeley. Available through Sadie Girl Press Bookstore and MADE by Millworks in Long Beach.
“Incandescent Mind: Issue Two, Winter 2017 explores the beauty and grit of the human psyche and what it takes to deal with adversity, to survive, to sometimes admit defeat, to thrive, to heal. This is a collection of joy, sorrow, confusion, and love, but most importantly it is a collection of life, the persistence to exist, and express brightly in a world that often tries to keep the lights dim.” —Karie McNeley, Editor of Bank Heavy Press
“Here, deftly chronicled in poetry, prose, photography, and art, is a stunningly self-aware exposition of our humanity—our fears and failings, broken places, lost loves. Memory and regret. Fragility, and the strength that is its counterpoint. How we feel when life crashes into us, opens its mouth and swallows our dreams. The things we cannot bear, but do. There is commonality and comfort in these pages, the universal balm of shared experience. Hold their insights like a mirror to your life. Open them and find light breaking through.” —Ricki Mandeville
“There is beauty in strength, in fragility, in having the courage to face one’s darkest fears and speak them aloud. Even as thoughts plague us, we construct a paper-thin veneer of normalcy that occasionally catches fire when the mind, furiously incandescent, burns too brightly. Those of us who have felt those flames, those who have fanned or ignited them, realize how precious it is when everything burns away, leaving nothing but truth. This second volume of Incandescent Mind fuses art with words which, together, burn more brightly.” —Sander Roscoe Wolff, Author of Musings of a Dunderhead
Authors and Artists include: Adrian Ernesto Cepeda, Alex Diffin, Alexis Rhone Fancher, Alise Brillault, Amanda Mathews, Betsy Mars, Boris Ingles, Brandon Dumais, Chestina Craig, Daniel McGinn, Donald Illich, Donna Hilbert, Donny Jackson, E. Amato, Elder Zamora, Ellen Stone, Eric Morago, Esmeralda Villalobos, Faith Gobeli, Fernando Gallegos, George Hammons, HERFJERF, Jackie Joice, Jeffrey Alfier, Jeri Thompson, JL Martindale, Karina Lutz, Keayva Mitchell, Kelsey Bryan-Zwick, Kevin Ridgeway, Kim Sharp, Larry Duncan, Lauri Langston, LeAnne Hunt, Linda Singer, Lynn Azali, Lynne Viti, Mariano Zaro, Mark Smith-Soto, Michele Rene, Michele Vavonese, Mick Victor, Nancy Correro, Nancy Lynée Woo, Natalie Morales, Raquel Reyes-Lopez, Ricardo Vidana, Robert Hoffman, Robin Dawn Hudecheck, Robin Steere Axworthy, Rose Mary Neff, Sarah Lim, Sarah Thursday, Sharon Elliott, Stephanie Barbé Hammer, Steven Hendrix, Tami Hattis, Terri Niccum, Tiffany Dawn Hasse, Tony Gloeggler, Torrin A. Greathouse, Valentina Thompson, Victor Gulvan, and Yeggi Kaela Watts.
SGP launches at MADE by MillworksDaniel McGinn, Elmast Kozloyan, Esmeralda Villalobos, Events, Graham Smith, JL Martindale, Kelsey Bryan-Zwick, Ken Oddist Jones, Larry Duncan, Nancy Lynée Woo, Press News!, Raquel Reyes-Lopez, Sarah Thursday, Terry Ann Wright
Sadie Girl Press is pleased to announce the launch of our new partnership with MADE by Millworks. MADE is a lovely store located in downtown Long Beach at 240 Pine Ave, that focuses on locally made products. They have graciously agreed to provide space to sell our Sadie Girl Press books. To celebrate this new location, we are having a special Sadie Girl Press reading, as well as meet the authors and artists!
Nancy Lynée Woo
Terry Ann Wright
Ken Oddist Jones
and live art by Esmeralda Villalobos
Additional features to be announced!
Feel free to arrive early and browse the amazing products in the store by local vendors. There is free two-hour parking in the parking structure on 3rd St.
Incandescent Mind: Issue One, Summer 2016Art and Poetry Anthologies, Available Now, Raquel Reyes-Lopez, Sarah Thursday
Incandescent Mind: Issue One, Summer 2016 is a full-color, 8.5 x 11″ journal of poetry, prose, and art focused on mental and emotional health. From mental illness, physical ailments, death, and loss, to PTSD, body image issues, family dysfunction, and more, 48 authors and 23 artists share their light on what fuels their internal fires. Edited by Sarah Thursday and co-edited by Raquel Reyes-Lopez, with additional support from Robin Axworthy, Jeri Thompson, Frank Kearns, Clifton Snider, and Keri McNeley. Available through Sadie Girl Press Bookstore and MADE by Millworks in Long Beach.
Authors and artists included in Issue One: A. Riding, Adrian Cepeda, Aja Beech, Alexis Rhone Fancher, Amanda Martin, Amanda Mathews, Andrew Brown, Anna Szilagyi, Boris Ingles, Brandi Conder, Brandon Dumais, Cat Brendel, Daniel McGinn, Darcy Smith, Donald Illich, E. Laura Golberg, E. Amato, Ed Baines, Elder Zamora, Ellen Stone, Erika Ayón, Garrett Hoffman, Jackie Joice, Jane Roe, John Guzlowski, Joy Shannon, K. Andrew Turner, Kara Dennison, Ken Oddist Jones, Kerfe Roig, Kevin Ridgeway, Kim Sharp, Kit Couter, Kristina England, Laura Saint Martin, Lauri Langston, Leah Mueller, Lynn Azali, Lynne Viti, Mariano Zaro, Mark Smith-Soto, Mary McCarthy, Michael Cantin, Michele Rene, Nancy Correro, Natalie Hirt, Natalie Morales, Nina Bannett, Nina Johnson, Ola Faleti, Ricardo Vidana, Robert Hoffman, Robin Axworthy, Roopa Dudley, Sander Wolff, Sarah Davis, Sarah Lim, Serena Solin, Sharon Elliott, Stephanie Barbe Hammer, Stephen Linsteadt, Steve Lossing, Susan Solomon, Taylor Flynn, TC Boyd, Tim Perez, Tobi Alfier, Tony Gloeggler, Torrin Greathouse, Victoria Griffin, and Yeggi Kaela Watts.
Sadie Girl Press is going to AWP!Daniel McGinn, JL Martindale, Nancy Lynée Woo, Press News!, Raquel Reyes-Lopez, Sarah Thursday
We’re going to AWP!! This year the Association of Writers & Writing Programs is having its annual conference in downtown LA. Together with our sister press, Lucid Moose Lit, we will be stationed at booth 857 at the conference mega Book Fair on Thursday, March 31st through Saturday, April 2nd. We will have books, author signings, and more. SGP authors Raquel Reyes-Lopez, JL Martindale, and Daniel McGinn will be joining myself, Sarah Thursday, and Nancy Lynée Woo, with additional guests, such as K. Andrew Turner and Beth McIlvaine. This is a huge event that requires paid admission, but if you are one of the over 12,000 people attending, we’d love to have you come by and say hello!
Here’s a little snippet of what is AWP from their website:
“The AWP Conference & Bookfair is an essential annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers. Each year more than 12,000 attendees join our community for four days of insightful dialogue, networking, and unrivaled access to the organizations and opinion-makers that matter most in contemporary literature. The 2015 conference featured over 2,000 presenters and 550 readings, panels, and craft lectures. The bookfair hosted over 800 presses, journals, and literary organizations from around the world. AWP’s is now the largest literary conference in North America. Join us in Los Angeles in 2016 to celebrate the best of what contemporary literature has to offer.”
SGP at the San Gabriel Valley Literary FestivalLarry Duncan, Press News!, Raquel Reyes-Lopez, Sarah Thursday, Terry Ann Wright
The 4th Annual San Gabriel Valley Literary Festival will take place on Saturday, February 20th and Sunday, February 21st. Each day of the festival is packed with authors of poetry and prose from noon to nine. Sadie Girl Press has been given a full slot to showcase some of our talented poets, Terry Ann Wright, Raquel Reyes-Lopez, Larry Duncan, and myself, Sarah Thursday. What’s even more exciting is that we’ll be joined by special guests, BobKat, who’ll be backing our readings with acoustic music. Join us on Saturday, February 20th, from 4 to 5:15 pm at the dA Center for the Arts in Pomona. Better yet, stay all day to hear non-stop literary goodness! RSVP on Facebook
The dA Center for the Arts 252 S Main St, Pomona, California 91766
See the full lineup and more details about the entire weekend festivities on the SGVLitFest event page!
Like a Girl: Perspectives on Feminine IdentityArt and Poetry Anthologies, Available Now, Daniel McGinn, Esmeralda Villalobos, JL Martindale, Kelsey Bryan-Zwick, Nancy Lynée Woo, Raquel Reyes-Lopez, Sarah Thursday, Terry Ann Wright
From our sister press, Lucid Moose Lit, Like a Girl: Perspectives on Feminine Identity is a 184-page anthology of poetry, prose, and art with over 90 contributors that honor a multiplicity of feminine identities and spark conversation about women’s issues. Edited by Nancy Lynée Woo, Sarah Thursday, and Terry Ann Wright. Available through Sadie Girl Press Bookstore and MADE by Millworks in Long Beach.
Raquel Reyes-LopezIndividual Authors and Artists, Raquel Reyes-Lopez
Raquel Reyes-Lopez is a fresh twenty-something-year-old Gemini and co-host of Moon Pixel monthly reading series at Half Off Books. She is assistant editor of CadenceCollective.net and many Sadie Girl Press publications. She has had poems published with Rattle, Bank Heavy-Press, Cadence Collective, East Jasmine Review, River’s Voice, Kleft Jaw Press, Poetry in Motion, and San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly. She also has work in Cadence Collective: Year One and Year Two, Gutters & Alleyways: Perspectives on Poverty and Struggle, and Like a Girl: Perspectives on Feminine Identity. Her debut chapbook, Born to Electrify, is published by Sadie Girl Press. Follow her on WordPress.

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Hotel owners on the Greek island of Rhodes are facing significant cancellations due to the ongoing wildfires, with some establishments reporting a 40% decrease in bookings.
As tourists continue to express fear and uncertainty, the affected businesses have decided to lower their prices by 40% in a desperate attempt to encourage visitors to return and assure them of their safety.
Wildfires cause mass cancellations and economic hardship
The summer 2023 wildfires ravaging Rhodes have led to a surge of cancellations from anxious tourists, causing a severe economic impact on the island’s hospitality industry.
Stavroula Nikolou, the owner of Aquarius Beach Hotel in Faliraki, reports that her hotel has experienced a drop of at least 30% in bookings, with cancellations stretching into September.
Many hotels are facing similar challenges, with some witnessing a worrying 40% decrease in reservations.
Businesses rally to ensure visitors’ safety
Despite the challenges posed by the wildfires, hotel owners and businesses on Rhodes are doing everything in their power to reassure tourists about their safety.
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Stavroula Nikolou emphasises that the affected areas are primarily in the south, while many parts of the island remain safe and fully operational.
To cope with power outages caused by the fires damaging electricity substations, hotels are resorting to back-up generators, ensuring that essential services are not disrupted.
Hoteliers plead – don’t let this kill tourism
Rhodes heavily relies on tourism, with 8% of the island’s economy depending on the industry.
As the wildfires create uncertainty and fear, hotel owners such as Peter Manias of Falirala Central Hotel and Eat Greek restaurant in Faliraki are expressing their concern over the devastating impact on their businesses and local communities.
They urge British tourists to continue visiting the island, highlighting the importance of the summer season in securing income to sustain businesses during the quieter winter months.
The hospitality community on Rhodes, known for its warm welcome, is calling on British tourists not to abandon their island during this challenging time.

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You may have heard of people who have had to have surgery to insert a metal plate complete with screws to help them heal from a particularly complicated injury. While many broken bones will heal and set themselves, this is not always the case. A more complex series of fractures or breaks may mean the person has an injury requiring metal plates.
This can happen for all manner of reasons. For example, someone might fall out of a tree or have a bike accident. In other cases, they might have an accident at work that may mean they sustain an injury requiring metal plates. This happened to a young man whose arm was pulled into a piece of machinery he was using at the time, and Accident Advice Helpline have heard of other similar cases over the years we have been in business.
What do the metal plates do?
They can help to stabilise an injury and thus help it to heal. The nature and severity of the injury will have an effect on whether the surgeon chooses to insert metal plates or not. In some cases, it may well be the best way to ensure that the injury heals in the best possible way. If they are not inserted, the person may have trouble with that part of their body for the foreseeable future — possibly even for the rest of their life.
In cases where the injury has been sustained at work, there could be evidence to support negligence as the potential cause of the accident. Our team have worked with people who have suffered such accidents and had to endure surgery to have one or more metal plates fitted. As you can imagine, this is not a pleasant experience at all.
Recovering from an injury
The recovery process can vary depending on the nature of the injury that is suffered. For example, in some cases a minor injury may only require a day or two from which to recover. In more serious cases, you may be facing several months’ worth of rehabilitation and surgery. It all depends on the circumstances and how severe the injury was.
If your injury was caused at work and there is strong evidence that negligence played a part, call Accident Advice Helpline now on 0800 689 5659. This will put you through to our experienced team, who can provide you with no-obligation advice to help out.

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Phuong had never done anything smoothly before, and her job was constantly beset by difficulties. Finding Ngoc Phu Aesthetic Hospital through a recommendation from a friend was the most significant turning point in Phuong's life. Phuong decided to change her appearance at the time and applied for a Rhinoplasty and Chin Excess Fat Removal Surgery. After the procedures, Phuong now seems to have it all: good looks, a good job, and a happy family.
My nose was quite low before the rhinoplasty procedure. The higher nose makes my face prettier.
Feeling sad about the appearance, which was criticized by my boyfriend’s family, I decided to choose Ngoc Phu Hospital to improve my appearance.


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We travel to the land of fiore, where we stumble upon fairy tail; Fairy tail won the 2009 kodansha manga award for shounen manga. A mage guild with the most outrageous and interesting people you can find. The white inheritance chapter 359:
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The manga will help you plunge into the mysterious. We have naruto, one piece,bleach, fairy tail, noblesse, nisekoi, beelzebub, ao no exorcist, dragon ball and so on! One of them, there is a rather special guild, which as today, brings birth to many legends. It was serialized in kodansha's weekly shōnen magazine from august 2, 2006 to july 26, 2017, with the individual chapters collected and published into 63 tankōbon volumes. It's where your interests connect you with your people. It was serialized in kodansha's weekly shōnen magazine from august 2, 2006 to july 26, 2017, with the individual chapters collected and published into 63 tankōbon volumes.


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Ursula K. Le Guin, who has been called “America’s greatest science fiction writer”, passed away this week at the age of 88. Before her death, she spoke to Portland’s Street Roots. In this conversation, she voiced her support for a free press, arguing that is liberty in action – something that terrifies those who want to rule the world.
Many consider the arts, and the ability to produce art, intrinsically connected to freedom of expression and essential to ensuring a democratic and egalitarian society. “Artists are advocating for a highly individual approach to humanity. Artists, by definition, are anti-authoritarian,” is how Andrew Proctor, the Executive Director of Literary Arts, put it in “The Arts for All” (Street Roots, Sept. 15).
That message is one that Ursula K. Le Guin has espoused for decades. Le Guin is one of Oregon’s grand dames of literature and the author of the classics The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed, and the Earthsea trilogy. In 2016, the New York Times described her as “America’s greatest living science fiction writer.”
In 2014, the National Book Foundation awarded Le Guin the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American letters, a lifetime achievement award for contributions to literature. When she accepted the award at the National Book Award’s ceremony, Le Guin ripped into the commoditization of publishing and those who prioritize profit before art. Calling Amazon a “profiteer,” she said, “books aren’t just commodities. Resistance and change often begin in art.”
Le Guin, who at the time of this interview was 87, took time to respond to a couple of questions from Street Roots regarding the importance of the arts and the threat individual expression faces under the Trump administration.
The proposed elimination of the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) are a continued attack, by the Trump administration, on arts, letters, journalism and intellectualism. One could say this is a continuation of the “culture wars” of the 1980s and 1990s. When we talk about the administration’s proposal to eliminate the NEA and NEH this time around, what is under threat?
Ursula K. Le Guin: I wasn’t familiar with the term “culture wars.” Wikipedia tells us that it goes back to a 1991 book, and that those who use the term are mostly talking about a struggle between religion and culture.
In any definition of the word “culture” that makes sense to me, religion is an aspect of culture, just as technology, politics, art, education, etc. are. So talking of a struggle between religion and culture is kind of like talking about a struggle between your nose and your face.
In any case, I am deeply troubled by the way we put everything we talk about in terms of struggle, fighting, battle, and war. I believe that the more we can avoid this binary, oppositional approach to every problem and undertaking, and replace the metaphors of war and conquest with those of discovery and co-operation, the sooner we’ll arrive at a much more useful and hopeful mode of thinking and behavior.
The current administration and its most vehement supporters are entirely trapped in the war mode, the us/them mentality: “They don’t think like me, so they’re my enemies. They’re out to attack me and all I believe and am — so I will attack them, defeat them, silence them.” A dangerous mentality to put into power.
Now I can’t resist quoting (Friedrich) Von Gentz, the head of the Austrian Imperial Police: “As a preventive measure against the abuses of the press, absolutely nothing should be printed for years. With this maxim as a rule we should soon get back to God and the Truth.” That was said 200 years ago! What’s changed?
People who believe that they have a corner on God, the Truth and Power don’t change (even though the Gods and the Truths may change). For the us/them people, there is only one book: “our” holy book; the Bible, the Koran, the Thoughts of Chairman Mao. All other writings are dangerous, evil. Information is a threat. Education is an enemy. The sciences are all fakes. Arts and humanities that don’t directly preach God are against God. The men in power speak for God — nobody else can. Nothing should be printed for years.
What was under threat in the Austrian Empire of the 1820s is what’s under threat in America now: Freedom.
When you accepted the National Book Award in 2014, you said in your speech, “Hard times are coming, when we’ll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope. We’ll need writers who can remember freedom – poets, visionaries – realists of a larger reality.”
What role does writing and the arts play in ensuring individualism, free thought, and an egalitarian society – the ideals of our country, at least when it was founded?
As I see it, writing and the arts (and the sciences, and all learning) don’t play a role in ensuring our freedom – they are our freedom – the heart of it. The arts and sciences are the shared property of each of us and all of us in each country and all countries and all centuries. They are (ideally and sometimes actually) where every voice gets to speak, and everybody gets to hear what’s said. They’re our true common wealth.
The free press, the honest artist and scientist, accept no orders from above, resist outside control, give free thought free play. That’s liberty in action.
Those who want to control the world are terrified by it. They see The Enemy in every first-grade classroom. (So: don’t teach, just test!) Their own demons of selfishness and denial drive them to suppress efforts to discover and share factual truth – in the press, in the schools, in the sciences – and efforts to guess at truths beyond the factual, in all the arts.
Greed, fear and denial are dead ends. If we try to fight the reactionaries with their own weapons of hatred and contempt, we’re letting their acts dictate our acts — following their way. In that direction there’s no freedom and no victory. Just wreckage.
Let’s go on going our own way, doing our own work. Workers in science and the arts, all workers doing any honest work, are obliged (at least some of the time) to look straight at reality. They see an infinitely complicated world in which right and wrong can’t be dictated, and each of us is responsible – to God, to other people, to yourself – for our thoughts and acts. In that great world all things are possible, even peace and freedom.
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How To Deal With Dog Allergies
Just like human beings dogs too get allergies and sometimes it is usually all through other times the allergies are seasonal, and it is important to really know of good ways that you can use in order to deal with the allergies.
The dog allergy treatments are many and they all vary depending on the type of allergy that the dog has, one thing that they are encouraged to do is consult and expert who will be able to give them the best treatment for their dog. Allergies for dogs are usually caused by weak immunity, whereby the system has bad reaction to certain things and the allergies on the dogs usually affect the skin a lot.
One thing with allergic reactions is that they can be very uncomfortable even for the dogs, this is why most people are usually asked to do their best to make sure that their dogs are always healthy. An allergic reaction treatment method for dogs is the immunotherapy and it can be used for all allergy types, the good thing with this is that it works magic in dealing with the allergies meaning that after taking it then the allergy is bound to stop. Another great way of trying to get rid of the allergies in dogs is by corticosteroids, this is a very good way of helping stop those bad reactions that are usually caused by the allergies.
Symptomatic therapy is one effective method for all dog allergies, this is whereby people prepare warm baths for their dogs and the therapy also includes a medicated shampoo for faster recovery which is great. There is also the antihistamines method which is also popular with vets as it works magic, the dog is guaranteed to recover from the allergy fast enough when they make use of this method.
A very important aspect when it comes to getting the right treatment for your dog would be by conducting a good research on experienced vets to work with, this is great because it will guarantee the dog’s recovery and that also nothing will go wrong in terms of wrong prescription.
A very essential factor to put to mind is that you want your dog to recover faster which is why getting the right treatment for it is very important as it will guarantee better recovery, and one thing for sure is that the money spent on the treatment should not be a problem as long as the dog gets better.

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Similar to kimchi, sauerkraut is a traditionally-German dish made from cabbage fermented with spices. Often served raw, many women are concerned that sauerkraut might cause food poisoning or be otherwise unsafe during pregnancy.
Despite being a fermented veggie, sauerkraut can still be safe to eat throughout pregnancy, so long as it is prepared properly. Choosing pasteurized versions, as well as thorough cooking, are both ways to decrease your risk of foodborne illness.
Not only is sauerkraut packed full of gut-friendly bacteria and other health benefits, but it is a popular craving too! I’ll break down ways to shop and prepare safe sauerkraut, as well as what to watch for when dining out.
Craving Sauerkraut During Pregnancy: What Does it Mean?
Sauerkraut lands itself on the list of sour foods that many women crave throughout pregnancy (not surprising, given that ‘sour’ is literally in the name). If you have never been a fan of this polarizing food, it can be especially surprising to find yourself jonesing for a bowl of tangy, fermented sauerkraut.
Similar to other sour foods, there is a potential reason that you have started craving sauerkraut. Many women report that sour foods and drinks help to settle their stomachs when feeling nauseous!
While this more commonly leads to cravings for lemon, sour candies, and other citrus fruits, sauerkraut’s classic tang fits the bill as well. Amplify this two-fold for both sauerkraut’s tang and host of natural probiotics, and you’ve got yourself a craving!
For more details on cravings for other sour foods, check out our article “Why Am I Craving Sour Stuff During Pregnancy.”
Is Sauerkraut Safe for Pregnant Women to Eat?
Due to sauerkraut’s similarity to other fermented foods, such as kimchi and kefir, it is natural to wonder whether the same foodborne illness considerations are true to sauerkraut as well.
Depending on where you live, you might find different types of sauerkraut in your local shops. European and American Midwest readers are more likely to have a wider selection, including pasteurized and unpasteurized versions.
Readers from other areas are likely more familiar with canned sauerkraut which is typically pasteurized to maintain a longer shelf-life.
The main concern when it comes to eating unpasteurized foods during pregnancy is the risk of bacterial contamination. The FDA recommends that pregnant individuals avoid unpasteurized foods to reduce risk of foodborne illness, which can be serious for both mom and unborn baby (source: FDA).
However, one of the benefits of fermented foods like sauerkraut (which I’ll discuss more below) is their healthy bacteria- otherwise known as probiotics (source: American Pregnancy Association).
Pasteurization kills off pathogens, making foods safer for those with weakened immune systems- including pregnant women. This process doesn’t just kill off bad bacteria, but also the beneficial ones.
During pregnancy, the risk of foodborne illness just doesn’t outweigh the probiotic benefits so it is safest to opt for pasteurized versions of sauerkraut and use them within their best-by dates. Because pasteurization isn’t standard across all brands and types of sauerkraut, most pasteurized versions will say so- just check the label.
If pasteurized sauerkrauts aren’t an option in your area, another way to decrease your chances of foodborne illness is to thoroughly cook the sauerkraut before eating. Unlike other fermented foods, many popular sauerkraut dishes are meant to be served hot making this option more appetizing.
Dishes such as Reuben sandwiches, kielbasa and sauerkraut, and German potato salad rely on sauerkraut as a star ingredient, but what about the remainder of the meal? Are there any other considerations to watch out for?
When dining out, you may have to ask for any deli sandwiches (i.e: Reuben) to be heated for longer or for the beef to be heated separately before grilling.
What Are the Benefits of Sauerkraut for Pregnancy?
If you choose to eat a ‘safe’ version of sauerkraut, there is no shortage of potential health benefits for both you and your growing baby.
The active probiotics in sauerkraut help to give your gut good bacteria. These bacteria help to break down the foods you eat, keep harmful bacteria out, and even provide immune support (source: World Journal of Gastroenterology).
Research has also shown that sauerkraut is a good source of vitamin C, which can further boost your immune system (source: Global Advances in Health and Medicine).
It’s no secret that sauerkraut offers a number of benefits, including for pregnant folks! Despite being a fermented food, the tangy cabbage can still be safe to enjoy while pregnant so long as you choose pasteurized or fully-cooked varieties.


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You'll love this summery version of garlic bread.
cloves garlic, minced
shredded mozzarella cheese
shredded fontina cheese
red pepper flakes
- Preheat grill to medium-high heat.
- Slice bread in half lengthwise. Spread softened butter and sprinkle with garlic on both sides.
- To the bottom half only, add the cheeses, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle the parsley and red pepper flakes. Replace the top of the baguette to cover the cheesy bottom half. Wrap the entire baguette with foil.
- Placed foil-covered baguette on grill and cook until the cheese melts and the crust becomes toasty, about 10 minutes. Char is good, but check often so that the bread doesn't totally burn.
- When the cheese is melted, remove from grill and slice crosswise to serve.


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The family of detained Al Jazeera English journalist Mohamed Fadel Fahmy said on Wednesday that he and his two colleagues were moved to a lower security section of the Tora prison complex.
"It is confirmed that Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed are now in a lower security prison held together in the same cell,” said Fahmy’s Twitter account, "@Repent11,” which is operated by his family.
Greste, an Australian, and Mohamed, an Egyptian, were detained at a high security section of the Tora prison in separate cells while Fahmy, an Egyptian-Canadian, was detained at the notorious Scorpion prison in the Tora complex.
Family and friends of Fahmy said the three men were transferred to Molha'a El-Mazra’a, a section of the Tora prison usually reserved for high-profile detainees. Former members of the government of deposed president Hosni Mubarak, as well as Mubarak’s sons Gamal and Alaa, have been held there.
“It is also confirmed that the conditions that they are being held in now are much better than before. Definitely a result of foreign media pressure,” Fahmy’s Twitter account said.
The news of transferring the three journalists comes a day after the launch of an online campaign under the hashtag “#FreeAJstaff.” Journalists and supporters around the globe posted photos of themselves with their mouths taped shut and holding signs demanding the release of the journalists.
The White House press secretary urged Egypt to release the Al Jazeera journalists last week.
Fahmy, Greste and Mohamed were arrested in December in Cairo and referred to criminal court along with another 17 journalists for a number of charges including being members of a designated terrorist organization, the Muslim Brotherhood, and airing false news about Egypt.

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Singer Lee Hong Ki expressed his thoughts on open relationships. On August 7th, on JTBC ‘Show Take Care of My Refrigerator’ variety program, Lee Hong Ki, member of a 10 years old band ‘FT Island’, and ‘Mother Idol’, Kim Seung Soo, were present.
Lee Hong Ki has long considered Song Hye Kyo as his ideal type, and then he expressed his thoughts on Song Hye Kyo’s wedding news. “After hearing the news, I hugged my ‘Song Hye Kyo’ pillow. I can understand her fans’ feelings.”
Lee Hong Ki also expressed his experience regarding an open relationship. He was frank about the complaints he felt. “Later, if I’m really dating, I’ll deny it. I will not publicly announce it again.” Lee Hong Ki said.
Different from Lee Hong Ki’s comment that ‘refusing open relationship’ the MC suspected the use of his new photo studio place because he ordered ‘cookies for invited friends on the workroom’, making viewers laugh.
Lee Hong Ki’s honest words on JTBC variety show program ‘Please Take Care of My Refrigerator’ aired on August 7th of 21.30 South Korean time.


News: Afghan security forces, 3/6 establish security in northern Marjah
MARJAH DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Afghan National Security Forces and Marines and sailors of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment recently swept through the Badulla Qulp area of northern Marjah during a clearing operation Oct. 1-4.
The operation, dubbed Zangle Washat, allowed Afghan and coalition forces to increase their presence in the area and, in turn, deny insurgents the ability to move freely with narcotics, weapons or IED making materials.
Badulla Qulp contains multiple canals, numerous fields, thick vegetation and an assortment of compounds. The unforgiving terrain is a key reason why the enemy has chosen to exploit this area, using it as both a safe haven and hiding place for illegal materials.
In the early morning hours of Oct. 1, while still under the cover of darkness, 1st Platoon, Lima Company, 3/6 inserted via helicopter southwest of their objective. The platoon hit the ground running, forming a defensive perimeter and looking for any dangers lurking in the surrounding tree line. Once communication with nearby friendly forces had been established, 1st Platoon began pushing toward the first compound on their list of objectives.
After securing the compound, Afghan National Army soldiers and Afghan Uniformed Police went to work, interacting with local residents. They then proceeded to clear and search buildings in the compound for any illicit material hidden by insurgents.
During the clearing portion of the operation, the ANA took the lead while the Marines conducted what the 3/6 battalion commander Lt. Col. Daniel Schmitt refers to as “Biometric Clearing.”
“Biometrics is our way of documenting who belongs here and who doesn’t using the HIIDE system (Hand-held Interagency Identity Detection Equipment),” said 1st Lt. Brian Smith, a infantry officer with 3/6 and a native of Gainesville, Fla. “If the people are documented with the HIIDE, the system will let us know if their fingerprints or information have ever been associated with IEDs, weapons or the Taliban.”
The HIIDE system records an individual’s fingerprints, a photograph of their face and a retina scan. Additionally, Marines use tactical questioning to compile family information, such as the name of an individual’s father and grandfather, to determine if an individual’s family is linked to the insurgency.
As word of the joint force’s presence spread throughout the village, an impromptu shura was held by ANSF leadership and Schmitt to explain their presence to village elders.
“We know there are some things we can do to help you. You see the Marines around this morning because we are here supporting the police in their efforts of bringing security so we can help bring prosperity,” Schmitt said. “We believe the Afghan people should have a chance at security and prosperity.”
Schmitt took the opportunity to remind the village elders why the U.S. initially sent forces into Afghanistan a decade ago.
“Some people ask why we are here and they haven’t been told the whole story,” said Schmitt. “Originally Marines came to Afghanistan to find the individuals who attacked our country and restore our honor.”
He left the village elders with some final words emphasizing the importance of the continued presence of Afghan and coalition forces.
“After we destroyed the enemy who attacked America we were asked by the Afghan people to stay here to help bring security and help build schools and roads and hospitals,” Schmitt continued. “You will hear lies that Americans are here to steal from you and steal your religion. Watch our actions and make your own decision. We are here to give to Afghanistan.”
After many hours of patrolling, clearing and searching compounds and documenting the locals they encountered, the platoon pushed forward to set up a hasty patrol base. The unnamed PB they established offered sufficient size and force protection for the platoon and will serve as a launch pad for future operations in the area.
As the sun faded beneath the horizon and day one of Operation Zangle Washat came to a close, Marine snipers went to work.
“The primary objective for me and my team is to provide overwatch,” said Cpl. Mark Trent, 3/6 Sniper Team Leader and a native of Columbia, S.C. “Sometimes we patrol, and other times we take to the rooftops, but we are always watching all movement.”
The snipers provide security for the PB during both day and night operations. Some sit at elevated positions peering into the darkness, looking for anyone wishing to do harm to the Marines resting inside. Other Marine snipers head out on patrol hours before sunrise. Their mission is to observe insurgent movement during the hours of darkness, allowing them to provide follow on ANA and Marine patrols with additional security and information on suspected enemy positions.
The platoon pushed south on day two. The joint force continued to increase its presence, targeting compounds where intelligence reports suggested suspicious activity. Clearing and searching these compounds allows ANA soldiers and Marines to confirm or deny intelligence reports, and better prepare the area for follow on forces.
“Increasing our footprint in this area helps to begin the security process because we are denying [insurgents] freedom of movement, and weakening their ability to influence the locals,” Smith said.
“Throughout the entire evolution it is important to keep the ANA out front doing the majority of the clearing and interaction [with locals] because they know the culture and people better than we do. The endstate of everything we are doing in Afghanistan will lead to Afghans being in the lead roles.”
Day three of the operation involved a two-pronged approach. Smith and the Marines of 1st Platoon pushed into Bon Jor village to monitor a bazaar. Their focus once inside the village was interacting with locals, looking for weapons caches and staying alert for any insurgent activity.
Simultaneously, a second team was inserted north into Haji Lalai village, where Schmitt conducted another shura with the village elders encouraging them to stand up for themselves and provide their own security.
“I am thankful for the help from the Marines and other international security forces. The presence of the ANA here will be a good impression on the local people,” said ANA 1stSgt. Nebi Jen, a squad leader. “They will find that the ANA is helping their country and they may come forward to join the ANA. The success we had here would not have been possible if not for help from the Marines.”
The Marines of 1st Platoon concluded their work on the fourth day of Operation Zangle Washat, after clearing all compounds and ‘biometrically clearing’ all local residents in their area of operation. Their patrol base and authority over the area was transferred to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, who will now continue to work alongside their ANA and AUP counterparts to bring further stability to the area.
Editor’s note: Third battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, is currently assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5, 2nd Marine Division (Forward), which heads Task Force Leatherneck. The task force serves as the ground combat element of Regional Command (Southwest) and works in partnership with the Afghan National Security Force and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to conduct counterinsurgency operations. The unit is dedicated to securing the Afghan people, defeating insurgent forces, and enabling ANSF assumption of security responsibilities within its area of operations in order to support the expansion of stability, development and legitimate governance.
Date Posted:10.13.2011 12:58
Location:MARJAH DISTRICT, HELMAND PROVINCE, AF
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Oren Cass, executive director of the conservative think tank American Compass, pressed Business Roundtable (BRT) to take further action on the one-year anniversary of its pledge to promote corporate responsibility and protect workers.
Cass, who directed domestic policy for Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah)’s 2012 presidential campaign, told Hill.TV that his organization has partnered with conservative and liberal think tanks to demand BRT live up to its 2019 promise to prioritize all stakeholders, including employees, customers and communities, rather than promote shareholder primacy.
“There hasn’t really been any follow through” from BRT, Cass said. “It seems to, like most corporate social responsibility, have been more an exercise in public relations than actually making a difference for workers or families or communities.”
The BRT is an association of CEOs from major U.S. companies.
Cass said there is reason to be cautiously optimistic that CEOs will take a different approach from their historical position of being anti-regulation at all costs. He pointed to Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi’s New York Times op-ed admitting gig workers, like drivers, are treated unfairly by corporations and asking for public policy to mandate companies across the industry provide benefits.
Uber has been embroiled in legal battles over labor laws that would force them to classify their drivers as employees instead of contractors.
“We’re not surprised that a bunch of CEOs signing a letter hasn’t accomplished much,” Cass said. “But what we’d like to see, and where the Roundtable could really make a big difference, is actually businesses coming together and saying look, we’re going to constrain ourselves.”

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As if the BMW 7 Series wasn’t impressive enough, Lumma Design recently released a modification kit for the car.
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- Ismail Haniyeh says West Bank officials are responsible for the conditions at the Israeli-controlled Al Awja crossing into Gaza which was just opened in a new agreement; reports indicate the crossing is being used to force Palestinians to be collaborators.
- Palestinian teen dies at the Rafah border crossing, waiting to cross into Gaza.
- Britain may seek the extradition of the Israeli troops who killed British cameraman James Miller in 2003.
- Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas meet in Jericho, supposedly to prepare for the U.S.-sponsored summit in November.
- Israeli human rights group Btselem issues new report condemning Israeli restrictions on Palestinian movement in the West Bank.
Voice of Palestine introduced a new regular feature entitled Palestine We Remember to keep alive the Palestinian history that the world seems so intent on destroying and forgetting. This first one was dedicated to the 31st anniversary of the destruction of the Tel al Zaatar refugee camp in Beirut that was literally razed to the ground after 55 days of siege and shelling. Several renditions of Mahmoud Darweesh’s famous poem Ahmad Zaatar were presented, with the poetry in English, Arabic and set to music. Part of the open letter sent during the siege by the residents of the camp to the Arab foreign ministers was also highlighted. The introduction to the special drew the parallels between this tragic history, and what is happening now, and the international silence at both times.
Focus on Zionism:
Excerpts of a British Times report about a 5-year-old Palestinian girl paralyzed from the neck down by an Israeli missile, whom the Israeli army is now trying to deprive of the specialized medical care she needs.
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China's trade surplus with the rest of the world reached a record $18.8bn (£10bn) in August, beating both July's $14.6bn record and analysts' forecasts.
The US has been calling for the yuan to be strengthened
The figure, released by the official Xinhua news agency, will intensify the debate about whether China's currency, the yuan, is undervalued.
Some of China's trading partners, especially the US, have argued China keeps the yuan low to boost exports.
The latest figure brings China's 2006 global trade surplus to $95.6bn so far.
Export and import figures are yet to be released, making it hard to assess what specifically has fuelled this latest trade surplus.
But US figures suggest that the growing trade imbalance with the United States is a major factor.
"The price of the yuan appreciation so far has been just too moderate and the trade surplus is related to structural problems," said Xiao Minjie, an economist with Daiwa Institute of Research.
"The US is likely to step up its pressure on China to let the yuan rise," he added.
The yuan has risen by less than 2% since being revalued in July 2005 after being tied to the dollar.
China's currency and its trade surplus are expected to be key issues at this week's World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meeting, in Singapore, which will focus on global imbalances in the world economy.
Talking at China's Business Summit, China's Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan said China would adjust its money supply and credit and take "comprehensive measures to mop up liquidity in the banking system".
"We will also improve the formation mechanism on the renminbi's [the name given to the yuan internally] exchange rate."
Since April, China has raised interest rates twice, as well as demanding higher reserves for banks, in a move to control the expanding economy and stem inflation.


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2018-2019 Metropolitan Opera Live Stream Series
By Margot Bishop
Are you an opera buff? Whatever your level of love for opera, you will have a real treat in store with the HD live stream series from the Met in New York city. There are six operas this season still to be shown at the Cineplex in New Minas.
Bizetâ€™s Carmen (Feb 2)
Donizettiâ€™s La Fille du Regiment (March 2)
Wagnerâ€™s Die Walkure (March 30)
Poulencâ€™s Dialogues des Carmelites (May 11)
Cileaâ€™s Adriana Lecouvreur (Jan 12)
When you go to the Met or another opera house, you see and hear the performance, as a member of the audience. When you go to the live stream HD performance at Cineplex, you see so much more.
You get to watch the scene changes between acts, rehearsals in other parts of the Met, visit other departments (costumes, archives), and even get to meet animal handlers. Operas like Aida have various animals, which have to audition for their parts, just like human characters.
What is really interesting is that not only are the principals interviewed but members of the chorus are introduced and tell us about their roles. If there are fight scenes, then the fight co-ordinator tells us the tricks of that trade. You even get tidbits of facts and history (did you know that the French opera companies would not stage a production unless there was a ballet sequence in it?)
This is a great season at the Met. If you have never been to an opera but have sometimes thought that it might be fun to see one, go to the Cineplex live stream HD transmissions from the Met, it is truly a great experience.

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PHNOM PENH-- Cambodia's Ministry of Health (MoH) on Thursday unveiled a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for controlling, taking care of and treating COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms at home, as new cases in the country continue to soar.
The Southeast Asian nation has so far registered a total of 3,028 confirmed cases, with 24 dead and 1,085 active cases, the MoH said, adding that the country logged 113 new local cases on Thursday.
Treatment in isolation at home will be allowed in any cities or provinces where 70-80 percent of the hospital beds are full with the COVID-19 patients, the SOP said, adding that it is unnecessary to launch nationwide.
However, vulnerable groups such as pregnant women, children and elderly people will still be required hospitalization although they develop mild symptoms or no symptoms, it said.
The SOP said that patients must have a separate bedroom and bathroom for home treatment in order to avoid spreading the virus to other family members.
It said that local doctors will closely monitor their health status and provide them medications based on symptoms, while local authorities will maintain security and safety.
"From now on, the MoH will train all local health staff and relevant working groups on how to control, take care of and treat COVID-19 patients at home in conformity with this SOP," Health Minister Mam Bunheng said.
Cambodia has been ensuring the third community outbreak of COVID-19 since Feb. 20. In a bid to stem the virus, the kingdom has closed down all schools, sports facilities, museums, cinemas, and entertainment venues across the country.
Also, the kingdom imposed a night curfew in the capital city Phnom Penh for two weeks from April 1 to 14 and banned inter-provincial travel for 14 days from April 7 to 20.
Cambodia began an anti-COVID-19 vaccination drive on Feb 10. As of Wednesday, more than 756,000 people in the priority groups had been vaccinated against the virus, showed a government report.