Thousands enjoy N.H. brew fest
PORTSMOUTH — According to a Gallup Poll taken in July, beer is Americans’ Adult Beverage of the Year, with 41 percent of U.S. drinkers reporting that they drink beer over wine or liquor.
Those statistics were well borne out at the Red Hook Brewery in Portsmouth as several thousand people came out to participate in the sixth Annual New Hampshire Brew Fest.
Sponsored by host Red Hook, Prescott Park Arts Festival, radio station WHEB and the Master Brewers Association the event began its first session at 1 p.m. Saturday.
With two sessions, one from 1-4 p.m., and a second from 6-9 p.m., there was more than enough time for those thousands and more to sample away. The more than 30 breweries presenting 150-plus beers were housed in at least 11 tents on the Red Hook parking lot at the Pease International Tradeport, to share their wares.
Many of the attendees ordered their tickets online and were checked in at the gate via bar codes, another sure sign of the 21st century, each then were given a 4-ounce cup to begin sampling.
Arriving unexpectedly were Kerry and Linda Burke of Dover. “We had different plans for the day,” said Linda. “But things changed and here we are,” commented Kerry. “This is our first beer fest and we are looking forward to it.”
A vast number of the crowd wore necklaces of standard supermarket pretzels to cleanse their palates as they sampled.
Jason Levesque of Dover had a necklace, but it held a different item: homemade sourdough pretzels. “I am in I.T. and sometimes we are working in the middle of the night, and need a snack. One day, a co-worker brought these in and I found them to be the perfect thing, the best snack food of my life.”
I’ve been making them since for friends,” he said, identifying several people alongside him, “and they all love them. Maybe I’ll go into business for myself,” he grinned.
Seen working his way through the masses was New Hampshire senatorial candidate Scott Brown. Each time he stopped on the concourse, he was asked by many for a photo opportunity. Brown acquiesced at each juncture. He was joined by U.S. Senator from New Hampshire Kelly Ayotte. They spent more than an hour at the festive event.
Although beer was the draw, all manner of snacks were available from hamburgers and hot dogs to Mexican food and salads.
Erin Freeman of Concord was attending her first beer festival.
“This is so much fun,” she said with a smile, “it is a beautiful day and everybody is enjoying themselves.”
Said her friend Scott Luongo of Gloucester, Mass., “it is a nice day for people to get out and do what they want to do.”
That, for some, meant enjoying themselves by dancing to Super Frog, a live local band who had many rocking out.
Although many were clothed in shorts and T-shirts, Portsmouth’s Ben Weber and Corey Butterworth were attired in a nod to something hops oriented, as they both wore lederhosen, traditional German gear.
“I bought mine two years ago at Octoberfest in Munich,” said Butterworth, “and had to wear them today.”
Weber agreed, commenting, “I’ll be in Munich next month and will probably wear mine there.”
Another in traditional attire was Northwood’s Lucas McLaren, except that the traditional was that of his Scottish heritage, for McLaren was dressed in a kilt of the McLaren clan. “I didn’t get to go to the Highland Games this year,” said McLaren, “so I decided to dress up a little for today.”
Keith Veilleux of Dover has attended for several years, “five or six,” he said. “It is a great way to spend the day, with beer and friends.”
An informal survey of the folks sampling this day turned up a favorite, and a local one at that.
Stoneface Brewery of Newington New Hampshire was a substantial favorite of many.


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For all the fashion documentary lovers or just documentaries in general, I have listed the best ones I have seen. Each one is a fascinating and entertaining look into the fashion world and how it is run.
For the fashion insider: My favourite fashion documentary. A look into the the Chanel studio and workrooms which focuses on the people that bring the drawings to life.
The September Issue
For the Vogue reader: A documentary chronicling Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour’s preparations for the 2007 fall-fashion issue.
Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
For aspiring designers: Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton tells the story of Marc Jacobs and also takes you through the creative process of his work at LV and his eponymous line.
Dior and I
For fashion fantasy: Dior and I brings the viewer inside the storied world of the Christian Dior fashion house with a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Raf Simons’ first haute couture collection as its new artistic director.
Bill Cunningham New York
A true personality: A profile of the famous and extraordinarily cheerful veteran New York City fashion photographer.
For style mavens: Advanced Style examines the lives of seven unique New Yorkers whose eclectic personal style and vital spirit have guided their approach to aging.
For some 90s nostalgia: Isaac Mizrahi, one of the most successful designers in high fashion, plans his fall 1994 collection.
For Karl fans: An up-close-and-personal portrait of the fashion icon, Karl Lagerfeld.
Valentino: The Last Emperor
For couture lovers: A look at the life of legendary fashion designer Valentino.
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel
For a colourful view on life: A look at the life and work of the influential fashion editor of Harpers Bazaar, Diana Vreeland.
For everyone: A documentary about fashion icon Iris Apfel from legendary documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles.
For the chic: A documentary focused on former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief and fashion stylist Carine Roitfeld as she moves to New York to launch her own magazine.
Jeremy Scott: The People’s Designer
For Pop Art lovers: The colourful designer who designs for Moschino in Italy brings you from his design studio to dressing Katy Perry for the Super Bowl and then all the way back to where he grew up down South on the farm.
First Monday In May
For The September Issue Fans: It follows the run up to the Met Gala, held on the first Monday in May every year, from inception to the red carpet. The documentary focuses on the 2015 Gala and features all of the personalities from last time including Anna Winton and the fabulous Andrew Leon Talley.

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You’re sitting around the Thanksgiving table. You’re surrounded by friends and family with a bountiful feast in front of you. (Hopefully you’re having something a bit more appetizing than buttered toast, popcorn, and pretzel sticks like in A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.) You’re relaxing, enjoying the festivities, and taking a moment to think about the things you’re most thankful for. Was safety one of the things you listed?
Imagine a completely different scene. Your mom dropped the turkey out of the oven and burned herself. Aunt Carrie cut herself peeling potatoes. Your young cousin Sarah is bouncing off the walls on a sugar rush, and she’s made more than a few family members trip. It’s a typical disaster scene straight out of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.
Did you know that there’s no other day of the year with more reported kitchen fires than on Thanksgiving Day? Accidents are most often caused by leaving the kitchen unattended while cooking and using a deep fryer. Fires are an obvious danger and can cause painful and scarring burns, but people also hurt themselves in other ways on Thanksgiving by cutting themselves or tripping over a child and either spilling hot food or getting bumps, bruises, or sprains. Avoid these common mishaps by following these tips:
- Stay in the kitchen! Keep an eye on what’s cooking so you can catch anything boiling over or burning.
- Check on your turkey often.
- Keep the kids contained—if they’re running around, they can be distracting or cause unnecessary accidents.
- Thaw your turkey fully, especially if you’re deep frying it. Putting a partially frozen turkey in a deep fryer is a recipe for danger (i.e. an explosion). Remember that a turkey should not be defrosted at room temperature.
- Keep your deep fryer OUTSIDE, and don’t overfill it with oil.
- Keep candles away from curious hands, or don’t light them at all.
- Make sure your smoke detectors work.
It’s also important to pay attention to food safety on Thanksgiving. Food-borne illness cases spike in November and December every year. Reviewing proper cooking and turkey stuffing techniques should be on your to-do list before the big day. Prevent the spread of bacteria by avoiding cross contamination and undercooking food. You’ll also be preventing nasty stomach bugs—some of which can come on within 10 hours and can last a full day. You should also pay attention to your guests and any food allergies they may have. Be sure you avoid cross contamination of trigger foods if they’re allergic to anything you’re making, and let them know if allergens are present in any of the foods you prepared.
If you know the Heimlich maneuver, it’s always a good idea to review the steps before Thanksgiving, too!

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Leona Lewis will perform at the Regent Street Christmas lights switch-on this year where she will be joined by Eliza Doolittle.
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The 28-year-old singer will take to the stage on 9 November where she is expected to be performing songs from her new album Christmas, With Love which will be released on 2 December.
The album contains classic Christmas tracks such as O Holy Night and Silent Night in addition to three original tracks including, One More Sleep which the star has teased online.
As well as Doolittle, the former X Factor contestant will be joined by Emma Bunton. Jamie Theakston will host the festive event and the iconic lights will be switched on by Modern Family star Ty Burrell and Hollywood film director Rob Minkoff.
Leona is hoping to spread “Christmas cheer” with her collection of festive tracks.
The Bleeding Love hitmaker – who had a Christmas UK number one with her 2006 single A Moment Like This – is looking forward to performing the Motown inspired tracks during the holiday season.
She previously said: “I cannot wait to get out there this Christmas and perform these songs. I had such fun recording this record and that really comes through in the songs. I am looking forward to spreading a little Christmas cheer!”


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Anyone who has been in the part of Puerto Vallarta that includes Incanto, Olas Altas, Daiquiri Dicks and Molino De Agua loves it and usually refers to it by a gringo description such as “Old Vallarta”, “Old Town” or “The Romantic Zone”. Please, let’s show some respect for one of the leaders of leaders of the Mexican Revolution, and call it by the official Mexican name for the colonia, “Emiliano Zapata.” That Mexican hero of the Revolution deserves our respect as a fighter for land and liberty.
Born in 1879 in the small town of Anenecuilco, in the state of Morelos, about 116 Kms south of Mexico City, Emiliano Zapata was one of ten children whose father was a poor horse trader. In the last half of the nineteenth century sugar was a very profitable crop and landowners were hungry for land so they stole from peasants who had occupied it for generations. In 1897, in Anenecuilco, the local hacienda owner cut off the town’s water supply and expropriated part of the common land, and this led to demonstrations by the townspeople. Zapata took part in these demonstrations and was arrested. As he grew into a young adult he continued to believe in the need for the peasants to get their ancestral lands back.
In 1909, at a time of political turbulence throughout the country, he was elected as president of the town council of Anenecuilco. By this time Porfirio Díaz had been president of Mexico for twenty-five and many poor Mexicans hated him for his support of the landowners and the aristocracy. In 1910, Zapata joined Francisco Madero’s revolutionary campaign to fight against Díaz. Cooperating with a number of other peasant leaders he formed the Liberation Army of the South and soon became its undisputed leader with over 25,000 men under his command.
Madero told him that when he, Madero, became president he would introduce land reforms that would restore ownership of hacienda-owned land to the peasants but when Diaz was turfed out and Madero did become president, in October 1911, he ignored the promises he had made to Zapata which, it turned out, was a serious mistake. A month later Zapata published the Plan of Ayala which promised to appoint a provisional president to replace Madero, until there could be legitimate elections, and pledged to buy back a third of the (stolen) land area held by the haciendas and return it to the farmers. Zapata’s slogan became “Tierra y Libertad” (“Land and Liberty”).
Madero sent his Federal Army, under General Huerta, to wipe out the Zapatista army but Zapata’s support from his local supporters was strong and he defeated Huerta. In February 1913, in a coup against Madero, Huerta grabbed the presidency and assassinated him. The next year the coalition forces in Northern Mexico led by Venustiano Carranza, Álvaro Obregón and Francisco “Pancho” Villa joined up with Emiliano Zapata’s southern army and, together, ousted Huerta.
After the revolutionaries’ victory they found that governing was hard and difficult work. Zapata and Villa broke away from Carranza, and Mexico descended into civil war. Zapata couldn’t get along with Villa and focused his energies on rebuilding society in his state of Morelos.
Carranza, who had become president in 1914 after Huerta had been kicked to the curb, built up the federal army and defeated Villa the following year. Zapata refused to accept Carranza’s authority because of his lack of action on behalf of the peasants against the landowners and initiated guerrilla warfare against Carranza’s forces for the next four years in the state of Morelos. He was killed in an ambush on 10th April 1919. He was just forty years old.
When the Mexican Constitution was issued later that year, Article 27 contained Zapata’s ideas for land reforms. He hadn’t fought and died in vain. He was a visionary with the goal of achieving political and economic freedom for the poorer people in southern Mexico and, in some measure, obtained it.
Many popular organizations take their name from Zapata, including the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, the Marxist guerrilla group that emerged in the state of Chiapas in 1983 and still exists.
The colonia of Emiliano Zapata here includes the million dollar homes in Molina De Agua and the hovels rented by poor Mexicans a ten-minute walk away. Would our Mexican revolutionary be happy to have this area named after him? Whatever the answer, we should all respect him for his struggle and his concerns for his fellow men and women.


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I have something to confess. I am not a natural at gardening.
Folks, I am serious when I say that I do not have a green thumb. People often look at me in surprise because they assume that because I write about natural health and use herbs on a regular basis, I must automatically have a luscious garden that I tend to every summer day.
I could only wish.
I do manage to grow a few tomatoes and a variety of lettuces, but I’m still striving for that luscious garden of my dreams.
Growing herbs in containers, however, is something I can do. There’s something about sticking plants in a pot that produces a higher success rate for me than digging that spade into the ground. Container growing can be a simple and rewarding way to grow culinary herbs to use both for cooking and making medicine!
If you struggle with traditional gardening like I do, I have good news! Container growing is easy and can be very rewarding.
I’m writing at Growing Up Herbal – one of my favorite blogs! Click here to read which culinary herbs are easy to grow in containers, plus 100 ways to use those fresh herbs!


The 2023-2024 NBA season — LaMelo’s fourth overall as a pro — will look a lot different than what he’s been accustomed to over his first three campaign in the league. Firstly, Michael Jordan is no longer the majority owner of the franchise. Secondly, Ball will have a big to dump the ball to in the post in Brandon Miller, the second overall selection in the 2023 draft and Jordan’s final mark in his legacy as Hornets owner.
On his feet, LaMelo will be rocking his newest signature shoe, the MB.03. Several colorways of that signature model are in the works, but not before PUMA unloads a bevy of low-top colorways of the MB.02 Lo. Already dropping in the “LaMel-Os” colorway, the summer-ready hoop shoe appears in the Hornets-friendly teal and purple dubbed “Queen City”, a follow-up to the MB.01 colorway from 2022. Honeycomb patterns lay beneath the exterior wings overlay, fading into the buzzworthy teal
Look out for a release on July 7th, 2023 on PUMA and partnering retailers for $130.


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Silver Dollar Poems - Below
are popular examples of all types of silver dollar poetry to share and read. This list of poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, famous, and modern examples for silver dollar.
THE EMOTIONAL FLINCH Categories: silver dollar, emotions, Form: Couplet
Surging like electricity to the esoteric abyss of my soul,
felt in all body parts, the flinching brought to the shoal.
Even the slightest stub of a toe, a beloved child in distress,
causes bile to roil and roll, the bowels of my...Read More
50 Words for Poe: The Lacrimosa Categories: silver dollar, birth, dark, death, devotion, forgiveness, freedom, love, Form: Free verse
“Where does Love live
It lives in The Light within
where time never ends it just begins”.
"50 Words for Poe: The Lacrimosa"
Room 9 was haunted
this much was known
with great fear and trepidation
all patients avoided that room the most
Terror Fell...Read More
Man On A Mission Categories: silver dollar, deep, endurance, sin, Form: Sonnet
Written By: D. Collins 1/2/19
A wanna-be Gangsta is the only requirement.
To bring a heavy-hitter out of retirement.
The last person you'd want repelling from trees.
A man on a mission in camouflaged fatigues.
Trained to lie in the cut, and master...Read More
CHILDHOOD LAMENT Categories: silver dollar, child, death, fish, Form: Dodoitsu
attracted to her fingers
and slippery as an eel
its one dead eye stares at her
— the silver dollar
lonely child spoons dirt over
the sandwich bag zippered shut
there’s naught burial at sea
— two sticks form a cross
The Spell of Love Categories: silver dollar, 11th grade, fantasy, love, Form: Ballad
Long ago in a land not near,
There was a young man whose looks made people sneer.
Through the whistling forest he went to find a sorceress out west,
“Sorceress please make me look the best!”.
He shot up and became much taller,
In town...Read More
About Caleb's Money Categories: silver dollar, irony, money, Form: Rhyme
Down to his last silver dollar,
Had been for many a year,
Caleb felt rich as long as
He had that last dollar near.
He’d made a million, believe it.
And through his fingers, went it all
He was terrified of being poor,
So he worked...Read More
haiku Categories: silver dollar, fish, Form: Haiku
a silver dollar
follows my finger -
a child’s reflection
Everette E Hill 1899-1915 Categories: silver dollar, baseball, Form: Epitaph
Everette E. Hill
Tyrus Cobb of the Tigers.
Honus Wagner of the Pirates.
To simply see those two hit a baseball,
Well, that would have made my last day alive, worth living.
To watch those two run the bases, like crazed jackrabbits,
Well, that would have...Read More
Melted Ice Cream Promises Categories: silver dollar, allusion, metaphor, perspective, truth, Form: Rhyme
You swear your word is solid
as a silver serving spoon
Well, why does it always feels like
another mis-spoken dog day afternoon
Hotter than July
in the middle of June
Cast iron sky
making fainting hearts swoon
Butter pecan words
all dressed up in their Sunday best lie
Through The Smoke Categories: silver dollar, betrayal, Form: Sonnet
Through the Smoke
Written By: D. Collins 3/31/17
I am on point, and I see through the smoke.
The game you’re playing has already been scoped.
A man like me has been around the block.
That what you think I am, I’m definitely not.
A SILVER DOLLAR IN A PENNY POND Categories: silver dollar, boyfriend, crazy, depression, girlfriend, good morning, loneliness, Form: Free verse
"A SILVER DOLLAR IN A PENNY POND"
they say life can be exquisite.
they say life can be a sensation.
they say life can be otherworldly.
when I woke up this morning,
I heard the bitch upstairs.
she was screaming, engaging
Mesmerized Categories: silver dollar, life, Form: Sonnet
Written By: D. Collins 1/12/2017
I can mesmerize you before I truly come out.
Then, you will know what I am really about.
Articulation is just one of my strong suits.
But, don't get it twisted, I will come right at you.
You may not...Read More
Colours, Revised Categories: silver dollar, appreciation, beautiful, blue, poetry, symbolism, word play, Form: Light Verse
I once sought to find my favorite hue
so many colors from which to choose.
Bright reds, shining gold, so deep blues
days later had it down to only just two.
Blue and gold both so very gay...Read More
That's When Innocence Ceased To Be Categories: silver dollar, innocence, Form: Rhyme
That's When Innocence Ceased To Be
Frilly dresses decorated with flowers
Giggles that could melt the coldest heart
Good night tickles and hugs and kisses
Crayon colored pages of revealing art
Displayed proudly on the fridge door
Near the height measuring chart
Flour smudged from head...Read More
Beauty And The Feast Categories: silver dollar, dream, scary, Form: Verse
Beauty And The Feast
by Gabriel Magno
April 25, 2015
sea side adventure, in a distant tropic island,
waves relentless, as the morning sun appears.
mind is sharp, durable as a diamond,
a stranger carrying fur pelts, stumbles as he nears.
sunken eyes and mouth agape, he...Read More
She Worked the Room Categories: silver dollar, desire, lust, money, Form: Free verse
I saw this movie about a woman who was beautiful
and when she entered the casino floor her blonde hair said,
”Hi! “… and the high rollers, the janitor and the fat greeter,
felt more relaxed, more secure,...Read More
My Nature is to Shed Tears Categories: silver dollar, depression, desire, joy, love, uplifting, Form: Sonnet
My nature is to shed tears and linger
Here in this abandoned place, this abyss,
Till all near wonder at what is amiss
Now that all that is left is a cinder.
Heavy tears, I cannot lift a finger.
All I desire is a simple...Read More
Kate's Place Categories: silver dollar, people, Form: Rhyme
"Well......Howdy, Cowboy!......So, where're ya' from?"
A whiskey thirst?? She'll bring you one
Dust off your hat, take off your spurs,
put down your gun, and share a word.
Perhaps, you'd like a little more?
A romp upstairs, is a dollar more...,
ROTGUT Categories: silver dollar, humorous, Form: Rhyme
I'm stuck in the town of "Rotgut",
not far from San Antone!
I work in the "Silver Dollar",
a saloon, that's quite well known!
I'm what's known as the bar-keep,
I can't remember for how long?
It could be more than twenty years,
but, there agin I...Read More
Where, Have All The Orangoutangs Gone Categories: silver dollar, baby, Form: I do not know?
Joey wished a drink after arriving from up state a long haul
Jezabel his maiden queen, hearing once more the saloon door
Swing and parting her bloomers ? Pomagranate lips as coconut oil
She ran to he whom placed one silver dollar, within...Read More
I Just Found Out Categories: silver dollar, funny, Form: Rhyme
I just was told the world is round.
I’d have sworn that it was flat.
Is that why there are rolling meadows
and other sites like that?
When I roll from bed in morning,
could I roll on to Japan?
And is it round like a...Read More
My Dream Tree Categories: silver dollar, fantasy, silver, Form: Free verse
When I was young and hearty,
I once sowed a measly seed,
And saw with awe
the paltry seed grow into
a beautiful flowering tree
permeating all around
pleasing to the soul.
I likewise sowed
a shiny silver dollar,
And with bated breath
waited to see if it grows
Night Flight Categories: silver dollar, adventure, dream, metaphor, Form: Quatrain
Silver dollar orbits full,
illuminates a slumbered trail.
Like tidal rhythms I feel the pull.
Subconsciousness now sets sail.
I'm floating, flying viewing all
as my mind stays on the ground.
And suddenly I'm very small,
no conflict can be found.
The daily worries, stress and fears
seem to...Read More
Heavy Metal Categories: silver dollar, animals, anniversary, black african american, brother, business, Form: Romanticism
The heavy metal series of poetry demonstrates an inner ability to speak words of
kindness; Toward the resolve of the 1980's heavy metal scene; To demonstrate a
reasonable high calibur of interest; To the average novice of intellect, It's plausible...Read More
Silver Dollar Moon Categories: silver dollar, imagination, nature, autumn, Form: Choka
silver dollar moon
suspended in a dark sky
wind rustles the autumn leaves
secrets in the night
moonbeams on the forest floor
wolves pay homage at midnight
Barbara Gorelick 10/14/11
For Russel's Full Moon contest...Read More


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NANTY GLO, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man has been jailed on charges he stole a state police cruiser and led officers on a chase — after he had been handcuffed and arrested for drug offenses.
State police say they arrested 26-year-old Anthony Fox on Saturday night in Nanty Glo, but say he somehow got free from being seat-belted into the back of a police cruiser and got his cuffed hands in front of him and drove away.READ MORE: Police: Body Found In Ocean Off New Jersey Identified As Man Missing For 4 Days
Police say they gave chase and caught up to the Smicksburg man after he crashed the car in front of an apartment building in nearby Jackson Township.READ MORE: CBS3 Pet Project: As Halloween Approaches, Remember Not All Dogs Will Enjoy Wearing Costumes
Online court records don’t list an attorney for Fox, who remained in the Cambria County Prison Monday on charges including escape, theft, driving under the influence and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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Best Meal Options For Diabetics
· Everyone will enjoy these fork-tender, slow cooker pork chops with a creamy, light gravy. Serve with a green vegetable, mashed potatoes and coleslaw or a salad.
These are the best slow cooker pork chops. —Sue Bingham, Madisonville, TennesseeAuthor: Emily Racette Parulski. · Make half of your plate vegetables, a quarter of your plate a carb like brown rice, black beans, or whole-wheat pasta, and the other quarter of your plate a healthy protein like chicken breast Author: Elaine Magee, MPH, RD.
· Yogurt with berries is an excellent diabetes-friendly snack for a variety of reasons. First, the antioxidants in berries may reduce inflammation and prevent damage to cells of the pancreas, the Author: Brianna Elliott, RD.
· Now that you are working to manage your type 2 diabetes, it’s even more important to sit down with people you care about and enjoy a well-planned meal together. Here are 15 tasty, diabetes-friendly. You have lots of choices, including beef, chicken, fish, pork, turkey, seafood, beans, cheese, eggs, nuts, and tofu.
· Fill half with non-starchy vegetables, such as salad, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and carrots. Fill one quarter with a lean protein, such as chicken, turkey, beans, tofu, or eggs. Fill a quarter with a grain or starchy food, such as potatoes, rice, or pasta (or skip the starch altogether and double up on non-starchy veggies). · A diabetes diet simply means eating the healthiest foods in moderate amounts and sticking to regular mealtimes. A diabetes diet is a healthy-eating plan that's naturally rich in nutrients and low in fat and calories.
Key elements are fruits, vegetables and whole grains. In fact, a diabetes diet is the best eating plan for most everyone. · A healthful type 1 diabetes diet can include eggs, nonstarchy vegetables, and whole grains. Hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, can occur if someone does Author: Louisa Richards.
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Plus, it’s a good source of fiber with 3 grams per serving and very little saturated fat, making it a good choice for a. · Beans are an excellent food option for people with diabetes. They are source of plant-based protein, and they can satisfy the appetite while helping people Author: Beth Sissons. · Christel is the founder of Diabetes Strong. She is a Certified Personal Trainer specializing in diabetes. As someone living with type 1 diabetes, Christel is particularly passionate about helping others with diabetes live active healthy lives.
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Russian propaganda spent the last few years building up an image of the Russian army as the “second in the world” that “will take Ukraine in three days.” There was a new deluge of propaganda in just a few days when the Ukrainian military began to liberate Russian-occupied settlements in Kharkiv Region quickly.
At first, the Russian propagandists tried to deny the success of the Ukraine Armed Forces (UAF) and said there was no counteroffensive. But they soon had to change their rhetoric.
While on Sep. 9, Kostiantyn Sivkov, deputy head of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences, proposed to “stop listening to the ‘warlords’ who spread treason.”
In addition, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, went onto Twitter to deny “there is no counteroffensive of Ukrainian troops in the Kharkiv region.”
However, panic was spreading among those Russian occupiers. They were the first to leave their positions: the mobilized soldiers from the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic and the Russian Guard. The horror show happening to Russians in Kharkiv Region resulted in some propaganda channels solemnly promising not to publish entertainment content.
Serhii Markov, who considers himself close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, shared his next piece of logic on Sep. 10, when he said that “bad things should be hidden from the people because they need healthy feelings.”
While Ukrainian troops were covering kilometers in Kharkiv Region, the silence of the Russian Ministry of Defense had already become unsightly. In the meantime, its minister disabled the possibility to leave comments and discussions on its pages on the Russian VKontakte and Odnoklassniki social networks. But the administrators forgot about RuTube. So, users took advantage of this opportunity and began leaving angry comments about what was happening in Ukraine.
Ultimately, the ministry came out with its official position. Spokesman General Igor Konashenkov explained the panicked flight of the “second army in the world” as follows: “To achieve the goals of the liberation of Donbas, an operation was carried out to collapse and organize the transfer of the Izyum-Balakliya group of troops to the territory of the Donetsk People Republic.”
The grand goal of the “special operation,” namely “denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine,” has once again been reduced to the infamous “access to the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk Regions.”
Of course, no one believed this nonsense. Angry hysteria began, which even reached the point that “this is a cultural and administrative catastrophe, which consists of the destruction of the total spiritual and intellectual superiority of Russians over Ukrainians, sewn into the body of our culture.”
There was news on Sep. 10 that Putin had called an emergency meeting of security forces. However, Putin pretended nothing unusual was happening in Kharkiv Region, and the principal issues now were the provision of housing for military personnel and the election of municipal deputies.
Propagandists hoped that some decisions would be made unofficially: at least the legendary “strikes on Ukrainian decision-making centers.” But there was nothing like it.
Instead, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Russia’s Armed Forces, when his army was almost in real time losing its positions, opened a sambo school and a Ferris wheel (which broke down shortly afterward).
Russian military journalists began to report that the army was escaping, not even in combat vehicles, but in ordinary buses, explaining it was “a necessary tactical retreat to save troops and to avoid a ‘cauldron.'”
Of course, at the same time, they could not admit that the “second army in the world” was fleeing from the Ukrainians, so a fairy tale was invented immediately, not just about individual foreign mercenaries but NATO forces too.
On the evening of Saturday, Sep.10, the fireworks remained the last main intrigue in the Russian information space. In the light of the disgraceful things in the Kharkiv Region, Serhii Mironov, who leads the A Just Russia faction in the Russian Duma, spoke in favor of its cancellation. But that was in vain. There was a firework display, and this was already perceived as open bullying.
But later that evening, Russian propagandist Vladimir Solovyov decided to call the horrors in Kharkiv “a great retreat,” A suggestion was made not to panic and continue working for victory.
Great defeats and retreats in the history of Russia were mentioned, after which, of course, there were victories. And the first thing that came to mind was the war against Napoleon, the Battle of Austerlitz, the retreat, and the abandonment of Moscow.
It seems that Russians have begun to understand that the Russian military has been thrown to certain death in Ukraine, and the “second army in the world” has turned out to be inept.
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Congress on Monday demanded that the government make major changes to the Goods and Services Tax bill, warning that the proposed tax reform could be the next victim of parliamentary blockade.
The meeting of Congress chief ministers, chaired by party president Sonia Gandhi, passed a resolution noting that BJP had stalled the GST bill brought by the UPA in 2011. It stated, "The present Constitution amendment bill to allow for GST has several shortcomings that need to be addressed before it finally becomes law."
The bill was referred to the select committee of the Rajya Sabha following vociferous opposition from the Congress-led bloc in the budget session. The Centre expects it would be up for passage in the monsoon session.
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PURPOSE - Radical cystectomy remains associated with significant morbidity. Most series report outcomes with relatively short-term followup that may underestimate the true magnitude of the procedure and many report length of hospital stay but ignore readmission rates. We analyzed the predictors of early (30 days or less), late (31 to 90 days) and cumulative 90-day hospital readmissions, as well as morbidity and mortality rates.
MATERIALS AND METHODS - We reviewed our prospectively collected database of 753 patients who underwent radical cystectomy for urothelial cancer between January 2001 and December 2007. We examined the relationship between clinical variables and readmission rates during the early, late and 90-day postoperative period, and reviewed mortality and perioperative morbidity rates.
RESULTS - There were 200 (26.6%) patients readmitted in the first 90 days following radical cystectomy. Of these patients 148 (19.7%) were readmitted early, 81 (10.8%) were readmitted late, and 29 (3.9%) had an early and late readmission. Logistical regression revealed gender (OR 1.50, 95% CI 1.00-2.27, p = 0.05), age adjusted Charlson comorbidity index (OR 1.19, 95% CI 1.06-1.34, p = 0.003) and any postoperative complications before discharge home (OR 1.84, 95% CI 1.19-2.83, p = 0.006) as independent predictors of 90-day readmission. The 30 and 90-day mortality rates were 2.1% (16) and 6.9% (52), respectively.
CONCLUSIONS - Readmission rates after radical cystectomy are significant, approaching 27% within the first 90 days. Gender and age adjusted Charlson comorbidity index were independent predictors providing preoperative information identifying patients more likely to require readmission or possibly to benefit from a longer initial hospital stay.
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Research examining the transnational circulation of new education ideas over the first decades of the twentieth century.
This research reflected the transnational circulation of new education ideas over the first decades of the twentieth century (Passow, 1982; Popkewitz, 2005; Röhrs & Lenhart, 1995) by exploring case study schools in five countries:
- Jardim de Infância da Escola Caetano Campos in Sāo Paulo (18961930);
- The Malting House School in Cambridge (1924-1929) directed by Susan Isaacs;
- The Hietzing School in Vienna cofounded by Anna Freud (19271932);
- John Dewey’s laboratory school at the University of Chicago (1894-1904)*;
- The experimental station schools, Moscow, Russia (1917-1925)*
This project had two main objectives. To describe and explain the process of educational innovation in transnational perspective, considering the circulation, implementation and adaptation of new education ideas. Following on the work of Maderia (2012), the researchers aimed to determine the “networks of pedagogical discourses” (p. 163) within particular socio-political spaces, including networks of prominent figures along with those who have received little attention, mainly women teachers.
The second objective was to investigate the intersection of theory with practice in the ways teachers were selected and prepared to work in new ways in the schools. To borrow from sociologist Bernstein (1990), the researchers asked: How did teachers learn to engage in the “invisible pedagogic practice” (p. 68) that was the hallmark of the new education? Through careful archives-based research this research compared the different ways in which the case study schools addressed this question.
In the Kindergarten in Brazil we were able to identify two different periods for the works produced. The first, was marked by the application of Froebelian methodology inside the kindergarten together with Pestalozzi’’ intuitive methodology and Norma Calkins ‘object lessons’, due to the emphasis in Normal School to prepare teachers according to Pestalozzi’’ ideas and ‘object lessons’. The second, was marked by the New School, with ideas circulating in the Normal School having a direct impact in the work of the kindergarten.
The broader outcome of our research has been to trace the long footprint in relation to teaching and learning and teacher education as a consequence of the Malting House experiment - in the combined and separate careers of Nathan and Lawrence.
We were able to find Evelyn Lawrence’s submission to the Plowden committee on behalf to the Froebel Foundation - and submissions from Nathan calling for a reform of higher education and in particular the training of teachers.
Research on the Hietzing School called into question some of the main assumptions of extant research on the school. Evidence from the Freud Archives in Washington DC suggests that these are highly debatable, and that the roots of some of the school’s most interesting pedagogical experiments may indeed have laid not with its most famous educators but instead with Marie Briehl, who also taught at the school and was the most progressively-oriented, professionally-trained educator and who had connections to revisionist Froebelians in New York.
The archival research and team meetings and collaboration for this project were so fruitful that the researchers are planning a follow-on project beginning in 2020. Tentatively titled Froebelian Endeavours, New Education and the “Researched” Child from the 1900s to the 1960s - the new project will follow the ‘long reach’ of the historical actors and concepts we’ve focused on in our case studies so far, with a focus on how they developed and advocated research on, about, and with children.
Arce Hai, A., May, H., Nawrotzki, K., Prochner, L. & Valkanova, Y. (2020). Progressive pedagogies in experimental schools, 1894-1932: Transcontinental connections. (London: Palgrave Macmillan).
Arce Hai, A., & Prochner, L. (2018). Aproximando-se da ‘caixa preta da escolarização’: uma análise da Revista do Jardim de Infância (1896-1897). In A.C. Bortoleto Nery (Ed.), Pedagógica na Ibero-América: local, nacional e transnaciona. São Paulo, Brazil: Alameda. (This was not a Froebel-Trust-funded part of the project.)

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Protistan Tales of Atlantic White Cedar Swamps
A WebQuest exploring the microbial diversity of Atlantic White Cedar Swamps
Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion Teachers
This WebQuest is composed of two parts: background research and storytelling. It is important that all team members contribute to each phase of the story production.
- You must first understand the protists of Atlantic White Cedar Swamps in order to turn them into characters of a story. You will work as a team of biologists to explore the characteristics of protists and the Atlantic White Cedar Swamp habitat, in general. Use the provided resources to help organize your thoughts.
- Once your group has a general understanding of the microbes and their environment, you will individually choose three of the following organisms to research in detail:
- other distinguishable features
- Share your notes with the rest of the group. Try to visualize how your microbes might relate to other microbes. Begin to personify your organisms.
- By now you should have developed background information for the Atlantic White Cedar Swamp and a few of the microbes that live there. It is time for the creativity to begin! As a group, assign individual roles to each member:
- Writerâ€”You are responsible for writing the story. While all members will contribute to the storyline, you are responsible for putting it into words.
- Artistâ€”You are responsible for all artistic illustrations. You may include downloaded images of protozoa, but you should also create original illustrations that specifically support the storyline.
- Storytellerâ€”You are responsible for telling the story. You will use visual aids created with the help of fellow team members and should be creative in your performance.
- Work as a group to produce a creative, illustrated story about the protists of Atlantic White Cedar Swamps. Following in the footsteps of the great storyteller Aesop, apply personality traits to your organisms in order to create a vivid, colorful tale. Use the provided resources to learn more about incorporating anthropomorphism into your storytelling.
- Everyone should contribute to the storyline. You will give a live perfmance of your fable and will then submit it for publication in the form of an illustrated short story.

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New Yorkers have a name for dressed in all black. All 12 months spherical. However this isn’t a get dressed code that applies to Los Angeles-born, former New York resident Gigi Hadid. On Thursday, the twiglet was once noticed in the street of SoHo rocking a couple of high-waisted, flowing white pants with thigh-high splits that have been dangerously on the subject of coming in touch with the aftermath of snow typhoon Stella. She paired the elegant trousers with an off-white sweater, a small backpack, sun shades, and knee-high snakeskin boots.
It is value noting that the temperatures in New York Town this week are within the 20s and 30s—in different phrases, tremendous freezing. Hadid understandably seems to be type of uncomfortable in a number of the pictures, bearing in mind the freezing winds have been hitting her (regardless that her hair seemed flowing and fabulous). We consider her head was once full of visions of the fashionable and heat coats she noticed at the runways at New York, Milan, and Paris model week this season. The fashion made a number of appearances on the presentations, together with Jeremy Scott, Versace, Fendi, Max Mara, and Balmain. In reality, her dangerous white outfit is paying homage to one she wore on Jeremy Scott’s fall 2017 runway, which featured a an identical pair of flowing bell bottoms and an identical jacket, each bedazzled with multicolor rhinestones.
Take a look at a couple of pictures of Gigi’s glance beneath.
Extra on celebrity taste:
- Kendall Jenner Introduced Again the Iconic Louis Vuitton Bag From the Early 2000s
- Gigi Hadid Offers Athleisure a Wintry weather White Twist
- Gigi Hadid Takes Taste Cue From Kendall Jenner With a Bare Shoe of Her Personal
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News10's Rhyan Henson is in North Carolina where thousands of residents are dealing with catastrophic flooding. Though the rain has stopped for the most part, the danger of cresting rivers has everyone on edge.
Junior WR granted release by Baylor
The Texas-based owner of a jewelery company is the fifth fastest growing company in America. It made a stop in Waco for a signing of a brand new book.
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Don’t Quit Your Day Job!
It’s been 10 years since Consequence’s entry into the game on A Tribe Called Quest’s Beats, Rhymes and Life. Possessing a complex flow and witty lyricism, Q-Tip’s cousin had a promising future ahead of him, but his career prospects abruptly faded once Tribe disbanded in ’98. Fast-forward six years, and Cons received a lifeline courtesy of Kanye West, who welcomed the Queens native into his Grammy family. After appearing on the Louis Vuitton Don’s projects, Cons is back for the first time with his long-awaited debut, Don’t Quit Your Day Job!
Following an autobiographical blueprint, “Da Job Song” candidly documents Consequence’s nine-to-five grind between deals, over producer Kool Aid’s lush conga drums and whistles. Con maintains his humility throughout—the introspective “Who Knew?” featuring Tony Williams’ soothing vocals, finds him looking to put the past behind him (“I used to have to stay in this clubbed basement/Now I’m getting calls for product placement/They say that song ‘Spaceship’ gave my career a face-lift/Now I’m on the comeback trail to make a statement”).
Always a capable wordsmith, Mr. Cons-to-the-Quence succeeds with vivid tales, like his Harlem booty-huntin’ romp “Uptown” and the family-feudin’ “Uncle Rahiem.” His weakness lies in the recycled gems. The Kanye-produced “The Good, the Bad, the Ugly” first resonated on mixtapes nearly four years ago, and “Night Night” appeared on the soundtrack for EA Sports’ Fight Night Round 3. Even the lead single, “Grammy Family,” premiered earlier this year on DJ Khaled’s debut disc.
After a lifetime in the making, Don’t Quit Your Day Job! should be a collection of fresh material that finally lets its orator get his solo shine. Instead, Cons offers up a stunted track listing, even taking a backseat to John Legend on the tender “Feel This Way,” which features more of the singer’s harmony and raps than the alleged headliner. That’s not to say that Consequence doesn’t make good music—he just didn’t craft enough great music. —THOMAS A. HARDEN
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According to ESPN, Ulnar Collateral Ligament (“UCL”) reconstruction, frequently referred to as Tommy John surgery, is approaching “epidemic” frequency among professional athletes.
The procedure is common among collegiate and professional athletes in several sports, most notably baseball. According to Adam Discepolo, Partner and Clinical Director at Professional Physical Therapy’s Merrick clinic, professional athletes, however, are not the only ones that should be concerned. In baseball, as in many sports, the level of competition has gradually increased in recent years, as we see younger athletes begin to specialize and focus on just one sport. Year-round play and playing on multiple teams have taken the game to another level as far as talent is concerned, but according to some, this specialization at a younger age has become a major factor in the Tommy John surgery “epidemic” affecting the sport.
UCL injuries typically require surgery to reconstruct the ligament located in the inner elbow. Baseball great Tommy John received the first ever UCL reconstructive surgery in 1974, giving the procedure its popular nickname.
“Over the past 20 years, the American Sports Medicine Institute (ASMI) has noted a 30% increase in Tommy John surgery in the youth thrower/high school athlete,” says Discepolo. “What’s important to understand is that by the time the pitcher has reached the professional level, he may have worn out his UCL from prior years of throwing as an adolescent. It’s the cumulative years of play and/or overuse, from youth to mid-20s, that are often times the cause for this surgery.”
According to Joe Trani, Clinical Director at Professional’s Grand Central location, injury to the UCL can occur due to poor throwing mechanics and overuse, making both youth athletes and professional players highly susceptible. “I have seen an increasing number of high school pitchers come in to our clinic post-Tommy John surgery in the past few years,” says Trani. “One possible basis for this to be occurring is that of athletes playing year-round and not giving their elbows proper rest.” Discepolo concurs. “I have kids that play for three teams in a given season. That’s a lot of throwing!”
Correcting and maintaining proper throwing and pitching mechanics plays a large role in preventing injury. “Movement flaws can cause unnecessary stress to areas like your elbow, shoulder, or back, so correcting them early before they become habit is key,” recommends Discepolo.
Although Tommy John surgery does have a perceived high recovery rate, the ASMI reports that 10% to 20% of athletes never return to their pre-surgery level of performance. Both Discepolo and Trani stress the importance of a continued rehabilitation process following this kind of procedure. “I think some players never return because of the hard work which must be done during the rehabilitation phase,” explains Trani. “Most patients feel if they have the surgery, they will throw harder than before. They don’t realize that it’s a process and they must be cautious to prevent further injury,” said Trani.
While the game of baseball continues to change and evolve, players must not lose focus of the fundamentals when trying to improve their performance. “Throwing is an extremely complicated action requiring multiple body parts to work in unison,” says Discepolo. “Increasing velocity is not just a matter of increasing your arm strength, but also the strength of your core, trunk, and legs. There are a significant number of players that can throw in the 90 or 100 MPH range, but that doesn’t mean they know how to pitch. I recommend mastering the craft more than trying to light up the radar.”
Physical Therapists with expertise to rehab patients who’ve undergone Tommy John surgery can also teach and correct throwing and pitching mechanics to minimize the potential for future injury. For more information, visit www.professionalpt.com.


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A Perthshire distillery restaurant was this week toasting the award of a second glittering Michelin star.
The Glenturret Lalique – established in 2021 in Scotland’s oldest working distillery – received the pre-eminent gastronomic accolade on Monday. It follows Restaurant Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles, making the Crieff restaurant Scotland’s second two-starred Michelin restaurant.
Restaurant Andrew Fairlie retained its two-star status in the Michelin Guide Great Britain and Ireland 2024.
Scotland has no three-star Michelin restaurants, the guide’s highest rating.
The Glenturret Lalique chef Mark Donald has worked at Michelin two-star level for a number of years including at Restaurant Andrew Fairlie. Within seven months of the The Glenturret Lalique restaurant opening Mark had received his first Michelin star.
Of the latest Michelin award, he said: “It’s great for Scotland to get another Michelin two-star restaurant.
“The two stars have always been a big personal goal for me, having worked with other two-star chefs for a long part of my career.
“I used to work at Andrew Fairlie’s. I worked with Andrew in 2010. He was a great person to have known and to work with. It’s quite special that I’m the next person to get it after him.
“It’s great that people see another example of that calibre in Scotland.
“I feel that maybe we have been overlooked in Scotland. But we are becoming more of a gastronomic destination. It can only be a good thing for Scotland.”
Mark, from Glasgow, has also worked at Number One at The Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh, and Noma in Copenhagen.
While The Glenturret Lalique is based in a whisky distillery Mark is keen to emphasise there are other influences at work.
He uses local suppliers including Tomnah’a market garden, Comrie Croft, and Ochil Foods in Auchterarder as well as Highland Wagyu, Bridge of Allan, and Castle Game, Linlithgow.
Mark commented: “We are not an exclusively whisky with everything restaurant. But we do mimic the whisky making process with some of the dishes.
“The barley used to make the whisky, we use to make the bread as well.
“We ferment the barley and then reduce it the same way we would to make whisky.
“There are barley misos and shellfish smoked with peat. There’s definitely a sense of time and place, and little nuances throughout the menu.
“They are all carefully curated so you know you are in a whisky distillery.
“But the restaurant is all about the gastronomic experience rather than just a whisky one.”
As for the future Mark said the restaurant would continue to operate to the high standards it has already set.
He said: “We have guests in for lunch today and guests in for dinner. I cannot take my foot off the gas now.
“We’re all really content with Monday’s award. We’re just going to continue striving for excellence.
“It will change expectations for sure, but we are going to continue what we did to get it – keeping our heads down and keeping going.”
VisitScotland destination development director Caroline Warburton said following the awards: “Scotland’s food and drink is a hugely important part of the visitor experience, with visitors keen to sample local produce.
“I’m delighted for The Glenturret Lalique and Restaurant Andrew Fairlie.
“Having two two-starred Michelin restaurants in Perthshire throws a spotlight on the high-quality dining experiences visitors can expect in the region.
“It also gives a welcome boost to Scotland’s reputation for excellent food and drink.”


Bursting with vibrant colours, just like the butterfly it was named after, Kelebek scores high in the style and comfort stakes. Wherever you take this cotton-linen blend flat woven towel, it will cue ‘oohs and aaahs’. Perfect for a kids’ bathroom, sarong or fun tablecloth, it just gets softer with every wash
They might look different to the terry towels we all grew up with but Turkish towels are actually a dream to care for. They just get softer and softer with every wash, and dry so quickly – which is especially handy in winter.
Here’s a reminder of how to care for your towels:
1. Don’t forget that first soak: Before using a towel, for the first time, wash or soak it in cold water in order to make it absorbent.
2. Wash on a gentle cycle and dry on a low heat in the tumble dryer. In fact, just hang them outside, they dry so fast! This will also avoid getting loose tassels and undone fringes.
3. Never use fabric softeners as these ‘stick’ to fibers and make towels less absorbent.


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Anyone who has been in the crypto space long enough will remember the madness around Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) in 2017.
Initially, these crowdsales were simply supposed to provide a platform for DApp developers to get the required funding for their project.
Ethereum was the first successful ICO in 2014, raising a staggering $18 million over a period of 42 days. Then Ethereum itself became the platform of ICOs since it made it extremely easy for organizations to raise funds for their projects.
It was followed by NEO, that replicated Ethereum’s success as the developers platform for Chinese and Asian markets. Although it was hit hard by the Chinese ban on ICOs in September 2017, Neo turned out to be one of the most profitable cryptocurrencies in the space.
Crypto companies soon engaged in a crowdsale war to the point that ICO pools had to be established at some point since the minimum fund requirements were too high for the individual investor to sustain.
“Advisors” approaching crypto enthusiasts with promises of getting them ultra millionaires was scarily proliferating.
Until it all blew up and scams were uncovered.
Projects blinded by the prospect of getting rich quick; CEOs disappearing with a full bag of investors’ money; smart ICOs investors selling quickly at all-time highs while the naive ones were getting “rekt” while hodling.
When the hype for ICOs started to fade away in 2018, STOs made an appearance as they seemed to offer a much more legitimate way of operating.
The Security Token Offering (STO) is backed by tokens that represent investment contracts into underlying investment assets, such as stocks, bonds, funds, and real estate investment trusts.
Another relevant difference between the two offerings was also compliance with regulatory governance.
ICOs were able to bypass strict governance regulations with the claim that their utility token would give users access to the native platform or decentralized applications (DApps). Therefore, they argued that the coin purpose was usage and not investment.
While ICOs and STOs are still in use, although ICOs have lost their initial appeal to investors, we have recently seen the emergence of a new concept, mainly unique to the crypto space: Initial Exchange Offering (IEO).
One of the first successful IEOs ever experienced was conducted by Binance, which describes IEOs as follows:
“An Initial Exchange Offering, commonly referred to as an IEO, is a fundraising event that is administered by an exchange. In contrast to an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) where the project team themselves conduct the fundraising, an Initial Exchange Offering means that the fundraising will be conducted on a well-known exchange’s fundraising platform, where users can purchase tokens with funds directly from their own exchange wallet.”
Moreover, for a user, it’s extremely easy to participate in the offering as all they need is an account with the exchange and some funds.
Industry Reaction to IEOs
It is fair to say that the IEO concept has been received positively by many to the point that even a group of hardcore bitcoin maximalists, who are typically very critical of the Ethereum platform, have been involved in $1.4 Million investment into an ERC-20 on Ethereum.
Recently, the crowdsale for crypto exchange INX will be shaped into an IPO, a feature that many Bitcoin maximalists may consider an excuse for betraying their position and contradicting their famous belief that Ethereum is a scam, as they have claimed so far.
Meanwhile, the rest of the crypto industry has already bought into the IEO craze with projects raising millions of dollars on popular platforms such as Binance Launchpad and OK Jumpstart.
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Turkish President Erdogan is once again frustrating his NATO allies and playing obstructionist. This time he is opposing the bids by Finland and Sweden to join NATO. To join NATO requires the approval of all NATO nations. It is a consensus-run alliance. Erdogan is angry with what he considers to be the Nordic nations coddling of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) exiles. Turkey considers the PKK to be a terrorist organization – with good reason, given the long terror campaign it has waged within Turkey, along Turkey’s borders and against Turkish interests in Europe. The PKK was founded in the 1970s as a Marxist organization, but was really a Soviet Union proxy during the Cold War. Erdogan has tried several rhetorical tropes to justify his veto of Finland and Sweden’s effort to join NATO, but seems to have settled on declaring Finland and Sweden do not show enough concern for an organization which is clearly a threat to Turkish security. Finland and Sweden both allow Kurdish political activists with ties to the PKK operate openly within their borders. Turkish officials claim both nations have imposed arms exports restrictions on Turkey. Sweden particularly irks Erdogan. He resents Swedish criticism of alleged political and ethical violations in general but against Kurds in particular. The Turkish government claims Sweden intends to give Kurdish militants over $300 million in 2023. Sweden has a large Kurdish expatriate community, estimated at least 100,000. Interestingly enough, Turkish diplomats have said the foreign ministry favors including Finland and Sweden in NATO. Erdogan has a record for stalling and declaring he adamantly opposes this or that. Then, after he extracts a concession, he will come to an agreement. He definitely wants the U.S. to greenlight a sale of new F-16s. That’s a concession. Erdogan may demand that Finland and Sweden stop pro-PKK operatives from raising money in their countries. (Austin Bay)
June 12, 2022: Turkey is actively working with Venezuela to establish economic opportunities, like growing wheat to deal with the Russian blockade of wheat exports from Ukraine. Venezuela is run by a socialist dictatorship that has ruined the economy and is now trying to rebuild. Most nations are reluctant to invest in Venezuela because of losses in the last two decades from ruinous economic policies. Turkey has become more accommodating to Iran in Syria.
Turkey has offered to allow Finland into NATO because the Finns do not host any political exiles from Turkey or groups Turkey considers terrorists, even though no other nations do. Finland turned down the offer and said if both nations are not accepted into NATO, neither one would. Leaders in some NATO nations concede that Turkey has some legitimate concerns about Sweden and Finland joining NATO, but this is a minority attitude. Most NATO members regard Turkey as an unreliable and hostile member of the alliance. NATO rules allow any member to leave if it gives a one-year warning so that security and logistical adjustments can be made by other members. There is no mechanism for expelling a NATO member although Turkey has been treated less and less like a reliable NATO member and many NATO activities in Turkey have been withdrawn.
June 10, 2022: New Turkish military action in Syria could lead to a confrontation with Iranian proxy forces, specifically Shiite militias in northwestern Syria. On June 9 Erdogan stated Turkey intends to create a 30-kilometer-wide border buffer zone. This means pushing Syrian Kurd People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia units out of the buffer zone. It is believed that Turkey will move several thousand Syrian Arab refugees now in Turkey into the new 30-kilometer buffer zone. Turkey considers the YPG to be an arm of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Erdogan specifically mentioned the town of Tel Rifaat as a target for the planned incursion. Nearby Manbji is also on the target list. Both towns are west of the Euphrates River. However, a large Turkish attack on Rifaat and Manbji would put two Shiite villages, Nubl and Zahra, in the line of fire. The two villages are northwest of Aleppo. Iran backs militant Shiite militias in the area. At least one Arab source believes Iran has asked Turkey to call off the incursion. Turkey has no love for Iran's ayatollah regime but in Syria’s chaos adversaries and enemies occasionally cooperate. That said, Turkey knows Iranian-backed Shia militias have attacked Turkish bases in northern Iraq. One suspicious attack occurred in 2015. Another in April 2022. Plausibly deniable? Iran is in the proxy war business. (Austin Bay)
June 9, 2022: President Erdogan accused Greece of militarizing Aegean islands Turkey contends are according to treaties are supposed to be demilitarized. Turkey takes the position that the islands, which are just off the Turkish coast, were ceded to Greece with the understanding they would not have military installations. Greece has heard this argument before and points out Greek forces have garrisoned the islands for several decades and they are within easy striking distance of Turkish amphibious or airmobile forces.
June 8, 2022: The grain talks between Russia and Turkey have ended without an agreement. Turkey sought to convince Russia to open a sea corridor in the Black Sea for the export of Ukrainian grain to world markets. The Turkish proposal had Turkish and Russian ships providing escort for ships carrying grain. Turkey entered the talks as part of a UN effort to prevent a global food crisis.
June 7, 2022: Turkey has begun manufacturing a “micro munition” for its popular Bayraktar TB2 drone. The Bozok is laser-guided and though small, has a range of up to 15 kilometers. The missile is 80 cm long and has a diameter of 120 mm.
June 3, 2022: During the month of May Turkey's annual inflation rate hit a 24-year high of 73.5% in May. That exceeded 2002’s 73.2%. 2002 is significant because that’s the year Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) won a national election promising economic restructuring and reform.
In a phone call with NATO Secretary-General Erdogan declared that Turkey's concerns about Finnish and Swedish NATO membership are based on legitimate security issues.
Ukraine’s ambassador to Turkey claimed Turkish buyers were knowingly taking delivery of Ukrainian grain stolen by Russia. The filched Ukrainian grain was shipped to Turkey from Crimea. The ambassador identified five ships that had carried the stolen grain. Ukraine wants Turkey to start criminal proceedings against the buyers.
June 2, 2022: Turkish defense manufacturer Baykar will donate a Bayraktar TB2 drone to Lithuania for transfer to Ukraine. Through a crowdfund program, in less than six days Lithuanian citizens raised nearly six million euros to buy Ukraine a drone. When Baykar learned of the project the company decided to give the drone to Lithuania free of charge. The company suggested the six million euros be given to Ukraine as humanitarian aid.
June 1, 2022: The UN officially recognized Turkey’s name as Turkiye-- the Republic of Turkiye. How to pronounce it: "tur-key-YAY." This means a name change for Turkish Airlines, the official national airline is now “Türkiye Hava Yolları”.
President Erdogan said Turkey intends to conduct a new incursion into rid northern Syria's Tal Rifaat and Manbji areas to rid the region of “terrorists.” Erdogan also said he was halting talks with Greece because of airspace violations. Subsequently Germany asked Turkey to ease tensions with Greece and for both nations to refrain from “provocations.” A senior German official chastised Turkey for “invading” Greek airspace.
May 30, 2022: President Erdogan’s office confirmed he has discussed Turkey’s planned military operation in Syria and the war in Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Israel warned its citizens in Turkey, or those planning to visit, that there was credible evidence that Iran was planning to attack Israelis in Turkey as retaliation for the assassination last week of IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) colonel Hassan Khodaei in the Iranian capital. Iran always blames Israel for attacks like this. Turkish officials pointed out that while Iran often threatens to carry out attacks on Israelis in Turkey, they rarely do so. Aside from the fact that Turkish counterterrorism efforts against such attacks is quite good and that such an Iranian attack would damage cooperation between Turkey and Iran in Syria. The Turks believe Iran made the threat mainly for propaganda purposes.
May 26, 2022: Turkey began negotiations with Russia aimed at opening a secure sea corridor through the Black Sea to the Bosporus Strait in order to permit the export of Ukrainian grain. An estimated 22 million tons of grain is trapped in Ukrainian seaports.
May 25, 2022: After a series of talks with Swedish and Finnish officials Turkey said it would not support the two countries' bids to join NATO unless the Nordics took “concrete steps” to meet Turkey’s security concerns.
May 24, 2022: Conducted a test of its advanced Akinci Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) drone. Two Akinci drones took off from northwestern Turkey, flew over Georgia, then landed in Azerbaijan, a distance of about 2,000 kilometers. which is rumored to be among the first countries in line to receive the advanced combat drone. Flight time was about five hours.
May 23, 2022: The Turkey-Saudi Arabia effort to repair diplomatic and economic relations continues. President Erdogan invited Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to visit Turkey.
The Turkish Navy expects to take delivery of a domestically-manufactured air independent propulsion (AIP) diesel submarine within the next six months. The submarine was built at the Golcuk Shipyard Command in Kocaeli province (northwestern Turkey). The first sub (of six being built) is named the Hizir Reis.
May 22, 2022: The foreign ministry summoned the U.S. ambassador to express “discomfort” with a post published May 18 on the embassy’s website. The post discussed an opposition rally in Istanbul, protesting the conviction of opposition leader Canan Kaftancioglu for insulting Erdogan and the Turkish state. The post warned that police might intervene during the protest. The rally took place on May 21. Kaftancioglu is an MD as well as a politician. heads the Istanbul regional branch of the Republican People's Party (CHP). She was sentenced to four years and 11 months in prison.
May 21, 2022: Turkish drone strikes in northern Iraq targeting PKK rebels killed at least six people. A PKK statement said three PKK rebels were wounded.
May 20, 2022: Turkey revealed that 502,000 Syrian refugees have returned to Syria. On average between 400 and 500 Syrians return each week.
May 19, 2022: In Syria the Assads are now willing and able to fight to subdue the Idlib Islamic terrorists, the Kurds, and ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant). Iran is backing the Assads as part of their efforts to establish a military presence on the Israeli border and replace Russian and Arab influence over Assad. The Russians have long tried to play peacemaker to preserve their relationships with the Assads, other Arab states and even Israel. The Islamic terrorist rebels in Idlib would prefer to be anywhere but Syria, No one wants them. The Kurds are willing to make peace with the Assads in return for an autonomy deal similar to what the Iraqi Kurds have had for over two decades. The Assads are willing to make a deal but Turkey and Iran oppose that because of problems with their own Kurds. The war in Ukraine has forced Russia to withdraw much of its military forces from Syria and the distraction of fighting a losing war in Ukraine has made Syria a much lower priority.
May 18, 2022: President Erdogan accused Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the national leader of the CHP, of committing treason. Allegedly Kilicdaroglu has threatened Arab investors interested in buying property in Turkey. Actually, the CHP contends many of Erdogan’s infrastructure projects are a waste of money.
May 17, 2022: Greece’s prime minister visited Washington and asked that Greece be allowed to acquire F-35 stealth fighters. He also lobbied against Turkey’s bid to acquire new F-16s. Turkey wants to buy 40 Block 70 F-16 fighter jets and upgrade several dozen older F-16s.
May 16, 2022: President Erdogan told a news conference that Finland and Sweden shouldn’t bother to send diplomats to Turkey to try and get Turkish support for their bids to join NATO. Erdogan called Sweden a “hatchery” for terrorist organizations.
May 14, 2022: Turkey is desperate to gain an edge over the separatist Kurds of Turkey and Syria. The latest effort involves Turkey threatening to block Sweden and Finland from joining NATO. New members must be approved by all existing members and Turkey is threatening to use its veto to coerce other NATO members to halt support for Kurds in Syria. The Turks have become cozy with Russia in Syria and violated NATO rules by purchasing and receiving Russian S400 air defense systems. Turkey has not activated the S400 system because other NATO members agreed that they could no longer allow Turkey to participate in the joint NATO air defense system if they used S400. Turkey has already been barred from purchasing F-35 stealth fighters or participating in manufacturing components. The latest misbehavior over allowing Finland and Sweden to join has revived calls for developing a mechanism for expelling an existing NATO member. Introducing such a mechanism might take a while depending on how unanimous other members are to do it.
Turkey is also in trouble for tolerating Islamic terrorist activity (smuggling, not arresting known terrorists) and reneging on agreements. For example, the Turks regard American support for the Syrian Kurds as condoning the actions of one faction of Syrian Kurds; the separatist YPG. Turkey considers the YPG an arm of the more violent and radical Turkish Kurd PKK. The U.S agrees that the PKK is radical, violent and a regional menace, but disagrees with Turkey about YPG/PKK cooperation and has found the YPG an effective and reliable component of the SDF militia that controls much of northeast Syria, which is mainly Kurdish majority Hasaka province. SDF forces have clashed with Turkish troops and their Syrian mercenaries in Syria frequently, usually in response to a Turkish attack or attempt to gain control of more SDF territory. One thing Turkey and the U.S. do agree on is that the YPG is the most unpredictable faction of the SDF, but also the most effective in combat. The Americans also point out that the separatist Iraqi and Iranian Kurds also cooperate with the PKK. In Iraq that means the autonomous Kurds in northern Iraq will not fight the PKK but will not interfere with Turkish operations against PKK camps in northern Iraq. The Arab Shia dominated Iraqi government also protests, but does not interfere with Turkish air and ground operations against the PKK in the north. The Iranian Kurd separatists have a similar policy towards the PKK, which does not try to operate in Iran because the Iranians are more violent in their response to such incursions.
May 13, 2022: Turkey announced it is willing to conduct a sea evacuation of wounded Ukrainian fighters in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol. The proposed operation was offered to Ukraine in late April.
May 12, 2022: In northern Syria (Aleppo and Hasaka provinces) Turkish artillery began firing on more than fifty towns controlled by the Kurdish led SDF. The fire continued for several days and was not heavy, consisting of about a hundred shells or rockets per day. in several places. This is a violation of a ceasefire agreement agreed to in 2019 with Russia and the United States providing ceasefire monitors to monitor any violations. Since March Russia has withdrawn most of its ground troops from Syria and there are not enough American troops to protect villages and investigate violations. So far this year Turkey has violated the ceasefire over 300 times and killed at least 18 civilians and wounded nearly 300. The targets are often SDF positions near these towns but the SDF forces are entrenched and protected from that firepower while nearby civilians are not.
Further east, in Kurd-majority Hasaka province SDF continues attacking Turkey backed Syrian mercenaries. Few are killed but some are wounded. These Syrian Arab mercenaries have also been used by Turkey in Libya and some have been hired by Russia to reinforce Russian forces in Ukraine. It is unclear if any of those Syrian mercs have arrived in Russia because the Russians are losing and taking heavy casualties. The Syrian mercenaries are not effective combat troops. The Turks and Russians have found the Syrian mercs useful for providing security in areas where they do not have to face experienced combat forces. Islamic terrorists and armed gangsters are about the most these mercenaries can handle. The Russian Wagner Military Contractor group has hired these Syrian mercenaries for security work. It’s about the best paying job a Syrian can get these days and as long as it is not too dangerous, there is no trouble recruiting. Many of these Syrians once belonged to Syrian rebel coalitions that cooperated with the Kurds against the Assads and the Islamic terrorist rebels, especially ISIL. Divisions among the Syrian rebels are the main reason they failed to overthrow the Assad government. The Kurds and non-religious rebel groups the current Syrian mercenaries once worked with made peace deals with the Assads while most everyone else informally cooperated to curb ISIL activities. While Russian and Iranian forces are in Syria to help the Assads, the Turks are there mainly to destroy Kurdish separatists from Turkey, Syria and Iraq.

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TRENTON — The state Assembly speaker said today he was confident lawmakers would come up with a plan on what to do about a key law that mayors say has helped reduce the growth of property taxes before it expires.
“The only way to approach this issue intelligently is ensure all input is considered before acting, including that of the task force created for this specific purpose,” Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) said. “I’m confident that everyone will be able to come together on a final plan that will allow us to move forward for the benefit of the taxpayers before the expiration deadline.”
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At issue is a 2010 law on interest arbitration, something that takes place when towns and their police and fire unions reach an impasse on contract negotiations. In that case, a third-party arbitrator makes the decision. But in an effort to stem the growth of property taxes, the four-year-old law limited the raises that arbitrators could give out to 2 percent annually.
When Democrats passed the law, they included a provisions for it to expire after four years but also for the establishment of a task force to recommend whether to renew it.
The task force — made up of four appointees of Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, and four from the Democrat-controlled Legislature —released its final report Wednesday. The Christie appointees, three administration officials and a Republican assemblyman, favored making the 2 percent cap permanent, while the legislative appointees opposed renewing it.
“We only received that final report on Wednesday, and we will now scrutinize it closely," Prieto said, adding that scheduling an additional voting session in March to pass a bill is "always an option."
Christie has called on the Legislature to send him a bill that would make the cap permanent, but Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) has not said what he plans to do.