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The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey
A review by editor Candace Sharpe
Am I the only avid reader that feels the bittersweet dread when the announcement of a favourite book is to be re-created on screen? To know that the words on a page that pulled you out of your own world and into another will now be watched with a mild indifference on a massive screen, played out by people that you fear will not capture the relationship that you formed with their characters. The 5th Wave, written by Rick Yancey, has been adapted to film and is to be released early this year and I for one am praying that it will provide just an ounce of justice to the fictional world and loved characters created by Yancey.
The modern science-fiction novel is mostly narrated by 16 year old Cassie Sullivan and then her high-school crush Ben Parish, in which they give their first-hand account of how the alien invasion on Earth by the Others has shaped their lives.
Cassie begins the novel alone and untrusting with her back story unfolding throughout the novel, willing the reader onto the next page to uncover more of her short tragic life and also to gather information about the five waves that have decimated the world’s population, into an apocalyptic state. You cling to the hope that Cassie has of finding her five year old brother, Sammy, who has been taken to Camp Haven and feel every disappointment she endures, especially within the relationship she begins with Evan Walker, who has his own secrets that are revealed.
The narration is then left to Ben, who illustrates the reality of Camp Haven, which is portrayed as a military training camp for children to fight back against the Others. Just like every point in this gripping novel, there is a massive plot twist about the true purpose of Camp Haven. Cassie’s younger brother Sammy is brought to this camp and forms a bond with Ben, who does not know that he is related to Cassie. At the camp, Ben meets many interesting characters, in particular a girl his age named Marika, who challenges Ben in many different ways.
I did not want to watch the trailer for the adaptation but I did on the small chance that it would impress me. It did not. Hopefully, the directors are saving the best for the premiere. For those who are not enthralled by the film and still cling to the satisfaction that novels can bring, please do not judge a book by its film adaptation.


You could get a USB Greenhouse to give some life to your computer, or you could go the cheaper, grosser route of just growing some plants in your keyboard. This thing looks like it's still being used to me, and while it's neat looking, the idea of having plants growing around my fingers while I type seems less than appealing. Hit the jump for another couple of shots of this neat freak's nightmare. [Stupid Ideas via Spulch]
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Drone survey under the pilot phase of the central scheme SVAMITVA,which aims to provide an integrated property validation solution for rural India, has been completed in about 23,300 villages of nine states and property cards have been prepared and distributed/under distribution to about 2.30 lakh property holders of about 1,432 villages till last month, Sunil Kumar, Secretary, Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj, said on Monday.
In an interacton with reporters on the progress of various schemes under the ministry and budgetary allocations for the next financial year, Kumar said that the pilot phase of SVAMITVA, which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year on National Panchayat Day on April 24, has been sucessful in solving property related disputes in the villages of Haryana and elsewhere where the pilot phase has been implemented so far.
A total of Rs 913.43 crore has been provided to the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) in Budget 2021-22, a 32 per cent increase over the revised estimate of 2020-21.
The major part of it is provided under the scheme Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA), a centrally sponsored scheme that aims to strengthen Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) for achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) with main focus on convergence with Mission Antyodaya through capacity building of the rural local governments.
The infrastructure facilities like panchayat bhawans, computer and broadband connectivity, trained manpower etc. and providing quality training to the elected representatives and other functionaries of the PRIs are the principal components of RGSA.
A provision of Rs 200 crore has been made for the scheme SVAMITVA to provide the ‘record of rights’ to village household owners possessing houses in inhabited rural areas in villages and issuance of property cards to the property owners through survey of village areas with help of drone technology by the Survey of India.
The pilot phase of SVAMITVA had been approved with a Budget outlay of Rs 79.65 crore.
The pilot phase of this scheme is being implemented in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Punjab, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh, Kumar said.
Likewise, 210 CORS (Continuous Operating Reference Stations) are being set up in the states of Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh and these are likely to be completed and operationalised by March 2021. The scheme would ensure CORS network coverage across the country by 2022, said the Panchayati Raj Secretary.
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The ministry has sent a proposal to the Department of Expenditure with an outlay of Rs 566.23 crore for extending the scheme to the rest of India to cover nearly 5.41 lakh villages. In 2021-22, with a Budget provision of Rs 200 crore, 16 states will be covered targeting 2.30 lakh villages, said Kumar.
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The City of Knoxville is continuing its work to install two dozen charging stations for electric cars.
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The first station opened last summer, and there will be 24 in total.
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The first episode will air on Wednesday, March 5, 2013 at 8:30 am EST on RFD-TV.
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Discipline: Biological Sciences
Subcategory: Cell and Molecular Biology
Stacey Phan - San Francisco State University
Co-Author(s): Zheng-Hui He, Hong-Yun Tong, Elias Michael Duarte, and Cinthya Ibarra, San Francisco State University, SF, CA
Vitamin B6 functions as a crucial coenzyme for over 140 enzymes. Homeostasis of vitamin B6 is critical for cellular functions for all organisms, but how vitamin B6 homeostasis is regulated and maintained is unknown. Genetic and molecular studies in Arabidopsis have shown that aspartate aminotransferase 2 (ASP2) plays a role in vitamin B6 homeostasis signaling (Leasure et al., 2011). ASP2 covalently binds to the active form of vitamin B6, pyridoxal 5’-phosphate (PLP), and specific mutations in the PLP binding pocket of ASP2 suppress phenotypes in a vitamin B6 signaling mutant (Tong et al., 2008). Genetic complementation studies in Arabidopsis suggested that the human ASP2 ortholog, HsGOT1, may play similar roles in vitamin B6 homeostasis regulation. HsGOT1 is an important clinical indicator utilized ubiquitously to detect abnormalities in human liver health. How HsGOT1 may function in vitamin B6 homeostasis signaling is totally unknown. We hypothesize that HsGOT1 and its interactive partners play a role in vitamin B6 homeostasis signaling. HsGOT1 protein variants that carry the same mutations in the PLP binding pocket as those in ASP2 protein will be tested for their protein-protein interactions via yeast two-hybrid assays. Two constructs carrying specific residue substitutions (G387A and HsGOT S1-1) were generated and confirmed by sequencing. These constructs were subcloned into the two yeast two-hybrid assay vectors (AD, GAL4 transcription active domain and BD, GAL4 DNA-binding domain), all of which were subsequently confirmed by sequencing. Yeast competent cells were prepared and the transformed cells carrying HsGOT1 various alleles were successfully screened on selective dropout media. Our results confirmed that we have successfully engineered yeast two-hybrid constructs that carry three alleles (HsGOT1, HsGOT 387, and HsGOT S1-1), each of which was fused with either the BD or the AD domain. Our initial test suggested that HsGOT1 interacts with itself, indicating that HsGOT1 forms a homodimer. In conclusion, yeast two-hybrid assay can be effectively used to test protein-protein interaction for HsGOT1 and its variants. We are in the process of testing protein-protein interactions among HsGOT1 and HsGOT1 variants. Our studies are expected to provide insight into how aminotransferases in general interact with vitamin B6 and other proteins to function in vitamin B6 homeostasis signaling.
Funder Acknowledgement(s): National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health
Faculty Advisor: Zheng-Hui He, firstname.lastname@example.org
Role: HsGOT1 subcloning into BD and AD vectors separately. Yeast transformation of HsGOT1 AD and BD vectors simultaneously into dropout plates.


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In as little as three months, the brains of laboratory rats begin to change after being exposed to the air around congested Southern California freeways. “The evidence we are clearly seeing is the molecular cascade that can lead to the development of cancer,” said Dr. Keith L. Black, chairman of the department of neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Black is a world-class surgeon who pioneered research on ways to open the blood-brain barrier, enabling medicines to be used in the fight against brain cancer.
His war on brain tumors resulted in his being on the cover of a Time magazine special edition called “Heroes of Medicine,” which was published 1997.


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Legislative protection of bats is regulated by the Law No 543/2002 Coll. on nature and landscape protection and Regulation of the Ministry of Environment No 24/2003 Coll., as well as the Habitat Directive (92/43/EHS). In Slovakia there are designated Sites of Community Interest for bat protection and in particular two special areas, where the bats are main subject of protection - Dubnické mines and Bradlo. Particular bat species are inserted also in Annexes of some international conventions and Slovakia is obliged to secure protection of bats (e.g. EUROBATS).
Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats

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V.21 No.28 | 7/12/2012
A World of Connections
Regina Carter’s Reverse Thread
A round of applause, please, for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, which had the intelligence and good taste to award violinist Regina Carter a MacArthur Fellowship (aka “Genius Grant”). Carter used part of that substantial and unexpected windfall—the grant pays out $500,000 over five years—to fund a project that had been steeping in her imagination for years: a world music album.
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Christmas concert experience
To get in the mood for Christmas. The classical concert. With many popular and well-known melodies. Enjoy an unforgettable concert experience. The orchestra of the music school Bad Goisern on Lake Hallstatt is playing. Reserve tickets now!
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Really my first bit of advice is that the best place to get a really nice hotel that is on a beach or a hill and has the other nearby and also has great weather in December is Phuket, Thailand. You could go almost anywhere in southeast Asia in December and get good weather and low prices. But Phuket has over 1,000 hotels and hundreds of those are wonderful fairly luxurious hotels or villa complexes that could be perfect for a romantic honeymoon stay.
I’ll be happy to try to help, but I’d really need to know your starting point because there are cheap places in different corners of the world, and it’s not worth flying halfway around the world to try to save US$20 per day. In mid December through January for beaches you should consider Thailand and perhaps also Vietnam. I’ll give you more information once I know where you are starting from. -Roger
My top recommendation would be San Juan, Puerto Rico. It offers a wonderful mix of history and culture and nightlife and great food, alongside excellent beaches and abundant activities. Hotels and rental apartments are mostly in the mid-range for the Caribbean, but food and drinks and most other things are great value. You could get a place in the Condado area, which is close to the lovely Old San Juan neighborhood and plenty of nightlife all around. And then perhaps you could rent a car and stay for a few days at one of the smaller beach towns elsewhere on the island. You wouldn’t even need a passport, although it does feel fairly exotic while you are there. But because it’s part of the US, it’s also well organized and safe. Most people you’ll meet will speak at least some English, and many are fluent, so it’s easy even if you don’t speak Spanish.
We are looking to explore warm Central American destinations safe for kids and affordable in price. We love beaches. Not in the typical sun-bathing type of way, but rather appreciating the raw beauty of the nature. We also like to eat out and having activities for the kids and as a family would be excellent. Could you suggest a destination that fits the bill? Central America appeals to me but open to other suggestions you may find worth mentioning.
Pay homage to the Native American heritage of the U S of A by taking in the sights and sounds of Arizona’s capital city for pure rest and relaxation before the holiday season. Phoenix anchors a sprawling, multicity metropolitan area known as the Valley of the Sun, which is highly regarded for its luxury resorts, vibrant nightclubs, designer golf courses, and long lasting sunshine and warmth—even through the winter months. Attractions include the Heard Museum and the Pueblo Grande Museum & Archaeological Park. Be sure to check them out!
The next morning we hit up the hotel dining area around 7 am for a large breakfast before going out for our second day. They had gigantic breakfast bowls (Meal 3) as part of their offerings, so that’s what I got. I asked for a southwest bowl with no potatoes, and received a heaping plate of eggs, chopped ham, onion, green peppers, and melted cheese. I also got a side of bacon and had a fatty coffee that I made in my blender bottle with powdered coconut oil, liquid stevia, and half n half. I added some salt, pepper, and butter to my breakfast bowl and was very full. So full, in fact, that we did not eat again until 4 pm.
Orlando’s theme parks are a major draw for families (and big kids, too!), but this iconic experience doesn’t necessarily come cheap. During the pre-Christmas November lull, however, hotels often offer attractive discounted rates, meaning potential savings and – more importantly for the kids – less time spent standing in line. Those looking for a more alternative American adventure should consider the island of Puerto Rico in November. While there’s a chance of rain (but a greater chance of balmy beach-lounging days), the out-of-season discounts are as appetising as the island’s take on Thanksgiving dinner: turkey stuffed with mashed plantain.
I’m in the Texas Hill Country myself at the moment (Kerrville to be exact), so we are almost neighbors. It really depends on whether you’d like a city or a beach or national parks and such. My first recommendation is Mexico City. You’ll be able to get cheap flights from Dallas, and the weather there in November is very nice and dry. Honestly, the whole huge city center is as nice as any large Texas city, and the architecture is far more interesting. You can even visit some pyramids just a bit outside of town. Before I went I assumed Mexico City would look run-down like many border towns, but it’s actually very fancy.
When it comes to flights over the Christmas holidays, you should book as early as possible. The airlines know they can fill every seat at a high price so they don’t have an incentive to lower fares like they do for flights in January or February. Air Asia now flies from the US to Asia and at good fares. Aside from them it’s just the major airlines as well as some Chinese airlines that do those routes.
Thanks for all of this Roger! It looks like in the comments you mention Portugal a couple times and I wanted your opinion – we’re looking at the first two weeks and probably focusing on Lisbon to Porto (since we know it will be too cold to do the beaches in the south). While Portugal seems to be highly recommended, I keep seeing conflicting information about November being rainy – we definitely don’t want to spend 2 weeks in the rain but in your experience what are the chances of that? Thank you!!
hi we have 3 boys age, 9, 7 and 5. we want to go on a two week holiday anywhere ( not europe or africa)over december for christmas and new year. we are from england. where is the cheapest to go/ fly to for a beach holiday and some day trips to experience the culture of the country? some tips on where to stay,best towns for families, and is package holidays better than booking everything individually? many thanks
In November you can find excellent resort deals all over the Dominican Republic, but Punta Cana is typically the first choice, especially if you are looking for an all-inclusive resort with all the luxury extras at a great price. The resort is actually a collection of little beach areas on the eastern tip of the island, so it's very secluded and well away from some of the confusion closer to the capital city.
Since you might be open to flying then another nearby option to consider is Siem Reap in Cambodia. It’s a pleasant tourist town on its own, but it only exists as the gateway to the amazing Angkor Wat temples nearby. Those temples are by far the most dramatic and memorable tourist attraction in southeast Asia, and I think your daughters are old enough to appreciate it all. But again, the town of Siem Reap is nice with plenty of other things to do, so it’s a great all around stop.
There are snack stands everywhere at the theme park, and I can tell you from the experience of at least yearly visits that most choices at the stands are decidedly NOT keto-friendly. In recent years they’ve added what I’m sure they consider “healthy” choices, but most of those consist of yogurt and fruit with dip. You may, upon occasion, come across some carrots and celery with dip, but it’s very hard to find.
The three places that jump out to me are the Playa del Carmen area just south of Cancun in Mexico, the island of Puerto Rico, or Costa Rica. All of those have endless beach activities and sights and great food and everything else, and they are all well within your budget. Puerto Rico would be easiest, and probably my first choice. Costa Rica is better known for adventure activities that might suit the younger ones. There are several good resort areas along the Pacific coast that would work.
If you are going to that region I suggest you visit a site called travelfish.org, which is by far the best website on SE Asia and it’s run by a friend of mine who lives in Bali. They have busy forums where you can ask questions and quickly get them answered by experts on every imaginable topic there. I’m happy to help more as you are planning, so let me know if you have any other questions. -Roger
Vietnam and Sri Lanka could both be excellent choices for what you have in mind. Both are best for people who already have experience in these sorts of places, which you do. Twelve days could be a perfect length of time for a classic tour of Vietnam, flying into Hanoi and spending a few days there and in Halong Bay (with a possible side trip up to Sapa), and then taking the train down to Denang for a quick transfer to Hoi An. Hoi An is really a wonderful place and 3 or 4 days there would be great. There are good beaches nearby as well. Then take the train down to Ho Chi Minh City for a few more days before flying home from there. You could also do a side trip to Nha Trang (wonderful beaches) or Dalat up in the mountains. Vietnam really is gorgeous and the food is wonderful (French influences remain) but it can be a bit complicated for new travelers because you’ll find that many people you meet are trying to hustle you a bit, particularly travel agents booking trips and tours. The hotels are generally honest and great value, and so are the restaurants. You’ll learn to ignore the annoying people quickly.
You’ve got a pretty good budget so you can afford to go almost anywhere, assuming you are okay with renting one or two houses or villas instead of 4 hotel rooms. If you are willing to fly all the way to Asia, your best bets would be Bali or one of the Thai islands, probably Ko Samui or Phuket. In all of those places you should be able to rent a house or villa near the beach and then do activities and day trips very easily.
My two years in southeast Asia was over a few trips, although I did have my own apartment in Bangkok for 3 months and in Chiang Mai for another 3 months. As an American I didn’t have a national health restriction and I didn’t even have travel insurance. I don’t recommend it for everybody, but healthcare in those areas is extremely cheap and of pretty good quality. I went to a hospital once in Chiang Mai and I saw an English-speaking doctor for about US$7, and spent another US$25 or so on a prescription. My longest total trip was 3 years and 7 months (only a few years ago), and I went in and out of Southeast Asia a few times in that period.
Can you give me any suggestions, we would be coming from Milwaukee/Chicago area, looking for a all inclusive safe tropical warm beach trip that’s not too pricey ($2,000/ couple) for 5 days for two people maybe 4 people if another couple comes with us. Looking to travel in October or November this year. We love beautiful scenery, lots of different activities, like tours, wild life, kayaking, parasailing, etc.
Mexico’s spectacular Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead), bewitches Mexico City at the start of each November. Donning the skeleton face paint for the mass parades in the main Zócalo square is a must, but take time to step back from the party and seek out more intimate family celebrations where deceased loved ones are honoured with candles, sugar skulls and, of course, tequila. If you’d prefer to relax with a rum, then Barbados in November may be more to your tastes. The sugar-cane liquor is thought to have originated here in the 17th century and continues to be the local tipple of choice. Toasting the sunset from one of the island’s magnificent beaches is a quintessential experience.
This French-speaking Canadian city has a definite European vibe, from its cobblestone streets to its quaint boutiques and cafes. The city has a wide array of museums covering interests from nature to stargazing, art, and history. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts features temporary exhibitions that combine various artistic disciplines — fine arts, music, film, fashion, and design — that are popular around the world. Multi-day museum passes are available.
Thank you so much for the kind words and I’m always happy to hear that people find this information useful. As far as Turkey in December is concerned, I wouldn’t recommend it. I actually lived in a small town near Antalya on the Mediterranean for a bit over a year and I was surprised by the fact that almost everything closed down around 1-November and didn’t start opening again until March or April. Actually, I think Istanbul would still be enjoyable in December and so would Bodrum or any of the other larger cities including Antalya. But anywhere on the coast will be a ghost town and I’m pretty sure that Cappadocia would also be mostly shut for the winter. Ephesus probably stays open, but similar to Cappadocia, the attractions are all outdoors and they can get pretty fierce rainstorms in winter.
The Brazilian currency has been falling in recent years, and if this trend continues then Rio de Janeiro will be squarely back into the bargain category. It's certainly not as cheap as it used to be, but for the amazing beaches and scenery it's easily worth it as long as you plan well and stay safe. In fact, Rio has some of the best beaches in November anywhere in the world, and a vibrant city right next to them.
The idea of holidaying in a country where the depths of winter are approaching may seem a little counter intuitive but stick with us. The aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, is the best light show on Earth, and a trip to Iceland in November is the perfect ticket to see them. Explore thermal geysers, stunning waterfalls, and epic glaciers by day then stay up late and watch the skies dance with green light by night. Just make sure you pack your thermals though – the average day time temperature only reaches highs of 4c (40F)!
If the thought of another year crawling to a close has left you feeling a little low, November is the perfect time to give yourself a travel-fuelled lift, with an array of destinations primed for exploration during the penultimate month of the year. Trek in perfect conditions in Ethiopia and Nepal, visit Orlando’s theme parks at discount rates, sample an unusual Thanksgiving dinner in Puerto Rico or don your skeleton outfit for Día de Muertos in Mexico – trust us, the year is far from over!
December is the end of the rainy season in Boracay, but by the middle of December you would probably only get a few quick tropical showers a week. Room rates are a bit lower at that time as well, so it can be a great time to visit. If you were looking for a place to go for 2 or 3 days, I wouldn’t recommend it because it does take some time to get there and you could be a bit unlucky with the rain. But if you are going for longer than that I’d highly recommend it. It’s a wonderful little island that feels like you’ve gone back in time to before mass-market tourism in places like Phuket.
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Costa Rica is kind of the Thailand of Latin America in that they have great tourist infrastructure and it’s the easiest place to get around. They also have a lot to offer with the beaches on both coasts and many natural sights and activities, plus of course the Arenal volcano, which is a really nice area. San Jose is best as a place to just pass through on your way somewhere else.


At Nissan, small is the new big. Back in April, Nissan head designer Shiro Nakamura talked about downsizing the company’s 370Z sports car, saying that he wanted the car to lose weight and come with a smaller engine. The Japanese company could show a downsized Z at the 2014 Detroit auto show as a 2015 model. There has also been talk of a smaller model that would fit beneath the Z in Nissan’s range.
Nissan is indeed working on a smaller sports car, a source close to the project told Motor Trend. Code named “Mini-Z,” the compact sports car will have the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ in its sights.
Nissan used to make a compact sports car, the 240SX, but the Mini-Z will not be a revival of that nameplate. Unlike the 240SX, and the Scion/Subaru twins, the new Nissan will be front-wheel drive.
The production Mini-Z will be based on the Compact Sport Concept (pictured) shown at last year’s Shanghai auto show. It’s based on the Nissan Juke crossover, and is powered by the Juke’s 1.6-liter, 190 horsepower, turbocharged four-cylinder engine. A highly-modified version of this engine was used in the DeltaWing racecar.
Since the Juke is sold in both front- and all-wheel drive configurations, a Mini-Z with four powered wheels isn’t out of the question.
With crossover underpinnings and front-wheel drive, the Mini-Z doesn’t sound like much of a sports car. It’s 1.6-liter engine only has 10 fewer horsepower than the rear-drive competition, but the Scion and Subaru’s handling prowess will probably make them more fun on twisty roads.
Nissan also needs to drop a more coupe-like body onto the Compact Sport Concept, or it will end up looking more like a hot hatchback than a descendent of the mighty Z.
One area where the Mini-Z might have an advantage is price. Nissan hopes to undercut Scion and Subaru by 10 percent, and have the Mini-Z start below $22,000. It can do that because the Mini-Z is based on an existing platform and uses an unmodified engine, unlike the FR-S and BRZ, which had to be designed almost completely from scratch.
The Mini-Z’s likely success might be a moot point, since it is unclear whether the pint size performance car is coming to the United States. The car will primarily be sold in China; it’s development was a joint effort between Nissan’s Japanese and Chinese units. Japan and Europe will receive a few cars, but there are no definite plans to bring the Mini-Z to the U.S.
Is the Mini-Z the right car for the times? Enthusiasts would probably prefer a revived 240SX, but perhaps that car would be too similar to the leaner Z Nissan has in the works. Either way, the future of Nissan performance will be revealed in the next two years: the Mini-Z could see production in 2013, with the big Z following a year or two later.
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Recipe for detox smoothie, health elixir, but with a recipe for making milk of almonds
Almond milk – detox smoothie
A key component of this detox smoothie will be the milk of almonds that you do the following:
In 600 ml of water put 100 g of raw almonds. Leave for 12 hours in the freezer (overnight). All together, inserted into the blender and add 300-400 ml of water. Mix until became a white, thick liquid similar to milk. From 100 g of raw almonds may be made of 1 liter of almond milk.
When finished blending, in the mixture (prepared almond milk), add the following ingredients:
- two tablespoons of crushed flaxseed
- two tablespoons minced sesame
- two to three tablespoons of honey
- fruit of choice (raspberries, bananas, strawberries,… mix made according to taste)
And you are left only to enjoy DETOX SMOOTHIE!

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text: A very cold but brilliantly sunny day spent with Dave Green and Gareth. Our first destination was Glynde Reach which was almost entirely iced over, an increasingly rare sight in Sussex. The Great Grey Shrike present since 27th December failed to show though we did see a couple of Kingfishers (one of which showed very well by the bridge), 2 Buzzards, a Kestrel and a Stonechat not to mention a Mink that ran across the iced up river and 2 Brown Hares together. A brief stop at Arlington Reservoir produced 6 Pintail and a feral Barnacle Goose with the Canadas. A stomp round a wet area in the Cuckmere Valley failed to dig out any Jack Snipe though we did flush 15 Common Snipe while 2 adult Peregrines shrieked noisily overhead. A Rock Pipit was the only bird of note at Splash Point so we quickly moved on to the Ouse Estuary Project where a hunting Kestrel prompted the Bearded Tits to start calling from the reeds. It took us a while to get good views but we eventually saw three birds (two males and a female) feeding quietly on reed seeds. Also there were ca. 80 Teal, Little Egret, Water Rail (heard), 4+ Common Snipe, a Kingfisher that posed superbly almost the whole time we were there, and Green Woodpecker. A walk round Newhaven Tidemills produced nothing more than 10 Sky Larks and 4 Stonechats so we quickly moved on to Glynde where the shrike continued to be uncooperative with none of the other birders present having seen it. A Great Spotted Woodpecker flew over. We finished the day at Rodmell with 3 Little Egrets, Kestrel, Green Sandpiper, Stonechat and a handful of Redwings on the way out to the river where a Peregrine cruised past heading south. It was nice to see good numbers of farmland birds in the stubbles: 40+ Sky Larks, 50+ Reed Buntings, 60+ Corn Buntings and a big flock of Linnets. A calling Water Rail was glimpsed in the ditch by the block house.


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Do Morrisons doughnuts contain dairy?
Morrisons on Twitter: “@Gemmies_ Hi there, our bakery doughnuts contain eggs, but no milk.
Are plain donuts vegan?
Unfortunately, most donuts are not vegan as they are usually made using animal ingredients such as milk or eggs. However, it’s possible to have vegan donuts. In the United States, you’re able to find vegan donut shops at some locations.
Are Sainsburys doughnuts vegan?
From TheVeganKind on Instagram: “Sainsburys raspberry doughnuts – in some stores are now accidentally vegan!
Are Morrisons raspberry jam Doughnuts vegan?
Review of Raspberry Jam Doughnuts – Morrisons by devon0
Almost cried when I found out Morrison’s bakery doughnuts are vegan. These hit the spot and only 50p for 5!!!!
Are any Greggs donuts vegan?
Are Greggs donuts vegan? Greggs glazed ring doughnuts are suitable for vegans. However, all of the other Greggs doughnuts, including the iced ring doughnut, jam doughnut, milk chocolate ring doughnut and sugar strand doughnut are not suitable for vegans as they contain milk and egg.
Are seaside doughnuts vegan?
Doughnuts? All not very vegan-friendly. … It’s a hidden gem for all things seaside and vegan. We have got vegan ice cream options, easily available tofish and chips AND amazing doughnuts.
Is Sainsburys sugar vegan?
Sainsbury’s on Twitter: “@bd01ng Hi Pete, I can confirm this sugar is suitable for Vegans.
How much sugar is in a Sainsburys jam Doughnut?
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The days are still warm, and we’re all still hoping that this will be an ‘El Nino’ year with ample rainfall, and a good snow pack in the Sierras. The days are noticeably shorter, and the evenings are much cooler. The shorter day-length is a cue to many native plants and seeds that the season of growth in California is arriving; now we just need the rains!
I’ve already noticed annual wildflowers germinating in areas where I hand-water. All are species that grew and flowered and set seed in my garden last year; and as much as possible, I will let them grow on this year exactly where they seed themselves in. Wildflowers often seed into my gravel pathways; this seems to be an ideal situation for them; but since I still need to be able to walk the pathways, I let them grow at the edges, and just thin them out a bit. In thinning delicate seedlings it’s often best to just cut the stem at the ground level, rather than pulling out the seedlings, which also disturbs the root systems of neighboring seedlings.
Lacy Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) likes sun or part shade; I like it to grow all around my fruits and veggies because it’s one of the best flowers to attract the pollinators. It’s also a great cut flower, lasting a long time in a vase, and wonderfully fragrant.
Mountain Garland (Clarkia unguiculata) is another wildflower that germinates early in the season; I had lovely stands of it last year in mostly part shade conditions. There’s great variation in the height and spread of this annual, and it’s all dependent on the moisture it receives. As soon as the seedlings are about three inches high, with well-developed true leaves, I dig up small clumps of seedlings to share with friends and move to other parts of my garden. The seedlings benefit from thinning, both in the original area that they germinated in; and also when they get moved; and when we pot up seedlings its always just one little plant per pot! Mountain Garland transplants easily, flowers profusely and is also a great cut flower.
Mountain Garland also attracts lots of bees; in fact there’s a native leafcutter bee that prefers Clarkia species above all else. It not only provisions its brood with pollen gathered from the flowers, it also creates the brood cells with little round pieces cut from the flower petals. I’ve found these brood cells, delicately capped in shades of purple, peach, or pink, in the pithy old stems of sunflowers or thistles.
I’m on the third year of working on a meadow area within my garden; it gets sun all day long in one part and late afternoon sun in another. Purple needlegrass (Nasella or Stipa pulchra) is establishing in the sunny half; and Festucas are establishing in the shadier half. I’ve been weeding out non-native annual grasses throughout the years in this area; and topdressing with a light applications of all-green compost.
If the rains don’t arrive soon, I’ll put a sprinkler on for an hour or so to make the soil a little more workable. Then, using a rake, I’ll loosen up the soil a bit before I spread more seed. I like to use a mix of annual and perennial wildflowers species, and sometimes I customize my seed mix. I always mix the seeds with river sand (NOT playbox or beach sand, which contain salts) before spreading it. This allows me to see where I’ve sown the seed; and once that is done, I walk all over the space to make sure there’s good seed to soil contact.
Then I cover the seeded area with a light mulch; I’ll use the Madia ‘hay’ in the sunny area, and make another ‘hay’ of perennial bunchgrass stems for the shadier side. Then I’ll water again, and since I have lots and lots of birds foraging in the garden, I will cover the whole area with very light ‘cloud or row-cover’ fabric. It lets water and light through, and should be laid on fairly loosely to allow the growth of seedlings underneath. The edges can be tacked down with earth staples, or rocks. It’s important to let the seedlings develop for a while with protection because, come spring, the Sparrows really like to nibble on tender young ‘greens’; there needs to be enough plant to withstand this minor predation.
Some of my favorite annual wildflowers are the Gilias; and the whole genus is pretty much deer-proof. I like the Globe Gilia, (Gilia capitata) with its round heads of small blue flowers; these grow wild on Mt. Burdell. I haven’t seen Bird’s eye Gilia (Gilia tricolor) in the wild, but I sure love it in my garden. It does fine in the ground or in containers, and the intricate coloring of the delicate flowers is a true marvel. Even more marvelous is the turquoise pollen!


Operation Protective Edge put a sudden stop to the momentum that the Meretz Party had been enjoying since the last elections in January 2013. In the months leading up to the campaign, the left-wing party has managed to soar in the polls, which gave it as many as 12 seats. Not only would this have doubled the size of its Knesset delegation, which won six seats in the last election, but the number 12 itself has mythical symbolism in Meretz's history. It represents the party’s glory days, back in 1992, when it was headed by Shulamit Aloni. In the elections that year, the party won 12 seats and joined Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s government.
Ever since that record achievement, Meretz has shrunk considerably, losing its appeal and freshness, much like the rest of the Israeli left. In the 2009 elections, the party reached the low point of three seats. At the time, young people distanced themselves from it, and most of its voters and members were elderly. On the eve of the most recent elections, Meretz was about to vanish from the political landscape. Under the leadership of Zehava Gal-On, however, the party had a surprising recovery and walked away from the elections with a respectable outcome.
The revival of Meretz has turned the party into a lively arena for young people searching for a political home on the left. One such group, known as the “12-Big Left,” was founded a few months ago to recruit young members to Meretz, to give them more power in the party’s institutions and, eventually, to help them get elected to the Knesset. Its founders hope to restore the Israeli left to its glory days, when it had public support and influence, and to eliminate the stigma that Meretz has of being an elitist Ashkenazi (of Eastern European origin) party. The number 12 indicates how many seats they intend to win in the next elections. The “Group of 12” is part of a new phenomenon of reorganization, mostly by young people, who are committed to making the Zionist left more attractive, after seeing its public stature erode for so many years.
This reorganization effort in Meretz was gaining momentum throughout the country up until Operation Protective Edge. Its members were organizing conferences and political meetings all across the country. Then the war in Gaza erupted in July. First, the momentum stopped. Then, with the rise of the right, the trend turned negative. Wars are bad for the left, and especially for a party like Meretz, which opposed the operation almost from the outset, even though the operation had overwhelming public support. The electoral damage to the party was immediate. Meretz started to lose seats, dropping back down to six, the lowest it got in the polls ever since the elections.
In the last month, however, Meretz has begun to recover. According to recent polls on Channel 10 and the Knesset Channel, if elections were held now, it would win nine seats. At the same time, the “Group of 12” has also resumed operations. Meretz now has over 16,000 members, while at the eve of the last elections they were only about 2,700 members. Many of these new members joined the party as part of the reorganization effort.
The “Group of 12” is facing its first real test. In late December, the party will elect the 1,000 members of its Steering Committee, the party's most important internal organization, which elects the party’s Knesset list. The “Group of 12” will try to get as many young people as possible into the committee, so that when the time arrives, they can help them get representatives of the group into the Knesset. The group is led by the young leadership of Meretz, which includes Knesset member Tamar Zandberg, her partner and the former head of B'Tselem in the United States, Uri Zaki, Tel Aviv Alderman Mickey Gitzin, Deputy Mayor of Kfar Saba Ilai Harsgor Hendin, Raanana Alderman Shai Even and Bat Yam Alderwoman Katy Piasetzky.
Uri Zaki, former head of B'Tselem in the United States and one of the founders of the group “12-Big Left” on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, Oct. 26, 2014.
As someone who plans to run for a seat in the next Knesset elections, Zaki told Al-Monitor that recruiting new Meretz members by the “Group of 12,” and especially by the party’s younger members, was relatively easy compared to previous years. “I myself was surprised to see how quickly Meretz recovered from the war in Gaza. I think that Meretz is the mirror image of Bennett and the HaBayit HaYehudi Party. Young people at both ends want to identify with something distinct. Zehava Gal-On turned Meretz into a party that lies outside the consensus, and young people like that. We have gone back to being trendy.”
The text of the interview follows:
Al-Monitor: But you are still considered a Tel Avivian Ashkenazi party. That is hardly a natural address for young Mizrahi [Middle Eastern] supporters from the periphery.
Zaki: That is true, and that is one of the group’s objectives. It is a problem that we must recognize, and try to deal with it. It is inconceivable that some 50% of the Israeli public is not represented within the party. There is not a single Mizrahi Knesset member in Meretz, and there hasn’t been one since Ran Cohen, except for Mossi Raz, who only served for a short time. I have approached Mizrahi activists about joining Meretz on more than one occasion, and I was always told no. They didn’t want to go someplace where they would feel like outsiders. I feel like there is openness toward the Mizrahi issue in Meretz today. People recognize the problem, there is no more denial. We visit the development towns and meet with young people who understand that there is a connection between the diplomatic left and the socio-economical left, and that the two cannot be separated from one another. I can feel it when I visit the kibbutzim in the south. The young people there actually tell me that we must show greater solidarity with the localities in the south in everything to do with the just distribution of resources. The approach that they represent is different from that of the older generation. There is a generational component at play here.
Al-Monitor: Do you really believe that Meretz can break through the glass ceiling in those places?
Zaki: It won’t change overnight, but we have to start the process. I have seen how it became an issue that young people in Meretz are talking about and want to change. It has not been felt before with the same intensity. There is an understanding a party that is supposed to represent the value of equality cannot do so fully if it lacks genuine representation of the periphery.
Al-Monitor: You returned to Israel a year and a half ago after spending several years in the United States as the representative of B’Tselem [Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories]. Didn’t you ever feel as if you were slandering Israel around the world?
Zaki: Not even for a moment. The right won’t teach me what it means to be a patriot. From my perspective, authentic Zionism means striving to end the occupation and advancing human rights. After spending four years there, I can tell you that we are losing points with every passing day. A senior member of AIPAC [American Israel Public Affairs Committee] told me that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu no longer understands America. He thinks that it is the same place it was in the 1980s, when he was ambassador to the United Nations, and the only people he takes into consideration are the Republicans. Netanyahu has turned Israel into a captive of the right’s agenda, and that is very dangerous.
Based on my experiences during those years, I have reached the conclusion that the left must go on offense against the right. It must stop internalizing the right-wing vision of what it means to be an Israeli patriot, because what they are doing is actually destructive to Israel. We have a lot to say to them in response. In the end, if there is a significant divergence between the ideology of American Jews our age and what is happening on the ground in Israel, those Jews will begin to move away from us. What that means is that in another 10 years, the most important base of support that we, Israel, have in the world will be undermined. I am not willing to accept the criteria of the hypocritical right as to what it means to be patriotic. That is exactly the position that we are promoting in the “Group of 12.” We will not apologize for our agenda. We are standing up against the right, and that is what makes us again an attractive option.


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In the past three decades, we have made remarkable progress in reaching more people with immunization and reducing illnesses and deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases.
Despite that, in 2010, an estimated 1.5 million infants in the Eastern Mediterranean Region did not receive their third dose of DTP by their first birthday.
The Region also faces challenges in reaching its targets of interrupting polio transmission, as well as eliminating measles and maternal and neonatal tetanus.
Additionally, vaccine-preventable diseases contribute to an estimated 20% of under-five deaths. The majority of these deaths are due to pneumococcal disease and rotavirus diarrhoea, some of which can be prevented through newly available vaccines.
Undoubtedly, introducing these vaccines into national immunization programmes and reaching the unimmunized will require innovative solutions in which advocacy, education and communication are central.
Accordingly, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean and partners are launching the third Vaccination Week in the Eastern Mediterranean during the week of 24 to 30 April 2012.
This year, we will highlight the importance of achieving equity by reaching every community with vaccination, which is essential if the global targets of disease prevention and mortality reduction are to be met.
With one voice and through our collective efforts, we can ensure that all people, young and old, heed the message that “vaccination is the obvious choice.”
Following the remarkable success of the first vaccination week in the Eastern Mediterranean in 2010, in which an unprecedented 100 per cent of countries in the Region participated, I am pleased to announce that WHO and partners are launching the second Vaccination Week in the Eastern Mediterranean during the week of 24 to 30 April 2011. In 2011, in addition to the WHO regions of the Americas, Europe and Eastern Mediterranean, two other WHO regions, African and Western Pacific, will celebrate this event for the first time.
Through innovative and combined advocacy, education and communication activities, the Vaccination Week initiative intends to raise awareness, increase vaccine utilization, mobilize resources and secure strong political support for immunization programmes.
Despite the recent progress of the Expanded Programme in Immunization in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, an estimated 1 .3 million children aged under 5 years died in 2008 in the Region. And, one out of five deaths is primarily due to pneumonia and diarrhoeal diseases, which can, in part, be prevented by the newly available potent and safe pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines.
However, the introduction of pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines is slow, mainly because there is a lack of awareness regarding the level of disease burden and the cost-effectiveness of these vaccines. In addition, in 2009, around 2 million children did not complete the basic vaccination schedule for their first year of life.
The Region continues to face persistent challenges to reaching set targets, such as the eradication of polio and elimination of measles and maternal and neonatal tetanus. Undoubtedly, difficult and emergency situations, varying technical and managerial capacity at the national level, competing priorities and lack of ownership, and insufficient government financial commitment have hindered our progress towards national and regional targets.
One point is clear though. No one, no one person, no one agency, sector or even governments can overcome the daunting challenges and achieve the ambitious goals alone. It was, therefore, agreed that the Region and countries adopt the theme of “partnership for immunization” for the 2011 Vaccination Week initiative.
In line with our regional vision that "No child should die from a vaccine-preventable disease", the Global Immunization Vision and Strategy and the recently announced Decade of Vaccines, I hope that we can join hands and work together to reach the most vulnerable, finish the unfinished agenda, and sustain the success stories in our diverse and complex Region.
I am convinced that we can leverage this event to further expand and formalize partnerships, explore possibilities for innovative financing, work across national borders, engage and collaborate with communities, media and the private sector, and maintain immunization high on the agenda of policy and decision-makers.
As with to the first Vaccination Week, the 2011 event should inspire innovative national events with regional relevance.
Moving forward I anticipate similar country commitment and leadership with the involvement of key partners such as UNICEF, nongovernmental organizations, communication, media and the private sector.
Only through our collective efforts can we ensure that all people, young and old, are protected against vaccination-preventable diseases. Let us partner for immunization and remember that vaccination is the obvious choice.
It is with great pleasure that I address you today at this momentous event, the launch ceremony for the first Vaccination Week in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. I would like to extend a warm welcome to Her Excellency the First Lady of Lebanon, Mrs Wafaa Michel Sleiman, who has kindly agreed to be the patron of this major event. As a respected public figure advocating for the well-being of people in our Region, Her Excellency will bring much deserved attention to the importance of immunization as a major life-saver.
A year ago, I stood with Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, together with the WHO Regional Directors for the Americas and Europe and pledged our Region's support for the Vaccination Week initiative. Today I am proud to announce that 22 countries of the Region are participating in this historic initiative, signalling to the world that immunization is a regional and national priority. Vaccination Week in the Eastern Mediterranean also coincides with similar endeavours established in two other regions––Vaccination Week in the Americas and European Immunization Week. This unprecedented collaboration among the three regions, with well over 100 countries participating in simultaneous vaccination weeks will provide further momentum towards a global vaccination week.
In our region, the goals and objectives of Vaccination Week are to enhance communication and dissemination of information on the importance of immunization, and to use a combination of innovative approaches to increase community demand and improve access to immunization, particularly for the vulnerable populations in the Region.
During Vaccination Week, a variety of activities are being carried out by participating countries, including workshops, training sessions, social mobilization, round table discussions, exhibitions and media events, addressing a wide range of vaccine-related issues. In addition, vaccination services such as tracking of unvaccinated people, implementing large-scale vaccination campaigns and using Child Health Days to deliver an integrated package of life-saving health interventions will also take place.
Immunization ensures good health. We know that great progress has been made in this region to reduce illness and death due to vaccine-preventable diseases. More people than ever before are being reached with immunization; 20 countries have maintained their polio-free status; the 90% measles mortality reduction goal has been achieved three years ahead of schedule and an increasing number of countries are introducing new and under-used vaccines. Moreover, the benefits of immunization are increasingly being extended to adolescents and adults, providing protection against life-threatening diseases such as influenza, meningitis and cancers that occur in adulthood.
However, more needs to be done if we are to reach Millennium Development Goal No. 4 aimed at reducing child mortality. An estimated 2.1 million people in our Region were unvaccinated in 2008. Reaching these vulnerable populations – typically living in poorly served remote areas, deprived urban settings and in war-torn states – is one of our biggest challenges.
Furthermore, about 1.3 million infants and young children worldwide die every year from penumococcal disease and rotavirus diarrhoea, mostly in developing countries. A large number of these deaths can be prevented through vaccination with newly available vaccines. However, introducing new vaccines into national immunization programmes will require additional financial commitment from developing countries, particularly the low-income and lower middle-income countries, and from donors to meet the increased cost of these vaccines. As such, innovative mechanisms to mobilize resources are urgently needed to assist countries.
The consequences of failing to immunize people at risk cannot be overstated: the re-emergence of diseases that were formerly under control, the spread of diseases to countries where they had been eliminated, and the continuing toll on millions of people in terms of illness, disability and death.
Let us use Vaccination Week as an opportunity to revive political commitment to, and increase public awareness of, the importance of immunization. It is my firm belief that our continued collaboration will make this initiative a success. Remember, vaccination is a family and community responsibility.
Despite remarkable successes and progress in immunization, about 1.3 million infants and young children worldwide die every year from pneumococcal disease and rotavirus diarrhoea. Moreover, in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, an estimated 2 million people were unvaccinated in 2009.
Recent studies have demonstrated that the structural determinants and conditions of daily life responsible for unvaccinated children are primarily related to: 1) parental attitudes and knowledge, such as perceived benefits and threats, and 2) group pressures for or against vaccination; and family characteristics, such as education level, family size, income and occupation. Other contributing factors include communication, information and immunization system, such as health worker knowledge.
Accordingly, in response to both the remarkable opportunities and daunting challenges, the WHO Regional Office is leading a new initiative, Vaccination Week in the Eastern Mediterranean Region during the week of 24–30 April 2010.
This initiative is coinciding with similar endeavours in the WHO Regions of Americas and Europe. The goals and objectives of the initiative are in line with those set out in the Global Immunization Vision and Strategy 2006–2015, developed jointly with UNICEF, which calls for countries to improve communication and dissemination of information; increase community demand for immunization; and use a combination of innovative approaches and solutions to protect all people at risk against vaccine-preventable diseases.
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Birmingham Freedom Fest, which focuses on empowerment and entertainment, has moved online this year in response to the coronavirus pandemic and will be livestreamed free on Saturday, July 25, beginning at 3 p.m.
The City of Birmingham is the presenting sponsor of the event, which includes panel discussions on topics such as Southern politics, immigration, female leadership, LGBTQ issues and Black activism in technology.
Music performances are on the agenda, as well, featuring acts such as Rapsody, Translee, Pastor Mike Jr., Sherri Brown and Shaheed & DJ Supreme.
Last summer, the inaugural festival was hosted in and around Kelly Ingram Park and 5,000 festival goers from across the community gathered in the Birmingham’s Civil Rights district for the event.
For a link to the livestream, viewers must fill out an RSVP form on the festival website at www.freedomfestbhm.com. It asks for a name, email address and place of residence.
“We’ve experienced a lot of change in the past 12 months,” Mayor Randall Woodfin said. “But one thing that hasn’t changed is the need for empowerment and celebration in our city. Freedom Fest is more relevant than ever, and I can’t wait for this opportunity to honor our social justice heritage and our love for live music and entertainment.”
Here’s a listing of themes for panel discussions and participants for the panels, which are on the festival’s website.
Blueprint: Black Men Thriving: Highlighting stories of trials to triumphs and what it means to be a Black man in 2020.
— Cory Booker, U.S. senator for New Jersey and former Democratic presidential hopeful.
— Pastor Mike Jr., gospel artist and leader of Rock City Church.
— Damion Square, nose tackle for the Los Angeles Chargers and former player for the University of Alabama.
— Jeff Drew, civil rights activist.
— Terry Drake, author and basketball coach.
— Patrick Packer, CEO of Datus Henry Industries and co-founder of Black People Run Bike and Swim.
— Ladji Ruffin, project manager of the Offender Alumni Association.
— Thomas Beavers, pastor of New Rising Star Church
— Tony D. Christon-Waker, director of prevention and community partnerships for AIDS Alabama.
— Chris Rogers, founder of Together Assisting People.
— Brandon Davis, a teacher at Birmingham City Schools.
The South Got Somethin’ to Say: Politics 2020: A moderated panel discussion aimed at the evolution of politics and vital issues that plague 2020.
— Woodfin, Birmingham mayor since November 2017.
— Doug Jones, U.S. senator for Alabama. He’s a Democrat, running against Republican candidate Tommy Tuberville in November.
— Stacey Abrams, founder of Fair Fight Action, Democratic party nominee in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election and former member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
— Amy McGrath, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky. (Note: McGrath, a former Marine fighter pilot is trying to unseat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.)
— Devyn Keith, president of the Huntsville City Council, who will serve as moderator.
Who Tells Our Stories: A virtual tour of the A. G. Gaston Motel, its significance and preservation efforts to continue its legacy in the City of Birmingham.
— Terri Sewell, who represents Alabama’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
— Denise Gilmore, senior director of the Office of Social Justice and Racial Equity for the City of Birmingham.
Uncaged Liberty: A discussion about the cultural aspects of immigration in Birmingham, AL on a local and national scale.
— Jerome Dees, immigration lawyer.
— Evelyne Rivera, community outreach coordinator for the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice.
— Celida Soto Garcia, hunger advocacy coordinator for Alabama Arise.
— Carlos Aleman, deputy director of the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama, who will serve as moderator.
OUTspoken: A conversation surrounding challenges in the LGBTQ+ community to inspire confidence and strength.
— Alphonso David, president of the Human Rights Campaign.
— Park Cannon, a member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
— Neil Rafferty, a member of the Alabama House of Representatives.
— Sinseriti Banks, case manager for Birmingham AIDS Outreach.
— Josh Coleman, LGBTQ+ liaison for the City of Birmingham, who will serve as moderator.
Social Justice and Technology: Exploring Black Tech Activism: A discussion about Blacks and tech advocacy, access to tech for people of color and opportunities to connect social justice and technology.
— Adrienne Starks, founder and chief executive officer of STREAM Innovations.
— Waymond Jackson, CEO of Ed Farm
— Julian Grant, commercial business development specialist for Alabama Power.
— Rashada Leroy, CEO of LRY Media Group, who will serve as moderator.
Strong-Her: A dialogue about female leadership, breaking the glass ceiling and women making an impact within the community.
— Bobbie Knight, president of Miles College.
— DeJuana Thompson, creator of Woke Vote.
— Tracey Morant Adams, senior executive vice president of Renasant Bank.
— Te’Andria Ellis, founder of The Surge Project.
— Alexus Cumbie, founder of Literary Vibes Birmingham.
— Sherri Jackson, journalist and TV news anchor for CBS 42, who will serve as moderator.
Passing The Torch: A dialogue about how the next generation is leading the charge to equality & fairness for all.
— Kameryn Thigpen. Community Organizer, Woke Vote
— Jordan Davis, Host, Poppin’ Policies Podcast
— Austin Smith, Student Organizer, Doug Jones For Senate Campaign
— Caleb Neverson, Chairman, NAACP Youth Council
— Chad Freeman, Community Organizer, Woke Vote
— Jordyn Hudson, Shape The Culture, Founder, will serve as moderator

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