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From Technocracy to Techno-Utopia: Futurology and the Soviet Home 1964-1974
The subject of my research has been the revival of the industrial design profession in the Soviet Union during the 1960s. After a gap of over thirty years since the dissolution of the Constructivist school of design VKHUTEMAS, it fell to the newly established All-Union Scientific Research Institute for Technical Aesthetics [VNIITE] to set about reconfiguring design for an era of rapid modernisation. VNIITE led the way in almost all areas of design in the USSR – graphics, ergonomics and anthropometrics, machine building, electronics and product design. Inspired by scientific-rationalist design theories, VNIITE tried to create an industrial design methodology appropriate to socialism. It was hoped that technical aesthetics would be free from the uncoordinated ‘chaos’ of the free market.
Based on archival work in Moscow as well as interviews with designers, I have written about how VNIITE’s ‘Department for Cultural and Household Goods’ intended to regulate the relationship between the designer, industry and society in order to create ‘harmony of the material environment.’ The programme quickly descended into a technocratic attempt to control the function and quantities of goods down to the smallest detail, before they had even been designed.
Not everybody agreed with these principles. The section of the department given over to futurological work created an alternative vision of the socialist material environment inspired by Western avant-garde designers such as Archigram and Haus-Rucker-Co. VNIITE’s futurologists imagined a flexible and fun environment structured by clip-on and plug-in components alongside uniquely Soviet commentaries. They challenged the revival of controlling modernist practices within VNIITE and the architectural mainstream. By researching computer systems and mass communications, they called for the elimination of the physical collectivity of the collective and envisaged a networked communism fit for the approaching post-industrial society.
The archival research undertaken in Moscow has been funded by the Montjoie Prize. This year I have published in the magazine ‘Estonian Art’ and have contributed to an exhibition catalogue entitled ‘Our Metamorphic Futures’ (forthcoming). In October I will begin research for my PhD at the University of Sheffield where I will continue to address issues relating to the ‘subjective ’ in Soviet design.

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Neat, it’s Greek!
I am addicted to Greek yogurt.Â It is so thick and creamy and similar to custard.Â Greek yogurt has double the protein, is lower in calories and sodium then traditional yogurt and is filled with probiotics, calcium, riboflavin, vitamin B6 and B12. Â Â Now that I’ve tasted the good stuff, I can’t eat Yoplait and Dannon yogurt anymore. Traditional brands (even the lite versions) taste more like a cup of melted ice cream to me then yogurt.Â Â Â It is packed with so much sugar (often over 30 grams of sugar per serving.)
Cafe Rio Sweet Pork Frozen Burritos
My husband loves store bought frozen burritos, but I am not a fan because they are so full of fat and preservatives.Â To me they taste processed, greasy and stale. Â I take it as a personal challenge to make food my hubby will like better then his beloved bachelor food. These Cafe Rio Sweet Pork frozen burritos have wowed him.Â They are healthy, taste fresh and are full of flavor.Â You are going to love this recipe!Â
Easy Raspberry Jam
RaspberryÂ jam is like a dessert at our house and I want to show you how easy it is to make.Â Â Â It really is as simple as making instant pudding!Â Freezer jam can be made from fresh or frozen berries, soÂ stock upÂ whenÂ berries are on sale or freeze your extra fruit.Â Â I have switched to use Ball Pectin instead of MCP Pectin.Â Ball Pectin only takes 3 minutes to stir, 1 1/2 cups of sugar and 30 minutes to sit on your counter and you are DONE.Â Â Now that is easy!
The Pizza muffins shown here have a cute tiger face punched out of seaweed sheet with aÂ craft punch.Â Aren’t they cute?!Â Â I haven’t been able to find seaweed sheets anywhere so I use fresh spinach instead.
Be your kids hero with Bento Boxes
Look how cute these are!!!!!Â Â The other night afterÂ blogging Â aboutÂ school lunches,Â I started researching more ideas onÂ how to make a Hello Kitty sandwiches for my 1st grader.Â Â Â In my research I came across some fun ideas.Â Have you ever heard of Bento Boxes?Â The picture aboveÂ came fromÂ this bento box blog.

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If you are looking for an interesting way to teach history to girls, consider Pleasant Company's series, American Girls. Homeschool parents are finding that this series brings American history to life for their elementary aged daughters in a way that other books don't.
The American Girls Series
The American Girls books are actually a collection of several series of books. Each series focuses on one main character and takes place during a certain historical period. The books are extremely accurate and the depictions of era, culture, and historic figures are impressively correct. The series and the time in which they take place are:
- Felicity - Colonial times and the Revolutionary War period
- Addy - Escape from slavery, Underground Railroad
- Kaya- Nez Perce girl growing up in 1764
- Josefina- New Mexico in 1824
- Kirsten - Pioneering on the prairies
- Samantha - Victorian times 1904
- Kit - Great Depression
- Molly - World War II
- Julie - The changing world of the 1970s
- Chrissa - Modern girl in 2009
Christian homeschooling parents should read the last two books before allowing their children to read these books in the series. There are situations that might be objectionable to some people. For example, there is one scene in the Julie books in which she consults astrology. Always read ahead to be sure that you are comfortable with the situations in which the characters find themselves.
American Girls, Homeschool Unit Study
If you prefer to use a completed unit study rather than create one yourself, there are some options that you may be interested in.
Portraits of American Girlhood
Portraits of American Girlhood is a 250 page unit study based on these books. It is intended for one year of history and includes worksheets, maps, and project ideas. This study is written from a creationist/Christian perspective and can be used with grades two through five or adapted for older students. It also features ideas for including boys in the study if you plan on using it for a mixed group.
Kit and the Depression
A to Z Home' s Cool has a movie review on the film that was made from these books as well as some links to resources that could be used to supplement the teaching of the Depression while using the Kit books. A little more work is involved than using a prepared unit study, but there are some excellent ideas.
Write Your Own Unit Study
Making your own unit study is not difficult and is especially effective with series like the American Girls. Homeschools have been creating unit studies from the beginning and it is something that, while it takes time, is one of the best ways to teach. You have the ability to use techniques and projects that are geared toward your child's specific needs as well as enhance your own teaching style.
Unit studies of this sort are perfect for notebooking. Since the series are done in chronological order they transition easily from one to another. Some suggestions for using these books to teach are:
- Make a large timeline from paper and hang it on a long wall if possible. Tape pictures of the characters to the timeline in their proper places.
- Use a large map of the United States and place stickers to show where each story took place.
- Have your child become the character and interview her.
- Most of the American Girls books come with project books. Use one of these to choose several projects that the character might have created as well.Make foods that the main character might have also cooked or eaten.
Resources on the Internet
There are other ideas to help you get started all over the Internet. Here are some websites you may find helpful:
Whether you use these books to create a unit study or just to make a memory, American Girls are books that will be remembered for years to come. They are an excellent historic resource and allow your homeschooled child to get a feel for how people acted, lived, and felt during important American time periods. Merely having them on the shelf in an unschooling environment is beneficial because they are so much fun to read.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Yiviva Inc., a pharmaceutical company focused on developing botanical drugs, has moved its lead candidate further into an international phase IIb trial for liver cancer and closer to an application through the FDA’s little-used botanicals pathway and a similar pathway in China.
HONG KONG – Mitoimmune Therapeutics Inc., a company that earlier this year completed a ?27.5 billion (US$24.41 million) series B financing led by Korea Development Bank, has received investigational new drug approval in the U.S. for MIT-001, its anti-inflammatory and anti-necrotic agent, moving the company a step closer to entering the clinic.
BEIJING, China and SANTANDER, Spain – Antengene Corp. and Calithera Biosciences Inc. entered a worldwide exclusive license agreement to develop and market the CD73 inhibitor CB-708 (ATG-037), as part of a push to use the small-molecule inhibitor to grab significant market share in Asia Pacific and global markets.
Shanghai-based Elpiscience Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. raised $105 million in a series C financing round to move candidates, starting with an anti-CD39 antibody, into clinical studies in the U.S. The funds will also support the company’s efforts in finding new mechanisms for cancer immunotherapy and potential partners, it said.
Beigene Ltd.’s selective inhibitor, Brukinsa (zanubrutinib), made up for a 2019 miss in a head-to-head study against Johnson & Johnson and Abbvie Inc.’s Imbruvica (ibrutinib) with positive new data from a phase III trial.
HONG KONG – Lutris Pharma Ltd., a company taking on the dermal toxicity common to cancer therapy with EGFR inhibitors, has begun testing its lead product, the B-Raf inhibitor LUT-014, in a phase II trial targeting reduction of acne-like lesions associated with the class. Partial results are expected by the end of 2021.
HONG KONG – Qilu Pharmaceutical Ltd. has inked a deal for the global rights to Peptron Inc.’s antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) candidate PAb-001-ADC for the treatment of various cancers. Seoul, South Korea-based Peptron stands to receive an up-front payment of $3 million and $539 million in milestone payments, as well as royalties.
Genome editing startup Edigene Inc. closed a ¥400 million (US$62 million) series B+ round to expand its operation to more cities and advance its lead product ET-01 into clinical trials. The financing follows the $67 million series B that closed in October 2020.

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Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate has released the results of a national survey of 18-to-35-year-old Americans that reveal that the impact of the housing crisis has given rise to two of the most knowledgeable generations to become homebuyers, Generations X and Y. That accounts for an estimated 103 million Americans.
Seventy-seven percent of the Gen X and Y Americans surveyed believe that they have become increasingly knowledgeable about homeownership because of increased media coverage that has magnified real estate topics throughout the past six years. The survey’s findings show that these two younger generations of potential homebuyers are not deterred from homebuying and believe owning a home is a key indicator of success (75 percent). Furthermore, they are willing to do their research and save in ways that may surprise those who believe the values of Gen X and Y have strayed from those of their parents, including taking a second job and moving in with mom and dad.
“Every generation faces defining economic events that alter their collective perspective,” said Sherry Chris, president and CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC. “ ‘The Greatest Generation’ was shaped by the Great Depression and baby boomers were impacted by the oil crises throughout the 1970s. Gen X and Gen Y experienced their ‘coming of age’ moment during the largest housing market downturn in American history. As such, these generations believe that the details, risks and rewards of homebuying are integral to their planning.” Key findings from the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate survey include:
— Not the “Me” Generation. Seventy-one percent of Gen X and Gen Y survey respondents understand that homeownership is not something they deserve; rather it is something they must earn. Nearly all those surveyed are willing to adjust their lifestyle to save for a home by eating out less (62 percent), working a second job (40 percent) or even moving back home with their parents (23 percent).
— In the Know. Sixty-nine percent believe that the recent housing downturn has made them more knowledgeable about homeownership than their parents were at their age. Gen X and Y members appear to be doing their homework before making one of the biggest investments of their lives. For those surveyed, interest rates (58 percent), home prices in a desired neighborhood (59 percent), and the ability to secure a loan (51 percent) are the top areas to research before buying.


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The Green Business Fund (GBF) provides funded support to SMEs in England Scotland and Wales through energy assessments, training workshops, equipment procurement support and up to £5k towards energy saving equipment. The GBF scheme is currently scheduled to run until December 2019 and the organisation aims to maintain a strong presence throughout local communities over that time by delivering workshops for local businesses with the objective to share best practice and encourage sustainable growth.
The training sessions, typically 2-3 hours long, help small businesses to learn how to identify and implement opportunities to reduce energy costs within their business and how to access further free support from the GBF. The GBF does not charge for these workshops and can travel to locations across England to deliver them to relevant small businesses.
For more information on the workshops please visit this link https://www.carbontrust.com/about-us/events/2017/03/green-business-fund-sme-workshops/

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It’s not very often you see two of the world’s top businessmen and philanthropists together. However, on a recent visit to Chicago, Illinois, two of the Arab world’s best-known businessmen held an ad hoc meeting. Khalaf Al Habtoor, Chairman of the Al Habtoor Group and Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud caught up at the ‘Four Seasons Hotel Chicago’ where they discussed cooperation between their Groups.
HRH Prince Alwaleed, a businessman and investor, is Founder and CEO of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), one of the world’s top international holding companies.
They also talked about the economic growth in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the booming tourism sector in the GCC. Both Al Habtoor and Prince Alwaleed are heavily invested in the hospitality industry. KHC owns stakes in several hotel management companies including the Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, Movenpick Hotels & Resorts and Fairmont Raffles Holdings International, while the Al Habtoor Group has owned and managed hotels in the GCC since the early 1980s.
Following the meeting Al Habtoor said, “I am honoured to know Prince Alwaleed in person. He is an internationally acclaimed business leader, and as Arabs, we should all be proud of his achievements.”
Prince Alwaleed and Al Habtoor are both heavily involved in philanthropic efforts. Alwaleed founded the ‘Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundations’ in the late 1990s, and Al Habtoor launched the ‘Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Foundation’ (KAHF) in 2013.
At the end of the meeting, HRH gifted Al Habtoor with his biography ‘Alwaleed: Businessman, Billionaire, Prince’ by Riz Khan. In return Al Habtoor presented to Prince Alwaleed a copy of his award winning autobiography, which was released last year, ‘Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor – The Autobiography’.


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They started the set with a bang of fireworks and Start me up. Jagger swaggered on (had to write it) in a gold embroidered jacket and Keith rocked up with a burberry tartan scarf draped over one shoulder and his trademark hairband. They are literally too cool! I don't know how they did it at their age (they're nearing seventy) but they had boundless energy! Jagger was dancing around, strutting down the catwalk that stuck out the front of the stage into the audience.
Even Mick Taylor joined them on the stage for a song to reminisce his first ever gig with them in 1969 on that very stage - A-M-AZING!
They played my fave song (Bitch-coz love is a bitch. True story) and finished the encore with Satisfaction! I have to say I think that was the best gig I've ever gone to! They played with such energy and enjoyment that it was just fantastic to be there! And it was lovely to have gone with my dad and brother too! My dad saw them in the 70s and thought they were even better now than back then!
But anyway, I'll stop rambling and post an OOTD for yesterday. Excuse the pitchfork in the foreground, I live on a farm if I haven't mentioned!
Sunhat - old
Dress - Topshop
Shoes - Fatface
Me, Dad and Bro at Hyde Park!

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Earlier this month, the Delhi high court reinterpreted section 377 of the Indian penal code – India's anti-sodomy law. The court decided that a law that criminalises private consensual sexual acts between adults violates rights enshrined in the Indian constitution. This historic ruling was a significant step towards providing legal protection to India's sexual minorities.
The legal battle continues, however. Suresh Kaushal, an astrologer who has appealed against the decision, is concerned that "if such abnormality is permitted, then tomorrow people might seek permission for having sex with animals". Contrary to a UNAids statement that welcomes the decision, Kaushal believes that decriminalising homosexuality would increase the spread of HIV since "HIV virus is a result of unnatural sex".
On Monday, the supreme court refused to put the high court's decision on hold, and asked the government to take a definite stand on the issue. The rights of 17% of the world's sexual minorities depend on the outcome. So what is the best-case scenario?
The background to the continuing court battle is that in 2001 the Naz Foundation filed a petition before the high court challenging the constitutional validity of Section 377. It asked the court to "read down" section 377. "Reading down" gives the law a narrower interpretation by decriminalising private consensual sexual relations between adults. The law continues to exist, but with limited application. Feminist and queer commentators, while supporting the cause, have criticised the petition.
There are several interests at stake. Section 377 is used to prosecute everything from homosexuality to bestiality. Until a separate child abuse law is created, it remains the only recourse to justice for male victims of child sexual abuse. Reading it down (rather than repealing it) allows its continued use for that purpose.
But reading down also leaves existing sexual categories untouched. It fails to protect those who do not or cannot conform to limited definitions of sexual orientation. Hijra, for example, is a gender identity that is often regarded as a "third sex". It defies the notion of two sexes that is implicit in both heterosexual and homosexual orientations.
Naz's focus on privacy is also controversial. As the law stands, two men cannot have private sexual relations because homosexuality cannot be conducted within "the right kind of privacy" provided by a heterosexual marriage. Naz wants homosexual relations to be included among those privileged private relations that are legally protected. When privacy is understood in its broader social context, it becomes clear that sexual minorities cannot even hope to enjoy its benefits, however. Privacy is not the reality for most Indians outside the upper and middle classes. They simply cannot afford it. Since the homes of hijras are viewed as public "brothels", police can walk in without even a warrant.
There are considerable difficulties in merely reading down section 377. Three directions for legal reform could overcome them.
First, a law dealing with the sexual abuse of children should be created. As the sole mechanism for prosecuting child sexual abuse, section 377 is inadequate. Child rights advocates have campaigned for a separate law that addresses the needs of abused children. These are currently overlooked due to section 377's emphasis on "unnatural" acts.
Second, section 377 should be completely repealed and not just read down. Reading down is undoubtedly a positive step insofar as it softens the brunt of the law. It is a testament to remarkable advocacy on part of countless activists. Nevertheless, it is not the best-case scenario. The supreme court, on appeal, (or the government before then) would be best advised to repeal the law altogether and start anew. This would be the symbolic destruction of an oppressive colonial-era law. Significantly, it would also create an opportunity to reconceptualise state regulation of sexuality. A new legal regime will probably be no worse than the present. If the political moment is right (say, if India hopes to impress a more liberal White House), it may well be better.
Third, there is a need for a broader conceptual shift in the understanding of sexuality and sexual assault. The law should reject moralistic hierarchies and recognise sexuality as a positive aspect of human life. The aim of sexual assault laws should also shift from protecting the "modesty" of women and children towards a consent-based approach.
The law, however, is just one part of the discrimination that sexual minorities are subjected to. Reading down or repealing section 377 cannot by itself secure substantive equality for them. To illustrate this point, one need only look at women who are guaranteed formal legal equality and still remain second-class citizens. But legal change will help to create conditions that are conducive to impending social change.


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Several products are available today that are caffeine free pop. These include Mio Liquids, ZUN POP and Coca-Cola Caffeine Free. These products do not contain natural caffeine, but synthetic caffeine. Using these drinks can have side effects, including withdrawal from caffeine.
Coca-Cola Caffeine Free
Unlike many soft drinks, Coca-Cola Caffeine Free Pop does not contain any real caffeine. This is great news for those who want to have a soda but don’t want to suffer the caffeine withdrawal symptoms that come with drinking coffee or other caffeinated beverages.
In order to be considered a true caffeine free drink, a product must not contain phosphoric acid, which is found in other sodas. Fortunately, there are several caffeine-free brands on the market that don’t skimp on flavor. Some of these include Fresca, Fanta, Crush and Odwalla. While you might not find them in your local grocery store, you can often buy them online.
The biggest difference between a real cola and a caffeine-free version is that a real cola contains 34mg of caffeine while a caffeine-free version has only 46mg. This means that you are getting three to four times less caffeine than you would get from drinking a cup of coffee.
It’s important to note that a soda that doesn’t contain any caffeine actually does a better job of the main function – giving you a drink that tastes like real Coca-Cola. While you’re at it, you might also want to try a decaf version.
Aside from the fact that there’s no caffeine in it, there are several other reasons that a caffeine-free soda is the best choice for your daily soft drink. The most obvious reason is that it can help you avoid jitters and other unwanted side effects. You can also save a few bucks if you opt for a caffeine-free version over a more expensive, caffeine-packed soda.
While it might not have the most interesting names on the label, the Coca-Cola Caffeine Free Pop is a delicious, tasty alternative to the caffeine laden variety. For a limited time, you can buy a six-pack of two-liter bottles for just $10 from Amazon.
Unlike many other flavored drinks, MiO Liquids caffeine free pop contains no sugar or calories. It is meant to be a flavoring additive for water or other beverages. It is made by Kraft Foods, which is known for its Philadelphia Cream Cheese and Velveeta.
Adding a little bit of sweetener to water is a good way to encourage people to drink more of it. However, some argue that artificial sweeteners can be harmful to your health, especially if you have preexisting conditions. Moreover, the artificial ingredients used in these drinks may affect your gut bacteria. Whether or not MiO is safe to drink regularly is an ongoing question.
Besides being a tasty beverage, it also has the potential to be a calorie-free substitute for sugary drinks. Depending on which flavor you choose, you can get about 60 milligrams of caffeine per squeeze. You can also add some natural vitamins to your water for added benefits.
Another product is MiO Energy, which is a liquid concentrate that includes caffeine. It’s a little cheaper than other energy drinks. You can buy it at Walmart or Target. It’s also available online.
Another product is MiO Sport, which includes Vitamin B6, Niacinamide, and Potassium Citrate. It’s available in 18 eight-ounce servings. You can also purchase it in powder form.
These products can be a healthy alternative to sugary beverages, but they don’t provide the same benefits. They are a great way to add flavor to water, but not to replace it completely. It may be better to eat more fruits and vegetables to get the nutrients you need.
MiO isn’t a bad option for those who want a calorie-free drink that gives them a little boost. You can also use it to flavor baked goods.
Almost all energy drinks and soft drinks contain synthetic caffeine. This is because it is cheaper to manufacture than natural sources. The synthetic form is also absorbed faster, causing a quick crash.
Unlike natural caffeine, which is produced by plants in nature, synthetic caffeine is made in labs. It is an artificial additive and is typically combined with other chemicals. It is added to a wide variety of products, including sodas, candy, gum, energy drinks, and other foods.
The US Food and Drug Administration regulates the amount of caffeine added to beverages. In soft drinks, caffeine is regulated in five different categories. Those that contain added caffeine must be listed on the food label.
Most of the world’s caffeine comes from China. While the United States has its own small industry of caffeine manufacturing, most of the caffeine is imported into the country. The largest synthetic caffeine factory in the world is located in Shijiazhung, a heavily polluted industrial city in Hebei province.
The Germans developed a simple test to determine whether the caffeine in a beverage is natural or synthetic. In this case, the chemical isotope ratio of the caffeine is analyzed.
The Germans discovered that caffeine in four beverages was synthetic. They said the advantages of the method included the ability to analyze the samples in less than 15 minutes. They noted that this could reduce the risk of fraudulant labeling.
Natural caffeine can be found in almost 60 different plant species, including kola nuts, coffee beans, and tea leaves. It is a source of essential health-promoting vitamins and minerals. These nutrients help the body to digest and use the caffeine efficiently. They also aid in reducing the risk of heart disease.
Side effects of caffeine withdrawal
Symptoms of caffeine withdrawal vary, but they usually occur after 12 to 24 hours of ceasing caffeine consumption. You may notice drowsiness, increased fatigue, headache, decreased alertness, and difficulty concentrating.
You can decrease your symptoms by cutting down on your caffeine intake gradually. If you are a habitual consumer of caffeine, it is important to limit your intake to less than 200 mg a day. This will help you avoid the side effects of caffeine withdrawal.
You can also reduce your occurrence of withdrawal symptoms by eating frequently, getting adequate sleep, and exercising. Drinking plenty of water can help you stay hydrated and increase your energy.
If you are experiencing headaches during caffeine withdrawal, you may need to take an over-the-counter pain reliever to alleviate the symptoms. It is best to consult your health care provider to make sure you are safe from withdrawal symptoms.
You should cut down on your caffeine intake gradually if you are experiencing withdrawal symptoms. Depending on how much you drink, it may take a few days for your body to adjust.
If you feel like you are unable to function without caffeine, you are probably dependent on the drug. This can be difficult to stop. You can use caffeine substitutes or reduce your intake to the recommended amount. However, if you are a heavy caffeine user, you can experience more severe withdrawal symptoms. You can also try to get more rest and sleep to alleviate the fatigue.
You should also take note that certain medications, including asthma medicines, can interact with caffeine. If you are taking these medications, you should discuss them with your health care provider before stopping your caffeine intake.


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Some are painting a bleak future for the city’s economy, but Comptroller Brad Lander said Thursday he is optimistic that the city can adapt.
During an appearance on “Mornings On 1,” Lander acknowledged that the costs of living in the city are rising, and with an influx of migrants continuing to arrive, there is an increased pressure on the city’s social services.
Mayor Eric Adams in October estimated that the city would spend $1 billion to support migrants over the coming months. However, the comptroller believes that the increased immigration could actually benefit the economy in 2023.
“New York has thrived for generations on immigrants coming here and bringing their creativity, their entrepreneurship, their energy,” Lander said.
He said as long as migrants can secure work authorizations, and the federal government steps up to “pay its fair share,” he believes New York City can see a lot of financial growth.
“What you want is a growing economy. That’s why immigration has been such an important driver for the city,” Lander said.
The comptroller said it’s smart for the city to invest capital into supporting migrants, and he will continue to pressure Congress to send resources for shelters and affordable housing – not just for migrants, but all New Yorkers.
To do so, Lander is also backing proposals to turn some unused Midtown Manhattan office buildings into affordable housing.
“In Midtown, I think there's some opportunities for residential conversions that the city doesn't necessarily have to pay for, if you let somebody who’s got a Class B or Class D office building convert it to residential – maybe build a little higher than that building is – you know, we need housing all over the city, so I think that's an opportunity,” he said.
Though, Lander said the city is going to have to “tighten its belt” in 2023 and look to cut spending in meaningful ways to “invest in what helps New Yorkers thrive.”

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Organisation (WHO) has been putting a lot of efforts to end female genital mutilation
and together with global efforts that has intensified in recent there is a rising
awareness of the numerous complications that go with the process, usually later
in the life of the adult female. To examine the effect and impacts on these individuals
is vital as prevalence occurs in many countries and the awareness of the health
risk has to be ascertain because it is associated with physical, emotional and social
health risks which is paramount to the cubing of this practice. This research aims
to conduct a review of data so as to address the probability of stopping the act
completely in all countries in the world
Methods: A mixed method synthesis was applied comparing the effects
and impacts in different countries mostly in the African continent in ten different
articles obtained from the Open Access Library Journal database, manually scanning
of reference lists and summary feed from international organisations such as WHO,
UNICEF and UN. The articles included quantitative and qualitative studies with statistical
results and analysis. There were also studies carried out on the environmental issues
as related to the act. The articles were in three different languages which included
English, French and Spanish.
The study population
was made up of victims of the female genital mutilation and health professional
who understood the process. The percentage of those who were unaware of the risk
was 57.4% and the percentage of those who did not have formal education was 77.6%.
There was also a high percentage of prevalence which was represented by 52%.
Conclusion: Female genital mutilation is an act which is supposed
to be carried out with much precaution of the socio-cultural beliefs have to be
maintained with a possibility of reclassifying the act.
Female Genital Mutilation, prevalence, health risk.
Ali, Abdel Aziem A. (2012). Knowledge and attitudes of female genital mutilation among
midwives in Eastern Sudan Reproductive Health 23 Vol 9 Issue 1 ISSN 1742-4755
A O. Okhiai, A O.B. Idonije, E.C. Asika, (2011) Awareness of Health
Risks of Female Genital Mutilation Among Women of Child Bearing Age in Two
Rural Communities in Nigeria Asian Journal of Medical Sciences 3(6): 223-227
Adriana Kaplan-Marcusan, Pere Torán-Monserrat, Juana Moreno-Navarro, Ma
Jose Castany Fàbregas, Laura Muñoz-Ortiz (2009). Perception of primary health
professionals about Female Genital Mutilation: from healthcare to intercultural
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FG Has Ordered Payment Of Outstanding Arears, Says PenCom
The National Pension Commission has said that the Federal Government has given an order to clear the outstanding pensions of its retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme.
PenCom said this on Wednesday in a statement titled ‘Presidential approval for payment of outstanding pension liabilities under the Contributory Pension Scheme’.
It informed all its stakeholders, particularly retirees of treasury-funded Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies, that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved PenCom’s submission on the payment of some critical aspects of the outstanding pension liabilities of the Federal Government under the Contributory Pension Scheme.
The statement said, “Specifically, the President has approved payment of outstanding accrued pension rights for verified and enrolled retirees of treasury-funded MDAs that retired but are yet to be paid their retirement benefits, as well as the back log of death benefits claims due to beneficiaries of deceased employees of treasury funded MDAs.
“Payment of 2.5 per cent differential in the rate of employer pension contribution for FGN retirees and employees which resulted from the increase in the minimum pension contribution for employers from 7.5 per cent to 10 per cent in line with Section 4(1) of the PRA 2014.
‘Payments for retirees and existing employees would take effect from July 2014.”
PenCom noted that subsequently, the Federal Government was expected to continue with the payment of the 10 per cent rate of employer pension contribution for its employees, ensuring a remittance of at least 18 per cent monthly (employer 10 per cent and employee eight per cent) as provided by the PRA 2014.
It stated that funds had already been made available for the settlement of the above stated pension liabilities.
The Economic Confidential had last week reported that the Federal Government was disobeying the 2014 law by failing to raise the remittances into workers’ pensions accounts to 18 per cent.
Accordingly, it added, remittance into the various Retirement Savings Accounts of the affected retirees and employees was currently being processed.
PenCom stated that the affected retirees and employees would be notified in due course by their respective Pension Fund Administrators.
The settlement of the outstanding accrued pension rights of verified and enrolled FGN retirees and compliance with the reviewed rate of pension contributions were significant developments that had resolved the challenges in these aspects that have lingered since 2014, it stated.


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1. Prepare a discounted cash flow spreadsheet analysis reporting Net Present Value (NPV) and
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individual name. Assume the investor has sufficient cash to cover any cash shortfalls during
the life of the investment. You can assume that if the property is purchased, it will be settled
on 30th June 2016.
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base case) and why or why not. What are the Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return
results if the investor purchased the property through a private company? Explain whether the
investor should purchase the property through a private company.
3. Conduct a sensitivity analysis utilizing two (only two) major critical variables that might
impact on Net Present Value. Explain the assumptions, results and limitations of your analysis
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Back to Quinn's Corner
Once again, Casey and Quinn made a trip back to the East Coast while I stayed home and worked (sigh). But, as a consolation, I get to put together these pages. Just like last year, there are way too many pictures to post them all. Here are a few of Quinn at one of my favorite places in the whole world: the Alice-in-Wonderland statue in New York's Central Park. Fortunately, it was an overcast day, so all that bronze was cool enough to climb on.
Quinn spots a very exciting looking statue. "Here I come..."
I suppose I can get into this.
This is pretty cool.
How come I can't pick this thing up??
Are all mice this big?
Do we really have to go now?


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Kally never believed herself to be a person worthy of love, but when an intoxicating man she considered out of her league pursues her, she risks everything to be with him. Later, when tragedy strikes, truths are revealed that leave Kally brokenhearted and untrusting.
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Some very good information on cyanotype toning from the MP Photography blog.
These are my first cyanotypes, a photographic process invented in 1842.
This second one is extremely flat. I realised that cyanotype is a very contrasty process, so to avoid losing too much of the image, I developed this one in white vinegar. The results are probably a little too dramatic, much more than I was expecting. I want to try toning these to see what they will look like.
How could they miss something right before their eyes? This form of invisibility depends not on the limits of the eye, but on the limits of the mind. We consciously see only a small subset of our visual world, and when our attention is focused on one thing, we fail to notice other, unexpected things around us—including those we might want to see.
(Daniel J. Simons)
Article from the Smithsonian Magazine: ‘But Did You See the Gorilla? The Problem With Inattentional Blindness‘.
Great Proko video on drawing hair and approaching it first as volume.
The great photography critic John Szarkowski points out that a self-portrait is always unreliable as a document, because the author can’t be trusted:
The obvious disadvantage of the self as subject is the fact that it inevitably raises the issue of conflict of interest. When the artist is also the subject, wearing two hats at once, is he (she) first of all the servant of historic and artistic justice, or the agent of self-advancement?
If we think of the portraits we know of the past half-millennium, we will note that the painters in them – depicted by themselves – are invariably more attractive, sympathetic, intelligent, and sensitive than the non-painters, even though it was the non-painters who were paying for the whole enterprise. This tradition of self-service was clearly established by the time of Albrecht Dürer, who appears in his own pictures as only marginally less spiritually beautiful than Christ Himself, whereas the artist’s brother Hans appears to be just another calculating northerner. Even Vincent Van Gogh, showing himself with his head swathed in the great white bandage, the visible badge of his folly, paints himself as an exemplary – as a radiant-fool, not to be confused with all those other uncounted fools who also sent their severed ears to whores and afterwards painted their self-portraits badly, or not at all.
- Szarkowski, John (1998) The Friedlander self, in L. Friedlander, Self Portrait, second edition. San Francisco: DAP/Fraenkel Gallery


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Friday, 9 December 2016
This week I have bought my Christmas tree from a farm and decorated it whilst watching Love Actually so my festive levels are soaring nicely. I feel like we have all been waiting for December, desperate for a reason to feel utterly joyful and to spread some love around after the onslaught of the previous 11 months.
Last year the Christmas offering at The Rose Theatre, Kingston brought me out of a bleak hole, rather like Moley, and so I was looking forward to topping up my festive levels with their new production of Wind in the Willows. The Rose has had a knockout year; Hollywood directors, high class productions and promises of more to come.
After the hustle and bustle of Kingston’s markets the pastoral scene that greets you on entering the auditorium is a welcome respite. Once again, the use of projection aids the creation of a make believe world on their versatile stage with a babbling brook and luscious green amid a light jazz soundtrack - despite devouring a Wagamama’s 30 minutes before I could almost taste the hot buttered toast!
The adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s classic by Ciaran McConville has the Disney/Pixar factor; witty, fast paced and with winks to the adults too. The children squealed at the falling snow and Poop Poop (well, I did too actually – I don’t want to ruin it for you but the song is utter genius) whilst the adults enjoyed the dangers of ‘impromtu affairs’ and a tribute to Titanic. Lovely work Mr McConville!
The costume designs by Peter Todd have inspired me to dress like a rabbit in 2017; he made a beautiful job of suggesting animal characteristics via 1940s Britain, seriously, you may well see me sporting a floral tea dress teamed with an eared hat! The whole design is understated and gorgeous and pulls you into this gentle tale of friendship and loyalty.
I was happy to see my old GSA friend, Mike Taibi in the cast stealing the show with his versatility as a baddie, an old nag (see I knew all that time in War Horse would pay off,) and a cameo as Lady Austin that leaves you wondering why you need to go see any other Christmas show to see a dame. The Youth Theatre are astoundingly talented and match up to the touching performances of the adult cast. The physical work is particularly impressive.
I don’t need a Facebook “review of the year” to tell me about my 2016; moments in this production did that for me. My whole year was there; the idea of coming out from underground to find an adventure, realising the value of home, seeing Mr Badger welcomed into the arms of Mrs Badger who has been waiting for him and meeting someone that makes you smell orange blossom water, the scent of a friendship that will last forever. All of life is found in this tale, that’s why it’s a classic. These are the qualities people are craving at the end of 2016; no need for big presents just grab someone you love and have a “just in case” picnic.
This year, of all the years, we need reassurance that there is good in the world and a reminder of the key values needed for survival; friendship, love and the appreciation for the simple things in life. This production of Wind in the Willows has them in abundance and I promise you that you’ll leave the theatre hopeful of a happier 2017 (and with a memory of the gorgeous Mike Taibi in heels!)
Wind in the Willows is playing at The Rose Theatre, Kingston until January 3rd 2017, get tickets here.
Wednesday, 2 November 2016
There’s an old adage that actors are competitive – they don’t like to see each other do well and are only bitterly thinking about their own failures when they say “well done on winning your Olivier Award dear,” through gritted teeth. (Think All About Eve or Showgirls.) Well that’s utter tripe.
Most actors you meet are genuinely thrilled when a pal gets a super job; they understand all the years of graft, self doubt and physical theatre classes at drama school that they have endured and so are bouncing off the walls and speedily booking tickets when a job comes off.
|Edward Harrison in rehearsals|
for All My Sons at The Rose, Kingston
Someone from my old world who is doing jolly well is a lovely man called Ed. Edward Harrison. (check out his website here) We met years ago; him a LIPA graduate and I hailing from down south via GSA; there was no Anchorman style drama school rumble we had a mutual friend in the gorgeous Owain Rhys Davies and used to hang out sometimes. He’s done some amazing jobs and even achieved the holy grail of working in New York; (I’m not jealous I’m not jealous I said to myself even when I heard it was twice!) firstly with Kenneth Branagh in Macbeth and latterly in the critically acclaimed version of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall. Ed continues to be a successful working actor and is currently appearing in The Rose Theatre, Kingston’s production of All My Sons by Arthur Miller.
I love Arthur Miller’s plays and am off to see the show next week so I had a little chat with him about it.
It's very exciting to be part of the first Miller play ever produced here! (The Rose).....It's such a powerful, intricate play....a bedrock. All Miller's play's are layered and complex and so the detective work with regard to what the character is thinking and revealing has been fascinating.
With our director, Michael Rudman, we've found a state of repression and control - so you're watching these people trying to keep the lid on for whatever reason. It's tricky, but rewarding when it really cooks.
The last play I saw at The Rose was thoroughly modern; will Arthur Miller have the same pull? I personally think that all good drama is consistently relevant and I can’t help thinking that the American Dream themes of Miller continue to echo as November 8th draws near. Ed agrees...
He writes about people in love, in crisis, in search of truth, or peace - universal and timeless - that's why he is brilliant. All My Sons is about many things; namely family, courage, truth and deceit. There was an obsession with money and business in America at the time and you can draw real parallels about what that does to good people and where any sense of morality fits in all that.
What’s lovely about Ed is that he’s reached the stage in his career where he is able to balance it with real life; he’s engaged, passionate about pursuing his craft and yet still in touch with many of his LIPA crowd whether they’re still involved in the industry or not. It’s bloody lovely to hear about his well-deserved success and you can see him at The Rose, or maybe grabbing tea in the Wagamama's next door, from November 2nd - November 19th. Ticket details are here.
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
You all know how much I love Thom Sutherland, I gushedly blogged my admiration a few years ago after seeing his production of Mack and Mabel at Southwalk Playhouse. Well since then his star has been in ascendance - justifiably so – from awards, to Broadway and now Artistic Director of The Charing Cross Theatre. (The Players to us thesbs of the naughties!)
Working with Thom years ago I was inspired by his passion, the rewards of which are constantly seen in his emotionally driven productions. You can be in any space and he will tug upon your heart strings, revealing the fundamental human story within a long lost musical or classic tale -memories of heaving sobs (The Notebook style) sitting in Catford watching the final moments of Carousel prove my point perfectly.
In recent years I have taken myself off on solo dates to see his work, there really is nothing more pleasant than a solo culture date; spending time with yourself, expanding your mind and enriching your soul should be on the NHS, but it can be equally pleasant to share a theatrical date with a rather lovely gentleman. If only so you can have someone to debrief and bat opinions about with afterwards!
This is where I found myself on Monday night – the press night for Thom’s new production of Ragtime with the aforementioned lovely gentleman. The theatre was as hot as the themes Ragtime explores; racial tensions, immigration, prejudiced society, changing perceptions and dreams for a better life. Surely there isn’t a more relevant piece of musical theatre in London at present to shine a light upon our current sad state of affairs? It felt quite shaming to watch Tateh and his daughter arrive on the boat full of hopes and dreams only to see them met with wary looks and challenges......
And that’s where Thom is clever – by getting down to the basic human stories of a piece without the bells and whistles, leaves an audience free to reflect upon how the human condition hasn’t really changed. It’s not just Ibsen, Shakespeare and Chekhov who do this, musical theatre can too. One of the best moments in this production is as the company surround the audience at the end of Act One, the lyrics of Till We Reach That Day resonate beautifully and don't allow us to escape the potency of the message. This production should be compulsory viewing to our government, Brexit voters and potentially voters on November 8th, we can all be reminded of Tateh’s dream for the perfect movie from time to time.
So is this production any good? I have to admit that Ragtime isn’t in my top 10 musicals but with Thom’s touch it works; his direction is fluid aided by the fantastic, ever-changing, set. Using actor-musos works perfectly to bring the Ragtime to life; it’s a topical trend but never fails to be awe-inspiring to watch these insanely talented folk. Howard Hudson does yet another incredible job with the lighting – creating filmic images with shadows and gloom to guide the action, he really is a clever man.
For me, Earl Carpenter as Father steals focus; my Javert from our 2009 cast hasn’t lost any of his statuesque, commanding presence. I bloomin’ love his voice, rich and powerful and a welcome addition to this score. I can’t really recall the Father character from previous Ragtime productions, Earl’s performance made me understand it much better; What A Game is a masterclass in understatement and scene-stealing. He is constantly thinking and doesn’t need to display Father’s turmoil, it is just there in his eyes; indeed I barely watched Anita Louise Combe’s powerful final verse of Back To Before (wonderful vocals) because of the compelling stillness and pent up sadness of Father downstage right, this was the one moment of the show when I welled up. There’s a reason why certain performers endure, my gentleman put it perfectly “he is the Rolls Royce of performers...” reliable, classy and classic.
But enough about Earl! Ragtime is yet another hit to add to Thom’s increasing repertoire and it is so worthy of a watch. Take yourself on a solo culture date or go with someone who makes your heart smile but just go and enjoy the score, the performances and the message. It’s gonna sell out quicker than Glastonbury after all those 5* reviews, so hurry up!
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
We all get stuck in ruts and routines but sometimes life sends you a curveball to shake you up a bit. Although highly comforting, I think it can be good to be shaken away from your safe place. We can often cocoon ourselves in so tightly that we miss exciting opportunities that could change our perspective on life and our direction.
This has certainly happened to me since the last time I last rambled on here, less of a curveball and more of a juggernaut actually found me over the summer, and despite being ripped from my moorings, I am thoroughly enjoying this surprising turn of events.
Amid my turbulence came an invitation to see The Good Canary at The Rose Theatre, Kingston and with reflection it seems a fitting production to experience at this time. It certainly isn’t the usual fare for outer London suburban audiences, less chuckling Ayckbourn and more Channel 4 gritty drama. Indeed, some folk sat around us seemed surprised not to see Stephanie Cole, or the like, reciting a jolly tale with a predictable ending but I love that The Rose has such exciting productions, they invigorate audiences and theatre in general - just what we need in my opinion. Only yesterday, I read that The Rose has more exciting productions for their next season including an adaption by April de Angelis of the highly popular Elena Ferrante novel, My Brilliant Friend.
The Good Canary, like the title suggests, is a bright yellow blast of a play rattling around in a cage, a story that reels you in and spits you out exhausted by the end. Zach Helm‘s script explores the relationship between Jack, an up and coming writer, and his wife Annie, who struggles with drug addiction and mental illness. I am always drawn to dialogue between a couple spiralling into self-destruct mode (scenes in Matthew Perry’s The End of Longing earlier this year left me devastated me with their accuracy) and there are certain moments in The Good Canary that capture the despair as Annie and Jack fail to communicate. Most interestingly, is a scene where no words are spoken at all.
It’s an invigorating, ice bucket challenge of a production, a fresh and exciting addition to The Rose’s season. Not to mention a huge coup to get the legendary John Malkovich as director. Actors must have been falling over themselves to get this gig, as I imagine the punters were on press night to grab a selfie with him. So was his direction worth his fee? I bloomin’ think so – it is fast paced and utterly suited to the text. Malkovich seamlessly engineers the actors amid big screens and projections; the effect is ultimately filmic and terribly fitting. I was led along and engrossed in the action. The play really worked for me in the sections where the medium was embraced; the mania of Annie doing housework on a high as the projections morphed in shape and a seamless almost dance of the drinks party as the guests slink around social conventions.past blogs how much I adore him) here he is suitably suave and sexy and I wished to see more of him on stage. In fact, many of the other characters felt on the sidelines, you don’t get to find out much about them or their back stories (to discover more about Sylvia’s character would have been fascinating, a great cameo from Sally Rogers) but maybe that’s how it’s meant to be; the self absorption of Annie may mean that people around her appear two dimensional in her world. Just a thought.
But in spite of the movie star director and sexy Simkins, Freya Mavor is the main attraction and the reason why you need to go and see this play. She gives a powerful performance as Annie – focused, physical, raw and mature. Doing that eight times a week and twice on matinee days is quite a feat and without giving anything away, her performance at the end of Act 2 is exceptional.
So as I embrace opportunities and take the metaphorical ‘bull by the horns,’ so should you. Go and see a play this week. Go and see this one. Don’t slope into autumn, not yet, there’s plenty of time for Hooga, rugs and boxsets, get to Kingston this week to see a truly exciting piece of theatre.
Thursday, 26 May 2016
Sometimes when people aren't making enough money they panic and spend more money trying to get it right. Marketing is big business all about buzzwords like 'branding' 'consumer' and 'demographic.'
Sometimes these campaigns totally work like the drum playing gorilla or R Whites Lemonade, which I still sing occasionally to myself whilst tip-toeing about, but other times the "consumer" is left wanting to throw things at the TV. A perfect example is when I saw Marks and Spencers boss, Steve Rowe, last night talking about 'Mrs M&S.' If you weren't present for your school English lesson on personification then you may have been left wondering if Marks and Sparks were only selling to one individual now or if Steve Rowe was talking about his wife. But no, apparently Mrs M&S is every woman, the core 50 year old who is loyal to the store. Well, which offended part of womanhood do we discuss first? The 50 year old (that's Halle Berry and Helena Bonham Carter by the way) who quite likes to still wear trendy things? The women who buy clothes already from the store and now feel like they may be dowdy? The women on each side of this age bracket who may still want to shop there?
Mrs M&S started the day as the 50 year old British woman but by the time I caught it on the News at 10 Mr Rowe was saying it was inclusive of every woman from a mid thirties working mum to a woman in her 80s. I mean who sat round that table (for how long and for how much?) and was struck by a lightning bolt that brandishing all the women in the UK under the same name was a good idea?
To coin a 90s phrase as a 'singleton' I feel rather alienated. Where can the Bridget Jones of 2016 go to buy her big knickers, I'm sure she went to Marks and Sparks like a her mum taught her to but now why would a single woman want to be reminded of her lack of Mrs in her name when buying a bra? Not me that's for sure, life's hard enough when you're alone without M&S making a dig at you. If we're going to be pedantic about titles that only leaves me with 'Miss' Selfridge and I know that the current crop tops in there do not suit me! Oooo if they were still making Sex and the City, there'd be an entire episode and column on this.
I go to M&S for two reason and I'm not yet 50. 1- because touring life as an actor is fuelled by M&S Fuller for Longer range and flapjack tubs and 2- because my Nannie and Mum used to shop there and like all human beings I learnt by example. It's the place of first bra fittings, dads waiting on plastic chairs in over-heated stores and being dragged around as a child so the grown ups can have a catch up. But you learn from watching and suddenly you're in there yourself getting some pants and oooo look at the shoes they're similar-ish to the ones in Office and a hell of a lot more comfortable and BAM! You're in your 30s and love M&S.
Each time Mr Rowe said Mrs M&S to the BBC reporter last night he looked as convinced as we are about this concept. He was dead behind the eyes and if there's one thing that being an actress has taught me is that the eyes don't lie. I know that it's a bit 'damned if you do and damned if you don't' but my advice to Marks and Sparks (my Nannie's name for the store) is - don't. Do what you know, M&S - classic pieces, the old favourites and great picnic food; don't try to be every woman because I have news for you, we're all different (but we do all need pants that wash well and hide a multitude of sins) so don't forget about us. Maybe a mother/daughter campaign might be better? Generations of women going where their grans went..... you're welcome Mr Rowe for that Xmas ad idea......I'll only need 12.5% commission for that inspirational nugget!
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
I’m so glad that many of you were inspired by my last blog. Your lovely response made me think it might be worth charting my productivity plan journey with you – so here’s how it’s been going and you’re all welcome along on the ride.
February in the productivity plan asked me to “Nail What Really Matters” I did that through having some quiet time and journaling – I decided upon having a family, smiling, giving and receiving love and being healthy. March was titled “Do Something!” No ambiguity there then. It’s all very well having the intention but I should get off my bum and do something about it. We are awash with clichés; ‘less talking more action’ or ‘actions speak louder than words.’ Being surrounded by people who talk and don’t act is soul destroying because you cling onto the hope that their talk brings. Which leads me back to my life lessons of 2015 and onto March – smiley daffodils and lighter evenings energise us all - so I got “doing!”
Trying a new gym routine and saying yes to social invitations were a start and they felt like small victories. But a turning point was at a funeral of an old family friend; she had left us far too soon from cancer and the church was packed with people that admired and loved her. As the service progressed it became clear that she led a full and busy life, always giving out love and energy to benefit others. It was not for recognition or plaudits but merely to be involved and this felt like a massive metaphorical whack around the face. I’d been looking inwards to try to work through things and been in a career that involved me thinking mainly about myself. I was thinking about me so much that my head was in danger in of protruding from my a*%e!
So here’s what I did in March –
I started planning a charity event to fundraise for the hospice where our friend spent her last few days and Cancer Research UK. Sadly, we have lost so many people to cancer this year – and it’s only April. So I thought we could have fun and raise as much money as possible for these causes.
It is a Grease 2 Singalong in the Guildford Fringe Festival – this festival is organised by a dear friend of mine who is constantly ‘do-ing’ and achieving and it is full of great events. Grease 2 is, in my opinion, an awesome movie that always brings me joy and there is a real cult following. I am hoping to entice some of those cult followers along to Guildford on July 31st with a costume contest, raffle, drinking and of course singing at the top of our voices. I am in full organisational mode (I even rang Paramount studios in LA!) and it’s going to be great. I hope that I can spread some joy and raise some serious cash to help Phyllis TuckwellHospice and Cancer Research UK.
If you fancy joining me, please book a ticket here and get planning your costume! You can also follow the event on Twitter @Sing_Grease2 all proceeds will go towards the charities.
I hope that you are having a productive and happy time – please let me know what you’re up to and as we head into April, with all her showers, let’s see where our action can take us!
Thursday, 28 January 2016
I’m attempting a year of positivity after a slightly below par 2015. Don’t worry this isn’t one of those new year resolution blogs which I’ll be giving up by mid February, (bleurgh!) A dear friend told me that rather than resolutions I should have goals. And not just general twaddle like ‘lose weight’, ‘run more’ but make them specific and be held accountable by someone so you have to explain how you’re doing or face the naughty step if you haven’t! I liked this idea of being productive and having a plan.
So when I read an article by Magdalena Bak-Maier mapping out a productivity plan it only strengthened my resolve. For January, she advised to find supportive role models – well I’ve been mulling this over, my afore-mentioned mate is definitely one, but I also started ruminating about dream role models. Kind of like the ‘dinner party guest game’ but with an inspirational twist!
o Imelda Staunton in a rehearsal room
What performer hasn’t marvelled at this lady’s talent since her commanding performance in Gypsy? I admire her for her talent, her enduring marriage to the equally cool Carson and for her ability to just be magnetic in every performance she gives whether on stage or screen. But my main reason for having her as a dream role model is because she’s short; she would give me confidence as a small actress. I was once told by a director that it was a shame I was so short because I’d never play a lead. Now, the real reason may have more to do with my lack of star quality talent but the fact that I took it to heart must have had something to do with my lack of belief in my ability to succeed. I used it as an excuse when explaining away lost auditions but even to myself before I went in. Now all the positive thinking books in the world will tell you that your beliefs can shape who you are and what happens to you. So Imelda and I would hang out in a rehearsal room, chatting through scripts being small and fabulous!
o Charlotte Reed walking in the country
I discovered Charlotte Reed via Facebook; she started drawing images to help her get through depression and as they helped her she began to realise that they could help others. She has a stall at Portobello Market and has released a book called May The Thoughts BeWith You. Her quirky drawings are full of energy and positivity. Their message is succinct and straight to the point; they achieve the same reaction as a long-winded article. They are colourful and a couple now adorn my bedroom wall. You don’t need to have suffered from a similar illness to reap the benefits from her work. Having a walk outside with this dream role model would get me out of a dull mood and make me see the brighter side of life.
o My Grandad in armchairs with a cup of tea and biscuits
This man is a real role model and very much alive and kicking so I’m cheating the brief rather. But he’s special so I don’t care. My Pop has taught me hundreds of things including how to play snap and that there’s no such thing as a kipper but as an adult I’ve begun to see the real lessons - Family comes first, they will always be there to support and catch you. A close family is the ultimate safety net; a person’s eyes tell you the truth; a relationship is based on compatibility and the secret to a 60 year marriage is each person thinking they’re getting the best end of the deal. I wear my heart on my sleeve far too much, I’d tell the postman about my latest drama, but his reserve shows me that there is a dignity to keeping something back. But his ultimate lesson is the power of the mind; you can do and survive anything if you put your mind to it, it is a powerful tool. And that is why my Pop is one of my ultimate role models.
o Antony Sher sipping a GnT by the River Avon
Another actor – but this man’s passion for his craft is why he made the list. His published diaries are full of his creativity when preparing for a role; he uses art, research and truly submerges himself. I envy this ability to live and breathe acting plus his obvious talent. The way he writes about his life with his partner, Gregory Doran, in their second home near the RSC makes me want to sit with them by the river sipping gin. I imagine we’d have gossipy chats peppered with Shakespearean debates and maybe, just maybe, some of his passion would rub off on me.
So that’s my current four, I’m sure I’ll think of plenty more just like we do with the dinner party game! I have found this quite nice to think about. It’s obviously working as this is the first time I’ve felt moved to write in a few weeks, plus the sun was out today so positive 2016 is going alright!
Who is inspiring to you? Do let me know, if only so I can go “Oh Yeah me too!!”


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Mehwish Hayat see similarities between US, Pakistan elections
The Presidential elections in the United States is all everyone is talking about these past few days. From memes to analysis, Pakistanis are commenting it all on the elections in the world’s most powerful country.
Actress Mehwish Hayat also shared her thoughts on the way elections were being held in the US.
Taking to Instagram, Hayat said that “When America sneezes, the world catches a cold” as she emphasized the impact US elections have on the world and the Americans’ choice determines which way the world will move based on whoever they select as their president.
“Was dismayed to learn from friends that areas in major cities are being boarded up expecting civil unrest. A real sense of deja vu!,” she added further as reports poured in on how the elections in the US have seen major unrest.
While she further added that it “seems we are not the only ones who have a monopoly on “interesting” elections. Let’s see who gets the keys to the White House for the next four years. Any thoughts on who it should be?”
She asked her followers to share their views on who could be the next US president. At the moment, the election tally of the electoral college shows 78-year-old former vice president Joe Biden leading the polls having secured 264 of the 270 votes needed to win the presidency.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump is challenging counting in some of the states as he said that mail-in votes cannot be counted after the election day.
US President Trump had asked his supporters to physically vote at the ballot despite fears of Covid-19 whereas Biden had recommended the voters to file their votes through mails in order to contain the Covid-19.
The US election results are expected to be announced later today (Thursday).


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Auckland's housing affordability has worsened with the city climbing from the world's ninth most expensive city to fifth in a year.
The annual Demographia survey, released yesterday, compares prices to incomes in 367 cities. Auckland is one of the worst in the world due to extremely high house prices coupled with moderate wages.
With a median price of $748,700, and a $77,500 median income, Auckland has a house price-wage multiple of of 9.7. Any more than 3 is classified as unaffordable by the report's authors.
Report authors Hugh Pavletich, a Christchurch-based former property developer, and American Wendell Cox argue that a shortage of land drives up prices.
Don Brash, former Reserve Bank governor, said housing affordability was "overwhelmingly a function of one thing: the extent to which governments place artificial restrictions on the supply of residential land".
Kim Campbell, Employers and Manufacturers Association chief executive, worries how essential workers would be able to afford to live in Auckland, with its tightly constrained geographic limits. Mr Campbell recommended more land be freed up for building.
Teachers, nurses, firefighters, bus drivers, police officers and other key workers often could not afford to buy in Auckland, leaving the city with a grim future when it needed the next generation of key workers, he said.
Property Council chief executive Connal Townsend expressed great disquiet at Demographia's findings.
"The crisis is getting worse and worse. It's all about lack of supply of land which in Auckland is more than 50 per cent of the cost of a new house.
"The solution is to free up more land and free up the constraints which prevent more density."
Nick Smith, Minister of Building and Housing and Construction, was unavailable to comment.


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Auburn senior libero Sarah Wroblicky became the 10th player in Auburn history to record 1,000 career digs, reaching that milestone in Sunday's win over Ole Miss. Her fourth dig of the match got her to 1,000.
She's the third Auburn player in the last four years to hit the 1,000-dig mark. Sarah Bullock got to 1,000 during the 2012 season and eventually moved up to fourth on the all-time charts at Auburn with 1,210 by the end of the year. In 2010, Liz Crouch shattered all the records, finishing with 1,710 for her career to sit atop the Auburn record book.
In her career, Wroblicky has averaged 3.43 digs/set, which ranks second all-time at Auburn. She has been the Tigers' primary libero since the beginning of the 2011 season, playing in 263 out of a possible 279 sets in that stretch.
This season, Wroblicky has averaged 4.32 digs/set, which ranks fifth in the SEC, and has nearly 28 percent of Auburn's total digs this season.


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The Marine Stewardship Council, which certifies fisheries under its blue tick sustainability label, has ordered an independent investigation into allegations of shark finning on tuna vessels in certified Pacific fisheries.
Shark finning is the cruel practice of removing fins from live sharks. A report by the UK charity Shark Guardian with CNS Global Consulting, a sustainable development consultancy, has alleged it took place on board three vessels operating in the western central Pacific that were certified by the MSC, which runs the world’s largest fishery certification programme.
Official documents from independent observers who monitor fishery compliance, seen by the Guardian, said shark finning happened on board vessels in MSC-certified fisheries in 2019 and early 2020. They reported silky sharks and a black-tipped reef shark as having “DFR” or “discarded fins retained”, a reference to the practice of cutting fins off live animals and discarding their bodies overboard. Both species are classified as “near threatened” with extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
A third of shark and ray species have been overfished to near extinction, a study found last year.
Despite documented evidence, little action was taken to prevent the boats from operating under the MSC banner, the charity said, nor was anyone prosecuted.
There is no suggestion the MSC was aware of the observer reports that alleged shark finning. However, the MSC’s third-party certification boards – known as conformity assessment bodies (Cabs) – which audit fisheries and read observer reports, have a duty to remove certification if shark finning is detected, or if a vessel is convicted for it. This duty was strengthened in September 2020 to require “zero tolerance” of shark finning, the MSC said.
Jean-Jacques Schwenzfeier, director of CNS Global Consulting, said: “The observers told us their reports are constantly being ignored and shark finners are not being prosecuted.
“We are not saying the MSC is a bad programme. The MSC is probably unaware this is happening. But the auditing system is flawed and needs improving.”
A spokesperson for the MSC said it took the allegations “seriously” and had asked Assurance Services International, which oversees Cabs, to investigate.
“Shark finning is completely prohibited in MSC-certified fisheries and we take the allegations contained in the Shark Guardian report, relating to vessels fishing in the western central Pacific, seriously. On receiving notification of this report via the media, we immediately asked the independent oversight body, Assurance Services International, which oversees our third-party certification activities, to investigate the claims relating to shark finning and the other matters raised in the report.”
Any vessel convicted of shark finning is banned from MSC certification for at least two years, it said.
The MSC has come under pressure from conservation groups to reform standards on shark finning, and is now proposing new standards. Earlier this month, 90 marine conservation experts, organisations and international researchers welcomed the MSC’s move towards zero tolerance of shark finning by requiring all catch to have “fins naturally attached (FNA)” without exemptions.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN/PACNEWS


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Increasing your protein intake can help you lose weight, say Harvard researchers in a review of research on the effects of high protein diets in a 2004 issue of the “Journal of the American College of Nutrition.” A diet higher in protein seems to improve feelings of fullness, reduce overall daily calorie intake and the number of calories burned during digestion compared to lower protein diets. Stuffing yourself with bacon and ribs is not a strategy for using protein for weight loss. Choose the right kind of proteins and fast weight loss pills to enhance your weight loss efforts is really crucial.
Non-fat Greek yogurt has a creamy consistency and is near twice the protein content of regular yogurt. Eating more dairy products daily, especially non-fat kinds, can help you lose weight. A study conducted by researchers at Australia’s Curtin University released in October 2009 found that dieters who ate five daily servings of foods like cottage cheese, yogurt, and skim milk lost more weight and fat than dieters eating three servings daily in 12 weeks.
In an earlier study from the University of Tennessee, obese subjects on a low-calorie diet that either contained 400 to 500mg of calcium per day or 1,100mg per day from yogurt. After 12 weeks, those on the yogurt diet lost 81 percent more fat from their torso reported by the “International Journal of Obesity” in 2005. When you buy Greek yogurt, go for plain varieties and add fresh fruit or 1 tsp. of honey for sweetness. Pre-sweetened varieties contain an abundance of added sugar that adds significantly to their calorie count.
Whey protein powder is a derivative of milk that is dehydrated and pulverized. The resulting powder can be mixed into drinks, smoothies, pancake batter, mashed potatoes, soups, oatmeal, or casseroles to boost protein content. One hundred percent whey protein, with no added carbohydrates or sugars, contains virtually no fat and contains only 80 to 110 calories per serving.
Whey protein contains an abundance of an essential amino acid called leucine, which Dr. Donald Layman of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign reports may help dieters maintain maximum amounts of lean muscle while losing body fat in a December 2004 issue of the” Journal of the American College of Nutrition.”
Eating breakfast can help you lose weight, especially if you include protein in the form of eggs. In a 2008 issue of the “International Journal of Obesity,” a study demonstrated that when dieters following a reduced-calorie diet ate a 340-calorie breakfast including eggs, versus one containing only bagels, they experienced more favorable weight loss results.
Egg dieters reduced their body mass index 61 percent more than bagel dieters, shrunk their waist size 34 percent more, had a 65 percent greater weight loss, and experienced a 16 percent greater reduction in body fat. If you are concerned about cholesterol, stick to egg whites.


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An entire post with ideas for decorating for Christmas. Some are really unique. But I think this is my favorite picture in the whole batch. Of course, it's a door! You know, I have a thing for doors! lol #

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Who is Jackie Evancho, and why was she chosen for this big performance? Here are 7 things to know about the teen star.
She started out as the "world's youngest opera singer"
Evancho, who was born in 2000 in the Pittsburgh suburbs, started taking singing lessons at age eight. She earned a reputation as a singer quickly. Within two years, according to Billboard, she had "breezed through a local singing contest, started her own YouTube channel, released her independent debut album, Prelude to a Dream, and held the record as the world's youngest opera singer."
Her big break came at age 10
Evancho was 10 years old when she came into the national spotlight on America's Got Talent. The young, angelic singer wowed with classical and opera songs, and she came in second place on the competition.
This is not the first time she's performed for a president
In 2010, a young Evancho performed for President Barack Obama. She was a part of the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony and even appeared onstage with Obama and Santa.
She once met Trump
Shortly after winning America's Got Talent, Evancho met and performed for the then-businessman Donald Trump. She said it was a great experience.
"When I met him, he was extremely polite, very nice, and thankful for me to be there and perform for him," she recollected when she appeared on Good Morning America on Wednesday.
She is more in line with traditional inauguration anthem singers
Though inaugurations past have featured superstar performers, they usually sing other songs, not the national anthem. According to GMA, Beyonce was an unconventional choice to sing the "Star-Spangled Banner" in 2012. Typically it has been performed by a choir, making the classical singer a more traditional choice.
She has faced backlash
Evancho's sister is transgender, and Evancho has faced criticism on social media for agreeing to perform, with some calling her "selfish" and "a traitor." Though her sister will not be attending the ceremony, Evancho told GMA that she and her sister support each other.
"I had a lot of positivity from my family, and that's really all that matters to me," she said. "And all of my true fans have been there for me and supportive, and that's really all I need, so I'm sticking to it."
Evancho is hardly the first singer to face pressure for agreeing to perform at Trump's inauguration. Broadway star Jennifer Holliday was initially scheduled to perform at an inauguration event, but said over the weekend that she would not be going, out of support for the LGBT community.
She's focusing on the performance
Evancho takes the responsibility of performing the notoriously difficult song seriously. She has been practicing hard, she told GMA, even rehearsing in the cold so she can be ready in case of chilly weather.
"It's such a big, grand song," she said. "You really don't want to mess that up."

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