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I wrote something more akin to a therapeutic-somewhat-spitefic (ok, female lead doesn’t suck as much as the idolized male lead, she gets her happy ending) rather than the fanfic a certain site is known for. At the beginning of this monumental work of playing up troublesome aspects of a popular novel series, I put an author’s note. Rather long-winded, but it laid out what readers could expect, and why. I replaced it with a shorter and less blunt note, and am archiving the oldie but goodie.
There is a reason I have to write this preface, and I’m going to spell it out for all and sundry and hopefully, the PMs will slow down because concerns have already been addressed here. This contains snippets of blog posts I’ve made addressing the issues, as well as choice bits of PMs. Also, there is an FAQ on my profile which covers many of the concerns listed here. This story was originally published here on FF back in 2012. I took it down, altered it a bit, and self-pubbed since out of the many reviews I received, vast majority were positive in nature. The few negative ones did not deter me then, nor will they as I substantially rewrite this story and work in more of the canon, ultimately taking it in another direction altogether. That said, the original incarnation of Chapter One was picked up by a women’s shelter in Cardiff, Wales and is used to help illustrate the power of perception when it comes to abuse. I am proud of that my writing has been used to help educate on the subject of domestic violence. That is my carrot on a string when it comes to getting this story out.
First off, everyone is entitled to their opinion. Your opinion of Grey is as valid as my own even though you and I may not see eye-to-eye. I don’t think I’m going to change the mind of someone looking for their own Grey. I am simply explaining why I chose to address the story in this not-very-pleasant manner. The mark of ignorance is the inability to entertain someone else’s perspective without agreeing- and trust me, I had to entertain a point of view different from my own to get through EL James’ tale. I am sincerely hoping that you, kind reader, are an open minded sort, because that will make this so much more productive. As you can see in the description of my tale, it’s a study in the sub-context I am addressing. That is no secret, and please don’t waste your time telling me I made Grey into an abusive dickhead. I am positive there are other stories you’d find more enjoyable than me busting out a treatise on society-accepted violence. Not every love story has a HEA, and that’s a fact of life I echo in my writing. I’m on the fence about reviews calling out things I’m blatantly pointing out RIGHT HERE.
I mean, if someone feels compelled to tell me I suck because OMG, I just don’t ‘get’ Christian Grey, fine. I’ll probably laugh, enjoy a glass of wine, and ponder a reply I won’t give because someone is unwilling to experience this uber-romantic-got-rape-culture’s-stamp-of-approval from a realistic point of view, as detailed on this page. Far as I’m concerned, I’m laying it all out here for those who aren’t as inclined as others to dissect the society we live. A society that says, ‘Sure, treat me like shit, but at least buy me nice things first” and where women are expected to let a multitude of horrific sins slide because a guy is wealthy and/or attractive. I’m going off the sub-context I picked up as I trudged through that literary quagmire- how often does Ana worry that she upset Grey whenever she opens her mouth? How many times are there tears involved? Bruises she didn’t consent to? Threats to rape her in public (over her biting her lip) and breaking into her apartment without knowledge from her or her roommate? How many times does she basically tell him to back off and yet he ultimately doesn’t? These are not aspects of a healthy relationship.
One cannot heal another with love; that is a fairy tale falsehood of co-dependence. Happiness comes from within and the right partner helps it shine brighter. One can provide a healing environment; considering Grey controls everything, it’s safe to assume he controls the environment, thus it isn’t Ana who is helping him heal. She does learn to manage his moods by walking on eggshells when it comes to certain topics; that is not a marker of a healthy relationship.
Yes, I read FSoG. I did not like it. I found it to be triggering and a glorification of my own experience of domestic abuse at the hands of my boyfriend-turned-husband. I found it disturbing that the protagonist, Ana, lacks so much world experience when compared to Grey who then holds her lack of experience against her, and she has to appeal to an imaginary authority figure, her Inner Goddess – which made me wonder if Ana has some sort of mental illness? Why else would her should-be-invisible Subconscious and Inner Goddess waltz around between Ana’s ears? “Normal” people tend to think in terms of ‘I can do this’ rather than “My Inner Goddess gave me a thumbs up,” if you get my drift. Is this a commentary from James about the maturity level Ana exhibits, where Ana is unable to take responsibility for her own thoughts/actions, pawning decision making to invisible friends?
Having been in an abusive relationship, I’m calling Grey’s actions for what they are. Take away his looks and money and he doesn’t have much to recommend him, in my opinion, for a long-term relationship. Had he not been adopted into a wealthy family and instead bounced around foster homes, odds are that he would have spent time in jail by now. His stalking and manipulation show that he is far from healed, needs a new therapist and to find happiness for himself rather than collecting subs who bear a resemblance to his mother. The psychological aspects of Grey mirrors a Pacific Northwest serial killer, Robert Lee Yates. I find that interesting; give Yates good looks and money and you’d have Christian Grey on your hands. I find that fascinating, really. Could it be a witty social commentary by EL James, of a society’s acceptance of abuse and willingness to look the other way? A slightly different take on Kitty Genovese?
I realize that the tawdry bits in FSoG were definitely eyebrow-raising considering what was the commercial norm before the erotica acceptance. However, I gotta say as someone who dabbled in the lifestyle for a few years, I cringe when I got to the bits where Grey demonstrates his dominate style-especially outside the bedroom. Safe, sane, and consensual, it was not. Got no problem with kinky fun. But the parts that concerned me most were his attitudes outside “playtime” and how he put Ana under surveillance 24/7 and did not adhere to the boundaries she set. Her opinion doesn’t seem to matter much to him. He may acknowledge her concern, but then he blows it off and does what he wants instead (for example, her car. Why did he buy her a new car he won’t let her drive?) I also have a problem with stalking, intimidation, coercion, not taking NO for an answer, victim blaming, and other forms of random douche-baggery.
One can see different things when they read for pleasure versus reading with a critical eye. Those who read for pleasure don’t catch things, they aren’t looking for the sub-context, only what the writer had the narrator (Ana being an unreliable narrator) remark upon, colored with the narrator’s perspective. Ana is sheltered and Ana does not understand what constitutes domestic violence. I know I didn’t, I assumed getting hit was ‘domestic violence,’ not the put-downs or threats. But those too, are abuse.
I can understand if you got swept up in the story, but in a clinical setting, a lot of the behaviors exhibited are considered serious markers for an abuser. Grey is a manipulator. Ana never signed the contract, and Grey still acts as if she did. The man stalked a woman 3000 miles when she stated she needed space and he hadn’t even known her a month. That’s scary, not romantic. He enters her apartment without Ana or Kate’s knowledge or consent, hits and rapes Ana. She wasn’t into it and basically says, “Oh, at least it wasn’t that bad.” Grey should have involved the police when Leila started doing her thing. By keeping it on the down-low, he enabled a mentally ill person and chucked her in an art school rather a psychiatric ward where her needs could be addressed.
You are absolutely entitled to your opinion about Christian Grey- I will not argue that. But to me, he’s the better looking twin to the man I married and who told me he knew where he’d hide my body. I’m not going to be quiet about that. Abusers thrive in silence, and I’ll be making some noise for educational purposes.
Maybe someone will read this story and see them self in AnaMaria, and know they too can escape an abusive/manipulative relationship. That is why I am writing this.
Once upon a time I was Ana. No more.
On the topic of Grey and his mother…
Oedipus by Proxy.
Christian Grey openly admits he prefers subs who resemble his “crack whore mother” i.e. brown hair, blue eyes. He beats them because he cannot beat his mother as punishment for leaving him as a child. Why else would he choose women to beat that bear a physical resemblance to his mother? Since she’s dead, he can’t take his anger out on her. So all those poor women who have the genetic misfortune of brown hair and blue eyes are taking the lumps for her; I’m convinced Grey hasn’t told his therapist about it, or else his “therapist” is a quack who is awesome at writing prescriptions for narcotics.
ON THE TOPIC OF ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS
The following was taken from Jenny Trout’s blog, because she is wondrously eloquent and awesome. jennytrout dot com slash ?p=3007
The following “red flags” are from a hand out entitled “Universal Red Flags” taken from a book called How To Spot A Dangerous Man. The instructions read: “Check all the following that apply even if only remotely”. Let me share the ones I checked on Ana’s behalf:
You feel uncomfortable about something he has said or done, and the feeling remains. I don’t think we need to cite any one particular incident where Ana has been made uncomfortable by Christian Grey. This is prevalent throughout the book.
You wish he would go away, you want to cry, and you want to run away from him. Ana often thinks about how she can “escape” Christian, how she needs to find an exit, how she can’t handle being around him because she can’t trust herself to think clearly. In just the portion of the book we’ve reviewed so far, Ana has ended three of her encounters with Christian as a sobbing mess.
You have the urge to “love him into emotional wellness,” if that were possible. Again, based on the chapters we’ve reviewed here so far, Ana does seem to believe that she can change him, or that he has psychological wounds that need to be healed.
You feel bad about yourself when you are around him. One of the clearest indicators, to me, anyway, that there is a power imbalance in their relationship is the fact that Ana constantly compares herself – how she looks, how she acts, how she’s dressed – to Christian and his very wealthy lifestyle, and she always finds herself lacking. She often wonders why he’s interested in her.
You only feel good about yourself when you are with him. Conversely, Ana doesn’t have a nice word to say about herself unless it is confirmed by Christian. When her roommate tells her that she’s pretty, Ana interprets it as a patronizing compliment Kate can’t possibly mean, but when Christian Grey calls Ana beautiful, she suddenly believes that she is. In fact, the only time she believes anything good about herself is when it’s Christian pointing it out.
You feel that he wants too much from you. I think this one requires very little explanation. Not only does he want more than she wishes to give, he constantly pressures her to give him what he wants.
You are emotionally tired from him; you feel he “sucks the life out of you.“Now, Ana never says, “he sucks the life out of me.” But again, even if we just look at the first half of this book, she’s doing a lot of crying herself to sleep, needing to get away from him because he’s too intense, etc.
Your value system and his are very different, and it’s problematic. I have this phrase I trot out from time to time with my friends who are dating: If you have to “work on” the relationship within the first month, it’s not going to work out. Sometimes, people are simply incompatible. Ana and Christian have spent most of their relationship with Ana trying to find ways around giving Christian what he wants, and Christian refusing to bend on his expectations. This is not going to clear up in a few more dates.
Your past and his are very different, and the two of you have conflicts over it. Spoiler alert, Christian is obsessive and controlling about food because he went hungry as a child. I know we haven’t gotten to that part of the book in the review yet, but it fits in here. And that’s just one of the ways their pasts differ in problematic ways. While Ana sees his earlier relationship with a much older woman as statutory rape, Christian believes that it was appropriate and has a continuing friendship with the woman, which makes Ana uncomfortable. Ana doesn’t even want the type of relationship Christian is after, they both are aware of this fact, and he continues to pursue her.
You tell your friends you are “unsure about the relationship” Ana has already had this conversation with Kate in the part we’ve reviewed.
You feel isolated from other relationships with friends and family. Ana doesn’t justfeel isolated, she is isolated, by the nondisclosure agreement Christian asked her to sign. She finds herself living a double life in order to please Christian and still maintain her relationships with her loved ones.
You feel in the wrong because he is always right and goes to great lengths to show you he is right. This was most obviously displayed in chapter fourteen, where Christian responds to all of Ana’s concerns and questions with long explanations that dance around actual answers.
You are uncomfortable because he continually says he knows what is best for you. He isn’t pressuring her into signing a contract that allows him to act out his sexual fantasies on her for him. It’s all about her, and her happiness. He just wants what’s best for her, just like when he showed up at the bar when she asked him not to, and his concerns about her car.
You notice he needs you too frequently, too much, or too intensely. Christian goes so far as to say that he wants her too much, or that he can’t control himself in her presence because of the intensity of his passion for her.
You notice he quickly discloses information about his past or present or his emotional pain. After they go out for coffee, their first encounter that is not tied to the interview, he warns her off from him with cryptic, tortured statements like, “I’m not the man for you.”
You sense he is pushing too quickly for an emotional connection with you. Okay, this one, Ana wouldn’t check off, but I would. From an outside observer standpoint, Christian is running a very good game of “pull her in, push her away,” which is forcing an emotional connection with Ana. After having coffee with the guy once, she’s on the floor of a parking garage sobbing. This isn’t just Ana being emotionally immature, it’s Ana being emotionally manipulated by Christian.
You find yourself accepting him “for now” even though you have plenty of red flags that would help you to terminate the relationship if you paid attention to them. Ana is already aware that what she wants from the relationship and what Christian wants are two vastly different, completely incompatible things, but she commits to the relationship despite knowing it has no hope of a future.
These weren’t all the entries on the list, but some of the questions regarding previous children or substance abuse obviously don’t apply to Mr. Grey. Looking over what we have here, is this a healthy relationship? Can we even consider this to be a romance novel, with all of these elements in place?
However, we’ve seen ample evidence of women saying they would prefer their husbands to behave more like Christian Grey. Others say that obviously, they wouldn’t want Christian Grey in real life, but it’s the fantasy they’re enjoying. What fantasy? I fully support fantasizing about a man who takes control in the bedroom. I cannot, for the life of me, understand how it would be enjoyable to fantasize about a man who takes control in all aspects of your life. And remember, I’m not talking about just a BDSM lifestyle here. I’m talking about the measures Christian takes to control Ana’s life before they even enter into a relationship together.
For an insightful look on the topic, check out Jenny Trout dot com slash question mark p=934
For those open minded readers I haven’t scared off yet, I have some questions I’d love to have your opinion on. Please, if you feel inclined, let me know what you think. I do appreciate the feedback (unless it’s patronizing and disrespectful) and it helps me to understand everybody’s point of view better. [ More questions may be added at a later time ]
a) Would Ana still be into Grey if he was not a billionaire? Let’s say he worked at Best Buy or KMart- same personality, same looks (perhaps not as “polished” because lack of funds and not owning salons) and elitist attitude, but just a bloke who lives in his mom’s basement and Charlie Tango is just an El Dorado. Would he have the same appeal to fresh-out-of-college Ana?
b) If a Dom has demonstrated sub drop more than once, does that qualify him as a knowledgeable and empathetic Dom?
c) How many unhealthy behaviors is it acceptable to deal with when it comes to building a foundation for a new romantic relationship? If your partner makes decisions you have to abide by, would you want your opinion to be considered just as valid as your partners?
d) Do you think Grey adequately described the BDSM lifestyle to Ana so she could make an educated decision on the topic?
e) Is it appropriate for someone who was given permission for a single type of consensual violence (i.e. a spanking) to threaten or intimidate the person on the receiving end when the receiver had a negative reaction to the experience?
I thank you for your time and wish you happy reading.
-M R S


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Readers ask: How to cook pillsbury biscuits?
How long do you bake Pillsbury cookies?
BAKE 13 to 17 minutes or until golden brown. FOR LARGER COOKIE SLEEVES 325°F oven. SPACE biscuits, touching sides, on ungreased baking sheet. BAKE 19 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
How do you bake canned cookies?
How to make canned cookies in the toaster. Set the temperature to suit your cookie wrapper (usually 350-400). Place cookies on a sheet of foil or baking sheet. Bake for the time indicated on the cookie roll (usually 20-25 minutes).
How long do you bake frozen cookies?
When ready to bake, place a rack in the center of the oven and heat to 400°F. Place frozen cookies, as many or as few as you like, directly on a baking sheet, 1 inch apart. Bake until golden brown and doubled in size for 18 to 20 minutes.
Can You Make Pillsbury Cookies From Parchment Paper?
Our favorite method? Parchment paper as the cookies are perfectly baked and no need to store. Note: Results may vary depending on the type of cookie you are making due to the butter/fat content of the cookies.
Are canned cookies past their expiration date?
Yes, you can use canned cookies after the expiration date or the expiration date.
How long do you put the cookies in the oven?
Bake cookies at 450°F until golden brown, about 12 to 15 minutes. TIP: Make sure your oven is at the right temperature, because it should be piping hot! I like to use an oven thermometer to make sure my oven often reads it’s preheated when it’s really 15-20°F colder.
How do canned cookies taste better?
Butter. Brush canned cookies with melted butter before placing in the oven. You can also make a small incision in the top of each cookie and pour in a splash of butter. It bakes into the dough and gives the cookies a buttery taste.
Can you store canned cookies?
Open the box, take the raw cookies apart, place them on a baking tray (don’t touch them, or they will stick) and freeze. Once frozen, place the cookies in airtight freezer bags and store in the freezer. Cook according to the original instructions.
What do you do on cookies
The tastiest jams, jellies and spreads to decorate your honey biscuit. As a natural sweetener, honey adds the right amount of sweetness without drowning out the salty, buttery taste of a cookie. braten sauce. Mixed berry jam. Tomato sauce. Jamaican chili cheese. Chocolate sauce. Bourbon jelly with apple cider. Fried chicken.
How do you bake frozen Pillsbury cookies?
* Faster cooking method: Preheat oven to 375°F (or 350°F for a non-stick baking sheet). Place frozen cookies 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake until golden brown: 1 to 6 cookies for 17 to 21 minutes**; 7 to 21 cookies for 20 to 25 minutes. (The cookies don’t go that high.)
Are the cookies good the next day?
Storing cookies properly Store freshly baked cookies at room temperature for 1 to 2 days. You should cover them with foil or plastic wrap in a plastic bag to keep them from drying out. If you want to keep them in the fridge, they will keep for about 1 week if stored properly.
How to keep cookies crispy?
Keep these cookies crispy by storing them in an airtight container. Some people throw a piece of bread with the cookies to absorb excess moisture. You can also make them crispy again by baking them on a wire rack at 300 degrees F for a few minutes.
Which side of the parchment paper faces up?
There is no good side if you put baking paper in a baking dish. And while we’re on the subject, there’s no good or bad side, said Rebecca Danchise, spokesperson for Reynolds Kitchens in Richmond, Virginia.
Can You Microwave Pillsbury Cookies?
Yes, you can bake cookies in the microwave, use the defrost setting, test with a cookie first, the baking time depends on the microwave.
Do you need to grease baking paper?
Parchment paper usually does not need to be greased. You can use parchment paper without greasing, spraying or oiling the baking pan. The parchment paper is coated with silicone, which makes the surface smooth (not sticky). Without fat, your cookies come off the paper easily, they don’t stick to it.

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To be a rapper in 2020 means your personal business belongs to the streets. Case in point, Quavo is denying rumors that he was caught cheating on his girlfriend Saweetie with Reginae Carter.
Last night, like most Hip-Hop heads, Quavo was tuned in to the Jeezy vs. Gucci Mane VERZUZ. After dropping a frosty emoji into the comments, comedian Gerald Huston hopped in and asked if he was banging Reginae Carter.
That’s it. No types of receipts, pure hearsay, and that’s all it took for the rumor that the Migos rapper cheated on his girlfriend to go viral. In fact, Lil Wayne’s daughter is actually dating YFN Lucci.
Well the loud and wrong were obviously making enough noise that Quavo felt he had to address the situation.
Nevertheless, many in the Twitterverse are acting like this troll was a fact. And no surprise, since Twitter is the land of the petty, the Internets made sure to point out that today is Future’s birthday. Bruh…
Peep some of the wilder takes below.


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KOTA KINABALU: Wildlife conservation management in Sabah will be completely restructured to tackle the dwindling population of species that are under threat due to poaching and loss of habitat, if Parti Warisan Sabah is voted into government.
The exercise will comprise of an injection of RM15 million, or more, over a period of five (5) years to modernise, upgrade and re-equip the Sabah Wildlife Department.
It will be utilised to improve the department’s core activities of enforcement, wildlife monitoring, addressing human-wildlife conflict, enhancing awareness on wildlife conservation as well as research and capacity building.
With 225 officers and rangers, the department is critically understaffed and ill equipped to manage the current wildlife crisis in Sabah but Warisan has plans to increase manpower by 25 percent.
Further, it will enhance professional relationships with local and foreign wildlife conservation and research organisations and NGOs to boost Sabah’s reputation in wildlife conservation globally.
“There are many glaring issues that show the incompetency of the present Sabah government in managing the state’s rich natural resources which has had an adverse effect on the natural wildlife habitats,” said Shafie Apdal, the Warisan president,.
As a result of this ineptness, the Bornean Rhinoceros is now extinct in the Wild in Sabah and the state’s only wild cattle, the Bornean Banteng or Tembadau is critically under threat.
The majestic Bornean Elephant has not been spared either. Based on a 12-year-old population data, Sabah has only about 2000 Bornean elephants.
Its population is dwindling because many wild Bornean Elephants have been either shot or poisoned in the past 5 years.
Increasing human-elephant conflict in Telupid, Kinabatangan, Tawau and Lahad Datu does not augur well for the future of Bornean Elephants in Sabah.
Sabah’s iconic Bornean Orangutan, a wildlife species that has been used as a mascot for many national programmes and one of the most popular tourism draw for visitors has declined considerably in numbers.
According to a recent scientific paper that was published in the Current Biology Journal, there were 100,000 Orangutan killed in Borneo in the last 16 years. Out of that number, more than 6,000 died in Sabah alone.
Poaching has reached pandemic proportions, evident from the alarming number of cases encountered in many fully protected areas that shelter the remaining pristine forests and wildlife of Sabah.
It is no longer just a matter of self-indulgence for personal consumption but feeds the very lucrative but illegal global trade of wildlife products.
“We must take urgent steps if Sabah’s wildlife is to survive and a Warisan government has every intention to do that,” added Shafie.


The power of co-creation in marketing was the topic of the 13th annual Mike Warne event, which took place at Bournemouth University.
The event was organised by a team of nine final year BA (Hons) Marketing Communications students, who worked with the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) to organise, promote and host the event.
Molly O’Hara was part of the student team and said that she had learnt a lot through the experience.
“I’ve loved every second of it – the team have been absolutely amazing and it’s been really fantastic and a really fun experience,” she said.
“I think your people skills are really enhanced when you do a project like this, you’re under pressure and your time management skills obviously need to work, and you have to be able to work together and collaborate.
“I hope people enjoy the event and I also want to show off what we've learnt as students and that we're pretty good at what we do."
The team also secured three industry speakers to talk about their experiences of working with consumers on products and marketing campaigns - Charlie Leaver, brand manager at Global Brands Ltd; Will Roberts, innovation manager at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI); and Mike Hawkyard, MD of learning game developers GameBrain.
Will Roberts said that co-creation was an important industry trend to talk about.
“If consumers feel like they’ve got a voice, they’ve been part of the creation of that product and if they have increased buy-in, it’s got an increased chance of actually being a sustainable product or service.”
He added: “BU is a very important organisation for the RNLI – it’s a source of fantastic talent and we collaborate heavily in the areas of emerging technology and marketing and allsorts and so it’s wonderful to be part of this event.”
The Mike Warne event, held in memory of the former CIM regional director, has been running in conjunction with the CIM for the past 12 years, celebrating innovation in marketing and addressing topical issues within the industry.
Graham Goode, Senior Lecturer in Marketing Communications, said: “It’s the only student-run event that the CIM have in the UK and what’s nice this year is that the theme is all around the power of co-creation and here we have a fantastic example of co-creation – the CIM and the university have let power go to the students to organise this event for us.
He added: “They’ve taken their studies and the theory and they’ve had a chance to put it into practice.
“I know how hard they’ve worked since the middle of October last year to start really from a blank piece of paper, come up with a theme, locate speakers and conceive how the event is going to take place and promote it – working in collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Marketing and other stakeholders here at the university to really make sure it’s going to be a great success.”


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Sorry for the lack of new blog articles in recent weeks. Among other things, I went on a business trip to the UK to promote the samurai history and culture of Fukushima Prefecture, so unfortunately I haven’t had time to sit down and blog.
Next week I’m actually going to get the chance to ride on a ‘Samurai Train’ as part of a Samurai Train Tour that starts off in Tokyo, passes through Nikko before going to Ouchi-juku and Aizu-Wakamatsu. I’ll update my blog about this awesome experience at the start of December – I’m very excited!
For the next couple of weeks I’d like to focus a bit on local food from Fukushima Prefecture, as I feel I haven’t written about this much!
Fukushima Prefecture has a wealth of delicious food. The prefecture’s central location in Japan, as well as its size and the isolation of various mountainous areas over the centuries has led to a really rich history of local cuisine. Of course, there are also dishes which have become popular in recent decades as a certain area’s ‘famous foods’, which is a trend you can see all over Japan!
This week’s blog post is about rice-based dishes and side dishes which are famous in the prefecture.
Over the next few posts, I’ll also introduce you to some noodle-based dishes, desserts & confectionary, and even a couple of dishes that are for those who fancy a bit of a culinary challenge!
Sauce Katsudon (Aizu Region)
Katsudon is dish dating back to the early 20th century. It originated in Aizu Region of Fukushima, but is now a favourite all over the prefecture. Katsudon was actually my favourite Japanese food before coming to Fukushima, so it’s no surprise that I fell head-over-heels for Sauce Katsudon.
‘Katsu’ is the Japanese word for deep-fried breaded cutlet, wherease ‘don’ refers to the bowl of rice that the meat is placed on. Katsudon is often made using pork. Shredded cabbage is arranged on top of a bowl of rice.
After the breaded pork is fried, it’s sliced and placed on top of the cabbage. The katsu is then drizzled with a unique brown sauce which tastes a lot like Worcestershire Sauce – which makes the flavour very nostalgic for Brits like myself.
Wappa Meshi (Minamiaizu & Aizu Region)
Wappa Meshi is steamed rice with a variety of toppings – often containing seasonal vegetables local to the mountainous areas of Aizu Region. Wappa Meshi is known for being served in a bowl made from a thin sheets of curved wood – complete with wooden lid. This wooden container is called ‘Mage-Wappa’, which was used as a lunch box by local people in Hinoemata Village in Minamiaizu for over 600 years.
The rice in Wappa Meshi is seasoned and cooked most of the way before having seasonal ingredients added. After the toppings are added, the rice is steamed once more until it’s ready. Although Hinoemata Village – where this dish originated from – is very rural and hard to access, there are a number of restaurants in Aizu-Wakamatsu City where the tradition of eating this dish in these wooden lunch-boxes has been continued to this day.
Enban Gyoza (Fukushima City)
‘Gyoza’ is the Japanese word for small, crescent-shaped dumplings. Gyoza are usually filled with minced pork, cabbage and ginger, and are fried & steamed before being served with a soy sauce-based dipping sauce.
Gyoza dumplings are tessellated in a large frying pan to utilise all available surface area. They are then steamed and fried before being transferred to a plate. Although in other areas of Japan gyoza are separated before being served, in Fukushima, the gyoza are served in the same round arrangement as they are cooked in, earning them the name ‘enban’, which means ‘disk-shaped’.
Enban Gyoza have been a specialty of Fukushima City for half a century, and are perhaps most well-known in the onsen town of Iizaka Onsen which is a short train ride from central Fukushima. Each shop uses different ingredients, makes differently-shaped dumplings, or uses a different seasoning sauce. Since coming to Japan, I’ve eaten a lot of gyoza, but Enban Gyoza are my favourite type. I love their strong garlic flavour and the contrast between the softy, springy texture of the centre of the dumping and that of its crispy edges.
Kozuyu (Aizu Region)
Kozuyu is a soup served with lots of veggies which originates in Aizu Region. Kozuyu is an integral part of meals during ceremonial family gatherings, such as new year celebrations. However, it is also served in restaurants in Aizu keen to share and continue the traditions of Aizu cooking.
Each family has their own special Kozuyu recipe, which is handed down through the generations, but the standard components of this soup are scallop, carrots, mushrooms, konjac jelly noodles and soft wheat croutons known as ‘fu’. The soup is seasoned with salt and soy sauce.
When it comes to Kozuyu, not only are the ingredients important, but so is the presentation of this dish. Since Kozuyu is a dish to be eaten on special occasions, families often serve it in red lacquer bowls produced in Aizu. You can read more about Aizu’s lacquerware here.
Ika Ninjin (Fukushima City)
Ika Ninjin – a simple name which literally translates as ‘squid carrot’(!) – is a dish originating from Fukushima City, but now enjoyed all over the prefecture. This side dish is made from thinly shredded carrot and dried squid, which are marinated in soy sauce, mirin, and sake before being arranged in a shallow dish. This dish is traditionally eaten in winter – probably so that you can make the most of the warming properties of the sake! Ika Ninjin is especially popular in Fukushima as a ‘otsumami’, or snack, for drinking sake, as the flavours pair together very well.
Nishin-no-sanshozuke (Aizu Region)
I really wanted to introduce this dish on my blog because it is probably the dish I was expecting to not like at all, but actually love. Nishin-No-Sanshozuke is one of the representative dishes of Aizu.
Herring is gutted, cleaned and dried before being pickled with soy sauce and the leaves of sansho pepper. Sansho pepper is used during the pickling process, because of its preserving properties, as well as its unique aroma and sour taste which cancel out the bitterness and scent of the herring.
This dish has been a staple of Aizu cuisine for centuries. This is because Aizu is a mountainous region lacking easy access to the sea, which becomes incredibly snowy during winter. The people of Aizu have had to develop different techniques for pickling and preserving foodstuffs over the long winter months when they were not able to leave their villages – and often even their houses – due to heavy snowfall.
The pickling technique used to make Nishin-no-sanshozuke gives the fish an amazing taste. Although there are small bones in the herring, these become extremely soft during the pickling process so they can be eaten with no problem. This dish can be especially enjoyed as a side dish alongside a drink of alcohol.
Iwana Shio Yaki (Prefecture-wide)
The final fish I’ll introduce during this blog is Iwana Shio Yaki. This is a dish which can be found all over the prefecture, and actually also in neighbouring prefectures in Tohoku. ‘Iwana Shio Yaki’, like many other dishes showcased here, has a very matter-of-fact name when translated into English – it translates as ‘Salt-cooked charfish’.
Iwana – a river-fish known in English as ‘char’ – are pierced with a stick, covered in salt and cooked over an open flame. Often these fish are cooked over an irori, pictured above, which is a traditional Japanese sunken hearth.
I’ve written about iwana here, but actually many types of river-fish can be used in this dish. Some people in Tohoku eat these fish whole – including the head and … all the other bits. But most people use chopsticks to separate the tougher bones from the soft white flesh of the fish. During the time it takes for the fish to cook, the salt that was used to cover the fish soaks into the flesh, and gives it a really great taste.
Although I know eating fish with lots of little bones in it can be difficult for some people, it’s a really tasty side-dish and I recommend you try it!
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Dir: Neill Blomkamp
Starring: Sharlto Copley
Dodge E. Camembert laments the dearth of decent Sci-Fi these days. Where are the 2001s? The Aliens? The Silent Runnings? Where are the ideas? Gone to hell in an overblown, special effects-strewn handcart, that’s where.
After being offered a glimmer of hope in Moon (which Dodge would have reviewed but for an unfortunate accident with a precariously balanced stilton scoop) Dodge went into District 9 hoping for a delicious chevre blanc, but came out having tasted a predictable but still tasty red leicester.
A large part of its charm is the setting. The year is 1982, and a huge alien mothership hovers above Johannesburg. Having cut their way in, a task force beams pictures back showing an emaciated race of bug-like aliens living in appalling conditions. It seems they’re stranded thanks to the loss of a command module, which fell to earth without a trace.
Twenty years later, the aliens have been herded into a slum just outside the South African city, where they’re viewed as second class citizens by humanity. Wikus van de Merwe, a bumbling bureaucrat, is tasked with leading a team to serve notice to the aliens that they’re to be transported to an alternative camp well away from Jo’berg.
It all kicks off, of course, with a number of deaths on both sides and Wikus getting himself infected by an alien substance that begins to transform him into a ‘Prawn’ (a derogatory term for the aliens).
The opening third of the film that sets all this up is shot like a documentary, but the rest of the film is firmly in (relatively) conventional action film territory. It’s a rather odd mix that never quite sits right, but the ensuing fireworks make up for it somewhat.
Dodge is certain that first-time director Blomkamp is a video game fan, as some of the action has definite shades of Half Life 2 and Halo about it. Despite this, the sympathetic lead character, references to Apartheid and distinctly un-American sense of humour marks it out from the usual brainless Hollywood guff.
Uneven, then, but refreshingly different. If you don’t get on with splattery gore, though, you might want to give it a wide berth.

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Survey: Employees Credit Well-Being Programs with Improved Health Authored by UnitedHealthcare
Like it or not, you probably spend more hours at work than just about anywhere else. So it makes sense that a healthier workplace could lead to increased well-being. Employers are taking note, with an increasing number of organizations offering health and well-being initiatives.
More than half (53 percent) of employees with access to an employer-sponsored well-being program say the initiative has had a positive effect on their health, according to UnitedHealthcare’s 2018 “Wellness Check Up Survey.” Of those, 88 percent said the programs motivated them to pay more attention to their health, 67 percent reported the initiatives helped them lose weight, and 30 percent said they helped detect a disease or medical condition.
Among employees without access to well-being programs, 73 percent of respondents said they would be interested in such initiatives if offered, including 42 percent who are “very interested.”
In today’s competitive business environment, offering these programs might help companies establish themselves as “employers of choice,” said Rebecca Madsen, UnitedHealthcare chief consumer officer. “By investing in wellness programs, employers are in a unique position to drive engagement and create healthier, happier and more productive workforces.”
Other survey findings show more employees than ever are using activity trackers, with 27 percent owning one of the devices, double the 13 percent of them who owned a device the previous year.
Despite that increase in active tracker usage, the survey found that many employees overestimate their levels of physical activity. Seventy-four percent claimed they met government recommendations for physical activity (defined as at least two and a half hours per week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity and two days or more per week of moderate- or high-intensity muscle-strengthening activities). However, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention reports that just 20 percent of people meet those recommended guidelines.
Whether you have a wellness program at your job or not, it’s important to take responsibility for your own health and wellness. Seek out resources through your community, health plan or employer to help support your own wellness journey.
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I knew it would be you. : )
Nicely done and glad it was in the WP. Their readers deserve the truth too.
Washington DC has to most to lose if the debt ceiling isn't raised. Some are predicting a 5% drop in GDP, much of which should be experienced inside the beltway. A 5% drop in GDP is a small price to pay compared to what will eventually be paid if unchecked borrowing is allowed to continue.
I've also noticed that the liberal media is confusing default on Bonds with not paying for everything else. This is another example of the liberal media changing the meaning of words to pursue it's agenda. How do you default on what is free handouts? If you don't give a panhandler money, have you defaulted?
Every one of the liberal comments I read reflected ignorance and lack of understanding. Those people scare me. If we can't get the spending under control NOW, then I am going to start stockpiling food, water, and other items needed for personal security and safety. If the spending is not brought under control now, it never will be and you can count on America going down in flames. Gather the things you really want and really love, because they won't be around much longer.
The Irony of the situation is that all of the comments that the liberals made didn't apply to the tea party, they actually applied to themselves.
I have been faxing members of congress and the senate to try to convince them to get this mess fixed now. I have never done that before, but that's how strongly I feel about this. It's now or never. And I'm losing hope...
And to think that quote was just 5 months before he violated the Logan Act, by actively campaigning for his Kenyan cousin for President. When Odinga lost, his Muslim buddies went on a rape and killing spree. After 1500 blacks were murdered, Odinga was offered a Prime Minister position to stop the killing.
R. Reagan once said, "It haint so much that liberals don't know anything, it just that what they know haint so".
I read some of the comments about the article, and the one thing that stood out in their comments was the total lack of back ground intelligence to support their comments.
One even went so far as to say the US could print all the money it wanted, I guess he's never heard of the "Federal Reserve", and it's certain he knows absolutely nothing about the way our financial system works.
If it were possible to convince liberals that by following their advise both "US" and the "COUNTRY" would end up hell, we might make some headway.
However, in most cases, nothing but hell can convince a fool who professes himself to be wise.

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Tackling hate crime in sport
Police are taking to the pitch to tackle hate crime in sport.
Northumbria Police is supporting the Hadrian Cup Rugby 10s tournament being held at Percy Park Rugby Football club, North Shields, on Saturday from 11am to 3pm.
Rugby 10s is a variant of Rugby Union, with teams made up of 10 players playing in two 10-minute halves.
It is been hosted and organised by the Newcastle Ravens, an inclusive men’s Rugby Union team which meets every Tuesday at Percy Park.
The tournament is being used to get the message across about Northumbria Police’s hate crime campaign Being you is not a crime.
All teams taking part will be wearing Stonewall UK Rainbow Laces in a show of support for the force’s campaign and to show that hate crime has no place either on or off the field.
Newcastle Falcons team captain Will Welch and a number of officers and staff from the force will be in attendance, alongside dedicated LGBT liaison and community engagement officers.
Chief Inspector Steve Hails said: “We are delighted to be involved with this fantastic event.
“The tournament is all about inclusivity and because the teams taking part are inclusive, people can be free to be themselves as individuals and express themselves as they wish. Sport doesn’t discriminate and this ties in perfectly in with our hate crime campaign and the work we are doing across the whole force.
“Our campaign, Being you is not a crime, targeting you is, was launched in 2013 with aim of raising awareness around what hate crime is, the work that police and partners do to tackle it.”
“It’s been really well received by the public and we have had a lot of fantastic support for it.
“There is no place for hate crime on the rugby pitch, on any pitch, or anywhere and we are committed to tackling it. Our officers, staff and cadets are really looking forward to the day and would urge as many people as possible to come along and get involved.”
James McKane, Chair of The Newcastle Ravens, said: “It is great to be working with Northumbria Police on this year’s Hadrian Cup.
“Although the tournament is an inclusive event, the Club is very much LGBT inclusive.
“We all feel passionate about supporting this year’s campaigns: Being you is not a crime and No homophobia in sport.”
Robbie de Santos, head of campaigns at Stonewall, said: “There are still people who think it’s acceptable to discriminate against LGBT people in sport, something we have to work together to stop.
“Stonewall works with sports clubs at all levels to show that supporting diversity, in all its forms, is the easiest way to build a more supportive and high-performing team and a strong, loyal following.”
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Grillo denies claims his movement is undemocratic
Comedian-blogger says party critic no longer has his confidence11 September, 13:12
And he said he no longer trusts the party member who criticized the political movement.
''I will not cast anyone out, but Favia no longer has my confidence,'' Grillo said on his blog. Controversy erupted after regional councillor Giovanni Favia complained that the comedian's movement lacked democracy and risked an internal explosion.
Favia, a councillor in Emilia Romagna, said in an off-the-record interview to a television talk show that ''(Gianroberto) Casaleggio (co-founder and mastermind of M5S) is taking everyone for a ride because in our movement, democracy does not exist".
The interview was recorded in May but only broadcast last Thursday.
''The problem is that they have started a movement that might truly be a guiding light also on a global level if they could only go beyond the complicity of their proprietary system,'' Favia concluded.
M5S performed well in local regional municipal and regional elections in May, and at the end of June polls gave it over 20% of popular support, making it Italy's second-most popular party after the centre-left Democratic Party.
However, there gave been grumblings from parts of the movement over the amount of power held by its leaders.
In recent polls it has slipped to third place behind ex-premier Silvio Berluscon's centre-right People of Freedom (PdL) party.

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CAFE Week of Action 2017 – Total Football Total Access
The Centre for Access to Football in Europe (CAFE) estimates that at least 500,000 disabled people within the extended UEFA European region are likely to be active football supporters with many more aspiring to become match going supporters. Disabled people have the right to enjoy football, sports and all forms of entertainment in the same way as everyone else. This applies to football at all levels.
The 2017 initiative will be the fifth successive CAFE Week of Action, with the number of activities increasing each year. Last season’s CAFE Week of Action included activities from 14 countries and even took the message of Total Football Total Access beyond Europe to Brazil.
CAFE is inviting disabled supporters groups, clubs, venues, leagues, European national associations and all other stakeholders to get involved and take part in the CAFE Week of Action 2017.


The mark of as well-written villain monologue is that, no matter how heinous their world view, they should at least give the impression of being reasonable. You don’t see the Joker telling Batman that he does the things he does because, “well, I just like watching things explode”, or Blofeld telling James Bond: “I just wanted to build a cool laser.”
You need a little nuance. A hint that there’s some underlying justification to the carnage. After all, it’s unrealistic to think that anybody would just come out and announce: “Hey, I’m the bad guy.”
A speech by an Australian CEO has gone viral on X (formerly Twitter) after he suggested that unemployment should rise by 50 per cent because workers had become too “arrogant” and need to be brought back down a peg or two.
Gurner Group boss Tim Gurner told the Australian Financial Review’s Property Summit that productivity had plummeted during the global pandemic as “people decided they didn’t really want to work so much”, and that “we need to remind people they work for the employer, not the other way around”. He suggested we need to “see pain in the economy” in order to correct this epidemic of working people – particularly construction workers – having it far too good for far too long.
When somebody says something that ridiculous, I usually assume it’s just some provocateur trying to get hate-engagement, because it’s easier to make money upsetting people online than it is to develop any marketable skills or personality. What made Gurner’s speech so shocking, though, is that he really seems to mean it.
It’s one thing to be an outrageous monster because you’re trying to get your YouTube channel off the ground or secure a guest spot on GB News. But to casually throw out such remarks, to a group of like-minded investors, hints at something more worrying to me.
Is this how the ultra-rich actually talk to one another? Is it how they actually think? Do they really believe that workers are little more than a commodity?
It’s the kind of thing you suspect, but put to the back of your mind. I tend not to agree with conservatives, but I’m sure they act in what they believe to be our best interest – they might be a little misguided, but they aren’t spiteful, surely? Nope! Turns out the cartoonish, Roald Dahl version of greedy capitalists was right on the money.
It will not surprise you to know that Gurner got his start in business after receiving tens of thousands of dollars from his grandfather. No wonder he thinks people are lazy! He probably just assumes we can all do that.
This isn’t even the first time he’s gone viral. You may also remember Gurner as the “avocado toast guy”, who made headlines a few years ago after suggesting that the reason millennials couldn’t afford their own houses was because they spent all of their money on brunch. Say what you will about him, but it’s clear that he has a sharp grasp of how money works.
The idea that anybody could think working people have it too good, or are somehow taking advantage of the system, after the decade we’ve had, is so disconnected from reality that I’m getting a migraine just thinking about it. People can barely afford to heat their homes, but apparently it’s the poor, embattled CEOs that we should feel sorry for. My entire generation is condemned to live in shared homes and fight over barista jobs because we’ve never known a stable economy – but, clearly, the solution is to make unemployment worse.
Most people I know will never own their own house, or have children or a stable career, because CEOs like Gurner left the economy in tatters 15 years ago and never looked back. We’ve worked so hard that, at any other time in history, our faces would probably be on money – and yet we’re continually told that we’re lazy and entitled by the laziest, most entitled people in the world.
Luckily for Gurner, he’ll probably never experience the pain that he advocates for. Good for him. I’m sure he’ll have plenty of time to come up with brand new ways of saving the economy, like smashing windows at random or banning hugs. There’s no such thing as a bad idea.
But maybe in the future, it would benefit him to conceal his economic genius behind more creative language. It’s a rough old world out here. Nobody actually expects you to care – we got past that about three prime ministers ago – but the least you could do is pretend.


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Our 7 day crossing of the the Atlantic has started very well and we’ve settled in as if we’d not really ever left the ship. Meeting up with so many entertainment team members, waiters, cabin stewards and even some passengers from the past has been so exciting.
The weather has been superb so far and the sea conditions excellent. Three times round the promenade deck is one mile and James (skiving off and standing at the stern instead of walking!) saw his first whale on Tuesday.
The ship’s props are powering its 84,000 tons through the water at an average 18 knots at the moment as the captain is trying to outwit a storm and keep us all comfortable.
Mornings generally start off with a game of deck quoits or shuffle board while the North Atlantic air gets rid of the cobwebs.
James won the deck quoits on Tuesday, with Doug winning it on Wednesday. Here’s Doug whiling away some time with Tom, one of the entertainment team, who has to organise about forty competitors each day.
Wednesday evening saw the Captain’s Gala party around the Neptune Pool. It’s a good time to chin-wag with some of the ship’s officers and crew and find out what they get up to while we’re enjoying ourselves.
This cruise sold out quite quickly (and we weren’t quick enough off the mark to get a place!) but at the last minute a few cabins became available again. This time we were quicker off the mark but, naturally, we didn’t get much choice. Hence we have a lifeboat outside our window. We’ve laid claim to it in case of an emergency and James has gone down to the deck below and familiarised himself with the launching instructions!
James is also tall enough to see over the top so, for him, it’s no great problem and, although it might be fun to drive a lifeboat, we’re not expecting or wishing for the chance to try it!
On this trip we’re aiming to walk at least two miles around the ship each day and at the moment the North Atlantic weather is good enough to do it shirt sleeves -although nobody’s getting much of a sun tan!

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Such talk is always subtle because a presidential administration never wants to be perceived to engage in politics over the judiciary given the bedrock American principle that separates the branches of government.
Before Obama’s 2012 reelection, Harvard University law professor Randall Kennedy stirred public debate with an April 2011 essay for the New Republic urging Ginsburg and Justice Stephen Breyer, now 74 and also appointed by Clinton, to retire to ensure a possible Republican president not fill their seats.
On Wednesday, Kennedy repeated his sentiment, telling Reuters he still thinks that “the responsible thing” would be for Ginsburg to step down. “It seems to me that a justice should take into account the politics surrounding confirmation and not allow (an) opportunity to fall to a Republican,” said Kennedy, who was a law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall.
University of North Carolina law professor Michael Gerhardt, who has studied judicial nominations, said Wednesday he expected to see “opinion leaders trying to shape attitudes” among the public as well as “efforts through back channels to increase the pressure for her to step down.”
In her interview, Ginsburg referred to past liberal commentary and predicted, “That’s going to start up again.”
Brushing off political calculations, she said, “It really has to be, ‘Am I equipped to do the job?’ … I was so pleased that this year I couldn’t see that I was slipping in any respect.” She said she remains energized by her work as the senior liberal, a position she has held since 2010 when Justice John Paul Stevens retired, and calls being a justice “the best job in the world for a lawyer.”
She has previously said she wanted her tenure to at least match the nearly 23 years of Justice Louis Brandeis, which would get her to April 2016, and said she had a new “model” in Justice Stevens, who retired at age 90 after nearly 35 years on the bench.


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RIUCI bamboo News
Knowledge Sharing for Bamboo goes Online
INBAR convened a series of webinars with the International Network of Universities and Research Centers (RIUCI bamboo) to share the latest advances in bamboo knowledge occurring in Latin America.
From February 22 to 24, the First Cycle of Webinars of RIUCI bamboo was held, an initiative launched within the framework of the project Support for Research, Development and Innovation and Higher Education in Sustainable Construction in Ecuador, financed by the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development and implemented by INBAR.
The dialogue was held on the Facebook Live platform of INBAR’s Latin America and the Caribbean Office. In total, 16 exhibitors from Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil participated in the web event.
Among the topics reviewed were bamboo construction systems in social housing projects in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru, the production and use of bamboo charcoal in small rural properties, composite materials reinforced with bamboo fibers, the development of sustainable bamboo products with more added value to generate jobs and bolster incomes, along with other topics.
During the broadcast, several online users in attendance shared questions with the exhibitors, who were able to provide clear and succinct answers to their queries in real time. Over the three-day series of webinars, nearly 3000 views were reached.
Launch of RIUCI bamboo
On June 24, 2022, the International Network of Universities and Research Centers related to bamboo, RIUCI bamboo, was launched. This initiative is part of the Project "Support for research, development and innovation for sustainable construction in Ecuador" funded by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation AECID. The Network promotes research on bamboo, the exchange between researchers, teachers and students and the dissemination of scientific information that contributes to the development of bamboo in different areas. The launching event was attended by 29 people from Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.

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- Is this racist ?
I think something is only considered racist if it’s used in a nasty sort of way.
The fact that there’s singing and kids involved with the above scenario makes me think it was supposed to be lighthearted fun, not racist. Of course, it’s possible to find offence in almost anything these days, so who knows?Posted 2 years agoYakSubscriber
[Sensible answer time ] This sort of shit has no place nowadays. As a kid I used to come home from school in tears because of taunting. I used to wish I could be white. My dad realised the bother and taught me how to properly punch someone. After that I never hesitated and would hit immediately on provocation. I was in front of the teachers a lot because of this. But it was worth it to avoid that individual doing it again. Now this was bitd when attitudes were different. I would hope now that kids wouldn’t need to fight their way through childhood. That a teacher today is encouraging outdated and racist behaviour is beyond belief.
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Shit down the teacher’s chimney pleasePosted 2 years ago
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Casino game players agree that there are few games as thrilling and enjoyable as gambling in a casino. Casinos are specifically designed for gamblers with varying budgets and a variety of interests. This variety of options can be a disadvantage, as you may not find the perfect game for you. If you pick the wrong kind of casino game, you’ll be losing your money, and possibly your nerves, too. Therefore, before you begin playing, it’s essential to have a general idea of the type of casino games you’re most comfortable playing. If this is not the case, then you would be better off avoiding gambling on casino games completely.
Since everyone has different preferences, it is practically impossible to pinpoint a list of the best casino games for everyone. When trying to find the best casino game that is suitable for you, there are some iconxfun สล็อต aspects that every gambler must be aware of. For instance that while some gamblers rather gamble on slot machines, some other gamblers would rather play blackjack. Thus, if there are certain characteristics that seem to suit you, then it’s likely that you will find the same characteristics in any casino you visit. But, here are a few of the general characteristics that most gamblers should take into consideration when choosing the most suitable casino game.
In the majority of cases, the most enjoyable casino game to play to enjoy for a long time is Blackjack. There are a variety of blackjack games, so you might not be a fan of specific types of blackjack. But the fact is that a lot of blackjack games panda555 come with a high house edge meaning that your overall risk of losing money is very high in comparison to the casino’s. Therefore, if you’re planning to play at a casino for long term entertainment, it is recommended to stay clear of slots and video poker machines because they are much less beneficial than the traditional blackjack.
It is recommended to play games with a low house advantage when searching for the best casino game. For instance, if you choose to play in an online casino game that offers seven-card draw, it’s highly likely that you’ll be losing money in more than one game. You have a greater chance of losing money in a game with seven cards than in a no limit poker game. Live dealer casinos are preferred because a lot of people don’t like losing money. Live dealer casinos are a better option because they are full of discipline and reduce the losses that players could suffer.
Slots are a different game online that some gamblers don’t like. Many gamblers do not like slots due to their low payout percentages. Online casino players can play slots to decrease their winnings. These games are not profitable due to the low payout percentages and high jackpot payouts. When searching for the best online casino game, make sure you check whether it offers various games so that players can choose according their preferences.
Blackjack and roulette provide the most favorable odds and the highest payouts. Both games offer the best chances of winning a single winnings. When you play roulette on an online casino game site, you are guaranteed the best chance of winning. While there are some variations that can be experienced but roulette is still an easy game to play and comes with an easy set of rules. Blackjack however, on the other hand, has much more varied odds and can be played at any time of the day or night. Blackjack games give the highest chance of winning and pay the highest jackpot payout.
Live casinos also have slots games. The best slots payouts are not only available for roulette and blackjack, but also slots. You’re betting against other gamblers when you gamble in casinos on land like Atlantic City or Las Vegas. This increases your odds of winning. However, the higher jackpots in land-based casinos and the slot machines that pay larger payouts could offset this slight edge to your advantage.
The final game for slot machines is the zero field game. A zero field slot machine is inaccessible to the casino, making the outcome uncertain. A zero-field slot machine gives players the greatest chance to win huge by playing blackjack or roulette.


The way people and goods move around is expected to dramatically change in the next decades. New ways of working and living trigger new forms of transportation needs with electrified, connected and now autonomous vehicles reshaping urban commuting. Tomorrow’s multimodal transportation systems will get more complex when integrating new aerial and ground transportation modes (AV, EV, UAV, UAMs), which will be more intelligent and smarter to meet future business and living requirements as well as more sustainable and greener. With cyber and physical risks being addressed as of vital importance, environmental threat mitigation moves into the focus. Tomorrow’s sustainable – zero emissions transportation systems require a holistic approach coupled with cross-industry, engineering and digital expertise.
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Fair a Far weir fish pass is part of RiverLife: Almond & Avon, a partnership project between the River Forth Fisheries Trust, The City of Edinburgh Council and West Lothian Council. The project aims to work at a catchment scale to improve both the River Almond & Avon for the benefit of wildlife and the communities along them.
RiverLife: Almond & Avon is funded by: Heritage Lottery Fund Scotland, The City of Edinburgh Council, West Lothian Council, The Scottish Government and SEPA. The Trust in conjunction with project partners City of Edinburgh Council are organising a small gathering to celebrate the opening of the Fair a Far weir fish pass. The event will take place on the 21st April 2018 at 11.30am next to the weir at the old mill building. All are welcome to come along and learn more about the project and we will have guest speakers, RiverLife stall, tea/coffee and home baking.


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While exploring the streets of Puebla's historic downtown, take some time to visit the oldest public library in the Americas. The Biblioteca Palafoxiana (Palafoxian Library) besides being an important historical and cultural treasure, is also an important repository of learning. The collection comprises over 40,000 books, the majority of them dating from before Mexico's independence, including many incunabula. The beautifully restored library is extraordinary in that the collection is conserved in its original location along with the original bookshelves.
The Biblioteca Palafoxiana's namesake, Juan Palafox y Mendoza, was bishop of Puebla from 1640 to 1655, and served as viceroy of New Spain. In 1646 he donated 5000 books from his private collection to the seminary of the Colegio de San Juan. He made the donation with the stipulation that the books be available to any literate person, and not just academics, thus establishing the first public library of the Americas. In 1773, Bishop Francisco Fabian y Fuero commissioned bookshelves made of finely carved cedar, ayacahuite pine, and coloyote wood to house the library's growing collection. An additional tier of shelving was added in the 1800s.
The former Colegio de San Juan is now home to Puebla's Casa de la Cultura cultural center, but the Biblioteca Palafoxiana remains in its original location on the second floor. It occupies a long vaulted hall with a splendid altarpiece from the mid 14th century gracing the far end. The altarpiece is covered with gold leaf, and the center is dominated by a painting of the Madonna of Trapani by Sicilian master Nino Pisano. The library has been recognized for its antiquity, originality and artistic value: in 1981, the Mexican government declared it a historic monument and in 2005, UNESCO added it to the Memory of the World list. A digital catalog of the library's collection was released in 2010.

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For me many of the best songs ever written are by Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, many of the best covers of other artists tunes are by Joan and many of the best moments of my life have been listening to...Joan Baez. Is she the most beautiful woman with the most beautiful voice ever?. Guilty, your honor. Her music has a passion and a sweetness that reaches deep,deep inside and transforms you. And please don't read about the passionate life Joan lives or you will fall hopelessly in love . I m writing this article-cum-short biography of Joan Baez because I m hopelessly in love with is amazing women of 60s.
American folk singer Joan Baez is recognized for her nonviolent, antiestablishment (against a nation's political and economic structure), and anti-war positions. She has used her singing and speaking talents to criticize violations of human rights in a number of countries.
Joan Baez was born on January 9, 1941, in Staten Island, New York. Her father, Albert V. Baez, was a physicist who came to the United States from Mexico at a very early age, and her mother was of western European descent. Joan inherited her father's dark complexion, and the occasional racial prejudice (hatred of a race) she suffered as a child probably led to her later involvement in the civil rights movement, a movement that called for equal rights for all races. Although as an adult she claimed not to share her parents' strict religious faith, it undoubtedly contributed to what some called her keen "social conscience."
Baez was exposed to an intellectual atmosphere with classical music during her childhood, but rejected piano lessons in favor of the guitar and rock and roll. Her father's research and teaching positions took the family to various American and foreign cities. When Joan was ten, she spent a year in Iraq with her family. There she was exposed to the harsh and intensely poor conditions of the Iraqi people, something that undoubtedly had an affect on her later career as a singer and activist. Baez went on to attend high school in Palo Alto, California, where she excelled in music more than in academic subjects. Shortly after her high school graduation in 1958, her family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where Baez's interest in folk music surfaced after visiting a coffee shop where amateur folk singers performed.
Baez briefly attended Boston University, where she made friends with several semi-professional folk singers from whom she learned much about the art. In addition to simple folk songs, she began to sing Anglo American ballads, blues, spirituals, and songs from various countries. As she worked to develop her technique and range of songs, Baez began to perform professionally in Boston coffeehouses and quickly became a favorite of Harvard University students. She was also noticed by other folk singers, including Harry Belafonte (1927–), who offered her a job with his singing group.
In the summer of 1959 Baez was invited to sing at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island. This performance made her a star—especially to young people—and led to friendships with other important folk singers such as the Seeger family and Odetta. Although the performance brought her offers to make recordings and concert tours, she decided to resume her Boston coffee shop appearances.
After Baez's second Newport appearance in 1960, she made her first album for Vanguard Records. Simply labeled Joan Baez, it was an immediate success. She was then such a "hot item" that she could choose her own songs and prop designs for her performances. In the following years Baez sang to capacity crowds on American college campuses and concert halls and on several foreign tours. Her eight gold albums and one gold single demonstrated her popularity as a singer.
While many critics agreed that Baez's untrained singing voice was unusually haunting, beautiful, and very soothing, they saw her spoken words, lifestyle, and actions as conflicting and sometimes anti-American. In the changing world of the1960s, Baez became a center of controversy (open to dispute) when she used her singing and speaking talents to urge nonpayment of taxes used for war purposes and to urge men to resist the draft during the Vietnam War (1965–73; when the United States aided South Vietnam's fight against North Vietnam). She helped block induction centers (which brought in new recruits) and was twice arrested for such violations of the law.
Baez was married to writer and activist David Harris in March 1968. She was pregnant with their son, Gabriel, in April 1969, and three months later she saw her husband arrested for refusing induction into the military forces. He spent the next twenty months in a federal prison in Texas.


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Hugh C. McDougall Contributing Writer
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From the Otsego Herald
for Saturday, Jan. 1, 1814
Compiled, with comments
by HUGH C. MacDOUGALL
BAD NEWS. The evacuation of Fort George, and the burning of Newark by our troops, has had the effect we feared. We can see no possible good that could have been expected by the destruction of private property when abandoning that post. We were extremely sorry to hear of that procedure, because we do not wish to see the bad examples of the enemy followed by our government. The British, as usual, have retaliated upon our defenceless inhabitants on the Niagara frontier, in the most ferocious manner. Whenever they obtain an ascendency, they seem to delight in deeds of barbarity that one would suppose would shock the humanity even of the most ruthless savages.
We have given below some of the details relative to this melancholy affair.—Most sincerely do we commiserate the sufferings of those who have to abandon their homes at this inclement season, to seek that protection for their lives which had ought to have been rendered them by government.
COMMENT: Fort George the principal British fort on the Niagara Peninsula had been captured by the Americans on May 27, 1813. General George McClure (1771-1851) had been left in command with only about 100 men, when most of the American troops had been sent east for an notably unsuccessful attack on Montreal. Among those still with McClure was Joseph Willcocks (1773-1814), a Canadian politician who had switched sides and led a small group of similarly inclined Canadian defectors.
When it became clear that McClure could not defend Fort George, he abandoned it and (in defiance of his orders but evidently urged on by Willcocks) burned down the town of Newark [today’s Niagara-on-the-Lake]—giving its inhabitants only an hour or so to abandon their homes and flee into the wintry and snowy night. The British quickly began a series of drastic reprisals, causing much panic.
Burning of Lewiston
Utica Gazette, December 28.... The last western mail brought information that the enemy landed at 5 mile meadows, on Sunday the 19th inst. with a force of about 1000 men including a large body of Indians. They proceeded to Lewiston, which they sacked and burnt, killing such of the inhabitants as were not able to make their escape.... In the mean time, the largest division of the invaders are stated to have taken Fort Niagara by surprise, the garrison of which consisting of about 100 effective men, were put.... [rest of article illegible].
Ontario Messenger, Dec. 21.... About sunrise this morning a large number of Indians, and perhaps 6 or 700 regulars, (of the enemy) landed at the 5 Mile Meadow—they immediately shewed themselves at Lewiston. We have of course deserted the place. We heard the cannon at Fort Niagara when we left Lewiston. You need not be told that the road is full of women and children. Some of our citizens are taken, others killed.... JONAS HARRISON, NATH’L ALLEN, DAVID S. HALL.
Batavia, Dec. 19, 1813. As the most part of the arms are in Fort Niagara, if that is taken ,we shall have but few public arms in this part of the state, therefore, let every man who has a gun carry it with him, because the enemy are between us and the Fort.... JOSEPH ELLIOTT.....
It will be perceived from the above intelligence, that Fort Niagara is besieged and the enemy between us and the principal depot of arms and ammunition, and...an express should be sent to Canandaigua, to request the commandant of the arsenal to forward arms, ammunition, &c., immediately. DANIEL DAVIS, Lt. Col.....
Caledonia, 20th Dec. 1813, 2 o’clock, P.M. In consequence of the above alarming intelligence, the inhabitants of this and the neighbouring towns, are requested to meet at F. Atwater’s tavern in the village of Canandaigua for the purpose of adopting measures for the relief of our western brethren.....
DIED—in this town, on the 25th ult. (December), Mrs. MARY METCALF, aged 78. She had for many years been a professor of religion and adorned the doctrine which she believed. When the hour of her exit arrived she calmly resigned herself to her fate, and bade a final adieu to the transitory scenes of this world, under the full conviction that through the merits of her Saviour she should inhabit another and a better.
COMMENT: Mary Abell (1736-1813) came from Lebanon, CT. In1754 she married her first husband Jared Clark and bore him nine children. After his death in 1775, she then married her cousin Zebulon Metcalf (1729-1802), a widower with seven children, and about 1800 they moved to Pierstown, above Lake Otsego, in what was known as the Metcalf settlement. By “professor” the article means only that she was a publicly devout Christian—not that she taught religion in any formal fashion.
THE members of the “Otsego Sugar-Stick Society” are requested to meet at OSTRANDER’S Coffee-House, on Monday Evening the 3d of January, at 6 o’clock. PER ORDER. Dec. 30th, 1813.
COMMENT: Ostrander’s was at today’s 184 Main St., Cooperstown.
Victory in the South
Fourth Victory Over the Creek Indians. Washington City, Dec. 17. Gen. Floyd of the Georgia militia has prostrated a body of Indians in the Creek nation. With 900 men and 400 Indians he precipitated himself upon...their principal town, attacked 1500 warriors, killed 200 and burnt the town. It was perhaps one of the largest and best built Indian villages in North America having 400 houses. His loss was only 11 in killed, and 54 in wounded.

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Temperatures in Europe are heating up – and so are strike-related travel disruptions.
Hundreds of flights were grounded over the weekend throughout Europe as airport and airline staff took job action at the height of the busy summer travel period.
According to The Guardian, thousands of travellers in Italy were left stranded on Saturday (July 15) as roughly 1,000 flights, both domestic and international, were cancelled due to a strike organized by airport grounds crew.
Another 120 flights scheduled to depart and arrive from Belgium’s Charleroi airport were also scrapped on Saturday and Sunday due to a work stoppage led by Ryanair’s pilots, who are fighting for improved working conditions.
Reports say the strike in Italy alone left some 250,000 air travellers stranded in one of the world’s busiest spots for tourism.
The scorching temperatures outside only amplified the stressful situation further.
Italy is in the middle of a record heatwave, recording temperatures of at least 40C (104F) in Rome and 48C in the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, reports say.
The news come as the travel industry remains on high alert for travel interruptions after Europe's peak travel season was plagued by cancellations last year.
This summer, air traffic control issues are said to be a weak spot, according to warnings from Eurocontrol, which manages flights in Europe.
Eurocontrol says one of its unions could soon take labour action – although no official dates have been announced just yet.
Europe on strike
Meanwhile, some 950 workers at Britain's Gatwick airport, including ground staff, baggage handlers and check-in agents, will strike due to a pay dispute from July 28-Aug. 1 and from Aug. 4-8, the Unite trade union said on July 14.
Ongoing air traffic control (ATC) strikes in France, linked to President Emmanuel Macron's plan to raise pension age, have also caused delays, limiting operations across the country, which is only congesting European air space further.
In Portugal, EasyJet recently cancelled 350 flights ahead of a cabin staff strike from July 21-25, the SNPVAC union of civil aviation flight personnel has said.
Over in Spain, pilots at Iberia Regional Air Nostrum, who had been striking every Monday and Friday since Feb. 27, announced a daily indefinite strike from June 6 amid a pay conflict.
Over the weekend, Italian Transport Minister Matteo Salvini called on striking workers to exercise "common sense" so as "not to harm millions of other workers and tourists."


Before the presentation of the smart bracelet Xiaomi Mi Band 4, there are only a few days left and some stores have already opened pre-order
Mi Band version 4 with NFC appeared in IndianAn online store with a price tag of 3560 rupees (approximately $ 55). This is not the final cost, so you can easily add $ 10-20 and eventually get a price tag of about $ 75. For comparison, last year’s NFC model cost about $ 40-50.
The NFC variant of the Mi Band 4.
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- Mukul Sharma (@stufflistings) June 7, 2019
Recall the main feature of the fourthgeneration will be a color OLED display and an enlarged battery up to 135 mAh (against 110 mAh in Mi Band 3). The novelty will also receive Bluetooth 5.0, an updated charger, support for the corporate assistant, a heartbeat sensor and a capsule case, which should be inserted into the bracelet.
When to expect
Xiaomi Mi Band 4 is announced together with the Amazfit Verge 2 smart watch at the presentation on June 11th.
Do you know what
While Mi Band 4 is not yet available, you may be interested in the following facts:
- The most successful store on Aliexpress on sales Mi Band 3 sold them more than 75,000 pieces!
- Produced by Mi Band company Huami, which has its own interesting bracelet Amazfit Band 2 with the support of the Russian language
- Buy a similar Mi Band 4 bracelet Honor Band 4 can only be $ 30 now
- For Mi Band 3, you can buy 20 variants of silicone straps that differ in color
- For Mi Band 3, you can buy a silicone strap in the style of Apple Watch
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The most popular Xiaomi products on Aliexpress are:
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- magnetic pad for the very screwdriver
- automatic soap dispenser with frother
- control center smart home Xiaomi
- AirPods Killer - Xiaomi AirDots


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Ise Tenugui - Flower Shadow
$ 20.00 USD
Traditionally given as gifts, tenugui are a type of thin Japanese textile with a characteristically smooth texture. 100% cotton, hand-dyed and cut by hand, the colorful patterns recall traditional and contemporary Japanese prints. This multipurpose textile lends a pop of color to your every day - use it as a tea towel, placemat, table runner, head scarf, tapestry, lunch tote, gift wrap… the possibilities are endless! Learn how to use tenugui towels to wrap bottles, lunches, and much more in the rikumo journal.
Please note: Tenugui are purposefully designed without hems, which means that some initial fraying is normal. Do not pull loose threads; instead, trim them with scissors. The frayed edge will develop a natural fringe over time.
Use of the Japanese phrase sou sou - meaning "yes, yes" - offers more than an affirmative response; it's a way to validate another person and establish a sense of community. The SOU•SOU textile collection created by celebrated designer Karsuji Wakisaka aims to do much the same by offering colorful designs that bring us together. Drawing on the landscape around Kyoto and the mod styles of the 1960s, Wakisaka seeks to revitalize age-old Japanese styles by combining traditional shapes with contemporary patterns.
Dimensions: Width: 14" Length: 35"
Care: As this product is hand-dyed, you may experience color loss/bleeding. Hand wash separately with cold water and mild detergent. The edges of tenugui towels are seamless, meaning the weft (horizontal thread) at either end will fray with use. Trim any loose strings with scissors. This process will stop after a small fringe forms.


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Mai, who is a Politburo member and Secretary of the Party Secretariat, spoke highly of the organization of the forum on the occasion of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and President Xi Jinping’s State visit to Vietnam right after the 19th National Congress of the CPC.
She acknowledged that after eight editions, the forum has become a platform for scholars, intellectuals and experts of both countries to exchange, contributing to promoting the healthy and effective growth of the Vietnam-China ties on the foundation of common perceptions reached by leaders of both countries.
The forum has dealt with current bilateral relations, helping deepen mutual understanding and political trust between the two countries, and creating a solid foundation for both sides to develop together, she noted.
At the meeting, Mai was also briefed on major outcomes of the forum by heads of the Vietnamese and Chinese delegations.
During the ninth Vietnam-China People’s Forum, taking place from November 10-14, participants discussed the current situation of the Vietnam-China relationship, while giving ideas to promote future ties in a healthy and sustainable manner.-