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Back to the Golden Hour this week and the combination of the beautiful Cambridgeshire countryside and the amazing skies that only a winters morning can deliver. This weeks image was taken on a frosty, icy morning in January. On first view this looks like an image of a river or lake 0 In reality, this is actually a field on the outskirts of the picturesque and chocolate box village that is Grantchester. I think the field had been flooded after recent bad weather, (this areas, being close to the river Cam is often prone to flooding) and then a bout of cold weather caused the whole field to look like some part frozen ice rink.
The golden and fiery sky being the tress helps to set off the dark foreground perfectly. I raised the clarity levels a tiny bit and also played about with the white balance as well using Lightroom.
Taken with a Canon 70D DSLR Camera and Sigma 18-250 Lens.

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The Latin liturgical music of the medieval church is the earliest body of Western music to survive in a more or less complete form. It is a body of thousands of individual pieces, of striking beauty and aesthetic appeal, which has the special quality of embodying, of giving voice to, the words of the liturgy itself. Plainchant is the music that underpins essentially all other music of the middle ages (and far beyond), and is the music that is most abundantly preserved. It is a subject that has engaged a great deal of research and debate in the last fifty years and the nature of the complex issues that have recently arisen in research on chant are explored here in an overview of current issues and problems.
Table of Contents
Contents: Introduction; Part I General Overviews of Scholarship: Gregorian studies in the 21st century, Richard Crocker; Writings on Western plainchant in the 1980s and 1990s, David Hiley. Part II Early History: Jerusalem and Rome (and Constantinople): the musical heritage of 2 great cities in the formation of the medieval chant traditions, Peter Jeffery; The singing of psalms in the early-medieval office, Joseph Dyer; The 8th-century Frankish-Roman communion cycle, James McKinnon. Part III Editions and Repertories: The critical edition of the Roman gradual by the monks of Solesmes, Jacques Froger; Research on the antiphoner - problems and perspectives, Hartmut MÃ¶ller. Part IV Analytical studies: Some remarks on Jean Claire's octoechoes, LÃ¡szlÃ³ Dobszay; The offertory chant of the Roman liturgy and its musical form, Joseph Dyer; The Gregorian office antiphons and the comparative method, Edward Nowacki. Part V Roman and Frankish Chant: The central problem of Gregorian chant, Willi Apel; Die Entstehung des gregorianischen Chorals, Bruno StÃ¤blein; The question of the 'old-Roman' chant: a reappraisal, Paul F. Cutter; Papal schola versus Charlemagne, S.J.P. van Dijk; Introits and archetypes: some archaisms of the old Roman chant, Thomas H. Connolly; Towards a new historical view of Gregorian chant, Helmut Hucke; Gregorian chant and the Romans, Kenneth Levy; Remarks on Roman and non-Roman offertories, Andreas Pfisterer. Part VI Other Chant Traditions: The development and chronology of the Ambrosian sanctorale: the evidence of the antiphon texts, Terence Bailey; The Beneventan chant, Thomas Forrest Kelly; The old Hispanic rite as evidence for the earliest forms of the Western Christian liturgies, Don M. Randel; Index.
Thomas Kelly is Harvard College Professor and Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music, Harvard University, USA
'...the introductions to each volume are excellent...' Early Music Review 'It would be hard to overestimate the value of the work presented in these collections.' Medieval Review

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For the next two weekends, traveling on the Dallas North Tollway won't be a breeze.
Partial closures begin at 9 p.m. Friday. All northbound lanes from Spring Creek Parkway to Headquarters Drive and all southbound lanes from Gaylord Parkway to Spring Creek Parkway will be completely shut down after 11 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday.
The Tennyson Parkway bridge, located just south of the Sam Rayburn Tollway, has been demolished and is being reconstructed in phases. This weekend, crews will be placing beams for the new bridge. Each beam weighs 65,000 pounds.
Drivers will have to get creative and find alternate routes. By mid-2018, they will be rewarded for their patience with the addition of a fourth lane in both directions of the Dallas North Tollway.
From 9 to 11 p.m. Friday, the following lanes will be closed:
· Two northbound lanes of the Dallas North Tollway from the Spring Creek Parkway exit to the Headquarters Drive entrance ramp.
· Two southbound lanes of the Dallas North Tollway from Gaylord Parkway to the Spring Creek Parkway entrance ramp.
From 11 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Monday, the following lanes will be closed:
· All northbound lanes of the Dallas North Tollway from the Spring Creek Parkway exit to the Headquarters Drive entrance ramp.
· All southbound lanes of the Dallas North Tollway from Gaylord Parkway to the Spring Creek Parkway entrance ramp.
· The southwest- and northeast-bound Sam Rayburn Tollway direct-connector ramps to southbound Dallas North Tollway.
· The northbound Dallas North Tollway direct-connector ramps to southwest- and northeast-bound Sam Rayburn Tollway.
· The northbound entrance ramps from Windhaven Parkway and Spring Creek Parkway.
· The northbound exit ramps at Legacy Drive and Headquarters Drive.
· The southbound entrance ramps from Gaylord Parkway, State Highway 121 and Legacy Drive.
· The southbound exit ramps to Legacy Drive and Spring Creek Parkway.
Message signs and officers will be present to assists drivers in the construction zones. Tennyson Parkway over the Dallas North Tollway will be open to traffic.
Expect delays and drive with caution, a spokesperson for North Texas Tollway Authority said.

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Posted: July 22nd, 2016
Children who misbehave are actually just seeking attention from their parents. Parents do things every day just to get their kids to listen a little better. Often with the use of a small reward can guide children towards a small act of obedience. However, with this act of reward children learn to outsmart parents by misbehaving on purpose to receive a treat. Parents that lack to be more informative when enforcing rules are missing out on the bigger picture. Children going through a learning process of understanding the fundamentals of rules cannot be restituted so easily for a temporary good behavior. That is why children who constantly break the rules are actually seeking some form of encouragement from their parental figures in their life. Not only will children misbehave to gather that small amount of attention from their parents, they perpetuate their misconduct to see how much more the parents are willing to give.
Parents who give the wrong attention could also be galvanizing children’s misconduct. For instance telling a child what they cannot do does not inform the child or what they should be doing. To see a someone misbehave and tell them what they are doing wrong is easier and takes less time than to tell someone what the right thing to do is. Through rewarding and less time giving explanation we observe a salience of surface similarities as well as a mental set. The salience of surface similarities can be observed in a parents basic reward function by using one reward such as ice cream after a child breaks several different rules. The mental set here is that a parent is fixating on one solution which they know works rather than contemplating other forms of discipline.
The I tried to use the term mental set to describe how brief the concern is for the parent. Sometimes the most reliable answer is the easiest thing and also the quickest. I used confirmation bias and belief perseverance by using one major concept and embellishing. The mental shortcut I used was the availability heuristic. Parents saying, “You don’t stop acting up you’re not going to get any ice cream” is something I hear too often. I correlated bad behavior and lack of attention from parents directly without any other factors. So we’ve got a little correlation vs. causation problem here. By also stating that there are other reasons for children misbehaving such as school environment, or watching television constantly, then we would have cleared the air of some biases. If someone else presented this argument to me I would try to give more clear explanations of why heuristics apply here. Though heuristics and biases are similar there is a difference between them. Heuristics are almost like an equation, something that can be deduced while a bias is something we develop from within us and our own perceptions. So I think using heuristics would better support this argument.
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I used a 2 5/8 x 5 1/4" manila tag.
I colored the tag using a Ruby Red inkpad from Stampin Up. I added the color along the edges and gradually brought the color towards the center.
I also used my Close to Cocoa inkpad to darken and define the edges a little more.
Once my tag was dry, I took a heart image from an Inkadinkado stamp set and a stoneware texture stamp to create a background.
Next, I adhered a strip of red waffle paper from Stampin Up on the tag at a slight angle.
I layered a red heart doily on top and trimmed off the excess.
I used white and brown ink to highlight the areas around the doily and my Spica red glitter pen to accent the small hearts in the doily.
I used a sticker set I own for the star and heart embellishments.
I just adhered them to a smaller manila tag, added color using a brown inkpad and cut them out.
I used my Spica Gold glitter pen to add some sparkle and foam tape for a 3D effect.
The hearts with the sentiment "And You are my Journey" also came from the same sticker set.
I used the same technique as before but I cut them out individually and stacked them together using foam tape.
I finished them off by adding a white highlight to each heart.
The flowers on the lower left corner, I created those out of a flower shape I cut from my Cricut.
I cut the flower in various sizes using a white patterned paper I made.
I then layered the shapes together, inked the edges and added a copper brad to the center.
To finish it off, I added rhinestones, heart brads in red and wrapped copper wire around the entire tag.
And voila! Valentine's Day tag is complete!!
I hope you enjoyed this project for today.
I'll be entering this tag in the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge which is ending later today.
So I'll end this post here for now so I can upload my entry.
Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and Peace!! :)

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We have to say, 25 looks good on Gomez! The "Bad Liar" singer posted a few adorable 'grams of her birthday celebrations, and she looks so radiant and happy. Her friends surprised her with a room full of balloons, as well as two birthday cakes. Gomez got right up on the counter to pose with her confections—it's her birthday, she can do what she wants to!
Under the pic, the 13 Reasons Why producer wrote a sweet message for her fans: "Thank you for all of my bday love. I couldn't be more blessed. A lot of you don't realize how much you mean to me."
Gomez also showed off an ample number of Polaroids from the party in her Instagram story. There are several of her making funny faces, as well as group shots with her friends.
We know what you're thinking, though: Was The Weeknd there?! Unfortunately, Gomez's boyfriend had a concert in Paris yesterday, but she revealed via Instagram Live that he was hopping on a plane after to come celebrate. Hopefully pictures to come!
This article previously appeared on InStyle.

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Investments made in Washington Water's systems include new pumping equipment and water mains to reliably deliver water to customers, water treatment facilities to meet water quality standards, wells to increase supply, and storage tanks to augment reserve supplies
for customers' everyday needs and firefighters' emergency resources.
Tulla Reserve Supplies obtained a loan from the bank but a dispute arose after the parties failed to agree on terms of payment.
Yesterday when the matter came for hearing, Tulla Reserve Supplies applied to have the bank refund a surety it had deposited with the bank to enable it dispose it so that it can repay the loan.
will be on hand to ensure no one's glass is left empty."
of water for residents in Abu Dhabi will increase from about three days to up to 90 days once the biggest project of its kind in the Middle East is completed.
The new reservoirs project will shore up the country's reserve supplies
and protect against any disruptions in provision.
It emerged that the undertaker with the plywood had been issued with reserve supplies
in case there was heavy bombing resulting in many deaths and the need for quickly constructed coffins.
would be provided if a consumption country fulfilled obligations on returning spent fuel.


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Tom Brady’s agent thinks he has a solution for an 18-game NFL regular season: Limit how many games each player can suit up.
The players’ union opposes expanding the season by two games, one of the main sticking points in negotiations with the league for a new collective bargaining agreement.
Though agent Don Yee believes 18 games mean more bodily punishment, leading to shorter careers and possibly shorter life spans, he had these suggestions for making the change more acceptable:
_Increase the roster from 53 players to 58, and make all eligible to play on game day; currently, only 45 can play.
_Institute a rule that prohibits any player from appearing in more than 16 games.
“This compromise will create even more interest from fans,” Yee said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. “What two games will the head coach sit the starting QB? That’s a discussion that will set sports talk radio airwaves afire.
“This compromise will also be popular with coaches and general managers who want a greater opportunity to develop younger players,” he said. “The NFL doesn’t have a minor league, and this compromise will force meaningful participation by younger players on the roster.
“Players also would endorse this because each would effectively get two bye weeks during the year. Bye weeks afford important healing time and personal time away from the game.”
Yee sees a lengthened regular season as a virtual free revenue stream for the league.
“The owners want two more regular-season games to sell to television networks, and give their own NFL Network more games. More games mean more money. And the NFL Network is a growing asset owners don’t share with the players,” he said.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league had no comment on the proposals.
In addition to Brady, New England’s quarterback and the NFL MVP, Yee represents New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton and is an adjunct law professor at Southern Cal and a visiting law professor at his alma mater, Virginia.
Jeopardizing the 2011 season because of the 18-game proposal and spending too much money on rookies “is ludicrous because both issues are easily solvable. And if they aren’t quickly solved, the owners and players will be insulting the intelligence of football fans everywhere.”
Yee addressed misspent money on draft picks, saying: “Each year brings high-profile rookies who end up making a lot of money and contributing very little. The Oakland Raiders’ experience with JaMarcus Russell infuriated many and is the owners’ `Exhibit A.’
“But JaMarcus Russell didn’t draft himself in the first round. The Raiders did. And Russell didn’t write himself a check for more than $30 million guaranteed dollars. The Raiders did, and did so willingly.

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MUMBAI: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. said today it has agreed to buy more than 90% of Czech firm Medicamenta a.s. for an undisclosed sum.
Glenmark joins bigger Indian rivals such as Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. and Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. in trying to expand into Europe’s growing generics market.
“This acquisition provides Glenmark with a strategic entry point into two of the fastest-growing and attractive markets in Europe,” Glenmark said in a statement.
“Glenmark expects Medicamenta to provide a base of its branded products in Europe, and will also look to develop and expand Medicamenta’s current portfolio,” it said.
Medicamenta, with marketing operations in Czech Republic and Slovakia, is expected to have a revenue of $8 million in 2007, it said.
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I think it is so nice how one critter helps another. The Bumble bees have trained the deer to prune the tops of the sweet potatoes so they could find the blooms easier, now is that sweet or not?
That is so funny. Your bees are good animal trainers.
Yesterday I pruned back the ornamental sweet potato plants I have growing in the main veggie garden. I used them as a living mulch underneath pepper plants. It mostly has worked out great since the dense growth shades the soil and keeps the soil moist, but the plants are growing out into the pathways. I was thinking as I pruned them and carried the long branches of leaves back to the compost pile/deer feeding area that the deer were going to have a real treat...and they did.
We have a crazy high number of bumble bees this year---even more of them than the honey bees, and they aren't happy when I am picking cucumbers while they are pollinating the flowers. I'm just glad to have so many bees.
Something trained our deer too well. There are very few leaves or flowers on our sweet potato vines--after spraying them with deer repellent twice. But not after the rain we got a week ago which must have washed every trace of it away.
Dorothy, I have good luck just stringing a hot wire along the edge of the vines. It looks like I am going string one along the sweet potatoes also. They have stopped eating my cantaloupes, melons and peas, but moved to the sweet potatoes. I hate stringing wire all over my yard, but may have to. It seems as though once they get against the hot wire a time or two, they eat some where else. I have not hooked the fence up yet, and did not last year. We may have some new deer or maybe their memory is getting like mine.

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Mr. Anderson’s 7th Grade Advisory is hosting another movie night this Friday, afterschool at 3:20 PM. Since the beginning of the school year, the advisory has hosted numerous bake sales and fundraising events that promote various organizations, including ones sponsored by the school’s Helping Hands Committee. This month, Mr. Anderson’s advisory hopes to contribute money for the ongoing effort to fight the deadly and potentially fatal disease, leukemia.
This week’s movie night showcases the 2012 Marvel film, The Avengers. In early December of last year, the advisory
also hosted their first movie night, showcasing the popular film, The Hunger Games. “I believe that movie night is great for students to do something fun in school, however outside an academic environment,” Mr. Anderson remarked on the upcoming event. “My kids and I also like to come up with creative ideas to give back to the community and to the world.”
The event will take place in the library afterschool, following 7th period classes. Students attending should report to the library and should not be tardy. Concessions can be purchased separately throughout the duration of the movie in the library. Tickets will be on sale at $2.50 prior to the event, and $3.00 at the door. Tickets may be purchased from members of Anderson’s advisory, or from Mr. Anderson himself. Anyone is welcome to attend and enjoy an evening of popcorn, suspense and fun.


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ONLINE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. Registration will
continue at packet pick up 5-7p tonight in the HRC and Saturday
morning 8-8:45a outside Hinkle Gate 4.
General Public: $20 (until March 11)
Butler Students: $15 (until March 11)
Dog Walk: $20/dog (until March 11)
*Dog Walk includes one adult t-shirt, additional t-shirts can be
purchased for family and friends
Late Registration : $25 (March 12-23)
Additional Shirt: $10
- Registrations received after the March 11 deadline cannot be
guaranteed a race shirt or size preference.
Early packet pick up will be Friday, March 22 from 5-7 p.m. in
the lobby of the Health and Recreation Complex just west of Hinkle
Fieldhouse. Parking is available in the Hinkle Fieldhouse parking
lot and other areas on campus for early packet pickup.
Packet pick-up and registration on the morning of the event will
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The 3.5 mile race will begin at 9 a.m. for runners and 9:05 a.m.
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How simple $8 dish brush won over 5,000 fans
Lowering your environmental impact has never been easier, thanks to these sustainable kitchen product swaps.Read more
Air fryers have proven to be one of the most handy kitchen appliances on the market and while they’re known for making healthy alternatives to your fried favourites, some models can also be used to roast, steam, grill and bake your food.
Taste.com.au’s Senior Food Assistant, Alison Adams, was originally sceptical of the cooking gadget but has become a convert of air fryers.
“Not only are they true to their original mission statement – frying in only a small amount of oil – air fryers are truly handy in many other ways,” she says.
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They’re great for small batch cooking and she’s so far used her air fryer to make banana muffins, a four-ingredient Nutella brownie, pork belly, haloumi fritters and fried rice — “all with great success”.
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Itching to get your hands on an air fryer? We don’t blame you. Here are our top picks of the bunch.
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Instant Pot Vortex Mini Air Fryer, Amazon Australia, $89.95 (RRP $149)
The Instant Pot multicooker has been a cult favourite since its release, but now its creators have branched into further benchtop appliances including air fryers. And if you’re looking for one that’s sleek, chic and not too big, their Vortex Mini is for you. It comes in black, red or white, features four preset cooking programs to air fry, bake, roast or reheat, and offers EvenCrisp technology for crisp and tender results every time.
“I’ve been wanting to buy an airfryer for a while but didn’t want something big and bulky. This unit is a great size and easily cooks enough to feed 2 people. I found the set up really simple and the instructions included are super easy to follow. If you’re wanting to try out an airfryer for the first time before making a full time commitment, this is a great device,” wrote one of many five-star reviewers.
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Tefal Easy Fry Grill Deluxe Air Fryer Black/Silver, Myer, $249 (RRP $349)
This is the first two-in-one air fryer and grill that offers a healthy alternative to regular grilling. Tefal’s dual technology includes a die cast aluminium grilling plate to cook your steaks to seared perfection.
It also has the traditional air fryer functions which includes eight automatic cooking programs, a digital control panel and timer function, as well as a 3.4L capacity.
Five-star reviews of the two-in-one air fryer say it leaves food “crisp on the outside and tender and moist on the inside”.
“My life will never be the same again,” another five star reviewed raved.
What’s even better is that the Tefal Easy Fry currently has $100 off its normal price at Myer.
Ninja Air Fryer Deluxe, The Good Guys, $249
Featuring six Auto IQ functions, a digital timer, and dishwasher-safe parts to make cleaning a breeze, the Ninja Air Fryer Deluxe makes cooking fast and easy. It has non-slip feet to keep it upright on your benchtop, a 5.2 litre capacity, and the ability to cook at temperatures between 40 to 240 degrees Celsius for a super crispy, golden brown finish. You can choose from six preset programs (Max Crisp, Air Fry, Roast, Bake, Reheat, or Dehydrate) and adjust the temperature and time as needed.
It has a very impressive 4.5-star average rating from over 100 reviews, with one happy buyer writing “Absolutely love my Airfryer. I have used it every single day since I bought it. I’m amazed how many different foods I can cook in it … The Ninja [has] a smooth opening basket, is so easy to clean and has a great range of cooking options in temperatures. Love it”.
ADVWIN 6.5L Air Fryer, Amazon Australia, $99.90
This ADVWIN Air Fryer is a great pick for households of five to eight – perfect for families! The touchscreen design is super easy to operate, and the non-stick Teflon food basket is dishwasher safe to make clean-up a breeze.
Consistently high ratings prove the appliance is worth your dollar. One reviewer called it “the best online purchase I have made,” adding “This air fryer is so quiet when it is on you hardly notice it is on and it cooks so quick. I can do a batch of frozen fries in 15 minutes at 180 degrees. Excellent quality made product, it is not flimsy and not heavy”.
Kitchen Couture 4.2 Litre Air Fryer, Appliances Online, $206 (RRP $349)
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The touchscreen menu makes for easy cooking, while the detachable basket makes for easy cleaning. Advanced air circulating technology creates a healthy, fast and easy way to cook, with seven preset modes on offer and automatic shut-off for safety. The 4.7-litre capacity makes it ideal for smaller households or up to four people.
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Healthy Choice 13 Litre Digital Air Fryer, Amazon Australia, $149
This dome-shaped air fryer is perfect for cooking a roast dinner for the family. It features six cooking presets for meat, poultry, fish, baking chips and pizza, as well as coming equipped with a baking cage, tongs, rack and chicken rotisserie.
The digital control panel allows you to set a temperature range from 60°C to 230°C as well as a one to 60 minutes timer.
The large window on top also means you can easily keep an eye on your food while its cooking — perfect if you tend to get nervous about overcooking meals.
Kitchen Couture 14 Litre Digital Air Fryer, Catch, $139.95 (RRP $599)
If you’ve got a large crowd to feed, this 14-litre Kitchen Couture Air Fryer is more than up to the task. It features triple cooking modes: 360-degree food rotation, oven-style heating, and hot turbo air circulation. There are 10 cooking presets for convenience, or you can manually set the temperature (up to 200 degrees Celsius) and time controls (up to 90 minutes) to your liking. Six bonus accessories are included to make it a truly versatile appliance – you get an oil tray, rack, filter, rotating cage, rotisserie fork and cage tong. What more could you want?
BEST DELUXE AIR FRYERS
Tefal 4.2L Easy Fry Deluxe Digital Air Fryer, Amazon Australia, $224.06
For an airfryer that would look oh-so slick sitting on your countertop, you can nab this 4.2L model from Tefal. It can cook up to six portions of food in one go and has a timer as well as eight different preset modes so you can fry, roast, grill, bake and more in the same machine. It also comes with a digital touch screen for easy use and zero fuss cleaning, and has a temperature range of 80 to 200 degrees Celsius.
A satisfied reviewer said “Have experimented with fish, chicken, steak, vegetables etc and haven’t had a failure. Everything tastes better cooked in my Tefal Easy Fry. Easy to understand control panel and love the preset menu. Super easy to clean”.
Instant Pot Duo Crisp + Air Fryer, Amazon Australia, $303 (RRP $389)
The legendary Instant Pot has added a new cooking function to this multi-cooker’s already impressive line-up. It’s got a total of 11 one-touch cooking functions, including pressure cook, saute, steam, slow cook, sous vide, warm, roast, bake, broil, dehydrate, and of course air fry. The impressive 1500W heating element means you can cook frozen foods straight from the freezer with little preheating time and Instant Pot states the appliance will get it done 70 per cent faster too.
And if you’re not yet convinced, the early, glowing reviews should push you over the line. As one shopper wrote: “(It’s) replaced every other appliance I had and works better than all of them combined”. High praise indeed.
Philips Air Fryer Premium, Amazon Australia, $359 (RRP $399)
Using patented Twin TurboStar technology, this beloved Philips Airfryer separates and captures excess fat for food that’s crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It’s 20 per cent more compact than previous models while maintaining a spacious capacity that can fit up to 0.8kg of fries.
It has an average 4.7 star rating, with one five star reviewer writing “We bought this for our young adult son who moved out of home a few years ago. He loves it and uses it every night he is home. For someone not used to cooking he has embraced it as it is simple to use and cooks his food quickly”.
BEST BUDGET AIR FRYERS
Kitchen Couture 4L Digital Air Fryer, Amazon Australia, $119.95
This lightweight air fryer features a sleek design, and a detachable, non-stick Teflon-coated basket that allows for easy cleaning – and its sub-$100 price makes it a steal. Rapid air circulation technology cooks and crisps food in no time, and temperatures can be adjusted from 80 to 200 degrees Celsius with an automatic shut-off function when the cooking cycle is complete.
A five star reviewer wrote, “The Air Fryer just so amazing and so easy to use, also no headache for cleaning as well. I have been using everyday, also found that it such an great cooker for cooking the steaks too”.
Devanti 7L Oil Free Air Fryer, Myer, $151.25
The Devanti 7L Air Fryer offers 1800 watts of power so that cooking can be done efficiently with less odour. It has an auto shut-off function, 80 to 200 degrees Celsius temperature range, and a non-stick, dishwasher-safe cooking basket.
Reviewers are fans of its value for money, with one writing “I brought the Devanti Air fryer a few weeks ago. It is amazing, huge basket which is great for a family, cooks fast and makes everything crispy with fat and oil drained off. I will be purchasing a few more for Christmas presents for a few of my family members. Such a great product!”
BEST-RATED AIR FRYER
Philips Airfryer XXL Premium, Bing Lee, $569
The Philips Airfryer XXL Premium has scored a stunning five-star average rating from over 200 reviews with high praise for its ease of use and ability to create great tasting meals. Its 7.3 litre capacity means you can rustle up 1.4 kilograms of chips in one go or whip up a whole roast chook with ease. All of the fryer’s removable parts are dishwasher-safe too, and the higher price tag gets you additional nifty features like the option to save your favourite dishes for speedier cook times, a keep warm mode, Smart Chef programs and Smart Sensing technology.
A reviewer on Bing Lee gave it five stars and said it’s worth the extra spend, noting, “I had researched many, I wanted a brand that was of quality. I do not regret paying extra and getting this product. It is easy to clean, cooks amazing”.
BEST MULTIPURPOSE AIRFRYERS
Ninja Foodi Grill, Myer, $469
Don’t have space for a BBQ? Fear not, because this could be the next best thing. Ninja’s four in one appliance lets you air fry, grill, bake and dehydrate while it’s Smoke Control Technology will keep the smoke out of your kitchen and away from the fire alarm.
It also comes with a ceramic-coated crisper basket, cooking pot and grill grate, for you to make a medley of meals, snacks and desserts.
A reviewer left five stars, and commented “Amazing product have used to cook multiple things from a roast to fries, to chicken. Highly recommend so easy to use and easy to clean”.
BEST AIR FRYER OVEN
Breville The Smart Oven Air Fryer, Appliances Online, $456 (RRP$599)
While it’s not the cheapest air fryer on the list, Breville’s Smart Oven Air Fryer could be a great alternative to a pricier built-in oven. Even if you’re not the most confident person in the kitchen, the machine uses a smart ‘Element IQ System’ to eliminate oven cold spots and maintain an even temperature throughout the entire oven. It also comes with 10 preset cooking functions including toast, pizza, roast and reheat and warm settings.
One five-star reviewer said “I love using my smaller oven and love how fast it bakes. The smaller area takes so much less time to produce the desired results. I’m often eating the results in the same time it would have taken my wall oven to heat up”.
HOW DO AIR FRYERS WORK?
Similar to a mini convection oven, air fryers use hot air that’s rapidly circulated around your food to cook the ingredients. Thanks to their size, however, they’re a lot more user friendly and easier to clean than an actual gas or electric oven.
“The secret of the air fryer is that the air circulates at a rapid rate, so food is quickly sealed on the outside keeping the inside tender,” notes Alison.
WILL FOOD COOK EVENLY IN AN AIR FRYER?
It certainly will. “The temperature remains constant so food cooks at the same rate – no need to keep checking the oven to see if it’s browning evenly,” says Alison.
While they’re much healthier than traditional frying methods thanks to their lack of added fats, some recipes do recommend people coat their ingredients in a small amount of oil before cooking, although this can be omitted based on personal preference. If you are using an oil, a light coat of cooking spray works best.
ARE AIR FRYERS A GOOD WAY TO GET KIDS INTO COOKING?
The ease and simplicity of an air fryer makes it perfect for introducing your children to the fun of cooking.
“No need to turn the oven on for the kid’s fish fingers or chips and it’s safer than an oven for teaching those kids how to fend for themselves. The first time my eight-year-old put some chicken nuggets in the fryer and set the timer to 12 minutes and fed himself – I was sold,” says Alison.
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During a global pandemic, one is only permitted to stay in their home, which means that those wishing to watch the latest movies must subscribe to OTT platforms to see them when they become available.
Consequently, theaters and cinema halls are becoming extinct. Because everyone is at home, they can spend more time watching and consuming content at home.
Among these online movie platforms, we will talk about one that can be utilized for free to access global content (mostly Korean movies) and if it is safe for users to utilize.
In case you’re wondering, we’re talking about Dramacool. Let’s talk about it and then whether it’s safe or not.
What is Dramacool Website Used For?
Dramacool is a site that offers Korean Dramas and Movies, with the quality of the content being quite high. Considering that the subtitles and sound quality of the content on the site have been synchronized and applied nicely, they have quite a positive rating.
As a bonus point, this site also offers free South Korean dramas and shows online with English subtitles, making it one of the best sites on the internet.
Though the design is quite simple and appealing, the site is quite easy to use. You can easily search for articles and videos on the Dramacool site, and there is a lot of content.
It is very user-friendly and simple to find the content you are looking for, and if you’re not familiar with the site, you won’t have to take the time to learn how it works.
Once you know what Dramacool is, you might be wondering, “Is it safe? Is it harmful?” We will give a brief explanation of the same in this article.
Is Dramacool Safe?
We can look at this question from two perspectives. One would be Yes, and one would be No. Let us first acknowledge why we say -yes, then discuss why it isn’t safe.
At first glance, the content on the site appears to be mostly or completely pirated, considering they must cater to new content and offer it for free.
There may be a moment of stress for some people because of this, but please understand. You may be able to use these sites without any issues since the only question is the viewpoint of the owner of the site, who may be charged with piracy by the film or television studio.
Why do we disagree with the conclusion that Dramacool is safe when the answer is clear-cut Yes? That brings us to the more complex part of this topic. There is one problem with the site, despite it being safe to use: the presence of advertisements.
Considering ads aren’t that bad, you may be wondering why you say so, but there is a whole dark side to them. The following reasons help explain why.
- The advertisements they serve include malware-infected or malware-vending advertisements.
- The service remains legal themselves by providing only an indicator, connecting you to the list of other sites that contain the content you wish to view.
- Some of those websites sell or inject malware straight from them, without any intermediary to act as an advertiser, since this would mean that the site would directly obtain data.
Consequently, Dramacool itself could be safe, but advertisements and articles on the site may not be. After looking at this and reading this, you may be wondering if using the site is worthwhile.
This question can only be answered by understanding that the internet is a virtual representation of the real world, where good and evil exist in every corner. Be mindful of your actions and how to avoid them.
Many internet ads are scams, even if you know the basics of the internet and how it works.
Let us discuss some steps you can take to protect yourself from malicious apps so you can avoid them in the future.
How to Browse Dramacool Safely?
- Our first step is to avoid clicking on ads, since most of the advertisements you see on these websites are scams.
For example, an advertisement might claim that you have won a lottery or are the winner of a grand prize.
As soon as you click on it, you will be taken to another site, where you will need to enter your bank ID password. The answer is NEVER, as this is a con man asking you to do so. He wants to steal your money. Stay clear of such ads.
- It is very common for ads to contain viruses and other malicious software used to steal your data instead of scams. Use an antivirus to make sure your computer is secure. Although this is a simple trick, it has the potential to do long-lasting damage.
It is advisable to purchase a paid antivirus plan if you frequently visit sites such as Dramacool and other sites which are piracy sites, given that the free ones are useless.
Purchasing an antivirus will enable you to detect and eradicate any viruses, preventing any data breach.
- Avoid such sites (It should be obvious)- If you want to access Korean content via a reputable site and have access to OTT platforms or own memberships to Korean content platforms, do not visit pirate sites. Piracy is illegal in some countries, and fines can be levied for doing that. So, tread lightly when using these sites and doing the same.
In summary, Dramacool is safe up to a point, but there are possible hidden threats that you should be aware of. If you are careful, you should have no problem avoiding said evils. We have provided some methods to protect yourself from them.
Is Dramacool Legal?
The Internet is flooded with such questions. People are concerned with the legitimacy of Dramacool.
In search of entertainment, no one wants to fall victim to a scam. Movies or Korean dramas are a big attraction here, but what if they become trapped?
The domain of Dramacool changes frequently. Some countries restrict it because of copyright concerns. Various countries warn against using this site due to pirated content and the possibility of data loss. But on the other hand, Dramacool is legal in countries where watching subtitled movies and dramas is legal.
Best Legal Alternatives of Dramacool
Below are sites that provide content without requiring a proxy. Their design is minimalistic and well customized. Advertisements can also be found on these sites. It is a pleasure to watch these videos.
1. Rakuten Viki
The operating networks of American video streaming websites are in Singapore and Tokyo. Many South Korean series can be viewed on these sites. Its excellent content management sets it apart from other sites. You can get K-pop and Korean dramas on the website. English and other subtitles make it even more enjoyable.
The shows can be viewed with subtitles. The Dramacool.com alternative offers more than 100 different language options.
The shows are broadcast in a variety of languages. Among the most popular is The Flower of Evil and Love. Series can also happen to you while you are sleeping or if you have a suspicious partner.
You get a lot of events here, and that makes it more enjoyable. The best part is that content will be made available to you without causing any harm.
Additionally, it presents a very large amount of content to the user. Choosing the content of your choice is easy with the interface.
Here you can find the original series. You can also get a premium quality version. All episodes can be watched in various languages here.
It is also the best place to watch Korean shows due to the subtitles available. You can find several web series on this site. You can stream videos from Hong Kong via this site.
Advertising and subscriptions are also available. It offers a wide variety of content in a variety of genres.
A wide range of movies and documentaries can be found on the Cool drama streaming service. Internet-connected devices will be able to access the content.
These help you discover the many shows that you wish to watch. A Korean series is available on the platform’s over-the-top content.
The opportunity to gain access to Watch Asian content is available even if you have a paid subscription.
There is a lot of entertainment to choose from. There are plenty of choices for you to choose from, both original and acquired versions.
In addition, you have access to documentaries, stand-up comedy, etc. Each of the shows is something you will enjoy. On top of that, you can watch your favorite shows and watch streaming videos.
4. Asian Crush
One of the most accepted digital channels is the premier digital destination. Various Asian TV shows and films are available on this channel.
Web content and music are plentiful as well. A curated collection of feature films is available. It is possible to stream videos that are tailored to your needs.
You will be able to watch the thrilling Korean drama. We provide Dramacool9 alternatives that are free of charge. You will save internet data with it. There are shows in the entertainment option that you will not find anywhere else.
Korean Drama and favorites are available on Kocowa, a great Dramacool alternative. You can watch Korean drama online on this site.
All Korean TV shows can be streamed and watched here. The website can be customized to meet your specific needs. With repeated visits, you can also establish preferences.
Kdrama of the highest quality will be at your fingertips. Depending on the series you choose, you can also get the description of each one.
Streaming premium content is its best feature. A free and fast internet connection is available to you. The high-end objective is also provided by the access to the latest programming directly.
This includes Korean dramas and romantic comedies. Watch Asian alternative’s variety series have subtitles of high quality.
As a conclusion to this topic, Dramacool can be considered safe, but there are hidden risks you may not be aware of. If you are careful, you should have no problem avoiding said evils. We have provided some methods to protect yourself from them.
This article explains Dramacool’s safety, and we hope it has been helpful for you. Moreover, we hope you find this article informative and enjoyable.


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Urbanize.LA recently published an article reporting on a $6 billion “development wave” hitting Anaheim:
Approximately $6 billion in investment is coming to Anaheim, by way of expansions to the city’s major theme parks and new commercial developments surrounding Angel Stadium.
Besides the addition of the much-vaunted Star Was land at Disneyland Park, planned developments include four luxury hotels, an expansion of the Anaheim Convention Center, new homes, offices, hotels and retail destinations in the Platinum Triangle district.
This past July, Anaheim granted approval to a trio of hotels in the city’s Resort District.
What constitutes this $6 billion in private investment in Anaheim?
Disney’s $2 billion investment in Star Wars Land, the 6,800 space parking structure.
Disney’s $$624.7 million, 4-diamond, 700-room hotel.
The Wincome Groups 4-Diamond, 580-room hotel on Harbor Boulevard and the 634-room, 4-Diamond hotel on Katella Avenue.
The 466-room, 4-Diamond JW Marriott to be built at the GardenWalk, plus a second 4-Diamond hotel at the site.
The addition of 200,000 square feet of flexible meeting space to the Anaheim Convention Center.
The promise of the Platinum Triangle, stalled by the Great Recession, is bearing fruit as development there picks up. The $450 million LT Platinum Center being planned next to Angel Stadium calls for 442,000 square feet of retail space, 77,000 square feet of offices, 340 condominiums and a 200-room hotel. The A-Town Metro project (a mix of for-sale and rental housing plus retail and entertainment), is underway. Jefferson Stadium Park, across from Anaheim Stadium, will include 1,000 apartments and 10,000 square feet of retail.
None of this occurred in a vacuum. It happened because the City of Anaheim has a plan for its economic development. The Platinum Triangle exists thanks to the vision of former Mayor Curt Pringle, and is designed to attract certain kinds of development. Disney is investing $2 billion in its theme park and parking infrastructure expansion because the City Council agreed to extend an existing de facto moratorium on taxing visitors to Disneyland. Five luxury hotel projects (unless the hotel workers union blows up some) will built due to the city’s TOT tax rebate policy. Together with the Convention Center expansion, they’ll keep Anaheim’s Resort competitive as a top-tier destination – which is important given its centrality to the city’s economy. Sometimes that reality seems lost on the critics that Anaheim is competing with lots of other cities as a convention and tourism destination.
These are the policies – the Anaheim Way – that have led to an Anaheim with financial resources and amenities for which other Orange County cities would kill. These are the policies of the much-maligned Council Majority and the political-policy continuum of which it is a part.
And these are the policies which Mayor Tait and his progressive allies seek to end, and replace with…what? Judging by his rhetoric and record as mayor (which is quite different from his council record), Mayor Tait wants to repeal these policies and enact a sharp break with economic development strategy that has worked well for Anaheim for the past 50-plus years.
His leftist political allies pay lip service to Tait’s goals…to an extent. They don’t oppose TOT tax rebates to attract luxury hotels – they object when such deals omit force unionization agreements, prevailing wage requirements and other “community benefits” coveted by the Left. In other words, they share Tait’s opposition only in so far as these policies do not benefit progressive interests politically and financially. Sometimes one has to wonder if the mayor understands that his allies are taking him for a ride.
If the mayor’s progressive allies had had their way, the city would have encrusted the Platinum Triangle approvals with a litany of expensive liberal nostrums such as prevailing wage requirements for all jobs; mandatory child-care and pre-school; low-income housing mandates; etc.
Tom Tait will be out of office in two short years. If he is successful in electing his candidate slate, those are the kinds of mandates that will be impose on future economic development projects. The city will continue to utilize economic assistance agreements like the Hotel Incentive Policy – except they’ll be leveraged to fatten UNITE-HERE’s member rolls and political coffers. This progressivism won’t be confined to business – the portion of the city’s budget set aside for public school districts will continue to grow, creating a portal for the teachers union into council elections and an incentive to harness the city’s taxing powers for their own benefit.
The Anaheim Way of economic development has been demonstrably, concretely successful in generating jobs and business expansion, creating opportunities for economic growth, and providing the city with a secure and growing revenue stream for city services. Usually, the smart thing – the conservative thing – is to stick with what works.


Ahead of the 2015 general election, Governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Wednesday pledged their support for the use of consensus method in choosing the presidential as well as other candidates of the party.
The Governors, who made their position known under the aegis of Progressives Governors Forum, declared that neither the party nor the forum had endorsed any candidate for elective office.
Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha while addressing journalists in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, said the forum was in support of consensus method of choosing candidates so long as there was no imposition of candidates.
He added that in the event of not arriving at a consensus candidate, the party would then go for credible and transparent primaries.
Okorocha said, “On consensus, our forum is in full support of consensus as one of the ways to produce our presidential candidate or any candidate in the party for as long as it is done with regards for internal democracy. There will be no imposition of candidate in our party.
“Our Forum has not adopted any candidate neither has the Governors’ Forum adopted any candidate but we shall encourage consensus and dialogue within the leadership of the party and aspirants to see how we come up with a candidate. But where that is not possible, like true progressives, we shall have a free and fair primaries from the APC”.
Okorocha also decried the dwindling revenue accruing to the states, saying the situation had become so terrible that some states were finding it difficult to pay their workers’ salaries.
He said the forum planned to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan on the issue and pleaded with him to grant them audience.
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Maybe so but it appears monetary policy committee member Paul Fisher wasn't in complete agreement with that view.
He's warned we're a 'long way from reality' and need to keep our heads down and work hard to make sure we don't fall back into the pit of recession.
As he was saying that, the usual ream of conflicting economic information was flooding in to muddy the waters even more.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny declared the Republic will leave the European Union bailout fund without any call for a credit line at the end of the year.
As our biggest export market lies across the border that's good news for us but is well and truly countered by news from other parts of the Eurozone.
Economic growth across the zone slowed to a near halt of just 0.1% over the summer with France's economy actually shrinking by the same amount.
Even Germany, thought to be the stalwart economy of the region, saw its economy grow by only 0.3%.
So before we get too carried away with what some are saying is a buoyant economy, it's worth realising we shouldn't be getting too carried away.
We should be bullish, of course.
But if we've learnt anything from the credit crunch and downturn of the last few years it's to question everything in the world of economics and don't get carried away with the hubris that tends to accompany bull markets.


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Wily Peralta gave up one hit in three scoreless innings in his first spring start, but Luke Montz hit a two-run homer in a three-run ninth to rally an Oakland Athletics' split-squad to a 6-4 victory Tuesday over the Milwaukee Brewers.
MESA, Ariz. (AP) - Justin Ruggiano hit a two-run homer and an RBI double, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 6-4 win Tuesday over an Oakland Athletics split-squad.
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - Ian Kinsler was expecting this kind of reaction - even if he didn't agree with the way his comments were portrayed.
Former Seattle Seahawks cornerback Brandon Browner tweeted Tuesday that he was reinstated by the NFL following his suspension in December for violating the league's policy on substance abuse.
SAN JOSE (AP) - Jay Harrison scored with 41.2 seconds remaining in overtime and the Carolina Hurricanes won for the first time since the Olympic break, 3-2 over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - DeMarcus Cousins had 23 points and 12 rebounds, Isaiah Thomas scored 22 and the Sacramento Kings beat the slumping New Orleans Pelicans 96-89 on Monday night.
The San Francisco Giants lost Pablo Sandoval to big money and the Boston Red Sox.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Kawhi Leonard matched his career-high with 26 points and set a career-high with seven steals and the San Antonio Spurs rolled past Golden State 107-92 on Sunday, snapping the Warriors' 12-game winning streak while extending their own to seven straight.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Rodney Hood scored 13 of his season-high 25 points in the fourth quarter and the Utah Jazz pulled away to beat the Sacramento Kings 101-95 on Sunday night.
NEW YORK (AP) - Golden State Warriors guard Shaun Livingston has been suspended one game without pay for hitting Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki in the groin.
PHOENIX (AP) - Madison Bumgarner was 0-3 with a 4.91 ERA in six spring training starts.
OAKLAND (AP) - Ike Davis wandered from the clubhouse tunnel to the freshly manicured grass and took in the scene on a sunny Bay Area morning.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Lon Simmons, a Hall of Fame broadcaster whose career spanned five decades calling San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics and 49ers games, died Sunday. He was 91.
SAN JOSE (AP) - Javier Morales scored his ninth goal in 15 career meetings with San Jose and Real Salt Lake beat the Earthquakes 1-0 on Sunday.
HOUSTON (AP) - J.B. Holmes used a strong start Sunday for a Houston Open victory in a three-way playoff against Jordan Spieth and Johnson Wagner.
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) - Hot but happy, Novak Djokovic had just begun celebrating his latest championship when he tossed his towel and sweatbands into the crowd. They were soggy souvenirs for sure.
OAKLAND (AP) - The Oakland Athletics topped even their most trade-happy of days by making nine swaps involving 27 players in a wild offseason for Billy Beane and his front-office mates. As far as Beane is concerned, the A's wouldn't have even had a chance to close the gap on the reigning AL West champion Los Angeles Angels without a major offseason overhaul.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The San Francisco Giants extended the contracts of manager Bruce Bochy and baseball operations leader Brian Sabean through the 2019 season Friday.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The pain in Matt Cain's right elbow is no longer an issue. Being more efficient with his pitches is the next step toward putting him back on track.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Eric Gordon scored 21 points, Tyreke Evans nearly had a triple-double and the New Orleans Pelicans gained ground in the playoff race by outlasting the short-handed Sacramento Kings 101-95 on Friday night.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Sim Bhullar is used to people staring at him.


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North Korean women are left 'at the mercy' of male soldiers and officials who are allowed to abuse and rape them with impunity, a new report has found (file)
Women are raped and sexually abused so often in North Korea that 'nobody thinks it's a big deal', a landmark report has found.
Female defectors revealed they were 'left at the mercy' of male soldiers and guards back home, who picked them out while they worked or travelled before forcing them into sex with little chance to refuse.
Afterward, victims reported being thrown out of universities or beaten and abandoned by their husbands for bringing shame.
Meanwhile men are seldom punished as attackers, with police, guards and soliders allowed to act with impunity.
Researchers even found the definition of 'rape' is different in North Korea - with a sexual assault only classed as such if violence is used.
One anonymous former textile trader in her 40s recalled how the men 'considered us [sex] toys'.
'On the days they felt like it, market guards or police officials could ask me to follow them to an empty room outside the market, or some other place they'd pick,' where they forced sexual encounters, she said.
'It happens so often nobody thinks it is a big deal. We don't even realise when we are upset,' she added.
'But we are human, and we feel it,' she said. 'So sometimes, out of nowhere, you cry at night and don't know why.'
The report was put together by researchers from Human Rights Watch who interviewed more than 50 women who escaped Kim Jong-un's brutal regime.
They found that police and other officials prey on women with near-total impunity, in a deeply hierarchical and patriarchal society where traditional values of deference to authority still hold sway.
While the vast majority of police, guards and soldiers are men, the majority of both defectors and market traders in the North are female.
Many women have more freedom of movement than men as they are not assigned a state job from which their absence will be noticed.
Defectors, most of whom are female, told how sexual abuse and rape is used as a weapon by border guards to deter them from escaping (file)
North Korean women caught fleeing the country to China or who are repatriated from its neighbour face severe punishment including torture, imprisonment and

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Governor John Hickenlooper (D) made it abundantly clear, by signing three historic anti-gun bills into law yesterday, that he’s willing to easily dismiss your Second Amendment rights and Colorado’s rich hunting and shooting heritage.
This Saturday, March 23, Hicklenlooper will be hosting a public event at the CMU-University Center Ballroom in Grand Junction beginning at 11:00 am.
Please attend this event in Grand Junction and respectfully let the Governor know that you’re strongly opposed to the anti-gun bills he just signed into law. Take a stand for the Second Amendment and let your voice be heard this Saturday.
Details for this event can be found below:
Stand Up for the 2nd Amendment
Date: Saturday, March 23rd 2013
Time: 11:00 AM
Place: CMU – University Center Ballroom
In front of Building 35, off 12th Street and north of North Avenue
Come Protest Gov. Hickenlooper at Club 20
Let’s send a clear message and have more protestors outside than people listening to the Governor—inside
Please bring friends and family—make signs!
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“ Consumer confidence inflation in the market shows and thinks that stock market follow that especially that now the economy is much more .”
“ The current growth of the economy as divergence and S&P 500 makes investors more optimistic in this type of business."
There are peoples getting online approval loan from the lender options everywhere from unsecured personal loans with bad credit.
“ The market is reminiscent of 2000. One must go with the flow and don’t counteract the flow of the stock market.”
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“ Even though the Fed tightens in investing stocks several savvy investors tends to adjust its strategies in investing.”
“ The danger behind the new eurozone is very risky as what was reported that the economic growth is so elusive for the eurozone."
Trading on the FX market (the Foreign Exchange market, also known as Forex) can get you a little extra money each month, or it can become your full-time occupation, depending on the time and interest.
“ There are good reasons for investing in emerging market stocks. Hampering advancement in these countries need no description.”
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So, you’ve been hearing about the Foreign Exchange market (also known as FX, or forex) for a few years now, and you can see average people building successful trading careers.
"As investors, are constantly looking for signs that a firm has the ability to increase corporate earnings substantially for the near future."
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Journeying out into the world of online forex (Foreign Exchange market, also known as FX, or currency market) as an independent trader is a rough task indeed.
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“ Can one jump into cyclical stocks in the market now that the U.S. economy as what the investors say is getting better? Which suggest to moving towards economic growth in the market.”
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This past week I had the opportunity to sit on a panel concerning the interplay among feminism, Christianity, and social justice. For an overtly conservative Christian liberal arts school, such a dialogue is undeniably novel, and the discussion went better than we expected. People were genuinely interested in moving past the knee-jerk reactions to a term like “feminism” and digging into exactly how this body of thought describes and combats unjust structures.
Most of the night’s discussion revolved around a common trope of “hip” evangelical pastors and leaders: the tendency to constantly refer to their wives as “smokin’ hot”. We, the panel, quite thoroughly revealed the latent sexism of such a statement, how it reduces the wife to an object and perpetuates a hypocritical practice of sexuality within the church. It was during this discussion that we were met with the only dissenting comment of the night. A young woman in attendance explained to us her desire to be referred to as “smokin’ hot” in public by the man she chooses to marry. She threw out terms like “ownership” in reference to her hypothetical relationship. We, the panel, collectively cringed. In the end, I feel we were able to adequately articulate that her romantic desires, at their core, are by no means wrong, but the way in which she feels they should be expressed simply serve to reinforce the oppressive, patriarchal tendencies of marriage and relationships in general.
Giving this event some thought, I’ve become a bit ashamed of my reaction to that young woman. All she was doing was articulating her desire to love and be loved, using the vocabulary she inherited from the traditions and institutions she grew up in. Our slightly-less-than-charitable initial reactions were due to the vocabulary we’ve acquired in our chosen field of study. Terms like “smokin’ hot” and “ownership” mean something fundamentally different to we, the panel. Our minds jump immediately to the evils of sexism and the abuses of capitalism; the connotations of love and desire washed away through the study of oppressive systems.
I don’t know how that young woman felt as she walked away from the panel. I hope that she might see past any air of hostility and contempt that may have come across, and find that there is something to our critique. And I hope that myself and my fellow panel members and philosophers and thinkers everywhere can work to make our thoughts and critiques meaningful and life-giving to people like that young woman, rather than feeding into that old “ivory tower” imagery.


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People interested in plans to upgrade the A303 past Stonehenge are urged to have their say on revised proposals to further protect the World Heritage site. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/further-consultation-on-proposed-changes-to-a303-stonehenge-upgrade
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What is Usher transforming into in his ‘The Transformation Begins’ video?
Usher drops a puzzling teaser video entitled ‘The Transformation Begins’. What does it mean?
Usher has released a teaser video via his official website Usherworld, entitled ‘The Transformation Begins’. Just over a minute long the clip is ambiguous, left with the tagline “You ready #TeamUsher”, everything is left to the viewer’s imagination.
The clip shows the hit maker checking himself out in front a mirror as he ponders, he then shaves off his now trademark fauxhawk. Giving himself a satisfying nod and smile, Usher leaves us in the darkness – literally to deliberate.
This leaves us with the question; is R&B restoring to its former state? With many popular artists from the noughties making a musical comeback from other endeavours, including the likes of Justin Timberlake and Destiny’s Child; we hope Usher is doing the same!
Watch the questioning teaser video below.


Hymix has redesigned the vehicle so that there is no need for the driver to work at height and thus reduce the risk of slips, trips and falls. Cemex has already declared that it is interested and wants to try it.
The removal of the ladder and platform has been achieved by adding both a drop-down hopper and auto wash system. These allow the operator to clean the blades, capping and rear of the mixer without the need to climb a traditional ladder platform.
Hymix general manager James Harper said: “ Improving safety and helping reduce both serious and minor accidents is a high priority in our vehicle development programme and we aim to work with the industry and key stakeholders to ensure the safety of all involved. Our roads are getting busier and potential for danger is greater than ever, it is for everyone in the supply chain to contribute in mitigating risks to all.
“The first truck to benefit from these innovations plus the latest 360 degree camera system with dynamic views will be on the roads in April.”
Cemex UK national fleet liaison manager Charlie Stanford said: “We will be one of the first in the industry to trial a truck with these new features. If the trial is successful, the new safety concepts in development at Hymix could reach a global audience and have potential to set a new standard in safety within our readymix operations in the UK and beyond.”


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Just our periodic reminder that while Login only arrives once a day, we cover tech news throughout the day in the Axios Technology Stream.
It's been a year since Axios first examined the data, and as of now, there are 55 companies with self-driving car testing permits in California and 54 new accidents, based on filings of incident reports in the state.
But the one constant point is that humans continue to be the cause of most accidents, Axios' Kia Kokalitcheva reports.
By the numbers: All those beige cars in the chart above indicate incidents where autonomous vehicles were not considered "at fault" — that is, people were. Even when AVs are at fault, that's most often been in cases where humans were at the wheel ("conventional mode").
The bottom line: Unless self-driving cars magically replace all conventional cars in the country overnight, robots will have to drive alongside humans. What’s more, they’ll have to drive alongside pedestrians, cyclists and other humans with whom they share the road. And at the moment, self-driving car tech doesn't seem to be advanced enough to handle all these humans.
Yes, but: It’s still hard to compare self-driving car accident rates to those of human drivers, despite the widespread hope that self-driving cars will be much safer than human-driving ones, as University of Central Florida's Peter Hancock points out in a blog post.
One new thing: In three incidents, humans intentionally attacked a self-driving car, such as by hitting it, or climbing on top of it.
Flashback: Axios’ first look at the data in August 2017.
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The tech industry was the latest target of a tweetstorm by President Trump yesterday, when he railed on Google for bias against conservatives and then followed up with comments from the White House that expanded the ire to include Facebook and Twitter.
"I think that Google and Twitter and Facebook, they are really treading on very, very troubled territory and they have to be careful. It is not fair to large portions of the population," the president said.
Economic adviser Larry Kudlow later said the White House was looking into the issue, but declined to offer more details.
On the other side: Whatever the origin of Trump's beef, Google rejected the notion that politics influence its search results.
"Search is not used to set a political agenda and we don't bias our results toward any political ideology,” the company said in a statement that followed Trump's tweets.
Be smart: Axios' David McCabe has a look at what Trump could do if he really does want to crack down on Google, though most actions would require an act from Congress.
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Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that more than 100 Facebook employees have joined a Facebook group called FBers for Political Diversity, after one employee's post criticized the company for having "a political monoculture" that stifles conservative dissent.
A number of Facebook users were surprised Tuesday when some of their old posts disappeared — specifically, all the updates that had been cross-posted from Twitter. It turns out Twitter was surprised, too.
The bottom line: Facebook had announced in January that it was removing a feature that allowed people to cross-post updates from Twitter. As a result, Twitter deleted its Facebook platform app, which had been rendered useless when the changes went into effect earlier this month. But it had no idea old posts would go away once the app was removed.
Here's what happened, according to a source close to Twitter: The social media platform had initially asked Facebook for more time to see if there was a way for users to continue joint posting to both social networks, but Facebook said no.
“A Twitter admin requested their app be deleted, which resulted in content that people had cross-posted from Twitter to Facebook also being temporarily removed from people’s profiles," Facebook told Axios late Tuesday night. "However, we have since restored the past content and it’s now live on people’s profiles.”
Why it matters: The deletions were brief, but the snafu serves as a reminder that it’s not always clear who has control over user data on giant social platforms — and it’s often not the user.
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Three reports out Tuesday suggest that Amazon is pushing harder to corner the entertainment sector, with plans for a free TV streaming app, a live television recorder and a new slate of content deals with two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios.
Why it matters: One of Amazon's fastest-growing business units is advertising, which will continue to explode with investments in content and TV technology. Content investments will also help the company take on Netflix in a heated battle for digital streaming subscribers, reports Axios' Sara Fischer.
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Read more of Sara's full story here.
Go deeper: How Amazon is eating the media business.
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Addiction in the Modeling Field – Part 3
J – Now, looking at huge model celebrities such as Kate Moss or Naomi Campbell, the media shows their lives looking so glamorous, but they have also had really destructive patterns with addiction. Is that a realistic portrayal of what it is like in modeling?
N – It absolutely is. For me, once I started making a lot of money, having my face out there, and booking a lot of jobs, it became difficult because I began to lose touch with reality.
All you focus on is what you look like because your income is equivalent to how you look.
Now it is also different because of social media. I stopped modeling in 2012, and social media wasn’t really happening. Six months to a year later, social media exploded, and there was no longer just taking your portfolio to photographers to get casted for a job.
My friends told me it became taking your portfolio, but then they also want to see that you have a million followers, so it became an even more superficial lifestyle.
However, once you are modeling it is very hard to get out because you can get so wrapped up in your image and building your brand.
Also, you’re making a lot of money, say, ten thousand dollars a day once you really get into the business.
You get scared to lose all of this because you feel it is all you have.
It is similar to sports in the way that you put so much into something and, if you lose it, then what do you have?
Even someone like Kate Moss, she built her entire life around that, imagine losing it, it is terrifying!
J – Absolutely! Now, in your amazing book, Washed Away: From Darkness to Light, you talk about leaving the industry. Was part of the reason you left the modeling industry to get away from addiction culture, or, what was the main reason?
N – I honestly thought I would never leave modeling. At the time, I was preparing to leave Europe and go back to New York. I had worked really hard to rebuild myself and sign with the best agency in New York.
Unfortunately, my health was so poor as a result of the abuse. I had pushed myself too hard to the point where I just became sick. My anorexia was at a horrible point, as well.
It was really a combination of having anorexia and realizing that there were times in my life where I was not able to handle drugs and alcohol.
I watched my mother become very very sick because she had a problem with alcohol and it was killing her.
My brother and I put her into rehab in 2012, but she didn’t stay for more than 60 days.
She also had some serious mental health issues with Dissociative Identity Disorder and Bipolar Disorder.
You can function and be very healthy within society with those disorders, but with the alcohol, she became too far gone.
She passed away in a car accident in 2012, and it was at that time that I decided to get help for myself.
I saw my mother’s life and my own life and the parallels and realized that I was declining fast. I had to make a decision to take care of myself because I had never done that.
Everything was always so based on my career, on trying to look good but not really feeling good on the inside.
I left modeling, and I was shocked because I never thought I would do that. I thought I would always be a model.
Today, I can say that was the best decision I ever made.
It took me a few years to get better but I have been sober for six years, now, and I’ve been strong in recovery from my eating disorder for five years.
I went back to school a few years ago for psychology, want to be a doctor one day, wrote my book Washed Away: From Darkness to Light and this February it is coming out in French under a different title in France.
I just know that God had a plan all along. I didn’t know what the plan was, and I still don’t, but I am taking it day-by-day. I’m very grateful that I’m not on drugs and alcohol anymore. I used to think it was the best escape for me but I didn’t realize that I was killing myself to avoid all of the issues I didn’t want to face like my career, my childhood, my trauma, the abuse I experienced.
I still have things day-to-day that I have to work on, things that come up, but I am able to handle them because I don’t rely on unhealthy things to deal with challenges. Instead, I lean and rely on and trust God to deal with those things.
I do see a therapist and take medication. I, actually, recently started seeing a therapist that does hypnotherapy just to try a different type.
I’m so thankful to God that I’m sober and know that, if I can do it, anyone listening can do it.
It just takes that first step in saying “I don’t want to look like this anymore, I don’t want to be a victim of the drugs and alcohol, I’m getting help.”
Recovery will be different for everyone, I went to AA and got the Recovery Bible, but the most significant step is asking for help.
I really believe it happens one day a time, the grace of God, staying away from people, places, and things that trigger, and learning and knowing how to say no.
It takes a long time, but it can be done.
If you’re in that place right now where you feel like you don’t know how to get out of it, you just need to know that you can do it with God’s help and just to ask for help because someone out there is going to be able to help you.
Virtual Presentation by Nikki DuBose in the January 24, 2018 Addiction Hope Inaugural Online Conference & link to the press release at https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eating-disorder-hope-offers-inaugural-online-conference-300550890.html
About the Presenter: Nikki DuBose is a model, author, and advocate. She is the Co-Founder of The Artists League for Change, a national nonprofit dedicated to preventing mental health issues and abuse through the creative arts, and is an Ambassador for the Shaw Mind Foundation. Her debut memoir, Washed Away: From Darkness to Light was released September 30, 2016, in the U.S. and will be released in French in 2018 with Editions du Rocher.
Nikki has been featured on television shows and networks such as The Doctors, TD Jakes, CBS Los Angeles, and the Oprah Winfrey Network, and profiled in publications such as People, LA Times, and Vogue UK. She worked alongside Assemblymember Marc Levine on California Assembly Bill 2539, which addressed the need for workplace protections and health standards in the modeling industry. She gives talks regularly on her recovery at universities and treatment centers and writes extensively on mental health, political issues, and the modeling industry on the NY Daily News, The Huffington Post, PsychCentral, and more.
About the Transcript Editor: Margot Rittenhouse is a therapist who is passionate about providing mental health support to all in need and has worked with clients with substance abuse issues, eating disorders, domestic violence victims, and offenders, and severely mentally ill youth.
As a freelance writer for Eating Disorder and Addiction Hope and a mentor with MentorConnect, Margot is a passionate eating disorder advocate, committed to de-stigmatizing these illnesses while showing support for those struggling through mentoring, writing, and volunteering. Margot has a Master’s of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Johns Hopkins University.
The opinions and views of our guest contributors are shared to provide a broad perspective of addictions. These are not necessarily the views of Addiction Hope, but an effort to offer discussion of various issues by different concerned individuals.
We at Addiction Hope understand that addictions result from a combination of environmental and genetic factors. If you or a loved one are suffering from an addiction, please know that there is hope for you, and seek immediate professional help.
Published on July 27, 2018
Reviewed on July 27, 2018 by Jacquelyn Ekern, MS, LPC
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