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This post was inspired my friend, Lizzie the Liberator, a bosom friend if ever there was one. She’d be quick to remind us that: “Liberation does not happen in a day.” But it does happen.
I love story. I think words are magical. The Christian creation story says that God spoke the world into being. It’s easy for me to believe that because I’ve seen with my own eyes the power of words to create and destroy. The Bible even says that we have the power of life and death in our tongue- it’s not talking about mumbo-jumbo incantations. It’s talking about our every day conversations.
Do I lift other people up? Do I encourage them? Do I curse them to remain trapped in their past because I won’t offer them the grace to move on? There’s a lot of power in our words; we forget what mighty warriors we are because we’ve been fooled into thinking that weapons only look like guns and knives and spears. But no…..we’re all black belt level talkers whether we realize it or not.
Sometimes the person who needs our verbalized magic the most is….ourselves. What blessing or curse do I speak over myself every day? What life am I pouring into me? What am I saying that holds me back? Am I quick to forgive me? Or am I quicker to condemn me?
Remember last week’s post from the front seat of the Struggle Bus? Am I treating me like someone I love enough to help? Am I talking to me like someone I love enough to help? Are you?
Lizzie the Liberator brought all of this to the surface by reminding me of the magic that one Clive Staples Lewis wove with his words in “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”. (Honestly, if you think the Narnia stories are just for kids, you need to read them again.)
One of the main characters of this novel is a child named Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he’s such an unlikeable child that Lewis goes on to describe his moniker as something “he almost deserved”. We could stop and have a good chat about names and identity right here: what has someone else called you that you believe you “almost deserve”? Yikes.
But Lizzie would have me press on.
Eustace is arrogant, greedy and selfish. He’s a person who is hard to like. In the story, he ends up wandering off by himself on an unexplored island and finding a dragon’s treasure. Since he’s a greedy boy, he grabbed up the treasure including a bracelet that is cursed. The bracelet transforms him into a dragon. The bracelet causes him constant pain and is impossible to remove. Being a dragon emphasizes the loneliness and misery he also felt as a boy. There seems to be no hope for him.
Eventually, Eustace the Dragon has a meeting with Aslan the Lion (who Lewis is always quick to remind us is good but not tame). Aslan comes to him in the night and leads him away from camp to a magical well in the mountains. Eustace knows that if he can get into the well, it would make the pain from the bracelet go away. He starts toward the well, but Aslan tells him that he must remove his dragon skin first. And so he does by scratching vigorously at it. Unfortunately, as he heads towards the well, the dragon skin reappears on his body. He scratches it away again, and it appears yet again. He removes it a third time, and again it reappears.
Finally, Aslan offers to help. Eustace agrees even as he admits that he is terrified of the sharp lion’s claws. He describes the first scratch as being “so deep that I thought it had gone right into my heart”. He says that the removal hurt worse than anything he had ever felt, and that the only thing that made it bearable was the pleasure of being free of the dragon’s skin. With Aslan’s help, Eustace became a boy again – and a much nicer and better boy than he had been before.
I think having an identity crisis (still a terrible term) is a bit like looking down and realizing you’ve become a dragon. And I would go a step further and say that our dragon suits aren’t built by a cursed bracelet but by words….actual curses…our own words and others’ as well. When we believe something about us that just isn’t true, we become the dragon, and it is so, so hard to shed that skin and step into the refreshing water of the well.
When Lizzie and I talk – which is frequently – we discuss all the circumstances and situations that we find ourselves in, and they can be distressing and heart-breaking: sickness, loss, disappointment….but nothing defeats us except that darn dragon. Turns out, we (and that includes you, my dear Struggle Bus Passengers) are amazingly, fantabulously resilient. We can walk through freaking fire and still press on. But the dragon…..the dragon will undo us every time. The dragon will break us.
The worst part is that we can’t usually see our own dragon; someone else has to point it out. I need Lizzie to tell me that I’ve become a claw-footed changling. Lizzie needs me to point out her diamond hard scales. We get so used to the dragon that it is invisible to us, but we can learn to see it if we try.
Phrases like: I’m a failure. I’m not worthy. I’m not enough. I’m too much. No one will ever truly love me. If they really knew me, they’d reject me. I’m too fat, I’m too thin, I’m too dumb…..all are signs of the dragon. The dragon is nothing more than a lie that we cannot shed alone.
In Lewis’ works, Aslan is representative of God. Eustace could not shed his dragon skin without Aslan’s help, and we’re the same – but in our world, Aslan has a little help. You see those of us who claim to follow Jesus? We’re also supposed to act like him. We’re supposed to free the captive and bind up the broken-hearted. We’re supposed to help one another shed our dragon skin once and for all. We’re supposed to see the lie, call it by name and vanquish it. That’s the upside.
The downside is that shedding that dragon skin hurts like hell. Yes, it is a relief to be freed from the lie and the ill-fitting skin that’s surrounded us, but it still hurts coming off. Some of us have believed our dragon identity for so long that we don’t know how to exist as ourselves anymore. Who are we if we are not the lie?
I can tell you: You are not a failure. You are worthy. You are exactly who is needed right here and right now. You are enough. You are not to blame. You were created for exactly a time like this. You are so loved.
It’s time to embrace the pain and the relief, my dear ones. It’s time to run with the good but not tame Lion. It’s time to shed our dragon skins to become something far more powerful: ourselves. It’s time to use our magical, powerful beyond reason words to heal ourselves so that we can change and heal our world. It all starts here: defeating the dragon.
Fight with me, friends. We’re worth it.


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Metz' experience as a preschool teacher inspired her to take on this project. "Reading to the class was always such a special part of the day. Watching cognitive skills, imagination, inquiry and empathy grow through the stories we read was amazing," Metz told All Country News.
"Prayer has always been important for Bradley and I in our individual lives since when were young. Additionally, we all know how beneficial it is to bolster young minds and hearts with self-esteem, confidence, encouragement and unconditional love," continued Metz. In that spirit, she hopes that her book can gently introduce kids to Christianity. "Bradley and I agree the way we were raised was vital to our self confidence and ultimately the way we walked through the world. We wanted to impart upon the reader that through loving encouragement and a connection to God we all have a journey and purpose."
Through an immersive listening experience, the album aims to add another dimension to the book's stories. "The animals Lisa Fields illustrated in the book come to life in the songs. After being read the book for an endearing lesson at bedtime, our hope is that Chrissy's powerful, dream-like vocals on the lullabies will send children to a peaceful night's sleep," reflected Collins. "When Chrissy and I finished the book, we felt like there was more to the story. We wanted to keep creating together, and you know; writers have to write. So when we teamed up with Phil Barton, the songs kept coming. We had a great time writing these lullabies with Phil, and we were honored to co-write several songs with the legendary Liz Rose and our friend Jennifer Wayne of Runaway June."
We hope that When I Talk To God, I Talk About You and Prayed For This Day brightened your day as much as they did ours! In a phenomenal book and well-rounded album, equally incorporating relaxing and fun elements, Metz and Collins have outdone themselves. This goes to show that there's nothing the multitalented star can't do!

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Slumber parties, swimming pools, boyfriends, lakeside summers, family holidays–Susan Allen Toth has captured it all in this delightful account of growing up in Ames, Iowa, in the 1950’s. Charming, wise, funny, poignant, and true, Blooming celebrates an innocent and very American way of life.
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Susan Allen Toth has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Harper’s, Victoria, Vogue, McCall’s, Travel and Leisure, and many other publications. Her books include Blooming, Ivy Days, How to Prepare for Your High-School Reunion, My Love Affair with… More about Susan Allen Toth
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The Massachusetts-bred, New York-based producer/DJ Statik Selektah has done nothing but live by creating his own lane. For over the past decade, Statik has established himself as an underground product that pushes the edge of the mainstream, consistently pumping out his boom-bap inspired beats to artists like Nas and Talib Kweli, keeping his turntable skills sharp and running his independent label, Showoff Records.
But let’s not forget his ability to mix records, which has landed him a successful spot as a radio personality on Eminem’s uncut channel Shady 45 every Thursday. As Statik puts it, he’s not there to spin radio-friendly records, but “people are going to bump me to do Biggie, A Tribe Called Quest and Nas.”
It’s safe to say that the hard work has finally paid off.
For the upcoming release of Population Control due out on October 25th, fans can expect Statik to be running on all cylinders. He has separated himself from his battle scene days of sharing the name DJ Statik (Selekath came shortly after an announcer at a show unknowingly shouted “DJ Statik Selektah!”) to gathering the best new school artists and veterans here. With all original beats, guest spots like Big K.R.I.T., Mac Miller, Nitty Scott, MC, Bun B, Styles P and seasoned DJ co-signs, this final compilation is a classic in a making. You can pre-order Population Control on iTunes now.
Check out the interview, as well as the tracklisting for Population Control after the jump.
Why did you decide to bring together well-established rappers and new artists on this album?
Well, at first, I wanted to keep it strictly new artists. You know the new generation of artists who I co-sign. Towards the middle, you know what … I wanted to put a couple of the dudes I really rocked with. Like Styles, and you know, Lil’ Fame, people like that … I wanted to put of them on there. That’s why there’s a couple of OGs on there, but for the most part, its new artists. I got pretty much who I wanted except for Kendrick Lamar and J.Cole. But we’ll do something in the future.
You have quite a few East Coast up-and-comers on this album, and fans will also appreciate the Dom Kennedy feature. What’s your take on West? It’s been blowing up lately.
On the West Coast? Yeah, Dom’s real dope. I did a couple things with Nipsey, but none of them made the album, but I definitely mess with Nipsey. Kendrick. The West Coast has got a new sound to it – it’s cool.
What do you like about it specifically?
I think it’s a good mix. It’s not regional as some of the west was in the last ten years. I think they sound more like Kendrick; he’s not in any box, he can do any sound. I think it’s cool that the west has got dudes. I’m not saying everyone was one-dimensional before, but a lot of it started to get stagnant like the same way New York did.
So for your new album, why did you title it Population Control?
Just cause everybody thinks they’re a rapper, everybody’s a DJ. It’s really for the kids, man. It’s like a subliminal message. There are a lot of people who are doing it who shouldn’t be doing it and this is who I think meets the par.
I feel like this album showcases the best of the best.
Yeah. I mean they’re a lot of people who do a lot of irresponsible stuff and throw their lives away and their futures. Trying to be what they aren’t really meant to be. You know, I’m not trying to shut down anyone’s dream, but there are a lot of kids who throw away their education to be rappers and they just don’t have it.
I’m assuming like your other albums, you handled all the production.
Yeah, everything. I mixed, mastered, engineered – everything.
You’re mostly known as a DJ, but with this new release, fans are starting to recognize your sound behind the boards. What inspired you to start making beats?
I’ve always been making beats, but I never really took it seriously until about five years ago. I started getting placements kind of by mistake; through remixes I was doing stuff. The first couple placements I got were on with KRS-ONE, Eazy and Foxy Brown. But, I started to take it seriously when I did my first album [Spell My Name Right] then I used the last couple albums kind of business parts. Artists didn’t even know I had beats. They would hear the records that I was doing, and they be like: ‘Yo, who did that?’ I be like: ‘I did it.’ And they eventually reach out. So now it’s ill that I get requests from like Nas, Talib Kweli, and Styles. I’m on so many albums that are about to come out its real dope. You know, it’s not the easiest transition.
Is there anybody else that’s been hitting you up besides those guys?
I mean everybody has at some point or another – it’s crazy. But I actually have placements with those guys. Like Nas have done a couple of records on my beats recently. I’m on Styles album that’s about to come out. I’m on Kweli’s next album about to come out. I’m on Evidence’s album. I’m on the next … man it’s hard to remember them all.
You really have this talent of matching the right beat with the right artist, and I think they are started to see that.
Thanks, I appreciate that.
I’ve noticed your frequent collaborations with Term, as well as with Freddie Gibbs, Action Bronson, Saigon and Freeway. Do you enjoy producing mixtapes and albums for one artist, or crafting compilations?
I like both. The compilation thing … like this will probably be my last for a little while. I feel like this is end of the series. I mean, I might do one later down the line like a part two to Population Control, maybe. I wouldn’t keep doing random albums. But you know, me and Action Bronson got a whole album about to come out, me and Freeway are going to do something else, me and Saigon are gonna do somethin’, me and Term already finished our next 1982 album.
I like doing full albums with people, but I prefer to just do individual songs that end up on other people’s albums. I rather have the best song on an album, then to do a bunch. Growing up, the reason why Premier and Pete Rock – all those guys – had such a name because when they did a song on album, it was usually the best. I remember I used to buy an album because there was a Primo beat on it. So I had fans say stuff to me like that now. And it’s like bugged out. That was what I was shootin’ for in the beginning.
DJ Premier was one of your influences in becoming a DJ. Is that why you want to have that one track on an album?
Yeah, he was the number one influence growing up. Now, he is a really good friend of mine; we build on stuff all the time. So definitely, he’s one of the big influences there. Him, Pete Rock, Tray, you know, a lot of people.
You have a song with him on your album called “A DJ Saved My Life.”
It’s a song about all the DJ’s that passed away. A lot of were friends of ours, and he shouts ‘em all out and I shout out a couple. This song is a two part song and changes and it’s just like … I got DJ Babu, Scram Jones, Craze scratching crazy. And I’m scratching too, but it’s a DJ record.
So if you had to choose which express you more, what would you choose? DJing or producing?
DJing while playing the records I produce. That’s the best feeling in the world.
Can you describe a moment when you were doing that?
The second time I went to Japan. The first time I went was with Q-Tip. The second time I went to Japan, I was booked as a DJ and it was a six-city tour. And after the first night, the promoter was like: ‘Yeah, they were kind of disappointed.’ And I was like: ‘What? I killed it. What are you talkin’ about?’ She was like: ‘Yeah, but a lot of people want you to only play your records.’ And I was like: ‘What?’ So, the next night I played strictly songs I produced – the whole night. The people were going crazy like it was bananas. That was a whole new experience. That was the first time I ever did a party or a show where all I played was my stuff, it was pretty bugged out.
That’s nice. So after Population Control drops, what’s next for Showoff/Duck Down Music?
I mean as far as the partnership we got, it’s just for this album as of right now. I’m definitely doing something with Sean Price down the line; we’re working on it slowly. As far as Showoff, we got the Action Bronson album that’s coming out in late November and the second 1982 album with Term that’s dropping in December.
But you’re still laying low on the compilations?
Yeah, for right now. Who knows? I’ve said that before.
01 Population Control (feat. Sean Price & Termanology)
02 Play the Game (feat. Big K.R.I.T. & Freddie Gibbs)
03 Groupie Love (feat. Mac Miller & Josh Xantus)
04 New York, New York (feat. Styles P, Saigon & Jared Evan)
05 Sam Jack (feat. XV, Jon Connor & The Kid Daytona)
06 Never a Dull Moment (feat. Action Bronson, Termanology & Bun B)
07 You’re Gone (feat. Talib Kweli, Colin Munroe & Lil Fame)
08 They Don’t Know (feat. Pill & Reks)
09 Down (feat. Push! Montana & LEP Bogus Boys)
10 Let’s Build (feat. Chace Infinite, JFK, Mitchy Slick & Wais P)
11 Smoke On (feat. Dom Kennedy & Strong Arm Steady)
12 The High Life (feat. Kali, GameBoi & Chris Webby)
13 Half Moon Part (feat. Skyzoo, Chuuwee & Tayyib Ali)
14 Black Swan (feat. Nitty Scott MC & Rapsody)
15 Harlem Blues (feat. Smoke DZA)
16 Gold In 3D (feat. STS & Dosage)
17 Damn Right (feat. Joell Ortiz & Brother Ali)
18 Live & Let Live (feat. Lecrae)
19 A DJ Saved My Life (feat. DJ Premier, DJ Babu, Scram Jones & DJ Craze)
20 4Gs (feat. Ea$y Money, Termanology, Scram Jones & Wais P)
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Hi! I'm Ariel Dawn.
I grew up an avid lover of books and the creative arts. I read everything I could get my hands on, but most of all I loved the romance in whatever I read. After a long hiatus with books, I found my way back, and started reading, and writing again.
It wasn't until 2016, that I started writing book reviews for independent authors that I became fully acquainted with the romance genre. At first, we didn't get along despite my love for love. This is what led me to create Wrong Turn Romance, an Instagram that features romance novels based on their covers and synopsis. As I reviewed these novels in all varying genres and featured them on this Instagram, I started to fall more in love with the romance genre, and understand its magnetic pull for so many people.
Over the next few years, my relationship with romance and its sub-genres became a sort of relationship in itself. I wanted to be wooed, and after being courted for several years, I finally can say the romance genre has totally wooed me.
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Performance, Devotion, Gender: Figuring the Peñafrancia in the Bicol Region, Philippines
The Festival of Our Lady of Peñafrancia is celebrated on a Sunday after the octave of 8 September. Housed at the Peñafrancia Basilica Minore, Peñafrancia is considered the patroness of the entire Philippine region of Bicol. In the presentation, the Peñafrancia is described as a theatricalized devotion where devotees are transformed into a frenzied ensemble that normalizes masculinity as a privileged norm. However, digging deeper into the festival’s peculiarity, the normalization of masculinity is only incidental because the gendering is argued to idealize and celebrate a figure of a woman. The idealization and celebration of the woman-figure is asserted to have a precolonial root. In the end, it is argued that the Peñafrancia is a manifestation of a cultural community in which the pre-colonial lifeways of its members are recuperated through expressive bodily movements. At the same time, the legacy of Hispanic Catholicism is problematized through the rearticulation of an indigenous past. This way, the community members of the Bicol region are called to participate in a decolonized future.
Keywords: cultural performance, Philippine Catholicism, panata, pre-colonial lifeways, surrogation, figuration
S Anril Tiatco is professor of theatre and performance at the University of the Philippines Diliman Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts. He is the author of Buhol-Buhol/Entanglement: Contemporary Theatre in the Metropolitan Manila (Peter Lang, 2017) and Cosmopolitanism, Theatre and the Philippines: Performing Community in a World of Strangers (UP Press, 2018), winner of the 2019 Alfonso Ongpin Best Book on Art given by the National Book Development Board and the Manila Critics Circle. He is also currently a member of the editorial associates of Contemporary Theatre Review and Humanities Diliman.


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Reading is one of my favorite hobbies, but sometimes I don't make enough time for it. As an incentive to read more, I plan on keeping this list as a record of my reading activity.
- Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo.
- Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Silmarillion by J.R.R Tolkien
- A carta: Para entender a constituição brasileira by Naercio Menezes Filho and André Portela Souza.
- The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Steve Brussate
- Push Notifications by Tutorials by the Scott Grosch and the raywenderlich Tutorial Team.
On my backlog
- The Castle by Franz Kafka
- Bad Blood by John Carreyou.
- Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow.
- Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil
- Microcopy: The Complete Guide by Kinneret Yifrah.


Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, said it has deployed 3,700 personnel for the inauguration of Osun Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke
The command, in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Adeleke Kehinde disclosed that NSCDC and other sister agencies in the state embarked on a show of force yesterday (Friday) as a way of sending signals to criminally minded people in the state.
“There will be an operation stop and search within the state at some flashpoints.
“I want to appeal to mothers and fathers at home, to warn their wards. It’s not business as usual. We know our job and Osun state deserves better Security architecture and we’ve put that in place”, it reads.


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Tag: Arabic literature
Shaj Mathew: Poetry as Life, Life as PoetryFebruary 2014
Fifty years ago, Forugh Farrokhzad’s 'Another Birth' modernized and scandalized Iranian poetry with its radical feminine voice.
The Writer and the RebellionNovember 2013
“The last chapter is the most difficult to finish in a revolution, as in a novel,” writes Khaled Khalifa from war-torn Syria.
Sonallah Ibrahim: Notes from PrisonMarch 2013
An excerpt from the Egyptian novelist's prison journal, translated by Robyn Creswell.
Robyn Creswell: Arabic Rhetoric Gets an Acid BathMarch 2013
The Paris Review editor on his new translation of That Smell by Sonallah Ibrahim.


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Updating Estimates of Contraceptive Use at First Sexual Intercourse among Teenagers in the United States
Joyce C. Abma, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC
Brittany Dawson, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC
This research will update national estimates of contraceptive use at first intercourse among male and female teenagers in the United States, using 2002 data from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG). This analysis will update findings from the mid-1990s, presenting method-specific trends and differentials. During this time new programs and new contraceptive technologies have emerged, that have no doubt impacted levels of usage overall and within demographic subgroups. The 2002 data were collected based on interviews with 12,571 men and women aged 15-44 in the United States. In-person interviews were conducted with 1,150 female teenagers, and 1,121 male teenagers. For selected analyzes, prior cycles of the NSFG and figures from the National Survey of Adolescent Males are used. Results indicate that teens' use of contraceptives at first intercourse has increased since 1995, and the condom remains the most commonly used method at first intercourse.
Presented in Session 71: Adolescent Fertility

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An online exhibition presented by iii in collaboration with Quartair.
In the hit single from 1981 Mick Jones of UK band The Clash infects us with an ear-worm: “If I go there will be trouble, if I stay it will be double”. Is the song really about an unhappy love story, or is the question pressed by the punk rocker hinting to something else?
This exhibition starts as an anthropological investigation and ends in a series of playful rituals engaging with our senses through song and food. Questions around identity and migration are viewed through the individual experiences of members of the international artist community in The Hague. Tensions experienced while living in transition between places and cultures serve as fuel for three new works.
With works by: Wen Chin Fu, Matteo Marangoni, Daniël Siegersma, Davide Tidoni
ONLINE exhibition from 29th May 2020 to 14th June, 2020
Opening on Friday, May 29th with Hoogtij #61 – the online edition
Visit the exhibition on: stay-go.nl.
29 May | 21:00 – 23:00 online Karaoke party with Matteo Marangoni + Davide Tidoni
10 June | 19:00 online cooking workshop with Wen Chin Fu
Davide Tidoni and Matteo Marangoni in Strangers in Karaoke address the challenge of becoming familiar with a foreign culture while confronting negative stereotypes. In Tune of the Hamlets Daniël Siegersma channels his attachment to the native language of his ancestors by joining in song the different dialects of Low Saxon. Wen Chin Fu in Nederlands Gastronomisch Inburgeringsexamen responds to her experience with the process of acquiring Dutch nationality by imagining an immigration test over food culture in The Netherlands.
Should I Stay Or Should I Go is a project commissioned by Tetem and developed by iii with the participation of: Erfan Abdi, Marije Baalman, Budhaditya Chattopadhyay, Wen Chin Fu, Ji Kang, Gábor Kerekes, Lars Kynde, Sebastiaan van ‘t Holt, Hanna Ijäs, Matteo Marangoni, Marit Mihklepp, Farah Rahman, Flora Reznik, Jonathan Reus, Ludmila Rodrigues, Daniël Siegersma, Davide Tidoni, Gabey Tjon a Tham, Sissel Marie Tonn and Philip Vermeulen.
Tune of the Hamlets by Daniël Siegersma is realised with Giovanni Salice, Isidor ten Hooven, Lester Kamstra, Willy Weerman, Herman Loning, Angela Siegersma, Reitze Brouwer, Douwe Gnodde, Herman Telgenkamp, Janny Veltman and Trijnie Groeneveld.
This exhibition is presented by iii with financial support from The Municipality of The Hague, Stroom Den Haag and The Creative Industries Fund NL.


MediaTek last month unveiled its latest flagship smartphone SoC, the Dimensity 9000. The company said the new chipset will start shipping inside devices in the first quarter of 2022. Now, we have some additional details on the first batch of Dimensity 9000-powered phones.
Oppo VP Henry Duan has revealed that the company will debut the new MediaTek SoC with its next Find X flagship. That would presumably be the Oppo Find X4 series. However, the Chinese firm has already confirmed that the Find X4 Pro will use Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. So the Vanilla Find X4 will likely get the Dimensity 9000. Or maybe the company will go Samsung’s controversial way of using different chipsets in the same phone in different markets. We hope it wouldn’t.
Additionally, according to a new report, Vivo, Honor, Xiaomi, and Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi also plan to launch products with Dimensity 9000 early next year. Redmi has already confirmed that it will use the new MediaTek processor in the Redmi K50 series, though it didn’t reveal which model. It will presumably be the K50 Gaming Edition.
There’s no word on which devices from the other three OEMs will feature the Dimensity 9000. But given that the Vivo X70 used the Dimensity 1200, it’s quite likely that the Vivo X80 will get the new processor. Xiaomi, meanwhile, could equip its Mi 11 series successors with the new MediaTek chipset, though the Snapdgaron 8 Gen 1 is a more probable candidate. Perhaps the Chinese phone maker will split the two SoCs between different markets.
As for Honor, the company is just entering the flagship smartphone market following its split from Huawei. So it’s anybody’s guess what product it will launch with the Dimensity 9000 next year.
MediaTek is looking to topple Qualcomm in the flagship segment with the Dimensity 9000
MediaTek may have overthrown Qualcomm as the world’s largest smartphone chipset vendor, but the latter still holds an upper hand in the flagship segment. That’s because MediaTek didn’t have a product that could rival the American chip giant’s Snapdragon 8 series solutions. But the new Dimensity 9000 is expected to bring a change of fortune for the Taiwanese company.
On paper, the Dimensity 9000 appears powerful enough to give Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 a run for its money. However, real-world performance is a whole new battleground. If it manages to match or even better the Snapdragon chip in day-to-day performance, MediaTek could be well on course to topple Qualcomm from the top spot in the flagship segment as well. The war of chips is heating up nicely.


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It may no longer be a crime under California law, but transmitting HIV without warning results in financial liability for the source partner. California requires all who know that they have tested HIV positive to tell any potential intimate partners that they carry the HIV or AIDS virus in advance of intimate contact. The failure to do so exposes their partners to a substantial and permanent illness with serious complications that can result in the loss of life.
There will be lifelong medical expenses, counseling, and expensive medications. The transmission of HIV or AIDS has substantial implications on a person’s social life, and may even affect their ability to earn income. My name is Rivers Morrell, and I have helped those who suffer injury at the hands of others for more than 40 years here in California. If you have received the HIV virus from a lover or partner who is a person of substance I can help. For example, if they are a celebrity, business owner, professional athlete, actor or actress, or even a trusted adviser such as a medical professional, college professor or clergy we can hold them financially accountable for your AIDS infection.
Transmitting HIV without warning results in financial liability for the responsible party, but it also results in a heavy weight for our clients. My STD transmission clients over the years have consistently shared their shock, fears and even despondency over the impact of their diagnosis. They have also consistently shared the renewed strength, hope and empowerment they have renewed by holding the responsible party accountable. Two of our actual STD transmission clients created a video to help those who may face the same challenges they have. I invite you to watch it here.
If you have tested HIV positive after intimate relations with a person of wealth or substance who did not warn you in advance, I invite you to review the strong recommendations of our clients and the legal industry and contact us or call to speak with me privately for a free, private and confidential consultation at (949)305-1400. Our work together will help to provide the medical care, medication and support you will need for the rest of your life.

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Corbyn’s wreath at Munich terrorists’ graves: Photos show Labour leader at tribute event for Palestine ‘martyrs’… including plotters behind 1972 slaughter of Israeli Olympic athletes
- Jeremy Corbyn seen holding wreath at tribute for Palestine ‘martyrs’ in 2014
- Labour leader is just feet from Black September members who killed 11 Israelis
- Corbyn insisted service was for Palestinians killed on a Tunisian PLO base in 1985
- But Daily Mail discovers monument to the air strike victims is 15 yards away
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Man kan spørge sig selv: Tager de danske Socialdemokrater via deres internationale socialistiske arbejde afstand fra Labourlederen?


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Hwy 1 to close near Isabella due to Greenwood Fire
DULUTH, Minn. – MnDOT and State Patrol in coordination with the US Forest Service will be closing Hwy 1 near Isabella due to the Greenwood Fire. The road will be closed on eastbound Hwy 1 at New Tomahawk Road to allow traffic to go back to Babbitt or turn around. Westbound Hwy 1 will be closed at Wanless Road in Isabella to allow traffic to use forest highway roads or turn around.
For information about the Greenwood Fire, please visit inciweb.nwcg.gov or call 218-499-9441.


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The Best Easy Beef and Broccoli Stir-fry
I clipped this recipe from Taste of Home magazine several years ago and have found it to be the best-tasting easy beef and broccoli stir-fry. It is credited to Ruth Stahl. I often use charcoal chuck steak, which is very tender and lean. I also like that it doesn't call for any unusual ingredients.
by Chris from Kansas"I subbed fresh mushrooms for the onion and this came out as one of the best tasting dishes I've made! However, unless you have all your meat and veggies precut this takes way longer than 15 minutes active time" - bkittybaby
Yield: 4 Servings Ready in 25 minutes
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|3 tbsp.Cornstarch; , divided|
|1/2 c.Water; , plus|
|2 tbsp.Water; , divided|
|1/2 tsp.Garlic powder|
|1 lb.Boneless Round Steak; , or Charcoal Chuck Steak, cut into thin 3-inch strips|
|2 tbsp.Vegetable oil; , divided|
|4 c.Broccoli Florets|
|1 Small Onion; , cut into wedges|
|1/3 c.Soy sauce|
|2 tbsp.Brown Sugar|
|1 tsp.Ground Ginger|
|Hot Cooked Rice|
The Best Easy Beef and Broccoli Stir-fry Preparation
1. In a bowl, combine 2 tablespoons cornstarch, 2 tablespoons water and garlic powder until smooth.
2. Add beef and toss.
3. In a large skillet or wok over medium high heat, stir-fry beef in 1 tablespoon oil until beef reaches desired doneness; remove and keep warm.
4. Stir-fry broccoli and onion in remaining oil for 4-5 minutes.
5. Return beef to pan.
6. Combine soy sauce, brown sugar, ginger and remaining cornstarch and water until smooth; add to the pan.
7. Cook and stir for 2 minutes.
8. Serve over rice.
25 min | 15 min prep
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Cheshire Nomination papers are available
Nomination papers are available at the Town Clerk's office on Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-noon and 5:30-9 p.m., and Thursdays, 9 a.m.-noon and 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Nomination papers must have at least 20 signatures of Registered Cheshire Voters to be certified to appear on the ballot for the May 4 Town Election.
Nomination papers must be returned to the Town Clerk/Registrar of Voters by 5 p.m. on Monday, March 16.
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Aloma Ft Davido, King98 Give Them Mp3 Download
Davido’s personal assistant, Aloma is out with a brand new song titled “Give Them.”
On this new single, he features DMW boss, Davido and King98 who dropped a killer verse.
The new single is lifted from his debut EP titled “Ikotun To The World.”
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Michelle Williams walked the red carpet at the 83rd annual Oscars. The actress spent most of the year trying to make sure more than three people got to see the explicit Blue Valentine, for which she was nominated as Best Actress. So she’s earned her spot. She looks elegant. As always. Though the thought occurs that she could walk the red carpet in a trash bag and look elegant. I mean really, I adore this girl’s grace. That said, and I know this next statement counters the rest of the post, but she kind of looks naked here. I mean, it’s like an Academy Award hand-beaded Magic Eye picture. Where if you squint it looks like she’s either nude or she’s wearing no bra and panties under that dress. I can’t help that I see these things. I’m not making fun, either. I really did stare at these, trying to work out whether I was looking at nipples or beads (probably nipples).
Image credit to INF Daily.
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William Ruto Angrily Chases away Vihiga Hustler for Heckling Him: "Unanijibu Kama Nani"
- Deputy President William Ruto on Tuesday, July 12, lashed out at a Vihiga hustler whom he accused of bringing chaos to his rally
- Ruto was heard snapping at the man whom he asked to leave his meeting because of his "kisirani"
- In the heated moment during a rally at Mbale Grounds in Vihiga, an angry Ruto was heard telling the man not to talk back to him
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Deputy President William Ruto lost his cool again during a rally in Vihiga after a man heckled him as he was addressing the residents.
The deputy president, who has been on a vote-hunting mission in Western Kenya, is holding a rally at Mbale Grounds in Vihiga, where he snapped at a resident.
In a video that is already making rounds online, Ruto was heard exchanging words with the hustler, asking him to leave because he had brought "kisiriani" in his meeting.
"You young man! Stop talking back to me! Kama umeleta kisirani kwa hii mkutano utoke (if you have brought chaos in my meeting I want you to leave)," he said.
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TUKO.co.ke understands the DP's rally was being interrupted by rival groups allied to ANC Vihiga gubernatorial candidate Alfred Agoi and Sabatia UDA MP aspirant Clement Sloya.
He had pleaded with the rowdy youths to stop interrupting his meeting before he lost his temper and blasted one of them.
Ruto blasts hecklers in Laikipia county
This is not the first time that the DP, who is one of the front-runners in the presidential race, is losing his cool.
On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, he also lost his temper in Laikipia county after rowdy youths heckled him as he championed his hustler nation narrative.
The presidential aspirant was heard lashing out at the youths while insisting no one should disrupt his event.
"Can you please plan your meeting and stop this nonsense. No, no, no, no, no, we can't accept you to disrupt our meeting. You cannot come and heckle us here. Are you listening to me? Let's be disciplined and maintain order," an enraged Ruto said.
Ruto hits out at Raila
In other news, the deputy president recently hit out at his main competitor, Raila Odinga, accusing him of sponsoring what he termed fake opinion polls.
Recent surveys have shown the Kenya Kwanza Alliance presidential flag bearer trailing Raila with less than 30 days to the August General Election.
"These people we have defeated them in mind and plans, our manifesto is better than theirs. They have now resorted to creating fake opinion polls showing who is ahead of who),” William Ruto said.
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A challenge of metastatic breast cancer is getting the most out of your treatment while continuing to live life fully. The Metastatic Breast Cancer Series: Understanding Palliative Care guide will help you make sense of palliative care and better understand the role it can play in developing a whole approach to treatment. The guide’s eight sections explain palliative care and its benefits, as well as the related options that can support and sustain your treatment. Learn how choosing palliative care can enhance your quality of life, and get strategies for coping with the difficult feelings associated with managing metastatic disease. The guide also provides practical information on paying for palliative care.
This guide was written with the assistance of healthcare professionals and women living with metastatic breast cancer.