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Help end period poverty - subsidise menstrual cups
We are three young women (Kacey, Chloe, and Heleana) running a campaign called Menstrual Mana. The important social issue we are working on is making menstrual cups more affordable and accessible to the vulnerable - in particular, making menstrual cups free for girls who attend decile 3 or lower schools. Menstrual Cups are a new product which were developed to help diminish the high pollution rates caused through other menstrual products such as pads and tampons. "The average woman uses roughly 11,000 tampons in her lifetime. The time it takes for a tampon or pad to degrade in a landfill is centuries longer than the lifespan of the woman who used it, particularly when wrapped in a plastic wrapper or bag. In addition, the process of manufacturing these products – turning wood pulp into soft, cotton-like fibres – is both resource- and chemical-intensive" (Rosie Spinks 2015, The Guardian). However, even though menstrual cups reduce pollution, they're also triple in price of a box of tampons/pads. The price of menstrual cups is an issue for many women in New Zealand, especially women who are still at school and don't receive an ongoing income. Sign this petition to show support towards Menstrual Mana's hope in making Menstrual Cups free for women who are in decile 3 or lower schools. Period poverty 'a human rights issue' - https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/period-poverty-human-rights-issue-says-green-mp-golriz-ghahraman-some-girls-miss-school?auto=5825163987001
Created by Heleana McNaught
Call to Parliament for improved access to the residential care subsidy
My name is Grace Taylor. I am the daughter of a mother suffering from Alzheimer's / Early Onset Dementia. Mum is 1 of the 60,000 people in New Zealand currently affected by this disease. A statistic set to triple in New Zealand by 2050.[1] In March 2018, my mother's health deteriorated and as a result, medical professionals advised my brother (who lives in Australia) and I that our mum required full time care by skilled professionals. We made the heartbreaking decision to admit our mother into a residential care home. A bigger hit came in May 2018, when my mother fell victim to unfair legislation that is crippling our family to financially provide for the quality care that my mother so rightly deserves. Two months after mum's condition required her to be admitted into full time care, mum's application to the Ministry of Social Development for the residential care home subsidy was denied, in full and stood down to reapply again for another 4 years. This is due to the strict, blanket criteria of the eligibility for this subsidy. More specifically the criteria around the income and asset testing of applicants. Anyone's loved ones could require residential care for many health reasons. As of 30 June 2018 there were 31,566 people aged 65+ in long term aged residential care. In addition there were 550 in respite care, for a total of 32,116. There are a further 1271 "Other residents" in living in aged care facilities but who don't qualify for aged residential care ie "people fully funded by ACC or people with long-term conditions who are not assessed for aged residential care".[2] Papers released under the Official Information Act show that each year around 1000 people with assets or income over the threshold receive no government help to pay weekly residential care costs that can reach over $1000.[3] "The asset base that you have to fall below to qualify for the subsidy is, I would argue, really quite low. We get a lot of people saying to us, look I just didn't know that dementia would be this expensive. It really costs people a lot of money." - Paul Sullivan, Chief Executive Dementia NZ I went public with my mother's story on social media in May 2018. Within 24 hours - 10 NZ families contacted me directly with very similar stories for their loved ones with that have required residential care home to care for their loved ones. And there are so many more. With the denial of her residential care home subsidy due to the asset and gifting threshold set by the Ministry of Social Development, my mother has been stood down for 4 years to receive any financial support for her care home fees. Leaving my brother and I to pay her $4900 monthly fees, for the next 4 years. I am a single mother, I work full time, have a mortagage, and the only benefit I receive from the government is the OSCAR subsidy for my son's after school care. Since March 2018 I have been had to take out personal loans, and rely on contributions of my brother, mum's minimal pension, and my salary to pay $890 a fortnight for our family home mortgage, and $4960 a month for mums care home fee. As of August 2018, I can no longer maintain these costs. As a result we have been forced into a decision to sell our family home, of 40 years, in order to fund mums care over the next 4 years. A home that was the only place that was familiar and safe to my mother as her dementia took hold, a home I have been raising my son, a home that was my mother's only material asset, a home that my mother worked 3 jobs to own and provide as security for her children. This is now being taken from us. My mother has never received a benefit from the government and has worked 2 sometimes 3 jobs for over 40 years to provide for us. I have followed all the formal avenues and processes with my local MP, Ministry of Social Development and Ministry of Health. Having received responses from each minister directly it became very clear that what needs to be addressed is the legislation around the residential care home subsidy. This is my call, on behalf of many voices, for that action. Please raise your voice with me. Fa'afetai tele lava. To read more about the detailed bigger picture of my family's story please visit: https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/363396/families-of-dementia-sufferers-face-huge-bills Tagata Pasifika feature story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27r-EA0JSJY&t=7s Here is my open letter to NZ in response to our situtation. https://www.facebook.com/grace.taylor.5437923/videos/1627972693991555/ References 1. As stated in the report Economic Impact of Dementia (2016) by Deloitte & Alzheimer's New Zealand 2. New Zealand Aged Care Association 3. Radio New Zealand, 6th August 2018
Created by Teuila Taylor
Divest the NZ DHBs of the responsibility of Nursing 'safe staffing' agreement
The DHBs have been asked by the Nurses Union NZNO for more money for more nursing staff to safely staff their (the DHB) workplaces (DHB workplaces are public hospitals), for 14 years, and each year since 2004, the DHBs have failed to provide money for more nursing staff to make their workplaces safe for the patients and the nursing staff. When DHB workplaces are unsafely staffed the patients do not receive the care that they require. Essential monitoring of a deteriorating patient gets missed by the nurse because they have too many patients to safely care for, pain medication gets missed, nurses become exhausted and fail to take their meal breaks which compounds an already unsafe situation, and sentinel events (near misses, and serious injury and death to patients due to unsafe staffing) start to occur. However as the DHB hasn't committed to putting Care Capacity Demand Management into place which is NZNO Safe Staffing request, as advocated for by NZNO, the instances of Unsafe Staffing in DHB workplaces are neither recorded nor audited. So NZNO, NZNO Nursing members, DHBs, or the Safe Staffing Healthy Workplaces Unit have no idea how many instances of care rationing have lead to sentinel events for patients being cared for in DHB workplaces. The DHBs have a conflict of interest and at NZNO nurse wage negotiation times, pit one essential requirement of nurses demanding a pay rise versus the nurses essential requirement for more staffing to safely care for our patients. The District Health Boards honour neither requirement, because it is in the District Health Board's interest to save money. This is a conflict of interest and it makes a mockery of the District Health Board acting as a "Good Faith" bargaining partner. This is the possibility of corruption in a government department, and is not acting in "Good Faith" as an employer. We ask that the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment, and the New Zealand Nurses Organisation divest all District Health Boards from New Zealand Nursing Organisations 'safe staffing' agreement. Make the 'safe staffing' agreement between New Zealand Nurses Organisation, Ministry Of Health, and Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment. The DHB needs to bargain in good faith on the wages and pay increases for its employees. The DHB could then be held accountable to the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment regarding honouring the government mandate of providing a safe DHB workplace for the staff and patients. Ensure that care capacity demand management requirements are provided for and achieved in the DHB workplace, and are advised upon and enforced by NZNO. Funding for Safe Staffing would be the only responsibility of the Ministry of Health to avoid future conflicts of interest, and regulated by the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment, and be audited, administered, enforced and staffed by NZNO in the DHB workplace every shift. It is important that an effective government department such as the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment, which is bound by the Health and Safety Act 2015, can regulate, administer and enforce laws that protect the patients and staff who work in DHB workplaces. Nursing and Allied Health Staff work in DHB workplaces and provide care for Patients, in the workplace that the DHB provides. The DHB is obliged under the Health and Safety Act 2015 to provide all requirements in their workplaces, to meet Health and Safety standards which include Safe Staffing, specific nurse to patient ratios depending on acuity/comorbidity that are enforced by New Zealand Nurses Organisation 24/7 on site staff who monitor, record, audit, communicate and find staff for unsafely staffed DHB workplaces. NZNO would advise, regulate, enforce, administer and provide staff to monitor DHB workplaces and Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment compliance with safe staffing. There would always be a NZNO staff member available within DHB workplaces 24/7 to monitor compliance of the DHB workplace's nurse to patient ratios and reporting, recording, and enabling provision of one or multiple nursing staff members to work should that be required. Having a stronger and more responsive government Ministry in place will make accountability for safer staffing greater, will minimise care rationing by nurses to patients, and will decrease length of hospital stay for patients, it will provide for better care to the patient and more effective nursing care within a shorter time frame, and will diminish the incidence of serious sentinel events (serious and fatal harm caused to patients due to unsafely staffed DHB workplaces). It will also allow the DHB to act as a bargaining employer of Good Faith, and will restore some transparency, integrity and accountability to the DHB's reputation to deliver upon wage negotiation pay rises for Nursing staff. http://nursingnzme2.wpengine.com/right-staffing-happier-staff-finds-ccdm-research/ http://nursingreview.co.nz/right-nurse-right-place-and-right-time/ http://nursingreview.co.nz/safe-staffing-and-nursing-strikes-a-brief-history/ https://www.nzno.org.nz/get_involved/campaigns/care_point/what_is_ccdm https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/opinion/2018/07/duncan-garner-irony-nurses-finally-get-safe-staffing-levels-during-strike.html
Created by Anna Dobson
Fix Renting
Everyone deserves a home that is safe, healthy, affordable and stable. The half of New Zealand who lives in rental accommodation should be no exception. But our rental market is broken. Too many renters find that their homes are unsafe, unhealthy, unaffordable and insecure and their existing rights are poorly enforced. This year the government will review tenancy laws, giving us a once-in-a-decade opportunity to call for the reforms renters need. To seize this moment, Renters United has developed a Plan to Fix Renting. Last year we heard from over 600 renters who shared their experiences in the People's Review of Renting (rentingreview.nz). We have listened to their stories and consulted experts to develop 36 recommendations that will make life better for renters. The Plan proposes solutions in four areas: 1) Stable homes, so renters can feel secure ➡ We recommend an end to no-fault evictions and a shift to indefinite tenancies as the norm. ➡ We also recommend that renters be allowed to keep pets and make their house a home through reasonable changes – like hanging pictures on the wall. 2) Fair rent, so homes are affordable ➡ We recommend rent be increased only once per year and by no more than the Consumer Price Index in the preceding 12 months. 3) Safe and healthy homes, so renters live healthy lives ➡ We recommend that every home be required to comply with the He Kainga Oranga rental Warrant of Fitness, enforced by local councils. 4) Meaningful enforcement, so renters can stand up for their rights. ➡ We recommend reforms to the Tenancy Tribunal, funding of tenant advocacy services, and licensing and regulation of all property managers. Read the full Plan at fixrenting.org.nz. We call on the Housing Minister to implement the Plan so we can fix renting. By signing this petition, you agree to be contacted by Renters United and ActionStation about this and similar campaigns. You can opt out at anytime. If you'd like to join the campaign by joining regular online meet-ups or organising renters near you, contact organiser@rentersunited.org.nz.
Created by Kate Day
Let's reform homosexual laws in Samoa
A reform of these sections in the Crimes Act is important because gay rights = human rights. People should be able to love, free of judgement and potential persecution. Polynesia has been sexually diverse for many years and, before colonisation and Christianity, was accepted as apart of the norm. No one should have a permanent criminal conviction, simply for loving who they want to. These laws do not reflect well on the progressive nature of young Samoans today, along with future generations and this inflexible view of sexuality is non-inclusive, discriminatory and extremely conservative. A reform would mean our LGBTQ+ peers are more protected from discrimination and would have the ability to love freely. We understand that, typically, when laws change, mindsets do as well and therefore are asking the Samoan Government to reform these laws to grant this change. Crimes Act PDF for reference: http://www.palemene.ws/new/wp-content/uploads//01.Acts/Acts%202013/Crimes_Act_2013_-_Eng.pdf
Created by Allyssa Verner-Pula
Save Wellington Citizens Advice Bureau!
Wellington Citizens Advice Bureau provides a free information and advice service to people in need. It helps people know about their rights and responsibilities and the services available in their community. It is there for everyone, about everything. Despite this, Wellington City Council wants to cut its services and leave its citizens without this essential support. Last year Wellington CAB helped over 30,000 people with questions and problems across the range of issues people face in their lives. These include helping with enquiries about emergency accommodation, noisy neighbours, overhanging trees, abandoned vehicles, relationship issues, enquiries about consumer rights, tenancy rights, employment rights, as well as information about local services - the whole range of questions and queries imaginable. It also includes referrals from the City Council and helping people to fill in Council forms! Wellington CAB has had a long-term strategic partnership with Wellington City Council. In spite of this, the Council have, without consultation, made a recommendation to stop funding the Wellington CAB via its long-standing contract for services, and give a one-off six month grant for the CAB to completely redesign its operation, including shutting the doors on its physical premises. The Council have said there is "no guarantee of funding beyond that". The CAB is core community infrastructure. It is locally responsive, and staffed by dedicated volunteers from the local community. The people who come to the CAB often don't know where to go, don't know what assistance is available to them, can't access information, or are excluded from services. Without the CAB those people will fall through the cracks. Please show your support and save this essential community service.
Created by Sacha Green
Hey Auckland Transport, please keep your word on Lynfield bus routes
Auckland Transport (AT) is about to implement the New (Central Bus) Network in July 2018, without the 191 route they had promised in 2016. After consulting with the community in 2015, AT committed to the new 191 bus route to link Lynfield-Blockhouse Bay-New Lynn in 2016. A map including the new 191 route was produced and the 'Consultation Summary & Decisions Report' said "The Puketapapa Local Board has advocated for a bus service to link Lynfield with Blockhouse Bay… This is able to be accommodated by extending the limited (hourly) local service route 191". This was great news, as many years ago, when the old Auckland City was deciding between putting a new library at Blockhouse Bay or Lynfield, they had gone with Blockhouse Bay and promised Lynfield a bus link that was never delivered. The population of Lynfield has grown a lot since then too, and is about to grow even further with the addition of a large Ryman's retirement village on Commodore Drive. Sadly Lynfield has also lost a lot of the services it used to have - the last bank has gone now, the pharmacy has recently closed (with a new pharmacy coming at some point in the supermarket), and a postal agency but no longer a post shop, as well as the lack of library and civic services. This link to Blockhouse Bay is even more needed that it was when it was first promised many years ago. However AT changed their mind about the 191 route, which will not go ahead. We are calling on AT to keep their word to Lynfield and re-instate this important local service as promised. There isn't another route for people to get from Lynfield to the west, and won't be in the new network either - they will have to catch a route in towards the city and then another one back out (and most likely won't do that at all in many cases). There's a very large steep hill that people would need to walk up, as part of quite a long walk, to get to the bus services that go west. It's not practical for people with mobility issues, and is generally avoided even by fit school children (too many of whom get driven to nearby Lynfield College when this would help them to get there another way). Some people will be driving more, without this vital link, others will be more socially isolated. Organised by Roskill Community Voice and your local Labour MP, Michael Wood. Please sign the petition to add your voice.
Created by Julie Fairey
Stand Together for Social Work - Change the Registration Bill!
Social work is an integral part of our health and social service sectors. Whether you think of a ward in a hospital, a women's refuge, a primary health organisation, a school, emergency accommodation, child protection or one of a hundred other settings, we are there. Our profession brings a unique skill set to the table, synthesising theories of social work, social sciences, humanities and indigenous knowledges. Principles of social justice, human rights, collective responsibility and respect for diversities are central to social work. We are a strong and important profession, who play a vital role in supporting families and communities as well as challenging the systemic injustices that generate inequalities. We are worthy of recognition and protection from erosion, undervaluation and manipulation. Yet the Social Work Registration Bill currently before the house does not recognise the complexity and importance of our work. The Bill ignores the views of the overwhelming majority of the sector. It conveys a strong message that social work is vague, confusing, unimportant and fundamentally, unskilled. The Bill does not define or reference a scope of practice for social work. It makes registration virtually meaningless. And it means if your job title includes the words "social work" or "social worker", you're covered – and if it doesn't, you aren't. And as if that weren't confusing enough, there are exemptions for some people even if they do have that job title. The end result: the public can't be sure if the person they're dealing with is qualified, skilled and accountable. We reject the idea repeated by the select committee and Ministers that the practice of social work is difficult to define. This work has been done by our international community and by our social work registration board. If anything else is needed we have more than enough skill and knowledge in our community to define and articulate our own work. It's laughable to imagine a situation where an employer decides who can call themselves a nurse, or a dentist, or a lawyer. The same should apply for social work. It will create a situation where employers can pay lower wages and cut corners to avoid paying registration and supervision. It will only be a matter of time before this leads to a critical incident within our communities as the quality of practice is diminished in favour of affordability. This bill is outrageous and shows how far we still have to go in valuing work traditionally seen as "women's work." If you think that social work can be done by anyone and is not highly complex, skilled and emotionally demanding work we urge you to go into the field with a social worker. If you vote this bill through to law, you will cripple our profession. We urge you to urgently redraft the bill taking into account the views of those working in the sector. We are, after all, the experts in our own work. The Social Work Community of Aotearoa New Zealand and our allies. Social workers call for govt to scrap registration bill 24 April 2018 https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/355836/social-workers-call-for-govt-to-scrap-registration-bill Social work bill 'nonsense' - Dr Ian Hyslop, University of Auckland 24 April 2018 https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2018/04/23/106052/social-work-bill-nonsense# Social Workers Registration Legislation Bill https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/bills-and-laws/bills-proposed-laws/document/BILL_74844/tab/submissionsandadvice
Created by Amy Ross
Fair wages for Huckleberry workers
Huckleberry is a chain of organic supermarkets that is rapidly expanding across New Zealand. It is owned and backed by the same group as EcoStore. Huckleberry workers are paid as little as 50c above the minimum wage. On the whole, Huckleberry workers are paid less than workers at most mainstream supermarkets. FIRST Union has been bargaining with Huckleberry since December 2017 for increased and better conditions. Union members originally asked to be paid the Living Wage (then $20.20 per hour), but this was refused. The Living Wage is the hourly wage a worker needs to pay for the necessities of life and participate as an active citizen in the community. It is calculated independently each year, and is currently 20.55 per hour. As it stands, many workers at Huckleberry struggle to pay their rent, or to afford the organic and ethical products they sell each day. Recently, the L'Oreal Distribution Centre in Mangere jumped from a the minimum wage to the Living Wage: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/103003822/loreal-to-pay-living-wage-in-mangere-distribution-centre Another New Zealand organic company, Tonzu, was the first Auckland-based employer to sign on to the Living Wage movement: http://tonzu.co.nz/about/living-wage/ Huckleberry has demonstrated that it has the resources to open new stores and expand its business. It should take a leaf from Tonzu's and L'Oreal's books and invest the resources to fairly pay its staff. FIRST Union members at Huckleberry are taking industrial action to support their cause. Your support would help a lot. Please sign the petition and share widely. More on the Living Wage: https://www.livingwage.org.nz/
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Created by Stephen Parry
Restore the postgraduate student allowance now
In 2013, the previous Government scrapped postgraduate allowances. Last year, Labour pledged to bring them back, and NZ First and the Greens have also shown their support. Now, we're looking for a start date! Restoring the postgraduate allowance isn't just good for students, it's good for the country. Across Aotearoa, postgraduate students are studying in fields that are crucial to our country's future success - clinical psychology, teaching and learning, and environmental studies to name a few. The current Government is committed to important national issues such as addressing the mental health crisis, uplifting the teaching profession and tackling climate change. In order for this work to succeed, we urgently need to be empowering and supporting our people to gain skills in these areas. A postgraduate student allowance is an easy first step towards making this a reality. Supporting postgraduate success is supporting our country's success. We're calling on the Government to restore the postgraduate student allowance now! No post-grad allowances for first semester, no set start date http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2017/11/no-post-grad-allowances-for-first-semester-and-no-set-start-date.html
Created by NZ Union of Students' Associations (NZUSA)
Eat Right Be Bright - School Lunch for All Kiwi Kids
Sign our petition: We are a group of 100+ ordinary Mums from a variety of backgrounds. We believe passionately that all children are our children. That all children in New Zealand, wherever they are, whatever their circumstances, have the right to access their education on an equal footing and to nutritious food to nourish their mind, lives and spirit. We believe a centrally funded, secured, healthy school lunch programme for all is a powerful mechanism for New Zealand to fulfill these obligations to our children, to lift them up and break the poverty cycle. We are deeply concerned that: •	1 in 4 of our kids are living in poverty. •	1 in 3 of our kids are overweight or obese. •	1 in 3 of all kids admitted to Starship Hospital are malnourished to some degree. We know that minimum wage earning and beneficiary families need to spend up to 52% of their income to purchase a basic healthy diet (Otago University Food Costs Survey 2011); some reports put that now at 60%. We know that higher rates of diabetes, obesity, infectious diseases, fatigue, poor mental health, greater psychological stress and poor academic development in children are found where healthy food is less accessible. We know cheap, accessible food is energy rich but nutrient poor meaning children are malnourished whilst also obese. This does currently, and will increasingly, put a chronic strain on the public health system. We know that charities currently reach some children in need with their food programmes (of varying nutritional value) in deciles 1-4 schools. However, they are stretched and they cannot and should not be expected to shoulder the burden in perpetuity when all New Zealanders will benefit from healthy, well educated children. Teachers also tell us that children are going to school without lunch in all deciles or simply not attending school at all due to the shame of not having a lunch to bring. Kids such as Blake (not his real name). He moved to a new school when his family sought refuge in a Womens' Refuge Centre away from his old area. He knew that a charity delivered hot food to his old school two days a week in the winter. The following week after his move, Blake walked 7km to his old school because he knew there would be hot food there on that day. A teacher asked him why he had walked so far back to his old school. Blake answered that it was because he hadn't eaten a meal since he had changed schools and he was hungry. Or, like Ellie (not her real name), who goes to a school in an affluent neighbourhood. She often attends school without a lunch. The teachers started to sneak a lunch, from their own pockets, into her schoolbag as discreetly as they could. Ellie now hands back the teachers' lunch because she would rather be hungry than accept charity from others. We say, this stops now. Only a school lunch for all kids will capture every child in need, free from shame and stigma. All our children will benefit from the health and education uplift provided by a school lunch programme. For the children most in need, that uplift is greatest. Better educated and healthier children benefits all New Zealanders with less children needing doctors and more children being doctors. We know that New Zealand is one of the few countries in the world with no national, government funded school meals programme. In most countries around the world it is uncontroversial, part and parcel of going to school. We believe that all kiwi kids deserve the same social protection and investment in their lives as their global peers. We have decided it's time to stand up and stand together for our children. It is clear to us that only with a centrally funded programme in all schools and early childhood education centres throughout our country will we reach all children in need, wherever they are, whatever their circumstance, free from shame and stigma. The provision of a school lunch as of right, with dignity, in this way tells a child that we, as a society, value them. The provision of daily healthy and nutritious food in a school lunch sets all children up for a healthier and better educated life. This benefits all of us. Eat Right Be Bright Join us in making change for a brighter future our children. Sign the petition. Find out more ways to help and follow us on: Facebook - @likeamumNZ or Eat Right Be Bright NZ Website - www.eatrightbebright.org.nz Instagram - @eatrightbebright_nz or eatrightbebrightn_z Twitter - @eatrightNZ
Created by Becky Little


Hello! Welcome to our psychotic site dedicated to anime, Nintendo, and our own original works.
This is the anime section - obviously, home to all things anime ^_^ As you can see, we cover a lot. So take your time and enjoy!
This site is divided into three subsites: Anime, Nintendo, and Original Works. You get to those subsites by clicking the correct picture on the main index.
Each section is also divided up by individual show/game and that is divided into info, art, links, etc… You get the point. Lots of sections within sections. The series/games/type-of-work will be in the left frame. Once you click a section it will open a new frame on the right. Just under the banner will be the contents - this changes the area just below. Sorry if this sounds dumb... We just don't want you to get lost or anything.
Throughout this site there will be various conversations between my brothers and I. The following is a color key to guide you through these conversations.
Anything else is just general text and will vary based on the current site "theme".
Anything said by multiple people will incorporate both parties' colors (ie. colored text with highlighting) 'I' unless otherwise stated, or colored, refers solely to the webmistress, Andrea.


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from deterministic_encryption_utils.encryption.EncryptionExtensions import FileSaltProvider

class ModificationTimeFileSaltProvider(FileSaltProvider):

    def getId(self):
        return "mtime"

    def getSaltFor(self, absoluteFilePath):
        if not os.path.exists(absoluteFilePath):
            raise ValueError("The given path must exist.")
        if not os.path.isfile(absoluteFilePath):
            raise ValueError("The given path must be a file path.")
        return str(os.path.getmtime(absoluteFilePath))

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The 10 Best and Worst Horror Remakes of All Time
Horror: The one genre where you want your characters scattered, smothered and covered…in blood. Making a good horror movie isn't easy. When it's scary, it's fun, but when it's bad, it's funny. That's why we thought it'd be fun to talk about a few of our favorite and least favorite horror remakes. Starting from the best and moving down to the worst, here are our picks for the greatest and crappiest horror remakes ever made.
10. Evil Dead (2013)
Original release: 1981
Synopsis: In the oh-so-typical camping trip gone wrong scenario, five twenty-somethings uncover an ancient diabolical book and unknowingly conjure up demons from the nearby woods.
How it differs from the original: The original Evil Dead has become a cult favorite for its campy, over-the-top gore. Fortunately, the remake accomplishes what the original failed to do: It's scary as hell.
How it lives up: On a scale from 1 to 10, with 1 being terrible and 10 amazing, we give this one a 9.
9. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Synopsis: George A. Romero's classic gets a much-needed update in this remake. A mismatched group of people try to protect themselves from the zombie apocalypse by taking refuge in an abandoned mall.
How it differs from the original: Arguably considered one of the best horror movies ever made, Romero's original (which was part two in his zombie trilogy) helped set the standard for zombie films. The remake doesn't disappoint.
How it lives up: This film is chock full of chills, thrills and bodily spills. We give it an 8.
8. Piranha 3D (2010)
Synopsis: Toeing the line between campy and scary, Piranha 3D tells the story of a small group of beachgoers who are forced to fend off a prehistoric tribe of man-eating fish.
How it differs from the original: The original took itself way too seriously. Luckily, this one doesn't. But don't think that doesn't mean it still isn't terrifying. There are plenty of thrills and chills here.
How it lives up: Flesh-eating fish? In 3D? That's some scary s**t. We give it a 7!
7. The Last House on the Left (2009)
Synopsis: A teen and her friend are kidnapped by a charming yet deranged prison escapee and his gang of thugs. She escapes, only to find that her kidnappers have unknowingly taken refuge at her parents' home.
How it differs from the original: This remake is creepy. Really creepy. While the original was known for going above and beyond the normal boundaries of horror, the updated version goes even further. Revenge has never looked better.
How it lives up: Fewer scares, more creeps. We give it a 7.
6. The Fly (1986)
Synopsis: Goldblum has always been a BAMF, but it wasn't until he walked out of the teleporter with his greasy mullet and taut, shirtless bod that you actually realize it. At times slow, the scariest thing about this movie is seeing both the emotional and physical transformation of Goldblum's character.
How it differs from the original: David Cronenberg's Fly has very little to do with its 1955 predecessor, and that's a good thing.
How it lives up: Beginning with the tiny black hairs along Goldblum's back and ending with a total transformation, this one's pretty scary. We give it a 6.
5. Fright Night (2011)
Synopsis: The original Fright Night became a cult classic not for its scares but for its Hughes-esque approach to horror. This time Colin Farrell takes up the role as Jerry (that's right, Jerry), your not-so-friendly neighborhood vampire.
How it differs from the original: This remake stays the course, albeit with a bigger, better budget. Colin Farrell is perfectly cast as the mysterious, charming vampire, and you know he knows you know it.
How it lives up: This one's on par with the original. Not better, not worse. We give it a blood-curdling 5.
4. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
Synopsis: An innocent road trip turns south when five friends find themselves trapped in a small town full of chainsaw-wielding cannibals. They're left with only one choice: fight their way out.
How it differs from the original: This is basically a rehashing of the original—but suckier. Not even Jessica Biel's curves could save this film. But if you're looking for a really gory movie with no thought or plot, then this flick's for you.
How it lives up: This one's gory, but it's also really, really boring. We give it a 3.
3. House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Synopsis: Five guests are invited to spend the night in a haunted mansion and whoever survives receives $10,000. Trying to recreate a William Castle film is no easy feat, and the remake, with its 90s-approved Gen-X crowd, failed miserably.
How it differs from the original: Same plot but with a 90s twist. The 1959 version was both funny and scary, but the revamped version takes everything that was good out of the original—the kitsch, the over-the-top thrills—and leaves you with a dilapidated, soulless film.
How it lives up: Yawn. This one's as scary as Tommy Pickles threatening you for your lunch money. We give it a 2.
Synopsis: Small-town inhabitants are terrorized by a thick fog which (spoiler alert!) is actually four ghosts seeking revenge. This remake is a hazy attempt at thrills, though to be honest the original wasn't all that great anyway.
How it differs from the original: Same plot, lackluster direction. The original Jaime Lee Curtis version may feel a little more dated, but it's leagues better than this.
How it lives up: Cheap thrills, minor frills. We give it a solid 2.
1. The Wicker Man (2006)
Synopsis: This is quite possibly the scariest movie on the list. It's downright terrifying how studio execs felt it was worth pouring more than $40 million to make this film. A house cat coughing up hairballs is scarier than this.
How it differs from the original: The original was a subtle masterpiece; a true artistic horror film with mysterious characters and a chilling plot. The Nicolas Cage remake, however, has none of that. This is basically 90 minutes of Nic Cage being Nic Cage, which isn't a bad thing, but it doesn't make for a good horror movie … at least not on purpose.
How it lives up: If Nicholas Cage karate kicking a 15-year-old blonde girl in the face is considered scary, than this film is straight up terrifying. If not, then it's pretty tame. We give it a 1.
Honorable mentions include Benicio Del Toro's sleep-inducing Wolfman, Rob Zombie's trick-or-treatless Halloween or the totally sterile new Nightmare on Elm Street.
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Lille, the proud capital of Flanders, is sure to win you round to the charms of the north of France. It is an impressive and multi-faceted city that delicately combines its relics from the past with a wholly modern outlook.
It is full of 17th Century Flemish architecture whose sparkling colours brighten up the streets and bring genuine charm to the alleyways of Vieux Lille, the old town that has managed to retain its authenticity over the passage of time. A modern touch is also brought to the city thanks to the cultural complex and business district of Euralille, with its cutting edge glass towers.
Lille is a festive city famed for its street markets and festivals, which provide the perfect opportunity to taste the local cuisine, a veritable anthology of typical flavours from the north of France.
The Natural History Museum of Lille: originally consisting of palaeontological, mineralogical and zoological specimens, the museum has a rich collection of 110,000 zoological specimens and tens of thousands of palaeontological and mineral samples, some of which are unique in the world.
Discover 1,500 mammals, 15,000 regional and exotic birds, nearly 1,000 reptiles, amphibians and fish, as well as 5,000 mollusc shells.
Some of the 100,000 insects and arachnids exhibited are live specimens, unlike the great auk, the marsupial wolf, the ivory-billed woodpecker and the North American passenger pigeon, which are on display but are extinct species.
In the geological collection, landscapes that have disappeared from the Nord-Pas-de-Calais area, such as coal forests or coral sea (-400 million years), will reappear before your eyes.
National History Museum of Lille: 19, rue de Bruxelles 59000 Lille. Tel.: +33 (0)3 28 55 30 80.
The Matisse Museum: before moving to Paris then ending his days in Nice, Matisse lived in the green countryside of Cateau, where he was born in 1869.
Nowadays, the museum traces the life and work of the artist, which were entirely dedicated to pictorial art. More than 170 of Matisse's works are exhibited at the centre of the museum, which was renovated and reorganised in 2002 in order to better showcase the works.
Henri Matisse himself donated most of the works himself to his home town: paintings, drawings, sketches and sculptures. Over time the collection has grown with works donated by his family, the heritage fund, and by Auguste Herbin (master of geometric abstraction). A tour called 'in the footsteps of Matisse' has been created to explore the various locations of the region, in the North and Aisne (Cateau-Cambresis, Bohan, Saint Quentin, etc), where Henri Matisse spent his childhood and teenage years.
Matisse Museum: Palais Fénelon 59360 Le Cateau-Cambrésis +33 (0)3 27 84 64 50.
The Museum of Fine Arts in Lille: between 1991 and 1997, the late 19th century building was renovated in order to create a setting worthy of the collections on display.
Spread over 22,000m2, the works are grouped by school: Flemish, Dutch, Spanish, Italian and French.
Two collections in particular stand out in this pictorial landscape, covering the 16th to the 20th century: the Flemish collection, with artists such as Rubens among others, and the French 19th century collection, with works by David, Delacroix, Géricault, Corot and Courbet.
This collection of 2,000 paintings is renowned worldwide and many specialists and art historians come to consult it, or to study the 4,000 sheets contained in the Drawing Room. Among these 4,000 sheets are 30 drawings by Raphael, and 200 to 300 Italian drawings from the 16th century.
Another particular feature of this museum is that it contains several works that have marked the history of painting: Belisarius Begging for Alms by David, the first neo-classical painting (exhibited at the Salon of 1781); After Dinner at Ornans by Courbet (Salon of 1849), a realist painting going against the Romantic Movement at the time; Le Sommeil (Sleep) by Puvis de Chavannes (Salon of 1867) heralding Picasso's Blue Period.
In addition to the permanent collections, the museum is very active and offers many temporary exhibitions (Goya, Rubens and Berthe Morisot), which have significantly contributed to its international reputation.
Museum of Fine Arts: place de la République 59000 Lille +33 (0)3 20 06 78 00.
The Hospice Comtesse Museum in Lille: founded in 1237 by Jeanne de Constantinople, the building is one of the last testimonies to the era of the Counts of Flanders.
It is in this beautiful setting, with a succession of monumental buildings representing the architecture of Lille from the 15th to the 18th century, that you will find the Hospice Comtesse Museum. Originally a hospital, it was converted back to a hospice during the Revolution before becoming an orphanage.
The museum has large spaces with collections of artefacts that aim to reproduce the life of the Augustines, who ran the hospital during the 17th and 18th century.
Here you will find many objects recounting everyday life and the history of Lille's society during the Ancien Régime and the French Revolution.
Open every day except Tuesday. Monday from 2:00pm to 6:00pm, Wednesday to Friday from 10:00am to 12:30pm and 2:00pm to 6:00pm, Saturday and Sunday from 10:00am to 6:00pm.
Hospice Comtesse Museum 32, rue de la Monnaie 59800 Lille +33 (0)3 28 36 84 00.
The Old Stock Exchange: it was in the 17th century, under the initiative of dealers and brokers of the city who wanted to meet and hold meetings without anyone knowing, that the magistrates of Lille and the sovereign, persuaded by the latter, decided to build a stock exchange, identical to that of Antwerp.
In March 1652, construction began under the supervision of municipal architect Julien Destré. The building was finished in October 1653. In 1921, thanks to its classification as an historical monument, the Old Stock Exchange underwent renovation. This was follwed in 1989 by the restoration of the interior and exterior façades, the courtyard and the galleries, undertaken by the Mécénat sponsorship association.
This policy of development and preservation has lasted to this day. The latest restoration is recent and the Old Stock Exchange, jewel of 17th century Flemish architecture, is now made up of 24 houses which surround the cloister, all identical with richly decorated façades.
This building, which is part of the beautiful landscape of Calais, is now a meeting place for chess players, florists and booksellers, and the site of various events, particularly in the spring, with the famous festival 'Festival du Printemps de la Vieille Bourse' which started back in 1995.
The Citadel of Lille: nicknamed 'Queen of the Citadels' by Vauban himself, the citadel of Lille was the work by the military architect.
The building's foundation stone was laid on the 17th June 1668. On 15 October 1670, it was capable of withstanding a siege. Although it was the first of many to come, Vauban saw this as his most accomplished citadel, and a marvel of the art of military defence.
It was built as a five-pointed star and it is located in the most marshy and lowest area of Lille.
A stronghold was built at each point of the star, in conjunction with the wide and deep ditches, which makes this citadel almost look like an island.
The assembly of these defensive structures (ditches, bastions and ramparts) make this building a defensive monster, right in the centre of a complex flood system.
Louis XIV himself came to admire this work with all of his court. The names of the gates and bastions have kept a record: the door through which you enter the citadel is called the Royal Gate, but there is also the Dauphine's Gate, Turenne's Gate, Anjou's Gate, Queen's Gate, and last but not least, the King's Gate. Nowadays, many visitors come to visit and sample the delights of the citadel, situated in a green area where you can also find the Bois de Boulogne woods, the zoo and the Vauban Garden.
Notre Dame de la Treille Cathedral: the fruit of Viollet le Duc's imagination and years of work on medieval architecture, the Cathedral Notre Dame de Treille was built to be the perfect Gothic cathedral.
Theorist of Gothic architecture, Viollet le Duc designed the project as a reflection of many subjects: human history and culture, the material and spiritual, the resources and technologies from the late Middle Ages and today.
However, this global vision underwent many changes over time and to this today, the cathedral remains an unfinished project. The west façade, originally designed with a rose window and two large towers, will never see the light of day.
Construction of the cathedral began in 1860 and it was not until 1990 that the decision to finish it, by completing the west side which remained unfinished, was taken. The task of designing a façade which would be in keeping with Viollet's perfect cathedral and the works carried out during the following eras fell to artist Ladislas Kijno.
Nowadays we can admire an architectural composition combining a basic material, stone, and new technologies. The result is stunning.
The grey and sober stone façade is separated, in the middle, by a gate which looks like a veil rising towards the sky. It is supported by a metal structure with lines supporting a modern rose window which goes perfectly with the rest of the building.
Lille by segway: organised by the city of Lille in partnership with Transpole, segway rides (a futuristic machine consisting of a motorised stand with two-wheels and handlebars, which you stand on, like a lecturer on wheels!) are a fun and ecological way to explore the streets of Lille.
This original and silent machine is a light and easy to use vehicle that will allow you to discover Lille and its stunning architecture in a fun and easy way.
The rides take place every Saturday (from 01/04/2006 until 16/12/2006, except the 02/09) and last about two hours.
Prices: ?20 (£17) per person; discovery offer for 2: ?30 (£25).
It is important to register in advance with the Tourist Office, and provide a deposit and an ID to rent the vehicle.
Information and Reservation: +33 (0)8 91 56 20 04.
The Prés du Hem: initially created as a water supply 30 years ago, the Prés du Hem has now become a beautiful green space.
It's the ideal place to discover nature in four forms: water, birds, navigators and marshes.
The Maison de l'Eau (water education centre) will allow you to discover the lifeblood of the planet by studying its cycle (from clouds to water) in an active way, by participate in field experiments. Water reserve, the Prés du Hem is home to more than 200 bird species that come to rest, feed and lay their eggs here.
Put yourself in the shoes of an ornithologist and follow, notebook in hand and binoculars glued to your eyes, in the footsteps of a guide to discover this magnificent flora and avifauna .
The Ferme des Grands Navigateurs (farm of the great navigators) offers you the chance to follow in the footsteps of famous explorers such as Vasco da Gama, Cortez, Christopher Columbus and Marco Polo. You will also have the opportunity to discover the origins of turkeys, rats, pheasants and even cats!
The marais des contrebandiers (smugglers swamp) will immerse you in the world of fraudsters, who trade tobacco and chocolate, and will allow you to better understand the swamp and its landscape.
5-7, avenue Marc Sanguier B.P.1 59280 Armentières +33 (0)3 20 44 04 60.
Lille Zoo: Lille Zoo is hidden in the woods of the Citadel, Lille's green lung.
Among the 100 different species (with more than 300 animals in total), the white rhinos and the snow leopards are the main attractions.
The park not only has those two species, but also many different animals in different themed areas.
The tropical pavilion houses tamarinds, marmosets, small primates from South America as well as boas, turtles, pythons and iguanas. Children will be amazed when they discover how various multicoloured birds and lemurs evolve.
White-handed gibbons, siamangs and capuchins can also be seen outdoors.
Just as spectacular, the South American pavilion is where you will find many babies, like terrestrial tapirs, alpacas and Canadian geese.
Avenue Mayhias Delorel 59000 Lille +33 (0)3 28 52 07 00.
+ A very welcoming city.
+ The cultural and historical wealth.
- There isn't necessarily a lot of sun.
Lille is festive and welcoming, so do not forget to immerse yourself in the way of life here. What better way than to head to the friednly bars and restaurants to make new friends.
Le Sébastopol: the Sébastopol: Jean-Luc Germond orchestrates his dishes with flair. The turbot with parsley and herbs, the oven roasted skate and its gravy, the cucumber cream and red fruits puff pastries will make your taste buds sing.
The T'Rijsel: among the restaurants in Lille, the T'Rijsel, in a rustic tavern setting on Gand Street, offers a selection of Flemish specialities at a very affordable price.
L'Huitrière: The Huitrière is the gastronomic temple of Lille. It is located at 3 Chats-Bossus Street, and despite the menu's relatively high prices, the fish and seafood-based dishes will surprise you.
L'Huitrière, 3, rue des Chats-Bossus.
L'Illustration: the Illustration, at 18 Royal Street, is a small friendly bar that welcomes mostly students and artists in a turn of the century setting.
L'Irlandais: at the Irish (160 Solferino Street), you will be immersed in a Celtic atmosphere.
L'Irlandais, 160 rue de Solferino.
Le Bastringue: this café is a typical café from the North region of France: the Jenlain (local beer) flows all day long and the Sebourg (another famous beer from the Duyck brewery in Jenlain) is just as popular. As for the staff, the boss is as nice as the waitresses are lovely.
Le Bastringue: 168, rue Solferino Lille +33 (0)3 20 57 60 22.
Le Bistrot: now here's a night club for those who cannot stand night clubs! Here, instead of playing the latest hits at full volume, the DJ makes you move to the rhythms of The Stones, U2, Bob Marley and Dutronc. And when you get hungry from all the dancing and you want to get a little snack, all you have to do is order a plate of cold meats or cheese?that should be enough to call a truce with nigh clubs!
Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10:30pm to 6:00am. Entry is free, a beer costs around ?3 (£2.50) and cocktails around ?6 (£4). Le Bistrot: Autoroute Lille-Tournai. Templeuve Exit.
In some neighbourhoods, such as the ones in the south of Lille, it is better to avoid taking the subway late at night.
Potjevlesch: this dish only has one drawback...its name can only be pronounceable when you have your mouth full. Of Flemish origin, and typical of Dunkirk, this dish is traditionally served the Sunday before Mardi Gras and on Mardi Gras itself, before starting the fast.
This potjevlesch (which means 'meat dish'), is a mix of white meats (chicken,rabbit, veal, pork) marinated in beer with garlic, thyme, celery, bay leaf and juniper berries for twenty-four hours.
The first thing step is to cover the edges of the bowl with bacon (bard it), and then add a layer of marinated meat, cover it with onions and bacon strips (repeat this step twice).
Once this is done, pour a glass of gin over the preparation and add the pork rind and then finally the gelatine and the filtered marinade.
Put it in the oven for three to four hours, then leave it to rest and cool down, and serve it cold.
Maroilles tart: when serving this dish, it's best to avoid saying its name so that no one tries to run away at the mere thought of this cheese (for some it stinks, for others it's 'full of character').< br/> It is only after the guests have finished devouring this tart that you should reveal the composition of the dish, which has a sweet smell of cooked cheese. Once you've revealed your secret, be prepared for a look of astonishment on your guests' faces, surprised by the absence of the particular distinctive flavour of this cheese.
The strong taste of Maroilles fades away once cooked, leaving only its finesse and texture.
To make this recipe, you must first make a leavened dough which will be covered with slices of Maroilles cheese and a layer of crème fraîche. You don't need to add salt, the Maroilles cheese is salted enough. After cooking it for about half an hour in a hot oven, all that is left to do is enjoy it.
Vieux Gris de Lille: in the 19th century, this cheese, made in Thiérache, was sold to minors in and around Lens. They would eat it while drinking coffee or gin. So that it could be preserved for long journeys, the cheese was salted, and then desalted once it arrived in Lille or Lens. This changes its appearance: the crust becomes greyish and the body a creamy white.
It has a stronger and more pungent than the Maroilles.
Lucullus: in the early 20th century, it was tradition in the region of Valenciennes to serve beef tongue at funeral meals.
It was a restaurant owner who had the idea of combining the traditional smoked beef tongue with foie gras and to name this delicatessen the Lucullus (after the famous Roman general who was known for his taste for luxury and good food).
Lucullus can be eaten as an starter with toasted bread or served with an onion jam or even with candied chicory. Its production has remained traditional to this day.
Chicory: chicory has been known since ancient times as a regenerator and mild regulator for the body.
In the late 18th century its taste was compared to that of coffee, and it was used in the same way: as a hot drink, consumed alone or with coffee. It was also during that time that it became popular in French households, following the 1806 ban placed by Napoleon on British ships.
Sowed in April, in the sandy and alluvial ground of Flanders maritime, its roots are harvested in October then washed, cut into strip, dried (known as 'cossettes'), roasted (which gives them their nutty, caramel flavour) then cooled and crushed.
Despite the famous reputation of Pas-de-Calais chicory, today, there are only two companies that carry out this process.
Chicory is good for health because it is low in calories and it contains fibres, vitamins, minerals and trace elements. Its most common use is in the morning, at breakfast, with milk and sometimes coffee, but it is also served as an iced frappé.
It is also used by chefs for cooking and marinating meat, for sauces, creams, terrines and even chocolates and ice creams.
On menus, you can find chicory bavarois, chicory crème brûlée, chicory crepes with apples and even ostrich steak with chicory.
We would suggest that you try some maroille cheese but it can be difficult to transport in the car boot (even more so if it's not yours) or on the train due to its smell. To be sure that you get something, there are two other Lille specialities that can be transported without worry.
Meert Tradition: the Meert Tradition building dates back to the 18th century, judging by the architecture of the two floors with all the features of the era, although the ground floor was transformed in the 19th century.
The interior and exterior design of the ground floor is the work of architect Benvignat and sculptor Huidiez.
It was in 1761 that Delcourt, the chocolate confectioner, moved in to 27 Esquermoise Street. It was when Rollez, his successor, took over the shop in 1773 that the business' reputation grew, mainly due to the ice creams which quickly became famous.
Attracting more and more people, the house became a privileged place for high society in Lille. The Count of Lille even wrote about it in the 'Feuille de Flanders' which the lover sings to his mistress... I am a gourmet and I sing of Rollez .
It was in 1839 that the works by Rollez would make pastries what they are today.
In 1849, Meert took over the patisserie and became, in 1864, the 'official supplier to his Majesty King Leopard I'.
It is this same Meert who left his famous recipe for waffles filled with vanilla to his descendants. The clientèle quickly included heads of State, General de Gaulle among them, as well as royal families and personalities.
Two tearooms were subsequently opened, the first created by the architect Cordonnier in a Louis XVI style.
While it is true that the décor is extravagent, and that it alone is worth a visit, the Meert Tradition house is primarily known and appreciated for its waffles.
Created in 1849 in the studios of Esquermoise street, the vanilla filled waffles are still handmade today.
First, they are placed between two waffle irons. Then, the cutting is done by hand. It is with this process that gives the waffle its final shape. Finally, it is then filled with vanilla cream from Madagascar.
The recipe for these waffles has been kept a secret since its creation.
Of course, the confectionery also offers other delicacies which are equally good. The dream list of delicacies offered is enough to make your mouth water: chocolates, caramels, marshmallows, fruit jellies, nougats, orangettes, mendicants, grillotins, chocolate bars, gingerbread, candied orange peel, petits-fours, marzipan bread, speculoos, dragees, palets de dame biscuits.
Meert Tradition: 27, rue Esquermoise 59800 Lille +33 (0)3 20 57 07 44.
Le Pain de nos Ancêtres: this bakery awakens memories of yesteryear: the bread is baked on a wood fire and just oozes authenticity.
There is a wide range of special breads: lard breads, whole grain breads, nut breads etc. And the tarts! They are delicious! And they too, have been made the old-fashioned way.
You can savour a sugar tart, a leek tarts, Maroilles tarts, chicory tarts, quiches?
Le Pain de nos Ancêtres: 26, rue des Bouchers - 59800 Lille +33 (0)3 20 54 02 14.
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"Elder, the one who killed our Seventh Grade Great Saint expert was Jiang Chen not Gu Chen."
"Don't be careless. If I'm not mistaken, Gu Chen is Jiang Chen. There are all kinds of signs showing that he is the same person we are looking for. Your a.s.sault on him this time is a good chance to test this theory. If Gu Chen is really Jiang Chen, the six major palaces will surely go after him and kill him and Gu Palace will be out of ways to protect him."
Desolate Wuleng had a cold smile on his face. He was very confident in his speculation. Putting aside the fact that Gu Chen's ident.i.ty already aroused suspicion, he began to doubt the connection between Gu Chen and Jiang Chen when he sensed the familiar Qi from his body. One should know that the perception of an Eighth Grade Great Saint was undeniably sharp.
"Humph! In that case, luck's by my side. I have been wanting to meet that Jiang Chen in person. Although he could kill our Seventh Grade Great Saint, I don't fear him at all. With my present strength, I can kill any Seventh Grade Great Saint with ease. I, Desolate Changfeng believe that I can easily get rid of a Third Grade Great Saint."
Desolate Changfeng let out a cold humph, emitting the unique pride of a genius. In general, every genius had their own pride, especially the geniuses of Desolate Palace. This explained why Desolate Changfeng was so confident. It would be effortless for him to kill any Seventh Grade Great Saint with his strength alone.
To Desolate Family, either it was Gu Chen or Jiang Chen, both of them were their enemies and a must-kill target.
"Go now. I will secretly record the battle between you and Gu Chen. I heard that Jiang Chen has a transformation technique that can enhance his combat strength by tenfold. Considering his current cultivation base and if he really is Jiang Chen, he will certainly use that transformation technique in battle. If he isn't Jiang Chen, he won't be a match for you and will surely be killed by you."
Desolate Wuleng had a sneer that seemed as if everything was under his control. He couldn't deal Gu Chen personally as that would arouse the attention of Gu Palace. However, Desolate Changfeng could because he was a young genius of Desolate Palace and the geniuses of Saint Origin Palace were the main reinforcement in the main battlefield. As such, using Desolate Changfeng to kill Gu Chen wouldn't draw any unnecessary attention.
He had decided that if Gu Chen wasn't Jiang Chen, Gu Chen would definitely be killed by Desolate Changfeng and thus, getting rid of a great enemy of Desolate Palace. If Gu Chen was Jiang Chen, even if Desolate Changfeng couldn't kill Jiang Chen, he could still record their battle secretly. At that time, when the evidence gets shown to the public, Jiang Chen would immediately become the common target of all. All six major palaces would immediately go after him. Even with the help of Gu Palace and Demon Palace, Jiang Chen would still die for sure.
Desolate Changfeng flashed and vanished in a blink. The next moment, he appeared outside the miniature spatial zone of Jiang Chen.
"Humph! Gu Chen, if it wasn't for elder's keen perception, I wouldn't have found your concealed spatial zone."
Desolate Changfeng humphed coldly, circulated the spatial energy and broke into the miniature spatial zone.
The instant Desolate Changfeng intruded, Jiang Chen who was in seclusion, attempting to break through the Fourth Grade Great Saint opened his eyes abruptly. Strong fury shot out of his eyes. He had reached the boundary of Fourth Grade Great Saint. Only one more step and he would have had a complete breakthrough.
It was imaginable how angry he was right now when he was interrupted at such a time. Only fifty more dragon marks to achieve the break through. If he refined another higher grade devil soul, he would instantly break through.
Ever since he entered the Western Domain, all the dragon marks were condensed by the Ancestral Dragon PaG.o.da. So, the refinement didn't affect his foundation at all. However, such advancement took a lot of energy and time.
If he was given less than half a day's time, he would surely make the break through, but such an excellent moment was ruined by Desolate Changfeng.
"Gu Chen, so you are hiding here? You gave me a hard time finding you."
Desolate Changfeng gazed at Jiang Chen, and immediately, unleashed his killing intent.
"Desolate Changfeng, you shouldn't have come."
Jiang Chen shook his head. He didn't feel surprised to see Desolate Changfeng here. He had already antic.i.p.ated that Desolate Palace was going to take advantage of the chaos in the war to make an attempt on taking his life.
"Little Chen, this b.a.s.t.a.r.d isn't easy to deal with. If you don't transform, I'm afraid you can't beat him."
Said Big Yellow worriedly. Although he was a Fourth Grade Great Saint and could get rid of any ordinary Sixth Grade Great Saint, Desolate Changfeng was beyond his capability to handle. Even Jiang Chen would be required to transform to fight this guy. After all, he hadn't yet made the advanced to Fourth Grade Great Saint yet.
"Then ,I will transform. This man will die today. However, I sensed that someone is spying on us here. If I'm not mistaken, it must be the expert of Desolate Palace trying to record the scenes of our fight. That Desolate Wuleng has already suspected my ident.i.ty. Once he obtains the evidence of my true ident.i.ty, the six major families will surely come after me on an attempt to eliminate me."
Jiang Chen's eyes sparkled. Given his shrewdness, he could naturally perceive that someone was watching him.
Asked Big Yellow. Of course he knew that Gu Chen was a very important ident.i.ty due to Jiang Chen not being powerful enough yet. In any case, the ident.i.ty of Gu Chen had only offended Desolate Palace and not the other five, but if his cover was blown, the whole scenario would change.
"It doesn't matter. I will cast the Five Elemental Power Spheres later. This miniature spatial zone is created by me. So combining my Five Elemental Power Spheres and the spatial zone, is enough to block the spying eyes from outside. You don't have to join in the fight. Deploy a grand formation using this spatial zone as the foundation, integrate it with my power sphere and this will wholly cut off the link between the outside world and this spatial zone. Then, they will see nothing from the outside. Since Desolate Palace has an abundance geniuses, I would like to see whether they have enough geniuses to satisfy my desire to kill."
A cold smirk was seen at the corner of his mouth. Desolate Wuleng and Desolate Changfeng were destined to fall into Jiang Chen's trap even if they tried to plot against him. In this world, there was no one that could secretly plot against him. If Desolate Changfeng was here to kill him, he was fated to meet only one outcome - being killed by Jiang Chen.
Big Yellow nodded. He was well-versed in the Formation Holy Book which has all kinds of formation, just at his fingertips. There was no grand formation that he hadn't seen before. It was conceivable what effect it would bring if his grand formation was integrated with Jiang Chen's power.
Big Yellow vanished all of a sudden. He turned into a light that constantly penetrated the spatial zone. Desolate Changfeng completely ignored the his existence. In his eyes, he only had one target - Gu Chen.
Jiang Chen slowly stood up from the ground and came near Desolate Changfeng. "Desolate Changfeng, are you that confident in killing me?"
"Haha! Gu Chen, my cultivation is exactly three levels higher than yours. If I don't have such confidence in killing you, Then, I have been living my life in vain."
"It's no use talking too much. Bring it on."
As he said that, he unleashed his power sphere - Five Elemental Power Spheres -integrating with the spatial zone. Desolate Changfeng frowned. Sensing the changes in the air current produced a slight uneasiness in his heart.
However, he threw that feeling out of his mind immediately. Given his strength, there was nothing that he needed to worry about while fighting a mere Third Grade Great Saint.
In another spatial zone, Desolate Wuleng was holding a rock crystal in his hand. Inside the rock crystal was the scene of Jiang Chen and Desolate Changfeng. Although the projected scene wasn't very clear, anyone with a good eyesight could see the situation clearly.
However, as soon as Jiang Chen moved, the scene in the rock crystal instantly vanished and turned into a blur.
Desolate Wuleng's facial expression changed. He hurriedly exerted energy into the rock crystal. Unfortunately, he still couldn't see the situation inside the spatial zone no matter how hard he tried.
"Someone has deployed a grand formation to block my view. Could it be that the expert of Gu Palace has found out about this?"
Desolate Wuleng was baffled, thinking that it must be the doing of Gu Palace's experts. However, he wouldn't have thought that it was Jiang Chen and Big Yellow who did this.
The picture in the rock crystal was gone, the original plan was ruined and Desolate Weleng couldn't interfere in the fight. Now, he could only place his hopes on Desolate Changfeng. In fact, he was incomparably confident in Desolate Changfeng as he was a supreme genius brought up by Desolate Palace. With a peak Sixth Grade Great Saint cultivation base, not even an ordinary Seventh Grade Great Saint was his opponent. Even if Gu Chen was the Jiang Chen that could transform, he believed that Desolate Changfeng would still be able to handle him. Even if he couldn't defeat Jiang Chen, he wouldn't have a problem escaping. As long as he could escape, Gu Chen's true ident.i.ty would be revealed.
In the miniature spatial zone, Desolate Changfeng was the first to act. He struck with a red-gold knuckle that carried an incredible force, smas.h.i.+ng against Jiang Chen fiercely.
It just happened that Jiang Chen wanted to test his combat strength. He was now at the peak of the Third Grade Great Saint, which was a lot more powerful when he killed the Seventh Grade Great Saint of Desolate Palace back then.
Two knuckles connected, grinding out a sea of fire. Under the great force of the impact, Jiang Chen was sent flying roughly forty meters away. His body trembled; it was obvious that he wasn't the opponent of Desolate Changfeng.
"Clearly, an extraordinary genius. You can't be compared to any ordinary Sixth Grade Great Saint."
Jiang Chen flung his tingling arm for a few times, started to pay attention to Desolate Changfeng.
"Gu Chen, you are worthy of being called a rare genius for blocking one strike of mine. Unfortunately, the gap between you and me is just too big. You are certainly no match for me. I suggest you to stop struggling, it will only make you die uglier."
Desolate Changfeng has just gained the upper hand. His confidence started to erupt from the inside.
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TV ReviewsFlashForwardSeason 1
FlashForward: A561984
Emily Todd VanDerWerff
FlashForwardSeason 1
Here's the thing about FlashForward. This would have been a pretty awesome episode of television if it were not an episode of FlashForward. If it were an episode of a show that had taken the time to slowly unravel its main character or an episode of a show that had slowly built up an attraction between the hero's wife and the man she saw in her vision and an episode who had made that man something other than the guy she saw herself with in her vision, then the long series of cliffhangers at the end of it (it being the "fall finale" and all) would have popped with all of the excitement they were obviously intended to make us feel. Instead, they just kind of happened, as though they were yet more points checked off of a long list of things that the plot needed to get in there.
I think I've said here in the past that the comprehensive series bible David S. Goyer and Brannon Braga came up with when pitching the series might be one of the things holding it back. Ideally, a serialized TV show has a vague idea of where it's heading and has answers to all of its big questions. But any TV series needs a little wiggle room, a way to move toward what's working and away from what's not working. When you've got a series of plot points that are set in stone, you can often end up trapped by them, unable to adjust to the new demands of the show. FlashForward has been sort of veering in the right direction from time to time, but it never quite can escape its rigid plotting.
And it's too bad because this episode had some pretty enjoyable scenes interspersed amidst the stupid ones. As an example, that press conference that Lloyd and Simon held to announce that they believed themselves to be responsible for the blackout (well, Lloyd did) was one of the few scenes in this show's run that felt like it took place in a world where 20 million people died after a strange event where everyone seemed to see their futures. There was an undercurrent of hostility in the audience that then burst out in a woman taking shots at Lloyd, and the whole thing actually felt sort of dangerous and exciting in a way that the scenes where people talk about the global toll of the blackout don't feel.
Similarly, while it's become popular to rag on Joseph Fiennes for making Mark Benford the least interesting lead of a network drama ever (or whatever the kids are on his case about nowadays), I kind of enjoy the notes of goofiness he's bringing to his portrayal, the way he's making it seem like if the blackout hadn't happened, Mark would have been like some character out of a sitcom or something. Look at how he says "Merry Christmas!" and "Yahtzee!" like some sort of dadaist punchlines at the end of two scenes tonight. He's putting such a bizarre spin on this that it makes me wish he'd bring the same sort of off-kilter energy to his more dramatic moments, which continue to be pretty bland. I also like the way the show is slowly making him more and more nuts, like how he threatened the guy with being secreted away to a hidden torture prison. It was a surprisingly gutsy scene on a show that doesn't do gutsy too well.
At the same time, I kind of liked everything involving Shohreh Aghdashloo as the show's latest mysterious bigwig who knows something but isn't telling anything. I liked her faith that the very act of telling Demetri and Mark what happened would set those events in motion. I liked the way she was actually in cahoots with D. Gibbons (even if it was eminently predictable). I liked the way she seemed capable of pushing anyone and everyone's buttons at any given time. As a matter of fact, I think I'd much rather be watching a show about the conspirators behind the blackout than anything else, if these scenes and the appearance of Ricky Jay in the "next time on" montage are any indication. Watching those two, D. Gibbons and Simon try to destroy the world, one blackout at a time? I'd probably be addicted to that show.
Though, actually, as it turns out, Simon's one of the good guys, it would seem, thanks to his turning up at FBI headquarters to kibitz with the folks there (though Mark and Demetri are away, of course). He's also finally turning up a little information on the giant towers in Somalia that it seems the show has forgotten about for episodes on end. (I get that in the real world, a trip to Somalia to chase a crazy lead would probably be turned down in these recession-ridden times, but in a fictional world, the second I figure out there were crazy, ominous towers in Somalia, I don't want to have to wait weeks on end to figure out what happened.) Turns out it's one of Simon's designs. It also turns out that he didn't design those particular towers, which means that someone's piggybacking off of whatever Simon and Lloyd are doing for their own nefarious ends.
Another thing FlashForward has been missing is ambiguity. Part of the fun of Lost back in the early days was trying to answer very basic questions at the heart of the show. What was the Island? What was the monster? The character stuff was better done than FlashForward's has been, but that ambiguity kept people coming back, I think. FlashForward has been missing that, since we know, or at least think we know, that everyone saw the future. The only question has really been whether or not those visions would come true, whether the future was changeable or not. While I doubt this is actually where the show is going, the whole concept of the many-worlds hypothesis introduced a nice suggestion that perhaps there was an element of these people seeing parallel universes or something like that, ones that dovetailed just enough with our own to seem like the future of ours, but ones where key things were different (like whom Olivia was married to).
From all of the above, this sounds like kind of an awesome episode, doesn't it? But large portions of it were kind of flat, like Gabrielle Union realizing that her flash forward wedding was actually Demetri's funeral (and shouldn't she have felt sad in her flash and realized that long ago?). And there would just be random moments of anger (like the director destroying the TV). And the hospital was apparently listening to the world's worst Christmas CD on an endless loop. At the same time, I'm oddly invested in this show now. Maybe it's Stockholm syndrome, since I've been sticking with it when plenty of you haven't been (if sagging ratings numbers are any indication), but there's a momentum to the show, at least, a sense that it's heading somewhere. I'll take what I can get.
See you in March, I guess. I will say that the next year on promo made this, again, look like a show well worth watching. Who knows if that will prove to be the case?
I like the way Dominic Monaghan is spouting all of the ridiculous techno-babble. He seems to be having a really good time with it.
Also, this show looks really impressive in HD. That series of shots in Hong Kong was really gorgeous.
Finally, the show, of course, used A Christmas Carol as a reference point, but not in a particularly unexpected way. "Are these the shadows of things that will be?" You don't say!
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German Police Say Claims Refugees Gang-Raped Girl in Berlin Made Up
German police say a 13-year-old Russian-German girl has admitted to fabricating a story that she was raped by a group of Middle Eastern or North African men, reports the Guardian.
After the girl, identified only as Lisa, disappeared for 30 hours from her home in Berlin and returned with facial injuries on Jan. 11, she said she had been repeatedly raped. State prosecutors say the girl later told a team of specialists she invented the story to avoid getting in trouble.
As over 1.1 million migrants arrived in Germany in 2015 as part of the ongoing European refugee crisis, and many Germans were already infuriated by reports of widespread sexual assaults by men matching that description on New Year's Eve in the city of Cologne, the new accusations were like a match to a powder keg.
According to BBC, when German police concluded there was no physical evidence to back the girl's accusations, thousands of Russian residents of Germany took to the streets in protest over a perceived coverup. They waved banners saying "Our children are in danger" and "Hands off my child," the BBC reported.
Far-right PEGIDA protesters in Germany on Jan. 11.Source: TOBIAS SCHWARZ/Getty Images
Russian state media and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov further inflamed tensions by repeatedly accusing German authorities of getting the case wrong. Lavrov continues to demand an explanation.
"I hope that these problems are not swept under the carpet and that there'll be no repeat cases like that of our Lisa." Lavrov told a press conference, according to the BBC.
The Guardian reported the protests were also joined by far-right German political parties, including the fringe National Democratic Party.
Many of the migrants come from war-torn nations like Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, while others are fleeing chronic poverty in home countries as far as Pakistan.
A refugee hands out flowers in demonstrate goodwill in the wake of the Cologne accusations.Source: PATRIK STOLLARZ/Getty Images
In recent months, Germany has been plagued by violent anti-refugee demonstrations involving hundreds of participants — a sore counterpoint to the mood in September, when hundreds of Germans met thousands of arriving refugees with supplies, hugs and words of welcome. Anti-refugee groups say the German state cannot provide enough for the migrants (even though expenditures on them comprise less than 1% of the national budget), and perhaps more tellingly, that German society cannot withstand the influx of foreigners.
A poll by broadcaster ZDF this month found 60% of Germans believe the current immigration situation is untenable, according to NBC.
False claims of rape are rare. In the U.S., Mic's Sophie Kleeman writes, "it's estimated that 2% to 8% of rape claims are later proven false, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. That's about the same as the false reporting rate for other crimes, such as car theft or stalking."


Only one company is uniquely positioned to capitalize on Hawaii's ambitious plans -- and the potential rewards extend far beyond Waikiki.
In the year 2045, Hawaii could generate 100% of its electricity from renewable energy -- That is, if a bill passed by the state legislature earlier this month is signed into law. It's an ambitious goal nonetheless, especially considering that today the state imports nearly 93% of its total energy requirements, boasts electricity rates that are over 200% the national average, and relies heavily on petroleum-fired electricity generation (yes, petroleum).
Can the goal be achieved? I don't see why not, although it's impossible to predict outcomes 30 years into the future with absolute certainty. But I do know that for Hawaii to succeed it needs heavy support from one company: NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE).
Today, Hawaii generates 10.5% of its electricity from renewable sources, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Geothermal accounts for 2.4% of total electricity generation, while the remaining 8.1% is produced from wind and solar. So there's quite a bit of progress left to be made in the next 30 years.
The recently passed bill actually buys Hawaii more time to meet its goals. The previous Hawaii Electric Plan set a 70% renewable target by 2030, while House Bill 623 doesn't expect the 70% threshold to be met until 2040. Of course, that means the state must transition the remaining 30% of its generation capacity to renewable sources in the last five years of the effort. In other words, the state will probably fail to meet its goal if it doesn't exceed the capacity targets set by House Bill 623 earlier rather than later.
Enter NextEra Energy, one of the world's largest renewable-energy power generators. In late 2014, the company stepped up to offer a progressive solution to an otherwise messy situation that pitted state regulators and residential solar customers against the suddenly non-competitive utilities owned by Hawaiian Electric Industries. How? NextEra Energy agreed to acquire the utility business of Hawaiian Electric Industries and embrace renewable energy and rooftop solar; plans that stood in stark contrast to previous attempts to intentionally slow the growth of residential solar (which state regulators shot down).
The fast-falling costs of residential solar panels and leasing programs, the emergence of residential energy storage solutions, the increasing efficiency of energy management software, and the entrance of NextEra Energy all bode well for Hawaii's long-term plans. But what's in it for the company?
By the numbers, Hawaii doesn't use much electricity. It accounts for just 0.2% of the nation's residential, commercial, and residential consumption (but its heavy reliance on petroleum means it accounts for 0.4% of the nation's carbon dioxide emissions from the power industry). But thanks to House Bill 623, NextEra Energy now has the perfect sandbox to play around in as it attempts to create the utility of the future -- one that favors distributed generation over centralized production and focuses instead on providing grid management services. That's incredibly advantageous.


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LG Electronics has launched its knowledge academy programme for students. The programme, which includes a unique and the first-of-its-kind quiz show, titled 'LG One School One Library', (PARO AUR AGEY BARO) aims to engage the youth of the country in a high-quality learning experience on television. Targeting students from grade 10 to 12, the LG One School One Library invites them to utilize their knowledge and intellect in an enriching learning experience, showcasing their talent on a national level.
[blockquote cite="Mr. Imran Aslam, President GEO TV Network."] This is a unique programme designed to accelerate the growth of the education sector in the country. We would like to urge educational institutes to treat the show as a growth platform for their students, as well as the institute itself. This show marks the electronics brand as a 'thinking' entity that aims to do something for the country's educational sector and employment, thereby impact the economy itself. We hope that all educational institutions in the country will send in their students to be a part of this unique show.
LG has begun its search for the best young minds in the country through an online selection process. Contestants were required to register online for the programme. The second filters for the final contestants are on online test. The final contestants are selected by a panel of educationists based on the evaluation of the online test results. A final set of 80 candidates are selected for the final contest. The winner of the grand finale stands a chance to win a scholarship worth Rs.1, 800,000.
In this unique programme, students can showcase their talent and intellect on national television. LG urges educational institutes and parents to encourage their children to register as this is a programme that will certainly enhance their educational skills. This programme is not only aiming to contribute towards to development of the educational sector of the country, but is also LG's effort to give back to the society.


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AGASSI AGAIN TUMBLES ON HUMBLING PATH
Andre Agassi has set for himself a humbling road, a path that took him to defeat Tuesday at the hands of another player who would have done well to take a set off him scarcely two years ago.
Former UCLA standout Justin Gimelstob, looking comfortable on his home courts at the L.A. Tennis Center at UCLA, defeated the seventh-seeded Agassi, 7-5, 6-2, in the first round of the Infiniti Open.
Agassi, ranked No. 32, continues to plod back onto the ATP Tour: He has a 6-8 record this year.
"It's been frustrating, certainly," Agassi, 27, said. "I'm committed to this road now. I'm going to do it, but there's no joy in losing."
With the losses has come a loss in confidence, the linchpin of his high-risk game.
"That's lost," Agassi said of his confidence. "There's not much more to lose there. It's going to be a grind. . . . It doesn't get any easier week after week. I'm not going to allow this to set me back. I refuse to."
Agassi was up a break in the first set, then Gimelstob reeled off three games and broke back. The final break came in the last game, when Gimelstob, 20, capitalized on his fifth set point.
Agassi looked sharp and even flashed brilliant shots in the second set, but clearly he hasn't regained his ability to win under difficult circumstances.
"It's hard to say I'm encouraged by this," Agassi said. "That would be a stretch."


Chelsea faces their second London derby in a week with an opportunity to score over a depleted Spurs side after a disappointing league defeat vs Arsenal. A spot in the Carabao cup final is up for grabs with Man City being all but confirmed as the other finalist with a goal first leg lead against Burton.
Mauricio Pochettino's side will be without Harry Kane & Heung-min Son, with Delle Alli also doubtful with a hamstring injury. All though they displayed a fighting spirit to get all 3 points vs Fulham late on Sunday. Chelsea will be without Ruben Loftus Cheek who is nursing a back problem. The past 2 failures have set a severe pressure for the host from their manager Maurizio Sarri. Chelsea has been unbeaten in 3 matches on the row and their latest win against the likes of Newcastle and Nottingham Forest has sent some positive vibes among the fans despite some defensive tactics from Sarri resulting to a low scoring end.
While Tottenham has been great in all of their matches except for a home defeat to Manchester United. They have won all their five matches and also they kept a clean sheet in 3 games as well.
Chelsea: Kepa (GK); Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Christensen, Alonso; Kante, Jorginho, Barkley; Willian, Higuain, Hazard.
Tottenham: Gazzaniga (GK); Sanchez, Alderweireld, Vertonghen; Trippier, Winks, Dier, Davies; Eriksen, Lamela, Lucas.
Both the teams possess some weakness, be it poor tactics or list of injuries, it is likely to say that both of them will lead the match to a penalty shootout.


Brown Bread - A delicious and healthy bread recipe!
I'm super excited to finally share this Brown Bread recipe. I've been working on a delicious SCD bread recipe for so long. Finally, after months of experimenting and tweaking, I'm happy with the result. My measure of success remains always the same method. If my husband would gladly eat this instead of "regular" bread, I know I have succeeded. He's an honest man and I know I can always trust him for an honest opinion. This blog, for me, has always been about creating delicious recipes. Recipes that anyone would gladly eat – restrictive diet or not. It just happens to be a huge bonus that the ingredients are actually good for us too.
After two years on SCD, I had almost given up on recreating bread. Since starting SCD, bread just wasn't bread. I've tried so many recipes and messed around creating my own but I was never quite happy with the final product. I like the other breads I have created on this site but I consider them more of a snack than a bread in the traditional sense. This Brown Bread conjures up memories of bread and jam from my childhood and I am quite proud of that. It is obviously not as solid as regular bread, which is quite the impossible task without gluten or grains. However, it does hold together pretty well. My favourite way to enjoy this Brown Bread is lightly toasted under the grill for a few minutes then slathered with Kerrygold butter and my homemade blackberry jam.
For those of you following a gluten and grain-free diet like me, I'm sure you've all experienced wanting a break from almond flour. I love almond flour, don't get me wrong. It can be easy, however, to overdose on it. That's why I decided to buck the trend with this bread and make it completely without almond flour. The combination of ground pecans and coconut flour really works well here and is not like any SCD bread recipe I've tried before.
I have found my new bread recipe – that's for sure. And I'm pretty sure I won't be straying far from this recipe in the future. When it works, it works, right? If you try this and you like it (or you don't like it!) please let me know in the comments below. I'd love your feedback!
Yes Anette. Walnuts would work perfectly, I imagine.
Can I leave out the pecans?
You would need to substitute some other nuts e.g. walnuts as pecans make up a large part of this recipe. Let me know if you substitute and how it works out!
Is there a substitute for raisins or may I just leave them out?
I think they go well in the recipe but you could easily leave them out without substituting them!
Can you use whole eggs instead of just whites? Four, maybe?
Hi Holly. I don't think you could use whole eggs instead or at least it would change the whole texture of the bread. I experimented a lot and found that the meringue-like mixture really makes this bread so good. Sorry to disappoint you!
Looks amazing. I can't wait to try it. Do you think it can be frozen?
Thanks Rowan. Hope you like it as much as I do! I haven't tried freezing it yet but I imagine you can!
I wanted to know if the recipe calls for "3 cups" pecans before blended or after they are blended. I always question this when I bake with any kind of nuts, thanks.
Hi Anne. The recipe calls for 3 cups of whole pecans which you then process to fine pecan flour as per the instructions. Hope this clears it up for you!
So glad you like it Anne!!
Hi there which blender would you recommend? Thanks!
Hi Maria, I am wondering where I went wrong with the recipe. It smells fantastic but the middle section came out wet and gooey. Any suggestions on what to do differently? Thanks!
Sorry it didn't turn out for you. That has never happened to me. Did you mix the batter well enough before baking? I mix everything really well before placing into the loaf tin. Did the egg whites have stiff peaks? Please let me know if you try it again and how it turns out. Fingers crossed the next time is better!
Thank you for your reply. I'm wondering if I blended some of the pecan for too long. I will definitely try again!!
Yes maybe that was it, Irena. You should blend to pecan flour consistency not pecan butter. Hope you have success the next time!
I'll try this bread during the weekend, love the fact that you don't use the whole egg as so many SCD bread recipes are way too egg-heavy for my taste.
Do you think that adding more ingredients / seeds to the mixture would be an issue? I'd like to add sunflower and pumpkin seeds for more texture.
Hi Veronica, Really hope you like the bread as much as I do! I definitely think you could add seeds to the mixture. I love seeds but they don't love me which is why I don't include them. Let me know how it turns out for you!
GOOD MORNING, COULD i USE ALMOND FLOUR FOR THE RECIPIE??
Hi Julie, I have never tried but I imagine it would change the taste considerably. The recipe is a result of months of tweaking and I really think the ground pecans bring something really special to this recipe. They give it the "brown bread" taste. If you do try it, let me know how it works out!