The City of Jerusalem can not be divided like Berlin. In East Jerusalem Jews and Muslim live in a mosaic pattern. If the Jews are forced to leave, it will become another crime against the Jewish people. A blood bath like in India and Pakistan in 1947-1948.
A Muslim has just blown him self and other Muslim to pieces for Allah.
Jerusalem can not be divided along ethnic lines. East and West Jerusalem is one city. Just like white and blacks live all over Washington DC, Jews and Muslim live in Jerusalem. 70 percent of the populations are Jews. It will be a crime to divide the city, and up root and destroy Jewish homes.
Washington DC is not only the central parts of the city. The district of Columbia (DC) includes provinces. The same way we need to talk about the Greater Jerusalem. By dividing the inner city, you put up new borders that will disconnect Jewish home in Greater Jerusalem from the western parts of the inner city.
Metropolitan Jerusalem can not be divided again, without creating a blood bath. The blue spots are Jewish settlements. The dark yellow are Arab settlements.
What the World want to enforce up on Jerusalem, is another United Nation approved ethnic cleansing. The removal of Jews from land in their own capital.
The World have done so before. And the culprit was the same. The British empire. Conservative estimates says more than one million people died in the division of a nation, when the two-state-solution of India and Pakistan came into the existence in 1947. 75.000 women were raped.
Radical Islam got their first victim. The Muslims refused to live in a secular nations with a Hindu majority. They demanded their own land, and partition of Hindustan.
British India, just before the disaster two-state-solution plan was enforced from London.
The London made disaster took place when an estimated 25 million Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs (1947-present) crossed the newly drawn borders to reach their new homelands.
Why did the Hindus leave the soon to be formed Islamic republic of Pakistan?
They knew that the Muslims would slowly enforce restrict laws that would limit the civilian and religious rights for non-Muslims. The new Islamic nation would end up as a Western promoted and backed dictatorship.
Can you see the historical lines to the fight for survival of the Jewish state?
What make you think Islam will treat the Jewish people any day better than what Muslims did to the Hindus in 1947?
The British plan for a two-state-solution for India and Pakistan created the cruelest and bloodiest migrations and ethnic cleansing in history.
You have either no idea what your talking about or you are a Jewish Zionist yourself. The Palestinians are the ones who have been uprooted and made into refugees on their own land. The only reason there is a larger Jewish population in Jerusalem at this present time is because of mass immigration during the last century. Mass immigrations that were ILLEGAL for this very reason. The Israeli so called gov't has systematically exterminated much of the population that did exist there for thousands of years before Zionists came along. The Jewish population illegally moved in and bought up as much land and businesses as they could, with german reparation funds. After that they made it so Palestinians could no longer work or live on their own land by bullying them every chance they could. All while playing the sympathy card and controlling media powers to only show their side. Its sick, its pathetic, and its just WRONG. Israel needs to get out of Palestine and leave its people alone.


Heat waffle iron. Beat eggs; beat in remaining ingredients until smooth. Pour batter from cup or pitcher onto center of hot waffle iron. Bake until the waffle maker indicates it the waffle is cooked through. Remove waffle carefully. Serve with butter and syrup.
These are beautiful. I love breakfast for dinner (with or without the healthy vegetable side!).
These waffles look perfect! They may be making an appearance this weekend instead of pancakes.
Lovely waffles! I don't have a waffle maker, but I think it is high time that I bought one!!
Those waffles look so golden and crunchy, absolutely perfect. I would choose these over pancakes any day.
Ooooh, now my boyfriend and I are sitting here talking about how we want a waffle press.
I love waffles too! We seem to never make them though…I even have a waffle press!!! Time to pull it out of the cabinet…I think I'll be making these this weekend! YUM!
I don't make waffles nearly enough! These look wonderful, Megan.
I love eating waffles with applesauce on them! Time to get out the old waffle iron – these look delicious and perfect use of the new frozen buttermilk idea.
Yum! These waffles look amazing! I love having breakfast any time of day too.
It's been forever since I've made waffles, but I adore them! So maybe this weekend I'll have to put out the waffle maker and waffle me up a batch!
Question…when you say shortening do you mean the crisco bars, butter, oil or ???????
I love breakfast for dinner! We are having it Sunday night. And waffles are definitely my favorite as well.
No waffle iron. 🙁 I've always wanted one. The last photograph is outstanding!
Waffles are one of my favorite breakfasts! Home made is best, not from a mix or the freezer. I've never made buttermilk ones though. I will have to try out this recipe, it looks delicious!
Judy – I used crisco out of a tub. I'm sure the crisco bars would work as well.
We just made waffles too! I make homemade 'buttermilk' if I don't have any. Older originals are almost always the best.
I'd choose waffles over pancakes ANY day! Yum!!! These look TASTY!
I've never heard of freezing buttermilk, interesting? I love waffles too and I always like to try new versions.
oh i need to get one of those waffle makers! 🙂 they make great weekend breakfasts!
We always had homemade waffles with leftover turkey and gravy the day after Thanksgiving or Christmas when I was a kid. And I have kept on the tradition. They are wonderful that way.
My gosh….these look so divine! I've never made waffles before but need to get a waffle pan ASAP and try these out!
These do look light and crisp. Beautiful!
Yum! My waffles never turn out very well (I have a bad habit of overflowing the waffle maker all over the countertops)… But, I'm feeling inspired to give them another try. How could I resist these lovely waffles?
Never knew about the whole freezing buttermilk thing–great tip! And I agree, waffles are delicious. I have a waffle maker, but it's collecting dust. I definitely need to use it more!
I've been waiting a month to try this recipe with my grandchildren. Alexa (3) loves waffles, so I'm ready to try them. Just waiting for them to wake up, so we can see how they enjoy them. Thanks for the recipe. My grandma always made buttermilk pancakes, and we still talk about them 30 years later.
We made these this morning — quite tasty 🙂 Thanks!


Domestic violence is a very traumatic, emotional and painful experience for anyone to deal with. It is defined as any physical abuse committed against a current or former spouse, a current or former cohabitant, someone with whom the victim has or had a dating or engagement relationship, or someone with whom the victim has a child with. If you've been charged with a domestic violence crime, contact an experienced Sacramento criminal defense attorney who can help you!
Whoever willfully inflicts force or violence onto an intimate partner is committing domestic battery.
Anyone can be a victim regardless of socioeconomic status, religion, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation or educational background. And like victims, abusers come from all sorts of backgrounds as well. They do share some common characteristics such as justifying their abusive behaviors, failing to take responsibility for the harm and use similar tactics to gain and maintain power.
Forty (40) percent of California women experience physical harm from an intimate partner. If you have suffered anyone of these types of abuses, contact an attorney immediately to bring that person to justice.
Penalties for those who willfully inflict bodily harm on others can be punished pretty severely depending on various factors. A defendant could be sentenced up to 4 years in prison and fined $6,000. If a defendant has a prior conviction for battery or assault, he/she can be punished by up to 5 years in prison and $10,000 in fines.
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Q: Detect spaces in names and multiple mentions I made a small mention script in javascript, that searches the database for the mentioned user (after @).
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*It's very inefficient as meteor has to search the database for every possible result.

Could it be possible to remove all spaces from the mention and still successfully search for the user? If so, how?
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The hidden story of the wanton slaughter — in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world — backed by the United States.
In 1965, the U.S. government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the twentieth century, eliminating the largest communist party outside China and the Soviet Union and inspiring copycat terror programs in faraway countries like Brazil and Chile. But these events remain widely overlooked, precisely because the CIA's secret interventions were so successful.
In this bold and comprehensive new history, Vincent Bevins builds on his incisive reporting for the Washington Post, using recently declassified documents, archival research and eye-witness testimony collected across twelve countries to reveal a shocking legacy that spans the globe. For decades, it's been believed that parts of the developing world passed peacefully into the U.S.-led capitalist system. The Jakarta Method demonstrates that the brutal extermination of unarmed leftists was a fundamental part of Washington's final triumph in the Cold War.
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In today's rumor rundown, there is news on the Flyers and Wayne Simmonds both wanting to reach a deal, a trusted NHL media personality hints as to what might be next for Steve Yzerman and the New York Islanders have a few free agents they need to reach deals with, among them is Anders Lee. Finally, is Rick Nash staying away from the NHL for health reasons? One insider is not so sure.
Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Daily News is reporting that the Philadelphia Flyers and winger Wayne Simmonds are working on a deal that might be finalized before the player reaches the conclusion of his current deal.
Simmonds is hoping to bounce back from a disappointing, injury-filled season and wants to stay with the Flyers but also says he's not thinking about contract negotiations. "I'm not going to let this be a distraction, that's for sure," said Simmonds.
Yzerman to Detroit, Holland to Seattle?
This isn't a move that would happen right away as Holland signed a two-year extension as Red Wings GM and Yzerman still has one final year on his contract with the Lightning.
For Yzerman, the attraction to Detroit is his familiarity with the city, being closer to family and potentially building a strong team out of a young core that right now is not likely to make the playoffs. For Holland, a job in Seattle might be a situation where he can land a lengthy contract and try to build a team that, in some way, emulates the success of the Golden Knights franchise.
The Fourth Period's David Pagnotta is reporting that the New York Islanders are undergoing negotiations with homegrown forward Anders Lee about a long-term contract extension. If true, it would signal the Islanders wanting to stop the exodus of big stars with the departure of John Tavares.
Lee is one of three Islanders forwards set to hit free agency next summer. He, along with Jordan Eberle and Brock Nelson could devastate the fortunes of the Islanders franchise should they all choose to leave for another opportunity.
Both Lee and Eberle have already spoken of their willingness to stay with the team and it appears the Islanders are keenly interested in working on Lee's deal now versus later. Pagnotta adds that a new deal is not necessarily going to be announced in the coming days or weeks but Lee's agent, Neil Sheehy, says he's been frequently talking to Lou Lamoriello. Lee could earn upwards of $7 million per season over seven or eight years. How he plays without Tavares will play a big factor in his eventual contract.
Right now, there's nothing in the oven in terms of a deal but Dreger believes the possibility is still there Nash wakes up in a month from now and says, 'You know what? The fire is still burning. I want to play.' He should have interest from teams if he wants to return, especially clubs that struggle out of the gate.


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Bob Dylan 980706 in Lucca, Italy
I'LL REMEMBER YOU  (twice)
YOU'RE A BIG GIRL NOW
GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY
RANK STRANGER TO ME
(UNKNOW COUNTRY SONG)
all without Dylan
Bucky Buxter alone just before the show:
ANDREA FALESI
Date: 09 Jul 1998 10:42:00 +0100
From: happyjaq@confetti.ruhr.de (Carsten Wohlfeld)
Subject: July 6, 1998 - Lucca, Italy - a review
Lucca, Italy, July 6, 1998
Piazza Napoleone
There's only one phrase that can describe last night's show in Rome: Bob
Dylan was ON FIRE! If Lucca wouldn't have been on our way home back to
Germany anways I probably would've skipped the show. Yes, Rome was THAT
good. But as we travelled north we finally got a chance to enjoy the
beautiful Italian landscape, made a quick sidestep to the Mediterrenean
Sea and visited Pisa as well. Lucca itself is a beautiful old city, lots
of tiny alleys, street cafes and the typical Italian flavour. Piazza
Napoleone is a square situated in the middle of the town and by 5pm they
just tried to clear out all the people so the band could start the
soundcheck. We managed to 'hide' in a cafe and got to hear and see part of
the soundcheck. Afterwards they just blocked all the streets leading to
the square, so only people with tickets could see the event but everybody
outside could still *hear* it quite perfectly. Again tickets were only
around $25, so about 5,000 folks showed out. Lots of German and American
tourists, too. Lucca is one of the main sightseeing attractions in the
area. The square wasn't that big, so it was almost a sellout I guess.
The soundcheck included:
I'll Remember You (several times)
You'e A Big Girl Now
By the time we returned to the venue (we had a nice pizza and some gelati
inbetween) the place was pretty much filled up, but we still managed to
get a decent spot. Bob (different white jacket, black pants, white shoes)
and crew came out at 9.40pm (showtime was given as 9.30) and started with:
Not quite as overwhelming as in Rome, as both Bob and Bucky didn't strike
any funny poses tonight, but still petty good. One of the best openers Bob
had over the last few years.
Again, one of my alltime favourite Dylan tracks, so I'm a bit biased. I'll
love it any day of the week. His singing wasn't as strong as I'd hoped for
though. Still better than the cuesheets alternate of "If Not For You".
Crowd: Nuts.
Solid version, I didn't hear any of the mistakes that 'graced' the
previous renditions.
What Good Am I?
Was played instead of the cuesheets alternatives "4th Street" and "Big
Girl Now". Nice surprise of course, second rendition this year after
Rostock and it would have been even better if Bob would've remembered ANY
of the words. As Gunter noted, Bob basically sang the same verse three
Well, only a few people recognized this one. There had been virtually no
reaction from the crowd to "What Good Am I" either. Too many first-timers
and tourists I guess. "Can't Wait" was solid and again didn't feature any
major mistakes as far as I could hear. Bo's singing was finally getting
was "Silvio". Crowd loved it, as soon as they realized that the title of
this one was, "Silvio". Hmmmm.
Mr. Tambourine Man (acoustic)
One for the greatest hits crowd. Singing very strong, even though he
played the song a little too much on this tour... or did I just see too
many shows? ;-)
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (acoustic)
Got a better crowd response than I'd have imagined. Unfortunately Bob's
singing wasn't too strong here. It was a strange show, one song Bob's
singing was very strong, the next one he hardly could remember the words.
Dunno what happened really.
Features a lengthy harp solo, but Bob totally messed up his first two
guitar solos. He just played one note and then stopped playing altogeher
as if he didn't know what he was supposed to do! Meanwhile Larry kept on
strumming his chords and after a few seconds Bob resumed singing! Weird.
Put a smile on everybody's face. Nice rendition, mucho loved by the crowd.
"Love Minus Zero" went unplayed.
Bob virtually screamed his vocals into the microphone, he was VERY much
into this song for some reason. There was some feedback cause his singing
was too loud. Never heard that before! I think it was after this song
that he introduced the band, so I thought the next one would probably be
the last, making it a total of 12 songs in the mainset, same the the
previous nights. But no, Bob and crew continued with...
which was  a strange choice, since so many tourists have been in the
crowd. The band did a nice job, But Bob forgot the words at three points.
After the strong "Belongs" this was very weak again...
Now you won't believe me, but this song was by far and away the highlight
of the show. Before it started Bob went over to Tony and said something to
him that made Tony laugh all the way through the song. And, to further
prove my weak-strong-weak-strong singing theory Bob screamed the words to
"Highway", laughing inbetween lines and even addiing a hilarious line:
"Louie the King said yes I think it can be easily done...
YAY... and that's EXACTLY what he said"
He definitely had a good time. He wasn't as animated as the nights before
but still a million miles away from being stone faced... The ending to
this song was new and improved too. Rocked like hell!
(encores)
A better version than last night, even though the encores generally tend
to be Bob-by-numbers these days. There are always the same and so the band
esaily can switch to auto-pilot. Not the best way to end a show I don't
Usual goofyness with Bob and the band soloing up and down. Even Bucky
played a longer solo than usual.
Much loved by the crowd, great singalong. Bob vocals delivery wasn't very
overwhelming, even though he really stresses the third verses in all the
recent renditions. The show lasted 105 minutes.
So there you got it, the end of my own little 18-date tour. Somehow I even
was glad when it was all over and if this review probably is the less
detailed of them all, that's because I even got sick of writing about the
shows ;-) But I surely won't complain, with a few exceptions all the shows
have been very, very good, I got to hear almost 80 different songs and
many inspired renditions of songs I thought I'd never want to hear again.
If you ask me, my personal top five of the ones I've seen in Europe is:
1. Rome
2. Rostock
4. Leipzig
5. Essen or maybe Copenhagen
Thanks for reading and trying to ignore my bad English and all the typos.
Bob and I will now take a five week rest before we're all back on tour in
Australia. Don't know when I'll have the chance to review those shows, but
I most certainly will get around to do it at some point. My thanks also to
all the people who let me stay at their places and all the folks I
traveled with. It's been a pleasure. See you in Melbourne!
"what once you called home is a minefield" (damon & naomi)
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This Friday, November 20th the movie, Precious, based on the book, Push by Sapphire opens nationwide.
On December 11th, Disney's Princess and the Frog opens nationwide.
I'll be going to see at least one of them on opening night, likely the Disney movie because I have a little one.
Movies don't stay in theatres very long anymore so opening night has become increasingly important. As much as I hate that fact, it's still a fact.
Although international sales and DVD sales can all lend to a movie's overall success, it's opening night that deems how successful it's perceived.
Strong opening numbers should put one more nail in the coffin of the myth that people of color don't significantly support "their own" movies.
At the very least, it'll put a nail in the coffin of the new myth that we'll only go see Tyler Perry movies on opening night.
Based on subject matter, both movies should appeal across racial barriers. Like *ahem* many stories by and with people of color in them do.
Although Precious is about a young adult, I don't really consider Push a YA novel. However, the movie's success may lead filmmakers to take a closer look at the various YA novels out here by brown authors. There's a vast untapped resource of brown children's stories that can be adapted to film being totally overlooked.
It's only taken the Mouse House about 40 years to put a black princess as lead in a film. I know that actually sounds like a good reason to thumb our nose at them and say screw their late to the table offering, but in the name of playing the cards we're dealt – it's here now, don't support it at your own risk.
Who knows if we'll ever get this chance again.
The Disney movie is cause for joy. In my day, Disney movies were primarily about animals and old-school fairy tales. I remember seeing Bambi at the theatres.
The new-school princess age was in full boon when my oldest daughter was in her Disney prime. So this new movie comes at a perfect time for my youngest daughter. Better late than never ever.
Efforts like The Brown Bookshelf come down to dollars. No matter how many blog posts and showcases we do, if people don't purchase the books we highlight we're truly singing in the wind.
I choose to see these two movies as opportunities to stand behind all we say in the blogosphere. I hope their success trickles down to other literary works and to more diverse Disney projects.
I hope! I'm definitely going to see them both and read Push 🙂 You're so right though, better late than never (Disney having a Black princess) although I wish she didn't spend the majority of the movie as a frog. Ah well, hopefully lots of people will go see the movie, buy the products (like the Carol's Daughter line), etc. and Disney will make more diverse movies!
This is probably not really the best place to ask this, and I apologize.
Great post, Paula! I will be there to see Princess & the Frog too. I lead a girls book club in NC. The girls are so excited to finally have a princess on film who looks like them. Also, everyone, please support Natasha Anastasia Tarpley. She's author of the beautiful picture book, I Love My Hair, and many others. Natasha wrote the hardcover picture book, The Princess and the Frog: Princess Tiana and the Royal Ball (Disney Press, $15.99).
If you are buying any gifts for little girls in the "princess age group" BUY THEM PRINCESS TIANA paraphernalia! Especially on the birthday party circuit and for Christmas.
My 6year old has attended two parties since products have been on the market. The first little girl (who was having a Bratz themed party), got a Princess Tiana blanket. The second little girl, who is white, got a Star Wars book (the theme of her party) AND a Princess Tiana book.
I usually have a $10 budget on these birthday party gifts, but I have been going over that to support these Tiana products. I want to make sure Disney knows we WILL support people–er, cartoons–who look like us.
Well said. 🙂 I am hoping to see a black princess when I go to Disney World at the beginning of December.
Ooh great idea about buying Tiana. I had a booksigning last month and bought a Tiana book. Though I was a little disappointed in the story itself (it was more a generic re-telling of the movie than a true story)I'm glad I bought it. I'm doing all I can to make sure I support this movie and its merchandise.
I plan on taking my niece to see the Princess and the Frog.
Push is a novel that I was going to recommend to teens based only on the movie preview – until I actually read it. I've seen and read a lot of fairly mature movies and books but this is one that I could barely finish. There is no way that I would recommend the book to anyone but I am still excited about the movie. Unfortuneately, I think that teens will then go to the book. Yikes!
I'm as liberal as they come when it comes to what a teen can read. But Push is raw! I agree, it's not something I'd ever recommend for a young reader. I assume the movie is focused more on her redemptive journey and not the abuse. Still haven't been able to get my date night to go.
I couldn't agree with you more that we need to vote with our wallets and support the heck out of the movie and the merchandise. As annual passholders, we visit Disneyland often. I haven't seen this much hype at the park for a film's release EVER. 🙂 They have added a Tiana's riverboat cruise, are giving free tickets for the movie (child's admission) with your ticket or pass, and are distributing bookmarks at all of the restaurants. Very exciting indeed!


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Alphas – When Push Comes to Shove
By: Narcissus | TV Reviews | August 16, 2012
The rightly-titled "When Push Comes to Shove" put Nina Theroux on center stage. The alpha with the hyper-induction ability "pushed" her way to the brink of auto-destruction in an episode that explored her past and her struggle with her mistakes. The story also flaunted the refreshing newcomer Kat who offered a lighter, and arguably more effective, mirror to some of Nina's issues.
During the first season, Alphas featured episodes centered on each and every member of the team except Nina. I am among those who wanted the series to give us a Nina-centric story because she seemed to be the one with the most troubled past, but also because her power lends itself more easily to alpha power abuse. "When Push Comes to Shove" was always going to be a difficult episode to watch—which it was—but I was hoping it would navigate her redemption a bit better than it did.
After her absence for an entire episode, Nina reappeared as the case of the week whom Rosen hid from his government "handlers" to protect her from what would have surely been a more radical "rescue" operation. The episode did an excellent job on the origin story, showing us how as a child she discovered her power when she pushed her father who wanted to leave a loveless marriage. Every single time the story went back to her childhood through the flashbacks, it hit the right notes and took us deeper into the drama surrounding her first push.
Unfortunately, the present-day storyline wasn't as effective. It worked very well while showing Nina's getting closer to the edge, and some of the little surprises along the way were particularly well crafted. Things like the fact that she pushed Rosen or details like where she grew up and went to school were great additions ("The Bronx. Nina tends to embellish her past"). However, while the childhood flashbacks very effectively eased us into the tragedy of her father's death, the present-day storyline had some issues navigating the turning point: the moment where the character realizes she's gone too far and takes some actions that will help her snap out of it.
The difficulty in watching an episode like "When Push Comes to Shove" lies in the fact that the audience has to see a favorite take the wrong path over and over again. The reward comes when the character emerges from whatever hold she was under and sets herself onto the path for redemption. Nina broke free here when her "dreams" of happiness with her childhood friend were shattered. The issue I have with it is that when on the roof she lets Rosen through, she hasn't shown enough signs of a struggle with herself yet. We've just been watching her pushing everyone she could without a second thought. Now all of a sudden, because a dream she had based on a fleeting childhood friendship goes south, she is shaken enough to see that she's gone too far. If only her childhood friendship had been longer or her inner struggle were more obvious, it might have worked. It is a pity that the show couldn't harness Laura Mennell's tragically beautiful presence more effectively.
I liked how the most appealing part of Nina's story was mirrored in Kat's own issues, especially when Bill tried to make her see why remembering who she was would be good for her ("One good memory is worth all the bad ones"). The newcomer easily found her way into scenes with others, which wasn't the case this time around for Rachel's love interest, John. As long as they were indirectly flirting last week, things were fine, but Rachel's frontal assault and his own "sensitivity" issues didn't shine.
"When Push Comes to Shove" could have been one of those heartbreaking episodes that do well in repeated viewing; but as it was, it lacked the dramatic appeal that compels an audience to endure painful experiences for an emotional reward.


Fashion month is upon us! With Paris Fashion Week under our belts, and New York Fashion Week coming up soon, we thought we'd take a look at the street style found in a city where fashion week is currently in full swing: Copenhagen!
As can be seen from Copenhagen Fashion Week's Website, many of the collections showcased on the runway embody a sense of minimalism with a twist. Some inspired by the feminine silhouette, some by vibrant splashes of color, and others by traditionally masculine tailoring, the runway shows are pulling out all the stops. However, our eyes are on Scandinavian street style, and the gorgeous ensembles we've seen some of our favorite influencers wearing.
Influencer and Copenhagen native, Josephine, was spotted in between shows wearing an oversized blazer and a dramatic, unevenly hemmed plaid skirt. Her ensemble combines the traditional masculine silhouette with a feminine skirt, a trend that seems to be on the rise in 2019.
Mega-influencer Danielle Bernstein of @weworewhat comments on how inspired she was by Scandinavian street style, and her outfit only furthers that message. She has brought the camel trend that grew so popular this winter into 2019, and is pulling it off fabulously. Her corset-style belt allows a less form fitting 'fit to become more feminine – we are LOVING it!
Jeanette Madsen and Thora Valdimars strut down the side walk looking chic as ever. We are loving Jeanette's plaid mini skirt and sweater; the perfect look for a day out and about or a night on the town. Thora sports a bright orange blouse with statement sleeves, and western-inspired light wash denim – two trends that are easy to incorporate into everyday style and really elevate an outfit.
Fashion Month is always a good determinant of what it is we have to look forward to on the clothing racks for upcoming seasons. Whether it be plaid, masculine-inspired tailoring, pops of color or western-style denim, we are ready to follow in our favorite influencers' footsteps!


Australia's first Female Factory was established near the southern boundary of what is now known as Prince Alfred Park, Parramatta, circa 1802. (In the vicinity of the present-day Parramatta Riverside Theatres). From its humble inception, the Factory was intended to be a place where unassigned female convicts were gainfully employed in tasks that were beneficial to the colony, where their basic need for shelter was provided and where 'corrupting influences' could be kept at bay.
Women who had no property of their own to sell or exchange resumed the criminal activities common to their pre-transportation existence such as stealing what they needed or, in some cases, wanted. Not all convict women were hapless, passive victims; they varied in individual agency from one extreme of having been harshly punished for a single minor offence committed solely to acquire the bare necessities of life, and at the other, for crimes they were compelled to commit for reasons other than need, including greed.
The first Female Factory was located on the site of convict women's huts from the 1790s and Parramatta's first two prisons. After a fire set by inmates destroyed the first wooden gaol in 1799, construction began in August 1802 on a second, two-storey stone prison on the same site. It was during the construction of this second gaol—supervised by Marsden—that Governor King seized the opportunity to solve the problem of accommodating and protecting the virtues of the colony's abundance of unemployed convict women.
In its industrial capacity, the factory excelled in its early years. Women wove a variety of fabrics including fine linen, sailcloth, duck and wool, and sacking under the guidance of a Scottish political prisoner, master-weaver and superintendent of male and female convicts, George Mealmaker.
By August 1804, nine looms were in operation which soon grew to twelve. The yards of cloth produced were taken to the Commissariat Store – a two-storey building at the nearby Queen's Wharf – where the 'Parramatta cloth' was exchanged for wheat. However, the success of the manufactory was undercut by the weathering and instability of the building itself which was in a constant state of disrepair due to the sandstone being laid 'off its bed,' deliberately or otherwise, by convict labourers. In December 1807 the factory was forced to cease operations due to a fire that damaged both the factory and the gaol and did not reopen until May 1809.
The number of women employed at the factory under Mr. Oakes the superintendent is one hundred and fifty; they have seventy children; there is not any room in the factory that can be called a bed-room for these women and children. There are only two rooms, and these are both occupied as work-shops, over the gaol, and are about eighty feet long and twenty wide. In these rooms there are forty-six women daily employed; twenty spinning wool upon the common wheel and twenty-six carding. There are also in them the warping-machine &c. belonging to the factory. These rooms are crowded all the day, and at night such women sleep in them as are confined for recent offences, among the wheels, wool, and cards, and a few others who have no means whatever of procuring a better abode. The average number of women who sleep in the factory is about thirty in the whole; many of these women have little and some no bedding; they all sleep on the floor; there is not a cradle or bedstead belonging to the factory. I do not deem it either safe or prudent that even thirty women should sleep in the factory which has been crowded all day with working people, could this be avoided, as the air must be bad and contagious.
Were the magistrate to compel even half the number of women with their children to sleep in the factory which belong to it, they could not exist. Not less than one hundred and twenty women are at large in the night to sleep where they can. Many of them pay four shillings per week for their lodgings and fire; they have no means but theft and prostitution to obtain this sum, and these vices are become so common and habitual, that the women will tell the magistrate that they have no other means to supply their necessities.
Desperate to protect what virtues remained in his female parishioners and to provide fallen women with the opportunity for moral reform, Marsden frequently asserted the need for a large, purpose-built barracks for female convicts. Yet, the factory's population continued to rise to around 200 and Marsden's cries went unheeded until 1817 when an 'anonymous' letter – claiming Governor Macquarie's neglect of the female convict issue implied his acceptance of rampant prostitution – made the design and construction of Marsden's hoped-for female barracks a top priority.
Construction began on the second Parramatta Female Factory in 1818 and it was in operation from January 1821 to around 1848. But even there, overcrowding, poor conditions and limited rations were a constant problem. As for the first factory, the building continued to deteriorate and the gaol on its lower level was also relocated in the 1830s to the larger, purpose-built complex that still stands at its current location on the corner of Dunlop and New streets. This building served as Parramatta's gaol until it was decommissioned in October 2011.
The Female Factory operated in Parramatta at its first and second locations for a combined total of 45 years and outlasted the convict transportation system itself by almost a decade. Approximately one-fifth of around 24,960 women transported to the Australian colonies passed through its doors. Eleven more female factories were established throughout the Australian colonies but the institution at Parramatta was the original, the largest and the one on which the rest were based. It is a staggering history that began with a humble women's convict hut erected at the boundary of a space that later became a small, public park and namesake of a Victorian prince.
Paula J Byrnes, 'A Colonial Female Economy: Sydney, Australia,' Social History 24, no 3 (Oct 1999): 287–293.
Gay Hendriksen, 'Women Transported: Myth and Reality,' Paper presented at the National Archives of Australia, Canberra, 14 June 2009.
Terry Kass, Carol Liston and John McClymont, (eds.), Parramatta: A Past Revealed, (Parramatta: Parramatta City Council, 1996).
David Kent and Norma Townsend, 'Deborah Oxley's 'Female Convicts': An Accurate View of Working-Class Women? [with Reply], Labour History, No.65 (Nov 1993): 179–199.
Samuel Marsden, Letter to His Excellency, 15 July 1815, 'Minutes of Evidence taken before SELECT'; House of Commons, 'Report from the Select Committee on the State of Gaols &c. (12 July 1819) in House of Commons, Selection of Reports and Papers of the House of Commons 51: Prisons. House of Commons, 1836.
 Samuel Marsden, Letter to his Excellency, 15 July 1815, 'Minutes of Evidence taken before SELECT'; House of Commons, 'Report from the Select Committee on the State of Gaols &c. (12 July 1819) in House of Commons, Selection of Reports and Papers of the House of Commons 51: Prisons (House of Commons, 1836), p.82.


A son of former Georgian President Zviad Gamsakhurdia has ended his hunger strike at the request of the patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sarkisian pledged closer cooperation between their respective countries.
Georgia has reopened a Caucasus mountain border crossing with Russia that has been closed for more than three years amid hostilities between the two countries.
Responsibility for the next Olympic Winter Games has been handed over to the Russian Black Sea city of Sochi, which will host the 2014 edition.
The breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia has appointed Maksim Gvinjia as its de facto foreign minister, RFE/RL's Echo of the Caucasus reports.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili says his country survived the rule of despotic Persian shahs and can also survive the current Russian government, RFE/RL's Georgian Service reports.
Georgian opposition parties and their supporters have met in an attempt to pick a joint opposition candidate for the upcoming mayoral election in Tbilisi, RFE/RL's Georgian Service reports.
Georgia has said a mountain pass with Russia, closed since 2006, would reopen next week, and President Mikheil Saakashvili predicted normal relations would "one day" resume after their 2008 war.
With a maximum of three months still to go before the Tbilisi mayoral election, Georgian opposition parties' hopes to field a single candidate to challenge incumbent Mayor Gigi Ugulava are on the verge of collapse.
The Georgian parliamentary commission established last fall to launch a new investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of former President Zviad Gamsakhurdia has summoned Eduard Shevardnadze for questioning. Shevardnadze was head of Georgia's ruling State Council at the time of Gamsakhurdia's death on New Year's Eve, 1993, a few months after his abortive attempt to regain power.
Russia's new military doctrine does not identify NATO as its major threat but Moscow is disturbed by the alliance's "endless enlargement", President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview published today.
Eduard Kokoity, the leader of South Ossetia, has denied speculation that the breakaway Georgian region will merge into Russia. Kokoity sat down with RFE/RL to discuss the future of the region, work to rebuild its tattered infrastructure, and local politics.


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A year by year overview of Gavin Friday's career
Gavin Friday is born in Dublin, Ireland on October 8, 1959. He survives a Christian Brothers education to become a singer, composer and painter. Ireland's most avant-garde chanteur founds the legendary Virgin Prunes in 1977. The band's uncompromising body of work ensures a dedicated fan base in Ireland, the U.K. and mainland Europe in particular.
In 1986 Gavin briefly abandones music to paint, which culminates in the 1988 group-exhibition entitled 'Four Artists, Many Wednesdays' at Dublin's Hendriks Gallery. He returns to the stage in '87, acting as master of ceremonies in his own weekly cabaret, the 'Blue Jaysus' club. Friday's own unique interpretations of classic burlesque songs feature alongside comedy and drag acts, as well as appearances by special guests from Dublin's always fertile music scene.
From 1987 to 2005 he composes and performs with pianist Maurice Roycroft (The Man Seezer). Fresh from The Blue Jaysus, they play their first gig together in October 1987 at an AIDS benefit in Dublin. A demo tape of original material attracts the attention of Island Records' Chris Blackwell, who signs them to the label in November 1987.
'Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves' (1989), their compelling moody debut produced by Hal Willner, explores the world of Jacques Brel (whose song 'Next' is covered on the album), Edith Piaf, Bertold Brecht and Kurt Weill regarded with a healthy punk ethos. Recorded in New York, Friday claims it articulates everything he wasn't able to say in the Virgin Prunes. Themes of love, death and sex permeate the album, which has a strong musical cast including Michael Blair, Marc Ribot, Fernando Saunders and Bill Frisell.
The follow up, 1992's 'Adam 'N' Eve' is an eclectic work by an artist who refuses to be pigeonholed. Influenced by Gavin's adolescent pop past, the album contains shades of T-Rex, Roxy Music, Bowie, Eric Satie and Burt Bacharach and is lighter and more humorous than its predecessor. The first single, 'I Want to Live', charts in The Netherlands and Belgium where Friday's debut album had also been especially well received.
In 1993 Gavin Friday works on the soundtrack of Jim Sheridan's film 'In the Name of the Father' and together with U2's Bono writes the title track as well as the Sinead O'Connor sung hit 'You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart'.
In 1995 Gavin Friday releases 'Shag Tobacco'. Produced by Bomb the Bass' Tim Simenon, this sultry, cinematic album uniquely blends 90's dance rhythms with more traditional European pop, all set in a world not quite in the future, or in the past. 'It's a very sexual album,' says Friday, 'if there is a location for this album, it is a place where love is most definitely the drug and everyone is a junkie.' The Shag Tobacco tours last well into 1996, ending triumphantly with a show at the Olympia Theatre in Friday's home town, Dublin.
Friday and Seezer contribute the song 'Angel' to the 1996 film 'Romeo + Juliet' by director Baz Luhrmann and it is included on its hugely popular soundtrack CD. They also write their first piece of score for the Australian film 'Angel Baby', directed by Michael Reimer. In 1998 they compose the score for Jim Sheridan's The Boxer, starring Daniel Day-Lewis.
In Summer 1999, Gavin travels to Kosovo on behalf of the charity Concern, to film a documentary highlighting to plight of Kosovan refugees. 'Artists for Kosovo', a slide-show of work by renowned Irish artists set to Friday/Seezer music opens in Dublin's Temple Bar. Later that year Gavin completes the video documentary 'Three Wishes For Kosovo' and his children's charity project for Kosovo, 'Muc the flying pig' launches. The project encourages kids in schools around Ireland to organise their own collections for the charity.
Friday and Seezer write the score for Kirsten Sheridan's 'Disco Pigs' (2001) and Gavin has a cameo in the film which stars Cilian Murphy. Also that year Gavin creates 'Ich Liebe Dich', a twisted and seductive musical theatre tribute to the German composer Kurt Weill. Performed with the Friday-Seezer Ensemble at the Dublin Theatre Festival, the sold out six-show run brings the best of 1920s/30s Berlin and 40s Broadway into the 21st century. The following year Friday and Seezer tackle Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf', recording their own arrangement of the children's classic with their ensemble. A luxury box set, with artwork by U2's Bono, raises money and awareness for the Irish Hospice Foundation.
In 2004 Gavin performs the surreal and personal one man show 'I Didn't Come up the Liffey in a Bubble' at the Dublin Fringe Festival. Film director Neil Jordan cast Gavin as the sexually ambiguous rocker Billy Hatchet in the 2005 movie "Breakfast on Pluto". Starring alongside Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson and Brendan Gleeson, Friday holds his own and receives much praise for his debut screen appearance.
Late 2005, Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer team up with legendary producer Quincy Jones to score the Jim Sheridan directed 50 Cent biopic 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'.'
Gavin Friday returns to the stage with his tribute to German culture, 'Tomorrow Belongs To Me', and again collaborates with producer Hal Willner on a boisterous collection of pirate ballads, sea songs and chanteys, entitled 'Rogue's Gallery'. Later that year, Gavin narrates The Fortune Teller, a marionette play by Erik Sanko. It premieres in New York to great acclaim. Early 2007, Gavin Friday starts writing songs together with Cork-based musician Herbie Macken.
Taking time out from work on his fourth solo album with new writing partner Herb Macken, Gavin participates in the Shakespeare Sonnet Project, jointly commissioned by Opera North Projects and the Royal Shakespeare Company. The project, curated by the English composer Gavin Bryars, premieres in Stratford-Upon-Avon in February and tours around the U.K. through March 2007. Gavin performs his take on 'Sonnet 40′ and narrates the eight sonnets that make up Bryars' 40-minute composition 'Nothing Like the Sun'.
In Summer 2007 Gavin Friday and Herb Macken compose the music and main theme 'Dreamland' for Patrick McCabe's play 'The Revenant', which opens at the Galway Arts Festival in July. Gavin also takes part in Hal Willner's Disney tribute 'Stay Awake' at the Royal Festival Hall in London and records the classic 'Singin' in the Rain' for Lemon magazine. He teams up with members of Ireland's Crash Ensemble to narrate composer Ian Wilson's 'Handsomest Drowned Man in the World' in Dublin and Brighton.
When Hal Willner takes the 'Rogue's Gallery' album to the stage for a UK/Ireland tour, Gavin joins him again, performing the pirate songs alongside an eclectic troupe of musicians including Shane McGowan, Martha Wainwright, Rachel Unthank, Lou Reed and actor Tim Robbins.
In October 2009 Gavin celebrates his 50th birthday in style. "An Evening with Gavin Friday and Friends" takes place at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Backed by an all star band, Gavin plays a selection of his own work and covers, duetting with Antony, Rufus Wainwright, Courtney Love, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Lydia Lunch, Maria McKee, Shane MacGowan, U2 among others. Proceeds of the show go to the (RED) charity.
Hal Willner's Rogue's Gallery show travels to Sydney early 2010. Gavin performs at the Opera House alongside Marianne Faithfull, David Johansen, Baby Gramps, David Thomas and Norma Waterson.
In April 2010 Gavin finishes recording his fourth solo album in Dublin with producer Ken Thomas.
A cover of the Suicide classic Ghostrider is released on Blast First Petite in collaboration with Dave Ball (Soft Cell) in June and Gavin takes part the in Ireland's National Library's Yeats Festival Summer's Wreath, reading a selection of Yeats' poetry, accompanied by fiddle player Martin Hayes and guitarist Dennis Cahill.
Gavin Friday's fourth solo album is released in Ireland on Good Friday, April 22. The first single is the song Able. Kevin Godley (10cc) directs the Able video. Gavin Friday and his band play the Electric Picnic festival in September 2011 and the Crossing Border festival in The Hague and Antwerp in November. 'Lord I'm Coming' off the catholic album is the opening track on the soundtrack of Paolo Sorrentino's film "This Must Be The Place".
The 'catholic' tour continues with sold out shows in Belgium and Holland. Gavin composes music for the Anton Corbijn documentary 'Inside Out' which premieres at the Berlin Film Festival.
Gavin played various roles among which Uncle Ernie and the Acid Queen in Hal Willner and Eric Mingus's re-interpretation of the rock opera Tommy at the Adelaide Festival in Australia. He continues to play live with Gavin Bryars and creates The Casement Sonata at Dublin's prestigious the Hugh Lane Gallery, a sonic response to the centenary of the execution of Roger Casement in 1916. He collaborates with poet Jeremy Reed and Anni Hogan on their albums and features on five songs on the album Atonalism by French band Atonalist, reuniting with former Gavin Friday band member Renaud Pion. Summer 2019 sees Gavin sharing the stage with Ute Lemper, Blixa Bargeld, Cathal Coughlan, Meow Meow and Camille O'Sullivan, celebrating the work of Bertold Brecht at the National Concert Hall in Dublin.
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