Are Your Feeding Habits Hurting Your Cat?
While felines can be finicky about the food they eat, responsible owners can both improve their pets' nutritional intake and prevent them from joining the estimated 58 percent of American cats who are overweight or obese.
1. Never free-feed your cat. The practice of keeping her bowl filled all the time is an open-ended invitation to eat and eat and eat. This can eventually lead to obesity and diabetes. The best way to feed her is by measuring her food and scheduling several mealtimes per day or by using food puzzles instead – after first asking your vet how much food she should be eating.
2. Never put your cat on a vegan diet. As an obligate carnivore, her digestive tract isn't designed for digesting non-meat food, and to maintain her overall health, she must have meat. Cats also require significantly more protein in their diets than either dogs or people.
3. Keep her eating environment calm. If she's snubbing her food bowl, and health issues aren't the cause, stress may be the culprit. She may feel threatened by other pets in your home, disturbed by the noise of certain appliances, or rattled by too many people walking past while she eats. Set her food bowl down in a quiet place away from all distractions to allow her to eat undisturbed.
4. Don't give her too many treats. While cat treats may be small in size, they're loaded with calories, and the consumption of so many extra calories can lead to weight gain and obesity. If your kitty expects or "demands" a treat, be clever – and creative -- about it. Make her "work" for her treat by throwing it across the room or hiding it inside a food puzzle. Or better still, redirect her begging behavior to another activity like an interactive game or a lengthy petting session.
5. Don't let her drink milk. Familiar images of kitties lapping up milk from a saucer may have seemed both appealing and adorable in the past, but milk isn't healthy for cats. Like people, some cats are lactose intolerant and have trouble digesting milk. Another negative: milk is rich in calories and could cause your kitty to gain weight.
6. See that her food fits her life stage and lifestyle. When feeding your cat, you must take into account both her age and her activity level. If she's a kitten, she should be introduced slowly to a variety of foods so that she doesn't grow up to be a picky eater. If she's a senior, you must monitor her waistline since some older cats find it difficult to keep weight on. You must also ensure that she's drinking enough water. As always, though, it's essential to first speak with your vet about the best diet plan for your cat based on her age, health and body condition.
7. Don't alter her diet too quickly. Slow and steady are the ultimate keys to success. It may seem like a good idea to help your cat lose weight by immediately reducing the amount of food she consumes and/or changing the food itself. But drastically reducing the amount of food she eats can lead to hepatic lipidosis, a potentially fatal liver condition, while sudden changes in her food can cause vomiting and/or diarrhea. If you're intent on changing her diet, always do it gradually and in consultation with your vet.
Does your cat play constantly and contentedly with toilet paper? Does she unroll it sheet by sheet from its cardboard tube, bat it around, drag it from room to room and quite literally "paper" your home in streamers?
If so, any attention you give her for playing with toilet paper as though it were a toy --whether negative or positive – will, in all likelihood encourage her to continue. Why, then does a cat play with toilet paper in the first place? She may be acting on her instinct to hunt, imitating your own actions in the bathroom or simply trying to keep herself occupied. Regardless of her motivation, the solution is both prevention and redirection – shifting her focus away from the toilet paper towards more acceptable, alternative behaviors.
Simply shutting the door when you're not around makes the bathroom(s) off-limits to your cat. A toilet paper holder that completely covers the roll can be a useful alternative if it's difficult to keep the bathroom door(s) closed all the time.
Provide more creative outlets for your cat's energy and reward her when she chooses them. Because of their instinctual desire to hunt, cats enjoy playing with interactive toys that can be "ripped" and "pulled apart" -- mimicking the movements they make when killing and devouring their prey in the wild. Food puzzles are an excellent option. There is a wide range of kitty food puzzles designed to provide them with the hunting experience they crave. Movable puzzles whose contents are dislodged or removed by your cat's paws are particularly effective.
Begin with easy-to-access food puzzles, and as your cat learns how to make them work, increase the degree of difficulty. To make them even more enticing and exciting, fill them with kibble or treats.
To encourage her exploratory behavior, hide the food puzzles, some of her most highly prized toys and tiny boxes of cat grass throughout your home, targeting those areas she's especially fond of such as perches and climbing structures. Rotate them from time to time to keep her "hunts" interesting and to keep her on her paws.
When you're not at home, keep her entertained – and hopefully away from attacking the toilet paper – by purchasing and using toys with remote-control options, motion-sensor toys, timed toys and/or hanging toys designed for being batted about.
Provided your cat doesn't EAT paper, consider offering her a designated alternative that she can claw up and bed down in, such as a cardboard box filled with shredded or crumpled up paper or newspaper. And always ensure that a scratching post or two is placed in easily accessible areas.
Whenever your cat plays with the right toys or engages in the appropriate activities, reward and reinforce her paws-itive behavior with treats, petting and praise. If, however, you catch her "red pawed" in the act of toying with the toilet paper, calmly redirect her attention, and clean up the "crime scene" once she's safely out of sight. Punishing her may not only reinforce this unwanted behavior but cause increased tension in your relationship.
Last but most importantly, if your cat IS eating the toilet paper, speak to your vet or seek help from a certified animal behaviorist.
While plastic bowls are cheap, their cost to your cat can be high!
Dangerous as food and water bowls, plastics scratch and the bowls' porous surfaces trap bacteria that thrive on leftover food and saliva. Even after the bowls are cleaned, they may still be contaminated, since washing only cleans their smooth surfaces and doesn't remove any of the bacteria lurking inside even the smallest of scratches.
Plastic both contains and emits a synthetic hormone called Bisphenal A or BPA. A proven endocrine disrupter, BPA impairs brain and neurological function and causes, among other things, chromosomal and reproductive system disorders, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular damage and cancer.
To make plastic more flexible and resilient, it contains Phthalates, so-called "plasticizers." Phthalates are known to cause cancer in humans and are listed among the ten most toxic chemicals harmful to our bodies.
Plastic may also contain certain levels of lead. And, last but not least, and most benign by comparison: plastic may irritate your cat's chin and cause feline acne.
And so, despite being labeled "BPA free" and certified as food safe by the FDA, bowls made of plastic may still contain Phthalates or lead. The solution for caring cat owners is as simple as simply avoiding plastic altogether.
Most experts consider the safest alternatives to be glass, stainless steel and some ceramics. Glass is non-porous and non-toxic (it consists of silica, calcium oxide and sodium carbonate – all of them non-toxic), it doesn't react with acids or other liquids, is dishwasher safe and is very stable. But avoid glass bowls made in Mexico and many other foreign countries with lower regulations and manufacturing standards than the U.S.
Stainless steel is lightweight, unbreakable and long lasting. Sanitary and germ-resistant because bacteria can't enter its hard, non-porous surface, it doesn't scratch easily, stain or rust despite constant use, doesn't react with liquids or foods, is easy to clean and is dishwasher safe.
If considering ceramic bowls, make certain they're of the highest quality (never buy cheap ceramic bowls made in China), dishwasher safe and have a lead-free, food-grade glaze. To ensure your cat's safety, they, along with glass bowls, should be quickly discarded if they develop chips or cracks.
Whatever choice you, as a conscientious cat owner, make, be certain to wash your cat's bowls thoroughly after each use with soap and water and dry them well to kill any lingering germs. Put wet food bowls in the dishwasher at least three to four times a week to sterilize them or, even better, daily. Cats don't like eating or drinking from dirty bowls, and being as highly sensitive to smell as they are, may express their displeasure by refusing to eat or drink anything at all.
But then, who could blame them?
For those pondering the how and why of that phenomenon known as purring, numerous theories abound.
As for how: Most experts now believe that purrs are created by the laryngeal and diaphragmatic muscles in combination with a neural oscillator in the brain. A message from the neural oscillator to the laryngeal muscles causes them to vibrate and this movement controls the amount of air passing through. Purring occurs during inhalation and exhalation. Some purrs are so low, they're felt more than heard, while others are so loud, they can be heard from across the room.
1. Newborn kittens and their moms purr to stay safe.
Purring is essential to the survival of newborn kittens. Welcomed into the world by the soft vibrations of their mother's purrs, they may be blind and deaf, but they can feel vibrations. Like homing devices, these purrs guide the newborns to the protective warmth of their mother's body and to their first meals.
Kittens start communicating through purrs to their mother and other siblings when they're two days old. Unable to meow while they nurse, they manifest their contentment instead by purring, and their mom will purr comfortingly back at them.
Springing from the primal need for survival in the wild, the vibrations of a vulnerable mother cat's purrs when she's giving birth are less likely than cries or other vocalizations to attract the attention of hungry predators. Purring also releases endorphins, reducing her pain while simultaneously reassuring her newborns.
2. Cats purr when they crave attention.
Since adoring cat parents lavish their cats with additional cuddles and pets when they purr, cats will often begin to purr when they "want" something – from affection and playtime to food and treats.
Luckily, however, theirs is a mutual admiration society! The clever kitties' sweet, relaxing sounds boost their owners' moods and lower their blood pressure.
3. Cats purr when stressed, in pain or sick because it has healing powers.
Studies have found that purrs oscillate at a low frequency of 25 to 150 HZ. This frequency promotes bone healing and eases muscle pain. Clinical trials of people receiving ultrasound treatments have shown that low-frequency intensity ultrasound accelerates the healing of fractures.
Some reports also show that cats heal faster than animals who don't purr because of the endorphins their purring releases – much like those released by a mother cat in labor.
4. Cats purr as a form of low-key exercise.
Cats are famous for conserving their energy by lounging and napping. And since they purr while they rest, the vibrations from those purrs help to increase the density of their bones. This in turn keeps their bones healthy and strong and prepped for the next opportunity to pounce on their prey – whether it's another playful kitty or a bouncing laser dot, the feather on a dancing wand toy or their loving owners' open laps.
Laser Pointers: Paws Up or Down?
Pet parents find that cats of all ages -- from playful kittens to sedentary seniors -- will often engage in laser pointer play, stimulating them and encouraging them to be more mobile with minimal effort on their humans' part.
But as ideal as it sounds, are laser toys good for -- even safe for – your cat?
To allay your concerns, begin by choosing a toy specifically designed for cats. This means avoiding all high-powered laser pointers and any not manufactured and sold with felines in mind. Those considered safe should have a power rating of five milliwatts or less. Anything higher is potentially dangerous. Most importantly, never point the laser directly at your cat's face or eyes, projecting its dancing red dot instead on any inanimate object within her field of vision. And because she can injure herself by lunging into a wall or cabinet or by jumping off furniture, avoid aiming the dot at any high places and stay away from stairs.
Engaging your cat in laser play helps keep her fit and helps strengthen the bond between you. Chasing an erratically moving laser light also mimics her hunting behavior, often triggering her strong and instinctual prey drive. But for the greatest success, it's essential that you keep each play session short and fun, challenging and engaging, and to end the session when your cat seems to be losing interest in it. If, however, you insist on continuing, she'll either ignore the dot, stop playing altogether or simply stalk off with a sassy swish of her tail and a "so there!" shake of her head. Get the hint?
The major drawback to a laser pointer, though, is that it's a toy your cat cannot catch. For such a prey-driven animal, there's no natural "end" to the game, no "reward", which can prove extremely frustrating for her. Some kitties may even begin to show signs of anxiety or exhibit such stress-related behaviors as clawing at the furniture, inappropriate chewing or aggression.
To prevent this, offer your cat several high-value treats together with pets and praise at the end of each play session. Two other options are having the red dot "land" on a toy she likes so that she can pounce and close her paws around it or switching from the laser to a toy on a fishing rod so that she feel the joy of catching her prey and "killing" it.
While fetch is a game most commonly associated with dogs, cats have also been known to enjoy playing fetch with their owners. The Siamese, for example, are felines famous for their love of fetch, but any kitty has the capacity to learn how to retrieve provided her owner is committed to teaching her the ABC's of the game.
Whereas dogs may awaken from a deep sleep the second they hear their owners utter the magic word "play", the same can't be said for their more mellow meow-mates. To them, naptime is strictly that, naptime, thereby making it essential for committed coaches to catch their cats when they're fully alert and feeling naturally energetic.
To capture and hold your own cat's attention, choose a toy that she enjoys playing with, but isn't always available. Test how catch-able it is by sliding it across the floor or tossing it down a hallway before you begin. Why? Because some toys are extremely light and aren't fit for fetching.
Once you've chosen the ideal toy and your cat's "all ears", put some high-value treats in your hand and position yourself in such a way that you can toss the toy and she'll have plenty of room to run after it. Then, show her the toy and toss it. While she may chase after it, she probably won't return it to you on the first or even the second attempt.
Call her back by "flashing" her the treats as an incentive. If she drops the toy and comes running or if she has the toy in her mouth but won't bring it back, you'll have to, slowly and patiently, show her precisely what you want her to do. Walk over to the toy and pick it up from the floor or gently remove it from her mouth and return to your starting position.
Show her that you have the toy and call her to come to you. If she doesn't respond, go over to her, lift her up and bring her back with you to the starting point. Then, once you, your cat, and the toy are all in the same place, toss the toy again. Repeat these steps again. And again. And again.
It may require several sessions before your cat puts the entire game together. Always use the same starting point and always toss the toy in the same direction. As with any new action or behavior, repetition and consistency are key. The first time she successfully fetches the toy, reward her with affection, praise, and some of those high-value treats. The idea is to have her associate her action with a reward she finds especially satisfying.
Cats are extremely intelligent, but they're also extremely independent. Some of them may learn to play fetch in one session, others may learn over a period of several days, while still others may simply refuse to participate. Take training one step at a time, one day at a time, and if your kitty still turns paws down at playing what's primarily a dog's game, choose one that truly tickles her fickle feline fancy instead.
Are you surprised when you return home to find that your cat has urinated on your sofa or shredded your favorite shirt? Are you receiving complaints from your neighbors that she yowls or mewls all day? Although an underlying medical condition may be responsible for some of these behaviors, the most likely culprit is separation anxiety.
While many cat owners don't associate cats with separation anxiety, a recent study by researchers at Oregon State University and Monmouth University found that when cats were given a choice between food, human companionship, scent and toys, half of them chose human companionship and only 37 percent chose food.
Orphaned kittens or those weaned too early from their mothers are the ones most prone to developing separation anxiety. A divorce, the death of an owner or some other abrupt change in the household and the familiar rhythm of its regular routine may also trigger separation anxiety, particularly in senior cats.
Cats with separation anxiety may express apprehension over their owners' unexplained absence (ranging from a medical emergency to a vacation with advance care arrangements made) in highly destructive and/or annoying ways. Some of these "acting out" behaviors include scratching the furniture, pacing, crying, fighting with the other cats, refusing to eat and compulsively grooming themselves -- licking or chewing at their fur until they create large bald patches. While others sulk or become depressed, some begin urinating and/or defecating outside their litter boxes or spraying urine on their owners' bed and/or clothing.
The reason for spraying is simple: spreading her scent around may actually help an anxious cat feel more secure. Mixing her odor with that of her cherished and absent owner is a way to feel closer to her owner.
If yours is an anxious and clingy kitty, don't despair, there are ways to reduce her anxiety and improve her quality of life. The first step is to visit your vet to rule out any underlying health conditions that may be causing the problem. If your vet concludes that your cat does indeed have separation anxiety, consider the following ways to make her more comfortable and less fearful when you're away from home.
Enrich her environment. Food puzzles and other interactive toys can engage your cat's brain and help take her mind off the fact that you're not there. Having the food released from a puzzle toy will both challenge her intelligence and keep her constructively occupied.
To reduce the risk of her growing bored, rotate her favorite interactive toys, bringing out the best ones only when you're ready to leave.
Screen a nature DVD featuring a variety of birds, squirrels, and fish. Their quick movements and high-pitched noises should keep your cat intrigued and entertained for hours. Alternatively, set up a window perch with a view of a bird feeder outside or a wall perch with a view of an appropriately secure aquarium inside that she can watch but not access.
Plug in a diffuser that emits feline pheromones. They mimic the natural pheromones produced by a mother cat and appear to have a soothing effect on some anxious cats.
Because cats so dislike change, set up and stick to – as much as possible -- a fixed schedule of feeding and playing with yours at the same times each day to help relieve some of her stress.
In severe cases of separation anxiety, however, consider consulting a veterinary behaviorist whose trained observations may give new insight into your cat's behavior. And, when necessary, your vet can prescribe an anti-anxiety medication to help her stay calm in your absence.


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The mulled wine flavours in which the chicken is cooked smacks of winter, and is delicious served with a creamy leek mashed potato or baked potato or you could even serve it with couscous. Accompany with seasonal vegetables or braised red cabbage.
Put the wine, mulled wine spice bag, and sugar in a pan. Bring to the boil and bubble until the mixture has reduced, about 10 -15 minutes. Add the satsumas studded with cloves.
Season the chicken skin and in a large pan, heat the oil and fry the chicken pieces until golden. Add the onions, garlic and cook for a further 5 minutes.
Add the flour and cook, stirring, for 1 minute before adding the reduced wine and stock. Bring the mixture to the boil, then cover and cook at 200°C (400°F) mark 6 for about 1 hour, the sauce should be the consistency of gravy.
Uncover the casserole, stir in the cranberries and cook for a further 30 minutes. Remove the satsumas and put into the compost bin. Serve the casserole immediately.
To freeze: Make the recipe up to the end of step 3. Cool then put into a freezer proof container, label and freeze for up to 3 months.To use: Thaw over night, put into a flameproof casserole, slowly bring to the boil on the hob. Add the cranberries and reduce to a gentle simmer. Cook for 30 minutes or until heated through.


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As reported by Mount Dora Buzz on Facebook, The Travel Channel was recently in town filming for an upcoming episode of "Hotel Showdown" which will feature Mount Dora's own Adora Inn on Tremain Street. In each episode four different independent hotels square off against one another by spending the night at each other's property and awarding points for every aspect of their experience. The winner of each episode will receive a cash prize. The hour-long show will appear this spring. Stay tuned to 'The Buzz' for the air date and interviews.
Sports and burgers fans are thrilled with the opening of Beef O'Brady'slast month in Mount Dora. The casual restaurant and sports bar is located in the Stoneybrook Publix Shopping Center on US 441.
Take one last stroll under the Christmas lights at Donnelly Park before they're gone for the season. The city is scheduled to take them down following The Mount Dora Arts Festival on Feb. 7 & 8.
Tennis anyone? The improved tennis court is open at Donnelly Park, along with 3 new pickleball courts. Pickleball is a cross between tennis, badminton and table tennis. All courts are open 7 days a week, so grab your racquet!
Health Basket is scheduled to open in its beautiful new and bigger digs at US 441 and East Crooked Lake very early this month and features an expanded grocery section, juice bar and large supplement section.
The Spice & Tea Exchange, a Florida-based chain of stores, is scheduled to open a downtown Mount Dora location on February 7. The Donnelly Street store will feature spices, sea salts, teas, rubs and complementing kitchen accessories. Among the other Florida locations are St. Augustine, Tarpon Springs and Winter Park. For more information on the new store read the article at www.MountDoraBuzz.com/interviews
The Doors of Mount Dora, a vivid pictorial of interesting doors and gates within the city, was very well received last month. Residents can continue to nominate their own unique doors or their neighbor's for future editions. If you didn't get a chance to see the first edition you can view it at www.mountdorabuzz.com/doors-of-mount-dora
A Mexican restaurant, Plaza Guadalajara, will be opening soon on US 441 in Mount Dora across from Ace Hardware. Stay tuned for an opening date.
LOCAL CHANGES...
A new Key West style eatery Tiki West Raw Bar & Grill, just opened in the former home of Tasso's Cajun restaurant on the ground floor of Lakeview Inn at the Tavares waterfront. The menu ranges from raw oysters to Caribbean inspired dishes.
Meanwhile, watch for new management and a new name for theLakeview Inn as it becomes part of a franchise. It will be re-brandedKey West Resort on Lake Dora and should give the Tavares hotel added exposure. Its new pool is scheduled to be open this spring.
FAB FINDS...
It's amazing what wonderful things you can discover locally. Here's just a few fabulous finds to share:
Take the family out for fresh strawberry picking at Oak Haven Farms in Sorrento and Long and Scott farms in Zellwood.
The customer service at Gold in Art jewelers is hands down the best in town. (Donnelly St., Mount Dora)
The calamari served with sweet chili sauce at Oudom Thai is delish. (5th Avenue)
The one-a-kind, handmade lamps at Zen Cowgirl are very creative, affordable and different on every visit. (411 N. Donnelly St., Mount Dora)
The Gourmet Spot brand candied jalapenos from Julieanne's Coastal Cottage are absolutely addictive. (135 E. 4th Ave, Mount Dora)
FEBRUARY'S 'SHOUT-OUT'
This month's shout-out goes to the enterprising folks at Adora Inn on Tremain Street. They single-handedly brought national exposure to the area by securingThe Travel Channel's visit to their boutique-style inn. The hour-long episode will bring additional tourism and economic development to the area. We'll keep you posted on the episode's air date.
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I decide that i wanna play some guitar which was the best idea i've ever had. i felt as if i could feel each not hitting me and it was bliss. the mother of pearl inlay started to look like it was flowing and the wood grain was like rivers. it was unbelievable. We then spent alot of time jsut talking and laughing our asses off at everything. AFter about and hour of this .. which felt lik it was 3 months. time jsut completly stopped making sense i never had any idea of how much time was passing or what time even was!..
i eventually decided to leave my freind in the room while i travled outside.. i spent a good hour looking at the snow and the trees and the world was just soo beautifull. i was completly relaxed and every thing felt amazing i had acheived a level of like inner peace with myselfe. after smoking about a whole pack of ciggarett's ( i found it impossible to put a ciggarette out it seemed as if it was part of my body so i chainsmoke thill it when out) although much of the time was just spent starting at the flame and it's beauty.
The first four hours continued on just like this amazing the best four hours of my life. this trip was way harder than the first trip whcih i only took 1.75 the difference was unveleivable. however at about the 5th hour the trip took a real bad turn.. as the visual images began to stop my mind just accellerated to a million miles and hour. i suddenly realized that i had so many things to do and i became very stressed. i realized that the next day my rents would be home and i had basicly trashed my house. and soon the girl i was with began to feel verry bad and depressed as well. since it was just us we fed off of eachother and soon we were as miserable as we've ever been. laying in my bed hugging and crying a obut how much we hated our lives and ourself. soon the rapid fire thinking just overwhelmee my brain and i oculdn't handle it.. so i put on some comedy central and found kat stevens after hours show that was hilariouse and eventlully brought me out of my trip.


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Black History Month celebration will be held Feb. 9 in Willits
By Kate B. Maxwell | February 7, 2019
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WILLITS, 2/7/19 — The Black Futures Society will be hosting a Black History Month celebration at the Little Lake Grange in Willits on Saturday, Feb. 9, featuring workshops, panel discussions film screenings, dance performances, an open mic, a raffle, and more. The family-friendly event begins at 3 p.m. on Saturday and will continue until 8 p.m., with music and dancing after dinner, food provided by the Zocalo Collective. Suggested donation is $10 but no one will be turned away for lack of funds; dinner tickets can be purchased at a number of locations and online.
Here's all the details from the press release:
Celebration and Dinner
Presented by the Black Futures Society
Date: Saturday February 9th
Time: 3 – 8 PM
Location: Little Lake Grange, 291 School St., Willits, CA
In celebration of Black History Month and the contributions of the African Diaspora to the world, the Black Futures Society presents an evening of art, education, music, dance, food and fun for both children and adults. The suggested donation is $10 per family and of course, no one will be turned away. Soul Food Dinner tickets are $20 in advance and can be purchased at J.D. Redhouse in Willits and at Tastebuds Restaurant in Ukiah. Also on the web at Mendonomics.com
Suggested Donation: $10 per family (no-one turned away for lack of funds), Dinner Tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door;
available at J D Rehouse and Tastebuds
Event Features:
Soul Food Dinner: Presened by the Zocalo Collective, traditional and vegan remix platters including vegan mac and cheese, vegan and conventional fried chicken, collard greens and black eyed peas. Dinner Tickets are available for purchase in advance at J.D. Redhouse and Tastebuds.
Panel Discussion: A conversation on Unity, featuring Bill Durham, host of Club FM KMEC, Polly Girdin, Civil Rights Activist and member of Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians and others.
West African Music and Dance Performance
Collage Workshop, All Ages: Facilitated by Jazzminh Moore
Educational Art Installation: Contemporary Black Artists, curated by Jazzminh Moore
Raffle: Educational DVDs, Books, and other goodies
Exhibition of African Masks
This event is sponsored by the Little Lake Grange. Dinner is sponsored by the Zocalo Collective. Raffle is sponsored by the Black Futures Society.
3:10 Opening and Welcome by Jocelyn Friend
3:15 – 5:00 Workshops, film and Educational Exhibition: Collage Workshop, Open Mic of famous speeches and poems, short film corner
5:00 – 5:40 Film Segment
5:45 – 6:15 Panel Discussion
6:30 – 7:30 Dinner and Raffle
7:00 – 8:00 Music and Dance
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Mauritius is an island nation in the Indian Ocean.

Mauritius may also refer to:

Places
 Mauritius (1968–1992), an independent state, the predecessor to the modern-day Mauritius
 British Mauritius (1810-1968), a former British Crown Colony

People
 Mauritius (given name)
 Saint Maurice or Mauritius (died c. 287), Egyptian leader of the Theban Legion martyred for refusing to attack fellow Christians
 Mauritius (Dean of Armagh), Dean in 1238

Other uses
 , a Royal Navy light cruiser constructed in the Second World War
 Mauritius (1612), a Dutch wooden-hulled sailing ship
 , a radio station in Mauritius from 1962 to 1975
 45617 Mauritius, a British LMS Jubilee Class locomotive
 Mauritius (play), a 2007 Broadway play
 Mauritius Open, a golf tournament played on the island from 1994 through 2008
 Mauritius International, an annual badminton tournament
 Mauritius (typeface), a 1967 type produced by C.E. Weber

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Over the years, ABB has become one of the most trusted sources for variable speed drives and other automation products. Suffice to say that, when an industrial company has an assembly line that needs to be able to run at numerous different speeds for different products or applications, ABB's industry-best variable speed drives are the solution. And at Control Logic, we are Australia's premier supplier for ABB products, from Brisbane to Melbourne and beyond.
Since opening our doors nearly 35 years ago, we at Control Logic have established worldwide partnerships and relationships with many of the biggest and best automation brands in the world. ABB is absolutely one of these, and they have been one of our most valued partners for the majority of the time that we have been in business.
Quite simply, it's rare for a company to do automation better than ABB, and that's why their variable speed drives are used so universally in factories and warehouses around the world. At Control Logic, we have helped countless Australian companies with their ABB product needs, whether those needs involved an ABB variable speed drive in Melbourne, or a circuit breaker in Sydney.
Some clients forget it, but ABB is actually more than just the variable speed drives that they have built their name on. Indeed, the company also provides manual motor starters, contactors, load break switches and more. At Control Logic, we think it speaks to the quality of this brand that we so often find ourselves solving client automation problems with something out of the ABB catalogue!
Are your automation needs something that can't be solved with an ABB variable speed drive? Have no fear: Control Logic can help you regardless. We've put together a comprehensive catalogue of automation, electrical and safety products, to the point where we can now help any Australian company with virtually any kind of automation problem. We want to be the automation supplier that you can count on for anything, and from relays and timers to energy management systems, we believe you will find the answer to your problem in our product catalogue!
Being an Australia-wide distributor is important to us, as well. Since 1986, Control Logic has expanded to seven locations. Today, we serve Brisbane, Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, Geelong, Perth and Adelaide—all locally. We have also helped countless clients in surrounding towns and suburbs, so don't think that you can't give us a call if you aren't based in one of these cities! At very least, our sales engineers can always answer your questions and help to point you towards the product or brand that you need.
As an Australia owned and operated company, it's important to us at Control Logic that we serve the entire country. So give us a call today! Whether you're looking for an ABB variable speed drive in Melbourne, an Ethernet network in Sydney or a thermal management system in Brisbane, you can bet that we will be able to help. Reach us via telephone at 1800 557 705, or visit our website at www.control-logic.com.au to take a closer look at our products and services.


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Raising the flag for Commonwealth Day
Cllr Jenny Bloom and local dignitaries at AVDC's Commonwealth Flag raising ceremony in 2016
A Fly The Flag for Commonwealth Day ceremony is being held at the Aylesbury Vale District Council offices on Monday March 13.
The ceremony starts at 10am and will be led by the district council chairman Jenny Bloom.
Ira Bhattacharya from the Aylesbury Indian Cultural Society will raise the flag during the ceremony.
Guests will include the Countess of Buckinghamshire and representatives from local community groups.
Cllr Bloom, who will deliver a reading of the Commonwealth Affirmation at the ceremony said: "Commonwealth Day gives us the perfect opportunity to celebrate the diversity of our local community and join together to affirm our commitment to uphold the values set out in the Commonwealth Charter."
More than 1000 Commonwealth flags will be raised in locations throughout the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, UK Overseas Territories, and Commonwealth countries on that date.


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UTUIA and SMART TD members donate BIG!
Cleveland OH- UTUIA announces that it has donated a total of $5,880.00 to the Ronald McDonald House foundation supporting the local houses in both Phoenix, AZ and Providence RI. Each year, as SMART TD members and families attend the Regional meetings, UTUIA is there to provide insurance information and service to its members. As part of our commitment to charity and our Fraternal mission, we conduct fund raisers to support a local charity where the meetings are held. Many volunteers manned the booth and SMART TD brothers and Sisters donated generously. Over $5800 was raised and donated which included matched funds from the UTUIA. The awards were presented by Executive Director, Ken Laugel and Director of Updating/Auditing, Marilyn Spangler. to learn more about the Ronald McDonald house, click here.
Madison Schmitt assists Marilyn Spangler in drawing the lucky winner


The expression above was spoken by the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah during a period of spiritual rebellion in Judah. Ishtar, a fertility goddess, was a popular idol among Jews.
Ishtar was worshipped much earlier by Solomon, king of Israel. God responded by tearing the kingdom out of his hands and giving 10 of the 12 tribes to Jeroboam, Solomon's adversary. But the harlotry continued and God divorced the 10 northern tribes (Jeremiah 3:8). The southern tribes, Judah and Benjamin, were exiled to Babylon for similar offenses.
Although some of Solomon's predecessors removed or destroyed the idols polluting Judah, it was temporary. Ishtar always returned. Eventually she crept into the Christian church. Bishops at the Council of Nicaea in AD 325 replaced Passover, which commemorates Christ's death and resurrection, with Easter, the English name for Ishtar. Easter is mentioned once in the Bible, and only in the Kings James Version (Acts 12:4). It is a mistranslation of the Greek word for Passover.
On April 21 Christians around the world will fill churches for Easter services.


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Saturation Diver Can Deduct Physical Fitness Expenses from Income Tax
Self-employed people are only permitted to deduct from their Income Tax bills those expenses that are incurred 'wholly and exclusively' for the purposes of their trade or occupation. That is a very demanding test but, in a guideline case, it was passed by a saturation diver who spent heavily on maintaining his physical fitness.
The diver appealed to the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) disallowed his claim for an Income Tax deduction in respect of expenses involved in pursuing a rigorous exercise regime. HMRC contended that, whilst his work required him to keep fit, the costs of doing so served a dual purpose in that they provided a personal benefit to him as a living human being.
Ruling on the matter, the FTT noted that the diver's job, which involved working at depths of up to 150 metres, required him to live in a pressurised environment for days or weeks on end. Saturation diving is a dangerous occupation and a lack of fitness can have fatal results. Those who used his services enforced minimum standards of fitness and, if he failed to attain them, he could not work.
In upholding his appeal, the FTT found that his sole motive and purpose in engaging in a physical regime, which was by any measure extreme, for two to three hours daily was to maintain the level of lung, heart and muscular fitness required by his occupation. The physical necessities of saturation diving dictated his training methods, their duration and location.
His regime was far removed from his personal physical needs and it could not be reasonably inferred that he undertook such a high level of training because of a subconscious motive of keeping fit as a human being. Any improvement in his fitness was incidental and his regime entailed bodily stress to which he would not otherwise subject himself. The FTT concluded that there was no duality of purpose in his expenditure on fitness training and that such expenditure was thus tax deductible.
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This collection contains publications of staff at the University of Alberta Libraries.
Presentation given at the 6th International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Conference, Salford, UK, June 2011.
Health sciences library and information research: What can we learn from it?


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Season cards for general aviators - terms and conditions of use
Finavia wants to promote Finnish aviation culture and facilitate recreational aviation.
+358207082142 or +358207082085
Season card order form
This site provides information on the terms and conditions that apply to season cards for general aviators. You will be able to find out when you can purchase a season card for your aircraft, where you can use your card and what your responsibilities as a season cardholder are.
Season card general terms and conditions 2023
These terms and conditions apply to all airport services provided by Finavia Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "Finavia") in Finnish airspace and at Finnish airports and to air navigation services provided by Fintraffic Air Navigation Services Ltd (hereinafter referred to as "Fintraffic ANS"). The air navigation and airport services are also governed by Finavia's (PDF) and Fintraffic Air Navigation Services current terms of services.
These terms and conditions for season cards will enter into force on 1st January 2023. Finavia reserves the right to make changes to the terms and conditions.
The landing, terminal navigation and parking fees for aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of 2,000 kg may be paid in advance by purchasing a season card for the aircraft. The price of the season card is determined by the MTOW of the aircraft and the time of validity of the season card.
In accordance with Finavia's terms of services, sailplanes and powered sailplanes are exempt from the landing and terminal navigation fees, with the exception of Helsinki Airport.
Each season card applies to one aircraft only.
Once an order has been placed, the consumer may change or cancel the card within two days of placing the order by contacting the air traffic invoicing department [email protected].
The consumer has no further right to cancel or change the order after this. The consumer's right to cancel is restricted under Chapter 6, section 16 of the Consumer Protection Act.
In the event of a dispute between the consumer and Finavia regarding the service, the matter can be brought to the Consumer Disputes Board via, for instance, the complaint form found on the Board's website.
Terms and conditions for recreational aviation season cards
For the purposes of these terms and conditions, recreational aviation refers to recreational, non-commercial aviation by private persons, associations and other similar parties, including recreational aviation activities and training provided by aviation clubs.
The season card for recreational aviation can be used to pay for the landing, terminal navigation and parking fees associated with recreational aviation in advance.
Season card for recreational aviation 2023 (PDF)
Finavia wants to promote Finnish aviation culture and facilitate recreational aviation. We support general aviation at our airports across Finland by offering reasonable prices
Validity period and areas covered by the season card
Recreational aviation season cards are valid at all Finavia airports excluding Helsinki Airport.
The season cards are available for a one, two, three, six or 12-month period. All season cards will expire at the end of the calendar year, regardless of the validity period chosen. The validity starts on the day you submit your order or on a later date. We are unable to backdate the validity of your season card.
The season card is valid during airport opening hours, as announced by Finavia. Season cardholders wishing to access the service at other times, must arrange such access separately with Finavia, as specified in the terms of services (PDF).
Responsibility for season card use
The season cardholder and the aircraft user agree to observe these terms and conditions and undertake to only use the season card for recreational purposes, during its period of validity and in the validity area.
In the event that a cardholder is found to have intentionally breached the season card terms and conditions, Finavia will be entitled to cancel the valid season card and to remove the entitlement to hold such a card for a reasonable period.
The owner, holder and user of the aircraft are jointly responsible for the costs of air navigation and airport services provided by Finavia, in accordance with Finavia's terms of services
Refunding the season card fee
In the event that an aircraft subject to a valid season card is removed from the aircraft register or proven to be not airworthy, Finavia will refund the season card fee upon written application. Finavia will refund any full calendar months remaining on the season card. An aircraft undergoing maintenance is not considered un-airworthy in this respect. The application must be submitted to Finavia within two months of the date the aircraft becomes not airworthy or is removed from the aircraft register.
Refunds are not available for any other reason except those referred to above
Payment terms and conditions and additional information
If the customer fails to make payment for the season card fee by the due date, the season card shall be annulled by Finavia and operation-specific pricing shall apply, in accordance with the terms of services.
Finavia may also otherwise decide to require an advance payment.
If a disagreement arising between a consumer customer and Finavia cannot be settled through negotiations between the parties, the consumer can bring the matter to the Consumer Disputes Board for resolution. Prior to bringing the matter to the Consumer Disputes Board, the consumer must contact the consumer advisory service offered by the Local Register Offices
Order your season card now
By submitting the order, the season card customer agrees to follow these season card terms and conditions and declares having received the consent of the aircraft user for ordering the season card. The season card customer also assures that they have read the privacy policy (PDF) regarding collected personal data.
Please note that the season card order form uses local time, not UTC.
Order the season card by using the form on our website.
We will process all season card applications as quickly as possible. We will send the season card with payment details to your e-mail address as soon as possible.


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Q: Traverse VPN tunnel from static IP address? I have a VPN tunnel set up between two routers. Router A has a static IP address. Router B uses dynamic DNS. This tunnel works perfectly if I want to access Router B as if it were part of my network when I am using a computer on Router A.
However, what I'd like to do is access the machines on Router B over the internet via Router A's static IP.
So, basically, here's what I'd like to do. Say Router B has the IP address of 192.168.20.X. When I am on Router A, I am easily able to access machines with this address. But, what I'd like to do (from outside of Router A) is access Router B using port forwarding.
So, if I use Router A's IP address (e.g. 123.456.789.000) and do something like 123.456.789.000:978, I'd like to access a machine at 192.168.20.12.
I've added services to my router (Router A is a NetGear SRX3508, Router B is a Cradlepoint IBR400) for port forwarding, but it doesn't work. Any links or advice?

A: why do you need a VPN here? It is a simple case of hosting server in a LAN and exposing it through gw, if I understand your requirement correctly. if you have server a:p and router A, you should have a port forwarding / PAT config for A:p to a. you should make sure to send the packets to A:P and the portforward logic will send the packet to your lan server which is a.


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Category Archives: Contributors
Contributors, Fall 2014
Posted on September 10, 2014 by Mary Akers
Patrick Bahls (Pas de Deux) is Associate Professor of Mathematics and Honors Program Director at the University of North Carolina, Asheville. He is the author of the recent text Student writing in the quantitative disciplines: A guide for college faculty. His poetry has appeared in Adirondack Review, Eunoia Review, Far Enough East, Unshod Quills, and Walking Is Still Honest.
Hannah Baggott (Alternative Therapies: See "Juicing"), a Nashville native, is a poet of the body. She is pursuing an MFA in poetry at Oregon State University while teaching writing courses. She has received awards for flash fiction and critical writing in gender studies. Her work can be found in Tupelo Quarterly and other journals. Learn more at hannahbaggott.com
Pinckney Benedict (The Beginnings of Sorrow) grew up on his family's dairy farm in the mountains of southern West Virginia. He has published three collections of short fiction (Town Smokes, The Wrecking Yard, and Miracle Boy) and a novel (Dogs of God). His stories have appeared in Esquire, Zoetrope: All-Story, StoryQuarterly, Ontario Review, the O. Henry Award series, New Stories from the South, the Pushcart Prize Anthology, The Oxford Book of American Short Stories, and The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction. He is the recipient of a Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Literary Fellowship from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts, a Michener Fellowship, the Nelson Algren Award, an Individual Artist's grant from the Illinois Arts Council, and Britain's Steinbeck Award. He is a professor in the English Department at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois.
Debbie Bradford (No Such Thing As a Small Secret) received her MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Connecticut Review, Wicked Alice, Scribblers on the Roof and The Writing Disorder, among other publications.
Mark DeFoe (Sago) teaches in the MFA Writing Program at West Virginia Wesleyan. His latest book is In the Tourist Cave (Finishing Line Press, 2012).
Gina Miani Detwiler (Voice Talent for Mouseskull) has a BA in English and Drama from Vassar College and studied Theatre Directing at Columbia University. She worked for several years as a theatre specialist and Entertainment Director for the US Army in Germany and has acted, written and directed for theatre companies in Colorado and New York. She loves reading aloud to her kids and was thrilled to be asked to contribute to r.k.vr.y with an audio version of the amazing story Mouseskull. She's written the novels Avalon, The Hammer of God, and the forthcoming Forlorn. www.ginamiani.com
Sylvia Foley (Elemenopy)'s first book, Life in the Air Ocean (Knopf, 1999), a collection of linked short stories, was named one of the Best Books of 1999 by the Los Angeles Times. The title story won GQ's 1997 Frederick Exley Fiction Competition. Her stories have appeared in various literary journals, including Story, Open City, LIT, Zoetrope, and The Antioch Review; and in the anthologies On the Rocks: The KGB Bar Fiction Anthology (St. Martin's Press, 2002) and They're At It Again: Stories from 20 Years of Open City (Open City Books, 2011). Her poetry has appeared in Black River Review, Sinister Wisdom, Conditions, and Alaska Quarterly Review. She holds an MFA from Columbia University and has received fellowships from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and Yaddo.
Margaret A. Frey (Pillars of Salt) writes from the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. Her fiction and nonfiction has appeared in: Notre Dame Magazine, Camroc Press Review, Kaleidoscope, Foliate Oak, Flash Fiction Online, Used Furniture Review, The Dead Mule of Southern Literature and elsewhere. Most recent work appeared in the summer 2014 issue of The Stinging Fly.
Ashley Inguanta (There is No Such Thing As Spring) is the Art Director of SmokeLong Quarterly.
Laura Long (The Survival of Uncle Peachy)'s first novel Out of Peel Tree is published by West Virginia University Press. She has published two poetry collections, The Eye of Caroline Herschel: A Life in Poems (2013) and Imagine a Door (2009). Her work appears in Shenandoah, Southern Review, and other magazines and she has received a James Michener Fellowship and other awards. She teaches at Lynchburg College in Virginia and in the Low-Residency MFA Program at West Virginia Wesleyan.
John McKernan (I Tried to Drag Back) grew up in Omaha Nebraska and recently retired from herding commas after teaching for many years at Marshall University. He lives – mostly – in West Virginia where he edits ABZ Press. His most recent book is a selected poems Resurrection of the Dust. His poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Paris Review, Field, and elsewhere
Eva Marino (Sitting in the Sandbox) is new to the literary world, and this is her first published piece. However, she is experienced in studio art, and had three paintings showcased at the Tempe Center for the Arts three years in a row during her high school career. Additionally, her art has won second place twice in the Tempe Sister Cities Art Contests, and has won third place in the Arizona Congressional Art Contest. Currently, she is studying Visual Communications at Northern Arizona University, and is following her passion for writing and drawing.
Ann Pancake (Mouseskull) grew up in Romney and Summersville, WV. Her first novel, Strange As This Weather Has Been (Counterpoint 2007), features a southern West Virginia family devastated by mountaintop removal mining. The novel was one of Kirkus Review's Top Ten Fiction Books of 2007, won the 2007 Weatherford Award, and was a finalist for the 2008 Orion Book Award. Her collection of short stories, Given Ground, won the 2000 Bakeless award, and she has also received a Whiting Award, an NEA Grant, a Pushcart Prize, and creative writing fellowships from the states of Washington, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Her fiction and essays have appeared in The Georgia Review, Poets and Writers, Narrative, and New Stories from the South. She lives in Seattle and teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Pacific Lutheran University.
Mike Quesinberry (Illustrator) graduated from Floyd County High School in 1984 and Radford University in 1988. He is currently a manager at Slaughters' Garden Center in Floyd and avidly pursues his passion of creating meaningful and beautiful photo-art.
Keith Rebec (In the Waking Hour) resides in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He's a graduate student working on an MA in Writing at Northern Michigan University. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Shenandoah, The Portland Review, Monkeybicycle, Hobart, Midwestern Gothic, Devil's Lake, and The Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review, among others. He's the managing and nonfiction editor for the literary journal Pithead Chapel, and you can learn more about him at www.keithrebec.com.
Sheila Squillante (There is No Such Thing As Spring) writes poems and essays in Pittsburgh. She is the author of three chapbooks of poetry: In This Dream of My Father (Seven Kitchens Press), Women Who Pawn Their Jewelry (Finishing Line Press) and A Woman Traces the Shoreline (dancing girl press). Her full-length collection, Beautiful Nerve, is forthcoming from Tiny Hardcore Press in 2014. Her work has appeared in Brevity, The Rumpus, Hobart, Barrelhouse, South Dakota Review and elsewhere. She is an assistant professor of English in Chatham University's MFA program, where she serves as editor-in-chief of The Fourth River literary journal. From her dining room table, she serves as associate editor at PANK.
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Contributors, Summer 2014
Karen Bell (Illustrator) received her MFA in Photography from RISD. Her photographs and artist books have been exhibited widely including: The Brooklyn Museum, Rosenberg & Kaufman Fine Arts, Ellis Island Immigration Museum, White Columns, NYC; The Alliance Gallery, Narrowsburg, NY; Phillips Exeter Academy, NH. Public and private collections include Brooklyn Museum, New York Public Library, Ellis Island Museum, Pfizer Pharmaceutical, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. She has received grants from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council/Governors Island 2011, The New School, Womens Interart Center, NYC and fellowships to Yaddo; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Karen teaches at The New School and The Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York City.
Toby Van Bryce (Just Enough Hope) attends the University of San Francisco's MFA Creative Writing Program. His work has appeared in Knock Magazine.
Danielle Collins (Spelunking) originally hails from Virginia, but has lived in Northern California since 1994. (Little of her Southern accent remains but every now and then she will gleefully say "y'all.") Previously, she practiced Africanized beekeeping in Paraguay. She also earned an MA in Communication Studies from the University of Michigan, and enjoyed a past career as a fundraiser for nonprofits. Today, she is pursuing her writing and photography, and lives with her fiancé, Pete, and her wild dog, Boo.
Mickey J. Corrigan (Sleight of Hand) publishes pulpy fiction with presses with names like Breathless, Champagne and Bottom Drawer. Her most recent novella is the spoofy romantic comedy F*ck Normal. A coming of age novel is due out later this year. Poetry and short fiction have appeared in literary journals. Visit at www.mickeyjcorrigan.com or on Goodreads.
Karin C. Davidson (Roadside Flowers) has had stories have appear in The Los Angeles Review, Passages North, Post Road, and elsewhere. She has an MFA from Lesley University, Pushcart and Best of the Net nominations, and awards including the Orlando Prize for Short Fiction, the Waasmode Short Fiction Prize, and the Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award. Her fiction has been shortlisted in several writing competitions, including the Jaimy Gordon Fiction Prize, the Faulkner-Wisdom Writing Competition, and the UK Bridport Prize. A chapbook of her story collection was a finalist in the 2012 Iron Horse Literary Review Single Author Competition. Originally from the Gulf Coast, she also writes at karincdavidson.com.
Bill Glose (Age of Consent) is a former paratrooper, Gulf War veteran, and author of the poetry collections Half a Man (FutureCycle Press, 2013) and The Human Touch (San Francisco Bay Press, 2007). In 2011, he was named the Daily Press Poet Laureate. His poems have appeared in numerous publications, including Narrative Magazine, Chiron Review, and Poet Lore. Now a full-time writer, he undertakes intriguing pursuits—such as walking across Virginia and participating in a world-record-setting skinny dip event—and writes about them for magazines. His website (www.BillGlose.com) includes a page of helpful information for writers.
Jessica Handler (Tips for Writing About Loss) is the author of two books of non-fiction, Braving the Fire: A Guide to Writing About Grief and Loss and the memoir Invisible Sisters. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte and her essays and features have appeared on NPR, in Tin House, Drunken Boat, Full Grown People, Brevity, Newsweek, The Washington Post, and More Magazine. Jessica lives in Atlanta, but frequently travels to teach workshops and give readings. She is techsavvy—tweeting @jessicahandler and ready to Skype with book groups, bloggers and journalists. Learn more at JessicaHandler.com.
Jessie Hennen (Squandering the Fellowship) recently received her MFA in fiction (and other subjects) from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Before her time at Iowa, she worked in Munich, Germany, first as a nanny and then as a marketing project manager. Her work has or will appear on The Millions.com, in Untoward Magazine, Fiction365 and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. She is currently at work on "Flight", her first novel. (Photo credit: Kristina Martino)
David Jauss (The Stars at Noon) is the author of the short story collections Glossolalia, Black Maps and Crimes of Passion, and two collections of poems, You Are Not Here and Improvising Rivers, as well as a collection of essays, On Writing Fiction. His short stories have been published in numerous magazines and reprinted in such anthologies as Best American Short Stories, The O. Henry Awards: Prize Stories, and, twice in The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a James A. Michener Fellowship, three fellowships from the Arkansas Arts Council, and one from the Minnesota State Arts Board. His collection Black Maps received the Associated Writers and Writing Programs Award for Short Fiction. He teaches creative writing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and in the low-residency MFA in Writing Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Evelyne Lampart (Reassurance) lived to become a clinical social worker and had clients in hospitals where she was a patient at one time. After 20 years in the field, she happily retired, and now runs an art workshop in the mental health clinic that served to help her heal so many years ago. Her life has turned one hundred and eighty degrees more than once.
Michael McGlade (You Don't Know Me) grew up in an Irish farmhouse where the leaky roof didn't bother him as much as the fear of electrocution from the nightly scramble for prime position beneath the chicken lamp, the only source of heating in the house – a large infrared heat lamp more commonly used for poultry. He has had 36 short stories appear in Green Door, J Journal, Ambit, Grain, Downstate Story, and other journals. He holds a master's degree in English from Queen's University, Ireland. You can find out the latest news and views from him on McGladeWriting.com.
Mark McKain (To His Wife) has had work appear in The New Republic, Agni, Subtropics, Cimarron Review, The Journal, American Letters & Commentary, Cortland Review and elsewhere. He was recently awarded a Writing Fellowships at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. The Center for Book Arts published a limited edition Broadside of his poem "Wild Coffee," and he is also the author of the chapbook "Ranging the Moon." He teaches screenwriting at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida.
Vyshali Manivannan (I Am Always in Transition When Disaster Strikes) is a Ph.D. candidate in Media Studies at Rutgers University. She has published and presented scholarship on comics and animation, Internet subcultures, and the value of transgression, most recently in Fibreculture. Her first novel Invictus was published in 2004, and she has also published work in Black Clock, theNewerYork, Consequence, and DIAGRAM.
Jeanetta Calhoun Mish (Recovery) is a poet, writer and literary scholar. Her first poetry book,Tongue Tied Woman, won the Edda Poetry Chapbook Competition for Women in 2002 and her second poetry collection, Work Is Love Made Visible (West End Press, 2009), won the 2010 Oklahoma Book Award for Poetry, the 2010 Western Heritage Award for Poetry from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum and the 2010 WILLA Award for Poetry from Women Writing the West. Mish has published poetry in The Fiddleback, Naugatuck River Review, Concho River Review, Poetry Bay, Blast Furnace, and others. She is also the editor of Mongrel Empire Press and Director of The Red Earth Creative Writing MFA program at Oklahoma City University. www.tonguetiedwoman.com
Leslie L. Nielsen (Breathing Without Air), originally from Ohio, immigrated to Denmark in 2013 where she continues editorial work for Poets' Quarterly and River Teeth Journal. Her poems have appeared in journals such as r.kv.r.y., The Missing Slate and Literary Mama. She holds an MA in English Literature from The Ohio State University and an MFA in Poetry and Creative Nonfiction from Ashland University. She teaches writing, leads workshops in creativity, and occasionally blogs.
Jillian Ross (Starry Night) earned her MFA in Creative Writing at Fairfield University in 2013. Her work has appeared in Dappled Things, The Noctua Review, Dogwood, The Penwood Review, Extracts, Poetry Quarterly, Mason's Road, Weston Magazine, The Country Capitalist, Fairfield County Life, and Connecticut Gardener. Jillian lives in Connecticut with FaxMachine and CopyCat, mirror-image tuxedo cats who are fascinated by the working sounds of technology.
Lauren Jo Sypniewski (Minnows) Lauren Jo Sypniewski grew up in woodsy and earthy Northern Michigan before moving to Boston to obtain her MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College, where she also taught writing. Since then, she's wound around the world searching Australia for new words, new moments. Her essays and poetry have appeared in The American Council for Polish Cultural Heritage, Discovering Arguments, and the Pine River Anthology.
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Contributors, Spring 2014
Posted on March 26, 2014 by Mary Akers
Cezarija Abartis' (Thanksgiving) Nice Girls and Other Stories was published by New Rivers Press. Her stories have appeared in Per Contra, r.kv.r.y., Waccamaw, and New York Tyrant, among others. Her flash, "The Writer," was selected by Dan Chaon for Wigleaf's Top 50 online Fictions of 2012. Recently she completed a novel, a thriller. She teaches at St. Cloud State University. Her website is http://magicmasterminds.com/cezarija/
Jennifer Cherry (All the World Before Me) lives with her family in central Illinois. Though she lives in the city, her heart belongs to the countryside of cornfields, wind turbines, and pastures full of sheep, cows, and horses. Cycling long distances throughout central Illinois gives her time to create characters that appear in her short fiction pieces, a few of which have been featured in The Storyteller Magazine, Mused: BellaOnline Literary Review Magazine, and Bergasse 19.
Kim Church (Breezeway) just released her debut novel, BYRD, (Dzanc Books) in March. Her stories and poems have appeared in Shenandoah, Mississippi Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, and elsewhere. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has received fiction fellowships from the North Carolina Arts Council, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Millay Colony for the Arts, and Vermont Studio Center. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Sarah Einstein (What I Know of Madness) lives in Athens, OH where she is a PhD student in Creative Nonfiction at Ohio University. Her work has previously appeared in Ninth Letter, Fringe Magazine, PANK, and other journals, and has been awarded a Pushcart Prize. Her micro-collection, Remnants of Passion, is upcoming from Shebooks. .
David Faldet (Tilt) has had poems appear in such journals as Mid-American Review, The Midwest Quarterly, Saw Palm, and Arion. His book Oneota Flow was published in 2009 by University of Iowa Press. He lives and works in Decorah, Iowa.
Zarin Hamid (People Eat Chickpeas Bathed in Vinegar) is an adopted native of New Jersey, where after some circling she has come back to work and live. She has studied political science and peace and conflict resolution, and in addition to writing works on gender-based violence, militarism, and human rights issues from a feminist lens.
Tim Hillegonds (Old Colony) is a graduate student pursuing a master of arts degree in writing and publishing (MAWP) from DePaul University in Chicago. His work is forthcoming in RHINO and Brevity, and he was recently awarded an Honorable Mention for nonfiction in the New Millennium Award 36.
Ashaki Jackson (The Body of an American Paratrooper) is a Cave Canem poetry fellow and a member of the Voices of Our Nations Arts (VONA) writing community. Her work has appeared in publications including Eleven Eleven and Suisun Valley Review. She is also a social psychologist who works with teen girls throughout Greater Los Angeles. (Photo credit: Hari Alluri.)
Carrie Krucinski (Scar Tissue) lives in Elyria, Ohio with her husband, Steven, and bulldog, Watson. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Ashland University and teaches English at Lorain County Community College.
Kyle Laws (Labradorite) has had work appear in Delmarva Review, Eleventh Muse, Exit 13, The Final Note, IthacaLit, The Main Street Rag, Malpaís Review, The Más Tequila Review, Mead: The Magazine of Literature and Libations, The Nervous Breakdown, Pearl, Philadelphia Poets, Pilgrimage, and St. Sebastian Review. She currently is editor of Casa de Cinco Hermanas Press. www.kylelaws.com
Amanda Abbie Meader (Pulled Under) was born and raised in Maine, where she returned to practice law after graduating from Cornell Law School in 2004. By day Amanda is a staff attorney for a non-profit organization; by night she is the wife of a very patient man and the mother of two ridiculously spoiled Boston Terriers. Reading and writing infuse her with peace and energy in a way that nothing else can, and she is constantly dreaming up ways to devote more of each day to pursuing her true passion.
Leslie Pietrzyk (I am the Widow) is the author of two novels, Pears on a Willow Tree and A Year and a Day. Her short fiction has appeared in many journals, including Gettysburg Review, River Styx, Shenandoah, and The Sun. She teaches fiction in the low-residency MFA program at Converse College and in the graduate writing program at Johns Hopkins University.
Wiley Quixote (Illustrator) is, creatively, a jack of all trades, which—woefully, makes him an expert at none. Through the years, his creative temperament has led him in many directions – music, poetry, acting, drawing, painting – but his latest efforts with photography give him the greatest satisfaction, combining elements of each of his other creative pursuits with immediate gratification and a greater breadth of expression. He's an autodidact with no conventional bona fides, but has the aim of establishing himself expressively through the love of, and commitment to, this latest and most gratifying medium.
Matt Thompson (Seeds) is a graduate of Georgia College & State University. He lives and works in Milledgeville, GA. He has written two novels: X. And Oleanders in Alaska, both available via Amazon. His previous short fiction has been featured in apt. He lives with his chihuahua Bruiser, and is seeking his MA in literature.
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Kiik A.K. (lullaby) previously studied poetics at Santa Clara University and UC Davis and is a current graduate student of creative writing at UC San Diego. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in the journals iO, Scythe, Washington Square, Barge Press, The Brooklyner, Alligator Juniper, CutBank and Alice Blue Review.
Christine Aletti (Two Variations on the Theme of Goodbye) has an M.F.A. from Sarah Lawrence College. Her poems have been published in Two Hawks Quarterly and Tattoo Highway. Christine lives in New Jersey, where she teaches writing to unruly youths and yoga to disciplined yuppies.
Richard Bader's (The Tuesday Evening Meditation Group Breaks to Pee) fiction has been (or is about to be) published by the Burningword Literary Journal, SN Review, and National Public Radio. This is his second story for r.kv.ry. He lives and writes in Towson, Maryland.
Roy Bentley's (The World's Last Morning) poems have appeared in the Southern Review, North American Review, Shenandoah, Mid-American Review, Prairie Schooner, American Literary Review, The Journal, New Virginia Review, Laurel Review, Sou'wester and elsewhere.
Janet Frishberg (Benefits of Anticipatory Grief) lives and writes in a light blue room in San Francisco. She's currently editing her first book, a memoir. You can find her work in Literary Orphans, Cease, Cows, sparkle & blink, the SF Chronicle, and soon in The Rufous City Review and Black Heart Magazine. You can find her @jfrishberg
Ann Hillesland's (Wunnerful, Wunnerful, Fabulous) work has been published or is forthcoming in literary journals including Fourth Genre, The Los Angeles Review, Monkeybicycle, Open City, Prick of the Spindle, and SmokeLong Quarterly, and has been selected for the Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions 2012. She is a graduate of the MFA program at Queen's University of Charlotte.
Rasmenia Massoud (Junie the Tree) is from Colorado, but after several weird turns, she ended up somewhere in France. She is the author of the short story collections HUMAN DETRITUS and BROKEN ABROAD. Some of her other work has appeared in various anthologies and online at places like The Foundling Review, The Lowestoft Chronicle, Literary Orphans, Metazen, Full of Crow, Flash Fiction Offensive and Underground Voices. You can visit her at: http://www.rasmenia.com/
Alexa Mergen (Cells of Solitude) edits the blogs Day Poems and Yoga Stanza. Her poem "Distance," published in Solo Novo, was a clmp Taste Test selection. Alexa's most recent chapbook is Three Weeks Before Summer; and a full-length poetry collection is forthcoming from Salmon in 2015. For a full list of published essays, poems and short stories, please visit alexamergen.com
Michelle Olney (Short Prayer) studied Creative Writing at Brandeis University, where she received the American Poets Honorary Prize (2009). She was recently hired as Poetry Editor for the speculative genre magazine Isotropic Fiction. She lives and works in Portland, ME.
Jodi Paloni (Attachments) lives and writes in the foothills of southern Vermont. Her stories appear in Green Mountains Review, Carve Magazine, The Atticus Review, Whitefish Review, upstreet, Spartan, and others. She is the 2013 winner of The Short Story America Prize for Short Fiction and placed second in the 2012 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest. Jodi reviews fiction for Contrary Magazine and New Pages. She has an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Katie Rice (Paris in October) earned her BA in English: Creative Writing from Colgate University. She now works at Penguin Random House and lives in Brooklyn, NY. Her poems have appeared in Black Bottom Review.
Lonette Stayton (Ghosts) is currently a MFA student at the University of Memphis. She is working on her thesis, Fractured Self–A Life in Snapshots, and plans to graduate in the spring. Her middle school students' passion for writing inspires her every day.
Jack Troy (The Wind in the Jug) is a potter, teacher and writer who lives and works in Huntingdon, PA. He has taught over 200 workshops for potters and his work in clay has taken him to 24 countries. His poems have appeared in West Branch, Pivot, Friends Journal, Kestrel, The Studio Potter, and Common Ground. His collection of poems, Calling the Planet Home, was self-published in 2003. His website is jacktroy.net
Monica Wendel (The Lightning Continued) is the author of No Apocalypse (Georgetown Review Press, 2013) and the chapbooks Call it a Window (Midwest Writing Center, 2012) and Pioneer (forthcoming, Thrush Press). These poems were composed at the Jack Kerouac Project of Orlando, Florida, where she was the Spring 2013 writer-in-residence. Currently, Monica lives in Brooklyn and is assistant professor of composition and creative writing at St. Thomas Aquinas College.
Kevin Winchester (Like Juliet and Romeo) is a North Carolina native and author of the short story collection, Everybody's Gotta Eat. His work has appeared in Gulf Coast, Tin House, Barrel House, Storysouth, and the anthology Everything But the Baby. In 2005, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference awarded Kevin their Work Study Scholarship. He is currently the Director of the Writing Center at Wingate University where he also teaches Creative Writing. Winchester recently won the 2013 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Award.
Fran Wolf (Meditations on my Brother's Winter Coat) writes stories she's learned from living life as a paralegal, waitress, library aide, community organizer, phone solicitor for charities, and all too many other jobs. "Meditations on My Brother's Winter Coat" is her first published story. You can reach her at: franwolf1117@gmail.com
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Disney+ Promises to Offer Everything and More to Become the Premiere Destination for all things Marvel, LucasFilms, Pixar, Disney Animation, Disney Studios, and National Geographic.
The D23 Expo is in full swing and thousands have descended into Anaheim to help celebrate all things Disney. The expo is a chance for The Walt Disney Company to showcase all things Disney from all parts of the company. Films, Parks, Television, Consumer Products and more are represented at the expo.
The day kicked It was a big day kicking off with the Disney Legends Ceremony where the likes of Robert Downey Jr., Jon Favreau and others were honored for their work at the company. The day then really got exciting as more details about the forthcoming Disney+ service were announced with some surprises.
The Disney+ presentation began with singing and dancing to help introduce the cast of High School Musical The Musical The Series. The 10-episode scripted series, set at the real-life East High, where the original movie was filmed, follows a group of students as they countdown to opening night of their school's first-ever production of "High School Musical." With meta references and some docu-style elements, it's a modern take on the "classic" from 15 years ago.
Show-mances blossom; friendships are tested, while new ones are made; rivalries flare; songs are sung; and lives are changed forever as these young people discover the transformative power that only high school theater can provide.
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series" follows East High juniors Ricky and Nini, who just returned from summer camp with a new-found voice, confidence and ambitious boyfriend, E.J. With the help of his best friend, Ricky launches a plan to win back the heart of his ex-girlfriend Nini by auditioning to stage opposite her in the school's first-ever theatrical production of "High School a Musical.
Lizzie McGuire on Disney+
In a big surprise announcement Hillary Duff hit the D23 stage to make the announcement that Lizzie McGuire would be available on the new streaming service. Then she announced that Lizzie would be returning to television in all new episodes. This time she is grown about to turn 30 and is living in New York City.
"Lizzie has also grown up, she's older, she's wiser, she has a much bigger shoe budget," Duff said from the stage Friday in Anaheim. She added, "She has her dream job, the perfect life right now working as an apprentice to a fancy New York City decorator. "
Lizzie McGuire creator Terri Minsky is also aboard the revival, no word if any other original cast members will be part of the show.
Diary of a Female President
Diary of a Female President got some attention as the cast behind the show hit the expo stage. Gina Rodriguez (Jane The Virgin) is executive producing this series, which has received a 10 episode order for Disney+. The show told from the narration of her diary, "Diary of a Female President" follows Elena, a Cuban-American 12-year-old girl as she navigates the ups and downs of middle school and begins her journey to become the future president of the United States.
Executive producer Gina Rodriguez commented "I established my production company as a vehicle to tell stories for and by the underrepresented. Bringing this story to Disney+ is a dream come true not to mention hope for our future."
Up-and-coming actor Tess Romero ("Blind Spot," "Alternatino") portrays young Elena. Charlie Bushnell, who makes his acting debut in the series, plays Bobby, Elena's sweet-faced older brother. Selenis Leyva ("Orange Is the New Black," "Murphy Brown," "Maniac") stars as Gabi, Elena and Bobby's intelligent and loving mom. Michael Weaver ("Here and Now," "The Real O'Neals," "Notes from the Underbelly") plays Sam, a lawyer at Gabi's firm who is in the beginnings of a relationship with her.
Diary of a Female President will air on Disney+ in 2020.
Yvette Nicole Brown joined fellow "Lady and the Tramp" cast members Rose ("Lady") and Monty ("Tramp")—the canine stars of the film—to premiere the first trailer from the film.
In Disney+'s "Lady and the Tramp," a timeless retelling of the 1955 animated classic, a pampered house dog and a tough but lovable stray embark on an unexpected adventure and, despite their differences, grow closer and come to understand the value of home.
Monsters at Work
"Monsters At Work" stars Ben Feldman and Aisha Tyler unveiled the latest design of their characters Tylor and Millie.
In Monsters at Work Billy Crystal and John Goodman reprise their beloved roles as Mike and Sulley. The new animated series for families set to premiere in 2020. The series picks up six months after the original movie story, with the Monsters, Inc. power plant now harvesting the laughter of children to fuel the city of Monstropolis, thanks to Mike and Sulley's discovery that laughter generates ten times more energy than screams.
"Monsters At Work" follows Tylor Tuskmon (voiced by Ben Feldman), an eager and talented young mechanic on the Monsters, Inc. Facilities Team (MIFT) who dreams of working his way up to the factory Laugh Floor to become a Jokester alongside his idols Mike and Sulley.
Starring alongside Feldman ("Superstore") are: Kelly Marie Tran ("Star Wars: The Last Jedi") as Val Little, Tylor's lifelong friend and confidante; Henry Winkler ("Barry") as Fritz, the scatterbrained boss; Lucas Neff ("Raising Hope") as Duncan, an opportunistic plumber; Alanna Ubach ("Coco") as Cutter, the officious rule follower; and Stephen Stanton ("Star Wars Resistance") as Smitty and Needleman, the bumbling custodial team. Aisha Tyler ("Archer") voices Tylor's mom, Millie Tuskmon.
Lots of laughter as Tony Hale, reprises his role as Forky in the all new Pixar animated shorts "Forky Asks A Question." The shorts will explore important questions about how the world works, there is an initial 10 episode order.
Muppets Now
The Muppets are still alive and will have a home on Disney+. Today it was announced that they will continue their mayhem and laughter this time to the streaming world. Having tackled prime-time, the movies, it's only fitting that they tackle the all new world of television. The show will be an unscripted short-form series.
Executive Producer Kristen Bell shared a first look trailer for the audience on what's to come in her new unscripted series, "Encore!"
Bell brings together former castmates of a high school musical, tasking them with re-creating their original performance in a high school reunion like no other. Emotions run high as the former students face faded friendships, former flames, self-doubt, and killer choreography. Through it all, these unlikely groups of friends—with the help of Broadway's best—just might pull off a standing-ovation-worthy performance of beloved musicals like "The Sound of Music," "Beauty and the Beast," "Annie" and more.
The World According to Jeff Goldblum
Jeff Goldblum, who stars in and hosts "The World According to Jeff Goldblum" from National Geographic, gave fans a peek inside the series including a new trailer for the show.
Through the prism of Jeff Goldblum's always inquisitive and highly entertaining mind, nothing is as it seems in this new series. Each episode is centered around something we all love — like sneakers or ice cream — as Jeff pulls the thread on these deceptively familiar objects and unravels a wonderful world of astonishing connections, fascinating science and history, amazing people, and a whole lot of surprising big ideas and insights.
"Noelle" stars Anna Kendrick and Billy Eichner joined Sean Bailey to announce their film will premiere on Disney+ on November 12 before sharing a new trailer.
In the upcoming holiday comedy, Kris Kringle's daughter is full of Christmas spirit and holiday fun, but wishes she could do something "important" like her beloved brother Nick, who will take over from their father this Christmas. When Nick is about to crumble like a gingerbread cookie from all the pressure, Noelle suggests he take a break and get away…but when he doesn't return, Noelle must find her brother and bring him back in time to save Christmas.
"The Mandalorian," executive producers Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni joined series stars Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano, Carl Weathers and Giancarlo Esposito, along with Taika Waititi, who brings the droid IG-11 to life, to premiere the teaser trailer for the first Star Wars live-action series.
Earlier in the day at the Disney Legends Awards Ceremony, Robert A. Iger, chairman and chief executive officer, The Walt Disney Company, announced that new Disney Legend Ming-Na Wen will join the cast of the series.
After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. "The Mandalorian" is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy, far from the authority of the New Republic.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Disney+
Kathleen Kennedy President of Lucas Film made some pretty big announcements at the D23 Disney+ showcase.
In February of 2020 the Emmy award winning animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars will debut on Disney+. The series will return for a twelve episode order and will mark the return of some fan favorites including Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Ahsoka Tano as well as Captain Rex.
Star Wars Series in Development
An all new Star Wars series is in development for the streaming platform. It had been rumored in recent weeks but confirmed today as Stars Diego Luna and Alan Tudyk joined Kathleen Kennedy on stage to make things official. Both actors will be reprising their roles from "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," and the stories follow Cassian Andor's adventures as a rebel spy during the formative years of the Rebellion, before the events of "A New Hope."
Obi-Wan Kenobi Series
Kathleen Kennedy made a but one last thing announcement and it was a big one as Ewan McGregor made his surprise appearance to officially announce that he will be returning to reprise his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in a new untitled series from Lucasfilm.
Marvel Stuidos Live-Action Series
Kevin Feige made many announcements today and will be doing the same tomorrow during the film panel. Today though we now have a clearer picture as to how The Marvel Cinematic Universe will fit into television. It is joining Disney+ in a big was as he announced several live-action series in development at Marvel Studios including: "Ms. Marvel," "Moon Knight" and "She-Hulk," all derived from Marvel comics.
The Falcon and Winter Soldier
On the established Marvel character front we had Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan, the stars of the upcoming Marvel Studios' "The Falcon and The Winter Soldier." The series will find Falcon and the Winter Soldier teaming up after "Avengers: Endgame."
An exciting announcement for me is that Emily VanCamp will be reprising her role as Sharon Carter.
Also announced was that Wyatt Russell who will play John Walker—a character from the comics coming to the screen for the first time.
"The Falcon and The Winter Soldier" will launch on Disney+ in 2020.
Stars Paul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen were on hand for their new series, "WandaVision." Bettany will return as Vision and Olsen as Wanda Maximoff—two super-powered beings living their ideal suburban lives who begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
Feige as always had a surprise up his sleeve as he brought to the stage Kat Dennings and Randall Park who will reprise their roles from "Thor" and "Ant-Man and The Wasp," he then introduced Kathryn Hahn who has been cast as a new character in the series.
The series has been described as a blend of classic sitcom meets Marvel Cinematic Universe. WandaVision will premiere in 2021.
We have known about Loki for awhile and there was a big reveal at ComicCon in San Diego just last month. So today Feige welcomed head writer Michael Waldron to the stage as they discussed "Loki."
In "Loki," Tom Hiddleston makes his return as Loki, the god of mischief and everyone's favorite villain. The series will take place after the events of "Avengers: Endgame." "Loki" debuts on Disney+ in 2021.
This one really got the crowd excited for the possibilities that it could offer to the world of Marvel. "What If…?" will be the first animated series that focuses on different heroes from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and imagines what would happen if the events in the films worked out differently. Examples shared included a zombified Captain America and Peggy Carter taking Steve Rogers' place in the super-soldier experiment. Hayley Atwell was on hand for the announcement as she will be starring in the series. Feige also announced that almost the entire cast of the MCU will be lending their voices to this series.
"What If…?" premieres on Disney+ in 2021.
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Yves Joseph Julien Henri Arille Urbain (Quaregnon, 22 februari 1914 - Leuven, 21 mei 1971) was een Belgisch politicus voor de PSC. Hij werd onder meer minister.

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Urbain promoveerde tot doctor in de letteren en de wijsbegeerte aan de Université Catholique de Louvain. Beroepshalve werd hij aan de UCL van 1943 tot 1945 assistent, van 1945 tot 1949 docent en van 1949 tot 1971 hoogleraar. Tevens was hij van 1950 tot 1954 actief als journalist en hoofdredacteur van de krant La Cité.

Hij werd politiek actief voor de PSC en was van 1958 tot 1960 kabinetsmedewerker van premier Gaston Eyskens. Vervolgens begon hij een ministeriële loopbaan: van 1960 tot 1961 was hij minister van Arbeid en Tewerkstelling in de Regering-G. Eyskens III, van 1965 tot 1966 minister van Verkeerswezen in de Regering-Harmel en van 1966 tot 1968 minister-staatssecretaris van Streekeconomie in de Regering-Vanden Boeynants I.

Bovendien had Urbain een parlementaire loopbaan: van 1963 tot 1965 zetelde in opvolging van René de Dorlodot als provinciaal senator voor Henegouwen in de Belgische Senaat en van 1965 tot aan zijn dood in 1971 zetelde hij voor het arrondissement Bergen in de Kamer van volksvertegenwoordigers.

Publicaties
 Le découpage régionbal: opération objective ou subjective?, in: Revue Générale de Belgique, 1969.

Literatuur
 Paul VAN MOLLE, Het Belgisch Parlement, 1894-1972, Antwerpen, 1972.

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Belgisch volksvertegenwoordiger
Belgisch senator
Belgisch minister van Arbeid
Belgisch minister van Verkeerswezen
Hoogleraar aan de Université Catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve)
Belgisch Franstalig journalist


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