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Can a media campaign change health service use in a population with stroke symptoms? Examination of the first Irish stroke awareness campaign
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Lisa Mellon1,2,
Anne Hickey1,
Frank Doyle1,
Eamon Dolan3,
David Williams2
1Department of Psychology, Division of Population Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
2Department of Stroke and Geriatric Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
3Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Connolly Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Correspondence to Lisa Mellon, Department of Psychology, Division of Population Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland; lisamellon{at}rcsi.ie
Background Mass media campaigns for stroke awareness encourage the public to recognise stroke symptoms and respond to stroke in a timely manner. However, there is little evidence to suggest that media messages can influence behaviour after stroke onset. The F.A.S.T. (Face Arm Speech Time) test is a common stroke recognition tool used in public education campaigns.
Objective To assess the impact of the F.A.S.T. campaign on health service use in Ireland, which has had no previous exposure to a F.A.S.T. media campaign.
Methods An interrupted time series design was used to detect behaviour change after the introduction of the first Irish F.A.S.T. campaign in presentations of patients with suspected stroke to two emergency departments (EDs), serving a population of about 580 000.
Results There was a significant change in ED attendance of patients with reported stroke symptoms after the introduction of the F.A.S.T. campaign (β=0.84, 95% CI 0.43 to 1.24; p<0.001), although this was not sustained. ED presentation within 3.5 h was associated with emergency medical services activation (OR=3.1, p<0.001) and self-referral to the ED (OR=2.67, p<0.001).
Conclusions This first Irish F.A.S.T. campaign had an initial impact on ED attendance of patients with stroke symptoms. However, the campaign effects were not sustained in the long term. Results indicate that prehospital delay in accessing acute stroke services is a complex process with involvement of factors other than stroke knowledge and intention to call 911.
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Today's students are tomorrow's professionals, and they will carry responsibilities that extend far beyond their normal day-to-day duties.
Spurred by recent incidents of school violence around the nation, Curry College hosted an informational forum on Monday, March 4. The event, which took place in the Hafer Parents Lounge, was centered on violence in school settings. More specifically, though, the discussion sought to provide students with greater insights about how they might help prevent acts of violence during their future professional careers.
The discussion, which was both interactive and educational, gave students the opportunity to talk with professionals and academics in the areas of education, mental health, criminal justice and the media. The panel consisted of four Curry professors as well as the chief of the college's Public Safety Department, Brian Greeley. The professors included Dorothy Alexander of the Education Department, Laura Kirsch of the Psychology Department, Jeff Lemberg of the Communication Department, and Stephanie Cappadona of the departments of Criminal Justice and Sociology. Associate Dean of Students Rachel King and Assistant Dean of Students Allison O'Connor co-hosted the event.
The recent mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., has launched many debates and discussions about the role of guns, mental health services, the media and public safety.
To get the discussion going, each of the panelists was asked to give advice to students on how to think about the problem of gun violence in their respected disciplines. The conversation rapidly took off with students eventually asking questions regarding their own concerns and interests. Approximately 60 students were in attendance.
Topics of discussion included the recent shootings around the nation, including in Newtown, Conn.; how schools remain a safe zone despite such shootings; the normalization of violence through video games, movies and even news media coverage; and the relationship between mental illness and school violence.
Alexander also spoke about the need for educators to increase their skill sets and to better understand how to work with children and their families.
Cappadona and Greeley both emphasized the importance of minimizing bullying in schools, citing the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre in which senior Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 32 people and injured 17 others. Cho, who suffered from an anxiety disorder, had reportedly been bullied and treated poorly for most of his life at school.
It's the responsibility of teachers and students alike to be aware of unusual behavior, and to report their suspicions to campus police in an effort to prevent future incidents, they said.
Curry has a number of safety protocols in place for emergency situations, said Greeley, who noted that he was "trained to believe everyone in a building is my son or daughter, and it is my job to protect them." There are two sirens on campus to alert students—one on top of the radio station and one at the ARC. Curry also has six different ways to communicate with students in the event of an emergency, including email and text messages.
Junior politics and history major Jonathan Ward said he thought the panel had great timing.
"Obviously, with the Sandy Hook [Elementary School] tragedy and the assaults that have taken place on our own campus recently, something like this is great for students to speak their minds. I think it was really constructive," he said.
In the past two months, Curry has seen two assaults occur on its campus. One of them was a sexual assault in a residence hall. In the other, a student was hospitalized after being physically assaulted by two non-students in a dispute over drugs. O'Connor said the panel discussion was not in reaction to those incidents, but rather about helping students prevent gun violence during their future careers.
Many of the panelists advised students to gain experience in multiple disciplines, instead of just the ones they're majoring in. They emphasized the importance of understanding psychology, sociology and communication. Panelists also advised students to stay engaged, through reading, researching and learning. Everyone has the ability to contribute to the fight against school violence through greater awareness and education.
Professor Kirsch and Alexander repeatedly emphasized that school shootings are uncommon, despite what many people think given the large amount of news media coverage they receive. Nonetheless, professionals should be prepared.
Corrin Donahue contributed to this article.


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Sitting Pretty's Rebekah Taussig on writing a book, community, and the power of stories
A very special guest interview
How are you, you lovely lot?
Thanks so much for your patience while I took a break last week - I am feeling much better and very excited to bring you some really great content over the next few months.
Today feels like the first day of term at The View From Down Here, and how better to mark it than with an extra special guest interview?!
I am so excited to share this conversation with the lovely Rebekah Taussig, author, speaker and disability advocate.
Ever since I read Rebekah's incredible memoir, Sitting Pretty, I have hungrily lapped up her words wherever I could find them. Her ability to conjure and capture the intricacies of disabled life is unparalleled - I know I'm not alone in finding her writing a rare example of true representation.
It was a complete joy to get to know Rebekah a little more in this interview and to find we have much in common. As with all brilliant interviews, we ended up having more of a friendly chat than a traditional Q&A (some extremely personal stuff has been edited out by mutual agreement.) Hearing about the life experiences that feed Rebekah's work and witnessing her passionate belief in the power of storytelling was so nourishing for me as a disabled writer, and I hope it will be for you too.
I've been thinking of this interview as the first woolly jumper you pull on when the air goes crisp and chilly. Read it with a hot drink and let it warm you.
This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
LW: Rebekah, thanks so much for being here! I have to start by saying what a huge fan I am!
RT: Thank you!
LW: I think a lot of my readers will know you from your book, Sitting Pretty, which I am so excited to talk to you about. And selfishly, as a first time author, I'd love to hear how you did it! But firstly, can you introduce yourself and what you do?
RT: Who am I and what do I do? Gosh. I'm Rebekah Taussig. I guess I would say - how do I make this brief? - I'm a writer. I write a lot about disability. I started writing about disability in graduate school. I went to school and was getting my PhD in English Literature. And while I was there, just before I dropped out, I found Disability Studies and there was so much meaning in that. I felt really drawn to spend my energy in that space and thinking about those things and writing about those things. I started writing about it in my grad programme, and then I took that to Instagram. Which is probably where we found each other! So I started writing just these tiny snippets of life from this position of disability. And posting photos that included disability and didn't try to hide it or minimise it. And then that space just evolved and I loved being there. I love connecting with people who had some connection to disability as well - because I grew up in a world where I didn't have that sense of solidarity or understanding. And then that evolved into a book, which we can talk more about. So I wrote the book while I was teaching high school. Wait. This is too much information.
LW: No, it's great!
RT: I was teaching disability studies to a group of high schoolers, and so it was kind of a flurry of trying to get it done in all the cracks. So like on weekends and on winter break and that kind of thing. And then that day - less than 24 hours after I submitted the final manuscript for the book - I found out that I was pregnant. And then seven days later, we found out that my partner Micah had cancer and and then a few months after that it was the pandemic. And so, like a lot of people in the last few years, we've just had a big massive transition through all of that. So yeah, my son is two now. It's wild. And in that time I transitioned away from teaching high school. And I'm writing and speaking and consulting now.
LW: Woah, that's a lot to happen! I love seeing Otto in your posts. But before we get to that, I'd love to just focus on your writing. You mentioned the importance of getting to know other disabled people; how is that part of your work?
RT: It goes back to that sense of connection and wanting to be a part of a community of people. I think one of the things that's unique about disability is often - not always, but often - we're born into families that don't understand our experiences. Don't have a roadmap for what this should look like and don't know the places and don't know the resources. Don't know the history. So I think that has been a big part of my ride; connecting with that world and with that history.
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LW: I feel like so often we're denied that community because we're just not exposed to it. What was your experience of that like growing up?
RT: I didn't meet anyone in the same boat as me until college. I lived at home and went to community college, but my boyfriend at the time was a twin, and the other twin went away to college, and he met a girl with a similar disability to mine, and basically brought her home with him. And that was like the first time I found out you could get help or apply for benefits.
LW: Because no one ever tells you!
RT: Right? I'd been going to doctors my entire life and no one had said anything! So I guess that was maybe my first connection and it was a big shift for me to know her and see her and connect with her and also learn from her. But I think the bigger shift for me came with finding people on Instagram. Mostly just because it was more people. And it's so interesting, the intimacy of Instagram, because there's this way that you get to know people really deeply and also you don't know him at all. But I think I just learned a lot from people and felt so connected to a bigger thing.
LW: Totally. There's such a difference between knowing a few disabled people and being part of the bigger community.
RT: And that led to a different purpose in my work, like wanting to make space for portrayals of disability that were nuanced and true.
LW: Can you talk a bit more about how you started writing about disability? Is this what you always wanted to be doing or, like so many of us (me included), did you kind of fall into it?
RT: A little of both. Honestly, it might have been 50:50. After I went to that junior college I pretty much got married. I was just really overwhelmed and afraid of how to navigate adult life and this felt like a safe way to do that somehow. It felt like I would be cared for and that was a huge relief to me. But it was really not a good thing. It was not a good marriage, was not a good decision. So then I got divorced, which in my world, in my family, in my community that I grew up in, was a really big deal. It was huge, like nobody got divorced. It's not an option. And so it was very messy. And when I did that, it sort of just set me off on a different path. There was a way in which that really empowered me - to decide for myself what I was going to do and what I cared about. And what I wanted my life to look like. And also I was still overwhelmed about applying for jobs, you know, still overwhelmed about going out into the world. There was still a way in which staying in a school and in that environment that felt safe. So I went to grad school and, like I said, found Disability Studies and started writing about disability.
LW: And how did the book come about?
RT: So I was writing on Instagram like we talked about earlier and a literary agent reached out to me. She also has a disability. I think she was just really hungry for the publishing world to have more voices that were giving this very real account of disability and not some sort of like caricature of something. Not inspirational or triumphant or devastating but something just true and honest. And, also, I don't know, like playful and particular to one specific person's life. So she helped me put together a proposal for a memoir… And in my mind, I thought "Well, that'll be easy. Because I've already written so much on Instagram, it's just really going to be like some light revisions." So we sent out the proposal. And there was just one editor that I felt, far and away, the best about. I felt really empowered by her. I felt like she really knew what I wanted to do and why it was important. And so that was the editor I went with when she was at HarperOne.
And then yeah, the rest of the book process… So originally, the way I pitched it was: there will be thematic chapters with a bunch of minute mini essays in them that would almost resemble fleshed-out Instagram posts. And my editor felt like it would be better to do cohesive chapters. So that's what the book ended up becoming. Each chapter has a different theme that we're looking at, but it's one cohesive essay that like weaves in personal story and more philosophical thought. And that was a lot of work. More than I anticipated. But of course it was - because when is writing a book ever just like "no problem"? I felt like I should've be given three years to write this book. And they're like, how about six months? I think I was able to get them to go to nine months because I was teaching high school and I was like: "There's no way I can write this in six months". I finished writing it, but then we found out about the baby coming and Micah getting cancer. They were like: "Let's push the release date". Originally it was supposed to come out in June, and then it ended up getting pushed to August because my baby was coming in May. So it's just a whole wobbly timeline. It all takes longer to actually become a book than I ever would have realised. Even though it felt like the writing process was very, very fast.
LW: I'm in the middle of this wobbly timeline right now. How did you find the actual writing? Your book is so honest, what was that like?
RT: People kind of have this hazy idea of how difficult writing a book must be. Or I guess some people probably think it's easy. But I will say, it's some of the heaviest mental labour - and also physical labour. It's just like a really heavy weight in your brain. And I think with honesty it's a mixture of things. Part of it is that I'm an oversharer by nature, so it was kind of instinctive. But I think part of it was craving, craving to be seen. In the way that I wanted to be seen, you know, like in a way where I was in charge and I was doing the revealing, so that you would see and know me the way I want to be known. I feel like a lot of my story throughout life is just having stories written over me or for me, people deciding before I get a say.
But I think as I have been in that space longer, and and I've gotten older, I think I'm more careful about what I'm honest about. So whatever I share is going to be honest, but I'm not just going to share anything. There are things that I hold closer to me and I'm more hesitant to share or won't share. Because I I know the gift of what it's like to be seen, but I also know the - I don't know - the discomfort of being seen. And there are things that I don't want to share and I've been I guess I'm becoming more mindful of what those things are. I think especially since becoming a parent, or writing about motherhood. It feels like a totally different thing to me.
Here, Rebekah and I talked a lot about disabled motherhood; the assumptions foisted upon disabled women, the resulting self-doubt, and the ways in which both society and the state itself make disabled parenting a huge physical and emotional challenge when it needn't be. We're keeping a lot of this conversation private, but one thing we're both happy sharing is our longing for more representation.
Rebekah told me that she often questions whether she should write about her experiences as Otto's mum. She worries about his inability to consent to having his life shared, and about the reaction that inevitably comes when she writes about disabled parenting. But she continues to share - mostly about her own thoughts, rather than about Otto himself - because she knows that it was seeing just one disabled parent on Instagram that made her current life feel like a possibility. And she wants other disabled people to be empowered like that, too. It was lovely to be able to tell her that she and Otto have made me feel better about my own future, and while we'd never met before, talking about this stuff with Rebekah was like the big, life-sustaining gulp of air you take after holding your breath under water for just a moment too long.
Of course, almost all of the problems faced by disabled mums are because they are invisible. And because they're invisible, they are assumed to be non-existent, so when one comes along it upsets people's notions of what it is to be a parent, of what is possible and what is not. But as Rebekah pointed out, this is kind of nuts, because there are disabled mums everywhere. We need better stories. And so, we need to write them.
Let's rejoin the conversation.
LW: I sometimes wonder if this need to tell new stories - or at least resist the ones forced onto us - is why so many of the disabled people I know are writers and storytellers.
RT: That's a pretty cool thought. That just this whole group of storytellers has come out of nowhere; sprouting. Like I don't know, I had this picture of just this whole group of artists and storytellers who are putting new stories and true stories and complicated stories of disability out in the world because they are not there yet. We just don't have them. And because we've grown up in a world that erases those stories, or just gives us the most horrific and trite versions of them.
LW: And I think maybe we finally have the opportunity, opportunities that maybe the people who came before us didn't get?
RT: It's like we've been supported enough, just enough, to protest. Whereas for the people that came before us, the idea that you would even get to tell a different story or change that cultural narrative, that wasn't even maybe on their radar as much as just like: "We need to be able to go to school; let us go to school."
LW: And social media has given us the ability to go round the 'gatekeepers' in journalism and publishing. Just in terms of us connecting - I wouldn't have found you without Instagram - but also in terms of saying there is an appetite for these stories.
RT: Yeah, I feel like that's definitely been a game changer. Look at the number of people in publishing houses - so the people who are making decisions; the gatekeepers; the people who are saying: "These are the stories we're going to publish and these are the stories we aren't" - there are a minute number who have disabilities. And I do think that, if nothing else, one thing that has happened from Instagram is now there's this space of no gatekeepers. And people in those positions are seeing "Oh, there's a whole world here, a whole set of voices and consumers". So you have the gatekeepers from literary publishing houses, but also fashion and advertising and all sorts. I feel like they've received this new signal, almost like a giant flare, that we're here! We exist! Pay attention! Stop pretending like this is some sort of fringe experience. That's not part of the whole human experience.
LW: Representation is still so bad, and we're still told disability is 'too niche', but I do feel like there's more value given to disabled voices now. Almost like we have more power?
RT: Yeah, I think that's exactly true. I'm glad that you've pinpointed that because that actually resonates. You think about even how much you pay attention to like, conversations around accessibility and particularly wheelchairs and air travel. Whereas in the past when somebody's mobility aid was destroyed, it was just like that person just thought that they were an exception and now when something like that happens people are filming it. and posting it to Tik Tok. I think you're right that it's this layer that this new. There's more power in part just because we've been able to find each other and be connected in that way.
LW: Yes, it's all in connection. Rebekah, thank you so much for this incredible conversation and your generosity with your time. I just have one last question: what's next for you?
RT: Well, I'm constantly thinking about what I want this second book to be. At first, I thought I'd start writing on this second book as soon as the first one made it out to the world, but actually it's been a slower process for me. I feel like I might need another decade. But that's always on my radar. I am really excited about changing the stories that we have about disability in the world. I have had a couple of opportunities to start branching out into TV writing. I don't know if anything will actually become a thing, but I'm just really excited about that. I like participating in that medium. And thinking about maybe writing fiction, before I write like another memoir. Just kind of playing around with more ideas along those lines.
And then, and again, I don't know what this will look like, but in my heart I'm feeling more and more drawn to try to create some kind of space for young people with disabilities. I don't know what that'll look like - if it'll be something as simple as some sort of like virtual club that we get to join and there are stickers. I don't know! Just something small to start with, just creating more space for people with disabilities to connect and finding each other and find solidarity I guess. I am really interested in creating a space of disability culture that young people can become a part of. Mostly because, like what we talked about at the very beginning, of that thing where so many kids with disabilities grow up in families that do not know that experience, do not know the history and don't look at disability the way that a lot of people in that community do. Yeah, those are some things on my radar, I guess.
LW: I can't wait to see it all - the second book and the club! I'll be your first member!
I really hope you enjoyed reading this interview as much as I enjoyed doing it.
Rebekah is such a powerful voice in our community. If you're looking for your next step in disability allyship, I cannot recommend her book enough. You can buy a copy here.
And make sure you're following Rebekah on Instagram.
Let's write some new stories.
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TEN 'dangerous criminals' have busted an international drug smuggling operation involving the Policia Nacional, Europol, the DEA and Colombian Police.
Oscar-winning British actor Jeremy Irons in Spain to present his new documentary about Madrid's Prado Museum
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The boy's father has been detained under the terms of a European Arrest Warrant
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Charlie Smith - 24 Nov, 2019 @ 15:26
The Great Britain side, who were left without Andy Murray due to injury, were aiming to reach their first final in the competition since the 2015 edition, which they won
Feminist protesters bare their chests at neo-fascists commemorating Franco's death in Spain's Madrid.
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As Spain's General Election looms, Heather Galloway recalls her day watching Franco be exhumed from his Madrid tomb
Heather Galloway - 10 Nov, 2019 @ 09:02
As we watched, alongside me there were murmurings of indignation and rage
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Teen activist Greta Thunberg asks for 'lift to Spain' for Madrid climate summit
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Simon Wade - 18 Jan, 2020 @ 07:19
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What Time Does the Plaza Lighting in Kansas City Start?
The History of the Plaza Lighting
The Plaza Lighting started in 1931.
The Plaza Lighting is a tradition that has continued for over 80 years.
When Does the Plaza Lighting Start?
The Plaza Lighting usually starts at dusk.
The Plaza Lighting has started as early as 4:30 p.m. and as late as 5:30 p.m.
How Long Does the Plaza Lighting Last?
The Plaza Lighting usually lasts for about an hour.
The Plaza Lighting has lasted for as long as two hours.
What Happens at the Plaza Lighting?
There is a ceremony that includes the lighting of the Plaza lights.
There is usually a concert or performance after the lighting of the Plaza lights.
The Plaza lighting in Kansas City starts at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. On that day, the Mayor of Kansas City will flip the switch to start the holiday season.
The Plaza Lighting is an annual event that takes place in Kansas City, Missouri on Thanksgiving night. The event is put on by the Kansas City Plaza Association and it is a free, public event. The Plaza Lighting has been a tradition in Kansas City for over 50 years.
The Plaza Lighting started in 1931 as a way to bring holiday cheer to Kansas City during the Great Depression. The event has been held every year since, with the exception of 1943, when it was canceled due to World War II.
Over the years, the Plaza Lighting has become an iconic Kansas City tradition, attracting visitors from all over the country. The event features the lighting of more than 80 trees, as well as a parade and fireworks display.
In recent years, the Plaza Lighting has been held on the Friday after Thanksgiving, but it was originally held on Christmas Eve. This tradition changed in 2009, when the event was moved to Thanksgiving weekend in order to accommodate more visitors.
Whether you're a longtime Kansas City resident or a first-time visitor, the Plaza Lighting is sure to get you into the holiday spirit!
The Plaza Lighting is a tradition that has continued for over 80 years. The event originally started as a way to bring business to the Country Club Plaza after sunset. In recent years, the event has expanded to include live music and entertainment. The Plaza Lighting is one of the most popular events in Kansas City and attracts people from all over the world.
The Plaza Lighting in Kansas City is a holiday tradition that signals the start of the season. This year, the lighting will start on November 17th at 5:30 pm. The event is free and open to the public.
The Plaza Lighting Ceremony is a long-standing holiday tradition in Kansas City, Missouri. The event is held annually on the Friday evening after Thanksgiving, and signals the beginning of the holiday season in the city.
The Plaza Lighting ceremony usually starts at dusk, when the streets are crowded with people eager to see the lights come on. The event is free and open to the public, and typically lasts for about an hour.
The Plaza Lighting Ceremony is an annual event that signals the start of the holiday season in Kansas City. The event takes place on the first Thursday evening in November, and it is one of the most highly anticipated events of the year.
In recent years, the Plaza Lighting has started as early as 4:30 p.m. and as late as 5:30 p.m. If you want to be sure to catch the lighting, it is best to arrive early and find a spot to watch from. The event is free and open to the public, so there is no need to purchase tickets in advance.
The Plaza lighting in Kansas City is a holiday tradition that traces its roots back to the city's earliest days. The lighting of the Plaza is a longstanding tradition that attracts visitors from all over the world. The Plaza lighting usually lasts for about six weeks.
The Plaza Lighting is an event that takes place every year in Kansas City, Missouri. The event is free and open to the public. It usually lasts for about an hour.
The Plaza Lighting has been a Kansas City tradition for over 50 years. Each year, on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, people from all over the city gather to watch as nearly 160 trees in The Country Club Plaza are lit up for the holiday season.
The event is free and open to the public, and it typically lasts for two hours. The lighting ceremony usually begins at 5:30 p.m., but it's a good idea to arrive early to get a good spot.
Every year, on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, the mayor of Kansas City flips a switch and more than 80,000 people gather to watch nearly 200,000 lights illuminate the Country Club Plaza. It is a free event that has been a Kansas City tradition for more than 90 years.
The Kansas City plaza lights are world-famous, and every year, people travel from all over to see them. The lighting of the Plaza lights is an annual event that signals the start of the holiday season.
The ceremony usually starts at 6 p.m., and it includes the lighting of the Plaza lights. The event is free and open to the public. It usually lasts for about an hour, and it is followed by a holiday concert.
The annual Lighting of the Plaza is a cherished holiday tradition in Kansas City. Every year, on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, throngs of people gather in Country Club Plaza to watch as Mayor Sly James flips the switch and significantly more than a million twinkling white lights illuminate sixteen square blocks of shopping, dining and entertainment heaven.
In addition to the lighting of the lights, there is usually a concert or performance after the lighting. In past years, One Direction and Leona Lewis have performed. This event signals the beginning of the holiday season in Kansas City!


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Banker tells German court of 'vast network' at center of fraud trial
BONN (Reuters) - A banker at the center of a trading scheme German prosecutors say resulted in hundreds of millions of euros of illegitimate tax rebates told a court the scheme had taken on an "industrial scale" involving a network of banks and other institutions.
FILE PHOTO: State Prosecutor Anne Brorhilker before the trial of two British bankers accused of involvement in fraudulent "Cum-Ex" tax rebates at a court in Bonn, Germany, September 4, 2019. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
Martin Shields, a former investment banker, said that a web of banks, investors and brokers had organized the circular trades, making multiple tax reclaims and sharing the profit.
"I am not before you to deny my involvement, but to explain it," Shields told the court in Bonn on Wednesday.
The trial is the first in a wider investigation aimed at recovering billions from banks which prosecutors say profited from such schemes. Germany estimates the schemes cost it more than 5 billion euros ($5.5 billion) in total.
Prosecutors allege that players in the so-called cum-ex scheme misled the state into thinking a stock had multiple owners who were each owed a dividend and a tax credit.
Shields' testimony is a critical building block in pursuing others potentially involved. The case, Germany's biggest post-war fraud investigation, is being closely followed in London and Frankfurt, where much of the trading was organized, according to bankers and court documents.
German state prosecutor Anne Brorhilker this month outlined criminal charges against Shields and fellow British banker Nicholas Diable, who she said organized a network of traders and lenders to make double tax reclaims with sham share trades.
Brorhilker said the two men, who face a possible jail term and a state order to repay any profits they made, had been involved in organizing bogus share trades in companies including carmaker BMW and airline Lufthansa.
The alleged scheme involved trading shares rapidly around a syndicate of banks, investors and hedge funds to give the impression of numerous owners, each entitled to a tax rebate.
Shields, a 41-year-old engineering graduate, said he regretted his involvement in the trading scheme but that the practice was common knowledge in the industry and that he had no reason to believe at the time that it was legally questionable.
"This was not the clandestine approach of a few," he said, describing it as the "clear and openly communicated expectation of most banks and their customers".
Diable is expected to address the court on Thursday. His lawyer did not respond to a request for comment.
Brorhilker has estimated that the alleged scheme she is prosecuting cost Germany some 450 million euros in lost taxes.
She said the two men had started it when working at German bank HVB, before moving to a small investment firm, tapping a wide network of contacts to arrange the trades, sometimes splitting the profit made with banks.
Shields named banks and financial institutions he said were involved in the scheme, including Warburg, Deutsche Bank and Deutsche Boerse's trade settlements arm Clearstream.
Last month, prosecutors raided the offices of Deutsche Boerse (DB1Gn.DE) as part of the wider probe.
Warburg has been included in the German trial and may have to repay any profit made from the schemes. A spokesman for Warburg has said that it had not received such multiple tax rebates and had never set out to do so.
HVB, which has blamed its involvement on wrongdoing by individuals, declined further comment. A spokesman for Deutsche Boerse said it was fully cooperating with the authorities.
A Deutsche Bank spokesman said it had been involved with clients' cum-ex deals but that it now takes a critical view of these transactions and is cooperating with the authorities.
Germany changed and clarified the law in 2007, 2009 and 2012 to prevent cum-ex trades, but the case has fueled mistrust of banks among ordinary Germans.
The discovery of the trades in Germany and Denmark, where tax authorities say they lost $2 billion in rebates, prompted investigations by other countries including Austria and Belgium, which have found they were also affected, albeit on a far smaller scale.
Reporting By John O'Donnell; Editing by Nick Tattersall


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Delonte West Net Worth
Delonte West Net Worth. He helped the school's team reach the maryland 4a championship, however, despite a good performance, the raiders lost but west was still given honors and awards. Delonte west net worth is projected at $1 thousand:
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Famous delonte west was born on july 26, 1983 in united states. Delonte west (born july 26, 1983) is famous for being basketball player. Delonte maurice west is a former american basketballer from washington.
He is living a luxurious lifestyle having an estimated net worth $16 million as of 2020. Recently he was reported to be homeless without any stable clothes, shoes, and panhandling.
Delonte West Has An Estimated Net Worth Of 1 Million Dollars.
Although he was once an amazing basketball player, his untreated mental illness led him into an addiction to drugs and becoming homeless. His net worth is reported to be not more than $1 thousand dollars. Delonte west is regarded as one of the famous and well known former basketball players.
Delonte Maurice West Is A Former American Basketballer From Washington.
He is living a luxurious lifestyle having an estimated net worth $16 million as of 2020. He played with jammer nelson, who was a former nba player. He was traded to seattle supersonics in 2007.
Delonte West Born Delonte Maurice West, Is An American Professional Basketball Player Who Played In The National Basketball Association (Nba) For The Boston Celtics, Seattle Supersonics, Cleveland Cavaliers, And Dallas Mavericks.
Delonte west's career earnings and net worth. Famous delonte west was born on july 26, 1983 in united states. He played at ohio state university before being drafted by the boston celtics in 2003.
According To Celebrity Net Worth, Delonte West's Net Worth Has Been Estimated To Be Around $1,000.
What makes delonte west renowned? Which is remarkable because he reportedly earned almost $14 million dollars during his nba career. $1,000 delonte west starred in college basketball at saint joseph's university.
Once A Promising Player Of The Lebron James Generation, His Career And Life Have Spiraled Downward.
This resigned nba player had a yearly compensation of $1.223 million out of 2012, during his playing vocation. American former professional basketball player delonte west has an estimated net worth of just $1 thousand dollars, as of 2022. By author5 october 18, 2017.
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using System;

namespace AgateLib.Randomizer
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Defines a random number generator which uses the FastRand algorithm to generate random values.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Adapted from https://github.com/Matthew-Davey/mercury-particle-engine/blob/develop/Mercury.ParticleEngine.Core/FastRand.cs
    /// </remarks>
    [Obsolete("xoroshiro128p is a much better algorithm.")]
    public class FastRandom : IRandom
    {
        private int _state = 1;

        [Obsolete("Specify a seed explicitly.")]
        public FastRandom() : this(1)
        { }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a FastRandom object.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="seed"></param>
        public FastRandom(Seed seed)
        {
            if (seed == 0)
            {
                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("Seed cannot be zero.");
            }

            Seed = seed;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Produce a new random number generator by pulling a seed value of an existing
        /// random number generator.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="random"></param>
        public FastRandom(IRandom random)
        {
            var a = random.NextInteger(short.MaxValue);
            var b = random.NextInteger(short.MaxValue);
            var c = random.NextInteger(1);

            var aa = a << 16;
            var bb = b << 1;

            Seed = aa | bb | c;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the seed value that will produce the next random number.
        /// </summary>
        public Seed Seed
        {
            get => new Seed(_state);
            set
            {
                ulong temp = value.HighBits ^ value.LowBits;
                _state = (int)((temp >> 32) ^ temp);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Generates a seed that can be used for a new random number generator.
        /// You may store this to generate the same random sequence at a later time.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="random"></param>
        public Seed GenerateSeed()
        {
            const int salt = 0x7deadcad;
            return new Seed(NextUInt32() ^ salt);
        }

        public IRandom Spawn() => new FastRandom(GenerateSeed());

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the next double precision value.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public double NextDouble() => NextSingle();

        public uint NextUInt32MaxValue => (int)short.MaxValue;

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the next random integer value.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>A random positive integer.</returns>
        public uint NextUInt32()
        {
            _state = 214013 * _state + 2531011;
            return (uint)((_state >> 16) & 0x7FFF);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the next random single value.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>A random single value between 0 and 1.</returns>
        public float NextSingle() => NextUInt32() / (float)(short.MaxValue + 1);

    }
}

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Aleksei Vladimirovich Botvinyev (; Kolomna, Unión Soviética, 25 de junio de 1981) es un exfutbolista y entrenador ruso. Actualmente es entrenador de porteros del FK Jimki

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It's 5:30 am when I step from the canvas chalet and sit on a wooden lounge chair next to my private plunge pool. The sun hangs low across the Lower Zambezi River as shades of deep lavender and magenta radiate from the orb's golden core. In the distance, six sets of eyes emerge from the water and fixate on me as they float along the river's swift current. This is the first time I have viewed hippos in the wild and they are curious creatures. Their ears rotate like satellite dishes when I cleared my throat to push the last breaths of evening air from my lungs.
In a few minutes, I make my way down a paved path past a skeleton of a tree with hearty leafless branches to Royal Zambezi's main lodge. This expansive open-air space, consisting of three covered gathering areas and a large deck that extends the width of the structure, is perched directly on the river's edge. A short boardwalk connects the lodge to a circular bar wrapped around a sausage tree, an adjacent deck that cantilevers over the water and a large infinity pool.
It's hard to imagine that only 24 hours earlier I was flying from JFK on a series of Emirates flights to Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka, followed by a 20-minute chartered flight along the Zambezi River to Royal Zambezi Lodge. Now, I enjoy a bowl of yogurt and granola overlooking the very same river I flew over.
My visit to Royal Zambezi Lodge is the first segment of a 12-day exploratory sojourn for Frontiers International Travel (organized by KAI Associates) to experience the four corners of Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. This is my first visit to Africa and I can't imagine a more perfect first impression than along the Zambezi River and at Royal Zambezi.
There is no shortage of things to do at the lodge with all of the activities dedicated to exploring wildlife from every imaginable angle. A bush walk serves as an introduction to game viewing by focusing on the micro versus the macro perspective. Our guide, James, educated us on the "little five" – elephant shrew, buffalo weaver, leopard tortoise, lionant and rhino beetle – as we walk along a path that leads hippos to the river. In the afternoon, we took part in the most relaxing game viewing experience I have ever encountered, a canoe safari. Herds of elephants and impala, baboons, buffalo, kudu and countless birds came to the water's edge for a drink. More than a few crocodiles sunning themselves slipped into the channel as we drifted past. During one of several game drives, we hit the jackpot by discovering a leopard walking in the distance, which was followed by a pack of young lions lounging on a small peninsula along a creek. The moment was a photographer's dream as we snapped hundreds of photos of the lions, with an elephant and hippo in the background. Our activities were not limited to the land or water's edge. Leisurely boat cruises and a morning fly fishing for tiger fish gave us the opportunity to soak in the river's vastness. The lodge also offers an activity called DNA or "do nothing at all." With so many things to see and do, DNA was a lot harder to achieve than we first anticipated.
Exceptional meals and celebratory sundowners in breathtaking locations punctuated each activity. Natalie, the general manager, emphasized during our arrival debrief that there would be no shortage of food during our visit. Her staff stayed true to Natalie's word. Breakfast before the morning activity consisted of sliced fruit, yogurt, cereals and fresh-brewed coffee. Upon returning, a full English breakfast was served. Lunch became a game viewing experience in itself as we watched elephants graze on tender river grass while we ate couscous, grilled chicken, vegetables and salad served family-style. Multi-course dinners were savored by the lanterns' amber glow including a specially organized bush dinner complete with a roaring fire surrounded by lounge chairs. Even during our fishing excursion, bacon and fried egg sandwiches were offered on the boat.


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We also provide evacuation services to bereaved family for transportation to and from hospital, home, Mortuary and Graveyard.
Aadil Hospital's ambulance facilited by active team of our doctors and nurses equipped with oxygen, ventilator support, suction equippement, emergency resuscitation medications.
Aadil Hospital's medical evacuation team has to its credit patients medical evacuation to and from different cities. We provide a complete solution to the individual needs of the patients.


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Introduction to Biotechnology
Biotechnology is simply defined as the scientific manipulation of living organisms at the molecular genetics level to produce useful economic products and services that are of added-value to humanity. It is the science that puts microorganisms to work as well as other living things including plants and animal cells. The phrase biotechnology was originally coined by a Hungarian engineer, Karl Ereky in 1919 to mean the interaction of biology and human technology. Karl in 1919 proposed a time in science when the knowledge of biology will be used to transform raw materials (both organic and inorganic) into socially useful and acceptable products; and his projection as at the time actually worked out, and today biotechnology is used in countless number of productions and research facilities across the world. But according to the 1992 Rio Earth Summit Convention on Biological Diversity in Brazil (a convention dedicated to promoting sustainable development), biotechnology is defined as any technological application that uses biological systems (including microorganisms), living organisms or their derivatives thereof, to make or modify products and processes for specific use. Biotechnology is the technology that depends solely and partly on biology particularly when applied in medicine, industry and in agriculture.
According to Albert Sasson (1989), biotechnology is the application of scientific and engineering principles in the processing of raw materials by biological (e.g. microorganisms) agents to produce goods and services. Biotechnology is as old as humanity, and even though the term "biotechnology" was not in use as at the time, its principles were practiced since time immemorial. For example, the production of bread, milk and other beverages from fruits were all very much practiced in line with biotechnology principles. In the practice of biotechnology, the intricate workings of biological cells and their components are manipulated through genetic techniques to produce useful products and solve other practical problems. Biotechnology involves the use of biological organisms, systems and processes in the manufacturing and service industries to produce tangible products. Biotechnology plays an indispensable role in a wide range of fields including medicine, agriculture, manufacturing, engineering, food industries, chemical and pharmaceutical industries. In biotechnological processes, microorganisms, plants and animal cells and their products are manipulated at the genetic molecular level using various forms of technology to build new organisms or products that are of environmental, agricultural, industrial, pharmaceutical, or medical purposes.
Before the dawn of civilization, mankind have naively practiced and utilized the principles of biotechnology in the production of some of his foods and other services. Microbial activities have been exploited in the preparation of foods and beverages including cheese, bread, beer, wine and other diary and fermented food products. Some indigenous fermentation processes have also been used to produce foods and other fermented products including palm wine even without knowing the scientific knowledge behind the microbial action of such processes. All these are generally referred to as traditional biotechnology. Microbial/biological processes have been used by man for over 10,000 years to provide variety of products ranging from clothing to foods. In modern biotechnology, the cellular and biomolecular processes of microorganisms are manipulated at the genetic level to make useful products or solve practical problems in the health, environmental, agricultural or industrial processes.
The discovery, development and use/manipulation of some genetic tools including DNA, restriction endonucleases and the rest actually gave impetus to the surge and success of this all important field, modern biotechnology. Modern biotechnology is an incorporation of different technologies and biological processes of microorganisms (including other living organisms) to produce a variety of different products. Currently, there are over 300 biopharmaceutical products including drugs and vaccines undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of both infectious and non-infectious diseases. Some of the diseases being targeted by biotechnological drugs and vaccines include: diabetes, cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's disease and arthritis. More recent developed technologies in the biomedical sciences including those based on the use of recombinant DNA technology, monoclonal antibodies, bioinformatics, proteomics, genomics and cell culture techniques are employed in modern biotechnology. Modern biotechnology seeks to develop an entirely new industrial base that has not been previously exploited by man while drawing preferences from already available technologies and traditional biotechnology. In modern biotechnology, different specialties from different fields of endeavor are put together to harness the manufacturing potentials of living systems including microorganisms to enhance life for a sustainable development.
Current advances in biotechnological processes have the potential to assuage the present global food crises while ensuring food security and increase in agricultural production across the globe. Notwithstanding the many ethical, political and public issues surrounding the research and development (R&D) of biotechnological processes, modern biotechnology is promising in eradicating diseases while ensuring a better life for the whole of humanity through the production of desired health and food products. Governments of nations including research institutions and universities are directing resources and manpower towards strengthening their biotechnological base and know-how, and this has led to an increase in the number of biotechnological products and services that are now available in the market today. Research and development is still underway and intensified in most developed economies to release drugs and other therapeutics to tackle plethora of human diseases as well as produce food and sustain the environment.
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Shmaefsky B.R (2006). Biotechniology 101. Randy Moore and Janice Moore (eds.) Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, Londin. Pp. 135-147.
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What in Publishing Takes 21 Days?
By Linda Ruth
I've heard back from people in the U.S. and overseas in response to my request for ideas to improve newsstand distribution channels for magazines.
From the Netherlands, Theo Eijspaart expressed his incredulity:
"What (do) you mean by the 21 days period from plant to shelves? I'm professionally involved with the consumer magazine industry in The Netherlands, Europe. I realize that my country is relatively tiny compared to the US and that therefore distribution will be considerably easier, but I mean, 21 days? That's more like a concept to shelves period! Could you explain what is meant by this time frame?"
For Theo, and others who might not "get" the 21 day cycle, that's the time from when your magazine leaves the bindery until it is displayed on the retailer shelf; and as I mentioned in my blog, rather than getting shorter over the past two or three decades, that timeframe has become less of a worst-case scenario and more of an "if all goes well" one.
Most publishers try to squeeze every drop of time they can out of a schedule so as to have the latest news and the most time for advertisers to make it into the publication. For greater freshness, they cover date their publications for one or two months after their on sale month. They time their publications to come off bindery in time for the pool ship deadlines or truck pickups. And they begrudge every day of those 21. Where does the time go?
Some of it is just spent in the realities of transportation: pickup, trucking, stopping off at the regional breakup agencies to have the product sorted by destination, put back on the truck, and sent off again. A good bit of the rest of the time takes place at the wholesaler warehouses, where the product is received and goes on the tieline for bundling and invoicing, then is loaded on the trucks to the retail stores according to the wholesaler's schedule.
For simplicity, publishers still target that Tuesday on-sale date, but that is not a fixed date everywhere. Some wholesalers distribute to the stores Tuesday, some Thursday, some both or throughout the week. The time that is officially allocated to the time at the wholesaler is 7-10 days—that is, from wholesaler receiving to on sale. But in some agencies that could be as much as two weeks. Why?
Remember how big some of these agencies have gotten post-consolidation. They are covering, in some cases, huge geographic areas; and they are handling thousands of magazines. And dates and times are not always what they appear to be. For example, say a wholesaler's cut off—that is, the date and time by which they must receive your delivery in order to make the upcoming tieline—is noon on Friday. A publisher might be aware that missing the cutoff means missing that cycle of distribution entirely—a late delivery could mean the publication goes on sale a week or more past its scheduled on sale date. So the publisher works with printers and shippers to get the publication in under the wire, and manages to confirm an 11 a.m. Friday drop off to the wholesale agency. Later it is discovered that the publication arrived late—and missed its on sale. Why? Because if a wholesaler is unable to accept and log in a delivery, it is not received, which makes it late—even if it is sitting on a dock somewhere at the agency.
Our new mega-wholesaler conglomerations are investing in the future. I've been to some agencies recently with some amazing technology—robots, new kinds of scanning technology and other futuristic innovations. I'm optimistic that as the agencies get these in place and continue to upgrade, we'll be able to start shaving some time off those 21 days.
With the Internet making it possible to publish and distribute instantly, print needs every day it can win.
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Friday, November 18th: Brooklyn, NY-by-way-of-Tennessee producer & emcee Jake Palumbo releases his 4th official solo effort via his independent label SpaceLAB Recordings – Jake It Till You Make It, a follow-up to 2014's Curtain Jerker compilation, & his two previous studio albums Jobber To The Stars & District Selectman.
While the album's title hopefully inspires a laugh, the sentiments are neither ironic, nor sarcastic. An independent artist for over 10 years, & having worked at almost every level of the music industry – artist, producer, engineer, DJ, intern, studio manager, studio owner, & entrepreneur-by-necessity, the album is an idiosyncratic, snarky commentary on his unusual journey of patience, sticking to one's mission, betting on long-shots & quite simply never giving up. Over a soundtrack that spans traditional boom-bap to spaced-out Southern melodies, Jake Palumbo delivers in a stream-of-consciousness rant style that seeks to "edutain" – sneaking it's uplifting message in between multi-syllabic bars of imagination, hedonism & dark, matter-of-fact humor & inside jokes.
The 16-track LP was Produced entirely by Jake Palumbo, & features guest appearances from Roc Marciano, Ras Kass, Ruste Juxx, Tek of Smif-N-Wessun, El Da Sensei, Shabaam Sahdeeq, El Gant, Innocent?, Sean Price (RIP), as well as the SpaceLAB Recordings roster – C-Zar Van Gogh, Ciphurphace, Gotham Heights, & Ollie OX.
The 2nd single & music video "Exoskeleton" featuring Ruste Juxx & Tek, was released on November 15th, to positive reviews in the online hip-hop community. Visuals were directed by Megadon, who also handled the clip for the 1st single "Tuffalupagus" featuring C-Zar Van Gogh.
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Download a copy of Keith Taylor MEP's latest 'Escalating Hunger in the South East' report. It looks at the scale of foodbank dependency in 2018 across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Kent and the Isle of Wight. Published March 2019.


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Zarb-e-Azb: Decisive Action or Delaying The Inevitable?
Zarb-e-Azb is a welcome news to everyone who is tired of waiting for a response to the plague of terrorism and wondering just how many innocents must be killed before decisive action is taken against the jihadi networks that have taken root in our country. Our hopes have been renewed by Nawaz Sharif's promise that operation would continue 'until terrorism is eliminated from the country'. It is worth noting that even PTI has given its blessing after years of dragging its heels and claiming that the military can never succeed against Taliban.
Even with this renewed hope, still there is some small worry that clings to my mind however, which is whether these new military operations represent a new direction or merely a bigger version of the same incomplete strategy that has been the tale so far.
The worries are based in some details of reports from the operations. For example, many of the first reports emphasised targeting of foreign terrorists.
Local security officials put the death toll far higher, saying that about 150 militants died in the air strikes, which primarily targeted Uzbek militants in a remote area of the tribal agency.
Following these reports, ISPR issued statements that also suggested that despite being larger and louder, the new operations were still targeting only certain militants.
The operation is not targeted against our valiant tribes of North Waziristan but against those terrorists who are holed up in the Agency and have picked up arms against the state of Pakistan.
Such ambiguity raises the question in my mind whether PTI has endorsed the operation after receiving assurances over their concerns about the protection of so-called 'Good Taliban'.
Trying to remove only the 'anti-Pakistan' jihadis while protecting the 'pro-Pakistan' jihadis is like trying to swat only the mosquitoes that bite your self while protecting those that bite your neighbors.
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By Nik Sharma Oct. 9, 2017 Updated: Oct. 9, 2017 12:36 p.m.
Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, is one of the most popular and dramatic festivals in India. Envision a glorious spectacle of colors and light displays, entire cities lit up against the dark backdrop of a cool autumn evening.
The holiday celebrates the triumph of good over evil, when light sweeps the darkness away. But you don't have to travel too far to see Diwali in action; if you visit many parts of the South Bay during the second week of this year (the exact date changes every year, since the Hindu calendar is based on the lunar cycle), you will, in all likelihood, be greeted by gorgeous displays and festivities at the homes of the area's many Hindu families. And if you live there, you've probably had an Indian neighbor knock on your door with a plate of sweets and treats (I hope!).
As some of you might know, I grew up in a multifaith family and we celebrated Diwali in a modest fashion. In some ways, it reminds me of Christmas with my mom's family: We would run rows of colored lights on a string across our windows and light the house up with diyas — little lamps made from clay in which a candle wick was immersed in oil and lit. (These days, I stick a tealight candle in the diya.) We'd wear new clothes, visit the relatives on my dad's side of the family, attend a puja (a religious prayer ceremony) and get to play with fireworks.
The dinner table is as bright and colorful as the light displays that make this festival so marvelous. The menu was always detailed and extensive, and the mere thought of having more than 10 dishes at a meal made me very excited. Since Diwali is a Hindu festival, there is no form of meat, poultry, eggs or seafood on the menu. Several dishes are traditionally cooked, fried flatbreads like puris are prepared, and large platters of aromatic basmati rice are prepared along with a variety of vegetable sides and desserts.
As an adult, I try to celebrate both sides of my heritage, the Hindu and the Catholic side. It reminds me of my roots and helps me reconnect the past with family traditions.
Puri fresh out of the fryer.
Dry-whisk the flours, salt and carom seeds (also called ajwain) in a large bowl. Make a well in the center and pour the oil and mix by hand. Add ½ cup water and knead to form the dough, adding more water if necessary to bring the dough together to a sticky consistency. Continue to knead the dough for 7 to 8 minutes. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and allow it to rest for 4 hours at room temperature or overnight in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
Once the dough has rested, divide it into 16 equal parts and shape them into balls. Roll out each ball on a lightly floured surface into a 4-inch disc, rotating the dough by a quarter at every turn. Roll out the remaining balls of dough and place them on a dry, lightly floured surface and cover with a clean kitchen cloth.
Heat the oil to 400 degrees in a medium Dutch oven or saucepan. Line a tray or baking sheet with absorbent paper towels. Once the oil is hot, fry one puri at a time for about 2-2½ minutes until they're golden brown and puffed, flipping them halfway through. Remove the puris with a slotted spoon or spider and place them on the lined tray. Fry the rest of the puris in the same manner. Serve hot. You can also keep the fried puris warm by placing them in an oven-safe container covered with aluminum foil at 150 degrees in the oven. Puris are best eaten within a few hours after they're prepared.
Braised Pumpkin With Fenugreek Seeds and Curry Leaves.
Heat 1 tablespoon of ghee or oil in a medium Dutch oven or heavy saucepan on medium-high heat. Add the onions and saute until they turn translucent, about 4 to 5 minutes. Add the red pepper flakes and cook for 30 seconds. Stir in the pumpkin and season with the salt. Cover with a lid and cook on medium-low heat for 45 to 60 minutes until the pumpkin is tender, stirring occasionally. Once the pumpkin is cooked, add the lemon juice.
In a small saucepan, melt the remaining 1 tablespoon of ghee on medium-high heat. When the oil is hot, add the fenugreek seeds and cook for about 30 seconds, then add the cumin, chiles and curry leaves and cook for 30 to 45 seconds until the leaves are crisp and the seeds browned. Pour this hot mixture with the spices over the pumpkin and serve immediately. The pumpkin will be good for up to 3 to 4 days in the refrigerator if stored in an airtight container.
Soak the boondi with enough water to cover for about 30 minutes until softened.
While the boondi is softening, blend the mint, lime juice, cilantro and serrano with 1 cup of yogurt at high speed until smooth. Transfer to a mixing bowl and whisk in the remaining yogurt and 1 cup chilled water. Season with salt and pepper.
Squeeze the softened boondi by hand and discard the liquid. Fold the boondi into the mint yogurt mixture. Refrigerate for 1 hour before serving. If the yogurt starts to thicken add a little water to thin it out and adjust the seasoning accordingly.
Note: Boondi is sold in Indian stores. It resembles tiny balls and is made by frying drops of salted chickpea-flour batter. If you have a hard time finding it, substitute 1 cup of boiled potato that has been flaked with a fork.
Heat a medium cast-iron or stainless-steel saucepan on medium-high heat. Add the semolina to the pan and toast until the granules start to turn light brown, about 3 to 4 minutes, stirring constantly to prevent burning. Remove from heat and transfer to a medium bowl.
Return the pan to the stove and melt the ghee on medium-high heat. Add the nuts and dried fruit and saute for 1 to 2 minutes until the nuts start to turn golden brown. Return the toasted semolina to the pan and add the sugar and 2 cups water. Reduce the heat to low and cover with a lid. Allow to cook for 5 to 6 minutes until all the water has evaporated. Remove from heat and sprinkle with the rosewater. Serve warm.


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