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Arthur Cummings, MD, FRCS, present an unedited bilateral wavefront-guided LASIK case.
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Dr. David Schanzlin uses an astigmatome to make limbal relaxing incisions.
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Dr. Donnenfeld discusses performing small diopter treatments and postoperative enhancements at the slit lamp.
Dr. Lewis shares a video exemplifying the plume created from laser ablation in the absence of a plume evacuation system.
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The clinical presentation, surgical removal, and pathological evaluation of a leukoplakic lesion.
Majid Moshirfar, MD, and Chris Kurz, MD, perform a 24-spot conductive keratoplasty procedure.
Majid Moshirfar, MD, and Chris Kurz, MD, present two cases of surgical removal of Salzmann's Degeneration.
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Kilmeade's remarks came Wednesday's edition of SiriusXM's Breitbart News Tonight in an interview with Breitbart News's Senior Editors-at-Large Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak.
Following Mansour's description of Jackson as "America's first populist president," Kilmeade connected the 7th and 45th presidents through their similar use of national fame as a tool towards pursuing the presidency.
"Steve Bannon was one of the first to point out, Donald Trump is like Andrew Jackson in many ways," said Kilmeade. "That similarity where Donald Trump made his name in business; Andrew Jackson became the most famous man in America because he was able to rally a country that was flat on its back in a war that we weren't ready to fight and win one of the most decisive impactful battles in our nation's history."
Pollak recalled how Rudy Giuliani invoked Andrew Jackson on the eve of 2016's presidential election prior to the Trump victory party: "I remember on election night, we were at the Trump victory party covering it. When it looked like Trump was going to win, Rudy Giuliani came downstairs to talk to the press, and most of the journalists were totally shell-shocked, and he said to them, 'We haven't seen a victory like this since Andrew Jackson.' That was the first name on his mind. It was amazing."
Kilmeade further exposited on populist dimensions of Jackson's political rise, connecting them to Trump's appeals to Middle America. "I found out that Jackson, the more I studied this, Jackson and others in the South and in the so-called western part of the East Coast, even as we moved out west, they felt like second-class citizens because the highly educated were on the coast," he said:
And the so-called other people who were raw and maybe rough around the edges weren't. So they were often the most patriotic who wanted to prove themselves and this militia was made up of those people from so-called "Flyover country," who bled red, white, and blue, and wanted to prove themselves. And they did, they delivered Madison this incredible win and ultimately made Jackson the most influential person of the first half of the century.
"[Jackson] was the one who thought the banks were too powerful and the people were being ignored," added Kilmeade, again linking Jackson and Trump. "He constantly took on the so-called elite, which sounds very similar to the billionaire who really resonates with the blue-collar."
Jackson epitomized America's promise of opportunity, said Kilmeade, given his rise from humble origins. "We legitimately are a land of opportunity," he said:
Case in point, Andrew Jackson; you're a 13-year-old orphan in the backwoods of America, thought of as a second-class citizen to the upper-class of Virginia, Massachusetts, and Philadelphia, and you can rise up and [become] a lawyer, a congressman, a senator, an attorney general, a judge, a major general, and a president. He became the American story, unconnected, just driven to success. Nobody else in the world, no other country, even today, can say they give the same opportunity to be successful.
Contrary to widespread historical narratives framing the Battle of New Orleans as superfluous, Kilmeade highlighted its importance and consequences:
When I went down to New Orleans and met with historians, they found paperwork in Britain that showed their ultimate plan was to tear up the Treaty of Ghent, their general, General Pakenham, was going to be the next of governor of New Orleans, and they were going to get international law to back up that Napoleon had no right to sell us it [via the Louisiana Purchase] to begin with because they took it illegally. That was the case they were making, and they were going to set up an American-Indian nation in the middle. And as you know, the British like to hold things — like Hong Kong, and India, and Palestine for a period of time — and they were going to do the same thing because they feared us … That's basically what was the misnomer about the war, that the battle didn't need to be fought. But so impressive was it, we were never invaded again, and the world would have to understand that democracy would work, America is here to stay, and there's a reason why people were coming here.
Today's Democrats seeking to excise Jackson from their contemporary political identity, said Kilmeade, reflected a naive whitewashing of history. "Anybody who thinks that the people we study and look up to are perfect doesn't understand what a human being is," he said:
They make major decisions, impactful decisions, they change the world, but it doesn't mean in retrospect we think they're all correct. We study them because they were impactful in their times and they impact today's times. But it doesn't mean we look back and say they walked on water. Washington wasn't perfect. Lincoln wasn't perfect. When you look back, Jefferson had slaves, and I think nine of our first twelve presidents had slaves. But you cannot be an arrogant generation that says in 2018, "How dare you not live by our values?" when the year was 1713 or 1840. We look back, we study, we disseminate, but we understand more [they accomplished] good than bad, and what we learn is that society evolves.
"For Democrats to run from Jackson is to not understand what makes America special," said Kilmeade. "We're not perfect, but we try to be. We're the only country that is constantly trying to get better, and we're always the hardest on ourselves. That's why people think we're coming apart. We just fight in public, that's all we do. And that's what's happening, now."
Mansour concurred with Kilmeade's criticisms of contemporary moral critiques of historical American figureheads. "I could not agree with you more," she said. "This moral scrutiny that we inflict on our past leaders, it's just the sort of thing that none of us will be able to withstand in light of history, eventually. No figure, no hero will be able to withstand that. It's not the way that we should be looking at our history."
Breitbart News Tonight airs Monday through Friday on SiriusXM's Patriot channel 125 from 9:00 p.m. to midnight Eastern (6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Pacific).
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"Shrouded Destiny: A Star Wars Long Tale" - Pilot Episode
A project in Copenhagen, Denmark by Shahbaz Sarwar
Funding Successful
A pilot episode set in the Star Wars Universe more than 500 years before the Star Wars Luke Skywalker Episodes.
Backers: 316
Average Pledge Per Backer: kr669 DKK
Funded: kr211,520 DKK of kr200,000 DKK
Dates: Jul 5th -> Aug 9th (36 days)
Project By: Shahbaz Sarwar
kr211,520 DKK
Last Updated: August 9 @ 15:01 -0400 GMT
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A late look at the SFX-designs!
August 9th - via: kickstarter.com
A look at some of the SFX-work that you can still get your hands on, if you pledge a high enough amount on the Kickstarter!!! https://www.facebook.com/sarwarsstarwars/posts/849471995244782Since we're only five hours away from the deadline, maybe we... (Read More)
You honor me
What can I say, Star Wars family?You guys made this happen!Now to honor your pledges and your belief with grade A solid piece of work. Now the time for dreaming ends and working begins. The Force IS with us! (Read More)
Sorry (not sorry) about the spam!
Wow, you guys and gals. We're 3 days away from the end of the road. And we are 24% away from reaching our target goal!When I started this campaign, I was wondering if I should set the limit to 150.000 kr. or 200.000 kr. I opted for the higher... (Read More)
More than halfway through!!
It is becoming more and more real! A week ago we were 80% away from the goal and now we have in ONE WEEK reached more than 50% towards the goal! We have only four days left... And we are securing more people to post funds for the film, but we still... (Read More)
More than 100 backers on this project!
August 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you very much so far to the more than 100 backers on this project!I now know what it feels like to be a very heavy set of breasts in a very comfortable and sturdy bra!Without the support of you, I'd be hanging around and letting gravity do its... (Read More)
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My husband and I finally get some alone time after a serious battle of the bedtime. He's poured us some wine, we've got some snacks and we're ready to snuggle and watch some Netflix together.
I have a couple of work-related emails I must respond to and my twitter feed is looking particularly engaging right about now. All these funny tweeps just happen to be on.
I remember I need to get some recipe inspiration for the holiday treats I am looking to make for my daughter's class and also for our family Christmas party so hello Pinterest! Ooh, I'll just pin that, and that, and that looks great too.
That's an awesome quote! Whaaaat! Now that's a deep one – totally sharing that on Instagram.
Okay, you've probably guessed it, I am a total Smartphone Scrooge.
If you're wondering what that means – find out for yourself just how badly you may need Holiday Mode.
Find out if you're a Smartphone Scrooge or a Texting Tiny Tim by taking the TELUS Holiday Mode Quiz here.
And being infamous for my immense foodie shots, this video was highly relatable.
So it's that simple, huh?
I simply put that phone down and enter #HolidayMode.
I recently decided to take up the challenge and attempt a #dinnerunplugged with a few special ladies in my life that have fallen victim to my Smartphone Scrooginess over the years — my daughter, my mom, my sister and my niece.
These folks deserve my undivided attention so I had to prove to not just them, but to myself that I would not glance at my phone nor even touch it during the entire dinner.
Trust me, easier said than done. I took those ladies up for the challenge too.
And low and behold, not one of us even remembered our phones were there. We were too busy catching up on life, laughing, enjoying the delicious (hot and fresh) food and embracing the joy of togetherness that we tend to forget when we have our noses stuck in our smartphones.
And how could I miss the faces of these girls having so much fun and sharing their silly jokes and sweet stories with me, at that very moment?
I realized there were tons of those moments that I have missed.
As soon as I got home that night, I promised my husband too that I would embrace more #holidaymode this season and especially as a resolution for the new year.
Yes, photos and videos may capture moments and hold them forever, but what's better than living that moment face-to-face? The real face-time.
Are you ready to unplug and get into #HolidayMode?
TELUS has put together these tips and tricks on how to successfully unplug for the holidays.
From setting up road blocks to making it a game with friends – they've got you covered!
I hope you have a wonderful holiday season with those you love and learn to embrace more time together this season and into the New Year.
Very good post! It is unfortunate that so many of us (myself being guilty) are so glued to our phones now.. It is very important to disconnect sometimes!


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A man holds a poster reading "Putinism" during a protest in support of Sergei Furgal, the governor of the Khabarovsk region, in Khabarovsk, Russia, July 25, 2020. Mr. Furgal has been in a Moscow jail since July 9 and protesters demand that he stand trial at home.
Why tens of thousands of Russians are protesting in the streets
Some 4,000 miles from Moscow, protesters in Khabarovsk see the charges against their governor as political and demand that he stand trial at home.
By Yulia Khorovenkova and Vladimir Isachenkov Associated Press
July 26, 2020 | Khabarosvsk, Russia
Tens of thousands of people marched Saturday across Russia's Far East city of Khabarovsk on the border with China to protest the arrest of the regional governor on murder charges, continuing a two-week wave of protests that has challenged the Kremlin.
Sergei Furgal has been in a Moscow jail since his arrest on July 9, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has named an acting successor. Protesters in Khabarovsk see the charges against Mr. Furgal as unsubstantiated and demand that he stand trial at home.
"People are offended," said protester Dmitry Kachalin. "I think people take to the streets because their vote in the 2018 election was taken away."
Unlike Moscow, where police usually move quickly to disperse unsanctioned opposition protests, authorities haven't interfered with the unauthorized demonstrations in Khabarovsk, apparently expecting them to fizzle out in the city 3,800 miles east of the Russian capital.
But daily protests, peaking at weekends, have gone on for two weeks, reflecting anger against what residents see as Moscow's disrespect of their choice for governor and simmering discontent with Mr. Putin's rule. Local officials' attempts to discourage people from joining the demonstrations by warning about the risk of coronavirus infection have been unsuccessful.
"We had enough," said protester Anastasia Schegorina. "We elected the governor and we want to be heard and decide ourselves what to do with him. Bring him here, and a fair and open trial will decide whether to convict him or not."
Protesters chanted "Freedom!" and "Russia, wake up!" and carried placards voicing support for Mr. Furgal and denouncing Mr. Putin.
Demonstrations were also held in other cities of the Far East, and police didn't intervene. But in Moscow, police briefly detained several dozen activists who attempted to stage pickets in support of Mr. Furgal and other detainees protested the city's ban on rallies due to the pandemic.
Authorities suspect Mr. Furgal of involvement in several murders of businessmen in 2004 and 2005. He has denied the charges, which date to his time as a businessman with interests focusing on timber and metals.
A lawmaker on the nationalist Liberal Democratic Party ticket, Mr. Furgal won the 2018 gubernatorial election even though he had refrained from campaigning and publicly supported his Kremlin-backed rival.
His victory was a humiliating setback to the main Kremlin party, United Russia, which also lost its control over the regional legislature. During his time in office, Mr. Furgal earned a reputation as a "people's governor," cutting his own salary, ordering the sale of an expensive yacht that the previous administration had bought, and offering new benefits to residents.
"We want to protect Furgal," said Evgenia Selina, who joined Saturday's protest. "If we hadn't elected him, he would have been living quietly with his family and working at the State Duma. He would have had a normal life."
Mikhail Degtyaryov, a federal lawmaker whom Mr. Putin named Monday to succeed Mr. Furgal, is also a member of the Liberal-Democratic Party – a choice that was apparently intended to assuage local anger. If that was the plan, it hasn't worked.
Mr. Degtyaryov, who has refrained from facing the protesters, left the city on Saturday for an inspection trip across the region.
This story was reported by The Associated Press.
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How Personalized Gifts Can Make Someone Happy
by Vinayak Mahajan August 3, 2021
How Personalized Gifts Can Make Someone Happy?
The Psychology behind Personalization and Emotion
3 Ways Personalized Gifts Make Someone Happy
Since human life on Earth has begun, gift giving has existed. Embedded in a human's natural behaviour is love and generosity. These aspects drive the art of gift giving. Gifting through personalization is a gesture of exchanging sincere messages and valued feelings. Something that can be kept treasured forever and is adorned with a personal touch, is an amazing feeling that lasts a long time. Although, you may question, how do personalized gifts make someone feel a greater sense of happiness?
As human beings, we are naturally inclined to prefer personalization and personalized experiences. Consider the way you watch your favourite shows… you open netflix and there's a list of movie/show recommendations catered to your interests and your liking! This improves your watching experience and makes you feel happier because it lets you know that your thoughts and preferences are being taken into account.
Non-personalization, in contrast, can be compared to a "one size fits all" t-shirt. You lack the feeling of importance because you know you just happened to be one of many recipients of that gift. However, having something tailored just to you, gives you a sense of control. Studies have shown that the illusion of control affects your psyche - making a person happier and healthier. In addition, when we receive personalized gifts, we are more likely to engage with it as we find it interesting and relevant. Hormones like dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin - all of which are our happy hormones, are released!
Gives lifetime memories which can be treasured forever
Common gifts such as flowers, chocolates and tech are forgotten easily and not appreciated as much because there's no embellishment of a personalized touch. Personalized gifts like a mug with a picture of you and the recipient, or a necklace with the recipient's name and an important date for instance, tells a story of your relationship and how they make you feel. Invoked are these happy, cherishable memories which hold a small piece in the recipient's heart forever. Using these gifts everyday is like taking a float in the boat of recollection, empowering you to relive those moments!
Builds Stronger Relationships
Most gifts are given with intention to celebrate and acknowledge love for the recipient. It hurts to be disappointed with a gifting choice and can actually cause the recipient to feel irritated because their preferences have not been considered. Anthropologists and sociologists have found that this weakens relationships . The purpose of gift giving stems from the appreciation and gratitude for another person. Psychologists have applied the basics of science to building happier and healthier relationships, and found that nurturement and appreciation is key. In this modern century, human beings have become used to living in a materialistic world with instant gratification, hence, personalized gifts with meaning add a holistic feel.
A gift which carries significance between two individuals conveys their sentiments and appreciation for the other person. Personalized gift giving directly touches the recipient's heart - it expresses a gesture of love, regard and respect for the unique individual they are. When you go out of your way to personalize a gift as per your special someone's preferences, it says a lot about who you are! You feel a burst of heartwarming energy. You become a selfless and caring individual because you are taking the time to find the best gift for the recipient. Studies explain that self-gratification and self-fulfillment are the underlying themes to gift giving and receiving.
Giving and Getting Produces Happy Hormones
Human beings find satisfaction from giving and getting, neurologists suggest. We always hear the saying, "Money can't buy happiness!" However, neurologists and psychologists have spent years conducting quantitative and qualitative research to explain that money can certainly buy happiness, however, it must be spent in the right way; spend money on other people instead of ourselves. Consider owning a whole island alone. Although you have built an emotional attachment to this island, you won't find a greater sense of happiness because you are alone and want to share this island with someone else.
Contrarily, if you buy something for another person, you build connections and conversations. Have you ever noticed that when you give someone something, you smile seeing their smile? This is a ripple effect of our brain. Within our brains there's a small subcortical structure known as the nucleus accumbens, which is also known as the "reward center of the brain". When we see other people smile, this structure is activated and releases our happy hormones. Our brains produce similar euphoric feelings to the joy of falling in love or doing something you love.
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1 Guidelines for Submittals for Land Disturbance Permits A Land Disturbance Permit (LDP) is a local permit required by the City of Shawnee for any land disturbance occurring in a given area. "Land Disturbance" means any activity that changes the physical conditions of land form, vegetation and hydrology, creates bare soil, or otherwise may cause Erosion or Sedimentation. Such activities include, but are not limited to, clearing, removal of vegetation, stripping, grading, grubbing, excavating, filling, logging and storing of materials. The Clean Water Act of 1987 mandated that any activities regarding stormwater discharges including those issuing from properties encountering construction activities comply with regulations involving pollution of a storm sewer system. A storm sewer system may include curbs, gutters and streets as well as storm water pipes and the water ways that they drain into. City of Shawnee Ordinance was passed to implement and provide for enforcement of a program to regulate land disturbance activities and construction activities related to grading and to control erosion and sedimentation resulting from these activities. LDPs are required when any of the following are to be performed on a property: 1. The total area being disturbed is one acre or more. 2. The disturbance is part of a larger planned project that will total one acre or more. 3. The disturbance will include more than 50 cubic yards of fill or cut. 4. Any disturbance within 50 feet of natural or improved channel or drainage way. 5. Any disturbance that involves construction of a new roofed structure of more than 1000 square feet on a site with less than one acre of land disturbance. An LDP is not required for the following: 1. Work to correct or remedy emergencies, including situations that pose an immediate danger to life or property. 2. Agricultural uses except that the Director of Public Works determines that erosion or sediment controls are needed per United States Department of Agriculture Standards or that an LDP is required. Permit application and submittals include the following: 1. A completed Standard Land Disturbance Permit application form 2. Grading and erosion control plans showing property lines, existing and proposed contours, existing and proposed structures, and proposed Best Management Practices (BMPs) for all phases of construction.
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France: Modèle 1914 Equipment d'Infanterie de Sangles
Karkee Web are indebted to Simon Braillon for the photo of the 43e Regiment (left). This has to be the shortest interval between actual items being seen in photographs and a contemporary photograph emerging, thoughtfully captioned by the unit involved, the 43e Régiment d'Infanterie, on the 8th November 1914. La Courtine is a small village in the Creuse Département, of the Limousin Region of Central France. In 1904, a military camp had been established there, capable of housing 4,000 soldiers. The photo is important, not just for proof that a second webbing pattern was used by the French Army, but for the details that could be observed and speculated upon. However, this done, more photographs of surviving items surfaced, confirming the speculated points – and it revealed it was a blue-grey webbing. Unguessed, was the fact that the Pack opened flat – very much not French practice!
Simon has personally tagged it as Deuxieme Modèle Mills, the unsuccessful Mills-Bruzon set being La Premiere Modele Mills. Production is reported to have been to meet the emergency of late 1914, so it would not be un-reasonable to steal the U.K. "emergency" pattern's identity and refer to it as Modèle 1914 Equipment d'Infanterie de Sangles!
In 2005, Martin Brayley's book BAYONETS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY contained a photo of a poilu dressed in an horizon-bleu greatcoat, over which was a 2.25-inch wide Waistbelt, in flat-loop belting, with the U.S. style loop and olivet buckle and French style Frog, but in webbing. At the time, we had no idea what pattern this could be, or whether what the photo showed was the whole pattern, i.e. just a Belt and Frog for a Drill Order, or Walking Out. Now, with the benefit of Simon's photos and those from Eric Baradon, the complete picture has emerged. The owner of the photograph shown in Martin's book, Robert Stedman, has graciously allowed us to use it here as well. However, he has asked that it not be copied, please.
There are ink-stamps, of typical French form, but no markings for M.E. Co., or the bullet trademark of M.W.C.B. Co. It is therefore thought that this pattern was made up in France, using stocks of material delivered from the U.S.A., unless it can be shown that the French company, Le Coton Filé, had the capability for both reduction weaving and integral weaving. A faint larger stencil, on some items, appears to say "R.F.", for Republique Francaise. Detail at left from an Ammunition pouch in the collection of Simon Braillon. Photograph © Simon Braillon 2010.
Simon has established that this Pattern was intended for training units, with no evidence of it reaching front-line troops, but the possibility that French Territorial units may have taken into field service. Apparently, all the French "Mills" items were issued to the 1er Corps d'Armée, comprising eight Régiments d'Infanterie (R.I.) of northern France, these being 8e. R.I. de St. Omer; 33e. R.I. d'Arras; 43e. R.I. de Lille; 73e. R.I. de Béthune; 84e. R.I. d'Avesnes; 110e. R.I. de Dunkerque; 127e. R.I.de Valenciennes and also the Territorial régiment that was attached to these.
KWRT member, Ed Storey, has also furnished details below from his French contacts, which set this un-expected Model into a context:-
The Mills-Bruzon Equipment was tested by the French in 1908 and 1912, but none were ordered. Mills opened a subsidiary company in Paris, in 1914 (Le Coton Filé) but it only received very small orders during the emergency of late 1914. Another Mills branch, Société Anonyme Française pour l'Equipement National (SAFEN), opened in April 1918, with not much more success and closed down in 1920. Apparently the French Army did not see any advantage in webbing, did not want to pay royalties and the leather industry had to be protected. Furthermore, France did not produce cotton, which would have been a major problem.


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Posted: Mon 2nd May 2022
Glyndwr graduate earns first paid commission with national theatre company
This article is old - Published: Monday, May 2nd, 2022
A young playwright who was inspired to write in Welsh while studying at Wrexham Glyndŵr University has taken a big step towards a career in theatre.
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru has given Kallum Weyman their first paid commission, a short Welsh language play about the apocalypse.
"It's crazy – I kind of wake up every day not believing that it's happening," they said.
"It's such a fantastic opportunity with one of our national theatres."
Kallum, originally from Deganwy, is drafting a play with the working title Bagiau Plastig Mutant (Mutant Plastic Bags), which focuses on two men in the aftermath of the end of the world.
"It's basically a play about two men considering what it is to be alive if the world has ended," they said.
"If they the only ones left, how do they keep going? Should they keep going?"
"It's also about how much responsibility they have for the world itself. Is there a personal responsibility on the individual to consider the state of the world and what they are doing to be a part of it?"
"They're so lovely and supportive every step of the way. My Welsh isn't perfect but that's not important," they said.
"What's important to them is my ideas and being able to express them in Welsh – and helping and guiding me to do so."
The commission came after Kallum, who has autism and dyspraxia, previously received a bursary from Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru to develop 20 pages of a drama and a story outline.
Kallum has also been attending monthly writing circle with the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff, during which they have been developing a play that examines issues of LGBTQ+ and Welsh identity.
The aspiring writer earned a BA (Hons) Theatre, Television and Performance degree at WGU, before gaining an MA in Direction from Trinity St. David's University in Cardiff.
They were full of praised for the support offered by lecturer Jenna Brook and programmed leader Elen Mai Nefydd.
They said: "I feel like the experience of working on different projects and the one-to-one guidance I had from my lecturers really gave me the confidence to go for things and have confidence in my ideas and my voice.
"I think I really developed a theatrical voice while at Glyndŵr. If I hadn't had the opportunity to experiment at Glyndŵr, along with that guidance, I don't think I'd be where I am at the moment."
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If you're someone who's ever been classified as mentally disordered, don't just blindly buy into that diagnosis. Though it may be comforting to cling to being a paranoid schizo or whatever label you've been issued, just because a member of the medical mafia told you so.
There could be another reason lurking. Way deeper underground. And in parts of your psyche that you've never consciously travelled to before.
And that's the possibility of being a mind-controlled person. Whether it means your early life may have been subject to deliberate reprogramming of the Monarch or MK Ultra type or whether you're one of our global society's collectives of the estimated more than 80% of mind controlled individuals on the planet, it matters not.
What matters more is to become aware of it's effects. Particularly what it is that lives behind the destructive patterns and behaviours that make you, you. For this is where you find the chains to your enslavement and where you may begin to work to set yourself free.
may help you get a clue about whether you are or aren't being subject to mind control, including of the etheric variety.
Back on Terra Firma, chips and implants using scalar technology have been used on the globe's mass populace for the past 60 years plus. With the world's leading intelligence agencies being behind it (surprise, suprise! ;-). And scalar wave technology is commonly involved here.
But though many are unaware of this technology working within them (which is the entire point), a minority have woken to it. And with the assistance of Henning Witte, his videos and site below, have been guided to use homeopathic Aurum Metallicum to counter the destructive effects of such technology. It works apparently - mostly with very good results.
My gratitude to Karin for sending me the info and link.
Millions of healthy and normal people all over the world complain about hearing foreign voices in their skull (v2k), about being targeted by unknown radiation; about being tormented and raped by this radiation, about gang stalking, about that someone is able to read their thoughts and making comments on them, about getting their memories hacked, about somebody seeing with their eyes/hearing with their ears and commenting those signals.
Those people are called targeted individuals (ti). Their number is constantly growing.
Every day since I started recording live interviews with ti's about 3 years ago, I receive at least one e-mail, one phone call or one letter from a desperate ti from all corners in the world. They contact me because I take them serious and listen to them. I do not go into the evil and carefully designed trap that claims, they are mentally ill. I studied the research from David Icke, Cathy O'Brien, Helmut Lammer och Heiner Gehring that opened my eyes for this covert technology, which targets people since more than 60 years.
The majority of the ti's are not aware that they are targeted. Otherwise the mental enslavement would not work. But a growing minority is aware of the technology and complain. Thanks to the Internet they can learn about other ti's and realize that they are not crazy or alone.
I felt always very miserable that I could not offer help to all the suffering ti's. The radiation penetrates every material and part of the body. The first ti reaction is to build a shelter with shielding material against electromagnetic radiation, tin foiled hats for example. But that does not help. Those using the electronic harassment mock about the ti's and use corrupt journalists and doctors to spread the mockery in order to hide the torture technology.
We found out that the secret services of Russia, USA, Israel and Sweden developed the mind control technology using a secret physics: scalar waves. Since the death of James Clerk Maxwell 1879 physicists forged intentionally the Maxwell field equations and put the part describing the scalar waves wrongly to zero, so that today only the electromagnetic wave is explained by the Maxwell equation torso. Thanks to physics professor Konstantin Meyl do we now know a lot about scalar waves. Those being relevant for our body are the magnetic scalar waves. They transport neutrinos quicker than light and penetrate everything, even the whole earth. They transport both, energy and information, enabling them to transfer holographic 3d coloured pictures and thoughts, not build up by pixels.
After long research and waiting I got a hint in Germany about a year ago, that gold protects against mind control. Gold emits destructive interference against scalar waves disturbing the resonance between the chip/DNA in a ti and the beamer in the hands of a criminal secret agent or doctor.
Real ti's don't have money, so they can't afford gold. That's why we found out that homeopathic gold (aurum metallicum) helps. It is very cheap and available in most countries. Homeopathy does not help with chemical instruments but with physical, simply by waves, constructive and destructive interference. The potencies D12, D30 and C100 gave best results with a lot of ti's that tested it. Side effects are not known.
We started 2013 a European ti association: European Coalition against Covert Harassment (EUCACH), seated in Sweden. Everybody may become a member.
Listen now to my interview with the most famous ti, Magnus Olsson from Sweden and managing director of EUCACH, about his very liberating experience with homeopathic gold during 2013.
"Thank you. Gold works. It not only stops the physical pain, but also restores energy balance, so as, the ability to focus, to almost normal level. I do not think I have ever been more grateful than for this information and there are no words to express it. With all my heart, thank you. Gold truly saves life. What slightly worries me is that each day I have to increase it (I started with 6 pillules of potency 30X on 3 April and today I took approx 14-20 granules with potency 200C) as the attacks feel much more aggressive, but still I am amazed with the difference the gold has made to me. I really almost lost hope that I'll ever think clearly or feel better again. Thank you."
20 November 2014 targeted individuals (ti), victims of mind control, organized their first conference in the world to alarm about mind control and covert harassment. That technology is at least 60 years old and hidden behind secret physics. That makes it difficult to detect and protect against mind control.
The secret physics are scalar waves, an unknown type of waves detected by Nikola Tesla for more than 100 years ago. Scalar waves have totally different qualities compared to electromagnetic waves. Scalar waves are kept secret because they describe how to use free energy (neutrinos) and because they are used to control humans mind, brain and body.
- To challenge general ignorance, governments denial and mainstream media silence regarding the development and existence of the sophisticated spectrum of harassment methodologies and bio-electromagnetic technology (a.k.a. mind-control technology), capable of not only influencing the human body, behaviour, emotions and cognitive processes, but also torturing and/or killing at the speed of light without leaving any evidence.
- To raise awareness and inspire reflection among the public on these human rights violations committed non-consensually and covertly on innocent civilians.
- To stimulate the debate at the European and world level, forming a basis for international legislation and policies addressing the use of remote technology weapons and/or methodologies, including: thought reading and thought control technologies, directed energy weapons (DEW), gang stalking (a.k.a. organized stalking) and ensuring citizens' protection.
- To prompt recognition and acknowledgement of the stories of targeted individuals, instead of ignoring them and often labelling as 'crazy'.
- To engender independent investigations into mind-control experimentation related crimes.
- To encourage everybody to look for the solutions to protect citizens against the crimes committed with the use of these remote technology weapons and/or methodologies and diligently promote the care for victims of stalking crimes who have limited resources or avenues for a safe environment.
White TV's Dr. Henning Witte was the first in the world to recommend homeopathic gold, aurum metallicum, as a shield against mind control. That is not a medical but a technical advice! The human level of mind control research started for more than 60 years ago and nothing helped so far. Wittes tests started in the beginning of 2013 and were published one year later. Scalar wave devices gave also protection against brainwashing techniques, but the perpetrators could go around that after some weeks. The homeopathic gold however tested positive in ca. 80% of the cases a targeted individual (ti) tested it, and it is not easy to bypass that.
But there were two big problems. The perpetrators, mostly secret services like Mossad, CIA or FOI in Sweden, have recently enhanced their programming to discredit aurum metallicum and all forms of gold. They use lies that you can get sick and poisoned from gold and other nonsense. The homeopathic aurum metallicum has no side effects at all, which is typical for all homeopathic remedies, because they use physics, wave interference, and not chemistry, molecules, which usually cause the negative side effects.
The evil programming also includes to convince the mind control target, that they are not targeted. It is in deed difficult to detect, if the secret services don't want that.
The other big problem showed to be that ti's start during some month' to take the aurum metallicum, but than get sloppy and forget to take it. The gold frequency shield lasts only maximum two days. Than the torture can start again.
"Recently members of the audience who sat so captivated in hypnotic attention are shifting about in their seats while others look for the way out, no longer mind controlled by the elite. Many who are waking up are challenging the facts and seeking the truth, if you are one of these then you are on the right path and I welcome and salute you in your own personal journey of discovery."
White TV does not agree with Simon Parkes' analyse of MH17 in the film below Everything indicates that the Ukraine Air Forces SU-25 shot down MH17 the 17th July 2014. But principally Simon Parkes is a very reliable source and he takes a huge risk to speak so frankly about all his deadly topics.


A STUNNING fossil of the earliest-known seed-chomping "perching bird" has been discovered in Wyoming.
The incredible discovery reveals the 52-million-year-old bird in exceptional detail – with its feathers still attached.
Most birds you'll have seen are perching birds, also know as passerines.
Passerines make up about 6,500 of the 10,000 bird species alive today – but they weren't always so common.
Now researchers have uncovered a "rare" perching bird that dates back 52million years in Fossil Lake, Wyoming, USA.
And details of the extremely well-preserved bird fossil have been published in the Current Biology journal.
"This is one of the earliest known perching birds," said Lance Grande, curator at the Field Museum.
"It's fascinating because passerines today make up most of all bird species, but they were extremely rare back then.
"This particular piece is just exquisite.
"It is a complete skeleton with the feathers still attached, which is extremely rare in the fossil record of birds."
This Wyoming bird dates back to a period called the Early Eocene, more than 50million years ago.
It's been named Eofringillirostrum boudreauxi, and is the earliest example of a bird with a "finch-like beak" – similar to sparrows and finches of today.
These thick beaks hint at what the bird may have eaten.
"These bills are particularly well-suited for consuming small, hard seeds," said Daniel Ksepka, the paper's lead author and curator at Connecticut's Bruce Museum.
"The earliest birds probably ate insects and fish, some may have been eating small lizards.
"Until this discovery, we did not know much about the ecology of early passerines."
Passerine birds are believed to have been quite rare 52million years ago.
However, researchers are said to have had "good luck" to live and die near Fossil Lake.
The area is known for having perfect conditions for fossilisation – and has produced dozens of impressive historical discoveries.
"Fossil Lake is a really graphic picture of an entire community locked in stone," said Grande.
"It has everything from fishes and crocs to insects, pollen, reptiles, birds, and early mammals.
"We have spent so much time excavating this locality that we have a record of even the very rare things.
"Knowing what happened in the past gives us a better understanding of the present, and may help us figure out where we are going for the future."
"I've been going to Fossil Lake every year for the last 35 years, and finding this bird is one of the reasons I keep going back.
"It's so rich. We keep finding things that no one's ever seen before."
Experts now believe future archaeologists will dig up chickens to date modern life in the future.
Archaeologists have dug up what's believed to be the first beer brewed in the UK from 400BC.
And the recent discovery of a six-foot bare-knuckle boxer's skeleton revealed how tough life was in 1830s London.
Are you amazed by this discovery? Let us know in the comments!


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The Grand Palais
By Anna Kate Benedict
The Grand Palais was created for the 1900 Exposition Universelle, but many visitors had strong opinions about the vast exhibition space when it first debuted. However, the Grand Palais has continued to stand as an active exhibit hall and an icon of French culture and design.
The Grand Palais had a far more dramatic debut than its smaller partner. While the Petit Palais was designed by a single architect, the Grand Palais was designed by three. Charles Girault, the architect of the Petit Palais, oversaw Henri Deglane, Albert Louvet, and A.F.T. Thomas in designing the larger of the two structures (Drexler 455). This meant that three major sections of the building were designed by three different people, which is why many at the time felt as though it was too large and too complicated. The Grand Palais was the first large, prestigious building to be constructed since the Opéra, which was also designed in the Beaux-Arts style (Drexler 263). This might have encouraged high standards for the Grand Palais, since the Opéra was by then an iconic Parisian symbol of the arts. The Grand Palais was much larger than the Petit Palais, with the dimensions of the main space big enough to fit the Eiffel Tower's base inside. Critics and the general public had very strong opinions about the Grand Palais when it debuted. The building was seen by many as the clunky brother of the charming Petit Palais (Drexler 457). The design variations and the sheer size of the building was in many eyes distasteful. In fact, some saw it as a warped form of the French artistic traditions seen in the Petit Palais (Drexler 455). One critic of the time called it "a more complex and less satisfactory building" than the Petit Palais (Drexler 457). If the Petit Palais met the goal of displaying French superiority in art and design, the Grand Palais subverted these ideals for many. However, a few contemporaries disagreed with the negative reviews. One writer named Jean Lorrain urged his readers to see both buildings on either side of Pont Alexandre III (Jullian 44). He went so far as to say that the public was shunning the Exposition and its spaces like the Grand Palais because of their dislike of the current government (Jullian 44). This review links the Exposition and its success with the politics of the time. For Lorrain, criticizing the Grand Palais, which was meant to be a symbol of French artistry and prestige, was criticizing the French government. The Expositions' success or failure was an extension of the French government's strength or weakness. Although the Grand Palais inspired many strong opinions when it debuted, the pair of buildings are still considered to be "one of the greatest urbanistic ensembles" of the end of the nineteenth century.
The Grand Palais is still a place for French artistry and culture. It hosts regular exhibits and events, is the regular venue for Chanel's fashion shows, and was included in Paris' bid for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. Some of the exhibits shown in the space today hark back to its time as a building for the 1900 Exposition Universelle and the types of exhibits shown during the fair. For one day only, a vintage auto show took over the main gallery of the Grand Palais. Inside, rows and rows of cars, organized by model and behind bright red rope, were neatly lined up underneath the massive glass ceilings. The Grand Palais' true scale is not apparent until it can be seen from this main hall. The vast glass panels cast abundant light on the interior. Grand staircases lead to a second level of bannisters that hug the walls and look down onto the ground floor. On the exhibit floor, the vintage cars, wandering guests, and large white balloons all felt like they could have been plucked from another point in time. The entire space echoed the types of exhibits that the Grand Palais might have shown in the Exposition Universelles and throughout the 20th century. The auto show also showed the types of people that these exhibits, and the Grand Palais itself, were designed for. The show goers were almost exclusively male, many dressed expensively. Guests were free to sip champagne while they wandered through the rows of incredibly maintained, and expensive, automobiles. The auto show's final destination was Nice. This exhibit felt timeless, but it also felt rather exclusive, even though the general public was technically allowed in. The Grand Palais is an opulent building that invites this type of exhibit in, but it maintains a rather intimidating facade to outsiders. The rows of metal barricades and looming security guards made entering the space feel like trespassing, but this eventually faded amongst the sunny space and poppy colored cars inside. The Grand Palais intimidates with its grandeur and the types of exhibits shown there, but the interior still evokes the feeling of being in a different, more glamorous moment in time.
Grand Palais : salon automobiles : ouvrieres peintres : [photographie de presse] / Agence Mondial, 1932
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Vue du salon de l'Automobile au Grand Palais : [photographie de presse] / Agence Mondial, Expositions automobiles 1932
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Pr�©paratifs au Grand Palais pour le salon de l'automobile : [photographie de presse] / Agence Mondial, 1932
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The front entrance of the Grand Palais displays banners of the upcoming exhibitions including "Kupka, pioneer of abstraction" and "Artists and Robots." May 2018 | Creator: Frances Conner View File Details Page
Entrance to the Expositions
The main door of the front entrance of the Grand Palais is appropriately ornate and grand. May 2018 | Creator: Frances Conner View File Details Page
From the Petite Palais
This image shows the view of the Grand Palais from the perspective of the Petite Palais. May 2018 | Creator: Frances Conner View File Details Page
Welcome to Tour Auto
Several large balloons hung from the ceiling of the Grand Palais at the Tour Auto. This central balloon hangs from the ceiling welcoming visitors into the exhibit. May 2018 | Creator: Frances Conner View File Details Page
Although the Tour Auto is a car show, art was also for sale in booths lining the cars. This booth sold large cartoon images and helmets as well. | Creator: Frances Conner View File Details Page
This Volvo was one of 239 cars on display at the Tour Auto 2018. | Creator: Frances Conner View File Details Page
Golden Staircase
One of the grand staircases takes visitors to the Tour Auto up to have a bird's eye view of the exhibit. | Creator: Frances Conner View File Details Page
Tour Auto Optic 2000
Visitors to the Tour Auto explore the Grand Palais and examine the cars on display. May 2018 | Creator: Frances Conner View File Details Page
Antique Games
Not only were cars and art for sale at the Tour Auto, other antique machines, like these pin ball machines and refrigerators were in the show as well. May 2018 | Creator: Frances Conner View File Details Page
The Grand Green
This detail shot of the metal structure of the Grand Palais shows its iconic green color. No matter what is on display in the Palais, this color remains the same. May 2018 | Creator: Frances Conner View File Details Page
Party in the Palais
In addition to art, antiques and cars, the Tour Auto in the Grand Palais had champagne bars for the visitors as well. This image shows a bar tender setting up the bar. May 2018 | Creator: Frances Conner View File Details Page
Representing France
This image shows the French flag waving over the Grand Palais. No matter what is included in an exhibit in the Palais, the flag is always flown over it. May 2018 | Creator: Frances Conner View File Details Page
From the Passerelle Leopard Sedar Senghor
This is an image of a person looking over the Seine and out to the Grand Palais from the Passerelle Leopard Sedar Senghor. This bridge is near the Musee d'Orsay. This shows how close in proximity structures built for the Expositions were built and easily to travel between. May 2018 | Creator: Frances Conner View File Details Page
Anna Kate Benedict, "The Grand Palais," W&L Paris, accessed January 18, 2022, https://omeka.wlu.edu/wluparis/items/show/26.
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Moz the Monster Under The Bed stars in the new John Lewis Christmas advert
The countdown to Christmas gets underway with the famous retailer's latest festive creation
James Rodger
Mark PageSocial Media Editor
Even though it's a fair trek to the nearest store, the annual tradition that is the John Lewis Christmas advert never fails to capture the imagination of festive-obsessed Grimbarians.
From a trampoling dog to an old man on the Moon, the chain has created a diverse range of campaigns, often with accompanying merchandise and very often designed to tug at the heartstrings (not to mention open purses and wallets).
In this year's ad, a young boy and his imaginary monster under the bed are the stars of the show.
The two-minute tale of friendship that develops between saucer-eyed Moz the Monster and his seven-year-old host Joe is set to a cover of The Beatles song Golden Slumbers by Manchester band Elbow for what has become a fixture in the build-up to Christmas.
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Moz and Joe strike up a friendship based on a mutual love of late-night Scalextric and piggyback games, but staying awake starts to take its toll on the boy and Moz realises he must allow him some peace and quiet.
Joe finds a clumsily wrapped present of a night light under the tree on Christmas morning, and the ad ends with him hearing the comforting rumblings of his friend when he switches it off that night.
The ad is something of a return to the tearjerkers of past years following last year's comedy bouncing dog Buster the boxer.
Director Michel Gondry, who won an Oscar as a writer of the film Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and helmed the 1996 Levi's "Drugstore" commercial as well as music videos for Bjork, the White Stripes and the Rolling Stones, said: "When I told my ex-girlfriend I was doing the next John Lewis Christmas film she said, 'You have big shoes to fill, this John Lewis commercial must make people cry, don't forget'.
"Last week I showed it to her and she cried.
"Phew."
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However the emotion is tempered by John Lewis unveiling what it describes as the "world's first farting and snoring window" at its Oxford Street flagship store, where visitors will be able to see and hear Moz playing in the rooms in Joe's house.
A recording of actor Sally Phillips reading the Moz The Monster story will be available for download from johnlewis.com, Sky boxes and Google Home, with Google customers able to personalise it by choosing their own sound effects.
Once again there is a charitable link to the campaign.
The retailer will make a donation to children's charity Barnardo's from the sale of Moz mugs and cuddly toys.
Craig Inglis, customer director at John Lewis, said: "This year's Christmas campaign brings to life the power of children's imaginations and the joy of great friendships.
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"Moz and Joe's story is magical and heart-warming and I'm sure it will be loved by all of our customers, young and old.
The retailer declined to put a price on the ad, saying only that its budget was similar to previous years, when it spent around £1 million on putting each campaign together and another £6 million on television slots.
The ad has again been the subject of intense speculation about its content, with the store stoking the excitement by releasing short previews on social media under the hashtag #UnderTheBed.
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campaign finance, City Council, City Hall, Elections	 July 17, 2019 December 30, 2019
Big Business, Labor, and Activist Money Set to Dwarf Individual Spending on Council Campaigns
With ballots landing in mailboxes any day now, independent campaigns representing business, labor, and, vaguely, "moms," are spending thousands of dollars—sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars—on ad campaigns, mailings, canvassing, and other efforts to influence your vote in the August 6 primary election. The money spent by outside groups threatens to dwarf spending by the campaigns themselves, particularly in District 7 (downtown, Magnolia, and Queen Anne), where labor has spent nearly half a million dollars on a single candidate.
As I reported for Seattle magazine (in a story that went to print long before the latest fundraising totals started rolling in), despite the advent of direct public campaign financing through democracy vouchers, "no amount of tinkering can fix what many reform advocates consider the most troubling trend in recent years: the growing impact of independent spending."
Here's a breakdown of the latest independent-money financing, where it's coming from, and how it's being spent:
• Moms for Seattle, a new PAC that first announced its existence on Speak Out Seattle's Facebook page earlier this week, has raised more than $150,000 in just over a month and spent $115,000 of that on consulting and Facebook ads for four council candidates: Real estate consultant Michael George in District 1; neighborhood activist Pat Murakami in District 3 (where Kshama Sawant is the incumbent); former Tim Burgess aide and erstwhile newsletter publisher Alex Pedersen in District 4; and former council member-turned-golf advocate Heidi Wills in District 6. All four candidates also received top ratings from Speak Out Seattle.
The money spent by outside groups threatens to dwarf spending by the campaigns themselves, particularly in District 7 (downtown, Magnolia, and Queen Anne), where labor has spent nearly half a million dollars on a single candidate.
The top donors to the group include Bellevue charter school proponent Katherine Binder ($25,000); Jeannine Navone, wife of hedge-fund manager Dino Christofilis Diane Langstraat, wife of investment manager Brian Langstraat; and numerous other women who list their occupation as "stay-at-home mom" or "homemaker." Their chief consultant is Western Consultants, LLC, which has a PO box as its local address and has never played in local campaigns before Moms for Seattle started throwing money their way ($69,000 so far) this year.
The group's other consultant, Seattle-based Clear Path Partners, has not worked directly on local campaigns until this year; however, its founders have. Clear Path's partners include Joe Quintaña, who started a business-oriented PAC called Forward Seattle a dozen years ago; former Strategies 360 VP John Engbar; and former King County Realtors' lobbyist Randy Bannecker.
I've reached out to Laura McMahon, the woman who announced the group's creation on Facebook, as well as Speak Out Seattle to find out more about the group and whether they're connected to SOS, and will update this post if I hear back.
UPDATE: McMahon responded to my message asking about the group (I've edited out the part of her response that appeared to be responding to social media speculation about the group by people other than me): "We are moms who have never before been involved in politics, but are deeply disturbed by what is happening to our city. We seek to engage other moms, friends and concerned citizens in funding independent campaigns to elect city councilmembers with the common sense to balance caring for the homeless, addicted and mentally ill with keeping Seattle citizens safe in public areas and green spaces – something the current council seems incapable of doing. … The candidates we are endorsing are experienced leaders who want to make positive change for Seattle and are capable of achieving the balance I describe above. No one wants the status quo as it is NOT working. We have no further comment at this time."
• People for Seattle, the PAC started by former city council member and mayor Tim Burgess, has raised a quarter-million dollars and spent about $165,000 of that so far—the overwhelming majority of it ($100,000) on direct mail by a Massachusetts-based firm called Daylight Communications. (Another $40,000, as I previously reported, went toward messaging research by the local polling firm EMC Research.) PFC's candidates include Phil Tavel in District 1, Mark Solomon in District 2, former Capitol Hill Chamber director Egan Orion in District 3, ex-Burgess aide Pedersen in District 4, and council incumbent Debora Juarez in District 5.
The state Public Disclosure Commission doesn't break down the $100,000 the group is spending on direct mail by candidate, but the city's ethics and elections commission lists, so far, negative mailings targeting Herbold, Sawant, and (in an unusual move) District 3 Sawant challenger Zachary DeWolf as well as mailings in favor of Orion and Tavel.
• I covered spending by the Chamber-sponsored Civic Alliance for a Sound Economy (CASE) here; since then, CASE has spent another $87,000 on mailings and Facebook ads on behalf of Tavel, Solomon, Orion, Pedersen, Juarez, Wills, Fathi, George, and former police chief and District 7 candidate Jim Pugel, plus overhead expenses to the Chamber.
The state Public Disclosure Commission doesn't break down the $100,000 former council member Tim Burgess' People for Seattle PAC is spending, but the city's ethics and elections commission lists, so far, negative mailings targeting Herbold, Sawant, and (in an unusual move) District 3 Sawant challenger Zachary DeWolf.
• Not to be outdone, perhaps, by business spending, UNITE HERE Local 8, the hotel workers' union, is spending more than $425,000 $150,000 on cable TV and online ads buys on behalf of former Nick Licata campaign manager Andrew Lewis, who's running for District 7 with strong union support. (Editor's note: After this posted, Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission director Wayne Barnett contacted me to say the "jaw-dropping" number on the SEEC's website was the result of a "bug" that had been fixed, and that the actual expenditure was closer to $150,000. This update reflects the SEEC's corrected information.)
The enormous union push to get Lewis through the primary, which according to Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission reports is being funded through the group's national arm in New York City, appears to be the only big spend on cable TV in the council primary so far.
• The Service Employees International Union 775, which represents health-care workers, has written checks to two marketing firms (one in Seattle and one in Beaverton, OR) for a digital campaign supporting District 6 candidate Jay Fathi, a physician who has also been endorsed by several other unions as well as the Civic Alliance for a Sound Economy, the Seattle Metro Chamber's political arm. They've also paid Fuse Washington for digital ads for council incumbent Lisa Herbold (D-1, $3,500) and District 2 candidate Tammy Morales ($1,500).
• Finally, the group District 1 Neighbors for Small Business—funded by a few relatively small donations from the owners of West Seattle businesses like the West Seattle Bowl, Menashe Jewelry, and Nucor Steel—has spent just over $400 on stickers for Tavel.
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X says:
Publicly financing elections will fix the imbalance of power and money they said. Publicly financing elections will bring out the bestest most democratic and pro-people candidates they said….
The winners are clearly political consultants, yard sign printers, robo call strategists. Taxpayers? TBD.
RossB says:
Some of this spending cracks me up, in that they are willing to spend a lot on people who will likely get crushed. Of the various candidates mentioned, the only person who could benefit from more money is Pedersen, but he was likely to make it to the general anyway (where he will lose to whomever he faces). Meanwhile, giving money to Juarez is just silly — she isn't taking any of her opponents seriously, nor should she. She doesn't need the money. She will coast, just like Herbold will coast.


Do you have a holiday shopping list a mile long? Are you worried about what gift to get your young actor, your favourite playwright, or your uncle the director? Are you totally clueless when it comes to theatrical gift-giving? Well, I'm here to help you out! Here are a whole bunch of fun theatre-themed gifts… and be sure to make the wrapping big and sparkly!
Broadway cast albums — Again, a million choices! Be sure to ask what your theatre person's favourite show is.
Sheet music from their favourite show.
Tickets to an upcoming production, or even better, a subscription to your local theatre.
Lessons, workshops and classes! Search your city for dance classes, vocal lessons, acting classes, improv classes… whatever they love to do!
A karaoke machine full of showtunes!
For the big spender… a trip to New York City to see Broadway shows… or to London, England to hit up the West End!
A Keep Calm and Love Theatre print — this one has 56 colour options!
For the stage manager: customized pencils, for when actors steal them from their SM kit. While you're at it, help the SM in your life re-fill their kit with office supplies like sharpie markers, Post-Its, and various kinds of tape, or gift cards to Staples.
Also for the SM: gaffer's tape, in a multitude of colours.
A puppet theatre! Here's a cute striped one that hangs in a doorway, and this one is big-top circus themed.
A super-cute Playbill-themed charm bracelet, or this pretty vintage-style one.
Adorable Playbill-themed earrings. I'd love an American Idiot pair!
While I'm on the subject of American Idiot, the show is currently on tour… just sayin'.
Or a Broadway-themed iPhone case?
For the gamers: Dance on Broadway for Nintendo Wii or for PS3!
For the truly classy: a pair of opera glasses.
Comedy/tragedy mask 14k ring… beautiful.
For the self-proclaimed "theatre nerd," check out this cute silver necklace.
If you're a drama queen… share it loud and proud!
For the stage combatant or fight director, you can't go wrong with weapons from Reliks.
Also for the stage combatant: classes at Sydney Stage Combat School or one of the many courses/workshops/intensives hosted by Art of Combat. Or how about admission to CombatCon?
I hope Santa brings me a sword.
Got any great theatre-themed gift ideas for your loved ones? Share them in the comments!
Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored post. I just think these would all make great gifts!
pbs.org has a good supply of staged musicals (not movie musicals) on DVD from their Great Performances series. They have the amazing set called "Broadway: the American Musical" narrated by Julie Andrews, that's a history of Broadway on DVDs, CDs, and a book!
I also love t-shirts that say, "I can't, I have rehearsal" – perfect for all the folks who make theatre a priority over social lives.
I thought about the "I can't, I have rehearsal" stuff too — can't believe I forgot to post it!
A lot of great ideas- but a lot for girls. We have a lot of young men interested in theater, too!
Thanks for the tip, Brittany – I will look into updating this with more male-focused gift ideas!
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Winter means working my way through half a side of beef in the freezer, so I'm always on the lookout for new ways to prepare ground beef. I tried this "Chili with Moroccan Spices" from a Cook's Illustrated cookbook this weekend, and I entered it into my church's annual chili cook-off. I didn't win, but I suspect the voting was rigged—the Moroccan chili was divine. Actually, it tasted even better the next day left over. Maybe next year I'll prepare it a day ahead and re-warm it!
Mix the spices (first 8 ingredients) together in a small bowl and set aside. Using a large Dutch oven over medium heat, sautee the onions and bell pepper in the vegetable oil for 8 minutes. Add the garlic for 30 seconds, then add the spices for another minute (careful not to burn the spices). Increase the heat to medium-high, add the beef, and cook for 5 minutes while breaking up the beef as much as possible. Add the the diced tomatoes with their juice, the drained chickpeas, the raisins, and the tomato puree. Bring it to a simmer, cover, and simmer for 1 hour (stirring occasionally). Then simmer for another 45 minutes uncovered to thicken the sauce a bit. (Note: if the chili is ever sticking to the bottom of the pot, add a little water.) Remove from heat and add the lemon zest and lemon juice. Awesome!
The beauty of chili is that you can keep adding leftover anything to it, chicken, pork, any kind of vegetables, more tomatoes, and spices. Just like in the days of cattle drives. When we make chili, whatever is left over is continually morphing into a more eclectic chili.


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Felix Posen Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Prof. Dmitry Shumsky's ISF Research
Yael Ben-Zvi Morad is both a Felix Posen Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism, and a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Prof. Dmitry Shumsky's ISF research; both in the Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry Department, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI).
She received her PhD as a Kreitman fellow from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in 2015 for her dissertation "First Body Feminine: Contemporary Hebrew Autobiographies by Women", under the supervision of Dr Hamutal Tsamir.
In the same year, she began her post-doc at BGU.
In 2017 she was a visiting researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow, in Leipzig, Germany, where she analysed memoirs of Jewish Female Holocaust Survivors and their descendants, discovering unique literary techniques in these works.
In 2018 she was a member of the Young Academy Forum at The Israel Academy of Science and Humanities.
Yael is the author of the books Patricide: Gender and Nationalism in Palestinian Cinema (2011) and Wedding in the Snow (2008), as well as of numerous academic articles.
Among her prizes and honors are: Prize in memory of Yael Levy Hazan for an outstanding PhD dissertation in the field of Gender and Hebrew Literature, BGU; Research and visiting scholarships, Simon Dubnow Institute for Jewish History and Culture, in Leipzig; Kreitman Post-Doctoral Fellowship, BGU; Yad Tabenkin Prize for outstanding PhD work in the field of Israel Studies; The Skirball Prize for Excellence, Heksherim Institute BGU; Kreitman Doctoral Fellowship, BGU; Support for a book publication from the Nehemia Levtzion Center for the Study of Islam, HUJI; Puzis Fellowship for Academic Excellence the, School of Cultural Studies, Tel-Aviv University (TAU); Scholarship for Outstanding Students, the Department of Film and Television, TAU.
Her main subjects of research are: Jewish and Israeli identity in literature and cinema; Palestinian cinema; autobiographies; gender and nationalism; feminine writing; Israeli and Palestinian masculinity.
yael.ben-zvimor@mail.huji.ac.il


Todd has his B.S. in Biblical Studies in Missouri. He was a teacher and a coach for 12 years. Upon news of expecting his fourth child, Todd moved from California to Texas and started a high rise window cleaning business. In his spare time, he enjoys hunting, trap hunting, staying fit, and traveling with his family. He's participated in many triathlons. The coolest place he's been with his family is San Diego and camping in the Redwoods.
Bo was born and raised in Amarillo, TX with two brothers and a sister. He's always been a nature loving guy. He loves going on family camping and ski trips. He's always loved basketball – but, he's starting to love the life on ropes more!
Fun fact: He has two beautiful pups – the momma, Maya, and her son, Ziggy!


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Brodie Shaw not only loves her life, she lives it to the fullest. A successful architect, she spends long hours turning her clients' dreams into reality, but when Friday night comes along, Brodie's focus shifts from work to play…because Brodie likes to play.
Out and proud, Brodie doesn't lack in female companionship. As long as it lasts for only one night, Brodie is content to go about her life. She's not interested in a relationship, and out of all the women who have come and gone from her life, not one has turned Brodie's head for more than it took to bring her to climax, and then she meets Kate Monroe.
Kate Monroe is dedicated, diligent, and determined. A Detective Inspector on the outskirts of London, Kate is as disciplined in her job as she is in her life because Kate has a stubborn streak, and Kate has a plan. She's plotted out her life like a roadmap, but upon meeting Brodie Shaw, another avenue appears. It's tempting. It's oh so tempting, yet a life set in stone is not easily crumbled, and Kate's not one to give up without a fight.
Love happens out of nowhere. A glance, a touch, a scent, a word, and a life planned to the nth degree is altered in the blink of an eye. It's a detour you tell yourself you don't want to take. You can't take it. You shouldn't take it. You must not take it, and you do everything in your power to stay on the straight and narrow path you had planned…or do you?


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This approach to the out of hours provision is in line with the regulations and guidance provided to Coroners specifically regulation 4 of the Coroners (investigations) Regulations 2013, Chief Coroner's guidance no 26 and Chief Coroner's guidance 28.
The mortuary is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the admission of Coroner's cases.


The financial needs of many rural and underserved communities may be overlooked, particularly as banks deploy online and other "non-branch delivery systems," but revisions to rules implementing anti-redlining law may be a way to encourage financial institutions to "seek opportunities" in the areas, the chairman of the Federal Reserve said Tuesday.
He told the group that a means to address bank branch closures is the anti-redlining Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). He called the law (and the rules implementing it) an important tool for strengthening local communities – but that the trend toward fewer branches and increased use of technology to deliver financial services "presents a particular challenge to our current approach to CRA evaluations" of banks.
"Specifically, the current regulations use a bank's branches to define its assessment area, the area for which it is evaluated for CRA purposes," he said.
"To the extent that banks serve much broader areas using online or other non-branch delivery systems, or have so many assessment areas that examiners cannot do a thorough evaluation in each, the financial needs of many rural communities may be overlooked. We believe that revisions to the CRA's implementing regulations should more effectively encourage banks to seek opportunities in underserved areas," Powell said.
He noted that the law has not been amended, and that the Fed is continuing a focus on place and availability of credit – "taking into account all of the changes that have come along" in financial services delivery.


The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, has raised the alarm over the destruction of the institution's multi-million naira research and training farms by cattle belonging to unidentified herdsmen.
Sources within the university community told our correspondent that following the development, the management of the institution on Monday held a security meeting with the leaders of 11 Fulani settlements located on the institution's land.
The meeting was also attended by representatives of law enforcement agencies comprising the Nigerian Police Force, the Department of State Security Services and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps.
During the meeting, the vice-chancellor warned that the management of the university would no longer tolerate illegal grazing on its land.
Abdulkareem also ordered squatters who had started building permanent structures on the university's land without approval from the management to vacate the university land in the interest of peace.
The VC said the purpose of the meeting was to decide on a specific deadline for the herdsmen and other illegal settlers to vacate the property.
Recalling that the university, under his immediate predecessor, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, in 2017 granted a three-month extension window to the settlers on request, he said the herders violated the agreement and failed to comply with it.
Reacting to the development, the Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Usman Adamu, told the UNIILORIN authorities that the herdsmen destroying the university farm land were not living in the community.


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How the Jewellery Quarter shapes one school
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This article is taken from the latest JQ Life magazine issued in July 2021. To read the full magazine, head over here.
Jamie Barton, Head of School at Jewellery Quarter Academy, discusses how he utilises the Jewellery Quarter's culture to enrich his teaching.
Jewellery Quarter Academy students
If there's one thing the Jewellery Quarter is synonymous for, it's its rich heritage. As newly-appointed Head of School at Jewellery Quarter Academy, this is something that Jamie Barton is adamant on bringing to life – despite having only recently uncovered his own family's heritage within the historical district.
Moving from one cultural hotspot to another, Jamie Barton switched from Bournville School to the Jewellery Quarter Academy in 2019. Seemingly a fan of rich local history, he had no idea of his own heritage that was steeped in the Jewellery Quarter, dating back many years. It wasn't until his mum unearthed some old photos and mentioned that his great-great-grandmother lived in a flat on Pope Street in 1906, coincidentally the same area where the school's entrance now is – though, it looks a lot different now.
'It's no longer there now, I think it's become [apartments],' Jamie notes, 'but it's nice to see that, and imagine what the building once was like.' Indeed, it's this balance between old and new that makes the Jewellery Quarter so revered, and something Jamie is exceedingly passionate about.
For Jamie and his approach to his role at Jewellery Quarter Academy, utilising the local heritage and history has been a vital method in teaching and providing opportunities to his students. In fact, he has recently appointed a design & technology teacher to teach classes on jewellery making.
'[I want to] revive jewellery making to give students a local link to the Jewellery Quarter.' This particular venture resonates with Jamie himself, having recently learned of his own great-grandfather's occupation as a gem-setter based in the Jewellery Quarter in the early 1900s.
It's arguable that Jamie's enthusiastic approach to teaching his students about the Jewellery Quarter's heritage is part of the reason for why they are 'very inquisitive and curious' and generally keen to learn about the history that's right on their doorstep. For instance, dating back to the early 1900s when it was gifted by MP, Joseph Chamberlain, the Chamberlain Clock is a discernible historical monument in the Jewellery Quarter. With it positioned close to the school, Jamie noticed it was something students 'really engaged with', and viewed it as vital for the students 'to understand the history behind it', going out of his way to enlighten them on its heritage. But it's not all about the Jewellery Quarter's past for Jamie.
'I'm trying to involve myself in the community as much as I can,' he states. For him, engaging with the area's future is just as important as connecting with its past. The school regularly organises events within the community. A personal favourite for Jamie and something the school regularly participates in is litter picking down the canal. As a symbol of Birmingham, it is important for Jamie and his students to take care of the area.
'One time it was chucking it down,' Jamie laughs, but that didn't stop them from having 'a lovely experience.' That's not the only goodwill activity Jamie has actively encouraged within Jewellery Quarter Academy's walls; the school has also been collaborating with local artisans and utilising local resources, which the students will then use to make leather key fobs and present to NHS key workers as both a token of gratitude and a way of connecting with the local community.
Jewellery Quarter Academy students reading the Chamberlain Clock interpretation panel
With a passion for the Jewellery Quarter's culture and plenty of links to utilise, Jamie is determined to 'give [his students] access to all the opportunities possible.' Having worked with resident artisans and community volunteering, what's next?
'I would love to work with local art galleries and factories, and for students to see the manufacturing process. [We've had] craftspeople come into the school previously, and I want more opportunities like this.' He's also hoping to work with local restaurants to help his students have more of a 'sense of career within the Jewellery Quarter.' He continues, 'it's important for me that students feel part of the JQ [and] for them to see what opportunities it has.'
Jamie's own heritage plays a large role in his own passion for the Jewellery Quarter and one of the aspects he loves most about the area is its strong history rivalling many districts, and the 'awe and wonder' that it brings. This is, indeed, something he is keen to share with his students but ultimately, as he tells his pupils, 'we live in an area surrounded by diamonds and gold but the most precious thing is the students.'
To find out more about what Jamie Barton and Jewellery Quarter Academy are up to, check out their website or follow them on Twitter.
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