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Australian Junior Champs BA Feature Wheelchair Basketball
One month to go until tip off
The countdown has begun until the commencement of the 2021 Australian Under 18 Junior Championships and Kevin Coombs Cup being staged by Wyndham Basketball Association at Eagle Stadium in Werribee, Victoria from April 10 – 17.
After the COVID pandemic lead to the cancellation of the 2020 event, the country's best elite junior basketballers aged under 18 will compete in both boys and girls divisions for the chance to be crowned National Champions. Alongside the Australian Under 18 Junior Championships the Kevin Coombs Cup is Australia's leading junior wheelchair basketball championship which sees representative teams from states and territories showcasing their skills for the coveted national title.
With planning well underway, General Manager for Wyndham Basketball Association Craig Armstead, is excited by the opportunities for the hosting of these two prestigious tournaments will afford his association.
"The Wyndham Basketball Association and Wyndham basketball community are eagerly awaiting the Under 18 Australian Junior Championships and Kevin Coombs Cup next month.
"These elite events will showcase Australia's best young basketball talent and provides the opportunity for all involved to watch these high-quality games and be part of this amazing event.
"While growing rapidly, basketball participation is underrepresented in Melbourne's West, and hosting the Championships and Cup is really important to us, as it provides a further opportunity to engage with our local community and let them enjoy the sport we love.
"Wyndham Basketball Association would also like to specifically thank for their support, Wyndham City Council and in particular Cr Peter Maynard, the Federal government and local member Joanne Ryan MP, and the state government and our local member Tim Pallas MP."
Basketball Australia General Manager Basketball Paul Maley, is also eager to see the championships get underway in April.
"After a disrupted 2020 due to the COVID pandemic, it was important to the sport's high-performance pathway that both the Under 18 Australian Junior Championships and Kevin Coombs Cup went ahead this year, particularly with both the FIBA Under 19 Basketball World Cups plus the Paralympic Games set to take place in 2021.
"With the Under 18's and Kevin Coombs Cup only a month away the anticipation is palpable, and we are excited to see these competitions get underway on April 10 in Werribee.
"On behalf of Basketball Australia, I would like to wish the best of luck to all competing teams, athletes, coaches and support staff plus thank the Wyndham Basketball Association for hosting this year's event."
The Fixture and ticketing information to the 2021 Australian Under 18 Junior Championships and Kevin Coombs Cup will be announced in due course.
The Pathway to Possibilities
Members of the Basketball Community Recognised
NATIONAL PERFORMANCE CAMP KICKS OFF IN CANBERRA
State Rivalries Set To Sizzle
OPALS EXTENDED SQUAD ANNOUNCED


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Shilow's "Red Rhum" is a Confident Step Up to the Mic
Shilow takes a big step forward into the Kansas City rap scene with the release of his single, "Red Rhum," featuring New York's Aja. Together, the two produced a dark but confident track that digs deeper into their stories than what appears on the surface.
"They're very devil may care and proud of who they are," Shilow says about collaborating with Aja. "And I can 100% identify with that."
"Red Rhum" comes in advance of more anticipated releases from Shilow this year. As an artists that proudly identifies as bisexual, Shilow hopes to to broaden the conversation in KC hip-hop to be more inclusive of LGBTQIA+ rappers and producers.
"I don't stray away from being proud in my music or my message," Shilow says. Keep an eye out for more from Shilow as he continues to bring his perspective to his audience through fearless hip-hop tracks.
Listen to "Red Rhum" now on Spotify!

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In their zeal to set a Super Bowl attendance record, the NFL and Jerry Jones overlooked one important detail: Making sure all the temporary seats inside mammoth Cowboys Stadium had been inspected and were ready for the fans.
The sixth-ranked Texas women are rolling. It didn't take long for the Longhorns to jump out to an early lead against No. 22 SMU on Saturday.
In a meet rescheduled to Saturday because of Friday's inclement weather, Texas defeated Texas A&M 170-127.5 with 10 wins from eight different swimmers.
Aaron Rodgers has turned the Green Bay Packers into Super Bowl champions once again.


There is a global mania for esports. New federations, leagues, teams and channels are springing up all over the place. Until recently, esports and gaming entertainment has been dominated by English-speaking outlets. This has had the effect of marginalising sizeable audience segments – and players – around the world. As a result, localised esports networks, with support from regional federations, are starting to take charge of their own destinies. Last autumn, Spanish broadcaster Mediapro launched U-Beat, a Spanish-language esports network which will have a presence in Europe and Latin America. And now the Arabic-speaking world is launching its own initiatives.
MENA's broadcast trade show, CABSAT, will include a new esports conference this year. The esports showcase will give CABSAT's broadcast delegates an inside view of the sector and the opportunities for content makers and distributors. As well as panels and keynotes, the showcase includes an invite-only executive networking event.
Eric Husny is the founder of esports start-up Rawa.TV, a platform for Arabic-speaking esports athletes and audiences. Rawa.TV is one of the founding partners of the CABSAT Esports Showcase and will be giving one of its keynotes. Husny, based in Lebanon, is the founder of AGC (Arab Gaming Championship) which created esports events and content aimed at the Arab world.
Saeed Sharaf is at the centre of esports development in MENA. He is the CEO of Esports Middle East which organises tournaments, produces content and works with governments in establishing national esports federations. He is also the president of the Syrian Esports Association, which was founded last year, and a board member of the World Esports Consortium.
Sharaf will be sourcing many of the esports speakers at the CABSAT conference. The topics will be wide-ranging, including managing teams, how brands can improve engagement using esports and how game publishers can benefit from localising their content for MENA.
Sharaf points out that though esports seems to take place largely in the online and digital realm, it is a big driver for real world business.
Esports promises to create new types of jobs too, and rather than killing traditional broadcast, may be just the thing to breathe new life into it.
There are aspects of esports that haven't fully joined the rest of the world, however. It's not just that women are seldom seen on the stages of esports arenas; there is a streak of misogyny that runs through some quarters of the gaming world. Can building an esports community from scratch also mean building a fairer one?
can do, who will say that women can't play professionally.
"To address this we need more encouragement for women in esports and more strict regulation and moderation from operators of their fans who are watching, so they can moderate the chat and what kind of comments are being made.


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Iwase bezeichnet:
 ein Landkreis in der Präfektur Fukushima: Iwase-gun (Fukushima)
 eine Stadt in diesem Landkreis: Iwase (Fukushima) (heute: Sukagawa)
 ein anderer Name für ein Lehen mit Sitz in dieser: Ōkubo (Han)
 eine Stadt in der Präfektur Ibaraki: Iwase (Ibaraki) (heute: Sakuragawa)
 die japanische Provinz Iwase

Iwase ist der Familienname folgender Personen:
 Gō Iwase (* 1995), japanischer Fußballspieler
 Hitoki Iwase (Baseball-Spieler)
 Ken Iwase (* 1975), japanischer Fußballspieler
 Randy Iwase (US-Senator)

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This horoscope is aimed at informing you of what's likely to happen to you this week according to your first (given) name.
Is this possible? The answer is definitely affirmative on account of our knowledge of prenominology (study of first names). Indeed, large-scale researches have demonstrated that our first names are not inert entities but the ones that entail influences on our lives because of their psychological, cosmological, astrological, numerological, and many other connotations. In other words, a first name could act on a person's destiny somewhat in the same manner as his/her astral sign does.
Of course, what's indicated here is not ineluctable but only probable or even possible events. You should therefore read it with much open-mindedness. If this condition is fulfilled, then this horoscope may prove enjoyable and quite profitable to you!


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Longford Lives: A stroke of luck
Longford woman recalls the night she suffered a stroke
jessica.thompson@longfordleader.ie
Ballincurry woman Bernadette Quinn is pictured with her granddaughter Réaltin Quinn from Dungarvan.
It was a Sunday in June, 1983 when a young Bernadette Quinn realised something wasn't quite right.
The 24-year-old Ballincurry woman was doing some wedding planning with her sister and was suffering with a headache all day.
"It was the day my sister wrote out the invitations for her wedding," Bernadette told the Longford Leader earlier this month.
"I'd had a headache all day that Sunday and I took two disprin and went to bed. But I woke up in the middle of the night and I knew I was going to be sick.
"I got up and I threw up so I took two more disprin and went back to bed," she recalled.
What the young woman didn't know at the time was that those disprin tablets may have saved her life, because later that night, Bernadette had a stroke.
"It was like there was an explosion in my head," said Bernadette who, at the time, had four small kids.
"I lost all feeling in the left side of my body - my sight, my feeling, my coordination was all gone."
In a panic, Bernadette woke her husband to tell him what was happening: 'I had a headache earlier; it's gone now but now I can't feel my left side,' she told him.
'Well it's there,' he responded and Bernadette explained that all of the sensation from that side of her body was completely gone.
"So he started to panic," she said, before explaining that, back in the '80s, people weren't quite as well-equipped to deal with this sort of thing as they are now.
"It was 1983, there were no phones locally, so my husband had to run to his mother's house and then run to get the doctor.
"The doctor came out and looked at me and said it looked like a stroke, but he couldn't be sure, because I was too young to have a stroke.
"So he said he'd try and get me to Dublin, and if he couldn't get me up there, it would be Mullingar. But Mullingar would only take me for a few days. Well, fair play to him, he got me a bed in St Vincent's up in Dublin," Bernadette recalled.
The stroke was a huge event in Bernadette's life, and one that could have caused her death had she not been so lucky. But there was still only one thing on her mind.
"On my way in on the stretcher, I said to them 'I have to be out of here in six weeks'. They asked my why and I told them I had my sister's wedding. 'There'll be other weddings,' they told me and I said 'Yes, but not this wedding'," she told the Leader.
Fortunately, they did let her out for the wedding, but she had a lot of work to do before then.
"I had to learn how to walk again. I spent three weeks in St Vincent's and three weeks in the rehab facility at Harold's Cross," she explained.
"The support there was brilliant. They got me back on my feet for my sister's wedding. They wanted to give me a walking stick but I said I wouldn't take a walking stick. So I was walking for the wedding and I wore the dress and it was great."
At the age of 24, it was a shock to Bernadette and her family that she'd had a stroke. It took her 12 months to get back to anywhere near normal, she explained, but walking down the aisle for her sister's wedding was so important to her.
"I think a positive mental attitude is very important for recovery. And having goals - no matter how small," she said.
"When I was learning to walk again, I'd have my husband walking down the corridor with me. He'd walk in front of me and hold my hands and say 'lift your left foot, move it forward, put it down, now your right, now your left' and it went like that until I was able to do it. Small steps."
She continued her physio and occupational therapy at St Joseph's in Longford but it was a slow process. Even now, she said, there's one loss that still affects her day-to-day life.
"The biggest loss for me at the time, and the biggest loss still is my peripheral vision on my left side," she explained.
"When I was learning to drive, my instructor told me I'd be great. But then I went to pull out and a car came from the left.
uckily , it was a dual-controlled car I was driving, so the instructor stopped it.
"He said 'did you not see that car coming from the left?' I didn't. After that, I had a serious think about it and decided that it (learning to drive) wasn't worth the risk to me or the risk to other road-users."
Bernadette now does everything she can to ensure she lives her life to the full in a healthy and active way.
"I'm out walking about two miles most days. I have to keep myself mobile. I've been doing exercises with the Arthritis group here in Longford too. I'm doing chair aerobics and aqua aerobics and I've found that very helpful," she said.
"A healthy diet is also important and one should follow doctors' and professionals' advice."
One thing Bernadette can't ignore is the fact that there is so much more knowledge about strokes today.
The Act FAST campaign is hugely important, she says, and people should think of it if they suspect someone is having a stroke.
"Back then, there was nothing about strokes. Cholesterol wasn't even mentioned to me when I was in the hospital.
"A stroke can be caused by a blood clot or a bleed on the grain. For me, it was a blood clot that caused it.
"And it was the disprin that moved it. I was helping myself without even knowing. I was very lucky. There was somebody looking out for me that day," she recalled.
But, back then there was a serious lack of supports and services available to stroke survivors.
"Back in the '80s, once you were discharged, you were on your own, but it's not like that anymore," she said.
"I was talking to a man who had a stroke before Christmas and he said he was on his own. I told him to come along to the support group we have here in Longford.
"It's an open support group in the civic room of the Temperance Hall and it takes place on Tuesdays from 11am to 1pm .
"Koriena is the coordinator's name and she does a series of exercises with us from 11am for 30 minutes and then she goes to Roscommon and other places to do the same."
The support group is organised by the Irish Heart Foundation, a group whose mission it is to play a leading role in improving the cardiovascular health of people living in Ireland, so they do not experience disability or die prematurely from heart disease, stroke and other blood vessel diseases.
The open support group welcomes new members and encourages anyone who has had a stroke to attend between 11am and 1pm on Tuesdays in the Temperance Hall.
For more information on the Irish Heart Foundation, see www.irishheart.ie.
FAST - How to identify the warning signs of a stroke
FAST is an easy way to remember and identify the most common symptoms of a stroke. Recognition of stroke and calling the emergency services (999 or 112) will determine how quickly someone will receive help and treatment.
Getting to a hospital rapidly will more likely lead to a better recovery.
F - Face: Ask the person to smile. Does one side of their face droop?
A - Arms : Ask the person to raise their arms. Does one arm drift downward?
S - Speech: Ask the person to repeat a simple phrase. Is their speech slurred?
T - Time: If you observe any of these signs, call 999 or 112 immediately.
Longford Stroke Support Group
Meetings of the Longford Stroke Support Group take place every Tuesday from 11am to 1pm at the Temperance Hall, Longford. Contact: Koriena Ivers. Tel: 086 360 1509
You might also be interested in reading some of our other Longford Lives profiles:
Longford Lives: Longford marksman Brian Kavanagh enjoyed his character building GAA journey
Longford Lives: Aisling Byrne on showjumping, modelling and Journey Through Ireland
Longford Lives: Pádraig Donlon on Irish music and Ard Ollamh na Fleadh


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Daily serving of red meat raises risk of cancer, heart disease
Monday Mar 12, 2012 1:21 PM
NBC's Robert Bazell shares his thoughts on a new study, which claims that red meat, any type or amount, drastically increases a person's risk of dying early.
By Robert Bazell
It is far from a shocking revelation that red meat is not health food. But a new study from the highly respected researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health offers some of the best and most detailed evidence yet that a daily serving of meat can increase risk of heart disease or cancer.
The Harvard scientists followed almost 84,000 women and 38,000 men in the Nurse's Health Study and Health Professional's Follow-Up Study for 28 years. It found those eating a daily serving of red meat were 13 percent more likely to die in the study period, and approximately 14 percent more likely to develop heart disease or cancer. Those numbers go up to 20 percent more deaths and an estimated 18 percent more heart problems and cancer for those who reported eating a daily serving of processed meats such as hot dogs, salami and bacon.
In the realm of health risks, these are not huge numbers. Daily cigarette smoking adds risk of some 2,000 to 4000 percent for these hazards. But across the U.S. population, Americans love of meat likely accounts for about 1.5 million excess deaths every decade, according to research from the National Institutes of Health.
According to the American Meat Institute, Americans consume on average 65 pounds of pork and a similar amount of beef per person every year. Those numbers have changed little over the past two decades. At the same time, chicken consumption has climbed sharply to around 80 pounds a year, while turkey logs in at 15 pounds a year. We're eating more birds, but no fewer mammals.
The Harvard research is very credible, even though it is a so-called "observational" study. The highest level of proof is a "controlled trial" where half the people would eat meat and the other would not. That's obviously not practical for multi-decade dietary study. The Harvard researchers have a long track record with their observations of nurses, doctors, and other health professionals. Blood tests confirm that what people report as their diet tends to be accurate -- as are their health records.
In addition, these results neatly coincide with a decade long study published in 2009 of more than 500,000 people from the National Cancer Institute. That confirmation strengthens the argument enormously.
In an editorial in the same issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine with the Harvard study, Dr. Dean Ornish, the preventive medicine guru of the San Francisco Bay area, points out that red meat is harmful not just to our bodies, but also to the planet. It takes enormous amounts of plants, requiring energy-intensive fertilizers, to fatten cattle and pigs. Ornish cites a study finding that the amount of energy required to produce a Quarter Pounder with Cheese equals burning 7 pounds of coal.
Ornish -- who once opposed most fat in the diet -- now agrees with the Harvard group that there are "good fats," such as fish oil and vegetable oils and "bad fats," including the saturated fats found in meat and the industrially created trans fats. Ornish concludes there is an emerging consensus of what constitutes a healthy diet: little or no red meat; more "good carbs," such as those in fruits vegetables and whole grains; fewer "bad carbs," such as refined sugar, high-fructose corn syrup and white flour; more good fats and fewer bad fats. And to the extent possible, we should eat less of everything, especially junk food.
Those conclusions, the product of decades of many big research projects, will likely stand for a long time. So, we know what a healthy diet is. The question is: Will our taste buds and will power allow us to stay with it?
Bon appétit.
Robert Bazell is NBC's chief science and medical correspondent. Follow him on Facebook and on Twitter @RobertBazellNBC
Enjoy your daily burger without killing yourself


Supreme Vinegar Wins International Award - That Creative Guy | Branding. Visual. Design. Expert.
It's such a great feeling when your client does something awesome with their product after you've helped them develop a strong brand image!
Supreme Vinegar won a Silver Award in a blind taste test at the ONLY international vinegar competition in the world, held in Cordoba, Spain. The 2017 Vinavin International Vinegar Competition (Vinavin Plata) is a binannual competition held by Vinavin which is an association of wine and vinegar experts in Spain. They were the only non-European entrant to win an award!
So, why is professional branding important? Supreme Vinegar's brand will be the face of his product, represent who he is and put on display the high quality of his product to those NEW and interested consumers that enjoy wine and vinegar making. From their print to web design, the consistency of their brand will make a HUGE impact.
Check out the Vinavin website for more information and this Tweet from the taste test.
Check out the Supreme Vinegar brand identity system.


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Turn-key
Ranchlands is a fourth-generation family ranching business that owns large-scale cattle and bison ranching operations and manages properties for ranch owners. Our goal is to preserve ecosystems through a profitable business model grounded in our ranching heritage.
We began on the Chico Basin Ranch in 1999, when Duke Phillips III acquired the lease from the Colorado State Land Board. Since, Ranchlands has expanded onto other properties across the American West, including the Nature Conservancy's Zapata Ranch in Colorado's San Luis Valley, the MP Ranch in New Mexico, and the Wilder Ranch in South Dakota.
Our ranches are self sufficient, covering ongoing costs from what the land will produce. Our model increases the value of the land resource through vigilant business management and a vigorous conservation program that builds biodiversity while eliminating the out-of-pocket costs of owning a ranch.
Working and living on our ranches has always been a privilege, and we consider it our responsibility to protect the lands that support us. We view ranching as the best method for preserving the biodiversity of American grasslands at a large scale. The world is changing fast, and we view the growing public concern for environmental land management issues not as a threat, but as an opportunity for ranchers and environmentalists to combine resources and knowledge to become better stewards and breathe new life into the ranching industry.
Ranchlands specializes in providing ranch management services to ranch owners with ambitious conservation objectives who wish to emphasize a high environmental ethic on their properties. Our services include: strategic advisement, oversight of ranch owners' business interests, and turn-key management, including livestock, administration, staffing, equipment and tools, and financing.
These services are an outgrowth of our ongoing, direct involvement in managing our own ranching businesses. They also pool the knowledge that has evolved from our close working relationships with organizations such as Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, The Nature Conservancy, and The Quivira Coalition.
Our philosophy is that, over the long term, the real estate value of a ranch should be appreciating through professional asset management and that the livestock operations should cover the cost of owning and managing the ranch asset, maintaining infrastructure and facilities, and implementing a highly focused conservation program.
When assuming management of a property, we begin by creating a detailed management plan that focuses on the health of the land, using cattle as an important tool to accomplish our objectives. Our business structure offers owners a hassle-free ownership experience that facilitates full enjoyment of their property with no out-of-pocket expense.
Our business model operates on the premise that a livestock operation pays for the cost of owning the land asset and the maintenance of the facilities and infrastructure, and it provides the income and platform to implement a high conservation standard. Ranchlands will create a business structure focused on the owner's specific objectives that includes a detailed reporting process outlining progress toward conservation and other established objectives.
If the ranch owner is interested, Ranchlands will create a study that explores the opportunities to develop land-based businesses with the objective of generating a return on investment. In addition to hospitality, hunting and fishing, ecotourism, and the arts, business opportunities can include ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, wetland mitigation banking, and conservation easements. Ranchlands will then initiate and provide management for that plan if desired.
The development of recreational amenities such as hunting, fishing, horseback, and hospitality programs can serve as an important source of income and marketing exposure for a ranch. Using our experience with each of these programs at our existing ranches, Ranchlands can create a business plan to develop appropriate recreational and hospitality amenities at new properties, which Ranchlands can staff and manage on behalf of the owner.
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Suggested Reading December 14, 2022
December 14, 2022 December 6, 2022 Linda Reimer
Hi everyone, here are our recommended reads for the week!
*More information on the three catalogs and available formats is found at the end of the list of recommended reads*
Weekly Suggested Reading postings are now published on Wednesdays.
And we are getting closer to the end of the year (how did that happen so fast?!), the suggested reading posts for this month will feature some of the most popular and critically acclaimed titles published in 2022.
And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, December 21, 2022.
Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
The latest novel from Nobel laureate Gurnah resists categorization. As a breathtaking historical account, this underscores decades-long horrors of war, displacement, slavery, and colonial conquest. Yet Gurnah also intimately captures luminous facets of humanity through unique characters, each with a rich personal background and attention-grabbing, often humorous, sometimes disturbing idiosyncrasies. Ultimately, in this story of a love that transcends pain, suffering, tragedy, and misfortune, Gurnah constructs a remarkable portrait of tenderness, deep affection, and longing that stretches over time and across continents. Set in colonial East Africa in the early twentieth century, the book centers on Hamza, who volunteers as an askari (local soldier) fighting for German colonial troops. After recovering from a debilitating injury, Hamza flees to his old home. He secures work and meets Afiya, who was rescued by her brother, Ilyas, from a terrifyingly abusive childhood and a life of oppressive and violent servitude. As Hamza and Afiya begin their courtship and find love, Ilyas, who also volunteered as an askari, has disappeared, perhaps as a casualty of war. While Ilyas' whereabouts remain unknown, Afiya discovers, through Hamza's old war contacts, priceless information regarding her long-lost but never-forgotten brother. Absorbing, powerful, and enduring, Afterlives is an extraordinary reading experience by one of the great writers of our time. –Booklist Review
The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake
(Available Formats: Print Book)
Following the events of The Atlas Six (2020), Blake returns readers to the elite Alexandrian Society's second year of study for the strongest, most powerful medeians in the world. Libby Rhodes is gone, and the five initiates who remain have promised to find her. Their search for Libby is not as straightforward as it seems when it appears the question is not where Libby Rhodes is but when. Between a sentient library with an agenda of its own, shifting alliances, and a caretaker who is increasingly hostile to the initiates, the group struggles to come together to find Libby and reestablish their own lives in the outside world, all while being hunted by the mysterious Forum, the Alexandrian Society's rival. The society's initiates are incredibly powerful yet incredibly flawed human beings, demonstrating Blake's masterful skills at characterization. Fantasy fans will not be disappointed by the complex and varied magic system that relies more on solid scientific principals than do other series treading similar ground. Blake has built a unique and interesting dark-academia fantasy full of intrigue and suspense. HIGH-
DEMAND BACKSTORY: Dark academia is hot right now, and readers have been clamoring for more since 2020's viral, best-selling The Atlas Six, so expect lots of holds. –Booklist Reivew
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
Wilkerson debuts with a shining family saga that stretches from the 1960s Caribbean to present-day Southern California. After septuagenarian Eleanor Bennett dies, her lawyer plays a lengthy message she has recorded for her children Byron and Benny. The siblings have made for uneasy company with each other since a rift grew between them—Byron, the oldest, is laser-focused on his career, while his sister Benny is drifting. They knew their mother as a stern presence and an accomplished swimmer from somewhere in the Caribbean (who was also known to bake a rum and port soaked "black cake" from an old family recipe), but neither is prepared for what they learn from the recording. Eleanor is in fact Coventina "Covey" Lyncook, who was married off to a gangster named Little Man in 1965 by her debt-ridden father. At the wedding, Little Man drops dead, poisoned. Covey runs from the scene and, knowing she will be suspected of murder, swims away from the island. At first shocked by the revelations, Byron and Benny reconcile, and their mother's instructions to share a black cake she'd left in the freezer "when the time is right" take on great poignancy. Wilkerson offers superb descriptions of Covey's homeland, from the tension between those who speak patois and those who believe in the superiority of standard English, to sensual descriptions of food, surfing, and coastal terrain. Readers will adore this highly accomplished effort from a talented new writer. –Publishers Weekly Review
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins-Reid
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
A retired tennis player returns to the game to defend her Grand Slam record. Carrie Soto is the best tennis player in the world, and she knows it. Her father, Javier, is a former tennis champion himself, and he's dedicated his life to coaching her. By the time she retires in 1989, she holds the record for winning 20 Grand Slam singles titles. But then, in 1994, Nicki Chan comes along. Nicki is on the verge of breaking Carrie's record, and Carrie decides she can't let that happen: She's coming out of retirement, with her father coaching her, to defend her record…and her reputation. Carrie was never a friendly player, preferring to focus on both a brutal game and brutal honesty, and now the media has a field day with her return to the sport as a 37-year-old. At times, it seems like everyone is waiting for her to fail, but when Carrie wants something, she doesn't give up easily. Along the way, she reconnects with Bowe Huntley, a 39-year-old tennis player she once had a fling with. Now they need to help each other train, but Carrie quickly realizes she might need him for more than just tennis–if she can let herself be vulnerable for the first time in her life. Reid writes about the game with suspense, transforming a tennis match into a page-turner even for readers who don't care about sports. Will Carrie win? And, more importantly, will she finally make time for a life outside of winning? Reid has scored another victory and created another memorable heroine with Carrie Soto, a brash, often unlikable character whose complexity makes her leap off the page. Sports commentators may call her "The Battle Axe" or worse, but readers will root for her both on and off the court. A compulsively readable look at female ambition. –Kirkus Review
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
DEBUT Tan's epic fantasy (the first in a duology) draws on the mythology of Chang'e, the Chinese goddess of the moon. Protagonist Xingyin has only ever known a life of solitude on the moon with her mother and trusted servants. She's unaware that her mother is in exile, for stealing the Celestial Emperor's elixir of life and transforming into the Moon Goddess. Xingyin's existence has been kept hidden, until her magic flares and the Emperor investigates; she's forced to run away to the beautiful, secretive Celestial Kingdom. Hiding her identity becomes second nature to Xingyin, even when she becomes study partner and servant to the Celestial Crown Prince. As Xingyin searches for a way to free her mother from exile, she must also face battles of honor, love, and sacrifice; following her heart could destroy the kingdom she has been trained to protect.
VERDICT An exquisitely detailed fantasy with a strong, vulnerable protagonist. The intimate prose makes Tan's wonderful debut an immersive experience; share with fans of Shelley Parker-Chan and Katherine Arden. –Starred Library Journal Review
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
In this powerful story from the Pulitzer Prize-winning Brooks, an enslaved groom named Jarrett leads the bay foal he's bonded with to record-shattering racing victories across the 1850s South. During the Civil War, the two meet up dangerously with an itinerant artist who's won fame with his many paintings of the stunning racehorse. A gallery owner in 1950s New York becomes fascinated with the paintings, but it's not until 2019 that a Nigerian American art historian uncovers the true story of the horse and groom and links up with a Smithsonian scientist who's studying the horse's bones to learn the secret of its extraordinary endurance. Based on the true story of a racehorse named Lexington and sure to attract a wide range of readers. –Library Journal Review
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)
Escoffery's vibrant and varied debut, a linked collection, chronicles the turbulent fate of a Jamaican American family in Miami. Trelawny, the main character in most of the entries, is the younger of two sons. He questions where his light skin places him within America's racial categories and where he fits into family hierarchy: "You want to prove your father bet on the wrong son," Trelawny narrates in the title story, addressing his father's favorable treatment of his older brother, Delano, an arborist and musician. "In Flux" recounts Trelawny's liberal arts education as he leaves Miami and attends college in the colder, and more racially homogenous, Midwest. "Odd Jobs," "Independent Living," and the title story center on the strange and ethically dubious gigs Trelawny takes to survive, including a running stint as a voyeur for a rich Miami couple, asking himself all the while: "What kind of employee are you? And just what kind of man?" Two stories exert a thrilling dramatic pull: In "Splashdown," Trelawny's cousin Cukie learns the lobster trapping trade, and something darker, from his estranged father; and "If He Suspected He'd Get Someone Killed…" follows Delano rushing to secure a bucket truck and a tree-trimming contract before a dangerous storm arrives. This charged work keeps a tight hold on the reader. –Starred Publishers Weekly Review
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
Pulitzer-winning journalist Yong (I Contain Multitudes) reveals in this eye-opening survey animals' world through their own perceptions. Every animal is "enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble," he writes, or its own "perceptual world." Yong's tour covers vision (mantis shrimp have "12 photoreceptor classes"), sound (birds, researchers suggest, hear in a similar range as humans but they hear faster), and nociception, the tactile sense that sends danger signals (which is so widespread that it exists among "creatures separated by around 800 million years of evolution"). There are a wealth of other senses outside the standard five: sea turtles have two magnetic senses, electric fish generate currents to "sense their surroundings" as well as to communicate with each other, and the platypus's sensitive bill gives it what scientists think may be "electrotouch." Yong ends with a warning against light and sound pollution, which can confuse and disturb animals' lives, and advocation that "natural sensescapes" ought to be preserved and restored. He's a strong writer and makes a convincing case against seeing the world as only humans do: "By giving in to our preconceptions, we miss what might be right in front of us. And sometimes what we miss is breathtaking." This is science writing at its best. – Publishers Weekly Review
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
Edgar finalist Raybourn (the Speedwell series) makes a dazzling excursion out of the Victorian era with this uproarious contemporary thriller. Billie, Mary Alice, Natalie, and Helen have been a cozy quartet of "avenging goddesses" for more than 40 years, one of the "most elite assassin squads on earth," recruited in late 1978 by an "extra governmental" organization called the Museum. Soon after they're forced to go on an all-expenses-paid retirement cruise in the Caribbean, they discover they've apparently been targeted for death by the Museum board. They immediately go into investigative overdrive, relying on their expert training and experiences to uncover the means and motives behind their potential demise. Flashbacks to several of their high-profile cases, including a Zanzibar hit on an aging baroness that comes back to haunt Billie, keep the reader guessing. Colorful regional details and vividly portrayed secondary characters flesh out this rollicking tale. Fans of Helen Tursten and Richard Osman will relish watching these badass women in their 60s ("no one notices you unless you want them to," Billie observes) swing into action. Raybourn has outdone herself. –Publishers Weekly Review
Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score
Bearded, bad-boy barber Knox prefers to live his life the way he takes his coffee: Alone. Unless you count his basset hound, Waylon.
Knox doesn't tolerate drama, even when it comes in the form of a stranded runaway bride.
Naomi wasn't just running away from her wedding. She was riding to the rescue of her estranged twin to Knockemout, Virginia, a rough-around-the-edges town where disputes are settled the old-fashioned way with fists and beer. Usually in that order.
Too bad for Naomi her evil twin hasn't changed at all. After helping herself to Naomi's car and cash, Tina leaves her with something unexpected. The niece Naomi didn't know she had. Now she's stuck in town with no car, no job, no plan, and no home with an 11-year-old going on thirty to take care of.
There's a reason Knox doesn't do complications or high-maintenance women, especially not the romantic ones. But since Naomi's life imploded right in front of him, the least he can do is help her out of her jam. And just as soon as she stops getting into new trouble he can leave her alone and get back to his peaceful, solitary life. At least, that's the plan until the trouble turns to real danger.
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Have you ever wondered how some people wake up happy, vibrant and full of life? You know who I am talking about!! Those crazy people who are bursting with endless energy, productive ninjas, fearless confidence, and passionate about life. They seem to glide through the day on autopilot as a force to be reckoned with.
And no matter what happens, nothing seems to phase them. They're a beacon of joy and energy, and as a result, people are naturally drawn to the positivity they radiate. What makes these people different from the rest of us is NOT a "natural ability" or an inherent talent that they were born with. They possess no clear advantage over anyone else.
The difference is that they've made a CHOICE to be this way. These people have DECIDED to live their life the way they want and have cultivated a consistent, daily ritual that makes them the way that they are. You are what you repeatedly do every day. You are defined by your RITUALS – what you do on a consistent basis.
If you're always miserable, unhappy, anxious, living in fear, etc… it's because you have RITUALS that may not even be aware of, that are creating these emotions in your body on a consistent basis. You've literally TRAINED yourself to be this way through practice and conditioning. Can you change? YES. Can you be happy, confident, and passionate each day? YES. How? SIMPLE, YOU MAKE THE DECISION TO CHANGE.
As a business owner I have come to realise that you have to manage yourself, before you manage your business. Ultimately your business is a reflection of you and to inspire your team, you need to be able to lead by example.
…that's life and I guess what I have learnt is that s*** happens and you can either dwell on it, or you can accept it for what it is, you draw a line under something that has gone awry and focus on getting back on track ASAP. So here are the steps I take to lead a life that is continuing to improve for me and enables me to have a lot more better days than bad days. I have always had the drive to be the best version of myself. I believe we only have one chance at this life and I want to live the best possible life I can.
I want to share with you below my ENTIRE "MORNING" RITUAL – what I do every single day to set myself up to win.
How you start the day is how you end the day. On a good morning I was already doing 2-3 of the SAVERS but something was missing. That constant battle with my inner ego and self-doubts were not being addressed. That's where Silence, Affirmations and Visualization have come to the rescue.
Silence. Each morning after I wake, I get up and have a large glass of water with a slice of lemon . For most of us, our bodies are severely dehydrated the moment we wake up. Your cells not only need oxygen, but water as well. 70% of your body is made up of water, and so it only makes sense to fully hydrate your body so that it can be start off the day at a peak level. And don't just drink a sip of water – literally down 1-2 glasses. You have no idea how much your body needs it.
After that, I sit down on my living room sofa in silence for 5-10 minutes. At first I focused on my breathing but just recently I started using the app called Headspace which has been really helpful in quieting the noise in my head and being able to give me more clarity.
Starting my day off with silence in meditation has become my way of taking control of the day. I'd usually just jump to my computer and start checking email. In my silence, tons of ideas and thoughts pass through as I acknowledge them and let them fly by. Between focusing on my breathing and following the guided meditation of Headspace, I've ended my sessions very relaxed and refreshed instead of the frantic and reactionary approach to my emails.
Affirmations. Following my silence, I go to my affirmations. According to Success Consciousness, affirmations are aimed to affect the conscious and subconscious mind. The words composing your affirmation, automatically and involuntarily, bring up related mental images into the mind, which could inspire, energize and motivate you. Repeating affirmations affect the subconscious mind, which in turn, influences behaviour, habits, actions and reactions.
Reading these over and over helps me battle that inner ego and has helped me in gaining further clarity on why and what I want to achieve and what it will be like when I've reached my goals. As someone who constantly self-doubted himself, this exercise has quickly become my favorite part of my miracle day – I say "Miracle Day" because I have adapted the process so that it fits with me. In the book it actually says to adapt it to fit what works for you but recommends following it as outlined.
Visualization. Once I've finished my affirmations I take 3-5 minutes to visualize what it will be like when I've accomplished these things. I think about what it will feel like when I've reached my financial or health goals and more. I've found the most important part of the visualizing process is not only visualizing what it will be like when you've reached the goals, but what it looks like on your way to the goals.
For example, I have one goal to get our new studio sessions full. So, I visualize the each session we run in the studio full of happy clients working towards their goals and high fiving each other at the end of the session. For me visualization has been more about visualizing the work needed to get there as it makes it less scary and less of an obstacle.
Reading. Here is an example where you'll realize you don't have to do these things in order. I prefer to sit down at the end of the day after the girls have gone to bed to and take out a book and read for about 10-25 minutes. This really helps get my mind firing back up, giving me ideas and helps me read more books which was one of my goals. I find I am able to read at least 10 pages of a good book a day. Through this simple act, I've read hundreds of books. And I have so many more sitting on my shelf to read and go through.
I like reading books that will help me at the current state of my life that I'm in – whether it's self-help, spirituality, health/fitness, finance, business, biographies, etc… anything that will improve the quality of my life. By the way, 10 pages a day equates to 300 pages a month – that's a book a month, 12 books a year! Think about how much better you'll be in your life and the results you'll produce just by making this simple action a daily habit.
Exercise. This one was going to be tough for me because I don't like working out in the morning. Thankfully, when I realized how customizable The Miracle Morning was it really helped. As you will see I prefer to have a "Miracle Day" as opposed to a Miracle Morning. The goal here is to get your blood flowing.
Scribing (or journaling) I have known for a while that journaling was beneficial and is a practice performed by every successful individual I admire. There are a variety of apps you can use such as Day One (for Macs), Journey (for Android) or Penzu (which can be used on iPhone and Android devices). I prefer to sit down and write in a physical journal and use a Self Journal.
As part of my journaling process (which I perform at the end of each day), I review my tasks for the following day and identify the ONE Thing that MUST get done that day or I would have otherwise been disappointed.
Once I have completed the Morning Portion of my Miracle "Morning", I like to get myself a cup of steaming hot coffee (I drink a healthy coffee called Organo) and then I set out to attack my day. Make It Your Own Miracle Morning or Miracle Day. Now, it's important to know that you can make it your own. You can do them out of order or do each for a shorter period of time.
The Author of the Miracle Morning, Hal Elrod states that he does each of the SAVERS for 10 minutes each morning, but he even shares a 6-minute miracle morning in the book as well.
As part of my journaling process (which I perform at the end of each day), I review my tasks for the following day and identify the ONE Thing that MUST get done that day or I would have otherwise been disappointed. Once I have completed the Morning Portion of my Miracle "Morning", I like to get myself a cup of steaming hot coffee (I drink a healthy coffee called Organo) and then I set out to attack my day. Make It Your Own Miracle Morning or Miracle Day.
Now, it's important to know that you can make it your own. You can do them out of order or do each for a shorter period of time. The Author of the Miracle Morning, Hal Elrod states that he does each of the SAVERS for 10 minutes each morning, but he even shares a 6-minute miracle morning in the book as well. This is what works for me and it's based on things that I've learned over the years, so it may be completely different for you.
Just use mine as an example, take what works, and discard what doesn't. The key is to make sure you COMMIT TO IT NO MATTER WHAT. I suggest doing a 30-day Challenge where you commit to doing something like this every day for 30 days straight, or perhaps even try it for a week. If you actually do take the time to do this each day, I guarantee you that your life will transform and go beyond to a level you've never before imagined for yourself.
And in my honest opinion, NOTHING you do throughout the day is more important than doing something like this for yourself. Give yourself this gift – you deserve it. The truth is, you already have a morning ritual that you may not even be aware of. It could be you wake up, drink coffee, turn on the news, check your e-mail, or visit Facebook.
But, are those things really empowering you? Are they nurturing your body, making you happier, or bringing you closer towards the vision of who you want to be? If the answer is "No" and you're looking for a change, then perhaps this is for you. Have a FANTASTIC DAY!


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Putin's visit to China set to bolster ties
Putin moves to boost ties with China amid Russia-West crisis over Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) -- Amid a bitter crisis in relations with the West over Ukraine, Russia's President Vladimir Putin is moving to bolster ties with China.
Putin said in an interview with the Chinese media released by the Kremlin Monday, a day before his trip to Shanghai, that Russia sees relations with China as a top priority.
He said that a deal on Russian natural gas exports to China is close to being signed , adding that it would allow Russia to diversify its export routes and let China meet its growing demand for energy.
Russia, which sends the bulk of its gas exports to the European Union, has been locked for years in difficult talks on a new gas contract with China. Moscow sped up work on the deal amid the Ukrainian crisis.


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Q: CABasicAnimation Does Not End Smoothly I've the following extension for UIView to perform a buzz animation.
The animation is working fine although the ending is not smooth. For the final animation count, UIView goes center.x - 40 and returns to center.x harshly.
I couldn't get it to make an ending in a smooth manner. How can I achieve this?
extension UIView {
    func buzz() {
        let animation = CABasicAnimation(keyPath: "position")

        animation.duration = 0.4
        animation.repeatCount = 2
        animation.autoreverses = true
        animation.fromValue = NSValue(cgPoint: CGPoint(x: self.center.x - 40.0, y: self.center.y))
        animation.toValue = NSValue(cgPoint: CGPoint(x: self.center.x + 40.0, y: self.center.y))
        animation.timingFunction = CAMediaTimingFunction(name: kCAMediaTimingFunctionEaseInEaseOut)

        layer.add(animation, forKey: "position")
    }
}

A: before you do the animation, you need to set the layer's position to where it will be once the animation completes.  That's because the animation runs separately on a different layer which goes away once it completes.


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module Automation
  class Forms::Automation
    include Virtus.model
    extend ActiveModel::Naming
    include ActiveModel::Conversion
    include ActiveModel::Validations
    include ActiveModel::Validations::Callbacks

    attribute :id, String
    attribute :type, String
    attribute :name, String
    attribute :repository, String
    attribute :repository_credentials, String
    attribute :repository_credentials_removed, Boolean
    attribute :repository_authentication_enabled, Boolean
    attribute :repository_revision, String, default: 'master'
    attribute :tags, String # JSON
    attribute :timeout, Integer, default: 3600

    # chef
    attribute :run_list, String # Array[String]
    attribute :chef_attributes, String # JSON
    attribute :log_level, String
    attribute :chef_version, String
    attribute :debug, Boolean

    # script
    attribute :path, String
    attribute :arguments, String # Array[String]
    attribute :environment, String # JSON

    strip_attributes

    # validation
    validates_presence_of :name, :repository, :repository_revision, :type, :timeout

    def persisted?
      false
    end

    def save(automation_service)
      if valid?
        persist!(automation_service)
      else
        false
      end
    end

    def update(automation_service)
      if valid?
        update!(automation_service)
      else
        false
      end
    end

    # def update_repository_credentials(automation_service)
    #   update!(automation_service, false)
    # end

    private

    def persist!(automation_service)
      # Rest call for creating a autoamtion
      automation = automation_service.new
      begin
        automation.form_to_attributes(attributes)
      rescue JSON::ParserError => e
        # catch chef attributes json parse error
        errors.add 'chef_attributes'.to_sym, e.inspect
        return false
      end

      success = automation.save!
      if !success || !automation.errors.blank?
        messages = automation.errors.blank? ? {} : automation.errors
        assign_errors(messages)
      end
      success
    end

    def update!(automation_service)
      automation = automation_service.find(id)
      begin
        automation.form_to_attributes(attributes)

        # update credentials section
        if automation.repository_credentials_removed
          # credentials should be removed
          automation.attributes[:repository_credentials] = ""
          automation.attributes.reject!{ |k,v| k == 'repository_authentication_enabled' || k == 'repository_credentials_removed'}
        elsif automation.repository_credentials.blank?
          # credentials hasn't been changed
          automation.attributes.reject!{ |k,v| k == 'repository_authentication_enabled' || k == 'repository_credentials' || k == 'repository_credentials_removed'}
        else
          # credentials has been changed
          automation.attributes.reject!{ |k,v| k == 'repository_authentication_enabled' || k == 'repository_credentials_removed'}
        end

      rescue JSON::ParserError => e
        # catch chef attributes json parse error
        errors.add 'chef_attributes'.to_sym, e.inspect
        return false
      end
      success = automation.save!
      if !success || !automation.errors.blank?
        messages = automation.errors.blank? ? {} : automation.errors
        assign_errors(messages)
      end
      success
    end

    def assign_errors(messages)
      messages.each do |key, value|
        value.each do |item|
          errors.add key.to_sym, item
        end
      end
    end
  end
end


To demonstrate that both severe acute malnutrition and stunting can be tackled simultaneously through the health system in Tanzania.
2.7 million children in Tanzania are stunted and 106,000 suffer from severe acute malnutrition, also known as severe wasting.
This programme will test the hypothesis that lower costs and better impact can be achieved when you tackle severe acute malnutrition and stunting simultaneously through the health system– something which has not been done before in Tanzania.
The programme will support community health workers and health facility staff to deliver a targeted bundle of interventions to mothers and children under five to prevent stunting. At the same time it will identify, refer, treat, and follow-up with cases of severe acute malnutrition in the community and in facilities.
Social and behaviour change communication will be used at the community level to generate demand for services and influence harmful social norms by improving knowledge, attitudes and practice on maternal nutrition, and infant and young child feeding practices.
It is hoped that new evidence generated by the programme will influence the revision of national protocols for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition and countries that have a high double burden of stunting and wasting will also benefit from this experience.
Between December 2015 and November 2019, the programme intends to reach up to 784,000 pregnant and lactating women, 577,000 children under two years and 7,600 wasted children under the age of five.
Programme offices have been established in the two regions: Ruvuma and Simiyu. Relationships with the local governments have been formalised through MOUs. Programme staff are now in place.
Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) completed a baseline survey, which included an assessment of Knowledge Attitude and Practices around infant and young child feeding.
CUAMM completed a 'needs & bottlenecks' assessment in 81 health facilities and 72 villages in the two regions. The assessment identified a number of service delivery challenges which informed the programme design.
Health care and community health workers have been trained on prevention, early detection, referral and follow up of undernourished children. Over 600 master trainers and field supervisors were involved.
Treatment units for rehabilitation of children affected by severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have been established in seven district level health facilities. The units are also equipped with nutrition assessment equipment and therapeutic supplies.
An advocacy strategy on prioritisation of nutrition at local government level was agreed. An implementation plan was established. Consequently CUAMM has joined the Partnership for Nutrition in Tanzania (PANITA), a recognised Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) CSO network with over 300 organisations with vision to advocate for reduction of child undernutrition.


I am, without a doubt, ridiculously and overwhelmingly serious about my food.
I enjoy discovering new places to eat. I enjoy preparing a meal. I even look forward to the annual tryptophan-filled Thanksgiving feast. Simply put, I love good food. Thus, when I started reflecting on our theme of living full, I almost immediately think of food! One day, I might write on exercising, but it might be a while.
In March, I traveled home to Seattle for a much needed vacation. In preparation for my three-week trip, I made three lists: a packing list, the people I needed to see, and the restaurants I needed to patronize. My foodie "hit list" was made up of all of my favorite places to eat in the Greater Seattle area. I was a woman on a mission.
The Bible tells a number of stories involving food. Feasts and meals are scattered all over the old and new testaments, poignantly accenting meaningful human encounters. A good part of Jesus' ministry either involved creating meals or was set during a meal. One of my favorite moments involved Jesus looking up at a ridiculous looking man perched on a branch of a sycamore tree. To the people of the city, the tree climber was a disgrace. Worse, he was a thief and a traitor. He was a Roman lapdog. People refused to associate with him, let alone share a meal with him. It is probably safe to assume that he was used to lonely meals for one. (Ancient Israel's version of a microwave dinner.) Jesus, a respected teacher, miracle-maker, and traveling speaker, stood under the tree and declared that he was coming to dine at Zaccheus' house.
At that time, dining with someone communicated relationship. Not entirely different from today's high school cafeteria laws, the people you eat with determine your social status. Jesus was making a gasp-inducing statement that clearly identified himself with Zacchus' unsavory status. To the first century Jews, Jesus was committing social suicide. I see this as something beautiful. Jesus dined with sinners, prostitutes, and tax collectors. His message of grace was communicated clearly even through his meals.
When I was growing up, my family did not eat meals together. Sometimes we would eat together, but most of the times those meals were either hurried or set in front of the television set. We were not unlike the Wormwoods from Roald Dahl's Matilda. We were just very busy and there was not enough space and not enough time. We had very busy, very different schedules. I took it as the norm until I went to college. In my first year of college, I was blessed with brother and sister floor friends who always ate together. We would all come into the dining hall together for dinner around 5 PM and wouldn't leave until the workers kicked us out. The food wasn't all that appealing, but the conversations were priceless. This was the first time I really had regular family dinners. I was part of a family. We shared our lives with each other over limitless chocolate milk.
Fast forward a few years from Jesus' encounter with Zaccheus. Peter had just delivered a powerful message at the day of Pentecost. The number of Jesus followers was overwhelming. This new spirit-birthed community was the church. They didn't have pews or stages. They didn't have electric guitars and theatre-style seating. They didn't have full-color bulletins or stained glass windows. They didn't have the little taste-less crackers and cute little juice cups.
A mismatched group gathered together at a merchant's home. Sitting around the table was the Greek merchant, next to him his slave. Next to the slave, the wife of a Roman official. Next to her, a Jewish fisherman. The people reclining around the table came from very different backgrounds; they had very different stories. Yet, they came together as one church, telling one story, eating one meal. One family.
Sharing meals with people is more about the people than it is about the food.
Sharing a meal with someone opens a door for us to share a funny story, our life stories, our lives. Somehow, when we eat with people, we let our guard down. We are much more open, and sometimes even gloriously vulnerable with each other when we share meals with them. Conversations about the messy yet delicious happenings in life can appropriately match messy yet delicious tacos de carnitas. Sharing meals with people becomes opportunities for us not just to extend hospitality, but to extend grace. The gesture calls people family and embraces differences. The gesture celebrates stories and life and hope. As Christians, sharing a meal with fellow believers is how we truly celebrate the Lord's sacrifice. It is the way we remember our story, Jesus' story.
Back to my grand food adventure story. As soon as I arrived in Seattle, I found myself in a huge game of matching between the list of people and the list of restaurants. Almost miraculously, I ended up completing both of those lists. While I celebrated my accomplishments, I had something resembling an epiphany.
As much as I love food, it occurred to me that what I love about it has to do with much more than my taste buds and my appetite. The stories heard, the laughter shared, the cultures explored bring richness to life. The food itself might be perishable, but the relationships forged over good meals are imperishable.


Yesterday, Gordon Brown missed the official signing of the EU Treaty officially because of a "diary clash", but more likely because he didn't want to be seen by the British public to be signing away our veto on European matters. Unfortunately instead of being snapped alongside his EU counterparts, he was caught on camera signing over powers to Brussels in a room by himself later on. The Government has tried to downplay the significance of the EU Treaty but as I have highlighted before on this blog, it is quite clearly the Constitution in all but name. The Prime Minister has refused thus far to allow British people to have a referendum on the Treaty - probably because he knows he'll lose it. You can join the cross-party campaign for a referendum by signing the petition HERE.
The European Project needs a constitution; much of its terms are sensible and move the European project onwards. That Gordon Brown chose to sidle in by himself to endorse the treaty demonstrates poverty of political leadership, however, the Tories continue to be disingenuous about Europe - why don't you campaign to come out of the EC altogether? After all, isn't that what you really want to do?
I think I now know how he felt!
If we cannot get the promised Referendum, we might indeed -- after the next General Election (whose outcome now seems almost certain) -- have to seriously consider offering the people of this country the option to pull out.
However I wouldn't put that on the table unless it becomes necessary. We might just get our Referendum in the end, and we can then see where that takes us in terms of options.
One thing is certain: this country must not hand over its sovereignty without the formal approval of its people: no national Government has ever been elected with the authority to do so.


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Kia Naimo electric concept unveiled at the 2011 Seoul Auto Show
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The Kia Naimo electric concept car made its world premiere at the 2011 Seoul Motor Show on March 31, 2011. Naimo is derived from the Korean,word "Ne-mo", (pronounced 'Neh-mo', meaning 'square shape').
Kia Naimo Electric Concept CUV
The Naimo is an electric crossover utility vehicle (CUV) and was penned by Kia's international design team in Seoul.
The boxy design features a few striking elements, such as the wraparound windscreen and asymmetric sunroof design, and the front and rear dot-style LED head- and positioning-lamps.
Ensuring that you realize this is only a concept, Kia's design elected to omit traditional wiper blade on the windshield, instead it uses a high-intensity air jet at the base of the windscreen that performs an 'air wiper' function. Conventional door mirrors have also been replaced with miniature cameras installed in the A-pillars.
Inside the Naimo Korean oak is used to trim the interior door panels and the entire interior floor, Korean "Han-ji" paper is used for the head lining. Alongside these traditional elements sit modern features such as a TOLED (transparent organic light emitting diode) display instrument panel and full device connectivity.
"Naimo is a perfect balance of innovation, high-tech and Korean tradition. It was heavily inspired by the purity and grace of traditional Korean arts and crafts, but combines this with cutting edge technologies to deliver a truly premium experience," comments Kia Motors' Chief Design Officer, Peter Schreyer.
The third electric vehicle design to be unveiled by Kia Motors Corporation in a year, the 3.9-meter long Naimo concept explores the practicalities of introducing a zero-emissions, five-door, four-seater city car into a future niche market.
The Naimo's wheelbase, width and height (2,647, 1,844 and 1,589 mm respectively) – plus the short overhangs which place a wheel at each corner – ensure that the cabin provides exceptional head, leg and shoulder room for the occupants.
The concept car has no B-pillars and features rear-hinged rear doors to maximize easy access to the cabin, and a three-way split opening trunk, allows versatile access to the load bay for varying luggage sizes.
On teh technical side, power comes from a PMSM (Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor) electric motor with a maximum output of 80 kW (109 ps) and maximum torque of 280 Nm, enabling Naimo to reach a top speed of 150 kph (93 mph). A twin-pack 27 kWh battery is located under the trunk floor. The Naimo uses the latest technology LiPoly (Lithium Ion Polymer) batteries that offers numerous advantages over other battery types. Equipped with this battery, Naimo provides a driving range of 200 km (124 miles) on a single charge. To enhance range, the showcar is fitted with special low-drag 20-inch diameter alloy wheels.
A quick recharging cycle (50 kW) allows the Naimo's battery to be recharged to 80 percent of its capacity within 25 minutes. Under the normal cycle (3.3 kW), 100 percent power is attained after five and a half hours.
Naimo will join Kia's growing test fleet of hybrid, electric and fuel-cell vehicles being extensively driven in widely varying conditions to develop future production models with zero or significantly reduced emissions.
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U.S. Completes Pullout In Afghanistan, Leaving Chaos In Its Wake
Sydney Stewart
Thursday, August 26th: Twin bomb attacks on Kabul airport orchestrated by Isis-Khorosan result in 170 civilian deaths and 13 U.S. military fatalities. The attack was expected, but escaping citizens were too desperate to heed warnings.
Sunday, August 29th: U.S.A. strikes ISIS explosive-filled vehicle using drone technology. Ten Afghan civilians were killed, including six children, despite U.S. spokesperson reporting that "we would be deeply saddened by any potential loss of innocent life," according to New York Times.
Monday, August 30th: Unites States shoots down rockets aimed at Kabul airport.
This picture does not resemble the budding new democratic peace the U.S. claimed it would leave behind in Afghanistan. Instead, its recent actions exemplify overarching naivety and a nationalism that questions its ability to serve other countries as a global power.
U.S.A. entered Afghanistan in 2001, following the 9/11 attacks, pledging to disband Taliban forces and terrorist groups like ISIS. Later on, President Bush claimed that the U.S. was also committed to helping Afghanistan build a more democratic environment. Before United States entered, the Taliban controlled almost 90% of Afghanistan, according to the BBC. Now, they once again control the nation after the Afghan president fled in mid-August. As the U.S. leaves Afghanistan on August 31st, aside from the assassination of Osama bin Laden, it has almost nothing to show for its 20 years in the country. The Afghan forces American troops helped to train and support since 2014 were unable to hold off Taliban advances; women's freedoms and educational opportunities for which the U.S. advocated will likely be scaled back under the Taliban's strict Sharia regulations.
The independent and democratic system U.S.A. believed could thrive in Afghanistan will now be concentrated solely in the powerful hands of the Taliban, with citizens losing any political voice. Although the people of Afghanistan should be free to construct their own government, United States is too deeply involved to leave so abruptly. It is abandoning Afghanistan in the midst of large numbers of fleeing refugees, terrorist threats, and the Taliban's power vacuum, leaving these crises to other world powers to solve as American troops return home.
The U.S.' actions continue to demonstrate a prioritization of American lives over any others and a disregard for anything standing in the way of their removal. The New York Times reports that an intelligence brief this past spring predicted that "Afghanistan could fall largely under Taliban control within two to three years after the departure of international forces." Instead, this happened in fifteen days. In his July White House press conference, Joe Biden justified the removal, saying: "So, let me ask those who wanted us to stay: How many more — how many thousands more of America's daughters and sons are you willing to risk? How long would you have them stay?" The real question is: how many innocent Afghan lives is the U.S. willing to risk? Based on the last month, it seems however many it takes to ensure Americans are safe.
The United States has helped over 116,000 people out of Afghanistan as the Taliban rule has grown, according to CNBC. While this is respectable, it is the least it could do after essentially paving the way for the conditions in which the U.S. is leaving Afghanistan and does not consider all those who were unable to escape, left hanging from airplanes or clamoring at the airport doors. Although United States has now officially completed its pullout, it is essential that it continues to aid in humanitarian assistance alongside other world powers. Getting people out of the country is only the first step, as now many nations will be facing refugee crises given the large number of Afghan people trying to escape.
The U.S. should work with the United Nations to aid in refugee resettlement and accept as many refugees within its own borders as possible, given the role it played in creating the chaos. Realists believe every country prioritizes its own survival over that of all others, which is exactly what United States has done in Afghanistan. In neglecting to consider and protect non-U.S. citizens despite foreknowledge of potential damage, U.S.A. has failed to live up to its role as an international leader and can no longer be considered that blameless "city on a hill."
Sydney joined the OWP as a junior correspondent in October 2020 and became a Senior Correspondent in January 2021. Sydney is a junior at Villanova University studying Political Science and Spanish and hopes to pursue a career in foreign service and international diplomacy. She is passionate about finding innovative peaceful solutions to global issues and believes in the importance and effectiveness of soft power. Sydney's specific interests include refugee crises, global hunger, and environmental change.
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As a general rule, ultra-wealthy people tend to be politically conservative. As a result, billionaire hedge fund manager George Soros is something of an aberration. Wealthy beyond imagining, the Hungary native is also famous for his support of progressive and liberal causes. Because he has supported left-leaning causes throughout his life, he has used his clout to influence elections by supporting certain candidates and opposing others. This isn't so unusual; most people, even those without vast wealth, throw their support behind one party or another. When you're as rich as Soros, however, innocent activities are easily misconstrued. However, it's more than his wealth that makes George Soros the enemy of the right.
Before looking more closely at why the right have it out for Soros, it helps to understand what an outlier he is. Most people with his kind of wealth and power support conservative politics. However, Soros has a background that is far different than that of most wealthy individuals. A native of Hungary, he fled to England with his parents during the Nazi occupation. Growing up, he saw firsthand how social injustice ruins lives, so it comes as no surprise that he has long been a champion for such issues. Unlike so many who come from nothing and end up wealthy, Soros's views haven't budged. He still remembers what it's like to be desperate, and he sincerely uses his influence to help others.
With all of that being said, it is easy to see why the right has these ideas about Soros. Any single person who possesses so much wealth and power is going to be in the cross hairs of conspiracy theorists. The ironic thing about the right's opposition to Soros is that their very own party includes so many wealthy, powerful people who use their clout to support conservative causes–which is exactly what George Soros does with his influence.
Conspiracy theories abound about the Koch Brothers and others. The right only has one viable target, so it makes sense that they focus their efforts on Soros much of the time. However, they credit him with possessing far more power than he actually has. For example, in 2007, Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly ranted for almost 10 minutes about the dangers of Soros. He even went as far as to state that Soros is "off-the-charts dangerous." Just last year, Infowars published a video titled "George Soros is About to Overthrow the U.S." The craziest part is that these statements are being made in all seriousness.
Other than the fact that he is liberal and rich, why does the right have such a problem with George Soros? He not only has strong views, but he is outspoken about them. When George W. Bush was elected president during the hotly contested 2000 election, Soros became mobilized. During his first term, of course, Bush got the U.S. into the Iraq War. Soros was immediately an outspoken opponent of the war, and that didn't do him any favors among the right.
Even all of these years later, George Soros hasn't changed his ways. During the Obama administration, the billionaire was fairly quiet. There is little doubt about his opposition to all of the Republican candidates for president, but he was vehemently opposed to Donald Trump. Trump, of course, won the election and was elected president. Not surprisingly, George Soros actively supports many progressive organizations and movements that immediately took action against the newly elected president. Had this been reported, it would have been factual. Unfortunately, however, the era of fake news is upon us, which means that anything goes.
After Trump's election, protests erupted around the country. Some were positively massive, including the Women's March and the March for Science. Incredibly, rumors started almost immediately that most of the protesters at these massive protests were actually being paid by none other than George Soros. Indeed, the right painted it out like Soros didn't have access to enough people who opposed Trump but that he had to pay people to do so. Naturally, this is completely false. Again, Soros openly and actively supports many progressive causes and organizations, but he doesn't pay individual people to do his bidding like that.
There is a much darker side to the opposition to Soros than many people realize. Soros and his family had to flee Hungary during the 1940s because they feared persecution for being Jews. Sadly, anti-Semitism is still alive and well, and it has been directed at Soros through the years. The bigoted view that Jews "control the world" has been around for ages, and Soros has been cited as proof of this. Incredibly, Breitbart has even referred to Soros as an octopus, which is concerning since the Nazis used octopus imagery in their propaganda campaigns against the Jews.
Now that Trump is in office, we can expect to hear a lot more from George Soros. As an immigrant himself, Soros strongly supports the rights of migrants and refugees. Almost immediately after taking office, of course, Trump tried to put his infamous "Muslim ban" into effect. Indeed, Trump has targeted immigrants and refugees since long before he was elected, and that surely doesn't sit well with Soros. The so-called Koch Brother of the Left is sure to keep using his clout and influence to protect the most vulnerable in our society, which includes those who flee here to escape from persecution.
Considering how much the right seems to fear him, it is incredible to think of all George Soros has accomplished in his 86 years. Indeed, he is already well on his way to becoming a centenarian, which would be just another accomplishment in a long, long line of them. After fleeing Hungary with his family as a kid, Soros attended the London School of Economics, where he earned both a bachelor of science and a master's degree in philosophy. In 1969, Soros started his first hedge fund, Double Eagle. Soros Fund Management was founded the following year, and the hedge fund manager never looked back after that.
Although George Soros has made his fortune by being a savvy investor, he hasn't just hoarded his fortunes. A generous philanthropist, he has donated billions of dollars to causes that he supports through the years. For example, his Open Society Foundation, which supports social justice causes, donated more than $1.6 billion to support democratic development in Eastern Europe. Another $1.5 billion or so has been donated to support democratic reform in the United States. Given all of the turmoil in U.S. politics these days, there is little doubt that George Soros will be busy fighting back with his fortune for many years to come.


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Britain has a new ladybird species—and it is distinctly unwelcome. The Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis arrived from mainland Europe in 2004 and has rapidly established itself over large parts of south-east England. It is an invasive species, native to Asia where its range includes China, Japan, Korea and Siberia. Other recent ladybird arrivals, such as the Bryony Ladybird Epilachna argus, have largely been welcomed as an interesting and unobtrusive addition to our native fauna. This does not apply to the Harlequin, which poses a major ecological threat to native ladybird species and some other insect groups.


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Sleeps With Monsters: Forthcoming (Queer) Novels Starring (Queer) Women:
A few days before I sat down to write this post, I asked a wide range of my acquaintance on the hellsite known as Twitter whether there were any novels or novellas featuring f/f relationships or starring queer women that they knew and were looking forward to in the second half of 2019 or definitely earmarked for 2020. It turns out that there are quite a few—forty-odd, in fact.
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Rebecca Roanhorse burst onto the SFF writing scene in the last couple of years. Her "Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience" (Apex, 2017) took home the Nebula and Hugo Awards for Best Short Story, and she has also won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Her debut novel, Trail of Lightning, came out last year to wide acclaim. It has the distinction of being a post-apocalyptic novel by a Native American author about Native American (Navajo, or Diné) characters. The same is true for the sequel, Storm of Locusts, which strikes me as a stronger, leaner novel.
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Chen Qiufan is a Chinese science-fiction author whose works have won a number of awards. His short fiction has appeared in translation in Clarkesworld and Lightspeed, among other publications. His first novel, The Waste Tide, was published in China in 2013. As Waste Tide, it's now been translated into English by Ken Liu, whose translation of Cixin Liu's The Three-Body Problem won the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel, and whose fiction has won awards in its own right.
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