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In the context of results of the research which has shown that implicit beliefs about the malleability/stability of human traits play a vital role in stereotype formation and expression it was hypothesised that beliefs about stability/malleability of whole nations' traits also may influence stereotypes and attitudes toward different nations. The beliefs about stability or malleability of ones own nation or other national traits were induced and then value of stereotypes and attitudes toward other nations were measured. The participants convinced about the malleability of other nations' traits showed more positive stereotype and attitudes towards all foreign nations than those who believed that national traits are stable. Conversely participants who were convinced that their own national traits are fixed presented a more positive attitude towards other nations that those who believed that Polish characteristics may change and evolve.


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This is a drawing I did for a postcard for The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art. They wanted to make a card to publicize my show, and I tried to think of something funny that represented my years in the business. Actually, the piles of drawings should be much taller and more numerous, since I have been drawing since I was eight. But you get the idea. The cat: well, I am not a crazy cat person, although I have always had at least one cat. This little orange guy represents all the cats I've had. Dogs are equally important to me, but I really had to pick only one animal for the drawing.
In a twitter interview yesterday (yes, you heard right, a twitter interview), I was asked when I started drawing. Many of us cartoonists started when we were young as a coping mechanism. For whatever reason, many of us felt–and still feel–like we don't fit in. So drawing was a way to be busy and not look like you were feeling left out; and to get attention from the cool kids. This is still what it's like. My new book is a lot about issues of fitting in. But it is good for cartoonists to be on the fringe of society, that way we can watch everyone better.
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I'm just glad you chose a cat instead of a dog. I mean, really, the dog might eat the drawings. The cat will, at worst, choose to sit on the drawing currently in progress.


I haven't blogged in forever, well, because life. Even as I'm writing this, my toddler is destroying the pantry behind me. True story.
So much is happening around here these days. So much to catch you all up on. And that same "stuff" is what keeps me from sitting down at the computer for days at a time.
WHO THE HECK MADE LIFE SO BUSY? I want to talk to them. Stat. Or at least, write a strongly worded letter.
Anyway, I thought I'd catch you up to speed in one all-or-nothing, random post. Here goes.
Easter came and went, and I didn't write about it once. Which was hard on me.
I love holidays. And I love blogging about them. You've probably gathered that by now.
But sometimes, I just want to be IN the picture instead on the one taking it. Sometimes I want to do the craft WITH my kids instead of art directing it. And sometimes I want to dye Easter eggs like a four-year-old, instead of making the most creative egg possible.
Bottom line: Sometimes I just want to be a part of the moment. Sometimes I want to just DO LIFE instead of document it.
I made a conscious decision not to post any of our Easter crafts or activities this year. Will I regret it, for posterity sake? Jury's still out. But for now, it was definitely the best decision for me.
This blogging world, it can be hard. You love. You do. You share. And pretty soon, you feel obligated to love, do, and share. And that's not what I want for this little space of mine.
Along the way, I've vowed to post what feels right, when it feels right. And that's the best this Momma can do right now. How does that saying go?
So in that very spirit, here's our last MONTH'S (no shame) recap.
We got a lot of snow.
And this Momma had a meltdown of epic proportions. So I took a weekend away. Which is a whole 'nother post in itself.
St. Patrick's Day came and went. So we celebrated.
We enjoyed a little Spring weather. Finally.
We had Easter egg dinners. And Flashlight Easter Egg Hunts.
The Easter Bunny came. Then baskets were destroyed.
We celebrated at Grandma and Grandpa B's. It was our last holiday in the house since they are moving this year. Yep, leaving my childhood home. I can't deal. It's a whole thing.
And now we're recovering from the weekend, with a candy-hangover and a house full of head colds. Thanks, church nursery, for all that you do. But most specifically…for strengthening our immune systems!
I hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend, wherever you are. Heck, I hope you had a wonderful month! I'll try to do much better about posting. And in the meantime, if you want to keep up with our shenanigans on a daily basis…follow us on Instagram or Facebook.
Michael and I are going out this evening, so I thought a morning fiesta would be the perfect way to celebrate this day as a family.
I love making holidays special. It's kinda my thing. There's been years I've tried to "skip" the magic, when we've had a lot going on. And I've always regretted it.
This year, I knew exactly how I wanted to decorate. And when I started looking for the tablecloth, I couldn't find it anywhere.
So I set out to make my own.
This DIY tablecloth could NOT have turned out any better. It was everything I imagined, and more. And SO STINKIN' easy.
I just bought a white cotton fabric (enough to cover our round family table) along with a medium point black fabric marker.
Then late last night, I started to write. I honestly didn't even measure the spaces. I just did my best to write in a horizontal line, and made my way up the fabric. The whole project took about 45 minutes, but it was a mindless 45 minutes. In fact, I did it while watching a movie with my love.
I just love the pattern so much. And I still can't figure out why this fabric doesn't exist already?!?!
We had such a wonderful morning. My favorite part was the donuts and milk.
As for the boys? I think the balloons won out, by far.
I hope you are having a lovely Valentine's Day, wherever you are. I've got a new dress I can't wait to debut. I'll be posting pics on Instagram*, because getting all dolled up deserves a picture, right?!? Especially when you're day job means living in sweatpants.
Every now and then, you have an idea that you just HAVE to bring to life. Even if you don't have much use for it.
We already made Isaiah's classroom valentines when this idea popped into my head the other day. But I just had to make them anyway.
I've been loving the watercolor trend lately. It's made me want to return to my roots in painting…if only I had the time.
But after daydreaming about these popsicle valentines, I knew it was the perfect opportunity to pull out my paintbrush.
First of all, these are so easy to make. Even if you've never painted before, don't be afraid. If you can draw a straight line, you can paint lines in watercolor.
To start, just take your watercolor paper and begin to choose your colors. I wanted to keep mine in the warm family, because they remind me of Spring (and oh, how I'm longing for Spring.) You can keep your colors in the same family, or even make a rainbow. It's your choice. Just have fun with it.
When you're ready to paint, just wet your brush and create long strokes horizontally on the page. Use the water to lighten the colors where you wish, and slowly fade them into other colors. Do this across the entire page (or several pages if you are making more than a few of these valentines). Then set aside to dry.
Once your painting is dry, it may need some flattening. If so, just place it under some sturdy books for a few hours, then come back later to cut.
Make yourself a popsicle pattern out of regular paper (I just free-handed, doesn't have to be perfect) and use it to cut out your popsicles.
I chose to cut my bite marks after cutting the shapes, so each bite would be a bit different.
Then you're ready to stamp. I have a letter stamping set by Martha Stewart that I adore. I've used it for so many things. But if you don't have stamps, you can just as easily hand write.
After you stamp/write, just glue the popsicle sticks onto the back and you're done.
I wound up using mine for Valentine's Day teacher gifts. We just attached ice cream gift certificates to make them extra special.
As for the rest of the batch? I think I might hang them in my office just so I can stare at them. I love them THAT MUCH.
Y'all. I haven't posted consistently in weeks.
But there's just something about holidays! It's like my mind awakens. I keep thinking of ideas, dangit.* And then I just have to make them happen–or else they sit in my head and make me crazy (and that's the part where I sound insane).
My husband loves Bon Jovi, always has. So when I had this idea in the shower the other day, I knew it was a winner.
We've all heard of Sharpie mugs. I did this sweet little one for Modern Parents Messy Kids a while back, and it's still one of my favorites.
I decided to try a different method this time, though. Just for kicks.
The last one held up pretty well, but it did start to fade after several washes.
Just a note: the markers say "translucent" but they aren't if you are using them on white ceramic. I actually can't wait to test them out on some glass projects as well.
As for the process? Just like any other mug project, simply sketch out your design before-hand, then you're ready to start.
And don't fret. You can erase as you go if you aren't happy with the result. Just use a wet paper towel to clean your mistakes and try again.
I didn't focus too hard on the writing, because I wanted it to look more casual. Same goes for the arrows, and especially the red coloring. I wanted it to look hand-drawn, so imperfection was key.
Then when you're done, just bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes and let cool.
I gave it to Michael a few days early, well, because I couldn't resist.
He's been singing Bon Jovi every morning since. Coincidence?
*Believe it or not, but I have two more Valentines projects coming up this week. TWO!!! I'm a crafting fool, I tell you!
And as much as this kid loves baseball, I knew he'd be thrilled with Cracker Jack Valentines.
I also loved the idea of handing out a snack, instead of candy. Plus, a prize in every pack??? Two-fer!
I'd been brainstorming about what to do for the actual "valentine" when I came across this vintage one.
I collect vintage valentines. Did you know that? I try to add a few to my collection every year.
So when I found this one, it was LOVE at first sight. I mean c'mon, isn't it adorable? They just don't make valentines like they used to.
And it also didn't hurt that is was free to download here.
I just attached them with red and white bakers twine, then added aluminum key rings for name tags (available at any hardware store).
Tip: I always keep these key rings on hand. They are super cheap, and make the cutest gift tags any time of year.
Isaiah about died when he saw the finished product. "I'll have the coolest Valentines in class." he said.
And that right there, is the best Valentines gift I could ask for.
Love my boy. Love his happy heart.
But, to be fair, I'm just following through with my resolutions.
And let me start off by saying, I used to hate resolutions.
I just couldn't stand the idea of setting a hard and fast rule for myself that would surely be broken by week two. Because who wants to start their year feeling like a failure?
But a few years back I started lowering the stakes. And then things finally started to make sense.
I think we all want to be better in life–better wives, better moms, better sisters, daughters, or friends.
And I see resolutions as a road map to help us get there.
So every year, I set two or three of them.
Just me. Day in and day out. Trying to be better at this thing we call life.
And becoming a better person by trying.
And let me emphasize the YOU.
Moms tend to put everyone else's needs before our own–sometimes without even realizing it. I can't even count the amount of times I've forgotten to eat a meal because I was too busy feeding my kids. But to be a good parent, we have to put ourselves first. Totally opposite of what our Mommy DNA tells us to do. This past year, I lost my "happy" for the sake of my families'.
Spoiler alert: It didn't work out so well.
So I've spent the last few weeks studying myself. Watching. Thinking. Noticing.
What are the things, outside of my family, that make me happy? It was hard at first. Because I've wrapped up so much of my happiness into my kids. But the harder I looked the more I found. I got to know myself again.
Musicals. Hot baths. Magazines. Vintage Trailers. And peanut butter-chocolate shakes. It's a quirky list, but it's mine. ALL MINE.
I'm slowly learning what makes ME happy. And by golly, those are the things I'll do more of this year.
This year, I've committed to stop time traveling. I've committed to be present, with my thoughts and my actions. To see every moment before me, and stay there.
Two weeks in, and it's already paying dividends.
It's funny. I'm well aware that life isn't perfect, and that I can't be either. But when it comes to the things I do? My responsibilities and tasks at hand? Good just isn't good enough.
Except for the fact that IT IS. And thinking that "it's not" has taken it's toll–making me miss precious moments while trying to attain the impossible.
So this year I'm letting myself off the hook.
If the blog post isn't perfect? I'm posting it.
If the party isn't done? I'm having it.
And if things don't work out just how I planned? I'm enjoying it anyways.
And I refuse to miss it because I'm busy trying to make it something else.
Happy New Year, friends. I hope your 2015 is off to a fantastic start. Here's to a year full of love, light, and dreams come true.


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Dodgers: Justin Turner and Walker Buehler Added to the NL All-Star Team
The Dodgers already had 3 guys headed to the All-Star Game in Denver before Saturday. Mookie Betts, Chris Taylor, and Max Muncy all made their way in via reserve voting. And while Muncy should have been the starting first baseman, he still gets the DH nod from Dave Roberts.
On Saturday, 2 more Dodgers were added to the National League team. Walker Buehler and Justin Turner will both go to Coors Field this week to represent Los Angeles in the Midsummer Classic. They will join up with CT3 and Max Muncy because Betts has decided not to play.
For Walker Buehler, it really feels like he should've been selected to the team in the first place. Across 17 starts, the Dodgers hurler has compiled a 2.49 ERA and a low 0.923 WHIP while going 8-1. This will be Buehler's second All-Star Game after being selected in 2019.
Dodgers Related: Edwin Uceta is Not Ready For MLB Action
Justin Turner is slashing .302/.391/.490 and quietly having one of his best seasons with the bat. He has driven in 45 runs for the Dodgers and has already compiled a 2.6 bWAR across 82 games played. This will also be JT's second All-Star Game appearance, though it feels like he should've been selected much more.
The MLB All-Star Game often has last-minute spots open up due to injuries or guys deciding not to play. Starting pitchers often have to not play as well given their scheduled start dates. The Giants' Kevin Gausman and Brewers Brandon Woodruff both fall under that category this year.
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Dacwriter says:
What about Julio Urias? He's 11-3 and nobody else has won that many games in the NL. What a joke this is!!!!
Robert Lewis says:
I think Mookie Betts has the right idea by taking a break in the action. Being named to the All Stars is enough for some. It really is not a do or die game and the only thing I really enjoy is you got it the Home Run derby. I like this as it pays very well. The last time I saw it the winner got paid a million dollars. There you have it
Bum4ever says:
While it's an honor, I'd still rather see Buehler and Turner take Mookie's cue and rest.
same here – no Dodgers in the AllStar Game would be ideal
Shaka808U says:
Unless you're getting a bonus & donating it, decline the invite. Why risk an injury when you're an afterthought and not getting paid. Even the Pro Bowl guys opt out and they get a bonus. BTW, the MLB All-Star game is a bore w/ nothing to play for like the Pro Bowl. It's obvious the Dodgers are not well-liked outside of LA County.
Dodgerglenn says:
JT deserves to go. Muncy, Taylor, and JT have been the heart and soul of the Dodgers. Even though stats really don't show it, Pujols has been a welcome addition.
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Brian catches Mitt Romney misusing null set at other times, as well, which doesn't much bother me. What does bother me is that it's wrapping the term in the same thin tissue of lies and distortions about the war. Say it with me: The weapons inspectors were in Iraq. That's how you know the name Hans Blix. Anyone basing their support for the war off a belief that Saddam Hussein barred the inspectors from his country is protecting an opinion built atop a lie. As Brian says, Romney's consistently voiced belief that "if [Hussein] had complied with the United Nations resolutions to allow IAEA inspectors into his country, we wouldn't be having this conversation," means he's "in a constant state of either denial, ignorance, or deception," about the most critical foreign policy issue of our time. It mean,s in other words, that he's utterly unfit to be president.
Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox.
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[ba's text:] This croquembouche is constructed with cheesy gougères [baked savory pastry, made of choux dough mixed with cheese] and an herbed cheese filling. It's the showstopping holiday appetizer you didn't know you needed.
Ok, first the eccentric croquembouche, then those challenging culinary projects for the holidays.
The cheesy croquembouche.You didn't know you needed this, but ba is sure that you do. You could, of course, just buy some cheap commercial cheese puffs and put them in a bowl for guests. Or you could go to the trouble to make cheesy gougères (if you use genuine cheese from Switzerland, you could have gougères de Gruyère, or in English gruyere gougeres), which are a bit of trouble, but very tasty (I am fond of them). Or you could go one step further and make cheesy gougères (often also called cheese puffs) and stuff them with a cheese filling. Or you could do all this, and make those filled cheesy gougères into a conical tree-like work of art that your guests will have to disassemble to eat. Obviously you should go for the croquembouche; all that effort makes them better, right?
Cheese puffs, cheese curls, cheese balls, cheesy puffs, corn curls, or corn cheese are a puffed corn snack, coated with a mixture of cheese or cheese-flavored powders. They are manufactured by extruding heated corn dough through a die that forms the particular shape. They may be ball-shaped, curly ("cheese curls"), straight, or irregularly shaped.
Another version was created by the Elmer Candy Corporation of New Orleans, Louisiana in 1936. The sales manager Morel M. Elmer, Sr., held a contest to name the new product "CheeWees".
A croquembouche or croque-en-bouche is a French dessert consisting of choux pastry balls [US: cream puffs] piled into a cone and bound with threads of caramel. In Italy and France, it is often served at weddings, baptisms and first communions.
… A croquembouche is composed of profiteroles piled into a cone and bound with spun sugar. It may also be decorated with other confectionery such as sugared almonds, chocolate, and edible flowers. Sometimes it is covered in macarons or ganache.
Are you counting down to the weekend and/or a nice long break from work? You're probably planning on going to a museum, cleaning your house, or catching up on your favorite TV shows. But why not challenge yourself in the kitchen with a day-long (or even two-day-long) project? From a beautiful birthday cake to smoked brisket to tacos al pastor, here are some serious projects to help exercise your cooking muscle when you have a little extra time to kill.
A recollection from my Princeton undergraduate days as a math major (in what was probably the world's greatest math department at the time). Starting my sophomore year, almost every holiday of more than a couple days' duration — Christmas break, semester break (in January), spring break — came with a very challenging take-home exam, the idea being that the breaks were full of uncommitted time, without demands from other courses, that should be used for intensive efforts to advance our abilities in mathematics. We were, after all, in training to become mathematicians, and everything else was just a diversion from this single purpose.
It was hard for me, since I also needed to work (at the Reading Eagle newspaper) during these breaks, to earn money to support myself at Princeton. My parents got used to seeing very little of me when I was, in principle, "home" and "on vacation".
The sad thing about this is that most of what I learned in math has vanished; I could no more do a take-home exam in differential equations now than I could fly. But what happened in my philosophy courses and the two linguistics courses Princeton could then offer changed my life. And the two music courses I was able to shoehorn into my schedule (against the objections of the math department, which viewed such things as frivolous) were important, as well as the material I studied in a freshman survey course on modern European literature (in translation) and the works I read in German, Russian, and Sanskrit classes. (These were all part of an education in the humanities and arts, to go along with my strong background in math and science.) Obligatory underclass "distribution" courses, which I took in sociology and anthropology, brought me into a completely new world and helped move me towards a career as a sociolinguist and a scholar of gender and sexuality.
And my time at the newspaper changed my life profoundly, in ways I can hardly comprehend; it's where I became, very quickly, a grown-up. If I could go back, I'd spend a lot more time at the paper, not on take-home exams in math.
As for demanding culinary projects, Ann and I undertook quite a few of those, but not for the sake of building up kitchen muscle. We did these projects for the sake of the results — wonderful dishes we couldn't easily get commercially, or could do better making at home. Even so, these were relatively rare projects; most of our cooking was in fact simple, though not necessarily conventional: mustard-baked eggs, Wiener schnitzel and its poultry, pork, and beef cousins, stir-fries, grilled cheese sandwiches, fried cornbread, hot and sour soup, stews, fruit compote, baked apples, simple tarts, and so on.
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My favorite cheese puffs were Planter's Cheez Balls, long since consigned to the grocery aisle of history.


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As the Swiss insurer's $2bn green bonds programme progresses, the CIO who kicked it off moves to a group risk role.
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Cecilia Reyes, Chief Investment Officer at Zurich, the Swiss insurer, knows about investment return. And she knows about risk. She trades one for the other when she becomes Zurich's group Chief Risk Officer from July 1, succeeding Axel Lehmann. So it is a good time to talk to her about the investment backing Zurich has shown for green bonds – it pledged to invest up to $2bn under Reyes' oversight – as well as the potential hurdles for the development of the green bonds market more broadly as she moves to the new role, where she will no longer directly oversee the green bonds programme.
Looking back, Reyes notes that she had been thinking about responsible investment from her early days as CIO (she took on the role in April 2010). She decided to instil RI as a core responsibility within the group's economic thinking on asset/liability, risk and balance sheet issues. But she says her mission was also to "go beyond financial returns" for the company's stakeholders and shareholders.
Putting some content against the high-level statement, she says this translates into three pillars. The first is the embedding of ESG factors – and not just those that are 'financially' material – into both internal and external asset management.
The second is gauging the insurer's direct, positive impact in society and communities. The green bonds programme, she notes, fitted into the latter in its genesis, while also complementing its investment strategies. The third is what Reyes calls 'advancing together' in influencing investment markets and capital via collaboration and thought leadership to make both ESG integration and impact investing mainstream.So how has that advancement gone?
Says Reyes: "I'm very pleased with the outcome so far, particularly the impetus in the development of the green bond market that I think we have been part of. The market attraction for green bonds has been the same risk/return profiles and terms as regular corporate and supranational issuance. There's been lots of buying competition from other investors, which is a good thing." The Zurich green bonds programme is currently at $750m invested including euro, Swiss franc and sterling tranches, of a committed $2bn, a large portion of which has been invested via a $1bn mandate with BlackRock to select green bonds issued by the World Bank and other development institutions.
"It is enough at the moment, that the money is being dedicated to green projects for positive impact: we can worry about the details as we go."
However, Reyes believes the market could go faster in terms of issuance, which she says has been a hurdle to allocating the capital more quickly. She also notes the need for greater integrity on the use of proceeds, the transparency of projects, and investment and impact reporting, as others: "All this is not as straightforward as one would like it to be."
She concedes though that getting the right methodology is difficult, as are common standards on levels of carbon and GHG emissions reductions and their relation to an agreed baseline. However, she remains positive: "It is enough at the moment, that the money is being dedicated to green projects for positive impact: we can worry about the details as we go."
As for issuers, she notes that there is a wide range and investors have to be careful with what they buy, as they always should. But she points to major indicator improvements in the market such as the work being done by supranationals on metrics such as measuring CO2 per kilowatt hour generated to assess real carbon reduction in green bond financed projects. She notes the similarities to the work that Zurich does in real estate, where it is a large investor, notably in Switzerland, and works to very specific environmental targets such as CO2 intensity per m2, and reduction targets of 20% versus a 2010 baseline and then 80% by 2050. Another plus, she says, is the alignment of discussions on quality oversight between the Green Bonds Principles and the Climate Bonds Initiative. On the pipeline of green bond issuance, she is also optimistic: "We can see increased interest from agencies, municipalities, states and corporations based on strong demand from long-term investors that are highly engaged on the topic."
Closer to home, however, Reyes says Swiss interest in green bonds has been patchy, with little issuance to date and some market scepticism. Reyes hopes that the long-term environmentalist nature of the Swiss will see that change.
As an insurer, she notes that Zurich is potentially very impacted by climate change in areas such as natural catastrophe and weather related risks, which is why global resilience is a very important theme for it. In private equity, the insurer has been investing in clean tech projects.But green is not the only colour of its positive impact programme. It also does social impact via a micro insurance and microfinance fund with LeapFrog Investments, which aims to invest in growth companies in Africa and Asia. The microinsurance programme includes investment into a life insurer in South Africa that gives policy protection to HIV sufferers and reaches 20 million underserved people in emerging markets for insurance such as credit protection, etc. The insurer is also investing in social impact bonds based on simple payments to projects and a return income, rather than the pay-for-performance of the Peterborough social bond-type programmes.
In addition, Zurich is working with an international development NGO and a donor government on a programme of Development Impact Bonds, part of a small but growing band of large banks and insurers that are doing so. Reyes declines to name the NGO or the government because she says the insurer wants to ensure that the project is well executed before it goes public with any details. However, she says it is an international NGO in the field of health services and a large government donor. Zurich will bring the finance, the NGO will look after execution and the government will back the income stream based on its impact. The Swiss insurer is moving carefully but purposefully with environmental and impact bonds. Its $2bn green bond pipeline does not have a deadline, says Reyes: "It will be dictated by the pace of issuance, the quality of product and the fit with our overall investment portfolio. We are a long-term investor, we have the time to get it right."


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The Venice Film Festival has come under fire from the European Women's Audiovisual Network and several other advocacy groups for virtually shutting out female directors from its competition section.
In an open letter, the EWA has also demanded that Venice join the Cannes and Locarno fests in signing a gender-parity pledge.
"We have seen this film before," the letter said, referring to the fact that, for the second year in a row, only one out of the 21 competition titles at Venice is directed by a woman: Jennifer Kent's The Nightingale.
Angels Wear White, by Chinese director Vivian Qu, was last year's lone competition title directed by a woman.
The EWA took issue with Venice artistic chief Alberto Barbera, who, while pledging to try to do more to boost female representation, said recently that he would quit "if we impose quotas or gender-equality needs."
"When Alberto Barbera threatens to quit, he is perpetuating the notion that selecting films by female filmmakers involves lowering standards," the letter said.
"Sorry, but we don't buy this anymore. We know it has been proven that instead of preventing meritocracy, targets and quotas help to promote it by widening the pool of candidates."
There was no immediate response from Venice to the open letter.
At the unveiling of the Venice line-up last month, Barbera and Paolo Baratta, president of the festival's parent organisation, said only about 21 per cent of the 1650 feature films submitted to the festival were directed by women. But the selection of one female-directed movie in an overall line-up of 21 competition titles amounts to an even lower proportion of four per cent, the EWA noted.
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By KYLE ROERINK Star-Tribune staff writer
Feb 22, 2014 Updated Feb 24, 2014
Bertine Bahige holds his daughter in February 2012 after participating in a naturalization ceremony to become a United States citizen at the Campbell County Courthouse in Gillette. Bahige, who was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, came to the U.S. as a refugee and has since settled in Gillette, where he teaches math and coaches soccer at Campbell County High School. Bahige has been working to help establish a refugee resettlement program for Wyoming, the only state without such a system in place.
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Bertine Bahige is pictured with his family in Gillette recently.
Bertine Bahige hid under his bed while gunshots echoed throughout his hometown of Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The sound of his mother's screams dimmed the pings of bullets when the rebel soldiers entered his home. He watched a rebel smack his mother unconscious with the butt of a gun.
Rebel groups fleeing Rwanda invaded the DRC in the years after the 1994 genocide. They were looking for child soldiers and shares of the country's mineral wealth.
They kidnapped 13-year-old Bertine and one of his sisters in 1996. He hasn't seen his mother or nine siblings since.
He was a child soldier for the next two years. Then he escaped to a refugee camp in Mozambique. Five years later, Bahige began an odyssey that brought him to America.
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With the help of refugee resettlement initiatives coordinated by the United Nations, the federal government and nongovernmental organizations, Bahige was able to start a new life in a Maryland suburb outside Baltimore and Washington, D.C. He learned English, worked at Burger King and found a job as a teacher's aide in a local school.
The University of Wyoming offered him a scholarship in 2006. He moved west and hasn't looked back. Today, he's a math teacher at Campbell County High School and married to a Gillette native.
Bahige would see glimpses of Western life on television as a young boy in Africa. He never let his imagination run too far with the fictional version of the American dream. But today, he's deeply rooted in the middle class – a socioeconomic category unattainable for most in the DRC. Bahige owns a home, has two children and coaches soccer at the high school. Wyoming, he said, is an ideal place for a refugee to take roots.
Sprawling cities and congested suburbs are a far cry from life in Africa, he said. When he moved to Maryland, he felt detached.
"When you come from nothing, it's not easy to find your way in a big community," he said. "That's the beauty of Wyoming: small and family oriented communities. If you fall, people will pick you up."
The state, though, isn't a landing pad for refugees who escaped torture, war, human trafficking and other horrors unseen in the United States.
Wyoming is the only state in the nation that doesn't have a refugee resettlement program.
Bahige is hoping to change that.
He is Wyoming's delegate for the United Nations Refugee Congress. Since 2010, he's reached out to the Wyoming congressional delegation, state lawmakers and Gov. Matt Mead in hopes of creating a resettlement program in Wyoming.
Despite roadblocks, he's pushed the ball in motion.
He' working with the UW School of Law to draft a plan that Mead will consider for adoption.
No state dollars would fund a refugee resettlement program. The federal government would pump money into state agencies and a nongovernmental organization to oversee the initiative, said Suzan Pritchett, co-director at UW's Center for International Human Rights Law Advocacy.
Wyoming's Department of Family Services, Department of Workforce Services and Department of Health are among the agencies that would work with the federal government's Health and Human Services and State Department to channel the money, said Merit Thomas, a policy adviser in the governor's office.
The state recently began its review of the federal guidelines for starting a refugee program, she said.
The governor's office doesn't have a timeline for when it will review the draft plan.
States like Colorado and Utah received more than 1,000 refugees in 2013. Wyoming would open its doors to a smaller number, Pritchett said.
The state's low immigrant population may make it difficult for refugees who require certain places of worship and other cultural customs, she said.
"Wyoming is not an immigrant-heavy state," she said. "It may be inappropriate for some types of immigrant populations to move here. We are thinking about what's the best fit for Wyoming and the capacity it can handle. It won't be on the 1,000 per-year end of the scale."
Refugees who arrive in the U.S. aren't arbitrarily picked. After the UN chooses candidates, the Department of Homeland Security vets their backgrounds. Then the State Department chooses what cities will be best for the candidates.
When the refugees arrive in cities, members of a nongovernmental organization pick them up at the airport, take them to an apartment stocked with donated goods and find them jobs, begin learning the language and enroll children in schools, said Jim Barclay, president and CEO of Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains, a nongovernmental organization that works with the federal government and state agencies to provide refugees with services in Colorado, New Mexico and Montana.
The goal of resettlement is not to enlist people on government welfare programs, Barclay said.
"It's about self-sufficiency," he said.
The refugees are enrolled in federal assistance programs like food stamps, but after eight months the federal government begins to wane support for most refugees. Within the first four months, refugees are required to have jobs. One stipulation is that the immigrants have to repay their plane tickets.
In Colorado, 72 percent of all refugees who found work became self-sufficient, said Paul Stein, state refugee coordinator.
"I would expect in Wyoming there would be a higher percent because it would settle fewer and the economy is strong," he said. "This is not a long-term benefit program. This is a short-term program helping people flee persecution and build new lives."
Bahige received his U.S. citizenship in 2011 and is proud to call himself a Wyomingite. In the classroom he helps students with their pre-calculus. On the soccer field, he trains young athletes.
"We don't always need to think about what we can give to refugees," he said. "We need to think about what refugees can bring to communities."
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As U.S. Seeks to Close Guantánamo, Saudi Center Could Be Option
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Nobody was home at the dusty brown campus of the reintegration center for recovering Islamic extremists. The swimming pool was still. The lights were on at the gallery of art therapy works, but there were no visitors. Not a slip of paper was out of place at the psychological and social services unit.
The beneficiaries of the Saudi government program, which helps prisoners re-enter society, were on furlough for family visits for Eid al-Adha, the season of the Feast of the Sacrifice, leaving the place eerily empty, like a U.S. college campus on Christmas break.
Only a painting in the gallery offered a glimpse of the religious tolerance that is a hallmark of the program: It was of a woman smelling a flower, her hair uncovered and flowing, against the night sky.
The program, with its campus in Riyadh, and another in Jeddah, grew from a counterterrorism campaign that began in 2004 to re-educate citizens who had made their way home from jihadist training camps in Afghanistan and others influenced by them.
About 6,000 men have gone through some form of the program, among them 137 former detainees of the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, none of whom were convicted of war crimes.
The last Guantánamo detainee was sent to the program in 2017, just before President Donald J. Trump dismantled the office that negotiated transfers.
Now the question is whether and how the center fits into President Biden's efforts to close the prison at Guantánamo, which opened more than 20 years ago to hold terrorism suspects seized around the globe in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Over the years, the United States has held about 780 men and boys at Guantánamo Bay, with about 660 there at its peak in 2003. Saudi citizens were of particular interest because 15 of the 19 hijackers in the Sept. 11 attacks were Saudis.
The Trump administration released just one prisoner from Guantánamo, a confessed Qaeda operative who is currently serving a prison sentence in Riyadh under an Obama-era plea agreement. The Biden administration repatriated another Saudi citizen in May, but under an agreement to send him for psychiatric treatment for schizophrenia, not jihadi rehabilitation.
More than half of the detainees currently at Guantánamo have been cleared for release but must wait for the Biden administration to find a country willing to take them in with security arrangements. Most are from Yemen, one of several countries Congress considers too unstable to receive men from Guantánamo.
Other detainees are in plea negotiations with discussions about whether convicts could serve their sentences in foreign custody.
The Obama administration had tried to shut down the prison, and Saudi Arabia was one of the countries that figured prominently in the resettlement plans. Another was Oman, which received 28 Yemeni men in a highly secretive project that found them wives and homes and jobs, so long as they did not tell their neighbors that they had done time at Guantánamo, according to former detainees.
None of those men who were resettled were ever tried for war crimes.
The Obama administration sent 20 prisoners to the United Arab Emirates, mostly Yemenis but also several Afghans and a man from Russia. But the country essentially jailed them and then abruptly repatriated all but the Russian, drawing human rights protests that the returnees risked persecution.
With that program deemed a failure, the Biden administration has been looking for other options for cleared captives, chief among them the Yemenis.
A recent visit to the dusty brown campus in the outskirts of Riyadh highlighted one possibility.
The program was founded by and named for Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, a former interior minister who had close ties to U.S. intelligence agencies. When he was forced out by the kingdom's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the program was renamed the Center for Counseling and Care.
As described by managers, the program blends classes on nonviolent interpretations of Shariah law with physical fitness, recreation and counseling aimed at returning those who graduate to their families.
Or, as one staff member called it, undoing "the brainwash that happens" when a young man is drawn to religious extremism.
A library features recommended reading about successful Saudis, "the right people, in order to avoid the wrong role models, not the way that turns you into darkness or death," Wnyan Obied Alsubaiee, the program's director, who holds the rank of a major general, said through an interpreter.
One book recounts the story of a Saudi man who studied in New York in the 1970s and rose to prominence in civic life back in his homeland, including a role in a Saudi-American dialogue after the attacks of Sept. 11. Another is a biography of a former government minister, "Building the Petrochemical Industry in Saudi Arabia."
General Alsubaiee said two former prisoners of Guantánamo in the Saudi prison system would be accepted into the program once they completed their sentences. One is Ahmed Muhammed Haza al-Darbi, the confessed Qaeda terrorist released by the Trump administration. The identity of the other is not known.
The director bristled at portrayals of the program as a five-star hotel for extremists.
"This is not a prize," he said. "They are not prisoners anymore. They have to go back to society. We want them to feel accepted, and that this is another chance."
Of the 137 men sent to Saudi Arabia from Guantánamo, some by way of Saudi prison, 116 rejoined society and have stayed out of trouble, 12 were recaptured, eight were killed and one is "wanted," according to a program fact sheet.
None of the men were identified by the Saudi government during the visit. But some of the dead are known, notably those who were sent during the George W. Bush administration and then fled to Yemen, where they joined Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
In Riyadh, the program's participants live in pods, individual bedrooms arranged around a courtyard with a mosque, kitchen and small open air stove for making tea on cool desert nights.
As described by program administrators, the Saudi participants' first visits home are short but evolve into long-term stays with family — for example, the two-week holiday furlough that virtually emptied the center in July.
The nation's security apparatus is unseen but present. The director is a military official and security employees and care providers dress identically in the classic white robe and red checked head covering favored by government workers and businessmen. In the gym, a guide gestured to a camera in a corner of the weight lifting area and explained that facial expressions there were under surveillance.
But on this visit, Saudi transparency only went so far. Nobody would say how many of the program's 200 slots were occupied, or when the most recent person or longest resident arrived.
At the gallery, an art therapist, Awad Alyami, described his program as an opportunity for the men to express their feelings and for program sponsors to evaluate them.
One painting was an expressionist take of the crowds circling the Kaaba in Mecca, Islam's holiest site, but clockwise rather than the ritualistic counterclockwise. Program staff members were concerned about the depiction of the holy site, and had the artist meet with a cleric.
One section of the gallery showcases the work of former Guantánamo prisoners.
"A lot of weird stuff here," Dr. Alyami said.
The section has no sign but stands out for its image of a guard tower, razor wire and men in orange uniforms. Other program participants' art tended toward desert scenes and other Saudi themes.
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Distinguished from the other First Growth estates on account of its location, Château Haut-Brion - formally of Graves but sold under the Pessac-Léognan label since 1987 - is a prestigious wine-making property in the Bordeaux region of France. In addition to its celebrated Grand Vin, Haut-Brion also produces one of the world's great white wines.
About Château Haut-Brion
By Lisa Rowlands
Located in the village of Pessac, just a few kilometres outside the city of Bordeaux, the fifty-one hectares of vineyard at Haut-Brion are mostly gathered in parcels around the château itself, and characterised by a deep gravel of small stones and pebbles on sub-soils of clay, sand and limestone. Forty-seven hectares are planted with red varieties - Merlot (45%), Cabernet Sauvignon (44%), Cabernet Franc (10%), Petit Verdot (1%), and three hectares are devoted to the white grapes, Sémillon (53%) and Sauvignon Blanc (47%). The elevation of the vineyards is atypical of the area and the close proximity of Bordeaux lends a unique dynamic to the microclimate with recorded temperatures around Pessac, hotter than anywhere else in the region.
Historically, the origins of Haut-Brion as a wine estate dates back to the sixteenth century, although it is known that the land here was used to cultivate grapes long before that - perhaps as far back as Roman times. Its popularity, and its reputation as a leader in the production of fine Claret, really began to gather pace a hundred or so years later when - in the ownership of Lord Arnaud III de Pontac - the wine was served at the court of King Charles II. At around the same time, in what could be considered a critic's review of the era, Château Haut-Brion's unique blend was referenced in the seventeenth century diary of Samuel Pepys, 'Off the Exchange … to the Royall Oak Tavern … and here drank a sort of French wine called Ho Bryan, that hath a good and most particular taste that I never met with.' Evidently, even back in April of 1663, the distinctive taste of the Bordeaux elite was deemed worthy of note. And it seems that little has changed in the ensuing three-hundred-and-fifty years…
Bought by New York banker, Clarence Dillon in 1935, and now in its fourth generation, the (Dillon) family have taken the Haut-Brion ethos of quality, sustainability, culture and heritage, and propelled the estate to new levels. Every aspect of the work here is planned and executed with great care and precision - grapes are harvested by hand, parcel by parcel by the same personnel, selection is stringent with only the best fruits accepted for vinification, and the use of new technologies affords a fully-controlled fermentation process, with no variable left unchecked. Once the colours, tannins and aromas have reached their peak, the vats are drained and the wines are transferred to new oak barrels to develop their unique character and complexity for between twenty and twenty-four months, and the ageing process continues once the wine has been bottled.
The Grand Vin of Haut-Brion is elegant and remarkably complex. Each vintage of course, delivers a unique expression, but volume, structure and harmonious balance are synonymous with all, along with a wide ranging aromatic profile which includes red / black fruits, tobacco and vanilla. The high Merlot content of the blend gives the wine an enticingly rich texture, but does not detract from its ability to age.
In addition to its Premier Grand Cru Classé Grand Vin, the estate produces three other acclaimed wines - its second wine, known since 2007 as Clarence de Haut-Brion, and two white offerings Château Haut-Brion Blanc and La Clarté de Haut-Brion. The leading white is especially well regarded - a delectable blend of Sémillon and Sauvignon Blanc considered on par with the world's best; an extremely rare find given the tiny amount produced, but one most definitely worth the effort.
Featured wines from Château Haut-Brion
Pessac-Léognan AOC 1er Grand Cru Classé
Château Haut-Brion, Bordeaux, France
Merlot (50%) Cabernet Sauvignon (39%) Cabernet Franc (11%)


You guys are in luck. My favorite girl in the world, my sister Anna, will be teaching us how to make extremely simple homemade bread. The kicker is she'll be doing it from her new home in Chengdu China.
Anna bakes amazingly perfect bread in a Chinese highrise using only a small toaster oven. Thankfully, she is going to teach us all her secrets to a perfect whole wheat loaf. To remind you what a wonderful cook she is I've shared a few of her best plates of food here.
Wow everything looks delicious. I am definitely going to try these recipes out. They seem perfect for a cold evening.
Oh goodie! I hope you enjoy them!


Good To Begin Well, Better To End Well: It's Tuesday!
But here's the thing. Sometimes, you just have to write it. Sometimes, a character comes along with a voice that grabs you, and you just have to listen. Sometimes that means putting aside the project you're working on and getting it out of your system. Sometimes repressing the voice just makes it shout that much louder, and makes it that much harder to keep working on what you're determined to work on. Sometimes, you just have to do what you have to do.
Which brings us to this guy. He quit his job, and decided to just walk across the United States. Because he can. Because it seemed like the thing to do. Because he just wanted to do it. This guy should be an example to all of us who write, all of us who are pursuing some goal that seems outrageous or impossible or bizarre, that doesn't make sense to anyone else outside of ourselves. We should all be like this guy, and not let the fact that people don't get it, get in our way. Because you know what the best part of this guy's story is? All the people he's met on his journey who DO get it, and want to help him move forward.
No matter what you're trying to do, no matter what story you want to tell, need to tell; no matter how impossible it seems, how insurmountable the industry might appear; there are people who are interested, people who want to know, people who are willing to help and willing to lend you an ear or a moment of support. And most of all, it can be done. You can do it. Just like this guy. So.
Wow! Walking across the U.S. would be hard, but cool. Think of all the cool experiences that guy will have. And all the nifty things we writers would miss out on if we didn't write.
And I laughed at your French fling comment. I thought of trying to learn more Spanish over the summer, but I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed as it is.
Yes, I can do it. Thank you, Amalia!
Stephanie: reading about that guy literally made me want to go out and start walking across the United States with him. Or at least send him a supportive email telling him he is an inspiration to us all! I think it's one of the coolest things I've heard of in a while!
And yeah, French doesn't do much for my state of whelm, either.
VR: Whoa! TRANSLATING! FROM FRENCH?! More power to you! I'm having a hard enough time getting single words into French from English! I constantly curse myself for not having taken French in school, and studying Spanish instead. If I could go back and choose French, I totally would! I have taken Spanish and Latin both, and come out the other end knowing very little of either. I hope I'll do better teaching myself Icelandic!
I can totally relate to that guy! I quit my job last year to write. Not many people understand my reasoning, but I did what I wanted to do.
Languages are very difficult for me. I am reading a series now that uses a lot of scottish text and I don't understand some of the uses.
That's the thing. When you commit to something utterly outrageous, there are usually plenty of people willing to back you up.
Yeah, that would be why I have two novels AND a short story going right now. Can't wait to finish one or all of them, that'd be great.
While I admire the guy, I do kind of feel like he's running away from his problems. I'm a sucker for lost causes though.
I also know what it's like to feel a little sick of your main characters and branching out a bit into your tertiary and and quarterary (???) characters. Sometimes it's NOT all about you. It's about other people. And let's face it, we're all our MCs. Sometimes we want to shift the focus from ourselves.
ah, commitment... I wish I were more the commitment type. I keep getting distracted.
J.L.: Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do!
KLM: haha! Yes. I'm sure that the Icelandic part especially was footnoted.
Stu: Exactly. As long as we believe in ourselves, anyway.
LT: Amen. I feel for you. I've got too much going on myself.
Monica: I'm not sure he really had any problems to run away from, so much as he just wanted to do it. At least not from what I read. He was doing just fine, and he prepped for the journey by leading walking tours in NYC and he just loves walking places and seeing things that are off the beaten path.
Tessa: I probably would end up in Canada, myself. my sense of direction is terrible.
I'd love to be like that guy and walk across the country but alas, I wouldn't know where to get money to pay for food and shelter!
Sierra: he camps! he has a little tent that he brings with him and he asks people for permission to camp on their lawns or in their fields! And I think that he has some money he saved up for food along the way.
Reminds me of Forest Gump sorta. The guy walking across the country, I mean. That's such a cool thing to do.
Loved your letter to Theseus. And your promise to the Icelandic language. Good point about not letting the people who don't get it, get in our way. There are others who will get it - thanks for the reminder.


When it blooms in the spring, often before the leaves appear, flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa) and its hybrids (Chaenomeles x superba) are arresting sights. The shrub covers itself with showy, single to double, about 2-inch-wide flowers that are white, pink, red or orange. The deciduous bushes grow 5 to 10 feet tall and wide and are hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 9. Use easy-to-grow flowering quince for borders, hedges, barriers or bonsai specimens.
Flowering quince grows in almost any soil type but prefers moist, well-drained soils that are somewhat acidic. It tolerates dry conditions and wind. This wide range of soil tolerances is mirrored in the wide tolerances of light conditions the shrubs display -- they grow in shade, partial shade and full sun. You can use them in woodland gardens, sunny slopes or dappled shade. The thorny branches of the species and many hybrids can have more compact growth in full sun. Some cultivars are thornless.
When added to the landscape, flowering quince needs regular, deep watering during the first year. Once established, the bushes can be drought-tolerant, although they prefer even moisture. Rainy, warm summers can be a problem for the hybrid flowering quince "Texas Scarlet" (Chaenomeles x superba "Texas Scarlet"), which has tomato-red flowers and grows in USDA zones 5 through 9. Water-splashed foliage becomes susceptible to a fungus disease which causes leaf spot and can defoliate the plant. Clean up and dispose of all the fallen leaves to prevent disease recurrence.
Apply a general-purpose controlled-release fertilizer to quince in the spring as new growth is beginning. Use a formulation such as 15-9-12 that lasts for eight to nine months at an average temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Apply to soil at the rate of 1.3 pounds per 100 square feet. Scatter it evenly over the soil surface around and under the bushes and mix it into the top layer of soil.
Flowering quince doesn't need much pruning. Taller bushes have a naturally mounded shape, and lower-growing varieties, such as white-flowered "Jet Trail" (Chaenomeles x superba "Jet Trail") which grows 3 to 4 feet tall and wide in USDA zones 5 to 8, have low-maintenance growth that is suitable as a ground cover. Prune the shrubs in spring after flowering, primarily to keep them to the size you desire. You can accomplish some pruning by cutting branches in spring when buds are present for forcing bloom indoors or when you harvest blooming branches for flower arrangements. Before doing any pruning, clean pruners with a cloth dipped in rubbing alcohol to prevent possible disease introduction.
For city-dwellers, flowering quince is a good choice because it tolerates urban air pollution. Newer hybrid flowering quinces, such as the "Double Take" series introduced in 2010 by North Carolina State University, have smaller statures, usually about 4 feet tall and wide; these are suitable for smaller spaces typical of city gardens and need less pruning to keep to size.
Plants for a Future: Chaenomeles Speciosa - (Sweet.) Nakai.
Missouri Botanical Garden: Chaenomeles x Superba "Jet Trail"


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GALLERY: Thunderbirds extend win streak to 11 with victory over Eagles
Release Date: Saturday, March 4, 2017
Thunderbirds extend win streak to 11 with victory over Eagles
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – The red-hot Soo Thunderbirds picked up two goals and an assist from Zach Senecal to help propel them to their 11th consecutive Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League victory Saturday as they skated to a 4-2 decision over the Soo Eagles at Essar Centre.
After rallying for the 5-3 win against the Eagles at Pullar Stadium Friday, the Thunderbirds struck first in this contest with Mark Tassone notching his 18th of the campaign at 13:09.
Brent Jones tied things up with 30 seconds left in the opening frame as he picked up his eighth of the season for the Eagles.
Action in the middle stanza saw the Thunderbirds tally twice in the session on special teams to go up 3-1 after 40 minutes.
Senecal supplied his team-leading 32nd during a man advantage opportunity at 8:44 while Gage Stephney provided a shorthanded marker at 12:35 for the eventual difference maker.
Roman Gaudet got one back for the Eagles early in the third, but Zenecal iced it with his second of the night and 33rd overall with 12:37 remaining in regulation to round out the night's scoring.
Keegan Stevenson supplied two assists for the T-Birds in the triumph.
Brandon Gordon made 28 stops to register the win for the Thunderbirds while Kade Phipps handled 24 of 28 in defeat for the Eagles.
The result means the Eagles will finish fourth in the NOJHL's West Division and will meet the Elliot Lake Wildcats in a first round best-of-three quarter-final play-in series.
The winner there will then take on the No. 1 East-seeded Thunderbirds in a best-of-seven divisional semifinal.
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Doak posts shutout, Liarakos tallies twice as Blind River bests Elliot Lake


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St Paul's Bay is a more relaxed and traditional destination with a pretty harbour that boasts clear views out to the Meditteranean sea. The great thing about staying in St Paul's Bay is that you can enjoy being within walking distance to the bustle of the bigger resorts of Qawra and Bugibba as well as being able to enjoy the tranquillity of the countryside.
Stroll along the seafront promenade.
Go on a glass bottom boat trip and enjoy gazing at the great marine life.
Visit Mistra Bay, a beautiful pebble beach with clear sparkling waters.
There are plenty of dive centres if you are an experienced diver looking to take a dive trip. If you are beginner St Paul's Bay is a great place to have a first go at diving.
Have a look at our 5 best things to do in St Paul's Bay page for some more ideas.
Terragon- Innovative food in a romantic setting.
Sammy's Bar- Fun and family friendly restaurant with a varied menu.
Portobello- Lovely homemade Italian food.
O'Reillys Irish Pub- A charismatic Irish drinking hole.
Vecchia- Nice wine bar with good views over the harbour.


Located in the historic centre of Malaga, the chic Vincci Seleccion Posada del Patio is a true gem amongst the hotels of the city. It has an elegant contemporary style design and its features include a wonderful wooden decked rooftop terrace with a fantastic pool and spectacular views over the city as well as an exhibition of historic objects such as the remains of the ancient Roman and Arab city walls. Attractions such as the Baroque cathedral or the Picasso Museum are just a few steps away. This hotel is an ideal choice to explore the beautiful city of Malaga.


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Edison Investment Research Limited: Polyphor (POLN): Balixafortide Phase III data coming soon
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05-Oct-2020 / 09:51 GMT/BST
London, UK, 5 October 2020
Polyphor (POLN): Balixafortide Phase III data coming soon
Polyphor is a development-stage company focused on oncology and antibiotics. Its lead programme is balixafortide, a C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) inhibitor currently in a randomised-controlled Phase III trial in 407 previously treated human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) negative advanced breast cancer patients. Objective response rate (ORR) data from the trial are expected in Q221 and could allow for an accelerated approval filing in the US. Additionally, it plans to start its Phase I programme of inhaled murepavadin to treat P. aeruginosa infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients by the end of the year.
We value Polyphor at CHF413m or CHF37 per basic share using a risk-adjusted net present value (NPV) model. We currently only attribute value to balixafortide as it is the only programme in human clinical trials. Once inhaled murepavadin enters the clinic we expect to include it in our valuation. The company had CHF42m in net cash (CHF44m gross cash) at 30 June 2020 and will likely need to raise cash in 2021, which we estimate at CHF40m.
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I have a question that I was pretty sure of after reading the rules until I saw a playthrough.
Now I'm still fairly sure, but want to confirm.
In this game, when you play your cards and get resources (skill, boots, etc), is this is like most deck-building games in that you are getting a pool of these resources that you can then use however you want and whenever you want?
And in between using them, you can do actions such as hacking a dataport, buying from the market, or stealing an artifact?
I guess the basics of the question is that say you have two boots. Can you spend a boot to move into a room, hack the dataport (or buy from the market if it's a market space or steal the artifact if it's an artifact space) and then use your second boot to move out of the room?
I was sure that the answer was yes, the game works like that.
But a playthrough that I saw seemed to indicate that hacking/buying (not sure about the artifact as I hadn't reached that point of the playthrough) had to be your last action, and I can't see anything in the rules that says that.
The one sentence in the rules that is giving me pause after seeing that is "you can wait and take your actions after you've played all your cards or you can take actions between cards if you wish..."
That *could* be saying that if you play a card with two boots (for example), you have to use both boots before doing anything else.
Again, I'm fairly sure, but would like confirmation.
Sorry if that question sounds too convoluted!
That was my interpretation of the rules.
I'm pretty sure the only thing that matters, is that you have to pick up secrets only when you enter the space.
He actually corrected himself later in the playthrough, so I guess I should have kept watching.


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Het Fins voetbalelftal speelde in totaal negen interlands in het jaar 1981, waaronder vijf wedstrijden in de kwalificatiereeks voor de WK-eindronde 1982 in Spanje. De nationale selectie stond onder leiding van bondscoach Esko Malm, die na het laatste kwalificatieduel tegen West-Duitsland afzwaaide en werd vervangen door Martti Kuusela. Verdediger Aki Lahtinen kwam in alle negen duels in actie voor zijn vaderland, van de eerste tot en met de laatste minuut.

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I haven't forgotton about the natural disaster giveaways ... winners will be announced very soon, but in the meantime, I thought I'd share a review by my first ever Guest Poster.
I ran my first-ever book giveaway a few months ago, after Allen & Unwin kindly sent me a review copy of Careful What You Wish For by Maureen McCarthy (RRP $15.99).
(One of the main characters is a rather mysterious boy).
After putting out the call for interested reviewers, the lucky winner was a delightful 10-year-old called Lily.
Careful What You Wish For is the greatest book I have ever read!
This book will take you on fantastic journey with Ruth who is a young girl that doesn't appreciate her life.
Strange events occur around a magic rat named Rodney. Now I wont give too much away about Rodney, but Ruth goes on quite a journey and even goes back in time!!
This book makes me realise that sometimes the best things are right in front of you and even in your own home! And to appreciate what you have.
This book, honestly, I could never ever put down !
I could even talk about how good it was for hours and hours!
I can't wait to read more of Maureen McCarthy books!
I give this book 10 out of 10. Trust me you will love it!
Thanks Lily, for your awesome review!
that's a GREAT review Lily! well done.


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