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UPDATED: Tayshia & John Paul Jones Broke Up
UPDATE: Aaaand just like that, it's officially over. After a few days of rumors, Tayshia finally took to Instagram on Wednesday afternoon to confirm the news that she and John Paul Jones have decided to go their separate ways. Sad! Tayshia says in the post that she likes to keep her personal life private, which is pretty hilarious for someone who's been in multiple reality TV relationships in the past year. Obviously, she realized this too, and it's good to hear the news straight from the source.
She says that after a while, the fact that they live across the country was just too much to handle. Truly like, shocking that long distance isn't easy, huh? Tayshia says sshe and JPJ are still "the best of friends," which like, who knows if we actually believe that. But John Paul Jones did comment on the post with a heart emoji, so at least we know they haven't blocked each other. So yeah, we're saying farewell to this BiP couple, but it seems like things are on pretty good terms.
I know you guys have been asking about John and I recently, and as much as I like to keep my personal life private, I realize you have all watched and been a part of our journey from the beginning. Therefore to stay true to that, I need to be open and honest with you in order to heal and move on. John and I had something incredibly special. We fell for each other in Paradise, and everything was a whirlwind after that. When the show ended, I truly went back to Maryland to see if what we had was something we could build on without cameras, a production crew, and without feeling any pressure: to simply figure things out on our own terms. But the reality was, we were living on opposite coasts, and working insane schedules that made it impossible to see each other and build a life with each other. We truly did the best we could, but at this time have decided that what is best for the both of us is to go our separate ways. We are the best of friends and will continue to remain in each other's life because regardless of the situation, we make each other happy💕💕
A post shared by TAYSHIA ADAMS🌻 (@tayshiaaa) on Oct 30, 2019 at 12:10pm PDT
It's been a cool two months since Bachelor in Paradise ended, but if you think we here at Betches have been sleeping on the statuses of these couples just because of a little thing like production ending, then you'd better think again. What else am I supposed to do with my time during regular business hours if not aggressively deep diving into these people's private lives? Actual work? Nah, I don't think so. Well, the Demi and Kristian breakup rumors aren't the only couple updates we need to talk about. It's recently come to my attention via a Reddit thread (a place where all hard-hitting journalism stories truly begin IMO) that BiP prom king and queen John Paul Jones and Tayshia Adams might be officially over (as if they were ever really together to begin with).
When the two hit it off in Mexico this summer, I just instinctively knew that it was entirely for ratings. I mean, Tayshia referred to John Paul Jones, a man I'm convinced was only a part of the Bachelor franchise because he lost a bet to his frat brothers and was blackmailed into going on the show, as an "old soul" and "very deep" after he butchered some Shakespeare lines on national television.
A deep thinker, indeed.
And while most of the reality TV-loving world has been shipping these two since Tayshia ran down the beach wailing "I'M SORRY JOHN", I've had my doubts as to the legitimacy of their relationship for awhile now. Turns out, I was right to be skeptical, because apparently Tayshia was caught RED-HANDED out on a date with another man last week.
Reddit user Poopburb (not a great username I know, but a whistleblower nonetheless!) posted in a thread that their coworker's neighbor spotted Tayshia out on what appeared to be a date that wasn't with JPJ in Newport Beach on October 24th. The coworker's neighbor said that Tayshia and the mystery man were "flirting and touching all night" and there's even video evidence to back up the claim. If you watch the video, Tayshia is most certainly with someone who doesn't have the hair of a long-lost Hanson brother but, like, she could also just be catching dinner with an old friend. Fans are saying the video is damning because Tayshia and her date are sitting on the same side of the booth, which apparently means they're dating. Again, not really rock solid evidence of a break up with JPJ so much as rock solid evidence that Tayshia might be a sociopath, because only monsters sit on the same side of the booth as the other person they're dining with, but fine Reddit.
This isn't the first time it's been speculated that JPJ and Tayshia's relationship was all for publicity. Reality Steve tweeted that the couple had broken up way back in September, and were only keeping up appearances on social media for the fans and sponsorship deals. While fans were outraged at that accusation, Tayshia and JPJ haven't exactly been flaunting their relationship, and by that I mean they're about as active on each other's socials as I am with the cousin my mother guilt-tripped me into following on Instagram (you know who you are, Sabrina!). In fact, they've almost been nonexistent from each other's Instagrams, until October 7th, when Tayshia was briefly mentioned on JPJ's IG feed while both were at a brunch with other Bachelor alums. Tbh to me, their lack of vom-inducing posts says more about their relationship status than this shaky 30-second video.
But all of this speculation on Tayshia and JPJ's relationship has made me wonder about the other couples from last season's Bachelor in Paradise. Are they still in love and dry humping on my Instagram feed? Pretending to date the other for spon-con purposes? Broken up and summoning a vengeance demon to plague the other with incurable acne and a mild case of crabs? I've done some digging and here's what I've discovered:
Hannah G & Dylan: Definitely Still Together
all smiles . . . . . . white shirts always by @cutsclothing
A post shared by Dylan Barbour (@dylanbarbour) on Oct 17, 2019 at 2:00pm PDT
Okay, was this even a real question? These two have been going strong ever since they got engaged in Paradise, and I know this because Dylan won't shut the f*ck up about it on his Instagram. But, I mean, every happiness to you both!
Katie & Chris: It's Complicated
adult swim.
A post shared by Chris Bukowski (@chrisjbukowski) on Oct 24, 2019 at 4:41pm PDT
Moving on to Katie and Chris. Their reunion on the BiP after show was hard to watch. Katie admitted that Chris is a piece of sh*t and Chris looked like he would just rather be excluded from this narrative. After the finale aired, it appeared the couple had made up and were giving their relationship another chance because ad revenue true love is real after all. That said, Chris has been suspiciously absent from Katie's Instagram ever since the After the Final Rose episode aired, but she was also seen wearing her engagement ring at some sort of influencer retreat on October 11th. Chris also shocked us all when he posted a photo with her on IG a few days ago. So, like, maybe they are fine? Either that or they don't want to give Neil Lane his ring back! I'll let you be the judge!
Demi & Kristian: Probs Broken Up:
We already talked about this, so click here if you want all the details we have so far. Long story short, it's not looking good. There's plenty of evidence, but this shady comment that Kristian's sister left on Demi's photo is probably all you need to see.
Swipe for Kristian's sister's shady comment on Demi's latest Instagram
A post shared by The Snatchelor (@its_thesnatchelor) on Oct 29, 2019 at 8:17pm PDT
NOT DESPERATE AT ALL. Y'all I'm dead. Deceased. The comment has since been deleted, but god bless the internet and rabid Bachelor fans for always doing the most when it comes to screen shotting the evidence. Since this feels like a comment I have definitely left on my sister's ex-boyfriend's new "in a relationship" status on FB, I'm going to go ahead and say I'm pretty sure Demi and Kristian's relationship status is deader than my last house plant.
So there you go! That's the status on all the Bachelor in Paradise couples as far as I can tell from judging their social media posts. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go explain to my mother what spon-con is and why people would fake a relationship to get it. TTYL!
Images: Giphy (1); @chrisjbukowski /Instagram (1); @dylanbarbour /Instagram (1); @its_thesnatchelor /Instagram (1)
The Best 'Bachelorette' Recap You'll Ever Read: It's Still All About Luke P
Welcome back, folks, to your regularly scheduled Bachelorette recap! I fully expect this week's episode to include a total of 30 minutes of actual usable footage and the remaining 1.5 hours will be a metaphorical drawing and quartering of Luke P's character. I'm giddy with anticipation. When we last left off, Hannah and the men were in Crete, Greece, where she had to decide which of the men she would need to bang in a windmill connect with on a deeper level and which of them she would just dry hump for nine hours. Tbh I'm still not well with her choices. But one choice I can get behind from last week's episode is that Hannah finally sent Luke P back to the communal shower from whence he crawled out of—and all it took was him slut shaming her on national television and then condescendingly asking her to pray with him! I would have dumped him the first time I saw him line up with the other guys and realized he was entire heads and shoulders smaller than the rest of them, but to each her own, I guess.
The Rose Ceremony
Moving on. Back in Crete, we're picking things up where we left off with the rose ceremony. Hannah, finally free of the 5'6″ overly coiffed Big Jesus Energy that was Luke P, shows up to deliver the roses looking like she just walked off my mood board from junior year of high school. Jesus Christ. I'm sorry, Hannah, but Deb called and they want their prom dress back, honey!
Hannah:
Hannah Brown wearing Randi Rahm and The Woods Fine Jewelry on The Bachelorette #hannahbrown Shopping info is at www.starstyle.com
A post shared by Star Style (@starstylecom) on Jul 22, 2019 at 7:17pm PDT
Meanwhile, Luke P is back AND HE BROUGHT A RING. What?!?!? He's like, "I'm on my way and I'm coming" and that's a line I'll hear in my nightmares. Honestly, any producer who can talk a grown man into humiliating himself on national TV twice within the span of 18 hours AND to do it with an engagement ring he was definitely told was a Neil Lane diamond when it's really from the Denny's gumball machine down the street, deserves a raise. Bravo, sir.
Chris Harrison: Hannah, do you know who you're going to send home?
Me to my dog alone in my living room: It should be whoever suggested this outfit.
I love that Luke goes to stand in line with the other three men WHO HAVEN'T BEEN ELIMINATED ALREADY as if he will be getting a rose this evening also. It's this mix of confidence and delusional thinking that I'll be bringing with me into my next job performance review.
God, Luke has no shame. He keeps saying how he loves Hannah and the relationship isn't over for him yet and it's like, GO HOME LUKE. YOUR MOTHERBOARD IS MALFUNCTIONING. Seriously, which intern pulled him off the charger and let him walk right into that rose ceremony? Chris, was that your least favorite nephew again?
Luke continues to beg and plead for Hannah's attention and, honestly, it's getting hard to watch. Normally, reducing a grown man to groveling on national TV is how I get off my preferred method of winding down after a long day, but honestly, I don't know how much more I can take of this, especially as it becomes clear that he's not leaving.
Hannah tries to take control of the situation by physically moving the table with the roses on it so he's not standing in front of it anymore, and he STILL crowds her space. It's unsettling to watch and maybe even a little triggering. Why do I feel like half the men back home watching this are thinking to themselves "I would never treat a woman like this" but have also sent a text/DM/subtweet to a woman that said "whatever ur a fat bitch and i wuz never into you anyway" when rejected?
Luke: Can you seriously look me in the eyes and tell me it's over?
I love how Jed is acting like he is the sole reason Luke was finally dismissed from the rose ceremony. You literally just stood there in your poop brown suit and raised your eyebrows from a safe distance. That's all you did!!
"The Men Tell All" Also Known As "The Luke P Show"
In a jarring transition from rose ceremony to The Men Tell All, Chris Harrison starts things off by calling in Jesus's favorite f*ckboy: Luke. I'm sorry, but I thought this was The Bachelorette? Why are we giving this Fox & Friends acolyte one more minute of screen time? He practically hijacked this entire season, does he really need a spotlight during The Men Tell All? We know he's a piece of sh*t, we don't need to devote the remaining hour and fifteen minutes of this episode to investigating this claim at length!
Luke tries to explain his extremely sexist and misogynistic remarks to Hannah during the fantasy suite, and it's not going well for him. He's like, "I'm not okay with her straddling or mounting or kissing other guys." STRADDLING OR MOUNTING. These are words being said on primetime television rn!!! He sounds like he's describing my dog's archnemesis at the dog park who is always trying to dominate her, instead of the woman he seriously considered marrying.
Also, why did Luke even go on this show? He had to know about the fantasy suites prior to being on this season. Clearly this is not the dating forum for him, so why even go on the show? Did he need to raise money for his church's mission trip? What was the motive here? I'm suspicious.
Chris Harrison once again tries to pull some sort of emotion out of Luke P by asking him about that half-baked proposal, and the result is a full minute's worth of silence. You can practically hear his programming malfunctioning in the background. If you look closely enough, you can see the smoke from his wires frying.
Can't. Stop. Laughing. #thebachelorette
A post shared by THE BETCHELOR (@thebetchelor) on Jul 22, 2019 at 6:46pm PDT
"I'm getting choked up over here," Luke says with absolutely no emotion as he describes in monotone his thought process behind slut shaming a woman on national television. No, you're getting choked up because for the first time in your life people are holding you accountable for your words and actions and it's upsetting to you.
Luke: If I could go back I wouldn't change a thing.
IF I COULD GO BACK I WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING!! Is this the part where the angry mob swarms him? Because if so I've been sharpening my pitch fork for the last 45 minutes and can be ready to go in 10!
It's just crazy that he literally has no idea what a piece of sh*t he is. There is no self-awareness there at all. At one point he even mentions wanting to "save" Hannah and refers to his time on the show as a "rescue mission" as if a woman WHO IS THE GODDAMN LEAD OF THE SHOW can't save herself. Disgusting.
Okay, who tf is Devon and did he go bullfighting before this?
Devon: Can I just be real with you for a second, Luke?
Also Devon:
The resemblance is uncanny!!
I'm sorry, but did Luke truly just say that he believes a man should guide and control the relationship? IN THE YEAR 2019 ON MY TELEVISION SCREEN. You know what? I do hope he gets invited to Paradise this year, if only so I can watch Demi roast him over a spit and serve his entrails to the her enemies. It's the very least you can do for me, ABC.
Chris invites the other men from Hannah's season out onto the stage to read the rest of Luke's crimes before the public hanging commences. I can think of no better punishment for his transgressions than putting him in the public stocks for at least 30 minutes while members of the audience throw spoiled fruit at him and Luke S goes into a detailed account of his tequila brand.
Chris Harrison: Do you guys have anything to say to Luke?
Connor: Yeah, f*ck you man.
Connor! Such language! He better hope his mother isn't watching. He might have to put a quarter in the swear jar.
Luke continues to dig his own grave with the men. It's like they all heard it's 2019 and realized if they want to get laid by their following they're going to have to do a little more than just post about their new Bachelor recap podcast on IG—they might actually have to show they care for and respect women. Crazy!!
As the crowd starts to turn on Luke and the men finish fashioning their cuff links into makeshift shivs, he tries one last attempt at explaining himself. He talks about the hypocritical moment when he slut shamed Hannah for having sex, when in fact he was not a virgin either. He's like "some people call it secondary virgin, others call it just the tip, but you know what the deal is!" Do we, Luke??
Luke continues to show zero remorse and then hops on a flight out of there to go find a new woman to emotionally abuse.
A Moment Of Appreciation For The Gift That Keeps On Giving: John Paul Jones
Chris Harrison calls JPJ up to the hot seat next and I would call bullsh*t on that "fan favorite" comment except I just saw a girl in the audience start hysterically crying at the mere mention of his name. It's like every time he flips his hair a teenage girl has her sexual awakening.
Also, I'm starting to realize that JPJ is actually very attractive? How am I just now noticing this? I mean, does he have the face of someone whose daddy threatened to sue Sigma Alpha Epsilon for not giving him a bid freshman year? Sure, but that's sort of my type neither here nor there.
You guys, The Men Tell All is taking a very weird turn with this girl who wants to keep a lock of JPJ's hair to wear around her neck in a locket. I literally want to throw myself into oncoming traffic if I so much as wave to the wrong person and this girl just cut off a piece of a strange man's hair on national television!! One of us will be bringing this up AT LENGTH with their therapist, and I have a feeling it won't be her.
Hannah Is Really Sorry, You Guys
Last but not least, we end things with an appearance from the bachelorette herself: Alabama Hannah. She wants us all to know that she's really, really sorry for keeping a man who most certainly lies about his height on his Christian Mingle bio around for so long. Ah, so we're making this about Luke again. Got it.
Here's the thing: I'm glad Hannah can look back on her relationship with Luke and realize that she learned something from all of this. I'm glad that his toxic behavior and misogynistic words are being called out and publicly shamed. Really, I am so glad. BUT, like, I don't want to hear his name for one more goddamn second. The worst thing we can do to this guy is completely forget about him, to not acknowledge his presence at all. AND YET, we've spent the last 2.75 hours discussing him at length. I'm over it.
Tbh I feel like this entire Tell All can be explained in a single gif:
Hannah: I'm truly sorry for dating that douchebag. World peace and roll tide!
Minus that part about "roll tide" that was the exact apology I had to give my sorority when my date at junior year formal got caught doing coke in the bathroom by the hotel manager. It happens to the best of us, girlfriend!
And on that note, that's it from me this week! See you betches next Monday AND Tuesday where the only thing thrilling about this two-part conclusion will be my rising blood pressure levels. TTYL!
Images: Disney ABC Press; Giphy (6); @thebetchelor /Instagram (1); @starstylecom /Instagram (1)


From the beginning of the year all things Brazilian have been top of mind, and now with the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil about to start, Latin American fever is here! In preparation for the competition, Brazil has undergone a massive face-lift and is ready to welcome people from all over the world, who will travel to this extravagant destination for a month of football and fun in the sun. Check out this awesome tilt-shift video of Rio de Janeiro. So clever!


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First in-depth report on Saudi film industry launched
35% of those surveyed felt the cast and on-screen talent were the biggest advantages of the Saudi film sector
Nearly three quarters (72%) of those surveyed were young people under 30
53% of Saudi film students surveyed are extremely likely to pursue a career in film
One-third (34%) of those surveyed and working in the industry are female
93% of all Saudi Film companies film locally, with over a third (39%) of the film sector residing in Riyadh.
Nearly half of those surveyed (43%) identified financing as the greatest barrier for the industry
41% of those surveyed cite skills shortages as the biggest issue in recruiting for the Saudi Film Industry
28% of respondents would prefer for the workforce to train in Saudi Arabia.
Online streaming (77%) is the most prominent form of Saudi film distribution.
Riyadh: The first in-depth report into film skills in Saudi Arabia launched today (Thursday, October 1), outlining the skills and capabilities needed to strengthen and grow the sector in the future.
The Saudi Film Skills report by the British Council, was commissioned to assess the current landscape of the Saudi Film Industry and involved surveying 422 people in the sector. It comes two years after cinema theatre was officially allowed to open at a commercial level, and out of those surveyed, 40% were filmmakers, followed by students (30%) and crew (17%).
The report found that Saudi Arabia has the potential to have more films made by Saudis, in Saudi Arabia, about Saudi.
When asked what they felt was the biggest advantage of the Saudi Film Sector, 35 per cent of those surveyed said the cast and on-screen talent, followed by the availability of film locations (19%) and market potential and audience demand (17%). According to the report, there is a tremendous economic potential for film in Saudi Arabia, with Saudi consumers preferring to watch films depicting their own culture.
Ninety-three per cent of all Saudi Film companies film locally, with over a third (39%) of the film sector residing in Riyadh, followed by 29% residing in the western cities of Jeddah and Makkah.
The survey found that the typical Saudi film producer or company has produced 12 productions since inception, and the vast majority of these were short productions. Short films accounted for over half of all productions (54%), followed by web productions (30%), and only four per cent were feature films. Meanwhile, there is a significant pipeline of production with 12% in development. *
Currently online streaming (77%) is the most prominent form of Saudi film distribution. This is followed by film distribution at film festivals (46%), private screening/viewings (25%) and peer-to-peer sharing (11%). Out of those surveyed, only seven per cent had screened in cinemas followed by four per cent distributing via inflight entertainment.
In the future, those surveyed felt that online streaming and over-the-top services were the viewing platforms with the greatest opportunity for Saudi film; with Netflix (50%) presenting the greatest opportunity, followed by YouTube (39%) and Shahid by MBC (4%).
Within the industry, there is a considerable interest in working with the UK film sector, with nearly a third (31%) of film producers and companies indicating an interest in working with the UK. Seventy-two per cent of those surveyed were very interested in partnering with the UK, with Saudi film producers and companies highlighting the professionalism of the UK sector, and their strengths in pre-production. Of those who expressed interest in collaborating with the UK, almost half (47%) perceived the biggest benefit of collaborating to be UK's leading film industry experience, followed by its international standards of working (21%). In terms of challenges, cultural differences were cited as the biggest issue, followed by the cost of travel (20%).
In terms of demographics, the report found that the film sector is characterised by a workforce of young people under 30, reflecting the national population. The average age of all respondents was 26, with almost three quarters (72%) of respondents being younger than 30 years. Out of these, a third (34%) were female.
The motivations for women working in the sector varied from their male peers. A higher percentage of women (51%) work in film because of their love of visual storytelling compared to the percentage of men (36%). The largest variation perhaps is the financial opportunity they see in the sector, with only 2% of women citing this as their motivation, compared to 16 per cent of men.
However, the report highlighted several challenges for the Saudi Film Industry. Nearly a half of respondents (43%) felt that the greatest barrier to growing the industry over the next five years was finance. This was followed by a skilled cast (13%) and access to film training and education (11%).
Many respondents felt that the recruitment of crew was a significant issue for film companies, with over half of those surveyed finding it difficult; 41 per cent citing skills shortages as the biggest challenge in recruiting, followed closely by the cost of labour (38%) and a shortage of applicants (13%).
For future upskilling, 28 per cent of respondents would prefer for the workforce to train in Saudi Arabia. This is currently limited to two women's universities (Saudi Arabia –Effat University and Dar El Hekma University,) and outside providers (such as the New York Film Academy), with many obtaining training and work experience in other countries including in the US and the UK. Out of all the film students surveyed, 53 per cent said they were extremely likely to pursue a career in film.
Speaking about the findings and the report, Eilidh Kennedy McLean, Director, British Council, Saudi Arabia said: "The British Council is delighted to support this Film Skills Research, helping map the skills needs in Saudi Arabia at an important moment in the Kingdom's cultural journey. The report makes a number of recommendations and which we hope will help support opportunities for further training and development to deliver a vibrant and commercially successful film sector."
"The report will also facilitate engagement with organisations in the UK, identifying opportunities for collaboration and partnerships to further enable the development of the Saudi film sector, creating new opportunities for film makers, new jobs, careers and opportunities for future generations. I'm grateful for the engagement and support of the Ministry of Culture and look forward to building on this collaboration and creating even more partnerships and opportunity for Saudi Arabia and the UK."
*The Saudi Film Skills Research was carried out in 2019 and 2020 by Nordicity, a consulting company that specialises in policy and strategy research and is intended to provide evidence-based recommendations for the British Council's Culture and Sport programme in the Gulf. This programme focuses on developing long term, collaborative relationships between organisations in the UK and in the Gulf through support to cultural institutions, festivals and public events. In particular, the programme aims to share UK expertise in the creative industries with young people in the Arab world through capacity building programmes.
For more information and to read the full report visit: https://www.britishcouncil.sa/en/programmes/arts/Saudi-Film-Skills or follow #SaudiFilmSkills on Twitter and Instagram.
The British Council is the UK's leading cultural relations organisation. For more information on current opportunities in Saudi Arabia, visit: https://www.britishcouncil.sa/en or follow on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.
Claire McAuley, Senior Communication Manager, Gulf Cluster - T +44 (0) 28 9019 2224 | M +44 (0) 7856524504 Claire.McAuley@britishcouncil.org, https://www.britishcouncil.sa/en or follow on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.
For more information, please visit: https://www.britishcouncil.sa/en
Read our Saudi Films Skills research
The first-ever in-depth analysis into Saudi's film sector

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Last month I recieved an email from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, inviting me to respond to their new open call for evidence on "the care and treatment of children and adolescents in relation to their gender identity".
Below is my intial response to the call. I am sharing it publicly for transparency, and to address the unequal power dynamic in which trans people and our families have been asked to produce evidence (without remuneration) for a project which may have an enormous impact on our lives, which we have no control over.
I argue that the design of the project is fundamentally unethical due to this power imbalance, and in the way it positions trans knowledge as equivalent to the views of those who have called for our "elimination". I therefore call on the Nuffield Council on Bioethics to reconsider their approach to this highly sensitive project.
PDF version of the open letterDownload
Dear Professor Archard,
I am writing to you in your role as Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics working group on The care and treatment of children and adolescents in relation to their gender identity in the UK.
In this open letter, I explain my objections to the unethical design and implementation of this project, and request that you reconsider your approach. This letter is written in a personal capacity, drawing on my professional knowledge and personal experience of dysphoria and transition in my adolescence.
I am the author of numerous peer-reviewed publications on topics including trans health and ethical research methodologies, including the monograph Understanding Trans Health (Policy Press, 2018); I have also edited two books and special issues of Sexualities and the International Journal of Transgender Health. I have been asked to speak about my work at over 40 invited talks and keynotes across the world in the last 5 years alone, and have provided expert advice and consultancy to organisations such as the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and the Equality Challenge Unit.
In the 2000s, I worked alongside other young trans people as an elected representative within the National Union of Students and as an activist in Trans Youth Network. I began my social transition at the age of 16 without any direct support from my family or medical practitioners: a lonely and difficult experience I believe no young person should have to go through.
I have chosen to publicly share this letter in light of the enormous power differential between your working group and the people who will be impacted by its findings; and the manner in which trans people's needs and contributions to knowledge have been largely ignored by the working group to date.
1. Nothing About Us Without Us
The social justice principle of 'nothing about us without us', articulates the importance of directly involving people in debates and policymaking relevant to their lives, especially where their voices have historically been marginalized. It originated in the South African disability rights movement,[1] and parallels critiques of colonialist knowledge production.[2] It is highly relevant to trans experience,[3] especially to young trans people who are disabled, Black or people of colour, who are the most likely to encounter severe systemic barriers to support.[4]
Trans people are deeply impacted by policy, practice, and public discourse relating to matters such as gender dysphoria, incongruence and transition. However, our knowledge is often actively erased, or more simply absent from formal accounts produced by non-trans actors. This has historically resulted in significant harm being inflicted on vulnerable individuals, particularly young trans people. Established best practice for trans health research therefore requires work to be grounded, from inception to dissemination, in meaningful collaboration with community stakeholders.[5] This may entail, for example, significant trans representation on project steering groups, and co-production of research questions.
The working group for this project does not include a single openly trans person, let alone a diversity of trans experience. The very questions asked in the call for evidence demonstrate a basic lack of familiarity with trans lives and our history of exploitation by medical professionals. Trans people have been invited to give evidence for this project and to participate in your earlier exploratory meetings, but we have no actual power within your process. We are made into objects of study, not authors of our own experience.
The project is therefore missing vital expertise and context, both in the design of the call for evidence, and any subsequent analysis of responses. When the working group's findings are reported, they will represent yet another influential intervention into public debate by non-trans individuals with no direct understanding of what it is actually like to be a young person with dysphoria and/or considering a social or medical transition.
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics are reproducing, once again, the power imbalance that has dominated trans medicine for the past two centuries.[6] To paraphrase bell hooks, you are proposing to talk about us better than we can talk about ourselves, taking our pain and our stories and then telling them back to the world in a way that does not necessarily reflect our actual experiences.[7]
I therefore urge the working group to reflect on the ethical implications of explicitly excluding trans people, and especially multiply-marginalised young trans people, from oversight of a project that may have profound consequences for our lives.
2. Moral panic, misinformation, and dangerous alliances
The project's open call for evidence has been disseminated amidst a growing anti-trans moral panic. From 2017 we have seen the emergence of numerous new anti-trans campaign groups, bolstered by hostile commentary and misinformation in the media and on social media. This is just one part of a wider, international "anti-gender" movement, which is linked to white supremacist conspiracy theories, and threatens to undermine civil rights and access to medical services for women and LGBTIQ people.[8]
Without diverse trans leadership, I have no confidence that the working group has the necessary understanding of this context or the way in which it will inevitably shape the responses you receive.
There are important debates to be had around approaches to social support and/or medical intervention for young trans people and others exploring their gender. These cannot take place in a nuanced or fully informed manner when views informed by moral panic are given as much weight as evidence from young people themselves, their families, and the professionals who support them.
The dangerous ignorance of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics in relation to these matters is exhibited in your response to an exploratory series of meetings held with numerous parties in 2019. Reported areas of agreement from participants consist of platitudes such as "the needs and well-being of young people should always be the central focus". [9] The Council's press release on this topic quotes Heather Brunskell-Evans,[10] a co-founder of the Women's Human Rights Campaign, which in 2020 called explicitly for the 'elimination' of 'transgenderism'.[11] In her opposition to trans people, Brunskell-Evans has extensively promoted the work of conspiracy theorist Jennifer Bilek,[12] whose writing I believe is clearly antisemitic: she argues 'transgender ideology' is being institutionalised by a coalition of Jewish billionaires.[13] She co-signed an submission to the United Nations alongside groups such as the Heritage Foundation, a US thinktank whose members have openly supported conversion therapy and discrimination against LGBTIQ people.[14]
There is no dispassionate, ethical middle ground to be found between those who wish to support young people to explore their identities and needs, and eliminationists who have openly aligned themselves with racist, homophobic, and transphobic rhetoric.
3. Coercive consultations
In written and oral evidence presented to the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee in December 2020, I observed that many trans people are exhausted from a bewildering array of consultations and calls for evidence which have taken place in the UK since 2015.
In addition to the 2020 Women and Equalities Committee inquiry on Reform of the Gender Recognition Act, these include (but are not limited to):
'The Women and Equalities Committee Transgender Equality Inquiry (2015), an NHS England consultation on Specialist Gender Identity Services for Adults (2015), NHS England and NHS Scotland consultations on Specialised Gender Identity Services for Adults (2017), two consultations on Gender Recognition Reform in Scotland (2017-18 and 2019-20), a consultation on Reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 across the UK (2018), a Scottish Parliament inquiry into transgender healthcare provisions (2019), and an NHS England independent review of gender identity services for children and young people (2020). Additionally, over the summer of 2020 trans organisations scrambled to respond to a report in The Sunday Times that the Government intended to introduce new restrictions on trans people's access to single-sex spaces.'[15]
Few tangible benefits have arisen from any of these. Participation is usually a highly stressful experience for individuals navigating the daily onslaught of the anti-trans moral panic, and depletes precious time and resources from poorly-funded, overstretched trans voluntary sector organisations.
Consequently, many young people and their families will feel unable or unwilling to participate in your call for evidence, especially at just two months' notice. I have spoken personally with parents who describe the pain of explaining to their children that previous evidence they gave to authority figures has simply been ignored. You have done nothing to build trust with these families before inviting them to participate in another such process.
Simultaneously, other trans individuals and organisations feel we have little choice but to participate. Since 2017 especially, we know that if we do not, the material received in response to the consultation or call for evidence will primarily be submitted by people who hate us, including racists, misogynists, and homophobes adept at positioning their prejudices as 'reasonable concerns'.
This was the context in which I participated in one of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics' exploratory meetings in 2019. It is the context in which I will support colleagues in submitting a formal response to the current call for evidence on the care and treatment of children and adolescents in relation to their gender identity.
We respond not with hope or optimism, but in fear. This is the power you wield over us.
I therefore call on the working group to reconsider their approach to this project, and take into account the harm you have already caused. I recommend you halt the current call for evidence, and ensure the working group for the project includes individuals with relevant expertise from lived experience and knowledge of the wider political context in which you are operating.
[1] Charlton JI (2000) Nothing about Us Without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment, Berkeley: University of California Press.
[2] Yarbrough D (2020) "Nothing About Us Without Us": Reading Protests against Oppressive Knowledge Production as Guidelines for Solidarity Research, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 49(1): 58-85.
[3] Scheim AI, Apprenroth MN, Beckham SW, Goldstein Z, Grinspan MC, Keatley JG, and Radix A (2019)
Transgender HIV research: nothing about us without us, Lancet HIV, 6(9): e566-e567.
[4] Gill-Peterson J (2018) Histories of the Transgender Child, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press;
Murray E (2019) Trans Rights and Disability: The Wrong Decisions, Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c1cJPgFSnw.
[5] Adams A, Pearce R, Veale J, Radix A, Castro D, Sarkar A, and Thom KC (2017) Guidance and Ethical Considerations for Undertaking Transgender Health Research and Institutional Review Boards Adjudicating this Research, Transgender Health, 2(1): 165-175; Bauer G, Devor A, heinz m, Marshall Z, Pullen-Sansfaçon A, and Pyne J (2019) CPATH Ethical Guidelines for Research Involving Transgender People & Communities, Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health, Available at: http://cpath.ca/en/resources/; Vincent BW (2017) Studying trans: recommendations for ethical recruitment and collaboration with transgender participants in academic research, Psychology & Sexuality, 9(2): 102-116.
[6] Pearce R (2018) Understanding trans health: Discourse, power and possibility, Bristol: Policy Press.
[7] hooks b (1990) Marginality as a Site of Resistance, in: R Ferguson, M Gever, TT Minh-ha (eds) Out There: Marginalization and Contemporary Cultures, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
[8] Darakchi S (2019) "The Western Feminists Want to Make Us Gay": Nationalism, Heteronormativity, and Violence Against Women in Bulgaria in Times of "Anti-gender Campaigns", Sexuality & Culture, 23: 1208-1229; Hemmings C (2021) Unnatural feelings: The affective life of 'anti-gender' mobilisations, Radical Philosophy, RP 2.09, Available at: https://www.radicalphilosophy.com/commentary/unnatural-feelings; Horbury E and Yao C (2020) Empire and Eugenics: Trans Studies in the United Kingdom, Transgender Studies Quarterly, 7(3): 445-454; Pearce R, Erikainen S, and Vincent B (2020) TERF Wars: An introduction, The Sociological Review, 68(4): 677-698.
[9] https://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/assets/pdfs/Summary-of-exploratory-meetings-gender-identity-FINAL.pdf
[10] https://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/news/the-care-and-treatment-of-young-people-in-relation-to-their-gender-identity
[11] WHRC (2020) Submission to Women and Equalities Committee on Reform of the Gender Recognition Act, Available at: https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/17510/pdf/.
[12] An example from Twitter: https://web.archive.org/web/20200418185530if_/https://twitter.com/brunskellevans/status/1251582754678079491
[13] Trans Safety Network, Transphobic Feminism and Far Right Activism Rapidly Converging, Available at: https://transsafety.network/posts/gcs-and-the-right/
[14] WOLF (2021) Submission to the United Nations Independent Experton Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity, Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20210315233629/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f232ea74d8342386a7ebc52/t/604e7b4a6d35051754210ccb/1615756106628/UN+Gender+Consult+Submission+-+WoLF+-+March+14th+2021.pdf
[15] Trans Learning Partnership (2020) Submission to Women and Equalities Committee on Reform of the Gender Recognition Act, Available at: https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/17072/pdf/
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Ms.Me | 12/04/2021 at 9:44 pm
This was by far the best breakdown of the bad-faith basis of this call for evidence that I have seen.
I am one such person who is worn down and tired of taking part in multiple calls for evidence, surveys and suchlike that lead the respondent and don't appear to actually go anywhere.
Thank you for your reply, I hold out hope for a moral and ethical change in tact from Nuffield.


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Review: Angelique's Isle
by Andrew Parker August 22, 2019
The Canadian survival drama Angelique's Isle is about as standard and unsurprising as these sorts of films tend to get, but that doesn't mean it's shoddily made or told without a fair degree of conviction.
DVD Tuesday: 'Jonah Hex' and 'Splice'
by W. Andrew Powell October 12, 2010
New releases this week on DVD and Blu-ray: Josh Brolin takes on a ruthless terrorist in the wild west comic book adaptation of Jonah Hex; Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley play with science in the horror film Splice; plus a look at How to Train Your Dragon and the Robocop Trilogy on Blu-ray.


On Thursday we were spreading kindness in the park by handing out flowers to strangers. It made me so happy to see the smile on people's faces as I handed them the bouquet of purple and yellow flowers. One woman that I gave flowers to was video chatting with her mother who was in China. When I handed the bouquet to her I put a smile on both her and her mother's face. Another fellow asked me if I wanted to join her to the Jesuit Retreat Center that was a ten minute walk from the park. After the exhausting up hill walk I finally saw the gorgeous retreat. The two of us walked up a flight of stairs and was met with what seemed to be a courtyard. We walked around the retreat, offering flowers to everyone we met, but one woman's kindness will stay in my heart. When we offered her a flower she was so thankful and asked us our names. We got into a long conversation with her about how she came to attended the retreat and her life as a nun. This experience filled my heart with happiness, I would definitely love to continue to do acts of kindness like this in the future.


ToddB987: Part2: I think it is so important that we keep the "ART" with photography. With the introduction of of digital, we've allowed convienance to take over quality. I think too, that when we shoot digital, once we see it on the computer screen, that is the final step in the process. That is a small part of the whole process of fine art photography. The act of develping and printing and nurturing of the process, till you mount it in a hinged acid free matt and hang in a gallery is the true complition.
ToddB987: Great Vid.. It's great to see another person that digs traditional black and white darkroom printing. I do have a question regarding your developer going bad? I use Dektol from Kodak and mix it in a 1 gallon batch. Never had go bad and I do however watch the color of it. If looks like a tea, then I dump it. Do you toss developer each time you go in to print? personally, I've reused till it shows color and it's never effect my prints. Keep up the greatwork and thank you for staying in the dark.


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Between: The Meagre Tarmac
Clark Blaise's The Meagre Tarmac
Biblioasis, 2011
The quote from Margaret Atwood on the back of this collection identifies Clark Blaise as a "master storyteller and border-crosser".
This might refer to the national borders that the characters cross in the eleven stories in this collection.
It might also refer to the fact that the author — though born to English-Canadian and French-Canadian parents — lived in more than 20 cities in the United States before attending university in Pittsburgh, moving to Montreal, living in Toronto, and moving back to the United States.
And it might also refer to the borders between the stories in this collection, for the characters therein move across the stories themselves like they move across national borders.
(The collection begins with an instruction: "These stories are intended to be read in order." Readers who normally prefer novels will find the way in which characters slip between stories in The Meagre Tarmac satisfying indeed.)
There are also other borders negotiated in the stories: between truth and rumour, between traditional and modern values, between past and present, between alienation and engagement, between happiness and loneliness, between perfection and chaos, between movement and stillness.
Ultimately, there are no firm boundaries. In stories told about the old country, talk of geographic boundaries shifting reveals that even these can shift.
Many of the characters in The Meagre Tarmac find themselves negotiating not a dividing line, but a state of between-ness.
In "The Quality of Life", a four-year-old boy observes the prop plane that will take him and his family to Bombay and then London and then Montreal:
"Our bags — my father's old suitcases from his student days in Scotland, taller than I am — are lined up at the edge of the tarmac under a strip of awning."
This thin strip of pavement is a border too, as much marked by expulsion and exile as it is marked by promise and discovery. But it is the emotional hinge that turns upon this lifeless strip which preoccupies the author of these tales.
One character considers "…I would not call myself happy. I am well-adjusted. We are all extremely well-adjusted. I believe my situation is not uncommon among successful immigrants of my age and background."
Another wonders whether "[m]aybe the time has come to be the author, not the editor of my life".
And yet another observes that a spouse "has strong memories of India, but when she visits, she's unengaged and mainly irritated. She's able to compartmentalize, or maybe just pinch off what she doesn't need. Deadheading the past, like a good gardener."
The Meagre Tarmac is a deliberately crafted tour of "the endless middle of an unticketed journey".
Giller-bility
Clark Blaise's collection could be viewed as a cross between 2006's winning linked-story collection Blood-letting and Miraculous Cures (Vincent Lam) and the taut prose of a classic Canadian writer in 2004's winning Runaway (Alice Munro). Might this be a winning combination?
Characters are drawn tightly enough to be recognized even in a one-sentence-long reference several stories later; the art of interconnecting obviously requires incredible attention-to-detail but less-obviously demands that these details carry an untoward emotional weight.
Precise. "She'd spent a life straightening other people's creations, pinching the language here and there. " / "I haven't moved in hours and have barely spoken, but my heart is racing, as though I'd climbed the very steep hill below me." / "Perfection seems just a more refined form of accident."
The meagre tarmac. Bombay. Calcutta. Bangalore. San Francisco. Italy. The leaning tower of Pisa. New York City. Toronto. Montreal. London. Caranzalem. Goa. The collection simultaneously seems to contain pieces of everywhere but be attached to no one place in particular.
Characters are often distanced from the reader by their own sense of being apart, of being at a distance from what matters and from their own selves. "I am now truly, alone in the world, a middle-aged orphan." Depends upon the reader's willingness to cross their borders.
Readers wanted:
You are mesmerized by the way cream behaves when it's poured into coffee in a glass. You constantly move your chair in the garden: sometimes in the sun, sometimes in the shade, sometimes both. Maybe once you stared at the ground, charting the marked progress of the rain, the visible and changeable line between dry and wet on the pavement as it moved like a sheet pulled across a bed.
Companion Reads:
Rohinton Mistry's Tales of Firozsha Baag (1987)
Bronwen Wallace's People You'd Trust Your Life To (1990)
Dany Laferriere's The Return (Trans. David Homel) (2011)


Ireland, Abortion, and Talking With Our Kids. . .
It rattled me. It was a punch in the gut. When U2 voiced their opposition to Ireland's ban on abortion and related support for the referendum to overturn the abortion ban, I was distressed. A band known for integrating their faith into matters of justice had done an about-face that was so discouraging. Their vocal support and its underlying values are indicative of an attitudinal shift occurring in our ranks. Personally, I felt as if a voice of light had suddenly chosen to extinguish itself.
Last weekend, news came that the Irish polls had closed and the referendum had passed in a landslide. . . 66.4% to 33.6%. Again, these numbers are indicative of a cultural shift. As I watched the emotionally-charged and happy celebrations in Ireland, I couldn't help but grieve for the lives which would be lost.
Does he realize what he just said?
Parents and youth workers. . . this is an event that offers a teachable moment. . . an opportunity to talk to our kids about the way they are being encouraged to think, believe, and act. It's an event that offers us an opportunity to contrast the Gospel message with the current cultural narrative. Take it.
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Intravitreal dexamethasone implant in radiation-induced macular oedema.
L Frizziero, R Parrozzani, S Trainiti , E Pilotto , Giacomo Miglionico, Serena Pulze, Edoardo Midena
Fondazione G.B. Bietti
AIMS: To evaluate the efficacy and duration of activity of a single intravitreal dexamethasone implant in patients affected by radiation maculopathy. METHODS: Thirteen consecutive eyes of 13 patients affected by radiation maculopathy secondary to eye irradiation for a primary uveal melanoma (Iodine-125 brachytherapy) and treated with a single intravitreal 0.7 mg dexamethasone implant were retrospectively evaluated. Each patient underwent full ophthalmological examination, including fluorescein angiography and spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT), even in en-face modality. Follow-up was performed monthly over a 6-month period. RESULTS: At preinjection visit, the median central subfield thickness (CST) by SD-OCT was 407 µm (IQR, 357-524 µm) and the median best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 61 ETDRS score (IQR, 54-67). The median gain of ETDRS letter at 1 month was 6.5 (IQR, 4-15) (p<0.01). The median CST showed a reduction of 120 µm (IQR, 62-134) (p<0.01). Further CST reduction was reported at 2 months' follow-up, with CST stabilisation at 3 months and maintenance of BCVA. At 4, 5 and 6 months' follow-up, all patients presented progressive retinal thickening (p<0.01) and BCVA reduction (p<0.01). No side effects were documented. CONCLUSION: Intravitreal dexamethasone implant reduces macular oedema secondary to radiation maculopathy and also improved visual acuity in a consistent proportion of patients. Signs of macular oedema recurrence may be detected at a median of 4 months after injection. © Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly grante
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Frizziero, L., Parrozzani, R., Trainiti , S., Pilotto , E., Miglionico, G., Pulze, S., & Midena, E. (2017). Intravitreal dexamethasone implant in radiation-induced macular oedema. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 101(12), 1693-1703.
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Frizziero, L, Parrozzani, R, Trainiti , S, Pilotto , E, Miglionico, G, Pulze, S & Midena, E 2017, 'Intravitreal dexamethasone implant in radiation-induced macular oedema.', British Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 101, no. 12, pp. 1693-1703.
Frizziero L, Parrozzani R, Trainiti S, Pilotto E, Miglionico G, Pulze S et al. Intravitreal dexamethasone implant in radiation-induced macular oedema. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 2017 Dec;101(12):1693-1703.
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Nikon Acknowledges D4/D800 Lockup Issue, Offers Temporary Fix
Written on May 06, 2012 by Kristoff Jones
Nikon admits 'locking up' issues with its D4 and D800 cameras.
Almost two weeks after formally acknowledging a problem with a certain batch of camera batteries, Nokia has confirmed that 'a small number of D4/D800 users have been experiencing locking up issues, where the camera becomes unresponsive until the battery is removed and reinserted'.
The company addressed the issue in a recent statement posted by PDN. The statement included a temporary fix which suggests users to turn off the 'Highlights' and 'RGB Histogram' display option in the 'Playback Display Option' sub-menu to avoid the problem.
Toshiba Reveals Three New Camileo 1080p Camcorders
Written on September 04, 2011 by Avlya Jaie
Toshiba announced three new camcorders: The Camileo Clip, Camileo X200, and Camileo X400.
As part of their plans of making more product releases at IFA, Toshiba UK introduced three new Camileo camcorders: The small Camileo Clip, the larger Camileo X200, and Camileo X400. All three are capable of shooting 1080p HD videos and still images. They feature an electronic image stabilizer and a new Exposure Measure function that could adjust image settings automatically.
The X400 is said to be sporting a 5.0-megapixel CMOS sensor with 23x optical zoom lens, while the X200 gets an 8.0-megapixel sensor and 12x zoom. They both come with a 3-inch LCD and a motion and smile detection technology, which is very useful for capturing moving subjects.
Five Most-Awaited Cameras of 2011
Written on August 23, 2011 by Avlya Jaie
Check out GADG's initial details of the new digital and SLR cameras that are set to hit the store shelves this year.
Whether you are one of those artists who aspire to capture quality photos, or just a simple home buddy planning to document family bloopers, vacations, and sporting events; then you'd still better pick the best camera in the market. There are a lot of brands today competing for the "number 1″ position, and the only role of consumers is to review which among them is deserving to be bought.
In this article, GADG will provide you a detailed look at some of the anticipated cameras that are slated to reach the store shelves this year. The cameras being listed here also comes with their full features and pricing, letting you discover the best device that will fit your budget and needs.
Camera and Camcorder Releases for the Week
Written on July 17, 2011 by Avlya Jaie
GADG listed cameras and camcorders that hit the shelves this week.
One gadget that you should never forget whenever you're attending parties, special events or get-together is your digital camera. This handy device lets you capture photos and videos of unforgettable moments, share it with your friends, and keep them for remembrance.
That said, GADG takes a look at the most recently launched digital cameras and camcorders to date.
Samsung Unleashes Five ST Series Point-and-Shoot Cameras
Written on January 20, 2011 by Charles Bass
"Today's launch further establishes Samsung's position of leadership, setting the benchmark for the latest high performing camera designs." ---Samsung
January is filled with revelations from the recent CES 2011 event. Samsung was one of the many companies at CES 2011 that rolled out exciting surprises for this new year. Earlier this month, the company introduced a line of new cameras and now Samsung is ready to unleash more.
"Today's launch further establishes Samsung's position of leadership, setting the benchmark for the latest high performing camera designs" as said on Samsung's PR.
Samsung's new line of cameras is accompanied by five low to mid-range point-and-shoots in its ST series. It begins with the ST30 model which sells at $100 moving up to ST65, then toST90 and touchscreen ST95 and to top it all, the $230 ST6500. ST6500 shows off a a 5x optical zoom, 720p video recording, and a touchscreen interface.
Expect the rest of the devices to fall between 10 and 16 megapixels, with either a 3x or 5x optical zoom and 720p video recording on all but the ST30. The five point-and-shoots will be available in February or March.
CEATEC 2010: Fujitsu's Double Slater Windows 7 Prototype
CEATEC 2010 convention unveiled products that are truly eye-catching. First, the Panasonic Lumix camera 3D, the Lumix phone and now the Fujitsu's latest phone. The dual function phone that will be released one of these days.
The CEATEC 2010 unveiled a few attractive gadgets to look forward to. Fujitsu is among those companies who showed prototypes and concept designs. Among these prototypes are a couple of Windows Phone 7 devices. One that caught every eye is the dual-screen design, dual configuration device. A modern twist to the flip phone.
But everything is just a show. No specs, release dates and all. For your eyes only. But surely, Fujitsu's double slater is much more impressive than the T900.
Even Panasonic's Camera has 3D Tech
The invasion of 3D is going strong. From glasses to TVs to movies. Now, during the Ceatec 2010 event, a 3D camera was unwrapped.
Panasonic unveiled its latest peraphernalia on photography. It's a 3-D consumer camera which is dubbed as the Lumix DMC-GH2 camera along with a special lens. This sweet thing costs $250 carrying a 18-megapixel imaging sensor which allows the camera to shoot 16-megapixel images. The sensory captures 1080p high definition footages at 60 frames per sec. But the huge drawback is that it outputs at 1080i.
You can still capture images using its 3-D lenses. But you cannot shoot videos with it. Erica Ogg from CNET has something to say to it.
Fujifilm Shows Off FinePix X100
Written on September 20, 2010 by Charles Bass
Bring out the photographer in you with FinePix X100.
Hail the most beautiful! Photokina might be underway. Fujifilm's press event isn't up until Tuesday, but they are teasing our eyes with the "goddess of beauty." Make way for the FinePix X100.
The camera packs a 12.3 megapixel APS-C sensor. Supporting 720p movies, showing off EXR processor and 23 F2 Fujinon lens will make you want it so badly. It enables the Hybrid Viewfinder for intricate shooting capabilities.
It tags along a 2.8 inch LCD, a magnesium alloy top/base plate so sleek and sexy. The low-light shooters will fall for the ISO range of 200 to 6400 and also 5FPS continuous shooting and a full manual mode. Plus, SD/SDHC/SDXC card support with 127- x 75- x 54mm dimensions.
Here is the teaser video. Credits to Engadget.
Nikon Coolpix P7000 and D7000 on September 8 and 15?
Written on August 30, 2010 by Charles Bass
As leaks about their new cameras kept on coming, Nikon feels pressured.
A major leak last Friday stressed that Nikon launches two of its main camera of the year in the last two weeks before the Photokina show. The Coolpix P7000 and possibly more point-and-shoot models are to be unwrapped on Sept. 8, according to Nikon Rumors, while the D7000 DSLR would arrive one week later, on September 15. A telephoto lens 200mm f2, an unidentified second lens and a new Speedlight flash are also coming on the latter date.
The P7000 will be at the high end of the regular compact camera with a 7.1x (28-200mm) lens, a higher sensitivity 10-megapixel CCD sensor, shoot RAW images and 720p video recording. Many expect that the D7000 is more significant as it will use enhanced video of the D3100, but with a higher density sensor and possibly dual card slots.
Although the information is not confirmed, intercepted on the same site accurate dates for the launch of Nikon releases this month.
Fujifilm FinePix REAL 3D W3: 3D Photography
Fujifilm FinePix REAL 3D W3 joins the phenomena of 3D developments. Making you enjoy the playground of photography.
Three dimensional gadgets has conquered our lives and we try not to live with it. It's all about 3D movies and everything 3D. This maybe the reason why FujiFilm joined the era of 3D when they made the FinePix REAL 3D W3 digital camera. It must be a notch higher from its predecessor. Taking high-resolution 3D photos and movies in 3D HD at 720p. Thanks to real Photo Processor. It is also equipped with a new Mini HDMI port that lets you play back your recorded images and video on most 3D television systems, apart from the Autostereoscopic 3D Widescreen 3.5" LCD display.
The Slim FinePix Real 3D W3 wears a sleek black matte finish in an ergonomic design. With 21mm at its thinnest point while tipping the scales at just 8.5 ounces with a battery and memory card stashed within. Durable stainless steel material was used in the construction, assuring you of an optical axis which balances accurate 3D images. W3 will also feature a horizontal lens cover with wave detail that doubles up as an on/off switch.
This Slim FinePix Real 3D W3 from Fujifilm is designed to capture 3D from its twin 10-megapixel CCD sensors together with dual FUJINON 3x optical zoom lenses (35-105mm) which are spaced 75mm apart. 3D and 2D functions are both capturing high-definition, high-resolution still and moving photos sweat free. The audio is preserved for the impact. The One Touch Movie Mode lets you switch from movies and still modes. Making you enjoy the playground of photography. The FinePix REAL 3D W3 digital camera will be out on the market early next month for $499.95.


Portal for the win! Chocolate-vannila crazy cake!
Did you ever listen all the way through that piece of GlaDOS that was spouting off the cake recipe? Freaking hilarious!
I'm making a few this new years.
You must come to the new years for pie. It would get bad in the mail.
i'll put it in the over night mail thing! lol if you want?


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Supporters make final pitch in Burlington Telecom sale debate
By Dom Amato
Published: Oct. 27, 2017 at 5:08 PM EDT
The Burlington City Council votes Monday on the future of Burlington Telecom. On Friday, both sides made their final pitch.
"It would be locally owned and community controlled. There's no comparison between that and being owned by a giant corporation," said Kit Andrews with Keep Burlington Telecom Local, or KBTL. Andrews has lived in Burlington for over 30 years and says she's spoken with hundreds of residents and businesses who agree. "Everyone yearns to keep Burlington Telecom Local."
Not everyone. Burlington Miro Weinberger says that could cause more issues for the Queen City. The bid allows Burlington to keep partial ownership of BT, but with an 8-percent interest rate, some worry it keeps BT on shaky financial footing.
Burlington is selling the company as part of a settlement with Citibank and a local investor -- they're owed millions. Mayor Weinberger says Citibank has warned of a possible lawsuit If they opt for KBTL's $12.5 million offer, which is much lower than Ting's $30 million.
"Of course there's a worry about it, and we've been talking with the city and I think you just have to deal with it. But with the choices -- losing total control of over so basic, so important, and so fundamental to our future in Burlington, why would we give that up? said Andy Montrell, a KBTL organizer.
With Ting's offer, the city could recover some money from the financial mess at BT. Russ Scully, along with other owners and CEOs of tech companies in Burlington, call themselves "Tech for Ting". They say the Toronto-based company should come out on top. "We applaud the efforts of keep Burlington Telecom local, and while the idea of local appeals emotionally to all of us, it does not outweigh the strengths of Ting as a company or their offer," he said.
They say Ting offers unmatched service and reliability and that it will invest in the city, which will bring job growth. "We believe that the benefits of a Burlington Telecom powered by Ting are extensive. Ting is a stable and profitable company with experience and expertise," Scully said.
But KBTL supporters also promise investment and job growth, too.
So what's the best choice? Does the city keep BT local, and risk more money problems? Or, take Ting's offer, and bring in a for-profit corporation, to replace a local organization.
Mayor Weinberger says KBTL just isn't a viable financial option. When there were three finalists, five city councilors voted for Ting and six voted for KBTL. Some members of the city council met with Ting executives in Toronto Friday to learn a little bit more about the company.
Whatever the final vote Monday, approval on the decision is needed from the Vermont Public Utility Commission.


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Luxury living at the Tower Club. This beautiful, bright and airy 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom condo is nestled in the heart of Tuckahoe. Short walk to Metro North, shops, and restaurants. One assigned garage parking space, laundry room is located on each floor. The Tower Club has many amenities including 24/7 concierge, community room for large parties, indoor swimming pool, exercise room, racquetball court, sauna, outdoor patio area with barbecues.
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Athleisure is a hybrid style of athletic clothing typically worn as everyday wear. Athleisure outfits can include yoga pants, tights, sneakers, leggings and shorts that look like athletic wear, characterized as "fashionable, dressed-up sweats and exercise clothing". Since the 2010s, it has become more common to wear gym clothes outside the gym, whether the wearer is exercising or not.

Athleisure can be considered a fashion industry movement, enabled by improved textile materials which allow sportswear to be more versatile, comfortable, and fashionable.

Background
In the 1930s, Champion began producing hoodies for laborers working in freezing temperatures. In 1958, DuPont invented spandex, a crucial athleisure component. Adidas popularized athletic fashion by introducing sport-to-street tracksuits in 1963. By the 1970s, athletic fashion was ubiquitous in street culture and grew in popularity in the 1980s from hip hop music videos.

By some accounts, the athleisure trend in the 21st century grew out of women wearing yoga pants, and the convenience of wearing clothes for multiple occasions without having to change. Its popularity may have stemmed from its ability to fill a gap in the market, when athletic apparel was once merely functional rather than stylish. Another account suggests that the cyclical nature of blue jean sales has allowed athleisure apparel to supplant denim as casual wear. Sportswear that had been worn exclusively in gyms is now being worn elsewhere by young adults and fitness-conscious consumers and has been accompanied by a relaxation in dress codes. The styles, colors, and fabrics of athleisure suggest a broader emphasis on fashion as opposed to functionality. Innovations in textiles have brought improvements in functionality, such that garments and footwear have become more breathable, lightweight, and waterproof. The new garments are performance enhancing and allow wearers to carry out everyday activities easily.

Evolution in the 2020s
By 2020, a so-called "next-gen athleisure" category had emerged, owing to increasing acceptance in the workplace and advances in fabric and production technology, for instance yoga pants that double as totally acceptable office pants. The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to a continued increase in the popularity of athleisure wear. Some fashion brands that had previously made streetwear or suits pivoted to items like hoodies and jogging trousers, since many people were quarantined at home and wanted comfortable clothing that would still look stylish for virtual meetings.

Market size and trends
Reports in USA Today and The Wall Street Journal in 2015 described the athleisure market as growing, displacing typical workwear styles, and cutting in to sales of jeans, with a market size in 2014 of US$35 billion, representing an 8% increase from the previous year. According to one estimate, the athleisure market, including footwear, was US$270 billion in 2016, and was estimated to grow 30% in the United States and Asia by the year 2020. The global market as of 2018, assessed by Allied Market Research, was noted as US$155 billion. In Canada as of 2019, "active" clothing made up about 25 per cent of the apparel that Canadians were buying, but in 2021 that number grew to more than one-third, and sales were growing twice as fast as other forms of clothing. A report by Market Research Future anticipates the market to surpass US$842 billion by 2028.

In spite of this, there is an arising issue regarding market saturation as traditional luxury and mass merchant brands tap into this trend. The athleisure market for casual athletic clothing has become increasingly crowded with big-box retailers such as Walmart and Target, as well as fast fashion brands joining the fray, often at cheaper prices. An analyst estimated that the athleisure market was not slowing down, with much competition and pressure on various retail outlets including sporting goods stores.

Impacts

Social

Global shifts toward a rise in health and fitness trends has led to growing interest and participation in sports among the public. Many have actively joined clubs and competitions in order to fully adopt the characteristics of this lifestyle. Consequently, sportswear brands can utilize this opportunity to improve and introduce better quality apparel, footwear, and gear. By presenting their devotion towards a lifestyle, it thus allows brands to garner customer loyalty.

Athleisure has been promoted by celebrities such as Beyoncé and Rihanna.

Materials and technology
New fibers enable greater odor reduction, sweat-wicking, and stretchability to conform to the body's shape. Some athleisure designs allow certain segments more breathability while other parts can have greater tension or durability. A type of athleisure sometimes called "technical wear" focuses on clothes that are more suitable for wearing to the office while being comfortable.

Environmental
There have been concerns that materials used in athleisure may have negative consequences for the environment; these chemicals include dyes and solvents and polyfluorinated chemicals and petroleum which are used to make athleisure resistant to water and grease and stains.

See also

 Sportswear (fashion)
 Athletic shoes
 Fitness culture
 Women's sports

References

2014 in fashion
American fashion
Fashion terminology
Sportswear
2010s fashion
2020s fashion

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It is a universally acknowledged truth that weddings, besides being one of the most important moments in a person's life, are also one of the most stressful. There is worry associated with almost everything related to a wedding, be it the guest list, the color of the flowers used and, perhaps most importantly, the location of the actual ceremony.
Some want a no-frills version at City Hall, while some others want a lavish spectacle at an exotic location. Although home weddings are another popular option, not many Manhattan apartment residents would think of hosting a wedding in the city. But, as it turns out, some New Yorkers are doing just that—the amenity spaces in their luxury condominium buildings translate into great wedding locations for them to use.
A report in The New York Post has revealed that when it comes to weddings, several New York couples are saving a lot of money by choosing to get married in the amenity spaces of their buildings. These spaces could take the form of either a sprawling landscaped courtyard, a stunning open-air terrace, or perhaps just an indoor party room.
The costs for these spaces, which are usually rented by the hour, are much cheaper than the traditional event spaces that are used to hold weddings and other special occasions. In fact, by foregoing a big, splashy wedding in favor of a more cost-effective one, the savings made could instead be used for the down payment for a condominium!
Examples of such weddings were aplenty in The New York Post article. Erin Yitzhari and Abe Lichy had their bridal shower and rehearsal dinner with about 40 guests in the party room at The Sheffield. On the other hand, Rebecca Stewart and Mark Hoornstra found their Griffin Court building's 8,700 square foot courtyard to be the perfect location for holding their grand nuptials.
So, if these examples are any indication, there are certainly going to be more weddings being held on terraces and courtyards in condominiums around Manhattan. After all, there's something appealing about having the most important day of your lives in the same location as where you'll spend the rest of your lives.


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Semi-automated injection of Envoy proxies into Kubernetes pods.
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In-cluster load balancing for HTTP, gRPC, and TCP traffic.
Support for timeouts, retries with budgets, and circuit breakers.
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