It's been awhile. I know. And I'm smooshing together several types of posts here: #2sdayPoems, Odd Bits from a Creative Life, C.A. Explains It All. You'll understand why towards the end.
First of all, thank goodness that the stress of the "official" holidays has passed and Mardi Gras is in full swing here in Louisiana. I've just had a slice of King Cake with my lunch and my neighbors have all gone off in truckloads, beer in tow, for the parade streets away.
The dog is not fond of the noise this time of year, but his real nemeses are the possums that always seem to congregate under our shed when the temperatures drop. He will brave the weather for a lick at those furballs, but he's decided snow is better off left to the plants.
That little dusting we had back in December was toed, tasted, christened, and abandoned for a warm bed in a matter of seconds. Here he is trying to get to the space heater. My cat, a scrappy ten-year-old "runt", on the other hand, got into her tiny, red sweater as fast as she could and frolicked until she was almost a popsicle.
What can I say, she enjoys the outdoors, especially when she can scoop up stunned, half- frozen lizards at wholesale. This is her pissed-because-you-made-me-come-inside face.
Even arctic foxes aren't dumb enough to brave the negative temps like some (crazy!) New Orleanians are doing for the Saints game in Minnesota this weekend. Just to be clear: I don't care that much about football. Okay, I cared that one time when I had chump change on the Denver Broncos back in the nineties.
I do follow the Saints some, but only because Drew Brees is literally days ( yes, days) younger than me and my twin.
I look at old man Drew and I wonder how long he can keep up the pace. I wonder what the hell he is doing to keep up the pace. I wonder where the hell I can get some of the gris-gris he's imbibing. Seriously, that can't all be discipline? Can it?
Anyway, suffice to say, Baby Brees and I had and are having fantastic b-days this year. Had he lived, my father would have been having a good one too. At least, I like to think so. Hard to believe it's been three years next week since his passing. It was three days before his birthday and very unexpected.
Meanwhile in Florida, my grandfather's (his father's) 90th year did not start out so well. A bad fall landed him in rehab, his favorite dog passed away, and the Seminole responsible for his physical therapy was being too rough (accord ing to him). Just when he'd finally started to like the Seminole, was having lunch with him in fact, Grandpa had a sudden, terminal heart attack, the same as my father.
His last words to me were scribbled in the Christmas card, a brief note about a $150 book on the Tlingit that he had donated to his local library. It stands to his second wife to sort out his complicated life, starting with getting his ashes into the totem pole as he requested.There will be several memorials along the pow-wow trail, with the big dinner next year. RIP Kashka. And Dad.
When the news came, I had just picked up a copy of Who Reads Poetry: 50 Views from Poetry Magazine. It opened randomly to the essay with lines from Richard Blessings' poem "Directions on Dying". Very surreal and a little disconcerting.
Later, I was sorting through poems I'd bookmarked for the next round of #2sdayPoems. The window with Aimee Nezhukumatathil's "Lobison Song" froze. It's a poem about the birth of one of her sons, who oddly enough had come into the world with the same hairy condition as my little brother. Suddenly, it was like the Lion King's "Circle of Life" was going off in my head. Another Dali-esque feeling.
But these two poems taken together made me feel…better. Somehow.
Eventually, the aforementioned brother, grown and not so hairy, decided my computer was suffering from failed RAM. He got it all squared away and here I am writing about…everything.
A few more things to say about books before I close. The audiobook of Molly's Game was a wild ride during this time and much deeper insight into the evolution of the real woman. I'd seen the movie earlier in the month. Loved it. Jessica Chastain is phenomenal, btw, like when she channeled that weird final vulnerableness in the lawyer's office with that carpet wobble on her (faux?) Louis Vuitton's. The real Molly Bloom, as the book proves, is a tough frickin' nut, but totally addictably likable, inspiring even.
I also dug into Andy Weir's Artemis, which is about another tough, smart woman making it in a man's world, this time a lunar colony. Weir probed the political, social and economic cycles of such a place in a thought-provoking, yet very grounded way.
The next book is the latest installment of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, The House of Unexpected Sisters. The main character Mma Ramotswe, is dealing with thorny family issues in Botswana, a place that is, putting it lightly, a less than friendly landscape for women in business, or women in general.
I felt very encouraged by the resiliency of the women in each of these books. So, basically, it's all going to work out in the end.
That last quote really made me think of Terrance Hayes' collection Wind In a Box, and more specifically the poem "The Blue Seuss". You can find text and audio here. But also please buy the book. It's one of my favorites.
More than once, he mentions Brenda Hillman's Death Tractates, (as does Hass–not surprisingly– in A Little Book on Form). I remember reading some sort of mini-review from him about this book several years ago, and wanted to pick it up then. [Here's the 2014 Rumpus "Last Book of Poems I Loved" article if you're interested]. I know I had it in my Amazon cart at some point, but somehow didn't get to the actual purchase. Remedying that soon.
Hass' book has wonderful sections on sonnets and odes, but the last few chapters–"Collage, Abstraction, Oulipo and Procedural Poetics"; "Mixed Forms": and "Prose Poem" were worth the price of the book. Before I die, I will have to audit at least one of his Berkeley classes.
When I go, I will also crash Lyn Hejinian's "Slow Seeing/Slow Reading (English 190) class, which Lit Hub teased recently in their "Classes 25 Famous Writers Teach" piece.
Via that post, I also found out that Vievee Francis, one of my poetry heroes, teaches "Engaging in Hybridity: Race, Gender, Genre" at Dartmouth. I am at this very moment scooping up much of her reading list, especially Kwame Dawes' Duppy Conqueror, which how have I not read that already?
Also, I am hoping the ARC gods at Copper Canyon, will bestow a copy of Aimee Nezhukumatathil's upcoming Oceania on me before I lose my mind waiting. Maybe if I send a muster of peacocks up to the author at Ole Miss, she will help smooth the way.
This year, I am scheduling a few readings and really appreciated Robin Houghton's timely post on Tackling Poetry Readings.
In other news, I applied for a Native Arts& Cultures grant. They were super helpful in the application process. Receiving the grant would help me launch a better funded #readNDN campaign, revive this blog and allow me to finish a WIP collection of poems that I'm calling Fish Psalms.
Psalms as a form have always intrigued me. The Hebrew ones are essentially lyric poems set to music, in other words, a type of song language. The Tlingit word for 'poetry' is roughly translated "song language" (at shí yoo xh'atángi). Additionally, the Tlingit (other Native Americans, the Irish and Acadians) have much in common with the Hebrew people, down to the complicated clan system, a tight focus on landscape common to the displaced, and a reliance on the larger community in times of trial. These groups are all deeply spiritual, each in their own way, and are all groups that inform my work by heritage or adoption.
I am also drawn to psalms for another reason. Poet Alicia Ostriker put it best when she stated that "the emotions of Psalms surge and collapse like breaking waves". I want FISH PSALMS to tap the full range of human emotion and to mimick natural cycles of water, evening to morning, creation to death, etc., as the Hebrew ones do.
By the end of the week, I hope to finish a short story that is on the surface about a lost dog, but underneath about the ever-present class struggles in the Deep South. I am 2 scenes away from being done. Currently calling it "Denny Albers' Dog.
I tried to translate the success of my oil pastel portraits to acrylics by trying out sheets of 10x 12 canvas paper and reinterpreting photos from the historic New Orleans collection. This seems to be the right mix of materials and subjects. FINALLY.
For those new to the BoneSpark scene, the "Odd Bits" posts are meant to be glimpses of art/prose/poetry works-in-progress as well as tinder from things that strike my creative fancy: be it cereal boxes or books. So, like Forest says, you never know what you're gonna get.
Everything is set for the Arts Evening on April 2. Trolleys will shutter patrons around the historic Olde Towne Arts District. My work is being hosted by Hair-Port on Robert Street. Contact City of Slidell for maps and parking details.
On the acrylic side, I have begun a large canvas based on a montage of 1940's swing dance photos. This is the start of a whole suite of swing dance scenes.
This past Wednesday, I attended a poetry reading at the Artists' Galleries de Juneau, another Olde Towne small business. Poet Michael Czarnecki (who also founded and runs FootHills Publishing) read from several of his collections. I was especially intrigued by his book Twenty Days on Route 20, which is reminiscent of Kerouac and is being developed into a screenplay by a young woman whose name I did not quite catch. I took home a hand-stitched copy of Twenty Days and was gifted his most recent collection wild voices come when they will, which is a compilation of selections from his daily poetry practice. Check out his websites for both daily photos and poems. And stay tuned (here on the blog) for a short interview and a full review of the collections at Sabotage Reviews.
Czarnecki's Asian-influenced poems led me to contemplate the Japanese influence on my beloved Mary Cassatt, Van Gogh, Monet and other Impressionists. The Making a Mark Blog has a great roundup of resources on both the fuller history of Japanese art and Japonism.
Little Art Talks also has some fab videos on both subjects free on Youtube.
When the artist is alive in a any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressing creature…He disturbs, upsets, enlightens, and he opens ways for a better understanding. Whereas those who are not artists are trying to close the book, he opens it, shows there are still more pages possible.The world would stagnate without him, and the world would be beautiful with him.
It is not enough to have thought great things before doing the work. The brush stroke at the moment of contact carries inevitably the state of being of the artist at that exact moment into the work, and there it is, to be seen and read and by those who can read such signs, and to be read later by the artist himself, with perhaps some surprise as a revelation of himself … He who has contemplated has met with himself, is in a state to see the realities beyond the surfaces of his subject. …Through art mysterious bonds of understanding and of knowledge are established among men.
Such a song motivated Israel's King David and drew him back to the author of beauty (Psalm 27: 4) I have been drawn to this author lately as well, slowly absorbing Chris Shook's Beauty Begins and Geraldine Brooks The Secret Chord, as well as Charles Swindoll's David:A Man of Passion and Destiny.
For those who haven't already read it, poet Robert Pinsky's The Life of David is also a good read.
Yes, I've been neglecting the blog. Apologies! But I have not been neglecting the creative life. Pardoning the bad lighting, here are two suites of work for an upcoming arts evening in April. The acrylic paintings (on canvas) are from my ever-expanding Circus series and the framed portraits are oil pastels on paper, titled Bettie Bangs& Crew.
Currently, all the art featured in this post is for sale, but you only have until April 2 to snap it up before the locals. The larger paintings, titled "Fire-eater" and "Trick Rider" are 22 x 28 in; medium paintings, titled "The Aerialist" and "Knife-Thrower" are 12 x 12, small "Three Clowns" and "The Strongman" are 6 x 8 in.
Also, for a limited time, I am taking commissions for oil pastel portraits. Finished work is 11 x 14 inches framed, with an approximate one week turn-around. A reasonably-lit, head and shoulders photo (or an in-person sitting) and a non-refundable 20% "downpayment" are required. Full payment is due within 10 days of commencement or upon satisfactory completion of the portrait. Contact me via bonesparkblog@yahoo.com for more information, or to arrange purchase of any of the featured pieces.
Lately, I've been obsessed with the Poldark novels. Yes, I was first hooked by the handsome, curly-haired Irishman (Aidan Turner of BEING HUMAN, THE HOBBIT and the Dante Gabriel Rossetti mini-series DESPERATE ROMANTICS) who stars in the latest television remake, but I quickly came to appreciate the quality of Winston Graham's writing. I have just finished #7 in the novel series. I had the old Fontana paperback versions (not the reprints pictured above), and all of these were gripping and dense with a refreshing, good-natured Cornishness and enough soap opera-ish drama to keep one's pulse permanently elevated. My copies also had some strange and yet charming messages tucked into the front matter about the 70's gas crisis and some pencilled-in notes about grocery ads.
I am told that books #8-10 are not nearly as well done, but that #11& esp. #12 make it well worth the slog. I'm sure that I will not find the details of French politics as off-putting as some who gave book #8 just disparaging marks. I also quite like the idea of the introduction of a new bad boy who is after Ross' cherished daughter.
I have also just picked up the Morland Dynasty series by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, which is another set of novels known for its rich English history. I have started right in the middle of the arc with the French Revolution title. This was recommended to me by another Poldark fan, so I expect to enjoy it as much as the W. Graham books.
This has largely been confined to writing math problems for college texts the past few months, and an occasional foray into the historical novel I have been working on for quite some time. I have also been up to some soft selling work in promotion of my mother's new release, A TALENT FOR MURDER, a southern cozy mystery. Nothing new in the poetry world, beyond submitting sporadically to a few journals that are reading in summer.
Experimenting with the larger 20x24in canvas for portraits. Not too thrilled with the results so far.
I happened across Wicked Plants: The Weed that Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities while flipping channels between educational shows one weekend. Even though I am not an avid gardener or especially interested in plants, I rushed to the library for a copy. And I have to say that it has been a really exciting read. Caught my mother making notes from it for the next Flower Patch mystery.
Also came across Louise Gluck's Meadowlands at a used bookstore. Reading the books back-to-back before writing has produced some interesting poems, including one about Peter Peter Pumpkin-Eater and another about cesium poisoning in the Arctic via contaminated lichen.
Won several of the Big Poetry Book giveways from last month as well as one from Deep South Magazine. Haven't got to all of those titles just yet. By the way, Deep South has great Literary Friday round-ups for those who are into Southern Lit.
Besides the giveaway books, with review copies I am literally swimming in poetry. But since my philosophy is that you can never have too much poetry, I am all smiles.
If you are a fan of my Sabotage round-ups, you'll see reviews soon for titles from El Zarape Press, Mouthfeel Press and LSU Press. I won't spoil the fun by revealing the specifics just yet.
On the submission front, tidy batches of poems have gone out to several journals, and I'm hoping to have some publication news on the chapbook(s) soon. Since it is now Short Story Month, I have been busily revising some of my short stories, including a dark fairy tale set in Cajun country that required some extra care in keeping the patois authentic.
Before the end of the month, I plan to get to Greg Sarris' Grand Avenue: A Novel in Stories which I hope is as good as Watermelon Nights. I'll try to post something on the blog when I've had time to digest.
On my other blog, I finally released the (Christian, character-focused) high school American history curriculum that I authored. And despite my fiction writing group falling apart, I have managed to add some new scenes to my novel-in-progress. More on this later.
Have just discovered the #FairyTaleFriday challenge on Twitter. This looks like it would be fun. Too late to start on the 'tremor' theme for today, but I hope to contribute something next week if time allows.
Despite all this writing, I have not given up on art. Below are a few of my newest paintings. Pardon the terrible lighting! I usually wrangle my little brother into taking the photos. This is what you get when I do it myself. The colors are much more vibrant in person, trust me.
I have also nearly completed my paper-cuts series. The latest bunch incorporates fairytale themes and uses a pastel palette. Since most of the earlier works are out at journals and zines (and I hope to submit the latest round), you'll have to wait for a sample.
Well, that pretty much does it for now.
If you'd like to contribute a GUEST POST on your creative life, please drop me a line at bonesparkblog@yahoo.com.
First off, let me just say how thrilling it is that my little notes on a creative life are inspiring others. Check out what Erika Dreifus is doing with the concept. Also, I finally figured out where I "borrowed" the series title from…see the Toulouse: Odd BIts of a LIfe in New Orleans blog.
I enjoy these type of entries from the actively creating best, so let me get on with it!
This week I've been experimenting with some kitschy cover designs that blend Lyra polycolor pencil with graphic layering techniques to create faux embroidery/faux embossing effects. Some small samples up above. This has been immensely fun, and I am going to try to emulate carved Northwest Coast formline and quilling effects next.
It is hard to top my love of the Westerman/Crowther historical mystery series, but Robertson has blown me away again. She has such a gift for vivid description that (I assume) comes from her TV/film directing days…her words actually transport you into a scene in a way that moves you along as if you are a character in a film yourself. The fact that this book features a struggling female artist and BRILLIANT catalogue notes (to this female painter's exhibition) so beautifully dispersed into the narrative…it is…it is just like she has written it specifically for me.
Did I mention the main character's interaction with Gertrude Stein in her famous salon with straight-up discussion on Picasso or the depth of Robertson's research into the women's ateliers of the time?
Then there is the dark twist of Part Two and the corresponding move of the tonal palette. I must dissect this some more to figure out how to replicate this setting of mood.
Also, I usually hate epi- and pro-logues, but in Robertson's hands, they are like a shiny gold-frame and feel absolutely organic.
Have also felt compelled to make several sketches of the cover. A+ , Imogen, you've won me over again!
Ah! She sent me a lovely note on twitter after it posted, which set my little fangirl heart all aflu tter. But ownward……………….
all of which have inspired me to slow down and enjoy the process of creating more.
The Tlingit language too, lacks a true word for the term, using verbs with complicated tenses that relate the act of painting or weaving or carving, etc.. It makes one question all over again the very place and function of art within culture. But that is another debate.
I was also surprised to learn (from poet & Tlingit elder, Nora Dauenhauer) that 'poetry' too is missing in our tongue, coming across loosely in a phrase that roughly translated means "song language".
I can not tell you how tickling this is for a friend of mine who works in music and on the side translates Scottish Gaelic ballads & poems. His exact phrasing was a bit more colorful than 'tickling', but it really rather lacks the merryiness in English, making my point. Maybe??
At the end of a shell road, a rusted bridge rides low over an oily creek. Wild chickens roost in vine-choked trees of indeterminate colors and an army of fiddler crabs marches to its own chorus. The bridge used to lead to somewhere, but it's all crumbled brick and cracked cinder-block now, tangled in more vegetation, except for one gray house that leans over a freshly swept porch. Its faded gauze curtains part for a bare-legged, freckled-faced girl that would rather pinch roach wings from her toes than bother with shoes.
Link back your own Works-in-progress, realbies. I know you active creators are out there ready, ready, ready to share!!!!
I've been working on some symbolist paintings about the Tlingit Raven. Watch a versions of the Tlingit creation story here.
I'll be trying out some interesting techniques with my new painting mentor beginning in January. Very excited to embark in this new direction. Have also found some support for my collage work in a small studio in California that will allow access to more materials. Always nice.
Enjoyed the math-flecked debut The Mathematician's Shiva by Stuart Rojstaczer over the holidays. A tale of family angst in the wake of "the greatest female mathematician in history['s]" death and the odd bunch of followers that descend on the family in search of her (possible) solution to the Navier-Stokes problem. Recommended to me by Erika Dreifus of Practicing Writing and now a pick by BooksAMillion for its December Book Clubs, this is definitely worth a read even by mathphobes.
I also gave a glowing endorsement to John T. Biggs latest Popiscle Styx from PenL. It's an impressive sophomore novel that deserves its own category . I"m going with noir/magical realism/Okie local color/crime for now. Good stocking stuffer!
You might also want to pick up Walking on Air if you are in the mood for some Mississippi small town life. I'll have more on this story collection soon and a review of Steph Post's latest N. Florida noir/ Southern grit lit from Pandamoon with a full review in Small Press Book Reviews later this month.
A poem is a penetration into the essence of something. It begins in a moment, is the thing itself as well as the surrounding space. A poem is in the spaces between the words.
This draws me back to the work of poet Susan Rich, whose collection Cloud Pharmacy was gifted to me by The Next Best Book Club (TNBBC) and very enthusiastically discussed on Goodreads recently.
I fell in love with her suite of poems on the surrealist photographs of Hannah Maynard. So very fascinated by her way of entering into the work, which she describes in detail in her "Statement of Poetic Research," available with some of the work at Common-Place.
I'm thinking of trying something similar with the "colonialized" images of Tlingit women at the Univ. of Washington, The Alaska Digital Archives and Penn Museum. This would slide in nicely with the suite of Tlingit legend poems I am already working on.
But I'm not sure exactly where I'm going with the project yet. I find myself (along with my very patient sponsor/mentor) wishing that I could write much, much faster. This has been a project of long brewing and constant re-immersion in a culture I am somewhat isolated from both generationally and geographically.
Yet, I am finding it very rewarding. I have hopes of making it to Alaska if Grandpa Kashka's health improves. At 87, he clings tenaciously to the Florida sunshine, but my uncles and cousins are still shucking a living from the rocks.
Thank God we all know how to speak the language of the earth.


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B05 works out of Burns Harbor IN working east into Michigan with stops in Niles, Dowagiac, Decatur and Lawton where they make their turn around and head back to Burns Harbor.
Amtrak's California Zephyr rolls through a canyon along the Colorado River east of Burns, Colo., from high atop a sand road. Shot Sept. 5, 2003, with 200 speed film, 35MM.
The California Zephyr rolls along another of many spectacular canyons along the Colorado River east of Burns, Colo., from high atop a sand road. On the Union Pacific Railroad. Shot Sept. 5, 2003, with 200 speed film, 35MM.
The California Zephyr rolls along another of many spectacular canyons along the Colorado River east of Burns, Colo., from high atop a sand road. This section is between Bond and Dotsero. On the Union Pacific Railroad. Shot Sept. 5, 2003, with 200 speed film, 35MM.


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Adore Me Launches Lingerie Technology Adore me Tech To Build the Future of Retail
Burberry Provides Transparency On Cashmere Scarves Manufacture
Adore Me, known for being the first lingerie brand to bring extended sizing to the market, is now introducing Adore Me Tech: an organizational structure that represents the future of what a technology group within a retail company can look like.
With nearly 100 technical engineers based out of Adore Me's Bucharest and New York Cityoffices, Adore Me has always considered themselves just as much of a data-driven technology brand as they are a lingerie brand. Knowing that the very nature of shopping is always changing, Adore Me follows their belief that technology must be embedded into any and every business function. That's why the disruptive lingerie brand is launching their own technology brand, Adore Me Tech, whose core mission will be to build upon the Adore Me Operating Platform.
The Adore Me Operating Platform
If there's one trend that Adore Me has experienced as consistent, it's this: Their market and business is continually being disrupted by new technology and the external factors that come along with it. Recognizing that changes to shopping and fashion are inevitable, Adore Me introduces their very own suite of proprietary software and technology used to expand into new markets, new products, and new business models.
Currently, the Adore Me Operating Platform stands as an ecosystem of 15 internal tools that fuel solutions for current and short-term business challenges—and they're working closely with business partners to expand even further, too. Examples of these proprietary tools include a scale-up procurement inventory management system, a product ordering tool & advanced shipping notifications, an algorithm-based try-at-home subscription box, an advanced product creation tool used by Adore Me Designers, and a self-serve platform that serves as a homebase for influencer campaigns.
"We hypothesize that as the world around us continues to change, we'll need to change the way we approach our planning, automation, and policies," says Romain Liot, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Adore Me. "The right framework will be our catalyst in business growth, and the Adore Me Operating Platform is a huge step in the right direction."
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US destroyers in the Gulf of Aden launched airstrikes against Houthi rebels, a Shia insurgent group currently withstanding a massive bombing campaign from a Saudi-led coalition in a year-and-half conflict between largely Shia rebels and the Saudi-backed Sunni government in Yemen. The Pentagon insisted that cruise missiles had been fired onto the USS Mason on Sunday and Wednesday from Houthi-controlled territory, and called the airstrikes a "limited self-defense" response.
ABC's Martha Raddatz (Good Morning America,10/13/16) likewise didn't inform the viewer that the US has been a party to the civil war for 18 months. She also never used the word "Saudi" or referred to the brutal bombing campaign; she barely even alluded to there being a conflict at all.


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Q: DIV height and width remains the same on redirected pages Basically, I made the post boxes smaller (height and width) on my tumblr's main page so that users won't have to scroll down to read through blogs. I tend to write lengthy blogs. What I did was lowered the height and width of my post boxes, added an overflow:hidden property (so that my lengthy texts won't go outside the divs), and permalinked them so that they can read the full posts on another page instead.
My problem is, since I adjusted the height and width of the post box on the main page, the height and width of the post box on the redirected page is also the same. My question is, there a way that I can just adjust the post box height and width ONLY on my main page and not on redirected pages?

A: Yes, find the class or id of the body tag for your main page. (if it has one, if not you would just need to add one)
for example if the home page has this  (you can find this easily by viewing page source and looking for the opening body tag)
<body class="home-page">

you could do this
.home-page .each-post {
    width: 100px;
    height: 100px;
    overflow: hidden;
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So that would only change the .each-post on the .home-page, and the .each-post css would stay the same on the other pages.

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They always told me planning a wedding was tough. Jeez, if I had known just how tough it was, I probably wouldn't have done it myself. Between scheduling vendors, tasting food, picking out things (lots of things), and smoothing out conflicts with relatives and bridesmaids, preparing for the wedding was…pretty stressful. By pretty stressful, I mean, there were points when I wanted to scream, curl up into a ball, and then cry for 24 hours straight. That may or may not have happened on multiple occasions.
The first time I was able to relax and enjoy myself – and actually connect with my husband – was when I entered the doors of Maui Kai for our honeymoon. The energy I felt when walking onto the property was serene and relaxing. And the spirit of the people was jovial and comforting. I knew right away that the stress I had was already starting to ooze out of my system.
The rooms were exactly what we needed. A full kitchen and a furnished balcony for me, and a TV with cable for my husband. Looking out onto Ka'anapali beach, literally 5 steps from the Maui Kai building, I finally felt peace and solace from the months of craziness before. Watching our first Maui sunset from our oceanfront condo, my husband and I felt at home and we finally found the connectedness we had hoped to find during our wedding.
After a week long vacation in paradise, we packed up our bags, relaxed, rejuvenated, and were ready to take on the world for the first time as a married couple. It's been over four years since our wedding and we plan to go back to Maui Kai for our five year anniversary to relive our amazing experience.


Analysts have been calling it for quite some time, but with signs like these how could you not. RIM's stock plummeted 77% in 2011 and the company's smartphones kept losing ground to Apple's iPhone and the army of Android devices. Meanwhile the launch of the Playbook tablet was a complete failure. On the other hand, Amazon using essentially the same hardware quickly rose a few months later to become the iPad's #1 competitor.
With that kind of increasing pressure on their hands, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis (co-founder) have stepped down from their co-CEO positions. The company also kept dual-COOs. Thorsten Heins which served one such position will become the new CEO. Barbara Stymiest who served as a board member and was though to become CEO will instead occupy the chairwoman's seat.
Along with the announcement, RIM reinforced its plans to launch a new smartphone based on the new Blackberry 10 operating system before the end of the year. A second-gen Playbook tablet, also set to use the company's upcoming platform is the second major device RIM is working on for 2012. There's also been speculation that Blackberry 10 OS could be opened up and made available for third parties to license.
Just in 2009 Research in Motion had received honors from Fortune as the fastest growing company in the world. The company has not been losing money in recent times, and they still appear to have a stronghold in certain markets (outside of the US). It will be interesting to see how the company reacts and if it makes any difference in consumers' minds. Also if there's enough space for multiple platforms to co-exist in today's mobile market which is characterized by the closed ecosystems touted by the different major players.


Exports and foreign investment have been consistent aids of economic growth in the Dominican Republic over the past decade, and a public company – the Dominican Republic Centre for Exports and Investment (Centro de Exportaciones e Inversiones de República Dominicana (CEI-RD)) has been responsible for managing this driving force. Danilo Medina's government has suggested that this progress will continue, and as a result of this, he has positioned himself at the helm of CEI-RD as the new managing director.
Jean Alain Rodríguez is a young lawyer specialised in International Law and External Trade in both the private and public sector. After having worked as a consultant, advisor and director for some of the most prestigious institutions, law firms and companies in the country, Rodríguez has joined CEI-RD with the firm intention of building upon the socioeconomic development plan outlined by Danilo Medina.
In pursuit of reducing poverty, developing the country and creating a real middle class, the new government's main goal is to create 400,000 new jobs over the next four years. CEI-RD has also set its own priorities: to double foreign direct investment (FDI) and global export figures in the Dominican Republic over the same period. CEI-RD's calculations are clear. If the objectives are met, foreign investment would create 100,000 new jobs, and exports would create a further 32,000 jobs, thus meeting 33% of President Medina's expectations.
The new director of CEI-RD argues that foreign investment is one of the greatest drivers of the economy and the greatest generator of quality employment in the country. Over the past seven years, the Dominican Republic has attracted $14 billion of foreign direct investment, and forecasts indicate that by the end of 2012, it will have attracted a further $3.5 billion. The institution aims to achieve $4.5 billion in FDI per year at the end of the government's four year term, which is double the average for the last eight years.
In pursuit of this goal, the Executive Director of CEI-RD has announced an "aggressive campaign" to target investors, highlighting the attractiveness of the Dominican Republic abroad, including its strategic geographical location, economic stability, natural resources, and above all, its institutionalism and legal security. The strategy will involve the public and private sector, who will both have a say in the coordinated deployment of foreign investment along with export experts who will work together with the most prestigious Dominican lawyers, the chambers of commerce and the entire diplomatic and consular body abroad. CEI-RD itself will be in charge of training these government employees to become active business agents and creators of opportunities for the country.
Another important aspect of this project is exports, and the CEI-RD has proposed that this area is strengthened by implementing a sophisticated business information system which will include information on all companies which are able to export. The system will also include information on different products, production volumes and potential markets.
The plan will also involve SMEs so that they can initiate training programmes and form clusters in order to improve competitiveness and promote the quality of Dominican products abroad. According to Jean Alain Rodriguez, strategic links with local and foreign companies will be key to reducing costs and increasing efficiency in terms of transferring technology and know-how.
The CEI-RD is committed to a profound change in the management model of public institutions, where all resources and staff serve citizens and companies within the country, targeting investment and revitalising exports. According to the institution, this will provide the perfect conditions to create thousands of jobs and drive socioeconomic development in the country.


Pop singer Zayn Malik in an exclusive interview with Elle India has revealed that he 'always found' Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, 'a tad arrogant in the movies.' "I personally wasn't a huge fan until I met him. I realised how humble he is. Really showed a different side to him. He always came across as slightly arrogant in the movies to me but when I met him in real life, he was so nice. He just completely changed my opinion of him," he told Elle India. In November 2015, Shah Rukh Khan and Zayn Malik met for the first time at the Asian Awards in London.
Former One Direction member Zayn posed for his first Indian fashion magazine cover. In a candid interview, he spoke at length on his changed perceptions about the popular Bollywood actor. "Bollywood is so impeccable. If you ever get a chance to watch a good Bollywood movie, watch Devdas. Have you seen Devdas? It's got Shah Rukh Khan in it. You know who Shah Rukh Khan is?"
At the recent #AskSRK session on Twitter, Shah Rukh Khan was informed about Zayn's interview and the former humbly replied, "He is extremely sweet. Made me a huge hit with my kids by doing a pic with me."
Shah Rukh Khan is currently busy with Aanand L Rai's Zero, which also stars Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma. He'll be playing a dwarf in the film.
Zero is scheduled to release on December 21, 2018.


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Prosecutors asking for 11-year prison sentence for YouTube star Austin Jones
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In an online mea culpa posted for his millions of YouTube viewers in 2015, online celebrity and Bloomingdale resident Austin Jones admitted he had asked his fans — mostly teen and tween girls who loved his a cappella renditions of hit songs — for "twerking" videos, and soon after went into therapy.
But by 2016, Jones regularly spent hours chatting online with underage, female fans, coaching them on sexual poses and dance moves, and holding out the promise of modeling jobs, social media fame, and the 26-year-old singer's attention, according to pre-sentencing documents filed in his case this week.
"I bet you had NO IDEA when you met me that just 1 day later you'd get to show me your (butt) how special do you feel," Jones wrote in an August 2016 Facebook messenger exchange with a 14-year-old girl who had told the singer she was his "biggest fan."
Federal prosecutors in their pre-sentencing documents included extensive excerpts from Jones' online conversations with six underage girls — ages 14 to 15 — and said the singer admitted to reaching out to 30 other girls online, before he was arrested on child pornography charges at O'Hare Airport in 2017, as he got off a flight from a concert tour in Poland.
Prosecutors have asked for an 11-year prison sentence for the singer, who admitted to the illicit conversations with his teenage fans shortly after his arrest, and has since entered a guilty plea to a reduced charge of receiving child pornography. Jones is set to be sentenced on May 3.
Jones public shaming in 2015, which prompted a concert promoter to drop him from a tour, and subsequent treatment did not stop him from "grooming" his young fans online, prosecutors wrote in a 39-page memorandum. In addition to giving the girls suggestions for poses and underwear choices, Jones frequently gave them "lines" to recite that cited their young age, such as "Hi, Austin. I'm only 14" and "watch my 14-year-old butt bounce."
"(Jones) preyed on their youth, their vulnerabilities, and most glaringly, their adoration of him, and he did it over and over again," Assistant U.S. Attorney Katherine Neff Welsh wrote. Welsh noted that, in Jones' favor, the singer did not appear to have shared the videos with others, and seemed to have deleted them soon after he received them.
The prosecutors' filing also includes excerpts from a letter by the mother of a girl who sent eight videos of herself to Jones — a man the mother called "a parent's worst nightmare."
"She knows almost everything about him, watches his videos, comments and follows him on social media," the mother wrote. "Then one day she gets a message from him asking her to prove she is his biggest fan by doing inappropriate things."
In a 50-page memo filed Thursday, Jones' attorney said the singer's supposedly "happy life full of love and support" was, in reality, one "marred with abuse, pain, loss and death." The attorney said Jones suffered physical, emotional, mental and sexual abuse at the hands relatives.
The abuse was compounded by the loss of his family's home in a fire as well as the death of his 10-year-old sister, attorney Terrence LeFevour said. Jones' lawyers have asked that the singer receive a sentence of five years.


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What's In Your Cosmetic Products?
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". . . the urge to decorate ourselves is one of the most fundamentals instincts of human nature" [1]
When completing my Master of Science in Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, I wrote a demand for change regarding Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations on cosmetics. Cosmetics, according to the FDA, include makeup, moisturizers, hair dyes, straighteners, and removers, perfumes, colognes and nail care products. Some of these products are ones that I use everyday. Before I wrote this paper, I was fascinated (and still am) with the power and influence the beauty industry has on women and girls.
I LOVE beauty products. Considering I recently went to Sephora, this is a perfect time to introduce you three of my latest products. First, the Clinique: Take the Day Off is ESSENTIAL for anyone who wears makeup. This is an oil based makeup remover that leaves your face super soft and clear of any residue. If you are wondering if your makeup remover wipes are better, they aren't. This is the sh*t and this little size is just $10. That's less than a manicure people, so pull out your card and buy it already.
Second, one of my friends recommended I get the Grande Lash- MD lash enhancing serum. Actually it wasn't a friend friend. Rather someone I met talking at the grocery store. Quarantine really has me lacking in human interactions so I talk to people any chance I get. Her judgment was on point. I have been on a quest for more bold and beautiful lashes (can you blame me?!). I usually get my beauty advice from my friends in medical school, so the MD in the title makes it looks hella official. . . I'm into it.
Confession time: The Moroccan Oil Body Polishing Scrub is a free sample, but it has grown to be one of my absolute FAVORITES. I feel very refreshed and it leaves your skin super smooth. . . no complaints here.
ANYWAY, I got lost in a cosmetic wonderland. Back to my paper.
I wanted to write something that touched my life and could potentially make an impact on others and how we view everyday cosmetics. As a disclaimer, this paper was written in 2018. Some sources and statistics used may be outdated. However, its message remains as a powerful reminder to uphold the integrity of the beauty industry through proper regulation of products.
The cosmetic industry is expected to reach 130 billion dollars in global sales by 2019 [2]. Its success is attributed to its flexibility. The cosmetic industry, driven by the preoccupation with youthful image and aesthetics, is timeless and continuously shaped by social trends and identity. Usage of cosmetics and personal care products function to redefine gender lines, push global boundaries, and positively influence self confidence. These aspects promote evolution, but allow the cosmetic industry to feed off of a self-regulatory structure. It is essential to modernize FDA's statutory authority over cometic products because its current self-regulatory framework presents significant problems in establishing safety and guidelines for consumers. Modernizing FDA authority over cosmetics with an Act that enforces (1) pre-market testing procedures, (2) ingredient safety assessments and (3) a centralized cosmetic database will provide uniformity of products and standards while protecting consumers worldwide. Examining and enforcing these updates to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938 will require a comparison and adoption of regulations set forth by the European Union (EU) Cosmetic Directive.
Is There A Cosmetic Regulation Or Just An Illusion?
"In regulating cosmetics, the agency functions like a highway patrolman. . . the FDA regulation of cosmetics is entirely ex post." [3]
The 1930s sparked a dramatic expansion of cosmetic products in the marketplace, allowing many consumers to assume there was protection where none existed. The disparity between regulatory reality and consumer presumptions provided to be dangerous especially when cosmetic products began harming consumers. Cuticle removers removed both fingernails and cuticles, mascara's binding ingredient was rat poison and other personal products consisted of acetone, formaldehyde and mercury. [4] Publicizing these stories gained publicity and propagated the formation of the 1938 Act. Lack of updating the 1938 Act leaves consumers blindly trusting cosmetic companies with their products with no pre-market testing procedures. In a multi-billion dollar industry, citizens should prioritize the safety and function of the cosmetic industry. Although publicized media should be used as a political agent, solely relying on this method is not effective to change legislation.
Modernizing the current statute will allow the FDA to actively oversee the safety of cosmetic products before entering the marketplace. Despite myths, harmonizing the cosmetic industry promotes the same goals as a self-regulatory system: autonomy, growth and entrepreneurship. Valued at 74 billion euros in 2016, the EU cosmetic market thrives under regulation, making it the largest in the world. [5] Pre-market surveillance will shift consumer safety as the primary objective. Testing the chemical structure, level of exposure and an analysis of product safety based its application (ie. lips, scalp, eyes) [6] will hold the industry accountable for its actions. Building trust through actions rather than assumptions will yield greater economic equity while promoting consumer advocacy.
Trustworthy Ingredients
The U.S. Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) is an independent non-profit organization responsible for reviewing active cosmetic ingredients and assessing their conditions for use. After its establishment 1976, the FDA refused to create a federal safety assessment program for cosmetic ingredients. Although CIR is financed by the cosmetic industry, scientists are independent academics who are prohibited to work for a cosmetic company. Configuration of this organization was designed to promote a sense of collaboration between the public, government and the industry. Sure, research done by CIR can help mitigate concerns but, it fails to establish any legal obligation for cosmetic firms. Still, the 1983 Act does not require "premarket testing, premarket notification, premarket approval, or any other form listing [ingredient] registration." [7]
Failure to adequately check substance prior to market places profits over people, promoting capitalistic reputation over the protection of consumers. The products that all citizens use everyday are put on the market until they are caught deceiving customers by claiming "all-natural" products despite their use of harmful synthetics, designing shampoos that cause hair loss or promoting "Drinkable Sunscreen" with healing properties. [8] Updating the 1938 Act with an ingredient selection approved and recorded by the FDA will not eliminate trust between consumers and cosmetic firms. Instead, it will provide a centralized ingredient standard that enables a clear safety evaluation of cosmetic ingredients before it can potentially harm consumers.
Solutions for an Innovative Industry
The FDA set the standards for the beauty industry in 1938. Since then, the cosmetic industry has transformed, updated and evolved with the progression of technology. The rapid globalization of the cosmetic industry has encouraged the development of advancing technologies. This shift in global perspective requires companies to change their business plans, and justify modernization of the cosmetic regulatory structure. Technologically advanced skincare products can now function as illegal new drugs, and filtered through the cosmetic industry distinguished as "advanced skin care products."
The regime of self regulation has grown out of its historical origins. The emergence of the beauty industry has become an empire and the FDA's reliance on self-regulation places burden on consumers to be informed, vigilant and aware to safeguard their own health. Self regulation can be more effective when cosmetic industry players are more transparent with their consumers with detailed information about safety testing and the standards used. Establishing a pre-market surveillance procedure, ingredient assessment and a centralized database will provide a robust, internationally recognized standard that enforces product safety while catering to technological developments in the cosmetic industry.
I understand we are at a moment in time where we are constantly in a delta of change. Sure, the lack of cosmetic regulation allows anyone to open up a cosmetic line. . . but at what cost? Should we continue to place the responsibilities of cosmetics on companies or should we have more regulation? Will more regulation ensure the safety of cosmetic products?
[1] Lindy Woodhead, War Paind: Madame Helena Rubensteing and Miss Elizabeth Arden: Their Lives, Theiir Times, Their Rivarly 10 (2003)
[2] Forbes Magazine
[3] Richard, Merill, Science for Judges II: the Practice of Epidemiology and Administrative Agency Created Science: FDA Regulatory Requirements as Tort Standards (2004).
[4] Examples of Cases from the FDA "Chamber of Horrors: complied to amend the 1906 that would five jurisdiction over the beauty industry.
[5] Cosmetic Europe: The Personal Care Association
[6] EU Cosmetic Regulation
[7] Petr Barton Hutt, A History of Government Regulation of Adulteration and Misbranding of Cosmetics in Cosmetic Regulation in a Competitive Environment
[8] "Drinkable Sunscreen": Osmisis LLC and Harmonized Water LLC located in Iowa claimed that they have treated water in order to have "amazing medicinal or cosmetic properties," including the abilities to "protect against cancer causing UV rays, repel mosquitos that might carry the Zika virus." Source" Dietary Supplemental & Cosmetics Legal Bulletin, Issue 48. March 2017.
August 18, 2020 August 18, 2020 Lauryn Robinson Tagged beauty, cosmetics, law, makeup	Leave a comment
Video Games and the Law
Blog, Law and Entertainment
There's a lot of extra time to play video games. I think I have spent the past couple of days playing Super Smash Bros. . . in fact I am playing some right now. . .
Before quarantine I wasn't familiar with Fornite, NBA 2k or any other video game. However, it might be the end of live sports games for a while so I figured I'd grab my own personal controller and see what things are all about.
At the intersection of law and this new found love entertainment comes an exciting case out of North Carolina.
U.S. District Judge Terrence W. Boyle of the Eastern Division of North Carolina held Michael Heidbreder must proceed his case by arbitration pursuant to the End User License Agreement ("EULA") with Fornite developer, Epic Games.
Michael Heidbreder, a Missouri resident filed a punitive class action alleging Epic Games' vulnerable security allowed hackers to charge fraudulent in-game purchases to his debit card between November 2018 and January 2019. Heidbreder brought both statutory and common law claims including negligence, breach of implied contract and violation of state consumer-protection and data-breach statutes.
In October, Epic Games moved to compel Heidbreder's claims to arbitration, pursuant to the EULA. Features to the arbitration provision include: " (1) an agreement to arbitrate on an individual basis only; (2) delegation clause granting the arbitrator the power to determine whether a specific dispute is governed by the arbitration clause; (3) a venue selection clause giving user the choice of venue between their home state or North Caroline; (4) Epic Games' agreement to pay arbitration fees under $10,000, share costs after $10,00 and not seek attorney fee's against users and (5) a 30 -day opt-out provision, giving users a 30 day window after agreeing to the End User License Agreement to opt out of arbitration provision."
Heidbreder presented three compelling, yet unsuccessful arguments.
First, he asserts his minor son lacked contractual capacity to agree to the EULA. Judge Boyle rejected this argument noting "under the basic principles of principal-agent law" his son acted as Heidbreder's agent giving him both actual and apparent authority to agree.
Second, Heidbreder argues privacy related matters are outside the scope of arbitration. According to common law, when the parties contract delegates the arbitrability question too an arbitrator, a court may not override the contract." Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc., 139 S. Ct. 524, 529 (2019). Therefore, the arbitrator, rather than the court, determines the scope of these provisions.
Lastly, Heidbreder claims the class action waiver, arbitration clause and class action clause are unconscionable because Epic Games is applying the agreement retroactively. Judge Boyle acknowledges yet quibbles Heidbreder's last argument noting the terms at issue "are common terms in modern contracts that have been recently sanctioned by the courts and can hardly be considered substantively unconscionable."
This case appears to be successful for Epic Games. However, this "game" could face a turn for the worse if parents stop allowing their children to make in-game purchases using their credit card information. However, with extending stay-at-home orders and uncertainty about school returning in the fall, I highly doubt this would happen.
What's your favorite video game during COVID-19?
Lauryn <3
May 14, 2020 May 14, 2020 Lauryn Robinson Tagged fortnite, law, legal, videogames	Leave a comment
Comcast Corp. v. National Association of African American-Owned Media
Earlier this year the Supreme Court issued its opinion about a racial discrimination case. The justices decided this case by a 9-0 vote.
Bryon Allen, entrepreneur and owner of Entertainment Studios Network (ESN) sought to have Comcast carry its channel. Comcast rejected this proposition, claiming bandwidth constraints and lack of demand for ESN programs. ESN alleged Comcast violated §1981(a), a statute that guarantees "all persons… the same right…to make and enforce contracts… as is enjoyed by white citizens." The District Court dismissed the complaint for failing to show Comcast would have contracted with ESN, but-for racial motivations. The Ninth Circuit disagreed, holding ESN had a viable claim because it only needed to show race played a "sole role" in Comcast's decision-making. In order for ESN to seek redress, it must demonstrate that, but for Comcast's unlawful conduct, its alleged injury would not have occurred. These essential elements must stay constant through the life of the lawsuit.
In a slightly fractured unanimous decision, the Supreme Court held, that to prevail, a plaintiff must initially prove that but for race, it would not have suffered the loss of a legally protected right. Justice Gorusch acknowledged but rejected ESN's argument that §1981 creates an exception to proving but-for causation and essential elements of a claim do not need be constant throughout the lawsuit. ESN further claims that it should overcome at least a motion to dismiss if it can plausibly show race was a determining factor in the decision. Instead, Gorusch reasoned that, statutory language along with past precedent, suggest §1981 follows the general rule. Statutory language of §1981 guarantees equal rights enjoyed by white citizens and nothing in the statute signals this test should change when confronted with a motion to dismiss. Gorusch's examination of legal precedent and neighboring provision §1982 reveal that courts have interpreted "because of race" to be associated with but-for causation. ESN asks the court to rely on the "motivating factor" test in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with no avail. The Court reasons ESN mistakenly misplaces a process-oriented right with the motivating factor test. Thus, the court vacated the judgement of the court of appeals and remanded the case to determine the sufficiency of ESN's pleadings under the correct legal rule.
In a four-page opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, Ginsburg agreed but quibbled that racial violation under §1981 protects the right "to make and enforce contracts" which includes the manner in which the contract is carried out. Therefore, if race accounted for Comcast's conduct during the contract-formation process, it should not escape liability for those injuries.
The Supreme Court held that a plaintiff alleging racial discrimination in contracts must show that the plaintiff's race was the actual cause of the alleged injury in failing to reach agreement on a contract.
Ultimately, this case was a set back compared to traditional in civil rights cases. As the Supreme Court continues to hear cases via teleconference due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it will be interesting to see how other cases may impact law and entertainment. . .
Feel free to share your thoughts below!
April 14, 2020 April 15, 2020 Lauryn Robinson Tagged case law, entertainment, law, law student, supreme court	Leave a comment
Who's Following You?
The Social Media Black Market
The law has the vitality of an organism. Although it may seem like the law is developed through various social movements and stuffy political leaders, laws originate from purpose. Our social purpose. Without us spreading ideas we value most, there would be no change. Social change has many components. It involves me and you. Together, we work together to challenge the social and political dimensions– creating a direct impact on society. We may not feel it every day, but we have the power to make it happen. Today, you and I will address the issue of privacy and our social media identity. Let's make change together.
We can all use more likes on our pictures, views on our Instagram story or just more attention in general. But has it come to a point where we pay for it? Apparently so.
Money can't buy you happiness but it can buy you…followers. As we will see, popularity and privacy have its price.
I know you saw the word privacy and probably thought of Facebook or Cambridge Analytica.
Yes, your preliminary ideas of privacy may be correct. Unfortunately, there are more social media bullies out there. A lot more.
Who can blame them? In a world where we value Likes more than a spoken compliment, why wouldn't someone develop a company to exploit our horrible priorities.
Sounds like great business idea….
Imagine the moderate-to-frequent social media user. Although he or she may like the occasional picture of their favorite actor or travel page, they use social media for its fundamental purpose. To connect. Liking pictures of their best friend, partner, crush or even their ex. Hey, I'm not trying to get all up in your business about what you do on social media but Devumi does.
Devumi, a social media marketing company, advertise their unique services: selling followers, likes, and views to celebrities, Instagram influencers, your co-workers, best friend, grandmother, basically anyone that wants to look like they have friends online.
It's social media fraud people. The worst part, according to The NY Times, Devumi often creates a duplicate profile of real users. This includes but is not limited to using the same name, hometown and other personal details of a REAL person. These automated accounts known as "Bots," promote just about anything. From the new cafe in town, to pornographic sites, there are no limits.
YOU MAY HAVE A DUPLICATE ACCOUNT AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IT.
Sorry, don't mean to scare you. But hey that's life.
To make matters scarier, Twitter does not require its accounts to be operated by a real person. Therefore, companies like Devumi can set up these automated accounts (called "Bots") with little to no effort and make millions.
So why did I write this article. To scare you of course. But in all seriousness, there are a bigger issue here. This appears to be mass identity theft. But, regulation of social media lies in the grey area when it comes to the law. There have been many developments in protecting the collection and sharing of our personal information through The Global Data Protection Regulation enacted in May of 2018. But continued social media fraud can be dangerous. In today's age, it is inevitable that our social media posts, followings and pictures are a reflection of our values often evaluated by our friends, co-workers and employers.
So what's the solution? Let's take a sociological perspective on the current issue: Athletes, TED Speakers, actors, executives, businesses, and Instagram models now have a common denominator. They are apart of Devumi's enormous customer base of 200,000 people.
To get to the root of the issue, we have to be real with each other. What are we accomplishing with all these followers? Have we become so obsessed that we are willing to pay someone to develop a robot to like our pictures just so we can brag to Tina at Starbucks?!
Newsflash Tina doesn't care.
Don't get me wrong, we can develop a space where we all care about each other's well-being. For example, I really love fashion, healthy eating and travel (I'm basic). So I choose to follow accounts that post these things as well.
There is nothing wrong with creating a social media platform to show the world who you are and what you love. In fact, I applaud you for your self expression. But, it is critical to examine when our motives reach a bifurcation point. When do our inspiration transform from passion into fame, popularity or constant approval from others? Exploitation of our misplaced values is where companies like Devumi thrive.
What can we do today?
Changes in the law are an indicator of the complexities of social change. For now, we should use the law as a catalyst, to propagate social change where there are blatant inequalities in our privacy and protection of our identities. For now, let's be curious about our personal and digital privacy. It's definately worth it.
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Napa Valley enjoyed a wonderful growing season from start to finish in 2012. A gentle spring allowed for textbook flowering and fruit set, followed by a long procession of warm, sunny days with no nasty heat spikes. Thanks to the excellent weather, the longer-than-average growing season produced perfectly balanced and ripe grapes.
More than a half century old, these vines have developed a root system that reaches deep into the subsoil to access all of the available nutrients. They produce less grapes with age but more concentrated, intense flavors that express a greater depth of terroir and complexity.
Aged the wine in French oak barrels for 17 months before moving the wine to large oak casks for 6 months just before bottling to achieve the perfect level of oak. 100% French oak; 80% new barrels.
Bottling date July 22, 2014.
This is a full-bodied and well balanced Cabernet Sauvignon with rich flavors of blackberries, black licorice and a hint of allspice with a long, seductive finish.
Serve with simply roasted meat dishes or all by itself to fully enjoy the wine's complex flavors.


The 1955 comedy "The Ladykillers" will be presented at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, in Plaster Hall's Cornell Auditorium as part of the British Film Festival.
A gang of dangerous bank robbers disguise themselves as a string quartet so that they can "practice" in the upstairs room they rent from an elderly widow. Directed by Alexander Mackendrick, the cast includes Alec Guinness in one of his most outrageous roles as Professor Marcus, as well as Peter Sellers in his first major screen role.


This page displays sold house prices for Hawthorne Close in York.
Hawthorne Close in Nether Poppleton, York . Properties on Hawthorne Close typically have values around £250,000 - £350,000, ranging upwards of £350,000 for larger semi-detached houses.
Map showing Hawthorne Close in York.


Done in a medium wait Japanese linen woven in Bishu, Japan and garment washed for shrinkage, a natural vintage texture, this coat features a mock collar, a dual-layer front placket with button closure, slant hip pockets, an angled center back slit, and a relaxed fit.
- Dual layered placket with button closure at the inner layer.
- Angled center back slit.


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Tuesday, January 26th at 7 PM | Tune in on Facebook
Harrisburg University Presents is organizing "Just a Taste, The Great Pennsylvania Cooking Show," an event that will feature four well-known PA chefs, as well as celebrity chef Roy Choi, co-host of Netflix's "The Chef Show."
The virtual Jan. 26 event will take place at the Hilton Harrisburg ballroom and will benefit the Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association's Hospitality Assistance Response of PA (HARP) fund.
"This event not only showcases the amazing talent of some of Pennsylvania's most noteworthy chefs, it, more importantly supports personally our peers who have been so negatively affected by the pandemic-induced shutdown of our industry," said Joe Massaro, general manager of the Hilton Harrisburg, in a statement.
Chefs from various regions of Pennsylvania will provide cooking demonstrations in front of a live audience assembled in the Hilton Harrisburg ballroom. Choi will share his talent from California and will participate in a question-and-answer session during the show.
"The hospitality industry is hurting desperately and financial support from the government is lacking, leaving hundreds of businesses and thousands of employees without a safety net," said John Longstreet, president and CEO of the PRLA. "We are grateful to the organizers of 'Just a Taste' for contributing event proceeds to HARP so we can continue providing relief to frontline hospitality workers who have been impacted by COVID-19, through no fault of their own."
The event begins at 7 p.m. on Jan. 26. Viewers can tune in and donate through the HU Presents website and Facebook page.
For more information, visit the HU Presents website.
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Jivraj v Hashmi - Religious Arbitration
The Supreme Court in Jivraj v Hashwani [2011] UKSC 40 has unanimously held that an Arbitrator is not an employee for the purposes of the Equality Act.
The case involved a contract between two Ismailis which had an arbitration clause requiring any dispute to be resolved by "respected members of the Ismaili community" When a dispute eventually arose one of the parties claimed that this requirement was unlawful under the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003, now incorporated within the Equality Act 2010
The Court relied on the European Court decision Allonby v Accrington and Rossendale College in deciding that an Arbitrator does not work under the direction of the parties and is in the category of an independent provider of services
Though it was not directly relevant to its decision the Court also went on to consider whether the appointment of a religious arbitrator could be considered to be a Genuine Occupational Requirement and held that because there was a long tradition and an ethos for resolution of disputes within the Ismaili community itself and a stipulation that an arbitrator be of a particular religion or belief can be relevant to the manner in which disputes are resolved it was a GOR for the purposes of the regulations, and hence the Act. The Court did however state that the decision whether any post should be covered by the GOR exemption had to be made by and objective analysis of the evidence.
The decision will undoubtedly be a relief to Muslim Arbitration Tribunals and Jewish Beth Dinn both of which operate under the Arbitration Act 1996 and which have long traditions of resolving disputes within their own communities
The Supreme Court also issued a Summary of the Decision which I reproduce below
BACKGROUND TO THE APPEALS
The parties entered into a joint venture agreement on 29 January 1981. Article 8 provided that any dispute arising from the joint venture should be resolved by arbitration before three arbitrators, each of whom was required to be a respected member of the Ismaili community ('the Requirement'). The Ismaili community comprises Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims and is led by the Aga Khan. The issue
arising on this appeal is whether the Requirement, and/or the arbitration agreement as a whole, became void when the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 ('the Regulations') came into force on 2 December 2003, as an unlawful arrangement to discriminate on grounds of religion when choosing between persons offering personal services.
The joint venture ended in 1988. The division of the joint venture assets was largely determined by a three man panel appointed in accordance with the arbitration agreement, but some matters remained in dispute. On 31 July 2008 Mr Hashwani's solicitors wrote to Mr Jivraj asserting that a balance of over US$4.4m was due to him and giving notice of his intention to appoint Sir Anthony Colman, a retired judge of the Commercial Court, as an arbitrator. Sir Anthony was not a member of the Ismaili
community. Mr Jivraj commenced proceedings for a declaration that his appointment was void as a breach of the Requirement. Mr Hashwani sought an order that Sir Anthony be appointed as sole arbitrator.
The High Court (David Steel J) held that the appointment of arbitrators fell outside the scope of the Regulations as they were not 'employed' or, if they were, that the Requirement fell within the exception permitted for genuine occupational requirements which it was proportionate to apply. Had he held that the Requirement was void, he would have held that the arbitration agreement as a whole was void.
The Court of Appeal allowed Mr Hashwani's appeal in relation to the Regulations, finding that arbitrators were employed and that there had been unlawful religious discrimination. However, they concluded that the agreement should not be enforced with the Requirement severed from it and, accordingly, Sir Anthony's appointment was invalid ('the severance issue').
Mr Jivraj appealed to the Supreme Court in respect of the finding that the clause was void by reason of the Regulations. Mr Hashwani cross-appealed on the severance issue.
The Supreme Court unanimously allows the appeal on the ground that an arbitrator is not a person employed under a contract personally to do work within the meaning of the Regulations, which do not therefore apply. The majority (Lord Phillips, Lord Walker, Lord Clarke and Lord Dyson) also find that the Requirement would have fallen within the exception for genuine occupational requirements if the Regulations had applied. Lord Mance preferred not to deal with this issue as it did not arise in the
light of the finding that the Regulations did not apply. The judgment of the majority is given by Lord Clarke.
REASONS FOR THE JUDGMENT
The High Court judge had correctly concluded that an arbitrator was not employed within the scope of the Regulations [22]. He or she fell outside the definition of a worker laid down by the case law of the European Court of Justice and was instead an independent provider of services who was not in a relationship of subordination with the person who received the services [34][40]. The dominant purpose of the contract was not the sole test for determining employment, although it might be
relevant in arriving at the correct conclusion on the facts of a particular case [39]. An arbitrator was a quasi-judicial adjudicator whose duty was not to act in the particular interests of either party [41]. The dominant purpose of the appointment, insofar as it was relevant, was the impartial resolution of the dispute [45].
The question of whether the Requirement was a 'genuine occupational requirement for the job' for the purposes of the exception in regulation 7(3) of the Regulations did not therefore arise. However, whether a particular religion or belief was a legitimate and justified requirement of an occupation was an objective question for the court [59]. Arbitration was more than the application of a given national law to a dispute and a stipulation that an arbitrator be of a particular religion or belief can be relevant
to the manner in which disputes are resolved [61]. In this case, the judge had correctly found that the Ismaili community had demonstrated an ethos, based on religion, for dispute resolution contained within that community [68]. The test was not one of necessity. The parties could properly regard arbitration before three Ismailis as likely to involve a procedure in which parties could have confidence and as likely to lead to conclusions of fact in which they could have particular confidence [70]. The severance issue did not therefore arise [72].
References in square brackets are to paragraphs in the judgment


Soften lemons by rolling on counter then micro waving on high for 1 minute. Remove lemon zest from each lemon. Combine sugar and water in medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir constantly until boiling; reduce heat slightly. Add lemon rind and cover the saucepan. Boil the syrup for 4 minutes then strain, discarding lemon rind. Cool thoroughly. Juice lemons; strain into syrup and stir well. Store covered in refrigerator. To make up: mix 1 part syrup to 2 parts cold water. Serve over ice.


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Home Arts & Culture Hungarian Culture and Traditions Hungarian Storks – Their Spirits and Their Legacies
Hungarian Storks – Their Spirits and Their Legacies
When storks arrive on the scene, it's a sure sign spring is here. Thus bringing much cheer to the remoter provinces, where these impressive birds prefer to be, in far lesser built up areas.
Although only present from March to September, these elegant, 'sunshine birds', hardly need an introduction, as they are instantaneous with the regions of the Central European sphere. Common white storks ('gólyák' in Hungarian) as many know, are highly symbolic, also they carry a graciousness and calm to Hungarian and neighbouring terrains alike, until it's time to fly off again.
Photographs by courtesy of Görögh Zoltán @GRGeventphotography
It's a joyful sight to see them fly 'over the Heavens' with characteristicly slow but regular wingbeats. As well as to watch them come into land or take off from 'new found enclosures' on church tops, trees, chimney pots, lamp-posts, telegraph and power line poles, and purpose built structures, all within neighbourly unison with the local people. After the winter chill, egg laying soon follows.
What is then essential for the well-being of these soulful birds are shallow water grounds and farmland areas providing food and vegetation. The Tisza Lake and the Hortobágyi National Park, 100-150 kms east of Budapest, are perfect breeding grounds and resource providers. Should bird-watching be of interest, I highly recommend a visit there alongside with the Bugyi (Kiskunsagi National Park) 40 kms south of the city.
The regular white storks, (Ciconia ciconia) are larger than average birds, also considered to be fairly strong. Its plumage is mainly white with black winged feathers. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks. They can measure up to 100 to 115 cm from beak to tail, 155 to 215 cms with wingspan, enabling them to carry out impressive heights whilst in flight.
The nests themselves are often hard wearing, with minimal shelter, thus withstanding pressure from wind, rain, excessive sunlight and can last, with occasionally being rebuilt, for several years. The older ones can range from 1 to 2 meters in depth. 1 to 1.5 meters in diameter and anything from 60 to 200 kgs in weight and are frequently inhabited year after year.
The female usually lays a batch of 4 eggs which hatch approximately 33 days later. Both parents take turns with incubating the eggs and feeding the chicks which can continue for a further 2 months before they in turn finally fly off for the first time.
Seldom are these birds and nests obstructed by humans, due to a remarkable bond people and storks have. In Europe, they are widely viewed as sacred birds. As Legend depicts them in very touching ways, as they represent parental love, family welfare and traditionalism, as well as bringing 'luck' and good fortune to the neighbourhoods wherever they go.
Should a stork build a nest on top of your house, this will bring happiness and fortune. The fairy tales continue as these 'giving birds' are probably best known for carrying babies out from the swamps and the marshes in baskets or rags, whilst upheld in their beaks to 'awaiting' families. Alongside with other myths such as, if a young girl sees a stork flying overhead early in the Spring season before anyone else does, her wedding is sure to follow.
Should these birds get into trouble, it's considered a duty to nurse them back to health. This works well as storks can also be reasonably domesticated and on some occasions, live within the confinds of their 'rescuers' in their yards for as long as necessary. As the carnivorous storks in turn pay their way with their keep, by 'controlling' insects, bugs, beetles, locusts, and mice along the way.
The adult white stork's main sound is a noisy bill-clattering. Similar in sound to distant machine gun fire. They make these sounds by rapidly opening and closing their long beaks, so a knocking sound is made each time the beaks closes.
Storks fly with necks stretched forward and with long legs extended, well beyond the end of their short tails. They walk at a slow and steady pace with neck up-stretched. In contrast they hunch their heads between shoulders when resting. The sexes are identical in appearance, but the males are slightly larger than females on average.
When in flight, storks really can pick up monumental heights as often seen in the silent splendour of the vast, open Puszta and Alföld plains of central and southern Hungary, before heading southwards to avoid winter here.
The oldest known wild stork has been registered to have lived for 39 years after being monitored and 'ringed' in Switzerland. Captive birds can live up to 35 years. Regrettably a common cause of death to storks and other birds relates to human errors due to electrocution and general litter. More action and awareness is required to prevent these things and more from continually happening.
Common white storks make their way southwards from their breeding grounds in Europe in autumn. In particular to anywhere within the Savannah to the Cape Province of South Africa before returning northwards again. These birds rely on uplifts from air thermals to glide more effectively with the vast distances they must achieve between the 2 continents via either Spain or Turkey, to avoid colluding with the Mediterranean Sea. Despite the dangers of dehydration, hunger, as well as in some cases, being shot at whilst en-route elsewhere. An average journey takes about 50 days before the 'long awaited return' to European pastures once again to another rapturous welcome.
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My name is Alexander Stemp, I am originally from York/ England. I was a landscape gardener in Cambridge before moving to Budapest. As I now live with Eszter my wife and 3 young children. Due to much time spent here as well as much knowledge of the local scene now accumulated, I sensed I have bypassed the main tourist scene and live the intermete life of a local person, and write magazine articles based on light cultural topics within this region.
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